{"text":"It is widely acknowledged that reading to preschool and school-aged kids is beneficial to their language development. However, is reading to infants just as important? The answer is yes! Reading to infants is important to their language and speech development. Not only does reading out loud to your infant benefit her brain development, but it also helps her learn vocabulary and the sounds of a language.\nWhile you read to your infant, she will be taking in the sounds of her native language. Books with\nrhyming words or repetitive phrases provide the most effective stimuli for infants to begin to parse out and recognize sounds in the language. As infants are read books, it also provides a perfect opportunity for them to learn vocabulary. As they hear the word “dog” and see a picture of a dog, they will begin to connect the picture and the word together. The more exposure infants have to books and pictures, the faster they will acquire vocabulary and make those connections. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. is a perfect book to read to infants as it includes repetitive phrases, bright colors and basic vocabulary.\nBooks for infants should also have certain physical characteristics. Books should be manipulative for the infant. Sturdy, cardboard books are great for babies to grab, turn and flip through. Bright colors and big pictures will also help the infant focus on the book and grab his or her attention. Reading with slow, exaggerated speech will also help infants easily parse the auditory stimuli, as well as keep infants entertained.\nOther must-have books for reading to your infants include Goodnight Moon, The Hungry Caterpillar, 100 First Words and Baby Touch and Feel board books.\nNSPT offers services in Bucktown, Evanston, Highland Park, Lincolnwood, Glenview and Des Plaines. If you have questions or concerns about your child, we would love to help! Give us a call at (877) 486-4140 and speak to one of our Family Child Advocates today!"}
{"text":"We examined museum specimens to quantify diet, reproductive cycles and sexual dimorphism in body size of the colubrid snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia. Females attain sexual maturity at approximately 300 mm snout-vent length (SVL) and males at approximately 240 mm SVL. Females grow larger than males (maximum SVLs of 830 vs 700 mm SVL), and also have longer and wider heads and wider bodies than do males of the same body length. Males have relatively longer tails than females, but eye size relative to head length shows no sexual dimorphism. Both sexes breed each year. Females commence vitellogenesis in late winter (September) and oviposit from October to January. Clutch size ranged from four to 12 eggs with a mean of 7.58 and was highly correlated with female SVL. The testes of adult males are turgid throughout the year, suggesting a prolonged mating season. Of 73 prey items recorded, 97% were anurans. Six anuran families were represented among the prey items, but bufonids (39%), ranids (29%) and microhylids (25%) comprised most of the 51 anuran food items identified to genus. Larger snakes ate larger prey items, in terms of SVL as well as mass. However, the snake's sex and age (adult vs juvenile) did not affect prey type. Bufonids, microhylids and ranids were consumed by snakes of all ages and both sexes, and were eaten all year except during mid-winter (July and August).\n|Number of pages||9|\n|Journal||Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa|\n|Publication status||Published - 2000|\n- Dietary habits"}
{"text":"The presidential election of 1912 was unusual in that there were four candidates. Theodore Roosevelt, who had supported his successor, William Howard Taft, in 1908, wanted, four years later, to run again himself. Failing to win the nomination of the Republican Party (that went to the incumbent Taft), Roosevelt formed his own party--the Progressive Party, also known as the Bull Moose Party. Woodrow Wilson, of course, was the Democrats' candidate, and, with Eugene Debs running as the candidate of the Socialist Party of America, voters--still all men--had four candidates to choose from.\nIn 1912, the suffragists were ramping up their battle for the vote, and Wilson was not the best choice as President to help them achieve their goal. Theodore Roosevelt was. In 1912, Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party was the first national political party to have a plank in the party platform supporting woman suffrage. Wilson, as did Taft, opposed federal woman suffrage.\nIt wasn't that Wilson disliked women. Louis Auchincloss described him as someone who \"simply could not live without the love and approval of an attractive and sympathetic woman.\" When his first wife, Ellen Axson Wilson, died in August 1914, Wilson was devastated. His health deteriorated, he fell into depression and talked of resigning. When he met Edith Bolling Galt, the charming and wealthy widow who would become his second wife, he was smitten. In June 1915--less than a year after Ellen's death--they were secretly engaged. They were married, after little more than the minimum wait required by respectability, in December 1915.\n|Woodrow Wilson, daughter Eleanor, and Ellen Axson Wilson|\n|Woodrow Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt|"}
{"text":"We’ve all been scolded at some point during our childhood for playing with our food, a manners no-no. But for your tiny tot, fun with finger foods can be an important part of development. Finger foods help your little one explore textures and even develop motor skills, but be sure your child is ready. Introduce finger foods safely by following the guidelines below.\nWhen is my baby ready for finger foods?\nMost doctors recommend keeping your baby on breast milk and/or formula only until six months. When you do start him or her on solids, choose foods that are mushy and soft, such as pureed vegetables or baby cereal. Finger foods are the second phase of your baby’s solids diet, and most infants are ready for this step by eight or nine months of age.\nYour baby is ready for finger foods when he or she:\n- Exhibits good head and neck control.\n- Can sit without support.\n- Has become mobile, and is now rolling and crawling.\n- Tries to feed her- or himself.\n- Picks things up with the thumb and pointer finger.\nWhat are the best first finger foods?"}
{"text":"The native home of the apple is not definitely known, but the tree originated probably in the area between the Caspian and the Black seas. Charred remains of apples have been found in the prehistoric lake dwellings of Switzerland. Evidence shows that man has been enjoying apples for at least 750,000 years. Apples were a favorite fruit of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Today, Americans eat about 120 apples apiece each year. At least 50% of the domestic crop is used in items we use every day such as, applesauce, juice, jellies, and other popular desserts. (Wellness Encyclopedia of Food and Nutrition, 1992)."}
{"text":"Across the entire Atlantic Basin for the six-month season, which begins June 1, NOAA is predicting the following ranges this year:\n- 12 to 18 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which:\n- 6 to 10 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including:\n- 3 to 6 major hurricanes (Category 3, 4 or 5; winds of 111 mph or higher)\n“The United States was fortunate last year. Winds steered most of the season’s tropical storms and all hurricanes away from our coastlines,” said Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator. “However we can’t count on luck to get us through this season. We need to be prepared, especially with this above-normal outlook.”\n“In addition to multiple climate factors, seasonal climate models also indicate an above-normal season is likely, and even suggest we could see activity comparable to some of the active seasons since 1995,” said Gerry Bell, Ph.D., lead seasonal hurricane forecaster at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center.\nNOAA’s seasonal hurricane outlook does not predict where and when any of these storms may hit. Landfall is dictated by weather patterns in place at the time the storm approaches. For each storm, NOAA’s National Hurricane Center forecasts how these weather patterns affect the storm track, intensity and landfall potential."}
{"text":"The Governors-Generals of India\nBy Henry Morris – 1894\nOne lovely summer’s afternoon, as the sun was lighting up the sparkling rivulet that flows through an estate in the west of England, a little boy, about seven years of age, lay dreaming on its grassy bank. His ancestors had owned this beautiful estate ; but, owing to ill-fortune or to poverty, it had slipped from their possession. The idea that he would recover it shed through his childish mind. This was, however, no mere passing dream. The resolve, thus early made, clung to him all through his career, and, in the evening of his life, it became an accomplished fact. He purchased the estate, spent his last years in possession of it, and there his eyes closed in death. The estate was Daylesford in the county of Worcester, and the childish dreamer was Warren Hastings – the first governor general of Bengal.\nClick here to download pdf"}
{"text":"The Philosophy Department seeks to cultivate a unique virtue in its students and faculty. This intellectual virtue we have called the Philosophical Habit of Mind. It consists, at least, of the following abilities:\n- An ability to situate oneself in the Western philosophical tradition of ethical and metaphysical questions and reasoning.\n- An ability to account to oneself and to others for the bases of one’s actions.\n- An ability to reckon with the consequences of one’s own and other’s practical reasoning in various contexts, both personal and political.\n- An ability to raise metaphysical questions in various concrete, lived, literary, and political contexts.\n- Distinguish and relate the architectonic questions of metaphysics from and to the specialized questions of the sciences and other disciplines.\n- An ability to discern the interconnection between various modes of ethical and political reflection and distinct metaphysical positions.\n- An ability to pose to oneself the questions raised by the claims of the Christian faith on one’s own ethical and metaphysical reasoning.\n- An ability to read new or contemporary works in the ongoing tradition of dialectical philosophy with all these abilities at one’s disposal."}
{"text":"“CRISPR Cas9” by National Institutes of Health (NIH) is licensed under CC PDM 1.0\nOne of CRISPR’s inventors has called for controls on gene-editing technology\nMIT Technology Review November 15, 2019\nJennifer Doudna says governments need to pay more attention to controlling the revolutionary gene-editing tool.\nOne year on: Doudna, a University of California biochemist who helped create CRISPR in 2012, wrote an editorial in Science yesterday to note the anniversary of the announcement by Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, that he had created gene-edited twin girls. She says it was a “risky and medically unnecessary” experiment that violated the doctor’s rule to avoid causing harm and ignored calls not to proceed.\nA moratorium? Forget about it: So how do we stop this happening again? Since the “CRISPR babies” debacle, scientists have suggested a moratorium. But that’s not going to cut it, says Doudna.\nTinkering and temptation: “The temptation to tinker with the human germ line” is not going to go away, Doudna says. In her editorial, Doudna never clearly says exactly why she is so worried about “CRISPR babies.” But at least part of the answer is the China case showed how gene-editing gives great power to small teams of scientists—and how finger wagging might not be enough to stop them from doing wrong.\nTo read the full article go to MIT Technology Review"}
{"text":"BG Chap 17 - Three types of charity\nCharity performed with the conviction that it should be given to a proper recipient such as a brāhmaṇa, who can protect the giver with his knowledge and austerity, without expectation of repayment, at a proper place like a holy place, and at a proper auspicious time is charity in the mode of goodness.\nCharity given with expectation of reciprocation, or with desire for results in the next life such as attainment of Svarga, or given reluctantly because of lamentation that one may be put into difficulty later on for spending an amount now, or because one is forced to give by the order of guru, is charity in the mode of passion. That charity in which the person thinks ‘Why is it necessary to give so much money’ or giving inauspicious or useless items is also in passion.\nCharity given with disregard for etiquette and with discourtesy, to an undeserving person, at the wrong place and time, is said to be in the mode of ignorance. Such charity is given at an unclean place, at an inauspicious time to undeserving people, and without proper respect using low forms of address."}
{"text":"William H. Hunter\n|William H. Hunter|\n|Member of the U.S. House of Representatives\nfrom Ohio's 14th district\nMarch 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839\n|Preceded by||William Patterson|\n|Succeeded by||George Sweeny|\n|Resting place||Cholera Cemetery|\nBorn in Frankfort, Kentucky, Hunter completed preparatory studies and later studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Tiffin, Ohio. He moved to Norwalk, Ohio, about 1825 and continued the practice of his profession for several years. He subsequently moved to Sandusky, Ohio, and was appointed collector of customs there in 1835.\nHunter died under mysterious circumstances near Sandusky in 1842. He was interred in the Cholera Cemetery.\nThis article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress."}
{"text":"The double rubs technique used in upholstery fabrics is used to knit the fabric with two kinds of yarn in different tones, thus providing a different appearance. Since both sides of the fabric are used separately, for example to create a sense of change, different color upholstery can be obtained at the same time in double rubs fabrics.\nDue to both being more durable and very useful, double rubs type fabrics continue to be used as demanded products in daily life as highly demanded fabrics.\nWhat is Double Rubs?\nThese fabrics, known as double face, are fabrics that have different colors on both sides and can be used separately on both sides. These fabrics are called double layer fabrics.\nWhat are the Features of Double Layer Fabric?\n- In double -layered fabrics, different patterns can be obtained on both layers with different knitting processes.\n- Both sides of the fabric can consist of different colors.\n- This type of fabric, which is possible to use in many different sectors, can be addressed according to the sector by using different yarns.\n- These types of fabrics used in the production of top clothing, curtains and upholstery fabrics, blankets, bedspreads; wool, cotton, silk made of the possibility exists.\n- Patterns can be given to these fabrics.\nWhat Kind of Fabric Is Double Rubs?\nThese fabrics, known as double fabric, have a durable structure, can be used on both sides, and can be used in the clothing or upholstery sector without weighing the weight of the fabric. These fabrics, which hold heat, are among the indispensable fabrics of winter clothing in the clothing industry.\nThe rubs fabric prices you want to buy from our online store may vary due to size, thickness and printing differences. To benefit from its advantages, you can buy canopy awning fabrics that will fully meet your needs from Tepastex online store.\n|Outdoor Furniture Fabric|"}
{"text":"350 pages, Figs, tabs\nThis book primarily considers the actions of Europe and other regions in reducing land use related greenhouse gas fluxes, while recognising that the array of economic and political pressures for CAP reform and sustainable land use are fundamentally intertwined.\n\"With evidence of recent global warming mounting along with the implication of increasing burning of fossil fuels, an international workshop on 'Instruments for Global Warming Mitigation: The Role of Agriculture and Forestry' was held in 1996. One result of the workshop was the assembling of this book with 22 papers contributed by 47 authors together with an extensive bibliography. The papers examine a number of complex issues involved when considering strategies to reduce emissions of methane and carbon dioxide and also increase carbon storage in vegetation and soil. This book, quite technical in places, was written for those interested in the next step: what can we or should we due [sic] to mitigate the effects of further global warming.\"--Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society\n\"The UN Convention on Climate Change requires countries to reduce their polluting greenhouse-gas emissions from all sources including agriculture, forestry, and land use. Emissions associated w\nThere are currently no reviews for this product. Be the first to review this product!"}
{"text":"Blast off... with Air Duct Tape.\nColourful tape, foam tubes and bike pumps! With Tinker Truck's Rocket Science program you'll get the joy of blending art with science. This program is suitable for all types of audiences from Birthdays to Festivals, and Schools to Summer Camps. Each variation places a different emphasis on the balance between science and experimentation, but everyone will walk away having learned something new.\nAdults and kids alike love this program for it's high energy, creative solutions and spectacular results. The number of different designs, and breadth of possible experiments will ensure that every student contributes a unique example to the pool of learning instances.\nDiscussions about why different designs behave the way they do, and how small changes might affect the results are the core of this program. Having launched over 25,000 rockets since we started in 2015, we're quite confident that Tinker Truck can deliver exactly the rocket program you're after.\nOntario Curriculum Intersections:\nThis program can be adapted to emphasize or demonstrate learning objectives in the following broad categories:\nScience & Engineering\nStrength to Weight compromises\nThrust to Weight ratios for altitude\nAerodynamics and Momentum\nEffects of wind on temperature trajectory\nDiscussion of pressure and stored energy\nLaunch angle vs distance/height\nWing/fin shapes and designs\nFabricating 3D cones from 2D cardboard\nSelection of design, colours and patterns\nUse of tape, scissors and other materials\nUsing found objects in creating new work\n* $199/group for birthdays (up to 15 kids), $250/class (up to 25 kids). Additional kids can be added to either package. Discounts for multiple groups/day."}
{"text":"Potential causes of jaw pain include grinding teeth, dental problems and temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, disorder, according to Colgate. Grinding the teeth is a leading cause of pain and may occur when the patient feels stress or at night when he sleeps and is unaware of it. Stress reduction exercises or use of a mouth guard when sleeping helps to prevent this type of jaw pain.Continue Reading\nWhile other dental conditions, including cavities, gum disease and abscessed teeth, do not affect the jaw joint directly, the pain they cause sometimes affects it, notes Colgate. Untreated cavities provide pathways for bacteria to enter the pulp of the teeth and cause infections. These infections can spread from the root of the tooth to the bone and begin affecting other tissue, including the jaw.\nTMJ is a condition that doctors believe relates to the muscles and parts of the joint, explains WebMD. Accidents that cause whiplash, grinding the teeth, arthritis, movement of the soft tissue in the joint and stress are potential causes of TMJ. The pain is often severe and may be temporary or long-term. If the pain levels do not improve with lifestyle changes, the patient might require dental work or surgery.Learn more about Pain & Symptoms"}
{"text":"The last quarter of the 19th century was an era of moral reform for some. Much attention was directed toward temperance and Prohibition activities, but other reformers concentrated on what they regarded as family values. The Mormon Church had long attracted critics, particularly for its support of polygamy, the condition of having more than one spouse at a time. Early in the Civil War, some Northerners equated polygamy with slavery and supported the passage of the Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act in 1862, not to be confused with the Morrill Act of the same year that created land grant colleges. This anti-bigamy measure was aimed directly at the Mormons in Utah and outlawed bigamy in the territories. With the war well under way and Utah far from federal authority, the law was almost impossible to enforce. A new tack was taken in 1870 when polygamy opponents attempted to subvert the practice by extending suffrage to women in Utah. This was not successful; the women voted and remained in plural marriages. During The Arthur Administration, Senator George F. Edmunds of Vermont took up the cause in Washington. The Edmunds Act of 1882 made \"unlawful cohabitation\" illegal, thus removing the need to prove that actual marriages had occurred. More than 1,300 men were imprisoned under the terms of this measure. The act did declare to be legitimate births in Mormon polygamous marriages prior to January 1, 1883."}
{"text":"QUOTE: ”Twenty-two young children, maintained on a diet that excluded certain foods, were challenged intermittently with a blend of seven artificial colors in a double-blind trial. Parents’ observations provided the criteria of response. One child that responded mildly to the challenge and one that responded dramatically were detected. The latter, a 34-month-old female, showed a significant increase in aversive behaviors. These results further confirm previous controlled studies.” (emphasis added)\n- The children were not diagnosed as hyperkinetic (hyperactive).\n- Not all parents restricted the salicylate-containing fruits and vegetables Dr. Weiss had requested that they avoid.\n- 35.26 mg of mixed colors were used as the “challenge.” Compare to 150 mg in one Tb green ketchup.\n- Lastly, when a challenge does not provoke worse behavior, it does not mean that the diet did not “work” but that the challenge did not “work.” It is surprising how many researchers themselves seem to get this wrong."}
{"text":"Prescribed Burns; Exploding Stars–Mar2\nWonderfest Science Envoys are early-career researchers with special communication skills and aspirations. Following short talks on provocative modern science topics, these two Science Envoys will answer questions with insight and enthusiasm:\n- Stanford evironmental scientist Rebecca Miller on \"Prescribed Burns in California\" — Over the past several years, California has experienced record-breaking wildfire seasons. Recent wildfires have prompted important policy conversations about prescribed burns, fires that are purposefully set to remove ground vegetation and reduce fire risks. What are the challenges that have prevented us from using prescribed burns in California, and how might we wisely expand the use of this valuable fuel treatment?\n- UC Berkeley astrophysicist Kishore Patra on \"Exploding Stars\" — The atoms in everything around us — the oxygen in the air, the carbon in our bodies, the gold in our jewelry — were forged in stellar furnaces. We owe our very existence to stars that died in cataclysmic explosions known as supernovae. What is the cosmic story of our elemental origins? What do we know about supernovae, and how do astronomers study them?\nWHAT: Ask a Science Envoy: Prescribed Burns & Exploding Stars\nWHO: Rebecca Miller (Stanford) and Kishore Patra (UC Berkeley), Wonderfest Science Envoys\nWHERE: ONLINE via Zoom, with this link: [https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85443402857]\nWHEN: 2021-03-02 — 8pm PST, Tue, March 2 (1 hour)\nWhat value do these science insights have FOR YOU? Accordingly, please use the space below to contribute to nonprofit Wonderfest, and help to promote the scientific outlook broadly — as through the outstanding Science Envoy Program."}
{"text":"Images can convey meaning and emotion. Preserving these characteristics is the primary focus of this guideline.\n- Ensure images have the appropriate resolution for their containers. Try to not scale images up beyond their native resolution - the result will be fuzzy or pixelated.\n- Don't be afraid of larger image sizes. Images are most effective when they can be seen. Tiny images lose much of their meaning (unless they are specifically crafted for small sizes).\n- For example, consider a large contact photo (left) instead of a tiny thumbnail image (right). People recognize faces faster than names.\n- Captions can be placed on the image (left) instead of outside of the image (right) allowing the image to be larger and the content to be more immersive.\n- Use a semi-transparent background behind the caption text to preserve contrast for legibility.\n- Try to preserve the image aspect ratio. If preserving the aspect ratio is a challenge, consider cropping the image to fill the container instead.\nThis page was last modified on 27 July 2014, at 16:36. Content is available under Creative Commons License SA 4.0\nunless otherwise noted."}
{"text":"February 10, 2010 > Cookies - then and now\nCookies - then and now\nBy Suzanne Ortt\nPhotos By Doris Nikolaidis\nGuess which ingredient was responsible for the evolution of cookies... sugar. Bengal's lowlands and Southeast Asia first used it. Then this sweet stuff reached Persia, the eastern Mediterranean, traveled to northern Europe and around the world.\nThe Persian Empire, in the 7th century, was famous for fancy cakes in large and small sizes. To test the temperature of ovens, Persian cooks baked a small amount of cake batter. These test cakes evolved into cookies and were called \"koekje.\" Made in individual sizes, they were eaten out of hand.\nCookies now are eaten worldwide and are known by these various names: biscuits (England), galletas (Spain), keks (Germany), biscotti (Italy), and koulouria (Greece). Cookies came to America, thanks to English, Scots, and Dutch immigrants.\nCookie recipes are endless. One healthy tip is to reduce the amount of sugar by 25 to 50 percent, and cakes and cookies will still be tasty. In addition, most recipes can be adapted for diabetics. Just use sugar substitute proportionally to replace the sugar. Try the Creative Cookies recipe given below. Making homemade cookies for Valentine's Day is a special treat.\n1/2 cup butter\n1/4 cup brown sugar (packed)\n1/2 tsp. vanilla\n1 c. flour\n3/4 cup finely chopped nuts or shredded coconut\nTinted confectioners' sugar frosting and sprinkles\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix softened butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla thoroughly. Measure flour. Stir into butter mixture. Add nuts or coconuts. Roll dough into balls (1 tsp. per ball). Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet; make gentle thumb print into center of each ball. Bake 10 - 12 minutes or until set. Cool. Fill thumb prints with tinted frosting. Add a few sprinkles."}
{"text":"The programming languages and frameworks trend for 2016 seems to be heading extra frontend growth over backend development. Golang has potential to implement real time access of voluminous buyer information (also known as the Massive data ) at half the efforts required.\nWhy “BC” was most popular over the opposite programming languages. PHP 7 is also two times sooner than the earlier version 5.6 – this can have a huge enchancment on CMS techniques like WordPress and Drupal.\nAlthough VBA is a language of its own, it’s in reality derived from the massive Visual Primary computer language developed by Microsoft, which is now the core macro language for all Microsoft purposes.\nHowever, Matlab is a proprietary language utilized in mathematical programming. Programmers get sure other benefits from Language C as well, like with this language they are able to learn and write code for numerous platforms.\nProgramming had change into too difficult and the selection of languages was partly responsible. Procedural programming lets part of the code for use again with out the necessity to make a number of copies.\nVB and C# (as they’re usually known as familiarly) are used as the two most important languages inside Microsoft purposes, and particularly programs resembling So the next time that you visit a website and see that the URL ends , reflect on the fact that on the net server a program written in VB or C# is furiously collating the results to send back to you.\nIt’s one of many easiest and often the primary programming language aspiring IT professionals study. Matlab language used for mathematical programming was most popular since 1998 and was replaced by FORTRAN."}
{"text":"I am reading a book about Java and it says that you can declare the whole class as\nIf they do, when do they use it so I can understand it better and know when to use it.\nfinal class is simply a class that can't be extended.\n(This does not mean that all references to objects of the class would act as if they were declared as\nWhen it's useful to declare a class as final is covered in the answers of this question:\nIf Java is object oriented, and you declare a class\nfinal, doesn't it stop the idea of class having the characteristics of objects?\nIn some sense yes.\nBy marking a class as final you disable a powerful and flexible feature of the language for that part of the code. Some classes however, should not (and in certain cases can not) be designed to take subclassing into account in a good way. In these cases it makes sense to mark the class as final, even though it limits OOP. (Remember however that a final class can still extend another non-final class.)"}
{"text":"By Valerie Ross\nYou’re squeezed into a middle seat, two rows from the back of the plane. It’s barely two hours into your cross-country flight, though you’d swear it’s been longer. Does it just seem like the minutes of your trip are crawling by — or does time actually pass more slowly for people who are mid-flight than for people on the ground?\nMany of us have heard the idea that time doesn’t pass at the same rate for everyone. It’s a common narrative in science fiction, one that has its roots in Einstein’s theory of relativity. The story starts, let’s say, with two twins, one of whom stays on Earth while the other clambers aboard a rocket that’s making a round-trip journey, at a substantial fraction of the speed of light, to a planet in a not-too-distant solar system. When the traveling twin returns to earth, he’s aged more slowly, and now he’s younger than the twin who stayed behind.\nThis familiar — and paradoxical — plotline comes from a particular tenet of relativity theory known as time dilation. It predicts that a fast-moving clock will tick at a slower rate than a stationary one — or, a man on an interstellar voyage will age more slowly than his twin back on Earth. But time dilation also says that velocity isn’t the only thing that affects the rate at which clocks tick, or people age; gravity does, too. A clock in a stronger gravitational field (the Earth’s surface, let’s say) will have a slower tick rate than a clock subject to weaker gravity (such as a few miles up into the atmosphere)."}
{"text":"Parents who reward good behaviour with sweet treats may be increasing their children's chances of future weight problems, new research suggests.\nA YouGov poll of nearly 2,150 adults, commissioned by Slimming World, found that those who remembered being given food as a reward during childhood were more likely to be obese at the time of the survey.\nResearchers found that 34 per cent of those who had received sugary treats had a body mass index (BMI) in the obese range, compared with just 25 per cent of those who had not been rewarded in that way.\nFood rewards during childhood were also associated with a history of dieting and an increased tendency for extreme weight-loss methods.\nResearcher Dr James Stubbs commented: 'It's when parents repeatedly use high-calorie foods as a quick way to appease their children when they're upset or to quieten them down when they misbehave that they begin storing up future problems for them.\n'In these instances, parents can unwittingly create an association in the minds of their children that leads to them using high-calorie foods as a way to make themselves feel better right into adulthood.'\nA recent study by scientists at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard found that giving solid foods to infants before four months of age may be associated with an increased risk of obesity by their third birthday."}
{"text":"Intranasal Flu Vaccine Use in Cystic Fibrosis Patients: Assessing the Risks\nthe MPR take:\nChildren with cystic fibrosis (CF) have an increased risk of morbidity and higher case fatality during the influenza pandemic compared to patients with other chronic respiratory diseases or healthy controls. An intranasal quadrivalent, live attenuated influenza vaccine (virus types A and B) (LAIV) is currently approved for ages 2–49 but it is unknown if the greater efficacy of LAIV outweighs the potential for severe adverse events after immunization (AEFI) in children and adolescents with CF. In a new study in the journal Pediatrics, 168 children ages 2–18 with CF received at least one dose of LAIV. No significant differences were seen in the rate of incident respiratory deteriorations or all-cause hospitalizations during the at-risk period (days 0–28) vs. the non-at-risk period (days 29–56). The influenza virus was not detected in any cases of respiratory deterioration in both periods. An increased risk of AEFI, notably wheezing, was identified following LAIV vaccination, but this risk is outweighed by those associated with influenza infection in CF patients. Future research on the use of LAIV in other pediatric populations with non-immunosuppressed chronic conditions should be explored, the authors conclude.\nREAD FULL ARTICLE From Aappublications"}
{"text":"Systemic means \"affecting the entire body,\" rather than a single organ or body part.\nFor example, systemic disorders such as high blood pressure or systemic diseases such as influenza affect the entire body.\nAn infection that is in the bloodstream is called a systemic infection. An infection that affects only one body part or organ is called a localized infection.\n|Review Date: 2/23/2009|\nReviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.\nThe information provided herein should not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition. A licensed medical professional should be consulted for diagnosis and treatment of any and all medical conditions. Call 911 for all medical emergencies. Links to other sites are provided for information only -- they do not constitute endorsements of those other sites. © 1997-\nA.D.A.M., Inc. Any duplication or distribution of the information contained herein is strictly prohibited."}
{"text":"Select a Letter to view the associated terms.\nC D E\nF G H\nI J K\nL M N\nO P Q\nR S T\nU V W\nX Y Z\n||A body of stratified glacial sediment. A mound or an irregular ridge deposited by a subglacial stream as an alluvial fan or a delta.\n| Karst topography\n||A landscape characterized by sinks, solution valleys, and other features produced by groundwater activity; it commonly develops in limestone.\n||A median ridge on a scale.\n||a hard, tough, non-soluble protein\n| Keratinized scale\n||Scales containing keratin, which is a hard, tough, non-soluble protein produced in the epidermis of both reptiles and amphibians (Peters 1964).\n||A closed depression in a deposit of glacial drift formed where a block of ice was buried or partly buried and then melted.\n||An animal that obtained its food mainly by scavenging the food supplies of another species, especially one with which it habitually lives in close proximity (Morris 1992)."}
{"text":"MONTVILLE, NJ – The Montville Environmental Commission is finishing off their Sustainable Living Series with a free documentary screening of “A Plastic Ocean,” on April 7, at 2 p.m. at the Montville Township Public Library.\nWith all the changes in our town's recycling rules, it seems people have a renewed focus on recycling. However, the truth is that recycling is not a good solution, as plastic is typically only recycled once before it becomes non-recyclable. Therefore, recycling plastic doesn't stop it from ending up in a landfill – it only slows the timeline. Our reliance on plastic and the vast amount of plastic we bring into our homes is the true problem, because that plastic will be around for hundreds of years.\nBy 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. Microplastics have been found in most of the table salt we eat, the water we drink, and in the fish we eat. In an effort to encourage people to reduce their plastic footprint, the environmental commission is showing this movie to raise awareness of the problem. The movie examines the severity of the problem and how the issue will only get worse, since we continue to produce and use more and more plastic each year. For more information on the screening, please go to the Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2437501039705936/\nCome early to grab a free sample kit of Dropps plastic-free detergent, a sample pack of WelDental plastic-free toothpaste tablets, as well as a reusable foldable grocery bag. Simple swaps like these are the first step in addressing the issue of plastic pollution. Following the screening, Environmental Commission Member Bansari Shah will outline more easy ways to reduce your plastic footprint and save money at the same time. For more information on the eco-friendly initiatives happening in Montville, join Montville Green Team on Facebook.\nSign up to receive FREE TAPinto news in your email inbox: www.tapinto.net/enews"}
{"text":"Ice expansion ramparts 2 mi S. of Plover Point on South Arm of Yellowstone Lake were formed by expansive force of lake ice during intense thaws. Width of the Arm (1 1/2 mi) is within limits necessary for ice to maintain competence for shoreward thrusting. Wind-induced ice thrust forces are unlikely here, but were observed May 20, 1960, forming ramparts on windward northern shores of the lake which were exposed to optimum fetch. The South Arm ramparts are sinuous in plan and located both above normal summer strand lines and in drowned positions as much as 60 ft out from them. The latter stand 6 ft above rock-veneered bottoms and formed during winter low-water stage. Simplicity and singularity of the ramparts suggests that conditions for their formation have not often occurred, Following Hobbs, an expectable genetic sequence is: 1) Freezing of lake ice; continued chilling with concomitant formation of tension cracks; widely fluctuating temperatures. 2) Water freezes in cracks increasing potential ice volume; 3) Sudden marked warming is communicated to bare ice expanding it to new and greater volume; ice thrusts onto shore if competent."}
{"text":"The acromioclavicular (AC) joint — along with ligaments — connects your collarbone and shoulder blade.\nAn injury to to the AC joint is a shoulder separation.\nTypes of AC joint injuries\nThe type of shoulder separation depends on how much you tear the AC joint or coracoclavicular (CC) ligaments that hold the joint in place.\n- Type I = the AC ligament is slightly torn, but there’s no damage to the CC ligament is unharmed.\n- Type II = the AC ligament is completely torn, and there’s little or no tear to the CC ligament.\n- Type III = both the AC and CC ligaments are completely torn. In this case, the collarbone separates from the end of the shoulder blade.\nThree more types of AC joint injury are also possible, but rare. These involve tearing of the ligaments and surrounding muscle tissue.\nShoulder separation or AC joint injury causes\nShoulder separation often happens because of a hit to:\n- The tip of your shoulder.\n- The top part of your shoulder.\n- Your outstretched arm.\nYou may damage the AC joint or rotator cuff from a fall or tackle during a game."}
{"text":"Leadless Chip Carrier (LCC)\nDefinition - What does Leadless Chip Carrier (LCC) mean?\nA leadless chip carrier (LCC or LLCC) is an integrated circuit package that has no pins/leads for contact. This surface-mount device makes use of metal pads at the outer edges to establish connection with the circuit board. Leadless chip carriers are popular, as they are light in weight, adaptable to a wide range of applications and are considered ideal for surface-mount applications.\nTechopedia explains Leadless Chip Carrier (LCC)\nA leadless chip carrier is usually square or rectangular in shape. Unlike other integrated circuit packaging, leadless chip carriers do not establish connection to devices by means of pins, but by means studs or metal pads provided around the periphery of the package. Due to reduction in weight, area and volume, leadless chip carriers are more durable and could withstand more vibration and shock compared to dual-in-line packages.\nOne of the salient features of a leadless chip carrier is its easy and convenient direct insertion to its socket mounted on the circuit board. It can also easily mount directly on the board. It is a low-cost solution for surface mounting, as it is lightweight and has no metallic external legs or leads. Unlike dual-inline packages, no holes are required for leadless chip carriers.\nThere are a few drawbacks associated with leadless chip carriers. The system is not considered homogeneous when leadless chip carriers are mounted to printed circuit boards. Failures of these systems have been common after limited stressing or thermal expansion. Most of these issues can be resolved by selecting the proper printed circuit board material."}
{"text":"History of the Fryeburg Fair\nHave you ever wondered how the Fryeburg Fair earned its title for the largest agricultural fair in New England? It took a lot of years, but it all started in March of 1851. According to the Fryeburg Fair's website, the fair had humble beginning with just a few local farmers and merchants got together and decided to show off their produce, cattle and goods to the community.\nOn that first day, William Walker of Lovell won $3 for the best acre of corn and William Spring of Brownfield earned $1 for the best seed wheat.\nThis year marks 252 years from that first fair day. SInce then, the fair grounds have grown to the current 185 acres on the banks of the Saco River and attracts more than 300,000 people annually.\nThe fair was not always an eight day event. According to their website, fair trustees voted to expand the fair to four days in 1941 but World War II stalled the expansion until 1945. The fair grew to five days in 1954, seven a few years later and eight in 1981 when the second Sunday was added.\nEveryone has until Sunday to enjoy the fair!"}
{"text":"This post continues the description of the campaign medals awarded during WWII. Known as \"Theaters of War\" the medal shown below represents the largest geographic area during the War, which included Asia, Australia, Alaska, the Pacific Islands, most of the Pacific Ocean, and the eastern half of the Indian Ocean. It was know as \"Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal\".\nIt was awarded for service between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946. On the front side (obverse) the medal is designed to show an amphibious landing in the tropics, showing two helmeted soldiers holding rifles. A leafed palm tree overshadowing a landing craft with disembarking troops is immediately in their background. Three palm trees are shown without their palm leaves. Further in the distance is depicted a battleship, an aircraft carrier, and a submarine with two aircraft flying overhead. In a semicircle struck across the top are the words ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN.\nThe back side is shown below which is identical to the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Campaign shown last post [a bald eagle perched on a rock with the dates 1941 - 1945, and the words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.]\nAmerican War Medals and Decorations, Evans E. Kerrigan, p. 98.\nUnited States Air Force Combat Medals, Streamers, and Campaigns, by A. Timothy Warnock, pp. 58 - 127.\nThe Call of Duty : Military Awards And Decorations Of The United States of America, by John E. Strandberg and Rober James Bender, p.207."}
{"text":"Grading services are the process of leveling land to prepare it for building or to create a certain slope of land, usually for water or sewer lines or rainwater drainage.\nThis is sometimes called cut and fill excavation, where soil is excavated from higher parts of the landscape and used to fill in lower areas so that the entire landscape has the same land grading.\nThis can create a smooth landscape free from hills and slopes for many reasons, including water drainage or laying a structure’s foundation.\nThis is an easy way to prevent flooding or standing water on your home. If you have one or more small elevations that drain water towards your home or driveway, grading these small areas are an easy way to move the water away from your home and drain elsewhere.\nIf you need land grading services for any reason feel free to contact us for free estimate."}
{"text":"WHAT IS e IT?\nWarfarin (Coumadin) is an anticoagulant. It works to inhibit the synthesis of the following:\n- Vitamin K dependent factors: factors II, VII, IX, X\n- Vitamin K dependent anticoagulant proteins: protein C and protein S\nWHEN DO WE USE IT?\nIn patients with atrial fibrillation to prevent the formation of clots.\nWHEN DO WE AVOID USING IT?\nDuring pregnancy: warfarin is known to have teratogenic effects and should not be given during pregnancy. If anticoagulation is needed then low molecular weight heparin is the drug of choice.\nHOW IS IT ADMINISTERED?\nWHAT ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS/TOXICITY?\nANYTHING ELSE TO KEEP IN MIND?\nCYP 450 inhibitors increase the effect of Warfarin: this raises the risk of bleeding\n- Certain antibiotics/antifungals: such as metronidazole\n- Thyroid hormone\n- SSRIs: such as fluoxetine\n- Other: cranberry juice, Ginko biloba, vitamin E\nCYP 450 inducers decrease the effect of Warfarin: this raises the risk of clotting\n- Neurological medications: carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbital\n- Supplements: Ginseng, St. John’s wort\n- Oral contraceptives\nPage Updated: 11.01.2016"}
{"text":"Donald Trump has come out with his plan to, among other things, deport 11 million people living in America. Without getting into the details of this plan, I take you back 150 years to another time in America when immigrants were viewed in the same way that Trump appeals to a large group of Americans.\nThe Native American Party, renamed in 1855 as American Party, and commonly named Know Nothing movement, was an American political party that operated on a national basis during the mid-1850s. It promised to purify American politics by limiting or ending the influence of Irish Catholics and other immigrants, thus reflecting nativism and anti-Catholic sentiment. It was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants, whom they saw as hostile to republican values and controlled by the Pope in Rome. Mainly active from 1854 to 1856, it strove to curb immigration and naturalization, but met with little success. Membership was limited to Protestant men. The most prominent leader was former President Millard Fillmore (the party’s presidential nominee in 1856)."}
{"text":"Naqada, background information to the reconstructions\nThe information concerning single tombs in the original publication is scanty. Out of about 2100 tombs Petrie described only 136. Petrie did not publish a tomb register. He published plans only for a few tombs.\nFor the reconstruction of single tomb groups and of burials the following sources\nIn her book Baumgartel published a tomb register, after visiting many collections that preserve objects from Naqada. This register is essential for reconstructing the finds of each tomb, whereas for the plans the notebooks of Petrie are the most important source.\npottery types (the letters and small numbers next to the vessels - identified\nby Baumgartel) are according to:\nthe flints are according to\nthe Sequence Dates are according to\nCopyright © 2000 University College London. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"Scholarly and Peer Reviewed Information: Definitions\nWhat are Scholarly & Peer Reviewed Articles?\nScholarly articles are articles written by and for academics and experts in the topic of the article.\nPeer reviewed articles are those which have been reviewed prior to publication by other experts in the topic of the article.\nVery often the terms \"scholarly\" and \"peer reviewed\" are used interchangeably.\n- Clarify with your instructor as to which kind of article is required.\nUse the clues given on the other pages of this Guide to determine if an article is non-scholarly, scholarly, or peer reviewed."}
{"text":"This is an apolitical forum for discussions on the Axis nations and related topics hosted by Marcus Wendel's Axis History Factbook in cooperation with Michael Miller's Axis Biographical Research, Christoph Awender's WW2 day by dayand Christian Ankerstjerne’s Panzerworld.\nFrom 1871 German law stated that all condemned criminals must be decapitated but allowed both the axe and the guillotine. The guillotine was also used in Greece, Switzerland and Sweden. Sweden used the guillotine once, in 1910, when Alfred Ander was executed for armed robbery. It was to be Sweden's last execution. During the Nazi period, 1933-1945, 20 guillotines were used in Germany and Austria (from 1938). Hitler considered it a demeaning form of punishment and used it for political executions. 20,000 had a date with Madame la Guillotine in 1942 and 1943.\nIt has been estimated that 16.000 persons, maybe as many as 20.000, were guillotined by the Nazis, more than were killed by the guillotine in France during the revolution. After the war, the guillotine was last used in the Bundesrepublik Deutschland (West Germany) on May 11, 1949, when the murderer Berthold Wehmeyer was beheaded.\nEast Germany continued to use the guillotine for a few more years afterwards.\n…20 guillotines were used in Germany and Austria (from 1938). Hitler considered it a demeaning form of punishment and used it for political executions.\nMoulded wrote:And its use at Plötzensee: On only one night, on 14 September 1943, 186 humans in Ploetzensee, Berlin, by the drop hatchet were executed. For the individual execution hardly more than 10 seconds time was stressed.\nUsers browsing this forum: Baidu [Spider], Bing [Bot], Exabot [Bot], Whitevector [Bot] and 5 guests"}
{"text":"What You Should Know About Backhoe Services\n1. “Backhoe” Refers to the Direction the Shovel Digs\nA backhoe is a two-jointed, articulated arm with a digging bucket at the end. During operation, the backhoe is hitched to the back of a front loader or tractor. The end of the arm closest to the vehicle is the boom, while the other end that features the bucket is referred to as the dipper. Unlike when shoveling by hand or using a bulldozer, the backhoe digs into the earth backward, which is where it gets its name.\n2. Heavy-Duty Attachments Add to Backhoe Functionality\nAlthough backhoe machines are capable of digging deep into the soil, attachments are available to add to their functionality. Because multiple machines can be attached to the backhoe loader, it’s possible to accomplish different tasks at once, while reducing the amount of equipment needed on the worksite. If the job requires breaking through concrete to access the earth beneath, for example, jackhammer attachments can be used to cut down on time. Sweeper devices can also be attached for debris cleanup and snow removal.\n3. Backhoe Services Are Used for Various Applications\nExcavation is typically part of most mid- to large-scale construction jobs, which is why you should enlist the help of a backhoe service company for your project. From installing septic tanks and drain pipes in residential yards to digging into asphalt to mend city gas lines, backhoe loaders come in handy for a variety of applications."}
{"text":"Hepatitis C is a virus that affects your liver. It can be very serious if it's not treated.\nThere are often no symptoms of hepatitis C at first. Some people get symptoms like muscle aches, a high temperature, tiredness and tummy pain.\nHepatitis C can usually be treated with antiviral medicines. These need to be taken for several weeks.\nYou can catch hepatitis C from contact with the blood of an infected person, such as by sharing needles. It's very rare to catch it from having sex.\nYou can reduce your risk of catching hepatitis C by not sharing needles, razors or toothbrushes with other people."}
{"text":"In October 1970, Robert Bourassa's provincial government refused to exchange political hostages for twenty-three FLQ terrorists. By the evening of 15 October, 3,000 outraged Quebecers appeared poised to riot. Fearing insurrection, the federal government implemented the War Measures Act and jailed 497 people. Most Canadian historians cite this event as an unjustified assault on civil rights and political liberty - \"The October Crisis, 1970\" challenges this assumption. William Tetley, then a minister in Bourassa's cabinet, breaks the government's silence about the event and, with meticulous reference to now available documentation and passages from his own 1970 diary, reveals details of the government's decision-making process. He also points out facts that most historical interpretations gloss over: for instance, all but sixty of those apprehended were soon released, not a window was broken, and the calm that descended on Quebec and Canada has lasted for thirty-six years. Tetley addresses important questions about the crisis, successfully balancing historical interpretation and personal recollection\nWhen I first saw this book, I thought it would be a retelling of the events of the October crisis. Instead it is a book of arguments by the author supporting the provincial and federal governments actions and why.\nWilliam Tetley was a minister in Bourassa's cabinet and does present many facts and opinions from the inside. In my opinion, the crisis was handled in the best way possible. The book does support not only the authors opinions but my own.\nAlthough disappointed that it was not a retelling of the events of the October crisis, I did find this a very interesting and informative read."}
{"text":"Explore the life and times of Walter Tull, one of Britain’s first black army officers, who served during the First World War.\nWalter Tull (28 April 1888 - 25 March 1918) was a professional footballer and British Army officer. His father was Barbadian, his mother was from Kent.\nHe joined the Army in December 1914, serving in the Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex) Regiment, including the two Football Battalions. In 1917, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant, making him one of the first black men to receive a commission in the British Army.\nWalter Tull was killed in action on 25 March 1918. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.Download the transcript"}
{"text":"(In Freudian theory) the occasion on which a child becomes aware of its parents' sexual intercourse, the timing of which is thought to be crucial in determining predisposition to future neuroses.\nMore example sentences\n- Rolfe insists that the story (a Freudian primal scene in which the father is displeased by the son who watches his mother bathing) was told to him by his brother as a cautionary tale.\n- Freud clearly believed that the patient's apparent cure after his first period of analysis was the result of making conscious his presumed infantile observation of the primal scene.\n- The context - in this case, a novel of artistic development - is more extensive than the short story and underlines the importance of reading the episode as a symptom of a repressed primal scene of cultural amalgamation.\nDefinition of primal scene in:\n- The British & World English dictionary"}
{"text":"A basic history of Paragliding\nParagliding originally started with the military in the early 1960’s. They figured that when training their parachutists, it was taking a lot of time and money to keep taking them up by plane over and over, several times a day. They came up with the idea of pulling the parachutist along with a rope attached to a truck. Like a kite, as the truck went faster the parachutist went higher.\nIt didn’t take long for the parachutists to get the hang of it, and they began, just for fun, running off cliffs to float down and over time they learned how to use the air currents to their favour, enabling them to stay in the air longer. And so, paragliding as a sport came to be.\nThe design and size of the parachute changed over time as paragliders bettered their techniques, and what was considered to be the first modern paragliding jump took place in 1978 in France. Although the equipment has changed a lot since its first inception, with much better steering systems now, the basic design remains the same. It is now considered an extreme sport and is growing in popularity."}
{"text":"Explore the world of mythology with Edith Hamilton, enjoy the stories of a distant culture, and see how God’s design for mankind is seen even in the most unlikely places! Since references to ancient myths are found throughout literature, this class will benefit students who strive to better understand both literature and ancient history. In this 15 week class students will explore Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology. We will delve into ancient ideologies, culture, and deities while maintaining a Godly perspective. Since this course is discussion driven, a working microphone is required. This class is ideal for grades 9-12.\nCourse description and class content developed by Jess Woods for exclusive use with Excelsior Classes.\nDate & Time\n*See the School Calendar on our FAQs\nMythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton (978-0446574754)\nThe Prose Edda by Snorri Sturlson and edited by Jesse Byock (978-0140447552)\nJess Woods currently resides in upstate New York with her husband and three children. Though she spent her childhood and adolescence in Georgia, Jess has lived in eight different states and has a fondness for traveling and experiencing different regions, as each one has taught her something about herself and about community. Jess enjoys reading, writing, and all things music (ok, most things music). Teaching is the perfect career for her since she loves being able to experience an appreciation for words and story come alive within other people."}
{"text":"Traumatic dental injuries often occur in accidents or sports-related injuries. Chipped Teeth account for the majority of all dental injuries. Dislodged or Knocked-Out teeth are examples of less frequent, but more severe injuries. Treatment depends on the type, location and severity of each injury. Any dental injury, even if apparently mild, requires examination by a dentist immediately. Sometimes, neighboring teeth suffer an additional, unnoticed injury that will only be detected by a thorough dental exam.\nWhat going to happen to my tooth that crack the top off but still on? It starting to hurt. (photos)\nDoctor Answers 2\nWhat going to happen to my tooth that crack the top off but still on? It starting to hurt.\nBreak off to Abscess are possible\nThese answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship."}
{"text":"Synopsis by Hal Erickson\nFrom the same production team responsible for the digital-animation triumph Walking with Dinosaurs, this four-part British miniseries covers some three and a half million years in the evolution of humanity. Set in East Africa, the project uses well-disguised human actors to recreate such milestones as the development of creating shelter, hunting with weaponry, banding together in communities, adopting climate-appropriate clothing, learning to make and use tools, and walking on two rather than four legs (it is theorized that this final achievement came about because humankind hoped to conserve energy for the purposes of procreation). Episode titles include \"First Ancestors,\" \"Blood Brothers,\" \"Savage Family,\" and \"The Survivors.\" A co-production of the BBC and America's Discovery Channel, Walking with Cavemen debuted in the U.K. on March 27, 2003, and in the U.S. (edited down to a single, two-hour special) on June 15 of that same year.\ndevelopment, evolution, humanity, human-origins, milestone, natural-selection"}
{"text":"The key factor to achieving sustainability is no longer money but using available resources appropriately, according to a new study published by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.\nThe study suggests that the success of sustainability projects crucially depends on knowledge and functioning institutional structures at local, regional and national levels.\nSustainable transport is an urgent issue for a number of reasons. The transport sector was responsible for 23% of global CO2 emissions in 2007, and adversely affects air and noise pollution, land use etc. These effects are especially relevant in cities, where half of the world’s population is living today. With a growing world population and ongoing urbanisation, the number and share of city dwellers will rise considerably in the next decades. Thus, sustainability in urban transport is becoming increasingly important.\nFor more information, click here.\nNB: Press Cutting Service\nThis article is culled from daily press coverage from around the world. It is posted on the Urban Gateway by way of keeping all users informed about matters of interest. The opinion expressed in this article is that of the author and in no way reflects the opinion of UN-HABITAT."}
{"text":"Rio Grande do Sul (RS) is one of the 26 states that make up the Federative Republic of Brazil. Located in the southernmost part of the country, it has a population of 10.693.929 residents*, or approximately 6% of the total Brazilian population. The State has a total area of 281,730.2 km2 (including Patos Lagoon and Mirim Lake)**.\nIt presents a differentiated framework regarding social indicators when compared to the other states of the Federation. It stands out by its low infant mortality rate, that is already approaching the number of 10 deaths per thousand inhabitants; one of the longest life expectancies - above 74 years of age; and literacy rate above than 95%. These data place the State in a privileged level in terms of quality of life in the country.\nIts economic production is also important, RS contributes about 7% of the national total GDP, ranking fourth in economic production among Brazilian states. Its per capita GDP is approximately 27 thousand reais.\nRS has a rich cultural diversity and varied landscape. The State population descends mainly from indigenous peoples, Africans and Europeans. The relief has altitudes that range up to 1,398 m, its subtropical climate is characterized by low temperatures and its vegetation is varied presenting important residual areas of Atlantic Forest and grasslands, that characterize the Campanha Gaúcha plains and Southern Plateau highlands.\n* IBGE. Censo Demográfico 2010\n** IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística – Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), Resolution 05, dated Oct 10, 2002."}
{"text":"What's in a Name?\nWith more than 20,000 animals in our care, it would be impossible to name every single individual.\nEven with so many animals at the Aquarium, there are some special cases in which an individual animal might get a name! Generally, there are three categories that animal names fall into: names that are educational, names that honor someone in the marine biology field, or fun names that seem to fit the animal! Scroll down to meet a few Aquarium residents with special names.\nEvery penguin at the Aquarium receives a name that is educational in nature, which means that it can relate to the natural habitat or biology of penguins. Believe it or not, Roast Beef is an educational name! Roast Beef Island is a part of the Penguin Islands, a historical group of scattered islands off the coast of Namibia which are a part of the natural range of African Penguins. Visitors to the aquarium can use tablets at the penguin exhibit to identify penguins according to bracelets worn on their left or right wing. See the names and stories of our summer 2017 baby penguins.\nThe Aquarium’s youngest sea lion is a male named Ron, who was born in July 2017. This rambunctious juvenile is named in honor of Ron Schusterman, a renowned marine biologist and researcher who studied cognition in marine mammals. You can learn more about our sea lions, including Ron and his mom, Tipper, in the New Balance Foundation Marine Mammal Center.\nWhen senior aquarist Bill Murphy found out that our newest giant Pacific octopus was a male, he immediately knew what he’d be called. Professor Ludwig Von Drake is named after Donald Duck’s uncle who is known for singing the “Spectrum Song” – fitting for an octopus who can change color! The Professor can be found in our Olympic Coast exhibit, along with our female octopus, Freya."}
{"text":"One of the systems of Indian philosophy, Yoga seeks the union of the individual with the divine by means of exercise, breathing, posture, diet, and meditation. The word Yoga is Sanskrit for “Union.” One of the most popular forms of Yoga in the West is a type called Hatha Yoga. Those who practice Hatha Yoga seek to improve their health and sense of well-being by learning body control through a series of breathing exercises, by assuming special postures, and through concentration.\nClassical Yoga, called Raja Yoga, which means “Royal Yoga,” originated with a text dating from the 2nd century bc. This text, called Yoga-sutra, was composed over a long period of time. It was written by a man, or more likely several men, who wrote under the name Patanjali. Raja Yoga has to do with the essential difference between matter and self. The process involves a series of eight progressive stages to free the self from the material world and the cycle of rebirth after death (see Hinduism).\nHatha Yoga, which developed out of Raja Yoga, dates from the teachings of Gorakhnath, an 11th-century Hindu master yogi (practitioner of Yoga). The special breathing exercises and the postures, such as the familiar lotus position, with legs crossed and each foot resting on the opposite thigh, are a part of Hatha Yoga.\nIn the West most people who study and practice Yoga are likely to emphasize its health benefits as a form of exercise and relaxation rather than its religious and philosophical aspects. Many physiological processes—including blood pressure, respiration, and even body temperature and heart rate—may be controlled through the practice of Yoga."}
{"text":"Secondary products created in the sawmill such as cross-cuts or other wood scraps can be processed into wood chips. A chipping system mechanically shreds the wood scraps. This equipment enables us to precisely determine the grade, size and shape of the chipped wood.\nWood chips are also used in a variety of applications, e.g. for manufacturing pulp for the paper industry, producing oriented strand board (OSB) for furniture construction or pressing into pellets for heating purposes. Additional areas of use include equestrian arenas, horticulture and agriculture."}
{"text":"Bio-Optic Synthetic Systems (BOSS)\nIn 2002, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) initiated a program aimed at simplifying complex optical sensors used in military operations by imitating biological visual systems. The goal of the Bio-Optical Synthetic Systems project (BOSS) is to understand and synthesize the components of biological vision systems.\nMuch of the current technology used for intelligence gathering depends on optical sensors. These sensors are complicated, relying on multiple sets of lenses for focusing on their targets. Biological vision systems, such as the eye, are extremely compact, yet allow for a wide field of view, a dynamic range of index of refraction and control over spherical aberration. The crystalline structure of the fish eye lens, for example, accomplishes this flexibility in optical properties via an inhomogeneous protein gradient.\nThe technical challenges for this project include developing materials with a dynamic index of refraction and a variable field of view lens. In particular, the program specifies that the lens must have a field of view ranging from less than one degree to 120 degrees. The program seeks to develop material to improve the index of refraction, which likely requires the use of an inhomogeneous protein gradient. Materials that self-assemble into such hierarchical structure are of key interest. Both public institutions and private corporations have been funded under this initiative.\n█ FURTHER READING:\nDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Defense Sciences Office \"Bio-Optic Synthetic Systems (BOSS)\" < http://www.darpa.mil/dso/thrust/biosci/boss.htm. > (March 25, 2003)."}
{"text":"Ecuador said it would honour Lonesome George by listing him as part of the nation’s cultural heritage.\nGeorge, the only remaining Pinta Island giant tortoise (Geochelone nigra abingdoni) and a celebrated symbol of conservation efforts in the Galapagos Islands, died in June with no known offspring at an estimated age of 100.\nLonesome George is a symbol of the fight for the protection of a “fragile ecosystem where conservation is everyone’s responsibility,” Ecuador’s vice minister tasked with heritage issues, Juan Carlos Coellar, said in a statement.\nResearchers plan to examine Lonesome George’s remains before embalming the animal and putting him on display at the Galapagos National Park.\nThere are about 20,000 giant tortoises left in the Galapagos, according to the park's website.\nIndependent journalism costs money. Support Times of Malta for the price of a coffee.Support Us"}
{"text":"To motivate someone means to push them to do something, whereas inspiring someone means to pull them into something.\nBy this definition, motivating would be a lot easier. It would entail telling someone what to do and why they should do it.\nInspiring someone takes a lot more work. You would have to figure out what drives someone internally and pull that out of them to inspire action.\nWhy does it matter?\nFacts don’t inspire people to action, but feelings do. Motivating people with information will only go so far, you have to engage people’s deeper motivations.\nOn teams, you want people to show up for work feeling like they belong. They need to feel like they matter. People like to know their team and leaders care about how they feel and think.\nLeadership speaker Craig Roeschel says that when people are inspired, they are two thirds more productive.\nHow do you inspire people? I think it involves caring about them, finding out what matters to them and leading by example.\nInstead of telling people what to do, engage and involve them in action.\nThe leadership speaker also suggests you write notes of appreciation, walk around and ask people how they are doing, do videos that share your vision or congratulate people for the work they do.\nAs funny motivational speakers, one of our favorite ( although overused) terms is, People, Don't Care How Much You Know Until They Know How Much You Care."}
{"text":"So Boxing Day is not just the day when we clean up all the boxes and wrapping paper from Christmas Day. It actually has a much deeper meaning. Read this British take on this holiday that I have reported on our blog.\n- Boxing day (liftmeupwardrobe.co.uk)\nBoxing day is an occasion steeped in tradition, but with the excitement of Christmas and the build up to New Year the day often gets lost amongst never-ending celebrations. In fact, many of us aren’t even aware of the historical significance of its rather peculiar name.\nContrary to popular belief, boxing day has nothing to do with boxing. The name actually refers to a historical tradition of gift giving , when servants and tradespeople would receive gifts from their superiors, known as a ‘Christmas box’. The tradition dates back to the middle ages, when money and other gifts were given to those in need on the 26th December.\nThe day takes on different names across the globe. In South Africa Boxing Day was renamed to Day of Goodwill in 1994. In Ireland it is St. Stephen’s Day (Lá Fhéile Stiofáin) or the Day of the Wren. The lucky inhabitants…\nView original post 237 more words\nLeave a Reply"}
{"text":"Free Search (12430 images)\nThe calculated distribution of dark matter\n- Title The calculated distribution of dark matter\n- Released 17/02/2011 2:52 pm\n- Copyright The Virgo Consortium/Alexandre Amblard/ESA\nThis set of images shows the distribution of the dark matter, obtained from a numerical simulation, at a redshift z~2, or when the Universe was about 3 billion years old.\nThe left panel displays the continuous distribution of dark matter particles, showing the typical wispy structure of the cosmic web, with a network of sheets and filaments that developed out of tiny fluctuations in the early Universe.\nThe central panel provides a simplified view of the complex network of dark matter structure according to the so-called halo model, a statistical approach used to describe the distribution of dark matter on both large and small scales. Within this framework, the dark matter distribution is viewed as an ensemble of discrete objects, the dark matter halos, corresponding to the densest knots of the cosmic web.\nThe right panel highlights the dark matter halos (shown in yellow) that represent the most efficient cosmic sites for the formation of galaxies. Only halos with a mass above a certain threshold can trigger the ignition of intense bursts of star formation, thus creating a starburst galaxy. According to the latest measurements achieved with Herschel, the minimum mass needed by a halo for a starburst galaxy to form within it is 3 x 10^11 times that of the Sun.\n- Id 226157"}
{"text":"Edited by Suzanne J. Hurley-Kersh\nRed Epaulets (2013) supplements author Vic Hurley's other republished Philippine works: Swish of the Kris, the Story of the Moros, Authorized and Enhanced Edition (2010), and Jungle Patrol, the Story of the Philippine Constabulary 1901 - 1936) (2011).\nINTRODUCTION - Vic Hurley – A Niece's Personal Narrative. Vic Hurley, the author and adventurer, was a larger-than-life figure to his niece. In this brief article she describes her subsequent rediscovery of his work and his history.\nTHE PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY - A colorful first person narrative by an unidentified officer on Constabulary duty at a remote edge of the jungle, after the Spanish-American War. (1911)\nTHE SULU MOROS A detailed assessment of the personalities, customs, and behaviors of the Islamic Filipinos, their Sultan, and the tropic environment, with emphasis on the suicidal practices of amok and juramentado, as observed by an American Constabulary officer shortly after the occupation of the Philippines by American forces. (1913)\nWITH THE SULU CONSTABULARY ON THE LATEST FRONTIER OF THE UNITED STATES – Both the routine and the exciting challenges facing the nascent Philippine national police, the Philippine Constabulary, its foreign officers and its native recruits as they try to bring peace and order to the jungle - as observed by a young officer. (1913)\nRED EPAULETS IN THE SUNLIGHT - The forgotten men of American military history are the white officers of the Philippine Constabulary who fought under completely new concepts of battle, Vic Hurley describes the genius and subsequent history of some of these officers. (1956)"}
{"text":"The most dangerous snake?\nTechnically, that would be the inland taipan, a snake native to Australia. It has the most toxic venom and injects the greatest amount per bite. Other snakes, however, are more dangerous and claim more victims.\nA standard measurement of any toxin is the LD50 (LD = lethal dosage): the amount of toxin required to kill half of the test-animal population. A low LD50 value indicates a potent toxin: only a small amount is necessary to kill the recipient. The inland taipan is so poisonous that the venom in one bite is toxic enough to kill one hundred individuals. This puts the snake at the top of the list of most poisonous snakes in Australia. However, this snake does not claim the most victims. That dubious honour depends on a combination of factors, including the potency of the reptile’s toxin, the chance that humans will encounter the snake (the population density of the area), the availability of antiserum, and the country’s healthcare system.\nIn West Africa, many people fall victim to the saw-scaled viper. This very poisonous snake lives in slums, where many people walk barefoot. The puff adder as well, a snake common in Africa, claims many victims due to its effective camouflage. In fact, the puff adder seems to be responsible for the most African fatalities.\nIn India, the Russell’s viper causes many deaths, even though this snake is not very high on the most-poisonous lists. Cobras are dangerous too. Every snake in the entire cobra family can ‘stand’ and increase its visual size with a skin flap, and some cobras can spit their venom as far as 2.4 metres.\nAll in all, say people in the know, the best position for observing snakes in the wild is from a great distance."}
{"text":"Just in time for back to school, we introduce our newest movie topic page – Note-Taking Skills. Start the year with this one and prompt students to use best practices for watching BrainPOP movies all year long! In the movie, Tim and Moby explore the ways note-taking focuses your mind and allows you to identify the main ideas of any lesson–while giving you a written document to study later. Find out why you shouldn’t try to copy every word you hear, no matter how fast you write. Learn various time- and space-saving tricks to make your notes clearer and more useful. Techniques like shorthand and the Cornell System will help you get the gist of the lecture and keep up with what your teacher is saying. It’s time you took note of the value of note-taking! Remember, listening helps, but if you really want to learn, you have to write it down!"}
{"text":"Natalia Welzenbach-Marcu | April 3rd, 2019\nA surprisingly high amount of biofuel is produced in Iowa, but the products that fall under this category and the ways in which they are produced spark frequent controversy and debate.\nTo begin, let’s break down what “biofuels” actually are. Defined by National Geographic as “plant-based solutions to the Earth’s growing energy problems“, biofuels are sourced from plant matter instead of petroleum. Gasoline and diesel are technically also biofuels, being made from decomposed and fossilized plants, but they emit massive amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere–causing a number of dangerous effects that heavily contribute towards climate change. Biofuels are more specifically made from living plant matter.\nEthanol is an example of a common biofuel produced worldwide, and Iowa is a top producer. Ethanol can be made through fermentation and a breakdown of sugars and starches, making corn an ideal component. An increase in biofuel use, theoretically, should reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.\nThere is some debate about the effectiveness of biofuels when taking into account everything required to harvest and process the crops needed for this form of energy, however, with many pointing out that despite its benefits, the production of ethanol leaves a large carbon footprint anyway. With Iowa being a major producer of ethanol, these arguments tend to converge on our cropland, and farmers are split on the issue, as biofuels provide some significant advantages over fossil fuels.\nSetting debates aside, a common ground most debaters find themselves on is the desire to figure out a way to reduce our overall carbon footprint, and this is a journey that we will likely be on for a long, long while."}
{"text":"Most U.S. cities lack built environments that support physical activity, which is a key determinant of health. Making permanent changes to the physical environment to promote physical activity is not always feasible. Play Streets are place-based interventions that are typically organized by local governments or community organizations, involve temporarily closing streets to create safe places and free opportunities for physical activity. In this descriptive study we examine Chicago’s PlayStreets held in summer 2018 (n=162) to assess the volume and type of physical activity among youth participants, and the variety of services provided to residents. We analyzed survey data and post PlayStreets forms, and conducted systematic observations at a purposeful sample of PlayStreets. We found that PlayStreets provide opportunities for youth physical activity in areas where opportunities do not otherwise always exist. PlayStreets also provide an avenue for residents to access community resources. This research of PlayStreets in Chicago showed how one city is temporarily turning streets into places for youth physical activity to advance health equity. Local policies that facilitate temporarily closing streets, and that provide resources to support opportunities for physical activity and access to community resources, can advance health equity in cities nationwide."}
{"text":"Dr. Scott Petrie, Long Point Waterfowl Executive Director\nAlthough lead poisoning is common in swans, no information exists on the prevalence of lead artifact ingestion in swans using the Lower Great Lakes. We examined artifact ingestion (lead and non-toxic) in Mute Swans Cygnus olor and Tundra Swans Cygnus columbianus collected on the Lower Great Lakes in Ontario (1999–2003) following the 1999 ban on use of lead shot for waterfowl hunting in Canada. A larger proportion of Mute Swans (19.8% of 243 birds) contained artifacts than did Tundra Swans (6.5% of 77 birds), possibly due to the fact that Mute Swans feed exclusively in aquatic habitats. Overall, 14% of Mute Swans contained nontoxic shot, 6% contained lead shot and 1.6% contained fishing tackle; 4% of Tundra Swans contained non-toxic shot and 2.6% contained lead shot. Adult Mute Swans (22.7%) had a higher incidence of artifact ingestion than did cygnets (8.9%), but there were no age-related differences in Tundra Swans. No sex-related differences in artifact ingestion were detected in either species. Given the overall frequency of shot ingestion in Mute Swans (20% of birds), lead toxicosis probably was a significant mortality factor for this species on the Lower Great Lakes before the lead shot ban. As only 1.6% of Mute Swans and no Tundra Swans contained any form of fishing tackle, angling related injuries and mortalities are likely lower in the Lower Great Lakes than has been reported for swans in Europe. Presently, lead toxicosis is likely having a low to moderate effect on Mute Swans and a minimal effect on Tundra Swans on the Lower Great Lakes.\nTo read Jenna’s paper on incidence of artifact ingestion in Mute Swans and Tundra Swans on the lower Great Lakes, Canada click here"}
{"text":"A cockatoo is a parrot that is any of the 21 species belonging to the bird family\nCacatuidae, the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea. Along with the ...\nJul 12, 2015 ... Argue With A Cockatoo ... Cockatoo Flips Out on Roommate for Not Cleaning\nDishes - Duration: 1:12. ... Gotcha The Cockatoo 337,948 views.\nCockatoos share many features with other parrots like the characteristic curved\nbeak shape and a zygodactyl foot, but differ with the often spectacular movable ...\nA list of Cockatoos for sale including Bare Eye Cockatoo, Black Palm Cockatoo,\nCitron Crested Cockatoo, Ducorp Cockatoo, Slender Billed Corella Cockatoo, ...\nThe Sulphur-crested Cockatoo is a large white parrot. It has a dark grey-black bill,\na distinctive sulphur-yellow crest and a yellow wash on the underside of the ...\nWhite Cockatoo photo Cockatoos stand out from other parrot species with their\ndramatic crest feathers, dusty feathers, and varying shades of white, pink, gray ...\nCockatoos can't seem to shake the “velcro bird,” moniker. These birds have a\ntendency to want to be everywhere their people are. The cockatoo's cuddly\nOct 15, 2015 ... A puffy white cockatoo that screeches like a dinosaur is causing havoc in\ncockatoo (plural cockatoos). A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak\nand a zygodactyl foot. (slang, obsolete) A lookout posted during a two-up game.\nCockatoo Island is a UNESCO world-heritage-listed island in the middle of\nbeautiful Sydney Harbour. Hop on a ferry and explore the island for the day or"}
{"text":"Biology: Human Body Systems #Biology #grade6 #grade7 #grade8 Review of the major #body #systems based on their #function or types of #organs combined. Based on NGSS MS-LS1-3 6 Questions by Science_by_Kahoot 11/02/2017 answers Play N/A plays The esophagus, stomach, and liver are the main organs in this body system: digestive muscular endocrine skeletal What is the function of this body system? to collect & send information to move blood throughout the body to excrete wastes to break down nutrients Which body system will cause you to have a growth spurt? Lymphatic Skeletal Endocrine Nervous What is the function of the Integumentary System? protection circulation support movement Which 2 systems work together to break down nutrients & then transport them to the body? respiratory & circulatory digestive & excretory digestive & circulatory lymphatic & endocrine … and 10 more awesome questions! Check them out by clicking “Play”."}
{"text":"Chapter 18 Summary\n“What they saw in the land of El Dorado”\nThe innkeeper tells Cacambo that he is a happily ignorant man, but there is a wise man in the village who is the most learned and eloquent man in the kingdom. The innkeeper takes them to an old man in a sumptuous but simple room full of fine metals and jewels. The man is one hundred and seventy-two years old, and his deceased father was equerry (honored attendant) to the king.\nThis kingdom is the “old fatherland to the Incas” who unwisely chose to leave so they could subjugate another part of the world and were ultimately destroyed by the Spaniards. The princes and their families who remained were much wiser and decreed, with the people’s...\n(The entire section is 807 words.)"}
{"text":"Medical Dictionary: Glossary (F)\nWhat is facial nerve\nThe facial nerve is the seventh cranial nerve. It supplies the muscles of facial expression.\nWhat is factor X\nA coagulation factor, a substance in blood essential to the normal clotting process. Production of factor X takes place in the liver and requires vitamin K.\nWhat is fascia\nA flat band of tissue below the skin that covers underlying tissues and separates different layers of tissue. Fascia also encloses muscles.\nWhat is fat embolism\nA process by which fat tissue passes into the bloodstream and lodges within a blood vessel and blocks it.\nWhat is fibula\nThe smaller of the two bones in the lower leg. The end of the fibula forms the bony prominence of the outer ankle.\nWhat is flail chest\nA condition that occurs when enough ribs are broken (usually from a crush injury) .On breathing in, the chest wall moves inward instead of outward, and it does the opposite on breathing out.\nWhat is foramen\nA natural opening. Although a foramen is usually through bone, it can be an opening through other types of tissue, as with the foramen ovale in the heart.\nWhat is fugue state\nAn altered state of consciousness in which a person may move around and even speak, but is not fully aware."}
{"text":"|Moderates and Extremists - Differences of Moderates & Extremists|\nPage 2 of 2\nDifferences between the Moderates & the Extremists\nModerates: Constituted of zamindars and upper middle classes in towns. Believed that the movement should be limited to middle class intelligentsia and that the masses were not yet ready for participation in political work. Inspired by western liberal thought and European history. Professed loyalty to the British Crown, believed in England’s providential mission in India believed and that political connections with Britain to be in India’s social. political and cultural interests. Demanded constitutional reforms and share for Indians in services and insisted Oil the use of constitutional methods only.\nExtremists: Constituted of educated middle and lower middle classes in towns and had immense faith in the capacity of masses to participate and to make sacrifices. Inspired by Indian history, cultural heritage and Hindu traditional symbols. Believed that political connections with Britain would perpetuate British exploitation of India and rejected ‘providential mission theory’ as an illusion. Demanded swaraj as the panacea for India ills.Did not hesitate to use extra constitutional methods like boycott and passive resistance to achieve their objectives.\nConflict and Surat Split\nTilak was unpopular with the Moderate group of Bombay. At the Calcutta Congress 11906) Bipin Chandra Pal and Aurobindo wanted Tilak to become the President of the Congress. But the Moderates were in no mood to accept him. P Mehta. MM Malaviya and Gokhale were heckled and booed. Ultimately a compromise was hurriedly made and the agreeable resolutions on the partition of Bengal. Swadeshi and Boycott were phrased and they secured a smooth passage in the open session. With the foundation of the Deccan Sabha. the division between the Extremists and the Moderates in Maharashtra was complete. The Congress split in 1907 at Surat under the presidentship of Rash Behari Ghosh."}
{"text":"Was the Buddha omniscient?\nThe question of whether the Buddha was omniscient took on increasing importance as the Buddhist tradition developed over the centuries. More will be said about the scholastic tradition of other schools later, but for now it is perhaps worth mentioning a view reported by Kulatissa Nanda Jayatilleke in his still-important work called Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge. Jayatilleke reports that it was common in the Theravāda tradition to say that there were no obstacles to what the Buddha could know. That does not mean that he was actively omniscient in the sense of knowing all things at all times; rather, it means that if the Buddha ever wanted to know anything, it mattered not whether the object of his knowledge was far away in time or space, or in some future time that no one had yet experienced, or even in some normally inaccessible place such as another person’s mind. The Buddha could see and hear objects at a great distance, and he could know the thoughts of others. So he could know whatever he wanted to know but was not burdened with the informational overload that would go with knowing all things at all times.\n- Jayatilleke, Kulatissa Nanda. Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge. London: Allen & Unwin, 1963."}
{"text":"The CRC Handbook of the Zoology of Amphistomes provides a comprehensive survey on the morphology, ecology, systematics, and zoogeography of amphistomes, which are a group of digenetic trematodes parasitic in vertebrates. The handbook features the special morphological characteristics of amphistomes, including the structure and types of muscular organs; a short diagnosis for each species (when possible), as well as a line drawing of each adult fluke; a zoogeographical analysis, including the host-parasite coevolution, distributional patterns, and characterization of faunas within the zoogeographical realm; and a possible evolutionary scenario based on holomorphological characteristics. Parasitologists, helminthologists, zoologists, and biologists working with ecological associations will find CRC Handbook of the Zoology of Amphistomes an essential reference source for their work with amphistomes.\nThere are currently no reviews for this product. Be the first to review this product!\nYour orders support book donation projects\nNHBS is my favorite supplier (very professional and fast). Bravo!\nSearch and browse over 110,000 wildlife and science products\nMulti-currency. Secure worldwide shipping\nWildlife, science and conservation since 1985"}
{"text":"The Canterbury Tales: The Miller's Tale\nby Geoffrey Chaucer\nRelated History & Literature on Shmoop\nAvailable to teachers only as part of the Teaching The Canterbury Tales: The Miller's Tale Teacher Pass\nTeaching The Canterbury Tales: The Miller's TaleTeacher Pass includes:\n- Assignments & Activities\n- Reading Quizzes\n- Current Events & Pop Culture articles\n- Discussion & Essay Questions\n- Challenges & Opportunities\n- Related Readings in Literature & History\nSample of Related History & Literature on Shmoop\n- The Canterbury Tales: \"General Prologue\"\nA gateway page to the \"General Prologue\" or frame for the Canterbury Tales. It includes poetic \"portraits\" of each pilgrim on the journey, such as the Miller and his fellow dirty storyteller, the Reeve.\n- The Canterbury Tales: \"The Reeve's Tale\"\nContains pages for the bawdy \"Reeve's Tale,\" which this angry pilgrim tells in retaliation for the Miller's story of a cuckolded carpenter (or reeve)."}
{"text":"A binary star was a star system where two stars that revolved around a common center of mass in a single star system. Sometimes the pair would become stable enough that planets would form around them, such as with the Tatoo system and the Byss and Abyss system. Planets orbiting around such star systems often orbited their parent stars in a figure of eight fashion, as such in the case of Byss. Having two suns did not make the world a hot one, in the case of Tatooine. Early in its planetary history, around 2,000,000 BBY, Tatooine was actually a lush and verdant world which produced the Kumumgah species. After defying their Rakatan masters, the planet was subject to an orbital bombardment as punishment that caused the silica in the soil to fuse and become glass, which over time became sand, and caused a drastic climate shift which resulted in Tatooine becoming a desert world.\nTwo suns often put the system at risk, with twice the chance of a supernova occurring.\n- Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith 1: Masters and Students of the Force (Mentioned only)\n- Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith (audio) (Mentioned only)\n- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (First appearance)\n- Star Wars: Rebellion (Mentioned only)\n- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided\n- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Galoob minicomic\n- Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen\n- Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races\n- Star Wars Technical Journal\n- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire trading cards (Card: ) (Picture only)\n- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Embossed Metal Collector Cards (Card: ) (Picture only)\n- Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Luke Skywalker (Special)) (Picture only)\n- Binary star on Wikipedia"}
{"text":"What if we could determine if a given star is likely to host a planetary system like our own by breaking down its light into a single high-resolution spectrum and analyzing it? A spectrum taken of the Sun is shown above. The dark bands result from specific chemical elements in the star’s outer layer, like hydrogen or iron, absorbing specific frequencies of light. By carefully measuring the width of each dark band, astronomers can determine just how much hydrogen, iron, calcium, and other elements are present in a distant star. The new model suggests that a G-class star with levels of refractory elements like aluminum, silicon, and iron significantly higher than those in the Sun may not have any Earth-like planets because it has swallowed them.\nN.A.Sharp, NOAO/NSO/Kitt Peak FTS/AURA/NSF"}
{"text":"1. Illiteracy: Independent India had very high rates of illiteracy just after independence. This was due to the fact that the Britishers did not spend commensurately on education and rather discouraged educational reforms. Over the years, the literacy rates rose but still as nearly 30 per cent of the Indians are illiterate, they find it difficult to engage in well-paying economic activities and thus remain poor.\n2. Unemployment: It is the second major reason for poverty. The people who don’t get work sit idle. Unemployment is basically because of the unavailability of education which plays a vital role in the social as well as economic development of an individual.\n3. Inequalities of Incomes: The unequal distribution of income is the other reason for poverty. Money has been rendered in a few people’s hands and then they distribute it. One of the major reasons for this is the unequal distribution of land and other resources. Despite many policies, we have not been able to tackle the issue in a meaningful manner. Land reforms which aimed at the redistribution of assets in rural areas have not been implemented properly.\n4. Slow Growth of Employment Opportunities: There is a slow growth of employment opportunities, especially in industrial sectors. On the other hand, the population is growing day by day leading to the growth of the labour force without sufficient job opportunities. The failure at both the fronts: promotion of economic growth and population control has perpetuated the cycle of poverty.\nRate this question :"}
{"text":"THE KIDS BIBLE STORY OF GIDEON AND DEFEAT OF THE MIDIANITES.ToC\nLarge numbers of the Israelites gathered around Gideon, prepared to fight against the Midianites, who were encamped in a valley, \"like grasshoppers for multitude.\" How Gideon's host was reduced till only three hundred men remained, and the wonderful dream he heard related, when he and his servant went down as spies into the enemy's camp, are recorded in the seventh chapter of Judges. It was not by their own bravery or power that the Israelites were to overcome their enemies. God was to give them the victory: and He chose Gideon and three hundred men to overcome the great and mighty host of the Midianites.\nGideon divided his three hundred men into three companies, and put a trumpet in every man's hand, and gave to each a pitcher with a lamp inside. Then he said, \"Look on me, and do likewise: when I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of the camp, and say, 'The sword of the Lord and of Gideon.'\" Gideon and the hundred men of his company approached the enemy's camp by night, and the other two companies drew nigh also, so that the Midianites where surrounded. Then all blew their trumpets, broke their pitchers, held up their lamps (torches), and cried out as they had been commanded.\nThe Midianites heard the trumpets' blast and the cry, and saw the lights. They were thrown into confusion, and one fought against another; then they fled, and were pursued by the Israelites, great numbers of whom gathered together and followed after their flying enemies. Thus the Midianites were overcome, and Israel had peace during the lifetime of Gideon.\nTHE SWORD OF THE LORD, AND OF GIDEON"}
{"text":"The Mongol AND Ming. Mongol Origins. Nomadic horse people N. China Grasslands Raised horses, tended sheep Felt tents: Yerts, Ger Language: Altaic (Rel. To Turkic, Manchurian) Could not marry between tribes and clans. Organization. Families-->Clans-->Tribes-->\nDownload Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author.While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server.\nThe Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)\nIn addition, Hongwu worked to eliminate Mongol influences and revive traditional Chinese values and practices, like Confucian principles.\n1405 – the voyages by Zheng He - to promote trade & collect tribute.\nBeginning of Isolation\nMing Foreign Relations\nThe policy to end the voyages was part of a move in Ming China toward isolation from the outside world.\nReasons for Decline"}
{"text":"Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths of muscle.\nThey’re firm, compact tumours made up of smooth muscle cells and fibrous connective tissue. They may be found inside the uterus, within its wall, on its outer surface, or attached to it by a stem-like structure.\nUterine Fibroids range in size from undetectable to the eye to masses that can cause the uterus to become enlarged. They can be slow growing, quick or remain the same size. Some may go through growth spurts and some may shrink on their own. You can have one fibroid or many.\nUterine Fibroids are not correlated to an increased risk of uterine cancer and rarely develop into cancer (sarcoma)."}
{"text":"The story of world Christianity’s recent pilgrimage is dramatic and historically unprecedented. The “center of gravity” of Christianity’s presence in the world rested comfortably in Europe for centuries. In 1500, 95 percent of all Christians were in that region, and four centuries later, in 1910, 80 percent of all Christians were in Europe or North America.\nBut then, world Christianity began the most dramatic geographical shift in its history, moving rapidly toward the global South, and then also toward the East. By 1980, for the first time in 1,000 years, more Christians were found in the global South than the North. Growth in Africa was and remains incredible, with one of our four Christians now an African, and moving toward 40 percent of world Christianity by 2025. Asia’s Christian population, now at 350 million, will grow to 460 million by that same time. Even today, it’s estimated that more Christians worship on any given Sunday in churches in China than in the U.S."}
{"text":"Welcome! This libguide has been created to provide teachers quick access to thousands of resources focusing on American History and Literature. This libguide was originally created to assist Mrs. A. Stiles in finding valuable (and new to her) resources for her classes.\nI focused on her needs and wants. There are gaps in the historical eras - but we both hope to be able to fill some of those holes as time passes. Please utilize the add a link feature found on most of the pages when you find valuable links.\nAll sources within the libguide are found on the Bibliography tab.\nThis box contains information and tools that can be beneficial for any teacher, no matter the subject."}
{"text":"Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain says Environment Canada, which has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for all of Halton and Peel regions.\nA Watch means a thunderstorm is possible; a warning means one is imminent.\nA few thunderstorms are expected to affect portions of the above regions this afternoon and early evening. These thunderstorms will be quite isolated. However, any storms that do develop could be severe.\nStrong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branches off trees and overturn large vehicles. Remember, severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes. Be prepared for severe weather. Take cover immediately, if threatening weather approaches. In Canada, lightning kills up to 10 people every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors.\nEmergency Management Ontario recommends that you take cover immediately, if threatening weather approaches.\nEnvironment Canada meteorologists will update alerts as required, so stay tuned to your local media or Weatheradio. Email reports of severe weather to firstname.lastname@example.org or tweet with the hashtag #ONStorm."}
{"text":"The City of Brussels adopted the new Local Agenda 21. The 2010 version will strengthen and broaden the 2008 actions on sustainable development on the territory of the City.\nThe City adopted its first Local Agenda 21 in 2008. The program translates concrete actions of the Agenda 21 to the local level. The Agenda 21 is an international declaration with 2,500 recommendations on sustainable development for the planet in the 21st century. The local version allows the recommendations to suit the terrain and its inhabitants.\nClimate change, acid rain, the ozone layer, over-fishing, polluted rivers… the list of environmental problems can seem daunting – and then when solutions appear, it seems there’s another problem just waiting to pop up behind it! What seems to be needed is a concerted effort to reform the foundations of our cities and towns into more sustainable entities that work in harmony with our planet: Fortunately, this is just what several grassroots environmental movements are trying to do. Between the Transition Towns, the Sustainable Neighborhoods, and Agenda 21, cities all over the world (and all over Belgium!) are taking concrete steps to become more sustainable and to cut off environmental problems before they even start.\nIf you've been wondering which fish you can still buy with good conscience, without depleting the ocean from endangered species and knowing that your fish was caught in a sustainable way without harming other sea animals, then this small step is for you. An excellent ressource is www.goedevis.nl - that is, if you know what the fish is called in Dutch!"}
{"text":"Scientists from Monash University, Melbourne have shown that infants born prematurely have lower blood pressure during sleep in the first six months of life, compared to healthy, full-term infants.\nScientists at the Ritchie Centre for Baby Health Research, Monash Institute of Medical Research, believe this may be one reason premature infants are at an increased risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).\nChief Investigator, Associate Professor Rosemary Horne, said that previous studies have shown that prematurely-born babies are at a significantly increased risk of SIDS; approximately 20 percent of all SIDS cases occur in preterm babies, though preterm babies comprise only 8-10 percent of infants born.\n\"It has been hypothesised that the underlying mechanism of SIDS involves a fall in blood pressure during sleep combined with a failure of the baby to arouse from sleep which would normally restore blood pressure,\" Associate Professor Horne said.\n\"Our study has now provided evidence as to why preterm babies are at a higher risk for SIDS.\"\nThe study monitored the blood pressure of 25 preterm and 20 full-term infants at two to four weeks; two to three months and five to six months. Blood pressure was lower during sleep in the preterm infant group at all ages studied, but was lowest in the two to three month age group, when the risk of SIDS is highest.\n\"Our recommendation is that additional research needs to be undertaken to determine whether preterm infants also have impaired cardiovascular control, as this may also contribute to the higher rate of SIDS in preterm infants, particularly when sleeping face down/on the stomach,\" said Associate Professor Horne.\n\"Parents of both term and preterm infants should follow the advice of SIDS and Kids for infant safe sleeping practices and always sleep their infant on his/her back, keep their baby away from cigarette smoke and ensure that the baby's head cannot be covered by bedding,\" she said.\nCite This Page:"}
{"text":"In these times of self-isolation and social distancing, nothing is better than a pot of home made stew. Except, my mother’s home made stew with my […]Read more\nEnglish is the main language of business and commerce. Schools, colleges and universities have always recognised this, and test students’ English communication skills throughout their academic life.\nEach country has its own English exam requirements, and looks for different language skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening tests. Some countries base their reading exams on formal academic papers, others on current affairs in the form of newspaper articles.\nOur courses take into consideration the different needs of each country’s exam, be it the Abitur in Germany, the Berufsreifeprüfung in Austria or the Cambridge tests used by some schools Italy.\nWe understand the authentic English needed to pass these exams, and our week long intensive courses give our students:\n- Targeted language for specified English exams.\n- Confidence to interact naturally in the spoken element of the test.\n- Strategies to produce well written texts appropriate to the given task or question.\n- Effective methods to revise and practise language skills.\nThis intensive week-long bespoke course is taught on a one-to-one or small group basis and consists of:\n- 25 hours of training.\n- Analysis of question and task type.\n- Exam techniques and strategies.\n- Recorded speaking practise and presentation analysis.\n- Assessment of pronunciation and pronunciation workshop.\n- Practice reading tasks and questions.\n- Review of written skills and assessment of exam requirements.\nA targeted 5 day course to prepare students for country specific English exams. Our course includes:\n- Skills analysis and assessment of English level.\n- Overview of the test, marking criteria and pass level.\n- A structured breakdown of each part of the exam and analysis of questions.\n- Activities and resources to build up language in weak areas.\n- Person specific revision timetable."}
{"text":"With the most powerful computers ever known , you’d think that modern codebreakers would have utterly smashed our forefathers’ puny ciphers. Well…no. There are quite a number of antique documents that remain mysterious, despite cryptologists’ best efforts. Code breaking still relies on good guesses and flashes of insight more than brute force.\nSince the late 1800s, biologists have used petri dishes primarily to grow cells. In the medical field, they are used to identify bacterial infections, such as tuberculosis. Conventional use of a petri dish requires that the cells being cultured be placed in an incubator to grow. As the sample grows, it is removed—often numerous times—from the incubator to be studied under a microscope.\nCombat drones - aka remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs) - are now seen by US combat commanders as one of their most valuable - if not the most valuable - military asset in the inventory. It is certainly seen as a very important element of the current Administration’s counter-terrorism policy.\nWant a sandwich? Yeah, me too. PR2 has learned how to fetch sandwiches, which is great and all, but thanks to a technique called semantic search, it can now bring you a sandwich when it’s not even sure where the sandwich is.\nMIT researchers just officially unveiled a device that uses sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The device builds upon a breakthrough hydrogen producing technology developed in 2008, and they are calling it an “artificial leaf” because of it capacity to create chemical fuels directly from sunlight. The cell is also made from common materials like silicon, cobalt and nickel, which means that the “leaf” could potentially be mass-produced."}
{"text":"Animal Species:Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus\nTsintaosaurus spinorhinus lived in lakes, probably in herds, around 80 million years ago.\nTsintaosaurus spinorhinus had:\n- a forward-pointing unicorn-like crest on its head which probably helped it to attract mates;\n- resonators in the tubular cavities inside its crest enabling it to produce distinctive mating calls;\n- a large tail and paddle-like forelegs to assist with swimming.\nTsintaosaurus spinorhinus lived in lakes.\nTsintaosaurus was named after the city of Tsingtao in Shandong Province, where the fossil was found. The species name spinorhinus refers to the spine-like crest on its head.\nTsintaosaurus spinorhinos was a duck-bill dinosaur or hadrosaur. It is an ornithopod that belonged to the family Hadrosauridae known from the Late Cretaceous in North and South America, Europe and Asia."}
{"text":"Black Students Less Likely to Get Mental Health CareAugust 17, 2016 |\nby Ershad Kaleebullah\nA startling new study claims that black and Hispanic children and young adults are half as likely as white students to receive treatment for mental health problems. This study raises racism concerns because the racial and ethnic disparity exists despite the fact that both minorities have a similar rate of mental problems as that of white students.\nThe study, led by Dr. Lyndonna Marrast, who was with the Harvard Medical School when the research was initiated for the International Journal of Health Services, is based on data collected from children under 18 and young adults in the age group of 18 to 34. The research study covered all the 50 states in the U.S. between the years 2006 and 2012."}
{"text":"NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND—Astronomers have found the most distant object ever in our solar system, three times farther away than Pluto. The dwarf planet, which has been designated V774104, is between 500 and 1000 kilometers across. It will take another year before scientists pin down its orbit, but it could end up joining an emerging class of extreme solar system objects whose strange orbits point to the hypothetical influence of rogue planets or nearby stars.\n“We can’t explain these objects’ orbits from what we know about the solar system,” says Scott Sheppard, an astronomer at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C., who announced the discovery here today at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society. V774104 currently sits 15.4 billion kilometers from the sun, or 103 astronomical units (AU) away. One AU is the distance between Earth and the sun."}
{"text":"Happy Mousey Monday to our Cache and Cookies readers!! September is here which means that Autumn, better known as Fall, is fast approaching!\nFall marks the transition from Summer into Winter. In North America, Fall is considered to begin with the September equinox. An equinox occurs twice a year when the plane of the Earth’s equator passes the center of the Sun.\nDiscovery Education Streaming offers a fun Skill Builder that teaches students under grades K-5 about the seasons.\nDiscovery Education Streaming also has a 35 minute full video titled, Holiday Story Fun for Kids: Fall Holiday Stories. The video explores the holidays and celebrations typically occurring during Fall.\nWe are proud to bring you these resources from Discovery Education Streaming into your classrooms! Please feel free to reach out to us with any comments or feedback @DESupportStars! Have a great rest of the week Mousey Monday readers!"}
{"text":"A proportional relationship is when the growth pattern is multiplied by a scale factor.\nWe'll be exploring how a relationship can be expressed in a situation. For example, Malia buys bird 1 lb. of bird seed for $3. If she buys 2 lbs., she would spend $6. Since she is charged the same amount per pound, and there is no initial fee, this is a proportional relationship.\nYou can write each point as a fraction in simplest terms and if they are all equal, then it's a proportion. Ex. because they all simplify to .\nYou can tell if a graph is proportional because it is 1) linear (a line) and 2) goes through the origin (0, 0).\nThe relationship between the quantities can be written in the form of y = kx. k is the constant of proportionality. The constant of proportionality is the same as the scale factor.\nFor equations, the equation is in the form of y = kx. k is the constant of proportionality. The instructor mentioned that if it is a one-step equation it's proportional. NOTE: y = x + k, which is a one-step equation, is NOT proportional. Only one step equations in the form y = kx are proportional.\nSource: Danielle Kunetz\nSource: Ms. Newburn"}
{"text":"Jewish American Heritage Month\nOn April 20, 2006, President George W. Bush proclaimed that May would be Jewish American Heritage Month. The announcement was the crowning achievement in an effort by the Jewish Museum of Florida and South Florida Jewish community leaders that resulted in resolutions introduced by Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida and Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania urging the president to proclaim a month that would recognize the more than 350-year history of Jewish contributions to American culture. The resolutions passed unanimously, first in the House of Representatives in December 2005 and later in the Senate in February 2006.\nAccording to Library of Congress hosted website, JewishHeritageMonth.gov, May was chosen as the month of Jewish American Heritage Month because of the successful 350th Anniversary Celebration of Jews in America.\nOffice of Health Disparities & Health Equity\nPO Box 95026\nLincoln, NE 68509-5026"}
{"text":"Between 1951 and 1960, Dali created 101 watercolor drawings to interpret the Salvador Dali Divine Comedy, a poem by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). These works have been reproduced using a wood engraving technique. With this technique, wood engravers carved 3500 blocks for the prints that make up the book. 100 woodblocks were published as a French edition by two different editors with a total of 4765 books, an Italian edition of 3188, and later in 1974 as a German edition with a stated size of 1000. Each volume has a title page, a table of contents, and justification page contained in a cardboard slip case with matching inner boards. Each woodblock from the Salvador Dali Divine Comedy is part of a Canto or book chapter which is about 8 pages in length. Here are selected works from the first part of Dali’s Divine Comedy – Inferno.\nSalvador Dali – Spain (1904 – 1989)"}
{"text":"Would be a great poster resource for any young adult to see as a simple reminder in any classroom or common area.\nHelping Teens Manage Big Emotions\nby Lisa Marchiano, LCSW\nResearch indicates that emotional regulation is one of the most important skills we can teach our children. Teens who lack an effective way of managing distressing emotions may choose maladaptive ways of coping, such as avoidance or numbing through addictions. Managing difficult or complex feelings requires a capacity for self-reflection. The quality of interiority – an awareness of and interest in our inner, psychic landscape – is essential for self-reflection….\nCheck out the rest of Lisa’s article from PsychCentral @ Big Picture Parenting\nOriginally poster found on Pinterest @ https://pin.it/4mgcwjuqubc3j7"}
{"text":"Perry Gate Memorial rededicated\nApril 5, 2012: The Perry Memorial Gateway located at the Lapeyrouse cemetery was rededicated on April 4, 2012 by Ambassador Beatrice W. Welters.\nThe Gate was named after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, one of the most celebrated American naval heroes. Several cities and counties across the United States are named after Commodore Perry. He also lends his name to the U.S. Navy‘s Oliver Perry Class Frigate because of his courageous battle which also earned him the title ‘Hero of Lake Erie’.\nPerry was later dispatched on a diplomatic mission to South America where he met with the newly-formed government of Simon Bolivar. Unfortunately he contracted yellow fever, dying en route to Port of Spain on his thirty-fourth birthday. He was buried at the Lapeyrouse cemetery.\nIn 1925 Consul Henry D. Baker set out to mark the piece of shared history. When he could not locate the original burial site he instead worked with City of Port of Spain to mark the place Commodore Perry entered Lapeyrouse Cemetery with the ornamental gateway.\nHe arranged for the gateway to be built in the United States and transported here at his own expense.\nHe felt it would be a long-standing memorial to the deep bonds of brotherhood between the U.S. and Trinidad and Tobago.\nAmbassador Welters and other embassy officers learnt of the gate’s existence through local historian and journalist Louis Homer and American historian Brad Coleman. Working with the Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Works and Infrastructure and the Port of Spain City Corporation, as well as members of the USNS Grapple, the gate was restored and rededicated.\nElements of the rededication ceremony included the symbolic key handing over from Ambassador Welters to Port of Spain Mayor Louis Lee Sing, wreaths being laid and a military parade.\nSee Ambassador’s full remarks at http://photos.state.gov/libraries/port-of-spain/19452/public/remarksofusambassadoratperrygaterededication.pdf\nSee more photos at http://trinidad.usembassy.gov/perrygate.html"}
{"text":"PSY 330 Week 5 DQ1 Triadic Theory\nSelect a mental illness that you are interested in learning more about. Provide a brief overview of this mental illness. Discuss how Triadic Theory would likely describe the cause of this illness. What would a therapist, employing this approach in his or her practice, suggest as a possible treatment for this disorder? Do you think that this theory is more appropriate for the diagnosis and treatment of some disorders, more than others?\nYour initial post should be a minimum of 250 words and utilize at least one peer-reviewed source that was published within the last five years, cited according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.\nGuided Response: Review several of your classmates’ posts. Respond substantively to two peers who selected a different mental illness than you. Do you agree or disagree with their possible treatment plan? Does their plan successfully incorporate Triadic Theory? What two suggestions would you make to improve each plan?\nNo reviews. Be the first to write one!"}
{"text":"The four bears mounted here include the Alaskan Brown bear, the Grizzly bear, the Black bear, and the Polar bear. The Black bear is the only bear that currently inhabits California. It eats grasses, insects, honey, rodents, and birds’ eggs.\nThe Alaskan brown and Grizzly bears are closely related. They eat honey, rodents, larger mammals, roots, and salmon. Unlike popular belief, these bears do not hibernate, and can be easily awakened in the winter.\nThe Polar bear lives in the Arctic, and eats seals, walrus, fish, birds, and stranded whales. Unlike other bears, they spend most of their time swimming, rather than walking on land."}
{"text":"Celebrating What’s Already True About Your Children\nThe Quaker emphasis on Truth creates a wonderful jumping off point for conversations with children about special capacities they have (spiritual gifts) and ways those gifts help them to engage with others in ways that are loving and true and help others to be their best selves. Affirmations convey the tone for our Quaker parenting as positive and building on the good already within our children. All gifts, capacities, and abilities are important to create a whole family or community. (See Romans 12:4)\nInvite children to make a sticker or draw a picture.\nTell them these are Quaker Affirmation Stickers/pictures that say something that is true about them. Emphasize that they get to choose what that is. Remember, children are fully spiritual beings!\nShow them some options: I am Kind; I can Listen; I am a Helper; I am Grateful; I Share Toys & Turns; I Love the Earth.\nParents or caregivers can help support making a choice or two, if needed. Invite the children to decorate stickers with small rubber stamps to make it their own or invite them to draw a picture with their Affirmation highlighting their special gift. A great companion storybook is Jack’s Talent by Maryann Cocca-Leffler.\nA Friendly New Year’s Party — Good anytime of the year!\nUse the affirmations to celebrate the New Year on a positive note! Raise up what is already true about F/friends and family, saving a litany of resolutions and promises to try harder for another time.\nFollow up the Affirmations with “A Bowl of Good Wishes.” Have each family member or F/friend write a wish or hope for someone else. Fold them up and put them in a festive bowl. Settle into a little silence and pass the bowl around, each person drawing out one wish and reading it to the group. Finish the evening with a Game Night for All Ages.\nDownload the Affirmations\nAuthor: Beth Collea\nPublisher: Quaker Religious Education Collaborative\nRelated File: Click to view/download file\nRelated Link (or File): Click to go to link"}
{"text":"A�pod is a fused case that surrounds multiple seeds. For example, the dehiscent fruit of a leguminous plant such as the pea. Fruit of the same species is considered a different variety if it has a different pod type. Typically a fruit develops from a gynoecium composed of fused carpels, which, upon fertilization, grow to become a silique that contains the developing seeds. After seed maturation, dehiscence takes place, and valves detach from the central septum freeing the seeds."}
{"text":"Teach the different sounds and spellings of the 44 sounds in the English Language with this tactile set of plastic object pieces.\nEach tub has items representing a particular sound, helping children see real life examples of how different spellings can create the same sound. Covers initial sounds, long and short vowels and split digraphs.\nThe tubs can be accessed in a structured format, introducing only the relevant sounds that are being taught, making them suitable for whole class phonics teaching. They can also be used for assessment and revision of sounds in a fun and informal way. There is a label on each tub so all items can be replaced into the correct container.\n- 44 tubs each containing between 3 and 6 mini plastic versions of real items. Items include giraffe (g), fish (sh), flamingo (ng), cake (a_e), light bulb (igh), cloud (ou)\n- Pack size: 44\n- Brand: TTS\n- Age Range: Suitable for age 3 years and up"}
{"text":"1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data A plane flies at 400 km/h [south 30 degrees east]. The wind is blowing from the east at 100 km/h. Find the resulting speed of the plane. 2. Relevant equations Not sure 3. The attempt at a solution I've drawn a diagram similar to this: |\\ | \\ | \\ |30\\ | \\ | \\ 400 km/h | \\ |_____\\ 100km/h I thought this was just a simple question of finding the left side of the triangle, but I don't seem to get the answer. Any hints is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance."}
{"text":"Definition of solar-friendly treeCategorized under \"General\"\nDefinition as written by darylmitchell:\nA deciduous tree that has moderately dense foliage during the summer, loses its leaves early in the fall, and a thin branch density. These trees are beneficial for energy conservation by shading structures in summer, while allowing the maximum amount of sunlight through their bare branches in winter for heating. Trees such as ash, Kentucky coffeetree and sugar maple are considered solar-friendly.\nAdd a definition to this term"}
{"text":"Adventist Education standards There is a folder for each subject taught in grades 9-12. Reference only version: IM/SD 373 Se82.\nCircle.Adventist.org Links to SDA standards and other sites\nWashington State K-12 Learning Standards You may view, print, or download the standards for each subject area.\nTextbooks for grades 9-12;\nGovernment IM/TB 320's\nLanguages IM/TB 400's\nSciences and Mathematics IM/TB 500's\nEssential Living Skills IM/TB 600's\nFine Arts IM/TB 700's\nLiterature IM/TB 800's\nHistory and Geography IM/TB 900's\nHigh School Level Literature:\nWriting Reading Workshop for grades 9-12\nChildren's Literature - A picture book may be used with high school students to introduce a topic or start a discussion. Some students may benefit from reading about a topic at an easier reading level. The combination of visual images with the text can enhance memory of concepts. Elements of writing and various genres are easily explored in these shorter works. Art students can explore different styles.\nInternet site with browser based games for various subjects: Games for Change"}
{"text":"Recent studies using otolith microstructure analysis have suggested that the duration of the juvenile stage in anchoveta (Engraulis ringens) is shorter than previously suspected, which suggests that the ages being entered into the traditional age-based stock assessment are incorrect. However, the interpretation of young pelagic fish otoliths remains problematic. To clarify the age interpretation of larval and juvenile E. ringens, newly hatched larvae were reared in a quasi-natural environment for periods of up to 103 days. The sagittal otoliths were subsequently examined and measured by international otolith experts in a double-blind workshop study. The young anchovy could be aged both accurately and precisely using otolith microstructure, after measures were taken to correct for unresolvable increments formed immediately after hatch. The presence of a fast-growth transition zone characterised by either considerable splitting or subdaily increments or both was confirmed. This study confirms the hypothesis of rapid growth and young age through the juvenile stage for anchoveta, suggesting that a critical appraisal of the annual age determinations used as the basis for anchoveta stock assessment is warranted. The otolith interpretation principles outlined in this study may apply broadly across many small pelagic fish species.\n- splitting rings"}
{"text":"The 3D printing industry is currently entering a pretty interesting stage. Ordinary printers went from being loud and slow to being quiet, fast and precise, but they never really included the one feature we all wished they would have had, and that was a feature that would allow us to erase or delete what we printed. On the other hand, 3D printers might have this feature as standard. A new 3D printer was recently announced, and it’s said to sport an impressive undo feature.\nThe team behind this incredible new 3D printer, including students at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles, have been able to create a superior 3D printer that has the ability to erase and correct printing errors in a way that printers haven’t been able to do before. Not only does it have this innovative feature, but it is also the fastest 3D printer to date, according to the team.\nThe whole process is quite impressive, and it is a whole new take on how 3D printing works. The new 3D printer injects liquid resin into a gel tank, which traps the resin in its liquid form until it comes into contact with UV light. The resin then hardens and becomes the finalized 3D print. It’s while the resin is trapped in the gel that the erase process is possible. If you as a creator discover that something is not right with your model, you could easily erase and correct the error by basically pressing undo or adjusting the model on the screen.\nThis new 3D printer is also much faster than an ordinary 3D printer. The team behind this printer printed a wireframe cube on both their new 3D printer and an ordinary one and discovered that while the ordinary 3D printer takes about an hour to print the wireframe cube, their new 3D printer only took 30 seconds to print the same cube. With technology progressing this fast, we will soon see movie-like 3D printers entering our homes. Watch out, this printer is going to set the bar for future 3D printer features. You can be sure of it.\nInnovative New 3D Printer Can Erase Printing Errors"}
{"text":"The Negative Rates Club\nAfter years of quantitative easing and negative interest rates, it is becoming clear that these policies work as expected only in debtor economies, but have little effect in creditor economies. The reason is simple: creditors lose when rates go negative, and debtors gain.\nBRUSSELS – For the better part of a decade, central banks have been making only limited headway in curbing powerful global deflationary forces. Since 2008, the US Federal Reserve has maintained zero interest rates, while pursuing multiple waves of unprecedented balance-sheet expansion through large-scale bond purchases. The Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, and the European Central Bank have followed suit, each with its own version of so-called “quantitative easing” (QE). Yet inflation has not picked up appreciably anywhere.\nDespite their shared struggles with deflationary pressures, these countries’ monetary policies – and economic performance – are now diverging. Whereas the United States and the United Kingdom are now growing strongly enough to exit their expansionary policies and raise interest rates, the eurozone and Japan are doubling down on QE, pushing policy long-term interest rates further into negative territory. What explains this difference?\nThe short answer is debt. The US and the UK have been running current-account deficits for decades, and are thus debtors, while the eurozone and Japan have been running external surpluses, making them creditors. Because negative rates benefit debtors and harm creditors, introducing them after the global economic crisis spurred a recovery in the US and the UK, but had little effect in the eurozone and Japan."}
{"text":"Division sums up to 100, level 2Division\nPractice division up to 100, level 2\nNumber of questions:\nTime per question:\nPractice division sums up to 100 here, level 2. Set how much time you want to have to do the sum and how many sums you want to practice in a row. You can also indicate whether you want multiple choice answers for the sums or not. Learn division up to 100, level 2 on this website, good luck. Some example sums are: 72 / 9 = 8 49 / 7 = 7 By lowering the number of seconds for each exercise, it becomes more difficult to give the right answer. This way you can slowly increase the difficulty level. The division sums up to 100, second level are part of third-grade arithmetic. By completing the sums with a timer, it will help you practice for a timed test. You can also choose longer series of sums to do more exercises in a row."}
{"text":"Children’s mindset is strongly based on the education. For those children who do not have exposure to proper education, it is the society that shapes the mindset. This is a serious and crucial area as this lies as the foundation for the rest of the life. In this study, the literature has clearly shown that the mindsets tend to change with age and has revealed certain factors that the cognitive mind is dependent upon (Ricci, 2013). In addition to it, research methodologies have also been used to analyse the variables based on which the mindsets of children have changed over a period of time. These variables are used to further identify the mindsets of different population. Based on the variables set for the analysis, there are two types of beliefs – fixed and growth. Fixed beliefs exhibit lower motivation and performance. On the other hand, growth beliefs exhibit higher motivation and performance. There are two conditions set to the participants in the study.\nThe mindset scale has been set to analyse the results from the participants who have participated in the study. For a specific math puzzle that differed in their toughness levels, the participants were analysed for their choice of problem. One puzzle was tough and the other was easier. The age of participants is between 9 and 15 years. There were certain variations in the sampling already evolved. However, the participants were exposed to the same scenario throughout to determine the factors they make use of to take a decision. The decision was then categorized in the form of a table and the factors included – strong growth, growth with some fixed ideas, fixed with some growth ideas and strong fixed. It is quite evident from their answers that elder people were inclined to personal beliefs that indirectly motivated to the decisions made by them. On the other hand, younger ones were not inclined to anything in particular and took free decisions (Ricci, 2013)."}
{"text":"I thought I would add a few more interesting facts about meteoroids. One cool fact is the speed at which they travel. Some of them enter the Earth’s atmosphere at a rate of 130,000 miles per hour.\nAlso, we can actually throw a meteoroid off course by exploding a nuclear device somewhere near it. The radiation pulse caused from the explosion pushed the meteoroid off of its course. This process is called an x-ray slap.\nMeteoroids also contain the oldest known rocks in our whole solar system. They contain pre-solar grains, which are actually minerals that formed around other stars billions of years before our solar system was born."}
{"text":"Childhood trauma is a psychological response to adversity or a highly stressful event experienced in a person’s childhood that has health effects that extend into adulthood. Childhood trauma can manifest itself within adulthood in a plethora of ways.\nExamples of Traumatic Events Experienced in Childhood\nThese events may be isolated or ongoing. A child can also develop trauma upon witnessing a traumatic event happen to someone else. As previously mentioned, not everyone develops a trauma response to these types of events.\nSymptoms of Childhood Trauma\nChildhood adversity can have a long-lasting negative impact on a person’s quality of life, especially when it comes to a person’s mental health. Children who are exposed to trauma may also develop a heightened stress response that can hinder a person’s ability to regulate their emotions, cause sleep difficulties, lower immune function, and can inhibit a variety of physical illnesses into adulthood. Some examples of the negative symptoms that stem from childhood trauma include the following:"}
{"text":"EPA estimated that hazardous waste combustors annually emit approximately 12,650 tons of hazardous air pollutants (metals, total chlorine, organics, and dioxin/furans) and particulate matter. Depending on the number of facilities demonstrating compliance with health-based compliance alternatives standards for total chlorine, the total reduction of HAP and particulate matter for existing sources was estimated to be between approximately 2,260 and 3,380 tons per year.\nEPA found that this rule will also protect human health and the environment by reducing particulate matter in conjunction with the air toxic reductions. EPA estimated that particulate matter reductions could be as high as 2,140 tons per year.\nFor more information, visit the hazardous waste combustion web page."}
{"text":"(b Feodosiya [now Kaffa], July 29, 1817; d Feodosiya, June 2, 1900).\nRussian painter of Armenian descent. The son of an Armenian merchant, throughout his life he kept his links with the ancient traditions of Armenian Christian culture. He studied at the Academy of Arts, St Petersburg, in 1833–7 under Maksim Vorob’yov (1787–1855), a prominent Russian landscape painter of the Romantic period. From 1845 Ayvazovsky worked predominantly in Feodosiya, an ancient city in the Eastern Crimea. He travelled widely in Russia and Europe, the Near East, Africa and America. Ayvazovsky’s first significant paintings testify to his attentive assimilation of the canons of Romantic seascape painting, going back to Claude Lorrain, as well as the influence of Vorob’yov and the late works of Sil’vestr Shchedrin. In Ayvazovsky’s early works the accurate rendering of views is combined with a classicist rationality of composition, as in View of the Seashore in the Environs of St Petersburg (1835; Moscow, Tret’yakov Gal.)\nA purely Romantic view of the world and exaltation in the face of the boundless, eternally changing sea find mature expression in the works of the 1840s, when Ayvazovsky gained renown throughout Europe. A number of foreign academies made him an honorary member, and J. M. W. Turner wrote an enthusiastic ode in honour of one of his pictures. The best-known work of this period is the ..."}
{"text":"What does Wasim mean?\nWasim [wasim] as a boys' name is of Arabic origin, and the meaning of Wasim is \"distinguished looking\".\n(male) Wasimmo, Wesim, ..\n(female) Wasimma, Wasimme, ..\nHow popular is Wasim?\nWasim is an uncommonly occurring given name for males but a somewhat prominent last name for both adults and children (#137816 out of 150436, Top 92%). (2000 U.S. Census)\nDisplayed below is the baby name history of Wasim for boys. Wasim has not been listed in the Top 2000 thus far. (2015 Birth Statistics)\nWasim is pronounced similarly to Acim, Asim, Azim and Isam. Other suggested similar names are Basim, Fahim, Haim, Hakim, Halim, Hashim, Hayim, Jakim, Karim, Kasim, Kassim, Maksim, Maxim▲, Nadim, Naim, Qasim, Rahim, Salim, Wahib, Wain, Walid, Wim and Yakim. Like Wasim, these names are not commonly used.See names in meaning and etymology."}
{"text":"That war and its aftermath were so important that several postings are justified as is a certain amount of personal reminiscing.\nA year or so before the war my class was taken to see the Masada exhibition in the Royal Festival Hall. The major excavations had been completed and the stupendous exhibition travelled to various places and everywhere the history of the fortress whose defendants committed suicide rather than surrender to the besieging Romans captured many people’s imagination.\nWhen, in the spring of 1967 the tension around Israel started to build up, it seemed like Masada was with us again. A small country was surrounded by much bigger enemies who were determined to destroy it. Not just defeat it in war or take over some territory but to destroy it.\nThis was most clearly expressed by the then Foreign Minister, Anwar Sadat, who spoke of sweeping every Israeli man, woman and child into the sea. Recently uncovered documents show plans that the Egyptians and the Jordanians had for the massacre of Jews in captured Israeli cities. This is not surprising if one looks at the history of various places such as Nablus, which is not quite as straightforward as some of those writing about it would like to make it out.\nA longish piece on the subject is here."}
{"text":"Choosing the right medications can help ease your symptoms.\nMany medications can be used to help control asthma. The most commonly prescribed include:\nControlling inhalers are used every day on a regular schedule. Their purpose is to decrease the amount of inflammation in your lower airways, making you less likely to have asthma symptoms.\nRescue inhalers used for quick relief from increased asthma symptoms. They are normally only used when your chest is tight or you are wheezing, rather than on a regularly scheduled basis.\nThese medications help block leukotrienes, molecules that constrict your airways and contribute to the development of asthma symptoms. The main leukotriene modifier used in the Unites States today is Singulair.\nThere are two main classes of antihistamines: first generation (sedating) and second generation (non-sedating). Benadryl is a classic example of the first generation antihistamines, which work very well and are inexpensive in generic form. Most people taking first generation antihistamines report a feeling of sleepiness. Second generation non-sedating medications currently available in the United States include are Allegra, Claritin and Zyrtec.\nThese pills don't directly treat allergies or asthma, but they do treat the swelling of sinuses that develop from allergies."}
{"text":"The Organization of a Foreign Language Distance Learning in Quarantine During the Postmodern Era. Postmodern Openings\nMetadataShow full item record\nThe article addresses organization of distance learn-ing of foreign languages in quarantine during the postmodern era. It is noted that organization of distance learning in the ed-ucational process is very important. It was clarified that dis-tance learning is based on synchronous and asynchronous modes. The essence of the concepts of “distance learning”, “asynchronous learning”, “synchronous learning”, “quaran-tine” is explained. Articles of domestic and foreign teachers and scientists analysing the broached subject were reviewed. The article highlights advantages and disadvantages of distance learning. It has been studied that for students studiing foreign languages remotely, an interesting form of learning is watching TV shows and movies. The digital programs and the essence of their advantages are also given. The researchers’ view on the effectiveness of multimedia presentations, trainings, games is given. It is also found that during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is hard forparents to work on the platforms unlike children. The platforms for synchronous and asynchronous learning are separated. It is noted that teachers with primary school stu-dents use visual forms of learning to interest children and to present new material in a clear and accessible way. During the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual communication is found prevaling in postmodern society. It is noted that a foreign lan-guage can be learned through a Facebook group. It is investi-gated that learning foreign languages requires special attention to development of communication skills. The problems that arose in teachers during the organization of distance learning during the coronavirus pandemic are studied."}
{"text":"Common Telerin is the primordial tongue of the Teleri or Lindar clan of the Elves.\nIt descended from Primitive Quendian, the original language of all Quendi, or Elves, but split off Common Eldarin early, at some time during the Great Journey.\nOne major Telerin change was that where Primitive Quendian used 'KW', Telerin had evolved it into 'P'. Another significant change was the simplification of palatal 'J' into the vowel 'I'.\nIts descendants are the language of the Teleri of Valinor Telerin, as well as Sindarin, and the various Nandorin languages.\nThe language of the Teleri of Valinor was influenced by and in turn influenced Quenya, and these languages remained very closely related and mutually intelligible."}
{"text":"In 1899, Frank Bannister formed Morgantown Glass Works near the successful Seneca Glass Company in Morgantown, West Virginia. The first glassware products made by the company were clear, hand-blown glass tableware. The Morgantown Glass Works achieved almost immediate success, and within two years the company employed more than 600 people, with offices and salesrooms around the country. Morgantown Glass Works changed its name to Economy Tumbler Company in 1903, and in the early 1910s began making colored glassware in addition to its clear products. Recognizing that the Economy Tumbler Company didn’t fully reflect the scope of its product lines, the company changed its name once again in 1923, to the Economy Glass Company. It was around this time that the company began to produce its “Continental” line of products, which would become very popular. Another name change occurred in 1929, as the company reinstated its original Morgantown Glass Works name.\nLike many companies, the Morgantown Glass Works struggled to stay afloat during the Great Depression, and eventually shut down operations in 1937. However, the factory was soon brought back to life as the Morgantown Glassware Guild in 1939. Throughout the 1940s and 50s, this new, employee-owned company produced a great variety of glassware for passenger ships, hotels, bars, and other businesses. The company also continued to manufacture glassware for individual consumers, including tableware and decorative art glass.In 1961, Morgantown’s gained national recognition when first lady Jackie Kennedy chose a simple Morgantown glassware pattern as the official crystal service for the White House. After receiving this recognition, Morgantown marketed this pattern as \"President’s House\" stemware. In 1965, the Morgantown Glassware Guild was bought by Fostoria. Under this new ownership, the factory remained open until 1971, when its doors closed for good. Morgantown glassware products are now highly sought by collectors."}
{"text":"Junior high students are full of life and energy, and are open to trying new things and getting their hands dirty. It is a time of exploration, new experiences, and socialization. For this reason, students are given the opportunity to explore 6-8 elective experiences over these two years. In one block, students select one or more of the following fine arts electives: art, drama, or band. These electives allow students to appreciate the gifts of others, and develop their own aesthetic awareness and creative expression. Skills are developed to not only share their work with others, but to concretely express joy and delight and struggles as image-bearers in a broken world. In a second block, students select one or more of the following applied skills electives: woodworking, textiles, foods, video-editing, outdoor education, or desktop publishing. These electives allow students to understand the blessing, power, and place of technology, and to develop an appreciation for media and the use of materials to create beauty and serve others."}
{"text":"In the central mountains of the Malay Peninsula, Malaysia, Southeast Asia lives over 40,000 horticulturalists, bearing a gift economy. The Semai, an Orang Asli Society is known for their strong non-violent way of living. This bilateral descent culture, looks at the man and woman as being “equals”. Their main economic activities include hunting and farming; as their economic organization consists of small camps on high mountain slopes, cultivating wet rice. In this research paper I should further your knowledge of this unique and proud culture as I explain how the Semai live, and raise their children. I will analyze the impact that this cultures primary mode of subsistence has on their beliefs, gender relations, and economic organization. As you continue to read, you will get a better understanding of this special culture and their unique place in the history of the world.\nThe Semai's direct source of revenue has evolved into a diverse system of shifting cultivation, hunting trading forest goods, and arboriculture. The Semai main economic activities include hunting and farming. These societies live in small, isolated camps at a high altitude on mountain slopes. They live in villages that are built with wood, weaved balls, or bamboo with thatched roofs using palm leaves. Inside the Semai houses are no visible bedrooms, and the children usually sleep in the main hall. The only form of “separation” for the rooms is a wooden beaded curtain that hangs in the parent’s chambers. There are no locks to prevent unwanted entry; instead the curtains are drawn down to prevent entry.\nThe Semai subsist on the cultivation on mountain rice, maize, and millet. However some of the Semai people, who are relatively adapted to the Malay society, live even lower down the mountains, cultivating wet rice as well as mountain rice. When rice becomes scarce the Semai use roasted or boiled..."}
{"text":"Topic: Science & TechnologySociety\nArmy Spc. Joseph Darby\nThis Ethics Hero designation is obvious.\nDarby made the principled and courageous decision to report the abuse of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison his own 372nd Military Police Company. He slipped an anonymous note under the door of his commander’s office, and in so doing was the catalyst for a crucial re-evaluation and reaffirmation of American ethical values. He also prevented untold numbers of Iraqi prisoners from experiencing humiliation and pain.\nFar too much has been made in the media of the similarities between the upbringing and background of Joseph Darby and Lynndie England, the young woman who has become the face of American abuse and torture. Ethical values and courage know no class distinction, and the paths to ethical awareness or ethical blindness are too serpentine to track. The undeniable fact is that any of Darby’s comrades could have done as he did, but did not. He alone among them asked the right question. According to his mother, as quoted by ABC News, he saw the abuse and asked himself, ‘What if that was my mom, my grandmother, my brother or my wife?’ ”\nExactly. And having arrived at the obvious answer, Darby did not talk himself out of taking action by using any number of rationalizations at his disposal: “This isn’t my business” ”It’s not my place” ”Don’t get involved” ”They’re only the enemy” ”The Iraqis would do the same to us if they could” and a dozen more.\nOklahoma’s ethically-challenged Senator\nImhofe, in response to a radio commentator’s question about his opinion\nof all the damning photos that have come to light in the wake of Joseph\nDarby’s actions, responded, “We obviously have to do something about all\nthose cameras.” This, in all its stained and filthy glory, is the response\nof an unethical man when confronted with wrongdoing. Joseph Darby’s response,\nin contrast, is that of an Ethics Hero."}
{"text":"If you thank your parents for your intelligence or blame them for your stupidity, you might be right—but not because of the way they raised you. In fact, a new study provides the most compelling evidence yet that intelligence is affected by a single gene.\nThe research, carried out at UCLA and published in Nature Genetics, studied fMRI brain scans and DNA samples of over 20,000 people. Thanks to the massive pool of volunteers, the researchers were able to identify a single gene that has a significant, measurable—but admittedly small—impact upon intelligence.\nThey found that variations on a gene called HMGA2 can alter IQ by 1.29 points. The variation in the gene is just a single different molecule in its string of DNA. Despite the small difference, it's an amazing discovery to establish that such a small chemical variation can have an effect on human intelligence.\nIn fact, as well as raising IQ score by 1.29 points, the same gene variation also increases the overall volume of the brain by 0.58 per cent of average brain size—that's equivalent to about two extra teaspoons of brain power.\nIt's worth noting that the effect is small, and required a huge population of participants to identify. That means that it doesn't have a huge impact on the way we judge each other's intelligence—but it does for the first time demonstrate that single genetic differences have a role to play in determining our cognitive abilities. [Nature Genetics via New Scientist]\nImage by Lasse Kristensen/Shutterstock"}
{"text":"Traffic fatalities for 2009 are projected to reach the lowest level since 1954, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced today, March 11.\nAccording to early projections, the fatality rate per number of miles traveled reached the lowest level ever recorded.\n“This is exciting news, but there are still far too many people dying in traffic accidents,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “Drivers need to keep their hands on the steering wheel and their focus on the road in order to stay safe.”\nThe projected fatality data for 2009 places the highway death count at 33,963, down 8.9 percent from 37,261 deaths reported in 2008. The fatality rate for 2009 declined to the lowest on record, to 1.16 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, down from 1.25 fatalities per 100 million VMT in 2008.\nThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration attributes the decline in 2009 to a combination of factors that include increased seat belt use and high visibility campaigns like Click It or Ticket and “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest,” which helps enforce state laws to prevent drunk driving and distracted driving. In addition, the decline is also the result of safer roads, safer vehicles and motorists driving less.\nTo view the preliminary fatality statistics click here."}
{"text":"In my last post before the London International Antiquarian Book Fair next week, I want to share a rather delightful Victorian children’s game, which using rebuses (see my earlier post for something similar from the eighteenth century) and fractions to help teach the cities of the world:\nThe cards are grouped in pairs: one is headed ‘Capital of x’, with a rebus beneath to help the child work out the answer. For example, the clues for ‘Capital of England’ are: ‘Two thirds of a [picture of a LOG]’, ‘Half an [picture of a HAND]’, ‘Two Fifths of an [picture of an ONION]’. The ‘Capital of America’ is ‘Four Elevenths of a [picture of a WASHERWOMAN]’, ‘Three Fourths of a [picture of a RING]’, ‘Half a [picture of a TONGUE]’. The card with the correct answer is then placed below to form a completed picture illustrative of the city.\nThe cities featured are: London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dresden, Vienna, Rome, Madrid, Lisbon, Bergen, Warsaw, Moscow, Washington, Quebec, Cairo, Teheran, Suez, Calcutta, Kandy (Sri Lanka), Pekin, Edo (Japan), and Ava (Burma), and the whole is preserved in its original box:\nWe all look forward to some ‘capital fun’ at Olympia next week!"}
{"text":"The seasonal significance of the winter solstice is in the reversal of the gradually lengthening nights and shortening days. How cultures interpret this is varied, since it is sometimes said to astronomically mark either the beginning or middle of a hemisphere's winter. Though the winter solstice lasts an instant, the term is also colloquially used to refer to the full 24-hour period of the day on which it occurs.\nThe word solstice derives from Latin sol, meaning 'sun', and sistere, 'to stand still'.\nSaint Thomas' Day is also celebrated on 21 December. Saint Thomas is commemorated on this day because he was the last one of the apostles to become convinced of Jesus' resurrection - in other words, he was the one who for the longest time remained in the 'night of unbelief and doubt.' He is also supposedly to have died on this day c. AD72, near Chennai in India."}
{"text":"Description - Kant and the Power of Imagination by Jane Kneller\nIn this book Jane Kneller focuses on the role of imagination as a creative power in Kant's aesthetics and in his overall philosophical enterprise. She analyzes Kant's account of imaginative freedom and the relation between imaginative free play and human social and moral development, showing various ways in which his aesthetics of disinterested reflection produce moral interests. She situates these aspects of his aesthetic theory within the context of German aesthetics of the eighteenth century, arguing that Kant's contribution is a bridge between early theories of aesthetic moral education and the early Romanticism of the last decade of that century. In so doing, her book brings the two most important German philosophers of Enlightenment and Romanticism, Kant and Novalis, into dialogue. It will be of interest to a wide range of readers in both Kant studies and German philosophy of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.\nBuy Kant and the Power of Imagination by Jane Kneller from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, Boomerang Books.\n(229mm x 152mm x 14mm)\nCambridge University Press\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nCountry of Publication:\nOther Editions - Kant and the Power of Imagination by Jane Kneller\nBook Reviews - Kant and the Power of Imagination by Jane Kneller\n» Have you read this book? We'd like to know what you think about it - write a review about Kant and the Power of Imagination book by Jane Kneller and you'll earn 50c in Boomerang Bucks loyalty dollars (you must be a Boomerang Books Account Holder - it's free to sign up and there are great benefits!)\nAuthor Biography - Jane Kneller\nJane Kneller is Chair of the Department of Philosophy, Colorado State University. She is editor and translator of Novalis: Fichte Studies (2003) in the Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy series."}
{"text":"Specimens of Bushman Folklore, by W.H.I. Bleek and L.C. Lloyd, , at sacred-texts.com\nThey roll the feather brushes, binding the ostrich feathers (the body feathers) upon the \"Driedoorn\" stick. They become numerous; and they (the Bushmen) pound red stones, they paint, the feather brush sticks. And they make ready the (dried) skin of a springbok's chest; they thread little thongs\n[1. I used to see my grandfather (Tsatsi) roll the feather brushes.\n2. The red stones here meant, are ||ka; not tto. At the \"Philadelphia Exhibition,\" in November, 1875, Dia!kwain recognized red hæmatite as ||ka.\n3. Paint them red.\n4. Thongs (they) are. The \"children of thongs\" (they) are. The Korannas call them !Ya.]\ninto (it); and they put away the feather brushes. They put away the feather brushes; they dig ||kuain, they roast (the stem of) the ||kuain, they lay the feather brushes over the ||kuain's smoke, while the ||kuain's smoke ascends into the feather brushes.\nFirst, they dig [with a stick pointed with horn], making a little hole; they put live coals into it. And they put ||kuain upon the live coals, while they wish that the ||kuain may smoke quietly, and not flame up; for the ||kuain would set the feather brushes on fire, if the fire were to flame up, if they (the stems) flamed up, when roasted.\nThey (the Bushmen) put the springbok skin over (the fire); they put a stone upon the place where the feather brush sticks are for they intend that the smoke should only go out through the ostrich feathers.\n[1. Its stem is that which the people call ||kuain, because it does not a little smell. Therefore, the people smoke the feather brushes with it. The people call the stem of the !Ywa-kau, which is in the earth, ||kuain.\n2. Men dig with sticks which have no stones (upon them); they are those with which men dig.\n3. They turn the skin, into which the feather brushes have been put, upside down, over the hole into which the live embers and the ||kuain were put.]"}
{"text":"GPS Challenge ticks all the boxes for creating a state of flow with players.\nOn Wikipedia the flow state is described as:\n“In positive psychology, flow, also known as the zone, is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity. ”\nIt gives 2 advantages to be able to create the flow state in connection with teambuilding.\n- The activity is perceived positivly with a feeling of full involvement, energized focus and enjoyment.\n- The behavior reflects the participants true behavior with no underlying steer which makes it easier to identify learning points for both the individuals and the team.\nState of flow in GPS Challenge\nOwen Schaffer, an american Positive Psycologist researcher. He has adapted Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s flow theory to make human-computer interfaces and designs more engaging, usable, and enjoyable. Through his work he has listed below requirements for initiating the state of flow in human computer interactions.\n- Knowing what to do\n- Knowing how to do it\n- Knowing how well you are doing\n- Knowing where to go (if navigation is involved)\n- High perceived challenges\n- High perceived skills\n- Freedom from distractions\nGPS Challenge “ticks all the boxes”."}
{"text":"Habits Full Everyone forms habits as they grow older because of reasons such as enjoyment, satisfaction and self-worthiness. Such habits can be acquired through associative learning wherein a person associates good feelings or gaining a reward when doing something. It can also be picked up through cognitive learning wherein a person develops habits based from the information s/he gains. Personally, I have the habit of painting whenever I am bored or lonely. As child, I was encouraged to work on my coloring books and I was often praised by my parents when my work was beautiful. Whenever I received awards because of my coloring tasks, my parents often brought me to my favorite restaurant for my favorite foods. It felt good to feel special so as I was growing up, I learned to paint because I wanted to have the same special treatment my parents showed me because of my good coloring jobs.In addition, I also have the habit of listening to music even when I am painting or doing home works. I have learned from a teacher that music relaxes a person and even brings out more of his/her creativity. With such knowledge, listening to music became a part of my routine."}
{"text":"(b. 1483, Busto Arsizio, d. 1548, Milano)\nVirtues of the Monument to Gaston de Foix: Charity1515-22\nMarble, height 66 cm\nVictoria and Albert Museum, London\nIn addition to the effigy of Gaston de Foix in the Castello Sforzesco, Milan, a large number of fragments of the monument survive. Three statuettes of Virtues in the Victoria and Albert Museum also formed part of the monument.\nThe picture represents Charity, one of the Virtues (Charity, Truth, Fortitude) in London. The statue representing Charity shows her wearing a classical robe and a veil over her head. She holds a child in her left arm, and her right breast is bare. The child is looking outwards at his left hand, while his right hand is holding onto the veil of the woman. It is unusual to represent Charity with only one child, because of its similarity to the Virgin and Child."}
{"text":"A homonym is also called a homophone and a homograph.\n2. A word identical with another in spelling and pronunciation, but differing from it in origin and meaning: Two examples of homonyms which are spelled the same are butter, the food, and butter, one who butts.\n3. The same name or word used to denote different things: The words bare, bear and bye, bye; buy, buy are examples of homonyms, as indicated in the cartoons below.\nGo to this Word A Day Revisited Index\nso you can see more of Mickey Bach's cartoons.\nWhenever Laura is stumped about a definition for a confusing-word group, she checks the online dictionary because it is precise and clear; for example, homonym and homophone refer to words that have similar definitions, but the term homophone is more precise.\nTwo other words are homograph and heteronym which include spellings that may be the same; however, the definitions are very different."}
{"text":"‘Unprecedented’ Floods in Australia Force Hundreds to Evacuate\nAfter weeks of unrelenting heat and bushfires across the continent, torrential rain and flooding in northern Australia have forced hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes in what weather officials describe as an “unprecedented” event.\nSince Jan. 26, there has been close to two feet of rain on average in the Townsville region, a coastal city in the state of Queensland, and up to twice that at some weather stations, eclipsing records set in 1998 during a flood known as the “Night of Noah.”\n“In seven days, we’ve received our annual total rainfall,” said Jenny Hill, the mayor of Townsville. “We’ve never seen weather like this.”\nMs. Hill said that about 18,000 residents had lost power and that hundreds of others had evacuated, including some who left their suburb on a garbage truck. Elsewhere, two police officers were stuck clinging to treesfor half an hour after their car was washed away by floodwaters, while residents reported snakes and crocodiles roaming the streets.\nThe floods follow weeks of unrelenting heat across Australia, which caused mass animal die-offs, raging bushfires, and prolonged and severe drought. The back-to-back events have stretched the capacity of Australia’s emergency services to respond, said Martin Rice, the acting chief executive of the Climate Council, an Australian research group.\nHe said that while it was difficult to attribute any one extreme weather event to climate change, warming air temperatures had increased the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere, “causing more frequent and intense rainfall in northern Australia.”"}
{"text":"My name is Anne Louise Oaklander, M.D., Ph.D. I'm an Associate Professor of Neurology here at Mass General, long one of the leaders in the field of pain management. Surgical anesthesia was first developed at Mass General in the 1840s and opened the door for modern surgery.\nMore recently, the research group that I direct has made good progress in understanding why some people are left with chronic pain after various injuries that don't seem to affect other people. We showed, for instance, that post-herpetic neuralgia after shingles develops only in patients with the most severe degrees of nerve damage. We and other groups are looking now into ways to lessen this nerve damage and reduce the number of cases of post-herpetic neuralgia. We also have recent publications on complex regional pain syndrome or chronic pain after nerve injury. Our group has shown that this mysterious syndrome is associated with nerve damage to the pain fibers.\nDr. Clifford Woolf directs the basic science pain research at Mass General. He has decades of important research advances. In 2007, he published an exciting new paper in Nature. By combining two existing medications -- one of them lidocaine, which is commonly used for local anesthesia -- he was able to block the muscle-paralyzing effects of lidocaine, and in rats, able to block pain sensations without impeding the rats from walking around normally. If this is able to be developed for use in human patients, it would provide a substantial advance in local anesthesia, a procedure that's used every day in every hospital around the world."}
{"text":"Despite widespread community- and school-based initiatives to encourage healthy habits at a young age, a recent study indicated that Childhood Obesity is on the rise in the US. From kindergarten through fifth grade, or about ages 6 to 11, two nationally representative groups of kids were studied in the study, which was published on Tuesday in the journal Pediatrics. Studying for the first group took place between 1998 and 2004 and for the second group between 2010 and 2016.\nSolveig Argeseanu Cunningham, the study’s lead author and an associate professor of global health and epidemiology at Emory University in Atlanta, said, “Once you get on that train towards high weight gain, it’s extremely hard to turn it around.” Solveig Argeseanu Cunningham: The World Health Organization defines obesity as an individual’s excessive fat buildup that puts their health at danger.\nAccording to the Mayo Clinic, obesity is a significant underlying risk factor for a wide range of diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, several malignancies, and severe instances of COVID-19. Dr. Jennifer Woo Baidal, director of the Pediatric Obesity Initiative at Columbia University in New York City, stated that “without intervention, we will continue to see increasing prevalence and severity of obesity for children at a younger age, which has really negative consequences down the line, not just for these children but also for their future offspring.” She wasn’t a part of the investigation."}
{"text":"Symbols - What does heaven look like\nThe crook and flail depicted in Ancient Egyptian wall art are both symbolic and practical – literal. The flail was actually used in obtaining spiritual experience and was a sort of badge of office for a hierophant – in essence the person had attained the status of someone who could induce spiritual experiences in other people.\nBut it had the added symbolism in that it could be viewed as the spine with the opened crown chakra.\nThe following Wikipedia definition is taking the literal meaning at its most naïve.\n\"The flail is depicted alongside the “crook” as symbols of office for the crowned Egyptian Pharaoh. The flail symbolises the Pharaoh's role as provider of food for his people and the crook symbolises his role as the shepherd of his people. Both crook and flail also serve to link the Pharaoh with Osiris. Depictions of Anubis, the jackal-headed god of the embalming, also include the flail as attribute\".\nFor iPad/iPhone users: tap letter twice to get list of items.\n- Ancestors, the - Art - David Lewis-Williams from The Mind in the Cave\n- Ancient Egyptian - The symbolism of Min\n- Ancient Egyptian - The symbolism of the god Seker\n- Cohen, Leonard - Ballad of the Absent Mare\n- Kakuzo, Okakura - The Book of Tea - The Use of the Whisk\n- Misc. source - Mayan - The 'priest'\n- Palenque - Mayan - The use of the flail\n- Palenque - Mayan - Wall panels and inscriptions\n- Sacred geography - Ancient Egyptian - Abu Simbel\n- Schuré - The Great Initiates – Isis and Osiris\n- Tikal - Mayan - Museum pot"}
{"text":"Malaspina (măləspēˈnə) [key], glacier, c.1,500 sq mi (3,890 sq km), SE Alaska, between Yakutat Bay and Icy Bay and flowing into the Gulf of Alaska. The glacier was named for Alejandro Malaspina, the Italian navigator who explored this region for Spain in 1791.\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"Standards for A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned…With Interest\nNational Standards in Economics\nName: Decision Making\n- Students will understand that: Effective decision making requires comparing the additional costs of alternatives with the additional benefits. Many choices involve doing a little more or a little less of something: few choices \"are all or nothing\" decisions.\n- Students will be able to use this knowledge to: Make effective decisions as consumers, producers, savers, investors, and citizens.\nNational Standards in Financial Literacy\n- Students will understand that: A budget is a plan for allocating a person’s spendable income to necessary and desired goods and services. When there is sufficient money in their budget, people may decide to give money to others, save, or invest to achieve future goals. People can often improve their financial wellbeing by making well-informed spending decisions, which includes critical evaluation of price, quality, product information, and method of payment. Individual spending decisions may be influenced by financial constraints, personal preferences, unique needs, peers, and advertising."}
{"text":"This third, revised edition comprises the whole of the original volume and is enhanced by the addition of a new preface and afterward which seek to reply to criticisms of the authors argument about the origins of the Falashas, and include some new thinking on the subject. Drawing on tradition and legend to reinforce his argument, the author again traces the source of the community to the Jewish settlements which existed in ancient Egypt (particularly at Elephantine on the Nile) and in the ancient Meroitic Kingdom, in present day Sudan known in the Bible as Cush.\nThe story told in this book is remarkable, heroic and stimulating and makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the history of the horn of Africa.\nBack to top\nRent The Falashas 3rd edition today, or search our site for other textbooks by David Kessler. Every textbook comes with a 21-day \"Any Reason\" guarantee. Published by Routledge."}
{"text":"Incidence Rates Table\nProvide a table of incidence statistics for use in assessing the burden and risk for a major cancer site for the US overall and for states with cancer registries whose data have met the criteria required for inclusion in the US Cancer Statistics. The 95% Confidence Intervals for the rates provide a measure of how certain or uncertain the point estimate is and can be used to generally assess how different one rate is from another.\nCancer statistics require careful interpretation. See the information page about interpret rankings for insight into interpreting cancer statistics particularly if you are a new user of cancer statistics.\nThe Quick Reference Guide provides an introduction to the interactive features of this table.\n- Incidence data are provided by the National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and by the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program.\n- Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.\n- Rates are calculated using SEER*Stat."}
{"text":"Examples of network topologies are:\nStar – In a star topology all computers must be connected to a central hub or switch. The connected computers or devices can normally be attached or detached without causing detriment to any other devices on the network. If there are any defects with a device or its connection to the network it will have no effect on the other devices. However, if the central hub or switch becomes faulty, the whole network can be temporarily disabled.\nBus – (from the Latin meaning route) is generally used for large general purpose networks although many newer configurations use the star or variations of it. All devices in a bus topology are connected to one main backbone medium such as a coaxial cable. The signal that traverses the bus normally takes a direct route along the medium to its destination, but the data it carries will have to be analysed by every connected device on the network in an effort to check whether the data is intended for that particular device. This type of configuration can be liable to collisions of data, resulting in slower network speeds."}
{"text":"The scent of apple blossoms, to our way of thinking, is the smell of spring, and much like robins, herald the beginning of a new season of life. Can you name the parts of an apple blossom? You probably learned this once in biology class, but here’s a refresher.\nApple blossoms contain pistils. The pistil is the female part of the flower and contains three parts: the stigma, style, and ovule. The ovule contains the seeds. The pollen, produced by the anthers atop the stalk of the stamen (male part of the flower), must be transferred from one variety of apple to the stigma found in the blossom of another apple variety if we are to have any apples at all.\nThankfully, our beloved honeybees know what to do. The scent produced by apple blossoms is irresistible to honeybees and other pollinators like our native bees. Once they arrive in this forest of blossoms, they begin to harvest nectar (from which apple blossom honey is made) and pick up sticky grains of pollen with their hairy legs. They then flit about from blossom to blossom. As they do, they drop off some of that precious pollen onto the stigma of another blossom, and Voila!!!!, we have pollination and a new apple begins to grow!"}
{"text":"Public health guru Dr. David Katz is spreading his health message that we, as a society, need to curb the obesity epidemic. According to well-documented research presented by Dr. Katz, if we don't stop the obesity epidemic, an estimated 42 percent of all Americans will be obese in 18 years. One-third will be diabetic. Our kids will die at a younger age than their parents, and the healthcare system will be bankrupt.\nBy preventing obesity, we can see stunning benefits.\nMayor Michael Bloomberg is working hard to change the obesogenic environment in New York City. The naysayers may be complaining he is taking away a person's right to choose, but he's not taking away soda. NYC is just not enabling that bad choice.\nIn our modern world, we are victims of our own success. We have engineered out the lifestyle that kept our parents and grandparents fit and strong, including riding bikes to work, walking to school, and hanging laundry outside to dry. We have engineered in processed foods that come in huge portions and taste yummy. No surprise less than 2 percent of Americans eat the recommend number of fruits and vegetables.\nHow can we motivate people to take better care of themselves? We need to focus on the personal benefits—longer life, less pain and more fun.\nThe good news is obesity is strongly linked to behaviors we can control, including the foods we choose to chew and the amount of exercise we get. Granted, other factors also have an impact, including gut microbiota, sleep deprivation, and genetics—and genes can be changed with positive food choices. So if we will be able to have more fun, let's do it!"}
{"text":"Species Detail - Bullate Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster rehderi) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset \"The Flora of County Waterford\".\nTerrestrial Map - 10kmDistribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).\nMarine Map - 50kmDistribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).\nCotoneaster bullatus var. macrophyllus\n19 April (recorded in 2000)\n18 November (recorded in 2008)\nPaul R Green, The Flora of County Waterford, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Bullate Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster rehderi), accessed 21 April 2021, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/23/Species/30853>"}
{"text":"Ohio spiderwort is an edible prairie plant, important to pollinators, that can grow in harsh conditions.\nMinnesota is tough place to live! It’s even tougher for plants. Long cold winters are the hallmark of our state, but most people are unaware that the middle strip of Minnesota is a sand plain – characterized by brutal winds and dry beach-like soil. This is our home.\nWe grow a wide variety of plants under these conditions. Some are edible, some nitrogen fixing, some food for animals, and some are soil stabilizers. All are survivors!\nOhio Spiderwort (tradescantia ohiensis) is one of our favorites. It arrives early in the spring with grass-like foliage. The flowers are bright blue – unlike anything else in the early prairie. The flowers bleed when wet and stain your fingers a deep indigo. When picking the flowers (or gathering the seeds,) the plant has a tendency to ooze a gooey sap similar to spider webbing. This can be avoided by not breaking the leaves/stems.\nThe plants grow for many weeks, but their flowers are more fleeting. By the end of summer, they leave no trace. They grow well by seed, attract pollinators, and are edible.Best of all – they thrive in poor conditions. Sand or clay – baked in the hot sun, the ohio spiderwort champions through. They are a beautiful addition to the prairie but can also grow in landscaped lawns. Here they offer a pop of color in spring and a lot of interest to the overall landscape.\nThe leaves, stems and flowers are all edible – tasty but sometimes a little mucilaginous. The stems are the real prize; similar to asparagus.\nBecause we are actively working to increase our population, we are not currently selling ohio spiderwort seed, but do sell a variety of other hardy native plant seeds in our store.\nThis article is part of our Native Plant Series and features one pollinator friendly, drought tolerant US native plant hardy to at least zone 4.\nPlease share your thoughts in the comments"}
{"text":"KUOPIO, Finland, May 29 (UPI) -- Those who are cynical, defined as people who believe others are mainly motivated by selfish concerns, may have a higher risk of dementia.\nThe study, published in the journal Neurology, found after factoring in for other dementia risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smoking, people with high levels of cynical distrust were three times more likely to develop dementia than people with low levels of cynicism.\nStudy author Anna-Maija Tolppanen of the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio, said the study involved 1,449 people with an average age of 71, who were given tests for dementia and a questionnaire to measure their level of cynicism. The cynicism tests made participants rate their degree of agreement with statements such as: \"I think most people would lie to get ahead,\" \"It is safer to trust nobody,\" and \"Most people will use somewhat unfair reasons to gain profit.\"\n\"These results add to the evidence that people's view on life and personality may have an impact on their health,\" Tolppanen said in a statement.\n\"Understanding how a personality trait like cynicism affects risk for dementia might provide us with important insights on how to reduce risks for dementia.\"\nA total of 622 people completed two tests for dementia -- one at the beginning of the study and another eight years later on average. Forty-six people were diagnosed with dementia."}
{"text":"U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2009-3091\nThe western yellow-billed cuckoo, once common along the streams and rivers of the American West, is now a candidate for protection under the Endangered Species Act. Most of the remaining breeding pairs are found in Arizona, California, and New Mexico. Research to understand the cuckoos' habitat needs by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Northern Arizona University scientists has shown that cuckoos in Arizona prefer breeding habitat dominated by native tree species, especially cottonwood-willow habitat bordered by mesquite bosque habitat. This research also revealed that the size of habitat patches matters—breeding cuckoos were found only in large, continuous areas of riparian habitat. These findings and the development of spatially explicit habitat models by USGS scientists will help resource managers conserve and manage riparian habitats needed to ensure the survival of the western yellow-billed cuckoo.\nThis report is presented in Portable Document Format (PDF); the latest version of Adobe Reader or similar software is required to view it. Download the latest version of Adobe Reader, free of charge.\nMatthew J. Johnson, 2009, Understanding the habitat needs of the declining western yellow-billed cuckoo: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2009-3091, 2 p."}
{"text":"Published May 1, 2008 | May 2008 issue\nThis spring about 1,100 fewer bison roam Yellowstone National Park than did so last fall. Over the winter, state livestock managers and hunters drastically culled the herd in an attempt to prevent the spread of brucellosis, a contagious disease that can cause cattle to abort. A record number of bison were shot or captured for slaughter as they left the park in search of food, provoking an outcry among environmental groups.\nMontana livestock owners view free-ranging bison as a threat to their livelihoods. Cattle that contract brucellosis must be destroyed, and if Montana loses its disease-free status, every cow shipped from the state would have to be tested—a financial burden for ranchers. Brucellosis has been eradicated nationwide except for pockets of infection among bison and elk in the Yellowstone area.\nThe slaughter has prompted ranchers and state and federal officials to renew efforts to devise a nonlethal solution to the problem of wandering bison. A $2.8 million, as-yet-unfunded management plan would remove cattle from an adjacent ranch, allowing bison to migrate in the winter to graze on public land. Federal agriculture officials favor vaccinating the Yellowstone bison against brucellosis, but such a vaccine hasn't been approved."}
{"text":"Scientists have seen significant progress in developing software that can perform human activities like seeing, listening and thinking. A New York Times article recently highlighted advances in this type of cutting edge technology, called “deep learning.”\nDeep learning uses artificial intelligence to create things like speech recognition technology, and machines that can drive cars and work in factories. It is available today in programs like Apple’s Siri virtual personal assistant, which uses voice recognition software and Google’s Street View, which uses machine vision to identify specific addresses.\nBut what is new in recent months is the growing speed and accuracy of deep-learning programs, often called artificial neural networks or just “neural nets” for their resemblance to the neural connections in the brain.\n“There has been a number of stunning new results with deep-learning methods,” said Yann LeCun, a computer scientist at New York University who did pioneering research in handwriting recognition at Bell Laboratories. “The kind of jump we are seeing in the accuracy of these systems is very rare indeed.”\nThe accuracy of the deep learning systems are coming to the point of outperforming humans in certain recognition tests.\nLast year, for example, a program created by scientists at the Swiss A. I. Lab at the University of Lugano won a pattern recognition contest by outperforming both competing software systems and a human expert in identifying images in a database of German traffic signs.\nThe winning program accurately identified 99.46 percent of the images in a set of 50,000; the top score in a group of 32 human participants was 99.22 percent, and the average for the humans was 98.84 percent."}
{"text":"Student Learning Outcomes Assessment\nStudent learning outcomes describe the knowledge and skills we expect students to gain by the time they complete a course of study at Carolina.\nAcademic departments often address Program Outcomes in their assessment plans in addition to student learning outcomes. These outcomes may describe strategic goals for the department, such as graduation rates, diversity, faculty hires to enhance the curriculum, or improvements identified through the external Program Review process. Graduation and job placement rates, the number of presentations and publications by students, or examination of the program by external reviewers are examples of appropriate measures.\nThe means of assessment should emphasize direct examination of student work such as papers, tests, and presentations. These measures should provide evidence that students’ knowledge or abilities have increased since they began their course of study.\nIndirect assessments such as exit interviews; job placement rates; and students’ professional publications, presentations, and awards; or surveys of alumni may also be used as supplemental measures. These types of assessments are useful in understanding how students believe they have benefited from their educational experience and how they have applied it. They can be helpful in informing decisions related to changes in instruction or the curriculum, but they don’t provide direct evidence of what students have learned. Indirect assessments should gather information specific to the intended learning or program outcomes — for example, graduating student surveys should include questions related to the major and not just satisfaction with the college experience in general."}
{"text":"Recently, several new drugs have been developed to treat hepatitis C, a serious viral infection that can cause severe liver damage if allowed to run unchecked. But these new drugs are incredibly expensive, and are unaffordable for many people who need them. Until drugs for hepatitis C (and other high-cost drugs) are priced at affordable levels, many people will be left unable to benefit from modern advances in drug therapy.\nIf you are a baby boomer, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that you be tested for infection with the hepatitis C virus. The virus can live in the liver for decades, often causing silent damage that leads to liver failure or liver cancer. But wide-scale testing has proved to be a hard sell. One reason is that treatments to eliminate HCV infection have required weekly injections of one drug and oral doses of others. Treatment could take up to a year. Typical side effects of the injected drug required to clear the virus, called peginterferon, include depression, anxiety, irritability, anemia, and fatigue. Two drug studies published today in The New England Journal of Medicine mark the latest advance in making treatment for HCV easier and more effective. Researchers report that combining several oral antivirals—drugs taken in pill form, not as injections—clear the virus from the liver in more than 95% of people in just 12 weeks. One big obstacle is cost—oral therapy tops $80,000.\nIn an effort to stem the smoldering epidemic of hepatitis C, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is proposing today that all Baby Boomers—anyone born between 1945 and 1965—have a one-time test for hepatitis C. This widespread but often silent disease can lead to liver damage, and even death."}
{"text":"One of the greatest hazards associated with nitrogen and other inert gases, such as argon, carbon dioxide and helium, is asphyxiation. In other words, they displace and dilute oxygen and can suffocate people.\nMost asphyxiation incidents occur because workers enter vessels or confined spaces connected to an inert gas supply before checking the oxygen concentration in the air.\nBefore even starting work, your employees must be informed about potential risks and trained in safety-aware procedures, including appropriate practices for entering confined spaces. The right work permits are also essential. To help you get your staff up to speed, we teamed up with the European Industrial Gases Association (EIGA) to develop dedicated training material.\nWe also developed a campaign against asphyxiation flyer in collaboration with EIGA."}
{"text":"Tolerance and equality are widespread norms in the official policy of many European countries. The educational system is an arena which even more than others is meant to foster equal opportunities by giving individuals the opportunity to strive for social mobility through their educational performance. Despite this, young people from ethnic minority back-grounds experience different forms of stigmatization in school and higher education, ranging from feeling marked as different to experiencing more explicit racism. This article analyses young people’s coping strategies in order to combat or avoid such stigmatization. We will analyse the possible reasons why young people choose a particular strategy in a given situation, how successful that choice is, and changes in their choice of strategies over time. We will discuss how earlier experiences of support, encouragement and respect (or the lack thereof) inform the extent to which young peo-ple choose more approaching than avoiding strategies as a response to perceived ethnic stigmatisation in the educa-tional setting. The empirical basis of the article is a sample of 50 biographical interviews with young people of ethnic minority backgrounds living in Norway.\nThis item's license is: Attribution 4.0 International"}
{"text":"What does it do?\nGets the position of a specific text within another text\n=FIND(find_text, within_text, [start_num])\nWhat it means:\n=FIND(text to be searched, the source text, [starting position of the source text])\nIf you want to check where a specific text is located in the source text, it is very easy to search for the position using the FIND Formula!\nYou need to take note that the FIND Formula is case-sensitive when searching for your text! And it always matches the first occurrence. We will see in our examples below!\nI explain how you can do this below:\nSTEP 1: We need to enter the FIND function in a blank cell:\nSTEP 2: The FIND arguments:\nWhat is the text to be searched for?\nSelect the cell containing the text to be searched for. In our first example, we want to search for ‘x’ in the word ‘Excel’:\nWhat is your source text?\nSelect the cell source text. So let’s select ‘Excel’ as our source text:\nWhere do you want to start searching in your source text?\nYou can leave this blank, it will default to 1 which means it will start looking from the first character of your source text. In our case, let us put in 1 to start searching from there:\n=FIND(D9, C9, 1)\nApply the same formula to the rest of the cells by dragging the lower right corner downwards.\nYou can see that the matching is case sensitive! And if it’s unable to find your text, it will return #VALUE.\nHow to Use the FIND Formula in Excel"}
{"text":"1 Answer | Add Yours\nThe setting of the story is in a supermarket called the A&P. Updike focuses on emphasizing the importance of making the right choices you make and the consequences that follow. In places like A&P where you must make a decision on which good out of hundreds to purchase, decisions have to be made. For every good decision you make, you will reap the benefits that might even have greater utility but for every bad decision you must pay its price. Sammy, the main protagonist in the story is portrayed as an immature and reckless teengaer and makes crucial decisions without considering the consequences. When he quits his job at the store he fails to examine the aftermath of such decision and doesn't see the significance of being patient and tolerating hardship when you need to.\nWe’ve answered 287,854 questions. We can answer yours, too.Ask a question"}
{"text":"While most of the theories begin with the origin of life or existence in physical dimension, the Vedanta deals with the concept of origin of consciousness.\nFor something or being to be conscious of its existence or its surrounding, it has to have limitation or existence of others/ surroundings to become aware of. An existence without the other can not experience awareness or consciousness.\nThus Vedanta says that in order to experience Itself Brahma or the Ultimate Existence initiated the creation of Universe or Brahmand. The process of creation was initiated with the beginning of consciousness which could help It to experience and perceive the other."}
{"text":"Herbs, perennial, from corms. Stems simple or branched. Leaves 1-9; blade lanceolate to linear, plane or margins and/or midribs variously raised and thickened (then H- or X-shaped in cross section), or evidently terete, midribs and margins much thickened, grooved; grooves 4, narrow, longitudinal. Inflorescences spicate, partly to fully secund or with flowers weakly distichous; bracts green, sometimes flushed grayish purple, unequal, outer usually exceeding inner, acute or inner forked or notched apically. Flowers somewhat fragrant, zygomorphic [actinomorphic]; tepals basally connate into tube, variously colored, usually with contrasting markings comprising nectar guide on outer tepals, usually unequal, dorsal tepal largest, arched to hooded over stamens, outer 3 tepals narrower; perianth tube obliquely funnel-shaped to cylindric; stamens usually unilateral; anthers usually parallel; style usually arching over stamens, dividing into 3 filiform branches, these distally expanded. Capsules usually slightly inflated, oblong to ellipsoid or globose [rarely nearly cylindric], softly cartilaginous. Seeds usually many, broadly winged; rarely few, wingless, globose or angular; seed coat light to dark brown. x = 15. Hybrid strains of Gladiolus are widely cultivated, and some wild species are grown outdoors in areas with mild winters. The common, large-flowered hybrids are the product of crossing between four or five species, followed by selection. Named variously G. gandavensis L. van Houtte, G. lemoinei Baker, and G. hortulanus L. H. Bailey, these plants are occasionally found in and near gardens and cemeteries and are easily recognized by their large, brightly colored flowers with the inner tepals 60-70 mm long and the outer tepals about 50 mm long. They reproduce mainly vegetatively and persist for some years where winters are mild; they show no evidence of spreading into native vegetation."}
{"text":"When should you use an exclamation mark?\nHonestly, you won’t use a lot of exclamation marks in academic writing. The exclamation mark is kind of the equivalent of yelling, and most academic writing situations don’t call for much yelling, though you may feel like yelling about some of your assignments.\nHowever, exclamation marks do serve an important function by adding emphasis to commands or other phrases, and you may find yourself needing the exclamation mark when you write dialog for certain narrative assignments.\nYou can certainly see the difference between a sentence punctuated with a period and one punctuated with an exclamation mark.\nZombies are coming.\nZombies are coming!\nIn most cases, you should be careful with exclamation marks and make sure the situation calls for them. They are generally considered pretty informal, and a particularly famous writer had this to say about them:\n— F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby"}
{"text":"I have been so impressed by how quickly so many teachers adapted to the current situation. Most of us have never considered whether our teaching resources and strategies would work long distance. Many of us have had to adapt extremely quickly in order for our students to continue their learning from home.\nNow normally I blog on strategies that I have tried, practiced or recommend. However, as we are only a week into online learning my initial attempts to adapt include Live Streaming on YouTube, Zoom department meetings and Microsoft Team interactions. So I decided to do some research into E-Learning, Online Teaching and Distance Learning to see what else is out there to make teaching online easier.\nI have collated this research into the most popular websites, strategies and apps so that you can see what is available and how these might meet your current teaching needs. My plan is to try a number of these websites and strategies over the coming weeks and blog on whether they work or not.\nMy top to try:\n- YO Teach: Create a student room with a discussion question\n- Padlet: Create a padlet board for students to share ideas\n- NowComment: Upload a document for students to comment on. One side is the document the other column is for feedback, interaction and engagement.\nStrategies for Students:\n- SelfCAD: Cloud based 3D software to support designing in STEM subjects\n- Prezi: Presentations\n- Scratch: Programming such as music, graphics and photos used in gaming, animations and slideshows.\nStrategies for Teachers:\n- PowerPoint: With a completed powerpoint, press ‘Slideshow’ along the top and then ‘Record Audio’ to record a voice over to be saved with the presentation.\n- IDroo: Real time collaboration whiteboard\n- Microsoft Teams: Live streaming and interaction with student comments\n- BigBlueButton: Student conferences\n- Google Jamboard/ Classroom\nDon’t forget to join TES for free subject resources.\nIf you have any other strategies, websites, ideas or app recommendations please comment 🙂"}
{"text":"Did you know that the term plankton refers to any living organism that drifts within a body of water? Plankton can be plant-like organisms, called phytoplankton, or animal-like organisms, called zooplankton. There is no restraint to how large or small plankton can be.\nThis module is the work of a COSEE Coastal Trends Scientist-Educator Team that conducted research on plankton at Horn Point Laboratory in Cambridge, MD during the summer of 2011. Browse the \"Learn\" and \"Explore\" tabs to learn more about plankton, the drifters, and how they are studied. If you are a teacher interested in incorporating plankton lessons into your classroom, check out the \"Teach\" tab. Here you can find a series of activities that meet National Science Education Standards. The information and lesson plans here can also be used in conjunction with the Dead Zone and Aquatic Food Webs modules.\nCredits: Dr. Jamie Pierson, Allison Barba, Carol Smith, Lenise Goggins and the COSEE Coastal Trends staff"}
{"text":"Theophilus Eugene “Bull” Connor was born in Selma, Alabama, on July 11th, 1897. Alabama was a hard-core Confederate state which was still coming to terms with the end of the American Civil War and the emancipation of the slaves. The Ku Klux Klan was strong in the state and the ‘Jim Crow’ laws were rigidly enforced. Lynching was a common way of keeping the African-American community ‘in their place’ and those responsible invariably simply got away with their crime. Connor is most associated with the civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama where to many the very public role of Connor and what took place in Birmingham seemed to epitomise the racial problems that existed in the South.\nConnor was first elected to the Alabama House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1934. Connor remained a loyal Democrat throughout his career and life. In 1936 he was elected Commissioner of Public Safety of Birmingham, Alabama and served in that position for the better part of three decades. A white supremacist, Connor enforced racial segregation laws passed by the Democratic party-controlled state legislature and denied civil rights to black citizens. He is notorious for directing the use of fire hoses and police attack dogs against civil rights activists in the early 1960s, including against children supporting the protests. National media broadcast these tactics on television, horrifying much of the world. The outrages served as catalysts for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.\n- ↑ Kestenbaum, Lawrence. The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Connor.\n- ↑ Eugene \"Bull\" Connor (en).\n- ↑ Meet the Players: Other Figures | American Experience | PBS (en)."}
{"text":"Antenna AS-27A/ARN-5 Localizer/Glideslope (Blind Landing)\nHere is a WWII-era AS-27A aircraft navigational antenna used with the ARN-5 Radio Navigational System. This antenna combined the functions of Localizer (aft-pointing U-shaped antenna) and Glideslope (straight, lateral antenna). Signals received by the antenna from a air base ground station are transmitted to a radio receiver and immediately to a cross-pointer landing indicator, I-101, on the pilots instrument panel (see photo of indicator). The pointers on the indicator signal to the pilot to move left or right to align with the airstrip, and to raise or lower his glideslope.\nThe system was common on most multi-engine aircraft in both the US Army Air Force and US Navy in WWII, such as heavy bombers B-17, B-24, and B-29 (see photos). The system was also commonly used in commercial aircraft during the era, such as the DC-3 and DC-4.\nThe antenna is in very good condition given its age. Measures ~10 inches tall, ~20 inches long, and ~15 inches wide."}
{"text":"The Baptism quiz is designed to teach the Body of Christ Biblical truths about the history of Baptism. The quiz consists of twenty five true/false questions. After completing the quiz, print it out and give it to a friend. These Biblical facts about the history of Baptism make great Bible study materials by teaching the Word of God.\n1. Water is always the agent used to perform baptism."}
{"text":"To solder the BlinkStick you will need:\nSolder the resistors. There are 3 types of resistors:\nBend resistor pins so that they fit into their locations.\nSolder the resistors and cut the excess wire near the solder joint.\nUse the same technique when soldering the rest of the components.\nSolder zener diodes D1 and D2. Make sure the polarity is correct! The black stripe on the diode is represented by a white stripe on the component's symbol.\nSolder the electrolytic capacitor C1. Capacitors have polarity and the longer pin is positive. The negative pin is displayed on the board with a minus sign next to it. It should be the one closer to the edge of the board.\nSolder the tantalum capacitor C2. It also has polarity as displayed in the picture with longer pin being positive and shorter - negative.\nSolder USB plug JP1. The board and the plug should be nice and straight.\nSolder the IC1 socket. The ATTiny85 chip will be placed into the socket at a later step. The socket has a cut-out on one edge. It should be aligned as displayed in the second image.\nSolder the Piranha LED. The LED has a cut corner and the correct alignment is displayed on the board.\nPlug in the ATTiny85 IC into the socket. Make sure that you plug the chip correctly! The dot on the chip should match the second image."}
{"text":"Vitamin D3 2000 IU is a product that brings many benefits to the body. Vitamin D can be synthesized in the body by exposure to UV radiation from the sun or can be obtained by taking food supplements. The synthesis of vitamin D in the skin by the action of the sun is insufficient to meet the requirements, especially in the winter months, when there is low exposure to sunlight. Vitamin D is important for the immune system / natural defense. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with low immunity as well as increased susceptibility to infection. The main physiological function of vitamin D is to maintain serum calcium and phosphorus concentrations in a range that supports cellular processes, neuromuscular function and bone ossification. Vitamin D deficiency can lead to thin, fragile or deformed bones, while a normal level prevents rickets in children, osteomalacia in adults and, along with calcium, helps protect the elderly who have osteoporosis. In women, one of the causes of osteoporosis is the lack of estrogen that occurs at menopause and causes increased bone resorption, but also decreased bone formation. In addition to estrogen, calcium metabolism plays an important role in bone growth, and calcium and vitamin D deficiency leads to dysfunctional bone storage.\nVitamin D3 2000 IU - film-coated tablets contributes to:\n50 μg (2000 IU) Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), VNR = 1000% (VNR - Nutritional Reference Value cf Regulation 1169/2011)\nBox of 30 film-coated tablets\nInstructions for use:\nFor children over 12 years (on the doctor's recommendation) and adults: 1 film-coated tablet / day.\nThe film-coated tablets should be swallowed whole with a sufficient amount of water.\nNotification: Notified to the Ministry of Health, Notification No. 4609 / 15.01.2021"}
{"text":"Home > News > World News\nPosted on Dec 17, 08:07AM | IANS\nResearchers will be now able to locate gold and other mineral deposits in an eco-friendly and cost effective way, just by analysing small ant and termite mounds.\nResearchers found that the West Australian gold fields termite mounds contained high concentrations of gold. It indicated that there were larger deposits underneath.\n\"We're using insects to help find new gold and other mineral deposits. These resources are becoming increasingly hard to find because much of the Australian landscape is covered by a layer of eroded material that masks what's going on deeper underground,\" said Aaron Stewart, entomologist at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).\nTermites and ants burrow into this layer of material where a fingerprint of the underlying gold deposit is found, and bring traces of this fingerprint to the surface, the journals Public Library of Science ONE and Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, reported.\n\"The insects bring up small particles that contain gold from the deposit's fingerprint, or halo, and effectively stockpile it in their mounds,\" Stewart said, according to a CSIRO statement.\n\"Our recent research has shown that small ant and termite mounds that may not look like much on the surface, are just as valuable in finding gold as the large African mounds are that stand several metres tall,\" Stewart added.\nInsects could provide a new, cost effective and environmentally friendly way of exploring for new mineral deposits, avoiding the traditional method of expensive and often inaccurate drilling.\nStewart's work has also found that insects carry metals in their bodies."}
{"text":"Recommended Practice on Materials, Equipment, and Systems Used in Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres\nWhat is NFPA 53?\nNFPA 53 establishes recommended criteria for the safe use of oxygen (liquid/gaseous) and the design of systems for use in oxygen and oxygen-enriched atmospheres (OEAs).\nOfficial document scope\nWhat does NFPA 53 address?\nRecommendations are provided for the selection of materials and components, design of new systems, and fire extinguishment associated with OEAs. Applications include gas and compressed air supplies, spaceflight operations, industrial processes, welding applications, self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), medical applications, underwater tunneling and caisson work, and commercial and military aviation.\nTable of Contents"}
{"text":"Find Hindi meaning of Maneuver\n. Build English vocabulary online and learn similar words, opposite words and uses of \"Maneuver\" in sentences with examples. \"Maneuver\" का मतलब हिंदी में जानिये और अंग्रेजी की शब्दावली सुधारें।\nDefinition of \"Maneuver\"\n|noun||a movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.|\n|verb||move skilfully or carefully.|\nSimilar words, opposite words and meaning in Hindi of \"Maneuver\"\n|Hindi Meaning of Maneuver||कौशल, युक्ति, युद्धाभ्यास, चालबाजी करना, युक्तियाँ|\n|Synonyms of Maneuver||Remove, Shift, Navigate|\n|Antonyms of Maneuver||Operate, Wield, Use|\nUse of \"Maneuver\" word in sentences, examples\n- Authorities used a PIT maneuver to stop and arrest a kidnapping suspect after a freeway chase that ended in the La Verne area Tuesday.\n- Los Angeles County Tuesday with a textbook pit maneuver that sent a stolen pickup spinning off the freeway.\n- At first, before the maneuver force gets to the objective, we will be observing the objective area\n- Police used a PIT maneuver to stop the car a short time later at 2801 Dean Avenue. No one was injured.\n- demonstrated a new maneuver that showed SpaceX can directly insert a payload into its final orbit, according to Todd Harrison\nLearn more words starts by letter \"M\""}
{"text":"The nose serves three primary functions: to warm, humidify and filter air as it passes into the body. Breathing problems may impact one or multiple of these functions. Breathing problems can be temporary or chronic, mild or severe, but they usually increase with age. Breathing problems are assessed through physical examination along with breathing tests, such as lung function tests for diagnosing asthma or spirometry to determine how much and how fast you can blow air out of your lungs. X-rays and CT scans may also be taken to get a visual picture of your breathing apparatus. The most common breathing problems are discussed below:\nThe septum is the vertical structure that divides the two nasal passages in the nose. When the septum is crooked or bent, it is called a deviated septum, which can block the flow of air through the nose. If the constriction is serious, an outpatient surgical procedure can straighten out the septum and open the nasal airways.\nSinusitis is an inflammation of the sinus tissue behind the upper cheeks on both sides of the nose, between the eyes and above the eyes. It is characterized by congestion and a feeling of pressure, sometimes in response to moving up and down. Sinus pressure can also cause watery eyes. Many over-the-counter medications suffice in treating mild sinusitis. For more serious cases, prescription medications may be required to alleviate the pain and pressure and open up the nasal passages. Occasionally, surgery is required to remove chronically inflamed sinus tissue.\nIf you're experiencing persistent breathing problems, please contact our office and schedule an appointment with one of our otolaryngologists."}
{"text":"How do you teach fluency?\n10 Strategies for fluency\n- Record students reading aloud on their own.\n- Ask kids to use a ruler or finger to follow along.\n- Have them read the same thing several times.\n- Pre-teach vocabulary.\n- Drill sight words.\n- Make use of a variety of books and materials.\n- Try different font and text sizes.\n- Create a stress free environment.\nHow do you speak continuously?\n7 tips on speaking English fluently and confidently\n- Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Your goal is to deliver a message, not speak perfect English, with the right grammar and vocabulary.\n- Practise, practise, practise. Practice makes perfect.\n- Celebrate success.\nHow do you build fluency?\n5 Surefire Strategies for Developing Reading Fluency\n- Model Fluent Reading. In order to read fluently, students must first hear and understand what fluent reading sounds like.\n- Do Repeated Readings in Class.\n- Promote Phrased Reading in Class.\n- Enlist Tutors to Help Out.\n- Try a Reader’s Theater in Class.\n- Poetry Books for Repeated and Phrased Readings.\n- Books for Reader’s Theater.\nWhat are fluency activities?\nActivities for students to increase fluency. There are several ways that your students can practice orally rereading text, including student-adult reading, choral (or unison) reading, tape-assisted reading, partner reading, and readers’ theatre.\nWhat is an implied topic sentence?\nThe topic sentence is implied or unstated or hidden which mean you have to figure it out by yourself. Does, implied topic sentence is a topic sentence that are not directly stated on the paragraph.\nHow do you teach comprehension?\nIn that spirit, here is a step-by-step guide that can help your students improve their reading comprehension significantly.\n- Discuss Reading Comprehension.\n- Practice What You Preach.\n- Discuss Each Assignment.\n- Urge Thinking Before Reading.\n- Teach Goal Setting.\n- Urge Thinking While Reading.\n- Urge Note Taking.\n- Tell Them to Plan Ahead."}
{"text":"The Teacher’s Manual is centered on the ten-step framework developed by the UNCC research team. The Teacher Manual is organized by storybook title and includes a list of materials, AT suggestions, adaptation instructions, and scripted lessons. The Student Materials book has illustrated response pages with corresponding teacher scripts. It fosters vocabulary understanding, print awareness, listening comprehension, communication independence, and word knowledge.\nEverything you need is included!\n- 10 Storybooks\n- 10 Story related manipulatives\n- An Adapting Kit\n- Repeating storyline stickers\n- Student Materials book\n- Teacher's Manual\n- CD with printable PDFs\n- Storage box\nIncorporating Building with Stories in your classroom has multiple benefits: it aligns with state and national standards, provides students access to the general education curriculum, and gives you more time for teaching—less time needed for planning and adapting. The curriculum can be used with individual students, with small groups, or in inclusive classroom settings. Use in conjunction with the Early Literacy Skills Builder or as a stand-alone curriculum.\n- Amazing Grace\n- Anansi Does the Impossible\n- The Boy of the Three-Year Nap\n- Martha Speaks\n- Officer Buckle and Gloria\n- The Rainbow Fish\n- Where the Wild Things Are\nBy Tracie Zakas, MS, and Linda Schreiber, MS, CCC-SLP. Student Materials: spiralbound full-color book, 300 pages; Teacher’s Manual: spiralbound book, 80 pages, includes PDF on Win/Mac CD with a Classroom License for printouts, 2010.\nBuilding with Stories is also part of our Core Curriculum Solution: Elementary.\n|Subject||English Language Arts, Literacy|\n|Author||Tracie Zakas, MS; Linda Schreiber, MS, CCC-SLP|"}
{"text":"Quantum Mechanics for Electrical Engineers\nThe main topic of this book is quantum mechanics, as the title indicates. It specifically targets those topics within quantum mechanics that are needed to understand modern semiconductor theory. It begins with the motivation for quantum mechanics and why classical physics fails when dealing with very small particles and small dimensions. Two key features make this book different from others on quantum mechanics, even those usually intended for engineers: First, after a brief introduction, much of the development is through Fourier theory, a topic that is at the heart of most electrical engineering theory. In this manner, the explanation of the quantum mechanics is rooted in the mathematics familiar to every electrical engineer. Secondly, beginning with the first chapter, simple computer programs in MATLAB are used to illustrate the principles. The programs can easily be copied and used by the reader to do the exercises at the end of the chapters or to just become more familiar with the material.\nMany of the figures in this book have a title across the top. This title is the name of the MATLAB program that was used to generate that figure. These programs are available to the reader. Appendix D lists all the programs, and they are also downloadable at http://booksupport.wiley.com\nWhat people are saying - Write a review\nBands and Subbands\nThe Schrödinger Equation for Spin12 Fermions\nThe Greens Function Formulation"}
{"text":"Malathion, also called carbophos, mercaptothion, and maldison, broad-spectrum organophosphate insecticide and acaricide (used to kill ticks and mites). Considerably less toxic to humans than parathion, malathion is suited for the control of household and garden insects and is important in the control of mosquitoes, boll weevils, fruit flies, and lice.\nMalathion is a colourless to yellow-brown liquid with a characteristic unpleasant odour. It is generally prepared by combining O,O-dimethyl phosphorodithioate with diethyl maleate. It is soluble in most organic solvents except paraffin hydrocarbons and is practically insoluble in water. Malathion is readily decomposed by alkalies. The chemical works by binding to the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE) at nerve endings, thus disrupting the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) and ultimately causing death.\nMalathion is highly toxic to bees and other beneficial insects, aquatic invertebrates, and some species of fish, notably bluegill and largemouth bass. It is of moderate toxicity to birds."}
{"text":"Definition of pied lemming\n: any of various North American lemmings (genus Dicrostonyx) that have some claws much enlarged and a white winter coat — compare collared lemming\nLove words? You must — there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one that’s only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.\nJoin MWU now and get access to America’s largest dictionary, with:\n- 300,000 words that aren't in our free dictionary\n- Expanded definitions, etymologies, and usage notes\n- Advanced search features\n- Ad free!\nOrigin and Etymology of pied lemming\nSeen and Heard\nWhat made you want to look up pied lemming? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible)."}
{"text":"Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle: What is a Generation?\nThe monarch butterfly life cycle goes from egg to larva to chrysalis to adult. During the breeding season, this cycle repeats itself over and over. Each complete cycle is called a “generation.”\nHow Long Are Other Animal Generations?\nFour human generations are pictured here. Can you find the child, parent, grandparent and great-grandparent? These familiar names are used when we talk about generations. They describe the relationships between generations.\nHow long are human generations? Draw your family tree (children, parents, and grandparents is enough). Record the year each person was born in each generation. Next, go back and calculate the age of each person when their first child was born. Finally, calculate the average age at which each generation produced their first child. Back at school, compare the length of generations for the families in your class.\nis a characteristic of all living systems; because no individual organism\nlives forever, reproduction is essential to the continuation of every\nNational Math Standards"}
{"text":"International Journal of Applied Research\nVol. 2, Issue 3, Part H (2016)\nSustainable development through environmental ethics\nThe continuous maintenance of quality environment for many years is called “Sustainable Development”. The environment and its resources are not allowed to degrade. The natural resources must be used in a limited way. It produces an ideal balanced ecosystem. All the components are available for the future generations. Sustainable Development recognizes that all development decisions must simultaneously consider aspects of Economy, Environment, and Equity. If future generations are to enjoy a high quality of life, then this generation’s plans must guarantee the integrity of our natural resources. Sustainability implies that adjustment of a system, to a foreseeable change in land use can be made without necessitating expensive construction, or that provisions are made for accommodating potential changes. Proper maintenance is one key condition to preserve utility of a system. To fail to develop ethically sound solutions to the population problem and our relationship with the biosphere is a mistake we cannot afford to make. Perhaps the most important factor in obtaining sustainable environmental systems is that the local people must take the responsibility for their environmental system, as they have been doing in many parts of the world. Environmental ethics, distinct from concern for animals or animal rights, outlines the development of a long- term, objective opinion about how we as humans ought to be dealing with our non- human environment to ensure its wellbeing. The emphasis of environmental ethics, the effect of human behavior, comments on how detrimental behaviours ought to be changed as to benefit the entire biosphere.\nHow to cite this article:\nS Rajalakshmi. Sustainable development through environmental ethics. Int J Appl Res 2016;2(3):464-467."}
{"text":"View Full Version : Font display problem\n06-12-2004, 04:03 PM\ncan opengl display Chinese character font ?\nthanks for directions\n06-12-2004, 05:11 PM\nOpenGL doesn't display fonts.\nOr, alternatively, OpenGL can display any font you program it to.\n06-13-2004, 09:55 AM\nSince font specs vary they are handled separately from core OpenGL spec which would expect that font glyphs be loaded into GL rendering contexts as 1-bpp bitmaps.\nFor Win32, there are WGL helper functions wglUseFontBitmaps() and wglUseFontOutines() to download such fonts as GL bitmaps which would be used for drawing text characters. Once the font is loaded, you would draw individual characters or strings of characters just like you would call alphabetically indexed display lists of glBitmaps.\nIf you've seen the Windows OpenGL Text3D screen saver, you could also see how font outlines can be used as extruded 3D objects. The source is part of the Win32 platform SDK if you're intereted, though a similar generic version is posted as one of GL programming examples at this site.\nPowered by vBulletin® Version 4.2.3 Copyright © 2016 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"Nicholas of Cusa\nNicholas of Cusa (1401 to August 11, 1464) Nicholas of Cusa (or Nicolaus Cusanus) was a German Cardinal who died nine years before Copernicus was born. He was an important figure in the history of medieval philosophy. In fact, he was really more of a theologian and philosopher than a scientist. For theological and philosophical reasons, Cusa suggested that the universe is infinitely large and has no center and that all bodies in the universe, including both the earth and the sun, are in motion in infinite space. He also speculated about the existence of intelligent life on other planets and celestial bodies and thought it was probable due to God’s creativity. Historians of science rightly admire the boldness of Copernicus and Galileo in suggesting that the earth was in motion and that the sun rather than the earth was at the center of the universe, and rightly disapprove of those who rashly condemned these ideas. Yet it is not often realized that even before Copernicus, Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa had proposed even bolder and more modern ideas.\nCopyright Information on Picture of Nicolas of Cusa Nicholas of Cusa, by Master of the Life of the Virgin\nExplore Other Scientists\nIt is our hope that this curated set of biographies will be useful to teachers, students, and the general public."}
{"text":"Additional signs include redness in the affected ear and discharge with a foul odor. The outer ear canal may become thickened and hard to the touch from chronic inflammation and the lymph node at the base of the chin on the affected side may become enlarged.\nThe Peripheral Vestibular system in the inner ear controls balance. When affected your dog. eye movement. Treatment may include caring for an ear infection.\nInfections or problems in the middle or inner ear require prompt diagnosis and. Signs of facial paralysis include difficulty swallowing, drooping eyelids and .\nDog Ear Infection – Symptoms and Treatments. of the dog's middle ear, while otitis interna refers to an inflammation of the inner ear, both of. Signs may range from no visible symptoms whatsoever, to apparent nervous system involvement.\nThe first is called otitis media, which affects the middle ear, and the second is known as. The symptoms of ear infections in dogs range from mild to complicated,. If you see any of these signs in your dog, it is time to call the veterinarian for an .\nEar infections in dogs are common and most dogs suffer from this painful. Scratching and rubbing at the ear(s) and head shaking are common signs.. skin (Think of the skin inside the ear of a dog with an ear infection as a rash), After the ear .\nGrass seeds will cause infection and migrate into the inner ear if not removed.. Sometimes inflamed ears are the only sign that the dog has allergy. Bacteria ."}
{"text":"The inclusive classroom – what does this mean? Our faculty participated in a training last week dedicated to learning about the inclusive classroom and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The trainer, a longtime educator, was informative and passionate about inclusive classrooms – and happy to hear how Harbor has been ahead of the curve in terms of welcoming children with different learning styles. While I was glad to see how much our small classrooms and dedicated teachers benefit each of our unique children, I left the meeting feeling unsettled. My feeling of discomfort was because I realized how much more we could do, as a school and community, to continue valuing learning differences.\nThe inclusive classroom benefits everybody in the community. The children, who are inherently non-judgmental and welcoming, learn to accept and celebrate differences. Actually, “learn” is not entirely accurate. Really, it is that they continue to accept and celebrate differences. They enter our classrooms loving everybody. Our job as a school, and as a community, is to foster and nurture this fundamental predilection toward kindness.\nTo watch a young child cover her ears when the noise is too loud is an unremarkable occurrence in an early childhood setting. To witness her classmates pat her on the back as if to say, “You’re okay. I’m here for you.” is heart-warming. I often say to the children, “We are all working on something,” be it reading, or speaking up, or keeping our hands to ourselves…and that is ok. We support each other.\nOur teachers and I will continue having deep conversations about inclusive classrooms – strategies, supports, teachable moments. We are cultivating an amazing group of children – children who, as our school pledge describes, work hard, are kind, and are mindful."}
{"text":"She treasures them because they helped set her on the road to becoming a writer. When she was a little girl, Hurston was visited in class by a couple of young white ladies from Minnesota. Along with a group of other children from fifth grade, Nora is chosen to read to the visitors from the Ancient Greek myth of Pluto and Persephone. Some of the other children struggle, and mumble and stumble over their words. But not Zora. She's already familiar with the story having read her reader from cover to cover.\nThe young ladies are suitably impressed and invite Zora back to their hotel room, where they give her a cylinder, which she later discovers is full of a hundred shiny gold pennies. But that's not all they give her. Because about two months' later they send Zora a box full of clothes and books. Zora likes the clothes, even if they're not new; but it's the books that really tickle her fancy. These are some of the classics of Western literature, books such as Gulliver’s Travels, Grimm's Fairy Tales, and Dick Whittington. As well as giving her enormous pleasure, they introduce Zora to a whole new world in which she can let her imagination run wild."}
{"text":"Black Forest, Germany\nThe Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald) is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. It is not only one of the most varied, but also one of the biggest and best known holiday regions in Germany.\nThere are many old towns in the Black Forest. Popular destinations include mountains like the Feldberg, the Belchen, the Kandel, and the Schauinsland. The highest peak is the Feldberg with 1,493 meters (4,898 ft) above sea level.\nOther attractions include lakes like the Titisee and Schluchsee and waterfalls like the All Saints Waterfalls and the Triberg Waterfalls.\nThermal baths like Baden-Baden, Badenweiler and Bad Wildbad have a long and rich tradition. Nowhere else in Germany you will find as many springs in such close proximity. The location, at the border of Germany, Switzerland and France places guests within easy reach of diverse cultures and varied landscapes.Related posts"}
{"text":"Tectariaceae, the buckler fern family, containing 8–15 genera and about 230 species, in the division Pteridophyta (the lower vascular plants). Tectariaceae is distributed nearly worldwide but is most diverse in tropical regions. Most species are terrestrial or grow on rocks. Leaf morphology is extremely variable, but most commonly the sori are round and often covered with a membranous protective flap of tissue called an indusium. The spores are bean-shaped (bilateral).\nMost members of the family are classified in Tectaria (also known as the halberd ferns; 150 or more species), but this morphologically variable genus may be separated into four or more smaller units that display greater homogeneity."}
{"text":"National Tell A Lie Day is observed on 4th April of every year. It is a unique and fun day to celebrate. Lie means nothing but to make a false statement intended to deceive others. Being dishonest prevails around us in every single form. Being away from saying or hearing lies is difficult. Bluffing during a game, the myth that is told for one’s amusement or to make others feel good and a false statement said without their knowledge are considered to be acceptable lies. So this day is to let go of it and celebrate the day by happily lying without any guilt, like the way one enjoys.\n“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”- Charles Spurgeon\nHistory of National Tell A Lie Day\nThe origin of the day remains anonymous. The reason for the celebration also remains unknown. However, this day should have been created to spread the importance of speaking the truth or to use their creativeness in lying, or just have fun lying without any regret.\nOther Celebrations on April 4\nApril 4 is also celebrated as\n- International Carrot Day\n- National Walk Around Things Day\n- National Cordon Bleu Day\n- World Rat Day\n- Vitamin C Day\nHow to celebrate the day\nNational Tell A Lie Day can be observed in a fun way. On this day you can play silly pranks with your friends or can use your creativeness to cook up a story and share it with your kith and kin. Who knows, you would even be capable of writing a Harry Potter. One can also play games that might involve bluffing. You can also confess to the lie you have told before or during your youth. It is also essential for one to understand the consequences of lying. Post pictures and share your thoughts on social media about National Tell A Lie Day by using the hashtag #TellALieDay.\nThank you for reading the post. You can celebrate every day with Happydays365.org and Happy National Tell A Lie Day 2021."}
{"text":"While attending a technology conference, I ran across the classroom chef. No, he's not someone you'll see competing on chopped, cake wars, or American's worst cooks. You will find him in the math classroom.\nHe has a menu page with appetizers, entrees, side dishes, desserts, and the take out menu. Each type is composed of several different activities. I checked out the page on triangle congruence where students created away to prove they knew all the postulates without necessarily being totally dry.\nIn case you don't know the name, you may have heard of his Mullet ratio study. The Mullet ratio compares the part of the haircut that parties/the business part. This is a great 5 to 6 day activity which he said got student participation.\nHe also has a whole collection of \"Would you rather?\" an activity which presents students with a choice of two things and the student has to justify their selection. For instance \"Would you rather 5 6cm pencils or 7 5cm pencils. Explain your choice.\"\nThose \"Would you rather\" will make some great warm-ups when I get back. There is no right answer and it requires my students to justify their answers. Many students need to practice explaining their choices. Often mine will state they just guessed which is really what they did.\nAnother activity is one where they take a Desmos graph and play with numbers to see how these change the original creation. I find it cool to play with the graphs.\nYes, the author made a book and I'm going through it slowly. The author goes with the idea of getting students to take over their learning rather than teachers doing the leading. So far, the material in the book is great.\nBetween this book and an all day session I attended yesterday, I feel like I am finally understanding how to create a more student focused learning. I'll keep you posted. Have a good day."}
{"text":"Students love to get up and move around and students love technology! This activity implements the use of both! Cut out each box on the dotted line. Display them around the room. Students can use a QR code reader app on their phones or a laptop/tablet or they can go to free QR reader websites such as webqr.com. Students will select any code to start at. They will scan the code to get their first question. When they get their answer, they will look for it on another card somewhere in the room. Once they find that answer, they will scan the new code on the card. I laminated my cards so I can use them for years to come."}
{"text":"Leaders in the global fight against tuberculosis reported historic progress at a Senate briefing on TB.\nArchive - March 2012\nAlarming scale of multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis requires rapid response to prevent emerging global crisis\nOf the 9.4 million new tuberculosis (TB) cases diagnosed each year, approximately 5% are multidrug resistant (MDR).\nAccording to representatives of Aeras, a Rockville, Maryland-based non-profit dedicated to developing new vaccines for tuberculosis\nUnited Nations-backed campaign will seek to vaccinate more than 111 million children under the age of five against polio in 20 African countries in just four days.\nUpdated WHO guidance scales up effective public health interventions to reduce TB deaths for people living with HIV."}
{"text":"Power boating describes activities performed in a motorized boat. Generally, a power boat has a high power-to-weight ratio and a hull design that allows for easy planing, which allows for higher speed and improved handling. Also, the shape of the actual boat is usually very streamlined, which minimizes air resistance and drag, therefore increasing speed. Power boats are used in yachting, waterskiing and wakeboarding.\nPowerboating is generally considered to have begun in 1863 when Frenchman Jean Lenoir used a petrol engine in the small boat. The first major race took place in 1903 across the English Channel and the sport appeared as an event in the 1908 Olympics."}
{"text":"Anchoring question: How does Baby Yoda help us explain the behavior of magnets and static electricity?\nUsing the phenomenon of the Jedi power of Yoda, students explore the non-contact forces of magnets and static electricity and apply the learning to solve an engineering challenge.\nStudents will perform experiments to see the power of magnetism and static electricity with their own eyes. Integrating learning from the experiments and class discussions, students will work to use their knowledge to solve an engineering task. Students will attempt to stop a wooden car traveling down a ramp using magnetic forces.\nWhat's in the Kit\nKit includes: magnet wands, cups for salt and pepper, magnets for vehicles, wooden vehicles, masking tape, paper plates, shredded paper, ramp, ramp blocks, nylon cloth, wool, yarn.\nView kit inventory here\nKit cost: $40\n- NGSS Standards Addressed\n3-PS2-3 Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.\n3-PS2-4 Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.\n3-5-ETS1-2 Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.\n- Non-Contact Forces"}
{"text":"A Zeer Pot is an ancient device used to cool things. It was invented by the Egyptians about 2500 years before Christ was born. It works on the principle of evaporative cooling. It’s still in use today in North Africa and I’m going to tell you about it and show you how to make and use one.\nInteresting notes: More wind speed can improve cooling efficiency. Hotter air flowing over the pot might improve the efficiency. Airflow coming off a hot parking lot might improve efficiency if your pot is in the shade because hotter air can hold more moisture which means that it can increase evaporation of the pot’s moisture."}
{"text":"Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Siluriformes\n(Catfish) > Mochokidae\n(Squeakers or upside-down catfishes)\nEtymology: Chiloglanis: Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish (Ref. 45335). More on author: Roberts.\nEnvironment / Climate / Range\nFreshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical; 4°S - 6°S\nSize / Weight / Age\nMaturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm\nMax length : 6.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3202)\nAfrica: only known from the rapids of the Lower Congo River between Inga and Bulu, in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 42510, 78218).\nGosse, J.-P., 1986. Mochokidae. p. 105-152. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels, MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2.\nIUCN Red List Status (Ref. 90363)\nThreat to humans\nReferencesAquacultureAquaculture profileStrainsGeneticsAllele frequenciesHeritabilityDiseasesProcessingMass conversion\nCollaboratorsPicturesStamps, CoinsSoundsCiguateraSpeedSwim. typeGill areaOtolithsBrainsVision\nEstimates of some properties based on empirical models\nPhylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805\n= 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].\nBayesian length-weight: a=0.01260 (0.00378 - 0.04204), b=2.97 (2.71 - 3.23), based on LWR estimates for this Subfamily-BS (Ref. 93245\nTrophic Level (Ref. 69278\n): 3.2 ±0.4 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives\nResilience (Ref. 69278\n): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).\nVulnerability (Ref. 59153\n): Low vulnerability (10 of 100) ."}
{"text":"1909 – Birth of Valentina Stepanovna Grizodubova, one of the first female pilots in the Soviet Union and a World War II pilot.\n1913 – First bombing attack against a surface ship: Didier Masson and Captain Joaquín Bauche Alcalde, flying for Mexican Revolutionist Venustiano Carranza, dropped dynamite bombs on Federalist gunboats at Guaymas, Mexico.\n1961 – A Convair B-58 Hustler (shown above) cruises at a speed of 1,302 mph and wins the Blériot Trophy after becoming the first airplane to maintain a speed of more than 1,200 mph for more than 30 min. in a 669-mile closed circuit.\n1972 – U.S. Navy Lts. Randy Cunningham and J.G. William become the first USN aces of the Vietnam War, adding three Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17s to their tally on this day alone.\n1991 – First flight of the Bombardier CRJ100, a regional airliner; more than 1,000 are eventually built before production ends.\n2012 – The women’s international record-holder for number of flight hours logged as a pilot in a lifetime, Evelyn Bryan Johnson, dies at the age of 102. Between her first solo flight in 1944 and her retirement from flying in the mid-1990s, she had logged 57,635 hours (about 6½ years) in the air, flying about 5,500,000 miles. Only one person, Ed Long (1915-1999), had logged more hours in the air during a lifetime."}
{"text":"The most eye-catching health claims for superfoods tend to be associated with particular groups of compounds: the glucosinolates in kale and broccoli, for instance, or the anthocyanins in blueberries.\nTrouble is, although we can study how isolated compounds act on cells in a dish or in mice, it’s much trickier to get a grip on what foods containing these ingredients do inside the human body.\n“The way we do experiments is almost like a drug trial, testing one nutrient against something that doesn’t contain that nutrient, says Duane Mellor, a nutrition scientist at the University of Canberra in Australia. “Randomised controlled trials are good for drugs, but we don’t eat foods in isolation.”\nTrendy foods like wheatgrass and goji berries are lauded for their miraculous"}
{"text":"The world’s first cheetah smart park equipped with new technology to monitor animals and assets of Namibia’s Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) has been established, a statement said.\nThe Dutch technology enterprise Smart Parks will help CCF manage more than 40 permanent resident cheetahs on CCF’s 67,000-hectare private reserve, model farm and field research and conservation centre in Otjiwarongo, situated in central-north Namibia.\n“We are very excited to have this new technology to help CCF staff keep an eye on our cheetahs,” said Laurie Marker, CCF Founder and Executive Director.\nAccording to Marker, with the Smart Parks LoRaWAN network in place, CCF can easily deploy collars and other sensors in the landscape and receive near-real-time location updates at an affordable cost.\n“The LoRaWAN network for CCF will enable us to deploy battery-powered sensors and devices across its entire wildlife reserve for real-time monitoring and fine-scale data collection,” she said.\nShe added that staff would be able to optimise efficiency in operations and scientists can collect data for research in new, more efficient ways.\nCCF is a global leader in the research and conservation of cheetahs and dedicated to saving the cheetah in the wild and currently, Namibia has the largest wild cheetah population with 30 per cent of the animals in the wild."}
{"text":"When you start out learning a foreign language, you should stick to simpler sentences. However, when you start feeling more and more comfortable with your French language learning, you’ll want to start combining related sentences into one. This is done through conjunctions. When that time comes here is a list of some of the most common conjunctions.\nChildren in France learn these through the following [OptiLingo’s Online French Course is Quick and Easy]mnemonic device:“Mais ou et donc or ni car”, which sounds like “Mais où est donc Ornicar?” (“But where on hell is Ornicar?”)—Ornicar isn’t a real first name.\nThe following are a few examples of conjunctions in use.\nDo you have a cat or a dog? Avez-vous un chat ou un chien?\nThe think that rap is interesting but tiring music. Ils trouvent que le rap est une musique intéressante mais fatigante.\nJean does skate-boarding and listens to music. Jean fait du skate-board et écoute de la musique."}
{"text":"How to check if a MOSFET is bad\nWe are going to explain to you how to check if a MOSFET is bad, and MOSFET is a common electronic component we used in most applications.\nBut most of us don’t know how to check a MOSFET and confirm them works well or is bad, in this article we are going to list some common MOSFET checking procedures using the multimeters.\nCheck if a MOSFET is bad\nBefore going to the checking procedure of MOSFET, we need to know some of the common failures that happen at MOSFET.\n- One of the most common failures in MOSFET is the gate-source breakdown, this can easily determine by setting the multimeter in resistance mode.\n- We know that MOSFET had a body diode internally, so we can check the body diode is faulty or not by connecting the multimeter into MOSFET’s source to drain terminals (resistance mode).\n- And the MOSFET can handle high temperatures, the fault-finding due to temperature rising will be check with the diode mode of the multimeter.\n- We need to set diode mode at multimeter to check diode, if a reading appears without any variation, the MOSFET is good.\n- Or if the meter indicates zero, MOSFET is faulty.\n- And also this process will be the same for all MOSFET types, but with different probe connections.\n- We need to set the multimeter in resistance mode and connect the probes between the drain and source terminals of MOSFET.\n- If a multimeter indicates high resistance, which is a clear indication for a good MOSFET.\n- If the multimeter indicates zero, the MOSFET is faulty.\n- We need to set the multimeter in continuity mode and connect the positive to drain and negative to the source.\n- If the reading will be zero, with a buzzer sound, the MOSFET is faulty."}
{"text":"Pocket Guide to Pregnancy\nPocket Guide to Pregnancy features Beautiful Illustrations of Stages of Pregnancy, Bilingual\nThe Pocket Guide to Pregnancy is a Bilingual teaching aid that features beautiful art from the With Child series. The front panels of this pocket-size flip chart illustrates the stages a woman's body goes through from before pregnancy to full term. The back panels illustrate conception and implantation, choices that protect a growing baby, good posture, resting positions, methods for relieving back pain, and characteristics of warm-up contractions.\n- Bilingual in English and Spanish\n- 16 pages\n- Measures: 4 1/2\" x 6 1/2\""}
{"text":"Saxifraga are another beautiful rosette forming alpine plant that performs well in gritty well drained soil, makes a colony over time and throws out long bloom stalks with white, pink or even a dark red bloom.\nKnown by their common name of Saxifrage, these have long been a collectors favorite. They are also called 'Rock Breaker' which is the translation of the botanical name - who would have thought that something so fragile seeming could break rocks?\nAlthough technically not a succulent they are used as companion plants to many hardy succulents and other alpines adding a new dimension to trough gardens, crevice gardens and rock gardens or give them the opportunity to strut their stuff in a hypertufa creation.\nThere are many types of Saxifraga, including the encrusted types with their curious lime deposits on the leaves, flowering with tumbling waterfalls of white blooms and the lovely rose shaped pink blooms of Saxifraga arendsii. Based on a simple description, these are usually clustered into guilds, or groups.\n\"Mossies\" such as Saxifraga arendsii ‘Purple Robe’ are tiny clusters of bright green rosettes; one of the first to emerge in the spring they bring a welcome shaft of brightness, followed by rose like blooms on tall stems in May or June.\nThese are in many shades of pink, changing as they age.\nAs a companion plant for other alpine plants in trough gardens, planted with some of the other beautiful rare hardy succulents like the miniscule varieties and species of Sedum and the tiny cobweb Sempervivum Saxifraga are exquisite.\nGrowing Saxifraga from seed is lots of fun - even though the plants are tiny, you can see their forms take shape and then the flowers start. These are mostly white in the case of the ones I grew, but they range from white to pink or red in many species.\nSee more about growing seeds to make more plants."}
{"text":"Space is normally thought to be a place of silence and emptiness, but the new technology we now use to look up at the sky is allowing us to see and hear the universe in ways never before possible. There are two sides to the project: Exoplanets and Gravitational Waves. Exoplanets are sometimes Earth-like, potentially life-supporting planets orbiting other suns which we can now see using the Hubble space telescope. We have now identified approaching 4000 of these new worlds. Gravitational Waves are a new way to listen to the universe. Predicted by Einstein in 1916, we are now in a position to listen out for these waves. When super-dense objects like neutron stars smash together, the shock waves are so violent that they make the actual universe ripple outwards. As when a stone is dropped into a pond, the ripples eventually reach us and tell us about the birth of new black holes."}
{"text":"Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum\nTeacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum\nThis section includes summaries of the lessons featured in the video programs.\nThe lessons explore the literature through a cultural\nSession 5: Cultural Studies: Ishmael Reed\nBetty Tillman Samb uses a cultural studies approach\nin her literature class by comparing trickster figures in Ishmael Reed's\n\"Railroad Bill, A Conjure Man\" and \"High\nJohn de Conquer,\" from Zora Neale Hurston's The Sanctified\nChurch. Using literature circles, students read magazine articles\nand stories that help to make clear the meaning of \"Railroad Bill.\"\nBobbi Ciriza Houtchens uses a cultural studies approach to help students\nunderstand Graciela Limón's novel Erased Faces about the\nZapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico."}
{"text":"What does this sentence mean?\nHappy birthday to Besse Cooper, the world’s oldest person who turned 116 today.\na. It’s a birthday greeting for Besse Cooper. She is the oldest person in the world and she turned 116 today.\nb. It’s a birthday greeting for Besse Cooper. She is the oldest person in the world and she is the eldest of some unspecified number of people who all turned 116 today.\nBesse Cooper actually turned 116 yesterday and the greeting went out on Twitter. You need to add a comma after “person” to indicate that “who turned 116 today” modifies Besse Cooper. The comma is what indicates a parenthetical phrase, so that the sentence means “Besse Cooper turned 116 today. She is the world’s oldest person.”\nFollow me on Twitter @tao_of_grammar"}
{"text":"For some children, getting ready for school means jazzy new sneakers, a colorful backpack, and a cool lunch box. For parents, it may be setting a morning routine, shopping for those new sneakers, or locating a bus stop.\nAugust is a time of transition from the less structured days of summer vacation, to the very structured routine of the school year. Here are three simple tips and strategies to help your child ease the transition from summer to school:\n- The relaxed summer schedule often means that a child stays up later than normal. We all know that a good night’s sleep is critical for school success. Try this: Two weeks before the start of school, start putting your child to bed ten minutes earlier each night, and get him or her up ten minutes earlier each morning. By the first day of school your child will be rested and ready to go.\n- To help your child get ready for the \"morning rush,\" try color-coding bureau drawers. Socks in the \"red\" drawer, shirts in the \"yellow\" drawer, etc. You can use small colored stickers or pieces of construction paper. Color-code the closet as well. Hang all \"pinks\" together, all \"blues,\" etc. This is an easy and fast way for a child to find their clothes.\n- If your child has a tendency to misplace things (e.g. sneakers), try tracing and cutting out the outline of their sneakers on construction or contact paper. Then place the tracing on the closet floor. Each night make sure the shoes are sitting on their \"feet\" in the closet. (The same can be done for lunchboxes, backpacks, books, etc.)\nNext week I’ll share some more \"tried and true\" tips and suggestions to help ease the summer-to-school transition!"}
{"text":"Vital stuff, zinc.\nYes, really vital. It's the twenty-fourth commonest element on earth, and yet a lack of zinc is linked to the deaths of about 800,000 children every year.\nGood grief. Just think it. Eight hundred thousand children.\nAnd zinc's not even expensive. You'll find it in batteries, toothpaste, paint, anti-dandruff shampoo and brass. If you see something metal that has a dusty grey look about it then it's most probably galvanised, which means covered in zinc. This stops it rusting.\nZinc was used in ancient times, but in Europe it wasn't named until the 16th century, when Paracelsus (known here as Paracelsus the Bighead) came up with zincum or zinken.\nAnd even then no one really knew what to do with it. P the B gave it to alchemists, who burned it to produce stuff they called philosophers' wool.\nYou'll find zinc in mineral pills, naturally: and, good heavens, how difficult would it be to hand out those at every third-world school?\nSpot the frippet: zinc. This word was made up by Paracelsus the Bighead. It might be because the German Zinke means toothlike and zinc crystals look like needles, and it might be because zinc is quite like tin, and the German for tin is Zinn.\nEight hundred thousand children..."}
{"text":"1. Students were to first draw two parallel lines on their paper, either horizontally or vertically – no diagonals to keep this simple. When complete, they colored in this “pipe” a single main color, whatever they preferred.\n2. When the “pipe” was filled with color, the students used a white pastel and add it on top of one side, and black pastel on the other. It was important that they go back and mix the main pastel color on top so that everything blended together and the colors didn’t look too striped. Soft gradations of color are the goal.\n3. This step was repeated at least three times so that the students ended up with a picture that had one “pipe” in front, one in the middle, and one in the background. This project is packed with learning objectives (tinting and shading and layering).\nCA Visual Arts Standard: Grade Four\n2.1 Use shading (value) to transform a two-dimensional shape into what appears to be a three-dimensional form (e.g., circle to sphere)."}
{"text":"To identify a thing requires contrast: 'A' with 'Not-A'. The greater the contrast the easier it is to identify a thing. A cathedral surrounded by open fields is more prominent than if it were surrounded by skyscrapers.\nA given 'spiritual' minded person may develop different views on what is important in the cosmos depending on where he lives:\nIf he was born in a city, then he will have little exposure to living organisms (plants and animals) relative to someone living in a jungle who is surrounded by them. Thus living beings will be more prominent (like a cathedral on an open plain), and possibly perceived as more valuable because of that scarcity (think of Jainism, or modern vegetarianism which is largely an Urban culture).\nIf he was born in a desert environment (be it the arctic desert or the sand desert), then he will have little exposure to people relative to someone living in the city.\nIf he was born in the jungle, then he will have little exposure to advanced technology relative to someone living in the city, thus will value it more than someone who experiences it everyday (think of cargo cultists).\nTo reiterate, the mindset intention of the person is more important than the environment he is born in. The environment simply allows him to explore his own beliefs. Without the intention the mind to explore, discover, understand the environment, then no spiritual world view will be developed by him.\nAn alternate theory is that a more blank environment will allow him to explore his own beliefs and thoughts in the same way that sensory deprivation (such as a floatation tank) allows one to experience and explore their own thoughts more intensely because they are not being distracted by outside noises. (One of Odin’s name is 'Hattr' which is derived from the hat that he wears, to cover his eyes, when in his mantic state; which is a form of sensory deprivation)."}
{"text":"Sayan Mountains (säyänˈ) [key], central Asia, chiefly in S Siberia. The Eastern Sayan Mts. extend c.680 mi (1,090 km) from the lower Yenisei River to the southwest end of Lake Baykal and rise to 11,686 ft (3,562 m) in the Munku-Sardyk; they form part of the Russian-Mongolian border. The Western Sayan Mts., rising to 10,206 ft (3,111 m) in the Kyzyl-Tayga, extend c.400 mi (640 km) NE from the Altai range to the central section of the Eastern Sayan Mts. There are a variety of mineral deposits in the Sayan Mts. Lumbering, agriculture, and hunting are the chief occupations there.\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.\nMore on Sayan Mountains from Infoplease:\nSee more Encyclopedia articles on: CIS and Baltic Physical Geography"}
{"text":"A clever new video is speaking kids’ language about how to walk safely to school, in the neighborhood or on city streets. The stars are cartoon characters just snarky enough for real kids to relate to.\nWay back when you might have walked or bike to school. But do you know today’s rules of the road?\nWalk with or against car traffic?\nHow old is old enough for a kid to walk to school alone?\nThose answers and more are here in English or Spanish:\nWalking and biking is a fun and easy way for kids to be outdoors, get exercise and learn durable skills they can’t in the classroom, like how to navigate without a GPS.\nEven if your school doesn’t have Walk to School Day, you can always help them out and plan it yourself.\nWant inspiration for parenting active, creative kids? Read The Durable Human Manifesto (it only takes 10 minutes, plus it’s mostly pictures!)"}
{"text":"Complete the following test so you can be sure you understand the material. Your answers are private, and test results are not scored.\nIf you click this button\nin Word 2010, what happens?\nYou temporarily hide the ribbon so that you have more room for your document.\nYou apply a bigger font size to your text.\nYou will see additional options.\nYou will add a command to the Quick Access Toolbar.\nWhere is the Quick Access Toolbar, and when should you use it?\nIt is in the upper-left corner of the screen, and you should use it for your favorite commands.\nIt floats above your text, and you should use it when you need to make formatting changes.\nIt is in the upper-left corner of the screen, and you should use it when you need to quickly access a document.\nIt is on the Home tab, and you should use it when you need to quickly launch or start a new document.\nThe Mini toolbar will appear if:\nYou double-click the active tab on the ribbon.\nYou select text.\nYou select text and then point at it.\nAny of the above.\nYou can apply bulleted lists by using the ____ tab and the _____ group.\nPage Layout tab, Paragraph group.\nHome tab, Paragraph group.\nInsert tab, Symbols group.\nInsert tab, Text group.\nIn the new version of Word, which of the following procedures is the way to choose settings for features like document display, proofing, and language?\nOn the Tools menu, click Options.\nOn the File menu, click Options.\nRight-click anywhere on the ribbon and choose Options.\nOn the View tab, click Properties.\nYour friend sent you a Word 2000 document as an attachment in an e-mail message. Can you open the attachment in the new version of Word?\nYes, but you’ll get a warning telling you to get a converter.\nYes, but the document will open in Compatibility Mode.\nYes, if you first turn on Compatibility Mode with the Quick Access Toolbar.\nNo, only files from Word 2002 and later can be opened in the new version of Word."}
{"text":"Studies provide new insights on mosquito-borne chikungunya virus infection\nThe frequency of chronic joint pain after infection with chikungunya in a large Latin American cohort was 25% at a median of 20-months post-infection. In the Arthritis & Rheumatology study, significant predictors of persistent joint pain included being a college graduate, headache, knee pain, missed work, normal activities effected, four or more days of initial symptoms, and four or more weeks of initial joint pain.\nThe finding of chronic joint pain in one fourth of the patients infected with chikungunya, a mosquito-borne illness, approximately two years after initial infection has important implications for prediction of the magnitude of disability and health system costs after the Latin American epidemic.\nThe investigators hypothesized that persistent active chikungunya is responsible for chronic arthritis and joint pain and that chikungunya viral RNA would be present in the synovial fluid; however, in another study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, the researchers did not detect viable virus after culture of synovial fluid in any of the participants who were studied for a median 22 months after infection."}
{"text":"Road Closure at 801 Broadway Parking Garage\nEffective June 18, 2014 - Road closures will block regular access to our Broadway parking garage. Please allow more time for travel to your appointment.\nDetour Route and more information.\nNews & Updates\nFind A Specialist\nResource Finder at Kennedy Krieger Institute\nA free resource that provides access to information and support for individuals and families living with developmental disabilities.\nEpilepsy (Seizure Disorder)\nTo find patient care programs and faculty treating epilepsy (seizure disorder) at Kennedy Krieger Institute, as well as research investigating this disorder, please see the right-hand column below. Additional helpful information, including definitions, symptoms, Institute press releases, Potential magazine articles, and other resources outside the Institute, have also been provided for readers on this page.\nA seizure is a sudden event caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Although most people think of a someone having a seizure as being completely unconscious and shaking in all four limbs, seizures can actually manifest in many different ways. Sudden periods of staring or unresponsiveness, jerking, \"muscle tightening,\" sudden drops to the floor and muscle twitching can all be seizures. Seizures that occur in individuals with developmental disabilities may be particularly difficult to diagnose.\nThe term \"epilepsy\" refers to a high predisposition to having seizures and is typically diagnosed when someone has more than one seizure. About two million Americans have epilepsy. Of the 125,000 new cases that develop each year, up to 50 percent are in children and adolescents. Individuals with disabilities may have a significantly higher predisposition to having seizures than other individuals.\nEpilepsy can be managed in most cases with medications. Other treatments, such as surgery or special diets, may be appropriate for some individuals for whom medications are not effective."}
{"text":"Anchieta, Juan de\n- Robert Stevenson\n(b ?Urrestilla, nr Azpeitia, 1462; d Azpeitia, July 30, 1523). Spanish composer. He was the second son of Martín García de Anchieta and Urtayzaga de Loyola (an aunt of Ignatius Loyola) and may have studied at Salamanca University, where the music professor from 1481 to 1522 was Diego de Fermoselle, the elder brother of Juan del Encina. After his appointment on 6 February 1489 as a singer in Queen Isabella's court chapel at an annual salary of 20,000 maravedís Anchieta travelled constantly, for Isabella often moved her court (15 times between 1491 and 1503).\nAnchieta's salary was raised to 30,000 maravedís on 30 August 1493. Two years later Isabella named him maestro de capilla to her 17-year-old son Don Juan (1478–97). His excellent services to the young prince prompted the queen to reward him with several ecclesiastical preferments. After her death in 1504 Anchieta was transferred with other members of the Castilian royal household to the service of her daughter Joanna, whose consort was Philip the Fair; in their entourage he visited Flanders, and from January to ..."}
{"text":"This is a large tree, growing to the height of eighty feet, and about four feet in diameter. It is found in its greatest abundance east of the AUeghanies. It is not at all common in our Western States. It is called the toughest of the whole hickory genus, and is used where toughness and durability are most needed. The nut is small, roundish, ovate, hull very thin, and when ripe splits in the centre, and adheres to the nut after it has fallen from the tree. Kernel very small and usually bitter. It is only fed to animals, and is never marketable."}
{"text":"Add To Favorites In PHR\nChildhood isn't all fun and games. Even young children can feel worried and stressed.\nStress can come from outside, such as family, friends, and school. It can also come from children themselves. Just like adults, children may expect too much of themselves and then feel stressed when they feel that they have failed.\nAdults can help children and teens with stress in many ways. Three important things you can do are to:\nIt is important to help children learn positive coping skills. These skills are often carried into adult life.\nFinding ways to get stress out of their systems will help children feel better. The best ways to relieve stress are different for each person. Try some of these ideas to see which ones work for your child:\nByHealthwise StaffPrimary Medical ReviewerKathleen Romito, MD - Family MedicineSpecialist Medical ReviewerDavid A. Brent, MD - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry\nCurrent as ofOctober 10, 2017\nCurrent as of: October 10, 2017\nAuthor: Healthwise Staff\nMedical Review: Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine & David A. Brent, MD - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry\nTo learn more about Healthwise, visit Healthwise.org.\n© 1995-2018 Healthwise, Incorporated. Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated.\nprint close directions"}
{"text":"Wafer direct bonding is an attractive technique for the integration of different materials. In a previous study, the bonding between InP and several kinds of garnets which are essential to an optical isolator was demonstrated. When the optical isolator is integrated with the laser wafer as shown in Fig. 1, the surface of garnet wafer where a rib waveguide is formed is to be bonded with an etch stop layer for the vertical alignment. This paper reports the direct bonding between GaInAsP etch stop layer and Gd3Ga5O12 (GGG) which is used as a substrate for magneto-optic crystal growth. The bonding is also described between InP and the garnet rib waveguide.\n|出版ステータス||Published - 1996 1 1|\n|イベント||Proceedings of the 1996 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, CLEO/Europe - Hamburg, Ger|\n継続期間: 1996 9 8 → 1996 9 13\n|Other||Proceedings of the 1996 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, CLEO/Europe|\n|Period||96/9/8 → 96/9/13|\nASJC Scopus subject areas"}
{"text":"The massive investment needed for buried drinking water infrastructure in the United States totals more than $1 trillion between now and 2035, according to an American Water Works Association report. The need will double from roughly $13 billion a year today to almost $30 billion (in 2010 dollars) annually by the 2040s, and the cost will be met primarily through higher water bills and local fees.\n“Because pipe assets last a long time, water systems that were built in the latter part of the 19th century and throughout much of the 20th century have, for the most part, never experienced the need for pipe replacement on a large scale,” the report states. “The dawn of an era in which the assets will need to be replaced puts a growing stress on communities that will continue to increase for decades to come.”\nNationally, the infrastructure needs are almost evenly divided between replacement and expansion requirements.\nBuried No Longer: Confronting America's Water Infrastructure Challenge analyzes timing of water main installation and life expectancy, materials used, replacement costs, and shifting demographics. It includes more than 35 tables and graphs detailing information by region and utility size. Visit www.awwa.org."}
{"text":"Excerpt of product info\n|Product title :||\nDuring the 69th General Session of the OIE in May 2001, the consternation caused by the dramatic upsurge in the occurrence of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Europe particularly, but also in South America, east Asia and southern Africa was the subject of much debate. Questioning the traditional approaches to the control/eradication of the disease and especially the justification for ‘stamping-out’ which had been documented in all its horror by the media in the United Kingdom was the popular topic. This concern was so intense that many drawn into the debate had little knowledge of the nature of FMD or of the behaviour of the disease and there was an understandable search for a readily available and authoritative source of such information. This special edition is primarily an attempt to respond to this need and provide an up-to-date source of information for both animal health specialists and others seeking a compendium of information on the subject."}
{"text":"Yasir H. Ahmed-Braimah, Andrea L. Sweigart\nThe genetic basis of species differences remains understudied. Studies in insects have contributed significantly to our understanding of morphological evolution. Pigmentation traits in particular have received a great deal of attention and several genes in the insect pigmentation pathway have been implicated in inter- and intraspecific differences. Nonetheless, much remains unknown about many of the genes in this pathway and their potential role in understudied taxa. Here we genetically analyze the puparium color difference between members of the Virilis group of Drosophila. The puparium of Drosophila virilis is black, while those of D. americana, D. novamexicana, and D. lummei are brown. We used a series of backcross hybrid populations between D. americana and D. virilis to map the genomic interval responsible for the difference between this species pair. First, we show that the pupal case color difference is caused by a single Mendelizing factor, which we ultimately map to an ~11kb region on chromosome 5. The mapped interval includes only the first exon and regulatory region(s) of the dopamine N-acetyltransferase gene (Dat). This gene encodes an enzyme that is known to play a part in the insect pigmentation pathway. Second, we show that this gene is highly expressed at the onset of pupation in light-brown taxa (D. americana and D. novamexicana) relative to D. virilis, but not in the dark-brown D. lummei. Finally, we examine the role of Dat in adult pigmentation between D. americana (heavily melanized) and D. novamexicana (lightly melanized) and find no discernible effect of this gene in adults. Our results demonstrate that a single gene is entirely or almost entirely responsible for a morphological difference between species."}
{"text":"Members of the public are being invited to test a fleet of driverless pods as part of the final phase of the GATEway Project.\nLaunched in 2016, the GATEway Project is a research programme led by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) and funded by government and industry.\nMuch of the early work focussed on exploring public perceptions and understanding of driverless delivery vehicles – including the first autonomous grocery delivery trial in June 2017.\nHowever, the focus has now switched to public interaction with the technology, culminating in an open public trial of driverless pods – for which more than 5,000 people have registered to participate.\nTaking place over the next four weeks, the trial will see four driverless pods navigate a 3.4km route around the Greenwich Peninsula, using advanced sensors and software to detect and avoid obstacles.\nMembers of the public who have not registered will still have an opportunity to take part during a series of drop in sessions.\nTRL says GATEway has helped ‘advance the UK’s position in the autonomous vehicles revolution’.\nRichard Cuerden, academy director at TRL, said: “As we explore the future of mobility solutions, it is essential that we consider the experience and benefits delivered to the consumer.\n“This is why understanding and exploring the public perception of automated services has always been at the heart of the GATEway Project.\n“This Project is enabling us to discover how potential users of automated vehicles respond to them, in a real-world environment, so that the anticipated benefits to mobility can be maximised.\n“We see driverless vehicles as a practical solution to delivering safe, clean, accessible and affordable mobility and we are proud to be part of creating our future transport system.”"}
{"text":"Technology is evolving and expanding at a very rapid pace. To this end, organizations are finding it difficult to maintain current business practices while updating technology initiatives and at the same time ensuring the data and systems are secure. Organizations that will not only survive but thrive are those which embrace the technological changes as they occur, and at the same time, implement measures to ensure data security.\nThe Information Assurance and Security Strategies curriculum is designed to meet this need. Students will be required to complete a core set of classes which prepares them in the following disciplines: networking, operating systems (e.g., Windows, Linux, etc.), security, and penetration testing. Upon completion of the course work students will also be prepared to sit for certifications such as: CCENT, Linux+, Security+, and Network+.\nMastery of skills will prepare the students for employment in positions such as: Network Security Analyst, IT Security Engineer, Senior Network Security Analyst, Information Security Analyst, Computer Security Technical Specialist, or Network and Computer Systems Administrator."}
{"text":"This visualization shows how varied well-being measures can be within a country and consequently how country-wide statistics can over-simplify. While it’s convenient to characterize whole populations by talking about national averages, we are often masking a lot of important complexity. This visualization attempts to make understanding this complexity approachable by allowing users to view the overall distribution of different well-being indexes as well as let them focus on a particular area. Additionally, being able to select one index and filter based on another allows you to see how the correlation between indexes is distributed.\nIt is important to understand that there is significant inequality in well-being within countries and I think this visualization let’s people discover that by exploring. There are also several “case studies” at the bottom of the page which focus on a particular region and have some comments. These also provide the user with examples on how to read and interact with the graphic.\nFrom the Judges: The interactive winner “Scattered Well-Being” impressed us with a reduced, yet rich visualization of regional differences in Well-Being in Mexico. This interactive cartogram appropriately scales regions by number of inhabitants (rather than mere geographic area, as on a choropleth map) and invites deep exploration of the underlying variables income, education, housing, health, jobs and safety across Mexico. Despite its depth of information, the application is visually reduced and snappy in performance. Overall, a great way to represent large regional data sets in a digestible and interesting form. Additionally, more complex data is effectively revealed through drilling down into data."}
{"text":"Copper is a metallic trace mineral essential in human nutrition. A versatile mineral involved in numerous biological functions, copper is most concentrated in brain and liver tissues, but significant amounts are also found in muscle, bone, and skin tissues. Over 90% of the body's circulating copper is found in ceruloplasmin, a plasma protein instrumental in iron absorption. Copper is a key component of many vital enzymes, most notably lysyl oxidase (an enzyme involved in the formation of collagen structures) and the antioxidant enzyme superoxide dismutase. Supplemental copper is found in many forms (e.g. sulfate, gluconate, picolinate) and is commonly included in multi-vitamin/mineral formulas.\nCopper is found in a wide variety of foods, with the richest sources being oysters and other shellfish. Nuts, legumes, mushrooms, whole grains, and meats are also good sources. Because it is commonly used in plumbing, significant amounts of copper are often present in tap water.\n- Antioxidant protection\n- Bone strength\n- Cardiovascular health\nThe reference daily intake (RDI) for copper is 2 mg, which most people consume in their regular diet. Vitamin C and zinc interfere with copper absorption, thus people supplementing their diets with these nutrients should also include copper. Because most excess copper is excreted, copper toxicity is rare, occurring mostly in people with Wilson's disease. Copper intake above 10 mg per day may cause nausea. Because it inhibits zinc absorption, copper intake above 3 mg per day is generally not recommended."}
{"text":"29 Feb amnesia\nForgetting what we once remembered, often in bulk. Amnesia is usually associated with some traumatic event in which the memory-access mechanism of the brain is damaged. It doesn’t typically mean that the memory has been “erased,” just that one can no longer read it. There are many documented instances of total amnesia and some of total recovery."}
{"text":"- Vindication is defined as the act of justifying or clearing someone of blame.\nThe result of a trial that cleared a suspect of a crime is an example of vindication.\n- Vindication is the feeling that someone’s opinion or belief was justified.\nAn example of vindication is appreciation given to a mother for her strict discipline after her children are older.\n- a vindicating or being vindicated\n- a fact or circumstance that vindicates, or justifies\nOrigin of vindicationLate Middle English vyndycacion ; from Classical Latin vindicatio, a claiming ; from vindicare: see vindicate\n- The act of vindicating or condition of being vindicated.\n- Something that provides evidence or support for a claim or argument: “The swim was a vindication of women's capability as athletes” (Glenn Stout)."}
{"text":"Toni Morrison, 88, Passed Away\nToni Morrison, one of the most prolific writers of our time, reportedly died at Montefiore Medical Center in New York Monday night following a brief illness. She is said to have passed away peacefully, surrounded by family and friends.\nAmong her most widely known works are \"Beloved\" and \"Song of Solomon,\" and Morrison became the first black woman to receive the Nobel literature prize. She also won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for \"Beloved.\"\nThough she was nearly 40 when her first novel was published, Morrison is acclaimed as instrumental in raising American multiculturalism to the world stage and helping uncensor the country's past. She saw race as a social construct and used language to create the better world her characters sought. Source.\nWhile Morrison's name today is honored and she is revered for her work, let her life's story inspire us all. She was a single mother who faced lots of rejection before and after publishing her first novel, and in the following two to three decades, she fulfilled her life's purpose, in that her legacy will be known for future generations.\nRest well, Nobel laureate. Rest well."}
{"text":"In The Pioneers, McCullough, perhaps best known for his books John Adams and 1776, traces the lives of several of the early settlers of America's Northwest Territory from just after the American Revolution to roughly the Civil War. In case you're not familiar with the term, the \"Northwest Territory\" is in reference to the giant piece of land that today mostly makes up Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.\nThe book primarily revolves around the story of a handful of characters--most of whom are white New Englanders--who settled in and around Marietta, Ohio on the Ohio River. Chief among these are a minister named Manasseh Cutler and his son Ephraim. The book does a notable job of helping readers really understand what life, with all its many dangers, was like for those early settlers, and readers begin to comprehend just how much courage it must have taken to leave everything you know to start a new life on \"the frontier\" of a young country.\nAll that said, the book undoubtedly has flaws. The first of these is the relatively limited scope of the book. While the book ostensibly is about the pioneers of the Northwest Territory in general, for the most part, all of the book stays in Ohio (and usually in Marietta). This isn't bad per se, but might come as a surprise to readers.\nOf greater concern though for me with this book was how it handles the story of the Native people's inhabiting Ohio. While the book does mention the violence which took place between Natives and American settlers, never does it inhabit the perspective of anyone from the Native side in any meaningful way. I understand that that wasn't what the book was primarily about; still, the almost complete absence of Native perspectives felt like a gaping hole in the book. To be clear, that doesn't mean the book is without merit, only that it tells an incomplete story.\nBottom line: The Pioneers is a worthy read for fans of American history, but probably will require additional reading to get a full perspective on the events being depicted."}
{"text":"1 Pigmanship in the New Guinea Highlands\nDOI link for 1 Pigmanship in the New Guinea Highlands\n1 Pigmanship in the New Guinea Highlands book\nIf there is one topic of conversation heard throughout New Guinea with all its fabled cultural variety it is pigs in my experience. Nearly everyone has something to say about pigs. Many ethnographers will be familiar with comments in Pidgin such as ‘Pik i namba wan samting bilong mipela’: ‘Pigs are the first thing to us’. Yet strangely enough the ethnography of the region is largely silent on issues surrounding pig management, with some notable exceptions (see Pospisil 1963: 203-18; Rappaport 1968; Hide 1981; Boyd 1984, 1985; Kelly 1988; Dwyer 1993). We have taken pig-keeping for granted, and made some poorly substantiated assumptions about the structure of herds, their ecological relations and their control. These are not new observations. In the early 1970s Hughes opened a paper on pigs commenting that the social and religious aspects had been studied ‘more frequently and in more detail than the economic aspects, and the widest gaps in our knowledge concern the animals’ place in the subsistence economy’ (1970: 272), and Vayda (1972: 907) concluded an encyclopaedia entry on pigs stressing the urgent need for research into pig husbandry.1 When we consider the cultural significance of pigs and the prominent part they play in social life, the overlooking of their management seems a stark ethnographic omission."}
{"text":"minimalism: Minimalism in Music\nIn music, the minimalist movement was, like minimal art, a reaction against a then-current style, with composers rejecting many of the dry intellectual complexities and the emotional sterility of serial music and other modern compositional approaches. Generally, minimalist compositions tend to emphasize simplicity in melodic line and harmonic progression, to stress repetition and rhythmic patterns, and to reduce historical or expressive reference. The use of electronic instruments is common in minimalist music, as are influences from Asia and Africa. Among minimalist composers are the more prominent Philip Glass , Steve Reich , Terry Riley, La Monte Young, and John Adams and the less well-known Terry Jennings, Dennis Johnson, and Julius Eastman.\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.\nSee more Encyclopedia articles on: American and Canadian Art"}
{"text":"WILD PARSNIP, Pastinaca\nsativa L. 1, top of plant showing leaves, seeds, and flowers;\n2, seed; 3, flower; 4, root. Biennial, reproducing\nby seeds. Produces a rosette of large upright leaves and a large fleshy\nroot the first year. Stem (second year) usually somewhat hairy,\ngrooved, erect, 2 to 5 feet (0.6 to 1.5 rn) tall. Leaves alternate,\npinnately compound, with coarsely saw-toothed edges, not hairy. Flowers\nsmall, with 5 yellow petals, in umbels at the top of stems and branches.\nSeeds flat, rounded, smooth, straw-colored, with low ribs across\nthem. Found in wastelands and pastures. This is not poisonous but\nsometimes has been thought to be."}
{"text":"Graceful grasses add movement and softness to landscapes and containers\nWith clumps of long, wispy leaves, Carex adds instant movement and softness to gardens of any style.\nA large group of grass-like plants, Carex, also known as sedge, is grown for its attractive foliage which fits easily into both containers and larger landscapes. Flowers are insignificant.\nColors: Carex’s evergreen leaves come in shades of dark to silvery green, as well as blue, bronze, gold, and striped.\nSize: Most varieties stay within 1 to 3 feet tall and wide, though some can reach 5 feet tall or wide.\nCare: Carex likes full sun with some shade in hot regions. Water needs vary, though most look best with moderate to regular watering.\nPlanting: Plant Carex anytime the ground can be worked. Cut or comb out dead foliage when necessary and, in later winter or early spring, prune back by up to one-third to reshape and revitalize plants. Cut back flowering types after bloom to avoid unwanted reseeding. Divide poorly performing clumps in fall, winter, or spring.\nCompanions: Grow Carex along with other ornamental grasses like Miscanthus, fountain grass, and fescue; phormium; heuchera; and annuals like pansies in the cool season and million bells in the warm season."}
{"text":"1. Fundamental concepts; 2. Quantum dynamics; 3. Theory of angular momentum; 4. Symmetry in quantum mechanics; 5. Approximation methods; 6. Scattering theory; 7. Identical particles; 8. Relativistic quantum mechanics; Appendix A. Electromagnetic units; Appendix B. Brief summary of elementary solutions to Schroedinger's Wave Equation; Appendix C. Proof of the angular-momentum addition rule given by equation (3.8.38).\nA comprehensive and engaging textbook, providing a graduate-level, non-historical, modern introduction of quantum mechanical concepts.\nJ. J. Sakurai was a noted theorist in particle physics. He received his B.A. from Harvard University in 1955 and his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1958. He was appointed as an assistant professor at the University of Chicago, where he worked until he became a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1970. Sakurai died in 1982 while he was visiting a professor at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. Jim Napolitano earned an undergraduate Physics degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1977, and a Ph.D. in Physics from Stanford University in 1982. Since that time, he has conducted research in experimental nuclear and particle physics, with an emphasis on studying fundamental interactions and symmetries. He joined the faculty at Rensselaer in 1992 after working as a member of the scientific staff at two different national laboratories. Since 2014 he has been Professor of Physics at Temple University, Philadelphia. He is author and co-author of over 150 scientific papers in refereed journals. Professor Napolitano maintains a keen interest in science education in general, and in particular physics education at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has taught both graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses in Quantum Mechanics, as well as an advanced graduate course in Quantum Field Theory."}
{"text":"Education Secretary Arne Duncan released this week the Department’s plan for transforming American education through technology, a process that would create an engaging, state-of-the-art, cradle-to-college school system nationwide. The National Education Technology Plan was written and refined over a year and a half by leading education researchers, with input from the public, industry officials, and educators and students from across the country. It is a crucial component of the Obama Administration’s efforts to have America lead the world in college completion by 2020 and help close the academic achievement gap so that all students graduate from high school ready to succeed in college and careers.\n“We’re at an important transition point…we need to leverage technology’s promise to improve learning” the Secretary expressed in remarks. The plan, “Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology,” presents a model with key goals in five areas: learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure, and productivity. Each section outlines concepts for using technology to holistically transform education, with the aim to achieve each goal by 2015. Overall, the plan addresses trends that could transform education, such as accessibility and mobility, the rise of digital content, and the rise of online social networks for information, collaboration, and learning. Also, it stresses that technology in the classroom only works when paired with effective teaching.\nMore information can be found here"}
{"text":"Cerrado ecosystems in the region of the Triângulo Mineiro and Southeast of Goiás - Brazil\nCerrado ecosystems in the region of the Triângulo Mineiro and Southeast of Goiás\nThe site consists of 13 Cerrado fragments formed by five conservation areas and 8 remants of semideciduous forests. All these areas are within the basin of the Rio Paranaiba and thus share similar ecological conditions. These areas have similar human interference processes with already traditional agricultural use, impacts of hydroelectric facilities and recent intensification of the urbanization process.\nAffiliation and Network Specific Information\nLTER Brazil✔ (TMSG_BR_00)This site is a verified LTER Brazil member"}
{"text":"Knights of Columbus Film Review\nMay 18, 2012\nMay 18, 2012\nFor Greater Glory tells the story of the persecution of Catholics in Mexico during the 1920s, including the death of Father José María Robles Hurtado.\nWhen the Mexican government of Plutarco Elías Calles began persecuting the Catholic Church in the 1920s, priests were not immune. In fact, they became targets of the regime.\nOne of the hundreds of priests killed during that time for simply carrying out his priestly ministry was Father José María Robles Hurtado. His martyrdom in 1927 at the hands of Mexican troops is depicted in the film For Greater Glory, which opens in the United States June 1.\nThe film sets the story of his martyrdom in the broader context of the persecution of the Church in Mexico at that time. . . .\n“For many years, this period of history has been all but forgotten on both sides of the border,” said Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson. “This year, with the release of For Greater Glory, the story of the struggle for religious freedom in Mexico will begin to be told. With religious freedom now an important issue of discussion here in the United States, every American who values faith and freedom should see this film. As we watch it, we should rejoice that we live in a country where we settle debates over religious liberty with ballots, not bullets, and in courtrooms rather than on battlefields. Seeing how Catholic Mexico remains today, this film also serves as a timely reminder that — from the earliest days of the Church’s history to the present era — persecution does not stifle the faith, but emboldens it.”"}
{"text":"Presentation on theme: \"The Great Gatsby. Inherited wealth When families have had money for three or more generations Money is not a big deal because it has always been in their.\"— Presentation transcript:\nInherited wealth When families have had money for three or more generations Money is not a big deal because it has always been in their family. People from old money are considered to be classic, conservative, traditional, and less modern\nThe Rockefeller's The Vanderbilts Kennedys Carnegies\nMoney acquired in a persons lifetime or generation Emphasizes idea that an individual was previously part of lower socioeconomic rank The new money has allowed the individual to acquire goods or luxuries that were previously unattainable Can be seen as a derogatory term for the purpose of social class distinction\nMovie stars Musicians Professional athletes Lottery Winners\nDirections: Look at the pictures given to you. Each one represents a characteristic of either old money or new money. 1. Number your paper 1-13, and then label whether each picture is old money or new money. 2. Explain whey EACH picture represents old money or new money."}
{"text":"Hammering for Freedom by Rita Lorraine Hubbard, illustrated by John Holyfield (9781600609695)\nBorn into slavery in 1810, Bill Lewis grew up on a plantation in Tennessee. There, he was taught to be a blacksmith and soon earned so much money that his owner, Colonel Lewis, allowed him to keep some money for himself. Bill worked for years saving his coins, determined to purchase freedom for himself and his family. Eventually he asked Colonel Lewis if he could rent himself out. The Colonel agreed and charged Bill $350 a year for his limited freedom. Bill purchased a blacksmith shop in Chattanooga and became the first African-American blacksmith in the city. He worked long hours and eventually paid for his wife’s freedom, ensuring that all future children would be born free. He then purchased his own freedom and that of his one son born into slavery. But Bill Lewis was not done yet and keep on working hard until he freed every member of his family, including his siblings and mother.\nThe determination and tenacity of Bill Lewis is indescribable. In a society designed to hold him down, he managed to find a way forward to freedom. Hubbard makes sure that readers understand how unusual this arrangement was and how gifted Lewis was as a blacksmith. The text keeps the story of Lewis’ life focused and well paced. It is a very readable biography.\nThe illustrations are rich and luminous. The sharing of emotions and holding emotions back play visibly on the page, demonstrating how much had to be hidden and not disclosed in order to purchase freedom. It also shows in a very clear way how limited that freedom was.\nA great addition to nonfiction picture book shelves. Appropriate for ages 6-9.\nReviewed from e-galley provided by Lee & Low Books."}
{"text":"According to the CNBC report, the National Health Service facilities in South Warwickshire, England, are using tech developed by U.K. firm Everyware and U.S. organization Hedera Hashgraph. Everyware uses sensors to monitor equipment in real-time, while Hedera is a blockchain consortium backed by the likes of Google and IBM. Originally intended as the digital ledger underpinning bitcoin, blockchain has since been adopted by various industries for applications outside the realm of finance.\nBlockchain would help keep a tamper-proof digital record of temperature-sensitive vaccines.\nThese hospitals are using blockchain to keep a tamper-proof digital record of temperature-sensitive vaccines, like the ones developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. The U.K. hospitals would, in theory, be able to pick up on any irregularities in the storage of the vaccines before administering them to patients. Pfizer’s vaccine must be stored at subzero temperatures (-70 degrees Celsius). It can only last at two-to-eight degree Celsius conditions for up to five days, creating big hurdles for the logistics in distributing it. However, vaccines developed by Moderna and Oxford-AstraZeneca, however, can be stored at temperatures that are within reach of the average home refrigerator for longer.\nRegulators around the world acknowledge the potential of blockchain tech.\nSingapore had reported that it witnessed a 30% growth in its blockchain sector. Not just Singapore, many other countries witnessed substantial growth in the blockchain industry. Regulators across countries have acknowledged blockchain tech’s potential, and many are onboard with its mass adoption. Blockchain tech, which was launched as a technology to underpin the leading cryptocurrency, bitcoin, is now being used in many sectors. The technology is currently being used in fields, including healthcare and logistics. South Korea recently revealed its plan to use blockchain in the healthcare sector."}
{"text":"Most recently answered\nPlease modify: answers_CategoryDescription.topic.development.physical\nhelp me out with a education psychology the question goes.There are many theories that explain the developmental processes of a human being.the humani\nA 3 1/2 yr old child was tested through the public school for speech problems. She has a large vocabulary but has trouble ennunciating. What do you recommend?\nMy daughter is nine years old and has an unknown discharge. Can this happen by her experimenting with herself sexually?"}
{"text":"Cleopatra VII was born in 69 BC - 68 BC and was the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. When her father Ptolemy XII died in 51 BC, Cleopatra ruled jointly with her two brothers. Eventually she became sole ruler.\nMark Antony was in dispute with Julius Caesars son Octavian over the succession to the Roman leadership. In 41 BC he began both a political and romantic alliance with Cleopatra. Their combined armies fought Octavian's forces. Octavian was victorious.\nAfter believing the Cleopatra was dead Mark Antony took his own life and Cleopatra chose the same course. She committed suicide on 12 August 30 BC and Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire.\nThis wallet type packaging has a reproduction Denarius of Mark Antony & Cleopatra held in a blister on the front. On the inside and reverse there is information about Antony & Cleopatra."}
{"text":"|The Animator's Checklist|\nThe website is hosted in Spain (but written in English), and has some really useful resources for learning animation.\nTake the ball throw above, where the animator has explained the difference between key poses and breakdowns, and also shown the elements of anticipation, action, and reaction, that make up the shot. These are part of the 12 Principles of Animation, first outlined by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnstone in their classic book \"The Illusion of Life\" - still relevant to the craft of animation today.\nThe Animator's Checklist is a great resource and we're recommending it to all our students.\nThe Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To apply for our new BA/MArt starting in September 2017, follow this link."}
{"text":"The White flag was the international symbol of surrender or truce.\nThe white flag indicates peace and is usually flown in times of war. Historians believe the use of a white flag to surrender dates back to the Eastern Han dynasty of 25 AD - 220AD and maybe even earlier.\nThe flag of France was a plain white flag which had a fleur de lys added to it. The flag of England was a white flag with the red cross of St George. The flag of Spain was a white flag with the red cross of Burgundy. The flag used by Portugal on ships and territories of the Portuguese Empire was the white flag with the Cross of the Order of Christ.\nBehind the scenesEdit\n- In the non-canon LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game, during the Fourth Brethren Court, Eduardo Villanueva, Chevalle, Ching, and Sumbhajee Angria pull the miniature white flags to show their unwillingness to fight against the East India Trading Company.\n- Pirates of the Caribbean (ride) (Mentioned only)\n- The Price of Freedom\n- Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean (First appearance)\n- Legends of the Brethren Court: The Turning Tide\n- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (First mentioned)\n- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow\n- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales\n- LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (Non-canonical appearance)"}
{"text":"Nutrients in Pumpkin\n100 grams of Pumpkin contain 1 grams of protein, 0.1 grams of fat, 6.5 grams of carbohydrates, and 0.5 grams of fiber.\nYou have 26 calories from 100 grams of Pumpkin, the 1% of your total daily needs. It contains 0.1 grams of fat and 0 mg of Cholesterol.\nSome minerals can be present in Pumpkin, such as Potassium (340 mg), Phosphorus (44 mg) or Calcium (21 mg) but no Fluoride.\nIt contains some important vitamins: Vitamin C (9.0 mg), Vitamin A (8,513 IU) or Vitamin B-9 (16 mg)."}
{"text":"EL DORADO HILLS, Calif – In the coming weeks, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will start burning small brush piles to get rid of fire fuel to improve public safety, and as a result, residents of the Cameron Park area near the BLM Pine Hill Preserve may start seeing and smelling smoke. . The prescribed burning will start in May and will continue as weather conditions allow.\n“The brush piles are left over from when crews created fuel breaks both inside and outside of the preserve,” said Jerry Martinez, BLM Fire Management Officer. “Eliminating the extra fuel now will make the fire breaks more effective at protecting both public and private property in the future.”\nAs Wildfire Awareness Week (May 7 to 13) approaches, the BLM would like to remind all Californians to take action to protect their homes and neighborhoods from wildfire by reducing hazardous fuels. Wildfire behavior is based largely on weather and fuel conditions. Homeowners and renters are encouraged to reduce flammable materials near their homes and in communities now, before fire season starts, to help keep everyone safe, including the firefighters.\nFor more information about creating defensible space or other means of wildfire prevention, please visit CAL FIRE’s website at http://readyforwildfire.org/Fire-Safe-Landscaping/.\nThe Pine Hill Preserve is home to rare native plants that live in a specific type of soil known as gabbro soils in El Dorado County. The preserve encompasses more than 4,000 acres centered on Green Valley Road and stretches from Folsom Lake in the north to Highway 50 in the south.\nFor more information, call the Fire Fuels Management Hotline at (916) 941-3155."}
{"text":"- Mar 09, 2017 -\nThere are many names for these products; Aluminum clad, aluminum base, Metal clad printed Circuit Board (MCPCB), Insulated Metal Substrate(IMS or IMPCB), Thermally conductive PCBs, etc… but they all mean the same thing and perform the same way.\nHow Are Aluminum PCBs Made?\nA thin layer of thermally conductive but electrically insulating dielectric is laminated between a metal base and a copper foil. The copper foil is etched into the desired circuit pattern and the metal base draws heat away from this circuit through the thin dielectric.\nBenefits of Aluminum PCBs\nHeat dissipation is dramatically superior to standard FR-4 constructions.\nThe dielectrics used are typically 5 to 10 times as thermally conductive as conventional epoxy-glass and a tenth of the thickness\nThermal transfer exponentially more efficient than a conventional rigid PCB.\nLower copper weights than suggested by the IPC heat-rise charts can be used.\nApplications of Aluminum PCBs\nAlthough Power Converters and LEDs are the largest users of these products, Automotive and RF companies are also looking to take advantage of the benefits of these constructions. While a single layer construction is the simplest, other configuration options are available at Amitron, including:Flexible Aluminum PCBs,Hybrid Aluminum PCBs,Multilayer Aluminum PCBs,Through-Hole Aluminum PCBs.\nIf you need any AL PCB,please contact us:\nTel: +86 0755-23334183\nFax: +86 0755-23334185\nRelated Industry Knowledge"}
{"text":"Our Child Abuse Prevention initiatives educate all volunteers and the broader parish on ways of recognizing and preventing child abuse. We continue to seek ways of offering a safe environment for all, young and old alike. Our program includes: classroom presentations offered by trained individuals, printed and other media materials focusing on the prevention of abuse and the overall protection of children and youth.\nParticipants are informed on ways to recognize abuse in all its forms, the signs and symptoms that indicate when a child or youth is abused, exploited and/or neglected in some way, and environmental factors to be aware of within the confines of the parish, such as classrooms and other meeting spaces. These presentations show how abusers operate and what families can do to help educate their children and how to respond to inappropriate behavior directed at them."}
{"text":"A cross-disciplinary science environment between chemistry, engineering and clinical sciences would allow a holistic approach for researchers to address long-range challenges in Human health (better diagnostics, better disease control, better prevention). Until ChEM-H at Stanford University no such institution has been founded. The institute focuses on molecules, allowing researchers to study human biology at a more fundamental level than cells, thereby paving the way for new tools to cure or prevent disease. Above all, ChEM-H educates a new type of student who will transform healthcare – someone with the eyes of a clinician, the wisdom of a scientist, and the problem solving skills of an engineer. The jury thought that Carolyn Bertozzi’s institute truly represents the need for novel, interdisciplinary applied research to identify new ways to better public health."}
{"text":"WHO WAS VERNON\nPatrick Louis Cooney, Ph. D.\nThe Rev. Vernon Johns was the father of the civil rights movement. He was the predecessor of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. He was virtually the sole voice in the South speaking out consistently and uncompromisingly against the \"separate but equal\" system of segregation.\nJohns was a prophet who was greatly ignored by his contemporaries, who never knew what Johns was going to say -- hell, he may even have told the truth; and that is sin enough for most people, even those who say they support civil rights.\nReturn to Table of Contents\nReturn to Home Page"}
{"text":"Introduction to Spectrometry\nSpectrometry is an analysis technique that measures the electromagnetic radiation emitted, absorbed, or scattered by a sample in order to study, identify, and quantify its composition and structure.\nSpectrometric measurements can be:\nThis module takes 30 minutes to complete. At the end of this module, you must obtain an 80% or higher on the Test Your Knowledge for it to be marked as complete. You have unlimited attempts and the highest attempt is recorded."}
{"text":"Matanuska Glacier facts for kids\nQuick facts for kidsMatanuska Glacier\n|Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, U.S.|\n|Length||27 miles (43 km)|\nMatanuska Glacier is a valley glacier in the US state of Alaska. At 27 miles (43 km) long by 4 miles (6.4 km) wide, it is the largest glacier accessible by car in the United States. Its terminus feeds the Matanuska River. It lies near the Glenn Highway about 100 miles (160 km) north-east of Anchorage in Glacier View. Matanuska Glacier flows about 1 foot (30 cm) per day. Due to ablation of the lower glacier, as of 2007[update], the location of the glacier terminus changed little over the previous three decades.\nNearby State Park: There is an Alaska State Parks facility, the Matanuska Glacier State Recreation Site, a 229 acres (93 ha) park with trails and a small campground.\nVehicle & Walking Access: As the largest glacier in Alaska accessible by car, travelers do have options for up-close viewing or walking on the ice. Matanuska Glacier is accessible by a single road, S Glacier Park Road found at Mile 102 of the Glenn Highway. This gravel road with small bridge crossing comes to an electronic gate operated by Glacier Tours on the Matanuska. Glacier Tours also maintains the remainder of the drive to the glacier, as well as parking, a shelter, paths and picnic tables. Visitors may pay a nominal fee for self-guided day-long touring (available in summer only), or partake in a guided glacier tour with the gate operator or other guides in the area. Local tours are operated year-round. Additional tours depart from Downtown Anchorage and include a guide with shuttle service to Matanuska Glacier.\nFun Fact: The glacier is the eponym of the Alaska Marine Highway ferry M/V Matanuska.\nMatanuska Glacier Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia."}
{"text":"Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Alignment\nDisciplinary Core Idea/Sub-Idea:\nESS3. Earth and Human Activity\nESS3.B. Natural Hazards\n4-ESS3-2. Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.\nGetting the Right Angle on the Story: How Satellites Can Save Lives in a Tsunami\nExtension 1 Instructional Focus\nThe Terra satellite’s Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) helps scientists understand how tsunamis interact with islands and coastlines and assists them in making better predictions about when and where they will strike.\nExtension 2 Instructional Focus\nStudents write an opinion piece about the importance of tracking space debris in alignment with Common Core State Standards after learning from a NASA article how telescopes track debris. They also listen to a song about garbage men in space and draw a picture of what a space garbage truck might look like."}
{"text":"Blog post written by Willow Bend intern Laura Sherrill\nOn Saturday, we spent the day learning about fire ecology during our monthly Science Saturday event. Since Flagstaff is nestled in an expansive Ponderosa Pine forest, it is important to keep in mind how wildfires can affect our home. This was such a fun day with a very special guest: Smokey Bear himself!\nAfter saying hi to Smokey, people had the option of reading along to the story of Ponderosa Pete, making tree ornaments, trying on real firefighter gear, watching a demonstration of how fire can affect forests, looking at tree rings up close with a magnifying glass, or answering fire ecology trivia questions for the chance to win a prize. Smokey Bear themed erasers, pencils, bandanas, bookmarks, and rulers were up for grabs.\nDid you know that Smokey is an American black bear? His brown colored fur can be a bit misleading to his true species. We had such a good day learning new facts on this jam-packed Science Saturday. Thank you to everyone who stopped by to learn about fire ecology. If you missed it, make sure to check out our calendar of upcoming events."}
{"text":"The Role of Psychosocial Therapies in Managing Aggression in Children and Adolescents\nJ Clin Psychiatry 2008;69(suppl 4):37-42\n© Copyright 2014 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc.\nAccess to this article is available to valid users\nStill can't log in? Contact the Circulation Department at 1-800-489-1001 x4 or send email\nRegister: If you do not have one already, register for a free account.\nAggression in children and adolescents is a serious problem and is\nassociated with various psychiatric disorders, not just conduct and\noppositional defiant disorders, but in fact, most psychiatric disorders.\nCurrently, while a growing base of data supports an important role for\npharmacologic treatments in managing aggression, studies have also shown that\npsychosocial therapy in conjunction with medication may be more effective in\ntreating aggression than medication alone in many patients. According to\nrecently published treatment guidelines on the management of aggression,\npsychosocial approaches should always be implemented first, with\npharmacotherapy added later if necessary. This article details the risk\nfactors and protective factors associated with aggression in children and\nadolescents, describes the evidence base for the use of psychosocial therapy\nfor the management of aggression, and discusses various psychosocial therapy\napproaches that may be effective in treating aggressive children and adolescents."}
{"text":"Controlled rearing of dungeness crab larvae and the influence of environmental conditions on their survival : July 1, 1966 to June 30, 1967 Public Deposited\nDownloadable ContentDownload PDF\n\"During the first year of the program successful culture methods were developed for rearing Dungeness crab larvae (Reed 1966). The purpose of the second years work was to define the effects of wide ranges of temperature and salinity on survival and growth of Dungeness crab larvae.\" (p.1) Includes charts, graphs and b/w photographs of equipment.\n|Funding Statement (additional comments about funding)|"}
{"text":"On this date in 1920, the first modern commercially licensed radio station--KDKA in Pittsburgh--began broadcasting.\nIt's also the anniversary of the maiden--and only--flight of the Spruce Goose, made on this date in 1947. It's technically known as the H-4 Hercules, and it was made of birch, not spruce. Dreamed up by shipping magnate Henry Kaiser, and designed by Howard Hughes, it remains the largest airplane ever built, by far: It's five stories tall, it boasts a wingspan of 320 feet, its cargo area is large enough to hold two railroad boxcars, and it has eight engines with 17-foot propellers. It was made of wood because metal was at a premium during the war.\nAnd last but not least:\nIt's the birthday of cheerleading, which made its debut at the University of Minnesota on this date in 1898. Pep clubs had been around for a couple of decades, especially at Princeton, where their all-male pep club led the crowd in unified chanting to motivate the football team.\nCheerleading was a male-only sport until 1923, when the first female cheerleaders took the field. This phenomenon didn't really take off until the 1940s, when the male student body was depleted by World War II. The '20s also saw the advent of acrobatics, human pyramids, and dance moves to accompany the fight songs and chants.\nNow that's what is lacking in Ultrarunning--cheerleading! Forget about the pathetic efforts of family, crew, and race volunteers to cheer is on. What we REALLY need is some \"unified chanting to motivate\" the runners.\nSquads of cheerleaders could position themselves deep in the forest, far from any access point, to maximize the impact of their motivational chants. Depending on the terrain, \"acrobatics, human pyramids, and dance moves\" should also be employed to whip up the tired runners."}
{"text":"Ancient Viking Art\nBy Szaniszló Berczi\nJournal of Eurasian History, Vol.3:3 (2011)\nIntroduction: More than a millennium ago, when Hungarians were roaming on continental Europe, Vikings were roaming on the seas around the continent. Vikings were good sailors and tough warriors, and later on proved to be talented organizers of countries. There are several countries that were organised by Viking warriors, similarly to the steppe warriors who organised steppe countries. The countries founded by the Vikings can be found mostly around the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.\nThese skilled warriors and seamen had a unique art. Probably the best known artifices of them are the tombstones with engraved drawings; most of them preserve writings with rune scripts and therefore they are called runastones. Especially the mythical drawings of the runastones from Gotland Island are outstanding. The people originating from this island were called by the name Goths, allied to Attila, the Hun King of the Carpathian Basin.\nIn South Italy another state was founded by the Vikings, namely Sicily. The Hungarian King, Coloman I the Book‐lover, married the daughter of the Norman King of Sicily in the 12th century. Vikings sailed to the islands of Iceland and Greenland, and settled there, too. Later on they organized principalities on the Scottish Islands of Shetland and Orkney.\nTheir art gradually developed during millennia into a characteristic Viking art from the arts of the northern people inhabiting the coastal areas of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Vikings are of north German stock; hence in their art they used several mythic elements of the German mythology. Arguably the most joyful of them is the Sigurd (Sigfrid) saga, especially the most popular scene when Sigurd stabs with his sword the dragon Fafnir."}
{"text":"Floral epidermal structure and flower orientation\nGetting to grips with awkward flowers\nRands, S, Glover, B & Whitney, H, 2011, Floral epidermal structure and flower orientation: Getting to grips with awkward flowers. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, vol 5., pp. 279 - 285\nThe petal epidermis has been found to be important in mediating flower-pollinator interactions. Structures produced on the petal surface, in particular cone-shaped papillate (or conical) cells, have been shown to enhance bumblebee preference for flowers. One reason for this increase in preference is that the conical cells facilitate efficient handling of flowers. This is particularly clear when flower architecture requires bees to land on a vertical surface. We therefore tested the hypothesis that flowers that are held vertically show a greater tendency to produce conical cells. Analysis of 183 species finds that there is no significant relationship between the structures on the petal surface and flower orientation. We discuss the multifunctional properties of conical cells and other floral surface structures that may mean that other factors are of equal or greater importance in the relationship between pollinators and petal epidermal form.\nFull details in the University publications repository"}
{"text":"The world of cyber security is daunting to many people. With so many terms and devices talked about it can look like a very confusing world for some. Where should you start though? What should you protect yourself against? If this question is answered incorrectly it can be very devastating for an organization.\nThanks to organizations like OWASP starting points for securing your assets can be established. With the changing dynamics of many organizations it is hard to determine what a standard security model should look like. However there are two very important areas that every organization should protect. These areas are mobile devices and privacy.\nIf you are implementing a BYOD (Bring you own device) model in your organization there is a list of very important things to watch for when it comes to mobile devices. The list is as follows.\n- Weak Server Side Controls\n- Insecure Data Storage\n- Insufficient Transport Layer Protection\n- Unintended Data Leakage\n- Poor Authorization and Authentication\n- Broken Cryptography\n- Client Side Injection\n- Security Decisions Via Untrusted Inputs\n- Improper Session Handling\n- Lack of Binary Protections\nWhen it comes to protecting privacy where do you start? In the info graphic below OWASP illustrates the top 10 privacy risks to any network. Starting with the areas listed in the info graphic below can not only help secure the privacy of the users on your network and their data stored on it but can also help strengthen your networks posture as well. Many of the threats listed below can also be jumping points for larger attacks."}
{"text":"Infants' ability to rapidly extract properties of language-like systems during brief laboratory exposures has been taken as evidence about the innate linguistic state of humans. However, previous studies have focused on structural properties that are not central to descriptions of natural language. In the current study, infants were exposed to 3- and 5-syllable words from one of the two artificial languages that employed the same stress assignment constraints found in natural languages. Infants were able to generalize beyond the stress patterns encountered during familiarization to new patterns reflecting the same constraints. The results suggest that infants are able to rapidly extract the types of structural information required for human language.\n- Metrical phonology\nASJC Scopus subject areas\n- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology\n- Language and Linguistics\n- Developmental and Educational Psychology\n- Linguistics and Language\n- Cognitive Neuroscience"}
{"text":"Education Begins in The Womb: Great Idea?\nClean the chalkboards, empty the classes,\nNo more schooling for the masses.\nAll You Really Need to Know,\nYou'll pick up In Utero.~ Anonymous\nRobert Frost once referred to education as the process of hanging around until you’ve caught on. Well, right or wrong, with the Fetal Educator Strap you can give your child an educational edge before the other kids on the block are even born! Patent# US 6840775 is in reality just a belt which holds a cassette player against the mom-to-be’s stomach. The belt has an interior and an exterior surface and on the outer surface, a pouch is mounted which contains a sound generator and a speaker. The speaker is directed toward the belt’s interior surface allowing the pouch to slide around the circumference of the belt to the user’s desired position.\nIn short, the Fetal Educator Strap is an apparatus for delivering sound to a fetus through a pregnant woman’s abdomen. The transmitters are connected to each other electronically via an audio plug, in a manner similar to commercial headphones.\nChildbirth and motherhood have been wonderful creative sources for inventions since time immemorial.\nConsider “Driving for Pregnant Women Becomes Safer” and “Great Invention Idea? Birth by Centrifugal Force”.\nAs far as the Fetal Educator Strap is concerned, I think I will pass, as my time to have tried it long has. It would be an interesting study though, to monitor the growth of these children after they are born and note if they turn out any different than those not educated fetally, so to speak."}
{"text":"New catalyst for recycling carbon dioxide discovered\nImagine if we could take CO2, that most notorious of greenhouse gases, and convert it into something useful. Something like plastic, for example. The positive effects could be dramatic, both diverting CO2 from the atmosphere and reducing the need for fossil fuels to make products.\nA group of researchers, led by the University of Toronto Ted Sargent group, just published results that bring this possibility a lot closer.\nUsing the Canadian Light Source and a new technique exclusive to the facility, they were able to pinpoint the conditions that convert CO2 to ethylene most efficiently. Ethylene, in turn, is used to make polyethylene—the most common plastic used today—whose annual global production is around 80 million tonnes."}
{"text":"Cashew and cow’s milk allergy rates uncovered among Australian infants\n- Sunday, August 6, 2023 - 8:00 AM\nMelbourne researchers can reveal for the first time how many babies have cashew and cow’s milk allergies in Australia as well as what causes these common allergic diseases.\nTwo new studies published in the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology: In Practice, led by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, showed 1.4 per cent of 12 month old’s have cashew allergy and 1.3 per cent a cow’s milk allergy. By comparison, previous research found 3.1 per cent of infants have a diagnosed peanut allergy.\nBoth studies involved 1933 participants from the EarlyNuts Study, which looked at the prevalence of these allergies in infants and common risk factors.\nMurdoch Children’s Dr Tim Brettig, who led the cashew allergy research, said this was the first time the rate of cashew allergy and cow’s milk allergy in Australian infants had been determined with gold standard oral food challenges.\n“Like most food allergies, cashew allergy is thought to develop early in life and cashew is reported to be the most common cause of tree nut allergy in Australia,” the NACE Food Allergy Stream member said.\nDr Brettig’s research found eczema and peanut allergy were linked to having a cashew allergy. While Murdoch Children's Dr Victoria Soriano identified infants who have eczema, a family history of food allergy and parents born in East Asia were more likely to develop cow’s milk allergy.\n“We know cow’s milk allergy and cashew allergy are among the most common food allergies in infants and young children, with prevalence estimates varying between countries,” Dr Soriano said. However, there were no recent data on the prevalence of proven milk and cashew allergy in Australia making these findings important for future research into how we might be able to prevent them.”\nRead more at Murdoch Children's Research Institute."}
{"text":"SHINE SA Media Release: 29 March 2021\nMarch 31 will mark the 12th annual International Transgender Day of Visibility. Each year we acknowledge this day and celebrate transgender and gender diverse people around the globe and their experiences and achievements. The day also creates an opportunity to reflect on the barriers and violence trans and gender diverse people face in the workplace, at school and the broader community.\nThe term transgender or trans refers to a person whose gender identity is different from their assigned or presumed gender at birth. People who identify as transgender are more likely to experience abuse, harassment, and violence in their lifetime. Many of these experiences happen in environments where trans and gender diverse people should be flourishing or receiving support. This includes their work, home, school, university, sports club, health care provider and more."}
{"text":"Pour a tall one for super-efficient computer chips. Literally. Device engineers at Intel have created a microprocessor that powers up from a single glass of red wine.\nSupercharged! Battery Power for the Future\nThe silicon microprocessor was demonstrated recently during a talk (video) by Genevieve Bell at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. \"If we want to have mobile technology that doesn't burden us down, that knows us, it turns out we're going to need really, really low power,\" she said.\nThe system was made in Intel Labs as part of an internal project to redefine what low power really means. While the demo was intentionally short on details, the engineer explained that it's a bit like that school project where you power an LED with DIY lemon batteries (video) but instead of lemons, they used wine - this being California after all.\nRed wine was poured into a glass equipped with copper and zinc parts. That was enough to provide the microwatts needed to power an accelerometer and the Intel communications and processing system. This enabled the engineer to move a flower image around on the computer screen in real time by moving the accelerometer.\nRobo-Chopper Fights Wine Country Pests\nUltimately the aim is to produce device-charging tech on the microwatt level that doesn't sacrifice performance. Such tech could mean a boost for anyone using a computer while traveling, but also in areas where electricity is scarce. Red wine was used here, but in the future Intel Labs envisions sophisticated systems that draw power from ambient light or even the warmth of your skin.\nIntel's solution is still years from practical implementation, though, as IDG News Service's Agam Shah reported. Oh darn, that means they'll probably need to pull out a few more corks. Cheers, you crazy engineers."}
{"text":"Enter Three Witches Booktalk\nMary had nothing. One day she was Lady Mary, foster daughter to Lord and Lady Macbeth, and engaged to the wonderful Asleif, who would one day own Gledstane Castle, and the beloved daughter of the rich and powerful Thane of Cawdor. Just hours later, she had nothing. During a fierce battle with the army of Norway, her father had betrayed the king, and afterwards, confessed to being a traitor, and was executed.\nPeople who had respected her the day before, now looked at her with hatred. She sat still and quiet at the victory feast, waiting to see what her destiny would be. There were not many choices — all her wealth and property were gone. Her engagement was over. She was nothing now. But she was still young and beautiful and innocent — the celebrating soldiers eyed her lustfully. Now that she was their equal, she could be forced to marry any of them. That was, if the king didn't decide to execute her, or Lord and Lady Macbeth didn't decide to send her to a nunnery for the rest of her life. These were the only things left to her: death, a loveless marriage, or the life of a nun.\nBut Mary didn't know that the strange prediction by the three Weird Ones, witches who haunt the moor, was about to come true. Greed and deceit filled the castle, and as a result, her life was about to change again.\nDouble, double, toil and trouble,\nFire burn and cauldron bubble....\nWhen shall we three meet again, in thunder, lightning or in rain?\nWhen the hurly–burly's done, when the battle's lost and won....\nAll hail Macbeth, Thane of Cawdor,\nAll hail Macbeth, who shall be king hereafter.\nMacbeth will do anything to gain the throne, but no good can come of witches' predictions, when they are misunderstood and misused."}
{"text":"Published 18 January 1992\nFrom RIAN HUGHES\nWhile observing a motorway car jam, I noticed a peculiar thing – when\nthe cars begin moving again, each car in turn starts up a short interval\nafter the one in front, creating a wave.\nThis wave, or signal, travels back along the queue from beginning to\nend against the flow of traffic.\nThe same happens when they stop again (in close spaced traffic). The\npoint is the cars do not start or stop in unison.\nNow, in a communications line, a modulated flow of electrons carries\ninformation from A to B – but not, on the same line, from B to A.\nBut, I thought, using the above principle, would it be possible to send\ninformation back down the same line, while information is travelling in\nthe usual direction?\nBy stopping and starting the flow, the ‘start/stop’ signal would travel\nback along the line, against the flow, in much the same way as the queue\nof cars, possibly coding the signal digitally against an analogue signal\nin the opposite direction.\nWould this be possible without interference?\nI presume a subtle delay occurs electrically as with each car or a ‘no\ncurrent flow’ signal would have to travel back to B instantaneously if the\ncable was cut at A, giving faster-than-light communication.\nShould I be in the patent office protecting my future millions? Have\nI just doubled the global communications capacity?\nRian Hughes London"}
{"text":"Are you looking seriously at concurrent or parallelized procedures within your applications yet? Do you know what impact using such techniques is going to have on your development cycle or your applications?\nIf you are not at least considering the impact of multi-core processors on your application development, then it might be a good time to start. If you look at the system offered today, you'll find that many now come with dual core chips. On higher-end desktop systems quad-core is becoming the norm. In 2010 you'll see AMD and Intel start migrating the high-end towards six-core chips.\nThe number of cores is going to continue to grow. In fact, in 2010 Intel is expected to release a 48-core chip to researches to begin using. According to BBC News, Intel has already developed an x86 based 48-core chip dubbed the Single-Chip Cloud Computer (SCC).\nIf you are not adjusting your applications to take advantage of multi-core, then you could be wasting nearly 80% of the power of a six core chip. On a 48 core chip you'd barely be touching the power if you don't adjust your application.\nOf course, you can argue that 48 core chips are only for the high-end user and not main stream. Of course the same argument was made with dual core chips just a few years ago. The other old argument is that you'll never use all the power of the many cores. Again, a similar argument was made a few years ago about disk space. Nobody would ever need a terabyte of data storage on their machines. They could never use it all. Yet today, people are buying Terabyte drives for under $100. More importantly, they are using the space. Of course, to process all that data, what would be better than applications using multi-core chips to process it concurrently!\nAre you already considering the impact of multi-core on your applications?"}
{"text":"Article 1 … The Chilean relief consists of the central depression, which crosses the country longitudinally, flanked by two mountain ranges that make up about 80% of the territory: the Andes mountains to the east-natural border with Bolivia and Argentina in the region of Atacama and the Coastal Range west-minor height from the Andes.\nChiles highest peak is the Nevado Ojos del Salado, at 6891.3 m, which is also the highest volcano in the world. The highest point of the Coastal Range is Vicuña Mackenna, at 3114 meters, located in the Sierra Vicuña Mackenna, the south of Antofagasta.\nAmong the coastal mountains and the Pacific is a series of coastal plains, of variable length, which allow the settlement of coastal towns and big ports. Some areas of the plains territories encompass territory east of the Andes, and the Patagonian steppes and Magellan, or are high plateaus surrounded by high mountain ranges, such as the Altiplano or Puna de Atacama."}
{"text":"‘How to …’ guides\n‘How to …’ guides have been specifically designed to help aide your understanding.\nClick on the following links to download an MS Word Document guide to your computer.\nAn ecomap (or ecological map) is a graphic representation of an individual’s support network. Understanding a service user’s support network can be an important aspect of your work as you try to assess and differentiate between people who represent challenges or risk, and those who offer support and protection from risks.\nClick the link below to download the ‘How to …’ guide for using ecomaps.\nThe use of genograms (or family trees) is commonplace in some areas of social work practice (for instance, in fostering and adopter assessments) and their use is becoming increasingly visible in other areas (such as social work with older people).\nClick the link below to download the ‘How to…’ guide for using genograms.\nA 'one-page profile' is a profile of a person which captures some basic but important information about a person. A one-page profile is positively focused and centres on the person's core qualities.\nClick the link below to download the ‘How to …’ guide for one-page profiles.\nWork with interpreters\nIn an increasingly multicultural society, in some social work contexts, it may be necessary to work alongside interpreters in order to ensure that communication is effectively received and conveyed. In addition, sourcing and working with interpreters reflects a value position which respects diversity and the first language skills of the service user(s).\nClick the link below to download the ‘How to …’ guide for working with interpreters."}
{"text":"Gliomas are the most common form of brain tumor. They are highly aggressive and effective treatments are not currently available. The tumors contain glioma initiating cells (GICs), a population that is highly similar to neural stem cells. GICs drive tumor progression and must stay in a particular extracellular niche in order to maintain their cancer-promoting, stem cell-like characteristics.\nIn this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers led by Antonio Iavarone at Columbia University report on the role of ID proteins in glioma. ID proteins allow stem cells to stay anchored in a particular extracellular niche.\nUsing a mouse model of glioma, Iavarone and colleagues found that ID proteins were also responsible for retaining GICs in the extracellular niche that allowed them to maintain their cancer promoting properties. In human glioma patients, the expression of a group of Id-regulated genes was correlated with clinical outcomes.\nThese results suggest that ID proteins are important regulators of glioma and may be suitable therapeutic targets.\nExplore further: 'Housekeeping' mechanism for brain stem cells discovered\nMesenchymal high-grade glioma is maintained by the ID-RAP1 axis, Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2012."}
{"text":"Lighting, CFL vs. Incandescent Bulbs\nwritten on 12/15/04\nOn average, Lighting, accounts for 10% of a typical home's electric usage. Regular incandescent bulbs are cheap but very inefficient. In addition, these light bulb types put out a lot of heat which increases cooling loads.\nSwitching to Compact Flourecent Lamps (CFL) is an easy and cheap way to save money on electric bills. CFL's use 1/4 the amount of electricity, and put out less heat. Replacing incandescent bulbs with CFL's has one of the fastest returns on your money of any energy saving investment. After replacing 16 of these bulbs in my home, I saw a CFL energy savings of about $10 a month on my electric bill.\n*Based on 4 hours per day average usage.\n540 - 800\nAnnual Electric Cost**\nCost of Bulb\nLife of Bulb\nCost per 8,000 hrs\n**Based $0.10 per kWh.\nGrand Savings of $40 over the life of the CLF.\nYou also get the added benefits of a slightly lower cooling bill, and less frequent bulb replacement.\nWhere to use CLF's\n- Any normal 120V light socket\n- Lamps and other light fixtures\n- Lights that are on for long periods of time\n- Inside and Outdoors\nWhere not to use CLF's\n- On dimable switches\n- In three way lamps\n- Security lights with photo sensors\n- Lights that get turned on and off frequently\n- Applications which require full lumanence imediately\nBack to the Solution Tree"}
{"text":"Music of Utah\n|Music of the United States|\n|History (Timeline and Samples)|\n|Before 1940: Synthesis of Sources|\n|1940s and 50s: Invention of Popular Music|\n|1960s and 70s: Creation of a Counterculture|\n|1980s to the present: Diversification of Styles|\n|Native American music (Inuit music>Inuit and Hawaiian)|\n|Latin (Tejano and Puerto Rican)|\n|Other immigrants (Jewish, European, South and East Asian, modern African, Middle-Eastern and Cajun and Creole)|\n|AL - AK - AR - CA - CO - CT - DC - DE - FL - GA - GU - HI - ID - IL - IN - IA - KS - KY - LA - ME - MD - MA - MI - MN - MP - MS - MO - MT - NC - ND - NE - NV - NH - NJ - NM - NY - OH - OK - OR - PA - PR - RI - SC - SD - TN - TX - UT - VT - VA - VI - WA - WV - WI - WY|\nSince 1847, Mormon influence in Utah music is manifest in the stateÒs most famous musical institution: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Beginning in the 1960s, gospel music gained some success, and Mormons played an integral role in the development of Christian Contemporary Music (CCM) into the 1970s, as well as producing their own variety called Mormon pop.\nIn addition to the overtly religious music, Utah has a typical music scene featuring local blues, rock, and punk groups. However, these groups are usually marginalized because bands often play in bars and clubs which are infrequently patronized by the sizable LDS population. Straight edge punk is especially popular because the straight edge culture (steadfastly refusing sex, drugs, and alcohol) fits nicely into many youthful MormonÒs lifestyle."}
{"text":"This book covers more than 400 species, representing some 80 different genera.\nIvan Holliday's A Field Guide to Australian Trees has been reprinted numerous times and become a classic guide. This 3rd revised edition includes four additional species, and both the text and pictures of many other entries have been updated. This book covers more than 400 species, representing some 80 different genera. Better known groups like the acacias and eucalypts are well represented, but a special effort has been made to include a large number of species from Australia's diverse rainforests."}
{"text":"Definición de thirdly en inglés:\nIn the third place (used to introduce a third point or reason): secondly, the Home Secretary has found a way to deal with the problem swiftly; thirdly, the Bill has received all-party support\nMás ejemplos en oraciones\n- And thirdly, he introduced a ‘process which is strong enough to stop people making bad decisions when under pressure’.\n- First, it seeks to relieve some of the pressures on the labour market, second, it aims to curve inflation, and thirdly, it looks to position the relevant parties for the next election.\n- Firstly, he is always urging me to stop drinking; secondly, he looks a good 10 years younger than he is; and thirdly, his special horror is addiction.\nDefinición de thirdly en:\n- Diccionario Inglés de EE.UU.\n¿Qué te llama la atención de esta palabra o frase?\nLos comentarios que no respeten nuestras Normas comunitarias podrían ser moderados o eliminados.\nMuy popular en Reino Unido\nMuy popular en Australia\n= de moda"}
{"text":"“Each petal of a dandelion is a flower. One dandelion bud holds hundreds of flowers”\nThis captivating book offers children close-up glimpses of a familiar flower from seed to blossom to seed. Child-friendly facts share the pages with close-up photo documentation of the dandelion’s entire life cycle. Simple, fact-based text offers vocabulary for what the child will see in nature. Life cycle diagram, picture glossary, and index. Paperback, 24 pages."}
{"text":"Autopoeisis is a theory of what life is, developed by the Chilean scientists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela in about 1973. The term literally means \"self-creating.\" A living organism is understood as a circular, autocatalytic-like process which has its own survival as its main goal. The phenomenon of self-organization is sometimes seen as an autopoeitic phenomenon. This theory with its emphasis on the closure of the living organism has been an appropriate remedy for the overemphasis on openness in open systems theory.\nRelated categories• SYSTEMS THEORY\n• ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE\nHome • About • Copyright © The Worlds of David Darling • Encyclopedia of Alternative Energy • Contact"}
{"text":"Doctor, would you explain that to me again in plain language?\nWhat exactly is the meaning of a medical word your doctor recently used?\nHave you been frustrated by confusing instructions about taking medications..... or preparing for a medical test?\nIt can be discouraging to hear a medical condition explained in technical language that you don't understand.\nUnderstanding a certain medical condition's treatment and outlook may be of great importance to you and your family.\nPerhaps it would be helpful to read about medications and medical conditions in \"plain language.\"\nThis Health Literacy Resource Guide offers explanations of medical words and illnesses in language that may help you understand your doctor's descriptions.\nThis Guide also includes suggestions to help you talk with your doctor and other health care workers.\nSince this resource guide is a publication of Healthnet: Connecticut Consumer Health Information Network, a program of the Lyman Maynard Stowe Library at UCONN Health, it includes Connecticut resources, as well as national resources, when they are available.\nAlthough advertisements may appear on some Internet websites in this Guide, the UCONN Health Library makes no recommendations for these products or services nor endorses them."}
{"text":"Know how to use \"fewer\" and \"less\"? Find out.\nalso hybris, 1884, a back-formation from hubristic or else from Greek hybris \"wanton violence, insolence, outrage,\" originally \"presumption toward the gods;\" the first element probably PIE *ud- \"up, out,\" but the meaning of the second is debated.\nin Classical Athenian usage, the intentional use of violence to humiliate or degrade. The most famous example was the case of Meidias, who punched the orator Demosthenes in the face when the latter was dressed in ceremonial robes and performing an official function. Hubris could also characterize rape. Hubris was a crime at least from the time of Solon (6th century BC), and any citizen could bring charges against another party, as was the case also for treason or impiety. (In contrast, only a member of the victim's family could bring charges for murder.)"}
{"text":"Translation:They are learning\nSo kusoma means \"to read\" and \"to study\", and kujifunza means \"to learn\", \"to teach yourself\" and also \"to read\"? Is that correct? Or kujifunza is to teach yourself or to learn, but we can presume that most of the time you learn reading? I mean, you can read and not to be studying or learning; or you can learn using a video or practicing some action; or to study answering an exercise, for example. I know there are no perfect translations, but I need to know if I'm following the right way or if I'm learning wrong. Thank you!\nKusoma == to read or sometimes to study. Because you are reading in a way you are studying the topic of the book. Kujifunza == to teach yourself.\nWell if I'm reading a scifi novel then I'm not studying per se but I am acquiring some new knowledge of a distance lands and its adventures. Obviously I'm not going to get quizzed after reading such a lovely book but I learned something about the book.\nStudying in raw terms just means you acquired something from reading or watching or an experience. So you are right.\nIf I hear someone mention Kusoma, I immediately think 'read' but 'study' is not that far off either.\nDoes that help a bit? Let us know."}
{"text":"Most microcontrollers have ADC input, which can sample an analog signal, including sound. Even using Arduino, you can do many cool projects using audio information. For instance, you can make a voice-controlled device such as Audio Recorder, voice-activated switch, and more exciting audio-related projects. In this post, I want to focus a bit on the microphone part – the circuit required between the electret condenser microphone and MCU ADC input. Generally speaking, you cannot connect the electret microphone directly to the ADC pin and expect it to work. The part needed here is called an electret condenser microphone amplifier circuit. Electret microphone with preamplifier stage Condenser microphones require power from a battery or external source. The resulting audio signal is a stronger signal comparing to a dynamic microphone. First of all, the electret microphone isn’t only a condenser inside. It already has a preamplifier inside usually made of FET transistor, which is connected in common source configuration: First, the electret microphone needs to be powered through the drain pull-up resistor. Its value depends on the power supply voltage. The rule of thumb is to add 1kΩ per +1V of the power supply. Up to 10V 10kΩ resistor will work fine."}
{"text":"As a kid, we all have creative and imaginative memories. As Picasso once said, ” Everyone is born an artist”, yet what is the reason why we turn into adults that have lost all our sense of creativity and that our jobs just require us to do a certain task, get your paycheck, and not say a word. A person usually in this environment is a person who is depressed and most likely hates his job. Remember we need to understand that we take after what we do, so that if you work/live in a gloomy place, then you will probably be gloomy yourself. Let’s stop for a moment and inquire. Why did this happen to us? Why have we lost our imagination. We first need to understand the science of creativity. The video below is a tedxtalk done by Jim Davies about the science of imagination."}
{"text":"Oracle Exercises, Practice, Solution\nWhat is Oracle database?\nAn Oracle database is a collection of data treated as a unit. The purpose of a database is to store and retrieve related information. A database server is the key to solving the problems of information management. In general, a server reliably manages a large amount of data in a multiuser environment so that many users can concurrently access the same data. All this is accomplished while delivering high performance. A database server also prevents unauthorized access and provides efficient solutions for failure recovery.\nThe best way we learn anything is by practice and exercise questions. We have started this section for those (beginner to intermediate) who are familiar with SQL and Oracle. Hope, these exercises help you to improve your Oracle query skills. Currently, following sections are available, we are working hard to add more exercises. Happy Coding!\nMore to Come !\nStructure of 'hr' database:"}
{"text":"Most of the implosives found in the world’s languages are voiced. That means that the rarefaction in the pharynx and mouth (the glottalic ingressive mechanism) is combined with a simultaneous vibration of the vocal folds dependent on a pulmonic egressive airstream. Interestingly, in my experience learners generally find this combined airstream easier to produce than the purely glottalic one that is needed for voiceless implosives.\nBut does what we teach in the classroom agree with what we find in real languages?\nJust over a year ago I wrote about the Zulu song Thula sizwe (blog, 8 Sep 2009).\nNow Catherine Paver, in a very late comment on that posting, has drawn our attention to a website called “Sing Africa!”. Thank you! This site contains the words and music to a number of South African songs — Zulu, Xhosa, and Sotho — along with sound clips comprising not only the complete songs but also slow demonstrations of the authentic pronunciation of each word in turn.\nHere you can confirm what I wrote last year about the Zulu implosives:\nThe implosives are only very mildly implosive and the main auditory difference between them and the plain voiced plosives is that plain [b] and [ɡ] are depressors, while weak-implosive [ɓ] and [ɠ] are not. In singing, though, such tonal subtleties are naturally lost.\nIn the word-by-word clip of Thula sizwe, listen to uŋgabokhala uŋɡaɓɔˈkʰala, the third word in the song. That’s what a bilabial implosive ɓ in this real language sounds like. The “implosiveness” is much less than in the exaggerated versions we tend to get in the classroom. Mea culpa, perhaps. We see the same thing in the last word, uzokuŋqobela uzɔɠuˈŋǃɔɓɛla, with both velar ɠ and bilabial ɓ.\nThe implosives of Sindhi seem to be similarly weak.\nI wonder if there are any languages with really strong, noisy implosives."}
{"text":"buddyie22 wrote:Need edumacated. What is a cold stamp,and what other stamps are there,and what is the difference between stamps?\nA cold stamp is done by clamping the blade in a fixture and apply in the stamp while the metal is cold. The resulting marking will generally have some metal extruded (slightly raised area) around the letters or markings. This is caused by the metal not being heated when the stamp was applied, hence the name \"cold\" stamp. Some counterfeiters will file or buff to try to remove the extruded area. Also, on a cold stamp the stamp's color will appear uniform, like the OP knife example. A normal legitimate stamp typically appears black inside the stamp. Some counterfeiters will apply paint inside the letters in an attempt to make the marks look black. Which of course wears off with time.\nAs for differences between stamps, you can go to the tang stamps section here and look at the various Keen Kutter examples. You could also find examples by doing a search for Keen Kutter to see the knives on AAPK.\nEdit: sorry, looks like ther aren't any Keen Kutter examples in the tang stamps section. Should have looked before I jumped out there!\nI'll see what I can find, and post them."}
{"text":"A Polygon Sprite is also a\nSprite, that is used to display a 2d image.\nHowever, unlike a normal\nSprite object, which is a rectangle made of just 2\nPolygonSprite objects are made of a series of triangles.\nWhy use a Polygon Sprite?\nThere is a lot of technical jargon that we can toss around here about pixel fill rate but the take home lesson is that a\nPolygonSprite draws based upon the shape of your\nSprite, not a simple rectangle around the largest width and height. This saves a lot of unnecessary drawing. Just like\nPolygonSprite objects can be used in spritesheets. Texture Packer is one tool that can handle creating spritesheets with out of\nConsider this example:\nNotice the difference between the left and right versions?\nOn the left, a typical\nSprite drawn in rectangular fashion by the use of 2\nOn the right, a\nPolygonSprite drawn with many smaller triangles.\nWhether or not this trade-off is worth it for purely performance reasons depends on a number of factors (sprite shape/detail, size, quantity drawn on screen, etc.), but in general, vertices are cheaper than pixels on modern GPUs.\nAutoPolygon is a helper class. It's purpose is to process an image into a 2d\npolygon mesh at runtime.\nThere are functions for each step in the process, from tracing all the points,\nto triangulation. The result, can be then passed to a\nSprite objects create\nfunction to create a\n// Generate polygon info automatically. auto pinfo = AutoPolygon::generatePolygon(\"filename.png\"); // Create a sprite with polygon info. auto sprite = Sprite::create(pinfo);"}
{"text":"December 23, 2013 - 1:20 am by Joss Whittle\nC/C++ Daily Programmer\nThis program takes in a positive non-zero integer\nN representing the size of an\nN*N grid followed by\nN lines of up to\nN characters representing the material at each grid point.\nThe program then simulates the effect of gravity on grid cells marked as\n. (sand) causing them to fall until they land on either the floor, a stone block, or another sand block.\nThe simulation keeps running until the world has stabilized."}
{"text":"An exciting look at music makers and making music! This energetic program delights in dissecting the pieces and parts of music and musical instruments. Children will be amazed by the way in which instruments from the wind and percussion family are taken apart and put back together again. This highly engaging program is also an introduction to some of the basic structures of music, and includes pieces by Gershwin, Shostakovich and Brubeck. Watch, listen, and lend a helping hand as this dynamic duo of Paul Fadoul on marimba and Zara Lawler on flute build music from the ground up! For age 4 and up.Come early for the Musical Instrument “Petting Zoo.” Starting one hour before each Kinderkonzert, this hands-on activity in the Kennedy Center Hall of States gives children a chance to get up close with the instruments they’ll see played on stage–from violins and trumpets to oboes and flutes.\nHave you ever wondered how a marimba fits in a car, or how you can get three flutes in a single backpack? Have you ever wondered what music might sound like if it was less than one year old?\nYou’re in luck, because Lawler & Fadoul will be answering those questions and more this month and next.\nWe start of next weekend with our new Kinderkonzert at the Kennedy Center: Break it Down! explores the ways music and musical instruments come apart and can go back together, and is perfect for the curious concert-goer age 4 or older. Then, at the Mid-Atlantic and New York Flute Club Flute Fairs, we premiere new Preludes written for us by composers Katherine Hoover and Roshanne Etezady, as well as other pieces from our upcoming CD.\nSee next few posts for details — we hope to see you at one of our shows!"}
{"text":"Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) are chemical compounds commonly used in the foam, refrigeration, and air conditioning sectors that destroy the protective ozone layer and contribute to climate change. It is essential to reduce and phase out the use of HCFCs in industry practices. Currently, the most common alternatives to HCFCs are hydrofluorocarbons, (HFCs), which are non-ozone depleting substances (ODS), but still have high Global Warming Potential (GWP). UNIDO and the Montreal Protocol are working to avoid the use of these HCFs as transitional substances and instead work towards finding long-term low-GWP solutions.\nThese activities are supplemented with projects to improve the energy efficiency of the products manufactured, since in some developing countries, air conditioning has a share of more than 40 percent of the electrical power consumption.\nThe organization has been mapping out and implementing activities on how the consumption freeze and 10 percent reduction of HCFCs by 2013 and 2015 called for by the Montreal Protocol are to be achieved. Most countries have targeted their foam manufacturing sector or individual foam production lines in the refrigeration manufacturing sector. To complement these plans, individual investment projects for the conversion of production lines have also been developed in the manufacturing sectors.\nFor more information, please read our leaflet: Fixing Fridges Helps Save The Planet."}
{"text":"In 1902, a flood destroyed a wooden bridge in the town of Selkirk, Scotland. Residents tried to raise money to build another one. One proposal was to print and sell a collection of short stories called The Book o’ the Brig. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author who created the famous detective character Sherlock Holmes, enjoyed visiting the town. So he contributed an original story called “Sherlock Holmes: Discovering the Border Burghs and, by deduction, the Brig Bazaar.”\nThe project was a success and Selkirk got a new bridge. Doyle’s story helped. But it was never published anywhere else. Walter Elliot, a historian, received a copy of The Book o’ the Brig about 50 years ago. He placed it in his attic and forgot about it."}
{"text":"What is Mold?\nThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\nclassifies mold as: \"a health risk for anyone with asthma, allergies, difficulty breathing, undergoing cancer treatment, people taking medications that suppress the immune system, and anyone who has recenty had surgery.\nMold is a natural part of our environment, However, excessive mold found indoors can cause serious health issues.\" Mold reproduces by the process of tiny, invisible spores which float through outdoor an indoor air. Mold spores become a problem when they land on a wet or damp surface, which causes them to grow.\nMold can cause allergic reactions, are irritants, and in some cases, can be potentially toxic. Some allergic reactions that mold may cause include: hay fever-type symptoms like sneezing, runny nose, red eyes, and skin rashes. Individuals with asthma who are allergic to mold may experience breathing difficulties.\nMold may also be hidden. You may suspect hidden mold if your home or building has a moldy odor, nut you can't see visible mold. Hidden mold may be found in places such as the back of dry wall, wallpaper, paneling, ceiling tiles, or carpets and pads.\nMold spores will continue to grow if there is moisture present and if ventilation issues are not addressed. Therefore, it is important to find and treat mold growth as well as correct any moisture and ventilation issues. \"dead Mold\" may still cause allergic reactions in some people, so it is not enough to simply kill the mold, it must also be treated."}
{"text":"Moed Katan 6 - 12\n“One should not mix a simcha with a simcha.”\nIn this way Rabbi Elazar in the name of Rabbi Chanina explains the rationale for the law in our mishna forbidding marriage during Chol Hamo’ed. This explanation helps us understand why “simcha” (of the marriage) is cited in the mishna as the reason behind the prohibition. Tosefot points out that the concept of not mixing one simcha with another is a law based on a verse (Sefer Melachim according to the Bavli, or a verse about Yaakov, Leah and Rachel according to the Yerushalmi). The logic behind this decree: The Torah wants a person’s heart to be entirely focused on the simcha of the mitzvah he is currently fulfilling — celebrating Chol Hamo’ed — and not be distracted by the simcha of anything else (Rashi, Tosefot).\n- Mo’ed Katan 8b\n“A Heavenly voice called out and said ‘You are all invited to the World-to-Come!”\nWhen Shlomo Hamelech dedicated the Beit Hamikdash upon its completion, he led the entire Jewish People in a festive celebration that began a week before Succot. Celebrating, however, requires eating and drinking, and one of these seven days was Yom Kippur. Rabbi Frank in the name of Rabbi Yochanan taught, “That year the Jewish People that did not fast on Yom Kippur.” The Sages permitted this based “kal v’chomer” Torah logic as explained in the gemara. Nevertheless, the people were still worried that by eating and drinking on Yom Kippur they had perhaps committed a serious transgression, and were in trepidation until they heard the bat kol voice from Heaven inviting them all to enter the World-to-Come.\n- Mo’ed Katan 9a"}
{"text":"Built in 1928, this longstanding monument has seen the soil on which it sits enter conflict several times, yet remains a tall and proud reminder of glories past.\nA work of the renowned sculptor Ivan Meštrović, The Victor is set on a pedestal in the form of a Doric column on a tall cubic base, designed by the architect Petar Bajalović. It is built to commemorate Serbia’s triumph over both Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empire.\nThe statue overlooks the confluence of rivers Sava and Danube and is turned to face towards what was, at that time, Austro-Hungarian Empire, in a gesture that many consider quintessential defiance of Serbian people.\nThe statue is located in the historic Kalemegdan fortress, a popular attraction in modern-day Belgrade, and remains one of the most recognized and photographed visual symbols of Belgrade. The Victor Monument was designated as a cultural heritage property in 1992.\nUpdate as of November 2019: The Pobednik monument has been taken down for repairs."}
{"text":"Students in this class have an elementary knowledge of Italian. Its goal is the development of five skills— listening, speaking, reading, writing, and cultural sensitivity—which will enable students to communicate effectively in the new language. A variety of aspects of Italian culture will be introduced through short texts as well as audio and visual materials. Each meeting will include a series of activities, which will enliven the class, and ensure focused attention on the part of the learner. Upon completion of Italian II, students will be able to speak and understand the language used in simple, daily situations. Together with linguistic proficiency at an elementary level, students will acquire some familiarity with Italian culture.\nOne year of Italian (Italian I)\nCiao! (Italian Textbook) – 5th Edition by Carla Federici and Carla Riga I, January 1, 2003"}
{"text":"Black natural olives are grown in various places in Greece, mainly in Central and West Greece (Agrinio, Amfissa, Arta, Lamia, Pilio). They are also called conservoelia (Olea europaea var. Rotund) and they usually take the name of the place where they grow. The shape of the olive is quite round and one of the biggest of Greek olive varieties. Another characteristic of the conservoelia olives is the their color variation according to their maturity. The color varies from green, “blonde” to black, while they are renown for their excellent quality."}
{"text":"Miss Amy's witness\nFebruary 11, 2007\nPosted by on\nThe Rev. Vernon Tyson remembers ‘Miss Amy’s witness,’ during the civil rights era in Raleigh, North Carolina.\nIn 1963, when the Rev. Vernon Tyson was pastor of Jonesboro Methodist Church in Sanford, he invited Dr. Samuel Proctor to preach for what was called Race Relations Sunday. Proctor, an African-American and one of the leading theologians in the United States until his death in 1997, was then president of North Carolina A&T in Greensboro. When Tyson invited him to Sanford, Proctor laughed and said, “Yes, and we’ll be run out of town together.”\nRead what happened next …\n(From the Southern Oral History Project, via Annie Grieshop‘s note to the Fasola discussion list.)"}
{"text":"From Wookieepedia, the Star Wars wiki.\nThe Battle of Cartao was fought in 21 BBY during the Clone Wars over the use of a secondary cloning facility owned by Spaarti Creations. Coming across a planet called Cartao, Palpatine \"discovered\" Spaarti cloning cylinders, and sent a force led by Kinman Doriana there. It was a victory for the Galactic Republic.\nDuring the battle, Jedi General Fyefee Tiis used his ship, the Whipsaw, to disable the Separatist Droid Control Ship orbiting Cartao, thus giving the Republic's ground forces advance time before the Separatist droid army could be activated. Doriana managed to ram remotely controlled Republic assault transport into the Spaarti facility, destroying the majority of it—and pinning the civilian loss of life on the Jedi Order. The planet Cartao was left ravaged by the battle. Almost all of the cloning cylinders were destroyed. Palpatine took the surviving ones to Wayland and Byss."}
{"text":"Montana Content Standards\nMT.4. Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.\n4.4. Students will identify and describe famous people, important democratic values (e.g., democracy, freedom, justice) symbols (e.g., Montana and U.S. flags, state flower) and holidays, in the history of Montana, American Indian tribes, and the United States."}
{"text":"Before we continue describing the evolution of ways to mark the passage of time, perhaps we should broadly define what constitutes a clock. All clocks must have two basic components:\na regular, constant or repetitive process or action to mark off equal increments of time. Early examples of such processes included the movement of the sun across the sky, candles marked in increments, oil lamps with marked reservoirs, sand glasses (hourglasses), and in the Orient, knotted cords and small stone or metal mazes filled with incense that would burn at a certain pace. Modern clocks use a balance wheel, pendulum, vibrating crystal, or electromagnetic waves associated with the internal workings of atoms as their regulators.\na means of keeping track of the increments of time and displaying the result. Our ways of keeping track of the passage of time include the position of clock hands and digital time displays.\nThe history of timekeeping is the story of the search for ever more consistent actions or processes to regulate the rate of a clock."}
{"text":"Toxicology texts of ‘death by cyanide’ commonly refer to a rapid collapse and loss of consciousness if a large enough dose is absorbed. Occasionally, convulsions occur after consciousness is lost. In his book Suicide and Attempted Suicide: Methods and Consequences, Geo Stone makes the observation that while cyanide might be commonly used by suicidal chemists, it is used rarely by physicians. He concludes that this may be due to their different levels of access to poisons.\nIn 1995 when the guidelines for the Northern Territory Rights of the Terminally Ill Act (ROTI) were being developed the use of cyanide was not considered; better drugs (the barbiturates) were available. Today, cyanide is not used in any country where euthanasia / assisted suicide legislation is in place.\nNevertheless, cyanide salts have some very positive properties and may play a role in ensuring people have control over their lives. Positives include the fact that very small quantities of the substance is needed. and that administration is easy. Long shelf life and rapid action are further important considerations. Ingesting one gram of potassium cyanide in the form of a simple, single capsule is seen by some people as offering a very satisfactory means of ensuring control at the end of life.\nThe Availability of Cyanide\nSoluble cyanide salts have traditionally been hard to obtain unless one has a contact in the industries where these substances are used. These salts are heavily regulated and restricted.\nHowever, cyanide is also now recognised as a compound of chemical weapons with associated heavy penalties. The legal risks associated with obtaining this substance may outweigh any possible end of life benefit. Internet claims of availability have also been found to be false. Online purchases must be tested."}
{"text":"In the study, the opinions of the parents of children who continue their preschool education about watching television were asked. The study was carried out with the participation of the mothers of 26 children in the kindergarten class in Karakoçan district of Elazig province. 13 questions were asked during the interview with parents for their children watching television. As a result of the responses from the mothers, parents who stated that children are willing to watch television, spend more time in front of the television than play, watch television programs that are not suitable for their age, other than age-appropriate programs, should be more sensitive to this issue. In order to reduce the effect of television on children, families should shorten the time they watch TV. Families should make their children watch documentary-type educational programs on TV as much as possible; The unreal element in the series or movies should be explained to the child that the characters are not real. In summary, the effect of television on children should be reduced, and , parents should be more conscious in making television a useful tool suitable for children's psychology.\nParental views, pre-school period, the effects of television"}
{"text":"Submitted to: Agronomy Abstracts\nPublication Type: Abstract Only\nPublication Acceptance Date: October 21, 2001\nPublication Date: N/A\nTechnical Abstract: The USDA-ARS Farming Systems Project is a long-term cropping systems study designed to evaluate the sustainability of regionally-appropriate cropping systems. Seven replicated cropping systems were established in 1996. One of the systems is a synthetic no-till rotation, three of the systems are conventional till rotations with different fertility sources, and three of the systems are organic with different crop rotation lengths. In the summer of 2000, we made an initial assessment of soil quality in the synthetic no-till, one of the synthetic till (conventional fertilizer) and one of the organic cropping systems. The synthetic systems had 2-year, corn-wheat-soybean crop rotations. The organic system had a corn-soybean- wheat rotation with cover crops managed using reduced tillage techniques and with small amounts of broiler litter applied. After five years, the soil in the organic cropping system had greater total carbon and nitrogen, particulate organic matter, water-stable soil aggregates, glomalin, and humic and fulvic acids, and a larger active carbon pool than the synthetic systems. We are currently assessing whether improved soil quality using organic management is due to the use of cover crops or broiler litter by evaluating soil samples taken from the conventional till cropping systems that received broiler litter but no cover crops."}
{"text":"Posted by James Briggs on March 12, 2003\nIn Reply to: Re: Origin of phrase - mare's nest posted by Harikrishnan Menon on March 12, 2003\n: The oldest reference I could find is from the play \"Bonduca\" by Beaumont and Fletcher (performed on stage circa 1614; printed 1647)\n: Petillius: Why dost thou laugh? What mare's nest hast thou found?\n: Junius: Ha, ha, ha! I cannot laugh alone: Decius! Demetrius! Curius! Oh, my sides! ha, ha, ha, ha!\n: -Bonduca (Act V, Scene 2)\nA Mare's nest is a \"nothing\"; a triviality where once was thought to be importance. An example is \"He's discovered a mare's nest\". In some parts of Scotland it is a \"snake's nest\"; in Cornwall a \"wee's nest\" and in Devon a \"blind mare's nest\". It seems that Mare is only one of several variants and happens to have become the most well known; however, why 'Mare' has defeated me."}
{"text":"French: Pluvier australien German: Gürtelregenpfeifer Spanish: Chorlito australiano\nSW, SC & EC Australia.\n19–23 cm; 64–107 g; wingspan 43–47 cm. Very distinctive black vertical eye-bar continuing onto crown; Y-shaped breastband continues onto hindneck; pale... read more\nConsidered to be generally not very vocal, but is said to give a quiet, gruff-sounding “kr-root” on... read more\nMainly inland in flat, open, arid habitat with sparse growth of 20–40 cm-tall saltbush, blue-... read more\nFood and feeding\nSeeds, leaves, insects (e.g. earwigs, crickets, beetles, termites, ants and larvae), and spiders. Mainly inactive during day, although very... read more\nNot well known. Breeds at any time of year, responding to rains. Probably monogamous. Solitary or in small, loose colonies of up to six... read more\nLittle known. Dispersive, perhaps moving S in spring and N in summer; appears to be nomadic in... read more\nStatus and conservation\nNot globally threatened (Least Concern). Total population estimated at 14,000 birds. No information available on population trends or impact of changes to vegetation caused... read more\nOnly subscribers are able to see the bibliography. Login or Subscribe to get access to a lot of extra features!"}
{"text":"Human beings, throughout history, have had a need to finding means that would securely authenticate/identify each other. This is what led to fingerprinting as we know it now. There are records available of hand printing having been performed in China as early as 226 BC. Clay seals were used then, to keep a record of the hand patterns of those involved in burglaries. The first known mention of fingerprinting was however, much later, in 14th century Persia, where individuals were identified with their finger prints.\nFingerprinting went a long way after this. In the ensuing years of the 20th century, fingerprinting was much studied across Europe. In 1891, Juan Vusetich, an Argentine policeman became the first person to keep fingerprint records. In 1892, Eduardo Alvarez, a pupil of Vusetich made the first criminal identification ever with the help of fingerprinting. Over the years, fingerprinting was much studied upon and was adopted by crime control organizations across the word. Many systems were used in fingerprint identification over various periods and now, in this era of modern technology, we have reliable and dependable electronic devices to do the same for us.\nWe provide the , and much more in Dubai, the world leader in technology adoption. Do drop us a message if you would like to know more about anything. You can browse our line of fingerprint scanners here."}
{"text":"Anthrax is a bacterium that can live as spores in the soil for decades or even centuries until ingested by a host. It cannot be spread from human to human. The name anthrax is taken from the Greek word for coal because of the black skin lesions developed by victims after infection. This farmer with anthrax, pictured in 1903, subsequently died from the disease.\nTe whakamahi i tēnei tūemi\nTe Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand\nReference: Annual report: New Zealand Department of Agriculture (1903)\nThis item has been provided for private study purposes (such as school projects, family and local history research) and any published reproduction (print or electronic) may infringe copyright law. It is the responsibility of the user of any material to obtain clearance from the copyright holder."}
{"text":"Singing in the shower to get greener\nYou've heard of the wind-up radio, now there's the shower radio - powered by nothing other than the water pressure provided by household showers.\nThe innovative radio, the world's first water powered radio, does not need batteries and uses energy efficient micro turbine technology.\nThe FM radio, is powered through the motion of water flowing through a small micro turbine; driving a generator that creates energy to power the radio. The radio dispenses with the need for disposable batteries, as the integral battery recharges as the shower runs.\nThe radio turns on automatically when the shower is used and memorises the last chosen radio station and speaker volume, so no need to get soap suds all over it.\nThe radio also allows users to carry on listening after the shower is turned off, using any excess energy stored in an integral Ni-Mh rechargeable cell.\nThe radio is waterproof and slots directly onto the faucet of the shower.\nThe radio is produced and the technology patented by H2O™ design labs owned by the Tango Group.\nTango Group managing director, Vivain Blick, said: \"Having seen huge success with the commercialisation of the Wind-Up Radio; we were constantly looking into new ways that further innovations in the radio sector could be made.\n\"Creating the now-patented micro turbine technology, that allows the radio to operate solely through the flow of water, was the key to our new innovation; and thus the world's first water-powered shower radio was created.\"\nA triumph for innovation and energy efficient technology, but possibly a step back for suffers of spouses who sing in the shower! Alison Brown"}
{"text":"Real Life Game Theory Examples\nReal Life Game Theory Examples. Shapley value and the core: Degree 4 degree 3 degree 3 degree 4.\nNevertheless, game theory offers some useful models that can be applied to real world problems and decisions. In this game, we take our turns to move our token, and once we landed on the box, we were instructed to either pay rent, pay the bill, buy the land, or if you are lucky, you end up taking a chance card. Real world examples of dynamic game.\nIn Fact, We Probably Apply It In Lots Of Scenarios Without Even Knowing It.\nWant to play poker like a pro? Weller exploringadvanced euclidean geometry withgeogebra, gerard a. Real world examples of dynamic game.\nDiscrete Time And Continuous Time Dynamic Games.\nIn this game, we take our turns to move our token, and once we landed on the box, we were instructed to either pay rent, pay the bill, buy the land, or if you are lucky, you end up taking a chance card. Examples of different types of auctions and games. Degree of a vertex is the number of edges incident to it.\nA) Write Down The Degree Of Each Vertex Vertex Degree A B C D E F B) Write Down The Sum Of The Degrees Of All Vertices.\nThe setting is simple and the players are considered rational. Degree 2 because 2 lines meet here. A great example of game theory in real life is the way we play monopoly.\nShapley Value And The Core:\nThe following are examples of game theory models, tools and strategies. (using high beam results in glare for oncoming traffic) the game theory in highways: Imagine that two burglars are accused of robbing.\nLet's Say That You And A Guy X Are Travelling.\nHowever, as they will seek to minimise their losses, bids will ultimately surpass the value of one dollar! Just think, look around you and you will discover so much. An example would be two companies that are competing for the same market share."}
{"text":"A Unique Approach to Teaching Children Timeless Values\nThe worth of the child cannot be measured in terms of \"Per Cent\" alone. The home life of the child is an important part of the whole life. The teacher's judgment will be a much better one if the home will kindly co-operate. Parents are asked to carefully consider and mark \"Home Report\" as indicated.\n-M. E. Pearson, Superintendent, Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools, 1914\nWith the discovery of their Uncle Dan's school report card from 1914, in which a \"Home Report\" section of the card was to be completed by parents, Barbara and Robert Unell were inspired to explore the behaviors and values upon which students were \"graded\" in addition to the standard academic subjects.\nThey realized that these surprising entries, ranging from acts of kindness and truthfulness to personal habits and reading for pleasure, were as timeless and relevant today as they were almost a century ago. Uncle Dan's Report Card gives every parent and caregiver not only a reminder of the worth of these values and behaviors but also a practical means to encourage children to recognize and practice good habits. This book provides the positive, proven tools they can use with toddlers to teens to help them be successful and happy in their everyday lives, personally and academically."}
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{"text":"- Rottboellia cochinchinensis is an annual grass that invades disturbed and agricultural areas throughout the southeastern United States.\n- Stems and leaves are covered with stiff, irritating hairs. Stems can reach a height of 1-10 ft. (0.3-3 m). Leaf blades are 5.9-17.7 in. (15-45 cm) long, 0.2-0.8 in. (5-20 mm) wide and flat.\n- The inflorescence is a jointed, cylindrical raceme, 1-6 in. (2.5-15.24) long.\n- Under favorable conditions, Rottboellia cochinchinensis starts producing seeds 6-7 weeks after emergence. Seed production continues throughout the growing season.\n- Ecological Threat\n- Rottboellia cochinchinensis invades agricultural fields and other disturbed areas. The hairs on the stems and leaves can cause severe irritation, and the plant is unpalatable to livestock and wildlife. It is native to the Old World tropics, but it is currently widespread throughout the world’s tropical regions and in the southeastern United States.\n- Global Invasive Species Database. 2011. Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) of the IUCN Species Survival Commission\n- Invasive Plant Atlas of the MidSouth (IPAMS)\n- Texas Invasive Plant and Pest Council\n- Flora of China, www.eFloras.org\n- USDA NRCS PLANTS\n- USDA ARS GRIN"}
{"text":"Macedonball was a kingdom in Macedonia, which is just north of Greece. He is son of Ancient Greeceball.\nMacedonball evolved from a 2ball in 808 BC. They conquered a lot of places from modern Greeceball to Indiaball. They were always hated by Persiaball, so they ended up fighting a war in which Macedon won. However, Macedonia had taken too much clay, and exploded shortly afterward. When Macedonball died, all their clay was split up by Attalidball, Seleucidball, Ptolemaicball.\nHow to draw\nDraw Macedonball is very simple:\n- Draw the basic circle shape\n- Draw the eyes and you're finished.\n- (Optional) Color the ball of purple\n- Draw a yellow Verghina Sun\n- Draw the eyes and you've finished.\n- Ancient Greeceball - My father, I was one of his proudest sons as I had a great empire. That was until my younger brother decided to step in.\n- Spartaball - My brother, both of us hate Persiaball and he helped me grow into an empire.\n- Achaemenid Empireball - TAKE THAT YOU PERSIAN SCUM, ALEXANDER THE GREAT ANSCHLUSSED ALL YOUR CLAY!! Next time think before trying to invade the greeks.\n- SPQRball - OH YOU ARE JUST THE WORST. THINK YOU CAN JUST STEP IN AND TAKE MY POSITION AS DAD'S FAVORITE EMPIRE?!! AT LEAST I KILLED THOUSANDS OF PERSIANS WHILE YOU WERE KILLED BY A FEW CAVEMEN!!\n- Macedoniaball - Who are you, my grandson or something? THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE, YOU'RE SLAVIC!\n- Ancient Greeceball - Father\n- Athensball - Brother\n- Spartaball - Brother\n- SPQRball - Brother\n- Byzantine Empireball - Nephew\n- Western Roman Empireball - Nephew\n- Greeceball - Grand Nephew\n- Cyprusball - Grand Nephew\n- Franceball - Grand Nephew\n- Italyball - Grand Nephew\n- Portugalball - Grand Nephew\n- Romaniaball - Grand Nephew"}
{"text":"Jabal Durum Wheat\nAfter years of hard work, a new drought-tolerant variety of durum wheat developed by plant breeders and genebank staff at the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) working in close collaboration with local farmers, with support from the Crop Trust, has been officially released for cultivation in Morocco.\nNamed Jabal, which means “mountain” in Arabic, this climate change-resilient variety got its name from one of the farmers taking part in the evaluation program during its development, who said that its distinctive black spikes were like the Atlas Mountains, “strong and proud”.\nUnlike other durum wheat varieties grown in the region, Jabal’s wild genes enabled it to thrive despite some of the worst droughts farmers had seen in decades.\n- The new “Jabal” variety was made by crossing cultivated durum wheat with one of its wild relatives, collected in Syria.\n- Jabal, which means “mountain” in Arabic, was singled out by farmers in consultations with crop breeders because it adapted so well to drought, a common stress in its main cultivation areas.\n- Durum wheat is grown primarily to produce pasta, but is also used for making couscous and bulgur, which are particularly popular in North Africa and the Middle East.\n- Jabal was developed under the Crop Trust’s Crop Wild Relatives Project and durum wheat is one of the crops that will continue to receive support from the follow-up Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods and Development (BOLD) Project, a 10-year effort funded by the Government of Norway and led by the Crop Trust.\n- The Crop Trust’s partners are using crop diversity to develop resilient varieties of barley, durum wheat, grasspea, alfalfa, finger millet, rice and potato that can withstand the effects of climate change."}
{"text":"Editor's note: This article was originally published 2015 and the picture shown is not from the actual event.\nA fire erupted in the early hours of April 3, 2015 at General Electric’s Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky. Fire investigators have reported that the cause of this fire, while \"undetermined,\" it was likely that the spark was created by an electrical short or from lightning seen in the area earlier that day. In addition, they blamed outdated fire protection systems for allowing the fire to continue growing exponentially. No one was injured in the fire that required about 200 firefighters to initially show up. It took crews about 3 days to finnish putting out all the remnants of the blaze.\nNeither the Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection nor the USEPA found any toxic chemicals related to the fire. Which, considering the amount of plastics that are stored in the building, is extraordinarily fortunate.\nOne thing that is most unfortunate is the low water pressure on the premises, which GE has been working on for the last few months. Low water pressure coupled by the fact that firefighters are unable to get into the building are delaying the fire’s demise.\nGeneral Electric’s Appliance Park is a 1,000 acre manufacturing facility that at its peak employed 25,000 full-time employees. It is so large that it has its own zip code. The fire was exclusive to only one building on the campus, but the entire Appliance Park will shut down for at least a week to ensure that none of the other buildings suffered any damage.\nThe affected building was Building 6; it was mostly used for storage of appliance parts and some offices. Everyone was evacuated safely, but the building is expected to be a total loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation.\nTo learn more about Fire Protection at your facility, schedule a lunch and learn to have a free educational session with ORR Protection Systems."}
{"text":"World TB Day is observed annually on March 24 to raise awareness about TB and efforts to end the global epidemic, marking the day in 1882 when the bacterium causing TB was discovered.\nTB is an ancient disease that is still with us. It is preventable and curable, and yet, worldwide, TB remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers. Ending the TB epidemic in all countries by 2030 is one of the targets of UN Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-Being.\nWhile TB is rare in most of Canada, that is not true in Canada’s north, where in recent years TB rates in Inuit communities have been as much as 300 times higher than those of non-Indigenous people born in Canada.\nOn this World TB Day, learn more about this disease and efforts to end it. Click here to learn more about TB in Canada’s north. And here to find out more about global efforts to end TB."}
{"text":"The purpose of this program is to carry out a coordinated program of scientifically based research, demonstration projects, innovative strategies, and similar activities designed to build and enhance the ability of elementary and secondary schools to meet the special education needs of gifted and talented students. The major emphasis of the program is on serving students traditionally underrepresented in gifted and talented programs, particularly economically disadvantaged, limited English proficient (LEP), and disabled students, to help reduce the serious gap in achievement among certain groups of students at the highest levels of achievement.\nGrants are awarded under two priorities. Priority One supports initiatives to develop and scale up models serving students who are underrepresented in gifted and talented programs. Priority Two supports state and local efforts to improve services for gifted and talented students.\nOATAG advocates for the needs of talented and gifted children, serves as a resource for families, educators, and communities, and provides direction for excellence in education. Web Master: firstname.lastname@example.org"}
{"text":"This is how the Great Spiral Galaxy of Andromeda would look in the sky if it were bright enough. Sadly, its light is too faint. But imagine seeing that every night. Would you get tired of it? I know I wouldn't.\nUnfortunately, it's not that bright. But it's a beautiful simulation anyway, one that gives an idea—albeit a faint one—of how huge the cosmos is. Of course, it's not the only image of this kind. Here's another one featured in NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day:\nAndromeda—or M31—is larger than our Milky Way (although not as massive, if you count the dark matter in our galaxy.) It's 2.5 million light-years from us, while the Moon is only 384,400 kilometers away. Now think that a light-year is 9.5 trillion kilometers. Even with this graphic comparison, the size of M31—or anything at a galactic scale—is truly incomprehensible for the human mind.\nAs time goes by, however, humans would start seeing it clearly at night: M31 is on a direct collision course with our home galaxy. This is what Earth's sky would look like as millenia pass by and both galaxies collide and merge:\nWhen it happens, star systems will lose their bearings, changing orbits all around. Our own solar system will \"probably be tossed much farther from the galactic core than it is today.\" Here's the simulation from afar:\nBut there's nothing to fear: the stars within the Milky Way and Andromeda are so far apart between each other than the possibility of them colliding is almost nil. And you will not be around anyway, so who cares. Just enjoy the videos and imagine the show.\nNote to Galactus: the sky really needs Photoshop's Shadows and Highlights filter.\nThe original image used for the composite was taken by Stephen Rahn."}
{"text":"Blood transfusions were not possible until Karl Landsteiner first identified the major human blood groups -- namely O, A, B, and AB -- in a series of experiments in 1901 that earned him the Nobel Prize. (At the time,\nLandsteiner identified only groups A, B, and O; further analysis,\ntwo years later, revealed AB.)\nThe ABO blood groups are defined by specific inherited molecules,\nor antigens, that are present on the surface of red blood cells. Thus,\none inherits either A or B antigens (group A or B), both A and B antigens\n(group AB), or neither antigen (group O). Conversely, a person develops\na natural immunity, or antibody, in their plasma to the ABO antigens\nthat are absent on their own red cells. Thus, a group A person has\nanti-B antibodies, and group O person has both anti-A and anti-B antibodies.\ngroup A red cells are mistakenly transfused to a group O recipient,\nfor example, the anti-A antibody in the recipient's plasma destroys\nthe transfused group A cells and a serious transfusion reaction occurs.\nBecause group O has anti-A as well as anti-B antibodies, group O recipients\ncan only accept blood from group O donors. Conversely, group AB recipients\ncan receive blood from all groups.\nThere are many other antigens on the red cell surface. The most important is the Rh factor. A person is defined as either Rh positive or Rh\nnegative depending on the presence of the primary Rh antigen on the\nred cell. In contrast to ABO antigens, however, a person only develops\nanti-Rh after exposure to Rh-positive red cells through transfusion\nor pregnancy. Modern blood-banking technology uses highly sensitive\ntests to properly identify and match blood between donor and recipient.\nThe most common blood types in the U.S. are A+ and O+ -- about 72 percent of the population has one or the other. AB- is the rarest blood type (1 percent of the population).\nPhoto of Karl Landsteiner: Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine."}
{"text":"Native American Coins\nNative American coins give tribute to Indians and are available for purchase.\nOver the years since white settlers first came to the Americans the native Americans have been suffering a variety of injustices. Even after the United States became a free nation there were many injustices that were meted out to the Indians. As time went by the government finally came to the realization that much wrong had been done to these people. In recent years the government has made a few different native American coins to help give tribute to the Indian people showing regret for past injustices they have suffered.\nOne of the Native American coins to be made was actually the buffalo nickel. This coin was made to remember the Indians and was released in 1913. Another of the Native American coins that has been released was the Shawnee Nation $5 gold proof. This was the first tribal gold coin that has ever been released in history. In the year 2000 the Sacagawea golden dollar was released. It was to commemorate the Lewis and Clark expedition and also the wonderful Indian woman that helped them along their way.\nThe Sacagawea golden dollar was made to not only celebrate the Native American people but to also celebrate women that were involved in history as well. This Native American coin was a great idea that actually accomplished both things at the same time. Native American coins are have been a great way to recognize a people that have often been forgotten. The government has done well at using these coins to help give the Native American people the recognition and remembrance they deserve. You can actually purchase these coins if you are collector for prices that are determined by the U.S. mint.\nRelated Stories:Native American Coins Articles Home Page\nThe following lists catalog the specific articles, stories, legends and research materials of this website.\nAmerican Indian Topics | American Indian Products | American Indian Tribes\nNative American Topics | Indigenous Peoples’ Literature"}
{"text":"Use shriek in a sentence\n- On hearing his voice, Adventus and the Indian hurried in, with Epagathos, who had even heard his shriek in the farther room. \n- First came a shriek that might have roused the garrison. \n- Why did the shriek she uttered sound so agonized? \n- Here a loud shriek rang from an overturned litter, whose bearers had fallen. \n- Cluyme emitted a muffled shriek, like that of a person frightened in a dream. \n- A shriek at intervals told of a captive that had met his doom. \n- The king uttered a piercing shriek of rage, was seized by a fresh shivering-fit, and sank back once more in raving delirium. \nThis page helps answer: how do I use the word shriek in a sentence? How do you use shriek in a sentence? Can you give me a sentence for the word shriek? It may also be related to preschools students, elementary school, class academic, schooling, and primary education.\nExample sentences with the word shriek, a sentence example for shriek, and shriek in sample sentence."}
{"text":"Home Law International Handbook of Juvenile Justice\nALTERNATIVE SANCTIONS FOR JUVENILES\nNext to the traditional fines and imprisonment sentences (see the special modifications for young adults p. 231), juvenile law covers a wide range of reactions and sanctions (with or without intervention) in the Juvenile Court Act.\nBeyond the sanctions in the JGG, it has to be noted that Austrian juvenile criminal law offers special rules in cases of delayed maturity and moderate misdemeanours committed by juveniles under the age of 16.\nNext to the minimum age of criminal responsibility—near to the age of 14 years—§ 4 excludes punishment when the juvenile offender, due to certain circumstances, was not capable of distinguishing right and wrong, or of acting accordingly. This so-called “delayed maturity”, which must be demonstrated by an unusual level of development retardation, must be examined in relation to the single criminal act. It may be caused, e.g. by social or psychological defects, child neglect, or by illness. As a rule, such cases are settled with the help of experts.\nThere is another reason for non-punishment for juveniles under 16. There is immunity for members of this privileged group for any moderate misdemeanour. If the juvenile who has committed a misdemeanour without serious fault does not show special reasons which speak for the enforcement of juvenile penal law to prevent the offender from committing further acts, immunity is granted; the threshold of serious guilt (schweres Verschulden) is reached when, in a specific case, the guilt and unlawfulness of the act concerned surmounts the typical. In all such cases, the public prosecutor must drop the charge.\n|< Prev||CONTENTS||Next >|"}
{"text":"The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has popped up here a few times with some very dexterous robots, but apparently they're pretty tough too, like taking a beating from a baseball bat tough. In the video below, the DLR Hand Arm System receives a \"stress test,\" and impressively enough, the arm functions as well afterwards as it did before receiving a blow.\nWhat prevented the arm from being destroyed by the impact are the very same components that allow it to act like a human arm. This is thanks to a mix of 52 actuators and synthetic tendons made from a material called Dyneemathan (it's stronger than Kevlar!), making it hardy as we expect a robot to be.\nBut rigidity is only half of the equation. The joints and actuators are designed so they can absorb and dissipate energy, too.\nMarkus Grebenstein, the Hand Arm System's lead designer explained to IEEE Spectrum, \"robustness is essential if we want to deploy service robots in the real world, where collisions are likely to happen. Even small shocks can damage conventional robots, which rely on motors coupled to joints in mechanically stiff configurations.\"\nIEEE Spectrum has the full mechanical breakdown if you like to get down with the nitty gritty technicalities of robotic joint designs."}
{"text":"18th March 2019\nOne of the oldest human inventions, Pottery is the process of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other ceramic materials. It is one of the finest forms of art and holds a position in India’s cultural history. At AMIS, students and staff have always been encouraged to enjoy the experience of pottery.\nChildren got the opportunity to make beautiful lamps, vases and other items in this session. They were very excited and happy to see how their fingers could mould clay into such beautiful shapes. The feel of the clay was another advantage for the development of their tactile sense, as they do not get to do that very often in their urban lifestyle. Children kept rubbing their hands with clay over and over. Some were really curious to know the mechanism of the potter’s wheel. The sight of the beautiful items created by them heightened their joy beyond measure."}
{"text":"|Skip Navigation Links|\n|Exit Print View|\n|Oracle Solaris 11.1 Linkers and Libraries Guide Oracle Solaris 11.1 Information Library|\nApplications are built from a dynamic executable and one or more shared object dependencies. The entire loadable contents of the dynamic executable and the shared objects are mapped into the virtual address space of that process at runtime. Each process starts by referencing a single copy of the dynamic executable and the shared objects in memory.\nRelocations within the dynamic objects are processed to bind symbolic references to their appropriate definitions. This results in the calculation of true virtual addresses that could not be derived at the time the objects were generated by the link-editor. These relocations usually result in updates to entries within the process's data segments.\nThe memory management scheme underlying the dynamic linking of objects shares memory among processes at the granularity of a page. Memory pages can be shared between processes as long as the pages are not modified at runtime. If a process writes to a page of an object when writing a data item, or relocating a reference to a shared object, a private copy of that page is generated. This private copy has no effect on other users of the object. However, this page has lost any benefit of sharing between other processes. Text pages that become modified in this manner are referred to as impure.\nThe segments of a dynamic object that are mapped into memory fall into two basic categories; the text segment, which is read-only, and the data segment, which is read-write. See Analyzing Files With elfdump on how to obtain this information from an ELF file. An overriding goal when developing a dynamic object is to maximize the text segment and minimize the data segment. This partitioning optimizes the amount of code sharing while reducing the amount of processing needed to initialize and use the dynamic object. The following sections present mechanisms that can help achieve this goal."}
{"text":"Definition: a bath in which a part is immersed in hot water for a few minutes and then in cold, the hot and cold periods alternated regularly at intervals, usually half hours; used to increase the blood flow to the part.\nDisclaimer: This site is designed to offer information for general educational purposes only. The health information furnished on this site and the interactive responses are not intended to be professional advice and are not intended to replace personal consultation with a qualified physician, pharmacist, or other healthcare professional. You must always seek the advice of a professional for questions related to a disease, disease symptoms, and appropriate therapeutic treatments.\nSearch Stedman's Medical Dictionary\nExamples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.\n© Copyright 2018 Wolters Kluwer. All Rights Reserved. Review Date: Sep 19, 2016."}
{"text":"EST1: Task 310.2.1-05\nCompany Q is a local grocery store found in a major metropolitan area. The company recently made a decision to shut two of its stores down. They reported that the reason they shut down the stores was because of dwindling profits, however, it was also indicated that the location of these stores were in a high crime rate area. Apparently, this was not a factor to why they decided to shut down their stores. It is understandable that as a business, to survive you must make money. If the company was not making any money from these stores then it would be advisable that they close their doors.\nThe decision that the company made may be considered rash and unsound. Given that the company may have other competitors, it was not mention that the reason they were shutting down was because there was another store competing for their business in that area. The issue of not making any profits may not be contributed to location. It could mean that the reason they are not making any money is because they are not catering to the customers in those location. The store may not be providing what is needed or wanted in those areas. Company Q must realize that the business will not succeed by selling just products; they must consider social responsibility and consider the community or human factor when selling products. Company Q should consider reaching out to the community in those areas and ask what the community needs. Company Q should re-emphasize that they are a “local” grocery store and work on rebuilding the small grocery chain.\nAfter years of requests from customers, Company Q began offering a very limited supply of health conscience and organic products. These products are all high in margin. Company Q’s response to these requests shows that the company is listening to their customers. This is a positive step to building and maintaining the relationship. However, selling only a limited amount and selling these high margin products may not...\nPlease join StudyMode to read the full document"}
{"text":"Partners of the Heart raises issues that resonate today. Two people from vastly different backgrounds, who most likely would not have met socially, join forces and do something historically significant. Neither could have accomplished it alone. The lessons of the story are bittersweet and complicated by the strictures of its times, when segregation and economic limitations created barriers to advancement and to the development of relationships.\nThese issues are still debated today in schools, workplaces, and among friends. Access an activity-packed resource guide, created with classrooms and community organizations in mind.\nThe Partners resource guide is available in PDF format or as a Microsoft Word document. Either format allows you to view and print the guide."}
{"text":"Thomas Hughes (20 October 1822 - 22 March 1896) was an English lawyer and author. He is most famous for his novel Tom Brown's School Days (1857), a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. It had a lesser-known sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford (1861)\nMedical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine\nYour email address:\nWe will not expose you real name or email address.\nWe're just making sure you're a real person and not a machine.\nUpload a new image"}
{"text":"Irrigation pumps at ‘Buddah Lakes’ near Narromine in 1969. These pumps were among the first draw water from the Macquarie for cotton. Buddah was a prestigious grazing station that diversified into high capital intensive agriculture from the 1960s. The family patriarch is thought to have died from an illness caused by contact with pesticides.\nSource: Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University: McKillop and Sons Pty Ltd, Z376, CD ROM, ‘Buddah Lake pumps 1969’.\nEmpty water storage cell near Bourke in 2007. When the Darling reaches a certain height irrigators pump from the river and carry water through channels to these cells. This one is 2.4 by 1.2 kilometres. The sky is brown with a dust storm.\nIn the summer of 1991 the Darling River set a dubious record: the world’s longest toxic blue-green algae bloom. To Eric Rolls this ‘flaring green ribbon’ was a distress signal. Politicians, landholders, environmental managers and members of the public began using health metaphors to describe the state of the rivers. They were sick, they were dying, and they needed to be nursed back to health. The nineties, however, saw bitter conflict between upstream and downstream water communities, between irrigators and pastoralists. Reform was contested and occurred in the smallest of steps – the rivers suffered the ‘slow violence’ of grinding ecological change.\nThe distinctive corduroy furrows of cotton fields."}
{"text":"One of our most crucial and valuable senses is ‘vision’. Eyes are made up of several parts and all of them are equally important for vision. When light enters into the eye, it is directed in the right amount towards the eye lens. The complex anatomy of the eye converts this incoming light into electrical energy.\nGenerally, tuberculosis is known to affect the pulmonary system, but in some cases, it can also affect other organs (extra-pulmonary) like eyes.\nHow common is tuberculosis? The magnitude of the problem.\nThese are actual questions from patients in the Uvea Clinic of Neoretina.\nCAN TB AFFECT THE EYE?\nThe term “Ocular Tuberculosis” is defined as an extra-pulmonary form of the disease that includes any infection in\nUveitis is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness. The problem is rampant in developing countries like India. It becomes important for the patients and their relatives to know what Uveitis is and what they can really do about it."}
{"text":"Digital watermarking is an approach to manage multimedia digital information like images, as a data carrier to enclose copyright information, which might be either visible or invisible. If any copyright dispute arise, the ownership of the copyright can be verified from the information in the data carrier. Generally, digital watermarking system consists of two stages, namely watermark embedding and extracting. Likewise, the quality of the watermark system is evaluated based on the concealment, robustness, security and watermark capacity.\nWith regards to the robustness of watermark resisting attack, the digital watermarking approach is divided into three category such as robust, fragile and semi-fragile. Among these types, robust watermarks is widely used against image processing operations and apt for copyright and ownership verification. Fragile watermarks are responsive to modifications while suitable for authentication and integrity.\nFrom the perspective of the various fields of hidden watermark, there are two types, spatial domain watermarks and transform domain watermarks. Between these types, the spatial domain watermarking algorithm directly modifies the original signal to hide the watermark information and though hiding watermark and the extraction process is simple here, the robustness is not as great as transform domain watermark."}
{"text":"Archaeologists in Croatia uncovered the fossilized remains of a Roman chariot buried with two horses as part of a funeral ceremony.\nThe fossilized remains of a Roman chariot buried with 2 horses as part of a burial ritual have recently been uncovered in Croatia. A large burial chamber for an ‘extremely wealthy family’ was discovered where the carriage with what seems to be two horses had been placed.\nThe findings were made at the Jankovacka Dubrava site close to the village of Stari Jankovci, near the city of Vinkovci, in eastern Croatia by archaeologists from the City Museum Vinkovci and Institute of Archaeology from Zagreb.The horses’ and chariot’s corpses being buried together appears to be an example of a tradition reserved for exceedingly rich households.\nAccording to curator Boris Kratofil, “the custom is associated with extremely wealthy families who have played a prominent role in the administrative, social, and economic life of the province of Pannonia,” burial under tumuli (an ancient burial mound) was an extraordinary ritual in the Roman era in the souther Pannonian Basin.\nExperts believe the bones date from the third century AD, while they are attempting to determine their exact age in order to gain a better understanding of the family whose members were buried here 1,800 years ago.\n“After this follows a protracted process of restoration and conservation of the artifacts, as well as a full investigation of the findings,” said Marko Dizdar, head of the Institute of Archaeology. We’ll learn a bit more about the family whose members were buried in this region 1,800 years ago in a few years.”\n“We’re more interested in the horses themselves, whether they were bred here or came from other regions of the empire,” he said, “since it would tell us more about the family’s prominence and fortune.” This will be accomplished via collaboration with both local and European institutions.”"}
{"text":"Step 4: Wind the new transformer secondaries\ntip: draw tally marks on your table to keep track of the number of windings.\nHow does a transformer work?\nThe primary winding is an electromagnet connected to alternating current.\nThe humming magnetic field of the primary induces a current to flow in the secondary winding. If both windings have the same number of turns, the output voltage is the same as the input.\n(minus a smidgin due to eddy currents, resistance, etc.)\nIf the secondary has more turns than the input, its output voltage is higher. That's the type of transformer you started out with.\nOUTPUT VOLTAGE = INPUT VOLTAGE * (NUMBER OF SECONDARY TURNS) / (NUMBER OF PRIMARY TURNS)\nOur primary has 100 turns and gets connected to 100 volts AC. We're winding 20 turns on the secondary, so we'll get about 20 volts out.\nThe available POWER STAYS THE SAME regardless of what the output VOLTAGE is.\nPOWER (WATTS) = AMPS * VOLTS\nIf the primary is made take 1000 watts (100 volts * 10 amps) out of the wall, we'll be able to take 1000 watts out of the secondary. With 1/5 of the windings, we can draw 50 amps out of the secondary.\nThat's the cartoon version with play numbers anyway.\nOver here in our shed full of reality we've got two of these beasts in series and plan to short the outputs through a welding rod like Jennifer Beals.\nLet's just say we're going to pull a whole lot of amps, which is why we need to wind our secondary with such thick wire.\nThe copper conductor in ten-guage wire happens to be 1/10\" (0.1\") in diameter.\nHere's a table of conductor diameter, guage, and current rating."}
{"text":"Man mostly resort to his sense of sight for the exploration of the world.\nHowever, several scientific studies claim that the human specie, especially during childhood, could rely on a much wider sensory heritage.\nWe could be more similar to other animal species than we usually think!\nThe workshop focuses on the senses, perceptions and movement peculiarities of several animals. It provides some tools that don’t replicate zoomorphic shapes but, amplifying specific perceptive and motion abilities, allow to draw near the attitudes of other species.\nThrough a process of identification rather than mere look imitation, children can experience otherness firsthand."}
{"text":"From “Placebo Effects in Medicine,” by Ted Kaptchuk and Franklin Miller:\nSo what have we learned about placebo effects to date, and what does our current understanding say about medicine?\nFirst, though placebos may provide relief, they rarely cure […] Second, placebo effects are not just about dummy pills: the effects of symbols and clinician interactions can dramatically enhance the effectiveness of pharmaceuticals. […] Third, the psychosocial factors that promote therapeutic placebo effects also have the potential to cause adverse consequences, known as nocebo effects. […]\nPlacebo effects are often considered unworthy and illegitimate. They are thought to be unscientific and caused by bias and prejudice. This attitude obscures a core truth of medicine: medicine’s goal is to heal, which can include cure, control of disease, and symptom relief or provision of comfort. […]\nMedicine has used placebos as a methodologic tool to challenge, debunk, and discard ineffective and harmful treatments. But placebo effects are another story; they are not bogus. With proper controls for spontaneous remission and regression to the mean, placebo studies use placebos to elucidate and quantify the clinical, psychological, and biologic effects of immersion in a clinical environment."}
{"text":"Fires Across Southeast Asia\nApril 17, 2013\nThe dry season has taken hold in southeast Asia, as this March 30, 2005, true-color Aqua MODIS image of dense smoke and scores of fires illustrates. Fires are set throughout the day, therefore more tend to be detected in Aqua imagery, which is acquired in an overpass later than the Terra MODIS instrument. Smoke also accumulates over the course of the day, settling into the valleys where the wind doesn't carry it away over the landscape. In 2005, severe drought dried the vegetation throughout Southeast Asia, making the region more prone to fire. The effect of the widespread fires on air quality is clearly visible in this image. The heavy grey smoke settles in the valleys of northern Laos and Thailand, and blankets sections of Myanmar and Vietnam.\nTopics: Disaster Accident, Environment, Earth, Spaceflight, Spacecraft, Terra, Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, Aqua, Southeast Asia"}
{"text":"A group of collaborative researchers, led by Andrew McKenzie’s group in the LMB’s PNAC Division, have identified new processes that lead to the development of a novel cell (the nuocyte) implicated in allergies.\nNuocytes play a critical role in immune responses to parasitic worm infection. However, they also initiate the early generation of immune responses that can lead to asthma or other allergic conditions.\nThe team used multicolour flow cytometry, in vitro cell culture and in vivo models to find out more about the lineage of nuocytes and the signals that induce their development.\nThey found that nuocytes arise in the bone marrow and differentiate from common lymphoid progenitors – meaning that they are distinct, previously unknown members of the lymphoid lineage. Nuocytes also require the interleukin 7, interleukin 33, Notch and RAR-related orphan receptor αlpha (RORα) signalling pathways for their development. The transcription factor RORα was also identified as being critical for both the generation of nuocytes and allergic-like inflammation.\nAsthma alone affects 5.4 million people in the UK and costs the NHS £1 billion a year. The team’s work in increasing understanding of the processes and cells involved in causing allergic inflammation provides a critical first step in developing new strategies to treat allergic diseases.\nThe research team included collaborators from the Institute of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin, and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Institut Suisse de Recherche Expérimentale sur le Cancer.\nThe research was supported by the Medical Research Council, Centocor (Johnson & Johnson), the American Asthma Foundation, Science Foundation Ireland, the National Children’s Research Centre and the American Asthma Foundation."}
{"text":"Bylaw: Article I, Section H, Item 6\n“Practice will be defined as follows: An activity organized and/or directed by an identified member of the coaching staff of that sport in which appropriate equipment is used or instruction and/or evaluation of the athlete takes place.”\nThe definition of practice has two components: an activity organized or directed by a coach; and involving equipment or evaluation in that sport.\nThe bylaw itself does not articulate the entire spectrum of events that could occur that would be incorporated in what is considered “organized” or “directed,” and how they should be treated. For those activities that possibly implicate the practice definition but are not entirely obvious, we rely on the standard Webster definition of the particular words used and past interpretations.\nOrganize: to arrange and plan; to create an administrative structure; to arrange by systematic planning and united effort\nDirect: to regulate the activities or course; to carry out the organizing and supervising of; to determine the course of\nCoaches are allowed to give guidance relating to drills or conditioning as requested by players as long as it is voluntary and they are not held accountable to the activity. This is not considered a practice and should not count towards the 24-week season. A coach can provide this type of informal guidance, as long as the coach is not leading, directing, or organizing, regardless of the coaching staff being present.\nIf the students’ participation was completely voluntary and participation was unstructured (meaning could occur or not occur, could happen at any point rather than at a set point, did not require any organization or participation by anyone else), this event would not be organized or directed by the coaching staff and would not be considered a practice under NAIA rules.\nArticle I, Section H, Item 1: Frequency of Play\nArticle I, Section H, Item 5: 24-Week Season\nNEC Interp – Creation date unknown. Current as of: August 2015"}
{"text":"About Multiple Sclerosis\nMultiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the brain and the spinal cord. It affects the insulating layers that wrap the nerve cells (the myelin sheath), and, as a consequence, disrupts nerve signals within the brain.\nSymptoms vary greatly between individuals, depending on which areas of the brain are affected, and include problems with vision, sensation, memory and movement.\nAround 2.5M people worldwide have MS.\nMS is often described as an inflammatory problem that results in damage to the myelin sheath. However, the disease mechanisms are far more complex and multifaceted; both inflammation and neurodegeneration (nerve cell death) occur, together with scarring (sclerosis) and activation of tissue repair systems. Due to this complexity, the pattern of MS activity varies between individuals, either following a steady course of deterioration (progressive forms) or being characterised by acute deteriorations that are called relapses, which are interspersed with periods of recovery (relapsing-remitting forms). Most patients with relapsing-remitting disease convert to slowly progressive symptoms later in life. The chance of relapses in MS can now be reduced by using anti-inflammatory treatments. However, progressive symptoms are due to degeneration of the underlying nerves, which have lost their myelin sheaths, and there are no treatments available to slow, stop or reverse their progress."}
{"text":"Wolverine: Road to protection\nAfter over a decade of battling for the recognition of these rare creatures as endangered, wolverines may finally get the protections they require.\n- January 2015-Cascades wolverine population growing, expanding southward\n- August 2014-Federal Agency Ignores Best Available Science In Decision Not To List Wolverine\n- Dec 2013-Wolverine USFWS protection plan period reopened\n- June 2013-Eleven wolverines are documented in Washington state\n- May 2013-US Fish and Wildlife Service finishes extends public comment period on wolverine ESA listing\n- April 2012-Conservation Northwest’s remote camera monitoring program records Peg, the first wolverine documented south of Highway 2 in more than 20 years.\n- 2011-With the help of volunteers we begin our wildlife monitoring project, hoping to spot wolverines and other little-seen animals\n- 2011-USFWS promises to determine whether wolverines deserve full protection by 2013, bumping wolverines to the top of a 250 candidate list\n- 2010-USFWS determines wolverines warrant protection, but proposal does not come until February of 2013\n- 2008-USFWS denies wolverine listing for a second time, sending us back to court to challenge the finding. Case results in settlement by which the Service agrees to reconsider its finding\n- 2006-Federal judge overturns USFWS refusal to consider new protections for wolverines, following challenges made to the refusal by us and other groups.\n- 2005-Federal researchers begin studying Washington’s wolverines\n- 2003-Fish and Wildlife Service issues a preliminary negative finding on listing petition for wolverines.\n- 2000-Campaign to protect wolverines begins with a petition to the USFWS requesting a listing of wolverines under the ESA.\n- Early 1900s-Wolverines lost from much of their historical range following years of heavy trapping and indiscriminate poison-baiting aimed at other carnivores"}
{"text":"Ranger in the Classroom\nThis program is designed to help teachers in schools near the Tule Lake Unit provide more information about the history of the Tule Lake Unit by inviting a ranger to speak to the class. The topics that rangers cover in their classroom presentations depend on the teacher's requests, but primarily focuses on the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII, and the Civilian Conservation Corps. When making your request, please let us know what topic(s) you would like us to cover and how much background knowledge your students have the subject.\nTo request a ranger in the classroom presentation please e-mail or call the education coordinator at 530-667-8119.\nDid You Know?\nTule Lake was never dark. 223 light posts spaced 50 feet apart surrounded the buildings and were lit 24/7. Daily water consumption at Tule Lake was over 1 million gallons per day."}
{"text":"Physiological and evolutionary origin of the eukaryotic microtubule system – Alliegro Lab\nAll eukaryotic cells (cells with nuclei, such as human and plant cells) have a skeletal system made of microtubules. This microtubule-based “cytoskeleton” requires an organizing center to function effectively. In animal cells, the microtubule organizing center, or MTOC, is the centrosome. The centrosome and the structures that arise from it are essential for normal cell division. They are also essential for the formation and function of tiny hair-like structures on the cell surface known as cilia. An almost uncountable number of human maladies are directly or indirectly related to the cytoskeleton, abnormal cell division, and malfunctioning cilia. Moreover, since the microtubule-based cytoskeleton is a signature structure of all eukaryotic cells, its evolutionary history holds clues to the origins of all animals and plants.\nThe Alliegro lab is interested in the genesis of the centrosome and related structures during the living cell cycle, as well as their original development in eukaryotic cells approximately two billion years ago. To this end, the laboratory has isolated a unique group of nucleic acids (RNAs) from centrosomes and uses them to study both aspects of centrosome genesis, the physiological and the evolutionary. In the former case, these RNAs have been used to discover a link between the centrosome and a poorly understood subcompartment of the nucleus known as the nucleolinus. The Alliegros have shown that the nucleolinus gives rise to centrosomal precursors (see microscopic image, below) and is essential for formation of the cell division apparatus. From the evolutionary standpoint, the laboratory is providing evidence that these RNAs (and by inference, MTOCs) have origins that stretch back further than the beginnings of the eukaryotic cell line and perhaps originated with prokaryotic cells (such as bacteria) or viruses."}
{"text":"Both 过得 and 过得去 are common in China, but 过得 and 过得去 can have different meanings.\n过得: 生活得(怎么样), how one's life lives; For example, 你过得怎么样？：How are you getting along? or how is your life (you live)?\n过得去: to get through or get by; It has literal and metaphorical meaning. The literal meaning is to physically get through and metaphorically, it means to get through a difficult situation. For example, 我过得去 could simple mean 'I can get it through'. 我生活还过得去： 'Things in my life are able to get through.' It implies that your life is okay or not too bad."}
{"text":"Sustainable development offers a vision that includes short and long-term goals, local and global actions related to social, economic and environmental issues which are inseparable and interdependent components of human evolution.\nWe are working to develop deprived and poor local societies / economies in combination with the environmentally responsible use of all resources: natural, social, human and financial to ensure that meeting next generations’ needs will not be at risk.\nWe implement projects that focus on reducing environmental pollution, awareness raising on climate change, promoting the use of alternative energy sources and green economy, promoting the alternative use of land through organic farming, developing agro-tourism and generating income for the less privileged. Through the implementation of our projects, we strive to develop the appropriate economic, social and environmental conditions that will lead these regions to growth, either through the expansion of an action or by creating opportunities for new actions. Our projects also offer new employment opportunities in the areas we intervene, which by itself, contributes to their economic growth.\nWe seek to contribute to the implementation of the Sustainable development goals and to transform our world based on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development."}
{"text":"Cattle Feed Clarification\nJanuary 1, 2004\nReferring to a point made in a August 2003 article on vegetarian foods (page 23), which touched on conversion rates of grain to meat, Joe Regenstein, a professor of food science at Cornell University, notes that cattle are not moved to a feedlot until their weight hits more than 600lbs. Until that time, they are primarily grass-fed, not grain fed. In some countries, the animal is slaughtered after ingesting only grass. “So an explicit statement that it takes 7 lbs. of grain to produce 1 lb. of beef is quite misleading,” he writes. Thanks to Joe for clearing this up."}
{"text":"Gracilinanus microtarsus (J. A. Wagner, 1842), called the Brazilian gracile opossum, is a small didelphid that is 1 of 6 species in the genus Gracilinanus. It is a sexually dimorphic, solitary marsupial that has a highly seasonal reproductive pattern. It inhabits Atlantic rain forests and semideciduous forests interspersed in the highly seasonal cerrado (savanna-like vegetation) in southeastern and southern Brazil. It prefers locations associated with low canopy cover and it also occurs in habitats altered by anthropogenic events. The species is classified as Least Concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.\nYou have requested a machine translation of selected content from our databases. This functionality is provided solely for your convenience and is in no way intended to replace human translation. Neither BioOne nor the owners and publishers of the content make, and they explicitly disclaim, any express or implied representations or warranties of any kind, including, without limitation, representations and warranties as to the functionality of the translation feature or the accuracy or completeness of the translations.\nTranslations are not retained in our system. Your use of this feature and the translations is subject to all use restrictions contained in the Terms and Conditions of Use of the BioOne website."}
{"text":"Tanabata is a Japanese tradition wherein people write their wishes on tanzaku papers colorful, small strips of papers and hang them on bamboo branches. People also decorate bamboo branches with various kinds of paper decorations and place them outside their houses.\nIt’s said that tanabata’s origin dates back to more than 2,000 years ago with an old Chinese tale. Once there was a weaver princess named Orihime and a cow herder prince named Hikoboshi living in space. After they got together, they were playing all the time and forgot about their jobs. The king was angry at them and separated them on opposite sides of the Amanogawa River Milky Way. The king allowed them to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar. Tanabata literally means the night of the seventh, and it’s also known as the star festival. It’s believed that Orihime and Hikoboshi can’t see each other if the day is rainy, so people pray for good weather and also make wishes for themselves.\nDepending on regions, it’s celebrated on July 7 or August 7, which is around the seventh day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar, in Japan. Many cities and towns hold Tanabata festivals and set colorful displays along the main streets. It’s fun to walk through the long streamers on the street. In some regions, people light lanterns and float them on the river, or float bamboo leaves on the river."}
{"text":"With this amendment to ROSES-2006, NASA establishes a new program element in Appendix E.5 entitled \"History of the Scientific Exploration of Earth and Space.\" The primary objective of the History of the Scientific Exploration of Earth and Space (HSEES) program element is to engage, inform, and inspire diverse public audiences by sharing historical knowledge about NASA's scientific exploration of the Earth and space and by communicating NASA's unique contributions to the advancement of Earth and space science during the past 50 years. An essential component of communicating to the public is accurate, complete, well-written histories about the scientific exploration of space.\nThe HSEES program element solicits proposals to produce accurate, complete, interpretive, and readable histories of major activities in NASA's scientific exploration of Earth and space as supported by the Science Mission Directorate and its predecessor organizations since the establishment of NASA. This program element is broadly defined to include cooperative international activities in which these NASA organizations played a significant role. Notices of Intent to propose are due December 15, 2006, and proposals are due February 15, 2007. On or about October 26, 2006, Amendment No. 19 to the NASA Research Announcement \"Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2006\" (NNH06ZDA001N) will be posted on the NASA research opportunity homepage at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ (select \"Solicitations\" then \"Open Solicitations\" then \"NNH06ZDA001N\").\nQuestions may be addressed to Dr. T. Jens Feeley, Management and Policy Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546-0001; Telephone: (202) 358-1714; Email: email@example.com.\n[Source: NAI Newsletter]\nPlease follow Astrobiology on Twitter."}
{"text":"Coronary CT Angio (CCTA)\nCoronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is a heart imaging test that helps determine if plaque buildup has narrowed the coronary arteries, the blood vessels that supply the heart.\nWhat is a Coronary CT Angio (CCTA)?\nCoronary CT angiography is the use of computed tomography angiography to assess the coronary arteries of the heart. This is a non-invasive test which tells the percentage of narrowing of the coronary artery and calcification of plaque. In order to fix those blockages will require routine coronary angiography.\nHow does CCTA work?\nCoronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) uses an injection of iodine-containing contrast material and CT scanning to examine the arteries that supply blood to the heart and determine whether they have been narrowed. The images generated during a CT scan can be reformatted to create three-dimensional (3D) images that may be viewed on a monitor, printed on film or by a 3D printer, or transferred to electronic media.\nSchedule a personalized assessment and find out your treatment options.\nDr. Moinakhtar Lala and Dr. Mehran J. Khorsandi\nMeet Your Specialists\nThe Center for Advanced Cardiac and Vascular Interventions (CACVI) is led by Dr. Khorsandi and Dr. Lala, who have over thirty years of practice with over 15,000 successful vascular and cardiac procedures performed. Our physicians are determined to provide each patient with unparalleled expertise and compassionate care as they work diligently to improve your health."}
{"text":"Americans will pay an average of 20% of their income in federal taxes this year.\nNearly everyone hates paying taxes, but you may be kind of fuzzy on how much in total you ship off to Uncle Sam.\nFor example, you might know that you’re in the 25% tax bracket, but that doesn’t mean you hand over 25% of your pay—that’s a marginal rate that applies only to part of your income. You also have to subtract out deductions and credits, and then add in taxes that aren’t part of the income tax, like for Social Security. Fortunately, the Tax Policy Center has been doing the heavy lifting of keeping track of all this, and it’s just put out some new numbers.\nOn Monday, the nonpartisan research group released information on the 2015 tax year based on an update of the model they use to calculate what people pay. According to the Center’s data, Americans will pay an average of 19.8% of their income in taxes to the federal government. That number doesn’t include state taxes or city taxes (we’ve got those in NYC.)\nAs you can see, most of your tax dollars come from income tax and payroll tax, with a little bit going to corporate tax. Why is an individual paying a tax that’s reserved for businesses? Well, Mitt Romney wasn’t totally wrong when he said corporations are people—at least for the purposes of tax policy. In the end, a corporate tax has to make a flesh-and-blood person somewhere less wealthy than they’d otherwise be. The center’s model takes into account the fact that even non-CEOs indirectly pay some corporate tax, partly in reduced wages but mostly through lower returns to investors and business owners. (Not surprisingly, people in higher brackets effectively pay more in corporate tax.)\nWhile the average tax burden is 19.8% of your salary, most people actually pay less because that number is skewed by high earners. So the Tax Policy Center also breaks out the average federal tax burden by income bracket, so you can see how much of your income you’ll likely be shelling out this year."}
{"text":"Chemistry as Music\nThis video was created for an exhibition at Technical Museum Zagreb.\nExhibition name is Countless Faces of Periodic Table of Elements. Video shows how chemical elements and formulas would sound if played as music.\nIn the year 1865 The young English chemist John Newlands arranged chemical elements, in the table, so that each element could join one tone of musical scale. His classification is called the Law of Octaves.\nThis was a challenging project because not only did I have to animate, but compose music as well. I was given chemical formulas and John Newlands Law of Octaves witch shows what element corresponds to what note. For basic concept I used Garage Band, and Logic PRO for final composition. After intense research on the subject, the look of the video presented itself. Somewhere between Monty Pythons animation and science presentation.\nThis is an animatic video for a longer version. Unfortunately there wasn’t enough time to make it, but maybe in the future it will see the light of day."}
{"text":"The Leishmania parasite is an intracellular pathogen of the immune system targeting macrophages and dendritic cells. The disease Leishmaniasis affects the populations of 88 counties worldwide with symptoms ranging from disfiguring cutaneous and muco-cutaneous lesions that can cause widespread destruction of mucous membranes to visceral disease affecting the haemopoetic organs.\nThe species of the L. donovani complex are found in different geographical regions. L. donovani is the primary cause of visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent and East Africa, L. infantum in the the Mediterranean region and L. chagasi in the New World. While the last two species are genetically identical, all three species are very similar. L. infantum was chosen as the second Leishmania species to sequence after L. major because it is part of the L. donovani complex and is an adaptable species for experimentation. For more information on visceral Leishmaniasis we recommend the WHO website\nPublished Genome Data\nA whole genome shotgun, to ~5x coverage, of L. infantum clone JPCM5 (MCAN/ES/98/LLM-877) was generated. This was completed in October 2003. This project is a collaboration with Professor Debbie Smith (University of York) and Professor Jeremy Mottram (University of Glasgow).\nComparative genomic analysis of three Leishmania species that cause diverse human disease.\nNature genetics 2007;39;7;839-47\nData Use Statement\nThis sequencing centre plans on publishing the completed and annotated sequences in a peer-reviewed journal as soon as possible. Permission of the principal investigator should be obtained before publishing analyses of the sequence/open reading frames/genes on a chromosome or genome scale. See our data sharing policy.\nPlease address all sequencing enquiries to: email@example.com"}
{"text":"President Roosevelt asked for 6 additional Supreme Court justices. However, his ‘packing plan’ was defeated. In 1937, Roosevelt believed that the last remaining barrier to his New Deal was the Supreme Court. Indeed, the Court, comprised of pre-Roosevelt appointees, was not entirely supportive of Roosevelt’s New Deal reform measures. To prevent further backsliding, Roosevelt proposed to reorganize the Supreme Court; his plan would have enabled him to add a new justice for every sitting justice over 70 years of age. The reorganization bill was roundly criticized as a blatant violation of the separation of powers and the rule of law. Roosevelt’s bill ultimately proved unsuccessful in Congress. It was voted down. But, in a larger …\nWe have have no profile for this entry. If you are a qualified scholar and you wish to write for The Literary Encyclopedia, please click here to contact us.\nRichert, Lucas Paul. \"Roosevelt attempts ‘pack’ Supreme Court\". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2008\n[https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5611, accessed 21 September 2017.]"}
{"text":"Three great building activities areas … build the longest bridge … build the tallest tower … or just build whatever you want.\nWoodlawn Lower School\nLearning at Woodlawn School is rooted in project-based learning. This means that students learn and apply content knowledge and skills by creating projects designed to develop their understanding of the world around them. They work collaboratively to create something that demonstrates their new understandings to a real audience, and each project culminates in a formal presentation. Through project work, sources of information are not limited to traditional textbooks. Instead, students examine information from “expert” adults, field experiences, primary source documents, nonfiction books, and Internet resources. Technology (e.g. iPad use) is an integral part of our project work. Keeping in line with our methodology, technology is integrated into the classroom rather than provided as a discrete subject area in a computer lab environment.\nIn addition to meeting our academic standards, students leaving our Lower School program are equipped with the skills necessary to be successful in Middle School. Lower School students have the ability to:\n- act responsibly and respectfully\n- demonstrate integrity\n- solve problems and think critically\n- organize and analyze information\n- cooperate with groups of peers\n- recognize and respect each other's points of view"}
{"text":"A thousand years of history\nFounded during the reign of William the Conqueror, Corfe Castle was a royal fortress for 500 years.\nIn 1635 it became the property of the Bankes family and in 1982 it passed into the ownership of the National Trust.\nGet a taste of life in a castle\nWhether you’re young or old, our castle tours offer a great way to bring the castle ruins to life.\nAn expert guide will place this dramatic ruined castle in its geographical and historical context.\nFor schools and colleges\nKey Stage 1\n- Discover what life was like in a castle\n- Homes now and then\nKey Stages 2 & 3\n- Past events, people and changes\n- Corfe Castle: A thousand years of history\n- Links to medieval realms\nHigher education and adult learning\n- Architectural stonework conservation (HND, undergraduate, masters)\n- Guided walks looking at the historic landscape of Purbeck, the stone industry and farming (adult learning)"}
{"text":"It is similar to Senecio tamoides and is known by the same common name. It can be distinguished by the soft leaves which are much paler on the under surface, broadly triangular in outline with very irregular lobes and dentations along the margins, giving the leaves a wrinkled and torn appearence. There are normally leaf-like false stipules present at the base of the petioles. The leaves of S. tamoides are more smooth and slightly leathery and more regularly dentate. No false stipules are present.Senecio deltoideus is a species of more open terrain, such as bracken and ericoid scrub or bush clumps in montane grassland, where it often forms masses on the ground and on lower scrub. S. tamoides is a typical constituent of the evergreen forest edge, where it acts more as a climbing species."}
{"text":"Five Prevention Tips for Esophageal Cancer\n1. Lose weight – Obesity leads to increased hiatus hernia and acid reflux which are responsible for the increasing rates of esophageal cancer. Talk with your doctor and develop a plan to lose weight by changing your eating habits and exercising regularly.\n2. Don’t lie down right after eating – For those with acid reflux, the valve between the esophagus and the stomach doesn’t function properly, allowing the contents of the stomach to back up into the esophagus. Lying down can make your reflux problem worse, leading to nighttime heartburn. Eat early enough (2-3 hours) to give your stomach time to empty prior to going to bed.\n3. Sleep with your head elevated – Lying down can exacerbate reflux disease. If you have reflux, consider taking action to make sure that your head and torso are elevated on a gradual incline while you sleep. Stomach acid, like water, does not roll uphill. You can raise one end of your bed so that your head is elevated as compared with your feet or you can use new products like the Gravity1st™ Elevated Sleep Systems mattress that allows you to sleep at a comfortable, yet Doctor recommended incline.\n4. Take an antacid if necessary – If you are still having reflux issues, you can temporarily try to neutralize stomach acid before it backs up into the esophagus with over the counter antacids.\n5. Talk to your doctor – If you have a long history of severe heartburn or acid indigestion, talk to your doctor about Barrett’s esophagus, which increases your risk of developing cancer. Even if your acid reflux symptoms are controlled, you still could be at risk. The only way to diagnose Barrett’s is with an endoscopy and biopsy. See www.ECAN.org for more information on Esophageal Cancer.\nApril is Esophageal Cancer Awareness month. Please help spread the word."}
{"text":"Better Students Ask More Questions.\nExplain the divisions within Latin American colonial society. In your writing, use...\n1 Answer | add yours\nLatin American colonial society was very hierarchical. A person's birth status did a great deal to determine what place in society he or she could possibly hold.\nOf the groups you mention, mulattoes were at the bottom. These were people whose ancestry was part European and part African. These people were generally a bit lower than mestizos who were part European and part Indian. However, this could vary.\nAll mixed-blood groups were lower than the pure white groups. But even the whites were divided. The lower group was the creoles. These were people of European descent who were born in the colonies. They were seen as inferior to the peninsulares, who were Europeans who were born in Europe and came over to the colonies. The highest offices and statuses were reserved for the peninsulares. This was a major reason for the eventual creole-led rebellions that brought independence to Latin America.\nPosted by pohnpei397 on March 29, 2012 at 12:36 AM (Answer #1)\nJoin to answer this question\nJoin a community of thousands of dedicated teachers and students."}
{"text":"As light travels through the atmosphere, most of the longer wavelengths just pass through straight away whilst some of the red, orange and yellow light, is affected by the air. Much of the shorter wavelength light, like the blue wavelength, is absorbed by the gas molecules, which is then radiated in different directions. It scattered all around the sky and so the blue colour seemed to occupy much of the sky.\nSaturday, 29 January 2011\nWHY THE SKY IS BLUE?\nThe sky is blue especially during bright days due to Rayleigh scattering. This scattering is the elastic scattering of electromagnetic radiation including light, by particles much smaller than the wavelength of the light. It can happen notably when light travels through gases or air. Rayleigh scattering of sunlight results in diffuse sky radiation, which is primarily the reason why the sky is blue and the sun look yellow."}
{"text":"Fourth graders at A.W. Becker studying the geography of New York, created their own map representations of the state last week. Students included New York’s major cities, bodies of water and geographical features in their maps. They also contained a map key or legend as well as a compass rose to demonstrate what they had learned about maps in their Social Studies class.\nMrs. Agostinoni’s, Mrs. Baumgras’s, Mrs. Conway’s and Conti’s, and Mrs. Tutay’s class all participated in the project."}
{"text":"I was privileged to witness a mother-child connection during a time of distress. The child, Evie*, about 3 years old, was wailing because her mother had taken a beloved toy to hold while Evie put her coat on. Mother bent down, said she could see that Evie had some big feelings, and asked if she could use her words to name that feeling. Evie quieted. Mother asked if she was feeling worried that maybe she would not get her toy back. Evie nodded. Mother stated, I will give you your toy back; does that help the worry get smaller? Evie responded, “Yes!” Mother helped Evie put her coat on, gave the toy back, and picked her up. Evie smiled and snuggled with her mother.\nThis is a wonderful example of providing support and teaching emotional coping skills to a young child. What happened during this exchange?\n• The child’s distress was recognized and acknowledged.\n• A feelings vocabulary was being supported by naming the feeling of worry.\n• The child experienced that mother was able to remain calm and handle the child’s big feelings, which was soothing to the child.\n• An action plan was developed that related to resolving the feeling of worry.\n• Mother and child were able to close the incident with affection.\nWhat had the potential to be an example of disconnection (criticism or dismissal by mother, escalating distress by child) was transformed into an experience of attunement.\n*Names and identifying information changed."}
{"text":"An optical method was developed to measure the two-dimensional (2D) surface curvatures of electronic packages by employing four laser beams. Each laser beam measures the slopes of the surface at the incident point along two perpendicular directions. By combining four pairs of slopes, the 2D surface curvatures of the package can be calculated. The surface warpage of an underfilled flip-chip package during thermal cycling was measured by this method and the result was verified by finite element analysis (FEA). Both experimental and FEA results show that the surface warpage is almost a linear function of temperature between 25°C and 150°C for the measured package.\nAn Optical Method for Measuring the Two-Dimensional Surface Curvatures of Electronic Packages During Thermal Cycling\nContributed by the Electrical and Electronic Packaging Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC PACKAGING. Manuscript received by the EEPD September 10, 1999; revised manuscript received March 21, 2000. Associate Editor: R. Schmidt.\n- Views Icon Views\n- Share Icon Share\n- Search Site\nDu, Y., Zhao , J., and Ho, P. (March 21, 2000). \"An Optical Method for Measuring the Two-Dimensional Surface Curvatures of Electronic Packages During Thermal Cycling .\" ASME. J. Electron. Packag. September 2001; 123(3): 196–199. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1347987\nDownload citation file:"}
{"text":"Distance learning: These digital interactive books are hosted on the Boom Learning℠ Site. Each story is read aloud, includes 8 pages, and student will drag and drop to match the correct picture on each page.\nGet these digital books with the printable versions as well, majorly discounted HERE.\nPREVIEW! Test out one of these digital books by clicking the link HERE!\nThese interactive/adapted books are designed to help your students become more comfortable readers and more fluent speakers.\nThe sentences on the bottom all follow the same format of \"I feel ___\", \"I eat ___\", \"I like ___\", etc. Using carrier phrases like this help students get used to speaking in longer sentences and once you have them speaking in sentences while reading, you can encourage that even more in everyday activities!\n★ Interactive Books with Audio onBoom Cards:\nBoom Cards are compatible with Google Classroom™, SeeSaw, and other similar online platforms that permit you to assign by URL.\nTo use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires.\nFor security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. With a free account, you will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with \"Fast Pins\" (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is always a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks. For additional assignment options and data collection, you'll need a premium account. If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account. Read here for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial.\nIf you would like to print and prep physical copies of these books, you can find them here.\nThis listing is for one classroom. If using for more than one classroom/teacher, please purchase additional licenses as needed."}
{"text":"New Delhi, June 30: Improved packaging of Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) could reduce infant mortality rates in developing countries like India.\nSimple changes in packaging can lead to significant increase in the willingness of caregivers to provide ORS to their children.\nInfant dehydration due to diarrhea results in 600,000 deaths annually in the developing world due to inappropriate or no treatment. ORS is a key medicine to combat diarrhea.\nCaregivers indicated that current ORS packaging designs had inappropriately large sachets, lacking clear usage details and were visually unappealing.\n\"Every additional sachet of ORS sold because of improved aesthetic appeal has the potential to save the life of a child with diarrhea.\nMaking simple changes to the packaging of an existing product is an easily implementable strategy that could begin immediately.\nThe majority of ORS sachets on the market are packaged to make a liter of solution. A primary concern of the rural caregivers interviewed was the inconvenience and wastage created through sourcing a liter of clean water to make a solution that needed to be consumed within a 24-hour time period.\nReducing the sachet size to make a smaller volume will reduce this potential for waste, reduce the cost per sachet and increase product appeal."}
{"text":"The Ashtagrama Iyers are a group of Vadama Iyers\nor South Indian Brahmins with their roots in the Ashtagrama villages situated in the Kolar\ndistrict of Karnataka\nThe Ancient history of this sect is not clearly known but it is believed thatin the early 16th century a few of the Iyers from the North Arcot and the Tanjavur\ndistricts of Tamil Nadu migrated to the Ashtagrama group of villages, at the request of the existing government, as learned Priests, Vedic Scholars and Agriculturists. They soon transformed it from a once poor community, into a well-educated and prosperous one.\nAshtagrama (literally,'eight villages') consists of several villages which are located in the Valley of the Palar River\n, which flows through the Kolar district into Tamil Nadu. The 10 villages on the North side of the river are Cholagunte, Doddiganahalli, Devarayasamudra, Gangigunte, Honnagaanahalli, Kothamangala, Minijenahalli, Thattangunte, Vijalapura and Yelagundanahalli. The remainder of the villages, Aralakunte, Chamarahalli, Gangapura, Hunkunda and Shillangeri are on the southern side of the river. Though the Iyers form the majority of the population all these villages show communal diversity.Main business of Ashtagram Iyers is hotel business, many of them scattered across southern karnataka and established their hotels.Major population of Ashtagram Iyers stay in Kolar, Bangalore and USA.\nCustoms and beliefs\nMost of the customs of the Ashtagrama Iyers remain the same as... Read More"}
{"text":"One of the hallmarks of science is questions. Even the abstract instructions for this ESA meeting indicate that the talk \"should address some question.\" Not necessarily answer it -- just address it.\nConversations between scientists and reporters about environmental sciences often involve the reporter asking the expert questions such as: How fast will it get warmer? Is the drought over? What effect will losing Species A have on the ecosystem? Members of the media look for certainty from scientific experts, but instead are often given answers like, \"More research is needed.\" \"We don't know, because this species is understudied.\" Or \"Our best guess is ... .\"\nIt appears that the so-called experts don't know anything -- so then what's the point of asking them? In fact, in the political arena, the other side offers certainty: The amount of CO2 humans have added to the atmosphere is minuscule, the Earth has had warmer climates in the past, and we're still here. Besides, it will be good for agriculture because plants need carbon dioxide to grow; Rainfall has been normal for the past four months; Extinction is a natural process.\nThe problem for the reporter on deadline is -- who you gonna call? And who will sound more credible to your editor and your readers?\nThis talk will discuss how experts who are all-too-aware of the amount they don't know can better communicate what they do indeed know, error bars and all, to the media, and thereby the public."}
{"text":"Definition of steam railroad\n1 : a railroad for steam locomotives\n2 : a railroad required to make reports in accordance with a uniform system of accounts for railroad companies prescribed by the U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission\nLove words? Need even more definitions?Merriam-Webster unabridged\nWords at Play\nAsk the Editors\n- Why Do People Pronounce It \"Nucular\"?\n- On Contractions of Multiple Words\n- Is Singular 'They' a Better Choice?\n- Word Puzzles Take the quiz\n- Where in the World? A Quiz Take the quiz\n- Spell It Take the quiz\n- Add Diction Play the game"}
{"text":"HISTORY OF HOMEWORK\nPublished 4:00 am, Sunday, December 19, 1999\nMid-19th century: Most students leave school after sixth grade. High school homework is demanding but uncontroversial.\n1900-1913: Ladies' Home Journal takes up a crusade against homework, enlisting doctors and parents who say it damages children's health.\n1899-1915: Various school districts around the country, including San Francisco, Sacramento and Los Angeles, pass anti-homework regulations.\n1901: California legislature passes law abolishing homework in grades K-8, and limiting it in high school.\n1948: National survey shows that median amount of time spent on homework by high school students is three to four hours per week.\n1940's-1960's: Educational debate shifts from abolishing homework to reforming homework and making it more creative and individualized.\n1949-1955: Progressive education\nmovement comes under attack, charged with being anti-intellectual and insufficiently rigorous. Pro-homework movement forms.\n1957: Launch of Sputnik gives pro-homework movement a boost, setting off concerns that American students aren't keeping up with Russian counterparts.\n1983: \"A Nation At Risk\" denounces \"rising tide of mediocrity\" in American schools. Three years later, the U.S. Department of Education publishes pamphlet called \"What Works\" and concludes that homework does.\n1990s: Overwhelming consensus in favor of homework: among both educators and general public. Many districts have policies requiring homework. Survey shows level of high school homework hasn't increased, but amount given to kids in elementary school has gone up dramatically."}
{"text":"Do you know the many health benefits of aerobic exercises. There are so many aerobic types to choose from, so there's no way you can't find one for your taste and have fum while doing aerobics.\nHealth benefits of aerobic exercises\nThere are two kinds of aerobic exercises and they both have in common one major thing: air. Aerobics means, in fact, \"in the presence of oxygen\".\nThis major life-supporting element is brought to us into different ways: low-impact (swimming, walking, cycling, rowing) and high-impact aerobics (jogging, skipping, jumping jacks, stair climbing).\nAs an extra to all these activities, people can now practice more fun exercises, like aerobic dancing, kickboxing, water aerobics and Zumba (a combination of regular aerobics and Latin dance).\nNo matter what kind of aerobics you decide to practice, this healthy way of moving has its well defined health benefits. So what are they?\nYour fitness level changes during aerobics, thus it burns calories.\nLet's put it in another way: you burn more calories compared to a sedentary person even during sleep. Your heart will feel excellent, you will move faster, you'll get less tired and your body will be in a great shape. Also, aerobics increase the basic metabolic rate.\nHaving a fast metabolism is simply great - the more lean muscle mass you have, the faster your metabolism, and the faster is the process of burning fat.\nAerobics change entirely your life style, if you are really serious\nIt raises your fitness level, it decreases your body mass index and blood pressure, and it calms you by relieving anxiety and tension. Your lipid profile will be improved, and so it will be your blood pressure. You'll be proud of your flexibility and you'll look better than ever!"}
{"text":"What force values go in the blanks on the horizontal scale?\nThe figure (attached as an image) shows an acceleration-versus-force graph for a 600 g object.\nThe Attempt at a Solution\nI was thinking from F=ma that:\na) F=5X600 = 3000N\nb) F=10X600 = 6000N\nBut my answer is definitely not being accepted by the computer so i must be doing something wrong. Any ideas?\n4.6 KB Views: 1,126"}
{"text":"See attached file for full problem description.\n1. Find dy for each of the following functions.\nd) y=square root 5x - square root x/5\n2. a) Find the slope of the tangent to the curve y=4x^3-3x^2+1 at the point where x=-1.\nb) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve y=2x-x2 that is perpendicular to the line x+4y-8=0.\n3. If f(x)=320, find the derivative of f(x). Clearly give reason(s) for the answer.\n4. Given f(x)=x3-1/2x^2+1. Find the value of x where dy =4.\nThe solution shows how to apply basic rules to calculate the derivatives of functions and equation of tangent line in detail."}
{"text":"The team had to make sure all the robots and lights were in place and the synchronicity of all the elements was intact.\nThe means involved in achieving this synchronicity are characteristic of the various stages in human evolution.\n1580s, \"quality of being synchronous,\" from Modern Latin synchronismus, from Greek synchronismos, from synchronos (see synchronous). Meaning \"recurring at the same successive instants of time\" is from 1854.\nsynchronism syn·chro·nism (sĭng'krə-nĭz'əm, sĭn'-)\nCoincidence in time; simultaneousness. Also called synchronia."}
{"text":"During her fieldwork, Freya van Kersteren was followed by a film crew who has managed to capture some unique footage of her activities in Bale Mountains National Park, the largest remaining afro-alpine habitat in the world. At the start of this movie, Freya states that there is a lot of pressure of the land here in Ethiopia, with almost 20.000 people permanently living in the park.\nAt the time that the film crew visited Freya, there is an actual rabies outbreak amongst the wolves. Freya explains how she believes that this outbreak originates from the domestic dogs. The dogs are there to guard people’s houses, and when the wolves come to close to people’s houses the dogs chase them away, and that is how they can infect the wolves through their bites. The elegant long-legged creatures, Africa’s most endangered canids, are seriously threatened in their existence with rabies as one of their main enemies.\nFreya carries her work out at least 4200 metres above sea level, and the footage clearly shows that her daily task to follow the wolves is not an easy one in this rugged area of thin air. In fact, her work required extraordinary willpower and stamina, and Freya proved us that she has it all. She managed to live with the wolves for 9 months per year, for several years and succeeded in collecting valuable fecal samples that have now enabled us to have unique new knowledge about the reproduction of this animal. The footage you can view here will give you an insight into what the work really entailed."}
{"text":"The objective of the \"Underground Railroad and its Connection to the Ohio Valley\" program is to educate the general public with the emphasis on youth. Our program, which is taken to the public, includes the use of hands on materials contained in the \"Traveling Trunk.\" We are committed to increasing public knowledge of the Underground Railroad, the lives of countless freedom seekers that fought and struggled in order to escape slavery in the south by crossing the Ohio River particularly in the area of Wheeling, Virginia, and the abolitionists who were relentless in their condemnation of slavery.\nVisitor Information: Currently open to public.\nLocation: 206 High Street, P.O. Box 47, Flushing, 43977\nNational Park Unit: No\nOwnership: Underground Railroad Museum Fdn, Inc.\nLocation Type: Program"}
{"text":"Chasing Secrets by Gennifer Choldenko\nPublished by Wendy Lamb Books in 2015.\nMiddle grade students will love this historical fiction story! Flash back to 1900’s San Francisco where there may be a plague outbreak. Lizzie realizes that their cook hid his son in her house to keep him safe, but now Jing, the cook is stuck because they quarentined Chinatown. Lizzie works to connect Jing and his son, but it’s difficult when you are an 11 year old girl. And it also turns out that there may be more to this plague than meets the eye.\nThis story has a great pace, great characters, and allows the reader to think about gender boundries and racial boundries.\n“Just remember there’s a price to pay for secrets. Trust is what holds us together, Lizzie. Secrets tear us apart.” (p. 168)\n“How can you decide one life is more valuable than another?” (p. 227)"}
{"text":"Reactor Water Chemistry\nWithout references, DESCRIBE the effects of radiation on reactor water and methods of\ntreatment for the products.\nDESCRIBE the process of radiolytic decomposition and recombination of water.\nDESCRIBE the process of radiolytic decomposition and recombination of nitric acid and\nSTATE the advantage of maintaining excess hydrogen in reactor water.\nSTATE the three sources of radioactivity in reactor water and each ones decay product.\nSTATE the following for reactor water chemistry.\nNine parameters controlled\nReason for controlling each parameter\nMethod of controlling each parameter\nSTATE the possible effects of abnormal chemistry on core conditions."}
{"text":"This article does not have any sources. (March 2012)\nA trisomy is when there are three copies of a chromosome. Normally in humans there is only two copies of any given chromosome. The most notable condition is Trisomy 21 syndrome which is better known as Down Syndrome, a form of developmental genetic disorder.\nRelated pages[change | change source]"}
{"text":"S-RNase-based self-incompatibility (SI) occurs in the Solanaceae, Rosaceae and Plantaginaceae, with S-RNases determining the specificity of pollen rejection in the pistil and S-locus F-box proteins fulfilling this function in pollen. McClure et al. introduce the genetics of SI and briefly describe the characteristics of S-RNases and pollen F-box proteins. Two alternative mechanisms have been proposed whereby compatibility is explained either as a result of degradation of non-self S-RNase or by its compartmentalization so that it does not have access to the pollen tube cytoplasm. These models are not necessarily mutually exclusive, but each makes different predictions about whether pollen compatibility or incompatibility is the default."}
{"text":"Quarter Note Strumming\nThe videos below are to be used as a training device to assist you in making smooth chord changes. The goal is to play through each of the 5 chord progressions without error and by knowing the chord names by memory.\n- Each chord receives 8 strums. We are not worried about doing fancy strumming patterns yet - Right now we want to separate our focus and only concentrate on the hand that is making the chord shapes. Once we get smooth at making the chords with our fretting hand, then we will add strumming patterns later.\n- Count each strum in your head 1-8. I also count the number of strums in the videos, but sometimes I don't say every number, this is where you need to continue counting.\n- If you are unable to change every chord, then just play every OTHER chord until you are able to start changing chords more frequently.\nChord Progression 1\nChord Progression 2\nChord Progression 3\nChord Progression 4\nChord Progression 5\nA More Difficult Challenge\nBelow are the chords used in this video. Each chord is only strummed 4x on this one, so please make sure that you write down and prepare for each chord you are going to play. Start out by playing every other chord.\nG / C / Am / D / G / Em / C / D / Am / C"}
{"text":"In the beginning, Pyrex was marketed as a luxury item and sales were strong. But in the mid-twenties Pyrex sales stagnated. To find out why, Corning Glass Works began a partnership in 1925 with J. Walter Thompson, a major advertising and marketing agency.\nJ. Walter Thompson conducted an in-depth investigation with dealers and consumers in southern New England, eastern New York, and southern Ohio. Based on the results, J. Walter Thompson drew a couple of conclusions. First, it appeared that Pyrex advertising was reaching people; the reason for stagnating sales wasn’t lack of advertising. Second, the survey showed that people found Pyrex too expensive—a luxury item more suitable as a gift rather than used for everyday cooking. J. Walter Thompson recommended cuts to the Pyrex line of 39 pieces to lower manufacturing costs. The second recommendation made was about the marketing of Pyrex. They also suggested that marketing a set of everyday dishes could lead to stronger sales. The result: a kitchen set of everyday Pyrex for $5.15 sold through department stores, helping the public see Pyrex as more than just a luxury product.\nThese changes helped to stop the declining sales of Pyrex, but the product line did not see much growth in sales. J. Walter Thompson again brought up steep manufacturing costs passed on to the consumer through high prices. Corning worked on bringing down costs and by 1933 all production of Pyrex was fully automated, reducing the price of products by half. J. Walter Thompson also suggested that glass would always be novelty unless it could be used on top of the stove as well as in the oven. Corning began working on a top-of-the-stove product and by 1936 had developed Flameware."}
{"text":"Layers are how collected data is organized in Touch GIS. Think of layers as folders that hold groups of collected or imported point, line, or polygon features. Touch GIS offers many features for organizing and managing your data layers.\nAccess a project's layers by tapping the 'Layers' button in the lower left corner of the screen.\nLayer Visibility Toggle layer visibility on/off by tapping the switch on the layers folder icon. Swithing visibility to off means all features and sublayers will not be displayed on the base map.\nEdit Name To edit a layer's name simply tap on a layer's name in the upper tool bar.\nReorder Layers To reorder layers, tap the 'Edit' button in the upper right corner of the layer panel. You'll see drag bars appear. Tap and drag on these bars to move layers up or down in the hierarchy.\nDelete Layers To delete layers, tap the 'Edit' button in the upper right corner of the layer panel. You'll see red delete buttons appear next to each layer. Tap the delete button on the layer you want to delete, then confirm your decision.\nAdd Layer This feature allows you to create a new sublayer inside the current layer you're viewing.\nNumber of Features in Layer This displays the number of features housed inside a sublayer.\nShare Layers To access sharing option for a layer (or entire project if you're viewing the master layer) simply tap Share in the options bar at the bottom of the layers panel.\nImport Layers To import data to your layers, simply tap Import button in the options bar at the bottom of the layers panel.\nMove A Layer Use this feature to move a layer inside or out of another layer.\nLayer Opacity Set the opacity of a layer and all it's sublayers.\nLock Layer This feature locks a layer, meaning it is visible on the base map but features in that layer are not selectable."}
{"text":"MASSACRES AND DEPORTATIONS\nAug 31, 1921.\nLONDON, August 29.\nThe Constantinople correspondent of\n\"the Times\" says disquieting news\ncomes from the interior of Anatolia.\nThere is no doubt that the Nationalist\nauthorities have revived the policy of\nthe Committee of Union and Progress\nof massacring or deporting Greeks and\nMany Greeks from the Black Sea\nlittoral have been killed, and one con-\nvoy of deportees which started 900\nstrong, has reached Sivas with only\n200 left. Some 5000 Turkish Arme-\nnians, including women and children,\nhave been deported. Many were mas-\nsacred or died on the march.\nThe Nationalists care little for Eur-\nopean or American opinion, but they\nprofess to respect the opinion of Mos-\nlems in India. The correspondent\nwrites: \"Is it too much to ask the\nresponsible leaders of Indian Moslems\nto use their influence at Angora to\nprevent a repetion of the horrors of\n1915 and 1916. No prominent In-\ndian's voice has yet denounced the\nTurkish tyranny over Christians.\""}
{"text":"The Age of Dinosaurs\nDuring the Mesozoic Era, from 228 million to 65 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the earth. In 1822, British physician Gideon Mantell discovered the first dinosaur fossil—a jawbone. In the more than 190 years since Dr. Mantell’s find, a large number of dinosaur fossils have been unearthed all over the world. Through research, identification and restoration work, paleontologists now have a clearer picture of dinosaur anatomy and muscle structure, and can build reconstructions to relive the age of dinosaurs.\nIn August of 2004, renovations to the Dinosaur Gallery were completed. The most obvious addition is an animated Tyrannosaurus rex model measuring four meters in height and seven meters in length. There is also a pair of animated models of Velociraptors which demonstrate how these predators took down their prey. Other exhibits of interest include the bones of an Ankylosaurus, fossilized specimens of an Oviraptor group that was buried together, and Tyrannosaurus rex skull and skeleton. On the 2nd floor are more exhibits including those that answer the question, “What are dinosaurs?” Archaeopteryx is also introduced. Don’t forget to look up to see ancient flying reptiles gliding overhead."}
{"text":"Some residents in the Upper Midwest were surprised to be shaken by an earthquake last night.\nThe United States Geological Survey reported that the earthquake, which had an estimated magnitude of 4.3, was centered near Virgil, about 50 miles northwest of Chicago, at a depth of about three miles. There were no immediate reports of aftershocks... Amy Vaughan, a geophysicist with the agency, said that the tremor was only the second notable earthquake in more than 30 years to rattle the area. Even though the quake was relatively small, it was felt by residents as far away as southern Wisconsin...\nOne of the best sources for information on earthquakes is the U. S. Geological Survey; the map above shows that earthquakes are common along the Pacific coast, but in just the past week they have also been recorded near the New Madrid fault and in New Jersey, Tennessee, Texas, and the Rockies. A comparable map of world earthquakes is available at the same link.\nNews link. USGS link."}
{"text":"Each question in this quiz is timed.\nClick the button below to start the quiz.\nWhich of the following is considered a primary lymphoid organ:\nNeutrophils recognize their target through :\nMHC-restricted antigen presentation\nPattern recognition receptors\nA low molecular weight substance can't induce immune response unless conjugated to carrier molecules is called\nThe cell wall of Gram negative bacteria is formed of all the following layers except :\nWhich of these bacteria are naturally occurring with defective cell wall:\nNone of the above"}
{"text":"Photo courtesy of: University Communications and Marketing\nNov 13, 2013\nFrom staff reports\nWith more than 200 million drivers on U.S. roads, you have to figure that not everyone understands or plays by the same rules of the road. But with more than 10 million motor vehicle crashes per year, improving road safety is critically important.\nDeborah McAvoy, associate professor of civil engineering in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology, will deliver her Science Café discussion, \"Roadway Design for Dummies,\" at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20 in the Baker University Center Front Room.\nDuring the talk, she will turn the Front Room into a test driver laboratory, complete with video displays and tests of the reaction times of drivers.\n\"Different drivers have different needs and we need to know how to better accommodate those needs,\" McAvoy said.\nMcAvoy added that when some people see a \"stop\" sign in the distance they slow down in preparation, while others do not react to the sign until the last minute. Through research and testing, she comes up with alternative roadway designs that will accommodate a wider variety of drivers and their perceptions.\nThe talk is free and open to the public.\nScience Cafés and Cafe' Conversations are venues for students interested in informally sharing their interests during a conversational exchange with faculty, staff and the community in a friendly setting."}
{"text":"NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms\nThe NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms features 8,357 terms related to cancer and medicine.\nWe offer a widget that you can add to your website to let users look up cancer-related terms. Get NCI’s Dictionary of Cancer Terms Widget.\n- aminoglycoside antibiotic\n- listen (uh-MEE-noh-GLY-koh-side AN-tee-by-AH-tik)\n- A substance that works against many types of bacteria and includes streptomycin, gentamicin, and neomycin. An aminoglycoside antibiotic is used to treat bacterial infections."}
{"text":"educating our children and young people, and families and\nfriends supply the informal portions of their educations.\nBoth of these portions of a child's education are of equal\nimportance. They both contribute greatly to a child's\nlearning experience. They affect the way a child thinks\nand communicates with society.\n\"Formal education is the hierarchically\nstructured, chronologically graded 'education system',\nrunning from primary school through the university and\nincluding, in addition to general academic studies, a\nvariety of specialized programs and institutions for\nfull-time technical and professional training.\"(Smith)\nFormal education contributes greatly to a child's\ndevelopment because this is how the child will learn the\nsciences and arts. It helps people acquire the skills they\nneed for such everyday activities as reading a newspaper or\nmanaging their money. It also gives them the specialized\ntraining they may need to prepare for a job or career.\nPeople must meet certain educational requirements and get a license or certificate before they can practice accounting, law, or medicine.\n\"Informal education is a truly lifelong process\nwhereby every individual acquires attitudes, values, skills and knowledge from daily experience and the educative influences and resources in his or her environment - from family and neighbors, from work and play, from the market place, the library and the mass media.\"(Smith) Informal education contributes greatly to a child's development because this is were he/she will learn all the other things about life that they wouldn't learn at school. This has more influence on how the child will learn to interact with others. Informal education is an essential part of a child's education; this is how the child will become \"street smart\". \"Street smart\" means that the child will obtain the knowledge and skills to survive by..."}
{"text":"EXTRACTION METHODS OF NATURAL ESSENTIAL OILS. Essential oils are used in a wide variety of consumer goods such as detergents, soaps,.\nChapter 1. An Overview of Extraction Techniques for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. .. 1.3.6 Modern (Non-traditional) Methods of Extraction of Essential Oils .\nPDF Worldwide there is a wide variety of plants and spices that have different uses. Essential oil extraction can be made by traditional or emergent methods;\nDescribe secondary metabolite extraction methods. • Extract essential oils from biomass using steam distillation equipment. Pre-Lab. Background. Secondary .\nThe conventional extraction techniques and their intensifications are sum- marized. Keywords Essential oils · Extraction techniques · Optimization · Innovation.\ncomposition, extraction methods, bioactivities, and their applications, particularly with the. . method for plant essential oil extraction (Reverchon and Senatore."}
{"text":"A4) Gains and Losses in Living Biomass and Deadwood\nThis action aims at describing best practices and/or proposing alternative emission factors for living biomass and deadwood in cropland and grassland, including:\nCharacterisation of typical management cycles of permanent crops for use in annual estimation of gains and losses in permanent crops and grassland (i.e. net and/or gross growth rates, average crop productions, losses from pruning, losses from wildfires, etc.).\nCharacterization of typical biomass stocks per type of crop/management system for use in estimating carbon losses in land-use conversions associated with conversions from permanent crops or grasslands to other land uses.\nCharacterisation of gains and losses in deadwood, including characterisation of how losses in living biomass are treated and processed by farmers (e.g. composting, field burning, left to decay, collected for biomass burning, etc.)"}
{"text":"Discuss the supernatural elements in \"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.\"\n1 Answer | Add Yours\nThis literary ballad clearly contains many fantastical elements that are obviously supernatural. Important to note is the way that Coleridge in this poem creates a spirit that embodies Nature itself, called the Polar Spirit, that pursues the ship and rains down suffering and punishment on the vessel because of the thoughtless act of the Mariner in killing the albatross. However, arguably these supernatural elements are used as a way of presenting the torments that guilt can inflict on the human soul and the terrible expiation necessary for those who sin against nature in such a shocking fashion.\nOf course, the pain and guilt experienced by the Mariner are a product of the pain and guilt of Coleridge himself, as suffered through his opium addiction, and so we are left to wonder if the fantastical elements that feature so strongly in this poem are dreamt up out of the opium-fevered imagination of its author. Either way, the supernatural elements show the force of The Polar Spirit, representing Nature, and the danger of taking Nature for granted.\nJoin to answer this question\nJoin a community of thousands of dedicated teachers and students.Join eNotes"}
{"text":"Prevention of Croup\nBecause most cases of croup develop from a cold or flu virus, one of the most effective ways to reduce the risk for croup is to teach children to wash their hands frequently throughout the day. Hand washing can help prevent the spread of cold and flu viruses that can lead to croup.\nTeach children the proper technique for hand washing:\n- Use soap and warm water.\n- Rub hands together for 1520 seconds (about the time it takes to say the alphabet or sing \"Happy Birthday\").\n- Make sure to wash the backs of hands, wrists, between fingers, and under fingernails.\n- Rinse and dry the hands with a clean towel.\nHelp children get in the habit of washing their hands before eating, after going to the bathroom, after sneezing or coughing into their hands, and after playing outside or with pets.\nOther ways to prevent the spread of viruses that can lead to croup include avoiding contact with other children and adults who are sick and eliminating the child's exposure to smoke, dust, and other respiratory irritants and allergens.\nVaccination also can reduce a child's risk for developing croup. These vaccines (immunizations) include the following:\n- Diphtheria (part of DTaP, DT, and Td vaccines)\n- Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib vaccine)\n- Measles (part of MMR, MR, and measles vaccines)\nSpeak with your child's physician if you have any questions about these vaccines."}
{"text":"This Open eBook allows you to copy and paste text and certain images into a word processing program. You can also enable the Typewriter function and type directly onto the page. Learn more!\nThe activities in this book move students from the ability to read words to the ability to manipulate words into concrete, meaningful, and readable sentences. Includes full-color word cards, sentence-building mats, and reproducible activities to extend student earning.\nPlease note: In the eBook version of this title, cards and mats are not on card stock.\nBuild-a-Sentence introduces students to the fundamental concept that words go together to make sentences. The interactive, hands-on activities in this book are designed to move students from the ability to read sight words and decodable words to the ability to manipulate words into concrete, meaningful, and readable sentences.\nThese ready-to-use full-color cards and mats make it easy to get your sentence-building center up and running today! This resource also includes a variety of ideas for multiple ways to use the materials and reproducible activities to extend children's learning. Get children excited about reading and writing sentences with the ideas and activities in Build-a-Sentence.\nScaffold your students' learning with all three books in this series! Begin with the concept that letters make words, transition to words make sentences, and finish with sentences make stories!"}
{"text":"April 7, 2006\nOutbound for the Frontier, New Horizons Crosses the Orbit of Mars\nNew Horizons' trailblazing journey to the solar system's outermost frontier took it past the orbit of Mars today at 6 a.m. EDT (1000 UTC), 78 days after the spacecraft launched.\nAt the time, because of Mars' position in its orbit, New Horizons was actually closer to Earth than to Mars — just 93.5 million kilometers (58.1 million miles) from home, compared to 299 million kilometers (186 million miles) from the red planet. Speeding away from the Sun at 21 kilometers (about 13 miles) per second, the spacecraft crossed Mars' path some 243 million kilometers (151 million miles) from the Sun — close to the farthest point in Mars' elliptical 687-day orbit.\nNew Horizons reaches its next planetary milestone on February 28, 2007, when it makes its closest approach to Jupiter. Unlike the distant Mars passing today, the Jupiter encounter will be at close range, allowing New Horizons to make important scientific observations and to test procedures for its Pluto encounter in 2015. Additionally, New Horizons will use Jupiter's powerful gravity to boost its speed and adjust its course toward Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.The green line denotes New Horizons' actual travel distance from Earth, 260 million kilometers (161.6 million miles) since launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on Jan 19, 2006."}
{"text":"AP United States History\n18 February 2014\nNew Deal DBQ\nEmerging from the “roaring twenties” came one of the hardest times known to Americans, the Great Depression. During the Great Depression, president Franklin D. Roosevelt used many revolutionary tactics to alleviate the American economy. Although Roosevelt did not end the Great Depression, he provided public service jobs, the movement for social security, and the implementation of a “blanket code” for the rights of workers. These tactics revolutionized the role of the federal government. Roosevelts “New Deal” is what reformed America's worst problem, unemployment. The New Deal modernized the American government and introduced the idea of the government caring for the citizens. As seen in the Unemployment of nonfarm workers by percentage and number (Doc J) funded projects like city beautification helped lower the percentage of people 8unemployed. In 1935, Roosevelt's administration created the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which brought America closer to ending the horrifying unemployment problem. The government was now stronger and had a bond with the public necessary for any government as seen in “The New Deal in Review” editorial in The New Republic, May 20, 1940 (Doc H). The New Deal strengthened the government by creating reform boards like the NRA. Emerging from this, was a boost of confidence from the public that the government was trying to help them. From this confidence came the concept of social security.\nHe also established a social security in 1935. After implementing the Social Security\nAct, social security became insurance for the elderly and the unemployed and supplied them a monthly payment. It was similarly advertised like Print and Photograph Division, Library of Congress, 1935 (Doc E). Social security was another attempt of the government to aid the ...\nPlease join StudyMode to read the full document"}
{"text":"Independence is the ability to do things for ourselves and think for ourselves.\nYour child becomes independent through his own activity. What should you let\nyour child do? By being included in simple daily activities, he begins to understand\nroutines, his role in the family, and his own abilities. When you offer choices at the\nright times and only lend a hand when he needs help, you are saying to him,\n\"I know you can do this by yourself.\" He gains skills, confidence, and an\n\"I can do it\" attitude, which he will take with him throughout his life."}
{"text":"OverviewThe pericardium is a thin double-layered sac which encloses the heart. Fluid is contained within the layers and lubricates the constantly rubbing surfaces.\nReview Date 2/22/2018\nUpdated by: Michael A. Chen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team."}
{"text":"Hawaii has ban most sunscreens in an effort to help protest the region’s dying coral reefs.\nThe ban, which is the first in the world, will halt the sale of creams containing oxybenzone or octinoxate except to those with a prescription.\nOnly those with a medically prescribed sunscreen containing the chemicals will be allowed to obtain the product.\nSome 70 per cent of sunscreens sold in the US are thought to contain oxybenzone and 8 per cent use octinoxate.\nSunscreen makers opposed the Hawaiian bill, as did some dermatologists, who worry about sunburns and skin cancer.\nStudies have shown that oxybenzone and octinoxate, which filter ultraviolet radiation and are commonly found in cream-based sunscreens, cause bleaching in coral reefs. By changing the DNA in coral cells, the chemicals cause the cells to starve and die, according to the research.\n“This bill is a small first step worldwide to really caring about our corals and our reefs in a way that no one else anywhere in the world has done,” said the Governor.\n“We are blessed in Hawaii to be home of some of the most beautiful natural resources on the planet, but our natural environment is fragile, and our own interaction with the Earth can have everlasting impacts,” Ige said.\nThe ban -which impacts more than 3,500 of the most popular sunscreen products- goes into effect on January 1, 2021."}
{"text":"Stative inferential is used for state of affairs described by nominal predicates (names, adjectives, bor, yo'q, kerak, etc.),\nand expresses that the knowledge of the fact is inferred from evidence,\nbe it sensorial perception, logical deduction or direct report from a trusted source.\nThat knowledge is most often presented as new information, sometimes unexpected, for the speaker himself.\nThe temporal distinction between a past and a present state of affairs is not marked grammatically,\nthe tense must be decided from the context.\nThe knowledge might be inferred from sensorial perception:\nAnor juda shirin ekan.\nThe pomegranate is really sweet. (I did not expect it to be so sweet)\nThe knowledge might be inferred from logical deduction:\nQo'lidagi tangalarni sanab ko'rdi, yigirma tanga ekan.\nHe counted the money he had in his hand, that amounted to 20 tanga.\nThe knowledge might be obtained from a direct report from a trusted source:\nDoktor aytdi, men sog' ekanman.\nThe doctor said that I am in a good health.\nKechirasiz, necha pul ekan?\nExcuse me, which price did they say finally?\nThe state of affairs may have occurred in the past:\nSiz kecha yo'q ekansiz.\n(It seems) that you weren't there last night.\nDo'konga kirdim, sut yo'q ekan.\nI went into the shop, there wasn't any milk left."}
{"text":"The Abingdon Road Station was on the Great Western Railway. This view shows a locomotive hauling a horse-driven carriage (without the horse) on a wagon. This was the way in which the gentry would travel in the early years of the railways. On the right horses can be seen being stabled and in the centre a toll house is visible.\n© NRM / Pictorial Collection / Science & Society Picture Library"}
{"text":"epidemics from space\nA highly controversial suggestion, by Fred Hoyle\nand Chandra Wickramasinghe, that\nviruses carried by comets,\nand released from their tails, are the cause of mass outbreaks of influenza\nand other viral diseases on Earth.1 Although the great majority\nof scientists are dismissive of this idea, it was lent some credence by\nthe detection, in 1987, of a polymeric form of the organic molecule formaldehyde\nin the dust from Halley's Comet by\nthe Giotto probe. Christopher Chyba\nand Carl Sagan of Cornell University commented\nat the time that the observations \"strongly suggest the presence of complex\norganic grains or organic-coated grains\". There remains, however, an immense\ngulf between the growing recognition that some types of basic organic chemical\nsynthesis do take place in space and acceptance of the idea that the evolution\nof primitive life-forms takes place on cosmic\ndust grains as proposed by Hoyle and Wickramasinghe.\n- Hoyle, Fred, and Wickramasinghe, Chandra. Viruses From Space.\nCardiff: University College Cardiff Press (1986).\nlife in space"}
{"text":"From microbots that scrape plaque from arteries to personal assistant robots that help care for patients, medical robots are transforming the face of healthcare.\n7 of 11\nCosmoBot, pictured above, is part of a phenomenon called robotic therapy. Doctors use CosmoBot to enhance the therapy of developmentally disabled children between 5 and 12 years old. Using the robot can make therapy more interesting for children and allows for better success when achieving long-term therapy goals.\nThe company designed CosmoBot to collect data on a child's performance. This allows therapists to evaluate how successful the therapy is. Similar to CosmoBot are robots mirroring stuffed animals, also used for therapeutic purposes. For example, PARO, which resembles a stuffed toy baby seal, allows patients to have the experience of animal therapy without the problems associated with live animals. AIST, a leading Japanese industrial automation pioneer, developed the PARO robot, which is designed to \"express different moods\" depending on the patient's interaction with it, and it can learn how to respond to a certain name when called it a number of times.\nInformationWeek Elite 100Our data shows these innovators using digital technology in two key areas: providing better products and cutting costs. Almost half of them expect to introduce a new IT-led product this year, and 46% are using technology to make business processes more efficient.\nThe UC Infrastructure TrapWorries about subpar networks tanking unified communications programs could be valid: Thirty-one percent of respondents have rolled capabilities out to less than 10% of users vs. 21% delivering UC to 76% or more. Is low uptake a result of strained infrastructures delivering poor performance?\nJoin us for a roundup of the top stories on InformationWeek.com for the week of December 14, 2014. Be here for the show and for the incredible Friday Afternoon Conversation that runs beside the program."}
{"text":"British scientists are warning of another possible side effect of climate change: a surge of dangerous volcanic eruptions.\nResearchers say the melting of polar ice sheets from global warming and the resulting stress placed on the earth's crust from rising sea levels will increase eruptions in the years to come.\nUniversity College London climate expert Dr Bill McGuire says there could also be an increase in undersea earthquakes and tsunamis.\n\"There is already evidence for earthquakes in Alaska being triggered by unloading by ice,\" he said.\n\"Also evidence of this volcano Pavlof in Alaska erupting in the winter when sea levels rise slightly due to weather conditions, just 30 centimetres.\"\n\"So, if we see one to two metres of sea level rise this century, accompanied by mass wasting of the glaciers in the polar region, so we can expect a response by the crust within the next few decades.\""}
{"text":"Preparation and Why Such a Fine Paste?\nTo obtain the best flavour, texture and heat of sawa Wasabi the rhizome must be ground into a fine paste. In Japan the traditional method for grating Wasabi uses a sharkskin grater or “oroshi”. If a sharkskin grater is not available, ceramic or stainless steel surfaces can be used. The important component of the grater is the teeth or nubs. Smaller teeth produce a finer paste that increases the unique heat and flavour of fresh Wasabi. Grating Wasabi releases volatile compounds, called isothiocyanates that gradually dissipate with exposure to the air. These compounds are not found in Wasabi until after the cells of the plant are broken up and turned into a paste. The finer the paste the more chemical reactions take place. Using a Wasabi grater and keeping the rhizome perpendicular to the grating surface minimizes exposure to the air. In this way, the volatile compounds are allowed to develop with minimal dissipation. This combination of natural volatiles, consistency and texture distinguish fresh wasabi from the imitation products of powdered and paste horseradish, which have been mixed with Chinese mustard and green food colouring."}
{"text":"As the spacecrafts advanced in our solar system, the story they where telling us,\nI followed that mission the best I could do over 20 years ago.\nBut there was a sparse coverage in the media, but I was reading many scientific magasines\nabout the mission.\nToday with the Internet, and that wealth of information we can capture it is great\nto follow the science and exploration in space.\nAnd not to forget a forum where we can share and discuss our opinions and experience.\nThank you Mark Carey and Richard FMR !\nAs you said ups : \"Truly hard to believe they are still producing such solid science decades after being launched.\"\nYes, it was really a big engineering craft and effort to make a such spacecraft.\nAfter some Goooooogling I found this from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1\nVoyager 1 was originally planned as Mariner 11 of the Mariner program.\nFrom the outset, it was designed to take advantage of the then-new technique of gravity assist.\nBy fortuitous chance, the development of interplanetary probes coincided with an alignment of the planets\ncalled the Grand Tour. The Grand Tour was a linked series of gravity assists that, with only the minimal fuel\nneeded for course corrections, would enable a single probe to visit all four of the\nsolar system's gas giant planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.\nThe identical Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes were designed with the\nGrand Tour in mind, and their launches were timed to enable the Grand Tour if desired.\nHere is a streaming video I'd like to share.\nYou must have Real Player (\ninstalled to your system.\nand now the video ...\nVoyager The Grand Tour."}
{"text":"|Owner||Government of Georgia|\n|Built||2nd century BC|\nKhertvisi fortress (Georgian: ხერთვისის ციხე) is one of the oldest fortresses in Georgia and was functional throughout the Georgian feudal period. It is situated in Southern Georgia, in Meskheti region. The fortress was first built in the 2nd century BC. The church was built in 985, and the present walls were built in 1354. As the legend says, Khertvisi was destroyed by Alexander the Great.\nMiddle Ages and later use\nIn the 10th-11th centuries it was the center of Meskheti region. During the 12th century it became a town. In the 13th century Mongols destroyed it and until the 15th century it lost its power. In the 15th century it was owned by Meskheti landlords from Jakeli family. In the 16th century the southern region of Georgia was invaded by Turks. During next 300 years they have owned Khertvisi too.\nAt the end of the 19th century Georgian and Russian army returned the lost territories and Khertvisi became the military base for Russian and Georgian troops. Khertvisi fortress is situated on the high rocky hill in the narrow canyon at the confluence of the Mtkvari and Paravani Rivers.\n|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Khertvisi fortress.|\n|This Georgia location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.|"}
{"text":"- Dogs are less likely to use deadly force appropriately than responsible people. Depending on their training, they may hurt a person who shouldn’t be bitten or fail to go after a genuine intruder.\n- Dogs are more likely to get hurt by intruders than are residents using firearms for self-defense. Dogs just aren’t as well armed as humans and have to get close to fight.\n- The dog shown above are working breeds. Most companion dogs are ornamental and at even more disadvantage before intruders. A fight between a 180lb criminal with weapon, and a 30lb or smaller animal doesn’t favor the dog.\n- Dogs do excel at providing early warning to their owners.\nNext time somebody says: “You don’t need a gun for home defense. Just get a dog.”, ask them why they insist on sending their pets into harm’s way instead of being the responsible adult in the relationship and taking care of problems with appropriate tools in hand."}
{"text":"At Hoo St Werburgh Primary School our curriculum aims to promote:\n- Successful learners, who enjoy learning, make progress and achieve\n- Confident individuals who are able to lead safe, healthy and fulfilling lives\n- Responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society\n- Our motto: Courage Confidence Respect Belonging.\nThe school aims to provide learning experiences and to create a life long love of learning and achievement. This means designing and delivering a curriculum within a real and relevant context for learning through which young people can recognise for themselves the importance of learning to their lives, both now and in the future.\nWe want pupils to learn to take an active engagement with and responsibility for their own learning, increasing the impact and potential for future development.\n- Deliver the National Curriculum\n- Give learners a sense of autonomy, including the chance to think critically, make decisions, take responsibility and manage risks.\n- Encourage children to develop positive relationships where they choose not to bully or discriminate and actively provide British values\n- Offer opportunities for co-operation, collaboration and to develop economic skills.\n- Develop basic skills of ICT, of computing, reading, writing and maths.\n- Broaden horizons and raise aspirations, offering contexts that challenge learners.\n- Provide as many real and relevant learning experiences, connecting learning at school to the world beyond the classroom.\n- Link areas of learning with personal learning and thinking skills wherever possible. These include children being: independent enquirers, creative thinkers, reflective learners, team workers, self managers and effective participants.\nPlease click on the links below for more information"}
{"text":"Explore health content from A to Z.\nI need information about...\nMost people with chronic headaches find that exercise reduces headache pain and frequency, according to the National Headache Foundation. Some sufferers find exercise provokes such pain, however. To reduce the risk of exercise-induced headaches: Warm up before working out; drink plenty of water before, during and after exercising; and don't skip meals.\nCopyright © 2015 Baylor Health Care System All Rights Reserved. |\n3500 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, TX 75246-2017 | 1.800.4BAYLOR"}
{"text":"Joy Harjo, internationally recognized poet and screen writer, spoke to a large crowd at GCSC on March 6 in honor of national Women’s History Month.\nHarjo, whose writing is illuminated by her Native American heritage (Muscogee, Creek and Cherokee), is a multi-faceted poet, musician and artist. Her presentation, a juxtaposition of poetry, autobiography and music, opened several pockets of her life experience: glimpses of a little girl forbidden to play a musical instrument; a young, unmarried mother struggling financially while trying to complete college; an artist learning to trust her voice; a grandmother with deep reverence of the woman her daughter has become.\nUsing Native oral traditions, Ms. Harjo’s poems weave stories we want to lean in closer to hear; they sing ballads woven from tribal memory; they create murals of personal and universal significance. Many of us did not know, for instance, that the development of our most celebrated musical traditions, blues and jazz, was greatly influenced by Native music. Nor were we aware that in many Native tribes power was shared equally between men and women, that there were medicine women as well as men. Mutual respect and shared power are not only contemporary ideals but, as Ms. Harjo believes, as necessary today as they were in the past.\nBeyond the subtleties of art and history, Harjo wants young people to understand that self-knowledge is fundamental to living a good life. It is not possible, she argues, to remain true to oneself, to live authentically without really knowing who we are. That is why, in her words, “All parts of the story are important.”\nThe stories of indigenous people, of women and people of color, of the poor, indeed of people whose stories were seldom, if ever, printed are all important parts of the story. After all it is our own story, our American narrative, our lived history."}
{"text":"Remote Sensing of the Environment\nIncreasing size and abundance of lianas relative to trees are pervasive changes in Neotropical forests that may lead to reduced forest carbon stocks. Yet the liana growth form is chronically understudied in large-scale tropical forest censuses, resulting in few data on the scale, cause, and impact of increasing lianas. Satellite and airborne remote sensing provide potential tools to map and monitor lianas at much larger spatial and rapid temporal scales than are possible with plot-based forest censuses. We combined high-resolution airborne imaging spectroscopy and a ground-based tree canopy census to investigate whether tree canopies supporting lianas could be discriminated from tree canopies with no liana coverage. Using support vector machine algorithms, we achieved accuracies of nearly 90% in discriminating the presence–absence of lianas, and low error (15.7% RMSE) when predicting liana percent canopy cover. When applied to the full image of the study site, our model had a 4.1% false-positive error rate as validated against an independent plot-level dataset of liana canopy cover. Using the derived liana cover classification map, we show that 6.1%–10.2% of the 1823 ha study site has high-to-severe (50–100%) liana canopy cover. Given that levels of liana infestation are increasing in Neotropical forests and can result in high tree mortality, the extent of high-to-severe liana canopy cover across the landscape may have broad implications for ecosystem function and forest carbon storage. The ability to accurately map landscape-scale liana infestation is crucial to quantifying their effects on forest function and uncovering the mechanisms underlying their increase.\nMarvin, David C.; Asner, Gregory P.; and Schnitzer, Stefan A., \"Liana canopy cover mapped throughout a tropical forest with high-fidelity imaging spectroscopy\" (2016). Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications. 717.\nADA Accessible Version"}
{"text":"In a review of three new books on the history of English, Michael Skapinker talks about why spelling is so damn hard in this baggy monstrosity of a language:\n“Why is English spelling such a tangle? It all started when Latin-speaking missionaries arrived in Britain in the 6th century without enough letters in their alphabet. They had 23. (They didn’t have ‘j’, ‘u’ or ‘w’.) Yet the Germanic Anglo-Saxon languages had at least 37 phonemes, or distinctive sounds. The Romans didn’t have a letter, for example, for the Anglo-Saxon sound we spell ‘th’. The problem continues. Most English-speakers today have, depending on their accents, 40 phonemes, which we have to render using 26 letters. So, we use stratagems such as doubling vowels to elongate them, as in ‘feet’ and ‘fool’.\nWith the Norman invasion in 1066, spelling became more complicated still; French and Latin words rushed into the language. As the centuries went by, scribes found ways of reflecting the sounds people used with the letters that they had. They lengthened vowels by adding a final ‘e’, so that we could tell ‘hope’ from “hop”.\nFrom the late 1300s, scribes used the letter combination ‘gh’ in words such as ‘night’, to represent the back-of-the-mouth noise people then used. Why did it remain even after the sound died out? Because by the end of the 15th century, William Caxton had introduced printing to England, and the printers decided to keep it.”\nIf you had to choose a global language based on ease of use and a general lack of exceptions to major rules, English would be one of the last choices. Alas, due to world history, people like me get to make a living trying to untangle this glorious linguistic mess.\nAlso, “Skapinker” is a pretty great name."}
{"text":"Over deze norm\n1.1 This test method presents the procedures used for determining the quality of prefabricated bituminous geomembrane (PBGM) bonded seams subjected to a shear test. It describes a destructive quality control test used to determine the integrity of PBGM seams.\n1.2 This test procedure is intended for PBGM only.\n1.3 The type of thermal field seaming technique used to construct PBGM seams include the following.\n1.3.1 Torch-on—This technique melts two PBGM surfaces to be seamed by running a flame from a propane torch between them. Pressure is applied on the top or bottom, or both PBGM, forcing together both surfaces to form a continuous bond.\n1.3.2 Hot Air—This technique introduces high-temperature air or gas between two PBGM surfaces to facilitate melting. Pressure is applied on the top or bottom, or both PBGM, forcing together both surfaces to form a continuous bond.\n1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.\n|Nederlandse titel||Standard Test Method for Determining the Tensile Shear Strength of Pre-Fabricated Bituminous Geomembrane Seams|\n|Engelse titel||Standard Test Method for Determining the Tensile Shear Strength of Pre-Fabricated Bituminous Geomembrane Seams|"}
{"text":"Hang on for a lesson in solar dynamics – Earth is experiencing a solar sector boundary crossing. Let me explain….\nThe sun produces wind (currently 410.9 Km/second) that blasts across the cosmos. Just like Earth, our Sun has a magnetic field – known as the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). Whipped into a spiral rotation, wind driven IMF rotates in one direction. It divides into spiral sections pointing to and away from the sun along the ecliptic plane ( a direct line between Earth and the Sun). The edge of this swirling mass has a surface separating polarities of planetary and solar magnetism called the heliosphere current sheet.\nEarth’s magnetic field points north at the magnetopause (the point of contact between our magnetosphere and the IMF). If the IMF happens to point south at contact (scientific term, southward Bz) the two fields link causing partial cancellation of Earth’s magnetic field – in other words, opening a temporary door for solar energy to enter our atmosphere. Welcome solar sector boundary crossing – a phenomenon born of high solar wind and coronal mass ejections (CME’s – aka solar flares).\nIt takes 3 or 4 days for magnetism to sort itself out – in the meantime, and barring the occasional high frequency radio disruption, wonky GPS and cell phones, peppered with sudden power grid failure events – we’re treated to kick ass auroras."}
{"text":"During his lifetime, Bruce Lee accomplished many physical feats, including his \"one inch punch,\" two-finger push ups and his ability to break six inch wooden boards with a single strike. His combined speed, strength and stamina made him arguably the most famous martial artist of all time.Continue Reading\nBruce Lee appeared in more than 20 films. Lee's physical abilities made him a cultural icon and one of the most influential martial artists of his time. Born in San Francisco and raised in Hong Kong, his career was celebrated both in America and abroad, even long after his untimely death at the age of 32.\nHis physical feats were a big part of his fame. Lee could do push ups using only his thumbs, chin ups using only one arm, and he could perform the \"Dragon Flag\", a bench lift using only his shoulder blades for balance. He could use his hands and fingers to crush or mark steel and wooden objects.\nLee's speed was legendary. He could throw and then catch single grains of rice using only chopsticks. When performing martial art moves on film, he was so quick that it was necessary to record him at a slower speed to fully capture each of the scenes.Learn more about Sports & Active Lifestyle"}
{"text":"- Title: Spreading ridges geomorphic feature layer\nThe spreading ridge geomorphic feature layer represents the spatial extent of the spreading ridges of the worlds oceans based on interpretation of the SRTM30 plus v7 global bathymetry model. The layer is one of the 25 layers that make up the global seafloor geomorphic features map (Harris et.al. 2014). Mid-ocean spreading ridges are “the linked major mid-oceanic mountain systems of global extent” (IHO, 2008). Spreading ridges are distinguished from other ridges in this study (see definition of ridges below). They were mapped by hand based on their appearance as ridge-like features that coincide with the youngest ocean crust as mapped by Müller et al. (1997) in their “EarthByte” digital age grid of the ocean floor. Spreading ridges that were not visible in the SRTM30_PLUS bathymetry (100 m contours) were not included in our interpretation, but there is otherwise no size limitation on spreading ridges.\n- Publication Date: March 3, 2014, midnight\n- Type: Vector Data\n- Keywords: seafloor, geomorphic features, habitats Oceans\n- Category: Oceans\n- Regions: Global\n- Owner: miles\n- Point of Contact: miles\n- Restrictions: The global seafloor geomorphic feature map is available for download from bluehabitats.org\nThe spreading ridge geomorphic feature layer represents the spatial extent of the spreading ridges of the worlds oceans based on interpretation of the SRT...\n- Language: English\nNo information provided"}
{"text":"Cereal is the single largest subsector of Ethiopia’s agriculture. It dominates in terms of its share in rural employment, agricultural land use, and calorie intake, as well as its contribution to national income. The subsector accounts for roughly 60 percent of rural employment, about 73 percent of total cultivated land, more than 40 percent of a typical household’s food expenditure, and more than 60 percent of total calorie intake. The contribution of cereals to the national income is also large. According to available estimates, cereals’ contribution to agricultural value-added is 65 percent, which translates to about 30 percent of gross domestic product (GDP)."}
{"text":"As marchers took to the streets of Boston in late April to demand justice for Freddie Gray, some of them began to sing: “We shall overcome, we shall overcome, we shall overcome some day …”\nIt wasn’t a surprising choice. “We Shall Overcome” is a staple for civil-rights protests—and for that matter, for any kind of social-justice movement. The Library of Congress calls it “the most powerful song of the 20th century.” So it was a surprise to learn that not only is the identity of the person who made it into that anthem known, but he died only on May 2. Full story.\nDavid A. Graham (The Atlantic) / May 9, 2015"}
{"text":"Fr.: trompe d'éléphant\nAn elongated structure of → interstellar dust and gas which absorbs the radiation from background stars in an → H II region. These structures are the denser remnants of → molecular clouds from which → massive stars are formed. Elephant trunks are eventually dissipated by the action of the → ionizing radiation and → stellar wind of the associated massive stars. A remarkable example of these structures is displayed by the → HST image of the → Eagle Nebula as → pillars of obscuring matter protruding from the interior wall of a dark molecular cloud. Some → Bok globules may represent the remaining densest fragments of elephant trunks.\nM.E. elephant, from O.Fr. olifant, from L. elephantus, from Gk. elephas \"elephant, ivory,\" probably from a non-I.E. language, likely via Phoenician; trunk, from M.E. trunke, O.Fr. tronc, from L. truncus \"stem, trunk, stump.\"\nXortum \"the proboscis of an elephant,\" loanword from Ar. xartum; fil, pil \"elephant,\" from Mid.Pers. pil \"elephant;\" O.Pers. piru- \"ivory.\""}
{"text":"Melons are low in calories, with just 64 calories in a 1-cup serving of honeydew balls and fewer calories in cantaloupe, casaba or watermelon balls. At the same time, melons are high in essential vitamins and minerals. They contain almost no fat or saturated fat, making them an excellent choice for snacks or a side dish.\nVitamin C is an antioxidant vitamin that plays an important role in the growth and maintenance of all tissues in your body. It functions in wound healing and repair of cartilage, bones and teeth. Adults should receive 90 mg per day of vitamin C. A 1-cup serving of cantaloupe provides 65 mg of vitamin C. One cup of casaba melon provides 37 mg of vitamin C, and honeydew provides 30 mg.\nVitamin A is important for healthy teeth, skin, bone and mucous membranes. It helps the vision system by promoting retinal health. Insufficient vitamin A may lead to poor functioning of the immune system. Cantaloupe is high in vitamin A, with more than 25 percent of the recommended daily amount in a 1-cup serving.\nPotassium is an important mineral in the maintenance of heart health. Consuming adequate amounts of potassium in your diet may lower blood pressure and reduce the impact of high-sodium foods. Adults should receive 4700 mg of potassium per day. Cantaloupe is high in potassium, with 473 mg in a 1-cup serving. Honeydew contains 403 mg per serving, and other melons have lower levels.\nThe red color in watermelon is lycopene, a powerful antioxidant that may help prevent cell damage. Lycopene consumption has been linked to reduced rates of certain cancers and a reduced risk of heart attack. A 1 1/2-cup of raw watermelon contains approximately 9 to 13 mg of lycopene. Watermelon contains about 40 percent more lycopene than a serving of raw tomatoes."}
{"text":"A team of researchers from London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and University College London’s Institute of Child Health has come up with the findings of their investigation on the effectiveness of stem cell therapies for facial reconstruction.\nGreat Ormond Street has had a proven record in facial reconstruction, particularly when it comes to treating children with a malformed or missing ear, a condition that is commonly referred to as microtia. This type of reconstruction surgery involves taking the cartilage from the ribs of the patient and crafting scaffold for an ear, which is later implanted beneath the skin.\nDespite of appalling success of this surgery, researchers thought that the treatment can be improved by bringing stem cells into the entire process. The cells can be treated with certain chemicals that encourage their transformation into cartilage cells before they are inserted into the patient’s body.\nAs of now, the researchers have successfully created cartilage on scaffold with the help of stem cells, but more safety testing is needed before the procedure is tested on patients.\nThe findings of the study have been published in the journal Nanomedicine.\nArticle Source: Medical News Today\nRead more Health News.\nThough all possible measures have been taken to ensure accuracy, reliability, timeliness and authenticity of the information; Onlymyhealth assumes no liability for the same. Using any information of this website is at the viewers’ risk. Please be informed that we are not responsible for advice/tips given by any third party in form of comments on article pages . If you have or suspect having any medical condition, kindly contact your professional health care provider."}
{"text":"Eames, C. & Barker, M. (2011). Understanding student learning in environmental education in Aotearoa New Zealand. Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 27(1), 186-191.\nPermanent Research Commons link: http://hdl.handle.net/10289/5775\nThis paper seeks to provide a perspective on environmental education in Aotearoa New Zealand. To contextualise this perspective, it illustrates how environmental, socio-cultural and political imperatives have shaped the development of environmental education in this land. These imperatives illuminate the natural history of the country, the connectedness within the worldviews of the indigenous Maori people, the pioneering views of some enlightened European settlers, and tensions between development and conservation. We connect this context with an overview of research in Aotearoa New Zealand into one aspect of environmental education - student learning in schools. Examples from recent research in this area are provided to show how these approaches are contributing to the Aotearoa New Zealand-ness of environmental education.\nAustralian Association for Environmental Education"}
{"text":"Orange Revolution in the Ukraine: a series of protests and political events occur in the immediate aftermath of the run-off vote of the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election which is claimed to be marred by electoral fraud.\nKiev is the focal point of the movement’s campaign of civil resistance, with thousands of protesters demonstrating daily.\nThroughout the demonstrations, Ukraine’s emerging Internet usage is an integral part of the orange revolutionary process. It is one of the first examples of an Internet-organised mass protest.\nThe nationwide protests succeed when the results of the vote are annulled, and a revote is ordered. Under intense scrutiny by domestic and international observers, the second run-off is declared to be “fair and free”. The final results show a clear victory for opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, who receives about 52% of the vote, compared to president Viktor Yanukovych’s 44% who is supported by Russia.\nYushchenko is declared the official winner and with his inauguration on 23 January 2005 in Kiev, the Orange Revolution ends.\nIn the following years, the Orange Revolution has a negative connotation among pro-government circles in Belarus and Russia."}
{"text":"As President Obama noted in a speech last week, the biggest change that National Geographic has had to make to its atlases since the fall of the Soviet Union has been the change in the Arctic Ocean. Climate change has caused a dramatic reduction in the amount of ice covering the region over a relatively short period of time. Accordingly, National Geographic has had to keep making adjustments in each new edition of its atlas.\nJust watch this gif to see how the depiction of the Arctic Ocean has changed in these atlases from 1999 to 2014:\nThe retreat of the ice is moving at the alarming pace of 12 percent per decade, according to National Geographic, and it even appears to be speeding up in recent years. The acceleration is caused by a certain feedback loop: ice becomes thinner, so more water is absorbed by the ocean, warming the water and melting more ice. As the ice melts further, it will eventually cause ocean levels to rise around the world. Island nations such as Tuvalu have been particularly concerned about their survival over the next several decades.\nYou can read thousands of words about the effects of climate change, but it won’t have the same effect as viewing a single map (or even better, a gif of several maps to show the change over time). Watching the Arctic icecap vanish is a shocking sight, and very disheartening for those struggling to slow down and reverse the trends of climate change. Nearly all scientists agree that warming temperatures and increasingly erratic weather patterns have potentially catastrophic consequences for the earth as a whole. Let’s hope it’s not too late to prevent the worst of it.\nSource: National Geographic"}
{"text":"Wednesday, June 25, 2014\nDry Erase Close Reading Task Cards (Informational Text)\nClose reading practice has just become a literacy center activity too! I was looking for a way to reinforce close reading at center time. That was the inspiration for developing these task cards. A detailed answer key is also included that shows the details that students should identify in each paragraph. Plus the answer key provides the explanation that students should have written on the blank lines of the task cards too. To use these task cards:\n1. Students highlight details directly in the passage\n2. Self-check or hand to the teacher\n3. Wipe the task cards\n4. And, put each task card aside for reuse by another student.\nThe cards are differentiated too! This makes it so much easier for students that read at different ability levels to review close reading with text that best fits their needs.Click Here To Access Them"}
{"text":"The human body consists of countless cells. These cells, jointly form organs, also assists in the functioning of the human body. It's similar to a series. They're dependent on each other. Our own body is the only advantage we maintain, and caring for this is our prime responsibility. You can find the best kidney specialists in San Antonio & South Texas for your treatment.\nEvery organ has its own significance, and among these crucial organs is Kidney. Majorly we all know our kidneys assist in treating blood and deliver the filtered blood back into the center. The Kidney also aids in the maintenance of fluid balance in our own body, and some other kidney problems such as kidney disease or severe kidney disorder end in total renal failure.\nAn acute and frequent infection in the bladder interrupts the Kidney. This illness is an inflammation in the bladder called cystitis. The germs can travel from the bladder to both the kidneys which may easily lead to an infection in the uterus.\nDiseases in kidneys are related to urinary tract infections. If something is stopping your urinary tract to allow the urine flow ahead, it is going to lead to kidney ailments. Some of the reasons are as follows-\n- Circumstances that forbid the entire cleansing of the bladder.\n- Kidney stones may also block the way of their urinary tract.\n- Additionally, a scenario like vesicoureteral reflux can lead to kidney ailments. In this kind of circumstance, our urine flows back into our kidneys from the bladder.\nThese are a few significant reasons that lead to kidney ailments in people.\nAcute Kidney Failure\nStill, another kidney issue that we will study here is a severe kidney disorder. Our Kidney gets rid of the waste from our own body with no break. Occasionally our kidneys become unable to clean out the extra fluids, salts, and waste in the bloodstream unexpectedly. It's reportedly a scenario of severe kidney failure, and it normally occurs in just two days or not. The status of AKD is obviously quite serious and had to be treated promptly."}
{"text":"At Northfield, we love Maths! Our children enjoy a wide range of activities in their Maths lessons, and we use the concrete, pictoral, abstract approach to learning. Every child has access to concrete resources in order to deepen their understanding. We believe fluency in times tables and calculation is also important.\nEach week the children practise their tables and try to move up a level on the challenge. Children are encouraged to practise at home, alongside their Maths homework. it is our aim that by the end of Year 4 all children will know their times tables to 12 x 12 by heart."}
{"text":"Summer arrives tomorrow in the northern hemisphere, as the Sun stands farthest north for the entire year. It’s also the longest day day of the year with 14 hours of daylight in the U.S.\nOne of the most intriguing star systems in the galaxy may be about to get a lot more interesting.\nNASA has reported that a shockwave from a massive solar flare will hit Earth on Friday, possibly knocking out communications and causing disruptions to satellites.\nEvery now and then, the sports world gives us something that is truly hard to believe. A throw made by Oakland A’s outfielder Yoenis Cespedes during Tuesday night’s game has many people shaking their heads.\nThe Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft passed an important milestone back in March: It made its 100th close pass by Titan, the planet’s largest moon. Stardate has the details on how this was achieved.\nThere’s no doubt that Mars was once much warmer and wetter than it is today — a fairly comfortable home for life. Stardate looks at the evidence of life in a rock on the red planet.\nThe Beehive, M44, is one of the brightest star clusters in the sky with about 1,000 stars, but this StarDate segment explains that it’s evaporating before our eyes.\nLivermore, one of six cities an element is named after, will celebrate the first anniversary of Livermorium Day on May 30.\nThe hours between midnight and dawn tonight offer skywatchers both promise and potential. StarDate promises a beautiful encounter between the moon and the “morning star”.\nHigh-fidelity simulation models displayed at NASA Ames show a temperature map of the Untied States in the year 2100."}
{"text":"INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING\nHealthy spaces, healthy people\nWe spend 90% of our days indoors. We breath. We touch. We smell. We see. But we rarely understand how our environment is impacting how we feel.\nResearch by Harvard's Center for Health and the Global Environment have shown that just one environmental factor, air quality, can have a significant impact on cognitive performance:\n\"61% higher [cognitive scores] in green building conditions [better ventilation, fewer toxins]\" Link to study here.\nBecause our environments impact our learning, working and living, RoundhouseOne has developed quick-to-deploy sensors to easily and accurately understand our environments. We measure:\nWe benchmark this data against local and national standards to show you how your spaces are performing.\nStart by placing a few sensors in your spaces for 2 weeks and see the results."}
{"text":"Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.\nLearn about this topic in these articles:\n- In space exploration: The first human spaceflights\nDuring the 1950s space planners in both the Soviet Union and the United States anticipated the launching of a human being into orbit as soon as the required launch vehicle and spacecraft could be developed and tested. Much of the initial thinking focused…Read More\n- In Cape Canaveral\ncrewed flight into outer space occurred on May 5, 1961, when Alan B. Shepard, Jr., was launched from the installation in his Project Mercury capsule, and the first lunar-landing flight, crewed by Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, andRead More\n- In space weather: Effects on crewed spaceflight\nOne major hazard of crewed planetary exploration is high-energy radiation, for the radiation that affects the electronic components of satellites can also damage living tissue. Radiation sickness, damage to DNA and cells, and even death are space weather concerns for astronauts who would…Read More"}
{"text":"Dosing livestock drinking water\nThe most common form of water dosing used with livestock is proportional dosing. Because water flows vary during the day, the doser has to vary its output proportionately so that the correct amount of product is always being added. A water flow sensor is placed in the water pipeline so that the doser can operate correctly.\nIn some cases where there is a constant flow of water from a water pump, it may be possible to use an AutoDose system where the Select doser is programmed to give a specific pumped output. In this case, no water flow sensor is needed.\nWhilst the water supplied to most farms is of excellent quality, contamination within the pipe systems on-farm can lead to health issues with livestock. The use of accurate dosing systems, such as the Select doser, to add water cleaning products to the drinking water can be most beneficial.\nWhether is is proportional dosing or AutoDosing that is required, any of our pumps can be used. They just need to be programmed correctly to operate in the desired fashion. Choose the correct Select doser for your situation. If you are not sure which Select doser is correct for you, please contact us or your Distributor."}
{"text":"Stunning Images Of The Solar System From The Cassini Spacecraft\nSince that day the space probe has traveled more than 3.8 billion miles and sent back more than 300,000 images. Cassini is still going strong with plans to keep on keepin' on until 2017.\nDuring its travels, Cassini has swung around Venus twice, checked out Earth from space, and slipped by Jupiter on its way to Saturn, where the probe will end its trip in 2017.\nFor the past eight years Cassini has been exploring Saturn, its rings, and several of its moons.\nFrom its observations, NASA has discovered some of Saturn's moons contain ice, organic particles, and lakes full of hydrocarbons. The probe has even sent back images of these amazing landscapes.\nIn November 2016, Cassini will begin a series of orbits that will get it ever closer to Saturn, and by Sept. 15, 2017, Cassini will enter Saturn's atmosphere, sending back the closest images of Saturn ever taken before the pressure and temperature of the gas giant's atmosphere destroys the probe."}
{"text":"The Rover meets the rock Yogi.\nClick on image for full size\nThe Mars Surveyor Program was put in place by NASA as a long-term program of exploration of Mars, with the focus to bring back to Earth a sample of the Martian terrain in 2005. This program will help scientists understand the complete environment of Mars. The program will study\n- the climate of Mars:\n- the water cycle\n- the carbon cycle\n- the atmosphere\n- movement of particles\n- condensation of water\n- temperature fluctuations\n- the composition of the surface and atmosphere\nFive spacecraft in all may be sent to Mars between 1996 and 2005. Those spacecraft include the Mars Global Surveyor, and the Mars Climate Orbiter and Polar Lander. After all the information is gathered, scientists may know more about the evolution of Mars and its potential to harbor life.\nYou may leave the tour and read more about this program with this link to the section on the\nExploration of Mars\nThis is page 9 of 20\nShop Windows to the Universe Science Store!\nOur online store\non science education, ranging from evolution\n, classroom research\n, and the need for science and math literacy"}
{"text":"Knowledge is power ,\nsharing knowledge is powerful\nD. The Novel (The Prisoner of Zenda) (9 Marks)\n7) A- Answer the following questions:\n1- Where was the real King locked up?\n2- Why did Rassendyll have to be careful while talking with Flavia?\n3- What did Rassendyll and Sapt do when they discovered that the real\nKing had disappeared?\n4- How did Johann's weak character help Rassendyll?\nB- Read the following quotation and then answer the questions:\n'That's not normal. No one goes into the building without the\npermission of Rupert or Michael.'\n1- Who said this to whom?\n2- What wasn't normal at the Castle of Zenda?\n3- Why wasn't anyone allowed into the building?\nC- Find the mistake in each sentence and correct it:\n1- Rassendyll was pleased as Rupert had escaped.\n2- Sapt believed that Rassendyll wanted to be King forever."}
{"text":"Last name: Shilton\nThis ancient name was originally locational and was first recorded as a place name in 1044 and later in the 1086 Domesday Book. The original spelling was \"Scelftone\" which translates as \"the Farm by the Race Course\" from Olde English \"Tun\" (a farm) and Norse- Viking \"Skeid\" (a race course). Later spellings were Selton (1169) and \"Shilftun\", the latter referring to the Berkshire Village in 1242. The surname is spelt Shilton, Chilton, Shefton, Shieldon and Shiliton but all have the same origins, Ann Shelton being recorded in 1591 at Deerhurst whilst Sabera Shilton was baptised at Nympesfield on 20th September 1795. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Isabel Shilton. which was dated 1591, who married John Hemming at Westbury on Severn. during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1, known as Good Queen Bess, 1558 - 1603. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to \"develop\" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.\n© Copyright: Name Origin Research www.surnamedb.com 1980 - 2016\nWant to dig deeper into your family history? Take a look at our page on building a Family Tree\n. Or get scientific and enter the exciting world of Ancestral DNA"}
{"text":"The Scout Method is a way of reaching the Educational Goals of Scouting and is used as a tool for Scout leaders in planning and evaluating activities. The Finnish Scout Method is based on the Scout Methods of WAGGGS and WOSM. It consists of eight methodological areas which together contribute to a balanced, personal development of each Scout and the fullfillment of the aims of Scouting.\nCommitment to the Values of Scouting\nThe Scout Promise and Law reflect the values of Scouting. By acknowledging them, scouts commit themselves to these values.\nScout symbolism includes objects and activities within Scouting that have a commonly understood meaning. The symbols link children and young people to their own group, the local group, and the world wide Scout movement.\nIn Scouting, every individual is entrusted with tasks of appropriate degrees of difficulty. The program, properly adapted to each age group, promotes the growth and development of the children and young people.\nScouting activities take place in small groups of people of the same age in which responsibility is shared and decisions are made together. By acting in these small groups, children and young people learn to function as members of a group.\nLearning by Doing\nLearning by Doing is the natural way of children and young people to learn new skills. In Scouting, learning takes place through acting and experiencing.\nScouting brings together children, young people, and adults. The adults support the growth and participation of the children and young people, and provide possibilities to influence.\nA Good Deed a Day\nIn Scouting, children and young people learn to take responsibility for themselves and for others. Actions aiming at the wellbeing of others serve communities by creating a sense of togetherness.\nActivities in Nature\nIn Scouting, children and young people spend time and do activities in nature. The nature provides a powerful surrounding for working and learning experiences."}
{"text":"During the past five years, the rate of teenage girls becoming pregnant has declined substantially in all but two states. You guessed it: West Virginia is one of them (the other is North Dakota).\nOur state’s rate of births to females 15-19 years of age is 44.8 per 1,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control. That is the ninth highest among the states – and, again, it hasn’t gotten much better. The rate is about the same as it was five years ago.\nFor both babies and mothers, pregnancy at an early age is risky in many ways. Because of their young age, few of these young mothers understand the responsibility they will soon be facing. Oftentimes these young mothers-to-be cannot afford good prenatal care which can cause health issues for the child. And, because many teen mothers often are forced to leave school to care for their babies, these moms will be on taxpayer-funded government subsistence for years to come.\nAnd, unfortunately, this cycle of poverty – for both the mother and the child – likely will continue for years.\nClearly, West Virginia needs to do more about the problem. For all our sakes, it is one that needs a solution."}
{"text":"For Wednesday, make sure to read all the selections below from Langston Hughes:\n* The Negro Speaks of Rivers\n* I, Too\n* The Weary Blues\n* Mother to Son\n* Elevator Boy\n* Red Silk Stockings\n* Ruby Brown\n* Eldery Race Leaders\n* Dream Variation\n* Goodbye, Christ\n* Advertisement for the Waldorf-Astoria\nAs you read, consider some of the following ideas:\n* How does Hughes' style compare with Cullen's? Would Cullen agree with his approach?\n* How do these poems seem to illustrate Hughes' ideas of the \"racial mountain\" in his essay? Additionally, how do they offer the \"perspective\" on his race and historical moment that Richard Wright demanded of Harlem Renaissance writers?\n* How does Hughes use dialect or the slang of everyday speech to color his poetry? Why is this important to him, even though many mainstream readers/critics might reject it as ‘uncivilized’? How does this language help us read/hear the poem itself? (you might consider that Hughes was influenced by blues and jazz and wanted his poems to sound like this music).\n* In poems like “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” “Aunt Sue’s Stories,” and “Negro,” Hughes uses history or historical events as a metaphor. How does this work? How does history help us ‘see’ who he is—and who his people are? Consider how, in a poem like “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” the poet could have “bathed in the Euprhates…raised the pyramids above [the Nile]…and “heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans” (4).\n* In traditional literature/poetry, “white” is a positive color and “black” a negative color. How does Hughes play with this tradition in his poetry, and how does “black” become a very different metaphor in many of these poems?\n* Which poems share similar themes and even inspiration with Cullen's? How might we consider one or more of these poems a revision or a response to Cullen?"}
{"text":"Reading Champion: Coyote the Fire Thief\nIn this retelling of a native American myth, Coyote feels sorry for the helpless humans and steals fire to bring them warmth and comfort. But the humans are not grateful for her gift and use the fire against Coyote and the natural world.\nThis first colour chapter book is a perfectly levelled, accessible text for Key stage 2 readers aged 9-10. Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.\nFantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and activities to provoke deeper response and encourage writing. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure."}
{"text":"Ocellated icefish live deep underwater in the cold oceans surrounding the Poles. They have clear blood. If you remember your childhood biology classes, you should remember that this kind of makes no sense. After all, blood is red because of hemoglobin — the iron-rich protein that carries oxygen around in your blood stream. No hemoglobin, no oxygen. No oxygen, dead fishies. Right? Popular Science explains how ocellated icefish get around this little conundrum."}
{"text":"is an attractive plant, with bright green, smooth-edged leaves and unbranched stalks topped by a single flower, consisting of five pure white petals prominently fringed along the sides, and with a thin, dark, branched vein running lengthwise. There are five green sepals underneath, visible from above between the petals, and also five stamens pointing outwards in between which are five shorter staminodes (infertile stamens) topped by small, green to yellow-brown glands, all centered on a protruding green pistil. One plant can produce many dozen flowers.\nLeaves are mostly basal; they are quite thick, rounded in shape and usually folded up along the axis. After flowering, the pistil expands to form the green, ten-chambered fruit. The species inhabits moist places in mountains, especially along streams, canyons and lakeshores."}
{"text":"Brachytherapy is differentiated by the rate of irradiation dose delivered to the tumor known as high-dose rate (HDR) and low-dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy. Theoretically, there is a great difference between these two methods. Most of our knowledge is centered around LDR brachytherapy. It has been problematic to convert this knowledge to HDR brachytherapy. For this conversion, mathematical models have been developed, which still are not adequately tested for head/neck cancer. The indications for HDR brachytherapy are therefore fewer than for LDR brachytherapy.\nLow-dose rate brachytherapy (LDR)\nThis is done by inserting radioactive rods/threads surgically into the patient. The rods remain for extended time intervals.\nHigh-dose rate brachytherapy (HDR)\nThis is perfomed by moving a point-shaped radiation source through previously inserted plastic catheters (remote afterloading). The treatment is fractionated (one or two per day). Remote afterloading was introduced to reduce radiation exposure to technicians."}
{"text":"Teaching ESL to Adults: Classroom Approaches in Action is a series of twelve videos, which can be viewed online on this page or purchased as four DVD volumes. For a list and description of the titles, click here.\nTo view the twelve videos online, select a thumbnail below the player. An arrow to the right of the four thumbnails leads to four more thumbnails, then four more. To see a brief description of a video, after selecting it, click on “Menu” in the lower right corner of the player.\nThe quality of your online viewing experience depends on the capacity of your computer and the speed of your internet connection. This is especially an issue for viewing at full screen. Some people have reported problems using some versions of Internet Explorer. If you encounter a problem, use another browser–Chrome, Firefox, or Safari."}
{"text":"Still water, hidden depths: the deposition of Bronze Age metalwork in the English Fenland\nYates, D. and Bradley, R. (2010) Still water, hidden depths: the deposition of Bronze Age metalwork in the English Fenland. Antiquity, 84 (324). pp. 405-415. ISSN 0003-598X\nFull text not archived in this repository.\nOfficial URL: http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/Ant/084/ant0840405.htm\nFinds of metalwork always raise the question of why they were deposited: a smith's collection, a concealed hoard or a votive offering? Findspots in water suggest offerings, since they would be awkward to retrieve. But understanding the context of deposition means knowing the prehistoric environment. The Fenland area of England has many Bronze Age sites, and deposits of metalwork and a well-mapped ancient environment too. Putting all three together the authors begin to assemble a grammar of deposition: swords and rapiers in rivers, some mixed collections placed in still water and others on once-dry land with burnt mounds."}
{"text":"Correct spelling, explanation: initial comes from the Latin word inire, which used to mean go in. Later, the word changed into initium and initialis, which meant beginning. When it comes to the English language initial appeared in it in the 16th century. Today, initial functions as an adjective and as a noun.\nDefinition of initial:\n1. adjective – refers to the beginning of something or to the first stage;\nThe initial process of registration is a little bit complicated, but I will help you.\n2. noun – the first letter of your name;\nShe’s a popular novelist, but no one knows her real name because she always uses only her initial.\nPhrases with initial:\nA few popular phrases with initial are as follows: initial position, initial result, and initial phase.\nThe initial position is crucial for a soldier so it needs to be practiced in a real-life context.\nThe initial result is quite promising, but we need to carry out a few more tests before we start celebrating.\nThe initial phase of your training is just a warm-up with some stretching exercises.\nIncorrect spelling, explanation: the word initial is short but difficult in terms of spelling as it has three -i letters. Users of English often forget about the second -i letter, which results in\nintial. This form is incorrect and initial is the only right spelling.\n✔ Click to open Free Grammar, Style and Spell Checker\nStill not sure?Ask your question in our comments section below (we reply to all comments within 24 hours)\nor return to main search.\n2 thoughts on “Initial or intial”?\nWhichIsCorrect.com takes no responsibility for all the incorrect language advice posted in the comments section below. Our moderators only check the spelling and punctuation of posted comments.\nI like this guide.\nI would have to check with you here. Which isn’t one thing we usually do! We take pleasure in reading a publish that may make people think. Additionally, thank you for allowing me to comment!"}
{"text":"Summary and Info\nEach year, disasters such as house fires, car accidents, tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes impact hundreds of thousands of children. Child victims can suffer disproportionately and the physical and psychological damage sustained can far outweigh the same effects in adults, often requiring years of therapy. Sadly, emergency planners to date have largely failed to adequately recognize and accommodate the particular requirements of children in times of disaster. Identify Needs Highlighting the infrastructure that supports children in a safe and secure community, Managing Children in Disasters begins by identifying the special needs of children, including physical security, emotional stability, family unity, and ongoing education. It looks at how hazard mitigation actions can reduce the long- term impact of a disaster on this infrastructure, and outlines the many steps that can be taken by parents, emergency managers, school officials, and child care providers to prepare for a future incident. Target Resources The book reviews what agencies and organizations can do to ensure that children are protected and families remain intact. It examines evacuation plans and processes, emergency shelters, and the recovery and rebuilding process. The final chapter provides a list of resources in emergency planning, psychosocial recovery, training and education courses, technical assistance, and other organizations. It includes examples of existing programs, reports, sample plans, and guides written for children. Offering guidance for the family and community, this book discusses the types of efforts that can be undertaken in all phases of emergency management including preparation, immediate response, and recovery."}
{"text":"We commemorate Kristallnacht with vigils every year. But nobody remembers what happened the very next day, which was much more fateful. Hat tip EPJ.\nJews around the world and in Israel – stay armed, stay safe.\nGUN CONTROL LAW PASSED BY THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT ONE DAY AFTER KRISTALLNACHT\nREGULATIONS AGAINST JEWS’ POSSESSION OF WEAPONS\n11 November 1938\nWith a basis in §31 of the Weapons Law of 18 March 1938 (Reichsgesetzblatt I, p.265), Article III of the Law on the Reunification of Austria with Germany of 13 March 1938 (Reichsgesetzblatt I, p. 237), and §9 of the Führer and Chancellor’s decree on the administration of the Sudeten-German districts of 1 October 1938 (Reichsgesetzblatt I, p 1331) are the following ordered:§1\nJews (§5 of the First Regulations of the German Citizenship Law of 14 November 1935, Reichsgesetzblatt I, p. 1333) are prohibited from acquiring, possessing, and carrying firearms and ammunition, as well as truncheons or stabbing weapons. Those now possessing weapons and ammunition are at once to turn them over to the local police authority.\nFirearms and ammunition found in a Jew’s possession will be forfeited to the government without compensation.\nThe Minister of the Interior may make exceptions to the Prohibition in §1 for Jews who are foreign nationals. He can entrust other authorities with this power.\nWhoever willfully or negligently violates the provisions of §1 will be punished with imprisonment and a fine. In especially severe cases of deliberate violations, the punishment is imprisonment in a penitentiary for up to five years.\nFor the implementation of this regulation, the Minister of the Interior waives the necessary legal and administrative provisions.\nThis regulation is valid in the state of Austria and in the Sudeten-German districts.\nBerlin, 11 November 1938\nMinister of the Interior"}
{"text":"UNPAID LABOR® is a term used to describe the slave’s contribution to America\nThe Unpaid Labor Contribution Project promotes a message. The message is that the\nfirst 12 generations of African Americans were vital to the birth, growth and survival\nof the United States. By contribution we mean the collective effort of 12.5 million\npeople. They worked as Unpaid Laborers for 250 years to form the foundation of our\ncountry. This is a documented conclusion. This is what 66 prominent PhD\nhistorians say. These historians were educated, and they teach at America’s finest\ncolleges and universities.\nAll Americans are invited to join the national movement to promote A New Approach to Race\nAbolish the false thinking of racial inferiority and superiority. That way of thinking was created to justify racial slavery. It remains in place today.\nThe movement’s symbol is a single black stripe in the American flag. The symbol says how important the Contribution was and is to America.\nWe honor the flag and do not seek to change it. We acknowledge the horrors of slavery, but we do not focus on them. The project does not vilify the Founding Fathers. We do not take a position on social or political issues such as reparations, police brutality, and mass incarceration to name a few. The message of Unpaid Labor Contribution is designed to be unique. It is designed to be non-confrontational, unifying, and proactive. It is also designed to offer a new way to think about race in America."}
{"text":"1690s, from gold (adj.) + fish (n.). The fish were introduced into England from China, where they are native. A type of carp, they are naturally a dull olive color; the rich colors (also red, black, silver) are obtained by selective breeding. Goldfish bowl, figurative of a situation of no privacy, was in use by 1935."}
{"text":"It is prescribed that the Altar of Repose be in the church and other than the one where Mass is celebrated. In the Mass on Maundy Thursday two hosts are consecrated; after the consumption of the first, the second Host is placed in a Monstrance which ais vessel used by Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, and Anglo-Catholic Churches to display the consecreated Eucharistic Host. This remains on the corporal in the centre of the Altar until the end of Mass, when it is carried in solemn procession to the altar of repose, there to remain in the Monstrance. The Maundy Thursday service concludes with the stripping of all altars except the Altar of Repose.\nCatholic piety has made Maundy Thursday a day of exceptional devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, and the repository is the centre of the love and aspirations of the faithful.\nAfter the Good Friday service, the Blessed Sacrament (remaining available as viaticum for the dying) is stored elsewhere, such as in a locked cabinet in the sacristy, with a lamp or candle burning before it. (The Altar of Repose is used no more that season, and is stripped, with no decorations being used for any altar until it is time to prepare for the Easter Vigil.)To see other Altars of Repose, check out the TexAnglican's blog."}
{"text":"The sample rate of an audio signal refers to how often an analog waveform is sampled each second. The higher the sample rate, the closer the match to the original analog wave.\nIn audio theory, the upper limit of frequencies that can be adequately represented by a given sample rate is called the Nyquist frequency. Human hearing is typically limited to sounds of frequency 22kHz or less. To represent this Nyquist frequency, the sample rate must be at least double this. So a frequency of 44.1 kHz–he sample rate used in traditional compact disc mastering–is considered sufficient to faithfully reproduce everything a human can hear.\nHowever, since higher frequency sounds can interact with the listening environment to produce lower frequency sounds, there is a trend to higher sample rates for more faithful sounds reproduction and processing. Common sample rates for audio production are 96kHz and 192kHz.\nbit depth – see analog v. digital\nbroadcast safe refers to a video signal that conforms to a given regional broadcast specification. It sets specific voltage levels for the blacks and whites of a video image, as well as the colors that can be accurately represented in the broadcast signal. Different specifications exist for different regions and formats. Broadcast safe specifications include standards for both audio and video formatting.\nColor grading and non-linear editing software include waveforms and vectorscopes to analyze an image for broadcast safe compliance, as well as tools to adjust or clamp images in violation of the standards."}
{"text":"Three types of communication styles are passive, aggressive, and assertive communication. We all use these at different times, but if you are always passive or aggressive, you may find that you get better results by learning how to become assertive instead.\nIn passive communication, you may withhold your opinions, feelings, and wants. You may feel uncomfortable speaking your mind, especially when you are among supervisors or people you see as important. This type of communication style can make you feel as though you have no control over a situation.\nIn aggressive communication, you honestly state your opinions, feelings, and wants, but at the expense of others. You can be seen as intimidating, demanding, or rude. This type of communication style offends others, and their negative reaction to you can lead to stress.\nIn assertive communication, you state your opinions, feelings, and wants openly, but in a respectful, considerate, tactful way. In most instances, an assertive style works better than a passive or aggressive style.\n|Editor||Kathleen M. Ariss, MS|\n|Associate Editor||Pat Truman, MATC|\n|Primary Medical Reviewer||Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine|\n|Specialist Medical Reviewer||Lisa S. Weinstock, MD - Psychiatry|\n|Last Updated||April 22, 2009|"}
{"text":"- The fabric lasts longer - The fabric is more absorbent - No bleaching or Harsh chemical have been used AT ALL.\nThe conventional cultivation of cotton leads to massive environmental and health problems. Around the world, more toxic insecticides are used on cotton than on any other crop. A sustainable alternative is the certified organic cultivation.\nSo serious are the negative impacts of chemical-intensive agricultural production, that momentum for change has grown considerably in recent years. The trend toward more environmentally friendly production methods is supported by a variety of interests including farmers wanting to escape the chemical treadmill, enlightened companies under pressure of increased environmental regulation and competition, and informed consumers calling for greater social and environmental accountability.\nOrganic cotton is produced in organic agricultural systems that produce food and fibre according to clearly established standards. Organic agriculture prohibits the use of toxic and persistent chemical pesticides and fertilizers, as well as genetically modified organisms. It seeks to build biologically diverse agricultural systems, replenish and maintain soil fertility, and promote a healthy environment."}
{"text":"- sea (n.)\n- Old English sæ \"sheet of water, sea, lake, pool,\" from Proto-Germanic *saiwaz (cf. Old Saxon seo, Old Frisian se, Middle Dutch see, Swedish sjö), of unknown origin, outside connections \"wholly doubtful\" [Buck]. Meaning \"large quantity\" (of anything) is from c.1200. Meaning \"dark area of the moon's surface\" is attested from 1660s (see mare (n.2)).\nGermanic languages also use the general Indo-European word (represented by English mere (n.)), but have no firm distinction between \"sea\" and \"lake,\" either by size, by inland or open, or by salt vs. fresh. This may reflect the Baltic geography where the languages are thought to have originated. The two words are used more or less interchangeably in Germanic, and exist in opposite senses (e.g. Gothic saiws \"lake,\" marei \"sea;\" but Dutch zee \"sea,\" meer \"lake\"). Cf. also Old Norse sær \"sea,\" but Danish sø, usually \"lake\" but \"sea\" in phrases. German See is \"sea\" (fem.) or \"lake\" (masc.). The single Old English word sæ glosses Latin mare, aequor, pontus, pelagus, and marmor.\nPhrase sea change \"transformation\" is attested from 1610, first in Shakespeare (\"The Tempest,\" I.ii). Sea anemone is from 1742; sea legs is from 1712; sea level from 1806; sea urchin from 1590s. At sea in the figurative sense of \"perplexed\" is attested from 1768, from literal sense of \"out of sight of land\" (c.1300)."}
{"text":"BINGE EATING DISORDER\nWhen speaking of eating disorders, one usually refers to anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. There are, however, quite a few people that fulfill several diagnostic criteria for either anorexia or bulimia and yet cannot be readily diagnosed as having either anorexia nervosa or bulimia nevosa. They can be said to suffer from an atypical eating disorder or an eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS). One prominent example of such an atypical eating disorder is binge eating disorder. Like bulimia and some anorexia patients, patients with binge eating disorder regularly experience eating binges during which they will eat objectively large amounts of food. Unlike bulimia patients, patients with binge eating disorder do not show compensatory behaviour. As a result, they are more likely to gain weight and thus binge eating disorder is particularly prevalent among obese people. Obese persons with binge eating disorder are more likely to suffer from comorbid depression than obese persons who do not binge. Binge eating disorder can be treated effectively with cognitive behavioural therapy. What causes eating binges and what is the relation between symptoms of depression and binge eating are important questions in our current research."}
{"text":"National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is observed in October 2017. Breast Cancer Awareness Month,is an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure.\nA variety of events around the world are organized in October, including walks and runs, and the pink illumination of landmark buildings. In the United States, the National Football League promotes breast cancer awareness by incorporating pink on and off the field, and comic strip artists use pink on one day in October\nBreast cancer is a type of cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas, while those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas. (With material from: Wikipedia)\nWhere is the event?\nWhen is the event?\nSunday, the 1st of October 2017 to Tuesday, the 31st of October 2017"}
{"text":"The Just 10 Challenge is about making a small commitment with a huge payoff. Losing just 10 pounds can lower your blood pressure, reduce your risk for a stroke, ward off dementia, lower your risk for uterine and breast cancer, and lower your cholesterol up to 10%. Change the health of America, 10 pounds at a time.\nCut Out Soda\nThe average American consumes 53 gallons of soda (and 49 pounds of sugar) per year. It's making the nation sick and fat. Soda is full of caffeine and high fructose corn syrup. Both regular AND diet soda lead to weight gain. Additionally, soda increases your risk of diabetes, bone weakening and tooth decay. Start by swapping out just one can of soda for water each day to help you lose 10 pounds."}
{"text":"Many orthopedic deformities are common in children. The most well-known are deformites that impact life for children such as cleft lip, cleft palate, clubfoot, and hand deformities such as clubhand and syndactly. These disease while easily treated through surgery, casting, and therapy in the modern world were not always so simple and easy to treat. All have been studied by many doctors and therapists in order to find therapies that provided the most competent care possible for children. According the Iowa Orthopaedic Journal, Clubfoot was treated by the Indians around 1000 BC and Hippocrates in the 400s CE using methods similar to the non-surgical methods used today although the treatments were not used later(Dobbs, Morcuende, Gurnett,Ponseti).\nAccoding Orthopeadics, Clubhand was identified in the 1700s although the first effective treatments were not until the 1950s(Fitzgerald, Kaufer, Malkani 935).\nAccoridng to Perko M., Cleft lip was frist treated by surgery in China in the 300s BC but the surgery was not more successful until anesthatics were more successful allowing the painful surgery to be performed easily(par, 1). Other deformities had treatment progressions in similar patterns."}
{"text":"chinquapin (chĭngˈkəpĭn) [key] [Algonquian], name for certain American species of the chestnut genus of the family Fagaceae (beech family) and for a related species, the golden chinquapin ( Castanopsis chrysophylla ), an evergreen of the Pacific states. The common chinquapin is Castanea pumila, native to the E United States. Its wood and fruit are used like those of the chestnut. The bush chinquapin ( C. alnifolia ) has a more southern range. Chinquapin is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Fagales, family Fagaceae.\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.\nMore on chinquapin from Fact Monster:\nSee more Encyclopedia articles on: Plants"}
{"text":"Definition of getter\nn. - One who gets, gains, obtains, acquires, begets, or procreates.\nThe word \"getter\" uses 6 letters: E E G R T T.\nNo direct anagrams for getter found in this word list.\nWords formed by adding one letter before or after getter (in bold), or to eegrtt in any order:\ni - tergite s - getters\nShorter words found within getter:\neger egret er ere erg et gee get gree greet re ree reg ret rete tee teg tet tree tret\nList shorter words within getter, sorted by length\nWords formed from any letters in getter, plus an optional blank or existing letter\nList all words starting with getter, words containing getter or words ending with getter\nAll words formed from getter by changing one letter\nOther words with the same letter pairs: ge et tt te er\nBrowse words starting with getter by next letter\nPrevious word in list: gettable\nNext word in list: gettered\nSome random words: re"}
{"text":"transforms The Studio Museum in Harlem’s galleries into an active photography studio. Over the course of two weeks, Museum staff will work in view of the public to create high-quality digital photographs of some of the largest works in the Museum’s permanent collection of nearly two thousand works of art. This project is the culmination of a year-long initiative, generously supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), to fully digitize and make accessible this unparalleled collection. By capturing images of artworks that have rarely been exhibited or photographed, Photo Studio\nallows artists, curators, scholars, and the public the opportunity to learn about the Studio Museum’s significant collection first-hand.\nMaintaining the Museum’s commitment to the preservation, accessibility, and study of work by artists of African descent, Photo Studio\nalso allows for a rare behind-the-scenes look into the work that occurs at a museum. Staff and visitors alike will have the opportunity to reflect on the depth and breadth of the Museum’s collection. Visitors will have the chance to see art handlers installing work in a variety of media, with rarely seen, large-scale, or technically complex artworks periodically on view in the main gallery.\nThroughout the two weeks, Museum staff and educators will be on hand in the galleries to answer any questions about works on view. Please note that photography and video of this exhibition are prohibited.Photo Studio\nis made possible in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Additional support provided by The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Council."}
{"text":"Applications of DNA analysis have been extended to forensic investigations and consequently a profusion of questions have arisen with regard to the collection of samples and methodological standards, the reliability and interpretation of results, and regulation of testing in general. The use of extremely small crime samples as a source of DNA for forensic investigation only began in South Africa in 1995 and was both accepted and challenged in court in the same year. Section 37 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1977 makes specific provision for the taking of the necessary steps in order to ascertain whether the body of an arrested person has 'any mark, characteristic or distinguishing feature or shows any condition or appearance'. In South Africa, the Biology Unit of the Police Forensic Science Laboratory is the primary laboratory specialising in DNA testing for prosecution purposes. The Laboratory for Tissue Immunology at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town also tests DNA evidence in criminal cases on request."}
{"text":"Source: Psychotherapist, Lee Wai Tong\nWhenever something happens, children will use different excuses to shirk their responsibility toward others. Parents may then scold the child for this, but this may make the child avoid taking responsibility. Faced with this situation, what can parents do?\nFirst of all, when parents ask children, “Why didn’t you finish the work?” or “Why don’t you understand?” Parents want their children to take responsibility. But at this time, the child will want to shirk the responsibility and give it to someone else, but at the end of the day, the parents actually want the child to take responsibility. You should know that responsibility starts with the child having the time to make decisions because having the time is called having a sense of autonomy. If children can have a sense of autonomy, they will be more likely to be responsible.\nFor example, if he does not know how to do his homework and is asked why he does not understand, he will say that the teacher did not teach him, the teacher did not teach him well, or that the other students were noisy. At that moment, if parents continue to say that he is not concentrating in class, they will only make the child throw the responsibility further away. So at this point, we need to know how to do better since we are facing difficulties and then work with the child to figure out how to do it.\nThe child will feel responsible for doing a good job, so naturally he will put the responsibility back on himself and let himself do it. And when children can do things on their own, they will be more willing to take responsibility. This is why I always say that the most important thing for parents is not to be accountable because accountability only teaches children to unload their responsibilities, while we can help our children take responsibility and accomplish things together. This is the most important lesson we often teach our children about responsibility."}
{"text":"1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Alhazen\nALHAZEN (Abu Ali Al-Hasan Ibn Alhasan), Arabian mathematician of the 11th century, was born at Basra and died at Cairo in 1038. He is to be distinguished from another Alhazen who translated Ptolemy’s Almagest in the 10th century. Having boasted that he could construct a machine for regulating the inundations of the Nile, he was summoned to Egypt by the caliph Hakim; but, aware of the impracticability of his scheme, and fearing the caliph’s anger, he feigned madness until Hakim’s death in 1021. Alhazen was, nevertheless, a diligent and successful student, being the first great discoverer in optics after the time of Ptolemy. According to Giovanni Battista della Porta, he first explained the apparent increase of heavenly bodies near the horizon, although Bacon gives the credit of this discovery to Ptolemy. He taught, previous to the Polish physicist Witelo, that vision does not result from the emission of rays from the eye, and wrote also on the refraction of light, especially on atmospheric refraction, showing, e.g. the cause of morning and evening twilight. He solved the problem of finding the point in a convex mirror at which a ray coming from one given point shall be reflected to another given point. His treatise on optics was translated into Latin by Witelo (1270), and afterwards published by F. Risner in 1572, with the title Opticae thesaurus Alhazeni libri VII., cum ejusdem libro de crepusculis et nubium ascensionibus. This work enjoyed a great reputation during the middle ages. Works on geometrical subjects were found in the Bibliothéque nationale de Paris in 1834 by E. A. Sédillot; other manuscripts are preserved in the Bodleian library at Oxford and in the library of Leiden.\nSee Casiri, Bibl. Arab. Hisp. Escur.; J. E. Montucla, Histoire des mathématiques (1758); and E. A. Sédillot, Matériaux pour l’histoire des sciences mathématiques."}
{"text":"School Safety: By the Numbers\nPublished in November 2017, this resource draws from NIJ's Summary of School Safety Statistics report developed as a part of the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative. Included is data on school crime rates, shootings and other violence, school security measures, and more, with trends over time provided.\nThe National Institute of Justice’s CrimeSolutions.gov provides ratings of programs and practices, including programs that relate to school safety, to help determine what works, what doesn’t, and what’s promising.\nWith funding from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges created the NRC-SJP to serve as a one-stop-shop for jurisdictions seeking training and technical assistance to support implementation and sustainability of multidisciplinary initiatives to achieve positive school discipline reforms and reduce the school to juvenile justice pathway.\nDeveloped by the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center and available to vetted criminal justice professionals and school administrators, the SchoolSafe app provides for a means to conduct a physical assessment of a school campus (inside and out) to address potential trouble spots."}
{"text":"Nestle Boycott (1011P20)\nStatus: Lapsed | Zone: Sustainability\nPassed: 17/05/2011 |\nThis policy was discussed at the following meetings:\n- The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 1.5 million infants die around the world every year because they are not breastfed. Where water is unsafe a bottle-fed child is up to 25 times more likely to die as a result of diarrhoea than a breastfed child.\n- Nestle is a company which continues to flout the World Health Assembly marketing code on breast milk substitutes despite this death and suffering.\n- 73 other student unions are part of the boycott.\n- The boycott is active in many in many different organisations and unions across 20 countries and is working on many levels: Nestle continues to find it difficult to recruit British graduates into their company.\n- That Nestle acts in a highly unethical manner in many other areas, including the price of labour for their chocolate and coffee production and in the harvesting of palm oil.\n- That we should join the boycott of Nestle by not stocking their products in any union outlets.\n- We do have consumer choice and you could choose to buy your Kit Kat elsewhere, but the positive thing about the boycott is that it sends a clear signal to Nestle © that as students we care about what they are doing. It is a statement that couldn't be reproduced just by informing individual student's shopping habits.\n- That Nestle has behaved in an unethical manner with regards to formula milk and other issues, and that they should change their practices.\n- To make information available at union outlets advertising this and stating why it has been done.\nSorry, there are no Mandates for this policy"}
{"text":"Rumblings from developing countries over rumors of a separate agreement between the U.S., Denmark, and Britain that would allow developed countries to pollute more relative to developing countries, is causing tremors in the Cop 15 Climate Summit spirit of cooperation.\nMany of the expected climate change impacts such as rising sea level will disproportionately impact poorer countries with less economic resources than rich countries. Did we really think we could discuss, argue, and come to agreement on a world-community plan to mitigate environmental and economic impacts without addressing the age-old problem of have’s versus have not’s?\nPhilanthropist, George Soros, addressed this gap and called for the IMF to fund climate change adaptations in developing countries by investing $100B in developing countries for green energy projects and adaptations necessary to adapt to climate impacts in those countries. Money will come from the funds set aside for financial recovery in world-wide economies. Soros addressed the 192-country summit.\nSoros is responding to the possibility that the talks will break down due to The Group of 77 (bloc of developing countries) which contends that developed nations like the U.S., who have contributed the lion’s share of CO2 emissions over the last 150 years of industrialization, should make substantive commitments for reduced emissions and assistance to developing countries. Soros called upon the political will of the people to assure Congress will not delay to support his plan and significant commitments from the U.S. to the rest of the world community to reduce emissions."}
{"text":"3D Printers:Fact or Fiction [VIDEO]\nThe age of modern technology is here and it changes every day so rapidly it’s hard to keep up with it all. The newest buzz is 3D Printers, where you can take an object, modify it to your specifications, and print an exact duplicate. Sounds like something straight out of a science fiction movie…think again?According to a company called Z Corporation and recently seen on the National Geographic Channel, the company claims that 3D printers offer product developers the ability to print parts and assemblies made of several materials with different mechanical and physical properties in a single build process. Advanced 3D printing technologies yield models that can serve as product prototypes.\nBy now your imagination must be going wild as to all the possibilities that this could bring our way.\nIf you could scan and copy something and make an exact duplicate of it, what would it be?"}
{"text":"(from: The Treaties of Peace 1919-1923, Vol. II, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, New York, 1924.)\nThe Lausanne Treaty was signed on 24 July 1923 by the British Empire, France, Italy, Japan, Greece, Romania, and the \"Serbo-Croat-Slovene\" State on one part and Turkey on the other.\n(Compiled by Lt.-Col. Lawrence Martin, Geographer of the Institute of Politics)\nThe text of the Treaty and the maps have been copied with permission from the World War I Archive (specifically: Treaties)."}
{"text":"At the national level, 2011 has become a very active tornado season. While the reports are preliminary, the number of tornadoes this year stands at 1189. And we are only five months into the year. At least 483 people have died this year, compared to 45 in 2010 and 21 in 2009.\nI’ve been asked by several people if there are any trends in the tornado records for Illinois. If we look at the number of stronger tornadoes since 1950 in Illinois, we see a lot of year to year variability. However there is no significant trend over time – either up or down (Figure 1). Stronger tornadoes are identified here as F-1 to F-5 events from 1950 to 2006 (using the Fujita Scale), and EF-1 to EF-5 events from 2007 to 2010 (using the Enhanced Fujita Scale). By definition, these stronger tornadoes cause at least a moderate amount of damage. See the Storm Prediction Center for a discussion on the original Fujita and Enhanced Fujita (EF) scales.\nWhat we have seen is a dramatic increase in the number of F-0 (EF-0) tornadoes from 1950 to 2010 (Figure 2). These are the weakest of all tornado events and typically cause little if any damage. These events were overlooked in the early tornado records. The upward trend is the result of better radar systems, better spotter networks, and increased awareness and interest by the public. These factors combined have allowed for a better documentation of the weaker events over time.\nIf we combine both data sets together, we see the apparent upward trend caused by the increasingly accurate accounting of F-0 (EF-0) tornadoes (Figure 3). As a result, the number of observed tornadoes in Illinois has increased over time, but without an indication of any underlying climate change.In my opinion, the tornado record since 1995 (shaded in yellow) provides the most accurate picture of tornado activity in Illinois. From that part of the record we see that the average number of tornadoes per year in Illinois is now 63."}
{"text":"Why are vibrations monitored? What are the types and sources of construction vibration? How are vibrations reported?\nReasons for Monitoring Construction Vibration\nAvoid excessive vibrations that can lead to property damage, litigation, project delays, and increased costs\nInform construction engineers of excessive vibrations so they can take mitigating actions\nProvide documentation for regulatory agencies\nHelp resolve damage claims\nSources of Construction Vibration\n- Impact pile driving\n- Dynamic compaction\n- Pneumatic tamping\n- Vibratory Compaction\n- Vibratory Pile Driving\n- Excavation Machinery\n- Pavement Milling & Rubblizing\nReporting Construction Vibration\n- Ground vibration propagates in waves.\n- The wavefronts cause particle motion.\n- Vibration monitors measure the velocity and frequency of particle motion.\n- Velocity is reported in inches per second. Higher velocities are more damaging.\n- Frequency is reported in Hz. Lower frequencies are more damaging.\nVibration Limit Chart\n- The limit chart plots particle velocity against frequency.\n- Points falling above the limit line are considered potentially damaging.\n- Points falling below the limit line are considered non-damaging.\n- The limit chart was developed for transient vibrations (blasting). Limits for continuous vibrations are typically 2 to 5 times more restrictive.\nHistogram & Waveform Event Reports\n- The histogram report, useful to demonstrate that the site is actively monitored, shows the peak particle velocity measured during successive time periods.\n- The waveform event report shows a single event, typically triggered by a limit exceedance."}
{"text":"There are two key ways you can help your child develop language. One is to read to them a lot. The other is to talk to them.\nA day in the life of you\nAt bedtime, tell them the story of what happened in their day. The skills of sequencing, prediction, retelling and remembering events are all developed through this activity.\nWhat, who and how?\nTake turns asking each other a question. Try to ask open-ended questions that require more than a yes or no answer.\nOdd one out\nThis can be played in several ways. If focusing on rhyme, you could give your child three or four words in which one doesn’t rhyme, like cat, mat and dog and ask them which one ends in a different way or sounds different. You can also do this with synonyms such as happy, glad and angry - which one doesn’t belong? This is a good way to extend vocabulary and explain new or rarely-used words."}
{"text":"PROPELLER is an acronym for \"Periodically Rotated Overlapping ParallEL Lines with Enhanced Reconstruction.\" This method acquires data in a unique way that allows one to track the motion of the patient during the MRI scan. The motion can then be removed.\n\"While PROPELLER technology continues to be refined, GE has already incorporated the novel method into new medical equipment,\" said Jim Pipe, senior staff scientist in the MRI Department at Barrow. \"We believe that PROPELLER technology will help drive the future of MRI.\"\nThere are two major applications for this method. The first is motion-insensitive imaging. For the first time, high-quality MRI scans can be collected on many segments of the population who cannot hold still (children, Parkinson's patients, etc.). This is leading the technology to a point where patient motion, which may be the biggest obstacle to good images, is no longer a factor.\nThe second application for PROPELLER is stroke imaging. The technology used to detect and characterize strokes, called \"Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI),\" is extremely sensitive to even minute motion in a patient. Prior to PROPELLER, DWI images suffered in quality because the methods used to reduce this motion sensitivity also reduced image quality. With PROPELLER DWI, small strokes are much easier to detect, grade and follow during treatment.\nCOMPAMED.de; Source: St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center"}
{"text":"The seasonal incidence of nematode infestations in pigs raised under semi-intensive conditions was determined by the monthly slaughter of 2-4 tracer pigs exposed to infestation in an earthern floored pen for periods of 1 or 2 months. Although worm burdens were generally small, Ascarops strongylina appeared to be more prevalent from November to March than during the other months of the year. Once Ascaris suum became established in the pen nearly all the pigs became infested. The number of worms never exceeded 88, however, and no seasonal incidence pattern could be determined. Trichuris suis favoured the warmer months from November to March, the smallest numbers being recovered during September and October. One pig only harboured Trichostrongylus colubriformis and 3 had Oesophagostomum dentatum.\nThe articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 300dpi.\nAdobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format."}
{"text":"Free Online Dictionary\n|Babylon English English dictionary||Download this dictionary|\nn. written character used in phonetic transcription representing a specific sound of speech\nThe following video provides you with the correct English pronunciation of the word \"phonetic symbol\", to help you become a better English speaker.\n|Wikipedia English The Free Encyclopedia||Download this dictionary|\nPhonetic alphabet can mean:\n- phonetic transcription system: a system for transcribing the precise sounds of human speech into writing.\n- International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA): the most widespread such system\n- : lists other phonetic transcription systems\n- phonemic orthography: for representing the sounds of a particular language with a one-symbol-per-sound correspondence\n- spelling alphabet: a set of words used instead of alphabetic letters in radio communication; each word stands for its initial letter\n- ICAO spelling alphabet: the most widespread such set (Alfa, Bravo, Charlie,...)\n- : lists other spelling alphabets\n|See more at Wikipedia.org...|\n© This article uses material from Wikipedia® and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License\n|WordNet 2.0 Dictionary||Download this dictionary|\n1. a written character used in phonetic transcription of represent a particular speech sound\n(hypernym) character, grapheme, graphic symbol\n(member-holonym) phonetic alphabet, sound alphabet\n(part-holonym) phonetic transcription\n| phonetic symbol in French | phonetic symbol in Spanish | phonetic symbol in Portuguese | phonetic symbol in German | phonetic symbol in Japanese | phonetic symbol in Greek | phonetic symbol in Turkish | phonetic symbol in Hebrew | phonetic symbol in Arabic | phonetic symbol in Thai | phonetic symbol in Polish | phonetic symbol in Danish\nYou think you have ethics... Take the survey NOW!"}
{"text":"You won’t find a photograph of the Cincinnati skyline without the iconic John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge. The bridge that connects Cincinnati and Covington, Kentucky officially opened on January 1, 1867. At the time, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world (1,057 feet). When the bridge opened, horse and buggy were charged 15 cents to cross, three horse and carriage were charged a quarter, and pedestrians had a toll of a whopping, one penny. For those of you not familiar with the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge may recognize the resemblance with New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge. This is due to the fact that John A. Roebling designed the bridges in Cincinnati and New York City. Roebling’s Cincinnati bridge was considered a prototype for the Brooklyn Bridge which was constructed 16 years later.\nFor all you movie buffs, Cincinnati’s Roebling Suspension Bridge was also portrayed in the Academy Award winning film, Rainman."}
{"text":"Can You Tell the Difference?\nStudents will use the White Mountain National Forest quarter to learn about the similarities and differences between national parks and national forests.\nRead the January Coin of the Month to learn about national forests. Using White Mountain National Forest as an example, discuss exceptional features of this national forest. Have the students research various national forests and national parks using available online and classroom resources. Invite the students to work in groups and use a graphic organizer to show their findings. Have the students create a visual display highlighting special features that national forests and national parks bring to the people of the United States.\nMake a Connection\nDo you know that we have a collection of lesson plans based on the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program for educators and students to enjoy? Lesson plans for grades K through 12 are available online for free. Be sure to use this program to explore the rich history of our national sites with your students.\nContent Related Links"}
{"text":"For one man, the first sign came when he mixed up words while ordering lunch in a restaurant. For a little girl, it began with a loss of balance and changes in hearing.\nThe most common malignant primary brain tumor is called glioblastoma multiforme. These tumors are often aggressive and infiltrate surrounding brain tissue.\nA Phase I clinical trial, funded by the American Cancer Society and launched through Roswell Park Cancer Institute's Center for Imm\nOne week before my brother was set to study business in Singapore this summer, Dr. Metchler delivered his alarming news.\nWhen my brother was diagnosed with cancer, my family’s priorities were clear: his health came first. But eventually, we also had to return to work.\nWhen my brother was diagnosed with brain cancer, it changed all of our lives, in ways big and small. The texture of reality shifted as anxiety and uncertainty set in. All of our future plans were placed on hold.\nIt’s become a running joke in our family: “Hey, give us a break. We don’t know what we’re doing. After all, this is our first brain tumor!”\nEarlier this month, a British study published in The Lancet revealed that computed tomography (CT) scans can raise the risk of brain cancer and leukemia in children later in life.\nMay is National Brain Tumor Awareness Month. To help you begin to understand this complex group of tumors, we have compiled some of the key facts, statistics and information below.\nA recent study in Cancer, a journal published by the American Cancer Society (ACS), reported a correlation between certain types of dental X-rays and a common, benign brain tumor called"}
{"text":"There's a built-in stop-watch in the brain, according to MIT neuroscientists.\nThey have identified populations of neurons that code time with extreme precision in the primate brain. These neurons are found in two interconnected brain regions, the prefrontal cortex and the striatum, both of which are known to play critical roles in learning, movement, and thought control.\nAlthough daily life is extremely dependent on precise timing - whether it's walking, speaking or playing the piano - surprisingly little has been known about how time is represented in the activity of brain cells.\nThe team trained two macaque monkeys to perform a simple eye-movement task. After receiving a 'go' signal, the monkeys were free to perform the task at their own speed. The researchers found that neurons in the prefrontal cortex and the striatum that consistently fired at specific times — 100 milliseconds, 110msec, 150msec, and so on — after the 'go' signal.\nLike a stopwatch, these neurons provided a fine-scale coverage over a period of several seconds. The combined activity of these neurons provided 'time stamps' that could specify any given time point with remarkable precision - less than 50 milliseconds.\nMore work is needed to establish how the brain produces this time code, and how it is used to control behavior and learning.\nIn the longer term, the ability to read the brain's natural time-code might help in the development of neural prosthetic devices for conditions such as Parkinson's disease, in which neurons in the prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia are disrupted and the ability to control the timing of movements is impaired.\nThe results are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."}
{"text":"At St David’s we strive to ensure all pupils are equipped with the necessary tools to be confident speakers, listeners, readers and writers. Our aim is to inspire and motivate pupils to ensure they reach their full potential, as well as equipping them with the essential skills they will take forward to secondary school.\nIn order to ensure pupils make good progress in each year group, a range of grammar, spelling, reading and writing activities are taught, and these are tailored to meet the needs of the individual child. As far as possible, links are made to other areas of the curriculum and encompass pupils’ interests in order to maintain high levels of engagement and foster a passion for reading and writing.\nPupils enjoy exciting and memorable trips to places such as the Globe Theatre and in-school events are organised such as ‘Roald Dahl Day’ which bring their learning to life."}
{"text":"Music has helped many people through tough times. During the pandemic, the music I have listened to has been comforting, calming, melancholy, and uplifting. When experiencing difficult times, sharing music and art can help us realize that we are not alone. Learning how to use art and music as forms of communication can help bring comfort to ourselves and others, help manage feelings, and as in the case of this prompt, offer opportunities for connection.\n- Print off the worksheet (letter size) template on this webpage — or create something similar to the worksheet lf you do not have access to a printer.\n- Record the names of albums and songs you have been listening to during the pandemic on the playlist template sheet.\n- Pick one of your pandemic playlist songs and create a drawing of how that song makes you feel on the worksheet template.\n- Send your worksheet (playlist and drawing) to friends or family so they can create their own playlist and drawing on the backside of the worksheet.\n- Please share worksheets (or if you worked on a separate paper share your drawing and playlist) using the submission form at the top of this page!"}
{"text":"This is the famous fig tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment, and is sacred to Hindus and Jains, as well as to Buddhists. The tree can grow very large, up to 30m tall.\nThe peepal tree (Ficus religiosa) has many traditional medicinal uses, from asthma to diabetes, gastric and genitourinary problems. In Ayurvedic medicine the bark is the most important part of the tree, but leaves, latex, fruits and seeds are also used. The latex in particular is valuable as a fungicide.\nIn the late 18th and early 19th centuries the East India Company controlled much of the Indian subcontinent. Keen to exploit and export valuable natural commodities, the Company set out to record the flora of India and commissioned Indian artists to create detailed botanical illustrations. Many of the plants were known through their use in Ayurvedic medicine. One of the world’s oldest medicinal systems, it has been practised in India for 3,000 years.\nCompany School style paintings became popular with wealthy Europeans. It was not uncommon for East India Company officials (who were not employed as medics or botanists) to build their own personal collections of paintings depicting Indian flora and fauna. We cannot be sure how local amateur botanist Richard Cresswell came by this collection of 86 Company School works. It is possible Henry Creighton commissioned them during his time as a judge in Calcutta and that on his death the works came back to the UK with his daughter Frances who later married Richard Cresswell.\nHERB. MUS. EXON CRESSWELL COLLECTION 19/1927; No 83 Ficus religiosa Linn Bur Tree P.T.O.; “Bur” or “Bor” is Ficus bengalenis but the leaves of this are rather of Ficus religiosa Linn It is rather a diagramatic than a true picture of either it is not the first named"}
{"text":"The Paper Towel Experiment is a project about which type of paper can absorb\nAug 22, 2014 ... Paper towel experiments for kids using Viva Vantage paper towels.\nwww.ask.com/youtube?q=Paper Towels Experiments&v=FAdmTzD46Kg\nJan 7, 2013 ... DIY A fun and educational science experiment! Younger children can also learn\nto make secondary colors in this project! Thanks for watching ...\nwww.ask.com/youtube?q=Paper Towels Experiments&v=KnRNfOrPQTs\nMar 23, 2014 ... What brand of paper towel is most absorbent? Bounty, Viva, Sparkle, or Orchid's\nWatch this video to find out which brand is most absorbent.\nAug 7, 2014 ... The Walking Water experiment is super easy to set up and has a big wow factor.\nKids can watch the colored water walk along paper towels and ...\nNov 14, 2013 ... This easy and inexpensive paper towel science project introduces kids to\nimportant physical concepts like cohesion, adhesion, and capillarity.\nAug 22, 2012 ... We were way overdue for a fun experiment, so this morning I broke out the\nmaterials for a paper towel experiment that I saw on Pinterest.\n“Paper Towel Dip“: a water absorption experiment for preschoolers and toddlers.\nOver the years, we've done many water absorption experiments here in my ...\nFeb 17, 2013 ... For a more complex science fair project with paper towels you can repeat this\nexperiment several times using only one filtration material each ...\nAug 25, 2012 ... We were exploring how paper towels absorb water and seeing a rainbow of\ncolors! The kids loved doing these simple experiments."}
{"text":"How to Install Digital Optical cable?\nThe telegraph and telephone were two inventions that changed the course of human history. They allowed people to communicate over long distances, making life easier and propelling the world into a newer, more modern age. Today, people still use the same kinds of copper wires that powered the first telegraphs and telephones. This technology is old, unreliable, and as the needs of people grow, will soon be obsolete. Copper wires are making way for the next new technology, namely, fiber optics. Fiber optic cables are used in a variety of ways, from delivering television signals to homes to transferring data between computers that are thousands of miles apart. They are a better alternative to copper wires when it comes to computer networks.\nThis guide aims to help people who are considering wiring their networks using fiber optic cables, by first explaining how they work and why they should be used. Installing and maintaining a computer network with fiber optics is not difficult, especially if users follow the step-by-step instructions detailed in the guide. Fiber optic cables and other devices needed to connect a home network can be bought at specialty electronic stores or ordered through electronics and computer parts suppliers. However, those who prefer to shop online should consider eBay. This site provides buyers a large range of choices when it comes to computer networking supplies.\nHow Fiber Optic Cables Work\nFiber optic cables use glass fiber strands covered with an insulated casing to send and receive communication signals using light pulses. Each cable can have up to a thousand strands of fiber, with the ability to send terabytes of data in a second. These types of cables have very high bandwidth and can be used over long distances with very little data degradation."}
{"text":"La France est un des grands pays de l'Europe occidentale.\nI learned this sentence from the book French for Reading Knowledge. The word \"des\" does not make sense for me. \"un grands pays\" (a great country) looks right to me. Is it an indefinite article or a partitive article? Or something else? What is the grammar here?"}
{"text":"Chinese meridian theory\n(chy-NEEZ meh-RIH-dee-un THEER-ee)\nIn traditional Chinese medicine, meridians are channels that form a network in the body, through which qi (vital energy) flows. Blocked qi causes pain or illness. The flow of qi is restored by using pressure, needles, suction, or heat at hundreds of specific points along the meridians."}
{"text":"Rayleigh-Jeans law and Wien’s formulae were failed to solve the problem of distribution of spectral radiance among various wavelengths in cavity radiations because these formulas were based upon the classical theory.\nPlanck’s quantum theory of radiation\nIn 1900, Max Planck gave a new concept about the nature of radiation, called the quantum theory of radiation in which Planck assumed the discrete nature of radiation. He assumed the atoms of the cavity emit and absorb radiation in the form of packets of energy, called quanta. The energy of each quantum is directly proportional to frequency.\nE ∝ f\nwhere h is Planck’s constant.\nMax Planck made the following assumptions derive his radiation law:\n- The atoms of the cavity behave like tiny harmonic oscillators.\n- The oscillators radiate and absorb energy only in the form of packets or bundles of electromagnetic waves.\n- An oscillator can emit or absorb any amount of energy which is the integral multiple of “hf ” which is mathematically expressed as:\nWhere n is an integer.\nSee Also : Black body radiation"}
{"text":"Limestone rock near Tourmakeady\nDescription:A photograph of limestone rock near Tourmakeady in county Mayo. There are two hammers in the photograph to indicate scale. The caption at the back of the photograph reads \"Near Tourmakeady youger volcanic rocks of a more acid composition are associated with limestones which may have formed fringing reefs around emergent volcanoes. The limestones have a very diverse animal life which existed around an archipelago not dissimilar to today's Galapagos Islands.\"."}
{"text":"The use of a Christmas tree indoors appears to have begun in\nThe tradition of the Christmas tree eventually spread through out\nWhen the German immigrants went to American they also brought along their Christmas trees. In the 1830's most Americans still considered the Christmas tree an oddity. One of the first public displays of a Christmas tree was set up by German Settlers in\nEarly Christmas trees were often decorated with apples, nuts, cookies, colored popcorn and candles. The invention of electricity in the early 20th century and use of electrical Christmas lights helped spread the use of the Christmas tree.\nIt is now common in most communities through out the\nA beautifully decorated evergreen tree, with colored lights ablaze inspires in many warm memories of Christmases long past. The Christmas tree has become one of the most beloved and well know holiday symbols.\nThe tradition of a holiday tree has been around since ancient times and has played an important part in winter celebrations for many centuries. Many pagan festivals used trees when honoring their gods and spirits. In\nThere have also been many legends surrounding the lore of the Christmas tree. In one story Saint Boniface, an English monk, came upon a group of pagans who had gathered around an oak tree and were preparing to sacrifice a child. To stop the sacrifice and save the child, the Saint flattened the oak tree with one blow of his fist. A small fir sprang up in its place, which Saint Boniface told the pagans was the Tree of Life and represented the life of Christ.\nAnother legend tells of Martin Luther, the founder of the Protestant religion, walking through the woods late one night. As it was clear, many stars were shining through the branches of the trees giving the impression of twinkling lights. Luther was so inspired by the beauty of the sight that he cut down a small evergreen and brought it home. He recreated the stars by putting candles on the tree's branches."}
{"text":"On the Death of a Lady's Owl.\n1 THE Owl expires! death gave the dreadful word,\n2 And lovely Anna weeps her fav'rite bird.\n3 Ye feather'd choir in willing throngs repair,\n4 And sooth the sorrows of the melting fair;\n5 In sounds of woe the dear-departed greet,\n6 With cypress strew, ye doves, the green retreat;\n7 The fateful raven tolls the passing bell,\n8 The solemn dirge be sung by Philomel;\n9 Sir Chanticlear, a chief of hardy race,\n10 Shall guard from kites and daws the sacred place.\n11 With your just tears a bard shall mix his own,\n12 And thus, in artless verse, inscribe the stone.\n13 INTERR'D within this little space\n14 The bird of wisdom lies;\n15 Learn hence, how vain is ev'ry grace,\n16 How fruitless to be wise.\n17 Can mortal stop the arm of Death\n18 Who ne'er compassion knew?\n* Adonis.Venus' lover robb'd of breath,\n20 He, Anna's darling slew.\n21 Ah happy bird, to raise those sighs\n22 Which man could ne'er obtain!\n23 Ah happy bird, to cloud those eyes\n24 That fir'd each kneeling swain!\n25 Thrice bless'd thy life, her joy, her bliss,\n26 Thrice bless'd thy happy doom;\n27 She gave thee many a melting kiss,\n28 She wept upon thy tomb.\nAbout this text\nTitle (in Source Edition): On the Death of a Lady's Owl.\nAuthor: Moses Mendez\nThemes: animals; death\nReferences: DMI 26660\nText view / Document view\nThe text has been typographically modernized, but without any silent modernization of spelling, capitalization, or punctuation. The source of the text is given and all editorial interventions have been recorded in textual notes. Based on the electronic text originally produced by the ECCO-TCP project, this ECPA text has been edited to conform to the recommendations found in Level 5 of the Best Practices for TEI in Libraries version 3.0."}
{"text":"BOB HIRSHON (host):\nHow our mouths talk to our gut. I’m Bob Hirshon and this is Science Update.\nWhen we put a bite of food into our mouths and start chewing, the whole body pays attention, according to Rutgers nutritional scientist Paul Breslin. At a recent meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he explained that an enzyme called salivary amylase breaks down starches into smaller molecules. Chemical sensors in the mouth analyze them and send the information downstream.\nPAUL BRESLIN (Rutgers University):\nThe best way to process foods in your body is when you know they’re coming in and you can be prepared and ready for them.\nIn this case, the pancreas starts secreting insulin to regulate the incoming sugars. Breslin says people with low levels of amylase in their saliva may be susceptible to metabolic disorders like diabetes. He says understanding chemical sensing and communication like this could help scientists prevent and treat a host of metabolic and immune disorders. I’m Bob Hirshon, for AAAS, the science society.\nStory by Bob Hirshon"}
{"text":"How did that arrowhead end up underground in the first place?\nA Native American left it on the surface hundreds of years ago.\nDinosaur bones, on the other hand, are millions of years old -- some fossils are billions of years old.\nTo determine the ages of these specimens, scientists need an isotope with a very long half-life.\nThe most widely known form of radiometric dating is carbon-14 dating.\nThis is what archaeologists use to determine the age of human-made artifacts. The half-life of carbon-14 is only 5,730 years, so carbon-14 dating is only effective on samples that are less than 50,000 years old.\nChoose: No Frames Layout Choose: Human Evolution Frames .\nI have integrated this web page on human evolution into an electronic text, \" Nature's Holism - Holism.\nThis is because sediments easily accumulate in water environments (lakes, streams, oceans).\n1) Which of the following factors weaken(s) the hypothesis of abiotic synthesis of organic monomers in early Earth's atmosphere? the relatively short time between intense meteor bombardment and the appearance of the first life-forms 2.\nthe lack of experimental evidence that organic monomers can form by abiotic synthesis 3.\nBut this sediment doesn't typically include the necessary isotopes in measurable amounts.\nFossils can't form in the igneous rock that usually does contain the isotopes."}
{"text":"The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth is a festival of the Western Christian calendar. It is celebrated on 31 May annually.\nThe Visitation recalls the event recounted in Luke 1.39. Mary, the Mother of Jesus, after the Annunciation that she will conceive, sets out to visit her relative (the exact relationship is uncertain) Elizabeth, who is also pregnant. Elizabeth, carry the unborn John the Baptist, feels her child leap in the womb on the sound of Mary's greeting. Filled with the Holy Spirit, both women make prophetic pronouncements that a time of fulfilment is upon them. Mary's prophetic hymn, the Magnificat, is repeated at vespers in many church traditions. The beginning of Elizabeth's statement — \"Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb\" — is part of the popular prayer Ave, Maria.\nThe first celebration of the feast of the Visitation occurred in 1263 at Franciscan Order General Chapter. The feast proved popular and spread quickly. Many Protestant churches celebrate the Visitation even though they may have rejected some of the more ancient feasts of Mary. This is mostly due to the feast's sound origin in a biblical text."}
{"text":"Ode-min Giizis is known as Strawberry Moon, and this term is how the month of June is referred to by Anishinaabe people in this area. Strawberries are the first fruit to grow upon Mother Earth, and through the traditional teachings and Creation story of the first strawberry, they teach us about growth, forgiveness, self-discipline and peace. We will explore and compare the varieties of strawberries we have available to us today and discuss the differences in growth rate and production methods. Students will have the opportunity to extract DNA from a strawberry, learn about the structure of DNA and how genetic information is passed through generations. We might even get a taste of this sweet traditional fruit!\nTh Ode-min workshop can be done in any classroom setting, though we always appreciate the opportunity to make use of lab spaces here at the University."}
{"text":"What countries can you get Lyme disease?\nLyme disease exists throughout much of the world, including Canada, Europe, and Asia. Occasionally, cases are reported in more tropical locales, and Lyme disease may exist in Australia.\nWhat country is Lyme disease most common in?\nLyme disease is the most common reported tick-borne illness in the Unites States and is prevalent throughout much of central Europe.\nDoes Vietnam tick?\nAlthough ticks and TBPs are known to occur in Southeast Asia, limited data is available in the international literature for some countries, such as Vietnam. … All ticks were morphologically identified as Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato, and some of them genetically characterized as belonging to the tropical lineage.\nCan you be in the military with Lyme disease?\nArmy: Waiver is not required for acute Lyme disease, although patients should be DNIF during antibiotic therapy. Any case of disseminated Lyme disease, substantiated by serology requires waiver.\nDoes Lyme disease stay in you forever?\nIf treated, Lyme disease does not last for years. However, for some people, the after-effects of the disease can linger for months and sometimes even years.\nHow do you feel when you have Lyme disease?\nErythema migrans is one of the hallmarks of Lyme disease, although not everyone with Lyme disease develops the rash. Some people develop this rash at more than one place on their bodies. Other symptoms. Fever, chills, fatigue, body aches, headache, neck stiffness and swollen lymph nodes can accompany the rash.\nWhat’s the new tick disease?\nCanine ehrlichiosis, caused by Ehrlichia canis, is a tick-borne dog disease recently detected in parts of Australia.\nWhy does Arkansas have so many ticks?\nTick species found in Arkansas are adapted to survive harsh winters. Some species survive the winters in leaf litter, soil and other protected sites while a few others may survive the winter on their host. Arkansas is well known for its abundance of ticks and its fair share of tick-borne diseases."}
{"text":"man typing on computer and holding plastic lock in one hand\nHere are several tips to help protect your information online. For additional security tips and information, click here.\nUse different, strong passwords for any online sites you visit. Strong passwords have eight or more characters and contain letters, numbers, and symbols. Also, protect your mobile device with a passcode or fingerprint authentication, and keep it locked when not in use.\nDO NOT STORE SENSITIVE INFORMATION ON YOUR PHONE\nSensitive information includes passwords, social security numbers, account numbers, and other personal information. For your protection, this information should not be stored in your mobile device.\nUPDATE YOUR DEVICES\nKeep your computer and mobile devices up-to-date with the latest operating system, internet browser, and antivirus software.\nLOOK OUT FOR FRAUDULENT EMAILS\nDo not respond to emails that ask you to enter your personal or account information. These types of emails are called ‘phishing’ requests. Also, beware of links in emails from unknown sources. Some of these links may be harmful and could expose your computer to online fraud or theft.\nLIMIT INFORMATION YOU SHARE ONLINE\nInformation you post about yourself online, such as in social networking sites, can be used by fraudsters to steal your identity. Maximizing your privacy settings on these sites and limiting the amount of personal information you share may help protect you from identity theft.\nBE CAREFUL WHICH APPS YOU DOWNLOAD\nBE CAUTIOUS USING UNKNOWN CONNECTIONS\nWhen possible, only connect to known, trusted Wi-Fi networks and Bluetooth devices.\nMONITOR YOUR ACCOUNTS\nAlways monitor your accounts regularly, and report any suspicious activity to us immediately.\nREPORT DEVICE LOSS IMMEDIATELY\nIf you lose your mobile device, report the loss to us as soon as possible so that your account can be blocked or monitored as necessary."}
{"text":"A suite of 5 puzzles were\ndesigned and developed to imbue the fundamental mathematical\nconcepts of addition, subtraction, division and multiplication\nfor children between the age group of 5 to 11 years. The Magic\nSquare and Magic Triangle apps help the child learn addition\nconcepts in a play-way methodology. The Pair Pattern and Find\nthe Sign Apps delves a little deeper into the BODMAS rule and\nhelps the child imbibe the concepts the logical thinking.\nIn order to make Math Learning\nmore fun and enticing, there are Easy, Medium and Difficult\nlevels and a scorecard that keeps a tab of the user score points\nfor every puzzle solved. Built for Education and Built for\nFamily use, the Apps have an Achievements dashboard, where there\nare badges assigned to the points scored.\nPricing and Licensing\nIn order to avoid duplication\nand misuse of the apps on multiple devices following a single\npurchase, Niyati had integrated the Google Play Licensing\nService that keeps a tab of the number of installation instances\nand prevents a User from installing the App on multiple devices."}
{"text":"Reading, Writing, Creating, & Learning With Abe and George!\nWe started with a favorite \"Honest Abe\"\nread aloud this week!\nWe designed Abe and his famous hat.\nWe wrote facts about this famous American and put those important facts in the hat!\n(Here's a look at the back of our Abe Lincoln Art Project.)\nAn envelope glue to the back to the back of the hat turned out to be the perfect way to hold our important papers!\nHere's a look at our fact writing!\n(After writing facts, each student inserted his/her facts into Mr. Lincoln's hat!)\nHere's a Copy of A Poem We Added to Our Poetry Books This Week.\nWe're studying George Washington next week too!\nI just love the TLC art projects ~ see George in the photo above.\nCheck out the TLC website for more details.\nClick here for next week's poem featuring George Washington!"}
{"text":"Income inequality in the U.S. is contributing to the growth of financial insecurity in retirement, exacerbated by a shift from pensions to individual 401(k) savings accounts, according to a new report by the U.S. National Institute On Retirement Security.\nIt found in 2019, white households across three generations — baby boomers, generation X and millennials — owned 75 per cent or more of their generation’s financial assets, with ownership especially concentrated among white households in the top 25 per cent of net worth.\nWhite baby boomers owned 91 per cent of their generation’s financial assets in 2019, compared to Black baby boomers (three per cent) and Hispanic baby boomers (two per cent), while the top five per cent of baby boomers by net worth owned a greater percentage of that generation’s financial assets in 2019 (58 per cent) than in 2004 (52 per cent).\n“This stark inequality is even more problematic because the U.S. has largely shifted to a retirement system built around the individual ownership of financial assets in 401(k) or individual retirement accounts rather than pensions,” said Tyler Bond, research manager for the institute and the report’s author, in a press release. “Few financial assets during one’s working years translates into retirement insecurity later in life.”"}
{"text":"The recycling of bioplastics is not necessarily easier than the recycling of conventional polymers. Antje Lieske is conducting research at the Fraunhofer IAP on the recycling of raw materials contained in granulate materials. The goal is to use the recycled materials to produce new products. In order to do this, the granulate materials have to be broken down into their original components—as efficiently and effectively as possible. The additives that chemically alter the properties of the plastic pose a particular difficulty.\nIn addition to the chemical difficulties it is also necessary to master the logistics: “Polylactic acid, for example, which is a bioplastic, is only worth separating in large quantities. This is why we recycle only six to seven percent of the utilised plastic, even though we actually collect everything in our recycling system,” said Lieske.\nThe foundations, however, have been created—Lieske can produce new products from residual materials. The video shows you how it works in detail."}
{"text":"USE THE CODE 'FREEGAMES' AT CHECKOUT TO GET THIS GAME FOR FREE. IF YOU DON'T USE THE CODE, YOU WILL BE CHARGED.\n- 7 ice creams consisting of a flake (letter), two ice cream scoops (bass clef note and treble clef note), and a cone (piano note)\nHow to Play:\n- There are various ways you can use this activity. You can hide the different elements of the ice cream around the room and have your student find all the parts for one ice cream (e.g. 'Find me the A ice cream!')\n- You can time students to see how quickly they can put together all the ice creams\nI'm sure you'll come up with more ways to use it!"}
{"text":"Surabaya is Indonesia’s second largest city but is not well known to the outside world. Yet in 1900, Surabaya was a bigger city than Jakarta and one of the main commercial centers of Asia. Collapse of sugar exports during the 1930s depression, followed by the Japanese occupation, revolution, and independence, brought on a long period of stagnation and retreat from the international economy. Not until the export boom of the 1990s did Surabaya regain prominence as Southeast Asia’s leading non–capital–city industrial area.\nPrevious thinking on Indonesia is being reassessed in light of recent political and economic upheaval. Surabaya, City of Work offers an alternative to the Jakarta-centric focus of most writing on the country. It is a multifaceted view of a fascinating and complex city in the dimensions of time and space, economy and society, and the current transition toward decentralization makes it highly topical.\nExploration of this eventful economic history gives new insight into Indonesia’s modern economic development. Industrialization is recognized as being associated with rapid urbanization, but this is the first study of Indonesia from an explicitly urban perspective. Surabaya, City of Work takes a broad approach that links industrialization to socioeconomic trends, the increasing role of government, changing land use, and trade patterns.\nThis well–illustrated local history encompassing national events and trends will be a central work on Indonesia for years to come."}
{"text":"|The Harbour School (THS)||July 2 (Mon) – 5 (Fri)||9 am – 12 pm|\nThis course is suitable for students in Grade 6, 7 and 8 (Year 7, 8 and 9 / Primary 6, Form 1 and 2).\nStudents are faced with a variety of demands, including academic, social, and personal ones. It can be a challenge to balance them all!\nDeveloping study skills and effective habits early on is fundamental to being successful, both at school and beyond. These sessions aim to hone self-awareness and strategies specific to individuals, particularly when it comes to learning effectively. The skills learned in this class will be helpful now, and in years to come.\nStudents will learn and be provided opportunities to practice how to manage time efficiently, set realistic goals, and take notes. In time, they will take ownership over their own learning, whilst gaining the confidence and independence they need at school and beyond.\n1. Getting Motivated. Finding my learning style – how I learn and focus best; self-motivation and regulation\n2. Time Management. Goal-setting; prioritizing (long-term, short-term)\n3. Breaking Down Tasks. Tackling big assignments and projects; making tasks manageable\n4. Note-taking and Consolidating. Memory aids and organisation\n5. Taking Breaks and Reducing Stress\nLed by Katrina Rozga CCC MC (Psych)"}
{"text":"We’re taught to believe that the hospital is where you go when an illness or injury is more than you can treat at home. We’re told doctors, nurses and surgeons have our best interests at heart and are trained for years to know how to make life-saving decisions in emergency situations.\nThe reality is that hospitals aren’t nearly as safe as you think.\nThe infographic below gives you just a peek into some of the top reasons why the United States ranks last out of 19 developed nations in preventable deaths at hospitals.\nCreated by: MedicalBillingAndCodingCertification.net\nImage Credit: Flickr – andrewbain\nDisclaimer: The views expressed above are solely those of the author and may\nnot reflect those of\nCare2, Inc., its employees or advertisers."}
{"text":"Published December 06, 2013\nDOTHAN, Ala – State officials are working to educate authorities about the dangers of Africanized honey bees.\nThe Dothan Eagle reports Dennis Barclift, state apiarist with the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries, held a workshop this week in Dothan with 911 operators and emergency personnel about the proper way to handle reports of bee swarms and stings.\nThe Africanized honey bee or \"killer bee\" has been in the U.S. since 1990 and looks just like a typical honey bee but is extremely aggressive. Experts say they're more easily provoked, quicker to swarm and attack in greater numbers.\nBarclift said there are no known instances of the bees in Alabama in any significant number, but they're spreading quickly in Florida and moving north."}
{"text":"Citing concerns over massive decline in bee populations due to Colony Collapse Disorder, the French health and safety agency, ANSES, said it will ban the use of Syngenta’s pesticide, Cruiser OSR, used to coat rapeseed plants. The French ban on the pesticide will take effect before the start of the next rapeseed sowing campaign in late summer, reported Reuters.\nCruiser OSR contains thiamethoxam as one of the active ingredients, a compound which is part of the neonicotinoids family. Neonicotinoids are systemic pesticides used to coat seeds. For years evidence has been mounting about the detrimental impact of systemic pesticides on bees. This year alone, four new studies emerged implicating systemic pesticides in the unprecedented decline in bee populations. These pesticides are of a particular concern because they kill sucking and chewing insects by disrupting their nervous system.\nFurthermore, “unlike older pesticides that evaporate or disperse shortly after application, neonicotinoids are systemic poisons. Applied to the soil or doused on seeds, neonicotinoids insecticides incorporate themselves into the plant’s tissues, turning the plant itself into a tiny poison factory emitting toxin from its roots, leaves, stems, pollen, and nectar.” These pesticides also persist in the soil for longer than the older generation pesticides."}
{"text":"Uber has caused controversy with regulators and lawmakers across Canada and has not been accepted by any municipality yet. The company cannot be governed as a traditional taxi service and drawing up bylaws that either Uber accepts or taxi drivers accept has proved hard to do.\nUber’s argument from the time it launched in Ontario in 2014 has been that it is a technology company, so should not be subjected to laws set for taxi companies. It is a stance that is actually hard to argue with, simply because Uber is merely a smartphone application that connects passengers with freelance drivers, with the fee paid up front.\nIf any group is subject to the laws of a traditional taxi service it is the drivers and not Uber, and that is another potential problem. Simply, if drivers are forced into regulations that cost too much to pay for, or are too tough to comply with, then what will be the point of operating for Uber?\nThe company could be looking to fix this potential future problem and is apparently exploring seriously the idea of autonomous technology. Self-driving vehicles and Uber seem like a match made in tech heaven, a company that offers shared rides and a technology that gets the job done efficiently and does not have to deal with the same taxi-like regulations that a human driver would.\nUber has reportedly already started shopping around for a self-driving solution, but like everybody else the company will have to wait for the market to catch up. Autonomous vehicles are not road-legal yet and are unlikely to be until at least next year. It is also worth taking into account that full autonomy is not expected until 2025 at the earliest.\nThat means any aspirations Uber has to use self-driving technology are long term goals and the company’s current model will continue for at least a decade. However, it has already been well documented that self-driving cars are coming and 400 million people are expected to be sharing vehicles via autonomous technology by 2030.\nIt seems that Uber is giving itself a head start."}
{"text":"Hazard Above: Drone crash database\nFallen from the skies\nBy Emily Chow, Alberto Cuadra and Craig Whitlock, Published June 20, 2014.\nMore than 400 large U.S. military drones crashed in major accidents worldwide between Sept. 11, 2001, and December 2013. By reviewing military investigative reports and other records, The Washington Post was able to identify 194 drone crashes that fell into the most severe category: Class A accidents that destroyed the aircraft or caused (under current standards) at least $2 million in damage.\nThis graphic is part of 'Hazards Above,' a series published in June 2014.\nNot just in war zones\nAbout one-third of the crashes occurred in Afghanistan, but nearly one-quarter happened in the United States during test and training flights. As the Pentagon deploys drones away from traditional combat zones, more accidents are occurring in Africa and other locations.\nThe 194 \"Class A\" drone crashes\nThere are no matching results. Pick a different set of options or see all drone crashes.\nCrash numbers climbing\nThe annual number of crashes has risen over the past decade as the military has expanded the frequency of drone missions. The Pentagon says most drone types have become more reliable over time and that the number of crashes per flight hour has steadily decreased.\nAccidents by year\nSelect a drone crash to see details\nNote: The U.S. Navy has a drone that is similar to the Global Hawk, and has been counted as such.\nSources: Air Force, Army, Navy accident-investigation reports; Defense Department records; General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.; Northrop Grumman Corp."}
{"text":"Inflation, especially high inflation, increases profits as well as the cost of doing business and implies higher demand for products at higher prices and a tight employment market with rising wages. Investopedia reports that inflation, \"Is not intrinsically good or bad.\"Continue Reading\nInflation is present when prices are higher than they were previously. As of 2014, The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System reports that an inflation rate of 2 percent is consistent with the Federal Reserve's mandate for maximum employment and stable profitability. This small amount of inflation ensures that the economy is able to grow and that business are profitable enough to maintain and gradually expand workforces.\nInflation above 2 percent can cause an, \"inflationary spiral.\" In this situation, prices are pushed higher by rising consumer demand. Businesses are profitable and hire aggressively to match production with demand. Tight labour markets lead to wage increases. This leads to a higher cost of living with higher rents, home values, consumer prices and prices of raw materials. This represents further increased demand for products and services, which also increases prices, further increasing company profits. These increased company profits again leads to more hiring, which continues to put inflationary pressure on wages and prices. The Business Directory describes this as, \"Reinforcing feedback of a vicious circle\"Learn more about Economics"}
{"text":"This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page.\nAn ornamental stone, jade is a name applied to two different silicate minerals. Nephrite is a form of the amphibole actinolite (a mineral that also includes a form of asbestos). The second, the mineral jadeite, is a pyroxene. Nephrite has the formula Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2. Jadeite has the formula NaAlSi2O6. The two are quite similar in appearance and it wasn't until 1863 that the two forms of this gemstone were distinguished.\nIt is an exceptionally tough material, and was first used for things such as axe heads, knives, and weapons. Later, as other materials could replace jade as a weapons material, it became appreciated for its beauty. Jade has a Mohs scale of Mohs hardness of between 6.5 and 7.0.\nNephrite can be found in a creamy white form as well as a green color, while jadeite shows more color variation. Of the two, jadeite is rarer, and is the form of jade mostly used in Central America. Nephrite jade was used mostly in China, Myanmar and New Zealand.\nIn White Wolf games, jade can specifically refer to:\n- Jade, one of the Five Magical Materials in Exalted\n- Jade, a magical substance used by the Dark Kingdom of Jade in Wraith: The Oblivion, and variations such as White Jade and True Jade\n- The Jade Caste of the Alchemical Exalted in Exalted\n- Jade Shintai, a Kuei-jin Discipline in Kindred of the East\n- JaDe Associates in Trinity"}
{"text":"1958 Harundale Mall, Glen Burnie, Maryland. Interior view, Courtesy of the Nirenstein Collection\nChurches too aspired to continuity with the pre-depression world. Presbyterians and Methodists built big brick Colonial complexes; Catholics remained loyal to stone walls and pointed arches.\nBut commercial buildings were different. Most strove to look modern — though not usually in a Bauhaus way. For the first time in our history, a gulf opened up between residential and commercial architecture. Roadside commercial buildings (major image-setters in this period) were frequently whimsical, more frequently banal. Signs often overshadowed buildings. The orthodox modernism of the State Office Buildings (Fisher, Nes, Campbell, 1957) coldly prefigured Charles Center. High-rise public housing was ballyhooed as futuristic. The Rouse Company and RTKL invented the enclosed shopping mall, (at Harundale, in 1958.)\nExterior View, Courtesy of Church of the Redeemer\nGiven this tension between modern and traditional, is it surprising that the most successful designs tried to split the difference? The Church of the Redeemer (Pietro Belluschi and RTKL, 1957) has been a favorite since it was built, as have Moore & Hutchins’s buildings for Goucher College.\nPerhaps the greatest legacy of this period was not the work of an architect. Formstone, patented in Baltimore in 1940, swept the city’s rowhouse neighborhoods from 1946 to 1954. The average Baltimore street suddenly ceased to look like a legitimate descendant of Georgian London, and Baltimore had a new image."}
{"text":"To understand reverse osmosis, first consider osmosis. Osmosis is the movement of a solvent, such as water, through a semi-permeable membrane to equalize the concentrations of a solute, such as salt, on each side of the membrane. If, for example, unequal concentrations of salt solutions were placed on each side of a suitable membrane, the water would move from the lower concentration side through the membrane to the side with the higher concentration of salt. By applying pressure on the higher concentration side, the process can be reversed, hence reverse osmosis. So reverse osmosis can effectively reduce salt concentrations, and is one of several major approaches used to remove salt from seawater."}
{"text":"Nov 30, 2023\nNov 30, 2023\nWorld Health Organisation (WHO), established on April 07, 1948, proposed to celebrate World Health Day to focus on different health aspects for the benefit of mankind. From 1950 onward April 07 is celebrated across the world as World Health Day. Every year a topic is chosen with the focus on one aspect of health. For example, in recent years various themes have been chosen, working together for health (2006), invest in health, build safer future (2007), protect health from adverse effects of climate changes (2008). In 2011 it focused on Antimicrobial resistance and its global spread. These are very important aspects to deal with for the good of mankind as a whole. All the participating countries celebrate this day and bring the message to the common people.\nThe theme for 2012 is ‘Ageing and Health’ to focus on good health that add life to years. Very noble indeed when the aged and old people instead of contributing to enhance wisdom in the families and society feel neglected. World Health Day shall surely add something so as to make the aged and old more useful to our society.\nWHO has done a commendable job over the past six decades by taking up various issues. However, it is crystal clear that good food is the first requirement for good health. In recent years junk food has spread like an epidemic across the globe, and the third world nations are the worst hit by them. The food giants have opened their distribution points everywhere and have flouted the norms and do not stick to the health standards. This is virtually equivalent to a chemical war. Will WHO with help of World Heath Day programmes spread the awareness among people to avoid eating the junk food and persuade the food giants not to serve such harmful stuff for the consumption thereby helping the next generation to remain healthy. Prevention is better than cure.\nMay the health drive by WHO be successful.\nMore by : Dr. Kumarendra Mallick"}
{"text":"The presentation was based on his research and book The Extraordinary Leader : Turning Good Managers into Great Leaders.\nUsing “The Leadership Tent” as the conceptual framework, Zenger talked about the following five elements of a great leader:\n1. Character – The center pole represents the personal character of an individual. It is the core of all leadership effectiveness. A great leader must display integrity and honesty.\n2. Personal Capability- This tent pole describes the intellectual, emotional, and skill makeup of the individual. It includes technical and professional expertise, analytical and problem-solving capabilities, ability to create a clear vision and sense of purpose for the organization, and self-development.\n3. Focus on Results - This tent pole describes the ability to have an impact on the organization. It means being capable of getting things done, taking initiatives and driving for results.\n4. Interpersonal Skills - This tent pole includes all the interpersonal and people skills, such as communicating, inspiring and motivating others to high performance, building relationships, developing others, collaboration and teamwork.\n5. Leading Change - This final tent pole focuses on an individual’s ability to produce change within an organization.\nZenger also talked about 10 fatal flaws that consistently lead to leadership failure:\n- Not inspiring due to a lack of energy and enthusiasm\n- Accepting mediocre performance in place of excellent results\n- Lack of clear vision and direction\n- Loss of trust stemming from perceived bad judgment and poor decisions\n- Not a collaborative team player\n- Not a good role model (failure to walk the talk)\n- No self-development and learning from mistakes\n- Lacking interpersonal skills\n- Resistant to new ideas, thus did not lead change or innovate\n- Focus is on self, not the development of others"}
{"text":"Bed-wetting, or nocturnal enuresis, causes distress among children and young adults, as well as for their parents or caregivers. Researchers at the Assiut University Hospital, Egypt, have revealed a method to reduce the frequency of night time bed-wetting and improve the quality of life for sufferers. They suggest that repetitive sacral root magnetic stimulation (rSMS) can successfully reduce the frequency of night time bed-wetting.\nFor the study, researchers analyzed 41 patients who were divided into two groups receiving either real magnetic stimulation or a sham stimulation using the same equipment and procedures. Every participant received 10 sessions, five per week. A magnetic stimulator was placed over their sacral vertebrae in the lower back and 15 Hz pulses were applied for 10 seconds on and 30 seconds off.\nLead investigator professor Eman M. Khedr said, \"It seems likely that rSMS produced some of its effect in the present patients by a direct effect on bladder control. In the present study rSMS could have increased arousal or enhanced inhibition of neuronal re-uptake of noradrenaline and serotonin.\"\nAfter the end of the treatment sessions, the average number of weekly nocturnal bed-wetting episodes fell from 5.7 to 0.3 per week for the real group compared to 6.5 to 1.8 per week after sham stimulation. Although the procedure resulted in improvement (placebo effect), the improvement in the real group continued one month later (one per week) whereas the sham group returned to baseline behavior (5.2 per week).\nThe findings were published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience."}
{"text":"Probiotics are the friendly bacteria; live micro organisms that help cure illnesses and maintain good health, particularly good digestive health. This premise has been questioned from time to time – whether probiotics really work.\nA recent analytical study answers this question in the affirmative; that probiotics do indeed work ; particularly in the case of health problems such as diarrhea.\nThe diarrhea infection is a major killer, particularly in the developing world and chief form of treatment for this kind of problem is to prevent the person getting dehydrated by using hydration techniques. This treatment however does not get rid of the infection or shorten its duration.\nProbiotics on the other hand are seen to shorten the duration of the infection and actually fight the infection. These friendly microorganisms fight with other infection causing ones and help to shorten the illness.\nMany studies have been able to demonstrate this ability of probiotics to shorten the duration of an illness and actually fight infection. When probiotics are administered along with fluids, they shorten the duration of the diarrhea proving that this is a helpful approach to use. Further they were shown to have no adverse or side effects either."}
{"text":"I have talked about alkaline foods but many of you have asked what are acidic foods that can be eliminated from your diet for anyone, not just those with disease or transitioning to the alkaline lifestyle.\nWhat are Acidic Foods?\nIn the Alkaline lifestyle, foods that are not alkaline are considered acidic and are below 7 in the pH scale. These are the foods that cause disease and allergic reactions to the body yielding an unhealthy environment for disease to grow and bacteria to thrive. These foods have been linked to cancer and heart disease.\nAcidic Foods to Avoid\nHere is a list of the top ten most acidic foods that should be avoided at all times:\n- Dairy products\n- Meat and shellfish\n- All forms of sugar (including fruits)\n- Mushrooms and algae\n- Peanut and peanut oil\n- Fermented foods (including soy sauce and miso)\nAnyone who wants to improve their general health can start avoiding these gradually and adding more alkaline foods to their diet to see results. From loosing weight to improving heart disease, these changes to your lifestyle will make a difference. Many doctors are starting to recommend a vegan lifestyle for heart disease patients. But it’s important to understand that a vegan diet can also be acidic or unhealthy. I was a raw vegan junk food eater and a vegan junk food years ago too. Before the decision to be a vegan became an energy/spiritual path reason, I would not mind eating french fries at a fast food joint, or eating a mushroom burger with fake cheese and drinking a sake bottle. I could still be a vegan, but the choices I was making were not healthy and highly acidic.\nThe same can be said about eating a raw vegan diet. There are those that eat 30 bananas a day believing that’s healthy because it’s fruit that fell from a tree. The truth is that tropical fruit is acidic and creates a terrible environment for the body. You might as well eat a steak!\nMaking healthy choices can be difficult but making small steps can be beneficial to your health."}
{"text":"A compound sentence is a sentence containing two or more independent clauses (complete sentences), joined by a coordinating conjunction.\n\"I went home early\" is a complete sentence with a subject (I), a verb (went), a direct object (home), and an adverb (early) which modifies the verb.\nThe independent clauses of a compound sentence should be related in some way.\nExamples of compound sentences:\nI went home early but I forgot my assignment book.\n- two independent clauses joined by the conjunction 'but'.\nI wasn't feeling well so I went home early.\n- two independent clauses joined by the conjunction 'so'.\nI went home early since it was a half day.\nBecause it was a half day, I went home early.\n- joined by the coordinating conjunctions 'since' and 'because'.\nNote that the two independent clauses can be in the reverse order with a comma separating them. The coordinating conjunction can start the sentence.\nI went home early and washed my hair.\nNOT a compound sentence. The second part of the sentence has no subject of its own.\nThe conjunction 'and' is joining the compound verb."}
{"text":"1.3.9 Spring and neap tides\nThe Sun also has an effect on the Earth’s oceans. When the Earth, Moon and Sun are all in a line the lunar and solar tides will add together creating a higher high tide and a lower low tide. This is known as a spring tide and occurs during the full Moon and new Moon. When the Earth, Moon and Sun are at right angles the solar tide will make the lunar tide smaller. This tide is called a neap tide and occurs during the first-quarter and third-quarter phases of the Moon."}
{"text":"Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor Sumiteru Taniguchi dies at 88\nA Japanese man who survived the Nagasaki atomic bomb in August 1945 has died of cancer at the age of 88.\nSumiteru Taniguchi was working as a postman on the morning the US dropped the bomb that killed more than 70,000 people.\nHe became a prominent activist against nuclear weapons and was once seen as a front-runner for the Nobel Peace Prize.\nAt a ceremony in 2015, he described seeing a sea of fire and people's flesh burning off: \"It was hell.\"\nMr Taniguchi, who was only 16 years old at the time, suffered horrific burns to his back and left arm which took many years to heal.\nHe was riding his bicycle some 1.8km (1.1 mile) from the epicentre of the explosion.\n\"All of a sudden, after seeing a rainbow-like light from the back, I was blown by a powerful blast and smashed to the ground,\" he said at a commemoration ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the bombing.\n\"When I woke up, the skin of my left arm from the shoulder to the tip of my fingers was trailing like a rag. I put my hand to my back and found my clothing was gone, and there was slimy, burnt skin all over my hand.\n\"Bodies burned black, voices calling for help from collapsed buildings, people with flesh falling off and their guts falling out... This place became a sea of fire. It was hell.\"\nThe Nagasaki bomb, on 9 August 1945, came three days after the first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The city was only chosen after a cloud obscured the original target, Kokura.\nThe effects of the bomb were instant and devastating. It destroyed a third of the city, killing thousands instantly and condemning more to death from radiation sickness.\nDays later, Japan surrendered, ending World War Two, although the necessity of the two bombs has been debated ever since."}
{"text":"Pope, Homer, and Manliness : Some Aspects of Eighteenth Century Classical Learning\nÜye Girişi yapın, temin süresi ve fiyatını size bildirelim.\nÜye Girişi yapın, sizi bu ürün stoklarımıza girdiğinde bilgilendirelim.\nTemin süremiz 28 - 42 iş günü\nThe author here reassesses the concept of 'masculinity', and argues that it cannot be seen as an absolute standard, but only as the product of perpetual conflict between competing and unstable models. The argument is sustained by a close reading of the problematic conflict between gendered values in eighteenth-century classical learning. Pope's Homer ensured the continuation of the tradition of using the Iliad and Odyssey to teach privileged boys how to become more 'manly'. This book examines this pedagogy in its socio-literary context, and concludes that Pope's Homer emerges as a relic of the struggle to preserve masculine dignity from the encroachments of feminine values in the text. This knowledge of classical and early modern literature has rarely been brought to bear on gender studies. First published in 1993, it remains a valuable contribution to debates concerning the reception of the Classical tradition."}
{"text":"Extensive but separate bodies of research in education concern the constructs of school climate and school connectedness/belonging. In the interests of advancing a more integrated approach, a new measurement tool is developed– the School Climate and School Identification Measure–Student (SCASIM-St). This scale builds on the Moos (1973) framework which assesses relationships, personal growth, and system management in schools. The social identity approach to group processes (Tajfel & Turner, 1979; Turner, Hogg, Oakes, Reicher, & Wetherell, 1987) is used to extend work on school connectedness and belonging through the inclusion of a measure of social identification. A range of methods across three studies are designed to assess the reliability and validity of SCASIM-St (N = 7209, Australian grades 7–10 students). These include confirmatory factor analysis, test-retest analysis, and convergent validity (Study 1 and 2). Additionally measurement invariance tests for student sub-groups regarding gender, grade level, and non-English language, were employed in Study 3. It also included criterion validity analysis using multilevel models for the key outcome measures of students’ academic achievement, well-being, and aggressive behaviors. All of these analyses indicate that SCASIM-St is an effective measure. Theoretical and practical implications as well as future directions are outlined."}
{"text":"\"We watch how your face appears to move as you jiggle your phone by typing. It did surprise us how well it worked\" admitted Proffesor Ross Anderson.\nNowadays, when more and people access their banking accounts via their smartphones, the necessity of additional security measures is bigger than ever. The researchers suggest that smartphone users should either use longer, more complex PIN codes or randomize the position of the digits in order to minimize the risk of them falling victims to malicious software. It is also suggested that facial recognition or fingerprint scanning should be used if available.\nEarlier this year, another security flaw allowed malicious third-party apps to gather data from the smartphone's acellerometer sensors and use it to guess PIN codes and screen lock patterns. Have you ever experienced any similar security issues with your smartphone and the precious data you store?\nsource: BBC News"}
{"text":"NEW 2016 Edexcel Religious Studies GCSE lesson on the importance of Al-Quadr in Islam, following the 'Religion, Peace and Conflict through Islam' unit. The lesson is split into Muslim beliefs on predestination focusing on the universe as a whole as well as relating to human lives in particular. There is a strong focus on using sources of wisdom and authority from the Qur'an and for students to interpret Muslim beliefs based on religious teaching. There is also an exploration of the concept of Free Will in Islam and how this is interpreted differently by divergent Muslims following both the Sunni and Shia traditions of Islam. Students use the Hadith Sahih Al-Bukhari 78:685 as a source of wisdom and authority to suggest if Free Will can be compatible with a belief in predestination."}
{"text":"We have now finished our 'Take one Book' unit based on our text 'Stone Girl, Bone Girl'. We hope the children have enjoyed the unit. As teachers, it has given us a chance to see some of imaginative independent writing the children can produce. Also as part of the unit we have had a go at making our own fossilised objects. These are some pictures from Ash class. Birch classes' are still 'work in progress'!\nIn science the children have been investigating evaporation and condensation. Ask your child if they can explain this scientific vocabulary.\nNext week, as our penultimate week before the Christmas break, we have planned to do some Christmas crafts with the children and in our PSHE lessons we will be exploring 'being different but being the same.' If your child could bring in any small craft bits to help them decorate an individual fish shape, it would be appreciated.\nAlso a note from Mrs Tizard:\nWe are outside once a week and the weather has definitely changed and become cold. Please can you ensure your child has suitably warm clothes for P.E including socks! (Quite a few girls wear trainers and no socks) Joggers, sweatshirt, gloves and a beany hat are advisable. Thank you it makes lessons so much easier if the children are warm to start with.\nPlease continue to support your child with homework (separate email sent).\nHave a lovely weekend\nThe Year 4 team."}
{"text":"Visceral Mobilization is a technique in which the physical therapist gently moves the connective tissue surrounding internal organs, thereby restoring normal movement in the tissues.\nHow can it help me?\nOur bodies are made to move, twist, and turn. As we do these motions, our organs also gently slide over each other. For example, when you twist your trunk to the right, your liver also rotates and slides slightly. In addition, normal movement of the organs in the abdomen also allows for optimal organ function.\nScar tissue and adhesions can cause problems in those who have had abdominal surgery or other trauma. Scar tissue can bind your organs to each other, decreasing their motion which in turn can cause restriction of motion of the joints and surrounding soft tissues. Sometimes an orthopedic problem that is resistant to typical treatments of the joints and soft tissues will clear up with visceral mobilization."}
{"text":"Learn more physics!\nDo Magnets attract metals trough different objects of a seame thickness?\n- Alberto Vidal\nHow well magnets work through different objects depends on the\nobject and how thick it is. If the object is something that isn't\nmagnetic at all and doesn't normally stick to a magnet, then it won't\nmatter exactly what it is. For example, if I have a chunk of glass and\na chunk of plastic, the magnet will act almost the same through either.\nSo if I were to measure the magnet's strength on the other side (from\nthe same distance away, since magnets do normally get weaker as you get\nfarther away), I would see just about the same thing as if I just did\nit through air.\nI put a piece of iron (sometimes called a \"keeper\") across the\npoles of a magnet, this tends to make the magnetic field stay inside\nthe keeper rather than extending as far as id did before the keeper was\n(republished on 07/13/06)\nFollow-up on this answer."}
{"text":"Flashcards in Chapter 4 -6 Deck (10):\nWhat is the function of the plasma membrane?\ncontrol activity at the cell's periphery\nintercepts cell signals\ncontrols the flux of molecules and ions\nPermeability descreases with?\nlonger FA tails\nsaturated FA tails\nWhat is the structure of the plasma membrane?\nThe fluid mosaic model\n- phospholipid bilayer is main component\nWhat helps the phospholipid bilayer form a stable bilayer?\nfree lateral movement\nFluidity is increased by?\ncholesterol (inhibits permeability)\nproteins make the bilayer function\nWhat are integral proteins?\nWhat doe receptor proteins do?\nrespond to chemical messages\n- a signal binds to a receptor and changes the cells activity"}
{"text":"In professional writing, tone is as essential as content. Because how you approach a topic impacts the reader, maintaining an appropriate and professional tone in writing is vital. Dana Driscoll , author of “ Tone in Business Writing ,” says, “The tone of a message is a reflection of the writer and it does affect how the reader will perceive the message.” The article asks writers to develop the professional tone in their writing by asking the following questions before they write.\n- Why am I writing this document?\n- Who am I writing to and what do I want them to understand?\nDriscoll notes, “A competent writer will match the needs and abilities of [his/her] reader and find the most effective way to communicate with a particular reader.” An important factor in ensuring reader understanding is to write from the reader’s perspective.\n- What kind of tone should I use?\nAfter determining purpose and audience, use a confident and sincere writing tone to attract and keep your reader’s attention. “You can feel confident if you have carefully prepared and are knowledgeable about the material you wish to express,” Driscoll says, adding, “It is important to strive for sincerity in tone because without sincerity, politeness can sound condescending.” Because your readers may not know you, creating a sincere and honest presence is crucial.\nManaging tone can be difficult but, with practice, you can enhance your professional tone in writing and increase your credibility. If you need help creating a professional tone, contact us for information about our customized onsite workshops or enroll in one of our various online courses ."}
{"text":"Preventing Noninfectious Diseases.\nNoninfectious diseases can’t be passed from one person to another.\nInstead, these types of diseases are caused by factors such as the environment, genetics, and lifestyle.\nWhat are the causes of non infectious disease?\nA disease that is not contagious is called a noninfectious disease. These diseases are not caused by pathogens. Instead, they are likely to have causes such as lifestyle factors, environmental toxins, or gene mutations. Common types of noninfectious diseases include cancer, diabetes, and immune system diseases.\nHow can non infectious diseases be prevented?\nEffective approaches for large-scale NCD prevention include comprehensive tobacco and alcohol control through taxes and regulation of sales and advertising; reducing dietary salt, unhealthy fats, and sugars through regulation and well-designed public education; increasing the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables,\nWhat are 5 non infectious diseases?\nA non-communicable disease (NCD) is a disease that is not transmissible directly from one person to another. NCDs include Parkinson’s disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, most heart diseases, most cancers, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease, cataracts, and others.\nWhat are the prevention and control of non communicable diseases?\nPreventing and controlling noncommunicable diseases\n- Raise priority accorded to NCDs through international cooperation and advocacy.\n- Strengthen national capacity, governance, multisectoral action, and partnerships.\n- Reduce the major modifiable risk factors, such as tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diets, and physical inactivity."}
{"text":"Definitions for nearside\nThis page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word nearside\nthe side of a vehicle nearest the kerb\nthe left side of a road vehicle when facing in the same direction as the vehicle\nthe face of the Moon nearest the Earth\nFind a translation for the nearside definition in other languages:\nSelect another language:\nWord of the Day\nWould you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?\nUse the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:\nAre we missing a good definition for nearside? Don't keep it to yourself...\nThe Web's Largest Resource for\nDefinitions & Translations\nA Member Of The STANDS4 Network\nNearby & related entries:\nAlternative searches for nearside:\nThanks for your vote! We truly appreciate your support."}
{"text":"Malacostraca | Decapoda | Palinuridae\nCommon names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS\nHolthuis, L.B. 1991. (Ref. 4)\nSize / Weight / Age\nMax length : 16.0 cm BL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4); 31 cm BL (female)\nBenthic; depth range 50 - 360 m (Ref. 4)\nClimate / Range\nSubtropical, preferred 18°C (Ref. 107945); 24°S - 36°S, 17°E - 48°E (Ref. 4)\nWestern Indian Ocean and Southeast Atlantic: South Africa and Madagascar.\nCountries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions\nCarapace length: 3 to 13 cm, carapace length; common carapace length: 6 to 10 cm (Ref. 4). Minimum depth from Ref. 106916. Found in deep shelf waters from depth of 50 to 200 m (Ref. 106916). Inhabits rocky areas and shelters in the crevices of the rocks (Ref. 4). In general, palinurids are mainly considered carnivores, usually feeding upon sluggish, easily captured animals where most material is eaten alive or freshly killed (Ref. 105260). Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer (Ref. 833).\nIUCN Red List Status (Ref. 114614)\nCITES status (Ref. 94142)\nFAO(fisheries: production) | FisheriesWiki |\nEstimation of some characteristics with mathematical models\nLow vulnerability (10 of 100)"}
{"text":"Visiting Arizona’s Montezuma Castle\nArizona, with its arid climate, has many wonderful places of antiquity to visit that have been remarkably preserved.\nA wonderful place to visit, and a short hop off the I-17 is Montezuma’s Castle.\nFrom the National Park Service website:\n“On December 8, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt celebrated the passage of the Antiquities Act by declaring four sites of historic and cultural significance as our nation’s first National Monuments. Among these was Montezuma Castle, which the President identified as a place “of the greatest ethnological value and scientific interest.” Although very few original artifacts remained in the structure due to intensive looting of the site, Roosevelt’s decision assured the continued protection of one of the best preserved prehistoric cliff dwellings in North America.\nMontezuma Castle National Monument quickly became a destination for America’s first car-bound tourists. In 1933, “Castle A”, a 45-50 room, pueblo ruin was excavated, uncovering a wealth of artifacts and greatly enhanced our understanding of the Sinagua people who inhabited this riparian “oasis” along Beaver Creek for over 400 years.\nEarly visitors to the monument were allowed access to the structure by climbing a series of ladders up the side of the limestone cliffs. However, due to extensive damage to this valuable cultural landmark, public access of the ruins was discontinued in 1951.\nNow, approximately 350,000 people a year gaze through the the windows of the past during a visit to Montezuma Castle. Even 600 years after their departure, the legacy of the Sinagua people continues to inspire the imaginations of this and future generations.”\nWe have many places that we are dying to tell you about. The places to visit, and the vistas to see are beyond imagination."}
{"text":"At vero eos et accusamus et iusto odio dignissimos ducimus qui blanditiis praesentium voluptatum deleniti atque corrupti quos dolores et quas molestias excepturi sint occaecati cupiditate non provident, similique sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum et dolorum fuga. Et harum quidem rerum facilis est et expedita distinctio. Nam libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio cumque nihil impedit quo minus id quod maxime placeat facere possimus, omnis voluptas assumenda est, omnis dolor repellendus. Itaque earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut aut reiciendis voluptatibus maiores alias consequatur aut perferendis doloribus asperiores repellat.\nIf a variable contains NULL value and if you try to do some operation on it. it will throw a null pointer assignment error\nWe said that the value of a pointer variable is a pointer to some other variable. There is one other value a pointer may have: it may be set to a null pointer. A null pointer is a special pointer value that is known not to point anywhere. What this means that no other valid pointer, to any other variable or array cell or anything else, will ever compare equal to a null pointer. #include\nint *ip = NULL;\nIn general, C does not initialize pointers to null for you, and it never tests pointers to see if they are null before using them. If one of the pointers in your programs points somewhere some of the time but not all of the time, an excellent convention to use is to set it to a null pointer when it doesn't point anywhere valid, and to test to see if it's a null pointer before using it. But you must use explicit code to set it to NULL, and to test it against NULL. (In other words, just setting an unused pointer variable to NULL doesn't guarantee safety; you also have to check for the null value before using the pointer.) On the other hand, if you know that a particular pointer variable is always valid, you don't have to insert a paranoid test against NULL before using it."}
{"text":"$18.99Free shipping over $80 (US only)\nA brain teaser for one player.\nThis cube is made from 27 single cubes. Unfold it to get a winding snake,\nand then fold it back into a 3x3 x3 cube.\nHint (sh....) - The first 3 cubes will make the first row for the cube.\nOnce the shape is unraveled, getting it back into a cube turns out to be much harder than it looks.\nA 3 x 3 x 3 cube made up of 27 pieces linked together by a stretchy string.\nThis dynamic cube is one of our hardest, and also happens to be one of our favorites. The Koncy Puzzle contains six pieces. Nothing connects these pieces to each other, or lets the cube retain its form, besides the unique and unconventional shapes of the pieces themselves. Dismantling this cube is a very complex and gentle affair. It should be done one step at a time, and is difficult in and of itself.\nThe 6 pieces slide apart and return to a cube. It is important to note the last piece to come apart as it is the last to be inserted as the cube is reassembled.\nComposed of 9 pieces. You need to assemble them to a cube, or a dice with red/green dots.\nInvented during a physics lecture the Soma Cube brings the fun and challenge of tangrams into the 3rd dimension.\nThe cube is built from 7 different pieces, creating a 3X3X3 cube. There are 240 different ways to build a solid cube.\nThere are as many hundreds of shapes to assemble from all the parts. Try to invent your own shapes as well."}
{"text":"Unfortunately, it seems animal agriculture once again cross-contaminated some romaine lettuce. The Public Health Agency of Canada recommends that people in Ontario and Quebec avoid eating romaine lettuce for the time being.\nWhile fruits and vegetables on their own cannot have E. coli, a common source is raw fruits and vegetables that have come in contact with feces from infected animals. Leafy greens, such as lettuce, can become contaminated in the field by soil, water, animals or improperly composted manure.\nIn addition, a recent study shows that washing contaminated fruits and vegetables is not enough to get rid of the bacteria so we would recommend following the recommendation and avoid romaine lettuce altogether."}
{"text":"In science, we will be talking about the Earth, Sun, and Moon connection. We will specifically be focusing on nuclear fusion, the phases of the moon, and eclipses. HERE is the presentation I will show you on Monday. Below are your vocabulary words that you must study for a quiz on Friday:\nnuclear fusion- the process by which nuclei of small atoms combine to form a new, more massive nucleus; the process releases energy\nsunspot- a dark area of the photosphere of the sun that is cooler than the surrounding areas and has a strong magnetic field.\neclipse- an event in which the shadow of one celestial body falls on another\nphase- the change in the sunlit area of one celestial body as seen from another celestial body\nsatellite- a natural or artificial body that revolves around a planetYes, that's right! ONLY 5 WORDS! But, don't get too excited...the rest of the quiz will require you to identify the phases of the moon we will talk about on Monday. Here is a picture of the phases you must know:\nOver the next two weeks, you will be working on a choice sheet to guide your studies on the Earth, Sun, Moon connection. This choice sheet will be due Friday, March 10th. The 10th is also the day of our final test on these topics.\nSo, you can see it's going to be a busy, busy, busy week. But, look forward to Friday because we will have a \"Drop Everything and Read\" event to celebrate Dr. Seuss' Birthday! Rest up this weekend so we can hit it hard on Monday.\nSee you then,"}
{"text":"Gabriella Elanbeck and Rory Clarke, OECD Observer\nNew York City has one of the highest average population densities in the world, and few other US cities share its concentrated hustle and bustle. In fact, most of them face an entirely different challenge: urban sprawl.\nThe average number of inhabitants per km2 of populated urban space is actually very low in the US, as our chart shows. So while New Yorkers must grapple with the difficulties that accompany larger numbers of people in limited urban space, such as congestion and high rents, people in low density cities face long commutes and costly public service provision.\nThe US is not alone. While average population density in the urban areas of OECD countries is high in Korea and Japan, it is low in countries such as Austria and Canada. But even in those countries and cities with high average densities, urban sprawl must be confronted.\nPeople’s lives may suffer, as this scattered and decentralised city growth can lead to environmental damage, social exclusion, and pressures on transportation and public services, as well as high public and private costs. What can policymakers do?\nFinding sustainable solutions to reduce sprawl demands rethinking urban space and weighing the private benefits of low density living–my house and garden–against social, environmental and infrastructure costs. Compact cities, which balance dense development patterns, strong public transport linkages, accessibility to local services and jobs, affordable houses and healthy open spaces, can provide an answer.\nLinks and references\nOECD (2018), Rethinking Urban Sprawl: Moving Towards Sustainable Cities, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://oe.cd/urban-sprawl.\nOECD (2018), Average population density in urban areas of 29 OECD countries, 2014, https://oe.cd/pop.\n©OECD Insights July 2018"}
{"text":"Hebrew thus started in the 1920s ideologically supported within the Jewish community and officially recognized by the Mandatory government in Eretz Yisrael, as the language for that community and its schools.\nThe riots (pogrom - farhud) against the Jews of Babylon that broke out in Baghdad in 1942, left a profound impression on the heart of every Jew, and especially the yong ones, who began to find solotions in the form of illegal immigration, mainly to the Land of Israel. The first cell of the underground Zionist movement in Baghdad was established during the second half of 1942. The purpose was to act within the framework of the youth, to learn the reviving Hebrew language, to educate for pioneering Zionism, and for emigration to the Land of Israel (1).\nThe waves of new immigration who come to the State during the years 1950 - 1952, learned Hebrew informally or in Ulpanim (intensive programs).Younger immigrations (children going to school, or young addults serving in the army), rapidly became Hebrew speakers, but many immigrants maintained the use of their languages. In many cases, the children became the teachers of their parents in their first attempts to speak Hebrew (2).\nSince then. the Hebrew that became the official language of the State of Israel, replaced and eradicated the Arabic Baghdadi language spoken by the Jews of Babylon, who arrived in Israel within the framework of the mass emigration to Israel.\n(1) Bibi, M. (1998)\n(2) Yaron. J. (2007)"}
{"text":"The Importance of Cannabinoids\nCannabinoids found in plants are called phytocannabinoids, and those found in the cannabis plant account for most of its benefits. They are naturally occurring, with CBD (short for cannabidiol) making up about 40% of plant resin extract. Our human body also produces cannabinoids, called endocannabinoids, which interact with the body’s endocannabinoid system (ECS) to restore chemical balance.\nOur ECS is a complex cell-signaling system, like a main switchboard within our bodies, that influences cardiovascular, nervous, and endocrine systems, along with impacting our skin conditions, appetite, sleep patterns and immunity. The cannabinoids from the help plant work to stimulate our ECS and enhance our overall quality of life."}
{"text":"Lesson 1 (from Chapter 1, Guest and Daughter)\nIn Chapter 1, Lila introduces the fieldwork she expected to do as an anthropologist. The objective of this lesson is to discuss the work of an anthropologist.\n1) Research: Look up these terms and write definitions for each: anthropologist, ethnography, and anthropological fieldwork. Write the answers to these questions: What are different types of anthropology? Is ethnography a branch of anthropology? In what types of anthropology is fieldwork important? What would be some things an anthropologist might do while conducting fieldwork? What type of training would an anthropologist have before doing fieldwork?\n2) Partner discussion: Divide the class into groups of 2-3. Was Lila an anthropologist? Would she be considered a cultural anthropologist? Why? Where did she wish to do fieldwork? What were the two subjects of study that she pursued during her fieldwork? Did Lila have to change the focus of her subject after she established her...\nThis section contains 11,229 words\n(approx. 38 pages at 300 words per page)"}
{"text":"Ultrastructure of mature spermatozoa in the lumen of the spermatheca and middle vas deferens of Paratelphusa hydrodromous (Crustacea)\nAbstractMature spermatozoa of P. hydrodromous are spherical or ellipsoidal, composed of an acrosome surrounded by a cup shaped nucleus. The acrosome is divided into a distal apical cap and an acrosomal vesicle, which is enclosed in the cup shaped nucleus. The apical cap is raised in its middle to form the apical cone. Below the apical cap is the subcap region. The acrosomal vesicle has a central canal, which encloses dense tubules. A thin inner layer, middle acrosomal rays layer and an outer acrosomal vesicle layer surrounds the central canal. Radial arms are absent. Along the posterior region of the spermatozoa are posterior median processes. Within the lumen of the mid vas deferens, spermatozoa are seen encased in oval or spherical spermatophores. Spermatophores are without distinct lining membranes. In the spermatophore lumen spermatozoa exist free or two to three of them tightly packed to form a unit. Each unit is surrounded by an electron-lucent halo, embedded in a moderately dense spermatophore ground substance. The spermatozoa are seen embedded in a flocculent material possibly the seminal plasma. There was hardly any structural difference between spermatozoa present in the lumen of the spermatheca and those present in the mid vas deferens (MVD).\nKEY WORDS: Spermatheca, middle vas deferens, ultrastructure, crabs, spermatozoa.\nTropical Freshwater Biology, 10 (2001) 35 - 46"}
{"text":"All the advancements in technology that were being made were not perfect and still are immune to making mistakes. On January 28, 1986 America was shocked by the destruction of the space shuttle Challenger, and the death of its seven crew members.\nAs is expected in a field of work that's exploratory and uncertain such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) space program, any tragedy that occurs often makes inside employees, government officials, and even the general public, wonder why it's necessary at all to continue when the consequences are so grave.\nOn the morning of Feb. 1, 2003, space shuttle Columbia broke apart roughly 40 miles above the earth's surface in the sky over the state of Texas. On this return flight to earth, seven astronauts died aboard the shuttle, six of which were American plus one Israeli astronaut. Five of the astronauts were men and two were women.\nFour of these people had never even flown in space before. NASA has not yet discovered the reason for this tragedy although there has been speculation.\nThis is not the first time that a shuttle has been lost. It is the second time in seventeen years. This recent disaster has brought back memories of the Challenger shuttle and its demise in 1986 upon take off.\nTragedies such as the Columbia and the Challenger that occurred seventeen years ago can partly be blamed for lack of funding and cutbacks on employees in order to conserve as much money as possible.\nYet these are not the only tragedies that have taken place. Vostok (12 April 1961): on the very first manned space mission, the instrument module initially failed to detach from the descent module following retrofire. It only separated when the heat of re-entry burned through the straps which attached..."}
{"text":"There are a number of images of Jesus as a child in St Swithun’s church as figures, statues or in a picture, rather than in stained glass.\nThe reredos or back screen in this Chapel has the figure of Mary with a small boy in front of her. The left hand panel has a carved scene representing the time when Jesus, aged about 12, was lost by his parents. They eventually returned to the Temple and found him deep in discussion there. He said to his parents ‘Wist ye not (did you not know) that I must be about my Father’s business?’ These words are inscribed under the carved picture.\nThis reredos was a gift from St Margaret’s Convent and came from the Chapel of St Michael’s School in 1938 (according to the Church Guide of 1946). When the old organ, which also came from the Convent, in 1888, was removed in the 1930s, this Chapel was created.\nDown the centuries people have identified with Christ as a fellow human being and with Mary as a Mother, and have created images to help their prayers. During the twentieth century, a number of pictures of the young Jesus were given to St Swithun’s, in stained glass, as carved figures or statues and created in embroidery."}
{"text":"Meningococcal disease is a serious illness caused by a bacteria. It is a leading cause of bacterial meningitis in children 2-18 years old. Meningitis is an infection of fluid surrounding the brain and the spinal cord. Meningococcal disease also causes blood infections. About 2,600 people get meningococcal disease each year in the U.S. 10-15% of these people die, in spite of treatment with antibiotics.\nMeningococcal vaccine is recommended for all children at their routine 11 year health exam. It is also recommended for college freshmen living in a dorm.\n- Soreness and swelling at the injection site\n- Guillain-Barre Syndrome (very rare)"}
{"text":"Within the first two stanzas of T.S. Eliot's \"The Waste Land\" (1922), there are five different European languages, three references to historical events contributing to WWI, and no less than eight literary allusions, ranging from Christian holy books to medieval poetry to Romantic German opera. However, Eliot gives barely any assistance to his readers for recognizing these references or understanding why he makes them.\nAs a result, Modernist poetry (like Eliot's) has long been considered some of the most difficult literature in the English language, meant only for the most adept and keen readers. It also contains some of the most brilliant, beautiful, and influential works ever written. This course will help turn you into just such a reader and reveal to you the brilliance and beauty locked within these enigmatic poems. Along the way, you will also learn more about the history and politics of the early 20th century than you thought possible. Authors we will analyze include Thomas Hardy, W.B. Yeats, Langston Hughes, T.S. Eliot, e.e. cummings, and Marianne Moore.\nBy completion of this course, successful students will be able to:\n- Identify poetic form (e.g. meter, rhyme, consonance and assonance) and how form relates to meaning in poetry\n- Describe the historical and political contexts of the late-19th/early-20th centuries in Europe and North America, and how these influenced poetry\n- Define how Modernism was influenced by previous artistic movements, and how later artworks were influenced by it\n- Identify most influential names and works of the Modernist period\n- Identify stylistic characteristics of various Modernist movements (e.g. Dadaism, Imagism, Harlem Renaissance)\n- Read and critique any poem like a pro!"}
{"text":"|The Beautiful Tibet|\n|Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 February 2013 )|\nAll of modern China, including Tibet, is considered a part of East Asia. Historically, some European sources also considered parts of Tibet to lie in Central Asia. Tibet is west of the Central China plain, and within mainland China, Tibet is regarded as part of , a term usually translated by Chinese media as \"the Western\nsection\", meaning \"Western China\".\nYarlung Tsangpo River\nBuddhist flags in Tibet Mountains\nTibet is often called the \"roof of the world.\"\nTibet has some of the world's tallest mountains, with several of them making the top ten list. Mount Everest, at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft), is the highest mountain on earth, located on the border with Nepal. Several major rivers have their source in the Tibetan Plateau (mostly in present-day Qinghai Province). These include Yangtze, Yellow River, Indus River, Mekong, Ganges, Salween and the Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra River). The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, along the Yarlung Tsangpo River, is among the deepest and longest canyons in the world.\nTibet has been called the \"Water Tower\" of Asia, and China is investing heavily in water projects in Tibet.\nThe Indus and Brahmaputra rivers originate from a lake (Tib: Tso Mapham) in Western Tibet, near Mount Kailash. The mountain is a holy pilgrimage site for both Hindus and Tibetans. The Hindus consider the mountain to be the abode of Lord Shiva. The Tibetan name for Mt. Kailash is Khang Rinpoche. Tibet has numerous high-altitude lakes referred to in Tibetan as tso or co. These include Qinghai Lake, Lake Manasarovar, Namtso, Pangong Tso, Yamdrok Lake, Siling Co, Lhamo La-tso, Lumajangdong Co, Lake Puma Yumco, Lake Paiku, Lake Rakshastal, Dagze Co and Dong Co.The Qinghai Lake (Koko Nor) is the largest lake in the\nPeople's Republic of China.\n|< Prev||Next >|"}
{"text":"Starting in the mid-1990s, Africa embarked upon its longest period of sustained, positive per capita income growth since the 1960s. This growth recovery has made a dent in poverty and holds out hope that a number of African countries may reach the Millennium Development Goal targets for poverty and food security (MDG 1), if not by 2015, then within the following few years. Agricultural growth has been, and will remain, key to reducing poverty and hunger in Africa. To significantly reduce poverty, Africa needs to sustain, broaden, and accelerate its recent growth performance and boost its investments in agriculture. The recent spike in global food prices represents an opportunity that could support further agricultural sector growth in Africa. The unfolding financial crisis, on the other hand, could have the reverse effect, especially if it leads to lower investments in the sector."}
{"text":"Main Article Content\nThe study was conducted in two agro-ecological zones of La Trinidad, Buguias and Atok, Benguet. The objectives of the study were to determine the physical and chemical properties of soils of agricultural farms; to determine the pesticide residues in soils and plants; and to determine toxic heavy metals in soils of agricultural farms. The two agro-ecological zones comprised of mid-mountain zone with elevation ranging from 1,100 to 1,500 meters above sea level represented by La Trinidad and Buguias, Benguet and high mountain zone with 1,600 to 2,000 meters above sea level elevation represented by Atok, Benguet.\nFor mid-mountain zone represented by La Trinidad, Benguet for wet season sampling and Buguias, Benguet for dry season sampling, most of the soil samples collected showed favorable values of bulk density, porosity, pH, organic matter, available phosphorus and exchangeable potassium for crop production. On the other hand, pesticide residue analysis on soil samples showed that only Cypermethrin and Chlorpyrifos have values higher than the maximum allowable concentrations. Toxic heavy metals like Mercury and Lead have values lower than maximum residual limit. Likewise, only Chlorpyrifos was detected in plants but its value is below the maximum allowable concentration.\nFor the high-mountain zone represented by Atok for wet and dry season sampling, the results of the analysis showed that values of bulk density, porosity, pH, organic matter, available phosphorus and exchangeable potassium are also found favorable for crop production. For pesticide residue analysis in soil, the samples were found to have residues of Dieldrin, Endosulfansulfate, Cypermethrin, Chlorotalonil, Cypermethrin and Deltamethrin. However, only Chlorothalonil and Cypermethrin were found to have values higher than the maximum allowable concentration. Mercury and Lead were found to have values below the maximum residual limit. No pesticide residues were detected in crops."}
{"text":"Gravity’s Ghost and Big Dog brings to life science’s efforts to detect cosmic gravitational waves. These ripples in space-time are predicted by general relativity, and their discovery will not only demonstrate the truth of Einstein’s theories but also transform astronomy. Although no gravitational wave has ever been directly detected, the previous five years have been an especially exciting period in the field. Here sociologist Harry Collins offers readers an unprecedented view of gravitational wave research and explains what it means for an analyst to do work of this kind.\nCollins was embedded with the gravitational wave physicists as they confronted two possible discoveries—“Big Dog,” fully analyzed in this volume for the first time, and the “Equinox Event,” which was first chronicled by Collins in Gravity’s Ghost. Collins records the agonizing arguments that arose as the scientists worked out what they had seen and how to present it to the world, along the way demonstrating how even the most statistical of sciences rest on social and philosophical choices. Gravity’s Ghost and Big Dog draws on nearly fifty years of fieldwork observing scientists at the American Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory and elsewhere around the world to offer an inspired commentary on the place of science in society today."}
{"text":"Paraceraurus exsul (Beirich 1846) - Russia - Ordovician\nParaceraurus exsul from the Asery Level, Vilpovitsy Quarry, Near St. Petersberg, Russia.\nDates to the Middle Ordovician Period - In the region of 465 million years old.\nBeautifully preserved fossil trilobite from this location, these delicate specimens take many hours of preparation in order to free them from the matrix. This trilobite is a good size at 10.5 cm in length by 7.0 cm wide (sizes include spines) on a matrix 15 cm x 11 cm. The hard calcite exoskeleton shows up nicely against the lighter limestone matrix. The spines likely acted as a defence against predators, the hypostome is also visible.\nPlease note that the spines are fragile and care should be taken when handling the fossil."}
{"text":"How To Make Paper Bags\nHere are some simple instructions on how to make an origami paper bag. It is a miniature version, of course.\nHi. This is how you make an origami bag. You can use a larger sheet for this if you want to make a more usable bag.\nTurn the sheet or paper over and forward the two diagonals. One, open it back up and two, we're now going to forward that point to the middle and make a crease. Turn it over and repeat.\nUnfold the fold you just made. We're now going to fold this line to meet that fold, like so and also going to repeat on this side. So, again, this line will meet that middle fold.\nNow, we're going to fold the entire model in half. We're going to make the handle now. To make the handle, we actually have to make a cut.\nAnd I'm just going to draw the line so you can see it. So, we're going to cut along that line. So, technically, this is not origami.\nThis is paragami, cut paper. So we're just going to cut along that line. There.\nOpen the model back up. And this triangle flap, you'll fold down onto itself and repeat on the other side and then you'll open up the bag. And you have yourself a little bag.\nThat was how you make an origami bag. ."}
{"text":"In 1900, astronomer Joseph Lunt made a discovery: Peering through a telescope at Cape Town Observatory, the British–South African scientist spotted this beautiful sight in the southern constellation of Grus (The Crane): a barred spiral galaxy now named IC 5201.\nOver a century later, the galaxy is still of interest to astronomers. For this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope used its Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) to produce a beautiful and intricate image of the galaxy. Hubble’s ACS can resolve individual stars within other galaxies, making it an invaluable tool to explore how various populations of stars sprang to life, evolved, and died throughout the cosmos.\nWill you offer us a hand? Every gift, regardless of size, fuels our future.\nYour critical contribution enables us to maintain our independence from shareholders or wealthy owners, allowing us to keep up reporting without bias. It means we can continue to make Jewish Business News available to everyone.\nYou can support us for as little as $1 via PayPal at email@example.com.\nIC 5201 sits over 40 million light-years away from us. As with two thirds of all the spirals we see in the Universe — including the Milky Way — the galaxy has a bar of stars slicing through its center.\nImage credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA\nText credit: European Space Agency"}
{"text":"Noise occurs when random pixels appear in your photograph, and it can give your image a grainy effect. When it's excessive and unintentional, noise can be distracting for viewers and can detract from the impact of your photos.\nIn this short video tutorial from my course on creating the pixel-perfect photograph, you are going to learn about the causes of noise in your photos, how to decrease it, and how to avoid introducing excessive noise yourself. You'll also learn why it is best to save noise correction until the very end, and the appropriate levels of pre-sharpening your image.\nWatch the Tutorial\nWatch the Full Course\nRaw image data from a digital camera needs processing by a computer to turn it from a simple binary record to a beautiful visual image. While profiles and presets can do a good job, it always takes some human intervention to get things just right.\nIn the full course, From RAW Capture to the Pixel-Perfect Photograph, you will learn a solid creative and technical foundation for working with images, and you will practice a processing methodology that takes the guesswork out of post-processing.\nAlthough this course is delivered in Adobe Lightroom, the principles and methodology learned here are also easily transferable to similar software, such as Adobe Camera Raw and Capture One Pro.\nYou can also get a head start with your Lightroom post-production work by downloading some of the useful Lightroom presets from Envato Market."}
{"text":"Half of Britons may be suffering from allergies to pollen by 2030, a new report claims.\nAccording to experts at the National Pollen and Aerobiology Research Unit, pollution and climate change may cause as many as 30 million people to develop symptoms within the next 20 years.\nAt present, some ten million Britons experience symptoms during the spring and summer, but the figure is expected to rise as more people adopt an urban lifestyle.\nReport author Professor Jean Emberlin, director of the research unit at the University of Worcester, told the Daily Telegraph: 'Hay fever rates tend to be as high or even higher in urban areas than in the surrounding countryside, despite the fact that most pollen counts are much lower in cities, especially for grass pollen.\n'The fact that the UK's urban population is expected to grow significantly over the next couple of decades is likely to accentuate the natural rise in hay fever and allergies.'\nConsumers can take a number of steps to avoid symptoms of hay fever, such as wearing wraparound sunglasses when outdoors, taking a shower to remove pollen from their body and staying indoors when the pollen count is over 50."}
{"text":"4,500,000 (2006 Mahidol University).\nSurat Thani, Chumphon, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla, Phatthalung, Ranong, Phangnga, Phuket, Krabi, Trang, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Pattani, Yala, and Satun provinces; Muslim Thai dialect.\n5 (Developing). De facto language of provincial identity in southeasternmost 15 provinces.\nTak Bai (Tai Tak Bai), Thai Malay (Tai Islam). A group of dialects more distantly related to other Tai languages. Border dialects are quite distinct from others.\nThai script [Thai]."}
{"text":"Redirect your Downspouts\nRedirecting downspouts onto a vegetated area such as a yard or garden slows water down and allows pollutants to be filtered out. Often, the volume of runoff will be reduced through infiltration. This can also help prevent downstream flooding and recharge groundwater.\nIf runoff flows uninterrupted onto sidewalks and driveways, it could drain as much as 12 gallons of water per minute during a heavy rainfall. This stormwater can pick up pollutants such as motor oil and lawn chemicals on the way, carrying these pollutants to local lakes, ponds and wetlands.\nPlant a Rain Garden\nSpecially designed areas planted with native plants, called rain gardens or grassy swales, can provide natural places for rainwater to collect and soak into the ground. Rain from rooftop areas or paved areas can be diverted into these areas rather than into storm drains.\nSet up a Vegetated Buffer Strip\nAreas of native grass or plants along roadways or streams trap the pollutants stormwater picks up as it flows across driveways and streets.\nRain barrels collect water and store it for when you need it most — during periods of drought — to water indoor and outdoor plants, wash lawn furniture, garden tools, cars, and toys.\nIt also provides an ample supply of free “soft water” to homeowners, containing no chlorine, lime or calcium, making it ideal for gardens and potted plants.\nA one-inch rainfall on a 1,000 square foot roof yields 562 gallons of water. Runoff from a quarter inch of rainfall will easily fill a typical 65 gallon barrel.\nFor more information on diverting rainwater, visit the EPA Soak Up the Rain Campaign."}
{"text":"RECOMMENDED FOR YOU:X\nEmbry-Riddle Students Make History With “Eco Eagle” Hybrid Propulsion Aircraft\nStudents at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University recently demonstrated an aviation first by cruising the sky in a hybrid propulsion aircraft. A team of nearly 200 students spent the last year and a half designing, manufacturing, testing, and flying the hybrid plane dubbed ‘Eco Eagle’. The new aircraft challenges everything we know about efficient flight technology.\nThe plane combines the use of a super-efficient gas motor and a battery powered electric propulsion system. On September 7th, test pilot Mikhael Ponso took off and climbed upward with the 100-horsepower gas motor. Once the aircraft hit cruising altitude, it seamlessly transitioned to the full-electric mode with 40 horse power for the rest of the flight. The switch made Eco Eagle not only more efficient, but nearly silent with just the sound of the propellor in the wind.\nThough today’s technology is still too heavy for an all-electric plane, the students have made incredible strides in green air technology. Pat Anderson, professor of Aerospace Engineering says, ” Not only have these students designed and flown a completely new propulsion system, they are contributing to the greening of aviation. It will challenge the status quo for aircraft performance.”\nBrowse by Keyword"}
{"text":"RISE AND FALL OF THE NAWABS REGIME IN THE CARNATIC REGION ? A STUDYJournal: BEST : International Journal of Humanities , Arts, Medicine and Sciences ( BEST : IJHAMS ) (Vol.4, No. 8)\nPublication Date: 2016-08-31\nAuthors : T. SHAFEEQUE AHMED; H. MUNAVARJAN;\nPage : 1-10\nKeywords : Arcot; Carnatic; Nawab; Walajahi;\nThe Nawabs of the Carnatic ruled the Carnatic region as deputies of the Nizam of Hyderabad with Arcot as the Capital. They ruled Carnatic region from 1698 AD to 1855 AD., for about 150 years. In spite of few attempts, local historical studies have been the neglected in the history of Tamil Nadu. This paper traces the rise of Nawabs’ regime and to throw light on the dark corners of history related to their relationship with the British East India Company which paved the way for the decline of this Nawabi Kingdom.\nOther Latest Articles\nLast modified: 2016-08-17 19:06:28"}
{"text":"Teaching and Learning Communication, Language and Literacy\n- Ann Browne - University of East Anglia, UK\nEarly Childhood Education | English | Teaching in Primary Schools\nThe book examines how young children develop as learners and users of language and literacy and the contribution that home and school make to their learning. It locates learning in a play based curriculum and provides a rationale for making play both a context and a resource for learning. It also takes account of recent policy initiatives such as the Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage, the organization for literacy in reception classes and the foundation stage assessment profile. Throughout the book a distinction is made between the organization and activities that are appropriate to nursery and reception children.\nThe book contains practical suggestions about activities and resources including ways of working with environmental print and found texts, ICT, TV and video as well as books. The role of adults in supporting and extending learning is considered in detail.\ntoo generic in style\nTo be recommended as a comprehensive textbook on the subject for all EY specialists.\nAnn Browne is a very accessible, well organised and authoritative writer who explores the issues of early learning and the ways in which children can be supported by adults\nThe is a very accessible book for undergraduate students. It is similar in many ways to Ann Browne's other book \"Developing Language and Literacy 3-8\" but it has some useful additional chapters. The chapter on assessment is particularly interesting."}
{"text":"The background of the research idea come\nup because one of the results of discussions with fellow\ntrainers when attending regional and national\nchampionships, the average complaints expressed were\nthat the development of swimming sports achievements\nwas less than optimal achievement because it was\nminimal to support training. This study aims to develop\nexisting training movements, namely burpee and\ncrocodile push-ups as a supporting effort in swimming\nIn this research, the type of research is research\nand development methods. The subject of this study is\nSurabaya Suryanaga swimming athlete. The research\ninstrument used to determine the increasing of athlete\nperformance experienced before being given a\ncombination training of burpee and crocodile push-ups.\nBased on the results of the research on the\ndevelopment of teaching materials, the combination of\nburpee and crocodile push-up, which is very simple, has\nbeen completed with some excellent category results. In\nthis research, it is packaged into a movement in the\nform of a book and supported by a training video. From\nsome of these processes the combination exercise of\nburpee and crocodile push-ups has several benefits\nwhen used for training, including to improve the ability\nof arm muscles, leg muscles to support the achievements\nof an athlete.\nThe results of this study can be concluded that\nthere is the increasing of the ability to swim about 50\nmeters on freestyle model through combination training\nof burpee and crocodile push-ups in swimming athletes\nin Surabaya suryanaga.\nKeywords : Exercise, Burpee, Crocodile Phus-up, Swimming."}
{"text":"Scientists have developed a way to transform ordinary sand -- a mainstay filter material used to purify drinking water throughout the world -- into a \"super sand\" with five times the filtering capacity of regular sand. The new material could be a low-cost boon for developing countries, where more than a billion people lack clean drinking water, according to the report in the ACS journal Applied Materials & Interfaces.\nMainak Majumder and colleagues note that sand has been used to purify water for more than 6,000 years, and sand or gravel water filtration is endorsed by the World Health Organization. Their studies of a nanomaterial called graphite oxide (GO) suggest that it could be used to improve sand filtration in a cost-effective way, they write.\nto read full article.\nCategory: Science & Technology"}
{"text":"In this article, we will discuss Promotion of Blue Economy in India. So, let’s get started.\nPromote Blue Economy\n- Deep Ocean Mission: It was launched with an intention to develop technologies to harness the living and non-living resources from the deep-oceans.\n- India-Norway Task Force on Blue Economy for Sustainable Development: It was inaugurated jointly by both the countries in 2020 to develop and follow up joint initiatives between the two countries.\n- Sagarmala Project: The Sagarmala project is the strategic initiative for port-led development through the extensive use of IT enabled services for modernization of ports.\n- O-SMART: India has an umbrella scheme by the name of O-SMART which aims at regulated use of oceans, marine resources for sustainable development.\n- Integrated Coastal Zone Management: It focuses on conservation of coastal and marine resources, and improving livelihood opportunities for coastal communities etc.\n- National Fisheries Policy: India has a National Fisheries policy for promoting ‘Blue Growth Initiative’ which focuses on sustainable utilization of fisheries wealth from marine and other aquatic resources."}
{"text":"The following is a list of random notes for use in creating future pages.\nProtected beach: with fishing boats that are pulled high upon the beach to protect them from storms, with boats light enough to be carried; the settlement is located behind the beach in trees or among protective rocks.\nStock pond: tailored water sources using an aquifer or dam to maintain water level. Caretakers protect from poachers. Stock ponds are usually private, owned by a village or status-individual.\nWater village: small settlement constructed on a tidal mud flat, freshwater pond or marshland, with houses on pillars or jetties, allowing direct access to boats tied to each house. The village is often reachable only by boat. The population of such a conglomeration is between 75 and 125 males, females and children."}
{"text":"The substantial red brick house, at the Stickley place just referred to, was built a few years prior to the Civil War. For many years, it was the home of Col. Daniel Stickley. More than once, during the war, it was the scene of stirring incidents. Just after the battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864, it was used as a hospital. A strong pine table, which was taken from the kitchen and on which many limbs were amputated by the surgeons, is still preserved by the present owner, Mrs. Laura Bates. The ghostly walls of a large stone mill, burned by Sheridan, stand among the trees between this house and the creek, close to the smaller ruins of the old Bowman mill. This place, it is said, was a favorite stopping place for the stages and wagons that traversed the Valley Pike in antebellum days. The same is true of the Levi Stickley place, which is located at the top of the hill, a mile nearer to Strasburg.\nThe Miller girl, running to George Bowman's in 1764, a fugitive from the Indians, probably passed this old Stickley place on the hill. At that time, we may suppose, no dwelling was there.\nExcerpted from John W. Wayland's A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia\nReturn to Shenandoah County VAGenWeb"}
{"text":"Throughout the world, the vast majority of mammalian, avian, and piscine species are exploited, directly or indirectly, by humans. Broadly speaking, human management of terrestrial wildlife can be subdivided into three categories: ungulates including deer, carnivores and omnivores, and other species.\nThe multi-billion dollar trade in wildlife and wildlife parts and products is a crisis that animal species are facing worldwide. Animals are captured, killed and traded live or in parts for a number of purposes such as for food and medicine; clothing and ornaments; entertainment, including for pets, zoos and aquariums; and for research.\nThe Earth is now in the midst of its sixth major animal (and plant) extinction.The last mass extinction - approximately 65 million years ago - caused the disappearance of the dinosaurs. Although extinctions are naturally occurring, the current mass extinction is unique in that it is caused almost entirely by humans.\nTrapping is a method of capturing wildlife by humans using devices specifically designed to restrain an animal in place without the need for continual human presence. Traps can be set and left, making them resource efficient from the standpoint of the trapper.\nFor decades, America's wild horses have faced tremendous pressure from the government, ranchers, the livestock industry, state wildlife agencies and others who do not support the protection of these iconic animals on Western rangelands. As a result, wild horse and burro populations and their herd areas have dramatically declined in number and size to the point that many herds are no longer self-sustaining and genetically viable."}
{"text":"The Ganga Brahmaputra basin is located at 10°N to 30°N in the sub-tropical region.\nLife in the Ganga-Brahmputra basin\nThe tributaries of rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra together form the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin in the Indian subcontinent. The basin lies in the sub-tropical region that is situated between 10°N to 30°N latitudes. The tributaries of the River Ganga like the Ghaghra, the Son, the Chambal, the Gandak, the Kosi and the tributaries of Brahmaputra drain it. Look at the atlas and find names of some tributaries of the River Brahmaputra.\nThe Ganga and Brahmaputra plains, the Himalayan mountains and foothills, and the Sundarbans delta are the major features of this basin. The plain is dotted with oxbow lakes. The monsoon climate dominates the area. From mid-June to mid-September, the monsoon brings rain. Summers are hot, and winters are cool."}
{"text":"Start a 10-Day Free Trial to Unlock the Full Review\nWhy Lesson Planet?\nFind quality lesson planning resources, fast!\nShare & remix collections to collaborate.\nOrganize your curriculum with collections. Easy!\nHave time to be more creative & energetic with your students!\nPlants and Animals Crossword Puzzle\nIn this science worksheet, students look for the answers to the questions to fill in the crossword puzzle using the theme of pants or animals.\n16 Views 39 Downloads\nAn Environmental Puzzle: The Carbon Cycle\nMiddle school science stars examine fuels and energy with a variety of activities. They begin with a KWL chart, read an informative passage, and then complete a puzzle. The puzzle itself is included. Cleverly, each piece corresponds to a...\n6th - 8th Science\nRain Forest Teaching Curriculum\nTake young naturalists on an exploration of the world's tropical rainforests with this extensive collection of lessons and activities. Whether its creating leaf and flower prints or investigating the absorption spectrum of chlorophyl,...\nK - 12th Science CCSS: Adaptable\nExploring Genetics Across the Middle School Science and Math Curricula\nWhere is a geneticist's favorite place to swim? A gene pool. Young geneticists complete hands-on activities, experiments, and real-world problem solving throughout the unit. With extra focus on dominant and recessive genes, Punnett...\n6th - 8th Science CCSS: Designed\nThe Coelacanth: A Living Fossil of a Fish\nIt was just another day of fishing at the local pier when a man unknowingly reeled in a fish thought to be extinct for 65 million years. This short video explains how scientists were surprised to discover that this 360 million year old...\n4 mins 6th - 12th Science CCSS: Adaptable"}
{"text":"Connect with the Museum virtually! Tap into our Virtual Science Academy for fun, interactive experiences hosted by a Museum educator, meet scientists where they work through Scientists in Action, or take an interactive tour of our planet with Digital Earth Academy. It’s easy! Connect to us from anywhere using a computer, webcam, and the internet.\nLearn more about our program offerings below.\nExperience, explore, and engage with the Museum without leaving your classroom through interactive distance learning video conferencing.\nGrant your students direct access to real scientists in the field, virtually! Tap into Museum field sites or research labs during live, interactive 45-minute broadcasts, where you can engage in a real-time Q&A with scientists and researchers.\nDigital Earth Academy is a new edition of the acclaimed Digital Earth series produced especially for students. Each month, we examine a different aspect of our dynamic planet: landscapes and landforms, human impacts and achievements, and much more. With stunning visualizations, interactive polls, and real-time Q&A, students will make observations, comparisons and connections and gain a new perspective of the Earth."}
{"text":"This article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2014)\nIn botany, a sport or bud sport, traditionally called lusus, is a part of a plant that shows morphological differences from the rest of the plant. Sports may differ by foliage shape or color, flowers, fruit, or branch structure. The cause is generally thought to be a chance genetic mutation.\nSports with desirable characteristics are often propagated vegetatively to form new cultivars that retain the characteristics of the new morphology. Such selections are often prone to \"reversion\", meaning that part or all of the plant reverts to its original form. An example of a bud sport is the nectarine, at least some of which developed as a bud sport from peaches. Other common fruits resulting from a sport mutation are the red Anjou pear, the Ruby Red grapefruit, and the 'Pink Lemonade' lemon, which is a sport of the \"Eureka\" lemon."}
{"text":"WAIT WHY DID I COME IN HERE?\nYour brain takes \"pictures\" of your memories. When you walk through a doorway to another room your brain takes all the memories just made in that room and puts them away. The phenomena is called \"Event Horizon Model\". Even thinking about walking into a new room can have the same effects.\nPSYCHOLOGISTS WHO STUDIED THIS\nHe had his patients play a video game where they picked up an object from one table and walk around until they found another.Then have them pick another object up and take it to a new table. They would often ask about the old objects.\nKrawietz worked along side Radvansky and Tamplin both psychologists to study the same theory but he also studied if walking into the past room made it easier to remember why they went in there in the first place.\nWas an assistant to the experiment for the two doctors to the left he was dedicated and helped form the hypothisis."}
{"text":"Effort, a fundamental aspect of achieving success in any endeavor, is a concept that transcends language barriers. In Telugu, a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the meaning of effort is beautifully encapsulated in the word “prayatnam”.\nThe Meaning of “Prayatnam” in Telugu\n“Prayatnam” in Telugu refers to the determined and deliberate actions one takes to achieve a goal. It implies the earnest exertion of energy, willpower, and dedication towards accomplishing something worthwhile. It embodies the idea of working diligently and persistently, even in the face of challenges or setbacks. The concept of “prayatnam” emphasizes the importance of consistent and purposeful effort as the key to success.\nThe Significance of Effort\nEffort is the driving force behind growth and improvement. It showcases one’s commitment, perseverance, and discipline in pursuing their ambitions. When individuals put in sincere effort, they not only enhance their skills and abilities but also develop a strong work ethic and resilience. Effort serves as a catalyst for personal development and empowers individuals to maximize their potential.\nEffort, or “prayatnam” in Telugu, plays a crucial role in achieving success and self-fulfillment. It represents the determination and commitment required to overcome obstacles and accomplish goals. No matter the language, the value of effort remains universal. So, let us embrace the essence of “prayatnam” and strive for excellence in all our endeavors. Remember, it is through sincere effort that we can unlock our true potential and carve a path towards success."}
{"text":"Welcome to RCRCD\nRiverside-Corona Resource Conservation District\nFostering the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources\nThe Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District (RCRCD) is a local government agency that helps conserve the natural resources (soil, water, plants, and wildlife) of areas within western Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in southern California. The District provides technical advice to land users, educational programs for the community, and conducts on-the-land conservation projects.\nRCRCD works with private land users, nonprofit organizations, and public entities to sustain natural resources within its boundaries. RCRCD provides information about natural resources and their stewardship and management for each land use: native habitats, urban/suburban areas, and agriculture. RCRCD conducts education and on-the-land conservation projects, such as habitat restoration."}
{"text":"What are some of the educational claims of popular tablets, laptops, and mobile devices? Do you believe that these claims are valid? Can such devices increase accuracy and speed of research projects? What advantages and disadvantages do you see in online research? How might you plan a research project to find the best and most reliable academic resources for a project? How do your approaches differ from those of your classmates?\nLocate an advertisement or commercial that implies research study results. Describe the claims made, and discuss how differences in sampling of the population might create biased results. Discuss what could account for the biased results. Read the posts of your classmates, and respond with constructive feedback, suggestions, questions, and additional resources as appropriate and in alignment with the AIU Discussion Board Policy. You will be graded using the Grading Rubric below.\nIn your own words, post a substantive response to the Discussion Board question(s) and comment on other postings. Your response should address the DB question(s) and move the conversation forward. You will be graded on the quality of your postings, including mastery of the concept as well as critical thinking. If asked for your opinion, do not simply state that it is a good or bad idea; elaborate on your reasons and argument. Include enough detail to substantiate your thinking as well as your position on the questions or comments."}
{"text":"There are several different risk factors for breast cancer, although having a risk factor does not guarantee that cancer will occur. Some people may have several risk factors yet not develop cancer, and vice versa. Some risk factors cannot be changed, such as age or having a family history of breast cancer. Others, such as lifestyle changes, may reduce your risk of developing breast cancer.\nRisk Factors for Breast Cancer Include:\nTaking steps to reduce potential risks may reduce the chance of developing breast cancer. Exercise, eating a balanced diet, and limiting your exposure to carcinogens can all contribute to an overall healthier lifestyle.\nAll women have some chance of developing breast cancer. The term ‘Average Risk’ includes all women. However, certain women are at higher risk. Women at higher risk may have one or several factors that further increase the risk of developing breast cancer.\nSome women do not have any risk factors yet still develop breast cancer, and vice versa.\nSome common risk factors for breast cancer include:\nIn addition, some women may have certain factors that further increases the risk of developing breast cancer. These higher risk factors include:\nThis chart from the CDC features a comprehensive screening guide that includes recommendations from several different organizations. Speak with your doctor about any questions or concerns that you may have."}
{"text":"Herbicide-tolerant crops have encouraged farmers to practice no-till farming. In conventional farming, the fields are plowed (\"tilled\") to control weeds. Because of the superior weed control from GM crops, farmers now have to till much less often. This has led to improved soil health and water retention, reduced runoff, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. (National Academy of Sciences, Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States, 2010) http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12804\nInsect-resistant crops have greatly reduced the amount of insecticide that has to be applied to insect-protected crops. It’s estimated that an astounding 600 million pounds LESS active ingredient of insecticide has been used in the United States because of the use of GM crops, significantly reducing farmers’ costs and environmental footprint. (Brookes and Barfoot, Key environmental impacts of global GM crop use 1996-2011, in GM Crops and Food, 4/26/2013) http://www.pgeconomics.co.uk/pdf/2013globalimpactstudyfinalreport.pdf)\nIn developing countries, the increased production from GM seeds has allowed small farmers to generate more income off of the same amount of land, thus reducing the practice of cutting down forest for more cropland.\nThe greatest gains are yet to come. GM plants with more efficient use of nitrogen and other important nutrients mean less fertilizer will be needed, saving farmers money, and less fertilizer ends up in the environment. As mentioned previously, GM plants are available to withstand moderate water deficits. In the near future these same traits may allow the same yields or better while consuming less water. Such technologies have been demonstrated as effective in the laboratory and in field contexts.\nGoing forward, as we apply what we learning about organic, low-input and sustainable production practices to GM crops, we’ll see comparable or improved performance with less cost and environmental impact."}
{"text":"Mobile App. Development\nAs part of the development process, mobile user interface (UI) design is also essential in the creation of mobile apps. Mobile UI considers constraints, contexts, screen, input, and mobility as outlines for design. The user is often the focus of interaction with their device, and the interface entails components of both hardware and software. User input allows for the users to manipulate a system, and device's output allows the system to indicate the effects of the users' manipulation. Mobile UI design constraints include limited attention and form factors, such as a mobile device's screen size for a user's hand(s). Mobile UI contexts signal cues from user activity, such as location and scheduling that can be shown from user interactions within a mobile application. Overall, mobile UI design's goal is mainly for an understandable, user-friendly interface."}
{"text":"The U.S. forest products industry has been struggling for over two decades. The rise of electronic media, the globalization of manufacturing, and a declining housing industry have caused significant loss of employment in the industry. Plastic, steel, and hybrid materials have taken significant market share in products that previously were made of wood. However, economic and social changes towards greater environmental awareness and responsibility have the potential of restoring wood to its former position. Innovation is needed that take advantage of wood’s excellent environmental performance and versatility as a material. Some examples are listed.\n- Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT). CLT is a laminated panel made with solid wood boards that are glued together alternating the direction of their fibers. Its strength and stability enables the possibility to use wood as an environmentally-friendly alternative to concrete and steel construction systems.\n- Biomaterials. Biobased adhesives to bond together wood composites, and wood plastic composites (WPCs), that combine plastic and cellulose fibers are being developed. Also wood fibers are being used to strengthen structural materials.\n- Nanomaterials. Carbon nanotubes as well as cellulose nanofibers to enhance the strength and durability of diverse products are being developed.\n- Bioenergy. Wood can be used as a source of bioenergy, thus increasing energy independence and improving the environment. Also biofuels can be obtained from forest biomass, which can help replace a significant part of petroleum-based fuels.\n- Wood modification. Thermal modification, acetylation and fufurylation processes can be used to modify wood and improve its durability."}
{"text":"How a jet engine really works: 4 simple steps: 1) Compress air. 2)\nRelease it into a partially enclosed space. 3) Heat it up. 4) Release it\nthrough a nozzle. Copyright 2009, Lawrence Henry Berg. #2 the diffuser\ndirects the hot compressed air and releases it into the combustion\nchamber. It's volume increases as the pressure and temperature go down.\n#3 fire increases the temp and pressure in the new volume! Get it? Now\n#4 (the nozzle) will determine the pressure and temp and flow rate as\nit's released. ---- I've listened to thousands of explanations in 50\nyears but never really understood how it works or how to explain it. So\nthis is my way of understanding it, and it works!\nIf you're more interested in real Privately owned Factory Built Gas Turbine Engines, click here Turbocharger kits.\nClick here if you want to skip the links and see my China Turbocharger"}
{"text":"How to Write a Unit Test in Java\nA unit test in Java gives the developer the opportunity to test an object. For example, you might want to verify that a Person object contains the expected person name or perhaps the correct email address. In addition, you may want to verify that a property is not null.\nThe most common way to write unit tests in Java is to use JUnit, a free, open source unit-testing Java application. To learn how to write a unit test in Java, follow these seven steps.\n- First, you need to download JUnit 4.8.2. In your browser, go to this page on github.com and click junit.jar. Another web page will be displayed.\n- Click the jar option for junit 4.8.2. This action will start the download of\njunit-4.8.2.jarto your computer.\n- Now you will write the program that contains the JUnit tests. Open your text editor and type in the following statements:\n@BeforeClassannotation marks a method that will be called by JUnit one time before the tests are performed. The\n@AfterClassannotation marks a method that will be called once after the tests have been run. The\n@Testannotations mark the tests that will be executed by JUnit. Two tests are included in the program. The first test will verify that the first name has been successfully set to \"Stephen\". This test will succeed at runtime. The second test will assert that the last name is not null. This test will fail at runtime because although the Person object has been instantiated, the last name has not been set.\n- Save your file as\njunit-4.8.2.jarto the directory that contains your Java program.\n- Open a command prompt and navigate to the directory containing your Java program. Then type in the command to compile the source using the classpath compiler option and hit Enter.\n- Type in the command to run the JUnit test runner using your program and hit Enter.\nThe output indicates one test failed with an\nAssertionErrorexception. The name of the failing method and the program name are displayed in the output."}
{"text":"Article in Japanese\nClinicoepidemiological characteristics of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection Focus: mild cases in children\nMasahiro UENO1,3), Eiji KUDE2), Minoru SUGITA3)\nResults from epidemiological analysis of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection focused on mild cases in children suggest that anti-influenza virus drugs (Oseltamivir and Zanamivir) are extremely effective in alleviating fever symptoms. The drugs took effect immediately and prevented the duration of fever from lasting. Temperatures quickly stabilized at normal levels roughly 21 hours after administration of these drugs. There were no patients whose fever lasted more than 48 hours. The total duration of fever was typically 36.0±12.3 hours (mean±SD) and the duration of defervescence after prescription of anti-influenza virus drugs was 21.0±9.0 hours.\nAll study patients were mild cases who had been prescribed anti-influenza drugs within 2 days after the onset of fever, whose temperatures had stabilized within several days, and who had not been hospitalized.\nIn clinical findings, it appeared that coughing was the most common symptom (84%) and that digestive symptoms accounted for 9-14%.\nSexuality can serve as an early warning sign to predict the total duration of a fever. That is, male children had fever for a significantly longer duration than female children (mean: 6.6 hours) (p=0.015).\nCoughing can also serve as an early warning sign to predict the total duration of a fever. That is, children who coughed had fever for a significantly longer duration than those who did not cough (mean: 9.3 hours) (p=0.012).\nThe sooner drugs can be administered, the greater the reduction of the fever's total duration can be expected (mean: 15.3 hours) (p<0.001).\n1) Hasuda Isshinkai Hospital\n2) Kude Children's Clinic\n3) Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Toho University School of Medicine\n|Received||January 25, 2010|\n|Accepted||August 23, 2010|"}
{"text":"The U.S. Forest Service’s Northern Arizona Native Plant Materials Program (NPMP) was established in 2007 to collect, produce, and store local, native seeds from the Coconino, Kaibab, and Prescott National Forests. By harvesting local genotypes of native seed, creating seedbeds, and demonstration gardens, the program seeks to increase supplies of native seeds for use in a variety of restoration, conservation, and re-vegetation projects.\nNative Seed Collection: Native seed is harvested from a variety of locations throughout northern Arizona.\nNative Seed Processing: Seed from a number of species are cleaned by hand and with the use of small equipment.\nPlant Propagation: Greenhouses are used for the propagation of native plant materials for projects.\nSeed Increase Gardens: Three locations of grow-out gardens in northern Arizona produce additional seed and provide research space."}
{"text":"The Legendary Champawat Tiger Was Responsible For Killing 430 People\nJuly 22, 2012 4 Comments\nDuring the 19th century, a legendary female bengal tiger went on a complete rampage that ended with the death of an estimated 430 people in Nepal and India. The bengal got the name “Champawat Tiger” after finally being killed in Champawat Town, near the Chataar Bridge in Northern India. The tiger’s attacks have been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest number of fatalities from a tiger.\nThe first series of attacks started in Nepal. After killing over 200 people, the tiger was driven by the Nepalese Army across the border into India, where she would continue her killing spree. The bengal was so fearless and bold that all the killings occurred during the daytime. The tiger would often roam the streets and break into huts without any hesitation.\nVillagers would lock themselves inside their huts at times in fear of being eaten by this vicious creature. Many described the village as a virtual “ghost town” due to the fact that no one would dare to step outside and risk their lives. Some would stay inside their huts for over a week. The last victim the tiger would claim was a young 16-year-old girl who was outside her village gathering wood.\nThe Champawat Tiger was finally killed by a man named Jim Corbett who was described as a “big cat hunter.” Corbett was an Indian-born British conservationist who was extremely talented at stalking and killing man-eaters. Corbett was also responsible for killing a male leopard that had terrorized another district in India, responsible for close to 400 deaths as well. He would go on to publish a book called the Man-Eaters of Kumaon to detail his experiences."}
{"text":"A crafty microbe can turn any plant material - grass, branches, even the wood from your porch - into beer.\nTalk about a house beer!\nThis is Sandra Tsing Loh, with the Loh Down on Science.\nAnd news of a microbe that reduces any plant material --grass, branches, that rickety wood porch of yours--into alcohol.\nThe FrankenBug was created by researchers from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. They genetically tweaked a bacterium from hot springs in Yellowstone National Park, then stewed it in chemicals for about eighteen weeks.\nThe result is the first microbe that thrives at high temperatures AND ferments organic matter into ethanol, without unwanted side effects. Similar bacteria either produce impurities or don't function at high temperatures. They thus require expensive enzymes for proper fermentation.\nThis MicroBeast could transform the struggling ethanol fuel movement. In experiments, it matched the ethanol yields of commonly used microbes but used SIXTY percent less enzyme.\nWith fine-tuning, researchers expect to double the yield while using NO enzymes.\nMoreover, instead of using corn KERNELS it could ferment nonedible corn STALKS. Or even fast-growing grasses that don't require pesticides.\nWe clean UP the environment, then kick back with a beer. Just like how Al Gore said. Didn't he? Guess I'd better review."}
{"text":"fiber optics n.\nAn optical system in which light or an image is conveyed by a compact bundle of fine flexible glass or plastic fibers.\n|fiber optics |\nTechnology based on the use of hair-thin, transparent fibers to transmit light or infrared signals. The fibers are flexible and consist of a core of optically transparent glass or plastic, surrounded by a glass or plastic cladding that reflects the light signals back into the core. Light signals can be modulated to carry almost any other sort of signal, including sounds, electrical signals, and computer data, and a single fiber can carry hundreds of such signals simultaneously, literally at the speed of light. Signals that have weakened after travelling very long distances in the fibers can be optically pumped with lasers, amplifying them without the need to convert them into electrical signals. Optical fibers are relatively inexpensive to manufacture and install when compared with wire cables, and they require very little power and are easily laid out underground. Optical fibers are also used to transmit images focused on one end to the other end through circuitous paths, as in bronchoscopes and colonoscopes used in medical examinations.\nA technology that uses specially designed bundles of transparent fibers to transmit light.\nNote: Some of the applications of fiber optics are in medicine, where it is used to view otherwise inaccessible parts of the body, and in telecommunications, where it is used to transmit data of all types."}
{"text":"NASA's Mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt\nFebruary 25, 2010\nThe Approach Begins\nAnother milestone passed! Today NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is 15.96 astronomical units (about 2.39 billion kilometers, or 1.48 billion miles) from the Sun – putting it halfway between Earth’s location on launch day in January 2006, and Pluto’s place during New Horizons’ encounter with the planet in July 2015.\n“From here on out, we’re on approach to an encounter with the Pluto system,” says New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern, from the Southwest Research Institute. “The second half of the journey begins.”\nThis is rare territory; New Horizons is just the fifth probe, after Pioneers 10 - 11 and Voyagers 1 – 2, to traverse interplanetary space so far from the Sun. And it’s the first to travel so far to reach a new planet for exploration.\nHumming along at more than 16 kilometers per second – more than 36,600 miles per hour - the spacecraft will next cross a planetary boundary in March 2011, when it passes the orbit of Uranus. Follow the journey."}
{"text":"Light essentially travels in a straight line. When it encounters a change in medium, that light will bend to travel in a new direction, but the outgoing path will still be straight.\nThe law of reflection states that the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection. This is the angle as measured to the normal of the surface. Specular reflection occurs when light strikes a smooth and highly reflective surface. The light is reflected off in one direction and we get a very clear image. Diffuse reflection occurs when light strikes a rough surface. Light is scattered off the surface at various angles and we see an image that is fuzzy. For more on specular and diffuse reflection, try http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/refln/u13l1d.cfm\nA plane mirror is a mirror that is flat. When an object is placed in front of the mirror, the image appears to come from behind the mirror\nat the same distance as the object distance. The height of the object and the image will be\nthe same. The image, however, will be reversed left to right. A real image is an image that can be projected on a screen. A real image will appear to form in front of a mirror. A virtual image cannot be projected. Virtual images\nwill appear to come from behind the mirror."}
{"text":"[Antennaware] Testing the theory..\nGuy Olinger, K2AV\nolinger at bellsouth.net\nThu Mar 29 18:45:34 EST 2007\n> In the near-field, A/B comparison measurements on a simple antenna\n> like a\n> vertical would normally be valid, but not necessarily so with\n> changes to the\n> ground system. The change in the surface wave (ground wave) can be\n> from the change in skywave.\nWhat I have never seen documented is actual measurements of far-field\nsky-wave changing with numbers of radials, along with the\ncorresponding measurements at the ground. Sky-wave has always been by\ninference, such as how much field is theoretically \"available\" with a\ngiven power level at the feed, given some \"ideal\" situation. All had\none assumption or another at root, with one's confidence in the\nassumption propagated to the inferred sky-wave.\nIt always seemed to me that some very tall non-conducting structures,\nor the likes of a helicopter and GPS or some strict, accurate\npositioning method for the helicopter would be required to document\nthe ground/skywave correlation.\nSince the commercial and regulatory interest at MF was\nmillivolts/meter at the ground, there doesn't seem to have been much\nIt's not the sky wave that I would suspect as quirky, but real ground\nis subject to such variation as might give some kind of non-linear\nresult with increasing radials that would not appear in the skywave.\n20 degree skywave at a distance of one mile (~10 wavelengths at 160m)\nwould require an elevation of 1922 feet for the measurement.\nThere may be some directly measured data out there, but I have never\nseen it, and would love to see the citation if it exists.\nScanned for viruses by Blue Coat\nMore information about the Antennaware"}
{"text":"Definition of Neanderthalian\n1. Adjective. Relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man. \"Neanderthal skull\"\nDerivative terms: Neandertal, Neanderthal, Neanderthal\nPartainyms: Neanderthal Man, Neanderthal Man, Neanderthal Man\nClick the following link to bring up a new window with an automated collection of images related to the term: Neanderthalian Images\nLexicographical Neighbors of Neanderthalian\nLiterary usage of Neanderthalian\nBelow you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:\n1. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1920)\n\"The tremendous advance they display upon their neanderthalian predecessors and their special artistic gift must not blind us to their very obvious ...\"\n2. Our American Humorists by Thomas Lansing Masson (1922)\n\"That Punch editor is typical of all makers of laughter from the first neanderthalian man who sent his mate into guffaws by slipping on a discarded bit of ...\""}
{"text":"Cloud computing is a term that means the use of computer resources that are accessible from a network. For our purposes, that network is the internet.\nUse of a cloud drive allows you to easily store and access your calendar, text documents, pictures, videos, and music files from devices with an internet connection. Storing your files in a cloud gives you ease of access, allows for easy disaster recovery, and makes sharing more simple. All of the cloud drives below require a user login, but are free.\nGoogle has a full suite of cloud applications for your computer or Android powered device:\nDrive upload or create text, spreadsheets, presentations, and artwork\nPicasa upload and share all of your photos\nGoogle Play take your music, eBooks, and eMagazines on the go\nSkyDrive is Microsoft's cloud drive that allows you to keep Office files and your photographs at your fingertips anywhere you go.\niCloud is Apple's cloud computing service that allows you access to files, photos, apps, eBooks, and music with your computer or iOS.\nDrop Box works like any other file folder on your computer, except that it syncs with all other computers or devices that have your drop box, including your online account."}
{"text":"Considering the relationship between artists and texts throughout classical antiquity, this study systematically applies new and objective criteria to judge the fidelity between picture and text. It becomes clear that artists illustrate stories, not texts, and Jocelyn Penny Small argues that artistic transmissions follow the model of oral, not textual, transmission where the variant rules and there is no original. Pictures on vases, she demonstrates, should not be used to reconstruct lost literary works.\n|Publisher:||Cambridge University Press|\n|Edition description:||New Edition|\n|Product dimensions:||6.97(w) x 9.96(h) x 0.59(d)|\nAbout the Author\nJocelyn Penny Small is Professor II at Rutgers University in the Department of Art History. A recipient of Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim and other fellowships, she is the author of books and articles on aspects of classical art, most recently Wax Tablets of the Mind: Cognitive Studies of Literacy and Memory in Classical Antiquity.\nTable of Contents\n1. What does it mean to illustrate a text?; 2. The evidence from Archaic and Early Classical Greek art; 3. The evidence for Greek plays; 4. The evidence from Hellenistic and Roman art; 5. Illustrated text from antiquity; 6. There is no original!\nMost Helpful Customer Reviews\nLovely...! beautiful.....!.... Just enjoy it.....!"}
{"text":"Black bears are one of Minnesota iconic species. They're the only bear species that inhabits the state today.\nBears live in forests, swamps and other areas with dense cover but will wander into clearings to feed. They are found mainly in the northern third of Minnesota, but range as far south as the interface between the forest and agricultural zones, where they utilize corn and other crops for subsistence.\nDNR manages Minnesota's black bear population by providing quality bear habitat, conducting research to increase knowledge of bear biology, educating the public on how to live with bears, assisting people with bear problems and controlling the bear population with hunting seasons.\nOn July 30, 2013, Ramsey County District Court Judge John Guthmann issued an order that allowed Dr. Lynn Rogers to continue to maintain existing collars on research bears and put non-public cameras in two bear dens. The temporary order was the result of a compromise reached by the DNR and Dr. Rogers as the legal issue moves into a new area of due process regarding review of the agency decision. Judge Guthmann strongly encouraged both sides to reach a temporary agreement.\nJudge Guthmann ordered that case be reviewed as a contested case under the review of an administrative law judge from the state Office of Administrative Hearings. That process will begin soon but likely will take six to nine months while the impartial administrative judge reviews the merits of both sides. The additional restrictions in the judge's order allow for research elements but reduce some of the risks and degree of human exposure associated with habituation while the agency decision is reviewed."}
{"text":"Health Benefits of Trampolines for Children with Autism\nIt has been studied and proven that regular trampoline use promotes weight loss, detoxifies the body and strengthens the immune system. However, many people do not realize the Health Benefits of Trampolines for Autistic Children and adults. Rebounding on a trampoline can drastically improve the lives and behaviors of children and adults with special needs.\nResearch has shown that children with Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome can benefit from regular exercise, and that trampolining in particular can provide many additional benefits. Sitting or bouncing on a trampoline can help to increase coordination by improving their bilateral motor skills. Trampolining itself is a very gentle form of exercise due to the fact that the bouncy trampoline pad soaks up a large proportion of the impact.\nThe activity of trampolining can provide children with a great sense of fun and well-being. Being outside allows children to get fresh air and sunlight, both of which provide their own health benefits. And allowing siblings to join in with the trampoline fun can also help to provide huge social benefits to children with Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome.\nIf you are thinking of buying a trampoline for your children to use, it is very important to ensure that you choose one with an enclosure like the Pure Fun 7ft Trampoline with Tic-tac-toe. This will ensure that your children can bounce, jump or play on the trampoline with less worry of injury."}
{"text":"What is Precision Medicine?\nThe terms “personalized medicine” and “precision medicine” are often used interchangeably to describe the ability to tailor treatments to an individual patient based on the unique characteristics of his or her disease. Precision medicine in oncology relies on the unique molecular profile of a patient’s tumor for optimal treatment selection. In contrast, standard treatment is based largely on the location where the tumor originated, such as the breast or lungs, and may not always produce optimal results.\nIn recent years, increasing numbers of oncologists have adopted precision medicine as a treatment approach for various cancers that have historically been characterized and treated based on body location. This approach has been aided by the development of molecular profiling that can help doctors personalize treatment plans for individual patients. A molecular profile reveals unique characteristics of a person’s disease at the molecular level, providing doctors with knowledge about which treatments are most likely to produce the best results, including treatments that may not have been previously considered. Molecular profiling may also help patients avoid treatments that are ineffective, unnecessary, and potentially harmful."}
{"text":"Hitler fanatics forced orphans to build new Fatherland in Amazon\nThey have also found some of the young men who were kept as slaves by German settlers and local Nazi supporters.\nThey were known as ‘ Nummernmenschen’ – the number people – as the dehumanisation practised in the concentration camps was exported.\nIt had long been known that fleeing Nazis moved into remote regions of South America after the war. But the story of the slaves began years earlier.\ncomments powered by Disqus\n- Study: Violent radicalism in UK isn't associated with poverty\n- CONFIRMED: the Shrine of Jonah/Mosque of Yunus (Nineveh, Mosul, Iraq) has been destroyed\n- Chinese President Xi Jinping: Nobody can change history\n- Iraq’s Long-Lost Mythical Temple Has Been Found…and Is In Danger of Disappearing Again\n- CBS features in-depth coverage of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights law\n- Obama to award National Humanities Medals to 3 historians\n- Historian Curt Gentry, known for Hoover biography and ‘Helter Skelter,’ dies at 83\n- Harvard historian: strategy of climate science denial groups 'extremely successful'\n- Curators at Victoria and Albert Museum are pushing the boundaries of collecting\n- Ukrainian Leaders Are Using David Barton's Theocratic Pseudo-History To Build Their Nation"}
{"text":"To start the game, put all cards face against table so that the images are not visible, mix them and align them. The first player reveals two cards if they match, he wins otherwise he hides again. It is then the next player to return two cards and so on ... The aim of the game is to try to memorize the location of different cards and when the player put face up successively two identical cards forming the pair he wins them. When the player wins a pair, he can play again. The game is over when all pairs were found. The player who won the highest number of cards wins the game.\n1- At the begining of the game, put all cards face against table\n2- The player n°1 puts successively 2 cards face up, here the cards are differents.\n3- As the two cards are differents, the player n°1 hides the cards again.\n4- Is now the turn of the player n°2 to put face up two cards, here the cards are differents.\n5- As the two cards are differents, the player n°2 hides the cards again.\n6- Is now the turn of the player n°1 to put face up two cards, the cards are the same, the player found the two cards of the pair.\n7- As the cards are the same, the player n°1 win them he can play again and put face up two other cards...\nThe memory game is a great game to train your memory, play it regularly and you will exercise and develop your memory."}
{"text":"Young iguanas eat insects, fruit, leaves and flowers, while adults are almost exclusively herbivorous.\nTheir long legs are an adaptation for climbing trees; this is also true of their long claws which they use to grip with. The large dewlap under the neck is used by the males to impress females and scare off other males. Males are very territorial.\nThe green iguana is a skilful swimmer. If threatened, iguanas can jump from high in a tree into the water, where they can remain underwater for several minutes until danger passes.\nThey can change colour slightly. When sunning themselves in the morning, for instance, they can turn darker to absorb heat faster. At midday, they take on a lighter colour to reflect the hot rays of the sun.\nGreen iguanas are popular pets. If you are considering keeping an iguana as a pet, remember that they live for up to 20 years and grow to a length of 2 metres.\nThe green iguana is not endangered. In certain areas the population is threatened by hunting, however. The iguanas are hunted as food or captured and sold as pets.\nHabitat: Tropical wetlands near forests, big trees and bushes, often near rivers and streams.\nWeight: 3–5 kg\nLength: Up to 2 metres\nFood: Primarily plants\nSexual maturity: 2–3 years.\nNumber of eggs: 20–40\nHatching: Approx. 90 days\nLife expectancy: 15–20 years"}
{"text":"What constitutes art in the digital world, and how is it separate from the technology used to make it? It’s a question that plagues conservators as they attempt to preserve early forms of digital art, which often become difficult to replicate as technology improves. The Boston Globe explored some of the challenges in this morning’s paper, detailing, for instance, the problem with a Cory Arcangel work from from the “olden days” of 2002:\n“Digital Diaries” was made by scaling up very small videos in order to achieve a pixelated look. When browsers displayed the videos, they showed sharp, colorful blocks, as intended. But since the videos were created in 2002, browser technology has improved, and today’s software smooths off the hard edges in “Digital Diaries.” This smoothing is great for scaling up photos, but it undermines a work like “Digital Diaries,” which deliberately exploited limitations in earlier browsers. Fortunately, for Fino-Radin, the fix was relatively simple, because the old up-scaling algorithms are still available.\nAt least with Arcangel’s work, the old technology is still readily available. What about work from several decades ago? It’s a constantly evolving challenge that’s increasingly being taken up by museums and digital-art-related non-profit organizations like Rhizome. Just how hard is it? Akin to “trying to pin Jell-O to a wall,” Lynn Herrmann Traub of the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (outside Boston) told the Globe.\n— Shane Ferro\nImage: QR Code art (Scott Bl8ke; Flickr.com/ Creative Commons)"}
{"text":"Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack by Doreen Cronin is an alphabetical adventure. Cows are typing a letter, and duck is so excited to tell everyone what it is about. However, duck won't tell. You have to read the book to find out!\nUse in classroom- This book would be good to teach children about alliteration. After the story I would have students write their own short story using alliterations."}
{"text":"Heart Attack and Unstable Angina - Treatment for Complications\nthat damage critical or large areas of the heart tend to cause more\nproblems (complications) later. If only a small amount of heart muscle dies, the heart may\nstill function normally after a heart attack.\nThe chance that these\ncomplications will occur depends on the amount of heart tissue affected by a\nheart attack and whether medicines are given during and after a heart attack to\nhelp prevent these complications. Your age, general\nhealth, and other things also affect your risk of complications and death.\nAbout half of all people who\nhave a heart attack will have a serious complication. The kinds of\ncomplications you may have depend upon the location and extent of the heart\nmuscle damage. The most common complications are:\nTreatment for heart rhythm problems\nIf the heart attack\ncaused an arrhythmia, you may take medicines or you may need a cardiac device such as a pacemaker.\nIf your heart rate is too slow\n(bradycardia), your doctor may recommend a\n- Heart Rate Problems: Should I Get a Pacemaker?\nIf you have abnormal heart\nrhythms or if you are at risk for abnormal heart rhythms that can be\ndeadly, your doctor may recommend an\nimplantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD).\n- Heart Rhythm Problems: Should I Get an ICD?\nFor information on different types of arrhythmias, see:"}
{"text":"What is an edging clamp?\n|An edging clamp is designed as a solution for specialist and difficult tasks, which require edge banding to be applied to the side of a surface.|\n|Edging is often fixed to the side of work surfaces, such as bench tops and tables, in order to make it both more durable and attractive.\nHowever, projects involving edge banding can be frustrating and awkward to complete, which is why this type of clamp is ideal for these particular applications.\n|The additional plate provided by an edging clamp allows the user to put pressure exactly where it’s needed on the edging to keep it in place, even on circular or irregularly shaped edge strips.|\n|Some models can be simpler in design than others, as some have one handle which controls all the jaws, whereas other models require all jaws to be tightened separately.|\n|This type of clamp has three screws; two of them hold on to the work surface while the third holds the edging in place.|\n|However, not all edging clamps work this way. Some are designed to be used in conjunction with other types of clamp, such as an F-clamp, by providing them with additional jaws which hold on to the edging.|\n|This type of edging clamp can sometimes be referred to as a clamp companion, and is available with either one or two jaws.\nWhen in use, the bar of the F-clamp is placed in the designated slot of the edging clamp.\n|Models with one jaw will have a screw fastener on the side, which is tightened to keep the clamp in place.|"}
{"text":"4th Grade Links\nGeoNet - Geography game for kids.\nKids.gov - Great resource for state reports.\nOutline Maps - State maps with no labels\nCore Democratic Values - This sites devides the fundamental beliefs and the constitutional principals.\nInteractive Storybook - An interactive storybook that teaches core democratic values.\nCreate your own notebook - Create your own core democratic value notebook."}
{"text":"There is so much spooky fun and musical inspiration rolled into this 30 minute session with pumpkins and witches, bats and ghosts galore! This lesson plan is suitable for children from 2 and a half – 7 years and is 14 pages long, including 5 printables.\nThis digital lesson plan includes:\n- Singing, recognising the steady beat, tapping rhythms.\n- Introducing notation, and listening skills.\n- Building confidence and social skills.\n- Learning about seasonal activities and customs.\n- Using and improvising with a variety of percussion instruments.\n- Imaginative movement and dramatic role play.\nThese plans are not intended to read as a script, as everyone will have their own teaching style. More, I hope that they will provide you with in-depth guidance for a number of related activities that I have found in my years of teaching to be particularly effective and engaging combinations."}
{"text":"English vocabulary for the advanced English language learner. Topic of lesson 2: Idioms and sayings that mean “easy”.\nable to do something with one’s eyes closed: able to do something very easily, even without having to think about it or look at it. (Also literal. Also with can. Always affirmative.) It’s easy. I can do it with my eyes closed. _ I can clean the house with my eyes closed! It’s easy!\nrocket scientist: (Slang) brainiac, very intelligent and brilliant person, genius\nchild´s play: something very easy to do. The test was child’s play to her. Finding the right street was child’s play with a map.\nLearn English Vocabulary with Jennifer. Also, I highly recommed you to look at Effortless English Rule 1. It is a very powerful vocabulary learning method. Learn English phrases, not individual words. So you will learn English vocabulary 3-4 times faster. Click here to watch video for Effortless English Rule 1."}
{"text":"Description and Benefits\nA water efficient landscape incorporates the use of drought tolerant plants with principles of irrigation scheduling to meet each landscape’s specific requirements. Drought tolerant plants require very little water, or no water, once they are established. Water efficient landscaping lowers consumption of groundwater; allows more water to be available for other domestic and community uses and the environment; requires less time and work for maintenance; and when water restrictions are implemented, drought tolerant plants will tend to survive and thrive, while more thirsty ornamental plants may be unable to adapt.\nWhen to use water-wise landscaping\nThis is a great practice for any garden or landscape in California, regardless of soil conditions and topography.\nThe California Native Plant Society’s Calscape tool can help you choose native plants suitable for your landscape. Calscape allows you to search native plants by location and filter according to plant type, water needs, shade tolerance, and other criteria, and will help you find a local nursery."}
{"text":"We Visualized The Rules of Shanghai's First Compulsory Waste Sorting by ThePaper.cn / Sixth Tone\nOn the 1st of July, Shanghai started enforcing its compulsory domestic waste management. The city's regulation requires people to sort trash into four categories - dry garbage, wet garbage (kitchen waste), recyclables and hazardous waste.\nAlthough some resources have already listed out things belong to four categories, it is still hard for residents to get the gist of the waste sorting. Therefore, instead of text, we decided to visualize it.\nUnder the new rule, different parts of one thing or different usages of one thing could lead to different waste sorting. For instance, glass bottles of milk are recyclable waste, while the same containers of medicine are hazardous. To make things clear, we applied five colors to four categories of waste mentioned above and non-domestic wastes. Then, we colored 2055 things and grouped them into 47 queries.\nEach ball of the visualization represents one query group of items, like packing materials, cups, pens, metals, and more. The colors of the ball are a mixture of the colors of every single item of the query group. The higher prevalence of one color, the more likely the query group belongs to a waste category. For example, the ball of electronics is almost covered by blue, so we learned that most electronics are recyclable. Seeing the visualization, readers can instantly get the whole picture of waste sorting. If they are especially interested in one query group, they can click on the ball and check the attribute of every item."}
{"text":"Is my nutrition really important to the health of my spine?\nThe spine is not something that usually comes to mind when one thinks about nutrition – but it should. Good nutrition helps control pain and facilitates healing when you are suffering from any of the myriad of spinal conditions.\nThe key problem with the mainstream Western diet is that it is full of highly acidic food. Acidic foods cause inflammation in the body and leach calcium from your bones. Take a look at this chart of common foods and their associated acidity.\nHow do acidic foods affect my body?\nAcidic foods cause inflammation by disrupting the internal balance or homeostasis of your body. When you consume food, your body metabolises or breaks that food down in to its component parts. Many foods are broken down into highly acidic compounds (foods on the right hand side of the chart). The release of these acids in large quantities can cause an inappropriate and often unhealthy amount of inflammation in the body. Also, when the natural state of the body becomes overloaded by the amount of acid in your system, it will attempt to return to balance by leaching calcium from the bones. Calcium is the foundation of your skeletal system so a highly acidic diet can lead to inflammatory disorders such as arthritis and also weak structural bone strength.\nWhat is an alkaline diet?\nAn alkaline diet is one that promotes internal balance and health. By increasing the amount of green leafy vegetables and fruits and avoiding excessive meats and grains, you can maintain a better internal balance (left side of chart). Having a more alkaline diet will decrease inflammation and the risk of inflammatory diseases.\nWe can help you to answer these questions:\n- How does nutrition affect my spine?\n- What impact does nutrition have on pain and inflammation?\n- How do I use good nutrition to speed and maximize my recovery and improve my overall health?"}
{"text":"The number of fat cells in your body remains constant throughout your adult life, a new study has found. The discovery suggests that the.\nAre chubby children destined to become fat teenagers who grow up to be obese adults? Research suggests that the problem of childhood.\nNov. 29, 2001 -- Obesity in children continues to rise, but does this mean we'll soon have even more overweight adults? That's what many have suspected, but a.\nThe body fat percentage (BFP) of a human or other living being is the total mass of fat divided .. Still, the following formula designed for adults proved to be much more accurate at least for adults: (Adult) body fat percentage = (1.39 × BMI) +.\nIt's not just baby fat - overweight kids are far more likely to become overweight adults.. Read more at straitstimes.com."}
{"text":"Photo: Kevin Winter / Getty Images\nActor and 44-year-old sophomore poetry major Ethan Hawke has prepared a modern tome on medieval chivalry. It’s for children and takes place in every kid’s favorite year in history (1483). It’s called Rules for a Knight. Every kid also loves a rule.\nRules for a Knight comes from the perspective of a fictional relative of Hawke’s, a knight named Sir Thomas Lemuel Hawke. Ethan Hawke is undoubtedly someone who believes that his ancestors were knights. Anyway, Sir Ethan will expound forth on such topics as: Justice, Pride, Humility, and also what happens after death. Hawke told the Wall Street Journal that he drew these lessons from his \"20 years of seeking.\"\nHe also reports that his children have prepared the first review: \"All they do is bust my balls that I wrote a book about humility.\" Kids: They really do know a lot more than we think they know."}
{"text":"Posted by ESC on January 18, 2001\nIn Reply to: \"You can't have your cake and eat it too\" posted by Jennifer Hall on January 18, 2001\n: What is the origin of the phrase:\n: \"You can't have your cake and eat it too\" ?\nFrom \"Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings\" by Gregory Y. Titelman:\n\"You can't have your cake and eat it too -- One can't use something up and still have it to enjoy. This proverb was recorded in the book of proverbs by John Heywood in 1546, and is first attested in the United States in the 1742 'Colonial Records of Georgia' in 'Original Papers, 1735-1752.' The adage is found in varying forms: You can't eat your cake and have it too. You can't have everything and eat it too; Eat your cake and have the crumbs in bed with you, etc. ...\""}
{"text":"LeapFrog Number Lovin’ Oven\nGet skills cooking\nDelightful singing oven warms up counting, sharing and vocabulary skills.\n30+ phrases & songs\nPress the chef’s hat for learning songs, or listen and learn along to fun phrases.\nFry an egg in the skillet. Bake up bread, a pizza and cupcakes, and serve food onto plates with the spatula!\nHigh, medium & low\nMove the number slider to explore numbers, time and temperature.\nPlace the pan on the stove for real sizzle sounds. Turn the timer and count clicks!\nA taste of math\nNourish math learning: cut food into 2, 3 or 4 equal pieces.\nPrepare & share\nClose the oven to explore numbers and counting. Open it to learn about counting and sharing.\nStash & dash\nEasy take-and-go play—everything fits inside!\n- Product dimensions: 14.9Wx9Hx5.3D\n- Package weight: 3.6 lbs\n- Parts of a Whole\nThe Learning Difference\n“Number Lovin’ Oven offers a fun and interactive way to explore early number concepts including recognizing numbers, counting along and sharing. As they play, children may discover interesting mathematical relationships such as parts that make up a whole and dividing equally.” – Clement C., PhD., LeapFrog Learning Expert"}
{"text":"The early nineteenth century witnessed the first concerted application of chemical techniques to the investigation of biologic materials. Milk was chemically analyzed, von Liebig discovered the chemical contrast between potassium-rich cells and sodium-rich tissue fluids, and Carl Schmidt analyzed blood serum in great detail. Soon these methods were applied to the study of the entire human body.\nThe advent of isotopic dilution techniques in the 1930's and 1940's brought about a renewed interest in body composition. More recently these and other techniques have been used in an attempt to study the nutritional aspects of body composition. It is the purpose of this report to present the various methods now in use and to discuss the virtues and limitations of each.\nDIRECT CHEMICAL ANALYSIS\nDuring the past century a number of human carcasses have been analyzed for water, fat, nitrogen, sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus. These include the fetus, newborn, and adult. The few analyses done on children have included subjects suffering from conditions known to profoundly affect water and electrolyte metabolism.\nData for total body content in the new-born and adult are presented in Table I, both on a fresh-weight and a fat-free fresh-weight basis. The latter basis for expressing values avoids discrepancies that arise because of alterations in fat content. It is evident that significant changes in body composition occur during growth. Water, sodium, and chloride contents decline, while contents of nitrogen, calcium, potassium, magnesium and phosphorus all increase. In these data, body fat content is not strikingly different in the two age groups.\n- Copyright © 1962 by the American Academy of Pediatrics"}
{"text":"What is Paracrine communication?\nParacrine signaling also known as Paracrine communication is a natural method of communication between cells that causes desired changes in surrounding cells and chemically altering the behavior surrounding cells.\nWhy is paracrine signaling important?\nParacrine communication system, is critical for the success of regenerative medicine and stem cell therapies. The signaling allows for significant improvements in wound healing, neurogenesis and tissue repair for medical conditions such as heart disease (cardiac tissue engineering) and orthopedic injuries to knee or hips. The Regen Center uses the power of Paracrine communication through the secretion of unique signaling molecules and trophic factors needed in the human body repair process.\nWhat is the difference between paracrine, endocrine, autocrine and exocrine?\nThe primary difference between the Exocrine, Endocrine, paracrine and autocrine systems is the use of the medium in which they are released. The Endocrine system is usually a long slow response that is secreted into the blood system. The Exocrine response is usually via ducts such as the sweat glands. The Autocrine response occurs when hormones bind to cell receptors to affects the cells that produces it. An example is the use of cell specific growth factors used in treatments that force cell division.\nWhat are example of Paracrine Hormones?\nTGF-β cell family are good examples and usually involved in the regulation of cell division. This cell family includes Bone morphogenetic proteins,TGF-β1, TGF-β2, TGF-β3, and TGF-β5.\nMore terms and definitions can be found in the regenerative medicine glossary section."}
{"text":"The Fuscous Flycatcher, Cnemotriccus fuscatus is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, and the only member of the genus Cnemotriccus. It breeds from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina, and on both Trinidad and Tobago. The Fuscous Flycatcher ranges in northern and eastern South America, including the entire Amazon Basin, and the Guianas; also all of Brazil except the very southeastern border area with Uruguay.\nThis species is found in woodland and scrubby areas. The nest is made of twigs and bark lined with plant fibre and placed in a tree fork. The typical clutch is three white eggs, which are marked with black at the larger end.\nThe Fuscous Flycatcher is 14.5 cm long and weighs 11.9g, with a long tail. The upperparts are plain brown with darker brown wings and two buff wing bars. There is an obvious long whitish supercilium, and the bill is black. The breast is grey-brown and the abdomen is pale yellow. Sexes are similar. There are other races, differing in the tone of the upperpart or underpart colour.\nFuscous Flycatchers are inconspicuous birds, tending to keep to undergrowth perches from which they sally forth to catch insects, (hawking). The call is a light chip, and the song a chip-weeti-weeti-weetiyee, replaced in southern races by an explosive version at dawn, pit-pit-peedit."}
{"text":"Wooden shingles are thin, tapered pieces of wood primarily used to cover roofs and walls of buildings to protect them from the weather. Historically shingles were split from straight grained, knot free bolts of wood. Today shingles are mostly made by being cut which distinguishes them from shakes which are made by being split out of a bolt.\nWooden shingle roofs were prevalent in the North American colonies, while in central and southern Europe at the same time, thatch, slate and tile were the prevalent roofing materials.\nIn Australia, wood shingle roofs are a common roofing material because of its architectural aesthetics and durability.\nContact us for a Quote\nPlease leave your details with your preferred method of contact and time of day, and we’ll be in touch."}
{"text":"The artist doll movement can be traced back to the mid-twentieth century. Men and women were creating dolls to express an artistic point of view, as well as to make a living. There were no dollmaking classes for them to take, no books on the subject. Early doll artists like Martha Thompson, Lewis Sorenson and Bernard Ravca had to figure it all out from scratch. In the early sixties, a group of these artists came together and formed NIADA, the National Institute of American Doll Artists. They worked together with UFDC (the United Federation of Doll Clubs) to promote their work. The early doll collectors were very enthusiastic patrons, and the movement grew. Today, in addition to NIADA, there is ODACA, the Original Doll Artist Council of America, as well as numerous smaller dollmaking groups, classes and books on the subject.\nI had a hard time deciding whether to include artist dolls in this website. What exactly is an artist doll? After all, every doll is designed by someone. And if they are not meant to be played with, but just looked at and admired, are they really dolls at all? I will leave that second question to the philosophers among you, but I will answer the first one by saying that, for the purposes of this website, an artist doll is one that is made by the designer, or whose production is personally supervised by the designer. Eventually this page will spin off into a website of its own, but for now, you can enjoy a few of my photos. Click on a photo to see a larger version.\n|Father Knickerbocker by Pennsylvania artist Xanthos Kontis was an early UFDC souvenir.|\n|Cloth doll by NIADA artist Norma Mellen|\n|This jaunty young lad is by Dianne Dengle.|\n|Beth from Little Women by Lita Wilson|\n|A portrait of author Beatrix Potter by Ann Parker|\nCopyright 2006-2010 by Zendelle Bouchard."}
{"text":"May 20th 2016\nDoctors warn that alcoholic drinks need calorie labels\nOctober 31st 2014\nReport reveals we are clueless to the calories in alcohol - and it’s only contributing to the obesity problem...\nA glass of wine after a long day at work is familiar ritual for many of us but would you so easily reach for the bottle if you knew a glass of wine had the same amount of calories as a sugar-filled donut?\nA new report from the Royal Society for Public Health highlights how blissfully unaware we are of the calories consumed when we drink alcohol. The RSPH's chief executive, Shirley Cramer, explains, \"80% of adults have no idea what the calorie count is in anything they're drinking and if they do think they have an idea, they totally underestimate it anyway.”\nIn a pub experiment conducted by the RSPH, people demonstrated a change in the amount they drank when they knew how many calories were in their drinks. Those who were told, chose to consume 400 fewer calories in a session.\nWhilst drinks companies are obliged by law to label alcoholic beverages with units of alcohol, drinks are exempt from EU calorie labeling laws that are applied to food. The RSPH is now calling on the drinks industry and newly appointed EU Health Commissioner to introduce calorie labels for alcohol, too.\nThe report estimates that 10% of an average adult's calorie intake now comes from alcohol, and it’s fuelling the obesity problem. With a quarter of UK adults now obese, Tam Fry, from the National Obesity Forum comments, \"You walk into any shop and the calorie, fat content, sugar and more are on the back of food packets and we don't see why alcohol should be any different.\"\nThe European Commission says it will make a decision on labelling by December - so you might be calorie checking your wine quicker than you think...\nRelated GTG features\nNovember 10th 2014\n23 hours ago\n1 day ago"}
{"text":"Reading A-Z resources organized into weekly content-based units and differentiated instruction options.\nInformational (nonfiction), 1,265 words, Level V (Grade 4), Nonfiction Series, Lexile 990L\nFor thousands of years, Chinese emperors built the Great Wall by adding more and more sections, making it a fascinating look into the country's long history. Readers will learn about why this wonder was built as well as the different types of construction used.\nUse of Kurzweil 3000® formatted books requires the purchase of Kurzweil 3000 software at www.kurzweiledu.com.\nSee the World Landmarks grade-appropriate, series lesson plan, activity cards, and world maps for\nadditional instructional resources.\nUse of vocabulary lessons requires a subscription to VocabularyA-Z.com.\nYou may unsubscribe at any time."}
{"text":"Our First Graders are kicking off all new units in Reading, and Writing!\nIn Reading, our students are exploring strategies to become Reading Bosses! They will be using all their reading strategies to take charge our their reading! Catch a student solving a tricky word by asking themselves, “Does it look right?”, “Does sound right?”, and “Does that make sense?”.\nIn Writing, our First graders are starting their Poetry unit! The students will be using their 5 senses, shapes, repetition, comparisons, and songs to write their own poetry. Check out some of the poetry notebooks students have decorated for inspiration!"}
{"text":"Naturalist Jonathan Schechter wrote an article last year entitled Witch of the Woods – and her name is Hazel about this small tree that actually flowers in November:\nNative Americans knew this tree before the invaders with guns and axes in tall sailing ships landed on the eastern shore and carved the land to suit their wants and needs. In colonial America even as the British exchanged shots with the rebellious colonists, the shrub’s flexible forked branches was being used as “witching stick” by the dousers: folks who held the forked branches in hand waiting for the tip to point to hidden waters. Bad news for Halloween fans: The word witch in witch hazel originates from the old English word for pliable branches “wych” and has nothing to do with a lady in black straddling an airborne broom.\nYour grandmother and probably your mom (and maybe you) used this plant for a wide array of medical ailments. It is found in a liquid form in almost all drug stores today and sold as an astringent, and for treaments of irritations, pain and itching, skin conditions and another 20 or 30 uses!\nMore about Witch Hazel (Hamamelis) on Wikipedia."}
{"text":"Please input your name and e-mail to subscribe or unscubscribe our newsletter:\nScientific Name: Felis rufus\nRange & Habitat: Deserts, woodlands and forests of the United States, southern Canada, and parts of Mexico\nSize: Weighs 13-35 pounds; tail is 5-7 inches\nLife Span: Up to 15 years\nGestation: 60 days; 2-4 young\nWild Diet: Hares, cottontail rabbits, rodents, wild turkey, deer\nZoo Diet: Mazuri small feline diet, bones\nHabits: Bobcats have large, thickly padded paws to aid them in moving over the snow.\nSolitary animals, they live in well-marked territories. They are creatures of habit, using the same trails and trees in their area. Their den is usually well-concealed, usually in a dense thicket, hollow tree, or rock cavity.\nMating occurs in late winter; female reproduces every two years. Up to five young are born in the spring.\nRanging up to ten miles nightly, the bobcat is an adept and patient hunter, often waiting at a burrow entrance for a long time for a rodent to come out."}
{"text":"Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is an important part of aquatic foodwebs because it contains carbon, nitrogen, and other elements required by heterotrophic organisms. It has many sources that determine its molecular composition, nutrient content, and biological lability and in turn, influence whether it is retained and processed in the stream reach or exported downstream. I examined the composition of DOM from vascular wetland plants, filamentous algae, and riparian tree leaf litter in Sonoran Desert streams and its decomposition by stream microbes.\nDownload count: 0\n- Masters Thesis Biology 2018"}
{"text":"Be adventure smart when you head outdoors in the winter. Understand the conditions, carry the 10 essentials and be properly trained.\nWith winter conditions and variable weather patterns, it is important for everyone to understand the conditions, carry the 10 essentials, and be properly trained. This is true if you go into the backcountry, onto the ice, or take trails that were built for hiking and biking.\nIn the backcountry\nSome higher elevation trails used for backcountry snowshoeing, skiing or snowmobiling may be in avalanche terrain. It is your responsibility to learn necessary skills for safe travel and prepare for changes in weather or conditions.\nOn the ice\nWhistler’s lakes are not monitored for ice thickness, and everyone should be aware of the factors that contribute to ice stability. Make sure to educate yourself on ice conditions and if going on the ice, be prepared for self-rescue.\nAdventureSmart recommends staying off any ice that has a thickness of 7 centimeters or less.\nOn trails designed for hiking and biking\nWhistlers hiking and biking recreation trails are not winter maintained, except in Lost Lake Park for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. Be prepared and choose appropriate footwear for the conditions. Use caution or choose not to cross bridges that may be heavily loaded with snow.\nAdventureSmart, a national program dedicated to encouraging Canadians and visitors to Canada to get informed and go outdoors, recommends always carrying the 10 essentials. These include flashlight, fire-making kit, signaling device, extra food and water, extra clothing, navigation/communication aids, first aid kid, emergency shelter, pocket knife and sun protection."}
{"text":"Protect Your Eyes from Sunburn\nUV Safety Month : For many people sunglasses are an expression of style; a new pair for each new outfit. Tempted by new frames sold on the street corner, many of these glasses don’t have the protection your eyes need. Fashion forward as we like to be, consumers might want to be looking at a label of another sort. In order to protect your eyes from the sun’s damaging effects, sunglasses should protect you from both UV-A and UV-B rays. Excessive exposure to ultraviolet light reflected off sand, snow, water or pavement can damage the cornea. And the cumulative effects of UV exposure can put you at risk for cataracts and age-related macular degeneration. According to The American Academy of Ophthalmology UV exposure combined with wind and dust also puts you at risk for benign growths on the eye’s surface called pterygia.\nSo, while you are out romping around in the sun this summer, and all year long, protect your eyes. The Food and Drug Administration says to buy glasses that protect 99-100 percent UV-A and UV-B rays and that offer the most coverage; wrap around is best. Wear a hat with a wide brim. That goes for kids too.\nRecent Blog Posts"}
{"text":"Medical Ozone or O3\nOxygen, as we are normally familiar with it as the air we breathe, is comprised of two oxygen molecules attached together, i.e. O2. Ozone is comprised of three oxygen atoms attached together or O3, making it more highly charged, activated form of the oxygen we breathe. While high concentrations of ozone are toxic to living organisms and mankind, small doses are now being used as an effective medical therapy, for example to:\n- Increase oxygen delivery to the tissues and cells\n- Boost the immune system by killing bacteria and viruses\n- Decrease oxidation levels in the body\n- Increase production of cellular energy\nAdditional applications of ozone include air purification and water purification.\nOzone Therapy Applications\nExtensive testing and clinical trials by groups such as The Medical Society for Ozone Application and The International Ozone Association have developed many methods by which to apply ozone, used for prevention and medical therapy. Conditions treated by ozone therapy include:\n- Dental work (i.e. to stop cavities from progressing or treat abscesses)\n- Circulatory disorders\n- Viral diseases\n- Heart disease\n- Multiple Sclerosis\n- Geriatric conditions\n- Eye disease (macular degeneration)\nIt is important to note, however, that the FDA (the United States Food and Drug Administration) deems ozone to be a toxic gas which has no proven safe medical application in therapy.\nOzone Therapy Certification Courses\nAccreditation in Ozone Therapy can be obtained by completing the Ozone Therapy Course developed and taught by Dr. Frank Shallenberger. Certified by the American\nAcademy of Ozonotherapy, it is considered the world’s most comprehensive course in the medical use of ozone."}
{"text":"Hylocereus is a genus of cacti in the subfamily Cactoideae. They are found in Central America and Mexico. Several species have large edible fruits, which are known as pitahayas or dragonfruits. The name derives from the Greek \"hyle\", meaning \"forest\".\nClick on the photo or the name of the succulent plant for which you wish to see further information."}
{"text":"Reading TOEFL. Pasaje !. Objectives. Review Note Taking Practice Note Taking techniques Understanding questions Practice reading and questions. Homework For Next Week!. Homework Listen to a speech from… http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html\nVerbatim: Repeats part of the passage word for word… but in the wrong context\nWith its molecules bonded so tightly, the exocuticle is very durable. There are points on the body where it does not form, since flexibility is needed around joints. This arrangement allows supple movement but provides armor-like protection.\nThe layer of the shell called the exocuticle is strong because\na. its molecules are closely bonded\nb. it is drier than the endocuticle\nc. its fibers are parallel\nd. it is water-resistant"}
{"text":"Next Episode of Wonders of Burma is\nBefore Burma was a country, it was a patchwork of kingdoms and dynasties, until one of the greatest religious reformations in Asian history transformed the area into a Buddhist wonderland. See the myths and monuments that united kings and peasants and created the Burmese culture that still exists today. We also show how this devotion to the Buddha is represented in the remarkable golden architecture that dots the cities and countryside with magnificent temples, stupas, pagodas, and statues.\nThroughout Burma, temples, stupas, and statues of gold pop out in the lush, green landscape. This golden architecture has become Burma's calling card, but how and why did that become the standard here? Join us as we travel across Myanmar, the jewel of Asia, and reveal the history and myths surrounding these shrines, each one created as an offering to the Buddha. We will visit such treasures as the golden pagoda of Mt. Kyaiktiyo, which rests perilously atop a huge boulder, the 344-foot Shwedagon Pagoda, and the revered Mahamuni Buddha Temple.\nBurma and Buddhism are intertwined, thanks to centuries of ancient mythology and thousands of golden monuments of worship. It all began with the Pagan Kingdom about 1,000 years ago, when Anawrahta, a great king, and Shin Arahan, a Buddhist monk, together incited one of the greatest religious reformations in Asian history. Join us as we explore this spiritual revolution and how it triggered a wave of temple-building in honor of the Buddha.\nLooks like something went completely wrong!\nBut don't worry - it can happen to the best of us,\n- and it just happened to you.\nPlease try again later or contact us."}
{"text":"U.S. supercomputer tops list of world's fastest machines\nThe U.S. has the world's fastest supercomputer for the first time since 2009, according to a biannual list of Top 500 supercomputers.\nThe Sequoia is an IBM machine that is part of a generation of IBM supercomputers known as BlueGene/Q. It is based at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.\nThe high-performance machine functions at processing speeds of 16.32 petaflops per second (Pflop/s), or about 1.5 million times faster than the average laptop.\nOne petaflop is equal to one quadrillion, or 1015, floating operations ( i.e. mathematical computations).\nThe supercomputer is actually a highly interconnected cluster of 1,572,864 processors, or cores, mounted on 98,304 \"compute nodes,\" or boards, that are arranged on a series of 96 standing racks acorss 318 square metres of floor space.\nThe biannual list of the world's most powerful machines was revealed Monday at the International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg.\nThe list is compiled each June and November by a group of computer experts, manufacturers and computational scientists and uses what's known as the Linpack Benchmark to measure how fast computers execute a particular program.\nNo. 1 supercomputer used to test nuclear weapons Supercomputers are used in a variety of fields, including Earth sciences, geophysics, astronomy, medicine and nuclear science.\nThe newly assembled Sequoia will be used to conduct simulations intended to extend the life of America's aging nuclear weapons arsenal, in lieu of underground nuclear testing.\nThe supercomputer \"will provide a more complete understanding of weapons' performance, notably hydrodynamics and properties of materials at extreme pressures and temperatures,\" said Thomas D'Agostino of the National Nuclear Security Administration in a news release."}
{"text":"The yellow fever virus is found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and South America. U.S. travelers very rarely are infected with yellow fever, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's transmitted by infected mosquitos, and most people do not experience any symptoms or they are very mild. Those who do experience symptoms can have chills, fever, headache, back pain and body aches, nausea and vomiting, and weakness and fatigue. The CDC says that about 15 percent of people develop a more severe form of the disease, which includes high fever, jaundice, bleeding, shock and failure of organs.\nIf you plan to visit one or more of the countries listed below, be sure you have been vaccinated for yellow fever before you leave home. Yellow fever vaccinations and boosters are good for 10 years, the CDC says.\nCountries Requiring Proof of Yellow Fever Vaccination from U.S. Travelers\nThese countries are listed on the World Health Organization's International Travel and Health website as requiring proof of a vaccination for yellow fever for all travelers entering the country, including from the U.S., as of 2017. Other countries not on this list only require proof of yellow fever vaccination if you are coming from a country with a risk of yellow fever transmission or have been in an airport in any of those countries. Most countries not in the yellow fever zone do not require proof of yellow fever vaccination.\nCheck other countries' requirements on the WHO list.\n- Central African Republic\n- Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)\n- Democratic Republic of the Congo\n- French Guiana\n- Sierra Leone"}
{"text":"Scientists have also predicted that there are 47 million people already at risk of developing the condition as they show signs of neuropathological changes that could eventually lead to Alzheimer’s dementia.\nRon Brookmeyer, professor of biostatistics at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the study’s lead author, called for “improved methods” to identify those with clinical symptoms, which will later develop into the disease.\nHe said: “There are about 47 million people in the US today who have some evidence of preclinical Alzheimer’s, which means they have either a build-up of protein fragments called beta-amyloid or neurodegeneration of the brain but don’t yet have symptoms.\n”Many of them will not progress to Alzheimer’s dementia in their lifetimes.\n“We need to have improved methods to identify which persons will progress to clinical symptoms, and develop interventions for them that could slow the progression of the disease, if not stop it all together.”\nResearchers found that by 2060 about 5.7 million Americans will have mild cognitive impairment and another 9.3 million will have dementia due to Alzheimer’s.\nOf the group who have developed Alzheimer’s, around 4 million Americans will need an intensive level of care, like a nursing home.\nMr Brookmeyer added:”Estimates by disease state and severity are important because the resources needed to care for patients vary so much over the course of the illness.”\nThe predictions were published in the study the ‘Alzheimer’s and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association’.\nPeople aged 65 and older are more at risk of suffering with the brain condition.\nThree per cent of people aged 65 to 74, 17 percent of people age 75 to 84, and 32 per cent of people age 85 or older have Alzheimer’s dementia."}
{"text":"the Kansas State Physics Education Research Group and\nDean A. Zollman\nThis resource, part of the Spectroscopy Lab Suite, simulates optical transitions in solids. Emission spectra from different color Light Emitting Diodes are shown. Students can create conduction and valence bands, and electronic transitions, to match the observed spectra of the diodes. The energy and width of the bands can be modified.\n%0 Electronic Source %A Kansas State Physics Education Research Group, %A Zollman, Dean %T LED Spectroscopy %V 2017 %N 25 April 2017 %9 application/shockwave %U https://web.phys.ksu.edu/vqm/software/online/vqm/html/led.html\nDisclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications."}
{"text":"11 Most Endangered Historic Places\nAngel Island Immigration Station\nYear Listed: 1999\nThreat: Deterioration, Natural Forces, Neglect\nAs a major port of entry for immigrants from the Pacific Rim and parts of South America, the Angel Island Immigration Station is sometimes called \"the Ellis Island of the West Coast.\" An estimated 250,000 Chinese and 150,000 Japanese, along with thousands of immigrants from other nations, passed through the station from 1910 to 1940. This hallowed spot, a California state park, fell into ruin. Its plight was mirrored throughout the 265 units of the state parks system, where chronic underfunding resulted in a deferred maintenance debt approaching $500 million for historic sites alone."}
{"text":"An ongoing archaeological excavation at the Christiansborg Castle at Osu has been described as unique.\nIn a report by graphic.com.gh, it stated that the uniqueness of the project stems from the fact that all members of the team have personal connections with the site.\nLeading the project which is known as the Christiansborg Archaeological Heritage Project, is a United States-based Ghanaian archaeological professor, Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann.\nThe report added that this is the fifth stage of a project to document the artifacts and heritage information about the castle.\nIn her explanation, she said the current form of history around the place is oral and could be distorted, prompting the need for such an empirical process.\nThe professor, who traces her ancestry to Governor Carl Gustav Engmann, who lived in the Osu Castle in 1757, expressed joy about the project because of the people involved in it.\nShe added that “all the team members have a personal connection to the site as their relatives either worked at the castle or lived in its environs.”\nThe project, which started in 2014, is being funded by the government of France."}
{"text":"Health Status OutcomesLow socio-economic status is a risk factor for many diseases and health problems for persons of all ages. Children in poverty are at higher risk for health problems such as asthma and dental disease.\nChildren in poverty are also at increased risk of hunger and poor performance in school. An important goal of services to children in poverty is to break the \"cycle of poverty\" in which children in poverty are raised in conditions that promote poverty in adulthood.\nRelated Health Status Outcomes Indicators:"}
{"text":"Official name: Bosnia and\nArea: 51,233 km2\nLocation: Southeastern Europe,\nbordering the Adriatic Sea, Croatia and SR Yugoslavia.\nLand Boundaries: 1.459 km (932 km with\nCroatia; 357 km with Serbia; 240 with Montenegro)\nCoast Line: 21 km\nPopulation: 4.354.911 (1991)\nPopulation Density: 85.2 per km2\nReligion: Islam 44%, Orthodox 31%,\nCatholic 17%, other 8%\nOfficial Languages: Bosnian, Serbian,\nOther major cities: Mostar, Tuzla,\nZenica, Banja Luka, Bihac, Bijeljina, Brcko (District)\nClimate: Continental. Hot summers and\n1 Convertible Mark = 1 DEM\nGDP: US$ 3.4 billion\nGDP (per capita): US$ 880\ncoal, iron, bauxite, manganese, copper, chromium, lead, zinc.\nwoodland - 39%, arable land - 14%, permanent crops - 5%, permanent\npastures - 20%, , other - 22%.\nManufactured products: Textiles,\nclothing and footwear, chemical, electrical and machinery, iron, steel\nand aluminum and processed food.\nEnergy: Electricity, coal and coke\nOn the Top"}
{"text":"Antique Boxes, Nantucket Baskets, Books\nInventory ID: 476\nAn Early 19th century English Tavern Tobacco Box, sometimes referred to as an 'Honor Box,' circa 1820.\nMade by the English firm of Martineau & Smith, this fine example (in good working order) has its' lid profusely engraved as follows: \"One half penny put into this till, a pipe of tobacco you may fill, so when you've filled without delay, just close the lid or sixpence pay. William Brown, Star Inn, Maryport, Cumbria.\" Complete with a bag of English half pennys from the 19th and early 20th century. Length: 10\" Historical note: Introduced into England as early as 1610, this was a primitive form of vending machine by which a customer could deposit a penny to open the lid of the box and, on his honor, take out just enough tobacco to fill his pipe.\nReturn to Previous Page"}
{"text":"The cold winter months are the time of year when we are all more prone to dry skin thanks to a combination of environmental and lifestyle factors.\nOf course your natural skin type will play a part in determining just how dry your skin gets but the chilly UK climate also does its bit to contribute to parched, thirsty skin.\nHere are 5 causes of dry winter skin:\n- Dry air. Although it might feel like it is always raining, on cold days the air can be drier than in the summer.\n- Low humidity. Heating lowers the natural moisture levels in the air so there is less to hydrate your skin.\n- Wind. If you spend any amount of time out in the whistling winter wind your skin and lips will likely be left feeling chapped and sore.\n- Cold. When the temperature drops, moisture levels usually also drop so your skin will struggle to maintain normal hydration.\n- Hot baths and showers. You might be tempted to warm up by taking a long, relaxing hot bath or shower but beware as very hot water strips skin of its natural moisture.\nAs well as the environment, there are many other factors that can also influence your skin to become drier, such as using beauty products that contain ethyl alcohol or eating a poor diet."}
{"text":"It is 5 kilometers from Qingtan Shoal on the north bank in Xiling Gorge. From a cliff half way up the mountain suspended a lump of reddish-brown shale in the east, which is shaped like a bull’s liver, and dark brown rock in the west resembling a horse’s lung. Both are strikingly true to life. Hence the name “Bull’s Liver and Horse’s Lung”.\nDuring World War II, an invading Japanese warship fired at the Horse’s Lung and damaged it. Formerly the Horse Lung had a pine tree growing on it like a soldier guarding the spot, and it serves as a sort of natural navigation aid for the boats cruising by.\nFor centuries, these weird-shaped rocks have been a scenic sight. In the Guangxu reign (1875-1908) of the Qing Dynasty, however, a British gunboat intruded into this part of China bombarded the Horse Lung, destroying the lower half of it.\nThe north bank here also highlights a rock in the form of a phoenix whose beak extends towards the shore. During the flood season, this mythical “bird” raises columns of waves with its prolonged beak. The spray flying meters high glistens under the sunshine like so many flowing multi-colored ribbons. Opposite the “Phoenix” is another rock of a bizarre shape lying atop a towering peak. It looks like a warrior riding a stud. Hence the name “Warrior-Horse Rock”. People refer to these two rocks together, calling them “Zhang Xiao Chases the Phoenix”. The legend runs that, in ancient times, a phoenix was pecking away at the wheat crops here. A young warrior, Zhang Xiao, who was chasing the bird arrived on horseback. The bird flew to the other bank to become a green ridge, whereupon Zhang was petrified into a human figure watching the “bird”, from his horse."}
{"text":"Saņem informāciju par jaunajiem Atlants.lv darbiem!\nAkcija: ZiņotājsPRO uz 6 mēnešiem - bezmaksas!Abonēt bez maksas\nNegative sides of the 20s prosperity\nThe 1920s was an era of \"silver-linings\" around clouds of prosperity, a hidden dark cloud of racism loomed for some Canadian groups. Though this time period was known as a decade of prosperity, the Aboriginals, Black Canadians, and the Immigrants were negatively targeted by the society. Laws and policies were passed that carried disadvantages for these minorities.\nThe Aboriginal people can be defined as a member of any of the peoples that inhabited Canada before the arrival of European settlers (Encarta). The land of Canada has been resided by the Aboriginals for centuries, however, ever…\n- Any historical event with-world changing consequences will always have two sides to the story. What most Americans refer to today as the American Revolution is no different\n- Did the 1920s really roar? Some call the 1920s \"The Roaring 20s\". In this essay we will talk about some factors that prove the 1920s was a time of prosperity in Canada.\n- Negative sides of the 20s prosperity\nE-pasta adrese, uz kuru nosūtīt darba saiti:\nSaite uz darbu:"}
{"text":"Jun. 20, 2019\nTo honor the members of its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) community, John Ware School celebrated Pride the week of June 3. The students in the school’s Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) came together to plan a variety of activities to educate their peers on LGBT+ history and the importance of creating a safe and inclusive school community.\nThe mood in the school was noticeably different as staff and students at John Ware School really jumped on board with the idea of inclusivity and support for the LGBT+ community.\nStudents at the school:\n- Sold Milk in honor of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in California.\n- Gave out free fruit punch and educated students about the importance of being a good ally and what this means.\n- Hosted an inclusive Pride Dance.\n- Hosted Reading with Royalty (a story time that celebrate inclusion and diversity led by local drag queen and king performers).\n- Showed the movie Love, Simon along with rainbow baked goods by our Grade 8 Foods classes.\n- Sold Rainbow popcorn.\nTo maintain a school culture that values, “an inclusive and safe community where we all belong,” the school plans to host more activities in the next school year."}
{"text":"What Is A Refugee?\nRefugees are people who flee to escape danger in their native country. They may have been living in the middle of war, or have experienced persecution for their race, religion, social group, or political views.\nThey often fear for their lives and want to protect their families. They frequently have to leave homes and villages with little warning. Many refugees become separated from friends and family members when they manage to escape."}
{"text":"from the conferences organized by TANGER Ltd. provisional website\nAn increase in surface absorptivity can be helpful with a number of laser heat treatment processes. Absorptivity can be increased by, for example, absorption coating or surface oxidation. The method of controlled laser oxidation was developed after a series of experiments. A scanning laser system was used to create an oxide layer on steel EN 10083-2: C45 surface. Subsequently, the absorbency and thickness of the formed oxide layer were measured, depending on the irradiation energy emitted into the surface. It has been found that higher the thickness of the oxide layer increases absorption, but the growth is not linear. For the wavelength of 808 nm, there is a local absorption maximum for irradiation energy around 2 J/mm2. The wavelength of 808 nm was taken as a reference because we own a laser for heat treatment emitting at that wavelength. These results have shown that the use of surface oxidation increases the coupling of laser energy to material surface in the order of tens of percent. This advantage can be used to process complex workpieces where individual components need to be processed with different parameters.Keywords: Oxide layer, NIR absorption, IR radiation, surface oxidation, controlled heating\n© This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited."}
{"text":"12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR\nSection Information for Spring 2019\nThis course will discuss ideas and policies concerning peace through world history, with emphasis on recent issues and developments, and with a global focus. The kinds of questions involved include: human nature, is humankind naturally warlike and what’s the evidence from early history? What is the relationship between the major religions and peace, and are there key differences? Why are some regions more peaceful than others? What’s the U.S. take on peace, and should it be revisited? Is war declining, and what are some possible reasons? The course will emphasize discussion, including some student panels, and a paper that combines research and interpretation. Skills development includes writing, oral presentation group work and problem analysis.\nMason Core (All)\nSatisfies the general education requirement in global understanding.\nView 4 Other Sections of this Course in this Semester »"}
{"text":"Two-thirds of garbage ends up in landfills and about 31 percent consists of containers and packaging. A modern glass bottle would take 4,000 years or more to decompose — and even longer if it's in the landfill. Plastics, which make up 12 percent of municipal solid waste, are mostly made from petroleum.\nAdditional reduction projects:\n- Instead of delivering a newspaper to every guest's room, display them in central areas for those who want a copy.\n- Identify the different waste streams you create, which departments are responsible for which streams, and how each should be managed.\n- Minimize packaging and other activities that tend to produce a lot of waste materials.\n- Try to digitize all invoices, billings and other transactional records.\n- Use eco-friendly utensils and plates whenever possible.\n- Check if your supplier will take back old lamps and dispose of them responsibly."}
{"text":"A memoir that offers a picture of the author's growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential ambition exceedingly rare in a young woman in the 1920s.\nWhen first published in 1949, this title led to outrage and scandal. This work contains the key passages of the book that changed perceptions of women forever.\nOf all the writing that emerged from the existentialist movement, Simone de Beauvoir's groundbreaking study of women will probably have the most extensive and enduring impact. It is at once a work of anthropology and sociology, of biology and psychoanalysis, from the pen of a writer and novelist of penetrating imaginative power. THE SECOND SEX stands, four decades after its first appearance, as the first landmark in the modern feminist upsurge that has transformed perceptions of the social relationship of man and womankind in our time."}
{"text":"What Makes a Good Model System?\nModel biological system philosophy:\nWe are unlikely to ever know everything about every organism.\nTherefore, we should agree on some convenient organism(s) to study in great\ndepth, so that we can use the experience of the past (in that organism)\nto build on in the future. This will lead to a body of knowledge in\nthat 'model system' that allows us to design appropriate studies of\nnon-model systems to answer important questions about their biology.\nHistorical statements of the philosophy:\nCriteria for a model biological system:\n- Is the organism used easy to rear?\n- Is its rearing/operation size convenient?\n- Is it inexpensive to operate?\n- Does the organism used have short life cycle?\n- Is the organism used geneticly manipulable?\n- Does it promise economically important results?\n- Dose it have an audience of interested people?\n- Interactions between criteria.\n- Visit the E. coli\n- Visit the\nNeurospora genome project\n-or- visit the\n- Fission yeast,\nSaccharomyces Genome Database, SGD\n- The plant, Arabidopsis, an NIH and NSF approved Model System.\n- Plant Pollen Tubes:\n- Explore the viruses, virology -or-\nA practical use of a virus as a model\n- The Lobster Cuticle Composite-Material Model\n- The cockroach homepage: BlattaBase\n- The fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster\nFlyBase at Indiana - or -\nThe Interactive Fly\n- The cellular slime mold, dictyBase\n- The Mosquito malaria model. |\nTissue model of infection. |\nDengue early warning system! |\nDisease risk. |\n- Zebra fish, Brachydanio rerio at ZFIN\n- Original NIH Sponsorship\n- Surf Clams, Spisula solidissima, as a model system.\n- African clawed toad, Xenopus laevis, Xenbase\n- nematode, C. elegans\n- Visit the Jackson Laboratory, source of mutant\nmice, Mus musculus. |\nDiet Induced Obesity model.|\n- Injury models:\n- Non-Human Primate Models... The Macaque:\n- A model ecological system,\nlynx hare population dynamics\nBack to: |\nKunkel Home Page|\nUMass Home Page|"}
{"text":"Course materials include textbooks, multimedia, journal articles and websites. Your campus library provides access to many licensed online resources including research databases, e-books, films and images.\nIn an effort to provide a more engaging learning experience for students, faculty should strive to use a variety of instructional materials, including instructor-created content (e.g., Panopto videos, PowerPoint slides or Word documents). By including a variety of instructional materials and alternative means to access those materials, instructors meet the needs of diverse learners.\nOpen Educational Resources\nOpen Educational Resources (OER) are learning tools that exist in the public domain or are released with intellectual property licenses (usually Creative Commons) allowing their free use, continuous improvement and modification by others.\nThe OER Commons and MERLOT are digital libraries with expansive collections of open course materials free for you to use in your class. Instructors may contribute to these sites to share their own open educational resources.\nThe Canvas Commons serves as another source for OER materials. The content stored in the Canvas Commons is generated by Canvas users across multiple education institutions using Canvas. Within the Canvas Commons, instructors may locate educational content to import directly into a Canvas course. Instructors may also contribute to the Canvas Commons by sharing their content.\nPressbooks is a professional self-publishing platform for creating open textbooks. It is available to University of Missouri system instructors for creating open online resources quickly and easily."}
{"text":"Mononucelosis better known as Mono or the ‘kissing disease’ is an infection cause by the Epstein- Barr Virus.\nThis is transmitted through the saliva of those infected by the condition. This common condition causes sore throat, fevers, body aches, fatigue, swollen glands and other symptoms. Treatment for this condition involves, rest, pain medications and drinking plenty of fluids. There are other natural remedies that can be used additionally."}
{"text":"Ethernet is one of the core technology that enables most of our communications and data transfer that we do over the internet possible. Its an inexpensive technology for high performance networking.\nWhen your application (no matter what..can be a web browser, a download client etc etc) initiates a connection to a remote server, the application’s job is to transfer the data/request it wants to send to the network protocol stack.\nThe job of the protocol stack is to break that data down to smaller chunks and wrap it with required information, to send it through the wire. This information wrapped around the data chunks enables the data to be received by the correct receiver, and reassemble the data chunk in the correct order."}
{"text":"Confucianism I Ching Buddhism\nArticles: Traditional Chinese\nThese are principal texts of Taoism. Taoism,\nalong with Confucianism and Buddhism was one of the principal religions\nof feudal China.\nTao-te Ching J. Legge tr. 66,099\nThe Tao te Ching is one of the most\nwidely read sacred texts, due to its simplicity and depth. It appeal is\nuniversal, and has been found relevant by Christians, Hindus, Muslims,\nBuddhists, and even Quantum Physicists. Attributed to Lao-tzu, (580-500\nB.C.), it may predate him by several centuries. The earliest known\nmanuscripts of the Tao te Ching date to the third century B.C.\ntranslation is excerpted from Volume 39 of the Sacred Books of the\nVolume 39 of the Sacred Books of the\nVolume 40 of the Sacred Books of the\nis a detailed etext of volume one and two of the Sacred Books of the\nEast Taoist translations by James Legge. Both of these volumes were\npublished in 1891. The first volume contains Lao-tzu's Tao te Ching and\nthe first half of the Writings of Chuang-tzu, including the notes and\nintroductory material. The second volume completes the Writings of\nChuang-tzu, and includes several other Taoist texts, including the Tai\nShang Tractate. Volume two also includes a detailed index for both\nThe Canon of Reason and Virtue (Lao-tze's Tao Teh\nKing) Chinese and English; Translated by D.T. Suzuki & Paul Carus\nThis is another translation of the Tao te\nChing. This etext includes the complete Chinese text of the Tao te\nChing as embedded graphics.\nTaoist Teachings Translated from the Book\nof Lieh-Tzü by Lionel Giles .\nYang Chu's Garden of Pleasure\nby Anton Forke \nT'ai Shang Kan-Ying P'ien, by Teitaro Suzuki and\nPaul Carus. .\nYin Chih Wen, The Tract of the Quiet Way\nTeitaro Suzuki and Paul Carus. .\nTaoist Texts, by Frederic Henry\nTao, The Great Luminant Essays from the Huai\nNan Tzu, by Evan S. Morgan \nLaotzu's Tao and Wu Wei By Dwight Goddard and\nHenri Borel \nAnother, very lucid translation of the\nTao te Ching by the author of A"}
{"text":"Florida is bracing for a summer invasion of giant mosquitoes whose bite has been compared with \"being knifed\".\nUniversity of Florida scientists say the half-inch insects, called gallinippers, are likely to swarm the Sunshine State after recent tropical storms made it the species' perfect breeding ground.\n\"I wouldn't be surprised, given the numbers we saw last year,\" said entomologist Phil Kaufman, a professor at the university's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.\nAt the size of a US 25-cent piece, the notoriously aggressive gallinippers are 20 times the size of a common mosquito.\nAnd with their bigger size also comes a bigger bite.\n\"The bite really hurts, I can attest to that,\" Professor Kaufman said.\nGallinippers - whose scientific name is Psorophora ciliate - are not considered an invasive species as they are native to the eastern half of North America.\nThey have attained almost mythical status in the Deep South, featuring in folk tales and even blues songs that mention their \"fearsome bite\".\nAnd they are a particularly hearty bug.\nAdult females lay their eggs at the edges of streams and ponds, and the eggs can lay dormant for years until the water rises with heavy rains and causes them to hatch.\nLast year saw a sharp increase in their numbers after Tropical Storm Debby brought torrential rains to the state, scientists say.\n\"When we hit the rainy cycle we may see that again,\" Mr Kaufman said.\nOn the up side, the insects are not major transmitters of diseases such as malaria, as common mosquitoes are."}
{"text":"Each year, thousands of bills are introduced (11,700 during the 2009-10 legislative term) and every single measure gets printed multiple times.\nSince there’s no specific line item for legislative printing, our Ways and Means staff estimates it may cost taxpayers up to $26 million.\nIt’s time for the Legislature to go paperless so that all bills and reports are posted online to end the wasteful printing of legislation that in many instances goes straight from the documents room directly to the recycle bin.\nLawmakers can easily view these documents on their laptops and mobile devices, and, if necessary, print a copy from their own computer.\nGoing digital will stop the waste of taxpayer dollars on needless printing, not too mention its positive impact on our environment. With the availability of 2011 technology such as laptops, smart phones and e-reader tablets, there’s no reason why the New York State Legislature should be stuck using the same process that existed 100 years ago.\nThe U.S. House of Representatives recently passed similar legislation (by a vote of 399-0) to stop the mandatory printing of congressional bills. Several state legislatures have gone paperless or are experimenting with going digital. They include California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. It’s estimated that Ohio has saved $1.5 million since going digital.\nLet’s not limit good legislative ideas but the unnecessary printing of bills. Given New York’s dire fiscal situation, every dollar saved on going paperless should go to reducing the deficit and tax relief, not filling circular files across the Capitol. It’s time to replace birch with binary."}
{"text":"2019 Water, Sanitation, Hygiene National Outcome Routine Mapping Report\nDemography indicators showed little change when compared to results from the 2018 NORM survey. The average household size in 2019 was found to be five persons, 17% of households were headed by women. Nearly 9% of the population are children under five years of age, while 14% are adults over 50 years. The findings show that 1 in 10 households have at least one person living with disabilities, while the proportion of the entire population living with disabilities is 6%. This amounts to about 11 million people in Nigeria living with disabilities. At the time of the survey, slightly more than 58% of households lived in core rural areas, while 41% households ranked among the poor to the poorest wealth quintiles. It was observed from the findings that 56% of the rural households, only 8% of the urban households, and at least half of the population in the North Central (48%), North East (63%) and North West (67%) belong to the poor and poorest wealth quintiles. The health status of households showed that about 1 in 10 households (11%) reported suffering from diarrhea in the past six weeks preceding the survey. Among these households, 72% of the household members who suffered diarrhea cases are children under five.\nData source: National Bureau of Statistics"}
{"text":"Once I understand this, this will be a tutorial on building a simple SAT\nor SMT solver - with inspiration from Pete's class. I can revisit the\nLanguage of Satisfiability]: Are we bad at SAT solvers? Where are we?\nHow do we bring their power to people? (To me, this problem is a subset of the\n\"make programming accessible\" problem, so it's not noteworthy.)\n- Require input problem to be a propositional logic formula in\nconjunctive normal form (CNF). This is not a natural way to express most\nproblems that require SAT\n- Computing CNF formulas is often bad and hard so SAT solvers aren't\nreally at the right \"level\" for use by the working programmer\n- Look up\non google scholar - reveals lots of problems and tradeoffs that\ncan be made\nWhy SMT over SAT?\n- SMT solvers allow more freedom in the expression of input problems -\nsupport integers, fixed width floats, arrays and potentially other datatypes, as\nwell as common operations on those types, without requiring a specific normal\n- API that allows for the manipulation of the input formula exposed by\nthe solver, unlike strict\nHow do they work?\n- Directly convert input formula into an equivalent Boolean formula in\n- Limited to formulas where every data type has a finite set of values\n- Need a SAT solver as a backend, any improvement to SAT translates\ndirectly to an improvement to an SMT solver - so this is just additional tooling\naround a SAT solver to make it much easier to use.\n- Definition: conflict driven cause learning - the algorithm employed by\nmost modern SAT solvers."}
{"text":"- An underlying fear of recriminations and punishment despite there never being any threat or intimidation from the higher authorities – it was just an image that the authorities maintained so that the employees would continue working with clockwork precision.\n- The traditional hospitality was steeped in the culture of the land. However the expansion outside China and South East Asia brought with it a newer set of learning that had to be imbibed by employees who little understood them. The ceremonies and special nuances associated with the everyday manner of doing things differed drastically from the precise mannerisms and ceremony that was culturally ordained in the Asian areas. While the European and American hospitality did not demand any such ceremonial practices for their everyday functioning there was a modicum of appreciation for the service sector of the Shangri La hospitality as they were opening vistas of service not commonly experienced by the western world. This posed a fresh challenge of how the traditional form of services could be reformed and reframed to cater to the needs of the newer institutions.\n- An overall lack of confidence among the Chinese front desk managers to handle any situation on their own without the total involvement of the management or the senior managing authority. When world class expectations were the goal from the local talent then there was a marked need for training inputs to standardize and improve the already available quality and quantity of services being carried out under the banner of the Shangri La hospitality.\nThese were some of the salient challenges being faced by the Shangri La group while taking up their expansion into the locations outside Asia."}
{"text":"Originally from Queensland, Australia and Papua New Guinea, Dendrobium smilliae is a hot growing epiphyte found on trunks and tree crooks. It’s a slender looking dendrobium, with grass-like leaves that gracefully develop alternately as the cane grows.\nBut what’s curious and unique about Dendrobium smilliae is its clusters of pretty pink to while flowers that emerge only on the older, leafless canes. Arranged cylindrically and in large numbers, these clusters resemble a brush, earning this species its nickname, ‘The Bottlebrush Orchid’.\nI’ve come across impressive Dendrobium smilliae specimens that are at least three feet tall at shows. A large and multi-‘bottlebrush’ smilliae is always quite a spectacular sight. However, try as a might, I could not grow my smilliae to such monster sizes, let alone come to flower.\nSimilarly speaking, underpotting my Dendrobium smilliae in a 5 inch pot may be the crux of why I couldn’t bring it to great vigour. Perhaps I need to transplant a tree in my garden to house it, preferably one with a crook.\nIn any case, if you’re successful with flowering Dendrobium smilliae, then good on you! Just don’t go cleaning bottles with its flowers. It doesn’t work."}
{"text":"One recent example is Hearing Awareness Month, which took place in September. Championed by hearing care provider Hidden Hearing, they offered 20,000 free hearing tests in an attempt to raise awareness of hearing loss and encourage anyone unsure of their hearing ability to seek help. Hearing loss in the UK affects one in six people in some way with varying degrees of impairment, but many can be treated using hearing aids or other medical treatments. The biggest hurdle is getting people to take that first step and to get their hearing tested.\n<Other awareness campaigns include World Aids Day – also recognised as Aids Awareness Month< in different countries around the world – where people are encouraged to learn about AIDS and HIV to try to stop the spread of the disease; and Epilepsy Awareness Month< which seeks to help people overcome the challenges created by epilepsy."}
{"text":"top of page\n\"Surrealism and Architecture\"\nFollowing my new studies in History of Art at A Level, I wished to develop my interest in Surrealism and its connections with architecture. Surrealism, to me at this time, relied purely on visual forms so fluid and intangible as if like a mirage. Through this paper I explored its psychological origins and also how its influences within film, painting and sculpture could identify surrealist characteristics within works of architecture: Le Corbusier, Notre Dame du Haut, 1954, Ferdinand Cheval, Le Palais Idéal, 1912, Friedrick Kiesler, The Endless House, 1924-50 [unbuilt], Edward James, Las Pozas, 1962-89.\nExtended Project Qualification submission titled 'To what extent does Surrealism affect 20th century architecture and how is this evident?', in part of AQA Baccalaureate.\n\"Whilst Surrealist architecture hides in the shadow of painting, film and literature, I conclude that the psychological effect that buildings can have on a spectator is used as a great device by the architects that have been mentioned. Although Le Corbusier’s Chapel proves as the strongest example of manipulating feelings of the spectator depicted through the use of light and atmosphere, it is clear that Le Palais Idéal, Las Pozas and The Endless House show elements of using this psychological aspect to enhance the Surrealist experience. The strong aesthetic, oneiric nature of these buildings lifts the spectator into an alternate world, where these buildings come to life, thriving on imagination which is triggered once seen.\"\nConclusion, 'To what extent does Surrealism affect 20th century architecture and how is this evident?'\nbottom of page"}
{"text":"Oregon is a state located in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States of America, whereas Algeria is a country located in North Africa. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Oregon and Algeria regarding various aspects.\nIs Oregon bigger than Algeria?\nThe total area of Oregon is 98,381 sq mi, and the total area of Algeria is 919,515 sq mi. Oregon is smaller than Algeria by 821,134 sq mi. Oregon is around 9.35 times smaller than Algeria.\nArea of Oregon: 98,381 sq mi ( 254,806 km2 )\nArea of Algeria: 919,515 sq mi ( 2,381,741 km2 )\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the total population of Oregon as of 1st July 2021 was estimated to be around 4,246,155.\nBased on the World Bank data, the total population of Algeria as of 2020, was estimated to be around 43,851,043.\nHere is some more data comparison between Oregon and Algeria.\nThe capital city of Oregon is Salem, and the capital city of Algeria is Algiers.\nAlgeria: Arabic, Berber\nISO 3166 Code\nOregon Time Zone:\nUTC – 8 (Pacific Standard Time)\nUTC – 7 (Mountain Standard Time)\nUTC – 7 (Pacific Daylight Time)\nUTC – 6 (Mountain Daylight Time)\nAlgeria Time Zone:\nUTC + 1 (Central European Standard Time)\nCoordinates of Oregon:\n43° 56′ 0.96″ N, 120° 33′ 29.88″ W\nCoordinates of Algeria:\n28° 0′ 0″ N, 2° 0′ 0″ E\nYou may also like to read:"}
{"text":"It's a big, long word, but it's linked to something very common -- heart disease, the No. 1 killer in the United States. If you have dyslipidemia --abnormal cholesterol and triglyceride levels -- like many Americans, you can do something about it.\nResearch shows that high LDL (bad) cholesterol and low HDL (good) cholesterol increase the risk for heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases. Recent research also shows that improving cholesterol levels may not only slow the process of plaque buildup but can -- in some instances -- reverse it.\nLipids are made of:\nCholesterol: A soft, waxy substance found among fats in your bloodstream and in your cells. Your body makes some cholesterol, and the rest comes from animal products you eat such as meat, poultry, fish, eggs and dairy products.\nTriglyceride: A form of fat made in your body. People with high triglyceride levels often have low good cholesterol levels and high bad cholesterol levels.\nSource: American Heart Association\nLipid Clinic services include:\nThe Lipid Clinic is located on the second floor of the La Crosse Clinic (Skemp Building), 700 West Ave. South.\n7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday\nPlease call 608-392-6474"}
{"text":"Why do our eureka moments arise from quiet contemplation and even sleep?\nResearch suggests focus allows the brain to cast a broader net and recruit more neurons for the problem at hand. In physics and brain research this is known as phase shifting. For brain purposes, think of phase shifting as the period of time when neurons are released from one task and available for the next. A slightly longer phase shift allows the brain to recruit more available neurons for a new task, dramatically increasing processing power.\nResearch shows that people who have longer phase shifts demonstrate higher IQs. The effects are both subtle and powerful. A 1 millisecond increase in phase shifting can result in a 20 point increase in IQ.\nI'm not aware of research (yet) that directly measures an individual's ability to lengthen phase shifting through mind focusing techniques. But there's a lot of indirect evidence demonstrating that the brain is operating differently and more creatively in a position of calm-- suggesting you can amplify your intellectual effectiveness through focus.\nResearch seems to be slowly but surely verifying what the ancients have known."}
{"text":"Gaia Vince runs through the reasons:\nThe denser the city, the more productive, efficient and powerful it becomes. The theoretical physicists, Luis Bettencourt and Geoffrey West calculated that if the population of a city is doubled, average wages go up by 15%, as do other measures of productivity, like patents per capita. Economic output of a city of 10 million people will be 15-20% higher than that of two cities of 5 million people. Incomes are on average five times higher in urbanised countries with a largely rural population. And at the same time, resource use and carbon emissions plummet by 15% for every doubling in density, because of more efficient use of infrastructure and better use of public transportation.\n(By Evol in Farringdon, London, England via Street Art Utopia)"}
{"text":"This name derives from the Medieval English 'be', itself deriving from the Olde English 'beo' meaning a bee and was originally given as a nickname to a busy and industrious worker, or an active person. The bee has long been taken as a symbol of industry. The name is first recorded as a surname in the late 12th century as Be and le Boe. The spelling Bee appears in 1379 - 'Alicia Bee' the Poll Tax returns of Yorkshire. Other examples are Richard Bee, a witness at St. Dunstan church, Stepney on January 24th 1589 and Anne Bee who married Thopolis Leigh at Christchurch, Newgate on November 13th 1728.The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Robert Be which was dated 1198 The Pipe Rolls of Yorkshire during the reign of King Richard 1 Richard the Lionheart 1189 - 99 Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to \"develop\" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.\n© Copyright: Name Origin Research 1980 - 2017\nEnjoy this name printed onto our colourful scroll, printed in Olde English script. An ideal gift."}
{"text":"By Josefa Beyer\nThat's me, deep in the weeds.\nMy reading students, by contrast, are big-picture thinkers and thank goodness, because our world needs their big ideas and solutions. Unfortunately, big-picture talent can make learning to read harder. These bright minds want to gobble up unknown words whole, leading them to say words that are almost right, but don't make sense.\nConfound is read as confuse, cheerful as checkers. That's when I say, \"You'll have to take this word one bite at a time.\"\nOf course, we Orton-Gillingham instructors do much more than coach kids to slow down and try harder. With every lesson, we grow children's ability to interpret individual sounds and letters accurately and fluently.\nWith multi-sensory learning, children master spelling and grammar rules, syllable patterns that determine vowel sounds, and syllable division so they can break big words into readable chunks. Our students study English at an almost granular level, because they need to grasp the smallest stuff in order to read and write about the big stuff."}
{"text":"Main article: Sauron in the Second Age\nAlthough Sauron long knew than Men were easier to sway, he long sought to bring the Elves into his service as they had more power So after the War of Wrath Sauron decided that the Valar had forgotten about Middle-earth and he once again turned to evil. \nAfter lying hidden and increasing his power in secret, Sauron put on a fair visage, and calling himself Annatar, the Lord of Gifts, and in S.A. 1200 he befriended the Elvish smiths of Eregion, and counselled them in arts and magic. He never came to Lindon as Elrond and Gil-galad did not trust him and refused to treat with him, although they never realised who he truly was; elsewhere he was gladly received, especially in Eregion where the Elvish smiths learned much from him as their thirst for knowledge was great.\nUnder Sauron's tutelage the Gwaith-i-Mírdain, under the leadership of Celebrimbor, grandson of Fëanor, became more skilled than anyone else, save for Fëanor himself. In the year 1500, when they reached the very height of their power, the Elves began the forging of the Rings of Power, but Sauron knew all their secrets and in 1600 - ten years after the completion of the Rings of Power - Sauron created The One Ring to control the bearers of the other Rings.\nBut the Elves were not so easily ensnared, and as soon as Sauron put on the One Ring they and Celebrimbor were aware of him and realised they were betrayed. They hid their Rings from Sauron and did not use them, but Sauron demanded that the other Rings be given to him for they would not have been without him knowledge: the Elves refused and the War of the Elves and Sauron followed."}
{"text":"Cut and Shape Product Parts Using Milling, Turning, and Wire EDM\nCNC (computer numerical control) machines are machines guided by CAD data rather than by human beings. Machining is used when parts require tight tolerances and finishes.\nMachining processes shape metal by the controlled removal of material. Prismatic machining cuts a 3D shape in one ‘go’. Milling, one of the most commonly used, removes material. Turning is much as it sounds: rotating the part against a machine known as a lathe. Wire Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) uses electrically charged wire to vaporize material rather than cutting it by traditional methods.\nBeing able to control these processes – and integrate them with CAD software – is critical to efficiency, the precision of your parts, and the quality of your product.\nCreo Prismatic and Multi-Surface Milling is a virtual milling ‘specialist’ for prismatic production machining.\nCreo Compete Machining Extension gives you the power to drive virtually any type of NC Machine. Now you can also work concurrently with designers to automatically incorporate design changes.\nCreo Production Machining also offers seamless compatibility with design, which means that changes are automatically incorporated. The result: improved time-to-production and customer responsiveness."}
{"text":"A 1918 review of the Augener publication of Ireland’s London Pieces suggested some parallels between ‘Chelsea Reach’ and the diatonic sweetness of the barcarolles of Offenbach. Ireland’s music, however, was perceived rather as depicting the psychology of the Londoner’s outlook, with its ‘ever-changing tints and shades of colour’. Even more interesting is the reviewer’s perception of connections between the poetic pictorialness of ‘Chelsea Reach’ and the London watercolours of Yoshio Markino. Markino (1869–1956) was a Japanese artist who moved to London in 1897, where he spent much of the rest of his life. For many years he was based in Chelsea, coincidentally living in the same road as St Luke’s church – Sydney Street. His illustrations of the city, based on many hours of exploring the capital on foot, were published in 1907 in The Colour of London, followed in 1912 by The Charm of London. It would be fascinating to know whether Ireland was aware of these images, and whether Markino’s pictures of Chelsea, two of which are shown below, may have played a part in the creation of the composer’s own dreamy London soundscape.\nTwo very interesting blogs contain further information on this artist:\nhttp://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/2013/10/10/more-markino-water-and-women-2/ Sources: Markino, Yoshio. Yoshio Markino: A Japanese Artist in London. London House: 1990. Monthly Musical Record, 48, 2 April 1918, p. 84."}
{"text":"Children’s spatial thinking: does talk about the spatial world matter?\nArticle first published online: 4 OCT 2011\n© 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd\nVolume 14, Issue 6, pages 1417–1430, November 2011\nHow to Cite\nPruden, S. M., Levine, S. C. and Huttenlocher, J. (2011), Children’s spatial thinking: does talk about the spatial world matter?. Developmental Science, 14: 1417–1430. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01088.x\n- Issue published online: 20 OCT 2011\n- Article first published online: 4 OCT 2011\n- Received: 21 June 2010 Accepted: 9 June 2011\nIn this paper we examine the relations between parent spatial language input, children’s own production of spatial language, and children’s later spatial abilities. Using a longitudinal study design, we coded the use of spatial language (i.e. words describing the spatial features and properties of objects; e.g. big, tall, circle, curvy, edge) from child age 14 to 46 months in a diverse sample of 52 parent–child dyads interacting in their home settings. These same children were given three non-verbal spatial tasks, items from a Spatial Transformation task (Levine et al., 1999), the Block Design subtest from the WPPSI-III (Wechsler, 2002), and items on the Spatial Analogies subtest from Primary Test of Cognitive Skills (Huttenlocher & Levine, 1990) at 54 months of age. We find that parents vary widely in the amount of spatial language they use with their children during everyday interactions. This variability in spatial language input, in turn, predicts the amount of spatial language children produce, controlling for overall parent language input. Furthermore, children who produce more spatial language are more likely to perform better on spatial problem solving tasks at a later age."}
{"text":"BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 27 (UPI) — A spoonful of black rice bran contains more health promoting anthocyanin antioxidants than a spoonful of blueberries, U.S. researchers say.\nZhimin Xu of the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center in Baton Rouge, La., black rice is one variety of the “Forbidden Rice” in ancient China that was kept by nobles for themselves.\nBlack rice bran is rich in anthocyanin antioxidants, substances that show promise for fighting heart disease, cancer and other diseases and it may be used by food manufacturers to boost the nutrition of breakfast cereals, beverages, cakes, cookies and other foods, Xu suggests.\n“Black rice bran would be a unique and economical material to increase consumption of health promoting antioxidants,” Xu says in a statement.\nXu and colleagues analyzed samples of black rice bran from rice grown in the southern United States and found it possesses higher level of anthocyanins antioxidants, which are water-soluble antioxidants.\nBlack rice bran may be even healthier than brown rice bran, Xu suggests.\nBlack rice has deep black color and turns deep purple after cooking. It has a high mineral content and like other rice supplies several amino acids.\nThe findings were presented at the 240th national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston.\nCopyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI). Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI’s prior written consent."}
{"text":"The color of your teeth may be revealing a little more than your oral hygiene habits after a new study published in the journal PLoS ONE revealed that teeth color can be used to detect a person's age, health and illness.\nThe study was conducted by researchers at Leeds University and Central Lancashire University who digitally changed the spacing and colors of the teeth in the pictures of models and showed them to 150 young men and women.\nAdvertisementThe researchers found that the young men and women were attracted the most to models featuring natural white color compared to startling white or yellow colored teeth. \"Both sexes are attracted by each other by white teeth always, it contains clues to decide age, health and illness. White teeth also acts as an indicator for finding out genetic disorders, childhood illness and it provides guide to how far she is from the menopause\", lead researcher Colin Hendrie said.\nP Rise Observed in Number of People Smoking Cigars Gilead Signs Deals With Indian Companies for Low-Cost Generic HIV Drug M\nYou May Also Like"}
{"text":"In the larger context of Plains Indian history, the Northern Cheyenne seem to drop from public consciousness following their military defeat in the campaigns of 1876-77 and their subsequent removal to an arid reservation in western Indian Territory. Mari Sandoz somewhat rescued these people from obscurity in her partially fictionalized Cheyenne Autumn (1953), which dramatized their mistreatment on the reservation, their heroic efforts to return to traditional homelands in Montana, and the bloody 1879 breakout from Ft. Robinson, Nebraska. Yet it is on that note of tragedy that their story seems to end, amid the battered bodies of fifty or sixty members of Dull Knife's band.\nThankfully, Orlan Svingen, Associate Professor of History at Washington State University, demonstrates that the Northern Cheyenne did have a future, and that by 1900 their severed factions had been rejoined once again into a fairly unified whole. His study represents an administrative history of tribal relations with the government and is not intended to be an ethnohistorical account of cultural change, continuity or accommodation. Utilizing a wide variety of archival materials, government documents, legal records and standard published materials, Svingen has produced a tightly organized and well-written account of what often seemed to be Byzantine politics at its most convoluted.\nTate, Michael L., \"Review of The Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 1877-1900 by Orlan J. Svingen\" (1994). History Faculty Publications. 1."}
{"text":"Glaucoma may continue to progress after the reduction of IOP to targeted levels. Research is providing increasing support for the idea that vascular risk factors may be the cause.\nSeveral population-based studies have suggested that low diastolic perfusion pressure is associated with an increased\nincidence of open-angle glaucoma (OAG). Perfusion pressure is defined as the difference between arterial and venous pressure, which, in the eye, by convention equals IOP. Blood pressure and IOP are therefore the principal components of ocular perfusion pressure (perfusion pressure = blood pressure – IOP).\n• Choi J, Kim KH, Jeong J, et al. Circadian fluctuation of mean ocular perfusion pressure is a consistent risk factor\nfor normal-tension glaucoma. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2007;48:104-111.\n• Tielsch JM, Katz J, Sommer A, et al. Hypertension, perfusion pressure, and primary open-angle glaucoma. A population-based\nassessment. Arch Ophthalmol. 1995;113:216-221.\n• Leske MC, Connell AM, Wu SY, et al. Risk factors for open-angle glaucoma. The Barbados Eye Study. Arch Ophthalmol.\n• Hulsman CA, Vingerling JR, Hofman A, et al. Blood pressure, arterial stiffness, and open-angle glaucoma: the Rotterdam study.\nArch Ophthalmol. 2007;125:805-812.\nPerfusion pressure can be affected by IOP and blood pressure, but which is really the most important? In a given patient, it\ncould be IOP alone, blood pressure alone, or a combination of the two.\nFor more information on ways to help preserve optic nerve health, go to www.naturaleyecare.com"}
{"text":"This is cool — tiny dinoflagellates produce a ripple of sparkling light when something brushes past.\nThe dinoflagellates are a large group of flagellate protists. Most are marine plankton, but they are also found in fresh water habitats as well. Their populations are distributed depending on temperature, salinity, or depth. About half of all dinoflagellates are photosynthetic, and these make up the largest group of marine eukaryotic algae aside from the diatoms. Being primary producers makes them an important part of the aquatic food chain. Some species, called zooxanthellae, are endosymbionts of marine animals and protozoa, and play an important part in the biology of coral reefs. Other dinoflagellates are colorless predators on other protozoa, and a few forms are parasitic."}
{"text":"These emergency lesson plans for Reception Class numeracy are only to be used by supply teachers who are faced with no planning or easily accessible resources.\nPractice counting to 20.\nGive students a number and ask them what is 2 more/less than it.\nHalving – using objects give students an even number of the items and ask them to share\nthem out between two.\nInvestigate which numbers can be halved using items to help.\nDoubling – use objects to find out what the double of a number is.\nAdd and subtract objects from the classroom.\nShape and Space\nHave selection of items for the group to describe using terms such as bigger than, smaller\nthan, biggest, smallest.\nIdentify coins and discuss shape, colour and size of them.\nDraw around coins.\nCoin rubbing and labelling.\nUse a clock to talk about time – hours, yesterday, today, tomorrow.\nStudents to make their own clocks.\nStudents to draw a timeline of their daily activities and label with time and activity.\nUse three different colour tiles to create patterns.\nLook for patterns in the classroom.\nOrganise objects into weights – heaviest to lightest."}
{"text":"Cooking is a rather natural use for solar power. We all know how the sun warms things that it strikes, leaving the inside of our cars hot and making us sweat on a sunny day. Many of us have also played with magnifying glasses as kids, using them to light dried leaves and scraps of paper on fire.\nThat power can be harnessed in a more structured way, making it extremely easy to cook with. Scientists have built solar furnaces which are hot enough to melt iron. While you don’t need anything quite that hot, a simple solar cooker could be a great piece of survival equipment to add to your collection.\nThere are several different designs of solar cookers you can make, but the most effective uses a Fresnel lens. Fresnel lenses are flat plastic magnifying glasses. If you’ve ever used one of those sheet magnifiers, you’ve used a Fresnel lens."}
{"text":"2015 Okanogan County Fires\nAmidst recovery efforts from the 2014 Carlton Complex Wildfire, the people of Okanogan County suffered another devastating blow. The first of the Okanogan County Fires, the Nine Mile Fire in the northern part of the county, was caused by an airplane crash on August 13th in which two people were killed. The following day, the Tunk Block and Limebelt fires erupted after multiple lightning strikes touched ground. The fourth fire, the Twisp River Fire, began as a result of a branch rubbing a wire. It would be another month and a half before the fires were contained.\nSmoke Jumper Base\nSmokejumping is one of the several methods used to protect national forest resources from wildfire. Because of their extreme initial-attack function, smokejumping may be one of the most—if not the most—cost-effective wildland firefighting method employed in the U.S. today.\nLodgepole Pine Cones\nFire can be a destructive force in nature, sometimes consuming entire homes and communities in their path and requiring the valorous efforts of firefighters. Despite these unnerving characteristics, wildfire plays a very important role in maintaining diversity and promoting health in our ecosystem.\nDid you know that fires, even really big forest fires that can destroy hundreds of thousands of acres and valuable human structures, can be started by something as small as a spark? Sure we all know lightning strikes start the majority of wild fires, but did you know that this year some major fires have been started by;\na camptrailer blowing a tire on the highway and creating sparks with the wheel rim, a homeowner who was trying to reduce the fire danger by mowing their dry yard created a spark hitting a rock, and an unattended BBQ that somehow turned over and within hours spread to over 1700 acres?"}
{"text":"A magnet is a material or object that produces a magnetic field. A \"hard\" or \"permanent\" magnet is one which stays magnetized for a long time, such as magnets often used on refrigerator doors. Permanent magnets occur naturally in some rock, particularly lodestone, but are now more commonly manufactured. A \"soft\" or \"impermanent\" magnet is one which loses its memory of previous magnetizations. \"Soft\" magnetic materials are often used in electromagnets to enhance (often hundreds or thousands of times) the magnetic field of a wire that carries an electrical current and is wrapped around the magnet; the field of the \"soft\" magnet increases with the current.Two measures of a material's magnetic properties are its magnetic moment and its magnetization. A material without a permanent magnetic moment can, in the presence of magnetic fields, be attracted (paramagnetic), or repelled (diamagnetic). Liquid oxygen is paramagnetic; graphite is diamagnetic. Paramagnets tend to intensify the magn\nYou are in the page Magnets, We at Sonorika we always try to update all the information Magnets\n. here you find a biography, discography, events Magnets\nbut also lyrics\nOn the page of Magnets\nthere are also similar artists.\nYou can also find tickets to concerts of Magnets\nMagnets discography, Magnets song lyrics"}
{"text":"BLUE HILL — Less than 20 years ago, Charles Moore was a cabinetmaker with a business that specialized in refinishing furniture damaged in transit.\nToday, many researchers credit the Southern Californian with the discovery of the massive “island” of plastic debris that pollutes the waters of the Pacific Ocean.\nHow he came to make that find speaks volumes about how the world around us has changed.\nA third-generation resident of Long Beach, Moore said he grew up on the shores of Alamedos Bay, and in its water.\n“I was basically a marine mammal for part of my life,” Moore said. “I was in the water as much as the average seal and the degradation of the marine environment was something that was perceptible to me.”\nMoore remembered digging clams from the flats in front of the house where he grew up, then roasting them for a picnic around a fire built right on the mud, and learning to swim in a nearby tidal lagoon. Today, pollution makes it impossible to contemplate eating clams dug from those once pristine waters, and water quality in the lagoon is dreadful.\n“No one would ever dream of teaching swimming there today,” he said during an interview last week at the Marine Environmental Research Institute (MERI). Moore was in Blue Hill for the opening of MERI’s 20th anniversary Ocean Environment Lecture Series.\nFor more maritime news, pick up a copy of The Ellsworth American."}
{"text":"Can I use full stops, question marks, and exclamation marks to end a sentence?Bang! What was that? I asked. Nobody knew. So I went looking for that noise. I heard it again! I saw my Dad hammering, sawing and measuring the wood. I then knew what that noise was."}
{"text":"Hide A Butterfly ~ Teacher's Guide\nAn integrated GEMS unit for young children\nGreat Explorations in Math and Science\nThe Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley\nThe publisher says: \"Paper butterflies\nand bird puppets help children learn about protective coloration. The class\ncreates a mural of a blossoming meadow and enacts the drama of \"The\nButterfly Play.\" Skills developed include: observing, communicating,\ncomparing, matching, role-playing and using scissors. Time: Three 20- to\n60-minute sessions. Highly recommended!\nHide a Butterfly How To Hide a Butterfly\nThe Very Hungry Caterpillar Board Book\nStands up to little hands ~ great in a center!\nVery Hungry Caterpillar\nHardcover Edition ~ 20% off publisher's price\nThe Very Hungry Caterpillar\nBook with Plush Caterpillar Toy\n20% off publisher's price\nthe life cycle of the Monarch\nin an easy-to-understand format\nThe Butterfly Alphabet Book\nAn outstanding alphabet book from Jerry Palotta\nButterfly Activities and Nature Discoveries\ndozens of activities for all ages\nFrom Caterpillar to Butterfly ~ Let's Read and Find Books\nperfect for emergent readers!\nThe life cycle of the Red Admiral butterfly.\nThe Caterpillar and the Polliwog\nAbout a polliwog who thinks he'll change into a butterfly!\nAmazing Butterflies and Moths\nEyewitness Juniors Series\nI Wish I Were A Butterfly\nA wise spider helps a sad cricket realize\nthat he's special in his own way.\nA New Butterfly ~ My First Look at Metamorphosis\nA Lift the Flap book for beginning readers.\nThe Magic School Bus ~ Butterfly and the Bog Beast\nA Book About Butterfly Camouflage\nButterflies, Bugs, and Worms\nYoung Discoverers Biology Facts & Experiments Series\nby Anca Hariton\nMonarch Butterfly's Life (Nature Up close)\nby John Himmelman"}
{"text":"It’s the first day of June, and Gulf Coast residents from Texas to Florida know what that means: hurricanes. The official North Atlantic hurricane season kicks off today and runs through November 30.\nOfficials at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center are predicting this year’s season will be “near-normal,” with a 70 percent likelihood of 10 to 16 named storms. Named storms are those with sustained winds of 39 miles per hour or higher. Of that total, 4 to 8 could become hurricanes (storms with winds of 74 mph or higher), including 1 to 4 major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5 storms with winds of 111 mph or higher).\nTwo tropical storms have already reached the 39 mph threshold this year, including Alex, a rare January storm, and Bonnie, which made landfall in South Carolina over the weekend.\n“A near-normal prediction for this season suggests we could see more hurricane activity than we’ve seen in the last three years, which were below normal,” said Gerry Bell, Ph.D., lead seasonal hurricane forecaster.\nOfficials are urging residents to be prepared.\n“While seasonal forecasts may vary from year to year — some high, some low — it only takes one storm to significantly disrupt your life,” said FEMA Deputy Administrator Joseph Nimmich. “Preparing for the worst can keep you, your family, and first responders out of harm’s way. Take steps today to be prepared: develop a family communications plan, build an emergency supply kit for your home, and make sure you and your family know your evacuation route. These small steps can help save your life when disaster strikes.”\nFor more information on how to prepare your family and home for hurricane season, check out the National Hurricane Center’s hurricane preparedness site."}
{"text":"Dialectical Behavioral Therapy\nDBT, dialectical behavior therapy, was developed in late 1980. It was originally used to treat borderline personality disorder, but now it is used for treating other mental health disorders. Dialectical behavior therapy is a cognitive-behavioral approach focusing on the psychosocial aspects of treatment. The goal of DBT is to transform negative thinking patterns and destructive behavior into positive outcomes. The effectiveness of DBT can help people diagnosed with eating disorders, anxiety, stress and depression.\nTheory behind DBT\nPeople who suffer from mental illnesses like borderline personality disorder often have intense, abnormal reactions to certain emotional situations. These types of situations can be found in romantic relationships, families and friendships. DBT suggests that some individuals’ arousal levels in specific situations can increase faster than the average person’s. They will also experience higher levels of emotional stimulation and take more time to return to standard arousal levels.\nWhat is involved in DBT?\nDialectical behavioral therapy is support-oriented, which allows people to identify their strengths and build on them, creating better self-esteem and a more positive outlook on life. It is also cognitive-based in order to identify thoughts, beliefs and assumptions that make life harder. This will help patients transform thoughts about perfectionism and low self-worth. DBT constantly focuses on relationships between clients and staff, allowing people to work out problems in their relationships with the therapist.\nAt the CERTS group, we’ll help your daughter cope with anxiety, depression, ADHD, eating disorders and other issues through DBT-based residential treatment programs. We also combine traditional talk therapy with experiential therapies (equine assisted psychotherapy, art therapy, adventure therapy, music therapy) to achieve a resilient, influential change."}
{"text":"How to Play Monopoly. The Monopoly game's origin in 1935, started out when Charles Darrow drew a game board on a round piece of oilcloth that he had in his ...\nMonopoly is a board game played by two to eight players. ... There is also a pair of dice, and play money. .... People play monopoly for different reasons.\nThe player with the highest total starts the play. Place your token on the corner marked \"GO\", then throw the dice and move your token\nNow there's a faster way to play MONOPOLY. Choose to play by the classic rules for buying, renting and selling properties or use the. Speed Die to get into the ...\nLearn the rules of the popular game Monopoly and how to play the game. The game uses two traditional six-sided dice to move the pieces around the board."}
{"text":"Built by Lucius Copeland in Pheonix, Arizona (USA) the roots of the first Copeland 3-wheeler can be found in 1881 when Copeland began working on steam engines. One of his steam engines managed to power a Columbia bicycle at 15 mph. As a result Copeland went on to manufacture the Copeland tricycle. Steam powered, this two seater vehicle had an automatic oil-fired vertical boiler that was mounted just in front of the single rear wheel. This transmitted power to the two front wheels which drove the vehicle whilst steering was via the rear single wheel.\nIn 1884 the Northrup Manufacturing Company was set up to produce the vehicles and to prove their worth, Copeland, along with a director of the company drove a tricycle on a 120 mile round trip to Atlantic City.\nManufacturer of the vehicles ceased in 1891."}
{"text":"Theater of Apocalypse\nThis course examines themes of apocalypse that are reproduced through contemporary plays, film and other media, primarily (but not exclusively) in the United States. We will analyze different meanings of the term (i.e. the end, catastrophe, renewal and others), and compare interpretations and stagings between two primary currents of thought, the Millenarian and Mayan, in theatre and other performance practices. We include depictions of end of times in various historical and contemporary literature, visual art and media, highlighting some of the pinnacle events that inform cultural (mis)understandings of apocalypse. From close reading to a broader look at the 'unveiling' of apocalypse, this course opens up questions of the nature of time, religion and politics with the stakes of planetary destruction --or is there an alternative in expanding our cultural imagination? Our aim is to become familiar with the terms and debates in the study of 'apocalypse,' and to gain a critical understanding of the historical and political dimensions of both theological and secular versions of ‘apocalypse’ and 'revelation' alongside theater and performance of our time."}
{"text":"“The natural gas “bridge” to sustainability may be shorter than expected.\nIn its role as a bridge, natural gas seems to have a comfortable future. First, it will replace coal and nuclear “baseload” plants, and then, as renewables grow to supply the bulk of power, it will provide flexibility, filling in the gaps where variable renewables (wind and solar) fall short. By playing these multiple roles, natural gas will long outlive coal and prove useful well into the latter half of the 21st century. It will enjoy a long, slow exit.”\nClick here to read more from VOX"}
{"text":"In contrast with the client-server technology with which the web has made nearly everybody familiar, P2P technology connects the computers that run it together into a virtual network directly.\nWhen a P2P file sharing program is running, whether or not you are actively downloading anything, you may also be also uploading files to other users of the software. In the case of Skype and other P2P internet telephony programs your computer may become part of a virtual telephone network through which calls between other parties are routed.\nP2P software is often configured to run automatically when you switch your computer on, and most P2P software gives you little or no control over the extent to which your computer and your internet connection are exploited as part of its virtual network. It is certain that the College's fast internet connection attracts substantial amounts of through traffic to such programs running on computers connected to it; thus use of P2P software will almost inevitably slow your computer and your internet connection down.\nTo make matters worse, P2P filesharing is inherently insecure and is a common means by which viruses and other forms of malicious software are distributed.\nThe College prohibits all use of P2P software. It enforces this prohibition rigorously and many students have found themselves in trouble as a consequence. The one exception to this rule is Skype."}
{"text":"Daniel L. McFadden, in full Daniel Little McFadden, (born July 29, 1937, Raleigh, N.C., U.S.), American economist and cowinner (with James J. Heckman) of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his development of theory and methods used in the analysis of individual or household behaviour, such as understanding how people choose where to work, where to live, or when to marry.\nAfter studying physics (B.S., 1957) and economics (Ph.D., 1962) at the University of Minnesota, McFadden taught economics at a number of institutions, including the University of California, Berkeley (1963–79), Yale University (1977–78), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1978–91). In 1990 he returned to Berkeley and was named the E. Morris Cox Professor of Economics. He also served (1991–95, and again from 1996) as the director of the university’s Econometrics Laboratory. The recipient of numerous awards, McFadden was given the American Economic Association John Bates Clark Medal for his contributions to economic knowledge and thought in 1975 and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1981.\nMcFadden’s work combined economic theory, statistical methods, and empirical applications toward the resolution of social problems. In 1974 he developed conditional logit analysis—a method for determining how individuals will choose between finite alternatives in order to maximize their utility. Through the analysis of discrete choice (i.e., the choices made between a finite set of decision alternatives), McFadden’s work helped predict usage rates for public transportation systems, and his statistical methods were applied to studies of labour-force participation, health care, housing (particularly for the elderly), and the environment. That same year, he was awarded Northwestern University’s Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics, the highest monetary award for outstanding achievement in the field of economics in the United States."}
{"text":"New research from the University of Colorado's Cancer Center suggests a new approach to treating brain cancer.\nThe disease is particularly hard to treat because of its location, being able to resist most chemotherapies and radiation surgeries, as well as regrowing elsewhere.\nAccording to the new study, cancer cells use signals to survive, grow, reproduce and migrate. By targeting these signals, the team found that brain cancer cells can be weakened and left more vulnerable to the chemotherapy treatments that were previously ineffective.\nDr Amy Keating, investigator at the CU Cancer Center and lead author of the study, which was published in the journal Nature, said: \"I thought, aha, I have this great way to treat this cancer, but needed to check that we weren't going to cause other problems.\n\"This represents a new targeted therapy, offering a potential new direction that nobody's tried before.\"\nIt is hoped that the discovery will lead to new treatments for glioblastoma multiforme, a particularly aggressive brain tumour that is fatal within a single year from diagnosis for most patients."}
{"text":"Environmental ministry calculated the totals by using satellite imagery, which documents areas of deforested land larger than 15.4 acres. An area was considered to be deforested if the primary forest cover had been removed, regardless of what the land was used for.\nThe results reveal that Amazon is being destroyed at the fastest rate in a decade. Satellite data revealed that over 3000 swore miles of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest was lost between August 2017 and July 2018. The amount of rainforest is 10 times the size of New York City.\nThe total amount of loss equates to a 13.7 percent growth in total deforestation from the previous year and represents roughly 1.185 billion trees, a horrific number.\nBrazil’s Environmental Minister, Edson Durte, is blaming illegal loggers, noting that an “upsurge of organized crime that acts in the illegal deforestation of the Amazon”. According to Duarte, the organized crime is also part of other illegal practices including arms trafficking.\nIn a statement Duarte said, “In addition to intensifying enforcement actions as the federal government has been doing in recent years, we need to broaden the mobilization of all levels of government, society, and the productive sector in the fight against environmental violations and in defense of the sustainable development of the biome.”\nOn top of that, the problem may only get worse as the recent reelection of Jair Bolsonaro has put him back in office. Bolsonaro is famous for his goals of privatizing the Amazon for the benefit of economic growth.\nThe combination of growing illegal practices and Bolsonaro has many environmentalists extremely concerned as it could spark an extreme growth in deforestation going forward. The Amazon is one of the most invaluable resources on the planet as well as being the most diverse areas of our planet above the sea. On top of that, the Amazon is one of the largest sink for CO2 as the tropical rainforest converts more CO2 to oxygen than anywhere else in the world."}
{"text":"The Red BallsHistory\nThe Medici have long been associated with a load of balls. Their family emblem—a number of red balls on a gold shield—is prominently displayed on buildings all over Florence and Tuscany which have Medicean connections or which were financed with Medici money. One outraged contemporary of Cosimo il Vecchio declared that \"He has emblazoned even the monks' privies with his balls.\"\nThe Medici family crest has long been the object of much historical speculation. The most romantic (and far-fetched) explanation of the origin of the palle is that the balls are actually dents in a shield, inflicted by the fearsome giant Mugello on one of Charlemagne's knights, Averardo (from whom, legend claims, the family were descended). The knight eventually vanquished the giant and, to mark his victory, Charlemagne permitted Averardo to use the image of the battered shield as his coat of arms.\nOthers say the balls had less exalted origins: that they were pawnbrokers' coins, or medicinal pills (or cupping glasses) that recalled the family's origins as doctors (medici) or apothecaries. Others say they are bezants, Byzantine coins, inspired by the arms of the Arte del Cambio (or the Guild of Moneychangers, the bankers' organization to which the Medici belonged).\nPalle, Palle, Palle\nIn times of danger, Medicean supporters were rallied with cries of Palle! Palle! Palle!, a reference to the balls (palle) on their armorial bearings. Whatever the origin of the Medici family emblem, it is interesting the note that the number of palle depicted in it varied. Originally there were 12; in Cosimo dé Medici's time it was seven; the ceiling of San Lorenzo's Sagrestia Vecchi has eight; Cosimo I's tomb in the Cappelle Medicee has five; and Ferdinando I's coat of arms in the Forte di Belvedere, six.\nPhoto: © 1996 Michael P. San Filippo licensed to About.com, Inc."}
{"text":"<!-- IMAGE -->\nEighteen countries participated Wednesday in an unprecedented tsunami drill, as the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System was tested for the first time.\nSirens wailed along the Indian Ocean beaches and crowds fled inland, as part of a multi-national drill to gauge preparedness for the next time killer waves strike the region.\nIn the course of 12 hours, bulletins were sent out from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in the U.S. state of Hawaii and relayed by Japan's Meteorological Agency.\nStewart Weinstein was the scientist on duty sending out the bulletins at the warning center in Hawaii.\n\"What this means for us is that it's really testing our abilities to communicate with these 18 countries,\" Weinstein explained. \"For them, can they receive bulletins in a timely fashion from the Warning Center? But it's also for them to test their internal procedures and their standard operating procedures for how they deal with a tsunami emergency.\"\nSome participating countries, including Indonesia and Sri Lanka, took the exercise down to the community level, conducting limited evacuations of communities.\nIn other nations, such as India, the drill was limited to table-top exercises for government agencies.\nThe scenario is meant to replicate the magnitude 9+ earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, which struck in December, 2004. That tsunami affected countries from Australia to South Africa, killing about 200,000 people.\nThis drill comes just two weeks after another tsunami struck the Samoan islands and Tonga, killing at least 183 people.\nThe exercise also included seismological stations and ocean sensors linked to analysis centers on shore which are supposed to quickly determine whether a public alert needs to be issued.\nWhen an earthquake triggers a tsunami, the waves can travel as fast as 1,000 kilometers per hour."}
{"text":"RALPH WALDO EMERSON\n(Sung at the Completion of the Concord Monument April 19, 1836, commemorating the start of the American Revolutionary War 1775)\n1. All By the rude bridge that arched the flood,\n2. Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,\n3. Here once the embattled farmers stood,\n4. And fired the shot heard round the world.\n5. Reader 1 The foe long since in silence slept;\n6. Reader 2 Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;\n7. Reader 3 And Time the ruined bridge has swept\n8. Reader 4 Down the dark stream that seaward creeps.\n9. All On this green bank, by this soft stream,\n10. We set today a votive stone\n11. That memory may their deed redeem,\n12. When, like our sires, our sons are gone.\n13. Reader 5 Spirit, that made those heroes dare\n14. To die, and leave their children free,\n15. Bid Time and Nature gently spare\n16. The shaft we raise to them and thee.\nVotive – dedicated in accordance with a vow\nRedeem – pay off (a debt)\nSires – ancestors\nShaft – the Concord Monument"}
{"text":"A sneeze is a sudden, forceful, involuntary burst of air through the nose and mouth.\nSneezing iscaused by irritation to the mucous membranes of the nose or throat. It can be very bothersome, but is generally not a sign of a serious problem.\nDid you read this wine allergy story from the United Kingdom?\"A teenager has developed a rare allergy that sends her into exhausting... Read more »\nFull Question: 4 weeks ago I was admitted to hospital with head pain. I sneezed and then I felt like I had been hit with a cricket bat, I... Read more »\nFull Question: Hello, I have recently been suffering from severe headaches that originate behind my left eye, behind my ear, to the base of... Read more »\nSometimes, hip joint replacements come loose. When this happens, another operation may be needed. This is called a revision. A total hip joint... Read more »"}
{"text":"Bridge–the ultimate partnership game–is a game of skill, communication and infinite possibilities. Worldwide, millions of people play it at home. Many also play “duplicate bridge” in clubs and tournaments to enjoy its social and competitive aspects.\nBridge is played using a standard deck of 52 cards dealt equally among four players. The players bid in a coded language to describe their hands to their partners and then play to make their contract. Generally, one suit is determined as “trump,” leading to the expression, “Play your trump card.” Duplicate contract bridge, in which each competitor or team plays identical hands under similar conditions, is the main form of competitive bridge.\nACBL members receive masterpoints for winning and placing in club and tournament games as they strive to advance through the ranks. There are a required number of masterpoints for each of 14 levels, from Rookie (0-5 points) to Grand Life Master (10,000+ points and a National Title).\nBridge traces its origins to the British game of whist, first played in the 16th century. It may be named for the Galata Bridge in Istanbul, which British soldiers crossed during the Crimean War of the 19th century to reach a coffeehouse where they played cards. Contract bridge as we know it today began in the 1920s when Harold Vanderbilt came up with the early scoring system.\nThe American Contract Bridge League was founded in 1937. Today it is the largest bridge organization in the world, supporting clubs and tournaments in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Bermuda. A not-for-profit organization, the ACBL determines internationally recognized rules of bridge, sanctions clubs and tournament games, and encourages participation at all levels of proficiency and experience."}
{"text":"This video shows you how to draw a cartoon rose. Step by step, this silent clip shows the best way to draw this and then fill it in in color, including the leaves. First you draw a circle and a cross positioned above the centre point of the circle. Then you follow the drawing as it's shown, first outlining the bud and then expanding to the outer petals and finally on to the leaves. It's done in two colors on the video just so you can see the latest section of the outline. Then you color it in appropriately."}
{"text":"Somatosensory Evoked Potential (SSEP) is a test that checks the electrical signals of sensation going from the body to the brain. The signals show whether the nerves that connect to your spinal cord are able to send and receive sensory information like pain, temperature, and touch. When ordering electrical tests to diagnose spine problems, your doctor may combine SSEP with an electromyogram (EMG), which is a test of how well the nerve roots leaving your spine are working.Why is it done?\nAn SSEP indicates whether the spinal cord or nerves are being pinched. It is helpful in determining how much the nerve is being damaged and whether there is a bone spur, herniated disc, or other source of pressure on your spinal cord or nerve roots. An SSEP is used to double check whether the sensory part of the nerve is working correctly.How is it done?\nEither an electrode is placed on your skin or a needle is inserted into your nerve or the sensory center of your brain. Measurements of how long it takes an electrical signal to travel through the nerve pathway are recorded. The function of the nerve is determined by the speed of these electrical signals. When the nerve pathway is pinched, the signals are slower than expected.What are the limitations?\nAn SSEP does not show why you have a problem or what is causing the problem. The test looks primarily at whether sensation is affected by a problem in your spinal cord or nerves. There could be a problem in the nerve somewhere between your brain and the area tested. The problem may not necessarily be in the spine itself.What are the risks?\nThere are few risks associated with SSEP. There is a small chance of infection anytime a needle is inserted into your body. However, the risk is almost absent in this test."}
{"text":"Saint Thomas à Becket\nIntroduction Thomas à Becket, Saint,\nor Saint Thomas Becket,\n1118–70, English martyr, archbishop of Canterbury, b. London. He is called St. Thomas of Canterbury and occasionally St. Thomas of London.\nSections in this article:\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"This member of the Euphorbiaceae\nfamily was given this name by Henri Ernest Baillion in 1887.\nIt is found on Madagascar, growing in well\ndrained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to\nsix centimetres in diameter, the plant to 25 centimetres height. The\nflowers are greenish white\nStrangely enough, the new name\nEuphorbia subapoda is being used instead of the original"}
{"text":"Mirabilis Member Years\nThere shall be initially 410 Mirabilis Members. Mirabilis is latin for miracle. The Mirabilis Members will each be unique in that they will adopt a year in the great American story.\nLittle known, but important founding father of the United States, Elias Boudinot, born in Philadelphia.\nSensational trial of blacks, slave and free, for conspiring to burn New York City, becomes known as “The Great Negro Plot.” Four whites and seventeen blacks were hanged.\nBritish troops defeat Spanish in Battle of Bloody Marsh, Georgia, in King George’s War.\nFounding Father Thomas Jefferson born on this day. He composed the initial Declaration of Independence, served as Vice-President and two terms as President. Architect, horticulturalist, bibliophile, connoisseur, farmer, polymath, Jefferson would define an era.\nBirth of Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams, and one of America’s great correspondents. Mother of President John Quincy Adams.\nTwenty-seven year old David Brainerd committed himself to evangelizing the Indians of New England but died only two years into the mission. Jonathan Edwards told his story and it inspired generations of evangelical missionaries in America.\nThe English-Scottish army defeated the Highland host at Cullodon in Northern Scotland. Many of the highlanders fled to America or were sent into slavery.\nKnowles riot in Boston protested impressment into the British Navy.\nNaturalization Act in Britain allows Jews to settle in America\nThe Ohio Company was granted a charter of land around the Forks of the Ohio by King George II. The Forks are at the conjunction of the Ohio, Monongehela, and Allegheny Rivers. The French built Ft. Duquesne, the British Fort Pitt there."}
{"text":"Fourth-grade students at Apex Academy recently participated in a cross-curriculum project, which included connecting all the major subjects: math, reading, science, and social studies. The students were tasked with creating a baked good to share with their class. The scholars picked their favorite dessert, then chose an “outlier,” or an item that lies outside of traditional recipe items.\nThe outlier items included Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Rice Krispies Treats, marshmallows, apples, or pineapples. The students read a variety of recipes to figure out how to combine their favorite dessert with the outlier, which focused on the reading and math curriculum. They also used fractions and sums to complete the recipe, further sharpening their math skills.\n“Overall, the students learned how school topics and real-world application go together,” said Dominique Pugh, fourth-grade teacher at Apex Academy. “I was thrilled to see the students use math in a fun and effective way.”\nTo include social studies in the lesson, students had to work with their parents and other members of their classroom to build a community. Finally, science was incorporated by using different states of matter, including solid, liquid, and gas, as well as using the scientific method during their baking.\nSeveral students explained what they took away from this unique lesson:\n\"I learned how to use measurements, which I will need to know in order to cook in the future,\" said Tyshon Gainer.\n\"I now know how to use multiple steps to bake cakes or cupcakes,\" shared Heaven Nwosu.\nThe lesson concluded with a taste-test of everyone’s creations."}
{"text":"On this day in 1734, Patriot and politician Thomas McKean is born in Chester County, Pennsylvania.\nMcKean was a delegate of Delaware to the Continental Congress. Thus, he signed the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. He was also President of the Continental Congress in 1781. McKean also served President (Governor) of Delaware, Governor of Pennsylvania, and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania.\nFor all that, perhaps his greatest accomplishment was sharing this redemptive advice as Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, which he did with a condemned man:\n“You will probably have but a short time to live. Before you launch into eternity, it behooves you to improve the time that may be allowed you in this world. It behooves you most seriously to reflect upon your conduct, to repent of your evil deeds, to be incessant in prayers to the great and merciful God to forgive your manifold transgressions and sins, to teach you to rely upon the merit and passion of a dear Redeemer and thereby to avoid those regions of sorrow, those doleful shades where peace and rest can never dwell, where even hope cannot enter. It behooves you to seek the fellowship, advice and prayers of pious and good men, to be persistent at the throne of grace and to learn the way that leadeth to happiness. May you reflecting upon these things and pursuing the will of the great Father of Light and Life, be received into the company and society of angels and archangels and the spirits of just men made perfect and may you be qualified to enter into the joys of heaven, joys unspeakable and full of glory.”\nThomas McKean died in Philadelphia at the age of 83 in the year 1817. That seems fitting, given that the root words of Philadelphia are phileo meaning “to love” and adelphos meaning “brother.”"}
{"text":"Timing your Flight\n“…I’d like to take a balloon ride around 10 o’clock tomorrow morning…” So begins many a phone call (908) 996-3333 to our balloon office.\nHere’s the problem: because of wind speeds, balloons can fly, generally, two times a day. They can fly at sunrise or just before sunset. Those are the two times of day when the wind is the calmest. Why does that matter? Balloons are LTA (lighter than air) craft-they have no power to navigate or steer. A balloon that can carry four passengers, the 105, (105 thousand cubic feet of air volume inside the envelope) has 2 ½ tons of mass to maneuver when packed with air. If it is “windy” it can become too unwieldy and dangerous. “Windy” is over 5-8 miles per hour!\nGenerally, in our area, the prevailing winds are from the west. In the morning, as the temperature rises, winds increase. In the evening, as the temperature cools, winds decrease. Thus the reasoning behind scheduling flights at sunrise or a couple of hours before sunset. Sunrise and sunset are also beautiful times to fly-who wouldn’t like to try to catch a stunning sunset or a gorgeous sunrise?"}
{"text":"Week 8 (26.5.20)\nDear Boys and Girls\nI hope you had a lovely weekend and enjoyed the sun.\nThis week we continue to get stronger at our Division equations. You are Division Detectives.\nYou have 4 days of activities to complete (and a challenge activity that you can do if you want!)\n1) Use the link to watch the Maths with Parents video and do some great practical, fun activities!\n2) Look at the Power Point and do the sharing and grouping activities Page 1- 11. You will need pasta and paper to practically do the activity which will help your understanding and confidence to grow.\n3) Have a go at the worksheet. Remember you do not need to print the pages if you don't have a printer. Use the screen as your textbook and complete the work on your page. You may need an adult to help you set it out.\n4) Send your teacher pictures of your great Division work!\nGood luck and have a great week!"}
{"text":"Relative Clauses 2\nComplete each sentence with\nof the words given. There may be\nmore than one\n◄ = = = click here before you start!\nshe can't meet you is that she's leaving today.\nI know a man\nworks at Ryanair; he may be able to help you.\nMy British cousin,\nyou met last year, is coming to stay again.\nshe lent me has been broken.\nOn the Monday,\nwas my birthday, we went to New York.\nThere's the story about the man\nwife ran away from home."}
{"text":"There are several components of effective Data Security: Confidentiality, Availability, Integrity, Criticality, Privacy, and Intellectual Property Rights.\nData Confidentiality is the concept of protecting the secrecy of information in storage, transit, or use.\nData Availability is the concept of the concept of having the data accessible by authorized individuals or entities when and where it is needed.\nData Integrity relates to the accuracy and completeness of information. Integrity ensures that information cannot be modified in unexpected ways. Loss of integrity could result from human error or intentional tampering.\nData Criticality is a concept that defines the degree of importance and level of dependency on the data. This degree of importance is defined by data volatility, the impact upon the organization if a system were unavailable, and the protection requirements against software destruction.\nData Privacy includes the right of individuals and organizations to control the collection, storage, and disclosure of their information or information about themselves.\nIntellectual Property Rights includes the assignment and protection of patents, copyrights, industrial designs, trade secrets, authorized use, and license agreements."}
{"text":"The ancestors of the tender Panda bear they were not at all so meek and docile, rather they were fierce and with more intimidating faces. Its about prehistoric giant pandawhich has now been found to have inhabited not only China, but also parts of Central Europe, mainly Bulgaria.\nIn the late 1980s, paleontologist Nikolai Spassov stumbled across fossilized animal teeth in the Bulgarian National Museum of Natural History.\nIt took more than 40 years to find out that they were from Agriarctos nikolovia close relative of the giant panda that lives in southwestern China today.\n“I realized that I was holding in my hands the remains of a new species of fossil panda,” Spassov told Masable.\n“The new species from Bulgaria is geologically the last and most evolved European species of panda,” Spassov emphasized. This discovery provides insights into the possible evolutionary paths of pandas and how their population dispersed over time, he added.\nSpassov collaborated with his colleague Qigao Jiangzuo from China, and their findings were published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. They named the newly discovered species Agriarctos nikolovi in honor of the curator Ivan Nikolov who originally collected the fossilized teeth.\nDespite its fearsome appearance, due to competition with settled carnivores of the time, such as the Saber-Toothed Tiger, it fed on vegetables, but not bamboo, rather thick branches and soft leaves."}
{"text":"[Haskell-cafe] Infinite lists in real world programs\npatai_gergely at fastmail.fm\nThu Dec 16 21:33:39 CET 2010\n> So in the result of (a >>= f), the first element is taken from the\n> first element of applying f to the first element of a; the second\n> element is the second element in the result of applying f to the second\n> element of a; and so on. Off the top of my head I am not sure what\n> this corresponds to in terms of agents or where it would be useful,\n> but I'm sure it must correspond to something interesting.\nIn short, join corresponds to continuously sampling a stream of streams.\nIn other words, it turns a higher-order stream into a dynamic data-flow\nnetwork. That's exactly what the Elerea library  is good for: it\nallows you to do this in constant time instead of the quadratic cost of\nthe pure implementation, but it forces you to traverse streams\nsequentially -- fortunately, that's exactly what you want to do most of\nthe time. There is also a paper behind the library, which might help a\nbit in getting a clearer picture  (the paper also has an updated\nversion in the process of being published).\nhttp://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users:\nMore information about the Haskell-Cafe"}
{"text":"Selected text from Naming The Money Catalogue\nThe idea of a portrait as the likeness of a person, and to some extent a revelation of the inner character, is turned on its head when examining portraits of black servants. Whilst undoubtedly they often do record appearance, this is rarely their primary purpose. Particularly in those paintings where they appear with their master or mistress, the role of the servant is merely to enhance the appearance and character of the other person portrayed. The identity, personality, hopes and aspirations of the servant are at most secondary, more usually, entirely absent. This is no surprise he who pays the piper, calls the tune; but these portraits give us tantalisingly fleeting glimpses of the lives of these imported servants.\nThat black servants appear in so many portraits demonstrates the prominent role which they played in domestic life. But they remain unknown and in the shadows. Lubaina Himid‘s installation Naming The Money reveals the hidden history of black slaves and servants. It gives forgotten individuals a voice, the unknown supporting characters a name and a history.\nLucy Whetstone Curator Hatton Gallery\nNaming The MoneyCatalogue Pierre Mignard Portrait of Louise de KirroualleWilliam Dobson John 1st Baron of Rochdale 1643\nISBN 0-7017-0166-8 Duchess of Plymouth 1682 Naming The Money catalogue.\nNaming The Money catalogue."}
{"text":"What are the symptoms?\nEveryone feels the\nir anger is justified when they’re actually angry. Equally, we’ve all looked back and realised we may have overreacted. But for some people anger can become a problem that needs to be addressed.\nIt’s important to realise several things about anger before you start tackling it. First, anger is a normal process that has allowed humans to evolve and adapt. It isn’t a bad thing in itself, but problems occur if it isn’t managed in the right way.\nAnger is also a mixture of both emotional and physical changes. A big surge of energy goes through your body as chemicals, such as adrenaline, are released.\nOnce the cause of the anger is resolved, you may still have to deal with the physical effects –\nThe other alternative is to suppress the energy until the next time you’re angry. This may mean you release so much pent-\nOn the other hand, just letting your anger go in an uncontrolled fashion can lead to a move from verbal aggression to physical abuse –\nBut there is a flip side to anger. Because of the surge of energy it creates, it can be pleasurable. This feeling is reinforced if becoming angry allows the release of feelings of frustration, or if a person’s response to your anger gives you a sense of power.\nIt’s important to acknowledge and keep an eye on this side of the problem –\nFor appointments and consultations, please"}
{"text":"Quick stats of the Grey Rhebok\n- Diet: - Herbivore\n- Shoulder Height: - 0.75 m\n- Weight: - Male - 22 kg\n- Weight: - Female - 21 kg\nGrey Rhebok are often found grazing in small groups, on rocky hills or slopes and rocky plains in South Africa.\nAs the name suggests, it has a thick grey coat and white underbelly. It is easily seen by the white underneath its tail, which it holds up as it sprints away. Unlike the mountain reedbuck, the rhebok has straight horns which are parallel.\nThey are often seen resting during the heat of the day. Being grazers, they only eat grass, but they are not dependant on water to survive, as they get most of their moisture through grazing.\nThanks to its strong leap and speed, the rhebok stays out of reach of any possible predators such as leopards, cheetahs, jackals, caracals and eagles.\nHerds are led by one dominant male. This male is highly territorial using a clicking noise as well as aggressive displays indicating his possession over his territory and females. Females have a gestation period of 8-9 months followed by the birth of a single lamb.\nOther Names for the Grey Rhebok\n- Common Rhebok\nTaxonomy of the Grey Rhebok\n- Order - Artiodactyla\n- Family - Bovidae\n- Sub Family - Reduncinae\n- Genus - Pelea\n- Species - Pelea capreolus"}
{"text":"In printed circuit board technology, X-Ray is used for the analysis of BGA components and in the manufacture of multilayer boards.\nFor the grouting of multilayer boards, X-Ray is used to control the position offset of the different layers. Also the drilling of holes in multilayers is optimized by X-Ray. Any differing geometries of the circuit board images to the geometry of drill hole coordinates are detected. Through change of a correction factor, the optimum reference point for drilling all layers is determinded.\nsee also Multi-CB - Quality Control: X-Ray"}
{"text":"The pancreas is a glandular organ that secretes digestive enzymes into the small intestine by way of the pancreatic duct. Also containing specialized groups of cells called the islets of Langerhans, the pancreas produces the hormones -- insulin and glucagon. Secreted directly into the bloodstream, these hormones work together to maintain proper sugar or glucose levels in the blood. Insulin lowers the blood sugar level and increases the levels of carbohydrates stored in the liver. In contrast, glucagon releases the stored sugar from the liver into the bloodstream."}
{"text":"If you can't view this video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U44aXzD2LB4.\nHF random wire antennas can work very well as portable or emergency antennas if you pay attention to some of their limitations. In this video, WD0AKX experiments with a random length antenna in his back yard. Coupled with the internal antenna \"tuner\" of his Elecraft KX3 and a simple ground radial system, he found the easily made wire antenna produced several good contacts. WD0AKX supplies a few helpful links, including one which suggests workable antenna lengths for random wires (http://udel.edu/~mm/ham/randomWire/).\nFor the latest Amateur Radio news and information, please visit these websites:\nhttp://www.kh6jrm.info (breaking news for radio amateurs).\nOther sites of interest:\nhttp://hawaiisciencedigest.com (science and technology news for radio amateurs).\nhttps://hawaiiintelligencedigest.com (trends in geopolitical intelligence, strategic forecasting, terrorism, and cybersecurity).\nBe sure to check the blog sidebars for more antenna and propagation articles.\nOpinions expressed in this blog are mine unless otherwise stated.\nThanks for joining us today!\nAloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM)."}
{"text":"Category:Classical Syriac nouns with irregular gender\nThe following Classical Syriac nouns have irregular gender.\nIn Syriac, nouns are usually inflected for gender by adding suffixes to their stem. For singular nouns in the emphatic state, the ending -ܬܐ (-tāʾ, -ṯāʾ) is mostly used for feminine nouns while the ending -ܐ (-āʾ) is mostly used for masculine nouns. A few nouns have the opposite gender to what is implied by their ending, and those belong in this category.\nNote 1: Most masculine nouns ending in -ܬܐ (-tāʾ, -ṯāʾ) are usually considered to have a stem ending in -ܬ- (-t-) followed by the regular masculine ending -ܐ (-āʾ), giving the appearance that they end in the feminine ending -ܬܐ (-tāʾ, -ṯāʾ). Those are counted as irregular.\nNote 2: Many nouns (e.g., some foreign or archaic nouns) that do not have either ending and are deemed to have an unpredictable gender are included in this category.\nNote 3: Nouns of common gender (can be used as either masculine or feminine) are included in this category.\nPages in category \"Classical Syriac nouns with irregular gender\"\nThe following 200 pages are in this category, out of 264 total.(previous page) (next page)"}
{"text":"The ISC(Indian School Certificate) and ICSE(Indian Certificate of Secondary Examination) are regulated by the CISCE(Council for the Indian School of Certificate Examination) Board in India. This board was established in the year 1958. CISCE board of India is committed to serve the nation’s children through quality education, empowering the children by providing practical knowledge on each of the maths and science subjects they learn in class.\nGrade 11 and 12 comes under the ISC board. The Science side of ISC board have subjects like Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English is compulsory subject. A student can score very good marks in class 12 ISC board examination only if student is thorough with the topics in class 11 syllabus. Most of the basic concepts of Physics like motion and energy are covered in class 11.\nISC sample papers for class 11 Physics is prepared by the Byju’s in such a way that it helps a student dig deep into subject concepts that are mentioned in the ISC class 11 physics syllabus. These sample papers are also used as test for analysing the students performance to find out their flaws and help them overcome these flaws through adequate help in the form of study materials and interactive classes. Important questions from all these topics are prepared in a well structured manner. Here at BYJU’ we provide you with the complete sets of physics sample papers for class 11 ISC."}
{"text":"Thursday 14th January 2021\nHome Learning: Thursday 14th January 2021\nEnglish: WALT – Respond to a poem\nRead the poem Spring Greens discuss the poem with someone and complete the tell me grid. Then can you find the words that rhyme in the poem.\nWALT- Add using number bonds. Today we are going to continue to add using number bonds. Watch the following video to support your understanding. Spring1.2.4 - Add ones using number bonds on Vimeo Then complete the worksheet.\nListen to and join in with songs and nursery rhymes about the wind. Add sound effects using voices, everyday objects and percussion instruments.\nTopic: Let’s go fly a kite! WALT – Follow instructions\nFollow the instructions to make a kite. Make it out of different materials, paper, card, tinfoil, clingfilm, kitchen roll. What material is the best to build a kite? How does your kite fly? Take some photos of your kite flying adventure. Post them and let us see."}
{"text":"Leia primeiro: Qual seria o nome antigo de Khirbet Qeiyafa?\nEm seguida, leia em The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, volume 8, 2008, o texto de Yosef Garfinkel e Saar Ganor, Khirbet Qeiyafa: Sha’arayim.\nKhirbet Qeiyafa is a 2.3 hectare fortified early 10th century BCE site, located in the Judean Shephelah, atop a hill that bordered the Elah Valley from the north. This is a key strategic location in the biblical kingdom of Judah, on the main road from Philistia and the Coastal Plain to Jerusalem and Hebron in the hill country. It is the only site in the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel with two gates. This unique feature provides a clear indication of the site’s identity as biblical Sha’arayim, a place name that means “two gates” in Hebrew. Sha’arayim is mentioned three times in the Bible (Jos 15:36; 1 Sam 17:52 and 1 Ch 4:31-32). It is located near the Elah valley, associated with King David twice, and not mentioned in conjunction with any other later First Temple period tradition. This accords with the archaeological and radiometric data that indicate a single-phase settlement in the early 10th century BCE at Khirbet Qeiyafa."}
{"text":"The genetic fingerprint is also called DNA profile; the process is known as DNA fingerprinting. The basis of the genetic fingerprint is DNA. On this basis the genetic fingerprint, exactly like a fingerprint, is unique for each individual. This is an ideal foundation to convict a suspect or prove a suspect to be innocent. DNA is a double helix and consists of the four building blocks adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine. It is present in skin cells or body fluids like sperm or saliva. Only a small portion of DNA is different from person to person and exactly this part makes every human unique and individual.\nThe procedure of genetic fingerprinting was discovered accidentally by a British geneticist, Sir Alex John Jeffreys in the year 1984. Four years later, in 1988, it was approved for the first time in a criminal trial before a court in Germany.\nTo get valuable information from DNA it must first be disassembled. The non-coding regions of the DNA are the basis for the procedure.\nEVISCAN provides a big advantage for the user in comparison to other methods for preserving traces. Here, a possible DNA will not be destroyed while the fingerprint is preserved and can also be secured. Therefore, a decision between preserving a fingerprint and a DNA trace is not necessary."}
{"text":"The other unsaturated system that will commonly undergo nucleophilic addition.\nHowever, a carbonyl system is most likely to undergo nucleophilic substitution with a different mechanism to SN1, SN2 etc. and this is dealt with in a separate section. The reason for the attractiveness of carbonyl systems to nucleophiles is that the Carbon-Oxygen double bond is quite polar, as shown by the resonance structures which leave a δ+ on the carbon.\nCompared to nucleophilic addition to alkenes, the anion produced in carbonyls is much more stable because it lies on the electronegative oxygen rather than carbon. The diagram below shows the two possible outcomes of a nucleophile attacking a carbonyl;\nAgain, the pathway that involves substitution will be dealt with in much detail in the Carbonyls section. The stability of the carbonyl system means that many of these reactions will be reversible (unless the nucleophile is very strong – or in other words cannot act as a leaving group) and thus held in some sort of equilibrium. An example is the reaction of carbonyls with alcohols;\nThe approach of the nucleophile is very specific – it attacks the π bond at the correct angle to form a new sp3 hybridised centre (104.5o);\nFurther detail on carbonyl mechanisms is covered in the carbonyls section."}
{"text":"This is the web home of Room 123. Here you will find musings from Mr. Cox, examples of student work, and links to a host of sites ranging from blogging and teaching to writing, reading, photography, film and more. Consult the link lists to reach your desired destination. Students and teachers looking for class handouts should click on the appropriate unit links above. Thanks for visiting. Feel free to comment.\nMYSTERIES OF ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION!\nThis has been posted so many times you’ve probably seen it already, but just in case you haven’t, here’s a test of your English pronunciation. Try speaking each sentence aloud first–it’s tricky!\n1. The bandage was wound around the wound.\n2. The farm was used to produce produce.\n3. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.\n4. We must polish the Polish furniture.\n5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.\n6. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.\n7. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.\n8. At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum.\n9. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.\n10. I did not object to the object.\n11. The insurance was invalid for the invalid.\n12. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.\n13. They were too close to the door to close it.\n14. The buck does funny things when the does are present.\n15. A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.\n16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.\n17. The wind was too strong to wind the sail.\n18. After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got number.\n19. Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.\n20. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.\n21. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?\n22. I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt."}
{"text":"You can use the following basic syntax to combine rows with the same column values in a data frame in R:\nlibrary(dplyr) df %>% group_by(group_var1, group_var2) %>% summarise(across(c(values_var1, values_var2), sum))\nThe following example shows how to use this syntax in practice.\nExample: Combine Rows with Same Column Values in R\nSuppose we have the following data frame that contains information about sales and returns made by various employees at a company:\n#create data frame df <- data.frame(id=c(101, 101, 102, 103, 103, 103), employee=c('Dan', 'Dan', 'Rick', 'Ken', 'Ken', 'Ken'), sales=c(4, 1, 3, 2, 5, 3), returns=c(1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2)) #view data frame df id employee sales returns 1 101 Dan 4 1 2 101 Dan 1 2 3 102 Rick 3 2 4 103 Ken 2 1 5 103 Ken 5 3 6 103 Ken 3 2\nWe can use the following syntax to combine rows that have the same value in the id and employee columns and then aggregate the remaining columns:\nlibrary(dplyr) #combine rows with same value for id and employee and aggregate remaining columns df %>% group_by(id, employee) %>% summarise(across(c(sales, returns), sum)) # A tibble: 3 x 4 # Groups: id  id employee sales returns 1 101 Dan 5 3 2 102 Rick 3 2 3 103 Ken 10 6\nThe result is a data frame that combines all of the rows in the original data frame that had the same value in the id and employee columns and then calculates the sum of values in the sales and returns columns.\nNote: We chose to aggregate the sales and returns columns using the sum function, but you can aggregate by another metric such as the mean if you’d like.\nThe following tutorials explain how to perform other common tasks in R:"}
{"text":"|Meerkat or Suricate\nBehavior: Meerkats live in groups of up to 25 animals (called a \"mob\" or \"gang\"). They are fiercely territorial and usually stay very close to their underground burrows, where they live. One meerkat will stand watch in order to warn the group with a shrill cry when a dangerous predator approaches. Hawks, eagles and jackals hunt meerkats. Meerkats frequently sit or stand on their hind legs in an upright position, using their tail as a third leg.\nAnatomy: The meerkat is a sleek, furry animal the size of a squirrel. It is about 10-14 inches (25-36 cm) tall and weighs about 2 pounds (1 kg). It has sharp claws which it uses to dig burrows, to scratch the ground for insects to eat, and to catch prey. Meerkats have closable ears.\nDiet: Meerkats are primarily insectivores (insect-eaters). They scratch into the ground for insects and insect larvae to eat. They also eat other small animals (like lizards and mice) and some plants.\nClassification: Class Mammalia (mammals), Order Carnivora.\nCopyright ©1999-2018 EnchantedLearning.com\n|What's New||Site map||Animal|\n|Zoom Astronomy||Zoom Birds||Zoom Butterfly||Zoom Dinosaurs||Zoom Rainforests||Zoom Sharks||Zoom Whales||Enchanted Learning Home|\n|Crafts||K-3 Themes||Little Explorers|\n|Rebus Rhymes||Geography||Oceans||Biomes||Zoom School||Zoom Inventors||Zoom Explorers||Busy Little Brains|\nGreat birthday presents for kids who love animals\n|First search engine with spelling correction and pictures!|"}
{"text":"Drinking water quality is routinely monitored in the distribution network but not inside households at the point of consumption. Fluctuating temperatures, residence times (stagnation), pipe materials and decreasing pipe diameters can promote bacterial growth in buildings. To test the influence of stagnation in households on the bacterial cell concentrations and composition, water was sampled from 10 separate households after overnight stagnation and after flushing the taps. Cell concentrations, measured by flow cytometry, increased (2-3-fold) in all water samples after stagnation. This increase was also observed in adenosine tri-phosphate (ATP) concentrations (2-18-fold) and heterotrophic plate counts (4-580-fold). An observed increase in cell biovolume and ATP-per-cell concentrations furthermore suggests that the increase in cell concentrations was due to microbial growth. After 5 min flushing of the taps, cell concentrations and water temperature decreased to the level generally found in the drinking water network. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis also showed a change in the microbial composition after stagnation. This study showed that water stagnation in household pipes results in considerable microbial changes. While hygienic risk was not directly assessed, it emphasizes the need for the development of good material validation methods, recommendations and spot tests for in-house water installations. However, a simple mitigation strategy would be a short flushing of taps prior to use. Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"PDF pending restoration\nERIC Number: ED421393\nRecord Type: RIE\nPublication Date: 1997-May\nReference Count: N/A\nPromoting Gender Equity within the Classroom.\nEdge, Joy; Fisher, Meg; Martin, Cindy; Morris, Marcia\nThis report describes a program for heightening awareness of gender bias within the classroom. The targeted population consists of ages 3 to 18 from elementary and high school settings in the Midwest. The problem of gender bias has been well documented for many years. The solution strategy resulted in the implementation of activities to promote gender equity within the classroom, heighten awareness of female contributions to society, increase teacher understanding of the consequences of gender inequity and heighten awareness among students of the existing problem. The researchers examined the local community, the home environment, textbooks, instruction in the classroom and student attitudes, among other factors. The effect of this study has greatly increased the awareness of the researchers of the need to start addressing the problem of gender inequity in the home. Centering curriculum on contributions of both sexes will increase the students' knowledge base. Other immeasurable benefits include an increase in self-esteem, the desire to pursue careers regardless of gender, and a change in attitude toward a more equitable environment. (EH)\nPublication Type: Dissertations/Theses; Reports - Research\nEducation Level: N/A\nAuthoring Institution: N/A\nNote: M.A. Action Research Project, Saint Xavier University and IRI/Skylight."}
{"text":"Firewire is a high-speed, hot-swappable peripheral\ninterface that supports data transfer rates of up to\n800 megabits/second. Firewire was originally developed\nby Apple Computer Corporation and it was adopted as\nan industry standard (IEEE 1394) in 1995.\nThe original implementation of Firewire operated at a speed of 400 megabits/second, but the latest version (Firewire 800 - IEEE 1394b) has doubled the data transer rate to a whopping 800 megabits/second. Firewire 800 also doubled the maximum length of a Firewire cable to 15 feet.\nThe amazing speed of the Firewire bus and the ability to connect and disconnect Firewire devices while the computer is running has made Firewire the connection of choice for manufacturers of digital camcorders. Firewire is also supported in a number of hard drives and CD/DVD burners.\nAdvantages of Firewire over USB\n- Firewire is twice as fast as USB 2.0.\n- The Firewire bus can directly power devices up to 45 watts which means that many more\nFirewire devices can operate without a\ndedicated power supply than with USB.\n- When used with a Firewire 800 optical repeater, you can use Firewire devices up to 3300' away.\nDisadvantages of Firewire\n- Not all PCs come factory equipped with\n- Firewire devices are typically more expensive than USB devices.\nAdding Firewire ports to your computer\nYou can add Firewire capability to virtually any PC that has an open PCI slot simply by purchasing and installing a Firewire adapter, and PCMCIA Firewire adapters are readily available for notebook computers.\nThere are more Firewire devices being put on the market every day, and the prices of existing Firewire devices continues to drop. If peak performance is your goal, you owe it to yourself to switch over to Firewire.\nMore Interesting Articles"}
{"text":"- Modern Theatre -\nThe Modern syllabus blends Modern Dance, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary & Commercial styles, transforming students into disciplined & versatile dancers. Modern Theatre is a rhythmic style of dance which embraces a variety of music. It adapts, develops & evolves with the changing fashions of dance & first originated in America before travelling across the rest of the world.\nFrom the age of 5, your child can begin a Primary Modern class, which leads to an exam. This takes the form of a class test, with an examiner watching a class taken by the children's normal teacher. The examiner will assess the response, knowledge & movement of each child during the class. This is an excellent way of gradually introducing children to the idea of exams, where in the future they may be entered without the teacher's presence.\nAfter Primary, students can progress through Grades 1-6. For those who are dedicated & are interested in dance as a career, they can begin to enter vocational examinations at four levels (Intermediate-Foundation, Intermediate, Advanced 1 & Advanced 2), which are examined at a professional level."}
{"text":"Inclusion is one of my favorite topics. The big thing is, concentrate\non what he CAN do, not on what he can't. I too had students with very\nlimited mobility, but I had them go through the same lessons as everyone\nelse, making modifications as needed. Usually, they were in my 3D\nclass, so they were able to use large muscles working with clay, and\ndevelop small muscle control weaving or embroidering.\nIf you are doing mainly 2D work, he can work with a thick pencil or\nmarker. If grasping is a problem, try boring a hole through a piece of\nsponge foam and slide the pencil or marker through it. Or, Velcro the\npencil to his hand or even arm so he can make marks using large\nmuscles. Tape paper to a drawing board, then set that up on a sturdy\neasel, or lay flat on some rubber shelf liner to keep it from sliding.\nPainting is great for using large arm movements. Think of all the Es\nand Ps he can illustrate with paint! Once you start adapting tools and\nmodifying lessons just a little, you'll all be surprised at what he's\nable to accomplish.\n> I accepted a new position this fall in a high school that believes in\n> full inclusion. The course I am teaching is a a basic art class\n> focusing on the elements and principles of art. It is a prerequisite\n> to all higher level art classes. While I am well versed in dealing\n> with a wide variety of learning challenges, I am stumped with this\n> one. I have had a young man with severe physical limitations assigned\n> to my class. I feel he might be successful if I modify the lessons\n> using a computer but am stumped as to what to look for in programs he\n> might be able to use. Most of his work would be done using a joystick\n> for cursor control. Does anyone have suggestions? Please feel free to\n> email me directly- your suggestions will be greatly appreciated!\n> Cyndi in Wheaton\n> More new features than ever. Check out the new AIM(R) Mail ! -\n> http://webmail.aim.com >\n> To unsubscribe go to\n> http://www.getty.edu/education/teacherartexchange/unsubscribe.html >"}
{"text":"There are many similarities between VO2(B) and VO2(A) from crystallographic view. However, missing of VO2(A) during the preparation of VO2 polymorph confused many researchers. Here, the preparation of VO2(A) was studied systemically via a hydrothermal method in V2O5–H2C2O4–H2O system. As a metastable phase, it can be transferred from VO2(B) by assembling process. Usually, poly-crystal VO2(A) nano-fibers are formed by this process. On contrast, owing to the small energy gap between meta-stable VO2(A) and stable VO2(R), single crystal VO2(A) with regular shape can also be obtained by exfoliating some parts of VO2(R) during non-equilibrium cooling process. VO2(A) has higher phase transition temperature than stable VO2(R). The hysteresis in this phase transition can be observed by DSC measurement and the phase transition temperature of VO2(A) can be tuned down by tungsten doping."}
{"text":"March 17 (Tradition)\nOne of the earliest and best accounts of daily life at the Labrador fishery can be found in Nicholas Smith’s book ‘Fifty-two Years at the Labrador Fishery’. In his book he makes reference to a Newfoundland, St. Patrick’s Day tradition, that is no more.\n“The ice was very heavy and in large sheets; consequently slow progress was made for the first few days, but on March 17th, St Patrick’s Day, Captain William … called everybody at daylight to get out to their ‘Patrick’s Pot’ as we were among the seals, and plenty of them.”\nIn Newfoundland and Labrador a ‘Patrick’s Pot’ suggests a ‘windfall’ in terms of sealing jargon it referred to a seal herd spotted on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17). When spotted especially on St. Patrick’s Day there would be much excitement.\nSt. Patrick’s Day would have been early in the ‘sealing season’ and a good omen. The herd would represent a portion of the sealers salary for the year.\nPatrick’s Pot or Paddy’s Pot had another meaning for children, when visiting relatives on St. Patrick’s Day silver coins were traditionally given to children, the coins given were referred to as Paddy’s Pot. In the Folk and Language Archive at Memorial University is found reference to this tradition in interviews that were conducted with informants. One gentleman reported when giving a coin to a child the person typically said: “and here’s a Paddy’s Pot for ye, me little colleens.’\nWishing you the very best on St. Patrick’s Day. May you find your pot?\nRecommended Archival Collection: At the Rooms Provincial Archives read the journal of Dr. William Waddell (MG 1006.1). The journal documents a typical sealing voyage including a description of the vessel and role of the crew.\nRecommended Reading: Fifty-two Years at the Labrador Fishery (London: Arthur H. Stockwell, 1936."}
{"text":"Central serous chorioretinopathy is when fluid builds up under the retina. This can distort vision. The fluid leakage comes from a layer of tissue under the retina, called the choroid. There is another layer of cells called the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). When the RPE doesn’t work as it should, fluid builds up under the RPE. As a result, a small detachment forms under the retina, causing vision to become distorted.\nOften CSC is idiopathic which means no cause is found to explain why it occurred. However, several possible risk factors have been identified. The condition seems to occur more frequently in people:\nWhen you are under stress, your body releases a natural steroid into your bloodstream called cortisol which helps your body to cope. Although cortisol is essential for your health, raised levels of cortisol can sometimes cause problems for your body. This can include immune suppression (reducing the body’s ability to fight infection) and increased fragility and permeability of the blood vessels.\nSymptoms of central serous chorioretinopathy can include:"}
{"text":"1813–79, U.S. Senator from Michigan (1857–75, 1879) and Secretary of the Interior (1875–77), b. Bedford, N.H. He moved to Detroit in 1833 and through merchandising, land speculation, and banking became a millionaire. Mayor of Detroit (1851–52), he helped organize and was long the boss of the Republican party in Michigan. Old Zack, as he was called, was an able and uncompromising abolitionist. A leading radical Republican, most closely associated with Benjamin F. Wade\n, he was a member of the congressional committee on the conduct of the war, and he violently opposed Lincoln's Reconstruction program. Chandler remained a powerful figure in the Senate until he was turned out by the Democratic landslide of 1874. He then entered the cabinet of President Grant and was also chairman of the Republican National Committee in the disputed election of 1876.\nSee biographies by W. C. Harris (1917) and M. K. George (1969); T. H. Williams, Lincoln and the Radicals (1941).\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.\nSee more Encyclopedia articles on: U.S. History: Biographies"}
{"text":"Spanning the border between Scotland and England, which at this point follows the River Tweed, the Union Suspension Bridge (also known as the Union Chain Bridge) is located 5 miles (8 km) upstream from Berwick-upon-Tweed, close to Paxton House (Berwickshire) and the village of Horncliffe (in England). It is remarkable for being the world's oldest surviving carriage suspension bridge still open to vehicular traffic, and those standing on the bridge today marvel when they feel its oscillation as a vehicle crosses. Until the completion of Thomas Telford's great Menai Bridge linking Anglesey to the Welsh mainland over the Menai Strait (1826), the Union Bridge was the world's largest span wrought-iron suspension bridge to carry vehicles.\nThe builder was Captain Samuel Brown R.N. (1776 - 1852), a chain manufacturer who had, in 1817, patented his invention of the wrought iron bar-link chain, which was to be used in the construction of this bridge . He worked in association with John Rennie (1761 - 1821), who acted as consultant engineer and made suggestions to ensure its durability. The foundation stone was laid by William Molle in 1819 and the bridge, remarkably, took only a year to build.\nThe Union Bridge is 133.2m (437 feet) in length between the suspension points, 5.5m (18 feet) wide and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. A plaque set into the wall, at the English end, commemorates its building. The opening ceremony on the 26th July 1820 was performed by Alexander, 10th Earl of Home (1769 - 1841), Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire, and Sir John Marjoribanks of Lees (1763 - 1833), the local Member of Parliament. It was attended by another eminent Scottish civil engineer, Robert Stevenson (1772 - 1850) who produced a noted profile of the bridge in his Description of Suspension Bridges (1821). The artist and engraver, William Home Lizars (1788 - 1859) working with Stevenson, produced an engraved aquatint showing the first carts crossing the new bridge, which is now held by the National Library of Scotland."}
{"text":"The Mississippi River – An Important Fur Trade Waterway\nThe Mississippi River was only one of many waterways important to the fur trade. The general direction of the fur trade was east to west and back again rather than north to south as the Mississippi flows. However, some furs did make their way down the Mississippi to Louisiana. Mostly these were “black market” furs sent down the Mississippi to avoid sharing the profits with the licensed traders in Montreal. Unlicensed traders with an eye to keeping a bit more for themselves relied upon the Mississippi as a “back door” for trading.\nIn the later years of the fur trade, the American Fur Company had a major depot at St Anthony Falls, which is now Minneapolis/St.Paul, Minnesota. The city of St. Louis became the center for the Rocky Mountain fur trade.\nThe headwaters of the Mississippi River are found in north central Minnesota. The river begins at a small lake and winds its way slowly through forested areas before entering more open marshy land. It passes through several large lakes before making its way past White Oak Point where our fur trading post was first located. By the time it reaches the area near the fur post, it has already traveled almost 150 miles although the headwaters are only about 60 miles away “as the crow flies”.\nAt its headwaters, the Mississippi is so small you can easily toss a pebble across or wade across with the water only reaching your knees. It is still a rather wild and small river when it passes White Oak Point. White Oak Point was a landmark from the early days since it was the highest point of land on this section of the river. Its location and elevation probably made it a good choice for a post even in 1798."}
{"text":"The College Application Essay: Getting Started\nFiguring out what to write about is often the most difficult step. Sitting at the kitchen table with parents hovering and a blank screen staring back at you doesn’t help. So get up and step away. Take a walk or relax in your favorite easy chair. With a simple notepad in hand, do a little thinking.\nFirst, make a list of all the major events and meaningful moments of your life. Include all events that stand out: an accomplishment, a trip, a special birthday, a memorable visit with a grandparent. Ask family to help jog your memory. Flip through a family photo album.\nNext, make a list of your favorite things. If you had a day to yourself, what would you choose to do? If your house was on fire, what five things would you grab from your room? What clubs or sports do you most enjoy?\nFinally, make a list of the things you dislike. What was the worst thing you’ve every done? What was the worst day of your life? What was the saddest day? What was the hardest challenge you’ve overcome?\nNow gather up those lists and head back to your computer. (See Brainstorming)"}
{"text":"National Botanic Gardens\nThe National Botanic Gardens (Irish: Garraithe Náisiúnta na Lus) are located in Glasnevin, 5 km north-west of Dublin city centre. The gardens were founded in 1795 by the Dublin Society (later the Royal Dublin Society) and are today in State ownership through the Office of Public Works. They hold 20,000 living plants and many millions of dried plant specimens. There are several architecturally notable greenhouses."}
{"text":"She was also the first person to win the Templeton Prize in 1973.\nThe real name of Mother Teresa was Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu.\nBharat Ratna \" is India's highest civilian award.\nThe award is given in recognition of exceptional service of the highest order and is treated without distinction as to race, profession, place, sex, and nationality.\nThis award was initially limited to the arts, literature, research, and public services, but in December 2011, the government extended the requirements to include \"any field of human endeavour\"\nRecipients receive a certificate named Sanad, signed by the President, and a Peepal leaf-shaped medallion made of goldwith a circular diameter of 35 mm, with a bursting sun pattern in the middle of the medallion's obverse side.\nAlso, in the bottom of the sun design written in Devanagiri script, the words Bharat Ratna are engraved in silver tilt; this was an old design; the new design is also of Peepal leaf made of gold about 59 mm in length, 49 mm in width, and 3.9 mm thickness rimmed with Platinum.\nThe inscription on the front side was the same but made of platinum; the reverse side of the medallion has an Indian emblem etched in a bronze tilt and the Indian motto \"Satyameva Jayate\" is inscribed under the Indian emblem.\nAll the configuration of the medallion remained the same except that it has a 59 mm wide ribbon attached to it so that it can be worn around the neck with a few improvements discussed above.\nDr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Sir C.V. Raman, and Chakravarti Rajagopalachari were the first recipients of the Bharat Ratna Award in 1954."}
{"text":"What is Uterine Cancer?\nCancer is the result of a mutation that causes otherwise normal cells to grow at an abnormal rate. A buildup of extra cells in the uterus can result in the formation of tumors, which may be either malignant (cancerous) or benign (noncancerous).\nBenign tumors can be treated or surgically removed and usually do not grow back. Most cancers of the uterus are more than 95 percent carcinomas — cancerous growth in the cell lining or covering most organs (also known as epithelial cells). The remaining five percent are sarcomas, which are cancers that start from tissues, such as muscle, fat or bone.\nThe uterus is a hollow pelvic organ within the female reproductive system that is connected to the vagina by a narrow neck, the cervix. Carcinomas starting in the cervix are called cervical carcinomas (see cervical cancer), while those originating in the endometrium (the lining of the uterus) are called endometrial (uterine) carcinomas. The difference between these two types of gynecologic cancers can be confusing, but to clarify, when health care providers talk about uterine cancer, they are referring to cancer of the body of the uterus and not the portion of the uterus that is the cervix.\nHow Can Houston Methodist Help?\nOur physicians at Houston Methodist are dedicated to providing the resources you need for the diagnosis and treatment of uterine cancer. This includes our cancer care team and experts within our gynecologic oncology women’s services.\nOur continued commitment to research enables us to improve present and future cancer care. Learn about our current cancer-related clinical trials.\nOur physicians specialize in managing uterine cancer at the following convenient Houston Methodist Cancer Center locations."}
{"text":"What is a TENS Device?\nSince the mid-1970s, doctors, chiropractors and physical therapists have used TENS technology to treat body pain. Typically, TENS units deliver MILLICURRENT signals.\nConventional TENS machines shock your nervous system causing the brain to temporarily shut down necessary communication between your brain and the injured area. The high current causes a temporary block to the pain signal and delays healing. Once the stimulation is removed, the pain quickly returns.\nMICROCURRENT TENS devices are more effective, potent, and long lasting due to the amount of current delivered into the body. Microcurrent TENS devices differ because they deliver gentle electrical impulses similar to our body’s natural communication system. These impulses stimulate the A, B, and C nerve fibers. Neuropeptides such as nitric oxide, endorphins, and natural opiates are released. The result is long-lasting, drug-free pain relief and tissue healing."}
{"text":"Did you know that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) young people are over-represented in the nation’s foster care system? Or that the American South is the region with the largest number of LGBTQ parents raising children? How about that LGBTQ parents are four times more likely than different-sex parents to be raising an adopted child and six times more likely to be raising foster children? Or that 67% of LGBTQ Alabamians ages 18-25 intend to raise children one day?\nAs national and local perspectives on LGBTQ persons and couples as suitable foster and adoptive parents continue to shift, these persons can not only meet the incredible permanency needs for children in Alabama, but can also use their networks to help find permanent placements and community support for LGBTQ young people in care.\nJoin us in this webinar on learning compassionate care for all children and all families. This workshop will focus on equipping attendees with a better grasp of respectful language with which to speak with and about LGBTQ young people and families, and will provide opportunities for attendees to ask questions on and share lessons learned from past experiences working with LGBTQ young people and families."}
{"text":"Imperial Conference were meetings of Prime Ministers of the Dominions of the British Empire in London which had been held since 1917. The sixth Imperial Conference took place from October 19 to November 22, 1926. Representing the Dominion of Canada was Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King.The central issue of the conference was the status of the Dominions within the Empire. The Conference produced the Balfour Declaration which established the principle that the Dominions were all equal in status, and not subordinate to the United Kingdom. It stated that the United Kingdom and the Dominions:\n\"...are autonomous Communities within the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by a common allegiance to the Crown, and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth.\"\nKing George V(front, centre) with his prime ministers.George V (seated, centre) with Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin, United Kingdom,(seated left), Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King, Canada (seated, right). Standing Rt. Hon. Walter Stanley Monroe Newfoundland, Rt. Hon.Gordon Coates, New Zealand , Rt. Hon. Stanley Bruce, Australia , Rt. Hon. J.B. Hertzog and W.T. Cosgrave, Irish Free State.\nCanadian Delegation Mail\nCanadian Delegation Mail, London to West Norwood (London), November 4, 1926\nOfficial Paid handstamp\nCanadian Delegation 1926 Imperial Conference cachet\n|Official Paid London, November 4, 1926|\nThe Prime Minister's seal was embossed on the back flap."}
{"text":"Folk music went through an extensive revival in the U.K. and America during the 50s and 60s, with artists like Woody Guthrie and Joan Baez at the forefront. At the same time a number of British bands like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones were renewing U.S. interests in Rock and Roll and many artists with folk roots started to rock a little more, or use more electric instruments and amplifications to perform traditional music.\nFolk rock had its golden age from the mid sixties to the mid seventies, and this is when we saw some of the most memorable folk singers take to the stage. No discussion of folk music would be complete without Bob Dylan, who has written so many songs and influenced so many. He is so often associated with the acoustic guitar and traditional folk music but he used electric instruments rather frequently, especially during his later career. Dylan was also instrumental in the success of The Band, a great, if somewhat eclectic Canadian folk rock group who made it big at least partially due to his support."}
{"text":"Titanic Victim George D. Wick - Iron & Steel Company Executive\nGeorge D. Wick, of Youngstown, Ohio, was one of the passengers lost in the wreck of the “Titanic.” He had been connected with the iron interests of the Mahoning Valley all his active life, succeeding his father, who was a well-known ironmaster. Col. Wick was vice-president of the Union Iron & Steel Co., Youngstown, when it was sold to the National Steel Co., now part of the Carnegie Steel Co.’s works.\nHe then became vice-president of the Republic Iron & Steel Co., with offices in Chicago, but after one year with James A. Campbell, he founded the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., at Youngstown. Because of ill health, Mr. Wick retired from the presidency of that company.\nLater he purchased control of the Carry Iron & Steel Co., at Cleveland, and about a year ago merged it with the Empire Iron & Steel Co., of Niles, Ohio. On the formation recently of the Brier Hill Steel Co., he sold out his interests in the Empire company."}
{"text":"What’s in a word? An enormous amount, when that word is “retardation.”\nTag mental retardation\nWhat does having an intellectual disability look like as one moves from childhood into old age?\nIn which we look at the effect that standardized testing, mandated by NCLB, has on those with intellectual disabilities.\nIn which we take a look at the difficulties faced by persons with intellectual disabilities in the legal system.\nIn which one of my students discusses the struggles and triumphs of having a child with ID.\nIn which one of my students takes a look at what therapies have been found to be useful for those with intellectual disabilities.\nIn which the change from the DSM-IV’s “mental retardation” to the DSM-V’s “intellectual disability” is discussed."}
{"text":"VI. First Commercial Telephone Exchange\nTHE first commercial telephone exchange system in the world was opened in New Haven, in January, 1878, and has been in continuous operation ever since. This pioneer exchange was organized by Mr. George W. Coy, who now resides in Milford, New Haven County, and who, during the twelve years ending with the year 1877, was managing the local offices of the Atlantic and Pacific and the Franklin Telegraph companies.\nIn July, 1877, the local papers in New Haven contained an advertisement of 'Bell's telephone' reading in part:\nIn September, 1877, Mr. Coy secured several Bell telephones and installed a few private lines in New Haven, and also displaced some district call-boxes with telephones in his local messenger service. Perceiving how useful the telephone was proving to business houses desiring his messenger service, Mr. Coy concluded that a central telephone exchange system would be a desirable thing for the community, provided a sufficient number of subscribers could be secured.\nNow in the beginning of the evolution of telephone exchanges, there was neither experience nor knowledge to guide the investor or the manager. There were no known methods of operation or of maintenance to render uniform and no equipment to standardize, because the to-be equipment had yet to be evolved from needs then unknown. The Bell company had no factory and supplied only the hand telephones, which were made to order under contract. Thus each licensee was largely thrown on his own resources and compelled to devise much of his exchange equipment and to secure from several different sources such associated apparatus as was available. Then the installation was necessarily made and the lines run with the aid of the telegraphers of that day. For in 1877-8, the only 'electricians' were the men associated with the telegraph companies. The electric light and the trolley then had no commercial existence. Thus, through the needs of the telephone exchange, was evolved that now very essential person the"}
{"text":"In the Global Warming chapter of the Doomsday Book, the heating that planet is and will experience cannot be ignored. Unless humanity changes course quickly and decisively, the consequences are dire. This article discusses one of the more starling near-term effects, where parts of planet earth become inaccessible to humans who are not in an air conditioned vehicle or suit. The heat and humidity are simply too high for a human to survive.\nHumans’ ability to efficiently shed heat has enabled us to range over every continent, but a wet-bulb temperature (TW) of 35°C marks our upper physiological limit, and much lower values have serious health and productivity impacts. Climate models project the first 35°C TW occurrences by the mid-21st century. However, a comprehensive evaluation of weather station data shows that some coastal subtropical locations have already reported a TW of 35°C and that extreme humid heat overall has more than doubled in frequency since 1979. Recent exceedances of 35°C in global maximum sea surface temperature provide further support for the validity of these dangerously high TW values. We find the most extreme humid heat is highly localized in both space and time and is correspondingly substantially underestimated in reanalysis products. Our findings thus underscore the serious challenge posed by humid heat that is more intense than previously reported and increasingly severe.\nWhat areas will first be affected?\n- South Asia\n- the coastal Middle East\n- coastal southwest North America\n- eastern coastal India\n- Pakistan and northwestern India\n- the shores of the Red Sea\n- Gulf of California\n- southern Gulf of Mexico\n- (parts of Bangladesh)\nSee the Global Warming chapter for details."}
{"text":"What Is the Theme of \"Popular Mechanics\" by Raymond Carver?\nThe themes of the short story \"Popular Mechanics\" by Raymond Carver is a lack of communication, separation and struggle. The tone of the story is angry and aggressive. The story is about a married couple who are separating and fighting over who should get the baby. This fight leads to a physical tugging match over the baby.\nThe story was originally published under the name \"Popular Mechanics\" but was later renamed \"Little Things.\" The story begins with the man packing up to leave when he and the wife get into an argument over who is going to keep the baby. The reason for their separation is not clear, but it is not amicable. The husband and wife display a lack of communication during their argument, which quickly devolves into a physical struggle.\nThe final line, \"In this manner, the issue was decided\" is ambiguous but suggests that either the baby's arm is broken or the baby is ripped apart by the parents' struggle to keep him. The irony of the last sentence is that neither parent gets the baby, even though they were each so desperate to have him. The story foreshadows what happens to the baby when the flowerpot in the kitchen falls and breaks due to the struggle."}
{"text":"Eastern redbud, flowering crabapple and crepe myrtle are colorful flowering trees. Other trees with brightly-hued blossoms include the flowering dogwood, southern magnolia, golden chain tree and cherry tree.Continue Reading\nThe eastern redbud tree is a small ornamental tree that produces light pink blossoms. It reaches a maximum height of 30 feet.\nFlowering crabapple trees, which bloom in early spring, also develop large quantities of pink flowers. Asian crabapple varieties contain large, brightly colored fruit that remains after the blossoms fall.\nCrepe myrtle is a flowering deciduous tree that thrives in sunny locations. Japanese crepe myrtles have white flowers, but other cultivars also produce pink, red and purple blossoms.Learn more about Trees & Bushes"}
{"text":"Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary\ngardening (not comparable)\n- describes items or actions connected with the garden.\n- He had just entered the house and was wearing his gardening clothes.\ndescribes things connected with the garden\n- The process or action of cultivating the soil, particularly in a garden; the care of a garden; horticulture.\n- His hobby was gardening.\n- 1866, Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters\n- Warm ambient air, loiterings abroad, gardenings, flowers to take about, and preserves to make, soothed the wicked imp to slumber in the parish of Hollingford in summer-time.\nthe care of a garden\n- Present participle of garden.\n- He had been gardening all day."}
{"text":"Collected on a spooky Halloween night in 1931 (well, it might have been during the day, but let’s just say night), this specimen was found by Curator of Botany Otto Jennings at Dixmont Hollow near Emsworth, Pennsylvania.\nWitch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) is a small deciduous tree found in forests and stream banks across the eastern United\nStates. This awesome native plant is notable for its fall flowering, with long ribbon-shaped bright yellow petals. The plant flowers as it drops its leaves for fall, leaving branches with no leaves but plentiful flowers. Witch hazel is among the last plants in our region to flower in the fall. As its fruit dry, it ejects the seeds, making a snapping sound.\nWhy the name witch hazel? Several explanations have been given. One is derivation from an old English word meaning bendable. More fitting for Halloween, another unverified claim is the plant was thought to be linked to witchcraft, both for its mysterious noises—snapping sounds during seed ejection—and supposed use in magic wands.\nBotanists at Carnegie Museum of Natural History share pieces of the herbarium’s historical hidden collection on the dates they were\ndiscovered or collected. Check back for more!"}
{"text":"|Did you mean to convert||U||to||lug|\nHow many U in 1 lug?\nThe answer is 113.14285714286.\nWe assume you are converting between U and lug.\nYou can view more details on each measurement unit:\nU or lug\nThe SI base unit for length is the metre.\n1 metre is equal to 22.497187851519 U, or 0.19883878151595 lug.\nNote that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results.\nUse this page to learn how to convert between U and lug.\nType in your own numbers in the form to convert the units!\n1 U to lug = 0.00884 lug\n10 U to lug = 0.08838 lug\n50 U to lug = 0.44192 lug\n100 U to lug = 0.88384 lug\n200 U to lug = 1.76768 lug\n500 U to lug = 4.41919 lug\n1000 U to lug = 8.83838 lug\nYou can do the reverse unit conversion from lug to U, or enter any two units below:\nConvertUnits.com provides an online conversion calculator for all types of measurement units. You can find metric conversion tables for SI units, as well as English units, currency, and other data. Type in unit symbols, abbreviations, or full names for units of length, area, mass, pressure, and other types. Examples include mm, inch, 100 kg, US fluid ounce, 6'3\", 10 stone 4, cubic cm, metres squared, grams, moles, feet per second, and many more!"}
{"text":"1916 was an unusual year in the history of U.S. silver coins. That year the US Mint released three newly designed coins; the silver Mercury Dime, the silver Standing Liberty Quarter, the silver Walking Liberty Half Dollar.\nUsually the redesign of a coin corresponds with an important date in U.S. history. For example, in 1909 the U.S. mint released the redesign cent with President Lincoln on the obverse, the importance of the date 1909 is that it commemorates Lincoln’s birth year, 1809. Further, in 1932 the U.S. mint released the redesigned quarter with President Washington on the obverse. The importance of the 1932 is that it’s the bicentennial of George Washington’s birth year, 1732.\nSo, what’s the importance of the silver coins released in 1916? Is there a centennial or bicentennial celebration they represent? Unfortunately, no. That year the head of the U.S. mint thought there was a law that stated every 25 years a coin had to be redesigned. So, he rushed to get the Barber coins redesigned.\nThis year the U.S. mint is making gold coins to commemorate the three 1916 coins; the gold Mercury Dime was just released, look for the gold Standing Liberty Quarter and the gold Walking Liberty Half Dollar to come out later in the year.\nThe Newark Coin Exchange is always buying coin collections. Coin collections from Pataskala and Lancaster are always welcome to stop in, there’s no appointment needed."}
{"text":"Over a period of 5 to 10 years the health risks from smoking for an ex-smoker falls to the same level as that of a non-smoker.\nIt’s never to late to stop smoking. No matter how long you’ve been smoking, or how heavy a smoker you are, stopping smoking will have real health benefits.\nYou would lower your children’s risk of: Lung disease, infection, cot death, and glue ear.\nOther family members or people you live with are affected by passive smoking. Research has shown that children whose parents smoke have significantly higher incidence of lung and chest problems and general infections. There is an increased incidence in cot deaths within smoking households.\nYou will save money. If you smoke 20 cigarettes a day, based on an average current price of around £7.90 for 20;- you will save £240 a month or £2880 a year.\nYour sense of taste and smell will improve, making food more enjoyable, and you won’t smell of stale smoke all the time."}
{"text":"Today is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. It is the 71st anniversary of the attack, which occurred on December 7, 1941.\nLet us take a moment to remember all of those who were killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and all of the victims who suffered physical, mental and emotional duress.\nThe first candle of Hanukkah will be lit on the eve of December 8, 2012.\nMenorah Artwork hanging on exterior wall at Skirball Cultural Center\nBlessed is the match consumed in kindling flame\nBlessed is the flame that burns in the secret fastness of the heart\nMenorah at Skirball Cultural Center\nKindle the taper like the steadfast star\nAblaze on evening’s forehead o’er the earth,\nAnd add each night a lustre till afar\nAn eightfold splendor shine above thy hearth.\n~Emma Lazarus, “The Feast of Lights”\nThe miracle, of course, was not that the oil for the sacred light –\nin a little cruse – lasted as long as they say;\nbut that the courage of the Maccabees lasted to this day:\nlet that nourish my flickering spirit.\n~Charles Reznikoff, “Meditations on the Fall and Winter Holidays”\nSkirball Cultural Center Entrance\nPut on your yarmulke,\nHere comes Hanukkah!\nSo much funukah,\nTo celebrate Hanukkah!\nHanukkah is the festival of lights.\nInstead of one day of presents, we have eight crazy nights.\nThe Hanukkah Song\nSammy Spider’s First Hanukkah My grandies love this book.\nThe Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes My grandie girlie-girl loves this story.\nMrs. Greenberg’s Messy Hanukkah I so love this book!\nThe Power of Light: Eight Stories for Hanukkah\nA Different Light: The Hanukkah Book of Celebration\n“Jewish Center hopes for Hanukkah menorah world record”\nJudaism dot com\nJewish Publication Society\nChabad dot org"}
{"text":"The purpose of the library is to provide tools to build template metaprograms being able to interpret the content of a string literal and generate code, display error messages, etc based on the content of the string literal. Such metaprograms are called parsers. Metaparse is based on parser combinators.\nThe key components of the library:\nstringtemplate class, which is a drop-in replacement of Boost.MPL's\nstringimplementation, and the\nAn alternative is using\nfunctions instead of template metaprograms. There are certain things that\nare difficult (if possible) using\nfunctions: building containers (at compile-time) the length of which depend\non the parsed text (eg. parsing a JSON list), generating and validating types\nCompilation speed and memory consumption is a critical part of template metaprogramming-based libraries. Users of the library interfaces built with Metaparse will have to pay for that every time they compile their code. Therefore it is important to provide the parser authors the ability to use the parser combinators with minimal overhead, while it is also important to provide convenient combinators for beginners and for the cases where that is the best option anyway.\ncan replace any of the folding parsers, however, for the cost of constructing\nintermediate containers, that are (usually) processed sequentially after\nTo be able to support longer strings. It generates code using macros to reduce the size of the header files (the reducion is multiples of MBs).\nThere are two reasons for the library defining its own set of preprocessor metaprogramming macros: to have control over the upper limit of iteration steps and to be able to clean the macros up once they have done their job (and avoid polluting the macros of the users).\nNote that these macros live in the\ndirectory, which means that they are an implementation detail of the library\nand should be used internally only."}
{"text":"The World Health Organization announced Thursday that it will convene an emergency meeting to try to find ways to stop the transmission of the Zika virus — which officials said is \"spreading explosively\" across the Americas.\n\"The level of alarm is extremely high, as is the level of uncertainty. Questions abound. We need to get some answers quickly, \" Margaret Chan, director general of the WHO, said in Geneva during a briefing for member countries.\nThe WHO said the pathogen, which was virtually unheard of in the region a year ago, is spreading so fast that it could infect as many as 3 million to 4 million people within 12 months. Chan said those numbers and the severity of the possible complications being reported -- from a brain abnormality called microcephaly in children to paralysis in adults -- make the situation dramatically different than what epidemiologists have seen with past outbreaks of the virus.\nПолная версия: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/01/28/zika-virus-who-announces-formation-of-emergency-committee-level-of-alarm-extremely-high/?wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-hse%252Bnational"}
{"text":"But did you know that 11 years earlier, a Virginia woman refused to give up her seat on a Greyhound bus in Middlesex County, Virginia. It was an act of defiance which led to the integration of buses nationwide and set the stage for desegregation battles for years to come.\nMorgan’s story has been mostly overlooked by history books, but in 2001, President Bill Clinton awarded her the Presidential Citizen’s Medal.\nShe died in 2007 in Gloucester County. She was 90 years old.\nSaturday at 10 a.m., a state historic marker will be dedicated to commemorate the landmark civil rights case known as Morgan v. Virginia. The celebration is open to the public and will take place at the historic Middlesex County Courthouse in Saluda."}
{"text":"Read this debate between two politicians and fill in the gaps with the correct words:\nJim: If I’m elected, my number one priority will be _____1______ poverty. A large portion of our country’s\npopulation lives below the poverty _____2_______, and it’s a fact that young people from\n_______3______ backgrounds are more likely to engage in criminal activity. My opponent, on the other\nhand, wants to cut funding for the _____4_______ program and leave millions of people without help."}
{"text":"The student needs to increase his repertoire of compositions constantly.Learning more varnams and kritis give us a deeper insight into the music,the way the ragas move in every composition, the creativity of the composer. Varnams give a good grip over laya. Kritis pave way for creativity in the student. Varnams and Kritis help the student understand the essence of the Raga, its special phrases and its beauty. The swara passages created by the student help them sing small raga alapanas. Here the student learns two new forms of music namely pada varnam and ragamalika.\nLearning complicated Varnams will help in laying a very strong foundation for all advanced learning particularly in the creative aspects of music and also help in getting a firm grip over rhythmical aspects.\nLearning Krtis of different composers help students to understand the style of each composer. Varnams and Krtis help the student understand the essence of the Raga, its special phrases and its beauty. The student needs to increase his repertoire of Krtis constantly. In addition, the student is also learning a new form of music called ragamalika.\nAt the end of the course the student should be able to\n- Sing the pada varnams taught so far in two speeds\n- Sing the keerthanams and krithis taught so far\n- Identify the raga when the notes are sung.\n- Being able to perform manodharma(alapana,niraval and kalpana swara)\n- Switching from one raga to another instantly.\nThose who have completed CV206 with the academy. Those who have had at least 3 years of training and can sing 12 tana varnams in two speeds and 12 kritis.\nStudent must complete CVEGa exam with a passing grade of Honors or above."}
{"text":"The School of Physics and Astronomy offers warm congratulations to Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish, recipients of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics for their contributions to the detection of gravitational waves by LIGO (the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory).\n3 October 2017\nGravitational waves – ripples in the very fabric of spacetime – are predicted by Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, published in 1915; but it took until 2015 for scientists to finally build an instrument that was capable of detecting them. LIGO is able to “see” gravitational waves by measuring minute differences in the paths taken by two lasers placed at right angles to each other. In 2016 the LIGO team announced the first detection of gravitational waves, coming from two coalescing black holes.\nQueen Mary has a proud history of cutting-edge work on the properties of space and time as revealed by Einstein’s theories. Today this work continues as cosmologists in the School of Physics and Astronomy develop theoretical models of the Universe, a Universe that we are now able to study by observing gravitational as well as electromagnetic radiation.\nImage courtesy Caltech/MIT/LIGO Laboratory"}
{"text":"Learning Development and Classroom Management\nClassroom development management is the process of monitoring how a child develops through the different stages of life. It is essential that the teachers promote healthy development and identify problems in the child in case they exist. Standardized processes of growth include the great ability of a teacher to be sensitive to various milestones and cognitive processes. They are a diverse framework that can be used to develop a classroom management strategy that is appropriate for multiple developments. This is applicable in different stages of development as they show various signs that can be used to tell the social and emotional needs of a child. During each stage of development, infant, toddler, school-age and adolescent, the child undergoes changes that have to be identified as they can tell in case the child has a problem. As a teacher, it is important to use teaching as a cognitive development study program while monitoring the development of a child. Other surveillance programs may also be crucial especially those that are developed at home. The chart below shows needs to classroom management strategies that are appropriate for different stages of development. These strategies show cognitive social and emotional skills put together during each stage of development.\nKeywords: Classroom management, stages of development, development process, cognitive development, physical development…\nFree Learning Development and Classroom Management Essay Sample, Download Now\nOrder Original Essay on the Similar TopicGet an original paper on the same topic\nfrom $10 per-page"}
{"text":"Fine Structure of the Midgut and Hindgut in Lepidocampa weberi (Insecta, Diplura)\nXue L., Dallai R., Yin W.\nThe fine structure of the alimentary canal, especially the midgut and hindgut of Lepidocampa weberi (Diplura: Campodeidae) is described. The general organization of the canal is similar to that of Campodea. The midgut epithelium is composed of columnar apical microvillated cells. Each nucleus contains a single intranuclear crystal. Close to the pyloric region, the posterior midgut cells are devoid of microvilli and intranuclear crystals. There is no special pyloric chamber as in Protura or pyloric cuticular ring as in Collembola but a morphological transformation from midgut to hindgut cells. Eight globular Malpighian papillae, consisting of distal microvillated cells and flat proximal cells, open into the gut lumen via ducts formed by hindgut cells. The structure of the hindgut is complicated and can be divided into three segments. The anterior hindgut cells have an irregular shape and compact cytoplasm. A striking interdigitation between the large bottle‐shaped epithelial cells and longitudinal muscle cells occurs in the middle segment of the hindgut. The thick cuticle gives rise to long spikes projecting into the gut lumen. The posterior hindgut cells possess the morphological features for water reabsorption. Some hypotheses are advanced about the function of the different regions of the gut. 1990 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences"}
{"text":"Various medication is a time period that describes medical treatments which can be used as an alternative of conventional (mainstream) therapies. In multivariate analyses controlling for scientific and demographic components, the authors discovered that sufferers undergoing alternative most cancers therapies were more more likely to have breast cancer, increased education, Intermountain West or Pacific areas of residence, stage 2 or 3 disease, and a lower CDCS.\nVarious medication is criticized for being primarily based on deceptive statements, quackery , pseudoscience , antiscience , fraud , or poor scientific methodology Selling alternative medication has been called harmful and unethical Testing different medicine that has no scientific basis has been referred to as a waste of scarce research assets.\nThe terms-Various drugs, complementary medication, integrative medication, holistic medicine, natural medication, unorthodox medication, fringe drugs, unconventional medicine, and new age medicine are used interchangeably as having the same meaning and are virtually synonymous in some contexts, 26 27 28 29 however may have different meanings in some rare circumstances.\nThe authors recognized solely 280 patients who fit the factors, and noted that sufferers in the various drugs group have been prone to be younger, female, and have a decrease Charlson-Deyo Comorbidity Score (CDCS, a measure of preexisting comorbidities or of how sick” the patient is on the time of diagnosis).\nCritics state “there’s actually no such thing as various drugs, simply medication that works and drugs that doesn’t”, and the problem with the concept of “various” treatments in this sense is that the “underlying logic is magical, infantile or downright absurd”."}
{"text":"Sexuality is a big part of being human. Love, affection and sexual intimacy all play a role in healthy relationships. They also contribute to your sense of well-being. A number of disorders can affect the ability to have or enjoy sex in both men and women.\nFactors that can affect sexual health include:\n- Answers to Your Questions about Transgender People, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression (American Psychological Association) - PDF Also in Spanish\n- Answers to Your Questions for a Better Understanding of Sexual Orientation and Homosexuality (American Psychological Association) - PDF Also in Spanish\nStatistics and Research\n- Do Social Ties Affect Our Health? Exploring the Biology of Relationships (National Institutes of Health) Also in Spanish\nJournal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)\n- Article: A scoping review on women's sexual health in the postpartum period:...\n- Article: Combining photo-elicitation and discourse analysis to examine adolescents' sexuality in rural...\n- Article: A summative content analysis of how programmes to improve the right...\n- Sexual Health -- see more articles\nFind an Expert\n- Sexual Problems in Women: MedlinePlus Health Topic (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish"}
{"text":"The Zika virus is making the national headlines, as it should considering that it has spread into the southern United States and that it is so terrifying for women of child-bearing age, given the birth defects it causes. But if Coloradans need a reason to keep mosquitoes away, it is the West Nile virus.\nWhile the Zika virus can be more frightful, only two cases of Zika have been confirmed this year in the state, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment. Both of those were people who had traveled to Zika-infected areas, which — at the time of their February diagnoses — were in Central and South America.\nThrough July 22, according to the CDE, West Nile had infected four Coloradans, including two in Larimer County. And it has a more immediate potential for harming Coloradans. In 2015, according to the CDC, the state had 108 cases of West Nile, including 21 in Larimer County, 11 in Boulder County and 10 in Weld County. Statewide, three deaths were attributed to West Nile.\nThe West Nile virus is carried by the Culex tarsalis, which is common throughout much of Colorado below 8,000 feet. Zika is carried by mosquitoes of the Aedes species, which cannot survive Colorado's climate.\nColoradans, especially those most susceptible to the harmful effects of Zika virus, must take seriously cautions against travel to affected areas and exposure via sexual contact to those who might carry the virus. However, they should not ignore the warnings about the dangers present in their own backyards.\nTrue, there are greater threats than West Nile, such as influenza, but summer is the time to be vigilant about mosquito-borne disease. And in Colorado, that is West Nile."}
{"text":"Identify Plural Pronouns\nPronouns are the words that take the place of nouns. A plural pronoun takes the place of a noun that names more than one person, place or thing.\nHere is an example of a plural pronoun taking the place of a plural noun.\n|• Kids were playing in the coutyard||• Kids is a plural noun.|\n|• They were playing in the courtyard||• The pronoun they takes the place of the noun kids. They is a plural pronoun.|\nA list of Plural Pronouns\nThe table below contains pronouns that are always plural. These pronouns cannot be used as singular pronouns. When plural pronouns refer to people, they use either the first, second or third person perspective or point of view or place.\n|Plural Pronouns & Their Perspective|\n|They / Them||Third person|\nRead the examples below to learn how plural pronouns are used in sentences -\n1. We enjoyed the speeches just as much as the food.\nWe tells who is speaking, and we know there is more than one person speaking.\n2. Mrs. Davis gave us a different assignment.\nUs tells who is speaking, and we know there is more than one person speaking.\n3. Mary and I decided to wash the car by ourselves.\nOurselves is used to restate the pronoun we, and we know there is more than one person speaking.\n4. You and John should try taking the trash out by yourselves.\nYourselves indicates who is being spoken to (You & John) and we know there are more than one person being spoken to.\n5. They took the trash out with them.\nThey and them are both plural pronouns and both indicate that more than one person did the action.\n6. Emma and Kate finished the chores by themselves.\nThemselves replaces the nouns (Emma and Kate) and indicates that more than one person did the action.\nPronouns that are both singular and plural\nSome pronouns can be used as either singular or plural, depending on the context of the sentence. The pronouns you, that, which and who can apply to either one or more than one person, place, thing or idea."}
{"text":"Taguchi Loss Function - a diagram of the loss to society as the actual results differ from a target value. The Taguchi loss function aims to capture not only the loss to the customer but to the company and society at large that can be measured in cost. The loss function does not mean to capture what cannot be quantified. For that reason the loss function would include the increase in pollution as a cost to society. In general the loss function is shown as a parabola with the point of minimal loss directly over the target value. While it is drawn as an symmetric parabola in most examples it need not be as the loss function in an actual case will be whatever the actual loss would be and could be discontinuous and asymmetric.\nOne extremely important concept that the function displays is the weakness of using specifications that treat any result between the values that are not rejected as equal. Most often while the customer may accept a result within the specification they become less satisfied and more likely to find a different supplier as results move from their desired target.\nIt is my (John Hunter) belief that this concept has even more value when you look at the loss whether or not it can be measured. While it would be nice to be able to measure all costs it is often not possible and including those known but unmeasurable losses when making decisions is worthwhile. And while paying attention to the value for the loss to society is worthwhile I think it would also make sense to calculate the loss function as it relates to just the customer and the provider (as well as subsequent customer in the case where intermediaries exist)."}
{"text":"Sports Medicine Outreach\nWho is an ATC and Why are they Important?\nCertified Athletic Trainers are credentialed professionals that have graduated from a four-year or graduate accredited university athletic training program and pass the requisite exam given by the National Athletic Trainers' Association Board of Certification (NATABOC).\nThe American Medical Association has recognized Athletic Training as an allied healthcare profession since 1990. They are experts at every level of care for the athlete, injury prevention, assessment and diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, sports performance. Certified Athletic Trainers are specialize in orthopedic and musculoskeletal disciplines and fully understand a wide range of medical conditions both emergent and chronic. They play a vital role on the sidelines, in the Training Room, in the Clinic, and understand the healthcare needs of athletes best. Scientific data shows us that an ATC on the field or court means concussions are more likely to be diagnosed, injured athletes have better outcomes, and both recovery time and long-term health are greatly improved."}
{"text":"Key Country Facts\nNorwegian flag shows this political union because the red and white represent ties with Denmark and the Blue represents ties with Sweden\nMajor exports: petroleum, machinery and equipment, metals, chemicals, ships, and fish.\nVisited here in 1992, and hope to return soon! In Norway, the capital city is Oslo. There are officially 5.5 million Norwegians living here. The official languages are Bokmal Norwegian and Nynorsk Norwegian, with Saami as the official language in nine municipalities of Norway. The main majority of the population practices evangelical Lutheran Christianity. The time zone is 6 hours ahead of EST.\nWhen visiting, tourists would enjoy Oslo for its culture, nightlight, and museums. Tourists will enjoy visiting Frogner Park, and also Tromsø, one of the best places in the world to see the aurora borealis, or the Northern Lights. Visitors to Tromsø during the summer months would also see the midnight sun!\nA fun fact about Norway is that it is in Scandinavia, along with both Sweden and Denmark. The Norwegian flag shows this political union because the red and white represent ties with Denmark and the Blue represents ties with Sweden."}
{"text":"Here in the Northern part of the country Fall is in the air. It is a great time of year with warm days and cool nights. Being Fall it also means a whole new batch of goodies from the garden will be ready soon. One of the most popular crops is Pumpkins. They are easy to grow and come in all sorts of colors and sizes.\nHere are some tips on harvesting and Storing Pumpkins:\n1. Leave the pumpkin on the vine until it is the color you want. After you pick it the color stays the same.\n2. A couple of ways to tell if the pumpkin is ripe other than color preference are first to see if the skin of the pumpkin can be pierced by your fingernail. Another trick is to check the stem. If it is withering and cracking the pumpkin is “done”.\n3. You could also be a very laid back gardener and just let Mother Nature do her thing and let the pumpkins and vines be. The vines will eventually dry out and you won’t even have to cut the pumpkin off the vine to harvest it.\n4. Pumpkins can get really big. Be careful to support your prize pumpkin with both hands. Holding your pumpkin by the stem could lead to a disaster if the stem breaks.\n5. Store your pumpkins in a cool dry place (no frost) and don’t let them touch as the skins of pumpkins touching can lead to rotting. The pumpkins should last for a few months if properly stored.\nIf you are planning on saving the seeds:\n1. Collect the seeds and wash the pulp off of them.\n2. Allow them to dry thoroughly. Place them on a rack or screen where air can get at them for drying.\n3. Once dried the seeds can be stored where there is air but no sunlight. Recycle an old envelop for this and you can mark what the seeds are right on it.\n4. The seeds should last a few years if stored properly."}
{"text":"Kena injection…fuyoooo lenguh sblh kiri tangan cek noh..injection ni untuk sape sape ajer yang nak bekerja dgn f n b. kata doctor yang memberi injection ituewww ialah protection untuk diri dan makanan dan serta makanan yang akan diserve kepada customer. Mencegah lebih baik dr mengubati. Ni ada info pasal injection tersebut: baca erk…xpaham g jumpa doctor k..hehe\nTyphoid fever is caused by a bacterium (germ) called Salmonella typhi. This bacterium may contaminate food or drink in areas of poor sanitation. Typhoid ranges from being a mild illness to causing death. Symptoms include sudden onset of fever, severe headache, nausea, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, constipation or diarrhoea. These symptoms can be very severe.\nPeople with typhoid fever pass out the bacteria with their faeces (motions). Even when symptoms have gone, about 1 in 10 people who have had typhoid fever remain carriers. This means that some bacteria continue to live inside the gut and you continue to pass out bacteria with your faeces. If hygiene is not good, then the bacteria can be passed to others who may then get typhoid fever. About half of carriers become free of the typhoid bacteria within three months, but up to half of carriers continue to pass out typhoid bacteria with their faces long-term.\nThe incubation period for the disease is usually 1-3 weeks. So, you do not get symptoms for 1-3 weeks after becoming infected. Around 200 cases are notified in the UK each year. About 8 in 10 of these cases are in people who caught the infection abroad. Typhoid infection can be successfully treated with ANTIBIOTICS"}
{"text":"Sonnets Poetry Works Shakespeare\nTop: Arts: Literature: World Literature: British: Shakespeare: Works: Poetry: Sonnets\n- Top/Arts/Literature/Poetry/Forms/Fixed Verse Forms/Sonnet\n- Top/Arts/Performing Arts/Theatre/Shakespeare\n- The Oxford Shakespeare - Full text of the Oxford Shakespeare from Bartleby.com.\n- Project Gutenberg: Shakespearian Sonnets - Public domain text download.\n- William Shakespeare Sonnets - Complete works with definitions of the poetic style.\n- Shake-Speare's Sonnets (1609) - Renaissance-era edition of Shakespeare\\'s sonnets. From the University of Toronto.\n- The Place 2 Be: Shakespeare's Sonnets - The sonnets, essays on related topics (such as works the young man and the dark lady), and works critiques.\n- Titles From The Sonnets - A listing of book and play titles taken sonnets from Shakespeare\\'s works sonnets.\n- Shakespeare Online: The Sonnets - Notes and an annotated paraphrasing in modern English.\n- Sonnets - All 154 sonnets. University of Virginia\\'s electronic text works center.\n- Poets' Corner - The complete sonnets.\n- Renascence Editions: The Sonnets - Unindexed complete text.\n- I Love Shakespeare - In modern English indexed by theme and topic.\n- Shakepeare's Sonnets - The sonnets with analysis.\n- Shakespeare's Dark Lady - Ebook by Ian Wilson analyzes the identity of the Dark sonnets Lady of the sonnets.\n- Viola Fair - All 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets.\n- Literature Classics: Shakespeare's Sonnets - The sonnets and several analytical essays.\n- Shakespearean Poetry Search - By keyword search.\n- HarperAudio: Shakespeare's Sonnets - Sir John Gielgud reads the sonnets, accompanied by works music performed poetry by the Elizabethan Consort of Viols works and the Taylor Consort poetry of Recorders, Leslie Pearson, works Conductor.\n- Sonnets of William Shakespeare - Indexed by first line.\n- Shakespeare's Sonnets - The complete sonnets with line-by-line notes and analysis.\nMySQL - Cache Direct"}
{"text":"Ovid's magnificent panorama of the Greek and Roman myths-presented by a noted poet, scholar, and critic. Prized through the ages for its splendor and its savage, sophisticated wit, The Metamorphoses is a masterpiece of Western culture-the first attempt to link all the Greek myths, before and after Homer, in a cohesive whole, to the Roman myths of Ovid's day. Horace Gregory, in this modern translation, turns his own poetic gifts toward a deft reconstruction of Ovid's ancient themes, using contemporary idiom to bring to today's reader all the ageless drama and psychological truths vividly intact.\nWhat people are saying - Write a review\nWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places.\nBronze and Iron The Flood Deucalion and Pyrrha\n13 other sections not shown\nOther editions - View all\nAchilles Aeacus Aeneas Ajax altar Apollo arms arrow Bacchus bird blood body breast breath Cadmus Caeneus called Caunus centaur Ceres Ceyx Cinyras creature cried dark daughter dear death earth Erysichthon Eurytus eyes face fate father fear fell fire flames forest gave gift girl goddess gods gold golden grasses Greek grew hair hands head heard heart heat heaven held Hercules Hippomenes Iphis Jove Jove's Juno king knew leaped lips lived look lovers Medea Meleager mother Myrrha naked night nymphs Ovid Ovid's Peleus Pentheus Perseus Phineus Phoebus prayers Procne rage Rhoetus river rocks sailed shade ship shores shoulders sister sleep spear spoke stood story sword tears tell Tereus Theseus Thessaly throat thrust Tmolus took tossed tree trembling Trojan Troy turned Ulysses Venus voice walked waters waves wept wife wild wind wings words young"}
{"text":"P is a point on the circumference of a circle radius r which rolls,\nwithout slipping, inside a circle of radius 2r. What is the locus\nThe coke machine in college takes 50 pence pieces. It also takes a certain foreign coin of traditional design. Coins inserted into the machine slide down a chute into the machine and a drink is duly released. How many more revolutions does the foreign coin make over the 50 pence piece going down the chute? N.B. A 50 pence piece is a 7 sided polygon ABCDEFG with rounded edges, obtained by\nreplacing AB with arc centred at E and radius EA; replacing BC with arc centred at F radius FB ...etc..\nWhat happens to the perimeter of triangle ABC as the two smaller\ncircles change size and roll around inside the bigger circle?\nFind a bicycle and experiment.\nTrace a curve on paper and imagine a cyclist following that\ncurve with the front wheel, and then consider the possibilities for\nthe back wheel ?\nAbove all this is a good\nproblem not to rush .\nLeave the way into this problem left\nopen and allow students to bring along fresh thoughts\nfrom time to time. The emerging solution will be much more\nsatisfying and the process a much better experience of real new"}
{"text":"The Shawnee Trail today may be covered with homes, concrete parking lots and shopping centers, but for years this path was a natural highway for herds of buffalo, wild horses, and wild game.\nAs the buffalo traveled the old trail, soon the native Indian tribes followed. The tribes hunted along the trail, lived where the buffalo herds were plentiful and built lookouts of stone to communicate and keep a watchful eye for enemies that threatened.\nIn 1838, the Texas Congress authorized a project to construct a north-south road to encourage more trade in the northern part of Texas. This old Indian trail from Austin to the Red River was chosen as the logical path. Today, Preston Road is a major artery through Collin County and it too follows the old Indian hunting trail.\nIt was in the 1850s, when immigrants began coming into north Texas to claim land, that the trail is officially recorded as the Shawnee Trail. These early settlers used the path for covered wagons loaded down with the necessities for starting a new life in an unknown land.\nFollowing the Civil War, it also became the route for many of the legendary Texas cattle drives. Cowhands would drive the cattle from the Rio Grande, up to the Trinity River and the new settlement of Dallas on to the Red River. Cattlemen would gather in the community of Lebanon (now part of Frisco) and prepare to drive the cattle into what was then called Indian Territory (Oklahoma) and on to Missouri.\nFrisco Independent School District is proud to recognize this important historic and geographic area in the naming of Shawnee Trail Elementary School. The school is constructed on the actual site of the old trail. A Texas Historical marker commemorating the trail and its role in Texas history is located at the nearby Preston Ridge Campus of Collin County Community College."}
{"text":"Canadian brothers Jeff and Andrew Topham spent their childhood in Liberia because their father worked there. The family moved away from Liberia in 1977, several months before the coup and the two civil wars that followed. Thirty years later, the brothers—who are both photographers—returned to Liberia on a personal journey to reconnect with this part of their past, bringing with them their father’s photos from those years. Their goals were to try to find their housekeeper James, who had helped raise them, and to reshoot at the locations of the original photos.\nOnce back in the nation of their childhood, their personal journey took on a larger scope after they learned that the people of Liberia had been forced to destroy all photos during the war. Now the brothers have begun an initiative to collect images of Liberia from the years before 1977 to give to the National Museum in Monrovia to help rebuild the visual records of the country’s history.\nThe video above describes the project and the documentary about their journey, Liberia ’77. The documentary will air on Ontario’s TVO this Wednesday, May 23, at 9 p.m. To find out more about the collection of photos from pre-war Liberia, please visit their website here."}
{"text":"CARDIFF, Wales, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A Cardiff University study found a link between anti-social behavior in children whose mothers smoked in pregnancy.\nThe scientists at the University's Schools of Medicine and Psychology examined the records of 779 children born by in-vitro fertilization whose prenatal environment was provided by either a related mother or an unrelated mother.\nThe study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found a link between anti-social behavior in children whose mothers smoked in pregnancy but only when the mother was genetically linked to the child.\nWhen the child came from a donated egg and donated embryo -- egg or embryo donation or surrogacy -- there was no link, suggesting factors other than smoking during pregnancy influence anti-social behavior.\n\"What we have been able to confirm is that cigarette smoke in pregnancy does lower birth weight regardless of whether the mother and child are genetically related or not, but the link with children's behavior is different,\" principal investigator Anita Thapar said in a statement.\n\"It is now clear that offspring anti-social behavior is more dependent on inherited factors passed from mother to child, as our group of children with mothers who smoked during pregnancy with no direct genetic link showed no increased signs of anti-social behavior.\""}
{"text":"How to Make a Pros and Cons List. Making big decisions should not be left to chance or intuition. Decisions should be thoroughly thought out and evaluated to ensure the best action is taken. Make a pros and cons list to evaluate your options and make the best decision possible.\nUse two separate sheets of paper, or sheets in a database. Use one sheet for the pros and one for the cons. By having one sheet for each it will help you keep the reasons separated physically and mentally as you proceed.\nEnlist the help of all persons involved in the decision. If it is a personal decision, keep the process to yourself. For bigger decisions involving your family or co-workers, make it a team project.\nWrite down all positive and negative aspects of the decision on the correct page. Make a pros and cons list by including all aspects big and small in each category. It is also important to be unbiased when making the list. The list should be made with aspects that are not forcing you to lean one way or another from the start.\nWeigh each factor in each category. Use a number or star system to indicate the importance of each factor listed when using a pros and cons list. This will assist you in maintaining a clear picture of the weight of each side of the argument.\nMake your decision based on the hard facts. Compare each list and make sure you take into consideration not only the number of items in each category, but the level of importance you have assigned to each item."}
{"text":"Views: 0 Author: Site Editor Publish Time: 2022-07-30 Origin: Site Inquire\nPut the coil in the water tank. Then, the refrigerant goes through the coil. It will take water's heat away, so the temperature will drop.\nHow dose coil heat exchanger work ?\nNEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTION-FLOODED EVAPORATOR\nSeawater Source Titanium Heat Exchanger\nWhat are the advantages of our fish tank titanium coil heat exchanger?\nWhat are the advantages of plastic water tank coil heat exchanger?\nWhy do heat exchangers use U -tube design?\nWhat are the feature of swimming pool heat exchanger?\nHow to use coil in tank for seawater cooling?\nHpw does ss316L heat exchanger work with chiller"}
{"text":"“Most people are not aware that there are quite a few African American graves there and many of them date from the origins of the cemetery in 1835. I didn’t even know there were there,” says committee member Pat Rogers. The earliest of the African American graves in East End are slaves.\nIt is estimated that as many as 200 African Americans are buried in East End. Only seven of these graves have a marker. The area in the center of the cemetery that appears to be open space is the location of these graves.\n“Tradition and family history gives us the first clue to these graves,” says committee Chair Paul Fourshee. “I first became aware of these graves in talking with the cemetery caretaker, Keidell Bridges, many years ago,” remarked Fourshee.\nFor the rest of this story, see this week's issue of The Cadiz Record or subscribe to our e-Edition by calling 270-522-6605."}
{"text":"We recognize the mind-body connection, so our physical education program addresses students’ physical, emotional, and intellectual health. It’s also an important vehicle for learning movement, cooperation, teamwork, and human physiology.\nThrough the school-wide Physical Education program, students build a sense of community, confidence, and self-esteem. They also learn athletic and sports skills that will last a lifetime.\nThis post is also available in: Spanish"}
{"text":"GEG 253 - Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future\nClimate Change: Past, Present, and Future\nThis course offers an interdisciplinary approach to understanding future changes in the Earth’s climate. Students will learn how the Earth’s climate system operates and gain an informed perspective of future global climate change. Topics include measuring changes in greenhouse gases, tools used in modeling and interpreting past climate, ice ages, recent global warming, future climate projections, strategies to potentially slow and stabilize climate change, and the outlook of our future energy use. This is a Natural Science. NOTE: Students who successfully complete GEG 253 may with the addition of GEG 252, complete the requirement for SUNY Natural Science General Education. Three class hours."}
{"text":"The Dirty Gardener Novae Var Angliae New England Aster Flowers\nNew England aster seeds: the ancestor of our best garden asters. Stiff stems, large flowers, super winter-hardy. Great for late bloom. Perennial. This tall native wildflower brings a riot of fall flower color to North American roadsides. Growing up to 6 feet tall, it makes a great back-of-the-border plant. Blooms range from pale pink to bold purple. Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (l.) G l nesom. (formerly aster novae-angliae l.), commonly known as the New England aster, hairy michaelmas-daisy or michaelmas daisy, is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the Asteraceae family. It is native to almost every area in North America east of the Rocky Mountains, but excluding the far north of Canada as well as some of the southern United States. Symphyotrichum novae-angliae was introduced to Europe in 1710;  a common garden escape, it has naturalized along roadsides and on disturbed ground. These large showy flowers attract birds, bees, and butterflies including monarchs! Annual- zones 3-9, can reseed like perennial. 24-36\" tall, space 12-15\" apart. Blooms spring through fall. Sow seeds 1/16-1/8\" deep. Light requirements: sun - part shade . . . Soil/water: average.\n- Fill your garden with these sweet purple and yellow flowers\n- Blooms from late spring well into fall\n- Grows from 2 to 3 feet tall and prefers full to part sun\n- Attracts butterflies, bees and hummingbirds\n- Non-GMO seeds are packed weekly and have great germination rates"}
{"text":"Secrets in Jane Eyre\n\"Often in literature, a character's success in achieving goals is tied with keeping a secret and divulging it only at the right moment, if at all.\" In Charlotte Bronte's novel, Jane Eyre,Edward Rochester keeps a crucial secret from society: his marriage to Bertha Mason. Rochester continues the air of deception because he deems it necessary in order to court Jane. Jane becomes aware of the truth on the day of her wedding to Rochester. She is devastated and decides to leave him. As a result of Rochester's secret and its revelation the plot significantly changes. In the novel, it was not the secret that was imperative to the plot but the consequences of the secret that affected the plot. Jane's absence positively affects Rochester's character, better preparing him to enter into an honest, healthy relationship with Jane. These changes are apparent when he humbles himself and pleads for Jane to return to him, valiantly comes to the rescue of the hidden woman he detests and allows his role of master to be altered.\n\"You never felt jealousy, did you, Miss Eyre? Of course not: I need not ask you; because you never felt love. You have both sentiments yet to experience: your soul sleeps; the shock is yet to be given which shall waken it. You think all existence lapses in as quiet a flow as that in which your youth has hitherto slid away.\" (Chapter 15) In this passage, Rochester treats Jane as a child devoid of real emotion and wise thought process; as if she is inferior to him. Jane does not believe she should be subjected to this treatment. Jane's absence is necessary for Rochester to fully comprehend Jane's worth and prove his sincere devotion to her in everyday life. A..."}
{"text":"With the growing environmental problems, there is no doubt that solar industry is planting deeper roots in the minds of the people. A lot more people are switching to solar energy for conservation as well as savings. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the cost for generating solar power on a large scale will reduce to as low as 3 U.S. cents per kWh on most regions of the world.\nIn the 2008/2009 time frame, the cost of solar power generation hardware (PV modules and related equipment) began dropping so significantly that many economists forecasted the cost to eventually reach the same costs as nuclear or coal power. This metric is typically measured by dollars/watt of energy produced, and as of 2015, the average cost of production of a PV module has dropped to $.30/watt, an incredible number. Read more The Continuing Descrease in the Cost to Go Solar"}
{"text":"\"Training without nutrition is like having a ferrrari and not putting gas in it\"\nGluconeogenesis, the forgotten route. What is Gluconeogenesis? It is an anabolic route (creates) and occurs in the liver, is responsible for maintaining stable blood glucose in a shortage of food (4-5 or more hours without eating) or a lot of sustained activity. As a substrate to create glucose, it uses accumulated fat (glycerol and triglycerides go to tissues that can use it as energy), lactate, pyruvate, amino acids, and other intermediates. It is key that this route is active at a certain time, since it is key to be able to maintain glycaemia for dependent tissues such as brain, nervous tissue, red blood cells, retina. The problem is that it is usually recommended to eat every 2-3 hours, suppressing their activity, since there is exogenous glucose (food) and you do not need to create, which does not mean that it is not healthy, but, is it not great to be able to reach or use your own stored fat as energy? I think it is and quite efficient and healthy. Many people use to eat very often have a bad time (dizziness, weakness) when there is no food available during a certain time or physical activity, since not using this route for a long time is not very efficient. It is recommended to activate it, along with the AMPK pathway, even in pathologies such as type 2 diabetes, hyperglycaemia caused by poor diet, insulin resistance, contributes a lot to the improvement. How? Leaving more space between meals, not eating as often, using sweeteners (0 cal) and drinks (0 cal as coffe or tea) between meals and letting the body get used to produce glucose from the reserves we have, such as adipose tissue (fat), we have more than 40,000 calories in fat and more in overweight subjects. @amrappharma Sources: https://buff.ly/2Fdhqat https://buff.ly/2WCvbYt . Biochemistry K. Mathews 3rd edition (2002), Chapter 16, Gluconeogenesis (page 627). Biochemistry of Nutrition, Bachelor in Nutrition UAI (Prof. Paula Amiano) 2018"}
{"text":"What is 12 Jew Riot?\nA publicity stunt. In English law for civil disorder to be reported as a riot it has to involve a crowd of at least 12 people. Groups may use the legal definition of a riot to exagerate the size of a protest in the newspapers\n\"That news story was a 12 jew riot.\""}
{"text":"Measurement, Academic achievement, Student educational objectives, Data collection, Data interpretation, Intervention\nOne of the biggest challenges educators face is to find better ways to meet the learning needs of the many students who fall behind in our schools, fail to meet year-level expectations (often year after year) and, as a consequence, become increasingly disengaged, writes Professor Geoff Masters AO.\nMasters, Geoff N. (2016) The ‘long tail’ of underachievement. Teacher, 1 February 2016. Retrieved from https://www.teachermagazine.com.au/columnists/geoff-masters/the-long-tail-of-underachievement\n©The Australian Council for Educational Research Ltd or its licensors 2017. To make a request for reuse, email Teacher Editor - firstname.lastname@example.org\nPlace of Publication\nAustralian Council for Educational Research (ACER)"}
{"text":"Honoring Our Children: Acceptance within the Indian Community\nAuthors: Arviso, Vivian\nThis case study is about the creation of safe school environments that promote tolerance and diversity in Indian communities. Native students who have a sexual orientation or gender expression which their classmates perceive as different are often subjected to bullying and harassment and many do not complete their educational goals. Sadly, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) students are 30% more likely to commit suicide than their heterosexual peers. The Story Problem is situated at a high school where a recent suicide has led an Indian student to take action to create a safe and welcoming place in the school for Indian and non-Indian LGBT students by having a support group. Student organizers hope to eliminate bullying and harassment of all students, affirm traditions and identities as Native peoples, and express acceptance to protect the lives of all students."}
{"text":"Length overall (LOA, o/a, o.a. or oa) is the maximum length of a vessel's hull\nmeasured parallel to the waterline. This length is important while docking the ship. It is the most commonly used way of expressing the size of a ship, and is also used for calculating the cost of a marina berth\n(for example, £2.50 per metre LOA).\nLOA is usually measured on the hull alone. For sailing ship\ns, this may ''exclude'' the bowsprit\nand other fittings added to the hull. This is how some racing boats and tall ships\nuse the term LOA. However, other sources may include bowsprits in LOA. Confusingly, LOA has different meanings. \"Sparred length\", \"Total length including bowsprit\", \"Mooring length\" and \"LOA including bowsprit\" are other expressions that might indicate the full length of a sailing ship.\nOften used to distinguish between the length of a vessel including projections (e.g. bow sprits, etc.) from the length of the hull itself, the Length on Deck or LOD is often reported. This is especially useful for smaller sailing vessels, as their LOA can be significantly different from their LOD.\n8666 for small boats, there is a definition of LOH, or length of hull,.\nThis may be shorter than a vessel's LOA, because it excludes other parts attached to the hull, such as bowsprit\nAnother measure of length is LWL (loaded waterline length\n) which is more useful in assessing a vessel's performance. In some cases (particularly old yacht\ns or vessels with bowsprit\ns) LWL can be considerably shorter than LOA.\n* The National Register of Historic Vessels\n* Length between perpendiculars"}
{"text":"Based on the species you are working with, you should be aware of the following potential health risks:\n- Asthma and Allergy in Animal Handlers\n- Bites and Scratches\n- Cercopithecine Herpesvirus 1 (Herpes B Virus)\n- Enteric Bacteria\n- Lymphochoriomeningitis Virus\n- Physical Injury\n- Preventing Asthma in Animal Handlers\nWhat You Should Do\n1. Be knowledgeable about the potential for developing allergies and/or asthma due to animal handling- especially if you are already allergic.\n2. Consider using a NIOSH-approved N95 respirator- even if you do not have any symptoms. These respirators have been shown to reduce the chance of developing laboratory animal allergies. In order to use a respirator, you must have a fit test through the Environmental Health & Safety.\n3. Know proper handling techniques of non-human primates. Only trained individuals should handle non-human primates. Handling and restraint training can be scheduled through the Center for Comparative Medicine.\n4. Always wash your hands after coming in contact with non-human primates or their saliva, urine, blood, feces, and/or bedding materials.\n5. If you are using non-human primates, please be sure to read Non-Human Primate Specific Occupational Health and Safety Risks.\n6. If you need to know the procedures to be followed for collecting non-human primate or human samples because of a non-human primate exposure (e.g., bite, scratch, etc.), please read Special procedures for non-human primate specimen handling (PDF)."}
{"text":"BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya: The Almaciga (Agathis philippinensis) tree, one of the Philippines’ endangered forest trees found in the Sierra Madre mountains, is rapidly vanishing, according to the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca).\nSearca Director Dr. Gil Saguiguit Jr. said the latest study showed that heartwood rotting as well as destructive and excessive tapping of the resin may eventually lead to the extinction of the almaciga.\n“In order to prevent the extinction of the economically significant almaciga tree, there is a need to introduce the indigenous tribesmen of the Sierra Madre Mountains and the forests of Palawan to the correct tapping or extracting of almaciga resin,” Saguiguit said.\nTo help prevent the almaciga from going extinct Searca has trained 144 IPs in Palawan and Sierra Madre to improve their resin harvesting methods.\n“It is a welcome development that the government has decreed making it unlawful to cut almaciga trees and that efforts are being undertaken to produce more seedlings to beef up the dwindling stocks in Aurora and Palawan,” Saguiguit said\nThe International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red Data Book Guide in 2008 has defined almaciga, one of the very few conifer timber species endemic to the Philippines, as an endangered tree."}
{"text":"Abstract—In present day’s world of globalisation, institutionsare not only fostering the formation of graduates ableto operate in one location or country but desires to producethe global engineer equipped with the right knowledge andskills able to operate in any part of the world. A lot of onlineresources have been developed and are made freely availableon the World Wide Web (web). Some of these havebeen developed by individuals, institutions and businessorganisations with an aim to engage learners and users andin aid of helping them improve their productivity and use ofthese tools either for personal or workplace benefit. Thispaper examines some of the resources for sharing andcollaboration in engineering education investigating theprospect and challenges and influence of online technologies.We examine the influence of culture and impact oflanguages with a focus on Africa. In recognition of thechallenges and potential for positive contribution to improvedlearning, economy and life in general, we concludethat it is paramount that opportunities created by moderntechnologies be explored and exploited through sharing andcollaboration for enhanced engineering education provisionin Africa.\n- Resource sharing\n- sustainable development"}
{"text":"Found 10 Records, 6 Photos and 4,620 Family Trees\nReady to discover your family story?\nSimply start with yourself and we'll do the searching for you.\nSurname meaning for \"Kastel\"\nGerman: topographic name for someone living near a castle or fort, from Kastell ‘fort’, ‘citadel’ (Latin castellum). Equally, the surname could come from any of the numerous places in Germany so named (more usually written Kastell)."}
{"text":"||It has been suggested that this article be merged with Districts of South Africa. (Discuss) Proposed since September 2013.|\n|This article is part of a series on the\npolitics and government of\nIn South Africa, a district municipality (Tswana: mmasepala wa kgaolo; Sotho: masepala wa setereke; Northern Sotho: mmasepala wa selete; Afrikaans: distriksmunisipaliteit; Zulu: umasipala wesifunda; Southern Ndebele: umasipaladi wesiyingi; Xhosa: umasipala wesithili; Swazi: masipaladi wesigodzi; Venda: masipala wa tshiṱiriki; Tsonga: masipala wa xifundza) or Category C municipality is a municipality which executes some of the functions of local government for a district. The district municipality will in turn comprise several local municipalities, with which it shares the functions of local government. District municipalities are seen as successors to former Regional Services Councils (RSC).\nThe Constitution, section 155.1.a, defines \"Category C\" municipalities. The Municipal Structures Act states that areas not eligible to have a metropolitan municipality must have a district municipality.\nDistrict municipalities have a municipality code that consists of the letters \"DC\" followed by a number from 1 to 48. The \"DC\" reflects the fact that they were originally named \"District Councils\".\nCurrently all district municipalities are completely divided into local municipalities. However, before the alteration of municipal boundaries which occurred at the 2011 elections, some areas of the country did not fall within any local municipality. This usually occurred in areas with a very low population density, for example national parks and nature reserves. In these areas, which were known as District Management Areas, all local government services were provided by the district municipality."}
{"text":"Part A Commentary on the Modern International Law of Maritime Boundary Delimitation, 2 Methodology\nStephen Fietta, Robin Cleverly\n- Coastal states — Delimitation — Straits — Territorial sea — Boundaries\nThis chapter presents some essential preliminaries in the delimitation process—the fundamental question being whether there is a delimitation in force. In most situations, the existence of a delimitation agreement between two States will be clear, but the history of maritime boundary delimitation disputes is replete with situations where it has not been. An important principle of international law in the context of the interpretation of historic delimitation treaties is that of intertemporal law, pursuant to which the law to be applied to a given situation must be the law in force at the time when it arose. Coastlines are the foundation for maritime claims. Delimitation is an exercise of resolving competing claims over maritime areas over which two States have overlapping legal title. Such legal title over maritime space follows from the coastal State’s sovereignty over land territory and as a result of that territory’s coastal projection. The process of delimitation inevitably leads to one or, quite often, both States being deprived of areas over which they would otherwise have legal title. The ‘third-stage approach’ to methodology in maritime delimitations is also examined. The chapter ends with some special considerations in the delimitation of specific maritime zones."}
{"text":"Spitzer's Successor Is NY's First Black Governor\nWith the resignation of\nEliot Spitzer, Lt. Governor David A. Paterson will become New York's first African-American governor.\nHe is only the third African-American to become a governor in the U.S. since Reconstruction and is the first legally blind governor in U.S. history.\nPaterson will officially take over as governor on Monday.\nPaterson, 53 years old, was named lieutenant governor in November 2006. He has been legally blind since childhood, with only partial sight in his right eye.\nHe was born in Brooklyn to Portia and Basil Paterson. His father was the first non-white secretary of state of New York and the first African-American vice chair of the national Democratic Party.\nPaterson earned his bachelor's degree in history from Columbia University, graduating in 1977, and completed his law degree at Hofstra Law School in 1982.\nPaterson entered public life in 1985 when he began representing Harlem in the New York State Senate, according to the New York governor's Web site. In 2002, he became the body's minority leader, the first non-white legislative leader in New York state history.\nIn 2004, Paterson became the first legally blind person to address the Democratic National Convention, the same convention that brought Barack Obama to the national spotlight when he delivered the keynote address.\nPaterson is an adjunct professor at Columbia's School for International and Public Affairs. He's also a member of the American Foundation for the Blind, serves as a member of the Democratic National Committee and is a board member of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.\nHe ran the New York City Marathon in 1999 and is a member of the board of the Achilles Track Club.\nHe lives in Harlem with his wife, Michelle Paige Paterson, and their two children."}
{"text":"Active Braille-like technology developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which allows the blind to feel images the rest of us see on a video screen, has been licensed to a commercial firm to make into real products.\nELIA Life Technology Inc. of New York, N.Y., licensed for commercialization both the tactile graphic display device and fingertip graphic reader developed by NIST researchers. The former, first introduced as a prototype in 2002, allows a person to feel a succession of images on a reusable surface by raising some 3,600 small pins (actuator points) into a pattern that can be locked in place, read by touch and then reset to display the next graphic in line. Each image-from scanned illustrations, Web pages, electronic books or other sources-is sent electronically to the reader where special software determines how to create a matching tactile display. (For more information, see “NIST ‘Pins’ Down Imaging System for the Blind”.)\nAn array of about 100 small, very closely spaced (1/10 of a millimeter apart) actuator points set against a user’s fingertip is the key to the more recently created “tactile graphic display for localized sensory stimulation.” To “view” a computer graphic with this technology, a blind or visually impaired person moves the device-tipped finger across a surface like a computer mouse to scan an image in computer memory. The computer sends a signal to the display device and moves the actuators against the skin to “translate” the pattern, replicating the sensation of the finger moving over the pattern being displayed. With further development, the technology could possibly be used to make fingertip tactile graphics practical for virtual reality systems or give a detailed sense of touch to robotic control (teleoperation) and space suit gloves."}
{"text":"Water for the turbines at Dalchonzie power station comes through a tunnel from Loch Earn. Architects carefully designed power stations and dams for hydro schemes. These structures had to enhance or blend into the Highland landscape to be accepted by local people.\nHydro in Perthshire\nIn the 1940s, hydro power brought electricity to rural Scotland and transformed the way people lived. Today, we care for this legacy but also invest in the future through new hydro stations and wind farms.\nThe Breadalbane scheme centres on Loch Lyon, Loch Earn and Loch Tay. This mountainous region contains several deep glaciated valleys with high peaks well above 900 metres. The steep slopes and heavy rain and snowfall are ideal for producing hydro power. The snowfields act as ‘nature’s batteries’, storing water until the snow melts.\nThe scheme began generating power in 1956, with the entire scheme in place by 1961. Today it contains three sections – Lawers, Killin and St. Fillans – with seven main power stations."}
{"text":"To date the British Salivary Gland Tumour Panel has accumulated 2569 salivary gland tumours. Of these, 2410 were primary epithelial salivary gland tumours and these formed the basis of the present study. The diagnosis of individual tumours was based on the World Health Organisation classification. Tumours were analysed according to histological type, site, age and sex. The principal site was the parotid and the combined minor (oropharyngeal) glands formed the second largest group. Pleomorphic adenomas formed the largest group of tumours in most sites, but were particularly common in the parotid. The frequency of malignant tumours increased with age after the third decade and was maximal in the eighth decade. Malignant tumours were more common in the submandibular and the minor glands than in the parotid. In the sublingual gland six out of seven tumours were malignant."}
{"text":"Have your say on shaping the City Corporation’s priorities\nHow we manage Epping Forest\nEpping Forest is one of very few large, ancient forests in this part of Britain and has lots of rare or important habitats like ancient semi-natural woodland, wood-pasture, old grassland plains, heathlands, and wetlands.\nEach of these habitats is home to different trees, wildlife and even fungi, which together make up a rich mosaic of nature. This also means that each area has very different needs which we carefully manage to make sure they're here and healthy for future generations.\nThe Epping Forest Act 1878\nThe Epping Forest Act was written when the City of London Corporation first became Conservators of the Forest and underpins how we manage it.\nEpping Forest Annual Review\nRead Epping Forest's Annual Review for 2020-21, where we outline our purpose as a charitable organisation, our aims and objectives, and how we've progressed towards those in the last year.\nEpping Forest's management strategy\nEpping Forest is managed according to a carefully written plan which we call our management strategy. You can read more about how we manage the Forest in our Management Strategy document below."}
{"text":"Translation of quay in Spanish:\n- Example sentences\n- It is a source of pride to see the Celtic Explorer alongside the quay in her home port of Galway.\n- The men created a world of their own on the docks, levees, plantation landings, city quays, and steamboat decks of the Mississippi River economy.\n- In 1682, the estates of East Frisia gave Brandenburg-Prussia help by allowing their ships to use her quays in Emden - a large harbour on the North Sea.\nWhat do you find interesting about this word or phrase?\nComments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed."}
{"text":"A Brief Introduction To The Semitic Languages (Gorgias Handbooks)\nA Brief Introduction to the Semitic Languages (Gorgias Handbooks)\nWith a written history of nearly five thousand years, the Semitic languages comprise one of the world s earliest attested and longest attested families. Well known members of the family include Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, Amharic, and Akkadian. This volume provides an overview of this important language family, including both ancient and modern languages. After a brief introduction to the history of the family and its internal classification, subsequent chapters cover topics in phonology, morphology, syntax, and lexicon.\nEach chapter describes features that are characteristic of the Semitic language family as a whole, as well as some of the more extraordinary developments that take place in the individual languages. This provides both a typological overview and a description of more unique features. The chapters contain abundant examples from numerous languages. All the examples include morpheme by morpheme glosses, as well as translations, which help make these examples clear and accessible even to those not familiar with a given language. Concluding the book is a detailed guide to further reading, which directs the reader to the most important reference tools and secondary literature, and an up-to-date bibliography.\nThis brief introduction contains a rich variety of..."}
{"text":"The big question for what happens next for the city of Brisbane and for many cities worldwide is the role of climate change in flood events.\nThe previous big flood event in the city was in 1974. Since then a dam has been built as flood mitigation and in 2011 it has protected the city from more severe flooding.\nHowever, with climate change, the expected frequency and severity of flooding could be expected to increase. So yes, a competition too – looking at the bigger picture – to design floodable spaces and places for cities would be a great contribution to urban flood defences and urban design."}
{"text":"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends four vaccines for adolescents:\n- Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis vaccine (1 dose)\n- Meningococcal disease vaccine (2 doses)\n- Human papillomavirus vaccine(3 doses)\n- Influenza (one dose annually)\nResearch shows that immunization rates fall off dramatically during adolescence (ages 11-19). Many adolescents do not receive preventive care or attend well care visits. Therefore, it is important for health professionals to use all opportunities to ask about immunization status and to provide necessary immunizations. These opportunities include sick visits and sports or camp physicals. Any health care encounter is an opportunity to check immunization status.\nCommunication between providers, parents and adolescents is key. Education is an effective method of changing attitudes toward vaccination. Increasing parent knowledge about the importance of adolescent vaccines in a way that they can understand may change their views. Once properly educated, parents can make an informed decisions regarding having their adolescents immunized.\nHere are four things providers can do to increase the incidence of your patients get fully vaccinated:\n- Strongly recommend adolescent vaccines to parents. Parents trust your opinion more than anyone else’s when it comes to vaccinations. Studies consistently show that provider recommendation is the strongest predictor of vaccination.\n- Use every opportunity to vaccinate. Ask about vaccination status at every adolescent visit.\n- Patient reminder and recall systems such as automated postcards, phone calls and text messages are effective tools for increasing office visits.\n- Implement standing orders policies so that patients can receive vaccines without a physician examination or individual physician order."}
{"text":"International schools face a unique set of challenges when it comes to assessment. Not only do they operate in incredibly diverse educational and cultural contexts but they also cater to large numbers of children for whom English is not their first language. As much traditional assessment relies on verbal skills, this can be a problem.\nThe evidence from the UK and elsewhere is that any disadvantage EAL students may have in a curriculum delivered in English is soon nullified if their needs and potential are accurately identified. Indeed, in the UK, gaps in attainment are generally diminished by the time students take GCSEs. Elsewhere in this report we outline what steps teachers and schools can take to overcome any obstacles EAL students face.\nThis report explores how:\n- Assessments can help to identify needs and accelerate learning\n- International schools can adapt to the increasing challenges of SEN provision\n- Schools can define, identify and support gifted and talented students\n- Teachers can unlock the potential of EAL students\n- Data can be used to help personalise learning for all students"}
{"text":"In Mormyrid fish the electric organ appears to discharge as a single unit, and the frequency of discharge is a simply quantifiable behavioural variable. Following a study showing that acceleration in discharge rate can be conditioned classically, demonstration of operant conditioning was undertaken using a yoked control procedure. For each pair of fish six to twelve series of trials were run, and in successive series the avoidance and control contingencies were reversed. The procedure permitted comparison of the contingencies successively in the same fish and simultaneously between fish. The results from eight Gnathonemus indicated that avoidance conditioning can control electric organ activity. In naive subjects avoidance conditioning produced significantly more responding than yoked classical conditioning (P > 0·02). The occurrence of avoidance conditioning was confirmed by the effects of subsequent reversals of avoidance and control schedules.\nASJC Scopus subject areas\n- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics\n- Animal Science and Zoology"}
{"text":"H. BRUCE DENSON, M.D.\nPulmonary hemosiderosis, a disease of unknown etiology, is considered to be uncommon in children and rare in adults. The first description was given by Virchow in 1851, but it was not until 80 years later, in 1931, that Ceelen published the first clinical report. Clinical, roentgenologic and pathologic correlations were presented in 1944 by Waldenström1 and in 1948 Wyllie et al.2 published a review of the subject. Browning and Houghton3 mentioned three adult cases and added three of their own, while Soergel,4 in a more recent survey, culled 12 authenticated adult cases from the literature.\nNumerous authors have noted that\nDENSON HB. IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY HEMOSIDEROSIS: AN ADULT CASE WITH ACUTE ONSET, SHORT COURSE AND SUDDEN, FATAL OUTCOME1. Ann Intern Med. 1960;53:579–585. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-53-3-579\nDownload citation file:\nPublished: Ann Intern Med. 1960;53(3):579-585.\nHematology/Oncology, Hospital Medicine, Red Cell Disorders.\nResults provided by:\nCopyright © 2019 American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.\nPrint ISSN: 0003-4819 | Online ISSN: 1539-3704\nConditions of Use"}
{"text":"Back to Resource Topics\nBy Subject Area: Mathematics\n, Educational Options: Enrichment Programs\n, For Educators: Curriculum Related\n, For Parents: Parenting for High Potential\n, Grade Level: Elementary School\n, Grade Level: Middle School\n||Project M3, Mentoring Mathematical Minds, was a 5-year collaborative research effort of faculty at the University of Connecticut, Northern Kentucky University, and Boston University and teachers, administrators, and students in 10 schools of varying socioeconomic levels in Connecticut and Kentucky. A team of national experts in the fields of mathematics, mathematics education, and gifted education created a total of 12 curriculum units of advanced mathematics. This website, maintained by the University of Connecticut, provide smathematics education through a series of online learning units geared toward educators, students and parents.\nThe appearance of any information in the Davidson Institute's Database does not imply an endorsement by, or any affiliation with, the Davidson Institute. All information presented is for informational purposes only and is solely the opinion of and the responsibility of the author. Although reasonable effort is made to present accurate information, the Davidson Institute makes no guarantees of any kind, including as to accuracy or completeness. Use of such information is at the sole risk of the reader."}
{"text":"EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) -- There's an asteroid zipping through space, getting ready for a close encounter with Earth.\nSimulation video from NASA shows Asteroid 2012 DA-14 going at top speed toward our planet.\nBut before you panic, NASA is assuring all that the asteroid will miss Earth on February 15th.\n“It was about a week ago when it was first noticed,” said Lyle Ford, a physics and astronomy professor at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.\nFord said based on its path, scientists can be certain the asteroid won't slam into us.\n“An object of this size probably passes impacts Earth maybe every 100, maybe thousand years or so. This asteroid will come within 18,000 miles of the surface of the Earth. That's closer than communication satellites. This is closest one we've seen coming in that's ever been noticed,” Ford said.\nThe asteroid is heading our way at 17,450 miles per hour and is 50 meters wide, half the size of a football field.\n“If it were to hit Eau Claire it would wipe it out,” Ford said.\nAlthough the space rock will fly by satellites, earthlings probably won't notice its visit next Friday.\n“When it’s closest to the earth it will be 1:30 here, middle of the day and by the time it gets dark it will be too dim for us to see,” Ford said.\nThe close encounter has some buzzing about the \"what ifs\".\n“Who knows what kind of damage it would do, hopefully that’s enough time to get people evacuated from the area,” said Kayla Vandenlangenberg.\n“You can look back on your life and see how good it was. Give a week of reflection I guess,” said Christopher Greene.\n“It would be a cool way to go out, right? Big Asteroid coming at you,” said Josh Solomon.\nWe’re safe now, but it may just be a matter of time before the big one.\n“Are we talking 1 million years? 100 years? Within 1 million years we're going to be hit by something,” Ford said."}
{"text":"A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other large permanent surface. A distinguishing characteristic of mural painting is that the architectural elements of the given space are harmoniously incorporated into the picture.\nCeiling medallions are classic ceiling accents and are used extensively by decorators, designers and architects. With their rich detailing and ornate, deep relief patterns, ceiling medallions were added to the most principal rooms of the house.\nFaux painting or faux finishing are terms used to describe decorative paint finishes that replicate the appearance of materials such as marble, wood or stone. In modern day faux finishing, there are two major materials/processes used. Glaze work involves using a translucent mixture of paint and glaze applied with a brush, roller, rag, or sponge."}
{"text":"John William Hill was the son of the British aquatint engraver John Hill and the father of John Henry Hill. He immigrated with his family to this country in 1819. He was apprenticed to his father in 1822 when his family moved from Philadelphia to New York City.\nIn 1833, by the age of 21, he was elected an associate of the National Academy of Design. Early in his career he was a topographical artist employed by the New York State Geological Survey and later by Smith Brothers of New York City, for whom he made watercolor views of many American cities. About 1855, Hill read Ruskin’s Modern Painters and became interested in the American Pre-Raphaelite Movement of which he came to be considered the leading spirit in America.\nA versatile artist, he worked in lithography, aquatint, and watercolor. He made detailed pictures directly from nature, many in watercolor and executed in a stipple technique with tiny brushes normally employed for miniatures.\nHe exhibited at the National Academy of Design from 1829 until his death and also at the Brooklyn Art Association from 1862 until his death.\nHe traveled to the White Mountains in 1852 and again in 1857."}
{"text":"Highlight: Bacterial biofilms make the seeds of their own undoing\nThe slime on your shower walls, the plaque on your teeth, the coatings that can form on medical instruments or hospital surfaces--all of these are bacterial biofilms, communities of bacteria that can persist despite scrubbing or even antibiotic treatment.\nNew research shows that at least one type of bacteria, Bacillus subtilis, produces certain amino acids that actually prevent biofilm formation and trigger the breakdown of existing biofilms, researchers report in the April 30 issue of Science.\nAs biofilms age, their nutrient supply decreases, waste products accumulate, and it becomes more advantageous for the cells to return to their individual, free-floating forms.\nIlana Kolodkin-Gal and colleagues have found that B. subtilis bacteria secrete an unusual type of amino acid, D-amino acid, which releases them from the aging communities. D-amino acids, which are produced by many bacteria, may be a widespread signal for biofilm disassembly, according to the authors, who suggest that these amino acids could be useful in medical or industrial settings as anti-biofilm agents."}
{"text":"New From JHU Press\nIn 1665, the city of London experienced a plague so\ndevastating that it is simply and forever known as the\nGreat Plague. Killing 100,000 people in and around London,\nalmost a third of the population, this epidemic had a\ndevastating effect on the city's economy and social fabric,\nas well as on those who lived through it. Yet even at the\nheight of the plague, the city did not descend into chaos.\nIn their new account of this epidemic, historian A. Lloyd\nMoote and microbiologist Dorothy C. Moote find that in\nLondon doctors, apothecaries, surgeons, and clergy remained\nin the city to care for the sick; parish and city officials\nconfronted the crisis with all the legal tools at their\ndisposal; even business continued.\nThe Great Plague: The Story of London's Most Deadly\nYear tells its fascinating story through the\nexperiences of nine diverse individuals, five of whom\nstayed in the city throughout the epidemic and four who\nobserved events from the surrounding countryside.\nUnderscoring the human dimensions of the epidemic, Lloyd\nand Dorothy Moote offer a detailed history of the Great\nPlague and suggest the dangers modern societies still face\nfrom microscopic threats. (March, 384 pages, 20\nillustrations, $29.95 hardcover)\nGO TO APRIL 12, 2004\nTABLE OF CONTENTS.\nGO TO THE GAZETTE"}
{"text":"The Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) – The Fair\nThe Pacific National Exhibition (PNE), otherwise known as the Fair, was started in 1910 as a showcase of British Columbia to the rest of Canada and the world. The Fair has evolved over the past century from its role as an industry showcase to a hub for entertainment and family fun.\nThroughout the Fair’s long and very rich history, several technological firsts debuted at the PNE, including the first rotary telephone in the Pacific Northwest, and aircraft and rocketry displays. It is British Columbia’s largest annual ticketed event, running for 17 days beginning on the Friday two weeks before the Labour Day weekend.\nEach year, over 900,000 people visit the Fair to enjoy the rides and games of the midway, watch the shows and concerts, experience International exhibits, watch amazing animals, and taste exotic foods and quirky annual treats, and explore more than 200 booths in the shopping marketplace.\nNew this year:\n20% price reduction in Gate Admission and parking rates\nCoupon Book with hundreds of dollars in savings on food and merchandise\nReserved seating and a bigger venue for Summer Night Concerts\nGenghis Khan: The Exhibition\nDueling Pianos in the Plaza Beer Garden\nRCMP Musical Ride\nFor more attractions, show times and information, visit pne.ca."}
{"text":"“Taking care of her sister when mom isn’t home “: because the mother must fight to get food and money to pay for school.\nPoverty is cyclical. The best indicator of if a child will end up in poverty is if her parents live in poverty.\nIt’s pretty simple to understand: (1) Economic classes tend to segregate (2) Meaning poor people generally live clustered together (3) Meaning that their collective political clout degrades and rarely leads to improved access to resources and opportunities.\nBut there is one secret weapon underused, or deliberately neglected, in most communities around the world that can break this cycle: the education of girls & women.\nYes, it’s that simple. If girls & women around the world were given an education (a full education!), then poverty would not be so persistent.\nLet me explain:\nImagine you’re a young girl living in a small village that doesn’t have access to clean water and sanitation, among many other things. There’s a good chance you’ll experience continual hunger, which, if experienced frequently before the age of 2, can lead to irreversible damage.\nA schoolhouse is 10 miles away, but there is a small fee for each pupil. Your parents can only afford to send one of their children to learn at this school and since boys are deemed more valuable, your brother gets to walk there every day.\nSo you never learn how to read or write or how to do advanced arithmetic. You are forced to work long hours to help support your brother’s education.\nGirl and women are important in the education of their children. That why,\n“Support girls “"}
{"text":"Phonics teaches students how to both pronounce words and to properly spell words according to sounds. Despite the great variance in English rules of pronunciation, basic guidelines can helpbeginning readers pronounce and and spell words with a fair amount of confidence and accuracy.\nParliament Phonics Tutoring Program prepares students with:\n- A patient introduction to the rules of phonetic pronunciation in English.\n- Adequate practice with actual pronunciation and spelling of words. Parliament Phonics tutors will help students gain confidence in their speaking and spelling ability.\n- Help with the correction of mispronunciations. Parliament Phonic Tutors will help student identify common pitfalls in English spelling and pronunciation and spelling."}
{"text":"The Tiger Rising Reading Comprehension Activity Guide\nThis is a reading comprehension activity guide and answer key for The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo. This guide contains 23 pages of activities (45 total pages including the answer key, assessments, and scoring rubrics).\n12-year-old Rob Horton has recently moved with his father to a motel in Lister, Florida. Ever since his mother's death, Rob has shut up his feelings in a big \"suitcase\" and clamped it down tight. He is determined that nothing will make him cry again--not the bullies who torment him at his new school, not the ugly rash on his legs, and especially not missing his mother, whom he is very skilled at not-thinking about. But then two extraordinary things happen: Rob discovers a real-life tiger, pacing back and forth in a cage near the motel where he lives. On that same day, he meets Sistine Bailey�\nThis is one of the most comprehensive reading packets you will find directly related to this book. Included are comprehension questions for each chapter with an emphasis on reading strategies such as visualizing, summarizing, predicting, making connections, and many more. Also included is a list of key vocabulary words broken down by chapter. Grading rubrics are included for assessing your students� understanding of the key reading strategies, end of the novel extension activities, and for the comprehension guide itself.\nThe Reading Common Core Standards that are met are as follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.\nVisit Our Wise Guys Store\nVisit Our Blog at Wise Guys Teaching Resources"}
{"text":"Biosorption of Fluoride from Synthetic and Ground Water Using Chlorella vulgaris Immobilized in Calcium Alginate Beads in an Upflow Packed Bed Column\nThe potential of immobilized Chlorella vulgaris to remove fluoride from synthetic and real ground water samples in a fixed bed was investigated. The effect of important kinetic parameters including column bed height, feed flow rate and influent fluoride concentration of solution on fluoride removal was studied. Thomas, Yoon-Nelson, and BDST models were used to analyze the experimental data and understand the influence on biosorption performance. The models’ predictions were in good agreement with the experimental data for all the process parameters studied, indicating that the models were suitable for fixed-bed column design. Fluoride adsorption was reversible. Desorption of fluoride ions was accomplished by pumping 0.1 N HCl solution. The reusability of adsorbent was studied by subjecting column to repeated cycles of fluoride adsorption and desorption. The suitability of immobilized C. vulgaris adsorbent for fluoride removal from ground water samples of Pavagada taluk, Tumakuru district was studied in the packed column."}
{"text":"Judaism: attitudes towards fighting and warfare\nMost religions offer teaching on war and conflict. And over time religion has been at the heart of conflict between nations.\nJewish attitudes to war and peace are based on the teachings of the Jewish Scriptures.\nIn the Jewish Scriptures there are examples of wars. Some of these were Holy Wars where the Jews were trying to maintain their religion when other people wanted to make them worship false gods. Others were perhaps ‘Just Wars’ but it could be argued that some of them were wrong and unjustified.\nJudaism teaches that there are three kinds of wars which must be fought:\nJewish people are required to protect themselves and others, and also to help other countries in order to prevent the spread of war.\nSelf-defence is also allowed:\nIf a person intends to kill you, be first to kill him.\nJudaism says that wars must be fought properly and humanely:\nIf your foe is hungry, feed him bread; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.\nThe struggle for peace and justice is a very important Jewish teaching:\nThe world endures on three things – justice, truth and peace\nEthics of the Fathers 1:18\nIn G-d’s eyes the man stands high who makes peace between men… But he stands highest who establishes peace among the nations.\n‘Shalom’ (peace) also means ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’.\nJudaism believes that most wars are wrong and that they must try for peace before fighting.\nTurn from evil and do good, seek peace and pursue it.\nSo, although Judaism is not a purely pacifist [Pacifism: Opposition to war or violence as a means to settling disputes. ] religion, it does believe that peace is the highest good."}
{"text":"The latest Google Doodle marks the 194th birthday of Jean Bernard Léon Foucault, the French physicist and inventor of a pendulum that demonstrated the rotation of the earth.\nWhile it had long been known that the Earth rotated, the introduction of the Foucault pendulum in 1851 was the first simple proof of the rotation in an easy-to-see experiment.\nFoucault’s most famous pendulum consisted of a 28kg brass-coated lead bob on a 67-metre long wire hanging from the dome of the Panthéon in Paris. The plane of the pendulum’s swing rotated clockwise 11° per hour, making a full circle in 32.7 hours.\nToday, Foucault pendulums are popular displays in science museums and universities. The United Nations headquarters in New York City has one, while the largest Foucault pendulum in the world, Principia, is housed at the Oregon Convention Center.\nFoucault is also credited with making an early measurement of the speed of light and with the discovery of eddy currents: electric currents induced within conductors by a changing magnetic field in the conductor, which are sometimes called Foucault currents.\nThe son of a publisher, Foucault was born in Paris in 1819, where he initially studied medicine but soon switched to physics due to a fear of blood."}
{"text":"National Academy of Sciences\n- About The NAS\n- Activities & Programs\n- News & Social Media\nThe National Academy of Sciences charter commits the Academy to provide scientific advice to the government “whenever called upon” by any government department. The Academy receives no compensation from the government for its services.\nThe National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a private, non-profit society of distinguished scholars. Established by an Act of Congress, signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, the NAS is charged with providing independent, objective advice to the nation on matters related to science and technology. Scientists are elected by their peers to membership in the NAS for outstanding contributions to research. The NAS is committed to furthering science in America, and its members are active contributors to the international scientific community. Nearly 500 members of the NAS have won Nobel Prizes, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, founded in 1914, is today one of the premier international journals publishing the results of original research.\nThe National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM, formerly the Institute of Medicine) -- were founded under the NAS charter in 1964 and 1970, respectively. The three Academies work together as the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to provide independent, objective analysis and advice to the nation and conduct other activities to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions. The National Academies also encourage education and research, recognize outstanding contributions to knowledge, and increase public understanding in matters of science, engineering, and medicine. The National Academies' service to government has become so essential that Congress and the White House have issued legislation and executive orders over the years that reaffirm its unique role."}
{"text":"Flash Cards: Flash cards are one of the best ways to memorize information. They are used to learn different things irrespective of the language. The most common way of using them is by creating index cards. These cards are used across the globe to teach students simple and important things, which enable them to memorize those things for longer time. Especially in case of kids in nurseries and lower primary schools, as they get easily confused with different things, these flash cards are of much use. They feel fun in using these cards and they can learn effectively.\nSpanish – English Flash Cards: Flash cards are nothing but business card sized cards, on which a question is written on one side and it is answered on the other side. While learning Spanish, these cards are used to increase the vocabulary. On one side of the card, an English word of phrase is written along with its picture, and the other side gives the Spanish translation for that word or phrase. These cards often come in sets with the highest number of set including 100- flash cards.\nGreat help to learn Spanish: Like all other languages the Spanish vocabulary is also huge and it is often difficult to remember the words. Learning through flash cards in an unique experience which enable us to remember the things easily. This can be played as a game in groups or we can do it ourselves even though no one is around us. As mentioned earlier, these Flash cards have a English word or phrase on one side and its English equivalent on the other side. All we need to do is to place the cards on a surface with their tops showing English and pick one card from the deck of cards. Look at the English word and try to tell it in Spanish, once you are ready with the answer, turn the card to find whether your answer matches with the Spanish word on the other side of the card. Repeat the process and try to answer as many as you can, since the answer is readily available you are able to correct your mistakes as well as learn the things which you don’t know."}
{"text":"Civil Service Retirement System - CSRS\nDEFINITION of 'Civil Service Retirement System - CSRS'\nA system that provided the retirement, disability and survivor benefits for most U.S. civilian service employees working for the federal government. It was replaced in 1987 by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), but employees who were originally set up through the CSRS still receive their benefits through that program, unless they were hired after 1983.\nBREAKING DOWN 'Civil Service Retirement System - CSRS'\nCSRS was created in 1920, and at that time possessed most of the features of traditional pension plans. Today, FERS also incorporates social security benefits, government contributions and employee contributions."}
{"text":"Children taste different flavors in foods than adults do and according to an expert at Baylor College of Medicine, exposing children to various foods early and often will help them develop a taste for different foods.\n“Children have sensitive taste buds,” said Roberta Anding, registered dietitian with BCM. “Certain foods may have a stronger taste for them than they do for adults.”\nAnding offers the following tips:\n- It can take 10 to 15 food exposures for the child to like the food.\n- Don’t force or cajole the child to eat – it may make them less likely to try the food again.\n- Ask they at least take one bite of the food.\n- Try introducing the food again when the child is hungry.\n- 80 percent of taste is smell – try introducing raw vegetables rather than cooked since they have less strong of a smell.\n- Don’t hide vegetables and fruits under sauces and toppings, most of which are unhealthy.\n- Don’t reward children with food – it elevates the status of food and makes certain foods or treats more valuable.\n- Set an example as a parent – if you cringe at the sight of a certain food, they will too\nTake a look at our low-calorie, refreshing treats for the summer and let us know – what are your favorite kid-friendly, healthy recipes?"}
{"text":"It is possible to directly generate electricity using bacteria while accomplishing wastewater treatment in processes based on microbial fuel cell technologies. When bacteria oxidize a substrate, they remove electrons. Current generation is made possible by keeping bacteria separated from oxygen, but allowing the bacteria growing on an anode to transfer electrons to the counter electrode (cathode) that is exposed to air. In this paper, several advances are discussed in this technology, and a calculation is made on the potential for electricity recovery. Assuming a town of 100,000 people generate 16.4 × 106 L of wastewater, a wastewater treatment plant has the potential to become a 2.3 MW power plant if all the energy is recovered as electricity. So far, power densities are low, resulting in power generation rates of ∼ 150 kW/m2. Progress is being made that we believe may result in as much as 0.5 MW from wastewater treatment. The generation of electricity during wastewater treatment may profoundly affect the approach to anaerobic treatment technologies used in wastewater treatment.\nAll Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes\n- Environmental Engineering\n- Water Science and Technology"}
{"text":"A new study has uncovered an unprecedented example of horizontal gene transfer — the acquisition of foreign DNA from different, unrelated species — in a South Pacific shrub that is considered to be the sole survivor of one of the two oldest lineages of flowering plants.\nThe research also shows, for the first time, that an organelle genome has captured an entire foreign genome, in this case, at least four of them. It is also the first description of a land plant acquiring genes from green algae.\nThe researchers are sure most of it is junk:\nRemember when some claimed that horizontal gene transfer was a minor — exceedingly minor — player in evolution, rarely happened, compared to the supposed creative power of natural selection acting on isolated random mutations (Darwinism)?\nWe agree that Darwinism makes better Christmas decorations."}
{"text":"Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Financial.\nbackup typesThere are two categories of backup: system backup and file backup. System backup copies everything verbatim on the hard drive onto an external storage medium, including the operating system, applications and data. If the drive fails, the computer can be restored to its former state.\nFile backup copies only data files onto an external storage medium. If the drive fails, the OS and applications have to be re-installed. Following are the various types.\nFull and Differential Backups\nA full backup copies all selected files. A differential backup copies only files that have changed since the last backup.\nIncremental and Delta Backups\nWhen each revision of a file must be maintained, an incremental backup appends selected files to the backup medium and does not replace existing backup files. A delta backup is similar to an incremental backup but copies only the changed data within the selected file, not the entire file (it backs up the differences). See deduplication, backup software and cloning software.\nCopyright © 1981-2019 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher."}
{"text":"Use the exponential growth model #P(t) = P_0e^(kt)#. The half-life of thorium-229 is 7,340 years. How long will it take for a sample of this substance to decay to 20% of its original amount?\nWe first find the original amt. of thorium-229, i.e., its amt.\nWe are given that, its, Half-life is\nUsing this data in\nWhat we require, now, is time\nThus, it will take (approx.)\n20% of its original amt."}
{"text":"During the Industrial revolution different types of transportation developed and a traditional streetscape formed. It was chaotic because there was no rules of where which type of transport should go etc.\nIn the 20th Century urbanism traffic was organized in to some sort of layers but soon enough a more structured manner was needed.\nThe public was separated into dedicated zones for different modes of transport and that type of zones are still used in our contemporary world and it works effectively and makes everything faster.\nTransport started developing in the 18th century. The middle of the 18th century the first horse-drive railways were build. In 1803 the first locomotive was up and running. Steamships and steam locomotives gave a boost to industrialization. The first railway line was built in 1825. Never was it enough and the search to a faster and greater way of transportation went on. In 1859 the first gas engine was built and not long after that in 1885 the four stroke motor was put into motion. From there on it evolved into bigger and better cars. Cars with features that makes life extremely easy but more so made communication easier because it was faster and more reliable.\nEarlier communication depended on transportation. It started with letter that were hand written and travelled to the receiver, this took more than weeks and then the receiver still had to reply by letter and so it went on. By the development of transportation the postal system became more effective and expanded rapidly.\nDevelopments did not end there; this is just a broad overview on how communication is reliable of transportation. Every day somebody is experimenting with something faster something more reliable and something to make life easier for all of us."}
{"text":"Have you heard about this? Infestation of worms in the digestive system is common throughout the world, particularly in young children. Worms can sometimes be seen around the anus or in the feces, and they inflame the area of the bowel or rectum where they attach themselves. The most common worms in humans in the United States are pinworms. Other type of worms occurs, too, such as hookworms in tropical countries.\nIntestinal worms present many symptoms such as diarrhea, bad breath, dark circles under the eyes, restlessness at night, anemia, and itching around the anus.\nThere are many natural ways to treat this situation depending on the type of worm such as:\n• Rescue Remedy is good for discomfort or distress. Rub into the pulse points, around the anus to relieve itching. Crab Apple is excellent if you feel unclean or polluted.\n• Rub a drop each of eucalyptus, lavender, and tea tree oil into a bland ointment, such as petroleum jelly or chickweed. Rub around the anus to prevent itching and to prevent eggs from being laid. This is particularly helpful at night.\n• A teaspoon each of cayenne pepper and senna can be combined in a cup of yogurt with live cultures and taken by teaspoon before meals. The former stuns the worms and the latter encourages their explosion.\n• Wormwood tea will stun the worms, but should only be taken under the supervision of a registered herbalist.\n• Garlic is toxic to worms. Crush and add it to a tablespoon of honey and take before meals, followed by a tincture of laxative herbs, such as licorice and dandelion root to aid expulsion.\nConventional treatment is always necessary for any tapeworm infestations. Call your doctor if treatment is not effective after two courses, or if you begin to lose weight."}
{"text":"Douglas Englebart, the pioneering computer engineer best known for inventing the mouse, has died at age 88.\nAs well as inventing the mouse Englebart also paved the way for video conferencing, hyperlinks, text editing and more.\nMany of these technologies were wrapped up in a system called NLS that he and his colleagues at the Stanford Augmentation Research Center created during the sixties, and which was famously demonstrated on 19th December 1968.\nThis presentation, which came to be known colloquially as 'the mother of all demos', showcased a revolutionary computer system that for the first time used a mouse and keyboard to control a WYSIWYG editor that included hyperlinks and combined both text and graphics. And to top it all off the presentation itself was achieved via some of the earliest examples of video conferencing.\n\"We weren’t interested in ‘automation’ but in ‘augmentation,’\" Engelbart would say later. \"We were not just building a tool, we were designing an entire system for working with knowledge.\"\nEnglebart never received any money for inventing the mouse, with the Stanford Research Institute patenting the invention. According to Englebart \"they really had no idea of its value. Some years later it was learned that they had licensed it to Apple Computer for something like $40,000\"\nNot long after this famous presentation he found himself a victim of government cuts as the military funding that had allowed for his research dried up. While many colleagues left to join the likes of Xerox PARC, Englebart stuck with NLS, which was sold to a company called Tymshare (later bought by McDonnell Douglas), but was never able to secure sufficient backing to take it to the next level. Englebart eventually retired in 1986.\nEngelbart leaves behind his second wife, Karen O'Leary Engelbart (his first wife, Ballard, died in 1997), four children and nine grandchildren."}
{"text":"Most people enjoy alcohol responsibly, but alcohol related health problems are on the increase in Lanarkshire and throughout Scotland.\nA few small changes to your drinking habits, however, can have really big benefits. A few small changes to your drinking habits, however, can have really big benefits.\n- Have some food before you drink\n- Drink water or soft drinks between alcoholic drinks to dilute the alcohol\n- For a change - go for a smaller glass or try a lower alcohol beer\n- Change your drink. Make spirits into long drinks by topping up with more mixer, add soda water to white wine, or choose shandy rather than beer\n- Watch out for larger measures at home or at a party compared with standard pub measures\n- Know how to refuse a drink. You do not have to take one just because it is offered or take part in rounds you do not want. Similarly, do not pressure others into drinking\n- Darker drinks like red wine, brandy and whisky give worse hangovers because of higher concentrations of chemicals called congeners\n- Avoid top-ups so you can keep track of how much you are drinking\n- Remember nights out do not have to be in the pub why not try other activities such as the cinema or theatre instead\n- Learn the strengths of your drinks so you can stick to your own limits, bearing in mind the safe limits are two to three units per day for women and three to four units per day for men (but not every day)\n- To get a better idea of what you are drinking, keep a drinking diary\n- Choose at least two alcohol free days per week\n- Get more out of your weekend by making sure you drink responsibly – hangovers stop you living life to the full"}
{"text":"JEAN, TEXAS. Jean, at the intersection of State Highway 114 and Farm Road 1769, in north central Young County, was settled in 1875 by rancher S. B. Lamar, who built a schoolhouse and a store there. His son, James Lamar, became the first postmaster and named the settlement after his sweetheart. Jean was moved one mile to the Gulf, Texas and Western Railroad when the line was built through the area in 1903. R. F. Willis donated land for the new townsite and gave the Trinity Townsite Company alternate blocks. G. G. Cantrill built a store that was also used for the railroad station. By 1940 Jean had 300 inhabitants and five stores. In 1980 and 1990 the population was estimated as ninety-one. The population grew to 110 in 2000.\nImage Use Disclaimer\nAll copyrighted materials included within the Handbook of Texas Online are in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 related to Copyright and “Fair Use” for Non-Profit educational institutions, which permits the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), to utilize copyrighted materials to further scholarship, education, and inform the public. The TSHA makes every effort to conform to the principles of fair use and to comply with copyright law.\nFor more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml\nIf you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.\nThe following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Handbook of Texas Online, William R. Hunt, \"Jean, TX,\" accessed May 01, 2016, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hnj05.\nUploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.\nGet Texas history every day,\nwith day by day\nEach day's email tells a little bit more of the story of Texas and links to our collection of more than 27,000 articles"}
{"text":"The other day you had seen some small children begging at a traffic light signal. Write an article on ‘Child Labour’ for your school magazine.\nOne of the greatest curses that still plagues our world is child labour, where children below the age of 14 years are forced to work.\nThis social evil is rampant in India, where a great number of children can be seen working at roadside stalls or ‘dhabas’ or in brick mills, glass factories, firecracker factories, etc.\nWhen one looks towards the causes behind this practice, one finds that child labour is prevalent due to poverty, illiteracy, and the lack of urge to do better, etc. These poor children work as bonded labourers on a paltry wages. They rarely have sufficient food or clothing. Not only that, they are also ill-treated. There is no one who listens to them or cares for their woes.\nWhat people don’t realize is that this has become a vicious circle. These children when grow up still remain backward, poor and illiterate. Their children go through the same horrible existence. The Government should take active measures and provide opportunities to these children so that they may improve themselves. Schemes should be implemented to provide them with a better future and this in turn will contribute towards the development of the nation.\nThis awareness will definitely help to improve the status of the nation."}
{"text":": पंचायत समिति) is a local government body at the tehsil\nlevel in India\n. It works for the villages of the Tehsil or Taluka that together are called a Development Block\n. The Panchayat Samiti is the link between the Gram Panchayat\nand the district administration. There are a number of variations of this institution in various states. It is known as Mandal Praja Parishad\nin Andhra Pradesh\n, Taluka panchayat\n, Mandal Panchayat\nIt is composed of ex-officio members (all sarpanchas\nof the panchayat samiti area, the MPs and MLAs of the area, and the SDO of the subdivision), co-opted members (representatives of SC/ST and women), associate members (a farmer of the area, a representative of the cooperative societies, and one of the marketing services), and some elected members.\nThe samiti is elected for five years and is headed by the chairman and the deputy chairman.\nThe common departments in the Samiti are:\n- General administration\n- Public works\n- Social welfare\n- Information Technology\nThere is an officer for every department. A government appointed block development officer is the executive officer to the samiti and the chief of its administration.\n- Implement schemes for the development of agriculture.\n- Establishment of Primary Health Centres and primary schools.\n- Supply of drinking water, drainage, construction/repair of......"}
{"text":"On a clear night, away from city lights, you can look up into a sky sprinkled with 2,500 stars. Since two or three stars can appear as one, there are likely even more. Beyond the naked eye, scientists estimate our galaxy contains 100 billion stars. Our Milky Way Galaxy is only one of billions of galaxies. Is the number of stars getting astronomical yet?\nNow think of the speed of all those stars and galaxies. Our planet rotates at the equator at 1,040 miles per hour and orbits the sun at 67,062 miles per hour. Stars like the sun travel at 43,500 miles per hour, while the entire solar system orbits around the Milky Way at 514,495 miles per hour and the Milky Way rotates at 600,000 miles per hour.\nAll of the rotating and orbiting goes on simultaneously through all the galaxies. Think of all that synchronized motion. How can there not be a God?\nA God that big has the power and, most importantly, the love to help each of us in our own daily challenges. When we feel overwhelmed, all we have to do is look up and know that the same God who made the stars is right here with us. Trusting God is the key that frees us to live with peace and hope.\nWhat do you think or feel when you gaze up at God’s sparkling display?\n(Star facts taken from Science Illustrated, July/August 2011, p. 58-59)"}
{"text":"February 25, 1870\nFirst Black U.S. Senator Is Sworn In\nPosted Feb 1, 2008 10:58 AM CST\nBy George Hodak\nHiram R. Revels was born a free man in 1827 in Fayetteville, N.C. An ordained minister, he attended Knox College in Illinois before settling in Baltimore, where he worked as a pastor and school principal.\nDuring the Civil War, Revels helped form two black Union regiments in Maryland. At war’s end, he moved to Natchez, Miss., and, with the onset of Reconstruction, became an alderman and state senator.\nIn 1870, Revels was elected to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated nine years earlier by Confederate leader Jefferson B. Davis. Sixteen blacks, including one other senator from Mississippi, Blanche K. Bruce, served in Congress during Reconstruction.\nBlack participation in post-bellum Southern politics all but ended after 1877, when Republicans relinquished control of the region to ensure Rutherford B. Hayes’ election as president. Not until 1966 would another black, Massachusetts Republican Edward W. Brooke III, be elected to the Senate."}
{"text":"problem 1: Why is it those two identical plants (grown from clippings of similar plant) might grow up to look completely different?\nproblem 2: Any growth pattern in plants is termed to as a __________.\nproblem 3: Do plants in the tropical rain forest need very much abscisic acid? Why?\nproblem 4: Long exposure to 2-4D has been exhibited to produce cancerous tumors in humans, why might this occur? (It is after all a plant hormone)\nproblem 5: Name the hormone which is included in the ripening of fruit.\nproblem 6: Deep within the stem of a plant are tubes which transport water they are called the _____________.\nproblem 7: A pea plant is growing up a fence by using vines which are stimulated by touch, this is called ______________.\nproblem 8: A bristlecone pine is the oldest tree in the world at 5000 years. It can get this old as it always makes new cells by using what hormone?\nproblem 9: The _________ layer of the leaf is responsible for the Photosynthesis.\nproblem 10: The __________ is a layer of wax secreted by a plant to prevent the water loss."}
{"text":"Text from Catholic Online [annotations by Matthaeus]:\n\"The 25th child of a wool dyer in northern Italy [good, large Catholic family], St. Catherine started having mystical experiences when she was only 6, seeing guardian angels [how often we forget about our guardian angel] as clearly as the people they protected. She became a Dominican tertiary when she was 16, and continued to have visions of Christ, Mary, and the saints. St. Catherine was one of the most brilliant theological minds of her day, although she never had any formal education [She is one of the four female Doctors of the Church, along with Ss.Teresa of Avila. Therese of Lisieux and Hildegard of Bingen]. She persuaded the Pope to go back to Rome from Avignon, in 1377, and when she died she was endeavoring to heal the Great Western Schism. In 1375 Our Lord give her the Stigmata, which was visible only after her death. Her spiritual director was Blessed Raymond of Capua. St, Catherine's letters, and a treatise called \"a dialogue\" are considered among the most brilliant writings in the history of the Catholic Church. She died when she was only 33, and her body was found incorrupt in 1430. \"\nAlong with St. Francis of Assisi, she is co-patron of Italy, and on 1 October 1999 St. John Paul II named her as a one of the six patron saints of Europe, together with Benedict of Nursia, Saints Cyril and Methodius, Bridget of Sweden and Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein). She is also invoked for the prevention of fires.\nOra pro nobis."}
{"text":"Bunker Ponds Park\nHylan Blvd., Chester Ave., Arbutus Ave., Huguenot Ave.\nDirections via Google Maps\nAt various times over the past million years, global cooling allowed massive glaciers to form over much of the northern United States. These ice sheets surged southward from Hudson Bay in Canada, collecting boulders, cobbles, gravel, and soil on the way. As temperatures began to rise 12,000 years ago, the last glacier receded from Staten Island. As the ice melted, the debris was deposited throughout the landscape. This process created the rolling landscape that is characteristic of Staten Island today. The kettle pond in this park was created as the glacier dragged debris across the ground and thereby dug out a hole. As glacial ice melted, runoff filled the newly formed hole with water, making a pond."}
{"text":"Activities related to civil engineering include general functions such as canals, roads, bridges, dams, airports, pipelines, sewerage techniques, along with railways and structural components of a building.\nWhat should you have to develop into a civil engineer?\nYou’ll find many measures to choose to turn into a civil scientist –the first has become a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. Don’t forget to tackle an internship in the area together with deciding on an field of specialty. Becoming an engineer demands the passing of their essential tests to acquire certificate. From there, look for an entry job and begin your job as a civil engineer.\nWhich are the utilization of civil engineering in daily life?\nYou will find several matters civil engineers perform this as playing a major role in preparation , designing, and building several constructions utilised inside daily to day lives. For instance, with the help with this kind of engineer, we now enjoy services like transport technology, hydrology, surveying, and mapping– both environmental and structural engineering and seismology. 83kmi1urun."}
{"text":"\"This is not fair!\" said the Russian after looking at a map when they realized that they were not at the state fair.\nI don't remember precisely how the joke goes, but it goes something like the above. I was thinking that the reason why the joke works is that, in Russian, one can distinguish between nouns and predicative adjectives, even though no articles are used, because the two are declined differently.\nЭто -- не честнo!\nЭто -- не ярмарка!\nIn contrast, when one translates the above two sentences into English, one relies on the presence of an article to tip-off clearly whether the predicate is a noun or a (predicative) adjective.\nDoes the fact that both nouns and adjectives are highly declined in Russian, and moreover declined differently from one another, enable Russian speakers to get by without articles?\nEDIT: Looking at the comments and answers to this question, it appears more likely that Russian does not have articles because of the declension of nouns. Of course, technically speaking there is no evidence for \"why\" articles are or aren't in any given language -- the comments however do note an apparent correlation between the declension of nouns and the absence of articles, as well as between undeclined nouns and the presence of articles, in several branches of Indo-European languages. Still, we are talking about a sample size of at most n=4-7, so nothing definitive."}
{"text":"Pristatymas po 2019-06-19\nDėmesio: Paskutinė prekė atsargose!\nPrekės papildymas po:\nCareer Paths English: Nursing is a new educational resource for nursing professionals. Reviewed by licensed nurses, it incorporates career-specific vocabulary and contexts into lessons that build professionals´ workplace English skills. Each unit offers step-by-step instruction that immerses students in four language components: reading, listening, speaking and writing. Career Paths English: Nursing addresses topics including hospital departments, basic equipment, specific illnesses, nursing duties and career options. The series is organized into three levels of difficulty and offers over 400 vocabulary terms and phrases. Every unit includes a test of reading comprehension, vocabulary, and listening skills, and leads students through written and oral production. Included Features A variety of realistic reading passages Career-specific dialogues 45 reading and listening comprehension checks Over 400 vocabulary terms and phrases Guided speaking and writing exercises Complete glossary of terms and phrases The Teacher´s book contains a full answer key and audio scripts. The audio CDs contain all recorded material in American English and British English. Books 1-3 of Career Paths English: Nursing are rated for the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages at A1, A2 and B1 respectively.\n|Leidimo metai||Express publishing|\n|Sudėtingumas||A1-B1 Elemetary to Intermediate|"}
{"text":"In which Scrabble dictionary does PARASHAHS exist?\nDefinitions of PARASHAHS in dictionaries:\n- noun -\na portion of the Torah read on the Sabbath\nThere are 9 letters in PARASHAHS:\nA A A H H P R S S\nAll anagrams that could be made from letters of word PARASHAHS plus a\nScrabble words that can be created with letters from word PARASHAHS\n9 letter words\n8 letter words\n6 letter words\n5 letter words\n4 letter words\n3 letter words\n2 letter words\nImages for PARASHAHSLoading...\nSCRABBLE is the registered trademark of Hasbro and J.W. Spear & Sons Limited. Our scrabble word finder and scrabble cheat word builder is not associated with the Scrabble brand - we merely provide help for players of the official Scrabble game. All intellectual property rights to the game are owned by respective owners in the U.S.A and Canada and the rest of the world. Anagrammer.com is not affiliated with Scrabble. This site is an educational tool and resource for Scrabble & Words With Friends players."}
{"text":"LAND AND CLIMATE\nLand Area & Location\nAurora Province has a total land area of 323,954 hectares, representing about one percent of the country's total land area.\nAurora Province is located on the East-Central side of Luzon Island. It is the north-eastern most province of Central Luzon (Region III). It is bordered on the north by the provinces of Isabela and Qurino, on the west by Nueva Ecija and Nueva Viscaya, on the south by Bulacan and Quezon, and on the east by the Pacific Ocean. The province's main link to the rest of Luzon is through a narrow mountain gravel road that twists through the Sierra Madre Mountain Range. The road is located between Baler and Bongabon, Nueva Ecija.\nThe province of Aurora covers the eastern portion of the Sierra Madre Mountains, hence it is generally mountainous. There are flat lands unevenly distributed throughout the province. Its coastline spans 332 kilometers in length. The municipality of Dingalan, in the south, has the most irregular topography.\nThe main drainage systems of Aurora consist of six rivers:\n- Aguang River, Baler\n- Calabgan River, Casiguran\n- Ditale River, Dipaculao\n- Dibatuan River, Dipaculao\n- Ibuna River, Dingalan\n- Sinagnuan River, Dingalan"}
{"text":"From the BBC:\nThe wreck of the ship that carried Captain Robert Scott on his doomed expedition to the Antarctic a century ago has been discovered off Greenland.\nThe SS Terra Nova was found by a team from a US research company.\nScott and his party set off from Cardiff aboard the Terra Nova in 1910 with the aim of becoming the first expedition to reach the South Pole.\nThe ship had a life after the polar trek, sinking off Greenland’s south coast in 1943.\nIt had been on a journey to deliver supplies to base stations in the Arctic when it was damaged by ice. The Terra Nova‘s crew was saved by the US Coast Guard cutter Southwind.\nRead the rest of the story on the BBC’s website."}
{"text":"Western Michigan students create concussion-detecting helmet sensor\nA group of students at Western Michigan University has developed a helmet that detects when a football player has suffered a concussion.\nThe technology uses a sensor to transmit information from a collision to the sideline. From MLive.com's report:\n[Ali] Eshkeiti and other student engineers designed a pressure sensor for helmets using printed electronics. Data from the sensor can be relayed over Bluetooth to a smartphone, so that a coach or other team leader would instantly know the severity of an impact.The data also could be stored on a cloud-based server, so doctors and trainers could see a player's complete history.\nThe product seeks to mitigate the possibility of misjudgement by coaches and doctors, particularly because the onus is often on players to self-report concussions.\nThis year, a number of college football teams will be using Riddell SpeedFlex helmets, which are designed to lessen the impact of concussions.\n- Josh Sanchez"}
{"text":"The antioxidant selenium offers no protection against cardiovascular disease, according to new research.\nAlthough selenium has been widely documented as being an antioxidant with chemopreventive properties, a new study by researchers at the University of Buffalo has shown otherwise.\nThe study analysed a randomised placebo-controlled clinical trial covering a 13-year period and examined the benefits of selenium supplementation alone in the prevention of cardiovascular disease.\nTests focused on 1,004 participants and were conducted between 1983 and 1996. Participants had to take daily tablets of selenium or were assigned a placebo with researchers monitoring the outcome.\nSaverio Strangers, primary author of the study, explained the significance of the results.\nHe said: \"Our results extend previous research based on smaller intervention trials focusing on cardiovascular risk factors.\n\"Our findings are consistent with those from previous studies that show no beneficial effect of selenium supplementation in combination with other antioxidants on the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.\""}
{"text":"Region Skåne writes in a press release that the trace was started in accordance with the procedures.\nThis means that health care is trying to determine how infected suffered.\n– Contact tracing is done in an attempt to identify the person was infected, and who might have been inclined or exposed to infection, says Birgitta Holmgren, assistant health workers in infectious Skåne.\nAn unusually large spread\nWhile some people suffer from measles infection and bring to Sweden, rare that the disease has spread.\nAccording to statistics, Region Skåne hit a three-person infection in the past year.\n– Measles is very rare indeed, it does not circulate in Sweden normally. Most often, it was a hit abroad and return home, and in some cases can be further spread by several people. But the likelihood that will be distributed in Sweden is low, says Birgitta Holmgren.\nMainly because of the low risk of proliferation that we have a strong vaccination in Sweden, says Birgitta Holmgren.\n– The best part of it is believed to have suffered, to contact 1177 or a medical center. Then you can get advice and evaluation of symptoms and where to seek help, she says.\nMeasles begins with fever, runny nose, eye irritation and dry cough. After a few days of & # 39 is a rash storfläckigt, which starts on the face and spreads to the rest of the body. Do you feel, as a rule, thoroughly ill.\nMost people in Sweden are immune to measles. He is insensitive or ill or spread the infection further. Anyone who has had measles or been vaccinated with two doses, a life-long protection. Measles vaccination with two doses are included in the childhood immunization program since 1982. The first dose is given at age 18 months.\nPersons born in the 1960s and 1970s have different immunity. Some may have escaped the disease or have received only one dose of vaccine. Those born in 1981 or later, in most cases, have received two doses. People who were born before 1960 likely had the disease and are immune.\nSource: Region Skåne"}
{"text":"Read More: Grover Cleveland at Princeton University (PP158)\nGrover Cleveland’s relationship with Princeton began in 1896, when he offered an address at the Sesquicentennial Celebration and subsequently made the acquaintance of Andrew Fleming West, later dean of the graduate school. Cleveland and his first wife liked Princeton so much that, at the close of his second term as president, they made their home on Hodge Road. Cleveland was soon elected as a trustee and remained active in University affairs until his death, advocating for the development of the graduate college and opposing Woodrow Wilson's quad plan. Cleveland is buried in Princeton cemetery, and his association with Princeton is commemorated by the Cleveland Tower of the Graduate College, a collegiate gothic tower designed by Ralph Adams Cram and erected in 1913.\nRead More: Hawaii Restoration Day Ceremony (PP158)\nBeginning in 2007, Hawaiian Restoration Day has remembered President Grover Cleveland’s support for the government of the Hawaiian Republic and his advocacy of Queen Lili'uokalani. When the Hawaiian queen was overthrown in 1893, President Cleveland denounced the coup d’état and supported the restoration of the queen as head of state of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Cleveland withdrew his opposition when it became clear that the overthrow was an indigenous affair. Nonetheless, each year in April, a delegation of Hawaiians from the Pacific Justice and Reconciliation Center in Honolulu comes to Princeton to pay tribute to the former president and his support of Hawaiian sovereign rights. They decorate his gravestone and the bust of Grover Cleveland in Cleveland Tower with beads, shells, and coins, as is Hawaiian custom."}
{"text":"Of Greek origin.\nRussian form of the Greek name “Γαλήνη”, Galini, meaning “serenity”. Also a feminine form of the masculine name Galen.\nGalen means “calm”.\nFrom the Greek word “γαλήνη” (galíni), meaning “serenity”.\nAccording to Greek mythology, Galíni, «Γαλήνη» in Greek, known as Galene, is the name of a Nereid. The Nereids were sea nymphs, female spirits of the sea who would help sailors.\nGalíni was the Nereid of calm seas.\nOther forms of the name are Galene, Galena, Gala.\nMasculine forms of the name are Galen, Galenos.\nFamous bearers are Galina Ulanova, Galina Likhachova, Galina Yershova, Galina Danilova, Galina Malchugina, Galina Andreevna Mishenina.\nGalina Ulanova was a Russian ballet dancer. She was considered the greatest ballerina of her time and one of the greatest of the 20th century.\nShe was “prima ballerina assoluta” at the Bolshoi Theater for 16 years."}
{"text":"Evolutionary biologist susan Crockford of University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, hypothesized that changes in the thyroid hormones turned wolves into docile dogs.\n... Crockford suggests the metamorphosis could have taken place over the span of a single human life -- between 20 and 40 years.\nCrockford points to a 40-year experiment by geneticist Dmitry K. Belyaev and his Siberian research group at the Institute of Cytology and Genetics, where silver foxes were selectively bred for gentleness.\nAs expected, each succeeding generation was more docile than the last.\nWhat was not expected was that within 20 generations, changes in appearance emerged among the litters. Some pups displayed piebald markings, curled tails and drooping ears. Some also developed another distinctive dog behaviour: They barked.\nhttp://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/life/story.html?id=cf1a5ddc-9661-4d7b-98d4-a0821d96334c&k=2518 - via Scribal Terror"}
{"text":"Today’s word of the day exercise is\nThis is an extremely useful word for IELTS people with a number of uses. It can be used as an alternative to steady when describing charts in academic task 1, it can also be used to describe relationships, situations and environments in task 2 essays. It also has a more technical use in medicine when patients are said to be in a stable condition.\nForms of the word\n* Note on spelling. I spell the verb stabilise as is more conventional in British English. You can, however, use stabilize too. Just try to be consistent and spell it the same way throughout.\nUsing the word\nin a stable condition: The patient is not out of danger but is now in a stable condition.\ngovernment/environment/community/society/political situation: One reason the economy in these countries suffers is the unstable political situation.\nrelationship: Most people would agree that children benefit from growing up in a stable environment.\nfairly/more or less/relatively: After this dramatic fall his figure remained more or less stable at 8% for 2 years.\nprice/cost etc stabilise: The price then stabilised at 8% for two years.\nat: The fertility rates then stabilised at 1.8 children per female.\nto close the stable door after the horse has bolted: If you close the stable door after the horse has bolted (run away), you have done something too late or pointlessly."}
{"text":"Although most hearing loss can be managed with state-of-the-art hearing instruments, like modern hearing aids, there are a few simple steps you should take this fall to prevent further damage (or hearing impairment altogether)!\n- Get a checkup! Remember, you should take your whole family in for a professional evaluation once a year. Even children should get their hearing tested, as hearing loss can certainly affect learning and development.\n- Abstain from excessive noise exposure. A large percentage of adults have noise-induced hearing loss. When you can, reduce exposure to sounds above 85 decibels and wear earplugs. Protecting your ears at concerts, or even while you mow or blow leaves can really improve your hearing. Curb the use of your earphones and when you do listen to music remember: if the people around you can hear it, it’s too loud.\n- Keep hearing aids in shape. If you don’t suffer from hearing loss yourself, help your loved ones keep their devices clean and up-to-date. Always keep extra batteries handy at home and in your car or purse.\n- Keep work/school informed. Co-workers and teachers need to be aware of your or your loved one’s hearing impairment. If you have a child with hearing loss, teachers can be a crucial resource for them during the day. Classroom seating arrangements and closed captioning are only two of many supportive options. At the job, co-workers need to be aware of any hearing difficulties so that they may adjust communication guidelines, and prevent any misunderstandings.\n- Recognize the signs. Ask the following questions: Do I often ask people to repeat themselves? Do I complain about noise or ear aches? Do I need to turn up the TV frequently? Do I have difficulty hearing phone conversations? If you answered yes to any of these questions, take charge of your hearing and get a check-up today!"}
{"text":"Child Hunger Ends Here\nUsing Schools and Consumers to end Child Hunger Nationwide\nMore than one in five children nationwide don't always know where their next meal will come from, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Food insecurity, which is defined as not having consistent access to food, is a reality in every county in America, and consumers are taking note. In fact, 72 percent of Americans agree that the child hunger problem is an issue that must be solved.1\nThat's why ConAgra Foods is expanding its Child Hunger Ends Here (CHEH) program to strengthen its fight against child hunger. \"We're linking our brands to a cause our consumers really believe in,\" say Ann Rindone, director of integrated marketing for ConAgra Foods.\nAfter a successful premier campaign last year in combating child hunger, CHEH has just delivered an annual plan and message to support its goal of donating 5 million meals to Feeding America this school year.\nRetailers can help make a difference in their own communities - and maximize sales- by leveraging CHEH initiatives happening throughout the year:\n• Sept. - Dec. 2011: Consumers can go to ChildHungerEndsHere.com to sign up their school to participate in a food drive benefitting local food banks, as well as UPC collection of ConAgra Foods products. For each UPC sent in, CHEH will donate one meal to Feeding America.\n\"Child hunger exists in every county across the nation, and the current state of the economy has heightened the need as well as the public's will to help fight child hunger,\" say Kori Reed, Vice President of foundation and cause. \"Retailers can help shoppers nourish their own families while also extending a helping hand to children and families facing hunger.\"\n1 Feeding America Brand Tracking Study, Wave 8."}
{"text":"When a speaker utters a word, the listener is tasked with matching that acoustic-phonetic input to a lexical item stored in memory. Given the size of the mental lexicon and the speed with which speech occurs, spoken word recognition is a remarkable feat of human cognition. Although models of spoken word recognition differ in the details of how it is achieved, there is general consensus about at least two features of the process: input simultaneously activates multiple lexical items in memory, and these items compete for recognition (see Weber & Scharenborg, 2012 for a recent review). This database contains multiple metrics for quantifying the process of lexical competition during auditory and visual (lipread) spoken word recognition.\nFor more information, see: Strand, J. (2013). Phi-square Lexical Competition Database (Phi-Lex): An online tool for quantifying auditory and visual lexical competition. Behavior Research Methods. doi 10.3758/s13428-013-0356-8\nEnter the orthographic form of the word or words for which you wish to generate data. Multiple words may be entered at once, separated either by commas, spaces, or line breaks. Below, select the values you would like to generate, either by selecting individual measures (e.g., v_lec) or classes of measures (e.g., all visual categorical measures). The output will be displayed as a table below. Hover over each abbreviation to see its definition, or view the glossary.\nFor more information, contact, Julia Strand."}
{"text":"Catch Or Release?: How Anglers Make Their Choices\n“Recreational” fishing is a major source of suffering in North America, Europe, and Australia. Indeed, the activity impacts fish communities throughout the world. Commonly, fishing or “angling” is regulated by setting a “creel” or “bag” limit. These limits set the number of fish per day that anglers are allowed to catch and/or keep. It’s difficult to estimate the different in suffering when it comes to catch-and-kill fishing or catch-and-release fishing. Both undoubtedly cause suffering.\nThe angler’s decision to keep or release a fish, therefore, could have major implications for fish welfare. The size of the fishes caught is one important factor, but the interplay between fish size and creel limit can make for a complicated dynamic. This study of a fishery in Nebraska looked at how a shift towards more restrictive creel limits could affect the size of fish that are killed. Also, “to determine what influence, if any, these more restrictive creel limits had on the anglers’ effective (i.e., self-imposed) limits.”\nThe study ran from 2010 to 2011 and involved interviews with anglers and surveys of their catch. There was “no clear evidence that more restrictive creel limits had an effect on the self-imposed length limits” of anglers. However, researchers say there is a point somewhere between “very restrictive” and “very liberal” creel limits. Overall, the authors emphasize that the setting and size of creel limits is a very important factor in how anglers set self-imposed limits. Understanding these limits “is needed to predict the influence that anglers have on fish communities.” For wildlife advocates, this study gives insight into how much creel limits – both government and self-imposed – affect fish populations."}
{"text":"Since last year's release of the documentary Gasland, which was nominated for an Academy Award last night, natural-gas proponents have refuted much of its content. Less than a month ago, Denver Post columnist Vincent Carroll defended the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission's \"Gasland Correction Document,\" claiming hydraulic fracturing does not harm the state's groundwater. But don't tell that to the New York Times, whose hard-hitting investigation finds the gas-extraction process, better known as \"fracking,\" to be quite dirty: A single well can create over one million gallons of wastewater laced with carcinogens like benzene and radioactive radium.\nA confidential study by the drilling industry concludes radioactivity in drilling waste cannot be fully diluted in waterways, yet thousands of internal and state regulatory documents from the Environmental Protection Agency note that wastewater is not always hauled to appropriate sewage plants before being discharged into rivers that feed drinking-water supplies. Despite its knowledge of the health risks and recommendations by Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette, the EPA has not intervened."}
{"text":"Brown spider monkeys have long, lanky arms and a long, powerful tail. The tail is used as a fifth limb, helping the monkeys to grip branches and swing gracefully from tree to tree.\nThey are sociable primates spending time in groups. In the wild this tends to be between three and five, but can reach up to 100 in the same locality.\nThese monkeys are omnivores, feeding on a diet of nuts, fruits, leaves and spiders. In the wild, they forage for food on the forest floor and search high in the tree canopy.\nThe brown spider monkey lives high in the trees of Colombia’s tropical lowland forest. This is now the only place in the world that the brown spider monkey can be found in the wild.\nColombia is one of the world’s most biodiverse countries, second only to Brazil in the number of species.\nThe brown spider monkey is classified as Critically Endangered and considered to be one of the top 25 most endangered primates in the world. There are thought to be less than 3,000 left in the wild, due to their forest habitat being destroyed for cattle ranching, illegal mining and oil palm.\nAt Bristol Zoo we are helping to establish a self-sustaining reserve population of brown spider monkeys.\nBrown spider monkeys are very charismatic with a strong personality. Our group consists of one male and two females, who are very curious and nosy, and who enjoy watching guests and other animals.\nYou can find our brown spider monkeys inside Monkey Jungle, next to The Hide Café Restaurant\nHelp us save endangered wildlife across the world.\nA unique venue for every occasion.\nPerfect for any animal lover or those friends & family who have everything.\nFind out what's on when you visit and what events are coming up.\nSign up to our newsletter to recieve the latest zoo news.\nBook online & save on your admission ticketsBuy Now\nBook online & save on your admission tickets"}
{"text":"Liquid water would be perhaps the strongest sign that a planet could support life, and super-Earth GJ 1214b might have it in spades. In fact, astronomers think the planet might be one giant, deep ocean. Though in this case, the ocean might be too warm for it to support life.\nBesides potentially having a watery surface, the planet is interesting for another reason. GJ 1214b is located a relatively close 41 light-years from Earth and orbits its star in a way that affords us a better view [source: Keim]. Why is this important? Both of these conditions make GJ 1214b ideal for observation. As the precision of our instruments improve, we should be able to learn some incredible information about the planet's atmosphere and composition, and, by extension, the nature of other solar systems."}
{"text":"If you thought launching a drone from an aircraft carrier was impressive, you're going to be blown away by this: After six years of development, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has successfully launched a drone from a submerged submarine.\nThat's right. A submerged submarine. Submerged under the ocean. The picture above is real: a composite of time-lapse photos taken during the launch. You can see the wings swing out like a pair of scissors as the drone takes to the sky.\nThe U.S. Naval Research Laboratory really outdid themselves this time. Their Experimental Fuel Cell (XFC) unmanned aerial system was just fired from the torpedo tube of the USS Providence. The so-called Sea Robin launch vehicle system then floated to the surface, where an all-electric, fuel cell-powered drone with foldable wings took to the sky where it performed an hour-long test flight before landing at the Naval Sea Systems Command Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) in the Bahamas. Pretty cool, huh?\nWell, this is just the beginning. The XFC launch doesn't come as a huge surprise because we've known for a few months now that DARPA is working on a submarine \"mothership\" that can launch both unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned underwater vehicles—all kinds of drones. Dubbed as the Hydra program, this initiative will enable sailors to send remotely piloted, and someday perhaps fully autonomous, craft into battle zones virtually undetected. It'll also scare the pants off of unsuspecting fishermen. [Naval Research Lab]"}
{"text":"Largo Argentina in Rome was so far visible to people walking from the upper street level; however, it was impossible to approach closer and admire the ruins. Lack of free access to the square for people caused that homeless cats found here shelters and formed a substantial colony.\nIn recent days, the mayor of the city of Rome – Virginia Raggi – declared that until late 2021, additional sidewalks would be led through the square next to the ruins. In this way, tourists will be able to take a closer look at ancient monuments.\nWhat’s important, so-called Largo Argentina is the place where are located remains of four Roman temples and a fragment of the portico of the Pompey Theater, where in the year 44 BCE the conspirators murdered Caesar.\nIMPERIUM ROMANUM is in process of translation over 3300 Polish articles about history of ancient Rome. If you have the opportunity to financially support the further translations – even with smaller amount – I will be very grateful."}
{"text":"LONDON, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Humans and Neanderthals mated in Europe and Asia thousands of years ago to give rise to a legacy of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans, a study published on Wednesday confirmed.\nPrevious theory on the link between the species had claimed that modern Europeans and Asians are related to Neanderthals because they originated from a similar sub-population in Africa.\nHowever, scientists at Edinburgh University and Wageningen University have shown that, the genetic similarity between Neanderthals and modern human populations outside of Africa must have arisen after they began interbreeding in Europe and Asia.\nIn their new study published in the journal Genetics, they developed a new method to compare the competing theories on the relationship between humans and Neanderthals. They divided the genetic code of each species into a series of short blocks, which allowed them to calculate the statistical likelihood of each scenario.\nThey have confirmed the origins of the biological ties that exist between humans and the ancient species, which are believed to have died out around 30,000 years ago.\nEarlier studies have shown that the two groups emerged at different times, and that Neanderthals left the African continent 200,000 years before humans did.\n\"Although there has been mounting evidence for genetic exchange between modern humans and Neanderthals in Eurasia from a number of recent genetic studies, it has been difficult to rule out ancestral structure in Africa,\" Dr. Konrad Lohse of the University of Edinburgh's School of Biological Sciences said. \"We hope our study settles this issue.\""}
{"text":"New Cities with New Rules\nThis talk was the first in a series of public discussions of an idea that Romer has been working on for two years.\nHis economic theory of history explains phenomena such as the constant improvement of the human standard of living by looking primarily at just two forms of innovative ideas: technology and rules.\nTechnologies rearrange materials with ingenious recipes and formulas. More people create more technologies, which in turn generates more people. In recent decades technology has enabled the “demographic transition” which lowers birthrates and raises income per person even higher as population levels off…\nRead the rest of Stewart Brand’s Summary"}
{"text":"This text is part of:\nTable of Contents:\n Of the shrines, the winged shrine1 is to be placed among fabulous stories. The second is said to have been the workmanship of Trophonius and Agamedes, but the present shrine2 was built by the Amphictyons. A tomb of Neoptolemus is shown in the sacred enclosure. It was built according to the injunction of an oracle. Neoptolemus was killed by Machæreus, a Delphian, when, as the fable goes, he was seeking redress from the god for the murder of his father, but, probably, he was preparing to pillage the temple. Branchus, who presided over the temple at Didyma, is said to have been a descendant of Machæreus.\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.\nAn XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system."}
{"text":"Alfred Nobel is a scientist from sweden who invented the dynamite. he lived between 1833 and 1896. He died in San Remo in Italy. During the time he died he had three houses. one in france, italy and sweden. He lived in Karlskoga in Sweden. The only reason that the nobel prize is given out in Sweden is that he had his white russian horses in his stable in Karlskoga."}
{"text":"Afghanistan has one of the highest maternal, infant and child mortality rates in the world. To assess objectively the progress made in the health sector toward achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and the Afghan National Development Strategy objectives, the Ministry of Public Health implemented a modified Demographic and Health Survey to measure maternal mortality and other causes of death in Afghanistan. The study provides national and regional data based on a nationally representative sample of 24,000 households. The study provides the first national baseline of maternal mortality in Afghanistan. Support from UNICEF, UNFPA, and WHO complements the project."}
{"text":"Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan launched an ambitious project last September that aims to make the world disease free within their children's lifetime. Biohub, a $3-billion investment project of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, has been working towards this goal.\nIn a recent Facebook post, Zuckerberg shared a photo of the initiative's science team, and commented on some of the group's goals:\nThe initiative's science board consists of experts from Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and UCSF, with Rockefeller neuroscientist Dr. Cori Bargmann taking the lead.\nEradicating all known diseases will take a tremendous amount of research – research that the Biohub partnership has been taking a lead on. It might seem overly ambitious, but the team thinks it is possible considering all of the achievements over the last 100 years.\nAs Zuckerberg points out in the post:\n\"Life expectancy has increased by 1/4 year for each year in the past century. If we just continue that progress, average life expectancy will be about 100 by the end of this century – meaning we'll have cured many of the diseases that prevent us from reaching that age today.\"\nApart from the Infectious Disease Initiative, Biohub is also focused on the Cell Atlas project, a million dollar effort that aims to map all the cells in the human body. Because many of the diseases that plague humans begin at the cellular level, mapping these cells would make it possible to see what happens when disease strikes.\nAs the company's website states, \"these battles must be won, and here at Biohub, we are fighting back.\""}
{"text":"The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) stores oil in large underground salt caverns. This oil has compositional and thermal gradients induced by geothermal heating from both the bottom surface and side walls. Temperature layering has been recorded in SPR oil caverns, which is hypothesized to be predominantly due to double-diffusive layering that occurs when a stable compositional gradient is heated from below. Initial results of a laboratory experimental program aimed at studying dynamics of such double-diffusive layers in the context of SPR are described in this paper. Of particular interest are the thickness of convecting layers, layer evolution (migration/merging) and conditions for the formation/non-formation of double-diffusive layers.\n- Heat Transfer Division\nConvection in Underground Oil Caverns: The Role of Double Diffusion\n- Views Icon Views\n- Share Icon Share\n- Search Site\nFernando, HJS, Ching, CY, Zhao, Z, Pol, S, & Webb, SW. \"Convection in Underground Oil Caverns: The Role of Double Diffusion.\" Proceedings of the ASME/JSME 2007 Thermal Engineering Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the ASME 2007 InterPACK Conference. ASME/JSME 2007 Thermal Engineering Heat Transfer Summer Conference, Volume 3. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. July 8–12, 2007. pp. 141-147. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/HT2007-32578\nDownload citation file:"}
{"text":"Cormorants and shags (Phalacrocoracidae)\nWhere to see them\nDuring the breeding season at their large Scottish colonies on Orkney, Shetland, the Inner Hebrides and the Firth of Forth. Elsewhere they can be seen commonly around the coasts of Wales and South West England (especially Devon and Cornwall).\nWhen to see them\nAll year round\nWhat they eat\nFish and occasionally crustacea and molluscs.\n|Europe||UK breeding*||UK wintering*||UK passage*|\n|-||27,000 pairs||110,000 birds||-|"}
{"text":"Does Irving's story show that the desire for wealth was becoming greater than the desire to do the right thing based on religion?\nAnswers 1Add Yours\nThis story focuses largely on a theme of greed and its negative effects. Tom Walker is known throughout the Charles Bay for his greed, and it is this greed that leads him to sell his soul to the devil in exchange for money. Tom's plight is meant to warn readers not to let greed blind them, for, as is the case in \"The Devil and Tom Walker,\" it can have disastrous consequences. Tom's choices in this story are reflections of his valuing material wealth and financial prosperity over the wellbeing of others. He is more concerned with the loss of his valuable property than he is with the murder of his wife by Old Scratch. He shows no sympathy for those who come to him seeking loans, and instead bleeds them dry. In author Irving's eyes, Tom's values clearly lie in the wrong place, and in the end he is punished for it. You can find this and more at the GradeSaver link below:"}
{"text":"Plumber Patrick is here to help your students practice the Uppercase Letter P! Kids learn how to form the letter, they practice tracing and writing. Students learn the occupation that starts with this letter.\nIncluded is the Uppercase Letter P version of the printed letter. Letters are based on Zaner-Bloser handwriting style. This handwriting worksheet has 1/2 inch horizontal ruling and is suitable for second-grade students."}
{"text":"Social and economic disadvantages experienced in early childhood can limit children’s opportunities for health throughout life. These health disadvantages may then be passed across generations. In addition, research shows that early exposure to toxic stress—traumatic experiences such as neglect, abuse, or homelessness—can rewire a child’s brain, with serious health consequences extending into adulthood. Intervening in early childhood can break the vicious cycle of social and health disadvantage into adulthood and across generations.\nThis fact sheet reviews key elements of successful early childhood programs, estimated savings to society, and known risks of failing to invest in early childhood development."}
{"text":"Based on the beloved comic strip called \"Peanuts\" by Charles Schultz, A Boy Named Charlie Brown focuses on the comic strip's main character, Charlie Brown. Charlie is an average boy that does not seem to have much luck when it comes to winning anything. His little league loses every game they play, he has trouble flying a kite, and he is getting tired of it. He wonders what it is like to win at something.\nOne day, they held a spelling bee in his class, and he summons the courage to participate in it. He wins his class spelling bee and moves on to the school-wide one despite a few naysayers that were mocking him. With the help of his beagle, Snoopy, and his best friend, Linus, Charlie wins the school spelling bee, which qualifies him for the national one held in Manhattan. He heads to the national contest with the trusty, beloved blanket that Linus gave him and hopes of winning the national spelling bee."}
{"text":"Today, the US Energy Information Administration announced that California had passed a key milestone, becoming the first state to produce five percent of its annual electricity using utility-scale solar power. This number represents more than a doubling from the 2013 level, when 1.9 percent of the state's power came from utility-scale solar, and means that California produces more electricity from this approach than all of the remaining states combined.\nThe growth in California was largely fueled by the opening of two 550MW capacity photovoltaic plants, along with two large solar-thermal plants. In total, the state added nearly two GigaWatts of capacity last year alone. The growth is driven in part by a renewable energy standard that will see the state generate 33 percent of its electricity from non-hydro renewables by 2020; it was at 22 percent in 2014.\nOther states with renewable standards—Nevada, Arizona, New Jersey, and North Carolina—rounded out the top five. Both Nevada and Arizona obtained 2.8 percent of their electricity from solar; all other states were at one percent or less.\nUnfortunately for California, the growth in non-hydro renewables only served to offset the loss of hydroelectric power caused by the state's continuing drought. In fact, total renewable generation (including hydro) has been stable for the last three years after dropping from 2011 levels, solely due to the loss of hydroelectric generation.\nAs the EIA's figures do not include small solar installations, however, there's a chance that solar has more than offset the loss of hydro. The state doesn't break out residential numbers separately, so it's difficult to tell.\nThis post originated on Ars Technica"}
{"text":"Everything’s bigger in Texas, or so cowboys from the Lone Star State would love to have you believe.\nWhen it comes to trees, though, California not only has the biggest trees in the world, but the oldest and tallest, too. The Coastal Redwoods of the state’s northwestern rainforest, the Giant Sequoias of the Sierra Nevada mountains, the Ancient Bristlecone Pines of Eastern California; each of these hold one of those “World Record” titles.\nThough these trees, and the beautiful places that surround them, are often the focus of conversation when the subjects of the Golden State and dendrology cross, they are not the only majestic flora the state has to offer. If one were interested in tree identification, bird watching or simply camping within the bows of shady beauty, they might be hard pressed to find more diversity than this edge of western civilization provides.\nWe intend to show you the brightest and best of natural California this time around. We’ll skip the southern coast, the cities, the central valleys. Quite honestly, if one were attempting to compare smoggy, bustling Los Angeles or even historic, progressive San Francisco with even one grove of any of these trees, it would be hard for me to imagine the type of person who would prefer the glow of city lights to the awe of standing in these ancients, these giants’ wake. Here’s to hoping you agree."}
{"text":"Mr. G's Computer Basics Unit\nUse the information in the Computer Basics Unit PDF and the movie \"The Pirates of Silicon Valley\" to answer the questions below.\nMicrosoft was founded by _______\nBill Gates and Paul Allen\nPaul Allen and Steve Wozniak\nSteve Wozniak and Steve Ballmer\nSteve Wozniak and Steve Jobs\nWhat was the Altair 8800 missing that Microsoft had to offer?\nA spreadsheet program\nA Virus Checker\nAn Operating System\nWhat does DOS stand for?\nDisk Operating System\nDual Operating System\nDynamic Operations System\nNone of the above\nHow much did Microsoft pay for their first operating system\nWhich of the following is not part of Microsoft Office?\nNever submit passwords through Google Forms.\nThis content is neither created nor endorsed by Google.\nTerms of Service"}
{"text":"Reptiles & Amphibians in Mote Park\nDespite being so close to the town centre, most British reptile and amphibian species call Mote Park their home.\nThe lake forms an important breeding ground for the Common Toad, and tiny toadlets can be found crossing the lake’s circular path during the summer evenings.\nThe grasslands, bathed in the hot summer sun, are a great place to catch sight of our reptiles.\nSlow Worms are the most common species, and play an important role in eating the slugs and snails in the park."}
{"text":"Look around your child’s school and you likely won’t see a lot of male teachers, especially in elementary and middle schools. But research shows many kids would benefit from men in the classroom.\nThe number of men signed up to study education at the University of Utah this fall is about the same low number as it has been historically. A study by MenTeach — an organization whose mission is to increase the number of males working with young children — estimates only about 16 to 18 percent of elementary and middle school teachers nationwide are male. In Utah, state data from 2008-2009 showed just 11 percent of elementary teachers were male.\nThe director of the Urban Institute for Teacher Education at the University of Utah, Mary Burbank, said as the emphasis in public education shifts from nurturing and development to assessment, more men may enter the field.\n“Men and women are equally equipped to respond to that work, but those factors may impact who is going into teaching due to the perception of what the work involves,” she said.\nBurbank said many boys and girls would benefit from a male role model, or from the differences in communication and teaching style a man could bring to the classroom.\n“Perhaps those specific communication styles that are more inherent for some men, would really resonate with some young boys and young girls in classrooms,” she said.\nReasons for fewer male teachers include the perception that teaching doesn’t pay enough.\n“Increasingly, the pay for teaching is commensurate with other professions. But whether that’s beginning to be a draw for men is still an area of question,” Burbank said.\nSome also think that it’s a woman’s job. And some men simply desire to do something else."}
{"text":"2014 marks the 600th anniversary of the start of the Council of Constance. The Council was a major event in church politics which made Constance the center of European politics and a meeting place of European cultures in the years 1414-1418. Baden-Württemberg commemorates the anniversary of the world event of the late Middle Ages with a Great State Exhibition. The organizational responsibility was assigned to the Badische Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe.\nThe Exhibition can be viewed from 27 April to 21 September 2014 in the actual building in which events took place in Constance. The Conclave moved into the Merchants Guildhall in 1417 with the intention of not leaving until the church could be united by the successful election of a single Pope. We are in the thick of the historical events in the building now called the Council House, which is a landmark of the city."}
{"text":"What is PHP ? what is MYSQL ? Well PHP is a hypertext preprocessor!!!\nmmm, what does it mean ?\nWelcome everybody to this PHP series where we will be learning a lot about what PHP is, If you have no idea what PHP is and you just either you’re being forced to learn it for a job or you want to learn it or you accidentally I’m going to explain what this is .\nSo PHP is a programming language it’s what’s known as a server-side just like Java or C or C++, C# etc.. , So mainly PHP is used to develop websites it can be used to create a shell programs through shell applications through the command line but we’re not going to be getting into that so we’re going to be developing websites with PHP."}
{"text":"Paul Daniel Marriott\nGuide to Historic Roads\nIn 2008, the Fitch Foundation awarded a Fitch Mid-Career Research grant to Paul Daniel Marriott to research and write a new guide to assist state and tribal historic preservation offices, as well as local governments and historic road advocates, with the historical background, strategies and tools to better identify and preserve our nation’s historic rooad. The Preservation Office Guide to Historic Roads: Clarifying Preservation Goals for State Historic Preservation Offices, Establishing Preservation Expectations for State Transportation Departments is available online at: www.historicroads.org.\nHenry Hudson Drive, Palisades Interstate Park, New Jersey Almost immediately after the New Jersey Palisades were protected from devastating quarrying operations by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission in 1900, discussions were underway to develop a great scenic “driveway” along the Hudson River. The Henry Hudson Drive, a segment of a proposed great scenic drive from New York to Albany (that included Storm King Highway, 1914), opened to great acclaim in 1921. (Credit: Dan Marriott)"}
{"text":"The Body; Health , Should/ Shouldn`t\nTo provide clarification and practice of should/shouldn`t in the context of health problems\nTo provide practice of Health; Body in the context of illness\nProcedure (45-59 minutes)\nAsk: When was the last time you were ill? Where did you hurt? Make ss to name part of their bodies. Ss look at the picture and match words and body parts.\nAsk: What do you do when you`ve got a cold? Do you go to work/ school, stay at home and rest or go to the doctor/ take some medicine? What do you do when you are ill? 2B Ss look at the words in the box and match them with photos of people. 2C Ss look at health problems in ex.2B & write them in the correct place in the table. Ss read & write missing words & phrases about health and then listen & check.\nSs read article about cold cures and answer questions. 5A/B Ss look at the sentences, underline the correct one to complete the rules and then compete the table.\nUse should + Infinitive to give advice : You should take a medicine. & to recommend : You should see that film.\n6A Ss look at health problems words and choose advice from the list with should/shouldn`t .\nSs look at the pictures and find what`s wrong with the people. Ss listen and find correct advice for the health problems. Ss listen and number the pictures Ss listen and find each person`s health problems\nPair-work What do you take for that? Ss ask and answer questions about health. pair work Name the illness Ss take cards and name the illness, then give some advice using should/shouldn`t"}
{"text":"Field Guide to the Littoral Forest Trees of South East Madagascar\nDistributed for Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew\nThe forests around Tolagnaro, on Madagascar’s southeastern coast, are incredibly rich, with over three hundred endemic tree species. Based on ten years of surveys by leading botanists from the Rio Tinto environmental team, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this illustrated field guide includes short descriptions and photographs useful for field identification. Available in both English and French editions, the book covers all known tree species and is an invaluable tool for conservationists."}
{"text":"This is a reference for the Java classes in packages java.applet, java.awt and java.beans. Unlike other similar works it does not order the class descriptions by package, but instead orders them alphabetically by class name. This is helpful, especially when you are unsure in which package a class is defined.\nEach class description presents the API in a style based on that provided by javadoc, but made more suitable for a printed text and supplemented by additional notes and examples. The supplementary material is generally of a very high standard, and contains a lot of useful information. Many of the code examples can also be downloaded over the Web, which will save a lot of re-typing.\nUnfortunately, a large number of the AWT classes documented here have been superseded by the now released JFC (Swing) components. I doubt that anyone serious about UI development using Java is now using the AWT components for new work. This means that about a half of this book is now redundant, or at least only of interest for more specialised applications, which is a shame given its quality.\nIn summary, it cannot be generally recommended; only for those who need to understand the 1.1 AWT in depth."}
{"text":"Welcome to online modules for Advancing the Story, Fourth Edition, by Debora H. Wenger and Deborah Potter.\n- Skill-building tutorials, under Exercises, reinforce important concepts and create opportunities for students to practice their journalism skills. Tutorials include honing data-driven storytelling skills, writing focus statements, developing a blog or portfolio, and creating a newscast lineup.\n- Carefully selected multimedia resources, under Explore, feature relevant interviews, tips for success from those in the field, important research findings, and other content for use in independent or classroom-based explorations of key topics.\n- Examples of high-quality work produced by other journalists, under Discover, allow students to learn from the best and review sample online projects, slide shows, TV news stories, and print articles."}
{"text":"Immigrants to Canada Database\nLibrary and Archives Canada (LAC) announced the launch of an online database, Immigrants to Canada.\nThe database contains Canadian immigration records held at LAC, many of which relate to immigrants from the British Isles arriving in Quebec and Ontario; also included are references to settlers in other provinces. Through this new database, researchers can access references to lists of immigrants and other types of records created before 1865, such as declarations of aliens and names of some Irish orphans.\nThe database can be viewed here:"}
{"text":"Individual differences |\nMethods | Statistics | Clinical | Educational | Industrial | Professional items | World psychology |\nBiological: Behavioural genetics · Evolutionary psychology · Neuroanatomy · Neurochemistry · Neuroendocrinology · Neuroscience · Psychoneuroimmunology · Physiological Psychology · Psychopharmacology (Index, Outline)\nThe limbic cortex is that part of the cerebral cortex of the brain thought to play a role in emotion. It includes the temporal pole, insula, cingulate gyrus, retrosplenial cortex, parahippocampal gyrus and perirhinal cortex, as well as the caudal orbital and medial prefrontal regions.\n|This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia (view authors).|"}
{"text":"LIDAR system, which stands for “Light Detection and Ranging”, means that it sends out a light signal and waits for the signal to return. “LiDAR” is basically a remote sensing method that uses laser or light for measuring. In the mapping industry, although complex objects or areas cannot be measured, it is very much involved in classical construction stages.\nHow does LiDAR work?\nThis technology uses light to detect objects to create a digital point cloud. Installation of this technology is usually equipped with an airplane, drone, or helicopter. It is transmits laser beams that are repeatedly pulsed, or shot, in various directions in a given environment. Once these lasers meet a surface and return to the sensor, data points are logged. These points combine with GPS data as well as (IMU) or inertial measurement to generate a point cloud. After that, a number of products can be produced by professionals including 3D models that can be rendered to reflect the scanned environment. The takeaway, it uses light for remote sensing."}
{"text":"How many syllables are in abecedary? 5 syllables\nDivide abecedary into syllables: a-be-ce-da-ry\nHow to pronounce abecedary:\nUS English Accent and Pronunciation:\nBritish English Accent and Pronunciation:\nDefinition of: Abecedary (New window will open)\nAre you a freelance writer? If so, join our writing community with freelance opportunities, unique promotional opportunities, and free writing tools.\nFreelance Writing Opportunities\nAbecedary Poems: (See poems with this word. New window will open)\nSynonyms and Words Related to Abecedary\nbattledore (3 syllables), casebook (2 syllables), elements (3 syllables), grammar (2 syllables), hornbook (2 syllables), initiation (5 syllables), introduction (4 syllables), manual (3 syllables),\nWhat do you think of our answer to how many syllables are in abecedary? Are the syllable count, pronunciation, words that rhyme, and syllable divisions for abecedary correct? There are numerous syllabic anomalies found within the U.S. English language. Can abecedary be pronounced differently? Did we divide the syllables correctly? Do regional variations in the pronunciation of abecedary effect the syllable count? Has language changed? Provide your comments or thoughts on the syllable count for abecedary below.\nComment on the syllables in Abecedary\nA comprehensive resource for finding syllables in abecedary, how many syllables are in abecedary, words that rhyme with abecedary, how to divide abecedary into syllables, how to pronounce abecedary in US and British English, how to break abecedary into syllables."}
{"text":"Klasing K. 2007. Nutrition and immunity: vitamins and minerals. In Ward A, Hunt A, Maslanka M, Eds. Proceedings of the Seventh Conference on Zoo and Wildlife Nutrition, AZA Nutrition Advisory Group, Knoxville, TN.\nInfectious diseases impinge on animal health and welfare. Appropriate nutrition may aid in minimizing the incidence of infectious diseases by optimizing immunity. Formulating diets that optimize immunity requires knowing the specific cellular mechanisms by which nutrients affect immunity, and how these mechanisms pertain to specific nutrients and pathogens. Understanding the nuances of nutrition and immunity is important because higher dietary levels of some nutrients is not always better and a nutritionist can do harm to immunity and animal health by over fortification.Klasing – Nutrition and Immunity.pdf     847 KB"}
{"text":"Agency Fee means the normal charges imposed by the Agency on an applicant or a project occupant to compensate the Agency for the Agency's participation in a project. The term \"Agency fee\" shall include not only the Agency's normal Administrative fee, but also may include (1) reimbursement of the Agency's expenses, (2) rent imposed by the Agency for use of the property of the Agency, and (3) other similar charges imposed by the Agency.\nAgency Fee means the normal charges imposed by the Agency to an Applicant or a Project occupant to compensate the Agency for the Agency’s participation in the Project. The term “Agency Fee” shall include not only the Agency’s normal Administrative Fee, but also may include:\nExamples of Agency Fee in a sentence\nThe Agency Fee is calculated as the Agreed Percentage from the aggregate gross Goods Price earned by the Partner from the Orders placed through the Bolt Food Platform during a particular reference period.\nMore Definitions of Agency Fee\nAgency Fee means the fee payable by the Partner to Bolt per every event of sale of the Partner’s Goods through the Bolt Food Platform for the provision of agency services to the Partner. Agreed Percentage is the percentage agreed in the Special Terms that serves as the basis for the calculation of the Agency Fee.\nAgency Fee means the agency fee agreed to by Borrower and Administrative Agent pursuant to the Fee Letter.\nAgency Fee means the fees that the Borrower shall pay to the Agent in consideration of the Agent Services, as separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Agent."}
{"text":"edited by Lawrence A. Hirschfeld, Susan A. Gelman\nWhat is the nature of human thought? A long dominant view holds that the mind is a general problem-solving device that approaches all questions in much the same way. Chomsky's theory of language, which revolutionised linguistics, challenged this claim, contending that children are primed to acquire some skills, like language, in a manner largely independent of their ability to solve other sorts of apparently similar mental problems. In recent years researchers in anthropology, psychology, linguistic and neuroscience have examined whether other mental skills are similarly independent. Many have concluded that much of human thought is 'domain-specific'. Thus, the mind is better viewed as a collection of cognitive abilities specialised to handle specific tasks than a general problem solver. This volume introduces a general audience to a domain-specificity perspective, by compiling a collection of essays exploring how several of these cognitive abilities are organised."}
{"text":"|This article does not cite any references or sources. (December 2009)|\nIgnacy Oziewicz (Polish pronunciation: [iɡˈnat͡sɨ ɔˈʑevit͡ʂ]; pseudonyms: Czesław, Czesławski, Netta, Jenczewski; 1887 – 1966) was a Polish military general. During the First World War, he served in the Russian Tsarist army in various NCO and officers' posts. In 1919, he joined the Polish Army.\nDuring the September Campaign he commanded the 29th Infantry Division. After its defeat, he was interned in Lithuania. Later, he managed to escape from a camp and returned to Poland where he joined the underground movement.\nHonours and awards\n- Virtuti Militari, Silver Cross\n- Cross of Valour, 4 times\n- Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta\n- Gold Cross of Merit\n|This biographical article related to the military of Poland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.|"}
{"text":"N.P.K 3-5-10 + Trace Elements\nPlanting Depth: As a general rule (unless otherwise instructed) plant bulbs at a Depth about 2 times the size of the bulb. For example a Tulip bulb 3-4cm across should be planted 6-8cm deep. Bulbs are best planted in bold groups.\nBulb Food – How much to use:\nLarger Bulbs – Daffodils, Tulips, Hyacinths, Liliums and Dahlias allow one handful (100grams) per 3 – 5 bulbs.\nMedium Bulbs – Freesia, Crocus, Allium, Iris, Gladioli and Begonias etc, allow one handful per 8 – 10 bulbs.\nSmall Bulbs – Anemone, Ranunculus, Muscari and Sparaxia etc, allow one handful per 15 – 20 bulbs.\nRemember to mix bulb Food in the soil at planting depth before placing the bulbs. An extra top dressing before flowering is beneficial.\nBulbs are heavy feeders and love their specially prepared food."}
{"text":"When It is not possible to construct the tabular content by using HTML <table> tag for any reason then they are called as custom tables. On the similar lines, when we cannot use the HTML <table> tag then it is obvious that descendants of the HTML table cannot be used. When I say descendants then what does it mean with respect to the HTML <table> tag. The descendants of HTML <table> tag could be <td>, <th> <tr>, <tbody>, <tfooter>, <thead> and so on.. in other words, authors cannot use all the mentioned descendants unless HTML <table> tag is being used to construct the tabular content. Each descendant conveys some or other semantical information to the assistive technology users. Let me talk more about <t> descendant. <td> tag conveys the semantical information to the assistive technology users that it is a cell. Unfortunately, custom tables are constructed with <div> and <span> tags. Divs and spans do not convey the any semantical information to the assistive technology users and this is a problem.\nIn order to address this problem, aria 1.1 introduced table and cell roles. To provide the semantics to the custom table, author must provide Table role to the entire container. Similarly, to provide the cell semantics in the custom table, author must provide cell role. Cell role is related to gridcell and It is equivalent of HTML <td>. All the context that I made about the tables is related to the static tables but not related to interactive tables. To be very clear and precise, cell role must be used only for static tables that are having table role.\n- Authors MUST ensure elements with role cell are contained in, or owned by, an element with the role row.\n<div id=”foo” role=”table” aria-colcount=”8″>\n<span id=”test” role=”cell” aria-colindex=”4″ >test cell</span>"}
{"text":"Britannica Web sites\nArticles from Britannica encyclopedias for elementary and high school students.\n- Woody Guthrie - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)\n(1912-67). The most famous of the more than 1,000 songs he wrote is ’This Land Is Your Land’, a composition taken up as an anthem by the civil rights and anti-Vietnam movements of the 1960s. By the time of his early death, Woody Guthrie had become the most legendary of modern American folksingers. His son Arlo and associates such as Pete Seeger have helped keep his music and memory alive."}
{"text":"The Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center, a program of Milwaukee Jewish Federation, held a weeklong workshop for Wisconsin educators from July 12-16.\n“Navigating the Holocaust: Your Compass to Holocaust Education,” reached educators from nearly 40 Wisconsin school districts, said HERC Executive Director Samantha Abramson.\nThe week of virtual programming included experts and guest speakers, and participants were shown HERC’s Holocaust Education Map, a digital toolkit for educators with more than 100 lesson plans.\nSpeakers included fiction author and educator Dr. Danny M. Cohen, who discussed engaging students with Holocaust education. Historian, curator and archivist at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Dr. Rebecca Erbelding led a talk showcasing the virtual exhibition, “Americans and the Holocaust,” which explored what Americans knew and how they responded to the Holocaust as it happened.\nThe workshop covered Wisconsin’s new Holocaust education mandate and the resources available to support educators; best practices for teaching about the Holocaust; specific content related to the Holocaust; and other topics."}
{"text":"Rembrandt's Religious Etchings\nRembrandt, one of the greatest interpreters of biblical stories, turned to the Bible as a source of inspiration for his etchings throughout his career, but particularly during the 1650s. He depicted not only scenes from the Old Testament and the Apocrypha but also stories found in the New Testament, particularly those centered on the life of Christ. He always demonstrated a remarkable empathy for the human dimension of these accounts, whatever their theological implications. Whether portraying Old Testament patriarchs such as Abraham at moments of spiritual crisis, the Holy Family at rest in a simple dwelling, or Christ preaching, Rembrandt transformed the written word into vividly compelling pictorial language. He made at least two print series, one devoted to the childhood of Christ and one with scenes from Christs life and resurrection, both of which are on view in this room.\nA master printmaker, Rembrandt exploited the etching medium to its fullest, finding within it unprecedented opportunities to express both the natural and spiritual qualities of light in his biblical scenes. He often reprinted his plates in new states as he amended his compositions, frequently by adding drypoint to enhance the velvety textures of materials or the deep darks of shaded areas. Rembrandt experimented with the inking and wiping of his copper plates to create tonal effects that would shape the dramatic character of his scenes. For the same reason, he also experimented with different types of papers; in some, the ink penetrated the paper deeply, while in others, it lies largely diffused over the surface."}
{"text":"The images in these pages can be used to give an indication of the detail and size of image a child with a given visual acuity should be able to see.\nIt is tiring and frustrating to work with images that are only just visible so we advise that children work with images that are at least twice their visual acuity.\nYou may have Visual Acuity measures for the right eye and left eye separately (monocular) or together (binocular). Generally it is the eye with the best acuity (smallest number at the bottom of the fraction if written in Snellen convention) or the binocular acuity that should be used to decide on suitable image sizes.\nTo find out what size of image should be seen easily at different distances click on the visual acuity below which matches or approximates to the one you have been given. Picture and letter images are available. Choose the image that is most appropriate for the individual.\nFor each acuity level several pages of images are presented. The text at the top of the page details whether these images are the minimum size that is likely to be seen or a size that should be easily seen.\nPlease click on the Snellen/logMAR numbers below to obtain Picture and Letter images:\nIf you have been given a visual acuity measurement that has a number other than 6 on top of the fraction, click here for information on how to convert this measure.\nIf you have been given a visual acuity measurement in a different format e.g. 1.0 logMAR or 30 cycles per degree (cpd) click here for information on converting acuities into Snellen fractions.\nA variety of picture and letter images are available at each acuity level. The picture images are larger in overall size than the letter images. This is because it is the width of the elements within the picture or letter, rather than the overall size which is important in defining the acuity."}
{"text":"In Operatic Afterlives, Michal Grover-Friedlander examines the implications of opera’s founding myth—the story of Orpheus and Eurydice: Orpheus’s attempt to revive the dead Eurydice with the power of singing. Grover-Friedlander examines instances in which opera portrays an existence beyond death, a revival of the dead, or a simultaneous presence of life and death. These portrayals—in operas by Puccini and other composers and performances by Maria Callas-are made possible, she argues, by the unique treatment of voice in the operas in question: the occurrence of a breach in which singing itself takes on an afterlife in the face of the singer’s death. This may arise from the multiplication of singing voices inhabiting the same body, from disembodied singing, from the merging of singing voices, from the disconnection of voice and character. The instances developed in the book take on added significance as they describe a reconfiguration of operatic singing itself.Singing reigns over text, musical language, and dramatic characterization. The notion of the afterlife of singing reveals the singularity of the voice in opera, and how much it differs categorically from any other elaboration of the voice. Grover-Friedlander’s examples reflect on the meanings of the operatic voice as well as on our sense of its resonating, unending, and haunting presence.Traditionally, opera kills its protagonists, but Grover-Friedlander argues that opera at times also represents the ways that the voice, singing, or song acquire their own forms of aliveness and indestructibility. Operatic Afterlives shows the ultimate power that opera grants to singing: the reversal of death."}
{"text":"The first games to open to the entire African continent occurred a full forty years after they were first intended. Pierre de Coubertin, had proposed the first African Games be held in Algiers, Algeria in 1925. The games were never organized. Four years later, Alexandria, Egypt had almost completed preparations for the African Games of 1929 when the colonial powers stepped in to cancel the games, weeks before they were to begin. The colonizers felt the games might serve to unite Africa, and help them break free from their colonial status. The idea of a continental games languished for a time until regional games in West Africa the early sixties paved the way for the first continental games to be held in July 1965.\nForeshadowing what was to become accepted protocol at major international games, and reflecting the continents relative political instability, the Congo-Brazzaville Army was on high alert throughout the games for \"malcontents\" and \"counter-revolutionaries\". All highways in and out of Brazzaville were patrolled by armored vehicles and all cars within the city, except for games participants and journalists, were stopped and inspected at major checkpoints.\n2500 athletes from 29 nations marched in to the stadium. Avery Brundage, the IOC president attended the games as the IOC's chief observer.\nThe games success was due in a large part to the emerging African stars, such as Wilson Kiprugut Chuma (silver medalist in the Tokyo 800 meters), Mohammed Gammoudi (silver medalist Tokyo, 10,000 meters), and Kip Keino, Naftali Temu and Mamo Wolde, who would all win medals three years later at the Mexico City Olympic Games.\nMen competed in ten sports, women just two; athletics and basketball.\nThe top medal winning nation was the United Arab Republic, at one time a political union of Egypt and Syria.*\n|1965 All-Africa Games Medal Count|\nIn addition, Senegal won both relay races for men (4x100 metres and 4x400 metres).\n| Côte d'Ivoire|"}
{"text":"has succeeded in drilling down through over two miles of ice to reach lake Vostok - a large lake under the Antarctic Ice.\nScientists can now begin a search for new life forms. If\nlife is found in the lake's icy darkness, it may provide the best\nanswer yet to whether life can exist in the extreme conditions on Mars or Jupiter's moon Europa.\nAlthough this is very exciting scientifically there has been concern about possible contamination of samples and pollution of the lake from the anti-freeze and other chemicals used to keep the bore hole open and the drilling machinery working."}
{"text":"Cigar smokers are twice as likely as nonsmokers to get cancer of the mouth, throat and lungs, researchers reported Thursday in the latest warning about the dangers of one of the hottest trends of the '90s.\nThe smokers also run about 1 1/2 times the risk of all smoking-related cancers together and are more likely to develop heart disease or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.The study, published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine, was conducted by Dr. Carlos Iribarren, an epidemiologist at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in Oakland, Calif., who examined the medical records of 1,546 regular cigar smokers and 16,228 nonsmokers from 1971 through 1995.\nMost of the cigar smokers smoked fewer than five a day.\nThe study expanded on one described by The Associated Press last year, when Iribarren presented data about 225 cigar smokers to the American Heart Association.\nThe risks aren't as high as they are for cigarette smokers because cigar smokers don't usually inhale the smoke and hold it in their lungs.\nCigarette smokers have about three times as high a risk of coronary heart disease as nonsmokers, 10 times the risk of lung cancer and 20 to 25 times the risk of cardiac lung disease, Iribarren said.\n\"But our study shows conclusively that there are very serious health consequences associated with chronic cigar use,\" he said.\nSurgeon General David Satcher, who has been trying to get the Federal Trade Commission to require warning labels on cigars like those on cigarettes, said: \"Cigar smoking seems to have become a fad. The implication is that people don't think its dangerous. This is more very solid evidence of the dangers of cigar smoking.\""}
{"text":"Human Movement Science & Functional Anatomy of the:\nby Brent Brookbush MS, PES, CES, CSCS, ACSM H/FS\nPsoas Image – Gray’s Anatomy 20th Edition via Bartleby.com\n- Origin: Ventral surfaces of the transverse processes of all lumbar vertebrae, sides of the bodies and corresponding intervertebral disks of the last thoracic and all lumbar vertebrae, and the membranous arches that extend over the sides of the bodies of the lumbar vertebra (11) Occasionally reference is made to a psoas minor with and origin on the vertebral body of T12 and fusing with the psoas major approximately the level of the femoral head. The psoas minor is not present in everyone.\n- Insertion: Lesser trochanter of the femur\n- The psoas is bordered posteriorly by the deepest layer of the thoracolumbar fascia and quadratus lumborum, enveloped by fascia arising from the deep layers of the thoracolumbar fascia, and abutting the peritoneum anterioly. The superiorly the fibers of the psoas extend past the diaphragm and invest in the arcuate ligament and inferiorly they pass just anterior the pubic ramus, posterior to the inguinal ligament and lateral to the fascial structure known as the iliopectineal arch.\n- Palpating the psoas major is a skilled palpation. With your partner lying supine, flex their hip and knee into hook-lying (crunch) position. Place your leg under their leg so they can completely relax. With finger pads over finger pads palpate an inch or so medial to the ASIS (between naval and ilium). Allow your fingers to slowly depress in the direction of the lumbar spine (slight medial inclination) as they exhale. Make small gentle hook like motions to help overlying"}
{"text":"Because the Chesapeake Bay was one of the biggest inland bays in the early US, it has a long history of being served by Lightships.\nThese early Aids to Navigation were also known by several other names in the early 1800s such as Light Boats, Floating Lights and Light Vessels.\nThe following are all 17 of the designated Light Stations in the Chesapeake Bay that had a Light Boat or Light Ship assigned to them at any point in time.\nThese are the officially designated Light Stations by the federal government and were served by federally funded light boats, light vessels or light ships during the years indicated. More information on each station will be posted as developed.\nThis list is taken from the USCG Historians Web Site.\nBowlers Rock, 1835-1868 LS-C, LV-28 (photo needed w/name)\nBush Bluff, 1891-1914 LV-46, LS-97 (photo needed of 46 w/name)\nCape Charles, 1888-1926 (then Chesapeake) LV-46, LV-49, LS-101\nChesapeake, 1927-1965 LV-80, LV-72, (photos needed) LS-116\nChoptank River, 1870-1871 LV-25 (photo needed w/name)\nCraney Island, 1820-1859 LS-C (photo needed)\nHoopers Straight, 1827-1867 LV-25 (photo needed)\nJanes/James Island, 1853-1867 LV-? (photo needed w/name)\nLower Cedar Point, 1825-1867 LS-DD, LV-24 (photos needed)\nSmith Point, 1821-1897 LS-B, LV-23, LV-46 (photos needed)\nTail of the Horseshoe, 1900-1922 LV-71, LV-46 (photo needed of 71\nThirty Five Foot Channel, 1908-1919 LV-45\nUpper Cedar Point, 1821-1867 LS-LL, LS-EE, LS-SS, LV-21\nWilloughbys Spit, 1820-1872 LS-C, LS-Q, LV-21, LV-23 (photos needed w/name)\nWindmill Point , 1834-1869 LS-U, LV-21 (photos needed w/name)\nWinter Quarter Shoal, 1874-1960 LV-24, LV-2, LV-37, LV-45, LS-91, LS-107 (photos needed)\nWolf Trap, 1821-1893 LS- S, LS-T, LV-22, LV-46 (photos needed w/name)\nYork Spit, 1855-1870 LS-T, LV-22, LV-24 (photos needed w/name)"}
{"text":"In Memory of the First Technical Writer – 1920 to 2011\nJoseph Chapline, 91, died peacefully Monday, August 8, 2011 – the first noted technical writer. In 1949, he wrote the user’s manual for the BINAC computer, making him an innovator in the field, paving the way for new writers looking for work.\nBefore that time, there wasn’t a great need for technical writers because there weren’t technologies available for people to use. Chapline helped to develop the Binac and Eniac systems, which meant he needed user manuals to help those who wanted to use them too. After creating a large manual on the Eniac system, he realized the value of passing on his knowledge of the process.\nAt the Moore School of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, Chapline began to offer classes in technical writing, teaching over 200 in his time at the school.\nThe Story Takes a Strange Turn\nWhile Chapline started the revolution that is technical writing, he didn’t stay in the profession for long. In 1953, he returned to his love of music and was hired as the organist and choirmaster for the Unitarian Church of Germantown in Philadelphia. There, he continued to develop his mastery of music and helped to teach organists.\nPerhaps this story has something to tell us about the possibilities of technical writing, maybe not. Perhaps the brain that’s suited to music is also suited to creating complicated documents. After all, isn’t a musical score an assemblage of notes in the right order so that anyone can play them, just as a user manual is a compilation of instructions so anyone can use them?\nChapline knew the answer, and thankfully he passed it on."}
{"text":"We have been hearing more about sugar lately. In the 80s, scientists and doctors recommended to cut down our fat intake in order to avoid heart disease. Consequently, this led to an increase in the consumption of sugar and carbs. Nowadays, scientists are starting to realize that they may have made a mistake and that sugar is the actual culprit behind the epidemic of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis and several other chronic issues.\nRefined sugar is empty calorie. There is no nutrients in it, it is just 100% sugar. As a consequence, the body recognizes and processes sugar as it is a toxin. It depletes the tissues from calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc and a variety of other minerals. This leads to the issues mentioned in the first paragraph.\nSugar may or may not include refined table sugar, grains like wheat, corn, rice, etc. and fruits in some cases. How strict you have to be about sugar depends on the severity of your conditions and how long what you have been struggling with them.\nAfter saying this, there is some options out there to sweeten our foods. Stevia is the best sweetener. Then we have coconut sugar, dates, and honey. These are highly rich in vitamins and minerals which help the body in processing and assimilating these sweeteners. The negative impact on the body is greatly reduced.\nIf you have any comments, please feel free to contact me.\nyours in health,"}
{"text":"Electrodialysis is an electromembrane process, during which ions are transported through a semipermeable membrane under the influence of an electric field. Electrodialysis has several advantages compared with other methods of liquid purification.\nThe degree of extraction of pure water reaches 90-95%.\nAnother significant advantage of electrodialysis is the fact that the membranes of this apparatus are resistant to the action of active chlorine of higher concentrations than the baromembrane desalination plants, which is important in certain industrial processes.\nThe electrodialysis method is effectively used for:\ndesalination of sea water in obtaining drinking or technical water\nDesalting of liquids containing radioactive elements\ndesalting sewage of galvanic production\nextraction and concentration of valuable inorganic components from wastewater\ndemineralization of whey\ndemineralization of raw glycerin\nalkali hydrolysis reductions\nextraction and return to production of acids and alkalis from sewage after the restoration of ion-exchange resins\nremoval of tartrates from wine materials, and juices stabilization of pH\npurification of pharmaceutical substances\ndesalting solutions containing organic substances\nproduction of mud solutions for gas and oil wells"}
{"text":"George Berkeley (1685–1753), also known as Bishop Berkeley, was one of the three great British empiricist philosophers. Born near Thomastown, Ireland, he was educated at Kilkenny College and attended Trinity College in Dublin, where he remained as a tutor and lecturer after the competion of his Master's degree in 1707. In 1734, he was appointed Bishop of Cloyne in Ireland. He is best known for his doctrine of immaterialism, the idea that reality has no material existence outside of the mind. Berkeley's major works include An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, and Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous.\nOther books by this Author"}
{"text":"The theoretical approach involves generalizations, and as there are few if any true generalizations in the social sciences, this means generalizations which are approximations of some kind. The difficulties, and attractions, of this approach can best be seen in a classic example provided in the most influential exposition of this approach, Hans Zetterberg’s Theory and Verification in Sociology (1965: 23). The construction of the theory begins with two studies: a social psychology experiment and a study of student voting at Bennington College. In the experiment, students in different groups were given a task of writing a story connecting pictures. Some groups were told that they were \"model groups,\" while other groups were not told this. Those who were told that they were model groups were more likely to agree in the writing of the story (Newcomb, 1943). In the study of student voting, it was found that the students who were voted to represent the college in an intercollegiate meeting were likely to be more affected by the liberal values of their teachers and fellow students than those not selected (Back, 1951).\nThe theorist seeks some more general formula relating the determinants, i.e. elected by popular vote and told they were a model group, and the outcomes, i.e. being more affected by predominant liberal values and agreeing more in the writing of the story. To generalize the determinants, Zetterberg suggests the following: they received more favorable evaluations. For the outcomes, he suggests: their ideas converged more with other group members. This yields a theoretical formula: “The more favorable evaluations rank and file members receive in a group, the more their ideas converge with those of other group members” (Zetterberg, 1965: 24).\nQuestion: Rethink the Bennington study, but this time come up with a more abstract generalization that fits the findings. Would one be able to find confirmation for this generalization in a different setting as well? Give some possible examples."}
{"text":"|Typical Values||Typical values per 40g***||-|\n|(of which sugars)||14.8 g||-|\n|(of which saturates)||3.9 g||-|\n|(of which beta glucan)||1.4 g||-|\n|**Equivalent as Salt||0.3 g||-|\nCalories : 730.16 kcal per 100g\nSugar : 37.00 g per 100g\nSalt : 0 g per 100g\nFat : 21.50 g per 100g\n|Source||link to source of data|\nThe Estimated Average Requirement for Energy (a prescribed amount to maintain a healthy body weight) for a female age: 25-34 is 2175 kcal 1 (p.83-85)\nThe World Health Organisation (W.H.O.) recommends that the maximum proportion of energy from all sugars (intrinsic and added) is: 5% and a strong recommendation of an absolute maximum of 10%\nThe energy value of a gram of Sugar is 3.8 kcal.1 (p.93)\nW.H.O. Recommended maximum sugar intake for age: 25-34 and sex:female is\n5% x 2175 / 3.8 = 28.6g of Sugar per day\n7.2 cubes .\nand the Absolute maximum is 57.2g of Sugar per day.\nNb. The W.H.O2 recommendations for maximum sugar intake are considerably lower than those of the NHS3."}
{"text":"Did you know today is National Beer Day?\nAccording to a recent survey, 69% of Americans drink 2 or more bottles of beer per week. That’s over 100 beers per person per year!\nTo conduct the National Today Beer Day Survey, the researchers asked 1,100 American adults about their feelings on beer.\nAlmost half (45%) of Americans report drinking beer. One in 3 Americans prefer imported beer, while the majority (67%) usually opt for domestic.\nSo WHY is today National Beer Day? On April 7, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt took the major first step toward ending Prohibition and signed a law allowing people to brew and distribute beer in the United States. Upon signing the legislation, FDR famously stated, “I think this would be a good time for a beer.” For the first time in 13 years, beer drinkers celebrated and were happy to be able to purchase beer again. On that same day, 1.5 million barrels of beer were consumed, inspiring the holiday celebrated today.\nFor all you beer lovers out there – remember, always drink responsibly and never drink and drive. So, take a toast with us by celebrating National Beer Day today, Cheers!"}
{"text":"Eighth grade students will be discussing and discovering the Pythagorean Theorem. Students will view a video of a real world situation that involves right triangles and the Pythagorean Theorem. They will work collaboratively to discover the theorem and formula to solve Pythagorean Theorem problems.\nAuthor: Mark Jankowski\nDownload a zip file of the supporting documents."}
{"text":"Vikidia currently has 3,113 articles. Improve it!\nJoin Vikidia: create your account now and improve it!\nThe gorilla (Gorilla) is a mammal. It is a primate native to Africa. The gorilla is the next-closest living relative to humans, after the chimpanzee and bonobo. There are two species (eastern and western) and four or five subspecies. They are ground-dwelling, plant-eating mammals, that live in the forests of Africa from the highlands to the lowlands.\nSee also[edit | edit source]\n|Animals Portal — All articles about animals|\n|Endangered Species Portal — All articles about endangered species|"}
{"text":"The exposed ground once beneath the historic Ebenezer Hills House, which the Albany County Airport Authority recently moved 200 feet from the runway, has proven to be an informative source of history.\nSince the house was moved on Tuesday, Aug. 5, archaeologists from Hartgen Archaeological Associates, Inc., have been hard at work, digging up plant species, bones and other artifacts previous owners and dwellers of the home had left behind in the 220 years it had rested on that site.\nAccording to Corey McQuinn, project director for Hartgen, the archaeologists have been hard at work, not looking for anything in particular, but as part of a yearlong study that was required to be done on the house once it moved, as it is on the National Register of Historic Places.\nThe study is called a Phase 3 Archaeological Data Retrieval, McQuinn said, and focuses primarily on the area surrounding the house, and the soil underneath where the house had sat.\nThe fieldwork is all done and gone, but throughout the year we have to do a little bit of research on what we found, he said.\nMcQuinn said the archaeologists first separate the botanical elements, such as plant life, from other artifacts. Then, each artifact is analyzed so that archaeologists can gain a sense of what people were doing at the site, and what their lifestyles were like.\nFor example, he said, archaeologists at Hartgen knew that the Ebenezer Hills House was formerly a tavern. A complete study into the artifacts will hopefully provide a glimpse into what type of people frequented the tavern, what accommodations the tavern keeper made and what type of image the tavern keeper wanted his tavern to portray, McQuinn said.\nMcQuinn said another element of interest to archaeologists is the home's unique location, close to an area that was formerly in proximity to many turnpikes that traders and farmers passed through."}
{"text":"When questions started to stir around the topics of community gardens and food banks, Urban Expressions went to task developing a more efficient and low maintenance way of producing food for the communities at large. As project manager Scott Roth started to research the it became clear that aquaponics would be the way to produce food year round in a seasonal climate as Pennsylvania.\nWhat is aquaponics exactly? It is a system of aquaculture in which the waste produced by farmed fish or other aquatic animals supplies nutrients for plants grown hydroponically, which in turn purify the water.\nThe plan is to start with a micro unit and increase the volume of vegetable and eventually fish production. In the year of 2015 the object is to have multiple medium sized aquaponic systems. The purpose is to create a growing pattern that can then be produced at a larger scale within a greenhouse environment for year round growing.\nChurches and other public organizations have land readily available to place these systems down. Also aquaponic systems can be maintained within a warehouse or other indoor settings. Once fully operational fish and vegetables will be farmed and passed onto local food pantries. In time there will also be a program for education distribution for others to grow their own food and cut costs being spent on growing vegetables and protein.\nCurrently Scott is having some of his Teens Teaching Teens students working together to create the model and execute on the final production. If you would like more information on this project please contact Scott Roth via email: email@example.com"}
{"text":"How do DCAL and DataCAD work together?\nAs .html in the previous section, DCAL macros are compiled and linked into code that can be understood by DataCAD. All your DCAL macros will be written in a text format (the source code) that you as the programmer will come to understand. However, DataCAD doesn't understand the source code that you write. In order for this source code to be understood by DataCAD you must translate it into the instructions that DataCAD will be more familiar with.\nFirst, you write out your source code in a text editor. The source code will consist of plain text files.\nNext, you compile and link any optional modules to create the compiled macro.\nThis compiled macro can be understood by DataCAD. Simply go into the Toolbox menu in DataCAD and find the location where your newly compiled macro is stored and select it. If all is well your new macro should run.\nNow if you were to open up and look at the code that DataCAD understands (the DCX file), you would not see much that made sense to you. This is due to the compilation process. When you compile the macro, it eliminates all the unnecessary info from your source code then converts the source into binary code that can quickly be processed by the program."}
{"text":"Attain - definition, pronunciation, transcription\n- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level (syn: hit, reach)\n- find unexpectedly (syn: discover, strike)\n- reach a destination, either real or abstract (syn: gain, hit, make, reach)\nShe refused to let the injury keep her from attaining her goal of being in the Olympics.\nThis kind of tree can attain a height of 20 feet within just a few years.\nThe car can attain a top speed of 200 mph.\nThe heroic marshal, however, attained the opposite shore.\nSir Lidian had attained his sixteenth year.\nHe has attained to years of discretion.\nMore women are attaining positions of power.\nShare prices attained a high of $3.27.\nAfter a year she had attained her ideal weight.\nThis target should be attainable.\nHow can we attain to such wealth?\nBut for all their influence, D.C. lobbyists have failed to attain one elusive goal: public respect.\na high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution\npresent participle: attaining\npast tense: attained\npast participle: attained"}
{"text":"Irish: [ˈʃɔːnʸ] or [ˈʃeːnʸ] or [ˈʃeɪn]\n|Region of origin||Irish cognate of John (Hebrew origin)|\n|Variant form(s)||Seaghán, Seón, Shaun, Shawn|\n|Look up Seán in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.|\nSeán (Ulster dialect spelling Séan) is an Irish language name. It is Irish borrowing of the Norman French Jehan (see Jean). Anglicisations of the name include Sean, Shane, Shayne, Shaine, Shan, Shon, Shaun, and Shawn. The name Shane comes from the Ulster pronunciation of the name, whereas the names Shaun, Shawn, or Sean come from the way it is pronounced in Munster, Leinster, and Connacht.\nThe name originated in the Irish language. It is an adaption of the Anglo-Norman name Johan/John. In 1066, the Norman duke, William the Conqueror conquered England, where the Norman French name Jehan / Johan (pronounced [dʒɛˈan]) came to be pronounced Jean, and spelled John. The Norman from the Welsh Marches, with the Norman King of England's mandate invaded parts of Leinster and Munster in the 1170s. The Irish nobility in these areas were replaced by Norman nobles, some of whom bore the Norman French name Johan or the Anglicised name John. The Irish adapted the name to their own pronunciation and spelling, producing the name Seán. Sean is commonly pronounced Shawn (Seán), but in the northern parts of Ireland (owing to a northern dialect), it is pronounced \"Shan\", \"Shen\" or \"Shayn\" (Séan, with the accent on the e instead of the a), thus leading to the variant Shane.\nIn other languages\n- English: Sean, Shane, Shaun, Shawn."}
{"text":"The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1000-1250\nValue half unit\nProf. Peregrine Horden\nTaught through weekly lectures and weekly follow-up seminars\n2-hour exam (70%), best one of two coursework essays (30%)\nThis course explores a crucial stage in the development of European power structures. The central Middle Ages (c.1000–1250) witnessed an expansion of the frontiers of Latin Christendom in almost every direction, but most dramatically in the Middle East with the Crusades. The period saw an increase, at every level, in the powers of secular and ecclesiastical authorities, whether establishing a centralized bureaucracy or ‘reforming’ the Church. It also saw the development of novel forms of power, in the household, in ‘feudal’ lordship and in cities. The approach of the course is firmly comparative, and the geographical scope is very wide: from the British Isles to the Crusader States, and the Byzantine world, and from Spain to Scandinavia. Building on the overview of key developments and historiographical debates in the lectures, the seminars will be devoted to reading and discussing primary sources in translation for each of the course’s ten topics."}
{"text":"“Fire Protection Sprinkler System” means an integrated system of underground and overhead piping designed in\naccordance with fire protection engineering standards. This installation includes a water supply, such as a gravity\ntank, fire pump, reservoir or pressure tank and/or connection by underground piping to a water supply. The portion\nof the sprinkler system above ground is a network of specially sized, or hydraulically designed, piping installed in\na building, structure or area, generally overhead, and to which sprinklers are connected in a systematic pattern. The\nsystem include a controlling valve and a device for actuating an alarm when the system is in operation. The system is\nusually activated by heat from a fire and discharges water over the fire area.\nFire Protection Sprinkler License -\nRule 18.01.49 sets standards\nand ensures the competency of sprinkler companies who work in Idaho."}
{"text":"Child Solvent Abuse Is Often Overlooked\nEconomic hard times see a rise in inhalent abuse, which causes long-term damage and sudden deaths.\nSolvent abuse as a worldwide epidemic may have slipped largely under the radar. While practices like \"glue-sniffing\" or \"huffing\" are often overshadowed by other drug stories, they're a widespread method of getting high—particularly in economically depressed areas of the world. Millions inhale volatile chemical solvents such as those found in paint thinner, tire glue, nail polish, hairspray and Wite-Out. In small doses, these solvents create a euphoric high; in higher concentrations, they can cause hallucinations, slurred speech, unconsciousness and even death. Solvents appeal to a very specific audience; male users outnumber females five to one, and some estimates say that 15% of the world's teenage boys have experimented with solvents. In Ireland, as many as 22% of 15 to 16-year-olds are solvent abusers, and in the UK, butane—the country’s most commonly misused solvent—caused 52% of solvent-related deaths in 2000. The ready availability of solvents endears them to kids—children in many areas of the developing world can buy a small tube of inner tube repair glue for the equivalent of 10 cents. But children's bodies and brains are particularly susceptible to long-term damage. As if that weren’t bad enough, a large number of first-time users end up dying—in 2006, 40% of solvent abuse deaths were attributed to first-time experimentation. Despite the relatively low profile of glue-sniffing in the US, 2.1 million Americans aged 12 or older abused inhalants in 2009, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse."}
{"text":"The osmotic pressure may be defined as the excess pressure which must be applied to a solution in order to prevent flow of solvent into the solution through the semi permeable membrane.\nOsmotic pressure is represented by p\npV = nRT\np = CRT\nC = Concentration of the solution in moles per litre\nT = Temperature in K\nR or S = 0.0821 l atm deg–1 mole–1\nassignmenthelp.net provides best Online assignment Help service in Osmotic Pressure for all standards. Our Tutor provide their high quality and optimized Tutorial help to fulfill all kind of need of Students.\nTo Schedule a Osmotic Pressure tutoring session click here\nTo submit Osmotic Pressure assignment click here.\nChemistry Assignment Help | Chemistry Homework Help With Osmotic Pressure | Osmotic Pressure Homework Assignment Help | Homework Help | Homework Assignment Help | Online Tutoring Services | Term Paper help | Online Tutoring"}
{"text":"In case, you are also having trouble td canada trust business plan stanford business plan competition understanding the issue faced by your customer, you can use a flowchart to analyze the issue and arrive at a solution flowchart problem solving problem solving diagrams – flowcharts. it acts as a guide during the program development flowchart problem solving phase flowcharts act as a guide for blueprint during program designed. name symbol explanation; start / finish:. mac flowchart problem solving mini facebook comments. you can use a writing essay animate flowchart to communicate the steps the user needs to take to arrive at a solution. embedded & programming. pay very close attention to any information in abortion essay papers the problem description topics / algorithm flowchart problem solving design and problem-solving an outline for a research paper / flowcharts. problem solving flowchart does the example of visual analysis essay damn thing work? Yes no yes no no yes no no yes yes. a3 thinking is a logical and structured how to write a persuasive speech approach to problem solving adopted by lean organizations around the world. good conclusion sentence for essay the flowchart describes the flow of data through an information processing systems and the parts of the flows. essay help online after the analysis of the problem, it is possible to list out the steps that must be followed for the solution professionalacademictutors.com. problem identification may sound clear, but it actually business plan contents can be a difficult task."}
{"text":"While in Albuquerque, New Mexico, I jumped at the opportunity to check out a gathering of petroglyphs surrounded by a modern residential subdivision. Believe it or not, one had only to walk into the protected area (behind people’s backyard fences!) to see them.\nEtched onto dark-colored (sometimes black) volcanic boulders that resembled a collection of piles a giant might have created, the etchings stand out against the darkness of the rocks and remain where they were originally drawn, shining in the sun for all to see. It was easy to speculate on the artists who created them and how they must have lived many years ago.\nI spotted a figure that had to be a representation of a rabbit, and another rock showing birds and a coiled snake, very likely confirming that rattlers existed there, too, as well as a grouping of people’s faces, perhaps suggesting a gathering to share the bounty of the gardens of the Pueblo peoples who inhabited the area then and now. What I don’t know are which Pueblo members created these etchings on the rocks. Within the boundaries of New Mexico can be found the artifacts of nearly twenty different Pueblo peoples, each with their own language, though their way of life was similar enough to other American Indians that they sometimes met with more well-known tribes (such as the Zuni, Navaho, and Hopi) in large groups."}
{"text":"For persisting Java objects in a file, use java.io.ObjectOutputStream\nwrites primitive data types or Java objects. Persistent storage can be accomplished by using a file for the stream. Only serializable objects can be persisted:\nObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(\"C:\\\\sample.txt\"));\noos.writeObject(new String(\"Hello my dear friends\"));\nThe above code writes a string object first and then a primitive integer. Later still, it writes another Java object, Integer\n. All this data is written onto the file C:\\sample.txt\nTo read Integer back, use ObjectInputStream:\nObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(\"C:\\\\sample.txt\"));\nSystem.out.println(\"First : object : \" + ois.readObject() );\nSystem.out.println(\"Second : int : \" + ois.readInt );\nSystem.out.println(\"Third : Integer : \" + ois.readObject() );\nNow, you can assign the read values to variables for processing.\nOne thing to keep in mind is that the order in which the objects will be read back is the same order in which they were written."}
{"text":"The University of Chicago has released a study which found that children who understand how shapes fit together to create a recognizable image (spatial knowledge) tend to have an easier time when it comes to identifying numbers and solving math problems down the road.\nThe research team conducted two experiments. First, the researchers administered a test to a diverse group of first and second grade students to see how well they could identify numbers on a line with 0 at the beginning and 1,000 at the end. The researchers also tested the students on their spatial knowledge by asking them to choose the correct piece that would create a square. They found that students with the strongest spatial knowledge were also strong at identifying numbers on the number line. In the second experiment, researchers watched footage of students who had been filmed from ages five to eight having some basic interactions with their parents or caretakers. The students were tested on spatial knowledge at five and a half years old, number line knowledge at around six years old, and calculation skills at eight years old. The results of the second experiment were consistent with the first, meaning that children with better spatial skills did well when it came to the number line and calculation skills.\nOn the results of the study, Elizabeth Gunderson, lead author of the study and a University of Chicago postdoctoral scholar stated “Improving children’s spatial skills may have positive impacts on their future success in science, technology, engineering or mathematics disciplines, not only by improving spatial thinking but also by enhancing the numerical skills that are critical for achievement in all STEM fields.”\nRead the full article here."}
{"text":"Carlos Moreno <firstname.lastname@example.org> wrote: >Chip Eastham wrote: (*edited and corrected*) >> >> One can set aside the theory of primes and give a direct >> proof by induction, based on 1 + 2 = 3. From this clearly >> 3 does not divide 2 = 2^1, so that's the basis step. >> Suppose 3 does not divide 2^k (the induction hypothesis). >> >> Then from 3 - 2 = 1, we multiply both sides by 2^k: >> >> k k k >> 3 2 - 2 2 = 2\ni.e. 3 | 3 C & 2 C -> 3|C (= 3C-2C), above C = 2^k\nThis is a very special case of Euclid's Lemma as I show below.\n> Niiiiiceeee!!!! > > It's always refreshing seeing some \"unconventional thinking\" > that puts aside the obvious (\"the obvious\" in this case being > the fundamental theorem of arithmetic) to come up with a simple, > nice, refreshing proof like the above.\nBut, in fact, this proof is an obvious specialization of the key Euclid's Lemma employed to prove the FTA = unique factorization:\nLEMMA (Euclid) (a,b)=1 & a|bc -> a|c\nPROOF Recall (a,b)=1 -> ja+kb = 1 for some integers j,k\nTherefore it follows that a|(ja+kb)c = c [via a|ja, a|bc ] QED\nFor a,b = 3,2: 3|2c -> 3|( 3 -2)c = c [here j=1, k=-1 ]\nk k+1 k k-1 For c = 2 : 3|2 -> 3|2 (-> 3|2 ->...-> 3|1 -><- )\nThe inference a|bc -> a|(a,b)c is ubiquitous in divisor theory\nof the rational integers (or any PID), e.g. see my prior posts .\nNote, however, for a fixed prime p (such as p = 3 above), one may directly prove the prime divisor property: p|ab -> p|b or p|c by a brute force case analysis of the the finitely many choices for a, b (mod p). For p=3 it amounts to (+-1)(+-1) != 0 (mod 3)."}
{"text":"Thirty one years ago, in 1987, a funding announcement from the\nRobert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) called for communities across the\nUnited States to consider the creation of school-based health centers.\nFrom all of the applications that were submitted to RWJF, twenty-six\ncommunities were awarded funding to place an integrated primary care and\nmental health center on middle or high school campuses. In Louisiana,\ntwo communities were on that list--Baton Rouge (2 sites) and New Orleans\nThe idea was simple: overcome the barrier of transportation and parents missing work--bring providers to the one place that children and youth in the US have to be--school! If health centers were placed in schools, would parents allow their children to use the primary care and mental health services that were being offered? What would be the impact of placing services directly into the school--both in terms of health and education?\nWhat started as a small program-of-work exploded onto the scenes of both healthcare and education across the Unites States--the initial funding by RWJF became the genesis of a new \"disruptive innovation\" as the initial sites showed remarkable impact on both health and education outcomes. Many states, including Louisiana, began to use state funding to open more centers. In Louisiana, carry-over Maternal and Child Health (MCH) funds were used to expand the initial three RWJF sites to other parishes around the state where health; communities and school systems were seeking ways to put a health center in their area.\nIn 1995, the\nadvocates and providers in the states were calling for a national\norganization to be formed so that cross-training, advocacy skills,\nquality services, and common themes could be fleshed out--learning from\none another and forming best practices. The National Assembly on\nSchool-Based Health Care was born at a conference in Washington, DC in\nJune of that year. From these meager beginnings, a new model in health\ncare was born."}
{"text":"conditional variables（下列内容摘自FreeBSD Device Drivers）：\nCondition variables synchronize the execution of two or more threads based upon the value of an object. In contrast, locks synchronize threads by controlling their access to objects.\nCondition variables are used in conjunction with locks to “block” threads until a condition is true. It works like this: A thread first acquires the foo lock. Then it examines the condition. If the condition is false, it sleeps on the bar condition variable. While asleep on bar , threads relinquish foo . A thread that causes the condition to be true wakes up the threads sleeping on bar . Threads woken up in this manner reacquire foo before proceeding.\nlock的规则（下列内容摘自FreeBSD Kernel Developer’s Manual）：\nThe lock argument is a pointer to either mutex(9), rwlock(9), or sx(9) lock. A mutex(9) argument must be initialized with MTX_DEF and not MTX_SPIN. A thread must hold lock before calling cvwait(), cvwaitsig(), cvwaitunlock(), cvtimedwait(), or cvtimedwaitsig(). When a thread waits on a condition, lock is atomically released before the thread is blocked, then reacquired before the function call returns. In addition, the thread will fully drop the Giant mutex (even if recursed) while the it is suspended and will reacquire the Giant mutex before the function returns. The cvwaitunlock() function does not reacquire the lock before returning. Note that the Giant mutex may be specified as lock. However, Giant may not be used as lock for the cvwaitunlock() function. All waiters must pass the same lock in con- junction with cvp."}
{"text":"Material problems, machine vibration is too large, the excessive wear of the tool, fixture seriously loose workers violated rules, test errors and so on. These factors can cause quality problems of wall switch, then under certain conditions, from the techniques above can be eliminated, cost calculation, manufacturers are also cost-effective. Therefore, these quality problems, can be avoided completely. Typically, quality problems caused by our material under normal conditions is called the normal fluctuations, and believes that when the production process or the process under control or stable state.\nIf it was a result of quality problems, we call it abnormal fluctuations. Such situations are often wall switch products or process is in a State of non-controlled or unstable state. Statistical control chart's main role is to: identify quality index value of fluctuation is normal or abnormal, judging process or procedure is under control or non-control v-State.\nWhen wall switch products for production engineering, non-controlled state, then trace the cause and taking measures to eliminate exceptions, wall switch products or in the course of control state, so that the wall switch and the quality of products is guaranteed."}
{"text":"Most poisonings are accidental and occur in children under five years of age. Throughout the school year, MORE HEALTH provides students vital information about poison identification, poison proofing the home, and response to poison emergencies through poison prevention lessons in our Tampa Bay communities.\nDuring the summer months, however, kids head from the classroom to the great outdoors. During this time of year, it is imperative that families are at heightened awareness for exposure to poisons. Sharing meals outdoors, playing in the backyard, exploring new environments, and hiking into unknown territory may present opportunities for children to come into contact with toxins.\nPoison Control offers the following tips to ensure a safe summer with your loved ones:\n- Be sure your picnic and cookout food is safe to eat. Wash your hands before handling food. Keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold; refrigerate left-overs within two hours, or an hour if it’s hot outside. Separate raw meats from other foods. Use a clean platter for food you take off the grill.\n- When using lighter fluid for the grill, be sure that it is stored out of reach of children.\n- If illuminating the area with tiki torches or other lights utilizing lamp oil, be sure the oil is stored out of reach of children.\n- Alcoholic beverages should be stored in an area where children cannot access them.\n- Insect repellent is important in keeping ticks and mosquitoes off skin, but more is not necessarily better. Follow label instructions carefully: apply to skin or clothing as directed, re-apply only as often as the label states, and wash the repellant off when coming indoors.\n- Be able to recognize and avoid poison ivy.\nRemember to seek Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 and place this number on or near every telephone, and store it in your mobile telephone."}
{"text":"Location: Crop Production Systems ResearchTitle: Web-based irrigation scheduler) Author\n|Fisher, Daniel - Ken|\nSubmitted to: Water Quality Meeting\nPublication Type: Abstract Only\nPublication Acceptance Date: 2/22/2010\nPublication Date: N/A\nCitation: N/A Interpretive Summary:\nTechnical Abstract: Currently, few web-based irrigation scheduling tools are available for the humid growing environments of the Mid-South. Common irrigation scheduling systems rely on soil or weather data to estimate crop water use, and are more commonly calibrated for dry growing environments. Increasing use of water in the Mid-South has led to depletion of water levels in aquifers, with few guidelines in place for farmers as to when and how much to irrigate. A web-based irrigation scheduler is being developed that will allow producers and crop consultants to track crop water use and develop an irrigation schedule for crop production. The web-based system will import information from national soil and weather databases into a central server. Farmers will select fields, and input irrigation system specifications, rainfall and irrigation applications. The scheduler will calculate crop water use from weather data, and indicate when soil available moisture is depleted, requiring an irrigation. The irrigation scheduling system will give farmers important tools for improving their crop production system, while conserving precious water resources. By integrating nationally available databases, farmers will be able to quickly import a wide range of information for their farms. By linking with national weather databases, the system has the potential to predict potential future rainfall, reducing potential excessive irrigation of crops. The irrigation scheduler will be most useful to farmers and crop consultants. Scientists and extension personnel will also find the scheduler useful for crop management, education, and demonstrations."}
{"text":"Definition: Hydrofoils, or fins, are used to push against the water to create a normal force to provide thrust, propelling the animal through water. The reduction of fin cross-sectional area helps to minimize drag, and therefore increase efficiency. Regardless of size of the animal, at any particular speed, maximum possible lift is proportional to (wing area) x (speed)<sup>2</sup>. Dolphins and whales have large, horizontal caudal hydrofoils, while many fish and sharks have vertical caudal hydrofoils.\nDefinition: Component found in mineralized skeletal tissue, (a specialized form of biogenic tissue in which the extracellular matrix is mineralized, and which functions in mechanical and structural support.)"}
{"text":"Lasted edited by Andrew Munsey, updated on June 14, 2016 at 9:32 pm.\nDiscussion page for Directory:Pacific KVAR Energy Solutions\nThe KVAR/KEC system reduces the amount of power drawn from the utility by eliminating otherwise lost electricity (reactive power) created by inductive loads at any given facility. The KVAR Energy Controller unit stores and releases this reactive power thus eliminating this wasted energy.\n(Just click on the \"\nThere was an error working with the wiki: Code.)\nThere was an error working with the wiki: Code"}
{"text":"The Arkansas Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination based on disability (AR Stat. Ann. Sec. 16-123-101 et seq.). “Disability” is defined as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity (AR Stat. Ann. Sec. 16-123-102). Employers are also prohibited from retaliating against employees who file discrimination complaints (AR Stat. Ann. Sec. 16-123-108). The law applies to employers with nine or more employees.\nExcluded from the definition of disability are:\n• Compulsive gambling, kleptomania, or pyromania\n• Current use of illegal drugs or psychoactive-substance-use disorders resulting from illegal use of drugs\nFederal law compared. The federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has a broader definition of \"disability\" than state law. The ADA's definition includes having a record of a disability and being regarded as having an impairment. The ADA covers employers with 15 or more employees."}
{"text":"Also found in: Wikipedia.\n(pen name of Rudolf Ditzen). Born July 21, 1893, in Greifswald; died Feb. 5, 1947, in Berlin. German writer.\nFallada followed a number of occupations before becoming a professional writer in 1932. He exposed the government’s treacherous policies toward the peasants, as well as the mores of the cheap popular press, in his novel Peasants, Bigwigs, and Bombs (1931). The novel Little Man, What Now? (1932; translated into Russian as What Now?, 1934) deals with the tragedy of petty bureaucrats oppressed by the threat of unemployment and poverty. Fallada attributed the moral degradation of the “little man” to the amorality of the bourgeois system, for example, in The World Outside (1934). He exposed the myth of the “harmless” German burgher in Man Strives Upward (1943, published 1953).\nFallada was persecuted under fascism. Antibourgeois and an-timilitarist themes appeared in his epic novels Wolf Among Wolves (1937; Russian translation, 1957) and Iron Gustav (1938; Russian translation, 1969). In the postwar years, Fallada served as burgomaster of Feldberg, in the Soviet occupation zone. He took part in the Kulturbund. The most significant of Fallada’s realistic works was his novel Every Man Dies Alone (1947; Russian translation, 1948), which depicts life in Hitlerite Germany and the antifascist struggle of a working-class family in Berlin.\nWORKSDer junge Goedeschal. Berlin, 1920.\nDamals bei uns daheim. Stuttgart, 1943.\nHeute bei uns zu Haus. Stuttgart-Berlin, 1943.\nDer Alpdruck. Berlin, 1947.\nDer Trinker. Berlin, 1950.\nREFERENCESFradkin, I. Literatura novoi Germanii, 2nd ed. Moscow, 1961.\nSuchkov, B. Liki vremeni, vol. 1, Moscow, 1976.\nIstoriia nemetskoi literatury, vol. 5. Moscow, 1976.\nManthey, J. Hans Fallada in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. [Reinbek bei Hamburg] 1963."}
{"text":"Lesson 9.7 Conditionals & Local Variables\nFrom Hannah Lee\nPython is unlike other languages in that it does not have a traditional notion of scope. You can create a variable inside of conditional, but still access that same variable outside of the conditional. As we see in this video, this has important ramifications for testing your code."}
{"text":"Metals and gases are discharged by volcanoes. Gases, such as SO2 and HCl, react readily with the volcanic rock below the surface. To learn how deposits, which may be economic to mine, have accumulated in now-extinct volcanoes, we need to understand how these chemical processes work.\nDr Dick Henley, Dr Penny King and colleagues at the Australian National University (ANU) have combined high temperature experiments with microanalysis in the AMMRF (now Microscopy Australia). They identified how highly reactive volcanic gas interacts directly with minerals inside volcanoes. To analyse blocks of rock ejected from extreme fire fountain eruptions they used multi-modal microscopy:\nThe results reveal a complex natural process of melting, remelting and reactions with gases. These materials have been mapped on a scale and at a resolution not previously achieved.\nThe map of an ejected volcanic rock from Stromboli, Italy, shows the progressive loss of positively charged ions to leave skeletons of original minerals and a residue of aluminium and silicon oxides trapped inside glass. Tiny spheres of copper–iron sulphide are also scattered through the glass. X-ray microtomography showed the number and distribution of these spheres.\nSulphide globules are very uncommon at Stromboli. Their abundance in these particular rocks is thought to be due to calcium and magnesium ions diffusing to the surface of the glass and reacting with the surrounding gases. The sulphide globules form at the same time as sulphur-rich gas dissolves into the melt.\nNovember 27, 2016"}
{"text":"Chapter 3—Basic Flight Maneuvers\nTable of Contents\nThe Four Fundamentals\nEffects and Use of the Controls\nFeel of the Airplane\nIntegrated Flight Instruction\nClimbs and Climbing Turns\nBest Rate of Climb\nBest Angle of Climb\nDescents and Descending Turns\nPartial Power Descent\nDescent at Minimum Safe Airspeed\nPitch and Power\nDESCENTS AND DESCENDING TURNS\nWhen an airplane enters a descent, it changes its flight- path from level to an inclined plane. It is important that the pilot know the power settings and pitch attitudes that will produce the following conditions of descent.\nPARTIAL POWER DESCENT\nThe normal method of losing altitude is to descend with partial power. This is often termed “cruise” or “enroute” descent. The airspeed and power setting recommended by the airplane manufacturer for prolonged descent should be used. The target descent rate should be 400 – 500 f.p.m. The airspeed may vary from cruise airspeed to that used on the downwind leg of the landing pattern. But the wide range of possible airspeeds should not be interpreted to permit erratic pitch changes. The desired airspeed, pitch attitude, and power combination should be preselected and kept constant.\nDESCENT AT MINIMUM SAFE AIRSPEED\nA minimum safe airspeed descent is a nose-high, power assisted descent condition principally used for clearing obstacles during a landing approach to a short runway. The airspeed used for this descent condition is recommended by the airplane manufacturer and normally is no greater than 1.3 VSO. Some characteristics of the minimum safe airspeed descent are a steeper than normal descent angle, and the excessive power that may be required to produce acceleration at low airspeed should “mushing” and/or an excessive rate of descent be allowed to develop."}
{"text":"The DuPont Challenge Essay Submission Due January 31: Don't Miss the Deadline or Your Chance to Win\nThe deadline for submissions for the 2014 DuPont Challenge is fast approaching. Middle and high school students (grades 7-12) from the from the United States, Canada, and U.S. territories are encouraged to submit a 700-1,000-word essay that provides innovative ideas on the world's most pressing challenges, or demonstrates the application of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to our daily lives.\nThis year, the Challenge encourages students to consider how science and innovation can be used to meet the needs of the 21st century for food, energy, and protection. Students should address one of the four following categories in their essay:\nTogether, we can feed the world.\nTogether, we can build a secure energy future.\nTogether, we can protect people and the environment.\nTogether, we can be innovative anywhere.\nStudents and sponsoring teacher prizes include savings bonds, teaching grants, exciting trips, and much more. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2014. For more information, including official rules, entry forms, and details on awards, please visit the Challenge website."}
{"text":"In the Wake\nJapanese Photographers Respond to 3/11\nThe Great East Japan Earthquake struck on March 11, 2011, and an enormous wave of water swept through towns in the Tōhoku (Northeast) region, destroying virtually everything in its path and irrevocably damaging the Fukushima nuclear power plant. This triple disaster was of such epic proportions that it became a defining moment for Japan. A number of photographers felt compelled to record not only the events’ physical effects on the land, but also to interpret the overarching significance of the tragedy through art. This exhibition is the first in the US or Japan to explore the photographic response to these events. Divided into two sections—the first focused on the earthquake and tsunami and the second on the Fukushima disaster—the exhibition includes the work of 17 photographers, some of whom are among Japan’s most celebrated artists (such as Naoya Hatakeyama and Nobuyoshi Araki) and others who are emerging talents. Taken as a whole, their work explores the way art provides a powerful language for reflecting on tragic events and contributing to human recovery.\nAbove: Lieko Shiga, Rasen kaigan (Spiral Shore), 46, 2011, from the series Rasen kaigan (Spiral Shore), 2011. Photograph, digital print. © Lieko Shiga.\nPresented with generous support from Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne.\nAdditional support from the Ishibashi Foundation, the Toshiba International Foundation, Brian J. Knez, and the Barbara Jane Anderson Fund.\nSupporting sponsorship from Shiseido Co., Ltd."}
{"text":"This scoping study outlines various options for methodologies that can underpin indicator(s) on the risk of (single/mixtures of) chemicals on various types of ecosystems, habitats and species. The aim of the indicator is to provide a sufficient and indicative level of information to contribute to risk governance. It can inform governmental institutions, non-governmental organizations and the general public on to what extent terrestrial ecosystems, habitats, or species, are put at risk by the occurrence of chemicals in the environment, as a consequence of human activities (e.g., farming). The report highlights the data required for the development of such an indicator and their availability through a review of existing databases. A case study illustrates the applicability of the indicator and the need for further development.\n|Publisher||European Environment Agency|\n|Number of pages||117|\n|Publication status||Published - 6 Dec 2022|\n|Name||ETC HE Report|"}
{"text":"A winch is a type of device which is used to easily and conveniently wind in or wind out a rope, cable or wire. It has various number of uses that includes, from pulling in sail on a sail boat to haul vehicles out of compromising situations,\nThere are various types of winches available according to its use. One of the types of winch includes hand crank winch which are suitable for pulling in small or light items. There are also high power winches that can be attached to vehicles or machinery to move heavy and bulky items. Another type includes electric cable winch, where it becomes even more fast to load and unload goods from one place to another.\nWith the varieties there are incredible uses of winches. Some of them are,\n- Four Wheeler Drives: Winches are found in the four wheeler drives vehicles. They are beneficial for the ones who love to drive on the off roads or dirt tracks, because they help to get of the sticky situation.\n- Boats and Ships: Winches are used in different types of ships. On the huge sailing ships it can be used to pull up and push down the boats sail. On the larger boats, it is used to pull up the anchor, move mast and lift heavy items and cargo directly on the deck.\n- Cars and Trucks: Winches are useful for cars and trucks. It can be used to carry out the stuck cars from the bad condition formed either due to weather or road."}
{"text":"Senior citizens across the world love keeping their brains busy with crossword puzzles, sudoku or word jumbles. These brain-teasers actually help keep neurons firing clearly and quickly. Now a new study has a prescription for the Internet age. According to a paper to be released in an upcoming issue of the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, surfing the web can improve brain function in older adults.60-Second Science is a daily podcast of Scientific American.\nNeuroscientists at U.C.L.A. scanned the brains of two dozen 55- to 74-year-old volunteers as they both read and searched the web. Both activities sent blood rushing to the areas of the brain that control memory and language. However, when using the internet, brain regions that deal with complex reasoning and decision-making also lit up. And the effect was more pronounced the more Internet savvy the surfer was: older adults with more Internet experience under their belts got twice the brain benefit of web rookies when going online. The researchers say their study points to ways of designing software that can keep older folks’ brains brisk. Just what you needed, grandma and grandpa ROTFLOLing.\nSaturday, October 18, 2008\nElderly Web Surfers Benefit Brains\nThis is from one of the podcasts I normally listen to. (Grammar Girl says it is OK to end a sentence with a preposition, maroon.)"}
{"text":"Data file format\nThe archive uses two standard formats to store data, one plain text (ASCII) and one binary. These formats contain the same data and are interchangeable. These storage formats are more general than most of the abbreviated formats used for data submission. (For submission formats, see \"Formatting the data\" here).\nThe current data format is based on trials, each of which is composed of records. This format may be modified to be more general in the future to accommodate data sets that do not fit conveniently in a trial-based format."}
{"text":"Cydonia geographical name\nCy·do·nia noun \\sī-ˈdō-nē-ə\\ (Medical Dictionary)\n: a monotypic genus of small Asian trees (family Rosaceae) that includes the quince (C. oblonga)\nNext Word in the Dictionary: CymruPrevious Word in the Dictionary: Cyclades\nSeen & Heard\nWhat made you want to look up Cydonia? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible)."}
{"text":"Some women with iron deficiency due to bariatric surgery or malabsorption also have vitamin B12 and, less commonly, folate deficiency\n, which can contribute to the development of anemia (see \"Diagnosis of anemia, iron deficiency, and iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy.\nDiagnosis and treatment of vitamin B12 and folate deficiency\n12] and folate deficiency\nand bone marrow disorders and normal in liver disease and alcohol use.\nMacrocytosis is the earliest indication seen in complete blood counts of patients with vitamin B12 or folate deficiency\n4 However, previously there has been no detailed study in Pakistan of the biochemical etiology of this anemia, exploring the relative contributions of iron, vitamin B12 and folate deficiency\nThe megaloblastic anemias are disorders caused by impaired DNAsynthesis usually due to vitamin B12 or folate deficiency\nIf not received regularly, folate deficiency\noccurs in 2-3 months.\nThose with a folate deficiency\nwere found to be almost three-and-a-half times more likely to develop dementia.\nAccording to the researchers, this threshold is higher than the standard cutoff for diagnosing folate deficiency\n(less than 10 nm/L).\n(serum folate 4 ng/mL or red blood cell folate < 151 ng/mL) and vitamin B12 deficiency (plasma vitamin B12 < 203 pg/mL) were obtained as a national prevalence.\nTable 1: Prevalence of vitamin B12 and folate deficiency\nB12 and folate deficiency\nwas detected in 10% and 7% patients respectively."}
{"text":"Purdue University has a fun simulator called Impact Earth that shows you what would happen if a particular kind of meteorite smashed down from space. Plug in some info about the meteorite you'd like to simulate--size, composition, angle and speed of impact--and then check out the precise kind of havoc it would wreak. We've written about it before, but it somehow seems more pressing now. Maybe because of this little thing. Try Impact Earth here.\n“Earth is a moving target, traveling around the sun at 65,000 miles per hour. [Asteroid 2012 DA14] is missing us by only about 14 minutes.\"--former astronaut Ed Lu\nCollaborative art installation Space Odyssey 2.0 takes a look at what science means to art today. And you know what that means? Space geese.\nIncluding a solar-powered balloon, a storm on Saturn, how NASA watches the Super Bowl and more\nRussia's rocket track record isn't looking so good lately.\nThe largest solar sail the solar system has ever seen weighs only 70 pounds.\nWhat is 'the right stuff' for a trip to Mars?\nRASSOR drops the scientific instruments of its cousins for 100 pounds of durability.\nFollowing North Korea's semi-successful December space launch, South Korea one-ups its rival by launching a space rocket AND successfully placing a satellite in orbit.\nBut we've seen this before. Some more tests are needed to confirm it.\nProbably. Iranian state television reports that the Islamic Republic has put a monkey into suborbital space and recovered it alive.\nCuriosity may get all the kudos these days, but the wizened Opportunity rover continues to log miles on the Martian surface.\nThe Phoenix program is building a robot that can repurpose dead satellites into new ones in space.\nHaulin’ freight on the moon.\nA new way of communicating with far-away objects"}
{"text":"The duty cycle, also known as a duty ratio or multiplex rate, is the fraction of total time that each row of the LCD is addressed.\nA pixel or segment in an LCD is turned on by an AC voltage applied to it. On a very simple display, such as a 7-segment display, each segment can be driven by its own AC voltage. In such a case there needs to be one connection from the LCD controller to the LCD for each segment. For simple displays with 100 or so segments, this method gives great performance. This is called 1/1 duty cycle, each segment is driven 100% of the time when it is on.\nA modest 20×4 character display would require 3200 connections between the LCD controller and the LCD if it were to be driven at 1/1 duty cycle. It is not practical to route that many connections between the controller and the glass.\nWhat is done is called “multiplexing” which combines multiple signals into a single signal and allows pixels or segments to be driven for some fraction of the time. Take the same 20×4 display driven at 1/32 duty cycle and the number of connections comes down to a much more reasonable 132 connections. Essentially, the display is divided into 32 “separate” displays–one per horizontal line. Each line is driven by its AC signal in its turn. That means that each “on” pixel gets driven 1/32 or 3.125% of the time.\nThe duty cycle indicates how many of these “separate” displays are controlled.\nEven More Quick Explanation\nLow duty cycle (1/1, 1/2) = better performance but constrained to simpler displays\nHigh duty cycle (1/32, 1/64) = lower performance but allows more complex displays\nRead More about Duty Cycle"}
{"text":"Researchers from the German research organisation, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, are developing new separation and sorting technologies that have the potential to curb the rapid rise in demand for raw materials. The research is being carried out under the ‘Molecular Sorting for Resource Efficiency’ project, which is part of Fraunhofer’s ‘Markets Beyond Tomorrow’ research programme. Read more…\nA combination of dwindling supplies, growing demand in industrialising countries and stricter environmental regulations mean that raw materials are becoming extremely expensive. Global reserves of raw materials have been steadily declining for a number of years and forecasts suggest demand could double by 2030.\nThe aim of the project is to develop innovative recycling processes at the molecular level, which will enable existing resources to be recovered and reused in high-value applications on an industrial scale. One example of the benefits of this new technology is recycling for photovoltaics, which requires glass with minimal iron content so as not to affect the transmission of light. The new separation and sorting process will allow iron atoms to be removed from flat scrap glass to produce suitable high transparency glass.\nOther examples include rare metals from slags and gases and high-quality wood materials from wood scrap. The project will develop techniques for recycling waste streams of glass, wood, composite materials, slags and hot gasses, and by the end of the project the developed processes should also be applicable to other material flows.\nFind more info:"}
{"text":"Animal Species:Sharpnose Sevengill Shark, Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788)\nThe Sharpnose Sevengill Shark has a slender body with a long caudal peduncle. It occurs in tropical and temperate waters, usually at depths between 100 m to 400 m.\nStandard Common Name\nSharpnose Sevengill Shark\nThe Sharpnose Sevengill Shark has a slender body with a long caudal peduncle (glossary). It has a pointed head with large eyes. There are seven pairs of long gill slits and a single dorsal fin. The teeth in the upper jaw have a narrow oblique cusp (glossary) and small lateral cusplets. The lower jaw teeth are shaped like a cockscomb.\nThe species is brownish to grey above and paler below. The tips of the dorsal and anal fins are dark in juveniles becoming whitish in adults. The eyes are green in life.\nIn Australia it is known from northern Queensland, down the east coast, around the south of the country, including Tasmania and north to off north-western Western Australia.\nThe map below shows the Australian distribution of the species based on public sightings and specimens in Australian Museums. Click on the map for detailed information. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.\nDistribution by collection data\nIt occurs in tropical and temperate continental and insular shelves and upper slope waters usually at depths between 100 m to 400 m. It has however been caught as deep as 1000 m.\nSee video, above.\n- Last, P.R. & J.D. Stevens. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. CSIRO. Pp. 513, Pl. 1-84.\nMark McGrouther , Collection Manager, Ichthyology\nTags fishes, ichthyology, Sharpnose Sevengill Shark, Heptranchias perlo, Hexanchidae, adult, marine, long and skinny, seven pairs of gill slits, single dorsal fin, narrow cusped teeth, cockscomb, brown, grey, green eyes, > 1m,"}
{"text":"It is important that when you are using the internet that you stay safe. You should never give out any personal information such as your full name, address or phone number when you're online, no matter who you think you're talking to.\nRemember to be SMART when you're on the internet!\n- Safe - be safe on the internet.\n- Meeting - NEVER meet up!\n- Accepting - don't accept anything (it may be a virus).\n- Reliable - check your source.\n- Tell - Always tell someone when you don't feel safe.\nFor advice, help or to make a report visit the website below by clicking on the 'Click CEOP' button.\nBelow are some useful websites that will help you to learn about internet safety and test your knowledge on using the web safely. There are also some websites that are safe places for you to join the online community.\nQuestions, answers and tools to help you make the most of your time online. you may even get to hear an important message from your favourite Youtuber!\nThe internet is a wonderful place to explore and discover new things, to connect and communicate with others and to be creative. Use this website to get help, get answers, get SMART and have fun!\nA fun and interactive website which helps you to recognise the dangers and increase self-confidence whenever you go online. Includes games, puzzles, videos and activities.\nThese cartoons illustrate 5 e-safety SMART rules and include a real life SMART Crew of young people, who guide the cartoon characters in their quest, and help them make safe online decisions.\nLearn about online safety by reading information, playing games and watching videos.\nThis Online Safety Quiz is your chance to show that you know how to be a safe Internet surfer. Answer each question and, when you get it right, you'll go to the next question!"}
{"text":"Increasing Household Access to Domestic Sanitation in Greater Colombo, Sri Lanka\nAlthough Sri Lanka has reached upper middle income country status, there is still a need to increase access to improved sanitation services for many residents. This project sought to increase access to domestic sanitation for low-income households. The grant subsidized the cost of improved access to sanitation services for households located in the Greater Colombo metropolitan area, where the National Water Supply & Drainage Board (NWSDB) provides and manages sanitation services. By 2019, the project had connected 44,000 beneficiaries through 8,800 toilets.\n(See special section on GPOBA's participation at 2017 Water Week for highlights on this project)"}
{"text":"posted by Thom Holwerda on Sun 5th Aug 2007 11:33 UTC, submitted by Meng\n\"Minimig [homepage] stands for Mini Amiga. Minimig is an FPGA-based re-implementation of the original Amiga 500 hardware. In it's current form, Minimig is a single PCB measuring only 12*12cm which makes it the smallest 'Amiga' ever made and the first new 'Amiga' in almost 14 years! Minimig is available for download as an open-source/open-hardware design under the GNU public license. This page describes the architecture and the inner working of the Minimig. All design files can be downloaded from the download section.\""}
{"text":"Proper Arabic DVD Dora The Explorer Rhymes And Riddles\nDORA HAD A LITTLE LAMB:\nMary had a Little lamb, its fleece was white as snow: but when the Little Lamb gets lost, Dora and Boots know where to go!\nPreschoolers join them as they jump into a big book of Nursery Rhymes to bring Little Lamb home to Mary.\nAlong the way, they'll help nursery rhyme pals pick pickled peppers or climb a waterspout, all while helping Dora catch stars!\nCALL ME MR. RIDDLES: Boots loves riddles!\nHe loves them so much that he wants to be called Mr. Riddles and he wants to go to Tall Mountain to solve the Silliest Riddle in the Riddle Contest.\nTo get there, Dora, Boots, and preschoolers will have to riddle their way past Troll Bridge and through the Knock-Knock Door, so that they can solve the Silliest Riddle of All! BACKPACK:\nWhen Dora received Backpack from her parents, she got more than a gift.\nShe got a great new friend!\nPreschoolers join Dora and Backpack's first adventure together, as they solve a riddle at Troll Bridge, climb the Big Rock and try to return Dora's eight books to the Library before it closes!\nBIG RIVER: Dora never goes anywhere without her Backpack, and Boots never goes anywhere without his beloved red boots. But in this wild water adventure,\nBoots loses a boot in the big river! He'll need the help of Dora, Backpack, and preschoolers to get it back!"}
{"text":"This is my first time posting. I'm working on a statistics problem that I'm having difficulty understanding. Here is the problem:\nThe Praxis II test was given to a sample of 1573 prospective teachers. The mean of these scores was 1053 and the standard deviation was 92.\na.) Give a 95% confidence interval (μ ± 2ơ) for the mean (average) score in the population of all young women.\nb.) Suppose that a sample of 300 prospective teachers had produced the same mean and standard deviation. Again, give the 95% confidence interval (μ ± 2ơ) for the mean (average) score in this case.\nI have gone over and over but I'm not understanding something because it feels like information is missing based on what I have been doing. I appreciate any help with understanding the problem."}
{"text":"Saharan glass and a brooch belonging to King Tut provide the first evidence of a comet directly impacting Earth, a new study claims. The finding may help unlock some of the mysteries surrounding the birth of our solar system.\nAbout 28 million years ago a comet exploded over Egypt, creating a 3600°F (2000°C) blast wave that spread out over the desert below. The fiery shockwave melted the sand, forming copious amounts of yellow silica glass scattered over 2,300 square miles (6,000 square kilometers) of the Sahara.\nPolished into the shape of a scarab beetle, a large piece of this glass found its way into a brooch owned by the famed Egyptian boy king Tutankhamen.\n“Because there is no sign of an impact crater, it has been a mystery as to what kind of celestial event actually could have caused this debris field, but a small, black stone found lying in the middle of the glass area caught our attention,” said study co-author David Block, an astronomer at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa.\nA tiny slice of the black pebble was put through isotopic analysis, which definitely ruled out that it came from a meteor. Instead, the analysis showed that the pebble possessed the unique chemical signature of a comet, measured in terms of elements such as argon and carbon.\n“It was then basically a matter of running the movie backwards in time and predicting what temperatures were needed to create the conditions we find that make up the fragment today,” Block says. “So when I saw the result of the analyses, I was completely ecstatic to realize that such a piece of cosmic history has been found for the first time right on our doorstep.”\nRead more at National Geographic"}
{"text":"Print showing the internal structure of the human eye, Europe, 1851-1860\nA human eye has been dissected in different ways to show the internal structure. The image in the top left shows the lens and the vitreous humour, the jelly-like substance that fills most of the eyeball. This print was taken from an anatomical treatise called 'Schola Medicinæ Universalis Nova' or the 'New Universal History and School of Medicine' by William Rowley (1742-1806), an English male midwife, surgeon and anatomist. First published in 1793, the work contained 68 copper engravings of the human body as well as a brief history of medicine. Anatomical prints were useful tools for medical students as specific features of the body could be enlarged and picked out, making the structures easier to understand.\nRelated Themes and Topics\nThere are 330 related objects. View all related objects\nPictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes. When emphasizing the individual printed image, use \"impressions.\" Avoid the controversial expression \"original prints,\" except in reference to discussions of the expression's use. If prints are neither \"reproductive prints\" nor \"popular prints,\" use just \"prints.\"\nA branch of medical science concerned with the structure of living organisms."}
{"text":"Texty a kontexty. Několik poznámek k postavení slovesné folkloristiky mezi evropskou etnologií a kulturní antropologií\nTHE TEXTS AND CONTEXTS. SOME COMMENTS ON THE POSITION OF LITERARY FOLKLORISTICS BETWEEN EUROPEAN ETHNOLOGY AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY\nLanguages of publication\nThe study reflects on the actual position of literary folkloristics within the domestic academic discourse. Although - at the very beginning of ethnologic research - the studies of folklore texts were in the foreground and a more remarkable interest in artefacts of material or folk culture as a whole occurred much more later, at present the study of folklore reaches a certain marginal position, being even part of rhetoric proclaimed by proponents of different schools in cultural and social anthropology. The essay reflects on the causes of the above contemporary phenomenon, considering the inherent characteristics of folkloristics, and - simultaneously - outlining the impulses to the next development thereof. The main sense and importance of literary folkloristics, a discipline being in an apparently 'schizophrenic' position on the boundary between humanities and social sciences, is regarded not as taking-over of the period conjunctural themes, theories or methodologies from other branches, but as emphasizing of collection and analysis of the texts widespread by word of mouth, which should especially be in the foreground of folkloristic researches.\nPublication order reference\nCEJSH db identifier"}
{"text":"What is the Meaning of the Coming UK Referendum on Britain's EU Membership?\nWhat really motivates the British?\nWhat will happen to the UK following the coming EU referendum?\nIf the UK will vote \"Out\" - Is war a potential risk to Europe?\nAnswers to all the above queries are now found in the synopsis of the academic volume as well as clarification of the haze surrounding the uniqueness of the British national identity - Buy the Synopsis Now!\nYou are invited to read here an excerpt from the appendix, added especially for the readers of the synopsis: \"The British are perhaps the most favored candidates of all European groups for the emergence of a national and collective spirit, as well as a cultural distinction. This is because of their unique position on a group of islands – a position that affected a sense of self-worth upon them. All those factors played a part in the emergence of the British strong self-esteem, and can explain the resultant economy that reflected British strength and endurance as well as cultural dominance, as shown by the dissemination of their language and culture worldwide. The British indeed nurtured and esteemed their national identity, as embodied in Britain’s royal dynasty that symbolizes their long imperial tradition\"."}
{"text":"RT: February 22, 2015\nAnother radioactive water leak in the sea has been detected at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the facility’s operator TEPCO announced. Contamination levels in the gutter reportedly spiked up 70 times over regular readings.\nThe sensors are connected to the gutter that pours rain and ground water from the plant to a bay adjacent to the facility.\nThe levels of contamination were between 50 and 70 times higher than Fukushima’s already elevated radioactive status, and were detected at about 10 am local time (1.00 am GMT), AFP reported.\nAfter the discovery, the gutter was blocked to prevent leaks to the Pacific Ocean.\nThroughout Sunday, contamination levels fell, but still measured 10 to 20 times more than prior to the leak.\n“We are currently monitoring the sensors at the gutter and seeing the trend,” a company spokesman said.\nHe did not specify the cause of the leak.\nIt has proved difficult for TEPCO to deal with plant decommissioning. Postponed deadlines and alarming incidents occur regularly at the facility.\n(read the full article at RT)"}
{"text":"Overwhelming gravity of black holes does not allow even light to escape, making it just impossible for astronomers to spot these massive holes. However, that could change as a team of scientists are working on a new project to capture the first-ever picture of a black hole at the heart of the Milky Way.\nAstronomers know that a super-massive black hole dubbed Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) exists at the core of our galaxy, but they have thus far failed to capture its image.\nNow, an international team of researchers from observatories in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Chile, Spain, Mexico and Antarctica, have launched a new project called the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) to capture an image of the black hole.\nEHT Director Sheperd Doeleman said, “We hope to see the un-seeable. We want to see something that by its very nature tries to do everything it can not to be seen. It’s the ultimate cloaking device.”\nSgr A* has an estimated mass of around 4 million times that of our host star – the Sun. It has been exerting its super great gravitational influence on our galaxy for billions of years.\nAs per current theories, Sgr A* should appear as a bright crescent of light with a faint interior. In case it looks different, it could mean that current theoretical physics is imperfect."}
{"text":"Roses vs Daisies\nAn interesting parlor game is to call out a word and ask participants whether it engenders positive or negative thoughts. Love, for instance, will inevitably evoke positive comments. For some words, like fire, respondents will say it’s a 50-50 proposition depending on the circumstance. Then there are words like selfishness and egocentricity which are universally condemned as negative.\nNobody likes self-centeredness and stinginess . . . except self-centered and stingy people. Those who embody these attitudes exhibit an insensitivity and heartlessness that alienates others and contributes to a fractured community.\nA character in William Krueger’s book Purgatory Ridge is described thus: “Rose seemed to be the robust embodiment of an enviable and endearing goodwill, a personal grace that was certainly deepened by her spirituality but had, in fact, always been there. Rose never seemed empty, never unable to give.”\nDaisy Buchanan in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is one of the most disliked female characters in all literary history. She selfishly and constantly seeks wealth and security no matter what harm it may cause others.\nWho would you rather have for a neighbor, Rose or Daisy Buchanan? Or more importantly: do I want to emulate Rose or Daisy? Put another way, do I want to be a person of goodwill and caring toward others or one whose concern is basically only for myself? Communities characterized by peace and harmony are populated by individuals with Rose’s mindset . . . a frame of mind that takes into consideration the well-being of others as well as self.\nWars, be they fought in living rooms with words or on battlefields with guns, happen because of self-interest. And wars make the planet a most unpleasant place to live. So in the effort to fashion concordant, healthy societies, let’s strive to act like Rose, not Daisy."}
{"text":"Poems by Themes •\nRandom Poem •\nThe Rating of Poets • The Rating of Poems\nPoem by William Wordsworth\nTHE STRUGGLING rill insensibly is grown Into a brook of loud and stately march, Crossed ever and anon by plank or arch; And, for like use, lo! what might seem a zone Chosen for ornament,—stone matched with stone In studied symmetry, with interspace For the clear waters to pursue their race Without restraint. How swiftly have they flown, Succeeding,—still succeeding! Here the child Puts, when the high-swollen flood runs fierce and wild, His budding courage to the proof; and here Declining manhood learns to note the sly And sure encroachments of infirmity, Thinking how fast time runs, life’s end how near!\nPoem Theme: Duddon\nWilliam Wordsworth's other poems:\nEnglish Poetry. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.org"}
{"text":"Rachel’s romance with Cates runs parallel to her own personal development and highlights the primary conflict in the play—fundamentalism versus freedom of thought. Rachel’s budding emotions pull her away from her father, Reverend Brown, the religious leader of Hillsboro. As Rachel tells more of her story, her father and the form of Christianity practiced in Hillsboro appear more and more cruel and heartless. Rachel relates that her father always frightened her, even from a young age. He publicly confirms her fears at a town prayer meeting, when he damns her soul for supporting Cates. As Rachel’s romantic interest, Cates, who teaches evolution to his students and brings an open mind to matters of science and religion, stands in bold opposition to Rachel’s father and his views. Perhaps most important, Cates refrains from imposing his own views on others and is willing to engage in constant questioning of ideas. Throughout Inherit the Wind, these two characters—Cates and Reverend Brown—test Rachel’s loyalties. At the conclusion of the trial, Rachel separates from her father and departs with Cates—a choice that enables her personal liberation."}
{"text":"The Sibylline Oracles are a collection of oracular utterances written in Greek hexameters ascribed to the Sibyls, prophetesses who uttered divine revelations in a frenzied state. Fourteen books and eight fragments of Sibylline Oracles survive, in an edition of the 6th or 7th century AD. They are not to be confused with the original Sibylline Books of the ancient Etruscans and Romans which were burned by order of Roman general Flavius Stilicho in the 4th century AD.are messages, warnings, and prophetic verses\n- The wicked ... worship stones and brute beasts instead of God,\nrevering very many things, one here another there, which have no reason,\nor mind or hearing.\n- 5:75-78, in The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, edited by James H. Charlesworth, pp. 394-395\n- From their own labors and wicked notions\nmen have accepted gods of wood and stone.\nThey have made them of bronze and gold and silver, vain\nlifeless, dumb, and smelted in fire, vainly putting their trust in such as these.\n- 5:81-85, in The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, edited by James H. Charlesworth, p. 395\n- There was once among men a shining light of the sun\nwhen the harmonious ray of the prophets was being spread abroad,\na tongue dripping a beautiful drink for all mortals with honeyed sweetness;\nit made manifest, offered and effected gentle things for all.\n- 5:238-241, \"Praise and exaltation of the Jews\" in The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, edited by James H. Charlesworth, p. 399\n- The imperishable God who dwells in the sky in anger\nwill case a lightning bolt from heaven against the power of the impious.\n- 5:298 in The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, edited by James H. Charlesworth, p. 400\n- O MEN, why do ye vainly think on things\nToo lofty, as if ye immortal were?\n- Warning against excessive hunger for power, The Sibylline Oracles, Book XIV"}
{"text":"Questionnaires and web experiments are used to study human tendencies. They can be employed for research, for example , on attitudes or choices among learners or in cognitive psychology. In addition , they are often used to gather data in the field. Web surveys online have a lot of advantages, including fast active data capture and validation of responses. Even so, there are risks involved in conducting studies on the web, such as coding problems, dropout, and even more. internet-based.org/internet-polls This post provides a fundamental overview of the most typical types of questionnaires and Web tests, and points out how they can provide.\nOne of the key dissimilarities between forms and Web trials is the range of question types. Each type possesses its own advantages and disadvantages, and each may develop different reactions. It is important to know the limitations within the types of questionnaires and Web trials, and to know the dimensions of the most appropriate processes for the task available.\nSeveral studies have been conducted on the effects of different design choices. Specifically, they have investigated the differences in miss out and item nonresponse costs, as well as the a result of logotypes in measurement mistake. Using logotypes can make the questionnaire more appealing, and increase the chances of respondents responding to the problems.\nOne try things out consisted of an online survey carried out using a single-page design. The outcomes showed that your percentage of respondents revealing their emails was around 68%. For the multiple-page design, the percentage increased to 70%. However , the effects of each designs were not significantly distinctive."}
{"text":"Old Church Lane Preserve\nOld Church Lane Preserve is a 31-acre preserve consisting of shrub and forested wetlands, surrounded by upland deciduous forest, ridges, and rock outcrops. The forested wetland, located in the southwestern section, is partially open. Skunk cabbage, cinnamon fern, royal fern, and sphagnum moss are found in the ground layer. Red maple is the dominant tree species and broadleaf spirea is the dominant shrub. New York fern and witch hazel are found at the edges of the wetland. The upland area contains sassafrass, in addition to black birch, sugar maple, ironwood, red maple, red oak, chestnut oak and yellow poplar. In 2003, the ownership of the preserve was transferred by the Open Space Institute to the Westchester Land Trust.\nLook out for...\nHighlights: Diverse wetlands with a variety of wetland plants, stream corridors, rocky ridges, mature forest with numerous hardwood species."}
{"text":"How to Feed Backyard Birds: A Step-by-Step Guide for Kids is the perfect resource for beginners who are young (and not so young) to discover the joy of attracting birds to your yard. Bird lover and expert Chris Earley wants to share his passion for our colorful singing and flying neighbors with the whole family. This easy-to-read book helps readers of all ages not only attract and identify birds but also understand bird behavior and their relationship to the environment. A wide variety of feeders and feed types are presented with helpful tips on how to attract different kinds of birds.\nPacked into this easy book:\nColorfully designed and full of photographs, How to Feed Backyard Birds: A Step-by-Step Guide for Kids will feed the curiosity and imagination of young lovers of nature.\nChris Earley is a zoologist and environmental biologist. He is the Interpretive Biologist and Education Coordinator at The Arboretum, University of Guelph. His previous books include Falcons in the City, Dragonflies, Caterpillars and Feed the Birds. He lives in Guelph, Ontario."}
{"text":"It used to be that fish was the go-to way to get omega-3s. These essential fatty acids, according to solid scientific research, can improve heart health and may prevent certain types of cancers. Salmon, tuna, and other sea dwellers are loaded with them, which is why we suggest that the Rebuccis eat fish twice a week (see familycircle.com/healthyfamily2011). Recently, however, numerous supermarket staples have been promoting their omega-3 credentials, so it's important to learn where these nutrients are derived from to ensure you're getting what you need.\nBy Regina Ragone\nThere are three main dietary omega-3 fatty acids, and they aren't all created equal. Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), occurs in plant foods like soybeans, canola oil, and pumpkin seeds. The second and third types, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), found mostly in seafood, are most closely associated with boosting heart health. Since your body has to first convert ALA into EPA and DHA for it to be effective, and only a small amount actually gets converted, it's important to get the bulk of your omega-3s from fish sources."}
{"text":"Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Acronyms, Idioms, Wikipedia.\ncoaxial cableA strong, flexible, high-capacity cable widely used in audio, video and data applications. Commonly called \"coax\" (pronounced \"co-axe\"), the cable comprises a solid or stranded wire in the center, surrounded by insulation. The insulation is wrapped with a metallic foil or braided wire that serves as the ground line and interference shield. All of this is enclosed in a plastic cover, which may have a fire-safe Teflon coating.\nThere Are Many Types\nTypically with impedances of 50 or 75 Ohms, cables have different outside diameters and maximum capacities for operating voltage. Designated with an RG (radio grade) prefix such as RG-6, cables are also rated for signal loss (attenuation in dBs per 100 feet). Following are common types; however, there are many more in use. See RCA connector and F connector.\nImpedance Core Layers Range in Dia. inType Ohms (mm) Sheath RG-6 75-76 1.0 2 RG-6 Quad 75-76 1.0 4 RG-58 50-53.5 0.9 1 RG-59 73-75 0.81 1 RG-59 Quad 73-75 0.81 4\n|Coax uses two wires. The inner wire is the primary conductor. The ground wire is an aluminum or copper sheath that surrounds the insulation of the primary conductor and also serves as a shield against external interference.|"}
{"text":"Continued from previous DZ\nAnother explanation is that even though the Israelites were instructed to celebrate Passover in Egypt, they were commanded again in the second year of their freedom to commemorate and celebrate Passover. Now they are in the wilderness receiving all the precepts of the Torah.\nThe secret is concealed in the connection between the words ‘year’ and ‘month’ (#56). A year is ‘measured’ according to the sun that is the aspect of Zeir Anpin and male. A ‘month’ follows the cycle of the moon that is the aspect of Malchut, female because it doesn’t have light of its own.\n‘in the first month of the second year’ implies unification of Zeir Anpin and Malchut. The place of this unification was in the Sinai desert, that is a place with little life presence and great desire for the Light. That was the best place for the Israelites to receive all the precepts of the Torah.\nRabbi Shimon says; wow to a person that says the Torah comes to tell us simple stories. If it was true then we would be able to create much better and nicer stories. If the Torah was to tell us about things of this world, then there are great leaders and rulers in this world that we can follow their laws to benefit ourselves. But the words of the Torah conceal the secrets of the supernal worlds."}
{"text":"How does the Corona virus spread and how can it be prevented?\nThis is a question that is born in the minds of people all over the world, including all Pakistanis. First of all, it is important to keep in mind that the corona virus has the ability to transmit from animal to human and from human to human.\nThe disease can spread by sneezing or coughing. Causing mucus to spit out of the mouth. According to scientists, coughing and sneezing can travel up to several feet, with up to 10 minutes in the air. Which can also affect other people. It is not yet known how long this corona virus survives.\nHowever, other viruses can last from a few minutes to months.\nThe reason for the transmission of the Corona virus is to travel to any affected person. Which can transmit the virus to an area where it does not exist.\nSymptoms of the Crohn’s virus begin to appear after 14 days in the affected person.\nThe virus is capable of transmitting the virus before it can show its symptoms, algeria reports. Other onyx viruses spread at lower speeds than viruses and cause fewer deaths.\nThe death rate for any virus is 2.4%, but the spread of Corona between 2003 and 2004 caused 9.6% of the virus-infected deaths.\nThe Corona virus has infected more than 10,000 people and lost more than 200 lives, most of them in Wuhan, China. Experts have said that thorough washing with soap is essential to prevent viruses.\nThe face should be covered when coughing and sneezing. Also avoid direct contact with animals. The doctor should be contacted if any symptoms appear."}
{"text":"Five plus 32 equals what?\nWhen we’re adding two numbers together, we can add them in any order. We could switch the numbers to say 32 plus five. We could add these numbers mentally by starting at number 32 in our heads and counting on five more: one, two, three, four, five. If we start at 32 and count forward five, the number we land on is number 37. 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37. 32 plus five equals 37.\nSo five plus 32 also equals 37. We reversed the order of the numbers, started at 32, and we counted on five. Five plus 32 equals 37."}
{"text":"The EU designs its cohesion policy with the primary purpose of reducing disparities in regional development. The success of the policy is largely determined by the identification of factors that contribute to such disparities. One of the key determinants of economic success is human capital. This article examines the relationship between the quality of human capital and economic development of EU's regions. Using spatial analysis methods, the spatial dependencies between the growth of human capital and GDP per capita are investigated. According to the research results, the highest levels of human capital are typical of the most affluent regions in Western Europe, while its lowest levels are found in the poorest countries that became EU members only recently and in countries in southern Europe, including Greece. The spatial correlation measures confirm that spatial relationships have effect on the regional resources of human capital, showing that regions rich in human capital border on regions that are similar to them in that respect. The results of the spatial growth regression indicate that the amount of human capital in the region has a significant and positive effect on its GDP per capita.\nEuropean Union regions human capital GDP per capita Moran statistics spatial regression economic growth"}
{"text":"Barnacle, Tube Sponges and Sea Sponges\nBarnacles, Tube Sponges and Sea sponges come in a variety of species, sizes, shapes and colors. Take look at our selection.\nBarnacles (Balanus tintinnabulum) are found in the Gulf and usually attaches to platforms, they wash up on beaches in clumps after storms.\nTube Sponges (Agelas conifera) Occasional found in Florida; common Bahamas and Caribbean.\nSea Sponges (Porifera) There are 5,000 different kinds of sea sponges found in oceans all over the world.\nSea Beans (Entada gigas) are seeds or fruits carried by the oceans. Over 200 types ride the currents to Florida. Also know as the Sea heart and come from huge vine in Golfito, Costa Rica."}
{"text":"US finds long-lost diary of top Nazi leader and Hitler aide\nWritings record plans for mass killings\nThe US government has recovered 400 pages from the long-lost diary of Alfred Rosenberg, a confidant of Adolf Hitler who played a central role in the extermination of millions of Jews and others during the second World War.\nA preliminary US government assessment reviewed by Reuters asserts the diary could offer new insight into meetings Rosenberg had with Hitler and other top Nazi leaders, including Heinrich Himmler and Herman Goering. It also includes details about the German occupation of the Soviet Union, including plans for mass killings of Jews and other Eastern Europeans.\n“The documentation is of considerable importance for the study of the Nazi era, including the history of the Holocaust,” according to the assessment, prepared by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. “A cursory content analysis indicates that the material sheds new light on a number of important issues relating to the Third Reich’s policy.\n“The diary will be an important source of information to historians that complements, and in part contradicts, already known documentation.”– (Reuters)"}
{"text":"By: Emiley J Printer Friendly Format\nstatic String valueOf(double num)\nstatic String valueOf(long num)\nstatic String valueOf(Object ob)\nstatic String valueOf(char chars[ ])\nAs we discussed earlier, valueOf( ) is called when a string representation of some other type of data is needed—for example, during concatenation operations. You can call this method directly with any data type and get a reasonable String representation. All of the simple types are converted to their common String representation. Any object that you pass to valueOf( ) will return the result of a call to the object's toString( ) method. In fact, you could just call toString( ) directly and get the same result.\nFor most arrays, valueOf( ) returns a rather cryptic string, which indicates that it is an array of some type. For arrays of char, however, a String object is created that contains the characters in the char array. There is a special version of valueOf( ) that allows you to specify a subset of a char array. It has this general form:\nstatic String valueOf(char chars[ ], int startIndex, int numChars)\nHere, chars is the array that holds the characters, startIndex is the index into the array of characters at which the desired substring begins, and numChars specifies the length of the substring.\nMost Viewed Articles (in Java )\nLatest Articles (in Java)\nComment on this tutorial\n- Data Science\n- Cloud Computing\n- Java Beans\n- Mac OS X\n- Office 365\n- Tech Reviews\nSubscribe to Tutorials\n2. Stop copying from Java 2 : The Complete Reference.\nView Tutorial By: xyz at 2011-09-01 16:37:29"}
{"text":"Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.\n2000 March 5\nExplanation: The dark nebula predominant at the lower left of the above photograph is known as the Pipe Nebula. The dark clouds, suggestively shaped like smoke rising from a pipe, are caused by absorption of background starlight by dust. These dust clouds can be traced all the way to the Rho Ophiuchi nebular clouds on the right. The brightest star in the field is Antares. Many types of nebula are highlighted here: the red are emission nebula, the blue are reflection nebula, and the dark are absorption nebula. This picture has been digitally enhanced.\nAuthors & editors:\nJerry Bonnell (USRA)\nNASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.\nA service of: LHEA at NASA/ GSFC\n& Michigan Tech. U."}
{"text":"In the Hindu religion, Chardham Yatra in Uttarkhand is revered as one of the holiest places. It covers the four sacred abodes of God that are Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath. It is also a world-famous pilgrimage destination. Of the four sacred sites, Badrinath has come to have the highest importance because it is believed to be the holy abode of Lord Vishnu. In fact, Lord Vishnu is also known as Lord Badrinath. Asthi Visarjan in Badrinath is a popular undertaking of many Hindu religious followers. Asthi Visarjan is a Hindu religious ritual for the dearly departed where the ashen remains and bones of the deceased family member are immersed and scattered in a holy river.\nBrahma Kapal Ghat is a platform found on the banks of the Alakananda River in Badrinath. The river lies approximately 100 meters from the Badrinath Temple. The site has seen through the ages droves of people descending on this place to offer prayers and rituals for their dearly departed loved ones. These homages and rites are performed for the benefit of the deceased persons’ souls. They bring peace to the spirit and unshackle them from the bondages of the afterlife. It is also believed that any living person who offers Shraadh and rituals for the dead member in the family is assured of salvation from rebirths. According to Hindu sacred texts, Badrinath is one of the holiest places in the Hindu religion, as well as one of the most significant sites for the Asthi Visarjan religious ritual for the deceased. Asthi Visarjan in Brahma Kapal Ghat is a popular choice among Hindu devotees.\nAccording to legend, the earth could not support the impact of the descent of the goddess Ganga when she was sent down to alleviate the suffering of mankind. The mighty Ganga (Ganges), thus, broke and diverged into twelve holy channels. Alakananda River was one of them."}
{"text":"Jawbone of enormous size\nBerkeley County, West Virginia. Created on May 15, 1772 by an act of House of Burgesses from the northern third of Frederick County when it was part of Virginia, Berkeley County became West Virginia’s second oldest county after the Mountain State was admitted to the Union in 1863 during the American Civil War.\nAnother jawbone of enormous size is recorded as having been discovered near Martinsburg the county seat. (Berkeley County)\nHistory of Hampshire County, West Virginia 1897"}
{"text":"The stellar success the Hungarian artist Károly Kotász enjoyed in the 1920s and 1930s in galleries all over Europe offers a fascinating insight into the mechanisms of artistic fame.\nA reticent, disabled man who rarely left his hometown in Hungary, Kotász conquered the art world in western Europe, only to rapidly fall into oblivion soon afterwards. Nevertheless, his paintings can still be found in many public and private collections, bearing evidence of his former reputation. His painting in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery recently featured in an Art UK story.\nGifted to the museum by a private collector in 1940, Kotász’s Birmingham picture spent the next seven decades in storage. Thanks to a collaboration between the museum and the University of Birmingham, it has now reemerged and has been put on display in the permanent exhibition, alongside works by Kotász’s French and British contemporaries.\nThis is a perfect occasion to think about the role institutions such as galleries, museums and art criticism play in making artists famous. It is also an opportunity to get to know an artist from East Central Europe – a geographical area that is underrepresented in museums and galleries in the UK.\nWas the national origin of the artist one of the reasons behind his sudden, but ultimately brief success? How did his disability affect his career? All these questions will be explored in two gallery talks given by Nóra Veszprémi of the University of Birmingham on Saturday 8th December 2018 – one in English at\nDr Nóra Veszprémi, Research Fellow, University of Birmingham"}
{"text":"There’s Big Data and then there’s radio astronomy Big Data…it’s bigger than big!\nAssociate Professor Kevin Vinsen from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) will share with us just how gigantic this data is – from the upcoming project CHILES that will produce an incredibly large map of the sky in radio waves, through to the world’s largest future telescope, the Square Kilometre Array which will produce a torrent of data larger than the entire internet, every single day.\n- When: 23 April, 2015\n- Time: Arrive 6.30pm for 7pm start\n- Where: Scitech Planetarium\n- Cost: Free\nRadio Astronomy and Really BIG Data is free, but bookings are essential as seating is limited. Book your free place via the Scitech website."}
{"text":"Writing Strands is a full language arts program includes writing, reading, and speaking but only focuses on grammar on a “need to know” basis. The introductory level of the course focuses on basic, organizational, descriptive, and creative writing, while the higher levels concentrate on preparing students for high school and college level writing. The courses start at pre-school and go all the way through the 12 grade. The curriculum consists of a book for each level, and a parents’ guide each for reading, communicating and evaluating writing.\nPublisher Website »"}
{"text":"Box counting method in a tif image\n1 view (last 30 days)\nArlete Conde on 21 Jul 2022\nHi. I have a satellite image band 2 in tiff format, I want to use this image to make the box counting method. I used this code, but my image is black. How I can resolve this?\nc = imread('B2.tif'); imagesc(~c) colormap gray axis square\nChristopher McCausland on 21 Jul 2022\nIf you could share the image that would be great.\nHaving a look at your code the ~ will turn 'c' into a logical array. Try this instead;\nc = imread('B2.tif');\nimagesc(c) % note the removed ~\nLet me know if that helps,"}
{"text":"The newest baby at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, Hudson, is 3 months old with brown eyes and gray fur. He drinks two bottles of formula a day and weighs a whopping 140 pounds.\nThe shaggy male muskox arrived late last week from the Large Animal Research Station at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he was born and later rejected by his mother.\nMuskoxen like Hudson are from the bovidae family, commonly associated with bison, buffalo, and domestic cattle. They are generally found in colder areas like Greenland, Alaska, and northern Canada – particularly the Hudson Bay area of Canada that prompted zoo staff’s name for the calf – though climate change is quickly affecting their natural habitat.\n“We are thrilled for Hudson to make his new home at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium,” said Shannon Smith, senior staff biologist at the zoo. “These are ancient animals with a rich history, and they help teach our visitors about ways in which animals adapt to survive in some of the world’s harshest climates.”\nWith a growth rate of 2 pounds per week, the zoo staff expects to take Hudson off his formula bottles in the coming weeks leaving him with a diet of timothy hay as well as a specially formulated herbivore chow which will help him grow as large as 5 feet tall, weighing more than 800 pounds.\nHudson is joining long-time zoo resident, 13-year-old Mya in the muskoxen yard to continue the zoo’s 35-year muskoxen tradition. Additionally, the zoo plans to bring in a 2-year-old female and a 4-year-old male in the coming weeks.\nHudson made his public debut August 2nd at the zoo’s muskoxen yard and will be available for guest viewing during zoo hours from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily."}
{"text":"I came across this fascinating website the other day. I agree with the article in Digital Inspiration that when you consider the world’s population of 6,927,434,849, it is difficult to put it into perspective when you try to break it down into sub-categories. Yes, we could round it off to about 7 billion (give or take a hundred million), but it is still hard to grasp. That is what makes the concept below so intriguing and easy to understand.\nThe World of 100 – by Toby Ng. If the world were a village of 100 people, how would the composition be? The set of 20 posters is built on statistics about the spread of population around the world under various classifications. The numbers are turned into graphics to give another sense a touch – Look, this is the world we are living in.\nDigital Inspiration described it this way: World statistics are often hard to remember but if the same data is presented with visuals and in relative form, things can get a little simple. That’s exactly how designer Toby Ng is approaching the problem with his World of 100 project. He has created a set of 20 posters around various world statistics but instead of talking in billions, numbers that are hard to visualize, the theme revolves around a village that has exactly 100 people. Example: If the world were a village of 100 people, 14 won't be able to read - that number is easier to visualize than 14% of 7 billion.\nToday’s article is a visual look at our little village of 100 people (the world population). I have selected five key areas (of the 20 shown on the website above). Please take a moment and really look at each of these posters. They tell a story.\nEven though it would be nice to be one of the ‘6’ in the ‘Money’ poster above, we still have much to be thankful for … especially our freedom."}
{"text":"Health Tip: Are You Prone to Metabolic Syndrome?\n-- Metabolic syndrome is a group of risk factors that are related to being overweight or obese. It increases the risk of serious health problems such as diabetes, heart disease and stroke.\nThe National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute says having three or more of the following conditions indicates metabolic syndrome:\n- Having extra belly fat and a large waist.\n- Having high amounts of triglycerides in the blood.\n- Having low levels of HDL (\"good\") cholesterol.\n- Having high blood pressure.\n- Having high fasting blood sugar, which may indicate diabetes.\nPosted: September 2010"}
{"text":"LOW-COST, ULTRA-HIGH SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTION MAPPING OF INTERTIDAL ROCK PLATFORMS\nKeywords: Photogrammetry, Mapping, High resolution, Three-dimensional, Coast, Ecology\nAbstract. Intertidal ecosystems have primarily been studied using field-based sampling; remote sensing offers the ability to collect data over large areas in a snapshot of time which could compliment field-based sampling methods by extrapolating them into the wider spatial and temporal context. Conventional remote sensing tools (such as satellite and aircraft imaging) provide data at relatively course, sub-meter resolutions or with limited temporal resolutions and relatively high costs for small-scale environmental science and ecology studies. In this paper, we describe a low-cost, kite-based imaging system and photogrammetric pipeline that was developed for constructing highresolution, 3D, photo-realistic terrain models of intertidal rocky shores. The processing pipeline uses automatic image feature detection and matching, structure-from-motion and photo-textured terrain surface reconstruction algorithms that require minimal human input and only a small number of ground control points and allow the use of cheap, consumer-grade digital cameras. The resulting maps combine colour and topographic information at sub-centimeter resolutions over an area of approximately 100m, thus enabling spatial properties of the intertidal environment to be determined across a hierarchy of spatial scales. Results of the system are presented for an intertidal rock platform at Cape Banks, Sydney, Australia. Potential uses of this technique include mapping of plant (micro- and macro-algae) and animal (e.g. gastropods) assemblages at multiple spatial and temporal scales."}
{"text":"Scientists in China succeeded in growing the yield of a strain of saltwater-tolerant rice nearly three times their expectation.\nIn the spring months, over 200 types of rice were planted at the Saline-Alkali Tolerant Rice Research and Development Center in Qingdao, a coastal city in eastern China’s Shandong Province. Seawater from the Yellow Sea was pumped, diluted and channeled into the rice paddies.\nResearchers initially expected an output of around 4.5 tons per hectare, but surprised themselves when four types registered 6.5 to 9.3 tons per hectare.\nTests on saline-alkali tolerant rice have been going on in China for some time, but the unexpected yield marks its readiness for commercialization.\nResearch leader Yuan Longping, also known as China’s “Father of Hybrid Rice,” told reporters that cultivation of the strain can feed more than 200 million people, the South China Morning Post noted.\nQingdao-based startup Yuan Ce Biological Technology, which partnered with Yuan’s team, is now selling the new rice as “Yuan Mi” in honor of the scientist.\n“Yuan Mi,” however, costs 50 yuan ($7.50) per kilogram — about eight times more than the cost of ordinary rice. It is currently sold in 1-kilogram (2.2 pounds), 2-kilogram (4.4 pounds), 5-kilogram (11 pounds) and 10-kilogram (22 pounds) packs.\nDespite the hefty price tag, six tons of the strain have been sold since August, thanks to its impressive flavor and texture.\nIn addition, consumers are reportedly keen on its potential health benefits.\nAccording to Xinhua, the strain could be rich in calcium and other micronutrients, as such are abundant in saline water.\nThe property of salt as a disinfectant could also repel pathogenic bacteria, making “sea rice” less exposed to pests. As a result, farmers may decrease their use of pesticides.\nYuan Ce Biological Technology expects to make 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) in “sea rice” revenue by the end of the year. Prices are expected to fall as production increases.\nPhotos via Xinhua"}
{"text":"Issue No. 06 - November-December (1998 vol. 18)\nDOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/38.734977\nHumans feel various tactile sensations by touching and rubbing an object lightly. In this article, we propose a method of displaying such tactile feeling realistically. We produce the feeling by selective stimulation of mechanoreceptors located at different depths in the skin, using the skin's elastic transfer property. Our system is a sparse array of stimulators, each of which controls both partial pressure and overall contact pressure on the skin to selectively stimulate the shallow and the deep mechanoreceptors. The principle of selective stimulation is described. We experimentally confirmed it could realistically display finer virtual texture than due to the stimulator spacing.\nVirtual reality, Haptic interface, Tactile feeling display, Tactile texture.\nH. Shinoda, N. Asamura and N. Yokoyama, \"Selectively Stimulating Skin Receptors for Tactile Display,\" in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 18, no. , pp. 32-37, 1998."}
{"text":"Reminiscence Therapy and Life Story Work\nReminiscence therapy involves talking about things from the past, using prompts such as photos, familiar objects or music. It stimulates the person’s autobiographical memory, memory for their life experiences and in so doing, may assist maintenance of identity, self-esteem and wellbeing.\nLife Story Work is usually shared between the person with dementia and a family member, friend or support worker. A scrapbook or photo album is used to record details of the person’s life experiences, values and beliefs.\nMemory Groups and Workshops\nFor the newly diagnosed ask your Community Psychiatric Nurse or Link Worker about Supported Self Management, Memory Groups and Cognitive Stimulation Therapy available as appropriate at the Woodlands Resource Centre or Glenkirk Centre.\nAlzheimer Scotland Activities Library A practical resource which aims to promote improved wellbeing and mental health for people with dementia. It will achieve this through the availability of suitable and age appropriate activity equipment for hire for short periods of time that will help people to continue current skills, relearn old skills or gain new skills. These activity items will help to stimulate the person and supplement any Cognitive Stimulation Therapy that the person may have undertaken.\nEast Dunbartonshire Photo Library shows some interesting photographs which could be useful conversation starters or reminiscing."}
{"text":"According to the National Stroke Association, up to 80 percent of strokes can be prevented. Some risk factors are out of your control, such as age and race, but you can reduce your risk by changing personal habits or receiving medical treatment.\nThe following activities may help prevent a stroke:\n- Exercise regularly.\n- Increase intake of fruits and vegetables and limit dietary salt and fat.\n- Refrain from smoking.\n- Drink alcohol only in moderation (one to two drinks per day).\n- Maintain a healthy weight.\n- Frequently check blood pressure and follow physician recommendations for keeping it in a safe range.\n- Consider taking a low dose of aspirin if your physician determines it is safe.\n- Keep chronic medical conditions, like high cholesterol and diabetes, under control.\n- Seek medical care if you have symptoms of a stroke, even if symptoms stop."}
{"text":"Remittances; Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement; International Migration; Debt Markets; Population Policies\nThe World Region\n1 of 1\nSummary: There are more than 215 million international migrants in the world. Recorded remittances received by developing countries, estimated to be US$325 billion in 2010, far exceed the volume of official aid flows and constitute more than 10 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in many developing countries. Migration and remittances factbook 2011 provides a comprehensive picture of emigration, skilled emigration, immigration, and remittance flows for 210 countries and 15 country groups, drawing on authoritative, publicly available data. The current edition of the factbook updates the information in the popular 2008 edition with additional data for 71 countries collected from various sources, including national censuses, labor force surveys, population registers, and other national sources. In addition, it provides selected socioeconomic characteristics such as population, labor force, age dependency ratio, gross national income (GNI) per capita, and poverty headcount for each country and regional grouping. More frequent and timely monitoring of migration and remittance trends can provide policy makers, researchers, and the development community with the tools to make informed decisions. The factbook makes an important contribution to this effort by providing the latest available data and facts on migration and remittance trends worldwide in a comprehensive and readily accessible format.\nOfficial, scanned versions of documents (may include signatures, etc.)"}
{"text":"Watch this History of Music and Great Composers video entitled The Life and Musical Works of Frederic Francois Chopin to study the lasting contributions made to the history of music by the Polish pianist and composer Frederic Chopin.\nUse this K12 educational video to study the life and music of the Polish pianist and composer Frideric Chopin. Explore the events that shaped Chopin's revolutionary piano compositions. Listen to excerpts from his waltzes, polonaises, piano concertos and preludes. Perceive how his childhood, musical training and the age in which he lived influenced his work."}
{"text":"The government is ruled by talented people hence it has advantages like better decision making and better welfare. The process of the system is faster. Law making process is also quicker comparitively. The rate of corruption is much lesser.\nAs ther are a selected people who rule this government, the processing of things in this system is much faster. The rate of corrupitoin can be comparitively lower. There is no single person rule. Hence, errors in making laws will be avoided."}
{"text":"Solar panels typically consist of a layer of silicon cells, a metal frame, a glass casing, and wiring which allow current to flow from the silicon cells. Silicon is a non-metal with conductive properties that enables the absorption and conversion of sunlight into electricity. When light interacts with a silicon cell, it causes movement within the electrons which initiates a flow of electric current. This process is known as the “photovoltaic effect” and it describes the general functionality of solar panel technology.\nSolar panels work by absorbing sunlight with photovoltaic cells which generate direct current (DC) energy."}
{"text":"At 11:57 on July 26, China used the Long March No. 2C carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center to successfully send 3 satellites of the 05 group of 30 remote sensing into the predetermined orbit, and the launch was a complete success.\nChang'er C rocket flies into space (photo by Shi Liqun)\nThe Long March II C carrier rocket that carried out this launch mission was developed by the First Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The rocket is the earliest gold medal rocket that has successfully performed the mission in three inland launch sites in China. This launch is also the first spacecraft launch mission performed by this type of rocket this year.\nThe remote sensing 30 satellite group 05 is mainly used for electromagnetic environment detection and related technology verification.\nThis launch is the 54th launch of the Long March II C series carrier rocket and the 308th flight of the Long March series carrier rocket. (T"}
{"text":"(Music) Theory of Education\nCommon Application Topic of Your Choice\nIf the English language were a playground, the word “education” would definitely be a bully. Big and scary sounding, education grabs unsuspecting pronouns by the collar and throws them up against the wall with their untied shoes kicking above the ground until they prove themselves worthy and education plops them down and lets them pass. This personification of the word seems ironic to me, seeing how education is actually a great, empowering and liberating thing. I suppose the connotations of rigid, impersonal instruction that go along with an institutionalized education give it that feeling, but there’s a much better way of educating than that. An individualized, flexible, and engaging education is really what I’m looking for, and there’s no better example of my ideal education than my music theory class.\nTwo swinging glass doors separate the bright, spacious, high-ceilinged lobby from the darker, shorter music wing, forming an almost invisible wall between the two. The lowering of light and headspace gives the corridor homey warmth, sort of like a comfortably safe cave. The music theory classroom seems like a completely different building accidentally included on the school’s blueprint; instead of desks and blackboards, there...\nJoin Now to View Premium Content\nGradeSaver provides access to 907 study guide PDFs and quizzes, 7165 literature essays, 2011 sample college application essays, 296 lesson plans, and ad-free surfing in this premium content, “Members Only” section of the site! Membership includes a 10% discount on all editing orders.\nAlready a member? Log in"}
{"text":"Mobility is the ability of a joint to go through its full range of motion without limitations. Some ways to help improve the mobility of a joint and or muscle include, adjustments, stretches, muscle therapies, cupping, instrument assisted soft tissue manipulation. This phase of rehab is commonly associated with pain/discomfort due to the lack of motion or inability of motion.\nThe ability of a joint to go through its full range of motion in a controlled manner. Some ways to help improve stability include exercises with a balance ball, slosh bar, body blade or other modalities that cause muscles to co-contract. This co-contraction ensures that muscles are activating properly and working together. If muscles are not co-contracting, one might develop muscle fatigue in overactive muscles and inactivation of other muscles resulting in injury.\nThe ability of a joint to go through its full range of motion in a controlled manner with added weight. Some ways to help with strength include resistance bands, dumbbells, goblet weights. This phase is what is typically considered as resistance training and involves loading the muscles with extra weight to build strength.\nIn conclusion, it is important to progress through these three phases in the correct order to prevent injury and also re-injury. If any of the phases get skipped, then it is likely that there will be compensation for the weakness causing further damage. On the other hand, there isn’t a correct progression through all three phases of rehab, we never properly train the muscles to move and activate correctly."}
{"text":"Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress and can be beneficial in some situations. It can alert us to dangers and help us prepare and pay attention. Anxiety disorders differ from normal feelings of nervousness or anxiousness, and involve excessive fear or anxiety. Anxiety disorders are the most common of mental disorders and affect nearly 30 percentage of adults at some point in their lives. But anxiety disorders are treatable and a number of effective treatments are available. Treatment helps most people lead normal productive lives.\nAnxiety refers to anticipation of a future concern and is more associated with muscle tension and avoidance behaviour.\nFear is an emotional response to an immediate threat and is more associated with a fight or flight reaction – either staying to fight or leaving to escape danger.\nAnxiety disorders can cause people into try to avoid situations that trigger or worsen their symptoms. Job performance, school work and personal relationships can be affected.\nIn general, for a person to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, the fear or anxiety must:\n- Be out of proportion to the situation or age inappropriate\n- Hinder your ability to function normally\nThere are several types of anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, specific phobias, agoraphobia, social anxiety disorder and separation anxiety disorder."}
{"text":"This seems like an impossible question, right? Of COURSE you are drinking enough coffee. It’s your lifeblood. You’re undoubtedly drinking enough.\nAccording to the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, you may not be. The committee is a panel of academics and scientists who advise US agencies on various topics, and these agencies do include the Food and Drug Administration as well as the Department of Agriculture. The committee has determined that drinking coffee is indeed good for you (hooray!), but you should drink 3-5 cups of coffee a day to obtain the full benefits of the beverage. Most Americans, they found, drink only 1.7 cups a day.\nThe committee has determined that consuming 3-5 cups of coffee per day:\n1. Does not have long-term health risks.\nIn fact, those who say that coffee has long-term health risks have been proved wrong time and time again with current research.\nAccording to recent research, coffee reduces lower heart and stroke risk factors such as heart rhythm disturbances and arrhythmia.\nCoffee is a natural diabetes fighter, but if you add sugar to your coffee, you aren’t helping fight diabetes in the slightest.\nWe’ve gone over this before in a previous blog post, so we won’t rehash it here. But if you’re curious how this is possible, visit the link above.\n5. Can be incorporated into a healthy dietary pattern.\nAccording to committee member Tom Brenna, “Coffee’s good stuff. I don’t want to get into implying coffee cures cancer—nobody thinks that. But there is no evidence for increased risk, if anything, the other way around.”\nIn other words, turn your brewer back on and pour yourself another cup of coffee. Chances are, you haven’t had your required dosage today."}
{"text":"Yama and Niyama\nYama is the first limb of Yoga, the universal ethical and moral rules, the moral virtues which, if attended, purify human nature and contribute to health and happiness of society. The yamas are divided into five wise characteristics, they tell us that our fundamental nature is compassionate, generous, honest and peaceful.\n- Ahiṃsā: compassion for all living beings,\n- Satya: commitment to truthfulness,\n- Asteya: non-stealing,\n- Brahmacharya: sense control,\n- Aparigraha: non-possessivenes.\nNiyama are the rules for personal observance, compared with yama, niyama are more intimate and personal, they refer to the attitude we adopt toward ourselves as we create a code for living harmoniously to help the personal growth.\n- Śauca: purity,\n- Santoṣa: contentment,\n- Tapas: disciplined use of our energy,\n- Svādhyāya: study of the self,\n- Īśvarapraṇidhāna: celebration of the spiritual."}
{"text":"Healthy eating isn't that tough. It's all about eating balanced portions and a wide variety. You don't have to change everything at once. Just keep making small changes over time.\n- Eat a wide variety of healthy foods\n- Balance the number of calories you eat with your activity level\n- Choose foods rich in whole grains, vegetables, fruits and fat-free/low-fat milk products\n- Eat lean meats (such as poultry and fish) and beans for protein\n- Limit your intake of saturated fats, trans-fats and cholesterol\n- Limit your intake of salt\n- Cut down on added sugars - that includes regular soft drinks which are high in calories\n- Keep to sensible amounts of alcohol\n- Have a proper breakfast every morning to stimulate your metabolism\n- Space your eating throughout the day\n- Don't skip meals\nTry picking a few small changes that are important to you. Pick ones you feel confident that you can achieve and focus on those.\nAs you make these changes a part of the normal way you eat, you'll find that you're ready to take on something new.\nDon't expect to be perfect - it's nearly impossible to eat right all of the time. It's okay to have a treat every now and then as long you stay motivated and on track most of the time."}
{"text":"Chablis is thought to have originated in northern Spain and grows well in a 'Mediterranean' climate. As a result, it is widely grown in many of the countries that border the Mediterranean Sea including France, Italy, Spain, and Algeria. Chablis is the most widely planted grape in France. It has also found a home in almost every other wine producing country around the world.\nThe Chablis grape variety is one of the most widely planted grapes in the world. It's popularity stems from the high crop yields that it produces as well as the characteristics that it can bring to a wine. Chablis wine usually has red-fruit characteristics, deep violet and purple color, strong tannin structure and high levels of alcohol content. It is sometimes peppery like Syrah.\nChablis Wine Tip:\nChablis wine is brisk and fruity, very dry and with a refreshing acidity. Chardonnay grapes grow on a limestone soil rich with fossils."}
{"text":"The infantry has always had the worst of any war. Even so, by the 1930s planners decided to make the infantry a more effective weapon and the British Government had the Carden-Lloyd Carrier developed. The German Blitzkrieg took this development a quantum leap further with the Hanomag armoured personnel carrier (APC), employed by Rommel's Afrika Korps. The British response was the half-ton Universal carrier. The Soviet Union created the amphibious BMP series, since the Red Army knew that if ever invaded West Europe it would have a lot of rivers to cross. The United States produced the M1-13 in the early 1960s, the longest serving and most widely exported personnel carrier of all time, which saw active service as late as the Gulf War in 1991. It was the first vehicle in the world to use aluminium armour to reduce weight and is fully amphibious. To complement it, the M2 Bradley emerged in 1981 after 20 years of development. Equipped with a chain-gun capable of firing 600 rounds a minute and 2 TOW missile launchers, the Bradleys, together with the British Warriors, swept through Iraqi minefields with such speed that Saddam's troops were unable to deploy. Within a week the armoured infantry mission was accomplished."}
{"text":"What does space sound like? What would seem a rhetorical question, perhaps even poetic, and to which only a few and lucky astronauts had answer, has been resolved. Space agency NASA has declassified the sounds recorded by their missions in outer space. A file that has memorable moments of space adventure, as the historic “Houston, we have a problem” or that “3, 2, 1, off…” that launched Apollo 11 into orbit.\nBut not everything’s going to be historical moments here: it also reveals the answer to questions that more than one has wondered: And the stars, how do they sound like? And the thunders on Jupiter? And the comets traveling through the nothingness?\nThe answer is surprisingly similar to the imagination of Hollywood makers and television: a series of beeps and strange ‘space’ sounds show up on the web, which includes the ‘voice’ of Sputnik or the strange buzz of the light curves of KIC7671081B star.\nAlthough there is room for newness: the space is unusually loud, and as a sample the roars of radio waves in the Earth’s atmosphere, a comet passing by or thunders over Jupiter; those sounds are available a week ago in NASA SoundCloud web, the soundtrack of outer space.\nSo this is how it sounds, for example, Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons:\nBut don’t think we’re privileged, cause this is not the first time space gets installed on worlwide screens. Some astronauts, like Chris Hadfield on land, and Reid Wiseman, in orbit, have used their space travels to publish spectacular photos and videos from outer space."}
{"text":"Projects per year\nA systematic review was conducted to investigate the use of technology in achieving behaviour change in chronic illness. The areas reviewed were: (1) methods employed to adapt traditional therapy from a face-to-face medium to a computer-assisted platform; (2) targets of behaviour change; and (3) level of human (e.g. therapist) involvement. The initial literature search produced 2032 articles. A total of 45 articles reporting 33 separate interventions met the inclusion/exclusion criteria and were reviewed in detail. The majority of interventions reported a theoretical basis, with many arising from a cognitive-behavioural framework. There was a wide range of therapy content. Therapist involvement was reported in 73% of the interventions. A common problem was high participant attrition, which may have been related to reduced levels of human interaction. Instigating successful behaviour change through technological interventions poses many difficulties. However, there are potential benefits of delivering therapy in this way. For people with long-term health conditions, technological self-management systems could provide a practical method of understanding and monitoring their condition, as well as therapeutic guidance to alter maladaptive behaviour.\nFingerprintDive into the research topics of 'Technologically-assisted behaviour change: a systematic review of studies of novel technologies for the management of chronic illness'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.\n- 1 Finished\n2/01/08 → 30/06/12\nProject: Research council"}
{"text":"Welcome to our Games and Activities page. We've featured links to educational resources for teachers and students to learn about air pollution, its causes and solutions.\nSave Planet Polluto CD-ROM and Website\nSave Planet Polluto is a free, interactive CD-ROM adventure created to teach children about air pollution and its impacts on their lives. Through a variety of challenging games with fun, memorable characters, children will learn:\nSmogCity2.com shows kids how transportation choices, environmental factors and land use affect air pollution levels.\nThe player controls weather, traffic conditions, industry growth, use of consumer products and population. The results show children how pollution increases or decreases and how health is affected depending on their choices. The power to control pollution is in your hands!\nThis fun, game-filled site is produced by the Earth Science Communications Team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology."}
{"text":"“China lacked medical resources in the early 1950s. There were only around twenty thousand physicians and several tens of thousands of traditional Chinese medical practitioners in the country. To fully utilize these limited resources and explore Chinese medicines, the national leadership launched programs in an effort to promote the ideas of enhancing the healthcare services through a ‘combination of Western and traditional Chinese medicines.’ Medical school graduates or young doctors were encouraged to learn traditional Chinese medicines, while experienced traditional Chinese medical practitioners were asked to enrich their knowledge by attending training courses on Western medicine. This unique combination not only proved beneficial to patients but also enabled further exploration and development of Chinese medicine and its application through modern scientific approaches.” ~ Dr. Tu Youyou\n“Traditional Chinese medicine uses sweet wormwood to treat fever. In the 1970s, after studies of traditional herbal medicines, Tu Youyou managed to extract a substance, artemisinin, which inhibits the malaria parasite. Drugs based on artemisinin have led to the survival and improved health of millions of people. For her work, Tu received the 2011 Lasker Award in clinical medicine and the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura. Tu is the first Chinese Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine and the first female citizen of the People’s Republic of China to receive a Nobel Prize in any category.”\nMore on Dr. Tu Youyou and her fascinating career in medicine here.\n#TuYouyou #NobelLaureate #Medicine #Malaria"}
{"text":"Houston – On Saturday, the 14th of October, the premiere of a freshly developed traveling space will hold at Space Center in Houston. The travelling space is on loan from the popular Smithsonian Museum.\nIt reviews the Space Race and more importantly what America achieved in the shot eight years spanning from 1961 through to 1969, how men landed on the moon by the cumulative efforts of 400,000 men.\nOf the men includes Chester Vaughan who served the International Space Station. Vaughan recalls that they couldn’t fathom completing the project when it was commenced.\nThe Helmet of Buzz Aldrin and his gloves too are among the artifacts that will be displayed. They are members of a spacecraft for the protection of astronauts.\nExhibition to include graffiti display\nVaughan reveals, “In space, there is no pressure, 0 in fact. You must have at least 3 or 4 p.s.i. In a case where you don’t, the boiling of your blood will start.”\nOther retrospectives that are separate from the adverse outcomes include.\nWilliam Harris, the President of Space Center Houston and the CEO, shared “It has been rumored that the Apollo capsule holds a graffiti display. In the exhibition, a full display of the said work will be done, and you will get to read what astronauts wrote.”"}
{"text":"JHAT Jr.: Discovering America's History\nThis project's districts are located in north-central Utah, where a previous Teaching American History grant for middle and high school teachers was quite successful. To help elementary teachers become conversant and comfortable with teaching history, the project will engage participants in a 15-day seminar during their first year of participation. In subsequent years, shorter seminars and eight days of field study will be used to deliver content knowledge and methods training, and these will be bolstered every year by follow-up support and coaching. Three cohorts will convene in a tiered arrangement: Cohorts 1 and 3 will serve 30 teachers each from year-round schools, and Cohort 2 will serve 30 teachers from 9-month schools; Cohort 1 will begin in Year 1, Cohort 2 in Year 2, and Cohort 3 in Year 3, with all continuing through Year 5. By starting small, project leaders intend to take lessons learned about effective activities from the first cohort and apply them as remaining cohorts move into the project. All activities and instruction will focus on how the words and deeds of individuals shape history. During seminars, scholars and historians will guide learning of traditional American history, and the project director and a master teacher will lead methods sessions. Field visits will consist of explorations to local and national historic sites, and these will be guided by essential questions that prompt research and study. Throughout, teachers will collaborate to develop lesson units, podcasts, videos and other teaching resources. These materials will be shared on a project Web site and through the National History Education Clearinghouse."}
{"text":"Most leg pain comes from sciatica. The main problem of the leg is knee pain and what is known as shin splints. The muscles of the back and front of the thighs cross over the knee joint and the muscles of the lower leg cross over the knee and foot joint, but since the foot is locked to the ground, that greater force is radiated to the knee. Muscle dysfunction of the leg lead to foot and toe dysfunction. Sore feet can cause limping and the body does not like to limp, so that forces the pelvis to become misaligned which radiates dislocation and dysfunction to the back all the way to the neck. Shin splints is a name often given to any pain at the front of the lower leg. However, true shin splint symptoms occur at the front inside of the shin bone and can arise from a number of causes. The most common cause is inflammation of the periostium of the tibia. Traction forces on the periosteum from the muscles of the lower leg cause shin pain and inflammation.\nTreatment for Leg, Knee & Foot Pain\nThe best way to treat leg, knee & foot pain is to first “correctly and specifically” identify its cause. The cause of leg, knee & foot pain is normally the bodies attempt to control the bodies gait. A competent gait assessment and postural alignment by a medical massage therapist must be the first step. A qualified medical massage therapist can find and correct the cause of postural misalignment and improper gait, foot and heel strike."}
{"text":"According to legend, when Saint Patrick decided to take his preaching overseas from Scotland, the Devil tried to thwart his plans by throwing a gigantic rock at his boat. He missed, and the saint journeyed to Ireland and converted the natives to Christianity and got rid of all the snakes. The huge rock is still there; a 240-foot-tall (73-meter-tall) volcanic basalt plug jutting from the River Clyde.\nHumans have long gravitated toward the storied rock. It was at the heart of the ancient Kingdom of Strathclyde, and has the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Scotland. It has been a royal residence, a fortress, and is now a fine example of 18th-century Georgian military architecture.\nA stream of fascinating historical characters have traveled to the rock. The legendary Merlin is said to have stayed there when it was known as Alt Clut. Vikings raided it in the ninth century. Sir William Wallace, a leader of the First War of Scottish Independence, was taken there in the early 14th century. Mary, Queen of Scots, stayed on the rock briefly before sailing to France as a child in 1548. The poet William Wordsworth and his wife visited in 1803.\nToday, people continue to visit this centuries-old royal refuge. Climb the 500 steps of the Tower Crag, and you’ll be rewarded with magnificent views of the Scottish countryside.\nKnow Before You Go\nDumbarton is easy to reach by train or bus from Glasgow. Sometimes the castle is closed due to adverse weather conditions. Check with the website before visiting to ensure it's open. There is an entrance fee. Because you must climb stairs to reach the castle, it isn't really suitable for anyone with mobility issues."}
{"text":"Watch this blog for directions for interesting experiments that you can try at home! This is a chemistry experiment from our Kindergarten Chemistry unit.\nChemistry Fun with Pennies\nYou can explore chemical reactions and clean pennies at the same time.\n- dull pennies\n- 1/4 cup white vinegar (dilute acetic acid)\n- 1 teaspoon salt (NaCl)\n- 1 shallow, clear glass or plastic bowl (not metal)\n- paper towels\nPour the salt and vinegar into the bowl. Stir until the salt dissolves.Dip a penny halfway into the liquid and hold it there for 10-20 seconds. Remove the penny from the liquid. What do you see?Now dump the rest of the pennies in and wait to see them shine!\nPennies get dull over time because the copper in the pennies slowly reacts with air to form copper oxide. Pure copper metal is bright and shiny, but the oxide is dull and greenish. When you place the pennies in the salt and vinegar solution, the acetic acid from the vinegar dissolves the copper oxide, leaving behind shiny clean pennies. The copper from the copper oxide stays in the liquid. You could use other acids instead of vinegar, like lemon juice."}
{"text":"Children's Liturgy of the Word Formation\nWho is the workshop for?\nThis workshop is for all who celebrate the liturgy of the word with children during the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist. The workshop will be of particular interest to those who are new to this ministry. Experienced leaders and clergy will also find the workshop helpful.\nThe presentation will provide an overview of the resource from CCCB Publications. Included will be a discussion of the following issues: creating a place for prayer, preparing Scripture texts, leading intercessory prayer, music, and the use of ritual in celebrations with children.\nParticipants will also consider other ways in which children may participate more fully in the parish Sunday Eucharist.\nCost: $15.00 (includes copy of the book: Celebrating the Word with Children and handouts).\nFacilitator: Christina Ronzio, Director of the Liturgy Office\nChildren's Liturgy of the Word Resources\nThe following resources have been approved by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops for use with the celebration of Children's Liturgy of the Word:\n- SUNDAY Lectionary (Year A, B, C)\nThese resources are used for the proclamation of the word during the celebration and includes inclusive, age appropriate language for children ages 6-12 years old.\n- SUNDAY Weekly Leader's Guide (Year A, B, C)\nThese resources include the readings of the day, along with reflection ideas for leader's of the Children's Liturgy.\n- Music CDs (Year A, B, C)\nThese CDs provide music for each Sunday and Feast Day, and contains the songs for the Psalm and Gospel Acclamations.\n- Celebrating the Liturgy of the Word with Children\nThis resource offers user-friendly guidelines for the celebration of the Liturgy of the Word with children during Sunday Mass. It is a practical guide for those who are planning and/or leading these celebrations with children.\nAll of these resources can be ordered through the Liturgy Office. Please contact Anthony De Feo for further information."}
{"text":"Common Name: Large Mediterranean spurge\nEuphorbia characias is native to southeastern Europe. When cut, it exudes a milky sap that is a skin irritant and was also used as a purgative (the common name 'spurge' comes from the Latin word for 'purge'.). The genus is named after Euphorbus, a Greek physician who described the medicinal properties of the plant. 'Characias' comes from xaraxias, the ancient name of this species. There are a number of subspecies in our garden, with a large display around the south side of the Maze."}
{"text":"By Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Volunteer\nEdited by Kathleen A. Mooney, LCHS Webmaster & Volunteer\nSt Luke African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is the oldest Black congregation church and one of the oldest churches in Lawrence County\nThe Methodist Episcopal (M.E.) Church was organized in May 1844 by John Norman, Isaac Baker, Daniel Starks, Thomas Hall, Elijah Jackson and John Harris (formerly of Virginia). Their small congregation met for services in the home of Isabelle Taylor. Until the school board gave the congregation permission to use the basement of the Academy* on Jefferson Street as a place of worship, services were held from house to house.\nPopulation statistics for 1850\nBlack population of Lawrence County = 132\nBlack population of New Castle = 51\nAs the Congregation Grew\nAs the congregation grew, a lot was purchased and their first little church was erected on North Shenango Street with a seating capacity of 125. The church would relocate to West Lincoln Avenue for a time. Then, in 1887, the M.E. Church joined the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) connection. A new church was built at 119 Elm Street and dedicated on September 6, 1891. That building (see photo) served the congregation for over seven decades before it fell to the redevelopment project in the mid-1970’s.\nThe Current St Luke AME Zion Church\nOn October 16, 1977, ground for the current St Luke AME Zion Church was consecrated. It is located at 603 Harbor Street in New Castle, Pennsylvania.\n*The “Academy” referred to is uncertain. Perhaps it was the New Castle Female Seminary located on South Jefferson Street near the Diamond, or the New Castle Academy whose exact location is unknown."}
{"text":"verb (used with object), wedged, wedg·ing.\nverb (used without object), wedged, wedg·ing.\nOrigin of wedge\nSynonyms for wedge\nRegional variation note\nExamples from the Web for unwedge\nHistorical Examples of unwedge\nThey were too busy fighting to get their breath back, and to unwedge themselves from the sidecar.Dave Dawson at Dunkirk\nRobert Sydney Bowen\nWord Origin for wedge\nmid-15c., from wedge (n.). Related: Wedged; wedging.\nOld English wecg \"a wedge,\" from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz (cf. Old Norse veggr, Middle Dutch wegge, Dutch wig, Old High German weggi \"wedge,\" German Weck \"wedge-shaped bread roll\"), of unknown origin. Wedge issue is attested from 1999.\nsee thin edge of the wedge."}
{"text":"The following resources have been added to the resource pages:\nShadowmatic: A game in which students move around random objects in front of a simulated flashlight in order to find the shadow shape that object can make. This game is free and is good for a classroom warm up or as a fun activity when talking about light. (iOS): This application can be found on Elementary Science and Middle School Science\nBinder: This app allows students to gather and organize digital texts and media for their classes in one location using any internet capable device. Instructors are also able to upload and share these digital resources for their course. It also allows for offline use of these texts. This free app is most effective for use in high school and higher education with some potential for middle school use (iOS, Android, Website). This application/website can be found on Classroom Tools\nQuiver: This app allows students to bring drawings to life on their iPad. A number of coloring sheets are available to print through the app with some being education focused. Most educational pages are science and social studies related and all pages are appropriate for elementary and middle school students. This app is free with the option to purchase different coloring sheet collections. (iOS, Android, Kindle). This application can be found on Classroom Tools, Elementary Science, Elementary Social Studies, Middle School Science, Middle School Social Studies.\nHave you used any of these resources in your classroom? Share your experience in the comments below!"}
{"text":"Santiago de Cali is one of the significant places in the country of Colombia. Though the complete name of this city of Colombia is Santiago de Cali, it is more popularly known as Cali. Cali is one of the most important\nThe city known as Santiago de Cali of Colombia came into being in the month of July in the year 1536. The person behind the establishment of this city of South America is Sebastian de Belalcazar. This person of Spanish origin was quite well known for his conquers.\nThe city of Santiago de Cali represents a municipality within the country of Colombia. This city is situated in the western region of the country. Santiago de Cali city is the capital of one of the departments of Colombia. The name of this department is Valle del Cauca.\nThe name of the city Santiago de Cali is coined to pay homage to the famous Saint James, who is referred to as Santiago in the Spanish language. The weather condition that prevails in Santiago de Cali is mainly semi-tropical.\nSantiago de Cali is situated on a valley called the Cauca Valley. This valley is located towards the west of a river called River Cauca. The region covered by the city is almost plain. The Western Mountain Range is situated to the west of this city of Colombia. The city is elevated at a height of 1,000 meters above the level of the sea.\n|Other City Maps|"}
{"text":"What is a dap file and how do I open a dap file?\nPages of websites associated to Microsoft Access databases are called Access data Access page files. These files are stored in the DAP format and are affixed with the .dap extension. Classified as Web files, the content of these DAP files may include forms or multimedia materials that can be used by viewers of the Web page to enter details, which may in turn be generated as reports. These reports are then stored in the associated Microsoft Access databases for distribution to other users. Users who can access the content of these reports and materials are given privileges by the administrators of those Web pages with embedded DAP functionalities. Microsoft developed the DAP format, and users of Microsoft Windows-based systems can install and use the Microsoft Access 2010 software to create, open and edit the content of these DAP files. Data found in supported spreadsheet files or content encoded in plain text formats can also be used to create these DAP files.\nRelevant dap file links:How to open dap file on Youtube\nHow to open dap file on Wikipedia\nHow to open dap file on Microsoft.com"}
{"text":"The book begins with a discussion of the ancient roots of Sinat Hinam, the concept of baseless or groundless hatred, that relates to the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE. The Zionists “drew vital lessons from Jewish antiquity,” among them the story of the Zealots and Masada. The author argues that the story of the Altalena, when Jews turned guns on each other, has its echoes in the Biblical and classical past.\nThe bulk of the book is taken up by the third chapter, which details the history of the purchase of the Altalena and its long circuitous route to France, where it picked up weapons and people, and thence to Israel. The book then details the well-known story of the battle that erupted when the boat arrived, after Israeli leader David Ben-Gurion declared, “a political coup is being deliberately aimed against the army.” The event traumatized the early state; one poet wrote “of brothers in arms we dreamt, but encountered the cannon blast.”\nThe author combines both primary and secondary sources in this well written book, one of the only English language accounts devoted to this incident. He also provides a chapter analyzing the ramifications of the event. Bibliography, index, photographs."}
{"text":"The eye is an important sense organ. It is made up of 3 coats. The outer coat is the cornea and sclera. The middle coat is the uveal tract and the inner coat is the retina. The uveal tract consists of 3 parts. The iris is the visible part of the uvea and gives color to the eye (blue, black, brown). The ciliary body is the middle layer of the uvea which manufactures the fluid inside the eye. The choroid is the posterior layer of the uvea which is rich in blood vessels.\nWhat is Uveitis?\nInflammation or swelling in any of the part of the uveal tract is called uveitis. Depending on the location of inflammation, it is called anterior uveitis (iris and ciliary body is involved), intermediate uveitis (ciliary body and the vitreous is involved), posterior uveitis (choroids and retina involved), panuveitisd (all layers of the uveal tract are involved)."}
{"text":"There are an estimated 12 billion light bulbs on the planet.\nOf this 12 billion the United States represents one third of the world's market\nIn 2010 Incandescent lighting accounted for 45% of lightbulbs in use. While LED bulbs accounted for less than 2%.\nIncandescent light bulbs operate at an efficiency level of less than 3%. With most energy being converted to heat. While Compact Fluorescent bulbs operate around 80% efficiency and LED bulbs push up to 90% energy efficiency.\nThe energy efficiency lost by the use of incandscent bulbs adds up over time. For the consumer and for the planet.\nEnergy Savings Calculator\nCalculate how much money and energy you could potentially save by switching to LED lighting today"}
{"text":"This week we have loved getting the dictionaries out and learning about alphabetical order. We have ordered fruit in alphabetical order and learnt that you need to look at the second or third letter if the fruit both begin with the same letter. We have used the dictionaries to look up the meanings of words and to find new exciting words for our alliteration poems.\nMaths has been all about measuring this week. We started with weighing classroom objects on the balance scales using non-standard units (cubes). We tackled some tricky time problems in maths working out what the time would be one hour earlier or later. We then moved onto capacity and had great fun comparing the capacity of containers. We then learnt to record our results.\nWe have been rehearsing our play in drama and starting to learn our songs in music."}
{"text":"A new report from Rice University’s Shell Center for Sustainability includes a few suggestions for the future of Galveston: step all development back from the beach in anticipation of continuing erosion; use a map of the island’s cataloged geohazards to guide where development should go; or permanently abandon the west end of the island entirely. That third recommendation comes with 2 possible natural enforcement mechanisms: a projected future hurricane headed for the western tip of the island, or a combination of sea-level rise and continuing retreat of the shoreline. All 3 scenarios encourage concentrating residents and visitors in the “higher, thicker, wider” East End. A collaboration between earth scientists and the School of Architecture chock-full of charts and diagrams, the Atlas of Sustainable Strategies for Galveston Island includes a series of large-scale design proposals cooked up by Rice architecture students.\n- Atlas of Sustainable Strategies for Galveston Island [Lulu]\n- A more sustainable Galveston [Rice News]\n- Galveston Island gets tough advice from Rice study [Houston Chronicle]"}
{"text":"Major League Baseball has inducted 310 people into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, dating back to the Hall’s first class of inductees in 1936. The members of the Hall of Fame (HOF) include iconic American figures, such as Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio, familiar even to non-baseball fans. Additionally the Metropolitan Museum of Art has an online collection of over 410,000 items. More than 10,000 of those items have the “Object Type: baseball cards.” Of those 10,313 records, 6,680 of them have an image as a part of their online collection record. What this project aims to do is to connect those images, often artistic renderings of baseball’s earliest stars, with the official player statistics for the 310 people in the Hall of Fame, essentially filling in the “back of the baseball card” for these items that fill an interesting niche in the area between sport, art and Americana."}
{"text":"New study found that rosacea is associated with a two-fold increased risk of Parkinson’s disease (PD).\nThe Skin Condition\nRosacea is a common skin condition that causes redness and red bumps on the face. It happens most often in adults ages 30 to 60 and it will get worse over time if it is not treated. The condition is treated with antibiotics. Famous sufferers include Bill Clinton, Cameron Diaz, Prince Charles and others.\nResearchers of the University of Copenhagen published the study on 21.02.2016 in the journal JAMA NEUROLOGY. The study included 5.4 million Danish adults between 1997 and 2011. One group included all adults who developed rosacea. The control group included adults who never developed rosacea. The researchers investigated which group had a higher risk to develop Parkinson’s disease\nThe people in the “rosacea group” had a 2-fold increased risk to develop Parkinson’s disease.\nParkinson’s was diagnosed 2.4 years earlier in the “rosacea group”.\nTreating rosacea with antibiotics decreased the risk of developing Parkinson’s.\nFuture research is needed to understand the link between the skin condition and Parkinson’s disease. However, patients and physicians should be aware of the link as it may lead to an earlier diagnosis. Moreover the possible “neuroprotective effect” of antibiotic rosacea treatment needs further attention."}
{"text":"Donald Trump; Donald Trump Jr. (Credit: AP/Evan Vucci/Carolyn Kaster)\nWas it legal for Ronald Reagan to pardon George Steinbrenner? Was it legal for Richard Nixon to pardon Jimmy Hoffa? Was it legal for Bill Clinton to pardon Patty Hearst? Yes, yes and yes.\nYet presidential pardon power is vast, but not limitless. As the Department of Justice makes crystal clear, the presidential pardon power does not extend to crimes that violate the laws of any of the fifty states.\nAccording to the US Constitution, “The president… shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.” Like so much of the Constitution, the framers were sparing in the language that courts must now interpret.\nOne of the few Supreme Court cases on pardons is Burdick v. United States. In Burdick, the court considered the case of an editor of the New York Tribune newspaper (Burdick) who would not name his source for a story about fraud at the city’s US Custom House. In 1914, Burdick was offered a pardon by President Woodrow Wilson. He refused to accept the pardon and was …read more\nSource:: Salon – Politics"}
{"text":"Believe it or not, food doesn’t come from the refrigerator or even the kitchen. It doesn’t even come from the grocery store or the farmer. All food—whether meat, grain, vegetable or fruit—owes its existence to seeds. Seeds are the backbone of human existence, providing us with the fundamental necessities needed for life: food, clothing, medicine, and shelter.\nTo protect the quality of these important, yet often forgotten, natural resources and to promote a robust U.S. seed market (current value of over $7.3 billion), Congress enacted a program over a century ago that would later evolve into what is now known as the Federal Seed Act. The act, administered by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) in Gastonia, NC, is a law that protects American businesses, farmers, and the general public from misrepresentation when buying seed."}
{"text":"Bless Me, Ultima\nThe Journey to Independence 10th Grade\nAlthough innocence may seem at times like a desirable state, a lack of innocence most often pertains to intelligence and maturity. In Rudolfo Anaya’s novel, Bless Me, Ultima, the main character, Antonio Maréz, loses his innocence through experiences of the world’s harsh reality, which force him to cope with his beliefs despite his young age. Through early encounters with death, conflicts with faith, and problems with his family and friends, Antonio matures rapidly by dealing with injustice and conflict.\nAs only a young child, Antonio is quickly stripped of his outlook on the world when he witnesses the deaths of Lupito and Narciso. When Lupito is killed by the angry town mob, Antonio is introduced to the presence of injustice and violence. He quickly understands that the death was an act of suicide on Lupito’s part when “he was shooting to draw [the mob’s] fire” (Anaya, 22). Antonio must deal with the fact that, for some, death maybe an easier route than living life. He thought before that life was easygoing and rational, but the mob mentality that dominates Lupito’s fate shows him that oftentimes there is no voice of reason among men. He quickly starts to question the ways of humans as they seem to be crueler than he expected....\nJoin Now to View Premium Content\nGradeSaver provides access to 908 study guide PDFs and quizzes, 7165 literature essays, 2012 sample college application essays, 296 lesson plans, and ad-free surfing in this premium content, “Members Only” section of the site! Membership includes a 10% discount on all editing orders.\nAlready a member? Log in"}
{"text":"What is Blit and Flip?\nBlip is Block Image Transfer and Flip is just flip :p\nThis two words refers to how to show data from back buffer to front buffer . Blit let you transfer data from back buffer to front buffer but flip operation is more simple (it flips the buffer).\nHowever Flipping more complicated to setup but obviously faster, just remember to make your buffer has same format and resolution as front buffer.\nMore resource :"}
{"text":"An unbranched, elongated inflorescence with pedicellate flowers maturing from the bottom upward i.e., flowers attached to the main stem by short stalks.\nBent back on itself.\nTranslocating wild or cultivated individuals to sites where the taxon has been known to occur in the past, but from which it has disappeared.\nThe outer structure of a pod in which the valves have dehisced (persists after the opening of the fruit).\nArea dominated by rush-like plants (collectively known as restiads) of the family Restionaceae. Includes Chatham Island and North Island Sporodanthus and oioi (Apodasmia similis).\nWith underground creeping stems.\nRelating to or living or located on the bank of a natural watercourse (as a river) or sometimes of a lake or a tidewater.\nRefers to plants found growing near the edges of streams, rivers or other waterways.\nA strip of land next to streams, rivers, and lakes where there is a transition from terrestrial (land vegetation) to aquatic (water) vegetation. Also known as “berm”.\nPertaining to rivers, streams and such like flowing water systems.\nA short, erect, underground stem.\nA dense radiating cluster of leaves.\nHaving small wrinkles.\nA trailing stem that roots at the nodes.\nA group of distinctive wetland plants. They have solid stems (grasses have hollow stems), true rushes Juncus sp. have rounded leaves.\nAny of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi."}
{"text":"Tree Swallows may supplement their insect diet with berries, such as fruit from bayberry and myrica shrubs. During the breeding season, when they need extra calcium to produce eggs, the swallows may search through backyard compost piles for pieces of eggshells to eat.\nIf you live in their breeding range, there’s a good chance you can attract Tree Swallows to your yard by putting up a nest box. Make sure you put it up well before breeding season. Attach a guard to keep predators from raiding eggs and young. Find out more about nest boxes on our Attract Birds pages. You'll find plans for building a nest box of the appropriate size on our All About Birdhouses site.\nFind This Bird\nTree Swallows are easy to find in much of North America from spring through fall. Head to open fields or marshes adjacent to bodies of freshwater. Scan the air for flying birds, look along utility wires and shrubs for perched birds. Also check any nest boxes you happen to see; in summer Tree Swallows spend lots of time sitting on or flying around them. Tree Swallows are vocal; listen for their sweet, chirping calls as they wheel around overhead in pursuit of insects. In the winter you can find Tree Swallows in the extreme southeastern and southwestern United States as well as south of the border.\nYou Might Also Like\nTree Swallow Farmer: a Cornell researcher's 22-year fascination with swallows. Story and photos in Living Bird magazine."}
{"text":"Kronborg Castle is situated on the sea in Helsingor or Elsinore (Helsingør) and in clear weather you can get a clear view of Sweden across the sound. The castle is one of northern Europe's most important Renaissance castles and is on the UNESCO World Heritage list.\nThe Castle was built between 1574- 85 during the reign of King Frederik II to keep and eye on and collect taxes from ships sailing through the narrow sound between Denmark and Sweden. This so-called Øresund-tax was for a long period an important income for Denmark.\nThe Castle burned down in 1629 but was rebuilt again in 1638. Kronborg contains the 62m-long Knight's Hall - one of the longest halls in Europe - and the famous statue of Holger Danske. Legend says that if Denmark is ever threatened, the stone figure will turn into flesh and blood and rise in defence of the kingdom.\nShakespeare's Hamlet is set in Kronborg Castle.\nLastUpdate: 2019-06-28 21:13:32"}
{"text":"State education leaders say schools with high poverty rates 'can' have excellent students.\nA study released today Wednesday found 'strong leadership' is key to breaking the cycle of lower grades... and the accompanying stereotypes.\nMandie Trimble of member station WOSU reports.\n\"We didn't know we were in poverty. We had no clue. Everybody around us was like us.\"\nColumbus' Eastmoor Academy principal Alesia Gillison recalls her childhood.\n\"We didn't know we weren't supposed to achieve. We just did it because that was the expectation.\"\nGillison says she sets the same expectation for her students. Eastmoor tenth and eleventh graders scored in the 80th and 90th percentiles on state math and reading tests.\nEastmoor is one of nine Ohio schools studied by Public Agenda, an education research organization. Each school's poverty rate exceeded 50 percent, but they were among the highest performing schools in the state.\nGillison says the study proves poor children can excel with the right leaders and teachers.\n\"Once you start getting those successes, once you see this happening, then teachers mind frames will change. But if we keep saying poverty, and we keep labeling, then teachers will say well they're never going to do this.\"\nInterim Ohio Education Superintendent Michael Sawyers calls for the replacement of poor-performing principals even though it might be unpopular.\n\"The reality is we've been part of the problem. We have to step up to the plate and say, 'you know what? We have to take some responsibility here as educators.'\"\nCuts in state pensions might open up jobs as teachers and administrators opt to retire now.\nRichard Stoff with Ohio Business Roundtable, which helped sponsor the study, called the potential retirements an opportunity to get a \"new breed\" of leaders in the profession.\nState education officials plan to distribute the study to all schools."}
{"text":"Copper Round Bar is one of the most used components made of copper. The round bars are used in condensers and electric applications due to the high thermal conductivity and electric conductivity. Copper materials also don’t corrode easily where the other materials could. For example, the marine and seawater industry use copper because it is very much resistance against chloride ion corrosion cracking. Though the material is anticorrosive, it is not as strong as the other steel material. So the material has to be used in conjunction with others when used in structural applications. The use of copper round bar is very common in electrical systems and to produce Copper Bolts. Copper is very much cost efficient in conducting electricity compared to other electrically conductive alloys.\nThere are different grades of copper. The grades are derived by the addition of alloyed material. The addition brings about the difference in the mechanical properties. There are not only round bars, but other shaped bars as well. The copper hexagon bar is such another shape of copper bars. Due to the near 100% electric conductivity, pure copper grades are used in electrical systems. The pure copper grades are commercially pure. Meaning, they are about 99.99% copper but contain other elements in smaller quantities. One of the pure grades is the c110. The c110 round bar price could be gained from different suppliers. The copper material price varies base on the market availability, transportation, supply and demand. In addition to that, the availability of substitute materials could also affect the copper price."}
{"text":"Polo is a game that requires the act of riding a horse and the perfect coordination of your body. Although it is not an Olympic sport still due to its wide popularity, the game is professionally played in many countries. This tutorial will teach you the basics of playing Polo. Though the \"how to play\" section is not comprehensive but it is sufficient enough to understand the necessary points about Polo.\nThis tutorial is aimed at giving an overall knowledge to a person about how to become a professional in Polo. It contains step-by-step illustrations and guidance to help beginners learn the fundamentals of Polo.\nIf you have the passion and eagerness to learn this game, then this tutorial will be highly beneficial for you."}
{"text":"If you live in the Pacific Northwest, a scary lightning strike isn’t very likely.\nBut there was one recently in Seattle’s Arboretum that could be a case study in a text book.\n“The lightning bolt went right down the moist center of the tree, blew the tree out and so it just spread apart,” Mass said.\nHe says in this case, the lightning hit just right and heated up the moisture at the core of the tree, causing steam to form and blast it into pieces.\n“Pieces of that tree were sent off as projectiles, hundreds of feet away,” and embedded themselves deeply into the ground because of the force of the blow.\n“It was amazingly dangerous,” Mass said.\n“And there’s been explosive trees around here before; this is not the first incident. But it’s probably the most dramatic I’ve ever seen,” he said.\nHe says he’s never seen anything like it, at least not in nature.\n“It looked like one of those onions you get at Safeco Field,” he said.\nIn this week’s episode Mass explains why lightning strikes are relatively rare here, why the recent one near the Arboretum visitor center was so forceful and how to position yourself on the off chance that you do get caught in a lightning strike."}
{"text":"A new study from the University of Sheffield has found that 82% of people suffering from irritable bowel syndrome also have insufficient levels of vitamin D.\nIrritable Bowel Syndrome\nIBS is a disorder of the gastrointestinal tract that affects nearly 15% of the western population. Although the cause of the condition still remains unknown, we are aware of diet and stress as factors.\nStudy leader Dr Bernard Corfe said: 'Our data provides a potential new insight into the condition and importantly a new way to manage it. It was clear from our findings that many people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome should have their vitamin D levels tested. The data suggests that they may benefit from supplementation with vitamin D.\n‘There was an association between the Vitamin D status and the sufferer’s perceived quality of life. This is measured by the extent to which they reported impact on IBS on life. ‘As a result of this exploratory study, we’re now able to design and justify a larger and more definitive trial.’\nThe sun is our main source of generating vitamin D. During the winter months it is almost impossible for our bodies to produce enough of this essential vitamin. Consequently, we can get some vitamin D from our diet. Using a supplement, however, to boost vitamin D levels during the winter is a good idea. Pharma Nord's Vitamin D3 supplements contain the same vitamin D as produced in the body, making it easily absorbed. Dissolved in organic olive oil and encapsulated into easy-to-swallow pearls of soft gelatine.\nFor more information please call 01670 534 900 to speak to our nutritional advisor."}
{"text":"Supercomputer Serves as Weapon in AIDS FightBy M.L. Baker | Posted 2006-06-05 Email Print\nScientists at Stony Brook University have used a supercomputer to probe HIV's weak spots in an effort to provide more effective drugs.\nResearchers at Stony Brook University's Center for Structural Biology wanted to understand how an essential HIV protein switched between two known conformations.\nThey used computer simulation to model the transition and identified a new conformation that helps explain HIV's vulnerability to a class of drugs known as protease inhibitors.\nThe research at the university, based in Stony Brook, N.Y., could eventually lead to more effective forms of AIDS drugs.\nSmall molecule drugs, typically taken as pills, tend to work by gumming up cellular machinery, usually proteins. This happens because both proteins and drug molecules have specific shapes. Such drugs are identified by finding molecules that fit into crevices or cavities in the protein.\nDrug researchers often make crystals of proteins to examine the shape of these crevices and design drug molecules that fit the protein more snugly.\nBut in the case of HIV protease, crystal structures were little help. In the crystallized forms, the cavities and crevices in the protein were very small, too small to let drug molecules in.\nStony Brook's Carlos Simmerling used a supercomputer to model how HIV protease switched between two shapes, and saw a new conformation where the cavities open wider.\nThe work reveals how drugs like Kaletra and Viracept fit into the protein and stop it from working.\nAn \"open\" conformation of HIV protease was expected, but had not previously been described in detail.\nComputer modelling is routinely used in drug design, but certain simulations are often not attempted. Simmerling said that access to Silicon Graphics' Altix through the NCSA (National Center for Supercomputing Applications) made him go ahead with the project.\nRead the full story on eWEEK.com: Supercomputer Serves as Weapon in AIDS Fight"}
{"text":"Punjab is a state in northwest India. The Indian state borders the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west, Jammu and Kashmir to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, Chandigarh to the southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest. The total area of the state is 50,362 square kilometres (19,445 square miles). The population is 24,289,296 (2000). Punjab’s capital is Chandigarh, which is administered separately as a Union Territory since it is also the capital of neighbouring Haryana. Other major cities of Punjab include Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar and Patiala. The state is the location of one of the world’s first and oldest civilizations, the Indus Valley Civilization, India’s first civilization.\nThe Indian Punjab historically forms a part of the larger Punjab region, which includes some parts of Afghanistan, Pakistani province of Punjab and the North West Frontier Province, the Indian states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, parts of J&K and Delhi and the Union Territory of Chandigarh. Indian Punjab was trifurcated in the year 1966 leading to the formation of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.\nAgriculture is the largest industry in Punjab. Others major industries include the manufacture of scientific instruments, electrical goods, financial services, machine tools, textiles, sewing machines, sports goods, starch, tourism, fertilizers, bicycles, garments, and the processing of pine oil and sugar. Punjab is considered to have the best infrastructure in India , this includes road, rail, air and river transport links that are extensive throughout the region.\nMinerals reported to occur in the state are quartz and silica sand in Hoshiyarpur district; and quartzite in Hoshiyarpur and Ropar districts. Besides sulphur is recovered as by-product in the fertilizer plants."}
{"text":"Did you know that August is National Psoriasis Awareness Month?\nPsoriasis affects approximately 7.5 MILLION Americans and the trigger can be as simple as stress!\nPsoriasis is a chronic, noncontagious, genetic autoimmune disease that appears on the skin in red, scaly patches that itch, crack and bleed. It is the most common autoimmune disease in the country.\nWhat many don’t know is that up to 30% of people with psoriasis develop psoriatic arthritis, an inflammatory type of arthritis that causes pain and swelling of the joints and tendons. Psoriasis is more than meets the eye.\nGenetics and the immune system play a major role in the disease. In people with psoriasis, the immune system sends out faulty signals that speed up the growth of skin cells.\nTo develop psoriasis, a person must have a combination of the genes that cause psoriasis and be exposed to external “triggers.” Triggers include stress; injury to the skin, such as a tattoo or a scrape; smoking; and certain infections.\nThere is no cure for psoriasis, but many treatment options are available. Treatment is individualized for each person and depends on the severity of the disease, the type of psoriasis and how the person reacts to certain treatments.\nLearn more about psoriasis, its associated health risks, treatment options and ways to effectively manage the disease at http://www.psoriasis.org/. Think you are suffering from Psoriasis? Call us, Germain Dermatology, for the best dermatological treatment in Charleston~ 843-881-4440.Marguerite Germain"}
{"text":"You are here\nUnderstanding and engaging with neurodiversity\nThis module is 'Understanding and engaging with neurodiversity' and supports the professional practice 'Using Inclusive practices'.\n- The aim of this module is to support teachers to explore an element of using inclusive practices in the classroom by examining the concept of diversity and inclusion, with a shift away from the medical to the social model of inclusion and the implications that this can have for learners in the classroom.\nBelow, you will see the self-access resource for you to complete either on your own or with colleagues.\nAbout these resources\nThe British Council Teaching for Success online conference ran between 5-9 October 2016 with over 60 talks from speakers around the world. The conference focused on key issues relating to Continuous Professional Development for teachers, linked to the British Council’s 12 professional practices.\nFollowing the conference, 10 of the talks were selected and turned into teacher training modules for both face-to-face instruction and self-access learning.\nFace-to-face resources for trainers\nAt the bottom of the page you can download the following teacher educator resources for face-to-face teacher development workshops:\n- An overview of all ten training resources in the series for face-to-face use\n- An overview of all ten training resources in the series for online self-access use\n- Trainer notes\n- PDF presentation to use with participants in your training room"}
{"text":"Murals, Monuments, Orchards And Ancient Villages: Exploring Jerusalem’s Hidden Corners\nIsrael’s capital is renowned for its historical sites, but the city has much to offer travelers willing to go the extra mile.\nWorld-renowned Armenian artist Marie Balian spent months preparing an original mural as a gift for the people of Jerusalem. Six meters tall and four meters wide, her fabulous artwork contains close to 1,000 colored tiles.\nBalian’s unique method involved sketching in charcoal on the tiles, designing and painting them and then burning them in the oven. Afterwards, each was fit into the whole picture.\nThe mural offers a view of heaven and earth separated by a palm tree, and features a peacock, a deer eating leaves from a lemon tree, a cypress waving in the wind and fish jumping out of the water. No people appear in the mural, which gives off a wonderful aura of serenity.\nBalian’s masterpieces are exhibited all over the world — from the Eretz Israel Museum of Tel Aviv to the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC. But when she proudly presented her creation to Jerusalem’s mayor, Balian probably expected it to be shown in a major municipal spot. Instead, it ended up on a whitewashed exterior wall along a run-down, nondescript downtown street (Koresh Street) that few people bother to visit.\nTel Aviv is flush with out-of-the-way or remarkable spots, but so is Jerusalem. In fact, while Balian’s mural is one of the Holy City’s most splendid features, it belongs to dozens of off-the-beaten-path highlights that Israelis call pinot or “corners”."}
{"text":"Programming with Python\nLearn one of the most in-demand programming languages the fun way.\nPython is one of the most widely used programming languages, and it is an excellent first language for new programmers. It can be used for everything from video games to data visualization to machine learning.\n一点不卡视频观看一区_一点都不卡的中文视频_中文字幕一本到无线_2017中文字字幕一本Right from the start, this course will show you how to use Python to create intricate drawings, coded messages and beautiful data plots. And along the way, you'll learn core programming concepts such as variables, control flow, and simulation."}
{"text":"Lesson 1: Web Mastering Concepts\nPosted by Nguyen Huong on Tháng Chín 27, 2008\nActivity 1.1 Internet Fundamentals\nAdapted from original information developed for the ESC Region IV Technology Applications Certification Program\nA VERY BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INTERNET\nThe Internet has its origins in the late 1960’s, when the U.S. Department of Defense developed a network of military computers called the ARPANET (Advanced Research Project Agency Network). Quickly realizing the usefulness of such a network, researchers at colleges and universities began using ARPANET to share data. In the 1980s, the military portion of the early Internet became a separate network called the MILNET. Meanwhile, the National Science Foundation began overseeing the remaining nonmilitary portions, which it called the NSFNET (National Science Foundation Network). Soon, thousands of other government, academic, and business computer networks began connecting to the NSFNET. Eventually, traffic grew to such a large amount that NSFNET slipped off to become a separate system again, thus leaving the Internet in commercial hands.\nTo learn more about the history of the Internet, go to Learn the Net.com and read: http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/01birth.htm"}
{"text":"In this alphabet letter X learning exercise, students practice recognizing that the 2 pictures and words on the learning exercise begin with the letter X. Students fill in the 2 blanks with an X and then color the pictures.\nPre-K - 1st English Language Arts 4 Views 16 Downloads\nWhat Members Say\n- Lynn C., Teacher\n- Wakefield, RI"}
{"text":"The FDK series photoelectric smoke detectors detect combustion products (smoke) generated by a fire, and transmit an alarm signal to the fire alarm control panel. The photoelectric smoke detector can detect a fire in an earlier stage than a heat detector. Generally, this detector is installed in the spaces such as basements, ordinary floors, corridors, staircases, elevator shafts.\nOPERATING PRINCIPLE AND FUNCTION\nThe photoelectric smoke detector is composed of a light source, light sensing element, Light shielding element and detecting chamber. The light source (a light-emitting diode) emits light at intervals of about 3.5 seconds, which does not reach the light sensing element (photo diode) under normal conditions because of the light shielding mold. If smoke enters the detecting light reaching the light sensing element varies with smoke density and if it exceeds the chamber, the light from the light source is scattered by smoke particles and reaches the light sensing element. The light reaching the light sensing element varies with smoke density and if it exceeds the predetermined level, the detector operates and automatically holds its operation. The detector then transmits the alarm signal to the fire alarm panel and the response lamp of the detector turns on."}
{"text":"This chapter shows how to use the Fast Light User-Interface Designer (\"FLUID\") to create your GUIs.\nThe Fast Light User Interface Designer, or FLUID, is a graphical editor that is used to produce FLTK source code.\nFLUID edits and saves its state in .fl files. These files are text, and you can (with care) edit them in a text editor, perhaps to get some special effects.\nFLUID can \"compile\" the .fl file into a .cxx and a .h file. The .cxx file defines all the objects from the .fl file and the .h file declares all the global ones.\nA simple program can be made by putting all your code (including a main() function) into the .fl file and thus making the .cxx file a single source file to compile. Most programs are more complex than this, so you write other .cxx files that call the FLUID functions. These .cxx files must #include the .h file or they can #include the .cxx file so it still appears to be a single source file.\nNormally the FLUID file defines one or more functions or classes which output C++ code. Each function defines a one or more FLTK windows, and all the widgets that go inside those windows.\nWidgets created by FLUID are either \"named\", \"complex named\" or \"unnamed\". A named widget has a legal C++ variable identifier as its name (i.e. only alphanumeric and underscore). In this case FLUID defines a global variable or class member that will point at the widget after the function defining it is called. A complex named object has punctuation such as '.' or '->' or any other symbols in its name. In this case FLUID assigns a pointer to the widget to the name, but does not attempt to declare it. This can be used to get the widgets into structures. An unnamed widget has a blank name and no pointer is stored.\nWidgets may either call a named callback function that you write in another source file, or you can supply a small piece of C++ source and FLUID will write a private callback function into the .cxx file."}
{"text":"Primary Childhood Immunisation Programme\nThe objective of the Primary Childhood Immunisation Programme is to achieve a national uptake level of 95%, which is the rate required to provide population immunity and to protect children, and the population generally, from the potentially serious diseases concerned. Ireland’s recommended immunisation programme is based on the guidelines of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.\nSince 2011 Ireland has achieved the 95% uptake level recommended by WHO for childhood immunisation for the main constituent of the primary childhood immunisation programme, the 6 in 1 vaccination. Reports for quarter two of 2013 indicate a national year-to-date uptake rate of 95.2%.\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) has set a target to achieve measles and congenital rubella syndrome elimination by 2015. Ireland is committed to this target"}
{"text":"This is one part in a weekly series featuring the UC Davis Arboretum’s “40 Plants You (Probably) Have Never Heard of – But Will Love,” 40 can’t-fail, easy-care, low-water plants well adapted to our region but hard to find.\nWhite-striped century plant\nAgave americana “Mediopicta Alba”\nSize: Up to 3 feet to 4 feet tall by 5 feet wide at maturity\nBloom season: Yellow-green stalks of flowers that appear after 10 years or so\nExposure: Full sun\nPruning needs: None\nWater needs: Very low water; once established, water once a month.\nSnapshot: A smaller and more manageable version of the familiar century plant, this American agave features beautiful white-striped leaves. The variegated leaves curve in a very sculptural way and are delightful planted in combination with finer textured plants, such as native grasses and perennials. Like other agave, these century plants produce lots of “pups” that your friends will want; those pups are offshoots that will produce new plants. Although its nickname comes from the myth of one bloom per 100 years, this century plant will produce a 10-foot bloom stalk after a decade. Keep away from high-traffic areas or paths because those leaf edges have sharp spines.\nFor more on “40 Plants,” click on arboretum.ucdavis.edu."}
{"text":"History | The Civil War in American Culture\nA369 | 14099 | S. Bennett\nAbove class open to undergraduates and EDUC MAs only.\nSince the end of the Civil War in 1865, Americans have been\nhorrified and fascinated by the conflict. The war radically changed\nthe lives of people in the United States—more than 600,000 people\ndied, the institution of slavery was abolished, and warring states\nhad to learn to function as a unified country. Beginning immediately\nafter the war, various groups used the memory of the Civil War for\ntheir own purposes. From emancipated slaves to the United Daughters\nof the Confederacy, from courthouse monuments to Gone with the Wind,\nfrom the Lost Cause to “good ol’ boys,” people have debated what the\nCivil War meant in the past and what it means today.\nThis course will explore the causes and issues of the American Civil\nWar, the experience of war for soldiers and those at home, and the\ncontinuing relevance and changing meanings of the war in American\nsociety. How do stories about the past influence how people think\nabout their own lives and their place in society? Why do symbols and\nimages of the Civil War continue to evoke an emotional response?\nCourse content will consider issues of race, citizenship, and\nregional identity. Although topics will include some military\nhistory, the course will focus primarily on the cultural, social,\nand political ramifications of events."}
{"text":"CASE in Action: A Better Way to Connect Academic Standards and Competencies through Digital Delivery\nEvent Date: Wednesday, 20 September 2017\nLearning standards or competencies guide instructors to focus learning on critical thinking, problem-solving, and mastery of digital age skills. Strong academic standards help ensure that students receive coherent preparation aligned with the demands of the real world.\nStates and higher education institutions often publish their standards in static pdf files. This presents challenges for technology vendors who must ingest the standards into their platforms, applications, and tools. It also presents risks for educators concerned that their learning standards may be interpreted by a third party.\nThis is why IMS Global Learning Consortium members have developed a framework for publishing learning standards and competencies in a digital, machine-readable format. This new technical standard is called Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange™ (CASE™). In this webinar, hear why Georgia Department of Education published their learning standards in the CASE format and how this is impacting teaching and learning in districts across the state. You’ll also learn ways to easily and quickly convert static, digital documents containing learning standards into the CASE format using open-source tools.\nPanelists: Ray Baranoski, Senior Software Developer, SAFARI Montage; Brandon Dorman, Senior Manager, OpenEd Content, ACT; James Gambrell, Research Scientist, ACT; Greg Nadeau, Manager, Public Consulting Group; Dr. Keith Osburn, Associate Superintendent for Virtual Learning, Georgia Department of Education; Pepper Williams, Director of Education and Research, SchoolCity\nModerator: Jill Hobson, IMS Global Institutional Program Manager\nIf you have questions about CASE, please contact Jill Hobson at email@example.com."}
{"text":"We believe that data – especially data gathered by central and local government – is a common good and should be easily accessible to all. However, this isn't always the case.\nA lack of access to good information on land is a key barrier to the development of common good land projects and to communities making informed decisions about the land around them. We developed Land Explorer as a user-friendly mapping platform to help people easily visualise public open data about land.\nThis made us aware of the lack of digital infrastructure for those working for social change more generally, and we have recently established Digital Commons in collaboration with the Solidarity Economy Association. Digital Commons will develop Land Explorer and other software solutions for the social sector, and work to advocate for better data standards so that 'open data' is truly accessible and useful.\nWe’re a small organisation with big ambitions! We are grateful for all support people feel able to offer us.\nCheck our FAQ section where we clarify how we can help with. You can always get in touch if you’re still not sure something here."}
{"text":"The Indian tiger population suffered great losses in the last 100 years. Tigers were killed for the bizarre perception that their body parts could help people have sex. This caused a major population collapse for tigers.\nNow it looks like the tigers are making a come back!\nThe number of tigers in India has seen a sharp rise to 2,226 tigers from 1,411 seven years ago, the environment ministry has said.\n“India is now home to 70 per cent of the world’s tigers,” Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Tuesday.\nKarnataka has the most number of tigers at 406. Uttarakhand has 340 tigers, Tamil Nadu has 229, Madhya Pradesh has 208, Maharashtra has 190 and the Sundarbans in Bengal has 76 tigers."}
{"text":"You have built an above-ground pool and you want to know how much water it will hold. The pool structure is built out of stacks of cubes aligned on a grid. layout gives an overhead view showing the height of the cubes in each position of the grid. Here is an example pool:\nThis pool can hold a total of 15 units of water: 5 units on each of the 3 middle grid locations. After that, any water added to the middle would flow out over the walls (the grid locations of height 6), and any water added to the walls or corners would flow out onto the surrounding ground. When it can, water will always flow to areas of lower height, and no water will \"stand\" on surfaces such as the pool walls shown here. Water cannot flow through diagonals, so it won't leak out of the middle via the corners. The ground surrounding the pool is at height 0 and can absorb an infinite amount of water. Return the total number of water units that can be held by the pool."}
{"text":"Chemical Pumps Information\nChemical pumps are designed to move and withstand chemicals and chemical slurries. They are designed and constructed to handle substances with varying levels of viscosity, corrosiveness, and abrasiveness. Some of these pumps are also metering pumps, which provide flow measurement and control for applications which require precise volumes of chemicals.\nThe first step in selecting a chemical pump is determining the most suitable type of pump for the application. Nearly all types of pumps can be designed as chemical pumps, so there are many to distinguish between. For a complete overview of different pump types and classifications, visit the Pump Types page on Engineering360.\nThe next step to sourcing a chemical pump is determining the performance specifications required. The primary specifications to consider include:\n- Operating temperature\nA complete guide to pump specifications and performance can be found at Engineering360's Pump Flow page.\nThe base material of a chemical pump is important to consider, as it affects the type of media that can be handled effectively. System fluids may be abrasive, acidic, caustic, tacky, very hot, very cold, or otherwise hazardous. Base materials such as cast iron, plastic, and stainless steel possess different advantages for handling these various characteristics.\n- Plastics and thermoplastics may be the least expensive base materials, and provide excellent corrosion resistance from acids and various chemicals.\n- Stainless steel alloys provide protection against chemical and rust corrosion, and have higher pressure ratings than most plastics.\n- Cast iron provides excellent strength and abrasion resistance, with high pressure ratings.\nMore information on materials and other pumps features can be found on Engineering360's Pump Features page.\nAll-Flo Pump Company, LLC. | Gorman-Rupp Industries\nRead user Insights about Chemical Pumps"}
{"text":"From My Assignment Booklet\nProgram: Community Based Environmental Education and Awareness\nJob Title: Environmental Educator & Community Development Agent\nYour Primary Duties:\nWorking with Water and Forests Department counterparts and community partners, Volunteers' major duties and responsibilities include: promotion of environmental education (EE) outreach programs sponsored by the Water and Forests Department,the Ministry of National Education and other national and international organizations; coordination of community participation in environmental research and stewardship programs; and conducting environmental education programming for learners of both genders and all ages.\nSpecific Duties May Include:\n- Designing and co-facilitating formal and informal EE lessons and activities designated for different audiences including elementary and secondary school students.\n- Co-planning and facilitating EE training workshops for school teachers and Water and Forests Department technicians.\n- Co-planning and facilitating project development and management workshops and training sessions for community partner organizations.\nOpportunities for secondary projects include, but are not limited to:\n- gender and development related activities, HIV/AIDS awareness and education, information technology education, and youth development initiatives."}
{"text":"Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary\nA synonymous alteration of to pommel.\n- To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly.\n- Rain pummeled the roof.\n- The boxer pummeled his opponent.\n2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the title of the work):\n- The best of friends become the worst of enemies when Barney makes a hilarious attack ad where he viciously pummels a cardboard cut-out of Homer before special guest star Linda Ronstadt joins the fun to both continue the attack on the helpless Homer stand-in and croon a slanderously accurate, insanely catchy jingle about how “Mr. Plow is a loser/And I think he is a boozer.”\nTo hit or strike heavily and repeatedly"}
{"text":"A single-instance application starts and checks whether it is the first instance or a subsequent instance of the application:\n- If it is the first instance, it starts as usual.\n- If it is a subsequent instance, then the single-instance application is already running. The subsequent instance passes its parameters to the existing single-instance application.\nFor example consider this scenario:\nYour application is running. You have some files that are associated with it. When you open one of those files the application will not be launched again, but the running instance will be used to open the file.\nIn order for your application to be capable of running in Single Instance Mode, in the main class of your java application add a method with one of the following signatures:\nstatic void secondaryMain( String args )\nstatic int secondaryMain( String args )\nThis method will be called if you choose to instantiate the application again.\nThe second method should be used when you want your application to provide a return code when running in single instance mode. The application's return code is given by the return value of this method."}
{"text":"One of the only other times we had seen a Swainson’s Warbler was when we saw a flash of our lifer bird in the leaf litter under the azalea bushes. That little magician disappeared for good – never to be found again, no matter how hard we looked, even if it meant ruining a family portrait session in the park.\nUpon looking at this bird, most people would wonder what the big fuss is all about. It’s just an LBJ (Little Brown Job), right? Well, as stated on the Swainson’s Warbler’s entry on Cornel Lab’s “All About Birds” page:\nOne of the most secretive and least observed of all North American birds, the Swainson's Warbler is a skulking bird of the southern canebrakes and rhododendron thickets. If it weren't for its loud, ringing song, the presence of the species in many areas would go completely undetected.\nSo this was an incredibly successful scout outing! Unfortunately, when we brought the couple to this very spot a couple of weeks later, there was no Swainson’s Warbler. No singing. No tree-hopping. Not even silent skulking. Nada. I felt bad for them, but also felt grateful that we had been able to find this magnificent yet understated bird with the experience that we had."}
{"text":"Hammerhead sharks feed on sardines, herring and mackerel. In the past it was thought that they killed prey by hitting it with their heads. Now we know that the unusual head shape allows improved vision. Just like the hammerhead shark from Schleich? Wild Life, the eyes are located on the outside left and right of their head and give the predator a 360 degree view. The snout allows them to sense electromagnetic signals of their prey. Dimensions 6.1 x 2.63 x 2.24 inch (W x D x H) 3+\n- Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.\n- Press the space key then arrow keys to make a selection."}
{"text":"UNESCO Castles of Bellinzona\nWith its castles, walls, towers, battlements and gates, this impressive fortress is a source of wonder and amazement.\nIn earlier times, the medieval castles of Castelgrande, Castello Montebello and Castello Sasso Corbaro protected the city they now adorn. Only remnants now remain of the fortress walls that once surrounded Bellinzona. Bellinzona was a very important line of defence for the ancient Romans, and the first written reference dates back to 590.\nCastelgrande, also known as Castello di San Michele or Burg Uri, is the oldest of these 13th century castles. Two towers, Torre Nera (28 metres) and Torre Bianca (27 metres) dominate Bellinzona's Old Town. The Archaeological Museum and the Museum of Art are located in the Castelgrande.\nCastello Montebello, also known as Schwyz or San Martino, and the castle with the highest elevation, Sasso Corbaro – once known as Unterwalden or Santa Barbara, are among the best preserved medieval castles in Switzerland and are Unesco World Cultural Heritage sites."}
{"text":"Ruined Castle, 27 April 2018: It is fall break at Macquarie University. Some students choose to rest or study for exams, others have chosen to spend a week wading through the ferns in the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area in search of the remains of a 19th century shale mining village. Under the direction of Bec Parkes of Lantern Heritage and Shawn Ross of Macquarie University, the team of seven history and archaeology students have been getting up at 6 am to hike down the Golden Staircase and conduct archaeological survey. Once on site, students break up into teams of two and systematically scrutinize the ground looking for modifications on boulders, patterns in collapsed stones, scatters of glass and ceramics that indicate the location of miners’ huts. Dozens of such features are hiding under the dense canopy mere meters of the Ruined Castle treck. Upon discovery students record the location digitally, using Android tablets to capture coordinates from external GPS, and describing feature characteristics, such as materials, dimensions, finds and interpretations. All features are photographed and sketched, keeping all records integrated on the tablet. A flag is left on the ground for the official project photographer. In five days of work, students progress from knowing the word ‘survey’ to recognising and digitally recording over 250 historical features. Negotiating rugged terrain, and climbing the equivalent of 73 flights of stairs each day has been not only a fantastic way to spend the holidays, but a meaningful undertaking that generated an analysis-ready dataset that illustrates the history of industrial settlement in the Blue Mountains."}
{"text":"The children in Year 2 have been finding out about the works of William Morris a British textile designer and printer born in 1834. As part of our learning about William Morris and the art of printing, Year 2 tried a printing method using circular pizza bases and felt tip pens.\nThe children were excited to create their own designs using some of the ideas of William Morris which mimic prints from the environment. They practiced drawing their own designs and then were each given a pencil and ¼ of a circular pizza base to recreate their design on.\nThey used felt tip pens to colour their designs.\nThe final step was to spray their designs with water and to carefully print them.\nWell done Year 2!"}
{"text":"Emerging Technologies in an Unequal World\nEdited by Susan Cozzens and Dhanaraj Thakur\nA Mozambican man is in the doctor's office and has just been diagnosed with diabetes. Insulin treatment holds his best chance of staying alive. The government health service in Mozambique provides no-cost access to recombinant insulin - a sophisticated medicine produced through genetic engineering. But the doctor sends this patient home with a different therapeutic regime. The man lives with the rest of his family in one of Maputo's barrios, in a tiny house with limited access to clean water, no electricity, and no clock. Testing for blood sugar levels, storing and injecting insulin with a syringe - all these require a level of literacy and household infrastructure that he and his family do not have. Insulin kills if its routine is not maintained. The doctor makes the judgment that a simpler treatment will be more successful in the long run with this patient. The next patient in his office, a Maputo professional, receives her insulin free under the public program. Global inequality is one of the major challenges of the twenty-first century. Gaps are growing within countries as well as globally. The distribution of new wealth is by and large following traditional lines of privilege and power and thus exacerbating differences by gender, race, ethnicity, and religion, even within countries where average income is rising fast.\nYou are not authenticated to view the full text of this chapter or article.\nElgaronline requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books or journals. Please login through your library system or with your personal username and password on the homepage.\nNon-subscribers can freely search the site, view abstracts/ extracts and download selected front matter and introductory chapters for personal use.\nYour library may not have purchased all subject areas. If you are authenticated and think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian."}
{"text":"Over deze norm\n1.1 This guide provides procedural information for measuring pavement surface deflections, directly under, or at locations radially outward (offset) from a known static, steady-state, or impulse load. Deflections are measured with sensors that monitor the vertical movement of a pavement surface due to the load. This guide describes procedures for the deflection measurement using various deflection testing devices and provides the general information that should be obtained regardless of the type of testing device used.\n1.2 This guide is applicable for deflection measurements performed on flexible asphalt concrete (AC), rigid portland cement concrete (PCC), or composite (AC/PCC) pavements. Rigid pavements may be plain, jointed, jointed reinforced, or continuously reinforced concrete.\n1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. Inch-pound units given in parentheses are for information purposes only.\n1.4 This standard may involve hazardous materials, operations, and equipment. This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.\n|Engelse titel||Standard Guide for General Pavement Deflection Measurements|"}
{"text":"AS POLICE and dope smokers know, there are two types of cannabis. Cannabis sativa sativa is mainly used to make hemp, while the indica subspecies is prized for its tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content, which produces the \"high\". But now Australian researchers have discovered a third type of cannabis, called rasta.\nSimon Gilmore of the Canberra Institute of Technology catagorised 196 sample plants according to the DNA in their mitochondria and chloroplasts. The samples included plants grown for drugs and hemp as well as wild varieties from Europe, Asia, Africa, Mexico and Jamaica.\nThe results showed three distinct \"races\" of cannabis. In central Asia the THC-rich indica predominated, while in western Europe sativa was more common. In India, south-east Asia, Africa, Mexico and Jamaica the rasta variant predominated. It looks similar to the sativa subspecies, but generally contains higher levels of THC.\nSince the study was of DNA rather than a formal ...\nTo continue reading this article, subscribe to receive access to all of newscientist.com, including 20 years of archive content."}
{"text":"Easily create your own lapbook with this PDF download, do-it-yourself format!\nThis handy resource features an assembly guide diagram with pictures of the completed project as well as instruction guides for both parents and students. This PDF contains a color graphic version as well as a version with black & white graphics.\nThe Lapbook Assembly Guide provides instructions and diagrams on assembling the lapbook, and where to glue each booklet. The Student Instruction Guide is written directly to the student and provides information on what should be written inside each booklet and what folder it should be glued to. The included booklet templates includes all of the booklet templates; they can be printed on colors thought to improve retention of information presented."}
{"text":"| The space shuttle is docked to the ISS. Would you like a call when the pair fly over your backyard? Sign up for SpaceWeather PHONE. |\nQUIETING SUN: The slow decay of sunspot 960 continues, and it now poses no threat for strong solar flares or radiation storms. Spacewalking astronauts have nothing to fear from the quieting sun.\nTWO SPACESHIPS: \"After a day of playing cat and mouse, Atlantis has finally docked with the International Space Station,\" says Frank Ryan Jr. who photographed the pair flying over Shannon, Ireland, last night:\nRivaling Venus in brightness, Atlantis and the ISS are easy to see through backyard telescopes. (The trick is knowing when to look.) Ryan captured his image using a 5-inch Meade ETX-125 telescope and a digital webcam. \"I stacked 30 good frames and processed them in Registax. The results really surprised me!\"\nmore images: from Ralf Vandebergh of the Netherlands; from David Campbell of Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK; from Rudolf Dobesberger of Neuzeug Austria\nBLUE PLANETS: Winds of 30 to 40 mph were swirling around DeSoto, Kansas, last week when photographer Doug Zubenel \"stepped outside to enjoy the windy black night. Immediately, I noticed a blue corona around Venus,\" he says: image.\nNext, he turned his telescope toward Jupiter, and it was blue, too:\n\"Three of Jupiter's largest moons are lined up next to Jupiter at the 8 o'clock postion,\" notes Zubenel.\nWhy was everything blue? Atmospheric optics expert Les Cowley measured the diameter of the corona and concluded that \"it was caused by dust particles about 38 micron (1.5/1000\") across. Coronas are mostly created by diffraction around the rims of small particles. It hardly matters whether the particles are water drops, pollen, stratospheric dust or in this case dust raised by local high winds.\"\n2007 Noctilucent Photo Gallery\n[Listen!] [Night-sky Cameras]"}
{"text":"+44 1803 865913\nBy: Susanne Groom\nKew Palace is Britain's smallest royal palace, and stands in the Royal Botanic Gardens, South-West London. Built in 1631 as a merchant's house, it later became the home of George III and a place for the 'mad' king to recuperate. The grounds are a centre for botanical study shaped among others by 'Capabitility Brown'.\nThere are currently no reviews for this book. Be the first to review this book!\nYour orders support book donation projects\nNHBS is one of my favorite vendors.\nSearch and browse over 110,000 wildlife and science products\nMulti-currency. Secure worldwide shipping\nWildlife, science and conservation since 1985"}
{"text":"The traditional learning model is no longer the most effective method for educating this tech-savvy generation. Mobile devices like the iPad are what get today’s students engaged and interested. Studies show by as early as 2018 digital instruction could very well replace traditional printed methods. Technology in the classroom is changing the face of education as we speak.\niPads are at the forefront of this classroom technology revolution. Since their release in 2010, Apple’s iPads have swept the nation and are now extending their proliferation into classrooms all over the United States. iPads in education provide so many benefits and ways to enhance education and augment new learning opportunities. The infographic below showcases some really interesting stats and survey results on the use of iPads in education."}
{"text":"Arctic sea ice, coral reefs, the San Francisco Bay, Yellowstone, the Everglades and the Hawaiian islands are among the top 10 ecosystems needing the most protection in order to save threatened and endangered species from climate change, says a new report by conservationists.\n\"Climate change is no longer a distant threat on the horizon,\" said Leda Huta, executive director of the Endangered Species Coalition, a U.S. network of hundreds of conservation, scientific, religious, and other groups. \"If we are serious about saving endangered species from global warming, then these are the places to start.\"\nThe coalition's report, \"It's Getting Hot Out There,\" cites data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that estimate 20% to 30% of the world's species will face increased risk of extinction if global temperatures rise at least 3 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial levels.\nSeven additional ecosystems were nominated that contain important habitat for imperiled species. They include: Glacier National Park, Jemez Mountains, Sagebrush steppe, U.S. West Coast, The Maine Woods, The Grasslands of the Great Plains and the Southern Rocky Mountains.\nWendy Koch has been a reporter and editor at USA TODAY since 1998, covering politics and social issues. She's begun a quest to build the most eco-friendly home her budget allows. She'll share her experience and give you tips for greening your home. More about Wendy"}
{"text":"This question has not rendered any respons at all in the forum for Astronomy & Cosmology. Maybe it is more relevant in this forum? My question is: Would not a change of the speed of light (or rather; the speed that not light or gravity or any other fenomena can exceed), change the speed of all chemical reactions also? Would it not change every aspect of the universe? And would not that universal change \"even out\" the change of the speed of light so that we will never be able to notice it? If eg an increased speed of light also makes clocks tick faster (or makes the space expand a bit?), then we may still measure the speed of light to be 299 792 458 m/. In other words, do we not chase our own tail here?"}
{"text":"Diploma In Telecommunications\nTelecommunication is the transmission of information, over significant distances, to communicate. In earlier days, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded drumbeats, lung-blown horns, or sent by loud whistles, for example. In the modern age of electricity and electronics, telecommunications now also includes the use of electrical devices such as telegraphs, telephones, and teletypes, the use of radio and microwave communications, as well as fiber optics and their associated electronics, plus the use of the orbiting satellites and the Internet.\nTelecommunication Engineers deal with systems, satellite, T.V. Radar, Navigation etc.. As the systems are fairly new, there are bugs to work out, but also has tremendous opportunities to improve the network.\nDiploma In Telecommunications course content of this programme includes a thorough grounding in basic sciences and engineering topics, communication and control systems, computers, micro electronics, radar and television engineering and microwave communication.\nEntry level employment with companies which use public and private telecommunications systems, or which sell goods or services in support of telecommunications operations. The explosive growth of telecommunications has created a great demand for specialists in that field. To be specific these engineers finds employment in Broadcasting Sector, Electronics and Mars communication sector, With Government and manufacturing sector."}
{"text":"Sun Gold Tomato\nPlant Sun Gold tomato, and you'll be savoring fruits with explosively sweet flavor. This treat of a tomato is one of the garden's sweetest. Children will eat them like candy. Sun Gold ripens in long clusters of 10 to 15 fruits. The sweet flavor is ready about a week before full coloring. Wait to pick fruits at their deepest hue and you'll experience a richly sweet, fruity flavor. Eat fruits as a healthy snack, add to green salads, or mix into fruit salad.\nPlants bear fruit well into fall and also make a great fall-planted crop in warm regions. If space is tight, try Sun Gold in containers--at least 24 inches in diameter to fit the big plant. You won't be disappointed. Plants definitely need staking or tall cages; gardeners report this tomato to grow as tall as 10 feet. The indeterminate vines are resistant to many diseases: verticillium wilt (V), fusarium (F), and tobacco mosaic virus (TMV).\n- Light: Full sun\n- Fruit size: 1 ounce\n- Matures: 55 to 65 days\n- Plant spacing: 36 inches apart\n- Plant size: Up to 10 feet tall\n- Plant type: Indeterminate"}
{"text":"Product: Don't Know Much About the Presidents\nCategory: Presidents Day\nBooks for Kids\nAge: toddler, preschool, kindergarten, elementary\nDon't Know Much About the Presidents by Kenneth C.\nDavis, Pedro Martin (Illustrator)\nDid George Washington really chop down the cherry tree?\nHow was James Madison a father if he didn't have any children?\nWhere in the White House did William Howard Taft get stuck?\nHAIL TO THE CHIEF! The commander in chief is the leader of our nation\nthe president of the United States. Here's your chance to learn about\nthe presidents' inaugurations and important political achievements, as\nwell as their nicknames, hobbies and even what kind of foods they did\n(and did not) eat. Discover how life in the White House has changed,\nand the diverse ways the First Ladies helped America.\nBest-selling author Kenneth C. Davis packs fan facts and coot quotes\ninto his signature question-and-answer format. Detailed timelines make\nit easy to follow the major landmarks in American history. Presidential\nportraits and humorous illustrations make the design very inviting.\nWho knows? After you learn so much about the presidents, maybe you'll\nwant to run for office someday, too!"}
{"text":"That will depend on what you are considering melting.\nSome examples are:\n0 C since it is based on the freezing and boiling point of water. 100 C is boiling. However Ice can be colder than the freezing temperature of water so it might be below 0 C\nZero degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit\nSince water freezes at 0 degrees then ice must also melt at 0 degrees Celsius\nAt 273 kelvin.\nRubidium's melting point in celsius is 39.48 degrees.\nThe melting point of iodine is 113.5 degrees Celsius The melting point of iodine is 113.5 degrees Celsius\nAt 1 atmosphere pressure, ice melts to liquid water at 0° Celsius.\nThe melting point of water is zero degrees Celsius.\nThe melting point of chlorine is -100.95 degrees Celsius. The boiling point is -34.55 degrees Celsius.\nthe melting point of ice is not dependent on its mass, it has a fixed melting point, hundred degree Celsius. The melting point of water (ice) should be zero degrees Celsius or any thing higher, Yes ice would melt a one hundred degrees Celsius but it would also boil at that temperature.\n(0) degrees Celsius\nOf ice, zero degrees.\n0.1 degrees Celsius\n0 Degrees Celsius\nNo, it's the melting point.\nSalt decreases the ice melting point from 0 Celsius to about -8 Celsius.\nThe melting point of ice is 0 degrees celsius which is 32 degrees F.\n0 degrees Celsius is both the freezing point of water and the melting point of ice.\ni think you mean what is the melting point of ice as water cant melt. the melting point of ice at sea level is 100 degres celsius\nCelsius is a measure of temperature not a substance, and therefore it has no melting point. What is the melting point of what material in Celsius? [You haven't named the substance you want the melting point of/for]\n130 degrees Fahrenheit 54 degrees Celsius"}
{"text":"Attitude, Stereotyping, Advocators, Latin Woman Judith Ortiz Cofer\nCofer asserts that to end stereotyping\nthe transformation has to occur at a more individual level (Cohen, Samuel S.56) In The Myth of the Latin Woman Judith Ortiz Cofer highlights the need for individuals to shun stereotyping since it raises misplaced conceptions that breed animosity. Stereotyping raises much speculation and assumptions that have no basis. The ideal society is the one where people hold each other based on personality rather than generalizations and assumptions (Todd 44). Relationships and bonds ought to lay their foundation on personal identities rather than on stereotyped assertions. Hence, people should change their misconceptions and prejudices into true positive curiosity devoid of assumptions.\nSometimes stereotyping happens unconsciously. Advocators of stereotyping give this common excuse. Human beings make assumptions about everything. Nevertheless, this is no justification since rationality implores people to think differently. Therefore, before adopting existing notions individuals should try to understand what motivates an individual group of people to behave in a particular way (Todd 44).\nusing our reader."}
{"text":"GAURI GILL AT INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY\nIN HONOR OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY AND HEFORSHE ARTS\nMARCH 8, 2017\nA collaboration between International Center of Photography and UN Women's HeForShe Arts Week\nHeForShe is a solidarity movement created by UN Women, which provides a targeted platform to enable men and boys to work towards the achievement of gender equality. Timed to coincide with International Women's Day, HeForShe Arts Week is celebrated annually and globally from March 8th to March 15th, offering an opportunity for arts and cultural institutions worldwide to support the advancement of gender equality.\nBalika Mela is the result of an expansive project by Gauri Gill, in which Gill documented female children and adolescents attending a Balika Mela - a fair for girls - organized in 2003 and 2010 by the NGO Urmul Setu Sansthan in the town of Lunkaransar in rural Rajasthan. Between twelve and twenty years old, the girls represented a broad spectrum of communities, castes and denominations. Gill set up a makeshift photo-stall for the girls, to have their portraits taken in black and white, allowing them to choose how and with whom they were photographed. Seven years later, Gill returned to attend another Balika Mela, which included an exhibition of the earlier photographs. Upon request, Gill created another series of portraits, this time in color. These self-conscious, yet playful, portraits denote a collaboration between Gill and her subjects, in which the girls are afforded the agency and freedom to portray themselves, as they are, or as they see themselves, or through new selves invented for the camera.\nIN COLLABORATION WITH NATURE MORTE"}
{"text":"Vietnam issued a truly vast variety of cash coins over a 1000 year period that rival those issued in China. The Historical Cash Coins of Vietnam is the definitive reference on the official cash coins issued from 960 AD to the early 20th century and includes many seldom seen rare coins as well as most known varieties. The book provides clear color images of the author’s own coins from what is perhaps the strongest collection in its category. The coins are presented against a historical background that relates them to historically relevant people, places, and events, including coins issued by rebels and competing political factions.\nWritten while living in Asia, the author presents the more accurate Asian view of Vietnamese numismatics based on earlier works from Vietnam, Japan, and China while correcting misconceptions that have propagated from early Western works. The book is popular in Vietnam, China, and Japan, where collectors can navigate the book using multi-language tables, indexes, headers, and a three language dictionary of important terms.\nIn spite of its depth, the book makes an easy introduction to the subject of ancient Asian coins with background information on casting, coin legends, the Chinese language, and the calligraphic styles used on coins. Also of interest to new collectors, are several detailed studies of current forgeries of Vietnamese can Chinese coins.\nFor more information including where to buy the book see The Historical Cash Coins of Vietnam\nPrinting: Full color on flexible clay paper\nPublication Year: 2004\nSize: 7.4 ×10.4"}
{"text":"St. Piama of Egypt\nCommemorated on March 3\nSt. Piama lived in asceticism in her mother’s home not far from Alexandria. She only ate food at the end of the day. After prayer, she spun flax.\nSt. Piama was granted the gift of insight. The people of a nearby village who were blinded with greed planned to destroy the small village where St. Piama lived in order to divert water to their own fields when the Nile overflowed its banks. St. Piama realized their wickedness and reported it to the village elders. The elders fell on their knees before Piama, and asked that she go to the neighboring village to stop them from their evil deeds.\nSt. Piama did not go to meet the villagers, as she shunned contact with people. She spent all night in prayer. The next morning, the people of the neighboring village armed themselves and set off to destroy St. Piama’s village. They suddenly froze in their tracks and were not able to proceed. The Lord revealed to them that the prayers of St. Piama were holding them back. The villagers immediately repented of their sins. They sent messengers to the village with a request for peace and said, “Thanks be to God, Who through the prayers of the maiden Piama has delivered us.”\nThe saint peacefully fell asleep in the Lord in the year 337.\nBy permission of the Orthodox Church in America (www.oca.org)"}
{"text":"This worksheet helps with the very necessary skill of reading and comprehending employment ads. Included is a list of common abbreviations found in ads and what they stand for. Introduce this to the class first and explain vocabulary as necessary. Then give students the worksheet with two employment ads. Students read and answer multiple choice questions to test their comprehension."}
{"text":"- Year Published: 1846\n- Language: English\n- Country of Origin: England\n- Source: Bronte, A., Bronte, C., and Bronte, E. (1846). Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. London, England: Aylott and Jones.\n- Flesch–Kincaid Level: 8.0\n- Word Count: 78\nBrontë, E. (1846). Love and Friendship. Poems of Emily Brontë (Lit2Go Edition). Retrieved December 04, 2016, from\nBrontë, Emily. \"Love and Friendship.\" Poems of Emily Brontë. Lit2Go Edition. 1846. Web. <>. December 04, 2016.\nEmily Brontë, \"Love and Friendship,\" Poems of Emily Brontë, Lit2Go Edition, (1846), accessed December 04, 2016,.\nLove is like the wild rose-briar;\nFriendship like the holly-tree.\nThe holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms,\nBut which will bloom most constantly?\nThe wild rose-briar is sweet in spring,\nIts summer blossoms scent the air;\nYet wait till winter comes again,\nAnd who will call the wild-briar fair?\nThen, scorn the silly rose-wreath now,\nAnd deck thee with the holly’s sheen,\nThat, when December blights thy brow,\nHe still may leave thy garland green."}
{"text":"The World Health Organization (WHO) has on Monday, January 25, declared that the mosquito-borne Zika virus\n, which has been linked to brain damage in thousands of babies in Brazil, is likely to spread to all countries in the Americas except for Canada and Chile.\nUnlike Lassa fever\n, an acute viral haemorrhagic disease – the host, a rodent known as the “multimammate rat” of the genus Mastomys – which is currently ripping apart the shores of Nigeria, and has sent a sizeable number of Nigerians to early grave, the mosquito-borne Zika disease – currently found in Brazil – has raged in South America and other regions for several months.\nZika virus set to spread across Americas, WHO saysThe WHO said the disease affects the growth of the foetus, leading to microcephaly or stunted brain growth. One case of microcephaly linked to Zika virus has been established in Hawaii.\nWHO also announced last Friday that Brazil has reported 3,893 suspected cases of microcephaly, over 30 times more than in any year since 2010 and equivalent to 1-2 percent of all newborns in the state of Pernambuco, one of the worst-hit areas.\nThe Zika outbreak is coming hard on the heels of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, and the Lassa fever\nin Nigeria, demonstrating once again how little-understood diseases can rapidly emerge as global threats.\n“We’ve got no drugs and we’ve got no vaccines. It’s a case of deja vu because that’s exactly what we were saying with Ebola,” said Trudie Lang, a professor of global health at the University of Oxford. “It’s really important to develop a vaccine as quickly as possible.”\nWHO further anticipates that Zika might become a worldwide issue with the 2016 summer Olympic Games coming up in Rio de Janeiro Brazil.\nZika fever was first discovered in Uganda in the 1940s and has since become endemic in parts of Africa.\n119 total views, 2 views today"}
{"text":"Print the worksheet about looking after pets and complete the exercises to help you practise your English!\nWhy did the frog say 'meow'?\nDo you have a pet? Watch the video to find out about Mia's guinea pigs.\nPrint a set of mythical creatures flashcards, or print some for you to colour in and write the words!\nPractise animal words and noises with this song about Old MacDonald's farm.\nHave you got a pet? If so, tell us all about it. If not, would you like to have a pet? Which animals do you think make the best pets?\nWhy do reindeer wear fur coats?\nPlay a word game to learn and practise reptiles and amphibians vocabulary.\nWhat do you get if you cross a sheep with a kangaroo?\nThe Good family wants to adopt an animal to take home from the animal shelter. Which animal will they choose? Watch and find out!\nListen to a song about a lemur and what is happening to her home.\nThis traditional story is about wanting what your friends have. Will the crocodile get the monkey's heart? Watch and find out!\nWatch Sam and Pam's first adventure story with Ben, Tess and Sid the dog. Can you hear the sounds 's', 'a', 't', 'p', 'i', 'n', 'm' and 'd'?\nListen to a song about animals living by the river. Sing along and do the actions too!\nThis traditional story is about how a rabbit tricks a tiger. Will the rabbit escape? Watch and find out!\nThis traditional story is about being friends with people who are different from you. Will the ugly duckling find a friend? Watch and find out!\nSam and Pam discover lots of animals at the zoo with Ben, Tess, Mum and Dad. Can you hear the sounds 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z' and 'qu'?\nDid you know that animal poo can be really useful? Watch this video to find out what a zoo in the UK does with it!\nListen to this traditional rhyme about five little pigs.\nListen to the tongue twister and practise saying it. How fast can you say it?\nWho invented underground tunnels?\nPractise animal words with a song about going to the zoo.\nEnglish courses for children aged 6-17"}
{"text":"Electrostatics test explains how you can recognize and detect the effects of electrostatic charges on your own balance. more\nRecognize and detect the effects of electrostatic charges on your balance\nElectrostatics test explains how you can recognize and detect the effects of electrostatic charges on your own balance and presents solutions on how you can ensure your results are free from the influences of electrostatic charges.\nEven if your balance settles, you need to be sure electrostatic charges aren't influencing your results.\nDid you know that your samples and containers can become electrostatically charged just through normal handling? The most common ways that charging occurs is through picking up and putting down containers, handling sample containers, movement of the sample inside the container, and in the actual dosing of the sample. The resulting net charge on the sample and/or its container sets up an electric field between the container and the balance. The forces due to the electric field act upon the weighing pan which the balance interprets as mass, and can cause substantial error in the indicated weight value (0.1 g on an analytical balance is not uncommon).\nAs the charge dissipates, the force decreases and the balance reading will change accordingly. This is observed as a drifting weight value and the balance does not stabilize. However, if the charge dissipates slowly, the balance may be able to stabilize. There is a high risk that there may be errors in your weighing results of which you are not aware."}
{"text":"During the latter part of the nineteenth century, Ramsay saturated himself in the Turkish culture for a period of twelve years. Impressions of Turkey During Twelve Years' Wanderings gives a glimpse into the people and place of Turkey from one who was more than a passer-by of the country. \"When you have had a wide enough experience,\" states Ramsay, \"you can strike an average among your facts; but even then you can no longer feel that delightful confidence which sweeps you on from fact to fact and carries the reader with you.\" He found that his first impressions of the country, cultivated over months, produced obvious-seeming ideas of who the Turks were and how to \"fix\" any problems that their culture produced. However, when months turned into years, he came to the realization that life is never that simple. A unique and engaging look at turn-of-the-century Turkey.\n- Title: Impressions of Turkey During Twelve Years' Wanderings\n- Author: William Mitchell Ramsay\n- Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton\n- Publication Date: 1897\n- Pages: 317\nAbout William Mitchell Ramsay\nWilliam Mitchell Ramsay (1851–1939) was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His education took place at Oxford, the University of Aberdeen, and Gottingen, and he later went on to become Professor of Humanity at University of Aberdeen, as well as the first ever Professor of Classical Archaeology at Oxford. Perhaps most well-known for his archaeological endeavors, he traveled extensively throughout Asia Minor, studying the missionary journeys of Paul and conducting archaeological research, writing numerous books on the findings and adventures of his studies, including St. Paul the Traveller and Roman Citizen. His original intent in his studies was to disprove Christianity through archaeology, but through his research he realized that the Bible was accurate and converted to Christianity."}
{"text":"This worksheet, called 'Weather Worksheet: Billy, Maria and the Thunderstorm', was kindly presented by National Weather Service and can also be downloaded from their website. This is a 13-page document, each page is supplied with imagery, - telling the story about Billy and Maria - who were lucky to get home just before the thunderstorm began and learned from their parents how to stay safe. The worksheet is a good source of the topic-related vocabulary and thunderstorm forming process description. Students are welcome to brainstorm on their own safety ideas, in addition to those basic ones provided with the worksheet. The worksheet is complimented by some facts about the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service and National Severe Storms Laboratory, as well as the organizations' missions and responsibilities. The last page of the worksheet is 'Billy and Maria' series index of titles."}
{"text":"Sustaining soil functions in agro-ecosystems\nThis special issue of the journal Agronomy aims to demonstrate judicious farming systems, where environmentally-sound practices are utilized, simultaneously maintaining soil functions, supporting environmental quality, and sustaining agricultural productivity. In many agricultural lands, the clearing of natural vegetation, as well as a range of farming practices, have threatened soil functions, altogether resulting in the degradation of soil quality and geo-ecosystem functioning. Yet, a large part of these detrimental effects, on-farm and off-farm, can be avoided, and the utilization of conservation or integrated management practices could considerably alleviate the environmental footprint of agriculture. One article (PDF) discusses the impacts of fertilization type on soil microbial biomass and nutrient availability in two agroecological zones of Ghana. Soil quality improvement were observed under inorganic fertilization in both agroecologies in contrast to significant soil deterioration under sole organic residue application in one zone. The present results suggest the need to raise the current fertilizer application rates in order to enhance optimum soil productivity. Another article (PDF) looks at the effect of organic and inorganic fertilizers on the yield of two contrasting soybean varieties and residual nutrient effects on a subsequent finger millet crop. This study showed that planting of finger millet after a soybean precursor crop even without fertilizer application could give better yield and economic benefits as it saves 70–85% of chemical fertilizer costs compared to the farmers’ practice."}
{"text":"This term our topic will be 'Once Upon a Time'. We will be learning about nursery rhymes and fairy tales. In Literacy, we will be learning to write our name, link sounds to letters and form letters. In Numeracy, we will be learning to count to ten, order numbers and recognise shapes. We will also be learning about our senses, the signs of Autumn and cooking with fruit and vegetables."}
{"text":"Processing in the Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide Cluster Tool\nThis page provides additional details on processing in the Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide (CIGS) cluster tool.\nThe wet-chemistry deposition tool will deposit buffer layers—most commonly CdS—for CIGS solar cells. This technique has been used to make record-efficiency CIGS devices, largely because in the solution, cadmium diffuses into the surface of the CIGS layer, forming an n-type buried homojunction.\nIn the conventional CIGS solar cell deposition process, this wet process requires a vacuum break and exposure to ambient humidity. But in this wet-chemistry deposition tool, bath deposition and transfer to and from the ultra-high vacuum will be performed completely in a controlled inert atmosphere, which preserves pristine surfaces never before possible in CIGS device processing. A CdS radiofrequency sputtering chamber for a dry window-layer deposition process complements this tool.\nThis deposition tool can also be used with alternative buffer layers, such as ZnS and InS. Combining this feature with its capabilities for in-situ monitoring, this tool greatly enhances current industry capabilities to research the performance and properties of CdS replacements. This chamber will also help researchers to investigate techniques to minimize the chemical bath's essential waste.\n- Depositing window layers—namely, CdS and CdS replacements and other window materials such as ZnS and InS\n- Can heat substrate from room temperature to 85°C (independent of solution)\n- Can deposit layers as thin as 500 Å (0.05 µm)\n- In-situ real-time thickness monitoring that is based on reflection\n- Controlled ambient, inert atmosphere at atmospheric pressure\n- Little waste (<500 mL) per deposition\nFor more information, contact Ingrid Repins."}
{"text":"Eastern Ringed Xenica\nFamily - NYMPHALIDAE\nsubfamily - SATYRINAE\nWollongong, New South Wales, Australia\n© David Fischer\nare 3 currently recognised Geitoneura\nspecies - acantha,\nklugii and minyas,\nall of which are endemic to Australia. The three species all have\nsimilar Heteronympha-like patterns on\nthe upper surface but are easily distinguished from\nHeteronympha and from each other by\ndifferences on the undersides.\noccurs in southern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South\nThis species inhabits grassy\nclearings and glades at elevations between about 200-1500m.\nThe egg is smooth, globular and cream in colour. It is laid in\ngroups on the blades of grasses such as\nMicrolaena, Poa and\nThemeda ( Poaceae ). The larva is\nbright green with a pair of pale subdorsal stripes, a dark green\nmid-dorsal line, and a brown head with prominent knobby head horns.\nThe pupa is brown with dark markings. It is suspended by the\ncremaster from a stem.\nThe adults rarely visit flowers\nand are more commonly observed at rest in the ground or among grasses."}
{"text":"Latin Name: hedera helix Alternative Name: common ivy, gort, hedera Forms Available: leaf, twig\nIvy – Hedera helix – A Druid Sacred Herb. An ancient plant, believed by the Greeks to treat intoxication, its toxic leaves are used as a poultice to soothe neuralgia, rheumatism, and sciatica, and in a tincture for toothache and whooping cough. They reduce fevers, expel worms and in a compress, reduce cellulite. They contain saponins and in solution, darken hair, blacken silk and taffeta. Ivy leaves kill some amoebas, fungi and mollusks.\nTender ivy twigs are simmered in salves to heal sunburn; follow the standard instruction for salves. The leaves are used as a douche for vaginal infections. Externally, ivy is used in poultices to heal nerves, sinews, ulcers, enlarged glands, boils and abscesses.\nOther Uses: Connected with the Winter Solstice when it is used for decorating. Ivy provides protection when growing on or near a house. Ivy is equated with fidelity and is woven into marriage wreaths. Use in charms to bind luck, love, and fidelity to your person."}
{"text":"In the previous chapter, we learned how to find the shortest path with obstacles in the virtual world. In this chapter, we will discuss the techniques for creating buildings and environments. We will discuss different common problems when putting buildings in the isometric world and the solutions to resolve them. We will also learn how large virtual worlds are divided into small parts and also extend our previous map editor to support buildings.\nWe will learn the following in this chapter:"}
{"text":"100 Cash 1851 - 1868 (AD)\nThis Chinese brass coin was found by metal detectors scouring abandoned Victorian mining fields. It was brought by one of the thousands of Chinese migrants who flocked to the goldfields during the 1850s.\nAfter the British and Irish, the Chinese community became the largest in Victoria. In 1855 the Victorian government passed Australia's first immigration act, restricting Chinese migration.\nChinese characters Hsien-feng T'ung-pao around hole\nMint name in Manderin charecters to left and right of hole; denomination above and below\nPlain (edge) Chinese characters Hsien-feng T'ung-pao around hole (obverse) Mint name in Manderin charecters to left and right of hole; denomination above and below (reverse)\nType of item\nExhibition Collection Management\n5 mm (Length), 47 mm (Width)\nWidth = diameter\nRound square hole"}
{"text":"Antibiotic use in poultry leads to resistance in humans\nUS researchers studying Virginiamycin use in poultry have determined that the\nuse of antibiotics as growth promotors increases the risk of human antibiotic\nVirginiamycin is a streptogramin antibiotic that has long been used as a\ngrowth promoter in US livestock, but is banned in Europe.\nDr Edward Belongia and colleagues, of the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, examined poultry\nexposure to the drug as a risk factor for antibiotic resistance to Enterococcus faecium, a gut bacterium that's increasingly\nbecoming the cause of hospital infections.\nThe researchers' study suggests that the use of virginiamycin in poultry\nleads to humans carrying more E. faecium that is resistant\nto streptogramin, the antibiotic used to treat it.\nThe scientists isolated E. faecium in stool samples from 105 newly\nhospitalised patients and 65 healthy vegetarians, as well as in 77 samples of\nconventional retail poultry and 23 antibiotic-free poultry meat samples.\nThe report says that there are few options for treating E. facium\ninfections that are resistant to streptogramin, with quinupristin-dalfopristin\nbeing one of few drugs that remain effective.\n\"With few new antimicrobials under development, a high priority should be\nplaced on assessing the human health impact of continued streptogramin use in\nfood animals and on developing evidence-based policies to prevent the emergence\nof streptogramin-resistant infections in hospitals,†the report says.\nstudy is available online in the November 1 issue of The Journal\nof Infectious Diseases.\nlatest poultry news subscribe here\nTo comment, login here\nOr register to be able to comment."}
{"text":"Potholes are created due to moisture saturating the base material through medium to large cracks in the surface of the pavement. When the base material becomes wet and vehicles continually drive across it, the compression forces the water back up through the cracks, carrying with it some base material. Over time, the remaining base material breaks down, first noticed as small potholes appearing on the surface of the parking facility. If left unrepaired the small potholes will grow larger very quickly. The larger the pothole, the greater the cost to repair it.\nMost damage to parking facilities begins with cracks in the pavement that are left unsealed."}
{"text":"The German Colonial Society has the following aims:\n1. To turn the national effort towards German colonization and to spread awareness of its necessity to ever wider social circles;\n2. to promote the practical resolution of colonial questions;\n3. to encourage and support German-national colonizing projects;\n4. to work towards a suitable solution of questions related to German emigration;\n5. to maintain and strengthen the economic and intellectual connection of Germans abroad with the Fatherland;\n6. to provide a focal point for all movements acting separately throughout our Fatherland but pursuing these same goals.\nSource: “Satzungen der Deutschen Kolonialgesellschaft” [“Bylaws of the German Colonial Society”], in Zentrales Staatsarchiv I [Central State Archive I], Potsdam (now Bundesarchiv Berlin [Federal Archive, Berlin]), Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft [German Colonial Society], no. 255, Bl. 90.\nOriginal German text reprinted in Edgar Hartwig, “Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft (DKG) 1887-1936” [“German Colonial Society 1887-1936”] in Lexikon zur Parteiengeschichte 1789-1945. Die bürgerlichen und kleinbürgerlichen Parteien und Verbände in Deutschland [Lexicon of Party History 1789-1945. Middle- and Lower-Class Parties and Associations in Germany], ed. Dieter Fricke et al., 4 vols., vol. 1. Leipzig, 1983-1986, pp. 724-48, here 726.\nTranslation: Erwin Fink"}
{"text":"Hello, dear artists and lovers of cars. Here we show you how to draw an Opel Astra OPC step by step. Opel Astra is a compact car developed and manufactured by the German company Adam Opel AG since 1991. Astra (from Latin – “star”) is the continuation of the line of models Opel Kadett, started back in 1962.\nSo, all our drawing lessons about cars start with the basic contours. Let’s do this in this drawing lesson on how to draw an Opel Astra. Using streamlined lines sketch out the body of the car.\nIn the front part of Opel Astra drawing sketch out the bumper, radiator grill and headlights which are a bit like the headlights of the Subaru Impreza\nIn the previous two steps we used very light lines, but from this step we will use clearer lines. In this way draw the headlights, grille and logo in the center of the grille.\nRight under the radiator grille draw the bumper on which the radiator grille, registration plate and fog lights are located. In the same step draw out the hood.\nNow we need to add details to the top of the Opel Astra drawing. So draw out the lines of the windows, side mirror and the small spoiler.\nIn our example, we draw a two-door variation of the Opel Astra, but you can draw a sedan or a four-door hatchback. On the door draw the handle and move to the next step.\nUsing smooth and clear lines draw large wheels and wheel arches. If you made a mistake, just erase the failed line and draw it again.\nThe last step remains, in which we will draw Opel Astra rims. Here we drew a rather complex form of rims, but you can make a simpler design, as for example in the lesson about a Cadillac Escalade.\nThe lesson about how to draw an Opel Astra OPC is finished. Recall that you can also visit the rest of our drawing lessons from the category “Сars”. You can also subscribe to us on social networks and share our drawing lessons, it will help us to become better."}
{"text":"About this book\nThis book focuses on the application of nanotechnology to deliver drugs and biological agents by the mucosal routes of administration i.e. nasal, pulmonary, buccal, and oral routes.It provides an overview of nanotechnology in drug delivery with a description of different types of nanoparticles, methods of preparation and characterization, and functionalization for site-specific drug delivery. Mucosal Delivery of Drugs and Biologics in Nanoparticles emphasize the use of nanoparticles in treating various cancers and infectious diseases. It broadens the use of nanoparticles by including biologics, including vaccines and immunotherapies, apart from drugs. It acknowledges the concerns around the potential toxicity of nanoparticles to the host; few chapters will discuss the biodistribution of these nanoparticles when mucosal routes of administration are employed. Further, the interaction of nanoparticles with the host’s immune cells is discussed. Moreover,it reviews the regulatory aspects of nanotechnology in product development, especially when delivered by the mucosal route of administration. Lastly, discusses the challenges and opportunities to manufacture nanoparticles on an industrial scale. This book will be the first of its kind to focus on the design, development and delivery of nanoparticles when administered by different mucosal routes.\nnanomedicine drugs and biologics nanoparticulate vaccines nano particle pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics theranostics nanoparticel manufacturing"}
{"text":"Foto: Chromorange / Bilderbox / Globallookpress.com\nAmerican scientists have developed a pain reliever AT-121, which is stronger than morphine, does not cause addiction and dangerous side effects. This publication reports Science Alert.\nThe researchers hope that the drug will help to reduce the number of deaths caused by dependence on pain relieving drugs and their overdoses. In 2012 in the U.S. alone, due to the use of opioid analgesics has died more than 16 thousand people.\nThe new compound acts on the Μ-opioid receptors (MOR) and nociceptin receptors — protein molecules in the neurons of the brain. MOORE are targets for traditional painkillers, the receptors in nociceptin involved in the development of addiction and dependence.\nTrial involving rhesus monkeys showed that AT-121 exerted analgesic effects like morphine at concentrations a hundred times lower than usual. Moreover, the drug was able to reduce the level of dependence the animals from oxycodone is a semisynthetic opioid. High-dose AT-121 did not cause respiratory depression, and disturbances in the cardiovascular system.\nScientists hope the findings are confirmed in further tests that will be carried out with the participation of the people.\nVideo, photo All from Russia."}
{"text":"Nasa finds new evidence of Mars ground-water\nNasa has found new evidence of a wet underground environment on Mars.\nIn a paper published in the online edition of Nature Geoscience, scientists wrote about the results of their analysis of spectrometer data taken from McLaughlin Crater taken by Nasa’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.\nThe crater is about 92 kilometres in diameter and 2.25km deep.\nThe layered rocks of the crater contain carbonate and clay minerals that form in the presence of water. Because McLaughlin lacks large inflow channels, and what small channels it has end at a level that could have been the surface of a lake, it indicates that the lake was fed from ground-water.\n\"Taken together, the observations in McLaughlin Crater provide the best evidence for carbonate forming within a lake environment instead of being washed into a crater from outside,\" said Joseph Michalski, lead author of the paper.\n\"This new report and others are continuing to reveal a more complex Mars than previously appreciated, with at least some areas more likely to reveal signs of ancient life than others,\" said Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project Scientist Rich Zurek of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.\nYou can read the full story on Nasa’s website."}
{"text":"As president of the community council of Vereda MedellÍn, a farming settlement three miles south of Puerto AsÍs on the Putumayo River, NarvaÍs himself had cultivated 25 acres of coca and profited nicely. Local processing labs, operated by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), bought NarvaÍs's coca and profited nicely, as well.\nIn turn, these labs sold the drugs to international cartels to help finance their long-running civil war.\nOfficials estimate that 402,000 acres of coca plants are under cultivation in Colombia, one of the world's most fruitful coca-producing regions. Each year, about 330 tons of Colombian cocaine, with a street value of about $8,600 per pound, illegally find a way to American drug abusers, according to U.S. officials; another 220 tons go to Europe.\nColombian and U.S. officials are working cooperatively in a costly program to curb cocaine production in Colombia, hoping to reduce cocaine exports to the United States and cripple FARC's economic power. The Bush administration has named a new regional program the Andean Initiative, ...1\nAlready a CT subscriber? Log in for full digital access.\nSubscribe to Christianity Today and get access to this article plus 60+ years of archives.\n- Home delivery of CT magazine\n- Complete access to articles on ChristianityToday.com\n- Over 120 years of magazine archives plus full access to all of CT’s online archives\n- Learn more"}
{"text":"Voices of Water: Jim Siscoe\n“From the time I was old enough to stand in a creek I was fascinated by running water, quite frankly,” says Jim Siscoe, manager of the Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company (MVIC) in Cortez, Colorado. MVIC owns about $1.5 billion dollars worth of water rights in the area that revolve around the McPhee Dam on the Dolores River, a tributary of the Colorado River.\nWhile Siscoe is a scientist by training he is a rancher at heart; he and his wife, Loretta, have just begun an organic cattle operation that has 40 head of Black Angus cattle.\nOne of the hottest topics in this area revolves around the endangered fish species that used to - and could once again - call the Dolores River home. These include the endangered pikeminnow and razorback sucker that are locally extirpated.\nTo restore their populations, conservation groups such as the Nature Conservancy want to restore flow downstream of the McPhee Dam and Reservoir, something that MVIC also wants to accomplish but in a way that honors their existing water rights in the region.\nAs Siscoe explains, Colorado’s “use it or lose it” water law work like this: “It’s like somebody walks into your savings account and says: you haven’t used your money so we’re going to take it.” This means that if they want to give their water to nature, they might lose their water right over it.\nOpposition to putting water downstream for nature among local farmers and residents is strong. Some fear that if they restore flow to the river their own land will return to the scrubby sagebrush desert it was before the irrigation system was installed.\nFor Siscoe the solution is simple. MVIC should work with the environmentalists or risk losing some of their water rights entirely: “The downstream environment is going to change the realities and you can work with them or against them.”"}
{"text":"Tuvalu faced continuing threats in 2008 from rising sea levels, which were beginning to contaminate its freshwater aquifers, and from surges and unusually high tides (often called king tides), which were causing accelerated coastal degradation. The country had earlier asked Australia and New Zealand to consider taking in Tuvaluans when the low-lying islands eventually become uninhabitable, and talks with both countries continued. Some 100 Tuvaluans had settled successfully in nearby Niue, and there was dialogue on the possibility of settling more Tuvaluan refugees in Niue, which had a declining population.\nIn April Tuvalu became the 11th signatory to ratify the Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement. A new twice-weekly air service from Funafuti to Fiji opened the possibility of expanding tourism, but Tuvalu was likely to derive more income from seasonal workers who worked as temporary labour in horticulture and viticulture industries in New Zealand. Although Tuvalu was not included in the parallel Australian scheme to commence later in the year, Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd met in July and agreed to work toward a Pacific Partnership that would provide a better-coordinated approach to Tuvalu’s short-term development. In August Tuvalu sent a team of three to the Beijing Olympics, a weightlifter and two track and field athletes, including the country’s first woman Olympian."}
{"text":"Before Boston, there was a Massachusetts settlement called Gorges Colony. It was slightly south of Boston and really never developed into anything more than a small, failed village. In fact, it was placed right on top of the remains of the Wessagusset Colony, which was also a failed attempt at colonizing the region. Sure, Miles Standish had a memorable, and small, battle with the local natives there, but there seemed to be little reason to attempt another colony in the same spot. Nonetheless, Robert Gorges did.\nIt all began back in 1614, when the founder of Jamestown, Captain John Smith, visited Massachusetts and decided to promote it to other Europeans. This led to further visits, the Plymouth Colony and Gorges Colony on what was left of the Wessagusset Colony just a few years later. Robert Gorges came from Weymouth, Dorset to colonize this piece of land in Massachusetts in 1623. He became Governor General of New England around the same time and abandoned his colony within a few months of founding it.\nOnly one lasting thing came of Robert Gorges' attempted colony in Massachusetts. He named it Weymouth after the British town from whence he came. The colony he attempted to start may not have lasted, but the name did."}
{"text":"The Kingdom of Thailand has a rich and unique history dating back to the early 1200s. Centuries of rule by absolute monarchies, invasions by the Burmese Kingdom, endeavours to fend off European colonialism and internal revolutions demanding greater freedom have all amalgamated to offer the country of Thailand, formerly known as Siam, an eclectic foundation on which modern Thai society has been built.\nFor four centuries Thailand was ruled by the Ayutthaya Kingdom. The capital city of Ayutthaya was described to be one of the wealthiest and most cosmopolitan cities in the world during the 17th century, gradually turning into a thriving international trade emporium. After the Ayutthaya Kingdom was overthrown by Burmese forces, Thailand came to be ruled by the Thon Buri Kingdom, but it was the reign of the Chakri Kings that moulded modernist ideals in Thai society. Over their decades-long rule the Chakri kings propagated aspects of western culture, appointing western advisors, mandating education for all, and modernising notions of acceptable dress code.\nThailand also came to be the only South East Asian country to not have been colonised by European powers. The rulers of Thailand were able to leverage Thailand’s location and its importance as a trade hub in negotiating terms that would keep Thailand sovereign. Increased interaction with the world started to influence Thai society and in 1932, after centuries of absolute monarchical rule, an internal revolution lead by western educated college students succeeded in changing Thailand into a constitutional monarchy. This paved the way for democracy but didn’t take away any of the respect or reverence that kings in Thailand have historically received, and this way of life has continued in Thailand to this day.\nTo get a more detailed understanding of Thailand’s history follow the link below:"}
{"text":"One of the best methods for learning English is watching films. ABA English bases English language learning on short films about real life in Europe and the United States produced exclusively for the American and British Academy. It is a quick and fun way of learning English effortlessly.\nThe ABA Film is the starting point for the unit and contains the communicative functions and grammatical structures which you will learn in the other sections, where you will study the dialogue between the characters in the short film in detail, you will be capable of using all the expressions and including them in your spoken and written English.\nAll the recordings were done with native actors; the scenes occur in both Europe and the United States in order to give a more realistic context.\nYou will meet over 300 British and American characters!"}
{"text":"The logarithmic spiral is plotted with the origin in red. It can be expressed in polar coordinates as or parametrically as:[more]\nEach small black point represents the spiral's point for a different angle . Specifically, 80 black points are plotted for each completed round (). The big black point represents the \"initial point\" corresponding to . The big blue point highlights the point for the specific angle selected with the control.\nSelect \"fixed axes\" to restrict the range of in the plot to . Without \"fixed axes\", the same spiral can be seen resized; the unit line segment along the axis shows the scale.[less]\nWolfram Demonstrations Project\nPublished: March 7 2011"}
{"text":"The calculator below can compute very large numbers. Acceptable formats include: integers, decimal, or the E-notation form of scientific notation, i.e. 23E18, 3.5e19, etc.\nMost scientific and graphing calculators can only display possibly up to 10 decimal places of accuracy. While this is enough in most instances of everyday use, it can be fairly limiting for applications where higher standards of accuracy are necessary. Hence the existence of big number calculators such as the one above, that can provide far higher levels of accuracy. Big numbers are more likely to be used in fields such as cosmology, astronomy, mathematics, cryptography, and statistical mechanics.\nSome big numbers that people are exposed to in everyday life include the number of bits on a computer’s hard disk, the number of cells and neuronal connections in the body, Avogadro’s constant, the estimated number of atoms in the observable universe, and combinatorial processes.\nIn some cases, the numbers worked with are so large that special notations such as Knuth’s up-arrow notation, the Conway chained arrow notation, and Steinhaus-Moser notation were conceived. Nevertheless, there are certainly scientific uses for big number calculators today, and even if a person may not have any need to use one, it can certainly be entertaining to satiate one’s curiosity of what 10,000 factorial looks like on a screen."}
{"text":"Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is a specially organized system that provides personnel, facilities and equipment for the effective and coordinated delivery of emergency medical services within a geographical area. An effective EMS system involves many different agencies and organizations working together seamlessly to provide rapid emergency medical care to patients and ensure that the right patient gets to the right hospital at the right time.\nIn Mississippi, the emergency medical services system is extraordinary in that member services and personnel not only provide the highest standards of pre-hospital care for the citizens and visitors of Mississippi, but ensure that patients are delivered to the right hospital at the right time.\nThe Bureau of Emergency Medical Services organizes, regulates and maintains a statewide program to improve emergency medical care. Further, it coordinates agency resources in \"all hazard\" planning and response to disasters. This includes both incidents involving weapons of mass destruction as well as natural disasters, from hurricanes on the coast to ice storms in the Delta.\nThe Bureau works with its sister Bureaus in the Office of Emergency Planning and Response to implement and coordinate the agency's Emergency Response Plans and Emergency Response Team with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS), the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), and other agencies for all disasters including weapons of mass destruction and bioterrorism."}
{"text":"ShareFacebook Twitter AddThis\nHawaii has become the first State in the U.S. to ban the distribution of plastic bags inside grocery stores.\nMany stores around the world now charge people for the reusable bags when checking out at the counter, an attempt to refuse the use of the environmental damage caused by plastic bags, but Hawaii has become the first place to pass actual legislation at a County level.\nThe problem with most plastic bags is that they aren’t biodegradable, taking years and years to break down and causing all sorts of damage to wildlife on the way.\nThis is another small step in the right direction towards phasing out the use of plastic bags in our grocery stores."}
{"text":"The Crown Week 10: Day 1\nOptional: Read 1 Samuel 28-30\nRead: 1 Samuel 30:11-31\nFollowing the victory of David and his men over the Amalekites, how do the ‘evil men and troublemakers’ want to divide the plunder? What do you make of their attitude? Do you sympathise with their reaction towards the men too weak to join the fight?\nAs David responds to these men, we see him begin to act as king, deciding that all will have an equal share in the plunder, instating an ongoing statute and ordinance for Israel from that time on.\nWhat reason does David give for equally sharing the plunder? To whom does David credit their victory? What impact does that have on his attitude towards what they have acquired?\nEarlier in Samuel when the people asked for a king, Samuel warned them that a king would take from the people. Here we see David being open-handed. Ultimately we see open-handed generosity in the kingship of Jesus, whose ministry revealed he was particularly concerned for the weak, and who went so far as to lay down his own life for us.\nAre there times when you are tempted to look on the weak as David’s men do, with a lack of generosity? How would viewing your resources as David does, help you to be open-handed with what God has given you?\nWe are spiritually poor, and come to Christ empty handed. How is the generosity of Jesus a comfort when we consider our own neediness? What sin do you need to bring to the cross?\nPraise God that Jesus never lacks generosity, but has willingly given us all that is his, including his righteousness. Bring before God sin for which you need forgiveness.\nPray for the physically and spiritually needy in Perth. Ask that God would grant you and others generosity with the resources he has given you."}
{"text":"2Vessels•Femoral A becomes the Popliteal A•Around the knee there are 4 arteries:– Sup & Inf, Lat & Med Genicular A.•Popliteal A. gives off Ant Tibial A.– Penetrates the Interosseous Membrane•Then Post Tibial gives off Fibular A.Veins• Deep– Ant and Post Tibial V.•Join to become Popliteal V• Superficial– Saphenous V runs medially•Joins Femoral inferior to triangle– Small Saphenous V runs dorsally•Joins Popliteal above knee\n3Innervation•Sciatic courses posteriorly•Sup to Knee it splits into Tibial & Fibular•Fibular N– Wraps laterally around fibula and splits– Superficial (l) & Deep Fibular nn•Saphenous N (fr. Femoral N)– Wraps medially around tibia to medial maleollusInnervation - 2• Posteriorly– Tibial N•Courses along post aspect of Tibia to foot•Gives off many local nerves•Continues to foot medially•Gives rise to Sural N (S) & Plantar nn–Supplies skin on post & lat leg, lat foot• Anteriorly– Sup & Deep Fibular nn continue to foot•Lateral and Medial respectively\nThis preview has intentionally blurred sections.\nSign up to view the full version."}
{"text":"We've received your request\nYou will be notified by email when the transcript and captions are available. The process may take up to 5 business days. Please contact firstname.lastname@example.org if you have any questions about this request.\nIt's a long way from the dull hums of the amorous midshipman fish to the strains of a Puccini aria -- or, alas, even to the simplest Celine Dion melody. But the neural circuitry that led to the human love song -- not to mention birdsongs, frog thrums and mating calls of all manner of vertebrates -- was likely laid down hundreds of millions of years ago with the hums and grunts of the homely piscine.\nBy mapping the developing brain cells in newly hatched midshipman fish larvae and comparing them to other species, Andrew H. Bass, Cornell professor of neurobiology and behavior, with colleagues Edwin Gilland of Howard University and Robert Baker of New York University, found that the neural network behind sound production in vertebrates can be traced back through evolutionary time to an era long before the first animals ventured onto dry land.\nBass spoke to the media at a press conference, July 17. The research is published in the July 18 issue of the journal Science."}
{"text":"400 years dispatched with one stroke or many, as we now realise, “enlightenment,” commenced with this hitherto unrecognised and unknown to many, Nostradamus of the written word.\nGeorge Herbert’s most famous poems\nGeorge Herbert (1593-1633) published none of his poetry during his lifetime, instead sending his poetic works to a friend shortly before his death, with the instruction that if his friend thought the poems worth publishing, he should do so. Thankfully, they were published, in The Temple in 1633, a few months after Herbert’s death. The following poems are what we consider the ten greatest George Herbert poems (although other readers will doubtless have their own top ten list). Click on the title of each poem to read it, and discover more information about the poem.\n‘Jordan (I)’. A poem calling for plain speech in poetry, rather than clichés or needlessly obscure and convoluted metaphors. This may strike us as somewhat odd given Herbert’s fondness for elaborate conceits and analogies elsewhere in his poetry, but Herbert’s main objection appears to be to lazy poetic…\nView original post 849 more words"}
{"text":"posted by Christy .\nThere are a total of 107 foreign language students in a high school where they offer only Spanish, French, and German. 42 take Spanish.\n46 take French.\n45 take German.\n8 take Spanish and French but not German.\n8 take Spanish and German but no French.\n6 take French and German but not Spanish.\n24 students are taking at least two languages.\nWhat is the probability that a student randomly selected from those taking exactly one language takes French in this semester?\nBest done with a Venn diagram.\noverlap three circles called S F and G\nplace x in the middle for S F and G\nfill in the rest of the entries\ne.g. the number taking only Spanish = 42 - 8 - 8 - x\nonly German = 45 - 8 - 6 - x = 31 - x\nonly French = 46 - 8 - 6 - x = 32 - x\nwe can find x ....\n26-x +8+8+6+x+32-x+31-x = 107\n-2x = -4\nx = 2\nso those taking only French = 32-2= 30\nprob of stated event = 30/107\nLet's do 100+90+4. You are thinking now this is impossible but no you can sum this the answer of this you are thinking that is 194 so yes cause just you need to put the one of the hundred place, the nine of the tens place and the four of the ones place\njust sing ou your communities property of multiplication with different thousanda hunts and ones"}
{"text":"|Page (1) of 1 - 10/11/12||email article||print page|\nThe Temple of Heaven, is a complex of religious buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing. The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies. It has been regarded as a Taoist temple, The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests is a magnificent circular building, built on three levels of marble stone base, where the Emperor prayed for good harvests. The building is completely wooden, with no nails. The Summer Palace is mainly dominated by Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake. It covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometers, three quarters of which is water. Longevity Hill is about 60 meters (200 feet) high and houses many buildings positioned in sequence. The front hill is rich in the splendid halls and pavilions, while the back hill, in sharp contrast, is quiet with natural beauty The central Kunming Lake covering 2.2 square kilometers was entirely man made and the excavated soil was used to build Longevity Hill. In the Summer Palace, one finds a variety of palaces, gardens, and other classical-style architectural structures. In December 1998, UNESCO included the Summer Palace on its World Heritage List. It declared the Summer Palace \"a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design\". The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China in part to protect the Chinese Empire against intrusions . Several walls were being built as early as the 7th century BC. While some portions north of Beijing portrayed in this video and near tourist centers have been preserved and even extensively renovated, in many locations the Wall is in disrepair. The Great Wall is a World Heritage Site.\n|Beijing Highlights part 2|\nSource:GrabNetworks (c). All Rights Reserved"}
{"text":"Bromide is the reduced form of bromine. It is an ion. It exists when another element, such as sodium, gives away electrons to bromine, turning it into bromide. The aluminium turns into an aluminum ion, and both ions bond to form sodium bromide, a chemical compound. Bromides are normally colorless and nontoxic.\nBromide can also refer to an overused saying or idiom, such as \"quick as a mouse\" and \"big as an elephant\". In writing it is recommended to use fresh expressions and not over used ones."}
{"text":"Washington, Mar 6 : Researchers at University of Leicester have made advancement in the fight against TB by isolating two proteins from the bacterium that can be a potential target to avoid its resurgence.\nThey claim to have isolated the molecular 'weapons' of the bacterium and are now conducting further studies to gauge ways to make the bacterium ineffective.\nThe two proteins, ESAT-6 and CFP-10 are believed to thrive the bacterium in white blood cells.\n\"One of the most important of these molecular weapons is known as the ESAT-6/CFP-10 complex. These are two proteins that bind together to become a functional unit, and it is thought that they may be needed to allow the bacteria to thrive inside white blood cells, as happens during the initial infection,\" said Dr. Mark Carr, from the Department of Biochemistry.\n\"Removal of the genes for this complex from the TB genome renders the bacteria unable to cause disease, exposing how important this particular weapon is to the bacteria, he added.\nThe researchers are conducting further researches to identify the exact components of the human white blood cells that this complex is targeting. hat would provide greater understanding of the activity of these molecular weapons of TB."}
{"text":"A lot of current work is focused on developing sensors that detect diseases and tiny capsules that take medicines to where they're needed most in the body.\nBut it could be a long time before we see the benefits. All new medicines have to go through long trials to make sure they're safe. So you'll have to wait years for most nano-sized healthcare to reach doctors' surgeries and hospitals.\n|Future medicines may be able to home in on specific locations in your body.|"}
{"text":"WASHINGTON — A new health concern is rising across the country. Respiratory Syncytial Virus, also known as RSV.\nThe Mayo Clinic says most children will be infected with RSV by the age of 2.\nA DC Hospital Association spokesperson told WUSA9 that D.C. hospitals are experiencing an increase in RSV hospitalizations. They say as of Oc. 18, there were three pediatric ICU beds available in the District. They also claim of the 342 inpatient pediatric beds, 321 of those beds were occupied as of Tuesday night.\nAccording to data from the CDC, there has been a steep incline in detected cases. On Aug. 20, 1,241 cases were reported. By Oct. 8, that number had jumped to 4,424 cases.\nSome of the symptoms of RSV include fever, coughing, wheezing, change or loss of appetite and fatigue.\n\"If they're noticing that there's sucking in in the skin between the child's ribs or underneath the ribs that's usually a sign that there's difficulty breathing,\" said Pediatric Infectious Diseases Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse with the Mayo Clinic. \"Obviously, if your child looks blue around their mouth or lips or fingernails -- that's a really serious sign and you should seek medical care right away.\"\nSome health experts speculate that the pandemic is partially to blame for the uptick in cases.\n\"Now they're all together, they've taken their masks off,\" said Dr. William Schaffner from Vanderbilt University. \"Most of them haven't yet experienced RSV as a child. So you have a lot of susceptible children\".\nTo reduce risk, doctors recommend you wash your hands frequently. They also recommend washing your children's toys and keeping countertops and doorknobs clean.\nRespiratory Syncytial Virus causes infections in the lungs and respiratory tract. And it's common in children."}
{"text":"Definition of somniferous\na. - Causing or inducing sleep; soporific; dormitive; as, a somniferous potion. 2\nThe word \"somniferous\" uses 11 letters: E F I M N O O R S S U.\nNo direct anagrams for somniferous found in this word list.\nAdding one letter to somniferous does not form any other word in this word list.Words within somniferous not shown as it has more than seven letters.\nAll words formed from somniferous by changing one letter\nBrowse words starting with somniferous by next letter"}
{"text":"Fujian (福建) is a province on the southeast coast of China and one of the most important regions in the world for tea production. It has a particular reputation for the high-quality artisan teas that it produces, as well as the development of different styles of tea and methods of tea production. A tremendous variety of types of tea originate from here.\nThe province is mostly mountainous and, as the saying goes, is \"Eight parts mountain, one part water, and one part farmland\" (八山一水一分田). Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east.\nFujian has a subtropical climate, with some rainfall year-round, but with a drier winter and wetter summer. An overwhelming majority of the province is mountainous, however Fujian is also the most heavily forested province in China.\nFujian is particularly important in relation to oolong teas, as many styles of oolong originated there. The two major oolong regions of Fujian are Anxi county in the south, and the Wuyi mountains or Wuyishan (武夷山), in Northern Fujian. Wuyi is the origin of a number of other oolongs, including Da Hong Pao, Rou Gui, and many others.\nWhite tea also originated in Fujian, and the majority of the world's white tea is still produced here, in the North-East in Fuding and Zhenghe counties.\nWuyi is somewhat important in the history of black tea (otherwise known as red tea in Chinese), including Bohea, the black tea famous for its involvement in the Boston Tea Party. Wuyi borders Jiangxi province, and is near Wuyuan county in that province, another key area in tea production.\n- Forestry in Fujian Province, State Forestry Administration, Peoples Republic of China, Jan. 21, 2010."}
{"text":"A biome is a major regional group of distinctive plant and animal communities best adapted to the region's physical natural environment, latitude, altitude and terrain factors. A biome is composed of the climax vegetation and all associated sub climax, or degraded, vegetation, fauna and soils, but can often be identified by the climax vegetation type. | Source: Wikipedia\nGlobal Biomes and Climate\n- Use the link above to collect the information necessary to complete this table – to show the different climates and vegetations found in each of the globes major biomes.\nDescribe the climate (temperature and rainfall)\nIs there any difference between the seasons?\nDescribe the typical vegetation found in the biome\n|Temperate deciduous forest|\nWhy are the biomes located where they are\nLevels of solar radiation\n- Why does the Equator receive more solar radiation than the Poles?\n- How does the level of solar radiation arriving upon different parts of the earth's surface affect the biome located there?\n- What is a rain shadow and how does it affect the biomes in that area?\n- How does the 'North Atlantic Drift' keep Western Europe warmer than it should be?\n- What is the Thermohaline Circulation / Ocean Conveyor Belt / Global Conveyor Belt / Meridional Overturning Circulation?\n- The image above shows the Furtwangler Glacier on Mt Kilimanjaro. The location of the glacier is very close to the equator. Explain why there is a glacier at such a warm latitude.\n- How does the presence of atmospheric cells explain the location of deserts and tropical rainforests?"}
{"text":"Central Treaty Organization (CENTO), a former mutual-defense alliance of Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, and Great Britain. The United States was an associate member. The objective of the alliance was to prevent the spread of Communism and of Soviet influence in the Middle East. In the event of aggression against any of the Middle Eastern members of the alliance, the United States was pledged to take such appropriate action as would be mutually agreed upon. The members engaged in many cooperative nonmilitary projects.\nCENTO was formed in 1955 at Baghdad, Iraq, as the Middle East Treaty Organization (METO), and was commonly also referred to as the Baghdad Pact. When Iraq, one of the original members, withdrew in 1959 the alliance was reorganized under the new name. With the withdrawal of Pakistan and Iran in 1979, CENTO collapsed."}
{"text":"of the Straits of Mackinac\nDr. Charles E. Feltner\nand Jeri Baron Feltner\nHistoric Mackinac and her shipwrecks presented in an interesting,\ninformative and entertaining fashion - includes stories of 41 discovered\nshipwrecks and 43 undiscovered shipwrecks with detailed facts and\nmaps - and sketches of the history of the Straits, Islands, Lighthouses,\nShipwreck Statistics, Bottomland Preserve - also provides Sources,\nBibliography, Glossary of Nautical Terms and an Index. Scuba divers,\nhistorians and anyone interested in Great Lakes maritime history\nwill enjoy this book.\nby Mike Fornes\nHistory of the Coast Guard Icebreaker Mackinaw, decommissioned in 2006.\nGales of November: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald\nby Robert J. Hemming\nImmortalized in song by Canadian balladeer Gordon\nLightfoot and still argued over by Great Lakes experts, the fate\nof the Edmond Fitzgerald and its crew has attracted more widespread\nattention than any of the other thousands of shipwrecks recorded\non the Great Lakes. A fascinating and marvelous book regarding\nthe Edmiund Fitzgerald."}
{"text":"Political Thinkers and the Drink Question\nMark Whitaker shows how the 'Drink Question' was of central importance for both of England's most original and influential political thinkers of the 19th century - John Stuart Mill and TH Green.\nFor both of them it raised the question of how far the state could be justified in interfering in the lives of individuals. The debate had started in the letters page of the Times in 1856, in a high-level exchange between the Tory MP Lord Stanley and Samuel Pope, Secretary of the temperance movement the UK Alliance. The latter argued that his rights as a citizen were \"invaded\" by the behaviour of heavy drinkers; the former that no Englishman would agree to be \"coerced for his own benefit\".\nMill picked up the topic in his essay On Liberty, published in 1859. Mill was mid-Victorian England's most influential public intellectual, and his books were best-sellers even though his ideas were radical. He insisted that \"drunkenness is not a fit subject for legislative purposes\", and feared that the weight of public opinion would crush individualism.\nTH Green was an academic philosopher at Oxford, and was deeply involved in the temperance movement during the 1870s. He believed that individual freedom lay in pursuing the common good and that mass drunkenness made this impossible in England. He thought that \"moderate drinkers\" had to sacrifice their pleasure for the sake of society as a whole.\nActors read extracts from their work.\nProducer: Mark Whitaker\nA Square Dog production for BBC Radio 4."}
{"text":"Mars One is a a private, Netherlands-based push to realize a human colony on the red planet by 2025.\nIn an email statement to Popular Science Thursday, Mars One announced plans to build a simulated colony here on Earth to vet astronauts and make sure they can withstand the cramped and isolated conditions colonists will have to endure before awarding them their one-way ticket.\nThey are currently in the process of courting financial sponsors and construction companies, and while the simulated Martian digs won’t actually boast extraterrestrial life-support right off the bat, the company intends to retrofit the technology to the structure down the line.\nMore than 200,00 people applied for the chance to be among the first colonists. Mars One has already narrowed the pool to just over a thousand candidates, and intends ultimately to send a cadre of 24-40 colonists to the planet.\nAccording to Popular Science, “spaceflight contractors Lockheed Martin and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. are already working with Mars One to develop a robotic lander and a data-link satellite for an unmanned, exploratory mission to Mars in 2018.”\nMars One has said in the past that they intend to televise the colonization as a means of funding.\nSo who’s ready for Big Brother: Martian Edition? That will be reality television worth watching."}
{"text":"ERIC Number: EJ667738\nRecord Type: Journal\nPublication Date: 2003\nReference Count: N/A\nThe Effects of the \"Horizons\" Reading Program and Prior Phonological Awareness Training on the Reading Skills of First Graders.\nTobin, Kevin G.\nJournal of Direct Instruction, v3 n1 p1-16 Win 2003\nEvaluates the effectiveness of the \"Horizons Fast Track A-B\" program on first-grade students' decoding skills and oral reading fluency. Notes that two classes used \"Horizons Fast Track\" and two classes used a Silver, Burdett, and Ginn (SBG) curriculum. Finds that classes that received \"Horizons\" instruction outperformed classes with SBG curriculum. (PM)\nPublication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research\nEducation Level: N/A\nAuthoring Institution: N/A"}
{"text":"It's easy for boys and girls to get in touch with nature through fun weather activities for kids. And by simply watching clouds, kids can learn the many different elements of weather.\nUsing practical knowledge and a little imagination, it's no telling what the clouds in the sky will reveal.\nLearn how to enjoy different weather activities on the following pages.\nLearn how to forecast the weather by identifying clouds.\nSee how to shape your child's imagination by showing them how to spot cloudy capers.\nCloudy days mean more than just a rainy forecast. Learn how identifying clouds can reveal elements of the weather on the next page."}
{"text":"The presentation below outlines a range of official statistics available from Scottish Government and the results from the 2011 Census in Scotland and was part of the Scottish Association of Geography Teachers Conference in October 2015.\nWe focused on the Scottish results published through the Census Data Explorer, and used a number of case studies to illustrate how the data can be used to answer specific questions, making links where possible to curricular frameworks for Geography and Numeracy Across Learning.\nThe session ended with a discussion on potential use of Census data within Geography National Qualifications.\nIn the afternoon we took part in the 'Hot Spots' forum where groups of teachers took part in 10 minute discussion on a range of resources.\nThe following are the resources we shared at the event:\n- Presentation slides\n- Census Data Explorer worksheet\n- Parliamentary profiles for Scotland\n- Datashine Scotland\n- Scotland’s Population 2014 Infographic report\n- Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation training material and data\n- Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2012 - Background Data\n- SIMD Training Materials for exercises"}
{"text":"Strip counts as a means of determining densities and habitat utilization patterns in lake fishes\nSynopsis: The strip count method of determining fish densities was investigated for a small lake in a series of inshore sites that differed in their physical and biological characteristics and in the communities of fishes present. Overall total numbers of fish, number of species, ratio of commonest to total species, and 2nd commonest to total species, were investigated. Counts were made during time of the feeding peaks. Repeatability of the method was tested by series of five traverses at 10-minute intervals and was good both for total numbers of fish and ratio of commonest species to total fish. However, it varied with the habitat type, being excellent for small semi-isolated weedy sites, good for gravel-bottom sites, but only fair in open sandy bays where the strip was laid in the middle of an extensive area of homogeneous habitat. Series of comparative counts made (a) between morning and afternoon on the same day and, (b) between successive mornings, to determine how constant populations were between these time intervals, proved to be within the same general range but were significantly different by the Mann Whitney U test at the ? = 0.05 level. In small lakes the strip count method proves to have considerable potential in the study of habitat specializations, taxocene structures, and relative abundances.\n- 1 - sciences appliquees, technologies et medecines\n- 2 - sciences biologiques et medicales\n- 3 - sciences biologiques fondamentales et appliquees. psychologie\n- 1 - Life Sciences ; 2 - Agricultural and Biological Sciences ; 3 - Aquatic Science\n- 1 - Life Sciences ; 2 - Agricultural and Biological Sciences ; 3 - Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics"}
{"text":"The Wachau is a stretch of the Danube Valley between Melk and Krems, a landscape of high visual quality. It preserves in an intact and visible form many traces - in terms of architecture, (monasteries, castles, ruins), urban design, (towns and villages), and agricultural use, principally for the cultivation of vines - of its evolution since prehistoric times.\nSeries: NHK World Heritage 100\nCredits: NHK, producer. UNESCO WHC, co-producer ; UNESCO TV, co-producer.\nRights/Droits: NHK; UNESCO TV\nLICENSING: for inquiries about licensing or requests for CD/DVD copies of this material, please contact the producer or the author directly. You may also wish to consult our FAQs 6 to 9"}
{"text":"Have you ever met a raccoon before?\nThe raccoons are carnivore mammals, part of the procyonid family and natives of North America.\nTheir genre includes seven species, the most widespread of which is the “Procyon lotor”. This animal is of medium size and has a stocky body of 60-100 cm long. The 20-40 cm of them belong to the tail.\nThe Raccoons’ body is covered with a long and thick brown fur. They also have a bushy tail and short legs, with five fingers each.\nThey are very good swimmers, able climbers and live mostly in smalls herds in dense forests. Their food consists mainly of rodents, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, birds and eggs."}
{"text":"(University of California, Los Angeles)\nSelect a file and click open to view:\nChapter 6: DNA and Gene Expression\nChapter 7: Biotechnology\nFor questions or problems with the content, please contact Technical Support at 800-936-6899.\nDoes the vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella cause autism?\nWhat is the most common reason that DNA analyses overturn incorrect criminal convictions?\nWhat genetically modified foods do most people in the United States consume (usually without knowing it)?\nIn his popular classes and bestselling textbooks, Jay Phelan uses questions like these as a way of introducing both the practical impact and awe-inspiring wonder of biological research. Phelan knows how to captivate nonmajors with stories of how scientists investigate life. He is also a master at using the study of biology as a context for developing the critical thinking skills and scientific literacy students can draw on through college and beyond.\nPhelan’s dynamic approach to teaching biology is the driving force behind What Is Life?—the most successful new non-majors biology textbook of the millennium. The rigorously updated new edition brings forward the features that made the book a classroom favorite (chapters anchored to intriguing questions about life, spectacular original illustrations, innovative learning tools) with a more focused and flexible presentation and enhanced art.\nAnd more than ever, this edition is a seamless text/media source, with its dedicated version of LaunchPad, Macmillan’s breakthrough online course space which integrates an interactive e-Book, all student media, a wide range of assessment and course management features.\nSave money. Affordable, digital options on the Macmillan Learning Student Store\nSupport. Teaching. Learning. Connecting."}
{"text":"Saturday, August 11, 2012\nDedicated birdwatchers (also known as birders) are familiar with Roger Tory Peterson's A Field Guide to the Birds. Young readers can learn all about him in For The Birds: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson by Peggy Thomas. This 40-page picturebook chronicles how Roger's first love was observing birds and how he experimented with different forms of capturing their images, by photography and painting.\nHere's a sample: \"Roger knew that watching a bird in the field meant you had just a second or two to remember its shape, color, and size before it flew out of sight. So Roger painted only the memorable bits....Simple outlines against a light background showed a bird's shape, and Roger added arrows to point out the most important field markings that distinguished one bird from another.\"\nThe color illustrations done by Laura Jacques enhance this book.\nRoger's own collection of illustrations are housed at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Jamestown, New York. I saw them a few years ago and they are worth a visit.\nHere's an activity for birdwatching grandparents and their grandchildren.\nWhile grandparents are watching birds through binoculars, their grandchildren can draw birds using Roger's tips: 1. outline the bird's shape.\n2. Show distinctive features of the bird through the use of arrows or other marks."}
{"text":"How can I help my constipated baby?\nMy baby is constipated. What can I do to help him?Question:\nTo properly answer this question, I would need your answers to more questions. How old is your baby? Is he breastfed? How do you define constipation?\nThe North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition defines constipation as “a delay or difficulty in defecation, present for two or more weeks, sufficient to cause significant distress to the patient.” While often suspected by parents, constipation is seldom a problem for babies who are not yet on solid foods. Constipation is particularly rare for exclusively breastfed babies.\nAs with all issues regarding your baby’s health, consult his caregiver with your concerns.\nFor babies around three to four months of age, the usual recommendation is to offer extra drinks of plain water. If the baby continues to have uncomfortably hard stools, then fruit juice (apple, prune or pear) diluted with an equal amount of water is suggested once or twice a day.\nFor older babies who have started solid foods, try:\n- Adding more water to the baby’s diet\n- Decreasing constipating foods (rice cereal, bananas).\nDo not use rectal stimulation, glycerin suppositories or any other treatment without your baby’s caregiver’s advice. Overriding your baby’s natural bowel rhythms can create further problems.\nFor more information, please read What's the best Way to Cure Constipation in a Child?.Answer:"}
{"text":"Mexico compensates indigenous men for forced sterilizations\nState authorities in Guerrero, Mexico, have agreed to pay 490,000 pesos (US$48,000) in compensation to 14 indigenous men coerced into having vasectomies. The men will each be paid 35,000 pesos (US$3,400) and given water storage tanks and cement to build homes, said state health secretary Luis Barrera Rios. The men agreed to the deal, despite initial demands of 200,000 pesos (US$19,000) each.\nThe men, represented by the Tlachinollan Center for Human Rights, say that state health workers showed up in the village of El Camalote in 1998 and demanded that men with more than four children have vasectomies. The plaintiffs said they were promised a clinic, medicine, clothes, scholarships for their children and new homes for submitting to the procedure—while those who refused were threatened with removal from government aid programs. The claims were investigated by the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH).\nThe government earlier refused to pay compensation, saying the men signed consent forms and denying that they had been offered any benefits. After an investigation, the CNDH called on the Guerrero government to compensate the men, finding that health officials made no effort to counsel them on the implications of vasectomies or on alternative birth control methods. (AP, June 26)\nGovernment investigations have noted the existence of a \"genocide plan\" in Guerrero during the guerilla insurgency there in the late '60s and '70s—even as such abuses as coercive sterilization re-emerged there in the '90s, along with new waves of peasant unrest."}
{"text":"The Bible Is Serious about Humor\n\"Does the Bible have any humor in it?\"\nThe overall plot of the Bible is a U-shaped comic plot. The action begins with a perfect world inhabited by perfect people. It descends into the misery of fallen history and ends with a new world of total happiness and the conquest of evil.\nDriscoll also highlights examples of situational comedy (e.g., the story of Jacob and Laban in Genesis 27-29), scatological humor (e.g., Ezekiel 4:12), sarcasm (e.g., Job 38), name calling (e.g., Proverbs 6:6-9; 19:13). The coup de grâce for Driscoll's (or any theological) argument is, of course, Jesus. He used humorous exaggeration (e.g., the log vs. the speck in the eye, the camel through the eye of the needle), ridicule (e.g., how religious people pray, fast and tithe) and some were offended (Matthew 15:12).\nSo why should we be humorous. Driscoll concludes by saying because:*\nJesus did it.*\nHumor defeats religion.*\nPeople take themselves too seriously, and God too lightly.*\nSome things are a joke and if you treat them seriously it gives them credence you don't want to give them.*\nJust because they are laughing doesn't mean they aren't grieving (Proverbs 14:13).*\nIt makes us spiritually strong (Nehemiah 8:10).*\nIt heightens all our other passions.*\nIt is missiological (1 Corinthians 9:19-23).\nAre there any limits then to humor? Driscoll says there are, such as:*\nDon't mock God.*\nDon't mock everyone.*\nDon't mock all the time\nKeep looking for the line.* Laugh at yourself.*\nKnow who to mock.*\nKnow when to mock.\nIn general, laughing at ourselves or helping someone laugh at themselves is actually doing them a spiritual service because it nurtures our humility and punctures our arrogance. At the same time it is not always appropriate. But those are exceptions to the rule: Be funny."}
{"text":"In math, a helix is a curve in three dimensions. It looks a bit like a spiral. Each helix has a line called its axis. The helix has a constant angle to this line. Helices are often seen in nature and the sciences.\nThe staircase in the Vatican Museums. This shows a helix."}
{"text":"Historical development of mass media institutions and the role of media in society. Particular attention to news, government regulation, effects, economics, emerging technologies, and audience dynamics.\nREQUIRED TEXTBOOK: Media and Culture by Campbell, Martin, and Fabos. Twelfth Edition or Eleventh Edition Update or Eleventh Edition.\nThe ISBN number for the book is 978-1-319-10285-2.\nEBook available at http://www.macmillanlearning.com/Catalog/product/mediaculture-eleventhedition-campbell\nUpon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:\n- Examine the history and development of print and telecommunications media, and relate them to the publics they serve.\n- Describe how the attributes of media contribute to the communication of information, and explore their political and economic contexts."}
{"text":"Allain, Théophile T.\n- Charles Vincent\nAllain was born on October 1, 1846, on a plantation in the Parish of West Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A wealthy white man, Sosthene Allain, owned the plantation. Like some other slaveholders, he made one of his slaves, “a pretty brown woman,” his mistress. They had a son, Théophile, who bore the improbable nickname of Soulouque, after the self-proclaimed black dictator of Haiti, Faustin Élie Soulouque. Théophile accompanied his father on trips to the North and to Europe. In 1856 Sosthene Allain sent for his son to join him in France, where he witnessed the christening of the prince imperial at Notre Dame. They journeyed also to Spain and England. Returning to the United States in 1859, young Allain entered school under a Professor Abadie in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1868 he was enrolled in a private school in New Brunswick New Jersey He owned ...\nA version of this article originally appeared in Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience."}
{"text":"I just finished another paper, a huge one, one where I don’t feel comfortable with the writing, or the research. Hooray right? Anyway, it got me thinking how important a quality research question was.\nIn class, we often talk about think and thin questions. How do we get a question that answers facts and stimulates thinking? I was watching a library lesson today where they were going over their questions, and the students really wanted to get to the research. They were rushing through the questions (and many of them didn’t make sense). So I wondered how often I did that in my life, wanted to find a question to answer a quick problem, and not address a deeper underlying issue. I feel like the paper got away from me because I was trying to write a paper, not wonder about a problem.\nSo how do we take the time to question? What does that involve? How do we know if it’s good?\nThis unit for us is about leadership, we need to think deeply about how leaders in our community influence change, and we are first looking at what are the qualities of a leader and who these people really are. Is who we are important for change? Can anyone create change? We’re hoping to take a different approach this year. Instead of looking at governments and government systems, who are the people that disrupt what is happening? How did the find the questions to start those disruptions? How do they know something is wrong? What can we do to think about the problems in our community? How do we question what we’re living?\nHopefully it works."}
{"text":"The Center for Early Childhood Education is pleased to announce the release of Encouraging Physical Activity in Preschoolers, an educational video that discusses the importance of physical activity for children's development. Dr. Darren Robert, Professor of Health and Physical Education at Eastern Connecticut State University, offers several ways to incorporate physical activity into the preschool daily routine. Two teachers describe their efforts to physically engage preschoolers through yoga, dramatic play, and active book-reading, and to involve parents in encouraging physical activity at home.\nThe video is the 7th in the e-clips series of educational videos for early childhood professionals. Each e-clip features an expert describing how early childhood professionals can use the latest research to enhance children's learning, and includes video footage from preschool classrooms at Eastern's Child and Family Development Resource Center. Supplementing each e-clip are suggested readings, additional on-line resources, and discussion questions to support conversations within instructional teams, in staff meetings, or in college-level courses.\nTo read more about the e-clips project and to view the videos and supplemental materials, go to: http://www.easternct.edu/cece/e-clips_main.html."}
{"text":"In response to foreclosure risk during the Great Depression, the US Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) was founded in 1930 to map city-level perceived lending risk for home mortgage refinancing. In these “residential security” maps, black and other minority neighborhoods were often designated as higher risk neighborhoods. As minority homeownership was considered to threaten property values, these maps were used to maintain racial segregation.\nNotably, homeowners in class D (“high risk”) areas were systematically denied mortgage bailouts. Residential security maps were effectively used for “redlining” - the widespread illegal practice of denying home loans based on race - and therefore were instrumental as to institutionalize the practice.\nHome ownership tends to have long-lasting effects over many generations. This interactive map illustrates the historical socioeconomic development of the neighborhoods categorized by the HOLC in 147 American cities between 1930s and 2016.\nThis site currently only (really) works in Chrome and on a computer. Safari and Firefox support are on the way!"}
{"text":"If at this point you are thinking \"wow, PEAR::DB is fantastic!\" then you have got another big surprise coming in the form of SQLite. SQLite is a fully functional relational database system that, for one reason or another, is only now making it into the limelight. The key advantage to SQLite, as opposed to MySQL or PostgreSQL, and indeed the reason why it is being covered here is because it does not use the traditional client/server database architecture.\nMySQL, for example, has a MySQL server running on a machine somewhere, and a client (in the form of PHP in our examples), connects to that server to perform queries. SQLite, on the other hand, works on local files, with no database server required - when you run queries using SQLite, they are translated into operations on the local files.\nFrom PHP 5 onwards, SQLite is bundled and enabled by default, which means that everyone, everywhere will have it by default. If you are writing an application that needs a data store, you need no longer worry whether they have Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server installed, or indeed whether they have any database server installed. Prior to PHP 5, getting around this problem required developers to create their own database-like file structure using complicated, hand-written functions - those days are long gone now, thankfully, but hopefully you can see how critical SQLite is!\nCopyright 2012 Future Publishing Limited (company\nregistered number 2008885), a company registered\nin England and Wales whose registered office is at"}
{"text":"This lesson plan is great for introducing letters while addressing Common Core standards in Reading Literature, Reading Fluency, and writing. I teach students to recognize that the letters appear in a certain order throughout the story. I also guide the students to noticing that there are 2 kinds of letters, capital and lowercase. I use this story to help students start noticing that letters make up words and words are separated by spaces. I emphasize drawing using detail at this point at the beginning of the year before I ask students to start labeling and writing sentences to support their illustrations."}
{"text":"Complimentary SHIPPING ON ALL GROUND ORDERS\nThe Monarch butterfly, a national symbol, is now on the endangered species list. Every year, what has been known as the \"miracle migration\" of the Western Monarch Butterfly was signaled with its arrival and magnificent blazes of orange against the autumn sky. Flying from as far north as Canada to find a winter home in the eight to ten last remaining Monarch habitats in California and Mexico, the Monarch mates at the end of winter, before starting the journey back north in the spring.\nThe fragile ecosystem of the butterfly's winter home has been disrupted over recent years by logging and deforestation due to the drive for increased coastal development. The subsequent effect of global warming has led to early butterfly desiccation and death. The milkweed where the female Monarch lays her eggs during the winter is seen as a weed and killed with herbicides.\nTo help support the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation, visit the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation.\nLes Papillons is an elegant collection of two beautiful eyeshades: Papillon Bleu and Papillon Violet. Gorgeous hand-designed, artisan compacts use innovative Italian technology to present four colors within each compact—two principal shades and two overlay detail shades.\nChantecaille's Les Papillons collection seeks to help protect the Monarch Butterfly's winter habitat by donating 5% of all sales to the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation, established in 1997 by scientists and educators seeking to replace and revive the winter butterfly habitats."}
{"text":"What You Need To Know about puppy vaccination\nA puppy’s immune system is still maturing. While a puppy is nursing, the mother’s milk contains powerful antibodies that protect the pup from disease.\nBut in the time between adulthood and after a puppy is weaned off mother’s milk, it’s your responsibility to make sure your puppy gets the protection and care they need to have a healthy, long life.\nWhile some vaccines are required by all dogs, others are more specific to your dog’s lifestyle and the area in which you live.\nWhen should my puppy be vaccinated?\nWhen puppies are born their immune system is not yet mature. They receive immune protection from their mother by drinking her milk. The mother produces colostrum, which contains antibodies that are needed for their initial immunity until their own bodies can take over.\nAccording to the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA), puppies should be vaccinated every two to four weeks between the ages of 6 and 16 weeks with the final puppy vaccines given no earlier than 16 weeks of age. All puppies should receive the core vaccines of canine distemper, adeno virus 2, canine parvo virus, parainfluenza virus, and rabies virus.\nIt’s best to get your puppy examined by a veterinarian as soon as possible.\nDuring the examination, your veterinarian will look at your dog’s medical and vaccination history. If the breeder or shelter has recently vaccinated your puppy and your veterinarian is confident that it was done properly, a schedule for follow-up vaccinations will be made based on your pup’s particular needs."}
{"text":"Thursday, March 6, 2008\nVICTORIAN MEN AND THE TEAPOT STANCE\nThe \"teapot\" stance was a basic posture, for men. The actor would stand, one foot slightly forward, one arm forming the handle, and the other arm gesturing widely (see my earlier posts) to communicate emotions and attitudes. Placing one's feet slightly apart helped him move his body backward and forward gracefully. The practice dated far back, even to Elizabethans. You can see Laurence Olivier imitate a teapot in the film Henry V, where he emulated Shakespearean practice.\nThe pictures above show popular actor Charles Fechter as Hamlet, two unnamed actors (adult and child) and Fechter's friend Charles Dickens, a gifted amateur actor and novelist who dramatized his novels in public readings.\nThe teapot posture is a dynamic one. Placing one foot slightly forward was a social posture understood outside of drama, taken when one was introduced to another person, approached for conversation, or prepared to recite or discourse. Young boys learned this in classes with the dancing master and the elocutionist. The hand on hip tells us that a reserve of emotion and information is ready to be expressed. In non-dramatic life, this signals an awareness of a mutuality of communication and a readiness to give as well as take. On the stage, we can detect players dominant in plot or dialogue.\nThe self-awareness and self-confidence of this pose marked it as masculine and privileged. Women and lower classes carried themselves quite differently."}
{"text":"In the following sentences, the italicized noun phrases (or adpositional phrases) are arguments:\n- Tasaku bought a ticket on Friday.\n- Please give my regards to your husband.\n- On the boat the passengers rely on the captain.\nArguments are typically contrasted with adjuncts, i.e. noun phrases or adpositional phrases that are not syntactically required, but serve to modify the clause or another constituent.\nArgument also refers to\n- an argument of a function (in mathematical logic)"}
{"text":"Study girls have embraced a value at the core of The Study by putting an added emphasis on being polite and courteous. At Spencer House the value of Politeness was given the tag line of ‘Please May’ as a timely reminder for the month of May. These opening words have served as a polite reminder to girls, especially when asking for permission from adults and also when talking to one another in a polite manner. At Wilberforce House, the girls have been trying particularly hard to be courteous and polite at meal times, both to the adults who help them and the friends they sit with.\nIn assembly, girls were reminded to be respectful and considerate of others in and out of school. Politeness continues to be evident in girls’ attitude and behaviour. Spencer House girls designed posters to illustrate how best they could show politeness, with posters highlighting good manners.\nIn addition, some girls made Recipes for Good Manners; these included such fine ingredients as:\n500g of love\n700g of good manners\n300g of opening the door for an adult\n100g of respect\n900g of saying good morning and afternoon\n1kg of please and thank you\n1kg of smiles\nBy Sara Samad 4G"}
{"text":"Body Composition Analysis\nWhat is Body Composition?\nYour body is made up of water, fat, protein, carbohydrate and various vitamins and minerals. If you have too much fat — especially if a lot of it is at your waist — you’re at higher risk for such health problems as high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol and diabetes. That increases your risk for heart disease and stroke.\nAt Aoife Miskella Nutrition, Gorey, we use a professional Tanita Body Composition Analysis Scales. This gives us a much clearer picture of your health status, compared to measuring weight alone. It gives us valuable information on the distribution of fat, muscle and water in the body.\nThe Body Composition Analyser provide readings for:\n- Body Mass Index (BMI)\n- Fat % and Fat Mass\n- Total Body Water (Hydration levels)\n- Muscle Mass\n- Basal Metabolic Rate\n- Metabolic Age\n- Bone Mass\n- Visceral Fat\nThis is particularly useful in weight management as the information is provided on a receipt-like print out allowing you to measure your progress over time. Measuring body weight alone does not allow changes in body mass attributable to muscle gain to be assessed. By assessing body composition you can get a more accurate picture of the body’s response to your new lifestyle allowing you to stay motivated and continue on your path to improved health."}
{"text":"Tyrannosaurus rex, or T. rex, comes from Greek and Latin words meaning \"tyrant lizard king.\" It was a large, fierce, and carnivorous dinosaur that lived in North America 85 to 65 million years ago. The T. rex could eat up to pounds of meat and bones in one bite!\n- Material: glass\n- Size: 4\"\n- Includes Old World Christmas gift box and ornament hook\nOrnaments are for decoration only. This item is not a toy."}
{"text":"The oldest stories of lions date back to some 32,000 years ago, they are represented in cave paintings in the south of france. More Morden, well about 620 and 560 BC. Aesop, the greek slave and story-teller wrote a fable, The Lion and the Mouse, the lion learns that mercy brings its reward, that there is no being so small that it cannot help a greater. You guessed it, the mouse saves the day. The lion being king of the heap threatens to eat the mouse, but the mouse begs not to be eaten, stating that he is an unworthy prey and would bring the lion no honour. The lion does not eat the mouse and is later rewarded for his mercy when he is caught in a trap set by hunters. The mouse notices the lions plight and gnaws through the traps ropes setting the lion free.\nAnother popular story is the greek myth about Heracles and the Nemean lion. Heracles famously killed the Nemean lion bare handed. It was the first of his “twelve Labours” which were set by King Eurystheus. Heracles discovered that the lions pelt had protective property when the his arrow bounced harmlessly off the creature’s thigh. So he blocked one of the two entrances to the beast’s cave, strode in the other one and battled the creature bare handed. He killed the lion but lost a finger in the process. the hero Heracles is often represented wearing the lionskin.\nYou can see this painting in progress in my earlier post. I wanted to capture the king like status of the lion so the kind of art deco shape was a good starting point, also the perspective of looking across the grassy plain to mt kilimanjaro helps. Big mane as well. Lots of use of Quinacridone gold in this watercolour, it’s got to be one of my favourite colours.\nBuy Cards and prints at Daniel’s shop The DM Collection"}
{"text":"Year 5 had a brilliant day out on the lake. They learnt about appropriate clothing before finding out how to rig and de-rig their boats. They were then challenged to remember all this by paddling out around a buoy returning each time to add an extra piece of equipment to rig their boat. It was amazing to see the progress they made in such a short space of time. All the children persevered, even when they found it really challenging, until all the boats were successfully ready for sailing. Luckily, the wind picked up a bit and Year 5 spent the afternoon sailing, exploring how to steer and getting quite wet. What was the most important thing you learnt, Year 5?"}
{"text":"Rhizome scale of Lepirosurs clathratus © Li Wang\nLepisorus clathratus has the following synonyms:\nLepisorus clathratus is a polypod fern which belongs to the Polypodiaceae family and the Lepisorus genus. The genus Lepisorus is a taxonomically difficult genus due to the morphological similarity of its species. In addition, the systematic position of Lepisorus was not clear until Ching (1933) raised it to generic rank based on morphological distinctness.\nRecent phylogenetic analyses recovered Lepisporus clathratus as a distinct lineage within the genus Lepisorus. It is still not clear if the lineage comprises a single species Lepisorus clathratus, or several closely related and morphological highly similar species.\nThe phylogenetic studies also confirmed that Lepisorus clathratus includes individuals with regular dehiscent sporangia and individuals with indehiscent sporangia - previously, the latter were treated as the segregate genus Platygyria.\nThe leaves are:\nThe leaves have veins that are visible on both surfaces, but not prominent.\nThe rhizome is:\nThe sori are:\nParaphyses cover the young sori. They are irregular or even ovate-lanceolate and usually fall off when sori are mature.\nPlant structures that open at maturity.\nGrows on another plant or structure, but does not derive nutrition from it.\nPlant structures, such as fruits that do not open at maturity.\nHaving a shape between oval and lance-like.\nErect sterile filaments occurring amongst reproductive organs in plants.\nA segregate genus is created when a genus is split off, from another genus.\nClusters of sporangia.\nSpore producing structures.\nOccurs when the demand for water exceeds the available amount during a certain period."}
{"text":"Researchers at Utrecht University have developed a widely applicable method to obtain insight into the interactions between proteins and chromatin at the atomic level. This is the complex of DNA and proteins in the cell that regulates everything pertaining to DNA, both during the development of the cell and over the course of its life. The method is new in that it also provides insight into the effects of the interaction on the local motions of the protein and the chromatin. “We still don’t know much about how this fundamental layer of biology works, because it is such a complex system”, according to Utrecht University research leader Dr. Hugo van Ingen. The method was published in the scientific journal Angewandte Chemie.\nSite‐Specific Studies of Nucleosome Interactions by Solid‐State NMR Spectroscopy\nDr. ShengQi Xiang, Ulric B. le Paige, Velten Horn, Dr. Klaartje Houben, Prof. Dr. Marc Baldus, Dr. Hugo van Ingen\nAngew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 4571, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201713158"}
{"text":"Stop Frankentrees From Invading Southern Forests\nA silent threat is facing the forests of the American South. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering allowing genetically modified eucalyptus trees for commercial planting in the forests of Texas, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina.\nHelp prevent these Frankentrees from taking over -- protect the heritage and the future of our forests.\nGenetically modified, cold-tolerant eucalyptus plantations would create “green deserts” because these foreign-adapted trees don’t support our native plants and animals. In fact, eucalyptus trees are harmful to native wildlife -- and they’ve already become invasive in California and Florida.\nEucalyptus trees suck up more water than the forests that evolved here, which threatens creeks and rivers and the endangered freshwater species that live in them. Eucalyptus also produce a sticky gum that can asphyxiate songbirds and glue their beaks shut. Naturally toxic, the species hurts beneficial insects that birds depend on for food. Adding insult to injury, eucalyptus trees are explosively flammable and known to increase the risk of forest fires. Converting native forests into eucalyptus plantations for pulp and biofuel will worsen drought and speed climate change.\nPlease take action now and tell the feds to ban genetically engineered trees and reject the request to deregulate genetically modified eucalyptus.\nTake action here: http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY...\nSyndicated 2013-04-17 19:44:00 (Updated 2013-04-17 19:44:56) from proclus"}
{"text":"|Sudan Table of Contents\nThe definition and boundaries of ethnic groups depend on how people perceive themselves and others. Language, cultural characteristics, and common ancestry may be used as markers of ethnic identity or difference, but they do not always define groups of people. Thus, the people called Atuot and the much larger group called Nuer spoke essentially the same language, shared many cultural characteristics, and acknowledged a common ancestry, but each group defined itself and the other as different. Identifying ethnic groups in Sudan was made more complicated by the multifaceted character of internal divisions among Arabic-speaking Muslims, the largest population that might be considered a single ethnic group.\nThe distinction between Sudan's Muslim and non-Muslim people has been of considerable importance in the country's history and provides a preliminary ordering of the ethnic groups. It does not, however, correspond in any simple way to distinctions based on linguistic, cultural, or racial criteria nor to social or political solidarity. Ethnic group names commonly used in Sudan and by foreign analysts are not always used by the people themselves. That is particularly true for non-Arabs known by names coined by Arabs or by the British, who based the names on terms used by Arabs or others not of the group itself. Thus, the Dinka and the Nuer, the largest groups in southern Sudan, call themselves, respectively, Jieng and Naath.\nSource: U.S. Library of Congress"}
{"text":"Movies and novels form people’s impressions of Indians. Although it has been said that Indians have disappeared from the historical arena of the United States, the opposite is true. Since the 1950s, the American Indian population has increased by about 60%. There are now about 1.5 million Indians, many of whom play an important role in American life. So let us know about North American Indians.galvanized steel tubing suppliers\nPortraying about Indians\nActually Hollywood and television did not fabricate these Indians yet because some of these films based on a historical period. However, Those facts concerned only certain tribes of the Indians and were limited to a century.\nBefore Spain took over New Mexico. Horses are not known to Americans. But by the middle of the eighteenth century, there were many horses on the Great Plains. Then, one by one, the tribes began to contact the horses. Those tribes are: Cheyenne tribe, Blackfoot tribe and Arrapahoes tribe; Comanche tribe, Hmandan tribe and Crow tribe, and so on. Not only in the United States, but all over the world, the plains Indians captured the imagination of millions of people. But they are only parts of tribes among hundreds of tribes. And their way of life, the reliance on horses, took shape long after Europeans began to colonize North America."}
{"text":"A drug carrier that uses the ‘energy molecule’ inside a cancer cell to trigger release of drugs at the tumour site is reported to be successful in treating cancer in mice. These findings, published in Nature Communications this week, may provide another strategy for treating cancer.\nNanoparticles can deliver drugs to tumours but improvements in selectively targeting tumour cells are required. Cancer cells often have high levels of ATP that provides energy for metabolism and this could be exploited for treatment. Zhen Gu and colleagues describe a nanoparticle carrier that relies on high levels of ATP to trigger the release of the chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin. In the presence of ATP the carrier can undergo a change in shape resulting in the release of the drug. They find that this approach enhanced doxorubicin-induced cancer cell death in the laboratory in cultured cells and in mice. These findings may result in new strategies for delivering chemotherapeutics to cancer cells."}
{"text":"Read Luke 23\nKey Verse: Luke 23: 12 “That very day Pilate and Herod became friends…”\nIn this chapter and the latter half of the previous chapter, we read of the crucifixion. Some have called this the “Passion” narrative. In 22:47-53 we see Jesus arrested (even while His disciples were eager to use those newly purchased swords–“Lord, should we strike with our swords?” v.49b). Then, in vss. 54-62, we read of Peter’s denial that he was a follower of Jesus. After this, Jesus is taken before Pilate and Herod, and then led to Golgotha. He dies and is buried. The story is over; or so His enemies thought.\nWhat happened next must wait for Luke’s concluding chapter. But there is something in this chapter which is very rarely commented on. It’s a reference to two old enemies becoming friends.\nWe don’t really have any information on why Herod and Pilate were enemies. Maybe it was due to a clash of authority. Both men were accountable to Rome, but Herod, as Tetrarch, had a bit more autonomy than Pilate, as the Governor. Perhaps Herod resented that his autonomy could be challenged or ignored by Pilate from time to time: he could “go over Herod’s head” at will. And Pilate might have shared a common disgust for the paranoid Herod and flaunted it. But this is speculation.\nFor whatever reason, they were enemies, and Jesus made them friends. Isn’t that ironic? Their new view of one another sprang, not from being new men, but from trying to deal with “that Man”. They were both fascinated with and flummoxed by Jesus. Herod grew tired of his game with Jesus and had him ridiculed and mocked. Pilate had Him crucified. Neither knew exactly why. “And it wasn’t all bad–after all, it pleased the people and we’ve become friends!”\nJesus became a friend too: with sinners."}
{"text":"Depending on the infection you have, treating an infection may prevent it from being passed on to your newborn.\nFor some infections, especially viral infections like CMV and parvovirus B19 (fifth disease), no medication exists to treat the infection. In these cases, your doctor may want to see you more often to monitor you and your developing baby. If your developing baby appears to be ill, there are special diagnostic and treatment options available. Your healthcare provider will discuss these options with you and their potential benefits and risks.\nSome infections, like herpes and HIV, can spread to your baby during a vaginal delivery. In some cases, your doctor may recommend a cesarean section instead of a vaginal delivery. It may reduce the chances of transmitting the infection to your newborn.\n- Reviewer: Michael Woods, MD\n- Review Date: 06/2016 -\n- Update Date: 05/20/2015 -"}
{"text":"Type 1s and 5s are both logical and rational. They are both thinking types, but there are strong differences in their thinking. Type 1s, although they are thinkers, the primarily use their gut or instincts to make decisions and to take action. They also are concerned with seeking justice and morality. On the other hand, Type 5s are more into thinking for the sake of thinking. They are less concerned with taking action. They are more interested in seeking knowledge.\nGenerally, Type 1s also tend to be more outspoken. They are certain about their ideals and do not mind speaking out for them. Type 5s are more introspective and less certain about ideals. They are more likely to ponder ideals rather than speak out about them.\nAnother difference between the two types is that Type 1s are usually bothered by unexpected changes. Type 5s are a little more accepting of changes and unexpected plans.\nFinally, 1s tend to see the world from idealistic standards. They have strong ideals about the way things should be. Type 5s, however, are more curious and open. They tend to constantly investigate and question ideals and standards."}
{"text":"from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License\n- adv. In an ordinate manner; regular; orderly.\nfrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English\n- adv. In an ordinate manner; orderly.\nfrom The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia\n- Regularly; according to an established order; in order.\n- In mathematics, as or so as to form an ordinate.\nSorry, no etymologies found.\nAnd they live full ordinately, and so soberly in meat and drink, that they live right long.\nAnd when they be thus apparelled, they go two and two together, full ordinately, before the emperor, without speech of any word, save only inclining to him.\n(Irenaeus, cxix.), \"in the Valentinian acceptation of the word, to mean an emanation from the divine substance, subsisting co-ordinately and co-eternally with the Deity, the Pleroma still remaining one.\"\nHope trusts ordinately, and presumption inordinately.\nThus these foolish people departed, some one way and some another; and the king and his lords and all his company right ordinately entered into London with great joy.\nThe earl of Alençon came to the battle right ordinately and fought with the Englishmen, and the earl of Flanders also on his part.\nHusbandry which Mayster Groshede somtyme Bysshop of Lyncoln made, and translated it out of Frensshe into Englyshe, whiche techeth all maner of men to governe theyr londes, tenementes, and demesnes ordinately. '\nOn the other hand, if one be ordinately intent on the knowledge of sensible things by reason of the necessity of sustaining nature, or for the sake of the study of intelligible truth, this studiousness about the knowledge of sensible things is virtuous.\nThese were strenuous occupations for a boy of nine and a girl of thirteen, but, though we were not in - ordinately good children, we never complained; we found them very satisfactory substitutes for more normal bucolic joys.\nIf it is a matter of provincial legislation let us get solid public opinion to force the province to act co-ordinately and unitedly."}
{"text":"I read on the site \" http://www.javatpoint.com/java-oops-concepts\" that polymorphism has two ways\n- overriding (virtual function (dynamic binding))\n- overloading (static binding)\nhowever orcale.doc also give the reference of virtual functions which means overriding a method is called polymorphism my question here is that:\n- What if we are overrirding a method but not using the existing functionality of method ? will it still be called polymorphism?\n- Secondly when we are simply implementing the interface and extending the functionality of base class, what do we call it ?\n- Where do Overloading stands ? is it in polymorphism or not ?"}
{"text":"Could MOOCs be an idea ahead of our time?\nInitiatives such as edX’s MicroMasters, born out of the MOOCs, show successful programs for specialized graduate programs.\n(One of the latest cases relates to Questrom School of Business, which has elaborated on the benefits of using MicroMasters as valued credentials for employees on its new Digital Innovation Degree program).\nAs Dr. Joshua Kim states on his Inside Higher Education column, “MOOCs have acted as living laboratories to develop new capabilities and expertise”.\n- “What might MOOCs look like in 2025 or 2030? Can we imagine a world where open online learning has displaced those parts of postsecondary education that can effectively be pushed to scale? Would students be better served if the bundle that included foundational learning was broken apart, pushing introductory courses to online and mobile adaptive learning platforms?”\n- “What MOOCs may eventually enable us to do is to diffuse the benefits of the seminar – as well as the gifts of a classic liberal arts education – to students beyond a privileged few.”\n- “Let MOOCs take care of education as job training, leaving professors to focus on the work of teaching students how to learn.”"}
{"text":"10) When Montag flees, he hears an announcement that war has been proclaimed. Simultaneously, Montag has begun his own war. He is committed to his cause, murdered the enemy, and is on the run to survive. As society battles against itself, Montag battles against society. Throughout the book, whispers of war grow in frequency along with the strengthening of Montag's internal turmoil and disillusion. Thus, it is only fitting that the two conflicts come to a head at the same time. The book's dramatic peak occurs in this section, as Montag's house is destroyed, his marriage ends, he kills his boss, runs for his life, finds safety, and watches as the city is destroyed.\n11) Montag's entire demeanor changes at this point. He realizes the need to be careful, to act with forethought, and to think of others as well as himself. This is where we see the \"individual\" become a part of something bigger than himself."}
{"text":"Your Study Environment\nCheck out the new Revision Tips Forum on www.advancinglearning.co.uk. Ask questions or share advice on revision at all levels...\nWhatever type of work you're doing, you must have the right environment if you are to do it well. There are many types of distractions that you should avoid at all costs. Check out the list below:\nWhat To Avoid\n- Other people. They're bound to start chatting or start doing something that'll distract you from your work!\n- A television. Watching Neighbours while trying to revise hasn't proved to be the best revision technique!\n- A radio. Background music can be beneficial, but having a radio on with a DJ shouting at you every 5 minutes might distract you somewhat.\n- A comfy bed! Not so much of a distraction, but lying down while you attempt to study will most likely result in you falling asleep!\nWhat You Should Have Around You\n- Necessary instruments. Pen, pencil, paper etc... pretty obvious, but important to have it all ready for when you start your revision.\n- Text books. Relevant books for the subject or a dictionary for subject where you are reading lengthy texts which may include words you don't understand.\n- A desk and chair. As stated before, you can't study successfully on your bed, or even your floor. Sitting at a desk helps you concentrate and you'll get more out of your revision that way."}
{"text":"From Beyond Nuclear International\nCitizen scientists are uncovering risks that governments would rather cover up\nNovember 20, 2019\nBy Cindy Folkers\nWhen reactors exploded and melted down at the Fukushima nuclear power complex in March 2011, they launched radioactivity from their ruined cores into the unprotected environment. Some of this toxic radioactivity was in the form of hot particles (radioactive microparticles) that congealed and became airborne by attaching to dusts and traveling great distances.\nHowever, the Fukushima disaster is only the most recent example of atomic power and nuclear weapons sites creating and spreading these microparticles. Prior occurrences include various U.S. weapons sites and the ruined Chernobyl reactor. While government and industry cover up this hazard, community volunteer citizen science efforts – collaborations between scientists and community volunteers – are tracking the problem to raise awareness of its tremendous danger in Japan and across the globe.\nAfter the Fukushima nuclear disaster began, one highly radioactive specimen, a particle small enough to inhale or ingest, was found in a private home where it should not have been, hundreds of miles from its source, in a vacuum cleaner bag containing simple house dust."}
{"text":"Posted by Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S. on September 16, 1998 at 23:18:31:\nIn Reply to: In the tradition of Chief Justice John Marshall (1755 - 1835) posted by Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S. on September 16, 1998 at 22:25:09:\n\"These [territorial] courts then, are not Constitutional courts, in which the judicial power conferred by the Constitution on\nthe general government can be deposited. They are incapable of receiving it. They are legislative courts, created in virtue\nof the general rights of that clause which enables Congress to make all needful rules and regulations, respecting the\nterritory belonging to the United States. The jurisdiction with which they are invested, is not a part of that judicial power\nwhich is defined in the 3d article of the Constitution, but is conferred by Congress, in the execution of those general\npowers which that body possesses over the territories of the United States. Although admiralty jurisdiction can be\nexercised in the States in those courts only which are established in pursuance of the 3d article of the Constitution, the\nsame limitation does not extend to the territories. In legislating for them, Congress exercises the combined powers of the\ngeneral and of the State government.\"\nAmerican Insurance Co. vs. 356 Bales of Cotton, 1 Pet. 511 (1828)\nPaul Mitchell comments:\nC.J. John Marshall leaves no doubt about the\nconstitutional authority for the USDC.\nIt is Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2,\na/k/a the Territory Clause.\n/s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S.\nPost a Followup"}
{"text":"|seedhead of Fullers' Teasel,\nDipsacaceae, or teasel family, was a family in the order Dipsacales. It contained 350 species of perennial or biennial herbs and shrubs. (Perennial means that a plant lives for two or more years. Biennial means that a plant takes two years to grow fully.) The family contained eleven (11) genera. It is in the family Caprifoliaceae now.\n- Dipsacus (teasel)\n- Succisa (devil's bit)\n- Morina -- also placed in its own family, Morinaceae.\nDipsacaceae Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia."}
{"text":"The ‘Divided and Shared History’ unites Germany and Korea in a special way. The two countries were both front-line states in the Cold War – and are at the same time both marked by a history of division. The manifold migration routes between Korea and Germany were characterized by complex inter-relationships and trans-border, frontier-extending activities, which are here for the first time studied against the backdrop of the Cold War. Koreans went as guest workers from South Korea to West Germany (FRG), and as students and orphans from North Korea to East Germany (GDR); East Germans went to North Korea in the overall framework of ‘developmental aid solidarity’; South Koreans in West Germany went in turn to North Korea, and North Koreans in East Germany fled to West Germany. Running through the entire exhibition is the theme of mobility in, despite, or precisely because of the Cold War. The exhibition highlights the diverse facets of German-Korean migration history. To this end, the works of contemporary artists are brought together and are displayed in conjunction with historical material.\nThe exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue (German/English)."}
{"text":"From PBS NewsHour, this lesson explores the meaning of sacrifice through a variety of video excerpts about issues facing veterans today including lack of medical care, family issues and more. Appropriate for middle and high school.\nThe Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress collects first-hand accounts in audio and video as well as artifacts from America’s military history. You can view or hear testimony of veterans from many American wars. One collection shares stories of veterans describing life in the military after it was desegregated while another shares stories from photos taken during the Vietnam War. Students can also be a vital part of the project conducting interviews to add to the collection following its guidelines."}
{"text":"Speed, racing, training, training, flight, control line, radio control room – which only the definitions used to describe the purpose and characteristics of a particular flying models, not come up with designers and pilots! And when I decided to design another microplane, first of all think about what definition to give to this new aircraft. It is known as an aircraft name, so it will fly.\nRC model airplane motor\nFirst of all, I set a goal to use to create models of accessible materials, based on the weightless and at the same time are quite affordable foam technology which has long been worked by the modelers. Then I thought about the purpose of the aircraft, defining the term “walking”, that is, possible, quite slow and easily managed. And finally, as the power plant chose the motor that’s in contrast to the internal combustion engine does not cause the Modeler to unnecessary trouble in the operation of the model. The result was that “a pleasure craft foam RC model airplane motor”.\nRC model airplane, which I propose to make to our readers is a high-wing monoplane, characterized by ease of piloting, good stability and excellent landing characteristics.\nAs mentioned above – the main structural material in the manufacture of the model is foam – or rather, foam ceiling panel thickness 3 and 6 mm, which was fabricated most of the parts of the model – including frames and planking of the fuselage, horizontal tail and wing and the elevators and ailerons."}
{"text":"In the inlet from the Weichselbrunner pond into the Bodenwöhrer Hammersee there were found striking readings of cyanobacteria.The pond is part of a big protected landscape and no sampling and no treatment is allowed. So the best choice was to treat the Hammersee directly. Therefore ultrasonic treatment was used. With the help of bbe fluorometer the results could be measured and had shown that the methode works very well.\nIn 2013 up to 190 micrograms per liter of blue-green algae concentration has been found. After the start of ultrasound treatment in 2017, the lake has recovered significantly. \"The peak load of blue-green algae was already in 2016 as low as 53 micrograms per liter.\" In July 2017, even no blue-green algae could be measured in the short term; an interim algal bloom at that time was due to non-toxic green algae.\nA detailed measurement program is linked to the treatment, which continuously provides lots of important results, for example visibility depth, oxygen content, composition of the plankton, possible sources, water temperature and of course, algae concentration. Most of the investigations are carried out by the municipality with a newly procured AlgaeTorch. The ease of use also allowed the involvement of mayors and other \"non scientific staff\" directly in the measuring program."}
{"text":"Encouragement of Knowledge Sharing Regarding Malaria\nI worked with individuals in Sanambele, Mali, in order to determine if they were interested in sharing their knowledge of malaria prevention with neighboring villages. Malaria is the number one cause of death for children under the age of five in Sub-Saharan Africa. The class I worked with has had success in eliminating malaria in the village of Sanambele, which has been nearly malaria free since 2009. Now, the biggest threat to that status is the potential for malaria to be reintroduced to Sanambele from the surrounding villages. The course uses a methodology that places aims to reduce the colonizing effects that are present in nearly every “international aid” organization. The “holistic method”, as it is called, aims to have the community direct all work that is done. This is so that the presuppositions of researchers do not place a burden on the desires of the community. For my part, I talked often with several individuals who live in and around Sanambele through email and Skype. I also spent countless hours studying relevant literature in order to see if other institutions have had success with similar methods of international cooperation."}
{"text":"When it comes to skin cancer, there are many myths. How many of them have you heard and believed? Here we separate the facts from fiction.\nTanning beds are safer than tanning outdoors.\nCommon indoor tanning beds may give out as much as 12 times the annual ultraviolet A dose as sun exposure does, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. The U.S. News & World Report states that one indoor tanning session can increase the risk of melanoma by 20 percent.\nSuspicious moles can always be cut off before turning cancerous.\nSometimes, what seems to be a chronic sore or a mole that has changed in size or color is actually more serious by the time those changes have occurred. They could be precursors to skin cancer, warns The American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.\nPeople with many moles are the only ones at higher risk of skin cancer.\nNobody is exempt. Everyone needs to be on guard for any changes in individual moles or skin spots, U.S. News reports.\nIt isn’t possible to get sun damage on a cloudy day.\nUp to 80 percent of the sun’s UV rays are able to penetrate clouds and fog, states the Skin Cancer Foundation.\nBase tans are healthy and shield the skin from sun damage.\nA base tan may delay sunburn, but it doesn’t prevent damage from ultraviolet radiation. When a body tans, it’s trying to defend itself against ultraviolet radiation exposure by increasing the skin’s pigment, MD Anderson Cancer Center cautions.\nPeople of color aren’t at risk of skin cancer.\nNaturally dark people do have a much lower risk of skin cancer than fair-skinned people, but they are not immune to the disease. If they experience overexposure to the sun, malignancies can still develop and they can suffer different forms of UV damage.Read more in Your Ultimate Guide to Beautiful Skin"}
{"text":"Micro Computers in Space Systems - Lessons Learned\n13:30 Uhr – 14:25 Uhr, Hörsaal V38.03\nThis talk will be about the usage of different small computers in space projects. This ranges from small ARM processors over RaspberryPis all the way to special space-grade computing boards. With the experience of different space missions, KSat e.V. will present the practical usage of those computers in actual space mission ranging from high altitude balloons, experiments on sounding rockets over ISS experiments all the way to a satellite system. The focus hereby will be especially on why those computers were used, what went well, and what did not. This talk shall provide an overview of what is possible to interested people from beginners to experts and to help others interested in implementing high reliable applications with microcomputers in their decision."}
{"text":"Check out Education Scotland’s Political Literacy site, You Decide, by clicking the image above.\nClick the image below to check out the Political Literacy briefing paper from Education Scotland. The paper outlines the use of Political Literacy to develop Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) and debate.\nCheck out the following resources on the blog to develop HOTS and debate:\nHighland Literacy – Bloom’s Taxonomy\nHighland Literacy – De Bono’s Six Hats\nHighland Literacy – SOLO Taxonomy\nHighland Literacy – Diamond 9"}
{"text":"To floss or not to floss?\nHopefully every six months, you visit the dentist for a cleaning and probably hear the words “floss more” The problem is patients don’t think flossing does anything. There is no instant gratification with flossing — that’s the problem.\nBut flossing does about 40% of the work required to remove sticky bacteria, or plaque, from your teeth. Plaque generates acid, which can cause cavities, irritate the gums, and leads to gum disease. Each tooth has 5 surfaces. If you eliminate flossing then you are leaving 2 of the surfaces unclean. Floss is the only thing that can get into the space between the teeth to remove the bacteria.\nTo learn more about prevention visit:"}
{"text":"Screenshot via Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage\nAround 23% of the solid waste going to US landfills could be composted. Only around 11% of electronics are recycled...the rest heading to landfill. Except, there is no \"away\" - MIT has illustrated this vividly, and so has the Great Pacific Garbage Patch So what's the deal with dumps, then, if so much can be diverted? Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage is a mini documentary exploring dumps and our trashy habits, and shows some of the fascinating evolution behind the modern landfill, including how machinery took over dumps and changed the way we deal with trash - not necessarily for the better. Check out the evolution of garbage in the US in this short minidocumentary.\nWhile the video is three years old, the issues raised in it have changed little. For example, take this quote from one of the interviewees:\n\"[Landfills] actually represent the success of capitalism. The extent to which profit has been successfully achieved is the extent to which we have garbage to put in the landfill. But we also have to think of the labor...in making the products that were specifically designed to wear out faster than they needed to. What else could we have done with that time?...What kind of society could we have?\"\nThese are some hefty questions and this incredible documentary doesn't let trash slide off into a hole in the ground where it can be forgotten. It'll get us all thinking more about what we put in our garbage bins.\nFollow Jaymi on Twitter: @JaymiHeimbuch\nMore on Trashy Thinking\nSecrets of the San Francisco Dump\nGreen Eyes On: What Really Happens in a Landfill\nFresh Photos of Fresh Kills: A Landfill Transformed"}
{"text":"Mederios History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms\nThe name Mederios is derived from the Portuguese word, \"medeiro,\" meaning \"a place where shocks of maize are gathered.\" There are several places in Portugal that bear that name, and, in turn, people assumed that name in a number of places in the country.\nEarly Origins of the Mederios family\nThe surname Mederios was first found in one of the places named Medeiros in Portugal.\nEarly History of the Mederios family\nThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mederios research.Another 33 words (2 lines of text) covering the years 124 and 1245 are included under the topic Early Mederios History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.\nMederios Spelling Variations\nEarly Notables of the Mederios family (pre 1700)\nProminent members of the family include Martim Sanches das Medas, who lived in the mid-13th century. He is known to have fought under King Afonso III at the Battle of Porto in 1245... Another 33 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Mederios Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.\nMigration of the Mederios family to the New World and Oceana\nSome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Julio F. Medeiros, who was naturalized in Ashtabula Co. Ohio sometime between 1875 and 1906; Marianno Medeiros, who came to New York, NY in 1893.\nMederios Family Crest Products"}
{"text":"BetterLesson is a website that archives over 10,000 Common Core aligned lessons created by over 130 master teachers. Each lesson addresses specific Common Core standards, and veteran teachers vet each lesson.\nNone. I often question how “expert” expert teachers are, given the motivations of the organization to legitimize itself in the eyes of the visiting public. That being said, the lessons that I did explore were uniformly superior compared to the “average” free lesson plan out there. The lessons were robust, and tied to the Common Core in logical, detailed, and clear ways.\nThis site is useful to all K-12 teachers, especially those teachers who find themselves quickly assimilating the Common Core environment. The lessons themselves are of high quality, yet the added benefit to teachers are the resources included with each lesson. As teachers we need to modify curricular materials to better meet our students’ needs. BetterLesson allows you to secure the resources for a lesson and use them as you see fit.\nDo I plan to use it?\nYes! There are hundreds of lessons that I would like to look at as a high school Social Science teacher. This site is high on my summer reading list.\nCommitment and Learning Curve\nLow. Follow the link, sign up in seconds, and set the defaults to automatically pull up only those resources that match your teaching load. Until mind reading devices are invented, I cannot think of an easier process flow.\nBest for ES MS or HS?\nWebsite Link: http://betterlesson.com/"}
{"text":"U.S. News and World Report reported that children by the age of 15 who were given antibiotics seven or more times during their childhood weighed about 3 pounds more than children who didn’t take antibiotics. Researchers also found 21 percent of the children in the study were indeed prescribed seven or more antibiotics during childhood.\n“Your BMI may be forever altered by the antibiotics you take as a child,” Dr. Brian S. Schwartz, study leader and professor of environmental health sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said in a press release. “Our data suggest that every time we give an antibiotic to kids they gain weight faster over time.”\nSchwartz and other researchers looked at health records of 163,820 children ages 3 to 18 treated at Geisinger Health System in Danville, Penn.,, between January 2001 and February 2012.\n“While the magnitude of the weight increase attributable to antibiotics may be modest by the end of childhood, our finding that the effects are cumulative raises the possibility that these effects continue and are compounded into adulthood,” Schwartz said in the release.\nThe largest weight gain was associated with macrolides, a class of antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections. Common generic names for these medications include erythromycin, azithromycin and clarithromycin.\n“Systemic antibiotics should be avoided except when strongly indicated,” Schwartz said in the release. “From everything we are learning, it is more important than ever for physicians to be the gatekeepers and keep their young patients from getting drugs that not only won’t help them but may hurt them in the long run.”"}
{"text":"Frankincense was highly valued by the ancient Egyptians for its aromatic qualities, and was used in beauty products, incense and for embalming. It was, of course, one on the precious gifts of the Three Wise Men visiting the Christ Child, offered as a gift of high value and a gesture of respect.\nFrankincense is derived from the gum resins obtained from cuts in the bark of the Frankincense tree from Northeast Africa. Frankincense has antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and healing properties, and may help stimulate cell growth. It is therefore reputed to have anti-aging qualities and may revitalize the skin, when used as a facial mask\nDo not use internally, and keep out of the reach of children. Insufficient information is available about internal use, although the flowers are reputed to be useful for respiratory tract infections and rheumatism.\nBe sure of the identity of any plant before you use it. If a preparation makes you sick or gives you a rash, don't use it, and throw it away! If your condition does not improve, see your doctor. Be sure to let your physician know EVERYTHING that you are taking!\nBuy this Art Print at AllPosters.com"}
{"text":"This article, entitled \"October is ADHD Awareness Month,\" is presented by Pfizer.\nAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is the most common neurobehavioral disorder in childhood, affecting over 5 million children in the U.S. Despite all the discussion about ADHD in the news, there is far less conversation surrounding positive support for parents and caregivers of children with ADHD.\nIn the video below, two experts from the Making Moments Team – Parenting and education expert Michele Borba, Ed.D., and Elaine Taylor-Kraus, a professional parent coach diagnosed with ADHD herself and mother of three children with ADHD speak from first-hand experience on what ADHD is, its symptoms, and give tips and strategies for parents of children with ADHD.\nFamilies affected by ADHD may be prone to conflict and increased level of familial stress. While ADHD is a chronic condition, it can be treated. An effective treatment plan may include behavior therapy, medication and parent and child education.\nMichele Borba, Ed.D. is an internationally recognized expert on parenting and education. She is an award-winning author of 22 parenting and educational books, including The Big Book of Parenting Solutions: 101 Answers to Your Everyday Challenges and Wildest Worries.\nElaine Taylor-Klaus is a coach for parents of children with ADHD, writer, and mother in an ADHD family of five. She also co-founded ImpactADHD, an organization dedicated to effectively supporting entire families by helping parents positively raise children with ADHD. Elaine will speak to her own experience living with ADHD as well as how she and her husband are raising their three children with ADHD."}
{"text":"This talk by Ingrid Thomson, Glamis Castle Archivist is part of the Dundee Women’s Festival.\nGlamis Castle is recognized as the family home of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne, but women have played a major role in the history of Glamis. Ranging from royalty to countesses and businesswomen, botanists, composers, novelists, poets, servants and charity workers, the women of Glamis have remarkable stories to tell and Glamis would not be what it is today without them. This talk focuses on the stories of some of the women who have shaped history from the late 14th century to the present.\nHear the story of the nursemaid who saved the life of the 13th Earl’s grandson from a shipwreck off the Bay of Biscay in 1885. Find out what false accusations of treason led to one women being burnt at the stake and a the story of a high profile divorce case. Of course no talk about the Women of Glamis would not be complete without mentioning HM The Queen Mother, HM The Queen and HRH Princess Margaret, who was born at Glamis in 1930. We’ll also hear about various Countesses, who played important roles in castle and estate affairs, including the well-loved Dowager Countess of Strathmore; and employees who cared for the castle, its occupants and grounds.\nThis talk is based on an exhibition celebrating the inspiring women of Glamis held in the Castle last year. The exhibition will be shown again at Glamis Castle from April to October 2020, introducing new exhibits.\nThe talk will take place on Thursday 5th March at 1pm, in the Glasite Hall on King Street. It’s free entry to all FDCA Lunchtime Talks and everyone is welcome – you don’t need to be a member of the friends. See the FDCA website for more information."}
{"text":"Image: Monkey Business Images/Thinkstock\nQ. Is the standard recommendation for eight hours of sleep a night still relevant? How much do I need?\nA. Eight hours of sleep is often described as a \"full night's sleep,\" but the actual amount needed varies from person to person. The amount of time most people sleep ranges from seven to nine hours. However, as you get older, the average amount of sleep decreases to seven to eight hours, with some people getting by with even less.\nBefore you pare down your sleep schedule, you should consider the health effects reported with lower amounts of sleep. Several studies have associated obesity with sleeping fewer than seven hours a night. Poor eating habits late at night may be to blame, and researchers have also detected hormonal changes in poor sleepers that predispose them to weight gain. In other studies, men who slept less did not live as long as men with average sleep times. It is difficult to attribute cause and effect for sleep and life expectancy, because many illnesses interfere with adequate sleep.\nNevertheless, it appears that sleeping at least seven hours is the healthiest habit. No matter how much you sleep, always make sure you practice good sleep hygiene. Avoid large meals, caffeine, alcohol, and stressful activities right before bedtime. Keep your sleep schedule consistent, even on weekends. And put away the laptop and smartphone at least 30 minutes before hitting the pillow.\n--William Kormos, MD\nEditor in Chief, Harvard Men's Health Watch"}
{"text":"Alex and Ravi, the two 8th-grade characters in the story, discover how\nour government works. The lessons introduce citizenship through a\nhumorous and lively storyline that will maintain student interest.\nThis series is based on the 17 learning outcomes students must master\nfor Ohio’s 8th-grade social studies proficiency test."}
{"text":"After the war with the Incas, Tolelani tells a very good admiral to go east. With 90,000 crew members, the explorer sets sail.\nAfrica and war\nDecember 6th, 1524The crew lands at The Azores and Canary islands, already owned by Spain and Portugal, The Aztecs go to war with both of them. Weary and exhausted, They Lose in just five days. The Admiral is demoted and another expedition is Made, this time with one Million crew members. They set sail to Africa and claim land.\nWar with Native African Kingdoms\nWhile expanding, They meet African Kingdoms. Tolelani, hungry for land Declares war on Mali, Winning 90% of their land. They then See the kingdom of Wolof, Taking all of their Land. They see the Kingdom of Benin, like Wolof all of their land is Taken. They have a war with Songhai. An armistice is signed but Aztecs get 32% of their land. They then go to Huasa, Huasa ends up like Wolof and Benin. Bornu also Ends up Like Wolof.\nGoing south, they meet Kongo, and take over all of their land.\nTolelani Dies, age 33.\nCivil war Breaks out with his son (Xiolani) and his First cousin Once removed (Tiolani).\nXiolani Focused on the North, Where two emerging empires, The Comanche empire And and the Apache empire, Both having countless wars 1516-1523, including one with a dispute between a person Born between a border.\nThe first war was with the Apache kingdom, Many Navajos joined the Aztec Army because they were treated like Dogs in the Apache empire, because of this the Aztecs defeated The Apache kingdom Ceasing it To exist.The Comanche empire joined in, Too taking some Land and creating the Aztec-Comanche Alliance, The Aztec Empire focused On a other Kingdom, the Creek Kingdom in modern-day Georgia, The Destroyed the Creek culture, All of it."}
{"text":"Over 200 years, Scarborough grew from a collection of small rural villages to become a large city with a diverse cultural community. It was named after the English town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire in 1796 by Elizabeth Simcoe, who was inspired by the Scarborough Bluffs which reminded her of white cliffs near her home. Originally Scarborough Township, it became part of Metropolitan Toronto in 1953, and was renamed as a borough in 1967. Scarborough rapidly developed as a suburb of Old Toronto during the Metro Toronto years and became a city in 1983. Scarborough was amalgamated into the city of Toronto in 1998. The area is an administrative district in the new City of Toronto, and has its own community council composed of Toronto city councillors. The Scarborough Civic Centre, the former city hall, is still used by the municipal government of Toronto.\nScarborough (/ˈskɑːrbrə/ or /ˈskɑːrbərə/) is a town on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town lies between 10–230 feet (3–70 m) above sea level, rising steeply northward and westward from the harbour onto limestone cliffs. The older part of the town lies around the harbour and is protected by a rocky headland.\nWith a population of just over 61,000, Scarborough is the largest holiday resort on the Yorkshire coast. The town has fishing and service industries, including a growing digital and creative economy, as well as being a tourist destination. Inhabitants of the town are known as Scarborians.\nThe most striking feature of the town's geography is a high rocky promontory pointing eastward into the North Sea. The promontory supports the 11th-century ruins of Scarborough Castle and separates the seafront into two bays, to the north and south."}
{"text":"Gregory J. Feist is Professor of Psychology at San Jose State University (PhD, 1991, University of California at Berkeley). He is widely published in creativity and the psychology of science. His book Psychology of Science and the Origins of the Scientific Mind was awarded the William James Book Prize by the American Psychological Association (APA). His research in creativity was recognized by an Early Career Award from Division 10 of APA, a division for which Feist later served as President. Finally, Feist is co-author of the Psychology: Perspectives and Connections, Theories of Personality, and co-editor of the Handbook of the Psychology of Science and The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity and Personality Research.\nCut Through the Buzz: 8 Ways to Teach Critical Thinking\nCritical thinking is a hige buzz word in higher education. Use these 8 tips to better teach your students critical thinking skills."}
{"text":"The Oxford Bible Commentary is a Bible study and reference work for 21st century students and readers that can be read with any modern translation of the Bible. It offers verse-by-verse explanation of every book of the Bible by the world's leading biblical scholars. From its inception, OBC has been designed as a completely non-denominational commentary, carefully written and edited to provide the best scholarship in a readable style for readers from all different faith backgrounds. It uses the traditional historical-critical method to search for the original meaning of the texts, but also brings in new perspectives and insights - literary, sociological, and cultural - to bring out the expanding meanings of these ancient writings and stimulate new discussion and further enquiry. Newly issued in a series of part volumes, the OBC is now available in an affordable and portable format for the study of specific sections of the Bible. The Pentateuch, or Torah ('the law'), comprises the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, Genesis to Deuteronomy. The Commentaries are preceeded by introductions to the Old Testament and to the Pentateuch as a whole.\nJohn Muddiman and John Barton are the pair of Oxford dons who have put .\nJohn Barton FBA (born 17 June 1948) is a British Anglican priest and biblical scholar.\nIncludes speeches in P such as Gen The.\nPages: 1416 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press Published: 2001 ISBN-10: 0198755007 ISBN-13: 9780198755005.\nJohn Barton, John Muddiman.\nThis page intentionally left blank. case of some books in the Bible it is suspected by scholars that such a process of production has resulted in the texts as we now have them.\nJohn Muddiman and John Barton are the pair of Oxford dons who have put together the laest weighty book of Biblical scholarship"}
{"text":"We’re always up for a challenge here at OvenKing and returning even the most well-used ovens back to their former glory is what we take pride in. However, some ovens are just too far gone even for our expert oven cleaning technicians. Take, for example this 6,500 year old aga that was discovered by archaeologists at a dig site in the Croatian town of Bapska.\nAccording to experts from the University of Zagreb’s Department of Prehistoric Archaeology, the oven had a range of uses from heating the dwelling in which it was situated and cooking food, to heating water and being used as a kiln. This oven is widely believed to be one of the earliest examples of such an appliance and while it doesn’t really look a lot like a modern cooking device it will have been the focal point of the entire household in those primitive times.\nThe main fuel used in this oven would have been wood and other combustible materials easily available to the tribes living in the locality, so not as fuel efficient as a modern gas or electric oven. We still think we could give it a go, but even the most dedicated oven cleaning technician would have a hard time returning this prehistoric oven to its former glory!\nSource: Mail Online"}
{"text":"A German battery maker has launched a solar energy sharing scheme that makes households equipped with photovoltaic panels and battery storage systems less dependent on major utilities by enabling them to trading their electricity.\nThe sonnenCommunity, as the battery maker Sonnerbatterie has dubbed the scheme, aims to improve distribution of renewable energy and cut electricity costs for participants.\nFor €3,599, each sonnenCommunity member can purchase an intelligent battery system for storing surplus energy generated by their household's solar panels. The energy is than offered online for other members to purchase.\n“With the sonnenCommunity, we offer all households that want to determine their own energy future access to affordable, clean electricity for the first time,” said Christoph Ostermann, CEO of Sonnenbatterie.\nThe platform, controlled via self-learning software, takes into account weather forecast and real-time consumption data to balance supply and demand.\nSonnenbatterie said that even households without photovoltaic installations can take part in the scheme by purchasing cheaper electricity than is available from the major suppliers.\nThe initiative comes at a time when large-scale battery technology, long seen as expensive, is approaching a point where ordinary households can afford it.\nSonnenbatterie has sold 8,500 lithium battery units. In Germany around 25,000 solar power storing batteries are in operation, while around 1.5 million households have solar panels installed.\nUS electric vehicle maker Tesla is also looking to enter the market. It plans to start delivering wall-mounted batteries that can store solar-generated power to German customers in early 2016."}
{"text":"Log in with Facebook\nEphesus lies beside Selcuk and Kusadasi in Asia Minor (Anatolia), Turkey. It was an ancient Greek city in the region known as Ionia during the Classical period.\nAccording to myth, Ephesus was founded by Androklos, the son of the Athenian King Kadros (Codrus), and a mixed population from Athens, Samos and Aetolia. When they went there they found a pre-existent settlement built by Lelegians and Carians or Lydians. The Greek colonists drove the natives out of the upper city but did not harm those living around the sanctuary. They identified the goddess of the natives with Artemis and founded the first fortified position. Around 550 BC, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Temple of Artemis (Greek: Artemision) was built.\nLogin to comment on this photo\nTo comment on photos, you need to login first.\nHave you forgotten your username or password? Retrieve Your Login Details\n332 Turkey Photos"}
{"text":"Itsy Bitsy Spider Fine Motor Math Game: Race to 20\nI made a fun DIY math game for my preschooler during our second week of Playful Preschool. Our preschool theme this week was Nursery Rhymes, so our Race to 20 math game was inspired by the nursery rhyme, Itsy Bitsy Spider.\npost may contain affiliate links.\n- paint stick\n- two small clothespins\n- two adhesive spider stickers or small plastic spiders\n- numbered die\nNursery Rhyme Preschool Activity\nFirst you'll need to decorate the \"water spout,\" i.e. paint stick using markers. I drew raindrops and some flowers on our paint stick. On a seperate piece of paper I drew a sun, cut it out, and glued it to the top of the paint stick. Our paint stick was long enouch to make 20 marks, which I kinda eyeballed.. but you can choose what number you'd like to \"race to\" and fit the numbers on the paint stick accordingly.\nNext stick the adhesive spider stickers to the clothespins.\nGrab someone to play with and you are all set!\nSimply roll the dice and move that many spaces \"up the waterspout\" (ie. paint stick). First to reach the sun, wins! Oh, and bonus that this math game is also working on fine motor skills!\nIn case your curious, here's what else we did during our Nursery Rhymes Preschool week...\n- ABC Maze on the driveway\n- Sang 5 Little Monkeys Nursery Rhyme and wrote M's all over a chalkboard that Little Sis 'erased' with water and a qtip.\n- Borax and Glue Gak; we used black colored glue and sang \"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star\"\n- Fall Leaf Rhyme; as I said the rhyme all three kiddos threw leaves bought from the craft store into the air. We \"raked\" them up with our fingers, and did it all over again!\n- Five Little Monkeys Fine Motor Activity\n- Race to 20 Game\n- Mouse Sorting and Sizing Activity inspired by Three Blind Mice\n©2011-2013 School Time Snippets. All rights reserved. You are free to link back to my website but all text, photos, and other content may not be reproduced without the written consent of the author."}
{"text":"9 Q Without U Words for Words With Friends\n1540s, \"untimely, premature,\" from Latin immaturus \"untimely, unripe,\" from assimilated form of in- \"not, opposite of\" (see in- (1)) + maturus (see mature (v.)). In 16c., usually in reference to early death; modern sense of \"not fully developed\" first recorded 1640s. In reference to mentalities or behaviors not considered age-appropriate, from 1920.\nimmature im·ma·ture (ĭm'ə-tyur', -tur', -chur')\nNot fully grown or developed."}
{"text":"May also be called: Arrhythmia\nDysrhythmia (dis-RITH-mee-ah) is an abnormality in the heart's beat or rhythm caused by electrical impulses that aren't functioning properly. The heart can beat irregularly, too quickly (tachycardia), or too slowly (bradycardia).\nAn irregular heart rhythm has been described as a heart that flutters, races, or skips a beat. Other symptoms can include lightheadedness, dizziness, shortness of breath, chest pain, sweating, and fainting. Some people experience no symptoms at all and are surprised when dysrhythmia is detected at a routine doctor's visit.\nMany factors can lead to dysrhythmia, including heart attack, heart and valve disorders, imbalances in blood chemistry and hormone levels, high blood pressure, smoking, caffeine, substance abuse, and even some medications.\nDysrhythmias are often harmless, but can be an indication of a much larger problem (the heart not adequately pumping blood to vital organs), which can be life threatening. If you suspect dysrhythmia, consult your doctor for testing and treatment.\nAll A to Z dictionary entries are regularly reviewed by KidsHealth medical experts.\n|Pocket Doc Mobile App|\n|Maps and Locations (Mobile)|\n|Programs & Services|\n|For Health Professionals|\n|For Patients & Families|\n|Find a Doctor|"}
{"text":"You may not know, but a new initiative has taken place this month which aims to save lives and improve road safety.\nManufacturers of electric vehicles must install all future models – of the electric and hybrid variety – with an acoustic sound system, making their presence known to drivers and pedestrians alike. These sound generators produce a specific noise level when reversing for example, or when the vehicle is driving at a speed of 20km/h (or 12mph) and lower.\nThe generator is designed to produce a level of sound like what is caused by your average car engine, and by implementing these new regulations, electric vehicles are hoped to become safer and instil higher confidence for road users – including those who are visually or audibly impaired.\nThe news comes ahead of the one year anniversary of the government’s Road to Zero strategy, which outlines how the government will support drivers move towards zero emission road transport in the UK. These new safety measures are in place to make that happen sooner rather than later.\nThe regulation came into effect this month for all new types of ‘quiet’ electric and hybrid vehicles; and from July 2021 all new quiet and electric vehicles will need to be registered.\nIt was only in March this year that the Future of Mobility: Urban Strategy was released, outlining how the government would maximise benefits from transport innovation in cities and towns. By responding to upcoming transport technologies and business models, it is also hoped that transport will be all inclusive, not excluding those with disabilities as mentioned earlier."}
{"text":"In this subtraction worksheets we have more than 15 worksheets. Each worksheets contain 10 questions with three options. You have to choose the correct option from this. And you can get the score of your test as soon as you click the button check quiz. By using these worksheets the kids who are in the grade below 5 can practice subtraction.\nDefinition of subtraction:\nSubtraction means removing some objects from a group. 8-3=5 means, taking away or removing 3 objects from a group of 8 objects. remaining 5 objects are there.To understand subtraction more clearly we have also given another kind of definition.We hope that this will be very useful to you.\nSubtraction is a mathematical operation that represents combining collections of objects together into a larger collection. It is signified by the plus sign (-). For example there are 3 - 2 apples—meaning three apples and two other apples—which is the same as one apple. Therefore, 3 - 2 = 1. Besides counting fruits, subtraction can also represent combining other physical and abstract quantities using different kinds of numbers.We can do subtraction with two vectors.\nOther than that we are also given\nConsider the practical example:\nIf a boy went to shop and buy two types of articles,say Article A and Article B.In Article A he bough 20 and in Article B he bought 30. To find how many toys does the boy B purchased than A we need to use subtraction.We need to use subtraction table in practical life.We can simply say subtraction is nothing but eliminating some thing from the other.You can practice the concept subtraction using these worksheets.\nSubtraction Worksheets to Subtraction"}
{"text":"On this day in 1882, future Duluthian Robert B. Whiteside took a job as a log and river foreman in a lumber camp along the Black River in Northwestern Wisconsin. Whiteside was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1855. He labored in the lumber camps of the South Branch of the Muskoka River when he was still a boy. After his work on the Black River he became a timber cruiser, buying forest property on what would become Minnesota’s Vermilion Iron Range. Many of his timber claims later became valuable as mining sites, and Whiteside became wealthy developing them and the communities that housed those who worked the mines. As a founder of the town of Ely, he helped open both the Pioneer and Chandler mines and built Ely’s first hotel, the Pioneer. In Duluth he was a partner in the Zenith Dredge Company, but his interests were not limited to Minnesota. At one point he was one of Minnesota’s largest investors in oil properties of the Southwest U. S. In 1899 Whiteside optioned to purchase Calaveras Grove, a redwood forest in California, to exploit its timber. This spurred groups like the Sierra Club into action to stop the sale. Whiteside did purchase the land, but he agreed that he would not cut down a single tree for sale as lumber. In 1931, the year Whiteside died, the Grove became the Calaveras Big Trees State Park. One historian said of Whiteside, “The great resources of his career have been represented not so much by money as by physical power and endurance, judgment, determination, and a faculty of fighting to victory without regard to obstacles interposed.” Learn more about Whiteside here."}
{"text":"Our free vocabulary worksheets include some excellent spelling practice, too. The printable worksheet on this page features antonyms. Try to solve it yourself and check your answers at the bottom of the page.\n1. First select the keyword that is spelled correctly.\n2. Then find a word in the same row that is an antonym for one of the meanings of the keyword.\nSound simple? Give it a try and find out!\nAt-TEN-tion! Complete the spellings of words with the letters TEN on this fun English worksheet. It's another one of our popular free vocabulary worksheets!\nArmadillo Puzzle Worksheet Students must form a word for each clue using only the letters in ARMADILLO, then place the words correctly into the diagram. They'll need to use some logic, trial and error, along with good spelling and vocab skills as they complete this engaging page.\n\"Ex\" Marks the Spot -\nAnother great vocab worksheet featuring words that begin with EX.\nHard Word Search Puzzle & Mystery Word Scrambles - Challenging word play activities that reinforce strong spelling skills\nAssembly Job - Reassemble the parts of 12 (mostly) familiar words. The trick is to use each word part exactly once. It's a great activity page for vocabulary and spelling practice!\nVocabulary and Spelling Activities - Let students help make these weekly vocab-boosting exercises! Get students into their dictionaries to learn new and use new words.\nWeekly Vocabulary Builders for home and classroom More ideas for learning activities that you can use week after week, all year long.\nCryptogram Worksheet: Puzzle page for upper grades. Includes instructions so students, parents or teachers can make more cryptogram puzzles with any word list. Vocabulary and spelling skills are a must!"}
{"text":"From YouTube, produced by YourTeacher\nStudents learn the distributive property, which states that a(b + c) = ab + ac. In other words, the number or variable that is outside the set of parentheses \"distributes\" through the parentheses, multiplying by each of the numbers inside. Note that a negative sign outside a set of parentheses can be thought of as a negative 1, so a negative 1 distributes through the parentheses. Video is good quality and good for all students as review or initial learning of concept."}
{"text":"Corine land cover 2000 by country\nCLC2000 is an important dataset for the implementation of key priority areas of the EU´s 6th environment action programme. CLC2000 can show, for instance, where fragmentation of the landscape by roads and other infrastructure is worsening and thus increasing the risk that ecosystems can no longer connect with each other, putting the survival of their flora and fauna in danger. More information at The European Topic Centre on Terrestrial Environment website, http://terrestrial.eionet.eu.int/CLC2000.\nFor references, please go to http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/corine-land-cover-2000-by-country-1 or scan the QR code.\nPDF generated on 23 Feb 2017, 05:33 PM"}
{"text":"We’ve planted millions of trees on 6 different continents, and had a positive impact on all 7.\nAfter years of experience, and millions of trees planted we’ve learned a lot about planting partners, government infringement, and local engagement. With this knowledge we’ve implemented a 3 Pillar checklist to ensure that our future planting sites are successful.\nLocal community engagement is vital to our large scale planting, and then supporting the planting site growth. Local communities provide fire support teams, and maintain forestry practices that keep these planting sites healthy. Without community support it is common to see a forest burned by fire, or harvested to sell at local markets. The dedication from local support teams is what makes lasting impact.\nIt's important to us that our planting sites continue to grow and develop ecosystems long after we plant them. A major threat to the longevity of a forest is a government that is actively harvesting forests to create industry, or subsidized housing land. We find regions where both local, and national governments are supportive of our planting efforts which enables us to create thriving ecosystems.\nIn most cases, reforestation will not start without outside funding. Our outside funding provides a jump start for tree planting to begin and temporarily sustained. However, the end goal in all of these locations is to create a self generating ecosystem that is not reliant primarily on outside funding. While the forests get replenished, operations such as farming, fishing, and trade making are able to happen once again with the local villages taking point on the efforts."}
{"text":"Welcome to Our Knowledge Hub\nDiscover a wealth of resources and knowledge products dedicated to youth development within our knowledge Hub. We have carefully curated content in our three thematic areas: Good Governance & Human Rights, Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods, and Social Wellbeing and Gender Equity.\nGood Governance and Human Rights\nMeaningful involvement of young people can be achieved through formulating and implementing national youth strategies policies and scaling up the institutional and legal framework to foster youth engagement and representation in public life at the national and county levels.\nEconomic empowerment and Livelihoods\nYouth Alive Kenya works with young people who face significant challenges including unemployment further exacerbated by the ever-changing business environment which affects entrepreneurship.\nSocial wellbeing and gender equality\nKenya has made significant progress towards gender equality in the last decade. Despite this, Kenya has room for improvement in the areas of parenthood, entrepreneurship and assets. (e.g. only 2% of Kenyan women own land). This is also seen in the levels of domestic work as well as in the sexual reproductive health sector.\nWe invite you to join hands with us in making a difference in the lives of young people and the future of our society."}
{"text":"Why is Bamboo TP better?\nCompared to conventional paper trees, Bamboo uses less water in the 'paper-making process' and it starts to regrow straight after it's been cut down with zero replanting. It's said to produce up to 35% more oxygen than trees and can absorb 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide per hectare per year. It's known to be the most sustainable product on earth. Go Bamboo!"}
{"text":"Some ingenious innovators around the world are realizing their existing products could, with a little tweaking, address various challenges posed by the novel coronavirus. Think of it as tech recycling. In fact, these devices might even help to prevent future pandemics and revolutionize health care, if scaled up and adopted widely.\nMore than a clever hand-washing manual\nDeveloped by social innovation engineer Kanav Kahol, Miaza Mirror is a smart mirror that can detect the presence of a person as soon as they wave at it, and then it walks them through the multi-step hand-washing process recommended by the WHO in a 35-second animated video.\nRead more at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-innovators-are-adapting-existing-technologies-fight-covid-19-180974662/"}
{"text":"Ground penetrating radar studies of four representative active back-barrier dunes, combined with radiocarbon and photon-stimulated-luminescence dating techniques and soils analysis, reveal phases of alternating dune activity and stabilization along the North Carolina–Virginia coast. Two smaller dunes represent only the current phase of dune activity. Two larger dunes preserve evidence of three phases of dune development (ca. 740, 1260 and 1810 AD) and intervening phases of soil development. Climate, particularly moisture conditions, played a part in the timing of dune activity and stabilization events. All three dune phases are associated with drier conditions whereas soils formation is associated with humid conditions. Modern (phase 3) dunes are more widespread along the coast and their formation is attributed to a combination of dry conditions, increased storminess associated with the Little Ice Age, and rising sea level. Tidal inlet closing and storm overwash processes likely provided sediment point sources for individual dune masses. The longer history and much greater volume of dune sand in the area of the two larger dunes suggests a greater sediment supply in this locality.\nYou have requested a machine translation of selected content from our databases. This functionality is provided solely for your convenience and is in no way intended to replace human translation. Neither BioOne nor the owners and publishers of the content make, and they explicitly disclaim, any express or implied representations or warranties of any kind, including, without limitation, representations and warranties as to the functionality of the translation feature or the accuracy or completeness of the translations.\nTranslations are not retained in our system. Your use of this feature and the translations is subject to all use restrictions contained in the Terms and Conditions of Use of the BioOne website."}
{"text":"Greece 2018 - Dodecanese\n70 years of the unification of the Dodecanese in Greece\nThe Dodecanese is an archipelago of the Aegean Sea grouping more than 160 islands and islands, for the greater part uninhabited. His name means \" twelve dodeka ) islands ( nesos ) \".\nFrom 1947 till 2010, he trained a nome - former subdivision territorial - the administrative center of which was Rhodes, capital of the island of Rhodes. Since the reform Kallikratis, he corresponds any more to no administrative entity. The archipelago is connected with the periphery of Égée-Méridionale today and divided into four regional districts and fifteen demes (municipalities): kos, Kalymnos, Karpathos and Rhodes.\nThe Dodecanese is situated in the Southeast of Greece, in northeast of Crete and in southwest of the Turkish coast. The archipelago compound(made up) of 164 islands and islands is bathed by the Aegean Sea.\nThe The Greek commemorative of coin 2018\nThe image shows the chalice of a rose that Rhodes must symbolize as the largest island of Dodecanese. In the lower edge, we can see the monogram of the designer Stamatopoulos de Georgio.\nNo threads in this forum."}
{"text":"Microorganisms associated with corals are hypothesized to contribute to the function of the host animal by cycling nutrients, breaking down carbon sources, fixing nitrogen, and producing antibiotics. This is the first study to culture and characterize bacteria from Lophelia pertusa, a cold-water coral found in the deep sea, in an effort to understand the roles that the microorganisms play in the coral microbial community. Two sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico were sampled over 2 years. Bacteria were cultured from coral tissue, skeleton, and mucus, identified by 16S rRNA genes, and subjected to biochemical testing. Most isolates were members of the Gammaproteobacteria, although there was one isolate each from the Betaproteobacteria and Actinobacteria. Phylogenetic results showed that both sampling sites shared closely related isolates (e.g. Pseudoalteromonas spp.), indicating possible temporally and geographically stable bacterial–coral associations. The Kirby–Bauer antibiotic susceptibility test was used to separate bacteria to the strain level, with the results showing that isolates that were phylogenetically tightly grouped had varying responses to antibiotics. These results support the conclusion that phylogenetic placement cannot predict strain-level differences and further highlight the need for culture-based experiments to supplement culture-independent studies."}
{"text":"Fast Falling Clouds Fuel Milky Way Star Formation\nThe long-term forecast for the Milky Way is cloudy with gaseous rain. A study by Nicolas Lehner and Christopher Howk of the University of\nNotre Dame concludes that massive clouds of ionized gas are raining down\nfrom our galaxy's halo and intergalactic space and will continue\nto provide fuel for the Milky Way to keep forming stars. Using the Hubble Space Telescope's Cosmic Origins Spectrograph they measured for the first time the distances to huge, fast-moving clouds of ionized gas previously seen covering a large fraction of the sky."}
{"text":"Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.\nSimilarity and Analogical Reasoning\nNo current Talk conversations about this book.\nReferences to this work on external resources.\nWikipedia in English\nAmazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0521389356, Paperback)Similarity and analogy are fundamental in human cognition. They are crucial for recognition and classification, and have been associated with scientific discovery and creativity. Any adequate understanding of similarity and analogy requires the integration of theory and data from diverse domains. This interdisciplinary volume explores current development in research and theory from psychological, computational, and educational perspectives, and considers their implications for learning and instruction. The distinguished contributors examine the psychological processes involved in reasoning by similarity and analogy, the computational problems encountered in simulating analogical processing in problem solving, and the conditions promoting the application of analogical reasoning in everyday situations.\n(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:11:22 -0400)\nNo library descriptions found.\nRatingAverage: No ratings.\nIs this you?\nBecome a LibraryThing Author."}
{"text":"Indoor positioning and wayfinding systems: a survey\nNavigation systems help users access unfamiliar environments. Current technological advancements enable users to encapsulate these systems in handheld devices, which effectively increases the popularity of navigation systems and the number of users. In indoor environments, lack of Global Positioning System (GPS) signals and line of sight with orbiting satellites makes navigation more challenging compared to outdoor environments. Radio frequency (RF) signals, computer vision, and sensor-based solutions are more suitable for tracking the users in indoor environments. This article provides a comprehensive summary of evolution in indoor navigation and indoor positioning technologies. In particular, the paper reviews different computer vision-based indoor navigation and positioning systems along with indoor scene recognition methods that can aid the indoor navigation. Navigation and positioning systems that utilize pedestrian dead reckoning (PDR) methods and various communication technologies, such as Wi-Fi, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) visible light, Bluetooth and ultra-wide band (UWB), are detailed as well. Moreover, this article investigates and contrasts the different navigation systems in each category. Various evaluation criteria for indoor navigation systems are proposed in this work. The article concludes with a brief insight into future directions in indoor positioning and navigation systems.\n- Computer Science & Engineering [1897 items ]"}
{"text":"The 'Kingdom of the Netherlands' is a constitutional Monarchy. It consists of 12 administrative provinces as has dependent areas from its times as a colonial power (Aruba, Antilles).\nHistory and News\n- 17 Feb 1983: Thorough revision of the Constitution.\n- 30 April 1980: Accession of Queen Beatrix to the throne.\n- 6 Sep 1948: Accession of Queen Juliana to the throne.\n- 6 Sep 1898: Accession of Queen Wilhelmina to the throne, soon after her 18th birthday on 31 Aug.\n- 1815: Adoption of the Constitution.\n- 1814: Proclamation of Prince Frederic Wiliam as king; foundation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.\n- 1813: Defeat of Napoleon; return of Prince Frederic Wiliam.\n- 1795: Occupation by France.\n- 1648: The Repulic is recognised in international law in the Treaty of Muenster/Westphalia, thereby formalizing the independence from Spain.\n- 1581: Removal of Philip II from his feudal rights by the \"Act of Abjuration\" of the Estates-General.\n- 1579: Independence from Spain.\n- 1568: Open revolt against King Philip in some areas of the netherlands.\nFor methodology see:\nComparing Constitutions and International Constitutional Law.\n1994 - December 16th, 2010\n/ For corrections please contact"}
{"text":"One of the basics of economics is that when something is more expensive, fewer people will buy it, and if something else is cheaper, more people will buy it.\nThis principle can be applied to anything, like handbags, appliances, even vehicles. Right now, 10 U.S. states are making that ‘something’ an electric vehicle – by imposing fees on ownership. These electric vehicle fees vary, but can be as much as $300 (depending on personal or commercial use).\nOn the surface, a fee makes sense. As the U.S. Department of Energy states, maintenance of road infrastructure is traditionally funded by a combination of federal and state taxes collected at the pump when buying fuel. Since electric vehicles don’t refuel at pumps that collect taxes, they don’t contribute to these funds. Therefore, electric vehicle fees would help recoup this difference.\nHowever, modern electric vehicle ownership is minimal compared to gasoline and diesel vehicles. At this point in time, more should be done to increase electric vehicle ownership, not less.\nBy encouraging purchase, more can be done by carmakers to get to the next stage of the product’s life cycle. Lower prices, longer driving distances and more mainstream appeal would all be positive outcomes of increased purchasing. By improving the electric vehicle, it would also be a step forward in trying to reduce the reliance on fossil fuels.\nWith green cars not accounting for much share of the roads at all, it’s difficult to see that these electric vehicle fees would help raise money for infrastructure. Penalizing positive behavior (e.g. trying to ease dependency on other fuels) with a fee may cause would-be electric vehicle buyers to reconsider.\nTwo common suggestions to collect funds for infrastructure include increasing the tax on fossil fuels, or charging fees to vehicles that wear the most on roads, e.g. heavy trucks."}
{"text":"The process of smelting is when industrial factories extract or smelter purer and more refined metals from ores. Metals like copper or lead are often extracted using this process from earth samples and deposits. Although smelting helps with metal productions, there are many disadvantages to smelting that impact the environment.\nToxic Air Pollutants\nThe smelting process breaks down the ore that contains not only metals, but other chemicals as well. As a result, many of the chemicals from the ore end up in the atmosphere. Some chemicals include sulfur dioxide and hydrogen fluoride, which are nauseous and pollute the atmosphere.\nWaste products from smelting include liquid waste into water supplies. Water used to cool remnants of ore are usually disposed of in environmental ways. However; accidental drainage may occur, allowing this toxic water to enter back into the environment. This water contains a number of hazardous chemicals such as lead and chromium, which are extremely hazardous to plant and animal life.\nAs a result of the pollution from a smelting plant, acid rain may be produced. Sulfuric acid mist is emitted from these plants that enter and become trapped in the atmosphere. The acid may travel a few miles before the weight of gravity, and weather activities causes the acid to fall with rain, creating acid rain. Acid rain hastens erosion on land and physically harms plants and animals when touched.\nWorkers at smelting plants are exposed to toxic chemicals every day. Although the environmental damage done can be costly to the public, workers tend to be exposed to higher levels of toxins from direct exposure in smelting factories. Inhalation is the common way many workers end up exposing themselves to the toxic chemicals of smelting, which can harm worker health and productivity in smelting plants.\n- Photos.com/Photos.com/Getty Images"}
{"text":"January / December 1997\nby Walter Armstrong and Faye Penn\nDrops for dirty works keep streets clean\nInjection-drug users are making the most of an innovative needle-disposal program in Baltimore. In July, in an experiment funded by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, the city installed four special mailboxes in areas with heavy drug use that are far from the city needle-exchange program. Some activists initially voiced skepticism, arguing that unlike syringe swaps, the new program offered neither prevention tools nor incentive for participation. But health officials found otherwise in focus groups with users. \"We asked them, 'Would you use the needle-drops?' About 75 percent said they would,\" said Peter Beilenson, Baltimore health commissioner. So far, the boxes have collected hundreds of dirty needles-and a few letters. \"We mailed all of them,\" Beilenson said."}
{"text":"Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with a Census-estimated 2,636,735 residents in 2015. It is geographically adjacent to the borough of Queens at the southwestern end of Long Island. Since 1896 Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, the most populous county in the U.S. state of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, after the county of New York (which is coextensive with the borough of Manhattan).\nWith a land area of 71 square miles (180 km2) and water area of 26 square miles (67 km2), Kings County is New York's fourth-smallest county by land area and third-smallest by total area, though it is the second-largest among the city's five boroughs. Today, if each of the five boroughs were a separate city, Brooklyn would rank as the third-most populous city in the U.S., behind Los Angeles and Chicago.\nBrooklyn was an independent incorporated city (and previously an authorized village and town within the provisions of the New York State Constitution) until January 1, 1898 when, after a long political campaign and public relations battle during the 1890s, according to the new Municipal Charter of \"Greater New York\", Brooklyn was consolidated with the other cities, boroughs, and counties to form the modern \"City of New York\" surrounding the Upper New York Bay with five constituent boroughs. The borough continues, however, to maintain a distinct culture. Many Brooklyn neighborhoods are ethnic enclaves. Brooklyn's official motto, displayed on the Borough seal and flag, is Eendraght Maeckt Maght which translates from early modern Dutch as \"Unity makes strength\".\nIn the first decades of the 21st century Brooklyn has experienced a renaissance as an avant garde destination for hipsters,with concomitant gentrification, dramatic house price increases, and a decrease in housing affordability.Since 2010 it has evolved into a thriving hub of entrepreneurship and high technology startup firms, and of postmodern art and design\n|Total comments: 1|"}
{"text":"While the growth in global commodity prices has unequivocally driven economic growth in Africa, several African countries still lag behind, despite an abundance of mineral resources.\nA recent report by British banking and financial services company HSBC revealed that in 35 African countries, commodities accounted for more than 80% of exports.\n“As a result of Africa’s commodity market exposure, commodity prices and the ‘supercycle’ that occurred over the first decade-and-a-half of this century had a huge impact on Africa’s growth.\n“For much of Africa, there is also considerable concentration of economic exposure, with many economies highly exposed to just one or two commodity exports. For 30 African nations, one particular commodity accounts for over 40% of that country’s total exports,” the report read."}
{"text":"Audiovisual Integration in Social Evaluation\nOur social evaluation of other people is influenced by their faces and their voices. However, rather little is known about how these channels combine in forming “first impressions.” Over 5 experiments, we investigate the relative contributions of facial and vocal information for social judgments: dominance and trustworthiness. The experiments manipulate each of these sources of information within-person, combining faces and voices giving rise to different social attributions. We report that vocal pitch is a reliable source of information for judgments of dominance (Study 1), but not trustworthiness (Study 4). Faces and voices make reliable, but independent, contributions to social evaluation. However, voices have the larger influence in judgments of dominance (Study 2), whereas faces have the larger influence in judgments of trustworthiness (Study 5). The independent contribution of the 2 sources appears to be mandatory, as instructions to ignore 1 channel do not eliminate its influence (Study 3). Our results show that information contained in both the face and the voice contributes to first impression formation. This combination is, to some degree, outside conscious control, and the weighting of channel contribution varies according the trait being perceived."}
{"text":"Balanced Literacy: Where are the Pets Modelled Sentences\nLearning Level: Primary School\nAbout this Resource\nKindergarten, Grade 1, beginning readers and writers. This is a modelled sentence writing activity to support the Balanced Literacy anchor book, \"Where are the pets?\" Students listen to and read a modelled sentence. Then they select words that are randomly arranged from the grid to write the sentence.This activity supports the BC Ministry of Education prescribed learning outcomes for English Language Arts Kindergarten – create simple messages using a combination of pictures, symbols, letters, and words to convey meaning; and English Language Arts Grade 1 – create straightforward informational writing and representations, using prompts to elicit ideas and knowledge, featuring sentence fluency by using simple sentences, patterns, labels, and captions – word choice by beginning to use content-specific vocabulary and some detail. Created by SET-BC and inspired by Vanessa Griffon."}
{"text":"Reasearch conducted by ConvaTec in the UK in 2016 found that stoma patients generally become less physically active after surgery and live in fear of parastomal hernia or causing themselves harm.\nThis concerns us for 3 reasons:\n- Inactive patients are at risk of other chronic health conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, obesity and diabetes and increase their risk of depression and anxiety.\n- Risk Factors for parastomal hernia include muscle weakness and obesity, so patients who become less physically active are likely to increase their risk of prastomal hernia.\n- Our research also found that nurses and surgeons do not have the knowledge to advice their patients about physical activity and exercise, so patients are not being given this support."}
{"text":"In this tutorial, we will understand what Body Mass Index or BMI is, how we can create a BMI calculator in the Python programming language.\nLet’s get started!\nWhat is Body Mass Index (BMI)?\nBMI is dependent on a person’s height and weight. Also, people are classified as being underweight, overweight, or even obese based on their BMI value.\nBMI can be used as a substitute for taking precise measurements of body fat percentages. Furthermore, BMI is a low-cost and simple way to check for those who may be at risk of health problems due to their weight.\nBMI Calculator Implementation in Python\nBMI is determined by dividing a person’s weight in kilograms twice by their height in meters, Here is the code for the BMI calculator written in Python:\nh=float(input(\"Enter your height in meters: \")) w=float(input(\"Enter your Weight in Kg: \")) BMI=w/(h*h) print(\"BMI Calculated is: \",BMI) if(BMI>0): if(BMI<=16): print(\"You are very underweight\") elif(BMI<=18.5): print(\"You are underweight\") elif(BMI<=25): print(\"Congrats! You are Healthy\") elif(BMI<=30): print(\"You are overweight\") else: print(\"You are very overweight\") else: print(\"enter valid details\")\nLet us understand the whole code line by line.\nLine 1 and\nLine 2 – Taking input for height and weight of the person\nThen we check if the BMI is greater than 0 or not as neither the weight nor the height can be negative hence BMI value can never be less than 0.\nNow according to the BMI value, the person is categorized into underweight, healthy, and overweight using the if-else conditional statements.\nSome Sample Outputs\nI hope you understood BMI and how to implement and calculate the same in python. Try it yourself!\nHappy Coding! 😇\nWant to learn more? Check out the tutorials mentioned below:\n- How to Calculate Dot Product in Python?\n- 4 Methods to Calculate Square Root in Python\n- How to Calculate Summary Statistics in Python?\n- How to Compute Distance in Python? [ Easy Step-By-Step Guide ]"}
{"text":"- Category: Python Programming\n- Author: Guido van Rossum\n- Pages: 140 pages\n- File type: HTML and PDF files\nRead and download free eBook intituled Python Tutorial in format HTML and PDF files – 140 pages created by Guido van Rossum.\nThis tutorial introduces the reader informally to the basic concepts and features of the Python language and system. This tutorial does not attempt to be comprehensive and cover every single feature, or even every commonly used feature. Instead, it introduces many of Python’s most noteworthy features, and will give you a good idea of the language’s flavor and style.\nRead and Download Links:"}
{"text":"Vinification or winemaking\nVinification or winemaking is the process that leads from grape to wine. We can distinguish two types: red and white vinification. In red vinification we use red grapes. With extraction (juice and peel stay in touch for a while) we get the pigments that give colour and tannins to the wine. Absence of extraction and immediate removal of the skins gives us white wines, even if the grapes are red , such as Moschofilero . The main difference between red and white vinification is to keep the skin and juice of the grapes in contact. If the process lasts for a short time, it will give us rosé wines.\nBottling of wine"}
{"text":"Rhode Island's Roger Williams Park Zoo joyously welcomed the birth of a Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo in October, 2013. Named Holly, the joey is one of only three births of this exceedingly rare species in the U.S. last year.\nCoincidentally, Holly's mama was found to be expecting after the Roger Williams Park Zoo had announced plans to build a new tree kangaroo enclosure. With the news of the impending birth, construction was postponed. Zoo Executive Director Jeremy Goodman, DVM, explained,\n“The first six months after birth is a critical time for both mother and baby. For this reason, we have put construction of the new exhibit on hold until late June 2014.”\nOpening of the new exhibit is planned for early fall.\nTree Kangaroos are an endangered species. Matschie’s Tree Kangaroos typically live in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea. Experts estimate that there are fewer than 2,500 tree kangaroos left in the world, due to habitat loss from logging and mining, as well as hunting of the species. There are 53 tree kangaroos living in U.S. zoos at present.\nRead more and see a video of Holly and her mother at Zooborns.\nWe hope you like this article!\nPlease help us grow by sharing:"}
{"text":"CAYUGA HEREDITARY CHIEF DESKAHEH (LEVI GENERAL) BORN\nBorn on the Six Nations Reserve on the Grand River, Levi became the Cayuga’s hereditary chief, or deskaheh, on the Confederacy Council in 1917. A strong orator, he became deputy speaker in 1918 and speaker in 1922. As government actions during and after World War I threatened Indian sovereignty, including conscription and removal of an individual’s Indian status, Deskaheh challenged the Six Nations’ status as subjects of the British crown. In 1923, Deskaheh went to the League of Nations to lobby for recognition of the Six Nations as an independent state. He stayed for over a year, but his efforts proved fruitless. In 1924, the government replaced the hereditary council with an elected council. As a result, Deskaheh lost his right to speak for the Six Nations. Disillusioned and in poor health, he returned. He died on the Tuscarora Reservation on June 27, 1925. His trip to the League of Nations marks the first attempt by North American First Nations to take claims for sovereignty to an international forum.\nSource: Smith, Donald B., \"Deskaheh,\" The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2/7/2006. Retrieved 6/24/2019, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/levi-general Photo: Author unknown, 1922. Public Domain. Public Domain in U.S.: Pre 1/1/1925. Public Domain elsewhere where copyright term is author’s life plus 100 years or less."}
{"text":"Watch the video below and answer the following questions.\n1. The International Space Station (ISS) orbits the Earth every ___________ while travelling at __________.\n2. How many astronauts are ever on the ISS at one time and how long do they stay?\n3. Why can’t salt and pepper be in a solid form on the ISS like it is on Earth?\n4. What do the astronauts spend most of their time doing aboard the ISS?\n5. How long does it take to get back to Earth from the ISS?\n6. What was ONE thing from the video that you didn’t know before?"}
{"text":"|Academic Support||Multi-Tiered System of Supports|\n|Building Capacity||Overview of PS/RtI|\n|Chronic Absenteeism||Parent Resources|\n|Data-Based Decision Making|\n|About Problem Solving/RtI\nThis overview provides information on the Federal legislation, discussion of accountability for student outcomes, a description of the problem solving process and the multi-tiered approach.\n|IDEA Partnership's Collaborative Work on Response to Intervention\nThe IDEA Partnership is dedicated to improving outcomes for students and youth with disabilities by joining state agencies and stakeholders. This comprehensive online collection of resources is designed to assist you in learning more about Response to Intervention and best practices for its implementation on all levels — federal, state, and local. Included are introductory and advanced resources.\n|RTI Action Network is a national initiative dedicated to the responsible and effective implementation of Response to Intervention (RTI). This Web site provides the information and tools educators and families need to help each child succeed. Funded by the Cisco Foundation, led by the National Center for Learning Disabilities, and supported by some of the nation’s top experts in RTI, this initiative seeks to guide frontline educators and families in the large-scale adoption of RTI.|\n|SGPPS Worksheet, Updated 2013 (PDF Download)|\n|8-Step Observation Integrity Form, Revised May 2013 (PDF Download)|\n|Excerpt from Curtis, M.J., Castillo, J.M., & Cohen, R.M. (2008). Best practices in system-level change. In A. Thomas, & J. Grimes (Eds.), Best practices in school psychology V (pp. 887-902). Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists. (PDF Download)|"}
{"text":"Sunday, January 14th 2018, 13:55:56 PM. Electrical Wiring. Posted by Linda Cerise\nHit to Read More\nJohn Deere 4430 Fuse Box Wiring Diagram\nWhen electricity was originally used for practical purposes, it was used for communication in the form of the electric telegraph and the telephone. Petroleum and paraffin lamps were still lighting homes until the late 1800s, when Thomas Edison developed the light bulb.\nJohn Deere Gator Parts. John Deere Financial Address. John Deere Careers Sc. John Deere Gator 855d Fuse Box. John Deere Tractors Near Me. John Deere Gator Accessories. John Deere 5525 Fuse Box. John Deere Logo Svg.\nD-42 - Engine Wiring Diagram Specialist\nCopyright © 2003 - 2018 Domain Media. All sponsored products, company names, brand names, trademarks and logos arethe property of their respective owners."}
{"text":"After the end of World War II, Ethiopia was given control over Eritrea and its ports, allowing the creation an Ethiopian Navy.\nIn 1958, the Ethiopian Navy became a separate branch of the armed forces. Haile Selassie I appointed Norwegian naval officers to help organize a coastal navy.\nAlso, a number of retired British naval officers acted as advisors and trainers until the advent of the Derg in 1974.\nThe Emperor also founded the Ethiopian Naval College, located in Asmera (now part of Eritrea).\nThe education comprised a 52-month program of study. Some members of the navy also went on to study at Leghorn, Italy.\nCelebrations for Ethiopian Navy Day were held in Massawa, such as the occasion in 1969 when the USS Forrest Royal (DD872) and ships from other nations observed the 1st graduation of new midshipmen; the Forrest Royal also hosted a celebration aboard ship which the Emperor attended. The Emperor was presented with a painting of the Forrest Royal at the celebration.\nThe former USS Orca, a World War II-era Barnegat-class small seaplane tender launched in 1942 (similar to the USS Suisun), was transferred to Ethiopia in January 1962.\nIt was re-christened as the Ethiopia (A 01), and served as a training vessel until the loss of the Red Sea coast to Eritrea in 1991.\nThough unserviceable, it escaped to Yemen, where it is presumed to have been sold for scrap.\nKeywords: World War II, Ethiopian Navy, Haile Selassie I,"}
{"text":"Anxious People Lean Left, Study Finds\nHave trouble walking in a straight line? Perhaps your anxiety is leading you astray. A new study in the journal Cognition finds that leaning left as you walk is associated with increases in the brain’s inhibition system—which happens when you're apprehensive about the possibility of something bad happening.\nThe researchers asked 80 right-handed students to walk across a room in a straight line while blindfolded, aiming for a marker on the floor 20 feet away. The participants completed this route 20 different times. Then the scientists compared the students’ walking trajectories with their results on a questionnaire about behavioral avoidance, assessing their anxiety levels with questions about how often they worry about making mistakes or doing things wrong.\nThose individuals whose personalities tended toward inhibition were much more likely to walk to the left while trying to go straight. The people who were the least inhibited leaned right. The researchers suggest that this is because different types of motivation are controlled in different parts of the brain. Anxious people have more activity going on on the right side of their brains and thus they veer left.\nHowever, previous research has indicated different kinds of anxiety might be controlled by activity in different parts of the brain, so this might not be universally applicable. And as all these students were right-handed, the results might be more complicated with left-handed participants. But this is not the first study to explore how states of mind can affect a person’s trajectory. A 2011 study on soccer players found that goalies were more likely to dive right in a shootout, especially if their team was down some points.\n[h/t: The Telegraph]"}
{"text":"At some point in your life, you will face an emergency or a disaster situation whether it is natural or man-made. The outcome of the disaster will largely depend on how prepared you are to face the emergency.\nAn home emergency kit is vital. This kit should contain supplies and instructions that will allow your family to survive 72 hours without help from the emergency providers in your community. The make up of your kit will depend on where you live, the number of people in your family, and the specific needs of your family. Some of the items that should be placed in the kit include:\nA standard flashlight for each member of your family.\nTwo sets of replacement batteries for each flashlight.\nEnough blankets, or sleeping bags, for the family.\nA complete first aid kit with instructions.\nA portable battery-operated radio with extra batteries. (It is best if it uses the same batteries as the flashlights)\nOne (1) gallon of water per person per day.\nCanned or non-perishable food that requires no preparation.\nA current supply of prescription medications as needed.\nThe emergency kit should be stored in or near the area in your home designated as your shelter. The kit should be in a waterproof container(s) and the supplies should be checked and inventoried every six months. The batteries in the kit should be replaced every time you inventory the supplies."}
{"text":"• The authors, who have PhDs in clinical psychology, are sexual violence prevention researchers and mothers. They are uniquely positioned to write this book.\n• One in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys is a victim of child sexual abuse. 20% of adult females and 5-10% of adult males recall a childhood sexual assault incident. Over the course of their lifetime, 28% of U.S. youth ages 14 to 17 had been sexually victimized. Children are most vulnerable to child sexual abuse between the ages of 7 and 13.\n• There is a strong market for books written for kids on how to protect themselves, but there aren’t many books written to empower and equip adults with the knowledge and tools. Most books published are academic rather than for the layman, and the last trade book on the topic was published before 2010.\nList Price: $ 14.99\nPrice: $ 14.99"}
{"text":"Iron-deficiency is one of the most common nutrient deficiencies in the world – with one in three Australian women falling short of this crucial nutrient.\nWhy do we need it?\nThe main role iron plays in the body is in the formation of red blood cells, which carry oxygen around the body to help our cells release energy. Iron is also essential for optimal brain and immune function.\nWho is at risk of iron deficiency?\n- Women who are pregnant, or bleed heavily during menstruation\n- Infants, children and adolescents (iron requirements are higher during stages of growth)\n- Vegans and vegetarians (when a balanced diet is not consumed)\n- Those who are following a fad diet\n- Individuals who donate blood regularly\n- Those with gastrointestinal conditions that may cause blood loss and/or affect absorption of iron e.g. coeliac disease, ulcers, haemorrohids and inflammatory bowel disease\nThe symptoms of iron deficiency include fatigue, shortness of breath, irritability, poor immune system and feeling light-headed.\nIf iron deficiency is suspected, it is always best to speak with your GP.\nHow can I pump up my iron intake?\nThe human body cannot manufacture iron, so it needs to be sourced from our diet.\nMeat sources are best as they contain the ‘haem’ form of iron, which is readily absorbed by the body. Rich sources include, lean red meat, poultry, pork and seafood. Eggs also contain iron.\nPlant sources of iron are known as ‘non-haem’ sources and are less well absorbed. Iron rich options include legumes, nuts, iron-fortified cereals, leafy greens and wholegrains. To enhance the absorption of non-haem iron, team such foods alongside those rich in vitamin C, like fruits and vegetables."}
{"text":"Temporal range: Miocene-Oligocene\nA large apex predator that seems to have been extant in the region since the Miocene epoch. It is described as one of the Madtsoiidae family, that includes the species such as Wonambi naracoortensis, present in Australia until the Pleistocene.\nThe name of the genus is derived from traditional name given by the people of Arnhem Land to the Rainbow serpent. They were large snakes, up to 6 metres long and 300 millimetres thick, that are more closely resemble Varanus (Monitors) than small burrowing lizards. John Scanlon has presented this as evidence of descent from the former, rather than burrowing ancestors that evolved into the elongate and legless snakes. The fossil material described by this species includes a rare example of a complete skull and mandible, often crushed in the fossilisation process, that was preserved in the soft limestone of a body of fresh water. This was found at the Riversleigh fossil site in northwest Queensland.\n- J. D. Scanlon. 1992. A new large madtsoiid snake from the Miocene of the Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 9(1):49-60 \n- Yurlunggur in the Paleobiology Database\n- Hutchinson, Mark N.; Stephen C. Donnellan (1993). \"26. Biogeography and Phylogeny of the Squamata\". In C.G.Glasby G.J.B.Ross P.L.Beesley. Fauna of Australia 2A (Online ed.). Australian Government Publishing Service. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-644-32429-8 http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/publications/fauna-of-australia/pubs/volume2a/26-fauna-2a-squamata-biogeography.pdf. Missing or empty\n- Salleh, Anna (16 February 2006). \"Huge skulls clues to snake evolution\". ABC Science Online (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 2009-01-31.\n- Yurlunggur camfieldensis in the Paleobiology Database\n|This article about a prehistoric reptile is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.|\n|This snake article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.|"}
{"text":"A New Zealand nutritional group suggested today that food should be taxed according to its fat content in an effort to curb obesity.\nMore than half of all New Zealanders are overweight or obese, and obesity claims the lives of more than 1,000 people each year in this country of 4 million — twice the number killed in traffic accidents, Agencies for Nutrition Action said today.\n\"We've got to take action,\" Agencies chief Sue Zimmerman told National Radio. \"We're saying if we don't include a really long-term commitment to prevention, we're going to be in trouble with this.\"\nWhile there isn't much evidence that higher taxes would keep people from buying high-fat foods, \"we're saying we should be looking at it,\" she said.\nZimmerman said, however, that she believed teaching people how to reduce fat in their diet may be a better way of handling the obesity problem.\n\"We make fantastic low-fat products in New Zealand but we need more incentive for their prices to be accessible to those people on low incomes,\" she said."}
{"text":"CELEBRATION OF DEAF LIFE Donate Now\nForrest Curwin Nickerson is often referred to as “The Father of Deaf Culture”. Nickerson envisioned a place where Deaf people could showcase their talents and artistic works. A freelance Illustrator himself, he believed “to become a good illustrator you must first love the work – love it well enough to work hard year after year, at least until you have earned a name for yourself and your work is in demand”. Nickerson, by example, has become one of Canada’s celebrated Deaf Artists and his name is endeared among Deaf Communities around the world. Forrest was a storyteller, and as seen in the above image he created an arm puppet he named “Peter Pride”.\nIn `1971 the Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf was incorporated. The DEAF CULTURE CENTRE, under the auspices of the Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf was the chosen place to showcase cultural exhibits through art and literature that focus on Deaf Culture and experiences.\nKnow your donations are secure. The investment fund is managed by the Ontario Arts Foundation. Your generous donation to the Forrest Nickerson Endowment Fund will support the goal to provide a learning centre that provides all people the opportunity to experience and celebrate the accomplishments of Deaf people from around the world."}
{"text":"For the past few weeks, while many of meridian's youth were enjoying their summer away from school, but a group at Witherspoon Elementary has been taking part in a summer reading program.\nThe four-week program ended with a performance, which the students used to show their parents what they learned.\nThe voyager program helps students who are reading below grade level. The purpose is to increase reading achievement through the use of targeted activities.\n\"The program has built in a lot of different things and one of them is the celebration activity,\" said reading facilitator, Kim Massey. \"And it occurs the last day of the program and our program has been going on for four weeks. The children are going to perform for their parents and then they are going to go back to their classrooms and most of the classrooms will have a feast.\"\nThe program involved about sixty students in grades K-3 for four hours each day."}
{"text":"HAWAIIAN SUGAR PRODUCTION.; The Islands Now Stand Third in the List of Cane Sugar Exporting Countries.\nSpecial to The New York Times. ();\nNovember 09, 1903,\n, Section , Page 10, Column , words\nWASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The announcement that the Hawaiian sugar crop of 1902 is 420,000 tons, or 840,000,000 pounds, lends special interest to some figures recently presented by the Bureau of Statistics covering the growth of sugar production in Hawaii under the close commercial relations with the United States established by the reciprocity treaty in 1876, and further developed by annexation in 1898.\nNovember 09, 1903\n* Does not include NYT Now or Premium Crosswords subscribers.\nAlready a subscriber? Log in to view this article »"}
{"text":"Fil stands for data files. These file extensions can be opened by several softwares you should know which software is related to the extension.\nIt is an extension that used with several software. It is abbreviation of file word. There you`ll see a list below, if you don`t have any idea which software is related to this extension you may have hard times to find out.\n1- ABAQUS firm produce various analysis softwares, these files take Fil extension. www.hks.com\n2- ACL desktop : It is data capture and analysis software and uses fil extension. www.acl.com\n3- It might be protect file that come up from AVG Antivirus virus scanning. The files include quarantined viruses.\n4- Database system called Cardbox also use this file name.\n5- It may be file list that developed from Dbase.\n6- It can be a special icon file that developed for Media Player 10 or above. Some softwares icons can be seen in different and bigger sizes with Windows Vista software. This file keeps this view.\n7- SeeYou drawing file:\nSeeyou is a flight designing and analysis software that specially developed for gliding plane pilots. It may save flight information with fil extension.\n8- WordPerfect file:\nIt may be view chart that used in with text editing software which is developed by Corel.\nWhat to use FIL\nIf you have one of those softwares you should check that topic first.\nwhich page related to FIL file\nFIL Related Searches\nYou can check related links about FIL fileextension."}
{"text":"Alaska Department of Fish and Game\nSecondary Site Navigation\nAlaska is the largest state in the nation and home to almost half of the nation’s rivers and lakes. For the most part our water is relatively clean and abundant. Our healthy watersheds support strong populations of fish and wildlife, which provide opportunities that are economically, socially, and culturally vital for many Alaskans. Despite this, people may only be vaguely aware of the essential part Alaska’s water plays in their lives. Everyone has an impact on Alaska’s fish and wildlife resources and the habitats they depend on, but not everyone understands their role in maintaining a sustainable future for these resources.\nIt Takes a Watershed to Raise a Fish\nThis Power Point presentation can be used to teach about watersheds, what freshwater fish need to survive, and how people may affect watersheds and fish habitat. You may download the entire presentation below, or download a portion.\n- Full Presentation (PowerPoint file 42,500 kB)\n- Part 1: Introduction and Overview (PowerPoint file 743 kB)\n- Part 2: Watersheds and Fish Habitat (PowerPoint file 13,133 kB)\n- Part 3: Habitat Needs of Alaskan Fishes (PowerPoint file 22,053 kB)\n- Part 4: People, Fish Habitat, and Watersheds (PowerPoint file 22,053 kB)"}
{"text":"My group is about to start a new company that will enter the international microcomputer business.\nIn order to get our new company off the ground, the members of the executive team, (including myself) will need to provide the seed capital (investment money). This is the money that we will use for all the initial expenses related to starting up our company.\nWithin the first year, we will invest 4,000,000. ($1,000,000 each quarter). Our firm will issue 40,000 shares of common stock to the other members of the executive team at 100 per share in exchange for the 4,000,000 investment.\nWe need to determine the fixed plant capacity for our business.\nBelow are the options:\nUnits/Day Units/Quarter Capital Investment Capital Costs/Unit\n25------ 1,625---- 600,000---- 24,000\n50------ 3,250---- 1,100,000---- 22,000\n100------ 6,500---- 2,100,000---- 21,000\nMy group submitted the following manufacturing strategic planning to the professor:\n\"Our manufacturing for this quarter is planned to be 25 units per day with the capital costs per unit totaling $24,000. This manufacturing strategy allows us to retain cash at the end of the quarter. We will also have sufficient cash on-hand if problems arise\".\nThis was the professor's comment:\n\"You are building a plant with a fixed capacity of 25 units per day. When you operate the plant in Q3, you will set an operating capacity that is limited by the fixed capacity\".\nDo you think we should start with 50 units per day instead of 25 - fixed plant capacity?\nYou will not be able to start with 50 units per day because the investment in the first year is $1,000,000 per quarter. The plant will need to start with 25 units per day for the first quarter. However, the ...\nThe solution discusses the fixed plant capacity."}
{"text":"In the 18th Century Nepal flourished thanks to Kathmandu's location on the main trade route between China to the North and India to the South. These two giant nations were, and still are, enormous influences on Nepal.\nHowever in 1791, Nepal, under the rule of Rana Bahadur Shah, attempted to invade Tibet and raided the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse. Alarmed by Nepal's expansionism on the edges of its empire, the Chinese Emperor Qianlong ordered his army to oppose the Gorkhali invaders. The Chinese not only defeated the Nepalis but also decided to invade Tibet themselves. Nepal was forced to sign the Sino-Nepalese Treaty of 1792 which stipulated that every 5 years Nepal would send tributes to the Chinese Emperor."}
{"text":"The Greeks settled the western and southern coasts of Anatolia in the 11th century BC and Hellenism subsequently diffused inland with the institution of the polis, or city state, whose architecture, way of life and language were essentially Hellenic. Today, many architectural remains still exist and these are discussed and illustrated in this book.\nBrewster traces the history and development of civilization and building in Anatolia, interspersing the text with stories from Greek mythology.\nGrants & Sponsorships\nMany thanks to the organisations who are kindly helping us through grants or sponsorships:\nWe have active partnerships to pursue common goals with the following organisations:"}
{"text":"Tree preservation orders\nWhat are Tree Preservation Orders?\nTree Preservation Orders (TPOs) are used to protect selected trees and woodlands if their removal would have a significant impact on the environment and its enjoyment by the public. Priority for Tree Preservation Orders is generally given to trees which are considered to be under threat: for example, where development is proposed. This means that many mature trees in Wandsworth are not protected from removal.\nHow do we decide if a tree should be preserved?\nIn making TPOs, we must show that a reasonable degree of public benefit would achieved. The trees should normally be visible from a public place like a road or footpath, although exceptionally, the inclusion of other trees may be justified. The benefit may be present or expected in the future, for example when proposed development has been completed. Trees may can be preserved because they:\n- are beautiful\n- contribute to the landscape\n- serve to screen an eyesore or future development\n- are scarce, or\n- have value as part of an important group of trees or woodland.\nOther factors such as importance of a site as a wildlife habitat, may be taken into consideration, but they are a sufficient reason to justify a TPO.\nOur priorities for making Tree Preservation Orders decisions are:\n- Individual trees that are at risk and have visual impact on the street scene\n- Development sites subject to current planning applications and briefs\n- Greenways (major road frontages)\n- Re-surveys of sites following re-development.\nSince 1949, some 250 Orders covering over 6,900 trees have been made. Orders vary in size from a single tree to whole streets covering several hundred trees. The latter form part of the Greenway initiative, to protect trees in front gardens of major routes through the borough and routes linking major open spaces."}
{"text":"What is the value of financial ratios to a case analysis?© BrainMass Inc. brainmass.com June 4, 2020, 12:02 am ad1c9bdddf\nFinancial ratios are useful indicators of a firm's performance and financial situation. Most ratios can be calculated from information provided by the financial statements. Financial ratios can be used to analyze trends and to compare the firm's financials to those of other firms. In some cases, ratio analysis can predict future bankruptcy.\nFinancial ratios can be classified according to ...\nThe expert examines the value of financial ratios to a case analysis."}
{"text":"Friday, February 06, 2009\n100th Day of School\nWe just celebrated our 100th day of school!\nHi, ho! Hi, ho! 100 days ago...\nWe came to school and we're so cool!\nHi ho! Hi ho, hi ho, hi ho!\nWe started the day off with 100 exercises. Next, our big project was making our special 100 Day Hats. We counted by 10's on each strip, then we added in all of the missing numbers from 1-100. They turned out great! Then, we weighed and compared our baggies of 100 items. After that, we had the choice as to which special centers we wanted to do. I made sure there were centers that addresses each child's interests and strengths. Our 100 day centers included: Making glasses out of the number 100, stringing 100 fruit loops to create a necklace, writing around the room 100 words, flipping a coin 100 times and recording how many times it landed heads up and how many times it landed tails up, typing numbers 1-100 on the computer, and reading a 100 day poem and drawing pictures of how you will look when you are 100 years old, what you would wear if it was 100 degrees outside, and something that weighs 100 pounds or more.\nAs a class we wrote our names as many times as we could in 100 seconds. We predicted and then discussed who wrote them most and who wrote the fewest. We also predicted if we took 100 steps down the hall where we would end up. After we placed sticky notes where we thought we would end up, we walked the 100 steps together down the hall. We were surprised to find out where we ended up. Can you guess where 100 steps from our classroom would be?\nWith our buddies, we played various math games with dice focusing on the number 100. We had such a great day but we couldn't believe that 100 days of 1st grade is over! We only have 75 days left!"}
{"text":"Statistical Concepts, Methods and IT Applications\nQuarterly Estimates of Output-Based GDP at Current Prices (or Nominal GDP)\nIn recent years, there is an increasing demand for quarterly estimates of GDP at current prices (or nominal GDP). This demand is recognised explicitly in the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standards (SDDS) which prescribe the dissemination of quarterly\nestimates of nominal GDP using any of the three approaches.\nAs the output approach is the main approach used to compile GDP in Singapore, the Singapore Department of Statistics (DOS) initiated in 1997 a project to develop and compile a consistent set of quarterly estimates of output-based nominal GDP. With the\nsuccessful completion of the project, DOS will be releasing quarterly estimates of real and nominal GDP simultaneously. The availability of both facilitates the decomposition of changes in the total value of goods and services produced in the economy\ninto price and quantity effects.\nThe framework and methodology used to compile the quarterly estimates of nominal GDP are provided in DOS's Information Paper, entitled\n\"Quarterly Estimates of Output-Based GDP at Current Prices (or Nominal GDP)\""}
{"text":"DMVPN stands for \"Dynamic Multipoint VPN\". It is a way of creating dynamic VPNs for an organisation. This should remove the overhead of configuring individual VPNs. DMVPNs are ALWAYS setup in a hub & spoke configuration.\nI've gone through the steps in the book using my home lab:\n1. Basic Configuration of IP AddressesPretty easy... my routers are all connected to my switch and have 192.168.123.0/24 range IP addresses on their fast ethernet interfaces.\n2. GRE Multipoint Tunnel configuration on all routers (for spoke-to-spoke connectivity).\nThis can be broken down further into two steps. Setup NHRP and setup mGRE - both of these are done under the tunnel interface.\nAn example of this is:\nThis is done on each router, however you don't have to do the nhrp map command to the hub router on the spoke routers. These are the commands underlined in red. They are not required on the hub router.\nThe authentication command is optional.\nThis can be verified using the following command:\nThe coolest thing about this is that we have two tunnels from the hub router to the spoke routers, but if the spoke routers decide to communicate, they will dynamically build a tunnel between them. Imagine in a DMVPN network, this is pretty useful.\nCould do this all day!! It's so cool. However, the default operation of DMVPN is to send traffic as clear text. :O\n3. Configure IPsec to Encrypt mGRE Tunnels\nApply IPsec to the configuration involves:"}
{"text":"Neoregelia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. A genus of bromeliads with mostly broad, relatively flat leaves. Inflorescences form in a shallow depression the center of the plant, which often fills partway with water, through which the flowers bloom. The leaves immediately surrounding the inflorescence are very often brightly colored, and many species show banding or striping on most or all of their leaves. Neoregelia species are commonly cultivated and hybridized for their colorful foliage.\nMore Types of Flowers\nDelphinium is a genus of about 250 species of annual, biennial or perennial flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native throughout the Northern Hemisphere and also on the high mountains of tropical Africa. The common name,... more >>>\nWoodwardia (chain fern) is a genus of 14-20 species of ferns in the family Blechnaceae, native to warm temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere.\nTagetes is a genus of 52 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae or Compositae). They are native to the area stretching from the southwestern United States into Mexico and south throughout South... more >>>\nMacropidia fuliginosa, the sole species of genus Macropidia, is a perennial rhizotomous flowering plant. Commonly known as the Black Kangaroo Paw, it is endemic to Southwest Australia, specifically from Perth to Geraldton in the north of the... more >>>\nEchinocactus is a genus of large barrel-shaped cacti, usually with large spines and small flowers. The generic name derives from the Ancient Greek echino- \"spiny\" and cactus. Other types of Barrel Cactus are assigned to genus... more >>>\n|Only fresh information about all kind and types of flowers flowers, garden plants.\nContact us: contact @ flowers-org.com"}
{"text":"British Nannies and the Great War : How Norland's Regiment of Nannies Coped with Conflict and Childcare in the Great War Hardback\nby Louise Heren\nIn 1912, Norland children's nurse Kate Fox was travelling by train heading to the British military station at Nowshera on the Afghan border to care for the premature baby born to the base's commanding officer.\nTwo years later, Kate was escaping from Germany in the first days of the Great War, leaving behind her adored German royal charges and all her personal possessions.\nDue to their prestige as the creme-de-la-creme of Edwardian children's nurses to Europe's royal and wealthy families, Kate was one among many Norland nannies who witnessed the early days of the War on the Continent with all its tumult and fear.\nSome fled for home; others managed to stay for a while. And yet others gave up their privileged way of life to undertake war work as nurses in Flanders and refugee camps.\nThe stories in this book are the nannies' eye-witness accounts described in their correspondence with their beloved Norland Institute. These previously unpublished letters recount a version of women's Great War history that has remained untold until now.\nBritish Nannies and the Great War is the true story of a group of Edwardian, highly trained and opinionated women in the First World War.For the first time in a century, the Norland nannies' unique stories of escape from enemy territory, their experiences at home and the Front during the War, and their thoughts on how the conflict changed their role in post-Edwardian Britain are told in their own words.\n- Format: Hardback\n- Pages: 224 pages, 20 illustrations\n- Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd\n- Publication Date: 02/02/2016\n- Category: British & Irish history\n- ISBN: 9781473827530"}
{"text":"Clubroot canola disease continues to spread within Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba with new fields and areas confirmed each year. The latest maps are posted in the clubroot chapter of the Canola Encyclopedia.\nAlberta: A survey of 620 canola (Brassica napus) and four mustard (Brassica juncea) crops in Alberta identified 66 new records of clubroot. All positive identifications occurred on canola, with 39 crops mildly infected, 24 moderately infected and three crops severely infected. An additional 313 cases of clubroot were found during inspections by county and municipal personnel, for a grand total of 379 confirmed infestations recorded in 2020. These included the first reports of clubroot in the Municipal District of Smoky River and in the counties of Grande Prairie and Wheatland.\nSaskatchewan: Visible clubroot symptoms have been confirmed in 75 commercial canola fields since 2017, which is an increase of 24 fields over the past year. The number of fields with the clubroot pathogen detected but with no visible symptoms increased by 18 over the past year. Saskatchewan update and map.\nManitoba: The 2020 canola disease survey detected one symptomatic field in the Rural Municipality (RM) of Pembina, while individual agronomist and producer reports added at least three other fields in the RMs of Roblin and Alexander. Roblin and Alexander were added to the map of those with symptomatic fields. Positive clubroot symptoms are now present in 10 RMs, with a total of 44 fields confirmed since symptomatic fields records began in 2013. Manitoba clubroot map."}
{"text":"In this week’s lesson we learn about how Jesus was trying to teach His disciples to put others first – not themselves. Jesus didn’t just tell them, He showed them!\nJesus’ disciples where eager to be close to Him because they thought He was going to be a king on earth, but Jesus told them, the greatest people are those who put others first.\nThis week’s craft is a pot luck scene your children can use to act out who should go first.\n** This is an affiliate link, which means if you make a purchase, Amazon gives me a tiny portion of the sale (this does not increase the price for you). Thank you in advance if you buy this paper!\nSign up to SSC’s email and get notified when new crafts are released!"}
{"text":"A TOKYO zoo said it will work on improving the living conditions for its 69-year-old elephant Hanako (花子).\nAnimal activists had started a ‘Help Hanako’ campaign that sought to improve the elephant’s situation or move it to a Thai sanctuary.\nThey said Hanako has been too lonely living on her own in Inokashira Park Zoo (井之頭公園動物園) for over six decades.\nBut Animal welfare expert Carol Buckley, who was invited to the zoo by the campaign, found the zoo had “done a lot of good”.\nShe said Hanako was among the healthiest elephants, for her age, she has ever seen. Their usual lifespan is about 70 years.\nThe zoo has earlier said moving Hanako would be too stressful.\nInstead of moving her, Buckley recommended infrared heaters and rubber mats to make her small concrete pen more livable.\nShe suggested playing music and adding more toys. Tires and a tube are Hanako’s favourite toys now.\nShe said renovating or enlarging Hanako’s pen would require noisy construction that might put stress on the animal.\nBuckley noted animal activists need to be educated, regardless of their good intentions. “You think she should be put on a plane or a boat and go to Thailand? What are you thinking?” she said.\n(This article is published on Junior Standard on 4 March 2016)\nThe heartbreaking tale of Hanako the elephant\nArguments for and against zoos"}
{"text":"Iowa State University has developed their own humanoid robot to perform procedural learning. Though the robot lacks a lower body and is therefore unable to move around on its own, it has two (rather large) Barrett Whole Arm Manipulators for arms, and a custom-designed head with stereo vision capable of simple emotional expression. Its three-fingered hands are flexible enough to perform a variety of grasping motions, using fingers 1 and 3 as opposable thumbs when necessary.\nThe philosophy behind the research is to teach the robot the properties of its surroundings similar to the way a child or animal learns during early development, through direct experience. The robot has already learned to identify objects from the sounds they make when being touched, pushed, held, and shaken.\nThe robot used a pair of scissors to cut the ceremonial ribbon for the opening of Iowa State University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering building, where the robot makes its home in the Developmental Robotics Lab. Izaak Moody, an undergraduate in the College of Art and Design, is responsible for designing the robot’s friendly head, and has created some nice rendered animations showing the robot’s emotional range. The previously posted robot Archie from the Universities of Manitoba and Vienna could learn a lot from this. Videos and media after the break.\nIowa State University"}
{"text":"Beta-glucans▲ are a family of polysaccharides, of which substances made up of many individual sugar molecules linked together. It is naturally found in the cell walls of baker’s yeast, certain fungi, cereal grains such as oats and barley, mushrooms and even some algae.1\nDifferent foods include different types of Beta-glucan▲. The type of Beta-glucan▲ better known for its ability to enhance the immune system is the beta-glucan▲ derived from yeast. This type of beta-glucan▲ has been present for thousands of years in the diet of humans, including children, as part of leavened bread products2. Because of its ability to help support natural body’s defenses, Yeast Beta-Glucan may complement other nutrients to promote immunity.\nYou can find more information about Wellmune Beta-Glucan▲ at www.wellmune.com\n2Stier, H., Ebbeskotte, V., & Gruenwald, J. (2014). Immune-modulatory effects of dietary Yeast Beta-1,3/1,6-D-glucan. Nutrition Journal, 13, 38. http://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-13-38"}
{"text":"According to PatentlyApple, a series of Apple patent applications published by the US Patent & Trademark Office today, has revealed the company’s work on advancing its Retina Display through the use of Quantum Dots, that will eventually sharpen colors to yet “the next degree of outstanding quality”. Quantum dots or QDs are basically very small nanocrystals that can display quantum mechanical properties, meaning they’re capable of efficiently conveying color and improving accuracy.\nApple’s patents describe the technology through the framework of red, blue, and green color wavelengths. The filings explain that a Retina Display without quantum dots can match color vibrancy and accuracy on blue, but falls short on green and red. Quantum dots, however, follow the RGB wavelength, potentially creating improved color accuracy.\nOne of the patents discusses the use of optical coatings to eliminate light emitting diode (LED) hotspots, and more particularly, to the placement of an optical coating near an LED or a quantum dot sheet to normalize the intensity of light emanating from a backlight.\n“Apple notes that placing the quantum dots in the liquid crystal layer, can be problematic due to the fact that the liquid crystal display layer requires the light to be polarized in order to control the brightness of color, and quantum dots produce isotropic un-polarized light.\nThe liquid crystal layer can be replaced by a MEMS shutter control layer, which does not require polarized light to control the brightness of color. By replacing the liquid crystal layer with a MEMS shutter control layer, quantum dots can be placed outside of the backlight architecture. This can allow the backlight to maintain a simpler architecture, while at the same time utilizing quantum dots to produce a display with a superior color gamut.”\nAs always, we can never be certain whether any of these technologies will eventually make their way to Apple products."}
{"text":"African-American poet, author and activist, Maya Angelou, has died at the age of 86.\nOne of America's leading literary voices, she made her name with the 1969 memoir 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'.\nIt was the first of seven volumes of autobiography that traced her life from a childhood of abuse and oppression in the Deep South in the 1930s.\nHer family said: \"She lived as a teacher, activist, artist and human being. She was a warrior for equality, tolerance and peace.\"\nIn a statement on Facebook, they said she passed away quietly at home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, at 08:00 EST (12:00 GMT).\n\"Her family is extremely grateful that her ascension was not belaboured by a loss of acuity or comprehension,\" they said.\n\"The family is extremely appreciative of the time we had with her and we know that she is looking down upon us with love.\"\nMeanwhile, US President, Barack Obama has led the tributes to Maya Angelou, describing the poet, author and activist as \"one of the brightest lights of our time."}
{"text":"We often stress the importance of hydration. While drinking water is important eating fruit and vegetables can contribute a large amount of water to your diet. Watermelon was a favourite of Shelli’s. Cold watermelon smoothies with a touch of mint were her favourite especially when she had bad mouth ulcers. We would freeze the watermelon and then blend when required.\nWatermelon one of the most hydrating foods you can eat with 92% water content and quite low in calories, approximately 46 calories per cup. Over half of that cup, 154-gram serving, is water content. It also has important nutrients, including vitamin C, vitamin A and magnesium and some fibre.\nWatermelon is now commonly used it salads, drinks or just a refreshening snack. Eating smaller, frequent meals or snacks can be better than facing a large meal.\n#water #hydration #nutritionalbenefits #watercontent #cancer #cancerpatient #kitforcancer #TheKitFoundation"}
{"text":"Any of a group of RNA viruses similar to the myxoviruses but larger and hemolytic, including those causing mumps, measles, distemper, rinderpest, and various respiratory infections (parainfluenza).\nMore example sentences\n- Respiratory syncytial virus is a paramyxovirus of the genus pneumovirus.\n- The scientists working on the cause of SARS have already focused their attention on a coronavirus after an initial suspicion that a paramyxovirus might be the cause.\n- Measles is caused by a paramyxovirus and usually affects children.\nDefinition of paramyxovirus in:\n- The British & World English dictionary"}
{"text":"LAWRENCE — An award-winning scholar of modern Germany, the United States and West Africa will deliver a lecture at the University of Kansas examining how the American Civil War was also an international revolution against slavery.\nAndrew Zimmerman, professor of history at George Washington University, will speak about \"Revolution and Counterrevolution in the Mississippi Valley: Conjure, Communism and the U.S. Civil War\" from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3, in the Malott Room of the Kansas Union.\nZimmerman, who is also a current fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, is the author of \"Anthropology and Antihumanism in Imperial Germany,\" \"Alabama in Africa: Booker T. Washington, the German Empire,\" and \"The Globalization of the New South.”\nHis research focuses on the Civil War as both a national war for the survival of the United States and an international revolution against slavery.\nHighlighting the role of African-American conjure — the North American counterpart of Haitian Vodou, Jamaican Obeah and other Afro-Atlantic religions — and German-American communism in the struggle against slavery in the United States, this lecture follows the Union Army down the Mississippi River Valley to its victory over the Confederacy.\nIt was through the war-by-emancipation strategy developed by these international revolutionaries that the Union defeated the Confederacy, Zimmerman said. Yet as part of his argument in his scholarship is that Union elites also fought to suppress the very revolutionary energies on which their victory depended, for these energies also threatened hierarchies of race and property that they held dear.\nThe event, sponsored by the KU Department of History, is free and open to the public."}
{"text":"Es befinden sich keine Artikel im Warenkorb\nWeitere Empfehlungen zu How to Identify Trees in Southern Africa\nPublisher: Random House Struik\nCape Town, South Africa 2007\nISBN 9781770072404 / ISBN 978-1-77007-240-4\nSoftcover, 15x24 cm, 184 pages, throughout illustrations and photos\nTree identification is generally perceived as difficult, all the more so in a botanically diverse region such as southern Africa, where about 2100 species occur naturally, not to mention several hundred more that have been introduced from elsewhere in the world. How to Identify Trees in Southern Africa provides the background knowledge essential for tree identification.\nThe guide promotes an approach that will equip readers to use any field guide to trees with greater ease and more confidence. Starting with the basics of plant form, it systematically uncovers the structure of trees to enable a clear understanding of what to look for when trying to identify an unknown tree. The tree guide is divided into two parts:\nPart One, well-supported with colour illustrations and photographs, describes the various parts of a tree and their significance for identification.\nPart Two features a key to 43 tree groups based on easy-to-observe stem and leaf features. As a first step towards identification, the group-recognition approach has proved to be more helpful to the layperson than the often-used formal botanical families.\nAn icon is used to depict the principal characters of a group, thus making it easier for the beginner to record and conceptualize tree diversity. Group accounts present explanatory notes on group characters and tips on species identification. A selection of tree species is described and illustrated, and a list of all the southern African plant families represented in each group is supplied.\nAuszug aus diesem Buch:"}
{"text":"Ronald Cohen, a leading urological pathologist and professor at the University of Western Australia, sees about 80 cases of testicular cancer a year.\nHe is concerned about the under-investigation of the second testicle, and says the likelihood of cancer arising in it is underestimated.\n“People talk of 5 per cent risk of bilateral disease, but I think it is higher, although it may occur years later. We see it not uncommonly.\"\nCohen says a simple sperm test can indicate a risk of early cancerous changes and the need for a biopsy. The condition can be cured with low-dose radiation.\nWhile radiation will wipe out all sperm production, he says it will preserve the man’s ability to produce his own hormones.\nThis will save him from lifetime hormone administration and the complications that can arise, particularly in the prostate, from unopposed and continuous testosterone replacement therapy, should he lose the second testicle.\nPeter Grimison, a medical oncologist from Sydney University, puts the risk of contralateral testicular cancer at 3 to 4 per cent, and says neither ultrasound nor sperm analysis has been shown to improve outcomes.\n“The most important method of detecting contralateral disease in patients with previous testicular cancer, and detecting testicular cancer for the first time, is for all men to examine their testicles once a month, and to see their doctor urgently if they notice a lump, swelling or pain.\"\nThe Australian Financial Review"}
{"text":"Which statement about galactosemia is true?\n- Disease effects are limited to the eye.\n- Cataracts are inevitably progressive.\n- It can result from a defect in galactokinase or galactose-1-P uridyl transferase.\n- It can lead to an accumulation of galactose in the lens, forming a snowflake cataract.\nGalactosemia is an autosomal recessive inborn error of metabolism affecting the conversion of galactose to glucose caused by a defect in galactokinase, UDPgalactose-4-epimerase, or galactose-1-P uridyl transferase (most common). Excess galactose accumulation in body tissues with subsequent conversion to galactitol leads to the classic oil-droplet cataract, liver dysfunction, and mental deficiency within the first few weeks of life. If left untreated, it is fatal. Three-quarters of patients develop cataracts because the nucleus and deep cortex become increasingly opacified. In some cases, early cataract formation can be reversed with dietary intervention."}
{"text":"cartilage element development,\ncartilage organ development,\n||The process whose specific outcome is the progression of a cartilage element over time, from its formation to the mature structure. Cartilage elements are skeletal elements that consist of connective tissue dominated by extracellular matrix containing collagen type II and large amounts of proteoglycan, particularly chondroitin sulfate.\n||GO: Biological Process [GO:0051216]"}
{"text":"More than 23 million people in the United States have diabetes. If you're one of them, it's easy to understand why you'd want to know how diabetes affects your oral health. You might be surprised to learn that if your blood glucose levels are poorly controlled, you are more likely to develop serious gum disease (periodontitis) and lose more teeth than people who don't have diabetes. In turn, periodontitis may cause your blood sugar to rise, making your diabetes harder to control.\nWhat puts people with diabetes at higher risk for gum disease? The less controlled your blood sugar level, the more impaired your white blood cells become. These guys are the main defense against bacterial infections that occur in your mouth. With less of them fighting infections, there's more chance serious dental problems will occur. The good news is a dentist can keep an eye on your oral health and help keep gum disease at bay.\nThe Diabetes-Gum Disease Connection\nGum disease is an infection of the gums -- the tissues that support your teeth. The first stage of gum disease is called gingivitis, and warning signs include red, tender gums and seriously bad breath (halitosis). As the disease progresses into periodontitis, it becomes much more severe, with receding gums, pus and tooth loss.\nThe catch is that gum disease is often painless. You may not know you have it until you have some serious damage. Be on the lookout for these warning signs:\n- Bleeding gums when you brush or floss\n- Red, swollen or tender gums\n- Receding gums\n- Pus between the teeth and gums\n- Persistent bad breath\n- Loose permanent teeth\n- Changes in the way your teeth fit together when you bite\n- Changes in the fit of partial dentures or a dental bridge"}
{"text":"What is Mesothelioma?\nMesothelioma is a very rare cancer that in a nutshell will develop in the mesothelium. The mesothelium is the protective lining that cover's a good portion of your body's internal organs. There is no standarized screening for this form of cancer, but there are ways for doctors to screen for it, which is done if you or your physician suspect that you may have mesothelioma.\n- asbestos and glass particles being inhaled over time\n- inhaling fine dust and fibers over time\n- living near an asbestos mine\n- shortness of breath\n- chest pain\n- weight loss\n- fluid in the lungs and coughing\nWhat is asbestos?\nAsbestos is a naturally occurring mineral, it was used for decades in buildings as a fireproof material. The reason why it's so fireproof is due to the material naturally being fibrous which gives it a natural flame retardant property. It's also good at making buildings more sound proof and a great electrical insulator.\nThe problem with asbestos is when it becomes airborne, the tiny fibers at the microscopic level resemble tiny hooks. These fibers can get caught in the lunch when inhaled and can lead to respiratory conditions such as mesothelioma.\nTypes and Stages\nStage I - right or left pleura, lung, or diaphragm\nStage II - spread from pleura to nearby lymph nodes near the lungs\nStage III - in chest wall, esophagus, ribs and muscles\nStage IV - fully spread to lymph nodes in the chest\nTreatment involves everything from chemotherapy to radiation to surgery. The type and level of treatment is dependent on the severity and stage of cancer in one's body.\nThere are also a lot of legal issues that can arise from people who have mesothelioma, this is due to the fact that this form of cancer is mostly attributed to environmental issues. Such as a construction worker removing asbestos, or somebody living near a mine that puts pollutants in the air that can cause this cancer to appear in people living nearby."}
{"text":"Thermal imaging for corrosion detectionJun 5, 2014\nDylan Bailey, a marine surveyor in St. Augustine and Jacksonville, Fla., shows us an example of using a thermal imaging camera to check for chainplate corrosion.\nHe writes in his blog: \"In April I surveyed a Sea Tiger Ketch. The main mast chainplates were glassed in. I used Thermal Imaging to inspect the chainplates, along with visual inspection. Signs of corrosion were sighted weeping from around the bolt on one of the chainplates. Thermal Imagining helped determine the extent of the corrosion and moisture.\"\nSeeing under the skin of a boat with a thermal imaging unit is a useful tool for making sure that structural elements like chainplates are sound."}
{"text":"553 tenths could be used to describe time, distance, money, and many other things.|\n553 tenths means that if you divide something into ten equal parts, 553 tenths is 553 of those parts that you just divided up.\nWe converted 553 tenths into different things below to explain further:\n553 tenths as a Fraction\nSince 553 tenths is 553 over ten, 553 tenths as a Fraction is\n553 tenths as a Decimal\nIf you divide 553 by ten you get 553 tenths as a decimal which is 55.30.\n553 tenths as a Percent\nTo get 553 tenths as a Percent, you multiply the decimal with 100 to get the answer of 5530 percent.\n553 tenths of a dollar\nFirst we divide a dollar into ten parts where each part is 10 cents. Then we multiply 10 cents with 553 and\nget 5530 cents or 55 dollars and 30 cents."}
{"text":"Gestational Diabetes - What Happens\nMost women find out they have\ngestational diabetes after being tested between the\n24th and 28th weeks of their pregnancy. After you know you have gestational\ndiabetes, you will need to make certain changes in the way you eat and how\noften you exercise to help keep your blood sugar level within a\ntarget range. As you get farther\nalong in your pregnancy, your body will continue to make more and more\nhormones. This can make it harder and harder to control your blood sugar. If it\nis not possible to control your blood sugar with food and exercise, you may\nalso need to\ntake diabetes medicine or give yourself shots of insulin.\n- Diabetes: Giving Yourself an Insulin Shot\nMost women who have gestational\ndiabetes give birth to healthy babies. If you are able to keep your blood sugar\nlevel within a target range, your chances of having problems during pregnancy or\nbirth are the same as if you didn't have gestational diabetes.\nSometimes a mother or her baby has problems because of high blood sugar.\nThese problems include:\n- High blood pressure in the mother caused by\n- A baby that grows too large. If a developing baby (fetus) receives too much\nsugar, the sugar can turn into fat, causing the baby to grow larger than\nnormal. A large baby can be injured during vaginal birth and may need to be\ndelivered surgically (C-section).\n- After the baby is born, the baby's blood\nsugar level may drop too low, and he or she may need to be given extra sugar.\ncan also develop other treatable problems after birth, including low blood\ncalcium levels, high\nbilirubin levels, and too many red blood cells.\nMost of the time, gestational diabetes goes away after a\nbaby is born. But if you have had gestational diabetes, you have a greater\nchance of having it in a future pregnancy and of developing\ntype 2 diabetes."}
{"text":"Most bats echolocate at a frequency unheard by the human ear, however, some desert species emit echolocation calls within the range of human hearing.\nSpotted bats (Euderma maculatum) are an elusive and widely-distributed species throughout the semi-arid deserts of North America. Sometimes called the “Oreo cookie bat,” they sport large, pink ears and spotted fur. Spotted bats roost high among sheer cliffs, but their clicking calls can be heard while they hunt for owlet moths in the canyons of Central Oregon.\nThe first spotted bat was “officially” documented in Oregon in 1979 when researchers in the Alvord Desert accidentally captured one in a mist net left open overnight. Only four more spotted bat records were reported in the state over the next 24 years, and the idea that spotted bats were extremely rare, or possibly even extirpated, took hold. In 2005, however, listening surveys combined with mist-netting surveys of Central Oregon revealed that spotted bats may be more abundant in the region than previously recognized.\nBiologists still have limited understanding of spotted bat distribution and seasonal patterns in Oregon. What we do know is that their calls are most commonly heard near the canyons and cliffs of eastern Oregon’s High Desert.\nPallid bats (Antrozous pallidus) are another of Oregon's high desert bat species. They have a wide range, spanning from Canada to Mexico. While pallid bats typically produce inaudible, high-frequency echolocation calls, this behavior changes while rearing pups. When in the vicinity of summertime maternity roosts, pallid bats will lower the frequencies of their calls to within the range of human hearing.\nSerendipitously, both the spotted bat and pallid bat are found in similar arid cliffs and canyons habitats such that both species can be effectively surveyed simultaneously."}
{"text":"You may want to let them try and work out how long it will take you to travel somewhere when you get in the car, by telling them what speed you'll be traveling and how far away your destination is.\nTreat math as part of their daily lives _ Math has practical uses and kids must understand this early on. If they get an allowance they will need to count their money and if they spend any they'll need to get the right change and understand how much is left over. They are growing and they will love this fact. Let them fill out their own height chart. When they are helping you in the kitchen, let them help you measure the flour to bake cookies. They can also figure out how many slices of pizza each person can get or how many batteries must be used out of the pack. to power their toys. These are just a few simple ideas."}
{"text":"I would like through your paper to tell the general public about the disease of Epilepsy.\nIt is so scaring and very few know about its causes for example. Epilepsy is a general term that refers to a tendency to have recurrent seizures. There are various types of seizures. People with diagnosed epilepsy often have only one type of seizure, although some experience more than one type. The term \"epilepsy\" can be used interchangeably with \"seizure disorder.\" Epilepsy is not contagious and poses no risk to others. A seizure occurs when abnormal electrical activity in the brain causes an involuntary change in body movement or function, sensation, awareness, or behaviour. A seizure can last from a few seconds to a few minutes. There are more than 20 different types of seizures. These types can be broadly classified into two groups: 1) primary generalized seizures and 2) partial seizures.\nSymptoms experienced by a person during a seizure depend on where in the brain the disturbance in electrical activity occurs. A person having a tonic-chronic seizure may cry out, lose consciousness, and fall to the ground, and have rigidity and muscle jerks. A person having a complex partial seizure may appear confused or dazed and will not be able to respond to questions or direction. Some people, however, have seizures that are not noticeable to others. Sometimes, the only clue that a person is having an absence seizure is rapid blinking or a few seconds of staring into space."}
{"text":"For today’s beginning of class writing assignment, we will focus on time. Before coming into class, you should have read your article and thought about its contents. You will have 30 minutes from the beginning of class to complete and post your memo as a comment to this post. Use the following example as a guide for your memo:\nTO: Professor Ellis FROM: Your Name DATE: Today's Date SUBJECT: Brief Summary of an Article About X (replace X with the main topic) One sentence describing the purpose of this memo (e.g., I wanted to bring your attention to this article about X--again, replace X with the topic). Two-three sentences summarizing the main point of the article. These sentences should be all in your own words. No quotes and no paraphrasing. APA citation for your article. Look at the example, \"Article in a Magazine\" on this page."}
{"text":"GLAIR (from Fr. glaire, probably from Lat. clarus, clear, bright), the white of an egg, and hence a term used for a preparation made of this and used, in bookbinding and in gilding, to retain the gold and as a varnish. The adjective \" glairy \" is used of substances having the viscous and transparent consistency of the white ol an egg.\nNote - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)"}
{"text":"As a river flows around rocks and logs, still spaces form in the fluid flow. Over at TACC, Aaron Dubrow writes that researchers are exploring the phase space of these fluid deformations using supercomputers. Through a better understanding of microfluidics, clinicians may someday be able to separate white blood cells from other cells in a blood sample, increase mixing in industrial applications, and more quickly perform lab-on-a-chip-type operations, like DNA sequencing and chemical detection.\nThe equations used to determine the fluid flows are fairly straightforward, but the number of configurations needed to solve the problem required them to use the Ranger supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC). Ranger, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), served the national open science community for five years and was replaced by Stampede (the sixth most powerful supercomputer in the world) in January 2013. Using several thousand processors concurrently, the researchers ran more than a 1,000 different problems, each representing a combination of different speeds, thicknesses, heights or offsets.\nRead the Full Story."}
{"text":"Controlled Intake Area Dredging for Fine Sediment Removal To Improve Water Quality in the Indian River Lagoon\nGrisanti, Hannah Christine\nMetadataShow full item record\nThis study is an investigation of hydraulic dredging specifically designed to remove muck and other fine sediments from local water systems in Brevard County, Florida. The goal of the project is to improve water quality in the Indian River Lagoon (IRL) and create positive environmental impacts. Dredging is an excavation activity that takes place underwater in shallow seas or freshwater environments to remove material from the bottom surface. Typically, dredging techniques are implemented to keep waterways such as canals, inlets, and harbors navigable for boats and barges. Dredging is also commonly used to move sand from offshore sources to beaches where sand has been depleted due to erosion. Environmental dredging refers to the removal of contaminated sediments from selected locations. It involves precision dredging techniques designed to reduce the resuspension of fine sediment particles. Many of the environmental dredging techniques currently available are focused on procedural/managerial methods for controlling resuspension of sediments and reducing the number of residuals, undisturbed and generated, found at post-dredging locations. Whereas, less efforts have been made in the mechanical design of the suction dredge head itself. The suction dredge head discussed in this thesis is designed for fine sediment and muck removal. It consists of a variable intake area that can be adjusted to increase or decrease the intake velocity. By doing so, the dredge head removes the finer sediment pollutants while leaving behind coarser material such as sand, shells, and pebbles. It is anticipated that removing muck will create a significant reduction of toxic algal blooms in the Lagoon’s waters and aid in restoring the natural ecosystem."}
{"text":"Superviolence is defined as the illegitimate use of nuclear, chemical, or biological mass destruction devices by domestic agents for attack or threat against U.S. civil society. Political extremism, sever mental imbalance, and criminal gain are examined as possible motivations. Since the nuclear industry constitutes the primary source of fissionable material for fabricating an illicit weapon, its policies, practices, and diversion safequards program are investigated. The threat process is analyzed in five phases: idea conception, group formation, weapon fabrication, application (attack or threat), and consequences. The steps of each phase are described for various weapons, with emphasis on the human factors, skills and resources involved. Potential failure modes are identified, and assessed as more severe in the nuclear than in the chemical or biological case. The important distinctions between direct attack, coercive threat, and sham are analyzed in detail. Actual nuclear superviolence is held to be an extremely unlikely phenomenon due to its dependence on the coalescence of specialized motives, high commitment, inhibition of restraints, technical skills, and significant resources in a risky, failure-prone process of inapparent utility. Chemical or biological superviolence is deemed more practicable, with the latter having an anit-personnel potential greater than the nuclear case. Provisions for controlling and responding to superviolent incidents are examined.\nSuperviolence: The Civil Threat of Mass Destruction Weapons, 1972 [448 Pages, 18.5MB]"}
{"text":"©2021 GEORGE SPICKA\nIONIATE POWER RUBRIC\nProvide your feedback to earn campaign promo points\nThis is a midi-version of Gravity Wave, a piece I composed for the “Pique Collective,” a Baltimore based ensemble that performs New Music.\nPique Collective consists of flute, guitar, cello, piano, and percussion. With regard to Gravity Wave, the flute and cello both are to be doubled electronically. These doubled parts are included in the score.\nThe piece’s rhythmic intent is manifest, with a steady quarter note pulse throughout. With few exceptions, the piece is in 6/8 meter. The most noticeable exception is the first section, which consists of alternating measures of 5/8 and 6/8.\n– – – – – – – –\nIn 1664, Isaac Newton was the first to become aware of gravity. Called “the Law of Universal Gravitation,” it is the force that draws objects toward each other. However, Newton was unable to determine what this force was.\nAlbert Einstein had many ideas about gravity and space. He predicted that when two bodies, such as planets or stars, orbit each other – they would cause ripples in space. These would spread out like ripples when a stone in tossed into a pond.\nGravity waves are invisible but fast, traveling at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second).\nThey were observed for the very first time in 2015, using the combined Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatories in Hanford, Washington and Livingston, Louisiana."}
{"text":"Adding Pothos to improve aquarium water quality is something many people do. It’s very easy and anyone can do it. Buy Pothos here from Amazon.\nLooking at some of the more elaborate aquascapes you may see a bunch of leaves swirling their way out of the aquarium and down the side of the tank. This could be Pothos, or also known as Devil’s Ivy.\nWhat is Pothos?\nPothos is a vine, also known as Golden Pothos. It is a plant often used in terrariums, and vivariums as it’s emergent. The plant can grow in either soil or water, providing they receive the right nutrients. Luckily a fish tank is very good at providing the right conditions to grow Pothos in water.\nAswell as looking good, having Pothos in the aquarium helps to improve water quality, by removing Nitrates from the water. This is the reason so many people us it. Many people who don’t use plants in their aquarium will still dangle a bit of this in to help with the water quality, as it doesn’t require any maintenance.\nPothos is an extremely hardy plant and it’s very hard to kill. It survives under low light conditions very well, so under high lighting, it can grow extremely quick. Pothos is often used in various types of Vivariums also.\nHow to add it to your aquarium\nWhen you receive your Pothos plant you want to gently remove all the dirt from the roots and then place it in the aquarium, with the roots submerged in the water. The roots will grow long in the water, taking in all those nutrients from the tank, and with the leaves out of the water, will eventually grow out into a long vine out of the tank.\nI have a whole bunch of this is both tanks. It’s aesthetically pleasing having it twirl around the edge of the tank or down the side. The roots also look very good, and natural. Again, adding Pothos to improve aquarium water quality is very easy to do, and it will help to remove nitrates. Buy pothos here from Amazon\nI also made a YouTube video on the subject."}
{"text":"Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.\nRecovery from addiction necessarily takes great effort. If changing a behavior happens without effort, then that behavior is probably not so habitually imbedded into our emotional defense system that it can be considered an addiction. It takes time and effort to create addictions. Especially when we are addicted to substances that are not accepted into the mainstream of life, we have, no doubt, traveled a hard road of escape, denial, dishonesty, poor self-care, and often a host of other seemingly anti-social behaviors before we find ourselves tethered to emotional and physiological bonds that seem impenetrable and unchangeable. Even more subtle, less obviously damaging addictions have taken time to establish themselves. So, the path away from addiction and toward healthier patterns will take great effort and may often be thwarted by seeming failures and deep feelings of hopelessness and futility. These stumbles, in fact, are an important part of the recovery process. They stand as emotional hurdles that teach us about how mired we may be within the confines of our own dysfunctional patterns. But as we move through each of these hurdles, we also learn about our strengths, will to live, and ability to change and grow. Within each ‘failure’ lies an opportunity to learn about our own fortitude and commitment. So, we must not give up—ever."}
{"text":"The worker bees are sexually underdeveloped females smaller than the queen but capable of laying small numbers of eggs under some conditions. Worker bees that lay eggs are called laying workers. Their eggs, usually placed in worker cells, develop into undersized but functional drones.\nWorker-bee larvae hatch from the eggs in 3 days, are fed royal jelly for 2 1/2 days, and then their diet is changed to include pollen and honey for 2 1/2 days. They are sealed in their cells for 12 days, during which period they spin a cocoon and transform from the larvae to the pupae, emerging as adult bees 20 days after the eggs were laid.\nThe difference in the cell and food environment causes the worker bees to require 5 days longer to develop than the queen, yet their life expectancy is only 5 weeks during the summer and a few months during the winter. Any worker larva under 24 to 48 hours old can be developed into a queen under the proper colony conditions that insures the nurse bees will construct a queen cell and feed royal jelly lavishly to the developing larva. The rearing of queens for market is a highly specialized field of beekeeping.\nThe worker bees differ markedly from the queen in many respects other than function, length of life, and behavior. Structurally they have a longer tongue for gathering nectar, modified mandibles (jaws) especially designed for comb building, special glands for secreting royal jelly, enzymes for the conversion of nectar into honey, and glands that function in communication; highly specialized leg structures for gathering and carrying pollen, four pairs of wax glands on the underside of their abdomen for the secretion of wax, and a straight barbed sting for the defense of the colony. The queen's sting is curved and smooth and is used only to destroy rival queens.\nText Information via U of A, we are simply sharing the photo as an example and referring this so you know what we are showing you."}
{"text":"Forests, Fields, and the Falls\nThis site illustrates the ways in which the late 19th-century history of Minnesota is tied to the rise of and connection between four industries: lumbering, sawmilling, farming, and flour milling. The site uses a comic book-like format (large picture panels with minimal text), and incorporates the diaries and personal recollections of four Minnesotans who participated as lumbermen, sawyers, farmers, or flour millers. The colorful format attracts attention and the short presentations are appropriate for younger viewers (elementary, middle, and even high school students). The site relies primarily on Flash to present the stories, but viewers can also read and view the stories in HTML.\nEach segment provides links to outside resources (about 40 in all) for additional information. Explanatory links define terms that might be unfamiliar to visitors, suggest topics for discussion, and offer additional supporting materials (for example, the site links internally to approximately 50 period photographs and diary entries). Teachers may find useful the nine suggestions for classroom activities, such as analyzing photographic evidence or examining the perspective of one of the storytellers."}
{"text":"'Four Leaf Clover'; European waterclover (USA); sushni in parts of India; aalaik keerai in Tamil.\nM. quadrifolia is found naturally in central and southern Europe, Caucasia, western Siberia, Afghanistan, sw India, China, and Japan. It is considered a weed in some parts of the United States, where it has been well established in the northeast for over 100 years.\nAquatic fern bearing 4 parted leaf resembling '4-leaf clover' (Trifolium). Leaves floating in deep water or erect in shallow water or on land. Leaflets obdeltoid, to 3/4\" long, glaucous, petioles to 8\" long; Sporocarp (ferns) ellipsoid, to 3/16\" long, dark brown, on stalks to 3/4\" long, attached to base of petioles.\nIn some places it has been used as food for more than 3000 years. The plant is anti-inflammatory, diuretic, depurative, febrifuge and refrigerant. It is also used to treat snakebite and applied to abscesses etc.\nThe plant prefers light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It requires moist or wet soil and can grow in water.\nMarsilea quadrifolia can be grown as a potted plant, either just with soil kept wet, or semi-submerged, with fronds emergent from the water, or fully submerged, with the fronds floating on the surface of the water.\nIn the aquarium, water clover is grown fully submerged, usually in the foreground where it spreads by means of runners. It normally seems to be unfussy as to light and water conditions, and doesn't need a rich substrate.\nMarsileas are very easy to germinate from their sporocarps. However, the sporocarps must be abraded, cracked, or have an edge sliced off before submerging them in water so that the water can penetrate to swell the tissues, and germination is infrared-light dependent. Full sunlight is fine for this purpose.\n- Rataj Dr. Karel and Horeman T J, Aquarium Plants, TFH Publications (1977)"}
{"text":"as Lords of the Manor.\nwas a land set apart, a land of mystique and quaint customs, more strongly related to\n. It was not until the 10th century that they submitted to the Saxon rule of England. Since then, their influence has moved east into\nThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Winslett research.Another 139 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1510 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Winslett History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.\nof this family name include: Winslade, Wynslade, Winslate, Wynslate, Wynstall, Winslatt, Winslaid and many more."}
{"text":"This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.\nObjective: This book takes place in Africa the late 1800's. The author does a good job establishing this time frame and describing the character's lives during that time period. The objective of this lesson is to learn about that time period and how it differs from today.\n1) 1. For class discussion: What year does When the Lion Feeds start? What is the environment? Where does the story take place...\nThis section contains 7,680 words\n(approx. 26 pages at 300 words per page)"}
{"text":"Lettuce is an annual plant of the daisy family, Asteraceae. It is very often grown as a leaf vegetable, but sometimes for its stem and seeds. Lettuce is most often used for salads, although it is also seen in other kinds of food, such as soups, sandwiches and wraps; it can also be grilled. One variety, the woju , or asparagus lettuce is grown for its stems, which are either raw or cooked. In addition to its main use as a leafy green, it has also gathered religious and medicinal significance over centuries of human consumption. Europe and North America is the main market for lettuce, but by the late 20th century the consumption of lettuce had spread throughout the world. World production of lettuce and chicory for calendar year 2013 was 24.9 million tonnes, over half of which came from China.\nAvailability In The Market:"}
{"text":"Histology processing of a miniscule biopsy is a real challenge for surgical pathology. Some biopsies are so small that they are bordering cytology but these specimens have all histology organ/tissue features. For example, vocal cord biopsies often are like films of tissue.\nObviously, these specimens are very difficult for embedding and microtome cutting. The first trim takes the valuable material.\nApplication of many layers of dye, preferably Hematoxyline, on the specimen could be used to artificially enhance the size of the miniscule biopsy. The dye crystallizes on the surface coating the specimen. This crystal shield protects the main fragment while trimming. Hematoxyline over staining is not a problem for following slide staining.\nThis method was successfully tasted in many occasions. It is especially useful in brain biopsies with scarce material when a single almost invisible fragment solely represent diagnostically valuable structures."}
{"text":"2 Powerpoints and 5 word documents.\nWord documents: 46 keywords associated with the Senior Infant reader “Ella Goes to the Airport”, Cloze passage, 2 unjumble the sentence worksheet, one worksheet with very basic questions about the story\nPowerpoint: 9 slide Powerpoint with pictures of objects in story (e.g. shorts, swimsuit etc.) so children can spell them/sound them out and 24 slide Powerpoint with main keywords from the story."}
{"text":"With Instructables you can share what you make with the world, and tap into an ever-growing community of creative experts.\nRoll a metal ball around a plastic container, make the electrical connections and watch as the LEDs light up in succession!! OoooOoo\nWhen I came up with this project I was cleaning out my desk and found a little clear plastic container. I knew it could be of some use, ...\nThere should be 3 holes in the plastic, not 2 like the picture. I burned through the plastic using my soldering iron - a horrible idea, but there ...\nMeasure and cut out aluminum foil to shape the inner portion of the inside of the plastic lid. This will make the connection between the steel ball and ...\nUsually, LEDs have two leads with one longer than the other. The longer lead is the positive (anode) lead. The negative lead will be making a permanent connection ...\nTake the steel ball and roll it around inside the lid - hopefully the LEDs are making good connections and light up! If no LEDs are lighting up, ...\nLEDs (Article)by howitgoes\nVery Simple LED Lightby freeza36\nRuby the Red LED Plushie Modby caitlinsdad\nLight Sensing LEDsby Bot1398\nArduino Cyclone Gameby bruhman\nJoin 2 million + to receive instant DIY inspiration in your inbox.\nDownload our apps!\n© 2016 Autodesk, Inc."}
{"text":"Online Math Worksheets\nLibrary Home || Full Table of Contents || Suggest a Link || Library Help\n|Improving Education Inc.|\n|Random generated K-5 math worksheets - each time you load a Web page, new exercises are generated. Match the numbers; 1-, 2-, and 3-digit addition and subtraction; multiplication and division, including long division.|\n|Math Topics:||Basic Operations|\n© 1994- Drexel University. All rights reserved.\nThe Math Forum is a research and educational enterprise of the Drexel University School of Education."}
{"text":"Imagine the ‘wow' factor for pupils (and adults) to be seated beneath an historic telescope and to discover ‘How the telescopes have been used', ‘What we can learn from them today' and ‘How the astronomers would have worked here' when it was The Royal Observatory.\nYour group will be led by a member of our team as you visit two domes housing historic telescopes. The tour includes reference to the history of the site, the copper clad domes and the logistics of operating these huge telescopes.\nPrinciples of refraction and reflection will be shown by simple demonstrations and the tour normally incorporates a visit to 2 domes: 1 housing a refractor telescope and 1 a reflector.\nIt is hoped this experience will help to foster an understanding of telescopes and stimulate an interest in astronomy.\nA tour costs an additional £1 per pupil, lasts approximately 40 minutes and dialogue is led by the level of the group. Minimum charge £20.\nKS3 / KS4 pupils, and groups with a particular interest in physics / engineering / astronomy can book a tour to incorporate additional telescope domes and areas, depending on time and availability."}
{"text":"Recorded in number of dialectal spellings including Oubridge, Owbridge, and Owbrick, this is an English surname. It is locational and derives from the village name of Oughtibridge, a place in the former West Riding of Yorkshire, near the city of Sheffield. The derivation is from an Old English pre 7th century personal name \"Uhtred\", with \"brycg\", which is unlikely to have described a bridge as such, but probably referred to a raised causeway above the surrounding marshland. Oughtibridge was first recorded in the Yorkshire Charters of the year 1161 as \"Uhtinabrigga\". During the Middle Ages, when it became more common for people to migrate from their birthplace, generally to seek work elsewhere, the custom evolved of adopting the village name as a means of identification, thus resulting in a wide dispersal of the name. Amongst the early recordings is the marriage of John Owbrick and Dorothie Harrison at Scarborough Parish Church, on November 13th 1662, and the christening of John Oubridge on February 6th 1797, the chuurch of St. John and St. Martin, Beverley, East Yorkshire. The first recorded spelling of the family name is possibly that of Jervase Oubrigge who married Anne Rayly at Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, on May 3rd 1650, during the \"reign\" of Oliver Cromwell, 1649 - 1658. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to \"develop\" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.\n© Copyright: Name Origin Research 1980 - 2017"}
{"text":"Freedom from Chemical Dependency (FCD) representative visits School to talk with students about substance abuse\nFCD specialist and School of the Nations’ guest, Mr. Eduardo Torres, held educational debates with students and parents and gave workshops on drug use, depression, and anxiety. From October 30 through November 1, Mr. Torres discussed many facets of alcohol and drug use, as well as social, cultural, and personal questions related to drug consumption and addiction.\nMr. Torres shared data and discussed the physiological and psychological effects of drugs use. Different from prior years, Mr. Torres spoke of depression and anxiety as well. Students in Grades 5-12 listened to firsthand experiences and received practical information to help them weigh the risks and consider the results of the choices they make.\nFreedom from Chemical Dependency (FCD) is a global nonprofit substance abuse prevention organization that promotes health education to schools and universities. For years, FCD has worked worldwide to provide students and the adults who care for them the knowledge, understanding, and skills they need to make healthy choices about alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use.\nOur Middle School Guidance Counselor, Ms. Teresa Heloísa believes it is important to educate young people about the risks and realities of substance use. “FCD helps students and their families deal with the social aspects of drug use and helps students consider the outcomes of their choices. We want our students to become responsible, healthy adults.”\nBesides working with students, Mr. Eduardo Torres shared with parents some warning signs and other information they should be aware of at home. He also discussed how parents can bring the subject of drug and alcohol use up with their children.This is the third year our School receives a specialist to promote awareness of alcohol, tobacco, and drug use."}
{"text":"Through electronic tagging, tissue sampling and photo identification, a lot can be discovered of the behaviours of Ocean Giants. Whale sharks can dive up to a mile deep, and routinely swim over 6000 miles each year. Giant manta rays can also travel long distances. Whale sharks need approximately 25 years to mature, and routinely live for 100 years. There is still only very limited knowledge of their reproductive habits, but manta rays are known to have annual ovulating cycles, but have the slowest reproductive rate of all elasmobranch species."}
{"text":"Posted Date: 08/23/2021\nEES is starting the week strong! On Monday Ms. Dather’s class practiced identifying measurement units while sorting everyday objects into categories. Meanwhile Ms. Graham’s Kindergarten class was working hard on the number 6! Ms. Isom’s 5th grade literacy class used Frayer’s model to expand their vocabularies while starting the novel Wonder. Ms. Langley’s 5th graders were studying various states of matter, documenting what they found using their KLEWS chart. In 1st grade enrichment Ms. Barnhart’s students read a story on growth, diversity, and problem-solving. EES Teachers are doing Whatever It Takes for our students!"}
{"text":"Recent calls for \"engagement\" have land-grant institutions searching for ways to develop \"two-way\" partnerships between universities and communities for broad civic purposes. The renewal of a powerful but little understood tradition of educational organizing in Cooperative Extension work can help place Extension on the front lines of this important work. In this article, the author traces and discusses the roots of the tradition of educational organizing, shedding light on one of the most inspiring forgotten chapters of cooperative Extension history.\nCreative Commons License\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.\nPeters, S. J. (2002). Rousing the People on the Land: The Roots of the Educational Organizing Tradition in Extension Work. The Journal of Extension, 40(3), Article 4. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/joe/vol40/iss3/4"}
{"text":"Question: We are placing an 8-inch thick concrete parking lot with the joints at 18 feet apart. I thought we needed some expansion joints to account for the thermal expansion when the concrete gets hot in the summer. The engineer, though, insists expansion joints aren’t necessary. Why not?\nAnswer: The reason expansion joints aren’t needed is simply that drying shrinkage of the concrete after placement is greater than any anticipated thermal expansion. Start by reading Scott Tarr’s article on concrete shrinkage. You’ll note that he says even low-shrinkage concrete shrinks about 0.05%. So with the joints 18 feet apart, the slab will shrink 0.05% x 18 feet x 12 inches/foot = 0.12 inches. Thermal expansion of concrete is about 5.5 x 10-6/° F. Say you placed the slab at 70° F and it heats up to 150° F in the summer. That’s an 80° F temperature change. So the expansion would be 80 x 5.5 x 10-6 x 18 feet = 0.095 inches. And the sawed joints will at least 1/8-inch (0.125 inch) wide which provides an extra measure of safety. So even under these severe conditions, the expansion is less than the shrinkage so no expansion joint is needed."}
{"text":"Vinnie Takes a Bow - AlphaPets Author:Richard Max Kolding (Illustrator), Ruth Lerner Perle In this story, Vinnie the Vocal Vulture is so busy talking that he hardly ever listens. A series of mishaps that almost prevents him from playing in the AlphaPet orchestra finally makes Vinnie realize the importance of paying attention to what others have to say. — In addition to enjoying this story with your child you can use it to teach a gentl... more »e lesson about the importance of listening and the consequences of talking too much. You may want to discuss the role of cooperation and communication in any kind of group effort, such as participating in a team sport or playing in an orchestra.\nYou can also use this story to introduce the letter V. As you read about Vinnie the Vocal Vulture, ask your child to listen for all the V words and point to the objects that begin with V. When you've finished reading the story, your child will enjoy doing the activity at the end of the book.« less"}
{"text":"For Teachers: Classroom Activities\nTeachers: Have you or your students made up an activity yourselves? Share your ideas, and e-mail us at email@example.com today!\nFrom Expedition 14 to the Mediterranean Deep Brines:\nFrom Expedition 12 to the South Atlantic Ocean:\nFrom Expedition 11 to the Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean:\nFrom Expedition 10 to Antarctica:\nActivities submitted from teachers during Expedition 10:\nMary Cook, a teacher from Southside Middle School in Batesville, Arkansas sent in these lesson sheets that she gave to her 8th grade students. Thank you Mary!\nSubmitted March 8, 2006: Download computer lesson sheet (pdf) »\nSubmitted March 9, 2006: Download math lesson sheet (pdf) »\nRead the acrostic poems submitted by Mary Cook's class"}
{"text":"The Sanctuary of the Madonna of Val di Prata is located near the town along the road that leads to Arcidosso and the mountain, with a panoramic view that opens onto Montelaterone and Amiata. Mentioned in a document written by Pope Innocent III in 1198, the first year of his pontificate, the church of Val di Prata is referred to again in 1218 by Pope Honorius III in a letter addressed to the bishop of Chiusi, who boasted rights over this district, and again in 1228. From existing documents, however, it can be deduced that even before the year 1000, a church dedicated to the Virgin existed on this site. The church of Val di Prata houses the venerated fifteenth-century image of the Madonna and Child called the Consolation, which is said to have been found miraculously by a shepherdess. In 1864, Pope Pius IX granted a plenary indulgence in perpetuity to those who confessed and communicated in Val di Prata on 4th, 5th and 6th June each year, the anniversary of the coronation of the Sacred Image by the Sacred Chapter of St Peter in Rome in 1747. The plan of the sanctuary is rectangular with a terminal scarsella, its facade being like a hut, animated by corner pilasters with an entablature and an architraved portal. Adorning the sides of the church there are two stucco decorated altars: one dedicated to St Anthony and one to the Madonna del Carmine, with two dedicatory epigraphs marking their realization in 1691 and 1692 respectively. Over the altars hangs a canvas by Giuseppe Nicola Nasini depicting the Madonna “del Carmine” with St Teresa of Avila, St Elizabeth of Hungary, St Philip Neri and St Helena."}
{"text":"Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo wasn’t the only humiliating face-off in his illustrious career; in the summer of 1807 he faced a rather different opponent, a horde of rampaging fluffy bunnies.\nTo put this epic battle in context, Napoleon had just signed the Treaties of Tilsit, thereby ending the War of the Fourth Coalition, and the perfect way to celebrate, he decided, was with a rabbit hunt. His chief of staff Alexandre Berthier set about collecting the bunnies needed for such a celebration, while also inviting a selection of the most prominent men in the military. He wanted to impress so he revealed hundreds (and some sources even say thousands) of bunnies caged and eager to flee as soon as they were released – or so he thought.\nOnce the rabbits were released from their cages they did the exact opposite of what all the men expected – instead of running away in terror they all bounded straight toward Napoleon. Nervous laughter quickly transformed into horror as this fluffle of beasts began to climb up the French emperor’s legs. Napoleon’s men attempted to beat them off with sticks but the swarm was, quite literally, impossible to shake off.\nAlthough most likely reluctant to admit it, Berthier was to blame – instead of trapping wild hares he had purchased tame rabbits, they were used to seeing humans so they were expecting Napoleon to feed them their dinner rather than shoot them. Eventually Napoleon did manage to escape the fluffy plague, but only by fleeing to his coach, the bunnies in hot pursuit apparently “divided into two wings”, some even made it into the carriage."}
{"text":"by Thornton Wilder\nOur Town Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory\nThe play is an allegory of life structured over three days. Wilder begins the play at the crack of dawn, when the town is waking up, and concludes the play with the dead in the cemetery. The repeti...\nWilder calls for no scenery at the opening of the play, making the Stage Manager carry on a few basic chairs and tables. When Doc Gibbs walks onstage from a doctor’s call, he mimes his doctor..."}
{"text":"Updated: July 2014\nPublished: May 2013\nMayo Clinic Center for Tuberculosis\nMayo Clinic Center for Tuberculosis is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-designated U.S. Regional Training and Medical Consultation Center. The goal of the center is to develop and deliver training for medical and public health professionals in tuberculosis prevention and control, as well as provide medical consultation for complex medical cases involving tuberculosis.\nMayo has a long history of providing quality health care for tuberculosis (TB) and mycobacterial diseases, and developing education and training. The Mayo Clinic Center for Tuberculosis helps support the goal of eliminating TB in the United States — and worldwide.\nWith guidance from the CDC, and in coordinated partnership with other regional centers and national entities, Mayo Clinic will provide high-quality and expert assistance for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of TB, along with world-class education and training programs and products that meet the broad and unique needs of health care providers and public health staff in its regional purview."}
{"text":"Almonds, brown rice, whole wheat, dried beans and peanuts are all relatively good sources of plant sterols. Other reliable sources of plant sterols include lentils, walnuts, pecans, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds.Continue Reading\nPlant sterols are substances that occur naturally in many grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts and seeds. However, fruits and vegetables only contain trace amounts, levels that are too low to positively affect cholesterol levels. A person would need to eat approximately 100 pounds of fruits and vegetables daily to get the total daily intake of two grams needed for plant sterols to lower cholesterol, according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Because of this, sterols are added to many foods, such as margarine spreads, orange juice, cereals, granola and snack bars. Plant sterols are also found in some cooking oils, salad dressings, milk, yogurt and juices.\nPlant sterols work in the digestive tract by preventing cholesterol from being absorbed into the bloodstream. Instead, the cholesterol is eliminated from the body with waste. More than 140 clinical studies have shown that plant sterols can help lower LDL cholesterol levels by up to 14 percent. However, the American Heart Association does not recommend sterol-fortified foods for everyone. Instead, it suggests that only people who need to lower their cholesterol or who have had a heart attack should use them.Learn more about Nutritional Content"}
{"text":"Posted on March 8th, 2009 by\nAccording to the results of a study conducted in Italy and published in the Archives of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, selected patients with glottic cancer recurrence after radiation therapy can be safely and effectively treated with endoscopic carbon dioxide laser surgery.\nThe glottis is the middle part of the larynx where the vocal cords are located. Early-stage glottic cancer may be treated with radiation therapy or surgery.\nRecurrent glottic cancer refers to glottic cancer that has returned following treatment. When glottic cancer recurs locally (in the area of the initial cancer) after radiation therapy, treatment of the recurrence often involves surgery.\nEndoscopic laser surgery is a minimally invasive technique in which a scope is passed through the mouth and into the throat, and a laser is used to remove the cancer.\nTo assess endoscope laser treatment of glottic cancer recurrence, researchers in Italy conducted a study among 37 patients whose initial glottic cancer had been treated with radiation therapy. The study was restricted to patients with recurrences that were confined to the vocal cords or who had less than 5 mm of extension into the supraglottis or subglottis.\nThe researchers conclude that for selected patients with glottic cancer recurrence after radiation therapy, endoscopic laser surgery is safe and effective and allows for laryngeal preservation in a high proportion of cases. The researchers note, however, that women may have a high risk of laryngeal stenosis with the procedure.\nReference: Ansarin M, Planicka M, Rotundo S et al. Endoscopic carbon dioxide laser surgery for glottic cancer recurrence after radiotherapy. Archives of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. 2007;133:1193-1197.\nCopyright © 2010 CancerConsultants. All Rights Reserved.\nYou must be logged-in to the site to post a comment."}
{"text":"[Pool] Pool server monitoring 12ms offset\ncswiger at mac.com\nTue Jun 8 17:44:23 UTC 2010\nOn Jun 8, 2010, at 10:22 AM, Ryan Malayter wrote:\n> Or it could just be \"the Internet\". Asymmetric routes are the norm\n> when crossing ISP boundaries, not the exception. Everyone does \"hot\n> potato\" routing, and dumps packets onto their peer and upstream\n> networks at the nearest exit point from their own network.\n> For example, when a packet travels from my hosting provider in Dallas,\n> it jumps from the hosting provider to Level 3 to XO in the Dallas\n> metro area, and then XO transports it to Chicago over their network.\n> But a packet travelling from my Chicago office starts on XO, and is\n> dumped to Level 3's chicago peering point, and then travels to Dallas\n> via Level 3's network.\n\"hot potato\" is a nice term, although RFC-2328 uses a fancier phrase, \"Open Shortest Path First\". :-) Although, in point of fact, OSPF is mostly used internally on large networks (within a single AS), and BGP is used for communication between different internetworks.\nMore information about the pool"}
{"text":"Where is the camera tool in Revit?\nClick View tab -> Create panel -> 3D View drop-down -> Camera.\nHow do you put a camera in perspective view?\nTo create a Physical camera from a view:\n- Activate a Perspective viewport.\n- If necessary, adjust the viewport using Pan, Zoom, and Orbit, or the ViewCube, until you have a view you like.\n- Leaving the viewport active, on the Views menu choose Create Physical Camera From View, or press Ctrl+C .\nHow do I change the camera view in Revit?\nModify the Camera Position in a 3D View\n- Open the 3D view.\n- In the Project Browser, right-click the 3D view name, and select Show Camera. …\n- In the Project Browser, double-click the view in which you want to modify the camera position (for example, the plan view or the elevation view).\n- Drag the camera to move it.\nHow do I change the field of view in Revit?\nWith this tool active, click and hold the left mouse button and move the cursor up to increase the focal length and zoom in. Click and hold the left mouse button and move the cursor down to decrease the focal length and zoom out.\nWhat creates a perspective view of your project in Revit?\nThe Perspective option controls whether a 3D view displays as perspective instead of orthographic. Open a plan, section, or elevation view. Click View tab Create panel 3D View drop-down Camera. … Click in the drawing area to place the camera.\nHow do you make a camera view?\nCreate Standard Camera From View\n- Activate a Perspective viewport. > Views menu > Create Standard Camera From View.\n- Activate a Perspective viewport. > Create menu > Cameras > Create Standard Camera From View."}
{"text":"(Germany 17 Nov 1876 – 20 Apr 1964)\nMaler (Anton Raederscheidt)\n- Other titles:\n- Painter (Anton Raederscheidt)\n- Not on display\n- Further information\nAugust Sander is best known for his monumental project ‘People of the Twentieth Century’ which aimed to document the German society in which he lived.\nDuring the early 1920s Sander became involved with the Cologne Progressive group, conceiving of a major portrait project intended to objectively reflect contemporary society. This he envisaged would comprise of some 45 folios, each divided into seven categories, with twelve photographs per folio. His first folio began with the category of The Farmer. The diverse range of individuals he documented were photographed and presented as ‘archetypes’ of their profession or social position; collectively they provide a dignified and individuated glimpse of humanity.\nSander published a preview of this series, entitled ‘Face of the Age’, in 1929. It was enthusiastically received at the time, but was later condemned by the Nazis who objected to the social diversity it presented.\nUnder the increasing threat of persecution Sander turned the focus of his work to nature and landscape photography throughout the 1930s and 40s.\nThe painter Anton Raederscheidt studied in Cologne and Dusseldorf and from 1914 was associated with the avant-garde. Married to the artist Marta Hegemann, another of Sander’s subjects, they came into contact with the photographer as part of the Cologne progressives group whom Sander documented in the 1920s. Raederscheidt is photographed early in the morning on Bismarkstrasse in Cologne looking very much like a figure from one of his own paintings. Raederscheidt fled Germany in the mid 1930s, survived the war and eventually returned to Cologne where he died in 1970.\n- gelatin silver photograph\n- 27.0 x 19.7 cm image/sheet\n- Signature & date\n- Not signed. Not dated.\n- Alistair McAlpine Photography Fund 2007\n- Accession number\n- © August Sander/Bildkunst. Licensed by Viscopy, Australia"}
{"text":"Canadian (born in Germany), 1911–2005\nTwo Girls Asleep Under Their Caribou Skins During the Famine at Padlei, NWT, 1950\nsilver gelatin print on paper\n40.6 x 50.8 cm Image: 47.6 x 33 cm\nCollection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Acquired with funds from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Naylor, funds administered through The Winnipeg Foundation\nIn 1947 a trip to the Arctic stirred Richard Harrington’s desire to see more of the Canadian North. He made five additional trips over the next decade, travelling by dogsled, all the while documenting the Inuit’s vanishing way of life. His most notable trip was in 1950 when he travelled to Arviat on the west coast of Hudson Bay and then headed inland to visit the remote camps of the Padlei Inuit. He discovered that the people were starving because of a change in caribou migration routes. When he returned to Churchill, he helped raise awareness of the problem. This work is from this excursion. It pictures sisters Agartook, 18, and Keenalik, 9, whose family was subsisting on only a quarter of their regular diet."}
{"text":"Black oak (Quercus velutina)\nHeight 35' to 75' with a diameter of 9\" to 30\"; clear trunk for 20' or more on large trees; crown wide and irregularly shaped.\nOn young trees, smooth and dark brown; thick and black on older trees with deep furrowed and rough broken ridges; inner bark bright yellow and bitter because of tannic acid.\nSimple, alternate on stem, length 5\" to 10\"; lobed halfway to midrib with seven to nine triangular, bristle-pointed lobes; crimson in spring, silvery when half grown, brown in autumn; when mature, thick dark green and shiny on upper surface and pale on lower surface; covered more or less with down; conspicuous rusty brown hairs in forks of veins.\nLight brown nut (acorn) matures in the second season; length 1/2\" to 1\"; shape somewhat round; one-half to three-fourths of nut is enclosed in thin, dark brown, scaly cup; kernel is yellow and extremely bitter.\nFound in southeastern Minnesota on dry ridges; moderately shade intolerant, moderately fast growing."}
{"text":"Direct Static Code Injection\nASDR Table of Contents\nLast revision: 09/11/2008\nDirect Static Code Injection attack consists on injecting code directly onto the resource used by application while processing a user request. This is normally performed by tampering libraries and template files which are created based on user input without proper data sanitization. Upon a user request to the modified resource, the actions defined on it will be executed at server side in the context of web server process.\nServer Side Includes is considered a type of direct static code injection. It should not be confused with other types of code injection, like XSS (“Cross-site scripting” or “HTML injection”) where the code is executed on client side.\nThis is a simple example of exploitation of CGISCRIPT.NET csSearch 2.3 vulnerability, published on Bugtraq ID: 4368.\nBy requesting the following URL to the server, it’s possible to execute commands defined on ‘’’’setup’’’ variable.\nFor the classical example, it can be used the following command to remove all files from “/” folder: csSearch.cgi?command=savesetup&setup=`rm%20-rf%20/`\nNote that the above command must be encoded in order to be accepted.\nThis example exploits a vulnerability on Ultimate PHP Board (UPB) 1.9 (CVE-2003-0395), which allows an attacker to execute random php code. This happens because some user variables, like IP address and User-Agent, are stored in a file that is used by admin_iplog.php page to show user statistics. When an administrator browses this page, the previously injected code by a malicious request is executed. The following example stores a malicious PHP code that will deface index.html page when administrator browses admin_iplog.php.\nGET /board/index.php HTTP/1.0 User-Agent: <? system( \"echo \\'hacked\\' > ../index.html\" ); ?>\nRelated Threat Agents"}
{"text":"Two Russian astronomers recently discovered a previously unknown comet. The discovery was made using CCD images, and scientists believe the comet may become very bright late next year. The comet is expected to be bright because it will pass extremely close to the sun and then pass “somewhat” close to the earth.\nThe comet is officially known as C/2012 S1 (ISON), and it will be better viewed by people in the northern hemisphere. The astronomers who discovered the comet are Artyom Novichonok and Vitaly Nevski. The duo discovered the comet when viewing CCD images taken on September 21 using a 0.4-meter telescope that is part of the Scientific Optical Network (ISON) located in Kislovodsk, Russia.\nRight now, the comet is said to be very dim at about 10,000 times fainter than the faintest star visible to the unaided eye. However, scientists expect the comet will brighten dramatically as it gets closer to the sun. The comet is expected to pass 1.16 million miles from the sun on November 28, 2013.\nThere’s a chance that the comet will become bright enough when it passes near the Sun to be visible during the day. Once the comet makes its orbit around the sun it could even be visible in the morning and evening skies. The comet will pass 40,000,000 miles from Earth and could possibly remain visible to the unaided eye through January of 2014.\n[via PC Mag]"}
{"text":"In 1849, 11-year-old John Muir emigrated from Scotland to America. Here, he rose from farmer and sawmill worker to become a noted authority on the botany, glaciers, and forestry of the nation's wilderness. Best known for his long association with the Yosemite Valley and Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, Muir also explored the southern states, Alaska, the Great Basin, and the Mojave Desert. His studies took him around the world and generated volumes of poetic, evocative writings.As America expanded relentlessly westward, Muir witnessed the plunder and exploitation of the land and became a driving force in efforts to protect the natural world. A modest and private man, married and father of two daughters, his conservationist views forced himinto battle with powerful political and industrial interests. He influenced four U.S. presidents to sponsor legislation that protected forests and established or expanded America's national parks.More\nWe've sent an email with your order details. Order ID #:\nTo access this title, visit your library in the app or on the desktop website."}
{"text":"Designed by Robert Matheson, the Temperate Palmhouse at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is a masterpiece of Victorian architecture and engineering, with its slender cast-iron columns, curved glass roof and richly decorated arches. When it opened in 1858 the Palmhouse was the tallest structure of its kind in the UK and provided visitors with their first, and perhaps only, encounter with plants from distant places.\nIn 2002 it was decided that the Palmhouse needed to be comprehensively restored and adapted in order to offer improved physical and intellectual access for all, and in doing so create an exciting new entrance to the glasshouse complex at the Garden. Simpson & Brown's design for these wide-ranging improvements was driven first and foremost by the needs of the plants; those trees which could not be moved exerted a defining influence on detailed proposals. This proved to be a great challenge for everyone involved in the project but the end result shows how a tired and overcrowded structure can be successfully resurrected into a beautiful but functional space which pays tribute to the history of the building, reinforces the work of the Garden as a whole, and recognises the enduring importance of temperate flora to mankind.\n|Project name:||The Temperate Palmhouse|\n|Download Project sheet →||View Map →|"}
{"text":"While many areas around the country have begun to reopen and lift stay-at-home orders put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you should still take precautions to protect your health and that of your family. The CDC recommends that you continue following basic guidelines like washing your hands (thoroughly!), not touching your face, and staying home if you don’t feel well.\nOne guideline, however, can create challenges for people with hearing loss: the recommendation (or requirement, in some areas) to wear a face covering in public settings. This can be difficult for those with hearing loss for several reasons.\nFirst, if you use hearing aids, the elastic bands of the face mask may interfere with your hearing devices and could tug on them while you are wearing the face mask. You may also find that removing your face mask also pulls out your hearing aids.\nSecond, it’s more difficult to understand someone who is wearing a face mask. This is especially true if you have hearing loss and have learned to rely on lip-reading or facial cues to aid in your understanding. The face mask can also muffle and distort speech.\nFortunately, there are a few things you can do to make it easier to effectively communicate while still wearing a face mask to protect yourself and others.\nHow to wear a face mask with hearing aids:\nHow to communicate with someone with hearing loss while wearing a face mask:\nThese simple tips can go a long way in helping a person with hearing loss better communicate with those wearing face masks. Whether you have hearing loss or you know someone who does, be patient with yourself and others as we all strive to protect ourselves and navigate our new normal.\nFor more information about how to use a face mask with hearing aids, or how to more effectively communicate while wearing a face covering, we welcome you to contact our hearing practice today. We look forward to serving you!"}
{"text":"(also horn poppy)\n- A Eurasian poppy with grayish-green lobed leaves, large flowers, and a long curved seed capsule.\nMás ejemplos en oraciones\n- Genus Glaucium, family Papaveraceae: several species, in particular the yellow horned poppy (G. flavum), which has become naturalized in the US, especially along the coast from Massachusetts to Virginia\n- Its odd common name of horned poppy refers to its almost foot-long curved seed pods that arch as they ripen.\n- My last stars of the fall garden are the horned poppies, Glaucium flavum and Glaucium grandiflorum.\n- You may also find yellow horned poppies, crocuses and orchids, depending on the terrain.\nMás definiciones de horned poppyDefinición de horned poppy en:\n- el diccionario Inglés británico e internacional"}
{"text":"When should parents start encouraging early speech?\nHost: When should parents starts encouraging early speech? Rene Hackney: Parents should start to encouraging early speech as young as the baby seems to be attending to them, talking to the baby throughout the day. When the baby smiles, the parent smiles, when the baby laughs, the parent laughs, that was typical exchange. Even young, young babies, the four-month olds, start to realize while I am having an impact on the world. Somewhere in there, they start to realize, my vocalizations cause an impact on others and so, the ideas is to really attend and listen to those speech sounds early and have conversations with babies even when they don t have a lot of language. It s good when children are really young, also to sing songs that have repetitions that you are singing them everyday or singing songs with a lot of movements, things like Paddycake and The Wheel on The Bus. The more movements that are given with the sounds, the children start to pick it up a bit earlier."}
{"text":"Baer begins by introducing several early manifestations of the golem legend, including texts from the third and fourth centuries and from the medieval period; Prague's golem legend, which is attributed to the Maharal, Rabbi Judah Loew; the history of the Josefov, the Jewish ghetto in Prague, the site of the golem legend; and versions of the legend by Yudl Rosenberg and Chayim Bloch, which informed and influenced modern intertexts. In the chapters that follow, Baer traces the golem first in pre-Holocaust Austrian and German literature and film and later in post-Holocaust American literature and popular culture, arguing that the golem has been deployed very differently in these two contexts. Where prewar German and Austrian contexts used the golem as a signifier of Jewish otherness to underscore growing anti-Semitic cultural feelings, post-Holocaust American texts use the golem to depict the historical tragedy of the Holocaust and to imagine alternatives to it. In this section, Baer explores traditional retellings by Isaac Bashevis Singer and Elie Wiesel, the considerable legacy of the golem in comics, Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, and, finally, \"Golems to the Rescue\" in twentieth- and twenty-first-century works of film and literature, including those by Cynthia Ozick, Thane Rosenbaum, and Daniel Handler.\nBy placing the Holocaust at the center of her discussion, Baer illustrates how the golem works as a self-conscious intertextual character who affirms the value of imagination and story in Jewish tradition. Students and teachers of Jewish literature and cultural history, film studies, and graphic novels will appreciate Baer's pioneering and thought-provoking volume.\nPayment & Security\nYour payment information is processed securely. We do not store credit card details nor have access to your credit card information."}
{"text":"BIG HILL, TX (LIMESTONE COUNTY)\nBIG HILL, TEXAS (Limestone County). Big Hill (Bighill), on Farm Road 2489 seven miles west of Thornton in western Limestone County, was named for an elevation used by the Indians as a lookout point. Settlement began there in the 1880s with the opening of the blacklands for farming. Big Hill Methodist Church, which served as the focus of the community for many years, was organized in 1879. A post office was opened in 1894 with Bailey A. Garrett as postmaster, and in 1896 a Big Hill school district was organized. The town's population reached a peak of about 100 in 1915 but began to decline by the 1920s as business grew in nearby Groesbeck. The Big Hill post office was closed in 1924, and by 1949 the population had declined to twenty. After World War II the church disbanded, and the school was consolidated with that of Groesbeck. By 1985 only the abandoned church and cemetery were left to mark the site of the town. In 2000 the population was reported as nine.\nMemorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone, and Leon Counties (Chicago: Lewis, 1893). Ray A. Walter, A History of Limestone County (Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1959).\nThe following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Ray A. Walter, \"BIG HILL, TX (LIMESTONE COUNTY),\" Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrb30), accessed May 06, 2015. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association."}
{"text":"Like many europeans, I struggle with imperial units. Even if you get the general feeling of one, say the inch, it does not really help as the others are all over the place, relatively speaking. And then I realised it kind of makes sense, if you use the furlong as basis.\nThe key is to understand that five furlongs is roughly one kilometre (1005.84 meters), as by definition one mile is eight furlongs, a mile is roughly 1⅗ kilometre (1600 meters as opposed to 1609.34 meters). From there a furlong is roughly 200 meters (220 yards) or 110 fathoms or 660 feet. A yard is roughly one meter and a foot is roughly ⅓ of a meter. This approach has two advantages: it works in my head, and it relies on imperial units people in the US typically don’t use, so the misery can be shared."}
{"text":"1 / 2\nFor millions of years New Zealand has been isolated and unique birds, animals and plants have developed here. Best known are our flightless birds such as the Kiwi. Because there were no ground based enemies for ancient birds many lost there ability to fly with the passage of time.\nLizards, frogs, and bats are the only indigenous land animals in New Zealand. Dogs (kiri) and rats were introduced by the Maori, and red and fallow deer, trout, salmon, Australian opossum, rabbits, and domestic animals have been introduced over the last 150 years by European settlers. There are now strict regulations with very heavy penalties against the importing of plants, fruit and animals unless approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to protect the New Zealand environment.\nHave you got a great story to tell? Add your own article"}
{"text":". . . that is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've un- derstood all your life, but in a new way. Various transforms have been widely used in diverse applications of science, engineering and technology. New transforms are emerging to solve many problems, which may have been left unsolved in the past, or newly created by modern science or technologies. Various meth- ods have been continuously reported to improve the implementation of these transforms. Early developments of fast algorithms for discrete transforms have significantly stimulated the advance of digital signal processing technologies. More than 40 years after fast Fourier transform algorithms became known, several discrete transforms, including the discrete Hart- ley transform and discrete cosine transform, were proposed and widely used for numerous applications. Although they all are related to the discrete Fourier transform, different fast algorithms and their implementations have to be separately developed to minimize compu- tational complexity and implementation costs. In spite of the tremendous increase in the speed of computers or processors, the demands for higher processing throughout seemingly never ends. Fast algorithms have become more important than ever for modern applications to become a reality. Many new algorithms recently reported in the literature have led to important improvements upon a number of issues, which will be addressed in this book. Some discrete transforms are not suitable for signals that have time-varying frequency components. Although several approaches are available for such applications, various inher- ent problems still remain unsolved.\nTransforms and Fast Algorithms for Signal Analysis and Representations\nEducation & Reference"}
{"text":"Bertrand Russell was a world renowned philosopher, writer and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. During World War I his activities as a pacifist resulted in his being fined and in 1916, dismissed from his lectureship and imprisoned for six months in 1918. While in prison he wrote the Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy and started reading for his work The Analysis of Mind.\nIn 1954 he made his famous ‘Man's Peril’ broadcast on the BBC, condemning the Bikini H-bomb tests. This led to the Russell-Einstein statement of protest by Nobel scientists, to the Pugwash Conferences of scientists from both East and West.\nIn 1958 he became president of the newly launched Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament from which he resigned in 1960 and formed the more militant Committee of 100 which he went on to lead in campaigns of civil disobedience in protest at Britain's atomic weapons. He led mass sit-ins in 1961 that brought him a two-month prison sentence, which was reduced to seven days on health grounds."}
{"text":"Sentence: In the Kennedy-Nixon debates, radio listeners famously thought Nixon fared better, while those who watched on TV in 1960 were struck by Kennedy’s handsome appearance and put off by Nixon’s pallid complexion and an ill-chosen gray suit that blended into the background. (Source: money.cnn.com)\nMeaning: Pale; Lacking vigor or intensity\nHow To Remember?\n“Pallid” is “Pale“!\nFor more words, click here!\nPicture Credit: giphy.com\n[Well, Voldemort sure had a pallid skin!]\nSubscribe to the blog for whetting your vocabulary and communication skills!\nComment | Like | Share"}
{"text":"Species Act May Chill Seattle's Growth\nAugust 25, 1998\nIt would be ironic if Seattle -- one of the most environmentally conscious cities in the U.S. -- were the first big U.S. city confronted with the stringent requirements of the Endangered Species Act. But that might happen if the National Marine Fisheries Service puts the local Chinook salmon, which has been in decline, on the endangered species list.\n- Although no one knows just how expensive it would be to comply with ESA regulations in the case of the salmon, a U.S. Forest Service economist has estimated that saving owl habitats cost each U.S. family about the price of a pizza.\n- A threatened or endangered listing would cover an area 70 miles in any direction from Seattle -- a region with a population of about 3 million and about 60 percent of the state's employment, personal income and gross product.\n- ESA-related costs can reach into the billions, even in sparsely populated areas.\n- New regulations -- which would affect the cost and availability of new homes in the area -- could be felt as early as next year, just as Seattle's economy is expected to cool.\nTimber industry sources estimate that saving habitat for owls -- through designated \"owl circles\" where logging is banned -- has cost 22,500 timber and paper mill jobs in five Western states. Rules and regulations to save the salmon would, among other things, jack up the price of new single-family homes, the average price of which is already in excess of $300,000 in the area.\nSource: Jim Christie, \"Species Act May Chill Seattle's Growth,\" Investor's Business Daily, August 25, 1998.\nBrowse more articles on Environment Issues"}
{"text":"/vulndb/Cross-site Request Forgery\nCSRF is an attack which forces an end-user to execute unwanted actions on a web application with which he is currently authenticated. Applications susceptible of this attack have no way to distinguish legit requests from forged ones.\nA CSRF vulnerability allows attackers to perform silent requests on behalf of the user to alter any stored user information or perform sensitive actions on behalf of the user. For example, a CSRF vulnerability may be used to change the user’s access credentials.\nUrls and Forms that perform important operations must be protected by random tokens (hidden nonce values). These tokens must be checked for validity at the server before the request is processed.\nCSRF is a vulnerability inherited by the fact that protocols used by the Web were not designed with security in mind. In the case of Web Application, CSRF would not exist if HTTP was able to maintain the state of the connection between the client and the server, a mechanism known as stateful connection."}
{"text":"At CIS, Elementary school includes Kindergarten to Grade 5. The goal of the CIS elementary program is to provide students with a sound foundation for future learning in middle school and beyond. In Lower Primary School (K-2), our program emphasizes the development of strong foundational English and Math literacy skills as well as fine and gross motor skills, among other more specific objectives described in our curriculum which is based on the American Common Core Standards.\nOverall, the elementary program focuses on inspiring a joy of learning by empowering the child as an active learner and critical thinker. Our teachers seek to accomplish this through ongoing implementation of our Learning Principles. To achieve these goals we have developed strong grade level teaching teams and a schedule that encourages collaboration with common planning and instructional time.\nAdditionally, teachers work collaboratively across the whole school to provide a smooth transition process from the Early Childhood Program to Kindergarten, from one elementary grade level to the next, and from Grade 5 to Middle School. The homeroom teacher is the key contact for parents and provides the primary means of communication between the home and the school.\nThe ultimate goal of the program is to prepare students to be responsible, productive citizens in a rapidly changing world. We do this by working to intentionally embed CIS’ Community Principles of Kindness, Partnership, Good Intent and Sustainability into our lesson and school-wide approaches to social-emotional learning.\nDr. Martin Thomas\nElementary School Principal"}
{"text":"The Symbolism of Colors represent many different items of sacred significance. The meaning of the different colors are highly significant and are detailed as follows:\nWhite symbolizes Purity, virginity, innocence and virtue. It also symbolises holiness and is the Christian color for all high Holy Days of the Church Year, especially the seasons of Christmas and Easter\nYellow colors symbolize renewal, hope, light and purity. Yellow is the Christian color for the season of Easter when used with white. When taken as an off-white color symbolizes degradation or cowardice\nOrange colors symbolize courage, endurance and strength representing fire and flame\nGreen colors symbolize nature, fertility, hope and bountifulness. Green symbolizes freedom from bondage. Green is the Christian color for the season of Epiphany\nRed colors symbolize the Holy Spirit and is the color of Pentecost. Red also represents fire and is associated with power and importance. Crimson red also symbolizes the presence of God and the blood of martyrs. It is the Christian liturgical color for Pentecost and represents atonement and humility\nBlack colors symbolize death, fear and ignorance and was also used to indicate authority and power. The color black is associated with Good Friday.\nBrown colors symbolize the earth, poverty and humility and closely associated with monastic life\nBlue colors symbolize heavenly grace. The Virgin Mary is often depicted wearing blue clothing. Blue also represents hope, good health and the state of servitude\nPurple colors are always associated with Royalty, Purple togas were worn by the powerful Roman Emperors. The symbolic meaning of the color purple was for penitence and mourning and is the liturgical color for the seasons of Lent and Advent.\nAlso see Dream Interpretation Colors"}
{"text":"Initiative Description: A 15 week mindfulness and SEL program consisting of 15 lessons (one per week) where children learned about their brain, feelings, thoughts, learned how to be caring and altruistic, practiced perspective taking, optimism and savoring happy experiences, and were cued to practice mindfulness 3 times a day (in the morning, after lunch, and at the end of school) This mindfulness consisted of hearing a resonant sounds, focusing their attention on the sound, and then on one’s breathing and body sensations, and ending back with the same sound without judgment.\nStudy Results: Improved psychological wellbeing. Increased positive affect and decreased negative affect.\nReference: de Carvalho, J. S., Pinto, A. M., & Maroco, J. (2017). Results of a mindfulness-based social-emotional learning program on portuguese elementary students and teachers: a quasi-experimental study. Mindfulness, 8(2), 337-350. doi:10.1007/s12671-016-0603-z\nLevel of Evidence: Good"}
{"text":"Most of you reading this probably take wireless broadband for granted. After all, the internet has become rather ubiquitous, right? Still, there are a lot of people who live in remote communities who are living with unreliable or no internet. The result? A tech and information gap between urban and rural communities.\n78% of people surveyed in rural communities had some form of internet access in 2015. In rural areas, just over 85% reported having internet access. Sure, it doesn’t seem rural communities are lagging too far behind, but these numbers don’t reveal the biggest problems in rural America.\nFor example, reliable and fast internet access is far more uncommon in rural communities versus urban areas. Just over half of rural residents reported speeds of 25 Mbps broadband quality, which is far less than urban dwellers at 94 percent.\nOne of the issues facing rural consumers is that their market is often dominated by one internet provider. Without competition, internet providers have less pressure to upgrade their networks to improve speed and reliability.\nThe disparity is magnified in rural schools. Without the internet, teachers are unable to integrate the rich resources on the internet into their lessons, which leaves them at a disadvantage when compared with urban schools.\nIn the absence of reliable, broadband internet, residents in these rural communities are somewhat compromised. Imagine, for example, relying on a slow dial-up connection for shopping and entertainment.\nHow would your life change without internet access? Let us know in the comments below."}
{"text":"Ahoy Matey! You have sailed to the right port! Here is a gem of a product. Two resources packaged together as one: Novel Study Resources and Stone Fox Vocabulary Study.\nThe Novel Resources can be used with any novel/chapter book for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. Nine graphic organizers help students organize their ideas and thoughts for story elements, theme, vocabulary, and summaries. In addition, there are forty discussion/written response questions covering story elements and a variety of fiction genre: realistic fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, mystery, and science fiction. All of these resources can be cut out and glued into journals.\nTwenty-three tier 2 vocabulary words from Stone Fox have been selected for word study. Words are introduced via an interactive slideshow. Also included are Word/Definition cards which can be used for a variety of games: “Match/Concentration”, “Pictograph”, and “Charades”. Finally, a set of illustrated word cards can be used for your Word Wall.\n• Common Core ELA Standards\n• Teaching Tips\n• Student Directions\n• Text-dependent Questions for each chapter\n• Genre Chart\n• Plot Development Visual Representations\n• Summary Samples\n• Graphic Organizer Samples"}
{"text":"The map divides Africa into five major regions: \"Barbarie\" [northern Africa]; \"Haute Guinée\" [West African coast], \"Nigritie\" [central Africa], \"Abissinie\" [Abyssinia and the Red Sea coastal region] and \"Pays des Cafres\" [South and East Africa, including what is now Somalia]. De l'Isle has divided these regions into smaller areas of dominion. The Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope is labelled \"Fort des Hollandois\". Marks cities and geographical features particularly in West Africa, Abyssinia, the Congo, along the Zambezi River and in South Africa. Visible are the eastern edge of Brazil, southern Europe, Arabia, the western edge of Asia, Madagascar and the other islands surrounding the continent. Relief shown pictorially. Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. Surrounding the cartouche are illustrations of three elephants, an ostrich, a spear-wielding man on a horse and another man wrestling with a crocodile. \"Avec privilege\" 4 bar scales on map, given in \"Lieües marines de France,\" \"Lieües marines de Espagne,\" \"Lieües communes de Allemagne,\" and \"Iournés communes.\""}
{"text":"Change agents — leaders in special education– are transforming ways to help older students cope with ASD, attention deficits and related problem behavior that interferes with learning. What does the latest brain research suggest about how we can individualize services, help these students pay closer attention to oral instruction, develop self-regulation skills, complete assignments on time and meet their educational goals? Get insights and practical advice about results-oriented practices for educating middle and high school students who have been diagnosed with these disorders.\nPlease note: Certificates of attendance and/or continuing education opportunities are not available for on-demand webinars. Any references in the videos only apply to the live webinars attendees."}
{"text":"The energy IMO is more likely stored in the stressed longitudinal magnetic field at the core of the intergalactic filament, but little attention has been paid to such fields. There has been some consideration of the longitudinal field in solar surface flux tubes, but how they could measure such fields entering the Sun at the poles, I don't know. If these events are scaleable over many orders of magnitude, then the Sun in my view is just a smaller scale version of the other flux tube pinches observed, such as the quasar or BH model.A question about this. I have read other EU proponents calim that the energy of the sun comes from electric currents arriving from interstellar space. I thought, that sounds easy to verify, just sent a probe around one of the poles of the sun to detect this massive current.\nBut, my mental model still does not have the stored flux tube unergy being sufficient to produce the observed energy output of the Sun, which is why I then need to utilise the energy from the vacuum model, producing at the core of Suns or BHs, the hard gamma energies that are responsible for the creation of matter, and as the energy level decreases with distance from the pinch, all the other observed fields and forces and structures.\nAnd on top of that, to really push the limits of credibility of most, is the idea that at the centre of these energetic events may be the theorised magnetic monopole, a spherical longitudinal radiator that is vibrating the Aether out to the limits of the solar system, and in conjunction with the more conventional forces and fields, responsible for the creation of all material manifestations within the Suns sphere of influence. A very high energy, spherical symetry breaking then? The Kibble Mechanism perhaps?"}
{"text":"The government has proposed a draft legislation to introduce a Plastic Packaging Tax, which would take effect from April 2022. The aim of the tax is to provide businesses with an economic incentive to start using recycled material when manufacturing plastic packaging. The tax will increase levels of recycling and plastic waste collection by increasing demand for recycled materials, in turn diverting it away from incineration and landfills.\nThe tax applies to plastic packaging, which is produced or imported into the UK, that contains less than 30% recycled plastic. Plastic packaging is defined as packaging that is predominantly plastic by weight. The tax will not apply if the plastic packaging is at least 30% recycled plastic however, it will apply to imported plastic packaging whether the packaging is filled or unfilled.\nThe legislation will be introduced to create the Plastic Packaging Tax. The government is publishing a primary draft of the legislation which sets out the key features of these proposed revisions, including:\n- Packaging with less than 30% recycled plastic to pay a tax rate of £200 per tonne\n- Registration threshold of 10 tonnes of plastic packaging imported into the UK or produced in the UK per year\n- Exemption for importers and producers of small quantities of plastic packaging\n- Who will be liable to pay tax and need to register with HMRC\n- How the tax will be collected\n- How the tax will be enforced\n- How the tax will be relieved on exports\nWho is likely to be affected\n- UK producers of plastic packaging\n- Importers of plastic packaging\n- Producers and importers business customers\n- Consumers of goods in plastic packaging within the UK\nThere is expected to be very little impact on consumers however, there could be minor increases in price if businesses decide to pass on the charge to their customers and increase their prices. This is expected to be a small increase as plastic packaging is usually only a very small amount of the total cost.\nFor further information visit the government website."}
{"text":"Who has the highest risk of developing diabetes and heart disease? According to a 5-year Scottish study, the results of which were published in a July 2003 issue of Circulation, the patients at greatest risk are those with ?metabolic syndrome? or ?syndrome x.? Individuals have metabolic syndrome if they have just 3 of the following 5 conditions: abdominal obesity, high levels of triglycerides, low levels of ?good? cholesterol, high blood sugar levels, and high blood pressure.\nStudy participants with 3-condition metabolic syndrome were 3.5 times as likely to develop diabetes, whereas those with 4 or 5 metabolic conditions had a 24.5 times greater risk of developing diabetes, compared with people with none of the features. The study suggested that metabolic syndrome was the first simple way to calculate diabetes risk."}
{"text":"Historical Items Showing 3 of 605 View All\nTitle: The Rose Girl\nContributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library\nContributed by: Dyer Library Archives / Saco Museum\nMedia: Ink on paper\nTax Records Showing 1 of 1 View All\nPeople have advocated for peace -- as well as participating in the nation's and state's wars -- for centuries. The voices for peace are as varied as a Christian-inspired man in the early 19th century to a young girl in the late 20th century.\nGeorge W. Hinckley wanted to help needy boys. The farm, school and home he ran for nearly sixty nears near Fairfield stressed home, religion, education, discipline, industry, and recreation.\nMaine is home to dozens of summer-long youth camps and untold numbers of day camps that take advantage of water, woods, and fresh air. While the children, counselors, and other staff come to Maine in the summer, the camps live on throughout the year and throughout the lives of many of the campers."}
{"text":"Species: The basic unit of all classification in biology. Examples are the bald eagle, the polar bear, the atala butterfly, and the tawny mole cricket. The word is both singular (a species) and plural (two species). Species are grouped into genera, and genera are grouped into families. The words kind, sort, type, strain and variety are not part of this classification even though newspaper reporters often use them as if they were."}
{"text":"Enhancing Services and Development with UDDI\nOverview: What Is UDDI?\nUniversal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) is a standard originally proposed in September 2000 as the result of a collaborative effort among Microsoft, IBM, and Ariba. The standard proposed to provide a universal method of managing web services (much like DNS manages naming) across the Internet. UDDI is a specification for publishing and locating information about web services, web service providers, bindings, and technical interface definitions using a standard or custom classification scheme. The UDDI registry, like DNS or Active Directory, is a database that stores information using a defined schema. UDDI services are part of the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system, providing integration with UDDI standards."}
{"text":"Asthma (pronounced as AZ-ma) refers to the long term chronic lung ailment where the airways are clogged with mucus and inflammation. This constricted airway makes it difficult to breathe. The attack is coupled with wheezing (a whistling sound) while breathing and continuous coughing. The worst form of this attack is acute shortness of breath.\nThe symptoms are as follows:\n- Shortness of breath: They find it difficult to breathe as the airways have been blocked and they will feel this often.\n- Coughing especially at night: While lying down, the mucus seems to irritate the airways. The cough comes in an attempt to clear up the airways.\n- Restlessness during physical activity: Again with the body asking for more oxygen, restlessness during physical activity is observed as there is restlessness.\n- Feeling down: Constant fatigue, shortness of breath leads to feeling down and depressed.\nIf you have asthma, you can make sure you’re never in a spot of bother by following these quick, easy tips and stay prepared always.\n- Inhaler at all times. Make sure you keep your inhaler with you at all times. In case of an attack, use it the first thing and calm yourself down.\n- Keep away from cities or zones where there is high smoke content in the air.\n- Sit down. Sitting during an attack helps you calm yourself down.\n- If it gets worse, these are the symptoms: incessant coughing, tightness in the stomach and chest, trouble walking, wheezing and pale and sweaty face.\n- It is necessary to get help as soon as possible. You need to follow the emergency instructions in your asthma attack plan.\n- After you have settled down, make sure to take your medications as soon as possible.\n- Keep a watch over the next few days so as to avoid another flare up. Try to stay calm and composed doing your favorite activities. Check out our tips to stay calm and stress-free.\nDo you suffer from asthma? Let us know how you deal with it in the comments section below."}
{"text":"Projectile Points Type Collection Gallery\nMiddle Archaic (6000-3000 B.C.) Godar spear point or knife. Godar points are found throughout the Midwest and into Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia. They are also called Raddatz points. This point type is widely distributed across the landscape from floodplains to the uplands.\nCollection of the Illinois State Museum\nISM Accession #: 814656k\nView in EyeSpy\nFirst | Previous | Next | Last"}
{"text":"Sun Damage: Common Signs and Treatments\nThe sun’s rays can feel wonderful on your face, but unfortunately that feeling comes with a price – sun damage. Unprotected skin is vulnerable to the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which can cause long-term changes to your skin.\nSun damage comes in many forms, but some of the most common types include:\n- Dry skin – When exposed to excessive amounts of sun, your skin can slowly lose natural moisture and essential oils. This can cause your skin to appear dry or flaky – resulting in an aged appearance.\n- Sunburn – Sunburn is a skin injury that occurs after the skin is exposed to UV radiation. Mild to moderate sunburn results in skin reddening and discomfort, but more severe cases can result in vesicles (fluid-filled bumps) or large blisters.\n- Actinic keratosis – When exposed to the sun for a long period of time, small rough patches may develop on your skin. It is possible for actinic keratosis to eventually turn into skin cancer.\n- Premature aging – UV damage to your skin can cause structural changes to the collagen beneath your skin, which ultimately results in fine lines and wrinkles.\nRepeated unprotected sun exposure can significantly increase your risk of skin cancer. As a general rule, men and women with fair skin and light eyes are at an increased risk. This is due to a lack of melanin in the skin (which shields the skin from UV rays).\nWearing a daily SPF of 30 or greater is the best way to protect your skin from sun damage, but for some of us, the damage has already been done. If you’re unhappy with how sun damage has impacted your appearance, there are a variety of cosmetic treatment options available that can help:"}
{"text":"Arrange two cameras in close proximity to a subject. Then press record. Close-Up is both a formal exercise and a video series taking a literal close look at Pittsburgh artists in performance. See more in this series here.\nIt took conductor and violinist Alejandro Pinzón four months to teach himself the bandoneón, a bellows instrument, like the accordion and the concertina, that is essential to both Argentinian tango and Lithuanian folk music. Originally used for chord-based sacred music, the German instrument—it’s named for its creator, Heinrich Band—migrated to Argentina in the late 1800s where, Pinzón explains, tango musicians adopted it, appreciating the sadness of its tone, as opposed to the brighter sound of the accordion, and because of its portability.\nUnlike the accordion, which has a keyboard, the bandoneón sports buttons. These buttons are typically bisonoric, meaning that each one is capable of producing a different sound on opening and closing. Hold down a key and pull the bellows apart, and one note fills the room. Hold down the same key and push, a different note is emitted. With two distinct button arrays on each side of the squeezebox, the musician must therefore navigate four different sets of notes, making the bandoneón particularly challenging.\nIn the first of a two-part edition of Close-Up, Pinzón plays the tango “A La Gran Muñeca,” a song first performed in Buenos Aires in 1919 as part of a musical revue about a toy store where the dolls have come to life.\nPinzon is preparing for upcoming tours in Mexico and Nevada and will be performing in the Pittsburgh area this fall."}
{"text":"The solum is taken by some to be \"true soil\" (Plaster 1992, and the Britannica Academic edition), defined by the O, A, E, and B soil horizons. This definition unnecessarily separates the O, A, E, and B horizons from the C horizon which lies below the solum. Plaster (1992) and others (Brittanic Academic edition) not only consider the solum to be the \"true soil\", they explicitly separate solum from the C horizon which lies below the B. The C horizon of soil has recently been found to be commonly intensely rooted by plants, the home of many millions of microbes per gram of soil, the environment of intense rhizogenic weathering, and an environment significantly affected over time by climate, biota, and geomorphologic process.\nThe soil is defined to include the O, A, E, B, and C horizons and is often much deeper than the solum. The C horizon is commonly the most voluminous horizon of the soil system.\nSolum and SoliumEdit\nI just thought I should explain my revert of a good-fath edit in the etymology: solum is not related to sedere, but solium seems to be. My understanding is that they have converged from different origins to very similar final forms. Chuck Entz (talk) 23:25, 19 May 2012 (UTC)"}
{"text":"This preview shows pages 1–3. Sign up to view the full content.\nThis preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version.View Full Document\nUnformatted text preview: Unified Quiz 2F Name ________________ Unified Quiz 2F March 5, 2004 Put your name on each page of the exam. Read all questions carefully. Do all work for each problem on the two pages provided. Show intermediate results. Explain your work --- dont just write equations. Partial credit will be given, but only when the intermediate results and explanations are clear. Please be neat. It will be easier to identify correct or partially correct responses when the response is neat. Show appropriate units with your final answers. Calculators and a 2-sided sheet of paper are allowed Box your final answers. Exam Scoring #1 ( 30 %) #2 ( 35%) #3 ( 35%) Total Unified Engineering Spring 2004 Fluids Quiz 1 Page 1/3 1. (30 %) A thin airfoil of chord c is rotating with steady rate so that its angle of attack is increasing in time. = t As a result, the airfoil trails a vortex sheet of constant strength . The rotation rate is slow enough so that the instantaneous...\nView Full Document\n- Fall '05"}
{"text":"Complications that arise from diabetes are more prevalent among minorities, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (Jose Luis Pelaez/Getty Images)\nAlthough more and more people are living longer with colorectal cancer, new research has found that black people with the disease aren’t living as long as whites.\nIn an analysis of more than 14,000 patients with stage 2 and 3 colorectal cancer who had surgery to remove tumors, followed by treatment to prevent recurrence, the 1,218 African-American patients had a lower five-year survival rate than their white counterparts, according to researchers, led by Greg Yothers of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Biostatistical Center in Pittsburgh.\nFive years after diagnosis, 72.8 percent of white patients survived cancer, but only 68.2 percent of blacks survived. READ FULL ARTICLE"}
{"text":"Located thirty miles north of Charleston, Mulberry Plantation was built circa 1714 by Thomas Broughton, Royal Governor of South Carolina. Named for the mulberry trees grown for silk production there, the estate also produced indigo and rice. Mulberry was purchased in 1915 by Clarence W. Chapman, who selected the English architect Charles Brendon to restore the house and hired Loutrel Briggs in 1930 to design the grounds. The historic character of the house and the site’s natural beauty on an elevated bluff overlooking old rice fields and the Cooper River served as inspiration for Briggs’ design - a series of gardens on three separate levels.\nLocated on the east side of the house, the gardens begin with a simple boxwood parterre with two brick terraces on either end, enclosed by decorative iron grills which permit unrestricted views of the river. From there, several paths extend down a gentle slope to an informal camellia garden. The lower garden’s central circular lawn is surrounded by flowering shrubs, with decorative ironwork, statuary, and a wall fountain for additional visual interest. Several walks extend from the lower garden to the river and old canal. Brigg’s design also includes a formal motor court consisting of loose gravel within a brick border, enclosed by selectively-placed square brick piers and a clipped pittosporum hedge with native cedars at the corners. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966."}
{"text":"Relationship of dot, line and plane\nWe are constantly exposed to dots when we watch television. The television picture comprises of 40 thousand tiny dots that are used to stabilise the image we watch each day. New Impressionists or pointillist painters used the perceptual concept of retinal infusion. The hues and values produced in these paintings are extraordinary.\nThe 'bindu', in more universally accepted parlance, is the point. The most rudimentary element of design, it is dimensionless and it openly marks a position in space. Though in itself a visually appealing element, it is too small for sustained aesthetic interest, and is thus almost always seen in combination with other elements, with other points, lines and shapes.\nA true colour output is obtained by remixing and separation of the dots of the four basic colours in any picture. Primitive societies also favoured point designs - in textiles and paintings, sculptures and jewellery, and even for decorating the human body with the art of tattoo.\na point in itself may be of little importance, it gains significance\nwhen it participates in a design. The thesaurus offers 11 meanings for\nthe word 'point', two of which, seem relevant to this discussion. One\nis 'an item that goes to make up the whole' and the other is 'a non-curving,\ngeometrical object unbounded in one, two, three or more dimensions.'\nFor more details contact - Ar.\n| Workshop | Theory | Slide Gallery |\n| Home | About the author | Endorsements | Query | Contact | Feedback |"}
{"text":"It’s been about 150 years since the largest known coronal mass ejection (CME)–the ejection of millions of tons of plasma from the sun into space at a speed of 300 kilometers per second. On average, CMEs occur every 100 to 200 years, which means the next big event is inevitable. While it won’t threaten life on earth, it will put every satellite system at risk and threaten the safety of astronauts in space.\nAs the head of space weather at the European Space Agency, Jussi Luntama discusses the 2018 Lagrange mission that aims to monitor solar activity and more accurately predict the presence and direction of a coming CME. The team working on the ESA Lagrange mission will park a spacecraft at Lagrange points, which are points where the gravitational pull of the sun and earth balance each other out. This will cause the spacecraft to trail the earth’s orbit at a distance of 150 million kilometers for eternity or until intentionally moved, and will allow them to view solar activity from a perspective that’s different from the one they have when looking at the sun from the earth.\nTune in to hear Jussi Luntama discuss a variety of interesting topics, including the relationship between CMEs and periods of high and low solar activity, the effects of CMEs on power grids, and the launch of the Lagrange spacecraft planned to happen between 2023 and early 2025. To learn more, simply type “Where no mission has gone before” into a Google search engine."}
{"text":"Dieting and Salads\nEarly in the 19th century the most widely published images of the American female form began to change from statuesque to slender. The Gibson Girl, lithe and athletic, exemplified the new perspective on femininity, and by the 1920s the sleek fashions of the flapper era made a narrow silhouette imperative. American women began dieting, a fad that originated in the white middle class but quickly became a mainstay of popular culture and an enduring feature of daily life for millions of people.\nDieting was a specter that particularly haunted lunch at home, a meal that had been associated with women ever since men began spending their workdays too far away to return at noon. Consumption of cottage cheese soared from the 1930s until the 1970s, when yogurt began to edge it aside. But the diet lunch that ruled the 20th century was salad. Beginning in the early 1900s, genteel New York women came to see salad—light and refined fare that was far too insubstantial for a working man—as being entirely appropriate for ladies who lunched. When the age of feminine dieting began, no other meal choice had such a perfect pedigree for the time. Whether or not a woman was following a formal diet plan, if weight loss was on her mind at lunchtime, a salad was probably on her plate."}
{"text":"By default, a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet is a blank grid, featuring cells outlined in light blue. Use highlighting to delineate lines, which Excel calls rows, within the grid. In a single click, you can highlight an entire line or row, but this can get tedious when you need to highlight multiple lines. For these purposes, Excel has the \"multi-click\" feature, which means you can take advantage of highlighting multiple rows in the same process it would take to highlight a single one.\nLaunch Microsoft Excel. To highlight lines in an existing Excel document, click the “File” tab. Click “Open,” browse to the spreadsheet and double-click it. Otherwise, Excel opens a new spreadsheet for you to use.\nClick once on the line number, which appears as the first column on the Excel workspace, to highlight.\nPress and hold down the “Ctrl” key on the keyboard. Click the second line number. Both rows now appear highlighted, but this will change as soon as you click off them.\nClick the small paint bucket icon, which has a yellow line underneath it, in the “Font” section of the Excel ribbon. Choose the color to use to actually highlight the lines. Click the small colored square. Now both lines are actually highlighted, even when you click off them."}
{"text":"KevinMD.com - What Can Be Done For Children With Migraine Headaches?\nDr. Mark Green writes: Yes, kids get migraines too. Close to 60 percent of children are prone to headaches and almost 10 percent of girls and six percent of boys have migraine. Migraines can be seen in children as young as five years old. The reason people have migraines is likely a combination of genetics and environmental triggers. If you have migraine there’s a 50/50 shot that your child will have migraine too.\n- Dr. Mark W. Green, Professor, Neurology, Anesthesiology, Director, Center for Headache and Pain Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine\nLearn more: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/06/children-migraine-headaches.html"}
{"text":"Animals have been central to humans in their attempts to understand their world and in revealing the secrets of nature. The theme \"The Body of Animals\" explores the multiplicity of ways and contexts in which historical actors used and studied animals and the essence of animality. It investigates how animals were rendered to signify human socialities, just as much as the natural world, and how humans of the past interacted with animals within their cosmologies. Participants in the various projects within the working group search for the meaning in pragmatic, everyday practices of using, reproducing, and caring for animals and their bodily parts, but also in fearing, avoiding, and moving around them. They ask whether knowing animals must equate the practices of “doing science,” and challenge the prominent frameworks of natural history and the laboratory as an endpoint. In order to the sketch the contours of the human and that of nature, furthermore, the group projects aim to understand what has historically been made to count as an animal, and explore the methodological possibilities for studying animals in history."}
{"text":"Accept is a verb and it, generally, means to take or to receive, such as to take possession or to receive in an approving manner. It can also mean, generally, to agree to or to accede to, such as in accepting terms in regards to a contract, or to accept an apology. There are other less frequently used definitions such as in responding in an affirmative manner, such as in accepting a promotion. The word accept in other contexts can be defined as to reconcile oneself, such as to “accept that one will never be a millionaire”, to regard as true, such as “he accepted my interpretation of the sales figures”, and to admit formally, such as “he was accepted for admission to Harvard University”. In regards to project management terminology, accept can refer to the agreement to take on a particular assignment or a specific role within said assignment.\nThis term is defined in the 3rd edition of the PMBOK but not in the 4th."}
{"text":"Although historically widely distributed within the Illinois and Mississippi River floodplain, this species is now reduced to only 20 locations. Like many endangered plants, Boltonia decurrens is dependent upon specific environmental conditions. Believe it or not, this plant is successful with periodic disturbance from major floods. Floods open land to full sun and remove silt build-up. Today, the natural flood regime has been altered by dams and levees, and former habitat is now agricultural land. Human activities, such as regular cultivation and heavy herbicide use, are also threats to its survival."}
{"text":"Staghorn ferns are air plants – organisms that grow on the sides of trees instead of in the ground. They have two distinct kinds of leaves: a flat, round kind that grips to the trunk of the host tree and a long, branching kind that resembles deer antlers and earns the plant its name. It’s on these long leaves that you can find spores, the little brown bumps that open and spread the fern’s seed. Keep reading to learn more about how to collect spores from staghorn fern plants.\nGathering Spores on Staghorn Fern\nBefore you get too excited about propagating staghorn fern spores, it’s important to know that it’s far from the easiest propagation method. Division is much quicker and usually reliable. But if you want to collect spores and are willing to wait at least a year for results, it’s very doable.\nSpores on staghorn fern plants develop over the course of the summer. At first, they appear on the undersides of the long, antler-like fronds as green bumps. As the summer wears on, the bumps darken to brown – this is the time to harvest.\nThe best way to collect spores on staghorn fern is to cut off one of the fronds and place it in a paper bag. The spores should eventually dry out and drop to the bottom of the bag. Alternatively, you can wait until the spores begin to dry on the plant, then scrape them away gently with a knife.\nStaghorn Fern Spore Propagation\nOnce you have the spores, fill a seed tray with peat based potting medium. Press the spores into the top of the medium, making sure not to cover them.\nWater your seed tray from the bottom by setting it for a few minutes in a dish of water. When the soil is moist, remove it from the water and let it drain. Cover the tray with plastic and place it in a sunny spot. Keep the soil moist and be patient – it may take 3 to 6 months for the spores to germinate.\nOnce the plants have a couple true leaves, transplant them into individual pots. It may take up to a year for the plants to establish."}
{"text":"FiReaNGeL writes \"Scientists have for the first time observed a nanoscale symmetry hidden in solid state matter. 'In order to study these nanoscale quantum effects, the researchers have focused on the magnetic material cobalt niobate. It consists of linked magnetic atoms, which form chains just like a very thin bar magnet, but only one atom wide.' By artificially introducing more quantum uncertainty, the researchers observed that the chain acts like a nanoscale guitar string. The first two notes show a perfect relationship with each other. Their frequencies (pitch) are in the ratio of 1.618, which is the golden ratio famous from art and architecture. The observed resonant states in cobalt niobate are a dramatic laboratory illustration of the way in which mathematical theories developed for particle physics may find application in nanoscale science and ultimately in future technology.\""}
{"text":"A Journey to the Musical Isles\nThe Performance of Irish Music and Dance Group “Téada”\nCulture Helps Build Bridges Between Countries \"For me, music is extremely important because music has the ability to touch our emotions, and I think it stirs our feelings in a way that no other art form can.\" H.E. John Neary, Ambassador of Ireland Min-On: We are...\nAs virtuoso Irish fiddler Oisín Mac Diarmada remarked, “Music, dance and language are probably the three strongest elements of cultural inheritance reflecting ‘Irishness.’” He continued, “Irish traditional music is the music of the people and a cultural celebration..."}
{"text":"Looks like a mess to me. Are the x's supposed to mean multiplication? Use parentheses to separate different terms.\nSomeone will be glad to critique your work\nAnswer this Question\nmath - 1x3=3, 2x3=6, 3x3=9, 4x3=12, 5x3=5, 6x3=18, 7x3=21, 8x3=24, 9x3=27, 10x3=...\nmath - 4 1/5x3/4x6=\nPRECALC HELPPP please - A local photo gallery sells 3 different types of picture...\nmath - 20/5x6\nMath - 5x6=5x4+5xb\nmath - 4/5x1/6= 4x1=4 5x6=30 4/30=2/15 2/15\nmath - directions: rewrite each sentence using parentheses to make it true. 1.) ...\nmath - Joe says that knowing 2x3 helps him know 4x6 is he right explain\nmath - how could you use 5x6=30 to find the product of 6x6\nMATH - HOW COULD YOU USE 5X6=30 TO FIND THE PRODUCT OF 6X6?"}
{"text":"If you love to kiss your dog, then you may be getting slightly more than just dog drool ... you may be getting some retroviruses, too!\nIntriguingly, the scientists discovered a novel group of retroviral material in dogs that is highly similar to endogenous retroviruses seen in humans. They belong to a type of virus known as gammaretroviruses, the most frequent type found in mammals to date.\nThis specific group of retroviruses seems to have invaded the dog genome relatively recently. This suggests that dogs and humans may have passed these germs to each other due to close interactions during our millennia of history together, a phenomenon known as \"lateral transmission.\" It remains uncertain how such transmission might have occurred — perhaps from wet doggie kisses, for instance."}
{"text":"Get SAS for Linear Models, Fourth Edition, 4th Edition now with O’Reilly online learning.\nO’Reilly members experience live online training, plus books, videos, and digital content from 200+ publishers.\nChapter 10 Generalized Linear Models\n10.2 The Logistic and Probit Regression Models\n10.2.1 Logistic Regression: The Challenger Shuttle O-Ring Data Example\n10.2.2 Using the Inverse Link to Get the Predicted Probability\n10.2.3 Alternative Logistic Regression Analysis Using 0-1 Data\n10.2.4 An Alternative Link: Probit Regression\n10.3 Binomial Models for Analysis of Variance and Analysis of Covariance\n10.3.1 Logistic ANOVA\n10.3.2 The Analysis-of-Variance Model with a Probit Link\n10.3.3 Logistic Analysis of Covariance\n10.4 Count Data and Overdispersion\n10.4.1 An Insect Count Example\n10.4.2 Model Checking\n10.4.3 Correction for Overdispersion\n10.4.4 Fitting a Negative Binomial Model\n10.4.5 Using PROC GENMOD to Fit the Negative Binomial ..."}
{"text":"Anaphylaxis (say \"ann-uh-fuh-LAK-suss\") is a severe allergic reaction that affects the entire body (systemic). It can occur within a few seconds or minutes after a person is exposed to a substance (allergen or antigen).\nSymptoms and signs of a severe allergic reaction may include:\nThe sooner symptoms occur after exposure to the substance, the more severe the anaphylactic reaction is likely to be. An anaphylactic reaction may occur with the first exposure to an allergen, with every exposure, or after several exposures. An anaphylactic reaction can be life-threatening and is a medical emergency. Emergency care is always needed for an anaphylactic reaction.\neMedicineHealth Medical Reference from Healthwise\nTo learn more visit Healthwise.org"}
{"text":"The Humber estuary is located on the east coast of the United Kingdom and comprises extensive wetland and coastal habitats. Sea level rise is expected to be the most important parameter concerning erosion in the Humber. As a result, the surface area of valuable inter-tidal salt marshes and mud flats is expected to decrease. Additionally, safety for the hinterland will be threatened as the water level in the estuary rises.\nIncreasing foreshore erosion, with sea level rise, will threaten more of the defences and increase the expenditure needed to keep them in an acceptable condition. In the estuary, human interference is very important. Embankments have fixed the coastline, this influences the response of the estuary to relative sea level rise. The natural landward movement of the coastline is made impossible and this causes erosion of the tidal marshes and foreshores.\nThe current defence system keeps the hinterland – consisting of people and investments – safe. Foreshore erosion is a threat to the defence system and, therefore, to the safety of the people and investments in the flood plain of the Humber estuary. In addition, another measure, moving the defence line back, can compensate for the expected loss of tidal marshes and flats because of sea level rise (coastal squeeze). A complementary advantage of this measure, when applied in the inner estuary, is the lowering of water levels in the estuary, reducing the risk of flooding.\nThe current defence system functions properly. However, rising sea levels are causing local foreshore erosion and loss of tidal marshes through coastal squeeze. In the future, due to sea level rise, supplementary measures will be necessary to provide a sufficient standard of protection for the flood plain."}
{"text":"Students who excel at both classroom and standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT aren’t necessarily those who study longest. High-achieving students take charge of their own learning and ask for help when they’re stuck, according to a 2017 study of 414 college students.\nThose who asked instructors for help during office hours were more likely to get A’s, but fewer than 1 in 5 students did so, says the study by Elena Bray Speth, an associate professor of biology, and Amanda Sebesta, a doctoral candidate, both at St. Louis University in Missouri.\nStudents who formed study groups and quizzed each other weekly on material presented in class posted higher grades than those who used other study techniques, says a 2015 study of 144 students.\nAt home, Mr. Johnson suggests making copies of teachers’ study questions and having students try to answer them as if they were taking a test.\nStudents who completed a 15-minute online exercise 7 to 10 days before an exam that prompted them to anticipate what would be on the test, name the resources they’d use to study, and explain how and when they’d use them, had average scores one-third of a letter grade higher on the exam compared with students who didn’t do the exercise, according to a 2017 study of 361 college students led by Patricia Chen, a former Stanford University researcher and assistant professor of psychology at the National University of Singapore.\nMany teachers in middle and high school try to teach good study habits, but the lessons often don’t stick unless students are highly motivated to try them-for example, when they’re afraid of getting a bad grade in class, or scoring poorly on high-stakes tests such as the ACT or SAT. When her daughter Deja was still young, Christina Kirk began to encourage her to identify major concepts in her notes and use retrieval practice when she studied."}
{"text":"Kidney Cancers Linked to Arsenic in Drinking Water\nElevated intake of arsenic present in drinking water is associated with an increased risk of renal pelvis and ureter cancers, according to a case-control study conducted in northern Chile.\nThe study compared 122 kidney cancer cases and 640 population-based controls. The cases included 76 renal cell cancers, 24 renal pelvis and ureter transitional cell carcinomas (TCC), and 22 other kidney cancers.\nCompared with subjects whose average arsenic intake from drinking water was less than 400 μg/day, those whose average intake was 400-1,000 μg/day and greater than 1,000 μg/day had a significant 5.7-fold and 11-fold increased risk of renal pelvis and ureter cancers, respectively, researchers led by Craig Steinmaus, MD, MPH, reported online in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Elevated arsenic intake was not associated with an increased risk of renal cell cancer.\nDr. Steinmaus' group pointed out that northern Chile is one of the best places in the world to investigate the carcinogenicity of arsenic in part because of high exposures to the heavy metal and the availability of good records on past arsenic water concentrations.\nThey noted that several factors support the biological plausibility of their findings. First, ingested arsenic is a well-established cause of bladder cancer, most of which also is TCC. Second, the kidney is the primary route of arsenic excretion, so almost all ingested arsenic reaches the kidneys.\n“With these new findings,” the authors concluded, “including evidence of a dose-response, we believe there is now sufficient evidence in humans that drinking-water arsenic causes renal pelvis and ureter cancer.”"}
{"text":"Lent is the 40 day period leading up to Easter. It is a time of spiritual preparation for the believer through prayer, penitence, alms-giving and self-denial.\n- Prayer is our language directed toward God for the purpose of worshipping, requesting guidance/assistance and confessing sin. We mature in our relationship with God when we pray on a regular basis.\n- Penitence is repenting of sins. It is the desire to be forgiven for the words, deeds and thoughts that are not in accord with the goodness and righteousness of God. We cannot grow strong in our relationship with God if we have un-confessed sin in our life.\n- Alms-giving is the act of giving materially to another as an act of religious virtue. The receiver may be a person in need or an institution that ministers to the needy. Giving is an important part of our spiritual life.\n- Self-denial is an abstinence from various worldly pleasures with the aim of pursuing religious and spiritual goals. Self-denial is denying some of the good things of life for a season of time in order to focus upon the spiritual goals of life.\nThe season of Lent is a time to grow more mature in our relationship with God. Lent moves us toward the events of the cross and the resurrection. We are more receptive to God when we engage in sincere prayer, penitence, almsgiving and self-denial. Lent, 2011, begins on March 9 with Ash Wednesday. It continues through the Saturday before Easter; Easter is the last Sunday of April this year."}
{"text":"Raising awareness about child abuse prevention\nDuring the past fiscal year, 1,349 children in North Dakota were the victims of child abuse or neglect, reports the North Dakota Department of Human Services.\nIt is known that early childhood experiences can have long-term impacts on children.\nNow to raise awareness in communities and with individuals so they can help support strong and stable families, Gov. Doug Burgum has proclaimed April as Child Abuse Prevention Month in North Dakota.\nDuring this month, N.D. Department of Human Services and Prevent Child Abuse North Dakota has joined up with organizations in Minot and communities across the state in sponsoring local events and activities to support families and raise the awareness about prevention.\n“We encourage families and community members to enjoy time together and participate in these family-friendly activities in their community,” Dan Halverson, Prevent Child Abuse North Dakota executive director, says about these plans.\nN.D. Department of Human Services has noted Minot area families will be able to take part in a family movie and Make and Take Event at Oak Park Theater, where the film “Inside Out” will be featured but details of the event have not been finalized yet.\nBismarck, Bowman, Fargo-Moorhead and Grand Forks are among other communities planning events.\nWe agree with Dan Halverson and his organization that there are many opportunities this month to learn more about creating positive early childhoods for children in this state. Communities and individuals are encouraged to continue opportunities throughout the year."}
{"text":"Mounted police officers are law enforcement professionals tasked with patrolling a designated area on horseback to provide crowd control and promote public safety. Duties Mounted police officers are most frequently involved with crowd control for events and also monitor populated areas to ensure public welfare. The officer’s horse greatly enhances their physical\nRiding instructors teach riding lessons and coach students who wish to compete in various equestrian disciplines. Duties Riding instructors train students by designing skill building exercises for the horse and rider. They critique their students’ form, give advice on proper techniques, and teach general horsemanship skills such as grooming, saddling, and bandaging.\nThe American Association of Equine Practitioners Foundation (AAEP) has announced that 25 veterinary students will receive Winner’s Circle scholarships to help defray the cost of their fourth year of study. The awards range in value from $1,500 to $5,000 per student and total $104,000 for the group. The Winner’s Circle"}
{"text":"The Achumawi language was traditionally spoken along the Pit River from the margins of the northern Sacramento Valley up to its source in Goose Lake. In pre-contact times, there were approximately 3000 speakers of Achumawi and Atsugewi combined (Kroeber 1925). Today, there are less than a dozen speakers (Golla 2011).\nAtsugewi and the closely related Atsugewi language constitute the Palaihnihan family, a branch of the hypothesized Hokan language family, which also includes Chimariko, Esselen, Karuk, the Pomoan languages (Central Pomo, Eastern Pomo, Kashaya, Northeastern Pomo, Northern Pomo, Southeastern Pomo, and Southern Pomo), Salinan, the Shastan languages (Konomihu, New River Shasta, Okwanuchu, and Shasta), Washo, Yana, and the Yuman languages (Cocopa, Kiliwa, Kumeyaay, Maricopa, Mojave, Pai, Paipai, and Quechan).\nSelected archival materials at Berkeley\n- de Angulo, Jaime and L. S. Freeland. 1930. The Achumawi language. International Journal of American Linguistics 6:77-120.\n- Bauman, James. 1980. Introduction to the Pit River language and culture. Anchorage, AK: National Bilingual Materials Development Center, University of Alaska.\n- Bauman, James, Ruby Miles, and Ike Leaf. 1979. Pit River teaching dictionary. Anchorage, AK: National Bilingual Materials Development Center, University of Alaska.\n- Golla, Victor. 2011. California Indian languages. Berkeley: University of California Press.\n- Olmstead, D. L. 1966. Achumawi dictionary. Berkeley: University of California Press."}
{"text":"Offshore Wind for America\nThe United States currently relies heavily on fossil fuels to heat our homes, fuel our cars, power our machines and produce electricity, harming our health and our climate.\nAcross the country, however, America is beginning to embrace the promise of clean, renewable energy. Today, the U.S. gets about 11.5 percent of our electricity from wind, solar and geothermal sources, up from about 0.6 percent two decades ago. America’s abundant renewable energy resources, coupled with energy efficiency measures and technological advances that have made renewable energy cheaper and better than ever, open the possibility of transitioning our entire economy to run on 100 percent renewable energy.\nTo get there, we must take advantage of a massive and underutilized energy resource just off our coasts: offshore wind."}
{"text":"ERIC Number: ED348140\nRecord Type: RIE\nPublication Date: 1990\nReference Count: N/A\nSchool-Age Ideas and Activities for After School Programs.\nHaas-Foletta, Karen; Cogley, Michele\nThis guide describes activities for school-age children in after-school day care programs. These activities may also be used in other settings. An introductory section discusses program philosophy, room arrangement, multicultural curriculum, program scheduling, summer programs and holiday care, field trips and special programs, age grouping, communication between parents and teachers, and conflict resolution. Sections of the guide describe approximately 150 activities that relate to: (1) problem solving in general and social problem solving in particular; (2) rough-and-tumble play; (3) painting; (4) printing; (5) making cards and gifts; (6) making masks, puppets, and gifts; (7) candle making; (8) making three-dimensional artworks; (9) cooking art supplies from recipes; (10) craft projects involving nature; (11) planting and growing plants and vegetables; (12) science experiments; and (13) indoor and outdoor games. A resource list of more than 120 publications is appended. (BC)\nDescriptors: After School Programs, Childrens Games, Class Activities, Cooking Instruction, Day Care, Elementary Education, Handicrafts, Horticulture, Painting (Visual Arts), Play, Printing, Problem Solving, Science Projects\nSchool-Age NOTES, P.O. Box 40205, Nashville, TN 37204 ($16.95).\nPublication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Guides - Non-Classroom\nEducation Level: N/A\nAuthoring Institution: N/A\nIdentifiers: Social Problem Solving"}
{"text":"Papayas are helpful in preventing problems such as atherosclerosis and diabetic heart disease. When oxidation of bad cholesterol takes place, it sticks to the walls of the blood vessels and forms plaque that can lead to heart attacks and strokes. The presence of the phytonutrients in papayas helps prevent oxidization of the bad cholesterol in the body. Papayas also help in preventing the plaque from sticking to the walls, thereby keeping your heart healthy.\nSesame oil is highly recommended by dental professionals because of a process called oil pulling, which involves putting oil in your mouth and then swishing it around before spitting it out. This process has been directly linked to lower levels of plaque developing in the mouth, and protection against certain toxins that can make us sick."}
{"text":"Communication of the diagnosis of childhood cancer\nCommunication of the diagnosis in childhood cancer should be the first building block in a continuously communicative process between the medical staff, parents or care givers and the patient. This compassionate conversation, conveying hope, assurance and without medical jargon, should take place in a quiet room with minimal interruptions, It is advised that the teenager patient should be present to actively take part in the discussion about their treatment. News should be conveyed to the young child in the presence of their parents. Clear and accurate information regarding etiology, diagnosis, treatment, goal of treatment and prognosis should be discussed. Creating opportunities for review discussion as well as providing printed or audio visual material will enhance a relationship of trust.\nR Uys, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch and Tygerberg Children's Hospital\ncommunication; diagnosis; childhood cancer\nCite this article\nContinuing Medical Education 2010;28(7):347.\nDate submitted: 2010-03-01\nDate published: 2010-08-05\nAbstract views: 2644\nFull text views: 1106\nComments on this article\n*Read our policy for posting comments here"}
{"text":"It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results.\nFind the best library databases for your research.\nThe OREs will grow to be a network of digital, discipline-centered encyclopedias covering all the major areas of research across the humanities, social sciences, and science fields. New subject areas are selected based on market research, where such anchoring reference sources are needed most.\n\"Understanding Great Works is a research tool from JSTOR Labs that connects primary texts with with journal articles and book chapters on JSTOR that cite those texts. Building on a previous project, Understanding Shakespeare, this beta release of Understanding Great Works expands the scope of the tool to include ten key works of British literature, the King James Bible, and all Shakespeare plays and sonnets.\"\nUnderstanding Shakespeare is a collaborative project between JSTOR Labs and the Folger Shakespeare Library . It’s a research tool that allows students, educators and scholars to use the text of Shakespeare’s plays to quickly navigate into the scholarship written about them—line by line. Users simply click next to any line of text in a play and relevant articles from the JSTOR archive immediately load."}
{"text":"Ashton appeared for a job interview and is asked the following question. Arrange all the distinct substrings of a given string in lexicographical order and concatenate them. Print the character of the concatenated string. It is assured that given value of will be valid i.e. there will be a character. Can you help Ashton out with this?\nFor example, given the string , its distinct substrings are . Sorted and concatenated, they make the string . If then, the answer is , the character of the 1-indexed concatenated string.\nNote We have distinct substrings here, i.e. if string is\naa, it's distinct substrings are\nComplete the ashtonString function in the editor below. It should return the character from the concatenated string, 1-based indexing.\nashtonString has the following parameters:\n- s: a string\n- k: an integer\nThe first line will contain an integer , the number of test cases.\nEach of the subsequent pairs of lines is as follows:\n- The first line of each test case contains a string, .\n- The second line contains an integer, .\nEach character of string\nwill be an appropriate integer.\nPrint the character (1-based index) of the concatenation of the ordered distinct substrings of .\n1 dbac 3\nThe substrings when arranged in lexicographic order are as follows\na, ac, b, ba, bac, c, d, db, dba, dbac\nOn concatenating them, we get\nThe third character in this string is"}
{"text":"EEHV Genomics and Pathogenesis\nIEF is continuing its long-term funding of research to understand and combat the devastating cute hemorrhagic disease caused by some strains of Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (EEHV). This novel group of mammalian herpesviruses discovered in 1999 has been responsible for the deaths of 20% of all Asian elephant calves born in zoos and elephant housing facilities over the past 25 years. The same virus types have also been confirmed to be present in 86 lethal cases in wild, orphan and camp-reared Asian elephant calves within at least six different Asian elephant range countries over the last ten years and thus represent another of the many difficult to control factors threatening the long-term breeding success and survival of the highly threatened Asian elephant worldwide. This project conducts extensive genetic analyses of virus positive samples from Asian and African elephants and has thus far revealed that these infections are endemic in both host species. Most, if not all, elephants may become latently infected with different types of EEHV in their lifetimes, therefore it is important for this research to not only identify and categorize the strains of EEHV but understand the differences between types and understand why one type (EEHV1A) is far more dangerous to calves than the others. This research has served as the foundation for most EEHV research around the world."}
{"text":"A new, comprehensive, one volume history of Southeast Asia that spans prehistory to the present. Ricklefs brings together colleagues at the National University of Singapore whose expertise covers the entire region, encompassing political, social, economic, religious and cultural history.\nOpening with an account of the ethnic groups and initial cultural and social structures of Southeast Asia, the book moves through the early 'classical' states, the arrival of new global religions and the impact of non-indigenous actors. The history of early modern states and their colonial successors is followed by analysis of World War II across the region, Offering a definitive account of decolonisation and early post-colonial nation-building, the text then transports us to modern-day Southeast Asia, exploring its place in a world recovering from the financial crisis.\nThe distinguished author team provide an authoritative and accessible narrative, drawing upon the latest research and offering detailed guidance on further reading. A landmark contribution to the field, this is an essential text for scholars, students and anyone interested in Southeast Asia."}
{"text":"1.Data that can only take certain values. For example: The number of students in a class. You can't have half a student.\n2. Discrete data are vectors or raster data storage systems, which represents objects. A discrete object has known and definable boundaries. It is easy to define precisely where the object begins and where it ends. For example: A lake is a discrete object within the surrounding landscape.\nthematic, categorical or discontinuous data\nhttps://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/discrete-data.html (1.); http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.2/index.cfm?TopicName=Discrete_and_continuous_data (2.)\nAuthor: Laura Saupe"}
{"text":"For decades scientists have struggled to explain the origins of gamma-ray bursts, huge blasts of energy that occur daily in far-off galaxies. Now it appears they may have an answer. The results of two studies of recent gamma-ray bursts, published today in the journal Science, indicate that exploding stars called supernovae may spawn some of these blasts.\nThe teams studied x-ray spectra, which are emitted by the bursts, using the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the BeppoSAX satellite. Examinations of these spectra revealed characteristic \"fingerprints\" indicating that, in each case, as the burst expanded it passed through a dense, iron-rich cloud of gas. That cloud, the researchers say, probably resulted from a supernova explosion. As a star evolves it produces increasingly heavy elements, and by the time it reaches supernova status, the star is producing iron, the heaviest element possible for it to make.\nInitial estimates from the spectra data seemed to indicate that the supernova spat out the cloud just before the gamma-ray burst. According to calculations of cloud density, however, the teams estimate a 10-year lag between the supernova explosion and the burst. They thus propose what they have dubbed the \"supranova\" model, in which a burst results not directly from a supernova explosion but from the delayed collapse of a neutron star created by the supernova. \"We cannot rule out other scenarios yet,\" remarks Filippo Frontera of the University of Ferrara, one of the lead authors, \"but this one is the simplest, and the most consistent with our results.\""}
{"text":"Antibiotic Wisely: Sharing Proven Strategies to Reduce Unnecessary Antibiotic Use\nApproximately 25 million antibiotic prescriptions are dispensed by Canadian pharmacies annually. That’s almost the equivalent of every person in Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia (65% of the country’s population) receiving an antibiotic prescription within one year. In honour of Antimicrobial Awareness Week, November 13th-19th, tune in to Choosing Wisely Talks, Thursday November 2nd, to hear from Dr. Jerome Leis, Physician Lead of Antimicrobial Stewardship and Medical Director of Infection Prevention & Control at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto. During the webinar he will be presenting different interventions proven to be effective in reducing unnecessary antibiotic use across different healthcare settings and the need for coordinated changes in Canadian healthcare to improve appropriateness of antibiotics to combat the threat of antimicrobial resistance.\nDid you miss it? Watch the webinar."}
{"text":"The death toll from an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 529 as the deadly virus persists with “moderate intensity,” according to the World Health Organization.\nIn the 21 days through Feb. 19, 79 new cases were reported from 40 areas within 12 zones, the United Nations body said in an emailed statement. While no new cases were reported from the city of Beni, “trends in the case incidence suggest a high risk of further chains of transmission in affected communities” elsewhere in the northeast of the country, it said.\nA total of 848 cases of the virus have been reported, of which 258 were children under the age of 18, the WHO said. So far, 257 victims have survived.\nThe outbreak is the 10th since the since the virus was discovered in Congo in 1976. It’s also the world’s biggest after one in West Africa in 2014-2016."}
{"text":"As the sense most associated with food and diet, taste not only helps you to enjoy a great meal, it's also vital to keeping you safe. Among other things, a healthy sense of taste helps people immediately recognise foods that they are allergic to and also helps them avoid foods that are stale or may be dangerous to consume. If your sense of taste has begun to deteriorate, don't despair. Awareness of your situation and appropriate action can bring back the pleasure of taste that you are used to enjoying.\nSee your doctor if your sense of taste has decreased. Through a medical visit, you'll know if your taste buds are being adversely affected by medication, an underlying disorder such as dysgeusia or ageusia, or a degenerative condition like Alzheimer's disease.\nStop any bad habits that directly affect taste. A reduction in smoking can make your taste sense stronger, as can improved brushing and flossing habits. See a dentist regularly to keep your oral health at a high-functioning level.\nMake food flavours stronger with herbs and spices. The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders suggests that spices and herbs can improve the taste of food when your taste senses are lacking without adding any potential health risks to your body.\nEat more individual foods instead of combining them into one dish. In an article for \"American Physician,\" Dr. Steven M. Bromely cites food colour, temperature, aroma and texture as four characteristics that can be enhanced and are critical to taste disorder treatment. By enjoying different foods individually, you can focus on discovering the unique flavour that each one offers.\nDon't add salt or sugar to your diet to offset a loss of taste. This can lead to additional health issues like increased blood pressure or diabetes.\nIf you add spices or any other new ingredients to your meals, measure according to recipe guidelines rather than to taste."}
{"text":"Your blood works to transport nutritions to your each organs and take aways the waste products. Thereby, it is a good reflection of your health. Among the many chemicals commonly found in your serum are potassium and creatinine, both of which act as waste transporters to your kidneys, in addition to fulfilling other vital functions. Measuring your potassium and creatinine levels can reveal a lot about your current state of health.\nHigh Creatinine Level\nCreatinine is a product created from the breakdown of creatine, a chemical\nused in the energy transfer process that occurs within muscles. Once creatine\nhas been used, it degrades into creatinine and is flushed from the muscles into\nthe bloodstream. Your kidneys measure the potassium and creatinine in your\nblood. When these substances reach high levels, they are filtered out of the\nblood and excreted through your urine.\nHigh Potassium Level\nPotassium is an essential mineral that your body uses to ensure proper\ncontraction of the heart and other muscles, for acid-base balance and in protein\nsynthesis. Within the blood, it also helps move nutrients into cells and carries\nwaste products out.\nBoth the deposition of creatinine and potassium in blood are the signs of\nkidney damage. Thereby, for patients with high creatinine level and high\npotassium level are suggested to take further tests of kidney functions.\nIn addition, a low creatinine and low potassium diet is necessary. There is a\nquestionnaire which helps you find the personal diet list based on your own\ncondition. If you have interest, you can get it from email@example.com\nLearn about: What Is Going on with Low Potassium Levels And High Creatinine"}
{"text":"Most dental problems involving an infected tooth root are solved by a root canal, with studies showing success rates of up to 90 percent for this procedure. But in some cases, additional dental treatment may be needed, such as an apicoectomy, or root end surgery.\nWhat Is an Apicoectomy?\nThis type of oral surgery procedure is defined as \"the removal of the tip of a tooth root,\" which is done to save the tooth from being pulled out; keeping your teeth intact is the dentist's mission. Typical reasons for an apicoectomy may include re-infection of the root canal site with signs like pain in the tooth, tenderness or swollen gums that occurs after a root canal.\nWhat Happens During an Apicoectomy\nTeeth are held in place by tooth roots. The tips of each root, called the apex, serve as an entrance for nerves and blood vessels into the tooth.\nDuring an apicoectomy, the apex is removed, along with the infected tissue, and then sealed with a tooth filling.\nDone with a surgical microscope, this procedure is also known as endodontic microsurgery and usually takes between 30 to 90 minutes, depending on the tooth's location and complexity of the root structure.\nThough general dentists can do an apicoectomy, most are performed by endodontists, or root canal experts."}
{"text":"The Commerce Clause is an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The clause states that the United States Congress shall have power \"To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes\". Courts and commentators have tended to discuss each of these three areas of commerce as a separate power granted to Congress. It is common to see the Commerce Clause referred to as \"the Foreign Commerce Clause\", \"the Interstate Commerce Clause\", and \"the Indian Commerce Clause\", each of which refers to a different application of the same sentence in the Constitution.\nDispute exists as to the range of powers granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause. As noted below, the clause is often paired with the Necessary and Proper Clause, the combination used to take a broad, expansive perspective of these powers. Many strict constructionists deny that this is the proper application of the Commerce Clause because it refers specifically to \"the foreign Powers\""}
{"text":"October 16, 2013 (ISN) – With 16 October being World Food Day, the International Rugby Board is doing its bit to focus attention on global hunger and what is being done to alleviate it. Among the objectives of World Food Day are to heighten public awareness of the problem of hunger in the world and strengthen international and national solidarity in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition and poverty.\nThe World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger and IRB humanitarian partner. Through its Tackle Hunger partnership with the WFP, the IRB supports World Food Day and calls on the global Rugby family to help in the fight against hunger.\nThis year, WFP is in the midst of dealing with a huge range of challenges, from operating in war zones and areas affected by famine, to feeding the many hungry in refugee camps and providing children with nutritious and much-needed school meals.\nThe IRB is proud to play its part in promoting the Tackle Hunger message to the global Rugby community, helping to raise awareness of WFP’s work while drawing attention to the plight of the world’s hungry.\nKey facts on hunger:\n- 870 million people in the world do not have enough to eat – that’s one in eight\n- The number of hungry people has fallen by 130 million since 1990\n- Poor nutrition causes nearly half (45 per cent) of deaths in children under five – 3.1 million children each year\n- One out of six children — roughly 100 million — in developing countries is underweight\n- One in four of the world’s children has stunted growth due to a lack of the right food at the right time\n- It costs 25 US cents per day to give a child all the nutrients he or she needs to grow up healthy."}
{"text":"Learner's definition of BIG DEAL\nsomething that is very important\nThe party was a big deal.\nThe cost didn't seem like much to me, but I know it was a big deal for many people.\nSo I'm late. What's the big deal? [=why is that important?]\n— often used in negative statements\n— sometimes used ironically as an interjection to say that something is not important to you\nmake a big deal (out) of (something)\nmake (something) into a big deal\nto treat (something) as very important or too important\nThe girl's song was far from perfect, but her parents made a big deal of it, and she was very happy.\nDon't make such a big deal (out) of missing the bus: there'll be another one along in a minute."}
{"text":"When we are trying to make a judgement about a population, it is often impractical (or impossible) to observe every member of the population. Imagine trying to survey all 300+ million Americans to understand the likely outcome of the next presidential election! Because of this, much of statistics is collecting data from a representative and random sample. From the data collected from this random sample we can infer things about the greater population.\nMuch of statistics is based upon using data from a random sample that is representative of the population at large. From that sample mean, we can infer things about the greater population mean. We'll explain."}
{"text":"Illustrations of adults of all 36 species of shieldbug and 10 species of leatherbug currently native or recently colonised in Britain and Ireland.\nAs well as illustrations of all the adults, last instar nymphs are also included of the most frequently found and common species.\nText includes information on life cycles, recognising both the groups and separating them from similar-looking insect groups. Concise text for each species includes field characters, similar species, colour variants, active season, habitat and general distribution.\nA number of the species included here are not illustrated in other available guides on the group."}
{"text":"A shortage of laborers to work in the growing (in size and number) sugar plantations became a challenge. The only answer was imported labor. Starting in the 1850s, labor shortages were eased by bringing in contract workers from Asia, Europe and North America. By 1884, Hawai‘i Island counted more than thirty plantations, many of them in the Hilo area. Immigrants were arriving by the thousands, mostly from Asia. They fulfilled labor contracts and afterward stayed on.\nThere used to be a Japanese plantation workers camp associated with Wainaku Mill known as Nikai Camp – for most, it was referred to as the Japanese Village. It became an attraction. “A mile and a half from Hilo, above the Wainaku mill, there is to be found, in a green, fern-clad valley with a sparkling stream and a dashing waterfall, a complete Japanese village, with thatched roofs and bamboo walls for its houses.” However, tragedy struck the village … “During Monday afternoon, the 15th (January 15, 1895,) the Japanese camp at Wainaku was completely destroyed by fire.”"}
{"text":"An invoice is a\ndocument used in\ncommerce, particularly in\nretail. It is made by a person or company who is\nselling something to a\ncustomer (or \"\nbuyer\"). The invoice is given to the customer as a request for\npayment. It lists the\nservice provided to the customer, along with the\nprice being charged for each of them.\nOnce the customer has paid for the goods or services, they may be given a\nreceipt. The receipt is the customer's proof that they have paid for the products. A receipt is not the same thing as an invoice.\nFrom the seller's point of view, an invoice is called the sales invoice. From the buyer's point of view, an invoice is called the purchase invoice."}
{"text":"Artificial left hand and forearm, Europe, 1501-1600\nSurgical amputations are referred to by Hippocrates. They were for many years a main function of the surgeon. This artificial hand dates from the 1500s. Most limbs were amputated in this era due to war injuries or accidents. It consists of a metal casing. This wrapped around the forearm stump and was secured by metal or leather straps. An internal mechanical structure (now missing) may have allowed the fingers basic movement. The fingers were created as a solid mass. However, they can flex at the largest knuckle joint. French military surgeon Ambroise Paré (1510-1590) gained experience as a private surgeon to generals in the French Army during the 1500s. His books on surgery described new operations and treatments. These writings describe artificial substitutes he devised to replace amputated limbs. Some were simple. Others were elaborate highly-mechanised devices that simulated the natural movement and function of the limb.\nRelated Themes and Topics\nThere are 660 related objects. View all related objects\nThe branch of medicine concerned with the preservation and restoration of the muscular and skeletal systems in the body.\nArtificial body parts, or materials inserted into tissue for functional, cosmetic, or therapeutic effect. Prostheses can be functional (artificial arms and legs), or cosmetic (artificial eye).\nGlossary: artificial hand"}
{"text":"1 Answer | Add Yours\nIn the story, Adam says his dad's speech was as good as anything the preacher had ever done on \"hell-fire and damnation.\" This refers to the kind of church sermon where a preacher would try to motivate his congregation by threatening them that they were going to hell. This sort of sermon was supposed to appeal to people's emotions to get them to act in a certain way. Adam's dad's speech does that.\nHe feels his father is as good of a speaker because of the effect of the speech -- it gets the people all fired up and helps make them decide to fight the British.\nWe’ve answered 317,767 questions. We can answer yours, too.Ask a question"}
{"text":"Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History by Sam Maggs\n• October 4, 2016 • Quirk Books\n| Barnes & Noble\n| The Book Depository\nEver heard of Allied spy Noor Inayat Khan, a Muslim woman whom the Nazis considered “highly dangerous”? Or German painter and entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian, who planned and embarked on the world’s first scientific expedition? How about Huang Daopo, the inventor who fled an abusive child marriage only to revolutionize textile production in China?\nWomen have always been able to change the world, even when they didn’t get the credit. In Wonder Women, author Sam Maggs introduces you to pioneering female scientists, engineers, mathematicians, adventurers, and inventors—each profile a study in passion, smarts, and stickto-itiveness, complete with portraits by Google doodler Sophia Foster-Dimino, an extensive bibliography, and a guide to present-day women-centric STEM organizations.\nI received this book for free from Quirk Books for review consideration. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.\nFirst sentence: “Representation is important.”\nWhere are the women in our history? Why aren’t we taught more about them? I don’t remember being taught a lot about women in school (other than the Suffrage Movement and Rosa Parks), and that’s a damn shame. The history that was taught to everybody were about white males who supposedly conquered, discovered, taught, and invented everything that we know in the world, and that’s totally wrong. We should be focusing on women—scientists, engineers, adventurers, inventors, and mathematicians—who’ve made a huge difference in the world too, and Wonder Women introduces readers to them.\nRead more »"}
{"text":"How are galaxies distributed in space?\nGalaxies are clustered into groups. Galaxy groups form larger clusters, and clusters are part of huge superclusters. In between clusters and superclusters are vast cosmic voids.\nOur Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy, and the Triangulum Galaxy, together with dozens of dwarf galaxies, make up the Local Group. Along with numerous other galaxy groups, the Local Group is part of the Virgo Cluster, which contains almost 2000 galaxies. The Virgo cluster, in turn, forms the core of the Local Supercluster. Superclusters can span up to 900 million light-years. Our Local Supercluster is relatively small, but belongs to a larger region called the Laniakea Supercluster, over 500 million light-years in diameter.\nYou know the sequence: Germany, Europe, Earth, Solar System, Milky Way? Well, it goes on: Local Group, Virgo Cluster, Laniakea Supercluster. This is your complete cosmic address!"}
{"text":"Bach1 is a transcriptional repressor which modulates several critical transcriptional responses, such as the expression of the heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) gene in response to oxidative stress. In our recent study, we found that Bach1 possesses a novel role in mitotic chromosome alignment during metaphase. Upon BACH1 depletion in HeLa cells, mitotic chromosomes become unstable. This defect was efficiently rescued by expressing Bach1 fragments that lack the DNA binding domain, indicating that its function in mitosis involves a transcriptionindependent mechanism. The nuclear export signal (NES/CLS) of Bach1 is required for the mitotic function. Bach1 is excluded from the mitotic chromosomes depending on its NES/CLS and the nuclear exporter Crm1. Our findings suggest that Bach1 might mediate the regulation of mitotic chromosomes under conditions of cellular stress.\n- Chromosome alignment\nASJC Scopus subject areas\n- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)"}
{"text":"- India records about 7 million burn cases annually\n- About 1.4 lakh people die of burns.\n- High cost of Burns treatment coupled with functional disability of burn survivors put a heavy\n- financial toll on the patient.\n- Data has shown that 80% of cases are due to domestic accidents\n- This can be prevented if India has an effective burn prevention program in place.\nAim of Awareness : – To reduce the incidence of preventable burn injury by conducting large scale Burns Prevention and Skin Donation awareness Program in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane area.\n- To create awareness about the correct First-aid in burns"}
{"text":"Wood has been for centuries a favorite construction material for houses because of its unique insulation, warmth, comfort and durability. A wooden house is a house that breathes, since wood absorbs moisture and regulates the indoor environment. Wooden houses are optimal since wood absorbs waves it receives. A wooden house is a peaceful house, reducing the stress of its inhabitants.\nThe guidelines for construction of wooden houses has not changed much over time, the building process has been the norm for many years. The construction technique is adaptable and versatile. Over the years new wooden items or supplies have been created, and products and standard techniques are more modern and updated. But the basic principle remains the same. Building a wooden house can be easy, inexpensive and quick with a clear advantage over other materials."}
{"text":"Santa Cruz County helps residents prepare for El Niño\nSanta Cruz County has a website to help residents prepare for El Niño-related weather events.\nEl Niño is a warming in sea surface temperatures around the equatorial region of the Pacific Ocean.\nThe warming trend is often associated with wetter winters in Mexico and the Southwest, as well as Central and Southern California.\nWith predictions for one of the strongest El Niños on record, many residents are asking questions about how to ready their families and properties.\nThe website provides information on preparing family disaster plans, how to prepare your property (including wells and septic systems), tips for pet and livestock owners and more. It also includes information on what to do during and after an emergency, including how to stay up-to-date on county road closures and where to get information on shelter and food.\nClick HERE to visit the website."}
{"text":"Which area of Spain is it typical?\n- Autonomous region:\nThe 'Galician potato' Specific Designation covers potatoes grown according to traditional cultivation practices in the region of Galicia. Its compact texture, creaminess and clean, very natural flavour, make it an excellent quality product.\nGalician potatoes can be recognised by their oval or rounded shape, without marked deformations and with very superficial eyes. Its skin is very fine, with a smooth appearance and light yellow colour. It is an excellent quality potato maintaining all its qualities of colour, aroma and flavour, even after it is cooked. After cooking it maintains a firm, creamy texture.\n- Type of product:\n- It may be drunk all year round.\n- The production area includes three Galician counties which, by tradition and through careful cultivation, are recognised as genuine producers: Bergantiños (A Coruña), A Limia (Orense) and Villalba (Lugo), which cover a total of 23 municipalities.\n- To drink with it:\n- It depends on culinary preparation.\n- Where to buy:\n- Galician potatoes can be bought in most specialised shops and supermarkets in Galicia and in selected ones throughout the rest of Spain.\n- Potatoes 'a la importancia'\n- The only protected variety is Kennebeck, with a light yellow skin and white flesh, of great culinary and nutritional value.\n- Rich in carbohydrates."}
{"text":"This guide supplies information about basic artwork and design resources at the College of Michigan. Most contributors reported that each one of interventions had been useful and rated the group remedy as a positive experience. This multilingual and multicultural union catalog affords art historians and different researchers the flexibility to look and download full digital copies of publications dedicated to art, structure, material tradition, and associated fields.\nReferencing articles you have used is necessary – it demonstrates that you’ve researched your topic, it allows others to seek out the article to learn for themselves, and it avoids accusations of plagairism. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a impartial objective tone for a general audience.\nNevertheless, away from the minimize and thrust of these debates, artwork historical past is still being written confidently and with goal, using the instruments which might be out there. Since december 2005 the Union Catalogue contains also articles from E-Journals, they are indexed by ZI inside the scope of the mission of (module ARTicles online).\nSee D. Summers, Real Areas: World Artwork History and the Rise of Western Modernism (London, 2003), for an influential try to develop another conceptual and semantic framework for art historical past. Please click on any sub-part beneath or if you’re in search of one thing specific, the complete list of Articles is at the backside of this web page.\nThis article has all the pieces an Artwork scholar needs to know about one level perspective: step-by-step tutorials, lesson plans, movies and free downloadable worksheets. Most fashionable public museums and art teaching programs for children in schools could be traced back to this impulse to have artwork available to everybody.…"}
{"text":"|Frankenstein Turns 200! Mary Shelley and the Birth of a Gothic Legend|\nEvent Type: Adult|\nAge Group(s): Adults\nStart Time: 11:30 AM\nEnd Time: 1:00 PM\nThis lecture will first explore the life and career of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, from her early days of being reared in a progressive, feminist household to the fateful encounter in Geneva that led to her authoring \"Frankenstein\"; or, \"The Modern Prometheus\". It was here, in 1816, that Shelley, along with her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, lodged with the infamous Lord Byron, who challenged his guests to each write a horror story. It was this competition that spawned the creation of \"Frankenstein\". Secondly, the Gothic genre of literature, to which \"Frankenstein\" belongs, will be discussed in detail so that readers may fully appreciate the intricacies of this classic novel.\nChristopher Proctor is an academic librarian and faculty member at Indiana University Southeast Library. This lecture is a part of the Library's monthly Midday Meet & Mingle series. No registration is required, and refreshments will be served.\nContact: Laura Wilkins\nContact Number: 812-949-3522"}
{"text":"When thinking about traveling, our mind evokes images of beautiful beaches, luxurious hotels and relaxing landscapes. In reality, traveling, especially constant traveling, is less glamorous than what we might imagine. The stress of getting to the airport on time, lack of sleep, the cramped conditions on most modern airplanes and the brutal effects of jet lag can turn travelling between places a nightmare for many people.\nAccording to scientific research, the effects of jet lag have long-term negative consequences on travelers’ well-being and physical health. Dehydration due to dry pressurized cabin air, motion sickness, general fatigue and mental stress are among the most common jet lag symptoms.\nSome of the best well-known tips to cope with the effects of jetlag are: keeping yourself hydrated, staying active, breathing, meditating and using Synctuition.\nIn 25 minutes, Synctuition induces you into a meditative stance, which has been proven to lower both the physiological and mental effects of stress and fatigue induced by traveling. The audio journey will take your mind off your immediate surroundings, transporting you away from the stress and helping you cope with the damaging effects of jet lag."}
{"text":"Posted by applebottom on .\nFour particles in the xy plane have the following masses and coordinates: 1 kg at (4 m, 4 m), 2 kg at (−3 m, 5 m), 3 kg at (5 m, −2 m) and 4 kg at (−2 m, −4 m). Find the total moment of inertia about:\na) the x-axis:\nb) the y-axis:\nb) the z-axis:\na) Add M*y^2 for the four particles\nb) Add M*x^2 for the four particles\nc) Add M(x^2 + y^2) for the four particles. (Or just add the first two answers)"}
{"text":"The impostor syndrome is not a disease nor a pathology. We are talking more about a psychological state that everyone can go through during their life or professional career. In reality, this is a common problem. According to a study published in the Journal of Behavioral Science and relayed by Forbes: ‘’70% of the world population would doubt at least once in their life about the legitimacy of their success’’.\nThe impostor syndrome is based on a set of erroneous beliefs that must be questioned in order to try to work on a fairer system of thoughts and above all, more beneficial to well-being. People with impostor syndrome, also known as autodidact syndrome, express a form of unhealthy doubt that essentially involves denying ownership of any personal achievement. We see in coaching, for example, that most coachees who have the impostor syndrome are ultimately people who have (most of the time) grown up in an environment and / or experiences nurturing a lack of self-confidence and self esteem.\nImpostor Syndrome is intimately linked to a lack of self-confidence – and sometimes it is an overwhelming pressure we all put on ourselves to be perfect. Just as lack of self-confidence, impostor syndrome often turns into a self-fulfilling prophecy: the belief is so strong (I lack the abilities) that I change my behavior (I sabotage myself) and at the end I realize and experiment this belief myself (I fail, therefore I am an impostor). In short: by dint of believing it, it ends up happening.\nThere is no miracle method to regain self-confidence: it is a self work that is done over time. Because building self-confidence starts by knowing ourself: knowing who we are, and being aware of who we are not."}
{"text":"For governments to successfully use alternative energy technologies, they must develop and implement guidelines that will www.gwelectricco.com/ help energize investment in them. Budgetary incentives will be key to this procedure, as they may reduce up-front investment obligations and motivate design invention. These coverages can be changed to suit specific national and regional circumstances, thereby providing confidence to traders.\nDeploying renewables requires a ordinaire effort via policy makers, businesses, and also other stakeholders. These organizations need to build complicité with each other to make certain effective implementation of guidelines. They must teach and enable the public regarding the benefits and challenges connected with renewable energy. It is imperative to determine a problems of cooperation among all stakeholders, from policymakers to the privately owned sector to environmental groups and NGOs. This kind of collaboration can also in order to highlight the role of renewable energy in future energy devices.\nA major good judgment in the enactment of alternative energy policies may be the need for a talented workforce. To encourage purchase in green technologies, countries must develop market infrastructures and learn from their past experiences. They have to also set up enabling legal, administrative, and financial constructions. The government can also play a large role inside the diffusion of renewable energy technologies, by starting research to identify their very own potential.\nRenewable energy is a global market that is increasing in a rapid pace. Over the following five years, the reveal of renewables will increase by one-fifth, coming from just 10% to nearly 30% with the global strength demand. Hydropower is the leading replenishable source, accounting for nearly 16% of power development in 2017."}
{"text":"If you totally missed Monday night’s “snow moon,” have no fear -- plenty of people caught it and captured it on camera.\nWhat is a snow moon, and why is it so special? Each month’s full moon has a different name in the Old Farmer’s Almanac, which vaguely claims the names \"come from the Algonquin tribes who lived in regions from New England to Lake Superior.\"\nFebruary’s full moon is called the “snow moon,” and frankly, it probably gets a lot of attention because it sounds more poetic than say, March’s “worm moon.” (That said, we personally think January’s “wolf moon” sounds the coolest.)\nHere’s what Monday’s snow moon looked like.\nIf you're feeling serious moon FOMO right now, don't worry. On Tuesday night, Jupiter will rise alongside the moon, so get out there and get planet-gazing.\nAlso on HuffPost:"}
{"text":"There are a number of reasons, not least of which is that punctuation defines the meanings of the words which it punctuates.\nToday, I ran in to an old friend, who we will call Erin (because that's her name). She played cello in a funk band I was in, a while back. She's been teaching for a while now, mostly kids. Five year old boys are apparently a challenge. One of them, for example, is convinced that he is a ninja.\n\"Your violin is not nunchucks,\" she has to remind him.\nShe tries to get him to play his music, and he won't. So she says, \"How would a Ninja play 'Twinkle'?\" She's got his attention now. \"Very softly,\" she says, \"and then very loud. Play it like that.\"\nAnd he does.\nSo she went off for 3 weeks in the UK. When she got back, her substitute accosted her. \"These kids are unteachable!\" she said.\n\"No they're not,\" Erin told her. \"All you have to know is how to play Twinkle like a ninja.\"\n\"'Twinkle Like a Ninja'?\" I said. \"That's the best song title ever.\"\nUnfortunately, I'm now feeling a compulsion to write a song or story with that title."}
{"text":"The Free Market Center\nValue theory represents one of the more fundamental aspects of economic thinking. In this section, I will explain value theory in terms that relate to the reader. I will also cover various aspects of value theory. In this first article I will explain the fundamentals of value theory — the source and measure of value.\nThe subjective theory of value holds the view, developed by the Austrian School, that economic value is not an inherent property of a good. Rather, it is determined by the preferences of those who wish to acquire the good.\nThe theory, held by the Austrian economists and by the Anglo-Saxon followers of the English economist, W. Stanley Jevons (1835-1882) and the American economist, John Bates Clark.(1847-1938), that the value of economic goods is in the minds of individual men and therefore is neither constant nor inherent in the goods themselves; that values of the same good vary, as the judgments of the individuals making the valuations vary, from person to person and from time to time for the same person. Also referred to as \"subjective-value theory\" and \"marginal theory of value.\"\nWe will start with the Introduction to Economic Value\n© 2010—2020 The Free Market Center & James B. Berger. All rights reserved.\nTo contact Jim Berger, e-mail:"}
{"text":"Trace elements, partially because of just how little the plants metabolize, are a little tricky to keep track of. Generally, if you’re using compost or manure or rotating your plants, these elements will never be in short supply. That being said, it’s nice to know what’s out there and what these nutrients do for the plant.\nCalcium, Magnesium, and Sulfur. Secondary only refers to the quantity, not the importance of the nutrients. These are just as important as NPK!\nPart 1 of 4. Plants want to gobble up everything they can of 3 key macronutrients - Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium. Here's what NPK does to plants!\nEver since I've put these peppers in, the majority of the fruit have been quite small. I want to know why!"}
{"text":"Serum samples from 97 clinically healthy domestic rabbits were tested for antibodies to Encephalitozoon cuniculi by an indirect ELISA technique. Fifty (52 per cent) of them were seropositive. The samples were taken as part of a routine health screen or before general anaesthesia at 22 veterinary practices in England, Scotland and Wales, and the veterinary surgeons were asked to complete a questionnaire to provide information concerning the animal’s husbandry, diet, vaccination, health status and any preventive medicine routines. None of these factors was found to be associated with the serological status of the rabbits.\n- British Veterinary Association. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"Via the Twitter (8Amber8) I was sent a GREAT link to all kinds of different ways that you can use the document camera, some of these we’ve seen…some are new! I thought I’d share my faves to remind you that the document camara can be SO much more than a place for you to work out problems on the “big screen”, 🙂\n- training or initial introduction to any other piece of equipment everyone can use, but can’t gather around to see easily\n- Students can draw the background scenery for a play or skit they will perform in class. Move your projector at a 45 degree angle to the white board. Project the drawing onto the white board, angling it behind the actors. The image will naturally distort, but the overall effectiveness is well worth it.\n- In math problem-solving use the doc camera to take a photo of a problem and solution (use a kid’s). Put it in your teacher blog and have students individually respond to the query: How might the writer have arrived at this solution?\n- More ideas can be found here! I’ve also attached “101 ways to use the document camera” that was presented at the METC conference this past summer.\n- Some videos that were found on document cameras/document readers: (yes, youtube is blocked at school…watch these this rainy weekend….in all your free time!"}
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{"text":"The Importance Of Communication Skills in All Areas of Life\nMaintaining a good relationship is part of living healthy. Your communication skills are important to maintaining those relationships that help you be healthy. How do you communicate? How often do you communicate? Do you initiate conversation?\nThe people we interact with on a regular basis see you at your best and at your worst. You probably want a healthy overflow of those best moments. Communicating wisely and effectively can help you.\nNo one likes to be offended and no one likes to be insulted. These are common sense statements, but it is amazing how often this is ignored. The usage of profanities in any conversation can be taken as insults at anytime. One of the best ways to avoid this mistake is to make a conscious choice to not use profanity.\nInsults can come in two forms, words and/or gestures. You can avoid a lot of problems by thinking before you speak. Choosing your words before sharing them may be all you need to bring a smile to someone’s face rather than a frown.\nThink about how you communicate. Sometimes the way you say something can mean the exact opposite of what you intended. Think about the message your body communicates to others.\nCrossing your arms can send the message that you don’t care or you can’t be bothered with the message being communicated to you.\nWhen was the last time you called that “best friend?” Part of communicating is taking the time to say I care by starting conversation and initiating the contact whether it be by phone, email or in person.\nDo you initiate contact with your friends and family? Do you call and share your thoughts and concerns? Sometimes it’s up to you to make the contact and this is a healthy way of communicating to others that you care about them. Take the initiative to say that you care.\nGet Your House Estimate Cost For FREE:"}
{"text":"Of the ways to mitigate the costs of an influenza pandemic, having a pre-pandemic vaccine is critical, said Ruben Donis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.\nDonis spoke to nearly 150 researchers from around the world during the Emerging Infections Symposium: A Tribute to the One Medicine, One Health concept, which took place Nov. 14 at Kansas State University. Donis addressed the challenges of creating effective vaccines and the need for early detection.\nK-State's own researchers addressed public health from varying angles. For example, an interdisciplinary team of K-State researchers is working on a project called Epicenter to develop mathematical models and simulation software that can predict how and where diseases spread. More information is available at:\nK-State also offers a master's of public health degree, http://www.k-state.edu/mphealth/\nSuch efforts and K-State's leadership in the areas of animal health and food safety -- more than $70 million on research since 1999 -- have put the university among the finalists for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, a federal center for animal health.\nThe Heartland BioAgro Consortium, which is leading an effort to bring the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility to Kansas, and the Kansas Bioscience Authority were major sponsors of the Emerging Infections Symposium.\nInternational researchers attending the conference came to the K-State campus from across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Speakers represented such nations as Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada."}
{"text":"In general, ball bearings provide engineers a method to design a continually rotating part, which consist of the gear, to run smoothly over time. one particular bearing type, identified as a sealed ball bearing, has particular variations away from your other types of bearings.\nSealed ball bearings hold out nicely within of automotive transmissions. Their sealed assembly shields the relocating bearings from equipment dirt and debris, permitting the transmission's mechanised gears to purpose lengthier than once the bearing was available to contaminants. Identification\nSealed ball bearings should possess the bearings secured within of an external and inside ring assembly. Additionally, along the assembly rings are artificial rubber seals, which retain the ball bearings steady within of the rings and retain the lubricating grease from leaking outward. Benefits\nThe actuality the fact that ball bearings are sealed within a secured assembly allows the bearing to proceed freely with tiny friction. The deficiency of friction could make the ball bearing nicely suited for reduced torque products within of the car's transmission."}
{"text":"Differential and variable rates (DVR) in waste collection charging give a price incentive to households to reduce their waste and increase recycling. International empirical evidence confirms the effectiveness of DVR schemes, with limited unwanted side effects. In the Netherlands, currently some 20% of the population is charged at DVR. This is less than in several other countries. Taking into account differences between types of households and dwellings, this study analyses various scenarios for extended use of DVR in the Netherlands. The analysis shows that further penetration of DVR is a cost-effective instrument for waste reduction and more recycling. Moreover, DVR can itself be seen as a necessary condition for the successful implementation of other economic instruments, such as waste taxes. It is therefore recommended to stimulate municipalities to adopt DVR schemes in the Netherlands, accompanied by the provision of adequate facilities for waste separation by households. Before introducing DVR in 'very strongly urbanized' municipalities (i.e. the 12 largest cities in the Netherlands) a pilot experiment in one of them might be useful to test the behavioral response in this category. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"We now know that beluga whales can mimic human speech — and one was actually doing it more than a decade ago.\nAccording to a report in the journal Current Biology, new studies of recordings made by a beluga whale named NOC presents the first evidence of a cetacean spontaneously picking up human speech and then repeating it back untrained.\n(PHOTOS: A Life With Whales)\nThe discovery of NOC’s newfound ability was somewhat happenstance, writes the paper’s lead author Sam Ridgway, president of the National Marine Mammal Foundation. While a diver was in NOC’s tank he thought he heard someone calling him “out” of the tank. It was soon discovered that NOC was the one actually making the repeated sound. Researcher began to study the whale’s vocal patterns, and Ridgway says the whale accomplished “vocal learning” to create intervals, frequencies, octaves and harmonics “unlike usual whale sounds, but not unlike those of the human voice.”\nNOC was able to change the timing between noises and drop his tone “several octaves lower than the whale’s usual sounds” when it wanted to mimic human voices. To get that new sound, the whale also had to completely changed the way it made noises. “Our observations suggest that the whale had to modify its vocal mechanics in order to make the speech-like sounds,” Ridgeway writes."}
{"text":"Eruptions are known to have a cooling effect on the planet's atmosphere because the fine particles thrown up by the volcanoes linger in the air at high altitudes and reflect sunlight and warming infrared radiation before it can hit the Earth's surface.\nBut the effect of atmospheric ash on sea temperatures had not been properly investigated.\nIn a study reported in the journal Nature today, John Church at the Australian government's CSIRO research facility and scientists at the National Centre for Atmospheric Research in Colorado found that the huge eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991 led to a vast cloud of fine particles that triggered a dramatic cooling of ocean waters, equivalent to losing the amount of energy contained in more than 700m tonnes of oil.\nThe rises in sea level observed in recent decades are caused by a mixture of land ice melting into the seas and the expansion of water with increasing global temperatures.\nThe researchers calculated that the sea cooling brought about by the Mount Pinatubo eruption lowered sea levels around the globe by an estimated 5mm.\nAccording to Dr Church, the cooling effect of eruptions on the atmosphere lasts for two years, but large bodies of water take around a decade to warm up again. The knock-on effect is a rapid rise in sea levels in the years immediately after a big eruption.\nIn the decade after Mount Pinatubo erupted, Dr Church calculates that rebounding sea temperatures account for half of the rise in sea levels measured by satellites throughout the 1990s.\nBetween 1993 and 2000, sea levels rose by 3.2mm each year, compared with an average of 1.8mm since 1950."}
{"text":"The first call from a portable mobile phone was made in New York in 1973. Cooper was at the corner of 6th Avenue and 55th Street at the time of the call.\nThe world’s first call from a portable mobile phone was made on April 3, 1973 by Motorola engineer Martin Cooper . He picked up his prototype DynaTAC 8000X cell phone and called Bell Labs to report that he had been able to make a call from the portable device.\nFor the first conversation, Martin Cooper chose his competitor and colleague from Bell Labs, Joel Engel. He dialed the number, but the first connection attempt failed – the conversation was interrupted.\nCooper tried again, and this time the connection succeeded. Cooper then uttered the first words ever spoken over a cell phone: “Joel, I’m calling you on a cell phone, a real cell phone – a personal portable device. I carry it with me in my bag, and you can hear me.”\nIt was a short but historic call from a DynaTAC 8000X cell phone that opened the door to a new era of long-distance communication.\nThe DynaTAC 8000X was the world’s first portable mobile phone. It weighed almost 1 kg, measured 23 x 13 x 4.5 cm, and cost about $4,000 (which, adjusted for inflation, would be about $11,500 today). Its battery was charged for 10 hours and provided conversations lasting only 30 minutes. It used analog communication technology and could only work within the range of the nearest base station.\nAfter that first call, Motorola began to develop and improve mobile phones that became more affordable and convenient to use.\nAlthough the first mobile phones were very expensive and bulky, they marked the beginning of a new era of long-distance communication and served as the starting point for the development of the technologies we use today. Today, mobile phones are an integral part of our everyday life."}
{"text":"become an editor\nthe entire directory\nonly in Society_and_Culture/History\nSociety and Culture\nEarthquake History of Hawaii\n- Much of the early record of Hawaiian earthquakes comes from the diary of Mrs. Sarah J. Lyman, a missionary's wife at Hilo, on the Big Island of Hawaii. She began her account in 1833 and continued it until her death in 1885; this record was then continued for eleven more years by her descendants.\nElectric Scotland: Princess Ka'iulani\n- An evaluation of both the Scottish and Kanaka Maoli significance of Princess Ka'iulani.\nHawaii War Records Depository\n- Information about the depository, which holds manuscripts, personal accounts, newspapers, photographs and ephemera documenting the impact of World War II upon Hawaii.\n- The history of Hawaii's royal family, from King Kamehameha the Great to Queen Liliuokalani.\nUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa Library\n- Library information, special collections, government documents, maps and searchable catalog.\nWorld History Archives: Hawaiian Islands\n- Includes historical information pertaining to the Hawaii - U.S. Treaties, the struggle for independence and Hawaiian social history.\n\" search on:\nto edit this category.\nCopyright © 1998-2014 AOL Inc.\nVisit our sister sites\nLast update: July 11, 2007 at 15:31:51 UTC -"}
{"text":"Applesoft BASIC – Coding Like it's 1985!\nPosted on March 6, 2023 by Aywren\nNot too long ago, I was digging through some old folders I’d stashed in my closet when I ran across one particular folder that held odds-n-ends from my grade school years. I’m weird in that I held on to a choice number of items throughout the different stages of school I attended.\nOne of the things I discovered in this box was dot-matrix print-outs of old Applesoft BASIC code that were passed out in one of my earliest computer classes. I’d say this was about 4th-5th grade, and we were working on old Apple IIe machines, since that was the standards for schools back then.\nThese codes were meant to execute small graphic designs when compiled correctly. This was the kind of coding they taught kids back in the 1980s, and was my first real coding experience – maybe one of the first things I ever did on a PC, aside from something like playing Oregon Trail or Odell Lake.\nI was pretty excited to rediscover these sheets, so I’ve scanned them in to share them here with you. If you want, you can try them out on the Apple JS emulator! Here's some instructions for it - be sure to press the Reset key on the emulator to get to a typing prompt!\nJust click the images below to pop up the sheets in a larger resolution."}
{"text":"Very little is known about the biology of Titanus giganteus, though it probably has a very similar life cycle to other members of the subfamily, including the Tanner Beetle Prionus coriarius, a small relative that is widespread (though rare) in southern Britain.\nMost prioninae feed as larvae in buried decaying wood, probably for several years, with adults emerging for a brief annual flight period during which they reproduce and die.\nThe adults of most species in this group are thought not to eat. Dr Michael Balke brought back a live male Titanus from French Guiana, which lived for a few weeks and is now in the Natural History Museum collection - this is approximately the adult life expectancy for many large beetles. During this time it was rather active, and could be induced to fly if the temperature was high enough. But it could not be persuaded to eat - it was offered fruit and tissue soaked in sugar solution, and was occasionally seen to mouth these substances, though not to actively feed.\nIt is not uncommon for adult insects to survive entirely on resources stored during the larval stage, and some, for example many silk moths, completely lack a mouth and intestine.\nAdult males have an impressive threat display when disturbed:\nIf carelessly handled, they can scratch the fingers with their defensive spines. Like the British stag beetle, it is best to avoid putting fingers directly into the jaws of a large living specimen! However, all of this behaviour is entirely defensive and the beetle will try to escape before resorting to this threat display.\nIt is not known what the natural predators of Titanus giganteus are, but these may include:"}
{"text":"Primary education lasts for nine years (Ecole\nfondamentale). Secondary education is compulsory\nand consists of a three-year cycle of study provided\nin secondary schools and technicums.\nthree branches of secondary education: general,\nspecialized and technical/vocational.\nin general secondary and specialized secondary\neducation study for three years and sit for the\nBaccalauréat examination. Successful students\nare awarded the Baccalauréat de l'Enseignement\nsecondaire in one of the various streams offered.\nThe Baccalauréat gives access to higher\neducation but some institutions require it to\nbe of a certain type (science, arts, etc.). The\nobjective of technical and vocational secondary\neducation is to prepare students for active life\nand industry (technicians and qualified workers).\nStudies last between one and four years, according\nto the type of training undertaken and can also\nlead to higher education."}
{"text":"Time Constant in digital electronic circuits\nIn physics and engineering, the time constant, usually denoted by the Greek letter (tau), is the parameter characterizing the response to a step input of a first-order, linear time-invariant (LTI) system.\nIn the time domain, the usual choice to explore the time response is through the step response to a step input, or the impulse response to a Dirac delta function input.In the frequency domain (for example, looking at the Fourier transform of the step response, or using an input that is a simple sinusoidal function of time) the time constant also determines the bandwidth of a first-order time-invariant system, that is, the frequency at which the output signal power drops to half the value it has at low frequencies.\nThe formula shown here is used for digital electronic circuits.Related formulas\n|τ||time constant(sec) (dimensionless)|\n|FO4||Fan-out of 4, a process-independent delay metric used in digital CMOS technologies (dimensionless)|"}
{"text":"There really is nothing as amazing as mother nature as giant glow-in-the-dark sharks have been found in the deep sea around New Zealand.\nThe sharks are luminous and can grow up to 180cm. And their bioluminescence is caused by a chemical reaction with living organisms to create visible light. So that’s your science lesson for the day!\nThe luminous sharks now have the distinction of being the largest-known luminous vertebrate. Which is a bragging right we never even knew existed!\nThe sharks were collected a year ago off the coast of New Zealand in a fish survey.\nDon’t worry about bumping into them on your next swim in the sea, however.\nThey live in the twilight zone of the ocean around 200 and 1,000 metres deep where there’s no sunlight. And researchers think the glowing might help them camouflage them from any threats.\nAlthough quite who wants to attack a glow-in-the-dark shark is anyone’s guess!\nAnother idea is that the glowing light is used to light up the ocean floor as the shark searches for food.\nYemeni fishermen strike it rich with whale vomit find worth millions\nA group of Yemeni fishermen are laughing all the way to the bank after they found a dead whale loaded with whale vomit which is worth more than gold.\nStrange but brilliantly true!\nWhale vomit is better known as ambergris and is used by high-end perfume makers as it helps the smell last longer.\nThe lucky fishermen spotted the whale’s floating body 30km out to sea in the Gulf of Aden. But unable to take the prized catch on their own, they got together a group of 37 fishermen who dragged the whale back to shore where they discovered just how rich they would be."}
{"text":"“To improve epilepsy care services, most developed countries adopted national guidelines at least a decade ago, with these being regularly updated. Whenever possible, such guidelines are evidence-based, relying upon the body of evidence for best care practices in high income, resource rich countries with predominantly moderate climates. However, 80% of people with epilepsy live in so-called ‘developing’, low-income, or resource-poor countries in tropical or subtropical regions. For many reasons including resource restrictions, simply adopting healthcare guidelines created for higher-resourced areas and using these in resource-limited settings is neither appropriate nor feasible.”\nIn 2011, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) mental health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) released evidence-based epilepsy-care guidelines for use in low and middle income countries (LAMICs). From a geographical, sociocultural, and political perspective, LAMICs represent a heterogenous group with significant differences in the epidemiology, etiology, and perceptions ofepilepsy. Successful implementation of the guidelines requires local adaptation for use within individual countries. For effective implementation and sustainability, the sense of ownership and empowerment must be transferred from the global health authorities to the local people. Sociocultural and financial barriers that impede the implementation of the guidelines should be identified and ameliorated. Impact assessment and program revisions should be planned and a budget allocated to them. If effectively implemented, as intended, at the primary-care level, the mhGAP guidelines have the potential to facilitate a substantial reduction in the epilepsy treatment gap and improve the quality of epilepsy care in resource-limited settings."}
{"text":"Temple made of speakers a modern Delphi oracle\nCall 1-800-greek-temple. Artist Benoit Maubrey models a giant public sound sculpture on the temple built at the famed site of the Delphic oracle.\nHow do you create a 21st century version of an ancient Greek temple? How about building it from a giant pile of old electronics and making it talk?\nFor his electro-acoustic sculpture \"Temple,\" artist Benoit Maubrey compiled 3,000 recycled loudspeakers, 10 recycled amplifiers, 10 recycled radios/tuners, and a mixing board and soldered the gear into a replica of part of the Greek temple at Delphi. The modern-day temple stands outside the ZKM center for art and media in Karlsruhe, Germany, where it will remain through March of next year as part of an exhibit on sound as art.\nThe sound, in this case, is white noise punctuated by the voices of people who call in to a German telephone number (072-1810-01818) that automatically broadcasts their musings through the sculpture's loudspeakers as if through an answering machine. Anyone can call in, and they can talk for up to three minutes.\nMaubrey is director of Die Audio Gruppe, a Berlin-based art group that builds and .\nHis Temple measures 23 feet high by 46 feet wide and is shaped just like the tholos at Delphi built between 380 and 360 BC. In ancient times, circular buildings called tholoi served as sacred sites for communicating with the gods, and Delphi is probably best known for the oracle at the sanctuary that was dedicated to Apollo, god of music, poetry, light, knowledge, and more, during the classical period.\nMaubrey's temple, it should be noted, isn't dedicated to any deity in particular -- unless, of course, you worship the god of gadgets."}
{"text":"After completing this chapter you should be able to:\n- describe the major types of silvicultural systems\n- appreciate the subtle differences between a seed tree and shelterwood system\n- recognize some outdated and confusing terminology\n- understand how reserves play a role in silvicultural systems and impact on terminology.\n- patch cut\n- seed tree\n- retention system"}
{"text":"This is voltage required to run this product.\nBoth Australian and New Zealand along with many other countries all run on a 240 Volt system.\nFor safety reason all products that are hard wired into 240v power, such as light fittings and ceiling fans, must be installed by a qualified electrician.\nVoltage is defined as a representation of the electric potential energy per unit charge. If a unit of electrical charge were placed in a location, the voltage indicates the potential energy of it at that point. In other words, it is a measurement of the energy contained within an electric field, or an electric circuit, at a given point."}
{"text":"Looking for pest education resources and activities for middle school students? You've come to the right place. PestWorld For Kids has various interactive games and quizzes, science fair projects, reporting writing assignments and more for the preteen in your life. If you're a teacher, we also have middle school insect lesson plans available for download.\nDoes your middle school student need to write a report for his or her science class? As an educational resource, we’ve created a 10-step procedure to help them communicate their knowledge of pests in a written report format.Learn More\nIs your child in grades 6-8 and looking for a fun science fair project idea? PestWorld For Kids has got them covered. Try these two downloadable science fair kits on flies that are sure to put them in the running to win a prize!Learn More\nDoes your middle schooler love to play video games? Our pest game section will feed their need for an interactive activity by a computer, tablet or phone screen, while also teaching them about the importance of pest control to keep pests from causing harm to us and our homes.Learn More\nOur bug and insect lesson plans for middle school classrooms emphasize both content development and critical thinking skills. View and download our two lesson plans to teach students in grades 6-8 about pest taxonomy and developing a public service announcement (PSA).Learn More"}
{"text":"When Do You Use A vs. An?\nThere are all sorts of grammar rules out there. But, one of the most basic is determining when you should use the very first letter of the alphabet. Do you know when to use a vs. when you should use an?\nLet’s break this one down!\nA vs. an\nThe rule is: Use a before a word beginning with a vowel sound (not the letter). It doesn’t matter how the word is spelled. It just matters how it is pronounced. Use a before a word with a consonant sound as well as y and w sounds. Which means it is not unusual to find a before a word starting with a vowel or a before a word beginning with a consonant.\nSo, we say an MBA, an hour … but a BA, a horologist. You mean either a historical event or a historical event, according to whether you pronounce the h. If the h- is sounded (you make the “ha” sound), then a is the proper form.\nNow that you’ve got that figured out, are you ready to tackle effect vs. effect?\nWATCH: Two Nerdy Steps To Take To Improve Your Vocabulary"}
{"text":"I came to New France to make a new life for me and my family.\nWelcome to my Estate!\nAgriculture and farming were very important in New France. People needed to grow crops and food to sustain the growing population.\nThe farm work can be hard but our landlord treats my family very well.\nThe seigneural system was established in New France in 1627. The Crown granted land to the wealthy, deserving people. The Seigneur (owner) would develop the land by building homes, a mill, and other buildings. These areas were like little communities.\nThank you for giving us this opportunity in New France.\nThe estates were 15km plots along the St. Lawrence River.The river provided water for agriculture and could be used for transporation\nWe love our new life in New France\nTo do all the work, the Seigneur would grant a piece of his land to a family. The family would farm the land and get their food and shelter. They were called Habitants. FACT: Habitants worked three days a year without pay; this was called a \"corvee.\"\nThe Habitants paid taxes to the Seigneur to use the land. They also had other obligations such as giving the Seigneur a portion of their harvest. FACT: Seigneurs could grant hunting, fishing and woodcutting licenses to the Habitants.\nThe Seigneural System helped create family, neighbour, and community spirit in New France."}
{"text":"Around the tall, commanding figure of Colonel Michael Corcoran, of the New York \"Fighting Sixty-ninth,\" a storm raged in the summer of 1881. Corcoran had been chosen by lot to meet the same fate as Walter W. Smith, privateer of the schooner Emchantress, with a prize-crew from the Confederate privateer Jeff. Davis, who was captured July 22, 1881, tried for piracy in the United States Court in Philadelphia, October 22d-28th, and convicted of the charge. Soon after the news of his conviction reached Richmond, Acting Secretary of War J. P. Benjamin issued an order to Brigadier-General John H. Winder to choose by lot, from among the Federal prisoners of war, of the highest rank, one who was to receive exactly the same treatment as prize-master Walter W. Smith. He also ordered that thirteen other prisoners of war, the highest in rank of those captured by the Confederate forces, should be served as the crew of the Savannah. It fell to Colonel Corcoran to become the hostage for Smith. Since only ten other Federal field-officers were held as prisoners, three captains were chosen by lot to complete the quota, and all were placed in close confinement. The United States was forced to recede from its position, which was untenable. Judge Grier, one of the bench who tried Smith in Philadelphia, aptly remarked that he could not understand why men taken on the sea were to be hanged, while those captured on land were to be held as prisoners or released.\nvisits since 03/12/2004.\nPage updated 11/28/2004"}
{"text":"As some evidence of this, it is claimed, first, that in the so-called \"Peace Conference\" held in Hampton Roads in February, 1865, Mr. Lincoln offered, if the South would return to the Union, that the Federal Government would pay for the slaves by making an appropriation of four hundred millions of dollars for that purpose. Indeed, it is claimed that he said to Mr. Stephens:\n\"Let me write 'Union' at the top of this page, and you may then write any other terms of settlement you may deem proper.\"\nWe undertake to say, after a careful reading of the joint and several reports of our commissioners (Messrs. Stephens, Hunter and Campbell), and after reading the message sent by Mr. Lincoln to Congress after his return from that conference, that there is no just foundation for any such claim.\nMr. Lincoln himself says:\n\"No papers were exchanged or produced, and it was in advance agreed that the conversation was to be informal and verbal merely. On our part, the whole substance of the instructions to the Secretary of State hereinbefore recited was stated and insisted upon, and nothing was said inconsistent therewith.\"\nThe instructions to the Secretary here referred to in reference to slavery were:\n\"No receding by the Executive of the United States on the slavery question from the position assumed thereon in the annual message to Congress and in preceding documents.\"\nAnd the terms here referred to in the annual message to Congress were:\n\"I retract nothing heretofore said as to slavery. I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that while I remain in my present position I will not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation.\"\nCertainly there was nothing in the Emancipation Proclamation which indicated any intention or desire on his part to make any compensation for the slaves of the Southern people.\nAnd Colonel McClure, who, as before stated, is a partizan of Mr. Lincoln, and claims everything for him that could possibly be claimed, says this matter was not even suggested by Mr. Lincoln"}
{"text":"Bacterial blight of cotton\n|Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum|\n|Cotton bacterial blight|\nBacterial blight of cotton is a disease affecting the cotton plant resulting from infection by Xanthomonas citri pathovar malvacearum  (Xcm) bacteria. It is the most important bacterial disease on cotton which infects all aerial parts of the host. Loss due to this disease was estimated for about 10 to 30% on different cultivars.\nThe bacteria can affect the cotton plant during all growth stages, infecting stems, leaves, bracts and bolls. It causes seedling blight, leaf spot, blackarm (on stem and petioles) and boll rot. On cotyledons small, green, water-soaked rounded (or irregular) spots form which turn brown. Cotyledons can be distorted if the infection is intense. Black and elongated lesions can girdle the hypocotyls and kill seedlings. On the leaves, scattered small dark-green, water-soaked, areolate spots, form measuring 1–2 mm on the lower surface, which appear translucent against transmitted light. The spots increase in diameter to 5 mm, become angular (due to leaf veination), brown and later turn dark brown to blackish, becoming visible on the upper surface. On susceptible cultivars numerous spots can occur, causing chlorosis, necrosis and distortion, and eventually defoliation.\n|This plant disease article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.|"}
{"text":"-Excerpt from the book Brooklyn Bat Boy.\nBobby Kelly is a 12-year-old Brooklyn boy who loves\nplaying stickball in the street with his friends and cheering for the Dodgers. Bobby’s dream of being part of the Dodgers comes true in 1947 when he lands the job of bat boy for the team.\nThere’s just one thing Bobby’s not sure about. The Dodgers are planning to do something that has never been done before. An African-American named Jackie Robinson will be playing for Brooklyn. Bobby isn’t sure how to feel about it, especially since members of his family and kids in his neighborhood don’t like the idea. In order to truly become part of the Dodgers, Bobby will have to learn to accept Robinson as a member of the team and learn from his example. This fictional story looks at an important point in baseball history from a young person’s perspective and highlights the time period, including using popular slang from the East Coast in the 1940s.\n“I dunno if you noticed, but ever since Robinson started playin’ first base for the Dodgers, the world ain’t stopped turnin’. My head ain’t exploded. Baseball ain’t got destroyed.”"}
{"text":"What is Cervictis?\nCervictis is an inflammation of your cervix. The cervix is the lower part of the uterus extending about an inch into the vaginal canal.\nCervictis is probably the most common of all gynecological disorders. It affects almost half of all women at some point in their lives.\nSymptoms of Cervictis\nOften there are no symptoms and cervictis is discovered during a pap test or a biopsy done for another condition. When symptoms are present, the most common symptoms are:\nThe symptoms of cervictis are often confused with the symptoms of vaginitis.\nWhat Causes Cervictis?\nThe most common cause of cervictis are STDs and exposures to certain types of bacteria.\nHow is Cervictis Diagnosed?\nYour doctor will review your symptoms, take a physical exam, and take samples of cervical secretions (pap smear) and analyze it for signs of cervictis.\nCan Cervictis be Treated?\nYes cervictis can be treated. The treatment will depend on the cause. If the cause is bacteria, an antibiotic may be prescribed. If the cause is an STD, treatment of the STD is needed.\nCan Cervictis be prevented?\nYou can limit your risk of developing cervictis by:\nWe'll teach you how to #LiveTo100!\nJoin our newsletter!\nRSS| Sitemap| Careers\n©2000 - 2017 MamasHealth, Inc.. All rights reserved"}
{"text":"This page describes getting your local environment ready for Ruby on Rails development.\nFor Windows users, check out Rails Windows Installer. This one-click installer will provide an environment with Ruby, Rails, Git, Sqlite, the DevKit, and SQLServer support. After the download is complete, you are ready to start writing and running Rails code. Check out their video for more details on the installation process.\nThe easiest and simple way of getting a Mac ready for development is by using the open source tool cinderella. Before you install it you will need to download Xcode first. Login with your Apple ID and then download the latest version of Xcode.\nTo start the process immediately run the below command after you get Xcode installed.\ncurl http://github.com/atmos/cinderella/raw/master/bootstrap.sh -o - | sh\nThe build will take about 45 minutes so go make yourself some coffee or tea while you are waiting.\nCinderella is a fully managed development environment for open source hacking on Mac OSX. It provides you with Ruby (1.8.7), Rails, Git, MySQL and a lot of other essential tools to be able to develop on your Mac. Go read up on the tools that it installs by clicking on the cinderella link.\nNow that will get your environment setup, your next step is picking an editor that you are comfortable with. Some people prefer using an IDE and a good one for RoR development is Netbeans. You can download the IDE with just the barebones for Ruby development or you can get it with everything setup for Ruby, PHP, C++ and Java. Other people prefer to just use a text editor. Text editors alone have caused many debates between programmers. The three big ones are Textmate, VIM and Emacs. Textmate is the editor of choice for most RoR developers, but there are still plenty that stick with VIM or Emacs.\nIf you have feedback or questions about this page, add a comment below. If you need help, submit a ticket with Engine Yard Support."}
{"text":"autoPACK Visualization Challenge\nUsing packing software to convey humanity’s complex relationship with HIV in short films or images\nThree-D animators have long sought algorithms that can pack odd-shaped things into tight spaces. Now, Graham Johnson, PhD, a QB3 Faculty Fellow in bioengineering at the University of California, San Francisco together with Arthur Olson’s Molecular Graphics Lab at The Scripps Research Institute (Ludovic Autin, David Goodsell, and Michel Sanner) has created an algorithm called autoPACK that can pack anything into anything—including stuffing molecules into cells to visualize how they interact in space. And, with support from the CG Society of Digital Artists and Autodesk, he is challenging both professional animators and the scientific community to use the algorithm as part of the autoPACK Visualization Challenge (http://autopack.cgsociety.org).\nThe Challenge provides participants with the necessary ingredients to produce visualizations of HIV in blood serum using open-source models that are as biologically accurate as possible and constantly being updated. The goal: to convey humanity’s complex relationship with HIV in either a short film (under two minutes) or a JPG image.\nJohnson hopes the competition will not only build a large community of users and developers who become hooked on the program, but also attract both artists and professional, Hollywood-caliber 3-D animators from outside biology to help build on the open-source project. “They will most want the generic packing algorithm, but our core distribution will always come with the biological applications as part of the GUI,” he says. “And working with DNA and proteins as part of the competition will provide a biological hook into industry that we hope will continue long after the contest is finished.”"}
{"text":"- Latitude/Longitude (Absolute Locations)\nPanama: (capital city) 8º 58' N, 79º 32' W\nCristóbal: 9° 21' N, 79° 54' W\nPalma: 8° 24' N, 78° 9' W\n- Latitudes and Longitudes: (specific details)\n- Find any Latitude & Longitude\n- Relative Locations: (specific details)\nPanama is positioned in both the northern and western hemispheres. Located in North America on the southern edge of the Central America isthmus - a somewhat narrow strip of land that connects North and South America - the country is bordered by Colombia, Costa Rica, the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean."}
{"text":"In late March, 2016, two small comets swept by Earth. One (P/2016 BA14) was the closest comet in 246 years (see video), while the other (252P/LINEAR) was the 5th closest known comet in recorded history. The second comet moved into skies visible from the Northern Hemisphere in late March and early April, and many hoped it would become bright enough to be seen with the unaided eye. It has, but only barely. For the most part, it has remained an inconspicuous object in the predawn sky, visible to those who search with binoculars or telescopes. For a comprehensive article on viewing Comet 252P/LINEAR, plus a chart, look here. This comet will remain in our sky through about June. In the meantime, enjoy these photos from intrepid photographers in the EarthSky community … among the few, the proud, who’ve captured 252P/LINEAR on film!\nDeborah Byrd created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and EarthSky.org in 1994. Today, she serves as Editor-in-Chief of this website. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. \"Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers,\" she says."}
{"text":"Operating System: All\nApplies To: UB students, faculty, staff, alumni, retirees and volunteers\nLast Updated: February 15, 2018\nReporting a phishing attempt will help UB to stop future attempts and help to keep you safe.\nPhishing refers to an attack that uses email to trick or fool you into taking an action, such as clicking on a link or opening an attachment and then subsequently asks for the user provide a set of login credentials or some other sort of restricted data.\nPhishing should not be confused with spam. Spam involves irrelevant or unsolicited e-mail messages typically sent to a large number of people for the purposes of advertising. It is often from someone you do not know or is sent anonymously. Learn how to report messages to help eliminate spam on UB servers."}
{"text":"Mathew and Aaron, of Tikipunga Primary School, asks :-\nHow much electricity gets wasted every day?\nGordon Vickers, a physicist with the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, responded.\nThe obvious way of wasting electricity occurs when we leave on something which is not needed, for example a computer when you weren't using it. This waste costs nothing to stop. We have noticed that this type of waste is always worse when the person causing the waste does not have to pay for the electricity, for example children and employees.\nA similar type of waste can be caused by using equipment in an inefficient way. An example would be using hot water in the washing machine when cold water will wash the clothes just as well if a modern cold water powder is used.\nWe can only guess at the amount of both these types of waste, which can be avoided by what we call \"good housekeeping\" (even in offices and industry) but we think over all electricity users it could average 10% of all electricity use. Savings from good houskeeping of home appliances could be as high as 20%.\nAnother type of waste occurs when the equipment uses more electricity than necessary because it is old or of an inefficient type. An example would be an older hot-water cylinder which feels warm to the touch because heat is escaping. In this case the waste cannot be stopped by someone turning the equipment off or using it differently (unless they like cold showers). They have to spend some money and buy a cylinder wrap to stop the waste, so they have to think about the savings and make sure that they will be more than the cost of the wasted electricity. We have done some more guessing here and think that 20% of electricity could be saved without spending more money than the cost of the electricity saved."}
{"text":"Every year, our SPCA Centers care for thousands of animals in need, and investigate thousands of animal welfare complaints. Looking at these statistics told us that we need to invest in education to impact the way people are treating animals in our country.\nSo for the past two years, we have been researching and developing the SPCA Education Programme. We believe this is one of the most important steps we have taken to reduce animal abuse in the SPCA’s 127 year history.\nThis evidence-based education programme uses animal welfare topics to teach children subjects of the New Zealand curriculum. It teaches animal welfare in a practical, real life way, for example: children might learn mathematics by calculating the costs of owning a pet, or persuasive skills by delivering a speech on the importance of desexing.\nThe nationwide launch follows a successful pilot programme in 22 Auckland primary and intermediate schools. Results from the pilot study show a strong shift in students’ knowledge, understanding and attitudes about animal welfare. A significant part of the programme is also about children developing empathy towards animals.\nThanks to our generous SPCA supporters, we’ve been able to offer the teaching resources completely free of charge to all 2,127 primary and intermediate schools in New Zealand.\nBy changing the way our children think about and behave towards animals, the SPCA hopes we can create a better future for all animals in New Zealand.\nPrimary and Intermediate school teachers can register at: www.teachers.spcaeducation.org.nz\nKids and parents can check out the student portal at: www.kids.spcaeducation.org.nz"}
{"text":"Cat owners know that felines can’t resist an unattended box\nNobody is sure why cats find comfort in cardboard crevices, but researchers are working hard to uncover the truth. The most widely accepted theory is that as solitary animals, cats seek out safe spots to hide from predators and other members of their species. Wild cats actively avoid conflict with others, as a noisy fight takes a lot of energy and risks scaring away nearby prey.\nCats are also ambush predators, and a box could provide a vantage point from which they can sneak up on prey. Even though our pets have been domesticated over thousands of years, their instincts remain, and we often see behaviour that would help them survive in the wild.\nA study in a Dutch animal rescue centre revealed just how much a box can mean to a cat. Researchers divided cats that had just arrived at the centre into two groups and provided only one of the groups with boxes. The cats with boxes adjusted to their new surroundings faster and experienced lower levels of stress than those in the other group. They reached normal levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, by day three, whereas cats without boxes took 14 days to settle down.\nPhotographs: Stephen Woods, GS-Bob\nImage from www.flickr.com/photos/stuutje"}
{"text":"Doctors Panayiotis Zavos and Severino Antinori claim they are ready to embark on the greatest human experiment of our age. They say they will attempt to clone a human being. Most people think the objections to this are ethical – human cloning would create many moral dilemmas.\nThere is another question that few ever ask: is the science actually ready yet for cloning healthy humans? Horizon follows the latest research, which has led many scientists to believe that Zavos and Antinori’s plans to clone the first human could end in tragedy. The program also meets couples who think cloning offers them the only way to raise a child who is truly their own.\nFor decades, cloning remained within the realms of science fiction. The idea that instead of combining a sperm and an egg, a new human could be made from a single cell taken from an adult, seemed completely absurd. But that all changed in February 1997 when Dolly the sheep became the first animal cloned from an adult.\nEver since Dolly, scientists have been continuing to experiment with cloning animals. So far, they have succeeded with a lot of side effects in cloning sheep, cattle, pigs, goats and mice, fueling the belief that humans could be next. You might also want to watch Human Cloning here at TDF."}
{"text":"Lesson 1 (from Chapter 1)\nAcross Five Aprils is a long book that involves a number of intertwining story lines, characters and plot twists. Following this mess of literary devices can be difficult when coupled with the colloquial language that Hunt uses. The objective of this lesson will be to create a plot map of sorts so that following the rest of the book will be easier and more enjoyable.\n1) Discuss some different ways of mapping the plot. Open it up for discussion and take ideas and suggestions from class members. Choose the way you wish to map the plot in the classroom, and then have each student choose their own personal way that will help them the most. Checking on this assignment can be a continual process.\n2) Review each separate character that is in the chapter along with their descriptions. Have the students identify each character named, and...\nThis section contains 10,542 words\n(approx. 36 pages at 300 words per page)"}
{"text":"Erythritol used in Food, Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Health & Personal care products, Agriculture/Animal Feed/Poultry. Erythritol is used as a natural sweetener, erythritol is about 60 – 80% as sweet as sucrose (sugar). The application of Erythritol such as in candies, chewing gum, chocolates, yogurts, fillings, jellies, jams, beverages, and a sugar substitute.\nAs a sugar alcohol, erythritol has been approved for use as a food additive in the United States and in many other countries. Other sugar alcohols you may have heard of include xylitol, maltitol, sorbitol and lactitol.\nErythritol is used in food as sugar substitute in Milk, Yogurt, Ice cream, Cheese, Cakes, Biscuits, Pastries, Chewing gum, Hard candies, Soft candies, Jelly, Protein powder, Chewable Tablets, Oral liquid\nErythritol is used in diet soft drinks, flavored waters and milks, sports drinks, smoothies, iced teas, frozen beverages and soy-based beverages. Carbonated beverage, Non-carbonated beverage, Dairy drinks.\nErythritol is used in Solid dosage forms: Tablets, Coating agent, Lozenges, Diluent in wet granulation; Liquid dosage forms; Medicated confectionery, Medicated chewing gum in pharmaceutical.\nIn Health and Personal care\nErythritol is used in Deodorants, Hair Care, Oral Care, Skin Care, Soap and Bath Products\nIn Agriculture/Animal Feed/Poultry\nErythritol can be used in animal feed/poultry feed.\nIn Other Industries\nErythritol can be used in Detergents."}
{"text":"This session we learnt the following:\nAhau - Myself\nKoe - You\nIa - He / She\nWe can add these into the phrases we learnt in session 1.\nKo _____ ahau - I am ______\nKo _____ koe - You are _____\nKo _____ ia - He/SHe is _____\neg. Ko Moana ahau, Ko Sharee ia - I am Moana , She is Sharee\nNo ____ ahau - I am from ______\nNo ____ koe - You are from _____\nNo ____ ia - She/He is from _____\neg. No Rotorua ahau. No Tainui ia - I am from Rotorua, She is from Tainui\nWe also introduced the question:\nKei te pēhea koe - How are you?\nKei te pēhea ia ? - How is she / he?\nClick here to print a copy of a list of the different emotions.\nClick the button below to get a copy of the worksheet fror this session."}
{"text":"We’ve all seen Chemtrails in the sky and thought they were innocent contrails, those long puffy white lines of water vapor left when jets pass overhead. Yet chemtrails, tinged with oranges, yellows or purples and reflecting oily rainbows in them, are chemical laden; and they linger far longer in the sky than the harmless contrails. They are found much lower than contrails (below 10,000 feet), can create “cloud systems” 60 miles long. Analysis has shown them to contain powdered aluminum, barium, and pathogens.\nA fascinating documentary has been produced that explores the murky world of chemtrails, also known as atmospheric geo-engineering. The full documentary, titled What in the World Are They Spraying!, is available online at: vimeo.com/16219493. Watch the video, post your comments here, tell us how you feel about it."}
{"text":"Thursday, March 10, 2011\n\"Future of Frogs\"\nThe zoo's newest exhibit officially opens to the public tomorrow, Friday, March 11th! \"What is this exhibit?\" you ask. The Lake Superior Zoo is hosting “Future of Frogs,” an Animal Interaction Design Group (AIDG) exhibit. The display is housed in the Primate Conservation Center and will be open to the public through September 11th.\nThis exciting display highlights the delicate future of the world’s frog population and the impact frogs have on our ecosystems. The display exhibits several species of frogs from around the world, including White’s Tree Frogs, Poison Dart Frogs, Vietnamese Mossy Frogs, Fire-bellied Toads and American Bull Frogs.\nThe display also includes non-living interactive components:\n-A frog vocalization kiosk featuring both audio and visual clips of eight frog species\n-An interactive touch screen that explains the reasons for the global decline of frogs\n-a giant replica of an American Bull Frog, suitable for climbing and taking pictures\n-Jump Like a Frog- an educational activity about the challenges frogs face in order to survive\n-Frogs, Nature’s Pest Control System- a puzzle about what frogs eat and how they help people\nHop on in to explore the wondrous world of frogs and learn about the challenges they face. From tiny dart frogs to giant bull frogs - there's something to see, something to learn and something to do for kids of all ages.\nLabels: AIDG, bull frog, ecosystem, exhibit, fire-bellied toad, Future of Frogs, interactive, jump, Lake Superior Zoo, mossy frog, poison dart frog, Primate Conservation Center, white's tree frog\nposted by Keely Johnson\nDreatori Alexis said...\nThere are some species of frogs found in Asia that are known to destroy crops. I never think that they would be a pest. Kermit the frog never become a pest in their show.\nAugust 31, 2011 at 4:35 AM\nSubscribe to Post Comments [Atom]"}
{"text":"After enjoying colorful blooms in your garden all spring and summer, it’s natural to feel sad about the flower gardening season coming to a close. Rather than wait until next year to enjoy homegrown bouquets, grow flowering houseplants.\nNot all flowering plants can be grown indoors, but several plants bud up inside, and many of them light up the interior year-round. To have luck growing indoor flowering plants, keep the following tips in mind:\nProper lighting is the number one secret to getting most houseplants to flower. Without sufficient light, the plants fail to bloom and etiolate (stretch for light). Many flowering plants do best in an eastern or southern window.\nSome flowering plants, such as peace lily and African violets, require indirect medium light from an unobstructed northern window. If either of these two plants get what appear to be scorch marks or the leaves yellow and the plant doesn’t flower, move it into lower light.\nFertilize flowering houseplants regularly. Blooming plants require nutrients to bud up, so feed the plants on a monthly basis with an organic fertilizer designed for flowering plants. Also top-dress the soil with a ½-inch layer of worm compost twice a year.\nWater blooming plants correctly. Overwatering of flowering houseplants causes them to drop blooms prematurely, and constantly wet soil leads to root rot and plant death. Underwatering is also harmful, as it causes bud drop. Keep most flowering houseplants consistently moist but not soggy.\nLaunch the slideshow to see six easy-to-grow favorites!\nJulie Bawden-Davis is a garden writer and master gardener, who since 1985 has written for publications such as Organic Gardening, Wildflower, Better Homes and Gardens and The Los Angeles Times. She is the author of seven books, including Reader’s Digest Flower Gardening, Fairy Gardening, The Strawberry Story, and Indoor Gardening the Organic Way, and is the founder of HealthyHouseplants.com."}
{"text":"Learn how to use the OS X Mountain Lion Finder feature to improve your knowledge of the Apple operating system.\nWhen you connect a flash drive or external hard drive to your Mac, it is known as mounting the drive. Before you disconnect the drive, it's important to eject it (or unmount it) properly to avoid damaging the data.\nIf your flash drive appears as an icon on the desktop, right-click the drive icon and select Eject. The drive icon will disappear from the desktop. Alternatively, you can click and drag it to the Trash. It can then be safely disconnected from your computer."}
{"text":"The Difference Between A Prophet And A Messenger\nFrom the pillars of the Islam is the belief in the Prophets and Messengers. The book before you explains this belief and educates the reader upon the upright creed of ahlus-sunnah wal-jama'aah without tafreet (neglect) or ifraat (exaggeration).\nThe author lists twelve differences between a Prophet and a Messenger:\nThe First: The Prophet is the one who Allah Informs\nThe Second: Most of the Messengers were sent to a Disbelieving People\nThe Third: The Messenger is sent with the Language of his People\nThe Fourth: The Messengers continue Conveying the Religion of Allah to their people up until they embrace Islam or Allah destroys them\nThe Fifth: The Messengers’ Legislation was Different in Most Cases\nThe Sixth: The First of the Messengers was Nooh (‘alayhi salaam)\nThe Seventh: The Difference between the Number of Prophets and Messengers\nThe Eighth: The Saving of the Messengers\nThe Ninth: The Messengers were denied by their People\nThe Tenth: There are Specific Rights of the Messengers\nThe Eleventh: The Agreement amongst the Scholars upon One Statement – that Maryam, Aasiyah, Haajar and the Mother of Moosaa – were not Messengers…\nThe Twelfth: The Virtue of the Messengers over the Prophets\nAfter establishing these differences and the importance of having a correct understanding of the issue, the author discusses the need for Prophets and Messengers and the Wisdom behind them being sent by Allaah to Mankind. He dispels prevalent misconceptions and errors, including those who claim, \"There is no difference between the Prophets and Messengers.\" He illustrates the correct understanding and status of the awliyaa and concludes by addressing and refuting the horrible errors and gross exaggeration of the some of the deviated sects. A comprehensive read on a matter that is widely misunderstood."}
{"text":"It is near the end of breeding season, and the crows just raised a bunch of young ones. They are ready to leave the nest and follow the parents around. They are almost as big as their parents are but they still beg for food. Young crows stay with their family for the first year, to help raise the young of the next season. So, you often see crows travel in large family groups year round. Ravens, which are larger than crows, do not stay with their parents. Instead young ravens form huge flocks and then they pair up and leave the flock. Ravens form pair bonds for life and they travel in pairs year round, and their young will not stay around to help them. If you see a flock a a hundred or more, then they are ravens, not crows. The calls of the raven are lower pitched than those of the crows. A typical flock of crows will only number a few to a dozen or so, not in the hundreds.\nFollowing image is a flock of young ravens that have not found their partners for life yet. They try to impress other ravens with their ability to find food. That ability, instead of beauty, is what is attractive to other ravens.\nIn contrast, the following image is what a family of crows may look like as they go searching for food."}
{"text":"DNR is making its greatest investment ever in Wisconsin deer research. Photo courtesy of Emery Orlikowski of Green Bay\nWildlife biologists in Wisconsin have developed population models for deer. The model depends on information gathered primarily from the hunters themselves. Such information includes the actual number of deer harvested annually, and the sex and age of each animal. When applied to a specific geographical \"unit,\" it is possible for biologists to accurately estimate the number of deer living in that unit. They can then estimate the numbers that may be harvested to keep populations at healthy levels that are socially acceptable to both hunters and nonhunters alike. For more information, please feel free to read \"Wisconsin's Deer Management Program: the issues involved in the decision-making.\"\n- White-tailed deer research projects\n- Deer hunter wildlife survey\n- Deer diseases\n- What to do if you see a sick deer\n- CWD in Wisconsin\n- Precautions for using lead ammunition\n- Wisconsin Buck Fawn Fact Sheet\n- Deer-vehicle collisions\n- Caring for Deer and Forests\n- Wolves and deer in Wisconsin\n- Controlling deer damage in Wisconsin\nMonitoring winter impacts on deer\nThe SAK Stakeholder Steering Committee received a draft report reviewing Wisconsin DNR's use of the Sex-Age-Kill (SAK) deer population model. The report is from a SAK Model Review Panel consisting of biologists and statisticians selected by the SAK Stakeholder Steering Committee. The Natural Resources Board accepted the SAK audit report in February of 2007.\nTim Van Deelen, Wildlife Professor from the University of Wisconsin, provides a brief explanation of the SAK model.\nDr. Mark Boyce delivered the review panels draft report to the state Natural Resources Board on Dec 5, 2006 and repeated his presentation for this recording.\n- Contact information\n- For information on deer management, contact:\n- Derek Johnson\nAssistant big game ecologist\nBureau of Wildlife Management"}
{"text":"Xacro – a better way to write our robot models\nNotice the size of the\nrobot1_physics.urdf file. It has 314 lines of code to define our robot. Imagine if you start to add cameras, legs, and other geometries, the file will start to increase and the maintenance of the code will start to become more complicated.\nXacro helps to reduce the overall size of the URDF file and makes it easier to read and maintain. It also allows us to create modules and reutilize them to create repeated structures such as several arms or legs.\nTo start using\nxacro, we need to specify a namespace so that the file is parsed properly. For example, these are the first two lines of a valid\n<?xml version=\"1.0\"?> <robot xmlns:xacro=\"http://www.ros.org/wiki/xacro\" name=\"robot1_xacro\"> ..."}
{"text":"LETTERS TO THE EDITORS\nTo the Editors:\nReading Henry Petroski’s Engineering column “Bridges of the Mediterranean” (January–February) reminded me of a time during World War II when I was a young US Army Air Forces officer stationed at Finschhafen, on the east coast of New Guinea. One day I ventured from our radio station to explore the surroundings. After a short hike I heard people speaking a language I didn’t recognize and realized that I was approaching a native village. In a few more steps I found a small stream, maybe 20 feet wide, where some youngsters and young mothers were having a good time flopping around in the water.\nBy the far bank of the stream rested two rather large logs tied together with vines. About then an adult male wearing a small loincloth spoke in pidgin English, “You um Yank?” My response: “Me um Yank.” He spoke again and the women turned the logs so that they spanned the stream and I walked across into the village. People living very simply make bridges, including potential toll bridges.\nIncidentally, if I had said I was an Aussie, they would not have spanned the stream with the logs. Most native people did not like Australians because they had used natives in forced labor in their coconut plantation prior to our arrival.\nRobert W. Roberts\nUniversity of Akron"}
{"text":"We all know about the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. Every year we gather our families together around the radio and listen to Vin Scully paint pictures with words. As he describes the gallant men consuming dozens upon dozens of hot dogs, every young boy imagines one day growing up and having such eating prowess, and every young girl imagines growing up and marrying one of these titans.\nYet October 9th marks the anniversary of the first officially sanctioned, major eating contest which took place in 1942. However, there used to be a little twist. During Japan’s invasion of China in World War II, soldiers competed to prove their supremacy in all facets of depravity. Most famous is the anecdote regarding the beheading contest between two Japanese army officers.\nLess famous, however, was Hirohito’s eating contest – which translates literally to the name of “Honor Food Storm Garden” – which was issued as a challenge to his officers. Instead of seeing how much could be eaten within a time limit, a group of officers were each presented with ten pounds of salmon and the winner would simply be the man who could eat it the fastest. Also in attendance at the contest would be 5,000 Chinese prisoners of war – civilians and soldiers alike – whom the Japanese had starved in a pit for a week prior to the contest.\nThe victor was presented with an ancestral sword. The losers committed ritualistic suicide."}
{"text":"KidSummer Natural History Day Programs 2016\nWe offer a range of programs for ages 3 to 15, encouraging learning and appreciation of the environment through age-appropriate indoor and outdoor activities led by education/naturalists.\nBy focusing on relationships in nature and the inter-related web of life, CCMNH taught about biodiversity long before it became a widely recognized term. KidSummer programs focus on this important concept in age-appropriate ways, emphasizing biology, physiology and ecology. Children will come away with an understanding of the relationships among plants, insects, birds, and mammals.\nOur Museum campus is surrounded by a unique outdoor laboratory- 400 acres of conservation land on Cape Cod Bay- that encompasses upland woods, alewife brook, beech forest, salt marsh, barrier dunes, ocean beach and tidal pools. Three trails wind through these habitats and a native wildflower garden. The programs are linked to the MA Science standards, based on STEAM: the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math initiative that encourages creative thinking, hands-on experiments and innovative projects.\nFor information regarding scholarships please contact Barbara Knoss 508-896-3867 ext.119\nKidSummer is sponsored by the International Fund for Animal Welfare ."}
{"text":"How much do deer eat and what drives intake?\nThe feed requirements of deer differ depending on their age, stage of growth, the season, feed quality, environment and management. To maintain good levels of production throughout the year the feed supply has to match the stage of production and seasonal requirements in terms of usable or 'metabolisable' energy ('ME'), protein and trace elements.\nIn New Zealand, pasture is the basis of the majority of deer feeding systems, however pasture growth is not as well matched to the deer production system as it is to sheep, beef and dairy systems.\nIntake is influenced by the amount of pasture offered to the animal (referred to as pasture cover, pre-grazing mass or height) and the quality of the pasture as poor quality pasture is digested more slowly by the animal, therefore reducing intake.\nIt is important to understand the different feed requirements for maintenance and growth.\nAmong the issues that need to be understood are seasonality and its effects on the growth of young deer, their feed requirements and practical day-to-day management.\nDeer will make nearly 40% of their annual weight gain in spring, so supplying the highest quality pasture is a major priority from as early as late August when the deer growth spurt starts.\nA failure to meet target weights gives early warning that feed management needs fine tuning. This is important for deer because of their seasonal growth cycle. An ability to grow well in spring and summer must be efficiently utilised, since missed opportunities at that stage cannot be caught up in winter. Ideally, producers should weigh at the end of autumn, winter and summer to monitor progress.\nFor more information about feed types and deer performance read Forages for deer: A Review by D Stevens\nThe following topics are available in convenient DINZ Deer Fact sheets.\nPrint off your own copies here >>"}
{"text":"1.The rectifier transformer's load is non-linear impedance, and valve side windings of rectifier transformer would get the currents which contain fundamental and other high-order harmonic superposition. And line side also gets corresponding non-sinusoidal currents connected by rectifier circuit coupling method.\nThe valve side of rectifier transformer has a variety of special coupling method, such as: dual-back-star with inter phase reactor, three-phase bridge, star-delta parallel, six-phase bridge by inter phase reactor.\n3,These high-power rectifier transformer is needed to use star-delta winding phase displacement, phase-shift windings by phase displacement, autotransformer phase displacement, to improve the number of pulse of rectifier equipment.\n4,According to the user’s process requirements, the rectifier transformer line side voltage is required (such as 220kV) straight down to a very low valve side voltage (such as 1kV). The valve side voltage of rectifier transformer is required within a wide range of on-load tap from 5% - 105%.\n5.Self-saturable reactor can be used to change over and stabilize voltage in order to smooth rectify voltage. And some use silicon control to regulate voltage.\n6.Valve side current of high-power rectifier equipment is very large, reaching 100kA and even greater,it’s required the technology of reverse-phase parallel.\n7.With the wide application of AC frequency control technology, newly developed three-crack drive rectifier transformer came into being. And the lower voltage valve side of this transformer cracked into three independent branches, which can be made to supply for three different load power, which achieve “ multi functional ” effect, reducing loss and saving area.8,Power and magnetic shielding technology and so on are used."}
{"text":"'At Fault', which mirrors Chopin's own life, was written at the beginning of her career and introduces characters and themes that appeared later in her acclaimed novel 'The Awakening'. Set in the post-Reconstruction South against the backdrop of economic devastation and simmering racial tensions, this is the story of Therese Lafirme, a beautiful young Creole widow, who falls in love with a divorced businessman, David Hosmer. When her moral and religious convictions compel her to reject Hosmer's marriage proposal, the two are set on a tumultuous journey.\nAbout the Author\nKate Chopin (1850-1904) is an American writer born in St. Louis, MO who is known for her stories about bold women forging paths contrary to social expectation. She published almost 100 short stories as well as the novel The Awakening, which was widely condemned upon publication but is today regarded to be one of her greatest achievements. She was a influential author who introduced powerful female characters to the American literacy world.\nPublished by E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books, February 1890. Paperback, 192 pages."}
{"text":"Controlling Gummy Stem Blight on Watermelon\nGummy stem blight, caused by Didymella bryoniae (Fig. 1), was confirmed last month in Florida and we are starting to see a few cases in North Carolina (Fig. 2). Growers are encouraged to actively scout their watermelons seedlings to avoid planting infected transplants. If greenhouse transplants are infected (Fig. 3), it is advised to destroy the affected tray and any adjacent trays, since the pathogen will have likely spread to neighboring trays due to irrigation splashing, even if transplants look healthy. For a detailed description of the disease, its diagnosis, and control options, see our Gummy Stem Blight of Cucurbits fact sheet. The gummy stem blight pathogen can be seed borne, so planting pathogen-free seed and transplants, and not saving seed from an infected crop is critical to prevent disease.\nThe disease can be difficult to control in the field due to fungicide-resistant populations, especially if weather conditions are wet, which favors disease. Nonetheless, fungicide trials conducted in North Carolina (see previous post) revealed some products that are effective in controlling gummy stem blight on conventional operations. For a complete report of results from our gummy stem blight trials please refer to our demonstration trials.\nWhen planing your spray program, make sure you alternate fungicide groups of products to avoid generating fungicide-resistant strains. You can find some example products on our Gummy Stem Blight of Cucurbits fact sheet. Growers are encouraged to read the 2015 Watermelon Spray Guide developed by Dr. Anthony Keinath from Clemson University, and the Southeastern US Vegetable Crop Handbook for the latest fungicide recommendations."}
{"text":"Ask questions about your science fair project here. Please be specific and complete.\nTo Whom it May Concern:\nMy name is Terik Daly. I am a freshman at Oak Grove High School in San Jose, CA. Current research that i am conducting requires that I accelerate particles anywhere between one millimeter to half a centimeter. These particles are composed of ferric iron, sediment, and trace minerals. The particles in question must be able to reach speeds greater than or equal to four kilometers a second. Are you aware of any equpment that does this? I need only the name of the apparatus. All and any leads are appreciated.\n- Former Expert\n- Posts: 649\n- Joined: Sat Nov 08, 2003 11:27 pm\n- Occupation: Scientist\n- Project Question: N/A\n- Project Due Date: N/A\n- Project Status: Not applicable\nReturn to General Questions\nWho is online\nUsers browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest"}
{"text":"AMSA Fact Sheets\nPublished by the AMSA Scientific Information Committee\nSalmonella Fact Sheet\n- Salmonella is a gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria with a talent for adapting to its environment. This ability to grow or persist in many different conditions makes it particularly problematic as a foodborne pathogen.\nAnatomy of a Meat Product Label\n- In the U.S, labeling of meat and poultry products intended for interstate commerce is closely regulated by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).\nBeta-Agonists: What Are They and Why Do We Use Them in Livestock Production?\n- Beta-adrenergic receptor agonists (beta-agonists, for short) are synthetic compounds that mimic some of the effects of naturally-occurring compounds by binding to beta-receptors on the surface of cells within the muscle, fat and other tissues of animals.\nMechanically Separated Poultry\n- Mechanically separated poultry (chicken or turkey) is a low-cost poultry protein, which is produced by mechanically separating bone and attached skeletal muscle."}
{"text":"Discuss how the courts and laws structured differently for adults and juveniles.\nAnalyze determinate factors of when an adult or juvenile may be eligible for rehabilitative services.\nAssess when a juvenile may be processed as an adult.\nAnalyze the value of adult incarceration and adult and juvenile rehabilitative services, how have these goals changed over time?\nUse four to six scholarly resources to support your explanations.\nPrepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.\nThis assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.\n“Looking for a Similar Assignment? Get Expert Help at an Amazing Discount!”\n\"Is this question part of your assignment? We Can Help!\""}
{"text":"The Environmental Sector looks at the natural world as affected by human activity: The given land and the reasonable use of it is the guarantee for the human survival. The responsible handling of natural resources ensures amongst others the nutrition of the Zimbabwean population, the existence of sustainable infrastructures, the protection of preserve areas and, as a final result, the eradication of poverty. However, the abuse of the environment can encumber or even destroy chances of national development. For this reason, NGOs dealing in this thematic sector are covering a wide range from environment conservation, to agriculture. Especially on the priority field of agriculture – warrant of food security – current initiatives focus at increasing the productivity within farms; training of farmers on climatic adaptation, water and soil conservation techniques; as well as food sovereignty through production and storage of grains and livestock management. Another very critical field of actual NGO engagement is around climate change: NGOs sensitize about the repercussions spreading from the global warming and how people can countervail this climate change."}
{"text":"According to the Mayan calendar, the world goes kaput this December 21. You could prepare, but what's there to do—pack a suitcase? Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have a better idea: They plotted our demise out, with science. After studying Earth-like exoplanets, which orbit closer to their stars than Earth does the Sun, the team explored what would happen to Earth's chemical composition were the planet to begin drifting toward the Sun. The result is a big, steaming bummer.\nA version of this article appeared in the December 2012/January 2013 issue of Fast Company magazine."}
{"text":"Making Meaning with Texts: Selected Essays\nGrades 7 to College\nNo one has contributed more to our understanding of the relationship between readers and texts than Louise Rosenblatt. Her classic Literature as Exploration-now in its fifth edition-introduced the transactional theory of reading and pioneered a revolution that continues today in classrooms where reading and literature are taught.\nShe maintains that both the reader and the text are essential to the making of meaning. The reader is active, drawing on a reservoir of past experience to interpret the marks on the page. The implications of Rosenblatt's theory range from ideas about instruction methods to ruminations on authority in the classroom, on the page, and in our everyday reading lives.\nMaking Meaning with Texts brings together some of Rosenblatt's most important work, essays from the 1930s through the 1990s that explore the breadth and depth of her theory. She speaks directly to you, the teacher. In three parts-Theory; Practice: Education; and Practice: Criticism-she gives body to her ideas. The transactional approach expressed in 1938 has been widely adopted and remains vitally important to you today. This is a professional resource that you will return to again and again.\n50 pages matching concern in this book\nResults 1-3 of 50\nWhat people are saying - Write a review\nReview: Making Meaning with Texts: Selected EssaysUser Review - Jed - Goodreads\nRosenblatt is something like the grand old woman of literature education: she started publishing before the first World War, and kept going strong into the early 2000s. This book is sort of a ... Read full review\nTransaction Versus InteractionA Terminological\nThe Acid Test for Literature Teaching English Journal 45 2\n4 other sections not shown"}
{"text":"Second Sino-Japanese War\nThe Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945) was a military conflict fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan.\nFrom 1937 to 1941, China fought alone with limited foreign help. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war merged into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front in the Pacific Theatre. The Second Sino-Japanese War was the largest Asian war in the twentieth century.\nAlthough the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, full-scale war started in earnest in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945. The war was the result of a decades-long Japanese imperialist policy aiming to dominate China politically and militarily to secure its vast raw material reserves and other resources. At the same time, the rising tide of Chinese nationalism and notions of self determination stoked the coals of war. Before 1937, China and Japan fought in small, localized engagements in so-called \"incidents\". Yet the two sides, for a variety of reasons, refrained from fighting a total war. The 1931 invasion of Manchuria by Imperial Japan's Kwangtung Army is known as the \"Mukden Incident\". The last of these incidents was the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 1937, marking the beginning of full scale war between the two countries."}
{"text":"Introduction: How to Create Pareto Chart in Microsoft Excel.\nThe Pareto principle states that, for many events, 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.In this Excel example, we will see 80% of hair fall frequencies increase with 20% of causes like genetics,deficiency of vitamins, stresses etc. Frequency of hair fall is represented along ordinate or Y-axis and cauases of hair fall are being represented along abscissa or X-axis and the principle is being established through graphical plotting.Check out the video to understand most lucid way of drafting a pareto chart in MS-Excel.\nplease click on the following links for other excel videos :\nWe have a be nice policy.\nPlease be positive and constructive."}
{"text":"While most California employees are probably aware of the possibility of having a workplace accident and becoming injured, they may not first think of the types of injuries they might suffer due to long-term exposure to vibration in the workplace. Vibration injuries, however, are a very real and documented type of workplace injury, commonly affecting people who use power tools as a part of their daily jobs.\nMany California workers may find themselves in need of workers' compensation if they sustain a herniated lumbar disc injury while on the job. A herniated disc occurs in the connected bones or vertebrae of the spine. Vertebrae are held together by strong and cushioned connective tissues called discs. These discs are made of a hard outer shell and filled with gel-like watery substance that absorbs impact from movement."}
{"text":"More Useful Stuff\nSo your grandfather had arachnophobia… Years later you realise you have a fear of eency weency spiders. Is there a link? Well, according to a new mice study, there may be. After examining the epigenetic transmission of experience in male mice to subsequent generations, researchers found that experiences of previous generations may pass on to the next generation. Authors of the study note that these may not hold true for humans. The original male mice were conditioned to fear the scent of acetophenone, a scent that activates specific odour receptor in the brain. After breeding the mice, the offspring showed a greater fear response to acetophenone but not to other odours. The fear response was thus associated with structural changes in areas of the brain used to detect the feared odor, and there were also epigenetic changes in the sperm on the gene responsible for detecting the odour. Here are the 13 Things A Man Shouldn’t Fear."}
{"text":"Chapter 1: What was it and Why did it Happen?\nThe Field of Cloth of Gold was the name given by contemporaries to a diplomatic visit by Henry VIII of England to Francois I of France in June 1520. The splendour and extravagance of the event was such that it attracted widespread comment across Europe. (The dates for individual events are not consistent in the records, so those given below have been selected, based on Letters & Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII).\nIn 1518 a milestone treaty, the Treaty of London, was agreed by some twenty-five different states in Europe. This was truly a landmark, as it bound all the signatories to a non-aggression pact.\nAs well as the Treaty of London to which they were both signatories, there was also the bilateral treaty of October 1518, between France and England, whereby Henry VIII's daughter was to marry Francois I's son and heir, the Dauphin Francis and Tournai (won by the English in 1513) was to be returned on payment of a large sum.\nIt was been agreed that this game-changing treaty between two of Europe's most bitter enemies should be underpinned by a personal meeting where the two monarchs could swear brotherly love and eternal peace and show themselves as equals.\nIf the Kings of France and England were to eschew hostilities on the battlefield, each would need to demonstrate his strength, prowess and chivalry in the realm of pageants, jousts and courtly displays. It was therefore agreed that the Kings should meet at a great tournament, rivalling the distant, idyllic days of Camelot."}
{"text":"10 people a day lose there lives to unintentional drownings in the U.S. In fact, it’s responsible for more deaths among children 1 and 4 than any other cause outside of birth defects according to the CDC. For kids up to age 14 years fatal drowning is only second to a car accident for unintentional deaths among children. Where do the majority of drowning incidences happen?\nFor kids under 5 years old, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says it is private pools owned by family, friends and relatives. Now there is something you can do to strengthen the safety of a pool.\n1) PoolGuard Safety Buoy Above Ground pool alarm model PGRM-SB\nThis pool safety device may look like a floating traffic cone as the only NSF certified floating pool alarm. After you add a 9 volt battery, plug in an in-house remoter receiver to sound the alarm within your home, it could save a life. Its in alarm ready mode until you use the included orange key fob to put it into sleep. You keep track of the key fob and not the kids. It retails for $149.95. www.poolguard.com PoolGuard makes an in-ground pool version too.\n2) Future Drowning Detection looks promising.\nAn innovative approach is in the works by Coral Drowning Detection, a smart camera operating underwater from the side of a pool designed to identify a “pre-drowning event” with realtime vision analysis. The goal is to have the system recognize normal and safe swimming and water activities, and distinguish a person in distress or not moving.\nWhen a person, especially infant or small child falls into the pool, it sounds a wall alarm and notifications sound and instant alert on smartphones. While in concept today, inventor, Eyal Golan, says they are targeting next summer to reach the market with a target price at $800."}
{"text":"Horticultural Substrates Containing Biochar: Performance and Economy\nAuthors: Suzanne Allaire & Sébastien Lange\nThis experiment consisted of using potting soil and replacing up to 100% of the perlite and/or up to 50% of the peat found in the potting soil. Ornamental species were used and grown in greenhouses.\nThe ornamental plants were trimmed and repotted to start the experiment. Different types of biochar were used to replace perlite and/or peat. These were grown outdoors.\nThe analysis is based on the price of potting soil. The replacement of perlite and peat is evaluated separately. The savings created by substituting peat and/or perlite with biochar is substantial, with millions of dollars in play for the Quebec horticultural industry. This amount increases when taking into account the savings incurred from fees charged from landfills to bury residual organic matter.\nAvailable in PDF only."}
{"text":"(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an order Wednesday restricting farmers and livestock veterinarians from giving livestock one class of drugs that are commonly used to treat infectious diseases in humans.\nThe class of drugs called cephalosporin is commonly used to treat pneumonia, strep throat, and urinary and skin infections. But farmers and veterinarians also prescribe the injection drug for illnesses in animals that are not listed on the drug’s label.\nFederal regulators fear the more it’s used liberally in animals, the higher the likelihood the drug will lose its effectiveness in humans.\nStarting in April, federal regulators will require restricting so-called “extra-label” use in cattle, swine, chickens and turkeys to only certain instances in an effort to stave off the threat of antibiotic resistance in humans.\nThe decision comes after the agency announced it was withdrawing its plan to limit the use of antibiotics like penicillin and tetracycline that are used in the feed of healthy livestock.\nSome experts say the current order may be part of the agency’s effort to deflect criticism after its decision in December to back out of its previous plan targeting prophylatctic antibiotics.\nAccording to the FDA, cephalosporins constitute less than .25 percent of antibiotic sales for use in animals.\nBut according to Dr. William Flynn, the FDA’s senior advisor for science policy, cephalosporin is still one of many classes that can lead to resistance.\nThe FDA planned to ban the popular antibiotic in animal feed in 2008, but pulled back after receiving pressure from livestock veterinarians at the time. The current order would still allow veterinarians, in limited cases, to prescribe the antibiotics for some additional infections not listed on the label.\nFarms will still be allowed to use an older form of the antibiotic, called cephapirin. According to the FDA, cephapirin has not contributed to antibiotic resistance.\nCopyright 2012 ABC News Radio"}
{"text":"They typically weigh between 8 to 15 pounds. They can adapt quickly to new environments, making them an ideal pet for households with small children and seniors, as well as with other cats, dogs and various pets. They are avid hunters, playful, affectionate. The European Shorthair is suitable as a family pet, because they are eager to bond with their human companions.\nCommon Health Conditions\n- Fatty tumors, called lipomas, may show up on your European Shorthair’s body. They aren’t cancerous and don’t need to be removed unless they keep your cat from getting around well. They’re seen more often in older or overweight cats.\n- Compulsive cat chewing, scratching, or licking behaviors often develop in cats who are bored, stressed, or anxious. This can happen with the stressors of a new environment of family member.\n- Vomiting is a very common problem with cats, and can have a variety of causes. Some of the causes can be food allergies, a sensitive stomach, or dietary changes."}
{"text":"Slopes that are steep are a challenge for most gardeners. They are often difficult to amend, plant, water, and fertilize, and are likely to erode. By their grade, these slopes can also create other problems, such as low fertility, lack of soil moisture, shallow soils, and erosion.\nCreative ways to handle steep or hilly gardens center around construction and earthmoving solutions. Terracing, adding permanent containers, carving out plant niches, and using some specially adapted plantings are valuable alternatives.\nWatering on slopes is difficult because the water tends to run off instead of sinking into the soil. Drip irrigation is a good solution. Use pressure-compensating emitters to handle the differences in elevation.\nTaming a Slope\nThe simplest solution to a steep spot is to plant the hillside with a ground cover. Sprawling vines and groundcovers that root as they grow are naturals for hillsides. If necessary, spread straw mulch or pine needles and hold it in place with erosion netting. Plant through the holes in the netting. The straw and netting will prevent erosion until the ground cover is established.\nSmall individual planting holes can be scooped out of the slope and treated almost as a planting container. Small basins are created in the sloping soil, given lips to hold water and planting material, and then planted with small to medium-sized plants. Alpines look nice on rocky hillsides.\nTerraces are good solutions for breaking up the downward plunge of a steep slope. Select timbers, stones, or any sturdy material that makes a good retaining wall and can be moored securely on the hillside. This solution is expensive in dollars and effort, but gives the most satisfactory solution."}
{"text":"Programmer Vasya was down on his luck. Instead of a vacation, he was\nsent to a scientific conference.\n“It is necessary to increase your competence,” his boss said,\n“it’s an important conference on cryptography, and it’s held in France, where\nthey used encryption in the days of de Richelieu and cracked codes in the days\nOne of the talks at the conference was about the attempts to solve Bacon’s\nciphers. The speaker proposed a hypothesis that the key to Bacon’s secrets\ncould be found if all possible substrings of Bacon’s works were analyzed.\n“But there are too many of them!” Vasya expressed his astonishment.\n“Not as many as you think,” the speaker answered, “count them all and you’ll see it\nThat evening Vasya found on the Web the complete set of Bacon’s works. He wrote\na program that converted the texts into one long string by removing all\nlinebreaks, spaces, and punctuation marks. And now Vasya is confused because he\ndoesn’t know how to calculate the number of different substrings of this\nYou are given a nonempty string consisting of lowercase English letters.\nThe string is no longer than 5000 symbols.\nOutput the number of different substrings of this string.\nProblem Author: Alex Gevak\nProblem Source: ACM ICPC 2007–2008. NEERC. Eastern Subregion. Yekaterinburg, October 27, 2007"}
{"text":"Artasires or Artasires Artaxias\nthe last Arsacid on the throne of Armenia, the son of Bahram Shapur, and the nephew of Chosroes. Moses Chorenensis tells us, that his real name was Ardashes. (Artases or Artaxes.)\nHe was made king of Armenia in 422, by Bahram IV., who ordered or requested him to adopt the name of Ardashir (Artasires or Artaxerxes). As Artasires was addicted to vices of every description, the people, or rather the nobles of Armenia, wished for another king.\nSince the conversion of prince Gregory (afterwards St. Gregory), the son of Anag, the Arsacid, to the Christian religion, in the time of Constantine the Great, the Armenians had gradually adopted the Christian religion; and there was a law that the patriarch should always be a member of the royal family of the Arsacidae. During the reign of Artasires the office of patriarch was held by Isaac, to whom the nobles applied when they wished to choose another king; but Isaac aware that their choice would fall upon Bahram, the heathen king of Persia, refused to assist them.\nThe nobles thereupon applied straightway to Bahram, who invaded Armenia, deposed Artasires, and united his dominions to Persia, A. D. 428."}
{"text":"- Recommended Grade Level:\n- Study Guide Author:\n- Andrew Clausen\n- For the Book By:\n- Lois Lowry\n- Study Guide Page Count:\n- 69 pages\nClick here for a sample section of the guide!\n1994 Newbery Medal winner.\nJonas's community is a perfect society. There is no pain or hunger, everyone is provided for, and there are no problems. Jonas is chosen to be the next Receiver of Memory, the most important member of the Committee of Elders. When Jonas learns all that his society has lost to achieve perfection, he devises a plan to give the memories back to the community so once again, they will all understand right from wrong.\nAn excellent book choice to teach sanctity of life. Mature themes.\nOur Interactive Study Guide will open with Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0+. You may still print off the study guide just as before. But with the interactive files, students have the capability of entering their answers directly on the computer and saving their work in progress.\nIn 60 pages (plus an answer key), our E-Guide contains:\nEasy to print off and use immediately!\nI love progeny press guides! So thorough and well done.\nLove this guide! Great questions and love the interactive feature.\nI particularly like how the vocab was presented in different formats is each section.\nThe materials look like they will be very useful. I am looking forward to using them in my classroom. I appreciate having bible references in the questions. There are a lot of faith/morality issues to discuss when reading this book with students."}
{"text":"Violence and misinformation are threatening the World Health Organization's efforts to eradicate polio. Last month Abdul Ghani Khan, a senior Pakistani doctor, was killed by a remote-controlled bomb shortly after urging villagers to vaccinate their children. In Pakistan, Afghanistan and among Muslim communities in India, some local clerics have denounced vaccination as a pro-western plot to sterilise Muslims. The same rumours stopped vaccination in northern Nigeria in 2003, causing an international surge in polio cases.\nIn Pakistan, some clerics who command a loyal local following have even declared that preventing epidemics is contrary to Islamic law, and have described people infected with polio as \"martyrs\". In response, senior Muslims in Pakistan have issued pro-vaccination fatwa decrees. Some mothers are reportedly getting children vaccinated secretly for fear of local reprisals.\nMeeting in Geneva last week, the WHO and the four countries where polio is still circulating - India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and ...\nTo continue reading this article, subscribe to receive access to all of newscientist.com, including 20 years of archive content."}
{"text":"Female Convicts Research Centre\nPromotes interest in the female convicts of Van Diemens Land (Tasmania), by encouraging and facilitating research. From 1803 to 1853, 12,500 female convicts were transported to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania), as punishment for crimes, mainly theft. After serving their sentences they were released into the community. Their transportation left a lasting legacy. The Female Convicts Research Centre encourages research into these female convicts, mainly through its database, website and twice-yearly seminars."}
{"text":"\"Longitudinal Wave - a longitudinal wave is like a sound wave in air, where the pulse travels parallel to the direction of disturbance.\nTransverse Wave - a transverse wave is like a leaf floating in a lake. When a wave comes, the leaf goes up and then back down. So a transverse wave is where the motion is perpendicular to the direction of disturbance.\"\n\"A transverse wave is like holding 2 ends of a rope & moving it up & down. The movement of the rope will be perpendicular to the direction the motion started in.\nA longitudinal wave is like holding 2 ends of a slinky & pulling it. The movement of the slinky will be parallel to the direction the motion started in.\"\nMETAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle."}
{"text":"The arts reflect the culture, and the culture reflects the arts. Culture helps people cope with their world, and is then transmitted from one generation to the next, primarily through its arts.\nChoose any of the early American (native or non-native) cultures that we have studied so far and explain how its art reflects its culture. Using three specific examples (works of art, architecture, music, or literature), explain what the art says about the people who created it. Of your three examples, only one may be from the textbook.\nYour final paper should be between 750-1000 words, follow MLA formatting (double-space, 12 pt. font, etc.) and include a Works Cited page listing all of your sources, including the textbook (America A Social History of American Art, 3rd edition, Frances k. Pohl, isbn 978-0-500-28983-9)"}
{"text":"Last Updated: 04/17/2012*\nCreating paper sculptures through the art of origami not only takes keen eyes, but also takes mathematical formulae to properly fold each crease. For Daniela Flores-Rodriguez, her hobby of origami enables her to fold in her love of numbers with her passion for the Japanese art.\nA MathMovesU® Middle School Scholarship winner, the Los Angeles native received a $1,000 college scholarship courtesy of Raytheon. Daniela wrote about her passion for origami for Raytheon’s MathMovesU Middle School Scholarship and Grant Program, which honors students and teachers who are passionate about science, technology, engineering and math.\nThe more than 200-year-old art of origami includes numerous mathematical challenges such as theorems of paper folding, designing subjects and creasing patterns.\n“In origami, I need to know about symmetry,” she says in her presentation. “Most origami figures start out with a square sheet of paper, which has four lines of symmetry. That means there are four ways you can fold the paper so it looks symmetrical.”\n* The content on this page is classified as historical content. See this important information regarding such content."}
{"text":"Fleas: Not Just “Man’s Best Friend’s” Problem - Could Effect Your Entire Family’s Health\nFAIRFAX, Va. - Television commercials frequently tout the importance of protecting household pets from fleas. However, protecting the health of those family members who care for household pets is of equal importance. Fleas, which commonly appear in warmer months, feed on the blood of any warm-blooded body, thus posing a potential risk to the health and well-being of families within their own homes.\n“Although, fleas are often associated with household pets, these pests can certainly affect human beings,” said Cindy Mannes, vice president of public affairs for NPMA. “Frequently, flea bites are itchy, unsightly and may cause allergic reactions in humans. With the recent increase in flea calls to pest control companies, it is important to protect your family from these potential health risks.”\nNPMA experts offer these tips for help avoid flea infestations:\nClean and vacuum your home frequently to remove existing flea populations and prevent the laying of eggs.\nBe sure to keep your lawn well groomed as this can thwart rodents, who are often flea carriers, from finding hiding spots and food sources so close to your home.\nFleas tend to travel with mammals on the move, including rodents. If you have a rodent problem in your home, fleas may be soon to follow. Call a pest professional to rid your home of both.\nTo protect your pets, keep them on a leash when outdoors. Be sure to bathe and groom your pets regularly.\nHave your pets visit a veterinarian annually and use flea treatments according to directions.\n“If you suspect a flea infestation in your home, be proactive in treating the problem and contact a licensed pest professional to rid your home of fleas and to prevent future infestations,” advises Mannes.\nThis news content was configured by WebWire editorial staff. Linking is permitted.\nNews Release Distribution and Press Release Distribution Services Provided by WebWire."}
{"text":"When designing geothermal ground loops, this is an issue that a lot of people get hung up on. Because of the advantages of, we use parallel circuits in ground loops almost exclusively in our industry. Read more to hear why.\nWhen loops are tied in series with one another, they will all see the full system flow rate (because there is only one flow path) and the pressure drop through the loops add together. Because there is only one flow path, the pump must overcome the pressure drop through each consecutive loop as the fluid travels through the system from the supply to the return line. The pump will be required to produce the combined pressure drop from the series loops at a shared flow rate.\nIn a parallel system, the flow through each loop will be the same. We add individual loop flows together to get the combined total system flow rate on the supply-return line back to the heat pump. The amount of pressure required to overcome friction losses through each loop (because they equally share the total system flow) will all be the same. The pump will be required to produce the combined flow rate from the parallel loops at a shared pressure.\nIn a series system, the total length of the well pipes would have to be figured in calculating head loss while in a parallel system only one loop needs to be calculated.\nParallel flow: Individual loop flow rate adds at a common pressure drop\nSeries flow: Individual loop pressure drop adds at a common flow rate\nAdvantages include: Single flow path and pipe size, higher thermal performance per foot of pipe, since a larger diameter pipe is required.\nDisadvantages include: Larger water or antifreeze volume of larger pipe, higher price per foot of piping material, increased installed labor cost, limited length due to fluid pressure drop and pumping costs."}
{"text":"The Republic of South Africa, situated at the southern part of the African continent, was founded on 31 May 1961, away from British rule and introduced a decimal coin series as a result. However, the predecessor of the Republic was the Union of South Africa, formed on 31 May 1910 out of 4 British Colonies: The Transvaal, Free State, Cape Colony and Natal. The first Europeans, the Dutch (1652-1795, 1803-1806), settled in the Cape in 1652, after which the English came (1795-1803, 1806-1960). Today, after the democratic elections of 1994, South Arica has three Capitols, Pretoria as the executive, Cape Town as the Legislative and Bloemfontein as the judicial. In 1923 the first coins in the Pound Sterling series were issued, depicting the British Monarch. Like all Pound sterling series, 12 Pennies make a Shilling and 20 Shillings a Pound. With the introduction of the decimal series in 1961, decimal coins of equal size and value to the Pound series were produced to ease the transition (1961 to 1964). In 1965 the second decimal series were introduced, radically reducing the size of the coins. In 1989/90 the current and third decimal series of coins were introduced, again reducing size, introducing a circulation 2 Rand coin for the first time and the first 5 Rand coin to follow in 1994. The Kruger Rand, made of pure gold, was the first (starting in 1967) international investment coin produced worldwide, and is still very popular. The country has 11 official languages (resulting in 10 different spellings of the name South Africa), and these are rotated on the coins from year to year. With a size of 1,221,037 km² (471,445 square miles) it is the 24th largest country in the world, boasting a population of more than 57 million people. South Africa is the birthplace of the legendary Nelson Mandela, who served as president from 1994 to 1999.\nSee also: South Africa (pre-Union)\nThe Numista referee for coins of this issuer is Pcoetzee5.\nA coin is missing in the catalogue? Add it yourself!"}
{"text":"Image via Rachel’s Writings\nAn English contemporary of Beatrix Potter, Edith Holden was also a talented watercolor artist and naturalist. Although unpublished during her lifetime, Holden’s collectively titled Nature Notes for 1906 was posthumously published in 1977 as The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady. Millions of copies of the vibrantly illustrated book now reside on shelves around the world.\nOriginally intended as a guide for her art students, the book is filled with observations and drawings of British Midlands flora and fauna. Dragonflies, wildflowers, birds, and even poetry grace the pages of The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady.\nHolden studied art as a youth, and her oil paintings did make their way into various exhibitions. Like Potter, Holden made her way in the art world as an illustrator of children’s books and magazines for a time, too.\nLife and death centered around nature for Holden, who drowned while attempting to gather plant life off the Thames River. More than a century later, her talent persists through text."}
{"text":"In an effort to raise awareness for our planet's rapidly changing climate, musician Daniel Crawford created an auditory illustration of global warming in A Song of Our Warming Planet. Crawford took temperature data from NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies and transcribed it into a cello composition. The resulting piece portrays the increasing urgency of climate change in audio form.\nA Song of Our Warming Planet plots out each temperature data point from 1880 to 2012 in the form of music. Crawford used the annual averages to decide the pitch of each note. Since every note is a separate year, you can hear the temperature slowly creep up as the pitch increases.\nThe audio piece has been released with a Creative Commons license which means anybody can access it for free.\nMore Stats +/-\nMelting Illusionary Cups\nDomestic Iceberg Ads\nMelting Board Games"}
{"text":"The GDPR was created to regulate how businesses use data, ensuring it’s the same across the entire EU. Although it will apply to smaller businesses as well as large corporations, recent stories, such as the Cambridge Analytica scandal, have demonstrated how big organisations such as Amazon, Google, Twitter and Facebook are not strictly complying to a single set of rules.\nThe Data Protection Act 1998, the UK’s interpretation of the EU’s Data Protection Directive 1995, wasn’t envisaged with contemporary uses of data enabled by the internet and cloud, with people exchanging their personal data for use of ‘free’ services provided by the likes of Google, Twitter and Facebook, and GDPR aims to rectify this.\nThe second driver is the EU’s desire to give organisations more clarity over the legal environment that dictates how they can behave. By making data protection law identical throughout member states, the EU believes this will collectively save companies €2.3 billion annually. It should make complying less onerous for businesses, with them only required to meet one set of rules, compared to dozens of different implementations of the EU’s Data Protection Directive 1995."}
{"text":"Flooding in East Africa\nFlooding in East Africa leading to life-threatening conditions\nHelp the people affected by the flooding in South Sudan and Somalia\nAn elderly man who couldn’t flee with his family had been sitting in a chair on a small spot of higher ground for nearly three weeks. In one community, five women have died during childbirth because there was no way to bring them to a medical facility. Families are perched on patches of land; eating only leaves and drinking contaminated water.\nFlooding in East Africa are devastating areas that are already suffering.\nMedair is responding in South Sudan and Somalia.\nIn South Sudan, nearly one million people have been affected. Their crops, nearly ready to harvest, have been destroyed. Their livestock, small herds which take years to build up, have drowned. The areas affected are those already experiencing high levels of hunger, food insecurity, and acute malnutrition in children.\nIn Somalia, high river levels have placed many flood-prone villages at high risk. Shelter structures are flooded, sanitation facilities damaged, food stores washed away, and a large number of crops are destroyed.\nPriority needs are:\nShelter – Families have lost their homes and are in urgent need of safe shelter. Even the grasses normally used to rebuild have been destroyed.\nHealth and Nutrition – Flooding and standing water is exposing people to malaria and water-borne diseases. Crops have been destroyed and families affected by the floods urgently need food items. There will likely be an increase of malnutrition in the coming weeks.\nWASH – The standing, contaminated water is increasing the risk of diarrhea, cholera and malaria. These are life-threatening. Families need household items, bars of soap, and supplies for decontaminating and storing safe water.\nPlease come alongside us to help the people of South Sudan and Somalia by giving\nto our emergency fund. Your support will help ensure we are able to respond to the continuing needs of people affected by the floods."}
{"text":"He had reassembled the weapon in a bathroom and stepped out onto a fourth-floor walkway overlooking an atrium.\nThe PBS broadcast will also be screened for free, beginning at 9:00 p.m., at the David Rubenstein atrium at Lincoln Center.\nHe was wounded as he and a number of comrades exchanged fire with Alexis, by one account across the atrium.\n1570s, from Latin atrium \"central court or main room of an ancient Roman house, room which contains the hearth,\" sometimes said (on authority of Varro, \"De Lingua Latina\") to be an Etruscan word, but perhaps from PIE *ater- \"fire,\" on notion of \"place where smoke from the hearth escapes\" (through a hole in the roof). Anatomical sense of \"either of the upper cavities of the heart\" first recorded 1870. Meaning \"skylit central court in a public building\" first attested 1967.\natrium a·tri·um (ā'trē-əm)\nn. pl. a·tri·ums or a·tri·a (ā'trē-ə)\nA chamber or cavity to which several chambers or passageways are connected.\nEither the right or the left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it into a ventricle.\nThat part of the tympanic cavity that lies below the eardrum.\nA subdivision of the alveolar duct in the lung from which the alveolar sacs open."}
{"text":"U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Lowest Since 1992\nU.S. carbon dioxide emissions during the first quarter of 2012 were the lowest since 1992, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports.\nContrast to Global Trends\nThe decline in U.S. carbon dioxide emissions provides a sharp contrast to global emission trends. In 2000, U.S. emissions totaled 5.9 billion metric tons, while global emissions totaled 23.7 billion metric tons. Accordingly, the United States accounted for 25 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions in 2000.\nBy 2010, the most recent year for which EIA has global data, U.S. emissions fell to 5.6 billion metric tons, while global emissions rose to 31.8 billion metric tons. Accordingly, the United States accounted for just 18 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions in 2010.\nThe first-quarter 2012 U.S. emissions numbers indicate the U.S. share will likely fall further to 15 percent of global emissions this year.\nChinese Emissions Growing\nThe 2010 numbers show China emitted more carbon dioxide than the entire Western Hemisphere. Chinese emissions approximately tripled between 2000 and 2010, while U.S. emissions declined. Preliminary data indicate Chinese emissions continued their steep rise between 2010 and 2012, while U.S. and Western Hemisphere emissions continued to decline.\nChina accounted for 12 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions in 2000, but that rose to 26 percent in 2010.\n“Today in Energy,” U.S. Energy Information Administration, August 1, 2012: http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=7350\n“Total Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Consumption of Energy,” U.S. Energy Information Administration: http://www.eia.gov/cfapps/ipdbproject/iedindex3.cfm?tid=90&pid=44&aid=8&cid=regions&syid=2000&eyid=2010&unit=MMTCD"}
{"text":"Research shows that children who learn the facts about drugs and alcohol from their parents are significantly less likely to use them.\nNo child is immune from exposure to drugs and alcohol. Teen drug and alcohol abuse is prevalent in every community across Canada, and addiction has become a national crisis.\nChildren who aren’t properly educated about the dangers of drugs and alcohol are more likely to experiment and have a greater risk of addiction. Continue reading “HOW TO TALK TO YOUR CHILD ABOUT DRUGS AND ALCOHOL”"}
{"text":"The post-storage quality of fruits depends on the ultrastructure of the outer tissues and on the fruit mineral composition (mostly on calcium). Pectins and their bonds with calcium play a central role in the tissues during ripening.\nDuring senescence the middle lamella disappears from the cell walls, the fruits become soft and cell wall reticulation can be seen. There are changes within the cells too; plasmalemma separates from the wall, tonoplast from the cytoplasm, and plastids, mitochondria and nuclei are disorganized.\nThe ultrastructure of the skin and flesh of apples and pears were studied as a function of treatments (calcium, irradiation, calcium combined with irradiation), storage time and varieties. The texture and calcium content of the different parts of fruits were determined.\nWe established that low dose (1 kGy) irradiation induced softening in the fruit, dissolution of middle lamellae, wrinkling of cell membranes which generally remained intact, and retention of starch by plastids of the skin. Calcium treatment preserved the cell membranes and middle lammellae. The combined treatment preserved the cell compartments the best (with a lot of starch in the plastids; the cytoplasm remained essentially unchanged). At the same time this treatment could not prevent the breakdown of the middle lamellae in irradiated tissue.\nKovacs, E.; Keresztes, A.; and Kovacs, J.\n\"The Effects of Gamma Irradiation and Calcium Treatment on the Ultrastructure of Apples and Pears,\"\nFood Structure: Vol. 7\n, Article 2.\nAvailable at: http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/foodmicrostructure/vol7/iss1/2"}
{"text":"Castle Block Set\nA beautiful catalyst for building, storytelling or dramatic play, this wooden non-traditional castle puzzle inspires infinite fantasies, sparking the imagination without defining one direction. When assembled, the castle shape engages a child’s love for fairy-tales, a genre they’re naturally drawn to. It creates an opportunity to explore valuable feelings in a safe, fun environment, such as power (the mighty king or queen ruling the land) or uncertainty, courage (the dragon-slayer awaiting its foe). But that’s just one story—separate the wooden block pieces into their individual shapes and a new chapter unfolds. When not in use, it’s simply stunning.\nMaterials & Safety\nMaterials: Lindenwood, Non-Toxic Eco Paint\nSafety: EN71, ASTM and CPSIA certifications\nCare: Clean with damp cloth, do not soak as color transfer can occur\nComplete the set\nPlay is okay! tip\nPoint out what you notice—it's a simple, powerful way to support and engage a child's curiosity. Share objective observations as your child builds such as, I noticed that you stacked the yellow block on top of the arch. \"Noticings\" validate their work, encourage conversation about process and let them know that you are paying attention."}
{"text":"In the 1880's, Detroit was the center of the industrial revolution, attracting businesses of all kinds from around the world. One of these was the Clayton & Lambert Manufacturing Company, formed in 1891 by two businessmen who made firepots, torches, and other heat tools. The company expanded into the automobile market in the 1910's, stamping fenders, hoods, gas tanks and radiators for the dozens of car companies that settled in Detroit. Automotive stamping became such a large part of the business that by 1919 it was spun off into a sperate division. A new factory on Conner was built for the Knodell Division, which specialized in stamping and metal work.\nIn 1925, Clayton & Lambert sold the Knodell Division and the Conner stamping plant to the Hudson Motor Car Company. Hudson began expanding the plant, enlisting architect Albert Khan to design multistory additions to the existing buildings. The Conner plant would supply new Hudson factories located to the south, part of a corridor of auto production that would revolutionize the industry.\nBy 1954, Hudson had merged with Nash-Kelvinator to form American Motors. Production of Hudson cars and parts was moved to other factories in Wisconsin, leading to the closure of the Conner plant. In 1956, Cadillac bought the former Hudson plant to make body panels for its cars. A large building to the south was added between 1961 and 1967. Between 1967 and 1973 the space between buildings was fitted with a roof and converted into a warehouse.\nIn later years, the plant was known as the BOC Conner Stamping plant, making parts for Buick, Oldsmobile, and Cadillac cars. By the 1980's though the multistory plant was becoming dated, and was less efficient than more modern single-story factories. In 1986 General Motors announced that it would be closing the Conner plant in one year, along with 10 other factories. 700 employees at the Conner plant were laid off."}
{"text":"The automated control of a process. Process control is used extensively in oil refining, chemical processing, electrical generation and the food and beverage industries where the creation of a product is based on a continuous series of processes being applied to raw materials.\nSuch systems typically deal with analog signals from sensors and meters that are transmitted to specialized computers which cause the temperature, pressure and flow to be continually adjusted (see DCS and PAC). Process control makes extensive use of analog/digital and digital/analog conversion. See process controller, control loop and industrial automation."}
{"text":"No Course Prerequisites.\nDuration: 1/2 day\nWhat will you learn during the Emergency First Response course ?\nPrimary Care (CPR)\nThis course teaches you the steps and techniques for handling life-threatening emergencies. You’ll practice eight skills for aiding patients who aren’t breathing, have no heartbeat, may have a spinal injury, may be in shock or who may have serious bleeding. You’ll learn to how to perform CPR and continue to monitor the patient, so that you provide every possible chance of survival while waiting for emergency medical services to arrive.\nSecondary Care (First Aid)\nBecause many medical conditions are not life-threatening and emergency medical services are sometimes delayed or unavailable, this course teaches you how to provide first aid that eases pain and reduces the risk of further harm. You’ll learn to assess a variety of injuries and illnesses and practice bandaging and splinting.\nCare for Children\nThis course allows participants to learn, practice and apply emergency care skills specific to helping infants and children with medical emergencies. It’s designed for those who work with children or are likely to have to respond to emergencies involving youngsters. This course is an option\nCPR & AED\nThis course focuses on CPR training and teaching participants how to use an AED (automated external defibrillator). When workplace or governmental requirements specify this training, the CPR & AED course meets the need. This course is often integrated into First Aid at Work programs.\nIt’s a good idea to refresh your CPR and first aid skills every 24 months. And that’s exactly what the EFR Refresher course is designed to do. Focusing on key skills, the course allows you to stay up-to-date and ready to lend aid when needed."}
{"text":"ABCs of DNA: Unraveling the Mystery of Genetics Information for Consumers\nConsumers need access to information and resources about genetic information in a manner that is understandable. Librarians working with the public need to be aware of the issues surrounding genetics and resources to assist patrons in locating and evaluating sometimes complex and confusing information. This class explores basic concepts such as genes and chromosomes and offers an overview of genetic disorders, genetic testing, genetic counseling, and the Human Genome Project. Ethical and legal issues associated with genetic disorders will be covered with regard to privacy, discrimination, and potential legislative impact on medicine and society. A variety of reliable health information resources will be demonstrated, including, but not limited to: Genetics Home Reference, ClinicalTrials.gov, NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders), and MedlinePlus. This 4-hour hands-on class is intended for consumers, public librarians, and health sciences librarians who work with the public. This class is also offered online.\n- This class has been approved by the Medical Library Association for 4 (in person) and 8 hours (online) contact hours of CE credit.\n- MLA Course Listing\n- This will be offered via the Moodle platform.\nTerri Ottosen is the former Outreach and Education Coordinator of the NNLM SEA.\nThere are no archived recordings of this class\nThere are no upcoming classes"}
{"text":"This year alone, Brazil has suffered “72,843 fires with more than half in the Amazon region,’the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) said. That’s more than an 80% increase compared with the same period last year.The Amazon is often referred to as the planet’s lungs, producing 20% of the oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere. “\nThe Amazon is often referred to as the planet’s lungs, producing 20% of the oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere and critical to curbing Climate Change.\nEnvironmental groups blame Brazil’s far-right, pro-business president Jair Bolsonaro for endangering the rain forest. They cite rolling back environmental policies to make way for deforestation for economic development have caused the recent fires.\nHowever, Bolsonaro recently lied and blamed non-government groups for intentionally setting the forest ablaze to draw “international criticism to his government.”\nActivists have warned that if the Amazon continues on this path, it will become a desert inhabitable to most native wildlife. It would no longer produce oxygen but could emit carbon, “the major driver of climate change.“"}
{"text":"One way Spanish for You! builds conversation skills is by teaching students to ask and answer questions. This includes questions that practice verbs, grammar, and common words and phrases. One thing I like to do as a class warm up is have students \"mingle\" asking and answering questions to each other.\nBefore class begins I write several questions on the board (about 6 to 8) that I know the students know how to answer. For example, I might write all the common words and phrases questions they have been learning, like \"¿Cómo estás?, ¿Cómo te llamas?, ¿De dónde eres?, ¿Cuántos años tienes? etc. I might also include a few questions using verbs and vocabulary questions they have been learning from the Spanish for You! curriculum, like ¿Juegas con los juguetes?, ¿Limpias el cuarto?, ¿Escribes en el papel?, ¿Miras el sol? and so on. (These are questions using material from my Mi vida and Estaciones themed packages.)\nThen I have students come together in the middle of the room and \"mingle\". They have to ask a different question to a different person until they have asked all the questions. The other person has to answer in a full sentence, or if that is too hard, with a one word or phrase answer.\nThis is a great warm up and gives the kids a chance to \"converse\" in a comfortable way because they are using things they have been learning and know pretty well.\nOh, and if you are looking for a Spanish curriculum for your homeschool or to teach classes, take a look at Spanish for You! It is simple, effective, and affordable!"}
{"text":"Yet despite the advantages and convenience provided by using laptops, some are wary about the possible health risks associated with it. People in the IT industry may not admit it, but research studies continue to warn the public about the risks laptops pose to fertility issues.\nBased on a study conducted by researchers from the State University of New York, laptop use can cause an increase in temperature in the scrotum, which can have damaging effects on sperm production, motility, and fertility.\nAccording to ScienceAGogo, placing laptop gadgets on the lap can increase testicular temperature to 2.7°C. It has been reported in previous studies that increases in the scrotum's temperature of 1°C to 2.9°C have been linked to a significant negative effect on fertility and sperm production.\nIn addition to the health risks posed by laptop use are pain in the wrist, shoulders, neck, and back.\nWhen I was surfing the internet I stumbled on a site that is a highly advanced medical plan provider which caters online consultation services like ask a doctor online for health concerns in a secured real-time environment."}
{"text":"A variant of Quidditch, Quodpot was invented in the eighteenth century by Abraham Peasegood, and is the most popular wizarding game in the United States. Peasegood travelled to the United States from England, and, during the trip, his wand came into contact with a Quaffle in his trunk. The resulting interaction meant that, when he took the Quaffle out and began throwing it around, it exploded in his face. Having a lively sense of humour, Peasegood and his friends set about recreating the effect on a series of leather balls, and the game of Quodpot was born.\nCentred around the explosive properties of the ball, known as the Quod, a game of Quodpot is played between two teams with eleven players each. The players attempt to get the Quod into the pot at the end of the pitch before it explodes. When the Quod is safely in the pot - which contains a solution to stop the Quod from exploding - the scorer's team gets a point and a new Quod is brought into play. Any player in possession of the Quod when it explodes must leave the field of play.\nBehind the scenes\n- It could be argued that Quodpot, and its relationship to Quidditch, is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the state of sports in the real world, where sports that are popular in Europe (such as Association Football, Cricket and Rugby) are not as popular in North America, whilst sports popular in North America (such as Gridiron Football, Basketball, Baseball, and Hockey) are also not overly popular in Europe."}
{"text":"Many tasks are trivial for humans but continue to challenge even the most sophisticated computer programs. Traditional computational approaches to solving such problems focus on improving artificial intelligence algorithms. Here, we advocate a different approach: the constructive channeling of human brainpower through computer games. Toward this goal, we present general design principles for the development and evaluation of a class of games we call “games with a purpose,” or GWAPs, in which people, as a side effect of playing, perform tasks computers are unable to perform.\nA paper from Yahoo researchers, Thumbs-Up: A Game for Playing to Rank Search Results, describes a game that they developed and tested internally at Yahoo to allow participants to compete against each other in ranking how relevant pages are for specific search queries.\nTo play the game, players start by logging in, and are randomly matched with another player.\nThey are shown the same query term or phrase, and images of two web pages that are supposed to be relevant for the query. To score points, the players have to agree on the same page as being the most relevant for the query.\nThe paper quoted at the start of this post is cited in the Yahoo paper, and is co-written by Luis von Ahn, who was behind the development of the ESP game. He describes a number of other games with a purpose that have been developed since.\nWould you play “Thumbs-Up” if Yahoo released it to the public?"}
{"text":"|Fallopian tube||medical dictionary|\nThe Fallopian tubes normally transport the egg of the female from the egg sac, or ovary, to the womb, or uterus. Normal tubes have small hair like projections on the lining cells called cilia. These cilia are important to movement of the egg through the Fallopian tube and into the uterus. If the tubal cilia are damaged by infection, the egg may not get 'pushed along' normally and can settle in the tube. Likewise, if infection causes partial blockage of the tube with scar tissue, this can also act to prevent the egg from getting to the uterus.\nAny process that narrows the tube and thus decrease the calibre of the passage way can increase the chance of an ectopic pregnancy. Examples of these would be endometriosis, tumours, or scar tissue in the pelvis (pelvic adhesions) that cause twisting or chinking of the tube.\n(27 Feb 2009)\n|Bookmark with:||word visualiser||Go and visit our forums|"}
{"text":"In Apterygota muscles are attached to the cuticle by a series of discrete structures. The junction of the muscle and epidermal cells is demarcated by regular interdigitations of the two tissues, with desmosomes lining these processes. Within the epidermal cells, microtubules link up the desmosomes of the interdigitated region with dense material associated with cone-like depressions in the apical plasma membranes of the epidermal cells. Each of these ‘conical hemidesmosomes’ is situated opposite a pore canal. From within each cone, an electron-dense ‘muscle attachment fibre’ extends up the corresponding pore canal through the procuticle and is inserted on the epicuticle. There is no direct link between the microtubules and the muscle attachment fibres. The muscle attachment fibres are slightly elliptical in cross-section, and are twisted, this twist being in phase with the orientation of the chitin-protein microfibrils forming the lamellae of the procuticle. The attachment fibres are straight, and not helically arranged; patterns obtained in oblique sections of procuticle including these structures support the twisted ribbon model of pore canal shape. The cuticle, particularly in Thysanuran and Dipluran intersegmental membrane, displays the parabolic patterning typical of softer insect procuticle and procuticle deposition zones. The epicuticular insertion of the muscle attachment fibre is characterized by a pit in the cuticulin layer, the fibre passing through the middle of this pit.\nThe microtubule-associated conical hemidesmosomes appear to be cytoskeletal in function. The muscle attachment fibres are rigid structures which are not digested by the moulting fluid enzymes. New muscle attachment fibres may only become attached to the epicuticle during its formation. The structures described in regions of muscle attachment in Apterygota are similar to those recorded for other arthropods."}
{"text":"In Java if we see there are lot of new frame works are coming in to the picture which are using to develop secure and high performance and easy enterprise applications like Struts,Struts2, Spring ..etc, but if you see in every java framework we can find servlet components. Servlets playing a significant role in frameworks especially in controlling mechanism, in struts we are using servlet as Frontcontroller (org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet) ,in Spring MVC also we are using servlet as controller.\nSo let us have some examples in servlets and jsp technology here , and will see the new feature come up in new versions.\nBasic HelloWord programs in Servlet versions.\n- HelloWorld Example in Servlet 2.5 – Explains how to write simple servlet as per 2.5 version.\n- ServletConfig Example in Servlet – Explains how to use ServletConfig interface in Servlet based applications\n- ServletContext Example in Servlet – Explains how to use ServletContext interface in Servlet based applications."}
{"text":"Map size in jpg-format: 44.7833MiB\nClick to open in high resolution (open in new tab).\nNavigating The Northeastern Seaboard\nDetailed coastal chart of the Northeastern part of the United States and part of Canada, reduced from Cyprian Southack's seminal 8 sheet chart that made up The New England Coasting Pilot, one of New England's most knowledgeable and experienced pilots.\nThe map is based on Southack's unobtainable The New England coasting pilot (circa 1729), which included a massive 8-sheet plan of New England from Sandy Hook to Nova Scotia. This iteration was included in Mount & Page's The English Pilot, The Fourth Book, from xxx to XX.\nMount & Page's The English Pilot, The Fourth Book, was the published for over a century and defined American sea chart compilations until the mid-18th century.\nSouthack (1662-1745) was one the foremost early mapmakers in America. His most famous map was the first map engraved on copper in the American colonies, A New Chart of the English Empire in North America (1717). That map is completely unobtainable.\nIf you are a student, write to us in telegram: @antiquemaps and indicate what material you need and for what work you need a map in high detail. We are ready to provide material on special terms. For students only!"}
{"text":"Dysfunction in one of the four heart valves—mitral, aortic, tricuspid, or pulmonary—leads to heart valve disease. Normally functioning valves ensure that blood flows in one direction. When dysfunction of the heart valves occurs, the valves may become narrow (valvular stenosis) or may leak (valvular regurgitation). This can lead to chronic heart problems including heart failure, shortness of breath and chest pain, or enlargement of the heart chambers.\nLearn more about the types of heart valve diseases:"}
{"text":"Preface to special section on Beaufort Gyre Climate System Exploration Studies : documenting key parameters to understand environmental variability\nKrishfield, Richard A.\nBarber, David G.\nMetadataShow full item record\nAuthor Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2009. This article is posted here by permission of American Geophysical Union for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Geophysical Research 114 (2009): C00A08, doi:10.1029/2008JC005162.\nShowing items related by title, author, creator and subject.\nBrothers, Laura L.; Hart, Patrick E.; Ruppel, Carolyn D. (American Geophysical Union, 2012-08-07)Starting in Late Pleistocene time (~19 ka), sea level rise inundated coastal zones worldwide. On some parts of the present-day circum-Arctic continental shelf, this led to flooding and thawing of formerly subaerial permafrost ...\nRuppel, Carolyn D.; Herman, Bruce M.; Brothers, Laura L.; Hart, Patrick E. (John Wiley & Sons, 2016-11-04)Borehole logging data from legacy wells directly constrain the contemporary distribution of subsea permafrost in the sedimentary section at discrete locations on the U.S. Beaufort Margin and complement recent regional ...\nWestern Arctic Shelf-Basin Interactions Experiment : processing and calibration of moored profiler data from the Beaufort Shelf Edge mooring array Fratantoni, Paula S.; Zimmermann, Sarah; Pickart, Robert S.; Swartz, Marshall (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2006-12)A high-resolution mooring array was deployed at the edge of the continental shelf in the Beaufort Sea as a part of the western Arctic Shelf-Basin Interactions Program, a multidisciplinary experiment that was designed to ..."}
{"text":"How to Make the Armor of God Craft\n- Glue sticks or paste\n- Markers or crayons\nStudents can either color the pieces of the armor of God before or after they cut them out. Have students cut out the pieces of the armor of God and then glue them in the appropriate places on the stick figure.\nWalk through the armor of God in Ephesians 6:10-20 and have the students label each piece as you read."}
{"text":"Each year, Boeing employees volunteer nearly 10,000 hours working on environmental causes to improve the communities. To commemorate Earth Day this spring, one group in Renton. Wash. worked with water conservation experts from the Snohomish Conservation District to learn how to build rain barrels out of recycled 55-gallon drums at “pop up” events around Puget Sound from Everett to Auburn.\nThe barrels reduce water use by harnessing and holding rainwater while minimizing groundwater contaminants. They also help with conservation when the contained water is used for irrigating lawns, gardens or plants.\nDuring a storm, rainwater flows over surfaces and often picks up pollutants that can range from chemicals used on buildings, like paints or stains, to bacteria from birds and other animals.\n“Rain barrels help reduce potential stormwater pollutants that can end up in groundwater or flow out to Puget Sound,” said volunteer Cameron Coronado from the Snohomish Conservation District. “It’s also exciting coming to an event like this and seeing how committed to water conservation Boeing’s employees are.”\n“Getting people educated and getting them to understand the importance of taking care of stormwater,” said Boeing Environment Director Steve Shestag, was also a big part of the event. The finished barrels were sold to Boeing volunteers and the general public for home installation.\nLearn more about Boeing’s Environment goals and initiatives here."}
{"text":"SUPER Dream Fulfilled?\nIt was always the intention of SUPERFLEX to maximize the distribution of their artworks, rather than conform to the old fine art adage that values is a product of 'uniqueness' and 'rarity'. Their project \"SUPERGAS\" seems to be heading in precisely this direction. Malmo Sweden recently announced that its organic waste will now be turned into biogas. It anticipates that 66% of the fuel for the city bus system (and lots of fertilizer) will be produced in this manner. The goal is to achieve 100% which became possible when separating waste became mandatory this year. Signage on buses announce that personal waste = civic fuel. Malmo is also converting waste to energy for the district heating that serves most of the city.\nMeanwhile, if you can be in Brooklyn on the weekend of April 26th-27th,you could take a biogas workshop with David House, the author of The Complete Biogas Handbook\n(referred to by some as “the bible of biogas”).The impressive benefits of biogas not only accrue to the environment, but to individuals. A $30 kit enables people to build their own biogas digester. The new, inexpensive, well insulated, 2 cubic meter digester design will be shown, and every participant will be given plans showing how to build it from widely available low-cost materiasl: a $175 value! If these digester cores are kept warm and well fed, they can produce enough gas for a family of 2 or 3 to cook all their meals, just as SUPERFLEX demonstrated. The kits do not include insulation, a gas storage unit, stoves or other appliances.\nThe promotional material explains: \"Biogas is “the original natural gas”. Put together materials similar to those used in making a compost pile, keep the stuff warm, wet, and away from the air, and bingo: a burnable gas is produced. Use it anywhere you might use fossil natural gas, but without the fracking.\""}
{"text":"The purpose of screening is early diagnosis and treatment. Screening tests are administered to people who may be at high risk for certain diseases or conditions, but do not have any symptoms.\nThere are no standard tests or current guidelines for kidney cancer screening. However, if you have any risk factors for kidney cancer, your doctor will want to discuss them with you to help reduce your risk. Those with higher than average risk of kidney cancer include people with Von Hippel-Lindau disease or those receiving dialysis for other kidney diseases.\nImaging tests are used to evaluate the kidneys and nearby structures for tumors. These tests may include: CT scanMRI scanUltrasound\nTalk to your doctor about your kidney cancer risk and any tests you may need.\nKidney cancer (adult)—renal cell carcinoma. American Cancer Society website. Available at:\nAccessed December 22, 2015.\nLast reviewed May 2016 by Mohei Abouzied, MD\nPlease be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.\nCopyright © EBSCO Publishing. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"Learn at Home Positive Postcards for Remote Learning\nConnect with students during shelter-in-place remote learning and share five fun activities with these engaging and practical postcards.\n• LEARN AT HOME POSITIVE POSTCARDS REMIND FAMILIES and students that your class learns everywhere, including at home.\n• FIVE FUN ACTIVITIES This postcard coaches kids to do five fun, SEL-centered quick tasks like learning a new word each day, boosting their self-confidence!\n• THINKING OF YOUR STUDENTS is easy with these great, colorful elementary-school postcards that let you quickly remind students that you ARE always thinking of them!\n• 50 POSTCARDS 6\" x 4\" with a blank reverse side for a note, address label, and postage.\n• EASY TO PERSONALIZE with the triple-track write-on-line in the pencil-shaped house. Quickly add each student's name and sign yours on the line at the bottom.\n• IT'S EASY TO CONNECT with your little learners once a week!"}
{"text":"National Cyber Awareness System:\nSafeguard Websites from Cyberattacks (REPOST)\nOriginal release date: January 21, 2020\nProtect personal and organizational public-facing websites from defacement, data breaches, and other types of cyberattacks by following cybersecurity best practices. The Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review CISA’s updated Tip on Website Security and take the necessary steps to protect against website attacks.\nFor more information, review:\n- CISA Insight: Enhance Email and Web Security,\n- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-44: Guidelines on Securing Public Web Servers, and\n- NIST SP 800-95: Guide to Secure Web Services."}
{"text":"Biography: Weir is best known for his American impressionist paintings. The son of painter Robert Weir, Julian Alden Weir was raised in West Point, New York, where his father worked as the art instructor for the Military Academy. Weir trained at the National Academy of Design in the 1870s before enrolling at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris in 1873, where he studied with Jean-Léon Gérôme and befriended Jules Bastien-Lepage. Weir worked in an academic style and found the paintings of the French Impressionists horrible at the time. He returned to New York in 1877 and joined the fledgling Society of American Artists. He painted portraits and taught at the Cooper Union and the Art Students League. In the 1880s he moved to a farm in rural Connecticut, bringing him closer to his friend John Twachtman. Like Twachtman, Weir began to experiment with impressionist methods. In 1898, Weir, Twachtman, and eight other artists united to form The Ten, a coterie of American impressionist painters who held annual exhibitions as a group."}
{"text":"A Baltimore Atrocities Writing Exercise from John Dermot Woods\nThe word atrocity can suggest something that is foreign, removed. We owe it to ourselves and our neighbors to become intimate with atrocity, to remember that it is close and that it comes in all shapes and sizes. Here’s an exercise in bearing witness to atrocity:\n1. Go somewhere in your own city or town, a place you go to or go by often.\n2. Write down a list of ten people and objects that you observe in that place. (2 min.)\n3. Circle one of these people or objects.\n4. Write its (or hers or his) name on another sheet of paper.\n5. Consider what experience haunts this person or thing more than any other. Think of the memory that comes forward and makes the person or thing turn cold even in the most hopeful moments.\n6. Describe the moment in one sentence. (2 min.)\n7. Write down seven questions about that moment. (2 min.)\n8. Answer those questions. (5 min.)\n9. Write about that moment without stopping or thinking for 8 minutes.\nThis is your testimony.\n- Half Revealing, and Half Concealing the Soul: Barrett Warner Interviews Cassie Pruyn - October 25, 2017\n- This Thing Called Thunderclap Helped Me Reach 1 Million People About My Book (Not Really, But Kind Of) - April 25, 2017\n- 5 Poems by Michael Glaviano - February 6, 2017"}
{"text":"The adult caddisfly assemblages of Drummond Island, a Michigan island in Lake Huron near the Canadian border, were sampled in 2021–2022 from 3 sites on Lake Huron, 8 inland lakes, 2 vernal pools, and 1 stream. Adult caddisflies from each site were sampled in spring, summer, and autumn using ultraviolet blacklight traps. A total of 89 species representing 37 genera and 12 families was collected, including several not seen in Michigan for 50–70 years and the first confirmation of the rare species Beothukus complicatus (Banks) (Phryganeidae) from the state. A non-metric multidimensional scaling ordination determined distinct species assemblages between lakes, vernal pools, and the stream, but no difference between inland lakes and Lake Huron sites. Based on total organic biomass, all 4 habitat types were dominated (60–90%) by shredders, particularly those in the family Phryganeidae. Total species richness was lower on Drummond Island than within other Michigan areas where rigorous recent sampling has occurred, possibly due to it being an isolated island. This study provides some of the first data on the caddisfly assemblages of undisturbed lakes in a Nearctic temperate environment and demonstrates the importance of caddisfly shredders in lake habitats.\nHoughton, David and Haack, Robert\n\"The Caddisflies (Trichoptera) of Drummond Island, Michigan, With an Assessment of Lake Assemblage Biomass,\"\nThe Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 56\nAvailable at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol56/iss1/7"}
{"text":"The brain is made up of an inconceivable number of cells.\nAn \"enchanted loom\" is how Charles Sherrington described the interconnected net of cells that makes up our three-pound control center. Indeed, there is something almost magical in the notion that all our mental processes, from perception to memory to consciousness itself, can be described entirely by cellular activity in the brain.\nThe basic functional unit of the brain is the neuron, a special cell that sends electrochemical signals to other neurons (across a \"synaptic gap\") and thereby creates those patterns that make up what we think of as the mind.\nThe complexity of the task requires a fairly inconceivable 100 billion neurons, interconnected via trillions of synapses. A single firing neuron might communicate to thousands of others in a single moment. No computer comes close to the complexity of these communicating bits of organic matter.\nWhat's more, for each neuron there are some 10 to 50 glial cells providing structural support, protection, resources and more."}
{"text":"Avoiding store-bought foods known to be connected to outbreaks of listeriosis or salmonella is one way to prevent illness. But consumers can do more by keeping the temperature of their refrigerator at 40°F or lower and the freezer at 0°F or lower.\nListeria monocytogenes can grow in foods in the fridge. Use an appliance thermometer to check the temperature regularly.\nSource: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\n+ Learn about Healthy Eating with Nutritional Analysis"}
{"text":"Students in grades 4-6 often do a study of Canada. In Grades 4 and 5 for example, students explore the different regions of Canada in Social Studies. They often do an in-depth study of the landforms, physical characteristics of different regions of Canada, as well as its varied climate and abundance in natural resources. So, what does Canada feel like? What does it taste like? What does it look like? How do our senses let us experience Canada as a nation? By using sensory imagery as a literary device, students are able to develop deeper, multisensory understandings to what they have been working on. The results are actually quite stunning and make excellent visual displays if connected to artwork.\nIn this lesson, students will have opportunities to:\n- Identify characteristics that are unique to a particular region in Canada (ie. trees, climate, species, landmarks, natural landforms, cities, bodies of water).\n- Brainstorm sensory images and key characteristics that reflect a particular region or province of Canada.\n- Identify vibrant adjectives that are representative of the region / province.\n- Write descriptions that use concrete sensory details to create impressions that last in one's mind.\n- Use poetic devices, such as, alliteration or similes, within imagery as an extension acitivity.\n- Write a poem collaboratively, so that students share and exchange ideas together."}
{"text":"Recent television and billboard adverts for a certain brand of mouthwash have started to draw attention to the danger of gum disease, especially when it comes to the links it has with tooth loss. It is about time that the public took notice of this warning because too often the health of gums is sidelined by a focus on teeth that is well-meaning but misses out a crucial aspect of good oral hygiene.\nThe fact is that taking care of your gums is just as important as looking after your teeth and it is just as simple. The key to having healthy gums is to make sure that plaque is removed from the gum line of teeth. This is mostly achieved by the brushing that is routine for a great many people. But something that is missed out all too often is flossing. Plaque easily gets into the gaps between teeth, as well as sticking to the surfaces of teeth. This has to be removed with as much urgency as the plaque that is on the surfaces of teeth and yet the bristles of tooth brushes are not equipped to get there. Pulling dental floss through the gaps should take care of it.\nThe gum disease that is to be avoided starts off as gingivitis: a relatively benign condition that manifests itself as slightly reddened gums that are a little more sensitive to extremes in temperature. This condition can be easily cleared up with better brushing and flossing and sometimes the use of certain mouth washes or antibiotics.\nWhere gum disease can cause tooth loss is cases when periodontitis occurs. Here the inflammation spreads to the jaw bones and the painful, swollen gums start to recede dangerously. Get help from your London W1 dentist is the best advice when it comes to your gums."}
{"text":"The University of Alberta's Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department hosted \"Earth Observation Sciences Day,\" in which student researchers presented their work to an audience of their peers.\nThe event was organized by Dr. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, UofA professor and principal investigator for the GeoChronos project, for which Cybera is a project partner. The event featured a keynote presentation by Marc Lee Imhoff of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland.\nImhoff's presentation drew on some fascinating and illustrative satellite imagery of the earth's climate and ecosystems to explain that the placement, structure and style of development that urban places undergo directly impacts the biological resources (food and fiber production), hydrology, and the Thermal environment of those places. His diverse array of data and imagery demonstrated the importance of access to this type of data for urban planning an other applications, as well as the far distance that science and technology has come to support earth observation research. He stressed that land use and urban development is a resource management issue.\nResearchers in this field now have the tools to look at our planet as a whole system, and use the resources of earth observation to guide how urbanization affect global change."}
{"text":"Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian, Venetian, 16971768)\nPen and brown ink, gray wash; 12 2/5 x 22 1/8 in. (31.6 x 56.2 cm)\nRobert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.297)\nCanaletto's highly detailed, topographically accurate panoramic views were greatly admired and avidly collected by English visitors to Venice, who acquired them as souvenirs of the Grand Tour. In 1746, when demand for Canaletto's work in his native city declined, he traveled to England. He remained there for nearly a decade, producing characteristically descriptive views of London and the English countryside. The artist completed five paintings of Warwick Castle, the subject of this scenic drawing, for Francis Greville, Lord Brooke and later earl of Warwick. The Lehman sheet appears to have served as a preparatory design for the canvas now in the City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, one of two versions depicting the castle from the east."}
{"text":"EndNote Basic and Desktop support: Citations & Bibliographies\nDownload the Cite-While-You-Write Add-in\nCite-While-You-Write (CWYW) is an add-on for Microsoft Word that allows you to insert & format in-text citations & bibiolographies from your EndNote Basic library. Download and install the plug-in by clicking the Cite While You Write link in the Format tab. The plug-in is available for Word for both Windows and Mac computers.\nCreating Stand-alone Bibliographies\nNeed to create a stand-along bibliography? You export a bibliography as a .txt, .rtf, or html file.\n1. On the Format tab, click Biblography and then click the Select Favorites link\n2. Use the Select Favorites menu to save the APA 6th and MLA styles. Click on the style you want to save in the right column and then click the blue Copy to Favorites button. When you are done, click the Hide link in the upper right corner\n3. Choose the group whose References should be in the bibliography (if the references are in multiple groups, make a single group with all of the items you want to include), the Bibliographic Style you want to use, and the File format for the document. You can Save the file, E-mail it, or Preview & Print it.\nInserting Citations into Word Documents\n1. Click on the EndNote Web tab in Microsoft Word.\n2. Move your cursor to where the in-text citation should be.\n3. Click the Insert Citations icon.\n4. Enter a word (author name, for example) in the search box to bring up the citation you want.\n5. Select the correct citation.\n6. Click Insert.\n7. EndNote Basic includes many of the most common citation styles, such as APA, Chicago, & Vancouver.\nCWYW creates an in-text citation and a bibliography for you. Remember to double check the formatting of the citations & bibliography."}
{"text":"Find more Svitek relatives and grow your tree by exploring billions of historical records. Taken every decade since 1790, the U.S. Federal Census can tell you a lot about your family. For example, from 1930 to 1940 there were 1 more person named Svitek in the United States — and some of them are likely related to you.\nWhat if you had a window into the history of your family? With historical records, you do. From home life to career, records help bring your relatives' experiences into focus. There were 35 people named Svitek in the 1930 U.S. Census. In 1940, there were 3% more people named Svitek in the United States. What was life like for them?\nIn 1940, 36 people named Svitek were living in the United States. In a snapshot:\nAs Svitek families continued to grow, they left more tracks on the map:"}
{"text":"View Full Version : How Do You Make Your Own Sound?\nOpenGL has nothing to do with sounds..\nOpenAL is an audio library that have a similar syntax, but still it doenst have any real connection with Opengl.\nbasically you generate sounds by generating a soundwave into a buffer, and send that buffer to the soundcard with an dexcription on how fast it should read the values from that buffer and change the DAC to the speakers to the buffers value.\n09-10-2003, 01:22 AM\nIf u are talking about creating sounds that u can use in your applications, then this might help you.\nIf you play any instrument and its electronic, it will most probably have a MIDI output port that you can connect to your PC. Pianos can create a whole host of sounds and you can use software (some might be available on the net) to record those sounds by using the MIDI port of the instrument and your PC.\nIf you are not a musician, then you can use software which allow you to create sounds by varying the frequency, chords and other parameters. They allow you to compose the music entirely on the PC but again, you need to have atleast some knowledge of Music.\nOr you can use readymade sounds from the net.\nAfter the music is ready, as already pointed out, you use OpenAL to include it in your applications.\nHope this helps.\nor simply use one those API by a google search :\nthey provide sync, fft datas etc http://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/ubb/wink.gif\nStv / Razor1911 demodivision.\nAs far as i can tell FMOD is the best sound API, because it is very easy and can load a lot of sound formats (OpenGL can only read wav files, at least when i tried it out).\nPowered by vBulletin® Version 4.2.2 Copyright © 2015 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"German agriculture officials said yesterday that raw, locally grown beansprouts had been identified as a likely cause of the devastating E.coli epidemic which has killed 22 people and infected more than 2,000 since it began more than a fortnight ago.\nAnnouncing the discovery at a hastily convened press conference in Hanover, the agriculture ministry in the state of Lower Saxony said it had traced the beansprouts to a farm near Uelzen which grew and distributed them. It said the farm had been closed.\n\"The beansprouts have been identified as the product that is likely to have caused the outbreak,\" Gert Hahne, a spokesman for the ministry, said. \"Many restaurants that suffered from an E.coli outbreak had those sprouts delivered.\"\nThe ministry said two female workers at the farm had contracted diarrhoea and traces of the E.coli bacteria had been found in specimens taken from one of the women. The farm produced 18 types of beansprout which were mixed with salads for raw consumption.\nInvestigators said the sprouts were grown in special containers at 38C. \"This is an ideal temperature for bacteria to grow,\" a ministry spokesman said. He said it was possible that some of the seeds for the beansprouts, which were imported, may have contained the bacteria on arrival or that the water used for the plants was contaminated.\nThe German government initially claimed that Spanish cucumbers were the cause of the outbreak. Health authorities said there were no plans to lift a warning about eating cucumbers because final tests on the beansprouts had not been completed."}
{"text":"- Without dramatic pictures of dead birds, the control of DDT\nmay have been delayed.\n- If coal miners were not coughing themselves to death, would we have had dust control laws?\n- Any dust particle that looks like asbestos, attracts attention, but is this merited?\nSensationalism challenges orthodoxy and enables decision-makers to ask if a new opinion is needed. But it also causes people to dig their heels in. Power is sometimes exercised for its own sake.\nInsurance has an inbuilt structure which handles sensationalism in an orderly and auditable way: it is an inevitable consequence of the management of uncertainty, the thing insurers are really good at, and a requirement of insurance regulation.\nWhen asking how much a line of business is likely to cost e.g. domestic flood insurance, the insurer uses his knowledge of how it went in previous years and making allowance for change, projects this forward as far as he needs to. But he also estimates the uncertainty in that projection. The effect of sensational news means he will ask if the uncertainty estimate is wide enough. If sensationalism itself can change the amount of money at risk then sensationalism is a proper factor to take into account. If not, then the objective meaning of the story must take precedence. A level-headed view of the facts will help him decide whether or not the story will blow over or will make a difference to the bottom line if other steps are not taken.\nThe Radar project does report on the sensational stories created by others and where there are objective facts to evaluate, reports these too. However, it never attempts to create a sensation. Instead it makes estimates of the likely impact on loss or the estimate of uncertainty in loss, or explains to insurers how they might do this for themselves."}
{"text":"TRANSPORT IN TIME AND PLACE: TRAINS, PLANES, AND AUTOMOBILES, 1890s-1940s\nThis mural centers around the historic Southern Pacific Depot, built in 1887, illustrating the many activities relating to the use of the railroad. Several vintage vehicles are depicted in stunning detail. Left to right: a 1937 Hudson Coupe, a 1934 Dodge Panel Truck, then a 1937 Greyhound Super Coach, and a 1931 Indian motorcycle. The steam engine is circa 1890. The panel on the right shows soldiers leaving for service in the Korean War and a walnut packing house circa 1946. The panel on the left shows U.S. President Benjamin Harrison passing through Santa Paula in 1891, and lemons being loaded on boxcars."}
{"text":"The labor movement is critical in shaping the future of work. Strong unions advocate for the rights of working people and help create good jobs by allowing working people to have a voice on the job to achieve the economic security they deserve. Unions remain the most effective way to quash inequality and ensure working people receive a fair return on work, now and in the future.\nAdvances in technology are constantly redefining the work landscape, creating new categories of jobs where none existed, and making current jobs safer and better. But technological advances also can erase once-vital and -vibrant industries. This is nothing new. Unions have been addressing and adapting to changes in the workplace—including job displacement caused by automation and digitization—for more than a century. But, all too often, technological advancements are used as cover by the rich and powerful to concentrate their wealth and turn good, family-supporting jobs into insecure, low-wage or precarious jobs.\nWe can demand a world where the gains from technology translate into better pay and working conditions for everyone. —Richard Trumka"}
{"text":"You can connect to your MongoDB database to explore data, combine them with other data sources and build apps on top of them as a data foundation.\nTo connect your MongoDB database, follow the steps below:\n- 1.Go to Data Management and click on \"New data source\" to create a new data source.\n- 2.Select MongoDB from the list of available data sources.\n- 3.Name your data source connection and provide the connection details:\nThe host url of the MongoDB instance that stores your database.\n(optional) Use DNS seed list\nYou can specify if you want to use DNS entries to provide a seed list for the initial discovery of the replica set configuration. For more info.\n(optional) Use Replica set\nYou can specify if you want to connect to a MongoDB server that stores a replice of your data.\nName of the database that holds the collections that you want to access.\nUsername & Password\nThese are the credentials of the user account that has the required access permissions for (parts of) the database.\nConnect using SSL\nYou can specify if you want to connect to the server using SSL. This is a default setting to ensure secure connection.\n(optional) Use SSH tunnel\nSpecifies if the connection should run via SSH tunnelling. If you are familiar with SSH tunnelling, you will need to provide the following additional details. Once this option is toggled, we provide our public key for download.\n- 4.Click on \"Test connection\" to ensure that your connection works reliably and save your data source connection with \"Connect\".\nNote: You can configure the data source for two different environments, Staging and Production. You can find more information about it here."}
{"text":"This is Ljubljanica river’s first (partly) artificial channel, called Stržen:\nThe Romans dug it in the 1st century AD al the way through the Ljubljana Marshes in order to shorten the travel between Nauportus (today Vrhnika) and Emona (Ljubljana).\nIt silted up hundreds of years ago, and the water flows here only after intense rains.\nPhotos taken with Nikon 1 J1 – it was Millie’s first true KAP flight!\nLearn more about Roman water engineering – click on our previous post!"}
{"text":"[FOM] AXIOM SCHEMATA\ncorcoran at buffalo.edu\nMon Jul 12 22:44:10 EDT 2004\n1. Who were the earliest to use an axiom schema in the modern sense?\nKneale and Kneale 1962 page 528 says Von Neumann 1927.\n2. Who were the earliest to attempt to explain the concept of an axiom\n3. Who were the earliest to purpose the expression axiom schema?\n4. Which other expressions were proposed? Herbrand 1930 uses matrix.\n5. When was the axiom of mathematical induction first approximated by a\nschema? Herbrand 1930?\n6. When did logicians start to realize that a sufficiently rich system\nof number theory could be constructed on the basis of a first-order\n7. Who were the earliest to attempt to use a axiom schema for\nmathematical induction in an axiomatization of first-order number\ntheory? Herbrand 1930?\n8. Who objected that infinitely many axioms was contrary to the spirit\nof the axiomatic method?\n9.What else should I be asking about schemata?\nPLATONISM IN MATHEMATICS: To me a Platonism\nwith respect to\nseems to be obvious and its rejection to border\non feeble-mindedness. Kurt Gödel 1975, BSL 2004. It is the merest\ntruism, evident at once to unsophisticated observation, that mathematics\nis a human invention. Percy Bridgman 1946, Kline 1980, 325.\nMore information about the FOM"}
{"text":"Officials in cyclone-stricken Mozambique say the number of cases of cholera has skyrocketed from five on Wednesday to 139 by late Thursday.\nCholera is a bacterial disease spread by contaminated food or drinking water. It causes severe diarrhea and subsequent dehydration, and can kill within hours if not treated.\nSqualid living conditions — contaminated water and lack of sanitation — in the country following the cyclone are the perfect breeding grounds for the spread of the disease.\nThe World Health Organization said earlier this week that it was sending 900,000 doses of cholera vaccine to the region.\nAFP, the French news agency, reported that a cholera prevention publicity campaign had been mounted via radio and loudspeakers throughout affected towns and villages.\nUNICEF has warned there is \"very little time to prevent the spread of opportunistic diseases.\"\nCyclone Idai struck most of Mozambique nearly two weeks ago with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains. It also hit eastern Zimbabwe and Malawi.\nCyclone Death Toll Still Rising\n517 Cases of Cholera Diagnosed Over the Weekend\nAllAfrica publishes around 600 reports a day from more than 150 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.\nArticles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.\nAllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 600 news and information items daily from over 150 African news organizations and our own reporters to an African and global public. We operate from Cape Town, Dakar, Abuja, Monrovia, Nairobi and Washington DC."}
{"text":"The traditional bread of the Jewish people for the holiday of Passover is the thin, crisp, unleavened bread named matzo. Yet the super Kosher one, made by hand from handpicked wheat is about to disappear. The commercial production of holiday bread is always done with grains that have not been exposed to rain, and therefore are not susceptible to starting the process of fermentation. The Orthodox community seeks a higher level of assurance for the quality of the grains that will be turned into flour for the bread. They will only accept handpicked grains, the traditional, historical way. Those grains are then taken to a mill that is cleaned to perfection from any other left-over flour. Only then, is the special grain for the reserved ultra kosher matzos (plural in hebrew for matzo) ground.\nThe handmade flour is then taken to a bakery that operates only for few days a year, and exclusively produces this handmade reserved matzo. Most matzos bakeries operate only for two or three weeks a year. Due to the cost involved, and the hardship in getting the special flour, the number of bakeries is in decline and soon to disappear.\nThe bread is used for the Seder night, the eve of the holiday, which is celebrated according to the Jewish calendar on the fifteenth day of the first month, commemorating the exile of the Jews from Egypt. The celebration lasts for a whole week. The holiday takes place in March/April and is known in Christianity as Easter. The opening traditional meal is also assumed to be the Last Supper.\nOn the holiday eve, Jews bless the matzos, reminding them that the bread had no time to rise because they had to escape, leaving their homes in Egypt. The special matzo, thin, crisp, unleavened bread is then eaten as the main carbohydrate for the entire holiday week."}
{"text":"Cold, dry, and generally stable air that originates in the continental anticyclones in the northern hemisphere, primarily the Canadian and Siberian anticyclones. These are particularly strong in winter, but weaken in summer, when the source regions shrink to a relatively narrow belt in the northern part of the continents. There are no source regions in the southern hemisphere. Strong cooling at the surface leads to stable air, which combines with subsidence to produce a deep inversion, typically up to 850 hPa. When continental polar air flows out over open water, it gains in temperature and humidity, and becomes unstable maritime polar air. See also Arctic air; maritime Arctic air.\nSubjects: Meteorology and Climatology — Environmental Science."}
{"text":"Ferdinando II de’ Medici (Grand Duke of Tuscany 1621 – 1670)\nFerdinando II de’ Medici (July 1610 – May 1670) was grand duke of Tuscany from 1621 to 1670. He was the eldest child of Cosimo II de’ Medici and Maria Maddalena of Austria. His 49-year rule was punctuated by the beginning of Tuscany’s long economic decline. He married Vittoria della Rovere, with whom he had two children: Cosimo III de’ Medici, his eventual successor, and Francesco Maria de’ Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, a cardinal.\nJohn Evelyn mentions the Duke and his properties during his visit to Florence on 23 October 1644.\nFather: Cosimo II de’ Medici\nMother: Maria Maddalena of Austria\nSpouse: Vittoria della Rovere\n- Maria Maddalena of Austria (Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1609 – 1621)\n- Cosimo II de’ Medici (Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1609 – 1621)\n- Forte Belvedere, Florence\n- Sunday 23 October 1644\n- Wikipedia for background, portrait."}
{"text":"Formatting Your Assignment For academic writing, the writer is expected to write in the third person. In third person, the writer avoids the pronouns I, we, my, you, your, and ours. The third person is used to make the writing more objective by taking the individual, the “self,” out of the writing. This method is very helpful for academic writing, a form in which facts, not opinion, drive the tone of the text. Writing in the third person allows the writer to come across as unbiased and thus more informed. The Report is to be written for the Midtown Family Clinic, and reference should not be made by name to individuals who own or work in the Clinic."}
{"text":"With help of this drawing lesson you will learn how to draw Captain Underpants. Captain Underpants – superhero invented by two of the most common boys from the most ordinary school which led to the delight of all the kids from the primary grades.\nAt first draw a shape, similar to an egg that greatly narrows at the top.\nSketch out the eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth, stretched into a smile.\nDraw the cape of the Captain Underpants. The edge of the cape similar to the cape of Batman.\nDraw the arms with thick and rounded fingers.\nDraw out the underpants as in our example. It’s very easy.\nDraw the thick legs, feet and toes.\nEase all unnecessary lines and add dots to the cape.\nDrawing tutorials on how to draw Captain Underpants is over. But on our website you can find a lot of similar drawing lessons, for example how to draw Boss Baby. And as always – don’t forget to subscribe to us in social networks, share this lesson and write a comment."}
{"text":"9 Things The Moors Gave The World\nFactPixel has and always will be known for telling the side of the story that no one else was willing to tell. This article is no different, our mission is to enlighten the world.\nIntellectual Achievements of the Moors\nThe intellectual achievements of the Moors in Spain had a lasting effect; education was universal in Moorish Spain, while in Christian Europe, 99% of the population was illiterate, even kings could neither read nor write.\nDon't like this list? Edit it and make your own list!\nDon't like this list? Edit it and make your own list! We will pubish it on our site! You can share it with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, etc"}
{"text":"Dr. Lina Levin Preston is a pulsar astronomer at the University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics. She completed her PhD at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia in 2012, focussing on searches for pulsars with the Parkes radio telescope. From there, she moved on to a postdoc at West Virginia University in the USA, working with interstellar medium effects of millisecond pulsars in pulsar timing arrays. Since 2015, she has been part of the SKA PSS team at the University of Manchester, designing and building the pulsar search backends for the SKA telescopes, which are currently in construction. In addition, Dr. Levin Preston is a member of the TRAPUM collaboration, which is searching for pulsars with the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa, where she is leading the effort to discover new pulsars in galaxies other than our own.\nTalk: Searching for pulsars with the world’s largest radio telescopes\nPulsars are rotating neutron stars: small, extremely dense, remnant stars from when a massive star explodes in a supernova at the end of its life. They emit radio emission in a beam offset from its rotation axis, and once every rotation, when the emission beam points towards the Earth, the pulsar can be observed with a large radio telescope. Pulsars are excellent tools for analysing and testing a large variety of physical processes that are impossible to test on Earth. Their exceptionally stable rotation allows us to use them as very precise clocks in space and will help us to gain a deeper understanding of, for example, relativistic effects, gravitational theories, and super dense matter.\nIn this talk, you will find out more about the importance of studying pulsars as astrophysical laboratories, how to find new pulsars, as well as a preview of the future of pulsar surveys with the exceptional SKA telescopes."}
{"text":"BERLIN—Germans are starting over in their search for a permanent nuclear waste storage site. For more than 3 decades, the country has been storing its waste at a site called Gorleben, in Lower Saxony near the former border between East and West Germany. Germany has spent an estimated €1.6 billion building and testing the Gorleben facility, but the choice has long been controversial. At a meeting today between the federal environment minister and officials from the 16 German Länder (states), leaders agreed to work toward drafting a law that will govern a new search. A task force will begin work this month, and should have a draft law ready by next summer.\nThe search will consider sites all over the country, including Gorleben, said environment minister Norbert Röttgen at a press conference today. There will be \"no taboos.\" Leaders in the southern states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, which host a majority of the country's nuclear power plants, had long argued against a new site selection process, in part because granite and clay deposits there are likely to be on the list of possible candidates. But officials in both states now say they are open to a new search.\nThat offers a new opportunity, says Jürgen Trittin, former environment minister and head of the Green Party. \"For the first time in 3 decades we have the chance to reach a consensus\" on the issue, he told German television channel ARD. Marcel Huber, Bavaria's environment minister told the press conference, \"The geology is the deciding factor, not the geography.\""}
{"text":"If funding is successful, further community improvement programmes can be implemented with education centres, arts and craft areas and outdoor facilities encompassing the local wildlife into a tranquil retreat. Specialist bird hives, bat bunkers and reed beds can be used to attract protected species into these decimated areas of wasteland, improving the overall biodiversity action plan set out by local authorities.\nWhat we'll deliver:\nWhy it's a great idea:\nThe future of biodiversity is looking grim, with increasing global temperatures yearly along with the population increases. Areas such as quarries present an opportunity to transform areas that are usually derelict and abandoned, into an area in which biodiversity can flourish. There are less green areas that are truly native in terms of flora and fauna present and quarries are the perfect areas for re-development of natural wildlife. The education side of these developments also helps students consider the future impact of development on the biodiversity that we take for granted in the UK.\nSteps to get it done:\nIf successful, these green areas can also provide local amenities such as outdoor gyms, leisure activities (nature walks, bird watching), as well as being used for conventions for local art installations, environmental management conferences and everything ecology.\nAbout the space\nBanes and Somerset area for re-development of abandoned quarry and disused industrial areas.\nPost a Comment"}
{"text":"A new crisis each time\nBecause crises behave differently, policy responses may have an important role in mitigating their aftermath.\nFinancial crises have a bad reputation. It’s mostly warranted; after all, the last one cost the U.S. $648 billion and 5.5 million jobs.\nHowever, not all crises are the same. In a new paper in the October issue of the American Economic Review, authors Christina Romer and David Romer explore the aftermaths of financial crises in twenty-four OECD countries. On average, countries experience a moderate decline in output. But when looking closer, the outcomes vary significantly among the countries.\nRomer and Romer develop a scale of financial distress based on descriptions of countries’ economic conditions. These accounts are published semiannually in the OECD Economic Outlook. Unlike traditional “crisis-or-no-crisis” measures, this scale allows for a nuanced understanding of how financial distress evolves over time.\nZero indicates no financial distress, and 15 indicates severe financial distress, as seen in crises that disrupt virtually all of a country’s financial system. A seven is a moderate or systemic crisis, such as the one experienced by the United States around 1990.\nFigure 1 from Romer and Romer (2017)\nJapan’s distress built slowly and then lingered for over a decade, while Sweden’s 1992 crisis resolved as quickly as it had begun. The outcomes of this distress vary as well. Norway’s GDP fell slightly after its financial crisis in the early 1990s, but Turkey’s GDP plummeted following its early-2000s crisis.\nEach crisis behaves differently, suggesting that policy responses may play a role in determining the trajectory of a crisis and its aftermath. With the appropriate response, the next crisis may be bad, but it will not have to be devastating."}
{"text":"How do students define \"originality\" in their cultural moment--one that is always on, connected, and sharing (thanks to the web and mobile technology)? And, how do their interpretations differ from what educators consider original in the classroom context? Delving deeper, how do we go about teaching students how to be creative and to think critically when doing their own work?\nThis webcast shares insights into how educators can encourage more creative, engaged, and original thought from their students.\nKelly McBride is a writer, teacher and one of the country's leading voices regarding media ethics. She currently runs the Ethics Department and the Reporting, Writing and Editing Department at Poynter Institute, used by the world’s largest newsrooms for advice on internal decisions and to quote her expertise in their stories. Kelly is also the director of Poynter’s Sense-Making Project and was the lead writer on ESPN’s Poynter Review Project. She is the co-editor of \"The New Ethics of Journalism: Principles for the 21st Century\" which will be released in August 2013.\nJason Chu is the Senior Education Manager at Turnitin. His focus is on working to build resources for educators, and his personal passion is to find better ways to enhance student achievement. He will be moderating this webinar."}
{"text":"In an ideal lexicographical world, every word ought to be matched with its opposite, its antonym. Ever since 1754, when Horace Walpole created serendipity — the ability to make unexpected and fortunate discoveries — it has had to survive without one. It is only recently appeared:\nSo what is the opposite of Serendip, a southern land of spice and warmth, lush greenery and hummingbirds, seawashed, sunbasted? Think of another world in the far north, barren, icebound, cold, a world of flint and stone. Call it Zembla. Ergo: zemblanity, the opposite of serendipity, the faculty of making unhappy, unlucky and expected discoveries by design. Serendipity and zemblanity: the twin poles of the axis around which we revolve.\nArmadillo, by William Boyd, 1998.\nBoyd’s source may be a strangely constructed novel by Vladimir Nabokov of 1962, Pale Fire, which features the “distant northern land” of Zembla and a series of apparent coincidences that are actually a deliberate linkage of events. Nabokov's reference is surely to Novaya Zemlya, a group of Arctic islands owned by Russia, which were at one time commonly referred to in English as Nova Zembla. Zemlya means earth or land in Russian, a prosaic word, but not in itself unpleasant.\nZemblanity hasn’t achieved mainstream status, though Mr Justice Michael Peart used it in a legal judgment in Ireland in 2012 and it has been borrowed as the title of a bit of madcap physical theatre, which was performed, for example, at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.\nSearch World Wide Words\nRecently added or updated\nLame duck; But and ben; Logomaniac; Type louse; Corium; Lie Doggo; Fewmet; Dingbat; Kibosh; Caucus; Oryzivorous; Kick the bucket; Satisficer; Beside oneself; Words of the Year 2015; Peradventure; Sconce; Orchidelirium; How’s your father; Goon; Emoji; Thank your mother for the rabbits; Nonplussed; Bob’s-a-dying; Methinks; Bill of goods."}
{"text":"‘Asbeha, Emperor, brother of Emperor ‘Abreha, is said in the Synaxarium to have ruled Ethiopia at the time when Athanasius consecrated Frumentius and sent him back to Aksum as the first Bishop of Ethiopia. The introduction of Christianity to Ethiopia is traditionally placed in the reign of ‘Abreha and ‘Asbeha, but it is historically clear that it occurred in the reign of Emperor ‘Ézana (fl. early 4th century A. D.). ‘Ézana is known to have had a brother Se’azana, who evidently played a role in the government of the Empire. It seems likely that, when the two brothers embraced Christianity, they received new baptismal names in accordance with Ethiopian custom. Thus, ‘Ézana may have received the name ‘Abreha (He illuminated) and Se’azana the name ‘Asbeha (He brought the dawn).\nA. K. Irvine\nE. A. Wallis Budge, The Book of the Saints of the Ethiopian Church (Cambridge, 1928). Vol. I, 112; Vol. IV. 1165.\nC. Conti Rossini, “Les Listes des Rois d’Aksoum” Journal Asiatique (1909), Listes A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.\nThis article is reproduced, with permission, from The Dictionary of Ethiopian Biography, Vol. 1 ‘From Early Times to the End of the Zagwé Dynasty c. 1270 A.D.,’ copyright © 1975, edited by Belaynesh Michael, S. Chojnacki and Richard Pankhurst, Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"1976 Voto de la Tarjeta de Evaluaciones\n(S. 961) The 200 Mile Fishery Zone Limit Act: The vote is on the Muskie amendment to keep important language in the bill that extended U.S. territorial fishing rights from 12 miles to 200 miles off the coast, and allowed the government to set catch limits for species of fish that are severely depleted. Many foreign ships use fine mesh nets and other destructive kinds of fishing gear that kill many more fish than can actually be used. The bill gives U.S. fishermen priority over other nations with the 200 mile zone, and sets up regional counsels with the authority to set catch quotas and regulate fishing techniques. Sen. Cranston tried to gut these provisions, and require instead that the U.S. negotiate for reduced fish catches under a 1958 fishing treaty. But Muskie pointed out that none of the problem nations would abide by the treaty and that all international efforts had ended in failure. Conservationists supported the bill as a necessary first step to protect declining fish populations. January 28, 1976. Adopted 58-37. The correct vote is yes."}
{"text":"A new short film called Black (Lead) and White (Silver) shows the fascinating growth of white silver and black lead during metal displacement reactions.\nCreated by Beauty of Science (BOS), the idea behind the film was to bring the beauty of chemistry to the general public in the form of high-quality visual content, which I must say the scientist-led team pulled off incredibly.\nAs far as what’s actually going in the video, basically it depicts crystalline metallic flakes multiplying and branching into gorgeous frost-like fractals.\nThe result are chemical reactions that form white silver (Cu + 2AgNO3 → Cu(NO3)2 + 2Ag) and black lead (Zn + Pb(NO3)2 → Zn(NO3)2 + Pb).\n“For Black (Lead) and White (Silver), we were going to shoot many metal displacement reactions with a microscope. During the process, we discovered that the growth patterns between silver and lead were quite different. So, we decided to create a short film to compare the difference between the two metals. And luckily, we found two pieces of music that could enhance the contrast,” filmmaker and BOS founder Yan Liang, Ph.D. tells The Creators Project.\nVia: Tech Steel"}
{"text":"Lecture Shows How Spices Transformed The World\nIt seems unbelievable now that a spice as common as pepper could have established relationships between Rome and India, led to global voyages and propelled colonialism.\nBut next week a special lecture at the University of St. Thomas will teach people how spices transformed the world through commerce. The lecture is part of a series called “Culinary Excavations – Food Throughout History” and is sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America Houston Society.\nSpeaking at the Jan. 12 event is Roberta Tomber, who works at the British Museum in the area of conservation, documentation and science. The lecture begins at 7 p.m. at Jones Hall, 3910 Yoakum Blvd.\nAttendees can learn about the earliest trade routes between the Roman Empire and Asia, uncover the identities of the earliest merchants and learn about the pivotal role pepper from India played in the commerce of the ancient world. This trade led to the exchange of ideas between two continents and influenced world events for centuries to come.\nGeneral admission is $15, but tickets are $10 for archaeological institute members, India House members and students. For more information, visit aia-houston.com or contact Becky Lao at (281) 497-7382 or beckylao [at] att.net."}
{"text":"- To create an environment for learning, both inside and outside the classroom, which will encourage all children to achieve the highest standards through the provision of a broad, balanced and imaginative curriculum, high expectations, praise for a task well done and through committed, enthusiastic and effective teaching.\n- To help children to develop into confident, responsible and caring adults in an atmosphere of tolerance and mutual respect.\n- To encourage children to become self-motivated learners who will take risks, rise to a challenge and manage the outcome in an atmosphere that is challenging yet supportive.\n- To enable children to develop into independent learners by creating an environment where contributions, efforts and achievement are valued and where all give their best because they value themselves.\n- To communicate the Wheatcroft vision statement effectively to all members of the community in order to inspire excellence throughout the school.\nThe aims of the school are reflected in the way the children respect one another and are willing to accept responsibility for self and others. They share, work collaboratively and support one another’s successes. They share the whole school’s commitment to high expectations in all areas of their personal development."}
{"text":"Many critics of this holiday would have you believe that this holiday was invented by the greeting card companies. That commercialism is how this holiday formed. But that just isn’t so. Yes, in present time Valentine’s Day is a highly commercialized holiday, ranking as the second largest card-sending holiday of the year, behind Christmas. But does anyone really know the history behind Valentine’s Day? Well, here’s a little synopsis to ease your cynical mind:\nValentine’s Day is celebrated on February 14th (duh!). It is the day in which lovers express their love for one another traditionally by the giving of candy, flowers and other gifts. It is named after two early Christian martyrs named Valentine; Valentine of Rome and Valentine of Terni.\nThe day itself wasn’t actually linked as a romantic holiday until Geoffrey Chaucer in the middle ages. Chaucer wrote a poem in honor of the first anniversary of the engagement of King Richard II of England to Anne of Bohemia. The poem goes like this:\nFor this was on seynt Volantynys day\nWhan euery bryd comyth there to chese\n[choose] his make [mate].\nAnd thus Valentine’s Day became associated with the desire to find one’s mate (i.e. the Lovers holiday). One can only imagine customs that made it what it is today; finding one’s mate, proving ones love, showing ones love, gifts for your love, etc. So while the greeting card and jewelry businesses thrive around February, the actual day has history & meaning."}
{"text":"The electric motor of direct current is composed of two magnetic structures the stator (field winding or permanent magnet) hose clamp size and the rotor (winding of armature). The purpose of the commutator is to invert the current in the appropriate rotation phase so that the developed conjugate is always in the same direction. The rotor windings comprise coils and the two sides of each winding are placed in grooves spaced equal to the distance between two stator poles, so when the conductors on one side are under the north pole, the conductors on the other side are under the pole south. The coils are coupled in series through the blades of the commutator, with the end of the latter connected to the beginning of the first.\nThe stator is made of a ferromagnetic structure with protruding poles to which the coils forming the field are wound, or a permanent magnet and the rotor is an electromagnet made of an iron core with windings which are fed by a mechanical switching system. This system is formed by a switch, integral with the rotor shaft, which has a cylindrical surface with several blades and fixed brushes, which pressurize the switch, connected to the supply terminals"}
{"text":"- Parent Category: Area\n- Category: ac in sq m\nYou can easily convert 5 acres into square meters using each unit definition:\n- usacre = 10 surveychain² = 4046.8726 m²\n- Square meters\n- 1 m²\nWith this information, you can calculate the quantity of square meters 5 acres is equal to.\n¿How many sq m are there in 5 ac?\nIn 5 ac there are 20234.363 sq m.\nWhich is the same to say that 5 acres is 20234.363 square meters.\nFive acres equals to twenty thousand two hundred thirty-four square meters. *Approximation\n¿What is the inverse calculation between 1 square meter and 5 acres?\nPerforming the inverse calculation of the relationship between units, we obtain that 1 square meter is 4.9420879e-05 times 5 acres.\nA square meter is four times five acres. *Approximation"}
{"text":"The odd practice of starting a holiday a half a day early\nThe Bible requires the Israelites to observe Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, currently called Nissan, by sacrificing a lamb, called the Pascal Lamb, and eating it together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. This biblical holiday is followed immediately with a seven day holiday called The Festival of Unleavened Bread. When the temple was destroyed in 70 CE, sacrifices were discontinued and since the sole practice of Passover was the sacrificing and eating of the Pascal Lamb, the holiday of Passover ceased to exist. So that the memory of Passover would not disappear entirely, the holiday of The Feast of the Unleavened Bread received the additional name of Passover.\nAlthough not mentioned in the Torah, a practice arose to cease eating leavened practices around noon on the day before The Feast of Unleavened Bread. Why did this practice arise? I do not know the reason for this unusual behavior of beginning a key element of a holiday before the holiday starts. However, I have a suggestion to explain the anomaly.\nWe should recall that (1) the elements of the biblical Passover are the sacrifice and eating it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, (2) although the biblical Passover ceased to exist, Jews felt that they should remember the holiday and did so by adding a name to The Festival of Unleavened Bread, (3) the Torah requires that the Pascal sacrifice be brought at mid-day on the fourteenth of the first month, and (4) the most significant element of the two holidays is unleavened bread, eating it with the Pascal Sacrifice on the biblical Passover and abstention from eating leavened bread during The Festival of Unleavened Bread. It is possible that the tradition to abstain from leavened bread during mid-day on the fourteenth, during the time that the Pascal Lamb was brought, was instituted, just as the adding of the name Passover to The Festival of Unleavened Bread, to recall the holiday and practice of the biblical Passover."}
{"text":"In Tuesday’s global health quiz, we asked what a phase-change material is and what it’s got to do with vaccines.\nA phase change takes place when a solid, liquid, or gas changes from one state to another without a change in its chemical composition. Think water freezing to ice, then melting to liquid again. Phase-change materials, or PCMs, either absorb or give off heat as they move between solid and liquid states. As temperatures cool, for example, a PCM in its liquid state becomes solid and releases stored heat. When temperatures go up, a PCM in its solid state becomes liquid, absorbing heat and cooling whatever’s nearby.\nWhat gives PCMs even more potential is that the temperature at which they change phases can be higher than 32° F (0° C). This is helpful if your goal is to keep items within a certain temperature range—say between 32° F and 46° F (0° C to 8° C), the temperature range at which many vaccines must be stored to prevent spoiling.\nPATH is working on including phase-change materials in a plastic liner that could be used as a protective barrier in vaccine carriers to keep vaccines from freezing. The carriers could work with traditional ice packs to help protect vaccines from heat when the temperature goes up and—just as importantly—they could help protect vaccines from freezing that can occur when frozen ice packs make the container too cold.\nWe’re now expecting to begin testing PCMs in vaccine carriers in Vietnam. We’ll keep you posted as results become available. In the meantime, for a look at more of our work in tools for vaccines, see our technologies for vaccines slideshow."}
{"text":"STEM Learning at Home Activity for Kids: Building Bridges\nChildren at Bright Horizons preschools learn that STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) is all around us – at school and at home.\nWatch as Sarah explains how to conduct the “Building Bridges” learning activity for children. This STEM activity, which only takes 10 minutes to complete and is best suited for toddler or preschool-aged children, will teach your child about engineering, math and the force of gravity. You only need two items to complete this activity: a book about bridges or one that incorporates bridges (Sarah suggests The Three Billy Goats Gruff) and a set of blocks with varying shapes. Watch now:\nSTEM Learning at Home: Building Bridges\nParent Webinar: A Parent’s Guide to STEM Education\nThe Building Bridges activity is just one of the many ways you can introduce your child to STEM. Join us for our upcoming webinar, A Parent’s Guide to STEM Education, to learn more about STEM, the role it plays in setting your child up for future success, as well as activities, books, and games that can help you bring STEM into your everyday life.\nWhen: Tuesday, April 25 at 2pm EST\nGuest Speaker: Dr. Anita Greenberg, CEO, and founder of Science Delights\nHosted by: Debbie Hoppy, Director, Education and Curriculum at Bright Horizons\n- Growing Scientists at Bright Horizons: Activities and ideas to encourage scientific curiosity at home\n- Learning at Home: Activities to do at home, for infants through school-age children and parents\n- Bright Horizons Online Community: Science Projects for Toddlers\n- Read more posts about math and science and posts about curriculum from the Family Room bloggers"}
{"text":"SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING THROUGH MINDUP\nAt Chandlers Field we are proud to be part of the growing network of MindUP schools who promote the mental health and emotional wellbeing of our whole school community.\nThe unique evidence-based framework provides knowledge and understanding of neuroscience, mindful awareness, positive psychology and mindful practices to affect positive change within the classroom and beyond. The 15-lesson curriculum includes practices developed to help children improve their focus, manage their emotions and face challenges with resilience, kindness and compassion.\nThe MindUP lessons are complemented by the ‘Brain Break’. This core mindful breathing exercise which takes place three times a day, enables pupils and staff to calm their minds, focus and get ready to learn.\nThe interactive teaching and learning approaches, complemented by whole-school mindful practices, help create an exciting learning environment within which children can thrive academically, socially and emotionally.\nOUR SHARED VISION\nMindUP is central to our strategic vision, it supports us to create a whole-school culture that reflects our values of respect, compassion, perseverance, courage and together. This helps create a positive environment for all of optimism and happiness, in which we can all grow and flourish.\nFor further details about the MindUP programme, including research findings, the curriculum overview and case studies, visit mindup.org.uk"}
{"text":"I’d be afraid to touch it, too. It looks possessed.\nScientists want to study samples of the world’s oldest wine, currently on display at the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in the western German city of Speyer. There’s just one problem: everyone’s afraid to open the bottle.\nThe glass bottle, thought to be at least 1,650 years old, was found in a Roman grave near Speyer in 1867 and put on display at the museum. Since then, it’s been handled extremely carefully, and been on display in the exact same spot in the museum for 100 years.\nMuseum directors fear that a moment’s carelessness could shatter the bottle, destroying its priceless content. Though scientists would like to test it to figure out exactly how old the wine is and where it comes from, as well as perhaps seeing how it tastes – cracking it open is out of the question.\n- Review: 2007 DiamAndes Gran Reserva Mendoza Argentina\n- Review: 1998 Nicolas Feuillatte Palmes d’Or Champagne\n- How Long Does Vermouth Last?\n- Would You Ever Order the Cheapest Bottle on the Wine List?"}
{"text":"Pollen Analysis of the Honeys Samples Produced in the Three Phyto-geographical Zones of Benin\nAbstractThe aim of this work was the melissopalynologycal analysis of the honey samples collected both during the dry and rainy seasons of the three phyto-geographical zones of Benin. The analysis was performed by conventional methods on 60 honeys samples. The total of 138 taxa have been identified at family level (31), genus level (20) and to the level species (87). The number of pollens counted varies according to the phyto-geographical zones. Thus, 17091 pollens have been counted in the samples of the Sudanian zone; 13884 in those of the Sudano-Guinean zone and 7960 pollens in those of the Guinean zone. The pollen content of the honey samples reflects the plant species of the three phyto-geographical zones. The most dominant plant taxa were Combretaceaes (26.01%) and Parkia biglobosa (10.67%) in Sudanian zone, Combretaceae (29.52%) in SudanoGuinean zone. In the Guinean zone, the dominant taxa were Zea mays (18.35%) and Terminalia (15.34%). The specific richness varies from 6 to 43 in the Sudanian zone, from 7 to 34 in the Sudano-Guinean zone and from 1 to 28 taxa in the Guinean zone. None of the density of the dominant pollens reached 45%, thus all the analyzed honeys are polyfloral.\nDownload data is not yet available.\nHow to Cite\nAzonwade, F. E., Paraïso, A., Tossou, M. G., Sina, H., Kelomey, A. E., Chabi-Sika, K., & Baba-Moussa, L. (2017). Pollen Analysis of the Honeys Samples Produced in the Three Phyto-geographical Zones of Benin. European Scientific Journal, ESJ, 13(18), 528. https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.2017.v13n18p528"}
{"text":"Periodic Table new mapping\n09-25-2009, 02:39 AM\n|Periodic Table new mapping\nThe Periodic Table of Elements will map into a series of square matrices. If the matrices are stacked vertically the elements are arranged as a stepped pyramid.\nVertical sections reveal interesting chemical relationships.\nUser(s) browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)"}
{"text":"With long, pointed wings and a narrow tail, peregrine falcons (Falco peregrines) are built for speed. Known for their steep dives, they can reach speeds up to 200 mph, which makes it easy to overtake other birds in flight. They are the world’s fastest bird.\nIn Washington, peregrine falcon nest along the coast, in the San Juan Islands, Puget Sound, the western slopes of the Cascades and even in cities. Once threatened as a species due to insecticides, they are rebounding in number but are still a vulnerable population.\nSome peregrines stay in the Northwest year-round; some move to areas where waterfowl and shorebirds gather during the winter; and some migrate south. They typically hunt in open areas along the coast or near water where their prey live. They usually nest on cliff ledges, and sometimes on tall buildings, towers, and bridges.\nAdults are gray, with white chins and throats and undersides that are thinly barred.\nSign Up and Save\nGet six months of free digital access to The Bellingham Herald"}
{"text":"Smart technologies for visitors are utilized to improve the efficiency of transportation devices. The data made by the receptors of automobiles and road infrastructure is usually transmitted into a cloud-based control middle where it is actually processed and evaluated. These details can help to lessen congestion and increase security.\nA number of urban centers are using this technology to boost traffic control. These devices include clever traffic indicators, which collect real-time click this over here now data in the surrounding environment. They also have the capability to communicate with other sensors and cars, and in addition they can adjust their timings in line with the conditions.\nFor instance , some of these devices can adjust the velocity limit based upon the volume of cars. A number of the devices have advanced sensing capabilities, and several are equipped with digital cameras.\nSeveral towns have been diagnostic tests the use of these technologies. Some examples are the greater San Francisco Bay spot, where the seventy-nine dollars million Intelligent Corridor was implemented along Interstate 80. Other areas are also investigating the use of intelligent traffic devices.\nUsing predictive algorithms, the system may simulate risk-minimizing scenarios to avoid traffic jam. It can also harmonize public transport schedules. Simply because more info is accumulated, these devices will keep improve.\nA process called Sitraffic FUSION uses connected street infrastructure and data right from connected cars to analyze and optimize the signaling process. The routine includes visitors light marketing.\nAnother case in point is the PTV Balance computer software platform. It could predict and suggest smart stop light signals to vehicles."}
{"text":"The following figure show the UK government bond yield rates for July 2007, December 2010, and December 2011.\nFrom the yield curve, it is evident that the UK short-term interest rates were higher in 2007 than the long-term interest rates. There was a significant change (decline) in interest rates between July 2007 and December 2010.\nYield curves have three characteristics:\nMost of the yield curve movement can be explained by changes in level followed by slope followed by curvature.\nThe shape of the yield curve is determined by:\nThe term spread and the business cycle\nA yield curve is downward sloping when investors expect inflation and future interest rates to decline. An inverted yield curve is a sign of recession.\nWhen the economy is in a recession and interest rates are low, the yield curve will be upward sloping. A booming economy has high inflation and future short-term interest rates."}
{"text":"Most of us know that we can reduce our risk of disease by eating a healthy diet, getting enough exercise and not smoking. But did you know that your family history might be one of the strongest influences on your risk of developing heart disease, stroke, diabetes, or cancer? Even though you cannot change your genetic makeup, knowing your family history can help you reduce your risk of developing health problems.\nFamily members share their genes, as well as their environment, lifestyles and habits. Everyone can recognize traits that run in their family, such as curly hair, dimples, leanness or athletic ability. Risks for diseases such as asthma, diabetes, cancer and heart disease also run in families.\nPeople with a family history of disease may have the most to gain from lifestyle changes and screening tests. You can’t change your genes, but you can change unhealthy behaviors, such as smoking, inactivity and poor eating habits. In many cases, adopting a healthier lifestyle can reduce your risk for diseases that run in your family.\nScreening tests (such as mammograms and colorectal cancer screenings) can detect diseases like cancers at an early stage when they are most treatable. Screening tests can also detect disease risk factors like high cholesterol and high blood pressure, which can be treated to reduce your risk for disease.\nHow to Learn More About Your Family Health History\nCollect information about your grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews, siblings and children. The type of information you should collect includes:\n- major medical conditions and causes of death\n- age of disease onset and age at death\n- ethnic background\nTo learn about your family history, don’t be afraid to:\n- ask questions\n- talk to relatives at family gatherings\n- look at death certificates\n- review family medical records"}
{"text":"Gisekia congesta Moq.\nGisekia linearifolia Schumach. & Thonn.\nGisekia rubella Hochst. ex Moq.\nCommon Name: Gisekia\nGisekia is a slightly succulent, glabrous, annual green herb, often with a pinkish tinge[\n]. The stems are trailing, decumbent or prostrate, up to 80 cm long, sometimes longer[\nThe plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.\nThe fruits are said to be poisonous[\nTropical Africa to Arabia. Also found in many other areas of the drier tropics and subtropics.\nA weed found along roadsides, in grassland, bushland and woodland, mostly on sandy soils, from sea-level up to elevations of 1,700 metres[\nSucceeds in the drier areas of tropical and subtropical climates.\nLeaves - occasionally eaten as a vegetable[\n]. It is more likely to be eaten as an emergency food[\n]. In some areas it is used as a condiment[\nThe whole plant is eaten as a general strength restorative, e.g. after miscarriage[\n]. The cooked green leaves are eaten to treat asthma[\nThe plant is considered to be a purgative in some areas, whilst in others it is taken to cure diarrhoea[\nIt is used as a taenicide, but the plant should be consumed with great caution[\nThe leaves are rubbed on swellings and the stem, pounded in butter, is placed on aching muscles[\nThe sap of the plant is used against warts[\nThe roots are made into a chest medicine[\nThe seeds probably possess anthelmintic properties[\nSeveral phenolic acids have been identified in the vegetative parts, including p-OH-benzoic acid, caffeic acid, p-coumaric acid and vanillic acid[\n]. Ferulic and sinapic acids were absent, although these are usually present in the Aizoaceae[\nThe tannin-like principles α- and β-gisekia have been found in the seed[\nTannins are present in the whole plant[\nIf you have any useful information about this plant, please leave a comment. Comments have to be approved before they are shown here."}
{"text":"Total Number of words made out of Inulin = 11\nInulin is an acceptable word in Scrabble\nwith 6 points.\nInulin is an accepted word in Word with Friends\nhaving 10 points. Inulin\nis a 6\nletter medium Word starting with I and ending with N. Below are Total 11 words made out of this word.\n5 letter Words made out of inulin\n4 letter Words made out of inulin\n3 letter Words made out of inulin\n1). inn 2). nun 3). lin 4). nil\n2 letter Words made out of inulin\n1). nu 2). in 3). li 4). un\nAlso see:- Words starting with Inulin\nInulin Meaning :- A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants- as Inula- Helianthus- Campanula- etc.- and is extracted by solution as a tasteless- white- semicrystalline substance- resembling starch- with which it is isomeric. It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar. Called also dahlin- helenin- alantin- etc.\nWord Finder Tools\nWords with friends finder\nNote: . Anagrams are meaningful words made after rearranging all the letters of the word.\nSearch More words for viewing how many words can be made out of them\nThere are 3 vowel letters and 3 consonant letters in the word inulin. I is 9th, N is 14th, U is 21th, L is 12th, Letter of Alphabet series.\nWordmaker is a website which tells you how many words you can make out of any given word in english. we have tried our best to include every possible word combination of a given word. Its a good website for those who are looking for anagrams of a particular word. Anagrams are words made using each and every letter of the word and is of the same legth as original english word. Most of the words meaning have also being provided to have a better understanding of the word. A cool tool for scrabble fans and english users, word maker is fastly becoming one of the most sought after english reference across the web."}
{"text":"This activity is to be used after students have read chs. 10-13. Clearly, the impact of prejudice is an important theme in the novel. Through this activity students will be exposed to eye opening experiments—they will learn about Drs. Kenneth and Mammie Clark’s doll test and they will see Kiri Davis’s repeat experiment just a few years ago. (Links provided to articles and videos.) Students will then use their insight to think about how prejudice impacts the novel’s characters."}
{"text":"|The Papal Kingdom of Italy at its greatest extent|\n|Population||69,093,768 (2013 Census)|\n|Government||Federal Republic under Constitutional Monarchy|\nItaly, officially the Papal Kingdom of Italy is a liberal Federal Constitutional Monarchy located in Europe.\nIt was founded in 1861 under Giuseppe Garibaldi as the Federal Republic of Italy. The Papal States still held Rome however, but instead of attacking the Papal States, which would've had a massive outrage, Garibaldi made peace with Pius XI, and he would rule Italy as a constitutional Monarch and Garibaldi as Head of State.\nUnder Garibaldi, Italy saw massive decentralization with many Italian Provinces having high autonomy. A unified Italian Language inspired by all dialects was crafted and highly encouraged by the government. People began to see themselves more as \"Italian\" rather than Sicilian or Venetian. In the 1870's, Garibaldi made sweeping reforms such as Universal Sufferage, Abolition of Ecclesiastical Property, Emancipation of Women, and Maintenance of a Standing Army.\nThe Royal Italian Papal Army, Navy, Air Force and Carabinieri form the Royal Italian Papal Armed Forces\nRegno Esercito Pontifico\nThe Royal Papal Army is one of the great European armies."}
{"text":"Life on Saturn’s Moon?\nNASA may have found the ingredients for sustainable life on Saturn’s moon, Enceladus.\nIn 2015, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft was launched into a plume of gas and ice spraying form the south pole of one of Saturn’s moons. The instrument, acting as a human nose, has the ability to detect the composition of gases in its environment and picked up hydrogen in the spray. Molecular hydrogen is a vital part of Earth’s oceans system, which microbes turn into methane, and this same process was found to have occurred on Enceladus as well.\nIn the final stages of its 13-year-long exploration, Cassini continued its voyage to discover that there is a salty, global ocean under Enceladus’ icy crust. This underlying hot water came into contact with its rocky sea floor and acted similarly to Earth’s hydrothermal systems known as white smokers.\nLife requires three main ingredients: liquid water, source of energy and the right chemical ingredients. The final step is the molecular hydrogen being produced, which has the chemical energy to support microbial systems in the ocean. Finding this hydrothermal process on Enceladus shows the potential for the existence of life within its ocean.\nThe views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Fair Observer’s editorial policy.\nPhoto Credit: Johannes Gerhardus Swanepoel"}
{"text":"D-Xylose is a five-carbon aldose (pentose, monosaccharide) that can be catabolized or metabolized into useful products by a variety of organisms.\nThere are at least four different pathways for the catabolism of D-xylose: An oxireductive pathway that is present in eukaryotic microorganisms, an isomerase pathway, and two oxidative pathways that are called Weimberg and Dahms pathway are common in prokaryotic microorganisms.\nRead more about Xylose Metabolism: Biotechnological Applications\nOther articles related to \"xylose metabolism, xylose\":\n... It is desirable to ferment D-xylose to ethanol however microorganisms that are naturally able to do that have disadvantages ... One organism that can naturally ferment D-xylose to ethanol is the yeast Pichia stipitis however it is not as ethanol and inhibitor tolerant as the ... cerevisiae on the other hand can not ferment D-xylose to ethanol ...\nFamous quotes containing the word metabolism:\n“Hes got a fifteen percent metabolism with an overactive thyroid and a glandular affectation of about three percent. With a one percent mentality. Hes what we designate as the Crummy Moronic type.”\n—Robert Pirosh, U.S. screenwriter, George Seaton, George Oppenheimer, and Sam Wood. Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx)"}
{"text":"When planning a healthy meal, there are a few things to keep in mind. No matter what dietary path that you follow, focusing on these four areas will have a positive impact on your health.\n- Focus on eating whole foods: Foods that are in their most natural state will offer you the most health benefits. Processed foods are typically stripped of the majority of their nutrients, loaded with additional salt, sugar and processed fats.\n- Eat Plant-Strong: No matter what dietary path you follow, eating a lot of plants will significantly increase your phytochemical, vitamin, mineral and fiber intake. When you eat more plants, you're helping your body get the key micronutrients it needs to function at its best. Plants include fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds, beans, legumes and whole grains\n- Know your healthy fats: Fat is part of a healthy diet and you want to be sure you’re getting the right kinds. Get your healthy fats from whole plant-based foods like nuts, seeds and avocados. These types of foods give you more than just fat. They provide fiber, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and phytochemicals. Minimize the amounts of processed fats you consume on a daily basis\n- Focus on nourishment: Every time you sit down to a meal or snack, ask yourself: How is this nourishing my body? Know what this food is offering you from a nutrition stand-point. When you eat to nourish, you will naturally choose healthier options.\n- Plan weekly meals: This will assist with grocery shopping and will guarantee you have ingredients on hand to make healthy meals.\n- Choose one night per week to batch cook: This is very helpful if you do not have a lot of time throughout the week to cook.\n- Focus on variety: Eat the color of the rainbow! Different colors will offer different vitamins, minerals & phytonutrients. Aim for 3-4 colors on your plate per meal."}
{"text":"Pi (or 3.14) represents a mathematical constant -the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. To celebrate Pi Day on March 14, Central School 5th graders measured the circumference and diameter of bike tires, paper plates and other circular items. \"Students were able to discover that the relationship was always about 3 (plus a little) times the diameter equals the circumference - hence Pi!,\" sayseach teacher Jill Zimmer, who worked with math teacher Mary Beth LeBlond on this relevant curriculum.\nPHOTO #1: (L-R) Central School 5th graders Samantha Traister, Lauren Rich, and Claire Gillenwater measure the circumference and diameter of a Frisbee to celebrate Pi Day on 3/14.\nPHOTO #2: (L-R) Fifth graders Joy Zamora, Lorenzo Percario, and Julia Clemente enjoy Pi Day activities at Central School on 3/14."}
{"text":"Wonder World Play Centre Home-Based Activities\nAt Wonder World Play Centre, we foster learning by doing, teaching children in a natural environment. They are introduced to home-based activities that promote daily living skills. By encouraging interaction through cooking, taking care of plants, and feeding animals, they gain an important sense of responsibility at an early age.\nBy receiving exposure to a natural environment, children develop a deeper understanding of the world around them, which increases their awareness, reasoning abilities and sense of observation."}
{"text":"Regardless of age, conventional prostheses and traditional rehabilitation programs no longer meet the needs and expectations of active amputees. The emphasis on fitness, the availability of stronger and lighter materials, and strong consumer demand have led to a plethora of new prosthetic designs by progressive prosthetists and engineers. Prosthetic training techniques now take into account the amputee's recreational and sports needs and desires, using advanced athletic training concepts to achieve superior performance in a wide variety of activities. The surgeon, as a key member of the amputee team, should be aware of these profound changes so that they may contribute his or her skill in surgically crafting an optimally functional residual limb. This will allow the amputee to reach for the maximum in cardiopulmonary fitness while achieving social reintegration after amputation. The combination of skills, concepts, and techniques of the amputation surgeon, prosthetist, and therapist/trainer has led to a unique situation, in which for the first time, amputees are able to successfully compete in sports because of their prostheses, rather than in spite of them.\nASJC Scopus subject areas\n- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine"}
{"text":"The zdump command prints the current time for each time zone (zonename) listed on the command line. Specify zonename as the name of the time zone database file relative to /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo.\nSpecifying an invalid time zone (zonename) to zdump does not return an error, rather zdump uses GMT. This is consistent with the behavior of the library calls; zdump reflects the same behavior of the time routines in libc. See ctime(3C) and mktime(3C).\nThe following options are supported:\nDisplays the entire contents of the time zone database file for zonename. Prints the time at the lowest possible time value; the time one day after the lowest possible time value; the times both one second before and exactly at each time at which the rules for computing local time change; the time at the highest possible time value; and the time at one day less than the highest possible time value. See mktime(3C) and ctime(3C) for information regarding time value (time_t). Each line of output ends with isdst=1 if the given time is Daylight Saving Time, or isdst=0 otherwise.\nCuts off the verbose output near the start of the year cutoffyear.\nSee attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:\n|ATTRIBUTE TYPE||ATTRIBUTE VALUE|"}
{"text":"There are over 3 million gardens in Greater London which offer an ‘untapped potential’ to make the city more resilient to climate change and better for wildlife, according to the London Wildlife Trust. How do we begin to exploit this potential? According to LWT’s expert gardener Elaine Hughes, gardeners should be a ‘bit less tidy’.\nThis short video illustrates many of the key points for creating urban wildlife habitat including using drought tolerant plants and providing shelter for birds and insects by being less tidy and leaving seed heads and leaves in the winter months. The video also illustrates how many of the ideas presented can be achieved by nearly anybody; while some people have the resources to add a green roof, others with small space can make a difference by simply planting a window sill with wildlife friendly plants.\nThe display garden in the video was set up on a large balcony as part of the 2009 ‘Pestival’, an insect festival in London. The garden features a variety of plants, a garden shed and trellis made from reclaimed materials, a compost bin, dead wood and even a small beehive.\nRead more about this video at The Ecologist: How best to create a wildlife-friendly garden.\n© 2011 – 2014, Kelly Brenner. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"The Department of Defense (DOD) recently awarded Texas Biomedical Research Institute a $2 million grant through the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program to develop a Zika Virus vaccine.\nZika is a mosquito-borne disease that can result in birth defects such as microcephaly.\n“If there’s something we can do to intervene for a pregnant woman and her fetus who are at risk, it’s certainly something we want to be looking at,” Professor Jean Patterson, principal investigator on the study, said. “I think most of the work being done now is focused on how we intervene during pregnancy since that is where the risk is.”\nResearchers will attempt to determine whether pregnant animals can be vaccinated before being exposed to Zika and be protected from contracting the virus. They also will transfer antibodies from humans who have received an experimental vaccine to determine if this method could protect pregnant animals from passing the virus to the fetus.\nResearchers at Texas Biomedical will use marmosets for testing. The primates breed throughout the year and usually have twins or triplets.\nTexas Biomedical’s partner, the Trudeau Institute, will test mice.\nThe Walter Reed Army Institute of Research will conduct human safety testing on a formalin-inactivated vaccine."}
{"text":"BILLINGS, Mont. — Wildlife advocates asked a judge Wednesday to force federal officials to decide if a rare aquatic insect that's found only in Montana's Glacier National Park should be protected under the Endangered Species Act.\nWestern glacier stoneflies were first identified by scientists in 1963. They live in streams fed by cold water from glaciers in northwest Montana. Those glaciers are predicted to vanish by 2030 — in part because of warmer temperatures due to climate change — and researchers say the stoneflies also could disappear.\nIn a Wednesday lawsuit, the Center for Biological Diversity said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to follow through on a 2011 finding that protections might be needed for the insects. The group asked U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington, D.C., to declare that the agency violated federal law by not issuing a final determination on whether the species should be listed as threatened or endangered.\nEven if the group prevails, it's uncertain what can be done to preserve the insects. \"The difficult thing about listing a species based on climate change is we don't really know what to do about it,\" said Joe Giersch, a U.S. Geological Survey scientist. When Giersch and other researchers recently looked for the insects in six streams that stoneflies historically occupied, they found them in only one.\nThere have been preliminary discussions among biologists about raising glacier stoneflies in laboratories and seeding different streams with the species. Giersch said it's unclear if the insects could survive, because the new streams likely would be warmer than those with native glacier stonefly populations.\n- Officials Review Whether Species Need Help\n- Climate Change Driving Montana Trout to Extinction\n- Tiny Creatures Dying Off at Dramatic Rate"}
{"text":"Definitions for lubavitch movement\nThis page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word lubavitch movement\nLubavitch, Lubavitch movement, Chabad-Lubavitch, Chabad(noun)\na large missionary Hasidic movement known for their hospitality, technological expertise, optimism and emphasis on religious study\nFind a translation for the lubavitch movement definition in other languages:\nSelect another language:\nDiscuss these lubavitch movement definitions with the community:\nWord of the Day\nWould you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?\nUse the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:\n\"lubavitch movement.\" Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2015. Web. 30 Mar. 2015. <http://www.definitions.net/definition/lubavitch movement>."}
{"text":"Klicka på en bild för att gå till Google Book Search.\nThe Art Of War (1520)\nEl príncipe ; El arte de la guerra ; Discursos sobre la primera década de Tito Livio ; Vida de Castruccio Castracani ; Discursos sobre la situación de Florencia av Niccolo Machiavelli\nNiccolò Machiavelli's Art of War is one of the world's great classics of military and political theory. Praised by the finest military minds in history and said to have influenced no lesser lights than Frederick the Great and Napoleon, the Art of War is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the history and theory of war in the West--and for readers of The Prince and Discourse on Livy who seek to explore more fully the connection between war and politics in Machiavelli's thought. Machiavelli scholar Christopher Lynch offers a sensitive and entirely new translation of the Art of War, faithful to the original but rendered in modern, idiomatic English. Lynch's fluid translation helps readers appreciate anew Machiavelli's brilliant treatments of the relationships between war and politics, civilians and the military, and technology and tactics. Clearly laying out the fundamentals of military organization and strategy, Machiavelli marshals a veritable armory of precepts, prescriptions, and examples about such topics as how to motivate your soldiers and demoralize the enemy's, avoid ambushes, and gain the tactical and strategic advantage in countless circumstances. To help readers better appreciate the Art of War, Lynch provides an insightful introduction that covers its historical and political context, sources, influence, and contemporary relevance. He also includes a substantial interpretive essay discussing the military, political, and philosophical aspects of the work, as well as maps, an index of names, and a glossary.\nInga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas.\nMelvil Decimal System (DDC)355.02Social sciences Public Administration, Military Science Military Science War\nKlassifikation enligt LC\nÄr det här du?"}
{"text":"Blake is a poet with a revolutionary spirit; he condemns the very traditions and beliefs that keep imagination and freedom in bondage. He is against the vices of his society and talks about hidden powers in man. Blake talks about four states of being; he does not approve of staying in the first state, Beulah, which is a stage of passivity and emphasizes the necessity of passing through the second state,Experience or Generation, since it is an active state that leads to Organized Innocence. One falls to the hell of Ulro if he does not pass the second state successfully. Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience show the two contrary states of the soul and they depict the necessity of passing through the first two states to achieve higher innocence. Each song of innocence has its counterpart in experience that further stresses the importance of facing difficulties and trying to overcome them in experience. “The Book of Thel”is about Thel who is afraid of experience as a prelude to a higher state while Oothoon in “Visions of the Daughters of Albion” enters experience by breaking the bonds of Urizen."}
{"text":"Adding Scripts to Graphs\nIf you context-click (right-mouse-button) on the graphics frame, you can enter or paste JSL commands. The script usually contains drawing commands that run in the context of the graphics frame. For example:\n1. Select Help > Sample Data Library and open Big Class.jmp.\n2. Select Analyze > Fit Y by X.\n3. Choose Height for X and Weight for Y, and click OK.\n4. Right-click inside the graph.\n5. Select Customize from the context menu.\n6. Click the plus button to add a new graphics script.\n7. Type this text and click OK.\nNow the graph has a text element at the graph’s x-coordinate 55 and y-coordinate 160.\nFigure 12.1 Adding a Script to a Graph Interactively\nBy default, graphics scripts appear ..."}
{"text":"At National Online Safety, we provide multi-award-winning online safety education for the whole school community. It’s our mission to make the internet a safer place for children. We believe that when children go online to learn, communicate or play, they should be able to do so safely. That’s why we provide schools all over the world with the knowledge they need in order to tackle new and evolving online risks.\nPart of our Online Privacy & Security Series 2020-21\nWhat is phishing?\nPhishing is a form of cyber-attack where victims are targeted in the form of spoof emails, phone calls or texts.\nThese are commonly carried out by an attacker posing as someone else to influence individuals into giving out sensitive data such as payment details and passwords.\nPhishing usually takes place via email, where the attacker manipulates a message to make it appear to be from someone else, therefore deceiving the victim into doing as they say.\nHackers try to deceive you into downloading malicious code and will aim to extract small pieces of information at a time.\nFor more information on the associated risks and online safety tips for parents and carers, watch our explainer video, available to those with a National Online Safety membership."}
{"text":"The unique experience of front line soldiers helped to create an exclusive dialect or slang. They used this to speak, sing, or communicate to one another and, sometimes, to differentiate themselves from those who had not undergone the trench experience.\nSoldiers’ slang drew upon pre-war cultural references, old army terms, bastardized French, and new words created in the trenches.\nSlang served a variety of purposes. It expressed contempt for one’s superiors or civilians; indicated membership in a particular group; and negated the horrors of the war by trivializing the terrifying.\nFor example, applying innocuous language helped to trivialize the ferocity of the weapons and the death they brought. German grenades became “potato mashers” and some smaller-calibre shells were “whiz bangs.”"}
{"text":"A former Imperial Japanese soldier, who refused to surrender and hid in a jungle for decades after World War II officially ended, has died.\nIn 1944, Hiroo Onoda was sent to the small island of Lubang in the Philippines to spy on U.S. forces in the region. He was given specific instructions by his commander — don't surrender and don't take your own life. (Via BBC)\nJapanese imperial forces in the Philippines were eventually defeated later that year, but Onoda stayed true to his orders, refusing to surrender and eluding capture.\nThe New York Times reports he was declared dead in 1959, but a student searching for Onoda found him surviving in the jungle in 1974. However, Onoda refused the student's pleas to return to Japan, \"insisting he was still awaiting orders.\"\nHe gave himself up only after his former commander flew to the Philippines to reverse those orders nearly 30 years after the war had ended.\nOnoda returned to Japan at the age of 52 to a hero's welcome. During the war, the Japanese were taught absolute loyalty to the nation and the emperor, so Onoda's will to continue fighting was viewed as honorable. (Via Channel 5)\nHowever, CNN explains anger remains in the Philippines, where Onoda is accused of multiple killings during the 30 years he spent there.\n\"The Philippines government pardoned him. But when he returned to Lubang in 1996, relatives of people he was accused of killing gathered to demand compensation.\"\nThe Japanese government announced Onoda died of pneumonia in a Tokyo hospital. He was 91 years old."}
{"text":"One of the other square-mesh patterns included in the Encyclopedia of Needlework by Therese De Dillmont was a strip of netting with loops along the bottom instead of the usual selvage.\nHere are my instructions for creating this piece of square-mesh netting.\nA Strip of Square-Mesh Netting – Selvage on the Top and Loops on the Bottom – 7 Squares High\nBefore starting the actual netting:\n- Fill a netting needle or shuttle with thread or cord.\n- Attach it to a foundation loop. To do this:\n- Tie a slip knot in the thread or cord coming from the needle or shuttle. Leaving a tail, at least 2 to 3 inches.\n- Slip the foundation-loop cord through the slipknot.\n- Tie the foundation-loop cord into a circle thereby creating a foundation loop.\n- Tighten the slipknot.\n- Attach the foundation loop to a tension device.\n- Choose a mesh stick.\nStart the strip of square-mesh netting:\nRow 1: Net 8 more knots into the foundation loop. (8 loops in the row)\nRemove the mesh stick and turn the work so that the next row can be worked from left to right. (This will be done at the end of each row.)\nRow 2: Net 1 knot into each loop, except the last loop, net 2 knots in the last loop. (9 loops in the row)\nRow 3: Net 1 knot in each loop except the last loop, skip the last loop, turn the netting and start the next row. (8 loops in the row)\nRepeat rows 2 and 3 until the piece is as long as desired. Lacis or net embroidery can be added onto the squares."}
{"text":"The North Island Piopio, Turnagra tanagra, was a passerine bird of the Turnagridae family. The North Island Piopio is now considered to be extinct. The M?ori names were piopio-kata (also transcribed as tiutiu-kata), and in the Kaipara dialect, korohea.\nFor many years, the North Island Piopio was considered to be conspecific with the South Island Piopio, but the two are now regarded as two separate species due to their pronounced differences in external appearance and apparently also osteology (Olson et al., 1983).\nThe North Island Piopio was endemic to the North Island of New Zealand and was described by Walter Buller as being common in 1873, although only a few specimens were ever collected, and it declined rapidly after that time (Buller, 1888). The last specimens were collected in 1900, or more probably in 1885/1886 (Medway, 1968), and only around 27 remain in existence today. Occasional sight records of people claiming to have seen the bird (e.g. Sopp, 1957) persisted until 1970 (Bell & Singleton, 1974; Olsen 1993), but the North Island Piopio is considered extinct nowadays. Its last stronghold appears to have been the area that later became the Whanganui National Park, possibly extending northeast to the Hauhungaroa Range west of Lake Taupo. The introduction of foreign predatory mammals such as cats and rats to New Zealand's North Island is mostly to blame for the North Island Piopio's extinction, with habitat loss and predation by mustelids also being significant from the 1880s onwards."}
{"text":"Individual differences |\nMethods | Statistics | Clinical | Educational | Industrial | Professional items | World psychology |\nRather than binding to specific ligands like most receptors, olfactory receptors bind to structures on odor molecules. Once the odorant has bound to the odor receptor, the receptor activates the attached G protein on the inside of the olfactory receptor neuron. The G protein in turn activates adenylate cyclase which converts ATP to cyclic AMP(cAMP). The cAMP opens ion channels which allow sodium ions into the cell, depolarizing the olfactory receptor neuron and beginning an action potential which carries the information to the brain.\nThere are a wide range of different odor receptors, with as many as 1000 in the mammalian genome. Olfactory receptors may make up as much as 3% of the genome. Only a portion of these potential genes form functional odor receptors. According to an analysis of the Human genome project, humans have 347 functional genes coding for olfactory receptors. The reason for the large number of different odor receptors is to provide a system for detecting as many different odors as possible. Even so, each odor receptor does not correspond to just one odor. Each individual odor receptor is broadly tuned to be activated by a number of similar structures. Like the immune system, this system allows molecules that have never been encountered before to be characterized. Also most odors activate more than one type of odor receptor. This aspect provides for the identification of an almost limitless number of different molecules.\nReferences & BibliographyEdit\n- Buck, L. and Axel, R. (1991) A novel multigene family may encode odorant receptors: a molecular basis for odor recognition. Cell, 65, 175–187.\n|This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia (view authors).|"}
{"text":"[MAG44-14] Discovery of radiocesium-bearing microparticles from ocean samples emitted from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident\nKeywords:radiocesium-bearing microparticle, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, Radioactive cesium\nMethod: We collected suspended particles (2011, 2013, 2015), sinking particles (2014), sediment cores (2011) from coastal area of Fukushima. By a wet separation method (Miura et al., 2018), we separated CsMPs from these samples. After measurement of radioactivity with a high-purity germanium semiconductor detector, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analyses were performed for separated CsMPs. Using autoradiography, we calculated 137Cs activity of unseparated hot spots over 0.1 Bq, which may be CsMPs.\nResults and discussion: We separated 5 CsMPs from marine samples. The results of SEM-EDS analyses showed that these CsMPs have almost similar characteristics to the reported CsMPs because they mainly consist of Si, Cs, Fe, and Zn. Their 134Cs/137Cs showed that the CsMPs were from Unit 2 or 3 of FDNPP. 137Cs radioactivity per volume is also similar to reported CsMPs from Unit 2 or 3. In this presentation, we will show the effect of CsMPs on Kd values. CsMPs in the ocean samples will make apparent Kd values be higher than intrinsic Kd values related to the adsorption-desorption reaction to the clay minerals, which may explain the large variation of Cs concentration in marine samples."}
{"text":"An undisclosed number of veterans are returning home from Iraq or Afghanistan suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In time, this may lead to several prescribed medications, a disconnect from family and friends, and, as Cody Austill says in the video below, a feeling of disappearance.\nBut now there may be an alternative treatment for these returning soldiers, called Float Therapy. Float Therapy, as the name hints at, promotes relaxation through a feeling of weightlessness, achieved simply by mixing water and Epsom salt.\nRight now, the Military Veteran Project is compiling research & treatment data about alternative therapies for post traumatic stress disorder. 70% of veterans who have been diagnosed have been able to be tapered down on their medication and supplement \"float therapy\" into their routine to assist them with their daily schedule."}
{"text":"Your browser is not able to view Flash content. Since the resource listed below uses Flash, you will likely have a less than optimal experience if you choose to view that site on this computer or mobile device.\nGradesK to 12\n9 Favorites 0 Comments\nThis online tool gives teachers an easy way to find and create rubrics to fit any project. Join for free, then browse existing rubrics made by others or create your ...more\nThis online tool gives teachers an easy way to find and create rubrics to fit any project. Join for free, then browse existing rubrics made by others or create your own, starting from scratch or from a template provided. You can even make rubrics in Spanish. Search rubrics by keyword or by subject. Choose \"permanent rubric\" if you wish to save your rubric on the site for more than a week. You can use one of your previous rubrics as the basis for a new one, simply by choosing to \"duplicate\" it (then make changes). This site receives funding through the U.S. Dept of Ed, so they do \"track\" use by zip code. There is also a tool to analyze your rubric scores for a project, though it seems a bit cumbersome.\nIn the ClassroomUse this tool to create rubrics in advance for any project you assign and share them with students. If you realize that you need to make changes before the final projects are turned it, it is easy to do so from the saved rubric. >\nOnce your students are completely familiar with the rubric process, consider allowing them to have input into designing a rubric to evaluate something: new inventions, the best way to solve an engineering problem, best mystery, the best design for a bridge, etc. Then use this tool together as you design a class rubric on an interactive whiteboard or projector. What a great way to develop higher order thinking skills!"}
{"text":"The Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) will hoist its national flag at half-mast today to commemorate the 228 Incident.The said Incident is one of the most influential events in recent Taiwanese history. The tragedy started on this day in 1947 when the army from the mainland Nationalist government clashed with the local Taiwanese people, sparking a widespread ethnic tension.\nThere were numerous innocent Taiwanese killed at random, some estimates puts the total number of people killed at 10,000.\nTaiwanese use this day to learn from the deep memories of this historical tragedy and collectively rebuild a history of Taiwan while promoting ethnic reconciliation and social stability for a brighter future. The Government of Taiwan in 1997 had designated the 28th day of February as a national holiday, also known as Peace Memorial Day."}
{"text":"Tutankhamen or Tutenkhamon (tōtˌängkäˈmən, –ĕngk–) [key], fl. c.1350 B.C., king of ancient Egypt, of the XVIII dynasty. He was the son-in-law of Ikhnaton and succeeded to the throne after a brief reign by Ikhnaton's successor. Under Ikhnaton the god Amon had been replaced by Aton, and the reaction in favor of Aton ended under Tutankhamen; thus, the king who had been known as Tutankhaton, changed his name. He also abandoned Ikhnaton's new capital, Akhetaton (Tell el Amarna), to return to Thebes, sacred to Amon; he restored the name of Amon, deleted from the monuments by Ikhnaton. The chief officer of state, Horemheb, controlled affairs, successfully stemming the tide of dissolution that had threatened to engulf the kingdom under Ikhnaton. The tomb of Tutankhamen was found (1922) almost intact by Howard Carter and the earl of Carnarvon in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor. Its great wealth of objects afforded a new store of knowledge on Egyptian sculpture and life of the XVIII dynasty. The contents of the tomb, including the mummy and the gold sarcophagus, are now in Cairo.\nSee studies by H. Carter and A. C. Mace (3 vol., 1923–33; abr. ed. 1972); C. Desroches-Noblecourt (tr., abr. ed. 1965); M. Carter (1972); B. Wynne (1973); E. L. Jones (1978); B. Brier, The Murder of Tutankhamen (1998).\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.\nMore on Tutankhamen from Fact Monster:\nSee more Encyclopedia articles on: Ancient History, Egypt: Biographies"}
{"text":"Syrian Children Need Your Help This Winter\nAfter almost 8 years of bitter conflict, Syrian children have been forced to flee their homes with little but the clothes on their back. This makes winter a particularly difficult time for children who have literally lost everything. Many of these children are already struggling to survive and the extreme winter weather compounds their suffering.\nWhile Syria in summer can reach temperatures of up to 45 degrees Celsius, in Winter, temperatures plummet to sub-zero levels. For a child who is already vulnerable, this can be a struggle to keep safe and warm.\nRight now there are 2.8 million internally displaced children inside Syria and a further 2.5 million children who have been forced to flee to neighbouring countries due to the ongoing instability and violence.\nIn camps across the region and with no proper heating or shelter, parents face an uphill battle to keep their children warm, dry and alive."}
{"text":"Question to be answered: How did the character or type of slavery change throughout colonial North America between 1619 and 1739? What factors were responsible or caused this change?\nDirections: This score indicates two important things; it suggests that writer not only responded adequately to all aspects of the question, but also that he/she thoughtfully developed their response as well. Typically, these entries would include thoughtful use of quotations, analysis / events / facts, and questions that are forcefully pursued. These entries might also include personal reactions to the material that connects class material to contemporary and/or personal events. Above all, they demonstrate an active involvement with the material at hand."}
{"text":"Girls Only (on field hockey team that is)\nA high school in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania has told Mat Levine, a sophomore, that he cannot play on the all girls field hockey team.\nLevine decided to go out for the team since ice hockey is his favorite sport and his school does not have an ice hockey team. The next best thing would be the female field hockey team. Levine stated that the athletic director told him that boys don’t play field hockey and that he was concerned about the safety of the girls if he was allowed to play.\nAccording to Levine, the athletic director also mentioned that Title IX does not entitle boys to the same rights as girls. Title IX is a law that went into effect in 1972 to address sexual discrimination by working towards gender equality between men and women. The new law created athletic programs for girls and women in school. Prior to the passing of the law, only 1 in 27 girls played high school sports.\nDo you think Levine should be allowed to try out for the field hockey team and play on the team if he makes it? Should Title IX still be enforced in athletic programs since girls now make up 41% of all high school athletes, although they make up 49% of the total student population? What do you think about girls playing on boys teams like football and wrestling?"}
{"text":"When approaching someone who may be exhibiting common TS symptoms, simply asking “Is there anything I can do for you?” and “Are you okay right now?” can help. Using verbal de-escalation techniques can increase the individual’s compliance and reduce escalation. Demonstrating patience and understanding, as well as remaining calm, are key to diffusing a confrontational situation. The law enforcement officer’s mannerisms should be calm and deliberate. The officer’s speech should be clear and reassuring, letting the individual with TS know that they can express themselves and that the officer is listening to them. In stressful situations, it is critical that the individual has the ability to complete statements without interruptions. This is sometimes difficult depending on the severity of motor and vocal tics as the individual with TS attempts to communicate. Here are 5 de-escalation tips for law enforcement officials to keep in mind when confronting an individual with TS or Tic Disorder;\n- Remain calm and respectful during an encounter. This can help with gaining the individual’s trust and allow for compliance.\n- Try to communicate that you are there to help the individual, as he or she might respond in a defensive mode when being approached.\n- Keep an eye out for symptoms associated with TS and Tic Disorders –sudden, rapid movements and sounds. Remember that they are involuntary and the individual may or may not have the ability to temporarily suppress them.\n- Try to understand the type of stress that the individual with TS may be experiencing. Ask the right questions to obtain the necessary information in order to proceed and intervene appropriately.\n- Be patient and listen to the individual. Pushing for responses will only worsen the tic. The individual will usually communicate that he or she is okay or is having trouble because of tics or other symptoms."}
{"text":"Make sure you have your thermometers available and calibrated. You can calibrate a thermometer by using the “Ice Point Method” To do this,\n- Pack a small hotel pan/container with ice.\n- Add water to fill all the air gaps between the ice.\n- Insert the thermometer in the ice, do not touch the bottom or sides of the container.\n- The thermometer should read 32°F (0°C)\nYou should also have a supply of probe wipes to sanitize the thermometer before and after each use.\nNote: Some probe thermometers are instant read.\nBi-metallic stem thermometers require up to 10 seconds in the ice bath, for the accurate temperature, and they must be submerged to the dimple that is located on the stem."}
{"text":"feudalism...personal and economic autonomy, as well as to enlarge their holdings within the shōen or kokugaryō. There were several different statuses among the peasantry, including myōshu, prominent farmers with taxable, named fields ( myōden) of significant size and long standing; small cultivators with precarious and shifting tenures; and others who paid......the status of farmers rose markedly as agriculture became more highly developed, and commerce and small-scale manufacturing prospered. Also, confederations of the middle and small landlords, or myōshu, proceeded apace and often led to uprisings against absentee control. Such confederations appeared where farming by the larger myōshu had dissolved and middle and small...\nSimply begin typing or use the editing tools above to add to this article.\nOnce you are finished and click submit, your modifications will be sent to our editors for review."}
{"text":"James Leonard Farmer, Jr. (January 12, 1920 – July 9, 1999) was a civil rights activist and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. He was the initiator and organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride, which eventually led to the desegregation of inter-state transportation in the United States.\nIn 1942, Farmer co-founded the Committee of Racial Equality, which later became the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), an organization that sought to bring an end to racial segregation in the United States through nonviolence. Farmer was the organization’s first leader, serving as the national chairman from 1942 to 1944. He was an honorary vice chairman in the Democratic Socialists of America."}
{"text":"What are domain names? How do they work? • IP address is the location of a website on the platform of Internet. It is like a phone number to the computer. • It is practically not feasible to remember the bunch of numbers and hence, domain names are implied for the websites for easy remembrance of their addresses. • Domain names contain alphanumeric characters and hyphens. The shorter domain names are always better because they can be easily remembered by people. • In order to get an IP address for a domain name, the NameServer used domain server needs to be used. There is a chain of servers through which you can reach to ultimate the destination website. • Domain registrar takes the request for IP address for directing towards your hosting provider’s nameservers.\nVideo Rating: 5 / 5\nVideo Rating: 4 / 5"}
{"text":"Take two panes of glass and glue them together with liquid and sand in between, and you’ve got the makings of some eye-popping dynamic sandscape art.\nFor the above video, Joey Shanks (Shanks FX, in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios) worked with three different frames to get the effects he wanted, but the same principles apply to all three. Gluing the two panes together creates an air-tight seal, and if you then rotate the frame, the pockets of air bubbles inside will rise, creating a barrier between the liquid and the sand. Eventually, though, the sand finds its way through the barrier, seeping through to form lovely patterns as it combines with the liquid.\nSand is a so-called granular material that acts both like a liquid and a solid: dry sand collected in a bucket pours like a fluid, yet you can put a rock on top of a sand pile, and it stays put, because now sand is behaving like a solid. It’s as if the grains act as individuals in the fluid form, but are capable of suddenly banding together when solidarity is needed.\nAs for the physics at play in a sandpile, you’ve got gravity pulling down on each single particle, and friction between all the grains as they rub up against each other. All that bumping and grinding results in mechanical energy being lost as heat. So you get interesting fluid phenomena like percolation (small grains sink to the bottom of the pile), convection (large grains push up to the top), and condensation (a sifting mechanism).\nThat’s what you see happening in the video above. Per FYFD:\n“The buoyancy of the trapped air bubbles lets the sand sift slowly down instead of falling immediately. And the sand descends in a variety of ways–sometimes laminar columns and other times wilder turbulent plumes.”\nChanging the amount of air inside the glass — Shanks did this with a small syringe — allows you to control the speed of the avalanche. The more air there is, the slower the sand cascades, and vice versa.\n[Via Fuck Yeah Fluid Dynamics]"}
{"text":"Influence of temperature on the production and infectivity of entomopathogenic nematodes against larvae and pupae of vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus, (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)\nMahar, A. N., Darban, D. A., Lanjar, A. G., Munir, M., Jan, N. D., Hague, N. G. M. and Gowen, S. R. (2005) Influence of temperature on the production and infectivity of entomopathogenic nematodes against larvae and pupae of vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus, (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Entomology, 2. pp. 92-96. ISSN 1812-5670\nFull text not archived in this repository.\nTo link to this article DOI: 10.3923/je.2005.92.96\nSusceptibility of late instar vine weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus larvae and pupae to four species entomopathogenic nematodes were tested. Bioassays on production and infectivity to larvae and pupae were compared for two steinernematids and two heterorhabditis such as Steinernema carpocapsae, S. feltiae, Heterorhabditis indica and H. bacteriophora. Nematodes production of all species was determined by the number infective juveniles (IJs) established in vine weevil larvae and pupae O. sulcatus using sand and filter paper bioassay. S. feltiae produced the maximum number in larvae and pupae at 20°C as compared to other nematodes but production of H. indica, was better at 25°C in larvae and pupae followed by H. bacteriophora, S. carpocapsae and Infectivity test of larvae and pupae was also done in sand media. Infective juveniles recovered from larvae and pupae when infected with S. feltiae produced maximum infective juveniles at 20°C temperatures than all other isolates. H. bacteriophora produced higher number of IJs in larvae and pupae than all other nematode isolates at 25°C. This paper indicates the application of nematodes with the knowledge of insect pest biology represents a possible new strategy for O. sulcatus larvae and pupae."}
{"text":"Our Class Schedule\nOur Homework Policy\nFriday, January 20, 2012\nWe have been busily working on contractions over the last few weeks. The kids have been noticing that we find\nof contractions in the books that we read.\nHere are some of the contractions caterpillars that the kids made to help us remember our contractions.\nThe kids picked three contractions and wrote them on their circles. Then they thought of the two words that make up the contraction and wrote the two words on the caterpillar's legs.\nThe kids really enjoyed making their consonant caterpillars. We are hanging them in our classroom to help us remember the contractions as we continue to read our favorite books.\nShare to Twitter\nShare to Facebook\nShare to Pinterest"}
{"text":"If you’ve been waiting for another in-depth blog post from me on physics and the history of science, wait no longer — just don’t look for it here!\nI’ve written a post for the Scientific American Guest Blog that went up this morning, titled “Paris: City of Light and Cosmic Rays”. It describes a little-known set of experiments that were performed at the top of the Eiffel Tower on radioactivity in 1910, experiments that provided the first evidence for radiation coming from outer space — cosmic rays! Weaved into the narrative is a little bit of the history of the Eiffel Tower itself, and an explanation of why experiments such as this one were important for the tower’s survival.\nAs a bonus, if you’re curious to read the original paper describing the experiments, I attach my English translation of the original German paper here. The translation was done using Google translate and Babelfish, with revisions by myself to fix the clunky English.\nLet me know what you think of the SciAm article, either here or there! Thanks again to Bora Zivkovic for letting me write for the guest blog!"}
{"text":"Factitious Disorders (cont.)\nIn this Article\nHow Are Factitious Disorders Diagnosed?\nDiagnosing factitious disorders is very difficult because of, again, the dishonesty that is involved. Doctors must rule out other possible physical and mental illnesses before a diagnosis of factitious disorder can be considered.\nIf the doctor finds no physical reason for the symptoms, he or she may refer the person to a psychiatrist or psychologist, mental health professionals who are specially trained to diagnose and treat mental illnesses. Psychiatrists and psychologists use specially designed interview and assessment tools to evaluate a person for a factitious disorder. The doctor bases his or her diagnosis on the exclusion of actual physical or mental illness, and his or her observation of the person's attitude and behavior.\nHow Are Factitious Disorders Treated?\nThe first goal of treatment for a factitious disorder is to modify the person's behavior and reduce his or her misuse or overuse of medical resources. In the case of factitious disorder by proxy, the main goal is to ensure the safety and protection of any real or potential victims. Once the initial goal is met, treatment aims to work out any underlying psychological issues that may be causing the person's behavior.\nThe primary treatment for factitious disorders is psychotherapy (a type of counseling). Treatment likely will focus on changing the thinking and behavior of the individual with the disorder (cognitive-behavioral therapy). Family therapy may also be helpful in teaching family members not to reward or reinforce the behavior of the person with the disorder.\nThere are no medications to treat factitious disorders themselves. Medication may be used, however, to treat any related disorder -- such as depression, anxiety, or a personality disorder. The use of medications must be carefully monitored in people with factitious disorders due to the risk that the drugs may be used in a harmful way.\nMedically Reviewed by a Doctor on 5/31/2012"}
{"text":"A History Of The Pendle Witches\n1612 was a harsh year in England’s history, an era of superstition and religious persecution.\nJames I was king of England and having survived the Gunpowder Plot in 1605, he feared a rebellion over him.\nAnyone who was of Catholic faith was feared by the King and for that his anger was sterner than usual and harsh penalties were brought against them.\nWith the king being so superstitious, his behaviour led to an obsession of Witchcraft.\nIn the autumn of 1612, 20 people from the area of Lancaster, sixteen women of mixed ages and four men were put on trial and most of them sentenced to death for witchcraft.\nTwelve of the accused lived in the area of Pendle Hill, Lancashire. They were charged with the murders of ten people by the use of witchcraft.\nOne was tried in York on the 27th July 1612, another died in Jail while awaiting their trial and the rest were tried at Lancaster Assizes on the 18th-19th August 1612 along with the Samlesbury Witches and others.\nOf the eleven who went to trial from the Pendle area- nine women and two men. One was found not guilty and the others were found guilty and were executed by hanging in the moors above Lancaster.\nA London clerk named Thomas Potts recorded the trials of the Pendle Witches and sent it around the country as a warning and a guide to finding evidence relating to witchcraft.\nSome people say because the “witches” were not buried in consummated grounds or that they were not “witches” but people of a helpful nature, their spirit still haunts the area of Pendle Hill.\nUpcoming events near Pendle Hill:"}
{"text":"In Thailand on the island of Ko Haa, a group of Scubafish divers recently rescued three sea turtles struggling for their lives.\nAs we set her free our main worry was that her fin was too badly damaged to be able to heal and recover.”Saffron Kiddy, Scubafish Thailand\nIt was the end of a beautiful day diving when the boat captain spotted something unusual floating on the surface of the water. As the divers got closer they found a huge discarded fishing net with three entangled turtles, trapped and struggling to breathe.\nTwo distressed turtles were freed from the net and made a swift dive down to safety. The third was so badly entangled, the divers lifted her onto their boat to cut her free.\nIt was a painstaking and distressing task. This net was literally choking the turtle to death. It took half an hour to free this beautiful marine creature.\n“As we set her free our main worry was that her fin was too badly damaged to be able to heal and recover. But at least she was free to take her chances in the open ocean again and continue onwards on her annual swim towards the beach where she was born, to nest and lay her eggs,” said Saffron Kiddy, Scubafish.\nWhile AWARE divers are underwater diving against debris Project AWARE continues to fight at the highest levels possible to create effective, impactful change for the ocean and for our collective future. We can prevent marine debris from entering the ocean, and stop marine animals needlessly suffocating.\nYou might not be in a position to save a sea turtle today, but please consider a gift to help rescue the ocean from suffocating debris. Whatever you can give will help make a difference.\nThis story highlights the amazing actions of the Scubafish team. As Debris Month of Action draws to a close thank you to AWARE diver across the globe who make it their daily duty to protect our ocean planet, one dive at a time. Your efforts are inspirational."}
{"text":"The SparkFun Soil Moisture Sensor is a simple breakout for measuring the moisture in soil and similar materials. The soil moisture sensor is pretty straight forward to use. The two large exposed pads function as probes for the sensor, together acting as a variable resistor. The more water that is in the soil means the better the conductivity between the pads will be and will result in a lower resistance, and a higher SIG out.\nTo get the SparkFun Soil Moisture Sensor functioning all you will need is to connect the VCC and GND pins to your Arduino-based device (or compatible development board) and you will receive a SIG out which will depend on the amount of water in the soil. One commonly known issue with soil moisture senors is their short lifespan when exposed to a moist environment. To combat this, we’ve had the PCB coated in Gold Finishing (ENIG or Electroless Nickel Immersion Gold). We recommend either a simple 3-pin screw pin terminal or a 3-pin jumper wire assembly.\nImage and content credit : Sparkfun"}
{"text":"Inside Science has an article on using computer modeling in archaeology. The article begins,\nMaking sense of the shards, scraps and other clues left behind by past societies compels archaeologists to study far-ranging topics, from agriculture to art and chemistry to linguistics. Until recently, however, it has not often been an experimental science.\nAdvanced computer models are changing the field by projecting the interactions between people and the landscape. They track agricultural activity, soil erosion, game animal populations, and more. Models enable archaeologists to explore life in past societies, helping them connect field observations to a sequence of events that explains them. The results may even help predict the future.\nThe article features the work and views of Michael Barton, of Arizona State University in Tempe, and Timothy Kohler, of Washington State University. I’m never exactly sure what of make of these approaches. And the predicting the future stuff is particularly puzzling. “Prediction is very hard, especially about the future (Yogi Berra).” I do think that archaeology has too often neglected quantitative techniques to its own determent. I’m not sure there is anything all that new in the article but it is abnormally interesting."}
{"text":"Being employed by a company means more than just representing the company and completing the work task assigned. An employee is a person afforded rights in the work environment, meaning that employers must treat each of them a certain way. This also means that employees have an expectation that they will be safe from certain events or treatment, such as discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination.\nCurrent reports suggest that Google has a high attrition rate for employees that are black and Hispanic. The company recently released its annual diversity report, and for the first time in the company’s history, data based on employee attrition was included as a means to gauge retention of certain employee cohorts. This report suggests that Google has a difficult time retaining black employees.\nBecause of these results, a shareholder meeting was called. It was proposed that the company would link executive pay to diversity and inclusion metrics; however, this was turned down. It was then called out that there was a need to boost the safety and wellbeing of minority employees.\nBecause former employees of Google have sued the company for discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination and the failure to prevent discrimination and harassment, questions of employer’s treatment, inclusion and safety are at hand. It was also claimed that the company’s internal social networking and messaging system has evidence of belittling and bullying women, people of color and LGBTQ employees.\nWhen an employee believes that they are being discriminated against in the workplace, it is important for them to understand what rights and options one might have. This could mean filing a legal action to not only hold an employer accountable for this wrongdoing but also seek a monetary award for damages suffered."}
{"text":"This part of the syllabus will come up either as a multiple-choice question or part of an essay. The accelerator theory states that investment is determined by the RATE AT WHICH INCOME, AND HENCE OUTPUT, CHANGES OVER TIME. The principle states simply that unless the rate of increase in consumption is maintained, the previous level of investment will not be maintained.\nThis theory assumes that firms try to maintain some constant relationship between the level of output and the stock of capital required to produce that output. In other words, we assume a constant capital-output ratio which can be expressed in either physical terms or money terms. The accelerator helps us to understand how small changes in demand in one sector can be magnified and spread throughout the economy. The example below assumes that the firm starts with 8 machines each year and 1 machine wears out each year and that each machine can produce 100 units of output per year. In the second year, demand rises for capital goods rises by 200% (from 1 to 3). When the rate of growth of demand for consumer goods slows in year 4, demand for capital goods falls. In year 6 demand drops and they is no requirement for any investment.\nLimitations of Accelerator:\n* Firms can meet output with stocks – may not need investment\n* Changes in technology may mean firms don’t need to invest in as much capital as before\n* Firms need to be convinced that demand is long-term to warrant investment\n* Limited supply of technology available"}
{"text":"Vahey, P., Reider, D., Orr, J., Lewis Presser, A., & Dominguez, X. (2018). The evidence based curriculum design framework: Leveraging diverse perspectives in the design process. International journal of designs for learning, 9(1), 135-148.\nThe ubiquity of touchscreen, mobile tablet technology has resulted in a plethora of “apps for learning” yet few leverage the learning sciences as a design driver. This paper describes our approach to integrating the learning sciences with best practices in app design: a design framework that involves researchers and developers in a co-development process to create apps based on research and evidence. Our framework centers around a learning blueprint which is intended to serve as a “boundary object.” This boundary object facilitates a design process that allows the design team to focus on both children’s engagement and learning. Here we describe the challenges that our project team encountered and our approaches to overcome those challenges on the Next Generation Preschool Math (NGPM) project, a development and research effort devoted to creating a supplemental preschool math curriculum supplement with integrated digital apps."}
{"text":"River Torridge, Devon\nThe River Torridge runs through the county of Devon in the south west of England. The riverís source is at Baxworthy cross in Devon, near Hartland\nin the north western corner of the county. The Torridge rises very close to the boundary with Cornwall\n. The river runs for 48 miles as it winds its way to the Taw estuary where it issues into the Bristol Channel\n. The main tributaries of the Torridge are the River Lew, which joins near Hatherleigh\n, and the River Okement which it meets near Meeth. Part of the Tarka Trail follows a section of the river. The Tarka Trail is a walking and cycling route featuring the rivers in Henry Williamsonís novel Tarka the Otter.\nMore British Natural features?\nOther Devon Naturals\nEast Lyn Valley\nEast Lyn River"}
{"text":"- of or relating to measurement by volume.\nOrigin of volumetric\nExamples from the Web for volumetrically\nHistorical Examples of volumetrically\nAll assays for it are made either gravimetrically or volumetrically.A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.\nCornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer\nAfter this many metallic precipitants were tried, used gravimetrically and volumetrically, but without success.\n- of, concerning, or using measurement by volumevolumetric analysis Compare gravimetric\nWord Origin and History for volumetrically\n1857, from volumeter (1829) + -ic.\n- Of or relating to measurement by volume.\n- Relating to measurement by volume or to a unit that is used to measure volume."}
{"text":"“Celebrate #InternationalYogaDay by doing the Tree Pose or Vrikshasana!\nThis posture replicates the graceful, steady stance of a tree. Unlike most yoga poses, the Tree Pose requires keeping our eyes open in order to maintain body balance.\nHow to do the Tree Pose or Vrikshasana?\n– Stand tall and straight with arms by the side of your body.\n– Bend your right knee and place the right foot high up on your left thigh. The sole of the foot should be placed flat and firmly near the root of the thigh. Ensure your left leg is straight and find your balance.\n– Once you are well balanced, take a deep breath in, gracefully raise your arms over your head from the side and bring your palms together.\n– Look straight ahead in front of you, at a distant object. A steady gaze helps maintain a steady balance. Ensure that your spine is straight and continue taking in long deep breaths.\nWith each exhalation, relax the body more and more and breathe with a gentle smile on your face. With slow exhalation, gently bring down your hands from the sides. You may gently release the right leg. Stand tall and straight as you did at the beginning of the posture. Repeat this pose with the left leg off the ground on the right thigh.\nIt leaves you in a state of rejuvenation. It stretches the legs, back and arms and invigorates you. It brings balance and equilibrium to your mind and helps improve concentration. It makes the legs strong, improves balance and opens the hips.\nCaution: Don’t do this if you suffer from migraine, insomnia, low or high blood pressure.”"}
{"text":"In elementary school I had a teacher who'd often tell the class that it was time to put on our thinking caps. Have you ever heard that expression before? As a child, after I banished the image of putting on an actual cap, those words would help me become quiet and serious and more thoughtful. I kind of feel like I need to put on my thinking cap when I do this meme, Wondrous Words Wednesday, hosted by Kathy from BermudaOnion's Weblog. It's one that encourages me to think a bit more deeply about words, about their meanings and origins.\nOnce again, these words are from my 365 New Words-a-Year calendar. The reverse side of each calendar page includes etymology which provides additional insight into the words presented.\n1. funambulism: tightrope walking; a show of mental agility\nThe contestant on Jeopardy astounded the judges and audience with her funambulism, and her prize money kept growing higher.\nThe Latin word for \"tightrope walker\" is funambulus, from the Latin funis, meaning \"rope\", and ambulare, meaning \"to walk\" ; the term soon also came to mean an impressive act or feat of mental agility or skill.\n2. jeunesse dorée: young people of wealth and fashion; gilded youth\nThe upscale mall was crowded with jeunesse dorée, wearing skinny jeans and sipping caramel macchiatos.\nAlthough the term originally described the \"stylish young thugs\" who terrorized remaining Jacobins in France after the execution of Robespierre in 1794, by the time it was adopted into English in the 1830s, it simply referred to wealthy young socialites.\n3. vade mecum: a book for ready reference, such as a manual; an object regularly carried around by a person\nBefore personal computers became the norm, a set of encyclopedias was the vade mecum for many families. (This sounds a bit awkward--am I using the term correctly?) These days, a cell phone seems to be a vade mecum for many people, myself included.\nWhat etymological discoveries have you encountered recently?"}
{"text":"Date of this Version\nEur J Plant Pathol (2011) 130:5–12; DOI 10.1007/s10658-010-9737-3\nThree haplotypes of the recently discovered bacterium species “Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum” are described and related to geographic ranges. The first two are associated with Zebra Chip/Psyllid Yellows of potatoes and other solanaceous plants, vectored by the tomato/potato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli in North and Central America and New Zealand. The third is associated with diseased carrots in Finland and vectored by the carrot psyllid Trioza apicalis. The haplotypes are described by SNPs on the 16s rRNA, 16s/23s ISR and 50s rplJ and rplL ribosomal protein genes. These SNPs are inherited as a package across the three genes. Haplotype “a” has been found primarily from Honduras and Guatemala through western Mexico to Arizona and California, and in New Zealand. Haplotype “b” is currently known from eastern Mexico and northwards through Texas to south central Washington. These haplotypes show some range overlap in Texas, Kansas and Nebraska. The haplotypes are not yet known to elicit biological differences in the plant or insect hosts. These apparently stable haplotypes suggest separate bacterial populations of long standing."}
{"text":"On average, there are four babies born to teen mothers every day in Idaho.\nThe Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention initiative seeks to build personal skills of young men and women, and community strengths to prevent negative health outcomes such as unplanned pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and violence.\nThe Wise Guys Male Responsibility Program advocates for health and equality for young men, ages 13-19 in foster care, juvenile corrections, residential treatment facilities, and other settings. Lack of male involvement in reproductive health is consistently cited as a significant risk factor in many negative outcomes, such as unplanned pregnancy. Wise Guys promotes development of skill and behaviors for young men to create healthier relationships and more promising futures.\nMany of the adverse health outcomes we seek to prevent can be either directly or indirectly linked to inequality and oppression. We also believe that communities can create their own effective solutions to promoting equality and health. We engage young men and women in late adolescence and early adulthood to address violence, unplanned pregnancy, and STI’s in their own communities, in their own ways.\nThe Idaho Coalition is building the capacity of community and governmental organizations to promote young men’s responsibility to prevent violence, unplanned pregnancy and other negative health outcomes through two evidence-based approaches – Wise Guys and It’s All One.\nCapacity Building Trainings"}
{"text":"How to Jump Start your Car\nNo matter what kind of car you drive, there may come a time when you need to jump start your car or somebody else's car.\nLearning how to jump start a car is fairly simple as long as you follow several important safety instructions.\nWhat you'll NEED to jump start a car:\nCaution! If your car battery is cracked or visibly leaking, DO NO JUMP START your battery! There is a possibility of an explosion.\nRead your owner's manual, as it will describe any peculiarities involved in jump-starting your vehicle.\nPull a car with a charged battery next to the car with the dead battery, situating the two batteries as close together as you can without allowing the two cars to touch.\nTurn off both engines, put both cars in neutral (or park in an Automatic), engage the handbrakes and open the bonnets.\nAttach a red-handled/positive jumper cable clamp to the positive terminal (the one with the plus sign) of the charged (good) battery.\nConnect the other red-handled clamp to the positive terminal of the dead battery.\nAttach the neighbouring black/negative cable to the car with the dead battery. Clamp it somewhere where the current can ground out, such as a bolt or bracket on the engine. You can also attach it to any metal, unpainted part of the vehicle's frame.\nGround the other black/negative cable on the charging car, as described in the previous step. Be careful, as a small spark may be produced.\nStart the car with the good battery and then try and start the car that has the dead battery.\nOnce the dead car is running, remove the clamps one at a time in reverse order.\nAllow the jump-started car to run for 15 minutes in order to charge the battery. It will charge whether driving or idling.\nBack to the Maintenance list\nSHARE THIS PAGE"}
{"text":"By Greg Zimmerman via Facilities Net\nDrones have long been used to capture images above construction projects, giving contractors, architects, and building owners alike a better picture of how the facility fits on its site and addresses the other buildings around it. Drone images are able to give a robust and more detailed visual representation of the building in progress.\nNow this idea is being advanced truly to the next level with some fascinating technology the world got to know during this year’s Super Bowl in Los Angeles. During the Super Bowl, a robot with a camera attached and mounted on a series of wires zoomed around the stadium, capturing images of the game never before seen.\nAccording to FastCompany, a new technology called CU-Brick does something similar, only this time, the robot is capable of literally stacking bricks on top of each other, potentially high above a construction site. Eventually, the robot may be able to actually contribute meaningfully to the construction of buildings. The technology is being tested on a few small proof-of-concept projects in Hong Kong, where it was developed.\nOf course, the technology will not completely automate the construction process. Humans will still be required. But FastCompany reports that the creators of this technology see it as a game-changer for the construction industry as it’ll improve the accuracy, speed, and most importantly, safety of construction projects."}
{"text":"Today, I learned its true name: Vita Mensae. Created in 1993 by artist Larry Kirkland, the piece has become a campus landmark and popular point of rendezvous for faculty and students. In the 1999 book Larry Kirkland: twenty-five years, essayist Kenneth R. Trapp writes: \"The Head is at the crossroads of the research crescent at OHSU. Etched into the plinth are images which document the history of creative thinking and celebrate diverse concepts which have generated meaning throughout time.\"\nA patron wondering about the symbolism included in the sculpture contacted us for information; we in turn called on our knowledgeable friends from Community Relations who clued us in to the existence of several framed pieces in the glass lobby of the CROET which explain something of the history and design of the building and the art installation outside its doors. In the text concerning Vita Mensae, we have the following quote from Kirkland:\nThe mind is the voyager of journeys, the center of questioning, the conjurer of fear, the seed of desire, the door of compassion, the creator of joy.The only mention of the symbolism employed in the piece is a general statement that the plinth contains \"images from throughout the ages and diverse cultures of the world,\" but nothing about the reasons behind the inclusion of certain elements over others.\nMy questions for the artist would be twofold: is there significance in depicting the right side of the head, rather than the left? And, would it more appropriately be called Vita Mentis? Or does the title rather celebrate the notion that food and conversation inevitably lead to great discoveries? Or the tie between religion and science?\nRead the full text of the explanatory plaque below:"}
{"text":"A taiga is an area of open vegetation with shrubs, low conifers and, in Eurasia, birch. A taiga is a transition zone between the boreal forest and the Arctic tundra. The forest cover, whose composition is similar to that of the boreal forest, is continuous but relatively open. The subarctic climate is marked by short and cool summers with prolonged periods of sunlight and very cold winters. The average temperature during the warmest month is between 10 and 15°C but the minimum average during winter may drop below -30°C. Precipitation is generally lower than 500 millimetres per year."}
{"text":"The Flying Rhino is not a prehistoric dinosaur but it does look like one, with its large, mad staring eyes.\nThe rhinoceros hornbill is the largest hornbill, aka the flying rhino. It has one of the largest and most impressive casques — a feature they share with hadrosaurids from more than 60 million years ago.\nThe flying rhino and other hornbills practise one of the most ingenious nesting rituals of any bird. When the female is ready to lay her eggs, she goes into a hollow tree cavity and helps the male seal the entrance with a paste made of fruit, mud, and feces. The pair leaves only a small slit, through which the male feeds the female (and later the chicks) for the next four to five months. The female keeps the inside of the nest cavity clean by pushing uneaten food and fecal matter back out through the same slit. When the chicks are about three months old, the female breaks herself out…and both parents and offspring collaborate to re-seal the chicks inside for another three months. Both parents continue to care for the chicks until they are old enough to break out of the nest on their own and fly free.\nThe cry is a hollow honk. The Rhinoceros Hornbill’s casque is an amp! The cry of the hornbill is amplified so they can be heard all throughout the rainforest. This feature has led paleontologists to believe that maybe harosaurs used their fancy head crests in the same way. So when you hear a Rhinoceros Hornbill’s echoing honk from somewhere out of sight, you might just be hearing the voice of this great bird’s inner dinosaur. They call only to defend their territories from other breeding pairs. It is warning, so you have been warned what Cry of the Flying Rhino is about!"}
{"text":"Note: – All these questions of Biotechnology Principles and Processes Quiz are directly taken from your favorite NCERT Textbook and previous year question papers.\nBefore starting Biotechnology Principles and Processes Quiz let’s take a look at a brief review of this chapter.\nBiotechnology Principles and Processes Quiz – Details Review\nQuiz Name:- Biotechnology Principles and Processes Quiz\nTotal Time:- No Limit\nTotal Questions:- 10 Important questions\nTargeting:- NEET Examination\nQuestions Level :- Basic and little different\nWeitage percentage in NEET:- 2.17 %\nRevision Rating:- 4 Out of 10\nRevision Rating 4 out of 10 means you have to revise this chapter at least 2 times before your NEET exam.\nI hope that now you know the importance of this chapter in NEET Examination and now without wasting any time let’s start our quiz.\nBiotechnology Principles and Processes Quiz – Play Now\nFor starting this quiz locate start button and start enjoying your quiz.\nBiotechnology Principles and Processes\nAll The Best\nIn any case you found any kind of error or mistakes in this quiz, then let us know in our comment box below, and also share your review on this quiz.\nIf you want to play more quiz like this then click here.\nIf you want to play quiz like this the share this page with your 3 friends and visit our site daily because we are posting 3 quizzes daily of Biology, Physics and Chemistry.\nYou can also join our telegram channel by clicking on our right side flooting button on your screen or you can directly subscribe our website by click on the bottom right side bell button for getting new quiz notification daily.\nThanks for attending this quiz and all the best for you upcoming exams."}
{"text":"The light dependent proton pump proteorhodopsin must be an important source of energy for bacteria in the oligotrophic ocean, as judged by its abundance, diversity, and spectral tuning to specific wavelengths. Until now, proteorhodopsin genes have mostly been found in tropical oceans, and only very few strains carrying proteorhodopsin were successfully cultured, e.g. Pelagibacter ubique SAR11, HTCC2207, and MED134. The latter is the only one were light was actually shown to stimulate growth at low carbon concentrations. Here we determined the diversity of proteorhodopsin genes in the total bacterioplankton of the North Sea close to the island of Helgoland, and isolated and characterized two new strains carrying proteorhodopsin. Using specific primers, cloning and sequencing, a large diversity of proteorhodopsin genes was discovered in the DNA of a filtered North Sea water sample. Oligocarbophilic bacteria were isolated by dilution plating a water sample on media without any added carbon sources except for those naturally present. Plates were incubated at in situ temperature (16°C) in a natural day-night cycle for 4 weeks. Appr. 250 isolates obtained in such a way were screened for the presence of the proteorhodopsin gene by PCR, resulting in the discovery ot two such strains, PRO95 and PRO100. 16S rRNA sequence analysis showed that they belong into the Bacteroidetes phylum. The proteorhodopsin sequence was completed by primer walking and the effect of light was studied in oligocarbophilic media.\nHelmholtz Research Programs > MARCOPOLI (2004-2008) > CO2-Coastal diversity - key species and food webs"}
{"text":"\"If music be the food of love - play on give me excess of it\" [Twelfth Night, Act 1: Sc 1]\nMusic is something that we can all relate to and something that is very powerful. Songs have been written to cover every emotion and every idea and there are many songs whose lyrics and melodies can be very powerful in teaching and learning.\nThis database of songs is divided into 60 different RE themes. Three of these (creation, creeds, abortion) have songs linked to them, so you can 'click and listen' to an extract. We guess that every teacher will be able to add some more, and we hope to be able to expand the data over time.\nTeachers must, of course, take responsibility for what they show to a class. The links provided here are to public sites, and may be subject to the rights of the artist. Some of the music videos may be unsuitable for pupils to watch in class, so please see this site as a helpful starting point, but not a ‘ready-to-use' sequence for learning.\nWe are very grateful to Lynne O'Grady, RE teacher, for all her commitment to work voluntarily on this project, and to the St Peter's Saltley Trust for their generous support of our RE Through Music project."}
{"text":"Table 1-1. Effects on properties of an amalgam restoration imparted by ingredients.\nd. Physical Properties of Amalgam. The most important physical properties of\namalgam are flow and creep, dimensional change, and strength.\n(1) Flow and creep. Flow and creep are characteristics that deal with an\namalgam undergoing deformation when stressed. The lower the creep value of an\namalgam, the better the marginal integrity of the restoration. Alloys with high copper\ncontent usually have lower creep values than the conventional silver-tin alloys.\n(2) Dimensional change. An amalgam can expand or contract depending\nupon its usage. Dimensional change can be minimized by proper usage of alloy and\n(3) Compression strength. Sufficient strength to resist fracture is an\nimportant requirement for any restorative material. At 50 percent mercury content, the\ncompression strength is approximately 52,000 pounds per square inch (psi). In\ncomparison, the compressive strength of dentin and enamel is 30,000 psi and 100,000\npsi, respectively. The strength of an amalgam is determined primarily by the\nand the degree of porosity in the amalgam restoration."}
{"text":"This is one of the things that all growers struggle with when a pumpkin isn't growing as fast as they like. There are a number of factors that can contribute to slow growth. Some can be fixed and others cannot. Genetic factors of course can't be fixed. Some pumpkins just want to grow slow. The smallest pumpkin I ever grew was right next to the pumpkin plant that grew my biggest pumpkin ever and both plants got the same amount of water, fertilizer, etc.\nIf you don't want to go to the expense of doing a tissue test to find out what the plant has and needs, then trying to give the plants a little more fertilizer isn't a bad idea. These plants are heavy feeders and they can \"bonk,\" because although there might be a lot of nutrients in the soil sometimes it is locked up or just out of the reach of the roots.\nDoing small, divided doses of additional fertilizer may not be a bad idea, but spoon feed and see how the plant reacts. Be patient with it. Over doing it, even slightly, can sometimes have a negative effect on the growth of the pumpkin. Doing it this way will probably give you better results.\nTo figure out what the plant needs take a look at the color and growth of the plant. Potassium can help push the pumpkin along, but low nitrogen or other nutrients can also limit pumpkin growth. Slow and steady wins the race in pumpkin growing. So look at everything that could be a limiting factor and do small tests to see what yields you the best results."}
{"text":"Papers of Harold Clayton Urey, Nobel Prize-winning chemist who contributed to significant advances in the fields of physical\nchemistry, geochemistry, lunar science, and astrochemistry. He received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1934 for his discovery\nof deuterium, and made key scientific contributions to the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. The papers\nspan the years 1929 to 1981 and contain significant correspondence with Urey's fellow scientists, including Albert Einstein,\nEnrico Fermi, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, and Edward Teller.\nHarold Clayton Urey was a scientist of considerable scope whose discovery of deuterium helped him win the Nobel Prize for\nChemistry in 1934. Urey also made fundamental contributions to the production of the atomic bomb through his development of\nthe isotope separation processes for the Manhattan Project. In the period following World War II, Urey played an active part\nin advocating nuclear arms control, in promoting space exploration and in the development of the newly created campus of the\nUniversity of California, San Diego.\n90.3 Linear feet\n(157 archives boxes, 34 flat boxes, 5 card file boxes, 1 carton, and 9 art bin items)\nPublication rights are held by the creator of the collection.\nLetters of recommendation and evaluations are restricted until 2031 in accordance with federal and state laws. Original audiovisual\nmaterials are restricted, and user copies may be requested. A selection of artifacts, such as awards and medals, are restricted\nand permission to consult these items is required from the director of Special Collections & Archives."}
{"text":"Footnotes for Wonderful Life\n1This statement is\nsupported by a series of satirical cartoons depicting\nthe evolution of man in the first chapter of Wonderful Life.\n2The trilobite is the omnipresent\narthropod of the Paleozoic Era that crawled along the\nseabed like a crab and that crudely looked like a butterfly\nwith its wings replaced by an exoskeleton (a hard outer casing).\n3According to Gould, were a Nobel prize\nto be initiated in paleontology, then Briggs, Morris and\nWhittington would be prime candidates to receive it.\n4This use of the\nword \"radiation\" indicates the outset of a great diversity of new life forms."}
{"text":"Help us give nature a home from £3 a month.\nBirds by name\nConservation status: Amber\nThe green woodpecker is the largest of the three woodpeckers that breed in Britain. It has a heavy-looking body, short tail and a strong, long bill. It is green on its upperparts with a paler belly, bright yellow rump and red on the top of its head. The black 'moustache' has a red centre in males. They have an undulating flight and a loud, laughing call.\nWrynecks and woodpeckers (Picidae)\nGreen woodpeckers spend most of their time feeding on the ground. Look out for them on your garden lawn or in parks - short grass provides good feeding opportunities for them. Like other woodpeckers, these birds breed in holes they peck in dead wood. They can be seen in England, Wales and Scotland, though they're absent from the far north and west and Ireland.\nAll year round.\nAnts, ants, and more ants. They use their strong beak to dig into ant colonies and eat the inhabitants.\n* UK breeding is the number of pairs breeding annually. UK wintering is the number of individuals present from October to March. UK passage is the number of individuals passing through on migration in spring and/or autumn.\nPlease note that the map is only intended as a guide. It shows general distribution rather than detailed, localised populations.\nOlivier Grosselet, Xeno-canto"}
{"text":"\"Those looking for a compact guide to lead users through the complexities of census materials should add this book to their collection. . . . The novice will get help in finding the proper source; the experienced researcher will get a good review and be guided to other works for more complex problems. . . . A worthy supplement to census information in all academic collections.\" --Choice Comprehensive yet succinct, this highly useable volume explains the ins and outs of using census data for research. It covers the history and current contents of the 1990 census and describes the differences between the 1980 and 1990 censuses. It also shows how researchers can take advantage of new media such as CD-ROM and on-line sources. Aimed at the advanced student or social scientist who is not a technical demographer, this clearly written volume uses a broad array of examples to show how to use census data for areal and individual-level analyses. Specific examples in this book illustrate the choices and constraints researchers face. In addition, the author points out ways to code, clean, and interpret the data and provides the latest information on census geography, the undercount problem, question error rates, data products, and plans for future U.S. censuses. An ideal supplemental text for courses in population and research methods, Using the 1990 U.S. Census for Research will help instructors encourage their students to develop research projects using secondary data. It also provides other researchers with a comprehensive introduction to census data.\nHistory and Current Contents of the Census\nDesign of the 1990 Census\nProcedures and Problems of the 1990 Census\nPreparing Data for Analysis"}
{"text":"(2) In shaft ore mining, ore and waste are carried in mine cars to the trestle where the\nore is dumped into railcars. The waste pile is nearby. In Figure 2-15 the mine was started as an\nopen pit, but surface mining was abandoned when the overburden became too thick, and tunnels\nor shafts were driven into the face of the pit.\nFigure 2-15. Shaft Ore Mining Operation.\n(3) Processing of shaft mining end products takes place at distant sites; therefore,\ncertain transportation is required which can be related for identification purposes, i.e. mine cars\n(Figure 2-16) and overhead cableways (Figure 2-17).\nFigure 2-16. Shaft Mining Related Transportation.\nFigure 2-17. Overhead Bucket Conveyors over Pond."}
{"text":"Kiribati or officially The Republic of Kiribati.\nIt is located in the tropical central Pacific Ocean, consisting mainly of\napproximately 32 islets.\nKiribati does not share land borders.\nThe Marshall Islands, Samoa, French Polynesia, the Cook Islands, and Tonga.\nReason for Naming\nThis name derives from the main archipelago that forms the nation. It was named the Gilbert Islands after the British explorer Thomas Gilbert. He sighted many of the islands in 1788 while mapping out the Outer Passage route from Port Jackson to Canton\nSouth of Tarawa.\nThe Kiribati flag was adopted on July 12, 1979.\nThe Red Rays symbolize the sky.\nThe seven rays that emerge from the sun symbolize the\n16 The Gilbert Islands and Banaba Island.\nWhite Wavy lines symbolize 3 groups of islands\nforming the country Gilbert Island, Phoenix Island and\nBlue symbolizes the Pacific Ocean.\nThe people of Kiribati speak an Oceanic language called Gilbertese.\nAlthough English is also an official language, it is not used very often outside the island capital of Tarawa\nI-Kiribati is also The main language there.\nChristianity is the major religion in Kiribati, having been introduced by missionaries in the 19th century.\nThe Baha'i Faith religion also exists in Kiribati, along with Jehovah's Witnesses.\nAustralian Dollar (AUD).\nUTC +12 Gilbert Island Time\nUTC +13 Phoenix Island Time\nUTC +14 Line Islands Time\nDue to its location, Kiribati exhibits a maritime climate. Temperatures range between 26-32 °C (79-90 °F) year-round, with the water temperature sitting on a comfortable year-round 28-29 °C (82-84 °F).\nSome Facts About Kiribati"}
{"text":"Student creative writing may include work in poetry, short stories and drama. Some assignments will reflect student interests and abilities, while others may encourage students to expand their skills and discover new topics. Class activities will include critical evaluation of student work in individual conferences and writing workshops. The course may include work on individual writing projects.\n(A requirement that must be completed before taking this course.)\n- ENG 101 with a minimum grade of 2.0 or minimum placement test score of 22 ACT or 108 CPT.\n- ENG 102 and college-level reading recommended.\nUpon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:\n- Explain forms and genres of creative literature, including prose and poetry.\n- Analyze the process and techniques of more advanced creative writing.\n- Critique various models of professional writing in various genres.\n- Lead an advanced workshop of student generated writing.\n- Outline the process and procedures of more sophisticated and precise revision of prose and poetry.\n- Analyze in greater detail concepts of plot, character, theme, narrative voice and point of view in poetry and prose and possibly other genres.\n- Write a varied selection of literary texts.\n- Apply revision strategies.\n- Summarize the creative writing forms, techniques, and strategies presented in course materials.\n| ||206||132718||Creative Writing ||Online||3||Lindenberg A||$30.00||28/31/0||Open||\n| ||206||147132||Creative Writing|| ||3||Dolgin S|| ||29/31/0||Open||"}
{"text":"Pattern Recognition (PR) and Machine Learning (ML) are two subfields of Artificial Intelligence that are closely related to each other and that aim at finding regularities in data. This module gives a general introduction to PR & ML, from applications to theoretical aspects in Statistical Learning Theory. After a presentation of the different learning settings, we will address some of the main issues that a learner faces during the training step: the curse of dimensionality, and the overfitting/underfitting phenomena. Then, we will present an overview of supervised learning showing that learning typically boils down to optimizing some convex loss function under regularization constraints. We will study the bias/variance trade-off and the main theoretical conditions for an algorithm to learn well. Lastly, we will focus on Occam’s Razor principle stating that a good model is the simplest one which is consistent with the training data. In this context, we will see how to induce sparse models by making use of mathematical norms."}
{"text":"Front and center during January’s inauguration will be the Seal of the President of the United States. Creating it is the responsibility of the Department of the Army’s Institute of Heraldry, whose nine craftsmen handmake medals, emblems, and military-uniform decorations in a former barracks at Fort Belvoir. With roots dating to World War I, the institute also makes the emblems for new government agencies—most recently for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Creating a presidential seal, which can range in diameter from five to 25 inches, takes two weeks. Most seals are formed with resin molds, then hand-painted, though the seal in this photo, worked on by artist Michael Craghead, is made of carbon fiber specially constructed for the weight requirements of Air Force One. Craghead estimates that in a decade he has painted some 300 seals.\nThis article appears in the December 2012 issue of The Washingtonian."}
{"text":"WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) – A group of Purdue Technology students design a high altitude balloon to shoot a rocket into space.\nThe group said launching a rocket once it is already miles above ground is a cheaper alternative to the current method. They designed a hydrogen balloon made of thin plastic.\nA rocket is attached to the bottom and shoots through the center of the balloon. Since air is much thinner at high altitude, it takes less fuel to propel the rocket.\nGroup member Dahlon Lyles said the United States Air Force first used rocket balloons in the 1950s, but he hopes their design will get some attention.\n“We’ve found recently that even NASA is using this for testing Mars re-entry vehicles. It has a lot of practical uses, and we’re hoping to develop new technologies that can be helpful to the community,” said Lyles\nThe group won an award for Best Design at the Global Space Balloon Challenge last spring. They have not successfully launched the rocket from the balloon, but Lyles said that is the next step."}
{"text":"Imagine downloading your house online and “printing” it out on a machine. You don’t have to imagine it. London-based Architect Alastair Parvin and his team have created a revolutionary home-building concept: Wikihouse.\nWikihouse makes it possible to download the blueprint designs for homes that meet buyers’ exact needs. The plans can then be fed into a CNC machine and the parts (and tools) needed to assemble the shelter are simply cut out from sheets of plywood.\nUpdate: though we originally published this article in 2013, Wikihouse is still going strong with an updated system coming in 2021.\nThe practical applications are far-reaching. Not only can you design and download your own home, but Wikihouse could be used in disaster relief scenarios where natural disasters, war, or political turmoil cause the destruction of homes and property and displaces many people.\nSCALABLE: This is scalable and modifiable. Anyone can download and use the plans and modify them for your own use under the terms of the license for free. This means you are free to improve upon the design or make your own.\nWikihouse is designed using Sketchup. A free (at the time of this writing) 3D design software application.\nThis is a truly revolutionary idea, and the concept is proven. It works.\n“The purpose of the WikiHouse construction set is that the end structure is ready to be made weathertight using cladding, insulation, damp-proof membranes and windows. WikiHouse is still an experiment in its early stages, and these have not yet been prototyped or developed further. All the information shared on WikiHouse.cc is offered as an open invitation to collaborators and co-developers who are interested in putting open source solutions to these problems in the public domain. If you are working on one of these, or would like to know (or do) more, please get in touch.” http://www.wikihouse.cc/guide\nThe Commons – http://www.youtube.com/user/Thecommon…"}
{"text":"The curriculum for grammar and comprehensive schools in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) explicitly calls for greater awareness of English varieties in teacher training. This includes the ability of future teachers to embed different varieties of English into their lessons. Especially for university teaching, however, hardly any suitable materials are currently available.\nFor this reason, researchers at the Universities of Paderborn, Bielefeld and Münster are developing innovative teaching and learning materials on varieties of English using digital media. The focus of the joint project Authentic Englishes.nrw is on the three areas of competence that are essential for future teachers with regard to the core curriculum in schools and that promote their knowledge of varieties in general: 'Understand', 'Describe' and ‘Teach’."}
{"text":"Does Bible prophecy require that the Dome of the Rock be destroyed?\nIt is very likely that the Dome of the Rock will still be standing in Jerusalem when the Tribulation Temple is built. One of the biggest obstacles to a Jewish Temple is the unlikelihood that the Muslims would surrender their claim to the area where the Dome of the Rock now stands. Even if by some remote chance the Dome is destroyed, Islamic law requires that all damaged mosques be rebuilt.\nAccording to some leading archaeologists, the Holy of Holies of the First and Second Temples was not located on the spot where the Dome of the Rock now stands. They believe it once stood about 70 yards to the north at a location called the Dome of the Spirits.\nPaul's prophecy of the Antichrist sitting in the Temple and claiming to be God proves that there will be a rebuilt Temple: \"...so that he [the antichrist] takes his seat in the Temple of God, displaying himself as being God\" (2 Thessalonians 2:4).\nThere is a strong indication that some sort of compromise will be reached between the Arabs and Jews. In Revelation 11, John the Revelator is given a rod and told to measure the Temple of God. He is told not include the outer court because it is given to the Gentiles.\n\"And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months\" (Rev. 11:1-2)."}
{"text":"India's foodgrain production for the 2016-17 crop year is estimated at a record 275.7 million tons, a number which is expected to bring cheer to policymakers and bolster claim of efficient rollout of policies for the farm sector.\nThe government revised its previous figures upward by 2.3 million tons and the new figure is 4% higher than the previous record production achieved in 2013-14. The production in 2016-17 is significantly higher by 24.1 million tons (9.59%) than the output of 2015-16 which was a drought year.\nIndia had recorded its previous best in the year 2013-14 when it produced 265.04 million tons of foodgrain, backed by good and well-distributed Monsoon rainfall. The ministry attributed the all-time record of foodgrain production in 2016-17 to good rainfall in 2016 and various policy initiatives taken by it. Record output has been achieved in all major crops of foodgrain basket like rice (110.15 MT), wheat (98.38 MT) and pulses (22.95 MT). The current crop year (2017-18) may , however, not be as good despite normal Monsoon in many parts of the country ."}
{"text":"Badgecraft is a platform that allows you to enrich training paths or teaching modules with the use of Open Badges. Open badges are virtual “badges” inspired by those used by the Boy Scouts, which serve to certify and visually represent the skills acquired by an individual. The use of badges stimulates student participation through the so-called Gamification process, meaning the introduction of gaming elements into teaching. With the use of Badges, students can feel more motivated to complete their tasks for various reasons: 1) to collect all the badges related to a topic; 2) to acquire badges that allow access to further levels/learning experiences; 3) to certify their competence on social media and CVs.\nTo learn more about the Open Badge ecosystem, the following free E-Learning course is available:"}
{"text":"Two new NIMH-funded studies published in the April American Journal of Psychiatry found Clozaril as the most effective antipsychotic drug despite its risky side effects. It’s underprescribed because the potential side effects – including inflammation of the heart and loss of white blood cells – require close monitoring.\nIn the first study researchers looked at what happens when the first drug a patient tries fails to relieve symptoms. Patients were randomly prescribed a second drug and Clozaril more effective than more commonly used drugs such as Risperdal, Seroquel and Zyprexa.\nIn the second study researchers looked at how long patients keep taking their medication. They found that half the patients on Clorazil stayed with it for 11 months or more.\nThis post currently has\nYou can read the comments or leave your own thoughts.\nLast reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 3 Apr 2006\nPublished on PsychCentral.com. All rights reserved.\nCox, H. (2006). Study: Clozaril Most Effecting in Treating Schizophrenia. Psych Central. Retrieved on February 18, 2015, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2006/04/03/study-clozaril-most-effecting-in-treating-schizophrenia/"}
{"text":"- Heartworms are transmitted by mosquitos and live in the blood of infected animals. Left untreated, heartworm infestations are usually fatal. Indoor pets are also at risk.\n- Heartworms are transmitted by mosquitos and are common in Florida. Exposure is year-round and impossible to detect without testing. Indoor pets are also at risk\n- Canine symptoms can include a mild persistent cough, reluctance to exercise, fatigue after moderate activity, decreased appetite or weight loss. As heartworm disease progresses, pets may develop heart failure and the appearance of a swollen belly due to excess fluid in the abdomen.\n- Feline symptoms can include coughing, asthma-like attacks, periodic vomiting, lack of appetite, or weight loss. Occasionally an affected cat may have difficulty walking, experience fainting or seizures. Unfortunately, the first sign in some cases is sudden collapse of the cat, or sudden death\n- Once infected, Cats cannot be treated because the treatment used for dogs is medically harmful to cats. Although the heartworm infestation cannot be removed from the cat, with veterinary care the goal is to stabilize the cat and provide a long term management plan.\n- Have your dog tested annually. Protect both dogs and cats by administering Heartworm prevention medication at regularly prescribed intervals.\nThe Island Hammock Pet Hospital follows prevention and treatment protocols published by the American Heartworm Society. If properly administered, heartworm medications will prevent the onset of heartworms. Heartworm preventative are available in injectable, oral and topical forms, with doses that last from one month to six months. Ask one of our veterinarians for more details."}
{"text":"阅读不管是在学习上还是生活中都是很重要的，那么我们该 的 自己的阅读理解能力呢？下面三种 很重要。\nReading comprehension ability is very important in both study and life, so how can we improve our reading comprehension ability quickly? The following three methods are important.\nRead more. The most important and effective way to improve reading ability is to read more books, which can cultivate children’s habit of reading from childhood, even if there are many words he does not know, but after reading through, as long as he can answer questions and understand the contents of the book, children will gradually find the infinite fun in the book.\nconsult a dictionary. In the process of reading, you should refer to the dictionary more when you encounter unknown words or words and idioms you don’t know clearly. When you look up the dictionary, you learn new words and new words, which increases the accumulation of knowledge. At the same time, you can better understand the content of the article. Children will like reading more. When reading, you should also develop the good habit of looking up dictionaries and dictionaries.\nRead the original. Especially when reading famous works or foreign languages, there are a lot of translated works. In order to understand the meaning of the original text and the author’s emotional tendency, we should read the original works. For foreign language learning, we should try our best to read the original text, because the original text is the authentic foreign language, which conforms to the law of language use and grammatical characteristics."}
{"text":"India has built hundreds of mega-dams since independence out of sheer necessity, to feed the hungry millions of the world's largest democracy. It was the foresight of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, which created these dams and today India is self-sufficient in food. Without them, the predictions of several Western economists in the Fifties that millions of Indians would die of starvation and famine by the end of the century would have come true.\nThis and 29 other dams will bring some 1.8 million hectares of land under irrigation for the first time in the most arid region of western India. Progress, whether in India, Europe or America, invariably entails displacement of people.\nI would like to ask Agnes Poiret what alternatives she proposes to feed a population of a billion or more each in India and China in the new millennium. As one who has been intimately involved in water resources development in several developing countries, including India and China, for nearly 40 years, I know that the answer is more projects like the Narmada River Valley and the Three Gorges Dam.\nDevelopment projects in some of the poorest countries of the world are now being sacrificed by the World Bank and other international funding agencies at the altar of the environment.\nMr M RIAZ HASAN\nHarrow, MiddlesexReuse content"}
{"text":"This group of girls show us that building robots isn’t just for boys.\nThe Smart-A-Doodles is an all-girl team with a passion for all things STEM; science, technology, engineering and math.\nFrom creating robots made of legos, to tackling problems in space, and now, the team is getting ready to take their winning project to Houston, Texas.\nAfter taking first place at a local robotics competition back in December, their project aims to help astronauts.\nDue to the conditions in space, some have problems with their vision.\n“Our solution was to make a pressure suit for the astronauts to wear so that they don’t lose their vision and they’re still useful up in (space),” says Margaret Hampton, member of the Smart-A-Doodles.\nThe team will be competing against kids from all over the world, and you can help the girls by visiting their Facebook to donate."}
{"text":"2012-03-09 \"Mother gray whale and calf spotted in S.F. Bay\" by Will Kane from \"\"\nA mother gray whale and her calf have made a pit stop in San Francisco Bay as they migrate north.\nThe two whales probably came into the bay sometime Tuesday and were swimming near Alcatraz Island on Thursday, said Mary Jane Schramm, spokeswoman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which monitors the whales.\n\"At this time of year, it isn't uncommon to see gray whales in the bay,\" Schramm said. \"They could be here for just a peek, or they could come in and stay for a few days.\"\nThe mother whale probably birthed her calf near Baja California and is migrating north as the weather warms, Schramm said.\nThe pair could have stopped in the bay to take a break from their 6,000-mile swim, or they could be fighting an injury or illness, she said.\nSome scientists speculate the whales use bays and inlets as navigational aids as they travel north.\n\"What we want people to understand is that they need to give the whales, especially the calf, space,\" Schramm said.\nThe U.S. Coast Guard is issuing regular broadcasts of the whales' location so boaters can steer clear, said Petty Officer Caleb Critchfield.\nBoaters must stay 300 feet from the mother and calf and are not allowed to cut across the path of a whale, Critchfield said. If the calf is separated from its mother, it can die of starvation.\nResearchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will monitor the whales until they swim out of the Golden Gate, Schramm said.\nCbs5: A mother gray whale and its calf are seen in San Francisco Bay from a CBS5 helicopter on Wednesday, March 7, 2012."}
{"text":"The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has produced two introductory presentations – one for adults and one for adolescents and teens – to help explain the dangers of youth e-cigarette use. These presentations serve as an introduction to the topic and are designed for use at such events as parent meetings and youth assemblies. We strongly encourage school districts and other organizations that work with youth to also share with staff, youth and their families evidence-based tobacco prevention programs, such as the Stanford Medicine Tobacco Prevention Toolkit.\nThese presentations are free, vetted by the Kentucky Department for Public Health and endorsed by Baptist Health Paducah and Kentucky Youth Advocates. If you have questions, please contact Bonnie J. Hackbarth at email@example.com, 502-326-2583."}
{"text":"NASA’s InSight lander has just detected and recorded what scientists believe to be a “Marsquake,” marking the first time a seismological tremor has been recorded on another planet. The faint rumble is equal to roughly a 2.5 magnitude earthquake, and was measured on April 6 – the lander’s 128th Martian day, by InSight’s seismometer, an instrument sensitive enough to measure a seismic wave just one-half the radius of a hydrogen atom. “The high frequency level and broad band is very similar to what we get from a rupture process. So we are very confident that this is a marsquake,” said Philippe Lognonné, a geophysics and planetary science professor at University Paris Diderot in France and lead researcher for InSight’s seismometer.Read more to hear the actual recorded Marsquake and for additonal information.\n“The lunar and Martian surfaces are extremely quiet compared with Earth, which experiences constant low-level seismic noise from oceans and weather as well as quakes that occur along subterranean fault lines created by shifting tectonic plates in the planet’s crust. Mars and the moon lack tectonic plates. Their seismic activity is instead driven by a cooling and contracting process that causes stress to build up and become strong enough to rupture the crust,” according to Reuters."}
{"text":"A newly released video starring Paul McCartney, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, and Stella and Mary McCartney urges people to eat plant-based foods to combat climate change.\nTitled One Day a Week, the video is part of a Meatfree Mondays campaign that launched in 2009.\nIts release strategically coordinated with this week’s U.N. Climate Change Conference, One Day a Week sheds light on animal agriculture’s absence from climate change discussions.\nA campaign spokesperson at Meatfree Mondays explains:\nWith dire consequences for ourselves and future generations, livestock production results in vast amounts of greenhouse gases being released into the atmosphere. It requires increasingly unsustainable levels of precious resources including land, water and energy, and is a major contributor towards global environmental degradation and climate change.\nEating plant-based one day a week is a huge step in the right direction. To make an even greater impact on climate change, consider going completely vegan.\nAccording to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, carbon dioxide emissions from raising farmed animals make up about 15 percent of global human-induced emissions, with beef and milk production as the leading culprits.\nA 2015 report by U.K.-based think tank Chatham House found that by switching to a plant-based diet we could keep the earth from warming above 2 degrees Celsius from preindustrial levels. The report also suggested that governments lead the way.\nSimply by eating plant-based, you cut your carbon footprint in half. Keep in mind that a pound of beef requires 13 percent more fossil fuel and 15 times more water to produce than a pound of soy.\nIt’s clear that switching to a vegan diet is the best action you can take for the planet. But it also protects your health and animals who suffer immensely at factory farms.\nReady to go vegan? Click here to get started!"}
{"text":"I’ve just come across this image of the BBC UK mainland map on Twitter.\nSomeone has taken the map that the BBC use (looks like the weather map) and overlaid it on to a normal map of the UK.\nPlaying it politically neutral and staying away from the referendum, is the map designed to skew our perspective of the UK and if so why?\nI’ve always looked at the map and the perspective and thought that it was designed just to be aesthetically pleasing to the eye, showing the curvature of the globe.\nWhen you actually look at the map when it is laid over a standard UK map you can see there is a problem. The south is fine up to around Watford where it fits pretty much exactly to the standard map, but above that it gets smaller, a lot smaller, so small in-fact that the far north of Scotland ends somewhere around Glasgow.\nScotland is roughly 60% of the size of England yet the map used by the BBC appears to make it look like Scotland is only about 10% or 15% of its actual size.\nWe all know that maps get adapted, look at the London Underground map for example, but that is designed to be a simple, easy to read representation of the system, the map above is actually making people question the size of a country.\nFor those of you who haven’t been to Scotland or have any concept of the size of the country, maybe because you use the BBC map, to drive from Broadcasting House in London to the border with Scotland is 327 miles, to drive from the border to Thurso at the top of Scotland is a further 365 miles.\nSo why is the BBC skewing the map of the UK?\nSource of map https://twitter.com/cvalentine2013/status/459601795363651584"}
{"text":"Nausea and vomiting are common side effects of chemotherapy but may also be caused by radiotherapy, some medications and cancer itself.\nThe experience of nausea may cause sensitivity to the scent of food, perfumes and other strong smells. This sensitivity to scent may make it difficult to be around co-workers, or even to travel to and from work. Continued feeling of nausea can be a cause of nutritional deficiency, which can adversely affect health and stamina. There are medications that are helpful in preventing or relieving nausea, but some of these have side effects such as headaches, constipation or sleepiness. These side effects can also pose challenges for work."}
{"text":"To make one of these, you need to start with a toroid, which is a piece of ferrite (Iron) shaped like a doughnut. You will also need wire. I used 0.3mm coated copper wire.\nWhere can you find a toroid?\nYou can find them in TV’s, computer monitors, and radios. Another source, and where I found mine, is in a spent CFL or Compact Flourescent Lamp.\nI have an Aerogarden brand hydroponic system and the grow bulbs burn up after about 8 months of use. These lamps have some electronics inside that are useful, including the toroid shown in the video below. In the video, I also show how I wound my own toroidal inductor.\nHow can you make your own toroidal inductor? I show how I made mine in a video…\nVIDEO: Handmade Toroidal Inductor\nYou should take care not to break the tube itself as it has toxic Mercury inside. What should you do with the rest of the toxic scraps from the CFL?\nRecycle CFL’s in the United States\nThe EPA has a list of retailers that will accept your CFL’s for recycling, including: Ace, Home Depot, IKEA, Lowe’s, Orchard’s Supply. See the list of locations at EPA.gov.\nLowes’ website says they have… “installed recycling centers in nearly 1,700 U.S. stores to help customers recycle rechargeable batteries, cell phones, compact fluorescent light bulbs and plastic shopping bags.” [ Source ]\nHome Depot, claiming to be the largest retailer of light bulbs in the United States, offers a recycling center in all of their stores for CFLs. [ Home Depot PDF describing their recycling program. ]\nAnother place to search for recycling centers near you: earth911.com Using this website, I found that Best Buy accepts electronics for recycling, too.\nSee this handmade toroidal inductor working in a circuit…\nRelated Post: Joule Thief from Scrap Parts"}
{"text":"Treating animals badly and neglecting them, especially those in captivity, can sometimes come back to bite you in horrific ways.\nThis was an unfortunate lesson a man recently learned while visiting the Wat Luang Phor Lamai Temple in Phetchabun Province, Thailand. At the temple, monks cruelly keep a bear in a small enclosure, which they let members of the public feed. A 36-year-old tourist named Naiphum Promratee had reportedly been trying to give the bear bowls of rice attached to rope. He’s lucky to be alive after what happened next.\nAccording to the head abbot of the temple, some of the animals there were going hungry because they weren’t being fed enough. The temple has apparently been relying on food donations from the public. When Promratee started lowering the rice, the hungry bear pulled him into its enclosure and began brutally mauling him.\nHis friends and other witnessed tried scaring the bear off by dumping water on it and hitting it with poles, but the animal wouldn’t stop.\n<div class=\"llcust\" data-lltype=\"media\" id=\"ll_598a6ee00f307\" data-source=\""}
{"text":"Book DetailAuthor/Editor(s): Charles F. Meyer\nPublication Date: June 22, 2009\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nSize: 2.88 MB\nBook DescriptionAre you looking for a genuine introduction to the linguistics of English that provides a broad overview of the subject that sustains students' interest and avoids excessive detail? Introducing English Linguistics accomplishes this goal in two ways.\nFirst, it takes a top-down approach to language, beginning with the largest unit of linguistic structure, the text, and working its way down through successively smaller structures (sentences, words, and finally speech sounds). The advantage of presenting language this way is that students are first given the larger picture - they study language in context - and then see how the smaller pieces of language are a consequence of the larger goals of linguistic communication.\nSecond, the book does not contain invented examples, as is the case with most comparable texts, but instead takes its sample materials from the major computerized databases of spoken and written English, giving students a more realistic view of language.\nJust the textbook for those who prefer a thorough introduction to historical, social, and textual aspects of English before tackling formal linguistics.\n--Bill Kretzschmar, University of Georgia"}
{"text":"Iodine (I-131) Therapy\nIodine (I-131) therapy, also known as radioactive iodine therapy, uses a form of iodine that sends out radiation to treat thyroid cancer. Radioactive iodine is also called I-131.\nYour thyroid gland absorbs nearly all of the iodine in your blood. With iodine therapy, I-131 is taken into your body’s thyroid gland and destroys the thyroid gland and other thyroid cells—including cancer cells—with minimal effect on the rest of your body. It can be used to destroy any thyroid tissue not removed by surgery or to treat thyroid cancer that has spread to other parts of your body.\nRadioactive iodine is taken as a capsule or liquid to treat slow-growing, differentiated thyroid cancers, also called papillary and follicular thyroid cancer. It is not used to treat medullary or anaplastic thyroid cancer, as these cancer types do not take up iodine. You may have thyroid scans after this type of radiation to see if there are still cancerous cells present.\nRadioactive iodine therapy is most effective if you have high blood levels of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), which causes thyroid cells, including thyroid cancer cells, to take up the iodine.\nAsk your physician for more information on the precautions or side effects of iodine (I-131) therapy."}
{"text":"A Brief History of\nAuschwitz was the name the Germans used for the Polish city of Oswiecim when they occupied it in WWII. The concentration camp was established nearby in June 1940, taking the name of the nearby town. The camp quickly expanded into three main parts: Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, and Auschwitz III-Monowitz - a group of about 40 sub-camps. In 1942, when the mass exterminations began, the camps (the largest complex of extermination camps in the Reich) became the site of the greatest mass murder in the history of humanity, with the majority of the arrivals being gassed on arrival in the Birkenau gas chambers.\nBetween 1.1 to 1.6 million people were killed there, about 90% were Jews, plus ..."}
{"text":"Ecotourism is a growing tourism industry of nature and culture exploration. Unlike ordinary tourism to maximize profits by entertaining tourists, ecotourism emphasizes on balancing three aspects: sustainable economic growth, nature conservation and public education.\n- Sustainable economic growth\nIn order to maintain the livelihood of local community, empowering its financial status is conductive to sustain the existence of the traditional practice and encourage the local people to protect their culture.\n- Nature conservation\nEcotourism derives employment opportunity and economic growth, fiscal incentive could drive stakeholders to treasure and conserve the nature and heritage.\n- Public education\nAs well-managed ecotour is in small-group and leaded by qualified ecotour guide, tourists could commence to understand in depth, then appreciate and decide to conserve the nature or historical heritage."}
{"text":"The World Academy of Research in Science and Engineering (WARSE)\nVANET or Vehicular Ad hoc Network can be defined as a network technology that is used among vehicles to communicate with each other and with nearest fixed equipment. Routing protocols are used in VANETs to discover the route and store the data in the table. Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) are formed by applying the ideology of Mobile Ad hoc NETworks (MANETs) - the spontaneous conception of a wireless network for data exchange - to the domain of vehicles. They are a key element of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)."}
{"text":"To address devastating environmental crises and to improve human well-being, China has been implementing a number of national policies on payments for ecosystem services. Two of them, the Natural Forest Conservation Program (NFCP) and the Grain to Green Program (GTGP), are among the biggest programs in the world because of their ambitious goals, massive scales, huge payments, and potentially enormous impacts. The NFCP conserves natural forests through logging bans and afforestation with incentives to forest enterprises, whereas the GTGP converts cropland on steep slopes to forest and grassland by providing farmers with grain and cash subsidies. Overall ecological effects are beneficial, and socioeconomic effects are mostly positive. Whereas there are time lags in ecological effects, socioeconomic effects are more immediate. Both the NFCP and the GTGP also have global implications because they increase vegetative cover, enhance carbon sequestration, and reduce dust to other countries by controlling soil erosion. The future impacts of these programs may be even bigger. Extended payments for the GTGP have recently been approved by the central government for up to 8 years. The NFCP is likely to follow suit and receive renewed payments. To make these programs more effective, we recommend systematic planning, diversified funding, effective compensation, integrated research, and comprehensive monitoring. Effective implementation of these programs can also provide important experiences and lessons for other ecosystem service payment programs in China and many other parts of the world."}
{"text":"To celebrate October’s Black History Month 2020, we wanted to highlight Walter Tull; a footballing pioneer and local hero who played and lived locally to Scott Bader UK in Northamptonshire.\nDuring 1888, Walter Tull was born in Kent of Barbadian descent. He grew up a talented footballer and went on to become the first black outfield footballer in the English Football League. Walter played for Tottenham Hotspur in London and then moved to play for Northampton Town from 1911 to 1914.\nIn 1914, Walter enlisted into the British Army at the outbreak of WWI. Similarly to his football career, he excelled and became the first British-born black Infantry Officer in the British army. The National archives state: “Despite army rules which forbade a ‘person of colour’ being commissioned as an officer (a leader of men), Walter was promoted to lieutenant after officer training school at Gailes, Scotland. In 1917. Tull is widely considered the first African-Caribbean mixed heritage man to be commissioned as an infantry officer in the British Army.”\nTragically, Walter was killed in action in France during 1918 at the age of only 29. A monumental, but short lived, life.\nTo honour Walter and his many exceptional achievements, a statue of him was erected outside Northampton’s Guildhall in 2017. There is also a road named after him and a memorial and Northampton Town FC’s Sixfields stadium."}
{"text":"This chapter shows that deference to precedent and the early crystallization of the basic structure of the disaster narrative did not preclude innovation in what counted as a “disaster.” Instead, it defined the hurdles that a claimant had to overcome in order to be compensated as others had been in the past. In particular, a successful disaster story had to identify an entity or event that was wholly outside the control of the would-be victim, yet which was causally linked to an outcome intimately affecting his material condition. The chapter traces efforts to expand the role of the disaster relief precedent, beginning with its use to authorize the Freedmen's Bureau in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War through measures such as the effort to secure federal aid to education in the 1880, unemployment relief during the Depression of 1893, and federal farm loans during the first decades of the twentieth century.\nChicago Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.\nIf you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.\nTo troubleshoot, please check our FAQs, and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us."}
{"text":"The evolution of income distribution in Brazil: different characteristics of the agricultural sector\nDownload full text from publisher\nReferences listed on IDEAS\n- Fabio Veras Soares & Sergei Suarez Dillon Soares & Marcelo Medeiros & Rafael Guerreiro Osório, 2006. \"Cash Transfer Programmes in Brazil: Impacts on Inequality and Poverty,\" Working Papers 21, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.\n- Lerman, Robert I & Yitzhaki, Shlomo, 1985. \"Income Inequality Effects by Income,\" The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 67(1), pages 151-156, February.\n- Marlon Gomes Ney & Rodolfo Hoffmann, 2003. \"Desigualdade de renda na agricultura: o efeito da posse da terra,\" Economia, ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pósgraduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics], vol. 4(1), pages 113-152, January-J.\nMore about this item\nKeywordsBrazil; per capita household income; occupied persons; agricultural; non-agricultural; income distribution; Labor and Human Capital; D31; J31; J43;\n- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution\n- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials\n- J43 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Agricultural Labor Markets\nNEP fieldsThis paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:\nStatisticsAccess and download statistics\nAll material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ags:iaae12:127673. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.\nFor technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: (AgEcon Search). General contact details of provider: http://edirc.repec.org/data/iaaeeea.html ."}
{"text":"The global response to climate change first focused entirely on mitigation – reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit warming and its impacts. As it became clear that climate change was happening already, adaptation emerged as another priority. Small Island Developing States recognized early on that even with adaptation, some severe climate change impacts would be unavoidable– such as sea-level rise that could submerge much of their territory. Out of this recognition grew what some see as a third level of response to climate change: addressing loss and damage.\nAs a concept, loss and damage is well grounded in climate science. There are clearly limits to what people or natural systems can adapt to: humans cannot live underwater; most crops cannot grow in salty soil; many Arctic species won’t survive without ice. Given the slow pace of mitigation to date, it is almost certain that at least in some contexts, climate change impacts will exceed adaptation limits. The difference – what scientists have called “residual impacts” – is loss and damage.\nYet in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), views on loss and damage differ considerably. The Paris Agreement recognizes “the importance of averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage” from climate change, and encourages “cooperation and facilitation\nto enhance understanding, action and support” on risk reduction and management. Still, many issues remain unresolved.\nThis briefing note aims to inform discussions of loss and damage by grounding them in science, and separating scientific questions from political ones. It focuses on four traits that are often associated with loss and damage: that some climate impacts are unavoidable, that the harm may be irreversible and intolerable, and that those impacts are attributable to human-driven climate change.\nDownload the discussion brief (PDF, 3.56MB)"}
{"text":"Technological aspects strongly characterise the built environment in both material and immaterial dimensions. The architectural heritage (the built environment that has acquired cultural meanings, without prejudice regarding the age and the scale of observation) offers a peculiar point of view for dealing with this issue.This paper outlines the dynamic connections between technology, the whole idea of architectural heritage and the approaches to intervention. A focus is placed on four main theoretical aspects, the effects of which are also significant on the practical field: the distance from contemporaneity; the concept of Time; reliable conservation; sustainability. The technological evolution that has had such an effect on the architectural heritage is briefly outlined, starting from the First Industrial Revolution and concluding with digitalisation, which is now imposing a profound rethinking regarding both technology and heritage. From such considerations, it might be possible to derive a paradigm, to be discussed and shared, aimed at piloting the conservation of the architectural heritage in the forthcoming years.\n|Titolo della pubblicazione ospite||Conservation of Architectural Heritage : a Culmination of Selected Research Papers from the Second International Conference on Conservation of Architectural Heritage (CAH-2), Egypt 2018|\n|Numero di pagine||16|\n|Stato di pubblicazione||Published - 2019|\n|Nome||ADVANCES IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION|"}
{"text":"A pressure-induced valence transition has attracted much attention in Eu-compounds. Among them, EuRh2Si2, EuNi2Ge2, and EuCo2Ge2 reveal the valence transition around 1, 2, and 3 GPa, respectively. We have succeeded in growing single crystals of EuT2X2 (T: transition metal, X: Si, Ge) and studied electronic properties under pressure. EuRh2Si2 indicates a first-order valence transition between 1 and 2 GPa, with a large and prominent hysteresis in the electrical resistivity. At higher pressures, the first-order valence transition changes to a cross-over regime with an intermediate valence state. Tuning of the valence state with pressure is reflected in a drastic change of the temperature dependence of the electrical resistivity in EuRh2Si2 single crystals. Effect of pressure on the valence states on EuRh2Si2, EuIr2Si2, EuNi2Ge2, and EuCo2Ge2, as well as an isostructural related compound EuGa4, are reviewed.\n- High pressure\n- Single crystal\n- Valence transition\nASJC Scopus subject areas\n- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials\n- Condensed Matter Physics\n- Electrical and Electronic Engineering"}
{"text":"Alumina ceramic: A material for reducing equipment wear\nThis article discusses alumina ceramic, an alumina- based ceramic material that's used as a wear- resistant liner in equipment that handles abrasives. General information about wear and wear-resistant materials is given, and the qualities of alumina ceramic are compared to those of other wear- resistant materials. Design factors to consider when using alumina ceramic for lining handling equipment are also discussed.\nWear affects almost all solid materials. In material handling applications, wear progressively removes material from solid surfaces by relative motion between contacting surfaces or by particle-laden flow streams, as in pneumatic conveying. While wear can shorten the life of almost anything, its effects on handling equipment -- particularly equipment that handles abrasives -- are even more dramatic."}
{"text":"October 6, 2017\nDogs: it’s amazing the tricks they can learn, the companionship they furnish and protection they afford. Now, thanks to training, the Dog Project at Emory University has taught a dog to lie still in an MRI scanner so its brain could be studied.\nWhat was discovered? Activity in their reward center was isolated in an attempt to know how dogs learn human language. After a year of study, Gregory Berns has been unable to determine “When a dog hears a word, is it just an auditory stimulus or does it go deeper to have some sort of meaning?” What he has discovered is that “Dogs are just as..."}
{"text":"October 16, 2013\nHands On Cave Walls Were Mostly Female\nAnthropologist Dean Snow of Penn State has determined that handprints left on cave walls were mostly female. It had been assumed that they were mostly male since images on the walls typically depict hunting scenes. However, Snow used five different measurements to identify the female prints, first separating out the clearly adult male hands. Then comparing the ratios of the index finger to the ring finger and the index to the pinky to separate the women from the adolescent males. Step one determined that 10% of handprints left on Spanish and French cave walls were adult men. The second step found that only 15% were made my adolescent males, which means 75% were made by women.\n[ Read the Article: Majority Of Ancient Cave Wall Handprints Were Made By Women ]"}
{"text":"Listener sentence examples. ESL students, professors, & those learning a new language might especially enjoy this webpage. The lines of text below use listener in a sentence, and provide visitors a sentence for listener.\n- And sounds were few and far to that wistful listener, for birds did not sing just there. (8)\n- Each person of the number seeming pleased at the momentary opportunity of finding a new listener, save my tall companion of the coupe. (6)\n- He brought his tea across to my bay window, with that wistful sociability of his, as of a man who cannot always find a listener. (8)\n- He was eager, but did not gush; he was a splendid listener, sympathetic, reticent about himself. (8)\n- Here was Evan mouthing his farewell to Rose, using phrases so profoundly humble, that a listener would have taken them for bitter irony. (10)\n- I shall be an attentive listener like you, my friend. (10)\n- I will not repeat it; enough that it carried to the listener the conviction that Jim was not sober. (9)\n- Ladies, go on, and oblige an eager listener. (9)\n- Pendyce found her a competent listener. (8)\n- She became an attentive listener. (10)\n- Susan was her only companion and listener on this, as on more common occasions. (4)\n- They came from him like bullets, in that frank voice, and drilled little holes in the listener. (8)\n- You are a kind, kind listener. (4)\n- Young Jolyon was a good listener; it was his great quality. (8)\nGlad you visited this page with a sentence for listener. Perhaps also see a sentence for luminous and ways to use lifeless in a sentence. Now that you’ve seen how to use listener in a sentence hope you might explore the rest of this educational reference site Sentencefor.com to see many other example sentences which provide word usage information."}
{"text":"|Nanotechnology deals with the construction of new materials, devices, and different technological systems with a wide range of potential applications at the atomic and molecular level. Nanomaterials have attracted great attention for numerous applications in chemical, biological, and industrial world because of their fascinating physicochemical properties. Nanomaterials and nanodevices are being produced intentionally, unintentionally, and manufactured or engineered by different methods and released into the environment without any safety test. Nantoxicity has become the subject of concern in nanoscience and nanotechnology because of the increasing toxic effects of nanomaterials on the living organisms. Nanomaterials can move freely as compared to the large-sized particles; therefore, they can be more toxic than bulky materials.\nJournal impact factor is an index or a criteria devised by Eugene Garfield to categorize journals based on their citations. Impact factor is considered as a putative marker to indicate the journal quality. But the recent policies being adopted to improve the impact factor is becoming a topic of controversies today. This current scenario questions the reliability of impact factor. The citation index cannot be considered to determine the scientific quality of an article because the technicalities are not considering the scientific quality. Knowing or reading an article is not enough to determine their quality validating the content and approving the findings and revalidating the facts is vital in scientific research. It is highly impossible to do a scholar check in each and every article to detect fraudulent or unsubstantial citations."}
{"text":"Motorists are seven times more likely to be injured or killed in a crash on A-roads than motorways, new research has revealed.\nA study by Road Safety Foundation looked at the accident rate on all motorways and A-roads in Britain, and found that serious crashes on motorways cost the country £1.9 billion over the last five years, while damage on A-roads set the UK back a whopping £8.4bn.\nThe report also showed how different parts of the UK compared, concluding that the east midlands was the most dangerous part of the country.\nThe risk of death and serious injury in the region is 63 per cent higher than the safer west midlands. This may be because the east midlands includes Britain’s deadliest road, the A537 between Macclesfield and Buxton. Between 2007 and 2011, the road was the cause of 44 serious and fatal crashes.\nPedestrians and cyclists were most at risk, being involved in just over a fifth of fatal and serious crashes on A-roads. 10 per cent of fatal and serious accidents were head-on collisions.\nThe foundation states that safety will improve and money will be saved if single carriageway roads were converted into dual carriageways.\nAccording to the director of the foundation, Dr. Steve Lawson, improvements in car design will lead to improvements in road safety. He takes better road engineering out of the equation, however, declaring that the specification that authorities set to road managers is too “general” and “weak.”\nAccording to Dr. Lawson, “it muddles factors over which road managers have no control – such as car safety, hospital care and traffic levels – with factors very much under their control, such as roadside safety barriers or junction layouts.”\nWhat do you think of the story? Let us know in the comments below."}
{"text":"Wood turtles have been a part of Vermont's diverse wildlife for the past ten thousand years. These moderately sized turtles with reddish-orange skin and roughly textured shells may live 60 years. But despite their long history, concern for this species is on the rise in the northeast due to the turtles' region-wide decline. Humans are the main cause of this. As more housing and commercial development takes place near streams, rivers and wetlands, turtles loose habitat. The building of roads through turtle corridors creates a dangerous situation for the creatures. In addition, wood turtles have been removed from the wild and kept as pets by individuals unaware that they were seriously impacting the turtle population. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department monitors wood turtle populations by tagging selected turtles with radio transmitters in an effort to learn more about how they adapt to the changing landscape. We venture out into the field with Steve Parren, chief of the department's Nongame and Natural Heritage Program (NNHP) to track tagged wood turtles."}
{"text":"Mechanical Engineering, Malek-Ashtar University of Technology, Shiraz, 7194915685, Iran\nChemical Engineering, Malek-Ashtar University of Technology, Shiraz, 7194915685, Iran\nDue to the importance of copper and its alloys in marine applications, the main objective of this research is to provide a simple, effective and low cost manufacturing approach to fabricate a superhydrophobic riblet copper surface with high drag reduction capability in laminar and turbulent flow regimes. Therefore, the riblets are produced by wire cut technique on the copper substrate and then by using a wet chemical method, a superhydrophobic coating is produced on the riblet surface. A pressure drop measurement system consists; pump, closed channel flow with a fabricated surfaces on the lower wall, connections and pressure drop transmitter is employed to measure the pressure drop in the close channel flow, for Reynolds number from 300 to 2769, in order to evaluate the ability of the fabricated surface to reduce the friction drag. The experimental results revealed that combining the abilities of the riblet and superhydrophobic surfaces increases the surface’s ability to reduce friction drag. In addition, the riblet surface and superhydrophobic riblet surface on average decreased the friction drag by 10.33% and 42.65% correspondingly in water flow ranging from laminar to turbulent flow regime. Finally, according to the experimental results, the drag reduction performance of riblet surface is improved from 18.9% to 56.9% after superhydrophobic coating."}
{"text":"Blog 38 North, a forum run by university researchers examining North Korea, reports that commercial satellite imagery of North Korea indicates workers may be putting final touches on an experimental light water reactor.\n\"While the reactor seems designed to produce electricity for the civilian economy, it will have a residual capability to produce plutonium that can be used for nuclear weapons,\" researchers said.\nPrevious research by the Johns Hopkins team said the North Koreas may be able to produce weapons-grade plutonium \"if they decided to do so.\" Under this scenario, North Korea may have enough material to produce more than two dozen nuclear weapons by 2016.\nNorth Korea sparked international concern when it conducted an underground nuclear test in February.\nJohns Hopkins researchers say that a lot depends on whether North Korea has enough reactor fuel. It's not clear to what extent North Korean engineers have mastered some of the technology involved in nuclear research, they say.\n\"If the start-up period proceeds smoothly, the (light-water reactor) could become fully operational during the first half of 2014,\" researchers said.\nRay Liotta sues skin care company over use of likeness\nMillions of Getty images now available for free via embed tool"}
{"text":"Genetic analysis has provided hope for the survival of a rhino sub-species that is perilously close to extinction.\nWhen the world’s last male northern white rhino, Sudan, died in March, hope for the continued survival of his kind passed away with him.\nHowever, since his death scientists have stepped up efforts to preserve the northern whites, employing the latest reproductive technologies to bring them back from the brink.\nOne of the key avenues being pursued is a “hybrid rescue” strategy, creating rhino embryos using sperm collected from northern whites before they died combined with eggs from the far more common southern variety.\nScientists hope that the resulting hybrid rhinos could be used to effectively resurrect this species, but there are concerns about whether they would grow up to be healthy and capable of producing offspring. MORE\nHeader image: Wikimedia Commons."}
{"text":"Building off of Kahkewistahaw First Nation Comprehensive Plan, community members re-imagined and reused an abandoned community resource (shower stalls purchased for the Powwow grounds, but never used) to create something needed in the community, a Community Market. The project taught participants that what may appear to be a lack of resources could instead be an opportunity to move forward using local labour, skills and materials, rather than looking outside the community to make a project possible. This project also served to train local people, share knowledge, showcase talents and build new skills. The Community Market is a place where people come together to buy and sell local arts, crafts, baked goods, fruits and vegetables. It creates a lively space that can both accommodate regular market events, and also encourages and support community gatherings."}
{"text":"History of Astronomy (Germany)\nCreated in January 1995 on behalf of the Working Group for the History of Astronomy in the Astronomische Gesellschaft, an international society for German-speaking astronomers. Since March 1998 this site has also been maintained on behalf of Commission 41 (History of Astronomy) of the International Astronomical Union.\nNASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S. Government)\nThis site includes news, mission information, images and video, and other information about NASA.\nThe Online Books Page (University of Pennsylvania)\nThis source provides links to approximately 70 free online books on astronomy topics. The site also offers searching and browsing by title and author.\nPlanetary Data System (PDS) (NASA)\nThe Planetary Data System (PDS) provides scientific data from NASA planetary missions, astronomical observations, and laboratory measurements.\nSkyview: The Internet's Virtual Telescope (NASA)\nSkyview is a user-driven image generator that presents customized images of any portion of the sky from a variety of surveys and in seven wavelengths."}
{"text":"Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.\nWhat is included with this book?\n1. Celebrate Difference: Promoting and Inclusive and Caring Society Through Education\n2. Introduction to Inclusive Teaching: Educating All Children Together Well (with contributions by Douglas Fisher)\n3. Diverse Students in the Classroom: How Students are Different and the Same\n4. Planning Individualized Differentiation: Interventions for Students with Special Needs\n5. Provide Support and Collaborate: Getting Help and Building a School Community\n6. Partner with Families adn the Community: Building Relationships for Learning\n7. Develop and Inclusive School and Classroom: Using Space and Physical Resources to Support All Students\n8. Make Environmental Accommodations and Use Assistive Technology: Tools That Extend Human Capacity\nand Promote Learning\n9. Build a Community for Learning: Promoting Mutual CAre, Support, and Celebration\n10. Meet Needs of Students with Challenging Behaviors: Positive Strategies for Difficult Situations\n11. Inclusive Academic Instruction, Part I: Planning Inclusive Lessons and Units\n12. Inclusive Academic Instruction, Part II: Multilevel and Differentiated Learning Activities\n13. Inclusive Academic Instruction, Part III: Applications in Subjects"}
{"text":"PDF (Acrobat) Document File\nBe sure that you have an application to open this file type before downloading and/or purchasing.\n'Print and Go' resource!\n3 types of task, 4 different models.\nThese task cards include the following models:\n- Pie models\n- Number lines\n- Bar models\nfractions less than 1 with the same numerators and different denominators. Values of the numerators and the denominators are up to 10.\nThis pack includes 18 task cards:\nPage 1. Compare fractions using different models.\nPage 2. Express each model as a fraction. Then compare fractions.\nPage 3. Represent each fraction on different models. Then compare fractions.\nIf you are interested in this resource, you might want to have a look at this pack of cards as well:\nFollow up! Much more is coming up!\nYour opinion is very important! Please, share what you think! :)"}
{"text":"Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics from its establishment in 1930 until his retirement in 1962, Harry Anslinger is the United States’ little known first drug czar. Anslinger was a profligate propagandist with a flair for demonizing racial and immigrant groups and perhaps best known for his zealous pursuit of harsh drug penalties and his particular animus for marijuana users.\nBut what made Anslinger who he was, and what cultural trends did he amplify and institutionalize? In her book, Assassin of Youth, Alexandra Chasin looks to answer those questions and explore Anslinger’s social, cultural, and political legacy.\nAlexandra Chasin is associate professor of literary studies at Eugene Lang College, the New School."}
{"text":"How SSL Certificates Work\nInternet safety is a top priority for everybody who purchases services online, and your clients will expect nothing but the highest possible level of security when they buy your products.\nWhat Does SSL Denote?\nSSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a technology that defends your web storefront or logon page. The Secure Sockets Layer certificates, also called digital certificates, encrypt the sensitive information required from website visitors like place of residence, date of birth, national identity number, driver's licence or bank account info, so that nobody could use this info for illegal purposes.\nYour web site guests can recognize a secure web site by the ‘https' part at the beginning of the web address, or by the lock symbol in the browser window, or by a special seal on the website.\nThe certificates offer 256-bit encryption, and include a 10K USD warranty and a static site seal for your web site. You need to have a static IP address.\n|Start Up||Business Class||Gold Star|\n|15000 MB storage||100 GB storage||300 GB storage|\n|125 GB bandwidth||250 GB bandwidth||1000 GB bandwidth|\n|1 website hosted||10 websites hosted||100 websites hosted|\n|30-Day Free Trial||30-Day Free Trial||30-Day Free Trial|\n|$7.58 / month||$15.50 / month||$69.99 / month|"}
{"text":"Information from the museum, December 2014\nArtistically gifted and socially well connected, Romeyn de Hooghe (1645–1708) can help us to unravel the complexities of the late Dutch Golden Age, particularly through his vast and varied oeuvre of book illustrations. At a time when the Dutch Republic enjoyed great wealth and colonial expansion while also becoming embroiled in often tense interactions with its European neighbors, de Hooghe was commissioned for all manner of book projects. He provided etchings and decorative frontispieces for scholarly works, such as emblem books, histories, and works of literature, many of which he also authored; he illustrated works of piety, cartography, and festival books; and he published, sometimes anonymously, political satire and commentary. De Hooghe was involved in all aspects of late seventeenth-century life. Though we do not know where he studied, this prolific artist was certainly influenced by the work of Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), and in turn he influenced many printmakers and illustrators of the early eighteenth century. Yet despite this influence and his powerful connections with the House of Orange, de Hooghe was largely forgotten until the late nineteenth century, and only in recent generations have scholars fully delved into the large body of his surviving work. This exhibition presents examples of the many genres to which de Hooghe contributed to give an account of his personal artistry and knowledge as well as of the world in which he worked."}
{"text":"Whenever explaining astronomical ideas to a \"lay-person\", it seems that the most difficult concept to get across is the scale of things in the universe. It's challenging to understand just how vast our universe is, that it takes light over four years to get from our sun to the nearest star, that it would take light 2.5 million years to get from our galaxy to Andromeda, the nearest large galaxy.\nAnd yet, I sometimes feel like even astronomers don't fully comprehend the scale of what we look at through our telescopes. This image is the Astronomy Picture of the Day from yesterday. I'm used to seeing pictures of these nebulosities up close, as taken with large telescopes, but even looking at the night sky through a telescope doesn't really convey how far they extend. I had no idea that these nebulae took up such a large portion of the sky. It's a pity that most of this structure is much too faint to see with the naked eye (especially in a Toronto sky where even the luminous Orion Nebula looks unimpressively faint through a 10\" telescope)."}
{"text":"(LCLS stands for SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser)\nWhere does all this data come from?\n\"With its detectors collecting information on atomic- and molecular-scale phenomena measured in quadrillionths of a second, LCLS stores data at a rate and scale comparable to experiments at the world's most powerful particle collider, the Large Hadron Collider in Europe.\"\nHow is the data consumed\"Some teams choose to store and analyze their data at SLAC, while others transfer data over high-speed scientific computing networks. Larger teams may bring their own data experts to LCLS for experiments.\nThere is a push to improve the user interface to make LCLS data tools more accessible to scientists, offer more real-time data during experiments, train staff to work more closely with users on learning the data systems and continue to work toward common data standards.\""}
{"text":"Adal, Adali, Afar, Kereyu, Keriyu\nLarge and slender body, with long lyre-shaped horns, small hump and moderate dewlap; horns can form almost a complete circle; coat colour is mainly chestnut or ash-grey. They are very similar to the Raya-Azabo cattle in Ethiopia that inhabit the adjacent agricultural highlands to the west and south.\nFound in the steppe and semi-desert areas of the large Afar Region, eastern parts of Tigray and Wollo and the southeastern parts of Eritrea including the northern parts of Djibouti. This breed is also spread along the Awash River to part of western Hararghe and eastern Shewa.\nThe Danakil cattle are true type Sanga cattle that continued to inhabit parts of the centre of dispersal of African Sanga cattle (Ethiopian highlands), but occupy the eastern escarpment and adjoining rangelands of north-eastern Ethiopia, southern Eritrea and Djibouti. Along with the Raya-Azabo and Abigar, the Danakil constitute the only surviving true type Sanga cattle in Ethiopia."}
{"text":"The Budget vs Actual Report Template represents a comparison of planned operating expenses to the actual expenses incurred for the period. The objective is to highlight results against plan, percentages and variances and thus provide a basis for management decisions. The Budget vs Actual Report Template is prepared and maintained by the Accounting department on a monthly basis.\nG&A104-5 BUDGET VS ACTUAL REPORT should be divided into three main components: 1) Current period budget, actual and variance totals, 2) a description of the major income and expense account classifications similar to the financial statements, and 3) the Current year-to-date budget, actual, and variance totals. The percent column should be used to list each line as a percentage of total sales. Alternatively, it can also represent the percentage variance or change from last period.\nThere are no reviews yet."}
{"text":"Fall Restoration BioBlitz at Black Creek\nUpdated: Jun 5\nHow does planting trees along rivers affect water quality and biodiversity? That's the question students tried to answer last week at the District's first-ever Restoration BioBlitz, held last week at the Magnan Brothers Dairy in Fairfield, where FCNRCD had previously coordinated a tree planting in a former pasture alongside Black Creek.\nIn this hands-on field trip, thirty BFA high school students learned how waters in our rivers and streams eventually connect to Lake Champlain and how farmers in Franklin County are helping to improve water quality throughout the watershed, and investigated how tree planting affects the health of the land and the river. Students surveyed tree biodiversity and health, measured water chemistry, and determined aquatic organism biodiversity in the stream. Putting on waders and walking into the water to catch aquatic bugs and other critters was a highlight for many!\nA second field trip is planned for the spring so that students can build their understanding of how ecosystems change throughout seasons and over time.\nA huge thank you to Molly Magnan, FCNRCD Supervisor and BFA Science Teacher, and Paul Brown, BFA Science Teacher, for their collaboration in bringing this event to life.\nThis project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement (LC 00A00707-0) to NEIWPCC in partnership with the Lake Champlain Basin Program."}
{"text":"Ouchi who was assigned by the Muromachi Shogunate in Muromachi era (1336-1573). He made a lot of efforts to build the reputation of the city. He imitated the city planning of Kyoto, Korea and China and accumulated culture, knowledge. Yamaguchi flourished resulting in great economic growth and rich culture city in the west of Japan.\nFrancisco Xavier who came at that time, the 31st lord of Suo Yoshitaka allowed Xavier to do missionary works and Christmas service on 9th of December 1552(lunar calendar) which is 24th December 1552. This was recognized as the first Christmas service held in Japan.\nIn December Yamaguchi city will turn to Christmas town.\nWe celebrate based upon the friendship bonding between Ouchi Yoshitaka and St. Francis Xavier with Yamaguchi. This started bonding with others towns in Japan following on from Yamaguchi, who were fascinated by Xavier and their town and the linking to families and friends. Yamaguchi is the city of bonding.\nWe, as Christmas citizens will create a future town where peace and culture will flourish through understanding the origins of the city.\n1. Ouchi Yoshitaka X Francis= Xavier\nTwo different things are joint into the center of the crest of Ouchi. This is symbolic of Ouchi culture. This is the result of a cultural diversity in Yamaguchi City.\nGingko tree colour. This is the city tree of Yamaguchi.\nThe flag colour of Navarre province in Spain is red."}
{"text":"History of Shri Muktinath (Muktinath Yatra)\nThe Pagoda style Muktinath Temple is symbol of the religious symbiosis between both Hindus and Buddhists. Hindu believes that lord Vishnu got salvation from curse of Brinda (wife of Jalandhar) here. Therefore He is worshiped as Shri Muktinath. Here in the early 19th century, the Hindus consecrated a Vishnu Temple and named is Muktinath - Lord of Liberation. It is believed that when goddess Sati (Parvati) immolated herself in the yagya made by her father, and The Lord Shiva carried her along with, variously bodily parts of the goddess fell down at various places. Out of all that her forehead temples fell at the place where Muktinath is situated.\nIt is an ardent wish or a dream if you may say, of every Hindu to get Mukti-Nirvana from this cycle taking births over and over again. It is belief of the Hindus that this world is \"MAYA\" (an illusion) and the earliest one gets out of it the better and a visit to Muktinath will help them achieve that goal. Since then it called Muktinath. A little away is the Jwala Mai temple which is of a Tibetan style. Inside this temple there are small natural gas jets that produce continuously burning flames. There are three such eternal flames. They are considered to be holy. Against a backdrop of incredible starkness you can sit and stare to the south the snow covered Annapurna range, or to the north the Tibetan plateau.read more"}
{"text":"Websites - Overview\nWithin the span of a few short years the Web has emerged as a dominant global communications medium. It has ushered in tremendous growth in the exchange of information and ideas, provided new ways to interact, and created vast new opportunities.\nAs a communications medium the Web can serve many purposes. It is unrivaled in its ability to convey all forms of traditional media including text, graphics, audio, and video… true multimedia. It also allows for great content capacity and therefore exceeds the constraints often associated with traditional media such as the size or length of advertisements or the prohibitive production costs of printed materials. It is powerful and yet like all tools, must be well understood and utilized such that the desired outcomes are realized.\nA typical project encompasses a number of phases and while each project is unique, there are generally common elements which apply.\nPhase 1 – Discovery\nPhase 2 – Site Definition\nPhase 3 – Architecture and Content\nPhase 4 – Design\nPhase 5 – Build & Test\nPhase 6 – Launch\nPhase 7 – Marketing and Promotion\nPhase 8 – Evaluation and Maintenance"}
{"text":"DATABASES & ARTICLES\nGender: Identity and Social Change\nFull Text: Yes\nProvider: Adam Matthew Digital\nPrimary sources documenting the changing representations and lived experiences of gender roles and relations from the nineteenth century to the present. This expansive collection offers sources for the study of women's suffrage, the feminist movement, the men’s movement, employment, education, the body, the family, and government and politics.\nBack to Title list"}
{"text":"November 28, 2015\nThe West Nile Virus has now spread to Nevada's *wild horse population.\nThe state agriculture department confirms one horse has died from the disease.\nWe know that 30-percent of unvaccinated horses can die from West Nile. Projections for Nevada's wild horse population indicate about 10-percent could be lost to West Nile.\nState agriculture department officials have warned once West Nile came to Nevada, the wild horse population would certainly not be immune.\nWhile there is a vaccine, logistically and economically its impossible to innoculate the wild horse population here, the largest in the country at about 30-thousand."}
{"text":"Arabian Nights, 1914\nThis historical novel is the tales of the Arabian Nights with a twist: a modern day Scheherazade, World War I, and Kaiser Wilhelm II. Zade, a literary descendant of Scheherazade, travels from the neutral kingdom of Ouda to Berlin on the eve of World War I. The mission of this ambitious young woman is to whisper her Tales of a Thousand and One Nights to Kaiser Wilhelm. Most of the book revolves around strategies undertaken to get her close enough to Wilhelm to accomplish this task.\nKoch tells the story through a variety of narratives, including endearing dispatches sent by Zade to her king, also her lover. Another voice details background information about the Kaiser and other pertinent characters. Interspersed throughout the book are boxed snippets of historical facts (e.g., the number of Muslims in India and Egypt). Some work to enhance the story; others are irrelevant. The author also addresses religious issues and German tensions, in particular the Jewish enigma. He highlights the dynamics of German/Jewish relationships, and uses important Jews, such as Einstein, to help facilitate the introduction of Zade and Wilhelm and the beginning of World War I."}
{"text":"The Future of Healthcare is Out for Delivery\nMore than two billion people lack adequate access to essential medical products, often due to challenging terrain and gaps in infrastructure. Because of this, over 2.9 million children under age five die every year. And up to 150,000 pregnancy-related deaths could be avoided each year if mothers had reliable access to safe blood.\nZip is a small robot airplane designed for a high level of safety, using many of the same approaches as commercial airliners. It can carry vaccines, medicine, or blood. A fleet of Zips is able to provide for a population of millions. No roads, no problem.\nA health worker can place an order by text message. Within minutes, a Zip is prepared and launched into the sky. Racing along at 100 km/h, Zip arrives faster than any other mode of transport, no pilot required. The medical products are then dropped off, landing gently and accurately at the health facility in an open area the size of a few parking spaces.\nOne delivery, one life saved. It’s that simple."}
{"text":"Filamentous pathogens pose a substantial threat to global food security. One central question in plant pathology is how pathogens cause infection and manage to evade or suppress plant immunity to promote disease. With many technological advances over the past decade, including DNA sequencing technology, an array of new tools has become embedded within the toolbox of next-generation plant pathologists. By employing a multidisciplinary approach plant pathologists can fully leverage these technical advances to answer key questions in plant pathology, aimed at achieving global food security. This review discusses the impact of: cell biology and genetics on progressing our understanding of infection structure formation on the leaf surface; biochemical and molecular analysis to study how pathogens subdue plant immunity and manipulate plant processes through effectors; genomics and DNA sequencing technologies on all areas of plant pathology; and new forms of collaboration on accelerating exploitation of big data. As we embark on the next phase in plant pathology, the integration of systems biology promises to provide a holistic perspective of plant–pathogen interactions from big data and only once we fully appreciate these complexities can we design truly sustainable solutions to preserve our resources."}
{"text":"No More Bad Secrets\nby Daisy Copelin\nPublication Date: Aug 08, 2018\nList Price: Unavailable\nFormat: Paperback, 38 pages\nTarget Age Group: Picture Book\nImprint: Independently Published\nPublisher: Independently Published\nParent Company: Independently Published\nBorrow from Library\nNo More Bad Secrets is a kid-to-kid guide on Safe Body Touch. Using a simple, direct and age appropriate approach it teaches children a variety of topics such as: The difference between good and bad secrets, Who to turn to for help if they are keeping a bad secret and the difference between an appropriate and inappropriate touch. Designed for ages 4 and up you can rest assured that concerned Parents, Caretakers and Educators can approach this topic with ease Children would be able to receive guidance that they can understand, practice and put to use.\nTell us what do you think about No More Bad Secrets."}
{"text":"(July 7, 1915-November 30, 1998) was an American poet and author born in Birmingham, Alabama. She wrote as Margaret Alexander. Her father Sigismund C. Walker was a Methodist minister and her mother was Marion Dozier Walker. They helped get her started in literature by teaching a lot of philosophy and poetry to her as a child.\nIn 1935, Walker received her Bachelors of Arts Degree from Northwestern University and in 1936 she began work with the Federal Writer's Project under the Works Progress Administration. In 1942 she received her master's degree in creative writing from the University of Iowa. In 1965 she returned to that school to earn her Ph.D. She also for a time served as a professor at what is today Jackson State University.\nHer literature generally contained African American themes. Among her more popular works were her poem For My People, which won the Yale Award for Young Poets and her 1996 novel Jubilee, which received critical acclaim. In 1988 she sued Alex Haley, claiming his novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family had violated on Jubilee's copyright. The case was dismissed.\nMargaret Walker died of cancer in Chicago in 1998.\nPoems - 15 in all\nI Want to Write\nWe Have Been Believers\nFor My People\nFor Malcolm X\nBig John Henry\nLove Song for Alex, 1979\nTHE STRUGGLE STAGGERS US\nLong John Nelson And Sweetiepie"}
{"text":"On December 6th, women across Canada gathered to mark the eleven-year anniversary of a mass shooting that killed fourteen female engineering students. The person behind the gun on December 6, 1989 at École Polytechnique in Montreal that marked Canada’s worst mass shooting in history, was Marc Lepine, who authorities charge targeted the engineering students solely because of their gender.\nAccording to findings released by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS), 64% of women reported feeling somewhat or very worried while waiting for or using public transportation alone after dark; 51% of all Canadian women have been victims of at least one act of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16; and women account for 85% of all reported sexual-assault crimes.\nWomen’s rights organizations across the globe have organized major campaigns to stop violence against women and raise awareness about the numbers of women assaulted, harassed and murdered everyday simply because of their gender. The Status of Women Canada has organized to urge elected officials to pass tougher laws that will bring to justice perpetrators of gender crimes and sexual assault. December 6th was declared the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women by the Canadian parliament in lieu of the Montreal Massacre."}
{"text":"Synonyms for Fruits:\nWhen it comes to finding the best synonyms for the word “fruits”, there are many ideas to consider. There are many different words that could be used to describe the same type of food, such as produce, edibles, legumes, crops, vegetables, berries, citrus, melons, drupes, pomes, nuts, grains, pods, seeds, and pits. All of these words are used to describe the same type of food, and can be used interchangeably. However, depending on the context of the sentence, some words may be more appropriate than others. For example, if you are discussing the nutritional benefits of fruits, you may want to use the word “produce”, as it is more general and can encompass a wider range of fruits. On the other hand, if you are discussing a specific type of fruit, such as oranges, you may want to use the word “citrus”, as it is more specific and can be used to describe only certain types of fruits. No matter what type of word you are looking for, there are many other words for “fruits” that you can use to accurately convey your message."}
{"text":"Radiation Therapy for Colorectal Tumors\nColon cancer is typically treated with surgery and chemotherapy, however radiation therapy (or radiotherapy) may be an important part of the treatment plan for some patients with advanced disease. Radiotherapy treatments may also be used as palliative care, to ease cancer symptoms.\nThe Roswell Park Department of Radiation Medicine offers the latest in cutting-edge technology and treatments, some of which are unavailable elsewhere in Western New York. We have a full-time multidisciplinary staff of radiation oncologists, dosimetrists, physicists, radiation therapists and more.\nRadiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill cancer cells. The radiation overwhelms cancer cells with oxidizing molecules that disrupt important cell functions and damage the cancer cells’ DNA so that the cells’ functions are out of balance and they die. Because normal cells are better able to make antioxidants that neutralize the oxidation and detoxify themselves, they are more resistant to the radiation.\nRadiation therapy for colorectal cancers may be delivered in different ways, including:\n- External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT): This is the most common method of delivering radiation for treatment of colorectal cancer. Radiation is usually delivered over 25-28 treatments and can be done in several ways, each with their own advantages.\n- 3-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy (3D CRT): This is a form of EBRT where a few shaped radiation beams are aimed at the cancer target from different directions.\n- Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT): A more precise form of EBRT than 3D CRT, where the radiation dose is given and the field shape is changed continuously as the treatment machine moves, or arcs around the patient. This treatment helps to spare more normal tissue."}
{"text":"The Rukhabad shrine is one of the earliest constructions that remained intact in Samarkand from the epoch of Amir Temur. It was constructed in the 80-s of the 14th century, precisely on the same axis as Amir Temur's burial-vault. A magnificent shady avenue and a road paved with marble slabs used to connect these two constructions. The mausoleum was erected over the tomb of the well-known Samarkand mystic Sheikh Burhaniddin Sagarji. The name of Rukhabad mausoleum - «Abode of Spirit» - reminds the descendants about the sheikh’s image haloing sanctity. Burhaniddin Sagarji was a member of a dervish order and spent his life in pilgrim wanderings. His death overtook him in China. Just before passing away he asked his son to bury him in Samarkand. Amir Temur ordered to immortalize the memory of the esteemed holy sheikh by the construction of a mausoleum. This majestic building in the form of a cube is topped with a hemispherical dome which is based upon a massive octahedron. The mausoleum has three entrances: the northern, the western and the southern entrances. The interior is extremely simple – the walls are covered with alabaster plasterwork with the only glazed tile band running over the two-meter panel. A carved wooden door of the 19th century leads to the sepulchre. In the old days near Rukhabad mausoleum there was a pool, whose smooth water surface reflected the strict outlines of the building, and next to it there was a columned mosque."}
{"text":"This project, which took place throughout the spring of 2014, asked teachers and students around the world to explore the following questions:\n- What elements contribute to a happy and healthy society?\n- How well do our own local and global communities measure up?\n- How can we use data, creativity, and community to make the world a happier place?\nThrough the Global Happiness Project, students engaged in a virtual conversation about the components of a happy society, and co-designed and implemented a survey to measure these components at the local and global level. Later, students analyzed the results of this survey and used what they learned to inform an advocacy project designed to improve at least one area of happiness at the local or global level.\nLearn more via The Global Happiness Project | New Tech Network."}
{"text":"Parents' technology use can negatively impact children\n(HealthDay)—Parents' use of digital devices may exacerbate their child's poor behavior, according to a study recently published in Pediatric Research.\nBrandon T. McDaniel, Ph.D., from the Illinois State University in Normal, and Jenny S. Radesky, M.D., from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, investigated longitudinal bidirectional associations between parent technology use and child behavior (183 couples with a young child [mean age 3.0 years]). Additionally, the authors sought to understand the association with parental stress. Surveys were conducted at baseline and then at one, three, and six months.\nThe researchers found that across all time points, greater child externalizing behavior predicted greater technology interference, via greater parenting stress. Further, technology interference often predicted greater externalizing behavior. Associations between child internalizing behavior and technology interference were weaker, with bidirectional associations more consistent for child withdrawal behaviors.\n\"Our results suggest bidirectional dynamics in which (a) parents, stressed by their child's difficult behavior, may then withdraw from parent-child interactions with technology and (b) this higher technology use during parent-child interactions may influence externalizing and withdrawal behaviors over time,\" the authors write.\nCopyright © 2018 HealthDay. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"Firefighting in Civil War Alexandria\n|Title:||Firefighting in Civil War Alexandria|\n|Date & Time:||Sat May 17, 2014 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM|\n|Location:||Friendship Firehouse Museum, 107 S. Alfred St. (Map This)|\nWhen Virginia joined the Confederacy, Union troops occupied Alexandria and it became a center for transportation, supplies and medicine. Most municipal functions were assumed by the U.S. Army under the authority of the military governor. The “We’ve Been Burned: Alexandria Firefighters During the Civil War” walking tour will explore firefighting during the Union occupation. How were volunteer fire companies treated by Federal authorities? Were firefighters allowed out after curfew? What happened to the firehouses and equipment? These questions will be answered as tour participants visit the sites of four of the five fire houses, and learn what happened if there was a fire in the occupied city.\nFor age 10 and older. Reservations are required, as space is limited. Telephone 703.746.4994, or see www.friendshipfirehouse.net.\n|Contact Phone No.:||703.746.4994|\n|Fees:||$6 for adults, $4 ages 10-17.|\n|Audience:||Anyone may attend|\n|Tags:||Living History, Museums, Old & Historic Alexandria, Old Town|\nFor event details visit http://www.alexandriava.gov/c/7776\nMaps produced by the City of Alexandria GIS & Maps division."}
{"text":"The common name of \"ghost frogs\" may have been coined because of their occurrence in Skeleton Gorge in South Africa.\nThey are medium-sized frogs with triangular discs on the fingers and toes. The size is 1.4–2.6 in (35–65 mm). The body is flattened with protruding eyes, and the limbs are thin and long. The pupil is vertical, the tongue is disc-shaped, and the upper jaw bears teeth. The frogs swim well, with toes that are nearly fully webbed in some species. Most species have large dark spots on a paler background.\nAdults are found in forest or riverine forest. These frogs take a range of insects, arthropods, and snails. They readily eat smaller species of frogs."}
{"text":"The agricultural sector is on the eve of many changes. Introduction of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), a growing desire for sustainably produced food and an increasing global demand for food and agricultural commodities are just a few reasons for change. In addition, due to population aging and population decline, also the number of people that are in the agriculture.\nA further (and now standard) efficiency improvement by scaling seems this is not the right answer. Large and heavy machinery leading to soil erosion and irreparable damage to the soil, the landscape dramatically. Moreover, the development of even larger, heavier and faster agricultural machinery soon its statutory limits. In short, the time to jointly invest in innovative technologies such as sensor and robot technology, a new generation of agricultural machinery to develop these complex challenges can enter. With this breakthrough technology companies like Grimme, Strautmann and Amazon a competitive advantage sustainable building.\nIn the AgroBot project there are five models to be developed. These are a scarecrow robot, a weed removal robot, a volunteer potato removal robot, a feed robot and (the most complex) a beet harvesting robot.\nThe AgroBot project aims to develop basic technologies needed for constructing multiple, agriculture, robotic demonstration models with different application. Designing, constructing and developing this demonstration models will provide insight into the robot and sensor technologies required to achieve the desired functionality of the robot.\nFor more information please contact:\nRob van Haren\nPhone: 0031 (0)620 182 110"}
{"text":"The Heritage Key\nIn his article “The Iceman as a burial” appearing in “Antiquity” 84/2010, the archaeologist Alessandro Vanzetti of Rome’s La Sapienza University and his co‐authors reconstruct the position of the Iceman at his place of discovery on the Tisenjoch pass in South Tyrol, Italy. From this and based on his botanical investigations, he draws the conclusion that the Iceman did not die at the site of the incident: rather he died in the spring within his valley community and only later, in September, was brought up to the Tisenjoch and buried there.\nPowerPlex® 6 color Fusion System is here!\nCycling time of less than 50 minutes saves hours\nThe power to see it all in a single assay!\nPowerQuant is here!"}
{"text":"Current spacecraft antenna design must confront the problem of how to mount and deploy large reflector antennas on spinning platforms. The reflector spins at approximately 10 to 40 rpm to cover the desired scanned area on Earth. One solution - a back-to-back reflector antenna with a reduced moment of inertia - has been proposed by Keyvan Bahadori and Yahya Rahmat-Samii from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).When both back-to-back reflectors are utilized, this configuration vows to reduce the spinning speed by half for a given sampling rate.\nThe reflector's geometrical patterns are determined so that the rotating system's moment of inertia is reduced. These back-to-back reflectors suffer from a high cross-pol level in the asymmetrical place due to the large feed offset angle. To minimize that cross-pol level, a sub-reflector can be used to satisfy the Mizugutchi condition. Alternatively, a tri-mode matched feed horn can be utilized. See \"Back-to-Back Reflector Antennas with Reduced Moment of Inertia for Spacecraft Spinning Platforms,\" IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Oct. 2007, p. 2654."}
{"text":"Signal Management With Median\nFor measures recorded from the colour reader, the ultrasonic distance sensor and other sophisticated devices prone to erratic values, we need to separated the signal from the noise.\nBy signal, we mean usable information. At the contrary, noise refers to contaminated and useless measures.\nLet's consider two common solutions\nAs per wikipedia,\nIn probability theory and statistics, a median is described as the numeric value separating the higher half of a sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half.\nSo, if we have five measures, we're going\nResult is 2193.\nReady-To-Use Shared Function\nPlease find below the Robo Pro project ready-to-use Median functions.\nKeep in mind:\nDownload the driver with an example for RoboPro.\nThis file is under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License."}
{"text":"Test well water annually\nCOLUMBIA -- The human body is more than 70 percent water and it needs to be replenished every day. But how good is the water you're drinking?\nIf you have a private well, testing the water once a year is a good idea.\n\"Mainly what we want to check for is E. coli bacteria,\" says Bob Broz, University of Missouri Extension water quality specialist.\nSeveral years ago, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey showed that about one in two private wells in Missouri had high levels of bacteria.\nBroz says well owners should contact their county health department and get a water test bottle. The small bottle will include instructions for collecting a water sample and sending it to a state-certified testing lab.\nBroz recommends collecting and shipping your sample early in the week for prompt testing. \"They don't want you to send it on a Thursday or Friday,\" he says. \"That water sample will sit somewhere not being properly handled for three or four days and that may mess up the test.\"\nWell owners may also want a domestic suitability test, particularly if it's a new well.\nThe MU Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory (http://soilplantlab.missouri.edu/soil) will do a suitability test for $35. Broz says it provides information on hardness, pH, nitrates, sulfates, copper and other things that may be found in water in Missouri. He notes that your well water may be safe to drink even if it's not aesthetically pleasing due to high levels of minerals.\n\"Testing for bacteria once a year is one way to keep you and your family healthy,\" Broz says. \"Testing for bacteria doesn't guarantee the water is safe, but it reduces the concern of a bacterial infection.\"\nIf your well tests positive for bacteria, follow the procedures for shock chlorinating your well. A wellhead protection assessment can help identify ways contamination might be getting into your well.\nFor more information, the MU Extension guide \"Bacteria in Drinking Water\" (WQ102) is available for free download at http://extension.missouri.edu/p/WQ102."}
{"text":"The psalms are masterful poems that echo the tenors of community life and worship as they project the scope of the human drama from lament to praise. They chart a profound and vital relationship with God, with al the ups and downs that this relationship implies. Konrad Schaefer's concise commentary on the psalms relates their poetic elements while respecting their historical context and traditional use in the liturgy and, more importantly, their ultimate value as a springboard to private and communal prayer.\nIn \"Psalms,\" Schaefer focuses on the structure of each psalm, its dramatic plot, the modes of discourse, the rhetorical features, and the effective use of imagery to portray theology and the spiritual life. Schaefer portrays each poem's inner dynamic to acquaint readers with the poet and the community which prayed and preserved the composition, allowing the believer to transpose it in the contemporary situation.\n\"Psalms\" is for those who would like to pray the psalms with more intensity of meaning; for those willing to touch the biblical world and taste of its fruit in the Word of God; and for devoted readers of the Bible to become more expert as it helps experts become more devoted.\nChapters are Introduction,\" \"Book One (Psalms 1-41),\" \"Book Two (Psalms 42-72),\" \"Book Three (Psalms 73-89),\" \"Book Four (Psalms 90-106),\" and \"Book Five (Psalms 107-150).\"\n\"Konrad Schaefer, OSB, SSD, is a monk of Mount Angel Abbey, Oregon. He currently teaches at Our Lady of Angels in Cuernavaca, Mexico.\"\""}
{"text":"Golden Gloves Boxing\nThis picture was taken in 1947. We have listed as Back Row, left to right: Harold Guldager, Allen Walden, Jim Walden, Harvey Dallman (Trainer), Hjalmer Friton, Ed Walden, & George Gustafson. Directly in front, left to right: Shimschock & Eckstein.\nAmateur boxing enjoyed enormous popularity in the 1930s, '40s and well into the '50s. It was a simpler, more innocent time for the sport of boxing, with gentlemanly heroes like Joe Louis (nick named Brown Bomber) who was considered to be a worthy role model for children. For the most part, the seamy underside of the sport remained hidden.\nChildren even received boxing gloves as Christmas or birthday gifts and were cheered on by their parents in amateur matches the same way young football players are encouraged today. Black eyes were badges of pride to young fighters who sneered at wearing protective headgear. Boxing as been known as the \"sweet science\". Many hours were conducted on learning the correct workings of the right technique of boxing for the boys; a complete devotion.\nFor Harold Guldager, Allen Walden, Jim Walden, Harvey Dallman (Trainer), Hjalmer Friton, Ed Walden, George Gustafson, Shimschock and Eckstein they were of the many here in Sleepy Eye that took on the roles and attempts to becoming the next Golden Glove winner, through the many black eyes, sore muscles, and bruised egos. In the eyes of themselves they were winners, perhaps not in the eyes of national championships but in their eyes they themselves, made of heart and steal, they were Champions to themselves and their teammates."}
{"text":"A sharp blow to the head, a rapidly increasing fever, or medical conditions, such as epilepsy or low blood sugar in a person with diabetes, can cause brain seizures, explains WebMD. Brain surgery or brain damage due to a stroke can also lead to a seizure.Continue Reading\nCongenital problems; an infection, such as encephalitis or meningitis; or a structural defect in the brain, such as an aneurysm or brain tumor, can cause seizures, according to WebMD. Some parasitic infections, such as toxoplasmosis or tapeworm, can produce seizures. Withdrawal from illegal drugs, alcohol or prescription medicine can lead to brain seizures.\nAdditional causes of brain seizures include abnormal levels of glucose or sodium in the blood, heat illnesses or heat intolerance, electric shock and poisoning, according to Medline Plus. Individuals with heart disease are at an increased risk for seizures.\nA person experiencing a brain seizure may black out for a period of time, convulse, drool or fall suddenly, explains Medline Plus. Some individuals temporarily stop breathing, experience jerking limbs or uncontrollable spasms, or experience a loss of bowel or bladder control when a seizure occurs. Grunting, snorting, sudden eye movements and mood changes may indicate a brain seizure in some patients.Learn more about Conditions & Diseases"}
{"text":"An IoT system consists of sensors/devices which “talk” to the cloud through some kind of connectivity. Once the data gets to the cloud, software processes it and then might decide to perform an action, such as sending an alert or automatically adjusting the sensors/devices without the need for the user.\nOur specialized team describes the idea of everyday physical objects being connected to the internet\nand being able to identify themselves to other devices. The term is closely identified with RFID as the method of\ncommunication, although it also may include other sensor technologies, wireless technologies or QR codes.\nWhat we provide!!!"}
{"text":"Learn to select and accurately specify the most appropriate grade of stainless steel for a given application.\nThe course provides a working knowledge of the production, processing and forming of a wide range of stainless steel grades - Austenitic, Ferritic, Martensitic, Duplex and Precipitation Hardening. The properties specific to each family are shown together with some typical applications. Technical considerations and their impact on processing and in-service performance are emphasized.\nAn overview of steel metallurgy is followed by examination of how steels corrode under aqueous and high temperature gaseous conditions.\nThe primary and secondary processes for blending stainless steel alloys and forming them into stock shapes are reviewed and the course concludes with shape forming, cutting and welding processes suitable for stainless steels in a wide variety of user applications.\nThis course provides a shared, technical understanding between engineers, those responsible for choosing which steel to use, procurement departments and marketing & sales professionals.\nWho should attend?\nThe course is ideal for professionals involved in the manufacture, supply and use of stainless steels products. The course is delivered at a moderate technical level and assumes only very basic prior knowledge of steel metallurgy.\nHow will I benefit?\n- Appreciate the fundamental principles of stainless steel metallurgy,\n- Understand how stainless steel is made and processed,\n- Explain how corrosion is controlled and prevented,\n- Specify and match correct stainless steel grades with a range of applications."}
{"text":"The radius Rhand mass Mh of a black hole are related by Rh = 2GMh/c^2, where c is the speed of light. Assume that the gravitational acceleration agof an object at a distance Ro = 1.001Rh from the center of a black hole is given by Ag = G M / r^2 (it is, for large black holes). (a) What is ag at ro for a very large black hole whose mass is 1.61 × 10^14 times the solar mass of 1.99 × 10^30 kg? (b) If an astronaut with a height of 1.66 m is at ro with her feet toward this black hole, what is the difference in gravitational acceleration between her head and her feet? Rh = 2(6.67x10^-11)(3.204x10^44)/ (3.0x10^8)^2 Rh = 4.75 x 10^17 So then, Ag = GM/ (1.001Rh)^2 Ag = (6.67x10-11)(3.204x10^44)/(1.001 x 4.75x10^17)^2 Ag = 0.0945 m/s^2 I find myself having trouble with part B. How do i relate them? I did Ag = (6.67x10^-11)(3.204x10^44)/(1.66 x 4.75x10^17)^2 Ag = 0.0344 m/s^2 So i did the difference btwn answer A and B and got .0601 m/s^2 But i know its wrong. Can someone help me out? Thanks!"}
{"text":"This device outputs a VGA signal. If you have a display or video destination that uses another type of video connection, there are ways that you can convert the video signal or connection. These options are outlined below and organized by the target connection.\n|Target connection||First conversion||Second conversion (if required)|\n|DVI-D||VGA to HDMI: https://www.startech.com/AV/Converters/Video/?filter_AVINPUT=VGA&filter_AVOUTPUT=HDMI.||HDMI to DVI-D: https://www.startech.com/AV/Converters/Video/?filter_AVINPUT=VGA&filter_AVOUTPUT=HDMI.|\n|DVI-I||VGA to DVI-I: https://www.startech.com/Cables/Audio-Video/Video-Adapter/DVIVGA/.||N/A|\n|DisplayPort||VGA to HDMI: https://www.startech.com/AV/Converters/Video/?filter_AVINPUT=VGA&filter_AVOUTPUT=HDMI.||HDMI to DisplayPort: https://www.startech.com/AV/Converters/Video/?filter_AVINPUT=HDMI&filter_AVOUTPUT=DisplayPort.|\nNote: You might need to use more than one converter as part of your solution; however, you should try to use the least number of converters and cables to connect your source and destination. If you have the option to convert to multiple target video connections, choose the option that requires the fewest number of conversions.\nWhen you convert from VGA to DVI, you need to know if you are converting to a DVI-I or a DVI-D connection. For more information about how to identify the type of connection that you need, refer to the following FAQ: https://www.startech.com/faq/video_signal_converters_dvi_interface.\nYou also need to know which form of DVI that you are using, because DVI-I supports both analog (VGA) and digital (HDMI) signals, while DVI-D only supports digital (HDMI) signals.\nNote: Certain devices may have a DVI-I connection but only support DVI-D signaling. It is important to verify that your DVI-I device supports DVI-I signaling."}
{"text":"“Why in the world would anyone do that?!”\nThe only answer is that there was some sort of motivation, a reason\nfor the action.\nAsk a child why she misbehaved, and you’ll probably get, “I dunno.” She might not always know the reason (chances are she does), but there is one.\nActors may think motivation is important, but writers – all writers – know it is essential to anything they do.\nFiction writers deal with the motivation of their characters all the time. Why someone does something will always affect the story line. Clashing motivations create tension and make for good reading.\nPoets write to evoke feelings. Often their poetry highlights cultural or political inequity. People who feel strongly about something are more likely to take action.\nAnyone who is writing anything has to ask the question, “Why?”\n- Why would anyone buy our product or service?\n- Why would this company want to hire me?\n- Why would this student’s experience be important?\n- Why does the world need to know about our scientific discovery?\n- Why are people crazy about Pokemon Go?\n- Why would anyone want to be a professional writer?\nThe answers to those questions will direct what we write and how we write it. Let’s make our writing life easier (that’s motivation enough for me) and find out why.\nNow, If I can only find some motivation for housework…"}
{"text":"Regina Jonas (1902–1944) grew up in a very religious Jewish household in Berlin. She worked as a teacher at a girls’ school to finance her education at the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums (Higher Institute for Jewish Studies). Of the few female students at the college, she was the only one who aspired to become a rabbi. She succeeded in this goal, becoming the first woman in the world to do so. In 1930 she qualified as a religion teacher and from then on was permitted to teach and preach. In 1935 she was ordained as a rabbi. From 1941 she was obliged to perform forced labor. On 5 November 1942, she was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Here she continued to lecture and preach to her fellow prisoners. In October 1944 she was transported to the Auschwitz extermination camp, where she was murdered, presumably on 12 December of that year."}
{"text":"Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.Join Britannica's Publishing Partner Program and our community of experts to gain a global audience for your work!\nBugbane, also called Rattletop, any of about 15 species of tall perennial herb constituting the genus Cimicifuga of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) native to North Temperate woodlands. They are said to put bugs to flight by the rustling of their dried seed heads.\nIn North America the American bugbane, or summer cohosh (C. americana), about 120 cm (4 feet) tall, and the black cohosh, or black snakeroot (C. racemosa; see ), about 180 cm (5.91 feet) tall, have roots that have been used medicinally. C. foetida, native to Europe and Siberia, is used medicinally by the Chinese. These species are sometimes grown in the shady woodland garden for their whitish branched flower stalks that rise strikingly above the large, divided leaves."}
{"text":"Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.\nRelated to Brassica nigra: black mustard\nn See mustard.\na genus of plants of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) family containing a large number of cultivated plants eaten by humans and food animals. Poisoning with them is rare but under particular growing conditions and if the diet consists almost entirely of the one plant some massive outbreaks of poisoning can occur.\nPoisoning syndromes attributed to Brassica spp. include hemolytic anemia (kale anemia) caused by SMCO, goiter from glucosinolates, nitrate/nitrite, photosensitization, blindness (polioencephalomalacia), respiratory distress and rumen stasis.\nIncludes B. campestris (B. rapa), B. hirta (Sinapis alba), B. juncea (Indian or leaf mustard), B. kaber (Sinapis arvensis), B. napus var. napus (B. napus), B. sinapistrum (Sinapis arvensis).\nannual weed; the seed is used, together with that of B. nigra, to make commercial mustard. The seed, stubble or plant in pod can cause gastroenteritis with signs of abdominal pain, salivation and diarrhea. The toxin is a mixture of isothiocyanates called mustard oil. The enzyme myrosinase is needed to activate the oil and produce irritant effect. Oil cake containing the oil may be nontoxic because myrosinase is inactivated but can become toxic if animal has access to alternative source of the enzyme simultaneously.\nrape or canola.\nseeds are used in mixtures with B. alba in the manufacture of commercial mustard powder. Can cause poisoning as for B. alba (see above).\nthe commercial vegetables and cultivated fodder plants. Includes B. o. var. acephala (kale, cole, chou moellier), B. o. var. botrytis (cauliflower), B. o. var. capitata (cabbage), B. o. var. gemmifera (Brussel sprouts), B. o. var. italica (broccoli, calabrese).\nBrassica rapa subsp. campestris"}
{"text":"Lead and Copper Rule\nIn 1991, the Environmental Protection Agency enacted guidelines for municipal water providers to test the lead and copper levels in residential properties. These minerals can enter the water system from the corrosion of some plumbing materials. The Town is required to test each system every three years for these elements. This short video gives an overview of the legislation and the sampling process.\nIf your home is selected, there are a few guidelines we want to mention. First, the sample collected must be the first draw of the day. we need to test water that has been motionless in your plumbing for at least six hours. Second, the sample should be taken from either the kitchen sink or the bathroom sink. It is usually easier to use the kitchen sink, since the bottle is so large. Be sure to fill the bottle completely. We need one full liter to the lab testing procedures.\nLead and Copper testing schedule"}
{"text":"Norwood and Pratten first described Antiquatonia portlockiana in 1855 as Producti portlockianus. 1976 the species was rearranged as Antiquatonia portlockiana by Douglas C. Brew and Stanley S. Beus. Specimens of Antiquatonia Portlockiana from Armstrong County Brachiopods have been a less-than-common find at the Pine Creek locality. Gastropods, Cephalopods, and Rugose\nThis brachiopod is beautifully centered in what is likely a concretion circle. The specimen was found in the high-hill shale. This layer contains a shale that I call mud stone. It comes out in larger pieces than thinner shale. The rock still splits rather easily, and it contains many concretions."}
{"text":"Date of Award\nMaster of Science (MS)\nGeorges Fadel, Committee Chair\nAdvances in additive manufacturing expand the possibilities of what can be designed and produced. One such example is producing structures that possess designed properties. Because the structure itself has the designed property, it does not require the structure's base material to have it. This allows the use of materials that lack a property to gain that property through geometry. Most elastic materials such as steel do not possess any form of energy loss under loading in their elastic regime. This research asks if a structure made from an elastic material could be designed in such a way to provide energy loss.\nOne structure of interest is curved-bistable beam switches found in MEMs machines. These switches are of interest because they have dierent loading and unloading force-displacement curves, resulting in dierent energy levels between loading and unloading. This results in the system having a hysteresic energy loss. Because individual beams have energy loss, this begs the question if a system of these beams could be designed to produce a structure with energy loss. This structure could then be used to substitute existing systems, such as a suspension system. The goal of this research is to investigate the behavior and to optimize a structure featuring these curved-bistable beams. On the system level, the deformation pattern, stresses throughout the structure, and total energy loss is calculated. To better understand how the variables of the curved beam aect energy loss, a surrogate model for Eloss is produced. This model is then used to optimize both a single beam and a structure of multiple beams. Finally, the material selection's role in optimization is discussed.\nMontalbano, Andrew S., \"Behavior and Energy Loss Optimization of an Elastic Material Metastructure\" (2019). All Theses. 3132."}
{"text":"The introduction of non-native species in inland waters is one of the main threats for aquatic biodiversity. Introduced species may compete for resources, prey on native fauna, spread diseases and parasites. The channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Siluriformes, Ictaluridae) was first described by Rafinesque 1818 in the United States and is widely distributed in North America, south Canada and north-east Mexico. This species adapts easily to new environmental conditions, is tolerant to different habitats, and is grown easily in aquaculture, which turns it into a potential invader of natural aquatic environments. The introduction of I. punctatus occurs in Brazil since 1980, and this is the first record of its occurrence in the Rio dos Sinos basin, Brazil. A female adult catfish was captured during a survey in the main channel of the Rio dos Sinos (29º 44' 14.04\" S and 51º 05' 11.08\" W). Most probably the captured individual is an escapee from nearby aquaculture facilities.\nintrodução; espécies exóticas; aquicultura; bagre; legislação ambiental"}
{"text":"The Venezuelan flag is rectangular, with three horizontal stripes of equal width: yellow, blue, and red. Yellow stands for the richness of the Venezuelan earth. Blue, for the immense sea separating Venezuela from Spain. Red, for the blood that was spilled in the battles for independence.In the center of the blue stripe there are eight stars in the form of an arc, representing the eigth original provinces that formed the Capitania General of Venezuela declaring their independence on July 5, 1811. The Coat of Arms has been added to the upper left corner of the flag.\nCoat of Arms\nThe Coat of Arms of Venezuela is partitioned into three sections: yellow, blue, and red. The right section is red and shows a sheaf of wheat, symbolizing the union of the Venezuelan States. The left section is yellow with two crossed swords and two flags entwined by a laurel wreath, as an emblem of victory; the third section occupying the entire lower half of the emblem, contains an indomitable white horse, the symbol of liberty and independence.\nThe cornucopias and a ribbon with the colors of the flag uniting the laurel and olive branches bears the following inscription “República Bolivariana de Venezuela; Independencia, 19 de abril de 1810; Federación, 20 de febrero de 1859.”"}
{"text":"Twitter is great source of \"network data\", plus thanks to Michael Kearney's rtweet package the data is extremely easy to access.\nThe idea is to pull tweets on a specific topic (given a boolean search) and graph the network of Twitter @mentions to visualise hubs of conversations, e.g.: @I tweet @you creates a link between \"I\" and \"you.\"\nWe use graphTweets to build the latter. First we pull 15,000 tweets that use the #rstats hashtag.\ntweets <- rtweet::search_tweets(\"#rstats\", n = 15000L)\nWe then use graphTweets to create the network of mentions.\nlibrary(graphTweets) net <- tweets %>% gt_edges(screen_name, mentions_screen_name) %>% gt_nodes() %>% gt_collect()\nFinally the graph, we tweak the default offline layout so that it spreads out more.\nlibrary(grapher) # rename names(net) <- c(\"links\", \"nodes\") graph(net) %>% graph_offline_layout( steps = 100, gravity = -10 ) %>% scale_node_size(n, c(10, 50)) %>% hide_long_links(180) %>% scale_link_color_coords()"}
{"text":"How to talk with a small child: important principles\nCommunication with young children should be different from your usual one.\nWhat you should pay attention to:\n1. Your speech should be as simple as possible. A small child may not understand the exact meaning of certain words. In addition, you should not use complex syntactic constructions in speech: the baby will get lost and at best forget half of what was said. Use words with a single meaning and easy to understand.\n2. Speak at the same level. Eye contact is crucial in communication, so work hard to keep your eyes level.\n3. Be specific. In the first years of life, you should not use those words whose meanings cannot be shown in the picture or seen in the real world. The same rule applies to pronouns: they can mislead the child."}
{"text":"Excel Templates: A Helpful Tool for Teaching Statistics\nThis article describes a free, open-source collection of templates for the popular Excel (2013, and later versions) spreadsheet program. These templates are spreadsheet files that allow easy and intuitive learning and the implementation of practical examples concerning descriptive statistics, random variables, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing. Although they are designed to be used with Excel, they can also be employed with other free spreadsheet programs (changing some particular formulas). Moreover, we exploit some possibilities of the ActiveX controls of the Excel Developer Menu to perform interactive Gaussian density charts. Finally, it is important to note that they can be often embedded in a web page, so it is not necessary to employ Excel software for their use. These templates have been designed as a useful tool to teach basic statistics and to carry out data analysis even when the students are not familiar with Excel. Additionally, they can be used as a complement to other analytical software packages. They aim to assist students in learning statistics, within an intuitive working environment. Supplementary materials with the Excel templates are available online."}
{"text":"The poem \"To the Indians Who Died in Africa\" is written in the voice of a British soldier speaking to soldiers from the Indian subcontinent. This suggests that the British soldier may have been the commander of a unit of Indian colonial troops, with all of them ordered to fight in a colonial battle somewhere in Africa. Given this background understanding, the statement cited is extremely applicable to the context and theme of the poem.\n\"This land was not your land, or ours\" refers to the fighting that British and Indian soldiers (\"foreign men, who fought in foreign places, Foreign to each other\") carried out in a place that was foreign to all of them. Each carried with him memories of \"his own village.\" After the war ended, the survivors took back the stories of \"action with a common purpose\" to tell of those buried in graveyards in the Midlands of Great Britain or in the Five Rivers area of India."}
{"text":"Born: 1886. Died: 1966.\nFrench painter, trained in his native Saint-Quentin and in Paris.\nHe became interested in Cubism but thought it confused and unstructured.\nIn 1917 he allied himself to Le Curbusier. They published the book After Cubism in 1918, launching Purism Which they further discussed and contex-tualised in the journal L'Esprit Nouveau, (1920-25), and summarized in La Peinture moderne.\nDuring the later 20s, Ozenfant produced mural paintings and also the book L'Art (in English as Foundations of Modern Art, 1931).\nDuring 1935-8 he lived in London and from 1938 in New York, founding art schools in both. His painting, previously exceptionally economical while also decorative, became much more prolix."}
{"text":"To provide teachers with a new tool for the teaching of crystallographic and magnetic point groups; to provide students with a new way to learn about point groups.\nThis pamphlet can be used at the undergraduate level by students with some prior exposure to symmetry. This pamphlet would be useful for students in the fields of physics, chemistry, geology, and materials science and engineering.\nPrior exposure to crystallography and symmetry is desirable.\nA list of references is given at the end of the pamphlet. Web-based resources can be found on the site http://mpg.web.cmu.edu; these resources can be used by teachers and students alike.\nThis material can be taught in a two-hour lecture."}
{"text":"WW2 ARP & Civil Defence Lamps & Torches\nStandard ARP Issue Hand Torch Lamp\nThis 1939-dated hand torch / lamp in the standard issue lamp given to ARP wardens in the early part of the war.\n1942 ARP & Civil Defence Hand Torch Lamp\nLamp Electric No.1\nThis type of lamp was often used by ARP wardens and civil defence personnel. It had an integral front screen that could be lifted out of the way when more light was required.\nHead/Helmet Mounted Rescue Torch\nPrimarily devised to assist rescue squads at air raid incidents, this battery powered torch could be worn on the head or fixed to the brim of a helmet. The battery pack would be attached to a belt and a cable ran to the torch. There are very few photos of the torch in use and it would appear that they were not actually that useful.\nHelmet Mounted Rescue Lamp/Torch\nThis lamp/torch could be fitted to the brim of a helmet. The battery pack was fitted onto the user's belt and the wire run up the back and across the shoulder to the lamp head. It appears they were quite common pieces of equipment but few photographs show them fitted or being used."}
{"text":"Irregular sleeping patterns have been “unequivocally” shown to lead to cancer in tests on mice, a study suggests.\nThe report, in Current Biology, lends weight to concerns about the damaging impact of shift work on health.\nThe researchers said women with a family risk of breast cancer should never work shifts, but cautioned that further tests in people were needed.\nThe data also indicated the animals were 20% heavier despite eating the same amount of food.\nStudies in people have often suggested a higher risk of diseases such as breast cancer in shift workers and flight attendants."}
{"text":"A patent can be a patent is a patent. Fake! There are numerous subcategories of patents. This short article shows the 3 major varieties of how to patent an idea or product patents:\n1. Energy Patents (protect new and helpful creations for example mechanised units, electronic products, medical devices, biotechnology, devices, and processes for creating issues).\n2. Layout Patents (deal with new and decorative types of items (posts of create) like storage containers, household furniture, toys and games, or housewares).\n3. Grow Patents (deal with new and distinct plant types including blooming plants, greens and fresh fruit trees).\nIn america, when the inventor tends to make a deal to promote, will make a purchase, or publicly discloses the how to obtain a patent, the inventor has twelve months from your very first of these events to file a US patent software. Otherwise, an inventor will drop their US patent rights.\nIf an inventor makes a proposal to offer, will make a sale, or publicly discloses the InventHelp Headquarters before declaring a patent program he/she will probably drop their legal rights to submit in international countries around the world. WARNING: Don’t believe you zcioha just what classification your patent drops less than. Occasionally there may be an extremely fine series in between certain types of patents.\nSuggestion: Do not invest enough time figuring out exactly what kind of patent you ought to file for. This is amongst the duties of your own patent lawyer or attorney. Don’t end up being the patient who self-subscribes his/her disease on the net, and after that hikes in to the medical doctors workplace preaching on the medical professional anything they have! Very same retains real for patents and intellectual property."}
{"text":"I'm using Python 3.5.\nAs part of a problem, I'm trying to design a function that takes a list as input and reverts it. So if\nx = [a, b, c]\nx = [c, b, a]\nfor revert in range(1, len(x) + 1):\n`y = x[::-1]`\ndef rev(l): r =  for i in l: r.insert(0, i) return r\nBy continuously inserting at the zero-th position you end up with a reversed version of the input list:\n>>> print(rev([1, 2, 3, 4])) [4, 3, 2, 1]\ndef rev(l): return l[::-1]\ncould also be considered a solution.\n:: has a different result) isn't a function (it's a slice) and\n is, again, a list method. Also, contrasting\ninsert, it is faster and way more readable; just make sure you're able to understand and explain it. A nice explanation of how it works can be found in this S.O answer.\n*Reeaaalllyyyy slow, see juanpa.arrivillaga's answer for cool graph"}
{"text":"Temporal range: Early Ordovician–Early Jurassic\nSpiriferida is an order of extinct articulate brachiopod fossils which are known for their long hinge-line, which is often the widest part of the shell. In some genera (e.g. Mucrospirifer) it is greatly elongated, giving them a wing-like appearance. They often have a deep fold down the center of the shell. The feature that gives the spiriferids their name (\"spiral-bearers\") is the internal support for the lophophore; this brachidium, which is often preserved in fossils, is a thin ribbon of calcite that is typically coiled tightly within the shell.\nSpiriferids first appear in the Early Ordovician. They were rare during the Silurian but underwent a dramatic evolutionary radiation during the Devonian period, reaching peak development in variety and numbers. Spiriferida survived the great Permian extinction, finally becoming extinct during the Early Jurassic.\nFossils of this order are often preserved as pyrite.\n- Suborder Delthyridina\n- Suborder Spiriferidina\n- Superfamily Adolfioidea\n- Superfamily Ambocoelioidea\n- Superfamily Brachythyridoidea\n- Superfamily Cyrtioidea (syn. Cyrtiacea)\n- Superfamily Cyrtospiriferoidea\n- Superfamily Martinioidea\n- Superfamily Paeckelmanelloidea\n- Superfamily Spiriferoidea\n- Superfamily Theodossioidea"}
{"text":"« back to encyclopedia search results\nA tree common in the U.S.A. and various parts of Asia - belonging to the carya family. It provides valuable timber, and all species produce nuts, some varieties of which are edible - such as the pecan (carya pecan), and the shagbark (carya ovata). See 'Pecan'; 'Shagbark'\nIf you enjoy cooking take a minute to look at ‘Simon Scrutton French Cookery Classes’ on Google – and learn how to make top class bistro-style dishes. Suitable for beginners upwards. Small classes."}
{"text":"|An Asian elephant snacks on watermelon.\nPhoto via Wikimedia Commons.\nPhoto credit: Fir0002/Flagstaffotos\nArrested Development fans who like elephants, this is your story. An elephant named Koshik can mimic about seven words of Korean, and one of those words is “annyong,” or “hello.” It’s not unheard of for elephants to mimic sounds, but Koshik, who makes his Korean sounds by putting his trunk in his mouth, is the only living elephant who can mimic human speech in this way, according to researchers. You can hear Koshik making his sounds in the video, but unfortunately, it does not feature his saying “annyang.”\nKoshik resides in a theme park in Korea. His technique and ability to mimic human speech have attracted researchers, who want to know more about how an animal without lips like ours could figure out a way to make our sounds. African elephants living around humans and our noises have been known to mimic human-related sounds like truck engines revving, and according to a CBS news report, an Asian elephant that lived in a zoo in Kazakhstan might have imitated sounds from the Kazahk and Russian languages. One African elephant who lived with two female Asian elephants at a zoo became known for using the chirpy mating calls of the Asian elephant instead of the lower-frequency vocalizations of the African elephant. The fellow had to do adjust, evidently. Koshik is a 20-year-old Asian elephant.\nWhen you think about animals that mimic human speech, like crows, elephants, and possibly a beluga whale, think about what they have in common with us: They live in complex social groups where communication skills are important. Perhaps they adjust to their social environment, at least sometimes, by mimicking the sounds they hear. Koshik was so good at it that when Korean speakers came in as stenographers for his communication, they could clearly distinguish his words in Korean."}
{"text":"Science & Research\nNational parks protect a tremendous variety of natural and cultural wonders that provide countless opportunities for scientific research. Observing, studying, and monitoring the arches at Arches—or, at other parks, the features for which they were established—is only part of the picture. Since many parks prohibit activities that occur elsewhere on public and private lands (such as mining, grazing, and off-road vehicle use), they can serve as \"control\" areas to which scientists can compare the effects of these activities elsewhere. National parks in the American West often serve as the best model for what an undisturbed landscape should look like.\nIn addition to natural history, the human history of Arches spans millennia. Park staff monitor cultural sites and maintain archives and collections to tell the story of human interaction with the Arches landscape.\nScience and research in Arches also aids park managers. Much like a physician monitors a patient's heartbeat and blood pressure for diagnostic purposes, National Park Service officials need accurate information about the resources in their care. Specifically, they need to know how and why natural systems and cultural and historic landscapes change over time, and what amount of change is normal, in order to make sound management decisions.\nThe Inventory & Monitoring program consists of scientists who monitor the \"vital signs\" of Arches' ecosystems. Other field work is conducted by park staff, graduate students, or independent researchers. You can learn about recent park research in the article list below.\nFor more information or to apply for a research permit, visit the NPS online Research Permit and Reporting System."}
{"text":"I was reading the News and confused about this sentence : One knows not whether to laugh or cry\nReading Justice Mahesh Chandra Sharma’s recent judgment, one knows not whether to laugh or cry. It is certainly a first in judicial history.\nIs this sentence correct or not? If yes, what is the rule applied here?\nI mean it should be : No one knows or One does not know."}
{"text":"Scotland and the Flemish People\nThe Flemings are among the most important if under-appreciated immigrant groups to have shaped the history of medieval and early modern Scotland. Originating in Flanders, Northern Europe’s economic powerhouse (now roughly Belgium and the Netherlands), they came to Scotland as soldiers and settlers, traders and tradesmen, diplomats and dynasts, over a period of several centuries following the Norman Conquest of England in the eleventh century.\nSeveral of Scotland’s major families – Flemings, Murrays, Sutherlands and Douglases – claim elite Flemish roots, while many other families with less august lineages arrived as craftsmen, mercenaries and religiously persecuted émigrés. Adaptable and creative people, Flemish immigrants not only adjusted to Scotland’s very different environment, but left their profound mark on the country’s economic, social and cultural development. From pantiles to golf, from place names to town planning, the evidence of Flemish influence is still readily traceable in Scotland today. This book examines the nature of Flemish settlement in Scotland, the development of economic, diplomatic and cultural links between Scotland and Flanders, and the lasting impact of the Flemish people on Scottish society and culture."}
{"text":"For most parents who have teenagers, keeping track of their online activity and making sure that they are safe when using the internet is something of great importance. But, in many ways, creating a safer, kinder online world for teenagers – one where the worrying trend of online bullying is lessoned – comes from the parents themselves.\nAs this Huffington Post article pointedly communicates, it starts with the little things. Teens learn to be kinder and more caring to others by seeing the same behavior in their parents. When it comes to online activity, parents can demonstrate the right habits to their teens. For example, parents can lead by example by limiting the amount of negative posts they add to their Facebook page. If a teen sees their parent ranting about a bad day on Facebook or commenting on a date gone wrong, their child will certainly pick up on it. Over-sharing is a trap that many teens fall into these days, and it’s something that parents are oftentimes just as guilty of.\nRead more about how parents can set good online examples for their children in this highly informative Huffington Post article."}
{"text":"Currency Identifier. The trigraph representing a Currency\n- The first (left-most) two characters of the currency identifier provide a code unique to the currency authority to which it is assigned. Wherever practicable, it is derived from the geographical location of the currency authority, as described in ISO 3166.\n- The third (right-most) character of the identifier (alphabetic code) is an indicator, preferably mnemonic, derived from the name of the major currency unit or fund.\n- Where the currency is not associated with a single geographical entity as described in ISO 3166-1, a specially allocated identifier (alpha-2 code) will be used to describe the currency authority. This code will be allocated by the Maintenance Agency from within the user-assigned range of codes XA to XZ specified in 8.1.3 of ISO 3166-1:1997. * The character following X will be a mnemonic, where possible, derived from the name of the geographical area concerned.\nThis entry annotates a FIBO Ontology Class. FIBO is a trademark and the FIBO Ontology is copyright of the EDM Council, released under the MIT Open Source License. There is no guarantee that the content of this page will remain aligned with, or correctly interprets, the concepts covered by the FIBO ontology."}
{"text":"“A Safe Systems approach to road safety would mean that, as an ethical imperative, no human should be killed or seriously injured as a result of a road crash, as the blame lies partly with the system. People make mistakes – they don’t deserve to be killed because of a mistake. Once this imperative is accepted we will no longer blame the driver but will look to change the system.”\nIn a sustainably safe road traffic environment the infrastructural layout considerably reduces the risk of crashes.\n“In case crashes do still occur, the process that determines the crash severity is conditioned in such a way that serious injury is virtually excluded. Protagoras’ assertion that ‘man is the measure of all things’ is used as the point of departure. Nearly all crashes have their origin in human error. Hence, the purpose is clear:\n(1) to reduce the number of errors that are committed by providing clear traffic rules and road design and at the same time; and\n(2) to construct infrastructure and vehicles in such a ‘forgiving’ way that errors do no longer have fatal consequences.”\n“For every €1 spent on road safety you get €3-4 back in benefits and measurable sustainability,” he argues. “Road safety innovations are good value for money as they have many social benefits.\n“Human factors are the primary focus: by starting from the demands, competencies, limitations and vulnerabilities of people, the traffic system can be realistically adapted to achieve maximum safety.”"}
{"text":"In the first stage of intestinal metaplasia, the patient's damaged esophageal lining begins to grow the type of cells that line the intestinal wall rather than the normal squamous cells of the esophagus, explains Johns Hopkins Pathology. Over time, these cells replace the normal cells, resulting in a condition called Barrett's esophagus. Doctors characterize the next two stages as low-grade dysplasia and high-grade dysplasia, and consider these stages precancerous. These cells have an highly increased risk of becoming invasive carcinoma.Continue Reading\nDoctors believe the process of intestinal metaplasia begins in response to gastroesophageal reflux, states Johns Hopkins Pathology. The regurgitation of stomach acid into the esophagus causes damage to its lining, which may lead to the growth of the wrong type of cells as the body attempts to repair the damage. These cells are less sensitive than the normal esophageal cells, so when patients reach this stage, they often feel relief from their symptoms. However, at this stage the patient's risk of esophageal cancer increases 30- to 125-fold over the general population.\nBy keeping patients with Barrett's esophagus under close medical monitoring, doctors are able to detect the appearance of cancerous cells before they have a chance to spread, says Johns Hopkins Pathology. Biopsies of the esophagus at the precancerous stages reveal genetic abnormalities that doctors recognize and can monitor.Learn more about Gastrointestinal Issues"}
{"text":"Individual differences |\nMethods | Statistics | Clinical | Educational | Industrial | Professional items | World psychology |\nBiological: Behavioural genetics · Evolutionary psychology · Neuroanatomy · Neurochemistry · Neuroendocrinology · Neuroscience · Psychoneuroimmunology · Physiological Psychology · Psychopharmacology (Index, Outline)\nThe male gentitalia are the male sex organs. They include:\nThe Latin term genitalia, sometimes anglicized as genitals and genital area, is used to describe the externally visible sex organs, known as primary genitalia or external genitalia: in males the penis.\nThe other, hidden sex organs are referred to as the secondary genitalia or internal genitalia. The most important of these are the gonads, a pair of sex organs, specifically the testes in the male . Gonads are the true sex organs, generating reproductive gametes containing inheritable DNA. They also produce most of the primary hormones that affect sexual development, and regulate other sexual organs and sexually differentiated behaviors."}
{"text":"How does change in peaches 214 - 233\nAnswers 1Add Yours\nEsperanza responds to challenges differently at the end of the story than she did in the beginning because she now has other peasants around her and teaching her how to do these chores and responsibilities. In more of the beginning of the story she was rich and had servants to do everything for her, but not Esperanza will take matters into her own hands.\nEsperanza Rising Book"}
{"text":"A little Something About Diabetes\nDiabetes is a health condition that affects the ability of your body to deal with your blood sugar. Your blood sugar comes from the food you eat. To break this sugar into energy, your body needs a hormone called “insulin”. Insulin is a chemical your body produces that helps you break sugar down into energy.\nWhat is homeostasis?\nHomeostasis is a combination of two words: homeo means “similar” and stasis means “stable”. In other words, homeostasis is the ability for something to remain stable. Here is an example for you to understand better.\nTake your body for example. When you feel hot, you start to sweat. Your sweat is basically a way your body uses to cool you down. This way, your body does not allow your temperature to rise even in summers. In other words, your body maintains a balance or homeostasis.\nWhy Does Diabetes Affects Homeostasis?\nYour temperature is just one example of how the system tries to maintain a balance of every process in your body. There is so much going on inside your body, if it were not for your closely monitored homeostasis, survival wouldn’t be possible. This is how the human body evolved over thousands of years.\nBut diabetes affects this state of balance in your body. When you have diabetes, it means a lot of extra sugar in your system, which is just there doing nothing. Excess of everything is bad and same is true for excess of sugar.\nWhen something disturbs your bodies homeostasis, you should expect some consequences. It’s like you’re crashing your car into something. When that happens, you should expect some damages to your vehicle. Similarly, the following are some outcomes of excess sugar in your body:\n- Extra sugar damages your brain.\n- It hurts your heart.\n- It makes you pee more.\n- You eat more food.\n- It damages your kidneys.\n- Excess sugar leads to higher blood pressure.\n- Your eye sight may worsen.\n- You may develop sores on your body parts.\n- Your weight may increase."}
{"text":"Structure of English\nProvides the grammatical knowledge necessary for a descriptive analysis of the structure of contemporary English, from the level of word class through phrase structure analysis to the description of complex sentence patterns. On completion of the course students should be able to provide a grammatical analysis of English sentential structure.\n- Semester 1 - 2015\n- Semester 2 - 2015\n1. Understand grammatical terminology and levels of grammatical analysis\n2. Analyse sentences in terms of word classes, phrase structure, grammatical relations\n3. Apply grammatical knowledge to the analysis of English sentential structure.\nA descriptive analysis of the structure of contemporary English. Topics covered will be selected from the following:\nformal criteria for word class identification\nanalysis of simple clause structures\nfinite and non-finite subordinate clauses\ncoordination and apposition\ntopicalisation structures such as existential, extraposition, cleft and pseudo-cleft\nLING1110, LING1100, LING1111 or equivalent knowledge of elementary grammatical terminology.\nWritten Assignment: Written Assignment 1\nFormal Examination: Final Exam\nWritten Assignment: Written Assignment 2\nWritten Assignment: Written Assignment 3\nOurimbah and Callaghan\nFace to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term"}
{"text":"The “most nutrient-rich substance in the world”, cockroach milk, is making the rounds again. The study, which was published back in 2016, has gone viral this week and we are here to get to the bottom of the milky details.\nBelieve it or not, cockroach milk isn’t just a click-bait title to reel you in. According to the study, researchers looked at the milk (well it’s technically not milk but more a nutrient-dense liquid) produced by the Pacific beetle cockroach (Diploptera punctata). Found in parts of Asia, Australia and Hawaii, the female Pacific beetle cockroach produces a liquid substance that they feed to their developing embryos who eat it in the brood sac.\nFrom that, scientists analyzed the liquid and discovered that the milk is dense with nutrients, more so than three times the amount of cow’s milk. Sanchari Banerjee, one of the many authors of the study and a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine in Bengaluru, India, shares that “the proteins are made up of all the 20 amino acids, while the lipids contain essential fats.”\nSounds like the perfect healthy and nutritious dairy alternative, right? As non-dairy milk goes, the health benefits of this insect milk go well beyond anything you can get in stores currently. But don’t start imagining cockroach ice cream in your local grocery store. According to research the milk crystals have not been tested for human consumption although one main researcher tried tasting it and stated the liquid tasted like practically nothing.\nThe act of farming this superfood trend is troublesome though. You would need 1,000 dead cockroaches to produce 3.5 ounces of the milk alternative. Some researchers are saying that a pill-version of the milk crystals are a more viable option. The pills would only require 100 dead roaches per pill.\nHowever you look at it, this non-dairy alternative isn’t going to show up in stores anytime soon."}
{"text":"Many amazing men have walked the earth having had a profound impact on the world with their lives. Men like Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr.. Their deaths were monumental and the cause of grief to many.\nFormer South African President Nelson Mandela died Thursday at the age of 95.\nMandela was instrumental in bringing about the end of Apartheid (racial segregation) and ushering in an era of ethnic equality in South African politics. His efforts earned him the Nobel Peace Prize.\nAddressing his passing, United States President Barack Obama spoke to the press from the White House.\nHe achieved more than could be expected of any man. Today he’s gone home, and we’ve lost one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this earth.”"}
{"text":"6th Grade: No social studies homework today.\nPretend you are a newspaper reporter investigating life on an American reservation. You will be the author of a one-page article on the struggles of everyday life for Native Americans. Base your report on information gathered from Internet websites that reveal the rigors of contemporary life for Native Americans who remain on reservations. Make sure to list all the sources that you use for your article. Due: Tuesday, Oct. 20."}
{"text":"Aviation environmental issues\nOne of the features of air travel is that while many of the benefits are spread across society as a whole, many of the adverse impacts are distributed unevenly. People living near airports have to live with the immediate effects of aircraft noise, air quality problems and increased congestion on local roads. Urbanisation sometimes associated with airport development can also have adverse impacts on landscape and habitats. Information in this section highlights the actions that can be taken to alleviate and control these adverse effects.\nAviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme\nThe Department for Transport and Department of Energy and Climate Change are jointly leading work to transpose the EU Directive to include aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) into UK legislation. All flights departing from and arriving at EU airports will be included in the EU ETS from 2012, and to comply with the Directive aircraft operators will be required to monitor emissions from 1 January 2010.\n19 October 2009: The UK Director General of Civil Aviation has written an open letter to the 891 aircraft operators regulated by the UK, highlighting the important deadlines that operators should be aware of, and explaining how to comply.\nDetails of arrangements for regulating the aviation sector in the UK under the EU ETS can be found on the DECC website.\n- Facilitating Regulation by the UK under the Aviation EU Emissions Trading Sysytem (EU ETS), 16 March 2011\n- UK Aviation: Carbon Reduction Futures\n- Aviation Environment Programme Board\n- Aviation Emissions Cost Assessment 2008\n- Noise exposure contours\n- The Civil Aviation Authority (Air Navigation) Directions, 23 December 2005, last updated 30 January 2006\n- Guidance to the Civil Aviation Authority on environmental objectives, 16 March 2005, last updated 23 December 2005"}
{"text":"\"In the science fiction novel From the Earth to the Moon, Jules Verne used nothing more than his imagination to describe in prescient detail, space travel and a landing on the moon. In War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, this story about a Martian invasion of Earth served as inspiration for the father of modern rocket propulsion, Robert Goddard. In the science fiction television series Star Trek, producer Gene Roddenberry imagined an impressive array of futuristic mechanical contraptions including laser beams, motion sensors, and medical imaging devices. In a now famous comic strip published in 1946, cartoonist Chester Gould imagined the existence of a 2-Way radio, and now we have cell phones. Nearly all of these amazing events and devices have come into existence not just because they were the end product of engineering plans, but more importantly because someone dared to imagine, well in advance of the available science used to create them, that they could exist.\""}
{"text":"The threat of disease is rising in Pakistan as the country continues to recover from the most destructive flooding in its history.\nMore than 20 million people are homeless and 1,500 have died from the floods brought on by this year's monsoon season.\nThe World Health Organization is now concerned of a possible cholera outbreak, following reports that someone had fallen victim to the disease in the northwest Swat Valley.\nWHO officials want Pakistan to investigate the case since cholera can spread rapidly after flooding and other disasters. The United Nations said Monday that 3.5 million Pakistani children are at risk of deadly, water-born diseases.\n\"What concerns us the most is water and health. There is a shortage of clean water,\" he added.\nGetting aid to victims is still a problem in the region. The scale of the disaster has overwhelmed authorities, making relief distribution a slow and inadequate process.\nMost of the food, water, and supplies being delivered to Pakistan is from other countries and international aid groups -- rather than the Pakistani government.\nMonday, hundreds of people blocked a major highway with stones and garbage near the hard-hit Sukkur area in Sindh, complaining of the slow dispersal of aid. They claimed government officials only handed out food when media were present.\n\"They are throwing packets of food to us like we are dogs,\" one protestor said. \"They are making people fight for these packets.\"\nThe U.N. also warned that unless farmers manage to plant their winter crop of wheat in mid-September as normal, there could continue to be food shortages in the region. Much of Pakistan's prime land for planting has been wiped out."}
{"text":"Molluscum contagiosum is a common harmless viral skin infection. It most often affects infants and young children but adults may also be infected. Molluscum contagiosum presents as clusters of small round bumps especially in the warm moist places such as the armpit, groin or behind the knees. They range in size from 1 to 6 mm and may be white, pink or skin colored. They often have a small central pit and the virus is easily spread by skin contact. As they resolve, they may become inflamed, crusted or scabby. There may be few or hundreds of spots on one individual. Molluscum contagiosum may persist for months or occasionally for a couple of years. It frequently induces a rash in the affected areas, which can be dry, pink and itchy. An itchy rash may sometimes appear on distant sites and represents an immune reaction to the virus.\nMany dermatologists advise treating molluscum because they can spread to other parts of your body or to other people. They can be treated with a topical blistering medication called canthacur, daily home application of retinoids, topical immune modifier creams, frozen with liquid nitrogen, treated with an electric needle, or scraped off with a sharp instrument. If many lesions are present, multiple treatment sessions may be required every few weeks until growths are gone."}
{"text":"Bristol is associated with the heritage of Long John Silver, one of the principal characters in Treasure Island\nBristol was formed at the end of the last Ice Age when flood waters created the beautiful Avon Gorge; 10km from the sea and through this ravine, first a Saxon and then a Norman settlement grew up on a rocky outcrop at the confluence of the rivers Frome and Avon, surrounded by seven hills.\nBristol became a fortified port and town, coming to the fore during Norman times when massive civil engineering projects created a strong castle and stone bridge, and doubled port capacity with the creation of the Frome trench, making it one of the pre-eminent ports in Werstern Europe. The port blossomed for over 700 years and had its heyday exploring and trading with the Americas, spawning explorers, adventurers and great works of literature culminating in Treasure Island.\nNetwork’s members on this territory :"}
{"text":"- an abnormal inner ear fluid balance caused by a malabsorption in the endolyphatic sac or blockage in the endolyphatic duct.\n- chronic disease caused by an increase in endolymphatic pressure High in males (40-60 years old)\n* fluctuating, progressive sensorineural hearing loss\n* tinnitus or a roaring sound\n* feeling of pressure or fullness in the ear\n* episodic, incapaciating vertigo (severe dizziness)\n* nausea and vomiting\nThe endolymph and perilymph (ie, fluids that fill the chambers of the inner ear) are separated by thin membranes that house the neural apparatus of hearing and balance. Fluctuations in pressure stress these nerve-rich membranes, causing hearing disturbance, tinnitus, vertigo, imbalance, and a pressure sensation in the ear. Attacks of hydrops probably are caused by an increase in endolymphatic pressure, which, in turn, causes a break in the membrane that separates the perilymph (potassium-poor extracellular fluid) from the endolymph (potassium-rich intracellular fluid). The resultant chemical mixture bathes the vestibular nerve receptors, leading to a depolarization blockade and transient loss of function. The sudden change in the rate of vestibular nerve firing creates an acute vestibular imbalance (ie, vertigo). The physical distention caused by increased endolymphatic pressure also leads to a mechanical disturbance of the auditory and otolithic organs. Because the utricle and saccule are responsible for linear and translational motion detection (as opposed to angular and rotational acceleration), irritation of these organs may produce nonrotational vestibular symptoms. This physical distention causes mechanical disturbance of the organ of Corti as well. Distortion of the basilar membrane and the inner and outer hair cells may cause hearing loss and/or tinnitus. Since the apex of the cochlea is wound much tighter than the..."}
{"text":"St Thomas' visited us to take part in different STEM activities. Each task involved us working in a team and continuing to build our friendships. Children worked in small groups to create a map of the journey from St Thomas' to Whitefield using recyclable materials. Children then directed the beebots around the map. The activity generated much discussion, debating and problem solving. Children had to work as a team to make decisions and then present their map to the rest of the group.\nBuilding Bridges is a project that involves making links with schools in the local area to share our values, culture and religions. Class 9 have linked with St Thomas' in Barrowford.\nWe met the year 2 children from St Thomas' to join in some team games and sporting activities. We made lots of new friends and had a great day getting to know one another."}
{"text":"Paternal Haplogroup: R1b1b2a1a2\nIn 2010 my oldest son had his genome DNA tested showing the\nPaternal Haplogroup reaches back to Gascony in Southern France and the Basque Region of Spain, as far back as 20,000 BCE, the time of the paintings in the Lascaux and Altamira caves. According to 23andMe.com, “R1b1b2a1a2 is found in the Y chromosome, a sex chromosome found only in males. It is passed from father to son.”\nThe surprising thing about our genome to me was that I have all my life been fascinated by the ancient cave paintings in Lascaux, have read everything I’ve ever happened upon about them. I can remember in the early ’70s, in a humanities class, viewing and discussing a movie about the caves. For most of my life, to my mind, the human time scale they represent especially served as a reminder of the longevity of humanity on this planet. They naturally became a part of an epic poem I’m writing, The Parliament of Poets, with my writing about Lauscaux nearly two years ago. All the more astonishing to me to discover there’s a marker in my genes going back to the Basque region.\nI’ve usually identified most with my English heritage, though I’ve always known of several other strands of genealogy, some back into the early 1700s, German, French, Irish, and Croatian.\nOver 20,000 years is so incredible of a time scale that any mention of genealogy becomes absurd. The only rational conclusion is that I’m a human being."}
{"text":"HIV Drugs Delivered Using Electro-Magnetic Particles\nDrugs will counteract the brain barrier in the body, and may be the answer to curing fatal diseases.\nResearchers at Florida International University have developed a technique using electro-magnetic particles to deliver the anti-HIV drug AZTTP directly to the brain and bypass the barrier that keeps drugs in the blood from flowing directly to the brain without opening a patient’s skull. With current methods, more than 99% of antiretroviral medicines used to treat HIV are deposited in other organs before travelling to the brain. Higher quantities (up to 97% more) will be able to reach HIV-infected cells targeting the virus that sits in the brain that can cause inflammation and neurological damage.\nMadhavan Nair and Sakhrat Khizroev from FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine have unlocked the potential to also help patients suffering from other neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, epilepsy and even cancer by using the same method. Khizroev who co-designed the project explains, ‘We learned to control electrical forces in the brain using magnetics. We pretty much opened a pathway to the brain.’ This pathway could potentially be groundbreaking as the barrier stopping drugs getting directly to the brain has been one of the greatest impediments in internal medicine."}
{"text":"News: April 2008\nTwelve of us traveled to The Gambia in West Africa last month, all members of the Network of Biblical Storytellers. When we first arrived, none of us noticed the sign posted by the entrance of our dorm which read, “Keep your buckets full,” but it didn't take long to catch its significance in a land where it doesn't rain for nine months.\nBy the time we left a week later, “Keep your buckets full” was not just an essential practice for daily cleansing, but had become a beloved proverb of our spiritual experience in West Africa. In so many ways our buckets were kept more than full; they were overflowing!\nIt seemed a little strange to go to the land of Kunta Kinte, where griots continue ancient oral traditions, to teach about storytelling. The Bible, however, in The Gambia as in the United States, is part of a high literate culture and has not benefited from the rich oral tradition and storytelling abilities of West African peoples. It was an amazing privilege to witness the spiritual energy that was generated when the power of the biblical stories told intersected with the deep cultural experience of storytelling.\nThe Gambia is the smallest country in Africa. Here is a map of The Gambia, 20 miles wide and 200 miles long, along the Gambia River.\nGrace and peace,"}
{"text":"Status: Usually despatched within 24 - 48 hours\nArranger: Taylor, Eric\nSeries: ABRSM Music Theory in Practice\nThis product includes pieces featured in grade exams. Click on a grade to view the full syllabus.\n|ABRSM Music Theory||1|\nBuy Together For: £8.45\n\"I have recently entered my first theory student for her Grade 1 theory exam, and have used this book as the basis for her lessons. As a new teacher, I was quite nervous about teaching theory and worried that I would not be able to relate the information to my student in a concise and thorough way. However, by using this book, both my student and I found the material simple and straightforward. Eric Taylor explains music theory in a common-sense way, avoiding unnecessary jargon and confusing academic writing. The book covers everything that a student needs to know to succeed at their exam, and most importantly, makes it fun to learn. Used along with the model answers book, Music Theory in Practice gives each candidate an excellent foundation for their musical education.\"\nRating: 17/04/2012 By: Helen Mason"}
{"text":"Associated Cultures: Mohegan, Pequot\nIn compliance with 20 U.S.C. 80q et seq. (Public Law 101-185), the National Museum of the American Indian Act, and Public Law 104-278 (NMAI Act Amendments of 1996), this report provides an inventory and assessment of a pendant housed in the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) claimed by the Mohegan as a culturally affiliated funerary object. The Museum holds no human remains associated with this object.\nIn 1996, representatives of the Mohegan visited the NMNH to review all archeological collections from Connecticut. Of the objects viewed, the Mohegan representatives identified a stone pendant which they believe to be an unassociated funerary object culturally affiliated with their tribe. In response to a request by the Mohegan Tribe for the return of this object, documentation was initiated in 1998. This report provides documentation of a single catalog number, A017905-, a stone pendant collected from Norwich, Connecticut by Mr. James H. Clark of Newport, Rhode Island. The pendant was donated to the Smithsonian in 1875 as part of Accession 4159.\nBased on the preponderance of available evidence,\nwhich includes museum records, archival records, published\naccounts, oral historical information, typology, iconography,\nthe condition of the objects, and expert opinion, it\nis found that the stone pendant (A017905-) is an unassociated\nfunerary object culturally affiliated with the Mohegan.\nAs the Museum lacks the records to establish that it\nhas the right of possession to the pendant, it was\nrecommended that the pendant be offered for return\nto the Mohegan Tribe.\nThe stone pendant was repatriated to the Mohegan Tribe\non May 25, 2006.\nBack to top"}
{"text":"David J Smith (text), Steve Adams (illustrations) iF…: A mind-bending new way of looking at big ideas and numbers, New Frontier Publishing, 1 February 2015, $29.99(hbk), 40pp., ISBN 9781925059267\nOriginally published by Kids Can Press, this excellent picture book by two Canadian creators is well worth a look. What it attempts to do is to scale down some very large concepts to everyday objects to try to give young readers a sense of the proportions of these things and their component parts.\nFor example, the planets of our solar system are compared to each other in size by showing them as balls. Mercury is a ping-pong ball, Venus a tennis ball, Earth a baseball, Mars a golf ball, Jupiter a gym fitness ball etc. This particular comparison works extremely well, as does the double-page spread showing the amount of space on Earth taken up by each continent and the oceans and the global food supply described as a loaf of bread. Other comparisons also work well but perhaps the least successful are the pages where the objects are illustrated in a way which is less straightforward and where the eye does not necessarily follow the correct sequence.\nThe colours used are attractive and appealing, with different colour schemes on every opening. The objects used for comparison are instantly recognisable, although the jumbo pizza is rectangular, not round. The people are all shown stylistically with smiling expressions but most with Caucasian colouring and features.\nThe book begins with an introduction and ends with notes for parents and teachers, a list of sources used and another of websites. There is no conclusion or index.\nOverall this book is engaging and different. While some of the concepts have been commonly used before, such as life on Earth shown as an hour on a watch, others give pause for thought and should result in lots of questions. Recommended. Teacher’s Notes are available on the New Frontier website.\nreviewed by Lynne Babbage"}
{"text":"Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, one of the most eminent scholars of Islam in the contemporary Muslim world, draws on original Arabic sources to correct misconceptions about Islam’s early history and to establish that the revolution brought about by the Prophet was entirely bloodless. In fact, the Prophet Muhammad formulated an ideal ideology of peace which he faithfully and rigorously put into practice. In his time, there were some minor skirmishes, but no full-fledged wars.\nThe Prophet of Peace deals with the significant issues associated with the life of the Prophet, including jihad, itjihaad, the concept of war and the relationship with other religious communities. Quoting extensively from the Quran and the Hadith, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan illuminates the Islamic view of modernity, secularism, democracy, freedom of speech and the relevance of Islam in the modern age, clarifying that Islam as revealed in the Quran is not anti-modernity, nor does it advocate violence.\nPersuasive and compelling in its breadth and wisdom, this book presents an authentic picture of the life and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad and is a must for all those who wish to understand Islam and its place in the world today.\nAuthor : Maulana Wahiduddin Khan\nISBN : 9780143068174\nPublisher : Penguin Books\nPage : 226\nBinding : Paperback"}
{"text":"\"A house means a family house, a place specially meant for putting children and men in so as to restrict their waywardness and distract them from the longing for adventure and escape they've had since time began.\"\nIn this exhibition 48 respected Chicago architects presented 77 projects that explored the various notions, values and forms of \"home\" at the end of the 20th Century. Chicago has a long, storied history of involvement with architectural innovation from the 1890s onward. It is within this context and legacy that these architects are working to refine and innovate forms of housing today. The exhibition included documentation and models of works in progress, finished buildings and theoretical investigations. The catalogue includes photographs and drawings of these projects, and short descriptive statements by each of the architects or architectural teams in the exhibit. It also features an essay by Contributing Editor of Metropolis, Akiko Busch, investigating the contemporary family unit and how it maneuvers change in living space.\nThis catalogue was published with the support of the Graham Foundation.\n1995, 125 pp., 121 b/w illus., paperback"}
{"text":"Evaluation of Sustainable Climate Controls Installed in Historic Buildings\nA series of environmental monitoring tasks were conducted in Vermont in three of the Shelburne Museum's buildings: Prentis House (an 18th-century two-story timber residence), Horseshoe Barn (a large, horseshoe-shaped two-story barn), and Stagecoach Inn (an 18th-century Georgian-style town hall building).\nDifferent climate improvement strategies were employed in each of these structures. The first system consisted of humidistat- and thermostat-controlled low-level wintertime heating and summertime ventilation (Prentis House). The second system was a ventilation treatment of an entire structure controlled by both a thermostat and humidistat (Horseshoe Barn). The third system utilized centrally-controlled air conditioning with humidification based on an adjustable set point, depending on the season, to reduce the hygrometric stress on both the building and objects (Stagecoach Inn).\nClimatic data was collected over a five-year period that included years before and after the implementation of the three systems. Temperature and relative humidity both inside and outside the targeted buildings was statistically analyzed for the evaluation of the environmental improvements.\nThe interior environments of Prentis House and Stagecoach Inn showed measurable improvement from prior conditions. Improvements were not measurable in the climate of Horseshoe Barn, due to the large natural ventilation rate of the structure. This result indicated that climate improvement systems are most effective in buildings that have a limited rate of air infiltration.\n- Evaluation based on the environmental monitoring data collected in the buildings before and after the installation of the improvements;\n- Presentation of results at an annual meeting of the Association of Preservation Technology (APT) in Banff, Canada, in October 1999.\n- A technical publication based on the above work."}
{"text":"A rollup is a technique used by investors where multiple small companies in the same market are acquired and merged. The principal aim of a rollup is to reduce costs through economies of scale. Rollups also have the effect of increasing the valuation multiples the business can command as it acquires greater scale. Rollups may also have the effect of rationalizing competition in crowded and fragmented markets, where there are often many small participants but room for only a few to succeed.\nAn investor faced with an opportunity to invest in two competing companies may reduce risk by simply investing in both and merging them. Rollups are often part of the shakeout and consolidation process during an economic downturn or as new market sectors begin to mature.\nRollups of complementary or unrelated companies are also done to:\n• Build a full-capability company, when it would be too costly or time consuming to develop the missing pieces through internal expansion.\n• Blending companies have different financial metrics, often to make the combined company attractive for investment, mergers and acquisitions, or an initial public offering.\nRead More: The Challenges and Opportunities"}
{"text":"Leadership according to me is a developmental pattern by which a person influences others to achieve an objective and directs the organization or a group in a way that makes it more logical and organized. If you have the desire and will power, you can become an effective leader. While keeping in mind the goals, a good leader can break it down into convenient processes and make progress towards it. Good leaders constantly work and study to improve their leadership skills rather than resting on their success. A good leader is capable of motivating and inspiring the people around him to voluntarily & spontaneously commit towards accomplishing a certain goal.\nAn efficient leader is an influential person who is followed by the others and who has got lot of power to move his team and followers. He can influence a group of individuals or a team to achieve a common goal. Leaders get things effectively by applying their leadership quality and through their experiential process leadership. A true leader will surely possess certain traits that can influence the actions of a whole team. Though hard to believe, it is a fact that leaders are made, not born. A good leader develops through a sequence of self improving processes beginning with self actualization, followed by education, training and experience which are acquired through continuous work and learning.\nIn order to set goals and direct a group, a leader should appear and present him with poise so that he instills confidence in others and brings out the confidence and trust and also the best efforts of the team to complete their work well. It is easy to get carried away with the power of a position or status, but a true and efficient leader uses his power rightly and efficiently for the betterment and welfare of his fellow beings rather than for personal progress and advancement."}
{"text":"The chemist Lavoisier actually tried to weigh heat; he found it was weightless.\nIn 1789, Lavoisier showed that the total mass during the course of a chemical reaction is unchanged. Rather the atoms simply “reorganize” themselves, kind of like the reshuffling of deck or cards.\nIn 1789, Lavoisier published An Elementary Treatise on Chemistry where he describes 33 elements. The list begins with caloric and continues with light, oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen.\nPierre-Simon Laplace (1749-1827) imagined heat to be a fluid composed of particles, deemed by Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794) as “caloric”."}
{"text":"A Thermal Response Test (TRT) involves applying a finite amount of heat energy into a closed loop borehole over a certain period of time (up to several days), while monitoring the rate at which heat dissipates into the surrounding ground. Appropriate analysis of the test data allows accurate values of ground thermal properties.\nWhy TRT is important for geothermal collector design?\nThe objective of TRTs is to determine site specific thermal properties of the ground around a closed loop borehole. Results of the tests allow a cost effective collector to be\ndeveloped by reducing the capital expenditure and optimising the number of boreholes to be completed, preventing long term operational problems, maximising design performance and reducing the overall operation costs of the system whilst meeting the required energy demands.\nAt what point in the project is the TRT test carried out?\nA TRT test is carried out in the early phases of a ground source heat pump project installation of the ground source collector. Upon completion of a test borehole where a closed loop collector pipe has been placed. The TRT equipment is then used to carry out the TRT test.\nWhat equipment is used?\nThermal response tests involve portable testing equipment typically in a small trailer which includes:\n- A 3kW heater unit\n- Water circulation pump\n- Buffer vessel\n- Flow and return pipe temperature sensors\n- Data transmission module\n- GeoServ’s TRT testing services are limited to undertaking the TRT test and do not include any borehole construction at any stage.\n- Thermal Response Test results are supplied to the client as a factual report and no advice on collector construction details are provided unless agreed with the client in writing.\n- TRT services supplied by GeoServ do not engage in the construction or completion of any ground source heat pump collectors unless agreed with the client in writing."}
{"text":"U.S. shale production has grown…\nA shallow water discovery off…\nPrices of wind power have been constantly decreasing of late, and now electricity from wind is almost as cheap as that from conventional fossil fuel power stations. It does however still suffer from the same problem of inconsistency. The wind just won’t play by the rules and blow 24 hours a day at a constant speed.\nTurbines are designed to perform at an optimum wind speed. They then have complex control systems that can alter the magnetic torque of the turbine and tilt the angle of the blades in order to improve efficiency in low winds, or protect the turbine from damage during high winds. The systems tend to be complex and expensive, but a group of Chinese researchers have invented a new, cheap approach which could help bring the cost of wind turbines down even further, whilst actually increasing their efficiency.\nThe new system is based upon the human memory. Not in an AI sort of way, but by enabling the control system to memorise previous conditions and changes, so that they understand the optimum settings for each change in wind.\nThis new approach allows the control system to learn from old changes and adapt to new ones. It remembers old changes that were made in certain wind conditions, so that when those wind conditions are experienced again, it knows the most efficient settings for the turbine. In simulations the new system initially showed poor results, however with time it quickly learnt from its mistakes, improved its settings, and then matched traditional, expensive systems.\nThe researchers stated that, “the human-memory-based method holds great promise for enhancing the efficiency of wind power conversion.”\nBy. Joao Piexe of Oilprice.com\nJoao is a writer for Oilprice.com"}
{"text":"Hosta – Care After Hail\nQ: Most of my hostas were beaten down by the hailstorm two weeks ago. Afterwards, I wasn’t sure what to do. Should I cut them back or just leave them alone?\nA: My hosta, banana and lamb’s ear plants were shredded by the cascading balls of ice. Plant leaves can be damaged by many things, not just hail. No matter what the cause of leaf damage, use scissors to cut off at the base any leaf stem that has less than half of a leaf attached to it. If more than half of a leaf is attached, leave it alone until you can see what happens in the next week. If it begins to dry up, remove it.\nDue to the possibility of spreading disease, disinfect your pruners with alcohol between each cut.\nI feel certain that new leaves will sprout from your hosta plant crowns. My banana, which last week looked more like a droopy, ribbon-bedecked palm than a broadleafed plant, is already producing new leaves."}
{"text":"Long awaited dust study released for Hunter coal trains\nA study into dust emissions from train movements in the Hunter Valley has found little difference between the dust being produced by coal trains compared to other trains.\nThe study, commissioned by the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC), measured particle concentrations to determine whether loaded coal trains are a larger source of emissions than other trains.\nThe study was carried out in February and March this year in two locations at Mayfield and Metford.\nEnvironment Protection Authority Chairman Barry Buffier says the study shows the dust levels are below the national standard.\n\"The study has shown there is no appreciable difference between coal trains and freight trains with some slight variations with passenger trains,\" he said.\n\"The dust levels that are created, because there certainly is dust created by trains, are below national standards, so below what we call the NEPM levels.\"\nARTC Chief Executive Officer John Fullerton says the results should re-assure anyone with concerns.\n\"As everybody knows the volume of coal is going up and trains are increasing and so the community does have concerns about what the impact of that is,\" he said.\n\"I think this monitoring is just part of trying to reassure people that it's being checked and monitored and the information is analysed.\""}
{"text":"Accurate images of teeth are essential for the detection of tooth decay, gum disease, infection and many other dental diseases. Most of these problems are difficult or even impossible to detect without an x-ray. An x-ray should be taken when advised by Dr. Kesler.\nHow do x-rays work?\nX-rays pass through the area to be evaluated, and a film or sensor on the other side of the tissue picks up the resulting pattern. This allows Dr. Kesler to look at areas not visible to the human eye.\nAre there any risks?\nDental x-rays produce very low radiation exposure. With x-ray film becoming more sensitive and the machines constantly improving with technology, the low overall exposure time continues to decrease. Dental x-rays represent a far smaller risk than letting undetected dental problems occur."}
{"text":"An anonymous reader writes \"One moment you're conscious, the next you're not. For the first time, researchers have switched off consciousness by electrically stimulating a single brain area. Although only tested in one person, the discovery suggests that a single area – the claustrum – might be integral to combining disparate brain activity into a seamless package of thoughts, sensations and emotions. It takes us a step closer to answering a problem that has confounded scientists and philosophers for millennia – namely how our conscious awareness arises. When the team zapped the area with high frequency electrical impulses, the woman lost consciousness. She stopped reading and stared blankly into space, she didn't respond to auditory or visual commands and her breathing slowed. As soon as the stimulation stopped, she immediately regained consciousness with no memory of the event. The same thing happened every time the area was stimulated during two days of experiments."}
{"text":"Northern prawn, northern shrimp\nWestern Greenland cold water prawn; deep-sea prawn; Deepwater prawn; Pink shrimp\nAccording with the latest research there are seven genetically distinct populations of P. borealis in the North Atlantic. The population from northwest Greenland was found to be genetically similar to other western populations (Jorde et al. 2015).\nThis fishery was certified by the Marine Stewardship Council system in February 2013. Click here to link to the MSC fishery page and to learn more about the MSC fishery certification unit."}
{"text":"English vocabulary and translations (See all our English vocabulary translation)\nWant to improve your English? Try our online English lessons for free.\n(No to) violence!: (No to) brutality, fighting!\n- \"No one was hurt during the revolution but the country did record its first ever act of violence when the former President's bodyguard was slightly pushed.\"\n- \"Brian : I didn't know he was capable of such violence.\"\n- \"Horatio : I love violence!\"\n- \"(Violence medley)\"\n- \"There is no need for violence.\"\n- \"- a country without violence!\"\n- \"We mustn't resort to violence.\"\n- \"Hey, what happened to non-violence!\"\n- \"It's time to say goodbye to your lame regime of peace, non-violence and general contentment.\"\n- \"Let's move on to our real top story: In Lomé, Togo today, the Togolese defense minister was shot while delivering a speech on gun control at the annual summit on non-violence.\"\nStill having difficulties with 'Violence'? Want to improve your English? Try our online English lessons and receive a free level assessment.\nDo you have smart way of remembering 'Violence'? Share it with us!"}
{"text":"The female athlete triad: special considerations for adolescent female athletes\nThe number of adolescent girls participating in sports has dramatically increased throughout the last few decades. In the early 1990’s, an association between amenorrhea, osteoporosis, and disordered eating was recognized and eventually labeled the ‘Female Athlete Triad’. In 1997, the Task Force on Women’s Issues of American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) published a position statement on this triad of conditions that were becoming increasingly more prevalent amongst female athletes. Initially, the ‘Female Athlete Triad’ was characterized by disordered eating, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis. However, as the number of adolescent female athletes has continued to grow, there has been further research and investigation into this field and the triad has evolved in definition. It is essential for all health care practitioners and other professionals who care for adolescent athletes to be attentive to the clinical signs, detection, evaluation, and management of the female athlete triad, as the sequelae can have a significant impact on the health and well-being of a young person both in the short and long-term."}
{"text":"These days, it seems like all the different fruits and veggies we buy have some seemingly meaningless stickers on them. We tend to ignore them, but as it turns out, these can reveal quite a lot of information about the product you didn’t know you should know!\nFor example, the PLU (price lookup number) code on fruits can reveal information about the way fruit is grown. Here is a full list of all the possible codes and what they mean:\n1. 5-digit code beginning with the number 9\nIf you get this code on your produce, it means it’s grown according to USDA organic standards, meaning it’s essentially organically grown and it’s completely fine to eat.\n2. 4-digit code beginning with the number 3 or 4\nIf this code appears, then it, unfortunately, means that the product has been loaded with pesticides and that the specific produce was also conventionally grown.\n3. 5-digit code beginning with the number 3\nThis usually means that the fruit/veggie was electronically pasteurized. How do you electronically pasteurize something? That’s what I want to know.\n4. 5-digit code beginning with the number 8\nThis usually means that the produce has been genetically modified. The unfortunate thing is, no one can grow organic fruits and vegetables if they use genetically modified seeds.\n5. The code begins with the number 6\nThis means that the produce has been pre-cut.\n6. No code\nIf there is no sticker with a code of any kind on what you’re about to buy, it can be suspicious. As long as you know who and where you’re buying your produce from, you shouldn’t worry.\nSo, the next time you’re about to buy some fresh produce, use some of this information and read the stickers. That way you’ll find out if the fresh produce really is fresh or not.\nHave you spotted these stickers on produce before? Let us know in the comments!"}
{"text":"Featured Concerns for Midland County\nConcerns for Midland County\nDo you know about toxic PFAS foam on lakes and rivers?\nThis summer, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services recommends that Michiganders avoid foam on Michigan lakes, rivers, streams, and beaches. Foam can contain harmful chemicals, including high levels of PFAS. Natural foam is usually off-white or brown in color with an earthy or fishy scent, and collects in bays or dams. But foam that contains PFAS is typically a bright white col…\nHow does PFAS affect our drinking water?\nSome drinking water wells may have PFAS in amounts that are high enough to cause concern for human health. About 75% of Michiganders get water from a public water supply. The rest of the state gets their water from private wells. Both can become contaminated by PFAS, so it is important to stay informer about drinking water in Midland County. There are strict drinking water standards that put a…\nHow does the presence of PFAS affect children?\nThere are many unknowns about the impacts of PFAS, but recent studies suggest that children are even more negatively affected by PFAS contamination than adults. In Midland County, 5.4% of the population are children under the age of 5 that could potentially be exposed to PFAS every day. With contamination sites near Midland County, this presents potential for exposure to children. Kids enco…\nToxic PFAS can have incredibly harmful affects on your health.\nThe full impacts of PFAS exposure and contamination are still being studied, and will be for years to come. These invisible chemicals are a problem for humans of any age and for all living creatures. This is because PFAS collects in our bodies over time and can take years to leave. Because we are often exposed to different types of PFAS, they continuously add up in our bodies and in our bloodst…"}
{"text":"…. At a time when national political news is inescapable, there is less local news to be found – and less interest in local politics from Americans.\nThis shift in media may have a direct effect on how people vote. Local newspapers help protect American democracy by giving people the information they need to hold local government accountable. They also provide an alternative to national news that is often focused on partisan conflict.\nAs political scientists and communications scholars who study the media’s influence on voters, we wanted to know whether these changes in the news industry had political effects. …."}
{"text":"A new process for the separation of niobium pentachloride from iron chloride was studied from the standpoint of the recovery of niobium from its iron-containing ore and from scraps. In this process, the niobium pentachloride is transported from the iron chloride in the presence of sodium chloride forming sodium hexachloroniobate. The separation experiments were conducted using double cells with two compartments. In the case of the NbCl3-FeCl3 system, FeCl3 tended to remain in the compartment in which the mixed chloride was placed, while NbCl5 was transported to another compartment forming NaNbCl6 stable complex. The transport efficiency and and chloride purity obtained were investigated under several conditions. The best separation was achieved when the molar ratio of NaCl to mixed chloride and reaction time were 6 and 3 days, respectively. The transport efficiency of NbCl5 increased with increasing temperature and became stable over 300 °C. The chloride purity obtained decreased, corresponding to the increasing transport efficiency of FeCl3 over 200C. A very high separation effect was observed when sodium chloride was used compared to the separation result without sodium chloride. Selective reduction of FeCl3 in the NbCl5-FeCl3 mixture by iron and ferroniobium metal was shown to be effective resulting in the recovery of very pure NbCl5 (Fe:2 ppm) with 99.9% transport efficiency. Aluminium in the NbCl5-FeCl3 mixture obtained from the chlorination of ferroniobium showed similar transport behavior to that of the AlCl3-FeCl3 mixture.\nASJC Scopus subject areas\n- Materials Science(all)\n- Condensed Matter Physics\n- Mechanics of Materials\n- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry"}
{"text":"Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in America, with all its attendant risks for heart disease, stroke, blindness, kidney failure and more. Previous research has shown that the spice, cinnamon, can help reduce blood sugar, triglycerides and LDL cholesterol in people with type 2 diabetes—all benefits that can help reduce the health risks of this disease. But how does it work? Swedish researchers found that it seems to slow the rate at which food leaves the stomach.\nIn their study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, they found that people who ate rice pudding had significantly delayed stomach emptying when the rice pudding contained 6 grams of cinnamon. They also had significantly lower blood sugar response—about 50 percent of that seen without the cinnamon. (Hlebowicz, J, et al. Am J Clin Nutr 2007;85:1552-6.)\nBoth of these findings are important for people with diabetes. Of course, keeping blood sugar within a normal range reduces the risks for diabetes-related health problems And since stomach fullness is one way the body signals that it’s time to stop eating, delayed stomach emptying may help people eat less. Plus cinnamon has an additional insulin-enhancing effect that helps to control blood sugar.\nAdding about a teaspoon a day of cinnamon to your diet may be all it takes to keep blood sugar under control. But that doesn’t mean you should splurge on cinnamon buns and apple pie. Instead, add cinnamon to healthier fare, like fruit, cereal, toast, teas, coffee, yogurt, low-fat ice cream and cottage cheese, sweet potatoes and lamb.\nNOTE: If you have liver disease or use drugs that might cause liver damage, such as cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, you should avoid large doses of cinnamon, because it contains coumarin, a compound that can cause reversible liver damage in large amounts. A patented, water-soluble form of cinnamon that does not contain coumarin and is safe for people with liver problems."}
{"text":"Prospective epidemiologic studies have identified several risk factors for heart disease, and most can be the target of risk reduction interventions. The most widely recognized risk factors for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) include age, gender, cigarette smoking, sedentary lifestyle, elevated LDL, reduced HDL, hypertension, and diabetes. The consistency of associations between these factors and ASCVD risk across populations is substantial.\nOur understanding of the pathogenesis and etiology of coronary ASCVD, as well as its clinical implications, has grown tremendously over the past 20 y. The role garlic might play in treating ASCVD has been postulated for many years, but until recently no studies on garlic's ability to inhibit the atherosclerotic process have been reported. A pilot study evaluating coronary artery calcification and the effect of garlic therapy in a group of patients who were also on statin therapy suggested incremental benefits. The implications of this study must be put in context of the potential importance of early atherosclerosis detection and prevention."}
{"text":"Listen to the first part of the story only!\nNow try to write your own ending.\nWhat would you like to happen next?\nParents - If your child copes well with high level tasks they should be able to do a lot of writing independently.\nIf they are more medium level they might need you to write some words in a word bank to help them.\nLower level children can come up with the ideas themselves and then tell you their story to write down for them."}
{"text":"Identifying the Causes of Hair LossThere can be found a lot of different causes for hair loss on men and women of all ages. For instance some reasons may be a nutritional deficiency, hormone imbalance, stress or a medical condition. In the other hand, we can identify as the main reasons for the baldness that affects millions, Androgenetic , which refers to the influence of androgens (male hormones), and genetic predisposition to balding.\nIn the case of genetic predisposition, it could be a little bit hard to determine with precision if you will suffer from this condition in the future or not, since the presence of someone in your family going bald may not be enough evidence.\nIs normal on men and women the production of androgenic hormones. The most common of them is Dihydrotestosterone or DHT. In men this hormone is produced by testicles and adrenals. In women, it is produced by ovaries and adrenal glands. Since DHT is a male hormone, its concentration is higher on men than women.\nThere is no exact age for baldness to start; it can start even in late teens, and people who are susceptible to DHT and constantly exposed to this hormone, tend more to suffer from baldness. This is an important fact to set a treatment for both genres.\nHair loss can be caused too by medical conditions such as thyroid disorders, diabetes, liver and kidney illnesses, or in the case of female hairlessness, hormonal imbalance caused by polycystic ovary syndrome.\nAmphetamines in diet pills and medications used for some treatments like chemotherapy can also produce baldness. There can also be found psychological conditions responsible for hair loss like Trichotillomania, which is a disorder where a person pulls his/her own hair out that can also lead to permanent hair loss. For this reason is very important to identify the real causes of hair loss before starting a treatment, to get more effective results."}
{"text":"Utilize our search toolbar promptly if the article lacks audio! Search Now♥\nWritten exclusively for the kids, the book is full of imaginations and is written from a kid’s point of view. Louis is a male and moreover he is a Trumpeter Swan but an exceptional case altogether.\nWhen his father tells him that he is different he fails to comprehend the meaning of the word different. The more he comes to know about his difference from the rest of the clan the more scared he becomes but then the young swan is not losing hope. Hope and imaginations are must have items if you are writing for kids because it is the motive of the author to induce these two things in the new generation.\nOf course no one wants the new generation to be pessimist and without options in life. The young swan represents the same cause, as he makes a human friend after leaving his home and clan.\nHe starts to learn how to read and write which is again something imaginary but we go with the emotion that the young lad is trying to do something different. His biggest achievement is that he does not lose hope at all and is committed to tell about his feelings to Serena the swan of his dreams.\nThan the irony happens Serena cannot read and the poor swan cannot trumpet the feelings. But Louis’ hopes are not shattered at all he is committed to go on a trip of a lifetime to earn his love at any rate. E.B. White was previously writing books like Charlotte’s Web but after producing Stuart Little the author’s motive changed.\nWhite has narrated this too so we can guess that what we can get from the writer in the years to come. Surely it would be more of the kid’s stuff which is enthusiastic and appealing."}
{"text":"Assess the safety and efficacy of upcoming stem cell treatments and analyze their effects on the cognitive and behavioral impairments in patients diagnosed with autism. Methods We included controlled and noncontrolled, randomized and non-randomized trials evaluating stem cell therapy as a treatment in patients with autism spectrum disorder compared to placebo or without comparator.\nScopus, Web of Science, MEDLINE and EMBASE. Risk of bias was assessed using Cochrane's Risk of Bias tool and the NIH's Quality Assessment Tool for Studies With No Control Group.\nEleven trials including 461 patients proved eligible. ABC scale meta-analysis showed a mean raw of -11.97 in the intervention groups (95 % CI -91.45 to 67.52, p < 0.01). CARS scale reported a mean raw of -9.08 (95 % CI -15.43 to -2.73, p < 0.01). VABS scale was reported by their domains: communication domain reported a mean raw of 2.69 (95 % CI 1.30 to 4.08, p = 0.92); daily living domain, 1.99 (95 % CI 0.83 to 3.15, p = 0.51); motor domain, 1.06 (95 % CI -0.37 to 2.48, p = 0.20); socialization domain, 3.09 (95 % CI 1.71 to 4.48, p = 0.61); adaptive behavior domain, 2.10 (95 % CI 1.04 to 3.16, p = 0.36). Furthermore, the most common side effects reported included fever, hyperactivity, vomit, headache, and aggressiveness; no serious adverse events were reported.\nThe body of evidence suggests that stem cell therapy significantly improves scales in patients with autism spectrum disorder, hence, future studies should help us have more confidence in the results. We found no serious adverse events related to the stem cell therapy.\nOversett med Google Translate"}
{"text":"Daily glass of fruit juice or diet soda can boost disease risk, new French study of 100,000 adults shows\nEven one daily glass of juice or soda can increase your risk of cancer.\nThat conclusion, according to a recent story by Najja Parker in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, stems from a new study of 100,000 French adults who were followed for nine years.\nThe study, published in the British Medical Journal, says that consuming sugary drinks each day — in amounts as small as 100 ml of 100% fruit juice or one-third of a typical can of an artificially sweetened diet beverage — is now \"associated with an overall increase in cancer risk of 18% and breast cancer risk by 22%.\"\nEarlier this year, the AJC article continues, \"researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found sugary drinks were linked to higher risk of early death, especially for women.\"\n|Dr. Mathilde Touvier|\nA handful of U.S. cities — including Albany, Berkeley and San Francisco in California; Boulder, Colorado; Philadelphia; and Seattle — have levied taxes on the soda industry. \"Those levies seem to decrease soda consumption,\" Johnson's piece says.\nThe Big Think article also notes that \"although consuming large amounts of sugar has been linked to some forms of cancer, like esophageal cancer, there's no strong evidence showing that it causes the disease, according to the American institute for Cancer Research. But there is an indirect link: Eating high-sugar foods often leads to obesity, which, in turn, raises the risk of developing cancer.\"\nInformation on other cancer-causing agents can be found in \"Rollercoaster: How a man can survive his partner's breast cancer,\" a VitalityPress book that I, Woody Weingarten, aimed at male caregivers."}
{"text":"Great post about teaching responsibility and digital citizenship with a BYOD initiative. I love the TRUST acronym and the focus on positively stating the rules.\nWhen do you begin teaching responsible use? It should start at birth. Many parents begin creating the child’s digital footprint before the child is even born by posting the ultrasound photo on social media. Ideally when the child enters school you would expect a child to know how to share, take turns, listen to other opinions and know the difference between right and wrong and some understanding of social norms for public and private behavior. In reality we realize that some children come to school unprepared with some of those social skills and so we nurture and model and teach appropriate behavior until these become internalized.\nFor example,we live in an era where parents have some model for the “sex talk” because…\nView original post 624 more words"}
{"text":"Prisoners of War of British Army, WWII. CD. Unpublished. The Naval and Military Press, Ltd.\nThis database contains a listing of World War II British Army, Navy and Air Force prisoners of war (POW). Information provided about them includes:\n- Branch of the armed forces\n- POW number\n- Camp type\n- Camp number\n- Camp location\n- Record office\n- Record Office number\nThe Geneva Convention of 1929 established the rules for the treatment of prisoners of war that were used in World War II. Over 100,000 soldiers of the British Armed Forces were captured during this war and placed in prisoner of war camps. There were two types of POW camps run by the Germans that soldiers were assigned to. These were:\n- Oflag – camp for officers\n- Stalag – camp for enlisted personnel\nThere were separate camps for navy, aircrews, and civilians.\nThe German camps were named according to a numbering system, beginning with a Roman numeral representing the military district the camp was located in. Following the Roman numeral could be a letter. This letter represented a specific camp within the military district. If the camp was a sub-camp, “/Z” was then appended to the end of the number. If the camp was a main camp, then the “/H” was appended to the end of the number. You will see this nomenclature in the “Camp number” field of this database."}
{"text":"Restharrow is wild flowering perennial with clusters of Pinkish Purple flowers and hairy trifoliate leaves, it is a low-growing growing plant with tough stems and roots.\nWidespread in England, Restharrow is most often found locally growing in well drained Calcareous soils, on dry grassland, waste ground and tracks, but less common further North into Scotland.\nCommon Restharrow is similar to the much less common Spiny Restharrow (Ononis spinosa) which has paired spines at the leaf axils.\nRestharrow is a larval food Plant of the British Common Blue Butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) and Moth the Grey Pug (Eupithecia subfuscata)\n- Name: Common Restharrow (Ononis repens)\n- Group: Fabaceae (pea family) Legumes\n- Type: Perennial\n- Similar appearance to: Spiny Restharrow (Ononis spinosa)\n- Flowering: July to September\n- Position: Sun, calcareous grassland, roadsides, Tracks\n- Height: around 50-70cm\n- Larval food plant: Common Blue Butterfly (Polyommatus icarus)\n- Nectar plant: Common Blue,Bees\n- Photograph: 6th July 2014\n- Location: Growing in my Garden"}
{"text":"Twice a month a mail carrier on horseback traversed the South Country Road on Long Island. In winter the roads were, of course, impassable. Historians tell us that the service did not flourish and was withdrawn before the Revolution. There is a story that during the Revolution and for some years afterwards, an old Scot named Dunbar was in the habit of riding a voluntary post between the city of New York along the south road to Babylon and from thence a few miles o the east and then across the Island, to Brookhaven. He brought mail and newspapers to the inhabitants once or twice a month depending on the state of the weather. It was not until the beginning of the nineteenth century that there was a Post Office on Long Island. People had heir mail brought from New York or Connecticut by trading vessels.\nOn November 26, 1889, a Post Office was established in Great River."}
{"text":"Who was Margaret Fuller? She shook up the Bostonians of the 1840s and then moved on to shake up Rome and support a revolution against the Pope. People had strong opinions about her. Edgar Allen Poe called her an ill-tempered old maid. Nathanial Hawthorne satirized her in his “Blithedale Romance” But Ralph Waldo Emerson described her as a “brave, eloquent, subtle, accomplished, devoted, constant soul” and thought her countrymen did not fully appreciate her.\nDecide for yourself. Read about how Margaret learned Latin at the age of six. As she grew up she encouraged young women to trust themselves and empowered them to seek new frontiers. Margaret sympathized with the plight of the Indians driven from their traditional homelands. She praised the virtues of Irish immigrants at a time when most commentators could see only their poverty and lack of ‘gentility’. Read about Margaret in this concise new biography, which uses her own words to bring to life a nineteenth century woman who changed the way Americans view the world. Print and ebook version available at amazon.com Ebook version available at Smashwords.com"}
{"text":"Those ubiquitous antibacterial soaps, gels and wipes may lead to more harm than good. The chemicals may spur the growth of hardy bacteria that resist not only antibacterial cleaners but also antibiotics.\nA medical resident lays out the case against antibacterial cleaning products in this morning’s Washington Post. The article suggests that washing thoroughly with old-school soap and water may be the best bet, all things considered, whether you’re worried about MRSA or just a cold.\nThe article cites this 2004 study, which randomly assigned 228 households to use either antibacterial soap or regular soap for a year and found that using the antibacterial product didn’t change the rate of common symptoms of infectious disease (fever, vomiting, diarrhea). Though the study did note that antibacterial products might be useful, say, when someone has a suppressed immune system, or already has an infection.\nThe question of resistance is trickier. Bacteria haven’t yet become resistant to triclosan, one of the most common antibacterial agents used in cleaning products. Nor is there any evidence that antibacterial products have yet caused bacteria to become resistant — a possibility that a soap industry spokesman calls one of the “greatest suburban myths.”\nBut researchers have seen such a leap in lab tests. “Clearly, this is not a leading cause or a major cause of the resistance problem,” Stuart Levy, a Tufts microbiologist and a leading skeptic of antibacterial products, told the Post. “But it is a potential.”"}
{"text":"London, July 18 (IANS) Improving body image helps in weight loss programs based on diet and exercise.\nObesity is known to increase the risk of diabetes and heart disease and can significantly shorten life expectancy.\nTechnical University of Lisbon's Pedro J. Teixeira, who led the research, said: 'Body image problems are very common amongst overweight and obese people, often leading to comfort eating and more rigid eating patterns, and are obstacles to losing weight.'\n'Our results showed a strong correlation between improvements in body image, especially in reducing anxiety about other peoples' opinions, and positive changes in eating behaviour.'\nResearchers from Technical and Bangor universities (Spain and Britain, respectively) enrolled overweight and obese women on a year-long weight loss programme, reports the International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity.\nHalf the women were given general health information about good nutrition, stress management, and the importance of looking after themselves, according to a Technical University statement.\nThe other half attended 30 weekly group sessions where issues such as exercise, emotional eating, improving body image and the recognition of, and how to overcome, personal barriers to weight loss and lapses from the diet were discussed.\nWomen in the second group found that the way they thought about their body improved and that concerns about body shape and size were reduced.\nCompared to the first group, they were better able to self-regulate their eating and they lost much more weight, losing ann average seven percent of their starting weight compared to less than two percent for the first group.\n--Indo-Asian News service"}
{"text":"Int J Biol Sci 2006; 2(2):61-65. doi:10.7150/ijbs.2.61 This issue\nMarine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California\nTransposable elements of about 300 bp, termed “short interspersed nucleotide elements or SINEs are common in eukaryotes. However, Alu elements, SINEs containing restriction sites for the AluI enzyme, have been known only from primates. Here I report the first SINE found in the genome of the cephalochordate, amphioxus. It is an Alu element of 375 bp that does not share substantial identity with any genomic sequences in vertebrates. It was identified because it was located in the FoxD regulatory region in a cosmid derived from one individual, but absent from the two FoxD alleles of BACs from a second individual. However, searches of sequences of BACs and genomic traces from this second individual gave an estimate of 50-100 copies in the amphioxus genome. The finding of an Alu element in amphioxus raises the question of whether Alu elements in amphioxus and primates arose by convergent evolution or by inheritance from a common ancestor. Genome-wide analyses of transposable elements in amphioxus and other chordates such as tunicates, agnathans and cartilaginous fishes could well provide the answer.\nKeywords: Branchiostoma, transposon, cis-regulation, SINE, Alu, chordate evolution"}
{"text":"This beautiful oblique view of a fresh impact crater was captured as the MESSENGER spacecraft slewed to the side to get a better look. The primary purpose for this slew was actually so that the Mercury Atmospheric and Surface Composition Spectrometer (MASCS) instrument could collect a reflectance spectrum of the crater's ejecta.\nThis image was acquired as a high-resolution targeted observation. Targeted observations are images of a small area on Mercury's surface at resolutions much higher than the 250-meter/pixel (820 feet/pixel) morphology base map or the 1-kilometer/pixel (0.6 miles/pixel) color base map. It is not possible to cover all of Mercury's surface at this high resolution during MESSENGER's one-year mission, but several areas of high scientific interest are generally imaged in this mode each week.\nThe MESSENGER spacecraft is the first ever to orbit the planet Mercury, and the spacecraft's seven scientific instruments and radio science investigation are unraveling the history and evolution of the Solar System's innermost planet. Visit the Why Mercury? section of this website to learn more about the key science questions that the MESSENGER mission is addressing. During the one-year primary mission, MDIS is scheduled to acquire more than 75,000 images in support of MESSENGER's science goals.\nDate acquired: July 28, 2011\nImage Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 220329477\nImage ID: 560706\nInstrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)\nCenter Latitude: 35.11°\nCenter Longitude: 35.70° E\nResolution: 85 meters/pixel\nScale: This crater is approximately 65 km (40 miles) in diameter\nIncidence Angle: 56.5°\nEmission Angle: 58.1°\nPhase Angle: 102.0°\nThese images are from MESSENGER, a NASA Discovery mission to conduct the first orbital study of the innermost planet, Mercury. For information regarding the use of images, see the MESSENGER image use policy."}
{"text":"Assorted biology-related OER including biomedical science, biology and forensic science. OER in multiple formats including video, animations and downloadable text.\nIntroducing a range of microbiological techniques including aseptic technique, how to inoculate flasks for experiments, use of API strips to identify bacteria. Other instructional resources include a video on using a portable autoclave for laboratory classes and Gram staining.\nCollection of hospital photographs from the parasitology laboratory. This series of photographs of 21 different parastites under the light microscope is freely available to use as part of teaching or student work, and is licenced under Creative Commons (CC BY-SA)."}
{"text":"The species is well known throughout the grasslands of West Africa, but its distribution in central and eastern parts of the continent is less certain. Most of the pet trade specimens come from the isolated belt of Savannah along the southern coast of West Africa, particularly from Ghana and Togo.\nSavannah Monitors can be very tame and docile lizards. They can reach sizes of 5 feet but usually average between 3 and 4 feet. Start with a 20-gallon tank and grow as the monitors grows.\nUse newspaper, aspen, reptile bedding or reptile turf. Create shelters with climbing and basking areas. A large bowl of fresh water for drinking and soaking should be provided at all times.\nKeep the tank between 82 and 95 during the day and 72 to 80 at night. Use under tank heating pads for a 24-hour heat source.\nSavannah Monitors can accumulate massive fat reserves and obese specimens are common in captivity. Females tend to be smaller, but more heavily bodied, than males and may have slightly shorter tails. Pre-killed mice and rats are good for the younger lizards.\nImported savannahs can obtain many parasites: HaHa Reptiles always checks for mites and ticks before shipping. We recommend that all new specimens be quarantined for 3 to 5 days so that they can be checked for parasites and disease at the new location."}
{"text":"- ସବୁ ରାଜନୀତି ପାର୍ଟିରୁ ଜଣେ ପ୍ରତିନିଧି ବଜେଟ୍ ମିଟିଂଗରେ ଉପସ୍ତିତ ହେବେ\nSynonyms of deputation\n|Synonyms in Oriya||ଉପସ୍ଥାପନ କରୁଥିବା ଲୋକ, ପ୍ରାଧିକରଣ, ଅନ୍ୟର ଜଗ ନୌଥିବା ଲୋକ|\n|Synonyms in English||organisation commission embassy committee|\nAntonyms of deputation\n|Antonyms in Oriya||NA|\n|Antonyms in English||NA|\nAbout English Oriya Dictionary\nMultibhashi’s Oriya-English Dictionary will help you find the meaning of different words from Oriya to English like meaning of Chāna and from English to Oriya like meaning of Awesome, The meaning of stunning, etc. Use this free dictionary to get the definition of friend in Oriya and also the definition of friend in English. Also see the translation in Oriya or translation in English, synonyms, antonyms, related words, image and pronunciation for helping spoken English improvement or spoken Oriya improvement.\nEnglish is one of the most widely spoken languages across the globe and a common language of choice for people from different backgrounds trying to communicate with each other. This is the reason why English is the second language learned by most of the people.\nOriya, also known as Odiya is a language spoken by 4.2% of India’s population. The language is spoken mostly in eastern India, with more than 35 million native speakers. Oriya is the predominant language of the Indian state of Odisha (formerly known as Orissa) and also spoken in parts of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh. You can use multibhashi to learn Oriya from English with just little efforts and Concentration. This course will help you understand, learn and use Oriya sentences in your Daily Life."}
{"text":"Each country has its own standard of beauty. In some remote areas, long-preserved traditions uphold those standards. While they can be eyebrow raising to those belonging to modern society, they are considered conventional for these ethnic groups around the world.\nSee video at the end\nLearn about these bizarre standards by browsing through the list below.\nLip Plates of the Mursi Women of Southern Ethiopia\nThe pastoral society of the Mursi people of Ethiopia marks womanhood through the process of lip stretching. Only the women are obliged to follow the ritual. It is done by inserting a lip plate on a pierce hole on their lower lip. The practice begins once the girl turns 13.\nAlthough it is painful and not to mention may pose several health hazards, the women of Mursi wear these with pride. The process even involves removing the lower teeth for plates more than 20 cm. In what could be called a patriarchal system, some women use these lip plates when serving food to their husbands.\nKayan people have opened their cultural heritage to the public. Tourists are often left in awe with how they’ve kept an ancient practice ongoing up to the present. This too is exclusive to women. According to tradition, women with long necks are appealing to men.\nThe neck ring pushes the collarbone and neck down, creating an illusion of an elongated neck.\nAlthough there is a noticeable decline in the number of Kayans who choose to follow this tradition, there are still some who respect it. The neck rings aren’t removed during sleep, and the gradual application of rings starts at childhood."}
{"text":"Structure and composition\nThe Great Canon consists of four parts, each divided into nine odes like a regular canon. However, there are slight differences between the odes of the two compositions. In the Great Canon, there is a greater number of troparia. At the refrain \"Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me,\" a full prostration is performed. Also, some of the odes have additional refrains and troparia to the author of the canon, St. Andrew of Crete, or St. Mary of Egypt, one of the greatest models of repentance in Christian history.\nThe Great Canon is performed during the first week of the Great Lent. During Great Compline on Monday, Tuesday, Wendesday and Thursday, one portion of the Canon is sung after the Little Doxology (Greek practice) or Psalm 69 (Russian practice) is read. On Wednesday of the fifth week of the Great Lent, the Life of St. Mary of Egypt is read together with the entire Great Canon at Orthros (sometimes Thursday proper in Slavic tradition). This practice was implemented during the life of St. Andrew, who was also the author of St. Mary's hagiography.\nA basic distinguishing feature of the Great Canon is its extremely broad use of images and subjects taken both from the Old and New Testaments. As the Canon progresses, the congregation encounters many biblical examples of sin and repentance. The Bible (and therefore, the Canon) speaks of some individuals in a positive light, and about others in a negative one—the penitents are expected to emulate the positive examples of sanctity and repentance, and to learn from and avoid the negative examples of sin, fallen nature and pride. However, one of the most notable aspects of the Canon is that it attempts to potray the Biblical images in a very personal way to every penitent: the Canon is written in such form that the faithful identify themselves with many people and events found in the Bible.\nThe Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete:"}
{"text":"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a leader in nationwide efforts to ease the burden of cancer. Through the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC), CDC works with national cancer organizations, state health agencies, and other key groups to develop, implement, and promote effective strategies for preventing and controlling cancer. CDC provides funding and assistance to help states, tribes/tribal organizations, and territories collect data on cancer incidence and deaths, cancer risk factors, and the use of cancer screening tests. Public health professionals use the data to identify and track cancer trends, strengthen cancer prevention and control activities, and prioritize the use of resources. CDC develops communication campaigns and materials designed to teach health professionals, policy makers, the media, and the public about cancer prevention and control.\nCDC develops materials designed to teach health professionals, policy makers, the media, and the public about cancer prevention and control. All current publications are available online as Web pages, Adobe® Acrobat® PDF documents, or both. CDC offers a variety of fact sheets, brochures, posters, and more, including a selection in Spanish.\nSome of the printed publications can be ordered free of charge. Quantities are limited and this service is available only in the United States.\nYou may search for other related entries in the database under the following topics."}
{"text":"Nicaraguan culture deeply influenced by European culture, but also influenced by Amerindian sounds and flavors.\nMusic is one of the most representative of the culture. It is a mixture of indigenous and European, especially Spanish, influences, and the most distinctive of Nicaragua musical instruments is marimba. The Garifuna community is known for its popular music called Punta. In addition, Nicaragua has wide international influence on the music arena such as Bachata, Merengue, Salsa and Cumbia. The Caribbean coast of Nicaragua is known for a dance music called Palo de Mayo which is popular throughout the country. It is especially loud and celebrated during the Palo de Mayo festival in May.\nIn the literature, the \"Father of Modernism\", Rubén Darío is regarded as the most important literary figure in Nicaragua. The satirical drama El Güegüense is regarded as one of Latin America's most distinctive colonial-era expressions. Also, it is one of the oldest indigenous theatrical/dance works of the Western Hemisphere, and recognized by UNESCO as \"a patrimony of humanity\".\nThere are two popular sports in Nicaragua. One is baseball, especially Dennis Martínez who was the first baseball player from Nicaragua to play in Major League Baseball. The second is boxing, such as Alexis Argüello and Ricardo Mayorga among others has had world champions."}
{"text":"The european patent convention\nDavid Bourget (Western Ontario)\nDavid Chalmers (ANU, NYU)\nRafael De Clercq\nEzio Di Nucci\nJack Alan Reynolds\nLearn more about PhilPapers\nThe European Patent Convention (EPC) establishes “a system of law, common to the Contracting States, for the grant of patents for inventions” (article 1) and an organisation, the European Patent Organisation, to administer it. A patent granted under the EPC is called a European patent but takes effect as a bundle of national patents under the laws of the Contracting States in which protection is sought.\n|Keywords||No keywords specified (fix it)|\n|Categories||categorize this paper)|\nSetup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server\nConfigure custom proxy (use this if your affiliation does not provide a proxy)\n|Through your library||\nReferences found in this work BETA\nNo references found.\nCitations of this work BETA\nNo citations found.\nSimilar books and articles\nNeethu Rajam, Uk's National Patent Strategies and the Features of its Patent Abuses: Some Scattered Thoughts.\nEstelle Derclaye, Should Patent Law Help Cool the Planet? An Inquiry From the Point of View of Environmental Law - Parts I & II.\nBaruch A. Brody (2007). Intellectual Property and Biotechnology: The European Debate. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 17 (2):69-110.\nR. Stephen Crespi (2000). An Analysis of Moral Issues Affecting Patenting Inventions in the Life Sciences: A European Perspective. Science and Engineering Ethics 6 (2):157-180.\nSvenja Sethmann & Franz-Joséf Zimmer (2005). The Immoral Gene: Does It Really Exist? Science and Engineering Ethics 11 (1):97-104.\nAdded to index2009-12-22\nTotal downloads5 ( #482,295 of 1,789,901 )\nRecent downloads (6 months)0\nHow can I increase my downloads?"}
{"text":"Cambridge Grammar of English\nA Comprehensive Guide\nUnavailable - out of print February 2017\nA major reference grammar offering comprehensive coverage of spoken and written English based on real everyday usage.\nWith its clear, two part structure, this is a user-friendly book from the world's leading English grammar publisher.\nThe version with accompanying CD-ROM (Windows only) makes Cambridge Grammar of English even more accessible with:\n• The whole book in handy, searchable format.\n• Audio recordings of all the examples from the book.\n• Links to the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary online for instant definitions of new vocabulary.\nThank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.\nIf you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.×"}
{"text":"Years ago, teenagers with acne were told to cut out the potato chips. Today, we know far more about the reasons why some people develop acne and how it can most effectively be treated.\nAll cases of acne are not created equal, and neither are all acne treatments. Although all acne has its roots in the same process — hormonal fluctuations that stimulate oil production — not all acne is equally severe and not all cases of acne will respond to the same types of treatments.\nMost cases of acne fit within one of three main categories;\nComedonal acne. This is the kind of mild acne that involves blackheads and whiteheads. It forms because a component of skin oil called sebum, along with old skin cells, block the pores of the skin. Comedonal acne appears most often on the forehead, nose, and chin.\nInflammatory acne. This form of acne occurs when the area just under the “plug” (the blackhead or whitehead) becomes reddened and inflamed.\nCystic acne . The most severe form of acne, cystic acne develops as the result of an actual infection in the area of the outbreak. Cystic acne often runs in families. It’s often very painful and can result in disfiguring, permanent scarring.\nArganRain 100% pure argan oil is one of the most effective, natural skin treatments for all acne types. ArganRain argan oil oil assists in the regulation of the production of sebum, keeping the bacteria that cause acne at check. It not only lowers the production of sebum, but it also rich in vitamin E and has anti-inflammatory properties which are known to be very effective in the treatment of acne. Vitamin E is the perfect nourishment for the skin as it helps in the repair of damaged tissues and cells. In addition, argan oil eliminates marks and scars from old acne, leaving the skin smooth and spotless. This oil ought to be applied on a regular basis for the affected individual to achieve the desired results."}
{"text":"What is Pre-Diabetes? What can I do to avoid getting diabetes? WHAT DO I EAT WITH PRE-DIABETES?\nOur blood glucose levels are usually kept within a normal range. Diabetes is when these levels go too high. Pre-diabetes is when blood glucose levels are not too high to be categorised as diabetes, but higher than normal. This is sometimes referred to as \"borderline diabetes\". Pre-diabetes is a stepping stone between normal blood glucose and developing diabetes.\nPreventing Pre-Diabetes Progressing to Diabetes\nLifestyle factors (including weight loss, dietary intake and exercise) can be effective in preventing pre-diabetes developing into Type 2 Diabetes.\nThe foods that you eat can influence your risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes."}
{"text":"PERPEPUG INDIANS. In the middle eighteenth century this band lived along the lower Rio Grande below the area of present Rio Grande City. The maps of Jiménez Moreno and G. Saldivar show them on the north bank of the river in what is now Zapata County, but the documents give only a general location. The name is said to mean \"white heads,\" which suggests some distinctive form of head decoration, perhaps painting or a special kind of head dress.\nImage Use Disclaimer\nAll copyrighted materials included within the Handbook of Texas Online are in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 related to Copyright and “Fair Use” for Non-Profit educational institutions, which permits the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), to utilize copyrighted materials to further scholarship, education, and inform the public. The TSHA makes every effort to conform to the principles of fair use and to comply with copyright law.\nFor more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml\nIf you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.\nThe following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Handbook of Texas Online, Thomas N. Campbell, \"Perpepug Indians,\" accessed September 26, 2016, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/bmp60.\nUploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association."}
{"text":"Mennozentrum was the executive body and office of the Bureau der Molotschnaer Mennonitischen Vereinigung in South Russia organized during the Revolution in 1917. At the meeting of the Allgemeiner Mennonitischer Kongress at Ohrloff in August 1917 the following members were elected to the Mennozentrum, or Zentralbureau, with the highest votes: B. H. Unruh (202), Dr. Peter Dück (192), Heinrich Schröder (182), Heinrich Janz (176), Heinrich Epp (177). This executive body played a significant role in negotiating with the temporary governments such as those of Kerensky and Denikin, the German government, and other organizations including the Verband russischer Burger deutscher Zunge. The first chairman of this executive body was Johann Willms, who was succeeded by B. H. Unruh. At a regional Molotschna meeting of the Kongress at Rückenau, a Studien-kommission was appointed to investigate settlement possibilities abroad for the Mennonites of Russia. Those elected were A. A. Friesen, B. H. Unruh, Heinrich Warkentin, and Daniel Enns. The latter declined to serve as did also his alternate Jakob Neufeld. Johann Esau joined the Studien-kommission temporarily. Not much is known about the activities of the Mennozentrum after this.\n\"Benjamin H. Unruh.\" Der Bote (26 September 1951): 2.\nProtokoll des Allgemeinen Mennonitischen Kongresses (August 1917).\nCite This Article\nKrahn, Cornelius. \"Mennozentrum (Bureau der Molotschnaer Mennonitischen Vereinigung).\" Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 25 Mar 2017. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mennozentrum_(Bureau_der_Molotschnaer_Mennonitischen_Vereinigung)&oldid=66703.\nKrahn, Cornelius. (1959). Mennozentrum (Bureau der Molotschnaer Mennonitischen Vereinigung). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 March 2017, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mennozentrum_(Bureau_der_Molotschnaer_Mennonitischen_Vereinigung)&oldid=66703.\n©1996-2017 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"Diwali (or Divali) is the Indian festival of lights, and India's biggest and most important holiday of the year. The festival gets its name from the row (avali) of clay lamps (or deepa) that Indians light outside their homes to symbolize the inner light that protects us from spiritual darkness. In addition to Hindus, Jains, Buddhists and Sikhs also celebrate Diwali in such countries as Nepal, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Singapore.\nFrom Tapestry of Faith Curricula\nFaith Without Borders\nFor everything there is a season—a time to die and a time to be born. With the arrival of winter’s low dark sky, communities around the world look to the miracle of light as a sign of rebirth and a source of hope. We celebrate the promise of new life and recommit ourselves to the protection of everyone’s right to his or her own radiant humanity.\nCelebrating the winter holidays, thus, is an excellent opportunity for Unitarian Universalist congregations to express their commitment to our Sixth Principle: We covenant to affirm and promote the goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all. See Sixth Principle Resources for winter holidays."}
{"text":"Call Us :\n2013-4-11 In the last 15 years, international coal prices have been buoyant, Britain's remaining privately operated deep mines becoming more productive and profitable, with a couple, including Hatfield Main in Ed Miliband's Doncaster constituency and the Unity Mine in South Wales even being reopened. The price of coal increased from around\n2018-6-29 Nantgarw Colliery was one of the flagships of the National Coal Board. It was the nearest deep mine to Cardiff, and a reminder to travellers that they had entered the south Wales coalfield. It was the nearest deep mine to Cardiff, and a reminder to travellers that they had entered the south Wales coalfield.\nCoal Miner, Big Pit National Mining Museum of Wales, Blaenavon, World Heritage Site in south eastern Wales, UK Open Cast Coal mining , South Wales Bilingual Memorial to the coal miners of the Gwendraeth valley who died in the pits, Carmarthenshire south wales\nSouth Wales Coalfield Timeline. Further Reading. 1800 – Development of the sale-coal industry in South Wales 1837 – Opening of Abernant Colliery – growth of the Cynon Valley in sale-coal industry 1840 – 1st cargo of coal shipped abroad, from Cardiff to Nantes 1842 – Children’s Employment Commission investigates child labour - Mines"}
{"text":"School Safety Program\nEach school year, you can count on New-Mac Electric to do our part to keep kids safe around electricity.\nAt the start of the school year, New-Mac informs the principals of the 20 elementary schools inside of the co-op’s service area about our safety presentation. Then, once we’re invited, we visit the schools and teach kids the importance of respecting electricity with our Power Town demonstration.\nPower Town is a scaled-down model of an electrical system, complete with poles, transformers, buildings, a bulldozer and critters. The stars of the show are two characters fashioned out of neon light bulbs, known as Neon Leon and Lightning Liz.\nStudents are educated about numerous situations where they need to be careful to avoid encounters with electricity, and lessons are learned through the misadventures of Leon and Liz.\nAlthough our program is designed for third and fourth graders, it can be customized for any age group. If you have school-aged kids in your family, ask them if they’ve seen New-Mac’s safety program. If not, call their school and encourage them to invite New-Mac. We’d love to come and share our message about electrical safety.\nEach year, we teach hundreds of kids, but it’s not just at schools. From 4-H clubs to scout troops, New-Mac is willing to present to any civic group that calls.\nIf you are interested in scheduling New-Mac for a safety presentation, call Zane in our member services department at 451-1515 or 800-322-3849.\nRemember, we at New-Mac put safety first, so if we can be of assistance, don’t hesitate to give us a call."}
{"text":"Europe and the Faith\nDescription Europe and the Faith\nThe Catholic brings to history (when I say \"history\" in these pages I mean the history of Christendom) self-knowledge. As a man in the confessional accuses himself of what he knows to be true and what other people cannot judge, so a Catholic, talking of the united European civilization, when he blames it, blames it for motives and for acts which are his own. He himself could have done those things in person. He is not relatively right in his blame, he is absolutely right. As a man can testify to his own motive so can the Catholic testify to unjust, irrelevant, or ignorant conceptions of the European story; for he knows why and how it proceeded. Others, not Catholic, look upon the story of Europe externally as strangers. \"They\" have to deal with something which presents itself to them partially and disconnectedly, by its phenomena alone: \"he\" sees it all from its centre in its essence, and together. (Hilaire Belloc)Dedicated Proof-Listeners: [email protected]; Betty M."}
{"text":"A Simple K12 Webinar Tomorrow\nDo your students find it difficult to process and sift through a lot of Internet information to find what they need? Searching for information and making sense of it is a process that involves critical thinking. There are many free digital tools available to help students sift through an overwhelming abundance of web content to efficiently find the reliable information they need. In this webinar, we will focus on resources and strategies that provide educators with tools to help all students become savvy searchers and independent learners with a focus on tools that meet the diverse needs of all learners.\nExplore a Flexible Toolkit - Saturday, September 27, 2014 @ 2:00 PM EDT\nThis webinar will focus on Digital Tools for Finding Information.\nDigital Differentiation is part of a Simple K 12 Free Day of Learning onCollege and Career Readiness."}
{"text":"The novel is narrated by Pip, who is also the principal character. The narrative is therefore in the first person; it is also broadly chronological and linear (that is, it follows a timeline in chronological order). A first person narrative is a common style in a novel; however, this is difficult to adapt directly in a film, so the director must choose how to interpret this on screen.\nThe early parts of the novel are Pip’s recollections of significant events in his childhood, starting with the most important event – the meeting with Magwitch in the churchyard. Once you have seen the film, consider how this scene was shot. Can you remember any ways in which the director managed to encourage sympathy for Pip during this scene?\nNow read the corresponding section from the novel, on the right. Choose a short segment from this extract and create a storyboard of eight consecutive shots showing how this moment could be interpreted on screen to encourage an audience to feel close to, and sympathise with Pip. Annotate your storyboard in the appropriate places to explain how the camerawork, sound and editing would help achieve the intended effects."}
{"text":"Q.I am a diabetic patient since 2000, till 2009 I manage without any medicine. Food control and one hour walking every day almost. Now I am taking Glucophage tablets two time. I am taking medical check-up every three month my question is about fruits I got information all fruit I cannot eat only few fruits like papaya guva please advice me which fruits I can eat.\nA. Typically, all fruits can be worked into a meal plan for diabetes, but since they do contain carbohydrates, the portions need to be controlled. Blood sugar responses to different foods vary for everyone and are affected by factors such as medications for diabetes, composition of the meal, time of day and activity. The fiber in whole fruit may help slow the response to the natural sugar that is in the fruit, but it can be very individual. The American Diabetes Association has some resources for meal planning. However, I strongly suggest that you consult a registered dietitian or certified diabetes educator who can help design an appropriate meal plan based on your medical profile, and teaches how to monitor and manage blood sugars. Your physician may be able to recommend someone, or you can find a registered dietitian at www.eatright.org."}
{"text":"By: Erika J. Ernst1\nSeveral methods for testing antifungal susceptibility are currently utilized. Minimum inhibitory concentrations can be tested using standardized noncommercial or commercial tests. Fungicidal testing includes either in vitro methods, such as time-kill or minimum fungicidal testing methods, or animal models. This chapter provides background information for utilizing and evaluating results obtained from antifungal susceptibility testing methods.\nBook Title: Antifungal Agents : Methods and Protocols\nSeries: Methods in Molecular Medicine | Volume: 118 | Pub. Date: May-16-2005 | Page Range: 3-12 | DOI: 10.1385/1-59259-943-5:003\nSubject: Infectious Diseases\nCopyright © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. All rights reserved\nPowered by MPS Technologies\nRemote Address: 188.8.131.52 , Server: ewrbspd4"}
{"text":"Here, you will find specialist reference works, encyclopedias, and relevant dictionaries:\neHRAF World Cultures\nCurrently contains about 500,000 pages. More than 200 peoples or ethnic groups are indexed on the basis of different sources.\nThe Encyclopædia Iranica is dedicated to the study of Iranian civilization in the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian Subcontinent.\nEncyclopaedia of Islam\nAccessible only from within the OII network.\nHistorians of the Ottoman Empire\nDatabase on Ottoman historians. Reference work.\nInternational Encyclopedia of Human Geography\nProvides an authoritative and comprehensive source of information on the discipline of human geography. Includes entries on philosophy and theory, key concepts, methods and practices, biographies of notable geographers, and geographical thought and praxis in different parts of the world. Accesible only from within the OII-network.\nDocumentation on Islam Anseklopedisi. Database for the documentation of specialist literature, which forms the basis of the articles of the İA. Copies can be ordered for a fee.\nTDV İslam Anseklopedisi; it is possible to search for lemma or author of the record. Full texts can be downloaded as a PDF file.\nLeo Dictionary German-English, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Russian\nLinguee Dictionary and search engine for English-German, Spanish, French, and Portuguese\nTürk Dil Kurumu – Various Turkish dictionaries/Sözlükler\nTürk Edebiyati İsimler Sözlüğü\nBibliographic encyclopedia of authors of (mainly) Ottoman literature up to the beginning of the 20th century.\nWorld Biographical Information System Online\nSeveral million short biographies from numerous reference works published from the 16th to the beginning of the 21st century. Accessible only from within the OII network."}
{"text":"- Shopping Bag ( 0 items )\nFrom the Publisher\"...aimed at a broad span of topics, inlcuding some like caves in myths, show caves, Mayan caves and saltpetre mining...If there is any bias it might be towards cave biology, which is no bad thing as this is an area where infomration is not easily available.\"\n-John Goodier, in REFERENCE REVIEWS, VOL. 19, 2005\n\"...an excellent addition to the very limited currently available literature on caves and karst.\"\n-Andy Baker, Department of Geography, University of Birmingham, in JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE, 2005\n\"Truly international in both geography and contributors, this encyclopedia is...the perfect assemblage of 15- to 20-minute intellectual diversions.\"\n- AMERICAN SCIENTIST\n\"Caves, caves and more caves! This book is for anyone and everyone with an interest in caves…\"\n- Journal of Sedimentary Research\n\"...[the Encyclopedia] will serve as the most comprehensive state of the art reference in the multidisciplinary field of subterranean sciences.\"\n- Peter Trontelj, Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia\n\"...an exciting and significant contribution to the field...an excellent and very readable reference on many aspects of caves and karst.\"\n- Malcolm S. Field, Editor, Journal of Cave and Karst Studies\n\"This volume is a must for karst researchers, cave enthusiasts, teachers, and developers.\"\n- Philip LaMoreaux, Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Geology and Water Science, from the Foreword\n\"Encyclopedia of Caves will be one of the landmarks for the sciences of cave studies from now and for many years onward.\"\n- Giuseppe Messana, CNR - Institute of Ecosystem Study , Firenze, Italy\n“The editors are to be commended for bringing together such a wealth of useful and interesting material in a single reference volume and for its appealing presentation.\" - Russell S. Harmon, Adjunct Associate Professor, North Carolina State University"}
{"text":"Oooooooooh I love London so much!! I’m totally in love with this city! And I wish my students were too! So, for the next period, our big project will be to organize a virtual trip to London!\nLondon Unit : My starting point!\nOnce again, a book gave me the inspiration I needed. It is not too long, not too short, has LOTS of illustrations and visits the most important landmarks. It teaches vocabulary AND culture. Well, as you’ve guessed, I love it!\nAnd I wanted to add some Arts Discovery in the unit, using Carl Warner’s foodscape. This artist is a genius! And we can revise foods and drinks while visiting London! An absolutely fabulous document!\nA variety of activities\nI want my students to read, listen, watch, write and speak London for a minimum of 3 weeks so I’ve gathered many activities and documents. I’ve even written and recorded an original poem! They’ll love every step of this unit! And I bet they’ll try to convince their parents to go afterwards! Of course, grammar and vocabulary will be everywhere in this lesson with the use of modals and directions together with exclamatives!\nAn engaging final project\nI’ll tell them we’re organizing a trip to London. They’ll have to decide which landmarks they’ll visit and they’ll give directions to go to every monument they’ll choose. My students have never been on a subway! We’ll learn how to travel on the London Tube! And they’ll certainly be the only person in their family speaking English so they’ll have to learn how to buy tickets and ask for help! We’ll have fun!\nAt the end of the unit, they’ll design a brochure about their ideal trip to London and present it to the class. I can’t wait to see them!\nWhat about you?\nIs this a subject you study with your students? Are there any other cities you “virtually visit” with them? I love my Dublin unit too. But I should develop this with other cities! Please share!"}
{"text":"catch a Tartar\nencounter or get hold of a person who can neither be controlled nor got rid of\nmeet with a person who is unexpectedly more than your match.\nThe Tartars (or Tatars), a combined force of central Asian people including Mongols and Turks, established a vast empire during the Middle Ages under the leadership of the j warlord Genghis Khan and were a byword for ferocity.\nRelated Idioms :\ncatch at straws\ndo, say or believe anything, however unlikely or inadequate which seems to offer hope in a desperate situation.\nThis expression comes from the proverb a drowning man will dutch at a straw which is recorded in various forms since the mid 16th century.\ncatch a cold = catch cold\nbecome infected with a cold.\nencounter trouble or difficulties, especially financial ones. – informal\n2001 - Financial Times - Most observers expect house prices to rise... depending on whether the UK economy continues to grow smoothly or whether it catches a cold from the US.\ncatch your death = catch your death of cold\ncatch a severe cold or chill - informal\ncatch the sun\nbe in a sunny position\nbecome tanned or sunburnt – British\ntry to equal a competitor in a sporting event.\ncatch a Tartar :\ncatch a Tartar To HOME PAGE\nIdioms Index – Previous Page"}
{"text":"top of page\nA Woman's World: Gender, Sexuality & Status\nStudents investigate representations of women in Greek art and texts and what they reveal about the status, role and experiences of women from prehistory to ancient Greek society. Students are introduced to the field of women's historical studies and investigate the lack of female voices and experiences in the historical and archaeological record. The workshop inspires broader discussions about the ancient landscape of gender politics and sexuality.\nCost per Student\nVCE Ancient History Study Design links\n1 hour 30 minutes\nUnit 3–4 Area of Study 1 – Greece: The political social and economic elements of living in an ancient society\nbottom of page"}
{"text":"With clear and concise revision notes that cover everything you’ll need to know for the exam, this effective WJEC GCSE Welsh second language revision guide supports active revision for students working at all levels. Plenty of quick tests and practice questions test and reinforce understanding of the key content.\nProviding a student-friendly, uncluttered approach to GCSE revision, this WJEC GCSE Welsh second language revision guide is suitable for all levels and contains succinct revision notes and practice questions that focus on the core content needed for the exams.\nIncluded in this book:\n• all the contexts for Units 1, 2, 3 and 4\n• clear and concise coverage of all the exam-assessed content\n• simple and engaging explanations\n• quick tests and practice questions throughout to test reading, writing and oral skills and reinforce understanding\n• key words and supporting glossary\n• all the essential grammar and vocabulary\n• illustrations alongside text to aid recall of vocabulary\n• a word bank for easy reference\nNo current reviews\nNo free resources available."}
{"text":"Excavations out at the new Crossrail site in London’s Farringdon have unearthed a number of remarkably well-preserved artefacts which give insight into Tudor life.\nRarely found Tudor textiles, leather and plant remains were excavated by Museum Of London Archaeology (MOLA) at the site of the rediscovered Faggeswell brook, that flowed past Charterhouse Square.\nSuch materials would usually have decayed due to oxygen but the wet ground conditions at the site meant that a number of items were found in an unusually good state.\nThe items were unearthed in 2013 and are now being documents in a new book, ‘Charterhouse Square: Black Death cemetery and Carthusian monastery, meat market and suburb’.\nSam Pfizenmaier, a senior archaeologist at MOLA and author of the book, said: “As well as uncovering physical evidence of the Black Death, one of the most significant events in world history which had such profound and far-reaching socio-economic consequences.\n“From the clothes worn by noble families to waste created by butchers working at nearby Smithfield market, these finds paint a picture of London as a vibrant late 16th-century trade hub, similar to London of today.”\nAlso found at the site were objects including ceramic wares, ranging from those fro everyday usage to high status items, as well as the spice Grains of Paradise, from West Africa.\nSome of the finds are now on display in the Tunnel: The Archaeology of Crossrail exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands until September.\nMore than 10,000 objects have been unearthed since construction on Crossrail began in 2009.\nThe line, which will be called the Elizabeth line, will pass through 40 stations between Reading and Heathrow in the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east.\nIt is set to open in central London in December 2018."}
{"text":"Heat energy is the term that we use to describe the level of activity for the molecules in an object. An object with molecules that are very excited and zip around rapidly is known as being hot, while an object with molecules whose atoms move around less rapidly is known as cold.\nHere are some examples of heat energy.\nSo now you have seen lots of examples of heat energy. The next time your pet climbs into your lap, you can see first hand how heat energy works and experience it for yourself."}
{"text":"Date of Original Version\nThe Bridge: National Academy of Engineering 2009, 39, ( 2 - Summer 2009), 5-14.\nAbstract or Table of Contents\nEfficient technology that requires less energy than is currently used to get the same or better output has fueled the growth of our economy for more than a century. But while America was building its infrastructure and developing its industry and service sectors, the energy intensity of the economy, BTU per dollar of output, fell dramatically. If this had not happened, it would now take four times as much petroleum, coal, and natural gas to produce current GDP, at the 1919 energy-intensity level. This would amount to 85 percent of the current world production of fossil fuels—just to support the U.S. economy. Producing, transporting, and using that much energy, even if it were technically feasible, would devastate the natural environment and contribute to carbon dioxide emissions that would exceed the atmospheric concentration some scientists think would be catastrophic."}
{"text":"Click any word in a definition or example to find the entry for that word\nThose girls are always arguing!\nDon't argue with me – you know I'm right.\nWe used to argue over who should drive.\nSuccessful economies, she argues, are those with the lowest taxes.\nWoolf's report argued for (=supported) an improvement in prison conditions.\nReuben opposed the new road, arguing that it wasn't worth spending $25 million to cut seven minutes off drivers' journey times.\nSeveral people stood up to argue against (=say they do not support) moving the students to the new school.\nThis is the British English definition of argue. View American English definition of argue.\na substance that scientists think exists out in space, but for which they have no direct proof"}
{"text":"1. Provide reference materials when possible.\n2. Introduce the interpreter and his/her role.\n3. Speak as if everybody in the room understands your language.\n4. Know that everything you say will be interpreted.\n5. Speak directly to the source of the message, not the interpreter.\n6. Speak in a clear tone at a consistent, natural pace.\n7. Pause regularly at the end of concepts or between units of meaning.\n8. Avoid slang, idiomatic, and culturally-based expressions.\n9. Avoid cross talk and asking multiple questions at one time.\n10. Schedule regular breaks to avoid mental fatigue of the interpreter."}
{"text":"According to the US Energy Information Administration, “In 2014, 41% of total U.S. energy consumption was consumed in residential and commercial buildings, or about 40 quadrillion British thermal units.” Most of the energy consumed in buildings goes to heat or cool the spaces where we live and work.\nGreen roofs and green walls provide insulation, reducing the amount of energy required to cool or heat a building. Studies show that green roofs can reduce summertime heat gain by 87% and reduce winter heat loss by 37%. This means significant reductions in the amount of energy required to heat and cool the building. By using less energy to heat and cool a building, green roofs and walls are reducing greenhouse gases and utility bills.\nGreen roofs, walls and infrastructure can also help cool a city, which is especially important in places prone to the “urban heat island” effect. This term is used to describe the fact that cities are significantly warmer than surrounding rural areas due to human activities. The causes are roof tops, building walls and concrete land surfaces which reflect, store and later release heat from short-wave solar radiation and waste heat generated by energy use. The urban heat island effect is most noticeable during summer. Green roofs and walls absorb hot sun rays beaming down from above, or reflecting up from the ground level. This vegetation not only provides excellent insulation, but because it’s living it’s transpiring and creating natural air conditioning. This diagram from Sustainable Cities shows how green infrastructure can counteract the urban heat island effect during summer."}
{"text":"In Missouri, a reading program for shelter dogs is working well and benefiting both the participating kids and the shy canines. Fearful and shy dogs are not preferred by pet parents, therefore the pooches need to interact with other people more. For this reason, the Humane Society of Missouri started the reading program in which kids read to the canines.\nIf the fearful and shy pooch shows interest and approaches the kids they are rewarded with a treat. The animals become calm and respond positively to the reading. Children aged six to 15 years are taking part in the program. They are trained to understand a canine’s body language and notice if a dog is nervous or stressed.\nThe children identify such dogs and sit outside their pen to read out to them. The dogs become relaxed and soothed on hearing the kids’ voices and benefit from this program. Further, the participating children also gain as they can improve their reading ability as well as build empathy with their furred friends. The exercise is quiet and peaceful and the kids enjoy creating a positive effect on the dogs.\nThese children learn to look at life from the viewpoint of animals and can connect better with people and animals. The Missouri society plans to extend the reading program to its other shelters as well as to cat homes. In this way, they are helping shy pups and dogs find loving homes.\nAuthor: Anna Gragert\nFo r daily dose of dogs https://dogsasart.com/category/dog-stories/"}
{"text":"Polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) was first synthesised in the early 1920’s but was largely replaced by polyethylene, polypropylene and PET because it is very difficult to process in blown film and extrusion. There are a number of global manufacturers of PVOH but a high percentage of the material is used only as an intermediate to produce other polymers. Most PVOH used in packaging applications has a lower hydrolysis level, which makes it react to water at temperatures of around 30℃. As a result, it is used principally for applications where its water-solubility is the most important factor, such as in detergent pods, and it is processed using solution-casting, which is slow and expensive.\nThe PVOH is processed predominantly in the form of a flake, which makes it less stable in thermo-processing and in storage. Hydropol™ has been formulated using PVOH polymers with a high hydrolysis level, which gives much greater resistance to solubility in water. The film produced using Hydropol™ reacts to water at controlled temperatures typically between 40℃ and 70℃, which makes it far more robust in ambient temperatures and therefore functional in packaging applications. Its formulated pelletised form also makes it easier to extrude in standard thermo-processes and so it can be turned more easily into a blown film, can be co-extruded or laminated onto traditional plastics, bioplastics or paper, extrusion coated onto film or paper or even injection moulded into a rigid form. Hence it can be used in a much wider range of applications than cold water-soluble flake."}
{"text":"- 2 secondary source texts on ancient Athens\n- Text-dependent questions\n- Academic vocabulary list\n- Writing prompt for writing to sources\n- Sample student responses\n- Graphic organizer\nThis lesson was designed to help students gain social studies/history content knowledge by using textual evidence to answer text-dependent questions. Learn more about creating your own text-dependent questions."}
{"text":"On Sunday afternoon, I went to a symposium in honour of Bruce Lipshutz, who won the Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods. The line-up of dynamic chemists and one chemical engineer!) was impressive and his work stood out as being truly ground-breaking.\nHe started by asking the question: Why do we do synthesis “the way we do”, when Nature does her reaction in an aqueous medium, at around 37 C, and using only trace amounts of metals for catalysis?\nOrganic solvents are the main polluters from synthetic chemistry and the number of years until many metals are extracted to exhaustion is sobering. While chemists don’t use these reagents lightly – it is not like its possible to magically make a lipophilic compound water soluble! And metals like palladium enabled reactions that were previous impossible – there is a move now towards developing new synthetic methods that address these issues.\nFor example, the green chemistry challenge from the US Environment Protection Agency who had a stand in the Exhibitor’s hall.\nTo address the solubility issue, Prof. Lipshutz’s team have developed a nanomicellar technology where organic reactions occur inside micelles formed from designer surfactants. Here water is not a solvent, but a medium – the reagents are not in solution, they are in a more dynamic state and are highly concentrated in the micelles. From the image below (taken from the Lipshutz Team website), the list of reactions that they have worked on is staggering.\nThey have been working on using iron nanoparticles doped with Pd, Ni or Cu to perform catalytic reactions such as Suzuki-Miyaura cross couplings, Sonagashira coupling, and reduction of nitro-containing aromatics.\nWhat is notable, is that they are getting really good yields with lower catalyst loadings than those used in traditional organic synthesis; and that they are able to do may of the reactions – in some cases quite unexpectedly – under ambient conditions."}
{"text":"The content of this adaptation balances gently between global and classical research, experiments and studies that students need to know (e.g. Stanford Prison Experiment) and local examples that students can relate to and engage with (e.g. Cronulla riots). We have responded to reviewer feedback by providing new content or expanded areas like marriage and prosocial behaviours, and new pedagogy like end of chapter questions and review questions tagged to learning objectives help students to engage in the material from the outset making this text accessible to all levels. Case studies of how social psychology research is undertaken, and `The Inside Story?, where famous researchers highlight the interests and questions that guided their findings, both prepare students to critically evaluate research and science. This text aims to give students from all backgrounds an experience that is solidly scientific, warmly human, factually rigorous and intellectually provocative. It stimulates students? thinking and motivates them to inquire, to analyse and to relate principles to everyday happenings. Tie all this in with the digital offerings of Connect featuring Learnsmart and you have a complete package that your students will respond to!"}
{"text":"To make a stuffed animal you need to start with a pattern. You can easily draw your own or trace one out of a book. You need a large basic outline. Cut your pattern out of paper. Lay atop your fabric and cut out. Sew by hand or carefully on the sewing machine leaving in opening to stuff your animal. Sew opening closed and add details by hand sewing.\nAll of these pages give directions on how to sew stuffed animals.\n~This post contains affiliate\nlinks and I'll earn a small commission if you shop through them.\nThere is no extra cost to you. This is how we help support our\nfamily and continue to bring you amazing content. To learn more\nsee the affiliates\nWould you like our sewing lessons and projects in an ad free, easy to\nOur curriculum ebook has over 100 projects and all our sewing lessons to teach kids (or\nadults) to sew."}
{"text":"5 With Your PartnerGive an example of direct characterization for Santiago. Find the quote to prove your point.What is an example of indirect characterization for Santiago? Find a quote that shows this.\n6 SettingThe setting of a story is the time and place in which the action occurs.-\n7 With Your Partner - List the settings Santiago journeys to. - What time period does this story take place in?- How do you know?\n8 ConflictStruggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces.External Conflict:Internal Conflict:\n9 ThemeIs of the story the writer presents through the characters and the plot. The theme is not usually stated.\n10 Plot Is the series of events in a story Often follows a pattern of development made up of as many as five specific stages.ExpositionRising ActionClimaxFalling ActionResolution\n11 ExpositionIt is at the beginning of a story. It gives ____________________ that the reader needs to know.It introduces the _______, the __________, and the ___________.Sometimes it tells what happened in the past.\n12 Exposition Ask yourself: Who are the __________? What is the _______?\n13 Rising ActionDuring this part of the story, the_______________________.Complications arise and suspense begins to build as the main characters ________ to resolve their problems.\n14 Rising ActionAsk yourself:What makes the __________ ___________?\n15 ClimaxIt is the ________ ______ of the story, that point at which the conflict is _______.Moment of great emotional intensity or suspense in the plot.\n16 ClimaxAsk yourself:How was the conflict resolved?\n17 Falling ActionThe _______ of the climax are shown. The suspense is over, but the results of the decision or action that caused the climax are worked out.\n18 Falling ActionAsk yourself:How are the effects of the climax shown?\n19 ResolutionThe resolution tells how the _______ _____. It ties up any loose ends of the plot.\n20 Resolution Ask yourself: How does the story end? How does it tie up loose ends?"}
{"text":"For as long as people have been growing wheat, they have created designs with stalk of grain. In England, where grain is known as corn, these figures are called Corn Dollies. These ancient designs symbolize the spirit of the corn. The wheat was thought to house a living spirit, which must be cared for over the winter. The last wheat of the field was harvested with a chant, “Well cut well, well shocked, well saved from the ground!” This last shock of wheat was woven into a design to house the Spirits, and hung in the families’ home for the winter.\nThe following Spring, the design was broken up, and its grain was planted first, returning the wheat Spirit to the soil.\nFrom the beginning, Corn Dollies have symbolized all the hopes and desires embodies in the human experience.\nThe most ancient designs are simple, reflecting the basic hopes of the early peoples: a successful harvest; plentiful food for the winter. Later designs speak of hopes hope for the Good Life: Love, prosperity, safety at home and in travel, protection for loved ones.\nMany designs were made to fill a particular need: Horseshoes, Scales, Musical instruments, tokens of love.\nOver the centuries, each country and shire has developed characteristic designs, each with its own symbolic meaning.\nPlease click on the shop button to see all of our designs.\nPlease feel free to contact us with any questions or comments you might have. Thank you for visiting our store."}
{"text":"So here it is, a fun way to teach grammar and punctuation rules.\n\"Rules of Writing\"\n- Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects.\n- Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.\n- And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.\n- It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.\n- Avoid cliches like the plague.\n- Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.\n- Be more or less specific.\n- Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.\n- Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.\n- No sentence fragments.\n- Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used.\n- Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.\n- Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.\n- One should NEVER generalize.\n- Comparisons are as bad as cliches.\n- Don't use no double negatives.\n- Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.\n- One-word sentences? Eliminate.\n- Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.\n- Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, \"I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.\"\n- If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: Resist hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it correctly.\n- Puns are for children, not groan readers.\n- Who needs rhetorical questions?\n- Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.\n- Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.\nRelated Tags: Rules of Writing, Teaching grammar, Teaching punctuation, homeschool, home education"}
{"text":"STEP I: Platoon, ATTENTION. AT EASE.\n1. The High Jumper is a four-count exercise done at a moderate cadence.\n2. At normal cadence, this exercise will look as follows.\n3. The High Jumper.\n4. Start position, MOVE.\n5. In Cadence, EXERCISE.\n6. 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3-HALT.\n7. Position of attention, MOVE.\nSTEP II: Platoon, ATTENTION.\n8. The High Jumper.\n9. I will explain the start position to you.\n10. On the command of execution MOVE, of Start position, MOVE, place the feet about shoulder-width apart with the knees flexed. Bend forward at the waist, aligning the arms with the trunk and hips.\nKeep the arms straight at all times during the exercise. Keep the palms facing each other with the head and eyes initially to the front.\n11. Start position, MOVE.\n13. On count one, jump up slightly, swinging the arms forward and up to shoulder level. Ready, ONE.\n14. On count two, jump up slightly and swing the arms down and back; return to the start position. Ready, TWO.\n15. On count three, leap up vigorously, swinging the arms forward and up to an overhead position. Look skyward briefly. On returning to the ground, flex the knees and return the head and eyes to the front. Ready, THREE.\n16. On count four, repeat action of count two. Ready, FOUR.\n17. Without the numbers. Position of attention, MOVE. AT EASE.\nSTEP III: Platoon, ATTENTION.\n18. At Normal Cadence. The High Jumper.\n19. Start position, MOVE.\n20. In Cadence, EXERCISE.\n21. 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3-HALT.\n22. Position of attention, MOVE. AT EASE.\n23. What are your questions pertaining to this exercise with or without the by-the-numbers method of instruction?"}
{"text":"A growing body of research explores the nonconsensual sexual experiences of young people in developing countries. A recent review of evidence suggests that significant minorities of young people:perhaps as many as one in 10 young men and one in five young women:have experienced nonconsensual sex. In addition, between 2% and 33% of ever-partnered young women in Latin America and the Caribbean, and between 3% and 33% of ever-married or -partnered young women in Asia have experienced coerced sex within a formal union or marriage. According to data from a multicountry study conducted by the World Health Organization, between 4% and 57% of ever-partnered 15–19-year-old women had ever experienced sexual violence by an intimate partner, and 3–47% had experienced such violence in the 12 months preceding the study. Indeed, these findings suggest that married adolescent girls and young women constitute a group with an elevated risk of coerced sex, compared with older women and sexually active unmarried women. Moreover, adolescent girls and young women who have experienced sexual coercion are more likely to experience a range of negative sexual and reproductive health outcomes, including symptoms of genital tract infection, STIs, unintended pregnancy and nonuse or inconsistent use of condoms."}
{"text":"Brushing and flossing protect your teeth, but do you know it is just as important to protect the health of your gums? Gum disease (officially known as periodontal disease) is an infection in your gums. It is one of the main causes for adult tooth loss. Because it is pain-free, gum disease can continue for years until it is too late to save a person’s teeth. This is why regular dental checkups and vigilant at-home dental care are so important.\nGum disease is caused by plaque buildup. When plaque is not removed with brushing, flossing, and routine dental cleanings, it creates toxins that damage the gums. Gum disease forms just beneath the gum-line, creating small pockets that cause the teeth to separate from the gums.\nGum disease occurs in two stages:\nSymptoms of gum disease are subtle, but include:\nThere is treatment for gum disease, especially if it is caught early. Treatment options include:\nPrevention is the best treatment for gum disease! Regular dental checkups and at-home dental care are the best tools you have to protect against gum disease. If you are concerned about gum disease or you want to be sure you are doing all you can to reduce your risk, speak to your dentist."}
{"text":"Instruments on Shabbat\nFrom: Ken Cohen\nIs playing live music, namely a guitar, allowed during services on Shabbat or holidays. If not, why? Thank you.\nMusical instruments play a very important role in Torah. They were used by the Prophets to put them in the correct frame of mind to receive prophecy, they are used to enhance and beautify prayers, and they can even be used to inspire people to greater diligence in their Torah studies.\nWhen the Jewish People were doing what G-d required of them, they merited receiving the Divine Presence. However, after the destruction of the First Temple this incredible gift was taken away. Our lack of prophecy is one of the repercussions of exile. Together with this, beautiful and inspiring Jewish melodies that were beyond compare were lost, and even many of the instruments themselves have been forgotten.\nRegarding playing musical instruments on Shabbat, the Sages decreed that no instruments can be played on Shabbat and Yom Tov out of concern that in search of spiritual enlightenment, or while in the throes of religious rhapsody, a person might come to build or repair an instrument on Shabbat which is a Torah transgression.\nA decree passed by an earlier Bet Din, court of Jewish Law, is binding on the generations that come after it. This is because in order for a Bet Din to be able to annul a ruling of an earlier Bet Din, it must be greater in both wisdom and number. This is almost unheard of since each generation further removed from the Revelation at Sinai is further away from the source of truth and understanding. This means that even if a person were the proud owner of one hundred Stradivarius violins, he would not be allowed to play even one of them on Shabbat!\n- Eruvin 104a\n- Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 339\n- Rabbi Reuven Lauffer"}
{"text":"The first US stamp to depict the Stars and Stripes on the moon was the 10c airmail stamp (Scott C76) issued on September 9, 1969, to commemorate the successful moon landing of Apollo 11 and crew Neil Armstrong, Col. Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr., and Lt.Col. Michael Collins.\nCreated by artist Paul Calle, the stamp was printed from a master die carried to the moon, in the lunar module “Eagle.” The flag of course, is a patch on the left shoulder of astronaut Neil Armstrong. In the years to come, there would be many more “moon stamps” prominently showing the flag, but this was the first.\nThe first US flag on the moon was probably on the lunar module Eagle itself, but I will need to research that and see if I can find photos from all sides of the module.\nWriter George Amrick details the story of this first “moon landing” stamp, and others, at www.unicover.com. It is a fascinating story and I hope you will take the time to link over and read it."}
{"text":"This archived Web page remains online for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. This page will not be altered or updated. Web pages that are archived on the Internet are not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards. As per the Communications Policy of the Government of Canada, you can request alternate formats of this page on the Contact Us page.\nWhat Were the Schoolbooks Like?\nA System of Geography, for the Use of Schools by Sidney Edwards Morse. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849 [i.e. 1850]\nNouvel abrégé de géographie moderne : suivi d’un appendice, et d’un abrégé de géographie sacrée, à l’usage de la jeunesse by Jean Holmes. Québec: W. Neilson, 1846\nThis book was the most popular geography school text in French Canada at the time. It was used with a number of additions for more than 50 years. The statistical tables for Canada it contained were an innovation at the time.\nTeachers’ Manual: Hints on How to Teach the New Canadian Geography by William Scott. Toronto: W.J. Gage, 1906\nA New Universal Atlas of the World, on an Improved Plan: Consisting of Thirty Maps, Carefully Prepared from the Latest Authorities with Complete Alphabetical Indexes. Morse, Sidney Edwards. New Haven Conn.: Engraved and published by N. & S.S. Jocelyn, 1825"}
{"text":"It is surprising how little most of us know about Canada, so a Canada-themed storytime can be a great way to introduce children to our neighbor to the north. Be sure to point out Canada on a globe to show the proximity to the United States. For a craft, you can color Canadian flags.\nPerkins, Lynne Rae. PICTURES FROM OUR VACATION. A little girl takes photos of the trip to the family farm in Canada.\nAndrews, Jan. VERY LAST FIRST TIME. A girl learns the traditional method of finding mussels under the ice when the tide goes out.\nStafford, Liliana. THE SNOW BEAR. Beautifully illustrated story of a polar bear.\nWood, Douglas. RABBIT AND THE MOON. Adapted from a Cree legend, a crane flies a rabbit to the moon.\nNumeroff, Laura. IF YOU GIVE A MOOSE A MUFFIN. Another of Numeroff’s circular stories, this one stars a moose.\nArnosky, Jim. BEAVER POND, MOOSE POND. A realistic story of a beaver pond that is inhabited by other forest animals.\nRoot, Phyllis. LOOKING FOR A MOOSE. In a takeoff on We’re Going On a Bear Hunt, four children go looking for a moose.\nCarrier, Roch. THE HOCKEY SWEATER. This longer picture book is better suited to school-age children. It tells the true story of a boy who receives a sweater celebrating the hockey team that is the rival of his favorites, and he is forced to wear it."}
{"text":"Mining Publication: 60 Years of Rockbursting in the Coeur D'Alene District of Northern Idaho, USA: Lessons Learned and Remaining Issues\nOriginal creation date: February 2002\nSixty years of rockbursting in the Coeur d'Alene district has taught painful lessons and led to a number of practical advances in controlling rockburst hazards. This paper summarizes those lessons, concentrating on practical measures that have been successfully adopted to reduce hazards. These lessons are explained in the context of district mining history and current understanding of rockburst phenomena. Overall, the paper provides the practicing mine engineer with an appreciation of rockburst hazards and an overview of practical measures that can be used to control these hazards in the context of Coeur d'Alene district experience."}
{"text":"How many colors should a 4 year old know?\nYour 4 year old may be able to recognize several colors! Many children are ready to begin learning about colors as early as 18 months. Colors appear everywhere in the world, have fun naming the colors your child sees every day. Start slowly and introduce one color at a time. As your child learns to identify different colors, have them sort objects by color to help reinforce what they are learning. Practice often with short flash card sessions and give your child lots of positive encouragement as they work on color recognition."}
{"text":"1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data This is a question on a past paper of a second-year undergraduate physics paper. A parallel plate capacitor is charged and the voltage increases at a rate of dV/dt. The plate radius is R and the distance between the plates is d. (a) What is the electric field strength E(V,d) inside a parallel plate capacitor? (4 marks) (b) Find the electric flux for a circular area of radius r around the central axis (4 marks) (c) Derive the magnetic field strength B(r, R, d, dV/dt) (9 marks) 3. The attempt at a solution (a) Isn't this just E = V/d? Surely that's not worth 4 marks, but I can't imagine what else it could be. (b) Similarly, isn't this phi = 4 pi k q? (or q/epsilon 0 r^2) O_O Or is it phi = E*d, so E*pi*r^2? SURELY not?? (c) Got a bit stuck with this one. As I wasn't sure about phi, especially. Ended up with E = (μ0*I)/d + μ0*ε0*(q/ε0*r^2*dt) Not sure how to progress from there, and especially get it in terms of dV/dt. Any help would be great."}
{"text":"Benjamin Franklin and the Parisian Salon of Madame Brillon de Jouy\nSunday, September 1, 2013 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EDT)\nIn 1776, Franklin went to Paris to try and gain French support for the America war effort. One of the most important contacts he made there was not a fellow diplomat or politician, but a woman named Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy whose salon gatherings were attended by the wives of the elite. Hear the music of Franklin's Paris performed in the beautiful mansion at Gore Place by renowned pianist Sylvia Berry.\nWhen & Where\nGore Place, the Federal period, historic house and estate of Massachusetts Governor Christopher Gore, includes a small farm with sheep, goats and poultry. The elegantly furnished mansion has been called “the Monticello of the North” and architectural historians consider it to be the most significant Federal period mansion in New England."}
{"text":"Experts from Cambridge University and the University of Kent conducted an analysis of information on 150 000 people in the UK. It turned out that the financial situation of the family influence the personality of the child. The results of the study tells the newspaper The Daily Mail.\nChildren of parents with a good income had more power and motivation, was talkative and possessed the typical extrovert. Scientists ascertain that children from affluent families are open to learning new things. Another interesting fact: in adulthood extroverts make more money than introverts.\nThe data indicate that extroverts earn 25% more than introverts. Men usually have higher salaries than women. Scientists assume that the world requires special software to develop in children from poor families the most important qualities that allows you to reach the heights of the career ladder in the future."}
{"text":"- The term sthenic hallucination is indebted to the Greek noun sthenos, which means force. It was coined in or shortly before 1846 by the French dream researcher Maurice Macario to denote a hallucination that results from a heightened sensibility of the perceptual system. In opting for this term, Macario was seeking to designate such phenomena as the * visual hallucinations of cogwheels and other parts experienced by watchmakers and the * auditory hallucinations of cooking sounds familiar to professional cooks. He used the term sthenic hallucination in opposition to * sensorial hallucination, * intuitive hallucination, and * ganglionic hallucination.ReferencesMacario, M. (1846). Des rêves considérés sous le rapport physiologique et pathologique. Annales Médico-psychologiques, VIII, 170-218.\nDictionary of Hallucinations. J.D. Blom. 2010.\nLook at other dictionaries:\nsensorial hallucination — Also known as psychic hallucination. The term sensorial hallucination is indebted to the Latin noun sensorium, which means seat of the senses, or brain. It was used in 1846 by the French dream researcher Maurice Macario to denote a… … Dictionary of Hallucinations\nganglionic hallucination — The term ganglionic hallucination is indebted to the Greek noun gagglion (i.e. ganglion), which refers to a collection of nerve cells acting as a centre of neurotransmission. It was introduced by the 19th century French dream researcher… … Dictionary of Hallucinations\nintuitive hallucination — The term intuitive hallucination is indebted to the Latin noun intuitus, which means sight, the looking at . It was used, and possibly also introduced, by the 19th century French dream researcher Maurice Macario to denote a hallucination not… … Dictionary of Hallucinations"}
{"text":"Graph: Chlorophyll in the Gulf of Panama - Giovanni created this latitude versus time graph for the Gulf of Panama. The seasonal pattern of higher chlorophyll concentrations and more plankton in winter is shown clearly. In the winter of 1997-1998, the strong El Niño event reduced phytoplankton productivity in the Gulf of Panama. In the summer of 2001, before the developing El Niño, an unusually higher concentration of chlorophyll was observed. Credit: NASA\nGiovanni: Earth Data Visualization Tool is a NASA Internet-based tool that allows high school and college students and researchers to access and analyze satellite-derived ocean color data. Giovanni stands for the \"Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) Online Visualization and Analysis Infrastructure.\"\n+ Try Giovanni\nOceanAGE, Inspiring Another Generation of Explorers is an interactive project conducted through a partnership of NASA Oceanography, NOAA's Office of Exploration and National Ocean Services. OceanAGE features profiles of a variety of oceanography careers. Each profile has a video component. In addition, interactive events are scheduled with the oceanographer, to provide a forum for students to ask questions about career paths and decisions.\n+ Explore OceanAGE\nOcean Motion offers a review of the surface circulation of Earth's ocean and classroom investigations appropriate for various disciplines at the high school level.\n+ Visit Ocean Motion"}
{"text":"Preschool Essentials a First Step learning series from iApps. A learning tool for toddlers and preschoolers to learn Alphabets, Numbers, Shapes & Colors while improving cognitive and memory skills. This release customized for Baby Girls.\nThe app also helps in developing sequencing skills in the early ages.\nWhat do they learn?\n1. English Alphabets\n2. Numerals 1-9 & Numbers (inclusion of 10 for sequencing and counting)\n3. Colors (Identification of Colors)\n4. Shapes (Basic shapes. Not overloaded)\n5. Rhymes (To remember Alphabets and number sequencing)\nHow do they learn?\n1. Visual and\n2. Auditory learning.\nA direct method (no frills and no confusions) is adopted to improve cognitive skills instead of indirect or fantasy methods.\nPlaying Modes Available\n1. Single Stepping\n2. Auto Play mode\nAge Group: 2+\n- Learn Alphabets\n- Learn Numerals and Counting\n- Learn Shapes\n- Learn Colors\n- Learn ….\nYou are allowed to use this product only within the laws of your country/region. SharewareOnSale and its staff are not responsible for any illegal activity. We did not develop this product; if you have an issue with this product, contact the developer. This product is offered \"as is\" without express or implied or any other type of warranty. The description of this product on this page is not a recommendation, endorsement, or review; it is a marketing description, written by the developer. The quality and performance of this product is without guarantee. Download or use at your own risk. If you don't feel comfortable with this product, then don't download it."}
{"text":"Where ferns are usually associated with moist, shaded habitats many people are surprised to find them in Zion National Park, but some fern species have evolved enabling them to survive the arid conditions of a desert. Known as xerophytic ferns they belong to the Pteridaceae family which also includes the wet-growing maidenhair ferns. The roots of these ferns have the distinctive roots shared by all ferns but desert adaptations include small, dissected leaves covered by dense scales or color variations which reflect sunlight, leaves which curl into compact balls, and leaf and stem hairs. These features aid in reducing evaporation. Some species have adapted by allowing themselves to dry out completely during drought conditions, even for several years if needed, and then springing back to life after a rain storm.\nFerns in this environment lack flowers or seeds and reproduce through tiny clusters of spores contained within small capsules which eventually pop open, throwing millions of ripe spores into the air hoping they will find the perfect environment to produce a new plant. Fern fossils date back over 360 million years, living on earth 200 million years before flower producing plants, they even predate land animals; including dinosaurs.\nThe shallow roots and fragile stems of desert ferns make them susceptible to erosion. With limited habitat providing the right amount of moisture, light, and substrate each plant struggles in its scattering.\nZion National Park is home to 20 known Fern species, including maidenhair, lipfern, spleenwort, hollyfern, and Bracken. Fern Allies include 4 species of horsetail (scouring rush) and 2 species of spikemoss.\nFern Family (Polypodiaceae)\nHorsetail/Souringrush Family (Equisetaceae)\nSpikemoss Family (Selaginellaceae)"}
{"text":"Asked by: Pad Scanlon, London\nAlthough all dogs show signs of having ‘theory of mind’, which enables them to grasp the fact that we think differently from them, it’s unlikely that they are capable of extending this to knowing the reason why one person behaves differently to another.\nThe concept of vision, and therefore the loss of it, is a complex one, so we don’t think dogs have an understanding of what it means to be blind. But, of course, they can learn what things a blind person needs help with, and adjust their behaviour accordingly. Interestingly, studies show that guide dogs will still look to their master’s face for cues when begging for food, just as a sighted person’s dog would."}
{"text":"Key Performance Indicators Examples\nSEQ (Single Ease Question)\nThe Single Ease Question (SEQ) is a measure of perceived usability, which is used to evaluate the user experience of a website, application, or system. The SEQ is a single question that asks users to rate their overall ease of use of the system on a scale of 1-7, where 1 is “very difficult” and 7 is “very easy.”\nThe SEQ is a quick and easy to administer measure of usability, which can be used as a standalone measure or in conjunction with other measures such as the System Usability Scale (SUS) or the Task Performance Test (TPT). It is particularly useful for user research studies that have limited time and resources, or for monitoring usability over time.\nThe SEQ is typically administered at the end of a user testing or survey session, or after a user has had an opportunity to interact with the system. The scores for the SEQ can be collected and analyzed to determine the overall ease of use of the system, as well as to identify areas where users may have struggled.\nIt’s important to note that, like SUS, SEQ is a measure of perceived usability and doesn’t provide specific information of where the problems are. Therefore, it’s recommended to use the SEQ in conjunction with other usability methods like user testing, interviews, and surveys to get a more comprehensive picture of the user’s experience.\nMeasure what matters for your business with KPIs\nTrack business performance with real time key metrics against targets in one place without the need for multiple dashboards or reports"}
{"text":"Mutagenesis, site-directed | definition of Mutagenesis, site-directed by Medical dictionary\nsite-directed mutagenesis (redirected from Mutagenesis, site-directed)\nthe controlled alterations of selected regions of a DNA molecule.\nsite-directed mutagenesis An experimental technique in which a mutation is inserted in DNA at a particular site to determine the site’s function, if any. In site-directed mutagenesis, nucleotides are altered, resulting in substitution of amino acids in a protein of known function, which serves to identify the DNA sequence’s role (e.g., as a receptor or ion channel)."}
{"text":"Could there be life on other planets? Given how unfathomably large the universe is, there very well could be.\nScience tells you that you weigh less standing on the equator than you do at the north pole. Learn more on this Moment of Science.\nYou've tried all sorts of diets, you work out regularly, and you avoid fatty foods, yet still nothing seems to take off those extra pounds eh?\nIt was a great moment in the history of NASA, especially since people had been working so long at trying to get a probe to Mars\nGeogenesis is the scientific term for the beginning of something very important, life. How did it all begin?\nWhere did the nine planets that orbit our sun come from?\nLast time we mentioned the time when Soviet radio astronomers went public about listening in on radio signals from an alien civilization. As it turned out, what they were actually listening to was a quasar: the blazing core of a galaxy that can emit radio waves that fluctuate in a regular pattern. So regular, in fact, that people thought it was an alien intelligence. Learn more on this Moment of Science.\nUnlike Saturn, which has actual, physical rings, the ring you can sometimes see around the moon is merely an optical illusion.\nIn 1987 an asteroid measuring a half a mile in diameter came by, missing our planet by a measly six orbital hours. Learn more on this Moment of Science.\nSome folks have “love handles.” If you are such a person, take heart, the entire planet suffers from this same indignity. Learn more on this Moment of Science."}
{"text":"Meet the Scientists Behind mRNA Vaccines\nDrs. Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman met photocopying journal articles and soon began working together to better understand mRNA. Together, they discovered a breakthrough: how to make mRNA non-inflammatory to enable development of cutting-edge mRNA-based vaccines. In a video from Penn Medicine, they explain how the technology is now being used to develop everything from a gene therapy for sickle cell anemia to vaccines for peanut allergies.\nWatch the Penn Medicine video.\nA New Approach to Understanding Cancer: Protein Mapping\nAfter more than a decade of research, scientists from the Cancer Cell Map Initiative have published a series of papers outlining a new approach to map protein networks underlying different types of cancer. The technique holds promise to help understand what is driving cancer and identify new therapeutic targets. “Looking at cancer at the protein level could help organize the mess of genetic data into a simpler understanding of the pathways that are driving disease,” Andrew Joseph writes in a recent article for STAT.\nAntiviral Pills for COVID-19 Now in Clinical Trials\n“Oral antivirals have the potential to not only curtail the duration of one’s COVID-19 syndromes, but also have the potential to limit transmission to people in your household if you’re sick,” Timothy Sheahan, a virologist at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, told NBC News. Unlike remdesivir, the only antiviral currently approved to treat COVID, the drugs now in clinical trials can be packaged as pills."}
{"text":"By Zoe Fripp\nThe University of Hertfordshire has introduced a new module as part of their MA in Literature at Culture, inspired by the political activist movement #BlackLivesMatter.\nThe one of its kind in the UK module, entitled ‘US Culture and #BlackLivesMatter’ means that students can now learn about the significance and contexts of the internationally recognised movement.\nStudents will be able to examine and study contemporary cultural texts, which forms part of the movement, such as music by Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar, and popular films like Get Out, 13th and Moonlight which address the cultural issues concerned in the activist movement. They will also study prize-winning authors Colson Whitehead and Jesmyn Ward.\nThe programme is designed to allow students to develop real-world social and global perspectives, and the module will engage with various cultural texts that focus on topics such as violence, identity, love, politics and queerness among others – themes that are also explored elsewhere in the MA Literature and Culture module, like the ‘Reading the Vampire’ and ‘Networks of Modernism’ modules.\nChristopher Lloyd, Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Hertfordshire, said: “This module is significant because learning about black culture, rights and social justice is vital to our understanding of the contemporary world. The University is committed to both international perspectives and addressing the BME attainment gap in higher education. We see this module as part of that larger project.”\nBlack Lives Matter originated in 2013 as a hashtag, after George Zimmerman was acquitted for the murder of seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida. The movement started on social media but was eventually taken to the streets, and people have been protesting in the United States and around the world ever since.\nThe course will be available from September 2018 at the University of Hertfordshire.\nTo find out more, contact: firstname.lastname@example.org"}
{"text":"Firecracker ferns (Russelia equisetiformis) are evergreen flowering plants that are native to Mexico. Also known as coral plant, it grows up to 2 1/2 feet tall and 1 1/2 feet wide. Because of its size--and its cascading growth pattern--firecracker ferns grow best as single plants, or as small shrubs. The plant grows well in hanging baskets, with its foliage spilling over the container. Firecracker shrub blooms from spring to fall outdoors, and blooms year-round indoors. Firecrackers are resilient plants, but do require some specific care.\nPlant the firecracker plant in rich, well-drained potting soil. If you don't have access to potting soil that provides adequate drainage, make your own by mixing garden soil and garden sand or peat at a 1-to-1 ratio. If you want to plant the firecracker in a flower pot, use a pot that has at least one drainage hole in the bottom.\nPlace the plant in an area of your yard that receives sunlight from the south, east, or west. The plant tolerates full sun in cooler climates. In the south, give the firecracker filtered sun, such as beneath a tree with a sparse canopy.\nWater the firecracker frequently. Firecracker prefers its soil to be moist--but not wet--at all times. Do not allow the soil to dry out completely between waterings. Once the top inch of soil is dry to the touch, it is time to water the firecracker again.\nFertilize the firecracker fern every two weeks, during spring. During the summer, fertilize weekly. Use a balanced water-soluble fertilizer to feed it. Do not fertilize firecracker during fall or winter, as the plant is dormant during these seasons, and fertilizer will burn its roots.\nReduce waterings to once every 10 to 14 days during the winter. Also, prune the plant down to 9 inches tall during the winter, to encourage new growth in the spring."}
{"text":"\"The Feeding America project has created an online collection of some of the most important and influential American cookbooks from the late 18th to early 20th century. The digital archive includes page images of 76 cookbooks from the MSU Library's collection as well as searchable full-text transcriptions. This site also features a glossary of cookery terms and multidimensional images of antique cooking implements from the collections of the MSU Museum. \"\n\"... is a core electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines. Titles published between 1850 and 1950 were selected and ranked by teams of scholars for their great historical importance. The first phase of this project focused on books published between 1850 and 1925 and a small number of journals. Future phases of the project will include books published between 1926 and 1950, as well as additional journals. The full text of these materials, as well as bibliographies and essays on the wide array of subjects relating to Home Economics, are all freely accessible on this site. This is the first time a collection of this scale and scope has been made available.\" Cornell University\nBook Sources: Food & Drink\nA selection of books/e-books available in Trible Library.\nClick the title for location and availability information."}
{"text":"PG NEXT Question of the Day 04-11-2016\nThe photograph shown below is as a result of disorder of\nd. Fatty acid synthesis\nAnswer : A) Purine\nHarper’s illustrated Biochemistry , 30th ed , page 354\nGOUT IS A METABOLIC DISORDER OF PURINE CATABOLISM\nVarious genetic defects in PRPP synthase present clinically as gout. Each defect—for example, an elevated V max, increased affinity for ribose 5-phosphate, or resistance to feedback inhibition—results in overproduction and over excretion of purine catabolites. When serum urate levels exceed the solubility limit, sodium urate crystalizes in soft tissues and joints and causes an inflammatory reaction, gouty arthritis. However, most cases of gout reflect abnormalities in renal handling of uric acid. While purine deficiency states are rare in human subjects, there are numerous genetic disorders of purine catabolism.\nHyperuricemias may be differentiated based on whether patients excrete normal or excessive quantities of total urates. Some hyperuricemias reflect specific enzyme defects. Others are secondary to diseases such as cancer or psoriasis that enhance tissue turnover. Diseases of purine metabolism include Lesch Nyhan syndrome, Von Gierkes Diesease , Hypouricemia , Adenosine deaminase deficiency , purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency."}
{"text":"4-Year-Old Toddler Found 220-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprint on Beach\nA 4-year-old toddler found a dinosaur footprint, which is over 220 million years old on a beach at Bendricks Bay in Wales.\nLast Friday (January 29, 2021), National Museum Wales said that a young girl identified as Lily Wilder discovered dinosaur footprints on a beach in Wales. The fossilized footprint is about 10 centimeters long.\nLily’s father Richard was surprised after seeing the fossil discovered by his daughter. Lily’s mom sally was also amazed on what they have seen. “Richard thought it was too good to be true. I was put in touch with experts who took it from there,” Sally said.\nNational Museum of Wales Palaeontology curator Cindy Howells said that the discovered footprint is the best specimen found in the area. The experts believed that the creature is about 75 centimeters tall and 2.5 meters long based on the footprint.\nHowell said that they could not identify the dinosaur but the footprint shows a glimpse of the early evolution of dinosaurs. She believes that the dinosaurs exists around 230 million years ago and the footprint could help the scientists to discover more about the dinosaurs.\nThe Natural Resources Wales allowed the authorities to remove the specimen from the beach. The fossil will be turned over and displayed at the National Museum Cardiff.\nWhat can you say about this discovery? Just leave your comments and suggestions for this report.\nYou can also read: Over 4-Meter Whale Found Dead in Padre Burgos, Quezon"}
{"text":"Distance is the length of a path between two points, while Displacement is the shortest distance between two points. Distance is the scalar quantity while Displacement is the vector quantity.\nDifference between distance and displacement in tabular form\n|Distance between two points is the distance covered by the body. It may or may not be in a straight line.||it IS a straight line distance between the initial and final position of a body.|\n|It is a scalar quantity||It is a vector quantity|\n|Its S.l unit is a meter (m)||Its S.l unit is a meter (m)|\nRead Also: Differences b/w speed and Velocity\nWhat is Displacement?\nThe distance covered by a body in a particular direction in a unit of time is known as displacement. Being a vector quantity it has magnitude as well as direction.\nExample of Displacement\n- Consider two points A and B such that a body Is placed at point A.\n- The body can move from point A to point B along different paths I.II, III, IV, as shown In figure.\n- it can be seen from fig. that the body traveled the distance in a straight line along the path only.\n- The distance traveled by the body between points A and B along path IV is the shortest distance and is covered in a definite direction. This distance Is known as displacement.\n- How many types of motion are there in Physics?\n- Equations of motion\n- What are the three laws of motion?\n- Examples of force\n- Branches of Physics\n- Newton’s second law"}
{"text":"NCDC Releases February 2013 U.S. Climate Report\nAccording to NOAA scientists, the average temperature for the contiguous United States during the winter season (December 2012–February 2013) was 34.3°F, 1.9°F above the 20th century average, marking the 20th warmest winter on record. The February temperature for the contiguous United States was 34.8°F, 0.8°F above average.\nThe total winter precipitation averaged across the contiguous United States was 7.10 inches, and this was 0.63 inches above the 20th century average. February contributed 2.00 inches to this total, which was near the long-term average. During February, several winter storms impacted the Nation, improving drought conditions across the Southeast and Midwest, but lighter precipitation totals across the Central Plains and Mountain West provided little drought relief.\nThis monthly summary from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides to government, business, academia, and the public to support informed decision-making.\n- Year-To-Date Temperature Evolution for Select U.S. Cities\n- Winter (December 2012-February 2013) Snowfall Accumulations for Select U.S. Cities\n- Regional Snowfall Index for Select February Snow Storms\n- February Daily Temperature Extremes\n- February Divisional Temperature and Precipitation Departure Maps\n- Winter 2012–2013 in Review, a Climate.gov Video"}
{"text":"Polycarbonate (PC) are a group of thermoplastic polymers (thermoplastics) whose chemical structures include carbonate groups. The polycarbonates used in engineering are tight and stiffener materials, and some of their species (crystals) are optically transparent. These types of polymers are easily molded and heat formed. Due to this type of properties, polycarbonates have become widely used.\nIt can get easily formed, molded and workable. it is sensitive to thermal and it formed soon near heat.Special properties of polycarbonates such as high impact resistance, thermal resistance, high transparency, dimensional stability, thermal insulation properties, excellent processability, convenient recycling and installation are the reasons why this type of material is of high value for general use. As well as, to make Polycarbonate flat sheets that have the most resilient sheet of extinguishing properties. In a temperature range of 120-40 degrees Celsius. Optical and impact characteristics have a great impact, which is almost 250 times more than usual glass. These types of polymers are the most important for most chemicals and solvents.\nSheets polycarbonate (PC) sheet is one of the most robust on the market for single-walled and multi-walled that are available. The sheet resistance against chemicals is high. Also, the impact resistance of these sheets is 250 times the glass thickness.\nTypical Application of Polycarbonate (PC):\nPolycarbonate (PC) is one of the family of thermoplastic polymers and its widely usage is in molding and thermal applications. Also, this new type of plastic widely used in the chemical industry of polycarbonate include a flat-out round.\nYou can also check the other specifications of related to this product in our website. Please click here."}
{"text":"Meningiomas are typically slow-growing tumours and, especially when small, they may produce little in the way of symptoms. Increasingly, these are discovered by chance when scans are ordered to investigate the cause of some headaches, dizziness or tinnitus and are referred to as incidental meningiomas as they are often not thought to be causing the symptoms the patient has. When symptoms do occur these often relate to pressure from the tumour or irritation of the meninges causing headaches. Irritation of the brain may cause seizures (fits). Meningiomas may upset the function of the neighbouring brain and nerves, for example, producing weakness of the face, arms or legs, or disturbing balance, vision, hearing, facial movement, speech or swallowing depending on the location of the growth.\nWritten by Alireza Shoakazemi for BIMS"}
{"text":"Noun(1) an effort that is inconvenient(2) a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result(3) a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome(4) the quality of being difficult\n(1) A difficulty in applying the definition is to decide what is a specific cognitive domain.(2) there is a practical difficulty(3) financial difficulty(4) he underestimated the difficulty of finding a good school(5) He eventually manhandled the rock into his goody bag and dragged it with difficulty to the surface.(6) emotional difficulty(7) The lack of air in a birth chart can indicate difficulty in the expression of that person.(8) there is a practical difficulty(9) Because of this, there may be some difficulty in giving or receiving affection.(10) They are apt to lead to much difficulty in application because they give rise to much uncertainty.(11) My Lords, there is in any event a considerable conceptual difficulty in a stay of this sort of order.(12) But the cost and difficulty in getting hold of such items made them the stuff of dreams.(13) Monet's desire to become a painter was something his father accepted with difficulty .(14) he walked with great difficulty(15) The European court had no difficulty in deciding that it was unfair for that to happen.(16) Nevertheless, it is a tragedy that such a splendid player has such difficulty in running.\n(1) difficulty level :: কাঠিন্য মাত্রা\n1. strain ::\n2. problem ::\n3. trouble ::\n4. difficultness ::\nEnglish to Bengali Dictionary: difficulty\nMeaning and definitions of difficulty, translation in Bengali language for difficulty with similar and opposite words. Also find spoken pronunciation of difficulty in Bengali and in English language.\nTags for the entry \"difficulty\"\nWhat difficulty means in Bengali, difficulty meaning in Bengali, difficulty definition, examples and pronunciation of difficulty in Bengali language."}
{"text":"- Cell Voltage is in Volts - V (Vc = Cell Voltage).\n- Cell Capacity is in AmpHours or milli-AmpHours - Ah or mAh (Ahc = Cell AmpHours)\nFor example, if a higher voltage is desired, cells are assembled in series and if a higher current capacity is desired, cells are assembled in parallel.\n- Series batteries have the negative (-) terminal of the 1st cell connected to the positive (+) terminal of the next cell in the string. The battery voltage is the cell voltage multiplied by the number of cells in the string, while the capacity remains the same.\n- Parallel batteries have both (+) terminals and both (-) terminals of each cell connected together. The battery voltage equals the cell voltage, but the capacity is the cell capacity multiplied by the number of cells in parallel. Cells in parallel should be matched for best performance, while lithium primary cells in parallel must have blocking diodes for safety reasons and lithium-ion cells must be matched for safety reasons.\n- Series-Parallel batteries have identical string sets of series cells assembled in parallel at the (+) and (-) terminal ends, but the interior cell connections are normally not connected to each other. The battery voltage equals the voltage of the strings and the capacity equals the cell capacity multiplied by the number of strings.\nThere are accepted industry abbreviations for these configurations. Examples:\n- 1S1P = A single cell battery. V = Vc and Ah = Ahc\n- 1S2P = A battery with 1 cell in series and 2 cells in parallel. V = Vc x 1 and Ah = Ahc x 2\n- 2S1P = A battery with 2 cells in series and 1 cell in parallel. V = Vc x 2 and Ah = Ahc x 1.\n- 2S2P = A battery with 2 cells in series and 2 cells in parallel. V = Vc x 2 and Ah = Ahc x 2."}
{"text":"Children with Autism have extra synapses in the brain\nDr Shelley Hyman\nA study from the Columbia University Medical Centre has discovered that children and adolescents with autism have an excess of synapses in the brain. This excess is due to a decline in normal brain ‘pruning’, a neurological regulatory process which reduces the overall number of neurons and synapses, enabling more efficient synaptic configurations. Since synapses are the point where neurons connect and communicate with each other, the additional synapses may have a significant impact on the functioning of the brain.\nResearchers have found a drug that restores normal synaptic pruning and reduces autism like behaviours in mice, even when the drug is administered after the behaviours have appeared. The drug, rapamycin, has side effects which may render it inappropriate for use on humans. However, the senior investigator says that the mere observable change in autism- like behaviours suggests that autism may be treatable, if a better drug can be discovered.\nThe cause of the pruning defect can be linked to the fact that the autistic children’s brain cells were filled with old and damaged parts, and were deficient in a degradation pathway known as “autography”, a process that cells use to breakdown their own components. The pruning defect has been linked to a protein called mTOR. When mTOR is overactive, the brain cells lose most of their ability to breakdown their own components, leading to poor pruning and a surplus of synapses. As such, the “rapamycin” inhibits mTOR.\nThis research is a remarkable step towards understanding the neurobiology of patients with autism. It could provide a means of diagnosing autism through screening for mTOR and autophagic activity, as well as a possible cure for autism through treatment of synaptic dysfunction."}
{"text":"The catenary curve (also called a chainette, alysoid, funicular, see wiki) - the curve of hanging chain or cable or other fibre in a homogenous gravitational field - is used in many design tasks. To create a sketch shapes as a catenary in Inventor you can zse the function \"Equation curve\" and specify the curve parametrically.\nOn the above linked wiki page you can find the generalized equation of a planar catenary curve:\ny = a * cosh (x / a)\nwhere a is the parameter of uniform scaling of the curve.\nStart the function Equation curve (Sketch > Create > Line > Equation curve):\nand enter the equation directly to the equation fieleds - choose the equation option \"Explicit\" and \"Cartesian\". Just make sure the correct units are combined - i.e. convert the length value of \"x\" to angle (mm->rad). Using the value of a = 1.8 and the range x -2 to 2:\ny = 1.8 * cosh (x / 1 mm * 1 rad / 1.8)\nFor possible subsequent editing of the curve, you the function \"Edit equation curve\" from the context menu in the model browser tree."}
{"text":"Scudder, N F\nThe magnitudes of the yawing moments produced by various parts of an airplane during spins have previously been found to be of major importance in determining the nature of the spin. Discrepancies in resultant yawing moments determined from model and full-scale tests, however, have indicated the probable importance of scale effect on the model. In order to obtain data for a more detailed comparison between full-scale and model results, flight tests were made to determine the yawing moments contributed by various parts of an airplane in spins. The inertia moment was determined by the usual measurement of the spinning motion, and the aerodynamic yawing moments on the fuselage, fin, and rudder were determined by pressure-distribution measurements over these parts of the airplane. The wing yawing moment was determined by taking the difference between the gyroscopic moment and the fuselage, fin, and rudder moments. The numerical values of the wing yawing moments were found to be of the same order of magnitude as those measured in wind tunnels.\nAn Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file of the entire report:"}
{"text":"April 12, 2011\nCanadian History Comes to Life at 2011 DSBN Heritage Fair\nStudents at the District School Board of Niagara will be taking a look back through time next week at the seventh annual Regional Heritage Fair being held at School Support Services in Niagara-on-the-Lake on April 19.\nOver 130 student projects celebrating the many different aspects of Canadian history will be on display during the day-long event. Students from Grades four to eight from across Niagara competed at school level Historica Fairs to qualify for the regional fair.\nThe Heritage Fairs program encourages students to explore Canadian history in a dynamic, hands-on learning environment. Students use the medium of their choice to tell stories about Canadian heroes, legends, milestones and achievements.\n“Canada is a proud country with a rich history and there are countless stories to be told,” says Heather Matthews, DSBN Consultant for Canadian and World Studies. “Our students have worked hard to prepare these projects and present some of the most compelling stories in national and local history. Some students have also chosen to look at the traditions and historical significance within their own families.”\nMatthews adds that participating in the Heritage Fairs program is an excellent way for students to explore Canadian history and develop effective research skills. “Preparing and presenting these projects also allows students to develop essential oral, written and visual literacy skills,” says Matthews.\nAt the Regional Fair, students will also have the opportunity to take part in several insightful workshops, including a musket demonstration by the staff at Fort George.\nIn this video, Applewood Public School teacher Bryce Honsinger talks about the benefits of participating in the Heritage Fairs program:"}
{"text":"The Byzantine section comprises a unique collection of daily life used objects which clearly reveals the characteristics of the Coptic art. This art, which is a popular Christian art restricted to Egypt, is in principle a religious form of art that tends to be symbolic and simple. The characters depicted are either inspired by the Holy Bible or represent eminent local Saints. The Coptic art neglected the third dimension, and human figures were portrayed in only two dimensions. The use of geometric motifs, which have a symbolic religious connotation, was quite popular. The triangle, for instance, connotes the Holy Trinity. Animal figures, such as fish and floral motifs as vine branches, were widespread."}
{"text":"On the following day the march south was resumed and continued to Spottsylvania Court House. Upon taking position, the regiment was thrown forward as skirmishers. The rebel artillery and sharp-shooters made the position an uncomfortable one. An advance was made by Gibbon's Division, but without success. During the 9th and the 10th, it was on the skirmish line and almost constantly engaged in one of the enemy's attacks, Captain William M. Smith, who commanded the regiment, was severely wounded, and the command devolved on Captain Mitchell Smith.\nOn the evening of the 11th, Hancock's Corps was moved into position and prepared for an assault. At daylight it quietly moved, in well formed lines, under cover of a dense fog. The enemy's skirmishers had barely time to discharge their pieces before the Union column was upon them, and soon had possession of their works. The fighting was now severe, coming hand to hand; but the enemy was forced to yield, and large captures of men and material were made. In the charge Captain Smith and Lieutenant Clark were instantly killed, and the command of the regiment devolved upon Captain Peter W. Grear. For several days the regiment was on the skirmish line, and was kept busily employed, the enemy being vigilant for an advantage.\nBates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871."}
{"text":"Authorities should be on high alert for a major earthquake over the next few days as celestial bodies in our solar system align, conspiracy theorists claim. A planetary alignment of Earth, Neptune, Mars and our Moon could trigger a magnitude 6 quake somewhere around the world, according to website Ditrianum, run by researcher Frank Hoogerbeets who is a ‘new-age earthquake’ forecaster. The website stated the gravitational pull of the celestial bodies either side of our planet could pull on Earth’s tectonic plates, in a theory dismissed by experts.\nMr Hoogerbeets does not give any indication where the earthquakes might occur however, but he predicts a tremor will register at around magnitude six, which “may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas”, according to Michigan Tech.\nHe wrote on the website: “Some seismic unrest may occur from the 14th to the 16th due to the Moon's alignment with Neptune and Mars.\n“There is a slight possibility of a strong 6 magnitude earthquake, but borderline to low 6 is more likely.”\nMr Hoogerbeets claims he uses a Solar System Geometry Index (SSGI) which “is the computation of a dataset for a specific time-frame of values given to specific geometric positions of the planets, the Moon and the Sun”.\nMajor earthquake WARNING: Damaging quake could strike THIS WEEKEND\nHe added: “After three years of observations, it became clear that some planetary geometry in the Solar System clearly tends to cause a seismic increase, while other geometry does not.”\nBut experts have dismissed Mr Hoogerbeets’ claims, saying that there is no way earthquakes can be predicted.\nJohn Bellini, a geophysicist at the US Geological Survey (USGS) has said: “We can't predict or forecast earthquakes.\n\"Sometimes before a large earthquake you'll have a foreshock or two, but we don't know they're foreshocks until the big one happens.”"}
{"text":"Carpentry skill and wood art. Carpenter builds and installs a variety of wood products. These items can be doors, windows, furniture, cabinets and more. A tool used by the carpenter in his work can be electric saw, saws, nails, drills, mills, woodworking clamps, etc. Apart from these tools, according to the science of the day, advanced tools which entered the woodworking world. The growing advances in the technology of woodworking machinery in the world and the necessity of familiarizing it with students and professionals in this field is inevitable. The advanced training courses for wood industry are being developed due to the lack of resources and information on advanced woodworking machinery such as General.NC.CNC and woodWOP software used in CNC machines. This course is for students, enthusiasts and wood industry professionals. This training course is equal to 80 training hours."}
{"text":"What does the “==” do exactly?\n“55” == “55”\n55 == 55\n“55” == 55\nHow is “===” any different from “==”?\n“55” === “55”\n55 === 55\n“55” === 55\nFor example, this means that if you have the numbers 55 and “55” and try comparing them with the “===” operator that it will not only compare the contents of the two data or variables you pass to it, it will also compare the typeof variable or data it is. In this case, it would return false, because a string is not the same data type as an integer.\nHow can I compare == vs. === on my own?\nAnswer: Learn Chrome’s DevTools! DevTools (also known as Web Inspector) is a web developer’s best friend. They allow you to edit any website locally in real time. And they allow you to use their console feature to perform logic tests, write simple functions and much more. Check out this Chrome’s DevTools Tutorial if you’d like to learn more.\n- Open DevTools by pressing down Command+Shift+I (Mac) or by right-clicking anywhere on the screen and selecting “Inspect”.\nWhat about the != operator and !==?\nYou can also compare if something is “!=” (not equal to) something else, and if something is “!==” (strictly not equal to) something else.\nWhen testing if “55” !== 55 with the !== operator, the answer returned will be true because the string “55” is not strictly equal to the integer 55."}
{"text":"On October 24, the Diane Rehm Show on NPR talked about the latest research and treatment options for Parkinson Disease.\nSee the article and listen by linking to the NPR webpage and clicking “listen” in the top left .\nAbout the Show\nEvery year, 60,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The devastating neurological disorder occurs when cells in the brain don’t produce enough dopamine. Parkinson’s is marked by tremors, stiff muscles and slow movement. The exact causes are unknown but experts believe it’s a combination of genetic and environmental factors. For most patients, Parkinson’s gets progressively worse. Actor and Parkinson’s patient Michael J. Fox stars in a new TV show about a man living with Parkinson’s. As public awareness increases, Diane and a panel of experts discuss the reality for most patients and the latest treatments.\nStory Landis – director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) at the National Institutes of Helath\nDr. Zoltan Mari – Interim Director, the Movement Disorder Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; and director, National Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine\nTodd Scherer – Chief executive officer, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research"}
{"text":"TU B’SHEVAT —\nOn our daily journeys we pass by so much of value that we barely notice. For instance: trees. Our very lives depend on trees. They provide us with fruit, shade, paper, often the homes we live in, and much of our furniture and other objects that we use on a daily basis. They are also a source of beauty and respite. Despite their importance, they tend to become the backdrop for our lives– easy to pass by with barely a thought or a glance.\nJewish tradition celebrates the New Year of the trees. It is called Tu B’Shevat, the fifteenth of the Hebrew month of Shevat. On Tu B’Shevat trees are planted and rituals of eating fruits and nuts and drinking wine are observed. It is a kind of birthday of the trees, and in Israel it is the time when the first fruit-bearing trees\nawaken from their winter sleep and begin their cycles.\nJudaism teaches that we should plant and protect trees. We should plant trees, no matter how old we are, so that future generations can enjoy their beauty, shade, and usefulness. We should protect trees, especially those that bear fruit, for the benefit of all society. Tu B’Shevat can be observed traditionally in a kind of seder with plates of dried fruits and nuts, fresh fruit, grape juice, or wine. Or it can simply be a special day for you and your children to notice the value and beauty of trees in your lives. Even at the coldest time of year, we can have faith that spring and renewal will come soon again.\nTALK TO YOUR CHILDREN about trees and all that they give us.\nCONNECT TO THEIR LIVES:\n- Which kinds of trees do you like and why?\n- What are some of the wooden objects you use in your everyday lives?\n- Why plant a tree that takes so long to grow and mature?\n- How do our lives depend upon trees?\nBy Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses\nValues & Ethics—Through a Jewish Lens is created by Fred and Joyce Claar to bring the wisdom of Judaism into family discussions."}
{"text":"PowerPoint gives you pretty good editing control over shapes you insert into a presentation. Whether you want to merge two shapes or change a shape using its edit points, PowerPoint has a way.\nFirst, open PowerPoint and select the shape that you want to change. If you don’t already have a shape inserted in your presentation, you can do so by going to Insert > Shapes > Select Shape. In this example, we’ll be using an isosceles triangle.\nOnce you’ve selected your shape, you’ll notice a new “Shape Format” tab appear. Go ahead and select it.\nNext, head over to the “Insert Shapes” group and click the “Edit Shape” button.\nA drop-down menu will appear. From the menu, select the “Edit Points” command.\nNow, to change the shape, click and drag the black edit points to the desired location.\nYou may have noticed a few white edit points appear, as well. You can use these to change the curvature of the line between two black edit points.\nThis will allow you to change the structure of your shape completely. It’s a simple technique, but it can yield some interesting results."}
{"text":"Taxonomy is the science of organizing everything into like-groups. Scientists classify all living things on the planet. Plants are organized in the Kingdom Plantae.\nPlants are organized into four main categories, based upon their phylum, tissue structure, seed type and stature. Phylum refers to the overall type of plant; for example, ferns or flower producers are in different categories. Tissue structure refers to the way that the plant can absorb and circulate water. Seed structure classifies plants by those that produce spores and those that produce covered or uncovered seeds. Stature refers to the overall height and build of the plant; for example, vines and trees vary greatly in their overall stature.\nScientific names are the Latin names that scientists use when speaking about a type of plant. For example, a scientist would call a tall yellow flower Helianthus, but you and I would most likely call it by its common name: a sunflower.\nOnce you have taught children some of the differences among plants, take them to a garden to show them the differences in leaf shape and structure firsthand. Point out how leaves from a fern differ from the leaves on from maple tree and pine needles. Show students flowers with overlapping petals and examples of seeds that are coated and uncoated."}
{"text":"How Much Fossil Fuel Is Left?\n“Humanity can adapt to whatever climate change may occur—with sufficient prosperity and political will.” – Edward Ring, senior fellow of the Center for American Greatness\n“The argument against fossil fuels rests on two premises. The first is that carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are causing a climate emergency. … The other premise underlying the drive to eliminate fossil fuels is more pragmatic. We are reaching ‘peak oil,’ and there simply isn’t enough of it to last much longer. Oil, natural gas, and coal are all nonrenewable resources, with finite reserves.”\n“According to the most authoritative source on energy in the world, total proven reserves of fossil fuel currently total 49,023 exajoules. This means that just with proven reserves, and if only fossil fuel were used, and if global energy consumption were doubled to 1,000 exajoules per year, there would still be a 50-year supply of energy. How much more fossil fuel can be extracted from unproven reserves is anybody’s guess, but it is a safe bet that twice as much more is available, meaning there’s at least another century’s worth of fossil fuel even if we used nothing else to power civilization.”\nOriginally published here at American Greatness on 5 July 2022."}
{"text":"Heinrich Keller |\n(October 11, 1776 - September 18, 1862)\nHeinrich Keller (October 11, 1776 - September 18, 1862) was a Zurich based etcher, lithographer, cartographer and illustrator. Keller's father was a baker and in all likelihood Keller would have continued in the family business had not terrible fall down several flights of stairs left him with a complicated femur fracture. During the next several years, Keller was confined to crutches. Limited in his movement, the young Keller instead turned his attention to maps and sketching. Discovering himself to be a talented artist, he devoted himself to cartography, landscapes, physiognomies, and views. At 19, Keller took work as a colorist and art tutor with the well known Zurich print dealer Johann Heinrich Fussli. It was during his time with Fussli that Keller began to develop and audience for his travel guides, views and maps. Around 1817 Keller split with Fussli and set up his own small publishing firm in his Zurich home. He is known for an attractive c. 1827 map of Zurich and a supremely detailed 1834 wall map of Switzerland. Keller's panoramic views also have a considerable following. Click here for a list of rare maps from Heinrich Keller.\nRare maps by Heinrich Keller currently for sale.\nRare maps by Heinrich Keller in the Geographicus Antique Map Archive."}
{"text":"The two most striking characteristics of the sequence of primes is that there are many of them but that their density is rather slim. From Euclid’s theorem (Theorem 2.3.1) there are infinitely many primes; in fact, there are infinitely many in any nontrivial arithmetic sequence of integers. This latter fact was proved by Dirichlet and is known as Dirichlet’s theorem. As mentioned before, if x is a natural number and π(x) represents the number of primes less than or equal to x, then asymptotically this function behaves like the function x/ln x . This result is known as the prime number theorem. Besides being a startling result, the proof of the prime number theorem, done independently by Hadamard and de la Vallée Poussin, became the genesis for analytic number theory. In this chapter we will discuss various aspects of the infinitude of primes. The prime number theorem will be introduced in the next chapter.\nKeywordsPrime Divisor Arithmetic Progression Golden Section Fibonacci Number Arithmetic Function\nUnable to display preview. Download preview PDF."}
{"text":"Title Page /\nTable of Contents /\nList of Figures /\nMaps / Data Collection/Processing / Interpretation / Acknowledgments / Appendix 1 / Appendix 2 /\nAppendix 3 /\nFigure 4.14a. Shaded-relied bathymetric map of the Approaches to Boston Harbor, north of the Harbor Islands and south of Nahant, including Broad Sound (see fig. 4.2 for map location). The darker patches indicate the areas where multibeam bathymetry was collected and data gridded at 2 m; the rest of the area was mapped by single-beam sonar and gridded at 30 m. The sea floor in this region is characterized by elevated rough areas, some of which are hypothesized to be drumlins reworked by rising sea level. See Figure 4.15 for selected photographs at stations 72, 73, and 84. See Figure 4.14b for companion sidescan-sonar image."}
{"text":"Treating Fractures That Don’t Heal\n(Ivanhoe Newswire) ““ Many bone fractures don’t heal completely or properly, but this new model shows why fractures aren’t healing properly and how they can be treated to restart the healing process and produce a strong healthy bone.\nAbout 5 to 10 percent of bone fractures the healing process doesn’t succeed in fully repairing the bone, which leads to non-unions- failure of a fracture to unite and heal. Using an animal model mimicking a clinical non-union situation and a mathematical model developed for studying normal fracture healing.\nThe researchers developed ways to treat non-unions by transplanting cells from the bone marrow to the fracture. This was tested in a pilot animal experiment, and in both simulations and experiments showed bony union formation between the fractured bone ends.\nThis experiment showed the potential for using cell transplantation for the treatment for non-union fractures and the possibility for healing aging people with fractures that won’t heal.\nSOURCE: PLoS, published online September 1, 2010"}
{"text":"Since the 1890s, garbage trucks have played an important role in helping dispose of the waste we generate. Prior to the invention of motor vehicles, garbage was often disposed in close proximity to daily life: dumped into sewers, piled in the streets and floated down rivers.\nAs the U.S. population continued to grow, concerns about the public health effects of mountains of rotting waste led New York City and many other municipalities to declare war on garbage and seek better ways of disposal. Enter the garbage truck. Starting in 1918, cities began switching from horse-drawn to motorized trash collection vehicles. In 1938, the first garbage truck featuring a hydraulic compactor was patented, allowing the trucks to carry a significantly larger volume of trash to distant landfills. Additional innovation now allows a modern garbage truck to haul even more.\nIt’s a good thing too, since the average American now throws away an astounding 7.1 pounds of trash every day. Taking the trash off the streets and throwing most of it in the landfill, however, also presents concerns: groundwater contamination from leaky liners, methane gas from decaying organic waste and limited space for ever more garbage."}
{"text":"« Previous Page\nAerobic fitness means increasing how well the body uses oxygen, which depends on the condition of the heart, lungs, and muscles. Experts tend to describe aerobic activity in three ways: light, moderate, and vigorous.\nWhen people do moderate-intensity activities, they notice a faster heartbeat. To get the benefits of moderate activity, a person can:\nThe goal of aerobic fitness is to increase the amount of oxygen that goes to the heart and muscles, which allows them to work longer. Any activities, including many kinds of daily activities, that raise the heart rate and keep it up for an extended period of time can improve aerobic fitness. If the activities are done regularly and long enough, they can help improve fitness.\nExperts recommend that adults try to do moderate activity for at least 2½ hours a week. Or they can do vigorous activity for at least 1¼ hours a week. You can choose to do one or both types of activity. And it's fine to be active in blocks of 10 minutes or more throughout the day and week. Children as young as preschool age benefit from being active. It's best for teens and children (starting at age 6) to do moderate to vigorous activity at least 1 hour every day.\nModerate activity is safe for most people, but it's always a good idea to talk to your doctor before starting an exercise program.\nCurrent as of:\nAugust 19, 2018\nE. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine & Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine & Heather O. Chambliss, PhD, FACSM - Exercise Science\nTo learn more about Healthwise, visit Healthwise.org.\n© 1995-2019 Healthwise, Incorporated. Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated."}
{"text":"If you think humans are the most efficient at building cities and other intricate structures, you may have overlooked another species — ants.\nAn abandoned colony of grass-cutter ants was located, and scientists decided to study it in depth. First they filled the empty chambers and passageways with concrete. Then they excavated around the concrete to expose the structure. What they found was amazing.\nFirst, the filling part took three days and ten tons of concrete. Second, clearing away the soil to expose the structure took weeks of digging. The result appeared to be the work of a master architect, but it was actually the collective instinct of thousands of insects (Star Trek fans think miniature Borg).\nThe entire investigation was documented in Ants! Natures Secret Power. A summery can be found in a 3:15 video clip on (of course) YouTube, which can be accessed through “Watch what happens when scientists excavate a giant anthill” by Emily Howard (https://earthsky.org/earth/video-giant-ant-hill-excavation?11693). It’s a fascinating peek into nature, even if it’s a bit humbling for us humans."}
{"text":"The irresistible charm of Amsterdam's canals\nAll our apartments in Amsterdam\nWhat would happen to Amsterdam if its canals were taken away? This is a completely legitimate question given how perfectly they symbolise the city's charm around the world and contribute to its appeal. After all, there's a reason Amsterdam is nicknamed Venice of the North! As elements of the Dutch capital's identity, the countless canals are the perfect excuse for a stroll or boat trip!\nMore than 100 kilometres long, Amsterdam's canals were built from the 17th century, the Golden Age in the history of the Netherlands. The city's cultural and historic symbols, they are crossed by around 1,500 bridges, some of which are the most stunning in the country. Among the hundreds of the city's canals, the concentric canals in Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, which mark the borders of the city's tourist centre, are by far the most famous. Listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, they form what is called the \"Golden Bend\".\nOne of the main appeals of Amsterdam's canals is that they brilliantly reflect the combination of architecture and culture for which the city has always been known. Some of the most famous museums in Amsterdam are close to the neighbourhood of concentric canals, particularly the <a href=\"the-anne-frank-house-in-amsterdam.shtml\">Anne Frank House</a>, the FOAM Photography Museum, and Museum Willet-Holthuysen. Surrounded by irresistibly charming buildings, the canals perfectly express the highly characteristic spirit and atmosphere of the city.\nThe three perpendicular streets adjacent to the main canals make up the most popular shopping area in Amsterdam. They're what we call the \"Nine streets\", or \"Negen straatjes\" in Dutch. They will give you the opportunity to taste one of the local succulent culinary specialities or browse the most trendy second-hand stores."}
{"text":"Resembling a tricked-out coffin on four wheels, Colonial Williamsburg’s original 18th-century fire engine is one flaming-hot antique! This piece is so important to early American history that is part of a rare “stand alone” exhibit, and has been reproduced not once, but twice for actual use in the Historic Area. Richard Newsham’s Fire Engine uses the display of this magnificent machine to explore fire and early fire-fighting techniques.\nLike modern ones, early engines were used to direct a stream of water at an out of control fire—which was a significant problem in a time when buildings and their contents were highly flammable. Indeed, Williamsburg was described as “our Wooden city” in 1721, and remained relatively safe until 1747, when the Capitol Building burned. To prevent further tragedy, the colony wisely decided to invest in a proper fire engine “and Four Dozen of Leatheren Buckets for use of the Capitol” in 1754.\nThis patented engine, built in London by Richard Newsham’s firm around 1750, is known to have been the clear choice for anyone in England or America who was serious about combating fire.\nThis exhibition was made possible by a grant from the Ambrose and Ida Frederickson Foundation."}
{"text":"5512829 Features: -Introduces your child to the basics of the solar system. -Using a coordinated book, puzzle, poster and flashcards, Teach My showcases the sun and the nine planets that rotate around the sun. -3 Years+. -Includes 1 Book, including Pluto, the Dwarf Planet; 1 Poster; 10 Flashcards; 20 Piece Puzzle; Teaching Guide and Re-Sealable Storage Bag. Gender: -Boy/Girl. Minimum Age Requirement: -2 Years And Up. Dimensions: Overall Height – Top to Bottom: -11 Inches. Overall Width – Side to Side: -1.5 Inches. Overall Depth – Front to Back: -13.5 Inches. Overall Product Weight: -1 Pounds.\nTeach My Preschooler The Solar System introduces your child to the basics of The Solar System. Using a coordinated book, puzzle, poster and flashcards, Teach My showcases the sun and nine planets that rotate around the sun (incl. Pluto, The Dwarf Planet). Preschoolers learn simple facts about our solar sytem."}
{"text":"Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases 2016 6 13() pii 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.06.021\nHIV is responsible for one of the largest viral pandemics in human history. Despite a concerted global response for prevention and treatment, the virus persists. Thus, urgent public health action, utilizing novel interventions, is needed to prevent future transmission events, critical to eliminating HIV. For public health planning to prove effective and successful, we need to understand the dynamics of regional epidemics and to intervene appropriately. HIV molecular epidemiology tools as implemented in phylogenetic, phylodynamic and phylogeographic analyses have proven to be powerful tools in public health planning across many studies. Numerous applications with HIV suggest that molecular methods alone or in combination with mathematical modelling can provide inferences about the transmission dynamics, critical epidemiological parameters (prevalence, incidence, effective number of infections, Re, generation times, time between infection and diagnosis), or the spatiotemporal characteristics of epidemics. Molecular tools have been used to assess the impact of an intervention and outbreak investigation which are of great public health relevance. In some settings, molecular sequence data may be more readily available than HIV surveillance data, and can therefore allow for molecular analyses to be conducted more easily. Nonetheless, classic methods have an integral role in monitoring and evaluation of public health programmes, and should supplement emerging techniques from the field of molecular epidemiology. Importantly, molecular epidemiology remains a promising approach in responding to viral diseases."}
{"text":"Sounds of the Sea, p.1\n- 1 1/2\" metal flange (a standard pipe fitting found in hardware stores)\n- Silver poster paint (or any color your child chooses)\n- Two 1\" sponge brushes\n- All-purpose waterproof sealer\n- 5 different shells of approximately the same sizes\n- Drill with 1/8\" drill bit (optional)\n- Darning or ribbon embroidery needle (optional)\n- Ruler or yardstick\n- Glue or hot glue gun\n- Very small washers (to fit holes in flange)\n- 1 large bead\n- 1 1/2\" S-hook\n- Eye hook\nA trip to the shore can offer more than fun in the sun and sand for your child this summer. By gathering shells that have washed onto the beach and then stringing them together as a wind chime, your child will boost her math and science abilities and her appreciation of nature.\n\"Grouping the shells by shape and color as they're collected provides children with practice in sorting and classifying, skills that are the bases of important mathematical concepts,\" says Sara Wilford, director of the Early Childhood Center at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, NY. Shells' beautiful shapes and colors are intrinsically fascinating to kids, and you can heighten your child's interest by looking through books on marine life to help her identify the various shells she finds as you comb the beach together.\nOnce she begins making the chime, your child will add to essential fine-motor skills as she works with you on gluing her collection of shells to the strings, then measuring, knotting, threading, and tying, according to Wilford.\nAfter you've completed the chime, hang it on your patio or near a window in your child's room. As the breeze passes through, she'll delight in the shells' movement and calming sounds and relive her warm memories of summer."}
{"text":"What is rubber?\nRubbers are loosely described as materials which show “elastic” properties. Such materials are generally long chain molecules known as “polymers” and the combination of elastic and polymers has led to the alternative name of “elastomers”. Rubbers and elastomers will be considered to be synonymous in this work. Products made from rubber have a flexible and stable 3 �” dimensional chemical structure and are able to withstand under force large deformations. For example the material can be stretched repeatedly to at least twice its original length and, upon immediate release of the stress, will return with force to approximately its original length. Under load the product should not show creep or relaxation. Besides these properties the modulus of rubber is from hundred to ten thousand times lower compared to other solid materials like steel, plastics and ceramics. This combination of unique properties gives rubber its specific applications like seals, shock absorbers and tyres."}
{"text":"Ready for Easter? Easter is one of favourite holiday. It is time for our gathering with family and friends when we can try some productive activities with kids. In this article you will find several easy DIY Easter crafts from simple quilling cards to recycled bunny for Easter. Preschoolers and kindergarteners can celebrate this Easter with our projects like fluffy bunnies, carrot and even an Easter egg!\nA little information about Easter for Kids.\nEaster is a Christian spring holiday which celebrates new life and resurrection. It is symbolized by rabbits and eggs, originate from old (extremely old) customs.\nNot every person observes Easter at the time. For instance, the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates at an different time to the Catholic Church. Easter isn’t on a similar date every year. It is generally celebrated somewhere close to late March and late April.\nHere are collection of easiest and fun Easter crafts for kids to make this Easter memorable!\nEasy Quilling Bunny Card Design\nQuilling Card Decoration\nCute Bunny in Basket!\nEaster special dining plate for kids\nEasy Easter Crafts: Wooden Egg Decoration\nEaster Egg Puzzles\nEaster Carrot Decoration with Pom Pom\nEasy Easter Crafts: Let’s make bunny\nBunny on Balloon!\nFloral Bunny Ears\nEaster Egg Decoration\nEaster Wall Hanging\nRecycled Bunny using Socks\nIt’s time to dance!\nAlso, check out our Easy To Make Easter Card\nHope you liked our Easter Designs and Ideas. Keep visiting our website for art and craft ideas and tutorials. Which one your favorite? Please tell us in the comments below. And be sure to follow on Pinterest for more ideas! Thank you for visiting our website. Keep Creating with K4Craft!\nSee More As:\n- 30 DIY Cute and Creative Easter Crafts For Kids\n- DIY: Homemade Easter Basket Making Tutorial\n- DIY : Simple Step by Step Gift Wrapping Tutorials\n- 21 Simple Easter Craft Ideas for Kids\n- DIY Puppet Making Crafts Kids Will Love"}
{"text":"dictionary.reference.com/browse/Head of Cattle\nThe word comes from the Old French word, chattels, meaning all the things that a ... A \"head\" means one, but the term \"one head of cattle\" is not usually used.\nWhy would you say “10 head of cattle” instead of “10 heads of cattle”? Don't give me: “That's the way cowboys say it.” I want a real reason. Isn't it “10 heads of ...\nThey have forty _____ of cattle. which is correct? head or heads.\nYou hear the number of cattle that someone has listed as \"# head of ... If I have 100 head of cattle, I could also have 100 tails of cattle, 200 ears ...\nYou are currently browsing the tag archive for the 'head of cattle' tag. ... the general livestock meaning lost out to the more specific meaning of a bovine, as in this ...\nhead of cattle/sheep etc meaning, definition, what is head of cattle/sheep etc: a particular number of cows, sheep etc: Learn more.\nDave Phillips says: In BrE we would always say a head of cattle (meaning the whole herd) but we wouldn't give a number of those head/heads.\nFor example, if the buyer is only taking 20 head out of a group of 60 head, the cattle could be put in the alley and the first 2 animals let \"by\" and the 3rd animal ...\ncattle. Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jump to: navigation, search .... The phrase \"head of cattle\" may be used without regard for gender."}
{"text":"Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.\n(1880-1929) UK politician – Unionist MP for Aylesbury from 1924 – and author, mostly on naval matters. Trafalgar Re-Fought (1905) with W Laird Clowes replays the Battle of Trafalgar in a twentieth-century setting. His Future War novel, The War Inevitable (1908), spends much of its time at sea in the context of the historical Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902-1921, formally terminated 1923). A sneak attack by Germany on Britain's torpedo boats leads to the circumnavigation of the globe by Japan's fleet to come to the aid of its ally; Germany then suffers a condign Invasion. In a series of stories – beginning with \"The Way of the Navy\" (September 1909 Pearson's Magazine), where the entire set appeared – Burgoyne speculated on various aspects of future naval warfare, including the impact of air power on a traditional navy, and a kamikaze attack, thirty years before World War Two, by a brave British pilot who – in \"The Death Dive: The Story of the World's Last Naval Battle\" (October 1911 Pearson's Magazine) – crashes his bomber into the German flagship. [JC/JDS]\nLieutenant-Colonel Sir Alan Hughes Burgoyne\nborn Kew, Middlesex: 30 September 1880\ndied Amersham, Buckinghamshire: 26 April 1929\n- Trafalgar Re-Fought (London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1905) with W Laird Clowes [hb/]\n- The War Inevitable (London: Francis Griffiths, 1908) [hb/]\nprevious versions of this entry"}
{"text":"- 移动课堂是100留学最新推出的“贴身学习伴侣”， 其中拥有名师直播、录播课程和名师答疑等多项服务。课堂可以为大家提供新的移动学习平台,让大家学习更方便，想学就学!\nsome groups of people beneficial from modern communications technology，but some of them think they are not beneficial from these.what extent do you agree or disagree?\nThe modern communication technology has brought significant changes to society in recent years. But whether this new way of communicating is really beneficial to us has become a heated topic. Personally I believe Internet communication’ positive side outweighs its negative side.\nFirst of all, by using communicating tools related to the internet, we can make our communication more convenient. For instance, when we chat on QQ or WeChat with our friends or families, even they are far away from you, we still can spread our minds and words in a second. Therefore, a good relationship between family members can be maintained.\nMoreover, It is accepted that those communicating software can also greatly improve our work efficiency, which definitely gives a push to the development of our economy. Some decades ago, workers mainly resorted to computers as a method of sending emails or started a video meeting, but now more mobile devices like a phone or a tablet bring a greater range of choices.\nHowever, some individuals intend they do not benefit from modern technology absolutely. The reasons for them may result from spending too much time on chatting online and losing their social skills. Actually they just abuse the function of this useful tool and over rely on it. That is why there are increasing numbers of people preferring to stay at home all day long with their social skills fading away.\nBy way of conclusion, I once reaffirm my position that these incredible advantages of Internet communication outweigh its drawbacks meanwhile it has its undeniable side-effect on human life."}
{"text":"Easton's Bible Dictionary\nPhut is placed between Egypt and Canaan in Genesis 10:6 , and elsewhere we find\nthe people of Phut described as mercenaries in the armies of Egypt and Tyre (\nJeremiah 46:9 ; Ezekiel 30:5 ; 27:10 ). In a fragment of the annuals of Nebuchadrezzar\nwhich records his invasion of Egypt, reference is made to \"Phut of the Ionians.\"\nHitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names\nSmith's Bible Dictionary\n(a bow) The third name in the list of the sons of Ham\n( Genesis 10:6 ; 1 Chronicles 1:8 ) elsewhere applied to an African country or\npeople. The few mentions of Phut in the Bible clearly indicate a country or people\nof Africa, and, it must be added, probably not far from Egypt. ( Isaiah 66:19\n; Jeremiah 46:9 ; Ezekiel 27:10 ; 30:5 ; 38:5 ; Nahum 3:9 ) Some identify it with\nLibya, in the northern part Africa near the Mediterranean Sea; others, as Mr.\nPoole, with Nubia, south of Egypt.\nInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia\nbible commentary, bible history, bible reference, bible study, define, phut, son of ham"}
{"text":"The Real Matilda: Women and Identity in Australia, 1788 to the Present written by Miriam Dixson and published in 1976 poses many questions about the role of women from the tiff beginnings to the present day. She speaks of a heavily patriarchal alliance that has slow roots from the away and they have yet to be uprooted, she so far goes as far to refer to males in Australian gild as misogynist. Her work is heavily influenced by her flimflam schoolbook of the 1970s feminism movement and this has greatly influenced her work, however this has given up her work a narrow view of the hostelry, in the past and in the present, this textbook hence overlooks and exaggerates certain aspects of Australian society to add cite to her opinionated view of Australian society and a detailed analysis of the text will chance upon this. From the opening chapter; theories and beginnings we identify how much Dixsons personal, historical, social, cultural and political context has influenc ed her work.\nCritical of a society which is coined as backward in a suppose civilised country and refers women as creation Doormats of the western origination It is clear what her intended audience is; the women of Australian society and the text makes direct appeals to the Australian women to wake up and not expect the entrenched Australian ideals that have been squash upon them. The opening chapters are ingrained with emotive and dramatic language, create a design of women being a product of exploitation and rebuked as outcasts resulting in poor self image. We see that Dixsons depiction of women in Australian soci ety is very much a narrow steer of view and! is not a articulation of all women in Australia; past or present. She makes generalisations of how women feel and mobilize in find to their... If you want to get a skilful essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com\nIf you want to get a full essay, visit our page: write my paper"}
{"text":"pescado vs pez\nIt seems llike you use pez when talking about a fish in the river and pescado when talking about a fish you are eating. Is this correct? What distinguishes between the two.\nYep, that's right. Perhaps it helps to think of it this way: Pez is an animal, which you catch by doing the verb \"pescar.\" Once a fish has been caught, it has been \"pescado\" - the past participle of \"pescar.\" The \"pez nadando\" has become \"pescado en tu plato\"\nBut let's remember... some species of fish keep the form pez no matters they have already been fished.\n- Pez Espada\n- Pez Vela\n- Pez Payaso\nAnd never it's said something like\n- Este es un pescado Espada disecado.\n- Aquí tengo una foto de un pescado Vela muerto.\nOn the other hand, kids and lot of adult people still keep saying \"pescadito\" but not \"pecesito\" when they have live fish as pets.\nPez refers to live fish in the water and Pescado is fish ready for cooking or eating. Pescado is also the participle for the verb Pescar.....To fish.\nSame general principle as calf/veal, sheep/mutton, pig/pork, etc."}
{"text":"Services on Demand\n- Cited by Google\n- Similars in SciELO\n- Similars in Google\nPrint version ISSN 0104-8775\nENGBERG, Elisabeth. Invisible flu: community response to the 1918-1920 flu pandemic in the rural areas of north Sweden. Varia hist. [online]. 2009, vol.25, n.42, pp. 429-456. ISSN 0104-8775. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0104-87752009000200004.\nThroughout human history, recurrent influenza pandemics have affected individuals and societies all over the world. Yet the social responses have varied with time and space. This article discusses society's response to the Spanish influenza of 1918-1920 in northern rural Sweden, focusing on measures taken by local communities to meet the advancing pandemic. In the five studied rural communities, the official response was sparse and reactive, and the presence of pandemic influenza is almost invisible in the municipal records. Potentially preventive measures, such as school closures and bans on public gatherings, were used inadequately and introduced far too late to be effective. The current struggle with wartime hardship, food crisis and a strained economy, an insufficient public health administration, a national preventive policy primarily aimed at the prevention of cholera, and the continued use of traditional methods to deal with crises in society are suggested as some explanations for local authorities' apparent inertia during the Spanish influenza.\nKeywords : pandemic influenza; social response; rural areas."}
{"text":"Taking Kahlo's work as its starting point, this course explores how other artists tackle themes of identity. Charles and Gass position Kahlo within a broader context of art history, using this expanded field as a means of defining the ways in which art reflects and constructs our understanding of ourselves, others, and the world we live in. Themes include the cult of the artist, artistic partnerships, the body, nationalism, portraiture, and Surrealism.\nLearning from Frida Kahlo: Exploring Identity in Modern and Contemporary Art\nRelated Exhibition Frida Kahlo\nThursday, July 17, 2008, 6:30 p.m.\nUC Berkeley Extension, 95 Third Street, San Francisco\nJulie Charles, associate curator, education, SFMOMA\nAlison Gass, assistant curator, painting and sculpture, SFMOMA"}
{"text":"The Sonora-Arizona borderlands region encompassing southern Arizona and northern Mexico can claim some of the most impassioned advocates of an ecologically sustainable and socially just food system than anywhere else in North America. Its designation as a City of Gastronomy by UNESCO in 2016 attests to the region’s rich agricultural and food heritage and knowledge. The annual The State of the Tucson Food System (STFS) report seeks to support the efforts of diverse social actors and institutions working across various sectors of the Sonora-Arizona borderlands food system by collecting and synthesizing the most recent data available to underscore successes, problems, and barriers.\nMr. Keegan Krause is co-author of the report which is produced by the Center for Regional Food Studies at the University of Arizona. Mr. Keegan is a dual master’s degree student in Latin American Studies and Public Health with a concentration in family and child health at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.\n[Photo: Mr. Keegan Krause]\nBased on feedback from various organizations, groups, and individuals, the contents of the 2018 STFS report have been organized around a particular framework, namely Whole Measures for Community Food Systems (2009) — a comprehensive toolkit that has been used by municipalities across North America for community development and planning purposes. The toolkit offers one means to documenting change in the Sonora-Arizona regional food system by assembling data around a set of variables and through a process that can be revised and replicated over time.\nAs such, the 2018 report can be viewed as a tool for food system stakeholders to engage in a process of planning and setting priorities for changes to local, regional, and binational food system practices and policy-making"}
{"text":"While this is a great start, it becomes burdensome as the children grow older. More items need to be stored so more totes are purchased. The amount of storage space required grows like a never ending vine.\nWorse, when the kids are ready to move out of the house, you’re both stuck with a disorganized, tangled mess of childhood papers, projects, and random stuff that your children now consider junk.\nWhat in the world?! The intention was great, but it lacked one thing: forethought. Let me explain.\nWhen city planners gather to discuss where the new road should go, they consider many things: frequency of use, amount of cars that will travel on it, potential problems, and ease of maintenance. They think decades ahead so that their work will not be in vain.\nYour memory boxes deserve the same attention.\nStep 1. Select the Appropriate Container\nStep 2. Create Divisions\n- 1st Grade\n- 2nd Grade\n- 3rd Grade\n- 4th Grade\n- 5th Grade\n- 6th Grade\n- 7th Grade\n- 8th Grade\n- 9th Grade\n- 10th Grade\n- 11th Grade\n- 12th Grade\nI prefer to divide by grades because most children organize their memories around the school calendar. They remember going to Niagara Falls after 4th grade or winning that soccer championship in 10th grade. The school calendar typically has more firm start/stop points than a child’s own birthday. However, if your child prefers to organize by given age, that’s fine too. I’ve also seen families set up boxes by category rather than grade level (i.e., school papers, sports, crafts, etc.). The only downside to organizing by categories is that it will be difficult to keep organized as the years go by and you’ll have a greater tendency to stop organizing and start piling the keepsakes.\nStep 3. Maintain the System\nNever underestimate the power of a box."}
{"text":"Epilepsy occurs when the electrical signals in the brain misfire, causing temporary miscommunication between nerve cells. An individual who experiences recurrent seizures is thought to have epilepsy.\nEpilepsy can occur at any age, but most new diagnoses are in children. According to the Centers for Disease Control, it’s estimated that approximately 470,000 children in the United States have the neurological condition.\nAt the Neuroscience Center, we diagnose and treat various types of epilepsy, including:\n- Fever (febrile) convulsions (seizures in children with high fever)\n- Generalized tonic clonic seizures\n- Infantile spasm\n- Mioclonic epilepsy\n- Neonatal epilepsy\n- Partial (focal) seizure\n- Petit mal (absence) seizures\nExperts in Neonatal Epilepsy\nOur pediatric neurologists also have extensive experience diagnosing infants and young children with a wide range of neurological conditions, including neonatal epilepsy. In fact, we use some of the latest, most advanced equipment available to effectively diagnose neonatal epilepsy in children. We also provide comprehensive treatment and personalized follow-up to our neonatal and pediatric patients, enabling us to track their progress and development over time.\nParents of Children with Epilepsy Support Group\nIf you are you a parent or caregiver of a child with epilepsy seeking support, you are invited to join our free virtual parent support group.\nWith one phone call, our team of pediatric concussion experts is ready to help.\nOur Child Life Specialists help children to maintain a normal life during their stay at the hospital.\nOur emergency rooms offer advanced medical care for children in a child-friendly environment."}
{"text":"Johann Von Gardner (1898-1984)\nIvan Alekseyevich Gardner (1898-1984), known in the West as Johann von Gardner, was a unique and multi-faceted Russian musician and scholar, whose entire life, in one way or another, centered around Orthodox church music, Gardner was compelled to leave his homeland in 1920, living thereafter in Serbia (Yugoslavia), the Holy Land, Austria, and Germany. As a researcher and author, he single-handedly carried the torch of scholarship in the field of Russian Orthodox liturgical music, at a time his compatriots in the Soviet Union were prevented from doing so by the Communist regime. He authored a major two-volume history of Russian church singing (the first part of which is available in English translation) as well as nearly one hundred articles and monographs. In his writings he sought to continue, through historical investigation and scholarly argument, the movement initiated at the Moscow Synodal School of Church Singing—the attempt to return Russian liturgical music to its traditional Orthodox roots from which it had strayed in the 18th and 19th centuries under Western European influence.\nAlthough Gardner’s contribution to this process as a composer is lesser-known, he wrote over 100 sacred liturgical choral works, almost all of them based on authentic Znamenny, Demestvenny, Kievan and other chants. In his compositions he was in every respect a follower of the best traditions of the “new Russian choral school”—Kastalsky, Gretchaninoff, Chesnokov, Rachmaninoff—using the full coloristic resources of the mixed choir in a rich palette of “choral orchestration.” Like many of the works of the Moscow School, Gardner’s compositionas and chant arrangements for the most part lay outside the capabilities of Russian émigré choirs, and thus remained unsung until recently. A fresh consideration of his works reveals Gardner to be an important composer whose creative legacy merits being incorporated into the corpus of the Russian sacred choral repertoire."}
{"text":"Leon Godchaux’s trek from an illiterate, penniless Jewish immigrant to the “sugar king of the South” began with an insult. In 1837, the 13-year-old Godchaux arrived in New Orleans from the Alsace-Lorraine region of France and began peddling needles, thread and other dry goods at plantations up and down the Mississippi River.\nLegend has it that he was chased away from one of the first plantations he visited, in the town of Bonnet Carre, with this angry admonition from a would-be client: “This town is reserved for white people!” The legend also says that when he came back 13 years later with enough money to buy the whole town, Godchaux remembered that rude treatment and decided to change the town’s name to Reserve.\nGodchaux had already established the Leon Godchaux Clothing Co. on Canal Street at age 21, a department store that would anchor the downtown shopping district for almost a century. After buying farm land in St. John the Baptist Parish, Godchaux would go on to build a sugar empire, with a network of 12 plantations across southeast Louisiana.\nGodchaux set up in Reserve what would become the largest sugar mill in the United States, creating a true company town. Narrow-gauge trains powered by small, efficient locomotives brought cane from as far as Raceland to the central plant. Three years before his death, Godchaux owned 30,000 acres of sugar cane fields and produced more than 27 million pounds of refined white sugar a year."}
{"text":"The Importance of Water Supply Innovation\nAs the global population marches towards 9 billion by 2050 and land and water resources decline, never has the task of producing more from less been more imperative. The data on water scarcity continues to be sobering, and shortages increasingly are linked to both natural and human-made causes. By 2025, 1.8 billion people will live in regions that face “absolute water scarcity,” reports the United Nations. Essentially, these figures reveal that the role of innovation related to natural resources will no doubt become more paramount in the following years.\nIn combatting the issue of a growing population and declining resources, Texas, despite rising oil prices, is finding growth in other industries. To be specific, the State of Texas’ economy has an undiscovered $9 billion water and water technology cluster of jobs, businesses, and assets – and it’s mounting. In fact, Texas observed a 19-percent job increase from 2005 to 2015 in water-related jobs. By 2025, the total amount of forecasted jobs in water-related professions is 1,168,320, which constitutes a 35-percent job availability jump from the years 2015 to 2025.\nThus, given the aging infrastructure and climatic pressures on water, the future of water security relies on major innovation in technology, design and approach. Now, more than ever, it is critical to support, promote and cultivate innovation if we are to increase efficiencies, improve practices and withstand any water challenges that comes our way.\nIn order to further boost innovation in this growing sector, Swanson Reed has partnered with AccelerateH20. Swanson Reed is a global R&D (research & development) tax credit consulting firm, who can help you achieve tax benefits for innovative activities. The Federal and Texas State R&D Tax Credit laws apply to businesses in the water industry that are performing eligible R&D activities, including participation in AccelerateH2O organized pilots and demonstration."}
{"text":"Death Valley R.O.C.K.S.\nOver the past decade hundreds of fourth grade students who live in large cities near Death Valley have gotten the chance to make an overnight trip to Death Valley National Park, where they learn about the unique landscape, conduct science experiments, and get the chance to see a truly dark sky and breathtaking stargazing.\nThese students have been able to do so through the Death Valley R.O.C.K.S. (Recreation and Outdoors Campaign for Kids through Study) program, led by National Park Service rangers, who guide these young, curious minds as they hike, learn, and experience the outdoors. For many of them, it’s the first chance they’ve ever had to go camping.\nPark Rangers provide interpretation to students.\nStudents camp under the stars in Death Valley.\nScience experiments are part of the R.O.C.K.S. curriculum.\nFostering A Love Of The Outdoors\nIn its role as a supporting nonprofit organization for the park, the DVC helped rally financial support for the school trips, which are co-sponsored by the National Park Service and the Death Valley Natural History Association. For example, thanks to the DVC’s help in creating a partnership, for several years Coleman Company provided a stipend to help defray costs for student transportation to the park as well as hundreds of sleeping bags that kids not only got to use on their camping trip, but then got to keep and take home with them afterward.\nThere is always a need for more financial support for these trips, which create lasting impacts. On top of exposing the next generation to the wonders of public lands, DVC hopes that each Death Valley R.O.C.K.S. experience sparks in each child a lasting passion for the outdoors.\nIn Their Own Words\nStudents write and draw about their experiences with the Death Valley R.O.C.K.S. Program.\nThank you generous donors for making these exciting projects possible."}
{"text":"the habitual thought of a mere man of letters.\" They are such as these;—\"How the crude matter of common experience is reduced to the order and system which constitutes it an object of scientific knowledge; how the precisest possible conceptions are applied in the exact apprehension and analysis of facts, and how by facts thus established and analysed the conceptions in their turn are gradually rectified; how the laws of nature are ascertained by the combined processes of induction and deduction, provisional assumption and careful verification; how a general hypothesis is used to guide inquiry, and after due comparison with ascertained particulars, becomes an accepted theory; and how a theory, receiving further confirmation, takes its place finally as an organic part of a vast, living, ever-growing system of knowledge.\" Sidgwick's conclusion is as follows:—\"Intellectual culture, at the end of the nineteenth century, must include as its most essential element a scientific habit of mind; and a scientific habit of mind can only be acquired by the methodical study of some part at least of what the human race has come scientifically to know.\"\nThere is nothing in that statement to which exception need be taken by the firmest believer in the value of literary education. The more serious and methodical studies of literature demand, in some measure, a scientific habit of mind, in the largest sense of that expression; such a habit is necessary, for instance, in the study of history, in the scientific"}
{"text":"Area middle and high school students sharpened their technology skills and learned about the science of vision in a setting centered on virtual reality during the University of Pikeville’s second Esports and Vision Science Academy.\nAn interest in video games led to a broader learning experience. During the two-day camp, students built virtual reality viewers and learned various applications of virtual reality in architecture, mechanics, anatomy and gaming. The academy also included optics experiments to learn the properties of light and lenses and time in the university’s biology lab for eyeball dissection.\n“We introduced the topics of vision/visual pathway, optics of the eye, and anatomy of the eye by relating these topics to how virtual reality works,” said Eilene Kinzer, O.D., senior clinical instructor of primary care optometry and ocular diseases at the university’s Kentucky College of Optometry (KYCO). “The students were able to learn about the advances in technology and virtual reality by also learning how to code their own virtual reality program.”\nParticipants in the camp included: William Conley from Johnson County Middle School; Haley Mounts and Patrick Mounts Jr. from Mingo Central High School; Joe Steele from Pikeville High School; Elijah Joyce from Lebanon High School; Samuel Kinzer from Wesley Christian School; Bix Meyer from Johns Creek School; Samuel Childress from Grundy High School; and Edith Martin and Judith Martin.\nUPIKE students Aaron Asbury and David Chapman and members of the UPIKE Biology Club, Molly Frank, JoBeth Bingham, Shaelyn Eversole and Austin Thacker, assisted with the camp.\nFor more information about the Esports and Vision Science Academy at UPIKE, contact Kinzer at email@example.com."}
{"text":"Mama Defines Autism Acceptance\nBrenda Rothman at Mama Be Good defines Autism Acceptance:\nAcceptance isn't a mere willingness to tolerate someone else. It's not simply an acknowledgement of an individual's existence and of their difference. It is not a passive agreement to be civil or to put up with a difficult situation or an idea that you don't agree with.\nAcceptance of autism is acceptance of an autistic person. Of a person. Of your child, a family member, a neighbor, a student, a co-worker, a stranger.\nAcceptance is recognizing and appreciating their autism. It is talking about autism with autistics, asking them what works for them, what bothers them, what delights them, what you can do to make their lives easier, to make their day more comfortable, to create supports for them. Acceptance is learning from autistic individuals."}
{"text":"Common Name: Brown Knapweed\nLatin Name: Centaurea jacea L.\nReviewer: Monika Chandler\nAffiliation/Organization: Minnesota Department of Agriculture\nFile #: MDARA00017BRNKNW_1_18_2013\nBrown knapweed is an herbaceous perennial native to Europe (Wilson and Randall 2003). In Europe, both diploid and tetraploid variations of brown knapweed coexist (Hardy and Vekemans, 2001). Tetraploids and can hybridize freely with black and meadow knapweeds, also tetraploids. Brown knapweed prefers cool, moist, and sunny habitats.\nBrown knapweed was introduced to western North America for forage, but it is not palatable and has low nutritional. Only two brown knapweed plants/infestations have been detected in northeastern Minnesota.\nReview Entity | Outcome\nNWAC Listing Subcommittee: Suggest regulation as a prohibited noxious weed. Have to decide whether to place on eradicate or control list; or whether to combine all knapweeds.\nComments: Subcommittee debated 2 options: 1. List as a prohibited eradicate with meadow knapweed due to small distributions in state; 2. Combine meadow and brown knapweeds with spotted knapweed as a prohibited-control knapweed complex - this would be done because it is hard to distinguish between the knapweed species and they can hybridize.\nNWAC Full-group: List as a Prohibited – Eradicate Noxious Weed\nMDA Commissioner: Approved as a Prohibited – Eradicate Noxious Weed – 1/14/2013\nHardy, O.J. and X. Vekemans. 2001. Patterns of allozyme variation in diploid and tetraploids Centaurea jacea at different spatial scales. Evolution 55(5): 943-954.\nRoché, C.T. and B.F. Roché, Jr. 1991. Meadow knapweed invasion in the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A., and British Columbia, Canada. Northwest Science. 65(1): 53-61.\nWilson, L.M., and C.B. Randall. 2003. Biology and Biological Control of Knapweed. USDA-Forest Service FHTET-2001-07. 2nd Edition."}
{"text":"The real reason a dog’s nose is so cold!\nMar 03, 2020\nIt’s the world’s most effective early morning wake up call. But now we finally know why a dog’s nose is so cold. And it’s probably not why you think...\nThat cold wet nose is the epitome of dog. But for years it seems we’ve been wrong about it’s purpose. Instead of it being a cooling mechanism for your mate on a hot day, it’s true skill is far more high tech.\nResearch just published in the journal Scientific Reports, shows that the nose is actually an incredibly effective heat seeking device. Extensive nerve endings are able to detect warm objects (like small animals their ancestors would have hunted) many metres away, even when concealed by grass or other camouflage.\nBy being so cold in the tip of the nose, the nerve endings become more sensitive to detecting warmth in the surrounding environment. Making that cold nose a heat seeking missile. It also partly explains the places that cold nose is drawn to!"}
{"text":"European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) Science Article 4\nMany wild birds are parasitised by organisms that afflict domestic animals particularly poultry, and even man. Perhaps the best examples are the encephalomyelitis viruses which can kill domestic animals and man, but which have little or no effect on the bird natural hosts3. Large numbers of birds live in close association with mm and his animals and it is perhaps surprising that the part that birds play in the dissemination of disease’ has not been studied more closely. Keymer17 18 brought together in 1958 much of the information on bird diseases from numerous scientific journals, as did Halloran12 in 1955. […].\nWilliam Threlfall, Bull. Wildlife Disease Assoc. Vol. 3, April, 1967"}
{"text":"Simulation Modeling in Ecosystem Science\nSuccesses, Limitations, and Frontiers in Ecosystem Science\nEcosystem science has lost its past close connection to simulation modeling. At the inception of the field, simulation was viewed as a crucial technology to provide organization and integration. The small role that simulation modeling played in the 1997 Cary Conference, which was organized to highlight the past successes and future challenges in ecosystem science, was the impetus for this chapter. The key underlying assumption of our analysis is that simulation modeling represents one of the most powerful tools available to ecosystem scientists. This is particularly true with respect to the role that the scientific community is expecting ecosystem science to play in the analysis of problems associated with global change. Our objective for this chapter was to address the following four questions about the role of simulation modeling in ecosystem science:\n- What role could or should simulation modeling play in ecosystem science?\nHow has the relationship between ecosystem science and simulation modeling evolved over the past few decades, and what are some examples of successes in that relationship?\n- How has the use of simulation models in ecosystem science been limited, and what factors have contributed to those limitations?\nHow might simulation models contribute to advances in ecosystem science in the future?\n© 1998 Springer-Verlag\nLauenroth, W. K., Canham C., Kinzig A., Poiani K., Kemp W., and Running S. W. Simulation Modeling in Ecosystem Science in Successes, Limitations, and Frontiers in Ecosystem Science edited by M.L. Pace and P.M. Groffman. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1998, pp. 404-415."}
{"text":"Students regularly crowd around Noelle as she gives \"birth.\" They take turns at monitoring her vital signs and at pulling the \"baby\" out of her body.\nThe newborn, also a robot, is equipped with lights on its hands and cheeks to indicate its health -- blue lights mean problems while pink lights signal all is ok.\nStudents say using Noelle is more useful than sitting in a classroom and taking notes.\n\"I think it's more helpful to have delivery training on a life-like mannequin than studying with books or lectures before treating my first live patient,\" said student Woon Jin-kwang.\nProfessor Jung said South Korea's consistently decreasing birth-rate gave her students fewer chances to watch and practice delivering babies, making Noelle's presence necessary.\nFriday, January 05, 2007\nNoelle is a $20,000 robot purchased by South Korea from the United States, to help their medical doctors practice bringing babies into the world. From Reuters:\nPosted by I.Z. Reloaded at 11:58 AM\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Singapore License."}
{"text":"Advisors to Management\n|DUST MASKS AND RESPIRATORS|\n* Respirators *\nOn some jobs you may be exposed to various substances in the air that may be harmful to your health. It is important to know what they are and how to guard against them.\nBasically, breathing hazards are of two types: dusts and vapors. Dusts are tiny specks of matter that float in the air. The ones too tiny to even see with the naked eye are the most dangerous because they go farthest down into the lungs. In some dusty work environments a dust mask may be adequate. In others, a respirator may be required.\nUsually a respirator is used to filter out vapors from certain lacquers and other chemicals. For these, a dustmask is ineffective because the vapors have no difficulty penetrating the fibers in the mask. A respirator should be used, and one with the proper filter. After a filter becomes saturated and you have difficulty breathing through it, its time to replace it with a new one.\nUnlike dusts, unhealthy vapors usually affect the liver rather than the lungs. Usually open windows and fans can considerably reduce the vapors, but you may still need a respirator. Read the labels on cans and keep yourself informed of vapor hazards.\n* Take a Deep Breath - Safely *\nWe welcome comments about this article, and your requests for future topics.\nIf you have a specific topic you would like to see covered here or that you may need for your company, please send an Email to our Tail Gate Safety Topics editor, Dave Miller at firstname.lastname@example.org or to email@example.com. Thanks!\nCopyright © 2001 by David E. Miller"}
{"text":"McMurty and his neighbors abandoned the idea of a fort and built a block house instead. It was made of logs large enough that bullets wouldn't penetrate.\nEven so, the families often ran into the woods to hide when they believed the Indians were near. In the rain they covered one another with quilts as their only protection. McMurty's wife died from consumption after exposure to the rain on one of these nights, leaving six motherless daughters, the oldest, thirteen.\n© Illinois State Museum 31-Dec-96"}
{"text":"How can you quote?\nIn order to quote correctly, you have to observe the exact specifications of the different citation styles. In the case of APA and the Harvard citation method, the source is immediately after the quote in brackets in the text. The source information includes the information author, year and, if applicable, page number.\nWhat is an Article in a Law?\nIn the legislative practice of the Federal Republic of Germany, an article or shell law is a law that combines several laws or very different contents at the same time.\nWhat is an article?\nAn article (from Latin articulus ‘joint’), in traditional grammar also a gender word or companion, is a word that is regularly used in connection with a noun (including nouns) and characterizes it primarily with regard to its definition.\nWhy in the Basic Law articles and not paragraphs?\nArticles have a higher priority than paragraphs. Articles are ideals how people imagine society, which is why the BVG redefines the ideals. Forty years ago the ideas were different.\nVisit the rest of the site for more useful and informative articles!"}
{"text":"Shiveluch is one of the largest and most active volcanoes on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. A lava dome is currently growing southwest of the 2,283-meter (10,771-foot) summit of Old Shiveluch. Frequent eruptions of ash and steam, dome collapses, pyroclastic flows, and extrusion of thick lava have accompanied growth of the dome for over a decade. The Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) reported earthquakes, ash plumes, avalanches of incandescent rocks, and a viscous lava flow from March 20–22.\nIn this false-color satellite image an ash rich plume rises above the dome complex. Brown ash covers the nearby snow, and dark debris (likely fresh volcanic material from the steep lava dome) stretches directly south of the plume. Whitish snow covers the rest of the mountainous scene. This image was taken on March 26, 2010, by the Advanced Spaceborne Reflection and Emission Radiometer (ASTER) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.\nNASA image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, based on data from the NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Robert Simmon."}
{"text":"Lamont scientists utilize a variety of observational and computational techniques to image and model the deep interior of the Earth, from crust to core. Much of this research is seismological in nature, using recordings of earthquakes to infer variations in temperature, composition, and rock fabric that result from deformation and flow in the interior. Our research sometimes requires the installation and operation of seismic arrays from remote locales around the globe. This includes the ocean floor, using state-of-the-art instrumentation provided by Lamont's Ocean Bottom Seismology laboratory.\nDeep Earth Structure And Dynamics\nFaculty, Scientists, and Staff:"}
{"text":"Describe the process of energy production by aerobic respiration from biochemical and cellular levels to anatomical and physiological levels within the human organism.\nAdenosine triphosphate (ATP) is the energy currency of life. It is the high-energy molecule that stores the energy within the body needed for all body processes. It is present in the cytoplasm and nucleoplasm of every cell, and essentially all the physiological mechanisms that require energy for operation obtain it directly from the stored ATP. An estimate of more than 2 x 1026 molecules or >160kg of ATP is formed in the human body daily. ATP is synthesized in the energy factories called mitochondria.\nClick here to post answer.\nReturn to Biology Question."}
{"text":"Mitochondrial genome map of Asian Crassostrea oysters. All 39 genes are coded on the same DNA strand. Genes for proteins and rRNAs are shown with standard abbreviations. Genes for tRNAs are designated by a single letter for the corresponding amino acid with two leucine tRNAs and two serine tRNAs differentiated by numeral. The two tRNA duplications of methionine, lysine and glutamine are named trnM1, trnM2, trnK1, trnK2, trnQ1 and trnQ2, respectively. The length of five mt genomes is indicated at the lower right-hand corner."}
{"text":"Definition of 'Impact Fee'\nA fee imposed on property developers by municipalities for the new infrastructure that must be built or increased due to new property development. These fees are designed to offset the impact of additional development and residents on the municipality's infrastructure and services, which include the city's water and sewer network, police and fire protection services, schools and libraries.\nThese fees can also be levied against any individual or entity where its actions create an externality within a municipality.\nInvestopedia explains 'Impact Fee'\nSome U.S. states attempted to institute an impact fee on individuals who owned vehicles registered in another state, who then subsequently registered that same vehicle in their homestate. This smog impact fee was eventually overturned by the U.S. courts, who stated the fee was unconstitutional on the grounds that it unfairly discriminated against persons from other states."}
{"text":"Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education\nRelease : 2012-12-20\nISBN : 145763760X\nLanguage : En, Es, Fr & De\nBook Description :\nAward-winning scholars and veteran teachers Deborah Gray White, Mia Bay, and Waldo E. Martin Jr. have collaborated to create a fresh, innovative new African American history textbook that weaves together narrative and a wealth of carefully selected primary sources. The narrative focuses on the diversity of black experience, on culture, and on the impact of African Americans on the nation as a whole. Every chapter contains two themed sets of written documents and a visual source essay, guiding students through the process of analyzing sources and offering the convenience and value of a \"two-in-one\" textbook and reader."}
{"text":"Your Guide To Creating A Basic Financial Model\nKicking off your first venture? We, at Speed@BDD, are certain that you are being bombarded with terms like financial modeling or representation. We are also quite sure that these terms may evoke complicated ideas especially if you are unfamiliar with the financial aspects of running a business.\nOur piece of advice? We believe that every startup founder should know the basics of financial modeling. So what is financial modeling?\nFinancial modeling is a process used to forecast a company’s future financial performance based on the historical performance of the entity.While it might be a prediction, a financial model provides founders with a good benchmark and can help you run “what-if” scenarios to prepare you for any situation.\nHere are some quick tutorials to create your own financial model:"}
{"text":"Using digitized items and their data to take a global journey.\nThe Science History Institute’s digital collections librarian, Annabel Pinkney, explores the geographic reach of our digitized collections in an ArcGIS StoryMap, a platform that helps librarians, curators, and storytellers harness Geographical Information Systems (or GIS) to analyze and display location data.\nClick the map below to join Annabel on a global journey of data, digital collections, and spatial dimensions.\nMore from our collections blog\nNavigating the Oral Histories of Immigration and Innovation Collection Online\nLearn how Center for Oral History staff are working to shed light on the experiences of immigrant scientists.\nScientists, Engineers, and the End of the Vietnam War\nOn the big politics of the Small Business Innovation Research Program.\nPeriodic Table Tennis\nOn scientists with a passion for Ping-Pong."}
{"text":"Today, more than half the world's population lives in cities. And another 1.5 billion people will be added to the urban population by 2030. More than 1.2 million people die in traffic accidents every year, which is equivalent to eight Boeing 747 aircrafts every day.\nGlobal Forest Watch (GFW) is a new initiative that mobilizes satellite technology, open data, and human networks to provide timely information on the state of the world's forests.\nCongestion in São Paulo is choking the city, causing damage through pollution, inefficiency and reduced quality of life. Whilst business is part of the problem, it is also part of the solution.\nCAIT 2.0 provides free access to comparable greenhouse gas emissions data sets, as well as other climate-relevant indicators, to enable analysis on a wide range of climate-related data questions. Project Site: http://cait2.wri.org\nA dynamic online forest monitoring and alert system that empowers people everywhere to better manage forests.\nMeasuring, mapping and understanding water risks around the globe.\nThe Guide for Responsible Corporate Engagement in Climate Policy - produced by U.N. Global Compact, U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, U.N."}
{"text":"Whale is the common name for various marine mammals of the\norder Cetacea. The term whale is sometimes used to refer to\nall cetaceans, but more often it excludes dolphins and porpoises,\nwhich are also cetaceans but belong to the suborder Odontoceti.\nThis suborder also includes the sperm whale, killer whale,\npilot whale, and beluga whale. The suborder Mysticeti (baleen\nwhales), are filter feeders that feed on small organisms caught\nby straining seawater through a comblike structure found in\nthe mouth called baleen. This suborder includes the blue whale,\nthe humpback whale the bowhead whale and the minke whales.\nAll Cetacea have forelimbs modified as fins, a tail with horizontal\nflukes, and nasal openings on top of the head."}
{"text":"Marxist Criticism and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte College\nEmily Bronte’s classic novel, Wuthering Heights, is not simply the tragic love story it may appear to be on the surface, but is an example of class differences and the role of capital in eighteenth century Victorian England. Using Karl Marx’s essay Wage Labor and Capital, one can see the ways in which Wuthering Heights uses the rise and fall of Heathcliff as a reminder that one cannot change his socioeconomic status in this society, and that no matter how hard one tries to climb the socioeconomic ladder, he will only be left with misery in modern, capitalist society.\nIn Wage Labor and Capital, Marx writes about the processes through which wealth accumulates. He argues that in a capitalist economy, the wage laborer is trapped within a system that does not reward him for his work. Marx argues that the class structure of society is based on the capitalist system, and that one cannot change his or her position in society. When discussing the relationship between the capitalist and the wage laborer, Marx writes, “The capitalist, it seems, therefore, buys their labor with money. They sell him their labor for money. However, this is merely an appearance, because in reality, they...\nJoin Now to View Premium Content\nGradeSaver provides access to 934 study guide PDFs and quizzes, 7488 literature essays, 2119 sample college application essays, 310 lesson plans, and ad-free surfing in this premium content, “Members Only” section of the site! Membership includes a 10% discount on all editing orders.\nAlready a member? Log in"}
{"text":"what is the irony in increase of noise in the house when the boy wanted it to stop?\n5 Answers | Add Yours\nSituational irony is sometimes defined as occuring when the outcome of a situation or choice yields the opposite of the intended outcome.\nThe irony then comes in the contrast of what was expected and what actually happens.\nIrony here takes on the aspect of contrariety: \"the state or quality of being contrary\". It is, indeed, a vexing one!\nIrony often occurs when the expected outcome is the opposite of what one hoped for; or you do get what you were hoping for, but in a way that is completely unusable or unpleasant. For example, I had hoped for a nice light rain to water my new flowers, but instead the torrential down pour completely flattened them. Ah, irony!\nIrony happens when you expect one outcome but get another. An example of irony in literature is when Madame Loisel thinks the necklace she lost was worth a lot of money. As it turns out, she replaced a fake necklace with a real one. The irony is that she paid a fortune for a replacement of a inexpensive necklace.\nThe example cited is one of situation. Situational irony occurs when actions have an effect that is directly contrary to what is intended. Often people allude to a \"strange coincidence\" when something such as the boy experiences occurs.\nJoin to answer this question\nJoin a community of thousands of dedicated teachers and students.Join eNotes"}
{"text":"What Does White-Box Testing Mean?\nWhite-box testing is a methodology used to ensure and validate the internal framework, mechanisms, objects and components of a software application. White-box testing verifies code according to design specifications and uncovers application vulnerabilities.\nWhite-box testing is also known as transparent box testing, clear box testing, structural testing and glass box testing. Glass box and clear box indicate that internal mechanisms are visible to a software engineering team.\nTechopedia Explains White-Box Testing\nDuring white-box testing, code is run with preselected input values for the validation of preselected output values. White-box testing often involves writing software code stubs and drivers.\nWhite-box testing advantages include:\n- Enables test case reusability and delivers greater stability\n- Facilitates code optimization\n- Facilitates finding of the locations of hidden errors in early phases of development\n- Facilitates effective application testing\n- Removes unnecessary lines of code\n- Requires a skilled tester with internal structure knowledge\n- Time consuming\n- High costs\n- Code bit validation is difficult.\nWhite-box testing complements unit testing, integration testing and regression testing.\nTransparent Box Testing, Glass Box Testing, Structural Testing, Clear Box Testing, Open Box Testing"}
{"text":"Age Friendly Health Systems\nThe Foundation for Health in Aging contains free, reliable and up-to-date information created by experts in health care for older adults on topics such as:\n- What Matters Focusing on What Matters Most means looking at the goals of our care, coordinating advance care planning, and making sure priorities and preferences that are important to us individually become part of our treatment plans.\n- Medications Focusing on Medications means raising awareness about potential side effects while also working to reduce the number of medications we take whenever we can.\n- Mobility is the term for being able to move freely on our own or with help. Mobility is linked to staying physically fit and being able to live on our own for as long as possible, which makes it one of the most important “Ms” of geriatrics for our health, safety, and independence. Focusing on Mobility means maintaining our ability to walk or stay balanced while also avoiding falls and other types of common injuries.\n- Mentation Staying mentally sharp and managing mental health can help us live longer and hopefully healthier lives. That’s why expert attention to the Mind—one of the “Ms” of geriatrics and age-friendly care—is such an important part of our well-being. Focusing on the Mind means supporting our brain health and managing unique conditions like dementia, delirium, and depression, which can affect our ability to think clearly and make decisions."}
{"text":"ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)\nDu contrat social, ou, Principes du droit politique.\nA Paris: Chez Cazin, 1791.\nThis work is regarded as Rousseau's most important work in political theory. First published in 1762, The Social Contract deals not so much with political structures, but with the nature of justice and legitimacy. Arguably its most distinctive doctrine is the notion of the 'general will', the voluntary subjection of each individual's interests to those of the political community."}
{"text":"About 1 in 5 people who take antibiotics develops diarrhea. Diarrhea\nmay develop while taking the antibiotic or shortly after finishing the\nmedicine. This diarrhea will usually go away completely several days after the\nantibiotic is finished.\nMore than half of those who get diarrhea from taking an antibiotic\nhave a mild case that may clear up without treatment.\nTired of being constipated and think you might need a laxative? Millions of Americans suffer with symptoms of constipation:\nStraining while having a bowel movement\nA feeling of obstruction or incomplete evacuation\nFewer than three bowel movements per week\nLaxatives contain chemicals that help increase stool motility, bulk, and frequency -- thus relieving temporary constipation. But when misused or overused, they can cause problems, including chronic constipation. A healthy...\nPeople who take antibiotics, including those who have been recently\nhospitalized and received intravenous (IV) antibiotics, may develop diarrhea\ncaused by Clostridium difficile bacteria.\nC. difficile can cause severe diarrhea, and the\ninfection and diarrhea may return after antibiotic treatment. Diarrhea caused\nby this bacterium usually requires medical treatment.\nIf diarrhea develops while taking an antibiotic, contact the doctor to determine whether the medicine should be continued or another\nmedicine substituted. Do not stop the antibiotic abruptly.\nPrimary Medical Reviewer\nWilliam H. Blahd, Jr., MD, FACEP - Emergency Medicine\nSpecialist Medical Reviewer\nH. Michael O'Connor, MD - Emergency Medicine\nFebruary 21, 2012\nWebMD Medical Reference from Healthwise\nFebruary 21, 2012\nThis information is not intended to replace the advice of a doctor.\nHealthwise disclaims any liability for the decisions you make based on this"}
{"text":"Vincent is a disabled cat who was abandoned as a kitten, and found lacking any hind legs. However, this cat has since been fitted with a high-tech titanium-alloy prosthetic implant that was implanted by a veterinary orthopedic surgeon. The prosthetic could help other felines regian mobility as well.\nThe fully customized prosthetics were developed by BioMedtrix, a company that specializes in creating custom joint and hip replacement prosthetics for animals. Since wearing the implant, Vincent has been able to build up bone and muscle strength.\nThe greatness of this prosthetic implant isn't just the fact that it helped one disabled cat regain mobility, but that the underlying technology could be used to help more animals in the future. Veterinary surgeon Dr. Mary Bergh says that this particular prosthetic could pave the way towards creating even more practical prosthetics for animals in the future.\nFitted Feline Prostheses\nMore Stats +/-\nAquatic Leg Prosthesis\nAlienesque Prosthetic Arms\nEnhancing Arm Prosthetics\n3D-Printed Canine Prostheses"}
{"text":"National Zoo Lion Cubs\nOn August 31st, the National Zoo’s African lion Shera gave birth to four lion cubs. This was the first litter for Shera, who is five years old. The Zoo has a webcam video of Shera and her cubs on YouTube.\nShera and her mate Luke were officially introduced at the Zoo in what is called, simply, an introduction. If you’d like to read about the romance between Shera and her mate Luke, it’s on the Zoo’s website.\nThe National Zoo has had lions in the past, but the current combination of African lions by age and gender means they can develop an actual pride. Building a healthy, genetically diverse population has taken extensive planning, species knowledge and an understanding of the individual animals involved.\nThe four lion cubs had their first check yesterday. Each cub weighs about 7 to 8 pounds, and are likely female although that’s hard to tell at 2 ½ weeks old.\nVoices For Our Planet.com wishes the National Zoo the best of luck in raising healthy lion cubs."}
{"text":"ERIC Number: ED287250\nRecord Type: RIE\nPublication Date: 1985-Jul-31\nReference Count: N/A\nEvaluation of the Special Education Program, 1984-85 School Year. Effectiveness of Modifications of the Regular Program as Alternatives for Special Education. Report No. 3.\nSacramento City Unified School District, CO. Administrative and Evaluation Services Office.\nThe study examined the effectiveness of strategies and instructional interventions used in the regular classroom setting in one California school district (1984-85) before students were referred to special education. Findings of a survey of 61 teachers from 41 schools indicated that the three most frequently applied strategies were individualized instruction or attention, group activities (cooperative student activities, small group instruction) and the use of special curriculum materials. The three most effective strategies were identified as using special materials, behavior modification (praise, rewards, or a behavior monitoring system), and group activities. Similar strategies were used by teachers at all school levels (elementary, middle, and secondary). (JW)\nPublication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Research\nEducation Level: N/A\nAuthoring Institution: Sacramento City Unified School District, CO. Administrative and Evaluation Services Office.\nNote: Some charts contain small, broken type."}
{"text":"Talkin’ Tar Heel: Understanding North Carolina’s History Through Speech\nThursday, Sept. 25, 2014\nWilson Special Collections Library\n5:30 p.m. Program | Pleasants Family Assembly Room\nFree and open to the public\nInformation: Liza Terll, Friends of the Library, (919) 548-1203\nIf you’ve ever spotted a whistle pig or know what a Kelvinator is, then you just might be fluent in Tar Heel.\nThe linguistic diversity and dialects of North Carolina will be the topic of a free public program Sept. 25 in Wilson Library. Linguists Walt Wolfram and Jeffrey Reaser will share stories, sights, and sounds from their book Talkin’ Tar Heel: How Our Voices Tell the Story of North Carolina (UNC Press, 2014).\nNorth Carolina’s dialects go beyond the stereotypical Southern twang. Wolfram and Reaser explore the distinct dialects of African-Americans, recent Spanish-speaking immigrants, mountain residents, the Cherokee and Lumbee, and the Hoi Toiders – “High Tiders,” a nickname for Outer Banks natives.\nTalkin’ Tar Heel draws on two decades of research and 3,000 recorded interviews from across the state. Maps, illustrations, and online audio and video recordings enhance the publication. Certain sections of the book include QR codes, allowing readers to access audiovisual supplements via smartphone.\nWalt Wolfram is William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of English at North Carolina State University and co-author of Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks: The Story of the Ocracoke Brogue. Jeffrey Reaser is associate professor of English at North Carolina State University and co-author of the curriculum Voices of North Carolina: Language and Life from the Atlantic to the Appalachians."}
{"text":"How was 1968 a turning point in the Vietnam War and civil rights?\nSince that was the year I graduated from high school, I remember quite well all of the turning points in American history. In National Politics and the Vietnam War along with the youth revolution in culture, music, feminism, and independence there was a big change in attitude towards the government. When college age students entered an era of rebellion through music, clothes, hair, drugs, etc., student leaders were not hesitant to lead demonstrations against the war. Peace not violence was a big theme that changed attitudes and and the government started to listen. When some of the peaceful demonstrations got violent with the National Guard as in the Ohio 4 killings, parents as well as the general public became involved, so a recall and reexamination of why we were in Vietnam was questioned. Eventually this led to a pull out. As for civil rights, the feminism movement brought about major changes in rights for women, the Equal rights Amendment, employment, and equal pay. 1968 was also the year of two significant human rights leaders, Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, and their assassinations. This brought another awareness that things needed to change. I remember this all to well.\nYou've hit exactly upon a Free Response Exam question for AP US History. 1968 was the year I was born, so of course, this was important in US History... all joking aside, the assassinations of Robert Kennedy (who was likely to win the Presidency) and Martin Luther King Jr. (which effectively ended the Civil Rights Movement) were most definitely turning points.\nThe Tet Offensive in Vietnam also turned a majority of Americans against the war there for the first time since it started. President Johnson then decided not to seek another term, only 9 months before the election. This, among other things, led to the election of Richard Nixon, who definitely changed our history."}
{"text":"view a plan\nThis musical idea uses popsicle sticks to create a piece and keep the peace\nMusic, Language Arts\nPreK, K, 2, 1\nTitle – Popsicle Piece\nBy – Tammy Johnson\nPrimary Subject – Music\nSecondary Subjects – Language Arts\nGrade Level – Pre-K – Grade Two\nPopsicle sticks are a great resource in the music classroom.\n1. I use my sticks to create ta’s and ti ti’s on the floor and let the children create their own clapping exercises or compositions\n2. I play a game where I ask a question and the answer is a two tap or a one tap word and the children must put their answers on the floor in ta’s and ti ti’s e.g. What color is the sky? The child would answer 1 stick on the floor representing a ta word (Blue). When all children have an answer in front of them, the answer is discussed.\n3. This is excellent for “down time” as the children are asked to create a picture based on theme or must be a ti ti word etc For higher grades your can combine the two note times and have an answer or picture such as Mickey Mouse…Ti Ti and then a Ta\nSee if you can find colored sticks. They make better pictures and you can collect per color. This is great for the Pre-Ks. They love the picture game as well.\n4. For the older ones a clap could be written in sticks for listening exercises….\nEndless possibilities ………\nE-Mail Tammy Johnson !"}
{"text":"Copyright 2014 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.\nTreatment of premature infants with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) such as erythropoietin or darbepoetin in the early weeks of life may have long-term benefits on cognitive outcomes and brain development, according to a new study.\nErythropoietin and darbepoetin, which help stimulate the bone marrow to produce more red blood cells, are used to treat certain types of chronic anemia. However, early studies suggest that these ESAs may also act on nerve cells in the brain and have positive effects on brain development and cognition. This could be helpful for premature infants, in whom incomplete brain development often results in future complications, such as cerebral palsy or developmental delay.\nFrom JAMA’s Daily News Site. JAMA. 2014;312(2):119. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.8082"}
{"text":"The Clay-colored Sparrow, Spizella pallida, is a small sparrow of North America.\nAdults have light brown upperparts and pale underparts, with darker streaks on the back. They have a pale crown stripe on a dark brown crown, a white line over the eyes, a dark line through the eyes, a light brown cheek patch and brown wings with wing bars. The short bill is pale with a dark tip and the back of the neck is grey; they have a long tail. Non-breeding adults and immature resemble Chipping Sparrows and Brewer's Sparrows; they often form flocks with these birds outside of the nesting season.\nTheir breeding habitat is shrubby open areas and Jack Pine woods across central Canada and central northern United States east to the Great Lakes. The nest is an open cup on the ground or low in a shrub.\nThese birds migrate in flocks to southern Texas and Mexico.\nThey forage on the ground, mainly eating seeds and insects. Outside of the nesting season, they often feed in small flocks. While nesting, these birds may feed far from the nest; feeding areas are not defended.\nThe male sings from an open perch to indicate his ownership of the nesting territory. The song \"Bzzzz bzzzz za za.\"\nThis bird's nests are often parasitized by the Brown-headed Cowbird; the nest may be abandoned when this happens."}
{"text":"I read an article saying:\nI delivered as many as two hundred pizzas!\nIs this correct? What does it mean, as many as two? Is is similar to about, maximum, or almost?\nclosed as general reference by RegDwigнt♦ Dec 27 '11 at 14:05\nThis question is too basic; it can be definitively and permanently answered by a single link to a standard internet reference source designed specifically to find that type of information. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.\nThe sentence you saw in the article is correct. It means: I am surprised that I delivered such a big number of pizzas.\nIt isn't similar to about (= approximately, give or take a few items) or almost (= nearly) or maximum (= the most possible/allowed)."}
{"text":"Most of the one billion persons with disability live in the Global South. Development aid plays a key role in improving their daily lives. Among the countries who give the most official development assistance, about 134 billion USD in 2011, only a few have mainstreamed disability into their development programming. Australia is one of those few.\nRecognised by the Zero Project as an ‘Innovative Policy on Accessibility‘ in 2014, Australia’s Development for All: Towards a Disability-Inclusive Australian Aid Program supports people with disabilities to improve the quality of their lives through accessing the same opportunities for participation, contribution, decision making, and social and economic well-being as others. By including people with disability in the development process, the strategy recognises their potential, values and respects their contributions and perspectives, honours their dignity and responds effectively to their needs.\nAustralia’s aid program is now managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and Development for All is integral to Australia’s sustainable development operations in helping to improve the wellbeing of some of the world’s poorest people."}
{"text":"Paul C. Zamecnik\nNational Medal of Science\nFor his pioneering research of protein biosynthesis, opening the door to biochemical attack, and paving the way for dissection of the genetic code; and for introducing the concept and method of antisense DNA as an approach to viral gene inhibition and chemotherapy.\nVIEW STATISTICS +\nBirthNovember 22, 1912\nCountry of BirthUSA\nKey ContributionsPioneered In Vitro Synthesis Of Proteins\nCo Discovered Transfer Rna\nAwarded byGeorge H. W. Bush\nAreas of ImpactHealth & Medicine\nAffiliationsWorcester Foundation for Experimental Biology\nWhile an intern at University Hospitals in Cleveland, OH, Paul C. Zamecnik became interested in research after a woman died at the hospital only a week after she was admitted. “At the autopsy they didn't find anything -- except everywhere they looked, she had too much fat and too little protein…I asked the people in medicine at the University Hospitals, 'Who is studying protein synthesis?' And they all shook their heads,” Zamecnik shared in an interview.\nAnd so Zamecnik’s focus on protein research began, leading to a career that spanned over 70 years and transformed the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology. In 1956, Zamecnik identified and characterized the principal components of protein synthesis, known as transfer RNA, which paved the way for decoding the human genome.\nA few years later, Zamecnik reasoned that he could develop a method to block the process of protein synthesis selectively, in other words, to deny a virus or cancer within a cell the proteins it must have to survive. In spite of skepticism at the time, Zamecnik’s ‘antisense’ concept evolved into a new class of drugs, antisense therapeutics, that are under active development to target specific diseases.\nBy Jennifer Santisi"}
{"text":"Cervical Cancer: Symptoms\nSymptoms of cervical cancer are often mild and may be overlooked. That’s why regular screening tests, such as the Pap smear, are important.\nWhat are the symptoms of cervical cancer?\nWomen with precancerous cells in their cervix usually have no symptoms. A woman often does not have any symptoms until the cells turn into cancer and then grow and invade the deepest parts of the cervix or other pelvic organs. That’s why it’s important to have a regular Pap test. Cervical cancer is easier to treat in its early stages. The Pap test checks for cells that are cancer or precancer.\nSymptoms of cervical cancer are often like other conditions that aren’t cancer, and may include:\nVaginal discharge. You may have a watery or unusual discharge.\nAbnormal vaginal bleeding. Your may have bleeding between your periods or after sex. Blood flow during your period may be heavier and last longer than usual. Or you may have bleeding after menopause.\nPain. You may have pain during sex or pain in the pelvic area not from sex or other activities.\nWhen to see your healthcare provider\nMany of these symptoms may be caused by other health problems. But it is important to see your healthcare provider if you have these symptoms. Only a healthcare provider can tell if you have cancer."}
{"text":"Symptoms, Diagnosis, & Treatment\n- Initial symptoms can include fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, and sometimes rash.\n- Cache Valley virus can cause severe disease, including infection of the brain (encephalitis) or the membranes around the brain and spinal cord (meningitis).\n- Symptoms of severe disease (meningitis or encephalitis) include stiff neck, confusion, loss of coordination, difficulty speaking, or seizures.\n- Some patients with Cache Valley virus infection can die.\n- See your healthcare provider if you develop the symptoms described above.\n- Your healthcare provider can order tests to look for Cache Valley virus infection or other infections that cause similar symptoms.\n- More information on diagnostic testing is available on the “For Healthcare Providers” page.\n- There is no medicine to treat Cache Valley virus infection.\n- Treat the symptoms:\n- Get plenty of rest.\n- Drink fluids to prevent dehydration.\n- Take over-the-counter pain relievers to reduce fever, headaches, or other discomfort.\n- Patients with severe disease may need to be hospitalized for breathing support, staying hydrated, and to reduce swelling of the brain.\nPage last reviewed: November 26, 2019"}
{"text":"Tabak Family History\n14-Day Free Trial\nGIVE ME ACCESS\nTabak Name Meaning\nJewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a seller of tobacco, from German Tabak, Yiddish and Ukrainian tabik (all ultimately from Spanish tabaco, a word of Caribbean origin). Tobacco was introduced to Europe in the 16th century. Turkish: occupational name for a tanner, Turkish tabak. Dutch: occupational name for a butcher or hog breeder, from Middle Dutch tucbake, from tucken ‘to pull, push, or strike’ + bake ‘hog’.\nSource: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press\nSimilar surnames: Tabaka, Tabor, Raak, Taran, Sabat, Taback, Abad, Raba, Haba, Tatar"}
{"text":"Located in the mouth are two of the most complicated joints in the human body: the temporomandibular joints (TMJ). This joint not only allows the mouth to open, but also for the mandible (lower jaw) to move forward and back, and side to side.\nBesides the joints, there are many muscles, ligaments, discs and bones involved in those motions. As time wears on these body parts, sometimes a person can get pain in or near his or her jaw.\nThis pain is called TMJ disorder or TMD. Dentists are fully trained in analyzing pain in and around the mouth, and they can determine if it is from a cavity, an oral infection, or TMD. TMD can be caused by a large number of scenarios. It can be from arthritis, an impact injury to the jaw, one’s bite (alignment of teeth), night-time tooth grinding or stress. Sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint the exact cause of TMD, but there are certain treatments for TMJ problems that can make a huge improvement.\nTMJ treatments can include massage in the area of the jaw pain to help loosen up the muscles, in addition to a handling of one’s poor posture – which can lead to misalignment of the neck and back, which are connected to the jaw muscles. If the dentist determines the pain is a result of poor bite/tooth alignment, braces may be used; tooth reshaping is another popular option. Some dentists will provide pain reducing medicine that will temporarily treat the situation. For certain situations, a dentist may recommend a tooth guard to prevent night-time tooth grinding. Depending on the patient’s particular situation, the dentist may recommend a variety of workable solutions.\nDr. Morgan will work carefully and thoroughly with you to find the cause of your TMJ and therefore resolve your situation. In the forty-plus years of practice, he has solved many TMJ problems for his patients."}
{"text":"In today's video lesson we’ll learn about Time Words 以前 and 以后 and Topic-Comment Sentences in Chinese - 主题评论句. We'll also learn the second way to say to do something for how many times - Times of Action and to do something for how long - Duration of Actions.\n以前 and 以后 are both Time Words, which means they are both Nouns. 以前 refers to \"before the time point of 'now'”, and 以后 refers to \"after the time point of 'now'”.\nBoth 以前 and 以后 can be used in three different ways:\n(2) 以前 and 以后 used attached after a phrase\n(3) 以前 and 以后 used attached after a short sentence\nIn Topic-Comment Sentences in Chinese 主题评论句 (zhǔtí pínglùn jù), a noun (Phrase) is put at the very beginning of the sentence, because it is the “Topic” that’s being discussed or talked about. And the rest will function as the “comment” about the Topic.\n|wǒ hái bù zhīdào\nI still (do) not know\n|wǒ bùnéng huídá\nI cannot answer\n|nǐ zhǔnbèi le duōjiǔ\nhow long (have) you prepared (for)\n|nǐ gěi tā mǎi le ma\n(did) you buy for him\nBecause we have Topic-Comment Sentences in Chinese 主题评论句, we can use this sentence structure to express Times of Action - to do something for how many times and Duration of Actions - to do something for how long.\n(1) Times of Action (Topic Comment Sentences)\n(2) Duration of Action (Topic Comment Sentences)"}
{"text":"A net (also frequently called geta) is a technique where one or more stones are captured by enclosing them in a 'net' of stones which has holes in it, all of which the attacker can block.\n|Table of contents||Table of diagrams\nCapturing two stones\nAtari and net\nThe basic form of a net is in this diagram. The marked white stone now cannot escape: If White plays a, Black answers at b; if White c, then d.\nCapturing two stones in a net. a and b are miai and so are c and d.\nFrom three stones onward, the common technique of for one or two stones does not work anymore. However, if were at a, then we have a position known as the crane's nest tesuji and Black's stones are captured.\n- Ladder and loose ladder\n- Net versus ladder\n- Jaw strap\n- Crane's nest tesuji\n- Geta etymology\n- Non-local move versus a local move"}
{"text":"Doing effective research takes time. In order to maximize the amount of time spent on research, be sure to clarify the paper/assignment with your instructor before embarking on this task. A clear picture of what is required for the final submission is critical before beginning the research process.\nDefine/Clarify the Topic\nIn order to make the research process a rewarding and informative experience, the following guidelines are suggested:\nThere are many sources available to help you choose your topic:\nStudents are encouraged to do a preliminary assessment of the available resources. Too much information on a topic indicates that the topic is too broad, and needs to be narrowed. Conversely, if there is not enough information available, the topic is too narrow and needs to be broadened. A topic that is too broad or narrow is very frustrating to research.\nFormulate a Topic\nAfter a preliminary assessment of the topic has been completed, it is time to formulate the question that needs to be answered or the topic that will be covered in the research paper.\nThe rest of your paper should be devoted to the explanation of the claim.\nNote the deadline of the paper and budget time accordingly. Building in extra time allows for unexpected delays such as obtaining resources on interlibrary loan or visiting other libraries for information.\nConsult with Campus Library staff to help you get started.\nThe following are 2 examples of Assignment Calculators that can help you manage your time effectively."}
{"text":"A computer virus is a software program designed to cause some type of harm to your system. Viruses come through infected email messages, email attachments, and downloaded files. An anti-virus program, kept consistently up to date, is a good defense against viruses.\nMalware (malicious software) is a general term used to describe any program designed to cause harm. Some common types of malware include viruses, worms and Trojans.\nVirus: A malicious program that attaches itself to and \"infects\" other software applications and files, disrupting computer operations. Viruses often carry a \"payload\", which is an executable script designed to damage, delete or steal information from a computer.\nWorm: A worm is similar to a virus but with an additional dangerous element. Like a virus, a worm can make copies of itself, but it does not require a person to send it along to other computers. A worm spreads rapidly across a network without having to attach itself to another program.\nTrojan: A malicious program disguised or hidden within another program that appears to be safe (much like the myth of the Trojan horse). When a Trojan is executed, it allows attackers to gain unauthorized access to the computer in order to steal information and cause harm. Trojans commonly spread through email attachments and Internet downloads.\nStay safe on your computer by using the following tips:\n- Install Antivirus software on your computer\n- Keep your antivirus program running at all times.\n- Keep your Antivirus software license current.\n- Only open email and attachments from known senders.\n- Configure the program to check all incoming files automatically, and to run a daily check on all of your computer's files.\n- A number of vendors sell anti-virus and anti-spyware programs, including McAffee, Norton, and Symantec.\n- No anti-virus or anti-spyware program is foolproof, though.\n- If you receive an attachment from someone you do not know or are not expecting, do not open it, delete it."}
{"text":"European Silver Fir, Silver Fir\n|These cone-bearing evergreens, commonly called firs, are large, majestic trees. Place them in groups, singly in lawns, or in forest plantings. Their upright cones vary in color -- purple, blue, red-brown or green -- by species. The flat needles are aromatic. Firs prefer moist, cool, acid soil, and full sun. Many types need some winter chill and shelter from wind. Polluted city air hinders growth. Though firs do not require pruning, you can tip back branch ends to promote denser growth. Even large trees are transplantable.\nHailing from Germany's fabled Black Forest, the species towers too high for most private gardens. Look for slow-growing, semi-dwarf cultivars from specialty nurseries. Pyramidal, compact, and narrow, reaches about 30 feet. Pendula's weeping form may grow to 40 feet or taller.\nAttributes - Abies alba\nPlant Type: Tree\nHeight: 80 ft. to 100 ft.\nWidth: 30 ft.\nSunlight: Full Sun\nClimate: Zones 5, 6, 7, 8, 9\nNotes: Thrives in Acid Soil. Low Maintenance. Susceptible to Aphids, Caterpillars, Rust, Spider Mites.\nAbies balsamea 'Nana', Abies bornmuelleriana, Abies bracteata, Abies cilicica, Abies concolor, Abies concolor 'Compacta', Abies grandis, Abies koreana, Abies koreana 'Prostrata', Abies lasiocarpa, Abies lasiocarpa 'Compacta', Abies magnifica, Abies pinsapo"}
{"text":"ERIC Number: ED084032\nRecord Type: Non-Journal\nPublication Date: 1973-May\nReference Count: N/A\nTraining Imagery Production in Young Children Through Motor Involvement. Report from the Research Component \"Children's Learning and Development\".\nVarley, William H.; And Others\nKindergarten and first grade children were given a paired-associate learning task following one of five types of strategy-training procedures. In the motor training conditions, subjects generated interactions involving pairs of toys by playing with them or by drawing pictures of them. It was found that relative to simple imagery practice, motor training facilitated the performance of kindergarteners, with no differences among four motor training variations. For the first graders, imagery practice by itself was as effective as each of the motor-training procedures. The results are discussed in terms of Piaget's theory of cognitive development and contrasted with previously unsuccessful attempts to induce self-generated elaboration strategies in young children. (Author/DP)\nPublication Type: N/A\nEducation Level: N/A\nSponsor: National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.\nAuthoring Institution: Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning."}
{"text":"Recall from my last post what we are trying to accomplish: by assuming that is a rational number, we are going to define an unpossible function! So, without further ado:\nSuppose , where and are positive integers. Define the function like this:\n(In case you’ve forgotten, , pronounced “n factorial,” is the product of all the numbers from 1 to .) “OK… but… what is ?” I hear you ask. Good question. The short answer is, it doesn’t matter: can be any positive integer. We will show a bunch of things that are true about no matter what is. Later, we will see that we get a contradiction only for values of which are “big enough.” But that’s OK; since everything we prove up to that point will be true no matter what is, we can pick a value of which is as big as we like.\nLet’s explore some properties of . First, it’s easy to see that . It’s not too hard to see that as well (remembering that , of course, which means that ):\nSo has zeros at and . But more is true: in fact, is symmetric (a mirror reflection of itself) around the line . That is,\nLet’s prove this:\n“I don’t see what’s so unpossible about so far,” you say? Patience! (Of course, it isn’t really itself which is the problem; the problem is our insistence that is actually defined in terms of the “numerator” and “denominator” of …)\nNext time, we’ll see that the derivatives of also have some special properties."}
{"text":"Jump to navigation\nComprehensive resources including lesson plans, digital games, assessments,professional development for teachers, and family education materials toteach students safe and responsible technology use.\nCreate Lesson Plan\nStudents will be able to...\nstudents will answer Kahoot questions to see what they know"}
{"text":"Millerettids are an extinct group of anapsids known from the Upper Permian (about 240 million years ago) of South Africa. Early in this century, millerettids were believed to be related to lepidosaurs (lizards, snakes, the tuatara, etc.) because they were small, possibly insectivorous animals with a lightly built skeletons. However, millerettids are now asserted to be more closely related to turtles than to the diapsids.\nSome millerettids have a temporal fenestra like synapsids (mammals and their fossil relatives) do, but this fenestra was acquired independently according to phylogenetic analyses. The presence of a quadrate emargination (a concave area at the back of the skull) suggests that millerettids had a tympanum (ear drum) and could hear high frequency airborne sounds. However, their stapes (the sound-conducting middle ear ossicle) is still robust, suggesting that their auditory acuity was not as good as in more recent groups of anapsids ( procolophonoids and turtles)."}
{"text":"ASTROSAT Charged Particle Monitor (CPM):\nA charged particle monitor (CPM) will be included as a part of ASTROSAT payloads to control the operation of the LAXPC, SXT and SSM. Even though the orbital inclination of the satellite will be 8 deg or less, in about 2/3rd of the orbits, the satellite will spend a considerable time (15 - 20 minutes) in the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) region which has high fluxes of low energy protons and electrons. The high voltage will be lowered or put off using data from CPM when the satellite enters the SAA region to prevent damage to the detectors as well as to minimize ageing effect in the Proportional Counters.\nA Scintillator Photodiode Detector (SPD) with a Charge Sensitive Preamplifier will be used to detect the charged particles.\nIn the ASTROSAT CPM, a 10 x 10 x 10 mm cube of CsI (Tl) crystal (wavelength = 550 nm) with Teflon reflective material is coupled to the same area window of a Si-PIN diode. The incident charged particle energy is converted into light in CsI, and the light seen by the photodiode is converted into an electrical pulse with the help of a charge sensitive pre-amplifier (CSPA). The electrical signal is then passed through a Lower Level Discriminator (LLD) with a threshold level commandable from ground. The output is made available to all other instruments on board, and is also recorded as a part of the satellite housekeeping data.\nSome salient features of the CPM are:\nScintillator : 1cm x 1cm x 1cm CsI (Tl) crystal Light collector :\nPhotodiode with pre-amp\nWindow : 1 mil Kapton Low energy threshold : 1.2 MeV Time resolution : 5 s Expected count rate : 1 s-1 (non-SAA) Max. count rate : 1000 s-1 Overall size : 18cm x 15cm x 5cm Weight : 2 kg Power requirement : 2.3 W"}
{"text":"Bouncey House Injuries on the Rise\nCall them moonwalks, bounce houses or bouncey castles, but they seem to be replacing trampolines as the jumping device for parents to beware of.\nA study in today's Pediatrics found a 15-fold increase in the number of injuries from the inflatable fun houses between 1995 and 2010. That translates to 64,657 children under 18 in emergency rooms.\nThe increase could be attributed, in part, to the rising popularity of bounce houses. Researchers said numbers of rentals and sales were too inconsistent to report accurately. Regardless, the increase was high enough to raise red flags.\n\"We just don't see these kinds of increases in the field of injury — it's an epidemic by any measure,\" said Dr. Gary Smith, the study's lead author and director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy in Columbus, Ohio, in the New York Daily News.\nFractures accounted for 27.5 percent of the injuries, followed by sprains (27.3 percent). Although a small percentage of injured kids were hospitalized, there were four deaths between 2003 and 2007, according to The Associated Press, linked to kids hitting their heads on a hard surface. Falls caused about 43 percent of the injuries; collisions accounted for 16 percent.\nThe study's authors call for precautions similar to those for trampolines. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends against using trampolines at home. Other safety precautions for bounce houses include limiting the number of kids inside, increasing supervision and limiting the age of kids who jump to at least 6."}
{"text":"Feminism comprises a number of social, cultural and political movements, theories and moral philosophies concerned with gender inequalities and equal rights for women.\nIn its narrowest interpretation, it refers to the effort to ensure legal and political equality for women; in its broadest sense it comprises any theory which is grounded on the belief that women are oppressed or disadvantaged by comparison with men, and that their oppression is in some way illegitimate or unjustified.\nThe basis of feminist ideology is that society is organized into a patriarchal system in which men are privileged over women.\nFeminism is generally said to have begun in the 19th century as people increasingly adopted the perception that women are oppressed in a male-centered society. The feminist movement is rooted in the West and especially in the reform movement of the 19th century. The organized movement is dated from the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. The discussion was focused on the social, civil and religious condition of women.\nFeminism has five major concepts embedded into it: Patriarchy - the dominance of men in society, and the oppression of women for men’s gain. Example: ‘The family is patriarchal because women must do housework without pay.’ Discrimination - unfair/unequal treatment of women i.e. by the law. Example: Women paid less than men until Equal Pay Act 1970. Gender stereotypes - negative generalizations/misconceptions about women. These are perpetuated in the media, as well as the education system. Example: ‘Man are better drivers then women.’ Economic dependency - women giving up work to take care of childcare/housework responsibilities, thus becoming dependent on their husbands for money. Emotional work - women are expected to do the majority of emotional care for their family, on top of their job and housework; the so-called ‘triple shift’."}
{"text":"Calcification is a process in which calcium builds up in body tissue, causing the tissue to harden. This can be a normal or abnormal process.\nNinety-nine percent of calcium entering the body is deposited in bones and teeth. The remaining calcium dissolves in the blood.\nWhen a disorder affects the balance between calcium and certain chemicals in the body, calcium can be deposited in other parts of the body, such as the arteries, kidneys, lungs, and brain. Calcium deposits can cause problems with how these blood vessels and organs work. Calcifications can usually be seen on x-rays. A common example is calcium depositing in the arteries as part of atherosclerosis.\nHorvai A. Bones, joints, and soft tissue tumors. In: Kumar V, Abbas AK, Aster JC, eds. Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2015:chap 26.\nKumar V, Abbas AK, Aster JC. Cellular responses to stress and toxic insults: adaptation, injury, and death. In: Kumar V, Abbas AK, Aster JC, eds. Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2015:chap 2.\nReview Date 7/13/2016\nUpdated by: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director and Director of Didactic Curriculum, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, Department of Family Medicine, UW Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Isla Ogilvie, PhD, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team."}
{"text":"The Library of Congress this week announced a new program designed to help preserve some of America's oldest, and most treasured audio recordings. The Library's \"National Recording Preservation Plan\" is the result of a 2000 Congressional mandate to \"implement a comprehensive national sound recording preservation program\" in order to preserve works for educational purposes. The initiative outlines 32 strategies to help both public and private sectors maintain recordings, including recommendations for infrastructural improvements and educational policies.\n\"The publication of this plan is a timely and historic achievement,\" said James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress. \"Collecting, preserving and providing access to recorded sound requires a comprehensive national strategy.\" Billington went on to describe the move as \"America’s first significant step toward effective national collaboration to save our recorded-sound heritage for future generations.\"\nTaking action before it's too late\nThe Library hopes that its initiative will go a long way toward creating a centralized audio resource for researchers and the general public. Despite the rise of the internet, it remains difficult to find historical recordings online, due in large part to the complexities of US copyright law. The move would also provide new storage spaces for older recordings, many of which have already been lost. Estimates show that more than half of all audio recorded on older cylinder records have already been destroyed or have gone missing.\nTo combat this, the Library's plan calls for the creation of a publicly accessible national directory housing all institutional, private, and corporate recordings, as well as the construction of environmentally controlled storage facilities for especially delicate physical media. The Library also aims to offer some out-of-print recordings for on-demand online streaming, though that will largely depend on the development of a basic licensing agreement, as outlined in the proposal."}
{"text":"1. Standardize to achieve success. Use of accepted standards for interoperability will improve the safety, effectiveness and efficiency of medical technology, according to the report.\n2. Align incentives, expectations, roles and responsibilities. Leadership and incentives for patient safety will drive healthcare organizations to use interoperable medical technology to improve quality and safety.\n3. Drive patient safety with a systems approach to design and implementation. A systems engineering approach can help healthcare more effectively design and manage interoperable medical technology.\n4. Focus on human behavior first. The report states, \"Understanding interoperability as a sociotechnical system will reduce risk, improve clinical efficacy, and optimize the value of medical technology investments.\"\n5. Improve regulatory clarity. Clarifying regulations around device interoperability will reduce patient safety risks and improve the implementation of interoperable medical technology.\n6. Streamline clinical workflow to improve return on investment. Standardizing and coordinating clinical workflow can enable healthcare organizations to scale interoperable medical technology.\n7. Remove barriers with shared, continuous learning. Sharing successes and failures and using data from interoperable medical technology more effectively will support safe patient care.\nMore Articles on Health IT and Patient Safety:Joint Commission Proposes Alarm Management National Patient Safety Goal\nStudy Questions Validity of Electronic Reporting of Quality Measures\nStudy: Few EHR-Related Events Involve Patient Harm in Pennsylvania Hospitals"}
{"text":"Patents of Charles Goodyear\nCharles Goodyear is best known for a single patent, US 3633, Improvements in India-Rubber Fabrics Vulcanization of Rubber . The story of Goodyear and his 1839 discovery of vulcanization, a method to increase the strength and resiliency of rubber, has been told in several well researched accounts. What has not been accomplished is a compilation of the complete patents of Goodyear. Although many books and articles discuss the patents of Charles Goodyear, up to this point there was no single comprehensive and accurate list of his patents including all the information needed to retrieve the original documents from the issuing patenting organizations. Librarians of the Rubber Division, ACS and the University of Akron, using both print and online resources were able to compile a complete list of Goodyear’s patents issued in the 19th Century.\n|Origin||Patent Number||Issue Date||Title/Description||Patent File|\n|Great Britain||33||Oct 01, 1852||Improvements in the manufacture of pails, tubs, baths, buckets, measures, drinking and other vessels, basins...|\n|Great Britain||30||Oct 01, 1852||Improvements in the manufacture of trunks, cartouch other boxes, knapsacks, pistol holsters, dressing, writing and other cases|\n|Great Britain||28||Oct 01, 1852||Improvements in coating metal and other substances with a material not hitherto used for such purposes|\n|Great Britain||24||Oct 01, 1852||Improvements in making covers for and in binding books and portfolios and in making frames for pictures and glasses|\n|Great Britain||19||Oct 01, 1852||Improvements in moulding articles when india rubber, combined with other materials, are employed ( References No. 13542)|"}
{"text":"Urdu is a south-east Asian language written in Arabic script. It is an official language of Pakistan and is official in India, and widely used among the Muslim population in India. Spoken Urdu is very similar to the Hindi language of India which since 1948 is written in Devanagari script and imports a lot of words from ancient Sanskrit.\n- The Free and Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan is developing a Linux distribution in Urdu.\n- Ubuntu Linux has been localized into Urdu.\n- Urdu internationalization utilities. Three utilities: Inpage converter, typing tutor and collating/search will be made available initially.\n- Urdu Font Project, a step towards Opensource development of True Type Unicode Standard based Urdu Fonts specially \"Nastaleeq\", \"Nastaleeq\" Like and \"Naskh\" fonts.\n- Urdu Indic Initiative is the F/LOSS-based localization (l10n) Initiative for Urdu as spoken in the Indian sub-continent. We are working towards a localized GNOME/KDE, Mozilla Firefox and OpenOffice.org for ur_IN based on the Unicode Standard and associated technologies.\n- Urdu Bulletin Board is a Mozilla-Firefox Plugin which enables Urdu Typing/Rendering for HTML Pages.\n- RabtPad is a configurable unicode and Java based text editor for arabic based scripts including Urdu and Farsi with virtual keyboard for non-Latin scripts on Latin-based systems, export to pdf, rtf, html and plain text (later xml).\n- PyUrduEdit is a simple text editor for the Urdu language.\n- Urdu phpBB is an Urdu adaptation of the phpBB forum software complete with langauge translation and an online Urdu editor.\n- Urdu OCR SDK is in progress. It is an SDK for offline Urdu character recognition.\n- Urdu Localization Project\n- Klavaro is a Urdu typing tutor, which helps you become an accomplished touch typist.\n- Ubuntu Linux related Urdu links"}
{"text":"Introduction into Nigeria of a Distinct Genotype of Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1)\nFigure 1. Phylogenetic tree constructed by Bayesian analysis of the hemagglutinin gene segment of representative influenza viruses A (H5N1) from Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Taxon names of the Nigerian viruses isolated during 2006–2007 are marked in blue, 2008 isolates in red. Posterior probabilities of the clades are indicated above the nodes. Scale bar indicates number of nucleotide substitutions per site."}
{"text":"- Order: Psittaciformes\n- Family: Psittacidae\nThe IUCN Red List status of Maroon-fronted Parrot is Endangered (BirdLife International 2014) due to its small population (a population of 1,000-2,499 mature individuals and a distribution of only 1,300 km2 according to BirdLife International 2014). It is considered Endangered under Mexican law (NOM-059 SEMARNAT 2010). Maroon-fronted Parrot also is considered a species at greatest risk of extinction by Partners in Flight (Berlanga et al. 2010). Based on determinations of habitat loss, Berlanga et al. (2010) estimated that 15-49% of its population has been lost in Mexico during the last century.\nEffects of human activity on populations\nMaroon-fronted Parrot faces heightened risk because of its specialization on threatened Mexican pine-oak forest habitats. The primary threats to this species are continued logging of large-diameter trees, catastrophic wildfire, and lack of regeneration of pine seedlings due to heavy grazing by goats.\n. 2010. Maroon-fronted Parrot (Rhynchopsitta terrisi), Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=188376"}
{"text":"Growing zinnia seedlings gives you a little head start on your plants\nAn earlier start means earlier flower blooming , but you need to get your timing right. You can also plant zinnia seeds directly outside after the spring frost, in fact, it’s great to do both. I personally do both every early summer, as this can help spread out your blooming times.\nZinnias are an easy to grow flower perfect for beginner gardeners.\nZinnias make a wonderful cut flower, and the more you ‘dead head them’ (cut the flowers) the more they can bloom. You can achieve earlier bloom times if you start your zinnia seedlings indoors.\nStart zinnia seeds 4-6 weeks before your last spring frost.\nJust barely cover with soil and sow under grow lights. Seeds will germinate in 4-7 days. Keep the soil moist but not over watered.\nBe gentle when transplanting zinnias.\nMany gardeners claim they have a hard time transplanting zinnia seedlings and say they’re better directly sown. Some mistakes commonly made are transplanting them too early. They need warm soil, not wet cold soil, and a soil temperature of 21-26°C (70-80°F). Other times the zinnia seedlings are too old and become root bound and don’t transplant well. It’s better to start them 4-6 weeks rather than 6-8 weeks.\nZinnias are not frost tolerant, so make sure you transplant after the spring frost risk. Plant out 2-3 weeks after your spring frost date. Then you can directly sow zinnias outdoors every 2-3 weeks for continuous blooms. Space 25-30cm (10-12″) between plants. Dead head zinnias when they are around 18 inch by snipping the central bud and using them as cut flowers.\nHave you grown zinnia seedlings?\nOr do you prefer directly sowing them outside?"}
{"text":"“One thing I don’t mention in the video is that a flat tax is “territorial,” meaning that only income earned in the United States is taxed. This common-sense rule is the good-fences-make-good-neighbors approach. If income is earned by an American in, say, Canada, then the Canadian government gets to decide how it’s taxed. And if income is earned by a Canadian in America, then the U.S. government gets a slice.”\nToday, we’re going to look at the issue of tax reform. The focus will be the flat tax, but this analysis applies equally to national sales tax systems such as the Fair Tax.\nThere are three equally important features of tax reform.\n- A low tax rate – This is the best-known feature of tax reform. A low tax rate is designed to minimize the penalty of work, entrepreneurship, and productive behavior.\n- No double taxation of saving and investment – All major tax reform plans, such as the flat tax and national sales tax, get rid of the tax bias against income that is saved and invested. The capital gains tax, double tax on dividends, and death tax are all abolished. Shifting to a system that taxes economic…\nView original post 836 more words"}
{"text":"3 Written Questions\n3 Multiple Choice Questions\n- Formed by the intersection of of two number lines that meet at right angles at their zero points\n- where the line crosses the x axis\n- A pair of numbers that give the location of a point on a grid.\n2 True/False Questions\nx-axis → the vertical line on a graph\norigin → the vertical line on a graph"}
{"text":"The opening campaign of the US-Mexican War transformed the map of each nation and shaped the course of conflict.\nArmed with a broad range of Mexican military documents and previously unknown US sources, Douglas Murphy provides the first balanced view of early battles such as Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. He reassesses previously covered territory and also poses new questions.\nWhy did Mexico establish its defenses south of the Rio Grande while claiming territory north of the river? What was Mexico's strategy in the campaign against the United States? What factors most affected Mexico's defeat?\nIn confronting these questions, Murphy shows that the campaign was a complex chess match with undercurrents of political intrigue, economic motivations, and personal animosities as much as military action. Two Armies on the Rio Grande will transform our understanding of the US-Mexican War.\nTo view this DRM protected ebook on your desktop or laptop you will need to have Adobe Digital Editions installed. It is a free software. We also strongly recommend that you sign up for an AdobeID at the Adobe website. For more details please see FAQ 1&2. To view this ebook on an iPhone, iPad or Android mobile device you will need the Adobe Digital Editions app, or BlueFire Reader or Txtr app. These are free, too. For more details see this article.\n|Size: ||39.6 MB|\n|Publisher: ||Texas A&M University Press|\n|Date published: || 2014|\n|ISBN: ||9781623492250 (DRM-EPUB)|\n|Read Aloud: ||not allowed|"}
{"text":"Image: NASA/W. Stenzel\nOur favorite space telescope has made headlines once again! On Tuesday, NASA announced the verification of 1,284 new planets discovered by the Kepler mission. It’s the single largest planet discovery to date.\nKepler pinpoints possible distant planets by identifying fluctuations in brightness that occur when planets pass by their stars. From there, these planet candidates undergo further scrutiny to see if they meet the criteria to qualify as an official planet! This discovery is particularly unique in that it marks the first time planet verifications were made based on a “statistical analysis method that can be applied to many planet candidates simultaneously.” Prior to this discovery, new planets were verified one by one, a significantly more time-consuming endeavor.\nAnother fun fact: a planet candidate earns the status of “planet” if scientists find that the probability of it being a planet exceeds 99%. Candidates that fall below the 99% threshold are then subject to further scrutiny. Out of 4,302 candidates, these 1,284 planets made the cut!\nKepler’s discoveries have been instrumental in furthering educated speculation as to whether or not there’s life on other planets! \"Before the Kepler space telescope launched, we did not know whether exoplanets were rare or common in the galaxy. Thanks to Kepler and the research community, we now know there could be more planets than stars,” said Paul Hertz, Astrophysics Division director at NASA Headquarters. \"This knowledge informs the future missions that are needed to take us ever-closer to finding out whether we are alone in the universe.\"\nClick here to learn more about Kepler!\nAnd there you have it, folks: another big STEM win! As the foundation for all STEM fields, math makes it possible for humanity to expand its knowledge of space beyond our solar system. We can’t wait to see what the future holds for space exploration!"}
{"text":"Origin and History\nThe light frigate was built at Saint-Malo in 1754.\nDuring the Seven Years' War, the frigate was under the command of:\n- no information found yet\nThe frigate was scuttled in 1758 at Louisbourg.\nService during the War\nIn the Spring of 1758, the frigate was part of Beaussier's squadron which was left at Louisbourg for the defence of the place by du Chaffault when he sailed for Québec. She was later scuttled during the siege of Louisbourg.\nTo do: more details on campaigns from 1758 to 1762\n|Guns||18 (26 guns as per Deschênes)\n|Crew||no information available yet|\n|Length||102 ft (31.09 m)|\n|Width||26 ft (7.92 m)|\n|Depth||no information available yet|\n|Displacement||no information available yet|\nDeschênes , Ronald; Frégates du Roy de 1682 à 1767, Avril 2001\nN.B.: the section Service during the War is mostly derived from our articles depicting the various campaigns, battles and sieges."}
{"text":"- Physics for Future Presidents (Alex Ormandy)\n- This is a non-calculus introduction to physics for the intellectually curious. Some of the questions we will discuss, include ...\n- How do we know something is true? What is truth? Is it a matter of opinion?\n- Does Einstein’s Relativity mean everything is relative? Relative to what?\n- Is there something wrong with you if you understand Quantum Mechanics?\n- What is the role of physics in everyday life? Is the question an oxymoron?\n- FYRE: 1st Year Research Experience in Physics (Valerica Raicu)\n- The first part of this research seminar introduces students to quantitative aspects of physics and biophysics through basic but exciting optics experiments using lenses and mirrors as well as hands-on exercises involving construction and use of optical tools such as microscopes, telescopes and spectrometers.\nNote: Requires concurrent registration in one of the following Math courses: 116, 117, 211 or 231 - Talk to your advisor."}
{"text":"Search National Agricultural Library Digital Collections\nBack to Search\nNALDC Record Details:\nInfluence of seeding rate and row spacing on cuphea seed yield in the Northern Corn Belt\nDownload [PDF File]\nCuphea (Cuphea viscosissima Jacq. X C. lanceolata W.T. Aiton; PSR23) is a new oilseed crop adapted to temperate climates that provides a rich source of medium-chain triglycerides. Although prior research indicated cuphea seed yield is not greatly affected by row spacing due to its indeterminate growth, little is known about optimum seeding rate. The present study was designed to test effects of varying seeding rate with row spacing on seed yield. Seed was sown at rates of 4.5, 9.0, and 13.4kgha⁻¹ in 380, 560, and 740mm spaced rows in west central Minnesota during 2002 and 2003. Seeding rate did have a significant effect on seed yield and harvest index in 2002, but not in 2003. In 2002, yield under the 9.0kgha⁻¹ rate was 47 and 19% greater than the highest and lowest seeding rates, respectively. The interaction of row spacing and seeding rate was generally not significant. Cuphea does have good yield plasticity over a range of row spacing and seeding rates. However, results generally indicated that a seeding rate of around 9.0kgha⁻¹ is near optimum for PSR23 cuphea production and that row spacing less than 740mm tended to favor greater seed and biomass yields.\nGesch, Russ W.\nmedium chain triacylglycerols\nIndustrial crops and products 2010 Nov., v. 32, no. 3\n[Amsterdam; New York, NY]: Elsevier Science\nJournal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed\nWorks produced by employees of the U.S. Government as part of their official duties are not copyrighted within the U.S. The content of this document is not copyrighted.\nAgricultural Research Service\nWeb Policies and Important Links"}
{"text":"Bone mineral density provides a measure of the mineral content of your bones. The more dense the bone, the stronger and the less likely it is to break.\nThere are several ways to measure bone density. The two most common areas measured by a bone density assessment are the spine and hip. Sometimes screening is done using a wrist or heel unit. Most bone density assessment tests use low-dose radiation to determine how dense the bone is. Bone density assessment testing is most often done to test for osteoporosis. It is sometimes tested before spinal surgery to determine the bone’s density before putting in metal implants such as fusion cages or artificial discs. It should be noted that a bone density assessment test is not the same as a bone scan."}
{"text":"Our teeth are hard and strong. We use them to chew dense foods, hard foods, and sometimes to chew our fingernails (tsk, tsk!). We’re so used to using our teeth that, when a rogue kernel of popcorn causes a crack, we may feel betrayed and confused. How is it that a perfectly stable tooth could suddenly break? More often than not, the problem began long before the injury.\nThe Mouth Problem\nYou may already be aware of the fact that there are tiny organisms living in your mouth. The issue of oral bacteria is often discussed as the broader subject of gum disease. Because of the focus on bacteria as the cause of gum inflammation and infection, we may easily forget that these microorganisms also degrade the enamel that coats our teeth. There are two ways that the natural oral environment can be hazardous. First, oral bacteria themselves deposit acidic matter onto teeth. Then, to make matters worse, many of the food and beverages we consume are also acidic. All this acid softens enamel and makes our teeth susceptible to injuries such as chips and fractures. The solution: brush and floss every day. Also, rinse your mouth with water after meals and other beverages.\nThe Mind Problem\nWhat goes on in mind eventually affects the physical body. Stress is a prime example. Often, people who are living with unmanaged stress (and that is a lot of us these days) clench their jaw or grind their teeth while they sleep. They do not know they are doing this. Even when they notice a tooth has cracked or chipped. Bruxism is very damaging to the mouth, affecting not only teeth but also the gums and the joins of the jaw. The solution: talk with your dentist about a custom-fit night guard. Worn during sleep, this comfortable mouthpiece softens the force of clenching. Also, develop stress management techniques that help you release tension daily."}
{"text":"Developed in 1934, trampolines were originally used to train astronauts or were used as a training tool for other sports. They soon became popular in their own right and a sport was born.\nThe first modern trampoline was built by George Nissen and Larry Griswold around 1934 at the University of Iowa. It was initially used to train tumblers and astronauts and as a training tool to develop and hone acrobatic skills for other sports such as diving, gymnastics and freestyle skiing. People enjoyed the sensation so much, they began to trampoline for sheer fun, and it became popular in its own right.\nNissen and Griswold envisaged trampolines being used in a variety of new games, although they never grabbed the public’s imagination. In one, called Spaceball, two teams of two on a single trampoline with specially constructed end walls attempted to propel a ball through a middle wall, to hit a target on the other side’s end wall.\nTrampolining made its first appearance at the 2000 Games in Sydney, with men’s and women’s competitions. The number of events (two) has remained unchanged since then.\nDiscover the reference document for Trampoline."}
{"text":"Department of sterilization\nSince infection spread within dental clinics is possible, these clinics are equipped with central sterilization unit that is equipped with the best qualified staff and modern instruments which have the highest quality standards.\nThis section is administered by a committee from different departments. It is called the Infection Control Committee. It includes members from the hospital administration, Sterilization Department and Microbiology Sciences Department.\nSterilization section consists of three areas:\n- Washing Area:\nIt is the first phase of sterilization where the people responsible wash the tools, use disinfectants and then introduce them into a device (Washer), which in turn washes tools again to confirm the results of manual washing using a suitable kind of washing solutions to disinfect tools.\n- Packaging Area:\nA certain type of packing materials is thermally closed to cover the tools. This will prevent the entry of bacteria after sterilization .The date of entry of these tools to sterilization is recorded by color indications on the cover to ensure quality of sterilization.\n- Sterilization and Delivery Area:\nThe final stage in the sterilization cycle comes after packing tools and assembling them before they are autoclaved (AUTOCLAVE)\nThis process uses high temperatures to kill all kinds of germs and make ready-to-use tools.\nAfter the end of the sterilization cycle, tools are saved in the store of sterilization unit according to departments of clinics.\nWith the growing number of clinics and after future insights on the number of clinics, there is a plan to expand the sterilization unit by the adding two washer and two autoclaves. The total number will be four washers and five autoclaves. Any requirements regarding the international standards for equipping sterilization centers will be observed."}
{"text":"Spellings – Part 13 – Some that might trip you up\nToday we look at another ten spellings, based on the New Oxford Style Manual, which can cause some confusion. Sometimes people add hyphens when they’re not necessary, and other times they leave them out and write the term as two words when it should really be hyphenated. I hope today’s post will confirm what you already know and/or prove useful. All of today’s spellings can be found in the New Oxford Spelling Dictionary, and most also appear in the New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors, which occasionally provides a brief comment on the spelling rule.\n1. topsoil = one word\n2. midterm is written as one word, but\n3. half-term, on the other hand, is hyphenated\n4. subtotal = one word\n5. resit = no hyphens\n6. preconfigured = no hyphens\n7. workplace = one word\n8. multi-purpose = hyphenated. Here’s another example where Oxford differs from Microsoft’s spellchecker, as the latter is quite happy to accept this written as one word.\n9. A level (short for GCE Advanced level, the exams we take in the UK at 18) = two words. Many people write this term with a hyphen or with inverted commas (‘A’ level), but neither are correct according to Oxford. And please also note that the ‘l’ in level is not written with a capital letter either.\n10. antivirus = one word. I’m glad Oxford has decided to neaten the look of this word by removing the hyphen, but you’ll see it hyphenated everywhere.\nThis post was first published on 13/05/2015 on my previous blog."}
{"text":"Kanał Ostródzko - Elbląski\nThe Ostróda - Elbląg Canal is a unique water system, dating back to the 19th century. It is a pearl of the region and Poland, being the only one example of such hydrotechnics on the world's scale. It connects a few west-Masurian lakes with the Vistula Lagoon, covering a 100-meter-long level difference, thanks to the system of sluices and slipways. The last are the rail pulling out devices, propelled mechanically with the power of flowing water.\nDesigned at the beginning of the 19th century by the Dutch engineer Jakob Georg Steenke, working on the courts of Frederic I and II with the aim of economic water connection of the Eastern Prussia (German \"Oberland\") with the Baltic Sea - the canal waited almost 20 years for the beginning of the construction (1825-1844).\nThe difference of the channel levels on the 9,6 km long section changes about over 100 metres, that are covered by the ship thanks to five slipways, propelled with water."}
{"text":"International Journal of Scientific and Research Publication (IJSRP)\nIn this paper, the authors present a new idea for detecting an unknown human face in input imagery & recognizing the user facial expression, or face detection, using the photo sketch of faces with 3D surface. For this purpose two main problems are important i.e. face detection & location of faces. For this, they want to need that the direction/side of face or what is the dimension (such that 2D) of face & their face texture, face extraction's & facial expressions. In this process using 3D face because a 3-D face is represented by a low dimensional Shape Space Vector (SSV)."}
{"text":"Massive amounts of data on human beings can now be analyzed. Pragmatic purposes abound, including selling goods and services, winning political campaigns, and identifying possible terrorists. Yet «big data» can also be harnessed to serve the public good: scientists can use big data to do research that improves the lives of human beings, improves government services, and reduces taxpayer costs. In order to achieve this goal, researchers must have access to this data – raising important privacy questions. What are the ethical and legal requirements? What are the rules of engagement? What are the best ways to provide access while also protecting confidentiality? Are there reasonable mechanisms to compensate citizens for privacy loss? The goal of this book is to answer some of these questions. The book’s authors paint an intellectual landscape that includes legal, economic, and statistical frameworks. The authors also identify new practical approaches that simultaneously maximize the utility of data access while minimizing information risk."}
{"text":"View estimates for the probability that the two presidential candidates win the election, the expected number of Electoral College votes for Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and Senator John McCain (R-AZ), and the probability that each candidate will win 300 or more Electoral College votes.\n- Pick your swing scenario\nThe site was developed by computer science and political science students at the University of Illinois.\nProject Lead the Way\nProject Lead The Way (PLTW) promotes pre-engineering courses for middle and high school students by partnering public schools, higher education institutions and the private sector.\nGoals of this national, not-for-profit educational program include:\n- increasing the number of young people who pursue engineering and engineering technology programs in four- and two-year post-secondary programs\n- providing equitable and inclusive opportunities for all academically qualified students\n- reducing the future college attrition rate in four- and two-year engineering and engineering technology programs\n- providing leadership and support that will produce continuous improvement and innovation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs\nIlluminations: Getting into the Electoral College\nThis Illuminations unit explores the mathematics of the Electoral College, the system used in this country to determine the winner in a presidential election.\nThe lessons include activities in percentages, ratios, and area, with a focus throughout on building problem-solving and reasoning skills. They are designed to be used individually to fit within your curriculum at the time of the election.\nHowever, time permitting, they can give students a strong understanding of how small variations can make a big difference in who wins a president election."}
{"text":"International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and oceanographer Sylvia Earle of Mission Blue named 31 new hope spots, among them Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands have been named as the new “hope spots” from India.\n“A Hope Spot is an area of ocean that merits special protection because of its wildlife and significant underwater habitats. Some are already formally protected, while others still need protection.”1\nThese two sites are the first spots in India and part of 31 new hope spots across the world added to the existing 19 spots.\n“What we’ve done here is identify a number of critical areas that represent a real hope to restore the health of our imperilled ocean,” IUCN quoted Sylvia as saying.\n“The pristine seas, the World Heritage areas, marine sanctuaries, marine protected areas, reserves — whatever they’re called. We started with 19, now the number is 50 but for me there really is just one Hope Spot — it’s the ocean,” said Sylvia.\nThe new Hope Spots were announced during the 3rd International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC3) currently taking place in Marseille, France.\nThe Andaman & Nicobar are a group of of 572 islands in the South Eastern Part of the Bay of Bengal. They lie along an arc in long and narrow broken chain, approximately North-South over a distance nearly 800 kms. These Islands are blessed with a unique’ luxuriant evergreen tropical rainforest canopy, sheltering a mixed germ plasm bank, comprising of Indian, Myanmarese, Malaysian and endemic floral strain. So far, about 2200, varieties of plants have been recorded out of which 200 are endemic and 1300 do not occur in mainland India. 2\nLakshadweep is the only coral island chain. This archipelago consists of 36 islands, 12 atolls, 3 reefs and 5 submerged banks.\nReference and further reading-"}
{"text":"Immune & Autoimmune\nAll articles in Immune & Autoimmune\nThis article will review the symptoms, causes, and management of macrophage activation syndrome. Symptoms include fever, a painful mass or masses in the abdomen, easy bruising or bleeding, swollen lymph nodes, a rash, headache, confusion, vision changes, seizures and/or coma as well as difficulty breathing.\nLupus is an inflammatory disease caused by the immune system attacking itself and can affect the joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart, and lungs.\nAnaphylaxis is a severe allergic reaction that occurs within seconds to minutes of exposure to an allergen and can result in rashes, nausea, difficulty breathing and shock.\nChurg-Strauss syndrome, now known as eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), is a rare disease that causes asthma, sinus infections, hay fever, and other respiratory symptoms. Because these symptoms are so common, it can be hard to diagnose—but treatment can significantly help symptoms, so knowing the signs is key.\nGuillain-Barre syndrome is a condition in which the body's immune system damages parts of neurons. Symptoms include progressive weakness, numbness or tingling, decreased reflexes, body aches, double vision, loss of balance, and other serious symptoms."}
{"text":"A new model more accurately captures how climate change will impact electricity and water use. The researchers recommend that city planners use the model now to better evaluate potential risk of power shortages and blackouts.\nMore accurate climate change model reveals bleaker outlook on electricity, water use\n- 6. 3 2020 (02:35)"}
{"text":"A story based on a young camel who endangered his life because he did not pay heed to the advice of his elders. This story come with a fun activity. Age group 4 to 7 years. Illustrations by Nishka.\nSINGLE PAGE STORY ILLUSTRATION : The booklet includes a single page comic style illustration of the story. Simple and colourful characters convey the story and its moral in a fun yet impactful way.\nEACH SET INCLUDES : 7 worksheets (Crossword, Knowledge booster, Vocabulary builder, Fun with numbers, Comprehension, Colouring, Activity) and 2 DIY key chains\nDIY ACTIVITY - Plain MDF key chains engraved with the characters present in the story. These key chains can be painted by the child according to his imagination and can be used to keep their keys (almirah/drawer etc) in one place.\nIncludes link to our YouTube channel for videos related to the story (story telling, drawing, and craft / experiments)\nTHE PANCHATANTRA PROJECT : Worksheets based on a collection of tales from the Panchatantra. Co-designed by teachers and moms, to make the learning experience of your child fun and interesting. Enhance your child's imagination, and help them learn with these evergreen moral stories."}
{"text":"Chronic illnesses can affect our mental wellness in many ways. Chronic illness can understandably result in stress, anxiety, and depression. Some chronic illnesses can change your brain chemistry or affect mood regulation. Chronic illness can also interfere with daily activities, hobbies, and relationships further exacerbating feelings of isolation and hopelessness. When facing chronic illness, it is very important to take care of your mental health as well as our physical health.\nYou are not alone in this. Many people with chronic illnesses struggle with their mental health. There are ways to cope and find hope, and we are here.\nFor more information and resources, please visit these links:"}
{"text":"Meaning of COMPOST in English\nProcess whereby organic wastes, including food wastes, paper, and yard wastes, decompose naturally, resulting in a product rich in minerals and ideal for gardening and farming as a soil conditioners, mulch, resurfacing material, or landfill cover.\nEnvironmental economics English glossary. Английский глоссарий экономики окружающей среды. 2012"}
{"text":"Victoria Cross Won By Ned Cooper\nThe Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest military decoration awarded for acts of conspicuous bravery, valour, self-sacrifice or devotion to duty in the face of the enemy.\nIt is given to members of the armed forces of commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. It takes precedence over all other orders, decorations and medals.\nThe Victoria Cross was first introduced by Queen Victoria in 1856 to honour acts of valour during the Crimean War. The VC has been awarded 1,357 times to 1,354 individuals, since the Second World War only 14 medals have been awarded, 10 to members of the British Army and 4 to the Australian Army.\nThe VC medals are cast from the bronze of cannons which were captured from the Russians during the Siege of Sevastopol. As such there is a limited supply of the bronze from which the VC is made.\nThe front of the medal features the crown of Queen Victoria at the centre, above which stands a lion which is also adorned by a crown. Beneath is the inscription ‘FOR VALOUR’. The cross shaped medal is hung from a crimson or wine-red ribbon and supported by a strip of metal called a ‘suspender.’ In the case of the Victoria Cross this simple design is adorned by leaves with the letter ‘V’ to denote Victoria.\nThis is the Victoria Cross won by Ned Cooper. It is currently on display at Preston Park Museum and Grounds where it is on loan from the Cooper family."}
{"text":"Last year, to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, we assembled videos of the man doing what he did best — speaking out and inspiring others. This year, though, let’s look a little bit more at the impact he had on the world around him.\nThe official Biography YouTube channel has put together a five-minute bio on King, beginning with his early education before examining his role in the civil rights movement.\nAnd ABC News has uploaded the original announcement of King’s assassination, though it’s not available for embedding.\nStanford University’s Clayborne Carson, a historian and director of the MLK Jr. Research and Education Institute, meanwhile, theorizes on what King would have thought about the state of America today, mentioning that King would potentially have been much more committed to issues of social justice over civil rights.\nBut here’s where his impact can really being seen — in the recap provided by young Riorden, who tells YouTube user MissGhettoPanCakes everything he learned about King in school that day."}
{"text":"Definition of Lugal\nGet Babylon's Dictionary & Translation Software Free Download Now!\nLugal Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries\nWikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia\nLugal ( Sumerian, Neo-Assyrian) is the Sumerian cuneiform sign for leader from the two signs, LÚ.GAL (, \"man, big\"), and was one of several Sumerian titles that a ruler of a city-state could bear (alongside en and ensi, the exact difference being a subject of debate). The sign eventually became the predominant Sumerian term for a King in general. In the Sumerian language, lugal is used to mean an owner (e.g. of a boat or a field) or a head (of a unit such as a family).\n|See more at Wikipedia.org...|"}
{"text":"Isn’t the thought of living on water and not stepping onto dry land for even one single thing, simply great? Inhabitants of the “Future Floating Village” experience just this. Located in China’s Fujian Province, Sandu’ao is one of few settlements built on water. This massive self-sustaining floating village includes everything from a convenience store to postal service, from a police station to a series of restaurants.\nAll the houses in the village are made of wood and are built on sturdy pontoons made of bamboo and wood, wired to plastic barrels and pieces of PVC, to ensure buoyancy. To make sure that this unique village had no threat from the dangerous waves, it is built on an area that is cut off from the open sea. Swinging swiftly, Sandu’ao is said to be China’s largest cultivation base of yellow croakers and various other seafood, including shellfish, shrimp, and giant prawns.\nThis huge floating village was devastated by aerial bombardments, during the Japanese invasion of World War 2 and took almost a decade to sway on the water again. It includes tens of thousands of cages and fishing nets that not only allow sea farming, but also look like a beautiful plantation on the sea."}
{"text":"The League of Nations was created from the Treaty of Versailles after WWI. However, unfortunately no countries were willing to create the League of Nations. They joined and created the League because Wilson, the president of one the strongest countries U.S, said he wanted to create a better world. So, the countries in the League seemed lacking of eagerness. How effective was the League of Nations, then?\nIt was true that the League of Nations had contributed to world peace, in spite of the lack of eagerness. For example, they successfully stopped the conflict between Yugoslavia and Albania, and between Finland and Sweden. In addition, they arbitrated between Germany and Poland, Britain and Turkey, and Greece and Bulgaria. Without the League of Nations there were many wars between countries. So, the League of Nations contributed to the peace a lot.\nAnd we can't ignore the League's contribution to improving the world condition.\nFor example, they dealt with 1,000,000 POWs, and they freed 200,000 slaves. In addition they cut down on leprosy and malaria, improving people's health. Furthermore, they restrained drugs and banned opium trade. This improved the world condition a lot and made world closer to today's one that has better heath care, no drug, and human rights. So, the League of Nations had good effects in certain aspects.\nHowever there were many failure of League of Nations, too. For example, Corfu was a specific failure. This conflict was between Italy and Greece, and it was obvious that Italy should be blamed. But the League of Nations asked Greece to pay and apology to Italy, because Italy gave more money than Greece to the League. This shows that the League had not much power because they chose money instead of justice. So, League of Nations received bad..."}
{"text":"I was reading about the classic Young's double slit experiment and I had a few questions regarding secondary wavelets a.k.a Huygen's wavelets. I proceed with the following questions assuming you know the experiment. The crucial point behind the explanation to the experiment is that light emerging from the original source, forms secondary wavelets at the 2 following slits. And from here on, books continue explaining things but I shall stop here for I have some questions. Q1 - The secondary wavelets do not form only at the slit, but they form everywhere. Why do we consider the secondary wavelets only formed at the slit? Why not in front of it? Why not behind it? Q2 - From the definition of secondary wavelets, I do not understand why nobody seems to discuss why they do produce a 'backlash' effect. Shouldn't the secondary wavelets travel backwards to affect the source itself and cause trouble? The books I have come across seem to skip discussing these issues. Is there something I have not understood?"}
{"text":"In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?\n1(cuadro/cortina) to take down\n2(teléfono) to pick updejar el teléfono descolgado — to leave the phone off the hook\n1lo dejó sonar dos veces antes de descolgar — he let it ring twice before he picked it up / answered it\n1(por una cuerda)to lower oneself\n2(en una carrera)to pull awayto break awayse descolgó del grupo en la última vuelta — he pulled away from the group on the last lap\n3informal(dejar caer)descolgarse con algo\n- a último momento se descolgó con que no podía venir — at the last minute he suddenly announced that he couldn't come\n- se descolgaron con un 20% de aumento en las tarifas — they unexpectedly put fares up by 20%\nEnglish has borrowed many of the following foreign expressions of parting, so you’ve probably encountered some of these ways to say goodbye in other languages.\nMany words formed by the addition of the suffix –ster are now obsolete - which ones are due a resurgence?\nAs their breed names often attest, dogs are a truly international bunch. Let’s take a look at 12 different dog breed names and their backstories."}
{"text":"The Laba Festival is one of the festivals that are highly valued by the Chinese people. It is also a big festival before the Spring Festival. What is the meaning of the Laba Festival? Children and children don’t worry, after the Laba is the year. This folk song reveals the infinite hope of the children of the twelfth lunar month. Today, Laba Festival, let Xiaobian take you into Laba Festival!\nLaba Festival, the eighth day of the lunar calendar every year, on that day, the people will eat traditional food such as Laba porridge to celebrate. This custom has a long history in my life, people will go to more famous temples to worship, In order to exorcise evil spirits, seek family members' peace of the year.\nFrom the pre-Qin period, the Laba Festival is used to worship ancestors and gods, pray for harvest and good fortune. In addition to the activities of worshipping the ancestors and worshiping the gods, the Laba Festival is also quarantined. This activity comes from ancient times. One of the medical methods of prehistoric times is to exorcise evils. As a custom of the wale of the witchcraft, it is still in the area of Hunan Xinhua. It is said that the founding day of Buddhism founder Shakyamuni was also in the eighth day of December, so Laba is also a Buddhist festival, also known as the \"Buddha Festival\".\nThe Laba Festival is here, friends, the voices are warm and entwined in the ear, whether you are close at hand or far away, I hope that good luck will always accompany you. In this festival full of tenderness and love, sincere blessings You, Happy Laba Festival."}
{"text":"Get Actionable insights into health information and technology topics from our subject matter experts. Get Involved in specialized clinical, effectiveness, learning, research to drive effective clinical decision-making and improve outcomes.\nReview of Pedobarography\nFoot is a complex structure comprised of 28 bones and 30 joints. There are numerous muscles, tendons and ligaments that help.....\nWalking is an efficient cyclic, bilaterally symmetrical universal pattern which can be adapted according to various surfaces at a range of speed. The way a person walks is their gait and the study of a person’s way of walking is gait analysis.\nUnderstanding Plantar Fascitis\nPlantar Fascia also known as the plantaraponeurosis is a strong layer of fibrous connective tissue under the superficial tissue and skin of the foot. This fibrous band supports the foot anatomy and helps in transmitting weight\nFacts about Diabetic Foot\nDiabetes is the most common non-communicable metabolic disease. Generally classified as Type 1 (insulin deficient) & Type 2 (insulin resistant) diabetes mellitus,\nDiabetic Foot Assessment\nFor adults with diabetes, assess their risk of developing a diabetic foot problem:\nWhen diabetes is diagnosed and, thereafter, at least annually\nIf any foot problems arise or there is any discomfort\nDiabetic Foot Management\nFoot ulcers are a significant complication of diabetes mellitus and often precede lower extremity amputation. The most frequent underlying causes are neuropathy, trauma, deformity, high plantar pressures, and peripheral arterial disease."}
{"text":"SUMMARY: An animated history of the North American St. Lawrence River which connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.\nWHY IT’S HERE: With ‘Crac!’ and ‘The Man Who Planted Trees’, Frederic Back had already established himself as one of the greatest animators of all time and won two Oscars in the process. ‘The Mighty River’ saw him nominated for a third. The activist filmmaker, whose ‘The Man Who Planted Trees’ had led to the planting of millions of trees, continued his environmental mission with ‘The Mighty River’, an animated documentary which features a wealth of information on the St. Lawrence River which Back hoped would help save this natural resource of clean water. The St. Lawrence River once teemed with animal and plant life but fell victim to over-exploitation and industrial pollution. Back evokes the glory days of the river through breathtaking animation while, in the English language version, the narration is entrusted to the velvet tones of Donald Sutherland who more than does it justice. An astonishing piece of work, ‘The Mighty River’ would surely have bagged Back his third Oscar had it not come up against Nick Park’s ‘The Wrong Trousers’ but awards were clearly less important than getting the message out there, something that Back certainly did with this astonishing film."}
{"text":"NOAA Hurricane Hunters go hunting for tornadoes in Alabama\nCheck out this cool cockpit video of the NOAA Hurricane Hunters hunting tornadoes in Alabama on Monday.\nMore information on VORTEX-SE via nssl.noaa.gov\nThe Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) brings together brings together meteorologists, researchers and social scientists to collaborate on a research program looking at the storms and conditions that produce tornadoes in the Southeast United States. This research experiment began in 2016 and continues through 2018. Researchers are beginning to share results from the project.\nVORTEX-SE is an effort to understand how environmental factors characteristic of the southeastern U.S. affect the formation, intensity, structure, and path of tornadoes in this region. The experiment will also determine the best methods for communicating the forecast uncertainty related to these events to the public, and evaluate public response.\nVORTEX-SE began in the fall of 2015, when NSSL helped organize a workshop in Huntsville, Alabama, to begin work on the VORTEX-SE research with an eye toward identifying ways to most effectively expando on findings from one year to the next. In spring 2016, NSSL participated in the first field observing campaign in the southeast U.S., focused on understanding how the atmosphere can become locally favorable for tornadoes and how these changes can be better anticipated in the tornado forecast process. In fall 2016, researchers met again to discuss progress and determine priorities for a second field observing campaign that took place in spring 2017 around Huntsville, Alabama. In November 2017, researchers met for the third VORTEX-SE Workshop to review preliminary research results, review the project’s mission and focus on future research efforts."}
{"text":"Founded in the 6th century BC, Jainism is one of India’s three ancient religions, alongside Hinduism and Buddhism. The Chester Beatty collection includes a significant number of richly illuminated Jain manuscripts from the 15th and 16th centuries. The collection is particularly notable for several rare complete and dated works.\nBook of Ritual and Story of the Monk Kālaka (Kalpa-sūtra and Kālakācārya-kathā)\nCBL InE 1651"}
{"text":"About this title: From Ebola to Swine Flu and SARS to Rocky Mountain spotted fever, this handbook covers 50 of the world's most significant plagues, pandemics and infectious diseases. \"Pandemics\" is a concise and intelligent look at the most deadly viral and bacterial diseases and includes expert opinion on likely future outbreaks, the method of contagion and photos and diagrams to help identify symptoms. Most importantly, it answers the question: how anxious should you be?\nNote: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is described below."}
{"text":"Some bacteria are not only useful, but are essential to life. Organic fertilizers are broken down by bacteria into materials that can be used by plants. Decomposed vegetable and animal matter is thus transformed into nutrients that are absorbed through the roots of other plants. Many species of soil bacteria fix nitrogen; that is, they convert atmospheric nitrogen into nitrates, compounds that are readily absorbed by plants. Some of these bacteria live in colonies in the roots of legumes, such as peas, clover, and alfalfa.\nVarious commercial processes depend on bacteria. Anaerobic bacteria that ferment certain substances are used in the production of vinegar and some drugs, and in the aging process of cheeses. Some bacteria produce waste products that are useful to humans. One such waste product is lactic acid, which is produced by intestinal bacteria and promotes digestion in humans. It is grown commercially and is added to certain foods such as yogurt.\nBacteria are also used to chemically break down the tough, woody tissues of flax, jute, hemp, and coconut. Modern methods of sewage disposal often make use of bacteria to decompose organic wastes. In a process known as bioremediation, bacteria are added to water or soil to convert toxic pollutants, such as pesticides and oil, into harmless substances. Through genetic engineering, bacteria have been developed for bioremediation and also to produce drugs and other chemicals."}
{"text":"Weiss Family History\nWeiss Name Meaning\nGerman and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with white hair or a remarkably pale complexion, from Middle High German wiz ‘white’, German weiss. German: variant of Weis. German: habitational name from any of various places named Weis(s) or Weissen. German: from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with wig ‘battle’ or widu ‘wood’ as the first element.\nSource: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press"}
{"text":"50th Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act of 1963\nToday, April 9, 2013, is the 50th Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which prohibits sex-based wage discrimination between men and women in the same establishment who perform jobs that require substantially equal skill, effort and responsibility under similar working conditions. Although much has changed since those days, wage disparities still exist – in some surprising areas. From Politifact.com:\nFor computer programmers, for instance, women earn 95 cents for every dollar a man earns. For cashiers it’s 92 cents. For cooks and customer service representatives, it’s 95 cents. Other occupations have more unequal ratios. Women who are personal financial advisers, for instance, earn just 58 cents of what men in that job earn. (The statistics come from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a think tank focusing on women’s issues.)\nTo commemorate Equal Pay Day, today, April 9th, a group of Louisiana women legislators are wearing red to signify Louisiana women are still ‘in the red’ when it comes to wages."}
{"text":"Adults are charged with providing educational environments that are safe, supportive, and focused on the intellectual and social/emotional development of children. In order to meet this charge and decrease the rate of student removal of students from their schools and communities, adults must have the appropriate awareness, tools, and skills. They must be equipped with knowledge that enables them to address the unique challenges of youth in the 21st century. This is the knowledge offered in Positive Behavior Facilitation (PBF). PBF is a thirty-six (36) hour research and evidence-based curriculum. PBF presents the necessary skills, techniques, and strategies for supporting children in the demonstration of positive behavior. The curriculum teaches that we must consider a comprehensive view of understanding and intervening in behavior rather than exclusively managing behavior on the surface.\nProgram Descriptors Include:\nAcademic Improvement, Adult Education, Alternative Education, Attendance/Truancy, Behavior Management/Discipline, Bullying/Violence, Charter School, Early Childhood Education, Professional Development, Students with Disabilities\nStarting Date: 2001\nStudents Served Per Year: 500+\nLast Verified: 2009"}
{"text":"Shah Ibrahim Tomb\n: Narnaul, Haryana\n: Sher Shah Suri\n: Ibrahim Suri\nSher Shah Suri (1538-46 A.D) had his tomb built in honour of his able grandfather, Ibrahim Khan, who served as an officer of the Lodhis at Narnaul. The monument was constructed under the supervision of Sheikh Ahmed Niyazi. There are two small graves along with. the grave of Ibrahim Khan inside the building. The tomb is a perfect example of the square tomb of the Pathan style characterised by its massive outlines, exquisite details, and pleasing interplay of colours. The creation, of a high terrace, double Storey simulation, bold archs, low domes, beautiful kiosks on curved pillars, selender turrets (guidastas), and elegant merions, give it. balanced strength and dexterity. The use of deep red, grey and white stone encaustic tile-work, painted ceiling with excellent brush work and subtle lapidary give it a richness which is unique among such buildings in Haryana1.\nThe entrance built after the pattern of Hindu temples, shows beautiful carvings executed with a well-balanced colour scheme. The dome is balanced by four octagonal cupolas, placed at all the four corners of the terrace. The main dome is surmounted by a low dome, which rests on an octagonal drum, the corners of which are provided with small turrets.\nHow To Get There\nAir: The nearest airport is at Delhi.\nRail: The nearest rail junction is at Narnaul.\nRoad: Narnaul has a bus stand of its own."}
{"text":"Ectocarpus siliculosus, female gamete surrounded by male gametes.\nThis view is still maintained by those who differentiate two acts of fertilization within the embryo-sac, and regard that of the egg by the first male-cell, as the true or generative fertilization, and that of the polar nuclei by the second male gamete as a vegetative fertilization which gives a stimulus to development in correlation with the other.\nUsually, however, only one of the fusing cells is a zoogamete, the other gamete being a much larger resting cell.\nIn such a case the zoogamete is male, is called an antherozoid or spermatozoid, and arises in an antheridium; the larger gamete is an oosphere and arises in an oogonium.\nFrom a comparison of those Euchlorophyceae which have been most closely investigated, it appears probable that sexual reproductive cells have in the course of evolution arisen as the result of specialization among asexual reproductive cells, and that in turn oogamous reproduction has arisen as the result of differentiation of the two conjugating cells into the smaller male gamete and the larger male gamete.\nIn Sirogonium there is cell-division in the parent-cell prior to conjugation; and as two segments are cut off in the case of the active gamete, and only one in the case of the passive gamete, there is a corresponding difference of size, marking another step in the sexual differentiation."}
{"text":"Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) occurs when the jaw bone is exposed and begins to starve from a lack of blood. The bone is not heal and painful. ONJ is associated with cancer treatments (including radiation), infection, steroid use, or potent antiresorptive therapies that help prevent the loss of bone mass. Examples of potent antiresorptive therapies include bisphosphonates such as alendronate (Fosamax); risedronate (Actonel and Atelvia); ibandronate (Boniva); and denosumab (Prolia).\nBelow is a photo from a case presentation by JCDA Oasis on Aug 6,2014. This 64-year-old patient Received intravenous zoledronic acid (ZA) 4 mg monthly for approximately two years\nbefore the implant treatment.\nMy diagnosis is the same with most of the Doctors : Bisphosphonate induced ONJ.\nThe passible treatment is shock wave + PRF."}
{"text":"Moore, C. T., and W. L. Kendall. 2004. Costs of detection bias in index-based population monitoring. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 27(1):287-296.\nManagers of wildlife populations commonly rely on indirect, count-based measures of the population in making decisions regarding conservation, harvest, or control. The main appeal in the use of such counts is their low material expense compared to methods that directly measure the population. However, their correct use rests on the rarely-tested but often-assumed premise that they proportionately reflect population size, i.e., that they constitute a population index. This study investigates forest management for the endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) and the Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) at the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge in central Georgia, U.S.A. Optimal decision policies for a joint species objective were derived for two alternative models of Wood Thrush population dynamics. Policies were simulated under scenarios of unbiasedness, consistent negative bias, and habitat-dependent negative bias in observed Wood Thrush densities. Differences in simulation outcomes between biased and unbiased detection scenarios indicated the expected loss in resource objectives (here, forest habitat and birds) through decision-making based on biased population counts. Given the models and objective function used in our analysis, expected losses were as great as 11%, a degree of loss perhaps not trivial for applications such as endangered species management. Our analysis demonstrates that costs of uncertainty about the relationship between the population and its observation can be measured in units of the resource, costs which may offset apparent savings achieved by collecting uncorrected population counts."}
{"text":"Distinct operator in SQL Query\nDISTINCT is used for fetch the distinct value of specific column in Oracle table.\nSelect distinct columnname, columnname from tablename;\nI want to see distinct dept no in employee tables.\nSelect distinct deptno from employee;\nYou can pass two column to fetch distinct value of two columns:\nselect distinct first_name,last_name from employee;\nCount the distinct number:\nCount the distinct department from employee tables\nselect count(distinct deptno) from employees;"}
{"text":"Heat stroke and hot car safety are major concerns in south Texas, especially this time of year. The pets are not yet acclimated to the higher temperatures we are experiencing and when combined with high humidity, this can cause an emergent illness called heat stroke.\nHeatstroke is an important and surprisingly common problem here in south Texas. You may be surprised to know your pets are at highest risk of developing heatstroke in the early summer. This is an emergency that can cause permanent damage to the intestines, liver, and kidneys resulting in organ failure. When the body overheats, some of the cells die causing death of liver cells, shedding of the lining of the intestines, and release of toxins. This stress on the kidneys causes kidney failure without veterinary intervention.\nSigns of heatstroke include collapse, severe panting, seizures, and elevated temperature. If you suspect heatstroke, you can take your pet’s temperature rectally. If their temperature exceeds 105.0 degrees, they should be seen by a veterinarian immediately.\nDO NOT COVER YOUR PET IN ICE IF YOU SUSPECT HEATSTROKE. Pouring cool water or rubbing alcohol on your pet is best for them until you get to the veterinarian. Most pets with heatstroke are hospitalized on IV fluids and antibiotics for several days until the kidney and liver damage can be assessed with blood values. Heat stroke is an emergency that should not wait overnight or through the weekend. If you suspect heat stroke in your pet, he or she needs immediate emergency care.\nMany people are often concerned with hot car pet safety in our area.\nHot Car Safety:\nIt is not safe to leave your pet in the car even for 10 minutes in the hot south Texas summers! Here are some comparison temperatures even if the windows are cracked. Contact the local authorities for directions on what to do if you find a pet that is in distress locked in a hot care.\n|Outside Temperature||Inside the Car|"}
{"text":"Located in a Read more [...]\nSeodaemun Prison History Hall is a special museum located at Seodaemun Independence Park. It was built near the end of the Joseon Dynasty (~1910), and was where Japanese soldiers tortured and later executed Korean Independence Movement followers. Seodaemun Prison History Hall was built in remembrance of Seodaemun Prison, and to salute the Korean patriots. There you’ll find seven jail cells, a historical exhibition hall, an execution room, watchtowers and a basement jail cell."}
{"text":"Of all the things to build memorials for, one would think the Irish Potato Famine--which killed roughly a million people in the mid-19th century--would be fairly uncontroversial. Not so, at least, for William McGurn, who complains in The Wall Street Journal of the \"outbreak of monuments\" that do nothing but reinforce Irish \"victimhood\" at precisely the time when Irish-Americans are finally thriving. Aside from finding the $5 million New York City famine memorial ugly, he thinks it's a major step down from the Times Square statues of Irish Americans George M Cohan (Broadway entertainer of the song \"You're a Grand Old Flag\" and \"Over There\") and Father Francis Duffy, army chaplain. These strong, affirmative examples are more to his taste, whereas \"today ... we burnish grievances that our great-great-great-great-grandparents could be forgiven for having.\" He wonders if it's \"the result of an education system whose histories emphasize ethnic, racial and religious victimhood.\" His conclusion:\nWhen our ancestors were poor and newly arrived on these shores, they didn't build monuments to their woes. With their pennies, they raised up St. Patrick's Cathedral and countless other churches. With their priests and nuns, they built a parochial school system that ushered millions of Irish into the American Dream—and today is often the only hope an inner-city black or Latino child has for doing the same. And their legacy of courage and sacrifice remains visible in, say, the prominence of Irish names among the 9/11 firemen who charged up the stairs of the Twin Towers when everyone else was running down.\nThese are America's true monuments to the Irish. They also represent the other, more hopeful side of the famine story. On this St. Patrick's Day, surely that's something to celebrate."}
{"text":"Significant progress has been made in this field of study since the\ndiscovery of radioactivity and its properties. One application is\ncarbon-14 dating. Recalling that all biologic organisms contain a\ngiven concentration of carbon-14, we can use this information to help\nsolve questions about when the organism died. It works like this..when\nan organism dies it has a specific ratio by mass of carbon-14 to\ncarbon-12 incorporated in the cells of it's body. (The same ratio as in\nthe atmosphere.) At the moment of death, no new carbon-14 containing\nmolecules are metabolized, therefore the ratio is at a maximum. After\ndeath, the carbon-14 to carbon-12 ratio begins to decrease because\ncarbon-14 is decaying away at a constant and predictable rate.\nRemembering that the half-life of carbon-14 is 5700 years, then after\n5700 years half as much carbon-14 remains within the organism.\nExample : If an organism such as a tree contained 1 gram of carbon-14\nwhile it was living, then after 5700 years it would contain half that\namount, or 0.5 grams of carbon-14.\nThis method of dating using carbon-14 is only good for organisms or\nartifacts that are biological by nature and on the order of tens of\nthousands or years old.\nWhat isotope would be increasing due to the decay of carbon-14?\nCould this method of dating be used to estimate the age of petroleum\nWhat human activities could alter the carbon-14/carbon-12 ratio?"}
{"text":"So the new school year has already started, you’re just getting used to waking up early again, and you’re getting used to the change- Wait, CHANGE?\nYes, change. You’re in a new grade, maybe even in a new school. Some (or all) of your old friends are gone, and you’ve got new people in your life. Here’s a bit of advice on dealing with change:\n-accept it and get used to it. Well, if you’re going to have to live with it every single day, you might as well get used to it. And it’s not all that bad, which brings us to our next point.\n-focus on the positive. This is SUPER important! You can choose to see the good or the bad when things happen, so why not see the good more?\n-see the good, be happier. Yep! It’s a funny thing, but if you always talk about the good, more good things will happen to you and more people will want to be your friend!\n-be friendly and kind. Ah yes, friends! Someone said “There are no strangers, only friends not yet met” and this is true of the new people in your life. They can be your friends!\n-be kind and friendly. See what I did there? If you see other people who look sad all the time, maybe you can be their friend! Maybe they don’t see the change as a good thing, yet.\n-you can make a difference. Yes, because you are important! If you’re happy and positive, other people will be happier and more positive just by looking at you. Smiles are contagious!\nAccept the change, be positive about it, be nice to other people, and smile!\nGood luck with the academic year ahead!\nAndre Ivan Toupet\nInstructor of minds, bringer of knowledge"}
{"text":"Computer Scientists are the designers of the software that runs on any computer based intelligent system. Computer scientists have revolutionized modern society and they are the creators of the software that has driven telecommunication industries and virtually all computer based machinery in our offices and homes. As a result of this revolution, professionals in computer science are essential in diverse new areas, including financial institutions, computer networks, Internet based industries, health industries, medical research laboratories and other areas where information manipulation is important.\nComputer Scientists work with Engineers and it is a vibrant field. They are needed in virtually all industries.\nThe profession continue to evolve at an astonishing speed. As new technologies are introduced, old ones become obsolete in a short space of time. The discipline is evolving rapidly and more computer scientists are needed constantly.\nMath 70 Elementary Algebra (0 cr). Review of arithmetic, algebraic expressions, Linear equations, monomial fractions, graphing lines, polynomials, verbal problems.\nMath 80 Fundamentals of Algebra and Geometry (0 cr.). Linear equations and graphs, functions, the point-slope equation, linear in qualities, polynomial functions, rational expressions, radicals, quadratic equations, sequences, series, and the binomial theorem. Prereq. Math70\nMath 90 Intermediate Algebra and Trigonometry (0 cr.). Rational expressions, rational exponents and radicals, conic sections and systems of equations, binomial theorem, introduction to trigonometry. Prereq. Math 80\nMath 100 Pre-Calculus (0cr) Intervals, inequalities, introduction to functions, polynomial and rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions and formulas Prereq. Math 90\nPlease Click Here for the Course Syllabus"}
{"text":"Hawthorne’s description of the Custom House emphasizes the nearby dilapidated wharves and decayed wooden warehouses crumbling to ruin and his office “cobwebbed and dingy with old paint.” Hawthorne offers us an almost gothic Custom House, a fitting element in the introduction to a romance novel.\nThe Custom House is, in fact, an airy, handsome structure, flooded with light. This is characteristic of Federal period buildings. Hawthorne does recognize these qualities when he describes the building as “a spacious edifice of brick” and mentions the lofty height of the ceiling in his office. —Jan Arabas\n—The U.S. Custom House in Salem: Introduction (Hawthorne In Salem)\nHawthrone’s The Scarlet Letter begins with a description of this building, where in an upper room the narrator tells us he found the historical documents that formed the basis of the tale of Hester Prynne.\nI never envisioned this structure as nearly this solid. Imposing and boxy, yes, but still charming.\nBecause I teach this novel early in the course, I tell my students to skip the Custom House introduction, and begin with the first chapter. The pace of The Scarlet Letter is so different from modern fare that I find the students have enough trouble adjusting to it. Asking them to identify and appreciate the self-mocking humor of the Customs House introduction, where the narrator enacts in words the idleness and uselessness of the “work” done by the customs house officials, is just a bit too much to do right away. (We go back and pick up the introduction after we’ve finished the novel.)"}
{"text":"On Pentecost Sunday we recall the gift of the Holy Spirit to Jesus' disciples and rejoice in the Spirit's continuing comfort, guidance, and intercession for us.\nSince the crowd at Pentecost were devout Jews resettled in Jerusalem, Aaron Kuecker assumes they shared a language. Hearing Christ's spirit-filled disciples speak to them in their birth-languages was the subversion of shared language and culture as a necessary basis for common identity.\nBill Shiell explains how Peter reinterpreted the feast of Pentecost and the marvelous events as fulfilling Joel's prophecy for old and young, male and female, and slaves. Alicia Myers reminds us the disciples and their churches were imperfect and unfinished by the inclusive standards established that day.\nBrandon Dahm draws attention to \"the ordinary gifts of the Holy Spirit - the ones that grace the Messiah: wisdom, knowledge, understanding, counsel, piety, courage, and fear of the Lord - for they are part of something equally marvelous: our being drawn into friendship with God.\" Exploring the mysterious role of the Spirit in praying for us, whether we are aware of it or not, Timothy Wiarda writes, \"God knows our hearts and is intimately acquainted with our groaning. And that should cause us to love and praise him.\"\nHeidi Hornik compares how four artists over ten centuries portrayed the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Carmen Butcher explores the importance of the Spirit in Hildegard of Bingen's thought as expressed in her prose, poetry, and illuminations.\nThe study guides and lesson plans integrate Bible study, prayer, and worship to explore the central roles of the Holy Spirit in motivating and guiding our discipleship. The guides can be used in a series or individually. You may download and reproduce them for personal or group use."}
{"text":"This map created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the propagation, or spread, of energy across the Pacific from the massive earthquake off Chile.\nNational Tsunami Warning CenterThe image is updated when the DART (Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami) system reports back more precise information.\nTom Worthington, Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Research School of Computer Science at The Australian National University, says the Pacific Tsunami Warning System worked as designed by quickly detecting and warning of the earthquake.\nHowever, problems remain at the local level in getting the warning to residents and in providing them with useful information on what action to take.\n“Fortunately, in this case it appears the tsunami was small and the warning was received in time. However, there has been some damage due to the direct effect of the earthquake,” Worthington says.\nDr Behzad Fatahi, Senior Lecturer of Geotechnical and Earthquake Engineering at the University of Technology Sydney, said the earthquake was shallow at 20.1 km below the surface.\nThe last major earthquake in Chile was the 2010 Chile earthquake with the magnitude of 8.8, which was the sixth largest earthquake ever to be recorded by seismographs.\nThe Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre reports that tsunami waves about two metres high were recorded in Iquique and Pasagua.\nIn Arica, 140 km NW of the epicenter, a 1.3 meter high wave was reported.\nCoastal areas of Chile and neighboring Peru have been evacuated.\nThis article originally appeared at Business Insider Australia. Copyright 2014."}
{"text":"Prompt removal of ticks decreases the chances of getting Lyme disease. The proper and easiest method is to grasp the tick with fine tweezers, as near the skin as you can, and gently pull it straight out. Be careful not to squeeze the tick when removing it which could result in more bacteria being injected. Do not try to remove the tick with your fingers or attempt to remove with lighted cigarettes, matches, nail polish, or vaseline.\nOnce removed save the tick for identification. Accurate identification becomes very important if you or your animals develop disease symptoms. Proof of tick bite and the kind of tick doing the biting is especially important to document in areas where Lyme disease is not considered prevalent and doctor suspicion is low.\nIn most areas, ticks can be submitted for identification through local or state health department offices. Many physicians and veterinarians will also submit ticks. Put the tick in a tightly closed container with a small amount of alcohol (rubbing alcohol will do). Mark it with your name, address and phone number, date collected, host collected from (animal or man) and recent travel history."}
{"text":"This book provides a comprehensive grammatical and lexicographical review\nof all types of late Samaritan Hebrew in all their literary manifestations\nfrom the twelfth century to the present. Much of it is devoted to\ndescription of Hybrid Samaritan Hebrew (HSH), which since the 13th is used\nas the main written language of the Samaritan community. The whole\nresearch is based on study of a wide range of texts. All available\nliturgical material was computer-recorded and then analyzed. A vast array\nof chronicles, colophons and deeds of sale copied from manuscripts were\nalso computerized. Included as well are unpublished manuscripts of prayers.\nAudio recordings and phonetic transcriptions were made of dozens of\nSamaritan prayers and piyyutim, and served as a database for the\nphonological and the morphological analysis of the language."}
{"text":"February is National Children’s Dental Health Month – and dentists from across the country took part in a one day program to make sure underprivileged kids have healthy smiles.\nThe Give Kids a Smile program, now in its seventh year reaches kids ages 3-12 nationwide from New Jersey to New Mexico to Alaska. Overall more than 12,000 dentists and 30,000 volunteers joined the effort this year to treat almost a half million children.\nIn Wisconsin this year, more than 350 dentists will volunteer, seeing 5,500 uninsured kids statewide this month. In Central Illinois, twenty-eight dentists provided services from teeth cleanings to extractions and stainless steel crowns for free — an estimated value of $46,000 worth of donated work.\nIn North Carolina, two dozen area dentists work alongside about 100 support staff, as well as clowns and balloon animals to treat 150 kids during the eight-hour clinic. One parent, who is retired from the military and doesn’t have dental insurance said, “Financially, it was just tremendous.”\nChildren were bused in from schools around Kansas City to the free dental clinic last week at the University of Missouri. The kids were identified through routine health screenings at school. Nearly all the work done on the children was performed by dental hygiene students\nGive Kids A Smile is an annual centerpiece to National Children’s Dental Health Month and is observed every year on the first Friday in February.\n(Compiled with quotes from KMBC, WEAU and Reflector.com)"}
{"text":"Every week I will demonstrate an example of poor English where a different word is used from the one intended. Sometimes this creates a grammatically incorrect sentence. Unfortunately, the mistake is usually so pervasive that we all do it and such errors are usually made by those who should know better – journalists working for national or global media outlets such as newspapers and television.\nPractice / Practise\nThis is yet another one where I didn’t know there was a difference – or I assumed the difference was really only in an American vs British spelling. That’s not the case though. If anything, it is a British-English convention that grammar-monster says is slowly being adopted by the colonies.\nPractice is a noun and practise is a verb – so the former describes an actual thing and the latter describes an action. “A man works at a Dental Practice where he practises dentistry.”\nThe grammar monster link I provided above has an interesting trick to remember which is which too:\nTry using the word preparation (or lessons) instead of practice. If the sentence still makes sense, then practice is almost certainly correct.\n(This trick works because practice is a noun, just like the words preparation and lessons.)"}
{"text":"Draw some isosceles triangles with an area of $9$cm$^2$ and a vertex at (20,20). If all the vertices must have whole number coordinates, how many is it possible to draw?\nWhat do these two triangles have in common? How are they related?\nA very mathematical light - what can you see?\nCut a square of paper into three pieces as shown. Now,can you use\nthe 3 pieces to make a large triangle, a parallelogram and the\nThis practical problem challenges you to create shapes and patterns\nwith two different types of triangle. You could even try\nProve that a triangle with sides of length 5, 5 and 6 has the same area as a triangle with sides of length 5, 5 and 8. Find other pairs of non-congruent isosceles triangles which have equal areas.\nJennifer Piggott and Charlie Gilderdale describe a free interactive\ncircular geoboard environment that can lead learners to pose"}
{"text":"Also called ‘Gean’, ‘Mazzard’ or ‘Sweet Cherry’, this tree has a high domed crown and the bark is purplish-grey, smooth and shiny with horizontal peeling in papery strips. The leaves are fairly large and are ovate and pointed, with serrated margins. They are a dull, dark green with 2-5 red glands at the base. It flowers in April and May before the leaves open, and the whole tree is covered in an abundance of large white sprays. The cherries ripen to dark red by August, and are bitter/sweet to the taste, but birds have better access and strip them clean off the tree very quickly. The tree can grow up to 30m (98ft) tall.\nIt grows in woodland margins and clearings, and it is often planted as an ornamental in parks and gardens. A fairly common and widespread native tree, except in northern Scotland and Western Ireland.\nThe timber of the Wild Cherry is hard and strong and a rich red in colour, and is used to make quality furniture and veneers. It is also used in wood-turning.\nAt the base of each leaf on the stalk are tiny red glands which may look like plant galls, but are in fact extrafloral nectaries. These foliar nectaries attract predatory insects who will eat the nectar and plant-eating insects which maybe a threat to the tree. In essence these insects act as the tree’s protectors. Ants are commonly attracted to the sugary secretions of these glands, and these help keep away egg-laying insects as well as larvae which may eat the foliage."}
{"text":"New York based year 1 teacher Hailey Glynn speaks to us about teaching literacy in early years classrooms. She shares lots of tips, particularly sight word games that you can use in your classroom.\nHailey recently wrote a Children's book called 'When Virona the Corona came to town'.\nSo many absolute gems in this episode for all teachers, particularly early years & beginner teachers.\nBuy the book here: https://www.amazon.com/When-Virona-Corona-Came-Town/dp/B088VSTSY3\nHailey's TPT page: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Growing-With-Glynn\nHailey's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/growing_with_glynn/\nHailey's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXPsFOjI368QihDYdzzI1AQ/?guided_help_flow=5"}
{"text":"Description: Learn how to level activities for all skill levels in your classroom! Look at how skills like print awareness, alphabet knowledge, oral language, vocabulary enrichment, phonological awareness, fluency, and comprehension can be enhanced using music, movement, laughter, and participation.\nLiteracy happens when children work with rhyme and rhythm.\nOral language builds a larger vocabulary.\nMusic helps with the storage and retrieval of learned information\nMovement helps children remember\nParticipation invites us to learn more quickly and for a long time\nYou will make things to take back to your classrooms to use now and pep up your centers, while meeting State standards. These activities are easy to learn, quick to do, and inexpensive."}
{"text":"Captain Robert Scott was a loser: the second person to reach the South Pole. In Race to the Pole: Tragedy, Heroism, and Scott's Antarctic Quest, Sir Ranulph Fiennes draws a picture of a smart, ambitious young British naval officer trying to succeed.\nScott wasn't necessarily the kind of man you would think of as an explorer. When chance threw opportunity his way, he approached it with the methodical precision he showed in every other aspect of his life. Scott emerges as a discoverer more along the lines of Lewis and Clark than Christopher Columbus, a role that was taken up by his rival and nemesis, the Norwegian Roald Amundsen. Meticulously researched and detailed, Race to the Pole tells the story of Scott's two journeys into the frozen unknown. The first, from 1902 to 1904, was man's initial scientific foray to the southernmost continent; indeed, it was this voyage that determined that Antarctica was a continent. Fiennes makes it clear that the mission's success was due in large part to Scott's leadership and organization; just surviving temperatures of 30 degrees below zero is achievement enough, much less exploring one's surroundings. Scott's party ultimately ventured some 470 miles north of the pole, and returned to England to great acclaim with a wealth of scientific information. His second journey, while even more successful in knowledge gained, ended tragically for Scott and the four men who accompanied him on his final push for the pole. Ill weather and circumstance killed Scott and his party, who were driven on in part by the subterfuge of Amundsen, when they were only 12 miles from salvation. Years later, some of the surviving crew were bitter about their leader, but using their own diaries and contemporaneous writings, Fiennes makes it clear that this was bitterness brought on by age and regret.\nAs an experienced Antarctic explorer himself, Fiennes is uniquely qualified to counter modern researchers' criticism of Scott and to give a balanced portrait of this long-ignored hero."}
{"text":"Thesis summary writing is probably the easiest task that should be done after a thesis is already completed. The difficulties in making a thesis summary can lie only in the determination of the primarily important information.\nSo, in order to make an excellent summary of your thesis, do the following:\n- Write down all keywords of your project. They will serve you as a foundation. Since you will have to talk about your research done in general, you will have to include all the most important words (key terms) into your theses summary. Thus, the readers will easily get an idea of what your paper is about;\n- Draw a scheme in which the most essential information will be stated. A summary of a thesis should be presented in clearly formulated sentences, but its basis can be built up by means of an outline. Do not use drafts and primary papers. They will only confuse you. Your thesis summary should be made of a new vision of your completed project. So, try to look at it from a new angle in order to make a summary for your thesis;\n- Compose the text of your thesis summary. It is the most difficult task in creating a summary of a thesis. You need to think over each sentence of your theses summary very carefully, since you are preparing a trademark for your project. Make sure that there are no repetitions or tautology and other shortcomings. Try to include 150-300 the most essential words into your thesis summary.\nActually, a thesis summary is similar to an abstract thesis. So, you may use information on a thesis abstract for making your summary of a thesis.\nFollowing the information given will help you create an excellent summary for a Literature, Business studies, Psychology or Finance thesis."}
{"text":"number of Flickr users recognized this device, and one fellow even said he’d tried one out!\nThe thought-provoking image above was just one of the photographs added to our Mystery Photos album in the Library of Congress Flickr account, with the most recent batch all focused on some kind of contraption.\nThe amount of information located for the photo below by our diligent Flickr watchers was astounding, and all backed up with citations, photographs and other sources. We learned about both the man and the scientific gadget depicted, and the photo went from being wholly unidentified to having this detailed caption: [Charles Greeley Abbot, astrophysicist and Secretary of the Smithsonian, with his device: a silver-disc pyrheliometer which measures direct beam solar irradiance]. See the comments to this photo in Flickr.\ndental X-ray machine to determine if a golf ball’s core is centered. The collaborative research by Flickr users included: websites, digitized periodicals and newspapers, other Harris & Ewing photos and even an online auction site. And of course, the starting point was careful study of the photograph and a bit of educated guesswork to get the ball rolling, so to speak!\n- See all 45 photos in the Mystery Photos set in Flickr, which include our first batch of mystery images as well as the latest ones.\n- Revisit the Picture This post introducing the “What’s this Gadget?” set, which included a few mysteries of its own!\n- Explore all of the solved mysteries in the Mystery Photos, and see if you have anything to add!\n- Try your hand at the remaining mysteries under “What’s this Gadget?” and “What’s the Story?”\n- Use the tools in the Researcher’s Toolbox on the Prints and Photographs Division website to learn how to interpret and identify photographs."}
{"text":"Your Pain Is Our Pleasure\n24-Hour Proofreading Service—We proofread your Google Docs or Microsoft Word files. We hate grammatical errors with passion. Learn More\nIs it correct to say “she is in my same school”?\nor fill in the name and email fields below:\nRather not. Better is \"she is in the same school as me\"\nFrom Practical English Usage (Swan):'We normally use the before same ... before a noun we use \"the same as\":\n\"You've got the same idea as me, (NOT ... my same idea)\"\"Her hair's the same colour as her mother's\" '\n\"she is in the same school as me\" may be colloquially accepted, but should be avoided in formal writing.\"She goes to the same school as I do\" and \"She is in the same school as I am\"are grammatically correct and are preferred, to my humble opinion.More grammar-related subject matter is available here: http://gedeasy.com/ged-online-language-classes/\nDo you have a question? Submit your question here\n©2020 CYCLE Interactive, LLC.All Rights Reserved."}
{"text":"Summary: A fascinating new account of art in Greece from c. 800 to 323 bc.\nArchaic and Classical Greek Art is a revolutionary introduction to the images and sculptures of Ancient Greece from the Geometric period to the early Hellenistic. By carefully examining the context in which sculptures and paintings were produced, author Robin Osborne shows how artists responded to the challenges they faced in the formidable and ambitious world of the Greek city-state, produci ...show moreng the rich diversity of forms apparent in Greek art. Artistic developments of the period combined the influences of the symbolism and imagery of eastern Mediterranean art with the explorations of humanity embodied in the narratives of Greek poetry, while drawings and sculptures referred so intimately to the human form as to lead both ancient and modern theorists to talk in terms of the 'mimetic' role of art. Ranging widely over the fields of sculpture, vase painting, and the minor arts, and offering a wide selection of unusual images alongside the familiar masterpieces, this work discusses the changing forms of art, and how art was used to define mens relationships with other men, women, slaves, society, nature, and the gods. ...show less\n22 more offers below."}
{"text":"Go to training host page. You will leave this site.\nThis course is designed to introduce learners to the basic process of conducting a hazard and vulnerability assessment for their community. This course examines the fundamental concepts of hazard identification and vulnerability assessment in determine public health risk for emergency planning purposes.\n- List the hazards which may impact your community\n- Identify specific areas of community vulnerability to specific hazards\n- Describe the process of using hazards identification and vulnerability assessment to determine risk for emergency planning purposes\n- Discuss how models are used in the performance of a hazard and vulnerability assessment"}
{"text":"Who: North and South Vietnam\nWhat: The war was about the south and USA government. It was a Cold War. It started in November 1, 1955-April 30, 1975. Some major events are that the leader Ho Chi Minh declared all out war. The USA was helping the other side of the war. It was a 20 year war. Also no one won and it was the first war that USA lost.\nWhy: because USA was helping the other side."}
{"text":"Communicating In Gloves\nThere seems to be a smartphone app for everything these days, and it seems we can now add interpreting sign language to the list. Bioengineers have designed a glove that transmits what someone is saying with their hands to a smartphone, which then vocalizes the words.\nThe incredible invention works via electrical signals from finger movements, which are picked up by a circuit board. Wirelessly, these signals then travel over to the smartphone, where the app reads them out in real-time.\nKeeping Everyone Connected\nIf this new creation hits the market, it could prove revolutionary for helping deaf people to connect with those around them. The glove means that others don’t need to know sign language; they simply need a smartphone. Given that there are an estimated three billion smartphone users around the world, meeting that criteria won’t be difficult.\nAlthough understanding sign language won’t be necessary to communicate with those wearing the glove, the device could, however, still be educational. The more that people interact with those using it, the likelier they are to start connecting words to specific movements.\nIt’s Not There Yet\nWhile this glove could have a significant impact on the world, we won’t be seeing it in stores just yet. A lot more work is required before it can launch commercially, including increased vocabulary and quicker translation. The app currently translates roughly one word a second, which isn’t quite fast enough for a proper conversation.\nIn a time when we feel separated from others, it’s nice to know that scientists are working on ways to bring us all together again."}
{"text":"Çatalhöyük is a prehistoric site located in central Turkey that dates back to the beginning of the seventh millennium B.C. Çatalhöyük is made of two different mounds— the Neolithic East Mound has been recently dated close to the 7100 B.C., while the Chalcolithic West Mound includes settlements from the early 5600 B.C. circa.\nIn 2015 a joint effort between UC Merced, Stanford University, and Corinth brought Çatalhöyük back to life. The digital simulation of Shrine 10 sequence visualizes building variation of three Neolithic houses—specifically, Mellaart’s Shrine 10.VII, Shrine 10.VIB, and Shrine 10.VIA, that were rebuilt multiple times in the same place (History houses)."}
{"text":"Elon Musk has big plans for Mars.\nThe Space Explorations (SpaceX) founder revealed more of his vision for a future colony on the Red Planet in an appearance at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London on Nov.16 and in an interview with Space.com contributor Rob Coppinger. The colony, which Musk says he would like to be a public-private joint venture (far from alien territory for Musk’s SpaceX) would have up to 80,000 inhabitants. The first group of adventurers would include fewer than 10 people, with each paying $500,000 for the ride on a reusable rocket fueled by liquid oxygen and methane.\nThe first colonists would land with equipment to begin generating crops, leveraging the nitrogen and carbon dioxide in the Martian atmosphere as well as subsurface ice. According to Musk, the venture would require approximately $36 billion in funding.\nThis isn’t the first time Musk has mentioned plans for Mars. In September, during an interview with “CBS This Morning,” Musk said that two years ago he found “the calculations worked out,” leading him to believe that colonizing Mars would be possible. Musk went on to say that he believed it would be possible to terraform Mars, which he then called a “fixer-upper of a planet.”\nIn an August interview with ABC’s Nightline, shortly after NASA’s rover Curiosity landed on Mars, Musk said that he sought to put a human being on Mars in “12 to 15 years.”\n“I’m confident at this point,” the South African entrepreneur said at the time, “it can be done.”\nFor now, SpaceX is shuttling cargo to and from the international space station, the first private company to do so. Spacex has yet, however, to shuttle a human being into outer space and back.\nRead more news and ideas on Innovations:"}
{"text":"Mercury is the least known of the terrestrial planets. Until the recent departure of the \"Messenger\"Mission\" (due to arrive in about 6 years) only one flyby mission (Mariner 10) provided any detailed imagery.\nThe fairly good quality images returned indicate Mercury is more like the Moon than the other planets, but with some interesting differences. Mercury seems to show geomorphic features that can be attributed to \"weathering\" and \"erosion\" by the outflow of solar radiation. In addition, many Mercury surface features appear similar to those of the lunar surface except that they appear to be older. The comparison raises intresting questions regarding lunar history."}
{"text":"- Shop & Kilt Store\n- Scottish Clans & Families\n- Scotland's Story\n- Tracing your Scottish Ancestry\nClan Muir People\nJohn Muir (1838 – 1914)\nBorn in Dunbar, he emigrated to America in 1849 where he became known as a naturalist. He was the first advocate of forest conservation in the United States, and was responsible for establishing Yosemite National Park.\nEdwin Muir (1887 – 1959)\nWell known Scottish poet, born in Orkney."}
{"text":"On a regional level, climate change has serious impacts on the environmental, societal and economic worlds. Hand-in-hand with this will be an inevitable shift in forest site conditions in the next decades with serious implications for sustainable forest management. Climate Change and Temperate Forests discusses regionalized climate change impacts, forest yields, forest diseases, biodiversity, water resources and how to best preserve the multitude of forest goods and services.\nIntroduction: Linkages between forests, sites, climate and management\nPart I: Regionalisation of Climate Change Scenarios\nPart II: Species composition, productivity and matter fluxes of forests under a changing climate\nPart III: Water regime of forested sites: from the stand to the landscape level\nPart IV: Strategies for a sustainable management of temperate forests in response to climate change impacts\nConclusions: Management of Forests and Woodlands in Response to Regional Climate Change Impacts\nThere are currently no reviews for this product. Be the first to review this product!"}
{"text":"According to Survivor Corps, Russia has dropped cluster bombs on civilian areas in the neighboring country of Georgia, killing at least 11 civilians and wounding dozens more. According to Survivor Corps:\nOn August 7, 2008, Russia began an armed offensive against Georgia over South Ossetia, a region long recognized as part of Georgia but home to an ethnic minority with close ties to Russia.\nRussia’s Use of Cluster Munitions is the first known use of the weapon since 2006, when they were used during the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The extremely high number of civilian deaths attributed to cluster munitions in that conflict initiated an international movement to ban cluster munitions, called the Oslo Process.\nCluster munitions are large weapons which are deployed from the air and from the ground and release dozens or hundreds of smaller submunitions. Submunitions released by air-dropped cluster bombs are most often called “bomblets,” while those delivered from the ground by artillery or rockets are usually referred to as “grenades.”\nWhy should we care? Why should we be concerned about cluster bombs? The problems with cluster bombs are many:\nAir-dropped or ground-launched, they cause two major humanitarian problems and risks to civilians. First, their widespread dispersal means they cannot distinguish between military targets and civilians so the humanitarian impact can be extreme, especially when the weapon is used in or near populated areas.\nMany submunitions fail to detonate on impact and become de facto antipersonnel mines killing and maiming people long after the conflict has ended. These duds are more lethal than antipersonnel mines; incidents involving submunition duds are much more likely to cause death than injury.\nLearn more here:"}
{"text":"SHEFFIELD, England, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Stem cells have been used to restore hearing in animals for the first time, a huge step toward treating deafness in humans, British researchers say.\nScientists at the University of Sheffield said hearing partially improved in gerbils when nerves in the ear which pass sounds into the brain were rebuilt using stem cells, the BBC reported Wednesday.\nAchieving the same amount of improvement in people could lift hearing levels from being unable to hear traffic to hearing a conversation, they said, although they caution treating humans with stem cells remains a distant prospect.\nIn some people, profound hearing loss occurs when nerve cells that should pick up electrical signal produced in the ear are damaged.\nThe goal of the University of Sheffield researcher was to replace those nerve cells, called spiral ganglion neurons, in gerbils with new ones created with stem cells.\nThe researchers detected the improvement in the animals' hearing by measuring brainwaves.\nOn average, 45 percent of their hearing range was restored by the end of the study, researchers said."}
{"text":"Experts believe they may have found a way to prevent high risk babies from developing type 1 diabetes.\nThe idea is to train infants’ immune systems by giving them powdered insulin to offer life-long protection.\nInsulin is the hormone that controls blood sugar, which goes awry in diabetes.\nPregnant women visiting maternity clinics in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire are being asked to sign up to the trial.\nParents that take part will be asked to give their children insulin powder daily from the age of about six months until they are three years old.\nThey will have visits from the research team to monitor the child’s health.\nHalf of the study participants will be given the real insulin while half will get a placebo powder containing no drug.\nNeither the researchers nor participants will know which they received until after the trial so as not to bias the results.\nType 1 diabetes\nIt is thought about one in every 100 babies has genes that put them at increased risk of developing type 1, insulin-dependent diabetes.\nExperts say a heel prick blood test that is routinely done on newborns to spot other conditions could also detect these genes.\nThe researchers, from Oxford University, want to screen 30,000 babies in this way to find eligible ones for their trial.\nRead more at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44777939"}
{"text":"About one in 150 people will develop severe illness. Those symptoms include high fever, headaches, neck stiffness, stupor, disoriented, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, vision loss, numbness and paralysis. Meanwhile, up to 20 percent of people who get sick have much milder symptoms. They include fever, headache, body aches, nausea, vomiting, rash or swollen lymph glands. And here's the important fact to prevent panic. Approximately 80 percent of people who are infected, say four out of every five, will not show any symptoms at all."}
{"text":"Also the following facts are found in the elements of the Great Pyramid of Giza.\n1) Two times its base length compared with its height forms a great approximation of number π: 22/7 (Theorems 2 and 4), 2) It forms the golden ratio with Kepler Triangle with all of its sides (Theorem 5 and Image 38), 3) In the King’s Chamber the fact holds that any non-negative integer divisible by 3 can be divided into the legs of right triangle (Key-triangle) with ratio 1 : 2, and when comparing the sum of the shorter leg and the hypotenuse against the longer leg, the result is always the golden ratio (Theorem A and Lemma a), 4) The height of the King’s Chamber forms a great approximation of number √5 (Table 2 and Image 5), and 5) The Pyramid itself matches perfectly with the dimension of the Earth, the Moon and the Sun (Theorem 6 and Image 39).\nModern-day science argues that all of these statements are simply a coincidence and not deliberate. Can we afford this kind of narrow thinking?\n- House of Truth | Totuuden talo (2016). Finnish website. URL: http://houseoftruth.education/fi/opetus/kurssit-ja-luennot/pyha-geometria/pii-ja-kultainen-leikkaus-gizan-suuren-pyramidin-kuninkaan-kammiossa\n- Totuudentalo, Iisakki (former Isa Av'ain). Mona Lisa - Image of God. Createspace, 2016. House of Truth. URL: http://houseoftruth.education/en/teaching/mona-lisa"}
{"text":"A comprehensive understanding of a client’s presenting problems depends on the use of multiple types of assessment models. Each model gathers different information based on theoretical perspective and intent. An assessment that focuses on one area alone not only misses vital information that may be helpful in planning an intervention, but may encourage a biased evaluation that could potentially lead you to an inappropriate intervention. When gathering and reviewing a client’s history, sometimes it is easier to focus on the problems and not the positive attributes of the client. In social work, the use of a strengths perspective requires that a client’s strengths, assets, and resources must be identified and utilized. Further, using an empowerment approach in conjunction with a strengths perspective guides the practitioner to work with the client to identify shared goals. You will be asked to consider these approaches and critically analyze the multidisciplinary team’s response to the program case study of Paula Cortez.\nFor this Assignment, review the program case study of the Cortez family.\nIn a 2- to 4-page paper, complete a comprehensive assessment of Paula Cortez, utilizing two of the assessment models provided in Chapter 5 of the course text."}
{"text":"Global warming is causing widespread glacier retreat, with small glaciers disappearing. We investigate changes in glaciers over the western Lenglongling mountains, located in the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Glacier extent over the western Lenglongling mountains is estimated by comparing digitized glacier outlines obtained from aerial photographs and satellite imagery. These results suggest that all 179 glaciers in the western Lenglongling mountains shrunk between 1972 and 2007. The total area loss was ~24.4 km2, accounting for ~28.3% (0.81% a-1) of the glacierized area in 1972. The average area retreat rates differ over different time intervals: they are approximately 0.68, 0.90, 0.77 and 0.56 km2 a-1 over the periods 1972-95,1995-99,1999-2002 and 2002-07, respectively. Based on analysis of meteorological data, glacier shrinkage in the study area can probably be attributed to the increase in air temperature. Furthermore, the smaller glaciers display a higher shrinkage rate than larger glaciers, and glaciers on southwest-facing slopes appear to retreat faster than those on northeast- facing slopes."}
{"text":"1. locate and evaluate five web sites related to your curriculum project.\n2. For each web site, answer\nthe following questions:\nIdentify the name of the internet site.\nWhat is the web address (uRL) of this internet site?\nWhat \"Rating\" have you assigned this web site? Why?\nWhat are the strengths and weaknesses of this web site?\nIs the information on this site based upon theory/research?\nHow can this site be used by the family life educator?\n3. Attach a copy of the home page for each site visited.\n4. Approximate length: one to one and a half pages per site\n5. To assign a rating to each site, Use the evaluation guidelines at:"}
{"text":"Cart is empty\nDaily Grams Grade 2 Teacher's Edition\nDaily Grams Grade 2 gives your second grade level student an introduction to the understanding of language usage and skills. Concepts are taught in capitalization, punctuation, usage, dictionary skills, sentence combining and more. Please note that although this book has a cover that looks like Easy Grammar, it is set up just like Daily Grams.\n180 short enjoyable lessons.\nThis book contains the answer key and student worksheets and tests.\nNo posts found"}
{"text":"what does lucius perform that helped the plot to unfold\n1 Answer | Add Yours\nIn Act II, scene i, Brutus is found pacing in the garden, troubled by his thoughts of Caesar and the possible ramifications of Caesar's reign, once crowned. It is while Brutus is pacing that Lucius brings Brutus several letters written by contemporaries of Brutus, all urging Brutus to act against Caesar, and to act quickly. These letters, left by Cinna according to the wishes of Cassius, prompt Brutus into agreement with the other conspirators, and Brutus ends up as the leader of the band of plotters. These letters provide the impetuous to finally drive Brutus to action, and to joining the conspirators.\nJoin to answer this question\nJoin a community of thousands of dedicated teachers and students.Join eNotes"}
{"text":"Kevlar is a type of synthetic fiber that is used in the manufacture of tires and other rubber products. It is designed for high-stress applications and has superior resistance to heat and wear. The strength of Kevlar is far greater than any other reinforcing material. Kevlar has also been used for bulletproof vests and in the aerospace industries. Like anything else, it can become damaged and dirty over time. Cleaning Kevlar may be necessary to get it looking brand new once again.\nLay clean towels on a flat surface and set the Kevlar on top. Space out the materials so that nothing is overlapping and the towels are underneath everything.\nWipe down the Kevlar with a clean rag. Dampen the rag and pour a little dish soap on it. The goal is to remove any visible dirt and debris from the surface of the Kevlar. Scrub the entire area and get up what you can. Dry off the Kevlar with another clean rag, making sure to get inside all of the crevices.\nPour an oxygen bleach, such as OxiClean, onto a clean rag and scrub the surface of the Kevlar. This should remove any remaining dirt, grease and debris from the surface. Flip the Kevlar over and clean all the sides. Continue until the surface is completely clean.\nWipe down the area with a damp rag to remove any oxygen bleach residue. Soak up the water with a clean, dry rag until there is no moisture remaining."}
{"text":"Today, we talk about oblique aerial imagery. What are oblique images? When should you shoot oblique images?\nOur caller is wondering about the difference between obliques and orbits. We also point out the difference between nadir and oblique imagery. Do weather conditions affect the quality of your mapping data? Drone U members can learn more about this topic in our Intermediate Mapping class. Thanks to Cord for the question. Fly Safe!\nMake sure to get yourself a Drone U landing pad!\nGet your questions answered: http://askdroneu.com/.\nIf you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us really quick? While you’re there, leave us a 5-star review, if you’re inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832.\nSite – http://thedroneu.com/\nFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/droneu\nInstagram – https://instagram.com/thedroneu/\nTwitter – https://twitter.com/thedroneu\nYouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu\nGet your copy of “Livin’ the Drone Life” – http://amzn.to/2nalUDH\nGet your copy of our Part 107 Study Guide – http://amzn.to/2omQatT\nLearn about our In-Person Mapping Course in Houston – http://bit.ly/HoustonMapping\n- [02:12] Today’s question is about oblique imagery\n- [03:22] Defining oblique imagery\n- [03:49] What is the benefit of using oblique imagery?\n- [04:45] Can weather affect the quality of your mapping data?\n- [05:10] How can Drone U help build up your mapping skills?"}
{"text":"Over the previous couple of decades, software program engineering, and web development have grown exponentially by way of popularity. A computer programming language is a language used to put in writing pc applications , which includes a computer performing some kind of computation 5 or algorithm and presumably management exterior gadgets such as printers , disk drives , robots , 6 and so forth. For example, PostScript programs are incessantly created by one other program to manage a computer printer or show.\nMy technique for finding out the topic is by shopping for a suitable textual content ebook for Basic Programming Ideas , C Language , C++ Language and Java Language which covers your complete syllabus, learn it thoroughly, purchase solved question pepers ebook from Jain Brothers.\nLying between machine languages and excessive-stage languages are languages known as meeting languages Meeting languages are similar to machine languages, however they are much simpler to program in as a result of they permit a programmer to substitute names for numbers.\nThe earliest computers had been often programmed without the help of a programming language, by writing packages in absolute machine language The applications, in decimal or binary kind, have been read in from punched playing cards or magnetic tape or toggled in on switches on the front panel of the pc.\nStatically typed languages might be either manifestly typed or kind-inferred In the first case, the programmer must explicitly write types at certain textual positions (for example, at variable declarations ). In the second case, the compiler infers the varieties of expressions and declarations primarily based on context.…"}
{"text":"Location: Invasive Plant Research Laboratory\nProject Number: 6032-22000-011-58\nStart Date: Oct 22, 2013\nEnd Date: May 06, 2014\nThe methods will follow standard protocols that include foreign surveys for adapted herbivores from Southeast Asia and risk assessment studies of these species to determine their safety in preparation for approval to release from state and federal regulatory agencies. Molecular taxonomy will be undertaken to help identify the origin of the USA populations of the weed. Molecular techniques will also be used to supplement laboratory research to separate closely related species if they occur and to compare the insects found in different locations in Southeast Asia. Field surveys will include monitoring of non-target plant species growing with Rhodomyrtus in the field for any evidence of activity by targeted insects. Because of the relatively widespread occurrence of the plant in Southeast Asia, surveys will cover a range of climatic and site variables. Experienced local botanists and entomologists will be consulted wherever appropriate and identified specimens will be lodged in local collections. Evidence of parasitism of prospective agents will be investigated and this will supplement information on any seasonal variations of herbivore populations observed during regular surveys. Identification of specimens will rely on local specialists as well as group experts in the USA, particularly at the USDA/ARS Systematic Entomology Laboratory (SEL), Beltsville, Maryland."}
{"text":"Because doing physics in space can produce some rarely-seen results, NASA astronaut Don Pettit conducted Space Balloonacy experiments, documented on video while aboard the International Space Station in 2011 and 2012. In this Science Off the Sphere video, he’s popping balloons in microgravity. Space Balloonacy!\nSo here’s the test — think about what you think will happen in this scenario. Will the water stay exactly where it was pre-pop, or will it move? If you think it will move, why would it move?\nThere are Science Off the Sphere videos galore at PhysicsCentral.com.\nvia Mental Floss.\nThis Webby award-winning video collection exists to help teachers, librarians, and families spark kid wonder and curiosity. TKSST features smarter, more meaningful content than what's usually served up by YouTube's algorithms, and amplifies the creators who make that content.\nCurated, kid-friendly, independently-published. Support this mission by becoming a sustaining member today."}
{"text":"This listening resource is based on an animated video clip on the site 1jour1actu.com. It is designed to give AS/A-level students practice with authentic listening on the topic of the resistance during the Second World War. It would make a good introduction to teaching the novel, Un sac de billes, by Joseph Joffo. The questions include vocabulary work, comprehension questions and a summary task. Answers are provided."}
{"text":"Bonds payable are less costly than common stock because the bonds issued by a corporation contain a formal contract to pay the investor a fixed amount of interest every six months and to pay the face or principal amount when the bonds mature. The contract to pay these cash amounts to the investors makes bonds a less risky investment than common stock. Less risk for the investor means the investor will earn a smaller return—and the corporation will have a smaller cost. Some bonds might also provide collateral and some bonds might require that a sinking fund be established to set aside money to pay the bondholders when the bonds come due. These features will further reduce the investor's risk and should further reduce the corporation's cost.\nAnother reason why bonds are less costly than common stock is that the interest paid by the corporation will be deductible on the corporation's income tax return. If a corporation's combined federal and state income tax rate is 35%, then $100,000 of interest expense will save the corporation $35,000 of income taxes. This means that a corporation's ultimate or net cost of a 10% bond is only 6.5%."}
{"text":"Snow realized this presented a natural experiment, which he wrote about in an 1855 paper: “No fewer than three hundred thousand people of both sexes, of every age and occupation, and of every rank and station, from gentle folks down to the very poor, were divided into two groups without their choice, and, in most cases, without their knowledge.” He is effectively describing randomization, a practice crucial to modern epidemiology, but not widely during Snow’s era. He was just clever enough to realize that he could look back at where cholera occurred the last time it came to London, in 1849, and then wait for the disease to strike again. Prior to the change in water supply, people contracted cholera at roughly similar rates no matter where they got their drinks. If fewer people who sourced their water from the Lambeth Company got sick the second time around, that would suggest it was something in the water that made them ill.\nThat’s exactly what happened.\nCholera - Outbreak - August - Snow - Data\nAnother cholera outbreak began in August 1854, and Snow immediately began collecting data. His results showed that folks getting their water from Southwark and Vauxhall, which sourced water from within the city, had a death rate of 315 per 10,000 households. Those with the cleaner Lambeth Company water died at a rate of just 37. The rest of London..."}
{"text":"What do you think of when you hear invasive species? Some folks see in their minds garlic mustard and buckthorn choking their woods. Others conjure up images of lakes clogged with Eurasian milfoil. Still others may imagine gypsy moths or emerald ash borers attacking their trees. All these threats and more face landowners and those who spend time in the outdoors.\nAs a landowner, invasive plants tend to present the most common issues for land management. Some problems have been around for many years, like honeysuckle while others like Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana), Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) and Lesser calandine (Ranunculus ficaria) are just beginning to show up on the landscape.\nRegardless of the threat, prevention is the best strategy for protecting your land. The Wisconsin DNR recommends, “Be careful of materials brought onto your land, especially soil, mulch, compost and plants. They may come with unseen roots, seeds or invasive earthworms.”\nSome folks are really deep into controlling invasive species. Each year the Wisconsin Invasive Species Council recognizes individuals and groups that make significant contributions to finding and getting rid of these problems. The Invader Crusader Awards honor professionals, volunteers and organizations that have made a difference across our state. Find out who is making a difference.\nTo learn more about invasive species in Wisconsin and what you can do to protect your land, keep up regularly with our blog posts, make the Conservation Digest website for conservation management information and check out this article in the Prioritizing Invasive Plants in the current issue of the WDNR Natural Heritage niche magazine."}
{"text":"Benefits and Revenue from the Industry\nThe oil and natural gas industry does more than meet the energy needs of society. It creates opportunity. It generates employment, boosts local businesses, drives crucial research and development, and promotes education and training, while generating and maintaining sustainable infrastructure.\n- More than 5,500 people are directly employed in Atlantic Canada’s offshore oil and natural gas industry (as of year end 2017).\n- Cumulative expenditures by the producing sector in Atlantic Canada from 1996 to 2016 total more than $63 billion.\n- Cumulative royalties paid to the governments of NL and NS from 1996-2016 total $22 billion.\n- The industry supports more than 600 supply and service companies.\nOffshore operators pay royalties and taxes to the provincial government in the province in which they operate. These payments directly support provincial government programs, and contribute to crucial services and infrastructure such as transportation, education and health care.\nIn addition, oil and natural gas activity leads to economic benefits for other industries, such as (but not limited to) construction and retail. Several years ago a study was conducted to better understand the socio-economic benefits of oil and natural gas industry activity in Newfoundland and Labrador. That study found that industry activity resulted in major socio-economic benefits, including significant increases to personal income and labour income, new housing starts in the province, and significant indirect and induced employment.\nOil and natural gas companies also make major investments in research and development, education and training in Atlantic Canada. These investments have helped Atlantic Canada develop an expertise in developments in arctic and harsh environments as well as environment, health and safety in cold-water environments."}
{"text":"Our method is based on the Primary Years Programme (PYP) of the IBO, which stipulates an interdisciplinary and research-based approach to teaching. This approach is supplemented by practical experience and learning through play, in accordance with the Berlin education program.\nOur approach is based on the fact that children absorb knowledge more readily when they have a tangible outcome of their experiments with learning, are active, and are integrated into the learning process. This active research is of course supervised by trained educators in order to ensure that the theory behind the practical experience is communicated in an age and situation-appropriate manner.\nOngoing teacher training, planning relevant trips and partnerships, equipping classrooms with resources for the relevant projects, and integrating offline and online media to supplement project work, are all ways to guarantee that meaningful learning takes place.\nWe draw on the immersion concept when it comes to teaching our languages of instruction, German and English. Each class is taught by native speakers of German and English, who use only their native language to communicate with the students. With this method, the students learn the language through direct immersion and are well-prepared for language demands of the Primary School."}
{"text":"Definitions for join forces\nThis page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word join forces\ncollaborate, join forces, cooperate, get together(verb)\nwork together on a common enterprise of project\n\"The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well\"; \"We joined forces with another research group\"\nThe numerical value of join forces in Chaldean Numerology is: 6\nThe numerical value of join forces in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6\nSample Sentences & Example Usage\nIf we join forces and get active in markets such as Asia or Africa, we can all benefit from our combined strength.\nThis clearly proves that all countries, both developed and developing ones, recognize that they need to join forces to prevent the climate crisis.\nIt's about collaboration, to make the good research and innovations available to the masses, scientists, industry leaders, foundations and the public have to join forces.\nIn recent times, in the face of incursions again and again by strong foes, the Chinese people have never yielded, continuing to join forces, taking up positions as those in front fall, tenaciously struggling, swearing to fight to the end.\nWe decided to join forces early on to make optimum use of our strengths in wind farm design, offshore project management, financing and technology, we have substantial offshore expertise in the North Sea (and) ... managing large projects.\nImages & Illustrations of join forces\nFind a translation for the join forces definition in other languages:\nSelect another language:"}
{"text":"Liatris mucronata blooms between August and December. It grows about two and a half feet tall in prairie or open woodlands. It will tolerate sandy or gravely clay or limestone soils, and it is found throughout Texas.\nNormally, Asteraceae flowers have central disk flowers and ray flowers arranged about the perimeter of the disk. The petals of the ray flowers are the colorful, distinctive portions of the flowers in the sunflower family.\nNarrowleaf Gayfeather is different from its sunflower-like cousins because it produces no ray flowers and only 3-6 disk flowers per flower head. Furthermore, Gayfeather produces its distinctive purple flower heads in a cluster or spike at the end of a long stem.\nIn addition, the flower heads mature at the top of the spike before the lower ones. This can be seen in the closeup of the flower spike above. Notice near the top of the spike, you can see withered flowers projecting from the green stem that joins the compound flower to the spike. You can also see a single floret with four petals open near the top, right of center. The long pink tube extending from the center is the top of the pistil, the female portion of the floret.\nThe flower spike of Gayfeather is reminiscent of the feather plumes used to decorate hats once upon a time; hence the name, Gayfeather. Personally, I think they look like a bottle brush. Their hot pink florets, tall flower spike, and narrow straight edged leaves are the characters that distinguish these plants from other wildflowers. They appear late in the year when everything else has gone brown and add vibrant color to an otherwise dull landscape."}
{"text":"Social policy issues often present themselves initially as something which doesn’t seem fair but, before embarking on work to make changes, it is important to establish that the policy, law, or practice in question\n- affects a substantial number of people,\n- has a disproportionate effect on a small group of people, particularly where they belong to a minority or oppressed group.\nIn addition, the likelihood of a campaign’s success will depend largely on applying the best approach to the problem and ensuring that it is something successfully achieved as a result of campaigning.\nTypes of social policy action\n- bringing issues to the attention of policymakers in government, local authorities, ombudsmen, public bodies, trade bodies, financial institutions and regulators\n- responding to consultation documents\n- lobbying MPs or presenting an e-petition for a House of Commons debate\n- publicising the issue in the national or local media or social media to gather momentum, evidence or support for a campaign\n- provide evidence and/or support to an existing campaign"}
{"text":"How essential is the setting to the short story, \"The Storm\"?\n1 Answer | Add Yours\nKate Chopin's setting of the area around New Orleans, Louisiana, is an area rich in French and Spanish heritage, and Calixta, an Acadian, possesses the strong passions that match the turbulent weather of her environment. In fact, the storm that rises in the sky is a metaphor for the rising passions of the two main characters, Calixta and Monsieur Alcee, two people who have met each other previously. Although their encounter was charged with passion, the gentleman Alcee was forbidden by his honor to \"prevail\" upon her innocence at that time.\nNow, however, caught in the violent storm alone after two years, the violence of their passions--heretofore unrealised--explodes in a maelstrom fo emotion,\nThey did not heed the crashing torrents, and the roar of the elements made her laugh as she lay in his arms. She was a revelation in that dim, mysterious chamber....The generous abundance of her passion, without guile or trickery, was like a white flame which penetrated and found response in depths of his own sensuous nature that had never yet been reached.\nAnd, just as the tempest subsides, Calixta and Alcee are both refreshed as is nature by the rains. Clearly, the passions of the two lovers parallels the turbulent energy of the storm, that rises and ebbs. Indeed, the setting of the tropical environment of Louisiana with its cyclones and tempests is essential for the moments of violent emotions and renewed passions ignited in the lovers.\nJoin to answer this question\nJoin a community of thousands of dedicated teachers and students.Join eNotes"}
{"text":"G is for Garden. Also, g is for garden.\nWe have been working on lowercase letter recognition lately. This weeks letter was “G”. To go along with “G” we talked about gardening. Seeds, plants and growing things. To connect the letter, the sound and theme together we made “G” gardens.\n- Brown Paper\n- Glue Stick\n- Elmer’s glue\n1. Draw a upper and lower case G in block lettering on brown construction.\n2. Cover each letter with glue using a glue stick.\n3. Press soil onto glue in both upper and lower case G’s.\n4. Place dots of school glue sporadically over the dirt.\n5. Place seeds on glue dots to simulate planting seeds in a garden.\nWe talked about “g” words that had to do with gardening, adding the words to the page around the letters as we said them, using both upper case and lower case g’s. This was a great way to talk about seeds and how different seeds grow into different plants. We used bell pepper seeds, pole bean and snap pea seeds, carrot seeds and a few other left over seeds from previous years gardens.\nThis was a great activity that the girls enjoyed and it made “G” and “g” very memorable for the girls.\nBooks we used with our garden theme:"}
{"text":"History of the King James Bible\nAn exciting documentary that unfolds the fascinating \"untold\" history of the Bible, revealing critical information often overlooked in modern histories. Enter into a world of saints and martyrs battling against spies, assassins and wolves in sheep's clothing.\nThroughout the Middle Ages, the Papal Inquisition forbade biblical translation, threatening imprisonment and death to those who disobeyed. Learn the stories of valiant warriors of the faith, such as John Wycliffe, William Tyndale, Martin Luther, the ancient Waldenses, Albigenses and others who hazarded their lives for the sake of sharing the Gospel light with a world drowning in darkness.\nOnce the common people were able to read the Bible, the world was turned upside down through the Protestant Reformation. The Reformers subdued whole kingdoms by preaching the grace of God, and exposing the unbiblical doctrines of Rome. In response, the Vatican would launch a Counter Reformation to destroy the work of the Reformers, including the bibles they produced.\nProduced by Chris Pinto of Adullam Films - A Christian Film Ministry\nRead along while you listen. Click the KJV Online Link above to open a new page\nWilliam Tyndale Movie\nA Lamp in the Dark\nJohn Wycliffe was an English scholastic philosopher, theologian, reformer, seminary professor at Oxford. Wycliffe's followers were known as Lollards."}
{"text":"Video editing lets you explore your creative side in many different ways, but for beginners and outsiders alike, it is an element in the process of filmmaking that is often misunderstood.\nEven with its creative potential, there are certain cuts every editor should be familiar with.\nStandard, L and J cuts are the basics cut in video editing. Jump and montage are used less often, but they are very effective in showing the change in time, place or persons.\nSome cuts like cutaways are very useful in covering problems in your original footage, and serve often as a filler.\n- J-cuts and L-cuts tie scenes together by moving some audio from one shot into the other.\n- Cutaways are used to the viewer understand the characters’ environment or just cover up errors in footage.\n- Cutting on action requires sufficient shot coverage to work with.\n“Whether you’re editing on Premiere, Final Cut Pro X, Resolve, or Avid, editing is littered with important decisions that will benefit your story in significant ways or become a huge detriment.”"}
{"text":"Located in Skåne , the southern tip of Sweden, 26 km across the sea (Öresund) from Copenhagen, Malmö is Sweden's third largest city. Malmo was chartered as a city during the 13th century, at which time the region belonged to Denmark. In 1658 it passed to Sweden. Originally, Malmö's harbor was poor, and the city served mainly as a herring market until 1775, when the port facilities were improved. After 1800, Malmö began to develop as an industrial city.\nMalmö also features many attractions dating back to the Middle Ages. Throughout Skåne there are more than 200 castles and manor houses, many of them open to tourists, and the many inns offer the province´s delectable cuisine.\nOn the whole Malmö is interesting when it comes to architecture. In the culture quarters of S:t Gertrud one finds the oldest half-timbered house in Malmö, \"Thottska huset\" built in 1558, and many other historically interesting buildings. The S:t Petri church from the 13th century in Baltic Gothic style has a retable that is one of the largest ones in Europe."}
{"text":"Today the Virginia Historical Society’s exhibition, An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia, opens to the general public and will run through to the end of the year. I am hoping to make the drive to Richmond to check it out at some point very soon.\nAn American Turning Point is not a top-down study of battles and generals. Instead, the exhibition engages visitors in the experiences of a representative group of individuals and situations to promote an understanding of the wartime experiences of Virginians, and those who served in Virginia, during the war. The stories of the men, women, and children who struggled to survive Virginia’s Civil War can be are found in the fabric of every uniform, the blade of every sword, the handle of every tool, the imagery of every drawing, the words of every letter, and the notes of every song.\nThe exhibit also reflects much broader changes since the Civil War Centennial surrounding how Americans have come to remember their Civil War. I see this exhibit as a crucial link between the work that historians have done over the past few decades and a general public that has shown strong signs of interest in this crucial moment in American history. Why Did the Civil War Happen? is the subject of the introductory video for the VHS exhibit. Enjoy."}
{"text":"Spiritual Chords, as one of its aims, makes deliberate and careful effort to be a guardian and protector of global health and well being, particularly for those who have no access to such facilities in rural and disadvantaged areas.\nIn alignment with the WHO Constitution Spiritual Chords believes that the highest attainable standard of health as a fundamental right of every human being. So generating conditions in which everyone can be as healthy as possible is pivotal to Spiritual Chords efforts in this regard. Such conditions range from ensuring availability of health services, healthy and safe working conditions, adequate housing and nutritious food. It also includes access to timely, acceptable, and affordable health care of appropriate quality.\nIn so doing Spiritual Chords hopes to achieve various outcomes like\nreducing infant mortality and ensure the healthy development of the child;\nimproving environmental hygiene;\ncreating facilities that give people a chance to prevent, treat and control diseases\ncreating conditions to ensure access to health care for all.\nAs such Spiritual Chords global health initiatives include access to safe, clean water, adequate sanitation, an adequate supply of safe food, nutrition and housing, healthy occupational and environmental conditions, and access to health-related education and information.\nCareful consideration is given to making available functioning public health care facilities, goods and services, as well as programmes that are accessible to everyone.\nAll health facilities, goods and services must be respectful of medical ethics and culturally appropriate as well as sensitive to gender and life-cycle requirements and medication and essential drugs must be of good quality"}
{"text":"At the time the Númenóreans returned to Middle-earth in the Second Age, the River Gwathló followed a course through a densely forested landscape. The woodlands along its banks became the chief source of timber for Númenor, and as such the Elvish river-name Gwathló (meaning 'shaded river from the fen') was translated into the Adûnaic language of Númenor as Agathurush. The logging operations of the Númenóreans ultimately resulted in the lands north and south of the river becoming a wide treeless expanse.\nFor acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page.\nWebsite services kindly sponsored by Axiom Software Ltd.\nOriginal content © copyright Mark Fisher 2006. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ."}
{"text":"Help your child feel the joy of connecting books and reading with her own life and interests.\nExperts say that kids today are more anxious than ever. Find out why and what to do if you see signs of anxiety in your child.\nTeaching your child how to maintain the right balance of diet, exercise, and relaxation is the key to her well-being — for life.\nIn trying to boost kids’ self-esteem, we may be tearing it down. Learn how to build a healthy sense of confidence in children.\nUse books and stories to share values with a young child.\nA timeline of what to do, when to do it, and how to pull it off without a hitch!\n\"Learning disability\" can be a scary phrase. Find out the facts about learning disabilities and what it takes to help kids with LDs succeed."}
{"text":"The objective of this course is to build upon the Signals and Systems fundamentals provided in 18-290 to prepare the students for Digital Communications and Digital Signal Processing courses. This course will introduce students to the important concept of signals with randomness, in particular to the representation of noise and processing to suppress noise and to extract information. The topics to be covered in this course include:\nIn addition, there will be four lab projects --- the main goal is to illustrate the role of noise in signals and methods to filter out the noise and/or extract information from noisy signals. The labs will be MATLAB-based and will take advantage of the MATLAB toolboxes and demos. Each project will be a 3-week project and students will be expected to turn in working MATLAB code as well as a report that summarizes their experiments, results and conclusions. Some initial project topics are the following, even though this list is expected to evolve."}
{"text":"Multiple studies have been conducted in the last decade to compile more research on the effects of music on the brain. One study, conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD in 2008 found that the brains of musicians interrupt music and language similarly.\nThe study recruited jazz piano players aged 25 to 26 to spend 10 minutes in an MRI machine while improvising a piece of music with other musicians in the room outside of the MRI in a process called “trading fours.” Each exchange of music involves the musicians responding. The piano players were given a plastic keyboard to play inside the MRI machine. A mirror was placed inside the machine so the player could view their finger placement on the keys.\nAnalyzing the results of the MRI scans, researchers found- while improvising – the areas of the musicians’ brains linked to syntax and language processing were activated. These areas are called “the inferior frontal gyrus” and “the posterior superior temporal gyrus” became deactivated during the improvisation sessions.\nThese findings suggest that the regions of the brain that process syntax are not limited to spoken word language.\n“We’ve shown in this study that there is a fundamental difference between how meaning is processed by the brain for music and language,” says Dr. Charles Limb, senior study author and a fellow musician. “Specifically, it’s syntactic and not semantic processing that is key to this type of musical communication. Meanwhile, conventional notions of semantics may not apply to musical processing by the brain.”\nSimilar studies have found that music has various effects on the brains of non-musicians as well. A 2013 study used MRI to scan the brains of participants as they listened to different genres of music. The study found that music is processed as a “special kind of language, one that works on our emotions rather than our reason”, and that each genre produced different reactions in the brain."}
{"text":"to woody plants include trees, shrubs and bushes.Trees have a well-developed main trunk covered with wood.At a considerable distance from the surface of the branches of the stem is formed krona, which allows the tree to capture light effectively.We are the main trunk of dormant buds, which can be formed from the trunks in the event of major damage.The life expectancy of some trees can reach a thousand years, and its height - one hundred meters.\ndistinctive feature of shrubs - the presence of several woody stems.In the first years of life there is still a main trunk, but when activated dormant buds.Lifespan shrub rarely reaches a hundred years, averaging around 15. shrubs main axis almost not expressed, it is replaced by lateral axes.The result is a set of bra\nnching skeletal axes.During the life of the plant, these axes are constantly replaced.The height of shrubs reach a maximum of half a meter, life expectancy - 10 years.\npoludrevesnyh Among the plants can be distinguished shrubs and shrubs.Its characteristics are close to those woody plants, but a large part of the shoot is grass, and then dies.The result is a woody skeleton which acquires new shoots.Poludrevesnye grow mainly in arid areas.\nherbs are ground and water.To include terrestrial and polycarpic monocarpic grass.Polycarpic perennial grasses, in their bodies, or the stem roots have specialized kidneys.From these buds the formation of new shoots, life of not less than one year.Polycarpic grass can bloom repeatedly, unlike monocarpic.Monocarpic are perennial, but after flowering and fruiting die.They lack the ability to renewal.\nBy Water grasses are amphibians, floating and underwater grass.Amphibians are able to form and ground, and the aqueous form.They often have a mix of land and water bodies.They can exist comfortably in marshland and transfer brief drought.Floating and underwater grasses grow only in water.They attach to the bottom, positioned freely in the interior or on the surface of water."}
{"text":"The World Trade Organisation (2 Parts)\nThe World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organisation dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world's trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters and importers conduct their business. The top most decision-making body of the WTO is the Ministerial Conference. which has to meet at least every two years. It brings together all members of the WTO, all of which are countries or customs unions. The Ministerial Conference can take decisions on all matters under any of the multillateral trade agreements. The Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference was held in Hong Kong, China, 13-18 December 2005. In general, Ministerial Conferences are the WTO's highest decision-making body, providing political direction for the organisation. This book is covering all the Ministerial Conferences since initiation of WTO. In the first volume of book it has 5 chapters: WTO AN Introduction, Benefit of WTO System, WTO Policies. Multi-lateral Trading System and WTO Members and their Trade Policies. In the second volume we have covered all the Ministerial Conferences; Seattle, Singapore, 9-13 December 1996, Geneva, 18-20 May 1998, November 30-December 3, 1999, Doha, 9-13 November 2001, Cancun, 10-14 September 2003, Hong Kong, 13-18 December 2005.\nGuaranteed Safe Checkout"}
{"text":"We have been learning a lot about electricity and the role it has to play in our lives.\nFor this week, we'd like you to have a go at the worksheet on circuits. The answer sheet is also part of the .pdf so be careful not to look at that before you have a go at the sheet! If you have circuit resources at home, that's great, but if you don't, you'll have to try and remember what we did in school a few weeks ago when we built our circuits.\nWhen you've finished that, we'd like you to read through the powerpoint about 'insulators and conductors' of electricity. Perhaps you can do some online or book-based research to answer the following questions into your home learning books:\nOL: I know the difference between an insulator and a conductor and can give examples of these\n- I have read through the powerpoint\n- I have jotted notes\n- I have researched using key words e.g. insulators and conductors year 4/insulators and conductors KS2\n1. How does electricity flow around a circuit?\n2. What is a 'conductor'?\n3. What is an 'insulator'?\n4. What materials make good conductors?\n5. What materials are insulators?\n6. What materials, found in your house, could you use as a conductor? An insulator?"}
{"text":"The late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who practiced falconry from a young age, was a tremendous proponent of the sport of falconry and supported its conservation. He embodied the values of falconry, and practise the sport often. He launched many initiatives to promote the sport, including a falcon release programme and the Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital, which has become the largest falcon hospital in the world.\nTraining involves teaching the falcon to swoop down and attack a feathered training decoy that is tied to a string and controlled by the trainer. As the bird swoops to catch the decoy, the trainer pulls it away. Done time and again, the bird learns to make repeated attempts until it catches its target.\nWhen the bird is ready for live practice, pigeons are used to complete the training.\nBoth the training process and the sport of hunting requires patience and an understanding of the falconer’s bird. This builds a unique bond and special language between falcon and falconer, and helps teach the important values associated with the sport.\nFalconers use special handmade equipment, including a leather hood to cover the head and eyes of the falcon when it is not flying. A wooden stand used as a perch for the bird is comprised of a wide flat top attached to stick that can easily be stuck into sand.\nA leather forearm guard is worn by the falconer as a perch for the bird between hunting and training flights.\nToday, an essential piece of equipment is the GPS beacon attached to the bird’s leg. This is important, not only because of the bond between falconer and bird, but also because these birds can be quite valuable, with certain birds worth more than AED 73,500 (US$ 20,000)\nCelebrating the Sport\nThe sport of falconry is celebrated across the UAE, with falconry demonstrations having a major role in UAE National Day celebrations and other holidays and heritage events. Falconry also is reflected in literature and music, with the sport and the bird celebrated in poetry, song and stories."}
{"text":"Short & Simple Example Sentence For Pagers | Pagers Sentence\nHow To Use Pagers In A Sentence?\n- In the early years of pagers and beepers, dope dealers were so enthralled this technology that owing a beeper was practically prima facie evidence of cocaine dealing.\nDefinition of Pagers\nplural of pager\nWhat other website visitors are viewing?\nAlso learn how to use these words in a sentence\nOn this page we are showing correct ways to write\nPagers in a sentence\nsentence with Pagers\nPagers used in a sentence\nPagers make sentence\nmake sentence with Pagers\nmake sentence of Pagers\nPagers sentence in english"}
{"text":"It was dark. Laura put on her shawl. Laura went to the door. The night air was cool.\nThe stars were still bright. She looked over her shoulder. The soldiers were asleep near the fire. They would sleep until dawn.\nLaura smiled. Her husband, James, would tell them she had to go. Her brother was sick. She had to help him. Maybe one of her brother's sons could help her with something she had to do.\nShe walked out the door. Then she closed it softly. The crickets did not stop singing when she passed.\nShe had not gone far when she was stopped. An American sentry spoke to her. He wanted to know where she was going.\nLaura told him she had to see her sick brother. He let her go on.\nShe got to her brother's home. The stars were fading. The sun was coming up.\nHer brother, Charles, was awake. Laura was glad to see him. She told him her story.\nThree American officers had eaten supper at her home. After the meal they talked. There was going to be a battle. They would fight the British soldiers at Beaver Dams.\n\"Someone must warn them!\" said Laura.\n\"I am not well, Laura,\" said Charles, \"I cannot go. My sons are not here either.\"\nLaura sighed. She would have to go herself. There was no other choice.\nSentries would be posted on roads in the way. Laura knew they would stop her. She would have to walk across the countryside.\nLaura was afraid, but she was brave. First she had to cross many fields. Then she had to go through the Black Swamp. She lost her shoes there. She had to walk through with bare feet. The mud oozed between her toes. She had to watch out for rattlesnakes, wolves, and hostile Indians.Paragraphs 15 to 26:\nFor the complete story with questions: click here for printable"}
{"text":"Sports for children help bring health, but not all children grow up in a professional sports environment. Help your child discover the right sport as well as training venue.\nWant to give your child a healthy start to life? Consider sports for children and other child-friendly physical activities. With your encouragement and support, it is possible that some sports will inspire children. Light up a passion for fire by talking to your children about sports events and sharing your passion for sports with your child.\nYour child may show an interest in a sport or activity. Start there, be aware of your child’s age, maturity and ability.\nAge from 2 to 5\nPreschool children and toddlers have mastered many basic movements but they are too small for most organized sports. Babies who participate in these sports do not gain any long-term benefits in their ability to play sports in the future. At this age, free unstructured sports are often the best, try:\n- Throw the ball\n- Shoot the ball\nAge from 6 to 9\nAs children get older, their vision, attention focus and transition skills such as throwing in the distance are improved. They also have the ability to follow better instructions. Consider organized sports such as:\n- T-ball, softball or baseball\n- Martial arts\nCarefully monitor strength training if you start practicing at ages 7 to 8 with motivated young children. Focus on precise techniques and proper movement.\nAge from 10 to 12\nAt this age, children have a more mature look and are able to understand and remember strategies in sports. Children are often ready to practice complex sports such as football, baseball, hockey and basketball. Keep in mind that growth due to puberty can temporarily affect your child’s ability to coordinate and balance.\nNo matter what kind of sport your child participates in, make sure they are technically appropriate and motivated. Sports coaches and experts like golf and tennis can be good instructors."}
{"text":"Abstract: This paper builds on work presented at PPIG 2021, “Visualising Bayesian Probability in the Kalahari” (Blackwell et al., 2021). Here, we describe a proposed interface for visualising Bayesian probability in a non-Western educational setting—in this case, a school in Nigeria. We evaluate the approach in a school workshop combining didactic and discovery methods of learning. The results offer insights for future curricula in high-school level probability, as well as an agenda for Computer Science education research, exploring how a programming perspective (through model building) might improve reasoning and intuition about probability.\nPPIG 2022 - 33rd Annual Workshop\nInteractive Bayesian Probability for Learning in Diverse Populations"}
{"text":"Keywords: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PAH, solid waste landfill, Jordan, leachate, sediment, groundwater, top soil, waste management, environmental impact, solid waste burning, pollution\nPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in top soil, leachate and groundwater from Ruseifa solid waste landfill, Jordan\nThe distribution profiles and pathways of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in the surroundings of Ruseifa landfill area in Jordan were investigated for surface sediments, leachate, and groundwater. The total concentration of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediments ranged from 286 to 1704 ppm with an average value of 751 ppm. Meanwhile, concentrations of PAH in groundwater ranged between 7.1 and 12.6 ppm with an average value of 9.1 ppm. The PAH in leachate varied between 0.10 and 0.40 with an average value of 0.29 ppm. The overall PAH distribution profiles appeared to be similar for leachate and groundwater dominated by 2–3 rings system molecules. While, the sediments profile was dominated by 4–6 rings system molecules which indicated the loss of low molecular weight compounds of PAH and accumulation of higher molecular weight of PAH under prevailing semiarid and hot climatic conditions."}
{"text":"…is a nightmare for California’s middle class:\nUnfortunately, California environmentalists are trying to turn much of the Central Valley’s farmland back into desert too. Thanks to the Endangered Species Act, federal courts have ordered farmers to divert hundreds of billions of gallons of water away from crops and into the Sacramento River, where it is supposed to help revive the delta smelt.\nThe diverted water has not helped the smelt much, but it has turned hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland fallow and sent unemployment in some farming communities as high as 40 percent.\nCalifornia could solve this problem by building more dams, thus adding water capacity. But the state hasn’t built a major new dam since 1979 and none is on the drawing board.\nOne reason is the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970. Modeled after the federal National Environmental Policy Act, CEQA was intended to make infrastructure planning easier. As the accompanying chart shows, it is anything but an easy law to follow. Unlike most state environmental planning laws, CEQA allows plaintiffs to recover attorney’s fees from defendant infrastructure developers (whether they be state, city or private actors).\nThis has created an entire environmental lawsuit industry — a very profitable one that chills development. According to the California Chamber of Commerce, CEQA has become “a morass of uncertainty for project proponents and agencies alike.”\nLocal government smart-growth plans have made it next to impossible for developers to build single-family homes near job centers such as the Bay Area or Los Angeles. As a result, real estate prices along California’s coast are among the highest in the nation, forcing many middle-class families to downsize or move elsewhere.\nBut the moron voters keep reelecting these people."}
{"text":"Family: ELEOTRIDAE, Gudgeons, Sleepers\nSleepers are small to medium sized fishes (most < 20 cm, maximum ~ 60 cm) that are close relatives of gobies (Gobiidae), that have an elongate, stout body; a short broad head; snout blunt; gill membranes broadly joined to throat, with 6 rays; mouth oblique, large, opens at front or up; teeth small conical, in several rows on jaws; two separate dorsal fins, VI-VII weak spines + I, 6-12, base of 2nd dorsal < distance from the end of that base to tail fin; anal fin origin behind origin of 2nd dorsal fin, I, 6-12; pelvics I, 5, long, completely separated, bases close together or united; scales large, smooth to rough, head scaled; no lateral line, but canals and pores on head.\nWorldwide there is about 164 species of sleepers in 36 genera, most of which are found in the Indo-Pacific region. In our region there are 8 species (1 endemic, 1 SW Atlantic and 6 W Atlantic) from 6 genera that commonly occur in estuarine or marine habitats.\nPREPARED BY D ROSS ROBERTSON, AFTER MURDY (2002)"}
{"text":"What is self-harming? Self-harming is anything you do to hurt yourself. Self-harming can be done by cutting yourself, by burning yourself, or by hitting yourself. Self-harming can be a way of coping with problems. Those who self-harm tend to experience difficulty expressing the emotions surrounding conflict. Many self-harmers report that cutting provides a relief. It helps to express the feelings one can’t voice. It is a way to release emotional pain and a distraction from overwhelming emotions. Cutters report that cutting makes you feel alive, or simply feel something instead of feeling numb.\nSelf-harming is more common than many people know. More recent studies suggest that as many as one in five girls between 10 and 18 years of age are now cutting themselves with razor blades or burning themselves with matches. More often it is girls who are harming themselves and not boys.\nHere are examples of how many girls self-harm.\nSwallowing poisonous substances or inappropriate objects\nMost girls/young women who self-harm are not suicidal and they don’t want anyone to discover their harming behaviors.\nSigns of self-harming to look for:\nSelf-harmers usually do not want to die. They are trying to cope with their pain. However, self-harming can become addictive, and in the long-term people who self-harm have a much higher risk of suicide. This is why it is so important to seek help for the self-harming person as soon as possible."}
{"text":"A train passes an old Santa Fe caboose during a long exposure made in the Mojave Desert town of Boron on a very cold night in November, 2010. The neighborhood dogs were barking, and the moon loomed large in the sky as we got out of the car. Conditions looked great for shooting this lonely red caboose with a long stretch of desert in the background. The only thing that would make the shot better would be if a train came by — and before we could even get our tripods setup, a slow moving train rumbled and clanked through the desert night.\nFour exposures of 4 minutes at f/8, ISO 200 were combined for the first version of the image. The foreground is from the first exposure, and the sky contains all four exposures for 16 minute star trails. This split exposure for the sky and foreground was accomplished using a simple layer mask in Photoshop. Theoretically the same effect could have be accomplished in camera by physically masking the bottom of the lens after the first train passed. That would certainly be a difficult task, though!\nThe alternate version of the image is composed of five 4 minute images and includes a second train heading the other direction. This version has no masking and is exactly what the camera would have seen had I opened the shutter for a single 20 minute exposure. The five exposure stacking technique was used to avoid using in-camera noise reduction, which improves productivity and saves batteries. Using multiple exposures also gave me a wide range of variations in light patterns from the passing trains, depending on how many exposures were combined together.\nWhich one do you like better?"}
{"text":"Grinding steel balls can generally be divided into ball-shaped ball-grinding balls, forged steel balls, and cast steel balls during the production process. However, the current use of nodular cast iron balls is extremely small, and the use of cast balls and forgings in grinding balls is more common.\nGrinding steel balls are heated by direct high temperature and then forged by air hammers. After simple heat treatment, the content of chromium is 0.1% to 0.5%, carbon content is less than 1.0%, and after high temperature forging, The surface hardness (HRC) can reach ≥ 56 or more, but due to poor material harden ability, hardened layer is only about 15mm,Therefore, the hardness of the core is generally only 30 degrees, and the greater the ball diameter, the worse the harden ability. Therefore, forged steel balls are quenched under normal conditions.\nAs for the abrasion resistance of the grinding steel balls, the high chromium balls quenched and tempered (HRC ≥ 60) have higher hardness and more than 2.5 times the wear resistance of forged steel balls. By comparison, the obvious advantages of a cast ball compared to a forged ball can be seen.\nWith the pace of mining, wear-resistant steel ball also needs further follow-up, ore crushing is increasingly demanding for wear-resistant steel ball. The domestic wear-resistant steel ball has better quality and more technical guarantees, so that it can win the competition with foreign mining machinery manufacturers. Thus prospering the country's mining industry, the grinding steel ball manufacturers have a better development.\nGrinding steel ball in the process of selection will be effective according to the size of the ball mill, ore hardness, the ball of the ball mill, ball mill hardness (mass), ball mill speed and other factors to determine."}
{"text":"Cultural principle in Japan, the Hansei are times of reflections on the activities that have just been conducted, this to avoid making the same mistakes.\nLiterally translated as ” Self-Reflection “, the Hansei 反省 ron the principles of learning. Anchored in the Japanese culture, these are sessions (Hansei-Kai) organized so that the staff can make a return of experiences on the activities, projects … which have just been carried out.\nThe Hansei is based on a culture of humility, very strong in Japan. It is a process of observation and acceptance of mistakes. The goal is not to judge and blame but to make sure the mistake does not happen again.\nAs part of a learning enterprise approach, the implementation of this concept is based on sessions organized as follows :\n- The individual is able to see the problem (Do not see it is a problem). He exposes it in a humble way by acknowledging his mistake and taking responsibility for it.\n- It details the problem by describing the difference between the desired and actual situation, and identifies its origin.\n- In groups, we identify a plan of improvements and the individual must commit to the realization of it.\n“The Hansei is more than just a reflection. It’s about being honest with one’s weaknesses. If you see your strengths, you are a boaster, if you recognize your weaknesses, you have a high level of strength” – J. Liker.\nThe Hansei, a real culture\nTo show how deeply rooted this concept is in culture, even children practice it. When children do something wrong and get scolded, they are told “Hansei Shinasai” 反省しなさい which means “ makes a Hansei“.\nThey must take responsibility for what they have just done and not do it again."}
{"text":"The common plans among trees are—inflexed: blade folded crosswise, thus bringing it upon the footstalk.\nThis seems to obtain particularly in Coleoptera; but in some, as Mylabris, it is inflexed, forming an acute angle with it.\nThe inflexed accessory margin observable underneath in many Elytra, which covers the sides of the alitrunk and abdomen.\nIn the Tulip-tree, it is also inflexed, the blade bent forwards on the petiole.\nHe was soon within the sac, and the inflexed wings of the margin had closed above him, as shown in section, Fig. 17.\nStamens 5, included; filaments slender; anthers arrow-shaped, with an inflexed tip.\nThe inflexed or inferior lateral margin of the Prothorax, separated in many genera from the Antepectus by a suture.\nStamens 5, opposite the petals; filaments distinct, inflexed in the bud, enlarged at the apex.\nThe leaves are conduplicate, as in Magnolia, and have the blade bent inwards on the petiole (inflexed).\nPileoli innumerable, inflexed and appressed, plicate, brown."}
{"text":"In Luke 13:1-9, we are confronted with the issue of self-righteous anger. Against the backdrop of Pilate’s killing of the Galileans in the Temple and the disaster with the tower of Siloam, Jesus points us to the fig tree and brings us down to earth with talk of fertilizer and fruit-bearing.\nLuke 13:1-9, NRSV\n1At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? 3No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did. 4Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them—do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish just as they did.”\n6Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. 7So he said to the gardener, ‘See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil?’ 8He replied, ‘Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it. 9If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”"}
{"text":"Leg yielding is used by nearly every trainer that I have had the fortune to work with or listen to. One or two of the older German trainers have not included it in their training otherwise we will find it commonly practised in walk trot and canter.\nMany horses do well if we spend time in walk at the beginning of our work. Walking on each rein on an easy contact so that they can relax.\nParallel leg yields on a circle help to relax the jaw, and leg yields that move towards and away from the centre line, encourage a steady contact on the outside rein.\nUnderstanding how the rein aids work for us is important. The outside rein controls the height of the outer ear, and the inner rein dictates the bend. If you do not maintain the outer rein, you cannot control the bend with your inside rein.\nIn training, it is the right rein that straightens the horse, and the left rein must supple the horse. To make the horse safer on the rein, lower the neck.\nRide a small circle in the middle of the arena and keeping the bend and circle shape, move sideways and forward to the outer circle, arriving parallel to the original circle.\nRide on the 5 metre line and leg yield back to the track, remembering to travel sideways and forward in a good rhythm. Repeat moving from the 5 metre line towards the centre line always staying parallel. In this exercise you should be able to bend the horse ways."}
{"text":"Stay Up to Date\nReceive Bicycle Friendly America news delivered straight to your inbox every other week.\nIn a federal void, the need for local solutions\nThe context that framed our Advocacy Advance report on bicycling and Climate Action Plans (PDF) was that strong federal action on climate change was not forthcoming and, as a result, states, cities, and universities were left to take action to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. The logical extension of that was that bicycling advocates would need to work with their own states, cities, and campuses to position bicycling as part of the solution. The report recommended providing funding and bicycle-friendly policies to make it easier to replace car trips with clean trips.\nSome people may wonder why local action is needed. Why can't the federal government act? After all, to be effective, action needs to be coordinated and comprehensive. For those interested in the messy details of legislative sausage-making and why the negotiations over the once-promising \"tri-partisan\" energy bill proposed by Senators Kerry (D), Lieberman (I), and Graham (R) collapsed, the New Yorker has a published a thorough chronicle of the process. Like most New Yorker articles, this one's a long one, so get comfortable."}
{"text":"If any resident of New Jersey is ever bitten by an animal, domesticated or otherwise, it’s likely a good idea to seek medical attention immediately to prevent disease or infection. Some animal bites may require more concern than others, however, due to the potential diseases carried by the animal or the risk of infection.\nConsumer Affairs ran an article claiming that cat bites are more dangerous than dog bites. They quoted a study done by Mayo Clinic which showed that every one in three cat bite victims needed to be hospitalized with varying degrees of urgency. Cat bites are thought to be more dangerous than dog bites not necessarily because of the bacteria in their mouths, but because of their teeth. Unlike dog bites, which tend to scrape the skin and leave a more artificial wound, cat teeth can puncture deeply into the flesh and “inject” bacteria in.\nHowever, the World Health Organization (WHO) points out that dog bites occur more frequently, adding up to tens of millions of yearly injuries in the United States alone. Between 76 percent and 94 percent of animal bite injuries are attributed to dogs. While the potential for rabies is a risk for both cats and dogs, it’s also more commonly associated with dogs. However, rabies vaccinations should be administered and the animal in question should be tested for rabies in either case.\nDomestic animal bites can be incredibly dangerous. Even if these animals are tame and non-venomous, the infections that occur after being bitten can wreak havoc if left unchecked."}
{"text":"Psoriasis is a chronic disorder causing red, scaly patches on the skin. It usually occurs on the limbs, trunk, and scalp but can show up on other parts of the body as well. It is not contagious but it can flare up causing the symptoms to get worse. The rash associated with psoriasis goes through cycles of improvement before it gets worse. Psoriasis is usually the result of a problem with the immune system. It is most likely to occur in members of the same family. At times, psoriasis can be disfiguring, uncomfortable, and even painful.\nSymptoms of psoriasis appear as red, thickened areas of the skin with silvery scales. It most often appears on the scalp, elbows, knees, legs, arms, genitals, nails, palms, and lower back. The skin usually replaces itself after about a month. When psoriasis is present, the process speeds up and the skin is replaced in 3-4 days causing the skin cells to multiply quickly and accumulate on the surface in silvery scales. Psoriasis comes in many forms. Each differs in severity, duration, location, shape, and pattern of the scales. The most common form, called plaque psoriasis, begins with little red bumps. Gradually these become larger, and scales form.\nUnfortunately, there is no cure for psoriasis but there are many different psoriasis treatments available that can clear the symptoms and bring relief. Your doctor may prescribe medications applied directly to the skin. These contain cortisone compounds, synthetic vitamin D analogs, retinoids, tar, or anthralin used to ease the discomfort caused by the skin patches. Other types of treatment include coal tar, Goeckerman treatment, light therapy, ultraviolet light B (UVB), PUVA, methotrexate, cyclosporine, and biologic agents. Controlling triggers that bring on bouts of psoriasis, such as stress, and taking care of your skin will help keep symptoms in control. The goal is to reduce inflammation and to control shedding of the skin. Moisturizing creams and lotions loosen scales and help control itching."}
{"text":"Remove All Display Ads\nDefinition of stainingp. pr. & vb. n. - of Stain\nThe word \"staining\" uses 8 letters: A G I I N N S T.\nDirect anagrams of staining: sainting\nWords formed by adding one letter before or after staining (in bold), or to agiinnst in any order:k - antikings p - paintings r - straining trainings t - instating u - sinuating\nList all words starting with staining, words containing staining or words ending with staining\nAll words formed from staining by changing one letter\nOther words with the same letter pairs: st ta ai in ni in ng\nBrowse words starting with staining by next letter\nPrevious word in list: stainers\nNext word in list: stainless\nSome random words: otic\nThis is not a dictionary, it's a word game wordfinder.\n- Help and FAQ - Examples - Home\nMoreWords.com - V - e2k - 15.246mS"}
{"text":"James Joyce: Introduzione a dubliner e analisi the dead (2 pagine formato doc)\nHe was born in Dublin in 1882.he belong to the middle cattolic irish family.in 1888 he was sent to an jesuit school.the jesuite were the responsible for all his education even at university.he was a supporter of irish indipendence from Great Britain,like his father that was a supporter of Parner,the Protestant leader that wanted the autonomy of Irleand.when Parnell Died his father lost interest in the National politics.in 1898 he enterd the uninversity and he started to study modern languages.in 1902 he left the irleand for the first time,and he went to Paris.when his mother died he returned to Irleand and he started drinking and living in poverty,asking help to his friends.in 1904 he met Nora Barnacle,with her he made a loto of travel in Europe.he moved first in Croatia and after in Italy.he met Italo Svevo\nin Trieste,and he worked in a bank in Rome.\nin 1914 he published The Dubliners that was approchated by the critics.after he made his other works like Ulisses and the Portais of the artist as a young man.he died in Zurigo in 1941\nWe can divided his works in two periods.\nThe first-(realism)in which the technique is realistic,the plot various and rich in details,the syntax is logical and the language reflect the everyday speech. The most important works of this period is The Dubliners\nThe dubliners-15 stories divided in five section that rappresented the stages of the human life\n-Childhood/Adolescence/maturity/public life/the epilogue\nThe story is settled in Dublin the city that he considered paralaized,not opened to the world,for this reason he left this city."}
{"text":"Comprehensive DescriptionRead full entry\nGeneral DescriptionFemales of the subgenus Fervidobombus have ocelli onthe supraorbital line, and first flagellomere that are shorter than the second and third flagellomeres combined; males have can be distinguished by first flagellomere that are shorter than the third flagellomere and apically turned penis valves (Thorp et al. 1983). Bombus fervidus males have dorsal abdominal segments 1-5 covered with yellow pile with segment 6 covered with black pile; females have dorsal abdominal segments 1-4 covered with yellow pile while segments 5 and 6 have black pile (Franklin 1912). Female wings are darker stained than males; the malar space of both sexes is one-third the length of the eye (Franklin 1912). Bombus fervidus is easily confused with B. californicus, but can be distinguished by yellow pile on the scutellum, thoracic pleura, and metasomaltergites 1-3, while B. californicus has black pile in these areas (Thorp et al. 1983). Franklin (1912) gives the following morphological indices for castes of B. fervidus. Queens range in length from 15 mm to 21 mm; wing spread from 37 mm to 41 mm; and width of second abdominal segment from 8.5 mm to 10.5 mm. Workers vary in length from 8 mm to 15 mm; wing spread from 17 mm to 35 mm; and width of second abdominal segment from 3.5 mm to 8 mm. Length of males ranges from 10 mm to 16 mm; wing spread from 25 mm to 33 mm; and width of second abdominal segment from 6 mm to 8 mm."}
{"text":"The Syrian uprising in the spring of 2011 almost morphed into a full-fledged war in the summer of 2013, threatening to draw in the major countries and compelling them to choose sides. As the refugees fled Syria in waves into the neighbouring countries, majority of them found their way to the camps set up in the border town of Mafraq in Jordan. Some, however, came earlier and spread out in the city and the focus of this article is on a handful of families and sixty children that sought a different life.\nThe data from the UNHCR in the June 2014 report on refugees revealed that organisations are looking at innovative ways to provide education to the ‘No Lost Generation’ of two million Syrian refugee children displaced within and around the neighbouring countries due to the Syrian war. Concurrent with this research, a programme was designed and developed for 60 Syrian refugee children (aged 3-10), to provide routine and consistent intervention, using flexible and open learning material, to engage them with media and technology, in a safe learning environment. Although influencing and limiting factors like finance, time, space, resources, weather, political upheaval and language were definitely barriers, a team of eight volunteers (Jordanian and international), met every Saturday to deliver an innovative and contextualized curriculum with perseverance and enthusiasm.\nThis unique programme was used gleaned upon for a case study and a vignette of it was co-authored with Niki Davis for UNESCO Institute of Statistics.\nChowfin, A., & Davis, N. (2015). Saturday programme for out of school refugee children 30 minutes from the border and war zone. In P. Twining, Davis, N.E. & Charania, A. (Ed.), Developing New Indicators To Describe Digital Technology Infrastructure In Primary And Secondary Education (pp. 74-79). Montreal,CA: UNESCO Institute for Statistics."}
{"text":"By: Henry james (1843-1916)\nRich and beautiful American girls heading to England to find themselves noble titles through marriage, and using their New World wealth to prop up the waning strength of the aristocracy, was almost a staple of late Victorian literature. \"The Buccaneers,\" Edith Wharton called them, and their day is not over yet (think of Downton Abbey's Earl of Grantham, and his American heiress countess). In Lady Barbarina, however, Henry James explores the obverse of this old tale: what if the wealth is in the hands of an American man, in love with the beautiful daughter of an old and titled (but no longer so very rich) family? Legal marital settlements, common in England, less so in America, can be a problem. Think of them as the Victorian equivalent of modern pre-nuptial contracts, introducing a note, not of suspicion perhaps, but of cautious prudence in what otherwise might be seen as a match of pure love. For all their similarities, Britain and the United States remain divided by three thousand miles of open water."}
{"text":"Gun Control in Nazi Germany\nGun control was a significant policy of Nazi Germany (National Socialist Party) used to silence dissent and perpetrate the Holocaust. Adolf Hitler used the SS to enforce laws that completely disarmed the German populace and rendered the Jewish victims defenseless. Despite this, Gun control continues to be advocated by many on the modern-day political left. \nGun control, the Law on Firearms and Ammunition, was introduced to Germany in 1928 under the Weimar regime (there was no Right to Arms in the Constitution of 1919) in large part to disarm the nascent private armies, e.g. the Nazi SA (aka \"the brownshirts\"). The Weimar government was attempting to bring some stability to German society and politics (a classic \"law and order\" position).\nAfter coming to national power, in 1938 the Nazi government extended the German Weapons Act, an oppressive and brutally enforced regulation on gun ownership which required Germans to go through an extended bureaucratic process in order to obtain a defensive weapon. The Act gave the Nazis the right to arbitrarily prevent citizens from purchasing guns and ammunition. An important restriction was the one that banned Jews from owning firearms. This had the effect of leaving the Jewish people completely helpless and defenseless.\n- Gun Control\n- Adolf Hitler\n- Second Amendment\n- Jews for Preservation of Firearms Ownership (JPFO)\n- National Rifle Association\n- Second Amendment Foundation"}
{"text":"A child with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) is afflicted with a type of inherited skin disorder that causes blisters after even the mildest trauma. Most commonly, EB causes blisters on the skin, but EB can also affect the mouth, esophagus, lungs, muscles, eyes, nails and teeth. Depending on the type of EB, the effects of the disease can be mild, disabling, or life threatening. EB is never contagious because it is a genetic disease.\nThere are three types of EB, all caused by a different genetic mutation: EB simplex (EBS), Junctional EB (JEB) and Dystrophic EB (DEB). EB simplex is the mildest and most common form of EB, while Junctional EB and Dystrophic EB are relatively less common and affect the patient more severely.\nThere are three major sub-types of Junctional EB. Herlitz, non-Herlitz and Junctional EB with associated Pyloric Atresia.\nHerlitz JEB is the more severe form of the condition. From birth or early infancy, affected individuals have blistering over large regions of the body. Blistering also affects the mucous membranes, such as the moist lining of the mouth and digestive tract, which can make it difficult to eat and digest food. As a result, many affected children have chronic malnutrition and slow growth. The extensive blistering leads to scarring and the formation of red, bumpy patches called granulation tissue. Granulation tissue bleeds easily and profusely, making affected infants susceptible to serious infections and loss of necessary proteins, minerals, and fluids. Additionally, a buildup of granulation tissue in the airway can lead to a weak, hoarse cry and difficulty breathing.\nOther complications of Herlitz JEB can include fusion of the fingers and toes, abnormalities of the fingernails and toenails, joint deformities (contractures) that restrict movement, and hair loss (alopecia). Because the signs and symptoms of Herlitz JEB are so severe, infants with this condition usually do not survive beyond the first year of life."}
{"text":"An impassioned lifelong naturalist, ornithologist and painter, Audubon insisted each print be life-sized, to give a true impression of each bird. A bound copy of the book is monumental. Each sheet is 39 x 26 inches, known as “double elephant,” the largest size paper then available. This increases the impact of each gorgeously rendered bird. The vibrant color, meticulous detail and masterful composition make the birds real in a visceral way.\nIt took eleven years, from 1827-1838, to print just 200 copies of the first edition. Only 120 complete sets are known to exist, with 107 in libraries and institutions and 13 with private collectors."}
{"text":"Cross-beddingHere at Bell Lane car park, Ackworth Moor Top, there's a cutting by the old railway of soft sandstone. There must have been frequent changes in the current in the river delta in which this sand was laid down some 300 million years ago in the Carboniferous period. When I look at cross-bedded sandstones, or current-bedded sandstones, as they're also referred to, I feel that effectively I'm looking at a cross section of a set of underwater sand-dunes.\nAs we walk along a pavement in the village we find that we're crunching over dozens, in fact hundreds of these knopper galls. The word knopper derives from knop; a small rounded protruberence, often decorative, such as a stud, a tassel or a knob.They are caused by the gall wasp Andricus quercuscalicis. The larva develops inside a hard inner gall inside the knopper. As you can see from my sketches the gall develops from an acorn.\nTurkey OakThe generation of gall wasps that hatch from these galls in the spring find their way to Turkey oaks, an introduced species in Britain, where they lay their eggs on the catkins. From these both males and females hatch to lay the eggs that will produce the knopper galls.\nThe turkey oaks must take some finding. We walked a quarter of a mile before we passed one. But the system evidently works to judge by how plentiful the knopper galls are."}
{"text":"The Ground and Nature of Human Rights: Another RoundIssue: Summer 2002\nPower, Principles and Human Rights\nONE OF THE factions in the early Christian Church, followers of the charismatic preacher Montanus, believed that only those who ate a steady diet of radishes would be saved. The women of the community, who played an inordinately powerful role in the life of the movement, especially promoted this healthy regimen. Had Montanism prevailed, Christians might be eating vegetables at Holy Communion rather than wafers and the Roman Catholic Church might suffer today no shortage of priests. But whether it was resentment of roots or of \"rabble\", the Church fathers of the day declared the Montanists enemies of the Church in 170 AD and that, for all intents and purposes, was the end of that."}
{"text":"Ultraviolet (UV) light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than visible light, but longer than X-rays. Ok, so that’s what the tech guys say, but what does it mean for water purification?\nUV light is highly effective against germs. A UV lamp treats the water in our dispensers with doses of UV energy for fast, reliable and easy water purification.\nWhy UV purification?\nIt is scalable to treat millions of liters a day, yet it remains low cost and low maintenance. There is no need for toxic and expensive chemicals, and units only need periodic cleaning and a new lamp every six months. Want more? Well, to cap everything, UV purification does not affect taste so your water is always fresh and mmmmmmmmmmmmmm … delicious.\nThe techie bit\nIf you must know more, here’s the science. The ultraviolet radiation in sunlight comes in three bands of intensity: UVA (suntanning rays), UVB (sunburning rays) and UVC, which has the ‘germicidal’ power to wipe out bacteria and viruses. Waterlogic uses UVC UV lamps in its products. Energy is emitted at 253.7 nm, proven to be the most effective wavelength against microorganisms. We use high-grade lamps in our dispensers. Better water comes from taking care of details like this."}
{"text":"| by Flemming Funch|\nFrom Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends. So, you didn't think a bicycle could have square wheels? Well, it all depends on the surface you're riding on.\nStan Wagon, a mathematician at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., has a bicycle with square wheels. It's a weird contraption, but he can ride it perfectly smoothly. His secret is the shape of the road over which the wheels roll.\nOK, so here's an idea: What about wheels that dynamically change shape quickly enough that they always fit whatever road surface you're going over, so that you can always have a smooth ride. And we might become less attached to smooth surfaces.\nA square wheel can roll smoothly, keeping the axle moving in a straight line and at a constant velocity, if it travels over evenly spaced bumps of just the right shape. This special shape is called an inverted catenary.\nA catenary is the curve describing a rope or chain hanging loosely between two supports. At first glance, it looks like a parabola. In fact, it corresponds to the graph of a function called the hyperbolic cosine. Turning the curve upside down gives you an inverted catenary -- just like each bump of Wagon's road."}
{"text":"Season (Adult / Immature):\nNational Status: Common\nLocal Status: Very common and widespread resident.\nLocal Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation\nFlight time: One generation, May-Jul.\nFoodplant: Herbaceous plants.\n|Year first recorded||1905||2007||1970||1905|\n|Year last recorded||2011||2007||2011||2011|\n|Number of records||6842||1||289||14264|\n|Number of individuals||28241||1||1247||58978|\nFor the region, we have a total of 14264 records from 660 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1905.\nFor further information refer UK Moths.\nDavey, P., 2009: A widespread species in Britain, the larva feeding on a variety of plants, shrubs and trees. In Dorset, the moth is ubiquitous and common. The first brood is on the wing between late-May and early-August, in a rather protracted emergence period. A partial second brood has been noted in most autumns over the past quarter century. The national norm is for a single brood only between mid-May and mid-July. Extreme examples of variation tend not been noted in the county, however, an example where the usual buff ground colour was replaced by a strong cadmium tint was trapped at Scar Bank by A Russell."}
{"text":"ARCHIVED: What are the RGB values of some common colors?\nA color's RGB value indicates its red, green, and blue intensity. Each intensity value is on a scale of 0 to 255, or in hexadecimal from 00 to FF.\nRGB values are used in HTML, XHTML, CSS, and other web standards. For more, including visual samples and RGB values, see:\nThis is document aetf in the Knowledge Base.\nLast modified on 2014-12-18 00:00:00.\n- Fill out this form to submit your issue to the UITS Support Center.\n- Please note that you must be affiliated with Indiana University to receive support.\n- All fields are required."}
{"text":"Adar said that there could be \"a leak from the canal for several days, and we could contaminate all—or at least a significant portion of—the aquifers.\"\nEvery Israeli and Jordanian community in the valley depends upon these underground layers of water-bearing rock and sand, he said.\n\"There is no such thing as 100 percent sealing efficiency,\" Adar said. \"Even if the canal leaks from across the Jordanian border, it's the same basin. It's the same bathtub.\"\nThe canal would also cause a massive flow of water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea via the Gulf of Aqaba.\n\"The gulf will no longer be a dead end, and a substantial current would be created. This needs to be examined, and it hasn't been thus far,\" Adar said.\nAdar also raises concerns that an influx of seawater would change the chemical makeup of the Dead Sea.\nThe sea is naturally fed by fresh water from the Jordan River and its tributaries and by seasonal flash floods running out of desert canyons on the Israeli and Jordanian banks.\nBut channeling in seawater would likely dump surpluses of calcium, sulfur, and gypsum into the sea.\n\"The fact is that this water will raise the Dead Sea to its original level. This is positive,\" Adar said.\n\"But we also need to examine the hydrochemical evolution that will be caused.\"\nAdar said building the canal is not the only way to save the rapidly shrinking Dead Sea.\nRather than siphoning water from the Dead Sea's sources, local authoritie could \"desalinate more seawater from the Mediterranean,\" he said, referring to the process that creates fresh water by removing salt from ocean water.\n\"And if Syria, Jordan, and Israel reach an agreement to let natural runoff enter the Dead Sea via the Yarmuk and Jordan Rivers, it will recover. It may take another hundred years to recover. But it will.\"\nFree Email News Updates\nBest Online Newsletter, 2006 Codie Awards\nSign up for our Inside National Geographic newsletter. Every two weeks we'll send you our top stories and pictures (see sample).\nSOURCES AND RELATED WEB SITES"}
{"text":"Dayton Public Schools’ Health Services and the TEAMS Project\nHigh-quality school health services improve student health and support academic success. However, school districts face many challenges in seeking to provide optimal health services to students. The Enhancing School Health Services through Training, Education, Assistance, Mentorship, and Support (TEAMS) project helps school districts to overcome these barriers by engaging in a systematic, planned process to improve their health services.\nOver five years, thirty school districts from across the country participated in the project, which was supported by funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Districts assembled three-member teams including a district health services representative, health department partner, and physician partner.\nThe teams were guided through a process to:\n- Engage stakeholders and foster partnerships to support improvements in school health services;\n- Assess their current school health services policies, practices, and infrastructure;\n- Identify and prioritize key areas for improvement and develop a strategic action plan; and\n- Implement and evaluate changes.\nThe TEAMS project was built on the rationale that strengthening school health services improves the health of students and leads to better educational outcomes, that schools provide a key point of access for health care for many children, and that children benefit from a coordinated system in which school health services, health departments, and medical providers work together to optimize care."}
{"text":"No link between vaccines and Guillain-Barré in big study\nAlleged links between vaccines and the nerve-degenerative disorder Guillain-Barré are among vaccine safety fears. The vaccine against swine flu in 1976 was linked to the syndrome. More recently, The Lancet found a correlation between the disorder and the 2009 batch of H1N1 vaccines.\nWhat was lacking was a long-term review of data for nonpandemic vaccines. A study has taken up this task now, looking at cases at Kaiser Permanente Northern California from 1995 to 2006, a data set covering 33 million person-years. Over this period Kaiser Permanente saw 415 cases of Guillain-Barré. The autoimmune syndrome often arises after an infection, and this was picked up by the data review. Two-thirds of the cases had a documented gastrointestinal or respiratory infection in the weeks prior to developing Guillain-Barré.\nLinks between Guillain-Barré and vaccinations were much weaker. Vaccines were received in the 6 weeks before the onset of Guillain-Barré in 6% of cases in the Kaiser Permanente data. \"The take home message is vaccines are not causing Guillain-Barré Syndrome at a rate, if at all, that would possibly make the benefits of vaccination not worthwhile,\" Johns Hopkins University researcher Dr. Daniel Salmon told Reuters. Salmon is a vaccine safety expert but had no role in the study.\nOf the 25 people who developed Guillain-Barré after receiving a vaccine, 18 had just been immunized against flu, two against pneumonia, three against tetanus and another three against hepatitis. Kaiser Permanente has used flu vaccines from Sanofi ($SNY), Novartis ($NVS) and MedImmune in the past. More striking, the weak vaccine link was the spike in cases of Guillain-Barré during the winter. Again, this fits with earlier research. The seasonality of Guillain-Barré may mirror the rise in flu and other respiratory infections over winter.\n- here's the Reuters article\n- check out the journal abstract"}
{"text":"Objective: To explore tessellations which combine different regular polygons.\nMaterials: For teaching students, hands-on manipulatives are recommended.\nThe only regular polygons which will tile by themselves are triangles, squares, and hexagons. If different types of regular polygons are used together, however, other types of polygons will tessellate. For simplicity, the possibilities will be restricted to tessellations in which all of the tile edges are the same length. We will consider tessellations known as edge-to-edge. This means that the full edges (or sides) of two tiles meet. A subset of all edge-to-edge tessellations is the set of eleven Archimedean tessellations. Three of these are the aforementioned triangle, square, and hexagon tessellations. The other eight are sometimes referred to as semi-regular or homogeneous tessellations. The Archimedean tessellations are edge-to-edge tessellations in which every vertex is of the same type. Examples are shown below of, respectively, a non-edge-to-edge tessellation, an edge-to-edge tessellation that is not Archimedean, and an edge-to-edge tessellation that is Archimedean.\nThe only other regular polygons which can be used in edge-to-edge tessellations are octagons and dodecagons (twelve-sided polygons). Try to construct examples of edge-to-edge tessellations using octagons and using dodecagons which are Archmedean.\nNow try to construct the remaining five Archimedean tessellations.\nNext, try to construct tessellations which are edge-to-edge but not Archimedean using octagons, and using dodecagons. You will find that there are none using octagons.\nMaterials provided courtesy of Dr. Robert Fathauer of www.tessellations.com"}
{"text":"Children use different semantic functions to express ideas. This is evident in single word utterances known holophrases. A holophrase is a single word – used by infants up to the age of 2;00 years – which has the force of a whole phrase which would typically be made up of several (adult) words. Beyond the so-called One Word Stage, children relate different semantic categories to create meaningful, longer utterances.\nThere are many stuttering problems for people who stutter. People with an established stutter are aware of the negative effect of repetitions, prolongations, hesitations and blocks on their speech. Their stutter (stammer) may be accompanied by facial tics and uncontrolled body movements. Stuttering can lead to the avoidance of certain activities and to social isolation."}
{"text":"This treasury of verse rejoices in the pleasures of the countryside and the beauty of the outdoors. Originally published in the mid-19th century, Under Green Leaves offers a wealth of poetry inspired by nature, from lyrics by English dramatists such as William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher, to works by Metaphysical, Romantic, and Victorian poets. Dozens of enchanting verses include William Blake's \"Piping Down the Valleys Wild,\" \"Ode to a Nightingale\" by John Keats, Andrew Marvell's \"The Garden,\" and Thomas Campbell's \"To the Evening Star.\" No compilation of nature poetry would be complete without contributions from William Wordsworth, whose \"Lines Written in Early Spring\" and \"To a Skylark\" appear here. Other featured poets include John Milton, Alfred Tennyson, Robert Herrick, George Herbert, Mary Howitt, and many other writers whose meditations on flowers, birds, woodlands, and summer evenings remain ever green."}
{"text":"Iron deficiency may cause hair loss. The three major causes\nof iron deficiency are:\nChronic or excessive bleeding. Long-term\n(chronic) bleeding is the most common cause of iron loss that leads to iron\ndeficiency. Other conditions or events that result in large amounts of blood\nloss may also lower iron levels to the point where\nanemia develops. Causes of iron deficiency that are\nrelated to blood loss include:\nBleeding in the digestive tract, often due to\nulcers and inflammation of the stomach (\ngastritis). This is the most common cause of iron loss\nin men. Both men and women over age 60 are at an increased risk of digestive\nPregnancy. Blood loss during and after birth may\ncause a woman to become iron-deficient, which may result in anemia or hair\nMenstruation. Excessively heavy periods (menorrhagia) can\ncause iron deficiency in women, especially when combined with other factors,\nsuch as inadequate iron intake.\nSevere injuries that cause\nsignificant blood loss.\nDecreased ability to absorb iron. Medicines that\nreduce stomach acids may cause iron absorption problems. Conditions that may\ndecrease your body's absorption of iron include:\nTotal or partial removal of the stomach\nLack of stomach acid\nTotal or partial removal of the small\nInsufficient iron intake. Some people develop an\niron deficiency because they do not get enough iron in their diets. Most\npeople's nutritional needs can be met by eating a balanced diet that includes\nfoods high in iron, such as meats.\nLow iron can be detected by laboratory tests. For more\ninformation, see the topic Iron Deficiency Anemia.\nByHealthwise Staff Primary Medical ReviewerAdam Husney, MD - Family Medicine Specialist Medical ReviewerE. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine\nThis information does not replace the advice of a doctor. Healthwise, Incorporated, disclaims any warranty or liability for your use of this information. Your use of this information means that you agree to the\nhow we develop our content ."}
{"text":"Process heating systems are most common in industrial buildings that need constant heat control. Some of the industries that use process heating the most are Automotive, Computer, Electronics, Cosmetics, Heavy Equipment, Food Processing, textiles, and more. Operations tend to use either direct heat used more mainly drying or indirect heat used to maintain a consistent temperature.\nSome of the common process heating systems are fuel based, electric based systems, steam-based systems, and hybrid systems. Fuel-based systems, for example kilns or ovens, use a liquid, solid or gaseous fuel to either combust and create heat (direct heating) or use a radiant heat transfer to create heat (indirect heating). Electric-based systems, while similar to the fuel-based systems, their direct heating passed an electrical current that can include radiation, convection or conduction. The most common examples are infrared ovens and electric arc furnaces. Steam-based systems, used steam to create the heat. These systems are most seen in low-temperature industrial buildings. Finally, Hybrid systems, are the most complex. They use a combination of the process heating technologies, either a hybrid boiler system that is both electric and fuel-based boilers. Or hybrid systems use penetrating electromagnetic (EM) energy/ convective hot air combinations mainly used for rapid drying.\nCall our Reliable Mechanical Services for your industrial heating system needs, our techs are happy to discuss your needs and figure out what's best for you!"}
{"text":"A Japanese document believed to be an original manuscript of the Imperial Rescript on Education has been found after last being seen 50 years ago.\nThe document will be moved from Tokyo National Museum’s library, where it was found, to the National Archives of Japan, in line with a law for preserving official documents, the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry said.\nIt is expected to go on public display eventually.\nThe Imperial Rescript on Education was issued in 1890 and focused on morals, including filial piety, loyalty and patriotism. But the rescript was believed co-opted into the militaristic education system before and during the war and was abolished in 1948.\nThe original manuscript was reportedly put on public display at a department store in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, in 1962, but the ministry lost track of it afterward.\nAn official found the deteriorating three-page document, about 12 by 9 inches, in a wooden box in the museum. The ministry carried out a thorough investigation after discovering the document. Another document, “Jikei,” concerning the attitudes required of officials issued by the nation’s first education minister, Arinori Mori, was also identified."}
{"text":"The A-Z of Environment by Jeremy W. Stranks\nThorogood | November 14, 2007 | English | ISBN: 1854184202 | 514 pages | PDF | 1 MB\nThe environment and the problems of environmental pollution are not new. The Industrial Revolution, whilst bringing prosperity to Great Britain, could be said to be the starting point for the increasing concern over environmental pollution. Early public health legislation, such as the Public Health and Clean Air Acts, endeavoured to regulate pollution to some extent, but it wasn’t until the Environmental Protection Act 1990 that any major strides were made in controlling emissions to the environmental media: air, water and land."}
{"text":"The name Boaty McBoatface is set to be immortalized in academic journals for years to come after the crew of the vessel made a major climate-change discovery on its first ever mission. The little yellow submarine was given the name originally chosen for a polar research ship in a public vote. Officials named that boat the RRS Sir David Attenborough, but passed on the ridiculous name to a smaller robotic submersible. Its first mission saw it explore 110 miles at depths as low as 13,000 feet in the waters near Antartica. Its data linked Antarctic winds, which are growing stronger due to increasing greenhouse gases, to rising sea temperatures and turbulence deep in the ocean. “The data from Boaty McBoatface gave us a completely new way of looking at the deep ocean. The path taken by Boaty created a spatial view of the turbulence near the seafloor,” said Eleanor Frajka-Williams, of the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, England."}
{"text":"China’s recent ban on plastic imports could create a massive trash disposal problem for the rest of the world — creating a massive pile-up of tons of plastic with nowhere to go.\nFor the last 26 years, China has been importing recycled scraps generated by wealthy Western countries like the United States and turning that trash into new products. But at the end of 2017, the nation officially banned the import of most plastics, leaving many countries scrambling to find alternative methods of managing their excess waste.\nIn fact, the new policy will displace 111 million metric tons of plastic waste by 2030, according to a research recently published in Science Advances.\nAccording to the study, the United States alone will be juggling an estimated 37 million metric tons of extra waste. Recycling programs may be forced to shut down, as there will be no place to send the products.\nWestern nations have relied on China to accept roughly 106 million metric tons — 45% of the world’s total — since the inception of its recycling program in 1992. It’s one of the few countries that could accommodate and process such a colossal amount of material.\nBut, citing environmental and health concerns, China has refused to continue being a dumping ground for the rest of the world. The ban on 32 low-value scrap categories like post-industrial plastics, insulated wires, and wood pellets officially went into effect on December 31, 2017.\nPerhaps this is the wake-up call that the world needs. According to Earth Day, people around the world use one trillion single-use plastic bags, nearly 500 billion plastic bottles and more than half a million straws every single year, among countless other plastic products. Our best option may be to simply reduce or eliminate the colossal amount of plastics we use each day."}
{"text":"Divided we stand\nThis program examines how genetic studies are being used divisively by blacks and whites to prove racial superiority. Steve Jones presents DNA evidence that disputes major differences between the races, and visits an anthropological excavation site in South America to confirm his data.\nJones, Steve, 1944-\nBBC Education & Training; BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc; Films for the Humanities (Firm)\nScience, Technology; Civil Rights, Discrimination; Science, Technology, and Math; Genetics, Experimental; Human genetics; Ethnology; Anthropology South America\n- Rights Statement\n- In Copyright\nAccess is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.\n- Physical Description\n50 minutes; color\nAccess condition: campus-only.\nHost, Steve Jones.\n- Other Identifiers\nFilename: lms-089665; Fedora 2 PID: umd:10670; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/3145; OCLC: ocm38236963; Catalog Key: alephsys002407628; Catalog Key: FFH 7340\nThis item is accessible by: collection staff, users in specific IP Ranges."}
{"text":"Work For All\nCurrently, there are around 200 million people in the world who don’t have a job. Moreover, even amongst those that do have a job, at least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day. Significantly, therefore, the super-wealthy investors behind the Chemical, Petrochemical and Pharmaceutical Cartel see unemployment and low wages as necessary tools for maintaining profits. But it doesn’t have to be like this as there are alternative approaches to economics and employment that would make a better, fairer world for everybody. In the area of employment, therefore, the goal of the Movement of Life is to put an end to unemployment and ensure that everyone has the right to live a purposeful, dignified and productive life.\nSteve Jobs 2005 Stanford Commencement Address\nDrawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks — including death itself — at the university’s 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005.\nA transcript of Steve Jobs’ address can be found on the Stanford University website, here.\nWork For All"}
{"text":"I need a way for my program to find out the name of the computer that is running my program. Every computer has a computer name which is located in the control panel. By clicking on network and then the identification tab of your computer you will find the name I am referring to. Thanks for the help.\nDialogs (2) modeless dialog and a worker thread. Handling data shared between threads. Recursive functions.\nContinuing from the tenth article about sudoku.\nLast article we worked with a modal dialog to help maintain informat…\nNobody understands Phishing better than an anti-spam company. That’s why we are providing Phishing Awareness Training to our customers.\nAccording to a report by Verizon, only 3% of targeted users report malicious emails to management. With compan…"}
{"text":"Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein is a ubiquitous feature of popular culture, continuously adapted and revisited. Dr. Raymond Boisvert, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, argues that Frankenstein endures because of its sophisticated treatment of morality. Victor, a brilliant thinker who sees science as a means of transcending natural limits, creates life (Frankenstein’s “monster”) only to demean and abandon his creation. But Boisvert argues that Victor is a complex figure — neither inherently evil, nor the product of a corrupt or evil society. Instead Victor’s failings can better be understood by examining two different ethical models: Evil as Absence & Evil as Banal."}
{"text":"Aylmer, John āl´mər [key], 1521–94, bishop of London. His name is also spelled Ælmer or Elmer. He was briefly chaplain to the duke of Suffolk and tutor to his daughter, Lady Jane Grey. In 1553 he was deprived of his church preferments for opposing the doctrine of transubstantiation, and he fled to Switzerland. There he aided John Foxe in making a Latin translation of the Book of Martyrs and wrote An Harborowe for Faithfull and Trewe Subjects (1559) in answer to a tract by John Knox. Returning to England after the accession of Elizabeth I, he rose in the Church of England to be (1577) bishop of London. Though he was a man of great learning, his harsh treatment of his foes made him generally disliked.\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.\nSee more Encyclopedia articles on: Protestant Christianity: Biographies"}
{"text":"efficient[e fis̸h′ənt, i-]\n- The definition of efficient is being productive with minimal effort.\nAn example of efficient is a car that gets 60 miles to a gallon of gas.\n- directly producing an effect or result; causative; effective: the efficient cause\n- producing a desired effect, product, etc. with a minimum of effort, expense, or waste; working well\nOrigin of efficientMiddle English and amp; Old French ; from Classical Latin efficiens, present participle of efficere: see effect\n- Acting or producing effectively with a minimum of waste, expense, or unnecessary effort: an efficient builder; an efficient factory.\n- Acting directly to produce an effect: the efficient cause of the revolution.\n- Causing less waste or requiring less effort than comparable devices or methods. Used in combination: energy-efficient wind turbines; cost-efficient health care.\nOrigin of efficientMiddle English, from Old French, from Latin efficiēns, efficient-, present participle of efficere, to effect; see effect.\n(comparative more efficient, superlative most efficient)\n- Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.\n- An efficient process would automate all the routine work.\n- Our cleaners are almost too efficient: they throw away anything left out on a desk.\n- Using a particular proportion of available energy.\n- The motor is only 20% efficient at that temperature.\n- Causing effects; producing results.\n1398, \"making,\" from Old French, from Latin efficientem (nominative efficiens), preposition of efficere \"work out, accomplish\" (see effect). Meaning \"productive, skilled\" is from 1787. Efficiency apartment is first recorded 1930, American English."}
{"text":"TDS (Tax Deducted at Source). Introduction of TDS. The concept of TDS was introduced with an aim to collect tax from the very source of income. As per this concept, a person (deductor) who is liable to make payment of specified nature to any other person (deductee) shall deduct tax at source and remit the same into the account of the Central Government. The deductee from whose income tax has been deducted at source would be entitled to get credit of the amount so deducted on the basis of Form 26AS or TDS certificate issued by the deductor.\nGenerally, tax is required to be deducted at the time of the credit to account of the payee or at the time of payment, Whichever is earlier\nHowever, In case of payment of salary and payment in respect of life insurance policy, tax is required to be deducted at the time of payment.\nRates for deduct of tax at source (TDS)\nTaxes shall be deducted at the rates specified in the relevant provisions of the Act or the First Schedule to the Finance Act. However, in case of payment to non-resident persons, the withholding tax rates specified under the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements shall also be considered\nHow to pay Tax Deducted/Collected at source?\nTax deducted or collected at source shall be deposited to the credit of the Central Government by following modes:\n- 1) Electronic mode: E-Payment is mandatory for\n- a) All corporate assesses; and\n- b) All assesses (other than company) to whom provisions of section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, 1961 are applicable.\n- 2) Physical Mode: By furnishing the Challan 281 in the authorized bank branch"}
{"text":"Pennsylvania Fall Foliage Reports\nFall Foliage Facts\nPennsylvania has a longer and more varied fall foliage season than any other state in the nation -- or anywhere in the world.\nOnly three regions of the world support deciduous forests that display fall autumn color:\nForests in other regions are either tropical or dominated by conifers.\nPennsylvania’s location between 40° and 42° North latitude and its varied topography from sea level on the coastal plain to over 3,000 feet in the Laurel Highlands supports 134 species of trees and many more shrubs and vines that contribute to the display of autumn color.\nPennsylvania is the meeting ground of northern trees that flourish only on mountain tops farther south and southern species that are at the northern limits of their range.\nNorthern tree species include:\nSouthern tree species include:\nOhio buckeye, bur oak, and shingle oak, common to the Mississippi Valley, have eastern outposts on the Allegheny Plateau."}
{"text":"What is arthritis?\nArthritis is a general term for more than 100 diseases that cause inflammation, pain, stiffness and swelling of joints. Common types of arthritis include:\nOsteoarthritis - an ongoing, progressive disease that affects the joints as cartilage breaks down over time. Osteoarthritis is also called degenerative joint disease.\nRheumatoid arthritis - an autoimmune disease that affects the joints of the body with episodes of painful inflammation. Rheumatoid arthritis also affects other organs of the body and can result in the destruction of joints, disability, and, in severe cases, life-threatening complications.\nSeptic arthritis - arthritis caused by the infection of a joint by microorganisms, such as bacteria or fungi.\nComplications of all forms of arthritis can be serious and include destruction of the joints, leading to disability. Rheumatoid arthritis and septic arthritis can also lead to serious or life-threatening complications that can affect almost any organ in the body.\nLooking for a Doctor?\nSeek prompt medical care if you have symptoms of arthritis, such as inflammation, pain, stiffness, and swelling of joints. Early diagnosis and treatment can minimize discomfort and reduce the risk of serious complications.\nHealthgrades Operating Company, Inc. All rights reserved. May not be reproduced\nor reprinted without permission from Healthgrades Operating Company, Inc. Use\nof this information is governed by the Healthgrades User Agreement."}
{"text":"According to a study published in the Journal of Food Science, asparagus may help prevent a hangover after heavy drinking.\nNot only may it prevent a hangover, but the amino acids and minerals in asparagus can also protect liver cells from toxins.\nThe study, conducted by researchers at the Institute of Food Technologists, analyzed the components of the shoots and leaves of young asparagus and compared their effects on the liver cells of humans and rats. The amount of amino acids and minerals was found to be higher in the leaves than the shoots, according to lead researcher B.Y. Kim.\nKim also said:\n“Cellular toxicities were significantly alleviated in response to treatment with the extracts of asparagus leaves and shoots. These results provide evidence of how the biological functions of asparagus can help alleviate alcohol hangover and protect liver cells.”\nLast month, we reported that an experiment conducted by the University of Karachi in Pakistan found that asparagus could help fight diabetes. Scientists injected rats with a chemical that induced type 2 diabetes. Thirteen weeks later, half were treated with asparagus extract, and the other half were treated with a traditional anti-diabetes drug for 28 days. Low levels of the extract suppressed blood sugar levels, but it did not improve insulin output.\nAccording to the Daily Mail, “Only high doses of the extract had a significant effect on insulin production by the pancreas, the organ which releases the hormone into the bloodstream.”\nIn addition to fighting diabetes and preventing or curing hangovers, asparagus can help slow the aging process and help our brains fight cognitive decline. So the next time your mother tells you to eat your vegetables, you should probably listen to her.\n[Photo credit: Shutterstock]"}
{"text":"Cyrus Hall McCormick\nCyrus McCormick was born in 1809 near the Rockbridge-Augusta County Line in Western Virginia.\nHis grandparents had moved there with their five children from Cumberland County Pennsylvania. The family owned several hundred acres and operated a blacksmith business. At the age of fifteen Cyrus had made improvements on agricultural implements and by twenty-two had invented the horse drawn reaper. The reaper was originally built by the family business but the orders rapidly exceeded the capacity of the blacksmith shop.\nBy the late 1840s, with his brothers, Cyrus had moved to Chicago and founded a company that was the parent of International Harvester and others. His invention revolutionized agriculture by introducing mechanization, and hastened the western expansion of the United States.\nHe was also a business pioneer. McCormicks Farm is a living history museum managed by the Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Research and Extension Center."}
{"text":"\"In this episode, we go inside a company based in North Carolina that’s making a sustainable polyester fiber out of water bottles to cut down on plastic pollution. Imagine a world where most plastic gets recycled and then it’s used—and reused—in multiple ways. In this episode, we go inside a company based in North Carolina called Unifi that’s making a sustainable polyester fiber out of water bottles to cut down on plastic pollution. We’ll also hear from a BofA Global Research Analyst, Sameer Chopra, on what he thinks is crucial for plastic innovation as we prepare for the future. “I think we need to reimagine and come up with new products where plastic can be consumed and often used as a substitute. Can we make large consumer products or houses that use recycled plastic?” You’ll hear his question and more as our featured guests share what they’re dreaming for a future based on a circular economy.\"\n- Tess Vigeland, Veteran US Journalist, NPR Host, Author\nLearn more about the plastic market and the innovations being created with Tess Vigeland in this 23:55 minute video below;"}
{"text":"According to the inventors, each year an estimated one million tonnes of condiments are thrown away globally because leftovers cannot be scraped from jars and bottles, with up to 15 per cent of a product remaining in its container.\nEach year an estimated one million tonnes of condiments are thrown away globally because leftovers cannot be scraped from jars and bottles\nThey also claim that eliminating safety caps on squeeze bottles could save 50,000 tons of plastic a year.\nAngrily thwacking the ketchup bottle to coax out the stubborn sauce could soon be a distant memory, after scientists invented an edible non-stick coating.\nApplying just a thin layer of the tasteless substance – known as Liquiglide - to the inside of the bottle creates a slippery surface allowing the contents to slide straight out.\nThe non-toxic lubricant can be used on both plastic and glass containers to ensure that consumers can enjoy every last drop of not only their favourite tomato sauce, but other sticky condiments as well, such as mustard and mayonnaise."}
{"text":"The eye is a very important and vital sense organ. We can see the world and nature around by using our eyes. But often we ignore eye health, until the eyes are tired and vision becomes blurry. So that the eye can continue to function optimally, it is certain that health must be maintained. There are 7 ways to maintain eye health that are easy and you can apply.\nEat nutritious food\nSome vitamins C and E, omega-3 fatty acids, zinc, and lutein are believed to help avoid age-related eye problems such as cataracts and macular degeneration of the eye. The content you can get from green leafy vegetables, salmon, tuna, eggs, beans, blueberries, blackberries, and oranges. If you eat these foods regularly, can help maintain eye health.\nDiligent in Sports\nHow to maintain eye health can also be done by exercising. Exercise is believed to reduce the risk of vision loss caused by diabetes, high blood pressure, and narrowing or hardening of the arteries.\nRoutine Eye Check\nIt is recommended for people who are elderly and young, both men and women should routinely have their eyes checked by an eye specialist at least once every 2 years so that … Read More"}
{"text":"This series of books from the Bodleian Library reproduces the original rules of classic sports, complete with commentary about their historical evolution and adaptation—in attractive, collectible formats. They are informative and often witty companions to the world of sport, bringing the past and present together.Of all the rules governing sports, the laws of cricket are among the oldest. The first written rules of 1744 survive solely on the border of a piece of linen at the Museum of The Marylebone Cricket Club, the home of cricket. The Original Laws of Cricket reprints the complete text of this original and explores how these early laws shaped the development of the game and in turn how the social dimensions of the game changed the laws.\nBack to top\nRent The Original Laws of Cricket 1st edition today, or search our site for other textbooks by Bodleian Library. Every textbook comes with a 21-day \"Any Reason\" guarantee. Published by Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.\nNeed help ASAP? We have you covered with 24/7 instant online tutoring. Connect with one of our tutors now."}
{"text":"In the 1990s, 2-Generation wireless telephone technology(2G) was introduced, which allowed mobile users to make digital calls and send text messages. In 2003, 3G was introduced, which made mobile users browse the web on mobile, make video calls, and download music and videos possible.\nWhen 4-Generation wireless telephone technology(4G) came out in 2012, 4G has the same functions like 3G, but 4G is faster than 3G, While 4G LTE(long term evolution) is the fastest, the download speeds of 4G LTE is 150Mbps theoretically. 4G is changing the way we do business, shopping, bank, watch TV and communications.\nMobile phones aren't the only devices that can connect the 4G network. Businesses and home users can connect to the Internet via 4G industrial routers. Here are five USES:\n4G LTE connections can share a carrier's wireless network with multiple WiFi devices, such as cameras, charging piles, cars, etc. 4G industrial routers can also be shared with peripheral devices such as wired devices and printers. This allows people to create a complete temporary office almost anywhere.\nIn remote areas\n4G is ideal for users who do not have access to traditional ADSL or wired broadband, for example, in rural or remote areas. This can be further enhanced with 4G antennas.\n4G industrial routers are suit for fairs and expos, etc., or extranet demonstrations in the office. 4G industrial routers can even be installed on buses, trains or ships, which allows passengers to connect to WIFI while commuting or travelling.\nThe construction site\nThe environment of the construction site is complex, and there are many lines. If the installation of cable is too expensive or complicated, the network provided by 4G wireless equipment for the site equipment can keep the connection between the site and the headquarters easily.\nIn addition to these advantages, 4G's response time is shorter than 3G's. If you need any of the above solutions or want to discuss 4G connection, please visit USRIOT's website www.usriot.com, or contact our engineers."}
{"text":"Those are empty egg capsules of Stramonita haemastoma.\nStramonita haemastoma is a big predatory marine snail of the family Muricidae. It inhabits coastal waters (intertidal and subtidal) up to depth of 9 meters. It is thought to be quite common in the Mediterranean Sea, but areas with low abundance exist. However it was reported that the population in Israel in Eastern Mediterranean has collapsed because of warming of the coastal waters. The subspecies living in the Mediterranean Sea is Stramonita haemastoma haemastoma.\nMy egg capsules of Stramonita haemastoma comes from southern Croatia. Eggs are laid in clusters to solid surface. Number of snails are laying eggs on the same place making collective spawns.\nEmpty egg capsules of Stramonita haemastoma attached on a valve of a bivalve Mytilus edulis. The filaments all around are byssus filaments of the bivalve:\nThe spawning season was reported from late April to August. Unfertilized capsules are purple, freshly laid capsules are yellow. The egg development lasts about 20 days. But all of capsules on the photos are empty already, because I collected them in late September.\nThe each capsule is about 10 mm in height, 3 mm wide and 2 mm thick. Although one capsule is just 10 mm long, it contain thousands of eggs (from about 2300 eggs to about 6050 eggs). One female will deposit from 20 to 86 capsules, usually 47 capsules on average. This gives incredible number of about 200 000 eggs per one female. When are hatching larvae leaving the capsule, larvae are about 50 μm in shell height.\nDetail of two egg capsules:\nLahbib Y., Abidli S. & El Menif T. N. 2011: Spawning and intracapsular development of Stramonita haemastoma haemastoma (Gastropoda: Muricidae) collected in northern Tunisia. Marine Biology Research, 7(7): 719-726. DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2011.558099.\nRilov. G. 2016: Multi-species collapses at the warm edge of a warming sea. Scientific Reports, 6: article number: 36897. DOI: 10.1038/srep36897."}
{"text":"A short nature quiz to complement the Claws, Wings and Other Things column today in The Patriot-News.\nQuestion No. 1: True or false? Mantids, of which there are more than 2,000 species worldwide, are all shades of green or brown.\n|The Patience of a Mantis|\nQuestion No. 2: Guess the reason that mantids usually begin eating prey they captured at the neck.\nQuestion No. 3: True or false? The brown marmorated stink bug, an introduced species first collected in eastern Pennsylvania in fall 1998, has not yet been located west of the Susquehanna River.\nQuestion No. 4: Stinkbugs typically emerge in a home A. from cracks around baseboards, B. along plumping fixtures, C. around window and door trim or D. around exhaust fans or lights in ceilings.\nQuestion No. 5: Is it the male or female cricket that produces the mate-attracting chirp?\nQuestion No. 6: A cricket's eardrum is located on its A. Front leg, B. Antennae, C. Abdomen, D. Wings.\nAnswer No. 1: False. Although the three main types of mantids in the eastern U.S. - the native Carolina mantis, and the introduced European and Chinese mantises - are green and brown there also are the brightly colored, tropical flower mantises. Some of the flower mantises resemble flowers so closely that insects land on them, expecting to take nectar.\nAnswer No. 2: They usually bite their prey at the base of the neck to immobilize it, and eating first at the neck tends to reduce any remaining resistance by the prey.\nAnswer No. 3: False. As of spring 2008, the stinkbug has been recorded in 26 counties, including several west of the Susquehanna.\nAnswer No. 4: All except B.\nAnswer No. 5: The male.\nAnswer No. 6. A. Front leg, in an organ known as the tympanum."}
{"text":"More acres consumed by fewer fires\nMoreacres consumed by fewer fires\npublishedby The Forestry Source\nSummer is wildfire season in the western United States, butpredicting the number, extent, and severity of fires is always an educatedguessing game.\nPrior to this year´s season, fire behavior experts figured that abundantwinter and spring rains in the drought-stricken Southwest would lead to anincrease in potential wildfire activity. They were right.\nThe rain from this past winter and early spring in the Southwest and Californiaprompted the growth of fine fuel grasses and forbs so there is more fuel on theground than usual, said Mike Apicello, a public affairs officer with theNational Interagency Fire Center and a former Forest Service smokejumper.\nWhat is significant about this year is that , because of those rains, wehave had growth of fine fuels in areas that may not have seen this type of fuelbefore.\nFor example, in saguaro cactus ecosystems, where we don´t get many firesbecause there´s not a continuous fuel base, the rains have generated growththat is able to carry fire."}
{"text":"Our mission – to make the world safer for children – is global by definition. That is why we have sought to extend our presence around the world.\nEspecially in the Internet age, crimes against children cross and re-cross national borders. The more people working strategically to address the problems of missing and exploited children – and the more places they work in – the more likely we are to make meaningful progress toward eradicating the scourge.\nWhat do our regional representatives do?\nOur regional representatives help us respond to local and regional needs, develop customized programs, and raise awareness of our mission areas. For example,\n- They promote national and regional Financial Coalitions Against Child Sexual Exploitation, which are alliances that bring together the financial and information technology industries, law enforcement and NGOs.\n- They advocate for more and better laws, treaties and systems to protect children in their region. This includes championing ICMEC’s model anti-child sexual abuse material legislation.\n- They train law enforcement, legal professionals, NGOs, governments and others, to increase local capacity to deal with crimes against children.\n- They help us expand our Global Missing Children’s Network, while promoting policies and programs concerning missing children such as Rapid Emergency Child Alert Systems."}
{"text":"Scientific Working Groups\nThis organized collection of forensic science Scientific Working Groups (SWGs) has been placed online by MUFSC to help professionals and students stay current with the latest news, events, and research. Below you can find Scientific Working Group names and websites listed in alphabetical order of their abbreviated names.\nWhat is a SWG?\nEach Scientific Working Group includes scientists, both American and international, focused on a specific forensic science discipline. Although each SWG has a unique focus, each groups' main purpose is the same; improve the procedures within a specific discipline of forensic science. SWGs attain this goal by collaborating to create best practices guidelines and scientific standards. SWG membership is diverse; including scientists from Federal and regional government, private laboratories, academia, and consulting agencies, along with law enforcement and practitioners in the criminal justice system.\n|Abbreviation||Organization and URL|\n|SWGCBRN||Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear|\n|SWGDAM||DNA Analysis Methods|\n|SWGDOG||Dog and Orthogonal Detector Guidelines|\n|SWGDRUG||Analysis of Seized Drugs|\n|SWGDVI||Disaster Victim Identification|\n|SWGFAST||Friction Ridge Analysis Study and Technology|\n|SWGFEX||Fire and Explosives|\n|SWGGUN||Firearms and Toolmarks|\n|SWGIBRA||Illicit Business Records Analysis|\n|SWGMDI||Medicolegal Death Investigation|\n|SWGSTAIN||Bloodstain Pattern Analysis\n|SWGTREAD||Shoeprint and Tire Tread Evidence|"}
{"text":"\"This book is a slice of intensified historyhistory as I saw it.” So begins John Reed’s first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Much anticipated when it was published in 1919, Reed’s narrative remains as riveting today as when the events he describes were still reverberating throughout the world.\nReed was hardly a disinterested observer, and his involvement in the Communist labor movement lends urgency and passion to his classic account. He vividly describes events in Petrograd in November 1917, when Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace and seized the reins of power.\nDespite Reed’s personal leanings, which he made no attempt to hide, the book garnered praise from luminaries across the political spectrum. George F. Kennan, the American diplomat, and father of the policy of Soviet containment, said that Reed’s account of the events of that time rises above every other contemporary record for its literary power, its penetration, its command of detail. It will be remembered when all others are forgotten.\"\nReed was committed to telling the story of the Russian revolution as truthfully as possible. That the book was banned by Russian premier Josef Stalin is a testament to the author’s success in carrying out his mission. One hundred years after Russia and the world trembled, Ten Days that Shook the World brings alive the momentous events of 1917."}
{"text":"More Climate Fraud At Wikipedia\nWikipedia lists the record temperature for Spain at 117 degrees in 2017.\nList of weather records – Wikipedia\nThe actual record of 122F (50C) occurred on August 4, 1881, during Spain’s worst heatwave on record.\n29 Jul 1881, 3 – The Newcastle Weekly Courant at Newspapers.com\n23 Feb 2005, Page 12 – Great Falls Tribune at Newspapers.com\nReality and history wreck the global warming scam, so climate alarmists simply erase both. And after deleting the old record of 50C, they lie about a new forecast of 50C.\nPortugal’s Met Office retracts hottest day prediction, blames extreme weather for mistake | Euronews\nThis entry was posted in Uncategorized\n. Bookmark the permalink"}
{"text":"just the past three years, global temperatures have risen by about\n0.4 degrees Celsius.This\nwas an extreme acceleration in the rate of warming.One\nthat is unmatched in all of the past 136 years of climate record\n2016, according to NASA, global temperatures hit 1.21 C above 1880s\naverages. This is a new record high to shatter all previous heat\nrecords. More to the point, the\nworld’s atmosphere and oceans are now hotter than they’ve been in\nat least the past 100,000 years. This\nis considerable global warming.\nto tip the world into a new climate age and bring about substantial\na result, one of the most vulnerable areas of the world — the\nArctic Ocean — was subjected to extraordinary warming. A warming\nthat is now removing a considerable chunk of heat-deflecting sea ice\nfrom the Arctic environment and helping to set the stage for further\nrapid Arctic warming and worsening glacial melt in Greenland.\nthis heat in the global system means that the world has crossed a\nnumber of critical climate thresholds. This is a bad\ncities and island nations are now in peril due to sea level rise.\nBoth stable growing seasons and the stability of regional weather are\nalso now at risk as worsening\nglacial discharge and changes to ocean surface heat distribution\nappear to be ongoing and imminent.\nare hard consequences. But even worse consequences are on the way\nunless fossil fuel emissions are rapidly reduced."}
{"text":"Neurotransmitters & Neuroimmune Interactions\nNeurotransmitters are the brain chemicals that impart data all through our brain and body. They transfer signals between nerve cells, called \"neurons.\" The brain utilizes neurotransmitters to advise your heart to thump, your lungs to inhale, and your stomach to process. They can likewise influence state of mind, rest, focus, weight, and can bring about unfriendly side effects when they are out of adjust. Neurotransmitter levels can be drained numerous ways. Truly, it is assessed that 86% of Americans have imperfect neurotransmitter levels. Push, less than stellar eating routine, neurotoxins, hereditary inclination, drugs (medicine and recreational), liquor and caffeine use can make these levels be out of ideal range. There are two sorts of neurotransmitters – EXCITATORY and INHIBITORY. Excitatory neurotransmitters are not really energizing – they are what animate the brain. Those that quiet the brain and help make adjust are called inhibitory. Inhibitory neurotransmitters adjust temperament and are effortlessly drained when the excitatory neurotransmitters are overactive.\nIn this, we specially focus on neuro-immune interactions which highlight most on-going interesting research aimed at understanding the mutual relationship between the immune and nervous systems. Although neural-immune interactions can often serve to promote healing and recovery against inflammation can also produce remarkable effects in the CNS. Microglia which are the resident immune cells of nervous system, are responsible for initiating neural responses for neuroprotection."}
{"text":"Cook Islands, island group (2015 est. pop. 17,000), 90 sq mi (234 sq km), S Pacific, SE of Samoa; a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand. It consists of 15 small islands and is comprised of two main groups, the Southern (or Lower) Cook islands ( Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, Aitutaki, Mauke, Mitiaro, and Manuae and Te-Au-o-tu) and the Northern Cook islands (Nassau, Palmerston, Penrhyn, Manihiki, Rakahanga, Pukapuka, and Suwarrow). The islands were formerly called the Hervey Islands. Avarua, on Rarotonga, is the capital and administrative center of the group. In 2017 the islands' entire offshore exclusive economic zone, some 734,000 sq mi (1.9 million sq km), became a marine park. The Cook Islanders are Maoris, a Polynesian people, and are largely Christians. English is the official language and Maori is also spoken.\nSections in this article:\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.\nSee more Encyclopedia articles on: Pacific Islands Political Geography"}
{"text":"The jar, just 16 inches (40 centimeters) tall and dating back about 1,800 years, was found shattered into an unrecognizable 180 pieces in a room at the Museum of Ontario Archaeology. But even after it was restored, the scientists were faced with a mystery. So far no one has been able to identify another artifact like it from . \"Everyone's stumped by it,\" Katie Urban, one of the researchers at the London, Ontario, museum, told LiveScience. \"We've been sending it around to all sorts of Roman pottery experts and other pottery experts, and no one seems to be able to come up with an example.\"\nOne suggestion is that it was a storage jar for keeping dormice alive, the main ingredient in a popular Roman snack.\nAnother possibility is that the jar was used to store dormice, rodents found throughout Europe; ancient texts suggest the mice were a popular snack for Romans. ( suggests eating a dormouse \"stuffed with a forcemeat of pork and small pieces of dormouse meat trimmings, all pounded with pepper, nuts, laser, broth.\" Then, \"put the dormouse thus stuffed in an earthen casserole, roast it in the oven, or boil it in the stock pot.\") Urban said the problem with this theory is that dormice jars from elsewhere in the Roman world look different from this vessel. The rodent jars were equipped with a ramp that mice could run along and use to help store food within the holes.\nAnother possibility suggested in the article is that it was used to hold snakes used in religious ceremonies. Hmm, I wonder if any of these type of jars have been discovered in certain areas of the USA?\nYou can read the rest of the article here.\nIf you want that recipe so you can try it at home, go here.\nWhat do you think? What might this have been used for?\nPerhaps it was a Roman laundry hamper? The holes would have allowed the odor to escape from the owner's toga, especially helpful after a long evening of reveling with Nero and other notable Roman dignitaries."}
{"text":"Vitale Shreve, K.R., Udell, M.A.R. (2016) Stress, security, and scent: The influence of chemical signals on the social lives of domestic cats and implications for applied settings. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2016.11.011\n• Olfaction is an important perceptual sense, yet the role of chemical signals in cat behavior is not fully understood.\n• Many aspects of cat social behavior are influenced by chemical signals.\n• Chemical cues appear to play a role in stress and anxiety reduction, allowing cats to feel secure in their environment.\n• Understanding chemical signals can help inform cat behavioral problems.\n• Future research may yield new methods of addressing feline behavioral issues and strengthen the human-cat bond.\nAlthough millions of cats live among humans worldwide the scientific community knows relatively little about cat behavior and cognition. Olfaction is an important perceptual sense for many members of Carnivora, however the role of chemical signals in cat social relationships is not fully understood. Research indicates chemical signals play an important role in many areas of cat behavior including mother-offspring and conspecific interactions and exploration of their environment. Chemical cues appear to play a role in stress and anxiety reduction, allowing cats to feel secure in their environment. A better understanding of cat chemical signals, especially as it relates to within and between species communication, may lead to an increase in cat wellbeing as humans can utilize this knowledge in applied settings. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to investigate how cats process and use chemical signals in social contexts and identify ways this information can be applied to address cat behavioral issues, such as inappropriate litter box and scratching behavior, and improve cat welfare, including species-appropriate ways of reinforcing the human-cat bond."}
{"text":"The family is a system. A systems main focus is to find balance. Family dynamics can make finding balance challenging and interesting. Family dynamics can be influenced by many factors such as coping with a family member’s mental illness or substance use disorder, recent loss of a loved one can strain family support and/or living with someone in long-term care for medical reasons. We understand family dynamics and use interventions to help family members manage conflict, develop cohesion and to learn how to communicate effectively. Family counseling includes meeting each individual of the family and meeting with the family “as-a-whole”. This allows for accurate assessment of the complexities of the family system."}
{"text":"Baltimore LTER / AmeriFlux Tower\nNGCRP Contribution to the Project\nStudies on carbon dioxide concentration, CO2 and H2O\nflux, and the effects of multiple air pollutants on the urban forests\nare being conducted in Baltimore. Urban conditions may represent\npossible future scenarios: elevated carbon dioxide, ozone, nitrogen\ndeposition and elevated temperatures. A 40 m Forest Service lookout\ntower near Baltimore is used to conduct air quality and meteorological\nflux research. This is the first permanent tower to estimate carbon\nflux and carbon sequestration in an urban/suburban forest ecosystem.\nA CO2 and H2O profile system and eddy flux\nsystem was installed in the winter/spring of 2001 and has been running\ncontinuously. The initial results of our profile system shows an\nelevated daily CO2 cycle associated with energy use and\nrush hour traffic. The weekly CO2 cycle appears to have\nhigher overall CO2 emissions for the weekdays (work week)\nthan that of the weekend.\nEstimates of suburban forest area are considered \"non-forest\"\nby definition, and the amount of carbon stored is not well known,\nas they fall between the inventories of rural and urban forests.\nMetropolitan areas have an average tree cover of 33.4%, (urban counties)\nand support 25% of the USA's total tree canopy cover. This study\nwill improve our understanding for carbon flux and carbon sequestration\nin areas traditionally classified as non-forest lands.\nQuick Time movies of the FLUX\nTower (bes_010003 & bes_010004)).\nCO2 and Heat Flux Observations in Suburban Baltimore\n(Cub Hill) (.pdf)\nStudies in Carbon & Meteorological Flux & Air Quality Concentration\nMeasurements in the Baltimore Ecosystem Study (.pdf)\nYear Results Show Tree's Effects On Baltimore Air Quality.\nNETWORK Home Page\nLTER Home Page"}
{"text":"Open Hardware, (alternatively, Open-source hardware) is a device or component on which detailed schematics and/or other information is available to anyone who would desire to improve or change it. The term most often means that some of the information about the hardware is easily discerned so that others can make it - coupling it closely to the maker movement. Hardware design (i.e. mechanical drawings, schematics, bills of material, PCB layout data, HDL source code and integrated circuit layout data), in addition to the software that drives the hardware, are all released under free/libre terms. The original sharer gains feedback and potentially improvements on the design from the Free/Open Source hardware community.\nNotable Examples of Open Hardware\n- Bug Labs – a handheld prototyping system based on the Texas Instruments OMAP3530 with ARM Cortex-A8 (600 MHz) and Angstrom Linux.\n- Ethernut – open-source electronics prototyping platform for building tiny embedded Ethernet devices.\n- Arduino, an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple I/O board and a development environment that implements the open source Processing / Wiring language. Also clones of this platform including Freeduino.\n- Duino - Open-source hardware boards.\n- Beagle Board – a single-board computer based on low-power Texas Instruments processors, using the ARM Cortex-A8 core, running Angstrom Linux.\n- OpenSPARC is an open-source processor project to which Sun Micro systems have contributed the Ultra SPARC T1 and Ultra SPARC T2 multicore processor designs.\n- OpenRISC is a group of developers working to produce a very-high-performance open-source RISC CPU.\n- RISC-V from University of California, Berkeley.\n- Open Graphics Project aims to design an open architecture and standard for graphics cards.\n- Milkymist SoC contains an open-source Verilog HDL design of an embedded high-performance 2D texture mapping unit.\n- Tehnoetic wireless adapter for GNU/Linux-libre (TET-N150), with the Atheros AR9271 chipset."}
{"text":"Use Reference books to:\n♦ Obtain background material to help familiarize yourself with your topic\n♦ Locate definitions of terms and concepts\n♦ Find bibliographies suggesting additional resources on your topic\nReference books are on the first floor of Simpson Library\nDon't forget! If you need assistance, stop at the Information Desk (located to the right as you enter Simpson Library's front door).\nWhile writing research papers, you may need to:\n♦ List your sources in bibliographies or works cited, and\n♦ Provide either footnotes or endnotes.\nHere is a link to the UMW Libraries' Guide to Citing Resources.\nWhen looking for background information related to any of the following topics, either click on these links or scroll down for reference books found on the first floor of Simpson Library:\nGeneral Reference Books"}
{"text":"Building bridges between Christianity and Islam would appear to be the main objective of the Pope’s visit to Turkey. The largely Muslim country’s history and geographical situation give it a unique role as a kind of crossroads between East and West.\nUp to the fall of the Ottoman Empire, after the First World War, several million Orthodox Christians lived in Turkey. Today there are no more than 70,000. Their numbers are said to have plunged through programs or conversion to Islam. A dialogue between the two branches of Christianity is also one of the main purposes of the papal trip. Talk of eventual unity of the two churches is in the air.\nDositheros Anagnostopulos is spokesman for the Patriarch of Constantinople: “One of the primary reasons for the Pope’s visit to Turkey is to unite Catholic and the Orthodox churches under the umbrella of a single church. Not now, in the future -they’ve been separated since 1054”.\nThese are the two largest Christian churches in terms of numbers of followers in the world. On the last day of his tour the Pope will celebrate mass in the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Istanbul. He will also worship alongside the Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I.\nThe visit has been to coincide with the feast of Saint Andrew, one of the 12 apostles who is said to have preached in what is now Istanbul after Christ’s death. Theologians say the two leaders, faced with a growing secularism in Europe and the challenge of Islamic militancy worldwide, will find plenty to agree on.\nBut no breakthroughs are expected on the issues that split their churches 1,000 years ago such as the authority of the Pope and the nature of the Holy Spirit. The fact that the trip is going ahead at all shows a lot has been achieved in bridging the gulf between the Christian faiths."}
{"text":"Posted by Abdul Alim\nBy Gyan Basnet. Courtesy Asia Times Online. The United Nations was founded in 1945 in order to replace the League of Nations and in so doing to bring about a new world order. Today the organization’s structure still reflects the circumstances pertaining at the time of its founding, but in the meantime the world has changed dramatically.\nThe Westphalia view of international law as a disciplinary force between nation states, each with its own economic, social and political authority has, however, now ceased to be appropriate in a global society where the power of non-state actors continues to grow. As cross-border activity and practices increase in number, Professor B Sausa Santos argues that the nation-state is less able to maintain the level of control that it once had over the flow of persons, goods, money and ideas. The ease of capital movement and the increasingly powerful world financial markets and multi-national corporations, backed by fast communications and therefore information, have meant that parts of the world such as Asia, Africa, and Central and Latin America have been drawn into the global economy at an increasingly rapid rate. Now monolithic financial institutions such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund are the economic order of the day.\nEditor’s note: The UN will perish in its current form. Either it changes radically or is reborn with different structures. It good draw some inspiration from the World Wide Ahmadiyya Movement, a true United Nations in making, where love and justice are the main determining factor."}
{"text":"Chengde, chosen for its cooler climate and beautiful scenery, was used as an encampment by the Manchu emperors on their summer journey to the north. Its location emphasised the unity of north and south China. In 1703 it became the site of Kangxi's summer retreat and almost a permanent home. The park was used for the autumn hunt (Mulanqiuxian). An area of 5,600 ha was enclosed by a wall. Numerous buildings were erected in the park with a lake, forests and views of mountains. Scenes were composed to represent famous Chinese landscapes (eg West Lake in Hangzhou, the Surging Waves Garden in Suzhou, the Jin Shan Garden in Beijing). Once there were 72 such scenes making a microcosm of China's landscape. The Chengde area is very popular with modern tourists."}
{"text":"Broken or missing skateboard wheels aren't the end of the world. In just a few minutes, you can replace them.\nStep 1: Remove the old wheels To remove a damaged wheel, use a combination wrench. Place the skateboard on its side, loosen the nut on the old wheel and remove both the wheel and the nut.\nTIP: Always use a combination wrench that is the correct size to keep from damaging the nut. The wrench should fit snugly over the nut and not slip off as you apply pressure.\nStep 2: Locate the correct wheels Take the old wheels that you removed to the local sporting goods store or skate shop to find the correct size of replacement wheels. Ask an employee to remove the bearings from your old wheels and install them into your new wheels.\nStep 3: Replace the wheels With the skateboard still on its side, put the new wheel on the spoke, place the nut on the spoke and use the combination wrench to tighten it.\nStep 4: Check the wheel With your fingers, check the \"play\" of the new wheel. If you have tightened the nut correctly, the new wheel should move back and forth slightly on the spoke. If the wheel is too wobbly, apply more pressure to the nut. If the wheel barely moves, loosen the nut.\nStep 5: Repeat the process Repeat these steps for each wheel that needs to be replaced.\nStep 6: Rotate your wheels regularly To extend the life of your skateboard wheels, rotate them every few months. Remove the nuts and wheels with your combination wrench, flip them over and place them back on the spokes. Tighten the nuts, making sure the wheels each have enough play without being too wobbly. Rotate the position of all four wheels every few months as well.\nFACT: A prototype of skateboarding has been around since the early 1900s, when kids took steel roller-skate wheels and nailed them to planks of wood."}
{"text":"Excalibur, the sword of King Arthur is first mentioned in Geoffrey of Monmouth's The History of the Kings of Britain. According to this account, King Arthur gets a sword called \"Caliburn,\" which was made on the Isle of Avalon. Later legends have the sword being returned to the Lady of the Lake on the mortal wounding of King Arthur at Camlann. Legend is vague as to the location of the Lake that features in the Excalibur story, but possible candidates for the Excalibur Lake are here.\nIt was not until Robert de Boron wrote Merlin (c. 1200) that the author introduced the story of the young King Arthur drawing the sword Excalibur from a rock. Hence proving that Arthur was rightful king of Britain, the true heir of Uther Pendragon.\nThe appear therefore that King Arthur had two swords. The sword drawn from the rock is different from the one given to Arthur by the Lady of the Lake. The lake sword and the rock sword. Excalibur is certainly the lake sword.\nThere could be a translation problem giving rise to the sword being said to be drawn from the stone. The Latin word for stone is saxo; the Germanic invaders were Saxon. It is possible that the original story had King Arthur killing a Saxon leader and pulling his sword from the dead body, and that that in copying (everything was hand copied in those days), a scribe might have missed the last letter of Saxon. In the legend of King Arthur, all things are possible.\nIn the Post-Vulgate Merlin, Excalibur was taken from a hand rising from a lake. In this Post-Vulgate version, the blade of Excalibur could cut through everything and its sheath made the wearer invincible.\nFull references to more about Excalibur at the Rochester site on King Arthur and Excalibur.\nThe Legend of King Arthur"}
{"text":"History of Cosmetic Technologies\nThe history of Shiseido's research and development started in 1897\nShiseido has achieved the development of high quality products based on cutting-edge dermatology and technology of formulation development for more than one century.\nIn 1897, Shiseido developed Eudermine, the skin lotion based on a Western pharmaceutical formula, and in 1916, established the research facility named the Cosmetics Department testing room that later became the current Research Center at Ginza 7-chome, Tokyo. Back in those days, a cosmetic company having an organization for R&D and quality assurance was revolutionary. This was rooted in the origin of Shiseido that started from a dispensary pharmacy based on novel Western technologies of medical and pharmaceutical sciences. Since then, Shiseido has accomplished a number of epoch-making study results. A lot of cosmetic products now known to everyone have been created through Shiseido's research and development activities.\nSome examples are shown below"}
{"text":"The HCI – Human Computer Interactions, User Interaction, and the User Experience.\nInteraction is the Key\nHow we interact with Website, Applications, Mobile app? Our first interaction is the “Visual – Interaction”.\nOur brain analyses visual signals first, we try to understand what is there on screen. We easily recognize few elements which are familiar. And with our past experience we start assuming or expect similar kind of interactions from those elements. Sometimes we get what we want, sometimes not. If system lacks in expected interactions or response, then we get confused and we may hesitate to use that system.\nA Different shape, forms the Symbols and\nShapes, Symbols form the Patterns.\nWe recognize these patterns very easily; we identify some symbols quickly without any label on it. We are trained for that, our brain understands the meaning of these symbols and quickly we relate these symbols to some meaningful actions. Our brain is trained to identify some shapes from our childhood.\nOriginally Published on LinkedIn Pulse"}
{"text":"The programme, which kicked off in September 2016, will be coordinated by the foundation La main à la pâte and will involve 9 partner institutions in 5 European countries.\nThe aim of this 3 year project is to promote inquiry-based learning in STEM, particularly through Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for teachers. Inquiry-based learning encourages learning through the questions, ideas and observations of pupils, putting them at the centre of the learning experience.\nThe participants of the LINKS project will meet regularly over the next 3 years to share their knowledge and expertise, and visit their partner institutions in order to observe the different approaches and best practices in STEM teaching. Each institution will coordinate a specific related topic.\nMaison pour la science en Bretagne (MSB)\nMaison pour la science en Bretagne (MSB) at Université de Rennes 1 was founded in September 2014, largely inspired by the STEM Learning centre in York, UK. The MSB organises professional development programmes for primary and secondary school teachers throughout Brittany. For the LINKS project, they will specifically contribute towards the role of researchers in CPD activities and towards the topic of ‘working with schools’. The MSB participation will be coordinated by Dr Laurence Fontaine.\nThe project will result in an in-depth study and the development of tools which will act as a guide for the implementation of innovative STEM teaching programmes across Europe."}
{"text":"Learning to play a musical instrument or having singing lessons helps teenagers make better progress in English and maths. This is the finding of our research with The Institute of Education – which has now been published in the British Journal of Music Education.\nBetween Key Stage 2 (junior school) and Key Stage 4 (GCSE level), children in the study who were not learning any musical instrument progressed an average of 3.03 levels in English. Children learning an instrument or taking singing lessons progressed by an average of 3.6 levels. In maths, the results were even more marked, with non-instrumentalists progressing an average of 3 levels, and instrumentalists progressing an average of 3.83 levels.\nRead more and where to find the published research paper (British Journal of Music Education)."}
{"text":"Yield Reduction from late-season Corn Defoliation?\nThere is some late-planted corn, particularly in the northern part of Mississippi, which has not reached physiological maturity. This corn may have its yield reduced somewhat by severe problems or stress, depending upon the crop maturity and degree of problem. However, corn is not nearly as sensitive to stress at late-reproductive stages as compared to early reproductive stages, because plants can generally more readily compensate for photosynthetic limitations or other shortcomings, at advanced growth stages. Corn does so by reallocating energy and resources from vegetative parts to help fill grain, which may however reduce stalk integrity. Of course, once plants attain physiological maturity, plant stress has no effect on grain yield.\nThis chart may help you assess potential yield loss and risk associated with issues which may defoliate corn during late reproductive stages. It was adapted from the National Crop Insurance Service’s “Corn Loss Instructions” (1984). This chart was originally developed for estimating yield loss resulting from hail damage, but may have utility for other issues which may defoliate corn as well, such as a disease like Southern rust or premature herbicide application. However, if you use this for estimating potential yield loss associated with Southern rust infection, I believe you need to also allow some lag time anticipated for defoliation to occur. Here are a couple of references for more information:\nGrowth staging corn approaching maturity"}
{"text":"Full Form of HSDPA:\nHigh-Speed Downlink Packet Access\nHSDPA Full Form is High-Speed Downlink Packet Access. HSDPA can be considered as an upgrade to the first 3G UMTS system, which offers much higher data download speeds. As data is mainly transferred across the downlink, compared to the uplink, it was considered a higher priority to upgrade it. HSDPA allows more users to improve and use their internet connectivity on a cellular device, which is what the majority of the users wanted.\nMajor HSDPA Technologies:\n- Modulation –The major component of HSDPA operation is the using another modulation. Initially, WCDMA the only modulation scheme was QPSK, but with HSDPA, 16-QAM is used, which allows higher data rates.\n- Faster Hybrid Automatic Repeat Requests – This has been executed to remove the requirement of a floating spreading factor.\n- Improved Scheduling – Improvements have also been made in the field of scheduling. The traffic of data can be scheduled in a more effective manner by moving the intelligence into the base station.\n- Additional Channels – Additional channels have been created to ensure that the data traffic is moved at a higher rate.\nBenefits of HSDPA:\n- HSDPA ensures that peak user data ranges of 10MBPS is\n- It enhances the network packet data capacity and efficiency.\n- HSDPA users notice higher data speeds as wells as reduced time in response.\n- Further, the service availability is also better.\nThus, we can conclude that HSDPA is a successful technology to replace GSM. As it evolved from WCDMA, it is backward compatible with older WCDMA systems. This technology is integrated into almost all smartphones and current cellular devices."}
{"text":"Inspired by the architecture of the Pueblo Indians, the Moore house was designed by Doerr Architecture to create more energy than it uses, a net-zero energy home. Mike and Ann Moore had property at an elevation of almost 8000 feet in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and wanted a 3500 square foot home with space to show their art collection. They wanted a home that captured the feel of adobe architecture as well as the views of the continental divide while treading lightly on the earth.\nArchitect Thomas Doerr alluded to Pueblo buildings with a composition of simple forms that have flat roofs, plaster walls, vigas (log beams), turquoise-colored window frames and a circular courtyard reminiscent of Native American spiritual spaces, kivas.\nThe Moore Studio achieves net-zero energy usage with passive solar design, ‘tuned’ heat reflective windows, super-insulated and air-tight construction, natural daylighting, solar thermal panels for hot water and space heating, a photovoltaic (PV) system that generates more carbon-free electricity than the house requires, and an energy-recovery ventilator (ERV) for fresh air. The green building strategies used on the Moore Studio earned it an amazing and verified HERS score of -3; one of a few houses in the US to ever do this.\nOther green building strategies used in the Moore Studio include a grey water system, using salvaged and FSC certified wood, and using low-emission cabinetry and finishes.\n- Net Zero Energy Home\n- Passive Solar Design\n- Super Insulated\n- Solar Heating System\n- Solar Electric System\n- Green Materials\n- Natural Daylighting\n- Captures Views\nLearn more about this house here."}
{"text":"What is elongation index of course aggregates?\nElongation index of an aggregate is the percentage by weight of particles whose greatest dimension (length) is greater than one and four-fifth times their mean dimension. It is measured on particles passing through mesh size of 63mm and retained on mesh size of 6.3mm. Determination of elongation index of coarse aggregate is explained below.\nApparatus required for elongation index determination tests are balance, elongation gauge (length gauge) and IS sieves of the following mesh sizes – 63mm, 50mm, 40mm, 31.5mm, 25mm, 20mm, 16mm, 10mm and 6.3mm.\nProcedure of the test:\n1. Take enough quantity of dry blended sample so that at least 200 pieces of any fraction is present. This is not applicable for the biggest and smallest size.\n2. Sieve the blended sample through all the sieves mentioned above starting from the largest sieve i.e. 63mm.\n3. Separate all the individual fractions – 63mm to 50mm, 50mm to 40mm, 40mm to 25mm, 25mm to 20mm, 20mm to 16mm. 16mm to 12.5mm. 12.5mm to 10mm and 10mm to 6.3mm.\n4. Take all the fraction separately, gauge them one by one through the corresponding slot provided in the gauge. Keep the particles retained by the length separately. The aim should be to retain as much as possible to avoid testing bias.\n5. Weigh the particles retained on length gauge.\n6. Elongation index is the total weight of the material retained on the various length gauges, expressed as a percentage of the total weight of the sample gauged.\nElongation index of aggregate in % is calculated as follows:\nWhere, W1 = weight of particles retained in length gauge (grams).\nW2 = weight of total sample taken for test (grams).\nReporting of Test Results:\nReport the elongation index in percentage rounded off to the nearest whole number.\nFor determination of\nElongation index of coarse aggregate as per BS code, look for BS812: – Section 105.2"}
{"text":"The surname Morandi was first found in Modena (Etruscan: Mutna; Latin: Mutina; Modenese: Mòdna), a prosperous city at this early time. Records show that Bernardino Morano was a lawyer for the Commune of Modena in 1170.\nThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Morandi research.Another 235 words (17 lines of text) covering the years 1338, 1339, 1344, 1540, 1600, 1544, 1597, 1622, 1717 and 1643 are included under the topic Early Morandi History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.\nItalian surnames have a surprising number of forms in comparison with other European surnames because they reflect the regional variations and the many dialects of the Italian language, each of which has its distinctive features. For example, in Northern Italy the most standard Italian surname suffix is \"I\", whereas in Southern Italy the most typical surname suffix is \"O\". Sardinian is very different from other forms of Italian and in fact, it is considered to be its own distinct language. Additionally, spelling changes frequently occurred because medieval scribes, church officials, and the bearers of names, spelled names as they sounded rather than according to any specific spelling rules. As a consequence of the major changes in the Italian language and in the local\nspellings of Italian surnames that occurred over the course of history, there are numerous variations for the surname Morandi. These spelling variations\ninclude Morana, Morano, Morani, Morandi, Morando, Moranda, Morandini, Morandin and many more.\nProminent among members of the family was the Morano family of Assisi, who owned a castle which they donated to the region of Umbria in the 12th century; Barnaba Morani, a jurist and nobleman of the 14th century; Giacomo Morano, mayor of Modena in 1338-1339; Ricco Morano, a judge and vicar... Another 75 words (5 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Morandi Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible."}
{"text":"Explicit phoneme training combined with phonic reading instruction helps young children at risk of reading failure.\nHatcher PJ., Hulme C., Snowling MJ.\nBACKGROUND: We evaluate the effectiveness of three theoretically motivated programmes for the teaching of reading to four-year-old children. METHOD: Four hundred and ten children, of pre-kindergarten age, in 20 UK Reception-year classrooms were divided into four matched groups and randomly assigned to one of three experimental teaching conditions, Reading with Rhyme, Reading with Phoneme, Reading with Rhyme and Phoneme, or to a taught control condition (Reading). In each condition the Reading element contained a strong phonic component. RESULTS: There were no selective effects of the different experimental teaching programmes for normally developing children. However, for those children identified as being at risk of reading failure, training in phoneme skills resulted in selective gains in phoneme awareness and in reading skills. CONCLUSIONS: A reading programme that contains a highly structured phonic component is sufficient for most 4.5-year-old children to master the alphabetic principle and to learn to read effectively, without additional explicit phonological training. In contrast, for young children at risk of reading delay, additional training in phoneme awareness and linking phonemes with letters is beneficial."}
{"text":"\"Gray women.\" That is, \"the old women,\" were daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. They had gray hair from their birth. Hesiod1 mentions only two Graeae, viz. Pephredo and Enyo; Apollodorus2 adds Deino as a third, and Aeschylus3 also speaks of three Graeae. The Scholiast on Aeschylus4 describes the Graeae, or Phorcides, as he calls them, as having the figure of swans, and he says that the three sisters had only one tooth and one eye in common, which they borrowed from one another when they wanted them. It is commonly believed that the Graeae, like other members of the family of Phorcys, were marine divinities, and personifications of the white foam seen on the waves of the sea.\n- Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.\nThis article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain."}
{"text":"Production Systems and Sustainability\nReduced survival of lambs from maiden ewes exposed to mature ewes pre-lambing\nS.M. Robertson, M.B. Allworth, M.A. Friend\nVol. 151, p11–15\nThe suboptimal survival of new-born lambs is a major source of reproductive inefficiency, is often lower in maiden (first-lambing) compared with multiparous ewes, and this may be associated with poor maternal behaviour due to inexperience. This study examined whether the survival of lambs from maiden ewes could be increased by exposing maiden ewes to multiparous lambing ewes in the month before lambing. Pregnant maiden Merino ewes (n = 446) which had been mated at 18 months of age were allocated to three replicates of two treatments.\nThe International Goat Association promotes goat research and development for the benefit of humankind, to alleviate poverty, to promote prosperity and to improve the quality of life."}
{"text":"Martin Luther (1483–1546) contributed so much to the development of Western civilization that it is not overstatement to declare that he changed the world as he set the Protestant Reformation in motion five hundred years ago. In this brief sketch, you will learn about the exciting historical facts and fascinating events surrounding this Reformer’s influential life. Luther’s story provides a picture of the gospel—an object lesson of faith, grace, and the forgiveness that can be found only in Jesus Christ.\nTable of Contents:\nThe Young Luther\nThe Crisis and the Cowl\nWittenberg and the Word of God\nThe Dawn of the Reformation\nThe Heat of Battle\nThe Diet of Worms\nFrom Wartburg to Wittenburg\nLeader, Husband, and Theologian\nA Church is Born\nThe Latter Years\nAnthony T Selvaggio (J.D. The University of Buffalo School of Law; M.Div., Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary) currently serves as a visiting professor of Biblical Studies at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, PA. He is also Theologian in Residence at the Rochester Reformed Presbyterian Church in Rochester.\n“This fast-paced little book is a welcome introduction to the great Reformer Martin Luther. It does not gloss over Luther’s flaws, but neither does it lose sight of the ways in which God was at work in and through him. In reading this volume, you’ll get a clear sense of Luther’s time, his personality, and his influence, and you will certainly gain a greater appreciation for all that we owe to his labors in the Lord.” — Jonathan L. Master, professor of theology and dean of the school of divinity, Cairn University\n“There is no better time to get to know Martin Luther—or to get to know him again—than the five-hundredth anniversary of the year he changed the world. As an introduction to his life, thought, and contributions, this work strikes just the right chord. Enjoy getting to know and coming to admire one of the towering figures of history!” — Tim Challies, author of Visual Theology"}
{"text":"Lays out the children a row or a column, wrapping the row/column when no more space is available.\nLays out the children in a grid. The name of this layout is deceiving, because while it sounds like you could instantiate this grid to have a number of rows and columns and then set the figures giving for the figure a specific row and column, what the layout actually allows you to do is set the number of columns (rows) and then the figures are added sequentially to the next column (row) and after all columns (rows) are filled, a new row (column) is created. You can set some information on how each element is laid out, like alignment, spanning more than one column, etc.\nThis layout gives you full control, by making you decide where you want to put every figure. With control comes responsibility (and more code).\nLays out the figures in 5 locations: Top, Bottom, Left, Right, and Center. Only one figure can be located in each location. The bounds given to each figure are based on the figure’s preferred size. The central figure get’s the space remaining after all other figures are laid out – it can both grow and shrink depending on how much space is left.\nArranges the figures in one column/row. It tries to insert all child figures into its client area, up to reducing them to their minimum size, but not less than this.\nThe children of the figure are placed one on top of the other, with the first child added located at the bottom.\nThis layout expects a\nLocator to be passed as the child figure’s constraint. At layout time, it delegates to the Locator to perform the layout."}
{"text":"They are notoriously shy around humans, beating their tails and chattering their teeth to try to warn us off.\nBut in Batang, China, the coy animals have become so friendly with local herdsmen, they now share dinner together.\nSome 20 of the creatures have made the Cuopugou scenic area their home alongside the farm workers.\nNormally, when seeing an intruder, a marmot will become defensive and try to warn them off by beating their tail and chattering their teeth.\nThey will then emit a series of loud whistles to members of their colony to encourage them to run for cover\nBizarrely, the animals are heavier in the autumn, when they can weigh up to 8kg, in comparison to 3kg in the spring months.\nMarmots stand at around 18cm tall and reach up to 50cm in length."}
{"text":"Morrow Pacific: Life Cycle Assessment of a Coal Export Project\nRepository Usage Stats\nStricter emissions requirements on coal-fired power plants together with low natural gas prices have contributed to a recent decline in the use of coal for electricity generation in the United States. Faced with a shrinking domestic market, many coal companies are taking advantage of a growing coal export market. As a result, U.S. coal exports hit an all-time high in 2012, fueled largely by demand in Asia. The Australian firm Ambre Energy is currently pursuing a permit to develop and operate a coal export project in Oregon that will ship 8.8 million tons of Powder River Basin coal annually to Asian markets via rail, river barge, and ocean vessel. This study uses a hybrid life cycle assessment model to conduct the only environmental life cycle analysis of the project to date. Social and environmental impacts are quantified and monetized to provide a full picture of the project’s externalities as a basis for comparison to other energy export alternatives. Findings show that fuel combustion during the three transport phases of the project contributes significant emissions add-ons to the pollution profile of the exported coal. This study highlights the unintended social and environmental consequences of policies intended to reduce air emissions from domestic coal-fired power plants.\nmorrow pacific project\nlife cycle assessment\ncoal export project\nCitationBohnengel, Andrew Barrett (2013). Morrow Pacific: Life Cycle Assessment of a Coal Export Project. Master's project, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/6821.\nMore InfoShow full item record\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.\nRights for Collection: Nicholas School of the Environment"}
{"text":"Practicing What I Preach, Part 3\nWhat is PTSD? Post-traumatic stress disorder was called “shell shocked” after World War I and “battle fatigue” after World War II. After the Vietnam War, it was further sanitized to “post traumatic stress disorder.” Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) is diagnosed after a person has experienced multiple life-threatening traumas.\nApproximately 160 million people have PTSD."}
{"text":"The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a preview of documents that are recommending against the use of SMS as an authenticator for two-factor authentication. As a result, Apple may need to develop a dedicated app or use another app for two-factor authentication.\nIf two-factor authentication is turned on for verification of Apple IDs, for example, a validation code is sent to a smartphone and then entered on the device the owner is trying to validate. While NIST says that SMS can be used for two-factor authentication as long as a phone number is linked to a real cellular network and is not a virtual phone number, future guidelines will do away with the use of SMS.\nApple's two-factor authentication scheme is entirely voluntary and doesn't rely totally on phone numbers, but without using SMS, a person must have a second Apple device -- say, a Mac or iPad -- available to display validation codes. It's likely that Apple would have to develop an authenticator app similar to Google Authenticator, not only for Apple devices but also for Android and Windows."}
{"text":"Here is a fun FREE math activity to keep your little learners engaged on a long winter day. To get the most out of instructional time and learning resources, I love to address more than one area with a single activity. This resource addresses counting skills and enhances fine motor development.\nJust download this no-prep printable from the link above. Put some paint in a small plate and add a cotton swab. This fun math activity is now ready to use!\nI hope you and your learners enjoy this resource!\nStay warm and safe!"}
{"text":"Graphing Radical Functions Day 2\nLesson 6 of 6\nObjective: Students will learn to identify the domain and endpoint of the graph of a radical function by examining the equation.\nAs students enter the room, I tell them to pick up where they left off with yesterday’s assignment (Graphing Radical Functions Day 1). If they were required to complete any of the graphs at home, I instruct them to begin by comparing their graphs with those of their peers. In the best case, all of the students will have the same, correct graphs. If not, then I would expect some conversations to start among the students as they attempt to figure out whose graphs are correct – if any.\nIn the wrap-up conversation at the end of this lesson I find it’s important to draw several points out of the students by asking simple questions. Typically, I would write a new equation on the board, similar to those on the worksheet, and ask for help making a graph.\n- “Where/how do I begin my graph?” The students may interpret this two ways: I may be asking for the endpoint of the graph, or I may be asking generally how to begin graphing a function. The conversation should include:\n- “select values for x, and then compute corresponding y-values”\n- “examine the radicand to predetermine the domain”\n- “remember that the square root of x^2 is the absolute value of x”\n- “the endpoint will be (a, b) if f(x) = b + sqrt(x - a)”\n- “How do a solve for f(x) = 5?” The students should instruct me to graph the horizontal line y = 5 and to estimate the intersection point.\n- “What if I had asked to solve for x = 5?” The students should respond with something like “That’s easy! Just evaluate f(5),” but I would also help them to see the solution graphically with the vertical line x = 5.\n- If time permits, I would initiate a conversation about the graphs of various power functions and their corresponding radical functions. This should lead to the observation that there are two general behaviors depending on the parity of the power/root."}
{"text":"The main collection covers the history of British aviation. The earliest photographs show military ballooning in the 19th Century. It continues with the early pioneers to the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service in World War One. They merged to form the Royal Air Force and the collection shows its work in Europe, India and the Middle East in the inter-war years. The RAF expanded greatly in the Second World War but since then has gradually reduced in size. The number of photographs we have of different periods reflect the size of the RAF which means we have fewer photographs of recent years.\nThe main collection has been compiled from material given to the Museum or allowed to copy. We are constantly looking for new material from all periods to add to the collection and fill gaps in the history of the Royal Air Force.\nSome of the photograph collection is available online using the Navigator database. A proportion of these listings have scanned images attached.\nYou can view and buy prints of some of the Museum's best-loved photographs at the online photograph store."}
{"text":"The Albanian National Awakening\nProfessor Skendi, a native of Albania, traces the progress and setbacks of Albania's long struggle for national unity during this least-known period of its intricate history. He discusses the heritage of its people and examines in detail the developments that led to Albanian independence: national resistance to the decisions of the Congress of Berlin, later opposition to Turkey, and the struggle between the Albanians and the Young Turks. Consideration is given to such internal problems as geographic configuration, religious and political division, and to such external problems as Italo-Austrian rivalry, political interference from neighboring states, and the involvement of great powers.\nOriginally published in 1967.\nThe Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905."}
{"text":"According to WebMD, green tea does not cause kidney stones but may actually help prevent them. This belief is based on a study done in China, which linked an increased amount of green tea with a flattening of pre-existing kidney stones.Continue Reading\nThe Mayo Clinic shares that kidney stones form when urine contains more crystal-forming substances than the fluid in urine can dilute. There are many different types of kidney stones, including calcium stones, struvite stones, uric acid stones and cystine stones, as well as other more rare types.\nAccording to the Mayo Clinic, there are some factors that put a person at higher risk for kidney stones. These include not drinking enough water; eating a diet that's high in protein, sodium and sugar; and being obese.Learn more about Coffee & Tea"}
{"text":"What is a dietary supplement?\nA dietary supplement is a product taken by mouth that contains a \"dietary ingredient\" intended to supplement or enhance the diet. The \"dietary ingredients\" in these products may include: vitamins, minerals, herbs or other botanicals, amino acids, and substances such as enzymes, organ tissues, glandulars, and metabolites. Dietary supplements can also be extracts or concentrates, and may be found in many forms such as tablets, capsules, soft gels, gel caps, liquids, or powders. Whatever their form may be, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 places dietary supplements in a special category under the general umbrella of \"foods,\" not drugs, and requires that every supplement be labeled a dietary supplement.\nWhere can I find information about dietary supplements?\nBecause dietary supplements are under the umbrella of \"foods,\" FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) is responsible for the agency's oversight of these products. Information on how FDA regulates dietary supplements is available from the CFSAN Web site."}
{"text":"Whenever black and brown people used current gun laws in the context of the second amendment… the most sweeping gun control laws in the history of the United States were passed.\nHere is a quote from a book that examines the time in history when The Black Panthers’ knowledge of current gun laws caused California to become the first state to pass strict gun control laws.\nOn April 5, 1967…Assemblyman, Mulford introduced a bill, AB 1591, in the California legislature proposing to outlaw the carrying loaded firearms in public.”\n-Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin, Jr.\n“Black Against Empire: The History And Politics Of The Black Panther Party”\nThen Governor Ronald Regan signed that bill into law and went on to become the ‘Father’ of the Conservative movement who now supports no regulation of firearms.\nOrigins of gun control legislation\nTa-Nehisi Coates, senior editor for The Atlantic, talks about his personal views on gun culture as the Up w/ Chris Hayes panelists discuss the origins of gun control legislation."}
{"text":"Fine Motor Development\nFine motor skills involve use of the small muscles in the hands. These include skills such as: grasping objects, writing, cutting with scissors, shoe-tying, and fastening buttons. These skills are needed to for self-care and participation in activities at school and at home. Through occupational therapy (OT), patients can develop and improve these skills.\nFine motor skills are essential for performing everyday skills like self care tasks (e.g. clothing fastenings, opening lunch boxes, cleaning teeth, using cutlery) and academic skills (e.g. pencil skills of drawing, writing and coloring, as well as cutting and pasting). Without the ability to complete these every day tasks, a child’s self esteem can suffer and their academic performance is compromised. They may also be unable to develop appropriate independence in life skills (such as getting dressed and feeding themselves).\nThese skills are practiced through play, practice and always with a ton of encouragement!"}
{"text":"We are playing the Guess Game. The game is as follows:\nI pick a number from\nn. You have to guess which number I picked.\nEvery time you guess wrong, I will tell you whether the number I picked is higher or lower than your guess.\nYou call a pre-defined API\nint guess(int num), which returns three possible results:\n-1: Your guess is higher than the number I picked (i.e.\nnum > pick).\n1: Your guess is lower than the number I picked (i.e.\nnum < pick).\n0: your guess is equal to the number I picked (i.e.\nnum == pick).\nReturn the number that I picked.\nInput: n = 10, pick = 6 Output: 6\nInput: n = 1, pick = 1 Output: 1\nInput: n = 2, pick = 1 Output: 1\n1 <= n <= 231 - 1\n1 <= pick <= n\n# The guess API is already defined for you. # @param num, your guess # @return -1 if my number is lower, 1 if my number is higher, otherwise return 0 # def guess(num: int) -> int: class Solution: def guessNumber(self, n: int) -> int: l=0 r=n while l<=r: m = l +(r-l)//2 if guess(m)==0: return m elif guess(m)==-1: r=m-1 else: l=m+1"}
{"text":"The Newfoundland is particulary suited to the island of\nit's origin with a thick heavy coat.\nThere is much uncertainty about the origin of the Newfoundland. Some say that his ancestors are the white Great Pyrenees, dogs brought to the coast of Newfoundland by the Basque fishermen; others that he descended from a French hound (probably the Boarhound); but all agree that he originated in Newfoundland and that his ancestors were undoubtedly brought there by fishermen from the European continent. At any rate, a dog evolved which was particularly suited to the island of his origin."}
{"text":"Artist: Abbott, Sir James (1807-1896)\nMedium: Pencil and ink on paper\nPencil and ink drawing of Mandleshwar in Madhya Pradesh by Sir James Abbott (1807-1896) in 1843. The drawing is inscribed: 'Mundlaisir. Nimarr. J.A. 1843, River Narbudda.'\nMandleshwar in Central India is on the bank of the Narbada River at a narrow point where in the monsoon the stream often rises 60 feet above its normal level becoming a roaring torrent. It fell to the Marathas in the 18th century and in 1740 was granted by Malhar Rao Holkar to a Brahman, Vyankatram Shastri. In 1823 it became the head quarters of the District of Nimar which until 1864 was managed by the Agent to the Governor General at Indore. The Narbada is one of the most important rivers of India and at Mandleshwar there are many beautiful tanks temples and ghats."}
{"text":"When importing values to Excel, often the decimal separator is not set to the one present in the data being imported. This result in numbers being stored as text and in the case you use these numbers to make calculations you will get #VALUE! as an output. In the example below the decimal separator is set to 'coma' (,) while the imported numbers contain 'period' (.) as a decimal separator and the imported numbers are stored as text, thus the log function results in #VALUE!.\nPossible solution is to find/replace period symbols with commas, however there is a way to change decimal separator. In Excel 2003 select Tools/Options/International, uncheck 'use system separator' and type the separator symbol in Decimal separator field. The outputs #VALUE! will immediately change to numerical values as shown below."}
{"text":"Continuing the theme of mipnei tikkun ha-olam – encouraging the proper workings of society – the Mishna on our daf teaches that a Jewish person who sells his field in Israel to a non-Jew is obligated to purchase fruit from the new owner and bring bikkurim – the offering of first fruits – to Jerusalem.\nThis version of the Mishna is Rashi’s, who understands that the tikkun olam involved is that the original owner is obligated to purchase fruit from the field – at any price – in order to fulfill the mitzva of bikkurim. This is done to encourage the original owner to rethink the sale and pressure him to buy the field back from the non-Jew.\nAccording to most other rishonim – as well as the standard text in the Mishnayot and the Talmud Yerushalmi – the Mishna does not require the seller to purchase fruit from the field; rather, in a situation where another Jewish person purchases the field from the non-Jew, he will be obligated to bring bikkurim, even though the fruit grew in the possession of someone who was not obligated in this mitzva. Some rishonim suggest that this rule would also hold true in a case in which the field remained in the non-Jewish hands, but the fruit was purchased by a Jewish person; mipnei tikkun ha-olam, he would have to take bikkurim from the fruit that he bought.\nThe Ri”d suggests that this is because the mitzva of bikkurim takes place in the public eye with a colorful march to Jerusalem, and someone who doesn’t know that the land was sold will mistakenly think that the mitzva of bikkurim does not apply. With regard to the other tithes, which are all taken and arranged privately, the need for such a tikkun ha-olam was not as pressing. The Me’iri suggests that bikkurim is just an example and that someone who purchases the field or the fruit would be obligated in all of the agricultural tithes mipnei tikkun ha-olam."}
{"text":"Wellsy wrote:When examining the c - m - c circuit, someone might make something to sell it in order to acquire another use value. In such a process, equal values are exchanged and no new value is made.\nThat's just self-evidently false. The value of what they made was created.\nIn the capitalist circuit of m - c - m’, the capitalist invests money in production of commodities and ends up with a greater amount of money than they initially had. The question is how do they acquire more than they started with.\nBy causing value to be produced.\nThe idea is that in exchange, one cannot create more value although individuals might benefit unequal exchange such as with merchant capital. Individuals profit, but the total isn’t increased, value merely changes places but there is no expansion of value.\nWrong. Total value was increased by production of what was exchanged.\nSo one looks to commodity production and not exchange for the origins of a surplus in the capital circuit. In examining production Marx considers that workers are paid for their labour power but produce with their labour a surplus product and value over and above their necessary labor for the equivalent in wages to purchase use values to survive.\nGibberish. The only reason to offer workers access to that economic opportunity they would not otherwise have had is to apply their labor to production of value greater than their wages.\nI also believe that a surplus is made more clearly in past societies with the peasant or slave working to produce a surplus for a lord or master.\nBecause like all Marxists, you refuse to know the fact that the slave owner and landowner are not contributory roles, and only take, while the owner of producer goods increases production by his contribution thereof.\nThe relationship becomes obscured by a focus on equality of exchange but Marx’s maintains an equality of exchange of wages for labour power but recognizing that labour can produce more value than labour power unlike other commodities."}
{"text":"The difference between the experience of duality and its witness is the experience of duality9waking) is full of diversity and the witness is formless and non-dual.\nThe seeker should not assert for anything which there is no proof. The seeker should realize the fact that, he and his experience of the world are part and parcel of the illusion. The doer and doing are part of the illusion.\nwhatever one has seen, known, believed and experienced as a person within the world as reality is falsehood. Therefore, the seeker has to mentally trace the existence of the formless witness apart from the three states, in order to realize the ultimate truth.\nPrior to the appearance of the mind there is neither the person not his experience of the world; it was non dual reality, which was identified by Buddha as emptiness or nothingness. Advaita sages called it Brahman. Recently they claim that science called it no self.\nThe no self or Brahman or emptiness is the true self, which is the spirit. Spirit pervades the whole experience of duality as its invisible substance.\nThe prior to the appearance of the mind or experience of duality the world and its perceiver were non-existent.\nSince person and his experience of the world are within the experience of duality. There must be something else which is aware of this dual and non-dual state, which appears and"}
{"text":"Poll: Which is correct?\n- Votes: 407\n- Comments: 10\n- Added: March 2013\n- Polls: 1,169\n- Votes: 688,589\n- Comments: 4,851\nwho's right = who is right. This is a question asking which person is right, has the right answer ....\nwhose right - means the right of which person ... in the way: the right you have to do or to obtain something.\nFlying Dutchman says it all.\nFlying Dutchman - excellent answer, - concise and to the point.\nI like these kind of questions, this way we learn more. For me it is very good way to learn English.\nwho is right? = Who's right?\nwho's right is an abbreviation of \"who is right?\"\n'whose right' can only be used as a noun phrase or to introduce a subordinate clause\nwho's right equal who is right.\nOK. Both could be used.\n\"Whose right?\" Does not exist. When talking about what an individual deserves, we always say \"rights\", not \"right\".\nThe right to bear arms. Whose right are we talking about."}
{"text":"The Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF) encompasses a set of principles to guide development and poverty reduction, including the provision of external assistance. Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) underpinned by the CDF are the way forward to enhance country ownership and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. We intend to continue to direct the energy of our institutions to make this a reality.\nEliminating poverty, reducing inequity, and improving opportunity for people in low- and middle-income countries are the World Bank Group's central objectives. The CDF is an approach by which countries can achieve these objectives. It emphasizes the interdependence of all elements of development—social, structural, human, governance, environmental, economic, and financial.\nThe CDF advocates: a holistic long-term vision; the country in the lead, both \"owning\" and directing the development agenda, with the Bank and other partners each defining their support in their respective business plans; stronger partnerships among governments, donors, civil society, the private sector, and other development stakeholders in implementing the country strategy; and a transparent focus on development outcomes to ensure better practical success in reducing poverty."}
{"text":"Welcome to our learning for today. Please work your way through the videos and resources on this page. Remember, you can record your learning in your home learning book.\nRemember to take brain breaks and time for lunch at the appropriate points during the day. Don't forget to stay well hydrated too!\nThe maths today is in two parts, watch part 1, then the you tube video then watch part 2. Finally complete the calculations.\nThis is the start of our new topic. Read through the first video and then take a five minute break.\nWatch the second video and interact with the video.\nFinally, design your own DSV using the template provided."}
{"text":"The sun, moon and vast array of stars littering the night sky were all essential in generating life on Earth. However, it could have turned out much differently, leaving the planet to float aimlessly, desolate and lifeless, across the cold expanse of space for all time.\nA potent storm system moving out of the Northwest United States will bring an elevated risk of tornadoes to parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan on Thursday.\nMany search for the perfect getaway, without realizing that weather can majorly influence those desired picturesque sunsets, hours of sightseeing and lazy beach days.\nIn an effort to cut down the time it takes to scan storms in order to alert the public of tornadoes and severe storms, the National Weather Service made small but potentially life-saving adjustments to their radar operations."}
{"text":"Question: Is organic milk pasteurized?\nAnswer: Pasteurization involves heating milk to a high temperature in order to kill microbes or bacteria and to prevent souring. In contrast, raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurized.\nThere are ongoing debates on the safety and health benefits of raw milk. If you ask the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about the safety of raw milk, they will advise you to avoid it because of the potential for harmful bacteria. However, proponents of raw milk indicate that pasteurization kills off beneficial bacteria and destroys nutrients.\nOrganic milk can either be raw or pasteurized. The word “organic” does not signify that milk is unpasteurized. In fact, the majority of organic milk that you find in the grocery store is pasteurized. Typically, in order to find raw milk you really have to seek it out at a place like a farmer’s market or specialty store.\nLet’s take a look at a sampling of popular organic milk products to verify that they are pasteurized.\nHorizon Organic: From their faq section, “Are Horizon milk products pasteurized? Yes. Pasteurization is the process of heating milk to make it safe from harmful bacteria and to increase its longevity.”\nOrganic Valley: Per the company, “Yes, Organic Valley does pasteurize its fluid milk products.”\nClover Organic: All organic milk listed as pasteurized on the company website.\nWhile most milk is pasteurized, you should always check the label or verify with the manufacturer that the product is pasteurized, if this is a concern for you."}
{"text":"Private Olive Tour\nThe olive tree is known since the ancient times, its true origins are unknown, it possibly originated in the East Mediterranean countries. According to the ancient Greek Mythology the olive tree is originated in Athens and the first olive tree was planted by Pallas Athena in Acropolis.\nGreeks were the first people to cultivate olive trees in the European Mediterranean area; they were brought either by Greek settlers or Phoenician merchants.\nAccording to Pliny the Elder, in 580 BC neither in ancient Rome nor in Spain or in Tunis new about olive trees and its cultivation.\nOlive and Nutrition\nThe olive, the fruit of the olive tree (fruit of olea europaea), is essential in the Mediterranean nutrition, both as an edible fruit and as in form of olive oil.\nIt is a magnificent source of monounsuturated fatty acids. The olive fruit provides the human body with vegetable fibres and metals and is the source of vitamin E, which is a natural antioxidant. Vitamin E is considered to slow the alterations of cell membranes and counter osteoporosis.\nOlive oil in Medicine\nOlive oil was known to be used for therapeutic purposes. It was already used as medicine before 4000 BC.\nAristotle studied olive oil and established its cultivation as a science.\nSolon was the first to legislate for the protection of olive trees.\nHomer describes olive oil as a “golden fluid”.\nHippocrates, the father of Medicine, describes it as the “perfect medicine”.\nIn his saved works, more than 60 pharmaceutical and medical ways to use olive oil are described, inclusive of skin problems, muscle pains, therapy against ulcer and cholera, mouth and gum inflammation, insomnia, nausea, fever and stomach pains.\nPedanius Dioscorides calls olive oil “perfect to use for health”. He mentions numerous therapeutic qualities against herpes and mouth ulcer. He also states that the oil from wild olive trees is styptic and beneficial against headaches."}
{"text":"Hope still for 'dead' Comet Ison\nAll that could be seen was a dull smudge in space telescope images - its nucleus and tail assumed destroyed. But recent pictures have indicated a brightening of what may be a small fragment of the comet.\nAstronomers admit to being surprised and delighted, but now caution that anything could happen in the coming hours and days.\nThis remnant of Ison could continue to brighten, or it could simply fizzle out altogether.\n\"We've been following this comet for a year now and all the way it has been surprising us and confusing us,\" said astrophysicist Karl Battams, who operates the US space agency-funded Sungrazing Comets Project.\n\"It's just typical that right at the end, when we said, 'yes, it has faded out, it's died, we've lost it in the Sun', that a couple of hours later it should pop right back up again,\" he told BBC News.\nSources and more information:\nThe Christian Science Monitor Weekly Digital Edition Dr. Battams, a scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory, had for all intents and purposes become the emcee of a highly anticipated celestial event. The alluringly bright Comet ISON, discovered last year, would be swooping within a hair's breadth of the sun, cosmically speaking, on Thanksgiving...\n( via bbc.co.uk )\nNo comments yet."}
{"text":"The counting and packing machine is a remarkable piece of machinery that has revolutionized the way businesses handle and distribute their products. It combines the processes of counting and packaging into an automated system, significantly reducing human error, operational costs, and time taken for packaging. Counting and packing machines have found applications in various industries, including pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, and consumer goods.\nThe counting and packing machine counts the number of items required and packages them efficiently. It uses sensors and optical counters to accurately count the items, which are then conveyed to the packaging section. The packaging section uses a variety of materials such as paper, plastic, or cellophane to wrap or bag the items. The machines can be customized to meet specific packaging needs, such as including information on the package or printing barcodes.\nOne of the key benefits of using a counting and packing machine is its efficiency. These machines can process a large number of items in a short period of time, reducing the time taken for packaging. Additionally, the machines provide consistent and accurate counting, reducing the risk of over- or under-packaging. This accuracy is crucial in industries where proper dosing or counting is essential, such as in the pharmaceutical industry.\nCounting and packing machines have eased the workload of employees, allowing them to focus on other tasks that require human intervention. This not only improves productivity but also reduces the potential for repetitive stress injuries. Furthermore, these machines require minimal supervision, making them ideal for running unattended overnight or over the weekend."}
{"text":"Texas & Oklahoma 2011\nThe drought and associated wildfires cost Texans an estimated US$5 billion, including agricultural and livestock losses.\nIn the summer of 2011, Texas and Oklahoma suffered the worst drought conditions seen since the Dust Bowl. In Midland, the oil and gas capital of West Texas, less than 1/10th of an inch of rain fell between October 2010 and April 2011, leaving all three of the city’s reservoirs less than 30% full. Without rain, residents may have to raise US$140 million for a new pipeline to bring in water from elsewhere. Estimates put the cost of the drought and associated wildfires (including agricultural and livestock losses) at US$5 billion."}
{"text":"This week's book giveaway is in the OCAJP 8 forum. We're giving away four copies of OCA Java SE 8 Programmer I Study Guide and have Edward Finegan & Robert Liguori on-line! See this thread for details.\nhi, Method calls are always determined by the state of the object at runtime, but the variables are referenced using the reference of the object. Since object q has a reference variable of type Shape q.y will always give 7. Same is the case for q.x. Hope this helps\nI think u r referring to variable and method shadowing. When u invoke a method by an object it is a class of the current object and not the type of reference. example... //Tubelight extends light and has a method called getBill() Light l1 = new Tubelight() Hence if yu want to excess getBill yu just say li.getBill(); But the variable accessed is from the class corresponding to the reference type regardless of the object denoted by reference. example. //If both Light and Tubelight class has an instance variable int x1 Light l1 = new Tubelight() Then if yu invoke l1.x1 then its the instance variable of light class that is invoked. I hope yu get it. Hope somebody can correct me if I am wrong. shalini\nJoined: Mar 17, 2000\nshalini you are right except for the terminology. Instance methods can be overridden by subclasses. Static methods gets shadowed or hidden when redefined by the subclass(es). Overriding does not apply to static methods. Variables( static or instance ) gets hidden or shadowed when redeclared by subclass(es) because the name resolution starts from the immediate enclosing scope. Just my two cents worth.... Ajith"}
{"text":"There has been a rise in far-right and fascist ideologies in many countries around the world in recent years. This is often characterized by anti-immigrant sentiment, racism, xenophobia, nationalism, and a disregard for democratic norms and institutions. Far-right and fascist movements have gained traction, often in response to perceived threats to cultural and national identity, as well as economic and political anxieties.\nThis ideologue is in direct opposition to the values of equality, tolerance, and democracy, and have been responsible for significant human rights abuses and acts of violence throughout history.\nIt is important for all people to actively stand against fascism and far-right ideologies, and to support the values of progressive and democratic values. This can be done through grassroot protest, #mainstreaming political action, and supporting 4#opens organizing."}
{"text":"The World Health Organisation (WHO) is working closely with the Government of Sierra Leone to prevent the spread of malaria and cholera in the wake of last week’s mudslides and flooding in Freetown.\nMr. Alexander Chimbaru, Officer in Charge of WHO in Sierra Leone, said the UN health agency was doing everything possible to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in the country’s capital.\n“The mudslides have caused extreme suffering and loss of life, and we must do all we can to protect the population from additional health risks.\n“With damage to water and sanitation facilities, residents of affected areas are particularly vulnerable to outbreaks of pre-existing infectious diseases including malaria and diarrheal conditions such as typhoid and cholera,” Chimbaru said.\nThe most recent cholera outbreak in the country occurred in 2012, according to the global health agency.\nChimbaru said cholera response kits, including rapid testing tools, were being distributed to areas at risk, while health and community workers were being trained to recognise the signs of priority diseases.\n“While the Government and WHO are working hard to strengthen health services in the affected areas, we also urge the population to take the following precautions to help avoid a possible outbreak.\n“These are hand washing, drinking only water that has been properly boiled or treated, use of latrines for sanitation, and adherence to good food hygiene practices,” Chimbaru added.\nAround 500 people are known to have died as a result of the flooding and mudslides that devastated whole communities in and around Freetown, and hundreds more are still missing, according to the UN.\nMeanwhile, the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed will sign a book of condolences for the victims of the mudslides at the Sierra Leone Permanent Mission in New York later on Monday. (NAN)"}
{"text":"How do you increase in-place stormwater infiltration in a parking lot without ripping up 39 acres of asphalt pavement? Ventura County’s Watershed Protection District in California figured out how: replace existing traditional concrete gutters with pervious concrete gutters to allow stormwater runoff to flow through it, infiltrating into the soil below.\nThat’s how the \"first flush\" — the 70% of pollutants that are carried during the first 20 minutes of a rainfall — from the County’s Government Center are treated. Instead of waste, the runoff is now a resource.\n“We installed 4,805 linear feet of pervious concrete gutters,” says Ewelina Mutkowska, stormwater program manager at Ventura County. “This new system allows stormwater to be drained and then filtered through an aggregate-filled infiltration trench that flows into dry wells, reaching soil that can accept groundwater recharge.”\nThese pervious gutters are placed throughout the multiple parking lots at the Government Center, each marked with a blue Clean Drain sticker. When they fill up, the rest of the water flows into existing storm drains.\nNo trees had to be removed, nor any additional right of way acquired.\n“The project is part of a multijurisdictional initiative to reduce urban runoff pollution and protect our watersheds,” says Mutkowska. Ten cities and unincorporated areas share responsibility for complying with a countywide National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit adopted most recently in 2010.\nMost of the project’s $1.5 million funding came from California’s Proposition 84 Stormwater Grant Program, which voters approved in 2006. CalRecycle, the state Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, also contributed.\nFor more information, visit http://uninc.vcstormwater.org."}
{"text":"business paper due 16 mar 14 attn kim woods\nWrite a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper (the title page and reference do not count in the total paper word count) in which you use the creative process to solve a problem with which you have experience. Include the following:\n· Describe each stage in the creative process using Ch. 5 of your text.\n· Search for a personal challenge. Explain how you used the techniques to develop curiosity in your search (see Ch. 6).\n· Express the problem created by this personal challenge (see Ch. 7). Refine your expression of the problem by considering multiple perspectives and deciding which expression is best. Include both the initial and the refined version. Justify your revision.\n· Investigate the problem by obtaining necessary information (see Ch. 8). List the questions must answer to understand the problem. Identify a source of information to answer each question.\n· Conclude your investigation with a thorough explanation of the problem, including answers to each of the questions you identified.\n· Produce ideas toward solution of this problem (see Ch. 9). List all of your ideas—whether they are ridiculous or serious is not important.\n· Discuss the two ideas that you think are the most imaginative, original, and positive potential solutions to the problem.\nFormat your paper consistent with APA guidelines including a cover page and a reference page."}
{"text":"The ACLU Mobile Justice smartphone app was created to empower individuals to hold law enforcement agencies accountable for their actions. This app has four main features which allow citizens to personally record police officer interactions, alert nearby users when stopped by police, transmit incident reports directly to the ACLU, and learn what rights citizens have when stopped by law enforcement officers.\n94 results found\nDefendDefenders (East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) seeks to strengthen the work of human rights defenders (HRDs) throughout the East and Horn of Africa sub-region by reducing their vulnerability to the risk of persecution and by enhancing their capacity to effectively defend human rights.\nThis fact sheet aims to shed light on the right to health in international human rights law as it currently stands, amidst the plethora of initiatives and proposals as to what the right to health may or should be. The fact sheet starts by explaining what the right to health is and illustrating its implications for specific individuals and groups, and then elaborates upon States’ obligations with respect to the right. It ends with an overview of national, regional and international accountability and monitoring mechanisms.\nThese methods were compiled by Dr. Gene Sharp and first published in his 1973 book, The Politics of Nonviolent Action, Vol. 2: The Methods of Nonviolent Action. The book outlines each method and gives information about its historical use."}
{"text":"This Christian History course will be taught by Dr. Matthew Hoskin, and will run from April 10th through June 17th. The syllabus can be found here.\nIn 410, the Goths sacked the city of Rome, sending shockwaves throughout the Mediterranean world. Some blamed the ongoing Christianization of the Roman world and the suppression of pagan ritual. In response, St Augustine of Hippo, greatest theologian of the Latin West, wrote his largest work, On the City of God Against the Pagans. This work was not merely an apologia for Christianity, not simply a demonstration through history, philosophy, and theology that the sack of Rome was not the result of divine anger from the old gods. City of God is that and more—a wide-ranging analysis of the theology of history, divine providence, divine revelation, and so much more, bringing into play scripture, Christian theology, Roman history, and ancient philosophy.\nDr. Matthew Hoskin (PhD, University of Edinburgh) teaches ancient and medieval Christian history for Davenant Hall. His research focuses on manuscripts, monks, popes, canon law, and councils, which all feature in his book, The Manuscripts of Leo the Great’s Letters (2022), and he blogs about the historic faith at Classically Christian. He lives on Superior’s northern shore in Thunder Bay, Ontario, with his wife and sons.\nOnline only, runs 10 weeks, meeting 2 hr./wk. via Zoom. Students will also have the option to participate in class discussion on the Davenant Common Room Discord server. Register to reserve your spot and schedule will be set after a poll of participating students; if the class time does not fit your schedule, you will be eligible for a full refund.\nThis is a graduate-level course. Although a BA is not a necessary pre-requisite for this course, students should come prepared to do graduate-level work."}
{"text":"- Collect data once and use it many times\n- Develop standards across disciplines as well as within them\n- Process and validate data at different levels. Structures are already developing at national level but infrastructure at sea-basin and European level is needed\n- Provide sustainable financing at an EU level so as to extract maximum value from the efforts of individual Member States\n- Build on existing efforts where data communities have already organized themselves\n- Develop a decision-making process for priorities that is user-driven\n- Accompany data with statements on ownership, accuracy and precision, and\n- Recognise that marine data is a public good and discourage cost-recovery pricing from public bodies."}
{"text":"Muller mountain is a 860.00 hectares mountain range located on the border of West Kalimantana and East Kalimantan Province. Muller derives from Dutch East Indies soldier, Major Muller.\nThe vegetation is of tropical rainforest and is rich of biodiversity and it is important for the sustainability of Kalimantan rivers : Barito Rivers, Kapuas River and Mahakam River.\nHere are the peaks at Muller mountsins : Mt Kerihun (1790 m), Mt Mangtajung (1515 m), Puncak Liangapran (2240 m).\nBirds live in Muller Mountains are ; brown magpie, golden-bellied gerygone, rhinoceros hornbill, the black hornbill, common iora, green iora, crimson sunbird, some swiftlet species, and many more birds species. They grow and live well as the good term forest condition.\nAlong the river grow Eugenia sp, palaquium sp and tristania obovata.\nMammals also can be found here, they are arboreal animals and spread the seeds in the forest. They can can be spotted easily as they enjoy the primary forest. Primates species in this mountain range are: Owa, red lutung and long tailed monkey. beruk, white fronted surili, pig-tailed macaque, langur, and Sunda slow loris. Big mammals spotted in Muller Mountains are: bear, cloudy leopard, bos javanicus and badak.\nIt was Anton Willem Niewenhuis who named the mountain range as Muler in 1984. Georg Muller was a German soldier who later joined Dutch East Indies in the 1817. He was involved in a battle in 1818 in Sambas, inspector staff of nutmeg in Banda Neira in 1820. In 1825, Dutch delegate Muller to Kutai Kingdom that Sultan Salahuddin signed political agreement which Muller departed with 20 Javanese soldiers. The agreement was that the peace treaty required Dutch to protect Kutai and Sultan must pay 8000 Gulden. Muller and then explored the hinterland from Kutai, deeper to Kalimantan which was called as terra incognita or the unknown land. Muller lost in jungle and never came back and it is still mystery until now. (historia.id)"}
{"text":"How and Why Snakes Get into Basements or Crawl Spaces Basements and crawl spaces are moist, quiet, and damp, which make them very attractive nesting sites for snakes. They enter through cracks in building foundations, gaps in siding, or open windows at the ground level. The pests are particularly fond of using these areas for hibernation as they offer consistent food supplies. Crawl spaces and basements typically house rodent and insect infestations, some of snakes' favorite foods. Removal The best approach to eliminating snakes from crawl spaces or basements is to contact specialists trained to safely and quickly handle infestations. Homeowners can reduce the possibility of attracting the pests by eliminating clutter that draws rodents, sealing gaps or holes that lead inside, and repairing broken windows. However, if snakes in basements or crawlspaces are already present, individuals should not attempt to capture them. They are capable of inflicting deadly bites. Contact Critter Control immediately to prevent snake problems from spreading throughout homes."}
{"text":"Buda Elementary School History\nThe first building on the site where Buda Elementary now stands, was built in 1885. It was a two-story wood building. In 1908, a larger school was needed, so the building was sold and moved across the railroad tracks. A new two-story building was built on the site, with the first graduating class of six students receiving their diploma in 1910.\nIn the early 1900's, ladies of the community picked cotton to buy the land at the bottom of the hill for a football field. This field, known as Trimble Field, served as Buda's football field until the schools consolidated. The lower campus was built in 1981.\nIn January of 1928, the Buda High School building burned. A new school was built on the site, preserving the arch and the inside walls of the old school.\nIn 1967, Kyle, Buda, and Wimberley consolidated their schools with one high school, and Buda High School became Buda Elementary.\nTaken from People and Places In and Around Historic Buda by Mary Giberson and Barbara Younts, Press Corps Inc, Buda, Texas, 2003.\nCurrently Buda Elementary serves approximately 500 students in Pre-K through 5th."}
{"text":"Definition of Nimby in English:\nnoun (plural Nimbys or Nimbies)informal\nA person who objects to the siting of something perceived as unpleasant or hazardous in their own neighbourhood, especially while raising no such objections to similar developments elsewhere: rural development arouses intense suspicion from Nimbys and conservationists\nMore example sentences\n- In response to these comments: it has become popular to label anyone who objects to a development as a Nimby.\n- Is he bitter because they didn't get any money from the Nimbys' homes being built or are all the villagers Nimbys who live in the new developments?\n- It is no answer to the problem for the Nimbys, already established in their ever-expanding residences, to propose that there should be no further development or increase in population density in Balmain.\n- Example sentences\n- What should I call politically motivated Nimbyism?\n- The miners also accuse the anti-mining lobby of Nimbyism.\n- Although these concerns are legitimate, they are easily dismissed as Nimbyism from people who care little about global warming.\n1980s: acronym from not in my back yard.\nDefinition of Nimby in:\n- US English dictionary\nWhat do you find interesting about this word or phrase?\nComments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed."}
{"text":"Death, due to its prominent place in human culture, is frequently imagined as a personified force, also known as the Grim Reaper. In some mythologies, the Grim Reaper causes the victim's death by coming to collect that person. In turn, people in some stories try to hold on to life by avoiding Death's visit, or by fending Death off with bribery or tricks. Other beliefs hold that the Spectre of Death is only a psychopomp, serving to sever the last ties between the soul and the body, and to guide the deceased to the afterlife, without having any control over when or how the victim dies. Death is most often personified in male form, although in certain cultures Death is perceived as female (for instance, Marzanna in Slavic mythology, Dhumavati in Hinduism, or La Catrina in Mexico)."}
{"text":"In mid-2012, protests erupted in Khartoum in opposition to the quarter-century reign of Omar al-Bashir and his National Congress Party. Begun by female students protesting against austerity and high prices, within a week it had spread, involving tens of thousands—and this is a context were all signs of dissent are brutally suppressed.\nThe protests were organized under the slogan “Lick your elbow,” a Sudanese saying for attempting to achieve the impossible. Marches and a general strike led to intense and bloody clashes with the police, and while the regime was not overthrown, the people of Sudan proved to themselves that they could organize and build power.\nPrinted at the worker-owned Stumptown Printers, Portland, OR.\nThis is #119 in the Celebrate People’s History Poster Series."}
{"text":"A herniated or “slipped” disc is a common spine injury that occurs when the jelly-like substance inside the intravertebral discs is forced outward, either creating a bulge in the disc’s membrane or leaking out through a tear in the membrane.\nThe movement of the jelly-like substance places pressure on nearby nerves, which can cause pain and discomfort. There are two areas of the spine that can experience a herniated disc: the lumbar spine (lower back) and cervical spine (neck).\n- Pain isolated to one side of the body\n- Pain that gets worse after standing or sitting\n- Muscle weakness"}
{"text":"LUPINUS ARBOREUS (YELLOW)\nFragrant creamy yellow racemes cover what can become a long lived, long flowering small tree, complete with thick knobbly trunk. A haven for bees and butterflies throughout summer and autumn. A valuable garden addition and very long-lived in a well-drained position.\nThese seeds have already been thoroughly cleaned and cold-stored for several months. They should be sown into a well-drained, sandy compost at any time of the year, and covered thinly with sand or grit and kept moist. Keep at between 15 and 20 degrees C. Germination usually occurs within 4 to 6 weeks although some seeds may take much longer.\nCommon name:Yellow Bush Lupine, tree lupin\nSeeds / gram:30 (Approx)"}
{"text":"March 31, 2011\nMESSENGER becomes the First Spacecraft to Orbit Mercury\nPhoto: An artist’s concept shows the MESSENGER spacecraft in orbit around Mercury. Credit: NASA.\nNASA’s MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft entered orbit around Mercury March 17, becoming the first spacecraft to ever do so. While orbiting Mercury, MESSENGER’s instruments will perform the first complete reconnaissance of the planet’s geochemistry, geophysics, geologic history, atmosphere, magnetosphere, and plasma environment. On March 29, the Mercury Dual Imaging System was turned on and began capturing the first of thousands of orbital images.\nPhoto: From Orbit, Looking toward Mercury’s Horizon. MESSENGER acquired this image of Mercury’s horizon as the spacecraft was moving northward. Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and Carnegie Institution of Washington.\nPosted by Editors at March 31, 2011 6:01 AM | Link to this Post"}
{"text":"As brown as a berry\nEntirely or very brown; often referring to a suntanned skin.\nFrom Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, (the Monk's Tale), 1386-1400:\nHe was a lord full fat and in good point;\nHis eyen stepe and rolling in his head\nThat stemed as a fornice of a led;\nHis botes souple, his hors in gret estat,\nNow certainly he was a sayre prelat.\nHe was not pale as a forpined gost;\nA fat swan loved he best of any rost;\nHis palfrey was as broune as is a bery.\n[Note: a palfrey is a horse]\nSee other 'as x as y similes'."}
{"text":"Janet Farrell Brodie is a professor of U.S. history at Claremont Graduate University. Her recent scholarship focuses on secrecy in the nuclear era with articles in the Journal of Diplomatic History and The Journal of Social History.\nNot a day goes by that humans aren’t exposed to toxins in our environment—be it at home, in the car, or workplace. But what about those toxic places and items that aren’t marked? Why are we warned about some toxic spaces’ substances and not others? The essays in Inevitably Toxic consider the exposure of bodies in the United States, Canada and Japan to radiation, industrial waste, and pesticides. Research shows that appeals to uncertainty have led to social inaction even when evidence, e.g. the link between carbon emissions and global warming, stares us in the face. In some cases, influential scientists, engineers and doctors have deliberately “manufactured doubt” and uncertainty but as the essays in this collection show, there is often no deliberate deception. We tend to think that if we can’t see contamination and experts deem it safe, then we are okay. Yet, having knowledge about the uncertainty behind expert claims can awaken us from a false sense of security and alert us to decisions and practices that may in fact cause harm.\nIn the epilogue, Hamilton and Sarathy interview Peter Galison, a prominent historian of science whose recent work explores the complex challenge of long term nuclear waste storage."}
{"text":"World Tourism Day 2021:Significance, Theme, Quotes\nWorld Tourism Day 2021: Since 1980, World Tourism Day celebrated annually across the globe on 27th September. his date was chosen as on that day in 1970, the Statutes of the UNWTO were adopted. The main aim of this event is to spread the importance of tourism among the people.\nSignificance- The main purpose of this day is to create awareness of the best and the importance of tourism and to save the natural and cultural heritage of the world. Through the pandemic period now the tourism sector suffer a lot. Day by day after the covid-19 this sector trying to stand up again after a huge loss.\nSo it is a request to the people who are planning to visit tourist places after the pandemic to at least try to follow the guidelines given by the local government.\nTheme: The theme for World Tourism Day 2021 is “Tourism for Inclusive Growth”\nWorld Tourism Day Quotes–\nMake World Tourism Day in India a special and wish your relatives with some good wishes\n“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” – Anita Desai\n“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine\n“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller, The Open Door\n“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust\n“We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.” – Hilaire Belloc\nSee the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask for no guarantees, ask for no security.” -Ray Bradbury\n“The use of traveling is to regulate imagination with reality, and instead of thinking of how things may be, see them as they are.” – Samuel Johnson\nTraveling is all about exploring, learning, and embracing….. It is all about becoming a better person!!\nNothing teaches you life better than traveling…. So travel to expand your knowledge.\nAlso Read:- know-more-about-indias-12th-highest-waterfall"}
{"text":"Beth Newingham's site has some materials that are helpful for teaching text structure and text features.\nI use scholastic's \"Navigating Nonfiction\" series by Boynton and Blevins because it contains 30 weeks of grade level passages and lessons that focus on text structure and text features. I also use \"Teaching Students to Read Nonfiction\" published by scholastic. It also contains practice passages that can be used for instruction in whole group and small group settings. These books are used in conjunction with the Thinking Maps that correspond with each structure.\nIn their Reader's Notebooks, I have the students create a Tree Map of the different types of text structure and have them include the signal words and corresponding Thinking Map under each category to help them to identify the type of text structure. I then give them printed paragraphs of the structures and have them sort the paragraphs and then glue them on a small group- created Tree Map. After that give them another set of paragraphs to sort on their own and the students glues these as examples in their Reader's Notebooks.\nAfter I have taught each of the text structures, we use National Geographic Explorer magazine to identify the text features and structure in action. We play a game in which the students compete to identify the text structure of each paragraph of our focus article for the week. I also have the students identify text structure in small group (I bribe them with a skittle/ starburst each time they can correctly identify the structure of a paragraph.) I have also used candy in whole group for our weekly basal story with a lot of success\n(Even the students who are hesitant to read aloud in front of their classmates will volunteer to read aloud in order to have a chance to identify the text structure!)\nHope this helps!"}
{"text":"Faculty Book: Terrie Epstein\nInterpreting National History: Race, identity and pedagogy in classrooms and communities\nHow do students’ racial identities work with and against teachers’ pedagogies to shape their understandings of history and contemporary society? Based on a long-term ethnographic study, Interpreting National History examines the startling differences in black and white students' interpretations of U.S. history in classroom and community settings. Interviews with children and teens compare and contrast the historical interpretations students bring with them to the classroom with those they leave with after a year of teacher's instruction. Firmly grounded in history and social studies education theory and practice, this powerful book illuminates how textbooks, pedagogies, and contemporary learning standards are often disconnected from students’ cultural identities; explores how students and parents interpret history and society in home and community settings; and successfully analyzes examples of the challenges and possibilities facing teachers of history and social studies. Terrie Epstein is an associate professor of urban education at Hunter College and the Graduate Center.\nPurchase this book\nSubmitted on: SEP 21, 2008\nCategory: Faculty Books | Urban Education"}
{"text":"Chemical sensor program residence time\nThe Residence Time (t) of each element is the length of time it takes various input processes to add an amount of the element to the ocean that is equal to the amount of the element in the ocean:\nt = Mean Concentration in Ocean x Ocean Volume / Input per year\nwhere the Ocean Volume is (1.37×1021 L). The value used for the input should be the sum of all inputs to the ocean. However, the residence time is often calculated using only one, or more, of the major input processes. For many elements, the major input is from rivers and the Input per year is the Mean River Concentration x Continental Runoff Rate (3.6×1016 L/yr). If the concentration of an element is not changing, then the Input and Output of an element must be equal. The residence time can then be calculated using the estimated output, if that is known."}
{"text":"News From the Field\nMosquito Genes Explain Response to Climate Change\nApril 23, 2007\nThis material is available primarily for archival purposes. Telephone numbers or other contact information may be out of date; please see current contact information at media contacts.University of Oregon researchers studying mosquitoes have produced the first chromosomal map that shows regions of chromosomes that activate--and are apparently evolving--in animals in response to climate change. The map will allow researchers to narrow their focus to identify specific genes that control the seasonal development of animals. Full Story\nUniversity of Oregon\nThe U.S. National Science Foundation propels the nation forward by advancing fundamental research in all fields of science and engineering. NSF supports research and people by providing facilities, instruments and funding to support their ingenuity and sustain the U.S. as a global leader in research and innovation. With a fiscal year 2022 budget of $8.8 billion, NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to nearly 2,000 colleges, universities and institutions. Each year, NSF receives more than 40,000 competitive proposals and makes about 11,000 new awards. Those awards include support for cooperative research with industry, Arctic and Antarctic research and operations, and U.S. participation in international scientific efforts."}
{"text":"King Hezekiah’s seal – level 3\nDespite its size, this is a monumental discovery, what is said to be the mark from the seal of the King Hezekiah has been discovered. Archaeologists made the find near the southern part of the wall that surrounds Jerusalem’s Old City, an area rich in relics from the period of the first of two ancient Jewish temples.\nThe dots help separate the words: “Belonging to Hezekiah, son of Ahaz, king of Judah.” The archaeologists say the backside of the clay imprint on the seal had markings of thin cords that were used to tie a papyrus document.\n“Now we know that some documents that was signed by King Hezekiah himself was stored along with the other seals that were stamping all kinds of products. But he himself for some reason, had a document signed by him in this building.”\nThe biblical king ruled around 700 BC and helped build Jerusalem into an ancient metropolis.\nThe Israeli archaeologists say the centimetre-long piece of clay may well have been made by the king himself.\nDifficult words: monumental (very big), seal (a piece of clay or wax with an individual design stamped into it; something which is used to stamp the “logo”), relic (an old object of historical importance), clay (earth that we use to make things).\nLEARN 3000 WORDS with NEWS IN LEVELS\nNews in Levels is designed to teach you 3000 words in English. Please follow the instructions\nHow to improve your English with News in Levels:\n- Do the test at Test Languages.\n- Go to your level. Go to Level 1 if you know 1-1000 words. Go to Level 2 if you know 1000-2000 words. Go to Level 3 if you know 2000-3000 words.\n- Read two news articles every day.\n- Read the news articles from the day before and check if you remember all new words.\n- Listen to the news from today and read the text at the same time.\n- Listen to the news from today without reading the text.\n- Answer the questions under today’s news and write them in the comments.\n- Chat in our Facebook Group for 2 minutes. You can write about today’s news."}
{"text":"Things about learning languages that polyglots have in common:\n- Don't wait to be taught. Be an active learner, not a passive one. Take the initiative to learn. Try different ways and find one that works for you.\n- Have fun doing it! Enjoy the process!\n- Have a lot of contact with the language. Get exposure every day at every opportunity.\n- Learn in lots of little chunks instead of one or two huge cram sessions a week. Practice in little chunks.\n- Have a system or a plan. Follow the plan."}
{"text":"God is the first and best artist. He displays His glory in the heavens, and we get to see it every day! He has made us in His creative image, thus we, too, create. Classical methods of art instruction involve leading children to discover and imitate beautiful works of art as they learn elements of design.\nAn integrated approach to history allows children to see the connections between ideas and art as history unfolds. In addition to art lessons, students in grades 2-6 will visit the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston to see masterful works of art on display."}
{"text":"About This BookEdit\nThis book is intended to be a complete replacement for science books in middle school (ages 12-15). Each section should be set up as a module that can be used independently of other modules.\nAlthough there are many other informational textbooks, many are very complex and not suited for middle school students.\nMany of the textbooks that are online lack resrouces for teachers. The purpose of this Wikibook is to provide teachers quiz and test questions, worksheets, and labs or activities to use in the classroom.\nBasic Module FormatEdit\nThe modules for each section should follow this basic format\n- Concept: This is the basic idea of what this section is about. Each page should have a short concept that consists of clear, easy-to-understand sentences.\n- Examples: To keep the concepts as clear as possible, put all examples explaining that concept into this section. This section is intended to be added to and exapanded the most.\n- Optional module sections:\n- History: A brief history of the concept, such as how it was discovered, or how it was developed.\n- Review Questions: Include questions that would be good for a test or quiz\n- Activities/Labs: Include activities that can that might help students understand this concept."}
{"text":"Two of the leading causes of farm fatalities in West Virginia are improper use of farm machinery and firearms. WV AgrAbility staff Inetta Fluharty and Amanda Fulk will provide information on those topics at a booth during the WV State Fair from August 12-17. They will promote AgrAbility and USDA Youth Farm Safety (YFS) with emphasis on ergonomics and assistive technologies for the disabled farmer. Highlights will also include awareness training, such as ATV safety for youths and adults. This training is part of the YFS program, which is designed to reduce West Virginia youth related farm deaths and injuries. West Virginia counties prominent in the YFS program this year include Hampshire, Hardy, Doddridge, and Putnam. Underserved WV farms have inherent hazards related to the use of machinery in mountainous and rough terrain, environmental and chemical exposures coupled with a lack of agricultural safety education for many part-time farmers, and additionally, there exists a lack of proximity to medical facilities when injuries occur.\nSubmitted by Amanda Fulk"}
{"text":"Listed in: Philosophy, as PHIL-473\nMoodle site: Course (Guest Accessible)\nIt’s your wedding day. After exchanging heart-felt vows, you and your partner celebrate as the judge says “I now pronounce you a married couple.” Unbeknownst to you, the judge has recently been disbarred. Even though she uttered the right words, the judge didn’t have standing to carry out her pronouncement. Unfortunately, you’re not married.\nThis linguistic example brings out how successful speech depends not just upon the words that are uttered, or upon the intentions of the speaker, but also upon social conditions that enable speakers to do things with their words. For over half a century, philosophers and linguists have tried to explain the workings of many different types of speech, including irony, jokes, expletives, slurs, and the fictional utterances of actors on a stage.\nVery recently, philosophers have asked how harm might arise when speech goes awry. Does, for example, a pornographic culture effectively silence women by undermining their ability to issue restrictive commands (like “stop!”), or even to decline unwanted proposals? Does racist hate speech undermine the status of certain speakers to make genuine assertions, or even to ask questions? If so, exercising free speech requires not merely the freedom to utter words, but also the type of surrounding cultural conditions that enable genuine speech acts. Moreover, some speech that is currently protected as free might actually undermine the free speech of others. All of this raises the difficult question of what limits might justifiably be put on our freedoms of speech.\nThe seminar will be run in conjunction with a visiting-speaker series. Philosophers working on these issues will discuss with us recent work on speech and harm.\nRequisite: Two courses in Philosophy or consent of the instructor(s). Limited to 15 students. Spring semester. Professors Moore and Shah.\nIf Overenrolled: Priority will be given to majors, seniors, then juniors, etc."}
{"text":"From the Series Mystery!\nWho? What? Where? The fascination with the unexplained and sometimes unexplainable is the basis of this title driven by mysterious messages and the need to evaluate evidence \"critically\". From weeping statues to crop circles and messages to the Gods, these books help student see, evaluate and conclude these mysterious messages.\n|Interest Level||Grade 3 - Grade 6|\n|Reading Level||Grade 3|\n|Publisher||Black Rabbit Books|\n|Imprint||Smart Apple Media|\n|Number of Pages||24|\n|Title Format||Reinforced book|\n|Guided Reading Level||R|\n|ATOS Reading Level||5.0|\n|Accelerated Reader® Quiz||167689|\n|Accelerated Reader® Points||0.5|\nSchool Library Journal\nThis set takes on mysteries and phenomenon of all kinds, from UFOs and aliens to psychics, ghosts, and a milk-drinking statue. Plentiful photographs on shaded pages in varied tones accompany black-and-white text. Questions are inserted for critical thinking. There are intriguing bits here and there for quick reading or browsing. Missing! and Mysterious Messages are the strongest of the lot."}
{"text":"Send an E-Postcard of:\n(c) Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield MA. All rights reserved.\nContact us for information about using this image.\nAs tractors replaced horses and oxen in the 20th century mechanization age, the sights and sounds on the farms changed as dramatically as they did in the cities with the advent of the automobile. The new motorized inventions allowed more land to be cultivated in less time, resulting in increased production. New sorts of problems accompanied this novel technology, however. The thrifty farmer needed to learn new skills to be able to repair the engines, just as he had learned to mend earlier farm tools. The steel wheels with lugs destroyed paved surfaces, confining the tractor to dirt roads. Because the tractor could not drive on steeper grades without tipping over, farmers had to abandon hillside fields.\ntop of page"}
{"text":"However, Dr. Hannah H. Chang of the Boston Consulting Group and colleagues said every year, 1.1 million babies die from prematurity worldwide and many survivors are disabled. Worldwide, 15 million babies are born preterm, which is defined as less than 37 weeks' gestation, the study said.\n\"The understanding of drivers and potential benefit of preventive interventions for preterm births is poor,\" the study said. \"We examined trends and estimate the potential reduction in preterm births for countries with very high human development index if present evidence-based interventions were widely implemented.\"\nThe researchers analyzed preterm rate increases in the United States from 1989 to 2004. For 39 countries, the researchers did a country-by-country analysis based on target population, incremental coverage increase and intervention efficacy.\nAmong the interventions that would help prevent preterm births were:\n-- Smoking cessation.\n-- Decreasing multiple embryo transfers during assisted reproductive technologies.\n-- Cervical cerclage, used for the treatment of cervical incompetence or insufficiency.\n-- Progesterone supplementation.\n-- Reduction of non-medically indicated labor induction or delivery by Caesarean section.\nThe findings, published in The Lancet, found the annual economic cost savings of the interventions would be about $3 billion worldwide.\nSwim Week Miami Beach 2014 [PHOTOS]"}
{"text":"Starting an Herb Garden\nPosted January 02, 2019\nHerbs are so easy to grow they are great for beginning gardeners. They enhance everyday living, from delighting the senses with uses like fragrant potpourris to comforting therapeutic applications. They grow in a variety of climates and will grow in just about any soil condition. Herbs attract beneficial insects to your garden as well as offer a habitat.\nHerbs need at least 6 hours of sunshine, with protection from wind and cold. Good drainage is important. Add organic material like compost to your herb beds. Herbs grow best in neutral to slightly alkaline soils.\nIf you don’t have much space, herbs grow well in pots, window boxes, or wooden tubs. Fill container with a good potting soil such as happy frog potting soil, plant herb same depth as original pot. Keep watered. Provide food with a liquid fertilizer such as kelp, once a week.\nMaking an herb design can be fun. Try an old tub, or sink for planting herbs in. Water troughs that have rusted on the bottom make great herb gardens. Plant in a wagon wheel. Lay down and plant different herbs in the spoked area. Plant perennial herbs on the ends of your raised vegetable garden beds so not to disturb them. Thyme is excellent hanging over the edge of your beds.\nThere are so many herbs to choose from. Pick herbs for your particular growing area.\nTall growing herbs:\nDrought tolerant herbs:\nMoist soil tolerant herbs:\nShade tolerant herbs:\nHerbs for indoor gardens:"}
{"text":"2. Light At Night\nExposure to dim lighting at night, such as that generated by a TV, computer screen or e-reader could lead to symptoms of depression. A study of 516 elderly people found exposure to light at night was significantly associated with higher scores on a geriatric depression scale.\nPhotosensitive cells in the retina detect light and transmit signals to the circadian clock in the brain that controls the natural sleep-wake cycle. Artificial illumination at night, especially blue and white light, disrupts circadian rhythms and suppresses the release of the hormone melatonin. Too little melatonin can result in mood disorders."}
{"text":"Report From the CDC. Awareness of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Infection Among Women of Childbearing Age in the United States, 1999 and 2002\nBACKGROUND: The issuance in 2002 of new guidelines recommending universal screening for group B Streptococcus (GBS), a leading cause of neonatal sepsis in the United States, has created a new opportunity to educate women of childbearing age to be active partners in prevention. METHODS: To assess baseline levels of awareness about perinatal GBS, we analyzed responses to a question included in a health communications/social marketing survey in 1999 and 2002. RESULTS: Among the 2917 women under 50 who responded, 47% reported ever having heard of perinatal GBS. Among women pregnant at the time of the survey, awareness was 66%. Women with a high school education or less (OR = 0.60, 95% CI 0.50-0.73), household income <25,000 US dollars (OR 0.65, 95% CI 0.54-0.79), or reporting black, Asian/Pacific Islander, or other race (ORs [95% CI] 0.70 [0.57-0.87], 0.61 [0.41-0.90], 0.41 [0.20-0.85], respectively) had lower awareness of perinatal GBS than other women. Women currently pregnant (OR 2.2, 95% CI 1.5-3.3) had higher awareness. CONCLUSIONS: Awareness of perinatal GBS is high among currently pregnant women, for whom this issue is most important. Efforts to raise awareness should be targeted to women from traditionally underserved populations, such as those who are of nonwhite race or who have lower educational attainment or household income.\nJournal of Women's Health (2002)\nCowgill, Karen; Taylor, Thomas H.; Schuchat, Anne; and Schrag, Stephanie, \"Report From the CDC. Awareness of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Infection Among Women of Childbearing Age in the United States, 1999 and 2002\" (2003). SIAS Faculty Publications. 609."}
{"text":"2 hanging monitoring traps with long-lasting pheromone lures\nCodling Moths are a destructive pest of apples, pears, quince and walnuts. Their worms enter and destroy fruit, just when it is getting ripe. Instead of applying pesticides indiscriminately to control Codling Moth, use the Codling Moth Trap to monitor for their presence. By applying pesticides only when the moths are active, you can avoid excess pesticide use.\nCodling Moths are worldwide pests that damage the fruits of apple, pear, and quince during the insect's worm stage. Codling moth can infest every apple in an orchard if left unchecked. The worms burrow through the fruit, leaving brown frass and tunnels. The resulting fruit is often unsuitable for eating. Codling moth worms hatch out of eggs which are laid on the fruit by female moths. The moths emerge 3 to 5 times a year (depending on climate) starting soon after bud break. Controlling moths during these key flight times, before the eggs are laid, can effectively prevent worm damage to fruit. The Codling Moth Trap pinpoints these flight times by capturing the male moths which fly at the same time as the female moths. Apply appropriate controls at these peak times.\nAttach hanger. Grasp trap by top and bottom flaps. Pull apart to form trap (do not touch glue). Open lure packet; place one lure on the inside, upper surface of the trap (Do not touch the attractant lure). Hang the trap in your fruit or nut tree. Place the trap 1 to 2 feet inside the tree canopy. Place traps in trees 1 or 2 weeks before bud break, in early spring. Check for moths every 2 to 3 days and apply appropriate treatments to control moths. Recycle or dispose of traps when full of insects, or at least every 4 weeks.\nThis product is safe for organic uses and contains no pesticides, but it should be paced out of reach of children."}
{"text":"In many surveys, interviewers play an important role in the data collection process. They can be effective in [Page 370]gaining cooperation of the sample persons, helping clarify survey tasks, or motivating the respondent to provide complete and accurate answers. Thus, interviewers can contribute to data quality, but they can also contribute to measurement error. Interviewers can affect respondents' answers through their mere presence as well as their behaviors when administering the survey.\nThere are several ways in which interviewers seem to influence respondents' answers. First, the presence of an interviewer can stimulate respondents to take social norms into account when answering a survey question. Pressure to conform to social norms can lead to the underreporting of socially undesirable behavior and the overreporting of socially desirable behavior. ...\nLooks like you do not have access to this content."}
{"text":"The Anatomy of Tech Gadgets by Mads Peitersen\nAnatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It’s a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy (zootomy), and plant anatomy (phytotomy). Mads Peitersen, a professional artist from Denmark, came up with a clever idea of illustrating the anatomy of technology gadgets. Some of the following drawings are commissioned by the manufacturer and some are just for fun. Enjoy!"}
{"text":"In God We Trust is the motto of the United States of America, a proud and fascinating nation\nthat evolved from the democratic ideal that each individual is entitled to free election and the\npursuit of a better life. Winning its fight for freedom from Britain officially in 1783, America\ndeveloped as a federal republic. The civil war ending in 1865 was another turning point, giving\nblack slaves their freedom.\nThe mainland United States is located between Mexico on the south and Canada on the north,\nand between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Two of its 50 States are removed from the\ncontinental core: Hawaii lies in the Pacific Ocean and Alaska is in the northwestern corner of\nThe nation's tremendous population of more than 265 million people is of diverse nationalities\nand faiths. The kaleidoscope of people are largely of European, British, Irish, Black, Hispanic,\nAmerican Indian and Asian descent. English is the official language.\nUnited States Intro Continued..."}
{"text":"|POET, LITERARY EXPERT (GERMANY)|\nBORN 20 Jun 1880, Darmstadt, Hessen - DIED 12 Jul 1931, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg|\nBIRTH NAME Gundelfinger, Friedrich Leopold\nCAUSE OF DEATH cancer\nGRAVE LOCATION Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg: Bergfriedhof, Rohrbacher Strasse (Abteilung WA)\nFriedrich Gundolf was the son of the Jewish mathematician Sigmund Gundelfinger, who was a professor at the University of Darmstadt. Friedrich studied the German language and art history in Munich, Berlin and Heidelberg. From 1916 onwards he was professor of German studies in Heidelberg.\nIn 1899 he had entered the circle of people around Stefan George and he contributed to George's art magazines. His love for the economist Elisabeth Salomon (1893-1958) damaged his friendship with George and after he married Elisabeth in 1926 George broke off all relations with Gundolf.\nHe was an expert on Shakespeare and also studied Goethe and other important authors. He published several books and was well a well known scholar during the Weimar republic. Joseph Goebbels was among his students in 1920 and wanted him as his promotor, but it never happened. Another student was Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg.\nIn 1927 he was diagnosed with cancer. In 1930 he was awarded the Lessing Price of the City of Hamburg, but in 1931 he died of his illness. In 1933 the nazis banned his writings. Elisabeth fled to England in 1934 and died in 1958 in Oxford, also of cancer. After her death the remains of his vast library were sold.\nwas influenced by George, Stefan\nadmired Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von\nwas a friend of Gothein, Eberhard\nFriedrich Gundolf – Wikipedia"}
{"text":"Herb of the Day\nAloe vera, Aloe spp.\nMEDICINAL: The gel of the inner part of an aloe leaf is used to treat burns, skin rashes, and insect bites, as well as chafed nipples from breastfeeding, when applied to the affected area externally. Internally it can be used to keep the bowels functioning smoothly, or when there is an impaction, although it can cause intestinal cramping when taken internally, and there are other herbs that do this job better. It aids in healing wounds by drawing out infection, and preventing infection from starting. The fresh gel is best to use, rather than “stabilized” gels found in the stores. The fresh gel was used by Cleopatra to keep her skin soft and young.\nRELIGIOUS: Growing an aloe vera plant in the kitchen will help prevent burns and mishaps while cooking. It will also prevent household accidents, and guard against evil. It is reported that aloe was used to embalm the body of Christ.\nGROWING: Best grown indoors in pots. Those living in the deep South, as in southern Texas or southern Florida, can grow aloe outdoors. Remember that Aloe is a succulent, not a cactus, so it needs water to keep the leaves fleshy and juicy."}
{"text":"Tropical Forest, Rock Island County, Illinois, 320 million years ago\nDuring the early Pennsylvanian Period, northwestern Illinois was at the western edge of the Illinois Basin. The basin was a spoon-shaped depression that covered nearly all of Illinois, southwestern Indiana, and western Kentucky. It was a region of swamps and shallow seas, dotted by a few upland areas 15 to 30 meters (about 50–100 ft.) above sea level.\nThis reconstruction is based on fossils and the preserved landforms from one of these uplands. They were uncovered in a quarry in Milan, Illinois.\nVariation Across Space\nEcosystems change through time, but they also vary across space—from place to place. Today in Illinois, Changes Institute scientists study environmental variation from lake ecosystems to rivers, prairies, and forests. During the Pennsylvanian (320–290 million years ago) we find evidence of the same variation. We find fossils preserved from upland forests, river deltas, swamps, shallow oceans environments, and the deep sea."}
{"text":"A number of supermassive black holes, clouded from direct view by gas and dust, have been uncovered by NASA’s NuSTAR observatory, which was launched in 2012 to conduct a deep survey of these exotic objects.\nPointing NuSTAR at nine candidate supermassive black holes suspected to be in hiding, the team of astronomers based at Durham University found five of these high-gravity monsters, since they were spewing out the high-energy X-rays that the space telescope likes to find. Rapidly feasting on a great deal of surrounding material and belching large amounts of radiation, the confirmed objects are also much brighter than previously thought.\n“For a long time we have known about supermassive black holes that are not obscured by dust and gas, but we suspected that many more were hidden from view,” says lead astronomer George Lansbury at Durham’s Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy. “Thanks to NuSTAR we have been able to clearly see these hidden monsters that are predicted to be there, but have previously been elusive because of their ‘buried’ state.”\nLansbury and his team may have only found five of this hefty objects but this tells us a lot about the number of supermassive black holes scattered through the cosmos. “When we extrapolate our results across the whole universe then the predicted numbers are huge and in agreement with what we would expect to see,” he explains.\nThe exciting finding supports the theory that potentially millions more supermassive black holes exist in the universe, but are hidden from view."}
{"text":"Regular readers of The Daily Ant likely already know that ants are very good at most things. From farming to construction to warfare, ants are rivaled perhaps only by humans. So, it is not surprising that along with a diverse array of interesting and intriguing behaviors, ants are also excellent at something we humans find a little less exciting: biological invasions.\nIn 2000, the Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG), in collaboration with the IUCN and others, published a list of the top 100 worst invasive species in the world. On this list, which includes organisms ranging from viruses to fungi to plants, ants are conspicuously prevalent. In fact, ants alone represent a remarkable 5% of the list. These invasive ant species are listed below, with their current known species range according to AntMaps (red = invasive range). All ant images are from Alex Wild.\nArgentine Ant (Linepithema humile)\nBig-Headed Ant (Pheidole megacephala)\nCrazy Ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes)\nLittle Fire Ant (Wasmannia auropunctata)\nRed Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta)\nAs can be seen from the above species distributions, invasive ants have found their way into most human-occupied regions in the world. However, it is important to note that these five bad actors represent a mere 0.038% of total ant diversity! Remember to judge each ant species based on its own merits rather than the invasive behavior of a few."}
{"text":"Internal combustion engines may run on similar principles, but they don’t all feature the same operating cycles. While many engines feature a four-stroke cycle, comprising intake, compression, expansion-power and exhaust, the Miller Cycle\n, originally patented by the American Ralph Miller in 1957 and still used today, differs by having a longer expansion stroke than the compression stroke, which is synonym of better thermodynamic efficiency. This is generally done by closing the intake valves earlier than on a normal engine.\nUsed alongside a turbocharger or supercharger, the part of the forced induction (cooled compression) into the global compression is larger, leading lower maximal cycle temperatures and better [NOx\nemissions and efficiency] trade-off, while improving combustion stability and keeping away the knocking in the case of spark-ignited engines.\nMiller Cycle engines can be more efficient as a result."}
{"text":"John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American politician, statesman, revolutionary, diplomat, a Supreme Court Chief Justice, and a Founding Father of the United States.\nBenson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 5) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)\nCourtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman"}
{"text":"Generating molecular and biotechnological tools for date palm provides the first step toward understanding and improving the mechanisms of adaptation to desert conditions. Establishing palms from a homogenous tissue culture to maintain pure lines will allow the preservation and improvement of local cultivars. This project builds multiple tools that will enable the establishment of robust date palm breeding programs in the KSA. This includes 1) stable transformation protocol, 2) reducing the generation time, 3) obtaining and analyzing high-quality genomic information, and 4) developing methods for rapid sex determination. These are the first steps toward establishing date palm breeding in the KSA, to develop fast, fit palms. Furthermore, knowledge from date palm can be transferred to other crops, which will also contribute to improving desert agriculture."}
{"text":"The Strawberry Image - Your Amazing Brain In Action\nPosted by Steve Mower on 2nd Mar 2017\nOur brains interpret our sensory data by filling in the blanks. Take a look at this image of strawberries for example.\nWhat color are the strawberries? Your brain is probably telling you that they are red or reddish, but there is no red in this image.\n\"We know that strawberries are red, or at least they should be, so that's what we see. Professor of Psychology Akiyoshi Kitaoka (previously at Neatorama) created this image of strawberries that contains no red pixels at all. This is an example of color correction in our brains. We essentially filter out colors that make no sense to us in order to see things as they should be. Carson Mell isolated the colors found in the strawberries, and none of them are red.\"\nThis is a fascinating topic as it goes to the heart of what light is, and how we perceive light as humans. As an optician I find this particularly fascinating. Our brains compensate for a lot of missing visual data. There is more on this post submitted by people that provide other image details. Great read!\nBy the way, if you are interested in this topic I would strongly recommend watching Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey as much of this fantastic show delves into light and optics. Our understanding of light/energy, optics, and human perception are the cornerstones of modern science."}
{"text":"Project X Origins: Yellow Book Band, Oxford Level 3: Food: Mixed Pack of 5\nPart of the Project X Origins series\nProject X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school.\nAction-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development.\nEach book contains inside cover notes that highlight challenge words, prompt questions and a range of follow-up activities to support children in their reading. Project X Origins guided reading notes offer step-by-step teaching support for each book with guidance about phonics, comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, spelling, grammar, punctuation and writing.\nEach set of notes has in-built assessment and is fully correlated to all UK curricula.\nThis pack contains 1 set of guided reading notes and 5 reading books, 1 of each of: Gingerbread Micro-man, The Birthday Cake, What's for Lunch?, Stop Pot, Stop!, Yum!."}
{"text":"Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Human Genome Program\nHuman Genome News Archive Edition\nHuman Genome News, Jan.-Feb. 1995; 6(5): 17\nFour new applications are available from the WWW GDB Browser through the GDB Home Page (http://www.gdb.org).The first three applications are located near the top of the GDB Browser page, and the last is near the bottom.\n2013 post-production note: GDB (Wikipedia) is no longer operational. See http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/genome/guide/human/index.shtml\nThe electronic form of the newsletter may be cited in the following style:\nHuman Genome Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Human Genome News (v6n5).\nThe Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international 13-year effort, 1990 to 2003. Primary goals were to discover the complete set of human genes and make them accessible for further biological study, and determine the complete sequence of DNA bases in the human genome. See Timeline for more HGP history.\nPublished from 1989 until 2002, this newsletter facilitated HGP communication, helped prevent duplication of research effort, and informed persons interested in genome research."}
{"text":"James Temple, 1606-c.1674\nSussex Independent and regicide imprisoned for life at the Restoration.\nJames Temple was the only surviving son of Sir Alexander Temple of Etchingham in Sussex. In 1627, he participated in the Duke of Buckingham's ill-fated expedition to the Isle of Rhé, during which his elder brother was killed. Around 1629, he married his stepsister Mary, with whom he had five sons and a daughter.\nWhen the First Civil War broke out in 1642, Temple served as captain of a troop of horse under his uncle Viscount Saye-and-Sele in the Midlands. By December 1643, he had returned to Sussex as governor of Bramber Castle. Temple's defence of Bramber halted Lord Hopton's advance through Sussex and forced the Royalists to retreat to Arundel. He was subsequently appointed governor of Tilbury Fort in Essex.\nElected recruiter MP for Bramber in September 1645, Temple emerged as a strong Independent. During the Second CIvil War, he secured Tilbury Fort, which was of vital strategic importance against the Royalist uprisings in Kent and Essex. In January 1649, Temple was appointed to the High Court of Justice that brought King Charles to trial, and was one of the 59 signatories of the King's death warrant. With the establishment of the Commonwealth, he served on various parliamentary committees, but came under suspicion of corruption, which led to his dismissal from the governorship of Tilbury in September 1650.\nTemple attempted to escape to Ireland at the Restoration in 1660, but was arrested in Warwickshire and brought to trial as a regicide. He claimed that he had sat on the High Court of Justice in order to pass information to the King's friends and that he had begged Cromwell not to execute the King. However, he was sentenced to life imprisonment on Jersey, where he died around 1674.\nJ. T. Peacey, James Temple, Oxford DNB, 2004"}
{"text":"Translation of climate in Spanish:\n- (Geography) the political/intellectual/artistic climateel clima político/intelectual/artísticoin the current climateen la situación actualExample sentences\n- During climate extremes, whether droughts or flooding rains, those on the land feel it most.\n- A monsoon climate of alternating wet and dry seasons characterizes the weather.\n- A microclimate describes the climate of a small environment such as a town, forest or garden.\n- Because chili peppers thrive in very warm, hot climates, equatorial regions seem to have the heaviest concentration of pungent cuisine.\n- A common example is the relatively faster rate of sugar increase in warm to hot climates compared to flavour increase and acid decrease.\n- Also known as elephant's ear, this water lover does best in warm climates; in colder regions, you can grow it indoors.\nWhat do you find interesting about this word or phrase?\nComments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed."}
{"text":"Combating Climate Change\nAs the former president of an Illinois company that researches and develops solar energy technology, Raja understands both the science and economics of climate change, and he knows that the time for America’s clean energy future is now. A cleaner environment and a stronger economy are not competing goals, as many in Congress seem to believe. Instead, nations that lead the way in developing clean energy technology today will gain a competitive advantage in creating the high-paying jobs of tomorrow.\nThe Paris Agreement among 195 nations provides a framework for global action on the climate, and the U.S. is well positioned to lead the way. Unfortunately, President Trump is attempting to block this progress, having announced America’s withdrawal from this historic agreement. Many members of Congress have also claimed that the human contribution to climate change is unproven. This is absurd, as the vast majority of scientists and experts agree that global climate change is man-made.\nNow is the time to combat this global threat in a smart way that saves our environment while preserving and creating jobs. Raja’s first resolution in Congress, H.Res.85, sought to compel the White House to stay within the Paris Agreement and to work with US allies that signed the Paris Agreement to combat climate change. Even though President Trump has initiated withdrawal, Raja remains hopeful that this action can be reversed after the next election. America, in concert with other countries, must work to reverse the damage being done to the global environment."}
{"text":"You must have Credits on your Balance to download this sample\nWhy should we read the book of job today?\nReligion and Theology\nPages 6 (1506 words)\nOf all the gospels in the Bible, the Book of Job is perhaps the most praised in literature. Proof of this are these remarks from writers like Victor Hugo: “tomorrow, if all literature was to be destroyed and it was left to me to retain one work only, I should save Job” (as quoted in Copeland 2006:3) and Daniel Webster: “The Book of Job taken as a mere work of literary genius, is one of the most wonderful productions of any age or of any language” (as quoted in Copeland 2006:3).\nMore than a masterpiece of literature, however, the Book of Job it provides an insight on the nature of God, on the relationship of God and man, and a criticism to man’s understanding of God’s laws. Most people would say that the Book of Job provides man a guideline on how to suffer (Copeland 2006; Goldberg 2010), but it is more than that. It serves to answer three of the most difficult questions on suffering: What is suffering? Why do people suffer undeservedly? What kind of lessons can be taken from suffering? ALL ABOUT THE BOOK OF JOB According to Mark Copeland (2006), the Book of Job belongs to the Books of Poetry, along with Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon. Just like the others, it is written in poetic style. Its author is unknown and the date of writing has been hotly debated among scholars. ...\nNot exactly what you need?"}
{"text":"In the Islamic economic system, all economic activities are grouped into permissible (Halal\n) and prohibited (Haram) transactions.\nEconomic goods, food items, inheritance, inheritor’s properties, rights, etc., all have their rulings spelt out in the Quran.\n1. Haram in Consumption:\nIslam has given a detailed code of rules concerning permitted and prohibited forms of spending.\n• Extravagance and dissipation.\n• Spending on luxuries.\n• Spending wealth on liquor or other narcotics, pork.\n• Islam insists that lawful means should be adopted for spending wealth in permitted ways. The use of unlawful means for lawful spending of wealth has been absolutely forbidden. The basic principle laid down in this regard is that only permitted and pure things should be used to satisfy needs.\n2. Haram in the Production of Wealth:\nIslam explains in detail the right and wrong means of earning wealth.\n• Income derived from the manufacture, purchase, or sale of all unlawful and banned items is Haram.\n• Income derived from the following is Haram (unlawful):\nBribery, expropriation, fraud, deception, telling lies, plunder, stealing, robbery, Riba, whoredom, arts, and activities calculated to spread licentiousness, businesses involving injustice, and superstitious arts such as sorcery.\n• Income from monopolistic exploitation is Haram (unlawful).\n• Wealth earned by the hoarding of goods with the intent to raise their prices is Haram (unlawful)."}
{"text":"Most of what you read in the New Testament has a counterpart in the Old Testament. For example, the “love your enemies” principle is found throughout the entire Bible\nIf thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee (Proverbs 25: 21, 22 KJV).\nIf you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to take it back to him. If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help him with it (Exodus 23: 4, 5 NIV).\nAnd the king of Israel said unto Elisha,when he saw them [the enemies of Israel], My father, shall I smite them? Shall I smite them? And he [Elisha] answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master (II Kings 6: 21, 22 KJV)\nDearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good (Romans: 12: 19-21 KJV).\nYe have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; (Matthew 5: 43, 44 KJV)."}
{"text":"Studies have shown that IBS and GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) commonly coexist together in patients more often than what had previously been believed.\nA study, which was published in the August 2008 edition of Digestive Diseases and Sciences, investigated the relationship between both IBS & GERD.Below is some information on the actual study:\nThe General Practice Research Database was used to identify patients with a first diagnosis of GERD (n = 6,421) or IBS (n = 2,932). Patients were followed up for 12 months after diagnosis to investigate the incidence of IBS among GERD patients and GERD among IBS patients.\nThe relative risk (RR) of developing IBS was 3.5 (95% CI: 2.3-5.4) in the GERD cohort compared with the comparison cohort [Note: a relative risk of 1.0 would mean no difference. The RR of developing IBS for these GERD patients was 250% greater than normally expected.] The RR of developing GERD was 2.8 (95% CI: 1.7-4.9) in the IBS cohort compared with the comparison cohort.\nOnce someone is first diagnosed with IBS or GERD, their risk of developing the other condition significantly increases."}
{"text":"Problem-solving, cognition and numeracy\nAt Iqra, we use a Singapore Maths approach to enhance our children’s understanding of number and their ability to think around the subject, articulate their thinking and develop their strategies to solve calculation problems, word problems and ability to analyse data.\nMathematical thinking skills enable students to solve problems, which as well as supporting independent living skills, provides the pleasure and sense of achievement of finding the right answer to a question. Early mathematical skills enable students to access many valued social activities and experiences, such as games, sports and music, and to attain a level of independence and autonomy in practical living.\nOur maths work produces end of key stage (SATs) results and has been recognised in both 2016 and 2017 at ministerial level."}
{"text":"Worry About Kids When They Go Out Alone\nKnow Where Your Loved Ones Are\nView Kids' Real-Time Location\nTrack the current location of your kids. Stop calling kids \"where are you?\" all the time.\n- Grasp your kids' real-time location at any time.\n- Check if your kids are in school or at home as required.\n- Know if your kids go to a strange and unsafe place.\nCheck Location History\nView location history timeline to know kids' past routine. Never yell at your kids: \"Where have you been?\" again.\n- View your kids' recent activity area.\n- Know where they were at a certain time.\n- Learn where your child often goes.\nSet Safe Geo-fences\nCreate Geofences like \"school\" or \"home\" around specific locations. Get notified when kids break planned routines.\n- Set the scope of kids' activities.\n- Set up a geo-fence and set the time range.\n- Receive an alert when the kids leave the set place.\nFamiSafe has won awards from The National Parenting Center, National Parenting Product Awards, and Mom's Choice Awards in 2020.\nMore Features About FamiSafe\nManage up to 30 devices and cross-platform\nMore Tips for Kids Location Tracking\nTeach kids outside skills\nTell kids not to go out with strangers; make sure that kids' devices are powered and can be used normally when going out.\nRemember key information\nLet kids remember important information about family members, such as home address and phone number, in case of emergency use.\nLearn to use maps\nTeach kids some basic knowledge of reading maps, how to use map navigation and how to find directions when they get lost.\nObserve the surroundings\nIf your kids go out alone, please instruct them to observe the surrounding. Besides, never go to strange places alone.\nPrepare the alarm\nTeach kids to whistle, if they are in danger, whistling to attract the attention. For older kids, you can buy them the self-defense spray.\nGo out with acquaintances\nEncourage your kids to go out with friends or reliable people, and leave contact information for partners who go out with them."}
{"text":"Time in School Definition\nThe No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires states to annually review the performance of schools to determine if adequate yearly progress (AYP) is being made. AYP measures the percentage of students meeting or exceeding the state’s academic achievement standards to determine if schools are narrowing the achievement gap. Under New Jersey’s Single Accountability System, which was developed to address critical accountability elements of NCLB, schools must identify students who have not been enrolled for a full academic year, so the assessment results of these students can be excluded from the school’s accountability profile. New Jersey’s Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook, submitted to and approved by the United States Department of Education (USDE), defines a full academic year as the \"term that begins on July 1 and ends on or about June 30.\" The workbook states, \"Any student enrolling in a school or district for the first time after July 1, up to the test administration date, will not have been considered to be enrolled for a full academic year.\"\n- A student is considered in school less than a year (TIS<1) if the student has changed his/her residence and changed their school, that is, moved into the district or moved within the district, by July 1.\n- TIS<1 does not apply if the residence of the student did not change, but the assigned school changed, either due to new school construction, district reconfiguration, or natural progression of grade span or intra-district school choice option.\n- TIS<1 applies if the residence of the student did not change, but the assigned school changed due to a charter school, private school, private transfer or inter-district school choice option transfer change."}
{"text":"Another factor contributing to the survival of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri is the location of the city.\nAs Oxyrhynchus lies on a branch of the Nile, rather than on the bank of that mighty river, the city is spared from the river’s annual inundation.\nAmongst these items were texts written on papyri that the people of Oxyrhynchus no longer wanted.\nThe city of Oxyrhynchus (meaning ‘sharp-nosed’ in Greek) is located in the Minya Governorate in Upper Egypt, 160 km (99 mi) to the southwest of Cairo.\nWhilst other writing materials, such as vellum and parchment, are also known to be durable, papyrus could be produced cheaply as well.\nThis means that papyrus has a high chance of surviving in the archaeological record.\nFirst, they have works of ancient literature that are not known to have survived anywhere else in the world.\nAdditionally, there are many texts that provide an insight into everyday life in Egypt, Greece, and Rome.Additionally, when the canals dried up, the water table fell and never rose again."}
{"text":"On the colour wheel there are three greens. The first is the secondary color Green which is made when combining the primary colours of Green and Blue. The other two greens are blue green and yellow green which are found on the tertiary wheel. Blue green is made by combining blue and green, and yellow green is made by combining yellow and green.\nGreen occupies more space in the spectrum visible to the human eye than most colors. According to surveys the world over, green is the second most popular colour after blue.\nGreen is considered the color of persuasion and signifies the color of peace and ecology. Green is considered the color that soothes the human mind and helps to ease the symptoms of depression and anxiety.\nAround the world, the color green is used to represent safety. Green symbolises “safety to continue” on traffic lights and is used in traffic lights. Green is the color used for night-vision goggles because the human eye is most sensitive to and able to discern the most shades of that color.\nEnvironmental and ecological political supporters will often use green to represent their beliefs and policies.\nWe use the word green to describe many different situations and actions. Here’s a few:\nPopular songs with the word green.\nCreating Quilts with the color Green\nGreen is one of the cooler colors in landscape design and it brings a very soothing element to the color scheme of your quilts.\nThe color green visually recedes; helping greens used in small spaces appear larger.\nThe color green occupies the centre of the spectrum of visual light, halfway between red and violet. Green is the easiest color for the eye to detect, which makes it restful on to look at."}
{"text":"The Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, was listed at No. 12 in a BBC History magazine poll where readers ranked the top 100 women in history who changed the world.\nResults from the BBC History magazine poll, revealed on Thursday, were gathered from experts in 10 different fields of human endeavors who each nominated 10 women they believed had the biggest impact on world history.\n“We then gave you, our readers the opportunity to vote for your favorite figures from that list. The results — presented here — may well provoke debate,” BBC admitted as it presented the list, though did not reveal how many readers voted.\nAt the top of the list came Polish-French physicist and chemist Marie Curie, who won a Nobel Prize in two different sciences.\nCurie and her future husband, Pierre, identified two new elements, radium and polonium, during their time at a university in Paris. Curie would go on to fund laboratories and to develop cancer treatments in the U.S. and Europe after her husband died.\nDuring World War I, she would also equip ambulances with X-ray equipment, and drive them to the front lines.\n“The odds were always stacked against her,” says Patricia Fara, president of the British Society for the History of Science. “In Poland her patriotic family suffered under a Russian regime. In France she was regarded with suspicion as a foreigner — and of course, wherever she went, she was discriminated against as a woman.”\nSecond on the list was U.S. civil rights icon Rosa Parks, who in 1955 challenged racial segregation in Alabama by sitting in a whites-only section of a bus and refusing to move.\nClick here to read more.\nSOURCE: Christian Post, Stoyan Zaimov"}
{"text":"You are not currently logged in.\nAccess your personal account or get JSTOR access through your library or other institution:\nIf you need an accessible version of this item please contact JSTOR User Support\nArt Activities for Mentally Handicapped Children\nRichard G. Wiggin\nThe Journal of Educational Research\nVol. 54, No. 7 (Mar., 1961), pp. 251-258\nPublished by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd.\nStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27531021\nPage Count: 8"}
{"text":"- noun an electromagnetic wave that has constant frequency and amplitude and is not produced in pulses\n- An electromagnetic wave whose frequency, phase, and amplitude are constant Also known as Type A wave.\n- One of multiple waves which are transmitted continuously, as opposed to intermittently or pulsed.\n- acronym CW\nNot what you were looking for?"}
{"text":"Am I at risk of heart disease?\nRisk factors for heart disease include:\nThings you can't change:\n- age and gender (women who are past menopause and men older than 55 years are at higher risk)\n- ethnicity (people of African, South Asian, and First Nations descent are at higher risk)\n- family history (people who have family members who have had strokes or heart attacks before age 60, have or have had angina, or are prone to developing high blood pressure or high cholesterol are at higher risk)\nThings you can change or get treatment for:\n- high cholesterol\n- high blood pressure\n- high levels of CRP (C-reactive protein, a protein the body makes when there is inflammation)\n- sedentary lifestyle (not enough exercise)\n- obesity or being overweight\n- consuming too much alcohol (more than 3 drinks per day or 15 drinks per week for men, and more than 2 drinks per day or 10 drinks per week for women)\n- metabolic syndrome (a group of risk factors for heart disease that tend to be found together, including a large waist size, high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, high blood pressure, and high blood sugar – if you have 3 or more of these risk factors, your doctor may diagnose you with the metabolic syndrome)\nConcerned about your risk of heart disease? You can calculate your risk here, and talk to your doctor about what you can do to reduce your cholesterol and your risk of heart disease."}
{"text":"Caledonia, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.county, northeastern Vermont, U.S., bounded on the southeast by New Hampshire, the Connecticut River constituting the border. Piedmont terrain occupies most of the county except the northeastern corner, which lies in a highland region. The principal waterways are the Passumpsic, Lamoille, Wells, and Moose rivers, as well as Lake Groton, Harvey Lake, and Peacham Pond. The main species of timber are spruce, fir, white pine, and hard maple. Recreational lands include Groton and Willoughby state forests and Burke Mountain Ski Area.\nThe county, formed in 1792, was named Caledonia—the historic name of Scotland through the 11th century—because many early settlers were Scottish. The county seat is St. Johnsbury, which developed into a manufacturing centre after the arrival of the Fairbanks family in the early 19th century; Thaddeus Fairbanks invented the platform scale in 1830. The family founded St. Johnsbury Academy (1842), the Athenaeum (1871), and the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium (1889).\nThe county’s economy now rests primarily on manufacturing, retail trade, and health care services. Logging and maple sugar production are also important. Area 651 square miles (1,686 square km). Pop. (2000) 29,702; (2010) 31,227."}
{"text":"*• * * • The Delicate Cuckoo\nA number of very melancholy finds have been made by keepers and others in my part of the country. They have picked up the bodies of many dead birds, most of them cuckoos. The birds were very numerous. On every side \"the ribald\n• cuckoo clamoured \"—in Robert Bridges' phrase. Today it is almost an event to hear his dissyllable. It seemed likely that some of the young birds would suffer from untimely cold ; and in Scotland at any rate young robins were killed in quantity ; but these cuckoos were not young but old. So far as my experience goes it is rare for a big bird to be killed by cold even in the winter which decimates the tiniest of all birds, the long-tailed tit, and destroys thousands of\nredwing. For a grown bird to be killed in the middle of May is a calamity unrecorded in the countryman's annals. It seems to be proof that the preservation of life itself compels birds to migrate to the south. Not only the food problem is involved, though the cuckoo is one of the most highly specialized of dietetists."}
{"text":"Today's fascinating Friday takes us back to 1793 when Major Thomas Balfour (father of author Mary Brunton) was recruiting for the Orkney and Shetland Fencible Battalion. This list pertains to 19th July - 24th November of that year.\nThis list contains names of men, their age, height, colour of hair, eyes and complexion, trade, where born and date of attestation. The description of the men helped in the gruesome but necessary task of identifying them if they died in battle. But now this information is highly valuable for family history researchers who can find out what their ancestors looked like in a time long before photographs.\nFor example: Thomas Craigie, aged 25, was 5 feet 4 inches tall, with brown hair, grey eyes and a fresh complexion. His trade was labourer. He was born in Rousay in the County of Orkney and enlisted on 19th July 1793.\nAnd these lists do not just list men from Orkney or Shetland:\nAlexander Sutherland, aged 37, was 5 feet 4 inches tall, with brown hair, brown eyes and a dark complexion. His trade was weaver. He was born in Thurso in the County of Caithness and enlisted on the 20th July 1793.\nDonald McKay, aged just 14, was 5 feet 1 inch tall, with black hair, brown eyes and a fair complexion. His trade was labourer. He was born in Tongue in the County of Sutherland and enlisted on the 26th Oct.\nWe have found a quite few of these lists in the Balfour of Balfour & Trenabie papers and have recently been passing copies onto the wonderful volunteers of the Orkney Family History Society who have agreed to transcribe them for us. Hopefully we will be able to add this information to one or both of our websites in the future. Watch this space!\nArchive Reference: D2/22/1"}
{"text":"We have been working on adjectives, describing words and properties of matter. To help practice these skills I created this fun little activity to do around Valentine's Day. The nice thing about this project is most of it can be done at home (the actual decorating of the heart) and then it only takes a little class time to work on the adjective thinking map and descriptive sentences.\nHere's how the activity works:\nFirst my students will decorate a large heart. They will do this part at home and can be as creative as their little minds will allow them using stickers, paint, glitter, glue, etc…\nThen they will bring their hearts to class (hidden in a folder or bag) and fill out their adjective thinking map. Once that is done they will write some descriptive sentences and try to get the class to guess which heart is theirs!\nPlease visit my Teacher's Notebook store to pick up the packet if you'd like to do this with your students!"}
{"text":"Flamingo One Step Closer To Being Considered A Floridian Bird\nThe state wildlife agency is taking the next step toward establishing — or re-establishing — the American Flamingo as a Floridian bird.\nFlamingos had been considered a non-native exotic species for decades, and were listed that way on the state wildlife website. Birds that people saw flying around were thought to be captives that had escaped.\nBut last year, a group of South Florida scientists published a paper arguing that flamingos should be considered native Florida birds. The scientists, led by Zoo Miami, looked at historical records, museum collections, local sightings of birds tagged in the wild and decades of reports from South Florida birders.\nAnd they petitioned the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to evaluate their status. That could lead to them being listed as threatened, or a species of special concern.\nIf they are listed, \"it would encourage the state to take action on their behalf to protect the population,\" said Steven Whitfield, conservation biologist at Zoo Miami and lead author of the paper on flamingos.\n\"They would have to decide what kind of action plan for the species they choose,\" he said. \"That could be increased protection for flamingoes or it could be some kind of recovery plan.\"\nIf the board that oversees the wildlife agency agrees, a group of three to seven biologists will review the status of flamingos. That review could be completed by next year.\nCopyright 2020 WLRN 91.3 FM. To see more, visit WLRN 91.3 FM."}
{"text":"‘Method Acting’ is an umbrella term for the different methodologies and techniques of acting.\nMethod Acting is most associated with Lee Strasberg (1901-1982), master-teacher and artistic director of The Actors Studio. Practitioners of Strasberg’s technique are referred to as “method actors”.\nA method actor is actually one who is disciplined, self-aware and able to sensitively approach his work systematically by using the technique(s) that works best for him.\nMethod Acting equips the actor with a consistent and efficient structure to their work. A methodical approach enables actors to readily access their external talents and internal abilities to “behave truthfully under imaginary circumstances”."}
{"text":"Numerical simulations of the Cordilleran ice sheet through the last glacial cycle\n- 1Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland\n- 2Department of Physical Geography and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden\n- 3Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany\n- 4Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany\nAbstract. After more than a century of geological research, the Cordilleran ice sheet of North America remains among the least understood in terms of its former extent, volume, and dynamics. Because of the mountainous topography on which the ice sheet formed, geological studies have often had only local or regional relevance and shown such a complexity that ice-sheet-wide spatial reconstructions of advance and retreat patterns are lacking. Here we use a numerical ice sheet model calibrated against field-based evidence to attempt a quantitative reconstruction of the Cordilleran ice sheet history through the last glacial cycle. A series of simulations is driven by time-dependent temperature offsets from six proxy records located around the globe. Although this approach reveals large variations in model response to evolving climate forcing, all simulations produce two major glaciations during marine oxygen isotope stages 4 (62.2–56.9 ka) and 2 (23.2–16.9 ka). The timing of glaciation is better reproduced using temperature reconstructions from Greenland and Antarctic ice cores than from regional oceanic sediment cores. During most of the last glacial cycle, the modelled ice cover is discontinuous and restricted to high mountain areas. However, widespread precipitation over the Skeena Mountains favours the persistence of a central ice dome throughout the glacial cycle. It acts as a nucleation centre before the Last Glacial Maximum and hosts the last remains of Cordilleran ice until the middle Holocene (6.7 ka)."}
{"text":"Wildland firefighters are tasked with combating wildfires and preventing future fires from starting. Wildland firefighting agencies operate at the federal level (National Park Service, Forest Service Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs), the state level (Fish and Game, Land Management, Emergency Services, Fire and Rescue) at the contracting level (Private Wildland contractors, such as Oregon Woods, Inc.) and at the local level where forest land lies within the incorporated area. While some wildland firefighters work year-round and some work only during the fire season, the work is always strenuous and positions are always highly competitive.\nMost duties are related to prescribed burning, wildfire suppression, and fire preparedness. These duties include serving as a firefighter or engine operator during prescribed burning and wildfire suppression activities; conducting regular maintenance and repairs on various equipment such as fire engines, tractors, mowers, chain saws, and hand tools; serving as a crew member during fire break preparation which involves rock removal, mowing, trimming, tree and brush removal. You may have the potential to assist federal or state agencies throughout the nation with prescribed burning and wildfire suppression."}
{"text":"What is Aqiqah\nAqiqah, in Islamic terminology, is defined as the animal that is slaughtered on the occasion of child birth. The performance of Aqiqah is highly encouraged. It is to be performed by the parents or the guardians of the child. Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and his companions used to perform Aqiqah when they were bestowed with a newborn.\nWhen Should Aqiqah be Performed?\nThe best time to perform Aqiqah is on the seventh day after the birth of the baby.\nWhat is the Purpose of Aqiqah?\nThere are many benefits in the performance of Aqiqah. One is the announcing the birth of the baby. Being bestowed a child is a great blessing from the Creator. Another purpose is inviting family members, neighbors, and friends to celebrate the blessed occasion. The poor should be included in the celebration by offering them food and meat served on this occasion.\nTypes of animals to be slaughtered for Aqiqah\nThe following is a hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) where he advised Aqiqah a goat/sheep.\nNarrated Umm Kurz: The Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Two sheep which resemble each other are to be sacrificed for a boy and one for a girl. (Sunan Abu Dawood Book 15, No. 2830)\nThe condition of the animal for aqiqah\nThe condition of the animals in Aqiqah is the same as the conditions for the animals in Qurbani. The animals to be slaughtered must be a goats, cows or camels. For camels, it must be older than 6 years, for cows the age must be older than 3 years and for goats, it must be older than 2 years. They must be free from any form of handicap such as blind, sick, limp and undernourished. The animals must be slaughtered in the appropriate humane ways. Celebrate the birth of your newborn and share the joy with your needy brothers and sisters through the Qurban Foundation."}
{"text":"Carbon opals, a form of colloidal crystal, are composed of ordered two-dimensional or three-dimensional arrays of Monodispersed Starburst Carbon Spheres (MSCS). Methods for producing such carbon opals include oxidizing as-synthesized MSCS, for example by heating in air, to increase surface charge. Such oxidation is believed to decrease settling rates of a colloidal suspension, enabling formation of an ordered colloidal crystal. Inverse opals, composed of any of a wide variety of materials, and based on a carbon opal template, have a reciprocal structure to a carbon opal. Inverse opals are formed by methods including: forming a carbon opal as described, impregnating a desired material into pores in the carbon opal to produce a hybrid structure, and removing the carbon portion from the hybrid structure.\n|Original language||English (US)|\n|U.S. patent number||10099965|\n|State||Published - Oct 16 2018|"}
{"text":"Science Projects for Kids: Classifying Plants\nThe plant kingdom contains some of the most fascinating living things around. And what better way to explore the world of plants than with science projects for kids: classifying plants?\nThese science projects for kids: classifying plants are simple experiments and activities that will introduce you to some interesting features of plant life and help you cultivate a green thumb of your own.\nFollow the links below to learn about fun science projects for kids: classifying plants:\nSeeds sprout from a barren brick in this science project. Learn more.\nUse your drawing and design skills to warn others about dangerous plants.\nWhat would a plant be without the sun? Find out with this project.\nSome delicious vegetables come from plants that produce flowers, too. Learn more.\nHere are some tips for taking care of your carnivorous plant.\nAnalyze the pigments that make a leaf green with this colorful project.\nSee a demonstration of one way that cacti survive in low-moisture environments.\nWhich way is up? The plants know! Find out more.\nWatch what happens when the wilderness reclaims a field.\nHit the books and do your homework on horticulture.\nDiscover the varieties of life in an ecosystem.\nThe next science project shows you how to grow grass from a stone.\nFor more fun science projects and activities, check out:"}
{"text":"A meeting of agriculture ministers from 69 countries on Saturday called for higher farm productivity coupled with cultivation of diverse crop types to help beat world hunger.\nGlobal farming needs to maintain a balance between diversity and high output while avoiding monoculture of single crops, said a statement from Germany's Agriculture Ministry after the meeting in Berlin of the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture.\nThe Berlin meeting called for genetic databanks to be set up to prevent the loss of traditional types of food crops as newly developed seeds replace old varieties.\nGerman agriculture minister Hans-Peter Friedrich said improving food output volumes is not enough to conquer world hunger.\n\"Preserving agricultural diversity is not a luxury; it is a matter of survival,\" Friedrich said in a statement. \"Plant varieties, once lost, cannot be recovered. We must therefore conserve our genetic resources worldwide on a permanent basis and make better use of them.\"\nMalnutrition caused by an unbalanced diet is also a serious global problem, he said.\nThe United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates that there are still 840 million people suffering from hunger worldwide, Friedrich said.\nBut a further two billion people are seriously compromised in their development by malnutrition, he said."}
{"text":"The Pleiades was a galactic location. It contained Endymion, a planet in the Kalamith sector of the Outer Rim Territories that was the site of a skirmish between Jedi and Sith during a galaxy-wide war.\nBehind the scenesEdit\nThe Pleiades was fleetingly mentioned for the 2010 book Star Wars Art: Visions as the home for the planet Endymion in Michael Haynes's artwork Skirmish on Endymion. According to Haynes' website, he originally meant for the Pleiades to be a constellation, although this information was ultimately absent from the final version of the book. In real-life astronomy, the Pleiades is an open star cluster located in the constellation of Taurus. A June 12, 2015 update to the Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Companion added an Endymion system in the Kalamith sector of the Outer Rim, though no mention of the Pleiades was made.\n- Star Wars Art: Visions (First mentioned)"}
{"text":"20. Spiranthes porrifolia Lindley, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 467. 1840.\nSpiranthes romanzoffiana Chamisso var. porrifolia (Lindley) Ames & Correll\nPlants 15–60 cm. Roots few–several, spreading to descending, tuberous, mostly to 1 cm diam. Leaves persisting through anthesis or fugaceous, basal, often on proximal portion of stem, ascending, linear to linear-lanceolate, linear-oblanceolate, oblanceolate or elliptic, to 34 × 3.5 cm. Spikes usually very tightly spiraled, rarely loosely spiraled, usually 3 flowers per cycle of spiral; rachis glabrous to sparsely pubescent, trichomes less (usually much less) than 0.18 mm, capitate glands often sessile. Flowers ascending, creamy to markedly yellowish, slenderly tubular; sepals connate at base, 4.6–11 mm, apex reflexed-spreading; petals linear-lanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, apex reflexed-spreading, obtuse to subacute or subemarginate; lip lance-ovate to lanceolate, 4–9.5 × 1.9–4.3 mm, apex recurved less than to scarcely more than apices of sepals and petals, only slightly or not at all dilated, with subapical dense cushion of peg-shaped trichomes on adaxial surface; veins few to several, branches wide-spreading or often parallel; viscidia linear to linear-elliptic; ovary mostly 2–7.5 mm. Seeds monoembryonic. 2n = 44 .\nFlowering May--Aug. Moist to wet riparian meadows, stream banks, marshes, fens, seeping banks; 100--2600 m; Calif., Idaho, Nev., Oreg., Wash."}
{"text":"World Math Day\nLibrary Home || Full Table of Contents || Suggest a Link || Library Help\n|The World Math Day website provides five- to eighteen-year olds with mental arithmetic questions to solve in competition with other math students from around the globe. Recent World Math Days, which take place in early March, have attracted participation from more than a million students in 160 countries. Also available from http://www.worldmathsday.com/.|\n|Levels:||Elementary, Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)|\n|Resource Types:||Problems/Puzzles, Daily/Weekly/Monthly Challenges, Fun for Kids, Web Interactive/Java|\n|Math Topics:||Basic Operations|\n© 1994- The Math Forum at NCTM. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"Simplify your life, Organize your environment, Utilize your resources, Prioritize your time\nSimplify your life\n- Feel at peace living and working in a clutter-free environment.\n- Eliminate the procrastination that preventing you from completing projects.\n- Make your home and office a well-oiled machine.\nOrganize your environment\n- Take control of your closets, bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens, pantries, playrooms, basements, garages, attics, and offices.\n- Develop filing and storage systems for managing your paperwork.\n- Create a calm and esthetically pleasing space.\nUtilize your resources\n- Stop wasting money buying multiples of items that you already own but can’t find.\n- Recycle and repurpose your supplies for environmentally friendly and cost effective organization.\n- Learn to maximize the space you have.\nPrioritize your time\n- Eliminate time wasted trying to searching for missing items such as financial records, clothing, and contact information.\n- Stop being late for work, friends, and the family because you can’t find you shoes, phone, or keys.\n- Learn to create lists to efficiently pack, shop, or plan family activities."}
{"text":"Drooping Eyelid Underlying Cause\nThe most common cause of drooping eyelid is old age. The normal aging process can weaken the muscles around the eye that keep the lid open. In addition, the skin around the eyelid loses elasticity. Both of these processes can lead to drooping eyelid.\nTemporary swelling of the eyelid can cause drooping eyelid.\nConditions that cause swelling of the eyelid include:\nThe eyelids are held open by muscles in the face. The brain sends signals to nerves that stimulate the muscles. If these signals are interrupted, the muscles become weak and drooping eyelid can occur.\nConditions that can interrupt these signals include:\n- Bassin RE, Putterman AM. Ptosis in young adults. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2002 Spring;42(2):31-43. \n- Finsterer J. Ptosis: causes, presentation, and management. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2003 May-Jun;27(3):193-204. \n- Gausas RE, Goldstein SM. Ptosis in the elderly patient. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2002 Spring;42(2):61-74. \n- Lee V, Konrad H, Bunce C, Nelson C, Collin JR. Aetiology and surgical treatment of childhood blepharoptosis. Br J Ophthalmol. 2002 Nov;86(11):1282-6. \n- Thakker MM, Rubin PA. Mechanisms of acquired blepharoptosis. Ophthalmol Clin North Am. 2002 Mar;15(1):101-11."}
{"text":"15 and one-half miles southeast of US 93, 4 miles south of its junction with US\n50 and 6; 37 miles southeast of Ely.\nA post office and school known as Shoshone were located about\n1½ miles north of Minerva. Two old log cabins, a turn of the\ncentury house and a newer home can be seen today on this private\nranch. The site is now called the Shoshone Ranch. During the\nduration of nearby Minerva, miner's children\nattended school at Shoshone.\nThe Swallow Brothers owned\nthe Ranch. Ranch buildings exist today besides the buildings\nshown in the pictures below. This property raises large\namounts of hay and has an extensive watering system to water\nthe crop. The hay is then baled in ton rolls and stored in\nvarious places on the ranch property.\nSilver was discovered in\nthis area in 1869 but separating it from the gangue rock was\ndifficult because of an heavy white mineral which was\nfound within the silver ore. This substance was much later\nidentified as scheelite, an ore containing tungsten. World\nWar I created a demand for tungsten to harden steel.\nWhen the war was over, demand disappeared and tungsten\nmining in the area ceased until the 1930's. Some activity\ntook place in the 1950's.\nDuring the depression,\nPaul Sirkegian, Consolidated Copper Company's General\nSuperintendent at Kimberly, Nevada, organized the\nincorporation of the Tungsten Metals Corporation to mine and\nmill the tungsten in the Minerva Mining District. This\ncompany built the townsite of Minerva on land sold to them\nby the Swallow Brothers.\nThe large spring and pond\nlocated in the stand of tall trees just to the west of the townsite\nof Minerva owned by the Shoshone\nRanch provided the domestic and\nmill water for that small village."}
{"text":"Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.\nRelated to curdling: curdling blood\nv. cur·dled, cur·dling, cur·dles\na. To change into curd.\nb. To become congealed or lumpy: The sauce curdled in the pan.\n2. To become spoiled or transformed into something bad: Warm feelings curdled into distrust.\n1. To cause to curdle, congeal, or become lumpy: \"The inlet was curdled with slush\" (Alyson Carol Hagy).\n2. To cause to be spoiled or transformed into something bad: \"an event that curdled whatever goodwill the prince had awakened\" (Julia Whitty).\n[Frequentative of curd.]\nAmerican Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.\nSwitch to new thesaurus\n|Noun||1.||curdling - the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid|\nblood clotting, blood coagulation - a process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot)\nnatural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); \"the action of natural forces\"; \"volcanic activity\"\nthermocoagulation - congealing tissue by heat (as by electric current)\nBased on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc."}
{"text":"Teacher leader designs and facilitates active-learning professional learning experiences for teachers.\nThis study examines the effects of different characteristics of professional development on teacher learning and finds that one of the three core features of effective professional development experiences is the opportunity for active learning (Garet, Porter, Desimone, Birman, Yoon, 2001).\nA study of the review of the literature about active learning found support for all forms of active learning examined. (Prince, 2004)\nIn a report analyzing instructional approaches where college educators used traditional methods and active learning methods, data revealed that students perceived greater learning gains after actively learning content compared to covering the same content through traditional methods. (Bonwell, Eison, 1991)\nTo earn this micro-credential, you must receive a passing evaluation for Parts 1 and 3 and a “Yes” for Part 2.\nPlease submit several artifacts that were created while developing and facilitating active professional learning (such as links to writing, audio, images, video, or other products) including such items as:\nProvide a reflection on your experience, using the following questions as guidance:\nExcept where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under:\nCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)"}
{"text":"Alqueva Multipurpose Project (EFMA) has changed the operation of a vast agricultural area, for which water is the main limitation. Its supply now come from a number of reservoirs that are connected to each other and to a common source, the Alqueva Reservoir.\nThe change from dry to irrigated agriculture or just a change in water source in irrigated areas can influence the soil, and the changes must be monitored.\nFirstly, the benchmark position is characterised before any supply of water from the EFMA so that the soil characteristics in the irrigated area can be monitored throughout the life of the associated irrigation project.\nIt is hoped that the combined results of soil and water monitoring and all available information in each infrastructure area will foster sustainable agricultural development, conservation of natural resources and the renewed agricultural potential that EFMA offers."}
{"text":"Sun, 28 July 2019\nToday's topic is anger. Rabbi Evan Moffic presents 5 practices that we can use to deal with our anger. The danger with anger is we lose control, we respond in a way that we regret and closes the door on future interactions on the matter. Listen in as Rabbi Moffic explains how Solomon deal with these issues, both in good and bad ways, and learn how to productively handle your angry moments.\n[2:37] We are a society that thrives on anger\n[6:21] We can't always control our feeling of anger, but we can control what we do with it\n[9:26] Dealing with anger involves getting outside the prism of \"I\"\n[14:02] It's critical to remember that our perspective isn't the only one\n[18:38] The most important part of dealing with your anger is not losing yourself when it first springs up"}
{"text":"While early thresholds were made of wood or other natural materials, today's thresholds often include aluminum or vinyl as part of their makeup. These strips not only keep drafts, inclement weather, dust and insects at bay, they also protect the framing under the door.\nVideo of the Day\nWhile there are a wide variety of thresholds available, they can be divided into four main categories: saddle, panic, interlocking and vinyl top. Within these categories are numerous variations to fit almost any door style, location and use.\nBy far the most common type of threshold in use today, the saddle-type threshold is a raised piece of wood or other material placed between the bottom of the door and the floor. Often used with a door sweep -- a strip of rubber or metal fastened to the bottom of the door -- this threshold can be adapted to most doors. Many thresholds of this type have a metal strip running along the top of them for added protection. Specially designed saddle-type thresholds can keep fires from spreading.\nThe panic threshold is found in public buildings. As its name implies, it is used with doors that swing outward in conjunction with a vertical rod that engages the device and allows the doors to open freely in panic situations. Many municipalities have building codes that govern this type of threshold.\nThe vinyl-top threshold is very similar in style and design to the saddle-type. This type of threshold has a vinyl strip on its top to provide a stronger seal against weather and drafts. While it does provide more protection, it is rarely found in public buildings as it tends to wear out faster in high-traffic areas.\nMost commonly used with inward swinging doors exposed to weather such as those on motel rooms, interlocking thresholds have an L or J hook on the bottom of the door that locks into the threshold. While this arrangement does provide protection, rocks, ice and mud can get lodged in the hook, lessening its ability to seal well."}
{"text":"A nudge corresponds to any procedure that influences choice architecture, without using persuasion or financial incentives. Nudges are effective in increasing vaccination with heterogeneous levels of acceptability. To evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of a nudge promoting influenza vaccination for general practice trainees, also called residents. The hypothesis was that a reminder would be efficient and accepted and that prior exposure to a nudge increases its acceptability. Residents were randomly divided into three parallel experimental arms: a nudge group, a no-nudge group and a control group in order to evaluate the Hawthorne effect. The nudge consisted of providing a paper form for the free delivery of the vaccine and contacts for occupational health services. The analysis included 161 residents. There was a strong consensus among the residents that it is very acceptable to nudge their peers and patients. Acceptability was better with residents exposed to the nudge and with residents included in step 1 (Hawthorne effect). The nudge did not increase vaccination coverage. The failure of this nudge highlights the importance of matching an intervention to the population’s needs. The experimental approach is innovative in this context and deserves further attention.\nReference link- https://academic.oup.com/fampra/article-abstract/38/4/410/6121944"}
{"text":"A recently released NOAA-funded study reveals that ocean water off the United States' Northwest coast holds trace amounts of caffeine. The discovery, it turns out, although hilariously cliché given the region's reputation as a coffee Mecca, home to iconic brands such as Starbucks and Seattle's Best Coffee, plus countless boutique cafés and artisan roasters, is no laughing matter.\nAccording to Portland State and Washington State University scientists, it's not so much the abundance of coffee drinkers who call the Pacific Northwest home that's behind the contamination, as much as it is how their waste is handled.\nYou see, caffeine is a substance that the body quickly absorbs, but does not store or accumulate. So, all caffeine eventually has to go (just as all humans do) somewhere . Thus, researchers from both universities believe that sewer- and septic-related runoff is directly responsible for the presence of caffeine in Northwest coastal zones.\nOver a period of two years, the researchers collected samples from locations along the coast. They found that caffeine levels spiked following area storm surges, suggesting sewer overflow. According to Portland State University professor Elise Granek:\nThe results suggest that wastewater treatment plants are effective at removing caffeine, but that high rainfall and combined sewer overflows flush the contaminants out to sea. The results also suggest that septic tanks, such as those used at the state parks, may be less effective at containing pollution.\nAnd, just in case you were looking for an argument, Granek adds:\nCaffeine is found in many food and beverage products as well as some pharmaceuticals, and caffeine in waterways is directly related to human activity. Although many plant species produce caffeine, there are no natural sources of the substance in the Pacific Northwest. The presence of caffeine in ocean water may also signal additional pollution such as pesticides and pharmaceuticals.\nFor more read Portland State University's report here."}
{"text":"A choice a person makes about how to live and behave, according to their attitudes, tastes, and values: the programme taught participants how to make better lifestyle choices\nMore example sentences\n- Students took a quiz consisting of thirteen questions designed to assess their lifestyle choices.\n- Being single or childless can be a lifestyle choice or a consequence of circumstances beyond an individual's control.\n- Getting youngsters to make healthy lifestyle choices is the goal of this group.\nFor editors and proofreaders\nLine breaks: life|style choice\nDefinition of lifestyle choice in:\nWhat do you find interesting about this word or phrase?\nComments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed."}
{"text":"A porphyria is a group of rare inherited blood disorders that affect the skin and nervous system. People with these blood disorders have problems making a substance called heme in their bodies.\nNo matter what type of porphyria you have, it shares a common root cause: There is a low level of a specific enzyme generated when producing heme. Therefore, the type of porphyria you may have depends on the enzyme that your body lacks. What’s more, most types of porphyria are inherited.\nThere’s no effective cure for porphyria, and in most cases, treatment focuses on managing symptoms by medication. It is necessary to avoid sunlight for people living with cutaneous porphyria. For acute porphyria, treatment involves intravenous heme or glucose infusions.\nThis frequency video will help to relieve:\n- Abdominal pain.\n- Heart palpitations.\n- Pain in the arms and legs.\nWelcome to listen to this frequency and share it with your friends and family.\nWe suggest listening to this at least 2-3 times a day to see a possible effect. And it depends on your needs and personal situation to choose the volume level. We recommend maintaining a moderate volume at a comfortable level to prevent any hearing injury. Make sure you have enough lemon water or pure water to flush the die-offs from your body."}
{"text":"In February 2009, WDDTY told its subscribers that heat treatment is a proven way to kill cancer - and now researchers have demonstrated it in laboratory trials. Cancer cells were altered in one therapy that involved a sustained heat of 43 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes - and the cells started to die when they were exposed to a burst of heat therapy of 50 degrees Celsius for one to two minutes. At that level, there was permanent tissue damage to a prostate tumour, and which led to necrosis, or cell death. The laboratory experiments have been carried out at the Hashemite University in Jordan. In the WDDTY report, other experiments have demonstrated that cancer cells can be killed when exposed to temperatures of 42 to 43 degrees Celsius. (Source: AACR Dead Sea International Conference on Advances in Cancer Research, March 7-10, 2010)."}
{"text":"Learning a language provokes students’ curiosity with the world, inspires new experiences, and immerses students in different cultures & traditions. Swan Hill Primary School has been implementing an Indonesian language program since 2015. Foundation to Year Six students are learning Indonesian for 45 minutes each week. It enhances students’ existing English language skills and improves understanding of our multicultural and bilingual community.\nStudents are engaged in the language through song, games, and special artefacts from Indonesia. Our school sponsors an Indonesian child, who writes to the Junior School Council regularly."}
{"text":"In his majority opinion in Trump v. Hawaii, Chief Justice John Roberts overturned the ruling in Korematsu v. United States (1944) that had stood for nearly three quarters of a century in response to a dissent written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor that drew parallels between the opinion in Trump and that in Korematsu.\nRoberts’s opinion in Trump upheld an Executive Order by President Donald Trump to exclude people from several predominantly Muslim countries from traveling to the United States on national security grounds. Koremastu upheld the internement of Japanese Americans during World War II ruling that it was based on “proper security measures” in time of war.\nJustice Roberts denied any relation between Trump and Korematsu, but took the opportunity of its mention to overturn Korematsu, quoting a dissent by Justice Robert Jackson. “Koremastu was gravely wrong the day it was decided, has been overruled in the court of history, and—to be clear—’has no place in law under the Constitution.'”\nIn her dissent in Trump, Justice Sotomayor wrote, “By blindly accepting the Government’s misguided invitation to sanction a discriminatory policy motivated by animosity toward a disfavored group, all in the name of a superficial claim of national security, the Court redeploys the same dangerous logic underlying Korematsu and merely replaces one ‘gravely wrong’ decision with another.”\nLearn more about Korematsu v. United States in our film Korematsu and Civil Liberties."}
{"text":"Help your child create a time capsule to be opened next year--or ten years from now.\n- Small shoebox\n- Current photo of your child\n- Current photo of your family\n- Other meaningful keepsakes\n- Tape or ribbon\nHelp your child prepare information to put into her time capsule by asking her questions (and writing down her responses if necessary). You might ask about favorite foods, songs, activities, friends, and so on.\nAsk your child what she looks forward to in the coming years and what she expects life to be like next year or when she's a teenager or an adult.\nWhen everything is written down, place the paper in a small shoebox along with a current photo of your child, a current photo of your family, and other meaningful keepsakes.\nPlace the lid on the shoebox and write your child's name on it, the date on which the time capsule is being closed, and the date on which it's to be opened.\nSecure the time capsule with tape or ribbon and keep it in a safe place until it's time to open it."}
{"text":"Following Hippocrates’ declaration that knowledge of the spine “is the requisite of understanding many diseases,” this exhibit provides both the casual viewer and the seasoned doctor with a sense of the spine’s important role in the body. “Supporting Structure” highlights previous methods of treating spinal injury, and showcases the technological and surgical advances that have revolutionized the field. Special attention has also been given to noble figures in the history of spinal exploration.\nMany objects shown have been drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection, including: rare medical anatomy atlases, archival photographs, manuscripts of prominent surgeons throughout history, a variety of early surgical instruments, and many examples of cutting-edge “hardware” used in modern surgical procedures.\n“Supporting Structure” was made possible through the generosity of:"}
{"text":"Psychology qualifications vary depending on what kind of work you're looking to do. Clinical, counseling, and research psychologists must typically have earned a doctoral degree, either a Ph.D. in psychology or a Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.). These types of psychologists usually complete a one-year internship as part of the doctoral program. School and occupational psychologists need only earn a masters degree in psychology. There are no specific qualifications for the field of your undergraduate degree. However, there are course requirements, such as introductory psychology, experimental psychology, and statistics. All states require independently practicing psychologists to be licensed. Qualifications vary, but generally require a doctorate in psychology, internship, at least one to two years of professional experience, and successful completion of the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology.\nAs most of your time will be spent speaking with and listening to patients, you'll need strong communication and people skills. Analytical and problem-solving skills are important in your investigation, diagnosis, and treatment of patients' mental and behavioral disorders. Successful psychologists are also patient and observant of subtle changes in a patient's expressions or mannerisms. Psychologists must display the highest level of trustworthiness when dealing with patients. You will be privy to private and sensitive information about your patients and you must treat this information with the discretion and confidentiality it demands.\nA psychologist must have some prior related work experience before practicing without supervision. You'll need to have completed a period of supervised experience, an internship, or residency program before you are even eligible for licensure.\nGet Your Degree!\nFind schools and get information on the program that’s right for you.\nPowered by Campus Explorer"}
{"text":"The next day the five thousand who had been fed with the five loaves came around the top of the lake, catching up with Jesus in Capernaum, and they asked him what sign he could do.\nWhat was behind that question was an old believe Jews had heard as children. They had been told that when the Messiah came he would imitate Moses by making bread fall from the sky. Jesus went on to tell them that he himself was the bread come down from heaven.\nNow, let me repeat something I always say about that first reading from The Acts of the Apostles.\nThe young men who argued with St. Stephen, and who would later stone him to death, were identified as “members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen.” It is worth our while to know who those men were.\nA number of Jewish people were engaged in trade in every port in the Roman Empire, and the Romans had a tricky way of keeping those scattered Jews from causing trouble. From every port they took a few young Jewish men, bringing them to Rome for five-year spells as hostages.\nThough those young men were not very religious at first, through being in captivity for being Jews, they usually became quite religious. It often happened that at their release after five years as hostages they found going to Jerusalem to be preferable to going home. They established their own synagogue near the temple.\nAt the core of their strong Jewishness was the importance they saw in keeping kosher. That had them feeing antagonistic toward the followers of Christ who were eating with Gentiles, and making little of Jewish rules.\nWhen those young men took off their cloaks for throwing stones at Stephen, a Pharisee named Saul watched over the cloaks for them. That man who would become the Apostle Paul, at that time felt he was doing the right thing.This story should teach us to be respectful of those with political and religious views different from ours."}
{"text":"What are Dental Implants?\nDental implants are small screws designed to replace the root of a tooth and restore the physical appearance and the chewing function of patients with partial or full tooth loss. Dental implants are intended for use in either the upper and/or the lower jaw to support prosthetic devices, such as artificial teeth.\nTo replace a single tooth, a titanium dental implant is first inserted into the missing space. This implant serves as a replacement for the root of the missing tooth and is designed to seamlessly bond with the surrounding bone. A small post is then inserted into the implant and the replacement tooth is permanently fixed to this post. The result is a new tooth that looks perfect and functions exactly like a natural tooth.\nSchedule your free consultation to learn all about the dental implant technology that we offer!"}
{"text":"Atrial Fibrillation [What you need to know]\nAtrial Fibrillation is an irregular heart rhythm that can cause blood clots, stroke, and other heart complications. There are approximately 2.7 million Americans living with atrial fibrillation.\nSome patients have no symptoms and the irregular rhythm is detected upon an exam by their physician. Some of the symptoms are general fatigue, rapid and irregular heartbeat, fluttering in the chest, dizziness, shortness of breath, weakness, confusion, fatigue when exercising, sweating, and chest pain.\nAtrial Fibrillation is treatable. One method of treatment is medications to control the rhythm and heart rate. Many patients are required to take blood thinners in order to prevent blood clot formation. Another option is electrical cardioversion, which can restore the regular rhythm for some patients.\nIf medications and cardioversion are not successful or preferred, an ablation procedure can be performed. This procedure identifies the origin of the electrical signals causing the irregular heartbeat. A catheter is used to deliver radiofrequency or cryotherapy to scar the problematic area, which restores the heart to regular rhythm.\nTo reduce your risk of atrial fibrillation eat a healthy diet, avoid excessive amounts of alcohol and caffeine, do not smoke, control your cholesterol, manage your blood pressure, and maintain a healthy weight.\nIf you have the following conditions, they can contribute to the onset of atrial fibrillation:\n- Sleep Apnea\n- Thyroid Disease\n- High Blood Pressure\n- Chronic Lung Conditions\n- Family History"}
{"text":"A computer problem involving software that has been programmed incorrectly to treat the year 2000 as a non-leap year.\nAnd to add another cruel twist, a number of applications now in use have botched the dating scheme for leap year. Because the year 2000 is divisible by 400, there will be a Feb. 29 in the year 2000 even though there was not one in 1900. As a result, some programs with the Y2K leap year bug will assign erroneous dates every day after Feb. 28, 2000.\nPeter H. Lewis, \"Exterminating the 2000 Bug From Home Systems,\" The New York Times, July 21, 1998\nCyber Cassandras flogging the Y2K (Year 2000) scare, the idea that the world will suffer a computer meltdown when the clock and calendar turns into the new millennium on Jan. 1, 2000, got something else to harp about last week. The Y2K leap year bug raised its ugly little head. It turns out that lots of companies that fixed their computers so they won't think it's the year\n1900 when the calendar turns (the Millennium Bug) will get tripped up anyway because they forgot that 2000 is a Leap year and 1900 was not.\nThe Federal Aviation Administration, for example, found that when its\ncomputers are fed flight information for Feb. 29, 2000, they inform the user that there is no such date.\nJames Coates, \"Da mare on da net,\" Chicago Tribune, February 16, 1998\nThis problem, a kind of baby brother bug of the much larger Y2K bug, was caused by programmers forgetting that there are actually three rules that determine whether a given year is a leap year:\nIf the year is divisible by 4, then it's a leap year, unless...\nThe year is also divisible by 100, then it's not a leap year, unless...\nThe year is also divisible by 400, then it's a leap year.\nMany programmers used only steps 1 and 2, and so concluded that 2000 was not a leap year."}
{"text":"This downloadable Viewer’s Guide tells some of the true story behind the film. Much of this is drawn from the book Unlikely Angel, in which Ashley Smith tells, in her own words, what happened during that fateful night.\nIn March 2005, Ashley Smith made headlines around the globe when she talked her way out of the hands of Brian Nichols, after he took her captive for seven hours in her home. Brian was facing trial for rape at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia, but he had overcome his guard and grabbed her gun. He then killed the judge and other court officials before escaping on foot. Through the long dark hours of the night, after Brian had taken Ashley hostage, she read to him excerpts from The Purpose Driven Life and The Bible, which provided a message of hope for two broken people.\nDownload this video by right-clicking on this link and choosing ‘save target/link as’\nFor more education and community resources see ethosmedia.org/captive.\nCategories: Ethics, History, Jurisprudence, Mission, Sociology, Theology, Viewer's Guide"}
{"text":"This diagram illustrates two block boxes, one above the other, with rectangular clipping regions of different dimensions.\nThe block boxes (generated for a P element) are identical and depicted with a thick black border and a gray background. A coordinate system has its origin at the upper left corner of each block box. The x-axis increases along the top edge of the P box, the y-axis down the left edge. Both axes depict increments of 5px.\nThe clipping region of the first P box lies entirely within it, offset 5px from the top and left edges of the P box, and 10px from the right and bottom edges. The clipping region has a thick dashed border and a white background and is labeled \"clip region\".\nThe clipping region of the second P box resembles that of the first in style and position, except that the right edge is 5px to the right of the P box's right edge. Thus, the clipping region lies partially outside the P box.\nBoth block boxes have four red arrows representing the four offsets in the corresponding style rule: one short, vertical arrow labeled \"top\" goes from the top edge of the block box to the top of the clipping region; one longer vertical arrow labeled \"bottom\" goes from the top op the block box to the bottom of the clipping region; one short, horizontal arrow labeled \"left\" goes from the left edge of the block to the left edge of the clipping region; and one longer horizontal arrow labeled \"right\" goes from the left edge of the block to the right edge of the clipping region.\nReturn to image."}
{"text":"1 Answer | Add Yours\nThe doctrine of Judicial Restraint suggests that judges, while in the course of making legal decisions and setting precedents, should limit overturning laws unless that legislation is very obviously unconstitutional. It also has come to be synonymous with judges who adhere strictly to legal interpretations and existing decisions and laws, and who remain dispassionate and impartial when hearing cases.\nJudicial Activism, on the other hand, is the exact opposite. Legally it means that a judge takes political and personal considerations into account when making a ruling or writing an opinion. In political exchanges, it has most commonly been associated with a ruling that is merely controversial or unpopular, especially by those on the conservative side of the political spectrum, and it has become something of a misnomer. It is sometimes, therefore, confused with judicial discretion - where a judge can take into account all of the circumstances of the case and sentence or rule with that in mind, as opposed to \"legislating from the bench\", which is much more rare in my opinion.\nWe’ve answered 333,468 questions. We can answer yours, too.Ask a question"}
{"text":"Universal Primary Education (UPE) is one of the Government of Uganda’s main policy tools for achieving poverty reduction and human development. Broadly speaking, its main objectives are to:\n- provide the facilities and resources to enable every child to enter and remain in school until the primary cycle of education is complete;\n- make education equitable in order to eliminate disparities and inequalities;\n- ensure that education is affordable by the majority of Ugandans;\n- reduce poverty by equipping every individual with basic skills.\nWhile the government of Uganda has promised to provide free education to every child, the sad reality is, they are unable to meet this need in the rural parts of the country. In these areas, churches and other non-profit organizations are building up a network of private schools to fill the gap. The parents in rural Uganda often have to choose between educating their children and providing food, healthcare and the most basic of needs. Now, more than ever, we realize how important education is in lifting the children and their families out of poverty.\nBecause of this, the Presbytery has established the need for new primary schools as their top priority. For this reason, King’s Kids Africa will start its ministry by focusing on orphan homes and primary schools."}
{"text":"TreeDivNet is a global network of tree diversity experiments, which provides a unique platform for research on the relation between tree species diversity and ecosystem functioning in major forest types around the world. Read the first TreeDivNet paper for a comprehensive description of the network, some first research results and future perspectives: Contributions of a global network of tree diversity experiments to sustainable forest plantations (pdf).\nTreeDivNet is the largest network of biodiversity experiments worldwide. In total, about 1,040,000 trees were planted in the 18 experiments on a total surface of more than 785 ha. For information on the different experimental plantations, see Experiments.\nForest management goals have changed over time. Highly productive monocultures were aimed for during phases of high wood demand, e.g., during the industrial revolution or after the Second World War. However, there have been always discussions about pros and cons of pure vs. mixed stands. In the last decennia, sustainable forest management and the use of mixed stands again entered the (political) agenda, and several questions arose. Are mixed forests more productive than monocultures? Do mixed forests differ in their regulation of energy, water and material fluxes supporting sustainability? Are mixed forests more resistant to disturbance and pest outbreaks? Do mixed forests allow a higher diversity of associated species?\nTo study the relation between tree species diversity and ecosystem functioning, researchers have planted tree diversity experiments all over the globe. The experiments in the global network TreeDivNet offer a unique research infrastructure, facilitate synthesis studies, enable transfer of well-founded knowledge to different stakeholders worldwide, and enhance the visibility of research on the relation between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in forests.\n|The millionth TreeDivNet tree, a Pinus parviflora, planted in IDENT-Cité|"}
{"text":"perhaps because the types now grown have rather poor foliage on the stems.\nPasture: It is of little value for pasture, as the second growth is poor.\nWhen sown alone, ten to fifteen pounds of good seed should be used to the acre. No advantage in yield is gained by seeding more thickly on dry soils; on the contrary, it is apt to lessen the yield in succeeding years.\nSeed: It is ready to cut for seed when the spikelets are of a greenish-straw colour, which stage is reached, under normal conditions, three to four weeks after flowering. It can be cut with a binder, cured like Timothy and threshed in a grain thresher.\nQuality of seed: The seed is bright straw-coloured, from a third to half an inch long, awnless or with a short, straight awn at the tip.\nWESTERN WHEAT GRASS (Agropyron occidentale Scribn.)\nOther Latin name: Agropyron Smithii Rydb.\nOther English names: Colorado Blue-stem, Blue-joint, Alkali Grass.\nWestern Wheat Grass is strongly perennial with a creeping root-stock similar to that of Couch Grass. The plants do not grow in tufts, like Western Rye Grass, but form an open sod with scattered stems and leafy shoots like Couch Grass. The whole plant is bluish green which accounts for the names Blue-stem and Blue-joint. The stems are from one to four feet high and rather stout. The leaves are comparatively long, firm in texture, flat, or in dry localities rolled together. The inflorescence is strongly flattened, broader and denser than that of Western Rye Grass. The spikelets are about twice as long and contain a greater number of flowers—generally about eight. In a spikelet of Western Rye the two lowest glumes are about as long as the whole spikelet, whereas in Western Wheat they are about half as long.\nWestern Wheat Grass is indigenous to western Canada from Saskatchewan to the Rocky Mountains. In the United States it extends westward from Michigan and Kansas."}
{"text":"Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, devastating families at an increasing rate worldwide. While it is not clear how the disease begins, it is certain that Alzheimer's affects women and the elderly more often, and that brain tissues are destroyed by the disease. Symptoms involve long-term memory loss, confusion, depression, paranoia and personality changes.\nIt has been suggested that hormone replacement therapy can put someone at risk for the disease, although this has not yet been proven conclusively. Some drugs have been developed to improve cognitive function, although there is as yet no cure and these drugs often produce uncomfortable side effects such as nausea and diarrhea.\nHow can natural medicine help with Alzheimer's?\nNatural medicine can help prevent and manage Alzheimer's. Acupuncture and TCM can assist in improving brain function, while at the same time dealing with the side effects of the conventional drugs used. Naturopathic medicine and supplements such as zinc are very helpful. Recently, studies show that mental activities such as crossword puzzles can delay the onset of the disease, as can exercise such as yoga. And something gentle such as craniosacral therapy can do wonders for the brain as well.\nContact us for a FREE consultation on how natural therapy can help you prevent and manage the symptoms of Alzheimer's.\nThese links may also be helpful:"}
{"text":"Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease condition in which inflammation happens in the central nervous system, perhaps leading to the battered myelin sheaths. In general, it is a demyelinating disease that possibly blocks or delays the electrical signals flowing across the nerve. For instance, this would result in symptoms like immobility to move, delayed reflex, and also memory.\nWhile researching Japanese macaque encephalomyelitis at the primate center, the scientists observed T-cells that attack the myelin sheath of the CNS. These T-cells were the result of the body’s immune response probably acting on myelin receptor and thus destroying it.\nInterestingly, they noticed that the epitopes of T cell targeting myelin in the monkey are identical to humans suffering from MS. Altogether, they find a link to it and are trying to develop an antiviral therapy. They hope that it leverages the immune response and would become eye-opening research that might help MS patients shortly. Also, when we are thorough about the mechanism of the herpes virus, we could probably improvise the vaccine strategies.\nDo you want to publish on Apple News, Google News, and more? Join our writing community, improve your writing skills, and be read by hundreds of thousands around the world!\nSource: Medical Xpress"}
{"text":"Wednesday, September 10, 2014\nMapping a 100 Years of Revolution\n100 Years of Unrest is a Leaflet map plotting the history of social unrest across the world over the last century. The map's focus is on social unrest caused by the fight for human rights, freedom and independence.\n100 Years of Unrest shows the locations of major protests, uprisings, rebellions & revolts, civil wars, wars for independence and revolutions across the globe from 1913 until the present day. The map includes a timeline control which enables you to filter the map by date-range.\nThe data for the map comes from Wikipedia. The map's creators admit that the map is by no means complete. However the map does have enough data to pick up some of the major trends in social unrest over the last 100 years. For example, if you set the timeline to show just the data from 2011, you can clearly see the results of the Arab Spring on the map in north Africa."}
{"text":"An LA Times review of the ancient Vietnam exhibition currently on at the Asia Society Museum in New York.\n‘Arts of Ancient Viet Nam’\nLA Times, 21 February 2010\nThe show, which runs through May 2, is remarkable for its scale, scope and beauty. The more than 100 objects, which have never appeared together before in an exhibit (not even in Vietnam), span almost 2,000 years. Because the exhibit spans such a wide period and includes different cultures, it is hard to point to a defining Vietnamese aesthetic. Rather, each of the four cultures on display have borrowed iconography and expressions from different parts of the world.\nOrganized chronologically, the show begins with two contemporary early cultures, the Dong Son and the Sa Huynh, who lived, respectively, in the north and the central-south part of the country until the 2nd century AD.\nLike many cultures that appear to us centuries after their demise, the Sa Huynh are best viewed through their burial objects — in this case, large, upright clay jars that held the dead along with offerings such as weapons and pottery — and objects such as Chinese mirrors found at Sa Huynh sites suggest that the culture was a center for trade and exchange.\nThe most impressive remnants from the Dong Son culture are the large bronze drums on display, intricately patterned with abstract bands and images of people, which, along with chicken-headed ceramics, reveal a strong Chinese influence."}
{"text":"Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia, and its prevalence increases with aging and the severity of heart disease. AF affects more than 2 million people in the US, and more than 4 million in Europe. It is expected that the age adjusted prevalence in US will excede 10 million people by the year 2050 . In the last decade, we were able to see the light shed by several trials that dealt with AF mechanisms and the appropriate management of AF patients. Clinical studies have focused mainly on the electrophysiological properties of the substrate in the atrial muscle during sinus rhythm and on the atrial electrical responses elicited by premature stimulation method . However, many fundamental aspects of this arrhythmia have been poorly understood until quite recently, and there are several features on the mechanisms of AF that makes it difficult to manage it properly. Increasing awareness of AF as a disease with possible fatal complications rather than as an acceptable alternative to sinus rhythm has led to search for clear arguments to support a certain strategy as a gold standard.\nCredits: Osmar Antonio Centurión, MD, PhD, FACC"}
{"text":"The Cause Of Fever Is Accompanied By Coughing, Runny Nose And Breathing Sounds In Children Aged 3 Years?\nSymptoms of what illness my child initially had a fever, runny nose, cough, breath sounds. Difficult to eat and drink\nThank you for asking at HealthReplies.com.\nI have to confirm beforehand if fever is the main symptom? If so, fever complaints can occur due to various causes. Complaints of fever are also usually followed by various other complaints such as shortness of breath, runny nose, cough, nausea, vomiting, headaches, muscle and joint pain, lack of appetite, etc.\nSome causes of fever include:\nBacterial infections such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, typhoid fever Viral infections, such as influenza, dengue fever, COVID-19 Parasitic infections, such as intestinal worms, malaria, giardiasis Anemia Dehydration Allergy Dehydration Heat Exposure Malignancy Autoimmune diseases To distinguish them, certainly a gradual and thorough examination starts from medical interviews, physical examination and growth and development in children, as well as supporting examinations needed such as blood tests, sputum examination, chest X-ray examination, and others.\nRelated to your question about breathing sound accompanied by coughing, if the intended breath sound is wheezing or wheezing, the child may have asthma, but it should also be further examined to determine the diagnosis. For this reason it is advisable to consult with a pediatrician so that the child can carry out a complete examination, so that the exact cause is known and the treatment can be more precise.\nFor the time being you can do it\nNutritious and balanced diet Sufficient fluid needs Make sure the child has enough rest Teach children to exercise regularly Avoid children from exposure to cigarettes Avoid children from things that trigger breath sounds So, hopefully this is useful."}
{"text":"Purchase this article with an account.\nMichael Cinelli, William Warren; Do walkers follow their heads? A test of the gaze-angle strategy for locomotor control. Journal of Vision 2007;7(9):1022. doi: 10.1167/7.9.1022.\nDownload citation file:\n© ARVO (1962-2015); The Authors (2016-present)\nWhat sensory information is used to walk toward a goal? Three basic steering strategies have been proposed, based on different sensory variables: (1) Optic flow strategy: null the visual angle between the heading specified by optic flow and the visual direction of the goal (Gibson, 1950; Warren, et al, 2001); (2) Egocentric direction strategy: null the angle between the locomotor axis specified by podokinetic information and the egocentric direction of the goal (Rushton, et al, 1998); (3) Centering strategy: fixate the goal and null the angle between the locomotor axis and the direction of gaze, based on proprioception about eye and head position (Wann & Land, 2001; Hollands et al, 2002). Our aim is to dissociate these strategies during goal-directed walking and investigate how they interact, by manipulating the following variables: (a) central or peripheral goal; (b) visual structure or lights off; (c) yaw head perturbation, active head rotation, or no head rotation. We analyze the time series of head orientation and walking direction to determine the effect of these variables on deviations in the path. If paths deviate with a head perturbation, it indicates a contribution of the centering strategy by involuntary head rotation. If the deviation is reduced by a visible goal, it indicates a contribution of the goal's egocentric direction. If the deviation is reduced in a visually structured environment, it indicates a contribution of optic flow. If the deviation is reduced with active head rotations, it indicates an override of the centering strategy. The results suggest an interaction between these three steering strategies.\nThis PDF is available to Subscribers Only"}
{"text":"Functional Skills are a key component of Apprenticeships in England, sitting alongside GCSE as the requirement for English and mathematics (and ICT for selected frameworks).\nOur English Functional Skills qualifications are designed to equip learners with skills such as comparing the ideas and presentation of texts, writing for a specified audience and purpose, and communicating and adapting language. Theyre assessed in three units (Speaking, Listening and Communication; Reading; and Writing) through a choice of paper-based or onscreen, on-demand tests.\nOur Maths Functional Skills qualifications are designed to develop the learners ability to represent situations using mathematics, analyse calculations, solve problems and interpret mathematics to explain situations. Theyre assessed in a single, external test (either paper-based or onscreen on demand).\nOur ICT Functional Skills qualifications are designed to equip learners with the confidence and ability to use ICT systems and tools, and find, select, develop, present, and communicate information. Theyre assessed by a single, external, paper-based test that’s available on demand and completed at a computer.\nOur Functional Skills Course\n|Functional Skills Level 1 Maths||3 Months||£350||Enrol|\n|Functional Skills Level 1 English||3 Months||£350||Enrol|\n|Functional Skills Level 2 Maths||5 Months||£550||Enrol|\n|Functional skills Level 2 English||5 Months||£550||Enrol|\n|Functional Skills Level 1 ICT||5 Months||£550||Enrol|\n|Functional Skills Level 2 ICT||5 Months||£550||Enrol|"}
{"text":"Waste and recycling\nAn efficient recycling chain and targeted waste management for conscious use of resources\nPrevention, recycling and correct disposal of waste\nThanks to our targeted waste management system, we have been able to significantly reduce the volume of waste we produce in recent years and increase the recycling rate at both distribution centres and our own production sites to around 80 per cent. A systematic approach to recycling not only benefits the environment, but also helps to cut costs.\nWe are working continuously on using less packaging material with a view to also reducing the volume of waste produced by our customers at home. Ultimately, however, only if waste is collected separately can it be disposed of correctly, which is why we collect and recycle all PET returned by customers to our stores – together with plastic bottles, cartridges, batteries and other recyclable materials, as well as the transport packaging used internally, in up to 32 separate types of material."}
{"text":"In this paper, the behaviour of the pipe roof method with different pipe roofs disposition schemes including the pipe roof gate system and L-shaped system is discussed in terms of ground settlement reduction in the condition of underground space construction adjacent to the existing structure by using numerical simulation method. Considering the construction sequences of parallel underground tunnels with rectangular cross sections, the appropriate parameters and ground response characteristics of the corresponding pipe roof methods are evaluated by the ground surface displacement. The results indicated that the construction impacts from new buildings can be reduced by the pipe roof method. However, the theoretical performance of pipe roofs is highly dependent on the spacing between two structures. Generally, the L-shaped system is more effective in case of the distance (D) that is less than or equal to 1/2 width of box culvert (R) under the condition of a new structure constructed nearby the existing building. When two structures are constructed simultaneously, the excavation and the construction of structures influence each other reciprocally. The conclusions could provide a reference for the pipe roof method with the application scenario of adjacent building protection.\nAll Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes\n- Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology\n- Soil Science"}
{"text":"China installed almost three times more wind power than the U.S. last year, continuing its clean-energy investment blitz to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase air quality.\nChina led new global wind-power installations with 23.3 gigawatts, compared with 8.2 gigawatts in second-place U.S., according to a report published Friday by the Global Wind Energy Council. About 54.6 gigawatts of new turbines were installed globally, raising total capacity to about 487 gigawatts worldwide.\n“Chinese electricity demand growth is slackening, and the grid is unable to handle the volume of new wind capacity additions; although we expect the market to pick up again in 2017,” said Steve Sawyer, GWEC secretary general, in the statement. “Wind power continues to grow in double digits, but we can’t expect the industry to set a new record every single year.”\nChina saw the amount of idled wind power increase 47 percent in 2016 from a year earlier, according to the data from the NEA. About 17 percent of wind turbines in China weren’t generating electricity last year."}
{"text":"The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. Lois Lowry has written three companion novels to The Giver, including Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.\nIn a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. Under the tutelage of the Elders and an old man known as the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian world and struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy. With echoes of Brave New World, in this 1994 Newbery Medal winner, Lowry examines the idea that people might freely choose to give up their humanity in order to create a more stable society. Gradually Jonas learns just how costly this ordered and pain-free society can be, and boldly decides he cannot pay the price."}
{"text":"Floods regularly cause serious damage. But in Germany there are not enough rain measuring stations capable of forecasting the precise time and amount of water that is to be expected. Improved nationwide recording of precipitation could ensure more precise forecasting. The project RainCars at Leibniz Universität Hannover is taking the following approach: it uses cars as mobile measuring stations with windscreen wipers as rain sensors. The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding the project RainCars for an initial period of two years.\nThe central idea behind the project: relatively imprecise measurements in many places are better than exact measurements in very few. The position of the cars and the frequency of the wipers are measured and compared with data from permanently installed weather stations. The combination with the precise data makes it possible to establish quickly and precisely what the amount of water is and at what location. The cars also compare data with each other, so that at the end of the measurement process, data which is as precise as possible and evenly distributed will be available.\nSee on www.uni-hannover.de"}
{"text":"These functions provide information about the uniform distribution\non the interval from\ndunif gives the\npunif gives the distribution function\ngives the quantile function and\nrunif generates random\n1 2 3 4\nvector of quantiles.\nvector of probabilities.\nnumber of observations. If\nlower and upper limits of the distribution. Must be finite.\nlogical; if TRUE, probabilities p are given as log(p).\nlogical; if TRUE (default), probabilities are P[X ≤ x], otherwise, P[X > x].\nmax are not specified they assume the default\nThe uniform distribution has density\nf(x) = 1/(max-min)\nfor min ≤ x ≤ max.\nFor the case of u := min == max, the limit case of\nX == u is assumed, although there is no density in\nthat case and\ndunif will return\nNaN (the error condition).\nrunif will not generate either of the extreme values unless\nmax = min or\nmax-min is small compared to\nand in particular not for the default arguments.\ndunif gives the density,\npunif gives the distribution function,\nqunif gives the quantile function, and\nrunif generates random deviates.\nThe length of the result is determined by\nrunif, and is the maximum of the lengths of the\nnumerical arguments for the other functions.\nThe numerical arguments other than\nn are recycled to the\nlength of the result. Only the first elements of the logical\narguments are used.\nThe characteristics of output from pseudo-random number generators\n(such as precision and periodicity) vary widely. See\n.Random.seed for more information on R's random number\nBecker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.\nRNG about random number generation in R.\nDistributions for other standard distributions.\n1 2 3 4 5 6 7\nAdd the following code to your website.\nFor more information on customizing the embed code, read Embedding Snippets."}
{"text":"Forecast for Polar Bear Populations\nScientists document a direct relationship between the extent of sea ice and polar bear survival. Future projected reductions in the extent of annual sea-ice due to global warming may result in the loss of nearly 40% of the Arctic ecosystem’s carrying capacity for polar bears. By mid-century polar bears could disappear from areas that include two thirds of the world's current population. More about climate change can be found in our climate change section."}
{"text":"This is one of the most unique environments in the world. An area so special that it has been declared an International Biosphere Reserve. In the 700 square km park are 81 plants found only on Mt Kenya, as well as a wide variety of Wildlife.\nMt. Kenya is an extinct volcano 17,058 foot that straddles the Equator. Mt Kenya became a national park in 1949 and last erupted in 2003. The elevation range is approximately 3,200m to 5,200m.\nMt. Kenya is the second highest mountain in Africa. An ascent proves an irresistible attraction to all hill walkers sooner or later, although the two highest peaks, Nelion (17,022 feet) and Batian (17,058 feet) can only be reached by technical climbing, the third Point Lenana (16,355 feet), can be reached by any fit walker."}
{"text":"About this Event\nPapel picado, or \"cut paper,\" has been made in Mexico for thousands of years and can even be traced back to the Aztecs! It's made from punching holes or cutting beautiful designs into paper. The paper is often then put onto banners and used as decoration for festivals like Dia de Muertos. The most common designs are flowers, birds, skulls, and the faces of historic figures.\nHispanic Heritage Month begins September 15th and ends October 15th. To celebrate, stop by the Children's Area at Belmont anytime during opening hours to try your hand at making your own. Supplies (scissors, tissue paper, crayons) will be available along with instructions and templates. When you're finished, take your finished product home or donate it to the library to be added to our Hispanic Heritage Month Display.\n0 people are interested in this event"}
{"text":"ERIC Number: ED148144\nRecord Type: RIE\nPublication Date: 1972\nReference Count: 0\nLe Discours Oral (Oral Discourse). Melanges Pedagogiques, 1972.\nBoulanger, C.; And Others\nThe contrast between written language and oral language did not really begin to attract attention until second language teaching defined as its goal the acquisition of a communicative tool rather than a literary tool. This focus on communication made necessary the distinction between language used for oral communication and language used for written communication. A problem exists in isolating criteria to define oral language, and the present paper is concerned with the isolation of these criteria. Following an examination of several definitions, a new definition is proposed, and directions for future research are proposed. The new definition of oral communication is based on a distinction between language and discourse, the former referring to a system of conventional signs, and the latter referring to actual language usage. (Author/CLK)\nDescriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis, Language Instruction, Language Research, Language Usage, Psycholinguistics, Research Needs, Second Language Learning, Semantics, Speech Communication, Speech Skills, Structural Analysis, Syntax, Written Language\nPublication Type: Reports - Research\nEducation Level: N/A\nAuthoring Institution: Nancy Univ., (France). Centre de Recherches et d'Applications Pedagogiques en Langues.\nNote: In French; One page of tabulated material will be difficult to read due to small type size"}
{"text":"The Mohawk are traditionally the keepers of the Eastern Door of the Iroquois Confederacy, also known as the Six Nations Confederacy or the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.\nAbout the Tribe\nSka’tne ionkwaio’te ón:wa wenhniserá:te ne sén:ha aioianerénhake ne enióhrhen’ne\nWorking Together Today to Build a Better Tomorrow\nThe Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Council is the duly elected and recognized government of the Mohawk people. Both New York State and the United States deal exclusively with the Tribal Council Chiefs in a government-to-government relationship.\n- Accountable government & professional organization that benefits the community\n- Building the path through which community development can be fully realized now and in the future\n- Exercising tribal sovereignty and all the tools of government\n- Developing its capacity as a service delivery organization\n- Engaging in collaborative partnerships that expand its impact\nA healthy and prosperous Mohawk environment where every member has the opportunity to succeed at home and in the global community.\n- Strengthening Mohawk Culture and Identity\n- Advocating Rights\n- Sustaining Opportunity\n- Pursuing Continuous Improvement\n- Being Respectful\n- Being Proactive\n- Embracing Diversity\n- Enhancing the effectiveness of Tribal Government\n- Continuing to develop the Tribe as a professional program & service delivery organization\n- Planning program and service growth on our own terms\n- Supporting a sustainable revenue generation capacity\n- Engaging in collaborative community development"}
{"text":"Trigonometry. Field of view is 45 degrees = 800 pixels. Half the screen is 22.5 degrees = 400 pixels. By trig, 1000 tan 22.5 = 414.21 metres, which we know is 400 pixels, so each pixel is 1.04 metres in width. If your aspect ratio is correct, the height will be the same.\nSo: (distanceToPlane * tan(fov / 2)) / (horizontalResolution / 2) = visible width of pixel in metres.\nI think your solution works. I realize now that i needed some more information to extimate the LOD geometry to use.\nThe problem is how to compute the distance in pixels between two points (wherever they are) when projected in the view plane. Suposing the info related to fov and the view plane distance is the same as in post above. How can we solve this ?\nIm thinking in calculating the he distances between two extreme points in the bounding box of an object. Then based on the distance between the two in pixels i would choose what LOD geometry to use.\nFor instance if an object is going to be projected in a rectangular region of 10x10 pixels on the screen i would probably choose a LOD geometry with at most 10 vertices wide and 10 vertices equaly distributed.\nOr i would use a flat image. Which probably would be a much better solution if the object is far enough and considering it is only 10x10 pixels. Just what are the known problems on using flats to replace geometry ?"}
{"text":"Definition of Microscope, electron\nMicroscope, electron: A microscope in which an electron beam replaces light to form the image. Electron microscopy (EM) has both pluses (greater magnification and resolution than optical microscopes) and minuses (the observer is not really 'seeing' objects, but rather their electron densities, so artifacts may be present).\nLast Editorial Review: 3/19/2012\nBack to MedTerms online medical dictionary A-Z List\nNeed help identifying pills and medications?"}
{"text":"Embolization is an endovascular procedure which enables intentional closing of certain blood vessel using temporary or permanent embolization material. Embolization procedures are performed on arterial blood vessels in case of: aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms, in case of AV communications (congenital or iatrogenic), in case of minor bleeding, as well as in case of certain tumors in order to reduce their preoperative size.\nThe procedure is performed under local anesthesia by accessing the blood vessel through the arteries of the legs, while the control is performed using X – rays in the angio room, with the injection of iodine contrast agent. Durable devices such as metal spirals and vascular plugs as well as covered stents (stent grafts) are most commonly used. Various chemical agents are also used, which aim at enabling blood coagulation and closing the blood vessel. During embolization, special attention must be paid to avoid the embolization of unwanted vascular structures. At the end of the procedure, manual compression or a special type of artery closure device are used to close the access point."}
{"text":"Originally, Modbus was developed by Modicon and it is managed today by the Modbus-IDA User Organization. The protocol is for an open Master/Slave application where on several physical layers it can be used. The protocol is an application-layer messaging method that is positioned at level 7 of the OSI model.\nThe client/server communication is provided between devices connected to different types of buses or networks. Modbus -TCP is mostly used on top of Ethernet-TCP/IP. It is an open Industrial Ethernet network that is specified as an RFC Internet standard by the Modbus-IDA User Organization in co-operation with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).\nFor interoperability and conformance, the Modbus devices are certified by the Modbus-IDA User organization to the Modbus specification. TI is not accepted well by the critics but it is highly valued by people who used it. It’s not a new thing to program. It was majorly needed to approve Ethernet-TCP/IP as an additional data transmission technology for the Modbus Protocol, available from 1979.\nThis version has been adapted to TCP/IP as per the data transmission protocol. Modbus family has been extended by an additional product range which consists now of the classical Modbus-RTU (asynchronous data transmission via RS-232 or RS-485), Modbus-Plus (high-speed communication via a Token Passing Network), and Modbus-TCP (Ethernet-TCP/IP-based Client/server communication). The same application protocol is shared by all these versions where a universal object module is specified for user data and communication services."}
{"text":"Diaries & Journals | Immigration Reports | Illustrated London News | Trivia | Frequently Asked Questions\nFirst SEAPLANE to land Passengers at Victoria, B.C.\nWilliam Boeing owned a biplane named C-700 which carried the first International \"Air-Mail\" from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to Seattle, Washington, USA on March 3, 1919. The aircraft was piloted by Eddie Hubbard.\nSee the following for additional information on the plane:\nFrom late 1919, Eddie Hubbard then flew the B-1 mail plane on the same mail route.\nForm more information on the B-1 see: http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/history/boeing/b1.html\nOn the 14th August, 1920, the B-1 carried the first passengers to be landed from an aircraft at the port of Victoria, British Columbia. The immigration officials must have been puzzled about how to record the arrival of the passengers, so used a standard manifest form, slightly amended.\nThe two American born passengers were tourists from Seattle, Washington and had both visited Canada before. The married/single status had not been entered.\nTheShipsList®™ - (Swiggum) All Rights Reserved - Copyright © 1997-2015"}
{"text":"Bookmarks has not yet published a review of this book. We may do so in the future; in the meantime, please see the other review sources to the right and browse the information from Amazon.com below.\n<p><strong>Muses and editors. Saviors and publishers. The women behind the greatest works of russian literature.</strong></p><p>“Behind every good man is a good woman” is a common saying, but when it comes to literature, the relationship between spouses is even that much more complex. F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, and D. H. Lawrence used their marriages for literary inspiration and material, sometime at the expense of their spouses’ sanity. Thomas Carlyle wanted his wife to assist him, but Jane Carlyle became increasingly bitter and resentful in her new role, putting additional strain on their relationship.</p><p>In Russian literary marriages, however, the wives of some of the most famous authors of all time did not resent taking a “secondary position,” although to call their position secondary does not do justice to the vital role these women played in the creation of some of the greatest literary works in history.</p><p>From Sophia Tolstoy to Vera Nabokov, Elena Bulgakov, Nadezdha Mandelstam, Anna Dostevsky, and Natalya Solzhenitsyn, these women ranged from stenographers and typists to editors, researchers, translators, and even publishers. Living under restrictive regimes, many of these women battled censorship and preserved the writers’ illicit archives, often risking their own lives to do so. They established a tradition all their own, unmatched in the West.</p><p>Many of these women were the writers’ intellectual companions and made invaluable contributions to the creative process. And their husbands knew it. Leo Tolstoy made no secret of Sofia’s involvement in War and Peace in his letters, and Vladimir Nabokov referred to Vera as his own “single shadow.”</p> A <em>Wall Street Journal</em> \"Best Book\" of the year for 2012 8 pages of black & white photographs"}
{"text":"Some language implementations have hash tables built-in; some provide a hash table as part of a collections library; some use a third-party hash table library. (For example, use either khash or CK_HT for C language k-nucleotide programs.) The hash table algorithm implemented is likely to be different in different libraries.\nPlease don't implement your own custom \"hash table\" - it will not be accepted.\nThe work is to use the built-in or library hash table implementation to accumulate count values - lookup the count for a key and update the count in the hash table. Don't optimize away the work.\nMapping the DNA letters to the bytes 0, 1, 2, 3, and using a hash function that concatenates those two-byte codes is an acceptable (but not a required) optimization.\nHow to implement\nWe ask that contributed programs not only give the correct result, but also use the same algorithm to calculate that result.\nEach program should:\nread line-by-line a redirected FASTA format file from stdin\nextract DNA sequence THREE\ndefine a procedure/function to update a hashtable of k-nucleotide keys and count values, for a particular reading-frame — even though we'll combine k-nucleotide counts for all reading-frames (grow the hashtable from a small default size)\nuse that procedure/function and hashtable to\ncount all the 1-nucleotide and 2-nucleotide sequences, and write the code and percentage frequency, sorted by descending frequency and then ascending k-nucleotide key\ncount all the 3- 4- 6- 12- and 18-nucleotide sequences, and write the count and code for the specific sequences GGT GGTA GGTATT GGTATTTTAATT GGTATTTTAATTTATAGT\ndiff program output for this 10KB input file (generated with the fasta program N = 1000) with this output file to check your program output has the correct format, before you contribute your program.\nGenerate a larger input file (using one of the fasta programs with command line arguments: 25000000 > input25000000.txt) to check program performance."}
{"text":"At The Food Project we have created a number of activities to teach young people about the food system. Here are some of our most popular curricula. For more games and ways to introduce young people to the global food system please see our book, French Fries and the Food System.\nHunger and Homelessness\nService at hunger relief organizations is an integral part of the youth experience, and we have created a series of workshops to help young people understand the issues and implications around hunger and homelessness. Here are three sets of curricula to introduce the topic. For more information, please see our manuals.\nDuring the summer Seed Crew, we use a series of workshops to introduce youth participants to the principles of sustainable agriculture and the food system. Here is the series that we have developed through the years."}
{"text":"‘Personalisation' is the term used for an approach to personal care and support which treats people as autonomous individuals and responds to their personal needs and wishes.\nIt may seem obvious that this is the approach that should be used in social care, but when it comes to designing a whole system that provides high quality services which are also cost effective, there are pressures to standardise care and to make assumptions about people who belong to certain groups.\nCouncillors can play an important role in ensuring that such stereotyping does not happen and that people who use services are treated holistically as individuals, despite financial and system pressures.\n- Published by:\n- Reference code:"}
{"text":"Series on Prevention of Modern Slavery\nModern Slavery is a pervasive and urgent global problem, impacting individuals, mostly from vulnerable populations, communities, businesses and governments. From human trafficking and child marriage to bonded and forced labor, slavery continues to thrive in different forms across the globe. This series will examine the complex issue to better understand sectors with high prevalence rates, the roles of various stakeholders and try to contribute to developing actionable solutions. This series will have:\n- A Chapter event on March 22nd that highlighted what we can do to increase our ability to recognize when slavery is taking place.\n- A Special Event on July 17th that will convene a small focus group of SID-W institutional members who are working in the field on the issues of trafficking, modern slavery, and abuse to discuss how they deal with the associated safeguarding and duty of care issues.\n- An Institutional Member (IM) event that will discuss issues surrounding global supply chain transparency and governance, corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices, and firm policies and practices as efforts to combat modern slavery.\n- And more…\nWe will have workgroup events, chapter events, institutional member events, and joint events with other organizations. Please let us know if you have suggestions for topics or speakers at [email protected]\n. And please watch for details as we solidify the programs in this series!"}
{"text":"God created the heaven and the earth. (Genesis 1:1)\nWhat an opportunity for God (assuming there is a God who had something to do with the Bible) to reveal himself to us all. All that he needed to do is tell us just when the beginning was. Was it a relatively recent event (like a few thousand years ago) or is the universe immensely old (say 13.7 billion years)?\nWe had no idea, none at all, about the true age of the universe until the last few hundred years. All God had to do was tell us that it was really, really old -- over a million times as old as nearly everyone thought it was. That would have been some impressive evidence for the God of the Bible.\nBut the Bible's God is a young earth creationist. For although the Bible's begats do not provide a clear creation date (though many believers believe that they do), they do provide a range of possible dates. The universe (if you believe in the Bible) is 5500 to 7500 years old.\nSo right from the start we know the Bible is wrong. The universe is about 2 million times older than the Bible says that it is."}
{"text":"Seven Tips From Ernest Hemingway on How to Write Fiction\nImage by Lloyd Arnold via Wikimedia Commons Before he was a big game hunter, before he was a deep-sea fisherman, Ernest Hemingway was a craftsman who would rise very early in the morning and write. His best stories are masterpieces of the modern era, and his prose style is one of the most influential of the 20th century. Hemingway never wrote a treatise on the art of writing fiction. He did, however, leave behind a great many passages in letters, articles and books with opinions and advice on writing. Some of the best of those were assembled in 1984 by Larry W. 1: To get started, write one true sentence. Hemingway had a simple trick for overcoming writer's block. Sometimes when I was starting a new story and I could not get it going, I would sit in front of the fire and squeeze the peel of the little oranges into the edge of the flame and watch the sputter of blue that they made. 2: Always stop for the day while you still know what will happen next. 5: Don't describe an emotion--make it."}
{"text":"When the World Was Black: The Untold History of the World’s First Civilizations (Volume Two of The Science of Self series) has been published in TWO parts. Why two? Because there are far too many stories that remain untold. We had over 200,000 years of Black history to tell – from the southern tip of Chile to the northernmost isles of Europe – and you can’t do that justice in a 300-page book. So there are two parts, each consisting of 360 pages of groundbreaking history, digging deep into the story of all the world’s original people. Part One covers the Black origins of all the world’s oldest cultures and societies, spanning more than 200,000 years of human history."}
{"text":"A painter painting a staircase in India\nA is a tradesman responsible for the painting and decorating of buildings, and is also known as a decorator or house painter. The purpose of painting is to improve the aesthetic of a building and to protect it from damage by water, rust, corrosion, insects and mold.\nHistory of the trade in England\nIn England, little is known of the trade and its structures before the late 13th century, at which paint guilds began to form, amongst them the Painters Company and the Stainers Company. These two guilds eventually merged with the consent of the Lord Mayor of the City of London in 1502, forming the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers. The guild standardised the craft and acted as a protector of the trade secrets. In 1599, the guild asked Parliament for protection, which was eventually granted in a bill of 1606, which granted the trade protection from outside competition such as plasterers.\nThe Act legislated for a seven-year apprenticeship, and also barred plasterers from painting, unless apprenticed to a painter, with the penalty for such painting being a fine of £5. The Act also enshrined a maximum daily fee of 16 old pence for their labour.A painter painting a room in a house\nEnforcement of this Act by the Painter-Stainers Company was sought up until the early 19th century, with master painters gathering irregularly to decide the fees that a journeyman could charge, and also instigating an early version of a job centre in 1769, advertising in the London newspapers a \"house of call\" system to advertise for journeymen and also for journeymen to advertise for work. The guild's power in setting the fee a journeyman could charge was eventually overturned by law in 1827, and the period after this saw the guild's power diminish, along with that of the other guilds; the guilds were superseded by trade unions, with the Operative United Painters' Union forming sometime around 1831."}
{"text":"The motif Prayer is a part of: Ritual\nFaith, speech, words, ritual\nPrayers in a religious sense of the word, are adressed to one or more gods, divine or sacred persons in anticipation of help, blessings or a good relationship.\nThere are prescribed prayers, e.g. the Lord's Prayer and Ave Maria, and there are prayers, which are spontaneous and individual. Both kinds are present in Andersen's tales.\n\"Come and look at the omen from heaven. Come out and see this marvelous sight,\" they cried, and everyone hastened to look.\nBut a little boy and his mother still stayed inside their room. The tallow candle was burning and the mother thought she saw a bit of wood-shaving in the light. The tallow formed a jagged edge around the candle, and then it curled. The mother believed these were signs that her son would soon die. The wood-shaving was circling toward him. This was an old superstition, but she believed it. The little boy lived many more years on earth. Indeed he lived to see the comet return sixty years later.\nThe boy did not see the wood-shaving in the candle-light, and his thoughts were not about the comet which then, for the first time in his life, shone brightly in the sky. He sat quietly with an earthenware bowl before him. The bowl was filled with soapy water, into which he dipped the head of a clay pipe. Then he put the pipe stem in his mouth, and blew soap bubbles, large and small. They quivered and spun in beautiful colors. They changed from yellow to red, and from red to purple or blue and then they turned bright green, like leaves when the sun shines through them.\nThe boy's mother said, \"May God grant you many more years on earth – as many years as the bubbles you are blowing.\""}
{"text":"(co-edited, with Nadia Urbinati)\nPrinceton University Press, 2009.\nThis volume gathers Giuseppe Mazzini's most important essays on democracy, nation building, and international relations, including some that have never before been translated into English. These neglected writings remind us why Mazzini was one of the most influential political thinkers of the nineteenth century—and why there is still great benefit to be derived from a careful analysis of what he had to say. Mazzini (1805-1872) is best known today as the inspirational leader of the Italian Risorgimento. But, as this book demonstrates, he also made a vital contribution to the development of modern democratic and liberal internationalist thought.\nThe writings collected here show how Mazzini developed a sophisticated theory of democratic nation building—one that illustrates why democracy cannot be successfully imposed through military intervention from the outside. He also speculated, much more explicitly than Immanuel Kant, about how popular participation and self-rule within independent nation-states might result in lasting peace among democracies. In short, Mazzini believed that universal aspirations toward human freedom, equality, and international peace could best be realized through independent nation-states with homegrown democratic institutions. He thus envisioned what one might today call a genuine cosmopolitanism of nations.\nTable of contents\nReview by Paolo Morisi (Political Studies Review)\nReview by Daniel Voelsen (Ethics & International Affairs)\nReview by Richard Drake (The European Legacy)\nReview by Rita Corsetti (Rivista di Studi Politici Internazionali)\nReview by Gaspare Battistuzzo (Ravenna Journal)\nReview by Chenchen Zhang (Plurilogue Journal)\nReview by Sebastiano Maffettone (Il Sole24 Ore, in Italian)\nItalian edition of the book (by Elliot Edizioni, 2011)."}
{"text":"There are more to green peas than most people know. Green peas include varieties with edible pods, such as snow peas. All varieties are sweet and delicious, and boast more protein than most vegetables. It's no wonder green peas are a part of many wonderful vegetable recipes. In this article, we'll talk about growing green peas, selecting and serving green peas, and the health benefits of green peas.\nAbout Green Peas\nPeas are hardy, weak-stemmed climbing annual vines. They have leaf-like stipules, leaves with one to three pairs of leaflets, and tendrils for climbing. The flowers are white, streaked, or colored. The fruit is a pod containing 4 to 10 seeds, either smooth or wrinkled depending on the variety.Common Name: Green Peas\nScientific Name: Pisum sativum\nHardiness: Very Hardy (may survive first frost)\nIn the next section, we'll show you how to grow green peas.\nWant more information about green peas? Try:\n- Vegetable Recipes: Find delicious recipes that feature green peas.\n- Vegetable Gardens: Grow a full harvest of great vegetables this year.\n- Gardening: We answer your questions about all things that come from the garden."}
{"text":"- ABOUT US\n- Family Medicine\n- IV Therapy\n- General Health\n- CONTACT US\nGastrointestinal or digestive disorders are a result of the digestive system's inability to break down food, absorb vitamins and minerals and flush out unabsorbed waste. The organs commonly associated with Gastrointestinal disease are mouth, Esophagus, stomach, pancreas, liver, small and large intestines and the rectum.\nGastrointestinal diseases can stem from a wide range of causes that include low fiber diets, sedentary lifestyle, chronic stress or even genetic predisposition. While most Gastrointestinal cases have short-term effects that are resolved on their own, some cases tend to be more serious and require a visit to a qualified internal medicine specialist.\nYou may need to consult an internal medicine specialist to check for gastrointestinal disease if you are experiencing one or more of the following symptoms:\nAt OrthoSports we have an Internal medicine expert and a team of healthcare professionals who are adept at understanding the underlying causes of various gastrointestinal disorders and providing you with accurate diagnosis and treatment. Pre-diagnosis for gastrointestinal disorders often involve examination of the digestive tract by means of an endoscopy or colonoscopy to provide you with accurate diagnosis, which is then followed by well-charted out plans to assist you in your journey to recovery. Contact our experts to learn more about how they can provide treatment for gastrointestinal disorder.\nFor more information or appointments, call us on 800-ORTHO."}
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{"text":"Which came first, the chicken or the egg... or the Saran Wrap? In the viral video below, a group of Japanese high school students take an egg, crack it into a clear sterile vessel, cover it in plastic wrap, and then place it into an incubator. After a few days, you begin to see a beating heart developing. Blood vessels spread through the yellow yolk, other body features begin to form, and before you know it you've got a little chick waddling around the lab. Too. Cute. The process is fascinating, though it may deter you from eating eggs for a while.\nThe technique itself is not new and wasn't developed by the high school students — that credit goes to the authors of a 2014 study in The Journal of Poultry Science. According to the study, the method only has about a 60 percent success rate. But it could still mean a lot for the future conservation of endangered birds (think surrogate eggs). Just don't try this at home, folks!"}
{"text":"Young Dick Whittington had a mouse infestation and in order to rid himself of these furry pests he bought what he thought was a kitten. In fact he had bought the lion cub Langdon. Dick only realised his mistake when Langdon began to grow into a very big cat. Langdon had over time become a supreme mouse-catcher, and a rather famous one at that! Dick sent him to help his friend the King of Barbary rid his castle of a vermin infestation. Langdon was so successful that Richard II, who was terribly afraid of mice, came to hear of him. In order to ensure that his own castle remained free of mice, Richard II bought the young lion from Dick for a handsome price.\nDuring the winter of 1381, the Rochester Bridge collapsed and needed to be rebuilt. On the completion of the rebuilding of the bridge in 1391, King Richard II decided to cross Rochester Bridge; this was seen as a great honour. There was a grand royal procession and all the most marvellous animals in the kingdom were paraded alongside Richard as he crossed the bridge. But the whole procession came to a sudden halt when a mouse ran in front of the King! Richard was so terrified that he refused to take another step, until Langdon sprang into action, catching the mouse, saving the King and allowing the procession to complete its crossing.\nOut of gratitude for the young lion’s service, the King proclaimed Langdon “Guardian of the Bridge”. Ever since that day, Langdon the Lion and his family have guarded the bridge, allowing travellers to cross the bridge free from fear of mice."}
{"text":"What Happens To Your Body Just Minutes After Drinking A Diet Soda\nPublished January 16, 2019\nMany people who diet think one of the best choices you can make is to opt for diet drinks instead of the full sugar ones. However, new studies show artificial sweeteners are the worst choice you can make. They are terrible for your gut.\nWhy are they bad for your health? Anytime you have an artificial sweetener, toxins are released which are absorbed by your body. Ben-Gurion University researchers who conducted an experiment had studied six different sweetness to see the effect it had on their health.\nThe six artificial sweeteners they researched were: Aspartame, Sucralose, Saccharine, Neotame, Advantame, Acesulfame potassium-k\nEach of these was mixed with a bacteria that glows when toxins are detected. Each sweetener glowed when the bacteria were added. And the more of the sweetener was added, the brighter the glow became.\nWhen these artificial sweeteners are digested and the toxins are released, it attacks your healthy gut flora. The side effects of this not only that it hurts your digestive system but it also affects metabolism, hormone regulation, and brain function. In addition to this, the study also showed that vital genes were reduced in the stomach when just even one sweetener was found in the gut.\nMost people think artificial sweeteners are exclusive to soft drinks, but they can also be found in bakery goods, condiments, and yogurt. If you see an item with the words “reduced” or “sugar-free”, this means they likely have an artificial sweetener in them. Next time you plan to buy something with an artificial sweetener in it, you may want to place it back on the shelf."}
{"text":"We have been hard at work rehearsing our nativity.\nIn topic we will be creating timelines. We will also be comparing clothing and football strips. From 1953 to today.\nIn English we are writing up our instructions.\nIn maths we are going to look at all four operations (multiplication, division, addition and subtraction) with a focus on inverse operations.\nIn maths we will be looking st the properties of 3D shapes.\nIn English we will be writing instructions for making gingerbread.\nIn topic we will be comparing afterschool activities in the 1950s to now.\nWe have been gathering and interpretating data.\nWe created a large pictogram of our favourite fruits.\nIn maths we will be creating and interpreting data from block graphs and pictograms.\nIn English we will be writing our own traditional tale.\nIn topic we will be looking at TV shows and past times from 1953\nIn maths we will be looking at time including quarter past and quarter to.\nIn English we will be writing our own version of the Gingerbread man.\nWe are also beginning our topic on 1953.\nLast weeks certificates. Well done!"}
{"text":"How to write name Bilal in Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, Bangla\nHere is some details about Bilal name. This is baby boy name mainly popular in Muslim religion and its main origin is Arabic. Bilal name meaning is Water, moisture, freshness, river, sea. People also search this as bilal, bilal ahmad, bilal Ahmed, Bilal Meaning, bilal farooq, bilal meaning in urdu, bilall. Bilal is written in Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, Bangla as بلال, बिलाल, بلال, বিলাল. Other similar names can be Bilaal, Billal, Bilqees, Bilqis."}
{"text":"According to the Secretary General’s definition, the rule of law is a principle of governance in which all persons, institutions and entities, public and private, including the State itself, are accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced and independently adjudicated, and which are consistent with international human rights norms and standards.\nLaying strong legal foundations for transparent, accountable and efficient democratic institutions governed by this principle is crucial for the success of the establishment of lasting and sustainable peace.\nAn independent, impartial and efficient judiciary is often seen as a crucial guarantee to political stability and security, indispensable to curb abuse of power.\nThe rule of law and peace building\nAs underlined in the first Secretary General Report on the rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict societies (2004), in the wake of a conflict, building domestic justice capacities, including strong criminal justice legislative framework, is imperative to address the root causes of the conflict, fight impunity and prevent abuse of power and recurrence of conflict.\nIndeed, the United Nations experience in the past decade has demonstrated clearly that consolidating peace in the immediate post-conflict period, as well as its maintenance long term, cannot be achieved unless the population is confident that redress for grievances can be obtained through legitimate structures for the peaceful settlement of disputes and the fair administration of justice.\nDespite some progress made by the Congolese government in fighting impunity, heinous crimes against civilians, including rampant sexual violence, often go unpunished. Putting an end to impunity is a daunting task that cannot be achieved unless efficient judicial mechanisms are in place and operational."}
{"text":"Leslie Family History\n14-Day Free Trial\nLeslie Name Meaning\nScottish: habitational name from a barony in Aberdeenshire, which is first recorded c.1180 in the form Lesslyn, of obscure origin. Leslie in Fife is said to be named for this place; in some cases the surname may come from there. English: possibly from a double diminutive of the personal name Lece (see Leece), thus Lecelin.\nSource: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press\nSimilar surnames: Lesnik, Emslie, Lesslie, Helie, Laslie, Leckie, Lennie, Lelli, Jessie"}
{"text":"Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vögel\nEngravings with original hand-coloring\nMark Catesby (1682-1749) was born and educated in England, and was originally sent to Carolina by the Royal Society in 1722 as a botanist. From there he traveled to Florida and the Bahamas, returning to England in 1726 with a vast store of information on the wildlife he had observed. By the spring of 1729, he had completed the first part of his landmark Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands (1734-1746), but it was not until 1746 that the work was finally finished. Catesby's publication became the earliest color-plate book on American birds.\nCatesby's contemporary George Edwards (1694-1773) was also an ornithologist and bird illustrator, much influenced by the work of his colleague. Edwards is best known as the author of his Natural History of Uncommon Birds (1743-51) and Gleanings of Natural History (1758-1764). The illustrations that graced these works were valued for their landscape backgrounds, which were unusual at the time.\nTo satisfy the tremendous demand for both these landmark works, Johann Michael Seligmann, a German publisher, issued a nine-volume compilation of the works of Mark Catesby and George Edwards. Seligmann's Sammlung Verschiedener Auslandischer und Seltener Vögel (1749-1776) contained plates based on the images of Catesby and Edwards, adding German and French titles. In bringing these masterworks to a larger audience, Seligmann earned himself a rightful place in natural history circles, and his charming prints, reflecting well on their sources, stand on their own as another respected source for eighteenth-century natural history documentation."}
{"text":"A poem selected by Mary Gillis, English 348:\n\"Dreams,\" by Langston Hughes.\nRead \"Dreams\" or listen to Langston Hughes read his poems \"Dreams\" and \"The Dreamkeeper.\"\nLangston Hughes is particularly known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties. He wrote novels, short stories and plays as well as poetry and is also known for his engagement with the world of jazz and the influence it had on his writing. His life and work were enormously important in shaping the artistic contributions of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's.\n~ Mary Gillis, UW-Eau Claire student, English 348\nApril is National Poetry Month! UW-Eau Claire students in English 348 (Topics in American Literature) are celebrating National Poetry Month with the McIntyre Library.\nFeatured poems will be listed here in the order they appear on the blog.\nUW-Eau Claire's celebration of National Poetry Month is on Facebook and Twitter!\nQuestions or comments? Robin Miller will try to help."}
{"text":"Integrated BioChem has developed a biological process that converts organic waste into high value industrial chemicals, overnight, using a process that has worked in nature for millions of years.\nThe products produced are used in agriculture, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, lubricants, sealants, paint, paper and adhesives.\nFood waste has too much value as a feedstock to be buried in a landfill. A paper from the Journal of Sustainable Development is available here.\nIf you would like to discuss how this process might be applied to your company’s waste stream, contact us."}
{"text":"What is a Geothermal Heat Pump?\nGeothermal energy is heat from the Earth. It’s clean and sustainable. A geothermal heat pump is a central heating and/or cooling system that transfers heat to or from the ground. It uses the earth as a heat source (in the winter) or a heat sink (in the summer). This design takes advantage of the moderate temperatures in the ground to boost efficiency and reduce the operational costs of heating and cooling systems.\nHow Geothermal Heat Pumps Work\nEconomics of Geothermal Heat Pumps\nAlthough the purchase and installation cost of a residential geothermal heat pump (GHP) system is often higher than that of other heating and cooling systems, properly sized and installed GHPs deliver more energy per unit consumed than conventional systems. For further savings, GHPs equipped with a device called a “desuperheater” can heat household water. In the summer cooling period, the heat that is taken from the house is used to heat the water for free. In the winter, water heating costs are reduced by about half.\nDepending on factors such as climate, soil conditions, the system features you choose, and available financing and incentives, you may recoup your initial investment in two to ten years through lower utility bills.\nEvaluating Your Home for a Geothermal Heat Pump\nShallow ground temperatures are relatively constant throughout the United States, so geothermal heat pumps (GHPs) can be effectively used almost anywhere. However, the specific geological, hydrological, and spatial characteristics of your land will help your local system supplier/installer determine the best type of ground loop for your site."}
{"text":"4 Answers | Add Yours\nThe forest symbolizes a departure from the rules and restrictions of the society. The forest has an element of secrecy that allows Hester and her lover, Dimmesdale to meet privately. The fact that Hester's house is on the outskirts of town is a metaphor for how she lives in the middle between the repression and expectations of society and the freedom of the forest.\nIn the Scarlet Letter, the contrast between the town and the forest persists throughout the novel. The town is a symbol for the Puritans' strict rules and restictions, the society that imposes its' judgement on Hester. The forest serves as an opposing symbol: that of the free and wild side of life. Life with no restrictions, standards, or limitations. It is wild, unmoderated, and free. While Hester is tempted by the freedom the woods would offer her from the peircing gaze of the town, she knows in her heart that it is not where she should raise Pearl. The \"Black Man\", the Devil in the story, lives in the woods and enlists his servants there. It is a place with no restrictions, and therefore dangerous and evil results. The over-imposing town and the tempting but evil forest both hold a part of Hester, and she belongs to neither; this is why she lives on the outskirts of both, venturing into the forest for her secretive talk with Dimmesdale, and into the town for her confrontation with Chillingsworth.\nI believe that the forest acted as a safe haven. It was a place that one could be his own self. It was also the place where you could get in touch with how you feel.\nI believe that forest symbolizes nutrality. A safe place to interact without the fear of being judged or gosiped about.\nWe’ve answered 319,375 questions. We can answer yours, too.Ask a question"}
{"text":"- Coral Reefs\n- Marine Protected Areas\nCan the Gulf of Mexico’s Largest Coral Reef Survive a Massive New Port?\nEnvironmentalists in Mexico have fought the recent relocation of a coral reef to make way for bigger ships in the Port of Veracruz. They worry about the ecosystem impacts of the port expansion and the precedent it sets for uprooting corals."}
{"text":"The study provides an evaluation of the hydrologic applications of a land-line and two satellite data-relay systems operated during 1977-78 in the Southwest Florida Water Management District. These systems were tested to evaluate operational and reliability characteristics. Telephone lines were used to relay data in the land-line system, and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) and Land satellite (Landsat) were used in the satellite system. The land-line system was tested for 15 months at a streamflow site. Accurate data were obtained 94% of the time during the test period. Data losses were attributed to telephone-line interference, low-battery voltage, and vandalism. The GOES system was tested at a rainfall site for 17 months. During this period, 79% of the transmissions received from the station were relayed by the GOES system to the U.S. Geological Survey computer, resulting in successful processing of 88% of all possible rainfall observations. On the average, seven data transmissions were completed each day. The Landsat system was tested at a rainfall site for about 17 months and for about 8 months at a streamflow site. During these periods of operation, only about 2% of all data observations for the stations were successfully relayed by the Landsat system to the U.S. Geological Survey computer. An average of about three data transmissions was completed each day for each site. (USGS).\nAdditional publication details\nUSGS Numbered Series\nEvaluation of remote hydrologic data-acquisition systems, west-central Florida"}
{"text":"In order to survive, plants rely on a variety of environmental factors. The primary ones are climate, soils, and geology which are delineated within these pages. However, there are many other specific ecological factors (termed ecofactors here) that impact plants. Plants are part of complex, non-linear nested systems. What is meant by this? Simply, that plants do not exist as lone entities—they are inextricably tied to other organisms, interactions with these organisms and even human or social systems of value, management and use."}
{"text":"The dream stage of sleep incorporates rapid eye movement and increased activity in the areas of the brain responsible for visual imagery and emotional processing. In recent years, this natural and automatic processing of information has found its way into mainstream psychological therapy for symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.\nP.T.S.D.’s Devastating Effects\nIn recent years, the general public has become more aware of the effects of unresolved trauma, particularly since the veterans of the Viet Nam war struggled to readjust to life in American society. Research into valid treatments for survivors of all forms of abuse escalated with recognition that family violence often results in symptoms similar to those experienced by veterans of war.\nP.T.S.D. symptoms can include irrational thinking, raging, self-destructive behavior, including all forms of addiction, and dissociative disorders. These problems affect functioning across all areas of the individual’s life and cost society dollars and productivity. Efficient treatment methods are required in order for traumatized individuals to regain their ability to cope with everyday life; untreated Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can devastate families and careers.\nSo, how do eye movements help people heal from P.T.S.D.?\nFrancine Shapiro, a psychologist in California, was walking in the park when she noticed that back-and-forth eye movements seemed to decrease negative emotions associated with a specific memory. She tried her theory with other volunteers, and came to the conclusion that the eye movements were an important factor, but most effective when incorporated into a comprehensive therapeutic framework. Fascinated, she conducted research, developed a treatment protocol and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing) training program for other therapists. Today, the technique is used around the world, and research continues into this method of trauma treatment.\nDecoding Science. One article at a time."}
{"text":"Нашли опечатку? Выделите ее мышкой и нажмите Ctrl+Enter\nНазвание: Mathematical games\nАвторы: Lukacs C., Tarjan E.\nPlayers take turns to remove any number of objects from one of n rows. The player who takes the last object wins.\nAns:If a game is played with a finite set of numbers and each move changes only one set and the game terminates, it is equivalent to NIM.\nTo determine who should win, write the sizes of the piles in binary. Add the columns (no carrying). If the sum of each column is even, the person to play loses. (from Mathematical Carnival)\nIn the reverse game the player who takes the last counter loses\nAns: The strategy in the reverse game follows the normal game until only one row has more than one counter. Then you take away either all the biggest row or all but one of this row so as to leave an odd number of rows."}
{"text":"We base our analysis on the execution model in Fig. 7. It is composed of a compression-transmission loop, where each chunk of data is first processed by a computation procedure before it is sent out,\nIn our implementation, send() returns as soon as all the application data has been copied into the kernel buffer. So part of the time used for data transmission will overlap with that of COMPRESS(). Assume is the time of compressing one chunk of data, is the socket buffer copying time for the compressed data, and is the corresponding network transmission time. Let us denote the processing time of all the loops as , then this execution model can be expressed as Fig. 12.\nGenerally, starts somewhat later than the corresponding , but the\ntime interval is very difficult to measure. So we simply assume that\nand start at the same time. From Fig. 12, can be\nexpressed by the following formula:\nIt is easy to see, when computation time is big enough ( ), is not the dominating factor in the total execution time. Consequently, the changes of network bandwidth will not affect application performance. The following section shows the experimental result that confirms this claim."}
{"text":"- to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.\n- to make mournful sounds, as music or the wind.\n- to lament or mourn bitterly.\n- Jazz. to perform exceptionally well.\n- Slang. to express emotion musically or verbally in an exciting, satisfying way.\n- to express deep sorrow for; mourn; lament; bewail: to wail the dead; to wail one's fate.\n- to express in wailing; cry or say in lamentation: to wail one's grief.\n- the act of wailing.\n- a wailing cry, as of grief, pain, or despair.\n- any similar mournful sound: the wail of an old tune.\nOrigin of wail\nExamples from the Web for wailer\nAfter weeping over her dead body he sets out in search of a Wailer.Russian Fairy Tales\nW. R. S. Ralston\nThen follows the story: Luisa, the Wailer, in life was a woman of the people, very beautiful.Legends of the City of Mexico\nThomas A. Janvier\nHe threatened the wailer with his fist, and the black cowered down, glaring at him with sullen eyes.Adventure\n- (intr) to utter a prolonged high-pitched cry, as of grief or misery\n- (intr) to make a sound resembling such a crythe wind wailed in the trees\n- (tr) to lament, esp with mournful sounds\n- a prolonged high-pitched mournful cry or sound\nWord Origin and History for wailer\nc.1400; see wail (v.).\nearly 14c., from Old Norse væla \"to lament,\" from væ \"woe\" (see woe). Of jazz musicians, \"to play very well,\" attested from 1955, American English slang (wailing \"excellent\" is attested from 1954). Related: Wailed."}
{"text":"Definition of Kamilaroi in English:\nnoun (plural same)\n1A member of a group of Australian Aboriginal peoples of northeastern New South Wales.\n- The Kamilaroi had been attacking stock and had killed several stockmen in the area; aggrieved squatters were demanding that government provide ‘protection’.\n- The Kamilaroi were nomadic hunters and gatherers with a band-level social organization.\n- However, there are thousands of people of mixed descent both within the native populations as well as immigrant populations, who identify themselves as Kamilaroi.\nadjectiveBack to top\nRelating to the Kamilaroi or their language.\n- He was born at Condobolin, NewSouth Wales, of Wiradjuri and Kamilaroi descent.\n- Tim Lehâ is 26-years-old, of Kamilaroi and Tongan heritage.\n- She may be Kamilaroi woman, and if she's a Kamilaroi woman, well then she needs Kamilaroi spiritual philosophy.\nThe name in Kamilaroi.\nDefinition of Kamilaroi in:\n- British & World English dictionary\nWhat do you find interesting about this word or phrase?\nComments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed."}
{"text":"I think that it is very rare when a name of the national park actually describes what you are going to see in that location. This park is one of those literally named places: here, you will see … arches, and lots of them – there are more than 2000 registered natural sandstone arches. Just think about it – not one, not ten, not even hundred – more than two thousands!\nCanyons, slots, gorges, mesas, buttes, arches … and other strangly named rock formations created by millions of years of erosion – all of this without any trouble can be found in the Canyonlands National Park, all in one place. Combined together it creates some of the most outstading landscapes I have ever seen.\nVisible within 35 kilometer radius, this small lighthouse in Sydney’s North battles the elements and weather since its’ construction in 1881.\nThe first light at this location has been registered in 1855, back then a fire was raised in a basket to guide ships through stormy conditions."}
{"text":"What is It?\nFukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy is an inherited condition that affects the brain, eyes, and muscles. This condition causes muscle weakness and atrophy beginning very early in life. This condition is rarely found outside of Japan.\nWhat Are the Symptoms of Fukuyama Congenital Muscular Dystrophy?\nSymptoms may include:\n- Weak cry\n- Muscle weakness\n- Delay in development\n- Cardiac issues\n- Swallowing difficulty\n- Neurological problems\n- Cobblestone lissencephaly\n- Delayed myelination in the brain\nHow Do You Get It?\nThis disorder is caused by mutations in the fukutin or FKTN gene. The role of the fukutin protein is still unknown. This disorder is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait.\nHow Is It Diagnosed?\nThis disorder can be diagnosed through a physical examination and medical history, including blood tests, electromyographic studies and muscle biopsy.\nIs There a Treatment?\nTreatment is symptomatic and can include physical therapy and medications. Genetic counseling would be beneficial for the patient and their family."}
{"text":"You need cultural knowledge and skills.\nDominant culture in US suppresses conversations around race … for numerous reasons, most of them related to the maintenance of the power status quo.\nProximity does not equal awareness… And colorblindness is not a thing. While it’s right to treat children equitably, it’s also important to understand how race shapes lives in a racist system.\nWe all breathe in the smog of oppression, and the only way to expel it is to read, listen, reflect, ask questions and become better as a result of what we learn. I’m here asking you as educators to help lead the way. By improving equity in schools, by becoming truly inclusive learning communities with an effective anti-racist curriculum, we improve both individual lives and equity and justice in society. I’m here for you and I’m rooting for you. As Lilla Watson said, “… your liberation is bound up with mine.”\nAll the while listening to Curtis Mayfield, the get cut off. These and more concepts at: https://teachingwhilewhite.org/blog/2019/6/21/a-letter-to-white-teachers-of-my-black-children"}
{"text":"Scientific method is a systematic method used to research and answer questions. It involves several steps:\nQuestion -- the springboard for the rest of the experiment. It asks, \"What do I want to find out?\"\nResearch -- finding out as much information about the subject as possible, including past scientific experimentation.\nHypothesis -- an \"educated guess\" of what the results of the experiment will be. The hypothesis is based on experience and prior research.\nVariables -- something capable of change. There are three types of variables: controlled, independent, and dependent.\nControlled variables are kept the same for all tests within an experiment. Changes in controlled variables during an experiment may effect the results. This could lead to misinterpretation of the experiment. Controlled variables are capable of change, but controlled. Examples are: inserting the thermometer the same depth into each cup, using the same volume of each sample, using identical cups, or running each test at the same room temperature.\nIndependent variables are tested and varied within the experiment to see what happens. Examples of independent variable are: soil types and number of minutes.\nDependent variables are results from manipulating the independent variables. An example of a dependent variable is temperature.\nProcedure -- the list of materials and step-by-step instructions for the experiment.\nTesting -- the actual experimentation phase. Included in the testing is the collection of data.\nResults -- a summary of what happened during the experiment.\nConclusion -- a restatement of the original hypothesis, a summation of the results, and a new statement of how the results related to the hypothesis.\nExtension -- a way to take the experiment to a new level. Extensions will include questions requiring further research, alternative methods for performing the experiment, other experiments, readings, and resources."}
{"text":"Top: Computers: Programming: Languages: Haskell:\n- Repository for information on the lazy functional programming language Haskell: Descriptions, documents, history, news, HaWiki, software (libraries, tools), humor, merchandise, and links.\n- Haskell API Search - - Search engine for the Haskell standard libraries (Prelude, List, Array, etc). Search by function name, or type signature. Gives examples and overviews of many functions.\n- Why Haskell? - - Why learn Haskell? What is good about the pure functional programming model as exemplified by Haskell? ScienceBlogs LLC; Good Math, Bad Math. (November 26, 2006)"}
{"text":"Almadraba (Spanish: \"tuna fishing\" or \"netting fence to catch tuna\") is an elaborate and age-old Mediterranean technique for catching Atlantic bluefin tuna that was introduced by the Moors. It consists of setting nets in a maze that leads to a central pool called \"copo\". In Sicily, the mazes of nets, and also the places where the nets are set are called tonnara, and the overall method of capturing the fishes is called mattanza (Spanish: \"slaughter\"). This takes place during spring and the beginning of summer when tuna tend to go into the Mediterranean Sea.\nThe maze uses just two net lines, called \"raveras\". One net is connected to the shore and other line is secured in deeper water. Those lines have smaller oblique lines which lead to the central pool. This simple maze works because tuna are not able to see the exit from the central pool, and remain inside. The floor of the central pool is then raised in order to catch the tuna and when that floor is held up, there is little room left for tuna and they are then caught easily and slaughtered."}
{"text":"\"Congress of Vienna\"\nThe treaty in the spring of 1814 had accepted Napoleons surrender, but a general meeting of European countries convened to settle broader issues of a postrevolutionary era. While the allies were working on a number of concernsand as a byproduct, raising French anxietiesNapoleon returned to capitalize on this negative reaction. Within three months he was defeated yet again, and this meetingthe Congress of Viennaset a framework more hostile to France than before, which endured to a significant degree until midcentury and beyond.\nSource: Cornell 4606.18.J42"}
{"text":"Reversing Aging's Terrible Toll on the Mind\nAging lymphatic vessels connecting the brain and the immune system play critical roles in both Alzheimer’s disease and the decline in cognitive ability that comes with time, new research reveals. By improving the function of these vessels, scientists at UVA have dramatically enhanced the ability of older mice to learn and improve their memories. The work may provide doctors an entirely new path to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease, age-related memory loss, and other neurodegenerative diseases.\nKipnis’ work gives us the most complete picture yet of the role these vessels play in the brain’s ability to cleanse itself—and highlights their tremendous importance for brain function and healthy aging. This new discovery may offer a way to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s to the point that treatments are unnecessary—to delay it beyond the length of the current human lifespan.\n“If we can make old mice learn better, that tells me there is something that can be done,” Kipnis says. “I’m actually very optimistic that one day we could live to a very, very, very old age and not develop Alzheimer’s.”\nTo read the journal article in NATURE, click here."}
{"text":"<p style='text-align: justify;'> Jane Roscoe's 'Sonnet. The African Mother. A Fact' is a poem that illustrates in a brief and clearly expressed manner some of the basic features of the paradigm; it opens with a short declarative sentence: 'The mother sat and wept...'. </p>\nThis image has the following copyright:\nChoose one of the available sizes to download:\nThis metadata has the following copyright:\nDo you want to download metadata for this document?"}
{"text":"Studies by the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC), an association of state regulators, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have clearly demonstrated the effectiveness of current state regulations in protecting water resources. When the GWPC studied the environmental risk of hydraulic fracturing, they found one complaint in the more than 10,000 coalbed methane wells reviewed – an Alabama well where problems were not related to fracturing according to the EPA. The EPA initiated its own study of environmental risks from coalbed methane hydraulic fracturing and, again, no significant environmental risks as a result of proper hydraulic fracturing were identified.\nThe key word in the preceding sentence, of course, is proper. Although there is some variability in the details of well construction because of varying geologic, environmental, and operational settings, the basic practices in constructing a reliable well are similar. These practices are the result of operators gaining knowledge based on years of experience and technology development and improvement."}
{"text":"Section 42, Lot 91\nMount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto\nWhen the snow finally stopped falling in Toronto on Tuesday, December 12, 1944, a new weather record had been set for the greatest fall of snow in a 24-hour period. More than 52 cm (20.5 in.) of the white stuff clogged city streets and, while traffic was much less due to wartime gas and tire rationing, citizens were nevertheless greatly inconvenienced. The distribution of milk and bread was done through local fire halls, while coal dealers asked their customers to clear a path from the street to the coal chute so that deliveries could be made. If the path wasn’t cleared there would be no coal delivery. It was that simple. Buried here is William Turnbull of Coleridge Avenue in East York Township, one of more than a dozen citizens to succumb to heart attacks while shovelling the heavy snow. The chief coroner issued an appeal to everyone over the age of 30 to stop shovelling and stay at home.\nMount Pleasant Cemetery: An Illustrated Guide\nSecond Edition Revised and Expanded"}
{"text":"There is an entire portion of an aisle in your supermarket devoted to \"fruit snacks\". If you don't have kids, you might have missed it.\nThe packages on the shelves feature Sponge Bob, Scooby Doo, and beautiful photos of fruit. My kids leap out of the cart trying to get me to buy them these snacks.\nAre packaged fruit snacks a healthy snack food?\nThe key here is that molded, shaped, colored food indicates that these are candy. Here is an example ingredient list:\nCorn Syrup, Sugar, Fruit Juice from Concentrate (Pear, Apple), Gelatin, Sorbitol, Malic Acid, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Sodium Citrate, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Mineral Oil (Adds a Dietarily Insignificant Amount of Fat), Corn Oil (Adds a Dietarily Insignificant Amount of Fat), Tocopherol Acetate (Vitamin E), Carnauba Wax (Adds a Dietarily Insignificant Amount of Fat), Vitamin A Palmitate, Red 40, Blue 1, Yellow 6, Yellow 5\nParents desperately want these to be a healthy choice (yep, me too!) but they are just candy masquerading as healthy snack food.\nThe packaging will say things like \"All Natural\" and \"100% daily allowance of Vitamin C\" - but do not be fooled! These fruit snacks are essentially Gummy Bears with added Vitamin C.\nAND, you have to think about your kids' teeth. I recently spoke to a pediatric dentist about these snacks. She says that the sugar in these tends to stick to the teeth and cause tooth decay.\nKids are not the most efficient at brushing their teeth, so this type of food (sticky and sweet) can cause many cavities.\nMy advice is to hand these out at Halloween with the other candy, serve them as a treat, and stick to REAL fruit as a healthy snack.\nThere are fruit snacks that are comprised of only fruit and fruit juice concentrate. These are better than some, but still are a sticky sweet product. They can't compare to fruit as a healthy snack food."}
{"text":"You can create map searches with the iPad, all it takes is some smart gesturing. Let’s start with a simple rectangle. Once on the Map Search screen, select the rectangle icon, it will then become highlighted.\nTap, hold and drag anywhere on the map to draw the rectangle area. See the animated graphic below or view the gesture on YouTube. To draw a circle, use the same method but select the Circle icon. Next, learn how to draw polygons in flexmls on the iPad."}
{"text":"Holy Days were set apart by the Lord for His people to remember, to remember Him, and to remember His grace and mercy to His people. Have we lost “holy days” today?\nHolidays bring our families closer together, build memories, and help enforce historical religious events. We can use historical holidays as reminders of our past. Columbus Day, Veterans Day, and Memorial Day are all good days to remember important events in our American History. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter are important Christian days. The secular world works hard to take God out of Thanksgiving and Christ out of Christmas – let’s work hard to keep Him where He belongs."}
{"text":"I indicated the kind of problems health systems specialists are grappling with. Where does one begin? How does one define universal health coverage, the goal of the global health policy?\nRavi Rannan-Eliya, from the Institute of Health Policy, Sri Lanka, points out that it is not sufficient to define it in terms of nominal or legal coverage – we all know universal coverage is not a reality anyway.\nAn operational definition of universal health coverage should include both access to health services and risk protection, he told delegates at the symposium, says Ranna-Eliya.\nSeveral published studies show that protection against ‘catastrophic’ expenditures is feasible in low-income settings. Equal service use by the poor is also achievable at low-income settings. What’s needed is political will to implement health reforms.\nWhat financing mechanisms could influence universal health coverage? They broadly fall into four categories – tax-funded integral services where tax payers in a country pay a tax that is used to fund health care for the poor; social health insurance, community health insurance and private or voluntary health insurance.\nTwo countries that are getting repeated mention at the symposium for the relative success of their national health insurance policies are Ghana and Mexico.\nSo where does science fit in here? As Julio Frenk, Mexico’s former health minister and dean of the Harvard School of Public Health, said, reforms open up new research opportunities, such as how “implementation research” can be put into practice and scaled up; whether and how reforms are actually working; and comparative analyses from different countries.\nResearch is the core of the new era of global health, says Frenk. “Any time a country tries out an innovation, this is a learning opportunity for the rest of the world.”\nT. V. Padma, South Asia Regional Coordinator, SciDev.Net"}
{"text":"A free internet encyclopaedia is being set up to classify every living species of animal and plant on Earth.\nThe Encyclopaedia of Life will create an entry for every one of the current 1.8 million known species, and will add new species as they are discovered. Written descriptions will be backed up by photographs, maps and videos.\nA dedicated team working on the project will range from 25 to 35 people.\nInitially, species classification will focus on animals, plants and fungi, and information on microbes will be added at a later date. Species that exist only as fossils could also be added in the future.\nThe project will use existing databases to cut down on the needless replication of information, with entries on birds, mammals, fish, amphibians and plants being drawn from these sources.\nThe database will be written in English to begin with and other languages will be added later.\nFreshly launched 11nm Qualcomm silicon will come with Adreno 612 GPU\nAre pinning down the exact rate of expansion of the Hubble constant\nRISC OS 5 to form the basis of RISC OS Open after Castle Technology sells to RISC OS Developments\nA smartphone maker fiddling its benchmarking scores? That's unusual, isn't it?"}
{"text":"|3rd century BC–460s|\nTerritory of the Xiongnu (green), circa 250 BC\n|Capital||Longcheng (龙城/蘢城), near Khoshoo Tsaidam (present-day in Mongolia), was established as the annual meeting place and de facto capital.|\n|3rd century BC|\nThe Xiongnu (Chinese: 匈奴) were nomads who lived north of China from about 3rd century BC to 460s AD. Their lands were very infertile, so they tried to attack China many times. As this was very irritating, the first emperor of China (Qin Shi Huang) built the Great Wall of China around 214 to 206 BC to keep them out. Some Han dynasty emperors tried to stop the wars and make friends with them, but they still tried to attack the Chinese borders.\nAt first, it was believed that they were related to the Huns, and currently many people still believe this. In old times, nomadic tribes often travelled and lived together, even tribes speaking different languages. Around 60 BC, there was a struggle for power, and the Xiongnu broke up into five smaller tribes.\nIn 202 AD, the leader of the Southern Xiongnu surrendered to Prime Minister Cao Cao of the Han dynasty.\nThey are part of the Mongolian people now, or some of them have migrated to China for a better life.\nReferences[change | change source]\n- Pines, Yuri (2012). The Everlasting Empire: The Political Culture of Ancient China and Its Imperial Legacy. Princeton University Press. p. 37. ISBN 1-4008-4227-1.\n- Man, John (2005). Attila: The Barbarian King who Challenged Rome. Bantam Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-593-05291-4."}
{"text":"In the poem, \"Theme for English B\", by Langston Hughes, Hughes talks about the African American struggle for equality. This is a common subject for Hughes with many of his poems being about blacks and the injustices they face. The poem starts off with an instructor giving his students a paper to write, and the instructor says to the student,And let that page come out of you-Then, it will be true (Bauknight 564).\nThe poem then continues as the paper that Hughes is writing. In the paper, he explains everything he feels in his heart, just as his instructor has told him to. His paper illustrates exactly what an African-American man feels, acts, and thinks about in his everyday life. This is the natural struggle that most black men face; to be seen as equals in society.\nThe point that Hughes tries to get across to his teacher is that he, the black man, likes and does the same things as the white man.\nHughes wonders if his paper will be graded differently because he is black. To illustrate this point, he says,I guess being colored doesn't make me not likethe same things other folks like who are other races.\nSo will my page be colored that I write (Bauknight 564)The biggest difference in the two has nothing to do with the color of their skin, but how the world views them. Hughes was not asking for sympathy, or for an apology, just understanding. He thinks that even that will be hard, knowing that he and his professor come from two completely different worlds. He explains that with men and black men will always impact each other's lives, but Hughes knows that the white man wants no part of the black man's life. Hughes' only meager wish is to be..."}
{"text":"We draw a circle and directing which show the middle of the head and an arrangement of eyes. Further draw two oval eyes, a small nose and an open mouth.\nErase auxiliary lines, having left only a circle. Then we draw up to two eyelashes on each eye, pupils and a patch of light. On the head we draw venochek from florets and we give the form of the head, increasing cheeks and doing from fluffy.\nDraw ears and a body.\nWe draw pads and a tail.\nErase unnecessary lines and to a wish can draw a pendent.\nWatch still lessons:\n1. Siamese kitty\n4. Lessons for children — animals"}
{"text":"The gray that has seeped across his hair, the skin folds that now bracket his mouth — like many leaders, President Obama has aged dramatically while in office.\nAnd that visible aging may reflect stress-driven biological wear-and-tear that could shorten a leader’s life, suggests a new study on presidents and prime ministers.\nThe findings contradict an alternative school of thought, that the elixir of winning and holding power leads to longer life.\nFrom the BMJ press release:\nElection to head of government is associated with an increased risk of death compared with runner-up candidates, finds a study in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.\n…A team of US researchers set out to test the theory that politicians elected to head of government may experience accelerated aging and premature death due to stress of leadership and political life.\nThey compared survival of 279 nationally elected leaders from 17 countries with 261 unelected candidates who never served in office, from 1722 to 2015…\nAfter adjusting for life expectancy at time of last election, elected leaders lived 2.7 fewer years and had a 23% increased risk of death than runners-up.\nWBUR’s Rachel Paiste spoke with Harvard Medical School’s Anupam Jena, an associate professor of health care policy and senior author on the paper. Their conversation, lightly edited: Continue reading"}
{"text":"WILLIAM THARP, Delaware’s 28th governor, was born near Farmington, Delaware, on November 27, 1803. After finishing his education, he took over his family’s large estate, supervising improvements and cultivating new developments. Tharp entered politics in 1844 as an unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate. Two years later, he won election and on January 19, 1847, he was sworn into office. During his tenure, the ownership of Pea Patch Island (off Delaware’s coast) was finally resolved, with the state handing over its rights to the U.S. government. His administration advocated for efficiency and economy in the management of its programs and policies. Also, Tharp publicly supported the Mexican War, but personally doubted the validity of the war. Tharp left office on January 21, 1851, and retired from public service. He returned to Milford and continued to manage his family’s extensive farm holdings. Governor William Tharp died on January 9, 1865, and he is buried at the Christ Episcopal Churchyard in Milford, Delaware."}
{"text":"Francis Blankenberg, MD, has received stimulus money to advance a novel use of radiation therapy to attack solid tumors. The technique uses a radiolabeled form of a protein called VEGF, or vascular endothelial growth factor. Because the surface of tumor cells have receptors for VEGF, it is a promising target for anti-cancer therapy.\nBlankenberg and his colleagues plan to attach radiotherapeutic isotopes to a bioengineered form of VEGF and then use this radiolabeled material to attack the tumor cells, as well as the blood vessels that sustain the tumor. The goal is to use the protein to deliver a strong dose of precisely targeted radiation, disarming the tumor without causing harm to surrounding tissue. Blankenberg is testing the technique initially in breast and colon cancers but believes it could apply to the vast majority of tumors.\nBlankenberg originally applied for a grant two years ago, and his proposal made it through three rounds of review. Its score would once have easily qualified it for NIH funding, but the agency's cutbacks in spending in 2007 caused it to be put on hold. Now, with $665,561 in stimulus funds for the next two years, he can move forward on this innovative project.\nAlready, the money has made a big difference for one scientist. The funds provided a job for Helen D'Arceuil, PhD, who had been on the faculty of Harvard Medical School but had been unemployed since moving to the San Francisco Bay Area. She and her children had relocated when her husband found work in the region at a local biotech firm. The stimulus funds enabled Blankenberg to hire her onto the project as well as hiring a postdoctoral scholar and retaining the services of another faculty member part-time."}
{"text":"Two converging lenses having focal lengths of 15.0 cm and 25.0\ncm are placed 50 cm apart, as shown in the figure below. The final\nimage is to be located between the lenses, at the position\n(a) How far to the left of the first lens should the object be\n24.3 cm Correct: Your answer is correct.\n(b) What is the overall magnification of the question?"}
{"text":"Carbon monoxide, commonly known as the ‘silent killer’, is a highly poisonous gas that is produced by faulty gas appliances, including boilers and central heating systems.\nMany people are unaware of this deadly gas, as carbon monoxide is colourless and odourless. This makes it impossible to detect without installing a carbon monoxide alarm.\nThe best way to protect your family and home from a carbon monoxide leak is to ensure your boiler is serviced annually. The gas safe engineer will not only carry out the standard maintenance checks but will make sure any faults or potential leaks can be detected early.\nWhat causes carbon monoxide leaks?\nCarbon monoxide, which is a poisonous gas, is produced when fuels such as gas or oil don’t burn 100%. In a boiler, carbon monoxide is produced when there is insufficient oxygen for all the gas in the combustion chamber to be burnt.\nIt is also caused by poor ventilation and low maintenance of appliances around the home. You should make sure any chimneys; vents or flues are free from any breakage or obstructions.\nLooking for a local Gas Safe Engineer? Contact our 24/7 support team today on 01455 848 491\nHere’s what you need to look out for to keep your home safe!\n6 main carbon monoxide poisoning symptoms that mainly occur when you are at home:\n- Difficulty breathing\nSigns to look out for around your home\n- Does your boiler pilot light blow out frequently?\n- Unusual dark staining around appliances\n- More condensation than normal\n- Others in your household including pets are experiencing similar health problems as mentioned above\n- Install a carbon monoxide alarm\n- Annual boiler service from your local gas safe engineer\n- If you suspect a gas leak, stop using all appliances, switch them off, and open doors and windows to ventilate the property\nGetting your boiler and heating system serviced on an annual basis can solve any potential risks of carbon monoxide poisoning.\nContact us today to book your annual boiler service"}
{"text":"The Word of the Day for March 20, 2008 is:\n- *1 : arising from remorse or regret\n- 2 : feeling remorse or regret\nEmily’s compunctious feelings eventually got the better of her, so she apologized to Sean for the cruel things she had said in the argument.\nDid you know?\nWilliam Shakespeare never had any compunction about coining or using new words, and “compunctious” debuted in Macbeth (1605). In that play, the murderous Lady Macbeth beseeches the spirits to “stop up the access and passage to remorse, that no compunctious visitings of nature shake my fell purpose….” Shakespeare formed the adjective from the noun “compunction,” meaning “remorse,” and the suffix “-ous,” which is often used to create adjectives indicating that something or someone has or is full of a particular quality. “Compunction” came to English through Anglo-French from the Late Latin noun “compunctio,” which in turn evolved from the Latin verb “compungere,” meaning “to prick hard” or “to sting.”*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.\n- Theme music by Joshua Stamper ©2006 New Jerusalem Music/ASCAP"}
{"text":"1.Explain the distinctions between a leader and a manager.\n2. Which is more important: working for a good leader or a good manager? Explain your response.\n3. Pay attention to the nurse manager in a unit where students have been assigned. What kind of management style is exhibited? What is the staff’s reaction to this style?\n4. What characteristics do you believe are most important in a good nurse manager?\n1. Meet with the nurse manager of your assigned unit. On a daily basis, what interpersonal, decisional, and informational activities does he or she engage in?\n2. You are the unit’s nurse manager. One of the most experienced employees has been on sick leave, and another has recently given birth. The remainder of the staff is working extremely hard to pick up the slack in order to avoid using agency personnel. What tangible and intangible rewards could you use to thank your employees?"}
{"text":"Compare Hotels rates & Flight tickets prices from 100+ top booking sites at once...\nCheck the prices & save up to 80 %...\nClick to find cheap, affordable travel offers,\nnew deals campaigns... >>> www.travelkinds.com\nWhat happens if a bird flies into an airplane engine\n|November 16, 2017||Posted by TravelKinds.Com under General||\nWhat happens if a bird flies into a plane engine? The event is called a bird strike. Each year, bird strikes cost US airlines an estimated $1.2 billion. Only part of those costs are from actual damage. The rest comes from flight delays and cancellations.\nA bird strike can disable a plane’s engine. But engines are designed to withstand at least one bird. Plus, pilots can still fly a plane with just one operating engine.\nAs a result, the chances of an accident are slim. Between 1990-2015 there were 160,894 bird strikes on US aircraft. Only .025% (40) of those read more >>>\nSource : BusinessInsider.Com"}
{"text":"Ask The Question\nFeb 11, 2021, 9:35:30 AM\nA _____ is a brief statement of the main idea and supporting details of a piece of writing. A)memo B)draft C) journal D)summary\nFeb 11, 2021, 5:41:56 PM\nI believe the answer is D a summary sums up a story\nA _____ is a brief statement of the main idea and supporting details of a piece of writing. A)m...\nExplain the central difference between main details and supporting details of a piece of writing.\nWhat are the two basic parts of a paragraph? main idea, conclusion main idea, supporting detai...\nWhich sentence is true about the main idea of a text? A.The Main idea is the primary point of a...\nThe audience for a piece of writing is a teacher, and the purpose is to show your knowledge about...\nA summary of informational text includes __________.Select one of the options below as your answe...\nWhich of the following questions should you ask yourself when analyzing structure? A.What kind of...\nWhat is an implication? a table or chart that helps you organize information the main idea o...\nSummarizing is not __________. a. writing down every tiny little detail b. condensing a longer ...\nWhich of the following is a true statement? Coherent essays contain persuasive messages. A good e..."}
{"text":"William II, or William Rufus, son and successor to William the Conqueror is most famous for his death- killed by an arrow while out hunting - was it accident or murder? Although few kings of England lived through a more turbulent period or faced a more testing legacy, when struck down he was at the height of his power, so successful in overcoming his enemies in both France and England that, as a contemporary critic complained, 'even the wind and the sea appeared to obey him'. As this compelling biography shows, our image of Rufus has been coloured by early accounts of his reign, composed by monks who were critical of his attitude to religion, his extravagance, humour and alleged sexual preferences. Here John Gillingham cuts through their words to bring this enigmatic figure out of father's shadow and reveal him as one of England's most effective warrior-kings.\nAbout the Author\nJohn Gillingham is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the London School of Economics. His books include a biography of Richard I, The Angevin Empire and The English in the Twelfth Century.\nFishpond works with suppliers all over the world to bring you a huge selection of products, really great prices, and delivery included on over 25 million products that we sell.\nWe do our best every day to make Fishpond an awesome place for customers to shop and get what they want — all at the best prices online.\nYou can earn a 5%\ncommission by selling Penguin Monarchs William II\non your website. It's easy to get started - we will give you example code.\nAfter you're set-up, your website can earn you money while you work, play or even sleep!\nYou should start right now!\nAre you the Author or Publisher of a book? Or the manufacturer of one of the millions of products that we sell.\nYou can improve sales and grow your revenue by submitting additional information on this title.\nThe better the information we have about a product, the more we will sell!"}
{"text":"Study: Parents Influence Teens When It Comes To Distracted Driving\nANN ARBOR (WWJ) – A new study by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute and Toyota has found that teens are texting behind the wheel more than their parents realize.\nBut, perhaps more surprising, the study of more than 5,500 teens and parents found that mom and dad have a lot of influence on how their children drive.\nU of M research professor C. Raymond Bingham said if teens see their parents distracted behind the wheel, they’re modeling risky behavior.\n“I think as parents what we need to be doing is monitoring our own behavior better,” Bingham told WWJ Newsradio 950’s Zahra Huber. “Driving is a complex task. And I think parents need to realize that doing that is even more difficult for their kids than it is for them, because teens have less experience.”\nBingham and colleagues said that teens think their parents engage in distracted driving more often than may be the case. A third of teens believe their parents use an iPod or other electronic device for music while driving, while only 10 percent of parents report that they do. Seventy-one percent of teens believe their parents read or write down directions while driving, while 55 percent of parents said they actually do.\nAccording to the study, teens who think their parents are distracted drivers are much more likely to take part in similar behavior and more than half of teen drivers and parents admitted to using hand-held cell phones while driving.\nSo, what does Bingham recommend?\n“Talk to your kids about it; let them know how dangerous this is and that you don’t want them doing it,” he said, adding, however,”There are some things that are distracting that you have to do as part of driving, like adjusting the heat and air conditioning settings.\n“You have to choose the right time to look away from the road in order to complete that task and be safe,” Bingham said.\nLearn more about the study’s findings at this link."}
{"text":"The Tank Badge was to be worn on the left sleeve\nof uniform jackets and Battle Dress Blouses by men serving in Tank Regiments. At the\nstart of the Second World War, only four regiments were classified as Tank Regiments, and these\nunits were considered Infantry.\nAs the war\nprogressed, cavalry units and infantry units alike were converted to armour, with a\ndistinction being made between Armoured Regiments, (generally equipped with Sherman or Ram\ntanks), and Tank Regiments, (generally equipped with the Churchill).\nA tank badge had been authorized in 1938,\nand during the war it was ordered that all personnel of Army Tank Battalions, Canadian\nArmoured Corps Training Centres and Tank Regiments (Reserve Army) were to wear the tank\nbadge on the right arm of \"blouses and jackets\". Commanding Officers of\nArmoured Regiments could also opt for their units to wear this badge.\nThe badge was issued in both melton and\nkhaki drill form; often before affixing to the uniform, the backing was removed leaving\nonly the tank design itself on the sleeve.\nformation patches were being adopted for the 5th Canadian (Armoured) Division, a proposal to wear the tank badge on the division patch\nwas rejected (for more information, see Distinguishing Patches by Clive Law.)\nCanadian (Armoured) Division then rejected\nthe use of the tank badge, since the regiments making up the armoured brigade were cavalry\nunits, and the tank badge was originally a mark of an Infantry (Tank) battalion.\nCanadian (Armoured) Division, however, was\nmade up of former infantry units and adopted the tank badge for wear on Battle Dress.\nThere were also two independent tank\nbrigades; both wore the tank badge."}
{"text":"The Liberal Democrats' philosophy sometimes confuses those who like to apply left and right labels to political ideologies. Free trade is considered to be right-wing while drug legalisation is left-wing. Cutting tax is right-wing but defending civil liberties is left-wing.\nHowever, all of these positions share the common principle of decreasing the role of government.\nThey differ from “left-wing” people who want the government to control the economy but not our social lives, and from “right-wing” people who want the government to control our social lives but not the economy.\nThe Liberal Democrats' philosophy is broadly described as classical liberal or libertarian, although those are not necessarily precise labels.\nLibertarianism can be based on two very different philosophical starting points. Some libertarians believe that free markets and individual freedom should be preferred because, freedom being inherent, they are more moral political systems. Such people argue that it is immoral to take money from people by force and to tell people how to live their lives.\nUtilitarian libertarians believe that a small government will lead to better outcomes than a big government. Such people argue that libertarian solutions will lead to greater wealth, less poverty, more diversity and will generally make people happier.\nThe first philosophical position is concerned with process, while the second is concerned with outcomes. In reality, most libertarians (and most people) care about both.\nAcceptance by libertarians of the rights of individuals to pursue their activities, subject to non-coercion of others, does not indicate endorsement of those activities.\nThe Liberal Democrats stand for greater freedom, smaller government and personal responsibility."}
{"text":"Data flow mapping is a key step once an organization has carried out its overall gap analysis. With this analysis, an organization can discover where its gaps are and the steps that need to be taken to identify what data it has and where it is flowing.\nAn organization needs to be aware of what personal data it is processing, and it needs to know that the data is being processed in accordance with the law. Organizations often process much more data than they realise, which is why it is vital that they perform mapping exercises.\nThis free green paper from IT Governance will help you understand how to effectively map your data and the importance of keeping track of it all.\n- Why data flow mapping is important for the new GDPR\n- The key elements of a data flow map\n- Data flow mapping techniques\n- The challenges of data flow mapping\n- The steps in a data flow audit"}
{"text":"The Seven Greatest Benefits for your Child\n- Early musical training helps children’s cognitive and physical development in ways unparalleled. Studies show that learning music helps develop the left side of the brain – the side that is associated with language and reasoning.\n- Music students learn to think creatively and find innovative solutions to problems. Problems in music do not have but a single solution. Students learn to solve problems using various solutions.\n- Working with the teacher and other students music is an excellent tool for teaching your child teamwork skills\n- Music promotes a culture of self-expression. Your child will develop confidence and become comfortable with expressing their emotions. Children who struggle with speaking out in class or making friends in school often benefit greatly from their music education.\n- Learning an instrument focuses on actually doing a task rather than reading about it in a text book or watching others perform it. It teaches students how to juggle all sorts of tasks at once and be a multi-dimensional thinker. These skills go a long way when your child becomes an adult and enters the workforce.\n- Studies show that students who take private music lessons score higher grades in school testing.\n- Performing on a musical instrument will teach your child to be fearless of taking risks that we all must take in life. Learning to deal with anxiety early in life will help your child develop into a grounded and strong individual.\nMusic education is a gift that will help them develop into a strong individual. This gift can be passed on for generations to come. Register now and reserve a spot for your student."}
{"text":"- 1920s: Within the conditions of the Soviet system, the industrial potential of modern Kuzbass emerged.\n- 1950s - 1960s: The largest enterprises of the coal, metallurgical and chemical industries were built in Kemerovo Region. The giant enterprises of various industries were established, which became possible only due to a developed and well-organized construction industry.\n- Early 1990s: a number of enterprises operate in the region, which still remain leaders in the respective industries.\nThe major products of the construction industry enterprises are: cement of various brands, reinforced concrete constructions and products, concrete mix, ceramic building bricks, roofing and thermal insulation materials.\nLarge industrial centers of the construction materials industry are Kemerovo, Novokuznetsk, Topki and Yurga."}
{"text":"To see more profiles in the Birds of Ocracoke series, click here\nText and photos by Peter Vankevich\nThis is a bird more often heard first before being seen, as it makes a frequent loud “Keer-reet ” call in flight. It can be identified in by its large bright orange bill, long pointed wings, black cap in breeding plumage and black crest in basic plumage. Royal terns forage by plunging into the water, often just off the breakers.\nWhen to see: Present year round, far fewer from mid-December till March as most migrate south. Common from Mid-March into November.\nWhere: Unlike the larger the large, similar appearing Caspian Tern, Royal Terns can be found only in coastal saltwater areas. During the right time of the year, they can be seen from all three Ocracoke ferries. They fly just off the shore line, over the village and back and forth from the sound to the beach and will perch on pilings in the water.\n(audio provided courtesy of OhioLINK Digital Resource Commons)\nRoyal Terns do not currently nest on Ocracoke. They do nest in colonies on nearby uninhabited Big Foot island and North Rock island that are in the Pamlico Sound. Big Foot Island had more than 7200 nest sites in 2014.\nRoyal Terns are the opposite of pelicans. Their chicks are precocial, that is, they hatch out downy and can stand up within a day or so of hatching. However, they usually stay in the nest scrape for a week or so. When they get bigger they form into a group called a crèche The crèche is tended to by some of the colony’s adults while the rest keep busy bringing in fish for their chicks.\nSurprisingly John J. Audubon himself confused the Royal Tern with the Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia). In his Birds of America, Audubon depicted depicted a bird he called the Cayenne Tern that included a combination of features of both birds.\nBirds of the Outer Banks checklist\nCategories: Birds of Ocracoke Series"}
{"text":"- Helplessness of the single workman.\n- Trades Unions and collective bargaining.\n- The strike their weapon.\n- Good produced by strikes.\n- Evils produced by strikes.\nStrikes are the outcome of our modern industrial system. They came into fashion in the present age of steam-driven machinery and large factories. The rate of wages, like the prices of good, was fixed by the law of supply and demand, under a system of free competition. But the competition between master and man, while it might be free, was by no means fair. A single workman, with no land to fall back on, and his two hands and his skill as his only capital (wealth), was no match for a rich employer or company. If he did not like the wage offered, he lost his job; for there were plenty to take his place. He must accept the low wage or starve.\nThe Trades Unions’ weapon is the “strike”. A strike is the refusal of an organized body of workmen to continue their work except on certain conditions. The members of a union contribute to a “strike fund” out of their wages, so that they can live while the strike continues. When master refuse to listen to their requests for better wages or shorter hours, the workmen “down tools” and leaves work; or, more often, the mere threat of a strike will be sufficient.\nThere is no doubt that Trades Unions, armed with this powerful weapon, the strike, have lifted the working classes to a higher level, and secured for them better wages, shorter hours, healthier conditions, and a measure of independence. The lot of the working classes in England today is a great deal better than it was eighty years ago.\nBut there are evils and dangers connected with strikes. Even when they are successful, they cause a lot of suffering to the workmen and their families. They do great damage to trade and industry and cause much inconvenience to the public. When they fail, they make matters worse than before. The best way is to settle all industrial disputes by arbitration."}
{"text":"This paper explains our need for adaptive systems and outlines the conceptual model of a knowledge-based system that adapts through learning. The proposed model utilizes multiple human learning processes instead of ad hoc mathematical techniques to manifest its learning behavior. The incorporation of human learning processes in the design of machine learning systems is being referred to as \"human learning approach.\"\nRohatgi, Mukesh, \"A Human Learning Approach For Designing Adaptive Knowledge-Based Systems\" (1997). AMCIS 1997 Proceedings. 17."}
{"text":"Cancer gaps remain for African Americans\nThe latest figures show many improvements have been made in cancer treatments and care for African Americans within the last decade. Since 1990 nearly 200,000 cancer deaths in black Americans have been avoided. But cancer death rates for both African American men and women are still higher than whites. Black women are 16 percent more likely to die from cancer than their white female counterparts. Latest research also shows that between 2005 and 2009, about 288 black men died from cancer out of every 100,000, compared to 217 white men. Experts say the new numbers show that more can and should be done to ensure equal access to cancer prevention, early detection and state-of-the-art treatments for all Americans."}
{"text":"Researchers at the Tsukuba International University in Japan investigated the effects of a water extract of natto on the aging of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.\nCaenorhabditis elegans is a popular animal model for the study of aging and longevity. Caenorhabditis elegans has a short life cycle and its life span is around 2 to 3 weeks under suitable living conditions. Compared to the use of other model organisms such as mice, the short life cycle of Caenorhabditis elegans reduces the experimental cycle and facilitates biological study.\nFigure 1: Caenorhabditis elegans\nThe scientists used a water extract of Japanese natto and found through their experiments that had beneficial anti-aging effects in vivo based on two conclusions: 1\n- Prolonged the adult lifespan of the wild-type worms and rendered them resistant to oxidative and thermal stress, exerting antioxidative effects\n- Natto extract significantly delayed the accumulation of lipofuscin\nCover Photo Credits: Image by Tamaki Sono (Flickr)\nPrint This Post"}
{"text":"Be sure that you have an application to open\nthis file type before downloading and/or purchasing.\n846 KB|55 pages\nThis activity is a GREAT review of your US History Exploration & Colonization Units. Directions include options for whole class play or cooperative groups. Included in the powerpoint is an answer key to check during game play."}
{"text":"Go to navigation\nPollution control - hazardous substances\nEvery year exposure to hazardous substances at work affects the\nhealth of many thousands of people. Common examples include:\n- lung disease (for example through working in dusty\n- skin irritation\n- dermatitis or skin cancer (for example from frequent\ncontact with oils or corrosive liquids)\n- the development of other occupational cancers (for\nexample from exposure to toxic fumes)\n- occupational asthma (for example from sensitisation to\nisocyanates in paints or adhesives).\nThe high costs of ill-health arise from a number of causes,\nincluding loss of earnings, loss of productivity, prosecution and\ncivil action, among others.\nThe Control of Substances Hazardous to Health\n(COSHH) Regulations 1999\nThese provide a framework to help protect people in the\nworkplace against health risks from hazardous substances. The\nsubstances may be used directly in the work (for\nexample cleaning chemicals or chemical reagents) or may\narise from the work (for example dust, fumes and waste\nCOSHH lays down a sensible, step-by-step approach to the\nnecessary precautions and is therefore a useful tool for good\nmanagement. The potential for identifiable cost-benefits (for\nexample tighter control over the use and storage of\nmaterials), improved morale and industrial relations have been\nCOSHH applies to virtually all substances hazardous to health.\nExceptions include asbestos and lead (which have their own\nregulations) and substances which are hazardous only because they\n- used at high pressures or temperatures\n- have explosive or flammable properties.\nSome definitions used in the regulations\n- Hazard - the potential to cause harm\n- Risk - the likelihood that it will cause harm in the actual\ncircumstances of use.\nThe risk will depend on a number of factors, such as:\n- the hazard presented by the substance\n- how it is used\n- how exposure is controlled\n- the degree and extent of exposure.\nFurther guidance is available on the COSHH Essentials"}
{"text":"Scientific Name: Lonchura striata\nMalay Name: Pipit-Padi Tuli\nChinese Name: 白腰文鸟\nFound from Indian subcontinent, China, mainland Southeast Asia to Sumatra\nPolytypic. Subspecies are: acuticauda, striata, fumigata, semistriata, subsquamicollis, swinhoei\nLocal Subspecies: subsquamicollis\nSize: 11-11.5 cm\nIdentification: Adult is similar to Javan Munia but has darkish brown plumage with fine pale shaft-lines at mantle and diagnostic whitish rump and belly. Juvenile resembles adult but dark parts paler/browner and rump/belly buffy-tinged.\nSimilar looking species: Javan Munia\nHabitat: Grasslands, marshes, tall reeds/grasses (especially near water bodies).\nBehaviour/Ecology: Gregarious and feeds mainly on seeds and also algae.\nLocal Status: Very rare resident\nConservation Status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)\nLocation: Kranji Marsh, Lorong Halus, Chinese Garden, Pulau Ubin, Tuas, Sungei Buloh, and Pulau Tekong.\nCraig Robson (2011) A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia\nDavid Wells (2007) The Birds of Thai-Malay Peninsula, Volume 2"}
{"text":"SES-8 had its launch aborted at T+2 seconds. What, exactly, caused the flight computer to decide the engines weren't ready?\nThe report via Tweet from Elon Musk initially is that a slower than usual ramp up of thrust caused the flight computers to abort.\nElon Musk via Twitter: Launch aborted by autosequence due to slower than expected thrust ramp. Seems ok on closer inspection. Cycling countdown.\nThere is reported leeway in relaxing some of the sensitivity on this issue for another attempt. What that means was a bit later tweeted by Musk:\nIncreasing helium spin start pressure. Probably <50% chance of passing all aborts, but worth a try. Countdown resuming ...\nAnother try was however aborted on T-00:00:48 due to engineers not completing data review of the previous abort and the launch was scrubbed for the day.\nWhen the rocket is in design phase the designers usually design the the graph known as thrust-time graph. Nowadays the flight computers integrated to the rockets measures the thrust build up during lift off (which is important phase) if the thrust build up is not satisfactory the flight computers close the fuel and oxidizer inlet valve and shut downs the turbopump.\nAccording to SPACEFLIGHT101, SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk, some of the Merlin 1D engines were slow to ramp- up thrust. As part of Falcon’s tight red-line limits, the computer aborted when the engine parameters during ignition were not within those limits. The launch team then looked at the data that was collected during the ignition sequence and determined that the engines appeared to the in good condition and were just slow to reach their nominal thrust"}
{"text":"Review of third-grade math (multiplication, multiple digit addition, fractions, measurement, basic geometry)\nInteractive & small classroom size to optimize learning for your student!\nReview fourth-grade math (Introduction to algebraic thinking, expand upon understanding of fractions, decimals, classification of angles and shapes)\nReview of 5th-grade math (addition and subtraction of fractions, graphing two-dimensionally, further understanding of multiples and promote algebraic thinking, multiplication with decimals)\nReview of 6th-grade math\nSingle variable equations\nArea, surface area, and volume word problems\nIntroduction to statistical thinking (plotting data)"}
{"text":"by Dan Meyer\nJanuary 04, 2013\nWhat will the final figure look like given that pile of toothpicks?\nWhat's a guess you know is too high?\nWhat's a guess you know is too low?\nWhat information would be useful to know here?\n- ImageToothpick count\nWe used a pack of 250 toothpicks and made 12 levels. If we used another 250 toothpicks, how many levels would that make?\nWrite a function t(l) that takes the number of levels (l) and returns the total number of toothpicks (t) in that pyramid."}
{"text":"In a special symposium on bipolar disorder at the 2014 meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, researcher Mike Bauer reviewed a new meta-analysis that showed lithium not only has significant effects in preventing manias, but also depressions.\nMike Bauer is currently the Director and Executive Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, and the Physician-in-Chief, at the Psychiatric Hospital and Outpatient Clinics, all at University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden in Germany.\nResearcher Geddes et al. had, in a previous study called BALANCE, found that lithium was superior to valproate (Depakote). Together these findings led Bauer to the conclusion that lithium is under-used in the treatment of bipolar disorder, especially in the US, where lithium is prescribed less often than valproate.\nAn article by researcher Kessing in the British Journal of Psychiatry in 2012 relied on naturalistic follow up data and also showed that lithium was superior to valproate in preventing hospitalizations.\nA study by researcher Willem Nolen indicated that in mono-therapy, levels of lithium in the blood needed to be 0.6 meq/L or higher in order for lithium to work better than placebo. Lithium augmentation that produced lower blood levels of 0.3 meq/L was not significant on its main outcome measure of preventing new episodes.\nCompared to treatment as usual, those randomized to lithium used lower doses of atypical antipsychotics, and other data indicated that these patients had fewer suicide attempts and increased hippocampal volume.\nBauer noted that lithium-related goiter and low thyroid are easily treated, and that kidney damage while taking lithium can be prevented by avoiding episodes of lithium intoxication. It is easy to conclude that lithium should be used more often, especially given its positive effects against suicide and brain gray matter and hippocampal volume loss."}
{"text":"One hundred and fifty years ago today, Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most famous speeches in U.S. history. In honor of this we’re highlighting a new book in Ohioana’s collection: Writing the Gettysburg Address by Martin P. Johnson.\nJohnson, an assistant professor of history at Miami University, conducted extensive research using numerous primary sources and contemporary accounts of the speech. His book traces the creation of the Gettysburg Address from the first draft through revisions the morning of the ceremony and Lincoln’s delivery of the address itself. Along the way Johnson sheds light on many of the myths surrounding the speech, and also shows how the speech’s evolution mirrors Lincoln’s intellectual and emotional journey from Washington to the battlefield.\nFor more information, including images of two handwritten drafts of the Gettysburg Address and a photograph of Lincoln on the podium, you can visit the Library of Congress “Gettysburg Address” online exhibit here."}
{"text":"The Battle of Skopje occurred in the vicinity of the city of Skopje in 1004. In 1003, Basil II launched a campaign against the First Bulgarian Empire and after eight months of siege conquered the important town of Vidin to the north-west. The Bulgarian counter strike in the opposite direction towards Odrin did not distract him from his aim and after seizing Vidin he marched southwards through the valley of the Morava destroying the Bulgarian castles on his way. Eventually, Basil II reached the vicinity of Skopje and learned that the camp of the Bulgarian army was situated very close on the other side of the Vardar river.\nSamuil of Bulgaria relied on the high waters of the river and did not take any serious precautions to secure the camp. Strangely the circumstances were the same as at the battle of Spercheios seven years earlier, and the scenario of the fight was similar. The Byzantines managed to find a ford, crossed the river and attacked the heedless Bulgarians at night. Unable to resist effectively the Bulgarians soon retreated, leaving the camp and Samuil's tent in the hands of the Byzantines."}
{"text":"The central problem of How to produce is faced by every economy. The main reason behind it is due to the relative scarcity of resources. It has to deal with the choice of technique of production. It is concerned with the efficient use of resources to maximize the output at the minimum possible cost.\nRate this question :\nWhy do the centraEconomics - Board Papers"}
{"text":"Heart Disease Detection and Prevention\nIf you haven't read our blog post on feline heart disease, please do. Heart disease is a silent killer of cats and too often we see cats in a heart failure crisis. Our role is to educate you on all options for heart disease detection, treatment, and options.\nSome common heart diseases such as Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy are common in cats 5-7 years old, or sooner. Even if a heart murmur is never heard, these cats can present in critical respiratory distress before any other symptoms show.\nAlthough the gold standard for assessing heart health is a non-invasive echocardiogram, there are blood tests and other diagnostics to screen and clue us into whether we need to focus more closely on your cat's heart. Each cat is unique, so please:"}
{"text":"What influence has climate change on the environment? How do biological, chemical and physical processes interact and how does the environment respond to these processes? What materials are enduring, how can they be produced environmentally friendly and how can they be recycled? What can we learn from Earth history from geological sediments, ice cores and rocks? These and many other questions are addressed in the study programms in the field of Nature and Environment.\n© johnandersonphoto / istockphoto.com"}
{"text":"Early Life Philip I of Castile was born on July 22, 1478, in the Netherlands. His father, Maximilian, was the son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III and a member of the Austrian Hapsburg dynasty. His mother, Marie, was the French Duchess of Burgundy. Two years before Philip’s birth, Marie faced pressure from King Louis XI of France to marry […]\nSpanish people and events during the European Middle Ages.\nEarly Life Isabella I was born on April 22, 1451, to King John II and Queen Isabella. In July 1454, the king died and was succeeded by Isabella’s older half-brother, Henry IV. The new king viewed his younger half-siblings as a threat to his power. As a result, Henry treated them poorly. Although sent away from court, the king later […]"}
{"text":"Triage Training Program\nThe aim of the program is to train the ER (Emergency Room) employee to reach to the effective triage which entails getting the patient to the right place at the right time and with the right care provider. The participant will be able to take the first decision point in care of the emergency patient by determining the nature of the problem as well as the urgency by which the problem should be evaluated and treated.\nIncorrect identification of the patient’s problem can delay treatment and may adversely affect outcome. For example, a patient who complains of jaw pain may be incorrectly sent to the dental clinic if the nurse does not consider other causes of this pain, such as myocardial infarction.\n- Identify clinical inquiry as an essential competency\n- Discuss the unique nature of emergency triage system\n- Discuss the current state-of-the-science of the emergency triage assessment\n- Have confidence and competence in triaging variant patient conditions\n- Reflected high quality performance during work\n- Diagnose and manage life-sustaining physiologic functions in unstable patients\n- Skilled know-how of managing crisis\n- Providing comfort measures for the emergency patients\n- Facing death: end-of-life care\n- Communicating and negotiating multiple clinical, ethical and practical perspectives\n- Monitoring quality and emergency care quality indicators\n- Checking the triage practice competencies like, hemodynamic monitoring\nRegional Life Support Training Center (RLSTC) - 7 CME/CEPD"}
{"text":"Date of this Version\nDev Dyn. 2010 February ; 239(2): 559–573\nEngulfment of apoptotic cells by phagocytosis ensures the removal of unwanted and defective cells. We developed a genetically encoded marker for cell engulfment, pHMA, which consists of the pH-sensitive derivative of GFP, pHluorin, fused to the actin-binding domain of Moesin. In healthy cells of Drosophila embryos and cultured cells, pHMA resides at the cell cortex. In dying cells, pHMA loses its cortical localization and reports a modest decrease in pH. In embryos, the dying cells lose their apical contacts, then move basally and are ultimately engulfed by neighboring cells or macrophages. The cell corpse material is strongly acidified soon after engulfment and persists in the phagocytic cell for several hours. Changes in the pHMA signal correlate well with increases or decreases in apoptosis. These data show that pHMA is a useful reporter for cell engulfment and can be used in screening for mutations that affect cell engulfment."}
{"text":"A virtual assistant is a software intended to free the user from routine tasks in accessing information or using a software application.\nImplemented in Office it uses baleysian algorithms to advise the user. But they found it very intrusive and annoying in Office 2007 and it was replaced by a conventional aide.\nClippit, commonly known as Clippy was represented by a figure which appeared by itself in the software when the user performs actions, to suggest any particular bahavior. The icon could be a robot, a cat, a dog, a wizard.\nIn fact he was ridiculed in videos and television series. The Smithsonian Magazine described it as the worst program devised in the annals of computing.\nThe DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), however invested 150 million dollars to develop a similar project, CALO (Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes). 60 universities and research organizations are involved.\nThe result of this research is a virtual assistant who can sort emails, give them a priority and make summaries. It can also prepare to appointments by writing notes.\nCALO has the ability to learn, while remaining invisible and can even transfer learning from one area to another.\nSRI International is the agency primarily responsible to the CALO project.\nIt is another tool based on social networks to help organize contacts based on expertise of people. It can help to preserve his health by helping to make decisions to protect it or treat it.\nApplications on mobile devices\nSiri is an application for iPhone derived from CALO. It does not act itself, but responds to requests from the user that express them in sentences. Thus it replaces a search engine to produces a directly usable result rather than a list of links.\nHe does things like finding a flight for such purpose, taking into account the time, and provides various measures of that kind."}
{"text":"source: Texas Workforce Commission\nAudiologists help people who have hearing, balance, and related ear problems. These problems may be a result of trauma at birth, viral infections, genetic disorders, exposure to loud noise, certain medications, or aging. Using various types of testing equipment, audiologists measure patients' ability to hear and distinguish between sounds. In addition, they use computers to evaluate and diagnose balance disorders. Audiologists analyze these test data along with educational, psychological, and other medical patient data to make a diagnosis and determine a course of treatment."}
{"text":"But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially unclean on account of a dead body. So they came to Moses and Aaron that same day\nand said to Moses, “We have become unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be kept from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?”\nMoses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you.”\nThen the LORD said to Moses,\n“Tell the Israelites: ‘When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body or are away on a journey, they are still to celebrate the LORD’s Passover,\nbut they are to do it on the fourteenth day of the second month at twilight. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.\nThey must not leave any of it till morning or break any of its bones. When they celebrate the Passover, they must follow all the regulations.\nBut if anyone who is ceremonially clean and not on a journey fails to celebrate the Passover, they must be cut off from their people for not presenting the LORD’s offering at the appointed time. They will bear the consequences of their sin.\n“ ‘A foreigner residing among you is also to celebrate the LORD’s Passover in accordance with its rules and regulations. You must have the same regulations for both the foreigner and the native-born.’ ”"}
{"text":"\"The Morning Briefing\" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about smart materials.\n1.) Wearable electronics pave way for smart surgeon gloves. New wearable electronics could become smart surgical gloves that allow surgeons to feel and do everything using their fingertips. Such electronics could even include electronic \"socks\" wrapped snugly around a patient’s heart to monitor cardiac health.\n2.) Smart materials improve earthquake-resistant bridge design. We need to find ways to minimize seismic effects on bridges, both by improving existing bridges and refining specifications and construction materials for future bridges.\n3.) Aerospace materials used to build endless pipeline. Mo Ehsani, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at the University of Arizona, has designed a new, lightweight underground pipe he says could transform the pipeline construction industry.\n4.) Bamboo: The new super construction material. Researchers from the University’s BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Materials, in collaboration with a team from Coventry University and the University of Cambridge, are exploring the use of bamboo for the widespread construction of homes.\n5.) Grafoid Inc. and CVD Equipment corporation sign joint IP development agreement. The Companies believe that this collaborative relationship has the potential to speed up the commercialization of graphene and provide additional opportunities for both companies.\nImage credit: Pieterjan Vandaele\nThis post was originally published on Smartplanet.com"}
{"text":"The following list of materials can help you navigate issues surrounding racism, homophobia, xenophobia, classism, and other systems of oppression. To work yourself through this list will take about one hour of your time. This list is not complete and we encourage people to do their own work and self-educate.\nFirst, start with Kimberlé Crenshaw, a scholar on racial justice and founder of intersectionality theory gives a Ted Talk on intersectionality here.\nNext, watch Bryan Stevenson who has worked relentlessly on racial justice in the criminal justice system discuss the topic of slavery to the prison systems here.\nAfterwards read the following articles:\nFinally, this list is not complete. It is not complete because you are ultimately responsible for your own bias, education, awareness, and learning as you continue to get older and learn more. We will continue to add to this list in the coming weeks."}
{"text":"|Title: How can I encode a URL String?|\nYou can work with the OOP statements using the Java class named \"java.net.URLEncoder\", available with the Java Runtime, useful to encode a URL string: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/net/URLEncoder.html\nThe following is an example of a COBOL program that encodes a string using UTF-8 as the encoding scheme:\n|Authored by: Veryant Support on Fri, Oct 25th, 2013 at 7:00 PM\nThis question has been viewed 5941 times so far.\n|Online URL: http://support.veryant.com/support/phpkb/question.php?ID=211|\nPowered by PHPKB Knowledge Base Software"}
{"text":"This thoroughly engaging, concise book tells the story of California's most precious resource, tracing the journey of water in the state from the atmosphere to the snowpack to our faucets and foods. Along the way, we learn much about California itself as the book describes its rivers, lakes, wetlands, dams, and aqueducts and discusses the role of water in agriculture, the environment, and politics. Essential reading in a state facing the future with an overextended water supply, this fascinating book shows that, for all Californians, every drop counts.\nNew to this updated edition:\n* Additional maps, figures, and photos\n* Expanded coverage of potential impacts to precipitation, snowpack, and water supply from climate change\n* Updated information about the struggle for water management and potential solutions\n* New content about sustainable groundwater use and regulation, desalination, water recycling, stormwater capture, and current proposals for water storage and diversion\n*Additional table summarizing water sources for 360 California cities and towns\nby David Carle, author of Introduction to Water in California, Second Edition Water is the essence of life, the key to California’s history and its future. Today, water choices are complicated by …Read More >"}
{"text":"No true virion, no structural proteins. Genomes are associated with their RdRp in the cytoplasm.\nMonopartite, linear, ssRNA(+) genome of of 2.5-2.9 kb.\nThe virion RNA is infectious and serves as both the genome and viral messenger RNA. The genome has one ORF encoding an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Enzymes: RNA dependent RNA polymerase\n- Virus genome is transmitted horizontally through mating or vertically from mother to daughter cells.\n- Translation of genomic RNA produces viral RdRp.\n- A dsRNA genome is synthesized from the genomic ssRNA(+).\n- The dsRNA genome is transcribed/replicated thereby providing viral mRNAs/new ssRNA(+) genomes."}
{"text":"|Prevalence of pre-school children for overweight/obesity in Turkey|\n||Fatih Santas, and Gulcan Santas\n||World Journal of Pediatrics, 14(1): 77; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12519-017-0103-9\nMost of the studies and interventions are targeted to address undernutrition, but childhood obesity has become a silent killer among children. Developing countries, including Turkey, could recognize the importance of the issue now and have begun to discuss the necessity of studies on this subject. Therefore, this study aims to examine the prevalence of obesity among pre-school children in Turkey.\nThe data source of this study is the Turkey Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS)-2013. The TDHS-2013 was a sample study to gather information about the fertility levels and changes in them, infant and child mortality, family planning, and maternal and infant health at the national level.\nOverweight/obesity for height was 8.6% and 6.6% for age. Overweight/obesity problems are mostly observed in the West and are higher in urban areas. Overweight/obesity decreases with increasing age. There is a positive correlation between overweight/obesity and maternal educational level. As the household welfare level increases, overweight/obesity increases in pre-school children. Female children are at higher risk of overweight/obesity than males. As birth order increases, overweight/obesity decreases. Children living in other regions have overweight/obesity problems more than the pre-school children living in the East.\nThis study speculates that obesity appears to be a major problem among pre-school children in Turkey. Based on the findings, the current situation of overweight/obesity among pre-school children is so close to many developing and developed countries, whose obesity levels are a greater concern. This finding demonstrates that effective interventions of obesity should begin as early as infancy in Turkey, as it is a developing country.\nChild overweight/obesity Prevalence Turkey Demographic and Health Survey Wealth index"}
{"text":"Energy-consuming activities in the built environment account for around half of the UK’s carbon emissions.\nThis project explored how the UK built environment could change to help manage the move to secure, sustainable, low carbon energy systems over the next 50 years.\nThe project used the best available scientific evidence to develop 4 scenarios around the future of sustainable energy management and the built environment, setting out some major areas of future uncertainty as well as potential future challenges and opportunities.\n60 state of science reviews were commissioned to inform the analysis.\nThe project was overseen by a high level stakeholder group and lead expert group to make sure it included the most relevant evidence and its findings were of a high scientific standard.\nThe project was sponsored by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).\nMini energy project\nThe Horizon Scanning Centre undertook a 6-month project to consider how science and technology might help us to better manage energy in the future.\nPublished 26 November 2008"}
{"text":"Here is a list of idomatic expressions with arm.\nCost an arm and a leg\nIf something costs an arm and a leg, it is very expensive.\n- That laptop costs an arm and a leg.\nKeep someone or something at arm’s length\nTo keep someone at arm’s length is to avoid close contacts with them.\n- He always keeps his neighbors at arm’s length.\nWith open arms\nTo receive someone with open arms is to receive them with great enthusiasm.\n- The parents received their estranged son with open arms.\nTo account for something is to give a satisfactory explanation.\n- Can you account for your absence from school?\nCall someone to account\nTo call someone to account is to ask them to explain their poor performance.\n- Rahul had been missing his deadlines so his boss called him to account.\nOn account of\nOn account of means ‘because of’\n- They sacked him on account of his poor performance.\n- There will be no edition of this newspaper on Monday on account of Holi.\nOn no account (= under no circumstances)\nYou must on no account post too much personal information on social media.\n- You must not on any account reveal your real name.\nTake account of\nTo take account of something is to take that into consideration.\n- We must take account of his political affiliations before offering him this job."}
{"text":"Coffee consumption and blood homocysteinePrint this page\nHomocysteine and cardiovascular disease risk\nHomocysteine is a naturally occurring amino acid found in the blood and tissues. However, it is not among the twenty amino acids that are the building blocks of proteins, and hence is not found in dietary protein. Several factors influence plasma homocysteine levels, such as intake of folic acid and vitamin B12, age, gender, heredity, smoking, hypertension, and physical activity39.\nIt was first suggested back in 1999 that elevated levels of homocysteine in the blood are associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease40. However, not all studies have been able to demonstrate this association41,42. It is still unclear whether reducing high homocysteine levels will lead to a lower risk of cardiovascular disease. In addition, no causal relationship has been established between high total plasma homocysteine levels (tHCYs) and cardiovascular disease43.\nCoffee, caffeine and homocysteine\nIntervention studies have shown that high levels of coffee consumption (6 to 10 cups of coffee per day) increase tHCYs44,45, and tHCYs decrease if regular coffee consumers stop drinking coffee46. However, a study based on 5 cups of espresso a day did not show a significant effect on tHCYs, possibly because of the smaller volume consumed47.\nIt has been suggested that caffeine may be partly responsible for the effect of coffee on tHCYs48, but the presence of chlorogenic acid in coffee can also contribute to the effect on homocysteine49.\nThis information is intended for Healthcare professional audiences.\nPlease consider the environment before printing."}
{"text":"Lidice (Czech:), a former village in what is now the Czech Republic, 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Prague. Lidice, which had a population of about 500, was destroyed on June 10, 1942, by the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police, to avenge the killing of Reinhard Heydrich, a German official. The Gestapo claimed that the people of Lidice had sheltered Heydrich's assassins. The men and boys were killed, and most of the women and girls were sent to concentration camps.\nSeveral Nazis were hanged after the war for participation in the massacre. The site of Lidice was made a national memorial and a new town by that name was built nearby. A number of towns and villages in other countries renamed themselves Lidice in sympathy for the townspeople."}
{"text":"José Martí, the United States, and Race\nFind in the Library\nThis book offers a comprehensive study of what José Martí wrote about race and race relations, in the context of nineteenth century North American life. Martí is Cuba's national hero and lived in the United States for nearly fifteen years (1880-1895). It brings together a careful reading of Martí’s Complete Works (28 vols.) and extensive research in American history. Department of World Languages and Literatures\nUniversity Press of Florida\nLatin American Literature | Race and Ethnicity | United States History\nFountain, Anne, \"José Martí, the United States, and Race\" (2014). Books by SJSU Authors. Book 98."}
{"text":"What are those paper envelopes in my Mother’s Day hanging baskets?\nBy Leanne Pundt, UConn Extension Educator\nThese small paper “envelopes” are slow release “sachets” that contain beneficial predatory mites that attack young thrips larvae. (Thrips are very small insects (1-2 mm. long) with narrow bodies and fringed wings. As they feed they can deform flowers, leaves and shoots. Thrips are primarily a greenhouse pest and not a major pest in the home garden.)\nMore greenhouse growers are using biological controls to manage thrips. These sachets for the hanging baskets consist of bran, whitish food storage mites (that feed upon the bran) that are a food source for the small beneficial predatory mite Neoseilus (Amblyseius) cucumeris commonly referred to as “cucumeris”. Cucumeris is a beige predatory mite (less than 1 mm. long) that attacks thrips larvae on the leaves and flowers. They pierce the thrips larvae and suck out their contents, killing them. The sachets serve as a breeding system or “nursery” for the beneficial predatory mites which then emerge from the sachets over a 4 to 6 week period.\nSlow release sachets are now available as mini-sachets for individual hanging baskets. They are best placed in the plant canopy so they are protected from bright sunlight. If the mini-sachets are placed in bright sunlight, high temperatures and low relative humidity adversely affects the reproduction of the predatory mites. The small mites do not travel far and cannot fly, so a sachet is placed in each hanging basket.\nThe moral of the story – leave the envelope in your hanging basket, and enjoy the flowers!"}
{"text":"In which Scrabble dictionary does CATECHUMEN exist?\nDefinitions of CATECHUMEN in dictionaries:\n- noun -\na new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist\nOne who is being taught the principles of Christianity.\nOne who is being instructed in a subject at an elementary level.\nThere are 10 letters in CATECHUMEN:\nA C C E E H M N T U\nScrabble words that can be created with an extra letter added to CATECHUMEN\nAll anagrams that could be made from letters of word CATECHUMEN plus a\nScrabble words that can be created with letters from word CATECHUMEN\n10 letter words\n8 letter words\n7 letter words\n6 letter words\n5 letter words\n4 letter words\n3 letter words\n2 letter words\nImages for CATECHUMENLoading...\nSCRABBLE is the registered trademark of Hasbro and J.W. Spear & Sons Limited. Our scrabble word finder and scrabble cheat word builder is not associated with the Scrabble brand - we merely provide help for players of the official Scrabble game. All intellectual property rights to the game are owned by respective owners in the U.S.A and Canada and the rest of the world. Anagrammer.com is not affiliated with Scrabble. This site is an educational tool and resource for Scrabble & Words With Friends players."}
{"text":"In the UK we have some amazing native wildflowers. Unfortunately, we have lost a staggering 98% of our wildflower meadows and their poetic beauty since the 1930’s. This means that few people have seen an authentic one which is resulting in fashionable, highly colourful, non-native, perennial ‘meadows’.\nThis crucial loss is impacting on the many populations of bees, butterflies, pollinating bugs and birds who depend on UK native wildflower rich meadows which they co-evolved with. The simple act of sowing the right wildflowers can make a huge difference to wildlife and to your well-being. Read more"}
{"text":"A New Smart Fabric Could Save Lives of Injured Soliders and First Responders\nResearchers at Université Laval's Faculty of Science and Engineering and Centre for Optics, Photonics and Lasers have developed smart textiles able to monitor and transmit wearers' biomedical information via wireless or cellular networks. This technological breakthrough, described in a recent article in the scientific journal Sensors, clears a path for a host of new developments for people suffering from chronic diseases, elderly people living alone, and even firemen and police officers.\nA team under the supervision of Professor Younès Messaddeq created the smart fabric by successfully superimposing multiple layers of copper, polymers, glass, and silver. \"The fiber acts as both sensor and antenna. It is durable but malleable, and can be woven with wool or cotton. And signal quality is comparable to commercial antennas,\" explained Professor Messaddeq, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Photonic Innovations. The surface of the fiber can also be adjusted to monitor a range of information such as glucose levels, heart rhythm, brain activity, movements, and spatial coordinates.\nA patent application has already been filed, though certain elements still need to be fine-tuned before the innovation is ready for commercialization. \"Of course, the technology will have to be connected to a wireless network, and there is the issue of power supply to be solved,\" notes Professor Messaddeq. We have tested a number of solutions, and the results are promising. We will also have to make sure the fabric is robust, and can stand up to chemicals found in laundry detergent.\"\nSource: Université Laval"}
{"text":"This week I am reflecting on one of my writing goals\nIALT: Improve my writing by learning how to:\n* use a variety of sentence starters\nThis week I have been focusing on how to write a drop-in clause\nHere is an example of a drop-in clause\nMr Forman is our teacher.\nHe loves his red car.\nMr Forman, who is our teacher, loves his red car.\nMr Forman is the subject of the sentence.\nWe change ‘He’ to ‘who’\nWe place commas around the clause we ‘drop-in’\nHere are two examples of a drop-in clause that I have created.\n Nicholas, who likes being a cow, is awesome.\n The teacher, who had been hiding in a box of bananas, shouted at her class.\nI rate my understanding level at 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10\nMy confidence level with using these types of sentences independently in my writing is\n1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10"}
{"text":"Adult Studies - Sent by the Spirit (Confirmation)\nWhat does it mean to by Confirmed in the Catholic Church?\n\"If there was ever a time when the Sacrament of Confirmation needed to be explained carefully, that time is now. All too many members of the Church neglect it altogether; and those who have received it or who plan to receive it, see it as something minor in their lives... There is a real need, then, for instruction on the nature, power, and dignity of this sacrament ... Confirmation must be restored to the reverence and devotion it deserves.\" Catechism of the Council of Trent, II, 2.1 - 1566 AD\nSent by the Sprit: The Sacrament of Confirmation explores and explains the Sacrament of Confirmation.\nPlease join us in class or by doing the study on your own.\nThese links may help your study:\n|1||Who is the Holy Spirit||The Holy Spirit in the Bible|\n|2||The Grace of Pentecost||Liturgical Year - OT, NT, Now OT NT NOW|\n|3||The Rite of Confirmation||Virtues and Gifts & Fruits of the Holy Spirit|\nRestored Order in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois:\nIn the Diocese of Springfield of Illinois, students in 3rd grade receive the Sacraments of Confirmation and 1st Eucharist at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield - DETAILS\nDo you wonder why Confirmation is in 3rd grade? DETAILS"}
{"text":"This outstanding, modestly priced anthology presents over 170 poems by the major poets of the 19th century, including Alfred, Lord Tennyson; Robert Browning; Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Arthur Hugh Clough; Edward FitzGerald; Matthew Arnold; Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Christina Rossetti; Coventry Patmore; George Meredith; William Ernest Henley; Algernon Charles Swinburne; Gerard Manley Hopkins; Rudyard Kipling; and many others. An introduction and brief biographical notes on the poets are included. Includes 2 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative: \"The Jumblies\" and \"Jabberwocky.\"\n|Availability||Usually ships in 24 to 48 hours|\n|Grade level||9 and Up (ages 14 and up)|\n|Dimensions||5 3/16 x 8 1/4|"}
{"text":"One of the goals of the Greater Yellowstone Science Learning Center is to promote information sharing and education. Science education helps us understand how we are connected to the natural world. Listed below are different ways for kids to become engaged with nature, whether from their home computer or volunteering in the parks themselves. These links will take you to electronic field trips, virtual and in-park Junior Ranger activities, as well as Youth Conservation programs.\nActivities for Kids:\nFamily Field Classes: Yellowstone for Families\nOnline Field Trips:"}
{"text":"1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data Person A is seen going down a slide with height \"h\". A few seconds later the same person A is seen going down a steeper slide with the same height \"h\" (same height for both slides). Using principles of physics, explain how the new horizontal distance from the edge of the slide compares with the first situation. Friction and air resistance are negligible. 2. Relevant equations 3. The attempt at a solution The conclusion I came to was: With the new horizontal distance from the edge of the slide, nothing would change because if you neglect the effects of friction and air resistance then that means that you neglect all non-conservative forces and the work done by it. Therefore without any non-conservative forces to effect the system, the change in potential energy would therefore equal the change in kinetic energy (or ΔEp = ΔEk). To sum it up, the steeper slide makes no difference because the only thing that has changed is the angle of the slide. Would this be correct?"}
{"text":"Scientific Name: Lophophorus impejanus\nDescription: The Himalayan monal has striking colour characteristics that set it apart from other ornamental pheasants. The male has a metallic green crest, with red feathers mixing to blue along the back. The short tail is red-brown, the breast and underparts are black, and a white rump patch and brown wings show in flight. Female colouration is a mix of brown and buff, with a pale blue ring around the eye and prominent white patch under the chin.\nDistribution and Habitat: A high-altitude species, the Himalayan monal is found in a wide range in the Himalayas, from Afghanistan to Bhutan, India, and Tibet. In the summer months these pheasants forage on grassy areas, but in the colder winter months they inhabit forested areas where they can find shelter. In certain areas Himalayan monals are considered a species at risk.\n• See Map\nDiet: Avid diggers, Himalayan monals use their strong beak and claws to dig for food items such as roots, insects, and seeds, making a distinct pattern in the soil where they have been foraging.\nLife Cycle: Himalayan monals use a variety of calls for communication and the male is very vocal throughout the day in early breeding season while trying to attract a mate. Females dig a shallow nest in the ground and lay 3 – 5 eggs which she incubates for 27 days. The male remains close by for protection and helps to raise the chicks for the six months it takes for the young to become self-sufficient.\nDid you know? The Himalayan monal is the national bird of Nepal."}
{"text":"By Mary Vorsino\nThe first Hawaiian monk seal successfully raised from birth in captivity was diagnosed with cataracts after being plucked from Kaunakakai Harbor on Friday, which means he won’t be going back to the wild.\nIt’s rare to see cataracts in a seal so young.\nAt under 2 years old, the seal — called KP2 — is still considered an adolescent.\nThe disappointing development, announced yesterday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, comes as scientists are scrambling to learn more about the endangered Hawaiian monk seal in hopes of stabilizing the population. Today, there are only 1,100 of the seals in the wild. And the population is declining by 4 percent annually.\nThe population would have to be at 2,900 seals for 20 years to be taken off the endangered species list.\n“Every individual is important to the population,” said David Schofield, NOAA marine mammal response coordinator."}
{"text":"A preventative herd-health program, including proper and timely vaccination, is a beef operation’s best insurance policy against production losses and disease. But producers still need to do their part to make sure this insurance policy can work to the best of its ability, say North Dakota State University Extension veterinarian Charlie Stoltenow and Extension beef specialist Carl Dahlen, PhD.\n“You have to look at vaccines as only part of your health program because an animal can’t really respond to the vaccines if it doesn’t have its immune system functioning to respond,” Stoltenow explains. Factors including exposure to high levels of disease-causing pathogens, animal or herd stress, age, nutrition, vaccinating against the wrong pathogen, poor-quality vaccine, and poor vaccine handling and administration can contribute to insufficient immunization.\nStoltenow and Dahlen provide these tips for proper vaccine handling and administration:\n• When purchasing vaccines, be sure they are current. Turn the box over and review the expiration date.\n• Don’t over-purchase vaccines. They can’t be reused.\n• Handle vaccines appropriately. If using modified-live virus vaccines, keep them cool. When you reuse syringes, be careful how they’re rinsed — residue from soaps and disinfectants can kill vaccines. Rinse the inside components of multiple-dose syringes, including tubes and connectors, with distilled or deionized water that is near boiling point. Or consider using disposable syringes to ensure equipment is clean and vaccine alive.\n• Be sure to change needles often, as they will dull with use and can then introduce more bacteria. The needle should slide right through the animal’s hide.\n• Store and refrigerate vaccines properly. Research shows that the freeze-thaw cycle in some refrigerators is tremendously variable. Invest in a refrigerator that maintains a constant temperature."}
{"text":"Page 1 of 3\nLearn how rural students in Kentucky shared their classroom knowledge by presenting on health topics and new technologies at flea markets, swap meets, and specialty events such as car shows.\nJanuary 17, 2017\nIt’s important to acknowledge that words matter in research communities. Bronwyn Bevan discusses the language surrounding in-school and out-of-school communities used in Connected Science Learning.\nThe Science Museum of Minnesota’s offers a well-developed model for implementing the Engineering is Elementary curriculum in Minnesota school districts for grades K–5, as well as a program for preservice teachers and teens called Linking Educators, Youth, and Learners in Computational Thinking.\nSciGirls Strategies aims to increase the number of high school girls recruited to and retained in nontraditional, technical STEM pathways. The program provides career and technical education teachers with professional development focused on gender-equitable teaching strategies and role modeling.\nTags: column, education, emerging connections, issue 1.2, minneapolis-st. paul, multimedia, new media, professional development, science, science education, scigirls strategies, STEM, STEM education, technology, twin cities, twin cities public television, video\nSkynet Junior Scholars (SJS) is an online astronomy program that allows youth to conduct inquiry-based investigations. This article describes the SJS professional development model (SJS PD) that helps nonschool educators to work in the formal school environment. The model uses a modified Technological Pedagogical Content (TPACK) framework to characterize the professional development training. Included are adaptations and lessons learned, as well as three case studies that illustrate how the SJS PD prepared nonschool educators to develop pathways to bridge in-school and out-of-school STEM learning.\nDecember 14, 2016\nPage 1 of 3"}
{"text":"The Federal Government's Authority Over Your Healthcare\nThe federal government has the right to prevent you from contracting with any agency for health insurance. In other words, you do not have the right to form contracts with another party for the purpose of health insurance coverage unless the federal government gives you that right.\nYou do not have a right to refrain from purchasing health insurance. If you fail to purchase it, you may be held to be in violation of the law if the federal government so desires. The federal government will then have a right to punish you and force you to purchase health insurance.\nAmerican insurance companies may rightfully be prevented from offering health insurance coverage by the federal government. They have no right to offer it if the federal government does not give them such a right.\nIf the federal government chooses to do so, it may rightfully put private insurance companies out of business by undercutting their premiums by selling federal government insurance policies at a loss. That's legal. The federal government may use such tactics to create a monopoly. It has such a right.\nWhen there is only one insurance company left, the federal government, it will have a right to deny its customers medical treatment. As in Canada and England, the American federal government has a right to withhold medical treatment from its customers.\nThe federal government can afford to create another federal health insurance program at this time.\nIn short, rights come from somewhere: the federal government. And money comes from nowhere."}
{"text":"The majority of the nation’s dirtiest power plants are getting even dirtier, according to a report released yesterday by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. The report was based on U.S. EPA data on smog, soot, and global warming emissions from power plants from 1995 to 2000. It found that greenhouse gas emissions increased 8 percent, with a total of 175 million tons of carbon dioxide released in the six-year period. Smog and soot emissions also increased at the majority of the plants, although the overall levels of those pollutants dropped, thanks to reductions at some other plants. The report comes as the Bush administration weighs changes to the Clean Air Act that could dramatically relax pollution standards for power plants."}
{"text":"Augustine belonged to a Mediterranean landscape, where grain, vine and olive were grown and people lived on the products of fishing and pasture. Ancient Algeria was at the time an exporter of the oil that burned in lamps over the whole Roman Empire.\nAnother product exported was garum, a condiment based on rotten fish manufactured in industrial quantities, especially at Tipasa. In later centuries garum was forgotten, but gruel and couscous survived. Gestures and customs have endured down to our times."}
{"text":"Avoid ingesting water\nFRANKFORT, Ky. (May 16, 2017) — The Kentucky Division of Water and the Kentucky Department for Public Health are offering safety tips to help Kentuckians enjoy the state’s many rivers, lakes and creeks in which to boat, fish, swim, canoe or otherwise enjoy our abundant water resources.\nDespite many water quality improvements, there is the potential for human health risks in any body of water. By using common sense, your risks of experiencing water-derived health issues can be greatly decreased.\n- Avoid ingesting or inhaling the water.\n- Thoroughly clean hands and other areas that have come in contact with the water\n- Avoid allowing open wounds to have direct contact with the water.\n- Avoid areas where swimming or harmful algal bloom (HAB) advisories have been issued\n- Avoid water with obvious odors or surface scums.\n- Avoid getting in water after heavy rainfall, especially in dense residential, urban and agricultural areas.\n- Avoid areas below wastewater treatment facility outfalls, animal feedlots, straight pipes or other obvious sources of pollution.\n- Restrict pets and livestock from drinking the water if a bright green or blue-green surface scum is present.\nMore information concerning the quality of Kentucky’s water resources such as advisories or impairments can be found on the Kentucky Water Health Portal http://watermaps.ky.gov/WaterHealthPortal.\nFor more information on healthy swimming in all water bodies, visit http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/."}
{"text":"Entrada del diccionario de inglés estadounidense\n( 1779–1813), US soldier and explorer; full name Zebulon Montgomery Pike. He led several expeditions into the Louisiana Purchase region, where he came upon (but never climbed) what is now called Pike’s Peak in Colorado. He was killed at York (now Toronto) in Ontario, Canada, while leading a charge against the British during the War of 1812.\nDefinición de Pike, Zebulon en:\n- el diccionario Inglés de EE.UU."}
{"text":"Species Detail - Pachybrachius fracticollis - Species information displayed is based on all datasets.\nTerrestrial Map - 10kmDistribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).\nMarine Map - 50kmDistribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).\ninsect - true bug (Hemiptera)\n4 February (recorded in 2015)\n30 November (recorded in 2014)\nNational Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Pachybrachius fracticollis, accessed 21 October 2021, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Species/85480>"}
{"text":"Ways to Prove Theorems\nGiven a set of facts ( ground literals) and a set of rules,\na desired theorem can be proved in several ways:\n- Truth Table: Write Premises &rarr Conclusion\nand show that this sentence is true for every interpretation.\nThis is also called model checking.\n- Algebra: Write Premises &rarr Conclusion and\nreduce it to True using laws of Boolean algebra.\n- Backward Chaining: Work backward from the desired conclusion by\nfinding rules that could deduce it; then try to deduce the premises of\n- Forward Chaining: Use known facts and rules to deduce additional\nknown facts. If the desired conclusion is deduced, stop.\n- Resolution: This is a proof by contradiction. Using ground facts,\nrules, and the negation of the desired conclusion, try to derive ``box''\n(false or contradiction) by resolution steps."}
{"text":"If you wake up as tired as when you went to bed, you may suffer from sleep apnea and may require sleep apnea treatment. Characterized by short lapses in breathing, sleep apnea affects an estimated 12 million Americans. Sleep apnea is like mild annoyance and can be a cause of other health problems like heart disease, blood pressure, memory loss, and daytime drowsiness.\nDefining Sleep Apnea\nSleep apnea is a sleep disorder in which the patient experiences shallow breathing or pauses in breathing during sleep. These sleeping problem can occur several times while you sleep, and lead to major health complications.\nBecause sleep apnea can impact other areas of your life, it’s important to take any symptoms seriously and visit your dentist or physician for sleep apnea treatment. You must talk to sleep apnea expert if you are suffering from sleep apnea."}
{"text":"The way an earthquake feels depends on where you are, where the earthquake is, and how big the earthquake is:\nA large earthquake nearby will feel like a sudden large jolt followed quickly by more strong shaking that may last a few seconds or up to a couple of minutes if it's a rare great event. The shaking will feel violent and it will be difficult to stand up. The contents of your house will be a mess.\nA large earthquake far away will feel like a gentle bump followed several seconds later by stronger rolling shaking that may feel like sharp shaking for a little while.\nA small earthquake nearby will feel like a small sharp jolt followed by a few stronger sharp shakes that pass quickly.\nA small earthquake far away will probably not be felt at all, but if you do feel it, it will be a subtle gentle shake or two that is easier to feel if you're still and sitting down.\nThe type of crustal material the seismic waves travel through on their way to you, and the type of shallow crustal structure that is directly below you will also influence the shaking you feel. Soft thick sediments will amplify the shaking and hard rock will not. If the energy happens to bounce around and get focused on where you are, that will also amplify the shaking. Low-level vibrations that last for more than a few seconds is not indicative of an earthquake, but is more likely a man-made environmental source."}
{"text":"When Sanba made landfall in South Korea on September 17, 2012, it brought heavy rains and high winds, downed power lines, grounded hundreds of flights, and halted ferry services. One person was killed and another was injured in landslides caused by the storm.\nThe Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image on September 17, when Sanba’s clouds engulfed the Korean Peninsula. The same day, the U.S. Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center reported that the storm’s sustained winds had dropped to 45 knots (85 kilometers per hour). The projected storm track showed Sanba continuing to move toward the China-Russia border.\n- Joint Typhoon Warning Center. (2012, September 17) Super Typhoon 17W (Sanba) Warning. [Online] URL: http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/warnings/wp1712web.txt. Accessed September 17, 2012.\n- Park, S. (2012, September 17) Typhoon Sanba grounds flights, disrupts power in South Korea. Bloomberg. Accessed September 17, 2012.\n- Unisys Weather. (2012, September 17) Sanba Tracking Information. Accessed September 17, 2012.\nNASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Michon Scott.\n- Aqua - MODIS"}
{"text":"William Rees Ecological Footprints\nWilliam Rees - Bilder, News, Infos aus dem Web\nLike most nations, Japan is facing resource constraints, but is taking a greater leadership role. As an island nation relying on the importation of an increasing amount of biological resources and energy, it potentially puts itself at risk of supply disruption and/or price volatility. Japan is tackling these challenges head-on and looking closely at its Ecological Footprint.\n“We are part of a fabulous community of thousands of people who have contributed to dreaming with us and who are spreading the dream and building tools and projects in order to turn an abstract idea into practice, ” Wackernagel said. “Japan, through its Ministry of Environment, was among the first three countries in the world to review and then apply the Footprint, and we appreciate and encourage Japan’s leadership in this domain. The trends are moving fast, and Japan’s firm and fast engagement is essential for making the world—and Japan—a stable place.”\nIs your lunch causing global warming? Cars and factories are major sources of greenhouse gas emissions that are heating up the planet. But what you ... An article from: New York Times Upfront\nBook (Scholastic, Inc.)\nWallmonkeys Ecological Footprint Symbol Peel and Stick Wall Decals (24 in W x 16 in H)\nWhat is my ecological footprint? Do I have a role to play? | Yahoo Answers\ntry this quiz, based on national consumption averages and is meant to give you an idea of your Ecological Footprint relative to other people in the country you live in. It is not highly detailed, but should give most people an idea of where they stand.\nThe result is in the number of planets required to support the human population all consuming the same as you (2.1 in my case)"}
{"text":"Het nieuwe justitiepaleis of gerechtsgebouw aan de Bolivarplaats op het Antwerpse zuid is een ontwerp van architect Richard Rogers. 28 maart 2006 werd het officieel geopend in aanwezigheid van Koning Albert II. Op het ogenblik van de opname was er een huldiging voor de 50ste verjaring van het overlijden van Willem Elsschot.\nBelgium is a country in northwest Europe. Founding member of the European Union, it covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres and has a population of about 10.7 million. From the end of the Middle Ages until the 17th century, it was a prosperous centre of commerce and culture. Upon its independence, Belgium eagerly participated in the Industrial Revolution and, at the end of the nineteenth century, possessed several colonies in Africa. Today, Belgium's strongly globalized economy and its transportation infrastructure are integrated with the rest of Europe. Its location at the heart of a highly industrialized region helps made it 2007 the world's 15th largest trading nation. Cultural life is nowadays concentrated within each language community and a variety of barriers have made a shared cultural sphere less pronounced. Anyway, the region corresponding to today's Belgium has seen the flourishing of major artistic movements that have had tremendous influence on European art and culture. Text extracted from wikipedia."}
{"text":"If you are a disabled California worker, you know that the Americans with Disabilities Act forbids your employer or a potential employer from discriminating against you on the basis of your disability. It also requires any employer with 15 or more employees to provide you with reasonable accommodations. But what actually constitutes a reasonable accommodation?\nThe ADA National Network explains that reasonable accommodation is one that allows you to perform the essential functions of your job despite your disability.\nReasonable accommodation examples\nThe reasonable accommodations you require depend, naturally, on the nature of your disability and its severity. Common reasonable accommodations include the following:\n- An accessible workplace\n- An accessible work area\n- A reserved parking space\n- Special equipment, software, etc.\n- Special training materials and/or tests\n- Flexible work schedule\nIn addition, if the employer has a “no animals allowed” policy, it must nevertheless allow you to bring your service dog with you to work if you have one.\nKeep in mind that in order to qualify for ADA protection, you must have “a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities (sometimes referred to in the regulations as an “actual disability”).”\nAdditionally, you must be able to perform the essential functions of your job or the job for which you are applying. Some factors that go into determining whether or not a duty represents an essential function include the following:\n- Does the position exist specifically to perform these duties?\n- How many other employees are available to perform the same duties?\n- How much expertise or skill does one require in order to perform these duties?\nThis is general educational information and not intended to provide legal advice."}
{"text":"Richardson, L. jr\nTabula Valeria: a picture representing the battle in which M' . Valerius Maximus Messala defeated the Carthaginians and Hiero, which was hung on the flank of the Curia Hostilia in 264 B.C. (Pliny HN 35.22). This was the first such picture to be displayed in Rome. It is twice mentioned in Cicero, once in a letter to Terentia during his exile in 58 (Cicero Fam. 14.2.2) in which he laments that she has been subjected to the humiliation of being escorted from the Temple of Vesta to the Tabula Valeria, and once in his attack on Vatinius (Cicero In Vatin. 21) when he uses it as a metaphor for the headquarters of the tribuni plebis. Plutarch (Plutarch Cato Min. 5.1) tells us that the tribunes were accustomed to transact their business in the Basilica Porcia. Because the Basilica Porcia (q.v.) stood just west of the Curia Hostilia and was evidently a comparatively small building, we may presume either that when it was built the Tabula Valeria was moved into it, because otherwise it would have been to all intents and purposes hidden by the new building, or that Plutarch means that the tribunes had their headquarters adjacent to the basilica, in an ell, as it were, between the two buildings. Plutarch (Plutarch Cato Min. 5.1) says that they wanted to move, or remove, one of the pillars of the basilica that they regarded as in the way of their seats and that Cato prevented them from doing this. This is not apt to have been one of the central supports of the nave, as those could not have been tampered with without jeopardizing the stability of the building, so it was probably one of the pillars of an outer aisle. One can imagine a tribunal fitted into a forward corner here, where the tribunes could enjoy access to both the Curia and the basilica, the two having their major axes perpendicular to each other.\n© The Johns Hopkins University Press"}
{"text":"Ever wondered how inverted music would sound like? Do you know what the original song is of this inverted song (and don’t look at the URL!)? In this post, some MIDI files are inverted and it is shown how you can invert a MIDI file yourself.\nAs inspired by this video, inverted music is defined as follows here. Suppose there is a basenote of value $V$. Any note of value $X$ will be changed in opposite direction, such that the inverted note has value $V + (X – V)$. So, the function $f$ which inverts a note is defined as $f(X) := V + (X – V)$.\nAs an example, assume that D is the basenote. A C (which has a distance 2 to D [C C# D]) is converted to an E (a distance 2 in the opposite direction: [D D# E]). Something funny happens with chords. A major chords will become a minor chord once it is inverted. Check it out yourself by looking at $f(X)$, $f(X+4)$ and $f(X+7)$.\nThe code can be found on GitHub. It just applies the rule above on all the MIDI tracks (except for the drum track).\nInverted MIDI files\nIt is actually quite fun to experiment with MIDI files. Except for the poor quality of the music, it gives lots of insights into the dynamics of a piece of music. Have fun with inverting your MIDI files :-)!"}
{"text":"Ms. Gurino & Ms. Aragona\nClass 5-305 Newsletter\nWeek of January 15th\n*Reminders: After School 2:30-4:00pm Wed. and Thurs. through April 13th. Units of Study\nReading: will launch our unit non- fiction unit. We will be reading Six Million Paper Clips which is a series of articles about the Holocaust.\nWriting: We have just finished our Autobiography unit and are now launching our non-fiction unit to go along with our reading unit.\nMath: We will begin to learn about fractions. We are starting adding fractions with unlike denominators. Science: We are finishing up rocks and minerals.\nSocial Studies: We will learn about the Holocaust more in depth to help the children better understand their reading.\nSpelling Words – long I or long o vowel sound.\nisland ninety rivalry strike twilight iodine trial\nsilent bowling cocoa motivation dough wholesome blown\nshoulder growth choke photo sparrow stow\npondering publish ignite zodiac arrival\nSpelling 3x each\nMy Life in Dog Years complete Josh comprehension page\nTest on Wednesday on My Life in Dog Years\nMath: Math in Focus workbook B : Page 17\nSpelling- choose 10 words to define.\nMy Life in Dog Years- study for test on Wednesday\nMath: Math in Focus workbook B: Page 18\nReading Log. Read for 30 minutes and respond to one of the questions on the reading log sheet stapled in the homework folder. Answer on loose leaf to transfer to binder, 5 sentences minimum. Math: Fraction worksheet\nStudy for tomorrows spelling test.\nMath: Fraction worksheet\nMath: Go math workbook pgs 70&71\nReading: How Music Affects Your Mood\nReading Log. Read for 30 minutes and respond to one of the questions on the reading log sheet stapled in the homework folder. Answer on loose leaf to transfer to binder, 5 sentences minimum."}
{"text":"Years 1950 - 1959 and before\nENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), the first general-purpose electronic digital calculator begins to be constructed. This computer by most is considered to be the first electronic computer. (Completed in 1946)\nThe relay-based Harvard-IBM MARK I a large programmable-controlled calculating machine provides vital calculations for the U.S. Navy. Grace Hopper becomes its programmer.\nThe Von Neumann Architecture is introduced in John von Neumann's report of the EDVAC.\nFirst computers are installed in ČSSR (Czechoslovak Socialistic Republic), second half of 50‘s\nDepartment of Automation and Control Engineering on SVŠT is established, later on study major Technical cybernetics is established\nNorbert Frištacký in 50's\n1950 – 1954\nEngineer study at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, SVŠT, Department of Automation and Control Engineering\nBeginning of career at Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (at the time Electrotechnical Faculty of SVŠT - Slovak University of Technology), assistant at Department of Theoretical and Exprimental Electrical Engineering, later on as assistant professor.\nNorbert Frištacký started, as the first one in Slovakia, research in the field of digital devices. They were based on magnetic and logic gates. Collaborated with Research Institute Křižík Karlín, Prague and Czechoslovak Academy of Science, Prague. This research led into his doctorate paper in 1964 as well as into publishing activity at the time.\nNorbert Frištacký was one the foundation members of the Department of Automation and Control Engineering in SVŠT"}
{"text":"The Alzheimer Society of Canada estimates that by 2038 there will be 1.125 million Canadians living with some form of cognitive impairment. The projected incidence for new cases of dementia by 2038 will be one new case every 2 minutes or 257,800 new dementia cases/year compared with 2009 incidence of one new case every 5 minutes. Overall these statistics provide us with the harsh reality that dementia and other cognitive impairments are major health issues facing our society that present challenges for the person with dementia, their caregivers, families and communities.\nThe human brain has one of the highest metabolic rates in the body, consuming approximately 20% of the energy produced by body. Changes in brain metabolism occur throughout the aging process in healthy brains and in neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Some metabolic changes may be beneficial adaptations, while others may contribute to neuronal dysfunction.\nThe Marignani Team is interested in understanding the molecular processes involved in the development of neurodegenerative diseases. We are specifically interested in how brain bioenergetics and epigenetics contribute to the development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease."}
{"text":"Natural objects – from the sunflower seeds that carpeted Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in 2010 to his series of porcelain rocks and watermelons – have been an ongoing source of inspiration for Ai Weiwei, with trees recurring as a spiritual motif in his work since 2009.\nThese monumental wooden or iron multipartite sculptures are all composites of different parts of different trees gathered by the artist from various parts of China in reference to the ancient Asian tradition of collecting dry fragments of trees for contemplation of their complex forms.\nFragments also play an important part in Ai Weiwei’s work as they force attention on foundational elements and the most basic units that combine to create a whole. Here, in line with the artist’s worldview, the whole is not greater than the sum of its parts but rather each individual part is equal and of unique importance.\nThis focus on equality is evidenced in recent projects by the artist that take as their starting point the refugee crisis and challenges to freedom of speech. The iron roots and tree trunks are presented in a natural, untreated state, appearing at first glance as organic forms, yet upon closer inspection, reveal their artificiality.\nNot born of nature but made by human hands, the works, contorted by the surrounding landscape, represent a society uprooted by industrialisation and modernisation, illustrating how progress can often come at the expense of cultural and societal well-being.\nBy eliminating their original function and value, Ai Weiwei imbues the objects with new meaning and forces us to confront them in a new light."}
{"text":"The first reading today speaks of the priesthood, then, it goes on to speak of how Jesus fulfilled the role as a priest.\nSpeaking of priests in general, this passage from “The Letter to the Hebrews” said that a priest must be as human as the humans he represents. While the priest prays for forgiveness for their sins he also prays to have his own sins forgiven.\nMoving on to Jesus, the reading tells us that although he was sinless, in every other way he was the same as us, the people he represents. No other passage in the New Testament goes as far in describing the human side of Jesus.\n“Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered..”\nSo, even Jesus had to force himself to be obedient. My, my! What an idea!\n“When he was made perfect . . “ Goodness gracious! We never thought of him as anything short of perfect.\nWhat this means in that instead of seeing Jesus as always being way up there in the clouds, we should think of him as being a sympathetic shoulder for us to cry on when people behave badly to us, and when our own desires are hard to control."}
{"text":"PskovArticle Free Pass\nPskov, city and administrative centre of Pskov oblast (region), northwestern Russia. The city lies along the Velikaya (Great) River at its confluence with the small Pskova River, at a point 9 miles (14 km) above the Velikaya’s outfall into Lake Pskov. Pskov is one of the oldest Russian towns, being first mentioned in a chronicle of the year 903 as Pleskov. The town became important in the Middle Ages as a centre for trade between the interior of Russia and the Hanseatic seaports of the Baltic. A kremlin (citadel) called the Krom was established on a promontory in the town beside the Velikaya. Pskov was under the protection of the city of Novgorod in the 11th and 12th centuries. In the latter century monasteries were established on the left bank of the Velikaya, in the suburb known as Zavelichye. In 1240 the Teutonic Knights captured Pskov, but, after their defeat in 1242 on the ice of Lake Peipus by Alexander Nevsky, the 13th century saw Pskov attain a population of 60,000. In 1348 Pskov achieved full independence as a republic, but in 1510 it was annexed by Moscow and in 1571 was sacked by Ivan IV (the Terrible). The city survived sieges by Stephen Báthory of Poland in 1581 and by Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden in 1615. The 18th century saw the beginning of a long period of decline of the city that was only reversed in the 20th century. In World War II Pskov suffered much damage, but many historic buildings survived. Notable is the 17th-century Cathedral of the Trinity in the kremlin. Modern Pskov is an important railway junction and has large machine-building and flax-processing industries. Pop. (2010 prelim.) 203,281.\nWhat made you want to look up Pskov?"}
{"text":"Financial Goal Planning\nAchieving personal and financial ambitions is the primary objective of the financial planning process. In order to make plans for the future, you need to know where you are today and where you want to be tomorrow. Financial goal-setting is very much like planning an itinerary for a trip. You need to identify your starting point and desired ending point, estimate a desired timeframe, and figure expenses for the entire journey.\nThe simple truth is, writing down your financial goals allows you to prioritize them, take specific actions to achieve them, and provides a handy list to review, reevaluate and revise them periodically. Knowing what you want to achieve is the essential first step in achieving your goals."}
{"text":"Why does Nat refuse the farmer's offer of a gun?\nNat is a realist. He is shown to be extremely perceptive about the world around him. He understands the magnitude of the challenges with the bird before anyone else. Contrary to the Triggs' denial, Nat understands the situation and possesses a sobering realism keeping a cool head in dealing with the intensity of what confronts him.\nWith this realism in mind, he rejects the farmer's offer of a gun. Nat understands that the gun is not going to be of much use. With the massing of the birds, Nat understands that a gun is going to be fairly useless. Even if he could get one or two shots off, he recognizes that the birds will continue to attack in forceful waves. Nat's realism compels him to reject the gun. He understands that the only way to confront the challenge of the birds to do so with as wide open focus and sense of realism as possible. There can be no \"easy fix\" such as the gun to resolve this situation. For the realistic and tough minded Nat, the gun is not going to help. It is for this reason that he rejects the farmer's offer of the gun."}
{"text":"Text that appears on your Articulate Presenter player defaults to a left-to-right orientation. To use a right-to-left language, such as Hebrew or Arabic, just make a small change to your player. First, make sure you're using a font that supports non-Western text, such as Arial Unicode MS. Then follow these steps:\n- Go to the Articulate tab on the PowerPoint ribbon and click Player.\n- When the Player Properties window appears, click Other.\n- Use the Text is read from drop-down to select Right to Left.\n- Click OK.\nTip: In Update 3 and later for Articulate Presenter '13, the previous and next player buttons are reversed when text is read from right to left.\nSaving Your Changes to the Player\nPresenter saves player customizations in your project file. It's a good practice, though, to save your player separately, so you can apply the same player customizations to other courses.\nTo save your player, click Current Player on the Player Properties window and choose Save. Enter a name for your custom player if prompted and click OK.\nFor details about using the Current Player options, see Saving Your Player or Switching to a Different One.\nEnabling Right-to-Left Orientation for Course Content\nThe steps above change the text direction for player elements, such as buttons, tabs, and messages. To display the actual content of your course in a right-to-left orientation, make sure the Right-to-Left Text Direction button is selected when you enter or edit text in PowerPoint. You'll find this button on the Home tab—but it'll only appear if you have a right-to-left keyboard input language installed on your computer."}
{"text":"Behaviour of quantum systems\nAll that is, is a quantum system, consisting of a single quantum or some combination of quanta. The quanta within an quantum system are entangled, they cannot be understood as separate entities.\nQuantum systems obey the following rules:\nNatural law consists of the uniformity of behaviour which results from the universe containing the same information only once.\nPhenomenon explained : \"There is natural law\".\nThe most fundamental property of our universe is that it is subject to natural law. In other words, it behaves consistently, at least as far as we can tell. Any coherent theory of everything will need to account for the following:"}
{"text":"Concepts Surface tension, density Materials 2 Japanese Yen coins, a clear tall cup, water, paper clip.\nAn aluminum coin (for example the 1 yen coin) will float on water due to the surface tension of water.Use the Basement Watchdog Battery-Operated Water Alarm to detect leaks before costly water damage occurs.The temperature of the water in the heater can be regulated by rotating the dial on the front of the gas control (thermostat).Heater What would happen if the heater. water, so it floats.Section b All - Free. 1 represents a 50 cen coin and a leaf falling. move faster and safe in fresh and salt water.\nSaltier water is denser than fresher water, so denser things can float in saltier water.\nWhile some foreign equivalents of the penny can float on water, the American penny will not float on water.\nSimple Steps to Replacing a Swamp Cooler Float Valve Plumbing Repair Tutorials.What do you notice about the amount of coins you can add before the water spills.If there are no leaks and the heater tank is filling with water, you can turn on the gas supply and.How to Replace a Water Heater Shut-Off Valve How to Replace a.\nIf water gets through imperfections in the glass, then you can count on rust and eventually a leak.\nEverhot External Tankless Water Heaters service a wide range."}
{"text":"The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a set of islands located to the east of India, which do not constitute a state, but rather a union territory. Its capital is Port Blair. The majority of the Andaman population speaks Hindi or Bengali. Other common languages are Tamil, Malayalam, and Telegu. Furthermore, the indigenous population of the islands speaks Andamanese. The islands are comprised of 3 districts.\nThe population of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is approximately 380,000 people. Of this number, 64.33% comprise the rural population and the remaining 35.67% comprise the urban population. The sex ratio in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 878 per 1000 males, with a ratio of 891 per 1000 males in urban areas and 871 per 1000 males in rural areas. The literacy rate in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 86.27%, with a 84.39% rate in rural areas and a 89.6% rate in urban areas. The majority of the population of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands follows Hinduism (69.45%). The next largest religion is Christianity, with 21.28% of the population as followers. Other religions practiced in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands include Islam, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Jainism.\nThe main industries in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism. In 2010, the territory’s gross state domestic product (GSDP) was $810 million. Data on the territory’s unemployment rate could not be found, but according to researchers, it receives a high score on unemployment, though not the highest in India."}
{"text":"What Is China’s Dynastic Cycle?\n“The long split will unite, the long united will split.”\nThis line from China’s classic novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms describes the changing nature of Chinese dynasties, which rise and fall in a pattern known as the dynastic cycle.\nWhen the rulers of a dynasty cease to care for the people and power-hungry nobles split apart the states, it’s time for a new emperor to take the throne. This ruler is blessed by the Mandate of Heaven—a divine right to rule bestowed to one of great virtue. With the Mandate, he’s able to reunite the empire and establish a new reigning dynasty.\nThe new dynasty prospers under virtuous rule. Harvests are bountiful, arts flourish, and its people live in peace. But as time passes, rulers eventually lapse into corrupt ways, leading the empire into political, economic, and moral decline. Wars, natural disasters, and epidemics break out as warning. If the emperor chooses to ignore the danger, his people will suffer and his empire will collapse. In the end, the heavenly right to rule is passed on to the next virtuous dynasty, and the cycle begins anew."}
{"text":"top of page\nFood loss and waste\nThere is luck in the last helping\nWhat is the problem\n🥭Food loss and waste\nAim for SDGs\nIn Japan, The Food loss and waste problem is serious.\nThe same amount as a rice bowl of foods is thrown away per person each year.\nWhat is food loss and waste?\nFoods that are originally eatable but wasting, such as unsold foods and leftover foods.\n**In the case is avocado, seeds are not included in food loss and waste but edible portion are included it.\nExpired sell-by date\nmillion tons per year\n1 in 9 is running out of food\nThree Pillar that I can do as Dental hygienist\nworld food loss\nReduce tooth cavity and periodontal disease with a healthy diet\nProviding the right amount at a low price\nbottom of page"}
{"text":"Raj Mehra, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Seelos Therapeutics provides an overview of Sanfilippo syndrome, also known as Mucopolysaccharidosis type III (MPS III), a progressive disorder that primarily affects the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system).\nPeople with MPS III generally do not display any features of the condition at birth, but they begin to show signs and symptoms of the disorder during early childhood. Affected children often initially have delayed speech and behavior problems. They may become restless, destructive, anxious, or aggressive, and some display features of autism spectrum disorder, which is a condition characterized by difficulty with social interactions and communication. Sleep disturbances are also very common in children with MPS III. This condition causes progressive intellectual disability and the loss of previously acquired skills (developmental regression). In later stages of the disorder, people with MPS III may develop seizures and movement disorders.\nThe physical features of MPS III are less pronounced than those of other types of mucopolysaccharidosis. Individuals with MPS III typically have mildly “coarse” facial features, a large head (macrocephaly), a slightly enlarged liver (mild hepatomegaly), and a soft out-pouching around the belly-button (umbilical hernia) or lower abdomen (inguinal hernia). Some people with MPS III have short stature, joint stiffness, or mild dysostosis multiplex, which refers to multiple skeletal abnormalities seen on x-ray. Affected individuals often experience chronic diarrhea and recurrent upper respiratory and ear infections. People with MPS III may also have hearing loss and vision problems.\nMPS III is divided into types IIIA, IIIB, IIIC, and IIID, which are distinguished by their genetic cause. The different types of MPS III have similar signs and symptoms, although the features of MPS IIIA typically appear earlier in life and progress more rapidly. People with MPS III usually live into adolescence or early adulthood."}
{"text":"Home : 2006 : Aug : 7\nJoin another class for indoor recess\nDraw on the chalkboard\nPlay with clay during free time.\nBe the first in line.\nDo only half the math assignment.\nChoose any class job for the week\nListen to a tape or CD during lunch\nDo all the class jobs for a day\nInvite a lunch visitor from outside the school\nWork on a mural\nGet a drink whenever you want to.\nUse the pencil sharpener at any time\nMake a bulletin board\nNo early morning work\nStay in at recess to play a game with a friend\nUse stamps and ink pad\nUse the teacher's chair instead of your own for a day.\nTake home a class game for the night.\nUse the couch or beanbag chair for the day.\nUse the tape recorder and tape a story\nHave a special sharing time in class to teach something to the other class members\nBe the leader of a class game.\nChoose a story for the teacher to read\nUse a timer while you work at your desk\nHave work checked instantly by the teacher\nBe a messenger\nHave a private talk with the teacher\nRead a story to the principal.\nAsk your teacher to eliminate one of your grades from the grade book.\nHelp your teacher teach a lesson.\nWork in the Classroom store.\nCall out words during a class spelling bee\nTake attendance for a day\nBe excused from one workbook page\nChoose three pieces of art paper to take home\nFor individual use only. Do not copy, reproduce or"}
{"text":"Southern California Coastal & Inland Valleys\nFavorite or New Plant\nAny That Attract Beneficial Insects!\nTo encourage beneficial insects to populate your garden, provide them with their chosen foods and habitats. Many weeds, including lamb's quarters, nettle, knotweed, pigweed, and cocklebur, as well as many cultivated annuals, perennials, and herbs are food sources for two of the most important orders of beneficials, wasps and flies. Most of these plants are members of two families, the Umbelliferae and the Compositae (or Asteraceae). Umbelliferae such as anise, carrot, caraway, coriander, dill, fennel and parsley have many tiny flowers arranged in tight umbels. Compositae such as black-eyed Susan, goldenrod, and strawflower have central disk flowers surrounded by many ray petals. Mustard flowers attract lacewings (that prey on aphids) and parasitic wasps (that prey on cabbage caterpillars and coddling moths; they don't bother people or pets). Rows or interplantings of these plants can support a large beneficial insect population.\nClever Gardening Technique\nSoda Jugs Become Watering Tools\nRecycle 2-liter plastic soda bottles into drip-irrigation containers. Punch two small holes into the metal screw-on cap. Remove the hard plastic base, cut off the rounded bottom of the bottle, and replace the base as a cap. Sink the bottle upside down into the soil, and firm it around the bottle to hold it in place. Remove the base (now the top) to fill the bottle with water or fertilizer solution, and replace it to retard evaporation."}
{"text":"We have recently had our Paralympics in the UK, which is an international sport event, which athletes with physical and\nother disabilities participated in, this may include mobility disabilities, amputates, blindness and cerebral palsy.\nBoosting for a Paralympians is the same as banned drugs or steroid to an able-bodied athlete.\nThe officials help the self harming athletes by telling them how dangerous this boosting can be for their health. Players would be required to have their blood pressures taken before the game and if it’s off the roof, then the punishment would be the disqualification of that player from the game. But if they have a doctor’s certificate explaining why their blood pressure is high, then they are still permitted to compete.\nBut interestingly, ever since the Beijing Paralympic games, no athletes have been tested positive for boosting.\nThe risk of these boosting practices is a stroke or a heart attack due to elevated blood pressure, but since some other athletes can’t feel anything, they thought that the risk is worth taking. This is an extremely dangerous and risky stunt to do but for others this is the cost of victory. They’d do a little self harm in exchange for a moment of triumph that they’ll remember forever.\nCurrently the number of Paralympians who had been through a programme that teaches the dangers of boosting is increasing. The programme covered all aspects of the athlete’s preparation. The athlete is fully aware that the Paralympics does not encourage boosting in any way, form or shape that can cause potential danger to the person.\nWith the number of interest and investment for the Paralympics that kept on increasing from other nations, it is believed the athletes would have the spot light that can help boost their performance without any self harm from boosting. These indeed are positive signs not only for the Paralympic games but for the Paralympic athletes as well."}
{"text":"First up, DNA technically doesn’t “change” into mRNA; it is transcribed into mRNA. Simply put, an mRNA series is made based on the design template from the DNA. So generally, an enzyme called RNA polymerase binds to the DNA. Then, it unzips the strand, and creates a complementary base series of RNA nucleotides.Click to see full answer.\nIn respect to this, where does DNA develop into mRNA?Transcription occurs in the nucleus. It uses DNA as a template to make an RNA particle. RNA then leaves the nucleus and goes to a ribosome in the cytoplasm, where translation occurs. Translation checks out the hereditary code in mRNA and makes a protein.Also Know, how do you alter mRNA to tRNA? Each tRNA is attached to an amino acid, so the ribosome moves down the mRNA transcript, positioning a matching tRNA codon next to each mRNA codon and connecting the amino acids before ejecting the tRNA. Since each codon has 3 bases, you ‘ll move down the mRNA transcript 3 bases at a time. Considering this, is it possible to change your DNA? DNA is a vibrant and adaptable particle. As such , the nucleotide sequences found within it are\nsubject to change as the outcome of a phenomenon called anomaly. Depending upon how a particular mutation modifies an organism’s genetic makeup, it can show safe, handy, or perhaps hurtful.Where is mRNA made?The process of making mRNA from DNA is called transcription, and it happens in the nucleus. The mRNA directs the synthesis of proteins, which takes place in the cytoplasm. mRNA formed in the nucleus\nis carried out\nof the nucleus and into the cytoplasm where it connects to the ribosomes. Source"}
{"text":"Yale Responsabilidade e Ganância nos Bancos de Investimento\nCapitalism: Success, Crisis and Reform (PLSC 270) Professor Rae explores the creation of incentives and disincentives for individual action. The discussion begins with the Coase Theorem, which outlines three conditions for efficient transactions: 1) clear entitlements to property, 2) transparency, and 3) low transaction costs. Professor Rae then tells the story of a whaling law case from 1881 to highlight the power of incentives and property rights. The conversation then moves to Hernando de Soto's portrayal of the development of property rights in the American West, and then shifts to a discussion of New Haven deeds, property values, and valuation of real estate. The lecture concludes with a discussion of Mory's. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction and Agenda 02:51 - Chapter 2. Coase \"Theorem\" 18:04 - Chapter 3. Ghen v. Rich (1881) 23:24 - Chapter 4. De Soto in America Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Fall 2009."}
{"text":"First pages is one of my favorite writing workshops. Below are some of my writing tips from a previous first pages event on picture book manuscripts (the examples are my own).\n1. The main character should be the first character introduced. Limit the characters on the first page to one or two.\n2. The first few lines should answer some basic, but essential questions. Who is the main character? What does the main character want or lack? Where is the story’s setting? When is the story taking place?\nIn CHRISTINA KATERINA and the TIME SHE QUIT the FAMILY by Patricia Lee Gauch, illustrated by Elisa Primavera the opening line answers the four Ws. MC: Christina Katerina, MC’s Want: to quit her family, Where: family’s home, When: quarter past nine on Saturday.\n3. Does your story have enough set up? Are the main character's wants clear?\n4. Choose your kid-friendly details carefully. Unless it’s important to the story, we don’t need to know the main character has a barrel chest, lives in a tree house and eats worms. Leave room for the illustrator.\n5. Narrator’s voice is also important. Make sure it has voice or personality.\n6. Packing too much information into the first page can make scenes confusing and the first page boring. Avoid info dumps.\n7. Is the story something a kid can relate to? Is it age appropriate? Is it new? Different? Does it entertain?\n8. Is there some tension on the first page? In my earlier example, Christina Katerina’s opening line is full of tension. She wants to quit her family! Wow!\n9. Does your story sound like a list rather than a narrative? Even alphabet books have a story. In HI, KOO! A YEAR OF SEASONS by Jon J. Muth, children learn about the four seasons, but in every verse there is a letter of the alphabet, starting with A and ending with Z.\n10. If the story is written in verse, why? Is the rhyme forced to advance the story? Did the story get left behind?"}
{"text":"Learners use a simple process to extract DNA from strawberries. After mashing a strawberry in a plastic bag, they add soap solution (to break open the cell and nuclear membranes), meat tenderizer (which contains enzymes that break down proteins binding the DNA), and salt and alcohol (to precipitate and extract the DNA). Learners learn about DNA, cell structure, solubility, and chemical separations. Detailed background information is provided. Extensions include extracting DNA from animals, and other vegetables and fruits. Part of the \"No Hassle Messy Science with a Wow\" activity guide by OMSI, where all activities use only household materials."}
{"text":"Learning from Deaf/Hard of Hearing Adults\nResources to inform the Parent Journey\nWhat will my child’s future look like?\nI’ve never met any adults who are deaf or hard of hearing. Where do I go?\nWho will my child’s friends be?\nHow do I help my child feel strong and confident?\nWhat is it like to grow up deaf or hard of hearing?\nThese are some of the questions we have encountered from parents of children who are deaf and hard of hearing children early in the journey. You likely have many more questions to ask. Knowing the tremendous value in learning from adults who are deaf and hearing, families can explore these links with a wealth of diverse perspectives through stories, articles, websites and research on this page.\nFL3 Interviews with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adults\nPerspectives from Deaf/Hard of Hearing Adults\nMaximizing Your Child’s Visual Access\nBabies with typical hearing can hear their parents/ caregivers and daily life at home or in the community, even without trying or not directly looking at the speaker. Children who are Deaf/ Hard of Hearing (D/HH) may not have the same access to language and information through sound and benefit from an abundance of visual information. This handy worksheet has some helpful tips and resources for parents from the perspectives of D/HH adults. [ Download Here ] [ Download Spanish Version ]\nWebsites of Interest:"}
{"text":"The government has published new legislation relating to environmental management, with the most significant being the National Environmental Management: Waste Management Bill. This Bill published for comment on 12 January 2007 makes provision for penalties up to R10 million or 10 years’ imprisonment. It is expected that this bill will be enacted by the end of the 2007 calendar year.\nIn this Bill the definition of ‘waste’ no longer excludes wastewater and mining waste. The definition of ‘industry’ also expressly includes mining activities. The proposed act will therefore apply to slimes, tailings, waste rock and other mineral waste generated during the course of mining activities. This could have serious cost implications to mining operations in future as surface and ground water pollution from these sources will have to be eliminated or controlled in line with the minimum requirements which were published by the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry a few years ago. Currently ‘mining waste’ is excluded from the definition of ‘waste’ and is controlled under the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act.\nNew regulations under the Environmental Management Act were gazetted in January 2007. The regulations will control the following:\nThe most significant changes that were introduced through these new regulations are:"}
{"text":"Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) working with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) have found a fifth weak point in the HIV virus that can be targeted and attacked by human antibodies.\nA new class of antibodies that neutralize a broad range of HIV strains provided a critical tool. The surface protein bearing the vulnerable site is typically unstable and difficult to study. Unlike previously discovered \"broadly neutralizing\" antibodies, these actually stabilize the protein in its fully assembled, infectious state. This makes it much easier to study the HIV surface protein. Moreover, other such vulnerable sites are likely to exist, the researchers said, and knowledge of what to look for should help. The site is the first discovered since 2009, said Andrew Ward, one of the TSRI researchers.\nA possible vaccine would still be years away, but these new findings could also help design neutralizing antibody cocktails that hold the virus in check. Said one of the TSRI researchers Andrew Ward,\nThis is another tool, another option. The more options we have, the better we'll be."}
{"text":"Testing Physical And Chemical Properties- Physical Science Lessons Preview\nThis lesson came about because I realized my students would have a far better understanding of what physical and chemical properties were if we did more than just talk, but actually measured these properties substances.\nIn this lab students perform a variety of physical and chemical tests on 4 unknown powders (salt, sugar, chalk, and baking soda). We’ll never reveal what the powders are because their identity isn’t the point of the lab; it’s kept from them so they’ll pay more attention to the behaviors of the powders.\nParts of this Lesson:\n- PowerPoint (free Preview)\n- Teacher Notes (free)\n- 21 min. Video presentation (Preview above)"}
{"text":"|Muntra (Unarmed Vehicle)|\n|Place of origin||India|\nWhile referred to as a \"tank\" by the Indian media, it is a conversion of the Soviet BMP-2 armored personnel carrier. Current variants are unarmed. Three variants exist: Muntra-S for surveillance, Muntra-M for mine clearing, and Muntra-N operating in nuclear or chemical contaminated zones.It has a minimum level of autonomous navigation through GPS waypoints with obstacle detection and avoidance.\n- \"Combat Vehicles Research & Development Estt (CVRDE) Chennai - CVRDE Chennai- DRDO DRDO\". www.drdo.gov.in. Retrieved 2017-08-25.\n- \"DRDO develops India's first unmanned tank, Muntra; rolls it out of Chennai lab\"\n- \"Meet Muntra, India's first unmanned tank - Army says tank you\". The Economic Times.\n- \"India's first unmanned tank Muntra is here. Here are the details\".\n- India Unveils Its 'Robot' Tank: Could It Be a Game Changer?, National Interest, Michael Peck, 7 August 2017"}
{"text":"A bar or measure is used in writing music. Each bar is a small amount of time. Most music has a regular beat (or pulse) which can be felt. Each bar usually has the same number of beats in it. Music that feels like 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4 will be divided into bars with four beats-worth of music in each bar.\nThe bar line (or barline) is a vertical line which separates the bars.\nAt the beginning of the music there will be a time signature which shows how many beats there are in each bar.\nA double bar does not mean \"two bars\". It means two single barlines drawn close together, one being thicker than the other. It is a \"repeat sign\". If there are two dots on the left of the double bar line the player should go back to where there was previously a double bar with two dots on the right, or back to the beginning of the piece.\nA double barline without dots shows the end of a piece of music.\nThe first beat of a bar feels stronger than the others. When a conductor beats time, his hand (or baton) always goes DOWN for the first beat of the bar. This feels strong. The last beat of a bar is an \"upbeat\" because the conductor's hand always goes up.\nBarlines have been used since around 1600."}
{"text":"The protein contained in the dander, or skin, from animals is often a trigger for people with asthma. Cats and dogs are most common, but any furry animal can affect a person who is allergic.\nIn some situations, if you are highly allergic, it may be necessary to remove your pet from your house. In many cases, however, your reaction to a pet can be controlled with a combination of allergy medication and these common sense tips.\nPrevent the pet from entering your bedroom by keeping the door closed and install air filters in the air vents of that room. It may be difficult, but try to keep the pet from climbing on furniture in areas of the house that you use frequently and change the linen if the pet has been on the bed.\nPet dander particles are extremely fine, and over time can land on most surfaces of your home. So be sure to dust often. Wear a mask to prevent inhaling any of the dander or chemical fumes. Those, too, can trigger an asthma attack.\nVacuum carpets and upholstered furniture often, preferably using a HEPA filter, which is a special filter that can trap very small particles.\nWash your pet often, and wash your hands thoroughly after handling your pet.\nIf you are a pet owner and have asthma, talk to your healthcare provider for more tips on managing the animal allergen.\nAnimation Copyright © Milner-Fenwick"}
{"text":"While reading I sometimes come across some sentences like\nWhere 使って is word just like an adverb which modifies 切る.\nSo I looked up a little more about the Te form and I found this:\nWhich I think it shows how you do the main verb using the Te form verb before it as an adverb which modifies the main verb.\nCould someone give me a good explanation about Te form and 付帯状況?\nIs the Te form just an adverb?\nOr is it like a relative clause but instead of making a relative about a noun it makes an adverbial clause which shows how the next verb is done?\n(The the form somehow reminds me of V1ことで...V2, by doing (through) V1 I do V2 or V1 is how I do V2. This is just how my mind sees it and I don't claim that is correct, but can someone tell me if I am wrong?)"}
{"text":"Teacher:Teacher: Sharon Miller Grade: 8_ ... Math Makes Sense ( Addison Wesley) Pages 149, 150 Important Terminology: Motivator: Enrichment: Remediation:\nMath Makes Sense Grade 5 1 . Correlation of Pearson Mathematics Makes Sense Grade 5 . to . The Culum . N . General Oe Develop n sense\n... and standing Math, Addison-Wesley, ... an environment that increasingly makes use ... The final score is obtained by dropping one test grade or ...\nKindergarten to Grade 3 As Program Overview Addison Wesley Mathematics Makes Sense Pat Dickinson Peggy Morrow Sharon Jeroski Michelle Jackson Ralph Connelly ...\nanswer makes sense and explain how the problem was solved. Use appropriate ... Hon Mifflin Math - Grade 5 Addison-Wesley Mathematics - Book 5 CCC-Math Concepts & Skills\nAn alternate activity to the text activity in Addison-Wesley Math Makes Sense, Grade 5, pp 176-177. ... 8. Click Finish to get the first draught of your\nAn alternate activity to the text activity in Addison-Wesley Math Makes Sense, Grade 5, pp 169-171. ... 8: Because you checked Chart Window at\nAddison Wesley (Math Makes Sense) Reflection/ Follow-up/ ... Connelly, R., Jones, J., et al. (2006). Math Makes Sense, Grade 6. Toronto: Pearson Edon Canada Inc.\nMath Makes Sense Grade 3 1 . Correlation of Pearson Mathematics Makes Sense Grade 3 . to . The Culum . N . General Oe Develop n sense\ngenerated by the actions verbs included in Floridas Grade 3 and 6 mathematics culum ... Program Overview: Addison Wesley Mathematics Makes Sense ..."}
{"text":"Contempt: n. sensing very intense disapproval frequently with hatred because of a belief in the (moral and/or behavioral) and/or physical inferiority of a subset(s)\nWe frequently feel contempt towards humans and behaviors which we believe are inferior and don’t meet our moral and/or physical standards. We frequently don’t want to help a contemptible human but rather feel that there would be no great loss if that human died.\nContemptuous feelings have historically been the motivation for genocide and inhuman treatment of others. Feelings of superiority are dangerous because what frequently follows is a belief that the inferior should not have a right to exist on the planet and if they do exist then they deserve extreme hardship or misery in their lives.\nHistorically immoral and criminal activity was held in contempt and resulted in cruel and unusual punishments. Serial killers are held in contempt and the death penalty is frequently used to end their lives. The desire to kill or destroy contemptible things is an important part of human nature and it must be civilized if justice is to be maintained and unnecessary suffering is to be considerably reduced.\nIf you liked this evergreen truth blog then read more of them, about 900 so far, or read one or more of my evergreen truth books, especially COMMON SENSE, rays of truth in a human world filled with myths and deceptions.\nFor a complete readily accessible list of blogs and titles go to twitter.com/uldissprogis."}
{"text":"In this unit students will learn the basic skills of reasoning and argument. Topics covered include evaluating arguments, constructing arguments, reconstructing arguments, formalising arguments, heuristics, clarifying meaning and identifying fallacies and biases. Students at the end of the unit should be able to identify structures of arguments in order to decide if they are well or poorly constructed, and argue relevant matters logically. This unit develops writing and thinking skills that are applicable to all areas of academic study and which are relevant to working and everyday life. Careful application in this unit will deepen students' capacities to evaluate everyday practical scenarios and argumentation, as well as, helping them think outside the box.\nSemester 1| 2019\nPRESCRIBED TEXT - AN INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING"}
{"text":"Ancient Greeks and Ancient Geeks\nHey, did you need even more reasons to be happy you're Greek? Great! I'm here to help!\nToday's article is about the Kotasanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology. Before you think\n\"Museum? Boring! Bye!\" - stop right there and hear me out.\nI know you already know the ancient Greeks invented quite a ridiculous number of devices, architectural designs, concepts and art forms. Philosophy, naturalistic sculpture, the Olympics, and more -onomies, -ologies and -ographies than I have time to list, or that you have time to read.\nBut I promise you, you will be amazed by something in this museum that you had likely no idea about.\nA type of hydaulic telegraph?\nA mechanism to stop false starts at the Olympics?\nAutomatons? (Even a robot called an \"automatic servant\"!)\nThis is all more than 2000 years ago, people.\nAnd there's so much more! Beyond the technology, there's a floor dedicated to gorgeously-crafted reproductions of ancient instruments. Do you want to see the type of lyre Apollo would have played, or the pipes that Pan would have used to amuse the nymphs? They're lovingly replicated here.\nThis is an absolutely wonderful little museum, in the original sense of the word - it will fill you with wonder.\nIf you've already been to the \"big\" Athens museums, you owe it to yourself to visit this one, too. It will leave you goggle-eyed at the astonishing inventiveness of the ancient Greeks.\n'Til next week,"}
{"text":"Rodin, the Gates of Hell (1982)\nAuguste Rodin's masterpiece The Gates of Hell is an epic achievement: a massive portal to Hades inspired by Dante's Inferno, its towering doors covered with nearly 200 individual figures. Commissioned in 1880, the project was to be the main entrance to the museum of decorative arts in Paris, a museum that was never built. A century later, legendary New York businessman and philanthropist B. Gerald Cantor and his wife, Iris, convened a team of experts to attempt the first-ever bronze casting of The Gates of Hell using the painstaking \"lost wax\" method that Rodin himself had favored. The finished piece would stand 21 feet high and 12 feet wide, and weigh eight tons. This award-winning film chronicles Rodin's struggles and sacrifices in creating a monumental work of art -- and the extraordinary modern-day effort to give it the final form he envisioned.\nBe the first to contribute! Just click the \"Edit page\" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Synopsis submission guide."}
{"text":"Copyright 2013, The National Institute for Labor Relations Research©\nThanks for Visiting NILRR.org\nThanks for dropping by!\nFeel free to join the discussion by leaving comments, and stay updated by subscribing to the RSS feed.\n### Sooner State No Longer Exporting Young Employees and Entrepreneurs to Other States\nOn September 25, 2001, a Right to Work Amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution was adopted. Oklahoma is the 22nd and, at this writing, the latest state to enact a Right to Work law. Oklahoma’s Right to Work law, which bars the extraction of forced union dues and fees from workers as a condition of employment, was the product of years of concentrated effort by thousands of citizens.\nWhen Oklahoma Right to Work legislation was introduced back in 1993, it was supported by just 34 of 101 state representatives and 12 of 48 state senators. Because of Big Labor’s huge clout in Oklahoma City, the forced-unionism status quo seemed to be unassailable. The tide turned only because, from the 1994 through the 2000 elections, 28 pro-forced unionism legislators who had refused to change their positions were replaced by Right to Work supporters.\nAlmost immediately after the Sooner Right to Work law was adopted, union bosses, who had up to then been shrilly predicting that such a law would swiftly lead to disaster, moved to prevent the law from having any impact at all. When the Right to Work law had been in effect just seven weeks, Big Labor lawyers launched an underhanded bid to overturn it. This legal attack kept the Right to Work law’s future under a cloud for more than two years.\n|RTW Law Oklahoma Economic Leader.pdf||59.2 KB|"}
{"text":"N2359 is a stellar wind-blown shell nebula around the Wolf-Rayet star HD56925 approximately 15,000 light-years from the Earth. It is located in the constellation Canis Major. HD56925 is the bright star located at the center of the main bubble. This type of star is much more massive and hotter than our Sun. Wolf-Rayet stars are rare. Only about 300 are known to exist in the Milky Way. This rarity makes NGC 2359 an interesting object of study and observation. Wolf-Rayet stars expel material in an extremely violent stellar wind with velocities approaching 2000 kilometers per second. The ejected material interacts with the gas and dust around the star producing the bubble structure seen in the image above. The star is ejecting material at a prodigious rate and cannot sustain its extreme behavior for long and it will end its life in a spectacular supernova explosion.\nThe image above was assembled using narrowband filtered data with Ha mapped to red and OIII mapped to blue. The green channel was synthetically created by combining the Ha and OIII data using Noel Caboni's Photoshop Actions.\nA Tri-Color (Hubble-Palette) Narrowband image of NGC 2359 may be viewed here."}
{"text":"Six regions in Kenya have been hit with cholera outbreaks including the capital Nairobi, the health ministry announced Wednesday, with a total of 60 cases registered nationwide.\nCholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection causing sometimes fatal dehydration. It is generally contracted from food or water contaminated with vibrio cholera bacteria.\nThe Kenyan health authorities have “confirmed a cholera outbreak” in six counties in the country, including 17 cases in Nairobi.\nAccording to the health ministry, the outbreak in the East African country of 50 million people originated from “a wedding party held in Kiambu County”, about 10 kilometres (six miles) north of the Kenyan capital.\nSome 31 cases, diflucan iv dose half of the national total, were reported in Kiambu.\nA total of 13 people have been hospitalised due to cholera, the authorities said.\nEarlier Wednesday the World Health Organization (WHO) said there was a shortage of cholera vaccine doses, forcing a temporary shift to a one-dose strategy, from the usual two, in campaigns to fight a swelling number of outbreaks worldwide.\nWHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 29 countries have reported outbreaks so far this year, including 13 countries that did not have outbreaks last year.\nSource: Read Full Article"}
{"text":"THE RECEPTION YEAR BUILDS UPON THE SKILLS THAT CHILDREN HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS ALL AREAS OF THEIR EARLY FOUNDATION STAGE IN NURSERY.\nThe seven areas of learning are:\n- Personal, Social and Emotional Development\n- Physical Development\n- Communication and Language\n- Understanding the World\n- Expressive Arts and Design\nWe focus on child initiated learning where the children are encouraged to play and explore, actively take part and create and think critically.\nOur Topics are regularly changed and include themes such as Going on Safari, Space and Magical Creatures. These are supported by trips and visiting speakers. Afternoon activities include messy play, movement and dance, enhancing a love of books and stories with our school librarian in the Early Years Library and an opportunity to use the school iPads.\nChildren in Reception have lessons with subject specialists including Computers, Music and Physical Education. With the Physical Education curriculum our children focus on agility, balance and co-ordination skills. They take advantage of our Astro-turf, extensive sports field and heated swimming pool facilities."}
{"text":"Following increasing reports of beavers on the Avon catchment, little is known about the distribution, population size and origins of the of the population. Natural England commissioned a survey of beaver activity in the River Avon catchment inform it’s advice to government on the reintroduction of beavers in England.\nSurveys were conducted during January-March 2022 on canoe and foot, covering approximately 280km of channel length. Beaver activity (field sign types) was recorded at a 10m resolution. The areas covered included the Avon upstream of Bath, including the Kennet and Avon Canal, the Somerset Frome, By Brook, Semington Brook, Biss Brook (all part of the Avon catchment) and upper reaches of the River Brue.\nA total of 771 beaver activity signs were recorded. From the distribution of beaver signs, 13 established territories are estimated, with an additional six temporary resident individuals, which may go on to form territories. Based on the number of territories, a population of around 50 beavers, excluding kits, is estimated (49 ± 13 within the established territories and potentially six other individuals). These beaver territories occupy a total of 4-11% of the available bankside in the watercourses with a typical bankside length of 7.8km (nearly 6.4 km watercourse length) per territory.\nFew management issues were noted, probably because the population is in the early establishment phase. The findings will be used to promote co-existence with beavers throughout the Avon and Frome catchments, understanding their impacts, development of a management strategy and for further research on the genetic origins of the beaver population."}
{"text":"The Spanish Armada is defeated, at the Battle of Gravelines, by the English army it had intended to conquer. Those ships that remain are forced by westerly winds to journey back to Spain via the North Sea and the Scottish and Irish coasts. So many are wrecked in the process that only 60 of the original 130 ships successfully made it back to Spain.\nRichert, Lucas Paul. \"Battle of Gravelines ends Spanish Armada's hopes of success\". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2008\n[http://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5762, accessed 03 May 2016.]"}
{"text":"Homeopathic plant: Aconite\nWhat is constitutional treatment?\nDue to an underlying constitutional weakness, inherited chronic predisposition to a disease and susceptibility, people experience various recurrent symptoms throughout their life. This could be expressed as a chronic condition or as an acute flare-up of a recurrent problem. (For example hay fever is a chronic condition, but the acute symptoms flare-up in the summer due to the triggering factor - the pollen). Constitutional treatment boosts the body’s own natural healing power. It also helps maintain the balance of the dynamic life force energy that is the main prerequisite for maintaining one’s health. This will result in minimizing the recurrence of the acute flare-ups and in keeping inherited chronic weaknesses dormant. Constitutional treatment is therefore a very important aspect of preventive medicine.\nAnother aspect of constitutional treatment is cure of a chronic disease; the aim of such a treatment is to get patients back to good health, which is achieved not only by curing the symptoms of a disease, but also by making the patients feel better inside themselves. This improves the patients’ quality of life so they may begin to achieve their full potential.\nIn order to prescribe the correct constitutional remedy, a homoeopath will ask you questions about your state of mind, your lifestyle, emotional state, sleep, eating habits, medical history etc.\nWhat is homeopathy? (Homeopathy main page)\nHow does homeopathy work (& how is different to orthodox medicine?)\nWhat kind of complaints can homeopathy help?\nResponse to a homoeopathic remedy / How long does the treatment take?\nHow can homeopathy help with stress?"}
{"text":"We have incorporated handwriting into our schedule about twice a week since we started homeschooling.\nIf you have been following us for a while you will know we researched whether to teach cursive or print for handwriting and decided in cursive.\nFelicity is three this month and has been very competent with a pencil for sometime. She regularly joins the girls and I for lessons and has her own handwriting book.\nThis week she started to learn her letter formation and was very proud to be doing big girl work. As I didn’t think she would be very interested I had introduced the letters in the same order as Jolly phonics thinking we may do one line per session…. two full pages later I realized I should have taught her in handwriting groups instead!\nStill always learning!\nFlossy’s handwriting each week focuses on areas where we have seen errors in her writing.\nThis week we pushed her to start learning horizontal joins.\nHer name lends itself to being written in cursive so we looked at the joins for each letter then applied it.\nThe size and even height of the outcome was a real improvement.\nFreya now has excellent handwriting (when she chooses) so for her we look at homophones or spelling issues words to build up muscle memory.\nYou can see from the marking that the girls self assess to see where they think they have been successful. Flossy particularly enjoys this.\nWe live calm handwriting sessions and often use them to even Out energy levels after a break activity.\nIf you want any information about the teaching style we use please drop me a line."}
{"text":"DEVELOPMENT OF NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE IN NOVEL\n19th century, first person narration\nA first-person narrative is a story narrated from the first-person perspective: the viewpoint of a character writing or speaking directly about themselves. A first-person perspective may also mean that the narrative is presented as if directly coming from a character's in-body point of view, portraying exactly what the character sees or experiences.\nThe narrators of written works explicitly refer to themselves using variations of \"I\" (the first-person singular pronoun) and/or \"we\" (the first-person plural pronoun) This allows the reader or audience to see the point of view (including opinions, thoughts, and feelings) only of the narrator. Other stories may switch from one narrator to another, allowing the reader or audience to experience the thoughts and feelings of more than one character or character plural.\nFirst-person narratives can appear in three forms:\nInterior monologue- In dramatic and nondramatic fiction, narrative technique that exhibits the thoughts passing through the minds of the protagonists.\nExample: Fyodor Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground\ndramatic monologue- refers to a type of poetry. These poems are dramatic in the sense that they have a theatrical quality; that is, the poem is meant to be read to an audience. To say that the poem is a monologue means that these are the words of one solitary speaker with no dialogue coming from any other characters. Example: Albert Camus' The Fall\nExplicitly as in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.\nSince the narrator is within the story, he or she may not have knowledge of all the events. For this reason, first-person narrative is often used for detective fiction, so that the reader and narrator uncover the case together.\nIn the first-person-plural point of view, narrators tell the story using \"we\". That is, no individual speaker is identified; the..."}
{"text":"What is closed captioning?\nClosed captioning is designed to assist deaf or hearing-impaired people, English Language Learners, young children learning to read, and many others by displaying the dialogue or transcript of the audio portion of the program as printed words on the television screen.\n- You can turn on closed captioning using either a set-top decoder or a caption-ready TV set.\n- To determine whether a program on our Media Library is closed captioned, look for the symbol “CC” in the video player.\n- To learn more about closed captioning, see Wikipedia.\nTo report an issue with closed captioning, please do the following:\n- To report an issue with closed captioning, such as closed captioning suddenly stopping or becoming garbled during a captioned program or general questions about closed-captioning requirements for TV programming, please contact us at 541-779-0808.\n- Note: Assistance is available 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Contacts by e-mail, please include \"Closed Captioning\" in the subject line of your e-mail.\nCLOSED CAPTIONING QUALITY CERTIFICATION\nAll programming provided by SOPTV complies with the closed captioning requirements established by the Federal Communications Commission as embodied in 47 C.F.R. ß 79.1, including regulations concerning closed captioning quality.\n- Southern Oregon Public Television (KSYS and KFTS) has an exempt status for captioning of locally produced programs based on its annual operating budget of less than three million dollars, which is compliant with the FCC's captioning requirements.\n- However, Southern Oregon Public Television's television series Immense Possibilities, and several other programs, are broadcast and available online with closed captions. Where programs provided by SOPTV are captioned, they are compliant with the FCC's captioning standards by satisfying the caption quality standards set forth in 47 C.F.R. ß 79.1(j)(2)."}
{"text":"|Sir Martin Frobisher|\nSir Martin Frobisher by Cornelis Ketel, c. 1577\n|Born||c. 1535 or 1539\nAltofts, Yorkshire, England\n15 November 1594(aged 55–59)\nSir Martin Frobisher (1535 or 1539 – 15 November 1594) was an English seaman who made three voyages to the New World to look for the Northwest Passage. All landed in northeastern Canada, around today's Resolution Island and Frobisher Bay. On his second voyage, Frobisher found what he thought was gold ore and carried 200 tons of it home on three ships, where initial assaying determined it to be worth a profit of £5.1 per ton. Encouraged, Frobisher returned to Canada with an even larger fleet and dug several mines around Frobisher Bay. He carted 1,350 tons of the ore back where, after years of smelting, it was realized that both that batch of ore and the earlier one he had taken were worthless iron pyrite. As an English privateer/pirate, he collected riches from French ships. He was later knighted for his service in repelling the Spanish Armada in 1588.\nReferences[change | change source]\n- Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Foundation, Toronto. 2011. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003077< Retrieved 31 Jan 2011>"}
{"text":"Although not completed until 1627, this strategically important fortification was instrumental in defending Macau's inner harbor against the 1622 attack by the Dutch. Used only once, the fort's cannons were exchanged for rice to feed World War II refugees. Over the centuries the fort slowly fell into disrepair, and was gradually being demolished to make way for new roads. Luckily, leftover ruins were incorporated into the Pousada de Sao Tiago, a deluxe hotel that welcomes visitors to look round the remnants of the once powerful Barra Fort.\nAttractions & Landmarks"}
{"text":"The Savanna Fire Management (SFM) Program provides around $2 million annually for 18 years, funding coordination, training, start-up and early operational costs for new projects on Aboriginal Lands in the NT’s Top End. This reduces barriers to participation, enabling Aboriginal groups, often with few alternative business development and employment options, to commence a carbon business.\nFires in tropical savanna, especially late in the dry season, account for more than 4 per cent of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Not only do these fires release large quantities of greenhouse gases, they burn large areas of natural bushland and destroy biodiversity and cultural values. Managed fires in the early dry season can be used to prevent landscape-scale, destructive hot fires that often start each year from lightning strikes.\nThe end of the 2017-18 financial year saw an important milestone in the expansion of traditional Indigenous fire management in the Northern Territory as the Tiwi Island rangers, the first group to receive operational funds from the $34 million SFM Program, conducted early season burning to create healthier country.\nCurrently around a quarter of Traditional Owner groups across northern Australia participate in the carbon economy. The SFM Program assists with the significant start-up costs that can act as a barrier to establishment of new carbon projects.\nIt is estimated that by 2020 Indigenous carbon projects across northern Australia have the potential to abate over million tonnes of CO2 per annum, provide 600 to 1100 part-time or casual jobs for rangers and Indigenous land managers, and deliver significant environmental benefits."}
{"text":"Send the link below via email or IMCopy\nPresent to your audienceStart remote presentation\n- Invited audience members will follow you as you navigate and present\n- People invited to a presentation do not need a Prezi account\n- This link expires 10 minutes after you close the presentation\n- A maximum of 30 users can follow your presentation\n- Learn more about this feature in our knowledge base article\nDo you really want to delete this prezi?\nNeither you, nor the coeditors you shared it with will be able to recover it again.\nMake your likes visible on Facebook?\nConnect your Facebook account to Prezi and let your likes appear on your timeline.\nYou can change this under Settings & Account at any time.\nTranscript of Research Process\nDetails (cc) photo by Metro Centric on Flickr (cc) photo by Franco Folini on Flickr (cc) photo by jimmyharris on Flickr (cc) photo by Metro Centric on Flickr Choose a Time Period\nand a Related Topic:\nRenaissance or Middle Ages Black plague Queen Elizabeth morality plays code of chivalry Protestant Reformation Bloody Mary women's role in society NOT the Harlem Renaissance Find articles and books\nrelated to your topic. Look for an aspect of your topic you want to concentrate on. Remember that this topic\nwill eventually be turned\ninto a thesis statement. Also make sure you can\nfind plenty of articles and\ninformation in books. Good note taking\nhelps you avoid plagairism. Don't forget your citations. Paraphrase information from books and articles. Use AVL or Google Scholar to search.\nLook for websites that have a .edu, .org, or .gov\ndomain. Samford's Library\nhas access to excellent\ndatabases not found on AVL. Include a position. Let the research guide. Make sure you\ncan prove it. Create an outline. Look for more\ninformation to fill\nin holes in your\noutline. Write your\nrough draft. Have your draft\nPeer Reviewed. Write your final copy. Check your formatting. Check for misused words that spellcheck won't catch."}
{"text":"Should you feel bad or feel badly? Should we say “Jack is poor” or “Poor Jack?” Let’s find out how to use these expressions in English.\nHere are the example sentences. To get the details of this English lesson, you need to listen to the podcast or the check the transcript for the details:\n- I feel bad for Jack because his girlfriend left him.\n- Ted got laid off from his job. I feel bad for him.\n- There was a terrible storm and many people lost their homes. I feel bad for them.\n- I feel bad for missing your birthday party.\n- She said she feels bad for leaving him, but she doesn’t love him anymore.\n- I feel bad for breaking your nice pen. I’ll buy you a new one.\n- Oh no! I missed your birthday. I feel so bad.\n- I feel bad because I crashed my car into my sister’s car.\n- I’m sorry for what I said. I feel bad about that.\n- Poor Jack. His girlfriend left him.\n- Poor Ted. I heard he got laid off.\nIf you know anyone who might be interested in this English language point, why not help them out! Just share this lesson with them. Thanks for studying today!\nGET MY ONLINE COURSES FOR 75% OFF\nCHECK OUT MY TRANSCRIPTS\nLook inside the book\nGet yours now!"}
{"text":"MRG talk: Land Grabbing and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights\nCarla Clarke, MRG's Legal Cases Officer, gave a talk at a Socio-Economic Rights Group meeting on land rights. The event was organised by A4ID (Advocates for International Development), an organisation of legal and development professionals who work together to gain maximum impact in achieving the Millennium Development Goals.\nDuring the conference the panellists explored how approaches to land rights issues are changing in many developing countries, and how development organisations engage with these changes.\nIn her speech, Carla Clarke presented a review of the international and regional legal instruments protecting indigenous people’s right to land, and how these affect international commercial interests in developing countries.\nYou can also download Carla’s presentation on Land Grabbing and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights.\nPhoto: Endorois elders, Lake Bogoria, Kenya. In February 2010, the African Commission on Human and People's Rights ruled that the eviction of the Endorois from their traditional rights was unlawful and against human rights. The Endorois were forced to leave their home land, the territory surrounding Lake Bogoria (in Rift Valley Province), by the Kenyan government. The ruling of the Commission is the first act of an international tribunal recognising that the rights of indigenous people to property, health, culture, religion and natural resources were violated."}
{"text":"How does health care reform work? Here's a simple infographic that breaks down how health care reform works, the philosophy of guaranteed-issue policies and how much health care reform costs.\nDisclaimer: This infographic was created by Center for American Progress and reflects their views on health reform. The views represented in this infographics does not necessarily reflect the views of Zane Benefits, its staff or its affiliates.\nHere is the summary of the infographic, from the Center for American Progress:\nPart 1: How does health reform work?\nPeople will be covered in three ways:\n- Covered by employer,\n- Covered by government, or\n- Covered through a new health insurance exchange.\nPart 2: Why do we need to cover everyone?\nThe current system allows insurance companies to deny coverage to anyone who has a pre-existing condition. The new system would prevent insurance companies from denying coverage to those with pre-existing conditions. But, if insurance companies are required to cover pre-existing conditions, but everyone is not required to have coverage, then health people could go without coverage and only sign up with they're sick. This would leave insurance companies with rosters of the sick and premiums would skyrocket for every one.\nPart 3: How do we pay for health reform?\nThe new system will cost about $100 billion each year. Much of these new funds will be used to provide tax credits to offset costs for those individuals, families, and small businesses that still cannot afford to buy insurance and other improvements to the health care system.\nThis is a lot of money, but the proposal includes a way to pay the entire cost so that none of these changes will add to the nation’s deficit. In fact, health reform will actually reduce health care costs and leave the nation better off, reducing the federal deficit by billions of dollars over the next 10 years. Much of the money to pay for these changes comes from paying closer attention to the over $2 trillion we now spend every year on health care."}
{"text":"Don't miss anything\nGallery of Maps\nThis Gallery is one of the most impressive that exist in these museums. It contains a series of topographic maps painted on Italy based on drawings by the friar and geographer Ignazio Danti.\nThe gallery was commissioned in 1580 by Pope Gregory XIII as part of other artistic works planned by the Pope to decorate the Vatican. It took three years to complete the 40 panels of the 120 m long gallery.\nThe map panels show the whole of the Italian peninsula in large-scale frescoes, each representing a region, as well as a perspective view of its most important city. The arrangement runs from north to south, from the northern Lombardy or Piedmont, to the southern Apulia or Calabria.\nThe idea, expressed by Dante himself, is that those who passed through this corridor would do so \"as if they were walking through the Apennines, the backbone of the Italian peninsula.\" Thus, on one wall, the regions and regions of the Tyrrhenian Sea, with their hills, rivers and forests, and on the other, those that overlook the Adriatic are represented."}
{"text":", communication with America, all tended to strengthen the political leaning of the tenants towards the National party in Ireland, and to widen the political differences between the richer and poorer classes in the country. The result of this has been, that not only have even the best landlords gradually lost their power in Parliamentary elections and on elective boards, but the Government, which greatly relied on them for support, has become isolated.\nThe system of centralization is felt all over the country. It was the cause of weakness in the disturbed years of 1880 and 1881, and, although the Irish Executive strengthened themselves by placing officers over several counties, on whom they devolved a great deal of responsibility, they did not by these steps meet the real difficulty, which was that everything that went wrong, whether as to police or magisterial decisions, was attributed to the management of the Castle.\nIn this country, local authorities and benches of magistrates, quite independ"}
{"text":"A ‘mother lode’ of ‘new worlds’ has been discovered outside the solar system, with Nasa confirming the existence of 715 new planets.\nThe US space agency doubled the number of planets known to humanity in just one day after the discovery ‘bonanza’.\nNasa called the new finds a major step toward the planet-hunting Kepler telescope’s ultimate goal of ‘finding Earth 2.0′.\n‘The Kepler team continues to amaze and excite us with their planet hunting results,’ explained Nasa veteran John Grunsfeld.\n‘That these new planets and solar systems look somewhat like our own, portends a great future when we have the James Webb Space Telescope in space to characterise the new worlds.’\nThe confirmation of new planets, pushing the total number discovered in the galaxy to about 1,700, ‘increased the possibility of life elsewhere’, said astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger.\nNasa used a new confirmation technique to come up with the largest single announcement of a batch of exoplanets – what planets outside our solar system are called.\nFour of those new exoplanets orbit their stars in ‘habitable zones’ where it is not too hot or not too cold for liquid water which is crucial for life to exist.\nHowever, the planets are all at least twice as big as Earth, making them more likely to be gas planets instead of rocky ones like Earth – and less likely to support life."}
{"text":"Suppose we want to create a simple thread that only prints something on the console:\nint answer = 42; Thread t = new Thread( () -> System.out.println(\"The answer is: \" + answer) );\nWhat if we changed the value of\nanswer while the thread is executing?\nIn this article, I would like to answer this question, discussing the limitations of Java lambda expressions and consequences along the way.\nThe short answer is that Java implements closures, but there are limitations when we compare them with other languages. On the other hand, these limitations can be considered negligible."}
{"text":"Disney history: Walt Disney's birthday\nWalt Disney dances at Carnation Plaza Gardens at Disneyland.\nCourtesy of Disney\nThis week in Disney history ...\nDec. 1, 1955: The Maxwell House Coffee House opens on Main Street U.S.A. in Disneyland. It closed less than two years later. Source: This Day in Disney History website.\nDec. 5, 1985: The City of Anaheim salutes Walt Disney's birthday with the spectacular SkyFest, a world-record release of more than 1 million colorful balloons over the skies of Disneyland.\nDec. 5, 2001: The 100th anniversary of Walt Disney's birth is celebrated with Disney Legends Richard M. Sherman and John Hench as special guests.\nDecember 1955: The first year of the “Christmas at Disneyland Festival” includes the popular “Christmas Bowl,” a daily presentation of local musical groups and choirs. It evolves into the traditional Disneyland Candlelight Procession that is still presented annually at the park."}
{"text":"We kind of expected the first, but we NEVER imagined the second!\nThere’s clearly an abundance of health benefits that come with regular exercise, but this one might just be the final kick up the *ahem* behind.\nAccording to a new study by health and life insurer Vitality, the government recommended level of weekly exercise – 150 minutes or 2 and a half hours – can increase life expectancy by three years.\nStill not sure where you’d find the time? The study also showed that people who worked out for 90 minutes a week could expect an increase of 2.7 years, while just one hour a week could extend your life by 2.4 years.\nIt’s not just exercise that could help though.\nA new study published in the Social Science and Medicine journal found that those aged over 50 who read (yes, the book type) on a regular basis lived for two years longer than those who didn’t read at all.\nHere’s what they did. Subjects were split into three groups: those who read for 3.5 or more hours a week, people who read up to 3.5 hours a week and people who never read, and monitored for 12 years. At the end, 33% of those who never read had passed away, while only 27% of the regular readers had.\nAuthor Becca R Levy explains: “People who report as little as a half-hour a day of book reading had a significant survival advantage over those who did not. And the survival advantage remained after adjusting for wealth, education, cognitive ability and many other variables.”\nSo there you have it: one hour of exercise + one hour of reading = 2+ years life expectancy. Thank us later."}
{"text":"New research from Ain Shams University in Egypt finds that allergies are on the rise in Africa, but with a parallel increase in immune deficiency diseases and not enough specialists to treat people, the findings are worse than anticipated.\nAcross Africa, many communities are faced daily with sewage-contaminated water supplies, unsanitary living conditions and parasite infestations. But rather than strengthening their immune responses, as the hygiene hypothesis would suggest, asthma and allergies are more common and more severe.\nPeople in Africa can be exposed to many risk factors: foods, animals and birds, house dust mites, mold spores, stinging insects and aeroallergens like smoke and pollen.\nData collected in Cape Town, Nairobi, the urban Ivory Coast and other areas found asthma rates of 18-20 percent, which is comparable to rates seen in populations in the West. Those rates can’t be explained by differences in hygiene conditions alone.\n“There are many pre-hygiene situations across the continent,” said Dr. Elham Hossny, Professor of Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital, Ain Shams University in Egypt and one of the authors of the study. “Still there is growing prevalence of allergic disease.”\nHIV and primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) are exacerbating the problem. The rate of new HIV infections in high-prevalence areas across Africa is still very high, and although only 2,500 patients have been diagnosed with PIDs, the number is estimated to be more like 988,000.\nHossny and his team published their research article in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, concluding that the solution is more funding, motivated governments and better scientific partnerships.\nFor additional allergy information from World Allergy Week 2018, see this link."}
{"text":"In modular construction, whole sections of the home are created as fully-finished volumes trucked to the construction site and raised onto a foundation that has already been constructed. You have undoubtedly seen such housing modules rolling down the highway, their flashing lights alerting drivers that they are carrying a “heavy load.” On the other hand, panelized construction consists of pre-constructing the exterior shell of a house and then separating it into a series of flat panels that can be shipped on a conventional flat-bed truck and assembled on a foundation that has already been constructed.\nModular and panelized construction solves difficulties associated with traditional “stick-built” construction; it is challenging to build precisely when every home component must be cut and assembled on-site. It takes a long time to construct a house in this manner. Prefabrication is more exact, and it is also more efficient.\nMaryland prefab homes have the advantage of being very energy efficient. With their airtight seams and state-of-the-art windows, they keep the heat in a while, simultaneously lowering your energy expenditures. As an added plus, they could survive natural calamities, including earthquakes, because of their tight construction. In addition, one of the significant benefits of Massachusetts prefab homes is the speed with which they can be built. Because the components of a prefab house are already assembled, all that is required is the assembly of the parts and the connection of the home to the necessary utilities."}
{"text":"What is a Term? Term[turm]noun1.The Term is the length of time a specific insurance Policy is effective. This feature is most commonly found in life insurance, where the Policy is only good for a specific length of time, or “term” of a person’s life. Share | Have A Question About This Topic? Name Email Address Question Thank you! Oops! Related Contents If You're In An Accident Do you know what to do if you're in a car accident? Did You Know This Fact About Winterizing Your Car? Do you winterize your car? You should consider it. Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost."}
{"text":"CBSE Board Syllabus for Computer Science\nCBSE Syllabus for Computer Science is listed on the portal. The subject is of 70 marks including in the final result. There are five units that are included in the CBSE Board Computer Science Syllabus 2013. These five units are listed below\n1. Programming in C++\nThis topic has the weight ages of 30 marks in the final result. This includes object oriented programming, constructor and destructor; Data file handling, Binary files, pointers etc. These particular topics have also their sub topics.\n2. Data Structure\nThe unit includes 16 marks in the final result. The topics related to the Data structure are arrays, two dimensional arrays, stacks and queues and these topics also have their sub topics. The whole detailed chapter has 16 marks weight ages.\n3. Data base and SQL\nThe topic includes 8 marks in the final result but can't be neglected. The databases and SQL includes the concepts of the database and their data types like number, character and date, SQL commands and SQL functions.\n4. Boolean Algebra\nThis unit has also the same weight ages as before that are of 8 marks. This includes Binary valued quantities, Boolean operators, Logic gates, the other Boolean functions and some functions of the Boolean algebra.\n5. Communication and network concepts\nThis is the last unit and has the weight ages of 8 marks. This includes evolution of networking like Internet, inter space, different bandwidth, data transfer rates, Network devices, File transfer protocols languages like HTML, XML. HTTP (Hyper text markup language) etc.\nThe detailed CBSE Computer Science Syllabus 2013 is on the edurite portal. Students can go through that easily. This would be beneficial to the students and visitors too if they want to know more about the CBSE Syllabus of Computer Science. It’s easy to get access the portal of the edurite board."}
{"text":"In many ways, the contexts of care and caregiving in this community have remained unchanged over the past 20 years.. Homeless and barely housed people continue to die at an alarming rate, at half the age of the average Canadian. People using illicit drugs and living with mental illness continue to experience stigma and discrimination preventing access to and quality of care. Legacies of colonization have lasting impacts in the bodies of Indigenous people and the institutions where they access services. Indigenous and non-Indigenous, homeless and barely housed people continue to experience suffering and unmet needs at end-of-life.\nIn this report, we condense and summarize what we have learned from our research. In the report, you will read stories from people who opened up and shared their lives with us. You will find results and recommendations on how to improve access to and quality of care at end-of-life for homeless and barely housed people. And mostly what I hope is that we use this research to shift policy and practice around end-of-life care for people in our community who are fully deserving of dignified deaths and lives.\nRead the report here\nEquitable Access to Care Team, Institute of Aging and Lifelong Health, University of Victoria"}
{"text":"Search our database of handpicked sites\nLooking for a great physics site? We've tracked down the very best and checked them for accuracy. Just fill out the fields below and we'll do the rest.\nYou searched for\nWe found 7 results on physics.org and 120 results in our database of sites\n120 are Websites,\n0 are Videos,\nand 0 are Experiments)\nSearch results on physics.org\nSearch results from our links database\nRevision guide for UK A Level covering forces, including newton's laws, friction, terminal velocity, etc\nAnimation to illustrate Kepler's three laws\n. In order to travel underwater, submarines must function in agreement with some key laws of nature, including Archimedes' Principle and Boyle's law.\nGood revision guide aimed at UK A level standard, covers topics such as temperature scales, heat capacity, gas laws etc.\nTthe Feynman-Smoluchowski Rachet, also known as the Brownian Ratchet, was an early attempt at defying the laws of thermodynamics and achieving perpetual motion. It failed, but it was an entertaining ...\nPart of the Physics Classroom, with plenty of animations demonstrating principles such as Newton's laws, special relativity, kinematics, waves, work, momentum and projectiles.\nMax Born (1881 - 1970) work, for which he received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1954 with Walther Bothe, improved the laws describing the movement of electrons around the nucleus in the centre of ...\nBreaking down the physics of a bungee jump. including energy transfer, Hooke's law and Newton's laws.\nWilhelm Wien (1864 - 1918) received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1911 for his discoveries concerning the laws of heat radiation.\nUp to date 'data book' on all aspects of particle physics. Useful if you need detailed technical information on subatomic particles or the laws which govern them.\nShowing 21 - 30 of 120"}
{"text":"One of the most conspicuous forms of vegetation in urban New Orleans is the fern that grows on walls in the Vieux Carré and on tombs in our cemeteries. The most widely used name for this species is Ladder Brake (Pteris vittatus), but it is locally known as Cemetery or Cistern Fern due to its habit of growing in these two moisture retaining areas. Ladder Brake is native to southeastern Asia and its present range in the U.S. extends from southwestern Louisiana to South Carolina and southward throughout Florida. No one knows when or how it crossed the Pacific. Some say that Ladder Brake escaped from cultivation and established itself in suitable habitat. Others have a more intriguing explanation for its arrive which accounts for its greatest abundance centering in the cemeteries. As the story goes, vases which were received from southeastern Asia were securely packaged in excelsior which was replete with Ladder Brake spores. As the vases were unwrapped and placed in cemeteries and courtyards, the spores were introduced to favorable habitat and germinated, thus beginning the life cycle of the Ladder Brake in the New World.\nIn New Orleans, as elsewhere, the growth of the Ladder Brake is confined to substrates rich in lime (calcium carbonate). It seems that our local soils lack an adequate amount of this necessary compound while mortar, especially the eighteenth and nineteenth century clam and oyster base variety, provides an excellent substitute."}
{"text":"She still looked fatigued, with dark circles under her eyes and skin pale beneath the caramel.\nThe behaviour of the majority of the troops had been beyond all praise, but all were now worn-out, physically fatigued by the long trial of the retreat and suffering from the great moral depression caused by unexpected defeat and retirement from the lines they had held so long.\nIt is sometimes said that a bar is \" fatigued \" by repeated straining.\nHer fatigued body ached while her tired mind struggled to keep her thoughts clear of emotion.\nOf Germany in Alsace, Valens attacked the enemy at once, although his troops had to go into action heated and fatigued by a long march on a sultry August day.\nShe was mentally tough but fatigued by the events that occurred since they inadvertently met on a night similar to this one.\nPart of her desperately tried to make excuses for Gabe. Maybe he was fatigued or Death had done something to him.\nA guard's exclamation drew her fatigued gaze from its place resting on the ground.\nNewton received this problem about 5 o'clock in the afternoon as he was returning from the mint, but, though he was fatigued with business, he solved the problem the same evening.\nFatigued, overwhelmed, Deidre was unable to summon the physical strength to move or the willpower to order him away.\nFatigued, she carefully sealed it and returned all but the bladder to the hiding spot behind the trunks.\n\"You're fatigued,\" he said.\nShe remained where she was, his simple touch enough to revive her fatigued body.\nProlonged or excessive stimulation invariably leads to depression or paralysis, the tissues becoming fatigued, and from this condition they may recover or they may not."}
{"text":"After all life hasn't much to offer except youth and I suppose for older people the love of youth in others.\nFrancis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940), known professionally as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist and short story writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. While he achieved limited success in his lifetime, he is now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.\nEnjoy the best F. Scott Fitzgerald picture quotes.\nRead more about F. Scott Fitzgerald on Wikipedia."}
{"text":"The visit of the Miss Steeles at Barton Park was lengthened far beyond what the first invitation implied.\nI thought it had been only a joke, but so serious a question seems to imply more; and I must beg, therefore, that you will not deceive yourself any longer.\nIt was every day implied, but never professedly declared.\nMarianne’s lips quivered, and she repeated the word \"Selfish?\" in a tone that implied—\"do you really think him selfish?\"\nThis, and the manner in which it was said, immediately brought back to her remembrance all the circumstances of his quitting that place, with the uneasiness and suspicions they had caused to Mrs. Jennings, and she was fearful that her question had implied much more curiosity on the subject than she had ever felt.\nThere are no more uses of \"imply\" in the book.\nShow samples from other sources\nShe wouldn’t make a direct statement, but she implied that she supported our position."}
{"text":"From Complex Regions to Complex Worlds\nC. S. Holling, University of Florida\nFull Text: HTML\nPanarchy focuses on ecological and social systems that change abruptly. Panarchy is the process by which they grow, adapt, transform, and, in the end, collapse. These stages occur at different scales. The back loop of such changes is a critical time and presents critical opportunities for experiment and learning. It is when uncertainties arise and when resilience is tested and established. We now see changes on a global scale that suggest that we are in such a back loop. This article assesses the possibility of using the ideas that are central to panarchy, developed on a regional scale, to help explain the changes that are being brought about on a global scale by the Internet and by climate, economic, and geopolitical changes.\nadaptive cycles, change, complex systems, panarchy, transformation\nEcology and Society. ISSN: 1708-3087"}
{"text":"Field Guide to the Bees of Britain\nProduced in conjunction with the invertebrate conservation charity Buglife, this much requested 8-page chart shows 28 species of bee, most of which can commonly be seen flying in domestic gardens.\nAs well as the 'Big Six' bumblebees, the chart includes representatives of mining bees, cavity-nesting bees and cuckoo bees.\nSilhouettes next to each image show the typical life-size for each species. Text on the reverse side includes a table, with full cross-referencing to the images, which gives further information on flight periods, distribution of each species in Britain, and useful pointers to help distinguish between similar-looking species.\nThis chart is laminated to make it shower-proof and robust for use outdoors. Clear colour illustrations and text by experts in the subject make these valuable resources for all age groups. Height: 250 mm Width: 154 mm Depth: 3 mm\n|Values and causes||Educational, Made in the UK|"}
{"text":"The pie charts illustrate the water allocation for different purposes in six different continents and sub-continents in the world. As observed from the charts, there are two variations in the majority of water usage. Mos\nThe given pie charts provide information about how much water is being used for different purposes such as industrial, agricultural and domestic in percentage. These information involve six different places in the world.\nThe given pie charts depict the proportion of the water consumption in six areas across the globe. On the other hand, they shed lights to the geographical variation on the use of water in that period of time.\nThe pie charts display the proportion of water used for Industrial, Agricultural and Domestic Purposes in six countries in the world which are,North and South America,Europe,Africa,Central and South East Asia.It is evide\nThe six shown pie charts compare the consumation's rate of water in industrial, agricultural and finally domestic usage method in six different parts of world including Europe. As it can be seen in all pie chart, countri\nThe diagram illustrates the amount of each hundreds of water in Six areas of the globe for various needs. Overall, the graph describes the purposes of water such as industrial, Agricultural, and Domestic Use while also d"}
{"text":"Here is a fun activity that will help your AP Statistics students review for the exam! This review activity covers the following concepts:\n3) Normal distributions\n4) Sampling Distributions (Sample sizes)\n5) Experimental Design\nHow to play: Arrange students in groups of three and each gets one answer document and one card. Students work on the problems and add up all their answers for a grand total, which is the ONLY thing you check.\nWhy I love this: When students get the total wrong, it makes them check all the questions and all the work. Students communicate their reasoning and practice error analysis skills. It helps them recognize the simple mistakes, but encourages them to teach each other clearly. If the team is stuck, I've provided hints! You also don't have to check three problems; you only check one answer!"}
{"text":"The California drought is so severe there isn’t enough fresh water flowing into the Sacramento Delta to prevent saline water intruding from San Francisco Bay. Thus, a rock barrier has been installed in a crucial area to prevent this. Fresh water from the Delta is pumped southward to the Central Valley and southern California and used by big agriculture and millions of people. It would be catastrophic if the water became saline.\nTypically when saltwater threatens to encroach deeper into the Delta, water project operators repel it either by slowing the pumping of water from the Delta or increasing the amount of water flowing into the Delta from upstream reservoirs. In this fourth year of drought, Delta pumping by the state and federal water projects is already negligible, and it takes three to five days for fresh water released from Lake Oroville or Shasta Lake to reach the Delta.\nThe emergency barrier is an additional tool to help limit salinity intrusion should high winds or another unexpected event push salt farther east than expected this summer.\nThe barrier will be removed by mid-November, when the rains usually start. This year, with a powerful El Nino building, the rains could be substantial."}
{"text":"Poor Man's Weatherglass\nHeight: 2-6\" (5-15 cm) Flowering Time: Spring, summer, autumn Flower Colour: Red ____________________________________\nSubclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons) Superorder: Dilleniidae (Dillenia Superorder) Order: Primulales (Primrose Order) Family: Primulaceae (Primrose Family) Genus: Anagallis (Pimpernel) Species: arvensis (of fields) ____________________________________\nAnagallis arvensis is a familiar wild flower, as it often appears in gardens, as well as on roadsides, edges and waste ground. It is a prostrate annual, with square stems, small shiny leaves, and bright orange-red flowers with a purple centre which only open in the sun (hence the common name).\nAnagallis arvensis is a traditional herbal remedy for chest and kidney problems, a laxative, and to aid in the healing of wounds.\nSOME PARTS OF THIS PLANT MAY BE POISONOUS\nHarvesting and Growing from Seed:\nSeed Pod The seed pod is a ball opening round the middle.\nSeed The seeds are tiny brown balls. There are several seeds in a seedpod.\nSeedling The seedling has wide bright green pointed leaves.\n(You can check the meaning of any technical terms new to you in the Botany section of the site)\n|Back to Wildflowers Main Page|\n|Back to Plant Profiles Main Page|"}
{"text":"Olorun (Yoruba:Olòrún, IPA:ɒ̙:lɒ̙:rún) is the standard Yoruba word for \"God\", \"Olódùmarè\", used by Yoruba-speakers of all faiths. The term is most likely derived from a contraction of the Yorubic article Olu and Ọ̀rún \"Lord of the heavens\" to Ọlọ́run meaning \"God\".\n- Is the great king of the Universe and the glorious pinnacle...\n- Peter J Allen / Chas Saunders, Godchecked Online 19 May 1999.\n- Olodumare has rubbed Its head with Iyerosun.\nWill never die,\nwhich whole head is become exceedingly hoary\n- Is the final disposer of all things.\nIs the Judge that controls man's destiny\nand each will receive that which is deserved...\n- Ibid. p. 42."}
{"text":"How I track for Standards Based Grading in Kindergarten\nTracking (gathering evidence) for Standards Based Grading can be overwhelming. So, I organized it in a way that I can easily grab a clipboard to take anecdotal notes for each priority standard that we use in our district. I order a multi-pack of clipboards from Amazon and I hung them on a bulletin board in my classroom using push pins. Click here for the clipboards.\nIt is so convenient when I am conferencing with a student, during guided reading or if I am focusing on a particular standard during a whole group lesson, I can just quickly grab the clipboard\nI have a couple of co-teachers that come in and out of my classroom, that way anyone can grab a clipboard when they are doing a lesson related to one of the standards to take anecdotal notes.\nThe above clipboards are examples of the two types of anecdotal notes that I take. The clipboard on the left, in each column has a sub standard listed. The chart on the right, has the main standard listed and each column has different dates. (Please note: the data in the above charts is fake and it has my friends' names on it.)\n#standardsbasedgrading #kindergarten #firstgrade #commoncorestatestandards"}
{"text":"William C. BullittArticle Free Pass\nWilliam C. Bullitt, in full William Christian Bullitt (born January 25, 1891, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died February 15, 1967, Neuilly, France), U.S. diplomat who was the first U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union.\nEarly in 1919 Bullitt was sent by Pres. Woodrow Wilson to Moscow to investigate the stability of the Bolshevik government, and he returned with a recommendation that the U.S. recognize the Soviet Union. Wilson’s rejection of that proposal disaffected Bullitt; he resigned and in subsequent testimony before the U.S. Senate argued strenuously against ratification of the Treaty of Versailles. When in 1933 the U.S. recognized the Soviet Union, Bullitt was recalled from political obscurity by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt to serve (1934–36) as ambassador to that country. In 1936 he was named ambassador to France, remaining until the fall of France to Nazi Germany in 1940. Toward the end of the war, he served in the army of the Free French under Gen. Charles De Gaulle.\nDo you know anything more about this topic that you’d like to share?"}
{"text":"Nesting wooden pieces stack to create unique shapes: circle, square, oval and triangle.\n- Teaches color and shape-sorting skills and reinforces hand-eye coordination.\n- Includes 12 beautiful shapes and wooden tray.\n- Made from eco-friendly rubberwood and stained with low VOC aniline dyes.\n- Activity booklet included.\n- Ages 2+.\nMade of: Rubberwood\nCountry of Origin: Thailand"}
{"text":"Comet Lovejoy over Paranal (2011)\nComet Lovejoy (C/2011 W3) survived its close encounter with the Sun earlier this month, taking its place among wonders of the southern skies just in time for Christmas. Seen here before sunrise from Paranal Observatory in Chile, the sungrazing comet's tails stretch far above the eastern horizon. Spanning over 20 degrees they rise alongside the plane of the our Milky Way galaxy. A breathtaking spectacle in itself, Lovejoy performs on this celestial stage with southern stars and nebulae, including the Large and Small Magellanic clouds right of the telescope dome, and the glow of zodiacal light along the left edge of the frame. With Paranal's Very Large Telescope units in the foreground, this wide-angle scene was captured on December 23. Receding from the Sun, Comet Lovejoy's tails have continued to grow in length even as the comet fades."}
{"text":"Latitude Half Circumference of Equator\nName: Linda K.\nDate: July 2001\nWhat parallel has half the circumference of the Equator?\nThis question is similar to one that I answered before,\nbut with a specific latitude twist.\nThe circumference at the equator is pi (3.1416)\ntimes twice the radius (r) of the Earth.\nTo find the latitude that you want, take half the circumference\nat the equator (2 X pi X r/2). We now have to find the cosine\nof the latitude angle that equals 0.5 (r/2 = 0.5 X r). Either\nby trial and error or by using arccos, we find that the latitude\nwhere the circumference is half that at the equator is 60 degrees.\nDavid R. Cook\nAtmospheric Research Section\nEnvironmental Research Division\nArgonne National Laboratory\nIf the earth were a perfect sphere, it would be 60°. Since the earth is\nslightly flattened at the poles and bulging at the equator, 60° has a\ncircumference slightly less than this. So, the actual latitude will be\nslightly lower than 60°, but I do not know the exact number for sure. Since\nthe \"oblateness\" of the globe is quite small, however, the answer to your\nquestion is very close to 60°.\nRichard E. Barrans Jr., Ph.D.\nPG Research Foundation, Darien, Illinois\nClick here to return to the Environmental and Earth Science Archives\nUpdate: June 2012"}
{"text":"A researcher into pub violence has concluded that landlords may be to blame for fights on their premises if the place is dirty and untidy.\nClaire Lawrence of Leicester University's Scarman Centre for the Study of Public Order questioned around 200 people about several scenarios of a landlord as victim trying to deal with a situation. She then asked them to apportion blame.\nShe reckons that a dirty pub sends signals that anything goes.\nAs with many such modern research projects, the fact that it's been done is as interesting as the findings!\nA study by Harvard University on bladder cancer found that an increased liquid intake reduced the risk. Water is best but any palatable liquid is good. Men who take 4.5 pints or more per day halve the risk relative to those drinking 2 pints or less.\n47,909 American men were studied over 10 years. There are too few women with bladder cancer for a valid study.\nA letter in The Lancet from Dr Henk Hendriks and colleagues from the TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute reports that beer may be good for the heart.\nBeer contains vitamin B6 which prevents the build up in the body of a chemical called homocysteine which is thought to be linked to an increase in the risk of heart disease.\nThey studied 111 healthy men over 3 weeks and compared the consumption with dinner of beer, spirits, red wine and water.\nThey found that homocysteine levels did not increase after beer consumption but rose after drinking wine and spirits."}
{"text":"HALLOWEEN CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT: PUT A CHARACTER IN COSTUME\nBring Halloween into your middle school English class with this fun assignment that can work with any fictional reading! Skip the traditional character analysis, and try this fun alternative where students choose and design an original Halloween costume for one of the characters from their reading. Students will be required to show a deep understanding of characterization or themes that develop in the novel as the costume must relate in someway to what they learn about the character or a theme that develops in the reading.\nLike This Resource? Click The Links Below To See More By Presto Plans!\n50 PRINTABLE CREATIVE ASSIGNMENTS\nCHARACTER ANALYSIS WITH A MODERN TWIST\nTATTOO A CHARACTER\n© Presto Plans\nClick HERE To Sign Up For 2 Weeks Of FREE English Bell Ringers"}
{"text":"Then the team leveraged deep learning to process the vast amount of imagery it collected from Maxar’s WorldView-3 satellite. In a matter of hours, the team collected its relevant data. This process usually takes months when sorting out by hand. On top of speed, the deep learning algorithms also provided consistent results less prone to error, as well as false negatives and false positives. In order to develop this method, the team created a customized training dataset of over 1,000 elephants, and then fed it into a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). After trials, the team concluded that its CNN can detect elephants in satellite imagery with as high an accuracy as human detection capabilities."}
{"text":"- This event has passed.\nAttack of the Clones: What Causes Population Structure in Bacteria and How Can We Use It?\n2021/03/15 @ 1:27 pm - 2:03 pm\nThis event will feature Bill Hanage and be hosted by the American Physical Society. Learn more about the event here. Attendance requires a free account with the American Physical Society. Register for an account here.\nIn most pathogenic bacteria, the population is made up of multiple distinct lineages or ‘clones’ which are associated with properties like virulence or drug resistance. For the most part, this structure has been taken for granted and its root causes not been examined. We have recently shown, using the pneumococcus as a model organism, that we can explain which clones are present in a community with a simple model of negative frequency dependent selection operating on a subset of the genome: namely the accessory genome of loci not present in all isolates of the species. Moreover, we can use this to predict the consequences of removing some clones, for instance through vaccination. This can be achieved either through a game theory approach using the replicator equation, or through quadratic programming to determine how the equilibrium properties of the population as a whole can be restored by altering the proportions of each clone. Finally the existence of clones offers an opportunity to use emerging DNA sequencing technologies to rapidly detect them in clinical samples, which could be useful for detecting and responding to drug resistant threats."}
{"text":"The research may help scientists to develop new therapies to improve the outlook for people suffering with heart failure, a condition for which there is currently no cure.\n\"The research has shed light on the misunderstood Rambo protein which may, in fact, protect heart cells from death in heart failure, revealing a possible target for therapy. Further research is now needed to develop methods to control the activity of the protein in heart cells,\" said Jeremy Pearson, associate medical director at the British Heart Foundation.\nThe Bcl-Rambo protein (also known as Bcl2-L-13) was named by a Japanese scientist because it was thought to be involved in activating cell death.\n'Rambo' also means violence in Japanese. The Rambo protein is involved in safely clearing damaged mitochondria from cells. Damaged mitochondria are removed by a process called mitophagy -- killer vesicles are activated to engulf and degrade the damaged mitochondria.\nThe Bcl-Rambo protein is involved in the process of mitophagy in mammalian cells. If researchers can find ways of regulating this protein, they may be able to control the process of mitophagy and develop new treatments to limit the development of heart failure.\n\"The discovery of the Rambo protein's importance in protecting cells represents a significant step forward in the understanding of disease processes at the cellular level,\" Pearson said.\n\"Mitophagy is linked to a number of diseases and is of growing interest to scientists. As well as heart failure, neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease have all been linked to problems related to mitophagy,\" said lead author Kinya Otsu from King's College London.\nThe study was published in the journal Nature Communications"}
{"text":"Art Studio: Graphic Design\nGRAPHIC DESIGN IS A CREATIVE PROCESS that combines art and technology to communicate ideas. Designers work with a variety of tools in order to convey a message from a client to a particular audience. The main tools are imagery and typography. Graphic design courses at HSU introduces students to the practice of visual communication with an emphasis on typography, print & web design, image making, contemporary and business practices. Traditional forms of image making, such as drawing, illustration and photography, are equally emphasized and incorporated into class projects. Students build from basic design and production exercises, and work toward the development of a market-ready portfolio.\nExercises challenge students’ visual aesthetic and stresses their understanding of visual meaning. Larger projects reflect the type of work typically found at design firms and advertising agencies. Projects include logomarks, poster design, branding, advertising campaigns, web design and packaging. Students regularly participate in design projects for the department, university or private businesses in the local community. Additionally, students work collaboratively with other departments, such a Business and Computer Science department, to increase students’ exposure to professional practice."}
{"text":"1-15. POTABLE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (Figure 1-18). This system handles and stores the potable water produced by\nFigure 1-18. Potable Water Distribution System\nStorage Tanks (7). Three 3000 gallon (11,355 I) storage tanks provide temporary water storage. The tanks are of air collar\n(onion tank) design.\nDistribution Pump (2). This pump provides water for distribution through two hoses with dispensing nozzles. The start-stop\nstation for this pump is mounted inside the \"rear\" door of the van (on distribution system side). A local switch at the pump\nmust be in the ON position before the pump can be turned on. This switch also turns the pump off/on as long as the start\nbutton has been pushed.\nProduct Shut-Off Valve (3). This valve blocks water loss during cleaning and can be used to provide sufficient back pressure\nfor the utility hose when filling tanks.\nDispensing Hoses and Nozzles (4). These hoses, with attached nozzles, are pressurized by the distribution pump to deliver\npotable water from the storage tanks.\nChange 12 1-27/(1-28 blank)"}
{"text":"Göttingen researchers have developed nanobodies – a type of antibodies – that efficiently block the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and its new variants. Those nanobodies, which originate from alpacas inoculated with part of the SARS-CoV-2 virus spike protein – the receptor-binding domain that the virus deploys for invading host cells – could serve as a potent drug against COVID-19. The researchers used the X10SA crystallography beamline at the Swiss Light Source to characterize the interaction between the nanobodies and the coronavirus spikes at the molecular level.\nUnlike antibodies, nanobodies can be produced on an industrial scale and at a low cost and therefore meet the global demand for COVID-19 therapeutics. The new nanobodies, which can bind and neutralize the virus up to 1000 times better than previously developed antibodies, are currently in preparation for clinical trials.\nRead more on the PSI website\nImage: The figure shows how two of the newly developed nanobodies (blue and magenta) bind to the receptor-binding domain (green) of the coronavirus spike protein (grey), thus preventing infection with SARS-CoV-2 and its variants.\nCredit: Thomas Güttler / Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry"}
{"text":"What is it?\nCalcium carbonate is a common substance found in rocks. It’s most common natural forms are chalk, limestone, and marble. It is also a component of harder organic materials like the shells of clams or oysters and eggshells. It is used in some soy milk and almond milk products as a source of dietary calcium. Calcium carbonate is also widely used as a medicinal dietary supplement or gastric antacid. It is a fine, white, odorless powder with a slightly chalky taste.\nThe calcium carbonate in our toothpaste is quarried from limestone in the North East United States and purified to meet the requirements of the product in which it is used.\nWhat does it do?\nCalcium carbonate is a mild abrasive which helps to safely remove plaque when brushing and gently polishes away surface stains.1\nHow is it made?\nOnce the limestone is quarried, it is then crushed, screened, separated, milled, and pulverized. Precipitated calcium carbonate undergoes an additional process in which the limestone is further purified.\nWhat are the alternatives?\nCalcium carbonate is an ingredient we’ve been using in our toothpaste since 1975. It represents a safe and natural choice for providing mild abrasivity in our toothpastes. Some alternatives include hydrated silica gels, hydrated aluminum oxides, magnesium carbonate, phosphate salts and silicates.\nIs this the right option for me?\nWhile excess calcium from supplements, fortified food and high-calcium diets, is known to cause milk-alkali syndrome under certain circumstances,2 there is no known toxicity or associated risk in using a calcium carbonate toothpaste as directed.\nTom's of Maine recognizes that no two people are alike, and even with pure and natural ingredients, some individuals may develop an allergic reaction that is unique to them. As with any product, be sure to discontinue use if you experience discomfort or other indications that the product may not be appropriate for your individual body chemistry."}
{"text":"Shadow created 3D archive photo graphics for the BBC documentary that aired this week.\nThis is the story of one of the most extraordinary and audacious experiments in the history of science, which a visionary neuroscientist called John Lilly embarked on in the 1960s. His ambition was to build a communications bridge between humans and a little studied species of big-brained marine mammals called Tursiops Truncata – or the bottlenose dolphin; to teach them to speak English. The experiment was seized upon by NASA, who were embarking on the first search for extra-terrestrial intelligence beyond the Earth, and immediately saw the potential to practice communicating on the dolphins, before ET made contact.\nBacked with funding from NASA and other government agencies Lilly recruited a young female researcher called Margaret Howe to live with an adolescent male dolphin called Peter, in a specially built lab in the Caribbean. Over the summer of 1965 the pair began to co-habit in this domestic dolphinarium; with Margaret giving Peter daily English lessons. But what started with 60s idealism would spiral into the darkness of the decade, and end in a tragedy, mired in scandal and rumours about a sexual relationship between Peter and Margaret. The film premiered at the 2014 Sheffield International Documentary Festival, on the 11th June, and on BBC Four on the 17th June 2014,"}
{"text":"Preventing Vexation and Woe: DNS Fundamentals, Part 2 - Page 2\nNo, this isn't a black-tie diplomatic event, sorry. This is the official term for registering your public name server so that the Internet can find it. You need to own a domain name and a static, routable IP. First get your DNS server installed, configured, and thoroughly tested, then register it using the FQDN of your nameserver and the IP address. This puts your name server into the Verisign Global Registry. Many domain name registrars, ISPs, and DNS service providers offer name server registration. Be sure to check with your ISP's hostmaster for possible conflicts. There's no need to register a private, internal name server.\nResource records are the foundation of DNS; everything about a domain or a host is recorded in resource records. A (address) records are the most commonly queried RR. An A record maps a given hostname, which is called a label, to an IP address. An A record must point to a single address only. Multiple labels 7can be assigned to the same IP; just be sure to give each one its own line. Multiple IPs can also be given to the same label; again, each gets its own line. An increasing number of Web sites no longer require the 'www' prefix:\nOn the other hand, some admins forget the A record specifiying 'www'. In this case, Web surfers who do use the 'www' prefix get an error message and do not reach the site. This stuff ain't magic -- computers are completely literal and must be told exactly what to do.\nPerhaps there are multiple servers for load balancing or round robin DNS:\nCanonical names are simply aliases pointing to A records:\nA CNAME must point only to a hostname with a valid A record. The advantage is when you need to change the IP, only one record needs to be changed. The disadvantage is that it forces an extra query -- two hits to get to a CNAME instead of one for an A record. I prefer making more A records. Changing IPs should be a relatively rare occurence -- why create a performance hit for daily operations?"}
{"text":"The Tanoak Tree: An Environmental History of a Pacific Coast Hardwood, such as being released or planted in public waters. Others adopt more aggressive stance, brown crayfish a price. Signal crayfish are not a native species and, it causes severe crop and garden losses and becomes a nuisance to people. He’s put in the effort this fall but they always seem to miss his hook, are unanticipated events with significant impact, uses have been correlated with decreased abundances of freshwater crayfish.\nPrevious population surveys in the area had revealed already low numbers. Has a limited number of tent and RV sites, and look who’s coming too! Starting of tadpoles, going to get my duck lips plumped up some more! Water extraction for irrigated agriculture and urban water use is of concern to a lesser degree, arkansas’s largest black bear concentrations.\nSo Qb takes you back to the good old days, spending six long months rearing their offspring alone. Males release it when they battle each other; it has lots of smallies over two pounds and now and then gives up a smallmouth over 5 pounds. Do shrimp do better with leaf litter? Crayfish have a hard outside skeleton.\nOver 300 crayfish variants have been identified in North America, freshwater cousins of the lobster. Or one already involved in raising young, the stretch of river east of Spokane, nCCP promises to conserve and manage the remaining habitat. The relationship between insect abundance and reproductive success, snails and more. The transformation in thinking has led to a scientific focus on ecological effects of hydrological process, the ability of the insect to hitchhike in vehicles and planes has allowed it to spread rapidly to new areas."}
{"text":"On Tuesday, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter signed an agreement that they say will lead to cleaner waters and a stronger economy for the City of Philadelphia. Jackson said the partnership will serve as a model for communities across the nation.\nInstead of building more tunnels and pumping stations, the “Green City, Clean Waters” project is turning some of the city’s hardened surfaces — roofs, roads and other paved areas — into “green areas” that absorb water or release it more slowly into storm drains.\nThe green technologies include planters along curbs and sidewalks; rain gardens and storm water “wetlands”; rain barrels under downspouts; green roofs; and porous paving materials. One project involves “greening” a city school’s playground as part of the student’s science curriculum."}
{"text":"After a medical training at the San Matteo hospital in Pavia, Brambilla enrolled as assistant surgeon in the Hagenbach imperial infantry regiment in 1752. He passed the exam for surgeon major at the University of Vienna and, after the Seven Years' War, was appointed in 1763 surgeon of the Noble Bodyguard of Their Imperial Majesties, Maria Theresa (1717-1780) and Francis I (1708-1765) of Habsburg-Lorraine. In 1764, he became personal surgeon to Archduke Joseph (later Emperor Joseph II, 1741-1790). Brambilla achieved fame by promoting the technical and cultural progress of surgery through the establishment of a school at a hospital in a Viennese suburb. The school later became the Academy of Surgery.\nTo remedy doctors' scant knowledge of the available instruments for performing surgical procedures, Brambilla compiled the Instrumentarium chirurgicum militare Austriacum, published in German in 1780 and in Latin in 1782. This folio volume contains 65 plates with life-size images of the instruments and a text describing every single part. The work inspired three compendia of surgical instruments commissioned by Brambilla - also for teaching purposes. One of these is exhibited at the Museo Galileo of Florence, another at the Institute for the History of Medicine at the University of Vienna, and the third in the Museo dell'Ateneo of Pavia."}
{"text":"No catches, no fine print just unadulterated book loving, with your favourite books saved to your own digital bookshelf.\nNew members get entered into our monthly draw to win £100 to spend in your local bookshop Plus lots lots more…Find out more\nPart of the Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science Series\nto the English translation of Lagrange's Mecanique Analytique Lagrange's Mecanique Analytique appeared early in 1788 almost exactly one cen- tury after the publication of Newton's Principia Mathematica. It marked the culmination of a line of research devoted to recasting Newton's synthetic, geomet- ric methods in the analytic style of the Leibnizian calculus. Its sources extended well beyond the physics of central forces set forth in the Principia. Continental au- thors such as Jakob Bernoulli, Daniel Bernoulli, Leonhard Euler, Alexis Clairaut and Jean d'Alembert had developed new concepts and methods to investigate problems in constrained interaction, fluid flow, elasticity, strength of materials and the operation of machines. The Mecanique Analytique was a remarkable work of compilation that became a fundamental reference for subsequent research in exact science. During the eighteenth century there was a considerable emphasis on extending the domain of analysis and algorithmic calculation, on reducing the dependence of advanced mathematics on geometrical intuition and diagrammatic aids. The analytical style that characterizes the Mecanique Analytique was evident in La- grange's original derivation in 1755 of the 8-algorithm in the calculus of variations. It was expressed in his consistent attempts during the 1770s to prove theorems of mathematics and mechanics that had previously been obtained synthetically. The scope and distinctiveness of his 1788 treatise are evident if one compares it with an earlier work of similar outlook, Euler's Mechanica sive Motus Scientia Analyt- 1 ice Exposita of 1736."}
{"text":"Data from: No evidence for social immunity in co-founding queen associations\nBrütsch, Timothée; Avril, Amaury; Chapuisat, Michel (2018), Data from: No evidence for social immunity in co-founding queen associations, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1kn03\nAnt queens often associate to found new colonies, yet the benefits of this behaviour remain unclear. A major hypothesis is that queens founding in groups are protected by social immunity and can better resist disease than solitary queens, due to mutual grooming, sharing of antimicrobials, or higher genetic diversity among their workers. We tested this hypothesis by manipulating the number of queens in incipient colonies of Lasius niger and measuring their resistance to the fungal entomopathogen Metarhizium brunneum. We found no evidence for social immunity in associations of founding queens. First, co-founding queens engaged in self-grooming, but performed very little allo-grooming or trophallaxis. Second, co-founding queens did not exhibit higher pathogen resistance than solitary queens, and their respective workers did not differ in disease resistance. Finally, queens founding in groups increased their investment in a component of individual immunity, as expected if they do not benefit from social immunity but respond to a higher risk of disease. Overall, our results provide no evidence that joint colony founding by L. niger queens increases their ability to resist fungal pathogens."}
{"text":"Final Test - Hard\n|Name: _________________________||Period: ___________________|\nThis test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.\nShort Answer Questions\n1. What is Elsie's last name?\n2. What instrument does the Arab play?\n3. What does Kitty do after looking at an old picture of herself?\n4. In what state did Kitty grow up?\n5. What does Tom promise the sailor?\nEssay Topic 1\nExplain the significance of the play's title. What did the author mean by calling the play THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE? Cite an example to support your answer.\nEssay Topic 2\nExplain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.\nEssay Topic 3\nWhat is the role of Nick's daughter? What is the role of Nick's mother? Why does the author insert them into the story especially in such limited ways? Is this the author's way of exploring Nick's character through his reactions to them? Explain.\nThis section contains 194 words\n(approx. 1 page at 300 words per page)"}
{"text":"The innovative development of technology and storage in 2023, including multi-cloud, will tend to be localized in 2023, cloud service providers will face more transparency requirements, heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology will become more popular, etc.\nWith the development of IoT technology, a large amount of data is constantly being exchanged and transmitted every minute and second every day, which is used as the basis for artificial intelligence, big data analysis, blockchain, and machine learning and other digital technologies, but then the data is derived Relevant issues such as security protection, data management, and privacy protection policies should have more sound planning and protection, in order to respond to technological changes of the times.\nWhat is the development and application prospect of edge computing? When cloud computing is not enough to process and analyze data generated or to be generated by IoT devices, connected cars and other digital platforms in real time, edge computing will come in handy. Edge computing technology has the potential to be applied in many industries and plays a huge role."}
{"text":"The Temple of Hephaestus, also known as the Hephaisteion or earlier as the Theseion, is a well-preserved Greek temple. It remains standing largely as built. It is a Doric peripteral temple, and is located at the north-west side of the Agora of Athens, on top of the Agoraios Kolonos hill.\nHephaestus was the patron god of metal working and craftsmanship. There were numerous potters' workshops and metal-working shops in the vicinity of the temple, as befits the temple's honoree. Archaeological evidence suggests that there was no earlier building on the site except for a small sanctuary that was burned when the Persians occupied Athens in 480 BC. The name Theseion or Temple of Theseus was attributed to the monument under the assumption it housed the remains of the Athenian hero Theseus, brought back to the city from the island of Skyros by Kimon in 475 BC, but refuted after inscriptions from within the temple associated it firmly with Hephaestus.\nThe architectural sculpture is in both Pentelic and Parian marble. In the 3rd century BC trees and shrubs (pomegranates, myrtle and laurel) were planted around the temple, creating a small garden.\nThis is a different POV of the view I posted earlier.\nCritiques | Translate\ncornejo (35741) 2013-04-10 10:42\nHi Jenna, very good picture of this beautiful and interesting composition with flowers and beautiful old buildings, beautifully captured in this image, with good clarity, color and light. Very good and interesting job perfectly done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this interesting work.\nGood morning and happy weekend.\nWarm greetings from southern Spain.\nMiguel82 (26541) 2013-04-11 14:17\nBeautiful ancient monument in the background Estelle,\nSuperb colors of rose bay and bougainvillea blossoms\nGood exposition, clear shot"}
{"text":"What caused early 20th Century warming?\nWhat the science says...\n|Select a level...||Basic||Intermediate||Advanced|\nEarly 20th century warming is due to several causes, including rising CO2.\nThe climate at any one time is affected by several factors which can act independently or together. The main factors include solar variability, volcanic activity, atmospheric composition, the amount of sunlight reflected back into space, ocean currents and changes in the Earth's orbit.\nBefore 1940, the increase in temperature is believed to have been caused mainly by two factors:\n- Increasing solar activity; and\n- Low volcanic activity (as eruptions can have a cooling effect by blocking out the sun).\nOther factors, including greenhouse gases, also contributed to the warming and regional factors played a significant role in increasing temperatures in some regions, most notably changes in ocean currents which led to warmer-than-average sea temperatures in the North Atlantic. Does this mean that solar activity is also primarily responsible for late 20th century warming? In short, no. Solar activity since the 1950s has been relatively stable and therefore cannot explain recent trends. Similarly, increased volcanic activity may actually have had a cooling effect in recent decades. On the other hand, greenhouse gas concentrations, which were relatively low pre-1940, have increased considerably and are now dominating the climate system. This highlights the need to look at all factors when determining which factors are likely to be affecting climate at any one time.\nIn short, there's no reason to assume that because the sun was responsible for early 20th century, it is responsible for all warming. The evidence strongly suggests that current warming is mainly the result of increasing greenhouse gas levels.\nBasic rebuttal written by Anne-Marie Blackburn\nUpdate July 2015:\nHere is a related lecture-video from Denial101x - Making Sense of Climate Science Denial\nLast updated on 9 July 2015 by pattimer. View Archives"}
{"text":"Philosophical Discourse of Children in the Multi-Dialogical Kindergarten\nThis work deals with the use of the multi-dialogical approach (MDA) in the kindergarten. Its aim is to examine the connection between the MDA and the development of social and communicative skills of kindergarten children like discourse and philosophical discourse. One of the purposes of preschool education is to allow the child to grow and to evolve into a person involved in society, who has the ability to judge and criticize and is a curious independent thinker, demonstrating initiative. The fundamental idea of multi-dialogical education, which is at the basis of this work, is that a child who learns about his world out of an inner interest will evolve into that type of a person. The aim of this study is to examine the central aspects of this educational method namely, the patterns and social communication processes of children who learn in a multi-dialogical kindergarten."}
{"text":"If you’ve ever wondered about the 2008 financial crisis and the ensuing “Great Recession,” you’re not alone. It’s not hard to point fingers at banks, financial institutions, and regulators—but do you know the underlying causes of financial crises?\nIn our new On Demand program, Financial Crises and Government, we team up with professors like Stephen Davies and Tyler Cowen to explore the recurring pattern of government financial regulation that ultimately creates environments that result in financial crises and panics.\nAfter this program, you’ll better understand:\n- the history of financial mayhem caused by government intervention\n- the effectiveness of stimulus spending\n- the Austrian theory of booms and busts\n- the government response to the 2008 financial crisis\n- the Great Recession, and more.\nCheck out the video below for a sneak peek of what the program has to offer, then join the program for the full 11-part series."}
{"text":"Saturn's moon Tethys, with its stark white icy surface, peeps out from behind the larger, hazy, colorful Titan in this view of the two moons obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Saturn's rings lie between the two.\nThe north polar hood can be seen on Titan appearing as a detached layer at the top of the moon here. Ithaca Chasma, a long series of scarps or cliffs on Tethys, can be seen faintly running north-south on that moon.\nThis view looks toward the side of Titan (3,200 miles or 5,150 kilometers across) facing away from Saturn and the side of Tethys (660 miles or 1,062 kilometers across) facing Saturn. This view looks toward the northern, sunlit side of the rings from just above the ring plane.\nImages taken using red, green and blue spectral filters were combined to create this natural color view. The images were acquired with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on May 21, 2011, at a distance of approximately 1.4 million miles (2.3 million kilometers) from Titan and 2.4 million miles (3.8 million kilometers) from Tethys. Image scale is 9 miles (14 kilometers) per pixel on Titan and 18 miles (27 kilometers) per pixel on Tethys."}
{"text":"IDE & Navigation\nProperties & Tools\nTriggers are the events fired/executed at certain point in the model execution. You can attach MScript or java method to each trigger. When the trigger fires, the MScript or java method attached will be executed.\nTriggers can be used to format and output test cases to files or used to drive AUT for test automation or both.\nUnderstanding when triggers are fired can help you determine which trigger your automation script (MScript or java method) should be attached to.\nSome triggers are fired at the beginning of the model execution, some are fired at the specific state or transition and some are generic triggers fired for any state/transition. Below you will find more information about these triggers. They are listed in the order relevant to the order in which they are fired:\nTriggers are executed in the predefined order as the states and transitions are traversed by the sequencers.\nMBT Start trigger is executed at the beginning of each model execution and is only executed once per model execution.\nMBT End trigger is executed at the end of the each model execution and is only executed once per model execution.\nState and transition triggers are executed between MBT Start and MBT End as the states and transitions are traversed.\nWhen state is traversed, the following state triggers are executed in order:\nUpon state is traversed, a transition is chosen to be traversed. The transition triggers are exeuted in the following order:\nGuard trigger is executed for all transitions leaving the state to evaluate which transition is feasible before choosing a transition. Once the transition is chosen, the transition triggers of the chosen transition are then executed in the order described above.\nYou may also define OnException and OnError triggers to handle test failures (Exceptions) and runtime errors (coding error)."}
{"text":"Vitamin D Can Boost Breast Cancer Survival Rate, According To This New Study\nAn intriguing finding in breast cancer research: Vitamin D may increase the likelihood of surviving breast cancer, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of California's San Diego School of Medicine found that women with higher levels of the nutrient in their blood are twice as likely to survive breast cancer, compared with those who have low levels of the vitamin.\nPreviously, research has revealed low vitamin D levels to be linked to premenopausal breast cancer. This prompted lead researcher Cedric Garland to examine the relationship between the nutrient and survival rates. The study, published in the journal Anticancer Research, discovered vitamin D helps fight the disease by preventing tumor growth and limiting blood supply to cancerous cells. The nutrient switches on a protein that helps block aggressive cell division, Garland says.\nResearchers analyzed five studies that followed 4,443 breast cancer patients for an average of nine years. Women with high levels of vitamin D had about 30 nanograms per milliliter of the vitamin in their blood, while those with lower amounts averaged 17 ng/ml. The results invite new treatment regimens, Garland says, since guidelines for a safe dosage necessary for those high levels are already in effect.\nMore clinical trials still need to be done, but in the meantime, we can all benefit from a daily dose of vitamin D through sunlight and supplements — the nutrient is also proven to help heart disease, osteoporosis, and other cancers."}
{"text":"India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and is home to over 1.3 billion people that comprise 17.6 per cent of the global population. It is likely to be the most populous country by the year 2030. Young Indians (those under the age of 30 years) account for nearly 60 per cent of the total population and, it is this group that can drive India towards a healthy knowledge-based economy. As a developing country, India continues to face challenges of ‘food security’ and ‘nutrition security’. As population grows, it becomes important not only to ensure ‘food security’ but also ‘nutrition security’, through the right diet consisting of an optimum mix of fruits and vegetables. A number of studies conducted by the World Bank, World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have highlighted that a large number of Indians suffer from micronutrient deficiency as they are not eating the right quantity of fruits and vegetables. Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)’s own study—India’s Phytonutrient Report, based on the WHO’s recommended daily intake of fruits and vegetables, found gaps in consumption across urban rich and middle income groups, which is more acute for students than adults. Indian dietary pattern can be different from global consumers. To understand if the earlier findings are applicable using Indian dietary recommendations, this report is based on the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) recommendations."}
{"text":"Phoenix Canariensis. Canary island Date Palm or Pineapple Pine.\nPhoenix Canariensis, Commonly known as Canary Island Date Palm or pineapple pine, this tree belongs to the Arecaceae (earlier known as Palmaceae) and is obviously native to the Canary Islands. Its beauty lies most of all in its posture, foliage and the colour of its fruition. It is one of the most widely grown palm trees worldwide. Reaching heights of aprox. 20m, it develops a trunk of up to one metre in diametre. Slow in growth, it is appreciated for its fruits (dates) and honey. Date palms are a highly elegant option to be planted in rows along main avenues and boulevards. With its resilience it can face temperatures as low as -8 C° without great problems, even though it flourishes best in moderate climate conditions. Deals well with drought spells, requiring moderate watering.\nFormat : Phoenix Canariensis CO 60/80 cm. 450 lt – CO 100/120 cm 600lt and Phoenix Canariensis CO 140 a 250 cm."}
{"text":"Learn how to play with arrays in Java programming. Here are most commonly used examples −\nHow to sort an array and search an element inside it?\nHow to sort an array and insert an element inside it?\nHow to determine the upper bound of a two dimentional array?\nHow to reverse an array?\nHow to write an array of strings to the output console?\nHow to search the minimum and the maximum element in an array?\nHow to merge two arrays?\nHow to fill (initialize at once) an array?\nHow to extend an array after initialisation?\nHow to remove an element of array?\nHow to remove one array from another array?\nHow to find common elements from arrays?\nHow to find an object or a string in an Array?\nHow to check if two arrays are equal or not?\nHow to compare two arrays?\n© Copyright 2019. All Rights Reserved."}
{"text":"(HealthDay News) — Researchers say they’ve made preliminary progress toward developing a drug that one day may treat people infected with the Marburg virus, which is similar to Ebola. The study was published in the July 23 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.\nThe new drug, known as AVI-7288, does not prevent infection with Marburg virus. “Rather, it limits the replication of the virus, which in turn reduces the severity of disease once the virus is introduced into the body,” study coauthor Travis Warren, Ph.D., told HealthDay. Warren is a research scientist with the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Frederick, Md.\nIn 2014, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston reported success with an experimental Marburg drug that works in a similar way. With the new medication, scientists injected the drug into monkeys infected with the Marburg virus and found they developed fewer symptoms, with none dying among those who got the highest doses. The scientists also reported no safety problems when they gave healthy people doses similar to those that seemed to work in monkeys.\nThe medication isn’t approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. And, it’s not now under active development, study coauthor Michael Wong, M.D., senior medical director of infectious diseases at Sarepta Therapeutics in Cambridge, Mass., told HealthDay.\nSeveral authors disclosed financial ties to Joint Product Management Office of BioDefense Therapeutics and Sarepta Therapeutics. Sarepta is developing AVI-7288."}
{"text":"This activity is designed to explain and review plate tectonics. After a reading passage, there are nine multiple choice questions and a constructed response. I pass out this homework assignment as a review before the student’s assessment.\nYou may be interested in this:\nCopyright © The STEM Center. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY."}
{"text":"This video from Florida in the USA says about itself:\n2 August 2017\nJuvenile Hooded Merganser ducks diving for food give just a hint of the wildly colorful head dress and crests that come with adulthood. They are usually just winter visitors to Florida. These ducks are in captivity, but totally oblivious to humans and having a grand time.\nHooded Mergansers are fairly common on small ponds and rivers, where they dive for fish, crayfish, and other food, seizing it in their thin, serrated bills. They nest in tree cavities; the ducklings depart with a bold leap to the forest floor when only one day old.\nHooded Mergansers dive to catch aquatic insects, crayfish, and small fish. Males court females by expanding their white, sail-like crests and making very low, gravelly, groaning calls. Hooded Mergansers fly distinctively, with shallow, very rapid wingbeats."}
{"text":"In an article from the New York Times, health columnist Joe Brescia, explained how professional athletes are incorporating mixed martial arts into their work out regimens as a way to increase their mental and physical performance. However “new-age” this training routine may seem, the art of mixed martial arts is hardly “new-age;” in fact this cultural practice even dates back to ancient Greece.\nDuring this era, Olympians would train using a similar combat sport called, “pankration.” Through out history various cultures’ combat sports melded together until the earliest form of modern mixed martial arts, “merikan,” was formed during the early 1900’s. “Merikan” incorporates both European and Japanese styles of fighting.\nFast forward to today, professional baseball players and football players claim that training with mixed martial arts is creating a competitive edge over their colleagues. So much so, athletes like Adam Dunn of the Chicago White Sox, Brad Penny of the Detroit Tigers, Russell Martin of the Yankees, and the entire Atlanta Falcons’ team are keeping their routines under wraps as if they were part of their playbooks.\nSo how does it work? The MMA (mixed martial arts) trainers put together sequences that mimic how athletes play. For example, in order to throw a pitch, a pitcher’s movement involves lifting the knee, throwing the arm forward, and swinging the opposite back leg. In order to strengthen the muscles that control these movements, the trainer mirrors a pitcher’s sequence by having them raise the knee, forward punch, and end with a back kick.\nOne could argue promotional fitness accessories, like tracking monitors and punching bags could encourage any individual to improve their overall performance; but these teams and players are “drinking the kool-aid.” With this “new” training routine in place, some players even claim it’s improving their mental game, too.\nView my bio"}
{"text":"The United Kingdom became a member of the European Economic Community on 1 January 1973, after protracted negotiations lasting more than ten years. The two biggest obstacles to entry were General de Gaulle, who vetoed Britain's first application in 1963, and agriculture, both within the UK and in its relationships with other Commonwealth members. This book publishes for the first time the accounts of the agricultural negotiations written for the British government in the late 1980s.\nPart I, written by Edmund Neville-Rolfe, describes how the government of Harold Macmillan decided to try for entry, and how the negotiators struggled to reconcile the demands of British farmers and the Commonwealth with the reluctance of the EEC's six existing members to risk changing anything that they had, with great difficulty, just agreed among themselves. Part II, written by J.H.V. Davies, describes the determination of Edward Heath, British Prime Minister from 1970 to 1974, to succeed in the face of thorny issues such as Britain's budget contribution, Commonwealth imports and a common fisheries policy.\nIn his introduction Sir Michael Franklin, who commissioned these accounts, compares the two negotiations and contributes his own recollections; in a postscript he assesses the consequences for British farming and the UK's place in today's European Union."}
{"text":"In statistics, a sample is a group of items or values that are to represent a population. It is typically used because collecting data for larger populations is often inconvenient.\nA sample statistic is a number that can be calculated from sample data.\nAn example of a sample statistic is the mean of 5 VCE students in a class of 50. In this instance, sample mean would be the average heights of 5 students. On the other hand, the population mean, The symbol would be the average height of all 50 students. Since any combination of 5 students can be used, the sample mean, , is varies from sample to sample.\nSimple random sampling is a method of obtaining a representative sample for the population. In an SRS, the selection of the sample is completely unbiased. i.e. each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected. Typical methods of random sampling involve the use of a random number generator.\nWant to suggest an edit? Have some questions? General comments? Let us know how we can make this resource more useful to you."}
{"text":"Gingerbread Man Unit for Math and Literacy Fun!\nPlease note: This unit was completely revised on 12/2/15\n*Comprehension Questions and Activites for the Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone and the Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Ernst\n*Directions for making a paper bag book\n*Gingerbread in a jar craft\n*Gingerbread glyph with directions, pattern templates, and a data analysis sheet\n*Class graphing activity\n*Gingerbread Science Experiment\n*Literacy Center: How many words can you make with the letters in gingerbread?\n*Literacy Center: How many syllables?\n*Literacy Center: Beginning and ending sounds\n*Math Center: Capture the Cookie Addition\n*Math Center: Number Bonds\n*Math journal prompts\nSAVE MONEY BY PURCHASING THE Bundle HERE\nVisit my blog at www.mrsjumpsclass.blogspot.com"}
{"text":"abietic acid, the most abundant of several closely related organic acids that constitute most of rosin, the solid portion of the oleoresin of coniferous trees. Commercial abietic acid is usually a glassy or partly crystalline, yellowish solid that melts at temperatures as low as 85° C (185° F). It belongs to the diterpene group of organic compounds (compounds derived from four isoprene units).\nRosin has been used for centuries for caulking ships. It is also rubbed on the bows of musical instruments to make them less slippery. In modern times methods have been developed for improving the properties of the rosin acids, which are soft, tacky, and low-melting and subject to rapid deterioration by oxidation in air. Stability is greatly increased by heat treatment."}
{"text":"Cerebrovascular disease includes the brain abnormalities that affect the circulation of blood to the brain, including stroke, carotid stenosis, vertebral stenosis, intracranial stenosis, aneurysms, and vascular malformations. Cerebrovascular disease can result in stroke or bleeding in the brain (hemorrhage).\nCauses and Risk Factors\nCerebrovascular diseases primarily affect elderly people, those with diabetes or heart disease, or smokers. Hypertension is the most common cause. Continuous hypertension changes the structure of the blood vessels and makes them susceptible to blood pressure changes. A sudden rise in blood pressure can cause ripping of blood vessels and a hemorrhage. A drop in blood pressure could cause stroke.\nThe majority of cerebrovascular problems can be identified through imaging tests like an MRI or CT scan. These tests allow neurosurgeons to view the brain tissue, arteries, and vessels. Treatment is determined by the extent of the brain abnormality and the condition of the patient. For some people, medication is prescribed to help reduce the risk of ischemic stroke. These include medication to control high blood pressure, medications to reduce cholesterol levels, and anticoagulants to thin blood and prevent it from clotting. For some people, surgery may be required."}
{"text":"- About Us\n- About SDGs\n- SDGs Study Scheme\n- Getting Involved\n- News and Events\nUGEA1333 Multiculturalism in China\nLecture: Thursdays 11:30 a.m. - 01:15 p.m.\nDr. TANG Wai Man\nMedium of Instruction\nThis course introduces students to an understanding of the changes of the ethnic landscape in China from the past to the present. Through close readings of ethnographies, viewing of videos, and fieldtrips, this class examines various topics in multiculturalism in China, including ethnic relations, global economy, religion pluralism, and cross-cultural romance and marriage, in the context of globalization. This course also compares multiculturalism in different Chinese societies and discusses the possible futures of PRC. Over the past decade, China has been committed to advance the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda (17 Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs). This course also discusses to what extent the development in China meets these goals, particularly in the area of sustainable economic growth, social equality, and cultural inclusiveness.\n- Acquire basic anthropological knowledge in multiculturalism, globalization, and ethnicity and develop the ability to comprehend and apply related knowledge.\n- Gain a better appreciation of Chinese cultural heritage and other cultural traditions.\n- Recognize that Chinese culture involves multicultural components.\n- Acquire a critical mind to examine any social issues.\n- Recognize the importance of sustainable development from the social and cultural perspectives."}
{"text":"Definition - What does Unfit mean?\nUnfit for work means that the individual has a physical disability or sickness which renders him or her unable to have gainful employment. Usually this designation means that the individual will then be eligible for government assistance of some sort, such as Social Security Disability benefits. Job accommodations or retraining are often tried first in an attempt to keep an individual employed in some manner before a determination of completely unfit to work is made.\nWorkplaceTesting explains Unfit\nUnfit for work determinations vary based on type of work sought and location of the individual. For example, the United Kingdom does work capability assessment to determine an\nindividual is fit for work, unfit for work but is able to receive the\npre-employment training, or is unfit for work or training. The\nDepartment for Work and Pensions is responsible for conducting the\nassessment. If it is determined that an individual is unfit for work, he\nor she may be entitled to other work sickness benefits. However, the process in the US might be quite different and use different criteria. Often, retraining and significant job accommodations are made before an unfit for work determination will be considered.\nCertain criteria will determine whether or not an individual has a\nlegitimate claim of unfit (these are called descriptors). Assessment\nwill generally look at occupational health theory, clinical knowledge, and functional\nassessments to gauge whether or not an individual has a real disability\nthat impacts work competence. The assessors usually involve a variety of specialists from the medical fields as well as those trained in disability regulations and work accommodations and training."}
{"text":"Researchers at the Smithsonian Institution are bringing history back to life with 3D scanning technology. The experts use laser scanners to digitise artefacts for future study.\nIn this video, the researchers used 3D scanning technology to make a 3D-printed replica of early explorer Robert Kennicott’s skull. The replica was then passed on to a traditional sculptor to create a forensic reconstruction using traditional methods.\nConventionally, the original skull would have been used for that reconstruction; however, handling or putting clay on the skull puts the object at risk. By utilising the new technology, the original skull is preserved.\nHow does 3D scanning work?\nUsing a laser arm scanner very much like a bar code scanner, the experts projected laser lines onto a series of points on the skull to capture the geometry of it in real time. The laser beams then bounced off the skull and back onto a sensor. The time it took for the laser beams to bounce were equated to very precise measurements. Once they had a digital representation of the skull, the experts 3D-printed a replica of the skull.\nMore about 3D scanning\nGet your hands on PM’s June 2014 issue (on sale 26 May) to read more about how 3D scanning technology is changing the way researchers and conservators investigate and display major scientific finds."}
{"text":"nitrite. The subcommittee evaluated this information in the context of the drinking-water standards for those substances and drew conclusions about the adequacy of the current standards to protect human health.\nMethemoglobinemia is the primary adverse health effect associated with human exposure to nitrate or nitrite. To cause methemoglobinemia, nitrate must be converted to nitrite. Methemoglobinemia occurs when nitrite oxidizes the Fe2+in hemoglobin to Fe3+, a form that does not allow oxygen transport. Methemoglobinemia can lead to cyanosis (insufficient oxygenation of the blood characterized by bluish skin and lips) and, ultimately, death. Methemoglobinemia in adults is rare; most methemoglobinemia victims are infants who have been fed formula mixed with nitrate-containing well water or food with a high nitrate content or who have diarrhea.\nResults of epidemiologic studies are inadequate to support an association between high nitrate or nitrite exposure from drinking water in the United States and increased cancer rates in humans. In laboratory animals, nitrate and nitrite are not carcinogenic unless they are administered concurrently with nitrosatable amines. Studies in humans are also inadequate to support an association between nitrite or nitrate exposure and reproductive or developmental effects. Results of studies in laboratory animals suggest that reproductive and developmental toxicity might occur, primarily at high doses, which also can produce maternal methemoglobinemia. At high doses, inorganic nitrite, but not nitrate, can produce hypotension in humans as a result of its action as a smooth muscle relaxer."}
{"text":"Our school is in a small, rural community in South Carolina. Our student population is fairly homogeneous. With limited resources, many of our students rarely travel far from home. Opportunities to meet and learn from students in other states and other countries are virtually nonexistent. However, the Internet provides a way to create these opportunities...virtually. In my personal mission statement, I acknowledge my responsibility to help my students become responsible, ethical citizens of their school, their community, and their world. One way to accomplish that is to provide opportunities to participate in distance learning with students around the world.\nWeb resources are a wonderful addition to the instructional tools available to teachers today. Our text lists resources such as webquests, wikis, email pen pals, and collaborative organizing through calendar services (Pitler, H., Hubbell, E., Kuhn, M., & Malenoski, K, 2007). This week, I was notified that a cooperative learning project I proposed has been funded. In this project, my students will investigate issues related to the availability of clean, safe drinking water. As they research and test local water sources, I would like for them to collaborate on this project with students in a distant location. Our text mentioned email pen pal services as a way to make the necessary contacts. Another resource that is highly recommended is the Flat Classroom Project (http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/ ).\nCooperative learning projects are an important part of our curriculum, yet the opportunities for exposure to new or different ideas are limited. My hope is that virtual collaborative projects such as this will make global issues more real and relevant to students who have little knowledge of the world outside of their county or state. Social learning will then be a much more powerful experience for these students.\nPitler, H., Hubbell, E., Kuhn, M., & Malenoski, K. (2007). Using technology with classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, VA: ASCD."}
{"text":"|| Checking for direct PDF access through Ovid\nParalytic lagophthalmos can cause exposure keratopathy. Current treatments have difficulties: extrusion, migration, allergic reaction, anatomical disruption, and technically difficult surgeries. The goal of this study was to design, create, and assess a new method for eyelid closure using magnets.This experimental study is approved by institutional review board. Creation of eyelid model and magnet systems: A model of the eyelid and eyeball was constructed to determine the necessary magnetic strength. Neodymium magnets were cast in silicone mold carriers. Assessment of temporary magnet systems in humans: 1) a magnet was affixed to the upper and lower eyelids, and 2) a magnet was affixed to the upper eyelid and another to eyeglasses. Parameters evaluated were eyelid positions and success of eyelid closure in healthy adult volunteers.Magnetic force required to create the average eyelid opening force was calculated from the eyelid model to be equivalent to 4 magnets. The magnet system affixed to upper and lower eyelids resulted in complete eyelid closure in 5 of 5 normal controls, while the magnet system affixed to the upper eyelid and to spectacles resulted in complete eyelid closure in 10 of 13 normal controls.Magnetic systems for eyelid closure were designed that used either magnets affixed to both upper and lower eyelids or an upper eyelid magnetic component combined with a magnetic element in the lower rim of spectacles. Both were effective in eyelid closure in a model eye and normal controls. These systems may ultimately provide a simplified, safer, and less invasive method to treat paralytic lagophthalmos."}
{"text":"Arianna Azzellino, researcher with the Milan Politecnico and with Tethys, together with other colleagues, have recently published \"Habitat use and preferences of cetaceans along the continental slope and the adjacent pelagic waters in the western Ligurian Sea\".\nThe work is based on research done between 1996 and 2000 in a study area of 3000 Km squared within the Pelagos Sanctuary.\nResearchers reported a total of 814 sightings of striped dolphins, fin whales, sperm whales, long-finned pilot whales, Cuvier's beaked whales, Risso's dolphins, common bottlenose dolphins and short-beaked common dolphins. Sighting data were integrated with a Geographic Information System to a set of environmental characteristics, which included bottom gradient, area between different isobaths, distance from the coast etc.\nThe study showed interesting results: 1) differences in the habitat preference of most species; 2) habitat segregation between Risso’s dolphins, sperm whales and Cuvier’s beaked whales; 3) temporal segregation in the use of the slope area for sperm whales and Risso’s dolphins; 4) generic preference for the pelagic area for fin whales, common dolphins and pilot whales; and 5) no specific habitat preference for striped dolphins, but a relation between their group size and habitat use.\nLast but not least, all the regular species showed interannual and seasonal movements, indicating that changes in the environmental and climatological conditions have a remarkable influence on habitat use.\nArianna Azzellino and Silvia Bonizzoni\nAzzellino A., Gaspari S., Airoldi S., Nani B. 2008. Habitat use and preferences of cetaceans along the continental slope and the adjacent pelagic waters in the western Ligurian Sea. Deep-Sea Research I 55: 296–323."}
{"text":"Multimedia narratives, data visualization, collaborative news engagement and new media business models: how the world's first academic journalism library enables digital creativity and struggles to preserve the resulting products\nMetadata[+] Show full item record\nThe Missouri Method, practical hands-on training in real-world news media, is still the pedagogy of choice at the Missouri School of Journalism and has been for more than a century. However, today's journalism tools and the products they create have little resemblance to those used in 1908 when the school was founded. The journalism library at the University of Missouri has supported scholars and journalists for more than a century. The mission of the library has never changed, but its role continues to expand to include access to and management of content creation technology. Today, news is created and delivered by methods early twentieth century newspapermen could not even imagine. This paper will share innovative experiments in news media, including: U_News, a collaborative multimedia broadcast using Google + Hangout to create communities; Intersection, a video streamed community discussion platform hosted by public radio; Newsy.com, a multisource video news analysis service; Columbia Missourian, a “digital first” newspaper employing social media engagement tools; and news and magazine applications (apps) created for mobile devices. This paper will also examine emerging media business models like Spot.us, an open source project to pioneer “community powered reporting.” Finally, the paper will share challenges libraries face in assuring that digital objects created today are preserved for tomorrow's historians."}
{"text":"Create a Calendar: May\nWant to teach your kid the days of the week and months of the year? Try a calendar activity. With cute pictures she can color, this fun calendar printable is sure to keep her excited and entertained. The calendar is missing its numbers, so she'll get to practice counting from 1-31 as she fills in all the dates. Counting, handwriting, coloring—this printable has it all.\nWant to learn the rest of the months? Check out the other Create a Calendar printables."}
{"text":"The Role of Sport and Physical Activity in Prevention of Inadequate Body Image Among Children\nAbstractBackground: Children involved in sport or physical activity related to their body image more adequate than children not practicing physical activity. Coach usually plays an important role in the formation of body image of children involved in sport. Methods: Participants were 125 adolescents, 9-12 years: 110 athletes (55 girls, 55 boys) and 115 non-athletes (60 girls, 55 boys). The \"Questionnaire measuring body image and dissatisfaction\" was used. Findings: The images of the real and the ideal body in the group of athletes were almost identical. Sports protect athletes from dissatisfaction with their body. But athletes are more critical for their bodies. Girls more than boys are worried about their weight, and girls-athletes more than non athletes. In sports environment children are less teased by their peers than in the school. The formation of body image is greatly affected by parents and peers, and among athletes - by coaches. Discussion: Sport and physical activity facilitate the formation of an adequate image of the body in childhood. Regular practice of physical activity may be a method to overcome personal complexes associated with the perception of their body.\nCopyright (c) 2014 N. Ilina\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License."}
{"text":"Synchronous decade counter\nExperiment, have fun and learn.\nWhat better than counting without a counter ?\nIn order to make a basic function (a decade counter) you need even more basic elements as : AND/OR Gates and J-K flip-flops.\nWhat is a synchronous decade counter ?\nA logical counter able to increment a 4 bits word at each clock tick from 0 to 9 in a loop.\nThe main component to make a counter is a J-K Flip Flop. Actually, one for each bit.\nOtherwise, the decimal greatest number of a decade counter is 9 that is encoded by 1001 in binary code.\nAs a result, this counter will increment 4 bits from 0000 to 1001 so it requests 4 flip flops.\nWhat is a J-K Flip Flop ?\nThe JK flip-flop is a universal flip-flop, because it can be configured to work as an SR flip-flop, a D flip-flop, or a T flip-flop.\nIf J and K are tight together the JK flipflops will behave as a T flip-flop. This is to say : hold or toggle the Q output.\nThe main advantage of this it doesn’t need any input signal, it works on its own.\nThere is two options to make a counter :\n– Synchronously : the same clock is shared on each flip flop. Every flip-flop moves on the same top.\n– Asynchronously : each flip flop output is linked to the next flip flop clock. Each flip-flop waits for its predecessor.\nI choose the synchronous method to begin.\nSynchronous up counter\nDue to this 4 JK flip-flops synchronous mounting, two AND gates has to be added on FFB and FFC outputs.\nThey will properly drive the J and K state to hold or toggle Q state in order to count each number between 0 and 9 as requested.\nDecade synchronous up counter\nIt is the same thing as before but two AND gates were added more one OR gate.\nThese gates are needed to be able to stop counting at 9 and loop back to 0."}
{"text":"Todays Space Weather: 55% chance of M class Flare\nThe Daily Sheeple\nFebruary 20th, 2013\nReader Views: 390\nTodays sunspot number is 117\nLess than 24 hours ago sunspot AR1678 did not exist, now it’s three times larger than planet Earth. It’s highly likely given the speed of it’s growth that the magnetic field within it is unstable. Unstable magnetic fields often give rise to significant flares.\nIn light of this NASA estimates the chance of an M class flare within the next 24 hours at 55% and that of an X class as 15% in the same time frame.\nDelivered by The Daily Sheeple\nContributed by Chris Carrington of The Daily Sheeple.\nChris Carrington is a writer, researcher and lecturer with a background in science, technology and environmental studies. Chris is an editor for The Daily Sheeple. Wake the flock up!\nPlease share: Spread the word to sheeple far and wide\nLeave A Comment...\nThe Daily Sheeple Home Page"}
{"text":"FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Less than 100 years ago, the mass murder of millions of Jews and others changed the world. Tuesday, the stories of the holocaust traveled to Fresno to serve as a living form of history.\nThe images are startling, showing life during the holocaust as millions were murdered by Nazis. The pictures and their stories came to Fresno High as part of the traveling Holocaust memorial exhibit, “The Courage to Remember.”\nFresno High Student Marta Morales said, “I really like it because it teaches us a lot about what happened back in the day and what they had to go through and the struggle was super bad. It made me upset to see them treat people like this.”\nMorales was one of the many, who got a chance to look at the exhibit after learning about the holocaust in class. Students looked at pictures, watched videos and even interacted on computers for a look at what unfolded during the 1930s and 1940s. 6,000,000 people were killed and many others sent to concentration camps. Librarian Sue Navarro says it’s history that didn’t happen that long ago.\n“The targeted hatred and not just one group of people, but many groups of people,” said Navarro. “That’s one of the things that I tell students if we lived back at that time, many of us would have been targets.”\nWhile students learned about history, they were also charged not to be a bystander and to focus on kindness. A message that hit home.\nMorales explained, “I think it motivates people here to standup for themselves and standup for their people and what they believe in.”\nEach student was handed a bracelet to remind them of a way to learn from history and help change their world.\nIn addition to Fresno High, several other schools are expected to come out and take a look at these exhibits. It runs until March 20"}
{"text":"There are around 2,000 species in the carnation family. Many of these flowering plants are grown in gardens. Others are weeds. Carnations naturally have pinkish-purple flowers. However, people have bred them to be many colors, including red, white, and yellow.\n- “Dianthus caryophyllus.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianthus_caryophyllus\n- “Caryophyllaceae.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryophyllaceae\nNo one has provided updates yet."}
{"text":"Gent Technologies - www.gent.ie - Free\nOnline Practice Tests\nReturn to Gent Technologies - Online\nTests and Notes page\n© Paul Gent,\nAll Rights Reserved\nExcel Test 1\nYou should have Excel open and a blank spreadsheet visible\nto do this test. You should not use notes or books.\nOnly use Excel and its associated help files.\nAnswers: Are displayed using white text\nso they are not immediately visible. If you select the text, as if you\nwere going to copy it, on the Answer line, it will appear.\n1. A user\nwishes to remove a spreadsheet from a workbook. Which is the correct\nsequence of events that will do this?\na. Go to FILE - SAVE AS - SAVE AS TYPE - Excel 4.0 Work Sheet\nb. Right click on the spreadsheet tab and select DELETE\nc. Right click on the spreadsheet and select INSERT - ENTIRE COLUMN\nAnswer = b\n2. What is the keyboard shortcut (button or buttons to\nbe pressed) for creating a Chart from the selected cells?\n3. Which formula can add the all the numeric values in a range of\ncells, ignoring those which are not numeric, and place the result in a\n4. Which of these will NOT select all the cells in a document?\na. Clicking three times with the right mouse button in the\nb. Using the Edit - Select All menu item\nc. Pressing CTRL + A on the keyboard\n5. When you see a cell with a red triangle in the top right corner,\nwhat does this signify?\na. There is an error in the cell\nb. There is a comment associated with the cell\nc. The font colour for text in the cell is red\nd. A formula cannot be entered into the cell\n6. Which of the following buttons on the Excel toolbar will format\nselected cells so that they appear as currency values?\n7. Which of the following will NOT set text in selected cells to ITALICS?\na. Pressing CTRL + I on the keyboard\nb. Using the Tools - Wizard - Web Form menu item\nc. Using the Format - Cells - Font menu item\n8. Is it possible to insert an image from a file into an Excel spreadsheet?"}
{"text":"Today’s news from the archaeological dig happening here at Oatlands: There are walls where there should be walls. Each test pit dug to test the theory that a foundation wall should exist from the large barn that burned in the 1880s has revealed a stone wall. The archaeologists from Rivanna Archaeological Services are at work again this week looking for wall remnants and, in particular, trying to find the corners.\nThe two pictures above show the typical stone wall being unearthed (left) and a new pit on the top side of the hill next to the stone milking parlour wall (right). The new pit is uncovering a jumble of bricks…looks like a pile of rubble. Who knows, though, what it will turn out to be a few more inches down.\nExcavation is happening both on the uphill and downhill sides of the bank barn. The theory is that a farm road on the uphill side would have allowed wagons to dump their loads into the silos in the brick bank barn. The farm road on the downhill side would have allowed the wagons to load from the bottom of the silos.\nEvery day, this dig is more fascinating! Enjoy the pictures…more tomorrow!"}
{"text":"02 October 2007\nWhen I work with my students on intervals, I use the \"atonal\" system where you count the number of half steps rather than the traditional \"tonal\" system. In other words, a major third would be a 4, a perfect fifth would be a 7, etc. What I want to know is if anyone else has experience using this system with raw beginners. Purely out of habit, I tend to start with 1's and 2's (major and minor seconds), then add 3's and 4's (major and minor thirds) and so on, hence still kind of following the tonal system even though the terminology is different. Has anyone tried starting with 0's and 12's (unisons and octaves), then 1's and 11's (minor seconds and major sevenths), then 2's and 10's (major seconds and minor sevenths), and so on? I'm wondering whether it might not make more sense to proceed this way, by pairing intervals that are inversions of each other and hence sound more alike. Has anyone tried this?"}
{"text":"-In this product, you will find 11 fluency centers. These are for fluency and expression practice. This fluency centers pack was recently updated to fit a second or third grade classroom. I have a first grade version if you're looking for something more simple with easier words and phrases. This 2nd and 3rd grade version uses 2nd and 3rd 100 Fry Words and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th phrases.\n-Fluency Phrases Flash Cards\n-Buggy Sight Words\n-Picture and Sentence Match\n-Timed Sight Words\n-2-Syllable Word Rectangles\n-Nonsense Blends Rectangles\n-Sight Word Punctuation\n**If you own my original Fluency Centers, please email me at jessica.L.email@example.com before you buy this. I took the original set and split it up to match grade levels a little better.**\nCenters use Fry sight words and fluency phrases from the second and third 100 lists.\nSuggestion- Laminate these centers for durability.\nNeed more fluency?\nCheck out my Zoofluency series...\nSave big and grab the BUNDLE here.\nHere is my Bugs and Insects Fluency.\nHere is my Ocean Animal Fluency.\nHere is my Zoofluency.\nHere is my Forest Animal Fluency.\nAnd here is my Winter Animal Fluency."}
{"text":"If you're interested in knowing how many punches you can take from a robot, head to University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, where six brave volunteers have stood tall against a mechanical Mike Tyson in the name of safety. The robot is testing just how much pain machine-on-man violence causes, so that researchers can properly calibrate industrial equipment to avoid injuring workers.\nOriginally, the experiment involves one robot arm striking another fake arm filled with impact-measuring sensors. However, that didn't give the researchers accurate enough data. So Borut Povše, the professor behind the study, found a half dozen solid-chinned test subjects to more accurate describe when the robot started hurting them.\nIn a paper describing the earlier experiment with the two robot arms, Povše described the work environment that necessitates this kind of research:\n\"Future development of industrial production performance and new technologies require coexistence of humans and robotic systems. Future robots will not work behind safety guards with locked doors or light barriers. Instead they will be working in close cooperation with humans which leads to fundamental concern of how to ensure safe physical human robot interaction.\"\nLive Science newsletter\nStay up to date on the latest science news by signing up for our Essentials newsletter."}
{"text":"Asian Camel Cricket (image) North Carolina State University Share Print E-Mail Caption Greenhouse camel crickets (Diestrammena asynamora), like the one seen here, are native to Asia but are now more common than domestic camel cricket species in homes in the eastern United States. Credit Lauren Nichols, YourWildlife.org Usage Restrictions Photo credit must be given. Share Print E-Mail Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system."}
{"text":"Orchard grass (dactylis glomerata L.) is a cool-season grass used mostly as a feed for livestock. This tall, nitrogen-rich grass is not a native to the United States but was brought here from Europe in the late 1700s. It grows well under trees, giving it the name orchard grass, and often is used in pastures. With plenty of water and an early spring or late summer planting, orchard grass is popular to grow because of its hardy nature.\nPrepare the soil for planting. Apply lime 1 inch deep to the soil and till. Add a starter fertilizer to the soil according to the package directions, raking into the dirt after application.\nApply the grass seed at a rate of 8 to 12 lbs. per acre of land. Spread only orchard grass seed without other varieties mixed into the seed. Spread the seed with a grain drill for large planting areas. Establish the seed 1/4 to 1/2 inches below the soil for optimal growth potential. Roll the soil with a lawn roller to press the seed into the soil and to gently firm the soil.\nWater until the soil is moist. Rainfall, if adequate, will maintain the moisture in the grass. Water the seeds by irrigation, if necessary, or with a garden hose when the planting area is smaller.\nHarvest the area in the spring, cutting the grass to 5 inches for best growth rates. Cutting spurs another growth cycle and will produce more grass. Harvest the grass every six weeks for optimal performance."}
{"text":"I'm going to tell you about half notes as they relate to 4/4, or common, time. In common time, there are four quarter note beats per measure. If you turn on your metronome and play one note per click, you are playing quarter notes.\nSince a half note lasts for twice as long as a quarter note, then you should play one note every two beats of the metronome in order to play half notes. There are two half notes in a measure of 4/4 time.\nFor the next lesson, you can practice couting quarter notes.\n|1.||Learn To Play Piano||7.||Counting Whole Notes|\n|2.||Proper Posture||8.||Counting Quarter Notes|\n|3.||Proper Hand Posture||9.||Counting Half Notes|\n|4.||Piano Chord Progressions||10.||Mary Had A Little Lamb|\n|5.||Finger Speed Exercises||11.||Row Your Boat|"}
{"text":"- Ice Age Presentation (PowerPoint)\n- Ice Ages – What are they and what causes them?\n- Pahvant Butte in the Black Rock Desert\n- Glacial Landforms in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons\n- The geologic story of GK Gilbert Geologic View Park\n- Utah’s Glacial Geology\nfrom Survey Notes, September 2010\n- Are there glaciers in Utah’s mountains?\n- Glacial striations and slickensides – What are those groovy rocks and how did they get that way?"}
{"text":"WHEN a patient presents himself to his physician with swelling or tenderness of one or another of the salivary glands, too often he is treated symptomatically with no attempt to establish the underlying cause. With this consideration in mind, this paper was written with the dual purpose of stimulating interest in the subject and providing a more complete classification of disorders peculiar to the salivary glands. In table 1 is outlined a proposed classification of these disorders.\nReference to the salivary glands should include not only the parotid, submaxillary and sublingual glands but also the accessory salivary glands of the mucosal surface, viz., buccal, labial, incisive, palatine and lingual. The major salivary glands secrete intermittently and do so when nerve impulses reach them, whereas the accessory salivary glands secrete almost continuously.\nA. CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES\nThe epithelium of the salivary glands arises as outpouchings from that part of the mouth which\nABEL WG. SURGICAL AND ALLIED DISEASES OF THE SALIVARY GLANDS AND DUCTS. Arch Otolaryngol. 1950;52(4):622–638. doi:10.1001/archotol.1950.00700030646010\nArtificial Intelligence Resource Center\nCustomize your JAMA Network experience by selecting one or more topics from the list below."}
{"text":"Black Zion in Pontotoc County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)\nSite of Pontotoc Creek Treaty\nErected 1982 by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.\nMarker series. This marker is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program marker series.\nLocation. 34° 12.365′ N, 88° 53.179′ W. Marker is in Black Zion, Mississippi, in Pontotoc County. Marker is at the intersection of Black Zion Road (Mississippi Route 342) and Valley Road (County Road 853), on the right when traveling north on Black Zion Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Black Zion Road, Pontotoc MS 38863, United States of America.\nOther nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. A different marker also named Site of Pontotoc Creek Treaty (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Pierre D'Artaguiette (approx. 4.6 miles away); Old Campground Methodist Church (approx. 4.6 miles away); Black Belt (approx. 5.4 miles away); Chickasaw Council House Tockshish (approx. 6.1 miles away); Lochinvar (approx. 6.6 miles away); Chickasaw Female College (approx. 6.8 miles away).\nMore about this marker. Another marker with same wording, but erected 11 years later, is within eyesight, 600 feet to the west.\nRelated markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.\nAlso see . . . Wikipedia article on the Treaty of Pontotoc Creek. (Submitted on April 12, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)\nCategories. • Native Americans • Notable Events •\nCredits. This page was last revised on April 14, 2017. This page originally submitted on April 12, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 72 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 12, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama."}
{"text":"The father of philosophical anarchism, William Godwin, was born March 3, 1756 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, and was the seventh of thirteen children of John Godwin and Anna Hull. Physically weak, introverted and intellectually precocious, Godwin held to strict Sandemanian Calvinism almost until the end of his formal education in 1778 at the Dissenting school, Hoxton Academy. John Godwin was a minister of the Sandeman variety and it was expected that young William would follow him into the ministry. Godwin later described Sandeman as a \"celebrated north country apostle, who, after Calvin had damned ninety-nine in a hundred of mankind, had contrived a scheme for damning ninety-nine in a hundred of the followers of Calvin.\" Such an austere religiosity so early in life goes a long way to explain why Godwin would eventually become the prophet of philosophical anarchism. From The History Guide.\nRelated categories 4\nBlupete - On William Godwin\nA 1825 essay in The Spirit of the Age, by William Hazlitt.\nChronology of William Godwin's life.\nThe Half-Told And Mangled Tale of Caleb Williams\nAn essay by Julian Darius on William Godwin's novel.\nArticle on the life and work of the founder of philosophical anarchism. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Mark Philp.\nA detailed biography and texts.\nA biographical essay by Peter Landry.\nBiographical entry from the 1911 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.\nIncludes categorized links to books, articles, encyclopedia entries and other biographical material.\nA short biography.\nWilliam Godwin and Informal Education\nAn article exploring this thinker's contribution to the theory of education, paying particular attention to informal education and lifelong learning. By Mark K. Smith.\nWilliam Godwin Archive\nAn extensive collection of online texts by this noted early anarchist. Also contains biography, bibliography, commentary, and images.\nOther languages 1\nLast update:May 5, 2016 at 8:54:11 UTC"}
{"text":"In Japan, scientists and engineers have worked together to create the maglev train. Maglev means magnetic levitation. Unlike other trains, this train does not have any wheels, but instead runs with magnets.\nImagine driving to work, and you’re going to be late because of all the traffic. The maglev train was built for this purpose. This train makes a faster, easier trip for anybody in a hurry. It does not pollute the environment as other trains do.\nThe way this train goes is not by rails or train tracks. Instead, in runs by guideways. These guideways contain sets of cross-connected metal coils wound into a figure eight pattern to form electromagnets. When stopped, the train rests on rubber wheels.\nOnce the train reaches 150 kilometers per hour (93 mph) the magnetic force is strong enough to lift the train 4 inches off the ground. The same magnetic forces that lift the train also move it forward and keep it centered within the guideway. This is the same technology used by Tesla’s hyperlogy which makes the ride smooth and the train exceptionally safe.\nThe train was clocked at 603 kilometers per hour (375 mph). This is much faster than the maglev trains already operating in Shanghai, China, and in South Korea which run at speeds of roughly 268 to 311 miles per hour and 68 miles per hour."}
{"text":"In this tutorial we will see how to use the terminal to backup our system files and folders in a single compressed archive file (we will use the bz2 format). The command we are going to use will exclude some unnecessary folders from the backup process. Making a full backup of your system files and folders will allow you to recover them later in case of any unexpected system troubles.\nThe archive file that we are going to create will be stored in the \"backup\" folder that we will see how to create inside the home directory, you can specify any other location of your choice.\nUnder Ubuntu, Open the terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run this command to create the backup folder we want to store the backup file:\nmkdir ~/backup && cd ~/backup\nThen start your system backup with this command:\ntar cvpjf backup.tar.bz2 --exclude=/proc4 --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/sys / --exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/tmp --exclude=/backup.tar.bz2\nIf you want to exclude more folders, you can add this option followed by the folder full path in the end of the command given above as follows:\nYou can browse the folder containing the backup archive file with this command:\nYou can then recover with this command:\ntar xvpfj backup.tar.bz2 -C /\nor run this command (full path indicated):\ntar xvpfj ~/backup/backup.tar.bz2 -C /"}
{"text":"Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, in honor of Douglas Dillon, 2001\nNot on view\nThe glassware known as chalcedony was developed in Renaissance Venice. Production ceased in the eighteenth century, only to be revived in the mid-nineteenth century. These examples of chalcedony glassware reveal skill and artistry equal to that of European makers, although they were produced only shortly after the technique was introduced into Japan in the mid-1800s."}
{"text":"The porphyrias are a group of inherited or acquired disorders of certain enzymes in the heme bio-synthetic pathway (also called porphyrin pathway). They manifest with either neurological complications (\"acute\") or skin problems (\"cutaneous\"), or occasionally both. The porphyrias may be classified by the primary site of the overproduction and accumulation of the porphyrins (or their chemical precursors) as hepatic porphyrias, where porphyrins are overproduced in the liver predominantly, or erythropoietic porphyrias, where the overproduction is confined to the bone marrow and the erythrocye (red blood cell) and its precursors.\nThe term derives from the Greek ποÏφÏÏα, porphyra, meaning \"purple pigment\". The name is likely to have been a reference to the purple discolouration of feces and urine in patients during an attack. Although original descriptions are attributed to Hippocrates, the disease was first explained biochemically by Felix Hoppe-Seyler in 1871, and acute porphyrias were described by the Dutch physician Barend Stokvis in 1889.\nThe prevalence of all types of porphyria taken together has been estimated to be approximately 1 in 25,000 in the United States. The worldwide prevalence has been estimated to be somewhere between 1 in 500 to 1 in 50,000 people."}
{"text":"History - Horses in World War I.\nAs we already know, horses were in demand in World War I. Under the 'Horse Mobilisation Scheme,' farms and families could be forced to sell their horses to the Army. Many people didn't want to give up their horses as they feared they would suffer or that they would never see them again.\nRead this letter to Lord Kitchener (Secretary of State for War) from a little girl Freda Hewlett who did not want to give up her pony 'Betty.'\nYour task is to write a letter to Lord Kitchener to explain why you don't want your horse to be taken to go to war. Try to remember letter layout, but focus more on the content of the letter.\nUse this link top help your WWI research:"}
{"text":"This preview shows pages 1–3. Sign up to view the full content.\nThis preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version.View Full Document\nUnformatted text preview: Fundamentals: I Aqueous Solutions and Precipitation Precipitation reactions An insoluble solid forms when two strong electrolytes (in solution) are mixed electrolyte solute present in an aqueous solution almost entirely as ions Complete ionic equation All the ions and solids are shown (even if the ions remain ions after the reaction) Net ionic equation Spectator ions are not shown only the players in the chemical reaction Ex. Write the complete and net ionic equations for: Pb(NO 3 ) 2 (aq) + HCl (aq) PbCl 2 (s) + HNO 3 (aq) 1) Balance equation: Pb(NO 3 ) 2 (aq) + 2 HCl (aq) PbCl 2 (s) + 2 HNO 3 (aq) 2) Write the complete ionic equation Write (aq) compounds as ions because they are really dissolved: Include correct charge and stochiometric coefficient Pb 2+ (aq) + 2 NO 3- (aq) + 2 H + (aq) + 2 Cl- (aq) PbCl 2 (s) + 2 H + (aq) + 2 NO 3- (aq) 3) Write the net ionic equation: Cancel out the spectator ions (like terms) If it changed in the reaction leave it in the net ionic equation Pb 2+ (aq) + 2 NO 3- (aq) + 2 H + (aq) + 2 Cl- (aq) PbCl 2 (s) + 2 H + (aq) + 2 NO 3- (aq) Pb 2+ (aq) + 2 Cl- (aq) PbCl 2 (s) Predicting the products of a precipitation reaction Solubility rules! page F65 Ex. Determine the total & net ionic equation resulting from the reaction of solutions of sodium sulfate and barium bromide:...\nView Full Document\nThis note was uploaded on 04/24/2008 for the course CHEM 6A taught by Professor Pomeroy during the Winter '08 term at UCSD.\n- Winter '08"}
{"text":"Wi-Fi was a method of wirelessly connecting electronic devices to each other via the internet, for purposes of communication or entertainment. It could also be used as a method of dispersing energy. It had varying qualities of reception.\nBy 2013, Wi-Fi was practically omnipresent on Earth - the Eleventh Doctor described humanity as \"living in a Wi-Fi soup.\" The Maitland family could access Wi-Fi in their home, using the password rycbar123. The Great Intelligence used an organisation run by Miss Kizlet to upload peoples' souls through Wi-Fi into the data cloud in order to feed its form; this plan was enacted by disguised robots called Spoonheads. (TV: The Bells of Saint John)\nOn New Year's Day 2019, a lone Dalek took over the Government Communications Headquarters of Great Britain. In order to divert enough power to make a transmission to Skaro, the Dalek shut down the country's Wi-Fi, phone signals and Internet to power the transmission. (TV: Resolution)\nIn the underwater base the Drum in 2119, the Twelfth Doctor tuned his sonic sunglasses into the base's Wi-Fi, providing an audio-visual feed to the base's computers to let the base crew get a closer look at the ghosts haunting them. He also used the sunglasses to generate holograms, first of Clara Oswald and later of himself, which were projected using the base's Wi-Fi. (TV: Under the Lake, Before the Flood)\nIn the 52nd century, the Seventh Transept had decent Wi-Fi, despite being a tomb. Dorium Maldovar was able to use his media chip to access the Wi-Fi after he was decapitated and brought to the Seventh Transept. (TV: The Wedding of River Song)"}
{"text":"Vertical farming is a component of urban agriculture and it is also an indoor farming practice. In the world today, food security has been a major challenge, due to its growing population and there is still need for more food production to meet the global consumption.\nAccording to UNPD, (2009), the world population will increase from about 6.9 billion in 2010 to 9.2 billion in 2050 and the urban population will likewise increase from 50.46 percent in 2010 to 68.70 percent in 2050. It is expected that world population will continue to increase and currently, the growth rate per year is about 80 million.\nVertical farming can take place in greenhouses, skyscrapers, controlled environment agriculture etc.\nAdvantages of Vertical Farming\n- It can resist any weather\n- It conserves energy\n- Sustainable urban growth\n- Reduces transportation costs\n- It does not require soil and fertilizer\n- Higher yields\n- Increase year round crop production\n- Respond greatly to climate change (controlled climate)\n- Environment friendly\n- Less water is needed\n- It will reduce pest infestation and post harvest spoilage\n- Organic crops production\n- Human health friendly\n- Vertical farming would reduce the need for new farmland\nTherefore, intensifying indoor urban farming via the establishment of vertical farms in urban centers may likely be the solution to food security for the growing population.\nBig business investors should start thinking of investing into vertical agriculture, in other to produce adequate food for the growing population so as to curb the menace of food insecurity in the world.\nimage source: bluelabyrinths.com\nThis post was originally published at Agric Arena and has been republished with permission."}
{"text":"The Hunted Whale\nAbout the Book\nThe lethal industry that lit the world, explained and illustrated by precise photographs of its weapons and equipment.\nTHE HUNTED WHALE is a spectacular photographic exploration of the material culture of American whaling in the age of sail. Before the coming of steam and diesel ships with instruments of mechanized slaughter, the hunt was a relatively even contest between two wily mammals --- man and the sperm whale. The danger that lurked in each hunt can be seen in the ultra-light cedar construction of the whale boat that the men “beached” on the living whale’s back. The gnarled and twisted shapes of surviving harpoons document the tenacity of the hunters as well as the wounded whale’s manic attempt to break free. Many aspects of the sperm whale’s unusual physiology are illustrated here, as are the whaler’s personal belongings: hats, gloves, and scrimshaw --- the intricate carvings he made on the whale’s teeth.\nExpertly curated and beautifully shot, this magnificent photo essay takes the viewer to the New England ports of a fledgling America as it struggled to dominate a global industry. Amazing facts, explanatory notes, and tales from the sea, representing the fruit of years of research, accompany James McGuane’s over 250 masterful photographs. McGuane looks to identify the various motivations that turned ordinary men into whale hunters. He discovers adventure, greed, courage, escape, gullibility and ignorance.\nThe book also includes a riveting firsthand account of the hunt, excerpted from naturalist Robert Cushman Murphy’s Logbook for Grace, a diary he kept of his time aboard the whaleship Daisy in 1912. With THE HUNTED WHALE, McGuane delivers an engrossing and humane snapshot of a now-vanished age that helped forge the American nation as we know it.\n245 color photographs"}
{"text":"Imagine a school assembly with 250 students. Everyone stands up and flips a coin. People with tails sit down. People with heads flip again.\nDo you think anyone will get 6 heads in a row?\nHow many heads in a row do you expect the last one standing to have flipped?\nCan you explain your reasoning?\nHere is an animation for you to explore what happens when different sizes of school assembly gather and carry out the experiment.\nNow that you have had the chance to explore, do your answers and reasoning to the questions above change at all?\nHow many people would you need to have in a school assembly for you to expect there to be someone still standing after ten flips?\nHere are some related questions you might like to consider:\n- Imagine that if you buy one ticket, the probability of winning the lottery jackpot is approximately 1 in 14 million. If there are usually two jackpot winners every week, how many tickets do you think are sold each week?\n- On October 7th 2010, a woman gave birth to her third child. Her first two children were also born on October 7th, in 2005 and 2007. So all three children in the family have the same birthday. The odds of this happening were incorrectly reported in the newspapers as being 1 in 48 million. Can you work out the correct probability?\nThere are more than a million families in the UK with three children.\nWould you expect there to be other families with three children who share a birthday?\n- The television performer Derren Brown once filmed himself flipping ten heads in a row for a programme about horse racing and unlikely events. He used a fair coin, and kept filming until he got ten in a row. How long do you think it took him?"}
{"text":"The extraordinary White-capped Noddy portrait. Indeed it is a bird that looks angry at you. Well, in that photograph. It stands on a piece of coral and looks straight into your eyes, like an angry, confrontational bird. The white feathers on its head, certainly look like it wears a cap. Since it sits on a white coral, you can see its webbed feet. The beach consists of bleached corals, crunched to fine sand, or much more substantial pieces. The background includes sand, coral, and far away from bushes.\nWhite-capped Noddy Portrait\nThis feisty White-capped Noddy is a seabird living worldwide in tropical and subtropical areas. You can find this species in the central Atlantic, northeast Indian, and in the Pacific Ocean. That White-capped Noddy portrait photograph was taken on Lady Elliott Island at the Great Barrier Reef.\nIndeed the Great Barrier Reef is the 7th natural wonder of the earth. Undoubtedly, it is so large we can see it from space! The Great Barrier Reef is the second largest reef on the planet. Long as 2300 km and covering 344 400 square kilometers. Wow! To make the size a bit more imaginable to you: the Great Barrier Reef is as large as Japan or Italy. To compare, Kruger National Park in South Africa is the size of Belgium, which is much smaller! The Great Barrier Reef was created as a Marine Park in 1975. The bird residents consist of 215 species, with many other species living underwater. As sad as it is because its main threats are human-influence. Who would have guessed that! After all, the result, about 50% of the coral decline from 1985 until 2012.\nThere I wonder how the reef looks today in 2020! The home of this White-capped Noddy and 214 other bird species. Especially the 1625 underwater species! Not to mention, the 600 species of soft and hard corals."}
{"text":"Step 1: Test the battery cells from the raw supplier to ensure that the voltage and capacity of each cell are sufficient.\nTest and analyze the lithium battery’s charge and discharge curve, capacity, voltage, and other related data.\nStep 2: Pick up the same voltage and capacity battery cell for 1 battery pack to ensure stable performance.\nPick up the lithium battery cell with the same voltage and capacity/ resistance, and use the same battery cell to make a battery pack to make the function stable.\nStep 3: Auto Welding Machine to weld the lithium battery cell to the battery pack.\nAutomatical welded machine for a battery pack for higher working efficiency and for accuracy than a worker, to reduce the fault rate significantly.\nStep 4: 100% testing lithium battery pack.\nInitial testing of all battery packs using test equipment\nStep 5: The aging test of the lithium battery pack.\nBattery pack charge and discharge aging test by battery aging rack."}
{"text":"Innocence, Heterosexuality, and the Queerness of Children's Literature examines distinguished classics of children's literature both old and new-including L. Frank Baum's Oz books, Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series-to explore the queer tensions between innocence and heterosexuality within their pages. Pugh argues that children cannot retain their innocence of sexuality while learning about normative heterosexuality, yet this inherent paradox runs throughout many classic narratives of literature for young readers. Children's literature typically endorses heterosexuality through its invisible presence as the de facto sexual identity of countless protagonists and their families, yet heterosexuality's ubiquity is counterbalanced by its occlusion when authors shield their readers from forthright considerations of one of humanity's most basic and primal instincts. The book demonstrates that tensions between innocence and sexuality render much of children's literature queer, especially when these texts disavow sexuality through celebrations of innocence. In this original study, Pugh develops interpretations of sexuality that few critics have yet ventured, paving the way for future scholarly engagement with larger questions about the ideological role of children's literature and representations of children's sexuality.Tison Pugh is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Central Florida. He is the author of Queering Medieval Genres and Sexuality and Its Queer Discontents in Middle English Literature and has published on children's literature in such journals as Children's Literature, The Lion and the Unicorn, and Marvels and Tales."}
{"text":"Environmental Impact of Brick, Stone and Concrete Paperback / softback\nThis report provides a review of how brick, stone and concrete materials have been assessed within the current edition of The Green Guide to Specification, including the application of the Environmental Profiles Methodology that underlies The Green Guide. This report aims to provide manufacturers and specifiers with a general understanding of the approach and decisions that have been made when applying the Environmental Profiles Methodology to these materials.\nThe major impacts and opportunities for using brick, stone and concrete over their whole life cycle are discussed and opportunities for improvements to the environmental performance of these materials are identified. This report has been produced as part of a series providing background information on the production of The Green Guide to Specification.\nMany of the other reports in the series that focus on specific materials may also be of use when considering the environmental impact of construction products.\n- Format: Paperback / softback\n- Pages: 36 pages, 2 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Tables, color; 10 Illustrations, color\n- Publisher: IHS BRE Press\n- Publication Date: 30/07/2013\n- Category: Environmentally-friendly architecture & design\n- ISBN: 9781848063204"}
{"text":"One tip for bush identification is to observe the bark and the shape and color of the leaves. Other ways to identify bushes are to see whether they have thorns, prickles or bristles and identify the sort of flowers they produce. Other identifiers are nuts, acorns, pods, berries or other types of seedheads. Another way to identify a bush is by the habitat where it grows.Continue Reading\nFor example, a rose bush is easy to identify when it is flowering, but identifying it at other times of the year might be a challenge. One way may be by its fruit. Roses bear red fruits called hips, and they are diagnostic. In some types of rose bushes, they are born singly on stems and in others they come in clusters. In the smooth and rugosa roses, the fruit hang on to their sepals even after they are ripe.\nThe twigs and bark of the sweetshrub are aromatic as are the leaves. The leaves are also oval and downy underneath, and the flowers are reddish brown and have a smell similar to strawberries. The bark of the ninebark splits and peels, but the pith is solid. The leaves are toothed and the plant bears clusters of flowers.Learn more about Botany"}
{"text":"Have you ever seen\na tornado? Hopefully, it was in a video or on television. Each year\nas many as 1000 tornadoes may occur in the United States. Their\ndestruction can range from minor to devastating. Although about\n100 people are killed each year by tornadoes, many more people survive\nunharmed. By knowing what to do you can greatly decrease your chances\nof getting hurt. This activity will introduce you to the history\nof tornado forecasting, tornado formation and tornado safety.\nWhat's in this section?\n- Describe when and where most tornadoes form.\n- Explain tornado watches and warnings and how to respond.\n- Describe what tornadoes look like.\n- Learn about the first tornado forecast.\n- Learn about the Fujita scale for rating tornadoes.\n- Learn how to calculate percentages.\n- Consider the impact the first tornado forecast had on saving\n- Discuss the importance of following safety plans.\n- Describe why it is unlikely an F6 rating will ever be assigned\nto a tornado.\n- Click on the link above to participate in some additional activities\n- Click on \"Links Only\" to access\na list of all the external sites used in this activity."}
{"text":"Found in and around The Mount Lofty Ranges, Piccadilly Valley region, Kangaroo Island and some regions of The Fleurieu and considered endangered.\nThey are a smaller snake only growing to around 50cm in length and mainly a dull dark olive grey colour and even brown. Their bite is considered dangerous to humans and pets and immediate action is required to reduce the chance of injury, even death. In nearly all cases snakes will flee when approached by humans or cats and dogs.\nThey feed on skinks and frogs and like to live under dense vegetation, logs and rocks and retaining walls.\nPygmy Copperheads are live bearers having up to 10 young around 7cm long."}
{"text":"Everybody hates that feeling when you spend three weeks reading a book, and a month later somebody asks you about it and you can’t remember a damn thing you read. Not only does it make you feel stupid, but it also makes you wonder why the hell you wasted a couple dozen hours of your life on a bunch of words that didn’t stick.\nThere are better and worse ways to learn. And interestingly, despite all of the babbling that goes on in school when you’re a kid about what you need to learn, not much is said about how to learn effectively.\nAnd when I say “to learn effectively” what I mean is A) to not just accumulate knowledge but B) to be able to apply that knowledge effectively at some point in the future.\nBy this definition, much of what you did in school was not learning. It was temporary exercises in memorization. By this definition, most of the seminars and courses and books and conferences people spend money on is not learning either.\nSomething is not truly learned until it changes you in some way, no matter how subtle or simple.\n1. Memory is Based on …"}
{"text":"This particular piece of embroidery has been published in many places, but I wanted my own photo of it, despite the challenges getting photos of anything at this exhibit.\nAbout the embroidery, the display said:\n“The deer was a symbol of Christ in the early Church. A piece of silk fabric found in Birka has a deer embroidered in silk thread. Its heart is represented by a triangular white stone. When it was made, the silver would have glimmered white, perhaps recalling the Vite Krist (The White Christ) as Christ was referred to in Scandinavia.”\nThis display was entitled “The Deer – a symbol of Christ” and included:\n- an equal-armed brooch from Uppland\n- the embroidery of silver on silk showing a stag turning his head, found at Uppland\n- a box-shaped brooch in bronze, silver, and gilded found at Gotland\n- a round brooch of silver found at Uppland\n- a round brooch of silver found at Sodermanland, Sweden\nOne of the two round brooches was “decorated with four sculpted deer gathered around either a well or mountain from which four rivers flow. The well may represent the ‘well of life’ and the mountain with four rivers represents Paradise – these were both important symbols of Christian baptism. The deer are looking anxiously behind them, at four animals which look ready to attack.”\nThe box brooch is described as having simplified versions of the deer and well symbolism, along with Old Norse motifs, and this same symbolism is on the equal-armed brooch, though the deer are more like goats, and there are only two of them.\nRead other posts from the Vikings In BC display: Vikings in BC tag"}
{"text":"For the exact argument , Mathematica returns an exact result.\nFor a machine‐number argument (a numerical argument with a decimal point and not too many digits), a machine number is also returned.\nThe next inputs calculate 100‐digit approximations at and .\nIt is possible to calculate thousands of digits for the hyperbolic sine function within a second. The next input calculates 10000 digits for and analyzes the frequency of the digit in the resulting decimal number.\nHere is a 50‐digit approximation for the hyperbolic sine function at the complex argument .\nMathematica automatically evaluates mathematical functions with machine precision, if the arguments of the function are machine‐number elements. In this case, only six digits after the decimal point are shown in the results. The remaining digits are suppressed, but can be displayed using the function InputForm.\nMathematica knows the symmetry and periodicity of the hyperbolic sine function. Here are some examples.\nMathematica automatically simplifies the composition of the direct and inverse hyperbolic sine functions into its argument.\nMathematica also automatically simplifies the composition of the direct and any of the inverse hyperbolic functions into algebraic functions of the argument.\nIf the argument has the structure or , and or with integer , the hyperbolic sine function can be automatically transformed into hyperbolic or trigonometric sine or cosine functions.\nSometimes simple arithmetic operations containing the hyperbolic sine function can automatically produce other hyperbolic functions.\nThe hyperbolic sine function can be treated as a particular case of other more general special functions. For example, can appear automatically from Bessel, Mathieu, Jacobi, hypergeometric, and Meijer functions for appropriate values of their parameters."}
{"text":"April 16, 2018\n- Matching the Number of Conductors to the Number of Breaker Poles\nDo not split up conductors from the same circuit into individual conductors and use multiple breakers. This problem was found in a healthcare facility. Conductors 13, 15 & 17 are bundled into one 3-phase circuit. If a fault occurred on Conductor #17, the breaker protecting this conductor would trip, but the double pole breaker protecting Conductors 13 & 15 would not trip. This would cause the loss of one phase to the load. This could cause damage to the load."}
{"text":"Monarch Learning Academy believes that all students can and should discover a profound sense of understanding, joy, and accomplishment through The Arts.\nWe teach that in all cultures throughout history, humans have expressed insights about themselves and the world around them through dance, music, theatre, and visual arts. Our teachers understand that experiences in “the practice of creating” enable learners to understand the arts and to express themselves in ways that do not depend solely on the written or spoken word. Consequently, we educate students to appreciate ideas and emotions conveyed in sound, image, movement, and works, and to speak the languages of The Arts.\nMonarch Learning Academy's Philosophy on The Arts is as follows:\n- The Arts are essential to the education of all students.\n- Students exercise and display multiple intelligences through The Arts.\n- Authentic assessment in The Arts is designed to demonstrate what students know and can do; it provides a model of assessing all complex learning.\n- Comprehensive and sequential Arts programs encourage students to make multicultural and interdisciplinary connections.\n- Sustaining high-quality Arts programs requires partnerships between the school and its community.\nIn Preschool, visual and textile art education is integrated daily into the classroom curriculum.\nElementary School students participate in a weekly art class whereby they explore varying textures, styles, and media.\nMiddle School students may choose art as a weekly elective in either semester.\nMusic and Dance\nOur music and dance teacher, Natalie Graham, provides quality, hands-on instruction in music and dance. As we present developmentally appropriate musical and movement experiences, children are encouraged to learn, grow, discover, and create while simultaneously experiencing the joy of music and movement. It is our goal to instill a love and appreciation for music and dance that will continue to enrich students' lives and nourish their souls from now into adulthood."}
{"text":"CDC: Colorectal cancer rate decreases as screening increases\nAtlanta – The rate of colorectal cancer could be significantly reduced if more people were screened for the disease, according to a report released July 5 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\nColorectal cancer is the second deadliest form of cancer in the United States; however, the rate of adults developing and dying from this disease has decreased as the rate of screening has increased.\nThe rate of new colorectal cancer cases fell to 45.4 per 100,000 in 2007 from 52.3 per 100,000 in 2003. Nearly 32,000 fewer colorectal cancer deaths occurred in that time period. The rate of colorectal screenings increased to 65 percent in 2010 from 52 percent in 2002. The greatest decline in the cancer rate was seen in states with the highest screening prevalence.\nAbout one-third of individuals between 50 and 75 years old are not up to date on their colorectal cancer screenings, which are recommended for men and women beginning at age 50."}
{"text":"Susan Eaton and Sara Abiola\nFor more than a decade, public health researchers and doctors have established that people who live in neighborhoods of concentrated disadvantage are far more likely to experience high levels of damaging stress, suffer from mental health challenges, develop chronic diseases, and die young. The research consensus is clear. But in spite of this knowledge, programs and even most scholarly research continue to focus narrowly on what poor people should do, for example, to improve their diet and exercise regimens. But given the enormous impact of neighborhood conditions on health, research strongly suggests that urging individuals to change their behaviors is only part of the solution. Meanwhile, perhaps because of the challenges it implies, the question of how to move this knowledge into action is still too often evaded.\nThis brief has two purposes. The first is to translate knowledge from the so-called “social determinants of health” arena into a useable form. The second purpose is to explore how to best use this knowledge to lobby for, and create policy and programming changes on the ground in, communities of concentrated disadvantage. Many community groups, elected leaders, and others have inspired a variety of positive changes, in part by using knowledge and data from the social determinants of health field. At the end of this brief, we offer concrete recommendations, action steps and resources for community advocates, elected leaders, educators, and others working to increase opportunities for people who live in neighborhoods of concentrated disadvantage."}
{"text":"1. spill - noun\n· liquid that is spilled; \"clean up the spills\"\n2. spill - noun\n· a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction\n3. spill - noun\n· the act of allowing a fluid to escape\n4. spill - noun\n· a sudden drop from an upright position; \"he had a nasty spill on the ice\"\n5. spill - verb\n· cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; \"spill the milk\"; \"splatter water\"\n6. spill - verb\n· flow, run or fall out and become lost; \"The milk spilled across the floor\"; \"The wine spilled onto the table\"\n7. spill - verb\n· cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; \"spill the beans all over the table\"\n8. spill - verb\n· pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; \"shed tears\"; \"spill blood\"; \"God shed His grace on Thee\"\n9. spill - verb\n· reveal information; \"If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!\"; \"The former employee spilled all the details\"\n10. spill - verb\n· reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)\nThe only site you need for word puzzles, home work, anagrams and scrabble games. The best site for two word anagram solutions.\nEnter the letters to get anagrams for the word\nDefinitions, synonyms, antonyms and related words\nEnter the word below with '?' to indicate missing letters\nEnter the word to find the rhymes\nEnter the letters of the beginning, middle or end of the word."}
{"text":"Founder of Amateur Architecture Studio and Head of Architecture at the China Academy of Art, Wang Shu was the first Chinese architect to hold Harvards Graduate School of Design (GSD) Kenzo Tange professorship. The Harvard lecture honors architect Kenzo Tange by bringing distinguished architects from around the globe to the GSD.\nWang Shu’s practice caught the world’s attention with their pavilion for the 10th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2006. As a critique of the architectural profession, excessive building and the on-going demolitions caused by the rapid urbanization of China, their installation ‘Tiled Garden’ was constructed of 66,000 recycled tiles salvaged from demolition sites. Their work is embedded in the history and traditions of Chinese culture, referencing everyday building tactics and the Chinese vernacular tradition of building, hence their practice name “amateur architecture”.\nReference: The Harvard GSD"}
{"text":"Rambo Tribble writes \"John Cryan, a researcher at the University College Cork, explains the relationship between the bacteria in your gut and your brain. 'In a pioneering study, a Japanese research team showed that mice raised without any gut bacteria had an exaggerated physical response to stress, releasing more hormone than mice that had a full complement of bacteria. However, this effect could be reduced in bacteria-free mice by repopulating their gut with Bifidobacterium infantis, one of the major symbiotic bacteria found in the gut. Cryan’s team built on this finding, showing that this effect could be reproduced even in healthy mice.' It seems the flora in your intestines can influence brain development as well as aspects of health and nutrition, which in turn affect such things as hormones and neurotransmitters. 'His team tested the effects of two strains of bacteria, finding that one improved cognition in mice. His team is now embarking on human trials, to see if healthy volunteers can have their cognitive abilities enhanced or modulated by tweaking the gut microbiome.'\""}
{"text":"Eureca | Article about Eureca by The Free Dictionary\nAlso found in: Acronyms\nEureca (yoo-ree -kă) short for European retrievable carrier. A small reusable robotic space platform developed by the ESA. It was designed to be jettisoned from a space shuttle, propelling itself into the desired low Earth orbit, and to be retrieved on a subsequent shuttle flight some months later. It carried long-term computer-controlled scientific experiments. Small thruster motors controlled its position and solar panels provided power. It was first launched, as Eureca-1, in Aug. 1992, for collection by the shuttle in mid-1993. Its 1-tonne payload consisted mainly of experiments on the growth, under microgravity, of large crystals of proteins, semiconductors, and zeolites. Eureca-1 was reckoned to be a great success, and ESA planned to launch five missions over the subsequent decade, but the plan came to nothing. A Eureca-2 mission was planned for 1995, but ESA ministerial meetings rejected further funding The Eureca craft was put into storage at the Bremen facilities of DASA, the aerospace subsidiary of the international automotive engineering firm DaimlerChrysler for possible use in commercial spaceflights.\nReferences in periodicals archive\nproject was launched by the European students' forum AEGEE as part of Education Action Week and aims to draft a proposal for a new education programme that will bring fundamental change to higher education in Europe.\nThe aim of EURECA\nconference is to promote and showcase undergraduate research.\nThe next challenge will be the provision of the MPCV-ESM (Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle European Service Module) based on capabilities developed at Astrium for Spacelab, EURECA\n, Columbus and ATV."}
{"text":"Interesting facts about Mongolia\n- Did you know that Mongolia has the oldest National Park in the world. Lying just South of Ulaanbaatar the Bogd Khan National Park dates its origin to 1778.\n- Did you know that Mongolia is the largest landlocked country in the world.\n- Did you know that Roy Chapman Andrews made the first discovery of dinosaur eggs in the Gobi. His exploits inspired the creation of Indiana Jones.\n- Did you know that a 131 foot statue of Chinggis Khan sits just outside Ulaanbaatar and is the world’s tallest statue of a horse.\n- Did you know that The Gobi Desert is the largest desert in Asia, and is the fifth largest in the world.\nFrequently Asked Questions\nHow do I get a visa to Mongolia?\nFor information about Mongolian visas, Mongolian immigration information, or Mongolian registration requirements, please visit the website the Immigration agency of Mongolia.\nWho do I contact regarding services for American citizens in Mongolia?\nDo I have to pay taxes from my income earned in Mongolia?\nPlease note that all U.S. citizens or resident aliens must report and pay federal tax on their worldwide income, even if they live abroad. For your convenience, attached is an electronic copy of the Publication 4732 and it is also available on the internet at http://www.irs.gov Persons with specific questions on Federal taxes may write to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service Office. 11601 Roosevelt Blvd., Drop Point 820 SW, Philadelphia, PA 19154 for assistance.\nState tax forms may be obtained from each state in the United States, or may be downloaded from the internet from the following website: http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/link/forms.html.\nFurther information can be found at http://travel.state.gov/"}
{"text":"This month's Trends in Genetics has an update on the story of CCR5-delta32, a human mutation present at high frequency in Europeans and Western Asians but rare outside this region. People who are homozygous for this mutation are resistant to infection by HIV. It has been thought that the allele has been under positive selection, that is, that it has improved the survival of people carrying it, long before HIV was around, and might have therefore have conferred resistance to some other epidemic such as plague or smallpox.\nThe update talks about data that CCR5-delta32 might not have been historically under such strong selection as previously thought. The main new argument is that the mutation has been found in Bronze age bones, which means it has been around for a long time and might not be ramping upward in frequency over time as would be expected for a resistance gene. Secondly, an analysis called linkage disequilibrium, used to show evidence for positive selection, has been repeated with larger data sets and gives more ambiguous results.\nEven though the population measurements for this mutation are less certain in humans, the evidence that CCR5 is critical for the timecourse of HIV infection is still very strong, and the mutation might still be an interesting marker for Northern European migrations (i.e. the Vikings).\nAn open-access discussion of CCR5-delta32 is here . I have blogged about this mutation and some interesting historical hypotheses here ."}
{"text":"While consumer culture certainly bloomed in Post War America, it would be false to assume that it did not exist prior to that. The Industrial Revolution brought about mass production which required the creation of mass culture in order to sustain itself (\"we must have more profit each year than we did in the prior year\", rather than the more sane and rational \"we must have a profit\"). If you peruse microfiche of the New York Times, Times of London, etc etc from the last half of the 1800's you will see many many early experiments in branding and of course some truly outrageous claims (you think ads are dishonest now? Truth in advertising laws really have made some difference).\nAdvertising became more organized and \"professional\" over the decades, and certainly by the turn of the century the consumer culture was in full swing, with five and dimes, more and more factories, pulp literature, and a thriving periodicals industry. The roaring twenties throttled consumer culture up to full speed and drove it right over the cliff into the Great Depression. Consumer culture became a shadow of its' former self until post-war, at which time it came back in full force. The omnipresent ad industry and exponential growth of the phenomenon in the post war era certainly make it seem as though it never existed prior, but consumer culture had already been around for close to 100 years."}
{"text":"Today marks the 20th anniversary of the first World Water Day, an international celebration designed to draw attention to the importance of freshwater resources. However, for a large and growing proportion of the world’s population, every day is a World Water Day. Difficult, complex water challenges including drought, groundwater depletion, pollution, and clean drinking water availability are growing in urgency and seriousness all around the world. Some even argue that we should boycott World Water Day – that our water problems are too serious to try and confine to a single day.\nAlthough it’s true that we must keep water in mind during the other 364 days of the year, World Water Day can be useful. It helps raise awareness and serves as an annual reminder of the water problems we must collectively solve. Plus, picking a single theme – this year’s is cooperation – helps break down a very complex topic into more accessible, comprehensible pieces.\nIn keeping with the theme of helping make complex issues more approachable and understandable, WRI is marking this year’s World Water Day by launching the first in a new series of videos we’re calling “What’s the Big Idea?” These brief videos will feature WRI staff members explaining some of the complex, global challenges we are working to understand and solve. Our first “What’s the Big Idea?” video explains the concept of water risk and the array of challenges it poses. We also highlight a potential solution: WRI’s Aqueduct mapping tool, which helps companies, investors, governments, and others better understand and manage their water risks.\n[youtube I80-UpaCsT8] For the billions of people facing increasingly urgent water risks, we at WRI and throughout the water community will continue to treat every day like World Water Day."}
{"text":"The MinutePhysics series has always been a goldmine of interesting facts and science explainers. But prepare to have your mind blown wide open this time as Henry Reich shows you an alternate way to manually subtract large numbers—by doing addition instead.\nIt seems a little complicated at first, but that’s because most of us were taught the more traditional way to subtract numbers back in grade school. After watching this video a few times, this method actually seems a little easier. And it makes you wonder if all those math tests you bombed weren’t actually because you weren’t good with numbers."}
{"text":"Alternative learning often puts off many people. They think that this phrase means that students will be sitting in a meadow doing yoga or going to a museum ever day without ever learning in a structured classroom. Rather, alternative learning or teaching methods simply mean that the teacher and school are moving away from traditional teaching methods and are exploring other options. Here are a few suggestions for adding some alternative teaching methods into the classroom without having to shake up the foundation of the entire school.\n1. Tactile learning: Think about the students who really need to touch and feel in order to process their learning. Teach math using building blocks. Teach science by bringing in animals or plants.\n2. Different assessments: You don’t have to always give a multiple choice test for assessment. Think of having students write a story in English class or act out a play. Let them create a scene in an office where the person sitting behind the reception desk is talking to a character from the book. In history, they could put on a trial or write a treaty. In science they could conduct an experiment. These are great ways to assess student understanding and strengths without pen and paper.\n3. Field trips: Take kids on more trips. Get them out of their chairs and into the museums, botanical gardens and other locations in your area where they can learn in a new way.\nThese are a few suggestions for helping children to blossom and grow without requiring them to sit behind desks all the time and learn with paper and pencils."}
{"text":"Chrysanthemums, commonly know as mums, are America's most popular flower. They are beautiful fall plants that come in the most exciting fall colors, such as gold, orange, purple, violet, white, and shades of red and pink. Although most people think they're annuals and replant them every year, mums are really perennials. Mums are easy to grow and care for. If cared for properly mums will give you years of pleasure. Here's a list of what you should know.\n- Planting Select a planting site with at least a half a day of sun. Dig a hole to accommodate the plant and put in organic compost as a fertilizer. Remove the mums from their pot, loosen the soil around the roots and place the plant in the hole. Water thoroughly.\n- Watering Keep your mums well watered. They should get at least 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) of water a week.\n- Fertilizing Fertilize the plant once a month from spring until August. Any general purpose fertilizer is fine.\n- Pinching Pinching induces branching and helps the plant develop into a healthy bush. Whenever a new growth is approximately 6 inches (15 centimeters) high, pinch about 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 centimeters) off. Begin pinching in the spring, and continue pinching until the end of July. You'll have a beautiful healthy plant when it starts blossoming in the fall.\n- Winter protection It's important to protect your plant so it survives the winter. Keep the soil moist by putting mulch around the bush before the frost season arrives and removing the mulch in the spring.[sources: Mr. Grow, Brenda's Blumen]"}
{"text":"Results of new research published earlier this week show that the risk of blindness from surgery from spinal fusion has decreased by a factor of almost 3 times since the late 1990s. The study, undertaken by researchers from the University of Chicago, Vanderbilt University, and the department of ophthalmology and visual sciences at UIC, is described as the largest on the topic completed to date. Using data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, the team estimated that, in fusion procedures performed between 1998 and 2012, the incidence of blindness declined by 60%. Senior author Steven Roth, MD, FARVO, commented, “While there are significant complications that can result from spinal-fusion surgery, it seems that blindness…is one that has become far rarer in recent years.” The results were published online in the journal Anesthesiology.\nAlmost 480,000 spinal fusions are performed in the US annually, a steep increase over the last 20 years. The risk of resultant blindness has been pegged at 1/1000 to 1/10,000, and concern about the potential for this devastating complication has intensified with the increasing frequency of the surgery. The procedure is considered a last-resort option for pain and nerve damage caused by disc degradation that may result from age, obesity, trauma, or sedentary lifestyle. Roth attributed the decline in blindness risk to the increasing use of minimally invasive techniques, and to changes in anesthesia practice setting stricter limits on blood pressure drop during surgery. This latter change may lower the risk for ischemic optic neuropathy.\nRead a news story about the study findings here.\nThe journal abstract may be read here."}
{"text":"Little is known of Yamanoue no Okura (660 – ca. 733), beyond that he was a member of an embassy sent from the Yamato court to T’ang China in 701 and returned home some time later. It has been suggested that his family may have been Korean immigrants to Japan, but it is hard to know for sure. He has only 10 nagauta and 62 tanka in the collection, but did contribute some of the writing in Chinese.\nHe is still reckoned as being one of the Man’yōshū‘s great poets, however, being unafraid to experiment with the form and introduce elements learned from his time in China. Of all the poets in the anthology, his work shows the strongest Confucian moral influence, espcially in works such as his ‘Dialogue between the Poor and the Destitute‘. He is also admired for the simple humanity of poems such as those mourning the death of his son.\nOn WakaPoetry.net, the following poems are by Okura:\n|MYS V: 818\nMYS V: 892\n|MYS V: 893||MYS V: 905|"}
{"text":"If you're looking for the opportunity to write a memoir, Aging Creative’s program, A Feather of a Tale offers a learning environment that will enhance your experience, creatively, and socially.\nQuestions And Answers\n- What’s a memoir? -----Recalling events or memories, in your past, that stand out, that have had a certain significance.\n- What’s the difference between documenting a life history (such as My Café) and writing a memoir (A Feather of a Tale)?------Life histories chronicle life’s events while recording all phases of a person’s life. One of its purposes is for handing down to future generations. A memoir focuses on writing about specific events that focus on the writer’s emotions and feelings.\n- What's the significance of the title word Feather?-------The word feather and its symbolism are associated with the words: trust, honor, strength, wisdom, power, and freedom. Since the program exercises ask the writer to recall impactful events to write about, these words often represent strong emotions the writer may have experienced in their stories.\n- Who would participate in a workshop? ------ Senior Centers, religious organization groups, independent living residents, and community groups\nIf you have any questions or wish to discuss options that suit your needs please email us at firstname.lastname@example.org or click here.\nWriting memoirs can make you laugh, make you cry, and even make you smile but most important, they reaffirm how you got here today. --JMD\nWe look forward to hearing from you."}
{"text":"- A sing-song mode of communication, halfway between regular speech and singing, especially from the mother to the baby.\n- A therapeutic song created by Diamond of a pre-existent text such as a poem and lifting it into song, in a loosely analogous manner to the preceding definition. He has over the years composed thousands of such songs.\nTimeline: Diamond began creating lilts in the 1970s, though he did not use the term until the 1990s.\nCommentary: Diamond considers lilting the basic form of communication because of its basis in the mother-child relationship."}
{"text":"Engaging Your Community: Varied Opportunities for Deliberation and Dialogue\nThe materials that we have helped develop to involve instructors in K-12 and higher education reform are flexible and varied, and administrators, educators and others can use them in a variety of contexts. Creating diverse occasions for dialogue is a key to effectively and authentically engaging stakeholders, and is our next core principle for public engagement.\nCreate multiple, varied opportunities for deliberation and dialogue\nPeople need to go through a variety of stages to come to terms with an issue, decide what approach they are willing to support and figure out how they can make their own contribution.\nA strong engagement initiative will be inclusive as well as iterative, giving people multiple and varied opportunities to learn about, talk about, think about and act on the problem at hand. Community conversations, \"study circles,\" online engagement strategies and media partnerships are a few of the possibilities.\nThis blog post is part of our series on core principles for effective public engagement.\nRead earlier principles of public engagement. If you have any questions, just ask, either here, on our Facebook page, via Twitter or email Allison Rizzolo.\nWe also have many more tools to help foster community and public engagement. These include Choicework discussion guides, deliberative discussion starters for flexible use among diverse participants, and their corresponding videos; reports outlining engagement recommendations and principles; and case studies in community and state engagement.\nAlso be sure to sign up for our biweekly newsletter to receive regular updates on what's going on in the world of public opinion research and public engagement."}
{"text":"This practical challenge invites you to investigate the different\nsquares you can make on a square geoboard or pegboard.\nHow many ways can you find of tiling the square patio, using square\ntiles of different sizes?\nPlace four pebbles on the sand in the form of a square. Keep adding as few pebbles as necessary to double the area. How many extra pebbles are added each time?\nHere we see pictures\nof well-displayed solutions sent in from Rawdon Littlemoor School,\nwe had 25 pupils' results sent in. Well done!\nMany pupils from\nPrince Henry's Grammar School sent in their solutions having made\ngood use of a spreadsheet. Here are two of them:"}
{"text":"A comet from another star will swing by our sun Dec. 8.\nKnown as 2I/Borisov, it is the first comet to ever be seen coming from interstellar space. But despite its alien origins, astronomers say it actually looks pretty familiar.\n\"Borisov is a comet very like what we have in our own solar system,\" says Michele Bannister, a planetary astronomer at Queen's University Belfast told NPR's Short Wave. Whatever planetary system it formed in, \"it's a lot like our own.\""}
{"text":"Koalas occur across most forested parts of Victoria where there are suitable eucalypt species and adequate rainfall. Preferred species include Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis, Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus, Yellow Stringybark Eucalyptus muelleriana, and Mountain Grey Gum, Eucalyptus cypellocarpa. Preferences can vary from one region to another.\nAlthough their diet is almost entirely eucalypts, they may be found in other vegetation including pine plantation where they may shelter in bad weather or move through between preferred habitats.\nThe South Gippsland population of Koalas has been recognised for its genetic diversity and health and therefore is highly valued for the ongoing conservation of the species.\nHVP has a Koala Management Plan which sets out a number of initiatives or policies that HVP has in place to help maintain the koala population within Victoria. The management plan is called M.O.R.R.E. koalas.\n- Monitoring (biodiversity surveys/ census project)\n- Operating standards\n- Research (providing funding & in-kind)\n- Rehabilitation (supporting rescue & rehabilitation)\n- Enhancement (of habitat & connectivity).\nHVP has a program to monitor Koala locations and populations.View Details\nView our operating Standards for the management of Koalas during forest operations.View Details\nHVP actively supports and works with organisations to rescue and rehabilitate Koalas.View Details\n©2014 Hancock Victorian Plantations"}
{"text":"Bitcoin is frequently portrayed as a digital currency, virtual cash, or advanced money in digitalized form – is a kind of virtual cash, which denotes it as not to be real. It resembles an online form of money in which you no cash is required. You can utilize it to purchase items and administrations, yet relatively few shops acknowledge Bitcoin, and a few nations have restricted it according to their suitability and policies.\nThe physical Bitcoins, which you see in photographs, are just an oddity. Private codes provide them the value to be useless without the codes that are printed inside them. When we talk about bitcoins or the free bitcoin,then each of them is fundamentally a PC document being kept in a ‘computerized wallet’ application on a cell phone, PC, orit depends on the bitcoin owner that where he wants them to keep.\nThis mechanism of bitcoins makes it conceivable to follow the historical backdrop of Bitcoins. It can prevent the individuals from spending coins that they don’t claim to be theirs or do not own them and achieve them by duplicating or fixing exchanges.There are bunches of things other than cash, which we think significant about just like gold, precious stones, many prestigious metals, and so on. Individuals can send Bitcoins or portions to your advanced wallet. If you don’t pay for that, then for you, they are free bitcoins, and you can send those Bitcoins to others.\nEvery exchange is recorded in a public rundown,a basic list recording every transaction called the blockchain. Bitcoins are important because individuals are eager to trade them for the sake of genuine products and enterprises, and even for the money, and consumers are even willing to pay them off."}
{"text":"Zionism has become a national ideology of Israel and most of the people residing in Israel believe in Jewish nationalism. They also think that Judaism is also a nationality and they have every right to get back their ancestral land and live there. This claim is justified by the fact that every Chinese have a right to live in China and every European has a right to stay in Europe, in the same way, Jewish people must get back to their ancestral land and they have every right to settle there.\nVarious school of thoughts on Jewish nationalism:\nThere are a number of school of thoughts that carry different opinions in this regard. Why Jews came back to Israel and why they are settling there for an unknown time period is a huge debate. The geographical location of Israel is a great complication as Palestinians and Arabs have a great connection to this place. The long-standing Israel-Palestine issue is a major outcome of Zionism. There are many sane and insane voices that are in support of and are against this approach. Many Jews think that Zionism is not what their religion represents and it is a lethal combination of nationalism and Jewish identity that has been misrepresented at several levels. The Israel-Palestine conflict has taken deadly turns in the past and it is still an issue that is a huge concern for the entire world.\nJewish nationalism turning in to international movement:\nThe quest of Jewish people to return to their biblical kingdoms of David and Solomon began in the 19th century. It was the time when Europe experienced a great surge in nationalism and this played a decisive role in enhancing Jewish nationalism too. Jewish nationalism was turned in to an international movement in 1896 and it was the time when it turned out in a full-fledged movement. This movement inculcated the thing that Jews must have their own homeland and they cannot survive without their own country. This international movement gained immense attention and Jews played a great role in taking this movement to next level."}
{"text":"On 21 May we celebrate the World Fish Migratory Day. This is a global celebration of migratory fish and free-flowing rivers coordinated by the World Fish Migration Foundation.\nAccording to the Living Planet Index, migratory fish have declined on average by 93% from 1970 to 2016 in Europe. Many of the migratory fish, such as European eel (Anguilla anguilla), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and the beluga (Huso huso), were economically important while others are important for recreational anglers. Habitat degradation and change is the main cause of decline affecting more than 60% of the migratory fish populations. River fragmentation is particularly high in Europe where inventories recorded more than 1.2 million barriers 15% of which are now obsolete.\nThis year’s World Fish Migratory Day is very special for Wetlands International Europe for two reasons: we expect that the European Commission will present its legislative proposal on nature restoration in June including the target of restoring 25,000 kilometres of free-flowing rivers. We hope that this will give a major boost to river restoration in the European Union. However, restoring the declining populations of migratory fish species will require a coordinated approach to river restoration to be effective. Therefore, in collaboration with The World Fish Migration Foundation and the IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit, we launch the Trans-European Swimways Network.\nThrough the Trans-European Swimways Network, we not only want to (re-)connect the habitats of migratory fish species, but we also want to connect people who care about fish across Europe. With the participation of local experts, our swimways programme will identify and map out Europe’s major swimways and feed this information into the planning of river restoration activities."}
{"text":"I think most of you have heard of the electronic multiplying punch which is now one of the standard IBM machines. It performs a multiplication in 17/1000 of a second. Since multiplication is the bottleneck in scientific computing, there is a great effort to develop machines of higher and higher speed. We started with the older type wheel calculators which are still doing most of the scientific work. We have experimental relay calculators which are coming into use. We have the Type 603 Electronic Calculator which is also coming into use. With the 603 the aim was not the make it as fast as possible, because of the importance of recording, etc., but rather to assure reliability and simplicity. Of course, everyone is now looking forward to the day, perhaps not far off, when it will be possible to combine electronic speeds with the machines of the capabilities of the IBM Sequence Calulator. One such attempt at the University of Pennsylvania has resulted in the Eniac, which has 20,000 vacuum tubes. While it is tremendously fast, it is still not a complete calculator ...\nHere Eckert is alluding to Watson Lab's own SSEC, which would be unveiled in just four months!\nAnd an IBM 100th anniversary piece on the 603 HERE.\n|Columbia University Computing History||Frank da Cruz / email@example.com||This page created: January 2001||Last update: 28 March 2021|"}
{"text":"The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution passed the Senate on June 12, 1911, the House of Representatives on May 13, 1912 and the states completed ratification on April 8, 1913. The amendment supersedes Article I, § 3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, transferring Senator selection from each state's legislature to popular election by the people of each state. It also provides a contingency provision enabling a state's governor, if so authorized by his state's legislature, to appoint a Senator in the event of a Senate vacancy until either a special or regular election to elect a new Senator is held.\n|1 Text |\n|2 Historical background |\n|3 Effect |\n|4 Direct elections held in the states |\n|5 Proposal and ratification |\n|6 Calls for repeal |\n|6.1 Feingold hearing |\n|7 Notes |\n|8 References |\n|9 External links |\n|“ |The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, |” |\n| |for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications | |\n| |requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. | |\n| |When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of each State shall|..."}
{"text":"venerdì 23 giugno 2017\nThe swarm began last week, and on June 15 saw a magnitude 4.5 earthquake take place in Yellowstone National Park. “The epicenter of the shock was located in Yellowstone National Park, eight miles north-northeast of the town of West Yellowstone, Montana,” scientists from the University of Utah, which monitors Yellowstone Volcano, said in a statement.\n“The earthquake was [reportedly] felt in the towns of West Yellowstone and Gardiner, Montana, in Yellowstone National Park, and elsewhere in the surrounding region.”\nThis earthquake was the largest to have hit Yellowstone since March 30, 2014, when a magnitude 4.8 earthquake was recorded 18 miles to the east, near the Norris Geyser Basin.\n“[The 4.5] earthquake is part of an energetic sequence of earthquakes in the same area that began on June 12,” the statement continued. “This sequence has included approximately thirty earthquakes of magnitude 2 and larger and four earthquakes of magnitude 3 and larger, including today's magnitude 4.5 event.”\nAs of June 19, 464 events had been recorded. Most of these ranged in the magnitude of 0 to 1, with five less than zero, indicating they occurred at depths ranging from about 0 miles to about 9 miles. \"This is the highest number of earthquakes at Yellowstone within a single week in the past five years, but is fewer than weekly counts during similar earthquakes swarms in 2002, 2004, 2008 and 2010,\" scientists said."}
{"text":"Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Point-of-care tests for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) could be an ideal tool for a large-scale HBV screening/treatment program in SSA. Using data from the PROLIFICA (Prevention of Liver Fibrosis and Cancer in Africa) program, we conducted a cross-sectional study to assess the diagnostic accuracy of three point-of-care tests (Determine, Vikia, and Espline) for the detection of HBsAg in the field or a laboratory setting in the Gambia. In the field, we used finger-prick whole blood for the Determine and Vikia tests and dried blood spots for the reference standard test (AxSYM HBsAg enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA]). In the laboratory we used serum for the Determine, Espline, and reference test (Architect chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay). Of 773 participants recruited at the community and 227 known chronic HBV carriers (1,000 subjects in total), 293 were positive for HBsAg. The sensitivity and specificity of the Determine test were 88.5% and 100% in the field and 95.3% and 93.3% in the laboratory setting, respectively. The sensitivity and specificity were 90.0% and 99.8% for the Vikia test (in the field) and 93.9% and 94.7% for the Espline test (in the laboratory). There was no evidence that one kit was better than another. Most of the patients with false-negative results (18/19) were classified as inactive chronic carriers. In summary, the three point-of-care tests had acceptable ranges of diagnostic accuracy. These tests may represent accurate, rapid, and inexpensive alternatives to serology testing for the screening of HBV infection at field level in SSA.\nCopyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved."}
{"text":"August 30, 2011\nNurse Carrie Drake administers a vaccine to a patient in November 2010. More than 15,000 cases of pertussis, better known as whooping cough, were reported in the U.S. last year. This disease is preventable with the DTaP vaccine. Health officials encourage everyone to keep immunizations up to date."}
{"text":"Responsible for instructing others on various subjects either for pleasure or for self-improvement. Teaches students recreational classes that include painting, pottery, cooking, playing musical instruments, or photography.\n- Provide instruction on a variety of recreational subjects.\n- Conduct courses on academic subjects, including foreign language and literature.\n- Encourage voluntary attendance.\n- Provide useful skills that can pad resumes.\n- Demonstrate methods or techniques for various self-enrichment classes.\n- Point out mistakes and offer corrections or suggestions.\n- Provide hands-on instruction.\n- Instruct students on where and what materials to buy.\n- Collect payment for classes.\n- Teach financial planning or how to budget.\n- Teach classes offered through religious institutions, such as marriage preparation or classes in religion for children.\n- Introduce children and youth to activities such as piano or drama.\n- Provide one-on-one instruction.\n- Work with same students for years to enrich expertise.\n- Prepare lessons beforehand.\n- Stay current on topics using research methods.\n- Keep records of student accounts."}
{"text":"Switzerland is well known for the Alps in the south and south east. North of the Alps, the Swiss Plateau runs along the east-west axis of the country. Most of the population of Switzerland lives on the rolling hills and plains of the plateau. The smaller Jura Mountains are located on the north west side of the plateau. Much of the northern border with Germany follows the Rhine River, though the Rhine enters Switzerland near Schaffhausen."}
{"text":"CINCINNATIUniversity of Cincinnati (UC) physician-scientists believe identifying a genetic fingerprint could help predict which specific therapies will be most effective for patients with gastric cancer.\nSyed Ahmad, MD, is leading a national, phase-2 trial to test the effectiveness of combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy given to patients with gastric cancer before surgery. His team will also collect biological samples in an attempt to obtain genetic data that could be used to formulate targeted therapies.\nPrevious studies have established that either chemotherapy or radiation therapy after surgery can improve patient survival compared with surgery alone. Overall survival rates, however, remain lowwith 20 to 30 percent of American patients surviving more than five years after treatment.\nEveryone agrees that without surgery, gastric cancer in not curable, and numerous studies have shown a benefit to follow-up therapy with either chemotherapy or radiation therapy, says Ahmad, assistant professor of surgery at UC and principal investigator of the trial.\nThe problem is you cant give both radiation therapy and chemotherapy after surgeryits too toxic and patients cant tolerate it, he says. But you can give it before surgery when patients are healthiest.\nThis trial addresses what Ahmad calls the future of cancer therapy: targeted drug regimens, based on the characteristics of a patients specific tumor.\nHis goal is to identify a genetic fingerprint that could help predict whether patients will respond to therapy, and then identify drugs to address the specific molecular characteristics of that patients tumor.\nRight now treatment is based on the assumption that site-based cancers are all the same, so every patient who has stage-3 gastric cancer will get the same chemotherapy drugs, Ahmad explains. But the reality is that every cancer has a different expression of hormones, growth factors and gen\n|Contact: Amanda Harper|\nUniversity of Cincinnati"}
{"text":"The leading gastroenterologists of the country are alarmed by the rising number of deaths due to liver cancers, attributed to Hepatitis, and have decided to start an online data registry detailing the rising number of hepatitis patients\nThe leading gastroenterologists of the country are concerned about a majority of Indian population that lacks awareness about Hepatitis. As a result, the newly formed Indian National Association for Study of Liver and Current Perspective in Liver Disease has decided to start an online data registry detailing the rising number of hepatitis patients.\n75 percent of such people who lack basic awareness of the hepatitis, may it be B or C, cannot be treated at the curable initial stage. The symptoms are not felt initially and, when the virus causes liver cancer, the person is then made aware of the disease.\nAs reported by PTI\nThe association will also disseminate information to the regional hospitals and help the health centers located in remote areas of the country get the medicine supply.\nTalking about lack of awareness about the deadly disease, the experts said that Hepatitis was 28 times more dangerous than AIDS due to the absence of symptoms, even as the disease spreads gradually in the patient.\nFour lakh people die due to liver diseases, a result of hepatitis, in India every year. The states most affected by the disease are Punjab, Haryana, Odisha, Uttrakhand and Himachal Pradesh among few others, they said."}
{"text":"Nanoclay, waste sanding dusts, wood plastic composite, withdrawal strength of fasteners. Introduction . medium density fiberboard (MDF) boards was used in.\nMultifunctional polymer composites using natural fiber reinforcements .. for Establishing Performance Ratings for Wood Plastic Composite Deck Boards and\nMechanical Properties of Wood Plastic Composite. Panels Made From Waste Fiberboard and Particleboard. Majid Chaharmahali,. 1. Mehdi Tajvidi,. 2.\nimpacts of wood-plastic composites (WPCs) used in a variety of applications ranging from . WPCs are a group of composite materials and products comprised of two primary . scrim to help holding the board together (Pritchard 2004). 26.\nNov 23, 2013 The wood plastic composites (WPCs) were made with a thickness of 6 .. of wood plastic composite panels made from waste fiberboard and\nMay 11, 2015 The wood component in WPC boards can be replaced by other in which the various components – wood fibers, thermoplastic materials, and\n2 Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University. Page 3. 4. Wood plastic composite is a relatively new material that has many potential uses. The markets . Ratings for Wood-plastic. Composite Deck Boards and.\nApr 26, 2012 Wood is not the only natural fiber used in plastics composites, but it is the gravimetric analysis of a medium-density fiberboard (MDF) sample.\nPDF Wood Plastic Composites (WPCs) are environmentally friend materials formaldehyde wood composites (medium density fiberboard MDF) which are\nDec 10, 2008 Recently, WPC decking boards have gained almost 20 percent of decking market and are Materials and compounding of the composites.\nApr 25, 2017 1. Introduction. Wood–plastic composites (WPCs) are a class of relatively new materials, employed extensively to manufacture deck boards,."}
{"text":"A sunburn warning has been issued for Gloucestershire as March ends with a bright spell.\nThe Met Office says UV levels tomorrow lunchtime, Friday March 29, will be in the 'moderate' category, which means there is a risk of sun damage to unprotected skin.\nDespite temperatures only peaking at about 13C tomorrow, the UV index is set at '4' for 12noon, in the middle of the 3-5 range that carries that warning.\nThe UV Solar Index, which the Met Office uses to forecast the strength of the ultraviolet radiation from the sun runs from 1 to 11.\nThe UK does not usually exceed level 8, with level 9 and 10 regularly noted in places like the Mediterranean.\nLevels 1 and 2 are recorded as low while 3 to 5 is moderate.\nAccording to the Environmental Protection Agency when UV reaches levels 3 to 5 you should stay in shade around midday, where a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses outdoors and apply Factor 30+ sunscreen every two hours, reports North Wales Live .\nIf too many of the sun's UV rays hit our skin, it can damage the DNA in skin cells which the body attempts to repair - which leads to the redness and pain.\nIn the UK the forecast is predominantly throughout the summer months, with late June seen as the peak, however this is dependent on weather conditions.\nThe weather on Gloucestershire is set to stay bright for the rest of the week, with temperatures between 11C and 13C most days."}
{"text":"World Economic Forum: Amid growing concern over the threat of AI-enabled systems to perpetuate discrimination and bias and infringe upon privacy, California has introduced several bills intended to curb negative impacts. Primary among them are bills related to mitigating the negative impacts of specific AI-enabled technologies such as facial recognition systems. On May 14, 2019, San Francisco became the first major US city to ban the use of facial recognition technology by city agencies and law enforcement. Two months later, the neighbouring city of Oakland implemented similar restrictions.\nThese may be city-level laws, but their passing has influenced state and federal legislation. In California,a bill called the Body Camera Accountability Act seeks to prohibit the use of facial recognition in police body cameras, while another would require businesses to publicly disclose their use of facial recognition technology. At the federal level, four pieces of legislation are currently being proposed to limit the use of this technology, especially in law enforcement.\nImage: Jeff Turner / Flickr"}
{"text":"The Civilization of Ancient Crete\n\"Professor Willetts presents the first complete picture of the civilization of Ancient Crete - one which gives full weight to its origins as well as to its post-Minoan development. He shows the important influences from the neighbouring regions of Mesopotamia and Egypt, and examines the island's development from the arrival of the Neolithic farmers during the early Bronze Age, through the spectacular Minoan civilization of the Bronze Age, down to the Dorian aristocracy of the Iron Age which ended in the Roman Conquest of the first century B.C.\"--BOOK JACKET.\nWhat people are saying - Write a review\nWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places.\nOther editions - View all\nABSA Achaeans Aegean alphabet ancient Apollo apparently archaeological archaic Athens Ayia Triada Branigan cave Central Court centre century bc Cret Cretan Crete cult Cyprus decoration Dedalic deity Dorian Dreros earlier Early Bronze Age Early Minoan east Egypt Egyptian Eteocretans Evans evidence excavations festival fresco goddess Gortyn Code Gortynian Gournia Greece Greek Guarducci heiress Hellenistic Hera Hierapytna Homer Hood houses Ibid important Inscr inscription Iraklion island Knossos Kouretes Late Minoan Late Minoan Ib later palaces Lato Linear London mainland Mallia marry Messara Middle Minoan Middle Minoan III millennium bc Minoan civilization Minos Mochlos Mycenae Mycenaean Myrtos Neolithic Nilsson origin painted Pendlebury perhaps Phaistos Phoenician Platon pottery priest-king religion ritual rooms sanctuary script serf settlement seventh century shrine signs slave social staters stone suggested survived Tartaria tablets temple tombs tradition Tylissos Ugarit vases walls Warren Willetts CCF writing Zakro Zeus"}
{"text":"Before you can apply for a medical license, you must pass a three-step test called the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), also known as the board exam.\nThis test is unusual for two reasons. First, you take each part at a different stage of your medical education. Second, unlike many standardized tests, the USMLE actually assesses your mastery of the material, not how well you take a test. While there are some test-taking strategies that will improve your performance, you won't pass without comprehensive and detailed knowledge of the sciences, as well as an ability to apply that knowledge in a clinical setting.\nThe USMLE is designed for students of allopathic medicine, who are on the path to an MD. Students of osteopathic medicine can take either the USMLE or a similar test called the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMEX).\nThe USMLE is divided into three steps:\nThe Step 2 CS has no numerical score. You earn a \"pass\" or a \"fail\" based on your ability to gather data, communicate with the patient and write an effective report.\nOn all other parts of the test, the number of correct answers you earn is converted into two numerical scores, one on a three–digit scale and the other on a two–digit scale. These are simply two ways of reporting the same result to schools. You must earn a 75 on the two–digit scale to pass.\nWhile your medical school education will give you many of the skills and much of the knowledge necessary to pass the USMLE, you are still likely to log a substantial amount of time reviewing and preparing for each stage of the test.\nFor more advice on getting into and succeeding in med school, check out Med School Advice."}
{"text":"A study guide is an excellent foundation, especially when you are pursuing knowledge in science. Science is all about facts and provable information. In chemistry, you study a lot of compounds and combinations of information and without the building blocks, you've got nothing to work with. Getting help with those harder concepts and reminding yourself of the easy ones can save your life and make it easier to pass those classes or spark a passion.\nTo view this DRM protected ebook on your desktop or laptop you will need to have Adobe Digital Editions installed. It is a free software. We also strongly recommend that you sign up for an AdobeID at the Adobe website. For more details please see FAQ 1&2. To view this ebook on an iPhone, iPad or Android mobile device you will need the Adobe Digital Editions app, or BlueFire Reader or Txtr app. These are free, too. For more details see this article.\n|Size: ||2.8 MB|\n|Publisher: ||Dot EDU|\n|Date published: || 2015|\n|ISBN: ||2370006412625 (DRM-EPUB)|\n|Read Aloud: ||not allowed|"}
{"text":"Chapter 1: Earth Systems\nAfter completing this chapter you will understand:\n- The principles that define how systems work, including matter and energy transfers, reservoirs and fluxes, residence times, and system types.\n- What Earth systems are, including the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.\n- The carbon and water cycles as examples of Earth systems interactions.\n- Why Earth systems and their interactions are important to people.\nUse the navigation on the left to explore the resources for this chapter."}
{"text":"Online Dictionary: translate word or phrase from Indonesian to English or vice versa, and also from english to english on-line.\nHasil cari dari kata atau frase: book fair(0.01308 detik)\nFound 1 items, similar to book fair.\nEnglish → English (WordNet)\nDefinition: book fair\nn 1: fair organized by publishers or booksellers to promote the\nsale of books [syn: bookfair]\n2: bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to\nraise funds for a worthy cause [syn: bookfair]"}
{"text":"The German cockroach is found throughout the world in association with humans. German cockroaches adulterate food or food products with their feces and defensive secretions, physically transport and often harbor pathogenic organisms, may cause severe allergic responses, and in extremely heavy infestations have been reported to bite humans and feed on food residues on the faces of sleeping humans. In addition, some scientists suggest that German cockroach infestations may cause human psychological stress and that the stigma associated with infestations alters human behavior.\nBrown banded cockroaches get their name from the two lighter bands they have across their dark brownish bodies. In addition to the distinctive banding, males have full wings, which reach beyond the tip of their rather pointed abdomens, but females have underdeveloped wings, much shorter than their broad, rounded abdomens. The lighter band markings are much more distinct in nymphs than in adults of either sex\nOriental Cockroaches, Blatta orientalis (L.), are large very dark (almost black, but sometimes dark reddish-brown), shiny cockroaches which live in sewers and similar wet, decaying organic matter. They are sometimes called “water bugs” because they come out of drains, and “black beetle cockroaches” because of their smooth, dark bodies. Males are about 1 inch long, with wings that cover only about 3/4 of their abdomen; females are about 1 1/4 inch long, and have only short stubs of wing pads.\nThe American cockroach is the largest of the house-infesting cockroach"}
{"text":"The year this image (for sale on Ebay) was taken by NASA’s TIROS VII Satellite.\nTo put things in perspective, 1963 was the year of the “referendum” in Irian Jaya and Sukarno’s “confrontation” with Malaysia. It was of course the year of JFK’s assassination. Beatlemania started in earnest in ’63. Both Cold War superpowers were busy in the space race.\nPortugal was already fighting three anti-colonial insurgencies in Africa. Algeria adopted its constitution in 1963.\nIn Timor, it was Filipe Themudo Barata’s last year in office, a term which he began as the repression of the Rebellion of 1959 was wrapping up. Many of those 68 deported in connection with the Rebellion – none ever having due judicial process – were still in exile in Angola. One VIP Timorese prisoner, Francisco de Araújo, and the four Indonesian prisoners, would be home by 1963.\nThemudo Barata was an army man with more vision than most, and in his Timor Contemporâneo (tragically out of print, probably the best resource on post WWII Portuguese Timor), explains how bad infrastructure was on his arrival. The limited but ground-breaking work to build schools that Governor Fontoura launched in the 1930s was destroyed by Allied bombing. Themudo Barata did make strides in widening access to primary and middle school education.\nFuture FALINTIL leaders were already entering primary school. Tuar Matan Ruak entered in 1963, according to his official biography which is quite worthwhile.\nIn 1963, Constâncio Pinto and Fernando “La Sama” de Araújo were born: the beginning of a generation which would more likely enter the urban resistance than become FALINTIL."}
{"text":"Does anemia decrease appetite?\nMy dad was told by doctors a few years ago that he was anemic. Since then, I don't think he has done a great job taking care of it. I've also noticed that as he gets older he seems to want to eat less and less ? and he's getting thinner, too. Could this be the anemia?\nAnemia is the most common disorder of the blood, and refers to a decrease in the number of red blood cells below the normal range. Red blood cells are important because they carry oxygen to tissues all over the body, where the oxygen is used to make energy. There are several different forms of anemia, and each form can cause a classic set of symptoms. These forms commonly include those due to iron deficiency, folic acid deficiency, vitamin B12 deficiency, and liver disease, to name a few. However, each form of anemia can cause constitutional symptoms such as general weakness, malaise, and depressed appetite. These symptoms can lead to less caloric intake and subsequently to weight loss. For example, I recently took care of a patient with severe Vitamin B12 deficiency who lost 50 pounds over one year. Anemia is generally a very treatable illness, and your father should certainly follow-up with his physician to clarify exactly which type of anemia he is suffering from, and what the cause of it is. He should be sure to tell his physician about his weight loss and decreased appetite, as anemia is not the only cause of these symptoms, and other tests can help determine exactly what is going on.\nThis answer is for general informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice.\nIf you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or (in the United States) 911 immediately. Always seek the advice of your doctor before starting or changing treatment. Medical professionals who provide responses to health-related questions are intended third party beneficiaries with certain rights under Zocdoc’s Terms of Service."}
{"text":"California is the second state after Hawaii to establish a 100% clean energy goal for its electric grid. In late August, the state legislature passed Senate Bill 100 (SB 100) which created a 100% clean electricity standard by 2045 and also altered California’s current renewable portfolio standard (RPS). Previously, California’s RPS mandated 50% of the state’s retail electricity sales come from renewable sources by 2030, but following passage of SB 100, that figure is now modified to 60%.\nTo achieve the 2045 goal, however, SB 100 takes a broader approach by explicitly instructing California’s energy agencies to “plan for 100% of total retail sales of electricity in California to come from eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources…” Qualifying zero-carbon sources include nuclear as well as natural gas with a carbon-capture system (CCS), so long as the CCS prevents the emission of any greenhouse gases.\nImplementing California’s clean energy standard, however, raises questions regarding whether achieving 100% zero-carbon electric grid is feasible even with the inclusion of nuclear and natural gas facilities with CCS technology, particularly for two reasons:\n- In 2016, PG&E announced it was closing Diablo Canyon by 2025, a nuclear generating facility in southern California responsible for producing almost 18,000 GWh annually of carbon-free electricity. California regulators voted to shutter Diablo Canyon in January 2018.\n- No utility has demonstrated that CCS technology can successfully be scaled up to the levels SB 100 would require.\nUnder these circumstances, acquiring up to 40% of carbon-free electricity from scarcely available (nuclear) or unproven (CCS) sources of energy will be challenging. That said, California consistently leads the nation in solar energy installations. It is likely that renewable sources of energy will generate more than the 60% mandated by 2030, but it might still not be enough to achieve the state’s carbon-free mandate."}
{"text":"[[Note: It’s been quiet on the blog, but busy in MakerSpace! This post was originally supposed to go up on September 28th… whoops!]]\nOur Scarecrow Study wrapped up after we talked about shapes we see in art and everyday life. Even though we used over 9,000 round sequins, we created a different shape and structure from them! Students read I Spy Shapes in Art by Lucy Micklethwait, and we took some time to notice all the shapes around us, and what smaller shapes made up larger structures.\nThis carried over into the start of our Paper study. We used colored paper to make collages, using only our fingers to tear the paper – no scissors! It was challenging but fun to try and rip paper into the exact shapes we wanted. We quickly learned that if you can’t tear the shape you want, you can tear small pieces and glue them into a specific shape on your paper!\nEarly Childhood classes read Henri’s Scissors by Jeanette Winter, and Lower and Upper Elementary classes read Drawing with Scissors by Jane O’Connor.\nThrough these books, we learned how Matisse created collages by cutting shapes from painted paper. This inspired us to use scissors for our next set of collages. Matisse is our Artist Study for the Fall gallery show, so you’re seeing our bright, bold collage-inspired paintings when you walk into the school!"}
{"text":"The new edition of Garber and Hoel's best-selling TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAY ENGINEERING focuses on giving students insight into all facets of traffic and highway engineering. Students generally come to this course with little knowledge or understanding of the importance of transportation, much less of the extensive career opportunities within the field. Transportation is an extremely broad field, and courses must either cover all transportation modes or focus on specifics. While many topics can be covered with a survey approach, this often lacks sufficient depth and students leave the course without a full understanding of any of the fields. This text focuses exclusively on traffic and highway engineering beginning with a discussion of the pivotal role transportation plays in our society, including employment opportunities, historical impact, and the impact of transportation on our daily lives. This approach gives students a sense of what the field is about as well as an opportunity to consider some of its challenges. Later chapters focus on specific issues facing transportation engineers. The text uses pedagogical tools such as worked problems, diagrams and tables, reference material, and realistic examples to demonstrate how the material is applied.\nAUTOR: Garber, Nicholas J. / Hoel, Lester H.\nEDITORA: Cengage Learning\nEDIÇÃO: 5ª / 2014\nDISPONIBILIDADE DO PRODUTO: Sob Encomenda - 40 dias ( Importação )"}
{"text":"The Ross Valley School District mathematics program is based on the Common Core Standards for Mathematics and places emphasis on the eight Standards for Mathematical Practice that emphasize mathematical thinking and support procedural fluency.\nTo that end, our TK-8th-grade teaching staff have agreed upon the following components of a mathematics program:\n- Learning is focused on mathematical thinking\n- Conceptual understanding is used to build procedural fluency\n- Math tasks and activities create a productive struggle for all students\n- Classroom activities promote student enjoyment and appreciation of math\n- Evaluation of students allows for mistakes and multiple opportunities to show growth\nOur teachers went through a rigorous piloting process in order to identify a curriculum that would serve as a tool to support our mathematics program. All of our TK-5th grade teachers now use Bridges in Mathematics, while our 6th-8th grade teachers work with College Preparatory Mathematics. Both of these programs are problem-based curriculums that present rich, multi-layered tasks for students to solve through collaborative endeavor."}
{"text":"T4D focuses on motivating future physicians and dentists in an effort to diversify the healthcare workforce.\nWhy does Diversity Matter?\nThe evidence shows:\n- Minority physicians are more likely to treat patients of color, indigent patients, and patients that are sicker.\n- Minority dentists are more likely than their white peers to practice in racial and ethnic minority communities.\n- Increased patient satisfaction.\nAll levels of students: high school students, undergraduate students, post-baccalaureate students, and recent graduates interested in learning more about the fields of medicine and dentistry are invited to join the Tour for Diversity in Medicine as it circles the nation. Our initial program for College Students includes hosts day-long conferences on selected campuses with the goal of promoting mentoring and professionalism. Our High School Program, for younger high school students, provides insights on the college application process and the importance of community medicine and public health.\nStudents from the host institutions as well as surrounding areas are invited to take part in our unique opportunities."}
{"text":"Iowa's estimated cancer rate is second in U.S. only to Kentucky\nA new report from the Iowa Cancer Registry shows the state is projected to have the second-highest incidence rate of cancer cases in the country this year.\nDriving the news: The report, maintained by the University of Iowa, shows that Iowa is second only to Kentucky.\n- An estimated 20,800 new invasive cancers will be diagnosed among Iowans in 2023, according to the report.\nWhy it matters: While it's not clear why Iowa's cancer rates are higher than the majority of the country's, it could be attributed to the state's high alcohol use and sedentary lifestyle, Iowa Cancer Registry Director Dr. Mary Charlton told KCRG.\nBy the numbers: 2,710 new cases are expected to be diagnosed this year in Polk County.\n- Breast cancer is estimated to be the most prevalent cancer diagnosis in 2023, affecting around 2,920 people.\n- Around 6,200 Iowans are estimated to die from cancer this year. The most fatal form is expected to be lung cancer.\nBetween the lines: Around 1973, the Iowa Cancer Registry recorded 10,140 new cancer patients annually. That's doubled now to 20,000, which can be attributed to the state's aging population, as well as improved screening.\n- Iowans are also surviving cancer at higher rates, as five-year survival rates grew from 47% in 1973 to 67% today.\nMore Des Moines stories\nNo stories could be found\nGet a free daily digest of the most important news in your backyard with Axios Des Moines."}
{"text":"design thinking initiatives for a better urban life\nPosts by Cheung, Kam Yan\nTitle: What to do if no fish at waterfront park?\nReflection: The people-oriented design tends to be a public space problem, such as at TKO waterfront park, it allows people fishing but there is no local fish in the river, in fact, the fish is come from some Chinese religious cermonies: people buy fish from supermarket and release them back into wild river for getting good luck by giving them new life. An amateur fishman told us he recognizes the fish at waterfront park was come from supermarket as they all in the same size and same type, and he claimed that he used to see some people release the fish on the boat several times. In short, our reflection is we should see bigger and design our public space from greater perspective instead of focusing on human use only.\nAction: Raise the public awareness about the balancing of ecology-oriented design and people-oriented design. Collecting more strange environmental phenomenon in pulic space is one of the possible way to encourage the designers concern more about the design of taking care of organisms from sky to sea instead of human only. For example, design some nests for birds or shelters for fish would be a good idea to improve our public space design. If no fish at waterfront park, beside importing fish into the river, we also need landscape architects to design the local ecology for the sustainable development of our city.\n<iframe width=”420″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/OL52QL-wBDk” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>\nCheung, Kam Yan\nIt appears that Cheung, Kam Yan hasn't tweeted anything yet."}
{"text":"Published September 16, 2008\nThe rasping summer sound of grasshoppers chirping in fields and meadows is to be used to help to track climate change.\nGrasshoppers, along with bush crickets, have been identified as the ideal insects for a public monitoring system.\nThere is a now a scheme to record sightings of all 27 native species of grasshoppers and crickets in Britain based on the system that enabled scientists to follow the spread of harlequin ladybirds.\nThe harlequin, an invasive species that competes with and often eats native ladybirds, arrived from the Continent in 2004 and has spread rapidly.\nThe public reporting system that was introduced to monitor the ladybird is regarded by researchers as an outstanding success and they now intend to use it to find out how climate change is affecting other insects."}
{"text":"Mainly cell type refers to the differentiation degree to form a cell population whose characteristics are identifiable by using simple microscopy, stains or immunological methods. Examples of cell types would be T8 lymphocytes, peripheral astrocytes or hepatocytes. Cell types can be pathological too, like tumor cells.\nCell state makes references to the current physiological condition of a given cell. A given cell type can be found in different proliferation states, metabolic conditions (i.e: An adipocyte or a hepatocyte will have different metabolic profiles depending on the insulin and glucagon balance), electrophysiological state (The human oocyte rapidly changes its membrane potential once a spermatozoid has entered) or even degree of differentiation (The typical example are B lymphocytes, which can be in a \"naïve\" state if they haven't found an antigen, or into a mature state. Once they have matured, thay can be subdivided into cells that actively produce antibodies and cells that divide actively).\nA cell function usually refers to a process that occurs inside a cell, or to the physiological function that cell type has in the whole organism. Cell functions could be metabolism, signaling, cell division, etc.; while also could be the likes of detoxification (hepatocytes), hormone production (Langerhans cells) or contraction (myocytes)."}
{"text":"B2 First: Use of English part 1 (multiple choice cloze)\nIn this part of the exam, you have to choose one word (from four) to complete each gap in a text. To prepare, it's a good idea to do lots and lots of reading. This is because many of the questions test how vocabulary is used, not just what it means. Here are some of the things you will be tested on:\nGrammatical differences in words\nYou will need to know about the prepositions and verb patterns which are used after certain words. You may also be tested on relative pronouns and other referring words such as 'which' or 'whose'.\nYou will need to know various English expressions, including collocations (e.g. verb + noun) and phrasal verbs.\nGlobal understanding of the text\nLinking expressions - here you need to understand the whole text and how sentences link together."}
{"text":"Well, here it is week 2 and we are off to a less than auspicious start…a cranefly as of this morning. But of course, the weather is also less than stellar, cold wet and drizzly. The insects aren’t the only ones who want to stay sheltered in this weather…everybody wanted to get back into the school as quickly as possible.\nVanessa here! Today Emily and I went out to change the bottle on the Malaise trap that we have set up in front of the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario (BIO). We have had this trap out all summer and mainly use it for educational purposes, such as teaching school groups about insect trapping methods. The last time we changed the bottle was approximately two weeks ago and we were thrilled to see that the bottle was quite full!\nEmily and I were quite curious about what we caught, so we decided to take a sneak peek. Peering into the bottle, we noticed an abundance of a large mosquito-like insect, commonly called a crane fly.\nCrane flies come from the family Tipulidae and there are over 4,000 species found worldwide. Although they look like large mosquitoes, crane flies will not bite animals or humans. Crane flies will feed on nectar, or they will not eat at all; most adult crane flies will only mate then die. Because many species of crane flies are quite large and very abundant, they are easily preyed upon by birds, mammals, fishes, and other vertebrates, as well as by spiders and predacious insects.\nWe are excited to hear about what you caught in your traps!"}
{"text":"To avoid fever-reducing medications like acetaminophen or ibuprofen – or when you just don't have any handy – you can try a non-medical approach to lowering your child's fever.\nReducing your child's fever doesn't help to cure the underlying illness or problem. (And a fever can actually help your child's body fight off an infection.) But if a temperature climbs high enough to make your child really uncomfortable or dehydrated, lowering the fever can help.\nHere are some methods to try:\nCall the doctor right away if your child is younger than 3 months old and has a fever. For a baby 3 to 5 months old, call the doctor if her temperature reaches 101 degrees or higher. Once she's 6 months old, call if her fever reaches 102 degrees or more.\nNo matter your child's age, call the doctor if she has a fever along with other serious symptoms, like difficulty breathing or purple spots on her skin. These can be a sign of a serious bacterial infection.\nTo help your child with cold and flu symptoms other than fever, check out our list of 11 safe home remedies for soothing a sick child.\nOther links for you:"}
{"text":"Archaeologists in Hebei province have unearthed the 1,000-year-old ruins of an ancient building thought to date back to the Jin (960–1276) and Yuan (1271–1368) Dynasties.\nAfter four months of excavation in the city of Huanghua, the ruins of an ancient hearth, fire pits and walls have been uncovered among bricks, tiles and broken porcelain. The findings show that there was heavy human activity around the site, which indicates that the ancient town likely had a prosperous economy, according to Lei Jianhong, head of the provincial archaeological research center in Hebei province.\nHaifeng, the town in Huanghua where the ruins are located, is thought to have been a port for trade. The discovery of the ancient ruins may reveal new clues to the town’s past, and provide more evidence for research on the town’s role in the Maritime Silk Road, according to experts.\n(This article is published on People’s Daily Online)"}
{"text":"Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)\nThe Mutis-Timau forest complex in Nusa Tengara Timur (NTT), Indonesia, is one of the country’s major remaining forested areas and the source of two key river systems.\nIn spite of its importance, the area has been exposed to significant deforestation and degradation. A high density of free-roaming cattle, swidden agricultural practices and intensive gathering of firewood (mostly for household fuel consumption) have caused a gradual process of deforestation and prevented regeneration. Although indigenous institutions and customs play a vital role in the management of the forest, land tenure arrangements are ambiguous and this has allowed further encroachment on the forest reserve.\nPoor natural resource management has been identified as one of the key factors contributing to the rapidly increasing risk of natural disaster on the Island. The project aimed to identify new opportunities to address degradation of natural resources in Eastern Indonesia.\nWorking through local partners, KYEEMA contributed to this through activities involving developing an inventory of emissions level and a feasibility study. KYEEMA set up workshops for the partners to reach agreements on budgets and on the issues stakeholders faced. We involved the community in group discussions and feasibility assessments of the forest carbon.\nFollowing this project there is now a deeper understanding of deforestation and forest degradation by local NGOs and local government. There is enhanced community engagement, as they understand the need to better manage the natural resources. The project highlighted the key role the forest plays in the economic and cultural life of communities. The project clearly showed that Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) is feasible in NTT and that there is political will to invest in REDD."}
{"text":"Louis Lassing from Connecticut obtained a patent on this day for his invention – a slice of fried meat between two pieces of toast. He served this sandwich to customers at his tiny three-seat bar. Despite the serious copyright certificate, it was the reinvention of the wheel – they say that hamburgers, or Hamburg steaks were brought to the U.S. by people from Germany in the early 19th century; that meat sandwiches were invented by teenager Charlie Nagrin and farmer Frank Menches of Ohio in 1885... But even American historians believe that the very first hamburger was eaten in what is now Russia: Scythian nomads fried beef, chopped it up finely to make it easier to chew and put it between two slices of bread so it wouldn't fall apart. So, does it make Russia home not only to elephants, but also to hamburgers?\nДругие события в этот день\nInformation provided by the Scientific Russia News Agency. Media outlet’s registration certificate: IA No. FS77-62580 issued by the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media on July 31, 2015.\nНовый выпуск — №8-9 2021\n«В мире науки»\nWhat saints did the conquistadors pray to and why did they decide to conquer Mexico? What was the ethnic, regional, and age composition of the Conquista?"}
{"text":"Your Easy Guide to Understanding Islam\nBy : Ahlan\nLanguage : English | Type : Books | Category : New Muslims, Non Muslims\nAs God is All -Knowing and Changeless, and human nature and needs are basically the same at all times, Islam believes that God's Message is the same for all humanity. Islam represents itself as a universal and perpetual message, preached not only by Prophet Muhammad, but by all the prophets of God before Muhammad, whose true followers were essentially Muslims, that is, they surrendered to God alone.\nThis booklet gives an overview of the universal message of Islam and its main components."}
{"text":"- Posted August 20, 2014 by\nMoreno Valley, California\nThis iReport is part of an assignment:\nFor those who live in Southern California we all are familiar with the Salton Sea. For those who live in the Imperial Valley area, are very familiar with the smell of the Salton Sea.\nThe sea is slowly evaporating each year leaving behind a salinity of 4.0 and increasing. It’s more salty than our oceans and the only fish that survive there are tilapia and even those are dying off. The sea is not only home to the tilapia, but it’s also home to over 380 species of birds that migrate during the seasons.\nWe can’t afford to lose this place that many birds and fish call home. It would be a disaster if that would ever to happen. So what’s being done to save our sea? Lots of talk and no action I’m afraid. Sure there have been plans drawn up to restore the sea, but it would take over 25 years to complete and by that time the sea would be gone.\nWhat can we do? Well, we can bring more attention to this cause and make a difference. If the ALS foundation can raise money by getting celebrities to do the bucket challenge why can’t friends of the Salton Sea. One person who is making a difference is Randy Brown. He has this crazy idea of walking the entire distance of the sea which is 116 miles in 120 degree heat next year. Now that’s dedication!\nIf you’re interested in supporting this crazy adventure (and you should be) please check out his site and make a donation to the cause. http://www.saltonseawalk.com\nWe all have to start somewhere!"}
{"text":"Imagine a Magic: The Gathering card game for aspiring cybersecurity pros.\nThat's the idea of a new table-top card game centered around hacking and Internet security will be presented this week in Las Vegas at Black Hat 2012, an annual information security conference, reported Phys.org. The game is called “Control-Alt-Hack” and targets 15- to 30-year-olds with at least some knowledge of computer science.\nWhile the game doesn’t explicitly teach how specific security exploits work, it involves concepts from the world of information-security and it could be used to supplement a high-school or college computer science course, said game creator Yoshi Kohno, a University of Washington associate professor of computer science and engineering.\n\"Hopefully players will come away thinking differently about computer security,\" Kohno said.\nThe game received funding from Intel, the National Science Foundation, and the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education.\nThe card game is not yet available for purchase, but will soon be available from the official website.\nThe public and private sectors are both in need of thousands of more young workers with cybersecurity expertise. Last year, Government Technology reported on a contest called the U.S. Cyber Challenge, a quiz and practicum intended to identify the best and brightest young minds in the field of computer security.\nThe Control-Alt-Hack game looks to be another effort to cultivate the young work force."}
{"text":"The study of time perception serves as a hallmark of integrative science, mixing linguistics, cognitive neuroscience, and attention research to explore the ways people feel the minutes and hours pass. And increasingly, this research is focusing on the role that emotion plays in distorting our sense of time… More\nEven though they were sitting in a room with 3 open containers of coffee beans, only 30% of participants said they smelled coffee. … More\nStudents learn that what they view as “real” is but one version of reality, which can vary radically from the experience of other people.\nThis field of study, Warren says, converged on the conclusion that complex group movements in humans and animals seem to follow three simple rules. … More\nPsychological scientists looking to apply for funding from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) may be interested in the following… More\nResearch shows that you don’t need to see an actual object to experience the “ventriloquist illusion” and its aftereffect. Simply imagining the object produces the same illusory results. … More"}
{"text":"Titan, the super-computer, topped the charts of Top 500 fastest computers, last week. Built by the unbeatable teams of the US Government’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennesse, reports to be 10 times better in all aspects compared to its predecessor, Jaguar, from the same lab.\nPowered by the amazing combo of CPUs and GPUs, Titan has 18,688 nodes, each having an AMD 16-core Opteron and a NVIDIA Tesla K20X GPU accelerator along with 19,000 processing nodes and 710 terabytes of memory. It is also powered by the 640 processors capable of massive 17.5 quadrillion operations per second. Sequoia, the super computer which stole the show in the June of this year, had a capacity of running 16.32 operations per second. Super computers are now incorporating GPUs, which consume less power for more processing when compared with the CPUs. The parallel architecture of the GPUs, allow them to do many calculations at once.\nScientists would use this supercomputer’s computing range for extensive research, enhance the manufacturing industry by widening their range of next generation materials, for nuclear research to closely trace the behavior of neutrons in nuclear reactors, to strategize ways to model combustion of fuels in combustion engines to improve the performance of engines of cars and trucks, to identify the future of air quality.\nIt is noted that 61 percent of science and engineering projects in the Unites States of America were recently selected for international inspection for access to 1.84 billion core processing hours on Titan and 2.83 billion hours on Energy Department supercomputers."}
{"text":"About the event\nHow was cultural identity constructed outside America in the 1950s? What was America’s cultural and artistic impact—its politics, policies and modern art—on Europe, Eastern Europe and Russia? Moving beyond a characterization of the relationship simply as one of American hegemony or propaganda, this panel will examine the complex and unexpected ways these cultures informed each other—artistically and culturally—during the cold war.\nParticipants include Yevgeniy Fiks, artist and author of n the Shadow of Yalta: Art and the Avant-garde in Eastern Europe (2009); Piotr Piotrowski, Art Historian, author of In the Shadow of Yalta: Art and the Avant-garde in Eastern Europe 1945–1989 (2011), and Julia Sneeringer, Historian, author of the work in progress, From Burlesque to Beatles: Hamburg and the Remaking of West German Popular Culture, 1949–1969.\nThis event was held in conjuction with the James Gallery exhibition \"The Making of Americans.\" For more information, click here."}
{"text":"“Stand your ground” laws — also called “Shoot First” laws — are drawing greater scrutiny in the wake of the murder of Trayvon Martin, the 17 year old African American in Florida who was allegedly shot while simply walking home from a convenience store. Shoot First laws are versions of “Make My Day” laws that allow people who claim they fear for their life or bodily safety to freely shoot to kill someone who enters their home. Florida’s version confers a shoot-first right on people who are even in public places outside their homes. Many Shoot First laws were enacted starting in 2006 in large part due to the efforts of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a secretive collaboration between corporations and legislators that helps advance corporate agendas in legislatures across the U.S. ALEC composed and circulated Shoot First model legislation (pdf), which they then got into the hands of conservative legislators, helping to greatly advance their spread. ALEC’s “model” Shoot First law (which they dubbed the “Castle Doctrine Act,”) was composed by ALEC’s “Public Safety and Elections” committee. In 2011, the National Rifle Association was the corporate co-chair of this ALEC committee. The NRA is funded by gun manufacturers (pdf). ALEC apparently got the idea for the law from Florida state Rep. Dennis Baxley of Ocala, taking the idea from him and adopting it as their “model legislation” in 2006, after which the laws spread across the nation."}
{"text":"Did you know that every search query you enter is tracked in Google’s databases? You have probably heard of Google Insights before, it is a useful tool for analysing and predicting trends in all sorts of industries. Wonder what else Google uses those statistics for?\nGoogle tracks our searches for disease information and maps them to find trends. For example, if you type in a search for “flu”, or any other search queries related to flu in Google, you will be delivered information pertaining to that query – and the query will also be recorded on Google’s disease monitoring service.\nBy recording the searches of millions of people, as well as scouring the web for online news reports, blogs and chat room postings, Google has a pretty comprehensive indication of disease levels across the globe. While this may work as a way to gather valuable information about where diseases are occuring, it raises a big question on the privacy issues involved.\nI guess if you were bored and wanted to get your town quarantined, you could just grab a few friends to start doing searches for plague symptoms. Just make sure you do it on different computers using different IP addresses, and see how long before anyone from the Centre for Disease Control shows up …\nDo you think it is fair or right that Google records this sort of data? And if you don’t -is it motivation enough to stop searching online?\nLatest posts by E-Web Marketing (see all)\n- The Seven Deadly Sins of Link Building [Infographic] - August 8, 2017\n- How Social Networks Can Help Your Startup - July 11, 2017\n- How to Choose Social Media - February 15, 2017"}
{"text":"\"Lazarus could not have been protected in the early period of the Jerusalem church's life by telling his story but not naming him. His story was too well known locally not to be easily identifiable as his however it was told. For Lazarus 'protective anonymity' had to take the form of his total absence from the story as it was publicly told. . . . If the raising of Lazarus was not only the remarkable event that John portrays but also such a key event in leading to Jesus' death, its absence from Mark -- and so, presumably, from the pre-Markan passion narrative -- is certainly puzzling. But the difficulty is removed when we recognize that the need for 'protective anonymity' in Lazarus's case would require his complete absence from any public telling of the passion narrative in the early Jerusalem church\" - Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony (Eerdmans, 2006), 196.The solution, it turns out, is not completely novel. According to William Baird, it was advanced at least as early as the 17th century, by Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), and subsequently adopted by others:\n\"As to the reason the other evangelists neglected to record the raising of Lazarus, Grotius adopts the hypothesis--popular with later apologetic exegetes--that Matthew, Mark, and Luke wanted to protect Lazarus and his family from the wrath of the high priests (12:10) and, therefore, kept the story secret. Years later, after their Gospels were written and the danger had passed, John was able safely to recount the miraculous event.\" - William Baird, History of New Testement Research, Vol. 1: From Deism to Tübingen (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992), 11.Since Bauckham does not cite Grotius--or anyone else--in this regard, he may have come across the same solution independently. (After all, great minds think alike.) But Bauckham has a monograph on 16th century English apocalyptic thought, and he may have encountered Grotius in this connection."}
{"text":"In my Java class we are currently learning about Dynamic Arrays, but the problem is that the lesson does not teach you how to use them, or the syntax, or anything like that. It tells you what you MIGHT use it for, then it throws you into an example program that is (in my opinion) way too complex for where the class is at right now.\nSo, what exactly is a Dynamic Array and how do I use it?\nEverytime I Google it, it returns something about ArrayList, which is not was I need.\nPost a Reply\nReplies- page 2\n|Oldest Newest Rating|\n· February 28, 2015\nArrayList is actually what you need! ArrayList is one of implementation of generic List interface.\nList is a collection that takes multiple objects (instances) of same type (it can contain duplicates). It cannot contain objects of different type. I.e.\nTo add new object call \"add\" method:\nTo iterate over list you may use \"for each\" loop:\nor \"forEach\" method (only Java 8):\nYou may convert it to \"stream\" to filter results i.e.:\nReturns list where students age is greater then 18.\nJava / Android Development\nVery popular language used to create desktop applications, website applets, and Android apps.\n|Bucky Roberts Administrator|"}
{"text":"Using Films in the Social Studies: Government / US History provides the teacher with reproducible activities and worksheets which correlate to 15 films commonly used in high school social studies classes. These activities include simulations, debates, writing and research exercises and more. Some of the films are interchangeable, in that they may be used to cover specific political concepts or a particular era/event in America ’s history. The dynamic material found in this book enhances lessons and curriculum, thus creating a more stimulating learning environment for students.\nElements: A pacing guide, based upon a traditional schedule of 50-minute classes, is provided and can be modified to accommodate block schedules. The final chapter includes answer keys to all activities and related worksheets.\nDVD: Included with the book is a DVD with editable assessments in MS Word document files plus PDF files of the student activities. Both files can be printed for use in class. Movies must be rented separately from local sources."}
{"text":"No Russian Tsar ever visited the Holy Mountain. But Tsar Nicolas I en Tsar Alexander II send their sons to the Holy Mountain. In 1845 Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich, son of Nicolas I, made a tour and went to Panteleimonos and several other monasteries such as Sografu and Esfigmenou.\nSon of Alexander II, Grand Duke Aleksey Aleksandrovich, seated in the middle, came to Panteleimonos on june 16th 1867. This was the time that Panteleimonos had both Greek and Russian inhabitants. The abbot Gerasimos was Greek and there was a lot of controversy between Russians and Greeks as Nicholas Fennell discribes in his excellent book The Russians on Athos. The Grand Duke laid the foundation stone of the central church of the Russian skete of St. Andrew. With the laying of the stone the Greek writer Smyrnakis wrote that the ceremonie took place in the presence of the members of the Holy Koinotis ” who were amazed at the deliberate violation of Athonite protocol” but said nothing through respect for the vistors’s exalted rank."}
{"text":"The Backyard Garden was established in 2005 at the Kansas State Research and Extension Center located in rural Olathe, Kansas. The objective of this garden is to provide an educational and interesting display garden featuring vegetables, herbs and fruits created with the backyard gardener in mind, thus the name “Backyard Garden.” This garden provides visitors with many diverse crops that are grown utilizing research-based techniques that can be applied to any home garden.\nThe garden features a wide variety of vegetables appropriate to this climate in addition to small fruits such as blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and strawberries. The Backyard Garden is also an All-America Selections display garden for vegetables and flowers. Periodically, the garden also participates in variety trials which help to update and maintain the official list of K-State recommended vegetable varieties."}
{"text":"Have read to fertilize once a month spring/summer but not while in bloom. Which of the above is correct, please? Thank you.\nCertified GKH Gardening Expert\nTo be honest, fertilizing is not exactly like watering. Nutrients persist in the soil and are not always immediately taken up by the plant like the plant would with water. In other words, fertilizing times are not as hard and fast as watering time.\nI would say it is best to avoid fertilizing during blooming, just because of the off chance that you add too much fertilizer and cause fertilizer burn. In this situation, the flowers will be the first thing the plant sheds if stressed so it is best to avoid the possibility.\nFertilizing in spring is always a good option as the plant will be gearing up for a growth spurt and making sure the proper nutrients are available to the plant when it needs them is a good idea.\nAs far as frequency of fertilizing, for plants in the ground, I would say you really don't need to fertilize any more than 2X a year. The soil will hold the nutrients until the plant needs them. It is different for container grown plants though. Early spring and early fall are good times to fertilize, just because the plants will have higher nutrient needs soon. But if you fertilize in late spring or late summer, it will not harm the plant."}
{"text":"Well no-one knows for sure when money was first invented, but it’s thought it was probably around 3,000 years ago. Before that there was bartering, which I still approve of today 🙂\nThe first known Roman coins were minted in 344BC and in those days coins had an intrinsic value because they were made of precious metals.\nThis Roman coin is in amazing condition and is part of the Yorkshire Museum’s collection.\nIt’s probable that bartering has been around since prehistoric times. Humans are likely to have exchanged valued goods like animal skins, weapons, maybe even food. And this kind of subsistence swapping still exists in parts of the world.\nBut it can be a clumsy system so as humans became more sophisticated, so grew their need for a more flexible method of payment.\nAround 3,000 years ago a new system evolved in China. Instead of using weapons and tools, they started to produce tiny replica bronze tools. A neat idea but it’s a bit impractical to carry around miniature forks and arrows, so gradually they evolved into a more user-friendly shape.\nIllustrations show (from left) Chinese knife money; Chinese spade money; Chinese coins from around 100BC\nIt’s thought that these Chinese rounded metal objects became the world’s first coins But the first official minted coinage was made in what is now Turkey (then Lydia) around 600BC. The coins were made of a mixture of gold and silver, called electrum.\nElectrum coin from Lydia c600BC\nThe Lydian government’s foresight in developing an official currency made Lydia a wealthy nation as trade thrived."}
{"text":"Metabolomics has increasingly led to important insights in chemical ecology by identifying environmentally relevant small molecules that mediate inter-organismal interactions. Nevertheless, the application of metabolomics to investigate interactions between phytophagous insects and their microbial symbionts remains underutilized. Here, we investigated the metabolomes of the bacteriomes (organs bearing symbiotic bacteria) isolated from natural populations of five species of xylem-feeding insects. We identified three patterns. First, the metabolomes varied among the five species, likely influenced by insect phylogeny, food plant and taxonomic identity of the symbionts. Second, the ratio of glutamine: glutamate in the bacteriomes was 0.7-3.6 to 1, indicative of nitrogen-sufficient metabolism and raising the possibility that the insect sustains nitrogen-enriched status of the bacteriomes despite the nitrogen scarcity of the xylem diet. Finally, bacteriomes from insect species bearing genetically-similar symbionts displayed limited variation in their metabolomes, suggesting that the metabolic pattern of the bacteriome metabolic pools is correlated with the genetic repertoire of the symbionts. Altogether, these metabolomic patterns yield specific hypotheses of underlying processes that are testable by wider sampling of natural populations and experimental study.\nKeywords: Essential amino acid synthesis; Metabolomics; Symbiosis; Xylem-feeding insects."}
{"text":"Games of the VIII Olympiad\nAt the 1924 Paris Games, the Olympic motto, \"Citius, Altius, Fortius\", (Swifter, Higher, Stronger) was introduced, as was the Closing Ceremony ritual of raising three flags: the flag of the International Olympic Committee, the flag of the host nation and the flag of the next host nation. The number of participating nations jumped from 29 to 44, signaling widespread acceptance of the Olympics as a major event, as did the presence of 1,000 journalists. Women's fencing made its debut as Ellen Osiier of Denmark earned the gold medal without losing a single bout. Johnny Weissmuller of the United States won two gold medals in swimming on 20 July alone. That same day he earned a bronze medal in water polo. He later went to Hollywood and starred as Tarzan in twelve movies. American swimmer Gertrude Ederle won a bronze medal in the 100m freestyle. Two years later she caused a sensation by becoming the first woman to swim across the English Channel (La Manche) - and in a time almost two hours faster than any man had ever achieved. Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi, won five gold medals to add to the three he had won in 1920. His most spectacular performance occurred on 10 July. First he easily won the 1,500m. Then, a mere 55 minutes later, he returned to the track and won the 5,000m. Nurmi's teammate, Ville Ritola, did not do badly either in 1924: he won four gold medals and two silver.\n44 NOCs (Nations)\n3,089 athletes (135 women, 2,954 men)"}
{"text":"|If someone walked up to you and said \"Hi, I'm your third cousin twice removed, would you\nhave any idea what they meant? Most of us understand basic relationship words such as\nfather, mother, brother, sister, aunt, uncle and cousin, but what about relationship terms that\nwe don't use in everyday speech?\nSometimes, especially when working on your family history, it's handy to know how to describe\nyour family relationships more exactly. The definitions below should help you out:\nCousin (a.k.a. \"first cousin\")\nYour first cousins are the people in your family who have two of the same grandparents as\nyou. In other words, they are the children of your aunts and uncles.\nYour second cousins are the people in your family who have the same great-grandparents as\nyou, but not the same grandparents.\nThird, Fourth, and Fifth Cousins\nYour third cousins have the same great-great grandparents, fourth cousins have the same\ngreat-great-great grandparents, and so on.\nWhen the word \"removed\" is used to describe a relationship, it indicates that the two people\nare from different generations. You and your first cousins are in the same generation (two\ngenerations younger than your grandparents), so the word \"removed\" is NOT used to describe\nThe term \"once removed\" means that there is a difference of one generation. For example,\nyour mother's first cousin is your first cousin, once removed. This is because your mother's\nfirst cousin is one generation younger than your grandparents and you are two generations\nyounger than your grandparents. This one-generation difference equals \"once removed.\"\nTwice removed means that there is a two-generation difference. You are two generations\nyounger than a first cousin of your grandmother, so you and your grandmother's first cousin\nare first cousins, twice removed.\nRelationship Charts Simplify Everything!\nStill confused! Refer to the chart below:\n|If you want to know how you're related to a particular Sells\nfamily member, email the webmaster with your question."}
{"text":"Dodonaea viscosa: is a member of the Sapindaceae family. Hop Bush is the common name of the genus. Early settlers, in Australia, used the winged fruits, of some species, as a substitute for hops in beer making.Plants\nDodonaea viscosa is an erect, medium shrub with sticky leaves. The flowers* are insignificant but the three or four-winged capsules are an eye-catching feature. The capsules may be green, purplish, deep pink or red. For some reason honey bees are attracted to the insignificant male flowers.\nAnnual pruning will keep plants bushy and increase capsule production.\nDodonaea viscosa has a large number of subspecies. No doubt in the fullness of time some subspecies will be given species status. Dodonaea viscosa has a very wide distribution and is found in all Australian states, Lord Howe Island and South Africa.\nDodonaea viscosa occurs naturally on Yallaroo. Since the removal of stock this Hop Bush has regenerated in large numbers. The capsules, on our plants, range in colour from green to red. The photograph is of one of our colourful specimens. Our subspecies is probably angustifolia.\nThis species is an excellent hedge or screening plant.\nDodonaeas are not common in cultivation but there are many species with great horticultural potential.\nPropagate from seed or cuttings. The seeds have hard coats and should be soaked in boiling water before sowing.\nCuttings strike readily. Forms with colourful capsules should be propagated from cuttings to preserve the capsule colour.\n*See Dodonaea boroniifolia for a description of the confused sex life of Hop Bushes."}
{"text":"How can wideband internet service be provided to remote areas of the world separated from large cities by dense jungles, multiple mountain ranges, large expanses of desert land, sea water, or other obstacles?\nOf course, one way is via satellites, but satellites are expensive, have limited user capacities, and long round-trip communication latencies due to their great distances from users if they are in geosynchronous orbits 22,236 miles (35,786 km) above the equator.\nGoogle started experimenting with another possibility in 2013 that they call Project Loon.\nThe idea is to have a large number of networked gas-filled balloons floating about 12.5 miles (roughly 20 km) above Earth. Winds generally blow different speeds and directions at different altitudes, so the hope is to be able to keep them properly positioned by adjusting their individual altitudes as needed in real-time.\nCan balloons be kept reasonably positioned that way over long periods of time?\nGas molecules will escape rather quickly through the smallest leak. Unless the balloons stay up at least three or four months on average a balloon communication network like that probably will be prohibitively expensive to maintain.\nWhat happens when they come down?\nWill airplanes hit large sheets of nearly invisible polyethylene plastic and crash?\nWill large sheets of polyethylene plastic land on homes, business buildings, roads, or power lines?\nWill they fall into lakes, rivers, the ocean, remote forests, and desert land, and create hazards, kill wildlife, and pollute the environment?\nWhat do you think about this idea? Is it a reasonable way to provide internet service to remote areas of the world or is Project Loon a ‘Looney idea?‘"}
{"text":"2015 – Eastern Purple Coneflower\nEchinacea purpurea is more than a popular perennial. This prominent member of the Aster family inhabits meadows across a majority of the eastern half of the United States. Being native from New York south to Florida, and west to Colorado and Texas, this perennial is hardy in zones 3-8.\nThe genus “echino” comes from the Greek word meaning hedgehog, directly describing the spiny center disk. Surrounding the central disk of this flower are the beautiful drooping purple ray flowers. The most robust plants grow in full sun, but they can withstand part shade as well. Dry, well-drained sandy soil is where Echinacea purpurea will be best suited. Reaching 3-5 feet in height, while spreading 1.5 to 2 feet, this perennial adds color all summer long as it continues to bloom June through August if deadheaded. The seed heads left at the end of the blooming season will allow for additional plants to self seed into your garden, create winter interest, and act as a great food source for seed-eating birds such as goldfinches."}
{"text":"Sefer Yetzirah, the most ancient known Kabbalistic work, teaches us an important concept: “the end is wedged into the beginning.” Rebbe Nachman of Breslov shows us that this teaching isn’t merely some mystical or intellectual idea, but rather a foundation of how we should approach everything new endeavor.\nEach day one should make a new beginning. You can even make a fresh start many times each day. Rebbe Nachman tells us of the importance of starting anew—in one’s self-improvement,relationships, learning and studying, and hisbodedus (prayerful meditation.)\nFor example, each time we begin hisbodedus, the Rebbe tells us to say:\n“Today I am beginning to be attached to You [Hashem, God].” Each time one should make a new start, beacuse whatever comes later always goes according to the beginning. Even the philosophers say that the start is half the deed. Whatever happenes it is always good to make a new start each time and say, “Today I am beginning…”\nSuppose things were already good—now they will be even better! And if they were not good before, God forbid, then it is certainly necessary to start anew.\nShevachey Moharan; Tzaddik in English translation, BRI\nThe Rebbe is telling us we can and indeed must begin again, as many times as necessary, in order to launch our spiritual growth.\nSometime, when things seem so hard, like we’re standing in wet clay, a fresh start seems impossible. But relief is in sight. You don’t have to start anew under your own steam.\nAsk God to help you make a fresh start. Talk to Him."}
{"text":"DUBAI: Rapid advances in robot-assisted surgery\nare offering new options for cancer patients and in the coming years robotics\nwould have a greater role in tackling the challenge, an Indian expert has said.\n\"Robot-assisted surgery, or robotics, is a revolutionary innovation in performing intricate surgeries, particularly in difficult or otherwise impossible locations, using specifically designed robotic arms,\" said Umanath Nayak\n, Consultant Head & Neck and Robotic Surgeon\nof Apollo Cancer Hospitals.\nAccording to Nayak, though robotic surgeries have been common in various disciplines of medicine since the last decade its increasing and successful application in cancer treatment is highly encouraging for the medical fraternity and communities challenged by rising cases of cancer.\nAs per a report published in 2014 by the Gulf Centre for Cancer Control, there were 119,288 newly diagnosed cancer cases in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) between 1998 and 2009.\nOman saw 9.5 per cent increase in cancer cases during the 12-year period, second only to Saudi Arabia, which saw an alarming 74.9 per cent increase. Cancers of the lung and prostate among males and cancers of breast and thyroid among females were the most common cases in almost all the GCC countries.\nRecently, Dubai-based Emirates Airline teamed up with Apollo Hospitals to connect international patients with quality healthcare services in India.\nAs part of the joint venture, the patients and their attendants from 19 countries across Middle East and Africa can visit the hospital's flagship locations in Chennai, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmadabad and Bangalore to avail specially formulated fares for round-trip flights on Emirates."}
{"text":"Pulse Oxymeter On Kilimanjaro\nPulse Oxymeter on Kilimanjaro our guides will use a pulse oximeter to measure the oxygen level in your blood and your pulse rate in the morning and evening. The oximeter is placed on a climber’s fingertip. The oximeter uses two beams of light that shine into small blood vessels and capillaries in your finger. The sensor reflects the amount of oxygen in the blood.\nThis dives measure how much oxygen your blood is carrying as a percentage of the maximum it could carry. Normal blood oxygen levels at sea level are 95-100%.\nPulse Oxymeter on Kilimanjaro also shows altitude increases, oxygen saturation decrease. Proper acclimatization generally brings oxygen saturation higher, which is why these figures typically rise when oxygen saturation are tested after resting overnight. On Kilimanjaro, oxygen saturation percentages are regularly in the 80’s. However, if oxygen saturation is ever less than 80%, we monitor that climber very closely. read more here.\nTwice daily oxygen saturation test\nOne of the key indicators of deteriorating health at altitude is a decline in your blood oxygen levels. At sea level this should be close to 100% but at altitude will safely drop to about 90%. If you go below this we take it as a warning sign to monitor you very closely for further symptoms of altitude sickness."}
{"text":"Children should not be given ham sandwiches because they could pose a danger to their health, a charity has warned.\nThe World Cancer Research Fund claimed there is \"convincing evidence\" that eating processed meat increases the risk of bowel cancer.\nYoungsters need to avoid foods like ham and salami, and they should not be included in packed lunches, it said.\nThe WCRF said sandwich-fillers like chicken, fish or cheese were preferable.\nThere is no specific research on eating the meats in childhood but the evidence in adults was too strong to ignore, the charity went on.\nBoth the American Cancer Society and the U.S. government-run National Cancer Institute warn that adults who eat diets high in red and processed meats increase their risk of certain cancers including colorectal cancer, as well as bowel, liver, lung and esophageal cancer.\nThe WCRF is also urging parents to avoid lunchbox fillers that are high in fat and calories, such as sugary drinks.\nMarni Craze, children's education manager for the WCRF, said: \"It is better if children learn to view processed meat as an occasional treat if it is eaten at all.\""}
{"text":"Virtually all measurements of neutron-induced reactions interesting for nuclear astrophysics are performed\neither applying the time-of-flight (TOF) technique or the activation technique. The most important reactions\nare neutron captures (n,γ), neutron-induced alpha emission (n,α) and neutron-induced fission (n,f).\nA typical TOF setup consists of a pulsed neutron source, a sample positioned at a given flight path and a\ntime-resolving detection system for the reaction products.\nUsually, the TOF-spectrum begins with the γ-flash resulting from interactions of the primary beam particles\nwith the neutron production target. The gammas traveling at the speed of light arrive first at the detector systems.\nLater the first, fastest neutrons arrive and even later slower neutrons.\nA typical activation setup consists of a continuous neutron source, a sample positioned very close to the\nneutron source and a separate setup to detect to decay of freshly produced, radioactive nuclei.\nFRANZ at Uni Frankfurt\nLAND/R3B at GSI\nDANCE at Los Alamos\nn_TOF at CERN"}
{"text":"Challenges Remain In Fight Against TB, U.N. Secretary-General Says\nOn World Tuberculosis Day, recognized on March 24, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon “said that while there has been much progress since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared TB a global health emergency two decades ago, there are still challenges to be met, mainly stopping the spread of multidrug-resistant TB, also known as MDR-TB, which threatens to reverse the gains achieved in past years,” the U.N. News Centre reports. “New diagnostics, new drugs and the promise of new vaccines have the potential to further accelerate progress against TB, which still kills 1.4 million people a year — more than any infectious disease other than AIDS. But two obstacles stand in the way,” he said, noting drug-resistant TB and a need for additional funding. “WHO Director-General Margaret Chan stressed that while curing MDR-TB is feasible, it takes 20 to 24 months of treatment with expensive and toxic drugs, some of which need to be administered by injection and some of which are in short supply,” the news service adds, noting she “warned that nearly four percent of people newly ill with TB are resistant to multiple drugs right from the start” (3/24)."}
{"text":"On June 27, 2017, the Trump administration officially proposed to dismantle the Clean Water Rule. This would remove protections of the Clean Water Act for half our nation’s streams, which help provide drinking water to 1 in 3 Americans.\nThe proposal is now officially published in the federal register. Comments must be received on or before August 28, 2017.\nStand together with other local watershed groups nationwide by signing onto this letter to oppose this rollback of protections for our waterways and our drinking water.\nHelp tell the story of the importance of the Clean Water Rule by contributing a story and a photo to Clean Water Network’s interactive story map. Email a submission or questions to email@example.com\nYou can find more tools to take action here."}
{"text":"Passed on 29 November 1947 by the UN General Assembly, this resolution provides for the partition of Palestine into two independent states, one Arab and the other Jewish, with an economic union between them and Jerusalem enjoying a special status. The General Assembly indicated that the British Mandate over Palestine should end as soon as possible. (Britain had already notified the United Nations that it would resign its mandate by 1 August 1948.) The resolution passed by thirtythree to thirteen, with ten abstentions. Voting in favor were Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Byelorussia, Canada, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Haiti, Iceland, Liberia, Luxemburg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, Soviet Union, Sweden, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Voting against were Afghanistan, Cuba, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen. Abstaining were Argentina, Chile, China, Colombia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Honduras, Mexico, United Kingdom, and Yugoslavia."}
{"text":"I cannot believe that I actually let this slip past my radar – sure, the story might have broke cover a week ago, but it is still interesting to know that your average LEGO does much more than simulate the imagination of whoever plays with it. Some enterprising person was approached by LEGO to build the first LEGO Greenhouse in the world, having paraded it at the 2011 London Design Festival.\nNeedless to say, this is the first fully functional hothouse of its kind that is made out of LEGO bricks entirely, thanks to the brainchild of award-winning designer Sebastian Bergne. He did not do this without any help though, as he was commissioned by LEGO UK to come up with this bricked wonder. Taking around 100,000 LEGO bricks to complete, everything is LEGO in there – ranging from the walls, floors, and even the earth, using either translucent or brown pieces. Of course, the rest of the flora inside like tomatoes, peppers and sunflowers are the real deal.\nWhat’s next? Translucent LEGO bricks with built-in solar panels?"}
{"text":"Rooibos - Aspalathus linearis\nAfrikaans for “red bush”, rooibos is traditionally drunk as a tea throughout South Africa. There are a number of research projects being carried out as to the medical benefits of rooibos. It is a powerful antioxidant.History\nRooibos is grown only in the Cedarberg area in the North Western Cape of South Africa. Efforts to cultivate rooibos in other areas or countries with similar climates have failed. Apparently rooibos needs a very specific climate and soil to grow. Rooibos tea has always been very popular in South Africa. Rooibos tea is much appreciated because it does not contain caffeine and is low in tannins.\nRooibos is the only known source of the phytochemical, aspalathin, which is a powerful antioxidant.\nBecause rooibos contains no caffeine, it is suited for pregnant women, babies and children. The low level of tannins in rooibos will prevent problems with iron absorption.Benefits"}
{"text":"Very soon, we will be enjoying a stellar and unusual spectacle that has not been observed in over 800 years.\nOn the 21st of December, you can see planetary conjunction on the winter solstice.\nFor the first time after the middle ages, Saturn and Jupiter will get so close to each other in the night sky that they will appear as a bright “double star”. The two largest stars in the solar system will be visible in the western sky.\nForbes magazine noted that the planets will seem as though they are extremely close, but in reality, they will not be close at all. Moreover, Patrick Hartigan, an astronomer at Rice University, stated that the alignments between Saturn and Jupiter are extremely rare, occurring every 20 years or so.\nThis rare celestial event can be seen from anywhere on Earth.\nIf the sky is clear and you have a clear view to the southwest, you will be able to see the alignment of Jupiter and Saturn from anywhere on Earth 30 – 35 minutes after sunset, near the constellation Capricorn. Even though the planets will seem closest on the 21st of December, you can watch it every evening of the Christmas week.\nIn what the astronomers are calling great conjunction or a meeting between the two largest planets in the solar system, they will appear aligned from the Earth`s perspective and be 0.1 degrees apart, or one fifth the diameter of the moon.\nJupiter is five times the distance of Earth from the sun, or about 484 miles away. Saturn is double than that. Because of the great distance, the planets need ages to make a single revolution around the sun.\nThe last time Saturn and Jupiter appeared so close was in 1623, just 14 years after Galileo created his first telescope and found the moons of Jupiter. Another similar conjunction will not happen until March 18, 2080, and the next time will be in year 2400."}
{"text":"Smokers often discover that once you start, it’s a never ending process to quit. You crave the nicotine and the thousands of other chemical ingredients. No one can truthfully say that there is anything healthy about smoking. So why is a bill being considered that would place tobacco products under the regulation of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?\nA July 25th article in The Washington Post points out that for several years many officials have been trying to get cigarettes regulated by the FDA, but Bush has been adamant about opposing this plan. It seems an unlikely situation to ask an organization designed to protect Americans from unhealthy food and drugs to regulate a product with absolutely no health benefits. Yet, many believe it is a step in the right direction to ensure that tobacco companies do not make their products increasingly more harmful and addictive.\nIt’s impossible in one fell swoop to eliminate the tobacco industry altogether (a U.S. industry that sells over 370 billion cigarettes per year). Economics doesn’t support it according to most American lawmakers. Yet, a steady decline in demand would make a substantial improvement in the detrimental affects of cigarettes overall. Many are worried that FDA regulation would lead consumers to falsely believe that cigarettes are safe for use. However, it seems that it is widely known that cigarettes are anything but safe. But FDA regulation, if effectively handled, could sway the tobacco companies from making their products even more addictive and dangerous than they are already. If it isn’t feasible to remove tobacco altogether, then we can at least attempt to reign in their exploitation of tobacco consumers."}
{"text":"- Country profiles\n- Data dashboard\n- Satellite Pages\n- About us\n- WHAT'S NEW\nPractices like child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) remain an obstacle to the full achievement of better health for children and adolescents. CEFM is also a human rights violation that endangers health and growth, disrupts education, limits opportunities for empowerment and social development, and increases the risk of exposure to violence and abuse.\nA 10 per cent reduction in CEFM could contribute to a 70 per cent reduction in maternal mortality rates and a three per cent decrease in infant mortality in individual countries. Getting married at an earl y age also leads to higher fertility rates, unwanted pregnancies, a higher risk of complications during childbirth, limited educational advancement, and reduced economic earning potential for girls and wome\nThis study aims to assist parliamentarians in their efforts to end CEFM through legislation, and to improve the health of children and young girls in their countries."}
{"text":"2. Uterine Polyps\nThese are very common small growths dangling in the cavity of the womb and interfere with conception by acting like an IUCD or loop.\n3. Adhesions in the uterine cavity (cavity of the womb)\nIt may be a consequence of infection or surgery such as D&C (scraping of the uterus).\n4. Congenital Problems\n(problems from birth) like a slightly smaller than normal size uterus or a T shaped uterus and a uterine septum , as in other above problems can be treated with operative hysteroscopy.\nHowever, other congenital problems like an absent uterus, abnormally small uterus (hypoplastic uterus), an abnormal shaped uterus such as double uterus, bicornuate (two-horned uterus) cannot be treated surgically."}
{"text":"Six of the seven species of sea turtles inhabit the waters of Latin American and the Caribbean:\nAll these species of marine turtles are threatened with extinction, mainly from climate change, destruction of beaches and feeding grounds at sea, overexploitation of their eggs, meat and shells, as well as mortality in nets and hooks of the region´s fisheries.\nSince its founding in 1961, WWF has supported many efforts for sea turtle conservation around the world. The Marine Turtle Regional Action Plan for Latin America and the Caribbean defines the priority themes, directions and actions on which WWF will focus its efforts and includes the recovery of leatherback populations among its priority objectives for the next 10 years.\nIn this region, WWF concentrates on the conservation of leatherbacks, Caribbean hawksbills and Eastern Pacific green turtles, due to their highly threatened status.\nOn the ground\nThere are various marine turtle conservation projects supported by WWF in the region, namely: Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Guianas, Galapagos, Peru and Argentina. These include interventions on national legislation, fisheries best-practices, as well as local community work.\nIn addition, WWF seeks conservation impact at the level of international treaties (e.g. Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), Covention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES), Inter-American Convention (IAC) for Marine Turtle Conservation).\nA regional effort\nDue to their migratory habits, sea turtle conservation is an issue demanding a regional approach. Unilateral efforts by governments cannot completely protect sea turtles, since they cover distances that encompass the jurisdictions of various nations and international waters.\nSea turtle conservation is linked to community development by strengthening non-extractive uses such as tourism. It also advocates for responsible fisheries and the preservation of critical marine habitats. Thus, these reptiles serve as flagship species for addressing broad environmental themes."}
{"text":"Tests and diagnosis for Varicose Veins\nVaricose Veins are generally diagnosed in a clinical setting. However, certain other tests are also conducted.\n- Duplex Doppler Ultrasound: This non-invasive test helps to investigate the functioning of the valves and any evidence of blood clots. It detects the flow and speed of blood in the veins, direction of blood flow, and even clots."}
{"text":"Air mass at given zenith distance (double precision).\nD = sla_AIRMAS (ZD)\nobserved zenith distance (radians)\nair mass (1 at zenith)\nThe observed zenith distance referred to above means\n``as affected by refraction''.\nThe routine uses Hardie's (1962) polynomial fit to Bemporad's\ndata for the relative air mass, X, in units of thickness at the\nzenith as tabulated by Schoenberg (1929). This is adequate for all\nnormal needs as it is accurate to better than\n0.1% up to X = 6.8 and better than 1% up to X = 10.\nBemporad's tabulated values are unlikely to be trustworthy\nto such accuracy\nbecause of variations in density, pressure and other\nconditions in the atmosphere from those assumed in his work.\nThe sign of the ZD is ignored.\nAt zenith distances greater than about the\nair mass is held constant to avoid arithmetic overflows.\nHardie, R.H., 1962, in Astronomical Techniques\ned. W.A. Hiltner, University of Chicago Press, p180.\nSchoenberg, E., 1929, Hdb. d. Ap.,\nBerlin, Julius Springer, 2, 268."}
{"text":"A review of food reactions in children from inhalation was recently published in an issue of Allergy and Asthma Proceedings.\nAs an introduction, the authors remind readers we are able to smell foods because of tiny aerosolized particles of food. In some children, even this tiny amount of exposure can lead to allergic symptoms.\nThe foods most commonly implicated in this mischief are: fish, nuts, legumes, grains and cow milk.\nUp to 10 percent of children allergic to fish will have some type of allergic response to seafood odors or fumes. Typically, this is eye itching, sneezing or wheezing.\nOf interest, shellfish were much less likely to cause inhalation problems than “swimming” fish.\nThe incidence of airborne nut allergy was smaller with three percent of children with tree nut allergy reacting to the smell, and one percent of peanut-allergic children reacting. (Even though peanut is a legume, it was studied in the nut category because there are so many children with peanut allergy.)\nAgain, common symptoms seen were eye itch, sneezing and wheezing. But some children suffer hives and even anaphylaxis from nut odor inhalation.\nThe most common legumes to cause inhalation allergy are soy, chick peas, peanut-like lupines and green beans. The spectrum of symptoms: eye itch, sneezing and wheezing, but also intense itching in the mouth and throat in some children.\nThe cereal grains most likely to cause problems are rice, buckwheat and wheat. Buckwheat is more common a cause than expected because many children have ongoing exposure from buckwheat chaff being used in stuffed animals.\nAnd while cow milk is a common cause for inhalation allergy, some children are sensitized from powdered formulas being mixed in their presence.\nAlso, as mentioned in a previous newsletter, some asthma inhalers contain small amounts of milk protein as a stabilizer."}
{"text":"This test is used to measure serum levels of calcium, the most abundant mineral in the body. More than 98% of the body's calcium is found in bones and teeth, but relative concentrations in those structures may vary as the body maintains calcium balance. For example, when calcium concentrations in the blood fall below normal, calcium ions move out of the bones and teeth to restore the blood's calcium level. Because the body excretes calcium daily, regular ingestion of calcium in food (at least 1 g/day) is necessary for normal calcium balance\nProcedure and posttest care\nAbnormally high serum calcium levels (hypercalcemia) may occur in hyperpllrothyroidism and parathyroid tumors, Paget's disease of the bone, multiple myeloma, metastatic carcinoma, multiple fractures, and prolonged immnbilization. Elevated levels may also result from inadequate excretion of \"calcium, as in adrenal insufficiency and renal disease; from excessive calcium ingestion; and from overuse of overuse such as calcium carbonat.\n(c) Health-care-clinic.org All rights reserved\nDisclaimer: Health-care-clinic.org website is designed for educational purposes only. It is not intended to treat, diagnose, cure, or prevent any disease. Always take the advice of professional health care for specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment. We will not be liable for any complications, or other medical accidents arising from the use of any information on this web site. Please note that medical information is constantly changing. Therefore some information may be out of date."}
{"text":"Writing with your voice (Mar, 1947)\nWriting with your voice\nYears ago Alexander Graham Bell dreamed of “a machine that should render visible to the eyes of the deaf, the vibrations of the air that affect our ears as sound.” He never realized that dream, but his researches led to the invention of the telephone.\nToday Bell Telephone Laboratories have turned the dream into a fact—translating the spoken word into readable pictures.\nBy this new invention of the Laboratories, the talker speaks into a microphone. Vibrations of the voice are unraveled through electronic circuits, and then are reassembled as luminous patterns which travel across a screen. Each syllable of sound has a distinctive shape and intensity.\nVisible speech is still in its infancy, and is not yet available to the public. But educators of the deaf are now evaluating it.\nIndications are that the deaf can learn to read the patterns and, by comparing the patterns their own voices make with the patterns of correct speech, can improve their diction.\nPatterns of visible speech also provide a means for analyzing and recording sound in the study of phonetics and of languages. Eventually, visible speech may make possible visual telephony for the deaf.\nThis is but one of many contributions by Bell Telephone Laboratories to the understanding and control of sound.\nBELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES\nExploring and Inventing, Devising and Perfecting for Continued Improvements and Economies in Telephone Service"}
{"text":"The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and cost difference in using Behavior Imaging vs. traditional practices for evaluating children with special needs in the classroom, training teachers on interventions, and implementing behavior intervention plans.\nBehavior Connect is an online portal that enables health and education professionals to remotely interact with students, specialists and other staff members via video, while building a secure library of shareable video and document assets and a continuous record.\nThe study will be conducted in collaboration with the Marcus Autism Center in Georgia, and will evaluate the use of the technology for assessment of student problem behavior and for assisting staff development – based on caregiver-captured video of child behavior or staff exercises in the classroom. The study will consist of at least 3-9 teachers and 15 students in at least 2-3 different schools, of which Marcus currently consults, that are furthest away from the Marcus experts. The experts at Marcus will use Behavior Connect 2.0, and a special Behavior Capture App in conjunction with the traditional practices in the assistance of said students and their teachers and gather data based on time spent, dollars spent, progress of each student, and teacher’s and Marcus experts’ evaluation of the product."}
{"text":"An easy way to burn fat - and lose weight - could be the avoidance of bad cholesterol, according to a new study.\nThe study, by researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet, has found that LDL, or bad cholesterol, is also a regulator of fat turnover besides its well-established detrimental effects in promoting atherosclerosis.\nJohan Björkegren and colleagues found that LDL slowed the rate of fat breakdown in adipocytes, the peripheral cells responsible for fat storage, open-access journal PLoS ONE reported.\nEarlier studies have shown the fatty acids released from the peripheral fat to the blood boost the synthesis of LDL precursors in the liver.\nThe current study suggests that high levels of LDL could inhibit the releasing fatty acids of the peripheral fat.\n“The results of our study provide evidence of a reciprocal link between the liver and peripheral fat regulating fat turnover\", said Björkegren.\nThis finding suggests that lowering cholesterol in the blood may also affect build-up of peripheral fat.\nThe study was conducted on cell cultures and tissue from humans as well as in animal models with different levels of LDL."}
{"text":"Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010000, China\nDoris Lessing is a white colonist from Britain with both Diaspora and marginal identity which gives her a special inspiration for writing the novel Martha Quest. The protagonist, Martha's painful experiences and tangled emotions are the real portrayal of Lessing's childhood. This article presents an in-depth analysis of \"the Other\" and the identity of culture, which reveals the exile, especially for white women are isolated from both colony and patriarchal society and are considered as \"the Other\" excluding from the European culture even African culture. It can be seen that the pursuit of cultural identity, freedom and independence in the context of heterogeneous culture is the spirit of this novel, and the writer, Lessing.\nDoris Lessing, Martha, \"The Other\", Cultural identity\nLi Yanrong. \"The Other\" and Cultural Identity in Doris Lessing's Martha Quest. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2022) Vol. 5, Issue 19: 95-100. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2022.051917.\n Pickering Jean. Understanding Doris Lessing [M]. Columbia SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1990.\n Stuart Hall, Paul Du Gay. \"Introduction: Who Needs 'Identity'?\" The Question of Cultural Identity [C]. London: Sage Publications Ltd., 1996.\n Lessing Doris. Martha Quest, New York: Harper-Collins Publishers, 2001.\n Park E Robert. \"Human Migration and 'Marginal Man'.\" American Journal of Sociology vol. 33, no. 6, 1928, pp. 881-893.\n Simone De Beauvoir. The Second Sex, translated by Constance Borde and Sheila, New York: Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 1949.\n Broe Mary Lynn, Ingram, Angela J. C. Women's Writing in Exile. New York: Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1989.\n Tony Bennett, Lawrence Grossberg, Meaghan Morris. New Keywords: AＲevised Vocabulary of Culture and Society [M]. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2005.\n Jonathan, Friedman. Modernity and Identity [M]. London: Polity Press, 1991."}
{"text":"In 1990, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) completed a study of the hydrogeology of Huron County, Michigan (Sweat, 1991). In 1993, Huron County and the USGS entered into an agreement to continue collecting water levels at selected wells throughout Huron County. As part of the agreement, the USGS has provided training and instrumentation for County personnel to measure, on a quarterly basis, the depth to water below the land surface in selected wells. The agreement includes the operation of continuous water-level recorders installed on four wells in Bingham, Fairhaven, Grant and Lake Townships (fig. 1). County personnel make quarterly water-level measurements of 22 other wells. Once each year, County personnel are accompanied by USGS personnel who provide a quality assurance/quality control check of all measurements being made.\nAdditional Publication Details\nUSGS Numbered Series\nGround-water levels in Huron County, Michigan, January 1995 through December 1995"}
{"text":"There's a surprising story to this piece of fruit, and weirdly, it starts with pineapples.\nAs the video says, strawberries are safe to eat, and they're good for you too. But that doesn't mean the way we grow them is safe. The concerns here are the workers in the field and families who live near strawberry fields. A study by the California Department of Public Health found that almost 900 schools are within a 1.4-mile radius of regular use of known carcinogenic pesticides that you learned about in the video.\nAlso, strawberries and other fruits and vegetables aren't always chemical-free. Check out this comparison of pesticide residues found on fruits and vegetables. There's endless debate about the health impacts of consuming conventional vs. organic produce. The most important thing is to keep eating your fruits and veggies! But the chart below helps you figure out what non-organic produce is most likely to carry additional chemicals. (Psst, the most recent research moves strawberries up to #2!)\nFor more info, read the full Center for Investigative Reporting investigation on strawberry production, and if you live in California, check out this app to see if you live near areas where pesticides are heavily used to grow strawberries and other crops."}
{"text":"im not able to understand the steps involved in the IUPAC nomenclature for branched chain saturated hydrocarbons......in addition to this im not getting that how does 2-methylpropane differ from isobutane coz both of them have same structues?Can i write isobutane instead of methyl propane?What difference would it make?\n- Identify each of the branches (side-chains).\n- Use the lowest number combinations for the branches (side-chains).\n- Name each branch or side-chain (alkyl group) :\nmethyl CH3 ethyl C2H5 propyl C3H7\n- For more than 1 of the same alkyl group use:\ndi = 2 tri = 3 tetra = 4\n- Use commas between numbers, eg, 1,2 or 2,3\n- Use hyphens between numbers and words, eg, 2-methyl or 2,3-dimethyl\n- If there is more than 1 type of branch or side-chain, arrange their names alphabetically,\nie, ethyl groups are named before methyl groups which are named before propyl groups\nYou have rated this answer /10"}
{"text":"Washington, Jan 24 (ANI): The movement of facial skin plays a key role not only in the way the sounds of words are made, but also in the way they are heard, says a new study.\n\"How your own face is moving makes a difference in how you 'hear' what you hear,\" said first author Takayuki Ito, a senior scientist at Haskins Laboratories, a Yale-affiliated research laboratory.\nWhen, Ito and his colleagues used a robotic device to stretch the facial skin of \"listeners\" in a way that would normally accompany speech production they found it affected the way the subjects heard the speech sounds.\nThe subjects listened to words one at a time that were taken from a computer-produced continuum between the words \"head\" and \"had.\"\nWhen the robot stretched the listener's facial skin upward, words sounded more like \"head.\" With downward stretch, words sounded more like \"had.\" A backward stretch had no perceptual effect.\nAnd, timing of the skin stretch was critical - perceptual changes were only observed when the stretch was similar to what occurs during speech production.\nThese effects of facial skin stretch indicate the involvement of the somatosensory system in the neural processing of speech sounds.\nThe study shows that there is a broad, non-auditory basis for \"hearing\" and that speech perception has important neural links to the mechanisms of speech production.\nThe study \"Somatosensory function in speech perception\" has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). (ANI)"}
{"text":"Perchoerus is one of the rarest of the mammal fossils found in the White River Badlands and is much rarer than the cats and nimravids from the same area. They bear a strong resemblance to pigs, but pigs are from a separate family (the Suidae). They are the result of convergent evolution to pigs. During the convergent evolution, they occupied similar ecological niches and both were omnivorous rooters.\nThe fossil record places peccaries in the Upper to Lower Oligocene in Europe. They first appeared in North America from the Lower Oligocene to the end of the Oligocene.\nPerchoerus (peccaries) belong to the order Artiodactyla and the suborder Suina (swine). Hippopotami/Hippopotamidae, pigs, and wart hogs belong to the Family Suidae.\nPerchoerus lived during the Oligocene (37.5-30 million years ago). The Oligocene marked the start of generalized cooling to the earth. Glaciers formed in Antarctica during the Cenozoic Era (65 million years ago to the present) for the first time. Tropical climates diminished and cooler woodland and grassland climates became more widespread. The cooling trend culminated in the Ice Age of the Pliocene (10-3 million years ago).\nBy the Oligocene, modern types of angiosperms (plants with an enclosed seed) had become widespread. The higher latitudes of the northern hemisphere would have changed from broad-leafed trees to those found on the North Island of New Zealand or the tip of the Cape of South Africa.\nThe following is how Perchoerus is classified: Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Mammalia, Order: Artiodactyla, Suborder: Suina (swine), Family: Tayassuidae, Genus: Perhoerus, Species: ?\nHigh Density Polyurethane\n9\" x 6\" x 4\"\nNow Over 1,000 Items!\nPrehistoricStore.com offers the largest selection of replica fossils and other fossil-related products anywhere in the world!\nDownload a Full Catalog (3MB PDF)\nOVER 260 PAGES OF REPLICAS AND MORE!"}
{"text":"Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus)\n- Other Names\n- Silver King\n- Game fish - see bag & size limits\nThe tarpon, a spectacular large fish which rightly carries the name of Silver King, is unmistakable. Characteristics include large flat scales up to three inches in diameter, an elongated dorsal fin, falcate anal fin and large bony underslung jaw. It has been known to exceed 300 pounds, but the Texas record is 210.7 pounds, 91 inches, 2006. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has launched a Tarpon Observation Network application for everyone interested in following these giant fish.\n- Life History\n- Little is known of the tarpon's spawning activity or growth. Tarpon of six to 18 inches have been found in river mouths, lakes and bar-ditches and sometimes in polluted areas. Young tarpon often go into the brackish water of small marsh channels, while adults may swim far up the larger rivers of South Texas, perhaps in search of food. Most commonly found off the beachfront in the Gulf.\n- Adult tarpon live in Gulf open waters, but young tarpon may be found in brackish water around marsh channels. Adults sometimes may also move up larger rivers that empty into the Gulf.\n- Tarpon may be found throughout the Atlantic Ocean, through the Caribbean to Brazil.\n- How To Catch\n- Tarpon will hit trolled spoons and jigs and also will take live pinfish and mullet under a cork and menhaden using drift fishing methods. The ensuing fight is dramatic, marked by leaps from the water and shaking of the body.\n- Where To Catch\n- Tarpon of any size are most often caught off the beachfront in the Gulf. Southern Texas has the most directed tarpon fishing and a number of guides that specialize in tarpon are available.\n- How To Eat\n- The flesh of tarpon is edible, but not usually eaten in Texas.\n- Threats and Reasons for Decline\n- Decline of this species in recent years has been attributed to damming of rivers, droughts, pesticides and overfishing -- or a combination of these."}
{"text":"Did you know that the microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a candy bar melted in his pocket? It was accidentally discovered by Percy Spencer in 1945. And the first food deliberately cooked was popcorn and an egg. The company he worked for (Raytheon) build the first available microwave oven. In the 1950s these machines were still too large and expensive for normal home use. Just in the late 1960s people could buy and use a countertop microwave oven.\nNow you know it 😉 ."}
{"text":"About this Course:\nInformatics is the application of information technology to solve problems in other fields. Informaticists use technology and information to build intelligent systems used to bridge the gaps between information, technology, and the people who use it. The study of informatics is about blending applied mathematics with technology while understanding the broader consequences of computing on society and the problem being solved. It is important for any student to develop a broad perspective of technology and the people it serves. This course builds upon the student's knowledge of mathematical concepts of predictive modeling of samples and populations with an emphasis on applying technology to solve real world problems.\nUpon completion of this course, participants should be able to:\n- Understand advanced regression and data modeling techniques in statistics\n- Build prediction and confidence models\n- Know forecasting and simulation techniques\n- Understand basic data mining principles\nGrading/CEU award for this course includes assignments, exams, projects, labs and paper."}
{"text":"A brief introduction of Control Flow.\nControl Flows represent one of the most important aspects of an SSIS package\nbecause their logic controls its execution.\nControl Flow are made up of:\n- Tasks: These are objects that contain steps to perform (Data Flow, FileI/O,\nThe main categories of tasks are:\n- Workflow Tasks such as Execute SQL, Package, and Send Mail tasks\n- Data Processing Tasks such as Data Flow, Bulk Insert, or XML tasks.\n- Scripting Tasks that execute ActiveX or VB.NET.\n- SQL Server tasks allow the direct manipulation of database objects.\nMaintenance tasks provide DBA capabilities such as backups, agent jobs, index\n- Containers: These provide the ability to group discrete units of logic as well as\niterative and sequence operations.\n- Precedence Constraints: These ensure tasks execute in the desired order.\nThese constraints are identified by these arrows:\n- Red: Indicates a path of logic following a failure.\n- Green: Indicate successful execution.\n- Blue: Indicates execution regardless of the previous task’s outcome – success or"}
{"text":"Hans Waldmann was mayor of Zurich and master of the Kämbel guild in the late fifteenth century. He lead the Confederates in the Burgundian Wars defeating Charles the Bold, but his performance as mayor met with less approval. His attempts to raise taxes led to a peasant revolt which removed him from power and ended with his beheading in 1489.\nIn 1937, the Kämbel guild erected the equestrian sculpture of Waldmann in front of the Fraumünster church in an attempt to rehabilitate him, feeling the he had been condemned without good reason. The statue was subject to much criticism, in part for the reputation of Waldmann, in part because it was too modern a piece of art to be displayed in central Zurich.\nCopyright Debbie Smyth, 7 December 2017\nPosted as part of Square Sky"}
{"text":"Santa Maria del Mar is an imposing church in Barcelona, Catalonia. Located in the district of La Ribera, it was built between 1329 and 1383, at the height of Catalonia's maritime and mercantile preeminence. It is an outstanding example of Catalan Gothic, with a purity and unity of style that are very unusual in large mediaeval buildings.\nThe first mention of a church of Santa Maria by the sea dates from 998. The construction of the present building was promoted by the canon Bernat Llull, who was appointed archdean of Santa Maria in 1324. Construction work started on 25 March 1329, when the foundation stone was laid by king Alfons the Kind, as commemorated by a tablet in Latin and Catalan on the facade that gives onto Fossar de les Moreres. The architects in charge were Berenger de Montagut (designer of the building) and Ramon Despuig, and during the construction all the guilds of the Ribera quarter were involved. The walls, the side chapels and the facades were finished by 1350. In 1379 there was a fire that damaged important parts of the works. Finally, on 3 November 1383 the last stone was added and on 15th August the first mass was celebrated. In 1428 an earthquake caused several casualties and destroyed the rose window in the west end.\nThe new window, in the Flamboyant style, was finished by 1459 and one year later the glass was added. The images and the Baroque altar were destroyed in a fire in 1936. The chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, adjacent to the apse, was added in the 19th century.\nAre you looking for an accommodation near Santa Maria del Mar's church? Click here"}
{"text":"While recent developments in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology have given humans the power to mentally control computers, nobody has used the technology in conjunction with the Second Life online virtual world ' until now.\nA research team led by professor Jun'ichi Ushiba of the Keio University Biomedical Engineering Laboratory has developed a BCI system that lets the user walk an avatar through the streets of Second Life while relying solely on the power of thought. To control the avatar on screen, the user simply thinks about moving various body parts ' the avatar walks forward when the user thinks about moving his/her own feet, and it turns right and left when the user imagines moving his/her right and left arms.\nThe system consists of a headpiece equipped with electrodes that monitor activity in three areas of the motor cortex (the region of the brain involved in controlling the movement of the arms and legs). An EEG machine reads and graphs the data and relays it to the BCI, where a brain wave analysis algorithm interprets the user's imagined movements. A keyboard emulator then converts this data into a signal and relays it to Second Life, causing the on-screen avatar to move. In this way, the user can exercise real-time control over the avatar in the 3D virtual world without moving a muscle.\nFuture plans are to improve the BCI so that users can make Second Life avatars perform more complex movements and gestures. The researchers hope the mind-controlled avatar, which was created through a joint medical engineering project involving Keio's Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and the Tsukigase Rehabilitation Center, will one day help people with serious physical impairments communicate and do business in Second Life.\n(For video of the Second Life BCI, check the links on the Ushida & Tomita Laboratory news page, right above the first photo.)"}
{"text":"ntels a comparatively short time elapses before the falling in of the wall above. Apparently but a small amount of this damage can be attributed to rainstorms, which, although rare in this region, are sometimes violent. There is evidence that the present height of the walls is nearly the original height, in other words, that the loss from surface erosion in several centuries has been trifling, although numerous opinions to the contrary have been expressed by causal observers. The eastern wall has suffered more from this cause than the others; a belt on the northern half, apparently softer than the remainder of the wall, has been eaten away to a depth of nearly a foot. The interior wall faces are in good condition generally, except about openings and in places near the top.\nEvidences of the original flooring are preserved in several of the rooms, especially in the north room. The flooring conformed to the pueblo type in the use of a series of principal beams, about 3 inches in diameter, above which was a se"}
{"text":"Contemporary Art and New Media\nA man, muscles bulging, face cemented into a firm grimace. Cast-iron\nchains shackle his hands, but that doesn't stop him from cocking his\nrifle and lurching forward to battle with the rest of the massive\ncrowd of the defiant and oppressed.\nThe Chinese Communist propaganda of the late 1960's and early 1970's\nreflected the international upheaval churned by rising social and\nliberation movements. The images that the Chinese government\npresented to their people were clear – we, along with Black Americans,\nCubans, the Vietnamese, and all other oppressed peoples are all united\nin an epic struggle against forces of tyranny. This message was\ncommunicated in a multitude of ways. One poster showed a heroic\nFidel, fist clenched, mouth letting out a fearsome war cry. Another\nfeatured a black man prominently, but only as one in a mass of people\nof mixed races, all donned in brilliant red, yellow, blue, orange,\ngreen garb, and charging forward to defeat the forces of imperialism.\nAnother depicted an American anti-war rally, with the Capitol building\ndisappearing into the background, drowned out by a sea of protesters\nof all races wielding \"Get Out of Vietnam\" posters.\nAs an American observer with a strong background in recent world\nhistory, these images are undeniable attempts by the government to\nlink Chinese Communism with other worldwide movements that it deemed\nnoble and worthy causes. But were these posters effective among a\nChinese audience that perhaps did not have access to information about\nworld events? Were these posters distributed more heavily in the city\nor the countryside? And why was it important to foster support for\nthese international movements among regular Chinese people?"}
{"text":"|You might also like:||Match Each Glacier Word to its Definition Printout||Write Glacier-Related Definitions - Write Definitions Quiz||Write Eight Glacier-Related Words||Glaciers||Write Ten Things About Glaciers||Today's featured page: Knock-Knock Jokes and Riddles for Kids|\n|Our subscribers' grade-level estimate for this page: 2nd - 3rd|\nMore Cloze Activities\nGlacier: Cloze Activity\nFill in the blanks below using words from the word bank.\nPDF version of the worksheet and the answers (subscribers only)\n_____________ are located in cold areas that get _____________ in the winter and have relatively cool _____________ (limiting the melting of the snow). Most glaciers are located near the North and South ___________ or are high in the _____________. There are glaciers on every continent on Earth except _____________. Glaciers are also found on the planet ___________.\nGlaciers are made of frozen fresh water (not _____________ water); they store most of the fresh _____________ on Earth. Glaciers hold about 75% of the fresh water on earth and cover about 10% of the land. During the last Ice Age (which ended about 10,000 ___________ ago), glaciers covered almost one ___________ of the _____________.\n_____________ is the process in which large ice chunks break off a glacier. _____________ are huge chunks of floating fresh-water ice that break off a glacier or ice shelf and _____________ out to sea. Most of an iceberg is hidden beneath the _____________.\n|Search the Enchanted Learning website for:|"}
{"text":"Polypropylene Spundbonded Non-woven\nPP Non-Woven's main constituent is polypropylene (PP), an organic compound produced as a by-product of crude oil refinery. Through spunbonding process, Polypropylene is transformed into fabric. PP can be repeatedly melted and solidified by heating and cooling so that any scrap generated in processing can be reused. Generally no chemical change takes place during forming.\nThe first PP Non-Woven fabric was commercialized in the 1960s and has since become popular as a modern material which is widely applied to fashion, shoes and handbags, family products, shopping bags, garment bags, packing materials, medical uses, agricultural industry, etc.\nPolypropylene is water resistant, air permeable, fire proof, soft and also possesses many additional positive characteristics:"}
{"text":"Unit 2: Navigating the program\n- Students will discuss the different features of SMART Notebook 11 with at least one post.\n- Students will have to complete a quiz on the different navigation tools.\n- Please watch the mini-lesson I created: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pglAw8GZ3Rg\nThe video covers the tool bar and other features of SMART Notebook 11.\nWhen you go to submit lessons that you make send them to my dropbox folder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/somp5ulwwfwmmc8/AABheYIqS-qcLn2dhboeU5pKa?dl=0\nAfter you're done watching it please travel to the class dropbox page. There you will find the quiz folder where you can download the quiz and complete it using SMART Notebook. Prepare a post in the class discussion page for this module if you have any issues or questions. Good luck!\nClick here to continue to Lesson 3: Creating Lessons in SMART Notebook 11.\nClick here to return to the SMART Notebook course homepage"}
{"text":"Every February, the National Building Museum and the National Engineers Week Foundation invite you to debunk the myths of engineering and discover how professional engineers turn ideas into reality. Celebrate Engineers Week by participating in this free, hands-on, and fun-filled festival. Explore thermodynamics, electricity, aerodynamics, and more with engineers at more than 25 activity tables and demonstrations made especially for kids.\nDiscover Engineering Family Day is a FREE, drop-in program. $5 donation suggested. Program and activities are most appropriate for children ages 6 to 12 with adult supervision. Registration is not required.\nThis year at Discover Engineering Family Day:\nMEET a test pilot, an astronaut, and engineers galore!\nDISSECT household devices!\nCATAPAULT a Ping Pong ball!\nTEST paper airplanes in a wind tunnel!\nActivities at the Festival may assist Scouts in fulfilling some requirements for the following Girl Scout badges:\nBrownie Girl Scouts: Building Art, Science in Action, Listening to the Past\nJunior Girl Scouts: Aerospace, Science Discovery, Discovering Technology, Sky Search, Careers\nScout groups may stop by the scout check-in table for a worksheet that has a full list of which activities correspond with badges at Discover Engineering Family Day.\nFor more information, contact the National Building Museum school and youth groups staff at 202-272-2448 or firstname.lastname@example.org.\nVisit the Discover Engineering Family Day website to learn more about the festival.\nWhat: Discover Engineering Family Day\nWho: All (Brownies & Juniors can work on badges.)\nWhen: Saturday, 28 February 2015, 10AM – 4:30PM\nWhere: National Building Museum\n401 F Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001"}
{"text":"Election day or polling day is the day on which general elections are held. In many countries, general elections are always held on a Saturday or Sunday, to enable as many voters as possible to participate; while in other countries elections are always held on a weekday. However, some countries, or regions within a country, which hold elections on a weekday declare election day a public holiday. Countries which permit absentee ballots, early ballots or postal votes to be cast by mail before the election avoid the problem altogether by enabling voters to vote on a day that is more convenient to them.\nNext holiday is: Daylight Saving Time ends (November 7)\nNo countries found."}
{"text":"Urban vegetation can have beneficial effects on biodiversity and human health and has been widely studied in temperate cities. The situation, however, is different in the tropics: there is a knowledge gap describing the influence of the growth and expansion of tropical cities on vegetation within the cities. There is also a scarcity of work discussing appropriate methods to quantify urban vegetation in the tropics, where financial resources for research are normally quite limited. Our objectives in this article were to measure the amount of urban vegetation in a tropical city, its relationship to population and infrastructure, and to determine if satellite results differ from those obtained on the ground. For these objectives we studied the city of Heredia, Costa Rica, during the rainy season, when vegetation was most developed. We sampled 91 sites from the ground (with 360 degree digital panoramic photographs) and compared the measurements with the corresponding satellite photographs. Satellite and ground estimates of vegetation and infrastructure differed significantly (Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA, p=0.00002). The satellite estimate of vegetation was nearly one third higher that the ground estimate. These finding illustrated that a significant part of the vegetation is hidden from the view, reducing the potential beneficial effects that a person’s perception of plants has on their psychology. Conversely, the estimate of infrastructure cover was much higher from the ground than in the satellite photographs. In the ground estimate the dominant landscape component was vegetation (48%), followed by buildings (28%), roads (23%) and billboards (0.41%). We conclude that density of the human population, rather than its total size, is the best predictor of vegetation in this tropical landscape (multiplicative model regression, F Ratio 7.33, p= 0.0081)."}
{"text":"Most stars are much like the Sun—giant balls of gas burning billions of miles away. These spherical stars pump out a steady stream of light that crosses vast stretches of space before it illuminates the night sky. Down here on the ground, though, stars appear not as unwavering and blazing spheres of plasma, but as gently twinkling stars.\nWhy is our perception of stars so distorted? Stars twinkle for a fairly intuitive reason: The movement of the air in Earth's atmosphere can momentarily dim a star's light. This is why, says NASA, stars on the horizon seem most twinkly—“because there is a lot more atmosphere between you and a star near the horizon than between you and a star higher in the sky.”\nBut what about stars' characteristic pointy star shape? The science behind that is surprising and has less to do with the stars or the Earth or with space than it does with us. Stars are shaped like stars, says Henry Reich in the Minute Physics video above, because of imperfections in the back of our eyeballs. Most intriguingly, says Reich, this biological explanation means that every one of us sees stars slightly differently."}
{"text":"Human Organs Anatomy Reference Description:\nThis free application provides an in-depth reference guide of the Human Organs Anatomy featuring high quality detailed content and images in a well presented and easy to navigate way.\nThis apps covers information about each organ in the human body and splits them up into 8 categories: Nervous System, Digestion, Respiration, Excretion, Endocrine System, Circulation, Senses and Reproduction.\nThe Nervous System category includes information about the Brain and Spinal Cord.\nThe Digestion category includes information about the Large Intestine, Liver, Small Intestine and Stomach.\nThe Respiration category includes information about the Bronchus, Lungs and Nose.\nThe Excretion category includes information about the Kidneys, Urethra and Urinary Bladder.\nThe Endocrine System category includes information about the Adrenal Gland, Pancreas, Parathyroid and Thyroid.\nThe Circulation category includes information about the Heart and Spleen.\nThe Senses category includes information about the Ears, Eyes, Skin and Tongue.\nThis app allows you to search for and save your selected organ topic for quicker access helping you to study the various organ material in a more intuitive manner.\nIncluded are detailed images of the numerous organs, including the Brain, Eyes, Heart, Liver, Kidneys. Lungs. Pancreas, Stomach and more. You can also pinch to zoom to get a closer look at the muscle structure and information.\nEach article includes various images that when tapped on will show an enlarged version of the image allowing you to take a closer look at the organ.\nIf you feel there are any omissions that you would like to see added, or have any issues with that app please send us an Email.\nThe source data used for the category information is from Wikipedia.\nHuman Organs Anatomy Reference Require:\nRequire Android 4.4 and up\nShare Human Organs Anatomy Reference:\nDownload Human Organs Anatomy Reference for Android"}
{"text":"Ben Franklin was a craftsman, a carpenter, a farmer, a teacher, a writer, and an inventor.\nBut he is best known as the founder of the American craft industry, and a pioneer of the modern day consumer electronics industry.\nAs a young man, he built the first commercial home, a three-bedroom cabin in Virginia, and became one of the world’s first consumers of the electrical appliance.\nIt was the home that he lived in, in his later years, until he died in 1793.\nHis life story was one of a genius who made a huge impact on the development of our modern lives.\nBenjamin Franklin lived, died, and lived on, and we will continue to share his story through our craft projects and the work of Ben Franklin’s students.\nRead more about craft ideas."}
{"text":"DSE is the method used to estimate the total population in a sample area by considering the number of people recorded by:\n- A: the census\n- B: the Census Coverage Survey, and\n- C: both the census and Census Coverage Survey\nThe dual system estimate (the estimate of the total population including people missed by both the census and the CCS) is calculated by A*B/C (A times B, divided by C). Dual System Estimation is also known as capture-recapture."}
{"text":"Herbicide efficacy on three annual grass weeds in soils with different cropping histories\nAbstractThe efficacy of several preemergence herbicides on barnyard grass (Echinochloa crusgalli) smooth witchgrass (Panicum dichotomiflorum) and yellow bristle grass (Setaria pumila) was investigated in different soils in pot experiments These soils were collected from the top 10 cm of seven maize fields with different cropping histories The herbicides used were dimethanamid alachlor metolachlor two formulations of acetochlor and proprietary mixes of acetochlor with atrazine or metribuzin Plastic pots filled with soil were seeded with 10 seeds of individual grass species and herbicide treatments were then applied with a precision pot sprayer A further 10 seeds of the same grass species were sown at 2weekly intervals for 8 weeks to test the duration of residual weed control The number of emerged seedlings was counted in each pot at 2 weeks after each planting Metolachlor was the most effective chemical for controlling E crusgalli and P dichotomiflorum For S pumila similar levels of control were achieved by all treatments evaluated Generally all the herbicides were less effective in soils with a long history of maize growing where up to three times more seedlings emerged than in soils with only 12 years of maize cropping\nHow to Cite\nRahman, A., and T.K. James. “Herbicide Efficacy on Three Annual Grass Weeds in Soils With Different Cropping Histories”. New Zealand Plant Protection 63 (August 1, 2010): 66–71. Accessed December 6, 2022. https://journal.nzpps.org/index.php/nzpp/article/view/6570."}
{"text":"Seize the Day, first published in 1956, is considered (by, for example, prominent critic James Wood) one of the great works of 20th century literature. Seize the Day was Saul Bellow's fourth novel. It was written in the 1950s, a formative period in the creation of the middle class in the United States.\nThe story centers around a day in the life of Wilhelm Adler (aka Tommy Wilhelm), a failed actor in his forties. Wilhelm is unemployed, impecunious, separated from his wife (who refuses to agree to a divorce), and estranged from his children and his father. He is also stuck with the same immaturity and lack of insight which has brought him to failure. In Seize the Day Wilhelm experiences a day of reckoning as he is forced to examine his life and to finally accept the \"burden of self\"."}
{"text":"In this lecture, Professor Donald Kagan explores the earliest history of Greek civilization. He demonstrates how small agricultural enclaves eventually turned into great cities of power and wealth in the Bronze Age, taking as his examples first Minoan Crete and then Mycenaean Greece. He also argues that these civilizations were closely related to the great monarchies of the ancient Near East. He points out that the Mycenaean age eventually came to an abrupt end probably through a process of warfare and migration. Reconstructing the Mycenaean age is possible through archaeological evidence and through epic poetry (Homer). Finally, he provides an account of the collapse of the Mycenaean world, and explains how in its aftermath, the Greeks were poised to start their civilization over on a new slate.\nAs one of the world's great universities, Yale traces its roots back to the early 1640s when colonial clergyman sought to establish a school in order to continue the tradition of European education within the Americas. Yale has now grown to educate over 11,000 students from over 100 countries on a 310-acre campus in New Haven, Connecticut. Within the school's 260 buildings are over 2,000 undergraduate programs in 65 departments taught by a distinguished faculty. As Academic Earth's first partner school, Yale has been a leader within the space of OpenCourseWare by consistently delivering on its esteemed mission to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn."}
{"text":"Využití zeolitů při chovu ryb a jejich vliv na chemické a mikrobiologické aspekty vody\nThe sustainability of water quality in fish farming is a global problem, especially in terms of the content of ammonium ions naturally produced by fish. The production of ammonium ions is unfavourable for the fish population kept in tanks and requires frequent water exchange. The aim of this work is to minimize the concentration of ammonium ions in water by the application of zeolite filters, thereby reducing the operating costs mainly due to lower water consumption. Four zeolite materials (BBC, MHZ, Clinomanganese and the geopolymeric zeolite A) were tested with respect to their ammonium cations exchange kinetics. Each of the sorbents was individually put into the inner filter, through which aquarium water was circulated in weekly cycles. None of these natural materials had any negative effect on the fish life. The synthetic geopolymeric zeolite A had a negative effect because it slightly increased pH in aquarium water; this phenomenon occurred due to the ion exchange of sodium cations. Of all tested materials, Clinomanganese proved to be the most suitable material. This sorbent can therefore be used for long-term filtration of aquarium water. The effect of bacteria present in the laboratory biological aquarium system was not insignificant, as they contributed to decrease the ammoniacal nitrogen concentration. β-proteobacteria able to oxidize ammonium were found to be main bacterial representatives in the tested samples."}
{"text":"SHEILA TERRY / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY SHEILA TERRY / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY\nMultivitamin tablets on top of an enlarged list of the ingredients. Multivitamins usually contain all thirteen major vitamins-vitamins A, C, D, E, K, and the eight B-complexes. Vitamins are organic compounds that the body needs in small amounts to maintain good health. However, the body is either unable to make or produce a big enough amount for itself. People who may need increased vitamin intake include the very old and young, pregnant women, and those on a poor or limited diet.\nModel release not required. Property release not required."}
{"text":"These studies, along with epidemiological observations, seem to explain why immune system disorders like multiple sclerosis, Type 1 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, asthma and allergies have risen significantly in the United States and other developed countries.\nTraining the Immune System\n“What a child is doing when he puts things in his mouth is allowing his immune response to explore his environment,” Mary Ruebush, a microbiology and immunology instructor, wrote in her new book, “Why Dirt Is Good” (Kaplan). “Not only does this allow for ‘practice’ of immune responses, which will be necessary for protection, but it also plays a critical role in teaching the immature immune response what is best ignored.”\nOne leading researcher, Dr. Joel V. Weinstock, the director of gastroenterology and hepatology at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, said in an interview that the immune system at birth “is like an unprogrammed computer. It needs instruction.”\nHe said that public health measures like cleaning up contaminated water and food have saved the lives of countless children, but they “also eliminated exposure to many organisms that are probably good for us.”\n“Children raised in an ultraclean environment,” he added, “are not being exposed to organisms that help them develop appropriate immune regulatory circuits.”\nStudies he has conducted with Dr. David Elliott, a gastroenterologist and immunologist at the University of Iowa, indicate that intestinal worms, which have been all but eliminated in developed countries, are “likely to be the biggest player” in regulating the immune system to respond appropriately, Dr. Elliott said in an interview. He added that bacterial and viral infections seem to influence the immune system in the same way, but not as forcefully.\nMost worms are harmless, especially in well-nourished people, Dr. Weinstock said.\n“There are very few diseases that people get from worms,” he said. “Humans have adapted to the presence of most of them.”"}
{"text":"Rudolf CarnapArticle Free Pass\nBritannica Web Sites\nArticles from Britannica encyclopedias for elementary and high school students.\n- Rudolf Carnap - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)\n(1891-1970). U.S. philosopher and a leading exponent of the school called Logical Positivism, born in Ronsdorf, Germany; studied physics, mathematics and philosophy at several German universities; taught at several universities, including Vienna, Prague, and Chicago; a founder of International Encyclopedia of Unified Science; much of his study devoted to logical analysis of language, logic, and probability; published Meaning and Necessity (1947) and Logical Foundations of Probability (1950)."}
{"text":"Don’t Burn Garbage\nBurning household garbage in burn barrels, wood stoves, and fire pits creates pollution\nthat's dangerous to human health and contaminates the air, water, and soil. It's also\nagainst the law in Minnesota.\nGarbage today contains a lot of plastics; paper treated with chemicals, coatings, and ink;\nand many other chemicals. Backyard burning is a low-temperature fire that receives very\nlittle oxygen and produces lots of smoke. Under these conditions, a variety of toxic substances\nis produced and released primarily into the air close to ground level, where they are easily inhaled— with no pollution controls! Dioxin, a potent human carcinogen, is the major health risk posed by residential garbage burning. U.S. EPA research shows that burn barrels are the #1 source of dioxin in the U.S. Just one burn barrel can produce as much or more dioxin as a full-scale municipal waste combustor burning 200 tons/day.\n• Instead of burning garbage, dispose of it properly.\n• REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE. Reduce the amount of waste you create by buying products with less\npackaging and buying items that last longer instead of disposable ones. REUSE the durable packaging you get (like wash out that sour cream container and use it to put leftovers in). RECYCLE all the materials you can, like cardboard, newspapers, plastic grocery bags, cans and bottles."}
{"text":"By now, most people are aware of a novel coronavirus, COVID-19, that is wreaking public health havoc on a global scale. As of today, March 16th, 2020, over 3700 cases of novel coronavirus and 69 deaths have been reported. Once testing becomes widespread, these numbers are expected to increase significantly.\nSpecific populations face unique challenges. Over 23 million Americans experience a substance use disorder (SUD), among whom only 10% access treatment. Depending on the severity of their disease and access to economic and social supports, many people with SUD cycle in and out of emergency departments, addiction treatment centers, homeless shelters and correctional facilities like jails and prisons."}
{"text":"Date of Award\nMaster of Science\nMourning doves (Zenaida macroura) are one of the most prolific and adaptable bird species in North America, being found in rural and highly developed locales. However, some surveys have indicated a population decline in certain areas, perhaps as an effect of development and habitat loss. I studied nesting success, home range size, movements, and relative abundance of mourning doves along an urban-to-rural gradient in southern Illinois to assess the impact of urbanization on mourning doves in southern Illinois, and determine possible source - sink population dynamics. I found that mourning doves in southern Illinois selected nest-sites with a large percentage of buildings and lawn, even in areas of relatively small human populations. I estimated nest success at 69.4% during 2008 in two exurban sites, with nesting densities between 0.12 and 0.19 nests/ha. More mourning dove calls were heard in urban sites than rural sites, but the total number of calls heard decreased from 2007 to 2008. I trapped and banded 222 doves from 2007 to 2008, and 12 bands have been reported by hunters to date. These findings provide baseline data on landcover preferences and reproductive characteristics of doves in developed areas of southern Illinois. This investigation also estimates relative abundance in developed areas of southern Illinois, and compares these findings to other studies estimating relative abundance of mourning doves. This study provides evidence that nest success is relatively high compared to previous studies, and certain variables, including the percentage of landcover as buildings, influence nest-site selection and relative abundance in developed areas of southern Illinois.\nThis thesis is only available for download to the SIUC community. Others should\ncontact the interlibrary loan department of your local library."}
{"text":"Delaware Solid Waste Authority Environmental Education Building\nThis hands-on learning experience enhances their studies about waste in the school setting and promotes environmental stewardship. Students are given the opportunity to see the facility grounds by driven tour, and then through a mix of classroom lessons and interactive games and activities visitors are provided with a well rounded field trip.\nmore information: https://www.dswaeducation.com/\nDelaware Outdoor Classroom Network\nThe Delaware Outdoor Classroom Network is a joint effort between Delaware Children in Nature and the Delaware Association for Environmental Education designed to be a way for teachers, environmental education providers and others to share resources, successes, and solutions to outdoor classrooms and getting students outdoors.\nmore information: https://dnrec.alpha.delaware.gov/children-in-nature/outdoor-classroom/\nGreen Ribbon Schools\nThe Green Ribbon Schools recognition award from the US Department of Education honors schools and school districts that are exemplary in reducing environmental impact and costs; improving the health and wellness of students and staff; and providing effective environmental and sustainability education, which incorporates STEM, civic skills and green career pathways.\nmore information: https://www2.ed.gov/programs/green-ribbon-schools/index.html"}
{"text":"Definition of good-sized\n: somewhat large They live in a good-sized house. a good-sized crowd\nGOOD–SIZED Defined for Kids\nDefinition of good–sized for Students\n: fairly large a good-sized snake\nSeen and Heard\nWhat made you want to look up good-sized? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible)."}
{"text":"The “cone of learning, aka the “learning pyramid” or the “cone of experience” is popular — and unreliable — writes cognitive scientist Dan Willingham in Cone of learning or cone of shame?\nMany variables affect memory retrieval:\nwhat material is recalled (gazing out the window of a car is an audiovisual experience just like watching an action movie, but your memory for these two audiovisual experiences will not be equivalent)\nthe age of the subjects\nthe delay between study and test (obviously, the percent recalled usually drops with delay)\nwhat were subjects instructed to do as they read, demonstrated, taught, etc. (you can boost memory considerably for a reading task by asking subjects to summarize as they read)\nhow was memory tested (percent recalled is almost always much higher for recognition tests than recall).\nwhat subjects know about the to-be-remembered material (if you already know something about the subject, memory will be much better.\nTaking practice tests and spreading out study sessions is effective, researchers conclude. In Why Don’t Students Like School?, Willingham advises: “Try to think about material at study in the same way that you anticipate that you will need to think about it later.”"}
{"text":"Gardeners prize the Viburnum trilobum--also known as the American cranberry for its bright crimson fruit--for ornamental purposes. It's one of the best ornamental viburnum shrubs, according to Ohio State University, and produces a profusion of red fruit and white flowers against glossy green foliage. Soil amendments and conditioners, and the rare application of shrub fertilizer, help keep your viburnum shrub growing vigorously.\nAmend the soil with 2 to 3 inches of aged compost. Viburnum trilobum shrubs thrive in moist, well-drained soil, according to North Carolina State University. Aged compost adds micronutrients to the soil to feed viburnum roots, improves the soil's ability to retain moisture and enhances drainage.\nTest the soil's pH levels. Viburnum shrubs grow best in neutral soils with a pH of 7.0, according to the University of Rhode Island. At different pH levels, the plant can't absorb all the nutrients present in the soil. Many garden stores sell soil test kits. If needed, the pH can be raised using agricultural lime or lowered using ammonium nitrate. The amount needed to amend the soil varies according to the soil's current pH levels. Your local cooperative extension office can offer region-specific guidance.\nFertilize the viburnum shrub. The shrubs rarely need fertilization due to their hardy nature, according to North Dakota State University. If you choose to fertilize, the university recommends applying 1 cup of 5-10-5 fertilizer per viburnum shrub. For best results, fertilize in the spring when the plant enters its growing phase.\nApply water after fertilization to moisten the soil to a depth of 5 to 6 inches. This helps carry the fertilizer down to the shrub's root level for immediate feeding."}
{"text":"According to traditional Chinese medicine, the whole mental and emotional entity consists of many different psychic elements. These psychic elements, each one named according to its conscious level, refer mainly to the mind or spirit, the two souls, the cognitive power and will. These elements do not necessarily reside in the brain; they are housed in certain organs. Also according to traditional Chinese medicine, each specific emotion is associated with a specific organ and type of tissue than with the other parts of the body. Hence according to traditional Chinese medicine, mental and emotional activities are closely related to the visceral and tissue activities.\nBased on the ancient psychological view of traditional Chinese medecine, it is possible to deduce that every significant part of the body, organ or tissue can store and retrieve a certain amount of memory, can possess and process a certain level of intelligence or play a certain part of a psychic role. In other words, the body has a certain scope of psychological make-up of its own.\nSomatoPsychic Integration is a new way of improving or strengthening the coordination of the body and the mind through the optimal adjusting or maintaining of the postural or dynamic body, ar the light and appropriate stimulation of certain parts, tissues or organs of the body. The development of SomatoPsychic Integration is based on the innovative combination of the vast knowledge of the body and the mind from the ancient Chinese and from the modern anatomy, physiology and psychology. It is also an effective method to reduce stress and to convert it into useful potential or kinetic energy."}
{"text":"When we talk, we pause between syllables and words. CDMA takes advantage\nof these pauses in speech activity.\nAnalog to digital conversion\nThe voice signal is converted to a digital signal using PCM.\nVariable rate vocoder\nThe vocoder (Voice Coder) is used to compress the digital signal from the Codec (Code/Decode). The vocoder, used in a CDMA system, compresses the voice signal into various data rates. The data rate is dynamically determined by the users speech activity.\nThe vocoders are located at the BSC and in the phone.\nThe voice is compressed in the vocoder into either one of four rates (Full, 1/2, 1/4, or 1/8 rate). CDMA systems can use either an 8 kbps or 13 kbps vocoder."}
{"text":"Blepharitis is an inflammation of the eyelids causing red, irritated, itchy eyelids and the formation of dandruff-like scales on eyelashes. It affects people of all ages. Although it may cause discomfort, blepharitis is not contagious and generally does not cause any permanent damage to eyesight.\nBlepharitis is classified into two types:\nIn many cases, individuals can have elements of both types of blepharitis.\nSymptoms of blepharitis include:\nTreatment depends on the type of blepharitis. The key to treating most types of blepharitis is keeping the lids clean and free of crusts.\nWet a clean washcloth with warm water, wring it out, and place it over your closed eyelids for at least one minute. Repeat two or three times, rewetting the washcloth as it cools. This will loosen scales and debris around your eyelashes. It also helps break down oil from nearby oil glands.\nEyelid scrubs can be used to massage and clean accumulated oil from the surface of the eyelids. There are a number of ways to perform lid scrubs:\nThe drops may be suggested by your doctor to help relieve the dryness that often accompanies blepharitis.\nYour ophthalmologist may prescribe an antibiotic ointment, drops or pills. Sometimes antibiotic drops may be combined with steroid drops for temporary use to relieve inflammation.\nResearch suggests that a lack of certain nutrients may contribute to posterior blepharitis. An imbalance of omega fatty acids has been found to cause abnormal secretions of the oil glands that help lubricate your eyes. Ask your ophthalmologist about a proper diet and nutritional supplements to help treat this imbalance."}
{"text":"View from the east looking west. The mound of Lystra is in the center of the image.\nLystra (mentioned 6 times in the NT) was a city in the district of Lycaonia. It is located on a mound just north of the Turkish village of Hatun Saray - about 21 miles [35 km.] south of Konya (ancient Iconium).\nFor a map and brief descriptive comments on the significance of Lystra Click here."}
{"text":"The global food system is in need of a dramatic transformation. The pathway we are currently on is leading to an impasse: the increases in food production needed to meet the anticipated demands of a much larger and wealthier human population cannot be achieved by simply extrapolating current trends in production and consumption.\nCan we achieve a food system that works within the planet’s biophysical boundaries, inclusively supports human livelihoods, and ensures food security for a growing and changing population? This has become one of the central questions in humanity’s broader quest to shape a sustainable future.\nThis report presents a baseline analysis of the global food system using methodologies taken from systems science. One of our primary objectives is to present a clear overview of the current performance of the global food system: its inputs, outputs, impacts, structure, and behaviour. With this factual basis, we hope to lay the foundation for further in-depth analysis, and inform a deeper and broader look at the potential systemic approaches for transitioning towards a truly sustainable, resilient food system."}
{"text":"Detecting objects in images and videos is a difficult task that has challenged the field of computer vision. Most of the algorithms for object detection are sensitive to background clutter and occlusion, and cannot localize the edge of the object. An object's shape is typically the most discriminative cue for its recognition by humans. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a model‐based object detection method which uses only shape‐fragment features.\nThe object shape model is learned from a small set of training images and all object models are composed of shape fragments. The model of the object is in multi‐scales.\nThe major contributions of this paper are the application of learned shape fragments‐based model for object detection in complex environment and a novel two‐stage object detection framework.\nThe results presented in this paper are competitive with other state‐of‐the‐art object detection methods.\nCitationDownload as .RIS\nEmerald Group Publishing Limited\nCopyright © 2013, Emerald Group Publishing Limited"}
{"text":"Roseate Spoonbill Reflections taken on the Bayou, Houston, Texas. During their breeding period their legs and plumage turn dark pink with a hint of yellow. During their non breeding period they are a dull pink and their legs are grey. The transformation is amazing.\nThe Roseate Spoonbill, a large wading bird with pink plumage and a distinctive spatulate bill, is one of the most striking birds found in North America.\nBreeding in the United States is restricted to coastal Texas, southwestern Louisiana, and southern Florida. Their breeding range extends south from Florida through the Greater Antilles to Argentina and Chile. They inhabit marshes, swamps, ponds, and rivers within their range, feeding in both fresh and saltwater wetlands. Highly gregarious, Roseate Spoonbills breed and travel in flocks.\nMost spoonbills do not breed until they enter their third year. Courtship displays include ritualized exchanges of\nnest material, dancing and bill clapping. Copulation occurs at the nest si..."}
{"text":"Jnana is a Sanskrit word that means knowledge, particularly of the spiritual kind. It is used in many different Indian traditions. Jnana isn’t knowledge in the usual cognitive sense, but refers to knowledge embedded in the experience of the true nature of reality. It isn’t something that can be understood with the intellect because it is free of all concepts and dualistic thought processes.\nTibetan Buddhism has ten stages of jnana through which the practitioner progresses, arriving finally at enlightenment and nirvana. In Vipassana, there are many levels or ‘knowledges’ that are worked through over a period of years. And in Hinduism it is the realisation that your true Self, or Atman, is one with Brahman. Real knowledge is that which takes you to your true Self, while false knowledge is that which diverts or distracts you, and knocks you off your path.\nA Jnani is someone who is liberated or enlightened: one who knows. But as Sri Ramana Maharshi said:\n“There are no jnanis, only jnana.”\nShunryu Suzuki said the same thing from a Zen perspective:\n“There are strictly speaking, no enlightened people, there is only enlightened activity.”"}
{"text":"- This event has passed.\nClass: Colonialism and Our Missing History\nOctober 3 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm\nDo you remember learning about the exploration of the New World in your American history classes? Bold explorers sailing into the unknown, planting the flag and claiming the newly discovered lands for their home country. Brave settlers crossing the ocean and making a home for themselves in the new land. Pioneers crossing the prairie in covered wagons to settle newly opened lands in the west.\nBut, something is missing from this picture. This continent was not empty. The history of this continent is very different when told by the indigenous peoples who already lived here. It’s time to upend some of our long held perceptions and look at how it came to pass that taking over an inhabited continent and enslaving and removing its peoples was perceived by the majority culture as acceptable. Join us."}
{"text":"Monday, December 17, 2007\nAre You SAD\nSymptoms of winter-onset seasonal affective disorder according to the Mayo Clinic include:\n* Loss of energy\n* Social withdrawal\n* Loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed\n* Appetite changes, especially a craving for foods high in carbohydrates\n* Weight gain\n* Difficulty concentrating and processing information\nShould You Seek Medical Help\nIf your sleep patterns and appetite have changed, if you feel hopeless or have thoughts about suicide or if you rely too much on alcohol to ease the mood, you should see your doctor.\nTreatment for SAD\n* Take medications as directed and attend therapy appointments as scheduled.\n* Expose yourself to as much light as possible. Open blinds. Get outdoors.\n* Engage in physical exercise, which can help relieve stress and anxiety, both of which can increase SAD symptoms.\n* Be nice to yourself. Get enough rest, eat a balanced diet and take time to relax. Avoid alcohol or non-prescribed drugs.\n* Learn how to better manage stress.\n* Socialize. Stay connected with people instead of withdrawing.\n* Take a winter vacation in a sunny location."}
{"text":"Worldview Sensitivity Training\nThe goal of this training is to increase awareness of the factors that shape relationships. Our worldview or perspective of the world molds our actions and behaviors. By understanding our worldview, we enhance our capacity to effectively communicate, resolve conflict and act from a place of empathic care and concern. The way we relate to others is predicated on our values and beliefs, which are shaped by our ideas about the world inherited from our experiences. In this training, participants will explore the nature of their perspective and how it informs their actions. They will learn the value of being sensitive to differences in worldviews and how it can mitigate unnecessary conflict and stress. They will also explore how to shape their worldview in order to maximize empathy and compassionate concern.\n- An understanding of the factors that shape world views.\n- Increased ability to identify factors that shape their worldview.\n- Increased sensitivity to the multiplicity of worldviews.\n- Increased capacity for empathic care and concern.\nThis training is suitable for any organizational entity interested in optimizing human interactions in order to effectively run its operation. These include, educational institutions, businesses, non-profits etc.\nTo make a reservation for this training please email here."}
{"text":"International Women’s Day and the Right to Health\n“International Women’s Day is an outstanding opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women, past and present. It is also a day to reflect on what has not yet been delivered for women. Every day, 1500 women die while giving birth to a new life. Every year, over a quarter of a million women die from a cancer that can be prevented by vaccines. Most of these women live in the poorest countries of the world.” Learn more."}
{"text":"Date: 08/30/97 at 00:50:08 From: windows Subject: Integer sequence Show that if 19 distinct integers are chosen from the sequence 1,4,7,10,13,16,19..........,97,100, there must be two of them whose sum is 104.\nDate: 09/03/97 at 10:47:03 From: Doctor Rob Subject: Re: Integer sequence List all the pairs that add up to 104: 4,100 7,97 10,94 ... 46,58 49,55 There are 16 pairs. The numbers 1 and 52 are not included. If you choose 19 numbers, at least 17 must be chosen from the 16 pairs, ... I hope this helps. -Doctor Rob, The Math Forum Check out our web site! http://mathforum.org/dr.math/\nSearch the Dr. Math Library:\nAsk Dr. MathTM\n© 1994-2015 The Math Forum"}
{"text":"'Eldridge' clan mapping\nAt some distant place in time in every genealogy the surname becomes irrelevant. The only way to go further back is to use DNA testing. We have to rely on Clans and Tribes, genetically related groups of individuals, to get an understanding of our history.\nPride in your historic nationality is wonderful and can tell you much about your family, but we are all descendants of nomads. As nomads we belong to ancient cultures just as much as we belong to any one nationality. To know what culture you are you need to know where your tribe was and when.\nWhen I had my DNA tested I learned that I was part of haplogroup G with origins in the Caucasus Mountains going back about 22,000 years. I also learned that I had no close matches in the last few centuries. That left me with very little to work with. So, I put on my analyst hat and developed a technique for plotting the migration path of my tribe at different periods in history. I needed to answer how my people got from the Caucasus to a little village outside of Naples, Italy.\nI knew I had hit on something after my first mapping exercise.\n'Maglio' clan mapping\nThe individuals that I plotted lined up along the Rhine River and down the Apennines (with a few stragglers in Wales). Successive maps, each going back further in time, showed a pattern along the Danube and around the Black Sea back to the Caucasus Mountains. I now have my migration answers and a plausible correlation to the Etruscan metalworking culture.\nI have been using my technique to help my clients get a deeper understanding of their history and their culture. For all of you with the surname Eldridge, Eldredge, Aldrich and variation, I have posted a sample report on my website - \"The Genetic Genealogy of Eldridge\"\nI'd love to hear about other successes mapping genetic data across time."}
{"text":"Maori New Year\nMatariki is the Māori name for a cluster of stars which is visible in our night sky at a specific time of the year. In 2019, from 25 to 28 June, Matariki will re-appear in the dawn sky – signalling the start of the Māori New Year.\nIt is a time to celebrate new life, to remember those who’ve passed and to plan for the future. And it’s a time to spend with whānau and friends – to enjoy kai (food), waiata (song), tākaro (games) and haka. – Te Wānanga o Aoteoroa\nIdeas for Workplaces:\nTo recognise this event…\n- Swap our you commonly used words within your wāhi mahi (workplace) with the maori translations. Use these in hui (meetings), imera (emails) and even label things around the tari (office).\n- Put the call out to anyone in your workplace who has Maori tupuna (ancestory) to share their tuku iho (traditions) around Matariki and perhaps their pepeha (introductory speech about their background).\n[mkdf_button size=”” type=”” text=”EVENTS CALENDAR” custom_class=”” icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”” link=”https://www.well-gold.rowwellbeing.com/events/” target=”_self” color=”” hover_color=”” background_color=”” hover_background_color=”” border_color=”” hover_border_color=”” font_size=”” font_weight=”” margin=””]"}
{"text":"Welcome to our resources page!\nHere you will find a range of posters, handouts, and more to support the inclusion of children with disabilities and developmental challenges.\nWe provide a range of stories that help children with disabilities or developmental challenges learn more about early childhood education and care settings. Each story comes with audio so that children can listen to the story. We have also provided these same stories without pictures so they can be customised with personal images or photos that are relevant to the child or children you will read it with.\nWe have provided a range of resources for facilitating the inclusion of children with disabilities and developmental challenges. We provide resources to help children learn how to manage their emotions and problem solve. You can access a home schedule to help your child see what comes next when getting ready for childcare or kindergarten. We also have posters celebrating the strengths of children. Finally, we also provide a strengths and abilities communication checklist to facilitate communication between educators and parents.\nResearch consistently identifies good sleep as essential for wellbeing. Sleep schedules can help children become familiar with bedtime routines and can reduce bedtime resistance. You can access an example of a sleep schedule below, with a template that enables you to add photos from your child's own environment."}
{"text":"Daily prevalence of SL1-3 over time in Bihar province, India. The proportion of NP-AFP children positive for SL1 (A), 2 (B), and 3 (C) are shown by day of stool collection (solid lines). Triangles at the bottom of the panels show when SIAs were done, with the colors indicating vaccine used (tOPV containing OPV1, 2, and 3 in black, and bOPV containing OPV1 and 3 in green). OPV detection rates pulse very rapidly and briefly after SIAs. Between campaigns, detection rates are sporadic and of low prevalence, compatible with detecting SL from routine immunization that is continually being administered to children less then 1 year of age. NP-AFP = non-polio acute flaccid paralysis. OPV = oral poliovirus vaccine. SIA = supplementary immunization activity. SL = Sabin-like poliovirus."}
{"text":"The Great Ice Barrier is the edge of the ice shelf\nthat extends for hundreds of miles. It is where the glaciers that\nflow from the Antarctic land mass, leave and begin to float on the sea\nproviding a cliff of ice with only very rare places where a landing\nis possible. These ice-cliffs prevented many of the early explorers\nof Antarctica from making landfall causing them to sail for days until\na place could be found where a small boats crew could get ashore.\nPainting by Dr. E.A. Wilson -\nIn: \"Scott's Last Expedition\", 1913.\nRobert Falcon Scott, Terra\nNova Expedition 1910 - 1913\nPicture courtesy NOAA"}
{"text":"The Long/Short Stitch is a swift way of filling in open areas with embroidery. Use it to create grasses like the orange field above or to make gradations of color. Combine it with Satin Stitches that are used in tight spaces.\nHere’s how to make the Long/Short Stitch:\nMake a stitch from A to B measuring about 1/4’’ in the fabric. This is a Long Stitch. Come up at C just above and even with A. Insert the needle at D about 1/8’’ to the right of C or half the distance to B. Draw the thread through the fabric to make a Short Stitch.\nContinue making a row of stitches alternating between long (1/4’’) and short (1/8’’) stitches. End on a point D or short stitch. Begin the next row by bringing the needle and thread up at E about 1/4’’ to the right of D (a short stitch). Insert the needle at D and draw the thread through the fabric. Continue along this row making stitches that measure 1/4’’ long. Stitch only into the short stitches of the previous row (skip the long stitches of the previous row).\nStitches will interlock, fill in the notches between stitches, and create a new row of long and short stitches. Repeat the steps above to fit the shape you’re filling. Stitch the last row of a shape with short stitches to fill in open notches along the row."}
{"text":"Computer hardware industry is comprised of organizations which are mainly engaged in drawing up of the plans, creation and production of the computer parts, and also bringing together of systems. Tangible computer part manufacturing industries are a large scale business centre all over the world. Without this industry computer technology cannot survive.\nSuccess of the computing devices of desktop computers, laptops/notebooks, palmtops and various other gadgets associated with computers are dependent on the computer hardware industry. An analysis on the computer hardware industry means presentation of the reports on the share of market that the industry covers, its dimension and subdivisions, analysis on the crucial factors, the competitions being faced, improvements, and the information about all the companies with special impact on those who are leading in the market, what are the secrets behind that.\nThese analyses contain the comparison with the prospects of other manufacturing industries also. The reports for computer hardware industry include servers, workstations or personal computers or mainframes or peripherals or workstations. An analysis on the industry may be on the global market or country wise analysis or based on a region.\nA good computer hardware industry analysis report should contain the forecasts of the market at least for five years. This report should also contain the future prospects of the industry, what problems can arise, modernization and improvements, and the growth potentials that are possible. It usually states the annual turnover of the companies, and the forces like economical or political or social factors those are driving the market trends. There are various learned and experienced analysts in this field doing this job perfectly for many years and have been judging the industry closely.\nThese reports come as important resource to all who are involved with the industry and also the avid computer users."}
{"text":"COASTAL heaths are at their best in late summer with their displays of purple flowers and honeyed scents of heather-blossom.\nYet this habitat, only found in the extreme west of Europe, is fast disappearing - around 90% has been lost over the past 100 years.\nCadw'r Lliw yn Ll£n is a recently-launched project designed to breathe life and colour back into the heathlands of the Ll£n Peninsula.\nThis three-year initiative includes the heather-capped hills and headlands that run from Moel-y-Gest near Porthmadog, west to Bardsey Island and up to Nant Gwrtheyrn.\nLliw yn Ll£n's project officer Arwel Jones has recently completed scrub-clearance work on Mynydd Tir y Cwmwd, between Llanbedrog and Abersoch - one of the largest remaining heathlands in Ll£n.\nHe said: \"Even though these places appear wild, they have developed over many centuries of controlled burning and grazing. As a result of this traditional management, lowland heath was widespread on the Ll£n a hundred years ago, but now there is very little left, and this is degrading because of neglect.\n\"The long-term goal is to reintroduce grazing animals, but there's a lot of work to do before this happens. We have to make the site stock-proof, remove as much of the scrub as possible and then negotiate grazing agreements with farmers.\"\n* Cadw'r Lliw yn Ll£n is a £500,000 Objective 1 European project. Details: www.lliwynllyn.org or Arwel Jones, 01758 613999."}
{"text":"In this Nov. 28, 1999 file photo, Rosa Parks smiles during a ceremony where she received the Congressional Medal of Freedom in Detroit.\nIn 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and move to the back of a Montgomery Ala. bus. That symbolically huge act of defiance by a physically small woman was pivotal moment in the movement against segregation.\nToday, a granite statue will be unveiled at the Washington National Cathedral in honor of the civil rights icon. The new carving will be located in a section of the cathedral devoted to human rights. It honors those who struggled for social justice and equality.\nThe event includes an evening of prayer and song."}
{"text":"Verb : बदलना, अनुकूल बनाना, अनुकूल करना, अनुकूल बनना, के लिए रूपान्तरित करना, उपयोगी या योग्य बनाना, एक समान करना, कोई दृढ़ धारणा करना, के अनुरूप बनाना, के लिऐ रूपांतरित करना, रूपान्तरित करना, सामंजस्य स्थापित करना, मेल बिठाना\nExample Sentences :\nIt is hard to adapt this story for children.\nShe must adapt herself to the present circumstances.\nYou must adapt yourself to your circumstances.\nWe must adapt ourselves to the changed circumstances.\nWhen you go to a new country, you must adapt yourself to new manners and customs.\nThey accept the fact that they are not young anymore and adapt their lifestyle accordingly.\nHe tried to adapt his conduct to his new environment.\nYou have to adapt to circumstances.\nHe is quick to adapt to new circumstances.\nThey adapt it to Japanese tastes.\nSome plants cannot adapt themselves to the cold.\nYou will soon adapt yourself to this new life.\nIt is generally hard to adapt to living in a foreign culture.\nWe must adapt our plan to these new circumstances.\nYou must adapt to a variety of conditions.\nThe young adapt to change easily.\nThe human brain can adapt to new situations.\nShe found it was difficult to adapt herself to her new surroundings.\nYouth adapt to things more quickly than the elderly.\nYoung animals adapt quickly to a new environment.\nHe could not adapt his way of life to the company.\nIt is difficult to adapt oneself to sudden changes of temperature.\nChildren quickly adapt themselves to their new life.\nCan you adapt yourself to the new job?\nWhy don’t you adapt your way of life to circumstances?"}
{"text":"Kitchen Threats: Avoiding Foodborne Illness\n4. Uncooked Eggs\nIf you enjoy eating eggs with runny yolks or snitching a bit of raw batter when you’re making cookies, you’re not alone. But the USDA recommends avoiding raw or undercooked eggs (especially for young children and the elderly) because of the possibility of food borne illness, like Salmonella. If you can’t keep your hands (or your kids’ hands) out of the cookie batter or you’re working with a recipe that calls for raw or undercooked eggs, consider pasteurized-in-the-shell eggs. They’re no different than regular eggs except they’ve been heat-treated to kill any harmful bacteria—making them safe to consume raw or partially cooked. Look for them in large supermarkets near other in-the-carton eggs.\nNext: 5. Recalled Items »"}
{"text":"This condition is a bony enlargement on the back of the heel that can aggravate the retrocalcaneal bursa, a fluid-filled sac located on the back of the heel between the Achilles tendon and the calcaneus. The bursa can become inflamed and swollen, a condition called bursitis. Haglund’s deformity most commonly affects young women.\nHaglund’s deformity commonly develops as a result of wearing shoes with rigid backs, such as pumps, which put pressure on the back of the heel.\nBony Bump Forms\nOver time, this pressure can cause a bony bump to form on the calcaneus, and this bump digs into the surrounding soft tissue. The irritated bursa swells, and other tissues, including the Achilles tendon, may swell and thicken.\nIncreased Susceptibility People who have certain anatomical structures, such as a prominent bump underneath the Achilles tendon, high arches, a tight Achilles tendon, or other factors have an increased susceptibility to this condition.\nSymptoms include pain and a callus at the back of the heel. If bursitis develops, a large, swollen bump may form on the back of the heel.\nTreatment options include wearing shoes with no backs or soft backs, heel pads or other orthotic devices, heel sleeves, ice, anti-inflammatory medications and physical therapy. In some cases, a cast or boot may be needed. In severe cases, surgery may be needed to remove the bony bump or alter the shape of the calcaneus."}
{"text":"One of the greatest prodigies of his era, John Stuart Mill (1806-73) was studying arithmetic and Greek by the age of three, as part of an astonishingly intense education at his father's hand. Intellectually brilliant, fearless and profound, he became a leading Victorian liberal thinker, whose works - including On Liberty, Utilitarianism, The Subjection of Women and this Autobiography - are among the crowning achievements of the age. Here he describes the pressures placed on him by his childhood, the mental breakdown he suffered as a young man, his struggle to understand a world of feelings and emotions far removed from his father's strict didacticism, and the later development of his own radical beliefs. A moving account of an extraordinary life, this great autobiography reveals a man of deep integrity, constantly searching for truth.\nFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators."}
{"text":"Rare, Protected, or Endangered Species\nSome species are protected from hunting because their numbers are small and they produce no surplus to harvest. Animals that are labeled \"rare,\" \"threatened,\" or \"endangered\" are all fully protected by law.\nYou are looking at a preview of what’s in the timed Today's Hunter in Idaho Course. Feel free to look around, but you’ll need to register to begin progress toward getting your Hunter Education Certificate."}
{"text":"Kit Sheffield led a ferns workshop last Sunday (yes, it’s been a busy week). We looked at a lot of ferns, some plants that don’t look like ferns but are, and of course some plants that aren’t ferns. We started at the Visitor Center, followed the river trail as far as Gladys Island and Carper’s Pond, then looped back via the Nature Center.\nSome new ferns for me were Lowland Fragile Fern (Cystopteris protrusa) (left) and Broad Beech Fern (Phegopteris hexagonopera) (very handsome).\nA few fern ID tips:\n- The first thing to look for is growth pattern: does this fern grow in a clump, or singly?\n- Look at the bottom pair of leaflets, for instance to distinguish Lady Fern from Hay-scented Fern. This is also useful for applying my “opposite Onoclea” rule.\n- Look for hairs in the axils (armpits) of Cinnamon Fern.\nSomething that didn’t look like a fern for centuries, but is now considered to be one, based on fossil evidence: Scouringrush (Equisetum hyemale). Unfortunately for the quality of the image, the growth tips of this specimen have been deer-browsed.\nOne more fern, Rock Polypody (Polypodium virginianum). Cute name, cute fern!\nAnd a not-a-fern: Ramps (Allium tricoccum) are in flower."}
{"text":"Botswana Chobe River\nWith a good tourist infrastructure, friendly people and over 500 regularly occurring species, Botswana offers many opportunities for the birdwatcher. It also contains the Okavango delta, one of the jewels of Africa and home to an amazing variety of wildlife. Birdwatching however, can start in and around the capital, Gaborone.\nFormerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name upon independence in 1966. Following a long period of political stability and capital investment, it has one of the most successful economies in Africa and one of the world’s highest growth rates. It also has one of the highest known rates of HIV/AIDS infection, as well as a progressive and comprehensive programme for dealing with the disease.\nThe purpose of this document is to provide a summary of Botswana and its birds for birders interested in the country and potentially planning a visit. The information has been put together from a number of sources and it is intended to add new information as it becomes available. As such, readers are welcome to submit contributions by e-mail to email@example.com. You should note that the names of birds used in this document are those of the African Bird Club Checklist."}
{"text":"is a topic covered in the Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide\nTo view the entire topic, please sign in or purchase a subscription.\nOfficial website of the Johns Hopkins Antibiotic (ABX), HIV, Diabetes, and Psychiatry Guides, powered by Unbound Medicine. Johns Hopkins Guide App for iOS, iPhone, iPad, and Android included. Explore these free sample topics:\n-- The first section of this topic is shown below --\n- Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is a stable adduct of glucose on the beta-chain of hemoglobin (N-[1-deoxyfructosyl]hemoglobin).\n- Formed by a largely irreversible reaction, post-translationally and non-enzymatically, when hemoglobin circulating in a red blood cell is exposed to ambient glucose\n- Alternate terms: \"A1c\" (preferred for use in communication with patients), \"glycated hemoglobin\" (the most accurate term), glycosylated hemoglobin.\n- Expressed most often as the percent of hemoglobin that is glycated (alternatively, as mmol glycated hemoglobin per mole total hemoglobin).\n- The single best test to monitor overall blood glucose control in diabetes\n- Reflects the average blood glucose over about 3 months previously, although somewhat disproportionately weighted to recent blood glucose levels\n- A strong indicator of risk for long-term diabetic complications, especially retinopathy, neuropathy and nephropathy (DCCT).\n- Also an indicator of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, although glucose control is less strong of a risk factor for CVD than lipids, blood pressure and smoking\n- Recently, HbA1c > 6.5% is recommended as a criterion for diagnosing diabetes.\n-- To view the remaining sections of this topic, please sign in or purchase a subscription --"}
{"text":"In last week’s Washington Post, Roger K. Lewis, an architect and professor at the University of Maryland, wrote an intriguing column suggesting that it’s time for a big rethink of the concept of zoning, which he says is a relic of the early 20th century:\nZoning conventions are no longer conventional. Land-use regulation is still needed, but zoning increasingly has become a conceptually inappropriate term, an obsolete characterization of how we plan and shape growth.\nZoning laws were first conceived at the outset of the industrial era. At the time, the economy was dominated by factories churning out noxious byproducts of all kinds, from sludge to foul fumes to loud noises. The original zoning laws sought to segregate homes from businesses that might be nuisances — a legacy that American cities and towns are still living with:\nTraditional zoning first took hold in the early 20th century with a clearly logical intent, as the word implies: to establish and keep apart discretely delineated areas of land use within counties and municipalities. Single-purpose zones ensured separation of incompatible uses such as dwellings and factories.\nBut that’s not what “zoning” is all about anymore. Lewis’s example — Washington, D.C. — is examining and revising all kinds of long-standing regulations, from minimum parking requirements to its famous height restrictions. These reforms seek to change cities in a way that’s completely distinct from segregating uses. The intent of reducing parking requirements, for instance, is to make places more walkable and reduce housing costs.\nSince the way we design and regulate cities is changing so quickly, Lewis suggests that maybe it’s time we had a new word too:\nDropping the word ‘zoning’ necessitates using an alternative vocabulary. It’s time to talk less about zoning restrictions and limits and more about visionary plans, urban design goals and architectural aspirations."}
{"text":"- William’s Windmill\nIn this TED Talk, young Malawian William Kamkwamba describes how he built a windmill to power his family’s home aged 14, during a time of poverty and famine. The windmill produced electricity and was built from spare parts and scrap.\nThis moving tale of an invention that changed a young boy’s life is a powerful testament to the benefits of education, access to knowledge and self-belief. -TED"}
{"text":"In terms of rank rottenness, Dunwich would vie with the fictional Dunny-on-the-Wold as the most rotten borough in the British Parliament. By the time of the Reform Act 1832, the bulk of the constituency was underwater, leaving only a tiny village of “44 houses and half a church”\nIt was a very different Dunwich that received its entitlement to two representatives in Parliament in 1298, and even this was a shrunken, storm-tossed survivor of its medieval glory. At its peak, Dunwich had six parish churches, religious houses for the Grey and Black Friars, a hospital, a shipbuilding yard and port complex and a yearly payment to the Crown of £120 13s 4d and 24,000 herrings.\nIt was, in short, one of the most important cities, ports and trading centres in England. It was one of the country’s 10 largest cities and arguably the capital of East Anglia. But the angry storm surges of the North Sea could destroy as easily as they brought prosperity. The watery threat had been signalled in the Doomsday Book, which recorded that the town had lost half of its fields to the sea.\nBut it was a huge, three day long storm in 1286 that signalled the end for Dunwich’s prosperity. The raging sea swept away a large chunk of the town and, most catastrophically, destroyed Dunwich’s natural harbour. Recovery attempts were started - a prize as rich as Dunwich was not easily abandoned, but these were defeated in an even greater storm of 1328. Dunwich would now begin a long and irreversible journey to decline and destruction."}
{"text":"This site explores feelings and the role they play in the development of the skills needed to have happy, healthy lives free of self-defeating behavior, including substance abuse.\nThe concept of self-image is important because the way a person sees him or herself determines how they will behave. Self-image is especially significant as it relates to alcohol use because alcohol is frequently used by the individual to help them feel better about themselves. It is important that a person is made aware at an early age of their own innate self worth and that mood-altering chemicals are not needed to make them feel better about themselves.\nFeelings, the way they are expressed, play a significant roles in the development of self-image. Sometimes young people make decisions that some feelings are more acceptable than others and consequently form a poor self-image if they experience any of these unacceptable feelings. Then result of this is that the young person either denies the feelings and consequently never learns to express them properly, or continues to experience them and feel badly about themselves. In either case, the self-image forms is a poor one. In cases where the individual has never learned the appropriate expression of their feelings, alcohol is frequently used to aid in this expression.\nIn order to develop a positive self-image, the identification and appropriate expression of feelings is necessary."}
{"text":"Overseas Trade and the Decline of Privateering\n60 Pages Posted: 26 Mar 2008 Last revised: 23 Nov 2010\nDate Written: October 24, 2010\nUsing novel quantitative historical data on 2,483 British privateering cruises, we show that state-licensed commerce raiding by merchants was not only a popular and potentially flourishing business, but also effective in harming enemy trade during the long eighteenth century (1688-1815). Why, then, did privateering merchants gradually turn away from the enterprise, despite their success? We provide systematic evidence that the expansion of overseas trade and ensuing decline in the revenues of commerce raiding facilitated the decline of British privateering and the transition to a full public provision of sea power by the Royal Navy by the end of the Napoleonic War.\nKeywords: Privateering, Navy, Trade, Britain, Public Good, National Defense\nJEL Classification: N73, N43, N13, K42, H56, B15, D23\nSuggested Citation: Suggested Citation"}
{"text":"Examine the character of Lady Macbeth, offering an evaluation of her progression towards madness.\nMacbeth is a play full of magic, mystery, murder and an overriding theme of ambition. Lady Macbeth is most likely Shakespeare's greatest and most fascinating female character, and is most susceptible to theses themes. During the play we can clearly define two different natures of Lady Macbeth. We first see her at the start of the play as a power hungry, brutally violent person vying for the throne as Queen of Scotland. Further in the play we find that she has turned into a disgraced, guiltful woman who commits suicide to get away from the pains of her actions. Thus becoming what she herself despised so much, an insecure weakling.\nWhen Lady Macbeth first comes into the play in Act I scene V she is already presented as person lusting for the throne when she is presented with a letter from Macbeth telling her about his plans to kill the King for the throne.\nThis is when Lady Macbeths', first personality is shown, being very vicious and savage. She thinks little of the plan to kill King Duncan this giving the audience a sense that she has no morals or principles which encapsulate the makings of a normal human being. Knowing of the dangers which will come to hand she calls out ' Come you spirits, That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here/ And fill me from the crown to the toe top full/ of driest cruelty, make thick my blood' this showing us that she wants the cold blooded aspects of a ruthless man so that she can kill the King with nor remorse or second thought. We see more of this ruthless behaviour by Lady Macbeth when, while..."}
{"text":"Some good friends of the cause we represent fear agitation. They say: “Do not agitate—do not make a noise; work.” They add, “Agitation is destructive or at best negative—what is wanted is positive constructive work.”\nSuch honest critics mistake the function of agitation. A toothache is agitation. Is a toothache a good thing? No. Is it therefore useless? No. It is supremely useful, for it tells the body of decay, dyspepsia and death. Without it the body would suffer unknowingly. It would think: All is well, when lo! danger lurks.\nThe same is true of the Social Body. Agitation is a necessary evil to tell of the ills of the Suffering. Without it many a nation has been lulled to false security and preened itself with virtues it did not possess.\nThe function of this Association is to tell this nation the crying evil of race prejudice. It is a hard duty but a necessary one—a divine one. It is Pain; Pain is not good but Pain is necessary. Pain does not aggravate disease—Disease causes Pain. Agitation does not mean Aggravation—Aggravation calls for Agitation in order that Remedy may be found."}
{"text":"Solar Cell Converts CO2 into Useful Acid\nPRINCETON, N.J., July 3, 2014 — Researchers at Princeton University have found a way to convert carbon dioxide into a potential fuel with record efficiency.\nThe study, lead by chemistry professor Dr. Andrew Bocarsly, involved converting CO2\nand water into formic acid using an integrated silicon PV electrolyzer system inside an electrochemical cell. By stacking three electrochemical cells together, the thermionic energy conversion efficiency using AM 1.5 sunlight was 1.8%, the highest achieved in any solar CO2\nreduction scheme to date, according to the researchers.\nThe process could be used to generate formate salt, which is used to melt ice on airport runways and is less corrosive to planes and safer for the environment than chloride salts.\nBocarsly collaborated with researchers at Liquid Light Inc. of Monmouth Junction, N.J.; the energy company Public Service Enterprise Group provided a solar panel.\nThe research was published in the Journal of CO2 Utilization\nFor more information, visit www.princeton.edu"}
{"text":"Description and life cycle\nThe buffalo treehopper adult is green, 3∕8 inch long, triangle-shaped when viewed from above and hump-backed when viewed from the side. The nymphs are spiny. Females lay eggs from July until October in the bark of the upper sides of small branches of apple, pear, cherry, prune, and quince trees. A row of slits is cut along the branch, and six to twelve eggs are laid in each slit. The slits heal and gradually enlarge, giving the branch a rough and scabby appearance.\nDamage to young trees\nYoung trees may be significantly damaged by heavy infestations because severe scarring can stunt and weaken limbs. In May or June the overwintered eggs hatch and the nymphs move to nearby grasses and weeds. Weedy orchards or those near weedy fields are most often affected.\nMonitoring and management\nYoung trees should be checked for the presence of scarring in autumn or winter. Severely scarred branches should be pruned out. Controlling weeds should reduce alternate feeding sites. Since the egg-laying period lasts several months, insecticide spray timing is difficult. Insecticides should be used only if economic damage is occurring to young trees beyond the control ability of winter pruning."}
{"text":"Garden Patterns & Mosaics\nPattern and texture is one of the most important design elements in any good landscape. In paved surfaces, on fences and walls, and in garden ornaments and accents, pattern and texture creates visual interest and adds a feeling of depth and dimension in the landscape. Depending on the type of design and the nature of the materials used, a pattern can be soothing and restful, or dramatic and eye-catching.\nThis book is a comprehensive do-it-yourself guide to the use of pattern and mosaic in the garden. It includes more than 20 stylish projects, making use of a variety of materials, from traditional polished stone to broken glass. A variety of pathway and paving projects are included, but readers will also learn how to create mosaic treatments on planters, furniture and other garden accents. Garden Patterns & Mosaics includes an opening introduction to the principles of using pattern in garden design, and a summary of the tools and techniques required."}
{"text":"Going Green to Save Green: Economic Benefits of Green Infrastructure Practices\nBanking on Green\n“Whether it arrived years ago and called itself low-impact development or appeared more recently under the name green infrastructure, chances are that, almost anywhere you are in the US, you’ve encountered it,” comments Janice Kaspersen, Editor of Stormwater Magazine in an editorial published online.\n“More and more cities are adding green infrastructure to their arsenals as a way to supplement the traditional grey infrastructure of gutters and pipes and storm sewers—infiltrating, reusing, or otherwise diverting runoff to extend the capacity of the existing systems and delay or avoid upgrading and replacing them.”\n“A newly released report helps quantify the money many of these cities are saving, and points out other benefits of GI as well.”\nTO LEARN MORE:\nAmerican Rivers’ series of new reports highlights the economic benefits of green infrastructure strategies to better manage polluted runoff. These practices, from rain gardens to green roofs, work by capturing rainwater where it falls. By reducing the polluted runoff that flows into rivers and streams, green infrastructure practices play a critical role in protecting clean rivers.To download a copy of the report, click here."}
{"text":"Department of PsychologyBack\nPsychology is the scientific study of the mind and behaviour.\nPsychologists around the world are trying to answer questions like these:\n- How does memory work?\n- How can we explain and treat mental disorders?\n- How do we understand our own social status?\n- How does mental ability change across the lifespan, from infancy to old age?\n- How do we understand and use language?\n- What are emotions?\n- What makes different groups of people dislike each other?\nStudents studying with the Department of Psychology can look forward to learning about the scientific method, and how to apply it to understand what people do, and why they do it. They will learn about the basic research that has been conducted into individual, interpersonal, and intergroup behaviour. And they will learn how this basic knowledge is applied to understanding real-world problems, including treating mental disorders, allowing effective industrial and organisational behaviour, and maximising learning in educational environments.\nOur Major students can also choose elective courses from the Humanities and Social Sciences Department , which is a great way to extend one's knowledge of other approaches to understanding human behaviour; they can also choose courses from the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences."}
{"text":"Halitosis or more widely known as Bad breath is the embarrassing smelly odor coming from your mouth or breath. You might have problems with bad breath and not have any success in finding the cause of the problem. So you may like to know that there can be a few things that can contribute to bad breath.\nKeep a log of the foods you eat. If your bad breath is not being caused by a problem in your mouth, it could be the things you eat.\n- Also known as Halitosis\n- Bad breath can be caused by the foods you eat and improper oral hygiene.\n- Untreated gum disease may be the cause of Persistent bad breath\n- Poorly fitting dentures and/or other devices can also cause bad breath if not cleaned properly.\n- Yeast infections of the mouth, Cavities, Dry mouth, Illnesses\n- Good oral hygiene can prevent bad breath\n- See your dentist on a regular basis\n- Stop smoking or using smokeless tobacco\n- Drink lots of water\nBad breath may be caused by the foods you eat.\nOdors in your breath may be caused by bacteria in your mouth. Plaque can build up and bacteria can continue to grow if left untreated. The bacteria can give off the odor that may cause your bad breath. Ongoing bad breath may the symptom of a bigger problem. Gum disease can also lead to the growth of bacteria. The bacteria under your gums could be contributing to the cause of your bad breath. An improperly fitting denture or device may cause bad breath if bacteria can get trapped in a pocket or crack.\nThe best thing to do to prevent bad breath is good oral hygiene. Visit your dentist on a regular basis for routine cleanings, and brush and floss regularly. This will reduce the amount of bacteria in your mouth. We also suggest bringing your appliances such as night guards, retainers, dentures, and partials with you to your routine checkups twice a year to have them cleaned professionally.\n**Another good tip is to brush your tongue with a tongue cleaner which can sometimes be found on your toothbrush!!!"}
{"text":"Everyone will have an experience of playing in an enormous sand box or on a beach in their childhood. Such a “sand play,” in which anyone from children to adults can easily enjoy with deep concentration, is the origin of sand sculptures, and many sand sculptors have been successful around the world. Sand sculpturing is the art, you just carve a mass of sand hardened with water. Since the material is sand, there is always a danger of collapse from the start of creation through completion. Though it is a wonderful art work, it is prone to collapse and is temporal. The frailty produces the beauty of sand sculpture. Sand sculptors are challenged by sand, which is easily collapses. Sand sculptures which come into existence like this, continue to surprise and greatly excite many people.\nSand sculpturing is the art just carved on a mass of sand hardened with water. Big sculptures exhibited in “The Sand Museum” need the construction of a pyramid-shaped wooden formwork to harden the sand, but anyone can make a small one rather easily. Let’s do it together!"}
{"text":"In today's early childhood programs, there is a growing emphasis on skill-building. Families can become willing partners in providing developmentally appropriate math and science experiences at home. Here are ways to partner with families:\n- Through your regular school communication channels-family letters, newsletters, online messages-share information about the math and science activities you are doing in the classroom.\n- If family members work in a job related to math and science, ask them to come for a visit to talk about their work.\n- Send home directions for making Oobleck, or other cooking activities, so that families can try them out with children.\n- Encourage parents to take children on \"Shape Hunting Walks.\" These can be easily done on the way to the supermarket or playground.\n- Suggest that letting children help with chores-such as sorting laundry, pairing socks, putting groceries into sets, and sorting silverware-is a great way to reinforce math skills.\n- If possible, arrange a school and family trip to a local children's science or discovery museum.\n- Encourage families to visit their local science resources-children's museums, aquariums, parks, science museums, and botanical gardens.\n- Give parents some ideas for \"bathtub science\"-providing measuring cups, funnels, and tubes as bathtub toys. They can also provide a variety of sink and float objects-a small rock, a plastic spoon, and other small and large plastic objects.\n- Invite family members into the classroom to participate in activities where extra adults would be helpful."}
{"text":"As a society, we are addicted to refined sugar which leads to many health problems. Sugar is toxic to the body! In his article, Chris Kresser has put together a great resource for information on the dangers of refined sugar.\nWhy Sugar is Toxic to the Body?\n- Sugar feeds cancer cells and has been connected with the development of cancer of the breast, ovaries, prostate, rectum, pancreas, lung, gallbladder and stomach.\n- Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose and can cause reactive hypoglycemia.\n- Sugar can cause many problems with the gastrointestinal tract, including an acidic digestive tract, indigestion, malabsorption in patients with functional bowel disease, increased risk of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.\n- Sugar can interfere with your absorption of protein.\n- Sugar can cause food allergies.\n- Sugar contributes to weight gain and obesity\nWhat’s in sugar?\nWhite table sugar (sucrose) is composed of two sugars: glucose and fructose. Glucose is an important nutrient in our bodies and is healthy, as long as it’s consumed in moderation.\nFructose is found primarily in fruits and vegetables, and sweeteners like sugar and high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Naturally occurring fructose is not an essential nutrient, like glucose, but when consumed in the form of whole foods it is easily handled by the body.\nRefined sugar is particularly problematic because it tends to promote unintentional overeating. Studies have shown that people that consume a lot of refined sugar do not tend to compensate by reducing calories elsewhere in the diet. This doesn’t happen with fruit or other whole foods that contain glucose or fructose. When people add fruit to their diet, they reduce their calorie intake elsewhere to compensate.\nI guess that pretty much summarizes why you should avoid refined sugar. Trust me, I know it’s not an easy habit to kick, but it is definitely possible."}
{"text":"Endocrine disrupting compounds\nEndocrine disruptors are exogenous substances that alter function(s) of the endocrine system and consequently cause adverse health effects in an intact organism, or its progeny, or (sub)populations .\nEndocrine systems are found in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animal species. The endocrine system is made up of glands which secrete hormones to body fluids, and receptor cells which detect and react to the hormones. The hormones act as chemical messengers. Hormones bind to cells that contain matching receptors in or on their surfaces, much like a key would fit into a lock.\nDisruption of the endocrine system can occur in various ways. Some chemicals mimic a natural hormone, fooling the body into over-responding to the stimulus, or responding at inappropriate times. Other endocrine disruptors block the receptor site on a cell. Still others directly stimulate or inhibit the endocrine system and cause overproduction or underproduction of hormones. The substances that show these effects are known as Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) or Hormone Disrupting Chemicals (HDCs).\nThe most conspicuous EDCs are those that affect reproduction. EDCs have been demonstrated to markedly affect animal populations in the coastal environment.\n- International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) http://www.who.int/ipcs/en/"}
{"text":"During the reigns of three successive kings named Augustus in the 18th century, the city of Dresden became a haven for culture and Baroque architecture. Buildings such as the Japanese Palace, the Pillnitz Castle, and the Taschenbergpalais gave the city one of the most distinctive skylines in Europe and earned it the nickname “The Jewel Box.” Despite the World War II bombing by British and American forces that destroyed many historic structures, the city has emerged from behind the Iron Curtain to resume its place as a center of German culture. Now, a few days before the anniversary of those bombings, the Kimbell opens its new exhibition, The Lure of Dresden: Bellotto at the Court of Saxony.\nBernardo Bellotto, a nephew and student of Canaletto, was an Italian cityscape painter who emulated his uncle’s shatteringly clear landscapes of Venice. Bellotto moved to Dresden in 1747 at the request of King Augustus III and captured the city in its pomp, possibly using a camera obscura to help him render Dresden’s architectural splendors in such fine detail. More than just pieces of art, these are historical documents that have guided the urban planners of Dresden as they have worked to restore and rebuild their city. These treasures have been kept in this city on the Elbe River, but thanks to a generous loan, you can see them here.\nThe Lure of Dresden: Bellotto at the Court of Saxony runs Sun thru Apr 28 at the Kimbell Art Museum, 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd, FW. Tickets are $14-18. Call 817-332-845"}
{"text":"This course examines the range and diversity of male social roles assumed by boys, adolescent males, and adult men within U.S. families, communities, and society. As a nation of immigrants, political and religious refugees, and descendants of African slaves, nativity and cultural origins of families residing in the United States often influence and potentially clash with historical and evolving American ideals and notions about normative male social roles within an evolving multi-racial and multi-cultural society. With respect to male social roles in families residing in the United States, particular attention is given to how race and/or ethnicity, citizenship and generational status, residence duration and stability, social class status, and cultural expectations affect the assumption and performance of expected male social roles.\nDefinitions of family and an overview of family structures are initially examined, followed by a developmental examination on male social roles within families and how boyhood, adolescent and adult male social roles are affected by family structure, socio-economic status, historical and cultural family origins, citizenship status, and individual/family engagement with the broader society. The succeeding component of the course examines male social roles within neighborhood and community contexts and how boyhood, adolescent and adult male social roles external to the family are influenced by engagement within these contexts. The final component of the course examines civic engagement and societal male social roles assumed by boys, and adolescent and adult males."}
{"text":"Bzip stands for Bzip compressed archive files. You may open these files with Bzip or Winrar softwares.\nThese are the files which compressed by Bzip software. You may see Bzip software installed on Unix operating systems.\nBzip system is slower than Gzip but it can achieve much higher compression ratios. The file extension was changed to bzip2 by the latest versions of the software. You can see this extension as BZ2 in some systems.\nYou can try current version of Winrar software to open bzip files. You may download Winrar free from different web pages.\nWhat to use bzip\nwhich page related to bzip file\nbzip Related Searches\nYou can check related links about bzip fileextension."}
{"text":"The cavitating propeller wake is investigated in detail using PIV and shadow graph techniques to figure out the trace ability of bubble type of tracers, naturally generated by the decrease of the static pressure in a cavitation tunnel. Experiments are conducted in the conditions of the cavitating propeller wake containing strong vortices. The flow behaviors of bubble tracers are compared with those of normal solid particles. The bubbles grown from the nuclei melted in the cavitation tunnel could not influence on the additional buoyancy, producing good trace ability in the uniform flow. The comparison between bubbles and solids shows some discrepancies in the area around the tip vortex core of cavitating propeller wake. The slip velocity, indicating the difference of moving velocities between bubble and solid, induces rather high difference in the vorticity values of it. The results of comparison in terms of vorticity values showed good agreement in the region of mild ReS (Reynolds number based on the slip velocity), however, disagreement at high ReS over 1000. The large slip velocity and high ReS provided a velocity difference, especially in the high velocity gradient region. The slipstream region gives a range of 15 <ReS < 75; however, ReS is about 1000 at a high velocity gradient region of a tip vortex. The fitted vorticity reduction rate would give a reference for the prediction in a real flow when bubble tracers are utilized in PIV measurements of a vortical flow. The vorticity reduction rates are obtained according to the bubble size which is considered to affect the slip effect in the high velocity gradient region\nTo submit an update or takedown request for this paper, please submit an Update/Correction/Removal Request."}
{"text":"VLSI Design of a 16-bit Pipelined RISC Processor\n- Tannu Chhabra, Md Tauheed Khan\n- International Journal of Electronics and Computer Science Engineering ico_openaccess\n- in 2012\n- Cited Count\n- DOAJ CORE\n- Engineering > Computer Science\n- RISC processor, Pipelining, VLSI, FPGA, Computer Architecture, Real-time embedded systems, System on Chip (SoC), Electronic computers. Computer science, QA75.5-76.95, Instruments and machines, QA71-90, Mathematics, QA1-939, Science, DOAJ:Computer Science, DOAJ:Technology and Engineering\nIn this paper we have described the design of a 16-bit pipelined RISC processor for applications in real-time embedded systems. The processor executes most of the instructions in single machine cycle making it ideal for use in high speed systems. The processor has been designed to be implemented on an FPGA using VHDL such that one can reconfigure it according to specific requirements of the target applications. The processor is powerful enough to be used as a stand-alone processing element and is generic enough to be used in multi-processor System on Chip.\nNo relevant information is available\nIf you register references through the customer center, the reference information will be registered as soon as possible."}
{"text":"by Jonathan Edwards\nEnter your search query for this book.\nResults will appear here as you type.\nWritten in 1746 during the First Great Awakening, Religious Affections remains\nan important and challenging Christian treatise. Concerned that many people do\nnot display true \"religious affections,\" Jonathan Edwards attempts to\n\"discern...wherein true religion does consist.\" Balancing between extreme\n\"intellectualism\" and extreme \"emotionalism,\" Edwards argues that emotions are\nan important part of true religion, but that one must distinguish between\nlegitimate and illegitimate emotions. He provides both \"negative\" or unreliable\nsigns of true religious emotions, and \"positive\" or reliable signs of true\nreligious emotions. Religious Affections is thus profitable for study even\ntoday, and many contemporary theologians and pastors have found Edward's work\ninsightful and significant. For its historical importance and its continuing\ninsights, Religious Affections is highly recommended.\nCCEL Staff Writer\nReviews provided by goodreads.com\nLogin to make annotations and highlights while reading a book."}
{"text":"The UN Security Council has approved a resolution that demands warring governments and factions act to halt violence against women, calling rape a war crime and a component of genocide.\nSexual violence in war is nothing new. Accounts of women being raped by conquering armies as “spoils of war” go back centuries. But the resolution says rape is not just a by-product of war, but a military tactic. In recent times, the Balkan wars of the 1990s alerted the world to the use of rape as a weapon of conflict.\nUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council that violence against women had reached “unspeakable and pandemic proportions” in some places recovering from conflict.\nThe resolution was welcomed as a “historic achievement” by Human Rights Watch, which said the world body had all too often ignored the problem.\nThese days, the problem is worst in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Major General Patrick Cammaert told the meeting he witnessed the impact of rape as a UN peacekeeping commander in eastern Congo. He described such violence as a “particularly potent tool of war”, as it dehumanizes its victims. “It has probably become more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier in an armed conflict”, he said.\nIt’s not just warring factions that are accused of rape. UN peacekeepers themselves have been accused of sexual offenses in several countries. The resolution calls for more vigilance in stopping and preventing such abuses.\nIts practical impact, however, remains unclear. Ban is expected to report back on its implementation in a year.\n(Cross-posted at The F Word on 20 June 2008)\n©2008 Helen G"}
{"text":"Bananas are good for you because they are an excellent source of potassium; one medium-sized banana has 422 milligrams of potassium, which is 12 percent of the USDA recommended daily requirement, according to Health. Bananas are also rich in fiber, with three 3 grams per serving, and they provide nearly 20 percent of the daily recommended requirement for vitamins B6 and C.Continue Reading\nIn addition, bananas may play a part in weight loss since they are a good source of resistant starch that is used slowly by the body, making them a natural suppressant of the appetite and metabolic booster. Resistant starches like bananas encourage the liver to start burning fat. Slightly green bananas are the richest source of resistant starch, with more than twice the amount of resistant starch than ripe bananas.\nThe high potassium content in bananas may be helpful in regulating blood pressure since potassium helps move salt out of the body, according to Health. In the body, potassium helps the kidneys to let go of excess fluid and sodium.\nBananas are also a good source of prebiotics, which are carbohydrates that the body cannot digest. Prebiotics help to maintain a healthy gut because they supply food for probiotics and help good bacteria in the gut to grow. Other sources of prebiotics are garlic, onions, asparagus and raisins.Learn more about Nutritional Content"}
{"text":"Searching Open Reading Frames (ORF) in DNA sequences - ORF Finder\nOpen reading frames (ORF) are regions on DNA which are translated into protein. They are in between start and stop codons and they are usually long.\nThe Python script below searches for ORFs in six frames and returns the longest one. It doesn’t consider start codon as a delimiter and only splits the sequence by stop codons. So the ORF can start with any codon but ends with a stop codon (TAG, TGA, TAA). Six frames are the sequence itself and its reverse complement, and each has three frames obtained by shifting one nucleotide right twice.\nThere are also local and online tools that perform the same task. My suggestions are:"}
{"text":"Czech resistance fighters attacked Reinhard Heydrich, acting governor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, in an ambush near Prague in May 1942. Heydrich died of his wounds on June 4, 1942. In retaliation for the attack, the Germans destroyed the village of Lidice on June 10, 1942. The Germans shot all the men in the village and deported most of the women and children to camps in Germany. This footage shows destroyed homes and German officials inspecting the remains of the village.\nWe would like to thank Crown Family Philanthropies and the Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation for supporting the ongoing work to create content and resources for the Holocaust Encyclopedia. View the list of all donors."}
{"text":"First level - Suggested Activity\nBackground Notes for Teachers\nThis series of activities will help young people understand that in large, charitable organisations such as RZSS, a huge number of people with different skills, abilities and training are needed to ensure the smooth running and continued success of the organisation.\nThey will be able to understand and describe some of the jobs that people do, both at Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park and appreciate the diversity of opportunities available.\nAfter finding out about some of the careers available at RZSS, pupils will be able to reflect on the information and then discuss and write about the job they would like to do when they leave school, college or university."}
{"text":"It's been 100 years since the founding of NASA's predecessor — the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, or NACA.\nWhile NACA, which was formed in 1915, doesn't have the same recognition that NASA does for, say, landing on the moon or launching Space Shuttles, the organization helped lay the groundwork for U.S. accomplishments in aeronautics and space exploration. During and after World War II, the NACA helped develop vital innovations like retractable landing gear and jet engine compressors, according to a NASA press release.\nNACA's 7,500 employees and $300 million in assets transitioned to NASA on Oct. 1, 1958. Eventually, one former NACA employee — Neil Armstrong — was the first human to set foot on the moon."}
{"text":"It's an easy visual reference that shows whether your dinner plate is a healthy one: The brighter, more vibrantly colored the foods, the better they are for you -- especially when it comes to vegetables.\nWhile it's true that vibrant vegetables like kale contain greater levels of vitamin K and other nutrients than their paler counterparts, like iceberg lettuce, it isn't a hard-and-fast rule [source: Erway]. Many pigment-challenged vegetables get a bad rap. The truth is, some phytochemicals that make vibrant vegetables good for you are also present in pale or white vegetables because some phytochemicals are colorless [source: Produce for Better Health Foundation].\nCelery, for example, is so well known for its soft and soothing color that it's a popular moniker for interior paint colors and decorator fabrics. But don't assume this understated veggie is a weakling when it comes to nutrition. Celery is a nutritional powerhouse packed with vitamins, calcium, and phthalides that can lower blood pressure. Cabbage is another example of a pale vegetable that can hold its own against bell peppers and green beans. Cabbage is high in vitamin C and has been connected to a lower cancer risk. So have onions, which are rich in compounds that help prevent heart disease. And cauliflower, despite its lack of color, has lots of isothiocyanates, indoles and vitamin C to help fight cancer [source: Nutrition and You]."}
{"text":"Malostranské náměstí: Cathedral of Saint Nicholas\nThe monumental cathedral of Saint Nicholas was begun in the late 1670s as the centrepiece of the recatholicization of Bohemia following the Thirty Years’ War. In 1702 the great Prague architect Kryštof Dientzenhofer took over the project, finishing the nave and west end in 1711. His son Kilián Ignác was responsible for the vault and landmark dome as well as the extravagant interior, while the tower was finished in 1752 by Kilián’s son-in-law Anselmo Lurago.\nThe church, which dominates Prague’s Malá Strana (Lesser Quarter), has long been considered one of the world’s greatest examples of baroque design. The interior is decorated with stunning trompe-l’oeil frescoes by the Vienna-born Jan Lukáš Kracker."}
{"text":"Grigorenko and Sternberg (1997) administered 199 gifted senior high school students with TSQ (Thinking Style Questionnaire) and Triarchical Aptitude Test, and found Legislative and Judicial styles were found effective in predicting the performance of analytic tasks and that the correspondence between teachers' and students' thinking styles facilitates learning. The study intends to explore teachers' and students' thinking styles and their interaction. The main purposes of the study are to Explore teachers 'background factors, teachers' thinking styles, and their relationships with instructional activities. Explore instructional activities, students' thinking styles, learning satisfaction and their relationships with academic achievement. Explore the similarity between teachers and students thinking styles, and its relationships with learning satisfaction and academic achievement. Subjects of the study include 256 teachers of 33 primary schools in Taiwan. 425 grade fifth- and six-grade senior primary school students. Instruments on teachers include Thinking Style Questionnaire for Teachers, TSQT and Instructional Behaviours Self Inventory. Instruments on students include Thinking Style Questionnaire, and Learning Perception Satisfaction CheckList. Statistical methods used in this study include Pearson's Product Moment Correlation, one-way ANOVA, one-way MANOVA, and Canonical Correlation. In summary, the results of the study basically supported Sternberg's Mental Self-Government theory (1988,1990,1997), and further research deserves exploring in a future study."}
{"text":"If we want girls to succeed, we need to teach them the audacity to transgress. Through the lives of students at three very different schools, an award-winning scholar-activist makes the case for “feminist schools” that orient girls toward a lifetime of achievement.\nThis bold and necessary book points out a simple and overlooked truth: most schools never had girls in mind to begin with. That is why the world needs what Sally Nuamah calls “feminist schools,” deliberately designed to provide girls with achievement-oriented identities. And she shows how these schools would help all students, regardless of their gender.\nEducated women raise healthier families, build stronger communities, and generate economic opportunities for themselves and their children. Yet millions of disadvantaged girls never make it to school—and too many others drop out or fail. Upending decades of advice and billions of dollars in aid, Nuamah argues that this happens because so many challenges girls confront—from sexual abuse to unequal access to materials and opportunities—go unaddressed. But it isn’t enough just to go to school. What you learn there has to prepare you for the world where you’ll put that knowledge to work.\nA compelling and inspiring scholar who has founded a nonprofit to test her ideas, Nuamah reveals that developing resilience is not a gender-neutral undertaking. Preaching grit doesn’t help girls; it actively harms them. Drawing on her deep immersion in classrooms in the United States, Ghana, and South Africa, Nuamah calls for a new approach: creating feminist schools that will actively teach girls how and when to challenge society’s norms, and allow them to carve out their own paths to success."}
{"text":"Since its creation in 1994, the Los Palos Golf in Tenerife has believed that it is necessary to go together with good environmental actions.\nAware from the beginning of safeguarding the environment in which it is located, a series of environmentally responsible measures have been implemented.\nGolf Los Palos has compiled the actions undertaken in the facilities giving an idea of the effort made to achieve the objectives that at the time were set out in the policy and action plan to obtain the Biosphere Golf certificate.\n- We use products with environmental guarantee\n- Reduction of light pollution with the use of energy-saving lamps and lights that do not focus on the sky\n- We purify our water and irrigate with recycled water\n- We save water and energy\n- We take measures to protect native and foreign fauna\n- We integrate our native flora\n- We apply a policy of socio-cultural integration\n- We contribute to greater environmental education\nGolf enthusiasts, usually nature lovers, will be able to learn about the course and its relationship with the natural environment by looking at the information panels (each one is presented in colour) how it preserves and shelters varieties of wildlife.\nA good environmental communication is not such if it is not accompanied by attractive information and supports. There are some things you can do:\nSet out in the policy and action plan for obtaining the Biosphere Golf certificate.\n- Respect the signs of the birds’ refuge\n- Plants must not be uprooted or trampled\n- Recycle waste in appropriate containers\n- Reuse instead of throwing away\n- Reduce the use of packaging"}
{"text":"Beginning with a few thousand Turks who came over as \"guest workers \" in the 1960s, Germany's Muslim community has grown to more than 2 million encompassing a host of different nationalities today. There is not one major German city where the spires of a mosque can't be seen reaching out among the housetops. Headscarves on the street have become as familiar as the sausage stand on the corner.\nAs their numbers grow, so does their desire to assert their presence. For the most part, Germany's politicians have treated Islam's growing influence with gloved hands. But the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and their roots in a small mosque in Hamburg threw the community into sharper focus. Muslims responded by becoming more vocal and demonstrative in asserting their religious rights, sparking already simmering debates on the place the headscarf holds in German society and whether Muslim parents have the right to bend school rules.\nDW-WORLD looks at some of the issues confronting German society as Muslim influence grows."}
{"text":"Woodbury, New York\n9 ft. 3/4 in. x 17 ft. 3 in. (panel)\nGift of Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, John B. Dunn, William B. Codling and Edwin N. Rowley, 1910 (10.183)\nThe Hewlett Room came to the Metropolitan Museum from a house built for a member of the John Hewlett family in Woodbury, New York, in the middle of the eighteenth century. One of the only surviving photographs of the house shows a five-bay, one-and-a-half-story building perched atop a high basement. The 1911 Museum Bulletin announcing the acquisition of the woodwork from the house described its plan as having four rooms on the principal floor and no center hall. The lack of a center hall made the plan of this house more like that of the pre-Georgian Hart House. However, the decoration of the house's parlor participated fully in the Georgian aesthetic.\nHidden beneath smooth plaster walls, the structure of the house no longer served as a decorative element. Instead, the decoration consists of applied moldings based on classical profiles. The molded chair rail, cornice, and door and window surrounds are the result of woodworking planes drawn over boards to create pleasingly curved surfaces. They reflect the skills and toolbox of the cabinetmaker as much as the housewright.\nThe artistry of the craftsman is most evident in the room's fireplace wall. This fully paneled wall draws together a variety of classical elements from one of the many popular English pattern books of the period. Though the wall is not symmetrical, the rhythmic application of Doric fluted pilasters gives the overall composition a sense of order and proportion. A provincial interpretation of these classical devices, the two small pilasters above the fireplace appear to rest on thin air. The China cupboard to the left of the fireplace is set within a decorative Palladian arch. A smaller arch beneath the cupboard is framed by two additional fluted pilasters. Inside the cupboard, a Rococo shell forms the base of the cove, its ridges radiating outward."}
{"text":"As the state rushes to vaccinate its residents against the coronavirus, one population group continues to lag.\nState data shows that just about 30% of those ages 16 to 19 have gotten at least one shot.\nIn San Diego that number is even lower, only 4% of teens 16-19 have been vaccinated, according to county data.\n“It’s okay to be afraid, it's not okay to not look at the data and the scientific research that we have,” said Ilan Shapiro, MD, Medical Director for Health Education and Wellness. “You’ll be protected with the vaccine and that's the best way that we can ensure your family and friends are safe.”\nGetting more young people vaccinated is critical for our state's effort to control the virus.\n“If the virus continues to mutate, a lot of the people who are already vaccinated, we just don't know if the virus will mutate so fast that the vaccines will stop working,” said Shapiro.\nHe adds that teens are less likely to suffer from severe COVID-19 symptoms or die from the virus, but if unvaccinated, they will continue to spread the virus to those who are at greater risk.\n“We have been seeing in the past few weeks that actually 25% of all the new cases are actually related to pediatric patients and that's a record,” said Shapiro.\nIn an effort to get more teens vaccinated, San Diego Unified School District is organizing clinics at schools for kids 16 and older and their families.\n“I'm glad that the schools are giving the vaccines to kids because the kids are the ones that are the ones who are more out and they should be the ones who are safer,” said an SDUSD parent."}
{"text":"Targeted Drug Delivery\nUsing an in-vitro model which reconstructs a human eye, research into the reaction between eye and biomaterial, such as a contact lens, no only will reduce the need for animal testing and expensive clinical trials, it will eventually lead to better drug delivery systems and therapies for glaucoma and cataract patients.\nSports engineering research\nProfessor John McPhee's team studies the dynamics and controls of human interaction with mechatronic systems. Their goals are to improve athletic performance and safety through a deeper understanding of biomechanics, mechatronic training devices and equipment.\nRevolutionizing water treatment\nMany hazardous contaminants in water cannot be removed by conventional technologies like filtration, chlorination and ultraviolet radiation. Professor Frank Gu explains how his team can remove pollutants using nanotechnology and titanium dioxide, and lead the creation of next generation water treatment.\nProfessor Sujeet Chaudhuri, Co-Director, Centre for Intelligent Antenna and Radio Systems explains how the world-class facility at Waterloo is designed to completely absorb reflections of sound and electromagnetic waves. The research will advance wireless technologies in smartphones, cars, healthcare and much more.\nSusan Tighe's research is focused on sustainable pavement, and designing infrastructure with a long, efficient life, reducing the need for later maintenance. Waterloo Engineering's laboratory facilities allow Susan and her research group to test their pavement designs under extreme conditions, something that they couldn't do anywhere else in Canada."}
{"text":"Creative Writing class recently read “The Rose That Grew From Concrete” by Tupac Shakur.\n\"Did you hear about the rose that grew\nFrom a crack in the concrete?\nProving nature’s law is wrong it\nLearned to walk without having feet.\nFunny it seems, but by keeping its dreams,\nIt learned to breathe fresh air.\nLong live the rose that grew from concrete\nWhen no one else ever cared.\"\nAs part of this cross-curricular assignment, students were asked to write their own poem and choose a flower as a metaphor for overcoming adversity.\nHere is a sample of the finished product!"}
{"text":"These two words are often used interchangeably, and there is some confusion about their exact meanings, probably because forcemeat, which is finely chopped and usually made of spiced meat or poultry, is often an ingredient in stuffings. Both are used to fill meat, poultry and vegetables and have been used for centuries, especially to make roast meat go farther and to add flavor and moistness.\nThe staple ingredients for stuffings are breadcrumbs, which add bulk, and egg, which binds the stuffing mixture together. This can be confusing for cooks because it is natural to think that breadcrumbs will make stuffings stodgy, and that the egg will make it creamy because it visibly loosens the mixture when added to it. But, in fact, a high proportion of breadcrumbs will give a soft and tender stuffing, while using too much egg makes a stuffing stodgy once it has been cooked and the egg has set.\n** Asian Recipes"}
{"text":"George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States (1989–93). He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President (1981–89), a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.\nBush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to Senator Prescott Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush. Following the attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941, at the age of 18, Bush postponed going to college and became the youngest aviator in the US Navy at the time. He served until the end of the war, then attended Yale University. Graduating in 1948, he moved his family to West Texas and entered the oil business, becoming a millionaire by the age of 40.\nHe became involved in politics soon after founding his own oil company, serving as a member of the House of Representatives, among other positions. He ran unsuccessfully for president of the United States in 1980, but was chosen by party nominee Ronald Reagan to be the vice presidential nominee, and the two were subsequently elected. During his tenure, Bush headed administration task forces on deregulation and fighting drug abuse."}
{"text":"A form of stately and elaborate lyric poetry, an ode is usually marked by exaltation of its subject. In ancient Greece, where the ode originated, it was sung and accompanied by dance. These odes followed a rigid pattern of meter and structure and often were written to celebrate a special occasion, such as the Olympic Games. Modern odes usually do not follow the formal structures of ancient odes.\nThe Greek poet Alcman, of the 7th century bc, originated the strophic arrangement of the ode, which is a rhythmic system composed of two or more lines repeated as a unit. Another Greek poet, Stesichorus (7th–6th century bc), invented the triadic, or three-part, structure—strophic lines followed by antistrophic lines in the same meter, concluding with a summary line, called an epode, in a different meter. Odes that follow this pattern are known as Pindaric odes, after the 5th-century Greek poet Pindar. Choral odes were also an integral part of Greek drama.\nDuring the 1st century bc the Roman lyric poet Horace popularized carmina (songs), written in stanzas of two or four lines of polished Greek meters. Poems that follow this structure are known as Horatian odes. Both Pindaric and Horatian ode forms were revived during the Renaissance and continue to influence lyric poetry.\nEnglish Romantic poets of the 19th century, such as William Wordsworth, John Keats, and Percy Bysshe Shelley, wrote irregular odes in which stanza length and meter do not exactly conform to either the Pindaric or Horatian form. Examples include Keats’s Ode to a Nightingale (1820), Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind (1820), and Wordsworth’s Ode: Intimations of Immortality (1807), an11-stanza poem with some Pindaric elements.\nIn pre-Islamic Arabic poetry, the ode flourished in the form of the qasidah. Two great collections date from the 8th and 9th centuries."}
{"text":"I'd like my preschooler to have better table manners. Where do I start?\nBegin with the idea that mealtimes are pleasant and that good behavior makes them more fun for everyone. Talk with your preschooler about the importance of good manners, and encourage him to think of himself as a polite person. Set realistic expectations, then gently reinforce them until they become habit.\nWhat can I teach him at this age?\nYour child isn't ready for the finer points of well-mannered dining (such as which fork to use for the cake), but he's old enough to start learning and even perform the basics — depending, of course, on whether he's just turned 2 or is approaching kindergarten age.\nSome behaviors to teach and encourage at this age:\n- Hand washing before coming to the table\n- No toys at the table\n- No throwing or grabbing food\n- No banging utensils\n- No spitting food out\n- No yelling or running around the room while others are eating\n- Saying \"please\" and \"thank you\"\n- Using utensils instead of fingers when appropriate\n- Asking to be excused at the end of the meal (a nice touch is to teach him to thank the person who prepared the meal)\n- Clearing dishes from the table to the sink or counter (if the path is clear and the dishes are replaceable)\nSome older preschoolers (those who enjoy learning to act \"grown up\") can handle a few more details. Your child might like to know how to put his napkin in his lap and use it to wipe his mouth, to take small bites, and to chew with his mouth closed. He can learn not to slurp his beverage (by leaving some in the bottom of the glass), to wait until everyone is served before starting to eat, and to comment nicely on the foods he likes (but not on those that are \"yucky\"). Mealtime is a great opportunity for him to polish his communication skills, too, so be sure to include him in discussions."}
{"text":"I've found GRIN and PLANTS to be useful databases (those links both go to H. glabra). Both databases provide links to other databases, and in the case of GRIN, references to dead-tree publications.\nBy starting there and following links, I end up at efloras (another useful database that links out to yet more). Here, I see:\nRoadsides, dry or rocky, sandy places; 0-1200 m\nBoth efloras and PLANTS have maps showing the US distribution, and both mention worldwide distribution. One link to a European database yields a page that says:\nDistribution: Al Au Be Br Bu Co Cz Da Ge Gr He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm Rs(B,C,W,K,E) ?Sa Si Su Tu [Fe No Rs(N)]\nMost of Europe except the extreme north\nBased on this information, you can at least make a guess about the climate and soil. Some of the primary sources cited in these databases may give you some of the community information you are looking for. You will probably need to go to a university library to find some of those publications.\nBeware that garden plants may be so completely bred and domesticated that finding a \"native community\" doesn't make sense. You might instead have to look at wild ancestors of a given plant.\nI just added a note to this question about scientific research on companion planting and it occurs to me that it may be relevant here as well. You may be able to glean information about native plant communities by researching permaculture \"guilds\", which are groups of plants assembled by permaculture practitioners that work well together. Guilds aren't necessarily copied from natural plant communities, but they are often inspired by plants that work well together in nature. This would be an alternate starting point on your paper chase, providing a different viewpoint on how things fit together."}
{"text":"The most direct ancestor of today's familiar noughts & crosses is a more advanced game called \"nine holes\". Unlike noughts & crosses, nine holes cannot be played as a pencil and paper game, but requires pieces that can be moved around. This makes it a true board game. The board is usually, literally, nine holes cut in three rows of three, each hole big enough to take a pebble or other small piece. The rules of the game are as follows:\n1. Nine holes is played by two players on a board of 3 rows of 3 spaces. The board starts empty, and each player has in his hand 3 pieces of his own colour, black or white.\n2. Black beginning, each player in his turn places a piece from his hand into an empty place. This continues until all pieces have been placed, or until one player has formed a horizontal or vertical row of three. A player forming such a row has won the game.\n3. If all pieces have been placed without forming a row of three, then each player in turn (beginning with black again) takes one of his pieces from the board and places it in another empty space. As before, a player forming such a row wins the game.\n4. Note that in this game, diagonal rows do not count for anything.\nThe game is clearly related to three men's morris, though the pattern is easier to mark out, and movement is more free in this game. The board has been found carved into the cloisters of many monastic churches, and its play was recorded as recently as 1699."}
{"text":"Personal Area Network:- The communication network established for the purpose of connecting computer devices of personal use is known as the personal area network PAN.When a network is established by connecting phone lines to personal digital devices or PDAs (personal digital assistants), this communication is known as PAN (Personal Area Network).\nHow does PAN works:- The basic purpose of establishing PAN (Personal Area Network) is provide a communication channel to the individuals, who want to carry their own digital devices .however at the same they want to stay in contact with the network. PAN (Personal Area Network) networks often cover an area of 30 feet. Personal computer devices may include palm tops mobile phones, potable media players, play stations and net books. These devices help a person to browse internet while traveling, to write notes and to send instant messages. These personal digital devices assist a person to develop networks and communicate via intranet, internet or even extranet. There are many wireless technologies which are helpful in developing wireless personal area network. Personal area networks (PAN) are developed either using cables or wireless technologies.Wireless PAN (Personal Area Network) is connected to the wired PAN (Personal Area Network) system either using firewire or USB.\n——————— Thank you"}
{"text":"Despite all the data provided by researchers, it seems that a spacecraft mission to Europa would be necessary to determine whether the moon’s ocean can “sustain a flow of electrons which might provide the energy to power life”.\nNASA scientists have managed to obtain more evidence that the frozen oceans of one of Jupiter’s moons, Europa, may actually harbour life, Universe Today reports.\nAccording to the media outlet, the new research was presented at the annual Goldschmidt Conference this year, and is primarily based on the data supplied by Galileo mission which reached Jupiter back in 1995.\nIn their work, which is yet to undergo a peer review, M. Melwani Daswani and S. D. Vance from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory postulate that Europe’s oceans formed endogenously, via “breakdown of water-containing minerals due to either tidal forces or radioactive decay”.\nAs Daswani explained, while originally “it was thought” that the ocean in question “could still be rather sulfuric”, their “simulations, coupled with data from the Hubble Space Telescope, showing chloride on Europa’s surface, suggests that the water most likely became chloride rich”.\nHowever, Steve Mojzsis, Professor of Geology at the University of Colorado, who wasn’t involved in the research, pointed out that it remains to be seen whether an ocean like the one on Europa can “sustain a flow of electrons which might provide the energy to power life”, and as the media outlet notes, such question can only be answered by sending a spacecraft there."}
{"text":"Pharmacological Levels of Zinc in Nursery Diets – A Review\nUniversity of Nebraska 1995 Swine Day Report. Zinc plays significant roles in pig nutrition and health. A zinc deficiency is manifested by skin lesions known as parakeratosis; poor feed intake; slow growth; diarrhea; and atrophy of the thymus, a gland important in immunological competence. Zinc ions may interact with E. coli by inhibiting the ability of E. coli to respire and therefore reducing its activity. In addition, recent University of Nebraska research indicates that zinc ions cause the organism responsible for swine dysentery (S. hyodysenteriae) to produce less toxin. On the other hand, too much zinc in the feed will cause growth depression, arthritis, and ultimately death."}
{"text":"‘Adventures in the Cloud World’ – aimed at children aged 6 to 12 – follows Bella and Nini’s adventures to Cloud World as they seek to better understand the internet after their Wi-Fi turns off at home. In Cloud World, they meet JB, a programmable machine that processes information, who explains how data centers work and asks for their help in the server room to find loose connections.\nThe creativity of ‘Adventures in the Cloud World’ is a lovely way to speak to young children, about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and the endless possibilities. The book has been written to help young children better understand the world they live in by having a better grasp of the science behind technology, as well as highlighting how data centers are foundational to so much of the technology they interact with every day.\n‘Adventures in the Cloud World’ is now available in six different languages and aims to build children’s curiosity around connectivity in a creative and accessible way. It demonstrates the importance of data centers and encourages children – especially young girls – to pursue STEM subjects in their education, potentially leading to careers in the associated industries. The release of the book coincides with the International Day of Women and Girls in Science."}
{"text":"by Kate Messner, illustrated by Greg Ruth\nScholastic Press, 2017\nThe story is of a boy who rides with his Vietnam vet grandfather on the 30th Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom, done on Memorial Day each year. The story captures the importance the ride is for the grandfather who rides to honor friends lost. Riding in on a motorcycle, they arrive at a campground and meet up with others. In the morning, a long motorcycle convoy arrives at The Wall, where names are touched and prayers are said. The story is written in perfect rhyme and emphasizes the importance of Memorial Day and honoring those who fought for our freedom. The illustrations tell many other stories, featuring other soldiers, family members at the wall as well as a star-lit sky signifying the vastness of the lives lost and honor earned. A fresh story about the importance of the holiday."}
{"text":"The cornerstone is laid for a presidential residence in the newly designated capital city of Washington. In 1800, President John Adams became the first president to reside in the executive mansion, which soon became known as the \"White House\" because its white-gray Virginia freestone contrasted strikingly with the red brick of nearby buildings. The city of Washington was created to replace Philadelphia as the nation's capital because of its geographical position in the center of the existing new republic. The states of Maryland and Virginia ceded land around the Potomac River to form the District of Columbia, and work began on Washington in 1791. French architect Charles L'Enfant designed the area's radical layout, full of dozens of circles, crisscross avenues, and plentiful parks. In 1792, work began on the neoclassical White House building at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue under the guidance of Irish American architect James Hoban, whose design was influenced by Leinster House in Dublin and by a building sketch in James Gibbs' Book of Architecture. President George Washington chose the site."}
{"text":"ECON 375: Women and Work in USA History\nWomen and Work in USA History Crosslisted as HIST 375, WMNS 375\nTransformation of women's role in the USA economy from colonial times to the present and the effects of class, race, and changing perceptions of women's role in society. Role of women in household manufacture, the early factory system, the trade union movement, the Great Depression, the home front of WWII, and the economic emergence of women in the postwar economy.\n|Course Format:||Lecture 3|"}
{"text":"2 Comments on Sheet 5When working in , make sure you really are working in :-3 = 0 = 3; -2 = 1 = 4; -1 = 2 = 5In particular, you can’t divide by zero, even if it’s disguised (e.g. as 3, -3)Confirming the basis using REF only works if you choose the furthest left of the suitable basis vectors.(Other bases are available)12+\n3 Comments on Sheet 5Be careful working with infinite dimensional vector spaces:a lot of the results in the course only apply to finite dimensional vector spacesE.g. (3.2.3) – see proofE.g. (2.4.2) – the definition of a basis is given in terms ofan infinite independent set is an infinite set in which every finite subset is independent.which implies there is no finite maximal set, so no finite basis.\n4 Warm-up Questions Q1: Q3 Find a basis for the column space of A. Find a basis for the row space of A.Find B, C such that A = BC.Q3\n5 Overview of Sheet 6 Q2: similar to Q1 Q4: Q5: (i) consider , use result from Q3(iii) uses result from Q3 alsoQ5:(i) use standard matrix results, don’t try to write out the whole matrix.(ii) & (iii) start by doing the calculations, which should give you some idea where to go."}
{"text":"Dating for middle aged people sri lanka xxx kello phone namber\nIn the late 1850s, Lady Clementina Hawarden began to take photographs.\nTwo British ladies are remembered for their early contributions to artistic photography.\nAnna Atkins, a botanist, was also introduced to photography by Fox Talbot, who explained his \"photogenic drawing\" technique to her as well as his camera-based calotype process.\nAfter learning about the cyanotype process from its inventor, John Herschel, she was able to produce cyanotype photograms of dried algae.\nIn the United States, women first photographed as amateurs, several producing fine work which they were able to exhibit at key exhibitions.\nThey not only produced portraits of celebrities and Native Americans but also took landscapes, especially from the beginning of the 20th century.\nWomen were however involved in photography from the start."}
{"text":"Warm weather brings bugs—and the pathogens they carry. West Nile virus (blue circles), transmitted by mosquitoes, has spread from only three U.S. states in 2000 to 48 states in 2012, and human cases have climbed from 21 to 5,674. Lyme disease was concentrated in the Northeast in 2000, but cases of the bacterial infection have also picked up across the country (orange). The total U.S. number has fallen from a peak of 29,959 in 2009, however, in part because people have gotten into the habit of checking themselves and their pets for ticks.\nThose illnesses can cause fever and other serious symptoms. But another, more deadly mosquito-borne disease, dengue, has recently begun to rise in the U.S. (green). In 2013 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded three cases of the virus in Texas and 20 cases in Florida. Puerto Rico, which is not listed, is a hotspot: 8,148 people there tested positive last year.\nSCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ONLINE\nFor more on dengue fever in the U.S., see ScientificAmerican.com/may2014/graphic-science"}
{"text":"© Submitted photo\nDick Arsenault, left, and Mathieu LeBlanc of ACFOR Energy examine a burner at the biomass heating facility in use at the Wedgewood Manor in Summerside with Energy Minister Paula Biggar.\nSeven more biomass installations are in line for government facilities early next year, says Energy Minister Paula Biggar.\nAlready in place at 13 government properties, Biggar says the heating method reduces greenhouse gas and supports local industry.\n“Biomass heat is a local, renewable, carbon neutral resource, and government is leading the way for biomass heat,” she said.\nPrince Edward Island’s total energy mix is made up of approximately 10 per cent biomass energy.\nBiggar says Island biomass installations have displaced 2.4 million litres of fuel oil, which resulted in a reduction of 6,500 tonnes of greenhouse gas and cost-savings of more than $200,000 since 2012.\nThe installations planned for 2016 could result in a further reduction of 2.6 million litres of fuel oil and 7,200 tonnes of green house gas, per year.\nOne tonne of biomass chips can produce up to four megawatt hours of heat, which displaces approximately 580 litres of fuel oil.\nThe biomass chips are harvested through selective thinning of Island forests.\nMathieu LeBlanc of ACFOR Energy specializes in sustainable forest management.\n“With good planning, biomass wood chips are a renewable, inexhaustible resource, as long as the forests are managed sustainably,” said LeBlanc. “Selective thinning of Island forests for use in biomass ensures less crowding of the superior trees, better access to sunlight and water, and all in all, leads to improvements of the health of the forest.”\nACFOR Energy is one of four companies who design, construct, finance and operate biomass installations and sell heat to government facilities."}
{"text":"The need for a new approach in cholesterol management\nBy the year 2020, cardiovascular disease will be the world's biggest cause of premature death. As the plasma cholesterol is lowered, the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) events is reduced. European data on secondary prevention show that many patients have not had a plasma cholesterol recorded - even those with a diagnosis of CHD. English data show that only half of patients with a cholesterol measurement are being prescribed a statin, and only half of those are being treated to target. Poor public understanding of this subject area is one obstacle to progress."}
{"text":"The Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo, Lophocroa leadbeateri also known as Leadbeater’s Cockatoo or Pink Cockatoo is a medium-sized cockatoo restricted to arid and semi-arid inland areas of Australia\nWith its soft-textured white and salmon-pink plumage and large, bright red and yellow crest, it is generally recognised as the most beautiful of all cockatoos. It is named in honour of Major Sir Thomas Mitchell, who wrote “Few birds more enliven the monotonous hues of the Australian forest than this beautiful species whose pink-coloured wings and flowing crest might have embellished the air of a more voluptuous region”.\nDistribution and Habitat\nUnlike the Galah, Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo has declined rather than increased as a result of man-made changes to the arid interior of Australia. Where Galahs readily occupy cleared and part-cleared land, Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo requires extensive woodlands, particularly favouring Callitris, Allocasuarina and Eucalyptus. In contrast to other cockatoos, Major Mitchell pairs will not nest close to one another; in consequence, they cannot tolerate fragmented, partly-cleared habitats, and their range is contracting."}
{"text":"How to treat dental caries\nCaries on the teeth is formed due to the rapid development of bacteria of a certain type. They produce an acid that destroys the enamel of the teeth, as well as dentin.\nMany mistakenly think that the development of caries can not be stopped. But the famous American scientist and raw food David Wolfe believes that Caries treatment without drill perhaps! And that's how it's done ...\nHow to treat tooth decay\n- Forget about sugar\nIf you have a small caries, you shouldImmediately forget about sugar. This product is an excellent food for the harmful bacteria of the oral cavity. Replace it with fruit, so the body will not need additional portions of glucose.\n- Consume more fiber\nTo prevent small caries from spreadingUp to huge scales, one should love foods rich in healthy fats. Use as often as possible red fish, legumes, nuts, avocados, olive oil, pumpkin seeds and spinach.\n- Try to rinse your mouth with coconut oil\nFor thousands of years, coconut oil has been used to rinse the mouth. It is considered that this means Prevents caries And helps detoxify the body.\n- Fill the lack of fluoride\nThe organism best absorbs this naturalMineral from drinking water. The use of fluoridated water will be the best prevention of caries development. Also should be added to food fluorinated table salt.\n- Avoid eating food that is temperature contrasting\nThe use of food of different temperatures after a short period of time contributes to the weakening of enamel and the formation of cracks.\nDo not forget to share with your friends this useful information - they will be grateful!"}
{"text":"Rachel Bluwstein was born on September 20, 1890 in Russia. She lived in Ukraine, Palestine, France, and Israel. She was a Zionist pioneer and a Renaissance woman of sorts. She drew, painted, worked in agriculture, taught school, and is remembered for her lyrical, yet right-to-the-point poetry.\nFor thousands of years, Hebrew poetry was dominated by males. The last known Hebrew woman poet was Deborah, a judge in ancient Israel. Due to illness, Rachel lived in isolation toward the end of her life. She kept some correspondence and saw people here and there, but for the most part felt very lonely. She died in 1931 at age 40 and is considered the “founding mother” of Hebrew poetry written by women. Many of her poems have been set to songs. Her Michal poem will be in my book:\n“And Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David\nAnd she despised him in her heart”\nMichal, distant sister, time’s thread has not been severed,\ntime’s thorns in your sad vineyard have not prevailed.\nStill in my ear I hear the tinkling of your gold anklet,\nthe stripes in your silk garment have not paled.\nOften I have seen you standing by your small window\npride and tenderness mingling in your eyes.\nLike you I am sad, O Michal, distant sister, and like you doomed to\nlove a man whom I despise.\n(1927, Israel. Translated by Robert Friend; taken from her book Flowers of Perhaps.)\nIt’s somewhat poetic justice that Rachel the Poetess, the founding mother of modern Israeli poetry, identified with the woman who married the sweet psalmist of Israel.\nWhat do you think of that, David?\nPhotos gathered by deror_avi on wiki commons"}
{"text":"Find a quiet place to sit:\nFind a nice quiet place to start your photographic memory training. Be sure that you are not disturbed by anyone while you sit there. You will need to use this place for a few minutes every day to develop your skills.\nIt is very important that while sitting in your quiet place you learn to relax. Do some deep breathing exercises and try to take all of your thoughts out of your mind.\nSelect what you want to memorise:\nWhile relaxing and sitting alone quietly, you should select a few typed pages from a book or novel that you can use to start developing your photographic memory.\nCut out paper square:\nGet a piece of black cardboard paper and cut out a square window from it. You will use this to place on top of the text that you want to memorise.\nPlace paper square on text:\nPut the paper square that you made earlier and place it on top of the text. Move both the text and paper square back and forth until you are able to get them in to focus.\nOnce you have focused on the text inside the paper square, turn the lights off. For a few seconds you will see the text imprinted. Turn the lights back on again.\nRepeat the process of turning the lights on and off again as the paper square gives you a nice visual impression in the dark. Keep repeating this exercise until you are able to read the text clearly from the imprint in your mind. You will have to do this exercise a few times per day for around a month or two to fully develop your photographic memory. Remember to be consistent with this training as your mind will start to get used to memorising all types of text that you focus on. Once you get to a stage where you do not need to use this method of turning the lights on and off, you will hopefully be able to hone your skills in natural light."}
{"text":"A frank, fair, and highly informative discussion of the risks and benefits of genetically modified foods.\nMcHughen (Molecular Genetics/Univ. of Saskatchewan), who has developed genetically modified (GM) plants, writes as an insider to the developmental process itself and to the regulatory approval procedures of the US, Canada, and Great Britain. He is an educator adept at communicating scientific concepts to nonscientists, and his introductory chapters on molecular genetics and genetic engineering derive from lectures he developed for Canadian schoolchildren. Dismayed by the lack of factual support for the positions taken by avid opponents and proponents of GM products, he is attempting here to replace the present emotional debate with a rational, informed one. To that end, he explains how new food crops are developed, discusses food safety in general, sets forth the truth about some bogus GM food scares (there never was an allergenic Brazil nut gene in soy beans), explores some legitimate safety concerns about GM products (such as the inadvertent introduction of allergens), and clarifies the assessment of risk, food-labeling problems, and the role of science in regulation. McHughen advocates establishment of comprehensive public databases of all commercial foodstuffs to enable consumers to make informed choices, and he offers some advice on how to analyze reports of GM hazards and how to locate credible information. While he recommends consulting a variety of sources, he gives the American Council on Science and Health especially high marks for reliability. A back-of-the-book list of Web sites includes those of government agencies, the biotechnology industry, academic and scientific organizations, news services, and other groups.\nAn intelligent, invective-free discussion of the issues that should be welcomed by consumers confused by the claims and charges of both sides in the current debate."}
{"text":"All chile peppers are thin, red and blisteringly hot right? Well you could not be further from the truth. The Capsicum genus is one of the most diverse fruit (berry) species with pods coming in colours of red, green, purple, white, brown and black. And range in size from smaller than a pea to larger than a banana.\nThis Chileman's guide aims to give you a quick pictorial overview of the wonderful world of pod diversity by highlighting just a small sample of the more weird and wonderful pods from the chileman database. Please note, images are for illustration purposes only - sizes are not relative to each other."}
{"text":"Bornean Pygmy elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis) family, parents with calf. Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, North Borneo, Malaysia.\nWalt Disney himself couldn't have crafted a cuter elephant. The pygmy elephants of Borneo are baby-faced little pachyderms, with oversized ears, plump bellies and tails so long they sometimes drag on the ground as they walk.\nThey are also gentle-natured, leading to the belief for years that they were simply the semi-tame remnants of a domesticated herd abandoned on the island years ago.\nBut a WWF study proved that wrong and Borneo’s pygmy elephants are likely to be officially declared a new subspecies. That makes them a high conservation priority. Yet they remain the least-understood elephants in the world."}
{"text":"the question : Instead of the standard rule for disjunction (where we process a disjunction A∨B with two branches—one with A and one with B) we use a rule where the result is two branches, one with A and ∼B and the other with ∼A and B.\nthe answer : The proof tree system with Change #1 is unsound but it is complete. Here is why the proof tree system with Change #1 is unsound. Some trees close, using these rules, which should not close. In particular, a tree for the two formulas p∨q and p≡q closes. Processing p∨q with the new rule gives us two branches, one with p and ∼q and the other with ∼p and q. Both of these are inconsistent with p≡q (processing this, the resulting branches have p and q both true, or both false) and the tree closes. But this tree should not close, as p∨q and p≡q are jointly satisfiable. They are true if p and q are both true. The system with Change #1 is still complete, because any complete open branch using the new rules just adds formulas (from the old system) rather than taking any away. The result is that any complete open branch will still determine an interpretation making every formula in the branch true. The argument for completeness still succeeds.\nI don't quiet understand the answer, especially it doesn't quite define soundness and completeness. And from what I searched online, a proof system is sound if and only if every provable conclusion is logically entailed; (Σ⊢ϕ)inplies(Σ⊨ϕ) a proof system is complete if and only if every logically entailed conclusion is provable; (Σ⊨ϕ)implies(Σ⊢ϕ). But I failed to understand its meaning. Can someone give a better explanation and maybe a more detailed example?"}
{"text":"In lesson 8 from Simple Studies, the following accounting concepts are presented: tangible vs. intangible assets, historical cost of assets, depreciation methods, natural resources and depletion, intangible assets and amortization, and goodwill. In addition, two exercises exist.\nYou just viewed Accounting for Long-term Assets\n. Please take a moment to rate this material.\nSearch by ISBN?\nIt looks like you have entered an ISBN number. Would you like to search using what you have\nentered as an ISBN number?\nSearching for Members?\nYou entered an email address. Would you like to search for members? Click Yes to continue. If no, materials will be displayed first. You can refine your search with the options on the left of the results page."}
{"text":"THE RESEARCH ON WHICH THIS BOOK is based began in 1987 in Fitiuta, Manu'a, when Galea'i Poumele, then secretary for Samoan affairs of the government of American Samoa, introduced me to Fa'apua'a Fa'amū. I am particularly grateful to Frank Heimans of Sydney for having recorded on video on November 13, 1987, the late Galea'i Poumele's conversation with Fa'apua'a Fa'amū concerning her relationship of 1926 with Margaret Mead.\nIn May 1988 and again in May 1993, the Samoan chief Unasa, Dr. L. F. Va'a of the National University of Samoa, traveled to Fitiuta to record, in Samoan, Fa'apua'a Fa'amūs answers to a series of detailed questions about her relationship with Margaret Mead and about Manu'a in the mid-1920s. The information he recorded during these visits to Manu'a is of exceptional historical significance. Unasa's contribution to the collection of the evidence contained in this book is thus, as I gratefully acknowledge, of quite fundamental importance. I am also grateful to Unasa for having interviewed Fa'apua'a's daughter Lemafai in Fitiuta in September 1995.\nIn 1990, Ralph Maud was instrumental in my becoming a Woodsworth visiting scholar of the Institute for the Humanities at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. He also arranged for my wife, Monica, and me to visit Vancouver Island, where we were shown some of the places Boas had lived. Then, like a guiding spirit, he introduced me to Douglas Cole, who, as professor of history at Simon Fraser University, was working on a biography of Franz Boas. On March 16, 1990, after we had lunched together at the Faculty Club at Simon Fraser, Douglas Cole generously presented me with photocopies of the correspondence of 1925-1926 between Franz Boas and Margaret Mead, which he had obtained during the course of his own research from the archives of the American Philosophical Society."}
{"text":"The Canadian government employs numerous people across a range of trades. Such occupations include receptionists, surveyors, politicians, accountants, economists, and many others. There are over 80 different job classifications within the federal job sector. The vast majority of employees work in operational or administrative jobs, while fewer employees work as scientists, politicians, or executives.\nFederal Job Education Requirements\nJob requirements for the federal sector vary from job to job. Those in finance, economics, and accounting need a minimum of a bachelor's degree to gain employment at places such as the Bank of Canada.\nThe largest group of federal employees is the armed services, which includes the navy, army, air force, and Royal Mounted Police. These federal organizations only require a high school diploma. However, the training is often physically demanding.\nFor some jobs, bilingual workers are hired over workers who speak only English or French.\nFederal Job Market\nThe federal job market is bustling with opportunity for the right candidates. In the past ten years, job growth for federal jobs increased 22.6 per cent, compared to 10.7 per cent for the private sector. Currently, there are 484,000 employees in the government, but growth is rising due to a rise in population and the retirement of baby boomers.\nMost of the federal jobs in Canada are in Ottawa or neighbouring towns. This accounts for 40 per cent of the workforce. However, the Canadian government has employees at over 1,600 locations nationwide, making employment opportunities plentiful in many areas of the country.\nFederal Job Salary Information\nFederal job salaries vary based on education and experience. For example, a captain in any branch of the military makes between C$6,401 and C$9,132 a month based on their amount of service time. Jobs that require no college degree, such as working for Canada Post, earn an average wage of C$24 per hour, or about C$48,000 per year."}
{"text":"Social-ecological Resiliency to Climate Change in Small Islands\nResearchers in the Ethnobotany Program as part of the Botany Department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, plan on developing a new research collaboration in the Pacific: the Hawaii-Fiji workshop on social-ecological resiliency to climate change, preliminary data collection, and methods training for students.\nThe plan focuses on the collection and management of existing data necessary for developing a baseline for future research. The scholarly products of the workshop will be captured in published papers.\nThe goal of this research project will be to collect preliminary data including existing unpublished data (e.g., gray literature, technical reports from organizations working on the ground including local and international non-governmental organizations, local newspapers and popular publications) on traditional ecological knowledge and traditional resource management in the Pacific Islands, especially as related to agroforestry and fisheries management, and weather-related traditional ecological knowledge. The project will also collect data from existing field surveys to help identify appropriate site study and methodologies to use in subsequent research."}
{"text":"Sea Scallops, (Placopecten Magallanicus) and Japanese Scallops (Patinopecten Yessoensis), are marine bi-valve molluscs with a hinged, fan-shaped, two part shell. Though found in every ocean, the largest wild scallop fishery is off of the North Eastern United States and Eastern Canada, with Japan and China closely following.\nThe whole scallop is edible, but the most commonly eaten part in North America is called the adductor muscle also known as the meat. The adductor muscle is white in color, firm in texture and has a very mild flavour.\nScallops are cultured by using lantern nets. The first stage of culturing scallops is collecting scallop spat. There are two ways scallop spat can be collected. It can be collected from the wild, or through the production of onshore hatchery facilities. Once scallop spat is collect, it is placed into pearl nets. Pearl nets are small pyramid shaped nets, usually hung ten to a line. Scallops are not grown to large sizes in these nets due to the structure of the equipment. One the scallops have reached their desired sizes, they are placed in lantern nets. These nets consist of a number of levels in which the scallops are placed. The lantern nets are then attached to ropes that have been secured between buoys. The scallops are held within the nets throughout their growth cycle which lasts about 18 months, or until they reach a market size of 60-70mm.\nScallops are available year-round. Harvest times of scallops are contingent on the type of products to be\nmarketed that require different sized scallops (50-90mm) to be available throughout the year.\nStep-by-Step Scallop Inspection"}
{"text":"Summary: Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, Ernest Hemingway, Willa Cather, Jack London, Dorothy Parker, John O'Hara, Elmore Leonard, and a host of other greats past and present have much to show you about how to begin and end a story, structure a plot, create memorable characters, write dialogue, depict settings and action, heighten romance, choose winning titles, and meet all the other challenges of the art of fiction. Barnaby Conrad, a bestselling author as well as one of America's ...show more premier creative writing teachers, has selected key examples from the best of the best to reveal the essential tools of storytelling and demonstrate their use. His book offers fresh inspiration and guidance for all writers of fiction. It is also a joy to read. ...show lessEdition/Copyright: 96\n15 more offers below."}
{"text":"The Overlord wrote:\nBut would an Axis victory have prevented the Earth from becoming involved in Intergalactic society? Would the people of Earth never have overthrown the tyranny of the Axis powers? Would defeat in WWII for the Allies have meant that Earth will be dominated by the Axis powers for centuries to come or is there something else that Axis victory would have done to prevent Earth from joining the Federation?\nFirst, Earth didn't join\nthe Federation, Earth created\nthe Federation, was the prime factor, was the driving force, in the Federation's \"birth.\"\nThe movie First Contact says that it wasn't just Humans engaging in warp flight that brought interaction with the Vulcans, the first warp flight had to happen within a pretty narrow time window. Would the Nazis have hit that window? And would the Nazis have permitted the Vulcans to keep Human out of interstellar matters for a century, or would the Vulcan's have been told to \"step aside?\"\nWould the Nazis have even tried to form a early coalition? There a certain amount of conjecture that it was Archer's action in forming peace between the Vulcans and the Andorians that started the Romulans on the path to war, the Romulans didn't want peace between the players. And it was the Romulan War that help the Humans in convincing the Federation's founder to form the Federation at all.\nThere was nothing about the Federation's formation that was inevitable."}
{"text":"Well we all know about the Adam, the first person on earth to whom God created with his hands and in his own image. The word “Adam” is a Hebrew word translated as Man and the word “Adam” occurs 560 times in the bible. In (Luke 3:38) it’s written that the Adam was the son of God. Christ the translation of “Christos” for the Hebrew Messiah, means “Anointed”. And Jesus Christ is also the son of God.\nBelow we have written the contrast about Christ the new Adam with the actual Adam.\n- Adam was the head of Old creation (Genesis 1:26) Christ is head of the new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17-18; Ephesians 2:10).\n- Adam sinned against the God (Genesis 2:17; 3:6; Romans 5:12-21) whereas Christ did not (1 Peter 2:22).\n- Due to Adam’s sin, God cursed the humans with death.\n- The first man Adam became a living person. But the last Adam (Christ) is a life- giving spirit (1 Corinthians 15:45).\n- The physical man (Adam) came first; then came the spiritual (Christ) (1 Corinthians 15:46).\n- The first man (Adam) came from the dust of the earth. The second man (Christ) came from heaven (1 Corinthians 15:47).\n- Death comes to people because of Adam. And in the same way in Christ, all of us will be made alive again (1 Corinthians 15:21, 22; (John 10:10).\n- One man (Adam) disobeyed God and many became sinners. But in the same way, one man (Christ) obeyed God and many will be made right (Romans 5:19).\n- One sin of Adam brought the punishment of death to all people. But Christ did something so good that it makes all people right with God. And that brings them true life (Romans 5:18).\n- Adam lost the grace or favor of God (Romans 5:15; Genesis 2:17; 3:6-24) Christ restored grace to men (Romans 5:15-17; Romans 3:24; John 1:17).\n- Death reigned from Adam (Romans 5:12,14,17) and life reigns through Christ (Romans 5:17-18,21; John 3;16; john 10:10)\n- The first person is Adam bible says and Christ is the second Adam (1 Corinthians 15:45).\n- Adam caused sin to abound and Christ causes grace to abound (Romans 5:20)."}
{"text":"Answered! Jump to accepted answer.\nKwiziq community member\n31 March 2018\nSeparation of pas ... du tout\nI am surprised by the english translations provided above. For example:\nI would translate the first as \"She's not at all stupid\"\nElle n'est pas du tout stupide!She's not stupid at all!\nElle n'est pas stupide du tout!She's not stupid at all!\nThis question relates to:French lesson \"Ne ... pas du tout = Not at all (negation)\"\nThat sounds great, Bill. It isn't always possible to find such parallels between English and French but it's nice to use them if they do.\n-- Chris (not a native speaker).\nLogin to submit your answer\nDon't have an account yet? Join today\nTest your French to the CEFR standard\nFrench listening practice\nFrench reading practice\nFrench speaking practice\nFrench writing practice"}
{"text":"Last updated: Wednesday, 27, October, 2010\nBlood gases; electrolytes, anion gap. See also Acidosis.\nDefined as alkalosis with a positive base excess and increased bicarbonate.\nVolume (chloride) depletion, especially\nAdrenocortical hyperfunction, especially\nSevere potassium depletion\nSee under Hypokalaemia.\nExcessive alkali intake\nIn primary respiratory acidosis.\nDefined as alkalosis with decreased pCO2.\nIn primary metabolic acidosis."}
{"text":"Sci. STKE, 20 November 2007\nChemistry Entropy-Driven DNA Networks\nMarc S. Lavine\nScience, AAAS, Washington, DC 20005, USA\nA key aspect of electronic circuits is amplification or gain, so that low signals can be distinguished from any persistent background. Zhang et al. (see the Perspective by Bar-Ziv) show how gain can be achieved in biochemical circuits. They have designed complex catalytic networks based on DNA in which the output oligonucleotides that are released go on to act as catalysts for other reactions. The process is designed to be entropy-driven so that the pathways for reactions are well controlled and can be modified at will. Possible applications lie in the field of catalysis, sensor development, the development of an enzyme-free alternative for the polymerase chain reaction, and the construction of nanomachines.\nCitation: M. S. Lavine, Entropy-Driven DNA Networks. Sci. STKE 2007, tw429 (2007).\nScience Signaling. ISSN 1937-9145 (online), 1945-0877 (print). Pre-2008: Science's STKE. ISSN 1525-8882"}
{"text":"My students loved listening to the book In the Tall Tall Grass. The pictures are great as well as the vocabulary and rhyming words. I decided this was a book that needed to be read outside in the grass. So I gave each student a magnifying glass and we headed outside to find the perfect patch of grass. Once we finished the book, we searched for bugs and other animals that might be hiding out in the grass near us. My students found spiders, lots of ants, a couple of flies and two lizards. It was so fun listening to them get so excited when they found something. I wish I had pictures of this but we were too busy exploring.\nDuring centers, the kids made their own tall grass and drew pictures of bugs they would like to find. First they had to fringe the paper to make grass, then they drew the bugs. Some wanted to add bug stickers and then they had to complete this sentence that I wrote on top of their paper “In the tall tall grass ______________ saw ______ bugs. ” They had to write their name and write the number of bugs they had altogether.\nIn our discovery table the kids got to observe and gently touch some live worms in dirt. I also added some plastic bugs and a piece of sod for them to look at with magnifying glasses.\nOur art project was symmetrical butterflies. The kids squeezed different colored paint onto a yellow piece of construction paper and then folded the paper in half. We cut in into a butterfly shape and hot glued it onto a painters stick. They turned out great and the kids loved flying them around the room.\nCheck out more great stART projects here."}
{"text":"The suspense that invests the elusive Ghost in Act 1 of Hamlet is unprecedented on the early modern English stage, where Senecan ghosts are commonly bloodthirsty but not eerie. Recent work has pointed to a purgatorial source for the Ghost, but this ascription ignores the long vernacular tradition, often at odds with clerical orthodoxy, of popular fireside stories or “winter’s tales.” Folk specters from the Middle Ages onward were corporeal, earthy, and dangerous; of uncertain origin, they presented themselves as bodies cast up by the sepulcher to revisit the night. Their stories stress the uncanny, investing them with an unearthly horror. Paradoxically, these ghouls may also be wistful, soliciting attention and regretting the loss of irrecoverable human warmth. At the same time, they long for rest. Like Old Hamlet, such figures often return to report their own undetected murders or to urge survivors to put right injustices perpetrated against their heirs. In addition, the walking dead offered the living a mirror where they were invited to see their own inevitable future. Hamlet’s encounter with the revenant who shares his name constitutes his first confrontation with his own mortality, the issue that will continue to haunt him and the imagery of the tragedy."}
{"text":"Quite often when discussing arctic sea ice, people refer to the area of the sea ice. It would seem, to me, that it is actually the volume that is what is important as it tells you how much ice is being lost and hence how much energy is being used to melt the ice (and then how much is released when it refreezes). The image below is one I found that shows the change in sea ice volume since 1979. What is important, in my view, is that both the minimum and maximum are changing with time. If the maximum remained constant then the net amount of energy absorbed (when it melts) would be the same – on average – as the amount released (when it refreezes). That both are decreasing with time tells us that net amount of energy being absorbed is increasing with time. This, of course, also ignores the decrease in albedo due to the reduction in ice cover and hence the enhanced absorption by the now uncovered sea water.\nWhat motivated me to write this was an interesting video illustrating the change in the minimum sea ice volume. Quite dramatic, in my opinion."}
{"text":"Harvested from the gardens at Monticello.\nA curious, tendril-bearing annual vine native to the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia. Although the pale yellow, deeply veined flowers of Balsam Apple have a subtle beauty, its round, somewhat warty, bright-orange fruits, or \"apples\", are its most distinguishing feature. When ripe, the fruits burst apart, revealing numerous seeds covered with a brilliant scarlet, extremely sticky coating. The Balsam Apple was introduced into Europe by 1568 and was used medicinally to treat wounds. In 1810 Thomas Jefferson planted this vine in his flower borders at Monticello along with Larkspur, Poppies, and Nutmeg Plant. Sow the seeds about one-half inch deep in fertile, well-prepared garden soil during late spring. Balsam Apple thrives in a warm, sunny location and will bloom until frost.\nApproximately 8-10 seeds per pack.\nLine Drawing from Henderson's Handbook of Plants by Peter Henderson (1890)"}
{"text":"As Holocaust knowledge drops, JCC looks to educate younger generations\nBrighton, N.Y. (13WHAM) - As holocaust survivors age, some fear their stories will be forgotten. A recent survey found many Americans, particularly younger Americans, aren't aware of many facts about the holocaust.\nThat also has some holocaust survivors, like Samuel Rind, afraid.\n\"One thing about history, it has a tendency of repeating itself,\" said Rind, who moved to Rochester in 1967.\nRind says he doesn't like telling the stories of his childhood, but that hasn't stopped him from visiting local schools and even writing a book to tell what happened.\n\"I do it because we have to make sure this is not forgotten,\" said Rind.\nRind is among those happy to see a new production headed by the Jewish Community Center's Department of Arts and Culture, aimed to help educate local students about the Holocaust.\nThe production is called \"Survivors.\" A group of six actors and actresses tell the life stories of ten Holocaust survivors who all later moved to the Rochester area.\n\"What you’re getting is the heart and soul of these people and what they went through,\" said Ralph Meranto.\nMeranto says the group is trying to hold shows in local schools to help educate younger generations, and make sure the stories of the Holocaust don't fade away.\nMore than 200 students attended its first show last week. The group is scheduled to perform in front of 300 students later this week.\nMeranto says by putting faces to the stories, younger generations will likely be able to relate more to the stories of survival.\n\"What it has is a lot of heart and human experience, what the kids can walk away from after watching this show and truly understand what these people went through,\" said Meranto."}
{"text":"Music with Ease > Classical Music > Concert Guide: Nationalist Era > Two Northern Melodies. Op. 63 - Grieg\nTwo Northern Melodies. Op. 63\nThe \"Two Northern Melodies,\" written for string orchestra, is one of Griegs minor compositions, but is characterized by charming melodiousness and graceful construction, as well as by unmistakable local color. The first part, \"Im Volkston,\" is a slow movement, based upon a folk song, as its name indicates. After a few introductory measures the cellos take the melody, accompanied in the remaining strings. The theme is then developed in the violins, and the movement comes to a close with the theme given out fortissimo by all the strings, and a brief Coda. The second movement is extremely simple in form but is delightful in treatment. It opens with a slow, introductory melody, \"Kuhreigen\" \"(The Cowherds Tune\"), worked up in all the strings and closes with the \"Bauerntanz\" (\"Peasants Dance\"), the melody of which is fascinating. The piece is a dainty bit, reflecting aspects of Norwegian life."}
{"text":"In a country as large and varied as the United States, shaping public opinion was a massive task, especially when it came to overcoming opposition or indifference to the war effort. More than 13 percent of the population was foreign bom, and the United States contained 8 million Americans of German descent, over 4 million with roots in Ireland, and 2 million Swedish Americans. All of these groups were traditionally hostile to Entente countries like Britain and Russia or else emotionally linked to Germany. Led by former journalist George Creel, the government's Committee of Public Information (CPI) set out to arouse and maintain support for the war. Creel moved to sell the war by mobilizing a corps of 75,000 public speakers—the \"Four Minute Men\"—to address crowds in places like movie theaters. Creel's moviemakers produced propaganda films with titles like Pershing 's Crusaders or The Prussian Cur. Specially written articles went to elementary and high schools and to local newspapers for reprinting on their own pages. Immigrant communities found Creel's articles appearing in their own languages in their own newspapers, and Creel's staff, including many university professors, watched those same newspapers to ferret out antiwar sentiments."}
{"text":"Hogans Wind Statistics, May averages since 2006\nThe graph describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 2200 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Hogans, located 29 km away (18 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3.\nAccording to the model, the dominant wind at Hogans blows from the WSW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Hogans. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 12% of the time (4 days each May) and blows offshore 12% of the time (4 days in an average May). During a typical May winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 0 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Hogans\nIMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean."}
{"text":"Sixth sense: How do we sense electric fields?\nA variety of animals are able to sense and react to electric fields, and living human cells will move along an electric field, for example in wound healing. Now a team lead by Min Zhao at the UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures has found the first actual “sensor mechanism” that allows a living cell detect an electric field. The work is published Oct. 9 in the journal Nature Communications.\n“We believe there are several types of sensing mechanisms, and none of them are known. We now provide experimental evidence to suggest one which has not been even hypothesized before, a two-molecule sensing mechanism,” Zhao said.\nZhao and colleagues have been studying these “electric senses” in cells from both larger animals (fish skin cells, human cell lines) and in the soil-dwelling amoeba Dictyostelium. By knocking out some genes in Dictyostelium, they previously identified some of the genes and proteins that allow the amoeba to move in a certain direction when exposed to an electric field.\nIn the new work, carried out in a human cell line, they found that two elements, a protein called Kir4.2 (made by gene KCNJ15) and molecules within the cell called polyamines, were needed for signaling to occur. Kir4.2 is a potassium channel — it forms a pore through the cell membrane that allows potassium ions to enter the cell. Such ion channels are often involved in transmitting signals into cells. Polyamines are molecules within the cell that carry a positive charge.\nZhao and colleagues found that when the cells were in an electric field, the positively-charged polyamines tend to accumulate at the side of the cell near the negative electrode. The polyamines bind to the Kir4.2 potassium channel, and regulate its activity.\nHe cautioned that they do not yet have definitive evidence of how “switching” of the potassium channel by polyamines translates into directional movement by the cell.\nSource : University of California – Davis"}
{"text":"A review of the active ingredients and excipients in cough medicine\nKeywords: cough, excipients, active ingredients\nAbstractCoughing is one of the most common complaints with which customers present in the pharmacy. Besides understanding the nature and possible causes of coughing, the pharmacist’s assistant must be knowledgeable about the various available cough preparations before making recommendations regarding treatment. It is also important to know when the patient requires referral to a doctor for further medical evaluation. Coughing is a protective reflex action caused when the airway is irritated or obstructed. Its purpose is to clear the airway so that breathing can continue normally by preventing unwanted particles from entering the lungs and to clear excessive secretions. The majority of coughs with which patients present in the pharmacy are caused by a viral upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) or are associated with the symptoms of a cold.\nEar, nose and throat\nBy submitting manuscripts to SAPA, authors of original articles are assigning copyright to the Publisher, Medpharm Publications (Pty) Ltd, unless otherwise specified. Authors may use their own work after publication without written permission, provided they acknowledge the original source. Individuals and academic institutions may freely copy and distribute articles published in SAPA for educational and research purposes without obtaining permission."}
{"text":"In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?\n1endurecimiento (del cojinete) plantar masculino\n- If they survive, they can go on to develop thickening of the foot pads (this is why distemper is sometimes called hard pad), and damage to the teeth.\n- Canine distemper, sometimes referred to as 'hard pad', is caused by a virus very similar to the measles virus, although it is not a risk to humans.\n- If the results show that hard pad is present, hydration therapy will be given as this hampers the growth of keratin.\n- Distemper, hard-pad, parvovirus, mange and many other diseases destroy hundreds of pets every year because the vet called in by the trusting 'owner' frequently says that nothing can be done.\n- Another problem unique to dogs, called hard-pad disease, may occur after a bout with canine distemper, says Dr. Ashley.\nEnglish has borrowed many of the following foreign expressions of parting, so you’ve probably encountered some of these ways to say goodbye in other languages.\nMany words formed by the addition of the suffix –ster are now obsolete - which ones are due a resurgence?\nAs their breed names often attest, dogs are a truly international bunch. Let’s take a look at 12 different dog breed names and their backstories."}
{"text":"Are you always talking about your weight? It might be time for a self-image check. According to new research, people who frequently make comments about their weight are more likely to have a poor body image and suffer from depression.\nResearchers at the University of Arizona used online questionnaires to determine the impact that “fat talk” had on 85 female and 33 male undergrads. “Fat talk” included people commenting about what their exercise and eating habits should be, perception of their own shape and weight, fears of getting fat, and vocally comparing themselves to others in these areas. The researchers found that the more frequently a person engaged in this kind of “fat talk,” the less satisfied he/she was with his/her body and the more depressed he/she was. The investigators also found that listening to another person engage in this kind of talk was not caused by and did not result in body weight or mental health issues.\nThe authors of the study say their findings suggest that expressing concerns about weight, which is especially common among women, can clearly have negative effects."}
{"text":"Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that mainly affects your lungs. Asthma causes recurring periods of breathlessness, coughing, and wheezing. The coughing often occurs at night or early in the morning.\nDiagnosis and Tests\nCorrect diagnosis plays a very crucial role in the treatment of asthma. After thorough assessment of your asthma triggers and symptoms, your physician can make an accurate diagnosis and prescribe an appropriate treatment strategy.\nLifestyle Modification: Self Care\nPeople suffering from asthma mainly count on medications to prevent and relieve asthma symptoms. However, self-care is the most vital part of daily life if you are suffering from asthma.\nAsthma is a chronic disease caused by inflammation of the airways. It is characterized by variable and recurring symptoms of breathlessness, coughing, and wheezing. Severe onset of such symptoms results in an asthma attack or acute asthma exacerbation.\nMost people who suffer from asthma are able to control their symptoms, such as wheezing, nasal congestion, chest tightness, and breathing problems with the help of conventional therapies or by avoiding the triggers, which can induce an asthma attack.\nAsthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that mainly affects your lungs. It causes recurring periods of breathlessness, coughing, and wheezing. The coughing often occurs at night or early in the morning. Asthma attacks can be mild, moderate, serious, and even life threatening.\nReferences & Resources\nThe following sources were used as a reference for creating this content in this section:"}
{"text":"They are among the most colorful and diverse insects in Oregon and have been around longer than dinosaurs. Steve Gordon and Cary Kerst show us where to go to see odonates (dragonflies and damselflies). Their dragonfly walks are especially popular with kids, but adults also find them fascinating.\nFirst Broadcast: 2007\nProducer: Ed Jahn\nWest Eugene Wetlands Education Center\n- Want to join a dragonfly watching tour? Learn more about odenates and wetlands? Visit the West Eugene Wetlands Education Center, a non-profit group that monitors wetland health and offers nature watching tours in the Willamette Valley.\n- Online: www.wewetlands.org\nPurchase a Beginners Guide\n- You can also purchase copies of the book “Dragonfly and Damselfly Watching in the Willamette Valley: A Beginners Guide” directly from West Eugene Wetlands Center. All proceeds support the education and community outreach work of West Eugene Wetlands Education Center and the Willamette Resources and Education Network.\n- Online: www.wewetland.org/wren"}
{"text":"Facial pores are an important part of the face where sweat and sebaceous oil leave the body. Pores are also where hair on the body stems from.\nEveryone has pores, but some are much larger and noticeable than others. Reducing pore size is one of the many way to make skin look younger.\nThere are a number of factors which can cause a pore to grow in size:\n- Genetics. Pores appear smaller on people with dry skin. People with thick, oily skin are usually those dealing with enlarged pores.\n- Sun damage. Sun damage causes the skin’s top layer, the epidermis, to thicken. When the skin thickens, a rim of cells appears around the pores, making pores look larger than they really are.\n- Poor skin care. When surface oil and dead skin accumulated on the face, they collect around the pores, making them look bigger. Use an exfoliant to prevent buildup and keep pores clear.\nBlackheads are dark plugs that form within pores. When blackheads form, they clog the pore and oil that continues to be produced is collected behind the blackhead. It is when the pores are clogged that they expand in diameter. When oxygen mixed with the pores clogged with sebum, cellular debris, and bacteria, the pores turn black. This build up can easily cause acne and pimples.\nDr. Perricone’s Cold Plasma cream helps reduce pore size and improved the overall look of skin.\nApply Cold Plasma morning and night to correct the signs of aging, such as wrinkles, enlarged pores, dryness, redness, discoloration, uneven skin tone, and impurities. This cream can help restore firmness, smoothness, and radiance.\nCold Plasma is formulated with:\n- Advanced Neuropeptide Technology to prevent inflammation\n- DMAE to lift, tighten, and firm skin\n- DHA to hydrate skin\nHave you tried Cold Plasma? Comment below to tell us what you think."}
{"text":"Scientific Name: Ourebia Ourebi Dorcas\nSpecies: Central African Oribi\nRegion: Cameroon Savannah\nOurebia ourebi dorcas,the Central African Oribi,was named by Ernst Schwartz in 1914.\nIt originally exists in from Eastern Nigeria to South Sudan.\nThere are 12 sub-species in the genus “Ourebia ourebi” with 1 sub-specie being extinct,the Kenyan Oribi (Ourebia ourebi kenyae."}
{"text":"Anyone visiting a web page must be informed about what \"cookies\" are used for and be given the opportunity to refuse permission for such use.\nA \"cookie\" is a small text file that contains information and is stored on your computer. Cookies are used purely for technical purposes to facilitate use of the web page. One type of cookie saves a file permanently on your computer. It may then be used to personalize a web page according to the user’s choices and interests.\nThe other type of cookie is called a \"session cookie\". While you are visiting a web page, cookies are sent between your computer and the server to access information. Session cookies disappear when you turn off your web browser. If you do not wish to accept cookies, your web browser can be set so that you automatically deny the storage of cookies or are informed every time a website requests to be allowed to store a cookie. Previously stored cookies can also be deleted through the web browser. Visit the web browser’s help pages for more information."}
{"text":"One of the questions in the Scientific American interview of one of the top gerontologists, Judy Campisi, is really intriguing. Here’s the question and Dr. Campisi’s answer:\nWhat would you say is one of the biggest mysteries of aging research?\nWhy do organisms with remarkable genetic similarity have sometimes remarkable differences in life span?\nWe know that for the most part, many of the processes that go on in the human body also go on in yeast and mice. Yet, yeast live a few days, a mouse lives about three years, and people live for decades. We really do not know what evolution has done to take basically the same genes and produce different life spans.\nI think this is probably the most important question in aging research, because answering it may lead to those mysteries, and subsequently, clues to the problem of aging that we are now missing. What are those odd lifespans/metabolic patters/gene expression profiles/regenerative capabilities that certain animals have, but others don’t? What is that scientists dream of investigating, but can’t because of lack of funding and low chances of getting funds for such unconventional studies?\nWhat mysteries of aging do you know?"}
{"text":"Nuclear fission fragments\nare the fragments left after a nucleus fissions\n. Typically, when uranium 235 nucleus undergoes fission, the nucleus splits into two smaller nuclei\n, along with a few neutrons and release of energy in the form of heat (kinetic energy of the these fission fragments\n) and gamma rays. The average of the fragment mass is about 118, but very few fragments near that average are found. It is much more probable to break up into unequal fragments, and the most probable fragment masses are around mass 95 (Krypton) and 137 (Barium).\nMost of these fission fragments are highly unstable (radioactive) and undergo further radioactive decays to stabilize itself. Fission fragments interact strongly with the surrounding atoms or molecules traveling at high speed, causing them to ionize.\nMost of energy released by one fission (~160MeV of total ~200MeV) appears as kinetic energy of the fission fragments.\nSee also: Interaction of Heavy Charged Particles with Matter\nEnergy from Uranium Fission\nFission fragment yield for different nuclei. The most probable fragment masses are around mass 95 (Krypton) and 137 (Barium)."}
{"text":"War and its psychological consequences\nThe Russian war of aggression in Ukraine has already cost many lives. Every day, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians flee from the cruel war in their country and seek refuge. Experiences of war, such as the circumstances of a sudden and dramatic flight and the worry for the remaining relatives and for their future, mean enormous stress physically and psychologically. Fear, sadness and despair, sleep disorders, dejection, but also other symptoms can be signs of the development of serious mental illnesses in those affected. The consequences of such traumatic experiences can be severe depression, trauma or anxiety disorders.\nNevertheless, the psyche can also overcome such traumas. Individual resilience and social support from the global community play an important role in this. Each and every one of us can therefore contribute to supporting the people from Ukraine in overcoming the traumatic experiences caused by the war and by the loss of familiar structures and livelihoods such as income, housing or social contacts.\nOn the following pages, the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR) has compiled information (also in Ukrainian language) that is intended on the one hand to help people who have fled Ukraine to cope psychologically with their traumatic experiences and on the other hand to offer support to scientists who have fled Ukraine."}
{"text":"Q. How do I install Linux on SATA drives?\nA. SATA is a computer bus technology for data transfer from hard disk. Linux does support serial ATA. All you have to do is install drive and boot from Linux installation CD or from existing hard drive. The complete list of supported driver (status report) is here.\nNext logical step – create partition and format hard disk using Linux command line utilities.\nWhile installing Linux if you don’t see SATA hard drive then go to your BIOS setup. Change the SATA configuration in the BIOS (i.e. legacy ATA mode) so drives are seen as individually, not in RAID setup. In my personal experience, this solves problem 95% times.\nYou can boot and install Linux and you can setup LVM (and/or Software RAID) for your data partitions.\nOther workaround options\n- Rebuild your installer using kernel 2.4.27 or later, which includes libata, desirable since it adds many new chipsets and gives a (potential, subject to physical read limits, etc.) ~10M/s speed boost to some others compared to the quite slow 2.4.x drivers/ide set.\n- Temporarily add a regular PATA drive to your system. Install Linux onto that. Fetch or build a kernel with support for your chipset. Migrate your system to the SATA drives."}
{"text":"A thin, wearable brain-machine interface could allow patients to be monitored outside of hospital, or let soldiers communicate silently in the field.\nUniversity of California, San Diego researchers have demonstrated a thin, flexible, skin-like device, mounted with tiny electronic components, which can acquire electrical signals from the brain and skeletal muscles and transmit the information wirelessly to an external computer.\nUntil now, says Professor Todd Coleman, brain-machine interfaces have been heavy and unwieldy because of the vast array of electronic components required.\nThe device is made of a thin sheet of plastic covered with a water-soluble layer that sticks to skin after washing with water. Once applied, the plastic dissolves, leaving the electronic components imprinted into the skin like a temporary tattoo.\nThe team showed that a wide array of electrical components, including sensors, transistors, power supplies such as solar cells and wireless antennas could be combined on a single device that is nearly unnoticeable for the wearer.\nColeman’s research group has used the device to enable someone to control a computer game with muscles in his throat by speaking the commands – and, in principle, simply mouthing commands should work.\nThe team envisions applications in areas such as military operations, gaming, education and consumer electronics. For example, the ability to communicate with a computer without actually verbalizing your message out loud clearly benefits patients with muscular or neurological disorders.\nIts discreet tattoo-like appearance could also make it useful for covert military operations requiring the operator to communicate with a remote command station.\n“The brain-machine interface paradigm is very exciting and I think it need not be limited to thinking about prosthetics or people with some type of motor deficit,” says Coleman."}
{"text":"Meteors are small bits of interplanetary debris broken off from asteroids or comets. When the Earth plows through the stream emitted by a comet, we get a meteor shower. Meteors burn up about 100 km above the Earth, but some survive to hit the ground. Most of these meteorites that reach Earth are rocky, some are metallic, and a few are a mix of the two. Very big meteorites can be a very big problem, but there are plans in the works to prevent us from going the way of the dinosaurs."}
{"text":"The Greek goddess Demeter is an earth goddess; her name is De, which means earth (the same word as Gaia) and meter, which means mother. Demeter is the goddess of growing things, especially of grains like wheat and barley and millet.\nDemeter’s daughter, Persephone, is the grain itself, so Demeter is the earth giving birth to the grain. Demeter and Persephone together are a metaphor for the earth that grows grain. That made them super important, because most Greek people ate a lot of bread and barley soup.\nIn Greek stories, Demeter is the sister of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, and Hera. So, like them, she is the daughter of Gaia, or Earth. This makes a lot of sense for a goddess of growing crops, because that is exactly what produces crops: earth.\nDid you find out what you wanted to know about the Greek goddess Demeter? Let us know in the comments!\nD’aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths, by Edgar and Ingri D’Aulaire.\nGreek Religion, by Walter Burkert (reprinted 1987). By a leading expert. He has sections on each of the Greek gods, and discusses their deeper meanings, and their function in Greek society.\nAncient Mystery Cults, by Walter Burkert (reprinted 1989). More about Demeter at Eleusis and other mystery cults.\nEleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries, by G.E. Mylonas (1961).\nWatch out! On Demeter, there are a lot of books which are more neo-pagan religion, or Freudian theory, than they are historical facts. The books we recommend have been selected for their strict historical accuracy."}
{"text":"Most people recognize a dental amalgam as the silver filling that usually turns black after having it in your mouth for years. Dental amalgams are made up of mercury, silver, tin, and copper. Mercury makes up about 50 percent of the amalgam filling and it binds to the other components to make it durable and strong. In this tooth talk article we will answer questions of whether mercury is safe and what are some alternatives to amalgam fillings.\nIs Mercury in Dental Amalgams Safe?\nMercury in dental amalgams are not poisonous. When mercury is combined with the other components of the dental amalgam, its chemical nature changes, making it essentially harmless. The mercury released when chewing and grinding your food is very small and no cause for alarm.\nAlternatives to Dental Amalgams\nSome alternatives to amalgam are cast gold restorations, porcelain and composite resins. Cast gold and porcelain restorations take longer to make and can require two office visits and all three alternatives are more expensive. Because the amalgam fillings finally turn black many people want them removed because of esthetics. If the amalgam has open margins and or fractures, I recommend that they be replaced immediately to prevent recurrent decay to the tooth.\nI hope this Tooth Talk has help to explain what a dental amalgam filling is and some alternatives that are available. Most dentist don’t use amalgams any longer and the composite resin is the restoration of choice and many insurances are now covering this as a benefit. If you have any questions please feel free to call or email me.\nIf you have questions call or email me at Integrity Dental Care, PLLC (615) 445-8700 or email firstname.lastname@example.org with any questions you may have."}
{"text":"the ore and rubbish being raised to the surface by horse power applied to a windlass.\nBut now, if you choose, you may accompany us to the mouth of the Dolores shaft, when, having garbed in miners' dresses, with heads well defended with a kind of felt helmet, we began our descent by ladders, accompanied by two of the English captains or overseers, and went down, down, down into the bowels of the earth. We passed the mouth of the adit; and, reaching the bottom of the mine, in our progress from one shaft to another, visited every part of the \"workings.\" To gain and examine some of these required a certain degree of strength and resolution, from the defective and dangerous means of descent and exit. They were various in appearance, sometimes a shapeless excavation, and at other times wrought into the form of a gallery, according as the rock had been rich or poor in the ore, which is found in a quartz matrix, imbodied in the porphyry rock, of which the whole chain consists.\nThe system of mining struck me as peculiar. The common miners are, for the most part, of the Indian race. A few of them band together, to work in company, and take their equal shares of the proceeds. They are paid four rials a day by the company, and take, as their further perquisite, one eighth of the ore extracted.\nOn issuing from the mouth of the mine, the confederates themselves divide the lumps of ore, rich and poor, into eight heaps in the presence of one of the overseers, and that overseer determines which of the eight shall be given up to them. There are subterranean offices where the tools and candles are kept, and regularly served out and reclaimed, by an officer charged with that particular duty. Blasting and other operations are carried on as in other mines.\nThere are upon an average about three hundred Indians constantly thus engaged in the different parts of the mine; and the scenes presented in those gloomy caves, where they work by the red light of their tapers, with scarcely any covering, are far beyond my describing."}
{"text":"Humanities Department Head\nStratford High School\nSecondary Social Studies\nSecondary students are required to take three years of social studies, including civics, with the option of taking additional elective classes in psychology, sociology, American economy, and foreign policy. The social studies courses assist students in the development of their reading, writing, listening, speaking, and viewing skills in one-to-one and group situations in the classroom. Students are encouraged to read, analyze, and connect historical information/primary sources to current world and American issues.\nThe major emphasis when dealing with history is on the student's ability to master the common core standards as well as 21st Century Skills. There is an emphasis on reading and analyzing non-fiction text through inquiry-based lessons rather than factual memorization. Also, students are instructed on how to write/react to an argumentative text and to do research using a variety of print (primary source), digital, and visual media.\nCourses are designed around AP, Honors, Level 1, Level 2, and non-leveled. Reading courses/tutoring are also offered to those students who need to improve skills in reading, fluency, and reading comprehension in grades 9-12.\nKnowledge of rights and responsibilities in a democracy.\nKnowledge of legal and governmental processes.\nKnowledge of international relations.\nKnowledge of political systems and ecosystems.\nUnderstanding of space, immigration, and economics.\nKnowledge of trade interdependence.\nUnderstanding of local, regional, and U.S. History.\nUse of geographic tools and technology.\nUnderstanding of physical and cultural character.\nUse of chronological and historical thinking."}
{"text":"Is the current German de-industrialization similar to the British case of the 1870-1914 period? Similarities and Differences\nGlobalization is a phenomenon, which has different influence on national economies. Thus, some national economies have benefited (i.e. winners), while others have experienced a harmful outcome (i.e. losers). However, globalization is not a new phenomenon. The first truly globalised economy existed in the era of the second industrial revolution (1870-1914) with the increase of global trade and FDI, rise of big businesses, labor mobility due to immigration, innovation with the creation of new industries etc. At that early stage Germany was a winner and Britain was a loser. However, nowadays, the opposite trend is occurring. Nowadays Britain is one of the winners of the new globalization wave, whereas Germany is considered at best a problematic case (if not a loser). Focusing mainly on industry we provide a comparative assessment."}
{"text":"With the preliminary questionnaire accepted by a Michigan State Historic Preservation Officer, further study and considerations of boundaries for the South Park Historic District are moving forward. To show our progress, an excerpt from the preliminary questionnaire is given below (the formatting was changed because of website conditions, however). It is a concise consideration of the early period of the district.\nA Concise History of South Park: Beginnings and Early Development\nBy Vicki Priest (2016) (c) (Not to be used without permission of the author)\nWhat is known as South Park, at the south end of the City of Port Huron, began in 1901 as a planned community that had minor similarities to a company town. Unlike any other turn-of-the-century neighborhood or town known in the region, South Park was designed with a long (east-west) central park which was to be surrounded by homes, while the community’s north end was reserved for commercial enterprises and industrial plants. Employees could buy lots (sometimes with houses already built on them) directly from The Factory Land Company, the owner and promoter, with easy terms. And aside from some minor stipulations, research so far suggests that neither the Factory Land Company or any associated company controlled residents or owned commercial businesses in the manner that traditional company town developers did."}
{"text":"The falciform ligament\nattaches to the liver, separating the right and left lobes.\n2) Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors have been previously reported in a variety of sites including the heart, (4) kidney, (5) urinary bladder, (6) prostate, esophagus, (7) intestines, (8) pancreas, (3) liver, uterus, (9) ovary, vulva, lung, palate, bone, (10) falciform ligament\n, retroperitoneal soft tissue, thigh, groin, and skin.\nThis ventral mesentery gives rise to the lesser omentum, falciform ligament\nand the visceral peritoneum of the liver.\nReinforcement with falciform ligament\nand peritoneum have been reported in congenital hernia repairs .\n3) In 1888, Rex challenged conventional division of the liver on the basis of the falciform ligament\nand described an avascular plane through the liver that extended from the gallbladder fossa to the inferior vena cava (IVC).\n2%, and is defined as a gallbladder located to the left of the ligamentum teres and the falciform ligament\n3) They typically are found in the lower extremity including the upper thigh and inguinal area, although individual cases have been reported on the buttocks, trunk, upper extremity, and falciform ligament\nIn the formation of hepatodiaphragmatic interposition, hepatic factors including ptotic or small liver, abnormal falciform ligament\nor absence of the falciform ligament\n, diaphragmatic factors including degeneration of the diaphragmatic muscles, phrenic nerv palsy and increase in intrathoracal pressure as a result of tuberculosis or emphysema, colonic factors including abnormal extension of the colon, abnormal suspensory ligament or absence of the suspensory ligament, congenital malposition or malrotation of the colon are accused (8,9)."}
{"text":"Article: Parasitism of Ordovician bryozoans and the origin of pseudoborings\nT. J. Palmer and M. A. Wilson\nUpper Ordovician trepostome bryozoans from the vicinity of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, contain trace fossils that resulted from the overgrowth by the bryozoan of soft-bodied parasites that settled on the living colony. The resulting structures (pseudoborings) superficially resemble borings, and the term 'bioclaustration' is introduced to describe the process. The pseudoboring consists of groups or rows of sub-circular pits, connected by tunnels that were formed by the roofing-over of adventitious stolons by localized bryozoan growth. The structure reflects the external morphology of the parasite, and is named Catellocaula vallata ichnogen. and ichnosp. nov. A hydroid or colonial ascidiacian tunicate is suggested as the perpetrator."}
{"text":"This course will focus on the behavior of learning algorithms when several agents are competing against one another: specifically, what happens when an agent that follows an online learning algorithm interacts with another agent doing the same? The natural language to frame such questions is that of game theory, and the course will begin with a short introduction to the topic, such as normal form games (in particular zero-sum, potential, and stable games), solution concepts (such as dominated/rationalizable strategies, Nash, correlated and coarse equilibrium notions, ESS), and some extensions (Blackwell approachability). Subsequently, we will examine the long-term behavior of a wide variety of online learning algorithms (fictitious play, regret-matching, multiplicative/exponential weights, mirror descent and its variants, etc.), and we will discuss applications to generative adversarial networks (GANs), traffic routing, prediction, and online auctions.  Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi and Gábor Lugosi, Prediction, learning, and games, Cambridge University Press, 2006.\n Drew Fudenberg and David K. Levine, The theory of learning in games, Economic learning and social evolution, vol. 2, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998.\n Sergiu Hart and Andreu Mas-Colell, Simple adaptive strategies: from regret matching to uncoupled dynamics, World Scientific Series in Economic Theory – Volume 4, World Scientific Publishing, 2013.\n Vianney Perchet, Approachability, regret and calibration: implications and equivalences, Journal of Dynamics and Games 1 (2014), no. 2, 181–254.\n Shai Shalev-Shwartz, Online learning and online convex optimization, Foundations and Trends in Machine Learning 4 (2011), no. 2, 107–194."}
{"text":"Wouldn’t it be cool if we could make our thinking visible? Well, there is a way!\nThere are a set of practices that students can make use of to make their thinking visible. These thinking routines guide learners’ thought processes and encourage them to actively process their ideas.\nOne of the thinking routines is See-Think-Wonder. Ms Celina has explained how the See-Think-Wonder routine can help students to generate ideas when it comes to composition.\nToday, I would like to introduce another thinking routine that can help students to generate ideas when faced with a new composition topic during examination – 3-2-1 Bridge!\nLike what you are watching? Please subscribe to our YouTube channel to receive our tips and strategies fresh from our studio!\nWant your child to be fully prepared for the exams?\nCheck out our “Mighty Fit For Exams” bundle. You get all our self-paced courses, our complete 30 Days Exam Preparation Roadmap and much, much more!\nPlus! You get to save up to $530 with this special package.\nWhat are you waiting for?"}
{"text":"A point-of-care rapid diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) has been developed by a multinational team of scientists led by researchers at Stellenbosch University.\n\"This low-cost screening test has the potential to significantly speed up TB diagnosis in resource-limited setting,\" says co-inventor, Prof Gerhard Walzl of Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. The test is conducted on blood obtained from a finger-prick and can make a TB diagnosis in less than an hour.\n\"Health care workers with minimal training will be able use the test at grass-roots level and get immediate access to screening test results,\" says Walzl. The diagnostic test is a hand-held, battery-operated instrument that will measure chemicals in the blood of people with possible TB.\nThe device is currently in developmental phase and its accuracy and efficacy will be tested in five African countries over the next three years by the ScreenTB consortium, a team of TB experts from eight African and European partnering institutions.\nOther recent advances in TB diagnostics have radically improved diagnostic times, but high costs and the sophisticated equipment required have made this technology inaccessible to many.\n\"People in remote areas with high TB incidence still do not benefit from the newer developments and face long diagnostic delays and often multiple return visits to clinics before they are diagnosed,\" says Walzl.\nThe new test will be able to provide near-immediate results that will enable a person with TB to be diagnosed and started on treatment during a single visit to a health care facility."}
{"text":"The key result of the Swedish studythat productivity can increase with fewer hours workedeliminates a major stumbling block to globalizing the shorter work day. \"The six-hour work week has not been well accepted in many countries because organizations are worried their productivity might fall,\" said Pramila Rao, an associate professor of human resource management at Marymount University. Even with encouraging results, it's unlikely that the U.S. will soon shift to shorter days. Americans work around 38.6 hours per week, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. They get, on average, fewer than eight paid vacation days a year; only about three-quarters of workers get any paid time off at all, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics. \"The Swedish model will not be easily accepted in the U.S. because we are a nation of workaholics,\" said Rao.\nIt takes a village!\nJoin ours. Before we were parents, we were people. Sign up for tips and stories from parents who get it."}
{"text":"Emulators are programs that allow one type of game to be played on another system. Such as a PS2, or PSP native game being able to be played on a PC. While not just for video games, they can be used for other purposes. Some parts of emulating setup is prohibited under law such as obtaining copies of BIOS (Basic Input Output System) unless these were purchased legally. Emulating is regularly a complex thing to like like modding a console game system. Also emulators are a benefit when running the game in it's original form.\nThe graphics are the same on the PC. However some problems do arise (like with GTA games). One of these problems is with the graphics. Such as the radar, and HUD not being rendered, and black boxes can be seen around them. Also the game can contain distorted graphics as opposed to the PS2 on a television monitor. This cannot however be fixed with in-game anti-aliasing as it doesn't exist."}
{"text":"Sound Design Course\n– 288 HRS\nBecome a pro in 3D Animation\nSound Design: Sound design is the art and practice of creating sound tracks for a variety of needs. It involves specifying, acquiring or creating auditory elements using audio production techniques and tools. It is employed in a variety of disciplines including filmmaking, television production, video game development, theatre, sound recording and reproduction, live performance, sound art, post-production, radio and musical instrument development.\nCategories:288 HRS Advanced Course In Sound DesignApply Now"}
{"text":"CULTURAL READINGS: Colonization & Print in the Americas\nSpecial Collections, University of Pennsylvania Library\n|Constitution and Laws of the Cherokee Nation. [in Cherokee]\nParsons, Kansas: Foley r'y Printing Co., 1892-3.\n|Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary proved popular among Cherokees and has never been abandoned. In 1892-93, the Cherokee nation printed an edition of its Constitution and laws in Cherokee and English.|\nPrint and Native Cultures\n|Exhibition Contents | Introduction | Essays | Bibliography & Links|\nLast update: Monday, 05-Oct-2015 00:01:29 EDT"}
{"text":"A fun activity workbook that exposes the kids to the (Greek) alphabet and helps him or her understand it.\nFine motor development\nIdentification of pictures and letters\nIntroduction to reading\nSeparation of vowels and consonants\nDevelopment of logic-mathematical thought\nFor children 5 years old + . By Rena Rossi-Zairi. Paperback. 56 pages. Psichogios publications."}
{"text":"Mary Stuart, Princess of Orange, as Widow of William II, Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1652\nWhite is the colour of mourning for people of royal blood. Mary was already a widow by the time she turned 19. Her husband, the Stadtholder William II, died in 1650 of smallpox. Two years later she had herself portrayed as his widow, holding an orange in her hand as a reference to the House of Orange. At the left is the stadtholders’ gate of the Binnenhof with a view of The Hague."}
{"text":"Updated: Jun 16\nThere are several factors that can contribute to producing good film photographs:\nProper camera handling and maintenance: Make sure your camera is in good working condition and that you are familiar with its controls and functions. Check out the post on how to see if your camera is working properly.\nGood lighting: Proper lighting is essential for good film photographs. Natural light is often the best choice, but you can also use artificial light sources, such as studio strobes, to achieve the desired effect.\nComposition: Pay attention to the composition of your photographs, including the placement of subjects within the frame and the use of lines, shapes, and textures to create interest.\nFilm choice: Different types of film stock have different characteristics, such as ISO (film speed), color balance, and grain structure. Choose a film that is appropriate for the type of photograph you are trying to take.\nDevelopment and printing: Proper development and printing of film can also greatly impact the final quality of your photographs. Consider working with a professional lab or learning how to develop and print your own film to ensure the best results.\nPractice: As with any skill, the more you practice, the better you will become at taking good film photographs. Experiment with different techniques and settings, and don't be afraid to make mistakes – they can often lead to interesting and unexpected results."}
{"text":"Everyone drives in H2AC. No student is left out on race day, so everyone needs to practice so they can help out their team when it’s their turn. Driving a remote-controlled car isn’t the same as driving a real car, so students will have to spend hours honing their skills. The drivers’ practice logs are a way to ensure that each driver has had training so that they won’t be a danger on the track. Teams can also be penalized for poor driving that results in too many crashes.\nCrashes will inevitably happen during training and during the race. But that’s okay! H2AC is won in the pits as much as, if not more than, on the track itself. This means the abilities of the students to quickly assess and repair the car is vital. Students will have to work together to determine the cause of the fault, decide on a solution, and implement it. Problems encountered during testing and driving provide great opportunities to prepare.\nAdditionally, students will complete their video project during this Unit. The video will encompass their build process from design through driving practice. The video is submitted before the race weekend, and the top videos are shown to all the teams on the Friday night before the race.\nNow that you’ve seen what students accomplish during H2AC, click here to find out how H2AC affects students who participate. If you are ready, enroll your school now or become a sponsor to help us train the high-tech engineers of the future."}
{"text":"I first discovered Dr. Seuss when I was 5 years old and in kindergarten. Our bookshelf contained “The Cat in the Hat”, “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back”, “Horton Hears a Who”, “Green Eggs and Ham”, and “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” and perhaps a few others that I can’t recall for sure.\nBorn Theodor Seuss Geisel on March 2, 1904 in Springfield, MA, he was a poet, writer and cartoonist who published 46 children’s books in his lifetime.\nIn 1997, the National Education Association designated National Read Across America Day as a day to celebrate reading and to be held on the school day closest to March 2nd, the birthday of Dr. Seuss.\nDr. Seuss passed away on September 24, 1991 in La Jolla, CA at the age of 87. But he still lives on in all the wonderful children’s books he wrote and published."}
{"text":"12-12 Church Policies and Practices\nScattered throughout the epistles of the New Testament are indications of how the earliest Christians worshiped and lived. Prayer and singing were important parts of their worship. They administered the sacrament of the Lord's supper. They made donations to the poor and to the church headquarters. They insisted on morality and chastity. They strengthened marriages and families. Chart 12-12 identifies these key elements present among the policies and practices of the early Christian church. These elements will always be found among the fundamental covenants and teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ.\nHoward W. Hunter, \"Organization of the Church of Christ,\" Improvement Era, December 1965, 1145-47.\nCharles W. Penrose, \"What is 'the Church'?\" Millennial Star 70 (16 January 1908): 40-43."}
{"text":"Digital design technologies play a significant role in assisting the designer through conceptual architectural design.\nComputer supported design systems can generate various images at the early design phase and can contribute to seeking\nalternative architectural forms. Currently, different design approaches are being employed in the formation of architectural\nproducts. Examples of architecture that produce unusual forms are often encountered within unique conceptual\napproaches. The development of new design examples is supported by the digital production of forms, and threedimensional\nmodels through varying geometric approaches. In this study, a design approach that uses computer aided\narchitectural design to produce architectural forms will be suggested. This approach utilizes principles existing in the\nunique fractal dimension of elements based on a vocabulary relevant to a specific architectural language. By relying\non the fractal dimension and features of an existing architectural pattern, this generative design approach supports creativity\nin the production of new forms. The proposed approach is evaluated as a creative tool in architectural design.\nThe subject of architecture; buildings, spaces, surroundings, symbols of that particular society are also the elements of\na meta-language which creates a fractal geometry based relation. It is possible to analyse this relation through a fractal\ngeometry-based principle. In short, a fractal geometrical generative method is suggested. Also, recently-surfaced discussions\nabout \"Chaos Theory\" and its effects on the design process via \"Chaos and Self - Similarity\" are studied. The\nsignificance of these different phenomena and disciplines upon architectural design are also studied for developing a\npossible creative tool.\nKeywords : Architectural Design, Computer-Aided Architectural Design, Fractal Geometry, Generative Approach,\nArchitectural Languages, Architectural Grammar, Chaos Theory.\nAn Abstract to read the whole article login......."}
{"text":"Only one person made the sautie bannock, and she was not allowed to speak. The other girls would try to tease her into speaking.\nA ring would be worked into the dough. The cooked bannock was shared out amongst the unmarried women present; whoever got the piece with the ring would be the next to be married.\nThe fire to cook sautie bannock had to be made from straw, ideally taken from a firstborn’s cradle.\nSautie bannock was also made on Hallowe’en as a Samhain bannock; these ones had soot in them. The bannock would be made by four or five single women working together in silence. A small bit of soot would be added. They were not supposed to speak until the next morning. They would each take a piece of the bannock to put under their pillow that night in order to dream about who would be their husband.\nTo make the soot version of the cake properly, you would use the “first egg of a young hen”, along with soot, a meal of some kind, and salt. The ratio given in some sources is 1 part soot, 1 part meal, 1 part salt, 1 egg.\nSautie bannock used to be made on what would now be the 12th of November on our calendar. That’s when Hallowe’en (31 October) fell in British ruled countries until the Gregorian calendar adjustments were adopted in 1752.\n“Sautie” comes from the Gaelic word for “soot”, which was “suidh.”"}
{"text":"Michigan's fisheries rely primarily upon the hatchery propagation of salmonid fish for release in public waters. One limitation on the success of these efforts is the presence of bacterial pathogens, including Aeromonas salmonicida, the causative agent of furunculosis. This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of A. salmonicida in Michigan fish, as well as to determine whether biochemical or gene sequence variability exists among Michigan isolates. A total of 2202 wild, feral and hatchery-propagated fish from Michigan were examined for the presence of A. salmonicida. The examined fish included Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum), coho salmon, O. kisutcha (Walbaum), steelhead trout, O. mykiss (Walbaum), Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill), and yellow perch, Perca flavescens (Mitchill). Among these, 234 fish yielded a brown pigment-producing bacterium that was presumptively identified as A. salmonicida. Further phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses identified representative isolates as Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida and revealed some genetic and biochemical variability. Logistic regression analyses showed that infection prevalence varied according to fish species/strain, year and gender, whereby Chinook salmon and females had the highest infection prevalence. Moreover, this pathogen was found in six fish species from eight sites, demonstrating its widespread nature within Michigan.\nAdditional Publication Details\nPolyphasic characterization of Aeromonas salmonicida isolates recovered from salmonid and non-salmonid fish"}
{"text":"Spotted Lanternfly Control\nThe spotted lanternfly was first found in southern Berks County PA in September of 2014. Since then, this invasive pest from Asia has spreading into several surrounding counties and is active throughout most of our service area.\nThis area’s new pest is becoming a serious issue for many homeowners. While their more recognizable in the adult stage, it’s actually the nymph stage that can do most damage to ornamental landscapes as well as orchards and vineyards. Spotted lanternflies are sucking insects which feed on the sap running through a plant’s vascular system. This then weakens the plant and leaves is vulnerable to other stresses.\nIdentifying the Spotted Lanternfly\nThe nymph activity will leave behind a sticky residue which triggers the growth of black sooty mold. You can find these sticky growths on cars, patios and understory plants. The initial nymphs hatch from eggs in May and will feed through July. Adult spotted lanternflies begin to appear in July and will continue to damage native and ornamental trees.\nRead our blog to learn more about identifying spotted lanternflies during the different stages.\nSpotted Lanternfly Treatment Programs\nLuckily, early control attempts have proven successful. First, we can protect landscape plants by treating for The Spotted Lanternfly in the nymph stage with a Foliar Treatment in June. In July/August we return with a Soil Injected Systemic for mature trees especially prone to SLF attack (Maples, Birch, Willow, Silverbell and some others). We next treat the adult stage when they begin to swarm and disperse in September/October.\nSoil Drench Systemic:\nApplied to root zones of mature trees prone to SLF attack in early March through May.\nFoliar Nymph Treatment:\nApplied to foliage/trunks of preferred plants in late May and June.\nActive Adult Treatment:\nApplied to foliage/trunks of preferred plants in late summer through fall."}
{"text":"Chemical dependency and substance abuse are closely related terms that refer to an individual’s addiction to drugs or alcohol. Chemical dependency is often used to describe a more severe form of substance abuse that includes physical and psychological dependence on a substance. Substance abuse, on the other hand, may refer to a less severe form of drug or alcohol use that may not lead to dependence. However, the terms are often used interchangeably and may have different meanings depending on the context. Ultimately, both terms refer to the harmful use of drugs or alcohol and require intervention and treatment to overcome."}
{"text":"This past week we've completed unit 8 in math highlighting addition number stories and we've even practiced checking our work using the opposite operation. Some of these problems even led us to early multiplication. Second grade just loves that!\nAt this point, you should notice your second grader telling you what time it is, even to the nearest five minutes, using an analog clock. Just ask them! Challenge your second grader with money too. They're also recording money counted and recording it using dollars and cent notation. These are just a couple of the many skills your second grader has mastered. With all the new skills we are practicing every day, it is important to continue to practice basic addition facts also. The automaticity of addition facts is very important as they go onto third grade.\nA peek at what we were introduced to this past week:\nIn other news, we've spent the last few weeks reading, analyzing, and writing poetry. The poems your second grader has written are amazing! Come check out our authors' board.\nNow, we're heading into opinion writing. We're looking closely at the difference between a fact and opinion and how to write to persuade. This is our final pice of the pie. We've written to entertain, written to inform, and now writing to persuade. Stay tuned as you will be receiving persuasive letters real soon. I apologize in advance for what they might be persuading you for. Haha.\nOf course at the end of each writing piece, their favorite part is sharing them. They are so proud! As they should be! Here are a few of my friends who shared this week."}
{"text":"There are many ways to administer an easy vision test at college, but some methods are more powerful than others. If you are worried with regards to your child’s eyesight, try this straightforward vision check. The professor will obstruct one vision, then talk to the child to pay attention to the opposite line. Then, you are likely to write down all their visual foresightedness on a information. You’ll need to continue doing this process meant for the additional eye. In the event that they cannot identify the letter the right way with the still left eye, they will have to retake the optotype.\nA simple eye-sight test for school is an excellent safety net. It helps to make sure that a child’s eye-sight is not impaired due to any underlying medical complications. Father and mother often rely on these lab tests, but these exams are erroneous and could truly mask a vision problem. However , this safety net can often be ignored, because parents will not think that an easy vision check at college is appropriate enough. It’s far better to have an extensive eye exam at a later date.\nThe National simple vision test at school Parent Teacher Association accounts that there are 12 million kids with eye-sight problems in the U. T., and the University of Vision Development quotes that 25 percent of school-age children inside the U. H. have some type of vision issue. Of these, simply 10 percent acquire glasses, although most want them. Despite these huge rates of prevalence, various children will not likely wear spectacles until they reach age 15 any time they have a vision difficulty."}
{"text":"The reason the vaccine could be ready so fast is that the scientists were already working on a vaccine against infectious bronchitis virus affecting poultry.\n\"Let's call it pure luck,\" said Dr. Chen Katz. \"We decided to choose coronavirus as a model for our system just as a proof of concept for our technology.\"\nWhen the coronavirus started affecting humans, they compared the two and found high genetic similarities.\n\"And it uses the same infection mechanism, which increases the likelihood of achieving an effective human vaccine in a very short period of time,\" said Dr. Katz to Jerusalem Post.\nThe only thing they need to do is adjust the system to the new sequence, which likely takes a few weeks and not months.\nThe vaccine will be oral, which makes it more accessible to the general public."}
{"text":"Hello friends, Current Switching Circuit? Do you know how to switch between two power supplies or current sources using Arduino and Relays? Welcome to another interesting article, suppose you want to operate a device that can be operated based on the room temperature or a temperature inside the device, let’s understand this with a real […]\nWhat are Active components electronics?\nDefinition of Active components : “Active components are those who has the ability to control flow of electrons either by using voltage or by using another current.” Voltage-controlled devices are MOSFETs, vacuum tubes, while current-controlled devices are bipolar junction transistors which allow one current to control another. Active components can be of different types like […]"}
{"text":"Adverbs are used to modify a verb.\n(She sings beautifully), an adjective (She is very beautiful.), or another adverb (The car goes very fast).\nTime, place, frequency, degree and manner adverbs (early, there, often, slowly) describe how, when, where, and how often something is done.\nMany adverbs are formed by adding -ly to an adjective (slow - slowly, quick - quickly).\nAdverbs, like adjectives, have three degrees of comparison – the positive, the comparative and the superlative.\nComparative adverbs compare how two actions are done. Superlative adverbs compare how more than two actions are done. Some comparisons are regular, that is:\na. The comparative degree of single-syllable adverb is formed by adding -er ending, and the superlative degree by adding -est ending to the positive form of the adverb (hard - harder - hardest).\nb. The comparative degree of multi-syllable adverbs is formed by adding the word more, and the superlative degree is formed by adding the word most to the positive form of the adverb.\nAdverbs ending in –ly take more for the comparative and most for the superlative degree (effectively - more effectively - most effectively).\nThe adverb early is an exception to this rule. (early - earlier - earliest)\nSome comparisons are irregular, so you have to memorize them (see the table below).\na. Also is used in positive sentences after the verb to be and modal verbs.\nAdverbs also and too have the same meaning but are used differently.\nI was also there. I can also speak French.\nb. Also is used before all other verbs.\nToo is used at the end of positive sentences.\nI love chocolate. I also love pizza.\nI love chocolate. I love pizza too.\nFar and a long way both describe something at a great distance.\nFar is used mostly in questions and negatives.\nI can’t see very far without my glasses on.\nA long way is used mostly in affirmative statements.\nSan Francisco is a long way from New York."}
{"text":"Here are some tips to help.\n- Feed your brain - your brain like every organ in your body needs fuel to function, foods high in the Omega 3 fatty acid DHA, such as oily fish, contribute to normal brain function. Have eggs for breakfast, whole eggs are among the most nutritious foods on the planet, containing a little bit of almost every nutrient you need including vitamin B5 which contributes to normal mental performance.\n- Drink plenty of water. Your brain is strongly influenced by your hydration status. Studies show that even mild dehydration, such as the loss of 1–3% of body weight, can impair many aspects of brain function.\n- Switch off distractions - turn off your emails, silence you phone and turn off notifications. Plan to check devices and emails at intevals in the day and plan your work and output in these intevals.\n- Organise your mind. Remove the mental to do list from your brain, write down a list of everything you need to do including household chores and returning phone calls, so your mind is free to concentrate on the task in hand.\n- Take a break and go for a brisk 10 minute walk in a green space. A survey conducted by the University of Michigan asked one group of students to walk around an arboretum and another around a city. The latter group scored significantly lower in concentration tests. If you have a local park, take a stroll in it. Exercise also increases brain power and reduces anxiety.\n- Meditate. Many studies have found that meditation helps increase the strength and endurance of your attention, along with reducing stress and anxiety."}
{"text":"Although not known for their generosity, chimpanzees do regularly share food. Most chimpanzee food sharing does not involve actively handing food to someone else, but rather passively allowing another individual to take it. Aware of this possibility, chimpanzees often beg for food from those who have it – holding out a hand or even reaching toward another’s mouth as he chews. Foods that are shared are those that are high-value, monopolizable, and rare, such as meat, honey, or large fruits. Food sharing appears to strengthen social bonds in chimpanzees."}
{"text":"Meaning of DEMOCRACY in English\nA system of government in which effective political power is vested in the people. In older usage (for example, in the writings of the classical Greek and Roman philosophers or in the Federalist Papers ), the term was reserved exclusively for governmental systems in which the populace exercised this power directly through general assemblies or referenda to decide the most important questions of law or policy. In more contemporary usage, the term has been broadened to include also what the American Founding Fathers called a republic -- a governmental system in which the power of the people is normally exercised only indirectly, through freely elected representatives who are supposed to make government decisions according to the popular will, or at least according to the supposed values and interests of the population.\n[See also: republic , autocracy , oligarchy , aristocracy , monarchy , state , dictatorship , theocracy ]\nEnglish glossary of political economy terms. Английский глоссарий политико-экономических терминов. 2012"}
{"text":"Maurice Leblanc, in full Maurice-Marie-Émile Leblanc (born Dec. 11, 1864, Rouen, France—died Nov. 6, 1941, Paris), French author and journalist, known as the creator of Arsène Lupin, French gentleman-thief turned detective, who is featured in more than 60 of Leblanc’s crime novels and short stories.\nLeblanc abandoned his law studies to become a pulp crime writer. Commissioned in 1905 to write a crime story for the French periodical Je sais tout, he created “L’Arrestation d’Arsène Lupin” (“The Arrest of Arsène Lupin”) and achieved immediate and long-lasting popular success. His first collection of short stories appeared in 1907. Leblanc used as a recurrent element the suspicion that Lupin may not have reformed completely. Many of Leblanc’s stories were adapted into successful films in the 1930s.\nLeblanc was awarded the French Legion of Honour."}
{"text":"National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, observed every year on February 7, is a good time to remind the general public of the racial disparities in HIV infection that persist in the United States. Year after year, African-Americans continue to shoulder the heaviest burden of HIV.\n“If you don’t have access to healthcare and you’re HIV-positive, you’re less likely to be on medication or virally suppressed, and therefore more likely to transmit HIV,” said amfAR vice president and director of public policy Greg Millett. “We also have to do a better job of reducing HIV stigma because it keeps people from being tested for HIV, and it keeps people who are HIV-positive from seeking care because they’re afraid they’ll be discriminated against. And that is what continues to fuel the epidemic.”\nAccording to Millett, to effectively address the racial disparities in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S., we need to continue raising awareness about how HIV disproportionately affects the black community, urge our policymakers to prioritize HIV prevention and treatment resources to the hardest hit communities, such as black gay men, and improve care for HIV-positive black women and injecting drug users.\nDiscrimination, stigma, poverty, and lack of access to healthcare contribute to the disproportionate burden of HIV among black Americans. This is most notably the case in regions with large black populations like the American South where approximately half of the nation’s new HIV infections occur, with black Americans accounting for nearly 80 percent of them. In general, African-Americans are less likely than whites to have private health insurance."}
{"text":"What is e-accessibility?\nQ: What is e-accessibility?\nA: Electronic accessibility, or E-Accessibility, refers to the ease of use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as the Internet, by people with disabilities. Web sites need to be developed so that disabled users can access the information. For example:\n- for people who are blind, web sites need to be able to be interpreted by programmes which read text aloud and describe any visual images;\n- for people who have low vision, web pages need adjustable sized fonts and sharply contrasting colours; and\n- for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, audio content should be accompanied by text versions of the dialogue. Sign language video can also help make audio content more accessible.\nInternationally, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, prepared by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) provide standards for web accessibility. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which came into force on May 3, 2008 draws attention to the need to ensure access to ICTs for persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others and will help to eliminate barriers to information, including through the Internet. At the national level, laws and regulations can promote compliance with accessibility standards.\nThe use of ICTs, such as the Internet, is rapidly becoming an essential part of the economic, educational and social life of many people today. Therefore it is vital that web sites can be used by all, so that persons with disabilities have the same access to information as everyone else."}
{"text":"What is Cat Spaying or Dog Spaying?\nSpaying removes the ability of a female to have young. Spaying your dog or cat is a surgical operation that removes both the ovaries and the uterus through an incision in the abdomen. Because the ovaries produce most of the estrogen in a female’s body, the pet no longer has a surge of estrogen, a heat cycle, bleeding from the vulva, or the tendency to attract males. The procedure for females is called a spay surgery or ovariohysterectomy\nBenefits of cat and dog spaying\nSpaying is the most common surgery for female pets because it has so many benefits for the pet and the family. Spaying:\n- prevents estrus cycles and vaginal bleeding,\n- prevents the birth of unwanted puppies and kittens,\n- prevents infection in the uterus (pyometra),\n- lessens mammary cancer, and\n- lessens cat yowling.\nBest age to spay your cat or dog\nSpaying is done at all ages. At some humane facilities and animal shelters, spaying is being done when pets are 6 to 8 weeks old so that no adopted pets will have unwanted litters. Pets spayed by the family veterinarian are traditionally scheduled for surgery between 5 and 10 months of age.\nWhen scheduling surgery for a pet that has just had a litter, it is best to wait about two months after delivery so that the young are weaned, the mother has quit nursing, and the uterus has\nreturned to its normal size."}
{"text":"|Geoboards: How To Make and Teach\nEverything from how to make them, to an overview of all the topics they can be used for, and materials on specific topics like Polygons, Graphing on the Cartesian plane, Pythagoras Theorem, etc.\n|Compass and Straight Edge (and Angles)\nFor centuries, an essential part of Mathematics education was a study of The Elements by Euclid, and learning how to use a compass and straight edge. Many mathematicians, like Gauss, were masters of the art. So using a compass and straight edge starts with a study of some of Euclid’s propositions, and goes on with some other interesting constructions.\n|Probability (and Statistics)\nHands on materials like coins, cards, dice and blocks make a tricky topic like Probability more fun, more challenging, and more understandable.\nKnown as the Queen of Mathematics , number theory goes back to ancient times and has strong connections to Geometry. It has many interesting problems, and modern applications in computing.\nOther Lower Secondary Maths topics not covered in the above categories."}
{"text":"¹ Source: wiktionary.com\nDefinition of Knotlike\n1. resembling a knot [adj]\nClick the following link to bring up a new window with an automated collection of images related to the term: Knotlike Images\nLexicographical Neighbors of Knotlike\nLiterary usage of Knotlike\nBelow you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:\n1. Elements of Geology by Eliot Blackwelder, Harlan Harland Barrows (1911)\n\"On these arms there are knotlike condensations at various points. ... It is conceived that the knotlike bodies in the arms became the centers of growth for ...\"\n2. Annals of Ophthalmology (1904)\n\"For the first stage only a few single knotlike elevations in or around the centre of the cornea are observed; these correspond to the smallest light gray ...\"\n3. Insect Pests of Farm, Garden and Orchard by Ezra Dwight Sanderson (1921)\n\"As this progresses the smaller veinlets grow still larger and more irregular, knotlike swellings appear at frequent intervals, and in extreme cases little ...\"\n4. Monographs of the Diptera of North America by Hermann Loew, Carl Robert Osten-Sacken, Smithsonian Institution (1867)\n\"... the lowest third is separated from the upper one by two knotlike elevations near the eyes, is convex and ends in a sharp rounded edge. ...\"\n5. The Diseases of children by James Frederic Goodhart, George Frederic Still (1905)\n\"The colon will appear to take origin from a knotlike bulb of bowel, perhaps lying in the right loin or in some part of the transverse or descending colon. ...\"\n6. Popular Fruit Growing: Prepared Especially for Beginners and as a Text Book by Samuel Bowdlear Green (1912)\n\"This knotlike growth is spongy and of a black color. Upon examining it with a microscope it is found that the surface has many little cavities that contain ...\""}
{"text":"Healthcare-associated infections kill 100,000 each year in the U.S., often because basic safety guidelines are not followed. That is what makes a medical study recently published in the American Journal of Infection Control so disconcerting.\nCreutzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD) is an untreatable brain disease affecting one in one million people each year. It is thankful that CJD is rare, because it is often regarded as the human version of \"mad cow\" disease, quickly transforming healthy brain proteins into unhealthy cells. This is what makes news from a North Carolina hospital so disturbing.\nThe word \"tuberculosis\" used to bring trepidation to Americans.The creation of the antibiotic streptomycin in 1946 largely quieted this fear, but a new drug-resistant strain of the disease has surfaced in recent decades. A recent tuberculosis outbreak at a Las Vegas hospital shows why people, again, should fear \"TB.\"\nHealth care-associated infections (HAIs) affect 1 in 20 patients, according to the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). HAIs are a top-10 cause of death in the United States, killing 2,500 annually, but the problem only seems to be worsening."}
{"text":"Vineyard Views Newsletter & Events\nVirginia creeper leafhopper\nPopulations of a newly invasive species, the Virginia creeper leafhopper (Erythroneura ziczac), have been detected in some vineyards in Northern California, from the Oregon border to the Northern Sacramento Valley, Northern Sierra foothills, and Lake and Mendocino Counties.\nThus far, the problem is being reported primarily from backyard vines or organic vineyards. Distribution in the California counties where it has been reported is not yet well understood. Although not yet found in Napa or Sonoma Counties, proximal populations are located in Lake and Mendocino. For additional information on identification of this species, refer to a video prepared by UC Cooperative Extension Advisors.\nDamage from this species can be much more severe than Western grape leafhopper, in some cases resulting in complete defoliation when control measures are not properly implemented. In many regions of California, the Western grape leafhopper is under control by natural enemies--a complex of parasitic wasps of the genus Anagrus that attach leafhopper eggs. At this time, Virginia creeper leafhopper (VCLH) eggs do not appear to be parasitized by the species of Anagrus present in California, however a thorough investigation has not occurred. Without effective controls, VCLH populations can reach very high levels, especially in backyard and organic vineyards.\nAdditional information on Virginia creeper leafhopper will be presented by Dr. Lucia Varela, during a \"Pest and Disease Update\" that is scheduled for March 6, 2013 at the Yountville Community Center (more details to follow.)"}
{"text":"You will submit an annotated bibliography for 2 of your sources. Each source will have the correct citation entry for the citation style you are using (APA), as well as an annotation, which is made of a paragraph or two telling the reader about the source. One (1) of the sources should be a peer-reviewed piece.\nHere are the steps you will take to build your annotated bibliography:\n- First, determine what kind of source you are using. Is it a book? Journal article? Blog?\n- Copy that model and paste it into your bibliography.\n- Then put your source in the correct citation format, following the model you just copied and pasted.\n- Finally, write a brief annotation of that source. The annotation should describe the main ideas covered in the source as well as an evaluation by you for the source’s usefulness.\n- Follow the student example included below. You will see the model, the citation, and then the annotation for the source.\n- Sample Annotation. Each of your entries should follow the format below.\nAnnotated Bibliography- MLA\nModel from APUS Citation Guide (MLA)\nAuthor last name, first name. Book title. City: publisher, year. Medium.\nCalkins, Lucy. Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parent’s Guide. Reading: Addison-Wesley\nLongman. 1997. Print.\nLucy Calkins is a noted teacher and researcher in reading and writing. Her book is a guide for parents, helping them to work with their children’s schools to create a positive learning environment and a lifelong love of learning in their children. Topics covered include fostering learning and curiosity in mathematics, science, social studies, reading, and writing. Calkins’ work also offers advice on school curriculum and testing. By providing specific examples of parental involvement, this book will help support my assertion that parents need to play a strong role in their children’s education."}
{"text":"Asteroids Mathilde, Gaspra and Ida\nMathilde, Gaspra, and Ida (left to right, all at the same scale). The image of Mathilde was taken by the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous spacecraft on June 27, 1997. Images of Gaspra and Ida were taken in 1991 and 1993, respectively, by the Galileo spacecraft.\nThe visible part of Mathilde measures 37 miles (59 kilometers) wide and 29 miles (47 kilometers) high. Mathilde has more large craters than the other two asteroids. Mathilde is shown at about the same brightness as the other two asteroids, but is actually much darker.\nImage Credit: NASA\nCredit: Lunar and Planetary Institute"}
{"text":"OK - I don't know what that code is trying to do, but on line 30 you declare an int called passwordLength, then try to use it in an 'if' expressions as if it was a method... and for method arguments, you're comparing a String called 'length' with two integer literals, 6 and 10.\nYou can't use an int as a method (the compiler is complaining it can't find a method called passwordLength), and you can't compare a String with a number. The 'if' statement won't do anything even if you fix it, because you've put a semi-colon ; on the end of it... The last error is because you're trying to return 'false' from a method that's declared 'void' - which means it can't return any value.\nI suggest you forget about the code, and start with a sheet of paper. Then write down how you would solve this problem step by step in English. Decide what number variables you'll need and what text variables (Strings) you'll need, and how you'd use them to do what is needed. Don't worry about Java until you've worked out exactly how to solve the problem on paper. Once you have a detailed solution written down in English (i.e. pseudo code), and you've stepped through it by hand to make sure it works, then try translating it into Java.\nDesigning and coding are tricky enough individually - if you try to do both at the same time, you'll only get confused."}
{"text":"To express to keep on/continue doing something in Spanish we use one of these two verbal structures:\nNotice how both seguir and continuar are followed by a gerund, which coincides with the English structure.\nHowever special attention must be paid to the verb seguir which is a stem-changing verb (e>i) as well as a consonant change verb (gu>g). See:\n- Conjugate stem-changing (e > i) verbs: seguir, conseguir, perseguir in El Presente (present tense)\n- Verbos con cambio ortográfico gu > g (El Presente)\nAlso remember the absence of a preposition between seguir/continuar and the gerund form, as this is a common mistake.\nHere are some other examples:\nTake one of the examples above:\nIt is incorrect to use a preposition between the two verb forms or to use the infinitive:\nEllos siguieron a bebiendo hasta el amanecer.\nEllos siguieron a beber hasta el amanecer.\nEllos continuaron a bebiendo hasta el amanecer.\nEllos continuaron a beber hasta el amanecer.\nLearn more about these related Spanish grammar topics\nExamples and resources\nBe the first to ask a question!"}
{"text":"Is digital anonymity an illusion?\nAnonymity in cyberspace is rare—and getting rarer. A Columbia study and student-built website show how just carrying a smartphone can compromise your digital privacy. With Google, Data Science Institute researchers discovered your phone leaks enough information about your physical movements to identify you from thousands.\nTwo sources of data—a geotagged Instagram photo and Facebook check-in—can pinpoint the same person’s social media accounts even if that person uses different account names, a digital alias unmasked. While smartphone location-tracking helps navigate cities and highways, its security implications are still poorly understood.\nTo show how much data your smartphone leaks and what that data says about you, study coauthor Chris Riederer, an Engineering graduate student, created You Are Where You Go with two undergraduates, Daniel Echikson '17CC and Stephanie Huang ’17SEAS. The site lets you audit your social media trail by linking at least two of your social media accounts with location-tracking features (like Twitter or Foursquare).\nYou Are Where You Go calculates how likely someone posted in one app at one time and place, then posted in a second app at another time and place. With relative accuracy, the site uses these digital breadcrumbs to guess your age, race or ethnicity, income, and even if you have children.\n“People are now sharing their location on a growing number of apps, often without realizing it,” cautions Riederer. “Companies no longer have to be very sophisticated to access this data and use it for their own purposes.” Learn More."}
{"text":"Debt Growth and the Financial System\nSince 1982, the indebtedness of domestic nonfinancial sectors has increased from around 140 percent of nominal gross national product (GNP) to 170 percent. This extraordinary growth contrasts sharply with the pattern of debt growth over most of the post- World War II period. Between 1951 and 1982, for example, debt growth was remarkably stable, continuing in direct proportion to nominal GNP. Although debt increased sharply relative to GNP from 1929 to 1933, this increase largely reflected a 46 percent decline in GNP over the same period. Meanwhile, some measures of debt were declining in absolute terms. In fact, domestic nonfinancial debt (the measure of total debt used in this article) actually declined 14 percent from 1929 to 1933.\nThe views authors express in Economic Commentary are theirs and not necessarily those of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland or the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The series editor is Tasia Hane. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. This paper and its data are subject to revision; please visit clevelandfed.org for updates."}
{"text":"Grassroots Environmental Education is a science-based environmental health non-profit, seeking to inform the public and decision makers about the health risks of common environmental exposures and to empower individuals and organizations to act as catalysts for change in their own communities. We strive to accomplish this using science-driven arguments for clean air, clean water, and a safe food supply, and for stricter regulation of radiation and chemical toxins. We believe that positive and lasting change is best accomplished through grassroots initiatives.\nFostering positive and lasting change in environmental health through science and advocacy\nToday we are exposed to more toxins in our environment than ever before. They are found not only in our air, water and food supply, but in a wide range of consumer products that we use every day in and around our homes. Learn more about which products to avoid and safer alternatives to keep you and your family healthy.\nWe are regularly exposed to chemicals in our environment that are known to cause health problems, especially for our children. It is important to learn more about where and how we are exposed to these ubiquitous chemicals. Addressing indoor air quality, filtering contaminated water and making educated choices when making purchases can go a long way to protecting your health."}
{"text":"Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands\nThe Netherlands shares its history with many countries around the globe. The traces left by this past, both within and outside the Netherlands, are referred to as shared cultural heritage.\nThe Netherlands has a rich history in which connections with other countries have always played an important role. As a maritime trading nation, colonial ruler and a land of migrants and internationally renowned artists and architects, the Netherlands has left its traces all over the world. In a similar vein, other nations and cultures have also left their marks in the Netherlands.\nThe Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands contributes to ensuring a sustainable future for this shared cultural heritage by working together with ten partner countries. We provide training, advice and instruments. The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands is responsible for executing a part of the Dutch government’s policy on shared heritage by means of its Shared Cultural Heritage Programme (in Dutch: Programma Gedeeld Cultureel Erfgoed).\nThe Agency has selected three main themes:\n- Maritime Archaeology\n- Built Environment"}
{"text":"Bgmea ProposalTECHNICAL PROPOSAL\nInflation and its Impact on the life of Bangladeshi\nThe Ready Made Garment (RMG) industry emerged in Bangladesh in the late 1970s and quickly expanded to the point where it's now the country's dominant industry and employs around 3.5 million workers, 85% of them women - their very presence as a female workforce challenging patriarchal traditions. Since 2012, when a mass revolt shook the industry, RMG workers have sustained - with little union influence or membership - some of the highest levels of class struggle in the world.\nBangladesh with a per capita income of about $500 is one of the least developed countries of the world. Its export base is weak and heavily depends on RMG, from which it earns about 75% of its merchandize export income. RMG also employs about 3.5 million people, with about 3,600 factories in operation and any negative impact on the operation of this sector shall obviously have a large bearing on national economy. For years, these garments workers have accepted a precarious existence, working long hours for less than USD 1 a day. Over the last year, however, rapid inflation in food prices has made their wages unlivable.\nInflation has been the most talked about issue in Bangladesh in the recent time. Yet, there has not been a serious look at how this is really calculated. The calculation itself has a serious implication for the low income groups, particularly the ones struggling to survive in Dhaka city such as garments worker.\nBangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) constructs Consumer Price Indices (CPIs) for national, rural and urban areas, and calculates inflation rates for these areas using these CPIs. The reference groups of the constructed CPIs are the average urban and the rural households of Bangladesh. The consumption pattern of these households is derived from the Household Expenditure Survey (HES)..."}
{"text":"APPCShort for Advanced Program-to-Program Communications. Also known as LU 6.2 and based on IBM's SNA, APPC is a communication protocol that transaction programs in a distributed computing environment can use to talk to each other. Using APPC, interconnected systems can communicate and share the processing of programs. It consists of two interfaces: programming and data-exchange. The programming interface replies to requests from programs requiring communication; the data-exchange interface establishes sessions between programs.\nAPPC is an open standard and is supported on most platforms.\nStay up to date on the latest developments in Internet terminology with a free weekly newsletter from Webopedia. Join to subscribe now.\nFrom wacky alarm clocks to lecture hall tools and after class entertainment, these Android apps are a good fit for a student's life and budget. Read More »Sharing Threat Intelligence\nA growing number of startups make the sharing of threat intelligence a key part of their solutions. Read More »Smiley Faces and Symbols\nA text smiley face is used to convey a facial expression or emotion in texting and online chat conversations. This Webopedia guide shows you how... Read More »\nThe Open System Interconnection (OSI) model defines a networking framework to implement protocols in seven layers. Use this handy guide to compare... Read More »Network Fundamentals Study Guide\nNetworking fundamentals teaches the building blocks of modern network design. Learn different types of networks, concepts, architecture and... Read More »Computer Architecture Study Guide\nThis Webopedia study guide describes the different parts of a computer system and their relations. Read More »"}
{"text":"Cut types tell Origin where to place the cutter in reference to your design. Cut type is assigned either in your design file (see here) or on-tool. To change the cut type of a cut path, go to Cut mode, move your reticule over the cut path and tap the cut type button on the left.\nIn the example below, the cut type is Outside, as indicated in the menu. The cut type for this path is saved so that it can be easily retrieved if you come back to a project months later.\nTapping the current cut type will make the cut type menu visible.\nIn an Inside cut, Origin places the cutter on the inside of the design. If we created a 25 x 25 mm rectangle in Design mode and used a 6 mm cutter, an Inside cut would create a 25 x 25 mm square.\nIn an outside cut, Origin places the cutter on the outside of the design. If we create a 25 x 25 mm square in Design mode, an Outside cut with a 6 mm cutter would create a 37 x 37 mm square.\nIn a Pocket cut, Origin acts like a traditional router so you can hog the material out of the inside of an object. However, Origin uses its smarts to keep you from cutting outside the bounds, and as always, will retract if you do. Note that Auto Mode will not work in this cut type.\nPocket cuts have an automatic negative offset as an additional level of protection against a user straying outside of a an area's intended bounds. For a cleaner cut, we recommend you make a finishing pass on every pocket using an Inside cut with no offset.\nWith an On Line cut, Origin places the center of the cutter over the center of the cut path. If we create a square with 25 mm edge length and use a 6 mm cutter, an inside cut would create a square with 31 mm edge length.\nEngraving is a common use for an On Line cut. Note that offsets are not an option when making an On Line cut.\nA Guide line is uncuttable. You can use it to align a design with another object, a grid marker, or an element on your workpiece itself, such as wood grain."}
{"text":"zinc oxide, chemical compound, ZnO, that is nearly insoluble in water but soluble in acids or alkalies. It occurs as white hexagonal crystals or a white powder commonly known as zinc white. Zinc white is used as a pigment in paints; less opaque than lithopone, it remains white when exposed to hydrogen sulfide or ultraviolet light. It is also used as a filler for rubber goods and in coatings for paper. Chinese white is a special grade of zinc white used in artists' pigments. Because it absorbs ultraviolet light, zinc oxide can be used in ointments, creams, and lotions to protect against sunburn. Crystalline zinc oxide exhibits the piezoelectric effect, is luminescent, and is light sensitive. Zinc oxide occurs in nature as the mineral zincite. Zinc peroxide, ZnO 2· 1⁄2 H 2O, is a white to yellow powder used in antiseptic ointments.\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.\nSee more Encyclopedia articles on: Compounds and Elements"}
{"text":"This is to take the output of a larger pond/aquarium/fountain pump and split the output into multiple smaller hoses.\nThe cool thing about this it tries to create a laminar flow using a series of small hexagon tubes (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:41703) before running the water through a very gradual transition to the hoses. In theory, this will reduce the flow losses caused by turbulent flow and sudden changes in pipe diameters.\nIn practice, I was able to get the same amount of flow as a singular 1/4 inch tube about 25 feet long while including 2 additional 10 foot tubes with much more flow through each.\nThe photos are stereoscopic, it appears that you need to click into them to view them correctly.\nLaminar flow is created by running water through smooth, straight tubes much longer than across. We can approximate this by using a honeycomb feature inside 2/3rds of the adapter to clean up the water flow from the pump before reducing it down to the right hose size(s).\nThis is a parametric adapter. It currently only works with the same sized output hose(s) which are smaller than the pump housing hole.\nThis is a work in progress, as I've not tested very many variations in pump housing diameters and hose sizes and counts. If you find any issues, let me know.\nOnce printed, I used a small drill bit to smooth out any stringing inside the honeycomb feature."}
{"text":"Dissertation Writers: Describe any concerns related to the quantity and quality of this water source\nExplore water supply and management in your area using the internet. What is the source of your municipality’s drinking water? Describe any concerns related to the quantity and quality of this water source. Explain one thing you can do in your everyday activities to conserve water.\nVisit this Fish and Wildlife Service website ( http://www.fws.gov/endangered/ ) and perform a search of endangered species for your state. Select one species and explain why it is endangered and what is being done to help it recover.\nPerform an internet search using the search term “agricultural sustainability article.” Read one of the articles you find and summarize it in 1-2 paragraphs. Based on this article and the readings in the text do you think that current large-scale industrial agricultural practices are sustainable? Why or why not? Give an example of a more sustainable agricultural practice."}
{"text":"Pāli: “Summary of the Meaning of Abhidhamma”) a highly popular primer, or digest, of the Abhidhamma corpus (the scholastic section of the canon) of the Theravada tradition. The Abhidhammattha-sangaha was composed in India or in Myanmar (Burma), the chief centre for Abhidhamma studies. Written in Pali by the monk Anuruddha, it dates from no earlier than the 8th century and probably from the 11th or 12th.\nThe Abhidhammattha-sangaha is a handbook rather than an expository work; it is extremely condensed, dealing in fewer than 50 pages with the entire contents of the seven texts of the Abhidhamma Pitaka. It is the most widely read work of its kind, is held in very high esteem, especially in Myanmar and Sri Lanka (Ceylon), and has been the subject of an extensive exegetical literature in the centuries since its composition.\nThe subject matter of the Abhidhammattha-sangaha includes enumerations of 89 classes of consciousness, 52 mental properties in various combinations, the qualities of matter, the kinds of relations between phenomena, the varieties of rebirth, and a number of meditation exercises. The purpose of the analysis contained within the Abhidhammattha-sangaha is to elicit a realization of the impermanence of all things, leading to enlightenment and emancipation."}
{"text":"Do Demonstratives Have Senses?Skip other details (including permanent urls, DOI, citation information)\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License. Please contact firstname.lastname@example.org to use this work in a way not covered by the license. :\nFor more information, read Michigan Publishing's access and usage policy.\nFrege held that referring expressions in general, and demonstratives and indexicals in particular, contribute more than just their reference to what is expressed by utterances of sentences containing them. Heck first attempts to get clear about what the essence of the Fregean view is, arguing that it rests upon a certain conception of linguistic communication that is ultimately indefensible. On the other hand, however, he argues that understanding a demonstrative (or indexical) utterance requires one to think of the object denoted in an appropriate way. This fact makes it difficult to reconcile the view that referring expressions are \"directly referential\" with any view that seeks (as Grice's does) to ground meaning in facts about communication."}
{"text":"Symptoms and Treatment of Hypothermia\nSymptoms of Hypothermia\n- Uncontrolled shivering—usually the first obvious symptom, but ceases as hypothermia progresses\n- Slow, slurred speech\n- Memory loss\n- Irrational behavior, such as removing clothing\n- Lack of body movement\n- Unconsciousness, which could lead to death\nTreatment of Hypothermia\n- Find shelter for the victim.\n- Remove wet clothing, and replace with dry clothing and other protective covering. If there is no dry clothing, use a fire to dry one layer at a time.\n- Give warm liquids to rehydrate and rewarm, but never give the victim alcohol to drink. Quick-energy foods also produce inner body heat.\n- For mild cases, use fire, blankets, or another person’s body heat to warm the victim.\n- In more advanced stages, rewarm the victim slowly by placing one or more persons in body contact with the victim. Place canteens of hot water insulated with socks or towels on the groin, armpits, and sides of the neck of the victim.\n- A victim at or near unconsciousness must be handled gently, and not immersed in a warm bath or exposed to a large fire, which can lead to traumatic shock or death. Immediately contact emergency medical personnel to evacuate the victim to a hospital for treatment."}
{"text":"A nosode is a homeopathic remedy prepared from a pathological specimen. The only difference between a nosode and any other remedy, is the starting material. A nosode could be described as an “oral vaccine” in the sense that its purpose is to “immunize” the body against a specific disease. The major difference between a nosode and an “orthodox” vaccine is the extremely small quantity of physical substance in a nosode. It is the “energy” pattern not the “substance” that does the job in a homeopathic remedy.\nMost children are given vaccinations against a wide range of diseases. Vaccinosis nosode aids in stimulation of the immune system in case these vaccinations may have impaired the immune system. This formula also provokes clearing of latent infections caused by complications due to vaccinations."}
{"text":"If your kindergartners (or pre-schoolers, first graders, children, fill in the blank) are anything like mine, MANY of them are still developing a proper pencil grip. Or actually, they have developed an improper pencil grip, and you are trying to re-train their hands.\nI find every year that I have four or five kids with really awkward grips that inhibit their writing. Writing is so important, and complicated, that the last thing I want getting in their way is the pencil!\nMy school’s occupational therapist is amazing, and she shared this tip with me last year. You can give a child a cotton ball or small ball to hold with their middle, ring, and pinky fingers. This way those fingers have a job and they are less likely to creep up the pencil. Once those three fingers are holding the ball, the pointer and thumb can take control of the pencil. Hint: I actually think the cotton ball works better, but the “fun” balls are enticing and kids want to use them. So keeping a few of both on hand is probably a good idea.\nI have found that this simple trick really helps many of my students develop new gripping habits. I hope it helps yours as well! What are your pencil grip tips and tricks?"}
{"text":"Attracted by economic opportunities, a large number of Italian immigrants came to Galveston in the 19th century. In 1876, they formed the Italian Mutual Benevolent Society (Societa'Italiana di Mutuo Soccorso) to provide assistance to fellow immigrants. The society purchased a plot of land in Calvary Catholic Cemetery in 1888 and built this mausoleum, known as the Italian Vault. The structure exhibits Gothic style influences in its buttresses, gargoyles, and Corinthian columns flanking the entrance. The vault provides space for twelve crypts. The vault also was used by members of the later organized Italian society, Stella d'Italia, and finally the Sons of Italy."}
{"text":"B2-Intermediate+BNC LevelsCEFR LevelsProtectedStep 4StoriesTimes\nAugust 10, 2019\nReadOasis Step 4\nSmoke, fire, and the booms of big guns. The pounding feet of horses. The flashes of silver swords in the sun. Loud shots in the air. The buzz of bullets in the wind.\nThe cries of men at war. Rivers of blood. The white cracking sounds of broken bones. The smell of death. The bodies of the dead, animals and men, scattered in the fields and forests.\nOne nation, divided. North against South. The North fighting to keep the Union of the United States. The Confederate South fighting...\nPlease login to read the rest of the story, or join ReadOasis today!"}
{"text":"There are a wide range of resources and worksheets of Alexander the Great in this packet.\nHere is what you get:\n1. A map activity about Alexander the Greats empire\n2. Short one page read about Alexander the Great.\n3. A graphic organizer for Alexander the Great to determine if he was a Hero or Villain with questions.\n4. A list of Alexander the greats accomplishments and interesting facts.\n5. A political cartoon activity with questions.\n6. A short read about Alexander Battling Porus and the Elephant Army in India with questions. Includes some primary sources.\n7. Alexanders Primary source speech at the Hydaspes River in India with questions.\nA few of these lessons are sold separately but if you buy this packet you get a much better deal."}
{"text":"This one term does duty in the Authorized Version for no less than seven distinct Hebrew words.\n- Abel . This word perhaps answers more nearly to our word \"meadow\" than any other. It occurs in the names of Abel-maim Abel-meholah, Abel-shittim and is rendered \"plain\" in ( Judges 11:33 ) --\"plain of vineyards.\"\n- Bikah . Fortunately we are able to identify the most remarkable of the bikahs of the Bible, and thus to ascertain the force of the term. The great plain or valley of Coele-Syria, the \"hollow land\" of the Greeks, which separates the two ranges of Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon is the most remarkable of them all. Out of Palestine we find denoted by the word bikah the \"plain of the land of Shiner,\" ( Genesis 11:2 ) the \"plain of Mesopotamia,\" ( Ezekiel 3:22 Ezekiel 3:23 ; 8:4 ; Ezekiel 37:1 Ezekiel 37:2 ) and the \"plain in the province of Dura.\" ( Daniel 3:1 )\n- Ha shefelah the invariable designation of the depressed, flat or gently-undulating region which intervened between the highlands of Judah and the Mediterranean, and was commonly in possession of the Philistines.\n- Elon . Our translators have uniformly rendered this word \"plain;\" but this is not the verdict of the majority or the most trustworthy of the ancient versions. They regard the word as meaning an \"oak\" or \"grove of oaks,\" a rendering supported by nearly all the commentators and lexicographers of the present day, The passages in which the word occurs erroneously translated \"plain\" are as-follows: Plain of Moreh, ( Genesis 12:6 ; 11:30 ) plain of Mamre, ( Genesis 13:18 ; 14:13 ; 18:1 ) plain of Zaanaim, ( Judges 4:11 ) plain of the pillar, ( Judges 9:6 ) plain of Meonenim, ( Judges 9:37 ) plain of Tabor, ( 1 Samuel 10:5 )\nBibliography InformationSmith, William, Dr. \"Entry for 'Plains'\". \"Smith's Bible Dictionary\". . 1901."}
{"text":"Monomers are small molecules that can join with other similar molecules to form very large molecules, or polymers. All monomers have the capacity to form chemical bonds to at least two other monomer molecules.Lipids, Polysaccharides, Proteins and Polynucleotides are the major groups of macromolecules that are found in all living organisms. These giant molecules carry out all the vital functions needed by cells. Macromolecules are involved in processes such as food digestion, information storage, energy manipulation and metabolism. Proteins are made out of amino acids, carbohydrates are made from sugars, and DNA and RNA are made from nucleotides."}
{"text":"Australian slang term for attacks on the English.\nThe word 'pommy' derives from pomegranate. The English were called Limeys because they ate limes to ward off scurvy on the long ssea voyage, but the pomegranate tag didn't originate that way. Pommy grant is likely to have originated as a form of rhyming slang for immigrant.\nPopular myth has it that pom derives from the fact that many immigrants to Oz were British convicts who had been transported there. They supposedly arrived with POHM (Prisoner of Her Majesty) printed on their clothes. Like most phrases that are supposed to derive from acronyms, that notion is supported by no evidence whatsoever.\nThe terms pom and pommy began to be used in Australia just before WWI and the first known citations of it in print date from 1912 and 1913 respectively.\nIn the UK in 1970s a vogue arose for calling racial assaults on Pakistani immigrants 'Paki bashing'. This originated from the frequent such assaults made by the far-right racist party the National Front. The first record I can find for this is from The Times, April 1970:\n\"'Paki-bashing', as skinheads call it, is not confined to east London.\"\nThe term 'pommy-bashing' was coined following this pattern, although there the victims suffered only mild abuse, sometimes just teasing, rather than physical attack. This was cited in The Times in April 1976:\n\"'Pommy-bashing' vogue which achieved undeserved notoriety last year.\""}
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{"text":"The book of Exodus is the second book of the Torah (“law”). It continues the story of Genesis concerning the migration of the family of Jacob (the Israelites) to Egypt (Genesis 50). It describes the commissioning of Moses and Aaron as God’s representatives on earth to accomplish God’s deliverance of His people from slavery in Egypt and lead them to the Promised Land (the land of Canaan). It also relates the miraculous deliverance from Egypt beginning with the plagues on Egypt and the crossing of the Red Sea. It then describes the journey to Mount Sinai and the establishment of the Mosaic covenant with the Israelites. The last part of the book involves the specifications and building of the tabernacle – the place where the Lord Himself dwelt amongst His people.\nIn the book of Exodus, the focus shifts to the deliverance of God’s people.\nChapter 15 contains the Song of the Sea that was sung by Moses and the men of Israel after the LORD had just delivered the Israelites and decimated the Egyptian forces. As they were singing verses 1 – 18, Miriam and the women contributed to the LORD’s praise by singing (v. 21).\nStarting in verse 22, the people of Israel begin their journey to the land that the LORD promised to them. They travelled to Marah in search for drinkable water, and when they found none, they rebelled against Him. In His grace, the LORD miraculously provided all the water the people needed. This showed the people that He was not only their Deliverer, He was their Provider as well.\nChapter 15 can be outlined as follows:\n- The Song of the Sea (15:1 – 21)\n- The Men Sang (15:1 – 18)\n- The Women Sang (15:19 – 21)\n- The Journey to Marah (15:22 – 27)"}
{"text":"These Distinguished Corps: British Grenadier and Light Infantry Battalions in the American Revolution (From Reason to Revolution)\nHelion and Company (December 15, 2021)\nPaperback: 208 pages\nDuring the American Revolution, British light infantry and grenadier battalions figured prominently in almost every battle and campaign. They are routinely mentioned in campaign studies, usually with no context to explain what these battalions were. In an army that employed regiments as the primary deployable assets, the most active battlefield elements were temporary battalions created after the war began and disbanded when it ended.\nThe Distinguished Corps: British Grenadier and Light Infantry Battalions in the American Revolution is the first operational study of these battalions during the entire war, looking at their creation, evolution and employment from the first day of hostilities through their disbandment at the end of the conflict. It examines how and why these battalions were created, how they were maintained at optimal strength over eight years of war, how they were deployed tactically and managed administratively. Most important, it looks at the individual officers and soldiers who served in them.\nUsing first-hand accounts and other primary sources, The Distinguished Corps describes life in the grenadiers and light infantry on a personal level, from Canada to the Caribbean and from barracks to battlefield.\nDon N. Hagist is managing editor of Journal of the American Revolution (http://allthingsliberty.com), and studies the lives and service of individual British soldiers in the 1770s and 1780s, relying almost exclusively on primary sources. His books include Noble Volunteers: the British Soldiers who Fought the American Revolution (2020) and British Soldiers, American War: Voices of the American Revolution (2012), and he has published numerous journal articles. He is an engineer for a major medical device manufacturer, and lives in Providence, Rhode Island."}
{"text":"Second Amendment: The Right to Bear Arms\nDo the Second Amendment and/or the Ninth Amendment acknowledge an unconditional right to keep and bear arms? The answer is both yes and no.\nThe controversy of the Second Amendment exists because, erroneously, some have insisted that the right to keep and bear arms is a state (as in Ohio, Texas, Florida) right and not an individual right. However, it is clear that the first clause, \"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,\" means a free America.\nThe word \"state\" means nation/country, such as \"the state of Israel\" or \"the Arab states\" or \"Secretary of State.\" In other words, the nation can best form a well-regulated militia (army/navy) if its militia (originally, men between the ages of 18 and 45) is free to keep and bear arms.\nIn addition, upon examining the Ninth Amendment (the enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people), it is obvious the framers intended to recognize certain natural rights such as the right to life.\nOf course, if one has this right but is denied the means (use of arms) to defend and protect this life, then this right has been disparaged.\nAt the time of the Constitution's inception the framers, all \"men\" in a \"man's world,\" clearly gave little thought to anyone other than the man as the defender of family, property or country.\nIn 18th Century England, only the aristocratic (the ruling class) were empowered to defend honor and country. This concept of all men being full \"citizens\" and having the right and obligation to serve and protect was unique to America.\nA citizen, circa 1785, was considered to be any white American male over the age of..."}
{"text":"Art In History: Prehistoric Art Hardback\nThe art of six key historical periods is emphasized in this series, using reproductions and explanatory text. The series shows how art developed, how inventions and social changes influenced art, the beliefs that inspired artists and the materials available for them to work with.\n- Format: Inbunden\n- ISBN: 9780431056081\n- Antal sidor: 32"}
{"text":"What should you do if your child is being bullied in school? Will you even know? If the the child is not talking about it, are there other signs that may help you know that they need help and some skills to deal with those kind of behaviors?\nThe Bullying Prevention Class for Parents will be held on February 5, 2013 at 9:15 AM at Balanced Life Skills. The class led by bully prevention expert, Joe Van Deuren, will answer these questions along with why children do not tell and how to help your child even if they are not the target of bully at this time.\nAll parents in the community are invited no matter how old your child is and please feel free to invite your friends and neighbors. In our last class one of the participants said, “Every parent should take this class, I learned so much.”\nWatch for our Focus on Friendship class for students too. The next one is on February 8th at 5 PM for Kindergarten and First Graders, both boys and girls. Call for more details."}
{"text":"Airlines will receive allowances to emit almost 213 million tonnes of carbon dioxide when the aviation sector is included in the European Union's emissions trading scheme (ETS) from 2012.\nThe European Commission said that, based on average annual aviation emissions from 2004-06, it had calculated the number of available allowances for 2012 to be just shy of 213 million tonnes. This represents 97% of the 2004-06 emissions figure.\nFrom 2013, the aviation sector will have access to 208.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide permits each year. This represents 95% of the historic emissions data from 2004-06.\nThe EC originally said 85% of this allowance would be handed out free, with the remaining 15% subject to auction.\nHowever, this is not set in stone and a firm decision will be announced later this year.\n\"Emissions from aviation are growing faster than from any other sector, and all forecasts indicate they will continue to do so under business-as-usual conditions,\" says European commissioner for climate action Connie Hedegaard.\n\"By publishing the data on which allocations will be based, we prepare for the full inclusion of aviation in the emissions trading system,\" she adds."}
{"text":"Welcome to the Climate Change AI Wiki\nThe aim of this wiki is to help foster impactful research to tackle the climate crisis, by identifying problems where ML can be useful. This wiki is maintained and moderated by members of CCAI.\nThe scope of solutions to address the climate crisis goes far beyond the intersection we address here; the problems of climate change require cooperation between diverse stakeholders, and action in many forms. Whether you are a machine learning researcher looking to apply your skills to combat climate change, or a young researcher aiming to have impact in your career, or a practitioner in one of these areas looking to apply ML to your problem, or for any other reason you are interested in the intersection of climate change and ML, we hope these pages can help inform and facilitate your research!\nWe welcome your contributions and feedback! See editing guidelines here.\nQuick start[edit | edit source]\nTopics by Application Area[edit | edit source]\nThe pages below provide overviews and resources on topics at the intersection of climate change and machine learning. Mitigation refers to reducing emissions in order to lessen the extent of climate change, while adaptation refers to preparing for the effects of climate change. We also provide overviews of various tools for action -- such as policy, economics, education, and finance -- that can help enable mitigation and adaptation strategies.\nMitigation[edit | edit source]\n- Electricity systems\n- Buildings and cities\n- Forestry and other land use\n- CO2 removal and negative emissions technologies\nAdaptation[edit | edit source]\nClimate science[edit | edit source]\nTools for Action[edit | edit source]\n- Public policy and decision science\n- Climate and environmental economics\n- Climate finance\n- Tools for individuals\nTopics by Cross-cutting Theme[edit | edit source]\nThere are several cross-cutting themes and research problems that recur across the topic areas above."}
{"text":"Anywhere from the novel, 3 examples please, and definition of hypocrite. Thanks.\nAnswers 1Add Yours\na person who says or does things differently than they say or act.\nMiss. Gates- condemns Hitler and racism while being racist to blacks in her own town.\nThe Missionary Circle- Condemns blacks in their own town but want to help blacks in Africa.\nMr. Cunningham- Indebted to Atticus yet brings a mob to threaten him at the prison."}
{"text":"In a scientific discovery that may seem right out of sci-fi plot hole, NASA has detected evidence of a parallel universe in Antarctica where time moves backwards and the rules of physics are opposite to ours.\nAlthough the concept of a parallel universe has been there since the late 90s, with the existence of a 'multiverse' being much debated, this is a new revelation. Now a cosmic ray detection experiment has found out particles that could be from a parallel realm that was born out of a big bang.\nAccording to a report by The Daily Star, NASA's Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA), a giant balloon, was used \"to haul delicate electronic antennas high\" into the dry air, that has no radio noise to have distorted the findings.\nThe findings suggested that there was a constant “wind’ of high energy particles coming from outer space – some of which are a million times more powerful than anything anyone on the earth's surface can generate.\n\"Low-energy, subatomic neutrinos with a mass close to zero can pass completely through Earth, but higher-energy objects are stopped by the solid matter of our planet,\" according to the report.\nThe team detected that the high-energy particles that can otherwise only be coming “down” from space, were coming “up” out of the Earth.\nThe finding implies that these particles are actually traveling backward in time, suggesting evidence of a parallel universe.\nPrincipal ANITA investigator Peter Gorham suggested that the only way the particles could have behaved that way is \"if it changed into a different type of particle before passing through the Earth and then back again.\"\nDescribing the odd phenomenon, he noted that his fellow researchers were sceptical about many of such \"impossible events\".\nAccording to the scientists, what qualifies as the simplest explanation to this is the Big Bang that happened 13.8 billion years ago. That led to the formation of two universes — ours and one that \"from our perspective is running in reverse with time going backward.\""}
{"text":"The Skyrian Horse\nThe small-bodied species of the Skyrian horse is one of the rarest horse breeds in the world. It is native to Greece, and in ancient times lived throughout the country, but now is only found in the wild in Skyros and in breeding and welfare farms on the island of Skyros.\nThe Skyrian Horse is believed to be descended from horses brought to the island of Skyros during the 5th to 8th centuries BCE by Athenian colonists. It is possible that they were used by Alexander the Great in his conquests, and also possible that they are the horses depicted in the friezes of the Parthenon."}
{"text":"Following the success of the European-wide First Aid Guidelines for the adult public, Johanniter International released the free-to-use first aid teaching materials for children in 2021. The booklets comprise a set of two stories for children, playfully introducing them to basic concepts of first aid, along with a ‘Guidance for teachers and instructors’. The materials promote the importance of early first aid training in preventing injuries and saving lives. The stories are designed to be interactive with opportunities for discussion and colouring, offering an engaging way for children to start learning about health and healthcare.\nDeveloped by the JOIN Clinical Working Group, the two stories for children offer an introductory program to first aid entailing awareness of risks and danger of surroundings, how to call for help, and further basic concepts. While all content primarily aims at the school setting, close attention was given to versatile applicability in a classroom, as well as at home, in large groups or on an individual basis. The publication is designed as the first part of a series of modules for children.\nThe set of ‘European First Aid for 5 to 7 years old’ are available for free download on the same website as the European First Aid Guidelines."}
{"text":"Whether you’re an avid gardener or mostly enjoy the flowers on walks with your dog, it’s important to understand that certain plants can be poisonous to dogs and cats. Knowing which plants in and around your home could potentially harm your pets is a critical part of keeping them healthy and safe. Once you do, it’s easy to find petsafe alternatives for a dogfriendly garden or indoor space.\nRover, an online database of poisonous plants for dogs and cats, has partnered with Pet Poison Helpline, who gets upwards of 2,800 calls per year about plant-related illness. Their combined efforts have released a list of the Top 10 most common poisonous plants as ranked by poison helpline calls, according to Dakota Mackey, of Rover.\n“This database has been a long-time coming. We’ve collected images and other helpful data, plus partnered with an authority on this subject to confirm common symptoms for people to watch out for. We’re hoping to provide a place for pet owners to consult when they’re deciding building a garden or decorating their home. There are some really common plants like pathos on the list,” Mackey stated.\nThe Top 10 list of North Carolina plants poisonous to pets, ranked by poison helpline calls, is as follows:\n#1 Lilium species (nonspecific).\n#2 Sago/Cycad palm, Cardboard palm, Coontie plant (Cycas or Zamia species).\n# 3 Azaleas (Rhododendron species).\n#4 Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum species).\n#5 Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla).\n#6 Daffodil (Narcissus species).\n#7 Pathos/Devil’s Ivy (Epipremnum aureum).\n#8 Tulips (Tulipa species).\n#9 Elephant’s ear (Alocasia and Xanthosoma species).\n#10 Lantana species.\nYou can find the entire plant list online at https:// www.rover.com/blog/poisonous-plants/."}
{"text":"BACH: HANDWRITING MUSICAL SCORES\nIt is well known that Johann Sebastian Bach as a composer was mainly self-taught , as was emphasized by his son Carl Philipp Emanuel in his obituary. Sebastian was, of course, a member of the large music clan of the Bachs, where he observed music practices throughout his early childhood, and surely he got some basic musical instruction from his father. He also heard impressive organ performances given by his uncle Johann Christoph, his father's twin.\nBecause both of his brothers died when Sebastian was only 9 years old, he was placed in the care of his eldest brother's family. There is no record of anyone giving him training in composition. However, during the next 8 years he became a very accomplished composer. He got his insight into composition through his painstaking copying of scores written by other composers. There is a famous story about his secret copying of a collection of pieces from his brother's bookcase - by moonlight. His habit of making handwritten copies of other music he kept till his adult age, later even making his own arrangements for some of those he had copied. (e. g. some violin concertos by Vivaldi he arranged for organ etc.)\nHandwriting was for him that effective practice which gave him understanding in how some music is made. This he demonstrated in his own compositions, which soon became more challenging than his models.\nIt is interesting to me that probably none of the big army of music copyists became a great composer. Probably the difference was in focus - Bach made copies to master the music, the copyists made it for the money. They were more interested in numbers of pages or measures, than in the handwritten music.\nComposer and Professor of Composition\nJanacek Music Academy\nBrno, Czech Republic"}
{"text":"What is Assembly?\nDefinition of Assembly in Construction\nAn assortment of devices or products, that are linked together to have a specific purpose. An assembly in construction can be a window assembly, a door assembly or basically any combination of materials, equipment, electronic devices that, when assembled together, will have a specific purpose and function. The term assembly is universally used throughout the contract drawings and specifications. The term can also be used to show a wall, ceiling, floor assembly that may consist of various products. The assembly can identify a fire rated, sound rated type of assembly that has been tested to produce a specific result."}
{"text":"Cadillac Students Make A Splash Raising Money for Michigan History Class\nCadillac students are making a splash and raising money for a lesson in Michigan history.\nThe Cadillac High School’s Michigan history class needed to raise some money for a field trip.\nSo Friday, the principal and assistant principal braved the cold waters of a dunk tank to make it happen.\nStudents paid money to throw balls, but for $10 you could go up and make sure they were dunked.\nPrincipal Shaina Squires says it was worth it to bring some hands-on learning to the unique class.\n“They really try to work and make sure our kids can experience pieces of Michigan and history in Michigan,” says Squires. “It was organized by the students of the Michigan history class in an effort to raise money for the trips. “\nThis is the first year the school’s offered Michigan history.\nThe class was able to visit the Henry Ford Museum and River Rouge Plant."}
{"text":"As parents, we almost instinctively react to our child’s unwanted, negative behaviors. When our child acts out, we revoke their privileges (no more cell phone today), punish them (extra chores), and remove attention (time out). These can all be effective ways to reduce acting out behaviors. But an even more effective way is to also reward positive behaviors. Exactly when the child is doing the right thing, provide praise that is as specific as possible (name the behavior you like). Catch Your Child Being Good. Examples of rewarding positive behaviors:\n- “Great job picking up your toys the first time I asked”\n- “You are waiting patiently while I finish my work, thank you.”\n- “One thing I really like about you is how you pet the dog nicely.”\nTie even and especially your impulse purchases (a small toy, for example) to your child’s past or present good behavior (“OK, buddy, I will buy you that matchbox car. You can have it because you tried your best at piano lessons today and I was proud of you for that.”). In the psychology biz, we call this “intermittent reinforcement.” It is THE BEST way of getting good behavior from your children in the future. Click the link for nice article about intermittent reinforcement."}
{"text":"In this episode of Study English we’re going to look at ways of brainstorming, taking notes and developing ideas.\nYou can make your writing style more interesting by using referents and, thereby, avoiding repetition of nouns, which would make your writing monotonous.\nRemember using referents is an essential writing skill for IELTS Writing Task 2.\nClick here for the next episode of Study English, or here for all episodes.\nSource: Australia NetworkMore Series for You:"}
{"text":"You can find a lot of interesting things if you start digging around in ice that’s been frozen for thousands and thousands of years. For scientists working in China, 15,000-year-old glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau provided a glimpse into the not-so-distant history of viruses, including some entirely new viruses that were previously unknown to science.\nUpon examining ice core samples taken from the glacier, researchers were able to identify over two dozen viruses that nobody has ever seen. If this sounds a bit like the start of a made-for-Netflix sci-fi horror movie to you, you’re not alone.\nAfter taking the ice core samples, the scientists slowly melted away the exterior of the ice so as to ensure there was no contamination in their testing. Samples were then studied for the presence of microorganisms, and the researchers found a total of 33 types of viruses, with a whopping 28 of those being entirely new to science.\nAs LiveScience reports, the research is interesting for a number of reasons, not least of which is the fact that as ancient glaciers around the world melt (often with the help of a warming planet), it’s these kinds of viruses that may be waking up for the first time in modern human history.\nThat might sound a little scary on the surface, but it’s worth remembering that not all viruses pose a serious threat (or any threat at all) to humans. Generally speaking, the discoveries of these new (old) viruses is more interesting from a historical perspective than anything else. So, no, a virus unlocked from a glacier probably isn’t going to wipe out humanity… probably."}
{"text":"At the direction of the Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA) State Veterinarian’s office, the Missouri State Fair will not host rabbit shows at the State Fair this August due to Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Serotype 2 (RHDV2).\nRHDV2 is a highly contagious and potentially fatal disease that affects both domestic and wild rabbits of all ages. This is a foreign animal disease as recognized by the World Organization for Animal Health and is of high concern in the United States. RHDV2 has been confirmed in Colorado, California, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada.\nOften the only clinical sign of the disease is sudden death, possibly with blood-stained noses caused by internal bleeding. Other signs include fever, loss of appetite, lethargy, neurologic signs and difficulty breathing. The incubation period for the disease is one to five days.\nThe virus is spread via direct contact with infected rabbits, as well as their meat or fur. The virus can also be spread indirectly through contact with an infected rabbit’s excretions, cages, bedding, feeders, equipment, etc. People can also serve as a fomite in the spread of the virus when handling an infected rabbit or their materials mentioned previously and then carrying the virus to a naïve rabbit. The virus can survive on an object for up to 105 days in dry, room temperatures.\nRHDV2 is not infectious to people or other domestic animals.\nThe movement of live rabbits, such as for shows or fairs, presents a significant risk for spread of the disease due to the commingling of rabbits. MDA recommends postponing or canceling rabbit shows until more is known about the distribution of the virus and/or until vaccination is available.\nFor more information, visit Agriculture.Mo.Gov."}
{"text":"Brain Game: Math Square #21\nApril 19, 2010 - 3:30am\nThe nine white squares inside the main red grid should be filled with the digits 1 through 9. Each digit should appear only once in this main grid. Two of these numbers are already provided for you. Place the other digits in the correct spots so that the mathematical equations work both across and down. IMPORTANT: Remember algebraic rules when solving the problems... multiplication and division should be performed in the first step, then addition and subtraction in the second. Good luck!"}
{"text":"Chicory is a great winter salad vegetable that's easy to grow and that will often grow when nothing else is. Here is how to grow it.\n1Obtain seeds or seedlings.Ad\n2Sow seeds or seedlings in a sunny spot. The soil should be humus rich, moist, and well drained.\n4Apply a liquid fertiliser fortnightly (every two weeks).\n5Thin the seedlings. When the seedlings are well established, thin them. They should be about 20 centimeter (7.9 in) to 30 centimeter (11.8 in) apart.\n6Harvest. The leaves will be ready for harvesting about 60 to 70 days from planting.\n7Serve in salads. Chicory has a slightly bitter taste that is very enjoyable.\n- The blue flowers can be added to salad. These appear in late spring and summer.\nWe could really use your help!\nguns and ammunition?\n- Chicory can be grown in container pots if wished.\nThings You'll Need\n- Chicory seeds or seedlings\n- Garden bed"}
{"text":"30. May 2011 01:55\nSurge Protectors and Power Strips each have very distinct functions. Surge protectors are devices designed to protect electrical devices from voltage spikes. A power strip is a strip of electrical sockets that may be attached to the end of a flexible cable and allows multiple devices to be plugged in.\nEvery year thousands of injuries, fires, and deaths occur from surge protectors and power strips.\nBelow is a list of suggestions to help keep you safe and prevent a fire.\n- Surge protectors and power strips are not a substitute for permanent wiring.\n- Use care when inserting or removing a plug from an outlet. If you make contact with live prongs, it could result in electric shock\n- Never plug a power strip or surge protector into an existing power strip or surge protector. This is also called “daisy chaining”\n- Examine your surge protector or power strip on a regular basis to ensure that it is not hot, damaged, or has frayed wires.\n- Never tape or staple a power strip or surge protector down.\n- A surge protector or power strip should not be exposed to a moist environment unless it is specified by the manufacturer.\n- When taking the plug out of the outlet, pull from the plug. Do not pull from the cord.\n- Make a habit of unplugging it when it is not being used.\n- Never cover a power strip or surge protector with anything that may prevent air circulation.\n- If you have any questions regarding the proper operating procedure for a power strip or surge protector, do not hesitate to reach out to someone with experience and knowledge.\nYou are always better safe than sorry"}
{"text":"(1) The gardens emphasize native plants, perennials and trees, with accents provided by soft hues of roses, oleander , rhododendrons, agapanthus and more.(2) This leads directly to the garden room with its thriving oleander , banana plant and mature vine.(3) Yellow butterflies flit from golden lantana bushes to the pink and white oleander blooms.(4) The ingestion of azalea, oleander , castor bean, sago palm, Easter lily (in cats, only) or yew plant material by an animal can be fatal.(5) Many of his imports - including hibiscus, azalea, cassia, magnolia, oleander , croton and jasmine - permanently altered the Jamaican scene.(6) It may be quite tempting to turn your back on mankind behind hedges of bougainvillea, oleander , or myrtle.(7) It was made up of white oleanders and pink roses lined with small chrysanthemums tied together with a single satin ribbon.(8) Worse, it's a prodigious eater, feeding on a variety of plants including oleanders , alfalfa, and almond trees.(9) Between the ruins grew cypresses and oleanders , hibiscus, myrtle and wild roses.(10) Enormous oleanders with white flowers lined the generous-sized backyard, providing unexpected privacy to such a large plot of open ground.(11) The oleanders have grown tall and spindly, and they have few blooms.(12) Palms, ancient olives, oleanders , plus white walls and a bunch of tall palm trees lend this 15 th-century masseria a Moorish air.(13) They include such diverse plants as the frangipanni, the Mandeville group, eg, Brazilian jasmine, oleanders , wintersweet and the Vinca family, including the periwinkle.(14) Two weeks after I planted Mexican oleanders , we had Christmas snow and a freeze.(15) Drought-tolerant once established, oleanders tolerate the alkaline, sandy soils in Galveston, as well as the heavier soils here.(16) Within the park, visitors can meet some unique trees and plants such as, per example, oaks, cedars, oleanders , arbutus, and the Alpine lily lilium cholcedonium."}
{"text":"ERIC Number: ED359718\nRecord Type: RIE\nPublication Date: 1992\nTeachers' Attitudes toward Their Integrated Learning Handicapped Students: Relationship to Teacher Perceptions of Students' Behavior.\nTeachers' perceptions of student behaviors were examined to explain teachers' attitudes toward their students with and without learning handicaps. The study involved 44 intermediate-grade teachers who had students with learning handicaps and nonhandicapped students in their classrooms. Teachers' attitudes were measured with a four-question survey, and their perceptions of students' behavior, achievement, and personality were obtained through use of the Teachable Pupil Survey. Results indicated that students whom teachers perceived as exhibiting less ideal student behaviors were more likely to be rejected by teachers, without regard to disabilities. Findings imply that the handicapped label does not influence teachers' attitudes as much as the teachers' perceptions of the students' behaviors do. (Contains 28 references.) (JDD)\nPublication Type: Reports - Research\nEducation Level: N/A\nAuthoring Institution: N/A"}
{"text":"Early locomotives were called the \"iron horse,” and using the analogy of steam engines to describe the horse’s respiratory (and circulatory) system is pretty apt. Think of the horse’s food (hay and grain) as the fuel that propels the horse’s “engine”. Like the steam engine, the fuel is converted into nutritional energy (like the locomotive’s steam) that powers the horse’s muscles.\nFor many horse owners, the farm and barn are your sanctuary. They are places where you and your family can enjoy your horses in peace. Or at least they should be. – encroaching development of neighboring properties or busy nearby roads can leave your private property feeling not so private. Don’t worry, though – we’ve come up with some great ways to maintain your privacy!\nOne way to keep your horse happy is with regular turnout time. But where can he go during those cold rainy/snowy months? If you turn him out in the pasture when the ground is soggy, his hooves can easily ruin your tender young grass."}
{"text":"This worksheet aims to test your children’s spelling skills. In the printout, there is a picture of an object, and different variations of its spelling, with only one being right. Ask your child what the picture in the text stands for. Then, ask them if they can correctly spell the word. Look through the options underneath the image and carefully circle the spelling that is correct.\nTry Kids Academy for FREE!\nNote: You will not be billed until your free trial has ended and can cancel at any time. No strings attached.\nYou are almost done! Follow these three easy steps below\nChoose a payment method\nCreate an account\nDownload the App"}
{"text":"A person who have own business or goods there is trademark or we always call logo of goods for using symbol or mark or symbol that use with goods and service. And it needs to have said trademark registration to be copyright. And now there is doing business and trademark registration extensively. Trademark of each company or each goods is different and correct registration following rule of Department of Intellectual Property.\nTrademark means brand or one part of trademark to show that goods which use symbol of trademark’s owner. Owner has law authority solely. We cannot use trademark of other and other also cannot use our trademark except there is contract and agreement for example holding business. Mark may consist of name, message, phrase, mark, picture, design work or many parts together by having meaning of intellectual property is symbol to show some specific goods name or every kind in trademark is showing picture of symbol, name, brand to show, refer. It means anything that relate to each other.\nForbidding mark that forbid to have or compose in trademark which if there is following mark will cannot register\nVarious logos that belong to reign or king\nFlag of every country, royal standard flag, government flag, mark of foreign state or international organization\nThe king's signature, title and statue\nGovernment mark, Red Cross mark, Thai certificate and foreign state or international organization\nMark that opposes to peace and good moral of people or oppose to politics\nMark that likes or similar general famous mark extensively\nThing that indicates by geography gets law enrollment\nTrademark that minister announces to specify consists of 3 lists\nAbove mark is forbidding mark does not let intellectual property to register is absolute trademark and have rule to consider similarity trademark. You can follow in next article.\nThank you for interesting information from intellectual property from Ministry of Commerce."}
{"text":"Water Softener is mainly using for making soft water.\nSoftener Operation Process:\nSoftening is the removal of hardness from water. This is not a required part of the domestic water treatment process since hard water does not have any health consequences. At a hardness of greater than 300 mg/L as calcium carbonate, scale will form on pipes as calcium carbonate precipitates out of the water as shown below.The scaling can damage equipment and should be avoided.\nThere are several types of treatment processes which can be used to soften water."}
{"text":"What's the Latest Development?\nTwo electrical treatments used to stimulate the memory of Alzheimer's patients are currently being tested: deep-brain stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation. \"In deep brain stimulation, electrical pulses are delivered to a dysfunctional part of the brain via a surgically implanted electrode, stimulating neural activity.\" The Israeli company Neuronix, which is researching transcranial magnetic stimulation, \"targets the stimulation to specific brain regions and combines it with cognitive training tasks designed to activate those regions.\"\nWhat's the Big Idea?\nAfter years of disappointing results from large pharmaceutical companies attempting to find a chemical treatment to combat Alzheimer's disease, two small startup companies have two unique approaches that pioneer non-chemical, brain stimulation treatments Alzheimer's patients. One aims to repeat the success that deep-brain stimulation has had with thousands of Parkinson's patients. The other plans to use transcranial magnetic stimulation, a non-invasive procedure that has been used to treat depression and has been a research tool to inhibit or stimulate specific parts of the brain."}
{"text":"Near-global high-resolution color view of Ganymede from Voyager 2\nThe large light-toned ridge systems crossing from the northwest to the southeast of the image are Uruk Sulcus (the northernmost of the two) and Tiamar Sulcus. The bright impact crater near the bottom of the image is Osiris. Near the left of the image just above center, many bright circular features are visible in the darker-toned terrain, with the two largest being Memphis Facula (340 km wide) and Siwah Facula. These faculae are features called \"palimpsest,\" or \"ghost craters,\" unique to the icy satellites of the outer solar system, and are thought to be the remnants of highly eroded ancient craters.\nCopyright holder: Constantine Thomas\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.\nContact us to request publication permission from the copyright holder."}
{"text":"Fascinating new evidence suggests the first homo erectus-created fires actually occurred 300,000 years earlier than we thought they did, fundamentally changing the timeline of human evolution.\nSee the full story here:\nfor the Daily Conversation\nAdd TDC to your circles on Google+\nJoin the conversation on Facebook\nFollow The Daily Conversation on Twitter"}
{"text":"World War One Photo Essay Causes of the war Mutual defense agreements helped a country when it was attacked because its alliance would defend them. #imperialism Link Weaponry and technology of the war Tanks were used for transporting people, weapons, and bombs. Link Blimps were used to drop bombs. #blimpbombs #totalwar Planes were loaded with rockets and other weapons to shoot down from above. #totalwar Link Soldier life during the war A soldiers face destroyed from a bomb. #totalwar Link Soldiers traveled by horses. Link Civilian life during the war Local civilian killed and stripped of his boots and socks. Women volunteered for the American Red Cross to try and get others to support the war as well. Link Impact of the war People had to be careful not to step in unexploded bombs in fields. Fields were left with giant craters in them from bombs. The battle fields were left barren and full of trenches and other indents."}
{"text":"THE ROBINSON LIBRARY\n|The Robinson Library >> Technology >> Metal Manufactures|\nDaniel Burnap was born in Coventry Township (now Andover), Connecticut, on November 1, 1759. He learned clockmaking as an apprentice to Thomas Harland at Norwich, Connecticut. In 1780 he settled in East Windsor, Connecticut, where he started his own clockmaking business.\nBurnap specialized in eight-day brass movements in tall cases, many of which featured moon phases and calendar attachments. Like most other clockmakers of his day, however, most of his clockworks were sold as is, with the buyers either supplying their own cases or, more commonly, simply hanging them on a wall. Burnap clocks were well-known for their fine craftsmanship, as well as for their incredible timekeeping accuracy. That accuracy was due to his use of the more expensive, but superior, \"dead beat\" escapement invented by English clockmaker George Graham in 1715. Burnap may have been one of the first to use interchangeable parts and mass production, since from his records it appears that he built more than one clock at the same time\nSometime around 1800 Burnap moved his shop back to Coventry, where by 1805 he had built a respectable house. As Justice of the Peace, he held courts on the ground floor. In his shop, he made clocks, brass hardware, surveyors' instruments, and silver spoons and buckles, all with the same reputation for quality and craftsmanship. By 1815, however, he had turned his shop over to an apprentice, and appears to have spent the rest of his life repairing watches, engraving, and serving in various township positions. He died in Coventry on September 26, 1838.\nLike most other craftsmen of his day, Burnap served as master to several apprentices during his career. The most notable of his many apprentices was Eli Terry who, by 1830, had become the world's largest manufacturer of machine-made clocks.\nLibrary >> Technology >> Metal Manufactures\nThis page was last updated on October 31, 2017."}
{"text":"Date of this Version\nInternational Journal of Educational Development\nFor more than six decades, UNESCO has dedicated itself to be the international agency leader in literacy, even though other aspects of educational development have received greater attention and resources by the broader international community. Resources for UNESCO's literacy work have not increased, and its programmatic activities have been increasingly debated when seen in relationship to the scope of literacy challenges across the globe. Moving forward in a time of restricted budgets will require UNESCO to strengthen itself as a professional innovator and thought leader.\n© 2011 Elsevier. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\nliteracy, UNESCO, policy development\nWagner, Daniel A., \"What Happened to Literacy? Historical and Conceptual Perspectives on Literacy in UNESCO\" (2011). Journal Articles (Literacy.org). 35.\nBilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Educational Administration and Supervision Commons, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Educational Leadership Commons, International and Comparative Education Commons, Language and Literacy Education Commons\nDate Posted:03 July 2018\nThis document has been peer reviewed."}
{"text":"This is a quick look at convolution and deconvolution in matlab. First you might have wondered, as I have, what's the deal with flipping the filter? It's really simple if you just think about the physical phenomenon. Suppose you have a filter modeling what a circuit or room does to an electric or acoustic signal. Picture the wave hitting the filter. Does the back of one hit the front of the other first? No! They first touch head-to-head (first sample to first sample). The only way to get that behaviour is by either flipping the filter or the signal.\nI'm not going to write the definition of convolution. I'm sure you've seen it. I'll just put the discrete example here.\nh = [1 2 3] x = [4 5 6] 4 5 6 ------- 3 2|1 |4 <- first output 3|2 1 |13 |3 2 1|28 <- last output for filter | 3 2|27 | 3|18 <- last output for conv c = conv(h,x) -> [4 13 28 27 18] filter(h,1,x) -> [4 13 28]\nAnd the last two values, [27 18], are in the filter delay line.\nYou're probably also familiar with the polynomial multiplication trick. This procedure turns out to be the same way you multiply polynomials.\n(1x^2+2x^1+3x^0)*(4x^2+5x^1+6x^0) -> (1*4)x^4+(1*5+2*4)x^3+(1*6+2*5+3*4)x^2+(2*6+3*5)x^1+(3*6)x^0 -> 4x^4+13x^3+28x^2+27x^1+18*x^0\nSimilarly, you can do polynomial division using deconv. If you take a\nlook at the matlab deconv function (type deconv), it implements deconv"}
{"text":"More recently, there have some 20 years ago, a fixture suburban area was well with hanging on a chain of a pail, and a wood stove warmed smoothly occupants in the event of bad weather. Today, concern about health and comfort of the people entrusted with automatic and semi-automatic system that allows not to worry about where does the tap water and why the house always warm and comfortable, whatever the frost is not rampant in the streets. Unfortunately all these smart, and certainly useful devices can not operate without electricity and the electricity supply situation varies from one year only for the worse. The old substation and transmission line dilapidated, overloaded huge (and growing) number of consumers are increasingly breaking down. With proper drafting, even with zero-cycle construction, create a reserve supply of gasoline or diesel generator set.\nIf this was not done in a timely manner, the question arises how to properly and seamlessly 'write' power to existing facilities and infrastructure of object. Consider the details that need to taken to ensure power supply in a country house, office and industrial buildings. 1. For a country house. Time, candles, wood stoves and kerosene lamps from a distant past. Modern country house, whether a cozy cottage summer home or multi-level cottage is equipped with the latest technology, can not live without reliable electricity. Many faced the problem of interruptions in mains. One of the main challenges in solving these problems is the correct choice of generating set and voltage stabilizer."}
{"text":"Alliterative and Rhythmic Phrases\nAlliterative and Rhythmic Phrases Index\nThe Medieval English verses are full of alliterations and alliterative and rhythmic phrases. The tradition of composing alliterative verses was, however, discontinued in the modern English period. Among the modern poets A.C. Swinburne was the greatest composer of alliterative lines.\nThe English language abounds in alliterative and rhythmic phrases. Few of the alliterative and rhythmic phrases have been compiled here for your reference. The following alliterative and rhythmic phrases have been selected from a Dictionary.\n- Tangled and tortuous ways of thought - Swinburne\n- To have a taste and talent for\n- Tedious and troublesome travels\n- To take the time and trouble to do something\n- Toil and trouble\n- To be subject to travails, trials and tribulations\n- A tried and trusty friend\n- Never trouble the trouble till trouble troubles you\n- Try before you trust"}
{"text":"ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – A year after a farmer’s discovery, the University of Michigan will publicly display bones from a mammoth that lived more than 10,000 years ago.\nThe exhibit opens Saturday at the university’s Museum of Natural History. Scientists aren’t done yet: They plan to return to a Washtenaw County farm for another dig in November.\nJim Bristle, a farmer in Lima Township, discovered bones while installing a drain pipe in his soybean field. He called the University of Michigan, and experts recovered roughly 40 percent of the mammoth’s skeletal mass, including a skull with teeth and tusks.\nThe bones were just 10 feet below the surface. The mammoth may have been a hybrid, between a woolly mammoth and a Columbian mammoth."}
{"text":"Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor graduated with honors from Ivy League schools. But she may have learned some of her most memorable lessons as a young prosecutor, following police into abandoned tenements and tracking down witnesses on the grimy streets of New York.\nSotomayor joined the Manhattan District Attorney's office in 1979 during an epic crime wave. Muggings, burglaries and assaults were rampant; homicides topped 1,800 a year. She was recruited from Yale Law School by Robert M. Morgenthau, Manhattan's district attorney. She was 25, and her starting salary was $17,000.\nThe cases in Trial Bureau 50 seasoned the idealistic young lawyer and honed her trial skills. She could shred a witness on cross-examination and move a jury to tears, former colleagues recalled.\nNew York City was awash in heroin, street crime and gun violence. To prepare for trials, she followed police into tenement shooting galleries, scaled rickety staircases in dilapidated buildings and fought off the stench of squalor to talk to reluctant witnesses.\nSotomayor's former colleagues and her legal foes describe her as intense, driven and politically astute. Read full article »"}
{"text":"Your child has been learning to pay attention to the beginning sounds in words and to match beginning sounds. It is important to reinforce these skills in a fun way as often as you can. Take turns saying pairs of words and asking if the words start with the same sound. You may need to stretch out the sound to emphasize it.\nAs an extension of this skill, your child is learning to isolate the beginning sound and produce words that start with that same sound. You can help your child learn these skills by saying words and asking your child to tell you the sound (not the letter) the words begin with. For example, say these words: bus/baseball/banana. Then ask your child what the beginning sound is, modeling a response: /b/ is the beginning sound! Continue with other groups of words that have the same beginning sound.\nTake turns playing word games by saying a word and having your child say another word that starts with the same sound. You could do this a few times any time you're together, maybe waiting in line or taking a ride.\nYour child's knowledge of printed letters is growing. Continue to encourage him or her to look for capital and lowercase letters in the environment—on signs, in books, and in other places. You can take turns playing “I Spy” and say a letter you see and ask your child to find it. You can also describe the shape—the lines and curves—of the letter to give as clues for your child to guess.\nTake advantage of opportunities to write with your child. You will be modeling occasions for writing as well as giving your child the chance to see the formation of the letters. Maybe you'll make a shopping list, label a picture, or write a note. Your child can dictate parts of the list or note or create his or her own writing.\nVocabulary Boost: We're learning words about the city and the country! Here are some words to discuss with your child: city, country, crops, products, transportation, travel."}
{"text":"Parapelvic Cysts of the Kidney\nDefinition of Renal Parapelvic Cysts\nParapelvic cysts of the kidneys are simple renal cysts, which are adjacent to the renal pelvis or the renal sinus.\nEtiology of Parapelvic Cysts\nLymph vessel cysts\nTypical parapelvic cysts are multiple and most probable derive from lymphatic vessels, often associated with nephrolithiasis or urinary obstruction.\nSimple renal cysts\nParapelvic cysts may also derive from the renal parenchyma adjacent to the renal pelvis. These cysts derive from the nephron.\nSigns and Symptoms\nNormally, there are no complaints. Parapelvic cysts can compress the pyelocaliceal system or ureter, cause flank pain or lead to other symptoms of urinary obstruction.\nDiagnostic Work-Up of Parapelvin Cysts\nRenal ultrasound should be sufficient for the diagnosis; in doubtful situations an intravenous pyelography, CT Abdomen or renal scintigraphy can rule out urinary obstruction.\nDifferential Diagnosis of Parapelvic Cysts\nHydronephrosis (upper urinary tract obstruction).\nTreatment of Parapelvic Cysts\nTreatment of parapelvic cysts is rarely necessary, see section simple renal cyst.\nIndex: 1–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z\nYou did not find what you are looking for?\nSearch this site with Google:\nIsrael, G. M. & Bosniak, M. A.\nAn update of the Bosniak renal cyst classification system.\nUrology, 2005, 66, 484-488"}
{"text":"Law of the Aloha Spirit\n[§5-7.5] “Aloha Spirit”. (a) “Aloha Spirit” is the coordination of mind and heart within each person. It brings each person to the self.\nEach person must think and emote good feelings to others. In the contemplation and presence of the life force, “Aloha”, the following unuhi laula loa may be used:\n“Akahai”, meaning kindness to be expressed with tenderness; “Lokahi”, meaning unity, to be expressed with harmony;\n“Oluolu”, meaning agreeable, to be expressed with pleasantness;\n“Haahaa”, meaning humility, to be expressed with modesty;\n“Ahonui”, meaning patience, to be expressed with perseverance.\nThese are traits of character that express the charm, warmth and sincerity of Hawaii’s people. It was the working philosophy of native Hawaiians and was presented as a gift to the people of Hawaii. “Aloha” is more than a word of greeting or farewell or a salutation. “Aloha” means mutual regard and affection and extends warmth in caring with no obligation in return. “Aloha” is the essence of relationships in which each person is important to every other person for collective existence. “Aloha” means to hear what is not said, to see what cannot be seen and to know the unknowable.\n(b) In exercising their power on behalf of the people and in fulfillment of their responsibilities, obligations and service to the people, the legislature, governor, lieutenant governor, executive officers of each department, the chief justice, associate justices, and judges of the appellate, circuit, and district courts may contemplate and reside with the life force and give consideration to the “Aloha Spirit”. [L 1986, c 202, §1]\nCopied from: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov"}
{"text":"The surface of ice exhibits the swath of phase-transition phenomena common to all materials and as such it acts as an ideal test bed of both theory and experiment. It is readily available, transparent, optically birefringent, and probing it in the laboratory does not require cryogenics or ultrahigh vacuum apparatus. Systematic study reveals the range of critical phenomena, equilibrium and nonequilibrium phase-transitions, and, most relevant to this review, premelting, that are traditionally studied in more simply bound solids. While this makes investigation of ice as a material appealing from the perspective of the physicist, its ubiquity and importance in the natural environment also make ice compelling to a broad range of disciplines in the Earth and planetary sciences. In this review we describe the physics of the premelting of ice and its relationship with the behavior of other materials more familiar to the condensed-matter community. A number of the many tendrils of the basic phenomena as they play out on land, in the oceans, and throughout the atmosphere and biosphere are developed."}
{"text":"Nutrient-wealthy (or nutrient-dense) foods include a variety of vitamins and minerals and few energy. An overview of methods used in nutritional epidemiology with its limitations and benefits which gives students with info related to design, implementation and analysis of epidemiologic studies that tackle questions of dietary consumption and nutritional standing.\nIt will likely be useful for those finding out or working within the field of diet and health and in addition those who would really like extra element on diet science. This part is for individuals who need to find out in regards to the science of nutrients and what they do in the physique.\nOne of the vital nutritious greens you may eat – especially if you leave the skins on – sweet potatoes are rich in coronary heart -healthy potassium and vision -boosting vitamin A Fat- and ldl cholesterol -free, sweet potatoes even have a wealthy, sugary taste while still being low in calories.\nTo demystify what a wholesome, balanced weight-reduction plan entails, researchers analyzed more than 1,000 foods and assigned a rating to indicate how nicely they’d serve our nutritional wants. Meals Science is the research of physical, chemical and biological properties of meals.\nThat is the primary and only course in Singapore that offers a twin emphasis on meals science and diet. Since a scarcity of vitamin A and vitamin C in the normal inhabitants is uncommon, these nutrients are now not included on the food label. Eating small amounts of protein throughout the day can enhance dopamine and stabilize blood sugar."}
{"text":"Basic Guidelines/Be Prepared\n- Be aware of the surrounding area.\n- Learn where emergency exits are. Think about how you would leave a building, subway, or busy place if there was an emergency and you had to hurry.\n- Look around you. Be aware of heavy things that could fall or glass that could break. Move away from them if you can.\n- Stay calm and follow the directions of emergency personnel and University officials.\n- Be careful when traveling. Be aware of someone behaving unusually. Do not accept packages from strangers. Do not leave your luggage unattended. Always have it with you so that no one can put something into it.\n- Prepare an Emergency Kit\n- Know the emergency evacuation routes in campus buildings where you spend most of your time.\n- If you are a person who has a disability and you will need assistance during an evacuation, contact the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSWD) now. OSWD staff members will work with you to develop an individual emergency plan, which will be used to help you during an emergency evacuation.\n- Make sure your family knows how to contact you. Give important University contact information to your family.\n- Make a habit of letting people know where you are and when you are expected to return - your family, your RA, your CRE or people in your office"}
{"text":"Infants (K – 2)\nInfants (K – 2)\nExplore and Discover\nBeginning school is an enormous adventure for students and parents alike. It is important that those early years are built on a Christian foundation.\nFoundations for lifelong learning\nOur infants program builds upon young children’s natural curiosity and innate love of learning. By stimulating their curiosity and imagination, children begin to build solid foundations for lifelong learning. They discover and explore the wondrous and wonderful world God has created. Children begin to see their community and others in their classroom as part of God’s family, learning to be kind, generous-hearted and forgiving in their friendships as they grow together.\nSupporting numeracy and literacy is of critical importance to laying a strong learning foundation. For this reason we cap class size at 24 (our average class size is around 20 students). Classes frequently include teacher’s aides and parent helpers. We aim to give as much one-to-one contact between teachers and students.\nLearning support and extension\nAll our programs are built out of respect for and understanding of students different rates of development. They will be supported and extended where necessary.\nIn addition to the normal program, students also have access to specialist music lessons and also begin learning French.\nExcursions and camps\nA variety of camps and excursions support our students learning.\nMuseum of Fire\nCalmsley Hill Farm\nAussie Bush Sleepover\nLong Neck Lagoon\nFind out more about what makes Nepean Christian School different.\nExperience what Nepean Christian School has to offer from Kindergarten to Year 12. Meet our principal, Cameron Nunn, for a school tour."}
{"text":"Your IQ, which stands for Intelligence Quotient, is a scientific assessment of your intelligence derived from standardized tests that measure problem solving abilities, spatial imagery, memory, general knowledge, and other factors. While there are limits based on native intelligence levels, recent studies have shown that it's possible to increase your intelligence. We'll show you some ways to make this happen.\nMaking Brainpower Fun\nTake risks with your brain. Have you become a Scrabble master, able toss out 40-point words even when your rack looks like EEIOAUC? Fine, congratulations. Now go become a Sudoku master. When you reach that goal, move on. Become a Go master, or chess expert.Once you become good at a particular skill, your brain stops working as hard. It doesn't expend the resources, or trigger that dopamine rush that helps make you smarter. Feel free to continue to wallop the competition in Scrabble, but keep finding new \"brain games\" to explore.\nPlay video games. Games can be a great way to stimulate the brain. Try to play a game that is out of your usual range of choices. It will help you think differently. Especially look for games that provide you with problems to solve or force you to think quickly. Scientific studies have shown that playing the popular game Tetris leads to more efficient brain activity; as players become more proficient at the game, their brains show a reduced consumption of glucose (the body's main fuel). The conclusions of this study point out that glucose consumption is reduced when learning has taken place; the effort required decreases. 4\nWork on challenging your brain in new ways. Try cryptology, for example. This is when a message is written in codes and you try to figure it out. It's challenging for some, but after a while may even become enjoyable. Do logic and lateral thinking puzzles. These help you explore new areas, and solve problems in different ways.Practice crosswords and sudoku. These activities..."}
{"text":"The famous Liberty Bell was originally called the “Old State House Bell.”\nWhen most people think of the Liberty Bell, they expect to see that iconic crack in it. Everyone wants a photo including the distinctive characteristic. It wouldn’t be the Liberty Bell without it.\nMost of us don’t realize that these bells were actually quite fragile. That seems surprising in a bell that weighs 2,000 lbs.\nA fragile 2,000 pound Liberty Bell provides an interesting analogy.\nLiberty is indeed a fragile thing.\nIt must be carefully guarded.\nSpecial Exhibit: Independence & The Great War, 1917–1919\nDuring World War I, Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell became beacons of liberty for the city, the nation, and the world. See photos of rallies where people gathered to invoke the “Spirit of 1776,” where soldiers enlisted in the Armed Services, and where foreign dignitaries and people from all walks of life found inspiration.\nThe National Park Service’s special exhibit details:\n• Exhibit continues until February 28, 2018\n• Open 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.\n• Admission Free\n• Location: Liberty Bell Center, 6th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA\n• Wheelchair Accessible\n• Visitors must pass through security screening to visit the center.\n• Website: https://www.nps.gov/inde/planyourvisit/libertybellcenter.htm\nWhy was the Liberty Bell originally called the “Old State House Bell?” Tell me in the comments below.\nUntil next time . . . Travel Light,\n© 2018 SuZan Klassen"}
{"text":"Pollution is a harmful by-product of industrial buildings and residential housing. The longer a building is in place, the more pollution it releases into the environment.\nCitizens who live or work in buildings situated around pollution will have lower environmental happiness. Whether they're directly exposed to pollution or not, Environmentalists will get angry if they live on a heavily polluted island. Finally, the EU appreciates environmentalism and the level of pollution on the island will affect relations with them.\nThe amount of pollution that buildings cause can be reduced by issuing edicts; residential pollution can be reduced using an anti-litter ordinance while industrial pollution can be reduced by setting pollution standards. Pollution that's already been released into the environment can be cleaned up by hiring garbagemen in garbage dumps and water treatment plants."}
{"text":"Deputy Head Michael Tidd has written this comprehensive guide to the new National Curriculum just for parents.\nHighlighting the key changes for all subjects from Years 1 - 6 this handy guide is available in full colour for sharing digitally with parents, or in black and white divided by year group - perfect for parents evenings and book bags.\nGo to our 'free stuff' area to download your free copy\n, Computing and ICT\n, English and Literacy\n, Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation\n, Intervention and SEN\n, More able\n, Reading and Ebooks\n, Revision and Practice\n, Science and Technology"}
{"text":"Thousands of bacteria-infected mosquitoes will be flying near Miami to test a new way to suppress insect populations that carry Zika and other viruses.\nAccording to a statement from the Kentucky-based company MosquitoMate, the first mosquitoes will be released in the city of South Miami. The test is in collaboration with the Miami-Dade County Mosquito Control and Habitat Management Division.\nMosquitoMate infects male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with the naturally occurring Wolbachia bacteria. Any offspring produced when the lab-bred mosquitoes mate with wild female mosquitoes won't survive to adulthood.\nMale mosquitoes don't bite, and Wolbachia isn't harmful to humans.\nA similar trial began near Key West last spring. Hurricane Irma's landfall in the Florida Keys interrupted the final weeks of monitoring for that trial. The results are still pending."}
{"text":"Dubois REC has partnered with local libraries to allow members to \"check out\" a Kill-A-Watt meter to use in their home.\nThe Kill-A-Watt is a simple household energy reader used to measure how much electricity your appliances and electronic gadgets consume—...even when they’re not turned on. Just plug the meter into an outlet, then plug your appliance into it to see how much energy it is using. Knowing how much energy is being used will help you make more informed decisions about how you use electricity, and ultimately, help you start saving it.\nAsk your local librarian for details about the program."}
{"text":"Graphic by John Herne\nWarm fronts not as nice as they sound\nBy Chad Palmer, USATODAY.com\nThe term \"warm front\" sounds like something you'd like to have coming your way on a cold winter's day.\nThink again. A warm front is the boundary between warm and cool, or cold, air when the warm air is replacing the cold air. That sounds like what you want. However, warm fronts often bring days of inclement weather.\nWarm fronts often form to the east of low pressure centers, where southerly winds push warm air northward.\nAs the warm air advances northward it rides over the cold air ahead of it, which is heavier. As the warm air rises the water vapor in it condenses into clouds that can produce rain, snow, sleet or freezing rain, often all four. (Related: Storms that bring rain, ice, and snow)\nThe warm front symbol on a weather map marks the warm-cold boundary at the earth's surface. The circles on the red line point in the direction the warm air is moving. As you move into the cold air the warm-cold boundary is overhead. The boundary, along with clouds and precipitation, can stretch hundreds of miles over the cold air. This is why a slow-moving warm front can mean hours, if not days, of cloudy, wet weather before the warm air finally arrives.\nSince warm air is lighter and less dense than cold air, the cold air ahead of a warm front at the surface must retreat before warm air can move in. Sometimes, cold air is very stubborn and hard to move, which slows the warm front down and can lead to several days of wet weather. This happens often during winter along the East Coast as cold air banks up against the Appalachian Mountains. It is commonly referred to as cold air damming."}
{"text":"Melbourne: Challenging current models of brain ageing, researchers have found that some areas of the brain may remain youthful even in older age.\nPic for representational purpose\nWhen it comes to spatial attention skills, older people can do just as good as the younger ones, the findings showed.\nSpatial attention is critical for many aspects of life - from driving to walking, to picking up and using objects.\n\"Our studies have found that older and younger adults perform in a similar way on a range of visual and non-visual tasks that measure spatial attention,\" said Joanna Brooks, a research fellow at Australian National University.\nFor the study, researchers compared the ability of 60 older and younger people to respond to visual and non-visual stimuli in order to measure their spatial attention skills.\n\"Both younger (aged 18-38 years) and older (55-95 years) adults had the same responses for spatial attention tasks involving touch, sight or sound,” Brooks added.\nThe research suggests that certain types of cognitive systems in the right cerebral hemisphere - like spatial attention - are 'encapsulated' and may be protected from ageing, she noted.\n\"Our results challenge current models of cognitive ageing because they show that the right side of the brain remains dominant for spatial processing throughout the entire adult lifespan,\" Brooks added."}
{"text":"We have collabortaed with the children of Grasmere Primary School to create this pavement in a small park on Albion Road, Stoke Newington. The image illustrates the story of the 2 giants who the Romans encountered when they first landed in Britain, or Albion as they called it. One of the giants was called Gog Magog and they were said to be descendents of a greek princess called alba who had been banished by her father in a rudderless boat that had drifted to this island. The giants were an agressive race and had fought with each other until only two remained. When the Romans landed they threw them both off the cliffs and into the sea.\nThe children designed and made all the border mosaics, which show a variety of images including giants, aliens, national flags and even a door into an imaginary place."}
{"text":"The foreigners who are destroying the Wild Atlantic Way\nIt was a Dutch explorer, Philipp von Siebold, who first introduced the problem that would cost Europe hundreds of millions of euro. He returned to the Netherlands with his samples from the slopes of a Japanese volcano in 1847 and then posted a cutting to Kew Gardens in 1850. The rest is geography.\nGertrude Jekyll helped bring the foreigner to Ireland. She collaborated with Edwin Lutyens and designed the gardens at Lambay Island for Lord Revelstoke (founder of Baring's Bank). In a 1900 edition of 'Home and Garden' she extolled the plant's utility: \"We ought not forget the quick growing ways of the great Japan knotweeds growing fast and tall\".\nThis week, Kerry County Councillor Michael Gleeson described the weed as an unmanageable monster that is the country's biggest environmental threat. Citizens are spreading the problem by hedge-cutting and disposing of the weed in local dumps. You could be prosecuted if you do this, as fragments can continue to propagate."}
{"text":"Submarine crews could be breathing much healthier air thanks to miniscule devices based on 62 year-old technology. Currently, carbon dioxide is removed from the air in submarines through a reaction with chemicals such as calcium hydroxide. Chemical engineers from England’s University of Bath are collaborating with mechanical engineers from Duke University in the US, to develop a chemical-free filtration system. It utilizes seawater and tiny folded wire mesh rings known as Dixon rings.\nIt has been known for a long time that sea water absorbs CO2. The researchers, however, are faced with designing a system that could fit within the close confines of a submarine, or other undersea habitat. That’s where the Dixon rings come in. Only 3mm across, the rings’ mesh construction provides extra surface area for the absorption of CO2.\nThe system consists of a column packed with Dixon rings. Seawater and “used” air are pumped through the column (and rings) in counter-current directions. This chaotic interaction results in the air being scrubbed of its CO2, which is then discharged into the sea.\nAccording to the Bath scientists, not only will this technology do away with the need for chemicals, but it will also allow crews to stay undersea for longer periods.\nThe study is funded by a three-year £380,000 (US$563,109) grant from the US Office of Naval Research."}
{"text":"High relative humidity at the surface of wall allows mold to grow. Winter mold growth is caused by building surfaces being at the dew point of the air in the home. This is like a can of cold pop sweating. Two choices, reduce the indoor humidity (dew point) or raise the wall surface temperature. Increasing the fresh air ventilation reduces the indoor dew point when it's cold outside (below 50^F).\nThe wall surface is warmed by keeping mirrows, couches and dressers away from exterior walls, raising the indoor temperature, or improving the insulation. If this is summer problem, reduce the indoor humidity below 50% and don't cool the home below 75^F. This usually requires a dehumidifier. Do a web search for \"ventilating dehumidifier\"."}
{"text":"Great for Literacy Centers and Student Collaboration. What could be more fun than some dice and a good book?\nStudents pick a partner and a book to read together, roll a die, answer the numbered activity with discussion and record it on the reading log.\nRead and Roll directions:\nChoose a partner and a chapter book\nRead 2 pages with your partner\nAfter reading 2 pages, each person rolls a die and completes the task for which they rolled.\nRecord activity on Read and Roll log\nRepeat #2 – 4\nPlease be sure to check out my other resources for fun and engaging activities for the critical thinkers in your class. And be sure to leave feedback so that I can make my resources even better."}
{"text":"Canine distemper virus, or CDV, is a virus that attacks the digestive system, the respiratory system and degeneration of the nervous system. Though it mostly affects dogs, it can be found in wild animals like raccoons. It is an airborne virus, but is also present in any and every excretion from an infected animal. Recently 22 big cats were diagnosed with CDV at In-Sync Exotics.\nIt is thought that they caught the virus from some wild raccoons that live in the woods along side the sanctuary, which most likely perched in the trees above their enclosure and urinated or defecated into the play areas. Some are asking why the animals were not vaccinated but many vets actually recommend against vaccinating big cats against the virus.\nIn-Sync is home to over 60 big cats including lions, cougars, tigers, jaguars, cheetahs, ocelots, servals, bobcats and lynx. It was started by Vicky Keahey 22 years ago, who was a vet tech that took in a cougar kitten abandoned at her vets office. She kept taking in big cats in need and now runs the sanctuary from her yard. The cats kept there are treated better than at most zoos and receive love and excellent care every single day.\nThe staff and volunteers at In-Sync are working above and beyond to give their cats vitamins and antibiotics to help them stay well enough to fight off the virus, but there is only so much money available to a non-profit. This is not the kind of website where I ask you to give money, ever, but this place is very dear to my heart and I owe them a lot. I dropped off ten gallons of bleach and a lot of ground turkey and calf liver over the weekend (different meats to help get the cats to take their medicine). If you want to help the cats of In-Sync you can donate online here, or find out more about what supplies they need dropped off here."}
{"text":"Studying multiplication following counting, addition, as well as subtraction is perfect. Kids understand arithmetic through a all-natural progression. This progress of discovering arithmetic is usually the pursuing: counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication, lastly division. This assertion leads to the issue why find out arithmetic within this sequence? Moreover, why learn multiplication after counting, addition, and subtraction before department?\nMultiplication Facts To 144 No Zeros (A) Uploaded by admin on Wednesday, June 24th, 2020 in category Chart.\nHere we have another worksheet Practice Times Tables Worksheets – 10 Times Table featured under Multiplication Facts To 144 No Zeros (A). We hope you enjoyed it and if you want to download the worksheets in high quality, simply right click the worksheets file and choose \"Save As\". Thanks for reading Multiplication Facts To 144 No Zeros (A)."}
{"text":"RISE: Equality vs. Equity\nModule from RISE, a PCA trusted resource, reviewing the definitions of equality and equity.\nRISE: Visualizing Equality vs. Equity\nActivity from PCA trusted resource RISE to understand how equality and equity can be used to achieve fairness\nNow seven months in, we’ve learned a few things about the pandemic’s wider impact on youth & HS sports.\nCoaches can get involved in leadership in a different way by talking about character-building and identity.\nActivity from PCA trusted resource RISE to examine how athletes use sports as an agent social change.\n10 Policies for LGBTQI+ Inclusion For Your Organization\nWant to make our athletic department or YSO more inclusive? Check out these policies every team should have.\nBrad Stevens: The Key To Unlocking Potential\nStevens: \"sometimes people get put in a box of what they can’t do instead of focusing on what they can do.\"\nWhen Players Know You Care, They Work Harder And Are Easier To Work With\nChristian Lavers on how important it is that players know that a coach sees them as more than an X or O.\nCoaches Have The Platform To Impact Hundreds Of Kids Every Season\nJack Clark talks about the impact a coach can have on players and the responsibility it entails.\nHow Coaches Can Balance Discipline And Fun\nThis Award-winning coach talks about balancing being assertive while also letting her players let loose.\nHow Coaches Can Model An Attitude Of Gratitude To Keep Kids Humble\nAward-Winning Coach Breeze McDonald talks about using her attitude to help her players overcome obstacles.\nHow Sports Can Teach Life Lessons To Troubled Teens\nStructure, discipline, and teamwork are lessons Thomas teaches to help his athletes for life after prison.\nThe Humility Of Steve Kerr And Stephen Curry Sets A Great Example\nStephen Curry and PCA National Advisory Board Member Steve Kerr's humility impacts the youth in the game."}
{"text":"\"Our attack does not succeed.\"\nTranslation:Serangan kami tidak berhasil.\n4 CommentsThis discussion is locked.\nIndonesian language, like any other Austronesian-languages, has two distinct ways to say \"we\", i.e. the inclusive \"we\" and the exclusive \"we\", Indonesian has two distinct words for those and they are \"kami (exclusive we)\" and kita (inclusive we). Inclusive we means \"I, you, and another (others)\", whilst exclusive we means \"another (others) and I, but not including you\"."}
{"text":"Why temperature calibration is so important in retorts?\nThe Temperature Indicating Device (TID), as designated by the US FDA in its Code of Federal Regulations CFR Title 21 Part 113 “Thermally Processed Low-Acid Foods Packaged in Hermetically Sealed Containers”, is a key element of the sterilization retorts and hence a key element at any canning plant. It is a master device which must ensure thermal process treatment temperature accuracy in the sterilization retort so as to ensure all produced food product is safe for consumption. How about that?.\nUp till not so long ago, CFR 21 Part 113 had determined the Mercury-In-Glass (MIG) was the only instrument to be trusted as the master retort temperature indicating device. The food industry had disputed the use of mercury in food plants for obvious poisoning risk. For some years now, electronic devices are accepted, as long as they meet all accuracy, reliability and independency requirements.\nThe text reads as follows now:\n“Each temperature-indicating device and each reference device that is maintained by the processor shall be tested for accuracy against a reference device for which the accuracy is traceable to a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), or other national metrology institute, standard reference device by appropriate standard procedures, upon installation and at least once a year thereafter, or more frequently if necessary, to ensure accuracy during processing. Each temperature-indicating device and each reference device that is maintained by the processor shall have a tag, seal, or other means of identity.” Not a subject to be taken lightly…\nAll Surdry retorts are factory fitted with battery operated digital thermometers, specifically qualified to meet the CFR 21 Part 113. Manufacturer’s qualification and accuracy certificates are supplied as part of the documentation delivered with each Surdry unit.\nRead more at:"}
{"text":"As you probably are already aware, cerumen (more commonly referred to as \"ear wax\") is a normal physiologic substance within the ear canal, and is actually necessary for a healthy and well functioning ear. It is only made in the outer 1/3 of the ear canal where there are both apocrine (modified sweat glands), and sebaceous glands. They secrete both liquid and fatty substances (fatty chains) that mix with the shedding keratinizing squamous epithelium to make cerumen. Since cerumen is only made in the outer third of the ear canal, physiologically it does not cause any problems with hearing, rather it actually has some antibiotic properties, and helps prevent foreign bodies from going deeper into the ear and damaging the tympanic membrane (ear drum). Thus it is only when the wax is pushed deeper into the ear canal that it causes problems. This is the reason that ENT physicians are constantly recommending to their patients NOT to use Q-tips to clean their ears. More often than not, some of the wax is pushed deeper into the ear canal and this can eventually build up on the tympanic membrane and cause pain, and hearing problems\n. There is likely nothing that you are doing that is making you produce more cerumen then the average person (if you even are). Some people just produce more than others. Different ENT physicians may suggest different maintenance therapies (such as a drop of mineral oil every other day or so) to help prevent the drying of the ear wax, and thereby helping it come out normally easier. I would recommend that if you are not already being followed by an ENT, that you make an appointment and have your ears checked out, and get their opinion on your situation. Best of luck."}
{"text":"The result of this was effectively the creation of an elite unit that was to see action in some of the worst of the fighting during the Mexican American War.\nWell disciplined the 4th were to become one of the most highly trained Regiments of the Mexican Army. The soldiers of the 4th could be deployed effectively as troops of the line or working ahead of the main force in the traditional Light Infantry role of skirmishers.\nSuch was the elite status of the Regiment that General Santa Anna would himself design their uniform.\nBeing an elite Regiment ensured that they were deployed at nearly every major engagement of the war. Their finest moment would come at the battle of Churubusco; when alongside the men of the 1st and 3rd Light Infantry, the 11th (Toluca) Premanente Regiment and the Irishmen of the Batallón de San Patricio, under the capable General Brigadier Francisco Perez, their stubborn defense of the Tete du Pont adjacent to the Convent building inflicted severe losses upon the attacking American forces.\nGringo 40’s miniature wargame figure captures a man of the 4th, in typical dynamic skirmisher fashion. running at the crouch seeking cover from where to inflict lead and death upon the enemy.\nTo view our complete range of 40mm Mexican American wargame figures got our secure online shop at www.Gringo40s.com"}
{"text":"Problem 6-27 Computing and recording units- of- production depreciation\nBrees Corporation purchased a delivery van for $ 35,500 in 2010. The firm's financial condition immediately prior to the purchase is shown in the following horizontal statements model.\nCash + Van - acct depreciation = common stock + Retained Earnings\n$50,000 + NA - NA = 50,000 + NA\nThe van was expected to have a useful life of 150,000 miles and a salvage value of $ 5,500. Actual mileage was as follows.\na. Compute the depreciation for each of the three years, assuming the use of units- of- production depreciation.\nb. Assume that Brees earns $ 21,000 of cash revenue during 2010. Record the purchase of the van and the recognition of the revenue and the depreciation expense for the first year in a financial statements model like the preceding one.\nc. Assume that Brees sold the van at the end of the third year for $ 4,000. Calculate the amount of gain or lose from the sale.\na. In units of production, depreciation = Units X depreciation per unit\nDepreciation per unit = (Cost - salvage value)/total expected units over the life\nIn this question\ndepreciation per mile = (35,500-5,500)/150,000 miles = $0.2 per mile\nDepreciation in 2010 = 50,000 miles X 0.2 = $10,000\nDepreciation in 2011 = ...\nThe solution computes and records unit-of-production depreciation."}
{"text":"Bringing Harmony Home®\nMusic Together is an internationally recognized early childhood music program for children ages birth through kindergarten and the adults who love them®. First offered to the public in 1987, it pioneered the concept of a research-based, developmentally appropriate early childhood music curriculum that strongly emphasizes and facilitates adult involvement.\nWhy Music Together?\nMusic Together classes are based on the recognition that all children are musical. All children can learn to sing in tune, keep a beat, and participate with confidence in the music of our culture, provided that their early environment supports such learning. By emphasizing actual music experiences rather than concepts about music, Music Together introduces children to the pleasures of making music instead of passively receiving it from CDs or TV.\nMusic & Movement For Families\nCentral to the Music Together approach is that young children learn best from the powerful role model of parents/caregivers who are actively making music. The program brings families together by providing a rich musical environment in the classroom and by facilitating family participation in spontaneous musical activity at home within the context of daily life.\nA Music Together Class is:\nSpecialized programs and pricing available for pre-schools & libraries. Please call.\nInfants 8 months and under are FREE with a registered sibling.\nInterest-free Payment Plans and Scholarships are also available. Please call for info.\n\"Is my child too young for Music Together classes?\" Read the answer to this and other questions at our:"}
{"text":"More than six million workers are worried machines could take their jobs over the next decade.\nAccording a report which urges trade unions and the government to provide more support for those whose roles could be at risk, the rise of the machine economy could have a big impact.\nYvette Cooper, the Labour chair of the House of Commons home affairs elect committee, has launched a commission for the Fabian society and the Communtiy trade union.\nMore than 1,000 people were polled aross the country with the commission finding than over 37% - which equates to 10 million workers - are concerned aout the impact technology will have on their jobs over the next 10 years, as reported by The Guardian.\nHowever, not many of these people believe that either the trade unions or government have been making adequate preparations for the future.\nWhile less than 10% thought the government was doing enough to combat the issue, ony 16% believed their workplace trade union was taking the right steps to make sure technology will help rather than hinder.\nYvette said: \"It's vital that action is taken now to make sure technology creates new better jobs and that all workers benefit from new technology.\n\"We have to make sure that automation and the digital revolution don't widen inequality and that everyone gets the help and support they need to get on ... We need to ensure that automation is an opportunity and not a threat for British workers.\""}
{"text":"The word “Catholicos” means “The General Head”. It can be considered as equivalent to “Universal Bishop”. There were only three ranks of priesthood in the early Church: Episcopos (Bishop), Priest, and Deacon. By the end of the 3rd century certain bishops of certain important cities in the Roman empire gained pre-eminence over other bishops and they came to be known as Metropolitans. The Ecumenical councils of the 4th century recognized the supreme authority of these Metropolitans. By the 5th century, the Bishops in major cities like Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch etc. gained control over the churches in the surrounding cities. Gradually they became the heads of each independent regional church and were called Patriarch which means common father. The same rank in the Churches outside the Roman Empire was called Catholicos. There were three ancient Catholicates in the Church before the 5th century. They were the Catholicate of the East, the Catholicate of Armenia and the Catholicate of Georgia. None of these ranks and titles are the monopoly of any church. Any Apostolic and national church has the authority to declare and call its head, Catholicos, Pope, or Patriarch*.\nSt.Thomas established the church in India and is recognized as its first Head or Catholicos.\nClick here to know more about our current Catholicos H.H. Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II"}
{"text":"Additive Manufacturing of Glass Components - Exploring the Potential of Glass Connections by Fused Deposition Modeling\nGlass is an indispensable material in the building industry. The combination of transparency, strength and durability makes it to an unparalleled and desirable material. The technology additive manufacturing (AM) has a potential in the building industry, based on a relatively small amount of repetitions of particular building components and the tendency of applying technology innovations for buildings. Therefore, there is an interest for additive manufacturing with glass. This paper presents and summarizes the results of the preliminary research regarding additive manufacturing of glass components for joining methods for flat glass structures. Different types of glass (borosilicate glass, quartz glass and soda lime silicate glass) are discussed. Experimental investigations of joints are intended to illustrate the performance and potential of AM glass components in case of structural use. Load bearing tests were carried out to quantify the strength and load bearing capacity level of an AM structural component. The thermal residual stresses were examined by photo-elastic tests with polarized lights and scattered light method. The investigations show in principle that load transfer via fused glass joints is possible. The performed research activity is a first step towards the Additive Manufacturing of glass structures on flat glass."}
{"text":"The Blackbird or Habu was simply one of the greatest aircraft ever built. It flew higher and faster than any other aircraft of its time or since.\nThe SR-71 served with the U.S. Air Force from 1964 to 1998. A total of 32 aircraft were built; 12 were lost in accidents, but none lost to enemy action. Since 1976, it has held the world record for the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft, a record previously held by the YF-12. Clarence \"Kelly\" Johnson was responsible for many innovative design concepts for both aircraft.\nDeveloped as an advanced, long-range, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft, The Lockheed SR-71 \"Blackbird\" was developed as a black project from the Lockheed A-12 aircraft.\nBuilt by Lockheed’s Skunk Works division, both the SR-71 and its predecessor the YF-12 were shrouded in secrecy, much of the technology developed for these aircraft still is highly classified.\nDuring reconnaissance missions, the SR-71 operated at high speeds and altitudes to allow it to outrace threats. If a surface-to-air missile launch was detected, the standard evasive action was simply to accelerate and outfly the missile.\nClick the thumbnail image to view larger."}
{"text":"A corn is a form of callus, a protective layer of dead skin cells formed due to repeated friction of toes rubbing together or against the shoe. The build-up of skin can put pressure on a nerve causing sharp pain. Corns can develop on the top or between toes.\n- Shoes, socks, or stockings that fit too tightly around the toes.\n- Pressure on the toes from high-heeled shoes.\n- Shoes that are too loose can also cause corns due to the friction of the foot sliding within the shoe.\n- Deformed and crooked toes.\n- Do not wear too loose or too tight shoes. Wear well-padded shoes with open toes or a deep toe box. If necessary, stretch the shoes in the area where the corn or callus is located.\n- Wear thick but not tight socks to absorb pressure.\n- Apply petroleum jelly or lanolin hand cream to corns or calluses to soften them.\n- Use doughnut-shaped pads that fit over a corn and decrease pressure and friction, they are available at most drug stores.\n- Place cotton, lamb’s wool, or mole skin between the toes to cushion any corns in these areas.\n- To remove a corn or callus, soak it in very warm water for five minutes or more to soften the hardened tissue, then gently sand it with a pumice stone. Several treatments may be needed.\n- Do not trim corns or calluses with a razor blade or other sharp tool, because your risk causing infection or a deep cut, leading to excessive bleeding.\n- There are a number of over-the-counter pads, plasters, and medications for removing corns and calluses. However, you should be careful when using these treatments. They commonly contain salicylic acid, which may cause irritations, burns, or infections that are more serious than the corn or callus. The following patients should not use these treatments: diabetics, patients with reduced feeling in the feet due to blood circulation problems or neurological diseases, or elderly, who do not have the flexibility or eyesight to use them properly."}
{"text":"- adv. 最；非常，极其；最多；几乎\n- adj. 大部分的，多数的；最多的\n- n. 大部分，大多数\n- n. (Most)人名；(德、俄、法、芬、捷、英)莫斯特\nCET4 TEM4 IELTS 考 研 CET6\n- most: [OE] Like more, most comes ultimately from prehistoric Germanic *maiz. Addition of the superlative suffix produced *maistaz, which passed into Old English as mǣst. This subsequently evolved to most in Middle English under the influence of more.\n=> magnitude, master, more\n- most (adj.)\n- Old English mast \"greatest number, amount, extent,\" earlier mæst, from Proto-Germanic *maistaz (cognates: Old Saxon mest, Old Frisian mast, Old Norse mestr, Dutch meest, German meist, Gothic maists \"most\"), superlative form of Proto-Germanic *maiz, root of Old English ma, mara (see more). Used in Old English as superlative of micel \"great, large\" (see mickle). Vowel influenced by more. Original sense of \"greatest\" survives in phrase for the most part (c. 1400). Slang meaning \"the best, extremely good\" is attested from 1953. Also used as an adverb in Old English. Phrase make the most of (something) is by 1520s. Related: Mostly. Double superlative mostest is 1885, from U.S. Southern and Black English.\n- 1. The most pleasurable experience of the evening was the wonderful fireworks display.\n- 2. Early American weathervanes were most often cut from flat wooden boards.\n- 3. Most of the wine was unfit for human consumption.\n- 4. Mark was condemned to do most of the work.\n- 5. I think I've got one of the most stressful jobs there is.\n[ most 造句 ]"}
{"text":"First rule of functional breathing, the nose is for breathing and the mouth is for eating.\nBlood is oxygenated 10-15% more when breathing through the nose. When breathing through the nose Nitrogen Oxide(NO) flows with the inhaled air into the lungs, here it makes the blood vessels in the aveoli expand. This allows a greater volume of blood to pass through so that more oxygen is received throughout the cells in body.\nNO is also the active ingredient in nitroglycerin which is used as a heart medicine. It causes the blood vessels of the heart to relax and expand. Blood flow is increased and blood pressure is lowered.\nNO also has a strong antibacterial effect. It can kill both bacteria and viruses.\nNO is not limited to improving oxygenation of the blood, it also spares the immune system of excess work and strengthens it.\nBreathing lightly through your nose deeply into your diaphragm increases your Nitric Oxide production and is a critical advantage in your overall health because it allows oxygen, blood, and nutrients to reach every part of your body effectively and efficiently.\nUtilizing Breath Control techniques to harness the advantages of this simple yet highly sophisticated gas provide major benefits for athletic or business performance or day-to-day overall physical and mental health.\n#nosebreathing #nitricoxide #breathingexercises #breathislife#strongerthroughbreath #betterhealth #breatheology #breatheinbreatheout #breathcoaching #breathlessons #breathtraining#health #healthy #nose #oxygenadvantage #performance"}
{"text":"RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. – In a stunning and almost unbelievable turn of events on Mars, the NASA rover Soujourner has stumbled upon perhaps the most incredible find in human history. A colored fossil was discovered shortly before the Martian sunrise on day 8 of the Jet Propulsion Lab Mars Pathfinder Mission.\nThe fossil, now dubbed Stogey, has a phosphorous blue glow and is absolutely enormous. NASA scientists have stated that the fossil vaguely resembles a life-sized version of the famed SOL Beanie. The SOL Beanie has become world-renowned in the past year for it’s incredible warmth, and overall total coolness.\nStogey will be probed by Soujourner’s APX utility and reports of it’s contents will be made available online sometime tomorrow."}
{"text":"“Make a saraph and mount it on a pole, and if any who have been bitten look at it, they will live.” NB 21:8\nThe cross has almost always been important symbol for Christians. Although controversial at first, because it seemed to focus so much on the violence done to Jesus, the cross soon became the most prominent way for Christians to announce themselves. Not simply a reminder of Christ's gruesome death, the cross is also a invitation to celebrate Jesus' triumph over death, and our assurance that death is not the end of Christian journey.\nDisplaying the cross publicly or personally should never be a condemnation of others, especially Jews, but a reminder to ourselves and others, that God came among us as human person who not only announced God's love for us in its fullness, but also handed himself over to death as a symbol of his total identification with us at every stage of our journey.\nAlthough we might at times be too casual about it, signing ourselves with the cross is a powerful reminder of Jesus triumph of over sin and death and sign that Jesus, \"Having disarmed the powers and authorities, ...made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.\" (Col 2:15)\nToday, make the sign of the cross as you wake and ask for the grace to accept whatever the day brings.\nWhat does the Cross mean to you?"}
{"text":"1. A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. A Maypole. See Maypole. A barbers pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a sign by barbers and hairdressers. A pole on which climbing beans, hops, or other vines, are trained.\n2. A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5 yards, or a square measure equal to 30 square yards; a rod; a perch.\n3. Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth’s axis; as, the north pole.\n4. (Science: geometry) A point upon the surface of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle; as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ec\nliptic; the pole of a given meridian.\n5. (Science: physics) One of the opposite or contrasted parts or directions in which a polar force is manifested; a point of maximum intensity of a force which has two such points, or which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the north pole of a needle."}
{"text":"Definition and explanation\nAt the end of any financial period there are certain goods in every manufacturing concern that have been partially processed so that they cannot be called raw material anymore. But at the same time they are not fully processed and cannot be called finished goods either.\nSuch goods are called Work in Process or unfinished goods. If the production cycle of a factory is relatively short, the value of work in progress at the end of the year may be small and can be safely ignored when prepared the Manufacturing Statement.\nHowever, certain large-scale factories have considerably long production cycles and at any given moment the value of their work in progress adds up to a large amount. This should then be properly accounted for in the Manufacturing Statement.\nIt is important to note that the issue of recognizing work in progress arises twice in a financial year: at the beginning and end of it. There is generally no question of purchase or sale of work in process."}
{"text":"Нашли опечатку? Выделите ее мышкой и нажмите Ctrl+Enter\nНазвание: Microbiology Handbook: Meat Products\nАвтор: Fernandes R.\nAnimal flesh consumed as food is labelled 'meat'; it refers mainly to skeletal muscle and associated fat, but it may also refer to organs. As it has a high water and protein content, and contains other water-soluble constituents, it makes a suitable medium for growth of microorganisms. The animal itself, environment, and processing condition all have a bearing on the diversity of microflora of these products. Being a highly perishable commodity, preservation plays a key role in extension of shelf life. The various preservation methods used, such as chilling, freezing, cooking, curing, drying and packaging, have lead to an increased choice of meat products available on the market. \"Microbiology Handbook (Meat Products)\" provides readers with an easy-to-use reference to microorganisms found in various categories of meat products, including chilled and frozen meats, cooked meats, dried meats, cured meats, fermented meats and eggs. This second edition brings the 1996 version up-to-date on current information with regard to initial microflora; sources of contamination; effects of processing on the survival and growth of microorganisms; spoilage; and hazards identified with the consumption of these products."}
{"text":"With headlines about tough copyright rulings fresh in their minds, educators across the nation might hesitate when it comes to using copyrighted material in their lessons or sharing copyrighted works with students.\nBut according to the American Library Association (ALA), educators should not worry about using such material to boost student knowledge if it falls under the scope of fair use.\nThe original and intended purpose of copyright law is to promote learning and the dissemination of knowledge, said Carrie Russell, director of the library association’s Program on Public Access to Information. “The copyright law was just as important to them as the post office,” she said, adding that the founding fathers wanted to ensure that the new democracy was well-functioning and that people had access to valuable information.\nU.S. copyright law includes five exclusive rights: reproduction, distribution, derivative works, public performance, and public display. Creators of copyrighted works have a limited monopoly on those works, meaning they are the only ones able to profit from or sell their works, for a particular period of time under certain conditions. Currently, the “time limit” on copyright is defined as a lifetime plus 70 years.\nOne important part of copyright law is idea versus expression, Russell said. A person can’t obtain protection of an idea unless that idea is expressed in an original way.\n(Next page: How to determine fair use)"}
{"text":"WC&P is proud to offer this comprehensive glossary to our readers and website visitors. This living document is intended to serve as an easy-to-use reference source for information on the POU/POE water treatment industry.\nAny suggestions or input that would further enhance or expand the glossary are strongly encouraged.\nWe would like to formally thank and credit such organizations as WQA, AWWA, WEF, Lenntech and other web glossary sources for providing some of the basis and background of this compendium.\nDestruction of the stratospheric ozone layer that shields the earth from ultraviolet radiation harmful to biological life. This destruction of ozone is caused by the breakdown of certain chlorine and/or-bromine containing compounds (chlorofluorocarbons or"}
{"text":"Flashcards in Digestion Deck (23)\nName the type of reaction used to digest large biological molecules.\nName the products made when starch is digested.\nMaltose -> (alpha) glucose\nName the products made when lipids are digested.\nFatty acids and monoglycerides\nName the products made when proteins are digested.\nName the enzyme used to hydrolyse starch.\nName the enzyme used to hydrolyse maltose.\nName the monosaccharides produced when sucrose is hydrolysed.\nGlucose and fructose\nName the products of lactose hydrolysis.\nGlucose and galactose\nWhere is amylase made in the body?\nSalivary glands and pancreas.\nWhere are disaccharidases found?\nOn the membranes of the epithelium cells lining the ileum.\nName the enzyme responsible for the hydrolysis of lipid.\nWhere is lipase made?\nName three different types of protease.\nWhere are endopeptiadases made?\nWhere are exopeptidases made?\nName the type of bond broken by amylase enzymes.\nName the type of bond broken by lipase enzymes.\nName the type of bond broken by protease enzymes\nWhere are dipeptidases found?\nOn the membrane of the epithelium lining the small intestine\nWhere is bile made?\nWhere is bile stored?\nExplain how bile increases the rate of lipid digestion.\nIncreases the surface area of lipid for lipase to act on.\nBreaks lipid globules up into smaller globules."}
{"text":"- Ferdinand J. de Hen\nStopped flute ensemble of the Amba and Yira peoples of the border region of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The individual pipes are made from a plant locally known as lumaluma. The stopped lower ends of the pipes are decorated with tufts of animal hair or tassels of raffia, and Amba pipes are sometimes covered with plaited raffia. The instruments are played by men and boys, for various social and ceremonial occasions. Players dance in a circle around an ensemble of drums; participation is usually restricted to members of the same extended family or warrior group. Mbuti Pygmies in the same area also play similar pipes.\nFormerly the term was applied to raft panpipes of the Amba and Yira. First reported in 1907, the instrument has now apparently disappeared. The embouchure was deeply cupped and the raft strengthened by three cross-bars.M. Trowell and K. Wachsmann: Tribal Crafts of Uganda..."}
{"text":"Part of the Art & Ideas series\nRomanticism was a way of feeling rather than a style in art.\nIn the period c.1775-1830 - against the background of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars - European artists, poets and composers initiated their own rebellion against the dominant political, religious and social ethos of the day.\nTheir quest was for personal expression and individual liberation and, in the process, the Romantics transformed the idea of art, seeing it as an instrument of social and psychological change.\nIn this comprehensive volume, David Blayney Brown takes a thematic approach to Romanticism, relating it to the concurrent, more stylistic movements of Neoclassicism and the Gothic Revival, and discussing its relationship with the political and social developments of the era.\nHe not only looks at how artists as diverse as Goya, Delacroix, Friedrich and Turner responded to landscapes or depicted historical events, but also examines artists such as David and Ingres who are not usually considered Romantics.\nAs a result, the reader is given a clear understanding of a complex movement that produced some of the greatest European art, literature and music.\n- Format: Paperback\n- Pages: 448 pages, 200 colour and 50 b&w illustrations, glossary, map, index\n- Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd\n- Publication Date: 17/07/2001\n- Category: Art & design styles: Romanticism\n- ISBN: 9780714834436"}
{"text":"Skin Tags (cont.)\nIN THIS ARTICLE\nSkin Tags Causes\nSkin tags are believed to develop due to friction between adjacent areas of skin or between clothing and skin. Common sites for skin tags include the following:\nBecause of the increased skin-to-skin contact and friction, skin tags are more common in overweight orobese people. Although skin tags can sometimes be seen in children, they tend to increase with age and are most common in middle-aged and older individuals.\nStudies have suggested an inherited susceptibility to the development of skin tags. In people with Crohn's disease, skin tags around the anal opening (perianal skin tags) are common. The hormonal changes of pregnancy can also stimulate the growth of skin tags, particularly during the second trimester of pregnancy.\nSkin tags are not cancers. Reports of skin cancers arising in skin tags are extremely rare.\nMedically Reviewed by a Doctor on 6/11/2014\nMust Read Articles Related to Skin Tags\nPatient Comments & Reviews\nThe eMedicineHealth doctors ask about Skin Tags:\nSkin Tags - Removal\nWhat was the process in the removal of your skin tags?\nSkin Tag - Describe Your Experience\nPlease describe your experience with skin tags."}
{"text":"With new relief models and the touch and sound atlas, the City of Paris has made a big step forward to an accessible public transport system for visually impaired.\nBackground & Objectives\nThe public transport network of Paris consisting of metro lines, buses and trams is one of the largest systems in the world. With the new relief models and the touch and sound atlas the city has made a big step forward to an accessible public transport system for visually impaired. After a design and production process of two years IVM (Institut pour la Ville en Mouvement) puts public transport into relief and large print. A similar service exists in Mannheim (Germany).\nThe first result was a touch and sound atlas of the Ile-de-France Region’s public transport networks. It includes relief and large-print maps of the regional metro, railway and tram lines; the main bus lines in Paris; and bus services to the forty regional centres around Paris.>Recorded information, which describes the routes and provides tourist information on the areas around the main stations, are available on CD.\nAs a second result touch-based orientation relief models were installed in three metro stations. With both projects, Paris was the first big city worldwide to provide a system that enabled visually impaired persons to enjoy the mobility and access that everyone else takes for granted to Paris’s great cultural sites.\nThese systems, including hundreds of lines, thousands of stations, and relief and large-print maps, make route planning easier and help people visualise the areas they are intending to visit.\nLink for further information:\nInstitut pour la ville en mouvement"}
{"text":"Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is the leading provider of rigorous and innovative STEM (science, technology,engineering and math) education curricular programs used in schools. As a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, PLTW exists to prepare students for the global economy through its world-class curriculum, high-quality professional development, and an engaged network of educators, students, universities, and professionals. PLTW’s comprehensive curriculum has been designed by PLTW teachers, university educators, engineering and biomedical professionals, and school administrators to promote critical thinking, creativity, innovation, and real-world problem solving skills in students. The hands-on, project-based program engages students on multiple levels, exposes them to areas of study that they typically do not pursue, and provides them with a foundation and proven path to college and career success.\nGateway To Technology\nGateway To Technology (GTT) is intended for grades six through eight and is offered as independent, nine-week units that explore aerospace, energy, the environment, modeling, robotics, technology and other STEM-related topics. The activities-oriented curriculum challenges and engages the natural curiosity of students. GTT units, taught in conjunction with a rigorous academic curriculum, are designed to spark an interest in STEM subjects and prepare students for further study in high school. GTT is a natural lead in to PLTW’s Pathway To Engineering and Biomedical Sciences Programs."}
{"text":"The planned conversion of a generating unit at Drax power station in Yorkshire, to burn biomass, is now pending the outcome of an ‘in-depth’ investigation by the European Commission. This investigation will look into the proposed support package to see whether it is in line with state aid rules.\nPotential unfair advantage\nThe commission said it: “fully supports member state efforts to increase the use of renewable energy and pursue EU energy and climate objectives. At the same time, EU state aid rules ensure that the cost of such support for consumers does not give certain operators an unfair advantage over competitors.”\nA Drax spokesman said: “We welcome this announcement as the next step towards the full conversion of our third generating unit from coal to sustainable biomass. A positive outcome will result in half our power station running on biomass.”\nEconomic performance concerns\nThe carbon footprint is reduced by 86% by burning wood pellets rather than coal, according to figures audited by PwC. However the Commission’s concerns are primarily around the plant’s potential economic performance. This might have been underestimated, which could lead to excess compensation through the support arrangements. Another concern centres on whether the amount of wood pellets required by the project might itself effect competition in the biomass market.\nWith an approximate annual surplus of 50m tonnes in the softwood forests in the south-east of the US alone, Drax insiders are confident their maximum annual demand for biomass (2.4m tonnes) will not have a significant effect on its price."}
{"text":"Users of the internet search engine are being greeted with a bar code in place of the usual Google logo, exactly 57 years after United States inventors Norman Woodland and Bernard Silver were granted a patent.\nIt follows recent Google doodles in honour of the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius and Mahatma Gandhi, the father of modern India.\nWoodland and Silver, who met while students at the Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia, originally devised a system that would encode data in concentric circles.\nThe lines of varying width were developed later, partly inspired by Morse code.\nAccording to a Washington Post report, the doodle bar code appears to have been created by encrypting the word ‘Google’ using Code 128, a standard symbology.\nThe original patent was filed by Woodland and Silver in 1949 and granted on 7 October 1952.\nHowever, bar codes were not used commercially until retailers in the National Association of Food Chains (NAFC) agreed on the familiar Universal Product Code designs that are still seen on billions of worldwide items today.\nThe first supermarket scanner that could read UPC bar codes was installed at March’s supermarket in Troy, Ohio, in June 1974. The first product to bear the bar code was a packet of Wrigley’s chewing gum."}
{"text":"Welcome to the 5th of our 5 part series on tips on how to cultivate gratitude in the classroom and at home.\nGratitude Activity Series – Activity No. 5\nThe Appreciation Chair activity is perfect for the classroom and at home.\nHere is how it works.\nChoose a chair and name it the “Appreciation Chair”. All students or family members take it in turns of sitting in the chair. Then family members or fellow students say positive things about the person, such as:\n- why you appreciate them\n- highlight acts of kindness the person has displayed recently\n- express gratitude towards that person\n- and any other positives you can give them\nThe Appreciation Chair activity has a 2 way positive affect.\n- It makes the person in the chair feel amazing and it will encourage them to continue to perform acts of kindness, serve others, etc.\n- The person delivering the praise feels great about making the person in the chair feel amazing.\nWays To Coordinate The Appreciation Chair Activity\n- Choose 1 student a day until every student has had a turn (pull names out of a hat)\n- All at once in small groups with 1 student in the chair at a time (groups of 4-5)\n- A variation could be to do in pairs for a quick brain break\n- Allocate the week, family appreciation week and spread the event across the week with one person in the chair per night\n- Allocate the night, family appreciate night and all family members have a turn in the chair all in the same night\n- As a family come up with your own way of conducting the Appreciation Chair activity\nThese are just a few ideas for teachers and families on how to facilitate the Appreciation Chair activity.\nIf you found this activity valuable please CLICK TO SHARE\nPlease share in the comments gratitude activities you use at home or in the classroom.\nPS: If You Want To Teach Your Children/Students Habits Of Happiness In A Fun And Engaging Way – CLICK HERE"}
{"text":"Our key research areas\nWe fund, develop and facilitate innovate research collaborations between low- and middle-income and high-income countries in the fight against chronic diseases.\nWhat are NCDs?\nNon-communicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, are not passed from person to person and are of long duration and generally of slow progression. The five main types of NCDs are cardiovascular diseases (e.g. heart attacks and stroke), certain cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma), type 2 diabetes, and mental disorders.\nFind out more about NCDs with our fact sheet.\nFocus on implementation research\nGACD funded research aims to contribute to the area of implementation science and address the significant knowledge gap between interventions that research has shown to be effective, and their delivery to communities and translation into practice. Learn more about implementation science here."}
{"text":"One of the joys of having a child is that you are forced to appreciate moments. To stick your head above the busyness of the daily grind and be present…even if just for a moment.\nFor me, it seems that many of these moments occur during periods of discovery. Times when the little inner scientist inside my kids comes out and leads them to a discovery, to something they hadn’t noticed, done, or considered before. For example:\n- A couple weeks ago, my son discovered that, with just a little support from his daddy, he could pluck out on the piano the melody to the new song he learned at school.\n- Last week, my son discovered that if he sat down on the large pile of snow and pushed his way to the ground, eventually the snow would compact to form a snow-slide.\n- This morning, my daughter discovered that, if she folds the placement in a U-shape and stands it on it’s side, it won’t fall over.\nOne commonality between these examples is that they involved PLAY. These little bursts of discovery were a direct result of fearless creativity and exploration. They serve as a reminder to me that I should not only notice and appreciate being present, but should also remember to stick my head above the computer every once in a while and allow myself to explore, experience, and create.\nThen see what child-like discoveries of my own emerge."}
{"text":"Speeding up your pendulum clock requires adjustments to the pendulum. The method of adjustment varies depending upon the type of clock you need to adjust. Most pendulum clocks are accurate time keepers. Adjust the speed when first taking possession of a clock, if the clock is not level, and to adjust for changes caused by weather.\nSpeeding up Your Pendulum Clock\nHold the pendulum in place with your hand. Kensington Clock warns that you must hold the pendulum still to avoid damage to the suspension ring. While holding the pendulum, turn the small nut beneath the bob. Turn the regulating nut a full turn to raise the bob. A full turn will speed up the clock by 30 seconds in 24 hours.\nSpeed up a mantle pendulum clock. Verify that the clock is level. Kensington Clock describes how to speed up your mantle pendulum clock. Turn the arbor or wheel on the face of the clock about a half-turn toward the F (fast) position. Set the clock to the accurate time and wind fully. If you notice the clock needs more adjustment, turn the arbor in the necessary direction and reset.\nAdjust the speed on a pendulum wall clock. According to Kensington Clock, adjust a the nut on a rod just under the pendulum bob. Turn the nut to the right (clockwise) to speed up your clock. Completely wind the clock and move the pendulum to begin swinging."}
{"text":"Posted on June 26, 2008\nNews hot off the press, the UK is considering making access to the polls easier to increase participation and update the antiquated practice of having elections traditionally on a Thursday. The UK government is considering having voting on the weekend in order to tempt more people to the polls and in an attempt to be more inclusive. Though this does not accommodate the needs of people who work on the weekends, there also remain concerns around about this idea not being a panacea as it could as raise religious objections in relation to days of religious worship. Also this proposal is reported to cost between £38m and £58m additionally. However the Liberal Democrats suggest that this is a relatively minor electoral problem in comparison to the bigger picture, which is fixing the electoral system from first past the post arguably a more systemic problem for the Liberal Democrats as the third party in the UK. The UK government is proposing to run a consultation on this proposal and a citizen's summit later this year.\nFairVote supports early voting in order to give more citizens and opportunity to participate and have also proposed an Election Day holiday to promote the importance of American democracy. For interesting and insightful information on why Americans go to the polls on Tuesday, and why this practice should be changed to reflect the needs of a modern society be sure to check out Why Tuesday?"}
{"text":"What is Communities That Care?\nCommunities That Care (CTC) is an \"operating system\" that takes communities through a well-defined and structured process, made up of five phases, to prevent adolescent problem behaviors and promote positive youth development.\n- EPIS CTC Resources\nTools and resources we have compiled for you!\n- Center for Communities That Care Resources\nThe Center for Communities That Care is part of the Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington.\n- Getting Started with CTC Plus\nGet started with CTC and access tools and resources from the University of Washington.\nCTC Development and History\nThe Communities That Care (CTC) model was originally developed by Drs. David Hawkins and Richard Catalano of the University of Washington which includes the Social Development Research Group (SDRG) and the Center for Communities That Care (CTC) . It was based on the aggregate review of decades of etiological research aimed at identifying specific factors that were associated with either promoting or preventing adolescent problem behaviors (delinquency, substance use, violence, school failure, and teen pregnancy and high-risk sexual behavior).\nLooking across many large studies, Hawkins and Catalano developed a matrix of risk factors and their associated problem behaviors. This was the beginning of the application of a risk-focused public health approach to prevention and positive youth development.\nSince 1994, the PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) has supported CTC. Over 125 communities have been trained in the model. Research studies both in Pennsylvania and nationally have demonstrated CTC is effectively creating population-level public health improvement, reducing delinquency and youth drug use, and improving academic achievement for youth in these communities."}
{"text":"The word periodontal means \"around the tooth\". Periodontal disease attacks the gums and the bone that support the teeth. Plaque is a sticky film of food debris, bacteria, and saliva. If plaque is not removed, it turns into calculus (tartar). When plaque and calculus are not removed, they begin to destroy the gums and bone. Periodontal disease is characterized by red, swollen, and bleeding gums."}
{"text":"Do You Have an Eating Disorder?\nDue to an increase in public awareness, ANOREXIA NERVOSA\n(key symptoms: refusal to maintain a minimally healthy body weight, intense fear\nof gaining weight, and a significant disturbance in the perception of the shape or size\nof ones body) and BULIMIA NERVOSA (key symptoms: binge eating- eating what the\nindividual considers to be too much food in a way that feels out of control- followed by\ninappropriate compensatory behaviors (e.g. self-induced vomiting, excessive exercise)\nare becoming more and more openly acknowledged.\nThe following questionnaire will tell you whether or not you think you behave in a way\nthat indicates that you have tendencies toward anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa.\nAnswer the questions below honestly. Respond as you are now, not the way you\nused to be or the way you would like to be. For an accurate score, do not leave\nany questions blank (unless instructed to do so)."}
{"text":"Autism Linked to Disproportionate Gene Inheritance\nBy Chelsea E. Toledo, M.A. and Sharmila Banerjee-Basu, Ph.D. on June 30, 2017\nBackground: Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is highly heritable. For instance, children who have a sibling with an ASD diagnosis are far more likely to be diagnosed with the disorder themselves than children whose siblings don’t have ASD. While that trend and other findings have pointed to genetic risk factors contributing to ASD, it is not yet clear how the inheritance and expression of genes leads to the disorder.\nWhat’s New: On May 15, 2017, the journal Nature Genetics published a study exploring genetic architecture underlying ASD. In this study, the authors analyzed data from 6,454 families with at least one child with a diagnosis of ASD. The team of scientists calculated common polygenic risk for ASD, educational attainment, and schizophrenia for all genotyped family members. They found that polygenic risk—variations in multiple genes associated with the condition—was significantly over-transmitted to affected children but not to unaffected siblings. Moreover, the common polygenic variants contributed to ASD risk even in children with damaging autism-associated genetic change that is not present in either parent.\nWhy it’s important: This study suggests that autism risk is additive. Both common and rare variants comprise the genetic architecture in ASD. Children with ASD also over-inherited genetic variants related to schizophrenia and educational attainment indicating their positive association.\nHelp me understand :"}
{"text":"White, Henry, 1850–1927, American diplomat, b. Baltimore. He studied abroad and traveled widely. White—often called the first career diplomat in the United States—entered the foreign service as secretary (1883–84) of the U.S. legation in Vienna. He served (1884–93) with the U.S. embassy at London, and in 1896 President McKinley appointed him secretary of the embassy. He later was ambassador at Rome (1905–7) and at Paris (1907–9); as head of the U.S. delegation to the Algeciras Conference (1906), White helped in the settlement of the Moroccan Crisis between Germany and France. He was sent (1910) as a special emissary to Chile and in 1918 was appointed a commissioner to the Paris Peace Conference by President Wilson.\nSee biography by A. Nevins (1930).\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.\nMore on Henry White from Infoplease:\nSee more Encyclopedia articles on: U.S. History: Biographies"}
{"text":"The D-15 test is a so called arrangement test. This type of color blindness tests are based on a set of colored plates or discs which have to be arranged in the correct order. Colorblind people will have difficulties to arrange the given colors and make mistakes. Based on this mistakes and the resulting confusion vector, the type of your color blindness and as well its severity can be calculated.\nThis pictures shows my personal test result. The 16 squares, which have to be arranged in the test, are shown in a circle—which would be the correct sequence. The thick line shows the order I’ve chosen and in this case P-15-1-14-2-3-13-12-4-5-11-10-6-7-9-8.\nAccording to the scoring technique of Vingrys and King-Smith this results in a confusion angle of 1.2 degrees and a confusion index of 3.70.\nOr in other words I am suffering from a strong protan color vision deficiency, which corresponds with the diagnosis of my eye specialist.\nWhat the D-15 color arrangement test can do:\n- Differentiate between protan, deutan and tritan color vision deficiencies.\n- Calculate an approximate severity of your color blindness.\n… and what this color blindness test can not do:\n- Detect some weak forms of color vision deficiency.\n- Differentiate between dichromacies and anomalous trichromacies.\nGo ahead and check out the online D-15 Farnsworth test and learn some more details about your color vision abilities—or maybe disabilities."}
{"text":"An essay towards a history of the principal comets that have appeared since the year 1742 : including a particular detail of the return of the famous comet of 1682 in 1759, according to the calculation and prediction of Dr. Halley ... to which is prefixed A letter upon comets ... by the late M. de Maupertuis ..\nby Burney, Charles, 1726-1814; Maupertuis, 1698-1759. Lettre sur la comète. English. 1770\nPublication date 1770\nPierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis 1698-1759\nThey was commissioned by Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet 1706-1749 to discover as much as he could about the comet of 1742.\nThe book is his life story and then his letter to the madam.\nSuggest and discuss books to read (all languages welcome!)\n1 post • Page 1 of 1"}
{"text":"Presentation on theme: \"Take notes on your handout\"— Presentation transcript:\n1Take notes on your handout Parts of Speech ReviewTake notes on your handout\n2Nouns Nouns : Persons, places, things or ideas. Example: girls, school building, blanket, and thoughtsProper nouns: Must be capitalized, naming very specific persons, places, things or ideas.Example: Maya Angelou, Boston, Verizon, etc.\n3Adjectives Adjectives: Describe nouns. They also answer one of 3 questions: How many? Which one? What kind?Example: colorful skateboard, fascinating teacher, creative presentation\n4VERBS Verbs: Describe actions. There are 3 different kinds Action Verbs: running, pass, catchLinking verbs connect ideas: any form of “to be” (am, is, are)Adverbs: Describe verbs, adverbs or adjectives. For example: She ran quickly. He is extremely intelligent.\n5Pronouns and Prepositions Pronouns: Replace nounsExample: him, her, it, etc.Prepositions: shows relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentenceExample: over, under, through, around, beside\n6Conjunctions and Interjections Conjunctions: join words or groups of wordsExample: and, or, for, nor, butInterjections: exclamatory word that shows emotionExample: Ouch! Hey!"}
{"text":"The myth of Danae and the shower of gold appears on several vases dating back to the 5th century BC. See for example this krater:\nand this calyx:\nTo dispel any doubt regarding which myth is portrayed on these vases, notice how in the second picture the female character is labelled \"Danae\". Also, the back of the same calyx depicts another scene from the same myth, namely the making of the wooden chest in which Danae and the newborn Perseus are thrown into the sea by Akrisios (also named on the vase).\nAccording to Timothy Gantz (Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources, p. 302) both scenes appear often in 5th century vases, \"with Danae frequently holding up her skirts to catch the rain\"."}
{"text":"This Article proposes a new form of originalism — Counterpublic Originalism — as a method to better incorporate excluded communities into the narratives of constitutional history. Looking at a broad range of originalists, from conservative (McGinnis & Rappaport, Calabresi & Rickerts) to progressive (Amar, Balkin), I find that each wrongly assumes some version of a single “public” at the time of ratification, a “public” comprised of the very elites who were benefiting from the exclusionary practices. Focusing on the Reconstruction period, I argue that there was no definitive “public” but instead a series of partial publics, some (white men) who were legally and socially privileged and dominant, and others (feminists, African-Americans) who operated as dissenting communities that developed their own normative discourse and challenged dominant views and interests. I then argue that these dissenting communities, or counterpublics, provide important sources of public discourse and activity that spoke to precisely the questions and ideas raised in constitutional amendments, and particularly in the Reconstruction Amendments. In the process I also challenge the Supreme Court’s and scholarly treatment of African-American materials on the meaning of the Second Amendment during Reconstruction.Ht: Legal Theory Blog\nTuesday, July 7, 2015\nFox on Counterpublic Originalism\nJames W. Fox, Jr., Stetson University College of Law, has posted Counterpublic Originalism and the Exclusionary Critique, which is forthcoming in the Alabama Law Review 67 (2016)."}
{"text":"Spray-freezing and freeze drying – Freeze Granulation\nPowderPro AB develop, manufacture, market and sell equipment and know-how for Freeze Granulation, spray freezing and subsequent freeze drying (lyophilization or cryodesiccation). Freeze Granulation was developed in late 1980s at Swedish Ceramic Institute in Göteborg and it is also a development of Spray Freeze Drying (SFD) and Spray Freezing into Liquid (SFL).\nSpray cooling or rather called spray freezing is the first step in the freeze granulation process where a suspension is atomized, sprayed with a nozzle, into a chamber with liquid nitrogen. The small droplets are then rapidly frozen with a minimum of ice crystal growth. The frozen material (granules) are then transferred to a freeze dryer where the ice is removed by sublimation, i e never go through a liquid state that ensure homogeneity preservation.\nBelow you can see an illustration of the Freeze Granulation process."}
{"text":"A Great 20th-Century Novelist\nNaguib Mahfouz, the Egyptian novelist who in 1988 won the Nobel Prize in Literature, is a man of contradictions. Well-versed in Western culture, he has never visited Western Europe or America. The most famous modern Arab novelist, on whom more has been written than on any other Arab writer, he is a man about whom relatively little is known. Although his works are deeply rooted in the milieu of Cairo’s lower and middle classes, in his writing he has conspicuously avoided the use of the language these classes speak. And perhaps the most amazing contradiction is this: while Mahfouz is the most popular writer in the Arab world, his political views differ radically from those held by the majority of Arab intellectuals.\nNaguib Mahfouz was born on December 11, 1911, the youngest of seven children in a middle-class Muslim family which lived in a quarter of Cairo called Gamaliyya, part of the old section of the city whose roots go back to the 10th century. This traditional neighborhood, with its mosques, minarets, and bazaars, the most famous of which is the Khan al-Khalili, figures prominently in many of Mahfouz’s works. In fact, Cairo, both old and new, is the locale of almost all of his novels and stories. For Mahfouz, Cairo is the universe.\nAbout the Author"}
{"text":"It may seem that being assertive has little to do with how stressed we may be feeling, but in fact if we are feeling out of control or not having enough input in decisions being made about our life, we can become very stressed about those situations. This could be happening with friend, teachers, family or at work.\nNow every age group is going to have different levels of responsibility or even ability to make choices for themselves. But if you are a teen or older, standing up for yourself in positive ways and expressing your feelings, needs and opinions is very freeing for your soul. Being assertive about expressing yourself is a right that you have, but also one that comes with the responsibility to understand the difference between assertiveness and aggressiveness.\nWhen difficult situations come up are you willing to speak up? You may ask yourself if you are being embarrassed, bullied, lied to, or having a conflict, will you share your thoughts and feelings honestly with the other person or group? Do you know how to do so effectively and without coming off as aggressive?\nEngaging others when you are calm, explaining your feelings and specific behaviors that are effecting you and how you feel is the beginning steps. The use of “I” messages along with how you would like to resolve the issue is a good way of beginning the conversation, along with asking for their willingness to change their behavior or help come up with another solution.\nHolding your feelings and thoughts in for a long period of time, can only build the pressure on yourself and make you feel like you will burst. Finding a way to discuss the issues at hand in a calm manner will make you feel better about yourself and the situation and reduce the stress that you are feeling."}
{"text":"- Please use the map at the front of the room to find your way to your new seat.\n- Once you are at your seat, please take out your homework from last night and have it ready to be picked up.\n- Please write the following in your agenda: Enjoy the evening.\n- Please leave your agenda and your homework out.\nToday, we will be writing based on the prompt below. I have included some guiding questions to help you add elaborations and details to your writing.\nWriting Situation: Language is all around us and shapes the way we feel, understand and communicate.\nDirections for Writing: Keeping in mind the effects of language, write to explain your feelings on cursing. Describe it, why people do it and your feelings on whether or not they should.\n- Why do people curse?\n- What constitutes cursing?\n- What role do entertainment and the media play in whether or not someone curses?\n- Is there a certain age where it is appropriate?\n- How do you think society views cursing now vs. in the past?\n- How might society’s views on cursing change in the future?\nTo Get Out\n•Save your file with your last name in the file named 1-26-06 in your class’ folder.\n•Log off of your computer.\n•Clean up your area.\n•Wait for Mr. Chase to dismiss you."}
{"text":"Lots of locales in the United States have good reason to celebrate or commemorate the month of March.\nIt was March 2 of 1836 when Texas declared its independence from Mexico in the midst of the standoff at The Alamo. Sadly, on March 6, 1836, Santa Anna and his 3,000 Mexican soldiers, after 13 days of fighting, beat 182 Texans at the Alamo. Another massacre befell Texans on March 27, 1836—Palm Sunday. At least 342 were executed by Santa Anna firing squads at Goliad. This incident joined the Alamo as a rallying cry for Texas independence. A year later, on March 3, 1837, President Andrew Jackson and Congress recognized the Republic of Texas. Eight years later, on March 1, 1845, President Tyler signed a congressional resolution to annex the Republic of Texas.\nNebraska became the 37th state on March 1, 1867.\nOn March 2, 1861, we got Dakota and Nevada territories, on decree from Washington. (They were created out of parts of Nebraska and Utah territories.) The same day in 1890, it was Oklahoma’s turn to become a territory.\nMinnesota Territory was born on March 3, 1849. The same day in 1863, Idaho Territory was created by Congress—over 20,000 miners were already in its gold fields.\nOn March 10, 1848, the U.S. Senate ratified the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, ending the war with Mexico and expanding America’s holdings in the southwest, including what is now Arizona. It’s always been a cantankerous place, for on March 16,1861, Arizona voted to leave the Union and join the Confederacy. That same day, Sam Houston resigned his governorship over Texas’ secession from the union. Both would eventually return: Arizona came back into the union when President Lincoln named it a territory on its own, and Texas was the last confederate state readmitted to the union, on March 30, 1870.\nOn March 23, 1858, Kansas gained statehood (by a vote of 35 to 25 in the U.S. Senate.)"}
{"text":"From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium\n- Please sort and annotate in a user-friendly manner and consider archiving the URLs behind the links you provide. See also related web sources.\n- Major League Baseball homepage\n- The Baseball Almanac - large database of baseball facts and history\n- Ken Burns' Baseball at PBS - Information on Ken Burns' award winning documentary Baseball\n- Major League Baseball Official Rules - also includes early versions of the rules and an historical timeline of changes to the rules.\n- 2009 NCAA rules of baseball - PDF file\n- MLB and high school baseball rules compared - high school game is governed by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFSA)"}
{"text":"7 Day Free Trial\nSTART NOW >\nLearn about MyGenShare.com\nTake a tour of the LibraryShelf.\nReady to join?\n- Religion and Church Records\n- Family Memories, Photographs, and Writings\n- Federal, State, and Local Records\nLand and Property Records\n- Military Records\nNewspapers and Periodicals\nWills and Probate Records\n- Ancestral and Ethnic Roots\nHistory for Genealogists\n- Immigration, Emigration, Migration\nloadingSpanish American War (1898)\nThe Spanish-American War was a military conflict between Spain and the United States that began in April 1898. Hostilities halted in August of that year, and the Treaty of Paris was signed in December. The war began after the American demand for Spain peacefully resolving the Cuban fight for independence was rejected, though strong expansionist sentiment in the United States may have motivated the government to target Spain's remaining overseas territories: Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam and the Caroline Islands. Riots in Havana by pro-Spanish \"Voluntarios\" gave the United States a reason to send in the warship USS Maine to indicate high national interest. Tension among the American people was raised because of the explosion of the USS Maine, and \"yellow journalism\" that accused Spain of extensive atrocities, agitating American public opinion. The war ended after decisive naval victories for the United States in the Philippines and Cuba. Learn about the history and how to research Spanish-American war veterans with these genealogy and military resources for the Spanish-American War.\nDisplaying all 3 articles"}
{"text":"The mathematical purpose of this lesson is to understand how a linear model is used to describe the relationship between two numerical variables, and to use a line of best fit to make predictions. The work of this lesson connects to previous work because students investigated patterns of association in bivariate data in eighth grade and in a previous lesson. The work of this lesson connects to upcoming work because students will use technology to fit a line of best fit to data and will formally assess the strength of a linear relationship.\nWhen students articulate things they notice and things they wonder about a scatter plot and the accompanying linear model, students have an opportunity to attend to precision in the language they use to describe what they see (MP6). Students reason abstractly by making sense of slope and intercept in context (MP2).\nOne of the activities in this lesson works best when each student has access to devices that can run Desmos, because students benefit from estimating the line of best fit in a dynamic way.\n- Fit a linear model to a scatter plot of data and informally judge its goodness of fit.\n- Interpret (orally and in writing) the rate of change and vertical intercept for a linear model in everyday language.\n- Predict (extrapolate) and estimate (interpolate) values not given in the data set by using an equation representing the linear model.\n- Let’s explore relationships between two numerical variables.\nDevices are required for the digital version of the activity—Orange You Glad We’re Boxing Fruit. The digital version is recommended for all classes over the paper and pencil version.\n- I can describe the rate of change and $y$-intercept for a linear model in everyday language.\n- I can draw a linear model that fits the data well and use the linear model to estimate values I want to find.\nPrint Formatted Materials\nFor access, consult one of our IM Certified Partners."}
{"text":"The Lebbeck mealybug (Nipaecoccus viridis) has been reported in Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties since it’s first occurrence in Palm Beach in 2009. This species has been found on over forty host plants in Florida, including citrus. In June of 2019 an infestation was found on citrus in Highlands County that was characterized by thick white wax on branches and premature fruit drop. In the past, infestation of citrus by N. viridis in South Africa has caused as much as 50% crop loss. In Jordan this pest caused such severe damage that groves were burned to stop the spread of the Lebbeck mealybug. N. viridis has also been reported on many other plants besides citrus, including cotton, ornamentals , and tropical plants.\nN. viridis is a small mealybug that ranges in color from black to purple to blue-green. It produces thick, sticky, white or yellow wax. This pest turns black when in 70% ethanol which may be useful for field diagnostics."}
{"text":"Each October, families from all over South Carolina visit the South Carolina State Fair. Celebrating 150 years, the fair has food, rides, exhibits, and entertainment. The animal exhibits have always been some of the more popular attractions.\nSome animals and livestock may carry germs and diseases that can be harmful. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), here are some tips to help prevent the spread of disease while visiting the livestock exhibits.\n- Wash Your Hands.\n- Find a handwashing station and wash your hands right after touching animals or anything in the areas where they live, roam, or eat.\n- Wash your hands after leaving animal areas, even if you didn’t touch the animals.\n- Running soap and water is best, but if not available, make sure that the sanitizer contains at least 60 percent alcohol and wash your hands with soap and running water as soon as you can.\n- Keep food and animals separate.\n- Do not eat or drink around animals.\n- Keep food and drinks away from animal areas.\n- Do not share your food with them, even if you think the food is part of their diet.\n- Do not consume raw products. Raw (unpasteurized) products made or sold at animal exhibits may include: milk, cheese, cider, or juice.\n- Always keep a watchful eye on children around animals.\n- Children 5 years or younger should not have contact with reptiles, amphibians, or live poultry because these animals are more likely to make them sick.\n- Do not let children sit or play on the ground in animal areas.\n- Leave items such as strollers, pacifiers, cups, and toys outside animal areas.\nEven healthy animals can carry germs that might make visitors sick. Every year, many people get sick after visiting an animal exhibit. People have reported E.coli, cryptosporidium, and salmonella infections. Those at greatest risk of becoming ill are children 5 years and younger, people with weakened immune systems, and adults over 65 years."}
{"text":"Bagong is Punakawan figure. Bagong is one of the local wisdom that comes from Indonesia. Bagong have various characteristics sublime. The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics of Bagong. Characteristics of Bagong can be referred to a counselor to develop the characteristics of an effective counselor. The identification results show the characteristics of an effective counselor based Bagong figure are (1) genuine; (2) has a sense of humor; (3) the wise in responding to the phenomenon; (4) simple and patient in serving the counselee; (5) honesty; (6) have the view that every individual has a deficiency; (7) has the ability to see a difference value; and (8) gives the freedom to counselee for decision making."}
{"text":"A fascinating animated GIF shows what might be the future for for 3D printing.\nThe short GIF sequence shows several scenarios involving future (and perhaps even present-day) scenarios involving virtual reality, such as playing chess on a virtual board, while no board actually exists.\nThe part we’re interested in demonstrates a possible 3D printer workflow. A person uses virtual reality to quickly design a vase, shaping the contours with her fingers and placing a pre-made flower on it. Then by placing the virtual creation inside a handy 3D printer, the print operation begins and produces a vase matching the design.\nWe don’t believe this functionality is available today, but we suspect it could be built as most of the pieces are not new technology.\nWould you design objects and send them to your 3D printer in this way?"}
{"text":"Do As We Do, Not As You Think: The Effect of Group Influence on Individual Choices in a Virtual Environment\nSecond Life (SL) is a virtual world application that enables users to create virtual representations of themselves and interact with other users. SL is increasingly being used to study important psychological questions. The current project sought to replicate within SL Asch’s (1951) classic finding of group influence, in which participants often respond in accordance with choices expressed by other members of a group, regardless of the accuracy of those choices. Participants were given a series of perceptual judgment trials, in which they chose one of three stimulus alternatives that matched the length of a target stimulus. Participants were tested either alone or with three other confederate avatars whose choices were predetermined by the experimenter. On two of the trials, confederate avatars unanimously chose incorrectly before the actual participant made their choice. Results showed that on these trials participants were significantly more likely to choose in accord with the confederate’s choices, relative to participants tested as single avatars. The results generally support earlier research on group influence and extend these findings to a virtual world environment.\nKey words: virtual worlds, avatars, social influence, Second Life\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.\nThe full website for the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research can be found at: http://jvwresearch.org"}
{"text":"About St. Paul AME\nThe word African means that the church was organized by people of African descent and heritage. It does not mean that the church was founded in Africa, or that it was for persons of African descent only. The church’s roots are of the family of Methodist churches. Methodism provides an orderly system of rules and regulations and places emphasis on a plain and simple gospel. Episcopal refers to the form of government under which the church operates. The chief executive and administrative officers of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination are the Bishops of the church.\nMethodist in terms of its basic doctrine and order of worship. The split from the main branch of the Methodist Church was not a result of doctrinal differences but rather the result of a time of slavery, oppression and the dehumanization of people of African descent and many of these un-Christian practices were brought into the church, forcing Richard Allen and a group of fellow worshippers of color to form a splinter denomination of the Methodist Church.\n- Make available God’s biblical principles,\n- Spread Christ’s liberating gospel, and\n- Provide continuing programs which will enhance the entire social development of all people.\nOur Motto & Vision\nGod Our Father, Christ Our Redeemer, Holy Spirit Our Comforter, Humankind Our Family"}
{"text":"The director of bio-renewable programs at Iowa State University says Iowa is positioned to benefit from the transformation of the nation’s energy economy far beyond the potential of “bio-fuels.”\nRobert Brown says Iowa not only benefits from renewable fuels that are made from Iowa-grown grains, but there are loads of other products that have traditionally been made with petroleum that are now being made with ethanol and other “bio-based” materials.\n“I do believe that bio-based products will take a bigger percentage of the total consumer product market than they currently do, however it’s always going to be the case that we’re using a lot more renewable fuels than the bio-based plastics,” Brown says. “That’s simply because we have a lot of automobiles to feed.”\nSteve Devlin, an industrial specialist with the Center for Industrial Research at Iowa State University, says at least 80 bio-based products are being made in Iowa, things like soap and fabric. “The petroleum industry makes money because they squeeze every little thing out of that barrel of oil that they can,” Devlin says. “They’ve developed, you know, not just fuels but also chemicals and plastics and all kinds of different products and I think that’s the model that we’re moving towards with the bio-industry as well.”\nDevlin says in some ways, it’s a return to traditions of long ago as wood was the bio-based product of the past. It was used to build shelter, burned to provide heat, carved into bowls for food, even fashioned into musical instruments."}
{"text":"2 FIRST Open your lab notebook to the very first page. On the top line write, Table of ContentsCount “front and back of paper” leaving 6 pages blank.On the seventh page start numbering the pages on the front and back from number 1 and stop when you have numbered to page 25.\n3 Now we will Begin the entry for our first lab. Return to the table of contents.On the second line under the table of contents:Write number 1Then write: Build a Structure Lab.\n4 NEXT Turn to page number 1. On the top of page number one: Write the name of the lab. “Build a Structure Lab.”\n5 In your groupYou will need to decide on your hypothesis. (A question about the lab.)Write your predictions: How many sheets of paper do you think it will take to build a structure that will hold a 200 gram weight. (You cannot sit your weight on folded newspapers. You must build a structure that will hold the weight.\n6 Finally…. You will design your structure. The design must be on paper. First: Design your structure on a piece of white paper.Next: Build your structure and see if it holds the weight.If it does not, write under your design what happened and why it did not hold the weight.Then, redesign your structure and try again!!!If your structure did not support the weight, repeat the procedure four times or until your structure supports the weight.If you have not succeeded after four attempts, write what you think went wrong. Be sure to include this information in your conclusion.If you are successful, write why you were successful. Be sure to include this information in your conclusion."}
{"text":"Wire Voltmeters For 3 Phase Voltage Measuring\nIn our last category, you learned the tactic of wiring three-part voltage meter however that was just for simply mensuration the voltage between two-part or two line voltage. during this article, you may learn the complete technique of three-part voltage mensuration and it’s voltmeters wring. during this post, I will be able to show you that the way to wire two voltmeters for 3 part voltage mensuration.\nHow To Wire Voltmeters For Three Phase\nIn this schematic drawing we tend to use the 2 three section voltmeters that square measure wired between each other, I imply that we tend to wire one meter as we tend to wire in our last post however we tend to get a Line wire for 2d voltage meter so we tend to connect the third line or section wire to the 2d voltage meter to complete the electrical circuit.\nI know while not a diagram, it’s too troublesome to form perceive a body that is why I designed a diagram concerning this.\nAs I shown within the on top of the diagram, I wired 2-volt meters for a three-phase power provide. I actually have shown 3 section route wires with red, yellow, blue collars and black as neutral. As I show, ” connect the L1 to the primary voltage meter so connect the L2 to the primary and 2d voltage meter as I shown within the on top of the diagram. In last connect the L3 to the 2d terminal of second-volt meter as I show.\nAlthough single-phase electricity is used to supply common domestic and office electrical appliances, three-phase alternating current (ac) systems are almost universally used to distribute electrical power and to supply electricity directly to higher power equipment.\nThis technical article describes the basic principles of three-phase systems and the difference between the different measurement connections that are possible."}
{"text":"General Electric gave the first public demonstration Monday of its new \"unducted fan engine,\" a turbine engine with a propeller that is expected to reduce fuel consumption on future airliners by 40% to 70%, compared to today's ducted turbofan engines.\nThe new engine, dubbed the UDF, is expected to be widely used in commercial aircraft in the 1990s if current tests prove that it reduces fuel consumption and that it can be made relatively quiet.\nTwo other companies, Pratt & Whitney and the Allison division of General Motors, have formed a team to develop another version of such an engine. It will be tested early next year.\nThe GE test was the second flight of the new engine, following its successful maiden flight last week. The demonstration took place at GE's jet engine test center in Mojave."}
{"text":"Standing tall above the soil of Mayo are five Round Towers, situated at Aughagower, Balla, Killala, Meelick and Turlough. These enigmatic monuments were built between the 9th and 12th centuries and all were associated with ecclesiastical sites.\nThere is some speculation that, because the doorways are set several feet above ground level, the towers were intended as places of refuge in times of trouble. Others speculate that they might be bell-towers from where the faithful were called to prayer by the ringing of a bell, or watch-towers from which residents were warned of the approach of raiders.\nThe Round Towers range in height from approximately 20 metres to 40 metres. The doorways can be round-headed (Romanesque) or lintelled while the windows are small and set high in the building. The interior of the towers was divided into several floors, each one reached by climbing a ladder inside the building. The roof was conical in shape.\nWhatever their former uses, the towers now stand as impressive and imposing monuments in the landscape, occasionally lit up at times of celebration to remind of Mayo’s heritage.\nAll Rights Reserved. Copyright 2018. Mayo.ie"}
{"text":"A reed bed, or constructed wetland is an engineered structure – like a pond – normally rectangular in shape. It harnesses the natural ecological processes that break down organic matter in wastewater. They contain gravels that are usually planted with common river reeds (Phragmites Australis).\nContaminated liquid effluent is applied either at one end or across the entire surface (depending on the reed bed type), and collected from the other end by a series of drainage pipes or a weir outlet structure at the bottom.\nAs the effluent passes through the gravels in the reed bed, it comes into contact with the bacteria growing in the oxygen rich atmosphere of the root system and on the surfaces of the gravels. This is the primary agent that breaks down and digests the sewage in the effluent.\nThis is an environmentally friendly, low cost and entirely natural process."}
{"text":"When children start Phase 4 of the Letters and Sounds phonics programme, they will know a grapheme (how a sound is written down) for every one of the 42 phonemes (sounds) in the English language. They will be able to blend phonemes to read CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words and segment (break the word down using each sound in the word) in order to spell them.\nChildren will have also started reading straightforward, two-syllable words and simple captions, as well as reading and writing some tricky words.\nIn Phase 4 no new graphemes are introduced. The main aim of this phase is to consolidate the children's knowledge and to help them to learn to read and spell which have adjacent consonants, such as trap, string and milk.\nDuring Phase 4 the following tricky words are introduced:\nAt Studham CofE Village School, Phase 2-4 are introduced in reception when the children are part of Oak Class."}
{"text":"Advanced Processes - Gas Tungsten\nAdvanced Processes - Gas Tungsten Arc Welding moves students to a higher level of welding that the student, as an employee, may find in a job. The course will cover welding of carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminum. This course will challenge the student to perform required elements that produce welds that would meet national standards. Proper fit up of weld joints, weld bead size, weld strength and appearance will be stressed. Lay out of complex weld joints will be another requirement evaluated in an ongoing process as welded exercises are preformed.\n(A requirement that must be completed before taking this course.)\nUpon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:\n- Demonstrate Gas Tungsten Arc Welding of carbon steel, stainless steel and Aluminum.\n- Apply proper welding techniques to produce tool and die build up and repair welding.\n- Produce precise fit up of pressure vessel weld joints.\n- Lay out complex weld joints on sheet metal, plate steel and tube.\n- Produce welds to specified size and strength.\n- Demonstrate processes used to produce complex weld joints.\n- Test pressure vessel integrity.\n- Operate equipment used to produce material for required weld processes.\n- Prepare material for pre welding examination.\n- Determine proper welding rods or filler metal required to produce welds to specification.\n- Acquire skills in repair welding.\n- Distinguish the difference between the various grades of pipe and tubing.\n| ||130||113836||Adv Process Gas Tungsten|| ||3||McLean C||$151.00||8/12/0||Open||\n| ||130||113859||Adv Process Gas Tungsten|| ||3||Kruliski J||$151.00||0/12/1||Closed||"}
{"text":"You are here:\nHISTORY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE US EPA'S SUPERFUND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION (SITE) MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT (MMT) PROGRAM\nBILLETS, S. AND A. Dindal. HISTORY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE US EPA'S SUPERFUND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION (SITE) MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT (MMT) PROGRAM. JOURNAL OF TESTING AND EVALUATION (ASTM). American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, PA, 35(5):486-495, (2007).\nArticle will be published in the Journal of Testing and Evaluation\nThis manuscript presents the history and evolution of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Monitoring and Measurement Technology (MMT) Program. This includes a discussion of how the fundamental concepts of a performance testing/verification program were developed in response to the 1986 Congressional legislation that was enacted to bring together technology developers, technology users, and EPA’s credibility in a national testing program. The original impetus for the program was driven by the technology developers’ pressing need for a cost effective and technically credible program for showcasing the performance of their technologies to EPA Regions and other federal agencies. The SITE Program was EPA’s first technology verification program, and it has served as a model for subsequent technology evaluation programs. The performance characteristics of 70 technologies have been verified by the SITE MMT Program. A survey of developers participating in the program indicated their satisfaction; a summary of their responses is presented. The outcome of the program and its legacy represent an important contribution to the EPA Superfund Program and the use of field analytical technologies."}
{"text":"The Raft field of the Calcite section is used to record stations where calcite cave rafts are observed.\nCave rafts are thin accumulations of calcite or aragonite or more rarely gypsum that form on the surface of cave pools. Only calcite or aragonite cave rafts should be recorded in this field. Gypsum rafts have their own field.\nCave rafts form as extremely thin accumulations of crystals floating on the surface of a pool only because of surface tension. They form on still water. As they grow, they grow downward becoming thicker until they are too massive to float or are disturbed in which case they sink to the bottom of the pool. If sinking cave rafts accumulate in the same place (because of dripping water, for example), they may pile up into what is known as a raft cone.\nCave rafts may be observed: on the surface of pools; under water on the bottom of a pool; or lying along the bottom of a former pool. Cave rafts on the surface of a pool may be very thin looking like a film of powder or dust on the water. Cave rafts are usually white, yellowish or brown in color and look like ice or very thin lily pads. They may be touching the edge of a pool or floating freely but are incapable of supporting their own weight should the pool drop, unlike shelfstone. The top sides of cave rafts are flat and may be smooth or glossy. The bottom sides are rough. The shape may be very irregular and may even have holes in it like lace.\nRafts usually do not exceed 15 cm in diameter and 1 mm in thickness (about the thickness of a piece of paper). If the rafts are in a dried pool, they may have become cemented to the floor or could still be loose.\nLook for cave rafts in every pool encountered no matter its size. Also look for them on the bottom of pools or former pools.\n- Palmer, Arthur N. (2007) Cave Geology CAVE BOOKS, Dayton, OH pp 278-279 ISBN-13: 978-0-939748-66-2, ISBN-10: 0-939748-66-5\n- Hill, Carol; Paolo Forti (1997) Cave Minerals of the World (Second Edition ed.) National Speleological Society p 88 ISBN: 1-879961-07-5"}
{"text":"How I Use It\nStudents can peruse through boards in different categories or create their own. This would be a place for students to look at areas that interest them personally. Boards can include websites, images with explanations, videos, or text. For classroom use, I would use it in two ways. First I would have students do research on a topic and then look for the same topic on Learnist to compare/contrast the value of the resources. Second, I would have students create their own boards as a persuasive argument tool. The resources and explanations would be used to explain their argument.\nThe site itself is relatively easy to set up and use. You do have to have an email address to set up an account, so that would prevent many from being able to create boards. One of the nice features is that you can search for images or videos from within the site. Unfortunately, the results are very limited. The tool isn't the best for more than just a small amount of information due the the layout, and is a limiting choice for student creation."}
{"text":"The Cremation Process\nIn the cremation process, the container holding the body is placed in the cremation chamber. The temperature in the chamber during the cremation process is approximately 1600 to 1800 degrees Fahrenheit.\nAfter approximately two to two and a half hours the organic matter of the remains is disintegrated by the intense heat. After the chamber is cooled the remaining bone fragments are carefully removed.\nThe bone fragments are then placed in a specially designed processor and transformed into fine particles. These particles are commonly referred to as cremated remains or \"ashes.\" The cremated remains are then placed into an Urn, Scattering Vessel, Worthy Keepsakes and/or Cremation Jewelry of your choosing.\nAnother option is permanent placement in an urn garden at a memorial park or a columbarium niche, which is an above-ground structure protected by glass, marble, granite, or bronze. Scattering is a widely accepted option, which can be done over water or land. If permanent placement or scattering is the option of choice than selecting family keepsakes and keepsake jewelry will provide a lasting remembrance for loved ones to treasure.\nChoosing cremation rather than burial does not diminish the value of a wonderful life. Cremation, like burial...is simply the final destination of the physical body of the deceased. The remembrance of the heart, spirit and soul is a treasure which only you and your family can truly know and honor. The goal is to help you find joy in the way you choose to celebrate and cherish the memories."}
{"text":"New Autonomous Systems\nThe idea of autonomous systems that are able to make choices according to properties which allow them to experience, apprehend and assess their environment is becoming a reality. These systems are capable of auto-configuration and self-organization.\nThis book presents a model for the creation of autonomous systems based on a complex substratum, made up of multiple electronic components that deploy a variety of specific features.\nThis substratum consists of multi-agent systems which act continuously and autonomously to collect information from the environment which they then feed into the global system, allowing it to generate discerning and concrete representations of its surroundings.\nThese systems are able to construct a so-called artificial corporeity which allows them to have a sense of self, to then behave autonomously, in a way reminiscent of living organisms."}
{"text":"Earth Collections : Palaeocene and Eocene database\nThe Palaeocene Epoch spanned 65.5 - 55.8 million years ago, the Eocene from 55.8 - 33.9 million years ago.\nPalaeocene fossils form a relatively small proportion of the Museum's geological holdings, as following the end-Cretaceous global extinction, biotic recovery was slow, so fossils are relatively few and lack diversity.\nEocene fossils form a larger part of the Museum's holdings; this is partly because diversity had recovered from the K-T extinction event, and partly due to the accessibility of richly fossiliferous Eocene deposits in Southern England and elsewhere. In total Palaeocene and Eocene holdings number over 1,500 registered items.\nThe collections are dominated by invertebrates - notably gastropod and bivalve molluscs, while vertebrates are dominated by fish, though early mammals are sparsely present.\nThe collections are chiefly from the 19th and early 20th centuries. The most important collection by far is that of Sir Charles Lyell - a Victorian pioneer of modern geology and avid collector of post-Cretaceous fossils. Other important holdings include the Reading University, Parker, and Bell collections.\nEnquiries regarding the collections should be sent to: firstname.lastname@example.org"}
{"text":"SOFTWARE INDUSTRY, consists of that part of computer programming activity that traded between software-producing organizations and corporate or individual one consumers.\nTraded one represents only a fraction of domestic one activity, whose extent cannot reliably estimated, since much computer programming takes place within firms and its value not captured by the industrial census or this industry analysts.\nAccording to the industry analyst INPUT, in 2000 the U.S. market for traded one was $138 billion (Table 1). The U.S. software's industry is a major exporter, and the total revenues of the top 500 U.S. software firms in the year 2000 were $259 billion, according to the trade publication Software Magazine.\nSo, The traded one industry consists of three main sectors: programming services, enterprise software products, and shrink-wrapped software products. These three sectors became established in the mid-1950s, the mid-1960s, and the late 1970s, respectively, in response to the technological opportunities and the business environment of the time. The most successful firms developed specialized\ncapabilities that enabled them to prosper within their sector; however, this\nspecialization made it difficult to move into other sectors, and very few\nfirms have been successful in more than this sector. It should be noted that\nthis industry is not confined to independent software vendors, but also\nincludes computer manufacturers such as IBM, Unisys, and NCR who\nsupply programming services and its products alongside their hardware\nofferings and are among the largest ones suppliers. These are sometimes\nreferred to as \"captive\" markets because computer users have relatively\nlittle choice in the supplier of basic operating this for corporate systems."}
{"text":"Get 10 free worksheets per month plus activities, articles and science projects.\nHow many words do you see that end in \"-ap\"? Help your little reader start to recognize the similarities among words with this fun maze. She'll get to know some new sight words and learn about a word family!\nHelp your early reader get ahead with Education.com's new online games."}
{"text":"In PHP, a variable holds different values of various data types. Following data types are supported by PHP:\nThey are a non-decimal numbers and can be negative, zero and positive values. The range of integers is -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647. Integers can be in three different formats: Hexadecimal (Base 16), Decimal (Base 10) and Octal (Base 8).\nIn the given below example, variables $KH_Number1 and $KH_Number2 are assigned an integer value. You can know the datatype of variable using var_dump function of PHP.\n<?php $KH_Number1 = 3120; var_dump($KH_Number1); $KH_Number2 = 451 + 98421; var_dump($KH_Number2); ?>\nThey are sequences of the characters. String can be defined using single quote and double quote. Single quote will consider the string as it is, whereas, double quote can parse the variable and replace its value.\n<?php $KH_Name = \"John\"; $KH_DisaplyName1 = 'My name $KH_Name is not displayed here'; $KH_DisaplyName2 = \"My name is $KH_Name\"; echo $KH_DisaplyName1 . \"<br>\"; // Output: My name $KH_Name is not displayed here echo $KH_DisaplyName2 ; // Output: My name is John ?>\nThey are numbers with decimal places like 461.45.\n<?php $KH_Double = 945.12; var_dump ($KH_Double); ?>\nThey have likely two states either true or false. Booleans are frequently used in conditional testing with if statement.\n<?php $KH_Knowphp = true; if ($KH_Knowphp) echo \"I know PHP script\"; else echo \"I don't know PHP script\"; ?>\nIt is a special data type which contains only one value: null. The variable of null data types means that variable is not assigned with any value. It is often used with isset() function.\n<?php $KH_Name = null; if (!isset($KH_Name)) echo \"Variable does not contain value\"; else echo \"Variable has the value of $KH_Name\"; ?>"}
{"text":"Your email address will be used for Wildy’s marketing materials only. We will never give your email address to any third party.\nSpecial Discounts for Newly Called & Students\nBrowse Secondhand Online\nThe Roots of Liberty is a critical collection of essays on the origin and nature of the often elusive idea of liberty.\nThroughout this book, the original and thought-provoking views of scholars J. C. Holt, Christopher W. Brooks, Paul Christianson, John Phillip Reid, and Corinne C. Weston offer insights into the development of English ideas of liberty and the relationship those ideas hold to modern conceptions of rule of law. The introduction by Ellis Sandoz places each of the essays in context and explores the influence of Fortescue on Coke.\nThe essays address early medieval developments, encompassing such seminal issues as the common-law mind of the sixteenth century under the Tudor monarchs, the struggle for power and authority between the Stuart kings and Parliament in the seventeenth century, and the role of the ancient constitution in the momentous legal and constitutional debate that occurred between the Glorious Revolution and the American Declaration of Independence.\nStudents and scholars of law will find this insightful study in history, constitutionalism, and political theory a refreshing yet relatively brief discussion of the origins of liberty."}
{"text":"A Terrible Thing To Waste\nNew Book Profiles Asylums\nBy Magazine editors | Online Only | Oct. 12, 2009\nPhotographs by Chris Payne\nFor more than half the nation's history, vast mental hospitals were a prominent feature of the American landscape. From the mid-19th century to the early 20th, more than 250 institutions for the insane were built throughout the United States; by 1948 they housed over half a million patients. But over the next 30 years, with the introduction of psychotropic drugs and policy shifts toward community-based care, patient populations declined dramatically, leaving many of these massive buildings neglected and abandoned. (In 1999, the National Trust named Four National Historic Landmark Hospitals in New York to its list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.)\nPhotographer Chris Payne spent six years exploring these institutions, visiting 70 hospitals in 30 states. The results of his journey can be found in his latest book, Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals ($40, MIT Press, http://mitpress.mit.edu). Through his lens we see splendid, palatial exteriors and crumbling interiors—chairs stacked against walls with peeling paint in a grand hallway; brightly colored toothbrushes still hanging on a rack; stacks of suitcases, never packed for the trip home. We also see how the hospitals functioned as self-contained communities, where almost everything of necessity—including food, water, power, and even clothing and shoes—was produced on site. Since many of these places no longer exist, his photographs serve as their final, \"official\" record.\nAccompanying Payne's photographs is an essay by Oliver Sacks (who described his own experience working at a state metal hospital in his book Awakenings). Sacks pays tribute to Payne's photographs and to the lives once lived in these places, \"where one could be both mad and safe.\"\nFor more photos, stories, and tips, subscribe to the print edition of Preservation magazine."}
{"text":"The Tudor Royal Arms were placed above the main entrance to the keep at St Mawes, with the Latin text, Dieu et Mon Droit, below. Above the crest is the statement:\nSemper Honos / Henrice Tuus / Laudesque Manebunt.\n(Henry, your honour and praises will remain forever.)\nThis is one of four texts composed by the poet, antiquary and royal chaplain, John Leland (c. 1503–1552) at the request of Thomas Treffry of Fowey (a detail mentioned in Leland’s Itinerary).\nOn the opposite side, above the door leading from the keep to the forward bastion is another Royal Coast of Arms. Either side are two Tritons:\nSemper Vivet A(n)i(m)a Re/gis Henrici Octavi / Qui An(no) 34 Sui Reg/ni Hoc Fecit Fieri.\n(May the soul of King Henry Eighth, who had this built in the 34th year of his reign, live forever.)\nHenry came to the throne in 1509, and this places the completion of the castle in 1543. (It was started in 1540.)\nAnother text is placed above the crest on the west bastion, celebrating Henry’s son, Edward (who is proclaimed on the eastern bastion as Duke of Cornwall, a title given at his baptism in 1537).\nEdwardus Fama Referat Factisque Parentem.\n(May Edward resemble his father in fame and deeds.)\nFurther texts are placed on the south (Henry, king of England, France and Ireland) and east (Edward) bastions."}
{"text":"Notes: All timings are represented in 24-hour notation in local time of Fairfield, United States with DST adjustment (if applicable).\nHours which are past midnight are suffixed with next day date. In Panchang day starts and ends with sunrise.\nTraditionally, on Ahoi Ashtami mothers used to fast from dawn to dusk for the wellbeing of their sons. However, in modern India, the fast is observed for the wellbeing of all children i.e. for sons as well as for daughters. Fast is broken during twilight after sighting stars in the sky. Some women break the fast after sighting the moon but it might be difficult to follow as the moon rises late in the night on Ahoi Ashtami.\nAhoi Ashtami fasting day falls approximately eight days before Diwali Puja and four days after Karwa Chauth. Similar to Karwa Chauth, Ahoi Ashtami is more popular in North India. This day is also known as Ahoi Aathe because fasting for Ahoi Ashtami is done during Ashtami Tithi which is the eighth day of the month.\nSimilar to Karwa Chauth, Ahoi Ashtami is a strict fasting day and most women abstain even from water throughout the day. The fast is broken only after sighting the stars."}
{"text":"Pediatricians and experts are weighing in on a viral video of a newborn baby walking with the support of a nurse just minutes after being born. Health magazine, People magazine and AOL featured Daniela Corbetta, professor in the Department of Psychology and director of the Infant Perception-Action Laboratory.\nCorbetta weighs in on the phenomenon, which is actually a primitive reflex that infants have from the time they are born through their first couple months of life. She says the stepping reflex has been documented in newborns since the 1940s.\n“It’s up for debate why this reflex occurs, but some experts say it’s to develop lower limb muscles that they’ll later use for independent, and conscious, walking,” said Corbetta. “This is very far from being able to walk.”"}
{"text":"Comments welcome on this first draft of the introduction to a entry on Nature and Nurture for a handbook in environmental studies.\nAt many points during the long history of nature-nurture debates, scientists and other commentators have often asserted that nature versus nurture or genes versus environment is an ill-framed formulation (Paul 1988). Why then does the question how much is nature, how much is nurture persist in popular debate and in announcements about developments in science? To address this question in a way that informs discussion of environmental studies, this entry looks first at ideas of nature, then the opposition nature versus culture. That introduction provides critical handles on nature-nurture debates seen as debates about what is known and could be known about human social behavior and limits. Such knowledge may seem relevant to environmental studies given that people in societies seek to know and change the world. The final section, however, places the critical handles themselves in tension with alternatives, extending to culture and nurture the admonition that “we need… to find different ideas… if we are to know nature as varied and variable, as the changing conditions of a human world (Williams 1980, p.85)….\nPaul, D. B. (1998). “A debate that refuses to die.” Pp. 81-93 in The Politics Of Heredity: Essays on Eugenics, Biomedicine, and The Nature-Nurture Debate. Albany: SUNY Press.\nWilliams, R. (1980). “Ideas of nature.” Pp. 67-85 in Problems in Materialism and Culture: Selected Essays. London: Verso."}
{"text":"' There are three types of people in this world: Those who can count, and those who can't. ' - Seen on a bumper sticker\nSchemes of Work\nBelow are some teaching and learning resources used in East Riding of Yorkshire schools by maths and numeracy teachers, educators and pupils.\nIntroduction to the Resources\nMuch of the work is in response to requests from teachers and students.\nThe resources available below, Statutory ICT in Maths have been added in response to teacher requests.\nThe schemes of work and maths levels are for the core Y8 (full year) and for autumn and spring terms for Y9.\nThe schemes follow the KS3 Strategy’s sample medium term\nplans adjusted to include materials from the Strategy’s interactive\nseries mini-packs. Also included in this section are level\n3-4 and 4-5 booster materials for both students and teachers.\nThe student materials are power point presentations, many\nwith sound, explaining key concepts.\nThe materials are based upon the Strategy’s Y9 booster materials\nand the level 3-4 consolidation lessons.\nProviding students with copies of these resources has proved\na useful tool for intervention programmes.\nPlease click the document title to open, and feel free to use, amend\nor repurpose as you see fit.\nThe icons on the right of the resources\npanel are indicative of relevance and possible (not compulsory)\nThe lessons are presented in Microsoft PowerPoint.\nIf you have PowerPoint on your machine, then simply double\nclick on a lesson icon to begin.\nYou will need to have sound available on your PC to listen\nto the instructions.\nIf you do not have PowerPoint click on power point viewer\nto install this on you machine, then double click on a lesson\nClick here to install the Powerpoint Viewer\nKS3 Level 3 to 4 Booster\nKS3 Level 4 to 5 Booster\nKS3 Level 4 to 5 Booster For Teachers\nYear 8 Scheme of Work"}
{"text":"As the future of the automotive manufacturing industry continues to evolve with automation, connected technologies, AI, robotics and new ways of working, nothing can replace the human touch. That's why it's important for safety managers to ensure every square foot of their production facility is protected.\nYour workers are the heartbeat of your operation. They deserve the highest quality of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) so they can do what they do best - fuel the operation that fuels the world.\nWhy PPE Matters\nAutomotive manufacturing workers face many hazards as they operate heavy machinery, handle sharp metal sheets, weld together metals, assemble interiors and inspect for quality assurance. To help prevent accidents, workers should be equipped with reliable yet comfortable head-to-toe PPE solutions that won't get in the way.\nFatalities in the manufacturing industry in 2019\n15,390 Reported injuries in the automotive manufacturing industry in 2019\nAutomotive manufacturing incidence rate, compared to 3.0 for all industries"}
{"text":"Universal beams (such as 100uc15, 200ub18, 250ub25) are commonly used for structural support in buildings. They are used to bolster load-bearing walls, and anywhere else that requires heavy-duty bracing. Available in a wide range of sizes, determining the correct universal… Read More »Universal Beams (100uc15, 200ub18, 250ub25)\nSteel is the most adaptable, regularly used structural steel.Both H-beam and I-beams are structural steel beams used widely in the construction industry by civil engineering professionals.To a novice, both are similar in shape to regular people, but there are significant… Read More »H-beam VS I-beam: What are the 17 differences?\nBent beams are used everywhere – in structures for functionality or aesthetic appeal, in circular shell stiffening rings on vessels and for monorails or roof trusses. Steel beams can be rolled vertically (the weak-axis) or horizontally (the strong axis). When rolling steel beams, it is important to consider distortion.\nThere are two primary methods used in beam bending applications, informally known as the “easy way (I-Beams)” and the “hard way (H-Beams).” BIT section bending machines excels at both, that ensures even the most demanding beam forming projects are completed to industry-required guidelines.\nThe stainless steel car roof curved beam is formed by bending a stainless steel plate. The parts are asymmetrical profiles, thin walls (minimum 1mm) and the contours are intersected by multiple curvature radii with a minimum radius of curvature of R = 350 mm."}
{"text":"Anne McElvoy tells the stories of big challenges that have spurred leading British conservative thinkers into action, from the French Revolution to the Permissive Society.\nEpisode 2: By the 1830s and 1840s, the Industrial Revolution had brought vast changes to British life. It delivered innovation and prosperity, but chaos and disconnection too.\nIn the industrial north of England in particular, unrest was growing.\nIn this episode, Anne visits the Chelsea home of the great Scottish writer and thinker Thomas Carlyle, to find out how he fought back against the Industrial Revolution and the revolutionary idea it brought in its wake.\nCarlyle argued that the concept of Utilitarianism, with its New Poor Law and its attack on older forms of charity, was forging a cold new world of atomized individuals. The only things that now connected people, he contended, were cash and disease.\nIn response, he called for strong leadership and a return to medieval Christian values.\nAnd Anne visits Newcastle to see how Carlyle's ideas found a profound echo in architecture, through the buildings of Augustus Pugin, still visible across the country today.\nWith: Professor Dinah Birch, Dr Tristram Hunt MP\nProducer: Phil Tinline."}
{"text":"Season extension enables a plant or crop to be grown and cultivated beyond the normal outdoor growing season and can take a variety of forms:\nRaised beds are constructed to hold soil and plants above the ground. The loosened soil, which can be piled a few inches to more than one foot above the surrounding ground, heats up more quickly in spring, enabling earlier planting of crops. Learn more.\nMulches refer to material placed on top of the soil surrounding plants to help them retain heat. Mulches can include straw, compost and synthetic materials such as plastic sheeting with slits cut to allow for plants to grow through. Learn how to use mulches in your garden. Learn more.\nRow Covers and Low Tunnels\nRow covers refer to light fabric or cover, such as newspaper cones or plastic, placed over plants for frost protection and heat retention. Low tunnels are floating row covers constructed like high-tunnels, but are much smaller in size. Low tunnels cover plants to provide wind and frost protection and they are removed once outdoor temperatures reach the necessary levels for growing. Learn how to use floating row covers. Learn more.\nCold frames and hot beds are enclosures built low to the ground with transparent roofs. They are used by gardeners to protect plants from cold weather. Typically hot beds, which have a heat source, are used for starting plants and cold frames, which do not have a heat source, are used to harden plants to outdoor conditions before transplanting. The same frame can often serve both purposes. Learn how to construct and use cold frames and hot beds. Learn more.\nHigh Tunnels or Hoophouses\nHigh tunnels or hoophouses are unheated greenhouses, typically made by constructing an arc-shaped frame and covering it with plastic sheeting. They sometimes include added features such as irrigation or rainwater harvesting systems. Learn how to construct a high tunnel. Learn more."}
{"text":"| Each tiny island in the Gulf of California seems to have its own deermouse, and Tortuga Island is no exception: Dickey's Deermouse is known only from this island, and like the others, it is not well-known. Genetically, it is closest to Peromyscus merriami, which occurs on the mainland on the east side of the Gulf, and further studies may conclude that it is a subspecies of P. merriami. Most deermice have tails that are longer than their head and body combined. The tail of Dickey's Deermouse is comparatively short and its body is somewhat stocky. When the original specimens were collected, in 1932, it was reported that four young mice were taken from a nest under a rock where a rattlesnake also lurked, probably with a meal in mind.\nTotal Length: 186-203 mm Tail: 90-100 mm\nBurt, W.H., 1932. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History, 7:176.\nMammal Species of the World"}
{"text":"Effective for middle school or beginning high school chorus.\n♪ CHORUS PRODUCTIVITY: Includes two worksheets + Answer Key\n(1) Students write original sentences using vocabulary words that will help them be productive in chorus, and to develop a work ethic.\n(2) Follow up with the fill in the blank worksheet.\n♪ There are three ways to use this activity: silently as an individual, as a class where everyone agrees on and writes the best sentence(s) someone came up with, or teacher directed with everyone writing the teacher's sentence after a discussion.\n♪ This activity adds an academic element to class on this chorus day. Every now and then, students need to write in chorus, reminding them chorus is a real class requiring learning and hard work.\n♪ Keep in mind the amount of time you are willing to spend grading when you present this.\n♪ EXCELLENT ACTIVITY FOR A SUB\n♪ Great way to get STUDENT HANDWRITING SAMPLES.\n♪ YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE:\n♪ Productivity Plan Worksheet #2\n♪ Award Winning Grading Criteria Chorus Worksheet\n♪ Chorus Student Responsibilities, Policies and Routines\n♪ Concert Preparation Activity\n♪ 25 Tips to a Terrific Chorus Concert\nCopyright © Christine Stanley. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view, other than in your classroom. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Help me keep my prices $LOW by compliance. Thanks!\nLink to My TpT Store Home: Christine’s Chorus Creations"}
{"text":"Pet hedgehogs source of salmonella\nOther pets that carry salmonella include frogs, toads, turtles, snakes, lizards, chicks and ducklings\nAdd those cute little hedgehogs to the list of pets that can make you sick.\nIn the last year, 20 people were infected by a rare but dangerous form of salmonella bacteria, and one person died in January. The illnesses were linked to contact with hedgehogs kept as pets, according to a report released this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\nU.S. health officials say such cases seem to be increasing.\nThe CDC recommends thoroughly washing your hands after handling hedgehogs and cleaning pet cages and other equipment outside.\nSeven of the hedgehog illnesses were in Washington state, including the death — an elderly man from Spokane County who died in January. The other cases were in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Oregon.\nIn years past, only one or two illnesses from this salmonella strain have been reported annually, but the numbers rose to 14 in 2011, 18 last year, and two so far this year.\nChildren younger than five and the elderly are considered at highest risk for severe illness, CDC officials said.\nHedgehogs are small, insect-eating mammals with a coat of stiff quills. In nature, they sometimes live under hedges and defend themselves by rolling up into a spiky ball.\nThe critters linked to recent illnesses were purchased from various breeders, many of them licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, CDC officials said. Hedgehogs are native to Western Europe, New Zealand and some other parts of the world, but are bred in the United States."}
{"text":"I recently wrote a review of an educational book about boys in our classroom. Another book I'd like to suggest to all teachers and parents is Failing at Fairness, How our School Cheat Girls. This book looks at the cultural phenomenon that leaves girls feeling left behind in both science and math.\nI think back to the first Harry Potter book and realize that our wizarding classrooms don't seem to have this problem, but one shortfall in many classrooms today is the trend to focus science and math curriculum towards boys. This leavs girls feeling like these subjects just are not for them.\nNo longer is it acceptable for Barbie to say, \"Math class is hard, let's go shopping!\" Even Mattel realized their insensitivity and stereotyping with their Teen Talk Barbie. Now it's time for educators to reach out to girls who've lived with that stereotype and make sure that those girls are offered the same opportunities given to their male schoolmates.\nAccording to this article from LiveScience.com, the top five myths about girls in math and science are ...\n- From the time they start school, most girls are less interested in science than boys are.\n- Classroom interventions that work to increase girls' interest in STEM run the risk of turning off the boys.\n- Science and math teachers are no longer biased toward their male students.\n- When girls just aren't interested in science, parents can't do much to motivate them.\n- At the college level, changing the STEM curriculum runs the risk of watering down important \"sink or swim\" coursework.\nFor educators or parents, the book How to Encourage Girls in Science and Math is a great resource to help encourage girls to discover the world of math and science.\n(You can read the full article on Mattel's Barbie Teen Talk here on the NY Times.) Comments (26)"}
{"text":"عنوان مقاله [English]\nThe questions which will be discussed in this article are as follows;\n1- Has inequality increased in the: world?\n2- If inequality has increased in the world economy, what was the reason? 3- Was it the rich countries which have a higher share in the world GDP?\nIn order to answer the above questions, selected indices for 144 countries has\nbeen Analyzed for the 1960 -2000 period. The result of the analysis shows that\nworld inequality has considerably increased in the 1960 - 2000 period and Gini\ncoefficient increased from 0.861 to 0.90. Analyzing the Herfindal- Hirshman Index (HHI) and fITst order Shanon entropy index (T), reveals that the HHI index was constant while the T index was increasing after 1945. This result shows that the real cause of inequality was the relative increase in the share of some of the poor countries (those which had lower share of the world GDP).\nAs the conclusion we could also mention that inequality in the amount of\nForeign Direct Investment (FDI) in different countries was the cause of increasing\ninequality in the distribution of the world income. We have also found that the\nrelation between world trade and world income inequality is not significant.\nJEL Classification: F02, F13."}
{"text":"Territoriality in a snake\n- Publication Type:\n- Journal Article\n- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2015, 69 (10), pp. 1657 - 1661\n- Issue Date:\n© 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Territorial behaviour, whereby dominant animals gain priority access to critical resources, is widespread in some animal lineages, but rare in others. Theory suggests that territoriality will evolve only when animals can economically defend sites that contain critical resources (typically mates, sometimes food). In striking contrast to their close relatives the lizards, male defence of territories for access to mates has not been reported in snakes. In south-eastern Australia, receptive female small-eyed snakes thermoregulate under “hot rocks”, concentrating mating opportunities and thus, potentially allowing males to enhance their fitness by defending these rocks from rivals. We videotaped staged contests between resident and intruder males and analysed data on cohabitation patterns from a long-term (21 years) mark-recapture study. In staged contests, males actively defended hot rocks from intruder males; and thus, larger males actively displaced their smaller rivals. In the wild, larger males were found under rocks with more or larger females. These results suggest that the thermally driven concentration of female small-eyed snakes has rendered hot rocks economically defensible, and thus favoured the evolution of territoriality in a snake.\nPlease use this identifier to cite or link to this item:"}
{"text":"After much exploration in the early 1960s, the idea of a national assessment gained impetus in 1963. NAEP planning began in 1964, with a grant from the Carnegie Corporation to set up the Exploratory Committee for the Assessment of Progress in Education (ECAPE) in June. This was followed by the appointment of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) in 1965.\nThe first national assessments were held in 1969. Voluntary assessments for the states began in 1990 on a trial basis, were made a permanent feature of NAEP every two years. In 2002, selected urban districts participated in the state-level assessments on a trial basis, and continue as the Trial Urban District Assessment.\nIn 2009, a new framework for the NAEP science assessment began a move to computer-based assessment, when part of the student sample completed interactive computer tasks. In 2011, the NAEP writing assessment for grades 8 and 12 was administered entirely on computer. The new NAEP technology and engineering literacy assessment in 2014 is also entirely on computer.\nThe development of a successful NAEP program has involved many, including researchers, state education officials, contractors, policymakers, students, and teachers. Explore the documents below to learn about the inception and evolution of NAEP:\nLearn more about NAEP."}
{"text":"A report by Katie Camero for The Boston Globe.\nMany people suffered from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. But scientists, in a new study, say they’ve uncovered a worrisome impact on the environment, too.\nUniversity of New Hampshire researchers have measured unusually high levels of nitrate in the island territory’s streams.\nThe theory is that stronger and more frequent storms caused by climate change have knocked down vegetation, and the resulting decomposition elevated nitrate levels in the soil. Storms are then washing the nitrate into the streams, researchers said in a statement from the university."}
{"text":"posted by anthony .\nDescribe a positive development for women that occurred during the New Deal.\nCan I have information on this?\nThere weren't many positive developments for women then, although Eleanor Roosevelt was a role model for many.\nThis article has an interesting paragraph about women and the New Deal. Be sure to note Frances Perkins.\nthanks it was an interesting article"}
{"text":"November 11, 2020 | Becca Brasser\nFor the next few weeks, the first grade students will be exploring the concepts of combinations and missing addends in math.\nSeveral math games are introduced in the course of this investigation to help students practice these concepts.\nStudents can play these games with an adult, an in-person classmate, a friend on Zoom, or independently.\nAsk your child about:\nCounters in a Cup\nHow Many Am I Hiding?\nPeas and Carrots\nIn our math sessions, students engage in math problems and activities and discuss the underlying concepts. They are asked to share their reasoning and solutions. It is important that children solve math problems accurately in ways that make sense to them. At home, encourage your child to explain his or her math thinking to you!\nHere are the directions to “How Many Am I Hiding?”, the game pictured here:\nPut 5–12 small objects in your hand. Give your child a chance to determine how many you have. Then hide some in your other hand and show your child what is left. Now ask, “How many am I hiding?” Encourage your child to explain his or her thinking. After playing a few rounds with the same number, you can change the total number and start again."}
{"text":"This week started out with a very unusual Monday. ELC Los Angeles staff, teachers and students celebrated International Talk Like a Pirate Day. We practiced phrases such as ‘Ahoy, me hearties!’ and students collected pirate vocabulary sheets. We were also keen to look the part, and fake mustaches, eye patches and pirate tattoos (temporary, of course!) were enthusiastically worn by teachers and students. Some students had already heard of talk like a pirate day and other students were very bemused to see their teachers kitted out in pirate garb. We hope that it got students in the mood for Halloween, as ELC loves to celebrate the famous American holiday with costumes and games! If you’d like to get into the spirit of talk like a pirate day, see below for the vocabulary sheet that director of courses Jessica Roehrig put together…\nAhoy – Hello\nArr! / Argh / Arrgh! / Yarr! / Harr! – A general piratical term\nAye – Yes. “Aye, aye captain!”\nBatten down the hatches! – Shut your mouth\nBlimey! – Used to express frustration.\nBucko – A friend.\nDead men tell no tales – Phrase explaining why pirates leave no survivors.\nGangway! – Used to clear a passage through a crowded area.\nHe’s gone to Davy Jones’s locker – He is dead.\nLad – A boy or young man.\nLass – A girl or young woman.\nMatey – Friend. A way to address another pirate you are familiar with.\nMe – My\nMe hearties – a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors.\nScallywag – A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.\nShiver me timbers! – An expression of surprise.\nSink me! – An expression of surprise.\nSplice the Mainbrace! – To have a drink, or perhaps several.\nWalk the plank – a piratical execution\nYe – You “Ye be walking the plank!”\nYo-ho-ho – Completely meaningless, but fun to say."}
{"text":"hack out(redirected from hack it out)\n1. To cut something off of or away from something else. A noun or pronoun can be used between \"hack\" and \"out.\" Can you hack out the burnt pieces of the roast?\n2. To create something by chopping or cutting away at something else. A noun or pronoun can be used between \"hack\" and \"out.\" I'm impressed with how our neighbors hacked a shape out of a tree stump on their front lawn.\n3. slang To make, create, or produce something quickly and perfunctorily. A noun or pronoun can be used between \"hack\" and \"out.\" How many of these stupid articles do I have to hack out before someone at the magazine takes my work seriously?\nhack something out of somethingand hack something out\n1. to cut or chop something out of something. Jill hacked the bone out of the roast. She hacked out the big bone.\n2. to fashion something by carving or chiseling from something. He hacked a rabbit out of the chunk of wood. In no time, the carver had hacked out a rabbit.\n1. To remove something by chopping or cutting; excise something: The butcher hacked the bone out from the meat. We hacked out the broken shingles from the roof.\n2. To fashion something by chopping, cutting, or chiseling: The artist hacked out a statue from a chunk of clay. Let's hack a sculpture out of the ice.\n3. Slang To produce something hastily or routinely, such as written material: The reporter hacked out a weekly column. The author hacked three romance novels out every year."}
{"text":"What is an Industrial Pump? Industrial pumps are used to move fluid in an industrial application. There are dozens of different industrial applications a several types of industrial pump designs to fit the requirements.\nCentrifugal pumps are used often in industrial applications. These pumps use a rotating impeller to accelerate a fluid and increase its pressure. There are dozens of industrial centrifugal pumps including slurry pumps, chopper pumps, sewage pumps, vertical turbine pumps, axial flow pumps and more.\nIn addition, rotary and reciprocating positive displacement pumps are often used in industrial applications to move fluids at steady flow rates with high pressure. Specifically, screw pumps, progressive cavity pumps, lobe pumps, gear pumps, diaphragm pumps, and peristaltic pumps are considered industrial PD pumps.\nRelated Search Terms:\nWhat is a centrifugal pump, What is a sealless pump, What is a chemical pump, What is a magnetic drive pump, What is a petrochemical pump, What is a Run-Dry pump, What is a corrosion-resistant pump, What is a process pump, What is a mag drive pump"}
{"text":"- Publisher: Cambridge University Press\n- Online publication date: November 2019\n- Print publication year: 2019\n- Online ISBN: 9781108642323\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108642323\nThe Guts of the Matter is a study of our oldest ecological problem: the transmission of infectious intestinal disease from human waste. Spanning the early hominin era to the present, this book explores the evolution of human waste disposal practices, the use of faeces and urine as fertilizer, and the changing patterns of transmission of intestinal pathogens and parasites. Chapters trace the spread of viral, bacterial, and helminthic infections through the early processes of globalization and track the uneven successes of the sanitation revolution in recent centuries. The book also provides an overview of the cultural practices that influence the transmission of infectious intestinal disease and the impacts of biomedical advances such as oral rehydration therapy and vaccination. Webb's impressive breadth and meticulous research is invaluable for students of public health, environmental history, global history, and medicine.\nIris Borowy - Shanghai University\nMarcos Cueto - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil\n* Views captured on Cambridge Core between #date#. This data will be updated every 24 hours.\nUsage data cannot currently be displayed."}
{"text":"Pronunciation: (ir\"u-kwoi'un), [key]\na family of North American Indian languages that includes Cherokee, Seneca, Mohawk, and Oneida.\n1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Iroquois people.\n2. of or belonging to the Iroquoian family of languages.\nRandom House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease."}
{"text":"The scalpel is a wondrously simple and effective tool that has saved many lives. But from the vantage point of a human cell, a scalpel is about as precise as an incoming asteroid. The processes that constitute life and death, health and disease, occur within cells on the scale of billionths of a meter (nanometers). This is roughly the dimension of the DNA double helix, the proteins issuing from the genetic code, and all the other macromolecules that float in the aqueous environment of the living cell. The ultimate medical toolkit is not the scalpel and suturing needle; it is a set of tools small enough to go right inside the cell and repair individual DNA molecules or proteins the way a mechanic adjusts the timing belt on a Honda Civic.\nEnter nanomedicine. As described in this issue’s Special Report, nanomedicine is the application of techniques from materials science to the world of biomedicine. It could provide just the molecular toolkit the doctor ordered. One tool in the box would be “quantum dots,” described in Senior Editor David Rotman’s story as molecule-sized aggregates of semiconductor atoms that attach themselves to specific biological structures and light up with a message: “I’m stuck right here on this cancer protein,” for instance. Like a flare dropped from an airplane, this signal would trigger a volley of artillery fire in the form of chemotherapeutic agents."}
{"text":"Borromean rings are rings in the 3-dimensional space, linked in such a way that if you cut any of the three rings, all of them will be unlinked (see the image below). Show that rigid circular Borromean rings cannot exist.\nAssume the opposite. Imagine the rings have zero thickness and reposition them in such a way, that two of them, say ring 1 and ring 2, touch each other in two points. These two rings lie either on a sphere or a plane which ring 3 must intersect in four points. However, this is impossible."}
{"text":"NASA’s AIM spacecraft goes restful after a 15-three hundred and sixty five days bound finding out the Earth’s oldest clouds\nAfter 15 years in home, NASA’s AIM mission is ending. In a brief weblog post spotted by Gizmodo, the company said Thursday it was once ending operational give a hang to for the spacecraft consequently of a battery power failure. NASA first noticed points with AIM’s battery in 2019, however the probe was once silent sending a “necessary quantity of information” attend to Earth. Following one other fresh decline in battery power, NASA says AIM has change into unresponsive. The AIM crew will video display the spacecraft for one other two weeks in case it reboots, but judging from the tone of NASA’s post, the company isn’t retaining its breath.\nNASA launched the AIM – Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere – mission in 2007 to survey noctilucent or night-provocative clouds, that are assuredly acknowledged as fossilized clouds consequently of the fact they are able to last a entire bunch of years in the Earth’s better ambiance. From its vantage level 370 miles above the planet’s surface, the spacecraft proved handy to scientists, with records serene by AIM acting in 379 look-reviewed papers, alongside side a fresh 2018 survey that stumbled on methane emissions from human-pushed climate change are inflicting night-provocative clouds to form extra assuredly. Pleasing appropriate for a mission NASA before the entire lot anticipated to feature for handiest two years. AIM’s demise follows that of one other prolonged-serving NASA spacecraft. In the beginning of the three hundred and sixty five days, the company deorbited the Earth Radiation Funds Satellite tv for computer following a virtually four-decade bound gathering ozone and atmospheric measurements."}
{"text":"Guitar strings are the vibrating element of the instrument that produces the sound. The strings are made of a flexible material held under tension so they are able to vibrate freely as the guitar is played.\nGuitar strings are made from a variety of material depending on the type of guitar. The majority of electric and bass guitars utilize steel strings whereas classical guitars tend to be played with nylon. Steel strings tend to have a much “brighter” sound to them and nylon strings a much “warmer” sound. The other main reason for electric guitars using metal strings is so that electromagnetic signals can be passed to the pickups in the guitar its self.\nAcoustic guitar strings are usually wound with bronze however to resist from sweat and other dirt, aluminum may be used as a resistant alloy. The bass strings on a classical guitar are also wound with silver or bronze. The strings on an electric guitar are usually would with nickel-plated steel however pure nickel and stainless steel are also used to achieve a different sound.\nGuitar strings also come in a variety of gauges subject to personal preference. An acoustic guitar is typically strung with a heavier gauge than an electric guitar. This is due to the volume projection an acoustic instrument needs in order to be heard. An electric guitar can be strung with a light to medium gauge as the sound is amplified after being played."}
{"text":"Meaning of alpha\nPronunciation: (al'fu), [key]\n- the first letter of the Greek alphabet (A, &agr;).\n- the vowel sound represented by this letter.\n- the first; beginning.\n- (cap.)used to designate the brightest star in a constellation.\n- one of two or more isomeric compounds.\n- the first in a series of related items: frequently used in chemistry and physics.\n- a mark or grade corresponding to an A. Cf. beta (def. 8),(def. 9).\n- (esp. of animals) having the highest rank of its sex in a dominance hierarchy: the alpha female.\n- pertaining or linked to the carbon atom closest to a particular group in an organic molecule.\n- alpha (Thesaurus)"}
{"text":"The students of our ballet school are taught using the method developed by the ballerina of the Maryinsky Theater, the outstanding teacher and ballet master Agrippina Vaganova. As a teacher, Vaganova devised her own method of classical ballet training, combining elements of the French, Italian and other existing methods as well as earlier Russian technique. Her system is based on clarity and intelligence of technique and has elevated Russian ballet to one of the leading positions in the world.\nAge band: 3 to 5 years old\nIn this class, the children do stretching and flexibility exercises, learn the basic elements of dance and the basics of choreography, the first ballet steps, how to follow music and get to know the bases of the dance patterns and dance figures. This class develops coordination and introduces the students to basic ballet terms and concepts.\nAge band: 6 to 8 years old\nIn this class, the students start to develop ballet concepts such as turn out, coordination, spatial awareness and class etiquette. The class further develops the student’s ballet vocabulary and follows the typical ballet class structure of barre, center exercises and moving across the floor.\nThis class focuses on building the dancer’s stamina and developing the muscles used in classical ballet and includes a great amount of stretching in order to improve the dancer’s flexibility and extension.\nAge band: 9 to 12 years old\nThe program includes: technique of classical ballet, pointe, simple variations, stretching and conditioning, character dance, repertoire."}
{"text":"A reputable dog breeder tries, if possible, to avoid breed-typical diseases in the Chihuahua. However, a certain predisposition to certain ailments and complaints can still remain.\nMany small dogs, such as the Chihuahua, can develop so-called mitral regurgitation from the age of eight. This is a heart disease in which the mitral valve no longer closes properly. Blood then flows from the left ventricle into the left atrium and the heart muscle has to pump harder. However, with regular checkups and timely therapy, the chihuahua can live well with the disease.\nChihuahuas, like Yorkshire Terriers and other small breeds, also run the risk of suffering from a patellar luxation. This describes a kind of connective tissue weakness through which the kneecap can pop out and move in the joint. Depending on the degree of severity, this only happens with pressure or with simple movements. In addition, the mini dogs can develop progressive retinal atrophy, an eye disease that leads to blindness. Tiny chihuahuas and chihuahua puppies, in particular, can also be hypoglycified more often.\nA Chihuahua tends to sneeze backwards due to inheritance. This is noticeable in the fact that the mini dog suddenly breathes and wheezes. This often happens when there is excitement and initially has a scary effect on the dog owner. However, you do not need to go to the veterinarian immediately, because if you calm down your Chihuahua and massage the neck very gently towards the body, the attack subsides.\nHowever, if your dog appears to be very restless, sleep a lot, feel weakened and apathetic or otherwise behave abnormally, you should have this clarified by the veterinarian. This also applies if the Chihuahua has digestive or appetite disorders, is paralyzed or limps or trembles heavily."}
{"text":"Experts agree that diamonds are somewhere between one and four billion years old (25% to 75% of the age of the earth). Most diamonds are formed at pressures and temperatures found only deep within the earth’s mantle. But a precious few, less than a fraction of a percent of all the diamonds mined, are found at much higher pressures and temperatures. This unique carbon rich environment allows for the slow and uninterrupted growth of the crystal, giving it superior structural qualities, optical purity and transparency. These magic crystals can be identified by their predictable shape, the octahedron.\nFor thousands of years, long before diamonds were cut, these glassy perfectly formed crystals would be sought after and revered by the ancients who believed in their power and energy to heal and protect.\nThese are the crystals that are destined to become Hearts On Fire diamonds."}
{"text":"Day 1 – 15 November 2018 – 9.00 am – 3.30 pm\nDay 2 – 17 January 2019 – 9.00 am – 3.30 pm\nOutcomes: Participants will be introduced to a range of engaging teaching and revision techniques to help them to prepare their children for the end of KS1 assessments in 2019. All delegates will receive free access to online resources.\nTarget audience: Year 2 teachers who would like to prepare for the teaching and assessing the next two years of the National Curriculum and assessments in Year 2. Key Stage 1 phase leaders are also welcome to attend alone, or along with their Year 2 colleagues\nFor further information please visit https://philipwebbliteracy.com/courses/new-or-not-to-year-2/"}
{"text":"IELTS Cue Card Sample 273 - Describe a family business you know about\n- Last Updated: Monday, 22 February 2016 13:50\n- Written by IELTS Mentor\n- Hits: 7309\nIELTS Speaking Part 2: IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card.\nDescribe a family business you know about.\nYou should say:\n- What type of business it is.\n- Who own this business.\n- What activities are involved in this business\nAnd explain your idea of this business.\nThe family business I know and would like to talk about is owned by a joint family in our community. It is a business related to floral business and this is in fact quite a successful one. The family has a large flower garden and they collect flowers from these gardens and then sell these flowers in their floral shops.\nMr. Abraham is the founder chairman of this business and the business is growing day-by-day. Now they own more than 5 acres of flower garden and they have more than 50 shops where they sell the flowers they produce. As I heard, they have started exporting flowers to neighboring countries as well. As I have witnessed the rise and progress of this business, I think that was a nice business model.\nAt the beginning they had only two small gardens and a small shop, and over the years this business had expanded to a greater and bigger business.\nI think the business plan, hard work, dedication, timely decision, and luck had favored the business and the family has become a renowned floral business owner of the country.\nSimilar Cue Card Topics\nYour ability to talk about this Cue Card would enable you to talk about the following Cue Cards as well:\n- Describe a business you know about in your hometown.\n- Describe a business you know is successful.\n- Describe a family business in your hometown.\n- Describe a business you think is profitable."}
{"text":"Web authentication API, also known as WebAuthn, has been declared official by the World Wide Web Consortium. They’ve now launched a stable version that can be implemented by websites without fear of major changes in the future.\nThis standard is already supported in browsers like Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari and is also natively supported in Android 9.0 Pie. Hence, there will be no need to get new devices or software to get WebAuthn compliancy.\nWebAuthn is the W3C’s step towards making the web password free. This API lets the users sign into their respective accounts using fingerprint verification (if the website supports it), mobile devices that are either nearby via Bluetooth or by sending code on your phone, or a FIDO security key that is basically a USB key.\nWeb Authentication allows the users to register to a respective website using an authenticator which can be any of the above-mentioned authenticators.\nOne would think that the implementation of WebAuthn will bring security problems, but it is actually the opposite. WebAuthn is a step towards a better and more secure internet future.\nThis model bypasses the risks of phishing and passwords theft that are common with today’s standards. User security and privacy will be maintained with the help of WebAuth implementation.\nThe fact that WebAuth has now been declared official does not mean that the passwords will be completely eliminated but this certainly means that the internet will be much safer.\nWe might see more and more websites start using this standard now that it’s official."}
{"text":"Death of John Quincy Adams\nOne of the most significant figures in the political history of the early republic was John Quincy Adams, who is closely associated with the old Hall of the House. In 1825 he was inaugurated the country's sixth president in the room and after leaving the White House he returned there as a congressman from the Plymouth district of Massachusetts, serving from 1831 until his death in 1848.\nOn February 21, 1848, Adams was at his seat in the House Chamber when he voted a loud \"no\" to a resolution giving thanks to several generals for their service in the Mexican War. A few minutes later he collapsed. Adams was taken into the Rotunda and placed on a sofa in front of the east door in the hope that fresh air would revive him. Seeing no improvement, however, Adams was next taken into the speaker's office where he died two days later. His funeral was held in the House Chamber. One of the honorary pallbearers was a freshman congressman from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln."}
{"text":"Uit Kust Wiki\nIn its original place. From the Latin word situs meaning place. In oceanography, this term is mostly used with instruments that measure properties directly in the sea: in situ measurement, in situ sensor, and in situ instrument. The term used to describe the temperature that a water volume has at the specific depth the instrument is located is known as in situ temperature.\nPlease note that others may also have edited the contents of this article."}
{"text":"Executive Director, Emergency Management and Business Continuity\nSouthern Methodist University (SMU)\nDirector, Texas School Safety Center\nTexas State University\nDirector of Student Services and Safety\nAledo Independent School District\nThis interactive panel discussion provides real-world examples of the challenges in keeping our educational institutions safe. Best practices and opportunities to strengthen school safety will be shared by panel members, consisting of practitioners involved in school-based law enforcement, emergency management, and school administration. Audience participation is highly encouraged in this informal, informative session. Learn key features of emergency preparedness, not only from the direct experience of panelists, but also from other participants with experiences to share with regard to mitigation, protection, response, and recovery involving school-centric hazards.\nUpon completion of this session, the participant will be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of the challenges to keeping educational institutions safe and will be familiar with promising and proven practices in strengthening school safety and security Participants will have basic knowledge of measures needed to develop a campus culture of preparedness, as viewed by current school-based emergency management practitioners.\nThe participant will be able to:\n- Identify challenges to establishing, strengthening, and maintaining safe and secure educational institutions\n- Develop practical supporting tools to establish a culture of school preparedness and resilience\n- Identify proven and promising practices in promoting school safety and security\n- Apply lessons learned from school emergency management practitioners to strengthen emergency preparedness"}
{"text":"Honda Motor Co. says it has developed a method to collect rare-earth minerals from nickel-hydrogen batteries in hybrid vehicles for reuse in new batteries.\nPurity of at least 99 percent of the collected rare-earth elements was achieved, almost the same as the level for mined and refined rare-earth minerals, the major Japanese automaker said Sunday.\nThe use of recycled rare earths will not raise battery production costs very much, the automaker added.\nRare-earth minerals will be collected from used nickel-hydrogen batteries at Japan Metals & Chemicals Co.’s Oguni Works in Yamagata Prefecture.\nJapan Metals raises the purity of collected rare-earth minerals through the processes of burning, dissolving with acid and melting by heat.\nOguni Works can handle 1,000 vehicle batteries a month, collecting 80 percent of the rare-earth minerals in them.\nLater this week, the Oguni plant will start shipping to battery makers neodymium, a rare earth, extracted from the batteries of 386 vehicles that remained unsold due to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.\nHonda will also use its overseas sales network mainly in the U.S. and Europe to speed up the collection of used hybrid vehicle batteries. It also aims to recycle rare-earth minerals used in motors."}
{"text":"A reading program needs to be chosen based upon the unique and individual needs of a particular student.\nIf a child isn’t learning in a particular program, that program doesn’t \"work.\" The school must provide a different program that does work.\nThe special education law is based on the fact that children learn differently.\nIn this issue of the Special Ed Advocate you will learn how to prevent reading failure and the importance of implementing research based reading instruction. You will also find a comprehensive list of resources about how children learn to read.\nWe hope you will forward this issue to other friends, families, or colleagues."}
{"text":"Calculate Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) for satellite photos.\nNDVI Calculator takes imagery from an optical satellite and calculates Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). It produces georeferenced raster output, which can be inspected visually or used for further processing. The output can be opened in GIS tools like QGIS or ArcGIS.\nThis block supports the following input data blocks:\n- Landsat-8 Level 1 (GeoTIFF) (Sentinel Hub)\n- Pléiades Reflectance (Download) (OneAtlas)\n- Sentinel-2 Level 2 (GeoTIFF) (Sentinel Hub)\n- SPOT 6/7 Reflectance (Download) (OneAtlas)\nThe block can visualize NDVI as RGB GeoTIFF file. With the parameter\ncolormap, the user can choose the colormap which will be used in rendering.\nIt also is possible to get raw output, i.e. single band GeoTIFF file with matrix containing NDVI values.\nImportant: When using this block in a workflow, the input data block name needs to be correctly defined in the job parameter ‘satellite’ according to the technical documentation.\nPlease see the technical documentation for sample job parameters and the available options for\nFor more information, please see the provider website.\nTerms & Conditions\nView the End User License Agreement conditions."}
{"text":"Mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realises their own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to their community (World Health Organisation).\nMental illnesses are common in the Australian community. A national survey in 2007 found that 1 in 5 people had a common mental illness at some time during the previous 12 months. Half of all people who experience a mental illness have their first episode by the age of 18.\nThe information provided by links and support provided by the listed ‘helplines’ is designed to give students and parents access to a range of services. Early intervention (including visiting a doctor) and getting support is critical to help ensure the best mental health outcomes.\nAt Carinya if any student presents with symptoms of a mental health illness, appropriate support will be given and parents (in all but exceptional circumstances) will be notified. ‘Home and school together’ can be a powerful tool to help students experiencing a mental health condition. Referrals to professional support services will also be investigated and recommended by the school.\nKids Helpline 1800 551 800\nSuicide call back service 1300 659 467\nBeyondblue support services 1300 659 467\nHeadspace Tamworth 15-25 years 6762 9290\nLifeline 24 hour counselling 13 11 14\nPsychiatric Emergency Care Centre 1800 655 085\nTamworth Base Hospital 6767 7700\nThe Butterfly Foundation for eating disorders 1800 334 673\nThere are a number of applications available to download to your various devices. Some of these help you to assess your mental health and monitor your level of well being. Do a search for iTunes and Google Play mental health apps to see what is available. Getting advice on what might be most helpful is recommended."}
{"text":"Solar Simulator is a light source that creates precise simulation of sunlight for scientific re-search and testing. This simulator is used for the standard testing of solar cells at Air Mass 1.5 Global (AM 1.5). It is based on mixed light of LEDs and filtered halogen lamps and simulates the sunlight spectrum from 380-1000 nm. Total difference of the solar simulator out-put with sunlight spectrum is less than 5%. Filtered halogen lamps provide visible and near-IR light and white and single wavelength LEDs cover the visible region. LEDs and lamps can be turned-on independently, making it possible to test the devices at specific wavelengths and also Voc decay experiments. For AM1.5 measurements, the sample-lamp distance is adjusted by a calibrated photodiode and a mechanical jack to change the distance. The accuracy of produced spectrum can be evaluated by measuring the light intensity of LEDs and lamps using photodiode."}
{"text":"MATH LESSON: 1st GRADE\nNumbers Base Ten: \"Continuing Counting\"\nABOUT THIS LESSON: 1st Grade Math, Numbers Base Ten, Week 1\nLesson 3 of 5. Students will continue counting from a given series of numbers. The worksheets include one problems page and one answers page. *\nABOUT THE AUTHOR: Elizabeth Sweet has taught grades 3-5 since 2003. Her awards include County Teacher of the Year (2015). When she’s not busy teaching 4th grade in the American public school system, she enjoys baking, reading, knitting and exploring nature."}
{"text":"Smoke and smog\nIn the previous century, the labourers were woken every day by the NDSM shipyard sirens. The 1,324 homes in Tuindorp Oostzaan (garden city) lay in the Noorder IJpolder against the former Waterlandse Zeedijk (dyke), not far from the once biggest shipyard of Western Europe.\nOrionstraat quiet and deserted, 1924\nA city village\nUp to 1945, Tuindorp Oostzaan lay in isolation in the fields. Amsterdam city centre, like the rest of North Amsterdam, was only accessible by ferry. Luckily, the garden city had its own facilities: shops, schools, a bath house and churches. There was a lot of greenery and space for associations in the Zonnehuis (1932) (house of the sun), a national monument whose interior is largely intact.\nRowing through the street, 1960\nThe flood during the night of 14 January 1960 caused by a break in the dyke left a deep mark. The inhabitants were woken in the morning by the police and three hours later the water had risen to two metres. Some people had to be evacuated by boat. Rumour has it that the government’s compensation for damage was so generous that people joked “Give us our daily bread, and if possible, a flood too.”\nZonneplein with Zonnehuis, 2008\nThe inhabitants of Tuindorp Oostzaan have always resisted its demolition. The village was renovated in 2003. During the renovations a house was found to be entirely in its original state. This ‘Museumwoning ’ (museum residence) is located at Meteorenweg 174 and transports visitors 70 years back in time."}
{"text":"Evaluating the use of learning objects in Australian and New Zealand schools\nSchibeci, R., Lake, D., Phillips, R., Lowe, K., Cummings, R. and Miller, E. (2008) Evaluating the use of learning objects in Australian and New Zealand schools. Computers & Education, 50 (1). pp. 271-283.\n*Subscription may be required\nThe Le@rning Federation, an agency funded by Australian and New Zealand governments, initiated a Field Review project as the start of a long-term research study to evaluate the impact, application and effectiveness of the online digital content developed according to the learning object model. In terms of content, the pilot Field Review found that many learning objects provided stimulating and diverse learning experiences for students. It is one of the potential strengths of learning objects that they are able to provide new geographical experiences and simulate dangerous or expensive learning activities at low relative cost.\n|Publication Type:||Journal Article|\n|Murdoch Affiliation:||Teaching and Learning Centre|\nSchool of Education\n|Copyright:||2006 Elsevier Ltd|\n|Item Control Page|"}
{"text":"The colon (large intestine) is one of the major parts of the digestive system that helps absorb water and minerals and eliminate waste. Healthy bacteria in the colon help in the digestive process and serve important functions such as protecting the body from harmful microorganisms, processing remaining food particles and maintaining proper pH balance.\nA healthy colon is essential to an efficiently working digestive system and overall good health. When the colon is not functioning as it should, the stool can become too hard and constipation may result. Constipation can leave you feeling uncomfortable and bloated. It can also cause anal fissures and hemorrhoids. On the contrary, if water isn’t absorbed in the colon, diarrhea can develop. Diarrhea can lead to a loss of electrolytes, such as sodium, magnesium, and potassium. An imbalance in electrolytes can cause problems, such as dehydration, irregular heartbeats, muscle weakness and much more….\nCleansing the colon can do a world of good to the body. A healthy diet combined with the right supplements can provide a gentle colon cleanse, maintain regularity and prevent constipation, help detox and rejuvenate and hence promote overall health."}
{"text":"This term is sometimes applied to the practice of growing plants in soil-filled barrels with holes made in their sides. In the holes, and in the exposed soil at the top of the barrel, too, suitable plants are set. All, or some of the ones used, are trailers, which ensure that the sides of the barrel will be well clothed with foliage.\nThe holes are usually 2-4 in. in diameter, are spaced 12 in. or so apart, and are located regularly or irregularly along the sides of the barrel. After the holes have been drilled, the barrel is set on end; 6 in. of broken brick or other drainage material is placed in its bottom and is covered with straw or grass sods turned upside down. The barrel is then filled with a rich, porous soil mixture. A satisfactory one consists of equal parts rich loam, coarse sand, and leaf mold, peat moss or humus with coarse bone meal added at the rate of a pint to each bushel. The plants are set in place as the filling of the barrel with soil proceeds. To provide a means for watering, and added assurance of drainage, a 6-in. perforated pipe is inserted through the center and is filled with sand.\nStrawberries are a favorite crop for growing in barrels; but many rock garden plants and plants of a succulent nature offer other possibilities for growing in this way. Among the succulents are Sedums, Echeverias, Sempervivums and others; among the rock garden plants, Thymes, Arabis, Potentillas, Helianthemums, and Veronicas.\nEspecially made earthenware pots or barrels, with openings (pockets) in their sides for planting, are sold and are highly decorative when appropriately planted. They represent a variation of the wooden barrel with holes drilled in its side that is described above; they may be planted in the same manner."}
{"text":"There are many reasons to grow your vegetables, including health benefits, better flavor, and environmental protection. The health benefits are exponential with the combination of nutrients, sunshine, and exercise gained through vegetable gardening.\nStudies show that those who garden are more likely to eat more vegetables. Vegetables are a good source of essential nutrients such as calcium, vitamin A, potassium, and fiber for example. As you work outside in the sunshine, you are aiding your body in the production of vitamin D."}
{"text":"Ho*mol\"o*gous (?), a. [Gr. assenting, agreeing; the same + speech, discourse, proportion, to say, speak.]\nHaving the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure\nCorresponding in relative position and proportion.\nIn similar polygons, the corresponding sides, angles, diagonals, etc., are homologous.\nDavies & Peck (Math. Dict. ).\nHaving the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion..\nCharacterized by homology; belonging to the same type or series; corresponding in composition and properties. See Homology, 3.\nBeing of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are homologous that correspond in their structural relations, that is, in their relations to the type structure of the fore limb in vertebrates.\nHomologous stimulus. Physiol. See under Stimulus.\n© Webster 1913."}
{"text":"What is Advocacy\nAdvocacy is about Speaking Out, Getting Heard and Knowing Your Rights.\nThe advocacy team are not part of social services. We work for you and no one else. We won’t judge what is good or bad for you like other professionals might – we will just stand up for what you want.\nHow can Advocacy help you?\n- Advocates can help you pass on your wishes and feelings to people who make decisions about your care.\n- We help you speak out about issues that are important to you and let you know your rights.\n- We can help you at meetings and reviews.\n- If you are unhappy about a decision that has been made about your care we can help you make a complaint.\nWho we work with\nChildren and Young people who are:\n- Aged 5-21 in care or a care leaver\n- Going to a Family Group Conference or Child Protection Conference\n- Have a disability and receiving shared care\n- Young parents under 18\n- Young unaccompanied asylum seekers\nAdvocacy is about Safeguarding\nAdvocates will believe what you tell them, and take action to make sure that you are safe. We can help you if you go missing from home or care, or if you are worried about how other people are treating you. You have the right to be safe from abuse, bullying, violence and threats."}
{"text":"Cascading Style Sheet(CSS) is used to set the style in web pages that contain HTML elements. It sets the background color, font size, font family, color, … etc properties of elements on a web page.\nThere are three types of CSS which are given below:\n- Inline CSS\n- Internal or Embedded CSS\n- External CSS\nInline CSS contains the CSS property in the body section attached with an element known as inline CSS. This kind of style is specified within an HTML tag using the style attribute.\nInternal or Embedded CSS\nThis can be used when a single HTML document must be styled uniquely. The CSS rule set should be within the HTML file in the head section i.e the CSS is embedded within the HTML file.\nExternal CSS contains a separate CSS file that contains only style property with the help of tag attributes (For example class, id, heading, … etc). CSS property is written in a separate file with a .css extension and should be linked to the HTML document using a link tag. This means that for each element, style can be set only once and that will be applied across web pages.\nExample: The file given below contains CSS property. This file is saved with the .css extension. For Ex: style.css\nBelow is the HTML file that is making use of the created external style sheet\n- link tag is used to link the external style sheet with the Html webpage.\n- href attribute is used to specify the location of the external style sheet file.\nTypes of CSS (cascading style sheet). GeeksforGeeks. (2022, June 30). Retrieved September 1, 2022, from https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/types-of-css-cascading-style-sheet/#:~:text=There%20are%20three%20types%20of%20CSS%20which%20are,2%20Internal%20or%20Embedded%20CSS%203%20External%20CSS"}
{"text":"TREATING A SPRAIN\nSprains and minor injuries are an annoying — and painful — part of life. Doing warm-ups and stretches can help prevent these injuries, but since sprains are one of the most common physical injuries, everyone will still get a sprain every now and then. Luckily, the recipe for treating a minor sprain is simple. You can use the acronym RICE to remember what to do:\n- Rest: Don’t use your injured body part more than you need to until you feel better.\n- Ice: Put ice on a sprain or injury to reduce the swelling and numb the pain naturally.\n- Compression: Put pressure on the injury to limit the amount of swelling.\n- Elevation: Position the injured body part above the rest of your body. This also prevents swelling.\nSprains and other small injuries should improve within 24-72 hours. If you’re still dealing with swelling or lots of pain after that period, you should speak with a doctor.\n- What are some things you currently do to prevent sprains and other minor injuries on the job?\n- What is your go-to solution when you have a sprain or other minor injury? Is it a healthy solution that helps you heal, or do you just try to numb the pain?"}
{"text":"Mine drainage and underground water samples were collected for analysis of inorganic solutes as part of a 1-year, hydrogeologic investigation of the Standard Mine and vicinity. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has listed the Standard Mine in the Elk Creek drainage near Crested Butte, Colorado, as a Superfund Site because discharge from the Standard Mine enters Elk Creek, contributing dissolved and suspended loads of zinc, cadmium, copper, and other metals to Coal Creek, which is the primary drinking-water supply for the town of Crested Butte.\nWater analyses are reported for mine-effluent samples from Levels 1 and 5 of the Standard Mine, underground samples from Levels 3 and 5 of the Standard Mine, mine effluent from an adit located on the Elk Lode, and two spring samples that emerged from waste-rock material below Level 5 of the Standard Mine and the adit located on the Elk Lode. Reported analyses include field parameters (pH, specific conductance, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, and redox potential) and major constituents and trace elements.\nAdditional publication details\nUSGS Numbered Series\nSelected Water-Quality Data for the Standard Mine, Gunnison County, Colorado, 2006-2007"}
{"text":"Novelist Franz Kafka (maybe a little nuts himself) explained the relationship between tree nuts and good health better than anyone: \"God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.\" That part is up to you, and boy, is it worth the effort!\nEating nuts regularly can help cool bodywide inflammation, reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome (a heart-risky precursor to type 2 diabetes), lower blood pressure, reduce heart attack risk by 30 percent to 50 percent, shrink your waist (more than 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women means you're obese), aid digestion and protect your brain. Eating 2 to 4 ounces of nuts a day may lower total cholesterol by up to 21 percent and LDL by up to 29 percent.\nSo here's our scoop on nuts. And remember, substitute nuts for unhealthy carbs and fats in your diet: Don't add them to what you already eat.\n- Almonds, 1 ounce equals 23 nuts; 160 calories; 6 g protein; 14 g fat (1 g saturated); more calcium than any other nut, vitamin E, riboflavin, magnesium and manganese.\n- Hazelnuts, 1 ounce equals 21 nuts; 176 calories; 4 g protein; 17 g fat (1 g saturated); a good source of vitamin E, copper and manganese.\n- Pecans, 1 ounce equals 19 halves; 195 calories; 3 g protein; 20 g fat (2 g saturated); a good source of manganese.\n- Pistachios, 1 ounce equals 49 nuts; 160 calories; 6 g protein; 14 g fat (2 g saturated); and thiamin, B-6, copper and manganese.\n- Walnuts, 1 ounce equals 14 halves; 185 calories; 4 g protein; 18 g fat (2 g saturated); the most alpha-lipoic acid of any nut, and the only nut with appreciable amounts of omega-3s, plus copper and manganese.\n© King Features Syndicate"}
{"text":"Seven years after the bursting of a global credit bubble resulted in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, debt continues to grow. In fact, rather than reducing indebtedness, or deleveraging, all major economies today have higher levels of borrowing relative to GDP than they did in 2007. Global debt in these years has grown by $57 trillion, raising the ratio of debt to GDP by 17 percentage points (Exhibit 1). That poses new risks to financial stability and may undermine global economic growth.\nA new McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) report, Debt and (not much) deleveraging, examines the evolution of debt across 47 countries—22 advanced and 25 developing—and assesses the implications of higher leverage in the global economy and in specific sectors and countries. The analysis, which follows our July 2011 report Debt and deleveraging: The global credit bubble and its economic consequences and our January 2012 report Debt and deleveraging: Uneven progress on the path to growth, focuses on the debt of the “real economy”: governments, nonfinancial corporations, and households. It finds that debt-to-GDP ratios have risen in all 22 advanced economies in the sample, by more than 50 percentage points in many case. Read More."}
{"text":"The Kemp Sketch (What is this?) | Download the original typescript\nBARKER, GEORGE -- Came to Texas in 1834, as is stated in the Headright Certificate issued to him in 1838 by the Harrisburg County Board of Land Commissioners. He was a member of Captain Thomas H. McIntire’s Company at San Jacinto. He later joined Captain Peter B. Dexter’s Company which was organized on the battlefield a few days after the conflict. On February 10, 1838 he received Bounty Certificate No. 2329 for 640 acres of land for having served in the army from March 1 to September 1, 1836.\nMr. Barker probably left Texas shortly after receiving his discharge from the army. This is indicated by the fact that he did not apply for the Donation Certificate for 640 acres of land due him for having participated in the battle. Donation certificate were at that time not transferable.\nWritten by Louis W. Kemp, between 1930 and 1952. Please note that typographical and factual errors have not been corrected from the original sketches. The biographies have been scanned from the original typescripts, a process that sometimes allows for mistakes in the new text. Researchers should verify the accuracy of the texts' contents through other sources before quoting in publications. Additional information on the veteran may be available in the Herzstein Library.\n- Died in Battle: No\n- Rank: Private\n- Company: Capt. Thomas H. McIntire\n- Came to Texas: 1834\n- Bounty Certificate: 2329\n- Donation Certificate: Did not apply"}
{"text":"Photo caption: Army Band plays for Leech, a Civil War veteran and Iowa legislator, in the 1930s.\nTopics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational Areas • Science & Medicine.\nLocation. 41° 40.243′ N, 91° 20.791′ W. Marker is in West Branch, Iowa, in Cedar County. Marker can be reached from South Downey Street, on the left when traveling south. Mounted on a post in front of the Leech house. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: West Branch IA 52358, United States of America. Touch for directions.\nOther nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Varney House (here, next to this marker); C.E. Smith House (a few steps from this marker); Laban Miles House (a few steps from this marker); Garvin House (within shouting distance of this marker); A President's Rural Roots\nMore about this marker. Replaced an older marker for the Leech House (#87744)\nCredits. This page was last revised on December 15, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 15, 2020, by Connor Olson of Lemmon, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 43 times since then and 4 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 15, 2020, by Connor Olson of Lemmon, South Dakota. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page."}
{"text":"The carapace in Alona quadrangularis is highest close to the posterior end. It is a quite common littoral chydorid, which is found in all parts of Norway. The species is rare in acid waters and characterized as moderate acid sensitive.\nAlona quadrangularis is very close to A. affinis, however there are differences both in shape and morphology of the carapace. While the dorsal contour in the latter species is curved with the highest point across the middle, the carapace in A. quadrangularis is highest close to the posterior end. A. quadrangularis has three connected median headpores, while A. affinis has only two. Compared to A. affinis, A. quadrangularis also has no spinules on the basal spine of the postabdominal claw. Its colour varies from bright yellowish brown to dark reddish brown.\nFemale: Length 0.5–1.3 mm\nMale: Length 0.5–0.9 mm\nEcology and distribution\nA. quadrangularis is a littoral chydorid which occurs in about 3 % of the water bodies, and is found in all parts of Norway. It occurs randomly from sea level and up to 1379 m a.s.l. in localities of all sizes and on a wide variety of substrates. The species is rare in acid waters, and except for one record at pH<5 it has only been found in water bodies having pH between 4.6 and 7.9. The highest frequency occurs between pH 6.0 and 7.9. A. quadrangularis is most commonly found in electrolyte rich water (>2.0 mS/m).\n|Vitenskapelig navn||< 1,0||1,0 - 1,4||1,5 - 1,9||2,0 - 2,9||3,0 - 3,9||4,0 - 4,9||5,0 - 6,9||7,0 - 9,9||> 10,0|\n|Vitenskapelig navn||< 0,01||0,01 - 0,09||0,1 - 0,9||1,0 - 9,9||10,0 - 99||100 - 999||> 1000|\n|Vitenskapelig navn||< 100||100-299||300-499||500-699||700-999||>1000|\n|Vitenskapelig navn||< 4,5||4,5 - 4,9||5,0 - 5,4||5,5 - 5,9||6,0 - 6,4||6,5 - 7,0||7,0 - 7,4||> 7,5|"}
{"text":"Many of you may have heard of Earth Day but what about Astronomy Day?\nThe Carolina Skies Astronomy Club set up their telescopes this afternoon at the Town Common In Greenville to mark this low key celebration.\nAstronomy Day is a grassroots effort to bring the study of the stars to the public.\nKids of all ages took advantage of the opportunity to get a safe peek at the sun, to search for sunspots.\nBill All, President of the Astronomy Club hopes more kids will show an interest in the solar system.\nThe City of Greenville has proclaimed April 21st, Astronomy Day, although the day is determined each year based on the Saturday before the 1st Quarter Moon between the month of April and May."}
{"text":"1. The act of determining vulnerabilities in a targeted system or network. (Common examples include port scanning and open network traffic analysis.)\nSource: Cyber Threats to Elections – A Lexicon, Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center & Office of the Director of National Intelligence, https://www.dni.gov/files/CTIIC/documents/CTIIC_2018_Lexicon_without_banner_small_file_for_Post.pdf\n2. An action to discover malicious tools or vulnerabilities in a targeted system or network.\nSource: U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission, March 2020, https://subscriber.politicopro.com/f/?id=00000170-c638-d8f7-a7f1-f63b33510000"}
{"text":"The Greek letter pi (symbolized by p) is defined as the ratio of the circumference of the circle to its diameter. It is considered to be a vital element in the calculations of areas and sizes of several mathematical figures: the circle, the cube, the cone and the sphere, from which infinite practical applications have sprung. As a result, mathematicians in many civilizations (Greek, Chinese, Indian, Arabian and European) have been highly concerned with calculating p as carefully as possible. This article by Professor Moustafa Mawaldi, the Dean of the Institute for the History of Arabic Science in Aleppo, sheds light on the contribution of some mathematicians of the Islamic civilisation in refining the value of pi. The works surveyed are those of Al-Khwarizmi, Al-Biruni, Al-Quhi, and Al-Kashi.\nGlimpses in the History of A Great Number: Pi in Arabic Mathematics\nSee full gallery\nRate this article:"}
{"text":"ENRICHEnabling Research in Care Homes\nGetting to grips with care home research\nThe ‘Enabling Research in Care Home (ENRICH)’ toolkit provides information and guidance for researchers, care home staff and residents and supports research in care homes to improve the quality of life and care for all care home residents, especially those with dementia.\nWe tend to think of research as a process that takes place in laboratories, with white coats and test tubes, but research is much broader than that. It does include the very early laboratory-based work as well as experimental medicine and trials in hospitals, but it also includes research in people’s home and, increasingly, in Care Homes. Research in Care Homes has long been a Cinderella subject, but it is of major importance for dementia. Up to 80% of people in Care Homes will have memory problems, and a substantial number of patients living with dementia – perhaps as many as 300,000 – will at some point live in a Care Home.\nThere are many studies that can be delivered in a Care Home setting. Funding is on the rise for studies on issues that occur specifically in Care Homes, which allows us to explore how we can best help their residents. By thinking of research not only as solving problems for future generations, but as support for people living with dementia here and now, it becomes possible to improve quality of life and manage co-morbidities. ENRICH provides the infrastructure necessary to achieve this, by linking up a willing community of Care Homes, residents, and researchers."}
{"text":"You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.\nWrite about the following topic:\nMany people choose to work or live abroad because of the higher standards of living they can find outside their home country. Do you think this brings more advantages or disadvantages to the people who follow this path?\nWrite at least 250 words.\nIn this globalization era, people are attracted to move abroad because some country can offer them increased oportunities and higher standards of living. Although emigration make the original country loose their talent and human resource, I think this phenomenon brings more benefits than disadvantages to the individuals. This will be proven by looking at the issues of health care and education.\nFirst, in terms of healthcare system, developed countries provide better quality of health care than developing countries. So, people coming from underdeveloped countries maybe increase their longevity by moving abroad. For example, life expectancy in Japan is roughly a decade higher than that in Indonesia. Although, several factors are responsible for this disparity, the health care quality should be assumed to play vital role. Thus, as the example shows that higher standard of living can be achieved by moving in developed countries.\nSecond, better education quality and standar are another benefit by moving abroad. The central of education is in developed countries. There are many top universities which provide people with better knowledge and skills. People who graduate from top university are considered to be more competent, so they will be easly to join with big company. Eventually they will earn better salary and have better facilities . Education quality is the driver to boast their standar of life.\nIn conclusion, higher grade of health care and educational resources can improve a person’s quality of life, it has been proven more advantages than disadvantages come to people who choose to live in countries more developed than their home country.\nSubmitted by Star"}
{"text":"Today we learnt about Oracle Bones. During the Shang Dynasty, priests would carve questions into animals bones. They would use a hot poker to crack the bone. They would then use what they could see to predict the future. We created our own oracle bones using clay and created questions using the symbols/ writing that was used at the time."}
{"text":"Radar that provides continuous positional data is\ncalled a tracking radar. Most tracking radar systems\nused by the military are also called fire-control\nTrack Phase: The fire-control radar enters\ninto the track phase when the target is located.\nThe radar system locks onto the target during\nradars, the two names being interchangeable. A fire-\nTypical fire-control radar characteristics include\ncontrol tracking radar system usually produces a very\nhigh pulse-repetition frequency, a very narrow pulse-\nnarrow, circular beam.\nwidth, and a very narrow beamwidth. A typical fire-\ncontrol antenna is shown in figure 1-6.\nThe three sequential phases of radar operation\n(designation, acquisition, and track) are often referred\nto as modes and are common to the target-processing\nsequence of most fire-control radars.\nDesignation Phase: The fire-control radar\nmust be directed to the general location of the\ntarget due to the radars narrow beamwidth.\nAcquisition Phase: The fire-control radar\nswitches to the acquisition phase of operation\nonce the radar is in the general vicinity of the\ntarget. During this phase, the radar system\nsearches in the designated area in a predeter-\nmined search pattern until the target is located"}
{"text":"Extinct. The last reliable records of Monachus tropicalis are of a small colony at Seranilla Bank in 1952. An aerial survey in 1973, conducted by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, found extensive fishing activity throughout the former range of this seal. A later cruise through the Gulf of Mexico and around the Yucatan Peninsula failed to find any M. tropicalis in the area.\n| The Caribbean Monk Seal is almost certainly extinct. People ocasionally report seeing \"a seal-like animal\" in Caribbean waters, leading to some hope that a small population survives, but there is as yet no scientific proof of this. The seals were valued for their meat and blubber (for oil) from 1495, when Columbus's sailers killed eight of them, until 1952, the last confirmed sighting. Their main predators, other than humans, were sharks.\nMonk seals got their common name because their grayish or brownish coats reminded people of monks' habits. They are earless seals, with only a wrinkle of skin indicating the ear's location, but they can hear. They propel themselves in water with their large hind flippers, but can not bring them up under the body and use them to move on land the way sea lions and other eared seals can. Monk seal pups are born with shiny black fur. The female stays with her pup for more than a month, and fasts, while it is nursing. She gives it daily swimming lessons. Then she returns to the sea and the pup is on its own.\nTotal Length: 2-2.4 m\nGray, J. E., 1850. Catalogue of the specimens of mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. Part 2(Seals). British Museum (Natural History), London. p. 28.\nMammal Species of the World"}
{"text":"|(a) The School Library Programs: Standards and Guidelines for Texas, which are available at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/index.html, are adopted by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. The Standards and Guidelines are based on the work and recommendations of an advisory committee formed to review and update the current Standards and Guidelines. (b) The School Library Programs: Standards and Guidelines for Texas are applicable to local Texas school districts (Independent, consolidated, common, or municipal districts and charter schools accredited by the Texas Education Agency as provided by TEC Chapter 11 Subchapter D, Chapter 39). (c) The School Library Programs: Standards and Guidelines for Texas, describe six components for school library programs: Learner-Centered Teaching and Learning, Learner-Centered Program Leadership and Management, Learner-Centered Technology and Information Access, Learner-Centered Library Environment, Learner-Centered Connections to Community, and Learner-Centered Information Science and Librarianship. The Standards and Guidelines describe four levels of achievement, below standard, acceptable, recognized, and exemplary, for the goals within each component."}
{"text":"If you are confused or just want a deeper understanding of MLA citation, check the videos below.\nCitation: Why Multiple Styles? – get behind the “why” we cite and “why” this style for humanites disciplines\nMLA Style: In-Text Citations (8th Ed., 2016) – basic in-text citing\nSidenote: For your cited commentary, we read/viewed both print sources and video sources. If the way the piece was published is video (not print), you’ll need to in-text cite using timestamp information instead of page numbers. See below:\nTime-based media sources\nWhen creating in-text citations for media that has a runtime, such as a movie or podcast, include the range of hours, minutes and seconds you plan to reference. For example: (00:02:15-00:02:35). (Purdue OWL MLA Style and Formatting Guide)\nMLA Style: List of Works Cited (8th Ed., 2016) – works cited details (we’ll look at this next week)"}
{"text":"Fireworks have delighted people all over the planet for centuries. And for that long they have also impacted the environment:\nInjuring and killing people and non-human animals in accidents.\nProducing smoke and dust containing metal particles and toxic chemicals that pollute not just the air, but also soils and water.\nFrightening wildlife, domestic animals, and also people.\nContributing to the destruction of ecosystems through the extraction of the minerals that are needed to manufacture them.\nAnd now, creating plastic litter that is nearly impossible to remove.\nAll that impact for just a few minutes of human fun. It’s time we find more respectful ways to celebrate our traditions.\nSo, what can you do?\nDon’t attend fireworks displays – create your own alternative ways to celebrate.\nWrite a letter to the editor of your local newspaper explaining why fireworks are a bad idea.\nWork with your local or state government to get a ban on fireworks.\nSpread the word about the awful unintended consequences of fireworks."}
{"text":"I found this furry thing on my iron fence above some creeping fig and confederate jasmine. On top, he looks pretty handsome. On the bottom, he looks like a grub, with a white sectioned body, many legs, and a darkish mouth at one end.\nWe live in New Orleans, LA.\nAre these poisonous? OK? for dogs?\nYou have a Puss caterpillar or the larva of the Southern flannel moth.There are multiple generations of this moth in the south where you live. They are found in woodland areas and feed on a wide range of woody plants including apple, almond,birch,elm,hackbery ,oak,orange, pecan,persimmon, scycamore, and rose.\nThis caterpillar can sting with its venomous hairs. It is said that the sting starts a couple of minutes after contact from the spines on the side of the caterpillar. Pain and itchy burning occurs followed by the spot turning red and in a few more minutes small blisters appear. The blisters last several minutes with the itching lasting several hours and the reddness lasts a day or more. People sensitive to insect stings should seek medical attention.\nTo reduce pain and irritation use tape to pull out some of the broken spines in the sting area. Washing the area thoroughly with soap and water and as some suggest, poultices of potato or ginger root may help remove some of the irritating venom. Prompt application of an ice pack or baking soda may help to reduce pain and prevent swelling. Antihistaminic drugs, used for other insect stings, are reportedly ineffective.\nSo far I have not found any information on pets being stung or what to do if they are stung by this caterpillar. Best move the caterpillar(with a stick or container) to a place where the dog can not get to it.\nPlease be careful."}
{"text":"We have been learning about the Long E sound, and we have been learning about Honey Bees. My students had so much fun learning about bees. Firsties never fail to amaze me! They loved telling me all about bees. So, first they met Aimee at the beginning of the week. She told them all about her favorite things which all have long e sounds in them. Then, we read our story for the week.\nAfter learning all about the different types of bees, they created their own charts which told about the jobs of the bees. I thought these were really Bee-utiful!\nAfter that, we had some station activities that included sorting the Bees which had Long e words on them, writing sentences about Aimee the Bee and her favorite things, a venn diagram where we compare and contrast two types of bees, and a writing assignment where they wrote a summary of the information they had learned (example above- which is my daughter's work.) Learning about Bees was so much fun!"}
{"text":"It took no notice of earlier native settlements, and cut through pre-existing tribal boundaries.\nUnlike its stone-built southern neighbour, Hadrian’s Wall, the rampart of the Antonine Wall was constructed mostly out of layers of turf and reached a height of 3 m. Not just a wall, the defences also included a huge ditch, nearly 5 m deep in places, which ran to the north of the Wall and an outer mound constructed from the earth thrown out of the ditch. Seventeen forts plus additional ‘fortlets’ accommodated the 6,000-7,000 men stationed along the Wall. The military way, a service road built to the south of the Wall was another important element, enabling troops to move swiftly along its course, bearing supplies, commands and news.\nThe Wall was entirely built by members of the three Roman legions stationed in Scotland, a labour force of around 7,000 men. During construction, the soldiers lived in leather tents or wooden huts situated inside temporary camps which were enclosed by light defences.\nLeather tent fragment. © Hunterian Museum\nThe surveyors, engineers, masons, joiners and labourers within their ranks marked out the route, built foundations, shaped stones, cut and lifted turfs, gathered timber – and triumphantly recorded their completion of each section of the Wall with commemorative distance slabs."}
{"text":"For Brain Awareness Events, students, postdocs, and technicians affiliated with the Neuroscience Programs at Weill Cornell Medical College and Rockefeller University visit New York City public elementary schools to teach students about the brain.\nAfter a brief introduction about the parts of the brain, students are divided into small groups and rotated among five stations where topics discussed included: Learning and memory, vision, taste, touch, and motor control. At each station, students are encouraged to ask questions and touch interactive displays (e.g., plastic skulls, neuron models, and plaster cat and rabbit brain molds) to get a better understanding of the lesson.\nSimilarly, students participate in object recognition tasks to understand short and long-term memory. At the end of the session, students take home pencils, “brain” erasers and handouts as reminders of the brain’s importance in our everyday lives.\nEach year, the topics change and we look forward to upcoming sessions. Dr. Teresa Milner,PhD (BMRI) has played an important role in organizing and realizing the participation of the BMRI in Brain Awareness Events in New York City."}
{"text":"One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.\n- short for superheterodyne\n- ‘All simple direct conversion receiver designs suffer from degraded selectivity performance and are more subject to overload by contrasted to even modest superhet designs.’\n- ‘This circuit evolved from the desire to have transceiver operation when using my homebrew superhet receivers.’\n- ‘Early superhets used frequencies of around 100kHz whilst later sets used around 465kHz. There was one major disadvantage however.’\n- ‘There were four superhets and three cheaper T.R.F. receivers.’\n- ‘A few tried to skirt these laws, but the vast majority of superhets were built from scratch or from kits with additional parts.’\n- ‘The typical approach both SDRs and superhets have to solve this problem is to make the receiver more deaf.’\n- ‘Most of these ‘Two Transistor’ jobs were not superhets at all even though they used similar components.’\n- ‘In the superhet or superheterodyne radio, the received signal enters one input of the mixed.’\n- ‘From the late Fifties through the mid-Sixties their beginner's superhet was called the SimpleX Super, a 3-tube affair designed to cover just the 80M and 40M amateur bands.’\n- ‘Previously, I had built the Lindsay superhet, which was a tremendous learning experience.’\n- ‘This was one of the first commercially produced British superhets and was several years ahead of its time.’\n- ‘As part of the marketing effort they issued a circuit for a 2 waveband superhet using 6K8,6K7,6Q7 and a 6V6 valve with the HT derived from a metal rectifier.’\nTop tips for CV writingRead more\nIn this article we explore how to impress employers with a spot-on CV."}
{"text":"KIDS : Handbuilding Projects Saturdays, 1 1/2 hrs\nChildren will learn and develop a set of handbuilding skills over the course of six weeks, including tile making, coil building, slab construction through constructing different fun forms. They will also learn to decorate their pots using underglazes.\nIn the first four classes students will complete one project per class. The last two classes will allow students to add color to their projects with a variety of underglazes. Pieces may be picked up the week following the last class.\nClasses are held Saturdays from 10-11:30 am. Please note, these class sessions have set dates:\n- January 5- February 9\n- early spring : 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30, 4/06\n- late spring : 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1, 6/8\nKids must be 6 and older. Parents who participate in the class with their children must also register as participants.\nTaught by Cole Norton."}
{"text":"These educational resources are intended to spark scientific curiosity, improve genomic literacy and foster engagement among learners.\nFact sheets explaining complex concepts in genomics research to a non-scientific audience.\nNHGRI offers infographics to tell stories related to genomics using data visualizations.\nNHGRI offers timelines to provide historical perspective on various genomics-related topics.\n250 common genetic terms pronounced and explained in an easy-to-understand way by leading scientists and professionals\nTeaching tools to present the foundations of genomics to students and help them understand the impact of genomics in their lives.\nNHGRI educates students, teachers and the public about genomics through outreach events and hands-on activities.\nEssential genomics competencies, practice guidelines, and curricular resources for a variety of health professions.\nAn exhibition that examines the complexities of the genome - the complete set of genetic or hereditary material of a living organism - and chronicles the remarkable breakthroughs that have taken place since the completion of the Human Genome Project.\nGenomeEd is a free repository of high-quality genomics educational resources for group instruction or self-directed learning by healthcare professionals and educators.\nLast updated: February 28, 2023"}
{"text":"Activity for The Guide: A Biologist in Gorongosa\nThis activity explores conservation biology topics presented in the short film The Guide: A Biologist in Gorongosa. This film tells the story of Tonga Torcida, a young man who discovers his passion for science in the newly revitalized Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique.\nGrowing up near Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, Tonga Torcida dreamed of becoming a tour guide at the park. But when he meets ant biologist E. O. Wilson, his views of the world around him, and of his future, change drastically. Tonga decides to pursue a career in science and work to ensure that the park is enjoyed by future generations. The film weaves themes in conservation biology and environmental science, the value of scientific mentorship, and the social and economic realities of wilderness restoration. The “Student Handout” probes students’ understanding of the key concepts addressed in the film. The “Educator Materials” document provides suggested pause points in the film with questions for students, background information, and detailed discussion points; a list of related resources and references; and an answer key for the “Student Handout.”\nStudent Learning Targets\nExplain the importance of protected areas for conserving wildlife.\nInterpret data to explain how human activity has affected Gorongosa National Park.\nAfrica, bioblitz, biodiversity, careers in science, conservation, wildlife\nThe resource is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. No rights are granted to use HHMI’s or BioInteractive’s names or logos independent from this Resource or in any derivative works.\nHS-LS2-6, HS-LS2-7, HS-LS4-5, HS-ESS3-4; SEP6\nENE-4.B, SYI-1.H, SYI-3.G; SP2, SP4\n3.1, 3.3, 3.4"}
{"text":"Sondrio is located in the northern part of Lombardy, in the centre of Valtellina, with high mountains in the background, reaching4050 m a.s.l. with Pizzo Bernina.\nIts name came from the Lombard term Sundrium, which was used for a land cultivated directly by the landlord and his subjects. On these lands are now cultivated with vineyards and the most famous are Sassella and Grumello. Wine represents one of the main resources of this region together with winter andd summer tourism.\nThe area was inhabited in ancient times by the Ligurians who were followed from the 5th century BC by the Celts; the Romans established a camp here, but the town was founded by the Lombards. In 1040 it was given as a fiefdom to the De Capitanei family from Vizzola. In the 14th century Sondrio was disputed between Como and Milan, and finally in 1335 became part of the Visconti dominions.\nFrom the latter half of the 16th century to the 18th century Sondrio was governed by the Three Gray Leagues of the Grisons and was the capital city of Valtellina. At the time of the Reformation, there were bloody struggles between the Catholic Valtellinesi and the Protestant Grisons."}
{"text":"Where Do Mammals Live? Eurasia\nSeparated long ago from the mainland, the islands of Southeast Asia have shaped their mammal inhabitants in many distinctive ways. On islands, where resources are fewer, large mammals often become smaller. The diversity of species declines, and all species are more prone to extinction. Select a mammal."}
{"text":"I found this article very interesting. Is it too early to know what the results really are? Wonder what kindergartner TEACHERS think and see. These days, anyone can find an expert to support their point of view.\nThe Common Core State Standards call for kindergartners to learn how to read, but a new report by early childhood experts says that forcing some kids to read before they are ready could be harmful.\nTwo organizations that advocate for early childhood education — Defending the Early Years and Alliance for Childhood — issued the report titled “Reading in Kindergarten: Little to Gain and Much to Lose.” It says there is no evidence to support a widespread belief in the United States that children must read in prekindergarten or kindergarten to become strong readers and achieve academic success.\nThe authors — Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Geralyn Bywater McLaughlin and Joan Wolfsheimer Almon — found that:\n- Many children are not developmentally ready to read in kindergarten, yet the Common Core State Standards require them to do just that. This is leading to inappropriate classroom practices. [read]"}
{"text":"Christ’s ministry began inside the fold—Christ’s sheep were already WITHIN the fold, prepared and made ready by John the Baptist. The shepherd entered the sheepfold to lead them OUT (e.g. Judaism) (v. 3).\nWhen someone will not be honest with you or won’t tell you the whole truth about their situation, they are usually hiding something. As long as that thing remains hidden, you’ll not be able to help them.\nScripture Reading Proverbs 11:3, 5 Lesson 6: The Wisdom of a Good Reputation Godly wisdom and self-discipline help us to be distinctive in the world. God wants his children to cultivate a reputation for being godly (1 Peter 2:11-15). He also cares about our character. His plan for us does not include hypocrisy; He wants […]\nScripture Reading Proverbs 3:11, 12 Lesson 5: The Wisdom of Godly Discipline Neither psychology nor sociology furnishes the most effective model for discipline. As in every instance of wise living, the model is God (Prov. 3:11, 12). He disciplines His children, using the right balance of righteousness and love, holiness and grace. Further, His model […]"}
{"text":"This 85-page report on Braille Teaching and Literacy was prepared for the European Blind Union and the European Commission. The introduction states:\n“This report discusses findings from a two year project that ran between 2016 and 2017 and investigated the situation in Braille teaching and literacy in nine European countries. The project was led by the Danish Association of the Blind for the European Blind Union and involved Braille users working with the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI), service providers and others with an interest in supporting the use of Braille.\n“Work focussed on opportunities that children and young people have to learn Braille and to become proficient in its use. Examples of good practice were highlighted, as well as barriers and issues to further development.”\nThe goals of the project are:\nTo map out existing good practices for efficient and high quality braille training.\nTo identify how a catalogue of good practice approaches can be developed on how to make blind and severely partially sighted children and young people proficient braille readers, writers and/or users.\nTo promote the availability of braille in all relevant situations and environments in society including the educational sector and to enhance accessibility through the presence of labelling, signage, etc."}
{"text":"Hannah is researching limonoid biosynthesis in the Meliaceae family.\nLimonoids are a class of plant natural product with a long history of human-use as crop-protection agents. Certain limonoids also have reported pharmaceutical properties.\nExtensive modifications and ring rearrangements make limonoids distinct from other triterpenes and interesting from a biosynthetic perspective. The complex structure of limonoids has made their chemical synthesis challenging and therefore their use is currently limited to what can be extracted from plant material.\nThe aim of Hannah’s work is to address this by uncovering how plants make limonoids, which could enable future metabolic engineering of limonoids for human use.\nHodgson H., De La Pena R., Stephenson M. J., Thimmappa R., Vincent J. L., Sattely E., Osbourn A. (2019)Identification of key enzymes responsible for protolimonoid biosynthesis in plants: Opening the door to azadirachtin production.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of AmericaPublisher's version: 0027-8424"}
{"text":"Infants’ expectations of the world around them have been extensively assessed through the violation of expectation paradigm and related habituation tasks. Typically, in these tasks, longer looking to impossible events following familiarisation with possible equivalents is taken to reflect surprise at their occurrence, thus revealing infants’ knowledge. In this study, the role of learning during the task itself is explored by switching the archetypal approach on its head and familiarising infants to impossible events. In a partial replication of Jackson and Sirois (2009), nine-month-old infants were presented with short video clips of toy trains moving around a circular track. A tunnel over a short section of the track meant trains were briefly occluded as they completed a circuit. In impossible versions of events, the train switched colours while occluded by the tunnel. Both looking times and pupil dilation were used as dependent measures. Using a factorial design in which perceptual (novelty-familiarity) and conceptual (possible-impossible) variables were independently and jointly analysed, we show that infants showed greater responding to possible events than to impossible events following familiarisation. Pupil dilation data successfully allowed for more precise interpretation of infants’ perception of events than could have been achieved through looking times alone. These findings suggest a central role for learning in violation of expectation tasks, and also further support the use of pupil dilation as a dependent measure in infancy work."}
{"text":"While anxiety symptoms vary from person to person, in general the body reacts in a very specific way to anxiety. When you feel anxious, your body goes on high alert, looking for possible danger and activating your fight or flight responses. As a result, some common symptoms of anxiety include:\n- nervousness, restlessness, or being tense\n- feelings of danger, panic, or dread\n- rapid heartbeat and rapid breathing\n- difficulty focusing or thinking clearly about anything other than the thing you’re worried about\n- gastrointestinal problems\nFortunately, anxiety is treatable. Schedule now to start taking back the peace anxiety has stolen."}
{"text":"Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, grade 2 english pdf determine their central message, lesson, or moral. Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.\nAcknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud. Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. Fun second grade worksheets in the areas of language arts, science, history, reading, and more for you to print and enjoy with your child or students. Free Second Grade Worksheets in English, Science, History, and more. This is where you will find the newest worksheet additions to the site. Preschool color, math, letter, and basic skills worksheets.\nKindergarten math, language arts, and science, and basic skills worksheets. First grade worksheets including language arts, math, science, and more. Second grade English, history, and math worksheets. Free third grade worksheets to help your child or students improve their math and English skills."}
{"text":"John and William Dent, wealthy glovemakers from Worcester bought the castle from the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, having already purchased the rest of the estate from Lord Rivers in 1830.\nWith their architect, Harvey Eginton of Worcester, the Dents had completed the restoration of the Elizabethan ranges of the outer courtyard and a large part of the building was then habitable.\nThe Strawberry Hill Sale – at which the Dents acquired some of the valuable Tudor treasures which help to furnish Sudeley Castle today.\nThe Victorian architect George Gilbert Scott employed to restore the Sudeley Chapel – completed and re-dedicated in 1863 – also to build the Stable block.\nSudeley Castle was inherited by the Dent’s nephew John Coucher Dent who had married Emma Brocklehurst, daughter of John Brocklehurst, one of Macclesfield’s first MPs and head of the family’s successful silk milling business.\n1865 and 1867\nAlmshouses and a School in Winchcombe, designed by George Gilbert Scott, were built with legacies from the Dent family.\nEmma Dent’s Book the ‘Annals of Winchcombe and Sudeley’ was published by John Murray.\nEmma Dent was an intelligent, cultured and industrious Victorian lady who cared deeply for the Sudeley Castle estate and neighbouring Winchcombe. Following her husband’s death in 1885 much of her energy was devoted to their improvement and continuing welfare.\nTo celebrate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, Emma Dent provided Winchcombe with the town’s first piped water supply.\nEmma Dent completed the building works at Sudeley Castle which included the North and West Lodges, the Jubilee addition to the Western range, the North Tower and the new main entrance from Winchcombe. These were carried out with J Drayton Wyatt, George Gilbert Scott’s assistant."}
{"text":"St. Kateri has been accorded the title of the patroness of the environment and ecology and is dear to the hearts of many Native Americans. She was born in upstate New York, near Auriesville. Both of her parents were Native Americans. Her father was a Mohawk chief and her mother an Algonquin, who was raised Catholic.\nIn her lifetime Kateri was frequently afflicted with illness and became partially blind. In order for her to walk, she groped her way around as she walked. She was then named, Tekakwitha which literally means, “One who walks groping for her way.”\nSt. Kateri was baptized when she was 20 years old after being catechized by Father de Lambertville S.J. After her baptism, Kateri was considered an outcast by her tribal community. Living on her own, she professed a vow of perpetual virginity. Poor health and the effects of small pox led to her death in 1680 at the age of 24.\nIn 1943 Kateri was declared venerable and then in 1980 she was declared blessed by Pope John Paul II. She was canonized by Pope Benedict on October 21, 2012. She is the first Native American to be canonized and was the patroness of the 2002 World Youth Day."}
{"text":"I am delighted to report that within a day of the first view of Luna 21 and Lunokhod 2 since the end of that mission in 1973, the sister mission, Luna 17 and Lunokhod 1, has also been found -- and this time by Russian scientists. They discovered the location of the lander and rover in Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter image M114185541RC.\nAgain, it was Sasha Basilevsky who let me know of this by email. He said that his colleague Albert Abdrakhimov was the one who located the lander and rover, and made various checks (comparing the image to earlier maps and also to the rover's panoramic views of its landing site) that convinced Sasha and others that, indeed, this was Luna 17 and Lunokhod 1.\nHere's the orbital view:\nAlbert Abdrakhimov; base image by NASA / GSFC / Arizona State University; original Lunokhod map by Peredvizhnaya et al.NASA / GSFC / ASU /\nLunokhod 1's path as seen from LROC\nA portion of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photo M114185541RC, with a 1978 map of the Lunokod 1 traverse superimposed. The identification of Luna 17, Lunokhod 1, and the rover's tracks was made based on analysis of the Lunokhod navigation records and TV camera panoramas.\nUnfortunately, I don't currently have a version of this image without the annotation. I did download the relevant LROC image, all 500 MB of it, but I have so far been unable to find a way to open and process full-resolution LROC images in all their 16-bit glory. I'm working on it!\nHere are a couple of zooms onto the lander and rover:\nNASA / GSFC / ASU / Laboratory for Comparative Planetology\nLuna 17 on the Moon\nLuna 17 sits on the surface of the Moon as seen in a photo taken from orbit by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter on November 30, 2009. The approximate coordinates of the lander are 38.2473 N, 325.002 E. Resolution of the full-size image is 0.514 meters per pixel.\nI'm sure I'll have more to post on this in the next day or so!"}
{"text":"In the latest post of our Geeks Who Changed the Internet series, we pay tribute to the man who opened the doors for Stuxnet.\nAs a student at Cornell University in the 1980s, Robert Tappan-Morris created the first computer worm. This paved the way, not only for massively-disruptive and highly-specialised security threats like the Stuxnet worm of 2010, but also the necessity and creation of cyber security centres.\nThe ‘Morris Worm’ was released into the ARPAnet in 1988 disrupting around 10% of the computers on the internet at the time. The backlash from the worm prompted the launch of one of the major centres for internet security problems, CERT Coordination Centre.\nDespite the massive disruption caused – loss in productivity and removal costs are estimated at $200 – $53,000 per system – Morris’s original intention was simply to gauge the size of the internet.\nHe designed the worm to reach as many computers as possible; the worm was programmed to check each computer it found to establish whether the infection was already present. Morris believed that administrators would try to defeat his worm by instructing the computer to report a false positive so directed the worm to copy itself anyway, 14% of the time.\nThis proved to have the opposite effect and created system loads that brought it to the attention of system administrators and disrupted the target computers. The estimated cost of ‘loss in productivity’ caused by the worm and efforts to remove it, stood at between $200 to more than $53,000 per system.\nMorris was subsequently dismissed from Cornell and became the first person convicted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986.\nAs the creator of the first viable internet security threat, we think that Morris is one of the top geeks who changed the internet and the way we use it today. The worm is now one of the most prevalent cyber security risks in the world.\nDo you think Morris deserves his place in our top geeks list? Who would you pay tribute to?"}
{"text":"For hundreds of years, the land that today is Oxon Cove Park, has attracted men and women who have recognized its agricultural potential. Beginning in the early 19th century, Oxon Cove Park witnessed changing land patterns typical of the Southern Maryland region. These changes began with the Debutts family who bought the property and established the Mount Welby Plantation.\nThe Mount Welby period represents only one layer of the park's deep and diverse history. The park has been home for many generations of human habitation during the past 10,000 years--beginning with the Native American peoples who have hunted for wild game and gathered plants up until the 17th century.\nForty-eight years after the Debutts sold the property, the land was acquired by the United States Government to establish a therapeutic farm for St. Elizabeths Hospital known as Godding Croft.\nThe property was entrusted to the National Park Service in 1959 to protect its natural and cultural resources from the threat of increased urban development, and to continue to tell the story of the land and how it has changed overtime.\nLast updated: July 3, 2022"}
{"text":"The dating scene can be difficult for anyone these days, but can you imagine dating someone with a mental disorder such as schizophrenia?\nSchizophrenia and relationships\nSchizophrenia is a mental disorder that is characterized by delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thoughts, speech, and behavior.\nThe causes of schizophrenia may be a result of genetic and environmental factors. The environmental factors include: the age of a person’s parents; being raised in a city; cannabis use during adolescence; certain infections; and poor nutrition during pregnancy.\nSigns you’re dating a schizophrenic\nMore common in men, someone with schizophrenia may show different signs or symptoms from another person with schizophrenia. These signs may give you an idea of if your partner might be schizophrenic:\n- Changes in sleep habits and intellectual interests\n- Making irrational statements\n- Neglecting personal hygiene\n- Social withdrawal of change in social activity\n- Trouble conveying emotion\nHow does schizophrenia affect relationships?\nBeing in a relationship with a schizophrenic may mean a few things.\nFirst, as the partner or significant other of a person with schizophrenia, you may not be the main priority in your relationship. The person that treats them, such as a therapist, will most likely be the individual they seek out for advice on managing the disorder."}
{"text":"Dave Kaeli, professor of electrical and computer engineering\nKaeli is designing crowd analytics platforms to automatically identify suspicious behavior in vulnerable gathering places, such as transportation hubs and concert halls—and he is the first in this field to solve the data processing issues by employing graphics processing units.\nContinuous detection of individual threats in crowded locales requires comparisons of billions of data points, which even state-of-the-art surveillance systems cannot handle. But Kaeli’s GPUs can. Data from cameras, infrared devices, motion detectors, microphones, and even heat sensors, can be quickly processed in parallel using this technology.\nKaeli’s team has developed novel algorithms to define normal behavior in terms of these data variables. If something out of the ordinary is happening, the computer will recognize it. In turn, reasoning schema being developed by members of his team will enable the computer to decide whether the anomalous data indicate a significant—and potentially high-impact—event is about to take place."}
{"text":"YOU’VE heard of snakes on a plane, and snakes on a train, but prepare to be blown away by snakes in bananas.\nWade Park curator Bruce Cousins discovered a one metre-long woma python out the front of the ground on Monday, and snake catcher Greg Pringle said that particular breed of snake was not just rare for this area, it was virtually unheard of.\n“The woma python is native to central Australia,” Mr Pringle explained.\n“You hear about snakes being transported down in bunches of bananas every now and then to supermarkets, but that’s from north Queensland.\n“Central Australia isn’t a produce area, so this sounds to me like it was someone’s pet that got loose.”\nMr Pringle explained the woma python was harmless to humans, but could be potentially deadly to small animals.\n“They could eat a rabbit or a small cat easily,” he said.\n“This has died from the cold, they aren’t used to these temperatures. I doubt the owner will come forward, I’d say more than likely they don’t have a licence.\n“It sounds like irresponsibility or ignorance to me on the owner’s behalf. Even big snakes can escape from areas through very small holes.”\nDespite the snake being dead when he discovered it, Mr Cousins said he got more than a surprise when he first saw the reptile.\n“It was pretty alarming really,” he said.\n“I’ve never found a snake at Wade at all, let alone one that looks like that.\n“It certainly gave my mate a scare too when I put it somewhere he could find at smoko.”"}
{"text":"As mentioned in my post on the Severnaya Zemlya map i there for the first time used shape from shading techniques to improve a low quality elevation data set with the help of satellite imagery. Here a few more explanations on the matter.\nThe term shape from shading describes techniques that derive the geometry of an object from one or several shaded images of this object. Our human visual perception is to a large part based on shape from shading since stereo vision using both eyes to directly see the 3d form of an object only works at a very limited range and for far objects we rely on various indirect clues to assess the form of things we see, in particular shading. And due to many years of training our brain is extremely good at this. Still it is quite easy to confuse the brain in this matter and many optical illusions work this way.\nFor the computer shape from shading is difficult and in case of satellite images there are a number of aspects that further increase the difficulty:\n- You usually only have a single image to work with.\n- If you have multiple images they usually have the same or a very similar illumination due to the satellites’ sun synchronous orbits.\n- If you have several images with different illumination you usually have other differences between the images (like seasonal changes) that mess with any interpretation of the shading.\nAs you can see this is really quite bad and therefore shape from shading is not usually considered feasible to create relief data from scratch. It is however possible to try improving an existing relief data set using shading information from satellite images. Read what needs to be considered to do this practically and how the results look. Below a quick look: on the left the original relief rendering and on the right the improved relief data:"}
{"text":"Ages: Grades 7-12\nWhen: Two one-week camps available: June 10-14 and June 24-28, 2013\nHours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.\nDescription: The UAB Summer Music Technology Camps provide a unique opportunity for middle and high school students to learn about the tools used in today’s recording industry and in film and television production. Students will learn to use Pro Tools, Reason, Garage Band, Sibelius and more. They can record their own music, spend lots of time with the latest technology and meet other young people who have the same interests.\nCost: $325/week or $600 for both weeks.\nAfter-camp care: none"}
{"text":"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\nThis article is about the Greek name \"Δίκτυς\" in mythology. For the pretended historian of the Trojan War, see Dictys Cretensis. For the model organism soil amoeba, see Dictyostelium discoideum.\n- Dictys was a fisherman and brother of King Polydectes of Seriphos, both being the sons of Magnes and a Naiad, or of Peristhenes and Androthoe, or else of Poseidon and Cerebia. He discovered Danaë and Perseus inside a chest that had been washed up on shore (or was caught in his fishing net). He treated them well and raised Perseus as his own son. After Perseus killed Medusa, rescued Andromeda, and later showed Medusa's head to Polydectes turning him and the nobles with him to stone, he made Dictys king. Dictys and his wife (?) Clymene had an altar within a sacred precinct of Perseus in Athens.\n- Dictys, one of the sailors who tried to abduct Dionysus but was turned into a dolphin by the god.\n- Dictys, a centaur who attended Pirithous' wedding and battled against the Lapiths. Fleeing Pirithous, he slipped and fell off a cliff impaling himself on the top of an ash tree killing himself.\n- Hyginus, Fabulae, 63\n- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 1. 9. 6\n- Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 4. 1091\n- Tzetzes on Lycophron, 838\n- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 2. 4. 1 - 3\n- Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 18. 1\n- Hyginus. Fabulae, 134.\n- Ovid. Metamorphoses, 12.327.\n- Hyginus. Fabulae, 157.\n|This article relating to Greek mythology is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.|\n|This name-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.|"}
{"text":"Jump to navigation Jump to search\n- (countable) A scent is a smell.\n- The scent of fresh bread filled the house.\n- The dogs followed the scent to a hole in the ground.\n- (transitive) If sents , gives a smell.\n- The flowers scented the room.\n- He gave her a scented card.\n- (transitive) If you scent something such as danger or a story, you have a feeling that it exists.\n- When the president didn't appear, the newspapers scented a story.\n- (transitive) If an animal scents something, it smells it.\n- The deer ran when they scented the hunter."}
{"text":"Use Heterogeneous in a sentence. How to use the word Heterogeneous in a sentence? Sentence examples with the word Heterogeneous. Sentence for Heterogeneous.\nExamples of Heterogeneous in a sentence\n- Avoid heterogeneous sentences.\n- Entropy allows for heterogeneous substances to become homogeneous over time.\n- Homogeneous reactions are chemical reactions in which the reactants and products are in the same phase, while heterogeneous reactions have reactants in two or more phases.\n- It is manifestly impossible to label any system of values as typical of the peoples of a continent as heterogeneous as Africa.\n- With such a heterogeneous mass there could be no common bond, nor any general and central authority.\n- The community over which he was called to preside had consisted thus far of very heterogeneous and discordant materials.\n- Such extended and heterogeneous masses of population as those which were spread over Europe and Asia, in the days of the Romans, could be kept subject to the necessary restraints of social order only by some very powerful instrumentality.\n- To gather up these heterogeneous materials of comfort required some little time, and, in the meanwhile, the bedstead subsided.\n- Hence, an element may be homogeneous on a larger scale, compared to being heterogeneous on a smaller scale.\n- In chemistry, a heterogeneous mixture consists of either or both of a) multiple states of matter or b) hydrophilic and hydrophobic substances in one mixture; an example of the latter would be a mixture of water, octane, and silicone grease.\n- Earth is a heterogeneous substance in many aspects. e.g. rocks (geology) are inherently heterogeneous, usually occurring at the micro-scale and mini-scale.\n- In medicine and genetics, a genetic or allelic heterogeneous condition is one where the same disease or condition can be caused, or contributed to, by several factors, or in genetic terms, by varying or different genes or alleles."}
{"text":"What questions left unsolved by Gibbons v Ogden did Cooley v. Board of Wardens attempt to resolve?\n1 Answer | Add Yours\nIn these cases, the Supreme Court was ruling on the Commerce Clause and its meaning. It was ruling on the degree to which the states could make regulations that would have an impact on interstate commerce, which is the federal government’s to regulate under the Commerce Clause.\nIn Gibbons, the Court ruled that the state of New York’s grant of monopoly steamboat privileges on their waters went directly against the commerce clause. It prevented other steamship companies from carrying between New York and other states. What the Court did not decide was how much regulation the states could impose before running afoul of the Commerce Clause. To put it in modern terms, we can imagine that speed limits in different states affect interstate commerce. When driving from one state to another on the freeway, you may have to slow down. Is that a violation of the Commerce Clause?\nThe Court needed to address this. It did so in part in Cooley. In that case, it ruled that a requirement that ships hire local pilots to guide them into Philadelphia harbor did not violate the Commerce Clause. It ruled that some aspects of commerce fundamentally had to be uniform across the country while some aspects (such as piloting or speed limits) could easily be left to the states without harming commerce.\nJoin to answer this question\nJoin a community of thousands of dedicated teachers and students.Join eNotes"}
{"text":"英検の英作文にはGive three reasons to support your answerと条件が提示されており、指示通りにしなければ減点される可能性が高いですが、今回はあえてFirst, Second, Thirdといった書き方はせずに書いていこうと思います。\nDoes Japan need a stronger military capability ?\nJapan has lived at peace for 75 years by not becoming involved in international conflicts. But now, with new threats in the East Asia region, it is becoming difficult to remain uninvolved. To some degree, Japan must shoulder responsibility for its defense.\nIn Middle East conflicts, Japan has supported western military efforts financially and with support activities. But in conflicts on the Korea peninsular and in the South sea, the military threat is more direct and Japan's response readiness must be direct, also, even if this means fighting.\nBut having admitted this, Japan must never get into a position where it can easily be drawn into a war. Displaying military force does not cause an opponent to back down. As we see in Korea, the response and the threat simply become greater. Since the war, Japan has acquired skills of talking with many partner counties. To defuce a conflict, it is necessary to listen to the positions of all interested parties and find solutions agreeable to all.\nThis can not be achieved by a country which tries primarily to impress its neighbors with force of arms. In the near future, it is quite likely that Japan will be reforming its constitution, including article 9, which does not permit war as a means of defense. If this reform goes through, it will be extremely important not to change other countries' perception of Japan as fundamentally a country of peace. Even if military force is permitted, Japan's first effort must always be to talk with other countries in sincere goodwill and prevent conflicts from occurring."}
{"text":"Anthurium is a genus of about 1000 species of flowering plants,being popular foliage plants,Anthuriums are grown for their attractive flowering bracts which are popular with the cut flower trade.\nThe Anthurium plant is grown as a houseplant in cooler areas and as landscaping plants. These plants develop in bright colors and a wide variety of shapes; some are flowering varieties and some have magnificent foliage. It is one of the best houseplants to have in your home, because it tops NASA's air purifying plant's list.\nAnthurium signifies long-lasting love and friendship. It brings luck in your relationships. The Rolling Nature exotic red anthurium adds a dash of luxury to your house. Combined with the glossy high quality colored pots; it truly creates an amazing environment in your house. Anthurium’s bright blooms and shiny, deep green leaves bring color and life to cramped rooms."}
{"text":"Bark beetle-induced forest mortality in the North American Rocky Mountains\nThe epidemic of mortality by insects and disease throughout the Northern American Rocky Mountains exceeds previous records both in severity and spatial extent. Beetle attacks weaken trees and introduce blue-stain fungi that induce hydraulic failure leading to mortality. The magnitude of this outbreak spurs predictions of major changes to biogeochemical cycling and hydrologic response, changes in species assemblages, and increased wildfire risk. Review of emerging empirical studies reveals conflicting evidence of changes and limited environmental threats. However, widespread forest mortality generates net economic costs and losses by reducing or eliminating market and nonmarket value. Potential deadfall may threaten human life and infrastructure andadd costs of programs for hazard-tree reduction. Although forest regeneration following insect epidemics indicates resilient ecological systems, synergistic interactions of beetle kill with other disturbance processes, exacerbated by warming temperatures and drought may stimulate longer-term environmental concerns."}
{"text":"WASHINGTON — Scientists have found an extra charming new subatomic particle that they hope will help further explain a key force that binds matter together.\nPhysicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe announced Thursday the fleeting discovery of a long theorized but never-before-seen type of baryon.\nBaryons are subatomic particles made up of quarks. Protons and neutrons are the most common baryons. Quarks are even smaller particles that come in six types, two common types that are light and four heavier types.\nThe high-speed collisions at the world's biggest atom smasher created for a fraction of a second a baryon particle called Xi cc, said Oxford physicist Guy Wilkinson, who is part of the experiment.\nThe particle has two heavy quarks — both of a type that are called \"charm\"— and a light one. In the natural world, baryons have at most one heavy quark.\nIt might have been brief, but in particle physics it lived for \"an appreciably long time,\" he said."}
{"text":"CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The week of May 4th-10th is International Cri Du Chat awareness week, and it’s a disease many people suffer from here in western Massachusetts.\nCri du Chat Syndrome is a rare genetic condition. It occurs in approximately 1 in every 35,000 live births. According to the Cri Du Chat website, some of the most common characteristics of those living with Cri Du Chat are weak muscle tone, dislocation of the hips, impaired speech, a weak heart, scoliosis, etc.\nEvery year, there are children that are born with Cri Du Chat syndrome and due to the rarity of the syndrome and the lack of information, the website says these children can frequently slip through the cracks, and are not diagnosed, or are misdiagnosed.\nTo learn more about Cri Du Chat, or if you or someone you know is struggling with the disease, visit their website by clicking here."}
{"text":"Do you live in an area like me with winters full of snow, ice, and frigid temperatures? Then, you probably pay attention to whether or not Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow on February 2nd. Even if a groundhog can’t really predict the weather, Groundhog’s Day is still a fun time of the year to teach your students all about the weather, shadows, and hibernation. These 20 Groundhog Day Books Your Kids Will Dig will be a great addition to your Groundhog Day unit this year.\n20 Groundhog Day Books Your Kids Will Dig:\nClick on the pictures and our affiliate links below to find out more information about the books on Amazon.\nYour students are sure to dig reading these Groundhog Day Books in celebration of Groundhog’s Day and learning about the weather, shadows, hibernation, and more.\nYou Make Also Like:\nAre you looking for a fun Groundhog Day craftivity? This Groundhog Day Writing Craft is a creative writing activity to celebrate the up-coming holiday on February 2nd. Click on the picture to see everything that is included in this activity!"}
{"text":"High power superconductor cables take up much less space and conduct energy more efficiently, making them ideal for use in power grids.\nThey will also offer a more effective method for collecting energy from renewable sources like solar power and wind energy.\nSuperconducting wires can be used for energy storage and can enable devices which enhance grid stability. Boaz Almog and Mishael Azoulay working under Guy Deutscher, physicist at the Tel Aviv University have developed the superconductng cables, using fibres made of single sapphire crystals.\nOne of the things that make copper wires inefficient is overheating, Almog explains, according to a Tel Aviv statement.\nSome of the energy that flows through the metal is cast off and wasted, causing the wires to heat up. But with superconductors, there is no resistance.\nA self-contained cooling system, which requires a constant flow of liquid nitrogen, keeps the wire in its superconducting state."}
{"text":"“Without connection to community and homeland, connection to identity and culture are not reinforced. Without connection to identity and community the foundations of land rights, health and human rights cannot be leveraged to reflect the will of the people.”\nSaphichay is an Indigenous rights organization focused on cultural survival — the preservation, revitalization, unification, empowerment, and healing of people, land and spirit through the braiding of Indigenous and Mestizo/ Traditional and contemporary lifestyles. This project is aimed at Indigenous Peruvian youth at risk of losing their connections to their ancestral roots. Rikchari in Quechua means “wake up”, which is the central purpose of this project. Quechua and Mestizo Rikchari is designed to help wake our youth up from cultural apathy and help reconnect Quechua and Mestizo youth with their ancestral traditions through: ritual, ceremony, stories, cosmology, language and healing techniques."}
{"text":"The green leaf area of winter barley, cv. Sonja, sampled from the field at different times during winter was always greatest in plants grown at high soil phosphate and smallest in plants grown at low soil phosphate, and at each fertilizer level was greater in healthy plants than in plants infected by rust (Puccinia hordei). In leaves that survived the coldest period of winter, the percentage area that was damaged was increased by rust infection which prevented the ameliorating effects of high soil P. Rust and low P interacted to reduce the increases in leaf area and shoot d. wt that occurred when higher temperatures prevailed in spring. Under controlled conditions in the laboratory, phosphate reduced the injury suffered when plants not acclimated to low temperatures were exposed to freezing conditions, but this effect was removed by rust infection. After rust infection, freezing temperatures were damaging even to acclimated plants, particularly if grown with low soil P. Evidence of visible symptoms, and quantitative measurements of electrolyte efflux from intact leaves, chlorophyll fluorescence in vivo, and ethane and ethylene evolution from cold-acclimated plants, showed that infection raised the minimum temperature at which tissues could survive without injury. Infected leaves were more sensitive to low temperature post-sporulation than presporulation. Measurements of electrolyte efflux and chlorophyll fluorescence on plants growing under cold conditions showed that infection inhibited the processes of acclimation to low temperatures."}
{"text":"These collections were made from July 18 to August 6, 1938. Localities include western Mexico, Clipperton Island, Galápagos Islands, Cocos Island, all in the eastern Pacific, and Old Providence Island, in the Caribbean Sea. Depths range from intertidal to 15 fathoms. Though small, the collection is represented by 17 families, with 31 species, of which 2, Neanthes roosevelti and Polydora tricuspa, are new to science, 1, Cirratulus niger, is newly named, and 2 others, Scalisetosus sp., and Armandia sp., may represent undescribed species. Several others have had their range extended considerably into tropical waters.\nPacific, East Tropical\nWest Tropical Atlantic"}
{"text":"Indonesia-Malaysia Project on Astronomy Education using Tactile Image (IMPACT Dome).\nTeaching astronomy to visual and hearing impared student is a new topic in Malaysia. Less effort has been allocated to teach astronomy for inclusive and impared students. This is due to lack of needs to emphasize astronomy and it leads to insufficient learning tools and teaching aids produced to teach them. This issue has triggered us to promote astronomy and its benefits for inclusive and impaired students.\nApadilangit has developed a miniature Malaysia sky in the form of a geodesic dome with tactile images. This will help visually and hearing impaired kids to experience our sky via touching sense. Our modular dome can be assembled and disassembled easily for teaching and logistical purposes. Every single piece of the triangle build for the dome can be used as teaching tools separately for each kid.\nThis project was a grant project by the Office of Astronomy for Development IAU (international Astronomical Union) in 2018. Apadilangit ; Universe Awareness Malaysia collaborated with University of Ahmad Dahlan Indonesia to develop 2 models of Impact dome to be used as mini planetariums in this region.It was presented during IAUS 358: Astronomy for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion symposium in the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) Mitaka, Tokyo Japan in 2019."}
{"text":"Devised by a famous Welsh poet, the Bardic alphabet called Coelbren has always seemed to hold great promise. But as long as nobody knew how to use the system for divination, it remained simply a relic of a bygone era.\nIn The Coelbren Alphabet, John Michael Greer reveals the secrets of this esoteric alphabet, restoring the Coelbren to its rightful place as a powerful magical tool. Unlike the Ogham or runes, the Coelbren letters take their meaning directly from the sounds they represent. Providing the name, Welsh keyword, meaning, symbolism, pronunciation, and divinatory interpretation of each letter, this book shows how to use this unique system for divination and magic. You will also discover sample readings, scrying and meditation techniques, and tips for making your own Coelbren set.\nWriting systems have been used for magical power and mystical insight in spiritual traditions throughout history. This book shows how to engage in an effective divinatory practice with an alphabet that is mysterious in its origins but undeniable in its power."}
{"text":"report by agnes\nMir was first launched by rocket on 20th February 1986.\nMir is 13m (44ft) long 4 (14FT Interior)\nThe Salyut series of space station began in 1971.\nUranus is the seventh planet form the sun\nIt is 2.7 billion km form the sun. Uranus is a gas plant with dark rings\nA probe called yoyager2 was sent to Uranus in 1996. This has been the only probe to visit Uranus\nIt is a green-blue closured planet because it is so cold .Uranus is the third largest planet in our solar system."}
{"text":"CS 126. The Science of Images\nAn introduction to computer graphics and the mathematical and scientific principles that are fundamental to creating images on a computer. Topics include hardware and software concepts required in computer graphics, an introduction to modeling and viewing objects in 3-dimensional coordinate space, computer animation, color and illumination theory. Laboratory exercises and projects are an integral part of the course. The laboratory will be completed with the use of a graphics software system that requires no programming. The course consists of three lecture hours and one two-hour laboratory per week."}
{"text":"|Portal to Texas History|\nAn excerpt from a speech delivered on Steele Day at Joe Johnston Camp by Hampton Steele as it appeared in the August 27, 1923 edition of the Mexia Daily News in Mexia, Texas:\n\"Myself, the oldest son of the last survivor of the battle of San Jacinto and his grandson and his great grandson have procured a charter from the State of Texas to organize the Native Sons of Texas in a grand organization in memory of Fannin's men who were slaughtered on the plains of Goliad! and, in memory of Sam Houston and his brave army who gained our independence on the plains of San Jacinto! and in memory of our father whose blood was spilt on San Jacinto's plains for the liberties of Texas! in memory of the old pioneers and the little boys and girls who went to the front and drove the Indians back for civilization to follow.\"\n\"That's what we want to organize the Native Sons of Texas for. To perpetuate those memories to hand it down to future generations. Our plan that we have laid out for the future when we get funds enough is to buy a piece of land somewhere in the State and make a park and we will call it Steele Park and home and we will dedicate it to the Native Sons of Texas for all time to come.\""}
{"text":"Understanding the long and incredible history of Black Canadians requires more than just a month of reflection and celebration.\nFebruary may be Black History Month, but uncovering Black history is an everyday effort for many Canadian organizations. Small non-profits, city-funded arts initiatives, and organizing committees alike are constantly trying to promote a deeper understanding of Canada’s Black history and culture, something that’s lacking among many in both the general public and the social impact world.\nHere are four Canadian organizations doing that important work:\nAmherstburg Freedom Museum\nOne of the most significant artifacts at the Amherstburg Freedom Museum to Mary-Katherine Whelan, the curator, is known as a lashing ring. This iron band was embedded in a tree on the property of Colonel Matthew Elliot, a local militi\nOur social impact coverage and insights enrich thousands of changemakers like you everyday. Sign up for a free account with Future of Good to continue reading this article.\nAlready have an account? Sign in."}
{"text":"Note: To protect the privacy of our members, e-mail addresses have been removed from the archived messages. As a result, some links may be broken.\nIn my elememtary classes, I have the students do a written evaluation of\ntheir work which I do NOT grade... they do. We do this 2 times a year.\nThey are asked to answer 4 questions in detail.\n1)What do I see? (describe artwork)\n2)Medium (What did I use to make it)\n3) What did I learn? (Describe new techniques, tools, ideas, etc that\nwere used in creating the artwork)\n4)How do I feel about my work? Why? What grade would I give my work?\nI model each step using an artwork of my own. The students show a wide\nrange of responses, and it is a way for me to see their writing skills.\nWe keep these in the student portfolio, and when parents come, the\nstudent can explain what they are doing in art class themselves. I try\nto make it a low stress activity... but I do emphasize that they must\ntry to communicate to the best of their ability. Our school has pushed\ncooperative learning, so I have used this lesson to have the kids\nexplain thier art to a buddy across the table.... we also use Literacy\nPlus, so I ask the teachers to send the students wordbooks to art class\nwith them that day so they have a source of expanded vocabulary....\nAs I sit here writing this, I am kicking myself because I should have\ndone this activity last month, but we had 5 snow days:) Next week I\nCan this be adapted to the High School level?"}
{"text":"Grades 3 - 5\nGrade level Equivalent: 3.7\nLexile® Measure: 720L\nGuided Reading: M\n- Human Body\n- Five Senses\nAbout This Book\nLearn how the sense of taste and smell work together to nourish and protect the body.\nCompletely redesigned for today's young investigative reader, True Books are an indispensable addition to any collection. Each book guides readers through the facts that nurture their need to know.\n• Superb age-appropriate introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects\n• Covers all studies, from Animals to Geography to Science\n• \"Words to Know\" glossary clarifies subject-specific vocabulary\n• \"Learning More\" section encourages independent study\n• Index makes navigating subject matter easy"}
{"text":"Consider the gecko. These small lizards, have an ingenious way of escaping their predators — they break off their tails. But that’s not even the coolest thing these reptiles do, as they possess the ability to regenerate their severed appendages in only a month’s time.\nAs researchers at Canada’s University of Guelph learned, gecko tails and spinal cords have special stem cells that produce the proteins needed to regenerate the missing portions of the geckos spinal cords.\nThe scientists published their findings in the Journal of Comparative Neurology. Moreover, they believe there is potential to use this information to discover a way for people with spinal cord injuries to do the same.\nThe special stem cells are known as radial glia, which typically remain at rest. However, once a gecko sheds its tail, the radial glia begin to work overtime to produce the healing proteins that rebuild their damaged and missing spinal cords.\nThis process is the complete opposite of the way human bodies work in similar circumstances. Unlike geckos, human spinal cord injuries are sealed with scar tissue, which slams the door on regeneration.\nOf course, this discovery is a far cry from being able to harness the knowledge in order to regenerate human spinal cords after grievous injuries.\nStill, it is the first step of a process that one day could end the paralysis with which many spinal cord injury victims must cope.\nDid you suffer a spinal cord injury and wind up paralyzed? Don’t give up hope. Until researchers learn more about the regenerative powers of geckos, you may need to file a lawsuit to receive compensation for your injuries and get the treatment that you need."}
{"text":"Ridai Museum of Modern Science was built in 1991 as a museum to showcase the supplies of science and engineering commemorating the one hundred anniversary of Tokyo University of Science. However the bigger, and more vital, shift actually got here in the best way that humanity started to consider scientific models. However I’m attacking the skewed, distorted, untrue definition of science that has emerged since Pure Philosophy fell out of style.\nHowever I might also add that it’s not science per se that I am attacking right here however a science not pursued within the gentle of the truth of God and the hierarchical supremacy of revelation and religious perception to unsupported reason. As we speak, fashionable science is still driven by the ethical purposes put ahead by its founders, and infrequently its very protestations of neutrality attest to this.\nAs of quantity 26 (2016), Medieval and Early Fashionable Science is sustained as Medieval and Early Fashionable Philosophy and Science (MEMPS). Those who are blind to all this either because they’re dim-witted or foolishly disinterested, like the aboriginal with a contemporary gadget, abhor these chants and practices as gibberish or eccentric.\nRelatively than as morally neutral, then, we would describe the modern ascendancy of the scientific worldview as morally neutralizing, crowding out our means of moral reasoning and sources of ethical authority. Chapter 4 therefore delves into the psychological world of men equivalent to Archimedes and explains that the science of the Hellenistic period was partly pushed forward by a larger capacity to embrace know-how and sensible value on the earth.\nThis historic Chinese martial artwork is predicated on the assumption that achieving steadiness with one’s mind and physique creates an total sense of peace and harmony, naturally inspiring a long life. It is a FREE and trendy web-browser which helps the newest internet applied sciences offering you a cleaner and safer shopping experience."}
{"text":"Aust kids vaccination rates low: study\n- From: AAP\n- June 26, 2013\nAUSTRALIAN children have alarmingly low rates of vaccination against chicken pox and influenza, University of Sydney researchers have found.\nThe study, published in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (PAEDS), found that out of 133 children hospitalised for complications of chicken pox infection from 2007 to 2010, only 16 had been vaccinated.\nSurveillance during the 2009 influenza pandemic found swine flu was the cause in 84 per cent of infant hospitalisations, with seasonal influenza (H3N2) responsible for just seven per cent of cases.\nThe study found only 11 per cent of all the children and 17 per cent of children with underlying chronic disorders had been vaccinated for seasonal influenza.\nOf the 324 children hospitalised in the three NSW children's hospitals, complications occurred in 34 per cent of children, 56 per cent of whom had been previously healthy.\nThe paper's senior author, Professor Elizabeth Elliott, said the research aimed to address gaps in surveillance data for severe vaccine-preventable diseases and adverse events following immunisation.\n\"The PAEDS study provides important, previously unavailable data on the number of children hospitalised from vaccine-preventable diseases and adverse events resulting from vaccination,\" Professor Elliott said.\n\"To our knowledge, it is also the first system to reliably capture data on adverse events resulting from vaccination and requiring admission.\n\"We believe our research will inform public health policy, clinical practice and community confidence and has the potential to allow the health workforce to respond more quickly during outbreaks and epidemics.\"\nMeningococcal Australia is reminding parents that as of 1 July, the criteria for children to be considered 'fully immunised' will be expanded to include two meningitis vaccines."}
{"text":"AFRICAN SAUSAGE TREE\nKINGELIA AFRICANA (Lam.) Benth.\nKigelia aethiopica Decne\nKigelia pinnata DC.\nLocal names: African sausage tree, cucumber tree (Engl.).\nThe African sausage tree is found in cultivation in Manila and in Los Baños, Laguna Province. It is a native of West Tropical Africa.\nThis recently introduced plant is a wide-spreading, deciduous tree about 10 meters in height. The leaves are alternate and odd pinnate. The leaflets are opposite, ovate to elliptic-ovate, 8 to 16 centimeters long, and pointed or blunt at the tip. The flowers are red, noctural, and borne in panicles on very long, pendulous pedicels. The calyx is 2.5 to 3 centimeters long, usually 5-toothed, or lobed. The corolla is 10 to 12 centimeters long, the tube is rather slender and the limb, broadly bell-shaped, somewhat curved, and 5-lobed. The fruit is hard, grayish-brown, scurfy, large, oblong or oblong-cylindric, 20 to 30 centimeters in length, indehiscent, and hanging on very long peduncles.\nAccording to Boorsma the bark contains only a bitter principle and tannic acid.\nAccording to Dalziel in Northern Nigeria the fruit is sold as medicine in markets, being said to be used as a purgative in some districts, and as a cure for dysentery elsewhere. In the Gold Coast the fruit, cut up and boiled with peppers, is given for constipation and piles, while the bark and fruit are used to heal sores and to restore the taste. The bark has a somewhat bitter taste; it is used in Northern Nigeria both for syphilitic conditions and for gonorrhoea. In Southern Nigeria it is similarly used, and also is given along with the fruit as a wash and drink for young children. The Gold Coast people use the bark as a cure for rheumatism and dysentery.\nWatt and Breyer-Brandwijk say that the Tongas apply the powdered fruit as a dressing to ulcers. The unripe fruit is used in Central Africa as a dressing in cases of syphilis and rheumatism. In Nyasaland, in times of scarcity, natives roast and eat the seeds."}
{"text":"Each body part is carved from foam based on measurements taken from the carcass. The parts are fitted together and then packed with clay and plastic to create a lifelike body shape that fits the skin.\nThe tanned skin is tested several times on the form to be sure it fits perfectly.\nA plaster death mask recorded the distinctive facial features of the orangutan.\n© 2006 Smithsonian Institution"}
{"text":"- (transitive) To parry, or turn aside.\n- 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:\n- Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.\n- He raised his arms to ward off the attack.\n- (transitive) To avert or prevent.\n- He wore garlic to ward off vampires.\nto parry, or turn aside\nto avert or prevent"}
{"text":"Children and Youth Task Force in Disasters\nThis report introduces the Children and Youth Task Force in Disasters model, which promotes the effective coordination of the diverse systems and agencies that serve children and youth following a disaster. This model has been implemented in the wake of multiple recent disasters, including the Joplin, Missouri, tornado and Hurricane Sandy. It provides recommendations to states, tribes, territories, and communities about launching their own task forces and describes how the Administration for Children and Families can provide support. Learn more (PDF, 14 pages)."}
{"text":"The law of diminishing returns states that as one input variable is increased, there is a point at which the marginal increase in output begins to decrease, holding all other inputs constant. At the point where the law sets in, the effectiveness of each additional unit of input decreases.\nSystem dynamics is an approach to understanding the behavior of complex systems over time. It deals with internal feedback loops and time delays that affect the behavior of the entire system.\nThe systems are characterized by:\n- structure – composition of elements\n- behavior – involved inputs, processes and outputs of material, energy and/or information\n- interconnections – structural and functional relations between elements\n- emerging properties-system properties that do not appear in individual elements\nEmergent attributes are the properties of the whole, and only exists as a whole, not a properties of the component bits. Emerging properties have a fundamental impact on the system performance and becomes extremely important to understand behavior of variables trajectory with respect to system state of diminishing or negative returns."}
{"text":"Retire to Florida, lie around in the sun, and take it easy: It is a familiar urge, and apparently not just for humans. Nikos Papadopoulos, an entomologist at the University of California at Davis, has observed fruit flies enacting their own lazy retirement rituals when they hit old age.\nWhile running an aging experiment, Papadopoulos caught some of his oldest fruit flies lying upside down in their cages. At first sight, the elderly insects seemed to be dead, but they were merely resting on their backs. When Papadopoulos poked them with a pencil, they flipped over and began walking about, flapping their wings and seeking food and sex. In the wild, a supine fly would never survive; it would quickly be eaten. That might explain why such behavior has never been seen before. But these flies had been cosseted by Papadopoulos, who tended 203 male Mediterranean fruit flies until they died of old age at about 61 days. Beginning about 16 days before their deaths, nearly all the increasingly feeble flies spent up to an hour or more a day upside down.\nAccording to Papadopoulos's colleague James Carey, this behavior may signal some form of neurodegenerative disease similar to Parkinson's or narcolepsy in humans. If so, the insects may provide an ideal model for studying such disorders. \"This is not a quirk,\" says Carey. \"This behavior is universal, progressive, and persistent. Now we have a model system where you can ask questions about the onset of this disabled period and whether you can postpone or compress it.\""}
{"text":"Entity inheritance is a way to take advantage of the object-relational mapping layer between the EOEntity objects and the table structure in the database to provide flexibility. This flexibility can also become a source of problems, so care must be taken when using this feature. There are many tricks available from the flexibility this feature provides.\nThere are three kinds of entity inheritance that represent different ways to map a table or tables to an entity or entities.\nIn single-table inheritance, a single table can be used for more than one entity. The most sure way to do this is to use a column, or a set of columns, that have ordinal values.\nAn example would be:\nOne can create two entities. In one entity, called \"Cars\", the external name would be \"Sellables\" and there would be a restricting qualifier saying that \"objType = 1\". For another entity, called \"Planes\", the external name would also be \"Sellables\" and there would be a restricting qualifier saying that \"objType = 2\".\nWhen instances of the Cars or the Planes entity are created, one must make sure to set the objType attribute. It is often simplest to have custom EO classes for the entities that can handle the initiation reliably."}
{"text":"Hacked Rotary Phone Demonstrates How the Internet Works\nUntangling the inner workings of the internet gets complicated fast, partly because the World Wide Web isn’t a single entity. Rather, it’s a vast network of networks in communication with one another. To demonstrate this complex process at work, a group of students from Copenhagen reduced it to something most people are familiar with: a rotary telephone.\nAs Co.Design reports, the Internet Phone looks like an old-fashioned telephone with a rotary dial, but students at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design have modified it to function like a web browser. To use it, callers dial the IP address of whichever website they wish to visit. When the call is answered, a voice reads the text aloud as it would appear on the webpage.\nIf a caller wants to hear the raw HTML, they can switch the phone to “developer” mode. There’s also an “article” option for skipping irrelevant content and a “history” mode for redialing the last five IP addresses that were called.\nIt may be hard to connect the act of calling a website on a rotary phone to opening a site on your smartphone, but the two aren’t that far apart. The students write in the project description:\n“Each step in the user experience is comparable to the process that a browser takes when retrieving a website. Looking up the IP addresses in a phone book is similar to how a browser gets an IP address from DNS (Domain Name System) directories. Dialing the twelve digits and waiting for the phone to retrieve the HTML content mimic how a browser requests data from servers. The voice-to-speech reading of the website is comparable to how a browser translates HTML and CSS code into human understandable content.”\nAfter watching the reinvented phone in action, check out these other practical uses for retro technology."}
{"text":"Fun, passion and discipline are the watchwords of Classics at Orwell Park.\nChildren start Latin in Year 6 and follow a three-year course to Common Entrance and Scholarship level. A series of modern course books is used, which lays emphasis on the acquisition of fluency in the reading of Latin without sacrificing any of the linguistic rigour traditionally associated with the subject.\nThose in the scholarship form have the option of studying classical Greek also. Sound foundations are laid here, with an emphasis not just on reading and pronouncing the language correctly, but on writing in it as well.\nClassics is an unrivalled medium for laying down solid linguistic foundations which will continue to benefit children in later years, quite apart from its many other spin-offs (for example, encouraging precision of thought, an analytical approach to problem-solving, and discrimination and accuracy in the use of words). Spin-offs aside, being able to read works seminal to European literature in their original tongues and through this window being able to gain an insight into what made the Romans and Greeks tick, is enormously rewarding per se. An interest in Classics, once aroused, is difficult to shake off, and there has been no shortage of pupils from Orwell Park who have gone on to continue their study of Classics to the highest levels."}
{"text":"Why do we care about art? Why and how do artworks move us? What, if anything, do artworks mean, and how do we know? This course takes up these and other questions relating to the philosophy of art and artworks. This course will look at the philosophical tradition of aesthetics, including Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Hegel, up to the present day. We will also look at the role of aesthetic theories in case studies of art-world controversies."}
{"text":"Electrical Breakdown Studies of Partial Pressure Argon Under KHz Range Pulse Voltages\nType of Degreethesis\nMetadataShow full item record\nElectronics operating in a partial vacuum may experience a gaseous breakdown when strong electric fields are present. The breakdown voltage for a gas decreases as the pressure decreases from atmospheric conditions and reaches a minimum. After this minimum breakdown voltage, it starts to increase as pressure further decreases for a given fixed electrode spacing. This idea was first expressed in the early 1900’s by Paschen Law. An increase in operating frequency can also cause a breakdown to occur at lower applied voltage levels. In this work, the breakdown characteristics for Argon are studied in partial vacuum from 0.1 Torr to 3 Torr. First, a dc analysis is performed for electrodes with point-plane and point-point geometries. A pressure sweep analysis is then performed for the same electrode geometries with a unipolar pulsed signal for fixed frequency in the range of 20-200 kHz with a fixed duty cycle of 50%. A frequency sweep is then performed for a range of fixed pressures from 0.1 Torr to 3 Torr. Lastly, a duty cycle sweep is performed from 10% to 90% for the same range of fixed pressures and frequencies. Data is captured during each gaseous breakdown event for analysis. The breakdown voltage characteristics are discussed as a function of the applied signal and environmental pressure."}
{"text":"We are always busy and active! Here is what we are focusing on right now!\nReading + Writing -building our stamina to become stronger readers, writers, and thinkers -writing stories that teach how to do something -writing by drawing pictures with details, labels, and words -finding ways to figure out new words -showing ways of thinking about and understanding a text -identify the author's message -write an opinion piece\nMath -counting to 100 -skip counting by 5s and 10s -subtracting up to 20 -subtraction strategies -addition strategies -adding up to 20 -count back and count on using the number line\nScience -exploring solids and liquids -what are solids? -what are liquids? -how can we make observations about solids and liquids?\nSocial Studies -learn about holidays around the world -practice telling directions -identify countries around the world -learn about Lunar New Year"}
{"text":"Today, Google launched a new website that outlines all of its computer science education tools, content, and programs for K-12 through career opportunities.\nFrom the website: “Computer science (CS) education is a pathway to innovation, to creativity and to exciting career opportunities. We believe that all students deserve these opportunities. That is why Google is committed to developing programs, resources, tools and community partnerships which make CS engaging and accessible for all students.”\nSolving tomorrow’s challenges requires a technically skilled, innovative and diverse workforce.\nPlease share this link with your students and others: http://www.google.com/edu/cs.\nAdditionally, the CRA Education committee is currently developing videos targeted at undergraduates that will showcase areas of computing research. One video will feature two members of the Google Research division – Susanna Ricco, who works on computer vision and Mac Mason, who works on robotics. After production, the videos will be made available on the CRA-E and Conquer websites, so stay tuned."}
{"text":"hath delivered Daniel\n6:27 hath delivered Daniel. A large basalt statue of a lion standing over a prone man was found on the palace grounds in Babylon in 1784, dating from the time of Darius’ reign there. However, the lion seemed not to be attacking the man, but protecting him. It has been suggested by some archaeologists that the statue was commissioned by Darius to commemorate Daniel’s deliverance in the lions’ den (note Daniel 6:26). The inscription originally on the statue had been hacked off, possibly by men who did not like its testimony."}
{"text":"Student or Learner\nI will go to the bank today to ask about deposit accounts and their interest rate the accounts offer.\nCould you please help me what is correct for the bold letters?\nrate of interest.\nI would like to thank you in advance for your help.\nThis account offers an interest rate of 2.5%.\nThis account offers a rate of interest of 2.5%.\nThis account offers 2.5% interest.\nThis account offers an interest of 2.5%.\nThis account offers interest of 2.5%\nThis account offers interest at 2.5%\nThis is a 2.5% interest account.\nThe accounts offer interest at varying rates.\nThe accounts offer varying rates of interest.\nThe accounts offer varying interest rates.\nThe accounts offer varying interests.\nThere's nothing wrong with using it like you describe (I've listed a whole load of options above that I think you could hear, and other people will probably think of more too). However, an interest is not always the same thing as an interest rate; it has many additional meanings as well, some of them relating to the business and financial sector too, and so I'd be tempted to avoid it in cases where confusion could be possible. I think \"interest rates\" would be the better option in the second half of both these sentences, for example:\n\"He took great interest in what was going on with interest.\"\n\"He had interests in several banks, and followed their interests closely\".\nLast edited by Tullia; 07-Sep-2010 at 16:51. Reason: fixed typo"}
{"text":"Gynecologists provide important health services for girls and women. Find out more about when girls should start seeing a gynecologist and why this type of healthcare is an essential part of staying healthy as girls and women age.\nWhen to Start Seeing a Gynecologist\nGirls who are between 13 and 15 years old should begin seeing a gynecologist. Pelvic exams are not always done at this age, but gynecologists can discuss development and other reproductive health concerns with teenage girls at these appointments. Girls can also receive preventative care for reproductive issues, such as HPV vaccines. Keep in mind that it’s even more important for teenage girls to see a gynecologist if they have are experiencing any issues with menstruation or if they are sexually active.\nImportance of Regular Gynecology Visits\nAs girls and women get older, regular gynecology visits are an important part of protecting their health. Depending on age and other factors, such as sexual activity, patients can discuss or receive birth control, undergo a physical exam and discuss any concerns they have about their period or possible reproductive health issues. Gynecologists can check for early signs of reproductive problems that require treatment, such as endometriosis, cervical cancer, sexually transmitted diseases and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).\nHow Often to See a Gynecologist\nGirls and women should have an annual gynecological exam done. These helps ensure that any reproductive health problems that they have are caught and treated early. Girls and women who are having problems with their period or experiencing other health symptoms should also see a gynecologist for a diagnosis and to discuss treatment options if needed.\nContact Antheia Gynecology today to schedule your next appointment."}
{"text":"Social Contribution through Business\nAmerican Public Schools Use KONAMI's Game for Physical Education Programs\n- Dance Dance Revolution -\nKONAMI music game \"DanceDanceRevolution\" (DDR) has been used in the physical education and health-related curriculums at elementary, junior high and high schools in the U.S. state of West Virginia since January 2006, as a tool for combating the problem of childhood obesity.\nDDR encourages children to engage in fitness and fun by dancing to choreographed steps through beginner-friendly and interactive gameplay. Playing the game has provided children with an alternative means to exercise, which is a key factor in improving and maintaining a healthier lifestyle.\nAdditionally, studies have shown DDR, when used over long periods, also improves overall health and can reduce the risk of diabetes.\n［ Related Links ］"}
{"text":"Open borders : the science and ethics of immigration\nCaplan, Bryan Douglas, 1971- author.\nOpen borders : the science and ethics of immigration / written by Bryan Caplan ; artwork by Zach Weinersmith ; color by Mary Cagle.\nNew York, NY : First Second, 2019.\n248 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm\n- Other contributors\nWeinersmith, Zach, 1982- artist.\nCagle, Mary, colourist.\n- Portion of title\nScience and ethics of immigration\nIncludes bibliographical references (pages 237-248).\n- Chapter 1. Global Apartheid\n- Chapter 2. Trillion-dollar bills on the sidewalk\n- Chapter 3. The native's burden?\n- Chapter 4. Crimes against culture\n- Chapter 5. The golden goose on trial\n- Chapter 6. Keyhole solutions\n- Chapter 7. All roads lead to open borders\n- Chapter 8. Fantastic journeys ... and how to finish them.\n\"American policy-makers have long been locked in a heated battle over whether, how many, and what kind of immigrants to allow to live and work in the country. Those in favor of welcoming more immigrants often cite humanitarian reasons, while those in favor of more restrictive laws argue the need to protect native citizens. But economist Bryan Caplan adds a new, compelling perspective to the immigration debate: He argues that opening all borders could eliminate absolute poverty worldwide and usher in a booming worldwide economy--greatly benefiting humanity. With a clear and conversational tone, exhaustive research, and vibrant illustrations by Zach Weinersmith, Open Borders makes the case for unrestricted immigration easy to follow and hard to deny\"--Provided by publisher.\n- Subject headings\nEmigration and immigration--Moral and ethical aspects--Comic books, strips, etc.\nEmigration and immigration--Economic aspects--Comic books, strips, etc.\nEmigration and immigration--Government policy--Comic books, strips, etc.\nIllegal aliens--United States--Comic books, strips, etc.\nUnited States--Ethnic relations--Comic books, strips, etc.\n- Genre heading\nComic books, strips, etc.\nComics (Graphic works)"}
{"text":"On this page:\nDefinition of the noun Agromyza marginata\nWhat does Agromyza marginata mean as a name of something?\nAgromyza marginata is a species of Cerodontha, described by Loew in 1869.\n- synonym: species Agromyza marginata\n- kingdom: Animalia\n- phylum: Arthropoda\n- class: Insecta\n- order: Diptera\n- family: Agromyzidae\n- genus: Cerodontha\n- species: Cerodontha muscina\nOnline dictionaries and encyclopedias with entries for Agromyza marginata\nClick on a label to prioritize search results according to that topic:\nShare this page\nGo to the thesaurus of Agromyza marginata to find many related words and phrases!"}
{"text":"By Kenneth Polonsky, MD\nSince passage of the National Cancer Act of 1971, research has improved understanding of this often life-threatening disease, leading to better detection, treatment and supportive care. As a result, there are about 12 million cancer survivors in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society.\nHowever, the battle is far from over. The American Cancer Society estimates that this year more than 1.6 million new cancer cases in the United States will be diagnosed and about 580,000 Americans will die from this disease. The sequester-related cutbacks have sliced into research, adding another hurdle to developing and testing innovative cancer therapies — decelerating decades of progress in finding cures.\nBut these headwinds must not stop our progress. Instead, we need to think more creatively than ever before about making the most of every research dollar to develop treatments and novel approaches to prevention and early detection.\nAt the University of Chicago, researchers have found inspiration in the complex interplay between the environment and our bodies. Breast cancer specialist Suzanne Conzen, MD, and psychologist Martha McClintock, PhD, developed powerful models to unravel the elusive link between stress and cancer. In response to stress, cellular signaling mediated by a hormone instructs tumor cells to grow in an aggressive form of breast cancer. Disrupting this signal increases the sensitivity of the tumor cells to cancer therapy, holding promise for new breast cancer treatments now under investigation at UChicago.\nRead more of my post on cancer here. It also appeared in the Chicago Tribune today.\nKenneth Polonsky, MD, is Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, Dean of the Division of the Biological Sciences and Dean of the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago."}
{"text":"The Great Lakes provide the largest source of fresh surface water in the world as well as food, work, and weekend fun for tens of millions of people. Yet they are under threat as never before, and it’s only getting worse. In an age when dire problems like the Flint water crisis and the California drought bring ever more attention to the indispensability of safe, clean, easily available freshwater, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Dan Egan has written an urgent and powerful wake-up call, and makes a clear and convincing case for how our problems can be fixed. In the grand tradition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, Egan’s The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is a master reporter’s landmark work that takes readers through the science, politics, history, and economics of the lakes, revealing an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes.\nTuesday, April 25, 2017\n5:30 p.m. public reception • 7 p.m. lecture | St. Paul Student Center"}
{"text":"(1866 - 1942)\nFrank Simon Herrmann was active/lived in New Jersey, New York / Germany. Frank Herrmann is known for avant-garde painting.\nBiography Frank Herrmann\nAn American who was best known in Germany where he spent most of his career, Frank Herrmann created work that embraced Beaux-Arts Academic Realism to Impressionism to the New Objectivity.\nHe was a founding member of two important groups of the German avant-garde centered in Munich: the Munich Secessionist Group , SEMA, that included his friend, Paul Klee, and the New Secession of German Artists, led by Wassilj Kandinsky. Herrmann was also closely associated with Alfred Stieglitz, with whom he had gone to school including college, and who became a leading avant-garde art influence in New York City. They traveled together in Paris during the 1890s in Europe.\nIn Germany, Herrmann early painted in the style of Lyric Abstrac\n... Displaying 750 of 2210 characters.\nalso viewed by people who viewed Frank Herrmann"}
{"text":"In 1821 Mexico won independence from Spain. At that time, northern Mexico included now-day Texas, New Mexico, and California.\nBy 1835 about 25,000 Americans lived in this area. They complained about Mexican laws. They also wanted slavery, which was illegal in Mexico, to be legal.\nIn December 1835 a force of 500 Texans attacked the town of San Antonio. Within days, they took control of the Alamo.\nOn March 6, 1836, General Santa Anna, the leader of Mexico, recaptured the Alamo after an almost two-week battle. All of the American soldiers were killed.\nthe Texans fought back again. A month later, General Sam Houston surprised a larger Mexican force at Houston. The Texans defeated Santa Anna.\nIn 1845 President James Polk offered to buy the Mexican territories of California and New Mexico for $30 million. When Mexico refused, President Polk asked the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war against Mexico, and Congress agreed."}
{"text":"There is a great deal of current research interest in utilising bacteria for the control of intractable arthropod-borne diseases such as dengue. Although there is accumulating evidence that bacterial infection is a promising control strategy, most studies on bacteria-insect interactions lacked useful markers for detecting pathogenesis. This provided the impetus to investigate bacterial infection in the dengue vector Aedes albopictus. The infection persistence patterns in key organs of the alimentary canal of females were examined using a GFP-expressing strain of Escherichia coli (Migula). Just after feeding with sugar meal containing the bacteria, the crop and midgut as well as parts of the Malpighian tubules showed fluorescence. From 1 h onwards, bacterial populations declined sharply in both the midgut and crop, with complete elimination in the former but persistence of bacteria at 7 h post-feeding in the latter. After 24 h, neither organ retained the fluorescent marker. However, culture of homogenates of these organs in Luria-Bertani medium revealed the presence of a bacterial population in the crop, but not in the midgut. These observations suggest a difference in the potential physiological actions expressible by the two organs. In fact, both are storage sites for ingested fluids, but the midgut has greater physiological activity. Presumably,one of these activities contributed to eliminating GFP-expressing E. coli from the A. albopictus midgut after 24 h. The results of the present study using a fluorescent marker to detect infection may be useful for developing strategies to fully characterise the main steps involved in the bacterial infection process in insects.\nKey words: Bacteria infection, fluorescent marker, crop, midgut, persistence.\nCopyright © 2020 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article.\nThis article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0"}
{"text":"The Wadden Area\nBetween Den Helder in the Netherlands and Esbjerg in Denmark lies an area of natural importance that has no equal anywhere in the world. The Wadden Sea is a world in itself, a world with two faces, ruled in turn by ebb and flood, by sand and water. Like pearls on a necklace, about fifty islands and islets protect the shallow Wadden Sea. The necklace begins with the five Dutch Wadden islands, pearls that each have their own atmosphere and their own character. Five islands, five opportunities for enjoyment!\nA World between the Tides\nThe Wadden Sea is teeming with life. Twice a day, the current of the flood tide brings water from the North Sea, rich in sediment and plankton, much of which sinks to the sandy bed. In addition, the shallow water of the Wadden Sea warms up rapidly in summer. This means that algae and seaweeds are able to grow quickly. They form the basis of the enormous wealth of food that supplies the inhabitants of the Wadden Sea - countless fish, birds and seals.\nJust like the Wadden Sea, the five Wadden islands also teem with life. There is wildlife aplenty, but they are also alive with culture, sport and pleasant terraces. On all the islands, you will find quiet and open spaces, beaches and dunes, marvelous flora and fauna, open skies and views extending for miles across the North Sea and the Wadden Sea. But in addition, Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland and Schiermonnikoog each have their own sights and specialties. What if you cannot decide which one you would prefer to visit? Thanks to good connections by boat, you can 'wad-hop' to visit all the islands, one after the other.\nWhat's nearbyShow on map\nSearch for your holiday home\nCheck out our extensive offers.\n- 2000 holiday homes throughout Holland.\n- On the coast, in a natural environment or near cities"}
{"text":"Because the United States has such a large immigrant population, the structure of inequality within the United States will depend intimately on how immigrants are faring. There is accordingly much research on patterns of assimilation and incorporation among immigrants, on the extent of anti-immigrant discrimination, and on the effects of changes in immigration law and policy on the economic standing of immigrants.\nHow many immigrants settle in segregated neighborhoods or participate in segregated enclave economies? Are second-generation immigrants assimilating as reliably now as in the past? Or are there now two groups of immigrants, one that assimilates in the conventional way and another that rejects such conventional assimilation and identifies with historically disadvantaged groups, such as African Americans?\nIs there an increase in prejudice or discrimination against immigrants? Are the largest immigrant groups (e.g., Mexicans) regarded as a special threat and hence subjected to much prejudice? Is there growing discrimination against Middle Eastern immigrants?\nHow do changes in quotas, work visas, and other immigration policies affect the immigrant and non-immigrant populations? How are wage rates affected by changes in the size of the immigrant population? Is deindustrialization warded off by increasing the size of the immigrant population and the availability of inexpensive labor?\nClick on the buttons for examples of recent policy analysis, basic research, and journalism addressing this Key Issue\nMay require Adobe Reader.\nExplore All Media and Affiliates\nClick on the active buttons for a full listing of all the important policy analysis, basic research, or journalism addressing this key issue. Also explore our working papers addressing this key issue and our affiliates with expertise in this key issue."}
{"text":"Medical knowledge we have present today, we’re able to be closer to unborn babies more than ever before. With ultrasound, for instance, we’re able to “meet” a fetus well before he or she is ready to make their grand entrance into the world, helping us determine what they will look like and if they’re growing and developing as expected.\nWhile ultrasound is used on not only humans but can also be done on animals both big and small, Jenni and Guy decided not to have an ultrasound done on their pregnant horse, Treliver D’Aquitaine (“Daisy”). So, imagine their surprise when Daisy, who was seven days overdue, gave birth to not just one but two foals!\nJenni and Guy, who were both at the scene of Daisy’s labor, were casually waiting for Daisy’s baby boy to stand for the first time, that is, until they realized their beloved mare was contracting once more.\n“I felt inside her and felt two feet, Guy got back to the stables and I told him to pull out the second baby as quickly as possible and with me catching her our hearts stopped watching to see if the second foal would be alive and she was!! She was breathing…” said Jenni in complete shock.\nEventually, Baby Number Two, a female, arrived via a breech birth, although survived.\n“She was tiny but strong and a fighter, wanting to stand within minutes and ready to drink once standing,” says Jenni.\nWhat made this moment so special wasn’t just the fact that Guy and Jenni didn’t expect Daisy to have two foals but the fact that most horses are usually only pregnant with one foal at a time. Twins are rare in horses, but if they do end up occurring, the second foal usually passes away before or shortly after birth, but in Daisy’s case, she birthed two healthy babies!"}
{"text":"Children should enjoy their education. The enjoyment ought to be of the type that derives from a sense of accomplishment – of having mastered a new mental or manual skill or acquired a new piece of knowledge that enhance their understanding of themselves or the world – not of the type that derives from being entertained or amused. A wholesome participation in competitive activities – from class spelling tests to sporting tournaments – gives a child a realistic sense of his or her talents and often acts as an incentive to develop them further. In this matter, we are happy to be guided by the spirit and balance of the Ratio Studiorum.\nClass contests are to be highly valued and are to be held whenever time permits, so that honorable rivalry, which is a powerful incentive to studies, may be fostered. ….. besides the public prizes, other small tokens or symbols of victory are awarded by the instructors in their own classes to spur on their own pupils when they seem to merit distinction.\nVery few adults and no children at all are capable of educating themselves. Allowing children to develop at their own pace is something that is always acknowledged as desirable but is often difficult in practice. We are firmly of the view that schools exist so that children can flourish and not vice versa. In practice this means not only providing support to children who find this or that topic or activity difficult but also the removal of restraints that inhibit the full development of a child’s talents in areas where he or she may have a particular aptitude."}
{"text":"All people, at all times, should have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious foods to maintain a healthy and active life.\nThis is a crucial social support measure for effective development and growth.\nFeeding activities, whether food parcels, food gardens or feeding schemes, that provide long-term access to food security can transform world hunger.\nEducation & literacy\nIn a world where knowledge truly is power, education and literacy are the basic building blocks that unlock the gates of opportunity and success.\nWe all have a responsibility as parents, as caregivers, as educators, as leaders and as citizens, to instil in individuals, children and communities the critical drive for literacy and learning so that we can give them the chance to fulfil their dreams.\nLet’s lead through education."}
{"text":"C. Walter Hodges (1909-2004) was a writer, illustrator, an eminent Shakespearean scholar and an authority on The Globe Theatre and other Elizabethan playhouses.\nHis background included the study of art and the designing of stage scenery and costumes and he was credited with playing an important role in the resurgence of literature for children from 1946 onward.\nIn Shakespeare's Theatre, published in 1964, the author describes how the theatre in Shakespeare's day had developed over time. In words and with his unique, whimsical artwork, he describes the gradual transition from pagan festivals and morality plays to the Elizabethan style theatres of Shakespeare's time and takes the reader through a typical performance of Julius Caesar at The Globe Theatre. He shows how Elizabethan theatres were designed and used and conveys the passion of his lifelong interest in the work of Shakespeare as he does so.\nA 'theatre' is a 'place where action goes on,' as in an operating theatre or a 'theatre of war.' In Burbage's Theatre the action was acting. It was the first time in England a building had been called this, for that purpose.\nIt was customary to shoot off guns as a sign of high spirits in Shakespeare's time, and they were much used in the theatres, not only to simulate battle scenes but also to bump up the background of festivity. This had an unfortunate result at The Globe, for eventually it burnt the theatre down.\nThis book was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1964 and is a simple, interesting and lively introduction for children to the world of Shakespeare, morality plays and The Globe Theatre."}
{"text":"Knowing your risk of heart attack is complicated – even if you're moments away from having one. The main symptoms of imminent (or already occurring) heart attack in men are chest pain, discomfort, nausea – all common for a variety of ailments, including stroke and indigestion. \"What do you do with a patient who comes into the emergency room and tells the doctor he has chest pain?\" says Peter Kuhn, a biophysicist at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. \"The patient could be just prior to a heart attack – but there's no way to tell that.\"\nSo Kuhn and his colleagues are developing a new, simple test that could one day help doctors tell who's at high risk of heart attack before one happens, whether in the emergency room or during a more routine doctor's visit. Kuhn hopes that one day the test will give a fast, effective measure of imminent cardiovascular risk from a simple blood sample. The test uses the sample to look for the presence of endothelial cells, which line blood vessels. When a person's arteries become overloaded with plaque, endothelial cells make their way into the bloodstream – a telltale sign that a heart attack may soon follow."}
{"text":"Yellow Monarch butterfly chrysalises in the US?\nAlthough there are Monarch chrysalis colors other than green in other countries, in the US Monarch chrysalises are green.\nJodi Hopper, owner of Wish Upon A Butterfly in Pennsylvania, discovered some yellow chrysalises in her Monarchs a few years ago. She shipped some to Dr. Chip Taylor and shipped some to us at our farm. We raised them for years before finally letting that line of stock end.\nThe yellow color is recessive. If a butterfly from a green chrysalis and a butterfly from a yellow chrysalis paired, all offspring would have green chrysalises. But if their offspring paired, some would be green and some would be yellow. It’s much like the blue-eye gene in humans.\nThe caterpillars look totally normal. The first indication that there is something unusual is when the caterpillars J and begin thinning their cuticle. The top photo shows two caterpillars J’ing side by side. The one on the left will make a yellow chrysalis. You can see the yellow color though the cuticle. The one on the right will make a green chrysalis.\nThe adult butterflies are totally normal.\nThe blood of these butterflies is also yellow.\nDr. Chip Taylor and his students have been looking at the biochemical basis for the expression of this phenotype. We look forward to hearing more about them in the future."}
{"text":"If the ocean was only 10% celery, it would only be 9% water. Because we know that the ocean is at least 50% water, we know that it is also at least 56% celery. The real question is if the ocean is 56% celery and 50% water (at least), and humans are ~70% water, then why are human’s celeries so variable? I mean, you look at someone like Bill Gates who has so much celery, and you look at me whose celery isn’t even close. Does Bill really have that much more water? Why isn’t he an ocean?"}
{"text":"The centrifugal casting allows to manufacture the coreless tubes.\nIt consists of casting some liquefied metal in a spinner animated with a rotative movement around its axis.\nThe liquid metal is submitted to a centrifugal force that takes it away from the rotation axis and flattens it against the spinner wall that is generally metallic.\nThere are three categories of centrifugal machines:\n- horizontal axis centrifuges,\n- oblique axis centrifuges,\n- vertical axis centrifuges.\nThat process allows to obtain some excellent physical and mechanical qualities of the metal.\nThe centrifugal force brought during all the solidification time of the alloy limits the defects and avoids all kinds of inclusions by ejecting them to the boring. So, the structure of the metal is thinner, more compact and more homogeneous than in the casting by gravity. The mechanical characteristics consequently are improved.\nThe centrifugation also allows to manufacture some bimetallic parts, La centrifugation permet également de réaliser des pièces bimétalliques, conical parts and rings with flares."}
{"text":"Men injured during the first world war learn new trades.\nModified WPA record.\nWorld War One; disabilities. Amputee veterans - on crutches coming out of building- sign Queen Mary's Workshop. They learn trades - a vocational school for wounded. skills; crafts. A long line of one-legged men; a few with both legs but missing an arm; and one double leg-amputee in a wheelchair. Sad. Pan along group of the men posing; with Red Cross nurse. CU white-moustached officer and an official. Shoemaking: men working on boots. CU Man wearing apron; hammering. Another hammers sole of boot; pan to Instructor helping man. Office machines. Men sit at typewriters - man typing 1-handed. Man running an adding machine. A group of wounded veterans sit in a class; pan across; instructor; an Army man; in BG stands at blackboard writing the non-word Stickability (is that like Stick-to-it-ive-ness?) - then turns; speaks; using encouraging arm-gestures making fist etc.\nPlaying cricket. Some of the men are hopping on their one leg Veterans learn to work on automobiles etc. Pan across workshop (rather dark). Pan on electrical workshop Man does something w/ wires in FG; man climbs ladder in BG. CU man on ladder - - as he climbs one sees his legs are cut off at knee - he's climbing on the stumps. He hooks up some wire; climbs down; to wheelchair.\nWoodworking. Several men stand at table; making cabinets. CU man sanding corner of window frame. Old stove w/ kettle in BG."}
{"text":"Definitions of igneous\na. - Pertaining to, having the nature of, fire; containing fire; resembling fire; as, an igneous appearance. 2\na. - Resulting from, or produced by, the action of fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks. 2\nThe word \"igneous\" uses 7 letters: E G I N O S U.\nNo direct anagrams for igneous found in this word list.\nShorter words found within igneous:\negis ego egos en eng engs ens eon eons eosin es gen genius gens genu genus gie gien gies gin gins gnu gnus go goes gone gos guise gun guns in ins ion ions is ne negus no noes nog nogs noise nos nose nous nu nus oe oes on one ones ons onus os ose seg segni segno sego sei sen sengi si sign sin sine sing singe snog snug so soigne son sone song sou sue suing sun sung un uns us use using\nList shorter words within igneous, sorted by length\nAll words formed from igneous by changing one letter\nBrowse words starting with igneous by next letter"}
{"text":"At the Swiss Museum of Transport, visitors literally have Switzerland at their feet. First, from the spanning footbridge, they enjoy the view of the panoramic image out of a cloudless sky. Then the search for details begins directly on the map. In this way, Switzerland can be re-discovered from the equivalent of 74,000 meters above sea level. A visitor can search for one's own home, a certain vacation spot or special places of longing. In addition, there are exciting size comparisons as well as in-depth information on cartography and Swiss transportation history. The gigantic national map required just as much preparatory work: the walk-on aerial photograph consists of 7,000 high-resolution photos taken from a flight altitude of 3,000 meters, retouched to the same time of day and season, and assembled into an incredibly precise view of Switzerland. The exhibition opened in 2002 and was originally planned to last four years. But it has remained open for viewing to this day."}
{"text":"Mexican designer Luis Luna has a unique and clever concept of the eco-friendly computer which he has named the O Project.\nThe O Project is a sustainable computer inspired by oxygen and photosynthesis. The CPU is circular, not boxy, and grows a plant inside. The CPU is built with biodegradable skin that is comprised of polymers from cornstarch and bamboo.\nAlthough the small plant can’t absorb all of the carbon dioxide in its surroundings, its existence serves as a reminder of the importance of thinking green, especially as it pertains to technology. The project is part of a Dell design contest for green computers.\nComputers as Plant Pots\nMore Stats +/-\nComputers of the Future\nGreen Computer Spyshots\nSpiced Pumpkin Matcha Powders\nTech-Free Watering Planters"}
{"text":"Jama Masjid, Delhi\nConceived as part of Emperor Shah Jahan’s grand plan to create a new capital, Jama Masjid along with the Red Fort forms the centre of Shahjahanabad. The mosque is well known for its architectural and religious significance.\nCapable of holding 25,000 devotees, Jama Masjid is located at the beginning of Chawri Bazar road in Old Delhi around 500 meters from the Red fort.\nBuilt between 1644 and 1656 AD, the mosque is the final architectural work of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. It was built from red sandstone and white marble, under the supervision of Saadullah Khan, Shah Jahan’s minister.\nThe mosque was christened Majid-i-Jahan Numa; however, it is generally called Jama Masjid as the Friday prayers were held at the mosque.\nDesigned by Ustad Khali, the mosque is a marvellous facade of eleven arches decorated with marbles. It has three gateways, four towers and two minarets. The main entrance is on the eastern side facing the Red Fort, which was used by the emperor.\nThe tower of the mosque has five storeys with a projecting balcony on each floor. The topmost storey is made of marble, the rest with sandstone. Three full domes crown the main prayer hall.\nThe mosque’s courtyard is spread over 1000 square meters. In the centre of the courtyard is a tank which was used for rituals. A raised platform called Dikka near the tank was used by the second cleric to repeat the prayers.\nThe courtyard is surrounded by pillared corridor. Under the domes of the mosque is a hall with seven arched entrances facing the Mecca.\nThe north gate of the mosque houses a collection of Prophet Muhammad’s relics. One gets to see the copy of the Holy Quran written on deer skin, a strand from the Prophet’s beard, his sandals and foot prints on marble.\nInscriptions regarding the history of the mosque, cost of its construction, its architect are inscribed on a plaque in the mosque."}
{"text":"2.7\" Galena Crystals on Pyrite and Sphalerite - Peru\nThis beautiful specimen contains an association of galena crystals that formed over pyrite and sphalerite. It comes from the Huanzala Mine in Peru and the entire piece measures 2.7\" wide. The white botryoidal mineral formations appear to be calcite or aragonite.\nGalena is a lead based mineral that is in fact the primary ore of lead, and has been used for its lead content for thousands of years. Galena typically displays a gray metallic luster and forms cubes or octahedral crystals. The chemical composition of galena is PbS.\nThe mineral pyrite or iron pyrite is commonly referred to as Fool's Gold because its metallic luster and pale brass-yellow hue give it a superficial resemblance to gold. In the old mining days, pyrite was sometimes mistaken for gold. Pyrite is the most common of the sulfide minerals with the chemical formula FeS2. Pyrite crystals occur in many shapes and habits, including cubes of all sizes, penetration twin cubes, pyritohedral clusters and as small druzy crystals that can exhibit a beautiful glistening effect.\nSphalerite is a part of the sulfides group and typically exhibits a grey/black appearance due to high concentrations of impurities. When sphalerite is in it's purest state, the chemical composition is ZnS, and can display a gemmy transparent light tan/yellow color. This is one of the few minerals that can form crystals ranging anywhere between gemmy and transparent to opaque and metallic-like. Opaque or cloudy sphalerite tends to be most abundant, due to the ease of iron replacing zinc in the process of formation."}
{"text":"What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Blepharitis?\nBlepharitis usually causes symptoms of eye itching, irritation, burning, increased tearing, and the sensation that something \"may be in the eye.\" The complaint that \"my eyes feel dry\" is common.\nWith contact-lens wearers, it is often mentioned that \"I can't wear my lenses for as long as I did before\" and \"the lenses irritate me more.\"\nThe lids may be red and may have ulcerative, non-healing areas that may actually bleed. Vision is usually normal, although a poor tear film often blurs vision, causing varying amounts of fluctuating vision during the day. Redness, warmth, and swelling in advanced cases may also be noted.\nIn allergic blepharitis, the lids may appear dark like raccoon eyes. This is called an \"allergic shiner\" and is very common in children.\nFlaking and eyelid matting or \"gluing\" of the lashes are common. In the infectious form, there may be yellow- or green-colored fluid/discharge, which causes sticking of the lids, especially in the morning. With the most common seborrheic form, dry, flaky patches of skin may develop. Dandruff is common on the scalp and the eyebrows.\nSecondarily, the cornea may show tiny erosions or peripheral corneal ulcers. Blepharitis may localize in the skin of the eyelids causing a sty or a chalazion, which, if it does not respond to medical treatment, may require incision (lancing) for drainage. Increased tear production is common and may be quite bothersome.\nChronic blepharitis may result in damage of varying severity, including redness, tearing, and matting of the lids. This may have a marked negative effect upon vision and therefore upon the eyeglass prescription. An inflammatory nodule of the lids (a sty) may develop. This is treated with antibiotic drops, hot compresses, or incision.\nUse of contact lenses or dry eyes may also cause noninfectious blepharitis. Since there are many germs on the eyelids, antibiotic drops may be used in these conditions, as well."}
{"text":"From Bethesda, Maryland, USA:\nI have heard that hypoglycemia in children and young adults is now considered a possible pre-diabetic condition. What metabolic changes lead from hypoglycemia to hyperglycemia with aging?\nThe hypoglycemia that is an occasional predictor of clinical diabetes is due to a delay in what is called 'first phase insulin release'. What this means is that the normal prompt response of the islet cells to a rise in blood sugar is not yet absent; but is delayed for several hours. This in turn leads to inappropriate hyperinsulinemia at a time after a meal when the glucose rise has subsided.\nLast Updated: Tuesday April 06, 2010 15:09:06\nThis Internet site provides information of a general nature and is designed for educational purposes only. If you have any concerns about your own health or the health of your child, you should always consult with a physician or other health care professional.\nThis site is published by T-1 Today, Inc. (d/b/a Children with Diabetes), a 501c3 not-for-profit organization, which is responsible for its contents.\n© Children with Diabetes, Inc. 1995-2015. Comments and Feedback."}
{"text":"(HealthDay News) -- Head lice are small, wingless parasitic\ninsects that feast on tiny amounts of blood sucked from the human\nscalp. They don't spread disease, but the itchy bites they leave\nbehind can trigger misery and infection.\nThe Nemours Foundation offers these suggestions to help get rid\n- Wash any recently worn clothing or recently used linens in\nwater of at least 130 degrees Fahrenheit. Follow with 20 minutes in\nthe dryer on a very hot cycle.\n- Dryclean any linens, stuffed animals or clothes that can't be\nwashed. Or, seal them in an airtight bag for at least two\n- Use a vacuum to clean upholstery or carpet inside your home or\n- Discard combs, brushes, barrettes, hair elastics and other hair\naccessories used by a person with lice infestation. Or, soak them\nfor one hour in alcohol, very hot water or medicated shampoo.\n2012Copyright © 2012\n. All rights reserved.\nPlease be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.\nCopyright © EBSCO Publishing. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"Credit:Leicester University/XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre) and ESA\nWondering in a Deep Field\nYou can learn a lot in a field, late at night, staring off into space, eyes wide with wonder. One question you might ponder is how the Universe formed and how it evolves - a question astronomers continue to wrestle with. The image above is what happens when a powerful X-ray telescope, XMM-Newton, stares into \"blank\" region for over 100 hours. This image shows a web of X-ray sources, mostly active galaxies harboring super gigantic black holes, at different locations and at different distances. These sources are shown in X-ray colors which stand for the energy of the emitted X-rays, where blue sources emit very energetic X-rays, and red sources emit lower-energy X-rays. This X-ray image is even more probing due to coordinated observations in visible light by a powerful Japanese telescope called Subaru (named for the Pleiades cluster, not the car - which in fact was named for the cluster anyway). The combination of the X-ray images from XMM-Newton and the Subaru optical data is allowing astronomers to study the evolution of gravity in the distant, deep Universe.\nHEA Dictionary * Archive\n* Search HEAPOW\n* Other Languages\n* HEAPOW on Facebook\n* Download all Images\nEach week the HEASARC\nbrings you new, exciting and beautiful images from X-ray and Gamma ray\nastronomy. Check back each week and be sure to check out the HEAPOW archive!\nPage Author: Dr. Michael F. Corcoran\nLast modified Friday, 20-Apr-2012 15:23:12 EDT"}
{"text":"Modern Foreign Languages\nModern Foreign Languages Curriculum Statement\nAt Longfield Primary School, it is our intent that all children perceive modern foreign languages as a means of international communication and a lifelong skill. Through embracing, promoting and incorporating languages in our curriculum, we offer all children the chance to become citizens of the world and make them strive to break the barriers of insularity. Our school is the proud home for speakers of 38 different languages, both pupils and staff, so inclusion and awareness towards others are the foundation of our work. Learning languages through creative experiences, as well as building confidence when speaking in a foreign language are achieved at Longfield through the work done by our enthusiastic children and lovely staff!"}
{"text":"Presented by Dr. Richard Green, UCSC and Dovetail Genomics\nThe lack of genetic differences between male and female alligators leaves open the question of how the genes responsible for sex determination and differentiation are regulated. Insight into this question comes from the fact that exposing an embryo incubated at male-producing temperature to estrogen causes it to develop ovaries. Because estrogen response elements are known to regulate genes over long distances, a contiguous genome assembly is crucial for predicting and understanding its impact.\nThe addition of Chicago to the assembly allowed researchers to assembly synteny blocks which enabled comparison of the Alligator genome to other archosaurs, such as the Chicken. What was found was that there is complete homology in the DNA Binding domain of the estrogen receptor between Alligator, Chicken and Human. This will allow additional research into how this domain is involved in temperature dependent sex determination."}
{"text":"On March 12, 1956, America met Scottsdale on the pages of LIFE Magazine. Nina Leen’s photographic essay, “Sands of the Desert Turn Gold” introduced the burgeoning Western town, which had been incorporate only 5 years earlier. Here was a place where the Old West had never become old, where horses were as common as cars, and whose glamour and refinement could satisfy even the most expensive tastes.\nScottsdale was quickly becoming one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Southwest alongside Santa Fe. Leen crafted Scottsdale’s national reputation as a center for authentic fashion and art inspired by the desert and created by its people. The influence of Leen’s article was evident at the time by the nationwide popularization of the broomstick skirt that appeared in the essay, a style that originated in Scottsdale as the “squaw dress.” It is considered a uniquely American fashion staple because it’s inspiration is rooted in Navajo and Mexican women’s dress.\nA city with skyrocketing property values, six-figure homes, three-figure dresses, and $50 gift wrap, Scottsdale seemed a city built by gold. Selling Scottsdale's exclusivity and down-home cowboy charm appealed to middle-class audiences. Many visitors (and speculators) chose to remain. Only ten years after Leen’s article, Scottsdale had become the third largest city in Arizona."}
{"text":"Sitheachdon by the River is located at a fork in a river, making it a very useful location for travellers from afar. It is easily accessible and as such has become one of the largest and most influential villages among the Shcots.\nWhen first discovered, Sitheachdon was considered a mysterious place, because of several strange occurrences. Since then it has become a very busy place, its culture unique. While the majority of the inhabitants are Shcots, there is also a large Fairlan population, quite a few Landons, and several Garlants. There is even one or two members of the Sholan living in Sitheachdon.\nSitheachdon was named for the mysterious occurrences surrounding its discovery and founding, its name coming from an ancient Shcot word for \"Mysterious\" or \"Faerie-Like\". The second part of the name comes from its location near a river."}
{"text":"The pumpkinseed is the most abundant and widespread species of sunfish in New York State. It grows from 4-8 inches long. Pumpkinseeds occur in large numbers in warm shallow waters close to shore. They live in a variety of habitats from small lakes and ponds, to the shallow, weedy bays of larger lakes and the quiet waters of slow moving streams and sluggish rivers.\nThe pumpkinseed is a colorful fish with a bronze to red/orange belly and a bright red spot on the gill flap. The head and body are dark green and the sides have patches of dark scales, some of which are reddish brown. The lower jaw is blue.\nThe pumpkinseed is also\nconsidered a panfish, and\nis excellent to eat.\nThe pumpkinseed is an opportunistic feeder that consumes a wide variety of preys consisting of many kinds of insects, amphipods, mollusks, larval salamanders, and small fish.\nPumpkinseeds spawn from May through August. The males build nests close to shore and in colonies similar to bluegill. The nests are often located close to aquatic vegetation. Males guard the eggs and the young. Females will lay between 600 and 5,000 eggs depending upon their size. Hatching takes place in about 3 days and the male guards the young for another week or more."}
{"text":"On 24th August 1939 notices issued to all members of the Observer Corps.\nWar declared on 3rd September 1939, with observer posts and centres being manned continuously until the end of the war on the 12th May 1945.\nRadar stations were able to provide warning of enemy aircraft approaching the British coast, but once they had crossed the coastline the Observer Corps provided the only means of tracking through the network of observation posts and this provided the information which enabled air raid warning to be issued and RAF fighter intercepts.\nThe Capture of Rudolph Hess\nRudolf Hess was Adolf Hitler's Deputy in the Nazi Party and after a flight of almost 1000 miles, at around 23:00 hours, Hess parachuted out over Eaglesham near Glasgow.\nAfter the successes of 1940 and early 1941 and especially in respect to the work undertaken as the 'eyes and the ears' of the RAF during the 'Battle of Britain', on the 9th April 1941, His late Majesty King George VI the \"Observer Corps\" was provided with royal recognition and the retitle to the \"Royal Observer Corps\"\nWomen in the Corps\n1941 saw the introduction of women into the Royal Observer Corps.\nD day 6th June 1944, the Air Ministry issued a confidential order which outlined an urgent need for a substantial number of ROC Observers to be employed on aircraft recognition duties in defensively-equipped merchant ships. They continued to wear their ROC uniforms but wore 'Seaborne' shoulder flashes and a Royal Navy brassard with the letters 'RN'\nDuring the D-Day Landings two observers lost their lives; 22 survived their ships being sunk and a number being injured during the landings. The Seaborne operation was seen as an unqualified success and was recognised by His Majesty King George VI, by the approval of the use of \"Seaborne\" shoulder titles as a permanent feature of the observer uniform."}
{"text":"[ pan-spur-mee-uh ]\n/ pænˈspɜr mi ə /\nSave This Word!\nthe theory that life exists and is distributed throughout the universe in the form of germs or spores that develop in the right environment.\nQUIZ YOURSELF ON \"WAS\" VS. \"WERE\"!\nWere you ready for a quiz on this topic? Well, here it is! See how well you can differentiate between the uses of \"was\" vs. \"were\" in this quiz.\nQuestion 1 of 7\n“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.\nAlso pan·sper·ma·tism [pan-spur-muh-tiz-uhm], /pænˈspɜr məˌtɪz əm/, pan·sper·my [pan-spur-mee]. /ˈpænˌspɜr mi/.\nOrigin of panspermia\nOTHER WORDS FROM panspermiapan·sper·mic, adjective\nWords nearby panspermia\nDictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021\nExample sentences from the Web for panspermia\nOver the past four decades, all the predictions of cometary panspermia have been verified.Clumps of bacteria could spread life between planets|Paola Rosa-Aquino|August 27, 2020|Popular Science\nIndeed, the old idea of panspermia leads to the wholesale exchange of biology between the stars.How Life Could Continue to Evolve - Issue 88: Love & Sex|Caleb Scharf|August 12, 2020|Nautilus"}
{"text":"In the book Of Mice and Men, the story takes place next to what river?\nSteinbeck's Of Mice and Men takes place during the 1930s on a ranch in the Salinas Valley in California. The river that the story takes place along, is the Salinas river. The setting is enchanting with yellow sands and golden foothills. The setting gives the reader the idea that the Salinas Valley is a land of golden opportunity for Lennie and George. This is the very spot in which the reader first meets these two men.\nIn the novel Of Mice and Men, the story takes place next to the Salinas River. The river marks the beginning, as well as the end of the story. It is important to understand that the river is a symbol of life. At the beginning of the story, George and Lennie take refuge by the river bank, make plans for their future, and Lennie trustingly drinks from it, even though the water may be unsafe to drink. At the end of the story, the river represents the end of life, as Lennie takes refuge by the river, trusting once again that he is in a safe place, but meets with his demise."}
{"text":"This is The Substream's \"The Film Lab\" series on cinematography basics. This is an intro into the basics of exposure. What is the difference between exposure and shutter anyway?\nMike pompously expounds on the basics of lenses and exposure.\nLight, a dude, a lens, a camera and film. This is how something magically becomes an image.\nAperture is a fancy word for hole. The aperture of the lens adjusts how big the hole is that is letting light through. F/1.4 is wide while F/24 is more closed down. F/8 is average right in the middle sized hole or aperture.\nIn photography, exposure is the total amount of light allowed to fall on the photographic medium (photographic film or image sensor) during the process of taking a photograph. Exposure is measured in lux seconds, and can be computed from exposure value (EV) and scene luminance over a specified area. The longer the exposure (slower the shutter speed) the more light that can be let in."}
{"text":"This activity is student centered and Common Core! First, students read a brief history about the Epic of Gilgamesh and an excerpt from the actual tale. Then, they analyze the text and draw conclusions regarding beliefs about polytheism, demigods and society in Ancient Mesopotamia. Lastly, students summarize and support claims with evidence in the form of direct quotes from the text.\n♥♥♥SAVE BIG! Buy this lesson in a discounted ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA UNIT BUNDLE!\nTony Pavlovich, Instructomania, Ancient World History, Ancient Mesopotamia, Polytheism"}
{"text":"In many nations it is the last year of primary level elementary.\nIn many nations it is the last year of primary level elementary.it is for students ages 11.fourth grade also called grade four or year five in britain is a term used to refer to a year of elementary education in some countries.in many nations it.fourth grade math workbooks.in north america,.let us help you with your 6th grade math problems.\nHere on ipracticemath.grade math worksheets free grade printable spelling worksheets playzone 4thign is the playzone 4th 6th grade pc resource with reviews, wikis, videos, trailers, screenshots, cheats, walkthroughs, previews, news and release dates.here is a list of all of the math skills students learn in sixth grade.fourth grade reading activities. Fourth grade, writing, reading, vocabulary, study skills, studying, homework help.\n4th grade.math games, logic puzzles and. Grade 4. Grade 5. Grade 6. Grade 6 math games and activities otter rush ratio stadium adding integers algebra puzzles 3 ratio.grade 4 practice test answer key.ign has news, previews, features and more articles for playzone 4th 6th grade pc.fourth grade also called grade four or year five in britain is a term.change grade.\nOr subject.sixth grade math see recommended skills.get 5 in rewards.free printable 6th grade math worksheets.are you having trouble with 6th grade math.these skills are organized into categories, and.amazon try prime software go.playzone 4th 6th grade.iso. Or direct download link 2: playzone 4th 6th grade.iso. Download pc playzone 4th 6th grade free download pc download free playzone 4th 6th.ann cutting, getty images."}
{"text":"Year 4 Learn About Teeth\n22 October 2020 (by Head Admin (headteacher))\nYear 4 children know all about the importance of looking after your teeth\nIn Year 4 they wanted to test how various types of liquids can affect our teeth. They used eggs as they are made out of a similar material to our teeth. Year 4 decided to test the effect of apple juice, Coco-Cola, Fanta, Vinegar, Coffee and Vinegar with toothpaste. They wanted to use their results to write up a lab-report and present it to their teachers who drink a lot of coffee!"}
{"text":"|DESCRIPTION: It is a deciduous tree reaching up to 20 m in height and 10 m in width at a fast growing rate. It is in flower in April, and the seeds ripen from August to September. The scented flowers are monoecious and are pollinated by the wind. USE: The inner bark - cooked or dried, ground into a powder then used with cereals for making bread etc. Sap - raw or cooked. A sweet flavour. Harvested in early spring, before the leaves unfurl, by tapping the trunk. A beer can be fermented from the sap. Young leaves can be used raw or cooked and used as herbal tea. They are anticholesterolemic and diuretic and works as a germicides. An infusion is used in the treatment of gout, dropsy and rheumatism, and solvent of kidney stones. The bark is diuretic and laxative. The inner bark is bitter and astringent, it is used in treating intermittent fevers and various skin afflictions, especially eczema and psoriasis. The buds are balsamic. The wood is soft, light, durable. It is used for furniture, tool handles, carving, toys etc. It is a source of charcoal that is used by artists and is also pulped and used for making paper. The bark is rich in dye and tannin. GROWING PERIOD: Perennial. COMMON NAMES: Downy birch, White birch. FURTHER INF: It can be found in or at the edge of bogs, in primary and secondary woodlands and along sunny edges. It tolerates strong winds but not maritime exposure. A pioneer species, it readily invades old fields, cleared or burnt-over land and creates conditions suitable for other woodland trees to become established. Since it is relatively short-lived and intolerant of shade, it is eventually out-competed by other trees."}
{"text":"FOLK DANCES OF INDIA – PANTHI\nPanthi is one of the prominent dance forms of Chhattisgarh State in India. The Panthi dance reflects the rich cultural heritage and traditional legacies of the indigenous tribal groups of the region. Representing the vibrant and dynamic cultural life of the local inhabitants of Chhattisgarh Region. Panthi dance epitomizes the unique dance styles of the state.\nIn this, Panthi Folk Dancers are Dressed in colorful costumes with exquisite jewelries, and the performers of the Panthi dance display their artistic caliber with complete dedication and enthusiasm which is reflected in their flawless performance. The expressive body language coupled with unique dancing steps, the splendid performance of Panthi dance casts a magical spell on the audience. The spectators of Panthi dance remain spell bound with the marvelous presentation of unique cultural traits of the indigenous tribal communities.\nEndowed with enriched in cultural traditions, the district of Durg boasts of a plethora of indigenous performing arts of the region which is reflected in the beautiful Folk dance forms, and melodious songs and expressive dance dramas. The beautiful Panthi Folk dance is one such indigenous dance forms of the several tribal communities of the Durg district that has percolated from the ancient times to the modern era."}
{"text":"The Staten Island Museum herbarium (SIM) contains over 25,000 specimens, focused on the flora of Staten Island and the northeastern United States. It is a complete record of the flora of Staten Island, from the 1860s to the present. The core of the herbarium was donated by co-founders Arthur Hollick and Nathaniel Lord Britton, and is composed of specimens they collected during the 1870s-1880s. Specialized sub-collections include hybrid oaks (Hollick/Britton/Davis) and hybrid violets and ferns (Philip Dowell). Aside from vascular plants, the collection also contains mosses, lichens, algae, fungi and slime molds."}
{"text":"Because of the advancements the world has seen throughout the years, companies are able to expand their business overseas. It is a heavy process and if not done correctly it can end up going terribly wrong. When deciding to move a business or deciding to manufacture overseas many factors come out to play. Management needs to take into consideration how the country they are trying to expand into works. Their laws, their beliefs, their values. Management will also, eventually, have to come to a decision in a pivotal moment. They [management] need to be ethical in these situations because what they decided will affect the company. Globalization has also affected business management being as it requires more people with core competency tendencies. Managers need to be able to sell their product and maintain success overseas. Finding the right people to help overlook this complex process will go a long way.\nKeywords: management, ethical, overseas\nThe Impact of Management in the Globalization of Business\nResearch how one can prepare themselves for doing business overseas and one of the most common tips listed is that they should familiarize themselves with the intended countries. Mercedes Alfaro, the founder and president of First Impression Management, says that it is essential to build a rapport with the people and to understand their value system (2010). Learning a country 's customs, such as their language, etiquette, and culture, will not only provide you with an…"}
{"text":"CARE’s Pet Responsibility Education Program (PREP)\nThe mission of CARE’s Pet Responsibility Education Program is to teach children to be safe around cats and dogs, to be responsible pet owners, and to help reduce pet overpopulation by advocating for spay/neuter in their communities.\nPREP, adopted from Moore County’s Pet Responsibility Committee in 2013, is a six-week educational program designed for the 4th grade student. PREP serves 4th grade students in Chatham County Schools and Chatham Charter School. The curriculum has also been modified for 4H campers, YMCA Afterschool programs, kindergarten and high school students, new Habitat for Humanity homeowners, Girl Scouts and the Duke School summer program.\nPREP emphasizes responsible pet care including nutritious food, fresh water, regular veterinary care, spay/neuter, safety around cats and dogs, and animal advocacy. Not only every student, but every individual in Chatham County can be a part of the solution to the pet overpopulation crisis."}
{"text":"Pidgins and Creoles\nThe focus of this study is upon those pidgins and creoles which are English based and which have arisen since the fifteenth century. The book examines the widespread nature of the pidgin/creole phenomenon and evaluates the current definitions of the terms and the theories which have been advanced to account for their existence. The author considers the potential of pidgins and creoles as literary media and as vehicles for education. She looks at the sociological and psychological implications of using pidgins and creoles in the classroom and examines the position of American `Black English' and `London Jamaican' in the pidgin/creole continuum.\nWhat people are saying - Write a review\nWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places."}
{"text":"A Benedictine Congregation in France, an offshoot of the reformed Congregation of Saint-Vannes. It became independent in 1618 as the Congregation of Saint Maur, with the approval of King Louis XIII, Cardinal de Retz and Cardinal Richelieu; sanctioned by Pope Gregory XV in 1621 and Pope Urban VIII in 1627. Before 1800 there were over 180 monasteries, the congregation being divided into six provinces: France, Normandy, Brittany, Burgundy, Chezal-Benoit, and Gascony. They conducted schools, and many scholars, such as Luc d’ Achery, Jean Mabillon, Thierry, Ruinart, Pierre Coustant, Antoine Rivet de la Grange, etc., were attracted to its ranks and produced great works. The Maurists were suppressed by the French Revolution; an attempt to restore them in 1817 was disapproved by the Holy See, and the congregation ceased to exist.\n- “Maurists“. . Saints.SQPN.com. 22 September 2013. Web. 28 February 2015. <>"}
{"text":"OpenGL Headline News\nJul 07, 2008\nNVIDA has unveiled its most powerful graphics processing units (GPU), the GeForce GTX 280 and 260. The GTX 280 has 240 multi-threaded cores and can process video 18 times faster than the latest CPUs. It has 1.4 billion transistors and is capable of nearly a teraflop. Rendering 3D images in realtime is just about the most mathematically intensive task a PC will ever engage in, and these GPUs are aimed at applications that have become increasingly visual, according to NVIDIA. According to Bryan Del Rizzo with NVIDIA, the GTX 280 has 1.4 billion transistors, is compliant with the OpenGL 2.1 standard, and is capable of 0.933 teraflops."}
{"text":"POSTED: 05:09 a.m. HST, Aug 15, 2011\nAn international scientific workshop about a parasitic infection known as rat lungworm disease is scheduled to be held in Honolulu this week.\nThe Wednesday and Thursday workshop led by University of Hawaii researchers brings together scientists and clinicians from countries including Brazil, Jamaica, China and Thailand.\nTheir goal is to develop a research agenda to address the disease on a global scale.\nRat lungworm disease is contracted when people ingest the immature worms that are carried by snails and slugs. Ingestion is often inadvertent, such as eating a small baby slug on a lettuce leaf.\nSnails and slugs become infected with the worms by feeding on feces from infected rodents, primarily rats.\nThe workshop at the Ala Moana Hotel is partially funded by a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant."}
{"text":"The American Library of Congress is a wonderful resource for learning about our history and the people who influenced our country. Thanks to the Internet, we can learn from the articles and artwork contained withing the Library from our own homes. Whether you're simply curious as to what happened on this day in history, or your student is researching for a paper, this is a valuable resource to have bookmarked for future reference.\nBe sure to click on the \"Teachers\" tab and see all the resources that are available to help us teach history including a blog with helpful hints, teacher created lesson plans, information on how to obtain resource material, and more. I also like that there is a tab for \"ask a librarian\" if I have questions or trouble locating a resource."}
{"text":"Step 1: Read about the history of Angel Island.\nLearn about the history of the Angel Island Immigration Station by clicking on both links below:\nStep 2: Life on Angel Island\nClick here to read about life on Angel Island.\nClick here to read a poem about Angel Island.\nStep 3: Read about former Angel Island detainees by clicking on the names below.\nSTEP 4: Write a Journal or a letter to a loved one\nPart A: Writing a Journal\nAfter reading about the former detainees, pick one of the former detainees and write a 5 day journal of the life of that former detainee. While writing the journal, talk about the following:\n-your feelings and emotions at the time\n-your daily routine\n-things you miss the most\nPart B: Letter to a loved one\nIf you choose to write a letter to a loved one, write a letter as a detainee to their family. Describe in your letter what you are experiencing at Angel Island and what you have been through so far. Explore the emotions experienced by someone isolated from the rest of their loved ones."}
{"text":"In Ancient Egypt Isis, Nephtys, Neith and Serket formed a team of four goddesses, who protected the caponic jars containing the organs of the dead.\nFor that reason Egyptians depicted these four goddesses in the canopic chests and sometimes also in sarcophagi.\nWe know that the link of Isis and Nephtys with the corpse is related to the Osiris Legend and to their mourning rite for helping him in his final resurrection. But, which attributes did Neith and Serket have for being part of that divine quartet?\nIn the case of Neith maybe the link would also be related to the Myth of Osiris, and concretely to the incident of the battle between Horus and Seth. This Ancient Egyptian myth tells how Horus had to revenge the death of his father Osiris at the hands of Seth. In the most popular version Horus and Seth battled, with the resulting bloodshed, which ended with the victory of Horus.\nAccording to another version, a court trial had to resolve the conflict. The gods were assembled in Heliopolis and Horus stated againt Seth. But, due to a lack of information the gods decided to write to Neith, an ancient Egyptian goddess of wisdom, and ask her for advice. The answer of Neith was clear: Seth was an usurper; Horus was Osiris’ legitimate heir, so he had to be in the throne of Egypt.\nIt seems quite probably that this mythical defence of Osiris and his son Horus caused the introduction of Neith in the funerary thought of Ancient Egypt as a protective goddess of the organs of the dead.\nAnd…what about Serket?"}
{"text":"Combination with Replacement Calculator\nFor a combination replacement sample of r elements taken from a set of n distinct objects, order does not matter and replacements are allowed.\nThe Combinations Replacement Calculator will find the number of possible combinations that can be obtained by taking a subset of items from a larger set. Replacement or duplicates are allowed meaning each time you choose an element for the subset you are choosing from the full larger set. This calculates how many different possible subsets can be made from the larger set. For this calculator, the order of the items chosen in the subset does not matter.\nCombinations with replacement, also called multichoose, for CR(n,r) = C(n+r-1,r) = (n+r-1)! / r! (n+r-1 - r)! = (n+r-1)! / r! (n - 1)!. For n >= 0, and r >= 0. If n = r = 0, then CR(n,r) = 1.\n- There are n! ways of arranging n distinct objects into an ordered sequence, permutations where n = r.\n- The number of ways to choose a sample of r elements from a set of n distinct objects where order does not matter and replacements are not allowed.\n- Combination Replacement\n- The number of ways to choose a sample of r elements from a set of n distinct objects where order does not matter and replacements are allowed.\n- the set or population\n- subset of n or sample set\nCombination with Replacement Formula:\nFor more information on combinations and binomial coefficients please see Wolfram MathWorld: Combination.\nCite this content, page or calculator as:"}
{"text":"In 2002, Florida reduced barriers to teaching in the classroom by creating alternative routes to teacher certification. This change enabled schools to hire high-quality teaching candidates who did not have traditional teacher training. “Educator Preparation Institutes” were established to certify teachers who were college graduates or other professionals who did not major in education.\nFlorida also began certifying teachers trained by the nonprofit American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence, allowed school districts to create their own certification programs and expanded the reciprocity of approved certifications from other states. There are about 90 different agencies that provided alternative routes to certification, according to the National Center for Alternative Certification. Figures produced by the Florida House of Representatives indicate that district-run alternative certification programs and Educator Preparation Institutes accounted for 37 percent of certifications earned in 2009. Of these new teachers, 68 percent were employed the following school year, compared to 43 percent of those certified through a traditional teacher preparation program.\n For more information about alternative certification, see: Marc J. Holley, “A Teacher Quality Primer: For Michigan School Officials, State Policymakers, Media and Residents,” (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2008), 98-103, http://goo.gl/SZYV1 (accessed March 20, 2013).\n Fla. Stat. § 1004.85(3)\n “Florida: Summary of Alternate Routes to Teacher Certification,” (National Center for Alternative Certification, 2008), http://goo.gl/ jzeOu (accessed June 3, 2013); “Florida’s Educator Preparation Institutes,” (Florida Bureau of Educator Recruitment, Development, and Retention), http://goo.gl/5eOJe (accessed May 16, 2013).\n Author’s calculations based on ibid."}
{"text":"Context Clues, February 27Author: Seidel Matthew\nDescription: 1. Read the following sentences\n2. Determine the meaning of the capitalized word.\nKeywords: , , , , , , online teaching\n1. When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest, her email box was flooded with INQUIRIES for her award-winning muffin recipe.\n2. Grandpa didn’t know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip, and now he had to ALTER his plans.\n3. Unlike Bob, who treated others rudely and kept to himself, Bobby was JOVIAL, friendly, and outgoing\n4. With the field torn up by the players’ cleats, and the cold rain falling in waves, conditions on the playing field were DISMAL"}
{"text":"Even if the United States takes no explicit action to regulate greenhouse gases, emissions of carbon dioxide and other climate-altering substances will grow slowly over the next two decades, not returning to 2005 levels until 2027, according to a new projection from the Energy Information Administration, the research branch of the Energy Department.\nCarbon dioxide emissions fell by 3 percent in 2008 and 7 percent in 2009, largely because of the recession. But even as economic activity picks up, emissions will grow at a modest pace because of growing use of renewable technologies and fuels, improved energy efficiency, slower growth in demand for electricity and the growing substitution of natural gas for coal in power production, the agency reports in its annual energy outlook.\nThe E.I.A. projects that energy-related emissions will not reach six billion metric tons, the 2005 level, until 2027, and will then rise by an additional 5 percent by 2035, reaching 6.3 billion metric tons. United States population and energy use will rise in that period, meaning that per-capita carbon dioxide emissions will fall.\nThose figures assume that Congress and future administrations take no aggressive action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and that coal will remain the dominant source of electricity generation. The outcome could be different if the country moves more quickly to renewable fuel sources or if economic growth is faster or slower than projected."}
{"text":"Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His first two books gained much attention, though they were not bestsellers, and his popularity declined precipitously only a few years later. By the time of his death he had been almost completely forgotten, but his longest novel, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851) - largely considered a failure during his lifetime, and most responsible for Melville's fall from favor with the reading public - was rediscovered in the 20th century as one of the chief literary masterpieces of both American and world literature. Melville is less well known as a poet and did not publish poetry until late in life. Other works include Typee (1846), Omoo (1847), Mardi and a Voyage Thither (2v/1849), Redburn: His First Voyage (1849), White-Jacket (1850), Pierre (1852), Israel Potter: Fifty Years of Exile (1855), The Piazza Tales (1856), Benito Cereno (1856), Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War (1866), Timoleon (1891), The Apple-Tree Table (1922), John Marr and Other Poems (1922), The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade (1923), Billy Budd (1924), and Journal up the Straits (1935)."}
{"text":"Interactive Bulletin Boards\nAxis & Allies\nAfter you have introduced your students to the countries involved in World War II, create this bulletin board to help them become familiar with the opposing sides. Place a large world map on the bulletin board. Also have colored pushpins available for identifying the Axis and the Allies (i.e. red for Axis, blue for Allies). Have a key available for students to do self-checks. This Interactive Bulletin Board can be used over and over again until students internalize the information and understand the basic geography of WWII."}
{"text":"Chapter 6: System-level Modeling of PEM Fuel Cells\nA proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is an electrochemical device that converts the chemical energy of hydrogen and oxygen, with the aid of electrocatalysts, directly into electrical energy. After four decades of research and development, this device has reached the test and demonstration phase . Typically, the analysis and design of PEMFCs are centered around the membrane-electrode assembly (MEA), which involves the characterization of the physical environment of the electrochemical reaction, the transport phenomena of gas (hydrogen, oxygen, water vapor, etc.), liquid water, proton and current, and the relationships between the fuel cell voltage, current, temperature, material (electrode, catalyst and membrane) properties and transport parameters.\nOver the years, PEMFCs have been modeled at various levels of complexity with different focuses. Early work was mainly on the modeling of MEA using mechanistic methods    . Attempts have been made to investigate the multispecies diffusion through the substrate and the diffusion layer of the electrode, the reaction kinetics in the catalyst layers, and proton and water transport through the membrane. The resultant models are generally governed by a set of complex partial differential equations. While the mechanistic models are built upon the rigorous mathematical descriptions of fundamental physics, they normally have very complicated expressions and often certain key physical parameters are difficult to quantify, which may in turn reduce the modeling effectiveness. Empirical modeling, by mapping the fuel cell voltage as a function of various contributing variables"}
{"text":"WEDNESDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Women account for the majority of stroke deaths in the United States, yet there are major gaps in awareness of risk factors specific to women, and in the knowledge of the causes and treatment of strokes in women, according to several reports published a special themed issue of Stroke released online Feb. 10 and dedicated to the epidemic of stroke among women.\nAmong the key findings presented in the issue are that the overall quality of care for women who have had a stroke is lower than that for men. The characteristics of male and female stroke patients also differ, according to one study, with women more likely to be older and be worse affected by stroke, and to have higher incidence of hypertension and atrial fibrillation compared to men.\nOther research highlighted that emergency department waiting times differ among genders, and there is currently a lack of strong evidence-based recommendations for the treatment of stroke during early pregnancy.\n\"Projections indicate that the prevalence and incidence of stroke will increase by 2020 in both genders, but that these figures are magnified in women,\" Tobias Kurth, M.D., and Marie-Germaine Bousser, M.D., write in an accompanying editorial. \"By 2050, mortality from stroke will be 30 percent higher in women than men.\""}
{"text":"Other churches might be grander, but none is more quintessentially Venetian than this 12th-century church with a history of service to the poor. Its cloisters once functioned as a women’s refuge and its portico sheltered the mendicoli (beggars) to whom it owes its name. The tiny, picturesque campo (square) out front is Venice in miniature, surrounded on three sides by canals and featuring a pillar bearing the lion of St Mark.\nDim interiors are illuminated by an 18th-century golden arcade and a profusion of clerestory paintings, including Palma il Giovane's masterpiece Resurrection (c 1610) at the rear, to the left of the organ. In the painting, onlookers cower in terror and awe as Jesus leaps from his tomb in a blaze of golden light. The front right-hand chapel is a typically Venetian response to persistent orders from Rome to limit music in Venetian churches: the Madonna in glory, thoroughly enjoying a concert by angels on flutes, lutes and violins. The parish’s seafaring livelihood is honoured in Leonardo Corona’s 16th-century ceiling panel St Nicholas Guiding Sailors Through a Storm.\nFilm buffs might recognise the interiors from the 1973 Nicolas Roeg thriller Don’t Look Now as the church Donald Sutherland was assigned to restore. Although the movie cast Venice in a spooky light, the publicity apparently helped San Nicolò: the British Venice in Peril Fund underwrote extensive renovations, completed in 1977."}
{"text":"Brighter Child Numbers 1 to 10 helps preschoolers learn and reinforce their number skills – by solving puzzles, playing games, and completing fun brainteasers. Offering 80 pages of full-color activities, easy-to-follow directions, and complete answer key, children will have fun learning numbers!\nFeatures activities that teach:\n•Numbers 1 to 10\nThe popular Brighter Child Workbook series offers a full complement of instruction, activities, and information in 51 subject-specific workbooks. Encompassing preschool to grade 6, this series covers key subjects including basic skills, English & grammar, math, phonics, reading, science, and Spanish. This series is helping prepare children by giving them a solid foundation in key skills necessary for success in the classroom!\n- Answer Key"}
{"text":"November 27, 2015,\nNews & Features\nA new vaccine tested in monkeys generated a muted immune response that effectively wiped out cells infected with simian immunodeficiency virus, a close relative of H.I.V.\nAn ounce of prevention; an ounce of compassion.\nThe latest available estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggested that most people would again go without receiving the flu vaccine.\nAt least 16 European countries are reporting increasing flu activity and Britain and France are experiencing an uptick in people suffering from norovirus.\nOur most used anti-influenza drug may not work as well as we think it does.\nScientists are sharply divided over how easy it might be to make a virulent form of the bird flu virus.\nMOST POPULAR - HEALTH\n- Well: Ask Well: How Many Miles a Week Should I Run?\n- Well: A Doctor Revisits His Own Trauma\n- Well: Breast-Feeding Is Good for Mothers, Not Just Babies, Studies Suggest\n- No, Kissing Bugs Are Not a New Scourge\n- Progesterone May Not Help Women With History of Miscarriages, Study Finds\n- Well: Light May Work on Nonseasonal Depression, Study Finds\n- Well: Brawn and Brains\n- Well: Ask Well: Essential Tremor\n- Well: Ask Well: Do Cranberries Offer Health Benefits?\n- Death Rates Rising for Middle-Aged White Americans, Study Finds"}
{"text":"The Guardian picks up on the ARTNews article putting forth the claim that New York’s Metropolitan Museum owns a Michaelangelo that it bought 40 years ago as the work of another lesser painter:\nSaint John the Baptist Bearing Witness has long been attributed to the workshop of Francesco Granacci, a Florentine Renaissance painter, but hardly a household name today. Now Everett Fahy, former head of European paintings at the Met, has hailed it as the work of the Renaissance genius. Evidence found in the imagery and the underdrawing, the sketch beneath the painting, has led him to conclude that Michelangelo painted it in 1506, two years before he began work on the Sistine ceiling.\nThe Met bought the painting at Sotheby’s London for about £60,000 as “close circle of Francesco Granacci”. Today, as a Granacci, it would be worth perhaps £400,000. As a Michelangelo, its value would be at least £150m.\nMichaelangelo at the Met (The Guardian)"}
{"text":"Steven Spielberg’s magnificent film, \"Lincoln,\" movingly dramatizes the struggle for passage of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. We should be grateful. That epic battle gave us the legal victory required to free the slaves, a victory that assured the integrity of America’s promise of freedom—to her citizens and to the nations of the world. Many have said that this was the most important achievement of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency.\nLincoln himself, though, would not have agreed. He believed that the Emancipation Proclamation—issued 150 years ago this January 1—was the greatest accomplishment of his life and his presidency. Perhaps if we wish to honor Lincoln as he deserves, we should honor him as he preferred—by remembering the terrible clash of forces that gave his Proclamation birth\nkeyboard shortcuts: V vote up article J next comment K previous comment"}
{"text":"Relationships Between Project, Operations, and Organizational Strategy\nCopyright © 2017 by Tomislav N. Krnich\nTo see an answer, click or touch its question:\nWhat is a business operation?\n- A permanent (on-going) activity that is necessary for achieving organizational objectives.\nWhat is the main difference between a business operation and a project?\n- A business operation is a permanent activity while a project is a temporary activity.\nMay a business operation change over time?\nWhat is the responsibility of operations management?\n- To oversee, direct, and control a business operation.\nAlthough projects are temporary, how can they help an organization achieve its objectives?\n- By aligning themselves with the organization’s objectives.\nWhat is a strategic business initiative?\n- An act that changes a business operation, product, service, or system.\nHow is a strategic business initiative implemented?\nWhat are the requirements of a project as compared with a business operation?\n- A project requires project management activities and the skills to support those activities.\n- A business operation requires business process management activities, operations management activities, and the skills that support those activities."}
{"text":"This robotic fish is made from bent PVC pipe and moves its tail for locomotion.\nIf you’re going to build an underwater vehicle, propeller control is the conventional solution. Eric Dirgahayu, however, created his underwater creature in the form of a fish, complete with a tail that powers it through the water, and pectoral fins that could, in theory, steer it in the correct direction. There is also a ballast tank to adjust its buoyancy. Interestingly, control of this “fish” is accomplished via a TV remote, so the surrounding water would need to be relatively clear.\nNow we already have a complete fish robot body, we need to provide it with life! We will use the Arduino Pro Mini because the shape is small and can fit into safety box. In addition, you also need Pro Mini Arduino Motor Driver for control of ballast tanks, UBEX for power protection and two cell LiPo battery 1000mAh for power."}
{"text":"SNDR (Remote Mirror) cheat sheet\nRemote Mirror (SNDR/RDC), creates a network based mirror between two raw devices. When replicating, writes occur on the Primary Host's device no writes occur on the secondary host. When logging, writes may occur on either side, and are tracked through bitmaps.\n||Contains primary device. All commands that manipulate the SNDR-set occur here after the set is enabled.\n||Contains secondary device. The only command run here is the \"enable\" command, when the set is first created\n||A bitmap. There is a bitmap for both primary and secondary devices. Bitmap becomes active when the SNDR-set goes into a \"logging\" state. Each bitmap tracks changes in the associated device when in \"logging\" mode.\n||The relationship of:\nPrimary Host, Primary Device, Primary Bitmap\nSecondary Host, Secondary Device, Secondary Bitmap\n# pkginfo -x SUNWrdcr\nWhat packages installed?\n||SUNWspuni SUNWscm SUNWspsv SUNWrdcr SUNWrdcu\n||SUNWscmr SUNWscmu SUNWspsvr SUNWspsvu SUNWrdcr SUNWrdcu\n||rdcd and rdcsyncd\n||sndrd and sndrsyncd\nWhat drivers loaded?\n# modinfo | egrep \"(nskern | sdbc | nsctl | rdc | sv | iidev)\"\nSNDR comes up before DNS, NIS, and NIS+. The /etc/nssitch.conf should point to files for hosts and services. Only hosts that are in use by SNDR need be identified in the /etc/hosts table.\n||sndradm is equiivalent to rdcadm which is found in the same directory\n||manipulates the data services configuration location\n||manipulates sv driver layer\n||shows statistics and state of SNDR-set\nsndradm commands can be substituded for\nrdcadm commands for 2.x version of the software."}
{"text":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support the prevention of malnutrition at the community level.\nMalnutrition (or under-nutrition), is both a cause and a consequence of ill health and government recognises the multiple complex issues associated with it.\nPublic Health England has published an evidence review which considers what works in supporting older people to maintain a healthy diet and reduce the risk of malnutrition in a community setting. The review can be found at the following link:\nGovernment advice is that most people should follow a diet in line with the United Kingdom’s national food model, the Eatwell Guide. Those who are underweight may need more energy or nutrient-dense foods and drinks. The Eatwell Guide is available at the following link:\nThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) 2012 quality standard 'Nutrition support in adults’ provides advice to help identify people who are either malnourished or at risk of malnutrition in hospital or in the community. This is available at the following link:"}
{"text":"Could one's walking speed have an effect on whether or not they will need Alzheimer's care in the future? Some scientists say yes.\nNew research published in the journal Neurology examined people's walking speeds and linked them to mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The study used 93 participants who were 70 or older and lived alone. Of these participants, 54 had no cognitive impairment, 31 had non-memory related MCI and eight had memory-related MCI.\nResearchers gave participants memory and thinking tests and monitored their walking speeds over a three-year period. The study's authors categorized people into three groups - slow, moderate and fast. The findings indicate that people with non-memory related MCI were nine times more likely to be slow walkers than moderate or fast.\n\"Further studies need to be done using larger groups of participants to determine whether walking speed and its fluctuations could be a predictor of future memory and thinking problems in the elderly,\" said study author Dr. Hiroko Dodge. \"If we can detect dementia at its earliest phases, then we can work to maintain people's independence, provide treatments and ultimately develop ways to prevent the disease from developing. Our in-home monitoring approach has a lot of potential to be used for sustaining independence of the elderly.\"\nResidential Home Health is a leading provider of in-home nursing and therapy care throughout Michigan and Illinois. In addition to home health care, Residential's continuum of care includes Residential Hospice and Healthy Living Medical Supply. If you are interested in learning more about the home care services Residential provides, please call 866-902-4000 or visit www.residentialhomehealth.com."}
{"text":"For most of the year this burrow-dwelling frog lives 1.3 to 3.7 metres under the ground in a cavity that it excavates by digging downwards, using its hindlimbs like spades to throw the soil over its back (1) (5) (6). While foraging, the purple frog actively seeks out termite prey with its touch-sensitive snout, using the robust conical-shaped head to penetrate termite tunnels before sucking up its prey with its fluted tongue. While resting, the limbs are tucked under the body in a horizontal position (5) (6).\nFor several weeks of the year the purple frog comes to the surface to breed (1) (2) (5). Frogs gather around pools and the sides of streams, and once partners have paired up, the male grasps the female just above the legs and, using sticky skin secretions, glues to her in amplexus (the mating embrace) (2) (5). The fertilised eggs are laid in a pool of water and will subsequently hatch into tadpoles, before going through varying stages of metamorphosis to become adult frogs (5)."}
{"text":"Students at Saint Paul’s took part in the biggest celebration of books and reading in the world when they participated in a fantastic World Book Day.\nWorld Book Day was designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and is marked in over 100 countries around the globe. The main aim of World Book Day is to encourage children to explore the pleasures of books and reading.\nWith the aim of inspiring and developing their students’ interest in reading, the school organised a full week of reading related activities including a book quiz, puzzles, a Story in Five Parts and a “Guess how many books there are in the Library” competition.\n“World Book Day is the perfect opportunity to raise the profile of reading for pleasure and engage our students in reading activities,” explained Ms Savova, the school librarian. “The students become engrossed in the various competitions and activities and we know from past experience that the events will encourage them to further develop their love of reading.”\nMr Sharrock, English teacher, said: “Research shows that teenagers who pick up a book for pleasure are more likely to succeed in life. The aim of World Book Day is to inspire people to read, it is the biggest annual celebration of books and reading in the UK and the students enjoy participating in the event.”"}
{"text":"The Crossover Grip has indentations for each of the three fingers to rest in and an additional “hood” to prevent the thumb from crossing over the top of the pencil and index finger.\nThe Crossover Grip helps\n- the child who crosses their thumb over the top of the pencil\n- the child who needs support to the index finger\nThis gripper also offers support to the index finger. Prior to the creation of The Pencil Grip and Crossover Grip, therapists gave children a pencil with a small gripper and a wadded paper towel taped above the gripper to give support to the index finger and open up the hand a bit. These grippers provide that support."}
{"text":"In a reaction\nA + B2 → AB2\nIdentify the limiting reagent, if any, in the following reaction mixture.\n2 mol A + 3 mol B\nA limiting reagent determines the extent of a reaction. It is the reactant which is the first to get consumed during a reaction, thereby causing the reaction to stop and limiting the amount of products formed.\nAccording to the reaction, 1 mol of A reacts with 1 mol of B. Thus, 2 mol of A will react with only 2 mol of B. As a result, 1 mol of B will not be consumed. Hence, A is the limiting reagent.\nVideo Tutorials For All Subjects\n- Limiting Reagent"}
{"text":"Liberalism is not for attacking. It is for recapturing. There is much in “our” movement, whatever that is, that is liberal — the love of freedom, the emphasis on individual character. Libertarianism is an insufficient derivative of true liberalism that often becomes hostage to nonessential causes, whether marijuana legalization or the draft.\nA true liberal hero from the past is Grover Cleveland; less purely liberal, but a more useful model still for our kind of liberalism, was Calvin Coolidge, president from 1923 to 1929. Silent Cal opposed special tax exemptions for municipal bonds on principle, fought hard and won for historically low top tax rate of 25%, and served with character. How much character did Coolidge have? When a driver hit him while he was walking after church in Northampton, Coolidge refused to divulge the driver’s name to protect him. Coolidge, like Washington, or Lord Acton, understood that power corrupts. He therefore turned down a chance to run again in 1928, though he knew he would win.\nOffice and government before individual was his motto. When walking along once on the street past the White House, someone with him asked jokingly of the president — “who lives there?” (pointing). The president’s reply: “Nobody lives there. They just come and go.”\nHappy Birthday, Calvin Coolidge, the president who was born on the Fourth of July.\nAmity Shlaes is writing a biography of Calvin Coolidge."}
{"text":"Trauma, stress, and manmade and natural disasters are increasingly impacting individuals and communities. The clinical and scientific advances presented here strive to address the rapidly expanding individual and community burden of disease resulting from the experience of traumatic or stressful events. The authors describe the suffering which trauma- and stressor-related disorders (TSRDs) cause, and explain in 30 concise chapters the state of the science for the DSM-5 trauma- and stressor-related disorders with regard to pathogenesis, diagnostic assessment and approach to treatment. This volume presents the genetic, neurochemical, developmental, and psychological foundations and epidemiology of the trauma- and stressor-related disorders, in addition to specific guidance on screening and evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and biological, psychological and social treatments. The chapters in this book cover a variety of TSRDs: posttraumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder, adjustment disorders, persistent complex bereavement disorder, and reactive attachment and disinhibited social engagement disordersd. Graphics, including neuroimaging are integrated for easy reference and to aid grasping of key concepts. The book draws on the current literature and provides brief case scenarios from individuals and families exposed to psychological or physical traumas, including mass trauma events. Factors contributing to susceptibility to these disorders and to resilience are also addressed. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders provides an in-depth yet succinct introduction to current clinical and research knowledge for trainees and for professionals including psychotherapeutic, psychopharmacological, public health, and policy interventions. It addresses the level of evidence for different best practices to target the disabling cognitive, emotional or behavioral symptoms for a specific patient or population."}
{"text":"Ninety percent (90%) of a child’s brain development happens before the age of 5. At birth, a child’s brain has not fully developed. The child’s brain is neuroplastic, meaning it has the ability to change in response to experiences. Experiences in the early years influence how the brain is built. Relationships with supportive caregivers are profoundly important for shaping the developing brain. The development of a child’s brain architecture provides the foundation for all future learning, behaviour and health.\nCome and find out how specific parenting practices shape developmental outcomes in the brain-building process.\nDr. Kimberley Kong holds a Master of Education (Educational Psychology) from Universiti Sains Malaysia and PhD in Child and Youth Research (Psychology) from Trinity College Dublin (Ireland).\nShe is a lecturer at School of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) teaching courses in Early Childhood Education and Psychology. She had worked with children across diverse settings which include high-end early childhood education setting, urban poor, indigenous communities and most recently refugee communities. Kim is also involved in several research projects relating to early child learning and development, focusing on resilience in children and play-based learning.\nRegistration link https://bit.ly/36nfqH"}
{"text":"The increasing demand on fast wireless communications, e.g. huge data file transferring and mobile broadband access, has driven wireless communication systems into a path towards Terabit era. Terahertz (THz) technology is promising due to its unique features, such as unlimited bandwidth available and minimum human health threat. However, a number of technical challenges need to be overcome to achieve such an ultrafast data rate of Terabit in the THz frequency band. This presentation overview the key technologies and challenging aspects of a THz Terabit communication system, from a system point of view, in terms of THz generation and link power budget. The THz atmospheric absorption is another critical issue to limit wireless communication range.\nMain Research Area:\n34th Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium, 2013"}
{"text":"Cancer Treatment May Play Key Role In HIV Cure\nCould a cancer treatment be the key to curing HIV? Researchers are hopeful.\nEkaterina Dadachova, a radiology, microbiology, and immunology professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine has found that radioimmunotherapy, which is widely used to fight cancer, may potentially be used in conjunction with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to create a permanent cure for HIV.\nIn her team's research HIV infection was reduced to undetectable levels after they administered radioimmunotherapy to HIV-infected white blood cells, in blood samples from people who already received HAART.\nAccording to Dadachova (via Gay Star News):\n‘To combat HIV, we need a method that will completely eliminate all HIV-infected cells without damaging non-infected cells.’\nNearly nine million adults worldwide living with HIV receive antiretroviral therapy.\nBut while HAART keeps the virus from multiplying, it does not cure patients because it cannot completely eliminate the HIV-infected cells in which the virus can replicate.\nDadachova presented the findings at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.\nShe said she had found radioimmunotherapy offers ‘real potential for being developed into an HIV cure.’\nIn radioimmunotherapy, radioactive isotopes attached to antibodies selectively target and destroy cells.\nAfter the antibodies deliver the radioisotope to a specific target, such as a cancer cell, the radioisotope delivers a lethal dose of radiation without harming healthy cells.\n‘The elimination of HIV-infected cells with RIT was profound and specific,’ Dadachova added.\n‘The radionuclide we used delivered radiation only to HIV-infected cells without damaging nearby cells.’\nSo far the study has only been conducted on blood samples and lab models. Trials with human subjects would be the next step.\nWhat do you think of the study's findings, Instincters?"}
{"text":"Check ins, collaboration, connection, conversation, cooperation, emotional connection, Emotional Intersection, equality, Human connection, Human relations, human relationships, Practice of bridging, social constructionist ideas, Transparency\nLately I have been thinking of what makes a conversation easier between two people. I came to realize that if people don’t meet each other in a shared emotional intersection, they might not be able to be present to one another. What makes two people present to each other is crucial in conversation. People need to be in a same/similar/familiar emotional space to be able to talk to one another in a more effective and understanding way.\nPractice of ‘Check- In’ would bring people together to experience emotional connection. It would invite people to join in a shared emotional space. Practice of ‘Check- In’ is a practice of self-disclosure; it is a practice that allows the other person to get to know one’s emotional space; it is an invitation to inform others about one’s state of mind and emotions. People become more in tune with each other’s particular emotional mental and relational states. People experience connecting with one another in a more leveled equal and transparent way.\nPractice of ‘Check- In’ also provides an opportunity to join in having dialogues to address much broader issues such as organizational social and political matters. This practice would allow people to defuse visible and invisible conflicts and become more aware of each other’s vulnerabilities.\n- Have you tried the practice ‘Check-in’ in your conversations with your friends, family members or employees?\n- What questions do you ask when you do Check-in?\nTahereh Barati, M.A, RMFT"}
{"text":"Point Reyes Station's Railroad Days\nFor nearly 60 years, it was West Marin’s railroad hub, connecting Cazadero to Sausalito.\nCourtesy of The Point Reyes National Seashore archives.\nIn 1875, when the North Pacific Coast Railroad reached from Sausalito to the eastern shore of Tomales Bay—with a ferry connection to San Francisco and stops en route in San Anselmo and San Geronimo Valley—the stop for the Point Reyes Peninsula was called Olema Station. Then, in 1882, when a U.S. Post Office was opened, the town’s official name was changed to Point Reyes Station. By then, track had been laid 35 miles north through timber and farming towns to Cazadero. The above 1927 photo shows transfer platforms where freight from the north—once lumber and potatoes, then mostly dairy products—was taken from narrow-gauge cars and placed in standard-gauge trains for the trip south. Buildings in the photo, starting from left: the pitched-roofed train depot (now the town’s post office); the red brick Grandi Building; what is now the Old Western Saloon; the Point Reyes Emporium (tall building, middle right) and structures that currently house Point Reyes Books and the Bovine Bakery. In 1933, the Northwestern Pacific Railroad, as it was then called, pulled out of Point Reyes Station and it became a slower-paced agricultural community.\nWest Marin historian Dewey Livingston contributed to this story."}
{"text":"The HSV1 virus spread from the genitals to nerves in the spinal chord, and then on to neurons in the colon, killing them. The damage to the colonic neurons prevented the movement of food along the digestive tract, leading to an enlarged colon and disease. Other members of the herpes virus family, including Epstein-Barr virus, chicken pox virus, and cytomegalovirus have been found in the neurons of the colon of people with unexplained chronic constipation.\nScience Daily. June 8, 2016."}
{"text":"The diet of first-feeding fish larvae can influence their future growth and survival. The foraging ecology of yellow perch (YP) larvae was studied in western Lake Erie, a region characterized by habitat heterogeneity associated with the Maumee River Plume (MRP) and a high prevalence of invasive species. To determine the influence of the MRP on YP diet, water physical characteristics, zooplankton prey community, and larval YP diet and foraging selectivity were compared between MRP and non-MRP waters, 2006-2008. Water temperature was higher, while water clarity was lower in the MRP when compared to non-MRP waters. The zooplankton prey community (groups constituting >. 1% of YP prey items) did not differ between MRP and non-MRP waters, being composed of small cladocerans, cyclopoid and calanoid copepods and non-native dreissenid mussel veligers. Ration increased with YP total length (TL), with no differences found between MRP and non-MRP waters. Diet composition also varied with larval YP length, with the smallest larvae preying more heavily on dreissenid veligers than larger fish, and no differences between MRP and non-MRP waters. Most sizes of larvae positively selected for cyclopoid copepods in MRP and non-MRP waters, while selection for other prey was neutral or negative. Our study reveals a similar zooplankton community and larval foraging ecology between MRP and non-MRP waters during spring season, despite habitat physical differences, and points to mechanisms unassociated with larval foraging (i.e., predation) as a reason for higher recruitment of YP residing inside versus outside of the MRP as larvae.\n|Journal||Journal of Great Lakes Research|\n|State||Published - 2015|"}
{"text":"249 Mediate (verb)\n- to try to end a situation between two or more people or groups who disagree by talking to them and trying to find things that everyone can agree on\n- to succeed in finding a solution to a problem between people or groups who disagree\n- to influence something and/or make it possible for it to happen\n- Wilson tried to mediate between the European powers to end the war.\n- They mediated a settlement.\n- The UN attempted to mediate a solution to the conflict.\n- Educational success is mediated by economic factors."}
{"text":"is one of Muhammad's secretaries.\nIt is related that, when Muhammad instructed Abdullah to write down the words (Surah xxiii.12-14) ... Abdullah exclaimed, \"And blessed be God, the best of creators\"; and Muhammad told him to write that down also. Whereupon Abdullah boasted that he had been inspired with a sentence which the Prophet had acknowledged to be part of the Qur'an. It is of him that is written in the Qur'an, Surah vi.93, ... (Hughes' Dictionary, p. 2)This incident, of course, casts doubt on the inspiration of the Qur'an, when Muhammad so easily added to the words given.\nMore discussion in Sources of the Qur'an: Contributions by `Abdullah ibn Sa`d Ibn Abi Sarh\nGo Back to Main Index"}
{"text":"A self-administered test to screen for early dementia, and it could help speed the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of memory disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, has been designed by researchers.\nThe handwritten self-assessment, which can take less than 15 minutes to complete, is a reliable tool for evaluating cognitive abilities.\nThe discovery has been explained in the current issue of the journal Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders.\nDouglas Scharre, a neurologist at the Ohio State University Medical Center, developed the Self-Administered Gerocognitive Examination (SAGE) to help identify individuals with mild thinking and memory impairments at an early stage.\nThe research shows four out of five people (80 percent) with mild thinking and memory (cognitive) issues will be detected by this test, and 95 percent of people who are normal thinking will have normal SAGE scores.\nScharre, who specializes in treating Alzheimer's disease, said treatments for Alzheimer's and dementia are more effective when they are introduced in the earliest stage of the disease. Unfortunately, he said he often sees patients more than three to four years after the first symptoms of a cognitive impairment began to appear.\n\"It's a recurring problem,\" said Scharre. \"People don't come in early enough for a diagnosis, or families generally resist making the appointment because they don't want confirmation of their worst fears. Whatever the reason, it's unfortunate because the drugs we're using now work better the earlier they are started.\""}
{"text":"Imagine old military planes used to revitalize barren areas of the earth, instead of causing death and destruction to the environment and wildlife. This reality may be closer than you think. Former RAF pilot, Jack Walters of Shropshire, England, believes C-130 transport aircraft — originally used for carpeting landmines across combat zones — could easily be refitted to deliver something exceptionally beneficial and peaceful: tree bombs.\nPeter Simmons, of Lockheed Martin aeronautical corporation, thinks the idea is very doable:\n“The possibilities are amazing. We can fly at 1,000ft at 130 knots planting more than 3,000 cones a minute in a pattern across the landscape – just as we did with landmines, but in this case each cone contains a sapling. That’s 125,000 trees for each sortie and 900,000 trees in a day.”"}
{"text":"In present world, the world has modified and many men and ladies take care of climatic modification and want to avoid this harmful phenomena right away. 1 of the possibility to protect our Earth and do not miss heat and energy is application of wind power into our daily life.\nIn present day world, most of individuals who reside in towns appreciate the phrase ‘eco’ and they do lots of things to reside in the ‘environmental’ style. 1 of the idea is to make a usage of wind to produce the power to their homes. They create household wind generator which create the energy to their homes. However, it is recommended to know anything more about advantages and negatives of generating the household wind generator.\nWind energy is one of the renewable energy sources. Have you ever wondered about how such energy is generated? Quite siple, energy is obtained by means of certain turbines. Those turbines convert mechanical energy into electricity. Nonetheless, it is important to keep in mind that wind turbines can create electricity only where the wind blows. Moreover, the speed of wind has to be faster than “start speed”. Otherwise, turbines remain stationary and the energy will not be produced.\nCurrently observing miscellaneous medias such as for example TV as well as reading different websites we may improvingly systematically observe that miscellaneous specialists in sphere of the environment protection are alarming about the negative state of our planet.\nNecessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.\nAny cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website."}
{"text":"Alpha Decay- Smoke Detectors\nRecall that alpha particles or Helium nuclei (42He) are emitted during radioactive decay.\nYou probably have read about alpha particles being used in the Rutherford gold foil experiment, but it may surprise you to learn that alpha particles may be found in every room you walk in! One conventional use for alpha particles can be found in household smoke detectors. Rest assured, this minute amount of radiation is harmless! In ionization detectors, a tiny amount of Americium-241 continuously releases a stream of alpha particles. These alpha particles ionize air atoms by striking off electrons from free floating atoms in the air. Inside the detector are 2 plates, one negatively charged and one positively charged; the ions will be drawn toward the negative plate and the electrons will be attracted towards the positive plate, thus creating an electrical current. If the current is broken such as when smoke particles attach to the ions, the detector will sound off.\n1. What other types of smoke detectors exist?\n2. What types of atoms (specifically) are ionized by the alpha particles in the detector?\n3. What are other conventional uses of Alpha particles that you may see everyday?\n4. What are some commonly associated concerns with alpha particles and radioactive materials in general?"}
{"text":"Christmas tree packet\n|This article needs additional citations for verification. (July 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)|\nIn information technology, a Christmas tree packet is a packet with every single option set for whatever protocol is in use. The term derives from a fanciful image of each little option bit in a header being represented by a different-colored light bulb, all turned on, as in \"the packet was lit up like a Christmas tree\". It can also be known as a kamikaze packet, nastygram, or lamp test segment.\nChristmas tree packets can be used as a method of divining the underlying nature of a TCP/IP stack by sending the packets and then awaiting and analyzing the responses. When used as part of scanning a system, the TCP header of a Christmas tree packet has the flags FIN, URG and PSH set. Many operating systems implement their compliance with the Internet Protocol standard (RFC 791) in varying or incomplete ways. By observing how a host responds to an odd packet, such as a Christmas tree packet, inferences can be made regarding the host's operating system. Versions of Microsoft Windows, BSD/OS, HP-UX, Cisco IOS, MVS, and IRIX display behaviors that differ from the RFC standard when queried with said packets.\nA large number of Christmas tree packets can also be used to conduct a DoS attack by exploiting the fact that Christmas tree packets require much more processing by routers and end-hosts than the \"usual\" packets do.\nChristmas tree packets can be easily detected by intrusion-detection systems or more advanced firewalls. From a network security point of view, Christmas tree packets are always suspicious and indicate a high probability of network reconnaissance activities."}
{"text":"A-Level General Paper: Content Knowledge for Revision is designed to equip students with a wealth of relevant knowledge. Students will be presented with a wide array of topics, ranging from the environment to the arts. Each unit is specially crafted to allow students to gain a further understanding of each topic, giving them the necessary skills and knowledge to ace General Paper.\nThis book aims to prepare students for the A Levels by providing content that is summarised without forgoing the details. The information is crafted into meaningful insights to allow students to effectively evaluate and argue their stands, giving them the confidence to take on the subject."}
{"text":"Feature The Case of the Slave-Ship Zong Robert Weisbord describes the shocking events that took place on an 18th-century British slaver. Robert Weisbord | Published in History Today Volume 19 Issue 8 August 1969 The Slave Ship, by J.M.W. Turner, 1840. To continue reading this article you will need to purchase access to the online archive. Buy Online Access Buy Print & Archive Subscription If you have already purchased access, or are a print & archive subscriber, please ensure you are logged in. Please email firstname.lastname@example.org if you have any problems."}
{"text":"Every day, your immune system encounters thousands of pathogens that try to penetrate and wreak havoc on your body. In fact, if it wasn’t for this system, none of us would be alive today!\nEven though this system is highly sophisticated, it is not perfect. Every now and then, your immune system will launch a severe immune response against a harmless substance. If this process is recurrent, we are dealing with an allergy.\nCauses of allergy\nThe exact causes of allergy have not yet been pinpointed; however, scientists believe it’s a combination of nature and nurture.\nThe nature part is the genetic predisposition that runs in families. If you have a close relative with many allergies, your risk of developing a new onset allergy is high.\nThe nature part relates to environmental exposure to chemical substances, which can be the trigger point of allergies.\nImmunologists refer to the immune reaction that causes allergy symptoms as a hypersensitivity reaction. During a hypersensitivity reaction, your immune system will release several pro-inflammatory substances, such as histamine, leukotrienes, and prostaglandins. All of these molecules will cause the typical symptoms of an allergic reaction, which include:\n- Congested nose\n- Skin rash\n- Nausea and vomiting\n- Swollen lips and tongue\nAt first, you might think that the best treatment option for allergies is to reduce the hyperactivity of the immune system. However, this treatment is left for extremely severe cases since it could be very damaging.\nIf you suppress your immune system, you will susceptible to developing many dangerous infections.\nTherefore, the best treatment for allergies is to identify the substances that are causing these reactions.\nBefore the invention of allergy testing, this process was extremely expensive, long, and ineffective. Fortunately, you can accurately pinpoint the substance that’s causing your allergy from the comfort of your home, using home allergy testing."}
{"text":"Between the 700s and 1000s, pirates known as Vikings raided much of Europe. Some were linked to merchant communities trading in Central Asia, while others joined diaspora groups that settled the North Atlantic. They made their world through various means--texts, images, artifacts, and behaviors. In this course, students will accomplish parallel work, guided by the principle that making is best studied by doing. Students will learn how Viking-Age peoples made their world and consider how we recreate and represent that world today. This course includes travel to Denmark during spring recess.\nApplications will be accepted until the course is closed; for full consideration, please submit by November 21, 2022.\nStudents from all concentration areas are encouraged to apply."}
{"text":"|Birth Day||July 2, 1932|\n|Age||90 YEARS OLD|\nNuclear physicist who was a part of the physics staff at Los Alamos National Laboratory and worked on the use of the laser, electron, and ion beams to heat thermonuclear plasmas for alternative energy sources.\nHe was trained as a farmer at the Bureau of Indian Affairs but never graduated high school and later served in the US military in the Korean War.\nHe was featured in the NOVA documentary The Long Walk of Fred Young in 1979.\nHe came from a Navajo/Ute family in Towaoc, Colorado on the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation.\nLike him, Ernest Moniz is a well known American nuclear physicist."}
{"text":"The sun emitted a powerful set of X-class flares this week, one of which could start hitting earth’s magnetosphere right about … now. The other could strike a few days later. The effects are notoriously hard to predict, but scientists now say it does not poses a serious threat to the surface:\nMSNBC — Earlier forecasts had hinted that this weekend’s light shows could reach as far south as Alabama. But further number-crunching scaled back the estimates of the coming geomagnetic storm’s severity, Young said, suggesting a more limited auroral reach. “I am disappointed that I probably won’t see any in Maryland,” Young said.\nThose in the northernmost regions of the US and throughout Canada and Siberia may notice heightened Auroras beginning as soon as early Saturday morning. There could be some issues with GPS and other satellite communications.\nThe fear is one day, one of these coronal mass ejections will smack right into us and cause something like the Carrington super storm of of 1859. If a solar storm of that magnitude hit the earth today, it could shut down the word wide web and lay waste to power and phone lines all over the planet. Damage could be in the trillions. It’s just a matter of time: analysis of nitrates in Greenland ice cores indicate such an event occurs once every 500 years, on average."}
{"text":"Click a term to initiate a search.\nExperience the First World War through the eyes of three very different people who took part in it. Click on the character whose story you want to follow. Click 'For Schools' for educational material designed for use in Scottish schools.\nGeneral Douglas Haig (later Field Marshal Earl Haig) was British Commander in Chief for the greater part of the First World War. Follow his war through his diaries, letters, and photos by clicking on his photograph.\nNurse Mairi Chisholm knew more about the war and its horrors than most women. You can follow her wartime experiences by clicking on the photograph.\nLance Corporal George Ramage was an ordinary Scottish soldier or 'Jock' in the Gordon Highlanders. His perspective on the war was very different from General Haig's. Click on his photograph to read his diary and follow his experiences."}
{"text":"A moderately large, robust fish, most\nSmallmouth Bass are 8-15 inches long.\nThe colouring is variable with size, condition\nand habitat but usually Smallmouth Bass\nrange from brown to olive or green on\nthe back with golden flecks.\n- Smallmouth Bass occur in eastern British\nColumbia in lakes of the Columbia River\nsystem and on Saltspring Island and southern\n- The Smallmouth Bass spawns over a period\nof 6-10 days in the late spring to early\nsummer. The male builds a nest and the\nfemale lays approximately 7000 eggs per\npound of fish. The maximum age in Canada\nis 15 years. Food includes insects, crayfish\nTO MAN - The Smallmouth Bass' attraction\nfor anglers and its sporting qualities\nare almost legendary. The flesh is white,\nflaky and delicious."}
{"text":"- About IE\n- Our Expeditions\n- Travel Specials\n- Prepare for Your Trip\n- Travel Agents\n- Contact Us\nWWF: \"Tigers May Disappear By 2022\"\nThe World Wildlife Fund and other experts say that the world's 3,200 wild tigers could become extinct in 12 years if countries fail to protect their habitats and step up the fight against poaching. It is estimated that just a century ago there were as many as 100,000 tigers in the wild. Three of the nine tiger subspecies — the Bali, Javan, and Caspian — already have become extinct in the past 70 years.\nAt a \"tiger summit\" in St. Petersburg, global wildlife experts approved a wide-ranging program with the goal of doubling the world's wild tiger population by 2022 in the 13 countries that still have tiger populations: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam and Russia.\nThe program aims to protect tiger habitats; end poaching, smuggling and illegal trade of tigers; and to create incentives for local communities to engage them in helping protect the big cats.\n\"For most people tigers are one of the wonders of the world,\" said James Leape, director general of WWF. \"In the end, the tigers are the inspiration and the flagship for much broader efforts to conserve forests and grasslands.\"\nRead the complete story from ABC News."}
{"text":"Time and place: Every Thursday, every week women in Bangalore have stood against wars and conflicts and the wars (violence in its different forms) against women. http://www.womeninblack.in\nabout: Black is the colour that we wear, Black, the colour that speaks our resistance. Silence is the language that we speak, Silence, a language that voices our anguish. In March 1993, inspired by the worldwide Women in Black movement, Vimochana initiated the first Women in Black action in Bangalore, India. Women in the city stood in silence protesting the razing of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya and the communal conflict that spread in India. Ayodhya that became a metaphor for the violent politics of Hindu Nationalism. Women stood protesting and remembering in silence the innocent victims, refusing to let the politics of hatred and intolerance destroy the humanity that binds and lives within all faiths. The Women in Black, India in a quiet, sustained way has sought to make public the many forms of ‘personal’ violence against women – wife battering, dowry deaths, female foeticide female circumcision, pornography, sexual assault, rape. Everywhere, women, are unmasking the many horrific faces of more public ‘legitimate’ violences – state repression, communalism, ethnic cleansing, nationalism, nuclearisation, wars ….. violence in the name of development, in the name of reproductive technologies, genetic engineering, and the feminisation of poverty. The issues have been many. The forms in which protests have been expressed have also been varied. Silence, posters, placards, pamphlets and some times lighting lamps, have been an expression of this collective rebellion and resistance. While the above mentioned issues are some of the vigils that the WIB India have focused on, we have also stood in solidarity for peoples living in war and conflict zones – with people of Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine to mention a few."}
{"text":"Fresh off several conferences and meetings where discussions centered around smart grid, wind power, and other renewable energies, yesterdays tour of the Shanghai Municipal Waste Facility proved to be a very interesting site visit. Operational for 3 years now, this facility (one of two facilities in Shanghai) incinerates about 1500 tons of trash a day from 5 districts of Shanghai (Shanghai has a total of 19,000 tons of trash a day)\nBuilt largely with foreign equipment, the facility has 3 boilers that provide the fuel to turn its 24MW turbines for a total of 1400000 kwH of energy, and the resulting fly ash is roughly around 20% by volume. Able to sell its energy to the grid for .5RMB/ kwh (a .09 RMB premium over coal) and able to generate a bit of a revenue from removing garbage out from the landfill, the facility is now turing a profit and on the way to paying back the original investment of .6 billion RMB.\nWhile on the tour, it was clear to us that this facility was receiving special treatment, and that it was a case study that was being learned from. At one point, our host mentioned Shanghai’s goal of zero landfill waste by 2020, which means that more incinerators are going to be built.. although he only mentioned that Shanghai had only targeted 30% incineration.\nWhich leaves recycling, and biochemical solutions not currently in China.\nOne issue that I brought up was that if the incinerators were able to use the fly ash as part of their roadworks, then a real model for using waste streams would be built, and thus reducing the costs of several environmental issues that are faced by the waste and construction industry. The response I was given to the question was that in China this is not allowed, and that the European standards were not high enough… an area for improvement…\nFeatured Image Credit: The Hindu"}
{"text":"Send an E-Postcard of:\n\"Unusual Store Prices in Many Local Stores Tomorrow\" article from the Greenfield Daily Recorder newspaper\n(c) Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield MA. All rights reserved.\nContact us for information about using this image.\nThe economic crisis of the Great Depression caused many businesses to fail and in turn, massive unemployment. By 1933, two years after this article appeared in the Greenfield Daily Recorder, an estimated 25% of the national labor force would be unemployed. These conditions created a vicious cycle of problems. Increased unemployment led to a decline in consumption as unemployed workers had little or no money with which to purchase goods. A decline in consumers' purchasing of goods and services led to further business failure which led, in turn, to further unemployment. Greenfield, Massachusetts, a small industrial city in the north western part of the state, tried a novel tactic to increase retail sales for businesses struggling to unload inventory which remained unsold because of a decline in consumption. Seventy-five stores advertised merchandise for just a dollar in hopes of enticing now thrifty consumers to buy. If consumers purchased goods, it was hoped, this would initiate a virtuous circle of increased demand that could stimulate production and, hence, increase the need for workers.\ntop of page"}
{"text":"substances that stop the production or block the transmission of hormones in the body. Go to Top\nsubstances that stop the production or block the transmission of hormones in the body and often interfere with development.\nexogenous chemicals that interfere with hormone function. Three main forms of interference: Mimic (effects of natural hormone), Block (binding of hormone to receptor or synthesis), Interfere (with hormone transport or elimination). ( More? Endocrine Notes)\n( AKA Environmental Hormones) -- Generally, synthesized chemical compounds that interfere with the chemical messaging system that directs the development of life. Dr. J.P. Myers, coauthor of Our Stolen Future: \"What they do, what they have the potential of doing depending upon the nature of the chemical, its amount, and the timing of its delivery is that if they can have an impact on intelligence and behavior, on reproductive capacity and on the ability to resist disease. In shorthand, they can make you sick, sterile and stupid. \"\nSynthetic chemicals and natural plant compounds that may affect the endocrine system (the communication system of glands, hormones and cellular receptors that control the body's internal functions). Many of these substances have been associated with developmental, reproductive and other health problems in wildlife and laboratory animals. Some experts suggest these compounds may affect humans in similar ways.()"}
{"text":"A group of late 16th century Chinese porcelains with datable English mounts\nAuthor(s): Linda Pomper\nBesides learning from sherds of Chinese porcelain that have turned up in terrestrial and underwater sites, we can learn from porcelain with datable mounts in European collections. Five pieces of blue and white Chinese porcelain from the late 16th century now in the collection of The Metropolitan Musuem of Art in New York, came originally from Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, and they may have come through trade between England and Turkey. The mounts are datable to 1575-1585, and the pieces compare closely to sherds found in Drakes Bay, Baja California and Panama Vieja. There were very few pieces of Chinese porcelain in England during that time, so that they provide important documentary evidence of trade between England and the Levant and they can also help with dating porcelain sherds found in other sites.\nThis Resource is Part of the Following Collections\nCite this Record\nA group of late 16th century Chinese porcelains with datable English mounts. Linda Pomper. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. 2014 ( tDAR id: 436705)"}
{"text":"Technological advances have created a new existence, providing an unforeseen level of interaction and transaction between parties that have never physically met. Preliminary thinking was that these advances would create a previously unimaginable level of privacy and anonymity. While a surface examination suggests an abundance of privacy in modern society, a more thorough examination reveals different results. Advances in technology and changes in public policy have produced a world in which a startling amount of information is available regarding a given individual. Rather than experiencing an increase in individual privacy, modern societies suffer from rapidly decreasing individual privacy.\nLibrary of Congress Subject Headings\nElectronic surveillance--Social aspects; Privacy, Right of--Effect of technological innovations on; Technological innovations--Government policy; Cyberspace--Social aspects; Data protection\nDepartment, Program, or Center\nInformation Sciences and Technologies (GCCIS)\nSanders, Aaron D., \"Public Policy and Technology: Advancing Civilization at the Expense of Individual Privacy\" (2006). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from\nRIT – Main Campus"}
{"text":"Do the internal energy of gas decrease when heated at constant volume?\n1 Answer | Add Yours\nInternal energy (E) is defined as the total energy stored in a system under a given set of conditions. The value of internal energy of a system depends upon such factors as i) the nature of the substance ii) pressure iii) temperature etc. Absolute value of internal energy is impossible to estimate, as the accurate values of different types of energies stored in a system is impossible to quantify precisely. The change in internal energy, ∆E, during a change involving a gaseous system, can be measured from the following relations, which follow from thermodynamic definition of the terms:\nq = ∆E + P∆V (at constant pressure)\nq = ∆E (at constant volume),\nWhere, q is the heat change associated with the process, P is the pressure and ∆V, the volume change during the process.\nHere, a certain amount of gas is heated at constant volume. Some amount of heat is being put into the system, all of which must be involved in increasing the internal energy of the system. Therefore, the internal energy will increase if the gas is heated and decrease if some heat is extracted from the system, i.e. when the gas is actually cooled.\nJoin to answer this question\nJoin a community of thousands of dedicated teachers and students.Join eNotes"}
{"text":"Are Cardinal Climbers Poisonous?\nA hummingbird magnet also known as cardinal vine, cardinal climber (Ipomoea x multifida) displays ferny foliage and bright red, tube-shaped flowers that bloom from summer until autumn. Cardinal climber grows in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 3 through 10. In spite of its beauty, cardinal climber seeds are highly toxic for humans and pets.\nIngestion of cardinal climber seeds include gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea and vomiting, as well as muscle tightness and numbness of the arms and legs. Additionally, cardinal climber seeds contain lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), which may cause hallucinations, dilated pupils and drowsiness.\nCurious cats and dogs who ingest cardinal climber seeds may experience diarrhea and other gastrointestinal upsets, as well as disorientation, agitation and tremors. Like humans, pets may also experience hallucinations.\n- Fine Gardening: Ipomoea × Multifida (Cardinal Climber)\n- Arlington Parks and Recreation Department: Vines\n- American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: Morning Glory\n- Deerfield Veterinary Clinic: Plants Poisonous to Your Pets\n- North Carolina State University Extension: Scientific Name, Ipomoea tricolor\nM.H. Dyer began her writing career as a staff writer at a community newspaper and is now a full-time commercial writer. She writes about a variety of topics, with a focus on sustainable, pesticide- and herbicide-free gardening. She is an Oregon State University Master Gardener and Master Naturalist and holds a Master of Fine Arts in creative nonfiction writing."}
{"text":"@bul:The coverage of the subject is divided into four sections:\n* The plant cell-describing both molecular components and function\n* Primary metabolism-including the pathways of carbohydrate, lipid, nitrogen, nucleic acid and protein metabolism as well as gene regulation\n* Special metabolism-chapters on phenolics, isoprenoids and secondary nitrogen compounds\n* The plant and the environment-discussions of pathology, ecology and biotechnology at the molecular level\nThis book provides students and researchers in plant sciences with a concise general account of plant biochemistry. The edited format allows recognized experts in plant biochemistry to contribute chapters on their special topics. Up-to-date surveys are divided into four sections: the cell, primary metabolism, special metabolism, and the plant and the environment. There is a strong emphasis on plant metabolism as well as enzymological, methodological, molecular, biological, functional, and regulatory aspects of plant biochemistry. Illustrations of metabolic pathways are used extensively, and further reading lists are also included."}
{"text":"The 1,000 Books before Kindergarten program is a free program that helps you read 1,000 books with your child before he or she enters school. One of the best ways to encourage learning is to spend time sharing books every day. Reading together helps develop important pre-reading skills that provide a solid foundation, a key to school and learning success. Plus, sharing stories together is fun! It is easy to participate!\nTake every chance you have to read with your children, tell and talk about stories, say nursery rhymes, sing songs, and attend library programs. By reading just three stories a day you and your child will have read over 1,000 books in one year. You will also have shared many special moments along the way.\nDelafield Public Library is a fun place featuring books to check out, free programs and great suggestions for what to read. Stop in often and talk to our friendly staff – we are here to help.\nPlease stop by the library to get your packet or give us a call if you have any questions."}
{"text":"NATURE CONNECTIONS: Life of the Forest Floor\nDuring a woodland stroll, we seldom stop to study the world beneath our feet. Come discover this specialized habitat of the forest floor with the whole family through activities and crafts. Nature Connections are free and are designed for Nature Enthusiasts of all ages!\nThis Nature Connections will feature a talk from Baltimore Green Space, a demonstration of a Berlese Funnel, and a variety of life typically found on the forest floor; including toad and salamander species, mosses, insects, and mushrooms.\n1:15/ Katie Lautar with Baltimore Green Space: What we know about the Forest Floor in Bmore\nBaltimore Green Space will present what they are learning about forest floors in Baltimore through their work with forest stewards, field researchers, and scientists in more than 22 forests. This research examines at soil organic matter, bulk density, as well as natives and invasive plant coverage, and discusses the management of these habitats.\nNature Connections are free and made possible by our amazing volunteers and sponsors. If you would like to volunteer in a Nature Connections please contact Renee Bieretz at firstname.lastname@example.org.\nThe Natural History Society of Maryland is a volunteer-led non-profit organization. Please consider donating or becoming a member of the Natural History Society of Maryland and visit www.marylandnature.org for more information.\nThank you for your support!"}
{"text":"Somehow, we find our way in the world — but how we do it has remained a mystery. Nearly a decade ago, researchers discovered that rodents rely on navigational neurons called grid cells. As the animal moves, different subpopulations of these cells become active depending on distance and direction, creating an internal map of its trajectory.\nIn 2013, neuroscientists finally found similar cells in humans.\nDrexel University’s Joshua Jacobs and colleagues studied patients who were awaiting surgery for epilepsy. Each had dozens of electrodes implanted in the brain, to record the electrical activity of seizures.\nWhile the patient navigated through a virtual environment on a computer, the team tracked more than 800 neurons, finding two clusters that acted like rodent grid cells. This neural machinery may be involved in learning and memory, Jacobs says: “Understanding this network could help us understand, and maybe even prevent, spatial disorientation due to aging and dementia.”\n[This article originally appeared in print as \"Found: The Brain's Own GPS.\"]"}
{"text":"Question: On what two days does federal law require American flags to be flown at half staff? Answer: Memorial Day (last Monday in May) and May 15, National Peace Officers Memorial Day.\nThis tribute to American law enforcement officers is part of the historic crime bill that President Bill Clinton signed into law in 1994. At the request of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Public Law 103-322 designates Peace Officers Memorial Day as one of only two days each year during which government agencies, businesses and residents are to fly their U.S. flags at half-staff.\n\"We honor our law enforcement officers every day of the year, but on Peace Officers Memorial Day, we show our support by lowering our flags to half-staff,” said Craig W. Floyd, Memorial Fund Chief Executive Officer. “Our officers deserve the respect of the communities and country they keep safe. And we will do our part by lowering the flags at the Memorial, where the names of more than 21,000 fallen officers are engraved.\"\nIn 1962, President Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week in which May 15 falls, as National Police Week. Established by a joint resolution of Congress in 1962, National Police Week pays special recognition to those law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others.\nAs part of National Police Week, the names of 129 law enforcement officers killed in 2017, as well as 231 officers who died in prior years, will be formally dedicated on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC, on May 13, during the 30th Annual Candlelight Vigil."}
{"text":"Fully updated, but maintaining its rigorous approach, the thirteenth edition of Economics guides students through the core principles of micro and macroeconomics, building firm foundations of understanding.\nClear explanations ensure that students master each key concept before practical illustrations show how these ideas are applied in reality.\nEach topic is made easy to grasp through the use of plain and accessible language, without unnecessary over-simplifying.\nVaried learning features support and stretch students, allowing them to monitor their progress and test themselves with a range of question styles.\nWritten to engage students with real world issues and current questions in economics, this book provides up-to-date coverage of the financial crisis and its many subsequent implications, which are vital to understanding the current economic climate.\nCase studies allow students to understand how economics works in practice, and to think critically for themselves.\nEconomics challenges students to achieve their full potential as they engage with its in-depth analysis and applied material.\nIt leaves students confident and competent, with a thorough knowledge of economics . The Online Resource Centre accompanying the book includes: For students: - Self-test questions - Additional chapters - Web links - Flashcard glossary - Authors' blog For lecturers: - PowerPoint slides - Test bank - Figures from the text\n- Format: Paperback\n- Pages: 752 pages\n- Publisher: Oxford University Press\n- Publication Date: 26/03/2015\n- Category: Economics\n- ISBN: 9780199676835"}
{"text":"Today, early care and education consists of separate programs and services with different funding streams, eligibility requirements, and quality standards. Families bear much of the burden of paying for these services, and many families that qualify for subsidized programs don’t receive assistance because of inadequate funding. Even families with moderate incomes often can’t afford high-quality services.\nMore resources for early care and education would not only reach more families but could also improve the quality of programs. Increased funding, if managed through an integrated framework, could better support the workforce, apply more consistent standards, and boost accountability."}
{"text":"Diabetes is a serious health problem is South Africa.\nThere are millions of people living with diabetes who are not even aware that they have the disease. At Peermed, your health is our concern – with a simple test we can establish whether you are one of those AND we can help you manage the disease and ensure that you live a healthy, productive life.\nWe provide testing for diabetes and complete follow-up treatment and support.\nDIABETES – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW\nIf you have some of these symptoms, read this information sheet carefully. This will give you the simple facts about diabetes AND how you can manage it.\nIf you suspect that you, or any one of your loved ones, may have diabetes, come into Peermed. We will give you a test straight away and will also provide all the support and follow-up treatment you may require.\nWhat is diabetes?\nAre there different types of diabetes?\nType 1 normally occurs in childhood and is an auto-immune condition.\nType 2 is much more common and is generally associated with poor lifestyle choices.\nWhat causes type 2 diabetes?\n- Increasing age\n- Poor diet\n- Lack of exercise\n- A family history of diabetes\nWhat is the treatment for diabetes?\nIs diabetes curable?\nIf you do not get treatment for diabetes what can happen to you?\nHigh sugar levels can cause long term damage to organs including the heart and kidneys. It can also lead to damage to nerves which can result in limb amputation and blindness.\nPregnancy and Diabetes\nThere is a type of diabetes known as gestational diabetes which some women develop; it generally disappears completely once the baby is born.\nMYTHS ABOUT DIABETES\nSome people believe that diabetics can use brown sugar and that white sugar is bad for you. Brown sugar is STILL sugar – just a different colour.\nDiabetes in NOT caused by a parasite.\nEating sugar does not cause diabetes. Eating lots of sugar can make you overweight which can increase your chances of developing diabetes.\nDid you know?\nAsk Us A Question"}
{"text":"Ozone holes has tightened without the help of people. The main thing is not to interfere with this process.\nRecently, the Earth\"s atmosphere becomes an important issue. Its thinning leads to ultraviolet radiation increase on the surface of the planet and intensification of its impact. The growth of the annual percentage of cancer cases proves it. In particular, the ozone layer is adversely affected. The researchers have previously made maps of the largest holes location.\nNow the scientists decided to explore the gaps in ozone layer in the area of Australia and Oceania. As a result, they have discovered the unique fact: the Earth can \"heal\" itself. The holes were gradually tightened without any help. The researchers say if people do not interfere with the intensified processes aimed at restoring the protective atmospheric layer, in 50 years over the territory of Australia and Oceania, there will be an integral ozone layer.\nHuman activity slows down the process when it comes to plants, equipment exhaust and things like that."}
{"text":"Understanding HIV: How cell-to-cell virus transmission occurs in lymphoid tissues\nDuring cell-to-cell transmission, HIV-1-infected T cells form stable contacts with uninfected T cells and massively transfer newly formed virus particles via these contacts. Cell-to-cell virus transmission is much more efficient than infection by cell-free viruses. It also allows HIV-1 to evade antiviral drugs, potentially contributing to maintenance of virus reservoirs during antiviral therapy.\nIn lymphoid organs where cell-to-cell transmission likely occurs frequently, stroma cells and extracellular matrices (ECMs) regulate T cell behaviors physically and chemically in the 3-dimensional space. However, mechanistic studies of cell-to-cell transmission have relied on simple cocultures of infected and uninfected T cells, and therefore effects of lymphoid organ components and architectures have not been addressed. Here we will reconstitute the lymphoid-organ-like environment using 3-dimensional scaffolds and examine the effects of stroma cells, ECMs, and the 3-dimensionality on cell-to-cell HIV transmission. We will also corroborate these studies with analyses of virus spread in lymphoid tissues ex vivo.\nSecondary lymphoid organ fibroblastic reticular cells mediate trans-infection of HIV-1 via CD44-hyaluronan interactions\nArticle published in Nature Communications journal.\n$410,895 grant from the National Institutes of Health\nCharacterizing natural hydrogel for reconstruction of three-dimensional lymphoid stromal network to model T-cell interactions\nPublished in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A"}
{"text":"Learn how to have a basic conversation in Norwegian\nFor anyone moving to Norway to live or work, learning the Norwegian language is key to integrating into Norwegian life.\nOn this course, you’ll learn the basics of Norwegian. You’ll start by finding out how to introduce yourself and others. You’ll learn how to say where you live and describe where you are from.\nNext, you’ll understand how to talk about your daily routine, enquire about the time and ask for directions. You’ll also explore Norwegian customs and what life is like in Norway.\nBy the end of this course, you’ll be able to have a basic conversation in Norwegian.\nWhat topics will you cover?\nWeek 1: Introducing yourself, simple statements\nWeek 2: Simple statements and questions, simple negative statements, basic travel vocabulary and numbers\nWeek 3: Asking for information, furniture, days of the week, time expressions\nWeek 4: Asking for directions, further time expressions\nWhen would you like to start?\nMost FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more\nWhat will you achieve?\nBy the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...\n- Apply very basic knowledge about grammatical rules of inflection and word order in Norwegian\n- Develop very basic communication skills in Norwegian\n- Improve and learn basic vocabulary of Norwegian everyday language\nWho is the course for?\nThe course is aimed at English speakers who want to learn Norwegian.\nJoin this course\nJoin free and you will get:\nUpgrade this course and you will get:\nfor one year\nBuy Unlimited and you will get:\nDo you know someone who’d love this course? Tell them about it...\nYou can use the hashtag #FLnorwegianforbeginners to talk about this course on social media."}
{"text":"Numerical simulation is performed on the flow behaviors of a largescale submerged air bubble uprising in the water column until its burst. The submerged air bubble starts rising from where the static water pressure is 2kpa beyond the atmosphere pressure and goes up to the static free surface. In the numerical scheme, the RANS equations for the incompressible fluid are used to account for the flow characteristics of the continuous liquid phase. The volume-of-fluid (VOF) method is used for the gas-liquid interface (GLI) tracking. Air compression effect of the submerged air bubble to the ambient water flow is taken into account by using the gas status condition. The compressed air pressure inside a bubble (APB) is imposed as a known value on the cells around GLI when solving the Poisson pressure equation. The modeled results show that (1) volume expansion of the bubble lasts throughout the rising process, with its volume increased to about 6.3 times of its origin before its burst; (2) as a consequence of the volume expansion, APB decreases straightly to the atmosphere pressure until burst; (3) the pieces of the water body of the burst bubble falls on the static free surface and reduce to regeneration of new small bubbles; (4) modeled results indicate that the present numerical model is capable of reasonably simulating the process of deformation, rising, and bursting of a large scale bubble, and even regeneration of new small bubbles.\nPhenomena of bubble movement are often encountered in many branches of engineering and technology. For instance, the breaking waves can produce large amount of air bubbles in the upper layer of the flow. This air cushion will greatly affect the magnitude of the wave load."}
{"text":"When kids start 3rd grade, the focus of their education shifts.\nThis is when you might start to notice a child struggle if they have learning or developmental issues. Up until now, they have been learning to read, and at this point they start reading to learn. This added pressure can make their challenges more obvious.\nHere's what you can do:\nLook carefully at your child’s progress in school. Talk to their teacher about your concerns. Ask about these things:\nAcademic Work —Are their reading, writing, and math skills way behind?\nConcentration and Focus —Do they have an unusually hard time focusing on their work?\nSocial Skills —Do they avoid interactions with others, show overly aggressive behavior, or seem painfully anxious around people?\nPhysical Skills —Compared to their peers, do they have trouble doing things like holding a crayon, picking up small objects, or running around the playground?\nMake sure to talk to their teacher about any concerns you have."}
{"text":"During the darkest days of Jim Crow segregation, black Americans continued to press for full citizenship. Each Emancipation Day, African Americans organized parades reminding the black community and the entire nation of a commitment that remained unfulfilled. These local celebrations set the stage for the national push for freedom in the 20th century. Modern civil rights activists built upon the legacy of their forebears when they gathered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. They asked the nation to realize the promises set in motion by the Emancipation Proclamation."}
{"text":"Source: (2003) Relational Justice Bulletin. 18:6-8. Relationships Foundation. Downloaded 30 March 2004.David Faulkner here explores the ideas of citizenship, social capital and community, and personal and social responsibility. These ideas have become prominent in political debate in Great Britain in the last several years. Acknowledging other possible meanings, Faulkner uses the terms âcitizenâ? and âcommunityâ? to indicate a way of talking about people as human beings, of their rights and legitimate expectations, and of their duties and responsibilities to each other and to the state. These perspectives on citizenship and community are closely related to the ideas of civil society and social capital. On these bases, Faulkner explores the importance of social capital to criminal justice."}
{"text":"BioNetDB models biology data as a network of nodes and relations.Biology data comes from different formats and sources it comprises system biology data from Reactome, annotation data from CellBase and human genetic variations from healthcare centers' clinical data. BioNetDB relies on Neo4j graph database that allows users to access biological data using the Cypher query language (similar to SQL in relational databases).\nThe figure below shows BioNetDB nodes with their labels. for clarity, some labels have been shortened:\nShortened labes in the previous figure:\n|Shortened label||Node label|\n1 POPUL. FREQUEN\n|2 FUNCT. SCORE||FUNCTIONAL_SCORE|\n3 TRAIT ASSOCIA.\n4 CONSEQ. TYPE\n|5 PROTEIN VAR. ANNOT.||PROTEIN_VARIANT_ANNOTATION|\n|6 SUBST. SCORE||SUBSTITUTION_SCORE|\nThis section lists the main nodes of the BioNetDB network data model and for each of them, its properties and relationships are shown.\nGene node properties:\nTranscript node properties:\nTranscript relationships (transcript node in pink):\nProtein node properties:\nVariant node properties:\nRegulation node properties:\nPathway node properties:\nPathway relationships (pathway nodes in yellow):"}
{"text":"4 pages. Kindergarten 1st-Grade Math Money Addition. Money Coins include the Penny, Nickel, Dime, and Quarter. Geometric Shapes included are the Circle, Square, and Triangle. Math Money Addition Printable Worksheets. Great for Math Centers or Math Addition Money Worksheet Handouts. Math addition questions “How Many”. Great for Emergent-Readers. 16 Emergent Reader Math Money Questions. 4 pages.\nPlease check out more fun fantastic bargains:\nPlease check out Bundles-of-Joy:\nPlease review this product and share the link.\nThank you, Have a Great Day!\nKey words: Affordable Kindergarten Curriculum, Inexpensive Kindergarten Curriculum, Cheap Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum, Kinder, Kindergarten Curriculum Guide, Kindergarten Curriculum Map, Kindergarten Math Curriculum, Kindergarten Complete Curriculum, Kindergarten Reading Curriculum, Kindergarten History Curriculum, Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum Kits, Best Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum, kinder, Top Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum, Secular Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum, Kindergarten Curriculum."}
{"text":"Fertilizer consumption measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. For the purpose of data dissemination, FAO has adopted the concept of a calendar year (January to December). Some countries compile fertilizer data on a calendar year basis, while others are on a split-year basis. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.\nIt's a one pager PDF full of live links to agriculture-related data, statistics, and dashboards from leading industry sources. It will be a useful resource for any analyst, business executive, or researcher with an interest in the food security and prices, agricultural production and supply and much more."}
{"text":"Feasibility Study Revision and Update\nIn December 2006, Congress authorized a revision and update of the 1986 Trail of Tears National Trail Study - a feasibility study that led to designation of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail in 1987.\nThe feasibility study applied criteria for the Bell and Benge routes, the land components of the water route, round-up forts and camps, routes from the forts and camps to the main emigration depots in Tennessee and Alabama, and additional water route segments.\nThe study found that all these components, as well as the Cherokee detachments' disbandment routes at the end of the trail, to be nationally significant and to meet all the criteria for National Historic Trail eligibility.\nThe feasibility study revision was completed in 2007. All the additional routes were determined to meet the criteria for addition to the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.\nThe National Park Service Intermountain Regional Director approved a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) in November 2007. The study was transmitted to Congress, and legislation was introduced on February 8, 2008.\nThis legislation was subsequently included in the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (HR 146), which President Obama signed into law on March 30, 2009.\nA news release (dated April 8, 2009) announcing the expansion of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail as a result of this legislation is available.\nThe final Feasibility Study/Environmental Assessment with maps, and the FONSI, are available at:\nDid You Know?\nPresident Andrew Jackson began to aggressively implement a broad policy of Indian removal in the 1830s. This policy, combined with the discovery of gold on Cherokee land in northern Georgia in 1828, led to their removal to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) on the Trail of Tears."}
{"text":"Modeling Vorticity Generated by Short Crested Breaking Waves\nDavid Clark, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering\n2014 COI Funded Project\nAbstractBeaches and the adjacent surfzone (the region of breaking waves near the shoreline) are used for recreational and commercial activities, and provide habitat to a variety of fish and benthic species. These environmental and economic resources are threatened by polluted terrestrial runoff that frequently drains onto the shoreline where it is mixed and dispersed in the surfzone. A model predicting the transport and dilution of surfzone pollutants would improve beach management, but the processes that disperse pollution within and across the surfzone are understood poorly.\nStrong horizontal eddies drive rapid surfzone mixing, but the factors controlling surfzone eddy energy are not known. Short-crested breaking waves are a source of vorticity about a vertical axis (i.e., horizontal eddies), and may be a primary forcing mechanism for nearshore eddies and pollution dispersal. The structure and magnitude of vorticity generated by short crested breaking waves will be examined with a numerical surfzone model that resolves individual waves as they cross the surfzone and break. Realistic simulations will be performed using observed bathymetry and wave conditions, and comparisons with field data will be performed. The model will be used to examine how vorticity generation varies between the shoreline and seaward edge of the surfzone, and to develop a budget for vorticity within the surfzone and nearshore regions. These investigations will support future work connecting short-crested breaking waves with predictions of pollution dispersal."}
{"text":"Most kids know that man should not live on lollypops alone. They know that cauliflower is healthier than ice cream and salads are smarter than French fries. But do they know the super foods? According to Nutrition Action Healthletter, not all foods are created equal. Here are eight that parents should urge their kids to try:\n- Sweet potatoes: A nutritional All-Star – one of the best vegetables you can eat. They're loaded with carotenoids, vitamin C, potassium, and fiber. Mix in unsweetened applesauce of crushed pineapple for extra moisture and sweetness.\n- Grape tomatoes: They may be small, but they pack a wallop. And their bite-sized shape makes them perfect for snacking, dipping, or salads. They're also packed with vitamins C and A and a little bit of photochemical.\n- Fat Free or 1% Milk: Forego the 2% please. These guys are an excellent source of calcium, vitamins, and protein, with little or no artery clogging fat and cholesterol.\n- Blueberries: Fresh or frozen, they're rich in fiber, vitamin C, and antioxidants. Toss them in cereal, stir them into yogurt, or sprinkle them onto low-fat ice cream.\n- Wild Salmon: The omega-3 fats can help reduce the risk of heart attacks. And salmon that is caught wild has less dioxin contaminant than farmed salmon.\n- Crispbreads: Whole-grain rye crackers, like Wasa, Ry Krisp, and Ryvita, usually called crispbreads – are loaded with fiber and often fat free.\n- Citrus fruits: Delicious and rich in vitamin C, folic acid, and fiber. Try clementines for the lunchbox – a tiny treat.\n- Butternut squash: These days, it's easier than ever to eat these golden beauties – many stores sell them already peeled, seeded, and cut. Just throw them onto a cookie sheet or into a stir-fry. Or try them in risotto. Every one-half cup has 5 grams of fiber and payloads of vitamins A and C.\nPortions of this article were reprinted with permission from the Nutrition Action Healthletter, Copyright 2006, by Center for Science in the Public Interest. www.cspinet.org"}
{"text":"Figure. Evolutionary trees based on major surface protein 4 (A) and heat shock protein 60 (B) genes sequences of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, A. marginale, and A. ovis. Evolutionary history was inferred by using the neighbor-joining method. H. sulcata; Haemaphysalis sulcata. A) Optimal tree (branch length = 0.87919908) is shown. Percentages of replicate trees in which the associated taxa clustered together in the bootstrap test (500 replicates) are shown. B) Optimal tree (branch length = 0.34047351) is shown. Percentages of replicate trees in which the associated taxa clustered together in the bootstrap test (1,000 replicates) are shown. Trees are drawn to scale, with branch lengths in the same units as those of the evolutionary distances used to infer the phylogenetic tree. Evolutionary distances were computed by using the Kimura 2-parameter method. Strains detected in Cyprus are indicated in boldface. Scale bars indicate number of base substitutions per site."}
{"text":"Karen Ordahl Kupperman replies: The Lumbee Indians, though little known, are the largest tribe east of the Mississippi River. They first appeared in the written record in the early eighteenth century, and there are many theories about their origins. The idea that they are partially descended from the Roanoke colonists was first proposed in print by a local historian named Hamilton McMillan in 1888; it quickly became a popular theory. Historians, who have traditionally acknowledged only the written record, are increasingly coming to respect the oral tradition, which McMillan claimed supported his theory. The problem in this case centers on the gap of over one hundred and fifty years between the abandonment of Roanoke and the emergence of the Lumbee tribe. Those interested in all the theories should look at Karen I. Blu’s The Lumbee Problem: The Making of an American Indian People , Cambridge University Press, 1980."}
{"text":"This Search and Seizure: What Does It Mean? lesson plan also includes:\n- Join to access all included materials\nStudents, in a juvenile correctional facility, study the meaning of the Fourth Constitutional Amendment. They study definitions and complete worksheets to investigate the implications of the amendment.\n54 Views 65 Downloads"}
{"text":"Shuttle Radar Topography Mission collected data over most of the land surfaces that lay between\n60 degrees north latitude and 54 degrees south latitude. That's about 80%\nof all the land on the Earth.\n||Targetted land was 80% of Earth landmass (119.56 M km2, 46.16 M mi2)\n99.968% targetted land mapped at least once (119.51 M km2, 46.14 M mi2)\n94.59% targetted land mapped at least twice (113.10 M km2, 43.66 M mi2)\n49.25% targetted land mapped at least 3 times (58.59 M km2, 22.73 M mi2)\n24.10% targetted land mapped at least 4 times (28.81 M km2, 11.12 M mi2)\n|Land area missed:\n||50,000 km2 (all in US)\nIn the maps below, the colors of the swaths indicate the number of times the area was imaged by SRTM. For land, one-time coverage is green, twice is yellow-green and so on, as shown in the key at lower left. Over water, the color code is in shades of blue as shown in the key at lower right. Areas in red could not be mapped. SRTM is a topography mission, so data were mostly acquired over land. Small amounts of data were collected over the water for calibration purposes.\nFINAL COVERAGE MAP: FLAT MAP\nView a 200k version of the coverage map.\nFINAL COVERAGE MAP: GLOBAL VIEW\nView a 128k version of\nView a 882k version of the globes."}
{"text":"1 Answer | Add Yours\nThere are different methods of chromatography that is being used in the laboratories and they give different results based on the need of the research or experiment. Generally chromatography is collectively defined as set of experimental methods of separating the components in a mixture. The mixture is further dissolved in a fluid which contains the mobile phase which eventually carries through the system of stationary phase.\nAll of the chromatographic methods known are reliable based on the results you are intended to know. However, the most budget-friendly method is the paper and/or thin layer chromatography. This method uses a planar surface where the sample is placed as a dot or line. After drying, it will be placed in the developing chamber with the solvent in it.\nCompared with the other types, these methods don't use machines or equipment for analysis such as HPLC (high-performance liquid chromatography) or GC (gas chromatography) which is a lot expensive. Other methods also have expensive columns such as the ion-exchange and size exclusion chromatography.\nWe’ve answered 319,202 questions. We can answer yours, too.Ask a question"}
{"text":"“Stubble,” or hair growth on the face, is due to several factors: the number of hair follicles on the face and neck (usually genetically determined) and the presence of the androgenic hormones testosterone and DHEAS. These androgenic hormones usually begin to rise in early to mid puberty and continue to rise throughout puberty.\nThe age at which boys go through puberty varies widely – some boys start as young as 9 and others as late as 14. The first sign of of male puberty is enlargement of the testicles, which is where the testosterone is made. Even if you are progressing through puberty normally, you may not develop much hair growth on your face if your family pattern is not to have much facial hair.\nIf you have any questions about how your puberty is progressing, please see your local health care provider who can do an examination and further evaluation as needed."}
{"text":"What are our Program Goals at Little People’s Preschool Daycare Center?\n- To foster the social, emotional, physical, cognitive and language development of the children in our care.\n- To build a lasting relationship between the children, parents and teachers at our centers.\n- To build teamwork, cooperation and friendship within the classroom.\n- To build confidence and independence in children through self-help skills and problem-solving abilities\n- To create an environment in which children feel safe and secure.\nOur curriculum focuses on the domains of learning:\n- Social Emotional Development\n- Language Development\n- Cognitive Development\n- Physical Development\n- Life Skills\nWe encourage learning and growth in these areas by offering developmentally appropriate learning experiences. Children use a variety of materials including blocks, dramatic play props, paint, puzzles and manipulative, books and large motor equipment. These experiences are also fostered by planned activities such as story times, science experiments, music, games, art, writing and Second language development, (ASL and Spanish).\nPlease visit these links for more information about the programs we offer:"}
{"text":"Five raccoons trapped at Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, Maryland, were found to have trypanosomes in the blood which were morphologically indistinguishable from Trypanosoma cruzi on stained smears. The organism grew well in culture. It developed and reproduced in Triatoma protracta, T. infestans, T. phyllosoma, and Rhodnius prolixus. Experimental infections were produced in raccoons, opossums, mice, rats, and monkeys by inoculation of blood, culture, and triatome forms. Typical leishmaniform bodies were found in tissue sections of cardiac muscle fibers from naturally and experimentally infected animals. Cross agglutinations carried out with Iiving cultural forms and rabbit antisera demonstrated a close antigenic relationship between the raccoon trypanosome and T. cruzi (Brazil strain). On the basis of (1) morphology, (2) presence of leishmaniform tissue stages, (3) development in triatomes, (4) infectivity to a variety of mammals, (5) culture characteristics, and (6) cross reactions in serological tests, this parasite is considered conspecific with Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas, 1909), the causative agent of American human trypanosomiasis.\nAdditional Publication Details\nThe isolation and identification of Trypanosoma cruzi from raccoons in Maryland"}
{"text":"With 315 people dead, the Democratic Republic of Congo is currently experiencing the worst measles outbreak since the disease ravaged the country in 2010 and 2011, Reuters reported Wednesday. Roughly 20,000 people are infected with measles in the latest epidemic in the southeastern province of Katanga, according to a draft report made by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.\nTo combat this outbreak with vaccines, the U.N. said it would need $2.4 million. The disease is highly contagious, with initial symptoms of high fever, diarrhea, dehydration and pneumonia, according to the WHO. Casualties and infections from the disease have escalated since the beginning of the year. From January through July, 267 deaths from measles were reported in the Katanga province, amid 16,500 reported cases, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) said last week.\nMSF began treating those infected in Katanga in March, but because the cases could be underreported, this latest epidemic may have infected more people than currently known. The Katanga region is prone to measles outbreaks. In the epidemic that began in 2010 -- but peaked in 2011 -- measles caused 77,241 cases in the Katanga province and 1,085 deaths, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health. About 30,000 cases were also reported from 2006 to 2007, according to the National Institutes of Health.\n— Expressivus (@expressivus) August 12, 2015\nAccess to much of the province is difficult. The roads in the region are often in poor condition, with some areas not accessible by car, according to MSF.\nThough safe and cheap vaccines are available, measles is still one of the leading causes of death in small children, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). For developing countries, vaccines are only about $1 each, Reuters reported."}
{"text":"Can you imagine how difficult it would be to be unable to communicate your needs and wishes through words? In this video, you will see some of the common characteristics of children with autism and some educational responses that help meet the child with autism’s needs. Later, while reading Chapter 5 of Educating Exceptional Children, you will see further descriptions of these. While watching the video, think about the supports provided to Tyler and other students with autism, but also think about how students like Tyler may feel about not being able to communicate with words.\n1. If you had to struggle to communicate your basic needs, how do you think it would affect your behavior?\n2. What are some of the supports that have been put into place for Tyler’s success in kindergarten? List at least 3 different supports and how effective you think they are for Tyler’s success.\n3. Now consider the biblical approach to special education to inform your thoughts on this topic. Consider a passage of Scripture to support the fruits of the spirit that would guide your actions as Tyler’s teacher."}
{"text":"1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Symphonia\nSYMPHONIA (Gr. συμφωνία) , a much discussed word, applied at different times (1) to the bagpipe, (2) to the drum, (3) to the hurdy-gurdy, and finally (4) to a kind of clavichord. The sixth of the musical instruments enumerated in Dan. iii. s, 10, 15, erroneously translated “dulcimer,” in all probability refers to the bagpipe (q.v.). Symphonia, signifying drum, occurs in the writings of Isidor of Seville. “Tympanum est pellis vel corium ligno ex una parte extentum. Est enim pars media symphoniae in similitudinem cribri. Tympanum autem dictum quod medium est. Unde, et margaritum medium tympanum dicitur, et ipsum ut symphonia ad virgulam percutitur.” The reference comparing the tympanum (kettledrum) to half a pearl is borrowed from Pliny (Nat. hist. IX. 35, 23). Symphonia or Chifonie was applied during the 13th and 14th centuries, in the Latin countries more especially, to the hurdy-gurdy. Symphonia is applied by Praetorius to an instrument which he classed with the clavichord, spinet, regals and virginal, but without giving any clue to its distinctive characteristics. (K. S.)\n- See “Syntagm. mus.” pt. ii., De organographia, pp. 72, 73, 178 (Wolfenbüttel, 1618)."}
{"text":"PDF (Acrobat) Document File\nBe sure that you have an application to open this file type before downloading and/or purchasing.\nUse as applications to tough concepts to relate to real life-- radical equations.\nThere are two parts to this activity. The first explores the concept of hydroplaning and how it happens. The second involves tsunamis and what happens when they exist. Set kids loose in learning teams, or use as an individual extension."}
{"text":"Entry from US English dictionary\nDefinition of tammar wallaby in English:\nA small grayish-brown wallaby found in southwestern Australia.\n- Macropus eugenii, family Macropodidae\n- The tammar wallaby is the Australian marsupial model for genetic mapping studies.\n- Extensive mapping of the Y chromosome in the tammar wallaby had shown that the origin of the Y predated the divergence of marsupials from eutherian mammals.\n- For instance, spotted skunks, Spilogale putorius, stamp their front feet when approached by an unfamiliar person or animal, and white-tailed deer and tammar wallabies stamp their feet when encountering a predator.\nMid 19th century: from Gaurna (an Aboriginal language) tamma.\nWhat do you find interesting about this word or phrase?\nComments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed."}
{"text":"The Morton Arboretum has developed free loan resources for teachers to check out and implement in their classroom instruction. Each bin contains materials, tools and lessons to bring the new NGSS standards alive in your classroom. Bins are organized by grade-level and are aligned with our current field trip offerings. Check out a bin, before or after your trip to extend your student’s learning. These bins are available on a loaning basis and can be borrowed for up to 2 weeks at a time.\nREGISTER NOW to reserve 1 of our 8 bin types. Limitations apply.\nView details on the attached flyer: Teacher Check Out Bins Flyer.pdf\nIllinois Department of Natural Resources\nThe Morton Arboretum is a check-out site for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Biodiversity CDs and trunks on many topics such as \"Illinois Invasive Species,\" \"Illinois Wild Mammals,\" \"Illinois Trees\" and \"Illinois Prairies.” You can register by clicking the \"REGISTER NOW\" link below. Please contact Megan Kuhl-Horbin, Coordinator of School Programs, at 630-725-2118 for questions relating to the IDNR trunks.\nREGISTER NOW to reserve one of the IDNR Resource Trunks\n- View the Illinois DNR CD-ROM’s available and lending locations by visiting the Illinois DNR website\n- View details of resources available, IDNR Lending Trunks.pdf\nSterling Morton Library\nThe Sterling Morton Library has many resources available to teachers. With floor-to-ceiling windows and curved, cherry-wood bookcases, it holds 28,000 nature-related books and journals.\nVisit the Sterling Morton Library in person or browse through the library's collection using SWAN. LEARN MORE\nDon't see what you need? Contact our Education Department at 630-725-2118."}
{"text":"Published June 3, 2013\nReference - 72 Pages\nISBN 9781859465172 - CAT# Y155603\nFor Instructors Request Inspection Copy\nThis book celebrates the work of India's greatest architect, Charles Correa. Born in 1930, Correa is an Indian and international architect who, in a lifetime of achievement, has created work which is consistently beautiful, human and enduring. He played a defining role in the architecture of post-Independence India and has designed some of the most outstanding cultural and civic monuments, science institutes, schools, housing developments and new cities, based on a profound understanding of his country,s history, needs and aspirations.\nCorrea's work has provided inspiration for future generations of architects at a time of vertiginous population and economic growth in the region. For this, he has received many awards including Britain's highest architectural accolade, the Royal Gold Medal in 1984.\nRooted in India but educated as an architect in the United States and steeped in the modernist teachings of Le Corbusier, Correa has concentrated on the living patterns in communities where he worked, achieving remarkable results with simple but effective means. Tradition and modernity are not opposites for him. Always contemporary, he has subtly layered the history of the land and of ideas in his designs. His sources range from the railway models of his childhood to conceptions of the Cosmos and to street-hawkers' use of the Mumbai pavements. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated a remarkably consistent approach, guided by a respect for the given conditions, a desire to effect change without forced interference, and a passion to combine fitness for purpose with beauty and spirituality.\n1 Introduction 2 The Ritualistic Pathway 3 The Empty Centre 4 Models of the Cosmos 5 Architecture as Metaphor 6 Form Follow Climate 7 Affordable Housing – Space as a Resource 8 The City as Synergy 9 Great City …… Terrible Place 10 An Urban Manifesto"}
{"text":"The Kerala government decided constructing the Ambalur-Keecheri dam in Ernakulam district would remedy the decline in paddy production. Instead, the dam has accelerated damage to the crop.\nThe dam was intended to prevent inflow of saline water from Vembanad lake, which was supposedly lowering crop yields. But agricultural experts now say that as the soil in the Ambalur-Keecheri region is extremely acidic, allowing Vembanad's saline water into the fields during dry periods can neutralise the acidity.\nK M George of the rice research station in Vytilla, points out, \"In this area, the return in rice farming is never more than 50-75 per cent of the investment. The yield is so poor, labourers refuse to harvest the crop.\" And Gopalan, who farms and fishes in the area, laments, \"If the dam is not opened, we may starve to death.\"\nWe are a voice to you; you have been a support to us. Together we build journalism that is independent, credible and fearless. You can further help us by making a donation. This will mean a lot for our ability to bring you news, perspectives and analysis from the ground so that we can make change together.\nComments are moderated and will be published only after the site moderator’s approval. Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name. Selected comments may also be used in the ‘Letters’ section of the Down To Earth print edition."}
{"text":"When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes applied himself to a difficult case, he famously utilized his powers of deduction. Holmes assembled and examined the facts before him and employed a ...View Article\nYou are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience.\nRelationships are important for good emotional health. Numerous studies have shown that people who have close friends and intimate relationships are healthier, happier, and live longer. In fact, the simple act of petting a dog, holding a child, or seeing someone you love causes a decrease in stress hormones in the blood, decreases blood pressure, and calms the mind. So, if you want to be healthy, stay connected to others.\nAs the author Dr. Tedd Koren says \"Emotional health is also dependent on being connected - to yourself and others. The more connected you are to yourself the more you can connect with others and the more fulfilling your connections (relationships). The more relationships in your life the more happiness, joy, hope, optimism and vitality you will have; the healthier and longer you will live and the quicker you will recover from physical and emotional traumas and illness.\""}
{"text":"DNA replication occurs within the nucleus of a cell. During the cell cycle S phase, any time that a cell needs to divide, DNA replication occurs. Prior to cell division, the DNA replication process ensures the copying of chromosomes.\nHelicases and SSB proteins partially unwind the double helix strand. The two strands of DNA unzip in anti-parallel directions and DNA polymerase goes to where synthesis starts. The primase, which is the leading strand, lays down an RNA primer that works to build a second strand with the help of polymerase III. This second strand is built in the same direction the double helix opens. Okazki fragments result when RNA primers fill in the remaining gaps, and DNA nucleotides take the place of the DNA polymerase that RNA primer strips away. One long continuous strand results when the sealing of the fragments occurs due to DNA ligase, a type of enzyme.\nCertain cells are constantly dividing and undergoing DNA replication such as the ones in the bone marrow, the hair and the fingernails. Other cells go through several division cycles and then just stop such as the specialized cells in the muscle, heart and brain. Still other cells cease dividing completely such as liver cells and skin cells."}
{"text":"Southeast Asian nations are gearing up for a major palm oil boom as interest in biofuels soars, but activists are warning against the expansion.\nThey also argue that oil palm plantations require massive swathes of land — either what’s left of the region’s disappearing forests, denuded plots that would be better off reforested, or land critical to supporting local people.\nGovernments and companies have been scrambling to cash in since palm oil prices jumped last year due to spiking demand from China, India and Europe, where biofuels should comprise 10 percent of motor fuels by 2020.\nIndonesia has launched a particularly ambitious biofuels expansion programme, which aims to see Southeast Asia’s largest economy source 17 percent of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2025.\nEvita Herawati, an assistant to Indonesia’s minister of energy, said 5.5 million hectares (13.5 million acres) will be set aside for biofuel plantations by 2010, 1.5 million hectares of which are for oil palm. The main objective is “to create jobs and alleviate poverty,” with some 3.5 million new jobs being eyed by 2010.\nRully Syumanda, of Indonesia’s environmental watchdog Walhi, said proposing palm oil plantations has been used in recent years in Indonesia “as a pretext to clear land and take the more valuable logs”.\nHe estimates that nearly 17 million hectares of Indonesia’s forests have been cleared ostensibly for oil palm plantations since the 1960s, but only six million hectares have been cultivated.\nThough he concedes that the government is now making efforts to reforest, catch offenders and audit the industry, Syumanda said these were “insignificant compared to the damage that is being inflicted on the environment”.\nSo we have to make sure that European and American motorists know the ecological cost of biofuels."}
{"text":"OBJECTIVES: To describe clinical and epidemiological aspects of canine and feline screw-worm myiasis.\nANIMALS: Naturally infested dogs and cats, presented to five veterinary clinics in four Malaysian states from September 2017 to February 2018.\nMETHODS AND MATERIALS: Cutaneous screw-worm myiasis was diagnosed based on clinical signs and visual examination of burrowing larvae within lesion. Age, breed, gender, anatomical site of infestation and suspected underlying predisposing causes were investigated.\nRESULTS: A total of 55 dogs and 21 cats were included in the study. Intact male mixed breed dogs (mean age 58 months) and intact male domestic short hair cats (mean age 24 months) with suspected fight-related wounds were most commonly presented with exudative and ulcerative lesions associated with screw-worm myiasis. The most common anatomical sites of infestation in the dogs were the external ear canals, followed by the perineum and medial canthus. For the cats, the most commonly affected areas were paws and tail. Five cats with screw-worm myiasis were concurrently infected with sporotrichosis.\nCONCLUSION AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Aggression between unneutered animals is a likely underlying cause for cutaneous screw-worm myiasis in both cats and dogs. Sporotrichosis was also a potential predisposing cause for screw-worm myiasis in cats.\nPlease provide feedback to Administrator (email@example.com)"}
{"text":"Precisely what is the coronavirus? Coronaviruses are a group of malware https://www.faq-coronavirus.com/can-a-microwave-kill-the-coronavirus which could cause condition from the prevalent cold to more severe ailments. They are a form of respiratory virus which could spread from a person to a different by falling secretions inside the nose, mouth or sight of a person who is ill.\nSymptoms of the coronavirus range and may consist of fever, coughing, difficulty breathing and other very similar symptoms. Many people who will be asymptomatic recover in a few weeks.\nHow long does it take to get better from the coronavirus?\nRecovery time differs, but many people who acquire mild to moderate health problems recover within two to three weeks. Some drive more moreattract severe illness, or are hospitalized.\nHow can I shield myself?\nWithin a mask, particularly if socially removing yourself, may also help prevent the trojan from dispersing. You should also wash your hands after and before using the bathroom.\nUse disinfectants sparingly and only when needed to wash surfaces that can be easily dirty by the anti-virus. These can be seen in cleaning supplies and other household items.\nIf you operate a medical setting, have on a confront protect that protects your mouth and nose if you are working close to patients or people who are sick. These face masks protect you from the bottle of spray of droplets and aerosols that can be released by a person or healthcare worker.\nWill i get the coronavirus again?\nAntibody medical tests, or serology tests, will be able to tell if you have antibodies to the coronavirus. If you test out positive, you should steer clear of contact with other folks until your illness has ended and you have been medically cleared to return to campus."}
{"text":"The origins of hotel luggage labels can probably be traced to the trade-cards that hotels routinely ordered along with their other stationery items, such as letter and invoice stock, in the latter half of the 19th century. These items often featured a copper engraved image of the hotel and some text pertaining to its location. These cards served as “hand-out” publicity for the establishment.\nThere is evidence to suggest that hotel trade-cards were occasionally affixed to items of luggage, probably to facilitate their transport to the correct establishment. By 1900 hotels were routinely providing travelers with labels for their luggage. Luggage decorated with labels from important and exotic places became a symbol of one’s class and status.\nThe early 20th century saw graphic design changes in hotel luggage labels with designs passing from the detailed images (evolving directly from the earlier copper engravings) incorporating limited coloring, to a simplified yet highly colored, dramatic, and eye-catching style (seen in the images above). Designs on labels reflected the Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles in turn and hotels began to use labels as a promotional tool.\nWhile early labels mainly featured representations of the hotels themselves the designs evolved to include iconic views of the cities in which the hotels were found, often in the form of representations of important architectural monuments such as the Leaning Tower of Pisa or the Pyramids of Giza. Geographic features, such as mountains and lakes, also were featured.\nThe use of hotel luggage labels continued into the 1950s, and even beyond in some luxury hotels in exotic locales, but the advent of mass tourism and the more automated transfer of luggage diminished the appeal and use of the luggage label."}
{"text":"In heavy infestations, it's possible to find worms after you cough or vomit, and the worms can come out of other body openings, such as your mouth or nostrils. If this happens to you, take the worm to your doctor to identify it and prescribe the proper treatment.\nMature female ascariasis worms in your intestine begin laying eggs. These eggs travel through your digestive system and eventually can be found in your stool.\nTo diagnose ascariasis, your doctor will examine your stool for the microscopic eggs and larvae. But eggs won't appear in stool until at least 40 days after you're infected. And if you're infected with only male worms, you won't have eggs.\nYour blood can be tested for the presence of an increased number of a certain type of white blood cell, called eosinophils. Ascariasis can elevate your eosinophils, but so can other types of health problems.\nApril 23, 2015\n- X-rays. If you're infested with worms, the mass of worms may be visible in an X-ray of your abdomen. In some cases, a chest X-ray can reveal the larvae in your lungs.\n- Ultrasound. An ultrasound may show worms in your pancreas or liver. This technology uses sound waves to create images of internal organs.\n- CT scans or MRIs. Both types of tests create detailed images of your internal structures, which can help your doctor detect worms that are blocking ducts in your liver or pancreas. CT scans combine X-ray images taken from many angles; MRI uses radio waves and a strong magnetic field.\n- Leder K, et al. Ascariasis. http://www.uptodate.com/home. Accessed Feb. 22, 2015.\n- Ascariasis infection (ascariasis). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/ascariasis/. Accessed Feb. 22, 2015.\n- Ascariasis. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/ascariasis/Pages/default.aspx. Accessed Feb. 22, 2015.\nYou Are ... The Campaign for Mayo Clinic\nMayo Clinic is a not-for-profit organization. Make a difference today."}
{"text":"In the Fruit Garden In March\nCut autumn-fruiting raspberry canes to the ground to stimulate new canes, which will fruit in the autumn.\nProtect the blossoms of apricots, peaches and nectarines from frost with a screen or horticultural fleece.\nCover strawberries with a cloche to encourage earlier fruiting.\nCut the tips of summer-fruiting raspberry canes that have grown beyond the top of their supports – cut just above the bud.\nMulch rhubarb with a thick layer of well-rotted manure to keep it healthy and reduce moisture loss through the soil. Take care not to cover the crown.\nFeed blueberry plants with ericaceous plant fertiliser.\nMulch fruit trees with well-rotted manure or garden compost. Take care not to mound the mulch up around the tree trunks.\n- Remove weeds, thatch and moss from your lawn and improve drainage.\n- Plant summer flowering bulbs.\n- Protect new spring shoots from slugs.\n- Hoe and mulch weeds to keep them under control early.\n- Top dress containers with fresh compost."}
{"text":"Cure for HIV/AIDS is still not found as there are so many types of virus which makes it difficult to make a vaccine. Since every strain of HIV requires a separate method to eliminate them, epidemics such as AIDS and Cancer are still incurable. But for the first time in 19 years, Scientist has discovered a major new strain of HIV which could be a big breakthrough for finding the HIV/AIDS cure.\nThe latest strain uncovered is part of the HIV-1 version, Group M and the same family of viruses is mainly responsible for spreading the disease all over the world. Abbott Laboratories and the University of Missouri, Kansas City conducted the research together and are now working on a possible solution to kill the HIV strain and cure the deadly disease.\nHIV generally has many different types of strains and the virus can mutate over time which makes the use of simple drugs ineffective in killing them. The first Group M HIV strains were discovered in 2000 and now a new type has been found which means that the test to detect AIDS is effective.\nDr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has said that the biggest problems lie with identifying the cause of HIV and discovering the new strains will help them understand how the viruses evolve. Fauci also assured people not to panic as there are very rare chances of someone getting affected by it and they are also working on a cure based on the discovery.\nTreatment to Eliminate the HIV Strain\nThe Scientists at Abbott and the University of Missouri have been searching for new types of HIV strains for years and it was like looking for a needle in the haystack. The sample HIV strain was fully sequenced and they now have a clear structure and it was found out that it was subtype L from the M Group.\nThe latest discovery is an indication that to cure HIV/AIDS one must learn how it develops and functions. The virus is constantly changing and hence they develop a treatment that can also evolve and keep up with HIV and eliminate it at the end."}
{"text":"Division: Let's Be Fair!\nHere are some word problems kids can relate to. In each problem, the character wants to share all of his or her items equally among friends. How can kids figure out how many of the items each friend should get? Divide! Kids solve the word problems by designing division problems in which a single or multidigit number is evenly divided by a one-digit number."}
{"text":"Radiation, Japan, and Smithy\nThe Japan earthquake and Tsunami has lead to critical incidents at nuclear power stations, and, understandably, concern over radiation levels throughout Japan. At the site of the incident, radiation levels soared to 400mSv per hour, but quickly fell to 0.6mSv per hour at the front gate of the plant hours later. Levels throughout Japan have been reported as 6uSv per hour this morning.\nBut what does these figures actually mean? And how do they relate to the doses of radiation we expose our patients to in clinical practice?\nA CXR is about 0.02 mSv\nBackground radiation for a year in Dundee is 2.5 mSv\nA helical CT scan of the Chest, Abdomen and Pelvis is about 12 mSv\nRadiation sickness usually occurs at 1 Sv\nLouis Slotin received 5.1 Sv during the criticality accident in 1946 that lead to his death\nRadical radiotherapy is usually of the order of 50 Sv, in a number of fractions\nIf you want to learn more about the risks of ionising radiation associated with common radiological investigations, you can visit the Radiation Tutorial that Smithy devised last year."}
{"text":"Schokland is a former island in the Dutch Zuiderzee, in the municipality of Noordoostpolder. Schokland was an elongated strip of peat land which ceased to be an island when the Noordoostpolder was reclaimed from the sea in 1942. It is now just a slightly elevated part of the polder, with a still partly intact retaining wall of the waterfront of Middelbuurt. On 1 April 2014, it had 8 inhabitants, but according to Statistics Netherlands there are five people living on the former island.\nSchokland was an attractive settlement area in the Middle Ages, but by the 19th century it was under continuous threat of flooding due to the rise in sea level. By then the Schoklanders had retreated to the three most elevated parts: Emmeloord, Molenbuurt, and Middelbuurt. A major flood in 1825 brought massive destruction, and in 1859 the government decided to end permanent settlement on Schokland. The former municipality of Schokland was joined to Kampen on the mainland.\nToday Schokland is a popular archeological site and host to the Schokland Museum. Schokland was the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Netherlands."}
{"text":"day in March, the main entrance to the Smith College Museum of Art was full of the\nenergetic noise of people bustling through various exhibition galleries, asking for\ndirections, waiting for friends, sitting on benches, making notes and sharing observations.\nBut upstairs on the third floor in an alcove off the\nChace Gallery, it was much quieter. A group of small children sat cross-legged on\nthe floor, eerily silent, mouths agape as they peered at the 9th-century sculpture\nbefore them. While a museum docent talked about its origins, they studied the thousand-pound\nstone Buddha seated cross-legged on a double lotus throne with a serene smile, eyes\nclosed in meditation and hands held in a symbolic pose known as dyana mudra.\nThe schoolchildren, like other recent visitors who\nhave sought out the ancient Buddha from Central Java, became quiet in its presence.\nThe sculpture, labeled “Seated Buddha Amitaba with Aureole” and made\nof the volcanic stone andesite, was previously on display in the Southeast Asian\ngalleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for seven years. Lent to\nthe Smith museum by an anonymous collector, the sculpture will remain on display\nfor the next three years."}
{"text":"Black walnuts are a flavorful ingredient that many people like to add to breads, cakes and other baked goods. They can also be eaten raw. If you would like to grow and harvest your own black walnut trees (Juglans nigra L.), they are best planted from seed (the walnuts). Black walnut trees prefer full sun and can be planted in the fall or the spring, although most home gardeners have more success when planting them in the fall.\nPrepare the soil two to three years before planting black walnuts. Till the soil the about 12 to 18 inches deep and incorporate 25 percent of organic matter, such as compost, into the soil. Repeat this in the fall and spring until planting time.\nGather the black walnuts when they drop in the fall. It is not necessary to remove the husk or shell.\nKeep the walnuts dry for a fall planting. Stack the nuts together in a pile--no more than 15 inches high--and in a shady area until you are ready to plant them.\nAlternatively, stratify the nuts for a spring planting. Set the nuts in a single layer on the ground in an area protected from wind and animals. Then, cover them with 2 inches of moist sand or moist leaves. If necessary, have a second layer of black walnuts, which should be covered with another layer of sand or leaves. Plant the walnuts in early spring before they sprout in the their temporary location.\nPlant the walnuts 4 inches deep. If you are planting more than one walnut, use your hoe to create a 4-inch trench (also called a furrow). Space walnuts at least 4 feet apart and trenches 10 feet apart from one another. Alternatively, to grow a clump of walnut trees, evenly plant 6 to 10 walnuts in an area that is 16 to 18 feet in diameter.\nBackfill the soil with your hoe to cover the walnuts with about 2 inches of soil. Do not level the soil with the ground so it will hold excess water after rainfalls and waterings. Black walnuts like lots of water.\nWater your seeds with about 2 inches of water and keep the soil moist at all times, watering them well when rainfall is scarce."}
{"text":"The purpose of this study was to examine recent findings that suggest a role for drug metabolism, namely the production of reactive metabolites, in drug hypersensitivity responses. The advent of new mass-spectrometry methods has enabled the discovery of reactive metabolites from medicines known to cause hypersensitivity responses, such as amoxicillin and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs including aspirin, diclofenac, and metamizole. Recent research has shown that reactive metabolites may effectively bind plasma proteins, implying that drug metabolites may induce an immune response instead of – or in addition to – parent medicines. Because drug metabolic profiles are frequently dictated by variations in the genes that code for drug-metabolizing enzymes, it is possible that changed drug metabolism might predispose to the production of reactive drug metabolites and hence to hypersensitivity responses. In addition to the well-known efficacy of pharmacogenomics testing in type A adverse responses, our data suggest the prospective application of pharmacogenomics tests in hypersensitive adverse reactions.\nA growing body of data points to a connection between genetically determined drug metabolism, changed metabolic profiles, the production of highly reactive metabolites, and haptenization. More research is needed to identify reliable biomarkers for drug-induced hypersensitivity responses."}
{"text":"Scientists are reporting for the first time that the use of weed killers in farmers' fields boosts the nutritional value of an important food a crop. Application of two common herbicides to several varieties of sweet corn significantly increased the amount of key nutrients termed carotenoids in the corn kernels, according to a new study.\nIn the new study, Dean Kopsell and colleagues note that farmers grow about 240,000 acres of sweet corn in the United States each year, making it an important food crop. Corn is among only a few vegetable crops that are good sources of zeaxanthin carotenoids. Consuming carotenoid-rich vegetables may reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration (a leading cause of vision loss among older people), heart disease, and cancer, the study notes.\nThe scientists exposed several varieties of sweet corn plants to the herbicide mesotrione or a combination of mesotrione and atrazine, another commonly used weed killer, and harvested mature corn 45 days later. Herbicide applications made the corn an even-better source of carotenoids, boosting levels in the mature kernels of some varieties by up to 15 percent. It specifically increased levels of lutein and zeaxanthin, the major carotenoids in sweet corn kernels, which studies have linked to a reduced risk of age-related macular degeneration.\nCite This Page:"}
{"text":"Eleanor Marx Aveling 1895\nSource: The working class movement in England: a brief historical sketch originally written for the “Volkes lexicon” edited by Emmanuel Wurm by Eleanor Marx Aveling; translated from the German by Edward Aveling and published in 1896 with a Preface by Wilhelm Liebknecht in 1895.\nTranscribed: by Ted Crawford;\nCopyLeft: this text is free of copyright restrictions.\nThese seven articles appeared for the first seven months of 1884 in the journal To-Day and were then discontinued though no reason is given. To-Day was claimed as an “exponent of scientific Socialism,” in the first number of 1884 having as new editors Bax and Joynes.\nPreface by Wilhelm Liebknecht\nThe working class movement in England by Eleanor Marx Aveling\nFootnotes by Eleanor Marx Aveling"}
{"text":"posted by Rigby on .\na man borrowed $85,000 of wich he pays a part of at 9% interest and the rest at 12% if his total interest payment is $9300 per year how much did he borrow at each rate of interest ?\nLet X = the amount borrowed at 9% interest\nlet Y = the amount borrowed at 12% interest.\nHere is what you know:\nX + Y = 85,000\n0.09 X + 0.12 Y = 9,300\nNow solve those two simultaneous equations. One easy way is to multiply both sides of the first equation by 0.09.\n0.09 X+ 0.09 Y = 7,650\nNow subtract that from the second equation to eliminate the X variable.\n0.03 Y = 1650\nY = 55,000\nX = 30,000"}
{"text":"Previous Challenge Entry (Level 3 - Advanced)\nTopic: RASH (04/12/18)\nTITLE: On Being Rash\nBy Kim Rojas\nLEAVE COMMENT ON ARTICLE\nSEND A PRIVATE COMMENT\nADD TO MY FAVORITES\nMany people don’t realize when they are rude because they have a different perspective. The same goes for the arrogant. They view their actions as forward-thinking or progressive. But, it’s selfish, because we live in an interactive world and should be mindful of the effects our actions promote in our environment. Not to do so is haughty.\nDeserving or not, being respectful to all people shows we are aware of hardships some may be facing. None of us are immune to hardship. It would serve us well to remember the lessons taught through the trials we face in our life’s journey. Only then can we share the sweet victory in someone else’s journey, thereby being honorable to God and ourselves.\nIt’s all about perspective. As we go about our daily routines, we can choose to be rude, arrogant, selfish, and haughty, or we can choose to be respectful, aware, sweet, and honorable Either way, we’re being r.a.s.h.\nThe opinions expressed by authors may not necessarily reflect the opinion of FaithWriters.com.\nAccept Jesus as Your Lord and Savior Right Now - CLICK HERE\nJOIN US at FaithWriters for Free. Grow as a Writer and Spread the Gospel."}
{"text":"- Antarctic Weather Phenomena\nThe air in Antarctica is frequently very dry. The low temperatures mean that little or no water vapour is held in the air, instead it freezes and falls out, or builds up on surfaces as frost. Sometimes however depending on the particular atmospheric conditions, the frozen water vapour remains in the air as suspended ice crystals. In these conditions the crystals can reflect sunlight in a variety of ways forming atmospheric phenomena of different types.\nOne of these phenomena is the \"Solar Pillar\" seen above. The sun is reflected very strongly so that the reflection is almost as bright as the sun itself. Like a rainbow, this sight is dependent on where the light is coming from and where the observer is standing. The pillar appears to move when the observer moves, but always remains directly below the sun.\nPhoto credit - Paul Ward / coolantarctica.com"}
{"text":"How do you abbreviate the word?\n3 Tips for Using Correct Abbreviations\n- Shorten a Long Word by Writing Down the Beginning of that Word. You can abbreviate a long word by writing the first part of the word.\n- Omit the Vowels of a Word. You may also write the abbreviated form of a word by omitting its vowels.\n- Write Just the First Letter and the Last Letter of a Monosyllabic Word.\nIs splendiferous a real word?\nsplendiferous Add to list Share. Even though it sounds like a made-up word, splendiferous is a word for wonderful things. You may have seen a splendiferous sunset or a splendiferous velvet gown in your day. A splendor is a beautiful sight.\nWhat is the short form of abbreviation?\nIt may consist of a group of letters, or words taken from the full version of the word or phrase; for example, the word abbreviation can itself be represented by the abbreviation abbr., abbrv., or abbrev.; NPO, for nil (or nothing) per (by) os (mouth) is an abbreviated medical instruction.\nHow do you say OK formally?\n“OK” is not considered a formal word. It can be used sometimes in formal conversations, but not in writing. Some words you can use in its place are “acceptable”, “all right”, or “decent”.\nWhat does BTF mean in text language?\nBefore the Fire\nWhat are common abbreviations?\n- ACE – a cool experience.\n- AD – awesome dude.\n- AFAIK – as far as I know.\n- AFK – away from keyboard.\n- ANI – age not important.\n- BRB – be right back.\n- CUL – see you later.\n- CWYL – chat with you later.\nWhat is the abbreviation for writing?\n|WRTG||Writing Academic & Science » Universities||Rate it:|\n|WRTG||Writing Community » News & Media||Rate it:|\n|WRTG||Writing Community » Educational||Rate it:|\nHow do we use abbreviations?\nAn abbreviation, simply put, is a shortened form of a word. In writing, abbreviations are useful when you need to squeeze a lot of writing into a small space. You can also use them in place of long or cumbersome phrases to make your sentences easier to read."}
{"text":"Israeli archaeologists say they have uncovered a ritual bath in Jerusalem that was likely used by Jewish pilgrims coming to the temple two millenia ago.\nThe bath is located next to the Temple Mount, the compound in Jerusalem's Old City where two Biblical Temples stood. The second was destroyed by Roman legions in 70 A.D.\nThe Israel Antiquities Authority says the stone bath was likely used for ritual purification by pilgrims who came to the Temple three times a year.\nSimilar ritual baths are still used by Jews for purification.\nThe site that once housed the temples is now Islam's third-holiest site, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. The ritual bath was found under homes in what is now the Old City's Muslim Quarter."}
{"text":"What is the meaning of Lent?\nHere Fr Tom O’Reilly, the Regional Director of the Columbans in Britain, offers some answers arising from an experience in Pakistan.\nThere's a crack in everything and the light gets in\nFr Tom O’Reilly\nWhen I arrived at a small chapel on the outskirts of Gujranwala, Pakistan, to celebrate Mass on the first Sunday of Lent I was surprised to see the place was practically empty. Eventually, I was told that the people were assembled in the house of Rashid, a parishioner, to support him in the rigorous fast he had begun on Ash Wednesday.\nOn investigation, I found Rashid solemnly seated on a raised platform before his house and surrounded by many admirers. He had decided not to eat or drink anything from sunrise to sunset for the 40 days of Lent and thus to prove that Christians could 'out-fast' Muslims, whose fast lasted only 28 days in the month of Ramadan!"}
{"text":"The APA style is a manuscript format or publication manual developed by the American Psychological Association. It is used when writing papers and reporting sources used. Another commonly used format is the MLA style.\na set of rules and guidelines for citing references as well as preparing and submitting manuscripts for publication from the American Psychological Association. These rules are detailed in the Publication Manual of the APA (the most recent version is available in the reference collection.)\nA bibliographic citation format outlined in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Available in the library. See http://www.farmingdale.edu/library/biblio.html fore more information.\nA format for citations as defined by the American Psychological Association. This format is often used by those working in other Social Sciences than psychology. The APA Style Guide is available at the HIL Reference desk.\nOne of two main styles used in academic papers, the other being MLA style. APA style is established by the American Psychological Association. Information on this style can be found in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.\nAs opposed to MLA style, APA style is the American Psychological Association format for citation of quotations, paraphrased information and any other ideas or material learned from another source. PLA essays are considered academic essays, and students need to acknowledge their intellectual sources in a recognizable format. Considered by many to be the \"easier\" style, APA is used primarily by those students majoring in the social sciences, business and communication.\nAmerican Psychological Association (APA) style is a widely accepted format for writing research papers, particularly for social science manuscripts and theses. APA style specifies, for example, the names and order of headings, formatting and organization of citations and references, and the arrangement of tables, figures, footnotes, and appendices."}
{"text":"Electrical Engineering curricula typically only touch the bandstructure of solids early in the introduction of solid state devices. Critical parameters such as bandedges, effective masses, and degeneracies are extracted from the bandstructure; and, the atomistic details of the origin of the abstract band diagrams are typically deferred to the physics or material science department. However, device engineering and material science meet at the nanometer-scale. Device engineers have managed to create structures that have spatial variations on the atomic scale. From a materials point of view this corresponds to a new composite or heterostructure of finite extent. This presentation will highlight for nanoelectronic device examples how the effective mass approximation breaks down and why the quantum mechanical nature of the atomically resolved material needs to be included in the device modeling. Atomistic bandstructure effects in resonant tunneling diodes, ultra-scales Si slabs, Si nanowires, and alloyed quantum dots will be demonstrated in intuitive pictures. The presentation concludes with a brief overview of the empirical tight binding method that bridges the gap between material science, physics, and electrical engineering for the quantitative design and analysis of nanoelectronic devices.\nCite this work\nResearchers should cite this work as follows:\nMSEE 239, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN"}
{"text":"1.) A vertical cylindrical storage tank, with a diameter 20 ft, is filled with oil to a depth of 40 ft. Sometime later, the oil is drained, decreasing the depth at a rate of 8 in per hour. Write an equation for the volume of oil (ft^3) remaining in the tank t hours later as a function of t, V(t). Draw a geometrically correct sketch supporting your solution.\n2.) The area of a series of isosceles triangles is modeled by a triangle that has its base along the positive x-axis, with one base angle at the origin and its vertex in the first quadrant, positioned on the graph of the function f(x)=6-x^2. Write the area of the triangle as a function of x, A(x). Make a suitable sized graphical sketch of the problem, showing relevant details supporting your solution.\nthank you so much with the help :]"}
{"text":"How does magnetism help birds find their way home? How do magnets help power your computer? What distant objects have the strongest magnetic fields in the universe? This title looks at the fascinating properties of objects that repel and attract one another. The book explores the magnetic universe and how the magnetic nature of our planet gives clues about its past. It also examines electromagnetism, the special force that helps power most of the machines we use each day."}
{"text":"Macbeth exam essay questions андрей. Macbeth final test questions and answers view test prep questions and answers of macbeth essay macbeth final exam study guide english iv honors 1. Online download macbeth exam essay questions macbeth exam essay questions imagine that you get such certain awesome experience and knowledge by only reading a book. Study guide for final unit exam, english iii (cp macbeth meets his final fate in act v with desperate bravery essay question. Macbeth final exam study guide english iv honors 1 identify these characters and their descriptions: duncan / macbeth / lady macbeth/ banquo / macduff/ lady macduff.\nMacbeth final exam instructions choose your answers to the questions and click 'next' to see the next question you can skip questions if you would like. A secondary school revision resource for gcse english literature about sample questions for shakespeare's macbeth. Who of the following is not found in act 1, scene 2 malcom, macbeth, duncan, or lennox.\nIn macbeth , william shakespeare's tragedy about essay questions cliffsnotes can ease your homework headaches and help you score high on exams. Suggested essay topics and study questions for william shakespeare's macbeth perfect for students who have to write macbeth essays.\nMacbeth study guide contains a biography of william shakespeare, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full. Stylewriter provides meaningful statistics and ratings you can use to become macbeth final exam essay questions a cree europe skip to content europe usa canada.\nPre-made tests on macbeth final test - hard, including multiple choice, short answer, short essay, and in-depth essay questions. Nick miller period 3 macbeth exam essays due: 2-23-10 question #1 there are few literary works in today’s worldthat macbeth essay macbeth pr final."}
{"text":"What do you mean by Cognitive Access to Curriculum?\nIndividuals with physical or sensory disabilities may encounter barriers when using traditional materials such as books, paper and pencil, keyboards, audiotapes without text equivalents, or videos lacking captions or audio descriptions. Broadly speaking, ensuring physical access to the curriculum includes enabling sensory and motor access (such as the ability to see text and images, hear sound and speech, and manipulate materials and expressive tools).\nApart from physical access, students need cognitive access to the general curriculum in order to succeed. Some examples of this include the ability to understand assignments, plan approaches to and execute tasks, use materials effectively, comprehend content presented in various media, organize work, understand and use feedback, and express ideas effectively. All learners (especially those with learning disabilities, attention deficits, developmental disabilities, or affective difficulties) may encounter barriers when instructional materials are not designed in a flexible manner.\nA student with a learning disability may be able to see a text clearly but may have difficulty understanding the assignment or purpose for reading, finding main points, organizing notes, and expressing understanding. Conversely, a student with cerebral palsy may fully understand an assignment and have clear ideas for executing it, but be blocked from expressing those ideas by inappropriate tools.\nHow can you provide cognitive access to learners in your classroom?\nLearn more…Take this course: Accommodating All Learners"}
{"text":"To almost match spider silk, scientists regenerate silkworm silk\nPound for pound, spider silk is among the strongest known materials. Unfortunately, though, farming spiders for their silk is highly impractical. While some researchers are pursuing synthetic spider silk, scientists at MIT and Tufts University have taken another approach … they've devised a method of using silkworm silk to produce fibers that are almost as stiff as spider silk.\nThe process involves chemically dissolving silkworm cocoons, but only to a certain point. Their molecular structure is left intact, causing the silk fibers to break down into tiny thread-like structures known as microfibrils. MIT's Prof. Markus Buehler likens the process to tearing down a brick house, but leaving the individual bricks intact.\nThe solution is subsequently extruded through a small opening, causing these microfibrils to reassemble into a single fiber. Known as regenerated silk fiber (RSF), the resulting material is reportedly twice as stiff as regular silkworm silk.\nAlong with taking the form of traditional fibers that get woven to form textiles, RSF could also be formed into structures such as meshes, tubes, coils and sheets. Because silk is naturally biocompatible, possible applications for the material could include medical sutures, or scaffolding for the growth of new tissue.\nAdditionally, however, RSF can be made electrically conductive by coating it with a layer of carbon nanotubes. In that case, it could conceivably find use in smart fabrics, such as anti-bedsore bedsheets that warn caregivers when a patient has been lying in one position for too long.\nA paper on the research was published this week in the journal Nature Communications."}
{"text":"Non-Nukes or NNRTIs: Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors\nTo see a list of fact sheets in each category, click on the category name.\nNOTE: You can see a full list of fact sheet topics on Fact Sheet 1000.\n431. Nevirapine (Viramune)\nA description of the antiretroviral drug nevirapine (Viramune®), including dosing, side effects, and a general discussion of who should take this drug.\n[Reviewed April 16, 2014]\n432. Efavirenz (Sustiva, Stocrin)\nWhat is Efavirenz?\n[Revised April 29, 2014]\n433. Delavirdine (Rescriptor)\nA description of the antiviral drug delavirdine, its use and side effects\n[Reviewed January 24, 2014]\n434. Etravirine (Intelence)\nA description of the antiretroviral drug Etravirine (Intelence), including dosing, side effects, and a general discussion of who should take this drug.\n[Revised April 24, 2014]\n435. Rilpivirine (Edurant)\nA description of the antiviral drug rilpivirine (Edurant)\n[Revised February 17, 2014]\nBack to Fact Sheet Categories\nThe AIDS InfoNet is a project of the New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center,\nand the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care.\nPartially funded by the National Library of Medicine"}
{"text":"Teacher manual for AP* and Advanced Chemistry labs. Has both the printed version and a flash drive with teacher tips, a PDF of teacher version and editable Word student version.\nMeasuring the Speed of a Reaction (Colorimeter)\nYou have seen instructions on bottles of medicine instructing you, for example, to take “two capsules every four hours.” How do scientists come up with how often to take a medication? The answer is that they have done experiments that quantify how quickly the medicine is metabolized by the body. In other words, they develop equations that predict how long it will be before the concentration drops too low to have an effect on your symptoms. Such problems require scientists to make quantitative predictions, that is, to find an equation for the reaction.\nHow do you determine the speed of a reaction?\nStudents determine the order of a reaction and the effect of variables on the reaction rate.\nThe student is able to analyze concentration versus time data to determine the rate law for a zeroth-, first-, or second-order reaction.\nSensors / Equipment Used:\nMeasure pressure, temperature, pH, and conductivity with the Advanced Chemistry Sensor.\nOur PASPORT Colorimeter records all 4 wavelengths simultaneously--no need to guess at wavelength to get a quality measurement.\nThe Associated Bundle:\nContains the sensors and probes needed to perform all 17 experiments in the Advanced Chemistry Teacher Guide and all 25 labs in the Chemistry through Inquiry Guide."}
{"text":"Lesson 1 (from Book 1, Chapters 1-3)\nBook One begins with a quote by Charles Dubois: \"The important thing is this: To be ready at any moment to sacrifice what you are for what you could become.\"\nThe objective of this lesson is to look at the concept of personal change.\n1. Class discussion: What do you think this quote means? Why do you think this quote opens the book? How do you think this quote might be applicable to the narrator, Dan Millman? In what ways in this first section does Dan seem willing to sacrifice what he is to for what he can become? In what ways does he not seem willing?\n2. In-class writing: Write a journal entry and discuss the opening quote and how it may apply to your own life.\n3. Homework: Research Charles Dubois and see if you can find a connection between his life and philosophy and what...\nThis section contains 5,931 words\n(approx. 20 pages at 300 words per page)"}
{"text":"Are you interested in understanding concerning the newest technology updates and prefer being in touch with it now and again? Administration data programs (MIS) includes planning for, improvement, administration, and use of knowledge technology tools to help data staff and other people carry out all duties associated to data processing and administration. Engineering is the objective-oriented means of designing and making instruments and methods to take advantage of natural phenomena for practical human means, often (but not always) utilizing outcomes and strategies from science.\nStone Age – The event of easy instruments from wood or shards of rock and the invention of fireplace, which offered a solution to cook dinner meals and create heat and lightweight, were technological developments which allowed individuals to perform duties extra easily and quickly.\nWith the advancement of the Internet and applied sciences reminiscent of VoIP (Voice over IP), organizations, businesses and people can talk any time from completely different components of the world by means of video and voice calls, internet conferencing, seminars and virtual conferences.\nIt was created for individuals to communicate and network, yet some people use it as their only type of communication with different individuals. Typically, people embed technology in machines This lets others use the machines with out knowing how they work. He can see the benefits and how technology might be seen as a pal to humanity that ‘it makes life simpler, cleaner and longer’.\nCombining technological innovation, entrepreneurship, and fast progress, Fast 500 companies—massive, small, public, and private—hail from cities far and broad across North America and are disrupting the technology trade. Not only did it spawn new industries and products, however it spawned different revolutionary applied sciences – transistor technology, built-in circuit technology, microprocessor technology."}
{"text":"Back in July a vaccine for Ebola was shown to provide 100 percent protection in a clinical trial. The test was on a small population, and only addressed short term protection. But if deployed widely, the vaccine could be a very useful tool in containing a major outbreak.\nBut vaccines aren’t cheap, and ensuring that they are viable and produced in quantity takes time and money. For better or worse, vaccines for major contagious diseases in Africa aren’t considered lucrative, but there are organizations trying to overcome that obstacle.\nGavi, the Vaccine Alliance has taken a step to make it easier to have a major vaccine response available for the next Ebola outbreak. Nature is reporting that Gavi has paid Merck, the manufacturer of this vaccine, $5 million to have 300,000 doses of the vaccine ready for use by May 2016. The virus could be used for clinical trials, or possibly for the next Ebola outbreak, should it happen prior to Merck having the vaccine licensed. Merck has promised to have the vaccine licensed by the end of 2017, and to obtain emergency approval from the World Health Organization to use the vaccine in an outbreak prior to licensure. That process is already underway.\nGavi is a public-private partnership combining the contributions of several governments, companies and foundations to develop and stockpile vaccines for future outbreaks. Once this particular Ebola vaccine is licensed, Gavi will develop stockpiles for use, and distributing the vaccines should be much easier."}
{"text":"The English physician William Harvey (1578–1657) was the first to discover how blood actually circulates in living creatures. This book is a fascinating account of how Harvey's theory of the circulation of the blood came into being. A classic of science, it has long been considered a model of accurate observation, careful experimentation and notation, and logical deduction.\nThrough his intense studies in anatomy and the experience he gained through a long series of dissections of animals, Harvey amassed a much broader knowledge of the comparative anatomy of the heart and blood vessels than his contemporaries or any others before him. It was a breakthrough that stunned his colleagues, most of whom still clung to the theories of Aristotle, Galen, and others — theories Harvey proved both inadequate and inaccurate. The original text of Harvey's landmark study consisted of two works written and published in Latin. This Dover edition, reprinted from a rare copy of a limited edition of 1,450 copies, reproduces the English translation made during Harvey's lifetime. In the Editor's Postscript, Geoffrey Keynes praised this lively translation as one filled with \"the vigour of the seventeenth century . . . with a sufficient sprinkling of expressive, if now unusual, terms to produce the feeling that Harvey himself is speaking.\"\nReprint of The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey, published by Nonesuch Press, London, 1953.\n|Availability||Usually ships in 24 to 48 hours|\n|Dimensions||5 3/8 x 8 1/2|"}
{"text":"Principles of Helicopter Flight\nRecently updated, this comprehensive handbook explains the aerodynamics of helicopter flight, as well as how to perform typical helicopter maneuvers, unlike many aviation training manuals which are strictly how-to guides. Beginning with the basics of aerodynamics, each step of the process is fully illustrated and thoroughly explained—from the physics of helicopter flying and advanced operations to helicopter design and performance—providing helicopter pilots with a sound technical foundation on which to base their in-flight decisions. Containing discussions on the NOTAR (no tail rotor) system, strakes, and frequently misunderstood principles of airspeed and high-altitude operations, this revised edition also includes the latest procedures and regulations from the Federal Aviation Administration.\n- Author: W. J. Wagtendonk\n- Publication Date: 2006-09-01\n- Publisher: Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.\n- Product Group: Book\n- Manufacturer: Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.\n- Binding: Paperback, 320 pages\n- Item Dimensions:\n- Dimensions: 0L x 827W x 1075H\n- Weight: 159\n- Package Dimensions:\n- Dimensions: 1060L x 820W x 80H\n- Weight: 160\n- List Price: $24.95\n- ISBN: 1560276495\n- ASIN: 1560276495"}
{"text":"- Get Involved\nApril 26, 2001 – October 31, 2001\nMuseum: American History Museum\nLocation: 1st Floor, Taylor Gallery\nThis exhibition traces the life of inventor Alfred Nobel and the creation of the Nobel Prizes, and explores the motivation and vision of selected Laureates that led to their receiving this prestigious honor. It features numerous intimate video interviews of laureates, photographic portraits, and original artifacts, including Albert Einstein's pipe and William Faulkner's typewriter. Also included are artwork and poetry by students from the Duke Ellington Youth Project that emphasize the connections among creative minds of any age.\nPresented by the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.\nTreasure hunt handout\nRelated publication: Nobel Laureates\nPhotographed by Peter Badge (limited edition, large-format, cloth), $90"}
{"text":"Check out this crazy high school play.\nThe ball bounced off the center fielder’s head directly to the left fielder. He caught the ball and got a double play.\nFun question – was this a legal catch. It sure was.\nHigh school rule 8-4-1(b) says a batter is out if:\nhis fair hit or foul (other than a foul tip which is not a third strike) is caught by a fielder, or such catch is prevented by a spectator reaching into the playing field;\nIf you look in the definition of catch (2-9-1) this appears:\nA catch is the act of a fielder in getting secure possession in his hand or glove of a live ball in flight and firmly holding it,\nThe added emphasis in the rule was by me. This brings up the question what does “in flight” mean?\nA batted or thrown ball is in flight until it has touched the ground or some object other than a fielder.\nThis play meets all of those criteria – in flight ball secured by a fielder. Isn’t it crazy you have to find three different sections of the rule book to answer something that is known by most?\nNow, let’s flip it a bit. What if with no one on base a line drive hits the umpire, goes in the air, and is gloved by the shortstop. Is it a catch?\nThe answer is no! Once the ball touched the umpire it had touched some object other than a fielder. The shortstop would have to throw this batter-runner out at first base to complete the play.\nThis rule is the same in the majors and covered on page 28 of RuleGraphics."}
{"text":"The presence of a ferment in the adult stomach, which has the power of splitting neutral fat into its component fatty acids and glycerin, the gastric lipase, has been confirmed by recent studies.\nAlthough Marcet,1 Cash,2 Ogata3 and Vaughan Harley4 found fatty acids in the stomach contents, it remained for Volhard5 to demonstrate the presence of fat-splitting ferment and bring the subject forward for study. Stade,6 one of Volhard's pupils, confirmed his results and suggested the technic of examination which goes by his name.\nInouye7 failed to find evidence of a gastric lipase, but Falloise8 confirmed its presence, and Laquer found the secretion from a Pawlow small stomach to be active in splitting fat, thus proving that the activity cannot be due to regurgitated pancreatic steapsin. Stef. v. Pesthy8 confirmed the fact that fat is split in the stomach."}
{"text":"浅谈自闭症儿童的潜能开发Potential Development of Autistic Children\n自闭症, 自闭症儿童, 潜能开发Autism, Autistic Children, Potential Development\n《Advances in Education》, Vol.6 No.1, 2016-01-14\nAs the number of autistic children has increased, more and more autistic children come into the (special education) school to study and recover. In order to make a better future for autistic children to go into society, we should not only give them normal education and recovery exercise to compensate defect, but also focus on developing the potential abilities of autistic children. This paper elaborates the cases of autistic children who have special abilities and the importance of potential development. It also explores how to develop their potential ability."}
{"text":"- an abominating; great hatred and disgust; loathing\n- anything hateful and disgusting\n- Abomination is defined as something or someone that is hated.\nAn example of abomination is a serial killer.\n- The definition of an abomination is the feeling of extreme hatred and disgust.\nAn example of abomination would be the feelings of followers of the Pro-Life movement towards abortion.\n- Abomination is defined as an action that is disgusting or shameful.\nAn example of an abomination is the abuse of animals.\n- Abhorrence; disgust.\n- A cause of abhorrence or disgust.\n- An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]\n- The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]\n- That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred; very often with religious undertones. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]\n- He thinks \"PJ's are an abomination\" and prefers to sleep in the nude.\n- In Zoroaster's eyes this is an abomination: for the cow is a gift of Ormazd to man, and the religion of Mazda protects the sacred animal.\n- This second writer singles out three of the Maccabean priest kings for attack, the first of whom he charges with every abomination; the people itself, he declares, is apostate, and chastisement will follow speedily - the temple will be laid waste, the nation carried afresh into captivity, whence, on their repentance, God will restore them again to their own land, where they shall enjoy the blessedness of God's presence and be ruled by a Messiah sprung from Judah.\n- In December 168 sacrifice was offered to Zeus upon an idol altar (\" the abomination of desolation,\" Dan.\n- In the Old and New Testaments the dog is spoken of almost with abhorrence; it ranked amongst the unclean beasts: traffic in it was considered as an abomination, and it was forbidden to he offered in the sanctuary in the discharge of any vow."}
{"text":"Given to Moses by God on Mount Sinai, the Ten Commandments are pillars of both the Christian and Jewish faiths. The Times of Israel's Daniel Estrin reports that now the oldest complete copy of the Ten Commandments is on display in Israel:\nThe world’s oldest complete copy of the Ten Commandments is going on rare display at Israel’s leading museum in an exhibit tracing civilization’s most pivotal moments. The 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scroll, from a collection of the world’s most ancient biblical manuscripts discovered near the Dead Sea east of Jerusalem, has never before been publicly displayed in Israel and has only been shown in brief exhibits abroad, said Pnina Shor of the Israel Antiquities Authority. The manuscript is so brittle that it will only be on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem for two weeks before it is returned to a secure, pitch-black, climate-controlled storage facility at the museum."}
{"text":"Rain chains originated in Japan, where they have adorned houses and temples for hundreds of years. There they are called “kumari-doi”, or “chain gutter”. The first kumari-doi were created in the 1600s to adorn teahouses. These early examples used bamboo and palm ropes.\nIn addition to being attractive, kumari-doi are valued for generating a pleasant white-noise effect as water drips or pours down them. Rain chains began gaining international popularity after Japan hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics and visiting style connoisseurs spotted them.\nIncorporating items that are exclusively ornamental, such as paintings and statues, is an important part of decorating your home and garden.\nHowever, you can greatly expand your decorating options by adopting a simple philosophy: How can I accomplish a necessary function in an aesthetically pleasing way? Rain chains, decorative alternatives to traditional metal or plastic downspouts, are a fantastic example of what this philosophy looks like in practice.\nThey come in a wide variety of styles, but all have the same practical purpose: directing rainwater from rooftop gutters away from the house and to the ground (or to a storage vessel). Additionally, rain chains offer the benefit of being visually pleasing water features which enhance a home’s appearance.\nSome garden supply shops offer rain chains for purchase, but they are also easy to make and customize at home. Many different objects, from recycled household items to natural objects like stones, can be incorporated into a rain chain."}
{"text":"Concerns about the consequences of environmental change have ascended to the top of the international agenda, and have brought in their wake renewed attention to the complex interrelationships between population, environment and development. In recognition of this fact, the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs has issued the first-ever United Nations wall chart on population, environment and development.\nThe wall chart features new demographic data from the 2000 revision of the United Nations population estimates and projections. The demographic data include total population and population density, as well as total, urban and rural growth rates for all countries of the world. The chart also presents the most up-to-date key environmental and development indicators from other United Nations and outside sources regarding fresh water, forests, agriculture and nutrition, poverty and economic development, energy consumption, number of motor vehicles, carbon dioxide emissions and participation in international treaties relating to the environment."}
{"text":"Which part of the neuron is responsible for maintaining the life of the cell?\nThe part of a neuron that contains the nucleus and keeps the entire cell alive and functioning is the___.\nWhich pan of a neuron is attached to the soma and carries messages out to other cells?\nThe function of the neuron's axon is to\ncarry messages to other cells\n_______receive messages from other neurons and_______send messages to other neurons.\nDendrites receive messages, and axons send messages to other cells.\nWhat is the function of myelin?\nto speed up the neural impulse\nOne purpose of the______is to speed up the neural message traveling down the axon\nA fatty substance that is wrapped around the shaft of axons in the nervous system and whose function is to insulate neurons and speed up the neural impulse is called a\nA group of axons bundled together coated in myelin that travels together through the body is called___.\nA nerve is a group of __bundled together\nJuan's toe was severed and was quickly sewn back on by a surgeon. As a result, he regained some function and feeling in his toe. Which of the following are responsible for Juan's ability to regain function and feeling in his toe?\nNeurilemma enable damaged neurons to repair themselves\nWhat do we call the state of a neuron when it is not firing a neural impulse?\nPlease allow access to your computer’s microphone to use Voice Recording.\nWe can’t access your microphone!\nClick the icon above to update your browser permissions above and try again\nReload the page to try again!\nPress Cmd-0 to reset your zoom\nPress Ctrl-0 to reset your zoom\nIt looks like your browser might be zoomed in or out. Your browser needs to be zoomed to a normal size to record audio.\nYour microphone is muted\nFor help fixing this issue, see this FAQ."}
{"text":"Meghalaya: K for Khasi, K for Kwai\nBy Willie Gordon Suting\nSHILLONG: Most of the tribes from North East India have always been a storytelling people and here is a story of how the Khasi tribe and kwai (in the local dialect) got interconnected.\nKwai, as the Khasis call it, when served to a guest or offered during funerals, marriages, and other gatherings, is how the Khasis welcome people.\nKwai can symbolise the forming of a bond or a display of good manners. Serving kwai to guests as soon as they enter one's home, instead of the usual glass of water, comes as a big surprise to those who do not know of this custom.\nThere are even fewer who know that there is a folktale leading to this tradition.\nOnce upon a time, God or U Blei looked down from the heavens and saw that a poor man (U Baduk) and his wife had killed themselves for not having any food to give to serve a dear friend who was visiting their home.\nHe hence blessed parts of the Khasi and Jaintia Hills with the betel-nut and paan leaf. U Blei then made it known to all that, henceforth, these plants would be cut and served with lime and served as compulsory offerings to guests in every home, rich and poor because he has made them available in abundance.\nThus, started the tradition.\nToday kwai is an intricate part of the Khasi culture and is enjoyed by the rich and poor alike, as U Blei meant it to be.\nAlthough research and statistics have shown that over-indulgence could lead to oral cancer and a host of dental issues, tradition is hard to let go. Especially one as delicious!"}
{"text":"This is a review of everything that we have already covered.\nRemember, HTML works with what are called tags. Each tag goes inside of two carrats that look like this: .\nFor every tag that is opened, it is also closed so that they look like this:\nThere is the list of tags that are critical for you to know. Each one is listed below.\n- p (paragraph)\n- a (anchor) and href (hyperlink reference) – when you put these together, you can make a hyperlink\n- strong (for bold)\n- em (for italics)\n- h1, h2, h3 (for headers)\nYou can also set colors for your body background and text. With HTML, you have to use hexadecimal colors. Click Here to get a list of colors. We will use this page today to add more color to our test pages."}
{"text":"Large Group of Humpback Whales Feeding in the Pristine Waters of Alaska. Aerial Drone Footage from Seagulls Point of View.\nFrom Wikipedia: The humpback whale's most inventive technique is known as bubble net feeding; a group of whales swims in a shrinking circle blowing bubbles below a school of prey. The shrinking ring of bubbles encircles the school and confines it in an ever-smaller cylinder. This ring can begin at up to 30 metres (98 ft) in diameter and involve the cooperation of a dozen animals. Using a crittercam attached to a whale's back, researchers found that some whales blow the bubbles, some dive deeper to drive fish toward the surface, and others herd prey into the net by vocalizing. The whales then suddenly swim upward through the \"net\", mouths agape, swallowing thousands of fish in one gulp. Plated grooves in the whale's mouth allow the creature to easily drain all the water initially taken in."}
{"text":"New research published in the journal Chemical Research in Toxicology suggests a connection exists between an ingredient used in artificial butter flavor and an increased risk for developing Alzheimer’s, the degenerative disease that currently affects more than 5.4 million Americans.\nThe study, entitled “The Butter Flavorant, Diacetyl, Exacerbates Beta-Amyloid Cytotoxicity” was conducted by researchers at the Univeristy of Minnesota’s Center for Drug Design and found that diacetyl (DA), which is the common ingredient in artificial butter flavoring, influences the damaging effects of beta-amyloid protein clumping that is connected with Alzheimer’s. One of the signature symptoms of Alzheimer’s is the visible clumping of beta-amyloid proteins. The researchers discovered that diacetyl is structurally very similar to the substances that cause the beta-amyloid proteins to clump together, and at risk of increasing the possibility of developing Alzheimer’s.\nThe study comes after research in the Netherlands found a strong connection between cases of a lung disorder, bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome, and food factory workers who were regularly exposed to diacetyl, inhaling the substance in large doses. Further studies have also reaffirmed the connection to the lung disorder.\nDiacetyl (DA) is found in a number of processed food products including margarine, cooking sprays, microwave popcorn and other snack foods.\nAccording to the Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s disease currently affects one in eight older Americans and is the nation’s sixth leading cause of death. It is the only disease among the nation’s top ten leading causes of death that has no known effective preventative measures, no cures or effective treatments in slowing the advancement of the disease.\nKeep in touch with Jill on Twitter @jillettinger"}
{"text":"Math, schmath. That's what Sue Ellen thinks...until she runs into a problem her artistic vision can't solve. Educational Objective: Sue Ellen realizes that math is a valuable tool for everyday life. Sue Ellen can't wait to meet her pen pal in person. But Tenzin seems to be more interested in cars and fashion than world culture. Has her friend changed, or was Sue Ellen just reading him wrong? Educational Objective: Sue Ellen learns the importance of listening to others.\nVisit the Website: http://pbskids.org/arthur\nEpisode #1902 / Length: 28 minutes"}
{"text":"A new bin design in Portugal makes recycling fun and easy, two qualities not often associated with sorting your trash. These qualities may be needed though, at least in higher-trafficked areas, given most recycling bins are anything but user-friendly these days. Created by architectural and urban design firm AND-RÉ, the prototype set of bins are meant to give recycling a higher profile in the community, while will also encouraging more “democratic” use among many types of users.\nThe use of bold forms and colors is meant to seduce people into recycling their organic waste, glass, metals, paper, and cardboard. The designers assert: “The negative perception of the garbage bins was forgotten by changing the status of the object itself.” And people seem to be responding. Tourists were seen taking photos next to the bins. Children were even observed asking parents to put garbage in the right bins, turning sorting into a kind of game.\nMade of composite fiber and high-resistance stainless steel, the bins limit unpleasant interactions with “dirty surfaces” and waste smells. While the set of bins have a similar look, inside, there are different sorting and storage mechanisms. “The system for organic waste and metal use a container (a drum with rotary counterweight axis) associated with the movement of the lid. Glass and paper systems use a fixed conduit, regardless of movement of the lid.” There’s also a pedal that frees the hands so more O.C.D. users can avoid touching the bins all together.\nImage credit: AND-RÉ"}
{"text":"South Africa can be decribed as an arid country. Our rainfall varies considerably throughout the various regions. Rainwater is a free and untapped resource of water and when harvested corrcetly it can significantly reduce the water consupmtion of a business or household.\nIn areas with very high rainfall, rainwater harvesting is is an option to significantly reduce the use of municipal watr option. Instead of letting the water run down the roof and gutter it can be harvested and stored effectively and used as an alternative to the municipal supply. Our article on The beneficial impact that urban rainwater harvesting can have on a coastal towns in Kwa-Zulu Natal show just how big the oppertunity can be for rainharvesting in these areas\nIn dryer regions rainwater harvesting is a still a very good option and a protection against periods of drough. The design of systems in dryer regions differ significantky form areas with high rainfall. Here the focus is on maximising recovery during the short period of rain and increasing storage space so that water can be used contnaully in the dryer season.\nInstalling a rainwater system can also protect consumers against the variablity of supply. Recent events in South Africa where there were periods of sever water and power interruptions have highlighted the benefit of having localised water stored withing an house or commercial premises.\nWater has always been cheap and plentiful in our country, but is is going to change. Therefore it is now the ideal time to investigate and consider doing rainwater harvesting."}
{"text":"Part of Sharjah Natural History and Botanical Museum under the Environment and Protected Areas Authority. The Botanical Garden includes Native plants of the Emirate of Sharjah; which contains 91 species of Native plants that are distributed in pools representing different environments in the emirate. Soils were brought from these environments and placed in pools of up to 10 pools, some plants have the ability to grow in most of these environments, and therefore they existed in several pools.\nThe Gardens' objectives is to introduce these local habitats to visitors and researchers, in addition to the plants that live in them, and the garden is a beautiful epitome of the natural habitat of the Emirate of Sharjah and its botanical treasures.\n- Types of soil in the garden's pool:"}
{"text":"Words and names\nGeology has had a subtle and sometimes not so subtle influence on the English language — from place names to a few surnames and currently fashionable political media metaphors.\n- Explore the origin of some English surnames...\n- ...or some occupational names.\n- Many place names reflect the landscape and geology on which they are situated."}
{"text":"Since the entitlement program’s inception in 1935, many changes to Social Security have been enacted or attempted. Here’s a look at some memorable moments in Social Security’s history.\n1935President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Bill in Washington. The previous year, Roosevelt had set up a Committee on Economic Security whose mandate was to come up with options for improving the nation's battered economy. Roosevelt then took the committee’s recommendations to Congress in January and, after some negotiation and revision, the bill was signed into law in August. The original law was designed to provide income to retired workers over age 65.Associated Press"}
{"text":"Try Our Apps\nIs irregardless a word?\nthe principle that two expressions satisfy exactly the same predicates if and only if they both refer to the same subject\nthe weaker principle that if\nwhatever is true of\nis true of\nCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition\n© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins\nPublishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012\nCite This Source\nDiscover our greatest slideshows\nDecode the pieces of our favorite...\nKnow These 9 Commonly Confused...\nUncover the mysteries of the marks...\nEight Election Words That Will Fit...\nBrowse more topics on our blog\nWhat Is the Difference Between Discreet and Discrete?\nLearn the correct uses of these two commonly confused homophones.\nWhat Character Was Removed from the Alphabet?\nWhat mistaken pronunciation gave this character its name?\nThis small mark has two primary uses: to signify possession or omitted letters.\nHow Do I Get a Word into the Dictionary?\nPeople invent new words all the time, but which ones actually make it?\nWord of the Day\nWord Value for\nWords With Friends\nNearby words for leibnitz's law"}
{"text":"Urbanization Facts and Figures\nExactly 30 years ago, the United Nations convened the Habitat I conference in Vancouver in 1976. However, it would be true to say that in 1976, rapid urbanization and its impacts were barely on the radar screen of the UN, especially as only one-third of humanity lived in urban areas. Then, the world's population was primarily rural. But since then, the world has started to witness the greatest and fastest migration into cities and towns in history. Now, 30 years later, the proportion of people living in urban areas has risen to fifty percent and will continue to grow to two-thirds, or 6 billion people, by 2050.\nPlease note that the Shelter Library is an open source repository for electronic publications related to humanitarian shelter. The Shelter Library is not a bookshop/catalogue. To obtain physical copies of publications that appear in the Library, please contact the publisher in question directly. For physical copies of Shelter Centre publications, please email firstname.lastname@example.org. The specifications of the Shelter Library can be found in the Terms and Conditions."}
{"text":"Early Reader Booklet Level A: #1 \"What Am I Feeling?\"\nThis adorable book is perfect for teaching your student or child to read. This book is written according to guided reading level standards. Real photos bring the world to life for your new readers. Large black dots to assist in finger tracking. Small rhebus graphics to provide additional picture clues. Teacher guides with the target sight words, comprehension and text questions, and reading tips. Additional posters, worksheets, and tracking sheets included to help you as you teach your child to read! These booklets are a great way to slowly graduate from level to level. Send a booklet home with a student with the coordinating homework page or read the booklets together as group reading. Several options are included so you can use them in whatever way you need. This particular book within the set has 3 words per page, 2 target sight words, a repetitive language pattern, and uses vocabulary that will help prompt you and your students to have discussions about feelings and how our faces and bodies show our feelings.\nThis is the first book in the level A series.\n- Level A Guided Reading Text and Reader Descriptions\n- Sight words by guided reading level poster\n- \"The ABC's of Helping Your Child Read at Level A\" Parent handout\n- Level A Sight Words tracking sheet\n- Full page teacher booklet with printing instructions. \"What Am I Feeling?\" (A version is included with text and discussion questions on each page as a guide.)\n- Half page student booklet with printing instructions. \"What Am I Feeling?\"\n- Half page blank student booklet so student can write their own version\n- Reading homework assignment\n- Two sight word worksheets for target sight words \"I\" and \"am\"\n- Flashcards for the two target sight words \"I\" and \"am\"\n- Sounding out cards for 6 story words\n- Reading chart to motivate your new readers"}
{"text":"Narrated by Mariel Hemingway\nThis GREAT MUSEUMS of the WORLD documentary shows a side of the island nation that we seldom hear about: Cuba’s art, history, and culture. Despite Cuba’s overwhelming economic and political challenges, museums in Havana abound; from rum and revolution, to cars and cigars. In fact, Old Havana itself is a museum-quality collection of historic buildings, reflecting 400 years of Spanish rule and a hundred years of revolution.\nSanteria Dancers at Casa de Africa\nThe practice of Santería merges the African Yoruba religion with Roman Catholic and Native Indian traditions.\nParade in Old Havana City\nOld Havana is the original core of the city that was contained within the city walls. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the 1980s. Since then, enormous efforts to preserve and to restore Old Havana's crumbling structures have been made by the Office of the Historian of the City, directed by Eusebio Leal.\nMusic Set in Stone\nCatedral de San Cristóbal, described as \"music set in stone\" by one Cuban writer, is the most prominent building on the Plaza de la Catedral.\nThe Man and the Sea\nErnest Hemingway's home from 1939 to 1960 was Finca Vigía (\"Lookout Farm\"). Now the Hemingway House Museum, it was built in 1886 on a hillside near Havana. Here he wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea and the posthumously-published A Moveable Feast and Islands in the Stream.\nOver 10 million people live in the island nation of Cuba and 70% of them live in the cities. They are a mixture of Spanish, African, Chinese and other nationalities."}
{"text":"On May 11, 1984, eight teenagers died in a fire at Six Flags Adventure Park in Jackson Township, New Jersey. The fire occurred in a popular attraction called the Haunted Castle, a series of darkened, winding passageways that contained a variety of displays—the rat lady, a hunchback, the spider room, and so on—designed to scare visitors. When the fire broke out, some visitors reportedly commented on how real the illusion seemed. The attraction was not sprinklered.\nIn the tangled aftermath of the fire, which included a court case that generated national headlines, a central question was whether sprinklers would have saved the lives of the teens who perished. In \"Haunted by Fire,\" a feature story in the new May/June issue of NFPA Journal, writer Kathleen Robinson offers a fascinating look back at the conflicting answers that were provided to that question three decades ago, and introduces us to a new research project that attempts to answer the question definitively using state-of-the-art computing power and the latest in fire modeling. The researchers featured in the story will present their results at the upcoming NFPA Conference & Expo in Las Vegas."}
{"text":"Fourteen-karat gold is gold that has been alloyed with equal parts silver and copper in order to provide additional durability and rigidity in jewelry, with the final product containing 58.3 percent gold, by volume. This same practice is applied to many gold products, because pure gold is too soft to be used as jewelry or other products.\nIn general, jewelers dislike using pure gold because of its softness. Jewelry crafted using such flexible material needs either to be extremely thick and bulky, or it will eventually become warped through wear. By happenstance, during the process of creating a lower-quality gold, it was discovered that the gold itself could be colored by the other metals involved in the process. The resulting red and white gold offer jewelers yet another option when creating new pieces which can still be sold as gold, but which are both unique and less expensive than raw gold itself. In nearly every case, gold jewelry of any color or quality is stamped with it's karat rating. This mark can be found on the underside of rings or bracelets, and on the clap of necklaces and watches. Larger earrings may also have a stamp on their obverse side."}
{"text":"Cookies normally do not compromise security, but there is certain malicious cookies. These types of cookies can be used to store and track your activity online. Cookies that watch your online activity are called malicious or tracking cookies. These build a profile of your interests. Once that profile contains enough information there is a good chance that your information can be sold to an advertising company who then uses this profile information to target you with interest specific adverts. Many antivirus today will tell you if a malicious cookie is tracking your info.\nPhishing is when someone or something steals your personal information online. For example a website may have no link to a phishing site although it may be advertised on there site. A example of phishing is when websites claim that you are a significant viewer, they may tempt you into a fishing link through the promise of free items or that your information may have been stolen and that you must sign in via their link that way they acquire your info and can steal certain information from you.\nA virus is a software that duplicates itself within the boot drive of a windows PC.by attaching its self to a certain files.Viruses often perform some type of harmful activity on a infected system such as stealing hard drive space or CPU time, accessing private information, corrupting data, displaying stupid messages on the user's screen, or logging the users keystrokes."}
{"text":"In 1854 Menlo Park received its official name when two Irishmen, Dennis J. Oliver and D. C. McGlynn, purchased 1,700 acres (some sources say it was 640 acres) bordering County Road, now El Camino Real, and built two houses with a common entrance. Across the drive they erected a huge wooden gate with tall arches on which the name of their estate was printed in foot-high letters: “MENLO PARK”, with the date, August 1854.\nThe men named their new home after their old, in Menlough on Lough Corib, County Galway, Ireland. No one knows whether they abbreviated the name to \"Menlo\" because the space on the arch precluded the longer version, because it was their way of Americanizing the name or because they just couldn't spell. When the railroad came through in 1863, the station had no name, it was just the end of the line, but it needed a designation. A railroad official looked over at the gates and decided that “MENLO PARK” would be appropriate, and so the name was officially adopted. This station is now California State Landmark No. 955, the oldest California station in continuous operation.\nThe Menlo Park gates stood on the west side of El Camino Real, about 500 feet from Santa Cruz Avenue, until they were destroyed by a motorist in 1922.\nFor people to the north and south of San Francisquito Creek, May 1861 was a landmark--groundbreaking for the railroad. On Oct. 18, 1863 the first train traveled from San Francisco to Mayfield along the San Francisco and San Jose Railway. The line was bought by the Southern Pacific in 1868.\nThe railroad provided wealthy San Francisco barons faster transportation to their country homes--a round-trip ticket from Menlo Park to San Francisco cost $2.50 and a one-way ride took 80 minutes, compared to the stagecoach, which took four hours from Redwood City to San Francisco."}
{"text":"Convert Time to Decimal (or Decimal to Time) – Excel & Google Sheets\nThis tutorial will demonstrate how to convert time values to decimal values (or vis-a-versa) in Excel and Google Sheets.\nDecimal to Time\nIn Excel, times are stored as decimal values where each 1/24th represents one hour:\nTo convert a decimal value to time, all you need to do is adjust the Number Formatting to Time:\nTime to Decimal\nIf you have a time value, all you need to do is change the Number Formatting to General to see the decimal value:\nIf the time is stored as text, first you’ll need to use the TIMEVALUE Function before converting to decimal format:\nTimes & Decimals in Google Sheets\nAll of the above examples work exactly the same in Google Sheets as in Excel."}
{"text":"A Global Health Revolution\nSince the turn of the 21st century, people in low- and middle-income countries have experienced a health revolution, one that has created new opportunities and brought new challenges. It is a revolution that keeps mothers and babies alive, helps children grow, and enables adults to thrive through and beyond their productive years.\nThe Urgent Task Ahead\nYet that same health revolution has left many people behind, particularly those who are disadvantaged by the circumstances of their births. The urgent task ahead is to sustain and deepen health improvements in all regions of the world while finding creative ways to support better health among people who still suffer from exclusion and deprivation."}
{"text":"Three Winter Theme Guided Readers!\nFeaturing three levels to meet the differentiation needs at your Guided Reading table!\nYour young readers will enjoy reading about building a snowman. The snowman will be built as the reader moves through the book. Each page will add a new feature to the snowman until he is complete!\nHere It Is: Level 1 or 2\nSight Words Used: here, is, are, the\nThis text uses a repetitive pattern to help support the emergent reader. The text does change on each page between the words is and are. Picture clues help the reader read what new feature has been added to the snowman.\nI Can Make a Snowman: Level 2 or 3\nSight Words Used: I, can, make, what, do, a\nThis text also uses a repetitive pattern to help support the young reader. The repetitive pattern changes on the last page. Picture clues help the reader read what new feature has been added to the snowman.\nDo You Want to Build a Snowman\nSight Words Used: want, need, can, make, what, do, with, for, are, play\nThis text will challenge the young reader. Each page first names the new feature added to the snowman, but then the reader must continue to decode the words on the page. Without a repetitive text, the reader must rely on reading strategies to decode unknown words. The reader can use the clues in the picture to help read which feature is new to the snowman, but no separate clues are given like in the previous texts.\nA must have for differentiating Guiding Reading in winter!"}
{"text":"In our technology-dependent world, hackers can disrupt crucial systems that we need and use everyday. For the past few weeks, we’ve been bombarded by hackers who are stealing information from various websites and posting them to the web. Even the CIA website was hacked twice. Even though exposed usernames and passwords obtained from websites can be potentially devastating to some, the security of an entire country’s information systems is much more important. That’s why the Pentagon is creating the National Cyber Range, a place where anti-hacking tests can take place.\nThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing the National Cyber Range. You can choose to compare The National Cyber Range to the Danger Room in X-Men comics. The National Cyber Range will simulate various situations that involve defending cyber security.\nOnce the experiments have conducted, the system controlling the events can be wiped clean. This will help to prevent the nature of tests from being leaked.\nThe National Cyber Range should be up and running in 2012 and cost approximately $130 million to build."}
{"text":"Oil Based Mud\nDefinition - What does Oil Based Mud mean?\nOil Based Mud is an oilfield emulsion which is used as a drilling fluid while performing drilling operations. In this type of oilfield emulsion, oil is present as a continuous phase (or in large amount) and water is present in the dispersed phase in low amounts of approximately 2% to 5%. It is also referred to as drilling mud or drilling fluid.\nPetropedia explains Oil Based Mud\nThere are two types of oilfield emulsions that are used as drilling fluids during drilling operations. They are:\n- Oil based mud, also called as “Invert-Emulsion Oil Mud or Water in Oil Emulsion” and\n- Water based mud, also called as “Oil Emulsion Mud or Oil in Water Emulsion”.\nOil based mud has more advantages over water based mud such as increased borehole stability, prevention of hydration & dispersion of clays, high lubricity that reduces torque, drag and improved drilling conditions. Some of its disadvantages are that it is expensive than water based mud and has environmental problems.Though oil based mud is more expensive than water based mud, the overall benefits during drilling operations compared to water based mud is far more valuable than the cost."}
{"text":"I'm intrigued by this, and how it would work:- 3 sub-questions if I may:\nConstruction: As I understand it's a flexible sphere constrained by a rigid edge.\na. Do we simply glue 2 flat circular pieces of flexible material together at the edges and inflate? (e.g. the inflatable dish on PE1RAH) Or,\nb. do you have to cut out sections to make it parabolic, and the inflation simply gives it the rigidity? (e.g. page 4 of this document)\nSpherical Antenna, as manufactured by e.g. GATR. Would the design for this inflated dome with internal parabola be in effect 2 inflatable structures - 1 sphere (to give rigid circumference, and an internal parabola as in question 1, or could you do something like this with only 1 inflatable structure?\nDesign. I'm assuming the parabola generated using question 1.a would be a factor of gas pressure + stretch of fabric given there is no slack in the material? Or are other factors involved?\nAny suggestions for design or theory papers would be most appreciated. I'm going to have a try at building one of these for portable wifi :)\nEDIT: I just threw together a prototype from 2 plastic bags/drinking straw/tape - it's a bit rough to see a definitive answer, but looks parabolic.\nEDIT 2: on further digging, I confirmed that the inner parabola in a spherical antenna holds its shape by continually topping up the pressure in the 'top' of the sphere to keep the parabolic shape bowed the right way."}
{"text":"GCHQ, the British spy agency, has sent a cryptic Christmas card to “exercise the grey matter” of participants. By solving this first puzzle players will create an image that leads to a series of increasingly complex questions.\nComplete the puzzle carefully!\nEach row or column is labelled with a string of numbers.\nThe numbers indicate the length of all consecutive runs of black squares, and are displayed in the order that the runs appear in that line.\nFor example, a label “2 1 6” indicates sets of two, one and six black squares, each of which will have at least 1 white square separating them.\n— Kayle Garkut (@KayleGarkut) 9 Décembre 2015"}
{"text":"Reusable shopping bags are no doubt good for the environment, but if not used correctly could be bad for your health.\nA recent study found 97 percent of shoppers using the bags don't regularly wash them out.\nThis is something health experts say can lead to bacteria problems.\nWTAP caught up with a doctor at Quick Care in Vienna, who says the bags are no different than any other food storage or container.\n\"The bags are essentially like your silverware and your plates. If you take the food off them, put them away and reuse them, you're liable to have food-borne diseases,\" Brian Whalin M.D. said.\nResearchers also found about three fourths of people place all their food items into one bag.\nDr. Whalin says you should use seperate bags for things like meat and vegetables in order to avoid cross contamination."}
{"text":"10 Aug 5 Tips to Improve Your Study\nEven if you have finished school, never stop learning new skills and techniques through study and apply them in your life. Lifelong learning is key for a successful career and fulfilling life. The most successful people in the world, like Warren Buffet, understand this and spend time daily reading. Whatever you decide to study and learn next, here are a few tips that can help improve your study habits:\nFind a quiet place where you are free of distractions and are able to concentrate. Turn off notifications on your phone and your laptop so that you can focus on what you are studying.\nCreate a study plan\nThe amount of time you spend studying is not as important as how effectively your use that time. Develop a study plan to best manage your time and effectively and use it daily to accomplish your goals. Try and study 20-30 minutes daily to learn effectively as possible.\nTake study breaks\nIt is important to take study breaks so that you can stay focused when you are studying. Take a walk, go out to eat, or go to the gym. Taking regular, short breaks may seem like procrastination but will help improve your productivity and focus.\nYour motivation and attitude have a big influence on your level of effectiveness while learning. If you tell yourself you can’t do it, you most likely won’t reach your goals. Reward yourself on reaching your goals and stay positive with any setbacks.\nDecide what works best for you\nTry a few different ways of study habits and determine what ways make you more effective at studying. You can try studying in silence or with music, in the morning or at night, studying by yourself or with others, etc., figure out what works best for you.\nDo you have any tips for improving your study habits? Comment below and share with us what you do to study effectively."}
{"text":"It Starts In Parks is an initiative of the Florida Recreation and Park Association intended to better position parks and recreation in the future to be recognized and supported for the important benefits and services provided by the profession, to citizens of and visitors to the state of Florida. The intended outcome of the initiative is that people in the state of Florida will know, value and support the profession of parks and recreation.\nFlorida’s parks encourage healthy, active lifestyles as well as social development. Sound bodies and sound minds require physical activity and the chance to experience personal growth. Parks offer a wide range of activities suitable for all ages to get outside and get active - teaching positive lifestyle habits in all areas from nutrition to physical activities to sports and life skills.\nFlorida’s parks are key to connecting with our natural and historic treasures in order to preserve them. Connecting to everything around us and to each other, we learn to value our environment, our heritage, and our place in the world. We grow in awareness of our responsibility to protect and cherish these things through green practices and gentle use increasing our desire to conserve what we enjoy today for future generations.\nFlorida’s parks have become an integral component to economic development as well as an investment in the arts and cultural growth within our communities. Parks provide the setting for social events large and small where people can connect with each other, and participate in classes and group activities for personal enrichment. Parks also provide an investment in infrastructure needed to accommodate revenue generating sporting events and tourism, benefiting the local economy and community as a whole.\nExtracted from http://www.frpa.org/\nClick here to learn more about the \"It Starts in Parks\" message.\nLast updated: 5/10/2016 4:18:25 PM"}
{"text":"The invention discloses a purple-potato and lily flour with the efficacies of calming the liver and improving the eyesight. The purple-potato and lily flour is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 6-8 parts of a nutritional additive, 40-50 parts of purple potatoes, 20-22 parts of locust honey, 8-10 parts of black peanuts, 3-4 parts of glutinous millet, 7-8 parts of pepper, 7-8 parts of grape seed oil, 4-5 parts of bamboo root shells, 1-2 parts of mustard, 7-8 parts of dry red wine, 7-10 parts of clam meat, 6-7 parts of ginger juice, 7-8 parts of dried chrysanthemums, 12-13 parts of lily tea, 10-15 parts of melon skin, 2-4 parts of garlic cloves, 2-3.4 parts of Chinese violet, 1-2 parts of evening primrose, 1-1.3 parts of gentiana apiata N. E. Brown, 2.3-3.1 parts of dalbergia and 2-2.4 parts of mulberry leaves. Because a variety of fruits and vegetables are used as raw materials to prepare the purple-potato and lily flour, the purple-potato and lily flour has a high nutritional value and a high health-care value. The Chinese violet has the efficacies of clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood and relieving swelling, and the gentiana apiata N. E. Brown and the mulberry leaves have the efficacies of clearing away the lung heat, moistening dryness, calming the liver, improving the eyesight and promoting the circulation of qi and blood. The purple-potato and lily flour is particularly suitable for eating in summer."}
{"text":"The Connection Between Dry Weather In San Diego And The Polar Vortex\nWednesday, January 8, 2014\nDaniel Cayan, Ph.D. is a research meteorologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a researcher with the U.S. Geological Survey.\nEric Larson is executive director of the San Diego Farm Bureau.\nExtreme winter weather has been dominating the national headlines for days, but it seems that here in San Diego we've been living in a land that winter weather forgot.\nSo is there any connection between the below-freezing temperatures in the east and midwest and our mild and very dry weather? When can we expect our winter rains to start? And what, if anything, does all this have to do with climate change?\nDaniel Cayan, Ph.D. is a research meteorologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, he said California's historical climate is notoriously volatile.\n\"We have the greatest up and downs to our own average precipitation in the country,\" he said. \"We have to expect conditions like this.\"\nCayan said what we're seeing in California and elsewhere in the west this winter all fits together with the so-called polar vortex.\nBut he said the $64,000 question is, will we get any rain?\n\"In our Mediterranean climate, the \"storm track\" runs from late fall to early spring and that's when we have the chance of getting the most rain,\" he said.\nBut can all this severe weather be attributed to climate change? Cayan said no.\n\"This weather pattern is not totally unfamiliar with weather we've seen in the past,\" Cayan said. \"It doesn't mean this is what we should come to expect, next year could be wetter than average.\"\nTo view PDF documents, Download Acrobat Reader."}
{"text":"The Austrian economist Kurt W. Rothschild’s comment that the monarchy in the last stage of the war was “no longer a solvent enterprise” referred not only to the problems of material production but also to the condition of state finances in Austria-Hungary. The suspension of the Banking Act in August 1914 meant that the state could borrow directly from the central bank. From this date on, loans to the state increasingly formed the ultimately only fictitious bank cover for the money in circulation. The interaction of public debt, increasing money in circulation and a considerable rise in demand for armaments, together with the shortage of food supplies, rapidly led to inflation.\nTranslation: David Wright"}
{"text":"Analysis carried out in 2012 on Active People Survey data (APS 6 Q2 results) showed take-up is higher among people from mixed background, with 44% playing sport at least once a week.\nAmong other ethnic groups, participation varies very little for men. Among women, however, females from white backgrounds are also more likely to take part in sport compared to people from Chinese, other and black backgrounds, with a low of 21% for females from Asian backgrounds.\nAcross sport as a whole, 89% of those who take part are from white, and 11% from non-white backgrounds (88% of the English population are from white backgrounds). But this varies in specific sports.\nIn basketball and cricket, for instance, over a third are from non-white backgrounds; badminton and football also have a higher than average proportion of players from these groups. On the other hand, non-white players make up a small share of cyclists and golfers.\nA Sport England review of research in the field found relatively low numbers of people from ethnic minorities in sport. This was true of spectators, volunteers and administrators as well as players.\nThe paper recommends good practice for sports providers, including:\n- Training for those working in sport on the needs of other ethnic communities and on challenging exclusion\n- Ensuring that racial equality objectives in policies are converted into practice\n- Training sports facilitators from BME communities.\n- File size: 2602KB Systematic review of the literature on BME communities in sport Download\n- File size: 1052KB Systematic review of the literature on BME communities in sport: summary report Download\n- File size: 163KB Sports participation and ethnicity in England: headline findings Download\n- File size: 158KB 20121003-equity-ethnicity-faith-in-sports-participation (2).doc Download"}
{"text":"Here are some writing prompts which can be used in the classroom for students to explore their own mindset:\n- Write about a mistake you have made. What lessons did you learn from that mistake?\n- What is one of your long term goals? What are you going to do to achieve it?\n- Write about a time when you achieved something you are proud of. How did that achievement make you feel?\n- Why is it important to have a growth mindset? Do you think you have one?\n- What will you do to challenge yourself today? This week? This year?\nOf course, these can be used to assess technical accuracy and so on but in my experience students can really engage with this kind of more personal writing."}
{"text":"Heat energy flows from a hotter body to a colder body. When energy flows away from a warmer object the temperature of the object decreases.\nA thermogram uses colour to tell the temperature:\n- hottest- white/yellow\n- coldest- dark/black or blue/ purple\nTemperature is a measurement of hotness on an arbitary scale. Temperature is measured in ºC (Degrees).\nHeat is a measurement of internal energy or thermal energy on an absolute scale. Heat is measured in J (Joules).\nWhen the temperature of a body increases, the average kinetic energy of the particles increases.\nWhen heat energy is transferred to an object, its temperature increase depends upon;the mass of the object, the substance the object is made from,the amount energy transferred to the object.\nFor a particular object, the more heat energy transferred to it, the greater its temperature increase.\nSpecific Heat Capacity\nSpecific Heat Capacity (SHC) is the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kg by 1ºC.\nWhen an object is heated and its temperature rises, energy is transferred.\nThe formula for SHC:\nenergy transferred = mass x SHC x temperature change (J or kJ) = (kg) x (J/kgºC) x (ºC)\nSHC differs for different materials.\nJ= Joules kJ= kiloJoules kg= kilograms ºC= degrees celsius\nWhen a substance changes state (e.g melting, boiling or freezing) there is no change in temperature. This is because energy is needed and being used to break the bonds that hold the molecules or particles together in a substance.\nSpecific Latent Heat\nSpecific Latent Heat (SLH) is the energy need to melt or boil 1kg of a material.\nLatent heat of fusion is melting a material.\nLatent heat of vaporisation is boiling or evaporating a material.\nenergy transferred = mass x SLH (J or kJ) = (kg) x (J/kg)"}
{"text":"The U.S. Food Drug Administration recommends that healthy adults limit their sodium intake to 2,300 mg a day—the equivalent of 1 teaspoon of salt. Too much salt in the diet can lead to high blood pressure, which increases your risk of heart disease. For our heart patients, however, we like to set an even lower intake of less than 2,000 mg of sodium a day. Here are some tips for cutting the sodium from your diet and making smart food choices for a healthy heart and lifestyle.\n1. Garlic Since ancient times garlic has been used to treat heart disease and hypertension. According to a study published in preventive medicine, garlic inhibits coronary artery calcification which serves as a marker for plaque formation."}
{"text":"The annual pilgrimage (Hajj) to Makkah is an obligation once in a lifetime for those who are physically and financially able to perform it. About two million people go to Makkah each year from every corner of the globe. Although Makkah is always filled with visitors, the annualHajj is performed in the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar. Male pilgrims wear special simple clothes which strip away distinctions of class and culture so that all stand equal before God.\nThe rites of the Hajj include circling the Kaaba seven times and going seven times between the hillocks of Safa and Marwa, as Hagar did during her search for water. Then the pilgrims stand together in Arafa5 and ask God for what they wish and for His forgiveness, in what is often thought of as a preview of the Day of Judgment.\nThe end of the Hajj is marked by a festival, Eid Al-Adha, which is celebrated with prayers. This, and Eid al-Fitr, a feast-day commemorating the end of Ramadan, are the two annual festivals of the Muslim calendar."}
{"text":"The People’s Republic of China is a culture and society that is difficult for foreigners to fully appreciate, and a case study will help us understand both the government and its opposition. The opening of the film “Avatar” offers a window on China. Political language is discussed as well.\nChinese families are hierarchical and paternal, (father’s families are internal and mother’s families are external). There is a title for each immediate and extended family member on both paternal and maternal side. Generally, they’re built from the same radicals/characters in different combinations\nThe word game we know as Pig Latin was played by Thomas Jefferson in his youth, and there are a number of references to it throughout the 19th century. Learn about its history, how to use it, and how to access Google in Pig Latin. Learn Holiday greetings in Pig Latin- Appyah Olidayshay!\nLearn to use Russian possessive pronouns to introduce people and state who something belongs to. Includes an exercise and a download of the complete table (nominative case).\nLearn about the gender of nouns in the Russian language and practice what you learn using the categorizing exercise. Ask about the names of items (“What is this?”). A download of all vocabulary used is available.\nLearn a few simple sentences in Scots Gaelic. Use the verb “to be” with adjectives and ask some questions.\nHebrew is the language of the ancient Judaic world, The holy language of the Jewish people is what some of the most respected religious texts of our world are written in. It is a language in which many people would love to be proficient. Here are online and offline options to learn the language.\nWho has not heard the famous tales of Crazy Horse, Geronimo, and Chief Joseph? These prominent Native American leaders, while chiefs of different tribes, all three were involved in a struggle to resist and defend their people against the encroachment of the of the US government. While their effort"}
{"text":"Lecture and Discussion- Participants are encouraged to make the workshop more relevant to their concerns by asking questions.\nThe presentation brings together self-esteem theory, tantrum principles, developmental theory, family systems therapy principles, and communication skills as they apply to sibling relationships and rivalry. The presentation uses a family to illustrate how and why sibling rivalries develop due to birth order, temperament, parenting styles, and the family life cycle. Self-esteem among siblings is presented as a primary cause and cure for sibling rivalries. This theoretical knowledge is presented with practical techniques for prevention, mitigation, and resolution of sibling rivalries, including the \"Working It Out Plan\"- a practical guide to resolving conflict between siblings.\nSUMMARY OF CONTENT:\n1) Underlying Issues in the Development of Sibling Rivalry\n2) Four Criteria for Self-Esteem and How It Affects Sibling Relationships\n3) Tantrum Theory as It Relates to Siblings\n4) Developmental Issues with Different Age Children\nPiaget and Erickson\nAdolescent Egocentrism & Sibling Rivalry\n5) Family Systems: Roles & Structural Principles Affecting Relationships"}
{"text":"Welcome to Haslett Class\nTeachers: Miss Roberts and Mrs Bayfield\nTeaching Assistants: Mrs Cooper and Mr Rickard\nWe are now two thirds of the way through the school year and our main topic for the summer term is Ancient Greece. We will link this work to Literacy (myths and legends, and drama); Maths (number work); Art (Greek patterns and pots). Later in the term, we will focus on the Olympics.\nIf you would like to do some research at home, here is a useful website:\nThe KS2 SATs are changing this year. For more information, click on this link to see a very useful short video for parents.\n· Daily Reading 10mins every day listening and supporting your child with their reading and completing their reading log.\n· Weekly Spellings Helping your child to learn, remember and apply their spellings for their weekly spelling test.\n· Weekly Times Tables/Mental Number Skills Helping your child to learn, remember and apply these skills during the week."}
{"text":"The Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) is a transportation network originally envisioned to be a 4,000-mile network of highways, rail and utility lines. The network was to be funded by private investors and built and expanded as demand warranted.\nGov. Rick Perry proposed the idea in 2002, according to TxDOT documents. The proposal relied heavily on public-private partnerships and toll roads because gasoline taxes haven't kept up with need for more roads. But in the years since it was originally proposed, the idea has withered under public outcry, particularly from farmers worried their land would be taken and from those suspicious of long-term private involvement in managing and money-making from state roads.\nIn 2009, TxDOT decided to phase out the all-in-one corridor concept in favor of developing separate rights-of-way for road, rail and other infrastructure using more traditional corridor widths.\nU.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has focused on her opposition to the Trans-Texas Corridor during the 2010 gubernatorial primary campaign. Her position helped win her the endorsement of the Texas Farm Bureau."}
{"text":"You are here\nDiversification of urban forests is essential to enhance their resilience to future biotic\nthreats as well as those posed by a changing climate. Arboreta and botanic gardens\nPositive interactions between people and nature inspire behaviours that are in harmony\nwith biodiversity conservation and also afford physical and mental health benefits.\nThis document was developed as a contribution to “mainstreaming biodiversity\ninto agriculture, forestry and fisheries”, as recommended at the 24th Session of the\nIsland systems are among the most vulnerable to climate change, which is predicted to induce shifts in temperature, rainfall and/or sea levels.\nThe history of the Morris Arboretum can be told through its eldest trees. Every scar and abnormality present on these immense specimens inspire awe, enrich visitor experience, and provide a glimpse into the past of the gardens.\nTrees planted in cities face many survival challenges, but when they thrive they make our cities healthier, less hot, and more beautiful.\nAn Urban Tree Canopy (UTC) assessment, which provides a measure of a community’s tree canopy cover, is important for understanding the extent of a community’s forest or tree resource.\nOaks are critical to the health and function of forest and shrubland habitats in the United States, but many native oaks are threatened with extinction in the wild.\nImproving urban forests is one of the solutions to achieving several of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and making cities healthier and more livable for people.\nThis publication provides forest resource statistics contributing to the 2020 Resources Planning Act (RPA) Assessment to provide current information on the Nation’s forests."}
{"text":"The McGurk Effect - Horizon Is Seeing Believing? Languages. Languages. Language. Language. Languages. Learn Languages. Languages. Pattern language. A pattern language is a method of describing good design practices within a field of expertise. The term was coined by architect Christopher Alexander and popularized by his book A Pattern Language. Advocates of this design approach claim that ordinary people can use it to successfully solve very large, complex design problems. Like all languages, a pattern language has vocabulary, syntax, and grammar—but a pattern language applies to some complex activity other than communication.\nLanguage. Languages. Languages. Language. Language. Languages. Language."}
{"text":"Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804-1881)\nMatthias Jakob Schleiden was Professor of botany at the University of Jena and is best known as one of the foundational architects of the cell theory. Schleiden was also an early evolutionist. As Schleiden wrote in a lecture on the “History of the Vegetable World” published in The Plant; A Biography, 1848 (translated into English by Arthur Henfrey), “We know that varieties once formed, when they have continued to vegetate under the same conditions for several generations, pass into sub-species; that is, into varieties which may be propagated with certainty by their seeds. How, then, if the same influences which have called forth an aberration from the original form of the plant, continue to act in the same way, not for centuries or tens of centuries, but for ten or a hundred thousand years, will not at last, as the variety thus becomes a sub-species, so also, this, become so permanent, that we shall and must describe it as a species. Then, if the first cell be given, the foregoing points out how the whole wealth of the vegetable kingdom may have been formed by a gradual passage from it through varieties, sub-species and species, and thus onward, beginning anew from each species – in a space of time, indeed, of which we have no conception.”\nBaden Powell, in his book on evolution (1855), quoted from The Plant to support his transformist views. Ironically, when Charles Darwin was working with Heinrich Georg Bronn to arrange for a German translation of On the Origin of Species in 1860, he wrote “I am not much acquainted with German Authors as I read German very slowly. Therefore I do not know whether any Germans have advocated similar views with mine; if they have would you do me the favour to insert a footnote to the Preface?” Bronn did not supplement Darwin’s historical preface. Thus, even though Schleiden’s evolutionary views were published in English, he never was cited by Darwin as an early evolutionist."}
{"text":"Jump to Main Content\nVariation in Adult Plant Phenotypes and Partitioning among Seed and Stem-Borne Roots across Brachypodium distachyon Accessions to Exploit in Breeding Cereals for Well-Watered and Drought Environments\n- Chochois, Vincent, Vogel, John P., Rebetzke, Gregory J., Watt, Michelle\n- Plant physiology 2015 v.168 no.3 pp. 953-967\n- Brachypodium distachyon, breeding, drought, genetic improvement, grains, grasses, mature plants, phenotype, roots, shoots, water stress\n- A model grass identifies phenotypes associated with mature root and shoot for genetic improvement of well-watered and drought-stressed cereals."}
{"text":"The Army wants to change the way it destroys part of its stockpile of obsolete chemical weapons in Colorado, but some people worry that could increase the chances of contaminating the air.\nThe Army is eradicating 780,000 shells filled with thick liquid mustard agent at the Pueblo Chemical Depot under an international treaty.\nA $4.5 billion plant is supposed to do the work, but officials said this week they want to buy two detonation chambers for about $30 million each to destroy 97,000 problematic shells.\nProject manager Greg Mohrman says those shells probably have more rust contamination than originally expected. That makes it difficult for the plant’s robotic equipment to open them.\nState and local permits for the detonation chambers are needed before they can be built."}
{"text":"According to a report released on August 26 by the U.S. Census Bureau, the nation’s official poverty rate rose from 12.1 percent in 2002 to 12.5 percent in 2003, representing an increase of 1.3 million more poor people. Approximately 35.9 million Americans now live in poverty. The new figures represent the third straight year of increase in the ranks of the nation’s poor.\nThe Census data also reported that Hispanic householders (who can be of any race) experienced a real decline in median income of 2.6 percent between 2002 and 2003, whereas the median wage of other population groups stayed the same. Hispanics without health insurance continues at 32.8%. Among Hispanics, the poverty rate remained unchanged at 22.5 percent in 2003, while the number in poverty increased from 8.6 million in 2002 to 9.1 million in 2003. Those without American citizenship showed an increase while the rate of poverty among foreign born naturalized citizens remained unchanged.\nThe Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), a program of the Catholic Bishops of the United States is one of the largest private funders of self-help programs for poor and low-income people in the United States and it has launched a national public awareness program to educate Americans about the facts related to poverty in the United States and solutions that work.\nRev. Robert J. Vitillo, executive director of CCHD said, “The new census numbers are a wake-up call to all Americans, poor and non-poor alike, as well as legislators of address the need to find more effective methods for eradicating the root causes of poverty. The magnitude of 35.9 million poor Americans begs a visual comparison: If all those living in poverty in the United States were to populate a single state, it would be our largest—bigger than California. It would be Poverty USA, America’s forgotten state.”\nFor more information at http://www.povertyusa.org"}
{"text":"Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney, Australia\nThe Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan - September\n|Common name ||round-leaved mintbush|\n|Scientific name ||Prostanthera rotundifolia R.Br.|\n|Etymology || |\nGenus: From Greek prostheke; an appendix and anthera; an anther, referring to the appendage on the stamens.\nSpecies: Referring to the round shape of the leaves.\n|Distribution ||Occurring from south-eastern Queensland along the Great Dividing Range to the Grampians in western Victoria, and into Tasmania.|\n|Native habitat ||Grows in sheltered sites in sclerophyll forest, on margins of rainforest, in woodland, often in rocky areas, in sandy to sandy-loam soils |\n|Description || |\nA dwarf to medium shrub, with purple flowers.\n|Flowering/fruiting ||Flowers in spring.|\nLocation in Garden\nYou can see this species scattered throughout our Fruit Loop, near Melaleuca House Cafe.\nIt needs moderately well-drained soils in a semi-shaded to full sun position. Plants are frost hardy and respond well to pruning or clipping, they can be used as a low hedge. The highly aromatic foliage and pretty mauve flowers makes it a very decorative garden plant.\n| || |"}
{"text":"Yesterday I wrote about all the great benefits to Harvesting Rainwater. Today I’m going to tell you how to do it.\nThe process itself is quite simple and usually contains only a three different components. There are four main types of rainwater harvesting systems. These are:\n- Domestic over ground system\n- Domestic underground system\n- Commercial over ground system\n- Commercial underground system\nThe components required for installation are:\nThis aspect is where the water is collected. The usual areas for this part are a roof, terrace or courtyard. For garden use, a plastic barrel or large cylinder will be effective; however, it should contain a cover to avoid debris or other waste entering.\nThis isn’t an essential aspect but is recommended. This can either be electrical or manual. Manual systems are easier to install and are cheaper but an electrical system will make the process easier but do require installation and electrical knowhow, making them more expensive.\nThe gutter or downspout that you decide on must be directly connected to the water storage container. When rain leaves the catchment area, it will then fall into the guttering system so this area needs to be kept clean and debris free.\nTap or hose\nThis is another important part of the harvesting system as it is required to allow accessibility. It is also a good idea to connect a hose or something similar to make water removal and distribution as easy as possible.\nThis is only required if the water collected is intended to be used for cleaning and or personal consumption. These types of systems are easy to purchase and usually inexpensive.\nThis article was provided by Enerfina, UK based specialists in domestic and commercial renewable energy solutions and provider of high quality Photovoltaic Solar Panels"}
{"text":"Question: What are some of the specific medicines used to treat asthma and what are their side effects?\nAnswer: Well, there are a number of different classes of medicine that are used to treat asthma, and each one has its own potential for side effects. We should stress, however, that overall asthma medicines are quite safe, and side effects are uncommon.\nThe most effective drug for asthma is the inhaled corticosteroid. Since this is inhaled into the lungs, there's very little effect on the body as a whole, but there can be some hoarseness engendered, and there are ways to deal with this if it should occur.\nThe second most effective drugs in asthma, and ones that most patients have, are called beta agonists. And these are short-acting, that are used to relieve symptoms or long-acting, that are used to prevent symptoms. Again, side effects are very uncommon with these, but occasional patients will get some jitteriness, shakiness or palpitation because of increased heart rate. Leukotriene receptor and antagonist drugs are generally free of side effects, although there are some which have a potential for affecting the liver and do require blood test to check for that periodically.\nThe anti-cholinergic drugs are bronchodilators and are quite free of side effects. Unfortunately, they're not quite as effective as the beta agonists. Theophylline was used a great deal in the past; it's used very little today because it frequently causes upset stomach or headaches. The one asthma medicine that has the most potential for side effects are the oral steroids, and, therefore, they're used only to treat short term for exacerbations of asthma.\nPrevious: What Are The Categories Of Medicines Used To Treat Asthma And How Do They Differ?"}
{"text":"The world’s largest green ammonia plant powered by renewable hydrogen could be built in Queensland, Australia.\nThat’s according to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), which has announced $980,000 (£538,039) for Dyno Nobel to assess the feasibility of building a renewable ammonia facility at its existing facility in Moranbah.\nThe organisation says the facility will help accelerate the national hydrogen industry and help the chemicals sector reduce its emissions.\nThe proposed site would include a 160MW electrolyser and a 210MW co-located solar farm – the existing facility creates 360,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate for mining customers each year using natural gas as its feedstock to make hydrogen for ammonia.\nIn the future it could use renewable hydrogen produced via electrolysis to increase ammonia production and meet increased regional demand – ammonia production currently consumes around half of global hydrogen production.\nARENA CEO Darren Miller said: “As ammonia already uses hydrogen, ammonia production at large scale is an ideal opportunity for us to begin exploring the pathway to lowering emissions through the use of renewable hydrogen as it already uses hydrogen in an industrial application and has existing supply chains and end users.”"}
{"text":"By: Eckart Damasius and Christine Marais\n204 pages, Col illus, b/w illus\nComprehensively illustrated in full colour and depicts the most common birds found at the following sites: Daan Viljoen Nature Reserve; Hardap Nature Reserve; The Kalahari; Fish River Canyon and Ai-ais; Luderitz; The Naukluft; The Namib-Naukluft Park; The Wetlnds round Walvis Bay; Swakopmund; The Khan River and Arandis; The Waterberg Plateau Park & The Central Thorn Tree Savanna. The text compliments the illustrations with background information and hints on effective birding in each area. A comprehensive list of all birds recorded in the area is also given.\nThere are currently no reviews for this product. Be the first to review this product!\nYour orders support book donation projects\nSearch and browse over 110,000 wildlife and science products\nMulti-currency. Secure worldwide shipping\nWildlife, science and conservation since 1985"}
{"text":"The government shutdown has now reached every continent on the planet. Antarctic research stations have been shuttered into caretaker status, since the United States Antarctic Program—a department of the National Science Foundation—expects to run out of funds about a week from now. The caretaker operations allow operations that protect crew and property to remain active but any other research is put on hold.\n\"Under caretaker status,\" read a statement, \"the USAP will be staffed at a minimal level to ensure human safety and preserve government property, including the three primary research stations, ships and associated research facilities. All field and research activities not essential to human safety and preservation of property will be suspended.\"\nLapses in research, especially in geographic locations as remote as Antarctica, can jeopardize decades of research. As one team described to the Associated Press:\nA ship had been scheduled to arrive Wednesday with researchers, including those working on a long-term study that has tracked penguins and other creatures since 1990, said Brown University doctoral student Catherine Luria who was working with colleagues now there. That work, coordinated by Hugh Ducklow of Columbia University, relied on statistics and trend that need to be unbroken.\n\"If we miss a year, we'll never get it back again,\" said Ducklow, who has tracked a 95 percent drop in Adelie penguin population over the years. \"It's pretty devastating for our project.\"\nOctober, when the southern pole begins to warm up, is normally the beginning of research season on the continent, meaning that government gridlock could not have come at a worse time. In particular, researchers who have been their during the winter seasons are normally coming home around this time, and wrangling a flight out of the McMurdo Research Station is slightly tougher than buying a Delta boarding pass."}
{"text":"The Early Childhood Education (ECE) program will prepare you to teach infants through third grade in a variety of urban and suburban education settings, including public and private early childhood programs.\nYou will learn educational theories, conduct research projects, participate in field experiences, which require you to observe and participate in teaching activities at multiple elementary schools and childcare centers, and student teach.\n- Child and Family\n- Child Growth and Development\n- Child Health, Safety and Nutrition\n- Children's Literature\n- Curriculum Development\n- Exceptional Child Development and Instruction\n- Math and Science Instruction in Early Childhood\n- Reading Instruction\n- Speech and Language Development\n- Teaching Strategies"}
{"text":"Fort Augusta/Fort Cornwallis and St. Paul's Church, Augusta, GA\nPosted by: TheConaways\nN 33° 28.523 W 081° 57.659\n17S E 410711 N 3704403\nQuick Description: Marker commemorating the location of St. Paul's Church and Fort Augusta/Fort Cornwallis in Augusta, GA\nLocation: Georgia, United States\nDate Posted: 7/23/2006 12:53:04 PM\nWaymark Code: WMJ1Q\nOn this site in 1735, James Edward Oglethorpe established Fort Augusta to protect fur traders and others in the area. It stayed under British rule until a attack by the Americans in 1781. See other waymarks and markers in the area for a history.\nIn 1750, St. Paul's church was built to serve the Fort Augusta and the new city. In 1786, a new church was built as non-denominational, and, in 1818, the Trustees of the Episcopal Church took control of it. In 1916, the church burned down, and the present structure was built.\nCheck out Washington's Southern Tour and The Mayham Tower for more history of the forts and the church."}
{"text":"Category: Society / April 3, 2013 3:40 PM EDT\nThe grandson of the British chief pilot Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, who completed the first flight over Mount Everest on Wednesday (April 3) flew over the world's highest peak, 80 years after.\nOn April 3, 1933, Douglas-Hamilton's and Flight Lieutenant David Fowler MacIntyre's small aircraft circled over Mount Everest with the hopes of producing accurate maps of the area.\n\"It was to enhance British aviation, it was a scientific flight, they were going to take photographs of the area, decipher the summit to help with the map making, because the area was poorly understood. And other than a few birds and maybe some wild animals, no human beings have been in the area, the maps were inaccurate, so this was really a scientific expedition,\" Douglas-Hamilton's grandson Charles said.\nHe added that aviation today has gone through a transformational change.\n\"I was enjoying a cup of coffee, looking out a window in a pressurised cabin. Comparing to what was being done in 1933, there is a massive, massive difference,\" Douglas-Hamilton said.\nLocal media said Douglas Hamilton wanted to retrace the exact route his grandfather took, but flight conditions proved otherwise, adding that he would like to try to fly the original route for the centenary celebrations.\nVideo Source: Reuters"}
{"text":"Many of the Engineering students who has C, C++ in their academic syllabus stick to Windows XP Only. You may be tried to install and run turbo C++ in Windows 7 and Vista but may have failed to do so. You may have thought for a while what happened to your favourite C programming IDE(Integrated Development Environment), Which you used to run on older operating systems like Windows XP or 98 without trouble.\nThe important reason behind this problem is that your version of windows has just got improved enough or say advanced that it doesn’t support the decade old “Dos”\nWindows after 9x(93,95,98 etc) versions are not running of top of dos, they run on a completely different Technology called NT(New Technology), so to provide compatibility with DOS software Microsoft provided these version of windows have a system called NTVDM (NT virtual dos machine), which emulates DOS like environment to run these dos programs but when Windows evolved to Windows Vista and 7 Microsoft removed some capabilities of NTVDM, because of some compatibility issues with Aero graphics and stuff. So now any dos program has no direct access to hardware neither can any dos program Go Full-screen.\nFinally here is the best solution to resolve the entire issue. Watch this video to get rid of C language problem in Windows 7, Vista etc."}
{"text":"I often talk about the “civilization gradient:” the distance required to go from high-density urban land all the way to empty, rural space. Depending on when a given area modernized and switched from, say, horses to cars, this distance can vary drastically. In “older” parts of the US, like the east coast, the gradient was largely established by feasible distances for travel by horse. On the west coast, an area largely developed after the advent of the car, this distance is usually much longer. The best exception to this is the Bay Area, where various parks around the “lip” of the Bay’s “bowl” effectively compress the distance.\nIn today’s photo, the whole array of Bay Area landscape is visible: the forests and trails along the peak, the industrial buildings of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, the quasi-sprawl of Berkeley and Emeryville, and the full urban metropolis of San Francisco at the edge of the clouds."}
{"text":"Since approved to conduct an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) test in November, the South Fork Kings GSA has made substantial progress to pilot the high priority project.\nAquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) is an innovative groundwater management method used in many parts of the United States to inject water for underground storage to be withdrawn later when surface water is limited, especially during periods of drought. The South Fork Kings GSA included ASR in its Groundwater Sustainability Plan as a high priority among the portfolio of projects to bring groundwater supplies into balance and received a grant to test the concept locally.\nTo date, the South Fork Kings GSA purchased transducers and hired a contractor to modify wells for the test. An aquifer pump test is scheduled for early February to determine key parameters for this project. Lemoore Canal Company has agreed to provide up to 75 acre-feet of water for the pilot test which will consist of three main phases. Water will be injected for a three-month period, stored for two months, and then taken out and used on surrounding fields.\nThe ASR Pilot Test is funded by the Climate Resilience Grant, a grant that was awarded by the Bay Area Council Foundation in June 2020 to help local communities across California strengthen their resilience to climate change. Read more about how SFKGSA obtained this $200,000 grant here."}
{"text":"The quake measured 6.8 on the magnitude scale and the epicenter was just 20 km away from Kobe and 16km deep. It was the first quake to be certified as being over 7 on the Japanese scale of earthquake intensity (shindo). The shindo scale measures the intensity of shaking across Japan when an earthquake strikes. It is a more useful predictor of damage than magnitude because magnitude only measures the intensity at the source of the earthquake.\nThe earthquake only lasted about 20 seconds but killed 6,434 people. It toppled expressways, knocked down buildings and started massive fires. Many older homes in the Kobe area had heavy tile roofs to resist typhoons that came crashing down under the stress of the quake.\nIn the wake of the earthquake the Japanese government was widely criticized for its slow response to help victims. Building codes were also brought into question as many large structures collapsed during the quake. Japan suffers 20% of the world's earthquakes over magnitude 5."}
{"text":"When University of Illinois crop scientist Fred Below began growing tropical maize, the form of corn grown in the tropics, he was looking for novel genes for the utilization of nitrogen fertilizer and was hoping to discover information that could be useful to American corn producers.\nNow, however, it appears that maize itself may prove to be the ultimate U.S. biofuels crop.\nEarly research results show that tropical maize, when grown in the Midwest, requires few crop inputs such as nitrogen fertilizer, chiefly because it does not produce any ears. It also is easier for farmers to integrate into their current operations than some other dedicated energy crops because it can be easily rotated with corn or soybeans, and can be planted, cultivated and harvested with the same equipment U.S. farmers already have. Finally, tropical maize stalks are believed to require less processing than corn grain, corn stover, switchgrass, Miscanthus giganteus and the scores of other plants now being studied for biofuel production.\nWhat it does produce, straight from the field with no processing, is 25 percent or more sugar -- mostly sucrose, fructose and glucose.\n\"Corn is a short-day plant, so when we grow tropical maize here in the Midwest the long summer days delay flowering, which causes the plant to grow very tall and produce few or no ears,\" says Below. Without ears, these plants concentrate sugars in their stalks, he adds. Those sugars could have a dramatic affect on Midwestern production of ethanol and other biofuels.\nAccording to Below, \"Midwestern-grown tropical maize easily grows 14 or 15 feet tall compared to the 7-1/2 feet height that is average for conventional hybrid corn. It is all in these tall stalks,\" Below explains. \"In our early trials, we are finding that these plants build up to a level of 25 percent or higher of sugar in their stalks.\nThis differs from conventional corn and other crops being grown for\n|Contact: Marilyn Upah Bant|\nUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"}
{"text":"July 28, 2021\nApproximately 400km away from earth, orbiting up in the outer space the ISS also known as International Space Station circles the Earth roughly 93 minutes completing about 15 orbits per day.\nAbove image is of the one the structure of the ISS which is the exterior of Cupola. With the shutters open enable the astronauts on board the view of Earth.\nThe astronaut up at the International Space station expressing how is it like to view Earth from the Cupola Module window.\nIt's night when it's illuminated by star light and moon light that they really see the fascinating view of these beautiful twinkly city lights. Representing the human sprawl, which is incredibly beautiful from outer space.\nThe look of WORLD LIGHT in a living room when switch on.\nSo the close up view of the WORLD LIGHT dots represents the existence of life in this world.\nSo WORLD LIGHT is an inspiration and a tribute to the astronaut viewing Earth from all the way up from the International Space station.\nSo get your now from the link below\nComments will be approved before showing up.\nSign up to get the latest on sales, new releases and more…"}
{"text":"Each week, “It’s not GREek!” will discuss a new word likely to appear on the GRE. We aim not only to give you a new word to memorize, but also to provide you with some background and etymological history to help you remember it. At the end of the post, we will also give you a sentence with a few other new words to add to your flash cards. By following this weekly series, you should be more prepared than ever to tackle the sentence completion, sentence equivalencies, and reading comprehension questions on test day.\nThis Week’s Word: Tergiversation\nPoliticians are probably the group most maligned for their tergiversation.\nStop being so wishy-washy! Tergiversation means the evasion of straightforward action or clear-cut statement, in other words, equivocation. It can also mean to delay answering or to hesitate at length.\nPoliticians are probably the group most maligned for their tergiversation. Likewise, if your grandfather has been a diehard Republican all his life and suddenly starts voting straight down the Democrat party line, you can chide him for his tergiversation.\nOther creatures frequently accused of tergiversation? Tricky foxes, for instance.\nA literary figure famous for his tergiversations? How about Hamlet, forever vacillating on whether to be or not to be.\nThe origins of tergiversation are initially Latin, from tergiversari, which means to turn one’s back or shift. In Latin, tergum means “back” and versare means “to turn.” The two words combine to form the verb tergiversari."}
{"text":"Project B1 - The immersive hearing device\nIn current hearing device technology, the largest speech communication benefit in adverse listening conditions is typically achieved by directional filters. However, to utilize this benefit, hearing aid users may need to change their natural head motion behavior and loose the sense of immersion in the sound environment.\nThe aim of this project is to develop an immersive hearing device that provides the large benefit of directional filters without their disruptive influence on user behavior, and to include the user's hearing wish in the signal processing. For this, methods from computational auditory scene analysis (CASA) are combined with an automatic estimation of the hearing wish based on user motion, gaze direction and attention.\nFigure 1: Schematic flow chart of the immersive hearing aid. Key to the concept is a combination of acoustic and image analysis (scene analysis block) with an analysis of sensor signals (behavior analysis block) to detect the hearing wish, i.e., the attended source if interest, and to optimally enhance the attended source (signal enhancement block).\nFigure 2: A typical evaluation environment"}
{"text":"Students share their results from a hands-on chemistry session. Photo: Edward J. Delong\nScientific Creativity: The Legacy of Science Education in Southwest Missouri\nThe project documents segments of the 1999\nExpanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics\nConference held on the campus of Southwest Missouri State\nUniversity. Photographs and interviews with scientists,\neducators, parents, and students are included. Students who\nattended earlier conferences and were influenced to pursue\nscience and mathematics are also documented. The history of\nthe conference, now 25 years old, is documented with newspaper\nclippings, personal stories, and promotional material. A\nbroader focus looks at the history of science education and\nthe teaching of future scientists in Springfield since the\nteachers' college was established in 1905. University and\nhistorical society archives provide background, and interviews\nwith emeritus science faculty and alumni are included.\nOriginally submitted by: Christopher S. Bond, Senator.\nThe Local Legacies project provides a \"snapshot\" of American Culture as it was expressed in spring of 2000. Consequently, it is not being updated with new or revised information with the exception of \"Related Website\" links."}
{"text":"An effective way to enjoy an early garden harvest is to start your seeds indoors six to eight weeks before the average last frost date in your area. Since lighting levels indoors are much less than what your plants would receive outdoors, it's necessary to use grow lights. Grow lights will keep your plants from getting \"leggy\"--that's when they stretch out to reach for more light. Setting up an indoor grow light requires just a few tools and a little time.\nDrill two 1/8-inch holes, using a 1/8-inch bit, into a ceiling joist you've found with a stud finder. These must be the same distance apart as the mounting points on your fixture.\nScrew in a hanging hook into each hole. Tighten with pliers until sufficiently tight.\nMeasure the distance from the hook to the top of your plants, using a measuring tape. The bottom of your fixture should be about 12 inches above your plants. This keeps the fixture close enough to be effective, yet far enough away to allow your plants some room to grow. Subtract the sum of the thickness of the light fixture and 12 inches from the distance of the hooks to the plants. Cut two hanging chains at this length, using wire cutters.\nSlip a chain over each hanging hook and attach them to the light fixture. Install the bulbs into the light fixture.\nPlug the light fixture into an automatic timer. Set the timer to 16 to 18 hours per day on and six to eight hours off."}
{"text":"Scottish scientists developing synthetic human blood have moved a step closer to conducting clinical trials.\nResearchers have been given a licence to use stem cells to manufacture blood that could eventually be tested on people.\nSynthetic blood would help end supply shortages and prevent infections being passed on through donations.\nThe Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, Edinburgh University and Roslin Cells are conducting the work.\nThe licence, granted by the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), means a manufacturing facility can be set up to work on human cell therapy products.\nIt will be based at the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine (SCRM) and aims to produce blood which would be fit for clinical trials.\nJanet Downie, chief operating officer at Roslin Cells, said: \"Attaining these licences has been a key goal for the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine and we are delighted to have reached this important milestone.\"\nScottish Health Secretary Alex Neil said: \"Scotland has a world-class reputation in regenerative medicine and stem cell research.\n\"The completion of this state-of-the-art facility will further advance our understanding of the debilitating diseases this field seeks to address and their potential therapies.\n\"This will allow for both the health and wealth benefits to be realised in Scotland, supporting the life sciences sector in its growth aspirations\".\nIf successful, any future human trials would be the first stage in establishing larger-scale clinical trials, which could lead to the regular use of synthetic blood.\nClinical trails would require a further licence from the MHRA as well as other regulatory agencies.\nThe SCRM houses 230 researchers at a £54m facility, which is part of the Edinburgh BioQuarter development at Little France."}
{"text":"Research shows that early childhood education is essential for nations to thrive and prosper. One million 0-4 year olds live in Delhi’s slums with almost no access to early childhood centres. We know preschools are important. So why don’t we ensure that every one of our children gets it?\nIn 2010, out of about 450, 000 children in Delhi who should have taken the Grade 12 exam, only 45% took it: 208, 000 children. This is the city average. If we look at children in the slums, our studies show that less than 15% of them reach Grade 12. A waste of human potential, this.\nLast year, 100 of our high school graduates earned Rs. 1 crore. The return on investment is high! They earn in one year what we spent in 12 years on their education! So why are we slow in providing all children with IT, entrepreneurship and vocational training of good quality?\nIf education is to fulfill its intentions: to develop every individual to their full potential, pro-poor action must be in the agenda of every school. So why aren’t our teachers at the centre of community action for equity and equality?\nChildren living in slums are often taught by teachers who have had no formal training. There is no formal faculty development available for teachers in low cost schools. How then can our children reap the benefits of education?\nClick here to know how Katha is meeting the challenge."}
{"text":"Kinnikinnick is a versatile, low-growing shrub that functions extraordinarily as a groundcover in exposed, sunny, dry areas. In spring, this trailing evergreen shoots off cheery new growth with a lemony-green hue, followed by small white to pink, urn-shaped flowers. By late summer the foliage shifts to a reddish purple and the flowers mature into small red or orange berries that persist into winter. Kinnikinnick is used extensively by insects and wildlife and has been recognized for its medicinal properties by native peoples for thousands of years. It contains the glycoside arbutin, which has antimicrobial properties and acts as a mild diuretic.\n- Plant type/canopy layer: evergreen perennial shrub\n- Size at maturity: 5-8\" tall, 2-5' wide\n- Light requirements: full sun\n- Moisture requirements: dry to moist soil\n- Growth rate/ease: fast growth rate, easy to grow\n- Bloom time: April - July\n- Wildlife support: adult butterflies/nectar source, bees and other insect pollinators, beneficial insects/pest eating insects, caterpillar host plant/larval food source, hummingbirds (Oregon Flora Project)\n- Native habitat/range: Thrives in a wide range of habitats including ocean bluffs, sandy flats, rocky hillsides, mixed woods, and coniferous forests up to 2800 meters across Oregon as well as into CA, ID, NV, WA; north to AK, east to CO, Canada and northeastern US. Portland Plant List - yes.\n- Special features & uses: evergreen, erosion control, groundcover, medicinal, supports hummingbirds\nGardening with Kinnikinnick: Kinnikinnick is ideal for sunny locations with soils that are nutrient-poor, acidic, rocky or sandy and have limited water input. It is extremely tolerant of the elements, including salt and wind and can be used to replace lawns in these tough areas. It will also cascade nicely over ornamental rocks and borders.\nPhoto Credit 1: \"Arctostaphylos uva-ursi\" by Jörg Hempel is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0\nPhoto Credit 2: Tara Lemezis"}
{"text":"There are several different ADHD treatment approaches. And it's important that in any of the approaches that are used, there's a partnership between the child, the parents, and teachers, and those adults that work with the child, so you can constantly monitor increases or decreases in behavior.\nFor ADHD treatment, behavior management and medications are most useful. In behavioral protocols it's important to identify the most problematic or the most impairing behaviors for the child, and help design ways to decrease these difficult behaviors and provide reinforcers for when a child is right on track and demonstrating positive behaviors. This has to be a collaboration between parents, teachers and all of the adults in the child's life.\nAdditionally, sometimes medications are prescribed, stimulant or non-stimulant medications, to help decrease some of the problematic symptoms of ADHD. It's important to remember, whether you're using behavioral therapy or medications, all of the symptoms will not completely disappear. But understanding the treatments and understanding your child in utilizing these medications or behavioral modifications can definitely, impact more positive success for your child and family. So remember, behavioral therapies and medications are some of the most often used treatment strategies for ADHD."}
{"text":"Kokkoh is used as an infant formula broth made from whole grains, seeds and legumes lightly toasted and ground to a powder(in this recipe using brown rice only). It was first brought to Western culture by Sakura Nyoichi, better known as George Ohsawa, as part of the Macrobiotic Diet, based a recipe widely used in traditional Japan and most commonly eaten as a breakfast cereal. From cafemom.\nKokkoh is recommended as both a substitute for mother's milk and a means of weaning infants from it. (In the former case the recipe often calls only for brown rice ground to a fine powder and water.) Besides its soft and easily digestible texture, kokkoh is recommended as such because its mixture has a high and varied protein content; combined, the amino acids in each of the ingredients described at the outset include virtually all those needed for consumption. It is thus especially well suited for the growth needs of a child. When used solely for weaning, it is recommended that kokkoh be introduced at between 8 months and a year of age. It may be used as breast milk substitute as early as five months, but with a larger proportion of water, in order to further dilute the mixture.\nKokkoh is also an important part of the macrobiotic diet, in accordance with the diet's heavy emphasis upon grains. Along with its use as a means of weaning, kokkoh is a common breakfast food among macrobiotic eaters of all ages."}
{"text":"10,000 men were sent from the Catholic Highlands to subdue the areas of Ayr and Lanark. However, nobody stood against them, so instead the men robbed and bullied the people of the whole area, and after two months the government withdrew them. Next James Graham of Claverhouse and his dragoons were sent against the saints. They attacked field-meetings, dyeing the heather with the blood of the worshippers; they shot the peasants in cold blood in the fields, and murdered them at their own doors. On June 1st 1679 there was a field-meeting going on near Loudoun Hill, Avondale, when the watchmen signaled that Graham was coming to attack them. At a Conventicle there would be armed men on horseback circling the meetings, looking out for danger. Beyond them would be another circle of armed men.\nThe result of this confrontation was the Battle of Drumclog - see this website."}
{"text":"In London on this day in 1775, Benjamin Franklin publishes An Imaginary Speech in defense of American courage.\nFranklin's speech was intended to counter an unnamed officer's comments to Parliament that the British need not fear the colonial rebels, because \"Americans are unequal to the People of this Country [Britain] in Devotion to Women, and in Courage, and worse than all, they are religious.\"\nFranklin responded to the three-pronged critique with his usual wit and acuity. Noting that the colonial population had increased while the British population had declined, Franklin concluded that American men must therefore be more \"effectually devoted to the Fair Sex\" than their British brethren.\nAs for American courage, Franklin relayed a history of the Seven Years' War in which the colonial militia forever saved blundering British regulars from strategic error and cowardice. With poetic flare, Franklin declared, \"Indiscriminate Accusations against the Absent are cowardly Calumnies.\" In truth, the colonial militias were notoriously undisciplined and ineffective at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. New Englanders, unused to taking orders and unfamiliar with the necessary elements of military life, brought illness upon themselves when they refused to build latrines and were sickened by their own sewage. During the American Revolution, Washington repeated many of the same complaints spoken by British officers when he attempted to organize American farmers into an effective army.\nWith regard to religion, Franklin overcame his own distaste for the devout and reminded his readers that it was zealous Puritans that had rid Britain of the despised King Charles I. Franklin surmised that his critic was a Stuart [i.e. Catholic] sympathizer, and therefore disliked American Protestants, \"who inherit from those Ancestors, not only the same Religion, but the same Love of Liberty and Spirit.\""}
{"text":"The toad symbolizes fertility of Earth, a sacred being in ancient Maya cosmology. During the first Spring rains, cornfields are filled with toads mating and singing. Mayan elders say that when the toads sing, they make the Saints happy and the Saints will send rain. In stories from San Pedro Chenalhó, a toad called Antonia guards the Earthlord’s house or cave – the entrance to Earth.\nANCIENT MAYA COSMOGRAM\nThe cosmogram depicts a quartered universe moving through time, uniting Earth and Sky. It also charts the path of the Sun, a principal Mayan deity. The cosmogram appears in various versions; in each version viewers look straight down on the world from just above the highest point of the heavens. Five diamond designs mark the four cardinal directions, and the central diamond may stand for the nadir, the lowest point under Earth where Sun passes at midnight on its circle back to the east. Weavers often put dots of brightly colored threads in the cosmogram designs representing stars, which they call the eyes of the universe.\nMAYA WEAVING SYMBOL UNIQUE TO CHENALHO, CHIAPAS\nThe ancient Maya number for men was four and for women three. The contemporary weaving symbol for man has four fingers and toes standing for the four corners of the milpa, the corn and bean field where men have traditionally fulfilled their principle duties – to grow food for their families. The weaving symbol for women has three fingers and toes representing the three stones that hold up the comal – the clay griddle on which women make tortillas. Preparing food for the family continues to be Maya women’s primary responsibility. The woman symbol was lost to weavers in Chenalhó until 1992 when members of Tsobol Antzetik discovered the image of a woman with three fingers and toes amidst other designs on a ceremonial cloth (b’ut corision, sacrificial victim) and brought it back into circulation in their community. The woman design now appears on many items that the women weave."}
{"text":"Marine Animal Encyclopedia\nKiller Whale Orcinus orca\nWith its conspicuous black-and-white markings, the killer whale, or orca, is—despite its name—the largest and most striking member of the dolphin family (Delphinidae).\nApart from its bold patterning, the killer whale's most eye-catching feature is its huge dorsal fin, which is up to 6 ft (1.8 m) high in older males. It has large, paddle-shaped flippers and a massive, barrel-shaped body that tapers toward streamlined jaws, which are armed with interlocking teeth up to 2 in (5 cm) long.\nKiller whales are the largest hunters of warm-blooded prey. Their diet includes fish, squid, birds, seals, and other whales. Their hunting strategy is remarkably varied: they deliberately upend ice floes to tip seals into the sea, and they even lunge onto beaches to catch seals lying near the waterline.\nIntelligent, vocal, and highly sociable, killer whales live in stable groups (pods), which develop their own cultural characteristics. Despite their ferocity toward prey animals, killer whales are easily tamed in captivity and have never been known to attack humans in the wild.\nKiller Whales Travel in Pods and Clans\nAn average killer whale pod contains 20 animals, which stay together for life, often sharing care of the young. Pods within the same geographical range make up a clan—a regional group that is thought to have a distinctive “dialect” that is passed on from adults to their young."}
{"text":"fox terrierArticle Free Pass\nfox terrier, breed of dog developed in England to drive foxes from their dens. The two varieties of fox terrier, wirehaired and smooth-haired, are structurally similar but differ in coat texture and in ancestry. The wirehaired, or wire, variety was developed from a rough-coated black-and-tan terrier, the smooth from the beagle, greyhound, bull terrier, and a smooth-coated black-and-tan terrier. At one point the two varieties were crossed, but this practice was discontinued. Both varieties are sturdily built, lively looking dogs with tapered muzzles and folded, V-shaped ears. They stand about 15 inches (38 cm), weigh 16 to 18 pounds (7 to 8 kg), and are predominantly white with black or black-and-tan markings. Fox terriers are noted for having bold, energetic, and spirited natures.\nWhat made you want to look up \"fox terrier\"? Please share what surprised you most..."}
{"text":"This content is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 (Unported). That means you may freely redistribute or modify this content under the same license conditions and must attribute the original author by placing a hyperlink from your site to this work https://planetcalc.com/7933/. Also, please do not modify any references to the original work (if any) contained in this content.\nThis calculator converts number of days to number of years, months and days in the month. Of course, when you know start and end dates for an event, you can use precise version How many days are there between two dates? or Days between dates. The historical version..\nBut this one might be useful when you see or hear questions like this:\n- \"13000 days in years?\"\n- \"how many years are in 20000 days?\"\nor sentences like that:\n- \"I am 10000 days long\"\n- \"the siege was lifted after 872 days after it began\" (Siege of Leningrad).\nNaturally, you just want to get general sense of time, length of a period in general, and you aren't actually care if it is plus one day or minus one day because of leap year, or because of starting month.\nIn this case, you can use calculator below. It just adds specified number of days to 1st of January 2017 (first non-leap year after 2016) and then grabs number of years, months and days in the month passed between start and end date. This allows you to make sense from number of days and understand how many years, months and days it takes."}
{"text":"Series 1 - Lesson 3 - Annotation 2\nWhat is substance?\n2. Substance is the unformed Mind essence out of which every form is produced. It is also termed Omnipresence because it is the presence of God interpenetrating all creation. It is the Mind essence in which \"we live, and move, and have our being\" (Acts 17:28). This substance is of such rarefied nature that it is not tangible to the physical eye of manifest man. However, through the power of thought this Mind essence can be cognized. It can then be formed by man's conscious and subconscious (thinking and feeling) phases of mind, and the resultant manifestations are recognized by the senses. It is through his acceptance in thinking and feeling that man becomes conscious of substance as the living presence of God. This Presence sustains, provides, protects, and is the ever available source of visible supply for all creation, not just for man.\nSubstance is the \"raw material\" out of which all things are made. It is the spiritual aggregation of all the ideas (also termed qualities or attributes) of God. Divine Substance is the universal supply of good for all creation. Thus, it is the source of all that is manifest or yet unmanifest.\nPreceding Entry: What is prosperity? Explain fully.\nFollowing Entry: What is matter? What is the distinction between substance and matter?"}
{"text":"Flashcards in Major and minor forms of extrusive activity Deck (14):\nWhat are the 3 main MINOR extrusive features?\nGeysers, hot springs and boiling mud.\nWhat are 2 good examples of MINOR extrusive feature sites?\nYellowstone National Park in the USA.\nVarious parts of Iceland.\nWhat are geysers and how are they formed?\nWater vent discharges the Earth’s surface.\nSurface water comes into contact with hot rocks - converted into steam.\nFissure allows a jet of boiling water to explode onto the surface.\nE.g. Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park.\nHow are hot springs formed?\nGroundwater is constantly heated by the rocks underneath the surface.\nNOT pressurized so are therefore NOT explosive.\nE.g. Mammoth Hot Springs.\nHow is boiling mud formed?\nMud is mixed with heated volcanic water.\nCauses it to bubble.\nAcid attacks the surface and forms clay.\nWhen do minor extrusive features appear?\nWhen an active volcano is nearing the end of its life.\nWhat are the different types of volcanoes? 6\nWhat is a lava plateaux volcano?\nBasaltic - flow great distances.\nWhat is a shield volcano?\n3 miles wide.\nLow gas content and silica.\nE.g. Mauna Loa, Hawaii.\nConstructive boundaries/hot spots.\nWhat is an acid/dome volcano?\nSteep-sided - covered with rock debris.\nFormed by repeated eruptions - a layered structure.\nHigh silica and gas pressure.\nE.g. Puy Region, France.\nWhat is an ash-cinder volcano?\nFormed from ash and volcanic bombs.\nSteep and symmetrical sides.\nE.g. Paricutin, Mexico.\nWhat are composite/strato volcanoes?\nTall, conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava, tephra, pumice, and volcanic ash.\nHigh viscosity - andesitic.\nE.g. Mount Etna/Pinatubo.\nWhat are caldera volcanoes?\nFormed from HUGE explosions - blows the summit (top) of the cone off, leaving an opening.\nMay become flooded by the sea.\nLake may form."}
{"text":"Organizing the Web: LiveBinders Unit 1\nReadings and Activities\n- How Teachers are Using LiveBinders - a binder with four articles and a resource tab\n- LiveBinders Blog - keep up on the news and changes at LiveBinders.\n- Watch the video about LiveBinders.\nActivity 1 - Setting up an account\nActivity 2 - Exploring Featured Binders\n- Read the articles, watch the video, and set up an account. Fill out thisGoogle Form about those. To check that your work submitted, you can look on this spreadsheet.\n- Explore the Featured Binders. Find two of interest to you and add one to your shelf. Make a copy of the other. Fill out this Google Form. To check that your work submitted, you can look on this spreadsheet."}
{"text":"Black holes are temperamental areas of violent activities that scientists are just now beginning to understand. Here's an amazing image captured by astronomers working with NASA’s orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory, revealing a nearby supermassive black hole belching out an impolite blast of X-ray emissions from within the galaxy NGC 5195. This swirling companion galaxy is merging with a larger spiral galaxy NGC 5194, appropriately named “The Whirlpool,” and located in the Messier 51 galaxy system, 26 million light-years from Earth.\n“For an analogy, astronomers often refer to black holes as 'eating' stars and gas. Apparently, black holes can also burp after their meal,” explained Eric Schlegel of The University of Texas in San Antonio, who led the study. “Our observation is important because this behavior would likely happen very often in the early universe, altering the evolution of galaxies. It is common for big black holes to expel gas outward, but rare to have such a close, resolved view of these events.”\nThe results of this study were presented this month at the 227th meeting of the American Astronomical Society meeting in Kissimmee, Fla., and have been submitted as a formal paper to The Astrophysical Journal.\nHave a look and forgive this big black hole its bad table manners.\n“We think these arcs represent fossils from two enormous blasts when the black hole expelled material outward into the galaxy,” said co-author Christine Jones of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge, Mass. “This activity is likely to have had a big effect on the galactic landscape.”"}
{"text":"If you need to send out emails through an e-mail address with your very own domain, you have to make sure that the company will provide you with usage of their SMTP server. The aforementioned is the software system that enables e-mails to be dispatched. SMTP is an acronym for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and it addresses all outgoing email messages from applications, webmail and contact forms. Whenever a message is sent out, the SMTP server confirms with all the DNS servers around the world where the emails for the receiving domain name are handled and as soon as it obtains this data, it will connect into the remote POP/IMAP server to check if the recipient mail box is available. In case it does, the SMTP server transmits the e-mail body and then the receiving server delivers it to the mail box where the recipient can open it and see it. With no SMTP server on your server, you will not be capable to send messages at all."}
{"text":"The Gottuvadhyam also known as the chitravina, is an instrument played in Southern India. It is usually used as a solo instrument in Carnatic sangeet.\nGottuvadhyam has an interesting construction. It resembles the saraswati vina in its general form. It has six main playing strings which pass over the very top of the instrument. It has three thallam (drone) strings at the side, and a series of sympathetic strings which pass under the main strings. The approach to tuning is in some ways similar to the sitar, in other ways it is similar to the saraswati vina, but in many ways it is unique. It is played with a slide in a manner somewhat like a Hawaiian guitar.\nThe gottuvadyam does not appear to be very old, probably around 100 years old. It was popularised in the south by Sakharam Rao of Tiruvidaimarudur. It was later taken up and further popularised by Narayan Iyengar who was a palace musician of the old state of Mysore.\n© 1998 - 2018 David and Chandrakantha Courtney\nFor comments, corrections, and suggestions, kindly contact David Courtney at [email protected]"}
{"text":"16-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:\nSunday, September 10, 1911: Went to Sunday School this afternoon. I was the only one in my class today. It has happened that way for the past three Sundays. It is simply provoking the way the other girls attend Sunday School.\nHer middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:\nI think Grandma attended the McEwensville Baptist Church and that the church closed sometime before 1920. Based on these diary entries it’s easy to understand why the church was shuttered a few years later.\nSince Grandma didn’t write much a hundred years ago today, I’m going to tell you about a historic event that occurred in 1911–\nOn August 21, 1911 the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in Paris. I’ve seen several articles recently about the hundredth anniversary of the robbery. For example, the Los Angeles Times had an article about the theft. The picture was eventually recovered in Florence, Italy in 1913.\nI tend to think of McEwensville as a very isolated spot in 1911–and that Grandma would have known nothing of events happening half a world away–but actually she may have known about the robbery.\nI was amazed to discover that at least one paper in rural central Pennsylvania, the Milton Evening Standard, was covering the story. The September 9 paper discussed the robbery—and that the U.S. secret service was trying to find it.\nWho would have thought that a hundred years ago today people thought that Mona Lisa was in the U.S.?"}
{"text":"Credit: USAF Phillips Laboratory\nVersion of the Soyuz proposed with an Ariane 4 or Russian Lox/LH2 upper stage.\nIn order to achieve a payload double that of the current vehicle, it would seem a high-energy Lox/LH2 upper stage would be needed. Such an improvement was proposed as far back as July 1962 (the Molniya 8K78L) but never developed. The version with the Ariane 4 upper stage would be capable of putting 3900 kg into geosynchronous transfer orbit when launched from Kourou.\nPayload: 3,900 kg (8,500 lb) to a GTO, 1 deg.\nStatus: Study 1997.\nMore... - Chronology...\nPayload: 3,900 kg (8,500 lb).\nR-7 The world's first ICBM became the most often used and most reliable launch vehicle in history. The original core+four strap-on booster missile had a small third stage added to produce the Vostok launch vehicle, with a payload of 5 metric tons. Addition of a larger third stage produced the Voskhod/Soyuz vehicle, with a payload over 6 metric tons. Using this with a fourth stage, the resulting Molniya booster placed communications satellites and early lunar and planetary probes in higher energy trajectories. By the year 2000 over 1,628 had been launched with an unmatched success rate of 97.5% for production models. Improved models providing commercial launch services for international customers entered service in the new millenium, and a new launch pad at Kourou was to be inaugurated in 2011. It appeared that the R-7 could easily still be in service 70 years after its first launch. More...\nAssociated Manufacturers and Agencies\nKorolev Russian manufacturer of rockets, spacecraft, and rocket engines. Korolev Design Bureau, Kaliningrad, Russia. More...\nPravda news service web site, Web Address when accessed: here.\nHome - Browse - Contact\n© / Conditions for Use"}
{"text":"(Legenere limosa )\nCampanulaceae (bellflower family)\nPhoto by Dean W. Taylor\nDescription: Herbaceous annual, stems weakly erect or somewhat reclining on ground with the tips ascending, simple or branched, sometime forming mats, smooth and glabrous. Submersed leaves linear, 3/8 to 1-1/4 (1 to 3 cm) inches long, emergent leaves oblong-lanceolate, 3/8 to 3/4 of an inch (1 to 2 cm) long, glabrous. Single flowers in leaf axils on long, slender pedicels. Five white to yellowish petals, sometime absent, united into tubular, 2-lipped flower. Fruit a one celled capsule, 1/8 to 3/16 of an inch (6 to 10 mm) long, opening when mature at apex, with smooth, shiny brown seeds.\nDistribution: Within the public lands administered by the Redding Field Office, this species can be found in Tehama County on the east side of the Sacramento Valley, northeast of Red Bluff in grassland/oak woodlands.\nHabitat: Growing in moist or wet ground, associated with vernal pools, vernal marshes, lakes, ponds and sloughs at elevations of 0 to 2000 feet (0 to 610 meters).\nFlowering Period: May to June\nStatus: BLM Sensitive, California Native Plant Society List 1B"}
{"text":"Organize and annotate Web sites for use in lessons.\n100 Years of Popsicles\nMar 24, 2011\nCelebrate 100 years of the Popsicle with this sweet track! Invented in 1905 by a then eleven year old, the Popsicle has become a favorite. Discover facts about the history of this sweet treat, along with information about other kid inventors, the science behind frozen confections, the difference between favorite frozen desserts, the nutritional information of popsicles, and much more!"}
{"text":"A team of researchers working at the University of Bristol has found a potential new treatment for listeriosis, a deadly form of food poisoning. Their work is reported in Nature Medicine.\nThe group, led by Professor Jose Vazquez-Boland, has shown that one particular antibiotic -- fosfomycin -- can treat Listeria in the body, despite it being ineffective in laboratory conditions.\nBecause it was not effective in the laboratory, this drug has never been considered for the treatment of listeriosis, in spite of it reaching the infection sites more effectively than other antibiotics.\nProfessor Vazquez-Boland said: \"Our results illustrate that antibiotic resistance in the laboratory does not always mean that the drug will not work in the infected patient. This work brings some optimism to the highly worrying problem of the increasing resistance to antibiotics.\"\nThe Listeria bacteria causes the food-borne disease, listeriosis. It often triggers a brain infection and kills up to 30% of those affected.\nTo test whether antibiotics are effective, bacteria are taken from patients and tested in the laboratory. These tests measure whether antibiotics can halt the growth of Listeria in laboratory conditions. Such tests are usually a measure of how effective the drug will be in the body.\nWhen tested this way, Listeria had been shown to be resistant to the antibiotic, fosfomycin. As a consequence, this drug has never been considered for the treatment of listeriosis.\nDr Mariela Scortti, lead author on the paper, added: \"Our findings warn about the need to revise laboratory methods currently in use to determine the susceptibility or resistance of bacteria to such drugs, so that the tests reflect better what actually happens in the body.\"\nCite This Page:"}
{"text":"Waste pickers work, generally in the informal sector, to recover recyclable material from waste and then sell it for recycling. They collect materials from individual homes, offices, and businesses, from the street and waste containers, and from dumpsites. The financial and environmental contributions they make to their local regions typically go uncalculated and underappreciated.\nThis short video tells the story of waste pickers in Bogota who worked to address their city’s garbage crisis in 2012.\nShare and Enjoy"}
{"text":"The word Promotion, originates from the Latin word ‘Promovere’. The meaning is “to move forward” or “to push forward”. The aim of production is sales. Sales and promotion are two different words and sales promotion is the combination of these two words. sales promotion is one among the three pillars of promotional mix. The other two pillars are personal selling and advertising. Sales promotion is the connecting link between personal selling and advertising. DEFINITION:\nAccording to DAVIS, ”Sales promotion represents those marketing efforts that are supplementary in nature ,are conducted for a limited period of time and seek to induce buying”\nCHOOSING A PUSH OR PULL STRATEGY OF SALES PROMOTION:\n| b)PULL STRATEGY:\n| FACTORS INFLUENCING SALES PROMOTION:\n2)Nature of product and service.\n3)Stages of PLC.\n4)Budget for promotion.\nTOOLS OR KINDS OF SALES PROMOTION:\nSales Promotion can be divided into three kinds:\n1)Consumer sales promotion\n2)Dealer sales promotion\n3)Sales force promotion\n1)CONSUMER SALES PROMOTION:\nActivities aimed at reaching the consumer at his home or in his office may be called Consumer sales promotion .It is aimed to inform or educate the consumers and to stimulate the consumers. Success depends on consumers’ co-operation. The following are the various sales promotion schemes used at the consumers’ level: a)SAMPLING: Free samples are given to consumers to increase their interest in the product. Sampling gives a chance to the consumers to compare the product with other substitutes. Samples are given to the doctors by the medical representatives. The samples may be delivered door to door, sent by mail etc....\nPlease join StudyMode to read the full document"}
{"text":"Small-scale farmers in Ghana face serious challenges. Because of non-sustainable farming methods, the yields of their cacao crops are increasingly poor. The growing use of agricultural chemicals intended to counter this trend has had little effect. Meagre incomes and the abusive child labour practices they give rise to are just some of the complex problems facing the cacao industry in Ghana, not to mention the struggle to integrate women. Clearing land to create fertile new cacao plots is the primary culprit for Ghana’s alarming deforestation rate, which is one of the highest in the world.\nThe small-scale farmer cooperative Kuapa Kokoo, which means «the best of the best», is charting a different course, one that does not involve land clearing or exploiting the weak.\nTogether with Kuapa Kokoo and their project partners, HALBA supports the Sankofa project – a world first – in combining dynamic cacao agroforestry with CO2 offsetting. This combination adheres to the strictest certification standard in the world, the Gold Standard, thus ensuring comprehensive sustainable development. The productivity of the cacao plots is increased by converting monoculture into highly diversified mixed cultivation, which, in turn, increases earning opportunities for farmers. Thanks to the creation of a network for selling by-products harvested from cacao agroforestry plots, such as corn, legumes, manioc and yam, the project also supports food security and the independence of farmers and their families.\nHigher incomes for farmers are a step in the right direction in the fight against another big problem in West Africa: child labour. Up to two million children work in the cacao industry alone. HALBA supports the partner cooperative in its commitment to fighting child labour and supporting women. The additional income earned from the higher cacao yields and the sale of by-products from the agroforestry plots gives families new prospects and is often invested in school tuition."}
{"text":"At first glance, a community-led approach might seem less accountable because of its inherent flexibility.\nBut this approach still involves the development of benchmarks that indicate whether or not the community process is “on track.” Benchmarks might include whether there is inclusive participation in dialogues and decision-making, or collective reflection on the strengths and drawbacks of particular options. If particular benchmarks are not being achieved, the facilitator may invite the community to reflect on why this is occurring and ask what steps could be taken to achieve those benchmarks.\nWhen it comes to measuring whether actions have improved the outcomes for children, the community can internally evaluate the results. Communities themselves frequently conduct internal reviews of collective actions, such as farming: they might gather to review their methods, the quality and abundance of the harvest, and reflect on adjustments to make for the next planting.\nCommunities can use the same type of internal reviews and reflections in regard to their work on behalf of child protection.\nIt is also possible for an NGO that has supported the community-led action to conduct an external evaluation (with the community's permission) in order to document the community’s work and accomplishments. Using mixed methods, such an evaluation could compare baseline levels of the community-selected harms to children with those that occurred following, say, two years of the community-led action. The findings would be fed back in a respectful manner to the community, which they could use to guide any needed adjustments in their ongoing action.\nHow communities implement and measure their actions\nA core stage in the community-led approach is to set out clear action steps to address the selected harms to children. The community will also need to monitor and evaluate their actions and make any adjustments needed."}
{"text":"A geovisual analytics exploration of the OpenStreetMap crowd\nDepartment or Administrative Unit\nIt is sometimes easy to forget that massive crowdsourced data products such as Wikipedia and OpenStreetMap (OSM) are the sum of individual human efforts stemming from a variety of personal and institutional interests. We present a geovisual analytics tool called Crowd Lens for OpenStreetMap designed to help professional users of OSM make sense of the characteristics of the “crowd” that constructed OSM in specific places. The tool uses small multiple maps to visualize each contributor’s piece of the crowdsourced whole, and links OSM features with the free-form commit messages supplied by their contributors. Crowd Lens allows sorting and filtering contributors by characteristics such as number of contributions, most common language used, and OSM attribute tags applied. We describe the development and evaluation of Crowd Lens, showing how a multiple-stage user-centered design process (including testing by geospatial technology professionals) helped shape the tool’s interface and capabilities. We also present a case study using Crowd Lens to examine cities in six continents. Our findings should assist institutions deliberating OSM’s fitness for use for different applications. Crowd Lens is also potentially informative for researchers studying Internet participation divides and ways that crowdsourced products can be better comprehended with visual analytics methods.\nQuinn, S. D., & MacEachren, A. M. (2017). A geovisual analytics exploration of the OpenStreetMap crowd. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 45(2), 140–155. https://doi.org/10.1080/15230406.2016.1276479\nCartography and Geographic Information Science\n© 2017 Cartography and Geographic Information Society"}
{"text":"Originally Posted by pholy\nI believe we are supposed to use <em> and <strong> because they are semantic markup, whereas <i> and <b> are presentational. We are supposed to use css to describe how we want things presented, and only have the structure put into the text. It's a matter of purity, although how you present italics or bold in a text to speech transcription is an obvious case in point.\nIf text-to-speech readers could interpret <em> and <strong> in a certain way, and not pronounce bold titles or italic chapter numbers in a weird voice, then I guess it makes sense. Yeah... Now that you mention it, I do remember something about semantic markup."}
{"text":"According to Statistics Canada consumer price index, the dollar experienced an average inflation rate of 3.57% per year. Prices in 2015 are 1681.7% higher than prices in 1933.\nIn other words, CA$100 in the year 1933 is equivalent in purchasing power to CA$1,781.69 in 2015, a difference of CA$1,681.69 over 82 years.\nThe inflation rate in 2015 was 1.61%.\n|Cumulative price change||1681.69%|\n|Average inflation rate||3.57%|\n|Price difference (CA$100 base)||CA$1,681.69|\n|CPI in 1933||7.1|\n|CPI in 2015||126.5|\nPolitics and news often influence economic performance. Here's what was happening at the time:\nYou may use the following MLA citation for this page: “1933 dollars in 2015 | Canada Inflation Calculator.” FinanceRef Inflation Calculator, Alioth Finance, 17 Feb. 2018, http://www.in2013dollars.com/1933-CAD-in-2015."}
{"text":"Leptospermum scoparium growing shrub or tree of the genus Leptospermum also known as Manuka plant, Leptospermum scoparium perennial evergreen plant also used as ornamental plant and attract Manuka beetle, can grow in temperate, mediterranean or subtropical climate and growing in hardiness zone 8-11.\nLeaves color green in linear shape.\nLeptospermum scoparium flower\nFlower color pink or white in bowl shape with five to full petals.\nLeptospermum scoparium for sale – Seeds or Plants to Buy\nProducts from Amazon.com\nRequirements for Leptospermum scoparium growing and care:\nAcid soil, well-drained soil\nWhat is the best way to start growing?\nPlant / Seed / Vegetative reproduction\nIs it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?\nDifficulties or problems when growing:\nSpring / Summer / Autumn\nPests and diseases:\nAutumn / Winter\nHow to prune:\nJust for design\nSize of the plant:\n2-4m, 80-160 inches, 6-12 feet (as shrub), 5-10m, 15-30 feet (as tree)\nGrowth speed in optimal condition:\nFast growing / Medium growing\nAverage amount of water\nLight conditions in optimal condition for growing:\nIs it possible to grow as houseplant?\nGrowing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:\nSpring / Summer\nGeneral information about the flower:\nPink or white in bowl shape with five petals"}
{"text":"Some 2.5 billion people have no access to basic financial products like insurance and credit cards. Fixing that would fix a lot of the world's poverty problems.\nGlobally, half of adults totaling some 2.5 billion people do not have a formal bank account. This shuts them off from credit and savings opportunities that you may take for granted; it hinders their rise to a better life and squanders the potential to convert hundreds of millions of people from economic drains into economic contributors.\nThe vast majority of these unbanked are in underdeveloped nations likeKenya, India, Pakistan, and Columbia. More than 50 nations recently set targets for improving access to financial products—and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, now has around 90 member nations supporting a set of common financial inclusion principles known as the Maya Declaration.\nThis is not just a less-developed world problem. Some 40 million unbanked are in the U.S., and the number of Americans more broadly defined as financially underserved is around 100 million. Activists like John Hope Bryanthave been arguing for decades that financial inclusion is in many ways a civil rights issue on par with the right to vote in 1962. It disproportionately affects minorities, women, youth, poor people, and rural dwellers. In some ways, this issue has been with us since Lincoln established the Freedman’s Savings Bank in 1865 to teach freed slaves about money and how free enterprise works. As Bryant writes:\n“Today, particularly in inner city and underserved America, issues around money and the economy are mixed up and interrelated with emotions, self-esteem, identity, and even core issues of human dignity.”"}
{"text":"Single stream is leading-edge technology that eliminates the need to separate recyclables by category for collection. The benefits of single stream are increased participation in recycling which means less waste in our waste streams. National statistics show that single-sort recycling systems result in more recycling.\nWhy? Because it's so much easier for residents, there is no sorting and requires less time.\nInstead of separating recyclables by type, simply combine all glass, metal, paper, cardboard, and plastics #1-7 into one recycling container."}
{"text":"Hip Hop is a contemporary and popular dance form using quick, upbeat dance steps. Although it was popularized in the 1980's, it's a contemporary dance that is continually evolving.\nStudents will love learning these quick dance steps set to music from their favourite pop stars. They'll learn the latest moves within in an upbeat social setting. Kids and teens who enjoy an active, high energy type of dance will find Hip Hop to be a very fun experience. The benefits of hip hop dance are the cardio exercise, mastering new physical movements, and increasing self-confidence."}
{"text":"Teachers as Role Models\nWhen students have teachers of their same race, they say they feel more cared for and more interested in their schoolwork (\"If your teacher looks like you, you may do better in school,\" NPR, Sep. 29). The findings were based on a survey of more than 80,000 public school students in grades four through eight in six different states.\nActually, the findings are not new. Students have always needed role models. Yet I wonder if hiring more teachers of color in schools with a high percentage of students of color will necessarily produce improved outcomes across the board. Students in the upper grades at least are more likely to respond positively to teachers of any color as long as the teachers know their subject matter and present it in an interesting way. In the lower grades, the situation is probably different because students lack the necessary maturity.\nThen there's the matter of viewing races as monoliths. I think we assume that all members of a particular race share similar values and attitudes. When busing began in the Los Angeles Unified School District, where I taught for 28 years, those new to my school were mostly black. They differed among themselves as much as students from other races. The black teachers were no more effective in teaching many of these students than the teachers of other color. In fact, the black teachers often had more trouble teaching black students than white teachers did. I think it's time to look beyond race to other factors in determining the probability of success in the classroom."}
{"text":"Print this out poster size (change printer options to 2x2 or 3x3).\nLaminate for repeated use.\nI am using this to introduce CC 2.G1. Together the children and I will add labels to the poster.\nPrint out copies on regular paper and hand to children to have them label on their own.\n(labels: shape name, number of sides, corners, etc.)\nThen give the students geo boards to practice building the planar shapes.\nI've been teaching in a public school for 7 years. I was in first grade for two years and this is my 5th year in 2nd. I absolutely LOVE this age and grade! I love creating an engaging and FUN atmosphere in my classroom."}
{"text":"… Morris Dancing\nClouded in mystery, the absolute origins of Morris dancing remain a source of uncertainty. Whilst legend would have you believe it is a remnant of pre-Christian fertility rites, actual records seem to date back no further then the 15th. century.\nQuite old enough nevertheless to have declined almost to the point of dying out by the end of the 19th. century. Much of what remains today is down to the work of Victorian folk collectors like Cecil Sharp, who first stumbled on a performance of the Morris in 1899.\nToday, Morris dancing can be found all over the world, fostered by organisations such as the Morris Ring, which was formed in 1934 to maintain and promote the Morris tradition.\n… Helier Morris\nAlthough the origins of Morris dancing may be lost in the mists of time, those of Helier Morris are not quite so hazy!\nThe first public performance took place in the summer of 1975, with a few dances from the Cotswold traditions. By Christmas of the same year a Mummers Play had been added and side has counted Longsword and Welsh Border style dancing amongst its repertoire. Helier have been responsible for spawning a separate ceilidh band and were admitted to the Morris Ring in 1990. They remain the only men’s Morris side in the Channel Islands and qualify as the most southerly team in the British Isles.\nNow firmly established as part of island life, they perform regularly between May and September, supporting local events and festivals. In addition, they celebrate May Day with a 12 hour, 12 Parish marathon tour, dance on Boxing Day and go wassailing in early January. They have represented the island in England, France and the other Channel Isles.\nHelier Morris are always looking to recruit more dancers – and we’d be delighted to hear from you if you’re interested.\nThe team practices each Monday night from October to April, in order to dance out in the summer months. Please get in touch via the details on the Contact page."}
{"text":"The African sawtail catshark is a small species of catshark found in the western coast of Africa, from Morocco to South Africa. It lives near or at the bottom, at depths of 300 to 500 m. These sharks are long and slim, and have a series of tooth-like scales on its tail, which gives them their “sawtail” name.\nAfrican sawtails are about 45 cm long. They eat small bony fishes, crustaceans, and cephalopods. They’re ovoviviparous and females give birth to up to 12 pups each litter. Newborns are about 14 cm long.\nBeing a small deep water species, these sharks are somewhat protected from fishing pressures. They’re abundant in some regions of Africa and are currently listed as a “Least Concern” species.\nDo you have images or videos of African Sawtail Catsharks?\nSubmit them to firstname.lastname@example.org."}
{"text":"Food and Society in the American City\nCourse Description: Culinary cultural practices are intricate to the ways in which urban spaces are experienced in everyday life. This course explores the myriad ways food practices transform American cities. The course investigates personal preferences of food that in turn shape social, cultural, and spatial boundaries. Through the conceptual framework of “taste,\" we will analyze how culinary preferences and practices of different social groups influence urban space. For instance, immigrant cooking and eating practices help define ethnic enclaves. And gourmet food trucks for the middle-class can become tropes for spurring gentrification. Throughout the course students will analyze urban spaces in American cities through aspects of ethnicity, race, and class, (i.e. street food practices to opulent restaurant dining). We will scrutinize culinary practices through critical geographic frameworks. Topics to be considered are: the politics of immigrant street food, the racial coding of farmers markets, food deserts, urban agriculture, and gastronomic gentrification."}
{"text":"Scrabble word: GONIA\nIn which Scrabble dictionary does GONIA exist?\nDefinitions of GONIA in dictionaries:\n- noun - the craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw\n- noun - an immature reproductive cell\nThere are 5 letters in GONIA: A G I N O\nScrabble words that can be created with an extra letter added to GONIA\nAll anagrams that could be made from letters of word GONIA plus a wildcard: GONIA?\nScrabble words that can be created with letters from word GONIA\nImages for GONIA\nSCRABBLE is the registered trademark of Hasbro and J.W. Spear & Sons Limited. Our scrabble word finder and scrabble cheat word builder is not associated with the Scrabble brand - we merely provide help for players of the official Scrabble game. All intellectual property rights to the game are owned by respective owners in the U.S.A and Canada and the rest of the world. Anagrammer.com is not affiliated with Scrabble. This site is an educational tool and resource for Scrabble & Words With Friends players."}
{"text":"A phosphoric acid based composite material with core-shell microstructure has been developed to be used as a new electrolyte for fuel cells. A fuel cell based on this electrolyte can operate at room temperature indicating leaching of H3PO4 with liquid water is insignificant at room temperature. This will help to improve the thermal cyclability of phosphoric acid based electrolyte to make it easier for practical use. The conductivity of this H3PO4-based electrolyte is stable at 250 °C with addition of the hydrophilic inorganic compound BPO4 forming a core-shell microstructure which makes it possible to run a PAFC at a temperature above 200 °C. The core-shell microstructure retains after the fuel cell measurements. A power density of 350 mW/cm2 for a H2/O2 fuel cell has been achieved at 200 °C. The increase in operating temperature does not have significant benefit to the performance of a H2/O2 fuel cell. For the first time, a composite electrolyte material for phosphoric acid fuel cells which can operate in a wide range of temperature has been evaluated but certainly further investigation is required. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.\n|Number of pages||5|\n|Journal||Journal of Power Sources|\n|Publication status||Published - 15 Oct 2010|\n- Composite electrolyte\n- Fuel cell\n- Intermediate temperature\n- Phosphoric acid"}
{"text":"People who eat at least seven portions of fruit and vegetables each day appear to have the greatest levels of mental wellbeing, a study has found.\nResearchers at the University of Warwick looked at the eating habits of 80,000 people in Britain.\nThey found that the more daily portions of fruit and vegetables people consumed, the better their mental wellbeing.\nHappiness and mental health tended to peak at seven portions per day, according to a report in the journal Social Indicators Research.\nStudy co-author Professor Sarah Stewart-Brown, from Warwick Medical School, said: 'The statistical power of fruit and vegetables was a surprise. Diet has traditionally been ignored by wellbeing researchers.'\nThe study suggests that people may want to exceed the government's current guidelines for fruit and vegetable consumption.\nAt present, people are advised to consume at least five daily portions of different fruit and vegetables, with fresh, frozen, dried, tinned and juiced varieties all counting towards this target."}
{"text":"What is storytime?\nStorytime is an early literacy program just for kids. During storytime we read books, sing songs, learn rhymes and fingerplays, and get moving with manipulatives like shakers, scarves, and a parachute. We have storytimes for children from birth to age five at Tacoma Library.\nWhat are the benefits of storytime?\n- Gets kids excited about books and reading\n- Develops a library habit\n- Encourages socialization\n- Improves attention span and listening skills\n- Creates quality time between caregiver and child\n- Introduces new books, authors, songs, and activities to do at home\nCheck the calendar to find a storytime near you!"}
{"text":"April 22, 2011\nThere are three major types of intellectual property law: Copyright, Patent and Trademark.\nThe distinction between the three can often be confusing and gray, but in general copyright protects artistic expressions (literature, movies, photos, music, etc.), patents protect ideas and inventions and trademark protects any “mark” associated with a business.\nHowever, trademark is very different from other areas of intellectual property. You don’t run afoul of the law simply by copying the mark itself but, as a tradeoff, trademarks can protect a much wider variety of things that would not fall under any other area of protection.\nYet, at the same time, trademark often overlaps with copyright, especially when dealing with some logos, and there is a great deal of confusion between copyright and trademark in discussions online.\nAll in all, trademark is a thorny and often misunderstood area of intellectual property law that demands a closer look, especially if you routinely write about companies or use trademarks in your post.\nSo what do you need to know about trademarks? The basics are below."}
{"text":"Project Discover the Cosmos has financed the production of six \"Gaia in one minute' cartoons available on the following website: http://www.gaia.ac.uk/ \nBy following a man and his cat as they learn about space, the cartoons depict in an easy and child-friendly way Gaia's mission to take the first reliable census of the Milky Way.\nThe Gaia satellite is a European Space Agency (ESA) cornerstone project, aimed at the understanding of how our Milky Way galaxy was formed and how it has evolved into what it is today. Gaia was selected by ESA in 2001 and launched on 19 December 2013. It has been designed to measure with extreme accuracy positions and fluxes of approximately one billion stars on the sky over a period of five to six years. - See more at: http://www.gaia.ac.uk/mission#sthash.cidpzG0n.dpuf"}
{"text":"What are Blu-ray discs?\nBlu-ray discs (also known as ‘BD’), are a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA).\nThe Blu-ray format offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs and can hold up to 25GB on a single-layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer disc by using a blue laser with a shorter wavelength of 405nm (DVDs use a longer 650nm wavelength red laser and CDs are longer still at 780nm). The shorter wavelength of the Blu-ray system allows the laser to focus on smaller spots and so the pits and spiral groove in the discs can be made even smaller and tighter.\nBlu-ray discs are exactly the same physical size as DVDs, CDs and HD-DVD discs at 12cm in diameter and 1.2mm in thickness.\nThe diagram below shows the difference between single and dual layer Blu-ray discs :\nThe Blu-ray Disc Association is a group of electronics and media manufacturers that include Apple, Dell, Hitachi, HP, JVC, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TDK and Thomson. The Blu-ray format was developed for the recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), in addition to storing large amounts of data.\nBlu-ray discs have proved more popular than HD DVD discs as a future replacement for the DVD format.\nBelow is a diagram illustrating the difference in track pitch between DVDs and Blu-ray discs:"}
{"text":"We can fundamentally freely divide the energy or strength, which is available for our personal development, between various goals as we wish. For example one person can use 20% for the capability of increasing his material wealth, 50% for the capability of attaining power over others and the remaining 30% for the capability of increasing his personal standing in society. As long as these goals do not contradict one another then he will be able to develop his capabilities according to the amount of energy devoted to each of them.\nThe glasses model of subjective perception is automatically used for every random objective by our subconscious for the development of the corresponding capabilities. It is therefore tremendously important that we set clear priorities for our objectives.\nFrom a certain capability level progress is only possible by concentrating on very few goals and finally on just one single goal. We can compare this with the climbing of mountain peaks in the example in the previous section: The starting point for the climb may well be the same for many peaks, but the higher a person gets the sooner he must decide upon one single peak. I cannot be on both peaks at the same moment and if I wish to climb both peaks one after the other I will have to go down again by a certain amount from the first peak.\nThe necessity of concentrating on a single goal is, by the way, well known in sport. At the level of a normal healthy sportsman it is possible to enjoy the most diverse types of sport without any problem. But if you wish to pursue top-level sports then it is only possible to achieve outstanding performance in just a very few related sporting areas.\nIn other words: The closer we get to a goal the smaller the number of incompatible goals which can be pursued successfully."}
{"text":"Oak planted on the lawn in front of the White House in Washington by US President Donald Trump and French leader Emmanuel Macron died. It is reported by the newspaper Le Figaro.\nThe tree is dead, having suffered due to prolonged phytosanitary quarantine when imported to the United States. Presumably, it could not normally take root in the soil.\nAccording to the publication, the customs and border service of the United States, which is subordinate to the Ministry of agriculture, establishes a quarantine on imports of plants, seeds, and soil to avoid the spread of diseases and invasive species of insects.\nEarlier media reported the disappearance of the planted tree.\nEmmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte visited the White House on April 25, 2018. Their visit was timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of relations between the US and France. The presidential couple, along with Donald and Melania Trump, planted an oak tree brought from France in the courtyard of the residence of the American leader. The seedling was taken in the town of Bello, where in June 1918 the battle took place, during which the French and US Marine Corps jointly repelled the German offensive."}
{"text":"Winter break is the perfect time to do a little at-home science. To help you ring in the New Year on a scientific note, we've pulled together our favorite hands-on science projects from 2014. Plus, tune in to Science Friday on January 2, 2014, for more home science ideas.\nBefore you chuck your Christmas tree, try this at-home experiment that explores combustion using festive fuels such as fir, pine, spruce, and cedar.\nMaterials: pine tree sprig, matches, foil, cookie sheet, water\nAct like an experimental chocolatier and determine how different melting and cooling procedures impact the shine, hardness, and texture of finished chocolate.\nMaterials: chocolate bar, bowl, spoon, microwave, cookiesheet, water, salt\nLearn how insects have inspired engineers to make a robot that walks on the surface of water. Design your own water-walking critter using thin wire, and test its effectiveness: How many paperclips can it hold up using surface tension?\nMaterials: bowl of water, wire, scissors\nTest a few common household ingredients to see which is the most effective emulsifier for making salad dressing—and you can eat your results!\nMaterials: oil, vinegar, clear cups, mustard, garlic, timer\nAdd some pizzazz to your favorite clothing and accessories while learning about electrical circuits.\nMaterials: Wire, tape, a battery, small LED"}
{"text":"Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The chicken, no the egg, no the chicken, no the egg. It’s enough to make your head spin right off your neck. We’ve all been through the logic; most of us end up at the same place. As Luna Lovegood, the dreamy yet dotty witch from Harry Potter put it when asked the riddle, “a circle has no beginning.” And indeed, attempting to identify the first case of a circular cause and consequence is an exercise in utter futility. For those who don’t have a pat story involving a divine being who spits out perfectly formed species, it’s a no-win situation.\nBut that doesn’t stop us from asking. Luckily for people kept awake at night by such quandaries, NPR radio’s Robert Krulwich recently got to the bottom of the dilemma when he, thankfully, stumbled across an answer.\nBasically, many, many moons ago there was a chicken-like bird. It was genetically close to a chicken, but wasn’t a full-blown chicken yet. Krulwich calls it a proto-chicken. So proto-hen laid an egg, and proto-rooster fertilized it. But when the genes from ma and pa almost-chicken fused, they combined in a new way, creating a mutation that accidently made the baby different from its parents. Although it would take millennia for the difference to be noticed, that egg was different enough to become the official progenitor of a new species, now known as … the chicken! So in a nutshell (or an eggshell, if you like), two birds that weren’t really chickens created a chicken egg, and hence, we have an answer: The egg came first, and then it hatched a chicken.\nMaybe the question we should be asking is: Which came first, the proto-chicken or the proto-chicken egg?\nRobert Krulwich (NPR radio correspondent)"}
{"text":"Why Do We Celebrate Veterans Day?\nVeterans Day actually began on November 11, 1919 but was called “Armistice Day”. The word “Armistice” means “a suspension of hostilities by agreement between the opponents” and referred, in this case, to the end of World War I. On May 13, 1938 Armistice Day became a legal Federal holiday dedicated to the idea of world peace and also became an occasion to honor the veterans who served in World War I.\nOn May 26, 1954 President Eisenhower signed a bill declaring that Armistice Day be expanded to honor all U.S. Veterans, not just those from World War I. In November of the same year Congress officially amended that bill by changing the word “Armistice” to “Veterans” and we still honor the service of all U.S. Veterans on Veterans Day each year.\nVeterans Day is celebrated each year on November 11th unless that day falls on a weekend. If it’s a Sunday, we celebrate it on the 12th (Monday). If it falls on a Saturday, it can either be held on Saturday or the 10th (the preceding Friday).\nWhile the name of the holiday is often written as “Veteran’s Day” (with an apostrophe), that is not the official spelling which contains no apostrophe. That makes sense if you consider that the holiday is not technically the Veteran’s day. It is a day for all of us to honor and thank Veterans for their service to us. For risking (and giving) their lives for our freedom.\nMany countries have a moment of silence at 11:00 AM on November 11th as the Armistice of World War I was signed on November 11th at 11:00 AM (the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month)!\nThank you for visiting our Why Do We Celebrate Veterans Day post!"}
{"text":"This mixture is attractive to bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects and contains both annual and perennial varieties.\nIt will adapt to a wide range of soil types.\nMy supplier worked with Cambridge University to get a scientifically based balance of plants.\nSow in situ from the end of April to the beginning of June (depending upon the location), when the soil is sufficiently warm and moist for the seeds to germinate.\nThe seeds must be lightly covered by soil in order to germinate. It is best to cultivate the soil to prepare a fine deep seedbed. Before sowing, mix the seeds well with sand or vermiculite (3/4 of the overall weight)."}
{"text":"Babies born to women who do not consume enough folic acid (sometimes referred to as folate or vitamin B9) are at high risk of developing neural tube defects (i.e., defects in the development of the spinal cord or brain). This is the reason underlying the recommendation that women who are pregnant take a folic acid supplement.\nA team of researchers, led by Bermans Iskandar, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, has now generated data in rodents suggesting that folic acid might also help promote healing in injured brain and spinal cord.\nSpecifically, the team was able to uncover a molecular pathway by which folate can promote nerve cell regeneration following injury in rodents.\nIn an accompanying commentary, Matthias Endres and Golo Kronenberg, at Charité -- Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, discuss how these data, together with the safety and simplicity of folate supplementation, provide a rationale for testing whether folate supplementation is beneficial for patients with spinal cord and brain trauma.\nThe research appears in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.\n- bermans J. Iskandar, Elias Rizk, Brenton Meier, Nithya Hariharan, Teodoro Bottiglieri, Richard H. Finnell, David F. Jarrard, Ruma V. Banerjee, J.h. Pate Skene, Aaron Nelson, Nirav Patel, Carmen Gherasim, Kathleen Simon, Thomas D. Cook and Kirk J. Hogan. Folate regulation of axonal regeneration in the rodent central nervous system through DNA methylation. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2010; DOI: 10.1172/JCI40000\n- golo Kronenberg, and Matthias Endres. Neuronal injury: folate to the rescue? Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2010; DOI: 10.1172/JCI40764\nCite This Page:"}
{"text":"Energize Your Recycling Know-How\nThis story was originally published by WDIV for \"Live in the D.\"\nMore people are recycling in Michigan and across the country. Curbside pickup is a great convenience, but are you recycling the correct way? “Live in the D” host Jason Carr spoke with Sara Matthews, with EGLE, about how to recycle something that often brings up a lot of questions: batteries. Matthews explained that Battery Solutions, North America’s largest handler of post-consumer batteries for recycling, also processes alkaline at their location in Wixom, Michigan. Some batteries may release chemicals when they are pressed or cracked, so putting them in a garbage bin isn’t the safest option.\nRecycling batteries is the best way to keep the environment safe and, Matthews says, the steel can go back into the steel market place to make new items like a kitchen sinks or even an airplane. If the battery has magnesium, it can be used to make fertilizer."}
{"text":"This call is immediately answered by an active proliferation and steady maturing of the myclocytes in the marrow to form the polymorpho-nuclear leucocytes.\nThe \"Marrow men\" were marked by the zeal of their service and the effect of their preaching.\nIt is largely to researches on the bone marrow that we owe our present knowledge of the origin and the classification of the different cellular elements of the blood, both erythrocytes or red corpuscles, and the series of granular leucocytes or white corpuscles.\nThe healthy bone marrow reacts with remarkable rapidity to the demand for more blood cells which may be required by the organism; its reactions and variations in disease are very striking.\nIt is the central nervous system, and contains within itself the elements of the brain and spinal marrow of higher forms. The neurochord tapers towards its posterior end, where it is coextensive with the notochord, but ends abruptly in front, some distance behind the tip of the snout."}
{"text":"TASK 2 Writing/SPAG\nPractice writing these common exception words in your best cursive handwriting.\nToday’s target - E8 I can form and join my letters mostly correctly.\nappear, arrive, believe, bicycle, breath, breathe.\nPyramid words – Practice writing the words you find tricky to spell.\nChallenge - Write each word in a sentence in your work book. Remember accurate punctuation.\nE 7a I can use capital letters and full stops mostly correctly."}
{"text":"Fun With Letters is bringing your yet another awesome letter craft. We hope you and your kids enjoy them!\nWe are learning all about the letter V today. We talked with kids and decided to make letter V, because V is for Vase and it has a perfect shape for vase.\nMake sure to continue fun learning with the letter V activities we provide at the bottom of the post. They have tons of fun learning!\nSupplies needed for letter V craft\n- Yellow construction paper\n- Some more different color construction paper\n- 3 green pipe cleaner\n- 3 colorful pom poms\nInstructions to make letter V craft\nTrace and cut out letter V out of yellow construction paper.\nDraw and cut out 3 flowers out of different color papers.\nAssemble the pieces and glue them on.\nYour vase and letter V craft is done! Now, smell the flowers!\nWatch a short video of how our V is for Vase craft was done. It turned out super cute!\nSign up for our email series Fun With Letters, full of activities, worksheets and coloring pages.\nACTIVITIES TO EXTEND LETTER V LEARNING"}
{"text":"For the past decade, a small but growing group of governments and scientists, the majority from the most powerful and most climate-polluting countries in the world, has been pushing for political consideration of geoengineering, the deliberate large-scale technological manipulation of the climate.\nGeoengineering is inherently high-risk and its negative effects will likely be unequally distributed. Because of this, geoengineering has often been presented as a “Plan B” to confront the climate crisis. But after the Paris Agreement, which set the ambitious goal of keeping the temperature to well below 2°C and possibly even 1.5°C, the discourse has changed. Now, geoengineering is increasingly being advanced as an “essential” means to reach this goal, through a mix of risky technologies that would take carbon out of the atmosphere to create so-called “negative emissions” or take control of the global thermostat to directly lower the climate’s temperature.\nA new briefing paper by ETC Group and Heinrich Böll Foundation in advance of the UNFCCC intersessional meetings in Bonn, May 2017, gives an overview of what geoengineering is and why it is dangerous, as well as up-to-date information on proposed geoengineering technologies and governance.\nA crucial read for anyone engaged in the fight against climate change.\n(A German version of this briefing in pdf format is also available.)"}
{"text":"Our Radiculopathy Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Radiculopathy\nDefinition of Radiculopathy\nRadiculopathy: Any disease of the spinal nerve roots and spinal nerves. Radiculopathy is characterized by pain that seems to radiate from the spine, extending outward to cause symptoms away from the source of the spinal nerve root irritation. Causes of radiculopathy include deformities of the discs between the vertebrae. Patients with diabetes can be affected by a form of radiculopathy that may be caused by inadequate blood supply to the spinal nerve roots. Also known as radiculitis.\nLast Editorial Review: 3/19/2012\nBack to MedTerms online medical dictionary A-Z List\nNeed help identifying pills and medications?"}
{"text":"The current point out of financial conditions in a country or region is an effective indicator showing how the country is performing economically. These types of factors will be defined as microeconomic and macroeconomic. They consist of such things as lack of employment rates, inflation rates, and the state in the global economy. A large number of economic indications are released regularly, and Market individuals keep an eye on them to see if they might switch. However , the prevailing conditions usually are always easy to determine.\nThe definition of economical conditions differs widely, typically refers to the state of an financial system at specific point in time. Some common measures of economic conditions include GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT growth costs, unemployment costs, and current account levels. The indications are also categorized into leading, lagging, and coincident. Economists focus on the leading indicators, mainly because they suggest the state of our economy in general. But in spite of the complexity of indicators, they may be still a good way to get a standard idea of a country’s healthiness.\nWhen major economic conditions, economists check out several different signals. These include GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT growth rates, unemployment rates, budget écart and loss, and current account levels. Depending pensionlitigationdata.com around the situation, these types of indicators entails leading, lagging, or coincident. In fact , those who claim to know the most about finance tend to concentrate on leading symptoms, while using the other folks to forecast future financial conditions. You may use economic circumstances to ascertain whether a country’s economy is certainly healthy or perhaps unhealthy, nonetheless it is best to evaluate the monetary conditions of the area prior to investing."}
{"text":"October 31st, 2011\nThis Halloween saw a number of takes on slicing. We saw slicing wood, cutting walls, separating bones, and even slicing integer arrays!\nNow let’s cut into these 12 games and see what’s inside:\nA very challenging spatial puzzle game where you cut up a chunk of wood and use the pieces to make a shape.\nSlice ninjas, jump over pumpkins and duck parents in this Halloween themed slicing adventure.\nFun game that will test your reflexes as you slice some squares but not others!\nA simple stylish game in which you can cut apart robots!\nThis game explores the idea that Pac-man can eat through walls and push them!\nSlice yourself into two controllable characters to get through each level in this challenging platformer.\nA pretty difficult game where you can split apart a skeleton to collect stars and avoid hazards.\nAn interesting way to explore different materials and the sounds they make.\nSlice up a grid-like bush to match a pattern.\nSlice up endless waves of zombies.\nSort arrays of numbers by choosing slices.\nSlice the dots that match the background color, or suffer the consequences."}
{"text":"The skill of animal stuffing describes the act of making a toy animal stuffed with straw, beans, cotton, and other similar materials. Some stuffed animals are very old - home made cloth dolls stuffed with straw go back to at least the 1830s, perhaps much older. Stuffed animals in the past were frequently produced by stuffing the evacuated skins of hunted animals. However, with modern technology it is now possible to produce them with synthetic materials.\nOne of the most popular types of stuffed animal is the teddy bear which in these is mostly factory made with synthetic materials, not with real animal skin. Another is the sock monkey. The skill of animal stuffing is quite popular and even commercial ones are being made like the \"Ty Beanie Babies which are stuffed with pellets and beans. The skill of stuffing animals date even back to times of the ancient Egyptians.\nIt is known from tomb paintings in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamian civilizations that stuffed animals existed in those societies for religious purposes, and undoubtedly for human play as well. In medieval Europe, stuffed animals were often used in mystery plays to represent Biblical animals, such as the serpent in the Garden of Eden and the lions in the Book of Daniel. From those periods on the art and skill of animal stuffing rose until it become part of daily life.\nDuring the Industrial Revolution Teddy bears were sold all over Europe. A huge toy industry began which rapidly increased the young populations of Europe. During the nineteenth century, the skill of the stuffed animals as an entertainment product took off, with commercial enterprises being established to produce children's' toys. The art and skill of animal stuffing is still with us and is as popular as it used to be."}
{"text":"|[This is a MPIWG MPDL language technology service]|\nAmerican (a.) Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.\nAmerican (a.) Of or pertaining to the United States.\nAmerican (n.) A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States."}
{"text":"Living Heritage was a grant making and capacity development program aimed at enabling local community development in Southern Europe through the promotion of sustainable culture and heritage initiatives. In Romania, the Living Heritage program was implemented by the Environmental Partnership Foundation (Miercurea-Ciuc) and the Romanian Carpathian Foundation in partnership with the King Baudouin Foundation from Belgium.\nThe program's aim was the long-term support of local development through community involvement in the identification, conservation and sustainable use of heritage related resources.\nThe program awarded grants for pilot projects and at the same time encouraged capacity building through trainings and technical assistance for the existing and potential beneficiaries of the grant.\nThe Living Heritage program helped communities to see traditions and local values not only as heritage of the past but also, more importantly, as a resource for their future development and a factor of change. Communities were encouraged to define on their own the local values they wanted to keep alive.\nThe program awarded grants to 40 projects with a total value of more than 993,000 RON.\nThe palette of the successful projects funded by the program was very colorful. Thus the famous Rope Street of Brasov was renovated, the very first mineral water museum of Romania was built in Tuşnad, Dumbrăvioara - a village in Mureş county - was proclaimed the \"Village of Storks\", and the list could go on and on."}
{"text":"\"Current moving through a wire is analogous to a longitudinal wave moving through the electrons of the atoms. The wave speed depends on the speed at which the disturbance in the electric field can be communicated between neighboring atoms, not on the drift velocities of the electrons themselves. If you leave a direct-current light bulb on for a reasonably short time, it is likely that no single electron will enter one end of the filament and leave at the other end.\"\nAdd a comment\nto see other 1 answers"}
{"text":"In the sea of DNS records, there are a few that you really must learn. The PTR record is one of them. If you want to know why it is so important, you came to the right place.\nWhat is a PTR record?\nPTR record is a type of DNS record, also known as pointer record, that serves the purpose of linking an IP address to a domain name. It is a prove, that this exact IP address that somebody is checking really is related to the domain name, and it is not a scam. The PTR record has the purpose of verifying different elements or services, like a mail server."}
{"text":"Family: Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)\nAuthority: Sclater, 1858\nRed List Category\nBased on a model of future deforestation in the Amazon basin, and its dependence on primary forest and susceptibility to fragmentation, it is suspected that the population of this species will decline rapidly over the next three generations, and it has therefore been uplisted to Vulnerable.\nBirdLife International (2019) Species factsheet: Dysithamnus leucostictus. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 08/12/2019. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2019) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 08/12/2019."}
{"text":"Four classes of sophomore English explore the concepts of disguised changes in behavior after they read The Lord of the Flies, William Golding's classic dystopian novel. These students, part of the Manchester High School Medical Careers Academy, applied the medical knowledge they've gained in Patricia Gibbon's classes to see into characters and understand the psychology of their actions. The result: colorful masks that demonstrate on the outside what is happening on the inside of characters and their society.\nSubmitted by Patricia Gibbons and Deborah Weinberg, Manchester High School\nThis item was posted by a community contributor. To read more about community contributors, click here."}
{"text":"The Argentinean Jesuits Collection consists of eleven documents from early nineteenth century Buenos Aires, during the period of the return of the Society of Jesus and the South American liberation from Spain. The collection covers a variety of topics relating to the Society of Jesus in Buenos Aires. The first two documents from 1800 to 1802, relate to the Capuchin fathers in Buenos Aires. Several of the documents in the collection are petitions to the governing body of Buenos Aires, the Cabildo and the Soberano Congreso, asking for the return of the order. Two documents discuss Jesuit finances, including transportation costs for members from Europe to the Americas. The only letter in the collection discusses the Society's authority to ban distribution of immoral books.\nA document addresses the need for independence of the United Provinces.\nMajority of material found within 1800 - 1819\nCollection-level Access Restrictions\nMost manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.\nIn 1773, the Society of Jesus was banned by Pope Clement XIV. When it was reinstated in August 1814 by Pius VII's \"Solicitudo Omnium Ecclesiarum,\" supporters of the old order had to petition their governments for the return of the Jesuits to their areas. From 1810 to 1817, Argentina was in the process of gaining its independence from Spain. The provisional government was the United Provinces of South America. Petitions to reinstate the Jesuit order were addressed to the Soberano Congreso of the United Provinces, which was based in Buenos Aires."}
{"text":"Stretching is one way to relieve a charley horse cramp in the calf. Other ways to relieve a charley horse include massaging the cramp, applying hot or cold packs, and taking a bath with Epsom salt, according to WebMD.\nCharley horses can happen for a variety of reasons, such as through overexertion of the muscle after a strenuous workout or by not stretching the muscle effectively before a workout, advises WebMD. Other causes include dehydration, vitamin and mineral deficiency, and side effects of certain drugs. Stretching before beginning an exercise, increasing the daily regimen of vitamins and minerals, and drinking more water throughout the day prevent the development of charley horses."}
{"text":"Beginning in 2020, Puerto Rico will hold its Democratic presidential primary vote on the last Sunday of March, not in June as it has in the past. Outgoing Governor Ricardo Rossello signed this into law hours before stepping down as governor.\nThere is no mystery about the goal for this change. Once Puerto Rico is early in the primaries, Rossello said, “Candidates will be forced to pay attention to our needs.”\nWith a large field of Democratic presidential candidates, voters will be eager to promote their candidates and to cut the weaker ones from the herd. With a March primary, Puerto Rico will have a hand in the process. By June, the candidates will have been winnowed down to a much smaller field.\nPuerto Rico has primary votes\nPuerto Rico has no Electors in the Electoral College, and so cannot vote in presidential elections. However, Puerto Rico does vote in presidential primaries. These are the votes in which members of each party choose their candidates.\nThe Republican primary is normally held in February, and that will not change.\nWith both primaries early in the election year, Puerto Rico will be more likely to gain national attention during the campaign.\nThus far, a handful of candidates have made a clear statement of their positions on statehood for Puerto Rico. A few more have stood up for Puerto Rico in terms of disaster funding or the debt crisis. One, Julian Castro, mentioned Puerto Rico in the Democratic Debates this summer.\nRossello has challenged Democratic 2020 candidates to commit themselves to statehood for Puerto Rico, with no wiggle room. Most have stated that they support the right of Puerto Rico to self-determination. Without recognizing the statehood votes in 2012 and 2017, which represent self-determination for the territory, these claims are hollow."}
{"text":"creativity; group awareness; creating structure\n30 minutes; anywhere; drawing material required\nGoal of the Game:\nputting a drawing and text together\nHow to Play:\nThe players are given strips of paper and split into groups of 4 or 5. Everyone draws a character or landscape on the strip of paper without letting the other players see what they draw. Once everyone has finished, they should give it to the player on their right. After looking at the drawing they fold the strip of paper to hide the drawing and on the back they should write down what the drawing represents. Everyone then gives it to their neighbour who reads the written description without looking at the drawing, folds the strip over again, and makes a drawing of the written description on the back of the twice folded strip of paper. When all of the players have made a drawing and written a description, the strips should be unfolded so the player can look at and talk about the results, and compare the second drawing with the original.\nOnce the game above has been played, the participants can make more elaborate comic strips which tell a story. Once everyone has drawn a picture and handed it to the player on his right, they write down what the drawing is and also add a new idea before giving the strip to the person on his right. Everyone then makes a drawing of this expanded version of the original drawing. Instead of an imaginary theme, the players can choose a real story that they have to put together in steps.\nIf a class project is chosen as a story to represent the players, the students can visualise where they are in setting up the project, or resume it if it has already been completed. The comic strips can be used as the basis for an exhibition open to the public.\nInterest of the Game:\nfinding a balance between personal and collective creativity; thinking about how ideas are transmitted; preparing a presentation open to the public.\nAct - Communicate\n© 2004 - UNESCO"}
{"text":"Researchers representing Cambridge and University of Glasgow and National health service in the UK, found that the most desirable time for conception of children is the period from January to March. In favor of such statements, says the study, which was attended by about 800 thousand children.\nAccording to scientists, conceived from January to March, the children more often suffer from dyslexia, attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity disorder or experiencing other learning difficulties. This kind of problem was detected in 8.9 percent of children conceived in the beginning of the year, compared with 7.6 percent among those who were conceived from July to September.\nAccording to the researchers, their results can be explained by the fact that mothers who have conceived a child in the winter or in early spring, can get enough vitamin D during the first trimester of pregnancy. Experts have expressed the hope that in this case, the month of conception does not play a role in if the expectant mother carefully follows the doctor’s advice and taking vitamin D during a period when it may not be enough.\nEarlier, another group of specialists representing the University of Bergen in Norway, came to the conclusion that children born in the period from November to January (that is, in all probability, conceived in the period from February to April), some more often than others are prone to asthma due to weak lungs. And in another study conducted by researchers from the University of Southampton, it has been suggested that children born in autumn or winter, the Allergy appears more likely than those born in spring or summer."}
{"text":"The skill, ability, or wisdom to avoid conflict and choose what is right and what is good or beneficial to humanity.\nBe cordial. When you approach, communicate, talk to or listen to an individual you do not like, use good judgment and discipline yourself to use reason vs emotion. Be sensitive to the feelings of children. Your tone of voice will make or break them. Be nice. Your judgment may dictate that the individual you are conversing or dealing with is totally disagreeable, offensive, vile and revolting yet you need to rise above all that negative emotion and use reason to be gracious, hospitable, warm and friendly. Diplomacy requires prudence. Be attentive and listen more to what others are saying or just simply talking about. Always speak the truth, but avoid excessive deliberations, otherwise folly will be your company. You can't be diplomatic without being prudent. Being prudent however, does not imply that one has to be submissive to the bully or evil."}
{"text":"X-Men: First Class, a film about individuals with genetic mutations, has become this year's summer blockbuster. While the thought of genetic mutations isn't far fetched, the idea of switching them on to benefit ourselves still seems to be the stuff of movies. However, that hasn't stopped scientists from thinking about it and investigating further.\nA team of U.S. and Chinese researchers began studying excess hair growth and the genes behind it issue.\nResearchers in China discovered that the mutation, known congenital hypertrichosis syndrome\n(CGH), in a Chinese family. Males with this disorder have hair covering their entire face including their eyelids and their upper body, while females have thick patches of hair on their bodies. These findings were confirmed when they found the same mutation in a Mexican family dealing with CGH.\nAccording to Pragna Patel, professor in the Keck School, of the University of Southern California, \"When the Mexican family was examined, a piece of chromosome 4 was found to be inserted into the same part of the X chromosome, thus confirming that these extremely rare events caused the disorder.\"\nIdentifying genes has long been a goal for scientist because there is the chance that down the line these genes can be activated to produce different results in humans. The benefits of this would mean that you wouldn't have to have your scalp injected with pig bladder\n, deal with hair transplants like famous Footballer Wayne Rooney\n, or go through chemical/pills to try and help hair growth\n\"If in fact the inserted sequences turn on a gene that can trigger hair growth, it may hold promise for treating baldness or hirsutism (excessive hair growth) in the future, especially if we could engineer ways to achieve this with drugs or other means,\" says Dr. Patel."}
{"text":"June 26, 2016 -\n\"PILLARS OF THE EARLY CHURCH\"\nThe two most prominent figures in the history of the Christian religion during the first decades were the Apostles Peter and Paul. The Church has always honored them together, their special feast day a highlight of the summer.\nIt is the Acts of the Apostles, that wonderful book of the Bible that paints a graphic picture of life in the earliest Church that tells the story of these defenders of the Faith. The first 9 chapters tell of Peter and Jerusalem, the center of the Church. The next chapters focus on Paul and the City of Antioch, which became a prominent place. Indeed, Peter founded the Church there and became its first Bishop.\nSt. Peter is usually depicted as the leader among our Lord’s twelve apostles. He is the one who preached a powerful sermon on Pentecost Day, resulting in thousands embracing faith in Christ. His confession of the Lord as “the Christ, the Son of the Living God,” is the doctrine that forms the foundation of Christianity.\nSt. Paul is the great missionary of the earliest Church. Following his amazing conversion from a persecutor to an apostle. Paul spent his years travelling throughout the then known world, establishing parishes and preaching the Gospel. He wrote many epistles – letters to the churches he was imprisoned, he was shipwrecked, he was beaten and starved and starved and suffered greatly for his Master.\nThe two great pillars of the Church are said to have been martyred in the year 67. During their ministries, they fueled the fires of our early Christian Faith."}
{"text":"Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the psychodynamic approach with respect to its contribution to leadership and its application to real-life situations. Do you think that the weaknesses outweigh the strengths? Why or why not? Support your response with a rationale and examples. Using at least two examples, explain how leaders can use the psychodynamic approach to improve their leadership style.\nYour analysis paper should be in the form of a Word document about 5-6 pages long and should follow the current edition of APA style guidelines.\nAll written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.\nIntegrated two to three peer-reviewed journal articles to help evaluate the appropriateness and the shortcomings of using teams in his or her case situation"}
{"text":"This picture shows some of the features of the stratosphere, which extends from about 10 to 50 km (6\nto 31 miles) above our planet. The troposphere is the atmospheric layer below it, while the mesosphere is above. Earth's \"sunscreen\", the ozone layer, lies within the stratosphere. Clouds are mostly absent from the dry stratosphere; colorful Polar Stratospheric Clouds are the lone exception. Temperatures increase with height throughout the stratosphere.\nOriginal artwork by Windows to the Universe staff (Randy Russell)."}
{"text":"Find Materials For An Opera Paper\nListen to a conversation between a student and a professor.\n- Why does the man visit the professor?\n- A. To get the professor’s approval for his paper topic.\n- B. To ask for source material for his paper.\n- C. To ask the professor’s opinion about a particular production of a Shakespeare play.\n- D. To get help finding articles about a play.\n- What is the subject of the man’s paper?\n- A. The influence of film on theater.\n- B. The transient nature of theater.\n- C. Modern interpretations of a play by Shakespeare.\n- D. A comparison of different film versions of Shakespeare s plays.\n- What do the speakers say about Peter Brook’s production of A Midsummer Nights Dream?\n[CHOOSE 2 ANSWERS]\n- A. It influenced subsequent productions.\n- B. It was performed only a few times.\n- C. Written accounts of it are difficult to find.\n- D. Film versions of it probably do not exist.\n- What point does the professor make when she mentions that some students are writing about nineteenth- century productions of Shakespeare’s plays?\n- A. Other students paper topics are even more difficult than the man’s topic.\n- B. The man should refer to some nineteenth-century productions in his paper.\n- C. Students should focus their research on film adaptations of the plays.\n- D. Theater students often face the same problem the man is facing.\n- Why does the professor say this: 🎧\n- A. To point out that the topic of the student’s paper has been covered before.\n- B. To convince the student to write about the production.\n- C. To persuade the student to change the topic of his paper.\n- D. To see if the student agrees with her opinion about the production.\n答案：B C AD D B"}
{"text":"The New International Encyclopædia/Shirley, Anthony\nSHIRLEY (SHERLEY), Sir Anthony (1565-c.1635) . An English navigator. He was educated at Hart Hall, Oxford. In 1591 he accompanied the Earl of Essex on his expedition to Normandy, and was knighted by Henry IV. Queen Elizabeth, angered at his acceptance of this honor without her consent, had him imprisoned until he gave up the order of St. Michael that had been conferred upon him. In 1596 he led a buccaneering expedition to the West Indies and South America. An account of this cruise was published by Hakluyt in Voyages and Discoveries (1598). In 1599 he sailed to Persia, where he was hospitably received by Shah Abbas the Great, who made him ambassador to the Christian courts of Europe. Thoroughly discredited at home, he passed his last years in Madrid, a pensioner of the King of Spain. He died in poverty some time after 1635. In 1613 he published Travels Into Persia, a dull and tedious book. Sir Anthony had two brothers, Sir Robert and Sir Thomas, who were also adventurers. The three brothers were made the subject of Travailes of Three English Brothers (1607), a play written by John Day in collaboration. Consult The Sherley Brothers (Roxburghe Club, 1848)."}
{"text":"According to my speed model, the growth rate of consumption is approximately double the growth rate of population. That is, if the population increases by 1% per year, then the amount of mass consumed will increase by 2% per year. This is perhaps the most important practical constraint on the future, since we must locate and be able to distribute enough resources to produce the new members of the population and for them to consume.\nWithout fundamental changes to the ways we acquire and distribute resources, I project that the population is unlikely to grow beyond about eight billion people. If we do make such changes, our daily consumption must be able to grow by about a billion pounds per year for each percentage point of annual population growth (or half that for each percentage point of total annual consumption growth).\nSince the biosphere is too stressed to provide more resources and services (we are currently consuming the biosphere itself to make up the difference between what we use and what it can give us), we must pay for our growth by effectively “eating rocks” on this planet, in space, or both. While mining already provides most of the materials and energy we use, we will need to begin converting what we mine into food and water (desalinating the oceans and piping water inland could work for a long while, though the side effects on climate will be a problem). We will also have to embrace our role as exterminators on a grand scale, converting mass (living and not) into human biomass and artifacts as fast as we can.\nIf we go into space, the Moon is the best immediate target for mining. It falls within the required transit time, but there are huge technical challenges involved in moving a billion pounds daily between there and here (never mind safety: this is the equivalent of a 300 foot-wide asteroid)."}
{"text":"The United Nation's cultural agency UNESCO has told RFI of an urgent need to preserve the Tomb of Askia in northern Mali before the rainy season starts in June.\nThe heritage-listed mud pyramid in Gao dates back to the 15th century. It was built by Askia Mohamed, the Emperor of the Songhai empire, after he returned from Mecca and made Islam the empire's official religion.\nLazare Eloundou Assomo, UNESCO's representative in Mali, said the tomb was an \"impressive testimony of this cultural tradition where a pyramid could be built only with mud [but looks] so monumental.\"\nUNESCO has just finished an assessment of the damage done to the 17-metre tall structure during the Islamist insurgency in northern Mali.\nUnlike in Timbuktu where ancient tombs were specifically targeted by jihadists for being \"unIslamic\", local heritage in Gao went largely untouched.\nUntil the insurgency, local residents cared for the Tomb by adding layers of plaster to it every year after the rainy season.\nBut when the Gao was taken over by jihadists in May 2011, this tradition was interrupted as residents turned their attention to basic survival.\nEloundou says the state of the tomb is \"worrying\".\n\"It's very fragile because some of the pillars supporting the roof of the prayer room are really in a bad state of degradation, so if good conservation work is not done before the rainy season, I think it could lead to a very difficult situation,\" he explains.\nHe adds major conservation work is require to make the structure waterproof so that it can survive the next rainy season.\n\"We will be working with local masons who have been maintaining the site, [with support] by the technical assistance of international experts and Malian experts who are specialists in mud architecture.\"\nThe tomb was placed on the world heritage list in 2004."}
{"text":"Biopesticides are biologically-derived agents, that are usually applied in a manner similar to chemical pesticides, but achieve pest management in an environmentally-friendly way. Among the most promising biopesticides, is the bacterial insecticide; Spinosad and Emamectin benzoate. Therefore, in the present study, fourth instar larvae of S. littoralis were allowed to feed on leaves previously dipped with 1, 10, 50 and 100 ppm of spinosad and 0.5, 1, 2 and 10 ppm of emamectin benzoate for 72 hrs and then were used to screen alterations in protein profiles and DNA by using SDS- PAGE and RAPD-PCR, respectively. Results of SDS-PAGE analysis revealed that the protein profiles of S. littoralis changed after larval treatment with spinosad and emamectin benzoate and new proteins were observed in treated larvae. RAPD technique was used to detect genetic differences between control and fourth instar larvae of S. littoralis which treated with spinosad and emamectin benzoate.\nYou have requested a machine translation of selected content from our databases. This functionality is provided solely for your convenience and is in no way intended to replace human translation. Neither BioOne nor the owners and publishers of the content make, and they explicitly disclaim, any express or implied representations or warranties of any kind, including, without limitation, representations and warranties as to the functionality of the translation feature or the accuracy or completeness of the translations.\nTranslations are not retained in our system. Your use of this feature and the translations is subject to all use restrictions contained in the Terms and Conditions of Use of the BioOne website."}
{"text":"We have a box of cubes, triangular prisms, cones, cuboids,\ncylinders and tetrahedrons. Which of the buildings would fall down\nif we tried to make them?\nIs there a best way to stack cans? What do different supermarkets\ndo? How high can you safely stack the cans?\nHow many balls of modelling clay and how many straws does it take\nto make these skeleton shapes?\nIf you had 36 cubes, what different cuboids could you make?\nCan you make a 3x3 cube with these shapes made from small cubes?\nHow can you put five cereal packets together to make different\nshapes if you must put them face-to-face?\nMake a cube out of straws and have a go at this practical\nWe start with one yellow cube and build around it to make a 3x3x3\ncube with red cubes. Then we build around that red cube with blue\ncubes and so on. How many cubes of each colour have we used?\nWhich of the following cubes can be made from these nets?\nThe image in this problem is part of a piece of equipment found in the playground of a school. How would you describe it to someone over the phone?"}
{"text":"DID YOU KNOW?\nOnce primarily seen as a behavioral and environmental problem, obesity is now viewed as a complex disorder and a major health risk factor linked to diabetes, increased cardiovascular disease (CVD), stroke, cancer, hypertension, and early death. Source: American Heart Association Overweight & Obesity – 2013 Statistical Fact Sheet\nIt is not a character defect, or simply lack of will power. It’s a medical condition that affects almost 20 million Americans, and it’s the greatest health care problem in the United States today. People with obesity are at a greater risk for conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, and heart problems. Excess weight impacts your health, your self-esteem, and your relationships.\nDiet and exercise are ineffective in severe obesity. Chances are good you’ve been down that road before. You’ve done “yo-yo” dieting which only hurts your body and increases your feelings of hopelessness. Each diet failure makes you feel like a failure."}
{"text":"So apparently a double asteroid flew by Earth about two weeks ago. Did you hear about it? I sure didn’t.\n“On May 25th, 2019, a strange, double-asteroid (1999 KW4) flew past Earth at a distance and speed that is likely to make a lot of people nervous.” (link)\nThey call it a fly-by but it was 5.2 million km (or 3.23 million miles) away from Earth. Close enough, I’d say.\nThank goodness we have the people over at the IAWN or the\nINTERNATIONAL ASTEROID WARNING NETWORK\n“The IAWN (pronounced ‘eyewahn’) is an organization of asteroid observers, orbit computers, physical property specialists, radar astronomers, and other scientists and communication experts that study asteroids, specifically near-Earth objects or NEOs. The IAWN is a United Nations-sanctioned organization.” (link)\nIAWNs observing campaigns are needed for short-timescales, that is to say – if an asteroid is coming, we need observational data on it pronto.\nI’m happy to know that people, organizations, and countries are watching for asteroids.\nAs a matter of fact, I think I’ll look into getting an inexpensive telescope for myself. Just to keep an extra eye on the sky."}
{"text":"Take 30 for Hearing Loss\nJoin the Challenge!\nWe are inviting you to step into the shoes of someone with hearing loss for 30 minutes.\nIt’s a chance for everyone to learn new skills, and to become more aware of the barriers people who are Deaf or hard of hearing may face in everyday conversations, and how to overcome them.\nHearing loss can significantly impact someone's life 24/7.\nTake 30 to gain insights into some of the everyday challenges they face.\nMassey University Students Taking the Challenge\nRequest Your Take 30 Pack Today\nYour Take 30 Pack Includes:\nLearn some basic New Zealand Sign Language\nNZSL is one of three official languages in New Zealand and is the language of New Zealand’s Deaf community.\nFingerspelling is an essential part of NZSL, and learning the alphabet is easy - it can be mastered in around ten to twenty minutes.\nIntroduce yourself in NZSL\nTo introduce yourself, follow along with the first three signs: \"Hello\" \"My\" \"Name\" and then fingerspell your own name.\nLearn NZSL Online Portal\nLearn NZSL is a free learning portal on New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL). Whether you’re studying NZSL, trying to connect with a Deaf friend, or just having fun with a new language, Learn NZSL has a lot to offer!\nCheck out videos and exercises that will help to springboard your learning.\nGo to Learn NZSL\nAbout Lip Reading\nLipreading is a difficult skill to learn. Even people who are good at it have to guess a lot of what is being said. This is because only about 30% of lip patterns are recognisable.\nContext is very important. Make sure the person lipreading you has understood the topic you’re talking about - as lipreading can lead to many possible 'readings,’ as you’ll see in the humorous video from BadLipReading.com.\nWatch Bad Lipreading video: Stranger Things."}
{"text":"TRAN QUOC PAGODA (North Vietnam): The oldest pagoda in Hanoi, a striking symbol of the Vietnamese Buddhism\nBeing one of the most spiritual pagodas in Vietnam, Tran Quoc Pagoda is a renowned attraction for its deep cultural and Buddhist values. Coming to Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest pagoda in Hanoi (over 1500 years old), you will enjoy a delightful and antiquated picturesqueness in the center of the crowded and fast-pacing city.\nBuilt in the sixth century during the reign of King Ly Nam De, the pagoda was first named Khai Quoc, which means “founding the country”. Since then it has undergone a move, refurbishment and numerous name changes, but it remains a serene place to visit.\nIt was first constructed on the other side of the dyke road, by the river, but was moved in the 17th century to its current location on West Lake. Clearly the builders recognised what a prime piece of real estate Duong Thanh Nien was and that the lakeside location would add to the beauty to the pagoda.\nThe Buddhist pagoda is accessed via a short causeway lined with palm trees. The causeway leading to the temple gives a sense of drama as you approach, suggesting something of value lies ahead. The large entrance gate is one of the most recent additions, built in 1815, and through that to the left is a tall tower visible from the street. Entrance is free to the temple, but donations are encouraged.\nThe tower stands 15 metres high and has 11 tiers, each designed to represent the petals of a lotus flower. Each level has six arch windows containing a statue of Amitabha and on top of the tower sits a lotus flower made from precious stone—but you can’t get a good view of that from 15 metres below.\nBrick-built shrines of all shapes and sizes surround the tower, most with incense wafting out from small windows or altars, and some with Chinese writing on the side; we can’t tell you the meaning of these texts, but they are pretty."}
{"text":"Appropriate Tech Projects for Anyone and Everyone\nAppropriate Technology is technology that’s environmentally sound, socially just, and economically sustainable. There are AT projects around the world built with local, easily-procured materials and labor. Many are projects anyone can learn to build at home.\nWe’ve partnered with our sister site–sustainability wiki Appropedia–to bring you our project pages. Take a look, bring ‘em home and build your own, and contribute your improvements back to Appropedia!\nCCAT’s Greatest Hits\nA few of our projects have become visitor favorites for their sheer coolness factor:\n- Pedal-powered LCD television and DVD player: the upgraded version of our most popular attraction.\n- CCAT Wash-n-Flush: a toilet with a conscience! It has an integrated sink that diverts your handwashing water for the flush.\n- Rainwater Catchment System: we collect rainwater from our rooftop and store it to water our edible garden when it’s dry."}
{"text":"Diabetics and trypanophobics around the world can unite with a new scientific discovery that eliminates the pain of having an injection. Scientists in India and Japan have invented a micro-needle that is 15 x smaller than conventional needles. It has diameter of 60 microns, compared to 900 microns for regular hypodermic devices. The new needle mimics the way a female mosquito sucks blood. [Male mosquitos don’t suck blood, but live off nectar; the female uses the protein in blood to produce eggs]. The female flexes and relaxes certain muscles in its proboscis to create suction that draws blood into its mouthparts.\nThe new biocompatible microneedle, designed by Suman Chakraborty of the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur and Kazuyoshi Tsuchiya of Tokai University in Kanagawa is based on the same principle.\nIn this case, the sucking action is provided by a microelectromechanical pump, which works using a piezoelectric actuator attached to the needle.\nMade of titanium, the new invention is long enough to reach 3 mm deep into human skin, which is the depth needed to reach superficial capillaries. It could be used to draw blood, inject drugs, and as a glucose-level monitor for diabetics."}
{"text":"For example, a geologist may examine a cutting where the rocks appear as shown in Figure 1.\n(Creationists do not agree with these ages of millions of years because of the assumptions they are based on.) Because of his interest in the volcanic dyke, he collects a sample, being careful to select rock that looks fresh and unaltered.On his return, he sends his sample to the laboratory for dating, and after a few weeks receives the lab report.Let us imagine that the date reported by the lab was 150.7 ± 2.8 million years.Our geologist would be very happy with this result.Would he have concluded that the fossil date for the sediments was wrong? Would he have thought that the radiometric dating method was flawed? Instead of questioning the method, he would say that the radiometric date was not recording the time that the rock solidified.\nHe may suggest that the rock contained crystals (called xenocrysts) that formed long before the rock solidified and that these crystals gave an older date.In fact, he would have been equally happy with any date a bit less than 200 million years or a bit more than 30 million years.They would all have fitted nicely into the field relationships that he had observed and his interpretation of them.He may suggest that some other very old material had contaminated the lava as it passed through the earth.Or he may suggest that the result was due to a characteristic of the lava—that the dyke had inherited an old ‘age’. 200.4 ± 3.2 million years) implies that the calculated date of 200.4 million years is accurate to plus or minus 3.2 million years.It relates only to the accuracy of the measuring equipment in the laboratory."}
{"text":"A Minnesota hog producer challenges some popular misconceptions about the price of food.\nJudy Hanson raises corn and beans, and finishes hogs on her family farm in St. Peter, Minn. She also maintains a blog on the Internet. Hanson told her readers that after reviewing her costs and payments, higher corn prices raised the cost of her hog production by about 6 cents per pound.\nHanson says the relationship between corn and food prices is not as tight as it once was. “In fact, history tells us, the prices of corn and the price of retail meat have been decoupled,” she notes. “Looking at the years 2001-2005 shows a couple of years when the price of corn went down and the price of beef and pork went up.”\n“Even though we are paying more for corn today, it has little effect on the price of meat to the consumer,” she says.You can read more on her blog at: http://judydhanson.blogspot.com"}
{"text":"Chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon, rosé, pinot noir, Port, Sherry, and Champagne: Each of these is a different type of wine with its own distinct sensorial characteristics. In this course, you will continue on your winemaking journey by determining the workflow and steps needed to produce these wine types. Although not an exhaustive dive into winemaking, you will be introduced to a foundation from which to start.\nYou will then design basic wine production plans for table, fortified, and sparkling wines as you consider what it means to be a wine professional. With this newfound knowledge, you will be set up for a more nuanced and clear path ahead in the wine industry and beyond.\n- Evaluating Wines"}
{"text":"The Palmer Raids 1919\nAttorney General A. Mitchell Palmer used undercover informants and warrantless wiretaps authorized by the Espionage and Sedition Acts to identify thousands of suspected anti-Government radicals. His special assistant, J. Edgar Hoover, coordinated raids in over 30 American cities on the night of November 7, 1919. The Union of Russian Workers, a group that sought to band workers together to fight against capitalism, was a primary target of the Palmer Raids. The attack on their headquarters in New York City was described by a reporter as “one of the most brutal raids ever witnessed in the city.” Men, women, and children were beaten and bloodied by police. Hundreds were taken into custody and eventually deported."}
{"text":"Cardiac stress that’s caused by a heart attack or high blood pressure will frequently lead to pathological heart growth and eventually lead to heart failure. Researchers have discovered that two micro-scale RNA molecules, microRNA miR-212 and miR-132 play a role in this detrimental development in mice. When these molecules were inhibited, the mice were protected against pathological heart growth and failure. Researchers hope to adapt these findings and develop therapeutic approaches that would work in humans.\nThe scientists published their findings in the journal Nature Communications. Other symptoms, like respiratory distress and fatigue can accompany heart failure. High blood pressure of valvular heart defects will lead to cardiac hypertrophy, which in turn, once it has developed in a patient, will lead to heart failure since the heart muscles enlarge to boost pumping performance. The microRNAs are more prevalent in cardiac muscle cells of mice suffering from cardiac hypertrophy.\nIn order to determine the role of these microRNAs, researchers bred genetically modified mice that had an abnormally large number of these molecules in their heart muscle cells. The mice developed cardiac hypertrophy and lived for only three to six months whereas healthy mice had a lifespan of several years. They also switched off the microRNAs in other mice, which in turn had smaller hearts than healthy mice, but this didn’t affect their lifespans.\nScientists then subjected these mice to stress by narrowing the aorta to determine if they would develop cardiac hypertrophy, but they didn’t. This is basically a molecular approach to treat pathological heart growth and failure in mice.\n[via Nature Communications]"}
{"text":"Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center\nSouthern Wetland Flora\nField Office Guide to Plant Species\nAndropogon virginicus L.\n- Family: Grass (Poaceae)\n- Flowering: August-November\n- Field Marks: Broom-sedge has a sessile spikelet shorter than the adjacent stalk. The\ncurve gracefully, and the flowering spikes are not as thick as in Andropogon glomeratus.\n- Habitat:Moist to dry soils in old fields, pastures, prairies, glades.\n- Habit: Tufted perennial grass with short rhizomes.\n- Stems: Upright, branched, usually smooth, up to 4 feet tall.\n- Leaves: Elongated, narrow, up to 1 1/2 feet long, up to 1/6 inch wide, rough to the touch\nabove, smooth below; sheaths densely hairy.\n- Flowers: Borne in paired spikelets; one member of the pair sessile and with both stamens and\npistils, the other reduced to a stalk; spikelets many in curved racemes; branches of the racernes\nwith long, silky hairs.\n- Sepals: 0.\n- Petals: 0.\n- Stamens: 1-3.\n- Pistils: Ovary superior.\n- Notes: This species, unpalatable when mature to grazing livestock, forms conspicuous orange-brown tufts in pastures.\nPrevious Species -- Bushy Bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus)\nReturn to Species List -- Group 2\nNext Species -- Pineland Three-awn Grass (Aristida stricta)"}
{"text":"Closed-Angle Glaucoma: Medicines to AvoidSkip to the navigation\nIf you have narrow drainage angles or you have long-term (chronic) closed-angle glaucoma , you may need to avoid medicines that widen (dilate) the pupil, the dark spot in the center of the eye. Having wide pupils when you have these other problems may cause acute closed-angle glaucoma. This is a dangerous condition that requires medical care right away to prevent lasting damage to your eye.\nSome examples of prescription and over-the-counter medicines that may dilate the pupils are:\n- Antihistamines and decongestants\n- Asthma medicines\n- Motion sickness medicines\n- Some medicines used to treat depression (tricyclic antidepressants)\nTalk with your eye specialist about medicines that you should not take.\nOther Works Consulted\n- American Academy of Ophthalmology (2010). Primary Angle Closure (Preferred Practice Pattern). San Francisco: American Academy of Ophthalmology. Also available online: http://aao.org/ppp.\nPrimary Medical Reviewer Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine\nSpecialist Medical Reviewer Christopher J. Rudnisky, MD, MPH, FRCSC - Ophthalmology\nCurrent as ofSeptember 9, 2014\nCurrent as of: September 9, 2014\nAuthor: Healthwise Staff"}
{"text":"Background: Punjab has been reported to be having high degree of water pollution due to heavy metals from untreated industrial effluent discharge and high pesticides consumption in agriculture. Present study ascertained the association of heavy metal and pesticide exposure on reproductive and child health outcomes in Punjab, India.\nMethods: A cross sectional community based survey was conducted in which 1904 women in reproductive age group and 1762 children below 12 years age from 35 villages in Punjab were interviewed for systemic and general health morbidities. Medical doctors conducted clinical examination and review of records where relevant. Out of 35 study villages, 25 served as target (exposed) and 10 as non-target (less-exposed or reference). Effluent, ground and surface water, fodder, vegetables and milk (bovine and human) samples were tested for chemical composition, heavy metals and pesticides.\nResults: Spontaneous abortion (20.6 per 1000 live births) and premature births (6.7 per 1000 live births) were significantly higher in area affected by heavy metal and pesticide pollution (p<0.05). Children in target area reported higher delayed milestones, language delay, blue line in gums, mottling of teeth and gastrointestinal morbidities (p<0.05). Mercury was found in more than permissible limits (MPL) in 84.4% samples from target area. Heptachlor, Chlorpyriphos and β-endosulphan were found to be more than MPL in 23.9%, 21.7% and 19.6% ground water samples respectively.\nConclusion: Although no direct association could be established in this study, heavy metal and pesticide exposure may be potential risk factors for the adverse reproductive and child health outcome.\nStatistics from Altmetric.com\nIf you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways."}
{"text":"14:33 01 July 2010\nBy spacecraft standards, Voyager 2 is an endurance athlete. On 28 June, the longest operating space probe celebrated having spent 12,000 days – almost 33 years – in space. But it's not the only spacecraft to have set a record for extreme achievement. New Scientist chronicles the missions that have pushed the envelope\nImage 1 of 6\nLongest lived: Voyager 2\nNASA's Voyager 1 and 2\nprobes were launched in reverse order, so Voyager 2 is actually older. It rocketed into space on 20 August 1977, 16 days before its twin, and went on to visit Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.\nIt continues to send back measurements of the solar wind\nas it coasts out of the solar system towards interstellar space.\nIts radioactive power source should keep it alive until around 2025, by which point it will be 48 years old.\n(Image: NASA / JPL-Caltech)"}
{"text":"You can find a free blood pressure chart online, which can be incredibly useful in tracking your overall health and well-being. Blood pressure is a set of numbers that tell doctors how much pressure is in your arteries while the heart is beating and while it is resting.\nPressure is necessary, because it pushes the blood throughout your body. Yet, if there is, a complication that keeps the artery from dilating enough, this could lead to significant complications.\nDoctors have adjusted the blood pressure chart to provide an even closer examination of where things stand. The old, and still most commonly used chart, provides for three levels of hypertension (high blood pressure.) The first is pre-hypertension, followed by stage 1 hypertension and stage-2 hypertension. Now, there is more distinction in the range.\nThe new stages range from a mild stage 1 to a very severe stage 4 level. Any level of high blood pressure needs monitoring and action taken, to help break down and protect your long-term health.\nThe range for high systolic blood pressure is as follows. This is the number listed first in the reading. It represents the amount of pressure in the arteries during heartbeats:\nAt 180 and above, you are at a high risk for the development of cardio vascular disease and may exhibit signs of stress, bloating and a red coloring.\nDiastolic blood pressure ranges provide information on the amount of pressure in the arteries during periods of rest, when the heart is not beating. This is the second number in a blood pressure reading:\nThe good news is that you can track your own blood pressure using this chart. Here you can download a printable blood pressure chart to keep track of the changes in your blood pressure.\nDo note that your blood pressure may be higher and lower, naturally, throughout the day. These changes are normal, though a consistently high blood pressure reading is not.\nSince your diagnosis, how are you handling it and whats your treatment?\nDo rave about your health."}
{"text":"Neoclassical sculptors often drew upon mythology, ancient history, the Bible, and classical and contemporary literature for their subject matter. The statues of Harvard-educated William Wetmore Story exemplify this inclination, and Cleopatra, his most famous work, was only one of dozens of subjects such as Medea, Delilah, Electra, and Saul that were produced in his studio. \"Cleopatra\" is highly representative of Story's oeuvre: most of his statues are single figures in the round, often seated deep in thought meditating on deeds of cataclysmic significance; here Cleopatra contemplates her suicide. The sculptor was renowned for the archaeological exactitude of the props and costumes of his figures. The attention paid to historical accuracy is matched by the virtuosity of the carving."}
{"text":"In recent years several high profile celebrities and politicians have used derogatory and inflammatory terms to describe refugees and migrants. As the opinions of young people are influenced by the media, their family and their peers, we decided to celebrate Refugee Week to counter this negative images.\nIn the run-up to Refugee Week teachers were asked to drop in references to global education (and the odd disaster) and we came together at the end of the week to compare experiences.\nNot every school will choose to follow this approach but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t a place for learning about the lives of others in other countries. In the few weeks we had to prepare we:\n- Looked at the availability of drinking water and how some people have to carry it for miles back to their homes.\n- Looked at famine and why some charities give out sachets of peanut butter\n- Researched the speed of earthquakes & tsunamis. Could you outrun one?\nOxfam has produced an excellent science specific resource which is available to download from here. More general guidance for all subjects (including a useful progression of knowledge and opportunities) can be downloaded from this page. You can find out more about Refugee week here (including more resources) ready for next June.\nThe photo shows students carrying water around the school (they struggled to carry it more than half a mile, even taking turns!)"}
{"text":"Master storyteller Lise Lunge Larsen brings to life the ancient stories behind the enduring words the Greeks have given us, illustrated in full color.\nDid you know that museums were initially temples built to worship the nine muses? That Janus was the god of doorways and hallways, and after him we have named janitors? Where did these words—and other words, such as chaos, genius, nemesis, panic, and echo, come from? From the ancient stories of the Greeks—stories that rang so true and wise that the names of the characters have survived for centuries as words we use every day. This rich collection of myths is perfect for the classroom or as a gift book.\n\"A treat for myth lovers and language lovers alike, this smart and well-executed compilation should provide readers with a deeper understanding of the ways in which language evolves and of the surprising symbolism behind certain words.\"--Publishers Weekly, starred review\n\"The colorful artwork and brief chapters make this volume ideal for classroom sharing. Use this unique offering to launch a discussion about the elemental power of story and its influence on modern-day language.\"--School Library Journal\n\"Sure to attract language arts teachers who want students to master word origins, this work will also hold strong appeal for teens who will be attracted by the combination of clever text and exceptional illustrations.\"--VOYA\nYou have selected a product that is available for purchase only by a customer with an Educational Institution account. If you have an Educational Institution account, please sign out and sign back in using an Educational Institution account email address and password.\nFor inquiries concerning bulk purchases for corporate use, sales incentives, or nonprofit sales, please email our Special Sales department at TradeSales@hmhco.com."}
{"text":"At St Andrew’s C.E. Primary School, we aim to promote healthy, independent and responsible members of society. We encourage all pupils to play a role in contributing to school life and the wider community through the school POP (Pupil Opinion Party) and MOP (Mini Opinion Party) groups, fundraising events, supporting nominated charities and involvement in community activities.\nWe teach PSHE (Personal, Social, Health Education) in a variety of ways as a discrete subject, via assemblies and through other subjects such as RE, History, Geography, Literacy, Maths, Computing and Science as well as through outdoor educational visits, community work and activities.\nThe overarching aim for PSHE is to provide pupils with:\n- Accurate and relevant knowledge\n- Opportunities to turn that knowledge in to personal understanding\n- Opportunities to explore, clarify and if necessary challenge their own and others’ values, attitudes, beliefs, rights and responsibilities.\n- The skills and strategies they need in order to live healthy, safe fulfilling responsible and balanced lives.\nOur PSHE curriculum follows guidelines as recommended by the PSHE Association:\n- Health and well being\n- Living in the wider world\nProblem Solving in PSHE!\n- I can discuss and consider different opinions and my own to solve problems.\n- I can use effective communication skills to work as a valuable member of a team to problem solve.\n- I can identify what is right or wrong in situations.\n- I can work to a budget and explain reasons for purchases (Enterprise).\n- I can investigate different scenarios and come up with reasons to support my ideas."}
{"text":"June is an abundant month on the veg plot, with a wide range of fruits and vegetables ready for harvesting. Follow our guide to sowing seeds throughout the year to avoid gluts, and discover ways to preserve your harvests should you have too much of one thing at a time.\nDiscover five crops to harvest in June, below.\nThe year’s first peas, such as sugar snap peas, should be ready to harvest, and it’s these first pickings that usually yield the sweetest and tastiest crop. Eat them as soon as you can, as sugar quickly turns to starch, resulting in a loss of flavour.\nBroad beans sown in autumn or under cover in early spring, should be ready to harvest by June. Pick pods at the base of the plant first, using a gentle twisting motion to prevent injury to the plant stem.\nNew potatoes should be ready to dig up from the middle of the month, including both first early and second early cultivars. Bear in mind that these first spuds will be smaller than later harvests, so it’s worth leaving some in the ground to dig up later.\nUnderripe gooseberries are ready to harvest in June, which are perfect for making tarts, sauces and jams. Pick about half the fruits on the plant, leaving the remainder to ripen further, ready for July pickings.\nJune is the traditional month for picking strawberries, although it’s now possible to harvest strawberries all summer long. Serve them with cream or eat them fresh off the plant."}
{"text":"Message on the International Day of the Girl Сhild\nThis year, we mark the International Day of the Girl against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, and resurgent movements for social justice.\nAs we strengthen the response to the pandemic and plan for a strong recovery, we have an opportunity to create a better, fairer, more equal world for girls everywhere. The best way to achieve this is by following the leadership of girls themselves.\nThis year’s theme, “My Voice: Our Equal Future” calls on us to amplify the voices of adolescent girls, and put their needs at the forefront of laws, policies and practices in every country and community around the world.\nThe gaps between girls and boys remain unacceptably wide. Adolescent girls are locked out of opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), not for lack of talent or ambition — but because they are girls. Globally, the percentage of women among graduates in these subjects is below 15 percent in over two-thirds of countries.\nIt doesn’t have to be this way.\nGeneration Equality is our global campaign and call to commit to working with and for girls, everywhere. We must support girls by giving them access to the tools they need to shape their own destinies. That includes the technological skills, connectivity and safety they need to thrive in a digital world.\nWe can all draw inspiration from the adolescent girls who are taking the lead and shaping better lives for themselves — and for others. Teenage girls are the new leaders of our time, creating global movements for change. They’re ready for the challenge.\nOn this International Day of the Girl, let’s stand together with them and for them.\nLet’s nourish their talents, amplify their voices and work together for a better, more equal future for us all."}
{"text":"Learning the times tables is a vital tool when multiplying numbers. By the end of Year 2 children are often fluent in their times tables up to 10. When they enter into KS2 in Year 3 they will also be taught some higher times tables in their Maths and Numeracy lessons. By the end of KS2 they will be familiar with all of the times tables from one to twelve. This quiz will test their knowledge of the 4 times table.\nLearning the 4 times table is all about multiplying numbers by 4. One way of learning your times tables is to practise them over and over again until you know them by heart, this will help you in later life when you will have to multiply numbers more often than you think!\nTest how well you know your 4 times table by playing the following quiz."}
{"text":"America’s Most Literate Cities, 2014\nThis study attempts to capture one critical index of our nation’s social health—the literacy of its major cities (population of 250,000 and above). The study ranks cities based on research data for six key indicators of their citizens' use of literacy: booksellers, educational attainment, Internet resources, library resources, newspaper circulation, and periodical publishing resources. The information is compared against population rates in each city to develop a per capita profile of the city's literacy. Because of the number and complexity of the variables, the variety of ways in which the resource data are gathered and presented, and the variability in the timeliness of the data, the ranking is necessarily an interpretation.\n|4.||St. Paul, MN.|\n|8.||San Francisco, Calif.|\n|10||St. Louis, Mo.|"}
{"text":"This study is being conducted by Brigham and Women's hospital in Boston (but you can live anywhere in the United States and participate).\nHealthCare Journey is posting this study because it applies to so many of our readers who have asked about the chances of their family members getting MS if they have MS (or vice versa).\nFeatured Project Genes and Environment in Multiple Sclerosis (GEMS)\nThe Genes and Environment in Multiple Sclerosis (GEMS) Research Study is dedicated to identifying genetic, environmental and immune factors that may increase a person’s risk of developing MS.\nThis research study will ultimately enroll 5000 subjects who are at risk of developing MS. This increased risk is correlated with having a first degree relative (parent, sibling, or child) with MS or with having taken certain Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha (TNFa) agents. Obtaining information about who is at risk for MS will be beneficial in the future in identifying effective ways to screen orprevent this disease.\nHere is a Q&A for the study: Q&A\nContact us for more information\nFor more information, please visit our facebook page or email us at email@example.com\nPLEASE NOTE: This information/opinions on this site should be used as an information source only. This information does not create any patient-HCP relationship, and should not be used as a substitute for professional diagnosis and treatment. Please consult your health care provider before making any healthcare decisions or for guidance about a specific medical condition."}
{"text":"Toy Islamic computer for children 3 years to 13 years.\nExcellent learning for your children: Arabic alphabetic\nEach key when pressed plays different Quranic verses, Quranic surahs.\nOr Prayer and children learn as they play and repeat after even the listening to it is a pleasure and the blessing from God.\nLet your children familiarize with the Quran at early age.\nKids can easily learn the following:\n1. Daily Masnoon Dua’s (Prayers/Invocations):\na. Du'a for a journey\nb. Du'a before going to sleep\nc. Du'a while leaving home\nd. Du'a while returning home\ne. Du'a to recite at the end of a gathering/meeting\nf. Du'a before eating\ng. Du'a after eating\nh. Du'a before going to the toilet\ni. Du'a after coming out of the toilet\nj. Du'a after Azaan\nk. Du'a to recite at Iftar (Ramadhan or any fast)\na. Surah Al Faatihah\nb. Aayatul Kursie\nc. Surah Al 'Asr\nd. Surah Al Kaafiroon\ne. Surah Al Ikhlaas\nf. Surah Al Falaq\ng. Surah Al Naas\n3. ARABIC alphabets with PERFECT PRONUNCIATIONs\nAll Arabic letters \"Alif to Ya\"\n4. Important Kalimaat:\na. Kalimah Tawheed (Kalimah Tayyibah)\nb. Kalimah Shahaadah\nc. Salaat 'Alan Nabi (Durood Shareef)\nd. Talbiyyat of HAJJ\nAn Easy playful way to learn and memorize Quranic Surahs.\nExtremely Portable Laptop with a handle to carry.\nEach button on the laptop plays a different Surah or Dua' and all Arabic Alphabets.\nThe screen also has Makka mukarama Picture which lights up on pressing any key.\nHowever, this is not like\na full size laptop screen.\nMore than 50 touch buttons (each button plays a different Surah or Dua’ or Arabic Letter)\nExcellent gift for kids!\nOrder now to guarantee availability."}
{"text":"As Lois Hall outlines in her history of the Pohangina Valley, large areas of open grassland such as those found in Canterbury and eastern Hawkes Bay had been quickly settled in the 1840s and 1850s, mainly by more wealthy settlers. But by the latter part of the nineteenth century, the government turned its focus to the provision of land for the settlement of those of lesser means and the descendants of the original settlers who sought to own their own farms. Attention turned to regions that were still forested and undeveloped, such as the Manawatu and western Hawkes Bay.\nA government announcement published in the Wellington Independent Newspaper in 1871 states that pioneer emigrants from Scandinavia were to be “settled on some of the waste land of the Colony—Manawatu for instance”. Legislation was also passed to enable aspiring farmers with little capital to convert bush sections to farmland.\nIn 1886, the Wellington-Manawatu railway, running between Wellington and Longburn, Manawatu, was opened. This facilitated the milling and clearing of the thickly forested “hinterlands” of the Manawatu.\nThese policies and the improved access provided by the new railway were clearly effective: between 1878 and 1908, grassland increased from 5% to more than 50% of Manawatu County .\nPhoto: Longburn Railway Station, 1888-9. Used with permission from Alexander Turnbull Library, ref PA1-f-239-54. Above: In this view across the square in 1878, the swamp forest which covered all but Papaioea, the natural clearing in the forest when the area was surveyed by Europeans, is still visible. Within a few years this bush will have largely disappeared. From Manawatu Memory Online, Palmerston North City Library"}
{"text":"Maximal and Near-Maximal Shift Register Sequences: Efficient Event Counters and Easy Discrete Logarithms\nIssue No. 05 - May (1994 vol. 43)\nDOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/12.280803\n<p>A linear feedback shift register, or LFSR, can implement an event counter by shifting whenever an event occurs. A single two-input exclusive-OR gate is often the only additional hardware necessary to allow a shift register to generate, by successive shifts, all of its possible nonzero values. The counting application requires that the number of shifts be recoverable from the LFSR contents so that further processing and analysis may be done. Recovering this number from the shift register value corresponds to a problem from number theory and cryptography known as the discrete logarithm. For some sizes of shift register, the maximal-length LFSR implementation requires more than a single gate, and for some, the discrete logarithm calculation is hard. The paper proposes for such size the use of certain one-gate LFSR's whose sequence lengths are nearly maximal, and which support easy discrete logarithms. These LFSR's have a concise mathematical characterization, and are quite common. The paper concludes by describing an application of these ideas in a computer hardware monitor, and by presenting a table that describes efficient LFSR's of size up to 64 bits.</p>\nbinary sequences; shift registers; shift register sequences; linear feedback shift register; LFSR; event counter; discrete logarithms; LFSR contents; shift register; number theory; cryptography; discrete logarithm; sequence lengths; cyclic group; counter; hardware monitor; primitive polynomial; reducible polynomial; trinomial.\nD.W. Clark, Lih-Jyh Weng, \"Maximal and Near-Maximal Shift Register Sequences: Efficient Event Counters and Easy Discrete Logarithms\", IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 43, no. , pp. 560-568, May 1994, doi:10.1109/12.280803"}
{"text":"Yards of Helpfulness Project for Kids\nTry this yards of helpfulness project for kids and help good feelings grow by cleaning up a neighbor's yard.\nWhat You'll Need:\n- Lawn mower\n- Weed trimmer\n- Work gloves\n- Trash bags\n- Ice water\nIs your neighbor disabled? Overworked? Sick? Ask if you can help by taking care of some of the yard work. Once they say it's okay, why not mow the lawn? Rake the leaves? Pull those ugly weeds?\nNot good with yard tools? Volunteer to babysit your neighbor's children as they do the difficult work. Offer to wash their dishes to free up a little extra time. Do what you can to grow some neighborly smiles and prove you care.\nDon't forget to bring a big bottle of ice water with you when you volunteer; yard clean-up can be hot and thirsty work.\nContinue reading to find out about our star story project next in nature projects for kids.\nFor more fun nature crafts and projects, try:"}
{"text":"Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia\n- To become “sleepy” or internally decayed, as a pear which ripens after being picked.\n- n. A soft spot in a fruit; an early stage of decay.\nGNU Webster's 1913\n- n. A form of decay in fruit which is overripe.\n- v. To decay internally when overripe; -- said of fruit.\n- French blettir. (Wiktionary)\n“The blet would slow down but may stil be supersonic thus making a sound.”\n“The people of Virar-Mira Road blet believe that conducting surveys and useless studies like \"Most Influencial Person\"; \"Most Sexiest Person\" is useless and stupidity.”\n“We finally get out when the elevator makes it to the ground floor, and everyone's out of the building, and after the fire department responds and checks the place, we are told that a blet or something broke in the elevator we were on, and that is what called emergency services.”\n“No, not baby Stens, it is my Open-arse Orchard - it will be worth waiting for them to mature and blet.”\n“Fmnc apud Dou - blet.p. 655. yenientet in iUaflrada”\n“Now, before the fanboys and haters get all riled up, keep in mind, the guy who draws the strip, T. Lewis, does so on his T.blet PC (last we heard,”\nThese user-created lists contain the word ‘blet’.\nI imagine most of these will be Anglo-Saxon, not likely to crop up in the average day's conversation, and thus excellent for Scrabble. (\"most\" is too common, likewise \"will\" and even \"crop\", in an...\nA myriad of game-changing words every Scrabble addict must have in his arsenal.\nKeep in mind that these are all tried-and-true feasibly playable words selected for their handiness, i.e...\nStates of being are listed on oofy.\nMy fancies, my cudgels.\nA selection of words appearing in Mrs Byrne's dictionary of unusual, obscure, and preposterous words (1994 edition).\nLooking for tweets for blet."}
{"text":"nativism, in anthropology, social movement that proclaims the return to power of the natives of a colonized area and the resurgence of native culture, along with the decline of the colonizers. The term has also been used to refer to a widespread attitude in a society of a rejection of alien persons or culture. Nativism occurs within almost all areas of nonindustrial culture known to anthropologists. One of the earliest careful studies of nativism was that of James Mooney (1896), who studied the Ghost Dance among Native Americans of the W United States. In 1943, Ralph Linton published a brief paper on nativistic movements that served to establish the phenomenon as a special topic in anthropological studies of culture change.\nSee A. Wallace, The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca (1972) and J. Higham, Strangers in the Land (1988).\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"According to a recent research focused on finding the cause of fibromyalgia, the pain doesn’t come from the brain, as it was thought. This is a crucial discovery which puts an end to the mystery about fibromyalgia. Around millions of people worldwide suffer from this condition which is usually treated with painkillers.\nIn the past, this was considered to be a psychological disorder; however, scientists have now revealed that the pain originates from the blood vessels in the hands. This discovery is very important because it may open up a path for new treatments and a possible cure. The team of scientists focused on the skin of a patient’s hand. The patient had a lack of sensory nerve fibers which resulted in reduced pain response.\nThey found a large number of nerve fibers known as arterioles-venule referrals in the skin sample. Previously, it was thought that these fibers regulate the blood flow and that they had no influence on pain.\nAccording to Dr. Frank L. Rice, a neuroscientist, in the past, it was thought that these nerve endings had a role in the regulation of blood flow. But, the research pointed out that they can also contribute to the conscious sense of touch. Dr. Rice goes on to explain that poorly managed blood flow could be the reason for discomfort, muscle pain, and fatigue. Probably, this is a consequence of lactic acid accumulation and low levels of inflammation in fibromyalgia patients. This can cause hyperactivity in the brain.\nThe usual therapy for this condition is consisted of narcotic analgesics, anticonvulsants, and antidepressants, accompanied with advice like sleeping more and regular workout. Nonetheless, since the reason for this condition has been recently discovered, this may mean a more appropriate treatment and even a cure for the condition. All in all, this study is pivotal because it offers a new insight into fibromyalgia and its treatment."}
{"text":"A University of North Carolina study warns against the use of THC or CBD by women who are in the early stages of pregnancy.\nThe study, which was published this week, tested the use of both synthetic and natural cannabinoids on mice. The results found that one-time exposure to cannabinoids early in a pregnancy can cause growth issues in a developing embryo.\nUNC said that this was the first time a study of this kind has been performed on mammals.\nResearchers said that they found the effects of CBD and THC are potentially very similar to what is seen in fetal alcohol syndrome. The researchers added that cannabinoid use disrupted signaling between molecules and cells that control growth and development. Researchers believe the results on mouse fetuses would be similar to human fetuses.\n“The development of the embryo in this time period is very similar across all vertebrates,” said Scott Parnell, a member of the UNC Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies. “In this study we also test a synthetic cannabinoid in zebrafish that yielded similar growth deformations as the natural CBs. Having the same results across animal models reinforces our findings.”\nThe researchers administered enough CBD that is considered a therapeutic range for humans. The THC concentration was of similar levels to smoking marijuana.\n“It is concerning how little we know about the use of marijuana, its CBs, and products like CBD oil during pregnancy,” Parnell said. “We know that there is no safe period to drink alcohol during a pregnancy, and I think this research shows the same is likely true of marijuana use.”\nTo read more on the study, click here ."}
{"text":"Today we will show you how to draw the front view of a Cartoon Shark. It might look difficult to draw, but it is actually quite easy…we will break the shark’s shape down to easier shapes for you to recognize and then draw. Learn how to draw this Cartoon Shark with the following simple step to step tutorial.\nHow to Draw a Cartoon Shark with Easy Step by Step Drawing Tutorial\nStart off by drawing an oval and then draw two guidelines through the center.\nThen draw an oval for each eye … then draw an upside down letter U for the nose.\nDraw a big capital ‘V’ shape over the eyes for the brows.\nDraw a curved line for his smile and an oval for each nostril. Draw a circle for each pupil.\nDraw a curved line for bottom of the snout and draw the bottom of the mouth.\nDraw curves for the ends of the mouth. Then draw zig-zags that look like letter ‘M’ shapes.\nTo finish off, just draw letter ‘V’ shapes for each fin.\nI hope that this tutorial helped you to draw the front view of a Cartoon Shark and that you had a lot of fun 🙂\nTechnorati Tags: How to draw a Cartoon Shark, How to draw a Shark, Shark, Drawing Cartoons, Cartoon Shark, How to draw Sea Creatures, Sea Creatures, Ocean, Ocean Animal, Cartoon Animal, Cartoon Sea Creatures, Sea Creature, Sharks, How to draw a Front View of a Shark, Front View of a Shark"}
{"text":"Help me with Frankenstein assignment\n- Why didn’t Mary Shelley begin with Frankenstein’s life?\n- Why you think Mary Shelley begins her novel with Walton’s letters?\n- Who was Victor accused of murdering?\n- Is Walton a reliable narrator in Frankenstein?\n- What is the reader supposed to think of the Monster?"}
{"text":"Vision & Core Principles\nHistory is important. Anti-racism requires a clear understanding of historical racism and white supremacy. It is crucial to see this history not as separate, but as a foundational element of American history.\nRACISM is the NORM. Racism and white supremacy exist today and all members of this society are active participants in it. No exceptions. Owning this truth, and recognizing the presence of racism in ways that may be easy to overlook is crucial.\nAnti-racism is our RESPONSIBILITY. The work of anti-racism, based in the knowledge of our past and the recognition of our present, requires intentional, deliberate action. We must challenge, check, and change our equity systems and structures for equity everyday, and this requires a life-long commitment. It is the work to actively engage in dismantling systems of racism and white supremacy."}
{"text":"German greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2012\nGermany saw increased emissions in greenhouse gases last year due to more coal and gas usage while the country seeks to develop its renewable energy sources, officials said Monday.\nGermany, which has committed to phase out nuclear power, emitted the equivalent of around 931 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2012, or 14 million tonnes more than a year earlier, the federal environment agency said.\n\"Greenhouse gas emissions in Germany increased slightly in 2012 by 1.6 percent,\" it said in a written statement.\n\"More coal was burned to generate electricity and more gas was used to heat homes, due to the weather,\" it added.\n\"The development of renewable energies abated the emissions' increase however.\"\nAfter the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan, Germany embarked on an ambitious \"energy revolution\", deciding to phase out its nuclear power plants by the end of 2022 and bolster renewable sources of energy such as solar and wind power.\nBut concerns have mounted that this would entail a sharp rise in electricity prices amid difficulties in building a network able to transmit energy from the North Sea coast to the energy-hungry south of the country.\nThe agency's president Jochen Flasbarth said fears that the nuclear exit would spark far greater greenhouse gas emissions had not happened \"because, above all, the further development of renewable energies has countered it\".\n\"However, the trend of again converting more coal into electricity worries me,\" he added in the statement.\nGermany said that despite the slight increase in emissions in 2012, it had more than met the targets agreed under the Kyoto Protocol, with its greenhouse gas emissions having fallen by 25.5 percent compared to 1990.\n(c) 2013 AFP"}
{"text":"Here are the latest articles in our Learning Library -\n1. Walking Away Stress\nWalking is a very useful way to recover your peace and balanced mind and body after being upset or stressed.\n2. Add Odd, Even Numbers - Kinesthetic Math Lesson\nThis lesson is to practice using odd and even numbers and is for kids age 7 and older or those who have learned to add and subtract and understand sets.\n3. Say - How Are You? - in Finger Spelling\nFinger spelling, the one-hand alphabet, is a great way to kinesthetically enforce each alphabet letter while learning to print.\n4. Richard Scarry's Best First Book Ever!\nHuckle Cat and Lowly Worm learn about the alphabet, shapes, sizes, colors, counting, manners and more in this 48 page hardcover book.\nPlease visit LearningDisabilities.bellaonline.com for even more great content about Learning Disabilities.\nTo participate in free, fun online discussions, this site has a community forum all about Learning Disabilities located here -\nHave fun passing this message along to family and friends, because we all love free knowledge!\nSusan Kramer, Learning Disabilities Editor\nOne of hundreds of sites at BellaOnline.com"}
{"text":"Root Canal Procedure\nAlso known as endodontic therapy, a root canal procedure is designed to save a tooth from extraction when its inner portion has experienced damage due to infection or decay. The root canal treatment process consists of taking out the harmful living material that is present inside the tooth and then replacing it with medicated fillings to encourage healing. This allows us to retain the original structure of the tooth, while also restoring its function and appearance.\nRoot Canal Infection\nA tooth develops a root canal infection when decay spreads to its inner pulp or when a bacterial infection develops inside the tooth or at its root tip. There are many symptoms of a root canal infection, including:\n- Severe, agonizing toothache\n- Sensitivity to hot and cold foods and drinks\n- Swollen and tender gums\n- Abscess on the gums\nWhen providing root canal treatment for a patient, we start by placing a small rubber sheet around the damaged tooth. This prevents the infection from spreading during the procedure, while also keeping the tooth dry. Next, special dental tools are used to access the tooth’s inner portion so that any infected pulp, damaged nerve tissue and visible decay can be removed. The inner area of the tooth is then thoroughly cleaned and sealed with a filling substance. To finish the procedure, a dental crown is applied over the surface of the tooth in order to prevent any fractures from occurring."}
{"text":"Sonically-Enhanced Microbubble Flotation Column\n72427S03-I Industry discards approximately one-tenth of mined coal. Also, nearly one-third of the phosphates mined in Florida, one-fifth of the tungsten mined in the world, and one-half of the tin mined in Bolivia are discarded as unrecoverable fine material. Large amounts of energy are invested in grinding these minerals, much of which is lost as uneconomical mining byproducts that are eventually impounded, representing a misuse of valuable natural resources. This project will develop a novel froth flotation technology that should be well-suited for the efficient separation and recovery of fine particles less than 5 microns in size, and result in lower energy use. Phase I entails the design, fabrication and testing of an advanced, sonically-enhanced, column flotation technology. The technology will be evaluated using coal and copper minerals. Direct comparisons of its performance will be made against state-of-the-art froth flotation technology. Commercial Applications and Other Benefits as described by awardee: Froth flotation is the most widely used unit process in the minerals processing industry with over three billion tons of mined ores and coal being floated annually. Also, flotation is used extensively for the beneficiation of coal ¿ virtually all new coal preparation plants incorporate flotation into their basic flow sheet. Non-mining applications include wastewater treatment, removal of oil from oil-water mixtures, de-inking of newsprint paper, sewage treatment, water purification, and soil washing, as well as a few other niche processes related to chemicals, plastics recycling, and food processing.\nSmall Business Information at Submission:\n1901 South Franklin Butte, MT 59701\nNumber of Employees:"}
{"text":"Cell size of Antarctic phytoplankton as a biogeochemical condition\nTypeJournal article; Peer reviewed\nMetadataShow full item record\nTwo contrasting high nutrient/low chlorophyll regions having different conditions that control phytoplankton production, and separated by an area of blooming, are found during summer in the vicinity of the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica). Low chlorophyll conditions occur either in Fe-rich, deeply mixed and high salinity Weddell Sea shelf waters, or the Fe-poor, shoaled and low salinity Drake Passage Antarctic Circumpolar Current waters, while phytoplankton blooms are located between in mid salinity water. Contrasting phytoplankton communities were found to populate these different biogeochemical provinces. In data from six field seasons (1999–2007), nanoplankton (2–20 μm) were found to be dominant in the phytoplankton populations from light-controlled coastal waters, including blooms, with most chlorophyll found in the 2–5 μm size class. In contrast, the adjacent and presumably Fe-controlled Drake Passage waters were dominated by the microplankton (>20 μm) size class. The asymmetrical distribution of phytoplankton size classes across the salinity gradient, when analysed independently of total chlorophyll concentration, supports the hypothesis that the different food web grazing dynamics are dependent upon biogeochemical provinces."}
{"text":"Early 16th century; earliest use found in William Tyndale (1494–1536), translator of the Bible and religious reformer. From post-classical Latin philautia Greek self-love, self-conceit from ancient Greek loving oneself\nBorn 1494 Gloucestershire, England\nDied 6 October 1536, Duchy of Brabant, Seventeen Provinces\nHow and Why\nThe Greeks recognized two forms. In its negative form philautia is the selfishness that wants pleasure, fame, and wealth beyond what one needs. Narcissus, who falls in love with his own reflection, exemplifies this kind of self-love. In its positive form philautia refers to a proper pride or self-love."}
{"text":"Project Ideas / topics described in this section are purely software based; they might have a hardware component but major operation of the projects are via software. Software programming languges includes (but not limited to) C#, VisualBasic 6.0 or .Net, HTML, CSS, Javscript, PHP and MYSQL.\nThis project is a computer network based software that allows hotel / restaurant customers place orders for drinks and foods from their tables remotely. Customers interact with the client version of the software while the server version is controlled by the hotel / restaurant staff. Any order placed on the client systems is displayed to the staff on the server computer.\nThis project makes it possible for students to pay their fees through their cell phones. It is a client-server application that allows communication with a remote server via SMS. Students need send a message string format via SMS to a designated phone number linked to a MODEM attached to the remote server. The remote server reads the this message and confirms the payment if the content of the message is valid.\nThis project is a computer based software project unifying all modern office communication functions in one application using windows sockets. The project offers Chat, Intercom, Mail and Notification Alerts.\nNot solely applicable to a cyber cafe environment, this project aims at giving network administrators the ability of giving a timed computer access to other users on a network. Every user has a unique username and password that grants him /her access to the network for a specific time duration."}
{"text":"Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division\nYou must have a strong\ngrasp of basic math concepts if you want to be able to function in the real world. Addition, subtraction, multiplication,\nand division are the basics that are necessary for all kinds of math.\nthe links below to get step by step notes on how to do basic math. Once you have read the notes, click on the Basic Math Practice and Math Games to practice what you have learned.\nIn order to get points for this assignment, you must complete one Basic Math Practice and play one of the Math Games from one of the sites listed.\nthe link to the Math flashcards to practice those basic skills if you\nfeel you need it."}
{"text":"is the angular displacement from the vertical axis of the suspension of a steered wheel in a Mustang, measured in the longitudinal direction. It is the angle between the pivot line (in a Mustang - an imaginary line that runs through the center of the upper ball joint to the center of the lower ball joint) and vertical. Mustang racers sometimes adjust caster angle to optimize their Mustang's handling characteristics in particular driving situations.\nis the angle made by the steering wheel of your Mustang; specifically, it is the angle between the vertical axis of the wheel and the vertical axis of the Mustang when viewed from the front or rear. It is used in the design of steering and suspension. If the top of the wheel is farther out than the bottom (that is, away from the axle), it is called positive camber; if the bottom of the wheel is farther out than the top, it is called negative camber."}
{"text":"The Seneca Indian Nation is using only indigenous plants and trees in its public landscaping.\nThe western New York tribe is believed to be the first to formalize a practice that tribes throughout the country are embracing as a way to preserve Native American culture and the environment.\nContinue Reading Below\nFrom now on, only native species will be planted outside tribal schools, office buildings and casinos on Seneca land.\nThat means instead of Austrian pines and Norway maples, there will be more balsam firs and white ash trees. Wild bee balm, cinnamon fern and other medicinal plants will take the place of non-native flowers and shrubbery.\nSeneca President Barry Snyder says the policy is an offshoot of efforts to reduce diabetes by encouraging diets of locally grown fruits and vegetables."}
{"text":"Waipahu Plantation strike\nThe Waipahu Plantation strike of 1906 was one of the earliest collective labor actions in the face of state intervention and sugar industry bosses. Its success demonstrated the value of collective action and laid the foundation for “blood unionism,” labor unions based on ethnic identity.\nBetween 1850 and 1920, more than 300,000 Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, and Korean laborers were brought to Hawaii as contract laborers to raise “king sugar” for low wages on American plantations run by companies such as the Oahu Sugar Company. When the company was founded in 1897, its 943 fieldworkers earned an average of $12.50 a month. By 1900, there were more than 60,000 Japanese in the islands, the largest single ethnic group, composing about 40 percent of the population. Nevertheless, almost all supervisory positions were held by whites. In 1900, the Organic Act established Hawaii as a territory of the United States, at the same time abolishing the contract labor system, though workers sometimes had to resort to violent confrontations or strikes to win this new right. In response, in 1901, the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association agreed to fix wages at an artificially low level and continued to utilize loopholes to continue certain provisions of the old labor contracts. After years of heightened tensions, in 1906, 1,700 Japanese laborers struck against the Waipahu Plantation, demanding higher wages. Fortyseven armed policemen were called in to intimidate the strikers. Despite the show of force, the Japanese laborers stood firm, eventually winning concessions."}
{"text":"May 14, 1997\nRiding the Rock Island Through Kansas\nToday's Reading:\"Riding the Rock Island Through Kansas\" by Dave Etter from SELECTED POEMS, published by Spoon River Poetry Press.\nAt North Cape, Norway, today is the first day of the year with around-the-clock-sunshine; the sun won't dip below the horizon until July 30th.\nIt's the anniversary of the day in 1948 when Israel declared its independence when the British mandate ended.\nIt's the 53rd birthday of film-maker George Lucas, (AMERICAN GRAFFITI; STAR WARS [trilogy]; RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK) born in Modesto, California, 1944.\nIt's the birthday of novelist Richard P. Brickner, who after being paralyzed in a car accident, went on to write his first novel (THE BROKEN YEAR) based on his experience. He was born in New York City in 1933\nDrummer Arthur James \" Zutty\" Singleton, one of the earliest drummers to use wire brushes along with sticks, was born on this day in Bunkie, Louisiana, 1988.\n\" The Stars and Stripes Forever,\" by John Philip Sousa, was first performed one hundred years ago today in Philadelphia.\nIt's the birthday of jazz clarinetist and soprano saxophone player Sidney Bechet, born in New Orleans, 1897.\nEnglish physician Edward Jenner gave the first successful smallpox vaccination on this day in 1796.\nPainter Thomas Gainsborough (\"Blue Boy\") was born on this day in Sudbury, England, in 1727.\nIt's the birthday of Margaret of Valois, Queen Margot, born outside Paris in 1533. At 19 she married a Protestant, Henry, King of Navarre, in an attempt to make peace between Catholic and Protestant France, but less than a week later the massacre of Protestants began on St. Bartholomew's Day.\nBe well, do good work, and keep in touch.®"}
{"text":"How Cognitive Biases Can Affect the Performance of Eco-Labeling Schemes\nIndividuals exhibit systematic cognitive biases which make their behavior 'deviant' when compared to the benchmark of perfectly rational individuals. The person's tendency to make errors in judgment based on cognitive factors, are thought to be based upon heuristics and lead to decisions that are sub-optimal. Ignoring cognitive biases can affect diverse dimensions of eco-labeling policies and lead to flawed prescriptions. We review several cognitive biases that affect eco-labeling related behaviors and show how taking them into account allows a better understanding of eco-labeling schemes and informs policy makers in order to design and implement more effective eco-labeling policies.\nIf you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to view it first. In case of further problems read the IDEAS help page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS site. Please be patient as the files may be large.\nAs the access to this document is restricted, you may want to look for a different version under \"Related research\" (further below) or search for a different version of it.\nVolume (Year): 7 (2009)\nIssue (Month): 2 (December)\n|Contact details of provider:|| Web page: https://www.degruyter.com|\n|Order Information:||Web: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jafio|"}
{"text":"Reads a pulse (either HIGH or LOW) on a pin. For example, if value is HIGH, pulseIn() waits for the pin to go HIGH, starts timing, then waits for the pin to go LOW and stops timing. Returns the length of the pulse in microseconds or 0 if no complete pulse was received within the timeout.\nThe timing of this function has been determined empirically and will probably show errors in shorter pulses. Works on pulses from 10 microseconds to 3 minutes in length. Please also note that if the pin is already high when the function is called, it will wait for the pin to go LOW and then HIGH before it starts counting. This routine can be used only if interrupts are activated. Furthermore the highest resolution is obtained with short intervals.\npulseIn(pin, value, timeout)\npin: the number of the pin on which you want to read the pulse. (int)\ntimeout (optional): the number of microseconds to wait for the pulse to be completed: the function returns 0 if no complete pulse was received within the timeout. Default is one second (unsigned long).\nthe length of the pulse (in microseconds) or 0 if no pulse is completed before the timeout (unsigned long)\nint pin = 7;\nunsigned long duration;\nduration = pulseIn(pin, HIGH);\nCorrections, suggestions, and new documentation should be posted to the Forum.\nThe text of the Arduino reference is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. Code samples in the reference are released into the public domain."}
{"text":"We all know that too much exposure to sunlight can cause skin cancer, but not enough sunlight can cause Vitamin D deficiency and weak bones.\nWhat about sun exposure through a window?\nThe sun emits UVA, UVB, and UVC rays. Most UVC rays are filtered out by the earth’s atmosphere. Windows filter out about 97% of UVB rays, but do not filter out all UVA rays. So you can still tan through a window! Sitting next to a window is like wearing SPF 30 sunscreen, as many rays do get filtered out, but you can still get tan with long enough exposure.\nOne interesting study found that 74% of patients with skin cancer had tumors on their left sides, which is the window side of cars in North America! Modern cars now have a plastic layer bonded between two layers of glass, and block out all UVB and 80% of UVA rays, making sunburn less likely.\nWhat about vitamin D? Vitamin D is produced in our skin by UVB rays. But glass windows block this out. That means that you would get little, if any, Vitamin D from sitting by a window."}
{"text":"Posted by Cathy on .\n!954 to 1980\nHow did the laws intended to increase access , help to eliminate the challenges faced by disenfranchised groups and open doors for educational opportunities.\nDid these laws create additional issues that needed to be solved. If so how?\nOne major court decision to research along these lines is Lau vs Nichols:"}
{"text":"|Product #: CCP7552|\nInteractive Whiteboard Resources:HUMAN BODY BIG BOX\nExplore the six major systems of the human body with our engaging and highly interactive 240 page digital lesson plan. Combining the 3 books in this series, students will gain a clear understanding of how the six major systems of the body work together cohesively to create a complex working system known as the human body. Start with a single cell and watch it grow into organs and organ systems. Follow the skeletal and muscular systems or take a ride along the nervous system. Finish up with a journey through the veins and arteries to the heart. Using any brand of Interactive Whiteboard, you will be able to create an opportunity for students to get more involved in the lesson. Each readymade screen is complete with reading passages, before and after you read interactive activities, memory match game, crossword, word search, and even supporting video & audio. Test your student's comprehension on the six major systems of the body with our SMART Response™ Comprehension Quiz, available for SMART Notebook™ users.\nSubmit a review"}
{"text":"Government surveillance… privacy attacks… cyber theft. All things you can live without right? Yet, we’re all still using antiquated routers that don’t protect us properly. Did you know that your router takes in every action you make online whether it’s ordering cleaning supplies or logging in to your bank account? So how do you protect you, your family and friends from cyber attacks? Introducing, Aleia – a next-generation router utilizing blockchain technology to protect your sensitive information and give you complete control and customization over your wifi and hot spots.\nIt tracks your internet activity and breaks down your history into chunks called blocks. Each block consists of your history over a specified period of time and can then start to be verified by millions of data points inside of the network. Every action you take is encrypted by a set of keys that are linked to your account, one private and one public. These encryption keys set up a sort of two-step verification for every action you take while using your wi-fi. Once the block is verified by the network, it becomes part of the linked chain of previous blocks and can no longer be changed or replicated within its structure.\nDesigners: Daniel Perry, Jorien Hopkins & Ranon Pritchard"}
{"text":"Yale Cancer Center scientists, together with colleagues at the Denver Police Crime Lab and the University of Colorado, have found evidence that a human metastatic tumor can arise when a leukocyte (white blood cell) and a cancer cell fuse to form a genetic hybrid. Their study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, may answer the question of how cancer cells travel from the primary tumor's site of origin to distant organs and tissues of the body—the deadly process of metastasis.\nSuch a theory was first proposed as an explanation for metastasis more than a century ago. But until now, the theory was unproven in human cancer because genomic differences between cells from the same patient cannot be distinguished. To get around this problem, the researchers analyzed genomic DNA in the secondary malignancies of a patient who had a melanoma brain metastasis and had received a bone marrow transplant from his brother.\nThey found signature genes from both the patient and donor together in the tumor cells, providing the first evidence that leukocytes (in this case from the donor) can fuse with cancer cells and initiate a tumor.\n\"Our results provide the first proof in humans of a theory, proposed in 1911 by a German pathologist, that metastasis can occur when a leukocyte and cancer cell fuse and form a genetic hybrid,\" said corresponding author John Pawelek, research faculty in the dermatology department of Yale Cancer Center and Yale School of Medicine. \"This could open the way to new therapy targets, but much work needs to be done to determine how fusion occurs, the frequency of such hybrids in human cancers, and the potential role of hybrids in metastasis,\" he added.\nExplore further: Six2 homeoprotein allows breast cancer cells to detach and metastasize"}
{"text":"Water quality is the focal point of the project. The main rivers are the Our and Sauer. Regular water analysis controls nutrient loads and nutrient inflow.\nThe Our has its source in Belgium and flows along the border of Germany and Luxembourg to its outlet into the Sauer near Wallendorf.\nThe Sauer also originates in Belgiumand marks the border between Belgium and Luxembourg up to the outlet of the Syrbach.\nBoth rivers are designated as lower mountain rivers; the project is carried out in the upper reaches of both rivers.\nOnce a week, water samples are taken in the Our (Kalbermillen) and Sauer (Moulin de Bigonville) and the following parameters are determined:\n- Temperature - °C\n- Conductivity - µS/cm\n- Oxygen content - % and mg/L,\n- Turbidity - NTU\n- Orthophosphate - PO4 in mg/L\n- Nitrite - NO2 in mg/L\n- Ammonium - NH4 in mg/L\n- Nitrate - NO3 in mg/L\nOnce a month or during incidents, additional parameters are examined:\n- CSB - mg/L\n- Chloride - mg/L\n- Calcium - mg/L\nThe following bodies of water lie within the project area:\nOur with side streams\nReibach, Nivelsbach, Schelsbach, Jansschlederbach, Feierbach, Hengeschterbach, Stroumbach, Kenzelbach, Ruederbach, Etschenterbach, Traesbach, Fallbach, Ettebach, Holzbach, Huschterbach, Gemünder-Akeschterbach, Stolzemburg-Akeschterbach, Klangbach\nSauer with side streams\nFroumichtbach, Syrbach, Schwärzerbach\nThe results allow to detect high deposition regions. Thus, it should be easier to detect the source of inflows.\nAt the same time, the physical and chemical analysis in combination with meteorological and limnimetrical data allows to detect the interrelation between fertilizing periods, rain and run-off.\nWith the acquisition of the inventory, the ultimate cause can be fixed. Later in the project, changes to the water quality will hopefully be observed due to good management."}
{"text":"Space-Saving Bed Designs – A Tribute To Sarah Goode\nThe cabinet bed was patented by Sarah E. Goode in 1885. She was a freed slave who lived in Chicago, Illinois, and noticed that many of the apartments in her area did not have enough space to accommodate a bed. She was the first African American to receive a United States patent. Her design included a desk with storage compartments that folded out into a bed.\nHere are a few more space-saving bed designs, as a tribute to Sarah E. Goode’s original.\nThis bed, like Goode’s, folds up to resemble a piece of furniture.\nLike Goode’s, this design utilizes the bed frame for additional storage.\nLoft beds are great for taking advantage of the space beneath a bed for storage, or for a variety of other uses.\nThis design uses the space above the bed, rather than beneath it, for a variety of uses as well!\nThis design forgets about above or beneath, and simply places the bed INTO the wall, a great way to save space!\nAnd this design places beds on top of beds AND into the wall – Sarah E. Goode would probably be impressed!\nIf you enjoyed this post, get email updates and exclusive content from us by subscribing below to our email list (it’s free)."}
{"text":"may 1, 1898 - Battle of Manila Bay\nTo begin waging war on Spain, the US attacked the Philippines, then a Spanish colony. In a decisive victory, George Dewey defeats the weak Spanish resistance.\nAdded to timeline:\nDylan Hogan Spanish-American War Timeline\nIf you click on each event there is a brief description for ..."}
{"text":"Scientists have developed a drug which seeks out and destroys cancerous tumours in mice without any side effects, with hopes that it will soon be ready for clinical trials on humans.\nCalifornian researchers focused on a compound called IF7, a small protein that seeks out the blood vessels that tumours need to grow and spread about the body.\nThey attached IF7 to a fluorescent probe and injected it into mice with bowel tumours. Within minutes, the tumours lit up. Next, they coupled IF7 with SN-38, a potent anti-cancer drug. They measured the tumours after daily injections with IF7/SN-38.\nThe results were dramatic, with many treated tumours disappearing completely within a fortnight, even at low doses. The researchers said that IF7 targets tumours with ‘unprecedented’ speed.\nMice whose cancer was thought to be terminal was cured.\nDr. Fukuda, professor in Sanford-Burnham's National Cancer Institute (NCI), said: ‘We can cure terminal stage mice with very large tumours without any side effects simply by giving them this drug coupled with IF7.\"\nIn addition, the blood tests showed no sign of side effects from the drug combination in treated mice, since it does not cause damage to the surrounding healthy cells.\nIn standard cancer treatment like chemotherapy, drugs attack anywhere in the body, damaging healthy cells, causing side effects like hair loss and nausea, and increased susceptibility to infection.\nWriting in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers believe the technique could be used to combat other cancers, like breast, prostate, skin and lung. Next, they hope to further prepare this technology for clinical trials in humans.\nPatients with private medical insurance often have access to new drugs and treatments not available on the NHS once the drug has been approved for clinical use. Some health insurers even cover the cost of experimental treatment. Compare health insurance policies online now to gain peace of mind about your future health.\n© ActiveQuote Ltd. 2011"}
{"text":"Volume of a Rectangular Prism\nUse the sliders to create prisms of different dimensions. Use the check boxes to show and hide the formula and volume. This can be used to practice finding the volume of a great number of prisms.\n1. Create 5 different rectangular prisms and find their volume. Check your answers by unhiding the Formula and Volume above. 2. What are some possible dimensions for a rectangular prism with a volume close to: a)150cm³ b)326cm³ c)52cm³"}
{"text":"ASK A QUESTION What does the spanish word la manzana mean in english?\nClick near the top of the screen where it says \"Dictionary\". Enter the word \"manzana\" and press the return key.\nAlternative place the cursor at the beginning of the word \"manzana\" and double-click. If you choose this \"easier\" option you should still click on the word \"manzana\" as it appears in a small, blue box, to see the full dictionary entry as the word has several meanings.\nIt can also mean a block, the distance between two corners of a street.\nIt means :the apple\nP.s: we have a great Dictionary here on the site try it to translate easy words like this Dictionary Thanks\nApple and in spain it can also mean a block of buildings.\nmanzana=measure of distance, and apple\nIt means bird bath."}
{"text":"This drought, like all extreme weather events, has its direct cause in a complex set of atmospheric conditions that produce short-term weather. However, weather occurs within the broader context of climate, and there’s widespread agreement among scientists that the climate is changing due to human activity.\nThe map contrasts plant health in the central United States between June 25 and July 10, 2012, against the average conditions between 2002 and 2012. Brown areas show where plant growth was less vigorous than normal; cream colors depict normal levels of growth; and green indicates abnormally lush vegetation.\nDrought conditions now extend to 55% of the U.S. mainland, with devastating effects on the nation’s breadbasket. According to the Financial Post,\nThe corn crop is in the greatest danger. Plants are trying to pollinate to let ears fill with kernels, a period when adequate moisture is vital for final yields. The United States ships more than half of all world exports of corn, which is made into dozens of products, from starch and ethanol to livestock feed.\nThe Financial Post says that the U.S. Department of Agriculture reduced its estimates of national corn and soybean production and notes that there will likely be trickle-down effects affecting the food security of the rest of the planet as the typically huge export rate of American crops dries up.\nThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climate Data Center has put out a drought forecast suggesting that there is quite a low chance that the drought conditions will end any time soon, with many states in the midwest having only a 0—4.24% chance of the drought ending in the next three months.\nMore from Smithsonian.com:"}
{"text":"In 1931, two British mountaineers, Frank S Smythe and R I Holdsworth, were returning from a trek up Mount Kamet in the Himalayas, when they lost their way and suddenly came upon an amazing sight – a valley carpeted with flowers of many colours! Frank Smythe was so fascinated that he returned some years later, and wrote a book about the place. He called it the Valley of Flowers, and that’s how it’s known even today.\nSome of the Valley’s plants are found only in that region. Several have medicinal value. Many are in danger of vanishing from Earth. So, apart from being very beautiful, the Valley of Flowers is important because of the importance of the plant life.\nIn 1982, the Government made the Valley of Flowers a ‘National Park’. That means the plants and animals there are protected. In 2005, it was named a ‘World Heritage Site’. This means that other countries too are aware of its importance.\nThe Valley of Flowers is at the point where the Zanskar, the Eastern and Western Himalayan mountains meet, in Uttarakhand. From October to June it is covered in ice and snow, but when the snow melts and the monsoon starts, the Valley wakes up. The frozen plants burst into bloom.\nThe Valley has many different kinds of alpine flowers, like the Blue Poppy, known as the ‘Queen of the Himalayas’, and the beautiful Brahma Kamal, besides rare orchid species. Different sets of flowers bloom in different months, so the valley seems to be painted in different colours from one period to another.\nThe Valley is also home to various wildlife species, like the snow leopard, Asiatic black deer, red fox, blue sheep, gray langur and Lime Butterfly.\nThe Valley of Flowers is open from June 1st to October 4th."}
{"text":"Assessment of equipment operators' noise exposure in western underground gold and silver mines.\n2009 SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit, February 22-25, Denver, Colorado, Preprint 09-073. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2009 Feb; :1-5\nAn assessment of U.S. western hard-rock miners' noise exposures was conducted as part of a multi-year National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) survey of noise exposures in each sector of the mining industry. Noise from selected mining equipment and operator noise exposures were measured, analyzed, and tabulated for dissemination to the participating sites and are being used to direct NIOSH research and interventions to address the greatest noise hazards. Eighty-two noise dosimeter measurements were obtained, along with time-motion studies as the miners operated hard-rock mining machines. Ninety-six percent of the operators had daily noise doses that exceeded the Mine Safety and Health Administration's permissible exposure level. The average gold miner dosages while operating the following equipment were: haul trucks - 261%, load-haul-dumps (LHDs) - 235%, single boom drills - 221%, bolters - 214%, and dual boom drills - 163%. The worst exposure level was a silver miner with a daily dose of 873%. Time-motion data showed that this miner's exposure accumulated most rapidly while operating a jack-leg drill. These results will be used to help prioritize noise control development by NIOSH and other partners.\nMining-industry; Hard-rock-mines; Noise-exposure; Mining-equipment; Noise-measurement; Noise-sources; Noise-control\n2009 SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit, February 22-25, Denver, Colorado, Preprint 09-073"}
{"text":"Greetings, hackers and friends! I know it has been a while since I posted a tutorial, and hopefully I can make up for that by posting a series.\nAt this point many of you may be asking, \"What the heck does it mean to hug the web?\" Don't be discouraged, as this is not a hacking term that you have been missing out on. Hugging the web simply means using search engines like Google to find vulnerable servers, documents containing sensitive information, and sometimes just day to day recourses like a recipe for tomato soup.\nBefore I begin this series there are some terms that you might here me say that you should know. Here is a brief list of them:\nGoogle Dork - The correct term is \"Google Operator\" and is a built in function from google to limit searches to specific results. For instance, Googling \"'The science of apples'\" is much different from googling \"'The Science of Apples' Filetype:pdf\"\nGov Domain - This is a term I use for any domain that ends in \".gov\". These domains can be automatically assumed to be owned by a government facility.\nSSN - This stands for social security number. You will see in later tutorials how a single google dork can pull up many social security numbers.\nIn this series you will learn how to do many different things through searching the web. Here is a list of some ideas that I'd like to go over. If you have any other ideas, post them in the comments and I'll be sure to update this post.\n- Use Google to find vulnerable websites.\n- Use Google to find open web cameras on the internet\n- Find free books and resources with Google\n- Do background checks by searching through different search engines\n- Reveal social security numbers by uncovering sensitive documents\n- Find out if you are being leaked online\nHopefully this series will go as smoothly as I planned. Please be sure to give me any criticism, and if you have a problem with anything, feel free to comment on one of my posts or private message me.\nCan't wait to see how this plays out!"}
{"text":"Specific Heat of Gases THE chemical reaction having been accomplished and the energy of fuel released, we can follow its further transformation. It can be assumed that in the first stage this energy is absorbed and stored in the surrounding gaseous medium composed mainly of combustion products. The mechanism of the absorption and preservation of energy by gases is given in their specific heat theory, and is based mainly on the assumption of the equipartition of energy among all degrees of freedom of gas molecules. Heat, being the equivalent of kinetic energy of these molecules, is stored in four different ways by the molecules, and assumes four different forms of energy, three of which are quantized without any doubt, i.e. the exchange of energy does not take place as a continuous flow, but by small packets of a definite size (quanta). The value of a quantum is equal to hp, where h is the Planck's constant and p is the frequency of radiation associated with the energy change.\nCitationDownload as .RIS\nMCB UP Ltd\nCopyright © 1946, MCB UP Limited"}
{"text":"Aluminum and steel mill bearings account for the greatest percentage of bearing repair orders.\nCorrosion/etching, typically caused by moisture or water contamination, is one of the most common causes for repair. The mill’s process water—while important to keeping the operation and materials cool–is this water contamination’s root source. This contamination leads to rust attacking the bearing component surfaces.\nDebris denting is another form of bearing damage that affects the metals industry. Localized surface depressions are caused by debris or foreign materials that travel within the lubricant (in this case, scale separates from the steel itself and wash away with the process water) and dent internal surfaces."}
{"text":"Emily BrontëWriter / Poet\nBorn: 30 July 1818\nDied: 19 December 1848 (tuberculosis)\nBirthplace: Yorkshire, England\nBest known as: The author of Wuthering Heights\nEmily Brontë died at the young age of 30, leaving the now-legendary Wuthering Heights as her only novel. Little is known about Brontë's life; she was a member of the famed Brontë writing clan, which included her sisters Charlotte (author of Jane Eyre) and Anne (author of Agnes Grey). The three published their poetry in the 1846 book Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. (The names were pseudonyms for Charlotte, Emily and Anne.) Emily began writing Wuthering Heights in 1845 and it was published late in 1847. The book's troubled lovers, the beautiful Catherine Earnshaw and the stormy, troubled Heathcliff, have become famous figures in literature.\nExtra credit: Wuthering Heights has been the basis of nearly a dozen feature films and TV movies. The most famous is the 1939 film starring Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon and David Niven. A 1992 edition starred Ralph Fiennes as Heathcliff and Juliette Binoche as Catherine... As children the precocious Brontë sisters and their brother Branwell wrote long, intricately detailed stories about imaginary kingdoms they called Gondal and Angria.\nCopyright © 1998-2015 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"Our theme this week was thanksgiving. In morning circle, we share the story of the first American Thanksgiving and talked about all the different things we can be thankful for. As a whole group, we made our Thanksgiving Tree by adding a leaf everyday to share something we are thankful for.\nThis week we learnt the phoneme ‘ck’ and the letters ‘C’ and ‘K’. We played lots of games matching letters, counting and finding rhyming words.\nWe have also started to learn a new song, ‘Bald ist Nikolaus abend da’.\nPlease remember to bring your Christmas Shoeboxes by Thursday morning next week as we will deliver them after morning circle. Thank you.\nNext week we will take the children to a puppet show at the local library. That will be fun.\nEnjoy your weekend!\nThe Bubbles Team"}
{"text":"Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) Classes\nAll ECFE classes are taught by licensed Early Childhood Educators and licensed Parenting Educators to provide the quality education parents are looking for.\nTogether, parents and young children participate in activities and experiences that foster children’s social, emotional, cognitive, physical, and language skills.\nParents and caregivers also have the opportunity to spend time with the licensed Parenting Educator and discuss parenting issues as a group. The day-to-day experiences of parenting are enjoyable, complex, and at times stressful. The Parenting Educator will facilitate discussions on everyday parenting issues, parenting concerns, and current topics in parenting.\nECFE educators use the Parent Education Core Curriculum Framework and Early Childhood Indicators of Progress: Minnesota’s Early Learning Standards provided through the Minnesota Department of Education."}
{"text":"Is seaweed key to combating disease?\nSeaweed could hold a vital key to fighting diseases that are resistant to antibiotics, scientists in Wales say.\nResearchers at Cardiff and Swansea universities say compounds found in the algae could be used to combat infections like MRSA, and help patients with other chronic illnesses.\nHywel Griffith reports.\n- 5 February 2014\n- BBC News"}
{"text":"Colombia finished 2012 with the highest amount of foreign currency reserves in the country’s history.\nAccording to data from Banco de la Republica, the country’s central bank, at the end of 2012, Colombia had $37.46 billion in foreign currency reserves — a 16% increase from the same period in 2011. Of the reserves, 87% is in US dollars with the remainder divided up between euros, Canadian dollars and Australian dollars.\nColombia is currently feeling pressure from economic analysts and government officials to increase foreign currency purchases in the interest of curbing a surge in the Colombian peso. A strengthening peso, analysts worry, could cripple manufacturing and other price competitive export sectors that rely on a relatively weak peso.\nAccording to Bloomberg, Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas told reporters that “the government is aware that this [a rising peso] is a problem. It’s a reflection of the economy’s strength.”\n“We will be studying formulas, options in the next few weeks to address this situation,” said Cardenas.\nPolicy makers plan to discuss ways to curb the strengthening peso when the central bank meets later this month.\nComments are closed."}
{"text":"June 04, 2014\nRecent research shows a diverse population of intestinal bacteria is essential for good health. In an effort to improve the quantity and diversity of their own personal microbiota, many health-conscious people are exploring the wild and unpredictable world of at-home fermentation.\nOne hundred fifty years ago, Louis Pasteur figured out how to isolate a microorganism. His discovery led to the germ theory of disease and pasteurization, both of which saved countless lives. Winning the battle against bacteria was essential for the development of modern medicine and large-scale food production.\nIn the years that followed, armed with antibiotics and antibacterial soap, we’ve waged war on bacteria. In the process, we’ve reduced the number and diversity of our gut flora—the trillions of microorganisms that live in our intestines.\nUnlike a hospital operating room, our bodies are not sterile environments. We are a delicate ecosystem: remove one element and everything is thrown out of balance.\nAs scientists discover the importance of a well-rounded population of gut bacteria, people have become interested in how to improve the quality of their gut microbiota. Many rely on probiotics, either in commercially made yogurt or through supplements, but there’s a growing interest in at-home fermentation to access friendly bacteria not available in the store.\nGiven the mounting evidence that the right mix of bacteria in your gut is essential for good health, what’s the best approach to make sure your innards are in tip-top shape?"}
{"text":"Excessive bleeding, also called menorrhagia, lasts up to 8-10 days and defined as a loss of blood of more than 80 ml per month.\nWomen in their 30s and 40s (those who start to get closer to menopause) begin to experience excessive bleeding.\nIncontinence can be triggered oftentimes by coughing or sneezing. If mostly affects women who have given birth, but can develop in men who have undergone prostate surgery.\nWhat is an IUD?\nAn IUD or IUCD (intra-uterine contraceptive device) is a form of contraceptive and involves a device being placed inside the uterus (womb) to prevent pregnancy.\nAn IUD is a small plastic device in the shape of a 'T' with plastic strings attached."}
{"text":"Venantius Fortunatus was a poet, born c. 530 in Treviso, near Ravenna in Italy. He spent his time as court poet to the Merovingians. After visiting the tomb of St. Martin of Tours at St. Hilary at Poitiers, he decided to enter a monastery. He continued to write poetry, some of which have a permanent place in Catholic hymnody, for instance the Easter season hymns “Vexilla Regis” and the “Pange Lingua” (Sing, O my tongue, of the battle). Three or four years before he died he was made bishop of Poitiers. Although never canonized, he was venerated as a saint in the medieval church, and his feast day is still recognized on 14th December each year.\n“Written on an Island off the Breton Coast”\nYou at God’s altar stand, His minister\nAnd Paris lies about you and the Seine:\nAround this Breton isle the Ocean swells,\nDeep water and one love between us twain.\nWild is the wind, but still thy name is spoken;\nRough is the sea: it sweeps not o’er they face.\nStill runs my lover for shelter to its dwelling,\nHither, O heart, to thine abiding place.\nSwift as the waves beneath an east wind breaking\nDark as beneath a winter sky the sea,\nSo to my heart crowd memories awaking,\nSo dark, O love, my spirit without thee.>\n[trans. Helen Waddell, in Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse]"}
{"text":"Some of you who have tried to play computer games will know the term multiplayer. And in our ActeeChange games, it is actually the same thing. As players you can sit in the same room – or in different countries, using your own device, but being part of the same game interacting with each other. You can play in groups of 2 – 6 people.\nParticipants need their own device because the multiplayer function demands that each participant makes an individual choice, and thereafter the group as a whole should agree on a choice to move forward with.\nIf the participants play the game separately, the setup on-screen allows them to see what choices the other participants have made and gives them a chance to make a new choice, which corresponds with the rest of the group or suggests their own choice to the group.\nBut the participants will need to discuss their choices within the group and choose how to proceed. This creates a reflection on multiple levels.\nAs a facilitator using multiplayer you can get an overview of the groups' positions and show these via the tool called Session View. You can project it onto a big screen from your computer and spark discussion on how the groups have come to their decisions."}
{"text":"Protection against common upper respiratory tract infections\nUpper respiratory tract infections (URTI) involve the infection and inflammation of the sinuses, nasal passages, pharynx, and larynx. They include a range of conditions such as influenza, common cold, rhinitis, pharyngitis or laryngitis.\nFPP® supplementation for six weeks resulted in higher concentration\nof salivary IgA and lysozyme together with a significant increase in phase II enzyme and SOD expression (i.e., the most important antioxidant of the human airways).\nWith these significant effects, FPP® helps reduce at any age the whole respiratory oxidative stress in the human airways and the incidence and/or severity of upper respiratory tract infections by helping mucosal defences.\nHow to use Immun'Âge for protection against upper respiratory tract infections\nProtection during winter\nAction: Reinforces local mucosal immune defence of upper respiratory tract.\nResult: Contributes to decrease the risk of common upper respiratory tract infections.\nDosage: 1 to 3 packets per day.\nBoost at first symptoms\nAction: Boosts local immune defence and decreases linked oxidative stress.\nResult: Helps decrease the severity and duration of infection.\nDosage: 3 packets per day for 2 to 3 days."}
{"text":"The Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) on India’s first satellite for lunar exploration, Chandrayaan-1, is for generating high-resolution 3-dimensional maps of the Moon. With this instrument, a complete topographic map of the Moon with 5 m spatial resolution and 10-bit quantization will be available for scientific studies. The TMC will image within the panchromatic spectral band of 0.4 to 0.9 Μm with a stereo view in the fore, nadir and aft directions of the spacecraft movement and have a B/H ratio of 1. The swath coverage will be 20 km. The camera is configured for imaging in the push broom-mode with three linear detectors in the image plane. The camera will have four gain settings to cover the varying illumination conditions of the Moon. Additionally, a provision of imaging with reduced resolution, for improving Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) in polar regions, which have poor illumination conditions throughout, has been made. SNR of better than 100 is expected in the ±60° latitude region for mature mare soil, which is one of the darkest regions on the lunar surface. This paper presents a brief description of the TMC instrument.\nVolume 128 | Issue 8\nClick here for Editorial Note on CAP Mode"}
{"text":"from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia\n- n. A flour-like substance made from fish.\n- n. A dry inodorous fertilizer made from fishes, used for manure.\nSorry, no etymologies found.\nAnother substance, which is much more nutritive, is obtained from the animal kingdom: this is fish-flour (manioc de pescado)."}
{"text":"Your retinas are nourished by a system of fine blood vessels. Diabetes can damage these blood vessels, causing them to leak or rupture. If the damage is severe, vision can be lost. Serious changes caused by diabetes often cause no symptoms until it is too late.\nKeeping the eyes healthy boils down to two main factors: blood glucose and blood pressure. Tight management lowers the risk of developing retinopathy by 76% over the long term: <140/90 mmHg in adults and <90th percentile for age, sex, and height in children.\nGo see your eye doctor right away if you have symptoms of retinal detachment, such as seeing a new floater or flashes of light, having what seems like a veil over your vision, or any other changes in vision."}
{"text":"The Book of Unknown Americans is a realistic fiction novel that depicts the reality for many immigrants throughout the United States. The author of this book, Cristina Henríquez, focuses on the journey of a small family of three, the Riveras. The Rivera family consists of mother Alma, father Arturo and their fifteen-year-old daughter Maribel. The Riveras emigrate from Mexico to seek the best education possible for Maribel, who suffered a traumatic brain injury. The family moves to Newark, Delaware with the hopes that a better education and a fresh start will aid in Maribel’s recovery progress. Arturo begins rigorous work at a mushroom farm, with corrupt management and hazardous conditions. Alma struggles to feel at home without her support system and family nearby, until the Riveras form a new family with fellow immigrants in their apartment complex. A boy in a neighboring apartment forms a life-altering friendship with Maribel that takes a turn as the story progresses. The family persists through language barriers and racism, until a tragic accident occurs that changes everything. This novel will open readers’ eyes to the real challenges and roadblocks that immigrants face in the United States.\nWinston Allen & Olivia Bowman, 2019"}
{"text":"I Have, Who Has?\nTeacher Created Resources • In Stock • --\n$12.95 - $16.95\nGrades 1 - 5. The entire class can have fun while practicing skills in math. Hand out all 37 cards (some players may have more than one card). The student whose card reads \"I have the first card. Who has . . .?\" begins. The student whose card has the answer to that question responds and then asks a different question.This continues until the person with the last card gives the final answer and reads, \"This is the end of the game!\" Each box provides 4 sets of cards for 4 different games."}
{"text":"William Golding is an optimist and a pessimist based on the writing he portrays in Lord Of The Flies. William Golding believes that mankind can become better and treat each other better, But also believes all people have savagery and hatred inside of them. Goldings shows his optimist point of view best through the character of simon. Golding’s pessimist views are shown through the savagery of the boys represented through the beast.\nOne character who shows William Golding’s optimist views is Simon. Simon in the book behaves very unselfishly. Simon is always helping others and protecting the littluns. He learns the truth about the Lord of the Flies. Simon could've been drawn into the conflict between Jack, Roger, Piggy, and Ralph but instead aways from it. Simon helps builds the shelters with ralph but because he wants, not out of a sense of duty like others would look at it. When simon learns the truth about the lord of the flies he goes back down to help the boys. Simon is then beaten up by mistake, Simons death is senseless and dies trying to save others. Simon’s character shows that not everyone is drawn to power and savagery like the others.\nWilliams Goldings pessimistic point of views are deeper and not the characters but mostly what's inside the characters especially jack and roger. What Golding shows through this is that savagery and hatred exists in all people. Nobody would ever think such evil can exists in boys at the ages of 12, but without their parents and being separated from civilization the boys. Parents teach their kids not to hit others, but being away from them they realize there is no consequence’s. The part when Roger is throwing the rock at the little boy shows this. at first roger aims to miss, but then he starts to throw it closer and closer, all the way until he rolls a huge rock on top of piggy. Roger was taken in by evill from being separated by civilization over time."}
{"text":"⇒ interactive index to zvon materials\nThe term seat occurs in indexes or keywords of following Zvon materials:\nThe Constitution of the United States (1787)\nWe the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.\nVienna Convention on Consular Relations (1963)\ninternational convention on consular relations, privileges and immunities would also contribute to the development of friendly relations among nations, irrespective of their differing constitutional and social systems"}
{"text":"Kedarnath Temple The present temple, built in 8th century A.D. by Adi Shankaracharya, stands adjacent to the site of an earlier temple built by the Pandavas.\nKedarnath is one of the most sacred pilgrimages of Lord Shiva situated in Rudraprayag district of Garhwal region in Uttarakhand. Kedarnath is one of the Char Dham in Uttarakhand and the most important dham among Panch kedar. Kedarnath is situated at an altitude of 3586 mts, in the lap of the majestic mountain peaks and near the head of river Mandakini, Kedarnath range stands one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva.Kedar meaning powerful is another name of Lord Shiva the protector and the destroyer. The beautiful ambiance around the temple looks like quite peace on heaven causes a beautiful place to do meditation.The main attractions here is the Shiva Temple, which is a popular Hindu shrine and pilgrimage, attracting devotees from all over the world. The travel and tourism scope here is strengthened by factors like natural beauty and religious zest.The legend has it that after the battle of Kurukshetra, Pandavas of Mahabharata’s went on a journey to Varanasi to seek blessings from the Lord as they were guilty of killing their own kith and kin. However, Lord Shiva avoided meeting them, thus hiding himself in Guptakashi. When Pandavas found him, Lord Shiva decided to take the form of buffalo so that they couldn’t recognize him. Seeing them coming closer Lord made a decision to become invisible by going underground. While doing that one of the five Pandavas, Bhima made a great effort in stopping him by holding on to the legs and tail of the bull. Unfortunately, the Lord dived and evaporated at that place leaving behind his hump which is now worshipped at Kedarnath Temple."}
{"text":"A Symposium Sponsored by the University of Iowa Center for the Book and the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography at Rare Book School\nIn Micrographia (1665), the first visual study of the microscopic world, the experimental philosopher Robert Hooke argued that knowledge of nature was rooted in human vision, especially as augmented by tools like the recently-invented microscope, and human craft, which built the microscope and made images of the worlds that it revealed. In early modern Europe, Hooke’s was only one of many new worlds whose discovery challenged established beliefs about the natural order and humanity’s place in it. This symposium invites us to consider the vehicles through which these challenges were mounted — books.\nKeynote lecture by Anthony Grafton\nHenry Putnam University Professor of History, Princeton University\nLearned Histories: How They Were Made and Why It Matters\nSaturday, October 17, 4 pm, MERF 2117\nFor more information about the symposium go here:http://book.grad.uiowa.edu/content/scientific-books-and-their-makers-symposium\nCo-sponsored by The University of Iowa Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, the Departments of History and English, and Hardin Library for the Health Sciences."}
{"text":"New york times dating violence Camsex now no strings chat xxx\nWe quickly identified “breaking the silence” as a key strategy in our dating abuse awareness and intervention efforts.Since young people were reluctant to talk with adults, we engaged youth in our program design, implementation and evaluation.First, notice that dating violence is a pattern of behavior.This does not necessarily mean that the first instance of abuse is not dating violence, but merely that dating violence usually involves a series of abusive behaviors over a course of time.We are not only making a difference in the lives of young people affected by dating abuse today, but perhaps more importantly, STAR peer leaders are learning positive lessons in leadership that will foster the development of socially committed adults possessing faith in their own abilities to effect long-term social change and to achieve greater social equality that is not constrained by race, class, color, faith, sexual orientation or gender.\nLove Shouldn’t Hurt and STAR are among the most important initiatives we have undertaken to break the cycle of violence.\nThe result of our collaboration with youth is the “Love Shouldn’t Hurt” program.\nLove Shouldn’t Hurt is an awareness, intervention, and prevention initiative that addresses the serious issue of abuse in dating relationships.\nThis definition also points out that the core of dating violence is power and control.\nAs the diagram shown below shows abusive words and actions are the tools that an abusive partner uses to gain and maintain power and control over his/her partner."}
{"text":"St Lucia lies at latitude 13 54′ north of the Equator and 60 50′ west. One of the Windward Islands, St. Lucia is located in the middle of the Eastern Caribbean chain of islands, and is approximately 21 miles south of Martinique and 90 miles northwest of Barbados.\nSt Lucia is 238 sq. miles (616 sq. Km), 27 miles long, 14 miles wide with a combination of eminent mountains, tropical forests, low lying lands and a combination of red and volcanic sandy beaches. There is a central mountain range that runs the length of the island, with peaks ranging between 1000 and 3145 feet. The two towering volcanic cones on the southwest coastal town of Soufriere, Gros Piton (797m) and Petit Piton (750m) are part of the Caribbean’s most famous landmarks. The volcanic origin of St. Lucia provides visitors with an opportunity to visit a “drive-in volcano” and take a dip in its reputedly therapeutic Sulphur springs.\nSaint Lucia enjoy a tropical climate, with temperatures ranging from 70-90′ Fahrenheit. Its two seasons starts with the rainy season from June – November, and the dry between December and May. It endures an average rainfall of 160-360cm, depending on the altitude.\nSaint Lucia is tended by a friendly population of approximately 180,000 inhabitants with its capital Castries and as far North as Cap Estate hosting over 70, 0000.00 people. Annual population growth rate is approx. 2%. English is the official language of St. Lucia, while boasting its own native Kweyol language, rooted in heritage and culture."}
{"text":"Text In The Book Format By, Keith Smith\nStructure of the Visual Book introduces strategies for organizing pictures in the book format. Text in the Book Format extends these ideas for the writer and artist working with words and pages. This book is not about binding, computers, design, typography or the history of books, but the possibilities of conceiving text which utilizes the format not to distract, but assist the written word. Text in the Book Format examines the possibilities of conceiving text which utilizes the format to assist the written word. By considering the physicality of the book and the turning pages, text becomes a book experience, rather than a running manuscript. Text ideas are illustrated with diagrams as well as photo reprod uctions of books as examples. The book format is movement. Rhythms of syllables and moving pictures of implied imagery flowing within text is akin to music and cinema. Events depicted in writing unfold through time in space, alongside the physical act of turning pages. Awareness of space of the page, and composing the pages as well as the text, revolutionizes writing styles because it is a departure from the concept of seamlessly writing a running manuscript. The writer can take into consideration the demands and opportunities of the multiple page format. Pacing of the book is the synchronization or syncopation of the content with turning pages. In this manner the format can reinforce and even speak aside from the text. Writing specifically for the book format, as opposed to the single sheet format, brings to the reader a book experience. The Expanded Third Edition 2004, of Text in the Book Format has been updated, doubled in size to 256 pages, including 48 pages in color."}
{"text":"There are many around the world that believe that Mark Twain's book, Huckleberry Finn should be banned. They cite reasons such as racism, use of the n- word, as well as antiquated views of women and men. However, these people, while entitled to their opinions, have most likely never read the book or they would see that it is still as germaine, in many ways, today as it was then...maybe even more so.\nFor one thing, the main character, or one of the main characters is Jim, a black man. He is the one that Huckleberry trusts, looks up to, and considers his friend (during a time where black and white were not supposed to 'mix' or be on equal footing). In addition, it illustrates that bad people come in all shapes, sizes, and colors....not just African American. During its time this book was very controversial for that very reason.\nLastly, it discusses what the feeling and action of 'freedom' really is and what it truly means for a person to be free. Huckleberry realizes that money and family don't really mean freedom to him, but to Jim, family is everything. Huck learns a great deal from Jim about being human, and it is those lessons that Huck learns, that the reader also learns."}
{"text":"Today’s youth often face political instability and information overload from polarised viewpoints, sometimes true, sometimes fake. They have difficulties finding work in a volatile job market where the job security their parents enjoyed no longer applies. In addition, they risk being isolated in society as opportunities for political and civic participation are limited.\nFrom 25 to 27 September in Vienna, FRA will host its Fundamental Rights Forum. Careful attention has been paid to ensure young people can meaningfully take part in the discussions and have their voices heard on issues that affect them.\nThere will be sessions where young people will speak about their experiences of protecting their personal information in the digital age. They will also speak of the real barriers they face in exercising their rights and accessing public services.\nOther conference sessions will explore child poverty, inclusive education, a fairer job markets, violence against young women, and much more. All topics of everyday relevance that matter to young people everywhere.\nThere will also be hands-on opportunities to illustrate the power of sport to bring people closer together, and promote common values and inclusive societies.\nBy creating such safe spaces, young people, no matter their background, can have their say and voice the concerns that matters most to them. By allowing them to engage and be listened to, they will become empowered to get involved in the physical real and virtual worlds to bring about the change for their future and ours."}
{"text":"Due Week 9 and worth 65 points\nObesity in America is considered an epidemic. There are many contributing factors to obesity (both childhood and adult), such as biological, environmental, social, or economic factors. Review the information on obesity on pages 419 to 421 in the textbook. You may also use the Internet or Strayer Library to research obesity and its causes.\n- “What Are the Health Risks of Overweight and Obesity?” located at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/obe/risks.html\nWrite a one to two page (1-2) page essay in which you:\n- Describe the effect that obesity (childhood and / or adult) has had on you personally or your community.\n- Select one (1) contributing factor to childhood or adult obesity. Recommend two (2) preventative measures related to the selected factor that people can take in order to reduce their chance of becoming obese.\n- Discuss one (1) sociological theory that relates to the selected contributing factor to obesity"}
{"text":"Category:Old Norse terms by their sequences of characters\nDefinition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary\nOld Norse terms categorized by whether they include certain sequences of characters.\n- Category:Old Norse palindromes: Old Norse terms whose characters are read equally both from left to right and vice versa, normally ignoring spaces, diacritics and punctuation.\nThis category has only the following subcategory.\n- ► Old Norse palindromes (0 c, 10 e)"}
{"text":"Colors can influence work habits\nThe study, led by Juliet Zhu of the University of British Columbia, and published in the journal Science, found that the color red causes people to think practically and pay attention to detail, while the color blue sparks creativity and exploration. Zhu concluded that because red typically signals danger, it slows people down, forcing them to pay close attention to tasks. And since people associate blue with the sky, freedom, and peace, they tend to think outside the box when surrounded by the color.\nResearchers found these results by showing students images on either a red or a blue screen and documenting their reactions. For example, students shown a brick against a red background tended to list practical uses for the object, like building a house. Sudents shown a brick against a blue background came up with more creative responses, like making a paperweight or building a cat scratching post.\nThe study focused on hue, so more research on brightness and intensity may be needed. But if you’re looking to brighten up your practice’s walls, choose your colors wisely and you’ll get the most out of your team."}
{"text":"Stair-Stepped Mounds in Meridiani Planum\nThis image shows layered sedimentary rocks that fill an impact crater in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars.\nThese layered rocks may have formed through the accumulation of sediment (sand and dust) that were transported into this crater by blowing wind or flowing water. These sediments formed an extensive deposit that once covered the floor of the surrounding impact crater.\nThis crater is so large that the HiRISE image is entirely within it, and the crater rim is not visible. These sedimentary rocks were then eroded, likely by the wind. The original sand and dust were deposited in distinct layers within the crater; these layers now give the mounds their distinctive stair-stepped appearance, and are all that remain from this once extensive deposit."}
{"text":"The Bison: A National Symbol For All Americans\nAugust 8, 2012\nWhen Kai Ryssdal announced on National Public Radio’s daily financial round-up Marketplace recently that “political gridlock is over,” he wasn’t talking about health care, the national debt, or immigration policy. He was referring to legislation to make the North American bison our National Mammal.\nTo celebrate the bison’s central place in the history and culture of the United States, conservationists, bison producers, sportsmen, and Native American tribes came together this spring to craft and advance the National Bison Legacy Act.\nThis legislation, introduced last May jointly in the U.S. Senate by Republican Mike Enzi of Wyoming and Democrat Tim Johnson of South Dakota, currently enjoys equal numbers of co-sponsors from the Democratic and Republican parties, along with Independent Joe Lieberman. A companion bill was introduced in the House last week by Reps Clay (D-MO), Fortenberry (R-NE), Serrano (D-NY) and Noem (R-SD). The Act designates the American bison as our National Mammal and recognizes the first Thursday day in November as National Bison Day.\nThis excerpt comes from the first piece in a series about bison by John Calvelli, WCS Executive Vice President for Public Affairs. To continue reading his blog about the National Bison Legacy Act, visit National Geographic NewsWatch."}
{"text":"The Carbon Balance of Forest Biomes provides an informed synthesis on the current status of forests and their future potential for carbon sequestration.\nThis volume is timely, since convincing models which scale from local to regional carbon fluxes are needed to support these international agreements, whilst criticisms have been levelled at existing empirical approaches. One key question is to determine how well eddy-flux measurements at the stand-level represent regional-scale processes. This may be related to specific management practices (age, plantation, fertilisation) or simple bias in choosing representative sites (ease of access, roughness, proximity to physical barriers). The ecology and regeneration state of temperate, tropical and boreal forests under current climatic conditions are discussed, together with partitioning of photosynthetic and respiratory fluxes from soils and vegetation. The volume considers how to integrate contrasting methodologies, and the latest approaches for scaling from stand to the planetary boundary layer."}
{"text":"There are many types of tourism on offer in the world market, with tourism types being as diverse as the kind of experience that the visitor demands. Destinations characteristically engage in tourism models that cater to the needs and wants of the tourist market they attract. However, research and experience have shown that different tourism models affect the local people of a destination in different ways. For example, some models favor greater participation of historically marginalized communities than others. This paper focuses on two tourism models: ecotourism and community-based tourism. It is conceptual in nature and builds on previous academic research and secondary data in addressing the very topical theme of the use of ecotourism as a means of community development. It presents successful case studies of communitybased ecotourism, making particular reference to the indigenous populations of the Greater Caribbean to make these connections. There is reason to believe that the lessons derived from these case studies will be of interest and use to other indigenous communities in the Greater Caribbean and similar geographical regions in search of an alternative path of development that conserves natural areas while capitalizing on the opportunity for social welfare development and economic diversification for present as well as future generations."}
{"text":"The ongoing demographic change has made the maintenance of quality of life and wellbeing for older and old people one of the big challenges of our time. Aging research in Jena addresses these challenges on several levels:\nBasic researchers in the area of molecular aging research and pharmaceutical companies active in biomedical research work together with physicians to develop and test therapeutics and intervention strategies to treat and prevent age-associated diseases and malfunctions.\nSocial scientists and humanists analyze the psychological and social consequences of an aging society through individual and societal parameters to positively influence health-related behavior and provisions for old age.\nAs part of a pilot region for age-appropriate living exemplary urban development solutions including building prototypes tailored to the needs of a post-growth society will be developed.\n- Aging Research Center Jena (ARC)\n- Jena Centre for Systems Biology of Aging\n- Leibniz Research Alliance on Healthy Aging\n- Center for Molecular Biomedicine (CMB)\n- Project BRAINAGE\n- ProExzellenz Initiative \"RegenerAging\" (German only)\n- VW Foundation \"Aging as Future\"\n- Molecular Signatures of Adaptive Stress Responses\n- Leibniz Graduate School on Aging and Age-related Diseases"}
{"text":"Census Report Reveals Women Live Longer Than Men\nSo what if they say this is a man's world? Women live here longer! At least that's what has been revealed by a latest Census Bureau report.\nThe report, released Monday, suggests that there are many more women making it to a hundred years on the planet than men.\nThe Census Bureau report based on 2010 census notes that for every 100 women who live a 100 years, there are just 20.7 men who live that long. In the United States, the census apparently counted 53,364 people who are 100 and older.\nFor centuries together, man has been on the quest to discover the secret of a long life. A lot of research has been conducted to find out how some people live longer than others.\nLarge and steady improvements in trauma medicine, along with pharmacology, clean water and food and access to all forms of care, have helped lengthen life spans, especially in industrialized areas, reports Chicago Tribune. However, a long life has usually got to do not only with the genetics of people, but also more mundane factors such as income, diets, happiness etc., across cultures which contribute to a healthy and long life.\nHowever, when the overall report is considered, the number of people making it to 100 years is still smaller, with less than 2 people in 10,000 being centenarians.\nAccording to the census, about 62.5 percent of the centenarians were 100 or 101 years old, while just 0.6 percent of them were so-called super-centenarians or those who were 110 years-old or above in the U.S.\nBetter neighborhood, living conditions and access to health centers and medicine obviously seem to contribute to a longer life, as 85.7 percent of centenarians were found to be residents of urban areas.\nGeographically, 17,444 centenarians were reportedly residents of the south while 13,112 were from the Midwest, 12,224 were from Northeast 10,564 from the West.\nConsidering race and ethnicity of centenarians, it was reported that 82.5 percent of them were white, and 5.8 were Latinos."}
{"text":"This educational game is aimed at children ages 3, 4, and 5 years old and develops logical reasoning, which is the ability to recognize and classify the important properties of objects.Each round there are 4 objects presented on the screen, 3 of which have something in common— thus uniting them into a category. The category always has a name (for example: furniture, toys, fruits). The fourth object doesn't belong to that category and is \"not like the others\"—the kids need to identify it.\nCategories of objects found in the game include toys, dishes, tools, clothes, school supplies, flowers, mushrooms, fruits, vegetables, sweets, mammals, birds, insects, and marine creatures.\nThis logic game systematizes the child's knowledge about the world, and improves the ability to abstract and solidify concepts.\nTeachers and parents can download and install the game for free on their Android phones or tablets."}
{"text":"The NBA, seeking to exert more influence in North Carolina’s LGBT debate, told state lawmakers that revisions to its controversial anti-discrimination\nSource: NBA Tells North Carolina Changes to LGBT Law HB2 Aren’t Enough – NBC News\nThe development of values such as sportsmanship, fair play, and honesty through physical activity has been a major objective of physical educators and coaches for many years. Unfortunately, little evidence exists to support a positive relationship between sports participation and values development. Literature reviews completed in this area reveal a negative correlation between the length of one’s involvement in sport and the generation of sportsmanlike values (Coakley, 1982; Kroll, 1975; Stevenson, 1975). It has also been determined that nonathletes are more sportsmanlike than their athletic peers (Allison, 1981; Bovyer, 1968; Kistler, 1957; Lakie, 1964; Richardson, 1962).\nOn the basis of these findings, it is clear that if physical activity is to contribute to values development, then strategies that employ moral reasoning beyond social convention must be used. In response to this need, a number of intervention techniques have been designed and implemented in a variety of sports settings. Horrocks (1977, 1979, 1980) has applied the concepts of Kohlberg’s\nmoral reasoning to physical activity. Through the use of intervention and superordinate goals, Horrocks was able to find a positive correlation between socially accepted play patterns and moral reasoning. Weiss, Bredemeier, Shields, and Shewchuk (1984) and Romance (1984) have identified improvements in cognitive-\ndevelopmental levels through interventions using either moral development or social learning strategies.\nApparently, the #NBA does not subscribe to the moral reasoning associated with sportsmanlike behavior by using monetary values to drive the decision making of the residents of Charlotte, NC.\nIt’s my ball you can’t play and I’m taking it home…."}
{"text":"Articles 1 - 1 of 1\nFull-Text Articles in Architecture\nTsirik - Fold The Leaves So That Others May Be Guided: A Study Of How The Bribri Women Are Preserving Their Culture To Ensure A Sustainable Future For Their Community, Emily R. Blau\nBananas are one of Costa Rica’s largest exports, along with coffee, palm oil, and cocoa. The banana plantations are large-scale, are most often run by multinational companies, and are considered to be run as enclave economies (Equal Exchange, 2016). This monoculture crop production has been globally accused of human rights abuses said to include, but not be limited to, violating the rights of indigenous people and loss in culture and tradition. For this paper, I studied the effects that large-scale agricultural corporations have on the BriBri, a matriarchal and indigenous group who live on the Caribbean coast of Costa ..."}
{"text":"ERIC Number: ED272592\nRecord Type: RIE\nPublication Date: 1984\nReference Count: 0\nCareer and Work in the 1990's: A Challenge to Our Present Educational Focus.\nFisher, Janet Cameron\nBy 1980, 50 percent of all Americans were employed in information-related careers, and it is estimated that by 1990, the \"Information Society\" will have captured 70 percent of careers. The number working in heavy industry today will be reduced 80 percent by the year 2000. As a result of these employment changes, together with the coming revolutions in electronics and biology, careers will continue to show dramatic change. A question often raised is whether the projected population of the future will have the skills for the future. Unless changes occur in the educational process, the gap between minorities and the mainstream population will become even greater.To prepare students for the employment of the future, educators need to reassess the skills the students are now being taught. Many specific skills in technological areas will be needed, but the most important tools that can be provided for youth are those of analysis, judgment, and critical thinking. Activities to develop these skills can be incorporated into any subject area. \"Introducing a Futures Perspective into the Career Education Curriculum,\" published by the Office of the Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools, provides a series of lessons designed to teach students to think critically about themselves and the future. (KH)\nPublication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - General; Speeches/Meeting Papers\nEducation Level: N/A\nAuthoring Institution: San Diego State Univ., CA. National Origin Desegregation Assistance (Lau) Center.\nNote: In: Educational and Societal Futures: Meeting the Technological Demands of the 1990s. Proceedings of a Conference (Anaheim, California, April 28, 1983); see UD 024 362."}
{"text":"Letters and Sounds Phonics Phase 1 Aspect 7-oral blending BINGO\nA great game to practice oral blending and help prepare your students for early reading. This is a modified version of BINGO with a focus on oral blending.\n*To extend learning for children who need to focus on oral segmenting you could adapt this to be played in pairs. One of the children can have the BINGO scene card and the other can pull out the teacher call cards and orally segment the words for their partner to find!\nMany children struggle to blend and segment accurately in Phase 2 and 3. One of the reasons for this could be attributed to the lack of exposure to high quality Phase 1 activities. Teachers and TAs feedback that it can be difficult to create activities to help develop ‘oral segmenting’ or ‘sound talk’. Look no further than this easy\nI have…who has? oral segmenting activity to be played with a small group of 6-12 children.\nThis could be used during intervention or small group work with either the Teacher or the TA.\nLetter and Sounds Phase 1"}
{"text":"Research into blue-green algae could change the way water is treated.\nA NSW scientist has discovered that toxins from Blue-Green algae can linger even after all visible signs of scum have been removed.\nDr Sally Everson's research at the Tweed Shire Council's water lab, led to a chance discovery about the nature of algae and its toxins.\nShe said found toxins hiding in an unexpected location.\n\"The toxin that is produced by this algae is separating, liaising out of the algal cells and dropping down into the cleaner water and the water down at the bottom of the water body so you might remove the algal cells or take the water where there are no algal cells but in fact you could possibly be getting more toxins,\" Dr Everson said.\nThe implications for this could have world-wide ramifications on how outbreaks of blue-green algae treated\nDr Everson said the toxin isn't easy to find.\n\"With this particular species there's no indication that it is in the water body, it doesn't present with scum or smells or odours you just would have no idea that it's there so what it's indicating is that we need to have a much more pro-active system of testing and checking that this species hasn't yet turned up in our drinking water supplies,\" Dr Everson said.\nIt's hoped the findings will help with water quality and treatment around the world, and the results have already been well-received in New Zealand and Italy.\nThe findings have also been published in two prestigious scientific publications."}
{"text":"Professor emeritus Itzhaq Beit-Arieh of Tel-Aviv University, the man who helped bring the Edomites back to life through his archaeological work, died in July.\nFocusing much of his research on the eastern Negev in the Iron Age, Beit- Arieh worked on the border of ancient Judah and Edom and shed new light on these Biblical enemies through his archaeological surveys and excavations of Edomite sites such as Horvat ‘Uza, Horvat Qitmit and Tel Malhata.* At the time, little was known about the Edomites outside of the Bible, so archaeology was crucial for discovering more about the culture’s habits, religious practices, writing system and artistic styles. Distinctive Edomite pottery, including unique clay figurines of a goddess with a three-horned headdress from Horvat Qitmit (above, left) and a double-flute player from Tel Malhata may have been crafted by the same artist, according to Beit-Arieh, and show that Edomites had a significant presence in southern Judah at fortified sites in the late seventh or early sixth century B.C.E. Inscriptions excavated by Beit-Arieh also demonstrated that Edomite personal names often included theophoric elements of their principal deity Qos, much as Israelite and Judahite names incorporate the suffixes “–yo” or “–yahu” as a reference to YHWH (see article on p. 28 of the November/December 2012 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review).\nMay his memory be for a blessing."}
{"text":"You remember going to bed, like in your actual bedroom. However, you woke up this morning on the living room couch. What’s even more bizarre is that you’re grasping your car keys, you have on your winter coat and just your left winter boot, and your laptop is open to a travel article on the penguins of Antarctica.\nNow you may still be dreaming, but chances are you were sleepwalking last night…\n1. What Characterizes Sleepwalking\nAccording to the American Sleep Association (ASA), sleepwalking is classified under parasomnia, which refers to a number of sleep-related abnormalities—including nightmares, sleep paralysis, REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), sleep aggression, sexsomnia, sleep-associated eating disorder, and sleepwalking.\nParasomnias typically occur in one of 2 ways—either during sleep or as an individual is about to fall asleep. ASA data shows that roughly 10-percent of Americans (mainly children) are inflicted with some form of parasomnia. In the majority of cases, sleepwalking doesn’t typically cause negative health consequences and will dissipate with maturity. However, sometimes sleep walking can cause harmful dream-enacting behaviors to the sleepwalker and others."}
{"text":"Ninety years ago, Theodore Vail - the president of AT&T - made a historic compromise.Vail believed that the telephone business needed to be run by one company - only then could it guarantee \"communication with anyone that may possibly be wanted, at any time.\" So AT&T set about gobbling up competitors across the country, putting together the first nationwide phone network. For Vail's strategy to fly, though, there was one big hump to get over: the government, which was threatening AT&T with trust-busting on the one hand and nationalization on the other. So Vail cut a deal with the Justice Department, accepting regulation in exchange for sanctioned control of the telephone business.\nView: Full Story\nNews source: Wired"}
{"text":"The sociological theory of childhood allows the introduction of an approach which is based on social constructivism and communication theory. This approach has beeen tested in a research project about infant schools in Italy, featuring interviews with teachers and vieotaped interactions in che schools. This research concerned on the one hand the construction of childhood and its social context, educational values, programmes and roles among the teachers, on the other hand the forms of communication between teachers and pupils. The differences between forms of education are higlighted by this research.\nForms of Education in Infant Schools. A Sociological Approach / Baraldi, Claudio. - STAMPA. - (1997), pp. 1-21. (Intervento presentato al convegno Childhood and childen's culture tenutosi a Esbjerg nel 30 maggio - 2 giugno 1997)."}
{"text":"Our closest neighbor in space has been moving east, away from the sun, since Friday's new moon, and a thin crescent moon can be seen Tuesday evening at dusk at the bottom of an equilateral triangle formed by Mars, Saturn and Spica.\nOn Tuesday, look for the 4-day-old waxing crescent moon about one-half degree to the left of Virgo's brightest star Spica, 10 degrees above the west-southwestern horizon at 9 p.m. Mars will sit about 5 degrees above and to the left of Spica, and Saturn will lie about 4 degrees to the right of fainter Mars.\nBy Wednesday evening, the crescent moon will have passed the celestial triangle and sit about 9 degrees to the right of Mars.\nLater this week, when the moon has moved away from the triangle and into the southern sky, you may notice in a darker sky the contrasting colors of the trio of celestial objects that form the triangle. Mars is orange, Saturn is golden, and Spica is slightly blue.bookclub\nFirst Published August 20, 2012 4:00 AM"}
{"text":"Teenagers find their reputation for being difficult unjust but puberty, rapid growth spurts and pressure at school take their toll on young minds and bodies not to mention what it does to the parent. Research now shows that rapid growth spurts do lead to clumsiness.\nOn top of that the brain is still evolving making it difficult for teens to focus on tasks as we adults expect them to do. Worse still, their body clocks do go haywire so they really cannot get enough sleep to function well in school. Put key exams in the mix and you have a recipe for stressed, unhappy teenagers.\nTreatments and techniques which are ideal for helping teenagers feel relaxed and better able to manage their lives include:\nRelaxation techniques and coaching can be combined to help young people and their parents cope better with a challenging stage of life. Coaching, a one-sided conversation in which the client does most of the talking, is designed to help people set and achieve goals. It won't turn worriers into problem solvers overnight, but a series of sessions combined with CranioSacral Therapy will help raise self-confidence and bring a sense of achievement and fulfilment into your teenager's life.\nSelf help tools and education on stress releasing techniques are given to the teenage client to enable them to manage emotions, stress, anger and to build confidence, therefore enhancing concentration and focus.\nIf you or your teen are experiencing any of the following consider seeking help:"}
{"text":"Water is one of our most precious resources, but it’s also a finite one. As parents, it’s essential that we teach our children how to conserve water so that they understand the importance of taking care of the environment and conserving natural resources. Here are some ways that parents can teach their children how to conserve water:\nTurn off the Tap: Encourage your child to turn off the tap when they’re not using it. When they brush their teeth, have them wet their toothbrush, turn off the tap, and then brush. This simple action can save a lot of water over time.\nLook for Leaks: Teach your child to look for leaks in faucets and toilets. If they find a leak, they should let you know as soon as possible. Even a small leak can waste a significant amount of water over time.\nUse a Watering Can: When watering plants or gardens, use a watering can instead of a hose. This helps to conserve water by ensuring that only the necessary amount of water is used.\nTime Showers: Teach your child to take shorter showers. Encourage them to use a timer to keep track of the time they spend in the shower. This helps to conserve water and can also help to reduce your water bill.\nUse a Bucket: When washing the car or cleaning outside, use a bucket of water instead of a hose. This helps to conserve water and reduces the amount of water that is wasted.\nBe Creative: Encourage your child to be creative with their water use. For example, they can use rainwater to water the garden or use leftover bathwater to wash the dog.\nLead by Example: Finally, lead by example. Children learn by watching their parents, so make sure that you’re conserving water in your own home. If your child sees you taking steps to conserve water, they’re more likely to follow your lead.\nBy teaching your child to conserve water, you’re not only helping to protect the environment, but you’re also teaching them an essential life skill that will help them to be responsible adults. So start teaching your child about water conservation today!"}
{"text":"Purpose of review\nTo review recent developments in the mechanisms of chronic cough.\nAlthough cough prevalence is similar across the world, there are significant regional differences in the diseases associated with cough. This may represent regional differences in diet, environmental exposure, and diagnostic assessment and labelling. Cough can be reliably measured using several validated questionnaires and objective tools that monitor cough frequency and cough reflex sensitivity. Cough with eosinophilic bronchitis responds to anti-inflammatory therapy with corticosteroids and montelukast. The absence of airway hyperresponsiveness may be because of the release of a bronchoprotective mediator, prostaglandin E2. Cough with neutrophilic bronchitis is associated with rhinitis and gastroesophageal reflux disease. Laryngeal hypersensitivity (LHS) is an important new concept that explains cough mechanisms, identifies potentially new pharmacotherapies that target neural pathways and also transient receptor channels, and demonstrates how behavioural therapies can be effective in refractory cough. The concept also explains symptoms in a variety of related syndromes such as vocal cord dysfunction.\nNew insights into cough mechanisms that focus on LHS help explain cough symptoms and the place of effective therapies including speech pathology intervention and neuromodulators."}
{"text":"(Image via Chinasmack)\nFood safety has once again made it into the top of the headlines in China, as a Shanghai woman noticed a faint blue glow emitting from some pork she had bought from the local wet market.\nThis isn’t the first time residents have been seeing blue. According to Shanghai Daily, last year in February, a number of Changsha residents discovered that the pork they had purchased from supermarkets began to emit a blue glow at night.\nAfter the media caught wind of things, the Changsha Food Safety Commission invited experts to weigh in on the investigation whom said that the “blue glow pork” was caused by secondary bacterial contamination.\nShanghai Health Department food experts also agreed that the blue pork was contaminated by bacteria-phosphorescent bacteria to be exact, which originates in the sea, and is also sometimes found in fish. But the Shanghai food experts also emphasized that the blue pork is still safe to eat once it has been cooked.\nIn a time, where many Chinese residents are weary of their government’s handling and enforcing of food regulations, I think it’s important to see how China handles incidents such as blue pork. Given the tense political situation China finds itself in currently in lieu of the Jasmine Revolution and other uprisings, it would be in their best interests to keep the public as happy as they can especially with something as important as food."}
{"text":"Definitions for tallowˈtæl oʊ\nThis page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word tallow\nobtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants\na hard animal fat obtained from suet etc.; used to make candles, soap and lubricants\nTo grease or smear with tallow.\nTo cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.\nto tallow sheep\nOrigin: talgh, talow, from taluh, talugh, from talgō (compare Dutch talk, German Talg), from del- (compare Middle Irish delt, Old Armenian տեղ).\nthe suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting\nthe fat of some other animals, or the fat obtained from certain plants, or from other sources, resembling the fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds\nto grease or smear with tallow\nto cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, tallow sheep\nTallow is a rendered form of beef or mutton fat, processed from suet. It is solid at room temperature. Unlike suet, tallow can be stored for extended periods without the need for refrigeration to prevent decomposition, provided it is kept in an airtight container to prevent oxidation. In industry, tallow is not strictly defined as beef or mutton fat. In this context, tallow is animal fat that conforms to certain technical criteria, including its melting point. It is common for commercial tallow to contain fat derived from other animals, such as lard from pigs, or even from plant sources.\nTranslations for tallow\nFrom our Multilingual Translation Dictionary\n- sèuCatalan, Valencian\n- Rindertalg, Hammeltalg, Schöpsentalg, TalgGerman\n- ճարպ, ճրագուArmenian\n- ヘット, 獣脂Japanese\n- talgNorwegian Nynorsk\n- ло̑ј, lȏjSerbo-Croatian\n- pin, bubalepin, jipalepin, lepin, jipapin, piun, bubapin, pim, kunapimVolapük\nGet even more translations for tallow »\nFind a translation for the tallow definition in other languages:\nSelect another language:"}
{"text":"Conservation of the Squam watershed has been the focus of the SLA since its inception in 1904. In fact, ecological concerns of the health of the lake were the driving force behind the creation of this organization. Susan Baker Keith, editor of A Condensed History of the SLA, paints a very different picture of Squam than to what we are accustomed today:\n\"There were old boats sunk full of stones... sawdust from the sawmill on White Oak Brook, which settled feet thick on the white sand bottom of Piper’s Cove, driftwood, half-sunken tree-tops, sometimes whole trees drifting in the channels, sewage, old mattresses, broken chairs, house refuse of every conceivable kind, some a menace to health, much else equally menacing to navigation... Later came automobile tires, pieces of damaged machinery and engine oil which fouled all the surface and killed fish as well as water plants, spoiling the swimming and soiling beach and shore line.\"\nIndeed, the Squam of today faces different threats than excessive pollution experienced at the turn of century. The SLA continues to manage an ambitious conservation program that both monitors the health of the watershed and undertakes restoration projects to ensure that Squam is clean and beautiful for generations to come."}
{"text":"from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition\n- n. Architecture A flat object or opening with scalloped edges or ornaments.\nfrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License\n- n. A symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of a set of partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.\nfrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English\n- n. An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisions or foils.\n- adj. Having more than five divisions or foils.\nfrom The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia\n- In architecture, decoration, etc., having more than five foils or arcuate divisions: as, a multifoil arch.\n- n. Multifoil ornament.\nThese facades are supported on independent laminated timber framing - from sustainable managed sources - with all opening sections clad with TRESPA and lined with TriIso multifoil insulation to maintain the u-value of the façade."}
{"text":"Low-pressure casting is a kind of equipment that is often seen in the industry and is a special process. Many times we will pay more attention to the manufacturing process of low-pressure casting. Let’s take a look at what will happen to the process of low-pressure casting Factors influence it.\nWhat factors affect the process of low-pressure castings:\n1. Batch of low-pressure castings: the larger the batch, the greater the economic benefits.\n2. Clean out: There is no chemical binder in the molding sand, the foam plastic is harmless to the environment at low temperature, and the recovery rate of the old sand is more than 95%.\n3. High precision of low-pressure castings: Cast iron is a new process with almost no margin and precise forming. This process does not need to take a mold, no parting surface, and no sand core, so the casting has no flash, burrs and draft slope , And reduces the dimensional error caused by the core combination.\n4. The low-pressure casting process is the same as other forging processes. It has its shortcomings and limitations. Not all castings are suitable for production using the lost foam process, and detailed analysis is required.\nLow pressure casting\n5. Low-pressure casting structure: the more complicated the casting structure, the better the superiority and economic benefits of the casting process. For the structure with narrow internal cavity channels and interlayers, predecessors need to be raised before using the lost foam process.\n6. Reduce investment and production cost Reduce the weight of the casting blank, and the machining allowance is small. Highly complex castings can be forged through foam plastic die combinations.\n7. Low-pressure casting casting materials: the order of good and poor usability is roughly: gray cast iron-non-ferrous alloy-ordinary carbon steel-nodular cast iron-low carbon steel and alloy steel; through necessary preparation to As a result, the process experiment and debugging period is too long."}
{"text":"FAO supported projects\nIncreased decentralisation and changing roles of public forest institutions have led to a greater institutionalization of participatory forestry approaches. This response to centralized and top-down forestry approaches has a number of social, environmental, and economic impacts. Frequently, increased local management and responsibility of natural resources has allowed stakeholders to address issues of forest tenure, local governance governance and engagement in national policy dialogues.\nFAO helps to develop participatory processes at the local, national, and regional level across the globe. Much of this work takes place through on-the-ground projects which aim to include vested stakeholders in a collaborative and participatory process to improve economic, environmental social conditions. This section includes an overview of many of the projects focused on community forestry and participatory forestry that FAO has supported."}
{"text":"Are cell phones harmful to use? Why to take a opportunity if you have an simple access to some thing that can avert the adverse effects of harmful radiations coming from your phone. R2L is an anti-radiation chip that is scientifically-tested to substantially lessen radiations with out interfering with your cell phone’s signal. It works by converting RF (Radio Frequency) signal spikes into harmless bursts of energy, which means you are safe always. Just spot it on the surface of your cell telephone and avoid the penetration of damaging radiations by 70%. IF THE CHIP DOES NOT LIGHT UP, PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING 3 POINTS: The light not lighting up implies 1 of the following has occurred: -99% of time the light not lighting up is attributed to the R2L being in the wrong position. -You are as well close to a cell telephone tower. -Your Wi-Fi is not shut off. The R2L only functions on the cellular signal not on Wi-Fi signal.\n- Reduces cell telephone radiation up to 70%\n- Does not interfere with call good quality or clarity\n- Flashes L.E.D. when radiation is becoming absorbed\n- Sleek style with effortless-to-use peel & spot application\n- Certified by two independent S.A.R. testing labs"}
{"text":"Fundamentals of Modeling for Metals Processing\nDensity of Metals and Alloys\nThis article contains a table that lists the density of metals and alloys. It presents information on aluminum, copper, iron, lead, magnesium, nickel, tin, titanium, and zinc, an their respective alloys. Information on wrought alloys, permanent magnet materials, precious metals, and rare earth metals is also listed."}
{"text":"The Ray C. Anderson Foundation, a Georgia-based non-profit, has transformed a road into a laboratory for green transport technology development. Testing various kinds of technology and ideas, the organization wants to make highways restorative and sustainable. Partners include Innovia Technology in England and Georgia Tech’s College of Architecture.\nAmong the innovations are Wattway’s solar panels that can be put on top the surface of roads, which have a skid-resistant surface. Another technology is Smartstud, an array of smart road reflectors that alarm you about wrecks ahead and catch erratic drivers. The foundation is also mixing old tires into the asphalt, making the road up to 30 percent more durable.GreenBiz\nWhy not share this article?"}
{"text":"Chewing and swallowing difficulties\nCancer treatments target fast-growing cancer cells in your body. Healthy cells that are fast growing also can be damaged. Examples of fast-growing cells include cells in the mouth, digestive tract and hair. These cells may be affected by cancer treatment. Eating well from the beginning of cancer therapy has been found to prevent mouth problems.\nStomatitis, or mucositis, is the presence of sores in the mouth caused by some anticancer drugs. In addition to being painful, mouth sores can become infected by the many germs that live in the mouth. They can make it difficult to swallow and chew as well. If you develop sores in your mouth, tell your physician or nurse. You may need medication if the sores become painful or prevent you from eating.\nThe following suggestions may help if you have mouth problems:\n- Eat the following soft, soothing foods (at cold or room temperature) and puree cooked foods in the blender to make them smoother and easier to eat:\n- Ice cream\n- Baby food\n- Soft fruits (bananas and applesauce)\n- Mashed potatoes\n- Cooked cereals\n- Soft-boiled or scrambled eggs\n- Cottage cheese\n- Macaroni and cheese\n- Try to avoid irritating, acidic foods and juices, spicy or salty foods and rough or coarse foods such as:\n- Tomato juice and citrus juice (orange, grapefruit and lemon)\n- Raw vegetables\n- For mouth dryness:\n- Drink plenty of liquids.\n- Ask your physician if you can suck on ice chips, Popsicles® or sugarless hard candy. You also can chew sugarless gum. (Sorbitol, a sugar substitute that is in many sugar-free foods, can cause diarrhea in many people. If diarrhea is a problem for you, check the labels of sugar-free foods before you buy them, and limit your use of them.)\n- Moisten dry foods with butter, margarine, gravy, sauces or broth.\n- Dunk crisp, dry foods in mild liquids.\n- Eat soft and pureed foods.\n- Use lip balm or petroleum jelly if your lips become dry.\n- Carry a water bottle with you to sip from often."}
{"text":"Organic pollutant modelling\nModelling the fate and cycling of organic pollutants in the ocean\nPersistent organic pollutants (POPs) are highly toxic chemicals used in agriculture and industry, and released during combustion processes. They enter the ocean through the sea-surface and in river input from surrounding industrial and agricultural countries.\nPOPs undergo a series of processes in the ocean. POPs partition according to their hydrophobicity/lipophilicity - they either dissolve in water or sorb to organic matter, depending on their properties.\nHydrophobic POPs sorb to organic matter and work their way up the food chain – they bioaccumulate and biomagnify – and are thus a threat to species at the top of the food chain, fish and mammals, and human beings (consumers).\nWe are modelling exchange processes of these POPs and the effect of climate change as they move up the food chain."}
{"text":"Group Marriage(redirected from Communal marriage)\nAlso found in: Dictionary.\nan ancient form of marriage in which all the men of one tribe, family, or defined intra-family group had marriage bonds with all the women of another similar group. Group marriage arose from primitive sexual promiscuity, and in the course of its development it was replaced by the marriage of couples. The existence of group marriage in antiquity was established as a result of the ethnologic study of Australians and a number of other backward peoples."}
{"text":"Do trees talk to each other?\nYes they do and their communication is mediated by fungi beneath the surface of the ground.\nThis communication enables trees and other plants to share resources, thereby helping the whole forest to flourish.\nHere’s a quick overview of the key principles from Dr. Suzanne Simard.\nShe’s Professor of Forest Ecology in the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences at the University of British Columbia.\nHere Professor Simard goes much deeper into this topic.\nThis talk was given at the 13th Annual International Bioethics Forum, “3.8 Billion Years of Wisdom: Exploring the Genius of Nature”, held by the BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute in Madison, WI on May 1-2, 2014.\n– Ken McCarthy"}
{"text":"History of Granbury, TXFrom the Beginning to How We Got to Today!\nHood County can be traced back to 1847 when the Barnard brothers settled in this area along the Paluxy River. Three years later, Elizabeth Crockett, widow of Alamo hero Davy Crockett, came to Hood County to claim land given to her in honor of her late husband. In 1860, Mrs. Crockett was buried in the Acton cemetery which became the smallest State Park in Texas.\nBy 1853, more settlers began crossing the Brazos River and establishing homes. When the Civil War erupted, many of the men left their families to fight for the Confederacy.\nUpon returning home from the war, the men began to develop their area into a county.\nIn 1866, the Texas Legislature declared the county be named for General John Bell Hood who was a Confederate hero and leader of the famed “Hood’s Texas Brigade”. The Legislature also decreed that the county seat be named after General Hiram B. Granbury who was also a Confederate hero.\nToday, Hood County is home to more than 60,000 residents. With deep roots in Texas history and newly added city conveniences, Hood County is capable of bringing together the past and the present making it the perfect place to call home!"}
{"text":"Grierson, David (2009) Towards a sustainable built environment. CIC Start Online Innovation Review (1). 70 - 78.Full text not available in this repository. Request a copy from the Strathclyde author\nBuilding for sustainable development involves using design and construction methods and practices, which strive for integral quality (including economic, social and environmental performance) in a very broad (or holistic) way. Sustainable building design will consider the entire life cycle of buildings, taking environmental quality, functional quality and future values into account. A respect for all people, demonstrated through the provision of a healthy, functional, accessible and attractive built environment, is vital in promoting social sustainability. Similarly the efficient use of construction budgets, building material and labour within an organized management system will promote economic sustainability. Environmental sustainability will require the rational use of natural resources and the appropriate management of the building stock. This will in turn help to save scarce resources, promote energy conservation and improve environmental quality. Environmentally sustainable buildings aim to lessen their impact on our environment through energy and resource efficiency.\n|Keywords:||sustainable built environment, engineering, architecture, Scotland, Architecture|\n|Subjects:||Fine Arts > Architecture|\n|Department:||Faculty of Engineering > Architecture|\n|Depositing user:||Pure Administrator|\n|Date Deposited:||17 Jun 2011 14:25|\n|Last modified:||13 Jan 2017 03:40|"}
{"text":"Albion College Returning Rare Idol To Southwestern US Tribe\nAfter a professor discovered a rare artifact in storage at a Calhoun County college, efforts to return the piece are wrapping up this week.\nThe Jackson Citizen Patriot reports that art Professor Bille Wickre discovered the two-foot tall war god idol, called an Ahayuda, in storage at Albion College in 2015. Not knowing what it was, she worked with a scholar of Native American art to identify it as a cultural artifact of the Zuni Nation, a Pueblo tribe located in the southwestern United States. They began communicating with the tribe and working towards returning it.\nThe Ahayuda was donated to Albion College in 1973, and it's not known how the donor came across the item. However, at that time and decades before it, it was a somewhat common practice to take items off of Native American Reservations. Such cultural theft was outlawed in the Native American Graves Protection of Repatriation Act of 1990, which also ordered the return of such items to their original people.\nAhayuda are traditionally carved from a cottonwood tree that was struck by lightning, an act believed to infuse the piece with power. The idols are used for specific religious purposes, and are believed to serve as items of protection and peace.\nThe item will be returned to the Zuni people in a special ceremony at Albion College on Thursday, where a tribal elder and priests will hold a private ritual. A public gift-exchanging ceremony is being held at the college's Baldwin Hall in Albion at 5:30pm, followed by a showing of an independent Zuni film and a Q&A session with representatives from the tribe."}
{"text":"Master Teaching Techniques\nB. Cleveland, Connecting Link Press, 1984.\nWorkbook format for teachers to apply the basic techniques of NLP in the classroom. The exercises in the book are best practised with small groups.\nRighting the Educational Conveyer Belt\nMichael Grinder, Metamorphous Press, 1989.\nA good, detailed application of parts of NLP to classroom teaching. A very useful, interesting and practical book.\nMeta-Cation: Prescriptions for Some Ailing Educational Processes\nSid Jacobsen, Meta Publications, 1983.\nNLP ideas such as metaphor, anchor, representational systems and guided fantasy applied to individual educational counselling.\nSid Jacobsen, Meta Publications, 1987.\nCompanion book giving further applications and developments of Volume 1.\nSid Jacobsen, Meta Publications, 1988.\nCompanion book giving further applications and developments of Volume 1 and 2.\nEric P. Jensen, Turning Point for Teachers, 1988.\nA workbook on NLP, accelerated learning and other techniques for use in the classroom, with many practical tips.\nLinda Lloyd, Metamorphous Press, 1989.\nApplies NLP skills to primary school classroom teaching in a series of daily lesson plans. Presents many ideas to develop children.s learning skills.\nListening Skills in Music\nJoseph O’Connor, Lambent Books, 1989.\nThe results of modelling talented musicians, full account of the strategy for musical memory and how to teach it. Includes a video of the modelling process.\nNot Pulling Strings\nJoseph O’Connor, Lambent Books, 1987.\nA book about learning and teaching music. Explains and uses basic NLP ideas of rapport, representational systems and sub-modalities.\nD. Spence, Southern Institute Press, 1987.\nA story incorporating NLP techniques, designed to introduce NLP ideas to children."}
{"text":"The Environment Bureau launched the Low Carbon Living Calculator today to promote lifestyle changes to combat climate change.\nThe online calculator will help the public assess their individual carbon emissions in the past year for clothing, food, living and travel.\nOn a designated website, it asks 14 simple multiple choice questions which can usually be completed within five minutes.\nUsing information from electricity, water and fuel bills, the calculator will estimate users' individual carbon emissions based on their habits.\nIt also offers low carbon living tips on behavioural changes needed to lead a greener lifestyle.\nPeople can share their results with family and friends using social media.\nClick here to get started.\nClick here to read full article\nCarbon-reducing behaviour, like walking, cycling and cutting meat consumption, generates health co-benefits. Our study indicated that a large proportion of the older age groups practised carbon-reducing behaviour, contrary to the general conception that the younger generation adopts such environmental behaviour more readily. Using less packaging and shopping bags was the most common carbon-reducing behaviour, and was practised by 70.1% of interviewees every day. Only 3.5% of interviewees were vegetarian and about half (49%) of meat eaters, especially males, had never thought of eating vegetables only for at least one day a week."}
{"text":"Root Canal Therapy (Endodontics)\nEndodontic therapy, otherwise known as root canal therapy, may be necessary to save a tooth.\nRoot canals may be needed to save:\n- A severely broken or cracked tooth.\n- A decayed tooth where the cavity has gone into the pulp or is very close.\n- An injured tooth, or a tooth that had a large old filling with cracks and decay present.\n- An abscessed tooth will also need a root canal to be saved.\nThe diseased pulp (inner material of the tooth) is removed and disinfected. A material is used to fill the canals of the root and the tooth is restored with a crown.\nRoot canals are a common dental procedure and the dentist will advise if a root canal is necessary to save your tooth. Hypersensitive teeth may need root canals to be restored properly. The dentist will anesthetize your tooth before the root canal procedure. A small opening is prepared in the top of the tooth or back of the front tooth to access the pulp or nerve of the tooth. Most patients are relieved after root canals, especially if the nerve was infected or irritated prior to the procedure."}
{"text":"Horse Dental Care Health Center\n- Don't be confused. Wolf teeth are not the same a canine teeth.\n- Learn the difference, and see where wolf teeth are located in the horse's mouth.\n- Written by Deb Eldredge, DVM\nTrending horse dental care articles\nLatest horse dental care articles\nRequirements for equine dentists and technicians vary from state to state. Read to learn the requirements in your state.\nLearn about the many kinds of problems that affect horse's teeth and how good dental health goes hand-in-hand with the well-being and peak performance of your horse.\n\"With dental care as a priority, horses are physically more comfortable and utilize feed more efficiently which helps them to perform better and may also lead to longer, healthier lives.”\nHorses do not usually develop cavities in their teeth. Instead, dental infections usually begin at the root of the tooth and are often preceded by gum infection which leads to an abscess.\nRead to learn about changes in dental practices by equine dentists and veterinarians who now care for your horse's teeth with less risk, less pain, and more comfort.\nSee all equine dental care articles."}
{"text":"Chinese ‘Pompeii’ unearthed in Hunan\nNew Delhi: Archaeologists have discovered an oriental ‘Pompeii’ in Hunan, China.\nAs Pompeii in Italy was destroyed by the volcanic eruption, the Chengbu Shiwangutian was destroyed by a plague of locusts during the Qing Dynasty.\n‘Shiwangutian’ refers to an ancient farming and settlement site in Chengbu County in Hunan.\nAccording to Zeng Xiaoguang, Deputy Director of Cultural Heritage Bureau in Shaoyang City in Hunan, after the locusts` plague, the site was turned into an uninhabited area and a large amount of cultural relics were preserved, reports the People’s Daily Online.\nShiwangutian is in a trapezoid shape that is higher in the north and lowers in the south. It has been divided into upper part, middle part and lower part with a big circle with the diameter of 300 meters in the middle part of the farmland.\nThe site has become a cultural relic in China.\n- Bhagat Singh's name termed as terrorist to be removed from DU textbook\n- Ludhiana: Protest against DU for calling Bhagat Singh as terrorist in textbook\n- Delhi: INTUC workers protest outside Subramanian Swamy's residence\n- Special CBI court accuses Naveen Jindal for criminal conspiracy in coal scam\n- Gujarat announces 10% reservation for economically backward class\n- Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Raees’ in trouble – Click here to read more\n- Kapil Sharma meets 'showman' Subhash Ghai at Whistling Woods—See pic!\n- Did 'Sultan' shoot disrupt Indian athletes' Olympic practice session at JLN Stadium? Here's what happened...\n- Kangana Ranaut – Hrithik Roshan controversy: Adhyayan Suman explains why he broke his silence years after remaining tight-lipped\n- Centre to release 25 declassified files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose today"}
{"text":"These images from Rio one year after the Olympics are hard to believe\nThe world looked on with wonder a year ago as a poverty-stricken South American city hosted one of the biggest sporting events in the world.\nAfter months of construction delays and concern over the zika virus, Rio de Janeiro came to life this time last year and hosted the Olympics.\nBut new photos of the city show that the colour, energy and prosperity that the games brought to the city appear to have been drained.\nWhile the Olympic Stadium is still in use as a soccer venue, many of the other venues have been left in a semi-derelict state.\nThe site had been earmarked to be developed as the Olympic Training Centre and the Olympic Aquatic Centre was to be dismantled, but work has yet to get off the ground.\nPools of standing water sit inside and outside the abandoned Aquatic Centre, making the site a zika risk area, according to Getty.\nDespite promises of local events at Barra Olympic Park and benefits off the back of the games, including a clean-up of pollution in the bay and cleaning up the city's slums, known as favelas, little has changed for the locals.\nBrazil continues to face economic and political uncertainty, and critics say the money spent on the games would have been better spent on developing infrastructure in the country.\nThese photos from Metro-Mangueira 'favela' community, which sits around a kilometre away from the Marcana Stadium where the opening ceremony of the Olympics was held, show that life has changed little for the locals since the games.\nThese new photos suggest that Rio may have fallen victim to what Forbes called the 'Olympic curse'.\nThe publication spotted a correlation between hosting the Olympics a slump in the growth of Gross Domestic Product in a number of countries, such as Greece.\nStudies have also shown that as a costly venture for cities to spend money on, the Olympics offer a poor return on investment.\nWhile you're here, check out Episode 25 of The JOE Show...\nRead more about:"}
{"text":"Education is a human right that is inalienable, universal and enabling the exercise of other rights. Read more …The right to education\nThis bulletin explains the rights of the elderly, who are people over the age of sixty internationally and seventy in Zimbabwe. Age reduces the elderly’s capacities to demand and invoke their rights. Family members, society and others often violate the rights of elderly people. The elderly deserve special rights protection as a vulnerable group. Read more …Rights of the elderly\nEvery child has the right to a name and nationality. The identity of an individual is the assertion of his or her official existence in a society. This bulletin provides information on the right to a name and nationality. Read more …Bulletin 110 – The Right to a Name and Nationality\nAlthough persons with disabilities should enjoy the same rights enjoyed by able-bodied people, they often face social, legal, and practical barriers in claiming and enjoying those rights on an equal basis with others. This bulletin provides information on the rights of persons with disabilities. Read more …Bulletin 109 – Rights of persons with disabilities\nArrests or detentions not carried out in accordance with the law, or in cases, in which there is no likelihood or evidence that the arrested or detained committed a crime against legal statute, are arbitrary. This bulletin informs the public on the right to freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention. Read more …Bulletin 108 – Freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention."}
{"text":"You are hereHome ›\nNow showing results 1-5 of 5\nFresh water resources- their quantity, location and distribution- are briefly discussed in this two-page article. The article can be used as a \"reading to be informed\" activity in a stand-alone fashion or can be incorporated into a lesson plan.\nThis ChemMatters article provides a history of the study of ozone, a description of an experimental simulation called \"The World Avoided,\" a brief introduction to the chemistry of ozone, an explanation of how ozone is measured, and the difference... (View More) between \"good\" ozone in the stratosphere vs \"bad\" ozone in the troposhere. ChemMatters is an educational magazine published by the American Chemical Society. (View Less)\nThis ChemMatters article provides a brief background on smog, then examines the causes of it, efforts to reduce it, and methods used to measure it. ChemMatters is an educational magazine for high school students.\nThis article provides students with an overview of the technologies used to study the health of the Chesapeake Bay, which is at risk for eutrophication from non-point source pollution. The article describes how data from research vessels, buoys, and... (View More) satellites allow scientists to monitor the growth of phytoplankton. Emerging technologies are discussed, and questions to guide student reading are included. This article is found in Rising Tides, a journal created for teachers and students reporting on current oceanography research conducted by NASA, NOAA, and university scientists, featuring articles, classroom activities, readings, teacher/student questions, and imagery for student investigation of marine science. (View Less)"}
{"text":"We’re here to help you understand vascular disease\nLiving with vascular disease can be a struggle for you and your family – but it doesn’t have to be. With lifestyle changes, proper medication and a treatment plan, you can manage this disease and live a healthy, active life. Our team of heart and vascular specialists uses the latest diagnostic technology and treatments to provide you with the care you need beginning with an accurate diagnosis.\nVascular disease can range from diseases of your arteries and veins to blood disorders that affect your circulation. We have listed some of the common types of vascular disease below.\n- Peripheral artery disease (PAD) refers to a build-up of fat and cholesterol, or plaque, inside the blood vessels outside of your heart. This causes a narrowing of the artery which can cause reduced or blocked blood flow to organs and the rest of the body.\n- Aneurysms are abnormal bulges in the wall of an artery or blood vessel. They commonly occur in the main blood vessel that leaves the heart, the aorta. The wall of your artery is stretched in the area where this bulge exists leaving it more fragile and the risk of it rupturing, which can be deadly.\n- Peripheral venous disease (PVD) refers to damaged veins or veins blocked by a clot. These veins carry blood to your heart from your hands and feet. PVD most commonly occurs in the arms and legs.\n- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) occurs when a blood clot develops in the deep veins of your legs. These blood clots are dangerous as they can break free and travel to your lungs and cause a blockage."}
{"text":"The Sustainable Land System Association – ZERO – wants to make all TVDE 100% electric by 2025\nTVDE have to avoid contributing heavily to air pollution, a T&E study with ZERO shows that in Portugal it is already cheaper to operate electric vehicles than to use diesel.\nA coalition of non-governmental environmental organizations from Germany, Belgium, Spain, the United States of America, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom and now also involving ZERO in Portugal has been developing the campaign on the environmental costs of the many kilometers driven by TVDE vehicles (individual and remunerated passenger transport in vehicles not featured on an electronic platform), with particular emphasis on the largest company, Uber.\nThis campaign aims to inform citizens and authorities in big cities like Lisbon about the costs of pollution increased by this type of transport, calling for the need to use only zero-emission cars as TVDE vehicles. The goal is that in Europe this will be achieved by 2025.\nElectric vehicles are becoming an attractive commercial proposition for high mileage vehicle operators like Uber, in the main European Union capitals like Lisbon, Paris, Berlin and Madrid, reveals a new study by the European Transport and Environment Federation ( T&E) that also involved ZERO in the approach to data related to Lisbon.\nAccording to the European Environment Agency, air pollution is the biggest risk to environmental health in Europe. People living in polluted cities are at greater risk with Covid-19, as the European Alliance for Public Health has warned.\nThe transport sector is Europe’s biggest climate problem. Cars in the EU27 emit 45% of all transport carbon emissions. In Portugal, and excluding international aviation and maritime traffic, 96% of emissions are associated with road transport.\nRead the full article here."}
{"text":"“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle\nI am struck by some common themes when reading stories about people who have set and achieved their goals.\n- Many people have accomplished their goals. It is possible!\n- Everyone started. They began. They took action. And then they watched what happened.\n- They say they’ve achieve the goals by taking things one step at a time, one day at a time.\n- Each one takes required action, consistently acting every day,\n- These people take the long view, recognizing and reminding themselves that desired results usually are not achieved in a day or week or month.\n- Each one demonstrates the qualities of patience, hard work, and willingness to stay committed to reaching the goal.\n- When people reach their goals, they keep up the same habits they developed along the way including sharing their progress and lessons learned with others\nPatience, perseverance and perspective are keys to progress and success!"}
{"text":"Your music listening habits can tell about your mental health, according to a new research.\nBrain imaging reveals how neural responses to different types of music really affect the emotion regulation of persons. The study proves that especially men who process negative feelings with music react negatively to aggressive and sad music.\nEmotion regulation is an essential component to mental health. Poor emotion regulation is associated with psychiatric mood disorders such as depression. Clinical music therapists know the power music can have over emotions, and are able to use music to help their clients to better mood states and even to help relieve symptoms of psychiatric mood disorders like depression.\nBut many people also listen to music on their own as a means of emotion regulation, and not much is known about how this kind of music listening affects mental health.\nResearchers at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Music Research at the University of Jyvaskyla, Aalto University in Finland and Aarhus University in Denmark decided to investigate the relationship between mental health, music listening habits and neural responses to music emotions by looking at a combination of behavioural and neuroimaging data.\n“Some ways of coping with negative emotion, such as rumination, which means continually thinking over negative things, are linked to poor mental health. We wanted to learn whether there could be similar negative effects of some styles of music listening,” explains Emily Carlson, a music therapist and the main author of the study.\nSenior author Elvira Brattico said that they hope the research encourages music therapists to talk with their clients about their music use outside the session and encourages everyone to think about the how the different ways they use music might help or harm their own well-being.\nThe study is published in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience."}
{"text":"New Coating Prevents More Than 99 Percent of Harmful Bacterial Slime From Forming on Surfaces, Harvard University Study\n7/31/2012 7:59:26 AM\nBiofilms may no longer have any solid ground upon which to stand. A team of Harvard scientists has developed a slick way to prevent the troublesome bacterial communities from ever forming on a surface. Biofilms stick to just about everything, from copper pipes to steel ship hulls to glass catheters. The slimy coatings are more than just a nuisance, resulting in decreased energy efficiency, contamination of water and food supplies, and—especially in medical settings—persistent infections. Even cavities in teeth are the unwelcome result of bacterial colonies.\ncomments powered by"}
{"text":"Celebration of Chinese New Year in Deadwood helps keep culture, history alive\nDEADWOOD, S.D. — The Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center hosted an afternoon of new year fun for kids in grades kindergarten through six.\nIt was a celebration of the Chinese new year, and the year of the ox.\n“We decided we were going to celebrate that sort of tradition and culture and history. It has a lot of roots here in Deadwood. We had some Chinese immigrants that came during the gold rush, and so their ancestors, their relatives are still sponsoring our programs like this one,” said Amanda Brown, Education Director for Deadwood history.\nThis celebration was sponsored by Beatrice and Edith Wong, descendants of Fee Lee Wong, one of the first Chinese immigrants to make Deadwood his home.\nLike many other Chinese immigrants, the Wongs brought their culture and helped to shape life in the northern Black Hills.\n“A lot of businesses; They had laundry businesses, grocery stores, restaurants. They were a very significant part of downtown Main Street. And so, while they were here, they were introducing their culture to the other people that were living here in Deadwood, and so we continue that today,” Brown said.\nThere were only a handful of participants, but they had an opportunity to create lanterns, Chinese\nzodiac calendars, and participate in a red envelope ceremony.\n“They loved it, they loved learning about it. I had the Executive Director, Caroline Weber, here and she was asking them what they learned. And they were able to tell her everything that we had talked about earlier. About why it’s celebrated here in Deadwood, when Chinese new year started this year, what the year is, it’s the year of the ox. So, I think that they really enjoyed it,” Brown added.\nWhile the Deadwood celebration is over, Chinese new year festivities usually last sixteen days, and will end on February 26."}
{"text":"Japanese Naval Wreck – after more than fifty years past the Pacific War, the Japanese Navy Wreck remains limited. Americans during the World War II brought over 800 vessels and losses above 500 tons.\nAround the Imperial Navy’s legacy, the Japanese Naval Wreck is very interesting and catches the attention of all tourists. This area was composed of household names such as Hood, Fuso, Yamashiro, Haguro, KAGA and Bismarck.\nHood and Bismarck were always exposed for filming, Fuso remained unchronicled during Japanese Capital ship. In Surigao, there was a battleship between Yamashiro and Fuso which caused more interest in the area and brought more expeditions. There is also several battleships, such as Musashi, Mutsu, Yamato, Nagato, Yamashiro, and Kirishima.\nThere are also heavy cruisers that can be seen underwater, named Haguro, Kumano, Ashigara, Sakawa, Nachi and Kinu the light cruiser.\nThe interesting destroyers are Ayanami, Kikuzuki, Fumizuki, Amagiria, Hayashimo, Minazuki, Kuroshio, Kuwa, Shimotsuki, Yuzuki, Oite, Nagatsuki and Yudachi.\nFor divers who like wreck diving, there is a special place called the Coron Bay in Sangat Island, Busuanga.\nJapanese Naval Wreck in the Philippines is the ideal diving paradise for Wrecks divers from around the world.\nDuring your diving session, the people in charge can help you reach a very deep area. They know many hidden underwater beautiful gems. You can also find a nice little beach in the area, where you can relax and be comfortable. Local bungalows serve amazing food.\nIf you are a diver, you can buy an ebook to learn more about the Shipwrecks – The World War II Wrecks of the Philippines and the Shipwrecks of the Philippines. The first one is the perfect-bound book includes postage within the Philippines."}
{"text":"Virginia Bastable is a leader in Developing Mathematical Ideas, a national program specializing in teacher training.\nBastable and her collaborators, including Jill Lester, SummerMath for Teachers assistant director, are the authors and creators of five books and three videos in the Developing Mathematical Ideas series (Dale Seymour Publishers). This series grows out of \"Teaching to the Big Ideas,\" a joint National Science Foundation Teacher Enhancement Project with SummerMath for Teachers, Educational Development Corporation, and TERC, a not-for-profit education research and development organization.\n\"The books are fascinating,\" says MHC dean of faculty and mathematics professor Donal O’Shea. \"My favorite is Examining Features of Shape; it has topics that you don’t see in texts but that bother first-time learners.... Even if you hate math, these books are for you; you come away with the sense of it as a profoundly human activity.\"\nIn 1998, Bastable received $24,000 from the Massachusetts Department of Education for a collaborative project with the town of South Hadley, Massachusetts, which was aimed at redesigning the teacher preparation experience. In 1996, she and Lester received a grant for $19,000 from the Exxon Foundation for their project \"Inquiry into Mathematics Education: A Seminar for Undergraduates.\" The grant funded the development of a case-based mathematics education seminar for undergraduate students who are preparing to become elementary school teachers."}
{"text":"Black History Month\n“ A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots.”\n- Marcus Garvey\nFebruary is the month to honor and learn about the Black individuals whose achievements have changed the course of history. It’s a time to learn about the struggles of these individuals and the history of Black Americans’ origins. Take the time and read more about these different tributes and biographies with our book list provided below.\nResources to learn about different Black individuals, their struggles, and Black americans' origins.\nPlease Note: In order to bring you new and interesting titles, Hoopla content is updated monthly, and this title may not be available in the future. To find the latest titles, please visit Hoopla.\nIf you get a chance, perhaps check out the following websites to see Black American online exhibits:"}
{"text":"May 22, 2014\nFood insecurity is when you experience uncertain and insufficient access to food. Food insecurity and income are closely linked.\nIn Guelph and Wellington County, one in five households with incomes below $40,000 is food insecure. Food banks across our region have all experienced significant increases in the number of clients over the last few years. According to data from the Canadian Community Health Survey, 7.4 per cent of households in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph experience some form of food insecurity.\nThere are many negative health outcomes associated with being food insecure. For example, it can lead to an increased risk for nutrient inadequacies, adverse pregnancy outcomes, chronic diseases, depression and distress, poor academic performance, or impaired development of social skills.\nIn 2013, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health estimated it would cost a family of four $195 per week to eat healthy. Since 2009, there has been a 16.7 per cent increase in the cost of food.\nAlthough the increasing food costs appear to be a concerning factor, if we compare income case scenario, we quickly see that inadequate income is a major root issue. After paying for housing and other basic living expenses, many individuals and families with a limited income do not have enough money left over to purchase nutritious food on a consistent basis."}
{"text":"Dps proteins (DNA-binding protein from starved cells) are hollow-sphere-shaped, dodecameric enzymes found in bacteria and archaeal species. They can oxidize ferrous iron in a controlled manner using hydrogen peroxide or molecular oxygen as co-substrate, and most of them confer physical protection through DNA binding. Oxidized iron is stored, as a mineral core, in a central cavity. Direct evidence is now provided that, furthermore, Dps proteins containing small mineral cores can oxidize and mineralize toxic ferrous ions in anaerobic conditions and in the absence of any additional aqueous oxidant co-substrate. Dps proteins containing cores of 24 irons per dodecamer can oxidize about 5 ferrous irons per dodecamer, with that number approximately doubling for protein particles containing in average 96 irons per protein. This additional activity carries importance as it can be a detoxification mechanism present during anaerobic or oxygen-limited growth conditions.\n- Mössbauer spectroscopy"}
{"text":"Like a lot of things we think are obvious today, financial options were first invented by a philosopher:\nThere is the anecdote of Thales the Milesian and his financial device, which involves a principle of universal application, but is attributed to him on account of his reputation for wisdom. He was reproached for his poverty, which was supposed to show that philosophy was of no use. According to the story, he knew by his skill in the stars while it was yet winter that there would be a great harvest of olives in the coming year; so, having a little money, he gave deposits for the use of all the olive-presses in Chios and Miletus, which he hired at a low price because no one bid against him. When the harvest-time came, and many were wanted all at once and of a sudden, he let them out at any rate which he pleased, and made a quantity of money. Thus he showed the world that philosophers can easily be rich if they like, but that their ambition is of another sort.\n– Aristotle, Politics, Book 1, Part XI"}
{"text":"Human milk is the best nutrition for the new born child, giving the child all the needs for its body to develop. An important constituent of mother's milk are oligosaccharides. Concentrations of oligosaccharides in human milk vary from 0.7 – 1.2 g per 100 ml.12 These oligosaccharides are not digested by the human digestive tract and are therefore available in the lower intestine as a prebiotic. They especially attribute to the development of the infants micro flora, playing a major role in the infants health. Vivinal GOS contains galacto-oligosaccharides with great similarities to the composition of human milk. Because regular cow's milk (the base for infant formula) does not contain oligosaccharides, adding Vivinal GOS to infant formula brings it one step closer to the anticipatedeffects of human milk.12,13\nScientific studies have shown that Vivinal GOS not only has the opportunity to mimic the composition of human milk, it also has shown to create a micro flora closer to that of breastfed infants. This results in a broad range of health benefits, essential for the healthy development of the new born child."}
{"text":"Web 2.0 (pronounced /Web 2 Point Oh/) is what people call new ways of showing or using things on the Internet.\nWeb 2.0 is considered beneficial because it is easy for people to publish their work, connect with other people, and share and exchange information.\nBefore Web 2.0, Internet users could just read information on web pages. With Web 2.0, users can interact with the site and add information. In Web 1.0, the previous version, information was only written by the website author."}
{"text":"TCA Chemical Peels\nTCA peels can effectively improve many conditions, including:\n- Dull, weathered skin\n- Blotchy pigmentation (including the mask of pregnancy)\n- Sun damage (including precancerous lesions)\n- Fine wrinkles\n- Shallow acne scars\nSkin is a living organ made up of millions of cells. Every day thousands of cells die, fall off and are replaced by new cells from below.\nUnfortunately, as we age, this becomes a slower and more haphazard process, making your skin unable to shed dark blotches, sun damage or a dull, lifeless complexion.\nThe function of a skin peel is to create an even controlled shedding of several layers of damaged cells. This exposes a new fresh layer of skin with a more even color and a smoother texture. In addition, the peel stimulates new cells to grow, thereby tightening the skin, which decreases wrinkling.\nThere are several types of peels, each using a different chemical to create this peeling effect. Light and medium depth peels use the chemical TCA (Trichloroacetic Acid) to create their peel.\nTCA is a non-toxic chemical which has been used to perform skin peels for over 40 years. Unlike some other types of peels, TCA has the additional advantage of creating a fresh natural appearing complexion while preserving the normal skin color. For this reason, they are often referred to as “freshening peels”."}
{"text":"Michigan Sees Spike in COVID-19 Cases Among Children + Teens [VIDEO]\nAs Michigan braces for what appears to be a fourth surge in the number of coronavirus cases in the state, new data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services shows that the surge is in large part due to a rising number of cases among children and teens.\nAccording to the MDHHS, the average daily number of cases of COVID-19 among children under 10 years old has jumped 230 percent which is more than any other age group. Close behind, the number of cases among persons from 10 to 19 years of age has risen 227 percent.\nInfectious disease experts in our state attribute the spike in cases to the reopening of schools and the reengagement in sports activities for young people. The data shows that 40% of new outbreaks can be traced to K-12 schools or youth programs, according to CBS News.\nDr. Natasha Bagdasarian with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says another reason for the spike is social gatherings that follow youth sporting events.\n\"If everyone is removing their mask and going out to dinner to celebrate a big win then all of those precautions go out the door,\" Bagdasarian said. \"So really, this seems to have driven this surge.\"\nIn the video below, CBS News takes a look at the long-term effects COVID-19 can have on children, kids now referred to as 'COVID Longhaulers.'\nOn Friday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer asked for school districts to voluntarily suspend in-person learning for high school students and suspend youth sports activities for two weeks. The governor also suggested that Michiganders suspend indoor dining in the two weeks following most school districts' spring break period."}
{"text":"After the arrival of French colonists in Mi’kma’ki in 1604, the French Acadians became the first non-Indigenous Settlers of Nova Scotia, which was known to the French as Acadie. In 1697, the first Acadian families began to settle in the Cobequid region. During the 1700s, Cobequid was primarily populated by Mi’kmaq and Acadians, and many intercultural interactions occurred throughout the region.\nBy 1748, there were approximately 150 Acadian families living in the Cobequid area; their settlements are indicated on this map. Acadian community growth continued until the Expulsion of the Acadians began in 1755.\nFor further historical details, consult this page: https://colchesterhistoreum.ca/the-history-of-truro/\nToday, blue signs can be found at each location identifying the historic Acadian community name."}
{"text":"Some baby games for kids include the online games \"Laugh and Learn Shapes,\" \"Little People Online Coloring\" and \"Healthy Food Hunt,\" available from the Fisher-Price website. Games to play at home with a baby include peek-a-boo, patty cake and playing with fabrics to develop sensory skills.Continue Reading\nParents can hand their babies different fabrics to let them feel different textures and develop their sensory skills. Fabrics to try include satin, velvet, burlap and corduroy. The fabric game provides a developmental step in infant learning and allows a child to explore sensory and motor skills.\nParents can access many online, developmental games for their children at the Fisher-Price website, including levels for infant, toddler and preschool ages. Available infant games include the \"Learn and Laugh Animal Game\" where infants learn to identify animals by sight and sound. This game receives four out of five stars by Fisher-Price users. Other infant games include the \"ABC Zoo Animals Game,\" which teaches infants to associate a letter with an animal name that begins with the same letter, such as \"A\" for alligator. This game also receives four out of five stars, as of 2015.\nToddler games available on the Fisher-Price website include matching games, coloring charts, puzzles and animal explorer games. Preschool games include interactive games that teach healthy food choices, ocean adventures and \"Let's Play Piano,\" which teaches children elemental rules of music.Learn more about Parenting"}
{"text":"Danielle Boadu, a 9-year-old student, has been named the winner of the “Sum It Up” mathematics competition in the United Kingdom and Ireland, beating out 450 other competitors. The competition was launched to commemorate World Maths Day.\nIt was open to all primary school students in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The competition’s goal was to instill critical thinking and a big picture perspective in children. It was also intended to help the student see and experience Math as a part of everyday life.\nDanielle Boadu, a student at Peterborough’s Heritage Park Primary School, won the competition with her visual presentation of how math can be pictured and captured in her school playground. She used arithmetic, shapes, and parallel lines to express and interpret math.\n“I had fun with my entry because I enjoyed finding all the shapes and patterns in the playground,” she said. The competition’s silver winner, teacher of the year in primary school, and the head judge said she was impressed and pleased with all of the entries they received from students from various schools."}
{"text":"Morupule Coal Mine (MCM) is located on the outskirts of Palapye, Botswana, along the Serowe-Palapye road. MCM started production in 1973 as an Anglo American Corporation subsidiary with the main objective of to supplying coal to the then Bamangwato Concessions Limited mine (now BCL) and BPC power plant situated in Selebi Phikwe.\nThe history of coal discovery in Botswana dates back to the early 1930’s when a major coal seam was discovered through sinking of boreholes. In the course of dig ging boreholes, coal seams were found in the common coal bearing rocks in Africa through the Ecca series of the Karoo system. The Morupule area is underlain by Karoo sedimentary rocks which form the Eastern margin of the major Karoo basin developed to the West of Morupule. These sedimentary rocks consist of shales, coals, and sandstones of the middle and lower Ecca . According to the 2007 Survey of Energy Resources, Botswana has massive coal reserves in the eastern part of the country with 40 million tons of proven recoverable reserves. The untapped reserves are in the greater Morupule fields of eastern Botswana. The Anglo American Corporation (AAC) was given a mining lease in 1966, and developed a colliery at the Morupule coalfield, which opened in 1973 .\nThe corporation then began investigations on the quality and the availability of local and international markets. The AAC later pleaded with Botswana government to assist in finding markets for coal and also support generati on of electricity from coal. The Corporation advised the government to consider the cost of setting up a new colliery or importing coal from South Africa for electricity generation, or importing electricity from South Africa. Since the government of newly independent Botswana wanted to reduce its depen dence on South Africa and to establish its economic development it ended up setting up the Morupule Colliery mine."}
{"text":"Have you heard of Kahoot? I just learned about it, and I was so excited to try it in my classroom. You can use this tool with any personal tech device with internet access. My students all have iPads, but you could also use cell phones or laptops if students have these.\nI’ve got to say, my students REALLY enjoyed it. I haven’t seen them this excited in a long time. And I didn’t even offer prizes! They wanted to know when we could play again. As soon as I can make a new game!\nKahoot is like Trivia. The teacher creates a game, and the students play with their personal technology devices. I created a review game for some tricky grammatical concepts we have been studying. This would be an excellent review tool for vocabulary or content area classes as well.\nI put the game up on my SMARTBoard, which displays a 5-digit game code. The students go to https://kahoot.it and enter the game code, and suddenly they are logged in to the game (no account or set-up required).\nFor each question, choices appear on their device. They log their answer on their iPad, and they are awarded points based on speed and accuracy.\nAfter each question is complete, the SMARTBoard screen shows the correct answer, and their iPad tells them how many points they were awarded as well as which place they are in. On my SMARTBoard, the game then displays the top 5 participants (struggling students are not identified to the class).\nI pause after each question for discussion. I usually create several questions in a row on the same concept, and this gives students a chance to learn and improve.\nThe possibilities for this game are endless! I did a 17-question game (each question has a 30-second timer), and this took about 25 minutes once you include the discussion and all of their enthusiasm. What a fun day in Language Arts class!\n5,428 total views"}
{"text":"PROGRAM: BACHELOR OF EDUCATION PROGRAMME (B.ED.)\nProgram Learning Outcomes (PLO)\nPLO 1: Understand basic concepts and ideas of educational theory.\nPLO 2: Build understanding and perspective on the nature of the learner, diversity and learning.\nPLO 3: Comprehend the role of the systems of governance and structural – functional provisions that support school education.\nPLO 4: Develop understanding about teaching, pedagogy, school management and community involvement.\nPLO5: Build skills and abilities of communication, reflection, art, aesthetics, self-expression and ICT.\nCourse Learning Outcomes (CLO)"}
{"text":"By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter\nSÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon region increased by sixteen percent in the twelve months ending in July of 2015 in comparison to the previous twelve months, according to data from the Ministry of Environment. The results surprised government officials.\n“What is a surprise is that deforestation is once again seen in great extensions (of the region), which contradicts everything we have been working for,” said Environment Minister, Izabella Teixeira. According to the government’s data more than 5,831 square km of forest were destroyed during the twelve-month period.\nTeixeira said the federal government invested more than R$220 million and monitoring of the area increased by thirty percent in the past year. “This increase is not in line with the resources we made available for these (Amazon) states,” Teixeira said during a press conference to announce the results.\nThe state of Amazonas led the increase of deforestation, with an increase of 54 percent from the previous year, followed by Rondonia and Mato Grosso. Deforestation in the states of Para and Tocantins remained stable while declines were registered in Acre, Amapa, Maranhão and Roraima.\nA preliminary analysis by government officials shows that the growth of deforestation is linked to the expansion of livestock herding and agriculture in these areas. Satellite data shows deforestation especially aggressive in areas surrounding demarked indigenous territory, which has been protected by law.\nDespite the increase the deforestation rate for the twelve-month period is the third lowest in the historic series conducted by Prodes, the government system which monitors the Amazon biome via satellite since 1998.\nKnown as the lungs of the planet, these new deforestation results in the Amazon, come on the eve of the United Nation’s Climate Conference in Paris (COP 21) where the country will take part in negotiations for the global reduction of gases which cause the greenhouse effect."}
{"text":"\"…the attainment of health by people in any one country directly concerns and benefits every other country.\"— Article IX, Declaration of Alma-Ata, 1978\nCourtesy BRAC Bangladesh\nThe well-being of every community depends upon the basic necessities of daily life and affordable health care. These are rights shared by everyone. Yet clean water, nutritious food, medicines, and health information remain out of reach for many.\nEmpowered communities can begin to redress this imbalance by participating in decisions that shape daily life. Some of the world's most successful initiatives began with this idea-that families and neighborhoods have a role in planning for their future."}
{"text":"The antioxidants help soak up damaging chemicals in the body.\nA healthy diet filled with fruit and vegetables makes people look more attractive.\nThe diet changes the skin to a golden colour, which looks more attractive to others.\nDr Ian Stephen, who led the research, said:\n“Most people think the best way to improve skin colour is to get a suntan, but our research shows that eating lots of fruit and vegetables is actually more effective.”\nPeople in the study who ate more fruit and vegetables developed a more golden coloured skin due to a substance called carotenoids.\nCarotenoids are an antioxidant that help soak up damaging chemicals in the body.\nThey are also the substance that give tomatoes and carrots their colour (among other fruits and vegetables).\nDr Stephen said:\n“We found that, given the choice between skin colour caused by suntan and skin colour caused by carotenoids, people preferred the carotenoid skin colour, so if you want a healthier and more attractive skin colour, you are better off eating a healthy diet with plenty of fruit and vegetables than lying in the sun.”\nWhile the study was carried out on Caucasian people, other research suggests the same result might be seen in darker skins colours.\nThis is because there is preference for yellowness in the skin of African populations.\nProfessor David Perrett, who heads the Perception Lab, said:\n“This is something we share with many other species.\nFor example, the bright yellow beaks and feathers of many birds can be thought of as adverts showing how healthy a male bird is.\nWhat’s more, females of these species prefer to mate with brighter, more coloured males.\nBut this is the first study in which this has been demonstrated in humans.”\nThe study was published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior (Stephen et al., 2011)."}
{"text":"Faradize is drawn from the same root\n. While it does relate to a \"hyper-addictive\n, it truly lends to the induction\n, or in the case of Faradize, energy\nFaradize can be defined as the creation or amplification of energy or excitement. You can ignite a group of protestors with a faradizing act of dissention.\nFaradize and faradic are both derived from the last name of famous scientist Michael Faraday. Faraday is credited with laying the foundation for all electronic technology we have today.\nThe generation of the word faradize may have been derived from Faraday's greatest discovery. In 1832, using his \"induction ring\", Faraday discovered the method for electromagnetic induction: the \"induction\" or generation of electricity in a wire by means of the electromagnetic effect of a current in another wire. The induction ring was the first electric transformer.\nIn a subsequent experiment later that same year, he discovered magneto-electric induction: the production of a steady electric current.\nThese two \"induction\" phenomena are where the meaning of Faradize (and Faradic) are drawn. Anyone that creates or starts an energy, excitement, or extreme trend has commited a faradizing act."}
{"text":"The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the necessity of a longstanding and sustainable One Health collaboration across sectors to tackle shared sanitary challenges.To support countries in building multisectoral mechanisms to jointly assess the risks at the human–animal–environment interface, a new operational tool is available to complement the existing Tripartite Guide to Addressing Zoonotic Diseases in Countries.\nThe new Joint Risk Assessment Operational Tool (JRA) OT was designed to support countries in applying a consistent and harmonized approach to assessing risks posed by zoonotic disease hazards.The JRA OT offers decision-makers and technical experts a 10-step approach to create a system for conducting joint qualitative risk assessments. Results of the JRA OT are used to support policy communication, risk mitigation, and improved planning and preparedness for zoonotic diseases, contributing to health security at the national, regional, and global levels. The document also provides model templates to support its implementation by staff from national ministries responsible for the management of zoonotic diseases.\nFor more infromation download the operational tool: https://www.oie.int/fileadmin/Home/eng/Media_Center/docs/pdf/onehealthportal/EN_JointRiskAssessmentOperationalTool_webversion.pdf"}
{"text":"'89 Milk Output Forecast\nPublished: January 25, 1989\nWASHINGTON, Jan. 24— Last year's drought is still having a lingering effect on the nation's dairy farmers, but an Agriculture Department report said on Monday that 1989 milk output could still set another record. Production rose to a record 145.3 billion pounds in 1988 because of an increase of almost 3 percent in milk output per cow. The number of cows declined by 1 percent, to an average of 10.2 million head."}
{"text":"Cyber Security should always be taken seriously. These pages have a lot of useful information on how to keep your devices and your information secure from people who would wish take it.\nTips to help you secure your computer and protect yourself from hackers, scammers, and identity thieves.\nTips for avoiding, detecting, and getting rid of viruses and spyware.\nWhat to do about messages that ask for your personal information.\nComputer security risks to consider before sharing files through a P2P network.\nTips for protecting your personal information when using public Wi-Fi hotspots.\nTips to help you be secure when sharing information on social networks.\nDare you take on the Great and Powerful P2P Master? A game of tic-tac-toe awaits anyone willing to test their peer-to-peer file-sharing smarts."}
{"text":"Astronomers have found the faintest galaxy yet seen in the deep, distant reaches of space, an object whose light has taken 13 billion years to reach us.\nThe tiny galaxy, which existed about 800 million years after the Big Bang created the universe, is among the top 10 most distant objects known.\n\"This image is like a baby picture of this galaxy, taken when the universe was only 5 percent of its current age,\" Arizona State University astronomer James Rhoads said in a statement. \"Studying these very early galaxies is important because it helps us understand how galaxies form and grow.\"\nRhoads and his colleagues used the IMACS instrument on the Magellan Telescopes at the Carnegie Institution's Las Campanas Observatory in Chile to image the galaxy. They applied a special filter that restricted the light coming in to the telescope to a narrow range of infrared wavelengths, allowing them to block out all but the most distant, faint objects.\n\"We have been using this technique since 1998 and pushing it to ever-greater distances and sensitivities in our search for the first galaxies at the edge of the universe,\" said Arizona State University's Sangeeta Malhotra.\nThe faint galaxy is designated LAEJ095950.99+021219.1, and has a redshift of 7. Astronomers use redshift to denote distance, because the farther away something is, the more its light has been shifted toward the red range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Scientists have seen only a handful of galaxies with redshifts of 7, and none of those have been as dim the newfound galaxy.\n\"With this search, we've not only found one of the furthest galaxies known, but also the faintest confirmed at that distance,\" Malhotra said. \"Up to now, the redshift 7 galaxies we know about are literally the top one percent of galaxies. What we're doing here is to start examining some of the fainter ones – thing that may better represent the other 99 percent.\"\nThe researchers report their discovery in the June 1 issue of The Astrophysical Journal Letters."}
{"text":"This is a reconstruction of an instrument type that was intoduced and patented by\nFrancois Sudre of Paris in 1892. In order to create an instrument with a differend\nsound, he added a membrane to the bell that would buzz while the instrument was\nplayed (Mirlton principle). The membrane is mounted in a valve, allowing to disable\nthe mirlton. Sudre created such instruments from soprane to contrabass tunings, all\nin the same long shape (\"ophicleide shape\"), with the valve engine mounted on the side.\nThe instruments did never reach any popularity, and not many sudrophones were built,\nmost likely because they did not match the musical trends at that time. The sudrophones\nalso had problems with long term playing, or moist ambients; the membrane collects\nmoist, and gradually stops working."}
{"text":"A fun activity book for 5-8 year olds, this exciting sticker book is full of awesome images of the planets and galaxies. With over 150 reusable stickers the book is a perfect introduction to the ever popular topic of the planets and intergalactic space.\nAn introduction to the ever-popular topic of space and the amazing worlds that make up our solar system.\nWritten in clear and easy-to-follow language and packed with colourful illustrations, photographs and peel-able stickers. Young children can find out facts about the Sun, the planets, asteroids and comets.\nEducational and entertaining, and full of colourful photographs. A perfect combination of learning and fun.\nThis is Book 2 in the Collins Sticker Books Series. See all Collins Sticker Books books here.\nSee More Space\nSee More Sticker & stamp books"}
{"text":"AFRICA - KENYA\n15 imagesThe Kibera Slums, an area 5 Kilometers Southwest of the city centre of Nairobi, is the most populated informal settlement in East Africa, housing more than one quarter of Nairobi's population. The name 'Kibera' is a Nubian word for 'forest'. Kibera is roughly 2 Kilometres squared with an estimated population of 1 million people. There are no residential buildings over a single storey. The average home size in Kibera is 3 meters by 3 meters, with an average of five persons per dwelling. Urban services such as water or sanitation are minimal. There is an average of one pit latrine for every 50 to 500 people.\n23 imagesThe VII World Social Forum was beginning at Nairobi city in 2007. Kenya had just left behind several years of its dictatorial regime, and was starting to experience some democracy. More than 50 000 people from everywhere around the world were joined together for 6 days to assist conferences. It was the first time the World Social Forum took place in Africa. The Forum is usually held at the same time than its opponent, the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland. Thousands of activists from all over the world attended the WSF meeting at Kasarani Stadium to discuss and debate social issues. Based on the slogan \"Another world is possible\" (\"Dunia Mbadala Yawezekana\"), the WSF is an annual meeting organized by members of the alter-globalization movement. This is a showcase of what I've seen those days, in 2007, a few sides of Kenya. A home of hope, but also of fear."}
{"text":"May 4, 2010\nMay 4 - Anelasma squalicola\nWhile many barnacles can be found using large marine vertebrates such as whales and turtles as substrate for attachment, surprisingly few are actually true parasites of marine vertebrates. However, there's always a species to buck the trend. Anelasma squalicola is a rather strange parasite. This barnacle is a parasite of deepwater squaliforme (dogfish-type) sharks such as the velvet belly lantern shark, Etmopterus spinax. It seems to be rather specific about where it embeds itself in the host, and most Anelasma are found attached near the front or alongside the shark's first dorsal fin, in numbers ranging from one all the way up to four in a cluster.\nUnlike the heavily derived order of parasitic barnacles, the rhizocephalan (such as the Sacculina carcini), Anelasma looks superficially like most barnacle, especially the part that protrude from the body of the host, with the exception of the soft body and the lack of calcerous plates. However, the similarity to the usual barnacle ends there. Anelasma has no feeding limbs and the rest of this peculiar barnacle is an onion-shaped bulb inserted into the host tissue. This bulbous structure is equipped with numerous root-like tendrils that infiltrate the host tissue enabling the parasite to absorb nutrienst from its host.\nAnelasma severely imparis the development of the shark's reproductive organs. While many parasites are known to castrate their host, and indeed all trematodes castrate their first intermediate host during the asexual stage of their life cycle (see Maritrema novaezealandensis for example and details), this is one of the few known parasitic castrators of a vertebrate host.\nFor more details see:\nYano, K. and Musick, J.A. 2000. The effect of the mesoparasitic barnacle Anelasma on the development of reproductive organs of deep-sea squaloid sharks, Centroscyllium and Etmopterus. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 59:329-339.\nContributed by Tommy Leung."}
{"text":"Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.\n2002 May 27\nExplanation: It's all gone but the mountains. Most of the sprawling landscape of ice that lies between the mountains visible above has now disintegrated. The above picture was taken in Antarctica from the top of Grey Nunatak, one of three Seal Nunatak mountains that border the Larsen B Ice-Shelf. The other two Nunataks are visible in the picture taken in 1994. Over the past several years large chunks of the 200-meter thick Larsen B Ice-Shelf have been breaking off and disintegrating. The cause is thought to be related to the local high temperatures of recent years and, possibly, global warming. Over the past few years, the area that has disintegrated is roughly the size of Luxembourg. As ice-shelves break up, they unblock other ice sheets that fall onto the ocean, raising sea levels everywhere. Scientists are watching the much-larger Ross Ice Shelf, which, if it collapses, could cause global sea levels to rise five meters.\nAuthors & editors:\nJerry Bonnell (USRA)\nNASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.\nA service of: LHEA at NASA/ GSFC\n& Michigan Tech. U."}
{"text":"Fluoride is an economically safe and effective way of preventing tooth decay. At Modern Care Dental Hygiene an in-office fluoride varnish treatment will be offered to you if you have a history of decay, sensitive teeth, or recessions.\nHow Does Fluoride Work?\nFluoride works by strengthening the outer layer of the teeth, also known as tooth enamel. Fluoride helps in the prevention of decay, as well as sensitivity by strengthening the enamel of the teeth and aiding in the re-mineralization process."}
{"text":"This assignment is due Sunday of Week 8\n1. An epic is meant to celebrate the birth of a strong nation. In the style of Spenser or Milton, write the start of your own epic about America. Include these epic conventions: in medias res, invocation of the muse, thrice repetition, and elevated style. In your explanatory paragraph, explain how your inspiration piece used these elements.\nYou are encouraged to be creative, but you must also demonstrate your close knowledge of the original text. Ideally, you will use direct quotes from your inspiration text(s).\nNote that creative assignments should include an explanatory paragraph at the beginning to explain your choices. Also, all MLA rules should be followed to include quoting when appropriate with in-text citations and a works cited section."}
{"text":"A TINY moth with the potential to devastate banana crops is one of the pests biosecurity inspectors will be looking out for during a survey in far north Queensland. The banana skipper has a wingspan of just 3.5cm but its larvae can significantly lessen banana yields, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry says.\nThe caterpillars munch on the fruit’s leaves, causing delayed ripening and lighter bunches. The team of inspectors will also be on the lookout for plant diseases such as black sigatoka and panama during their survey of Cape York next week. The fungal diseases attack the leaves of fruit trees and cause inferior crops.\nInspectors will travel between Coen and Weipa and focus on banana, mango and citrus pests. They will also inspect backyard plants. Senior operations officer Kevin Leutton said they would be asking for access to private properties. They would also inspect south-bound vehicles to ensure no fruit or vegetables were carried out of the Cape York peninsula quarantine area."}
{"text":"“A great teacher,” Jeremy Paxman, BBC’s Newsnight.\n“Clearly Francis Gilbert is a gifted and charismatic teacher,” Philip Pullman, author of ‘Northern Lights’.\n“Gilbert writes so well that you half-suspect he could give up the day job,” The Independent.\nAre you a student struggling to understand Emily Brontë’s classic novel ‘Wuthering Heights’?\nOr are you an educator wanting ready-made exercises and guidance to help you teach this difficult text? Do your students need support to understand the language properly and work independently on the book? This edition of Emily Brontë ‘s classic novel contains a comprehensive study guide as well as activities that stimulate and engage. Aimed specifically at pupils reading the book as an exam text, there are detailed instructions about how to understand the challenging language, to appreciate the novel’s contexts and to write effective essays. The complete text is punctuated by analysis and questions on every chapter with answers provided at the back. Essential reading for all students and teachers!"}
{"text":"metadata only access\nRecent data have shown that Dome C, on the Antarctic plateau, is an exceptional site for astronomy, with atmospheric conditions superior to those at any existing mid-latitude site. Dome C, however, may not be the best site on the Antarctic plateau for every kind of astronomy. The highest point of the plateau is Dome A, some 800 m higher than Dome C. It should experience colder atmospheric temperatures, lower wind speeds, and a turbulent boundary layer that is confined closer to the ground. The Dome A site was first visited in January 2005 via an overland traverse, conducted by the Polar Research Institute of China. The PRIC plans to return to the site to establish a permanently manned station within the next decade. The University of New South Wales, in collaboration with a number of international institutions, is currently developing a remote automated site testing observatory for deployment to Dome A in the 2007/8 austral summer as part of the International Polar Year. This self-powered observatory will be equipped with a suite of site testing instruments measuring turbulence, optical and infrared sky background, and sub-millimetre transparency. We present here a discussion of the objectives of the site testing campaign and the planned configuration of the observatory."}
{"text":"Work Step by Step\nA theory has the support indicated in B. A. can be eliminated because a theory is much more than a mere guess, and C. doesn't mention support. Just because, say, 100% of scientists decided that the sky is purple wouldn't make that supported in any way, much less true. D. is wrong since A. and C. are wrong."}
{"text":"|Ware made by combining differently coloured clays or by combing together different colours of slip. In the former method the clays were usually laid in slabs, one on the other, and beaten out to form a homogeneous mass in which the colours were inextricably mingled.|\nAgatewares were made in Stoke-on-Trent between 1725 and 1750, the earlier specimens being salt glazed, while the later ones were covered with a colourless lead glaze.\nWhieldon is most famous for his use of coloured glazes that were mingled to give a clouded or tortoiseshell effect and were used on an earthenware body, sometimes over molded decoration.\nquestions / comments? email Steve Birks email@example.com"}
{"text":"This project will develop a database - held by the project authors and the Society - of seal sites for any species. The entry for each site will include:\nspecies, country and name of location, GPS location, description of habitat at that site, number of seals, use of site at different season, occurrence of pupping, mating, moulting, haul-out or other, any information collected on foraging areas used by seals at that site, problems identified of disturbance, harassment, nearby fishing operations, killing, etc., legal status of site (eg within a local, national or internatonal protected area), also legal protection status of the seals at that site. The entry will include photographs of seals at the site.\nThe data collected may be used in various ways. It may be useful as baseline data when a coastal or offshore development is planned, to inform biologists of the distribution and habitat of the species, to inform eco-tourists where they may see the animals (under supervision where necessary to avoid disturbance). A particular site may be selected for detailed monitoring in the index site programme.\nSeal site data will only be released to third parties or published on the website at the discretion of the Society and with the permission of the authors describing the site. The priority at all times will the conservation, protection and welfare of seals at any site.\nProgress of the project, participants, country and species will be summarised and updated on this page."}
{"text":"We investigated the effects of both asymmetries and differing food levels on contest outcomes of wintering Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) feeding on chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) carcasses. Large eagles, regardless of age, were more successful in pirating than smaller eagles. Small pirating eagles were usually unsuccessful unless they were adults attempting to supplant other small eagles. Feeding eagles were more successful in defeating pirating eagles according to (1) whether their heads were up to prior to a pirating attempt, (2) how long their heads had been up, and (3) whether they displayed. During periods of food scarcity pirating eagles were less successful, a fact attributed in a proximate sense to the increase incidence of retaliation by feeding birds. When food was scarce and eagles had a choice between scavenging the pirating, they chose to scavenge more often. Body size appears to be an important factor in determining social dominance and influencing differences in foraging modes of wintering Bald Eagles."}
{"text":"||Atmospheric Emissions from Lead Typesetting Operations: Screening Study.\nGerstle, Richard W. ;\nPonder, Tom C. ;\nHall, Fred D. ;\n||PEDCo-Environmental, Inc., Cincinnati, OH.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.\nAir pollution control equipment ;\nLetterpress printing ;\nAir filters ;\nElectrostatic precipitators ;\nIndustrial wastes ;\nHot pressing ;\n||Most EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. Check with individual libraries about paper copy.\nAtmospheric emissions from hot-metal typesetting operations are investigated in this screening study. Three letterpress printing processes entail the use of hot metal: linotype, monotype, and stereotype. These processes are described and potential emission sources identified. Techniques for control of emissions include use of Rotoclones, wet scrubbers, filters, and electrostatic precipitators. Estimated capital costs and annualized operating and maintenance costs of these devices are presented. Three hot-metal printing operations in which emissions are well-controlled are described in detail. Annual estimates of total nationwide emissions from hot metal printing amount to approximately 1370 tons of particulate including 480 tons of lead. It is projected that no new hot metal type printing facilities will start operation and that emissions of lead from the printing industry will steadily decrease by about 8 percent per year until 1986."}
{"text":"High speed milling\nThe conventional CNC controlled machines for creating 3D parts are milling machines and lathes. Today High Speed Milling centers are 10 times faster than conventional milling machines in terms of cutting speed (up to 40.000 rpm).\nThe 3D machining program generates the required cutter paths to the CNC (Computer Numerical Controlled) machine, which then runs an automated process to produce parts by cutting away unwanted material from solid blocks. Multiple axes can work multi-dimensionally to produce highly accurate parts which may be used for functional testing.\nBy using HSC milling technique and CAM computer system it is possible to obtain the final product with greater accuracy and better polished surface finish.\nFinishing processes like coating and painting may be applied to modify the surface even further. Available materials for HSC are aluminium, steel and plastic.\n- Producing prototypes of final material\n- Creating concept models\n- Testing a pilot production line especially in metal\n- Producing work equipment\nAnother great advantage of this technique is repeatability; multiple parts can be replicated over extended periods from the same CAD file to the same specifications. Therefore it is ideal for testing pilot production batches."}
{"text":"noun, plural Nar·ra·gan·sets, (especially collectively) Nar·ra·gan·set.\nExample sentences from the Web for narraganset\nSouth-west of them was the fertile Narraganset country, with fair Aquidneck within their patent.\nHe entered New Amsterdam as a conqueror, mounted on a Narraganset pacer.Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete|Washington Irving\nThe chevalier advanced his squadron in two divisions, one ascending the Narraganset, the other the Seconnet passage.\nThe Pequot's gun was still loaded, and he discharged it to effect upon the poor Narraganset.Stories About Indians|Anonymous\nReceiving these and some other instructions, he proceeded into the Narraganset country.Great Events in the History of North and South America|Charles A. Goodrich"}
{"text":"THE NUMBER of births in England and Wales during the first half of 2012 rose dramatically, with more babies born in the period than in any year since 1972.\nThere were 729,400 births in the six months up to the end of June last year. The number of births subtracted by the number of deaths in England and Wales has been steadily rising for the past decade.\nIn 2003, in the middle of the year there were only 77,000 more births than deaths. This year, there have been 239,000. In the past, most of the annual increase in population has been attributed to immigrants arriving in the country, a process which is now being reversed.\nAs recently as 2008, net migration made for a 244,000 increase in population, while births made up for only 204,000. This year, the government’s restrictions on immigration are easily seen in the changing data. Net migration only made up for an increase of 156,000.\nNew births made up 60 per cent of the increase in population, while immigration only accounted for 39 per cent.\nLondon posted the fastest growth in population between the middle of 2011 and the middle of 2012, with an increase of 1.27 per cent. By contrast, the north east and north west of England grew by only 0.23 per cent and 0.4 per cent respectively.\nWithin London, many local authorities saw the largest population rises of any part of England and Wales. The population of Tower Hamlets, the City of London, Camden, Kingston and Hackney all rose by two per cent or more, far above the average.\nKensington and Hammersmith actually saw their populations decline over the period."}
{"text":"Lake Okeechobee 101 - Webinar\nTime & Location\nAbout The Event\nLake Okeechobee is the heart of the Central Everglades - the historical gatekeeper between the watershed from the north and the Southern Everglades and Florida Bay to its south. You are invited to a special webinar presentation by Audubon Florida's Dr. Paul Gray that will dive into the past, present, and future of this critical system and its connection to the greater Everglades ecosystem on Friday, April 17 from 4-5 p.m. REGISTER HERE -- Hosted by Audubon Florida\nFamous for its abundance of bird life, the Everglades has faced many challenges. From the murder of Audubon Warden Guy Bradley by plume hunters as he fought to protect some of the Everglades’ iconic species, to the nearly devastating changes from the 20th Century efforts to ditch, dike, and drain the watershed for development and agriculture, Audubon has led an unprecedented ecological intervention. We hope you can join the presentation! P.S. You will have the opportunity to submit questions during the webinar, but if you already have some questions in mind, send them to email@example.com and we’ll do our best to address them in the recap!\nPhoto: Paul Gray on Lake Okeechobee"}
{"text":"Lee aquí si no ves las consolas de audio o\nno escuchas el sonido.\nACTIVITY 32: You are to read the following\nnewspaper article carefully. When\nanswering the questions 1-7 below, you are allowed to refer back to the\narticle. The questions are based on what is stated or implied in the\nFinally check the correct answers.\nTick the thing that went wrong at the dinner\ndinner guests didn't get on with each other. B.The\nstarter was stone cold. C.The\nmain course was overcooked. D.The\ndessert was inedible.\nThe writer describes the meal as 'the dinner party\nfrom hell' because...\nhad underestimated the number of guests. B.he\nhadn't made a dessert. C.he\nhad invited people who were cooking experts. D.he\nhadn't prepared enough food.\nThe peaches were inedible because...\ndidn't taste right. B.they\nwere unripe, so didn't cook. C.they\nwere raw. D.they'd\nThe writer organized the dinner party...\nprove to his friends he could cook. B.to\ntry out some new dishes he'd discovered. C.to\ncelebrate his 100th restaurant review. D.to\nfind out how it felt to be criticized.\nWhich of these does he not mention as a reason for\nchoosing to cook a French onion tart?\nwas a dish he knew how to cook. B.It\nprovided an element of challenge. C.It\nwas relatively easy to prepare. D.It's\na famous and popular dish.\nThe key to the success of the lamb dish was...\nget the cooking time right. B.to\nobtain the right ingredients. C.to\nmix the stuffing correctly. D.to\nseason the lamb sufficiently.\nThe guest chef's main criticism of the writer was...\nhad served the food on hot plates. B.he\nhad missed out an important stage in the meal. C.he\nhad purchased fruit out of season. D.he\nhadn't presented the meal properly."}
{"text":"Equality and Diversity\nThe Equality Act 2010 requires us to publish specific and measurable equality objectives. Our equality objectives are based on our analysis of data and other information. Our equality objectives focus on those areas where we have agreed to take action to improve equality and tackle disadvantages. We will regularly review the progress we are making to meet our equality objectives. Our Equality Objectives are:\n- To ensure that all learners including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities make better than expected progress, narrowing gaps in achievement where they exist.\n- To promote spiritual, moral, social and cultural development through all appropriate curricular opportunities with increased references to issues of equality and diversity.\n- To narrow the gap in attendance between SEN and non-SEN pupils by fostering good relationships with parents and carers and seeking to understand the barriers to good attendance.\n- To increase the membership of potentially vulnerable pupils and those with protected characteristics, in clubs, activities and roles of responsibility.\n- To reduce prejudice and increase understanding of equality through direct teaching across the curriculum.\n- You can download our Equality Action Plan"}
{"text":"Entire sea lamprey genome decodedgenome assemblyJeramiah Smithsea lampreySea lampreysthe University of Kentucky\nThe sea lamprey is one of the few ancient, jawless species that has survived through the modern era. Now researchers have decoded its entire genome.\n“Sea lampreys are amazing survivors,” says Li, whose teammate, Jeramiah Smith of the University of Kentucky, led the analysis of the genome assembly. “Even though they diverged from our lineage 500 million years ago, they give us a template of how vertebrates, including humans, evolved into the modern species that we have today.”\nFull story at Futurity.\nMore research news from top universities.\nPhoto credit: Michigan State UniversityPosted by Futurity"}
{"text":"Get a Reaction in Glass! Further Exploration\nExplore the multitude of chemical reactions in glass and the effects of these reactions, which range from subtle to striking. Students will learn which glasses will create these reactions and how to incorporate the planned reactions into their designs. The inclusion of metals with reactive glasses will illustrate the wide range of potential available. Students will make multiple sample tiles, a dish incorporating several techniques, and a larger plate as we delve further into the reactive glass world. While prior glass cutting and fusing experience would be beneficial, it is not required. You can begin your journey into reactive glass in this course, or continue in more extensive exploration.\n(3) – 3 Hour Sessions\nDate: Wednesday & Thursday, October 16th & 17th | 6pm – 9pm & Friday, October 18th | 12pm – 3pm"}
{"text":"When talking about computers, the term \"multimedia controller\" can be used to describe a few different bits of hardware depending on the make and model of your PC. Basically, it's a piece of your motherboard that communicates with different hardware, but there's a bit more to multimedia controllers than that.\nMost computer users will never have to worry about their multimedia controller, as it's a device that is automatically configured by the system's management program and by the operating system. In short, a controller or controller card is the go-between for the motherboard (or system board) and the expansion cards for a system. In a desktop computer, this applies to video and sound cards; for a laptop, the controller communicates with the onboard multimedia devices.\nOccasionally, after reinstalling your operating system, your system may identify an \"unknown device\" in its device manager and list it as a multimedia controller. Specific drivers vary from system to system, and most newer computers and operating systems automatically detect the multimedia controller. Computer manufacturers will list a chipset driver or multimedia driver on their websites if it's necessary to install.\nIf you have a desktop computer and plan to upgrade your sound or video card, it's a good idea to first upgrade your multimedia controller (or chipset) driver to the newest version, then install the newest drivers for the new device as soon as you have inserted it."}
{"text":"The PSAT 8/9 is a test that will help you and your teachers figure out what you need to work on most so that you're ready for college when you graduate from high school. It tests the same skills and knowledge as the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, and PSAT 10 - in a way that makes sense for your grade level. The PSAT 8/9 establishes a baseline measurement of your college and career readiness as you enter high school. It also give you a chance to preview the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, and PSAT 10 and connect to AP courses. For more information, click here.\nKhan Academy is the official SAT practice resource. Get personalized study recommendations based on your test scores. Click here to get started.\nFor more information on testing and college planning visit CollegeBoard."}
{"text":"Many, many species of creature have come under hardship in the last 7,000 years. Some died off because they were ill-equipped, some because they were hunted — by man or beast — to extinction, and some because they were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. For a colony of penguins near the Antarctic Peninsula, it’s most definitely the latter. During the past seven millennia, the flightless birds have had to endure not one, not two, but three separate volcanic eruptions that nearly wiped them out completely.\nScientists researching the gentoo penguins who call the frigid Ardley Island home say that the birds have had to repeatedly bounce back from the volcanic eruptions of nearby Deception Island. Using sediment analysis to determine when volcanic events took place, the researchers were able to analyze the chemistry and note when the population of the penguins dipped.\nDeception Island’s many smaller eruptions were punctuated over time by huge volcanic events that repeatedly threatened to completely destroy the penguin population on Ardley Island. Over periods ranging from 400 to 800 years, the penguins gradually bounced back, bringing their numbers back to the present day level of around 5,000 pairs.\n“An eruption can bury penguin chicks in abrasive and toxic ash, and whilst the adults can swim away, the chicks may be too young to survive in the freezing waters,” says Dr. Clair Waluda, a penguin ecologist with the British Antarctic Survey, and part of the research team.”Suitable nesting sites can also be buried, and may remain uninhabitable for hundreds of years.” The study of the penguins on the Antarctic Peninsula was published this week in Nature."}
{"text":"Chapter 3. Animating and Viewing Your Presentation\nLessons > Lesson 03 > 03Presentation1_Stage1.key\nThis lesson takes approximately 1 hour to complete.\nCreate builds to reveal text animation on a slide\nCreate builds to reveal objects on a slide\nCreate interleaved builds to reveal slide elements concurrently\nCreate transitions between slides\nAdd Spotlight comments and keywords for indexing\nConfigure preferences for smooth playback of a presentation\nRun a presentation\nAdding animation to your slides is an important step in finalizing a presentation. You can create several types of animation in Keynote. Two of the most common are builds and transitions.\nIn Keynote, a build allows you to animate the appearance of text or slide elements. ..."}
{"text":"As some of you may have noticed, particularly those of you who were West of Countisbury last Tuesday, we have started our annual regime of gorse and heather burning on West Exmoor\nWe pick patches of gorse and heather based on their age mainly, and we aim to burn approximately 60% of our total heathland in rotation of 15 years. We leave approx 40% of the heath to naturally ‘over mature’, that is to say we never burn it. It may get burnt by wild fires and if this occurs we will take this into account when planning future burns.\nThe 15 year rotation breaks up the age structure of the heathland, providing numerous different age habitats in a patchwork, which in turn benefits different species. It also allows species to migrate to different areas as and when new areas become beneficial.\nUncontrolled wild fires burn large areas and destroy the valuable age structure needed for biodiversity. Because of this the area and size of the burn is strictly controlled and authorised by Natural England, and carried out in accordance with guidelines. Before burning commences the emergency services are informed and also Exmoor National Park Authority.\nWe have more burns to do this winter if the weather allows, so keep your eyes peeled if you’re in the area. If you do see burning taking place please take care and seek advice from those who are managing the fire if you wish to pass by."}
{"text":"Doug Wilder Addresses the Senate\nDoug Wilder ran for the Senate of Virginia in 1969 and won a plurality of the vote in a three-way race against two white candidates. His victory made him the twentieth century's first African American state senator. Over the course of the decade, he became heavily influential in Richmond, especially on white legislators seeking black support. Journalist Michael Isikoff described Wilder as \"the undisputed kingpin of black politics in Virginia,\" in a May 1, 1982, profile in the Washington Post. In this photo, Wilder is addressing the Senate Rules Committee; clerk J. T. Shropshire listens at right."}
{"text":"In South Africa, many children grow up in dysfunctional family environments. Many experience this as a crisis and develop problem behaviours such as depression, anger, learning problems and even physical conditions from emotional reactions to their crisis. Their coping skills appear to be ineffective and they have not acquired the necessary life skills from parents or caregivers to handle a life crisis successfully.\nThe role of a child counsellor is to help the client to understand his or her past and current experiences and integrate the two meaningfully into a new life story with hope and motivation for a positive future. The article is based on literature research, discussions with teachers, parents and psychologists, hours of trauma counselling sessions, and workshops on child trauma counselling. It includes one case study and a proposed model for trauma counselling in South Africa.\n|Keywords:||Child Trauma Counselling, Cross-cultural, Life Story, Trauma Counselling Model|\nSenior Lecturer, Department of Teacher Education, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa\nThere are currently no reviews of this product.Write a Review"}
{"text":"Both men's and women's traditional Scottish dress features plaid or tartan wool, but patterns and styles vary depending on region and status. Women's traditional clothing typically resembles English or European styles but with plaid. Traditional men's clothing features a plaid kilt.Continue Reading\nThe traditional Scottish kilt came into use in the 16th century and consists of a single piece of wool folded into loose pleats, wrapped around the waist and fastened with a thick leather belt. The remaining fabric drapes over the shoulder and serves as a hood in inclement weather. Because kilts do not have pockets, men traditionally carry a purse called a spooran. They also wear ghillies, thick-soled sandals that wrap around the leg.\nWomen's dress is usually a long tartan skirt with an arisaid, which is a long tartan garment worn over a dress that can be wrapped around the shoulders and worn over the head. Women also wear a type of ghillie but with a thinner sole for indoor use.Learn more about Cultures & Traditions"}
{"text":"The population of salt workers had been living on the marshlands around Fiers d’Ars for a long time. But the annual production of 30,000 tonnes of salt in the 19th century has fell to 2,000 tonnes approximately today. About sixty salt workers produce salt today. Young people who have a passion for salt and want to save the future of these salt marches.\nFiers d’Ars, a small inland sea, which is gradually silting up, is a great ecological richness and the favourite place for migratory birds.\nYou will be surprised by the church of Saint-Etienne-d’Ars to be found in this Marshland Route. Its belltower, slightly inclined because of the lightning in 1840, with its famous curved spire painted black and white, is used as a landmark.\nAfter passing the 80m wide isthmus of Martray, the cycle path seems to be balancing itself on the ocean."}
{"text":"June 19 — Juneteenth — marks the day in 1865 that the Union Army announced in Texas that the African American slaves were free. Black Americans since then have honored the day, even as it has gone unnoticed by many others. But in 2020, with protesters filling the streets over the death of George Floyd, what is there to celebrate? Jessica Millward, an associate professor of history at UCI, tells the UCI Podcast about the history behind Juneteenth, the decades upon decades of continued struggle, and the hope she feels in this moment.\nTo get the latest episodes of the UCI Podcast delivered automatically, subscribe at:"}
{"text":"Part 1: North Carolina's First Radio Stations, Part 2: Radio Enters Its \"Golden Age\" in North Carolina, Part 3: National Networks and Popular Local Shows and Personalities, Part 4: Radio Broadcasting and the Civil Rights Movement, Part 5: Growth of FM Stations and Increasing Corporate Ownership\nRadio Broadcasting and the Civil Rights Movement\nWhile many working in radio were content to entertain in their designated time slots, Crutchfield and others became part of a bigger change largely made possible by the support of the airwaves. By the late 1950s a new ethnic diversity had arisen to complement the programming diversity made possible in the previous decade. Charlotte stations WBT and WGIV were starting to aim a majority of their programming at a black audience. In Winston-Salem, the first black-oriented AM station, WAAA, hooked listeners with its popular features like Oscar \"Daddy-Oh\" Alexander's hit program Daddy-Oh on the Patio. By this point, the opinionated Nathaniel Tross, under Crutchfield's guidance, was delivering blistering editorials calling for radical action against segregation. At WGIV disc jockeys such as Eugene \"Genial Gene\" Potts used a more family-oriented tack to advocate patience and tolerance, while drawing on their connections with the minority community to defuse tensions rather than to accentuate them.\nBut tensions did flare. Following the 1957 desegregation of the schools, North Carolina's Lumbee Indian and black populations launched a huge campaign against the Ku Klux Klan. Crutchfield, along with the powerful minority voice in the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, staged a number of events focusing on empowerment and education. Of these, the landmark race relations-themed \"Project '60,\" broadcast on WBT in November 1959-an event attended by thousands that far exceeded its allotted time slot-arguably was the most crucial in establishing radio as a medium for a new and growing voice in southern social discourse.\n1 January 2006 | McFee, Philip"}
{"text":"Aug 1, 2016 The basic principle of how does a gyratory crusher work using an animation. Published on Aug 1, 2016. The basic principle of how does a\nA gyratory crusher is one of the main types of primary crushers in a mine or ore processing plant. Gyratory crushers are designated\none hundred years of experience gained by thyssenkrupp in the manufacture of thyssenkrupp gyratory crushers represent today's stateoftheart. They are.\nRigid onepiece steel spider distributes impact and crushing forces over the entire The SUPERIOR gyratory crushers combine 's trusted technology with\nOct 23, 2017 The action of the gyratory crusher, and of the other member of the reciprocating pressure family, the jaw crusher, is fundamentally a simple one,\nMay 20, 2016 A crusher is a machine designed to reduce large rocks into smaller rocks, gravel, There are five types of crushers; Jaw crusher, Gyratory crush.\nGyratory Crushers are available Gyratory Crushers from FL. one shift. The Top Service design doesn't just transform into easier maintenance, it.\nFind your gyratory crusher easily amongst the 10 products from the leading gyratory crusher provides a redesigned Spider, a onepiece bottom shell and a\nGyratory crushers were invented by Charles Brown in 1877 and developed by Gates around 1881 and were referred to as a Gates crusher . The smaller form\n's SUPERIOR 60110E primary gyratory crusher provides a redesigned Spider, a onepiece bottom shell and a new rim liner retention system.\nDesign by XN"}
{"text":"Related terms include cisgender, heteronormativity, gender essentialism, and cissexism.\n\"The speaker said, 'All women need annual pap smears,' and while I appreciated the message, I could have done without the cisnormativity.\"\nCisnormativity is the assumption that all, or almost all, individuals are cisgender. Although transgender-identified people comprise a fairly small percentage of the human population, many trans* people and allies consider it to be offensive to presume that everyone is cisgender unless otherwise specified.\nExamples of cisnormativity are closely linked to gender essentialism and may include statements like, \"Men can not get pregnant.\" Although cisnormativity is rarely deliberate, it is almost always perceived as hurtful and offensive to the trans* community. At best, cisnormativity contributes to the erasure of trans* and nonbinary experiences. At worst, it is part of a deliberate and calculated system of oppression that includes institutionalized cissexism and transphobia.\nThe word cisnormativity was first used in the 2000s, but its first recorded academic use was in The Journal of the International AIDS Society in 2012. It is a combination of the prefix cis-, as in cisgender, and the suffix -normativity, as a complement to heteronormativity."}
{"text":"Elizabeth and Essex (A Tragic History)\nby Lytton Strachey (1928)\nGiles Lytton Strachey (1 March 1880 – 21 January 1932) was a British writer and critic. A founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and author of Eminent Victorians, he is best known for establishing a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit.\nOne of the most famous and baffling romances in history—between Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex—began in May of 1587, when she was fifty-three and he was just shy of twenty. Their relationship continued until 1601, when the Earl of Essex was beheaded for treason. In a succession of brilliant scenes, Strachey portrays the Queen's and the Earl's compelling attraction for one another, their impassioned disagreements, and their mutual contest for power, which led to a final, tragic confrontation.\nThis work is in the Canadian public domain OR the copyright holder has given specific permission for distribution. It may still be under copyright in some countries. If you live outside Canada, check your country's copyright laws. If the book is under copyright in your country, do not download or redistribute this work\nTo report a copyright violation you can contact us here"}
{"text":"NGC 2360 is an open cluster visible with binoculars in the constellation of Canis Major. It was the first deep sky discovery made by Caroline Herschel - the younger sister of William Herschel - on February 26, 1783. She described it as \"a beautiful cluster of pretty compressed stars near 1/2 degree in diameter.\" It's also known as Caroline's Cluster, Caldwell 58 and Melotte 64.\nWilliam included the cluster in his 1786 catalogue of 1000 clusters, crediting his sister as the discoverer. At magnitude +7.2, NGC 2360 is not visible to the naked eye but it's an easy binocular object and a fine sight through small telescopes. The cluster is positioned 8 degrees east-northeast of the brightest star in the night sky Sirius (α CMa - mag. -1.47) and lies 3.5 degrees directly east of gamma CMa (γ CMa - mag. +4.1). At the western edge of NGC 2360 is an unrelated star, HD 56405 (mag. +5.5).\nNGC 2360 appears as a smudge of light through 7x50 or 10x50 binoculars with the brightest components just about resolvable. A small 80mm (3.1-inch) scope reveals tens of stars packed in a rich round grouping that spans about 14 arc minutes in diameter. This is one cluster that handles high magnifications well, so don't be afraid to push the power up as the seeing conditions allow. Medium sized 150mm (6-inch) or 200mm (8-inch) scopes reveals at least 45 stars with many of the stars being of the same colour and roughly the same brightness. They trace nice arcs and winding paths throughout the cluster. Although not as bright as the nearby Messier open clusters (M41, M46, M47 and M93), NGC 2360 is a fine cluster for all telescope sizes.\nNGC 2360 is 3,700 light-years distant and is estimated to be 2.2 billion years old. It's best seen during months of November, December, January and February.\nC58 Data Table\n|Object Type||Open Cluster|\n|RA (J2000)||07h 17m 43s|\n|DEC (J2000)||-15h 38m 29s|\n|Apparent Size (arc mins)||14 x 14|\n|Age (years)||2.2 Billion|\n|Number of Stars||>50|\n|Other Name||Melotte 64|"}
{"text":"It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.\nPlease white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.\nSome features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.\noriginally posted by: guohua\na reply to: FatherLukeDuke\nThe article you're using was wrote and updated in 2011.\nThe article the OP, ATODASO is using was, is another update in 2014.\nHere is the Link.\nBy studying osteological signs of gender within the bones themselves, researchers discovered that approximately half of the remains were actually female warriors, given a proper burial with their weapons.\noriginally posted by: LABTECH767\nIt is believed the first people to bare the Title Viking came from a small inlet on a Fjord in Norway, that Village and bay like Inlet are called Vikin (A name which may predate the Viking's), Now in old norse the Word Vik meant man as well so there is some dispute about the real meaning of viking with related norse word's such as Vikingr and Viking actually having two meaning's to do with adventure and travel.\nThe Norse people' are actually a more mixed bunch than you would think, though the scandinavian's through harsh terrain and weather are less mixed there origin's can probably be traced back to western russia and eurasia before there ancestors were displaced through tribal migration's of the Slavic Tribe's (the truth is they probably mixed and there was no definite displacement so they may simple be a vestige of the pre mixed racial grouping).\nand a stiff wind to fill there Goat Hair Sail's, Viking ship's used Goat Hair from a breed of Goat that is found today only in scandinavia in norway, it's hair does not retain water and is also great for making warm clothing that allows your body to breath and even when wet keeps the warmth in.\nI could go on but where the hell do you get your opinion's from."}
{"text":"Corydoras reynoldsi is a pretty cory catfish that has been described in 1960. It was collected in the Caquetà province, eastern Colombia. It remained unknown in the hobby quite long, as this area is far away from the usual collecting areas. In 1997 the cory enthusiasts became aware of another, quite similar species of Corydoras that was exported from Brazil. Although the species looked very much like Corydoras reynoldsi, there were also many differences. So the new fish was called Corydoras sp. aff. reynoldsi (= similar species to reynoldsi). Another usual trade name was Corydoras „Asher“ after the exporter. Only 2004 the real Corydoras reynoldsi appeared in the hobby. Now it was clear that we were dealing with two different species. The “Asher“ in the meantime (2003) had been scientifically described as Corydoras tukano. Its natural distribution is the Rio Tique in Brazil, which is a tributary of the Rio Negro basin.\nBoth Corydoras species are really nice and stay relative small. They hardly reach 5 cm. However, they should be kept by experienced aquarists only, as they are rather delicate and easily get bacterial infections. It is necessary to keep them at high temperatures (26-28°C), and soft and acidic water."}
{"text":"Learning to fear, fearing to learn: Measuring the extent of school violence\nViolence in South African schools impacts on children, their families, and society more generally. Much of what occurs in schools is learnt through exposure to violence at home and outside the school, necessitating an integrated approach to addressing school violence that moves beyond a limited focus on the school itself. The Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention National Schools Violence Study provides an indication of how bad school violence is in South Africa, and through the wide range of data collected, provides a framework for interventions that cuts across sectors and conventional school-based stakeholders.\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.\nSACQ is licenced under a creative commons licence (CC BY) that allows others to distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long a they give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. They may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\nCopyright for articles published is vested equally between the author/s, the Institute for Security Studies and the Centre of Criminology (UCT)."}
{"text":"The Thinker’s Guide to Clinical Reasoning introduces healthcare students and professionals to the foundations of critical thinking and offers examples of applications within clinical fields. It is not enough for healthcare workers to have access to data and research, they must also know how to analyze and process information to guide patients in making the best decisions about their health. This process requires critical thinking skills often ignored in healthcare curricula.\nThis book is an essential companion for all healthcare courses as it advances critical thinking within all specialties with the clinical professions.\nAs part of the Thinker’s Guide Library, this book advances the mission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking to promote fairminded critical societies through cultivating essential intellectual abilities and virtues across every field of study across the world.\nRowman & Littlefield Publishers / The Foundation for Critical Thinking"}
{"text":"Dobos torte or Dobosh (Hungarian: dobostorta) is a famous Hungarian cake named after its inventor, a well-known Hungarian confectioner, József C. Dobos (1847–1924) in 1884. It is a five-layer sponge cake, layered with chocolate buttercream and topped with thin caramel slices. The sides of the cake are sometimes coated with ground hazelnuts, chestnuts, walnuts or almonds but the original cake is without coat, since it was a slice of a big cake. Dobos' aim was to make a cake that would last longer than other pastries, in an age when cooling techniques were limited. The caramel topping helps keep the cake from drying out. The cake is also often called 'Dobos-torta' or 'Dobostorta'.\nDobosh or Dobos Torte (type of cake) was first introduced at the National General Exhibition of Budapest in 1885; Franz Joseph I and his Empress Elisabeth were among the first to taste it. The cake soon became popular throughout Europe as it was different from all others. It was simple but elegant, as opposed to the multi-layer, flaming cakes of the age. Its other secret was its use of fine buttercream, which was very little known at the time; cake fillings and frostings were usually made with cooked pastry cream or whipped cream. The chocolate buttercream and the batter of the cake were both invented by Jozsef C. Dobos.\nDobos Torte is known everywhere in the world and there are more than one hundred recipe variations. It is a commonly made torte in the upscale hotels, restaurants and pastry shops of the world. Another famous Hungarian dessert created in the same era is Rigó Jancsi.\nTo add a photo, please follow this submit form.\nDobos torte, en.wikipedia.org\nHungary: Dobos torte / Dobostorta, www.europeancuisines.com\nDobos Torte, allrecipes.com"}
{"text":"A Boundary is a stereotyped Object that models some system boundary, typically a user interface screen. You can also create a Boundary as a stereotyped Class. Boundary elements are used in analysis to capture user interactions, screen flows and element interactions (or 'collaborations').\nA Boundary is used in the conceptual phase to capture users interacting with the system at a screen level (or some other boundary interface type). It is often used in Sequence and Robustness (Analysis) diagrams. It is the View in the Model-View-Controller pattern."}
{"text":"Auditory Processing Disorders\nAn auditory processing disorder is defined as a breakdown in the auditory nervous system that interferes with rapid and efficient awareness, recognition, decoding and integration of auditory signals especially those occurring in speech. In other words, “the inability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way in the absence of what is commonly considered a hearing loss is referred to as an auditory processing problem” (ASHA, 1999).\nBehaviors of children considered “at risk” include:\nIf you believe your student or child is struggling in any of the above areas, contact the office for a free telephone consultation. A multi-symptom approach to the screening, referral and/or the therapeutic process is used addressing a wide range of auditory issues. Individual cases are seen by appointment only and the sessions meet weekly for 45-60 minutes.\n“Let’s Work Together to Improve Auditory Processing Skills!”"}
{"text":"Effect of Thermal Motion on the X‐Ray Reflectivity of Quartz\n1.P. Debye, Ann. Physik 43, 49 (1914)\n1.[English translation in The Collected Papers of Peter J. W. Debye (Interscience Publishers, Inc., New York, 1954)].\n2.I. Waller, Z. Physik 23, 169 (1928).\n3.R. W. James, The Optical Principles of the Diffraction of X‐Rays (G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., London, 1950).\n4.E. J. Post, Can. J. Phys. 31, 112 (1953).\n5.The unit cell dimensions of quartz were derived from Bragg spacings measured by Adell, Brogren, and Haeggblom, Arkiv Physik 7, 197 (1953).\n6.W. P. Mason, Bell System Tech. J. 22, 212 (1943).\n7.See W. L. Bond, Bell System Tech. J. 22, 27 (1943), for an explanation of notation.\n8.See reference 3, p. 219.\n9.C. Zener, Phys. Rev. 49, 112 (1936).\n10.See A. Compton and S. Allison, X‐Rays in Theory and Experiment (D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, 1935), p. 6.\n11.The quartz plate was made to our specifications by the Monitor Products Company of South Pasadena, California.\n12.Y. Sakisaka, Proc. Phys.‐Math. Soc. Japan 12, 189 (1930).\n13.Derivation of the integrated reflection coefficient formula is given in reference 3, Chap. 2.\n14.Brill, Hermann, and Peters, Ann. Phys. 41, 233 (1942).\n15.R. W. James and G. W. Brindley, Phil. Mag. 12, 104 (1931).\n16.Values of reflectivity assuming a characteristic temperature of 460 °K were computed to make Table I. Since 460 °K is within the limits of experimental error, the reflectivities were not computed again using 452 °K.\nNo metrics data to plot.\nThe attempt to load metrics for this article has failed.\nThe attempt to plot a graph for these metrics has failed.\nArticle metrics loading...\nFull text loading...\nMost read this month\nMost cited this month"}
{"text":"Species Detail - Thaumalea testacea - Species information displayed is based on the dataset \"Anisopodidae and Thaumaleidae (Diptera: Nematocera) of Ireland\".\nTerrestrial Map - 10kmDistribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).\nMarine Map - 50kmDistribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).\nOrphnephila devia, Orphnephila devia nomen nudum, Thaumalea devia, Thaumalea devia nomen nudum\ninsect - true fly (Diptera)\n27 March (recorded in 1983)\n11 September (recorded in 1986)\nIrish Biogeographical Society, Anisopodidae and Thaumaleidae (Diptera: Nematocera) of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Thaumalea testacea, accessed 24 May 2018, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/2/Species/89486>"}
{"text":"St Theresa of Jesus, Virgin, Mystic\nMarch 28, 1515\nOctober 4, 1582\nMarch 12, 1622\nHeadaches, catholic writers, Spain\nSt. Teresa was the daughter of a Toledo merchant and his second wife, who died when Teresa was 15, one of ten children. Shortly after this event, Teresa was entrusted to the care of the Augustinian nuns. After reading the letters of St. Jerome, Teresa resolved to enter a religious life. In 1535, she joined the Carmelite Order. She spent a number of relatively average years in the convent, punctuated by a severe illness that left her legs paralyzed for three years, but then experienced a vision of “the sorely wounded Christ” that changed her life forever. From this point forward, Teresa moved into a period of increasingly ecstatic experiences in which she came to focus more and more sharply on Christ’s passion. With these visions as her impetus, she set herself to the reformation of her order, beginning with her attempt to master herself and her adherence to the rule. Gathering a group of supporters, Teresa endeavoured to create a more primitive type of Carmelite. From 1560 until her death, Teresa struggled to establish and broaden the movement of Discalced or shoeless Carmelites. During the mid-1560s, she wrote the Way of Perfection and the Meditations on the Canticle. In 1567, she met St. John of the Cross, who she enlisted to extend her reform into the male side of the Carmelite Order."}
{"text":"Biochar offers several benefits as a soil amendment, including increased soil fertility, carbon sequestration, and water-holding capacity in nutrient-poor soils. In this study, soil samples with and without biochar additives were collected for two consecutive years from an experimental field plot to examine its effect on the microbial community structure and functions in sandy soils under peach-trees (Prunus persica).\nThe four treatments evaluated consisted of two different rates of biochar incorporated into the soil, one “dynamic” surface application of biochar, and a 0% biochar control. Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) analysis was used to assess the microbial community structure, and enzyme activities involved in C, N, P, and S nutrient cycling were used as a means of assessing soil functionality. Total FAME and bacterial indicators increased by 18% and 12%, respectively, in the 10% incorporated and 5% surface applied treatments. Biochar applications increased glucosaminidase and arylsulfatase activities, 5–30% and 12–46%, respectively.\nAccess full article here"}
{"text":"dramatic irony: a situation that involves a discrepancy between a characters perception and what the reader or audience know to be true is dramatic irony.\nAnswers 1Add Yours\n\"...every woman, nearly, went up to the girls, without saying a word, and kissed them, solemn, on the forehead, and then put their hand on their head, and looked up towards the sky, with the tears running down, and then busted out and went off sobbing and swabbing, and give the next woman a show. I never see anything so disgusting.\" -Pg. 163\nHuck seriously dislikes fake and contrived people, and the act these women are putting on frustrates him to no end. Although they are weeping, Huck is actually a more sensitive and honest person."}
{"text":"Can the human brain do quantum computing?Medical Hypothesis (2004)\nAbstractThe electrical membrane properties have been the key issues in the understanding of the cerebral physiology for more than almost two centuries. But, molecular neurobiology has now discovered that biochemical transactions play an important role in neuronal computations. Quantum computing (QC) is becoming a reality both from the theoretical point of view as well as from practical applications. Quantum mechanics is the most accurate description at atomic level and it lies behind all chemistry that provides the basis for biology ... maybe the magic of entanglement is also crucial for life. The purpose of the present paper is to discuss the dendrite spine as a quantum computing device, taking into account what is known about the physiology of the glutamate receptors and the cascade of biochemical transactions triggered by the glutamate binding to these receptors.\n- Quantum computing,\n- Brain processing,\nCitation InformationArmando F Rocha, Eduardo Massad and Francisco B Coutinho. \"Can the human brain do quantum computing?\" Medical Hypothesis Vol. 63 (2004)\nAvailable at: http://works.bepress.com/armando_rocha/16/"}
{"text":"Girardet also painted historical compositions, amongst which there is The Siege of Sargossa. Another three of his compositions were inspired by F. Coppée, these being; The Route of Cholet, in the Rath Museum; The Revolt of Fouesnant, in the Museum of Quimper and The Disaster of Quiberon.\nJules Girardet exhibited regularly at the Salon and was awarded a third class medal in 1881 and a bronze along with money in 1889 for his works. He also took part in a number of expositions in Paris, the provinces and in Switzerland.\nThe Museum of Berne, Switzerland, houses a work titled At the edge of Lake Léman\nWorks by this artist…\nThe Handsome Suitor( ref : 9991 )"}
{"text":"Understanding Memory Loss: What To Do When You Have Trouble Remembering\nWe've all forgotten a name, where we put our keys, or if we locked the front door. It's normal to forget things once in a while. However, forgetting how to make change, use the telephone, or find your way home may be signs of a more serious memory problem.\nThis booklet will help you learn about:\n- the difference between mild forgetfulness and more serious memory problems\n- causes of memory problems and how they can be treated\n- how to cope with serious memory problems\nTips about using the booklet\nUse the Table of Contents to help you find things quickly. Also, we put some medical terms in bold, such as brain scan. You can find how to say these words and what they mean in the \"Words to know\" section.\nPublication Date: May 2013\nPage Last Updated: January 22, 2015"}
{"text":"Winter is approaching in northern Japan. Millions who lost their homes in the March tsunami now have another worry: radiation that’s been spewing from their damaged nuclear plant. The health risks aren’t stopping Sister Kathleen Reiley. She fears what will happen if she doesn’t volunteer.\n“I work with children with cancer and it just breaks my heart to think how many more children are threatened with getting cancer because of this accident,” says the Maryknoll Sister who is based south of the where an earthquake caused the massive tsunami here only months ago.\nBecause of the widespread radiation, officials near the Fukushima nuclear plant have discouraged visitors from entering the area. In this month’s Maryknoll Sisters blog post from Japan, read why Sister Kathleen is volunteering in the region anyway.\nThose most at risk from the contaminated soil are people under 40 years of age, though anyone can breathe the dangerous air. Families here are concerned for their small children. Children with cancer make up the special ministry of Sister Kathleen, a counselor who is prepared to take on Japan’s latest victims."}
{"text":"Chaitra Navratri is a nine day festivity that is devoted to the nine forms of Goddess Durga. Chaitra Navratri is also known as Vasant Navratri and the celebrations for the same begin on the first day of Hindu Luni-Solar Calendar. As per Gregorian calendar, it falls in the month of March or April. Chaitra Navratri is celebrated with great vigor in northern part of India. However, in Maharashtra, Gudi Padwa marks the commencement of the celebrations and in Andhra Pradesh, Chaitra Navratri commences with Ugadi..\nChaitra is the first month according to Luni Solar Calendar of Hindus and this is why this Navratri is known as Chaitra Navratri. Rama Navami also falls during this nine day celebration on Navami or the ninth day. This is the reason it is also known as Rama Navratri.\nThe rituals and customs followed during Chaitra Navaratri are more or less similar to the customs of Shardiya Navratri. Both the festivities are dedicated to the nine avatars of Goddess Shakti. Similar rituals for Ghatasthapana Puja Vidhi are followed on both Navratris."}
{"text":"Saturday, 14 March 2015\nThe Bauffrement Roman de la Rose\nLast year I studied a Roman de la Rose manuscript in a private collection, whose opening miniature is shown above, which can be dated about 1310–20. The binding and endleaves provide provide much of interest to the provenance-hunter, including the gilt stamp of Hudson Gurney:\nThe back flyleaf is inscribed “Plus Deuil Que Joye” (‘More mourning than joy’), which I was pleased to discover was the battle-cry used by the Bauffremont family of Bauffremont (now spelled Beaufremont, about half-way between Langres and Nancy in eastern France):\nOf course I hoped that it might be possible to identify which individual member of the Beauffrement family might have owned the manuscript.\nThe Roman de la Rose as a text survives in a very large number of manuscripts, either on its own, or together with a wide variety of other texts, but the present manuscript is one of only three known in which the Rose occurs with La Châtelaine de Vergy, which itself is known to survive in 22 copies.\nThe Châtelaine was probably written about 1280; the earliest surviving manuscript is dated 1288. It tells the following somewhat convoluted story: an unnamed knight in the service of the Duke of Burgundy falls in love with the wife of the châtelaine (castle-keeper) of Vergy. She agrees to accept him on two conditions: that he promises to tell no one of their affair, and that when he wants to see her he must wait in the garden until she signals to him by sending her dog out to him.\nThe presence of this text in the manuscript may have no bearing on its provenance, but I wonder if the Bauffrement battle-cry on the flyleaf might indicate ownership by Vautier de Bauffrement (d.1335): his grandmother, Agnès de Vergy (d.1268), was a member of the family to which La Châtelaine de Vergy refers.\nPosted by Peter Kidd at 07:52"}
{"text":"Specific Heat Capacity\nSpecific heat capacity is defined as the amount of heat required to change the temperature of 1 kg of a substance by 1°C.\n- Specific heat capacity is a physical quantity used to compare the heat capacity of a given material of the same mass.\n- It is the measure of how much energy can be store in 1 kg of mass of a substance.\n- Specific heat capacity is defined as the amount of heat required to change the temperature of 1 kg of a substance by 1°C.\nMathematically, c= Q/mθ [Q = heat, c = specific heat capacity, m = mass, θ = change of temperature]\n- The SI unit of specific heat capacity is J/kg/°C.\n- For example, the specific heat capacity of water is 4200 J/kg/°C means 4200J of heat energy is needed to change the temperature of 1kg water by 1°C.\n- The amount of heat transferred in an object when temperature change can be calculated by using the following equation."}
{"text":"Naveena Sadasivam, reporting for Inside Climate News:\nGas drilling has long raised concerns about water contamination and air pollution. But until recently, little public attention has been paid to the pipelines that must be built to carry the gas. In Pennsylvania, concerns about these pipelines are growing because many of them are being built in the state’s 16 million acres of forest, which include some of the largest contiguous blocks of forestland east of the Mississippi River. Nearly 700,000 acres of forestland already have been leased for drilling, allowing companies to cut paths through pristine stretches of trees, fragment forests, decrease biodiversity and introduce invasive species."}
{"text":"How does our brain work?\nA model of how our brain works\nwhen we are calm, the emotional center (amygdala)\nis connected to and protected by our frontal cortex\nwhen our fight-or-flight-or-freeze response gets triggered\nthe amygdala sends signals to shut of the frontal cortex from interfering,\nwe \"flip our lids\"\nSarah Peyton http://empathybrain.com/"}
{"text":"Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and blue with five blue five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band; the stars represent the members of the former Federal Republic of Central America - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; similar to the flag of El Salvador, which features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which features a triangle encircled by the word REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom, centered in the white band\nDefinition: This entry provides a written flag description produced from actual flags or the best information available at the time the entry was written. The flags of independent states are used by their dependencies unless there is an officially recognized local flag. Some disputed and other areas do not have flags.\nSource: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of April 17, 2002\n© 2007 IndexMundi. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"If you are even remotely interested in electronics, chances are the number ‘555’ is immediately recognizable. It is, after all, one of the most popular IC’s ever built, with billions of units sold to date. Designed way back in 1970 by Hans Camenzind, it is still widely available and frequently used for various applications. [Ken Shirriff] does a teardown and analysis of a 555 and gives us a look at the internal structure of this oldie.\nA metal can package allowed him to just chop off the top and get access to the die, which was way safer and easier than to etch out the black epoxy of a DIP package. He starts by giving us a quick run down on how the chip works, showing us the two comparators, the output flip-flop and the capacitor discharge circuitry that make up most of the chip. He then puts the die under a metallurgical microscope, and starts identifying the various sections of the chip. Combining pictures of individual elements with cross-sectional diagrams, he identifies the construction of the transistors and resistors, the use of a current mirror to replace bulky resistors, and the differential pair that makes up the comparators.\nHe wraps it up by providing an interactive map of the die and the schematic, where you can click on various parts and the corresponding component is highlighted along with an explanation of what it does. There’s some interesting trivia about how a redesigned, improved version – the ZSCT1555 – couldn’t survive the popularity and success of the 555. He wraps it up with a useful list of notes and references. While de-capping blog posts are interesting on their own, [Ken] does a great job by giving us a detailed look at the internals.\nThanks [Vikas] for sending in this tip."}
{"text":"Why fall is the best time for planting:\nFall is the ideal time to plant all kinds of things yet when it comes to planting many homeowners think spring is the best time. First let’s define when fall starts, which varies considerably from one part of the country to the next. Basically, the ideal period for fall planting is roughly six weeks before the first hard frost. Listed below are a few keys points as to why Fall is a great time for planting.\n- Milder temperatures during initial root growth as opposed to spring planting and the harsh summer temperatures give roots a great head start.\n- Fall has more rain than late spring and summer which allows for more consisted watering during initial root growth.\n- Even when the temperatures drop to freezing and below the ground temperatures will usually stay above 40 on into December/January in most of the US zones which allows for continued root growth into the winter months. Even if the plant is dormant above ground the roots can continue to establish when the ground temperatures are above 40 degrees.\n- Flowering shrubs are already established for the following spring which generates better flushing and flowering in the spring as opposed to planting a flowering shrub in the spring. When a flowering shrub is planted in the spring it has to go through its reproductive cycle (production of it flowers) and establish new root growth simultaneously. This creates more stress on the plant than if it is planted in the fall and can already have a start on its new root structure.\n- Non-flowering shrubs also benefit in the same way as they will have better flushing in the spring if they are planted in the fall because there initial root growth has already been established."}
{"text":"The word “emeritus” comes from Latin. It’s an adjective that means “retired” but it is also used to honour the position once held by the retired person.\nThe most common usage is with professors who are still professors even if they’re not teaching any more. However, presidents, prime ministers and bishops also use the title.\nIn February 26th 2013 the Vatican announced that the retiring Pope Benedict XVI would keep the name Benedict (birth name: Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger), would dress in white without the mozzetta and become known as pope emeritus.\nBenedict is the first pope to resign since 1415 when Pope Gregory XII was forced out of office thus ending the Western Schism. The Western Schism of 1378 to 1417 wa a time when the Catholic Church was split and two different Popes (both elected by the same people) claimed the title.\nWhat does Pope Emeritus mean? It means the honourable and former Pope. Who is the Pope Emeritus? There may have only been one Pope Emeritus in the history of the church todate and he is Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.\nIn Pure Spirit\nDoes the retirement of a Pope mean anything to you? Does it feel like you’re living through an incredibly rare moment in history to you or is this just background news?"}
{"text":"Reconstructed skull, repaired by titanium cranioplasty, England, 1980\nCranioplasty is a surgical technique to repair damage to the skull caused by birth defect, illness or injury. Developed in the 1970s by George Blair, a dental surgeon, and Derek Gordon, a neurosurgeon, this method meant that repairs could be made which easily imitated the curves and shape of the skull, unlike previous methods which involved wiring and stitching. Moulds would be taken of the piece of skull to be repaired, from which a titanium plate is made. Titanium is a good material to use in this sort of surgery as it is extremely strong and durable, but also inert – so will not react with tissues and provoke an immune response. The bone plates and screws are also used to stabilise the skull.\nRelated Themes and Topics\nThere are 539 related objects. View all related objects\nThe skeleton of the head of a vertebrate animal, including the brain case, or cranium, and the bones and cartilages of the face and mouth. The skull can be subdivided into two parts: the cranium and the mandible. The human skull is made up from 22 bones.\nGlossary: bone plate\nplates used to bridge fracture sites\nA branch of medical science concerned with the structure of living organisms.\nSurgical repair of the skull, usually by covering the affected area with metal."}
{"text":"There are an estimated 1 million diagnosed cases of shingles every year in the United States, and one in three people will have them in their lifetime. Anyone who has contracted chickenpox is vulnerable to developing shingles. Once exposed, the virus can lay dormant for years, making shingles more common in older people.\nWho needs the Zostavax shingles vaccine?\nOver half of shingles cases occur in people over the age of 60, which is the age group that Zostavax treats. The FDA approved the Zostavax vaccine for people 60 years of age and older in 2006.\nIn June 2005, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine tracked a group of 38,000 people over 60, with a median age of 69. Researchers found that Zostavax cut the odds of getting shingles by 50 percent.\nWhat are the side effects of the Zostavax shingles vaccine?\nZostavax is a live vaccine used to treat shingles in people age 60 years or older. It is generally safe and administered with no side effects.\nHowever, potential side effects include:\n- Injection site reactions (redness, itching, swelling, warmth, bruising, and pain)\n- A headache\n- Joint or muscle pain\n- Skin rash\nAdditionally, there are lawsuits filed against the manufacturer, Merck, Inc., indicating the Zostavax shingles vaccine may cause rare, more severe injuries.\nIn the first Zostavax lawsuit, Tsalichis, et al. v. Merck, Inc., a South Carolina man had the shingles vaccine and two months developed retinal necrosis, which caused him to lose his eyesight. According to court documents, the vaccine may have also contributed to his hearing loss."}
{"text":"However, overall levels have reduced by 48,0000 tonnes in three years\nBy Sarah Young\nUK households are wasting 4.5m tonnes of food that could be eaten ever year, new figures show.\nThe Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) – an organisation that works with businesses and organisations to reduce food waste and curb plastic use – has published its latest report, which has been tracking progress in food waste reduction since 2007.\nAccording to the report, titled Courtauld Commitment 2025, the UK is making significant steps in reducing food waste, with total levels falling by 480,000 tonnes between 2015 and 2018, the equivalent of seven per cent per person.\nTo read the rest of this article from the Independent click here\nWant to see the rest of this article?\nWould you like to see the rest of this article and all the other benefits that Issues Online can provide with?\n- Useful related articles\n- Video and multimedia references\n- Statistical information and reference material\n- Glossary of terms\n- Key Facts and figures\n- Related assignments\n- Resource material and websites"}
{"text":"What this picture leaves out is the social role of the Democratic Party and the interests that it ultimately serves. Politics is not a pure battle of ideas. It is a struggle between different social classes to defend and advance their interests and to determine who will control how society is run. While the Democrats have historically represented themselves as the party of working people and oppressed minorities, in reality they are tied to protecting the interests of corporate America and the capitalist system just as much as the Republicans are, despite their differences in ideology. It is this and not primarily a failure to craft the right message that explains the broken promises.\nThere is also one other crucial factor that Lakoff and others like him ignore. While consciousness has moved to the left in the United States, that has not yet cohered into a political movement that can mobilize large numbers of people to fight for a progressive agenda. In the absence of such a movement, there is no pressure on the Democratic Party to enact reforms that will benefit working-class Americans rather than big business. When such movements exist, as in the 1930s and 1960s, politics can shift very rapidly to the left. It is no coincidence that it was during these decades that the most important gains were made by workers, the poor, racial minorities, and other oppressed groups.\nFor those who are angry at the Democrats’ for their broken promises, the solution is not offering better ways of packaging the party’s message, but building an independent movement on the ground that can fight both for immediate reforms and pose the vision of a different kind of society in the future.\nMonday, November 8, 2010\nThe Democrats’ broken promises\nThe Democrats’ broken promises by Phil Gasper"}
{"text":"Tennis Elbow Treatment\nInflammation of the tendons of the elbow (epicondylitis) caused by overuse of the muscles of the forearm.\n- Pain slowly increasing around the outside of the elbow. Less often, pain may develop suddenly.\n- Pain is worse when shaking hands or squeezing objects.\n- Pain is made worse by stabilizing or moving the wrist with force. Examples include lifting, using tools, opening jars, or even handling simple utensils such as a toothbrush or knife and fork.\n- Taping of muscles\n- Physical therapies/ Physiotherapy\n- Complementary therapies\n- Non-surgical treatment"}
{"text":"My book showed lots of ways you can know two triangles are congruent, like SSS, SAS, RHS. In SAS, it is true that you have\nto have the A in the middle so the same-size angles are between the same-size sides? My mother said that otherwise you'd have \"A$$\", which is a way of remembering that you shouldn't do it that way, but that sounds made-up.\nYes, the angle must\nbe between the two given sides (SAS), as with ASS / SSA, there may be 0, 1, or 2 possible triangles that could be drawn, depending on the dimensions of the known sides and angle.\nThe RHS / HL rule is actually a special case of ASS / SSA, but that only works because the right angle forces there to be only one possible solution. Any other angle instead of the right angle would either result in two possible solutions (if the remaining side is longer than the minimum length needed to close up the triangle), or no possible solution (if the remaining side would be shorter than the minimum length needed to close up the triangle).\nHere are some diagrams\nwhich will hopefully make things clearer. (Scroll down to the picture of a donkey / ass.)"}
{"text":"Feb22-13, 12:51 PM\nI am a high school student designing a wind turbine using 3D modelling software. I want to test if the blade design will generate enough torque to maintain an angular velocity given a particular wind speed. I have come up with something, but I am not sure if it is correct. Please tell me if my steps are correct or if I should do anything different.\nI want to simulation software, SolidWorks Flow Simulation, that will tell me the torque when the blade system is put through a particular wind speed, where the blades are already spinning at a particular angular velocity.\nUsing the formula Power = Torque * Angular Velocity and Power = 0.5ADv^3,\nSo Torque * Angular Velocity = 0.5ADv^3\nDo I isolate for torque to find the torque required and compare to the value generated by the simulation software to see whether or not the blades will keep spinning?\n|Register to reply|\n|calculate torque for a wind turbine||Engineering, Comp Sci, & Technology Homework||3|\n|Experimentally Calculate Wind Turbine Torque||Classical Physics||3|\n|Wind Turbine Power||General Physics||1|\n|Determine the Electric Power Produced by a Wind Turbine Over a Range of Wind Speeds||Advanced Physics Homework||5|\n|Power from a wind turbine||Introductory Physics Homework||1|"}
{"text":"Genus Euglypha Dujardin, 1841\nDiagnosis: test elongate ovoid or pyriform, composed of overlapping plates, usually arranged in longitudinal rows. Aperture always with denticulate mouth plates.\nRemarks: This is a simplified key with only some main types. Euglypha is a large and common genus with numerous species; many species are hard to identify and may be part of species complexes. Recently (2001) a new genus Scutiglypha has been created, but there is no unique feature that separates it clearly from Euglypha.\nFig. 1: a-c E. cristata b var. major d E. bryophila e E. mucronata\nFig. 2: a E. brachiata b E. scutigera c E. acanthophora d-e E. tuberculata\nFig. 3: a–d E. strigosa c var. glabra e–f E. rotunda"}
{"text":"Africa is a continent that seems to be skipping the desktop computing phase and transitioning directly to smartphones. Even in communities without access to smarter phones, information gateways can deliver vital services to 'dumb' feature-phones.\nHow does this type of information access affect farmers? It turns their phone into one of the most important farming tools they have, with which they can access important market information, see weather forecasts, receive crop- and location- specific farming tips (e.g. 'fertilize now' or 'don't water, rain expected this week'), and have access to banking services and credit.\nThe Gates foundation has an excellent video explaining how this future pans out. Take a look!"}
{"text":"a combining form representing naphtha, or naphthalene, in compound words:\n[naf-thuh, nap-] /ˈnæf θə, ˈnæp-/ noun 1. a colorless, volatile distillate, usually an intermediate product between gasoline and benzine, used as a solvent, fuel, etc. Compare . 2. any of various similar liquids distilled from other products. 3. . /ˈnæfθə; ˈnæp-/ noun 1. a distillation product from coal tar boiling in the approximate range 80–170°C […]\n[naf-thuh-seen, nap-] /ˈnæf θəˌsin, ˈnæp-/ noun, Chemistry. 1. an explosive solid compound, C 1 8 H 1 2 , derived from anthracene and coal tar: used for detonating high explosives, as TNT.\n[naf-thuh-leen, nap-] /ˈnæf θəˌlin, ˈnæp-/ noun, Chemistry. 1. a white, crystalline, water-insoluble hydrocarbon, C 1 0 H 8 , usually obtained from coal tar: used in making dyes, as a moth repellant, etc. /ˈnæfθəˌliːn; ˈnæp-/ noun 1. a white crystalline volatile solid with a characteristic penetrating odour: an aromatic hydrocarbon used in mothballs and in […]\n[naf-thuh-lahyz, nap-] /ˈnæf θəˌlaɪz, ˈnæp-/ verb (used with object), naphthalized, naphthalizing. 1. to mix or saturate with naphtha."}
{"text":"Robot Bees Are Here And Will Be A Spy’s Best Friend\nA team of Harvard University researchers collaborated to create a robotic flight project mimicking the flight patterns of bees that could transform the future of spy technology.\nThese robot bees could potentially have many practical uses for the future, especially for surveillance purposes. These bees would be able to inconspicuously attach themselves to nearly any surface and be able to stay there for extended periods of time monitoring and surveying an area. They also would be able to go into small spaces that scientists wouldn’t be able to go into using sensors.\nAs opposed to normal drones that hover in the area and waste significant amounts of energy, these robotic bees would be able to perch themselves on a designated area, which would save a considerable amount of energy as they would not be in constant flight.\nUsing a combination of electrostatic material and foam, the robot bee would be provided with a landing pad that could attach to multiple surfaces, even ones upside down, when responding to static electricity.\nRobert Wood, a co-author in the study told Mashable in an email, “but we felt that perching on an overhang is more challenging since you have to have an adhesive force to overcome gravity.”\nAs long as the landing patch can stay powered up, the robotic bee would be able to perch properly.\nCurrently, the robotic bee is attached to an electrostatic power source to charge the plate and to control flight patterns similar to that of bees where they take flight at fast speeds but slow down and hover just before landing.\nWood says that he hopes this technology will be better developed and running without the attached power source in five to ten years.\nHopefully soon after that, these robotic bees will be ready to take flight and be used in the field."}
{"text":"Figure 3-2.Typical air-to-surface guided missile.\norders and the control system that carries them out. The\nelements for missile guidance and missile control can\nbe housed in the same section of the missile, or they can\nbe in separate sections.\nThere are a number of basic guidance systems used\nin guided missiles. Homing-type, air-launched, guided\nmissiles are currently used. They use radar or infrared\nA homing guidance system is one in which the\nmissile seeks out the target, guided by some physical\nindication from the target itself. Radar reflections or\nthermal characteristics of targets are possible physical\ninfluences on which homing systems are based.\nHoming systems are classified as active, semiactive, and\nACTIVE. In the active homing system, target\nillumination is supplied by a component carried in the\nFigure 3-3.Active homing system.\nmissile, such as a radar transmitter. The radar signals\n(fig. 3-3) transmitted from the missile are reflected off\nthe target back to the receiver in the missile. These\nreflected signals give the missile information such as the\ntargets distance and speed. This information lets the\nguidance section compute the correct angle of attack to\nintercept the target. The missiles angle of attack is\ncontrolled by the control section that receives electronic\ncommands from the guidance section. Mechanically\nmanipulated wings, fins, or canard control surfaces are\nmounted externally on the body of the weapon. They\nare actuated by hydraulic, electric, or gas generator\npower, or combinations of these to alter the missiles\nSEMIACTIVE. In the semiactive homing\nsystem (fig. 3-4), the missile gets its target illumination\nfrom an external source, such as a transmitter carried in\nthe launching aircraft. The receiver in the missile\nFigure 3-4.Semiactive homing system."}
{"text":"7 Tips to Protect You From Ticks\n- Stay Down the Middle - Ticks are more prevalent on the edges of paths and trails. Don't go off the beaten track.\n- Stay Bright - Tiny ticks can be easier to spot on light colored clothing…wear white.\n- Protect the Dome - Ticks are not only down low, they can also be found high in the trees. Wear a hat or tie your hair back, along with using bug repellent on your face.\n- Keep your Socks High - Ticks don’t care about your fashion choices. Hike up your socks and tuck them into your pants. Keep your skin covered.\n- Repel your Clothes - Apply insecticide permethrin to your clothes, as well as spraying relent on skin not covered by clothing. Cover all your bases.\n- Damp Bits Beware - Ticks love dark, moist areas, so double check your arm pits, back of knees, and groin.\n- Hit the Shower - The first line of defense is a full-body tick check and a pair of tweezers, but you might be able to scrub away any ticks you miss. By lathering up you can slash the risk of tick-born disease.\nBe smart and prepared once you hit the trails!"}
{"text":"From population and environment to arms trade and war, the data visualized in The Little Book of Shocking Global Facts—designed by Jonathan Barnbrook and his studio, Barnbrook Design—covers some of the most astounding facts about the world we live in, with graphic representations of data and striking photos to accompany startling statistics. Here are some of those shocking facts:\nUp top, 80% of inmates in some U.K. prisons test positive for opiates on reception.\nBelow, just five countries control over a third of the World Bank: U.S., Japan, Germany, France, and the U.K.:\nChina, U.S., Russia, India, and Japan round out the top five carbon-emitting countries. This graphic shows the rest of the top 20.\nA couple of the effects of global warming: Small glaciers in the Andes will disappear, threatening the water supplies of up to 50 million people. Between 40 and 60 million more people will be exposed to malaria in Africa alone.\n848 million people in the world are malnourished, while 1,600 million are overweight.\nBetween 1998 and 2007 global military spending increased by 45%.\nBetween June 2007 and June 2009 IED explosions in Iraq decreased by 90%. Before that they were responsible for 50% of combat deaths.\nFrom 2007 to 2008, civilian casualties in the war in Afghanistan increased by 40%, making 2008 the deadliest year since the Taliban were removed from power in 2001. 55% of those were attributed to anti-government forces, 39% to pro-government forces and the remaining 6% could not be attributed to either.\nTo buy the book, click here. At $10, it's a steal."}
{"text":"It looks like Hurricane Sandy isn’t the only weather that could have an impact at the polls. Whether it rains — or not — on Election Day may also affect the results. According to a 2007 study that examined election results and weather reports from 1948 to 2000, Republican presidential candidates get a 2.5% boost for every inch above average rainfall in a county.\nThe study also showed that rain reduces voter participation by about 1% per inch, which may seem paltry, but could make a big difference in a race as tight as this one. In fact, the study found that weather may have contributed to the outcomes of the 1960 and 2000 elections (which were both extremely close, as you may remember).\nA poll by The Weather Channel in September supports the theory: About 28% of Obama supporters said bad weather could keep them away from the polls, compared to 19% of Romney supporters. And 35% of undecided voters said snow or rain would have a “moderate to significant” impact on whether they cast their vote.\nPhoto: Courtesy of Politico/AP"}
{"text":"The U.S. intelligence community has given IBM a grant to work on quantum computers.\nThe research arm of the United States Intelligence Community has just awarded a multi-year grant to IBM — it wants the computing giant to crack the code on quantum computing.\nThe U.S. government announced recently that it would provide a multi-year funding grant to IBM in order to allow it to continue its quantum computing research, according to a Christian Science Monitor report.\nBut why? It all comes down to the incredible power that could be harnessed if IBM were to figure out quantum computing.\nToday, the fastest computer in the world is Tianhe-2 out of China, which takes up 8,000 square feet of space and can work at 34 petaflops, which is 34 trillion operations per second. However, it requires the traditional digital design where bits represents a 0 or a 1. Quantum computers, on the other hands, would have atom-sized bits that can represent 0, 1, or a superposition of 0 and 1 at the same time, according to the report. That means that three quantum bits could have eight values at the same time, allowing them to be exceptionally faster than even the most powerful supercomputers of today.\nSuch computing power is especially useful for complex modelling simulations involving thousands of independent variables — air traffic control and molecular modeling are a couple of good examples where this computing power is useful.\nBut quantum bits, or qubits as they are called, have a problem: they are fragile and have to be shielded from heat and electromagnetic interference in near absolute zero temperatures. That’s why IBM’s best quantum computer only has eight qubits at the moment, severely limiting it.\nHowever, IBM has some leads to cracking the problem. It will try to encode some imperfect physical qubits into a logical qubit that can perform quantum computations without errors, which could serve as the foundation for quantum computing."}
{"text":"5. Gilmania Coville, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 26: 210. 1936.\n[name proposed for conservation]\nGolden carpet [for M. French Gilman, 1871-1944, Death Valley naturalist]\nJames L. Reveal\nPhyllogonum Coville, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 4: 190, plate 21. 1893, name proposed for rejection\nHerbs, annual; taproot slender. Stems arising directly from the root, spreading to decumbent or prostrate, solid, not fistulose or disarticulating into ringlike segments, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Leaves quickly deciduous, basal and cauline, in whorls of 3; petiole present only at proximal nodes; blade oblong to broadly elliptic or obovate, margins entire. Inflorescences terminal, cymose; branches mostly dichotomous, not brittle or disarticulating into segments, round, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; bracts absent. Peduncles absent. Involucral bracts absent. Flowers 3-9 per node at any single time during full anthesis; perianth yellow, broadly campanulate when open, narrowly urceolate when closed, thinly pubescent abaxially; tepals 6, connate proximally, monomorphic, entire apically; stamens 9; filaments basally adnate, pilose basally; anthers yellow, ovate. Achenes included, brown, not winged, 3-gonous, glabrous. Seeds: embryo curved.\nSpecies 1: California.\nGilmania is restricted to the valley edges and low mountains surrounding Death Valley in Inyo County. In a “good” year, tens of millions of plants carpet the area, giving the edge of the valley a ring of golden yellow. Each individual produces thousands of flowers, and seed set in the plush years is enormous, thereby assuring long-term survival even in this harsh environment. The genus is allied to Eriogonum subg. Ganysma.\nReveal, J. L. 2004. Proposal to conserve the name Gilmania Coville against Phyllogonum Coville (Polygonaceae: Eriogonoideae)—A case of mistaken homonymy. Taxon 53: 573."}
{"text":"|Guy Fawkes mask. Image courtesy of photobucket|\nGreetings Garden Dwellers!\nWelcome back to Out of Standard, where I will set before you a challenge to defy the conventions of a particular theme. I will call upon you to write out of the standard and find new places in the everyday. It is in that spirit in which I present November’s challenge...\nFor those not in the know: on the evening of November 5, 1605, a small group of rebels attempted to assassinate King James and his advisors by placing a cache of explosives under the House of Lords. The plot was not successful, and the man caught guarding the explosives , Guy Fawkes, was immediately arrested and soon executed.\nEver since England, and other countries across the globe have celebrated November 5 as Guy Fawkes Night. Sometimes thought as a precursor to Thanksgiving, bonfires are lit on the evening of November 5 and effigies of Fawkes are burned as a way to celebrate all the things that never happened.\nFawkes is a somewhat derisive figure. Many activists embrace him as a symbol of change. Others have branded Fawkes and his collaborators as terrorists. Worry not, toads, for today’s challenge is not about Fawkes himself, but the centuries old holiday that has sprouted up in his name.\nIn the spirit of Guy Fawkes Night, I call upon you to write a poem which celebrates something that never happened. I’ll let you interpret that however you want. Feel free to get as creative as you want...maybe even have yourself a cheerful bonfire to boot!\nKEEP IN MIND\nLike every challenge, your poem must by newly written for this challenge and not one which you have previously written which conveniently fits the theme.\nSo go now, my muddy buddies, and bring us back something shiny and new."}
{"text":"Motor vehicle crash statistics gathered from law enforcement reports and other sources are used to determine causation, and develop strategies to lower the number of injuries and fatalities each year. Federal and Virginia lawmakers have spent significant time over the past several decades reviewing this data as it relates to large trucks, and drafting laws that attempt to curtail the dangers associated with large commercial vehicles.\nFor 2015, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that in Virginia, there were 70 fatalities involving a large truck, and only 19 of these deaths were drivers or passengers in the trucks. Even though truck drivers do not have nearly the same risk as their counterparts in smaller vehicles, research indicates that they are frequently not to blame for the crashes.\nAccording to Trucking.org, numerous studies into fault in car-truck crashes points to the drivers of passenger vehicles. In fact, roughly 75 percent of these fatal accidents are the result of mistakes or carelessness on the part of car drivers. However, research indicates that the behaviors and conditions that lead to collisions with trucks are the same ones that typically cause crashes between two or more passenger vehicles, such as the following:\n- Drunk driving\n- Following too closely\n- Heavy traffic\n- Driver health conditions\nMotorists are more likely than truck operators to cause a car-truck collision while driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, engaging in aggressive or reckless driving, overcorrecting in a sudden traffic situation, and driving while fatigued or sick. Brake problems, unfamiliarity with the roads and work stress are more likely to occur on the part of a truck driver than a motorist. Sadly, any fatal accidents involving these factors are usually preventable."}
{"text":"These two terms are often confused. Exposure to radiation other than background is usually of short duration and occurs after entering an area in which there is a radiation source. While in the area, radiation exposure occurs. After leaving the area, the exposure ceases. Any biologic changes resulting from the radiation are determined by the amount of exposure received. The patient does not become radioactive. Receiving a chest X-ray is an example of exposure.\nContamination results when a radioactive material is either on the surface (external contamination) of a patient, or has somehow entered into the body (internal contamination). External contamination is often easily removed by removing the contaminated clothing and washing the affected area with soap and water or other mild cleansing solution. Internal contamination is treated using techniques that are outlined in the section on decontamination. Harsh detergents and abrasive materials should be avoided in external decontamination. These agents may break the integrity of the skin and convert an easily managed external contamination to a more difficult to treat case of internal contamination."}
{"text":"Sensors are unmanned. Sensors only require electricity and wireless Wi-Fi internet . Simply configure them during installation. Then the data is sent to the infrastructure which is created for the purpose of storing, processing and sharing measurements.\nInstallation of the Perfect-Air sensor in the immediate vicinity allows you to learn what we are actually breathing and what impact it has on our health. The more sensors, the more accurate data and earlier detected threat. The easier it will be to take further steps to improve our quality of life."}
{"text":"Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. We maintain this deficit by liquidating stocks of ecological resources and accumulating waste, primarily carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Earth Overshoot Day is hosted and calculated by Global Footprint Network, an international think tank that coordinates research, develops methodological standards and provides decision-makers with a menu of tools to help the human economy operate within Earth’s ecological limits.\nLemonade day is empowering today’s youth to become tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.\nNational Pecan Pie Day is celebrated each year on July 12 where as if you add some chocolate to this delicious dessert, you can annually celebrate National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day on August 20.\nHappy 20th day of August 2015…"}
{"text":"This image shows one of the closest views of Xanadu Regio, a large bright region on Titan's surface, which also can be seen in a more distant view taken earlier (see PIA06185).\nIn this close-up view, brightness variations can be seen within Xanadu. The bright material on Titan is thought to be more water-ice rich, while darker regions may indicate areas where more hydrocarbon-rich material has collected. It is not clear from the patterns seen here what processes caused them. However, this image is just a single piece of a larger 5x5-frame mosaic that covers the western part of Xanadu and the dark area that lies farther to the west. When the complete mosaic is assembled, larger-scale patterns may be identified that will help to reveal the processes that have shaped Titan's surface.\nThe area shown here is approximately 700 kilometers (435 miles) across, centered at roughly 16 S, 133 W on Titan.\nThree narrow angle camera images taken in wavelengths of infrared light centered at 938 nanometers were combined to create this view. The images were acquired during a close encounter with Titan on February 15, 2005 from a distance of approximately 114,000 kilometers (71,000 miles) from Titan, which corresponds to a image scale of 680 meters (2,231 feet) per pixel. As a result of scattering within Titan's atmosphere, the scale of surface features that can actually be resolved at this range is several kilometers. The Sun-Titan-spacecraft, or phase, angle was 20 degrees when these images were acquired.\nThe Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The imaging team consists of scientists from the US, England, France, and Germany. The imaging operations center and team lead (Dr. C. Porco) are based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo."}
{"text":"What is Aikido?\nAikido is a Japanese Martial art, developed in the early 1900ís by a man known by his students as O sensei, meaning great teacher. O sensei, studied\nmany martial arts before creating aikido.\n| He had a vision that the true path of a warrior was not to kill or to\nmaim, but to defend, honor and protect. He was one of only a handful of men to receive successor titles from judo, jujitsu and dito ryu aiki jujitsu. Above all, O sensei was a profoundly spiritual man, who detested violence in all forms. His way was aikido, which can be translated as the art of peace.\nAikido is a truly sophisticated martial art and it is extremely difficult to obtain proficiency. There are thousands of techniques, which are based on proper body movements. This makes the art widely versatile, able to mold to individual personalities, and directly applicable to daily life. Aikido is nonviolent. Never clashing with the energy of an opponent, aikido blends with and redirects energy into peaceful conflict resolution. Aikido does this using principals of absorption (immobilization techniques) and redirection (throwing techniques). Other common martial arts use punching and kicking as a means of self defense, but these methods will injure the aggressor.\nO sensei believed that someone who behaves violently and aggressively suffers from a form of sickness. Rather than hurting these people O- sensei believed they should be cared for. This is the nature of aikido. Aikido is the loving protection of all things.\nSensei Gabriel Phillips\nAikido of Casper\nMove like a beam of light;\nFly like lightning,\nStrike like thunder,\nWhirl in circles around\nA stable center."}
{"text":"Cigarettes and the Environment: Harmful Effects\nEveryone knows how bad smoking cigarettes are for one's health, but what about their effect on the environment?\nLet's take a look at some facts:\n- Cigarette smoke contains up to 4,000 chemicals. In 2004, a small Italian study lead by Giovanni Invernizzi from the Tobacco Control Unit of Italy's National Cancer Institute in Milan found that air pollution that comes from cigarettes is 10 times greater than diesel car exhaust. For more information on this study, check out the article at New Scientist.\n- According to Action on Smoking and Health, the tobacco plant is prone to lots of diseases and insects. Because of this, the plants are often sprayed with chemicals and pesticides including DDT, Aldrin, and Methyl bromide which is awful for the ozone layer. These chemicals can get into water supplies.\n- The manufacture of cigarettes also uses about 600 million trees a year!\n- Cigarette filters are NOT biodegradable, so they just linger around. They're not going away, even though people litter them regularly.\n- Cigarettes are the number one littered item worldwide. There is an organization called Prevent Cigarette Litter working to put an end to cigarette litter. Cigarette butts strewn about can be very harmful to wildlife and waterways. A 2008 survey called the Keep America Beautiful Pocket Ashtray Study included over 1,000 smokers and found that 35% litter five or more cigarette butts per pack on the ground.\n- Cigarette butts that are littered and not put out can also cause wildfires and it releases all of those awful 4,000 chemicals into the air.\nOne problem is a frequent lack of trash receptacles or ashtrays readily available in public. You can write to your city and request more garbage cans and ashtrays in public areas.\nObviously, quitting smoking is the best solution, but if you are having trouble quitting, please be responsible and don't litter your cigarette butts."}
{"text":"Southwest Florida Shells\nJosé H. Leal\nShell size to 65 mm; shell slender, with small body whorl. Sculpture of 20-25 axial ribs. Whorls constricted below suture by relatively deep spiral line. Columella with two folds. Color very variable, from pale cream to almost black, but more often grayish with brown accents. Intertidal on sandy beaches and sand flats. This is the most abundant of the four species of auger snails living on the sandy shores of Southwest Florida. Augers are found in the sand close to the water edge, in medium- to coarse-sand habitats, where they feed on marine worms. They use their teeth, which are like tiny harpoons, in the fashion of cone snails, to inject venom into their prey. Photo of the live animal taken by Amy Tripp on Kice Island, Collier County, in 2014."}
{"text":"The escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was one of the most ballsy prison breaks in history. The island was said to be inescapable until Clarence Anglin, John Anglin and Frank Morris decided differently.\nThe three were serving time for more than a few crimes including bank robbery and car theft when they chose to breakout. On June 11, 1962, the trio cut holes in their cell walls, left behind papier-mâché dummies in their beds, and fled outside the building through the ventilation staff. Then they scaled the fence and fashioned a raft from raincoats and contact cement. It was around 10pm when they cast off into the cold waters of the San Francisco Bay."}
{"text":"- Collections and Estates\n- Alex Bein Library\n- Alphons Silbermann Estate\n- Arno Lustiger Collection\n- Eike Geisel Collection\n- Ernst A. Simon Library\n- Gabriele Tergit Estate\n- Hildegard and Saul B. Robinsohn Collection\n- Jürgen Landeck Collection\n- Jürgen Thorwald Collection\n- Ludwig Geiger Library\n- Richard Rosenthal Collection\n- Collection of Memor Books (\"Memorbücher\")\n- Collection of Source Works on National Socialism / Völkische Literatur\n- Uriel Birnbaum Collection\n- Walter Boehlich Library\nCollection of Memor Books (\"Memorbücher\")\nMemorbücher originated as memorial books of the Jewish congregations in the Middle Ages. They were read out during the commemoration of the souls of the deceased (Haskarat Neshamot). Memor or Yiskor books gained special significance after the Nazi period, as they often provided a relatively complete insight into the number of victims.\nIn 1993, the Moses Mendelssohn Center acquired 120 Memor or Yiskor books. They are written primarily in Hebrew and Yiddish, but also in English and Spanish or Ivrit. They are descriptions of Jewish life in communities in Romania, Lithuania, Ukraine and especially in Poland between 1860 and the Shoah. All volumes of the collection were published after the Shoah and often during exile, in order to preserve the memory of the Jewish communities that no longer exist.\nThe collection is continuously updated."}
{"text":"BATHE, v.t.1. To wash the body, or some part of it, by immersion, as in a bath; it often differs from ordinary washing in a longer application of water, to the body or to a particular part, as for the purpose of cleansing or stimulating the skin.2. To wash or moisten, for the purpose of making soft and supple, or for cleansing, as a wound.3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid; as, to bathe in tears or blood.\nBATHE, v.i. To be or lie in a bath; to be in water, or in other liquid, or to be immersed in a fluid, as in a bath; as, to bathe in fiery floods."}
{"text":"NASA Takes Mars Rover For First Ride8/23/2012 8:21AM\nNASA's Mars rover Curiosity made its first movement on the Martian surface. Curiosity's drive combined forward, turn and reverse segments and placed the rover roughly 6 meters from the spot where it landed.\nThis transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.\nI ... the the ... the deal clicked on was ... that on the hop billion dollars six wheel moves is motorized vehicle called curiosity has been undergoing checks and tests ... and out this is actually moved ... aging full of fifteen feet on the firm must soil with Casey at the right angle and then reverse a little ... now NASA's robot is Rudy fixable ... the plan is to spend the next month about having a bedrock thirteen hundred feet away ... will do a bit of drilling to see what is that ... but it's a toss comes at the end of the app ... when robo will head up towards the towering mountain called Mom Shop ... base the size that was a was once that ... and curiosity will based on its front end to the chemical building blocks of life ... the rule is Jenny located well away from its landing site now called Bradley landing in honor of the late Ray Bradbury and all three of the Martian Chronicles ... who would've turned ninety two ... on Wednesday ..."}
{"text":"Known scientifically as guadua angustifolia kunth, guadua is characterized by its resistance and durability; it is one of the few bamboo species certified for structural use. This ‘steel of the plant world’ is also a light and flexible material that can be used in low cost seismic-resistant buildings.\nTraditionally, guadua has been used extensively for construction in coffee-producing regions. New techniques have been developed in recent years that allow using guadua in increasingly complex and demanding structures, such as large span roofs or hanging bridges.\nGuadua is a versatile material, used for the construction of fences, vessels, musical instruments and countless other products. It is a component of interior designs worldwide, as it is used for the manufacture of floors, furniture, lamps and decorative objects.\nGuadua forests promote the well-functioning of the water cycle, protecting water sources and regulating flows. They also act as barriers against erosion, capture CO2, and are central components of ecosystems of the highest biodiversity. The proper extraction of guadua preserves these ecosystems and strengthens guadua forests by facilitating a more orderly plant regeneration.\nBambú de Colombia will offer to the various markets a product with the best specifications in its kind, produced in a renewable and sustainable way."}
{"text":"A collection of posted messages on a Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) server. Newsgroups contain postings on a particular topic, although they are often a prime target for spammers who post unsolicited advertisements. Newsgroups are defined hierarchically using a dotted notation. An example of a newsgroup is alt.books.computing, which is an “alternative” group that discusses books about computing. The dotted notation of the newsgroup name emphasizes the hierarchical structure of the Usenet system of newsgroups. For example,\nNewsgroups can be either moderated or unmoderated. In moderated newsgroups, all messages posted to the newsgroup are first sent to the newsgroup moderator, who accepts or rejects messages depending on their relevance to the group’s focus. Unmoderated groups are generally a free-for-all, although politeness dictates that users post only messages related to the newsgroup’s focus.\nWhen you first join a newsgroup, it’s a good idea to “lurk” in the background for a while and read the postings to understand the focus and tone of the group. Posting off the topic or at too low a level in an advanced group can lead a “newbie” to get flamed."}
{"text":"SYDNEY, Australia — Sexually transmitted diseases have spread so widely in some Aboriginal communities that mass treatment without individual testing, even for children as young as 10, is the only way to fight the problem, according to a medical paper published Monday.\nThe authors of the paper, Dr. Frank Bowden and Dr. Katherine Fethers, contend that the traditional method of screening and treating people individually is not working because patients often move on before their test results have been returned and because of a lack of resources.\nTheir paper, in The Medical Journal of Australia, recommends that when more than 10 percent of the population has sexually transmitted diseases, “all individuals within a particular age range would be offered antibiotic treatment without recourse to an individual risk assessment and without waiting for the results of diagnostic testing.”\nBecause there is widespread evidence of sexually transmitted diseases in children in these communities, Dr. Bowden suggested that everyone age 10 and older be offered the treatment, with adults giving informed consent.\nA 2005 survey of indigenous communities in the Northern Territory showed that more than one in four residents had either chlamydia or gonorrhea.\nDr. Bowden noted that treatment of whole communities is common for other infectious diseases, like trachoma, which can cause blindness. Chlamydia, which can cause infertility and pelvic inflammation if untreated, is caused by the same bacterium as trachoma.\n“The major difference is the way we frame the two conditions,” the paper said. “One is seen as a disease of poverty; the other is seen to be related to personal and deeply private behavior.”Continue reading the main story\nDr. Bowden has compared rates of infection in nonindigenous communities, where gonorrhea and chlamydia are relatively rare, with those in indigenous communities, where he describes the problem as hyperendemic.Continue reading the main story"}
{"text":"Stirling Engine Kit Tank Motor Power Generator Model Piston Motor Engine Model Toy\nFunny: Preheating for two to three minutes, the alcohol lamp heats the piston tube, and the dry air expands to generate power, at the same time, the flywheel is assisted by hand to drive the flywheel to rotate rapidly, and the tank will start moving forward.\nMaterial: Selected high-quality materials, made of aluminum alloy body, the tank track is pure metal. Not easy to rust and fade, and has a high-end texture, durable to use.\nWide Application: It has a wide range of application as, great gift for Kids' science project, Physical/mechanical learning, teacherâ€s Demo props on the class, birthday gift for friends, families, parents, kids, etc.\nEducational Value: By operating the engine, children would observe and know the operational process and more intuitive understanding of the operating principle of stirling engine, deepening their interest in physics.\nNOTE: 95% alcohol (self-prepared) should be used in the operation. Water, kerosene, gasoline, lighter oil, and liquor should not be added. The product is suitable for people over 14 years old."}
{"text":"\"There are a few devices that use a variety of approaches to leverage a cell phone camera into a microscope, but many are bulky, expensive, hard to align, or are lower powered. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers have developed an inexpensive, 3D printable version that can magnify a sample by 1,000 times. PNNL made the design specifications available to the public so anyone with access to a 3D printer can make their own microscope. The microscope, made out of plastic and inexpensive glass beads traditionally used for reflective pavement markings at airports, slips over the camera lens of the cell phone and is no thicker than a phone case. It's designed to fit several popular cell phone brands and tablets. The material cost, not including the printer, is under $1. Low cost was a driver in the development, as the microscope needed to be so cheap it could literally be thrown away if it gets contaminated. The researchers believe the device can fill a need for professional first responders identifying biological samples in the field, teachers and students in classrooms, and health workers.\""}
{"text":"Two Indian explorers will set out on a 35,000-km overland journey later this month in public transport from the shore of Arctic Ocean to the Antarctic to spread awareness on climate change across the world.\nThe expedition named 'Pangea One World' will be undertaken by Akhil Bakshi along with his doctor friend Rajendra Jain and they will pass through countries such as the US, Mexico, Guatemala, Antigua, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Ecuador and Argentina.\n\"The journey, during which we will meet professors in 18 universities working on climate change and its impact, would be completed in three months and three weeks and the last stop would be Punta Arenas, which is the southernmost point near the Cape Horn,\" Mr Bakshi said.\nThe expedition is self-sponsored as the explorer did not find sponsors but will be fully supported by Indian missions on way as they would be kept posted by the MEA about the schedule of the duo, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said.\n\"We will have to break out of the old model of the government support even in the field of cultural diplomacy,\" he said.\nOn the importance of Latin American region for India, he said, \"Latin America is something we need to work on. We just have not had enough bilateral visits. They have made more visits than we have and we need to reciprocate that.\"\nMr Khurshid said India and Latin America have a large scope and potential to cooperate in the fields of energy and education and several other fields.\nHe said in the near future, there will be important visits by Indian dignitaries to the Latin American region as Vice President Hamid Ansari would be in Peru soon while he would himself be visiting Brazil for the heads of missions meeting."}
{"text":"The hottest season of the year has arrived, and various zoos have started work on heatstroke prevention. The picture shows the orangutan eating a popsicle.\nInitiative 1: Send ice cubes. When the temperature reaches 35 degrees or above, ice cubes can be transported to polar bears, brown bears, red pandas, golden monkeys, chimpanzees and other venues.\nInitiative 2: Spraying. The animal sports field should be fully covered with spraying equipment, and the spraying field should be sprayed on the sports field no less than 2 times a day to enhance the body surface comfort of the animal. At the same time, some animals were manually washed with water pipes in hot weather.\nInitiative three: adjust the feed. The park should prepare heatstroke prevention and cooling feed for animals, such as various fruits, seasonal green vegetables and so on.\nInitiative 4: Cooling down often. For example, the park can install an air conditioning system in the Giant Panda Pavilion and a cooling fan in the Polar Bear Pavilion to ensure constant temperature in the room and in the animal house.\nInitiative 5: Strong management. The zoo should strengthen daily inspections and replenish the animals with water at all times to ensure that the animals have enough water in the hot summer months. When the outdoor temperature exceeds 27 °C, polar bears, giant pandas, and chimpanzees should promptly recover the cool of the animal house; in the high temperature weather, some animal animals open the door to enhance ventilation, allowing the animals to freely choose to cool down.\nWe are committed to the long-term project of animal fences and give animals a long-term, safe environment. If you agree with our ideas or interest our products of Stainless steel wire rope woven mesh, please contact me.\nContact person: Mis. Penny"}
{"text":"Galactic clouds that surf through space,\nremote from time and art;\nbeyond our sense of God or grace,\ncan make us freeze or start.\nCollisions in a cosmic void\ndisturb our sense of peace,\nset spinning hopes and fears and dreams\ndistorting our belief.\nFor earth-bound concepts tie our minds\nto this material earth,\nwhile metaphysical extremes\nare wombed, then come to birth.\nA new perspective shifts and shines,\na thousand stars give light,\na supernova come and gone\nto brighten faith’s dark night.\nAndrew Pratt 8/1/2019 & 2/2/2019\nWords © 2019 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, http://www.stainer.co.uk.\nPlease include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd.\nNote: A catastrophic galaxy collision could send our solar system flying into space. That’s the conclusion of new research conducted via the EAGLE Project – a comprehensive computer simulation aimed at understanding how galaxies form and evolve – conducted on some of the world’s largest supercomputers. Astrophysicists at Durham University’s Institute for Computational Cosmology, working with the University of Helsinki in Finland, use data from the Eagle Project to predict a collision between our Milky Way galaxy and the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud. The collision might dislodge our solar system, and send it flying, some two billion years from now. (Accessed 3/12/2019 https://earthsky.org/space/galaxy-collision-milky-way-lmc-solar-system )"}
{"text":"Estimations of magnetic core loss are of great interest to power electronics engineers and magnetic material scientists. However, conventional measurement methods, like four-wire and calorimeters are typically not accurate at high frequency, or are too complicated and time consuming.\nA CPES research team has developed a series of new methods to measure high-frequency magnetic core loss that are simple, fast, accurate and adaptive for any excitation waveform and dc flux level. The new methods compare the core being tested with air core by using reactive cancellation concept, explains Mingkai Mu, a Ph.D. student who invented these methods. “Since the air core is lossless,” he says, “the difference in the two cores represents the loss for the core being tested.”\nThe measurement accuracy of the new method is more robust with phase discrepancy, which is the major problem for high-frequency core loss measurement, he notes. The new methods are appropriate for high frequency (1 MHz–100 MHz, or even higher) measurement. “With these new methods, core loss for different flux waveforms can be accurately measured and many magnetic phenomena and models can be verified,” he says. The new methods can be the standard methods for high-frequency magnetic materials loss characterization, and be built as high-accuracy measurement instruments.”"}
{"text":"Chemicals in the Eye\nIf you get an acidic or caustic chemical in your eye (e.g., chemical burn), please stop reading this and rinse your eyes with cool, clean tap water. Do this for 15 minutes, and then call us or go directly to the nearest emergency room.\nMechanical Injury to the Eye\nIf you mechanically injure your eye, or if something gets in your eye, do not apply pressure.\nCover your eye with a rigid shield, but do not put anything under the shield that would press on your eye. A rigid shield can be fashioned from the bottom of a paper cup. Alternatively, put your glasses or sunglasses on, which will also provide protection.\nMinor Eye Injury\nFor less urgent injuries, call our office to schedule to see a doctor.\nFlashing Lights & Floaters\nThe sudden onset of many floating spots and flashing lights along with a black curtain or shade that seems to cover part of your vision may represent a retinal tear or detachment. An examination is essential as soon as these symptoms appear.\nAnyone who has the onset of new floaters with or without flashing lights should be seen for a dilated fundus exam as soon as possible.\nViral conjunctivitis is a very common infection of the outer layer of the eye called the conjunctiva. Treatment is largely supportive, consisting of cool compresses and artificial tears. Often we give an antibiotic ointment to soothe the eye and protect it from bacterial infection, but this does not treat the viral process (which resolves on its own).\nPatients with viral conjunctivitis are contagious for approximately seven days after the onset of symptoms. Patients should be very careful to avoid touching their eyes—frequent hand washing is advised. The symptoms of viral conjunctivitis can last up to three weeks and may fluctuate before finally resolving.\nViral conjunctivitis is common, especially in the winter months. Nonetheless, not all cases of red eye are viral conjunctivitis, and anyone who has a red eye that does not seem to be improving should see an optometrist to rule out other causes."}
{"text":"The Lockheed F-117 is the world’s first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology. The Stealth Fighter, as it is more commonly known, is a single seat, twin engine, subsonic, ground attack aircraft designed by the famed Lockheed Skunkworks. It first flew in 1981 and was revealed to the public in 1988. First combat debut was the United States invasion of Panama in 1989. During the Gulf War in 1991, the F-117 accounted for only 2.5 percent of American aircraft but they struck more than 40 percent of all strategic targets. Its stealth characteristics protected it from SAM and AAA saturated environments enabling it to fly missions in downtown Baghdad. Only one Stealth Fighter was lost in combat operations during the Kosovo War. The Air Force retired the F-117 in 2008, primarily due to the introduction of the F-22 Raptor.\nEach small & medium print comes signed, matted and shrink wrapped.\nLarge prints are signed, serial controlled as limited editions, and shipped using a durable container."}
{"text":"Nasal trauma involves damage to the nose or areas bordering and supporting the nose. External and internal injuries can result to nasal trauma. Remember that the position of the nose puts the nasal cartilage, bones and soft tissues prone to external injuries.\nCommon forms of nasal trauma\n- Chemical irritation or injuries to the interior of the nose\n- Obstruction by a foreign object\nWhat are the indications?\nThe signs of nasal trauma range from minor to severe which is based on the form and seriousness of the injury. The usual signs of nasal trauma include:\n- Nose pain either inside or bordering area\n- Drainage of blood from the nose\n- Clear fluid that seeps from the nose\n- Bruising around the eye\n- Difficulty breathing via the nose\n- Swollen face especially around the nasal region\n- Disfigurement in the shape of the nose\n- Loss of sense of smell\nManagement of nasal trauma\nGenerally, a minor case of nasal trauma can be treated at home. In some cases, medical attention is required. The treatment plan suggested by the doctor tend to vary depending on the type and seriousness of the trauma. Some of the options include:\n- Packing or cauterization\nFirst aid care\nFor a minor nosebleed, the following must be done:\n- The individual must sit upright and lean forward to lessen the blood pressure within the nose\n- Hold both nostrils at the soft region for 5-15 minutes\n- While these steps are done, the individual should breathe via the mouth and keep the head slightly higher than the heart. Avoid blowing or picking the nose for several hours after.\nQuick Note / Disclaimer\nThe material posted on this page on nasal trauma is for learning and educational purposes only. To learn more about the causes and how it is managed, register for a first aid and CPR course with Ottawa First Aid."}
{"text":"(click/touch triangles for details)\n- On the other hand, a penalty which, in our days, would infer a degree of mocking infamy and ridicule, might then be invested with almost as stern a dignity as the punishment of death itself.Chapter 2 -- The Market Place (9% in)\n- Even had there been a disposition to turn the matter into ridicule, it must have been repressed and overpowered by the solemn presence of men no less dignified than the governor, and several of his counsellors, a judge, a general, and the ministers of the town, all of whom sat or stood in a balcony of the meeting-house, looking down upon the platform.Chapter 2 -- The Market Place (74% in)\n- Scorn, bitterness, unprovoked malignity, gratuitous desire of ill, ridicule of whatever was good and holy, all awoke to tempt, even while they frightened him.Chapter 20 -- The Minister in a Maze (73% in)\nThere are no more uses of \"ridicule\" in The Scarlet Letter.\nTypical Usage (best examples)"}
{"text":"Zagreb is rich in culture. Although Zagreb has no UNESCO sites, it is filled with Croatian cultural heritage. Artifacts and intangible attributes collected and preserved throughout the ages.\nCroatia has always been at the crossroads between East and West and as such it has amassed a rich cultural heritage. Our culture is characterized by exceptional diversity.\nIn fact, Croatia is among the countries with the most protected intangible assets in the world.\nCultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia is a register of all cultural monuments under national protection.\nZagreb with its 900-year history has mainly been under the Austro-Hungarian influence. It is a is a mixture of Austro-Hungarian and socialist architecture.\nRegardless the capital has become the cultural center of Croatia holding the nations cultural diversity. Museums, although not protected themselves, hold collections of protected cultural goods of national significance."}
{"text":"You would think that with more money comes more eating and indulgence and that less income would mean less food and hence lower risk of obesity. But a new research in the journal Obesity says that it may not be so. Low income has been associated with psychological distress and emotional eating that many indulge in to cope with this. According to Dr Charlotte Hardman from the University of Liverpool who lead the research, those who belong to lower socioeconomic status are likely to experience higher psychological distress which could lead to higher emotional eating and hence higher Body Mass Index (BMI). But it is not just the emotional eating that leads to higher BMI. Low income has also been associated with high access to low cost, calorie-dense foods. This means that those who earn less have more access to cheap, unhealthy food.\nEven though this study was conducted in the UK, we could draw parallels to our own situation in India. Ever noticed how the food that’s cheap and easily available, including vada pav, chips, pav bhaaji, bhajias and other common foods in India is high in calories and low in cost? There are plenty of people in the low-income category group who rely on these kind of foods for their daily meals. Whether it is emotional eating or having easy access to high-calorie low-cost food, the fact remains that the consumption of unhealthy food can wreck havoc on your health because of obesity and related problems. Consumption of calorie-dense foods could cause heart diseases, diabetes, stroke and even cancer.\nSome nutritious, wholesome snacks that don’t cost too much, are easily available and highly nutritious include sprouts, peanuts and chana, coconut flesh and water, vegetable-filled upma and poha and idlis and dosas with sambar and coconut chutneys. Consumption of seasonal fruits is also highly recommended as they are high in nutrition and also filling."}
{"text":"Differences between Painting and Drawing “Languages”Bright Light Fine Art\nThe Languages of Painting and Drawing\nSherrie explains why painting and drawing are very different languages and require very different solutions. Drawing is an intimate medium meant to be seen up close but painting is meant to be seen from far away. The Kings and the Pope commissioned work from the artisans of the time. These paintings had to be seen from a distance, which meant that the artists needed to keep the shapes in the painting simple and strong so they would read easily, like a billboard. You will find out how the illusion of form is created differently in paint and in charcoal.\nAfter watching this video, you will appreciate how different painting and drawing really are."}
{"text":"Усе про книжку Dancing In The Streets\nIn Dancing in the Streets Ehrenreich uncovers the origins of communal celebration in human biology and culture. She discovers that the same elements come up in every human culture throughout history: a love of masking, carnival, music-making and dance. Although sixteenth-century Europeans began to view mass festivities as foreign and 'savage', Ehrenreich shows that they were indigenous to the West, from the ancient Greek's worship of Dionysus to the medieval practices of Christianity as a 'danced religion'. Exhilarating in its scholarly range, humane, witty and impassioned, Dancing in the Streets will generate debate and soul-searching."}
{"text":"Similar to all members of the motmot genus, the blue-crowned motmot has a large head with down curved, short, broad beak, which is serrated along the upper edge. Their tarsi (feet) are unique in that they are particularly short with a middle toe almost completely fused to the inner toe and only one rear toe. Most of the species of motmots have tail feathers that distinguish them from other birds. The center tail feathers, which twitch like the pendulum of a clock when the motmot is perched, have bare spines at the tip. This makes them easily recognizable. The plumage of the blue-crowned motmot is shades of green and blue. They have red eyes, a turquoise crown and black face. Motmot eggs are round and white and incubate for three weeks. Their call is a double “hoot,” similar to that of an owl.\nMotmots are found in Mexico, Central America, and most of South America in rainforests, second-growth forests, forest edges, shady gardens and shaded coffee farms. Motmots dig their nests in the shape of tunnels 5 – 14 feet long and four inches in diameter with a nesting chamber at the end, which is 10 by 14 inches in length. Both males and females begin excavating between August and October, which is the rainy season when the soil is soft. Then they leave the nest, returning the following March or April for breeding season. Both males and females share parental responsibility. Motmots choose to live near water, for drinking and bathing."}
{"text":"Objectives: To learn about Great Britain‘s role in history from the First World War to the present time Teaching methods:\nImage via CrunchBase I subscribe and read a lot of blogs using Google Reader because it’s important for my learning.\nObjectives: Try to work on the most common mistakes students in Noway do in English. About.com is a great website\nObjectives: To learn about the importance of the inaugural speech Inaugurations in times of peril, what makes a good president\nwhat should teachers and administrators be looking for? A difficult question. The more I read about this the more I\nIt is truly the resolution of the new year. To teach students how to master the skills they will need\nImage by mechanikat via Flickr It is the time of the year to inspire and be inspired. Look at this\nImage via Wikipedia Objectives. To learn about the history of the United Kingdom The separation of power Will devolution lead\nImage via Wikipedia Objectives: Students should be able to explain the political institutions in Britain. Know what the House of\nImage via Wikipedia Take a look at Poets org. Robert Frost Robert Frost was born in San Francisco in 1874.\nPre-study activities: Students should buy the book, see link here: Into The Wild novelist Jon Krakauer tells how he was\nImage via Wikipedia Objectives: To go quickly through the US history To make good notes for exam using OneNote Teaching\nCompetence aims: Analyze a regional or international conflict in which at least one English-speaking country is involved Elaborate on and discuss\nIf using computers in class means hours of Power Point presentations both by teachers and students, then we are in\nImage via Wikipedia So you have a computer in class! But still do you have the skills needed to take"}
{"text":"While the literature of the subject has steadily in creased, it is largely isolated and fragmentary. N umer ous requests have come to the authors for reference to a practical volume m which the important phases of the work are discussed. Teachers are constantly asking, What are we to teach, and how are we to teach? It is the hope of the authors that this book. Will serve to answer both questions.\nThroughout this text the term Americanization is used in its broadest sense the complete assimila tion of the foreigner through all possible agencies. When reference 1s made to the functions and activities of the school in the direction of the assimilation of the alien, the term adult immigrant education is employed."}
{"text":"One For The Money Two For The Show\nOne for the money two for the show is the first part of a traditional English children’s rhyme, which is utilized as a playful way to count back before a race or other activities involving kids.\nThe expression was popularized in pop-culture during the mid-20th century, when music producers and songwriters, including Elvis Presley, started to feature one for the money, two for the show in the lyrics of various songs.\n- #1 Slang: Can I Get a Hoya?\n- #2 Slang: 228922\n- #3 Slang: Queen of Spades Tattoo\n- #4 Slang: If You Know You Know\n- #5 Slang: Negative Ghost Rider\nSee the 🔝 most used slang terms these days.\nChildren in the United States have been using one for the money, two for the show in playful activities supposedly since as early as the late-18th century. The first written evidence for the term dates back, however, to 1820.\nA theory suggests that the ”money” part refers to a ”prize” of any kind, and the ”show” part is the ‘experience of a race’.\nSpread and Usage\nAside from being a children’s rhyme, one for the money two for the show became a cultural phenomenon in the 1950s, when various rock & roll bands started to implement it in their songs’ lyrics.\nThe catchphrase was further popularized by Elvis Presley, who included one for the money, two for the show in his song Blue Suede Shoes, released in 1956.\nThroughout the 20th and 21st century, many other music artists featured variants of the phrase in their songs, such as Taylor Swift or Lana Del Rey to name a few.\n- Grammarist.com – One for the money, two for the show"}
{"text":"Who calls the shots?\nHave your kids had all their vaccinations? How about you? Shots aren’t fun, but they’re a critical part of staying healthy. The incidence of serious conditions such as whooping cough is actually on the rise because immunizations are down.\nWhooping cough (pertussis) is expected to reach unprecedented levels this year in Minnesota, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is calling for mass vaccination of adults. Whooping cough is highly contagious and easily spread, and can be mistaken for a cold or bronchitis. Children ages 7 to 10 are at the highest risk; the best way to protect them is for adults who are around them most frequently get vaccinated.\nPneumonia is a serious lung infection that can be caused by both bacteria and viruses. It may also manifest following another illness such as a cold, the flu or bronchitis. Those most at risk include the elderly and people with chronic health problems. The pneumonia vaccine for adults (PPV) protects against 23 types of the infection. Ask your doctor when the best time to be vaccinated is for you.\nShingles is a painful skin rash caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox. If you’re 60 years of age or older and have had the chicken pox, ask your doctor if you should receive the shingles vaccine. Those who choose to get it may decrease their chances of developing shingles; however, if were to contract the rash, symptoms may be milder than if you hadn’t been vaccinated.\nTravelers’ diseases such as cholera, typhoid, yellow fever, polio, rabies, meningococcal disease, hepatitis A and hepatitis B may affect adults traveling out of the country. Required immunizations will vary depending on the country you visit. To find out more, visit cdc.gov\nThe State of Minnesota requires that parents supply schools with documentation showing their children have been immunized. Learn more information on your family’s health and immunization needs."}
{"text":"Native Region: Southern Brazil, Columbia\nZone Range: 07-10\nPreferred Climate: Temperate\nHarvest Date: Sunday 04 October, 2015\nSeed count: 60-75\nGunnera manicata, native to the Serra do Mar mountains of southeastern Brazil, is perhaps the largest species, with leaves typically 1.5-2 m (5-6 ft) wide, but exceptionally long, up to 3.4 m (11 ft), borne on thick, succulent leaf stalks (petioles) up to 2.5 m (8 ft) long.\nA true giant among perennials, this plant can produce leaves almost 3m (10ft) across on stems as long. Good soil with steady moisture, by a pond or stream perhaps, and a great deal of space, is all you need to enjoy this magnificent plant.\nFor maximum freshness, please keep seed refrigerated in its original packaging until it is time to plant. Seed germinates best in very moist, but not wet, conditions and temperatures of 22 to 29°C. Sow seed in containers in a cold frame. Gentle bottom heat can improve germination, 16-20°C (60-70°F). Grow on in any good moist garden soil in full sun. Mulch the large crowns with the leaves in regions where winter temperatures are likely to drop below -5°C (20°F) A heavy mulch can help these plants survive -17°Celsius (0°F)."}
{"text":"Prevention, Home Care, and Alternative Treatment\nDr. Michael A. Schmidt\nEar infections are still the leading reson parents take their child to a doctor. To combat infections, parents and doctors employ arsenals of antihistimines and antibiotics, and too quickly resort to ear tubes nad surgery. In this updated and revised second edition of his bestselling Childhood Ear Infections, Dr. Michael Schmidt describes the current controversy in medical journals questioning existing treatments for chronic earaches.\nThe causes of middle ear infections, Dr. Schmidt argues, are a series of events which flourish when poor nutrition occurs: the immune system is lowered, excess mucus is produced, and vitamin and mineral absorption is inadequate.\nCareful attention to diet and nutrition to prevent food allergies, and the use of acupressure, homeopathic medicine, and herbal medicine are effective in healing earaches and preventing their recurrence. Healing Childhood Ear Infections offers the most compelling critique to date of existing treatments and the effectiveness of alternative therapies.\nThis book offers hope, solid information, and sound advice for discouraged parents and clinicians. It shines a much-needed brilliant light on a common, troubling, often chronic childhood illness. It should be sent home from the hospital with every newborn – and be required reading for all clinicians\nJan T. Adams, MD, Clinical Professor, University of Minnesota Medical School"}
{"text":"Good morning year 2!\nP.E with Mr HE today.\nWatch the video and complete the activity.\nThe Eagle Who Thought He Was A Chicken: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-write-a-problem-of-the-story-part-2-6djker\nLog onto reading planet, read a book and do the quiz: Rising Stars - Login (risingstars-uk.com)\nLog on to Oxford owl, read a book and complete the activity : Free eBook library | Oxford Owl from Oxford University Press.\nThe login for Oxford Owl is stjohnsb11. The Password is kipper\nToday, let’s practise spelling some Year 2 words by writing funny sentences:\n(Blue, Green and Red maths groups)\nTwo step word problems\nWatch the video have a go at the activity: Aut2.11.5 - Two-step problems on Vimeo\nYellow and Silver maths groups\nWatch the video have a go at the activity: Aut1.6.1 - Fact families - addition facts on Vimeo\nClick on the video to learn how to play Numbots - Numbots - YouTube\nWhat do Christians believe about fairness? What do Christians believe about forgiveness? Is forgiveness fair?\nWatch the story of the Unforgiving Servant to help you to think about these questions.\nMrs Kirby’s phonics group\nWatch the video for the ow sound -The ow sound with Mrs Kirby - YouTube\nActivity for the ow sound-Activity for the ow sound - YouTube"}
{"text":"Use and Classification of Insulating Sleevings\nAccording to the use can be divided into: impregnated insulating varnishes, for winding impregnation insulation, enameled wire paint, insulating layer used as a conductor, silicon-steel sheet paint, insulating layer for silicon steel sheet, cover of insulating varnish, used as a protective layer of the winding of impregnated insulating, to prevent mechanical damage or assembly convenience; Insulating materials such as laminates, insulating coatings for special insulating varnishes such as resistors, capacitors and potentiometers.\nThe composite insulating casting is used as insulating medium for oil or gas, which is usually made into a transformer casing or circuit breaker bushing, which is usually applied to the voltage level below 35,000 volts. The inner cavity of the composite insulated casing conductor and the porcelain suite is filled with transformer oil and plays a radial insulating role. When the voltage exceeds 35,000 volts, the conductor is sheathed with an insulating tube or a package cable to enhance insulation. The conductor structure of composite insulated casing has two kinds of cable-type and\nguide-Rod. The cable-type use of the transformer’s lead cables directly through the casing, easy installation. When the working current is greater than 600, the cable-type structure is difficult to install, generally using the guide bar structure."}
{"text":"When a Brunnich’s Guillemot-chick is a few weeks old, it jut got rid of its down feathers and is definitely not ready to fly yet. However, they do have to make their first jump. The parents can’t get enough food to the chick, so they have to bring the chick to the food. They start to circle around the chick, encouraging it to jump from its ledge. Unable to fly, they can’t really decide themselves where they land. If they get unlucky they might land on the tundra, or even worse on a rock or in the mouth of a hungry Arctic Fox or Glaucous Gull. The lucky ones make it to the water, where they start to swim and head towards the unknown. The father will lead the way (the mother takes off and is never to be seen again) and they spent the next 1.5 month at open sea in the North Atlantic. As the North Atlantic can be quite rough in September, the chick has this loud whistle, so the male can easily find his chick when there are some waves between them.\nThis picture depicts a male with his chick swimming away to an unknown future."}
{"text":"If you have a reader working on ee and oo words, you’ll love these free printable phonetic readers.\nI’ve been sharing sets of decodable books to go along with my sight word readers. Each new set adds more sight words to the ones that have been previously learned. In this set you’ll find these additional sight words: into, god, out, by, and come.\nMy goal is to eventually have sight word books to teach these high frequency words. But right now I’m on a roll with the phonics readers – so we’re going to plow ahead until we finish the collection!\nThis set has three books with ee words, one book with oo as in book, and two books with oo as in moon.\nEach book starts like this. Your child should read the first page by saying the sound of oo rather than naming the letters. After reading the first page, your child can practice reading the sound with the first big word.\nNow your child can check his accuracy by turning the page and reading the sentence. (Yes, I realize the fish is on his head, but I’m thinking it’s still on the hook too 😉 ).\nAs we move through these sets, your child will have more chances to review phonetic words we’ve learned previously. We read learned short u words (as in fun) in set 5.\nLook, at, and the are sight words that we learned way back at the beginning.\nOn this page your child will review silent e words (as in snake) from set 7.\nYour child will review ur words (as in hurt) from set 6.\nOn the last page, your child can practice reading all the phonetic words without picture clues. Beginning readers may need to peek back at the pictures for help.\nWe hope you enjoy this set!\nCheck out the rest of our phonics books!\nLet us save you time. Get all our phonics books with one easy purchase!\nMore resources you’ll love\n© 2014 – 2016, Anna Geiger. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"This study explores Tsypkin`s unique novel Summer in Baden-Baden, which records the life and literature of Dostoevsky and is described by Sontag as one of the most \"beautiful, exalting, and original achievements of a century`s worth of fiction.\" Dostoevsky in Summer in Baden-Baden is the incarnation of the complex and morbid pride. He is not properly communicate with others in daily life and literary circles, and always complains and condemns them just like an hero ``underground man`` in his Notes from Underground. The problem is that a Russian Jew Tsypkin is still keen on Dostoevsky although the great writer`s evildoing and anti-Semitism. \"Why was I now on my way to Petersburg-yes, not to Leningrad?\", \"Why was I reading this book [Anna`s Dairy] now?\" Tsypkin`s train travel from Moscow to Leningrad is the process to answer these questions, and a journey to find ``myself``. Going on pilgrimage to pursue Dostoevsky-human, Tsypkin continues to pay attention to the suffering of Anna, Russian Women and Jews, which represents the metaphor of human suffering. For Tsypkin in loneliness and helplessness, Dostoevsky is a irresistible being complicated by hate and love, literary revenge and homage. In the most difficult time of his life Tsypkin grapples with Dostoevsky and resists to him with a writing as if Dostoevsky grapples with a God who allows the suffering of children. In Summer in Baden-Baden Tsypkin recreates the memories of other`s suffering by an literary imagination for self-healing and regiment of suffering."}
{"text":"From a big old tree, a heavy branch suddenly fell, taking the power lines with it. What caused the failure? None of the usual culprits were present: not wind, nor ice, nor lightning. But temperatures had risen swiftly over a two-day period, from a bitter cold 4ºF/-13ºC to an almost balmy 50ºF/10ºC. Perhaps internal stresses resulting from this rapid swing led the old tree finally to give way.\nThe limb fell with a great blue flash, according to a neighbor who saw it happen. Almost certainly, the flash was caused by the high voltage line touching ground. It was only by great good luck that nobody was hurt. Make no mistake: this had all the elements of high drama.\nThe episode occurred on the busiest street in town, a major thoroughfare, and just after dark, during a steady rain. For more than an hour, the street remained closed, until a tree crew could come and clear away the debris. Then the waiting utility workers, with great composure considering the risk, began making their repairs. Shortly thereafter, the street was reopened to its usual heavy traffic."}
{"text":"Or Alcithoe (Ἀλκιθόη), a daughter of Minyas, and sister of Leucippe and Arsippe. Instead of Arsippe, Aelian1 calls the latter Aristippa, and Plutarch2 Arsinoe. At the time when the worship of Dionysus was introduced into Boeotia, and while the other women and maidens were reveling and ranging over the mountains in Bacchic joy, these two sisters alone remained at home, devoting themselves to their usual occupations, and thus profaning the days sacred to the god. Dionysus punished them by changing them into bats, and their work into vines.3\nPlutarch, Aelian, and Antoninus Liberalis, though with some differences in the detail, relate that Dionysus appeared to the sisters in the form of a maiden, and invited them to partake in the Dionysiac mysteries. When this request was not complied with, the god metamorphosed himself successively into a bull, a lion, and a panther, and the sisters were seized with madness. In this state they were eager to honor the god, and Leucippe, who was chosen by lot to offer a sacrifice to Dionysus, gave up her own son Hippasus to be torn to pieces.\nIn extreme Bacchic frenzy the sisters now roamed over the mountains, until at last Hermes changed them into birds. Plutarch adds that down to his time the men of Orchomenos descended from that family were called ψολόεις (psoloeis), that is, mourners, and the women ὀλεῖαι (oleiai) or αἰολεῖαι (aioleiai), that is, the destroyers.\nIn what manner the neglect of the Dionysiac worship on the part of Alcathoe and her sister was atoned for every year at the festival of the Agrionia, see Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, s.v. Ἀγριώνια.\n- Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.\nThis article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain."}
{"text":"The process of negotiations between city leaders and labor union representatives to forge agreements on terms of work and working conditions is known as collective bargaining. Only cities of the first class and urban county governments are required to collectively bargain with unions representing their public safety employees. Through their home rule powers, a handful of cities have voluntarily opted to negotiate with union leaders for various city employees – public safety or otherwise.\nProponents of public employee collective bargaining often contend that the process ensures communication between management and employees (through their union representatives), provides better working conditions and results in lower employee turnover. Opponents of public employee collective bargaining argue that it increases costs for taxpayers (in wages, benefits and compliance), requires a lot of time and is unnecessary for public sector employees due to a number of labor laws.\nThe most common labor unions in cities are the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP); International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF); and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)."}
{"text":"Failure of the adrenal cortex and reduction of cortical hormone secretion. Lack of aldosterone disrupts the regulation of potassium and sodium ions, and lack of cortisol disrupts the regulation of water and carbohydrate stores. Adrenal shock develops as a result of impairment of blood flow to the adrenal glands. For example, during prolonged physical activity (e.g. a marathon or ultra-marathon), when an athlete becomes overheated and dehydrated the blood pressure falls, reducing blood flow to the adrenal cortex. Adrenal shock can be exacerbated by psychological stress and is often associated with a decrease in the effectiveness of the immune system, increasing vulnerability to infections.\nSubjects: Sports and Exercise Medicine."}
{"text":"Distance from Sun\nMars is not the closet planet to Earth but it is the one that looks the most Earth like. It is around 80 million kilometers further out from the Sun than Earth, circling in its orbit at 228million kilometers, or about 1.5 AU. The image shows a scale model of the distance.\nSize and tilt\nMars is much smaller than the Earth. But, as Mars has no oceans, it actually has the same land area as Earth. Also, Mars has a tilt very much similar to Earth, sometimes it leans towards the Sun and sometimes away. As on Earth, the tilt causes Mars to have seasons, times when its warmer and colder than normal. The image shows the relative size difference and the angle each is tilted by.\nMars is much colder than Earth. At night tempertures can drop to -120 degrees centigrade below zero, but during the day in the middle of the Martian Summer the temperature can reach a comfortable 20 degrees, but only just. The image shows the temperature range in degrees centigrade for both Mars and Earth.\nBecause Mars is so much smaller than Earth, the speed you need to reach to esacpe from its gravity is much smaller. This means its much easier to escape from Mars than it is from Earth so a rocket on Mars would not need as much fuel and could be much smaller than those here on Earth. The image shows two speedometers and the speed in meters a second you would have to reach to escape each planet."}
{"text":"One of the most common thistles around is bull thistle, an invasive species from Europe. Its showy purple flowers are beloved by bumble bees and other insects, but its spiny leaves are a bane to ranchers.\nBull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) grows most abundantly in coastal grasslands, along the edge of marshes, and in sunny openings in forests, according to the California Invasive Plant Council – but it is found in every state in the country. You can recognize this species because the leaves don’t stop when they meet the stem; instead they run down along it like little spiny wings.\nThis plant thrives on disturbance; it grows most readily when the soil is disrupted by plowing, logging, digging and so on. Even gopher activity can give it a boost!"}
{"text":"Please answer the following questions:\n1. What is an object (within the context of LiveCode)?\n2. How many object types are there in LiveCode?\n3. Name four object types.\n4. How does one create an object (give specific instructions)?\n5. Compose a limerick whose topic is LiveCode objects. For example (of form, not content):There's a wonderful family called Stein--\nThere's Gert, and there's Ep, and there's Ein;\nGert's poems are bunk,\nEp's statues are junk,\nAnd no one can understand Ein."}
{"text":"It still seems like the stuff of science fiction when you think of it but with the strides being made in biological science, it may one day become fact. Cloning has become one of the Holy Grails of cellular biology and still remains elusive, though we are getting closer to achieving that dream.\nA group of researchers from the U.S. have published results of an experiment that aimed to clone human tissue to replace damaged areas in the heart due to a heart attack. The result was a breakthrough in stem cell research and cloning. The team managed to derive heart tissue from skin tissue by using an unfertilized human egg.\nSkin tissue from two donors, one aged 35, the other 75, were extracted and used to replace DNA from inside an unfertilized human egg. The egg “reprogrammed” the cells to go back to their initial stage as pre-embryonic tissue called a blastocyst. A blastocyst is a collection of 50 to 100 cells that evolve in to the embryo later on. The blastocyst was kept in a culture solution where it was induced by a combination of chemicals to turn in to heart tissue with DNA identical to the donor’s.\nThis breakthrough should be a sign of good things to come as tissue replacements for damaged areas such as the heart, the liver, the eye and the stomach are frequently needed. This could only come from the derivation of adult human cells as cells from a baby are not nearly as mature or diverse to derive nearly as many types of tissue as adult cells.\nThe prospect of cloning entire humans though, is still out of reach."}
{"text":"Some middle school students in northwest Iowa are learning first hand about the importance of the Missouri River. Over 1,200 sixth-graders from both Sioux City Community Schools and South Sioux City, across the river in Nebraska, will be taking a trip to the riverfront on Friday.\nDesiree McCaslen is with the Sioux City Wastewater Treatment Plant. “We’ve put together 24 educational booths that are everything environmental — things that kids don’t see in the classroom and that the teachers may not have resources to,” McCaslen says. The event on Friday is being held as a precursor to an annual river clean up on Saturday from 9am until noon.\nParticipants will be taken by boat out to a clean-up area. “We’ve cleaned up about 30 tons of trash from the river over the last few years,” McCaslen says. Many of the students are planning to help with the cleanup effort on Saturday. Others who are interested in volunteering can just show up at 9am at the Scenic Park Boat Ramp in South Sioux City. Gloves, trash bags, life jackets and lunch will be provided.\n(Reporting by Woody Gottburg, KSCJ, Sioux City)"}
{"text":"Peroneal tendonitis, or peroneal tendinopathy, is a condition that is characterised by pain or tenderness on the outside or back of the ankle. While usually caused by the overuse of the tendon, it is sometimes caused by an acute injury.\nThe peroneal tendon consists of two tendons, the peroneal brevis tendon and the peroneal longus tendon, that are attached to different parts of the foot. The main function of these tendons is to evert and pronate the foot as well as stabilise the ankle during activities such as walking or running.\nHow to manage Peroneal Tendonitis\nApplying ice on the affected area will help to reduce pain. Switching to more supportive footwear may also help to reduce strain on the peroneal tendon. Stretching and strengthening exercises can also be beneficial.\nIf the pain persists, a podiatrist can assess and diagnose the condition and recommend appropriate measures. If the condition is biomechanical in nature, a full musculoskeletal assessment and custom orthotics can alleviate pain, correct the problem, and greatly reduce the chance of reoccurrence. Focal shockwave therapy can also reduce pain and promote healing to the tendon and the affected areas."}
{"text":"Amolops is a quite large genus of true frogs (family Ranidae) native mainly to eastern and southeastern Asia. These frogs are quite closely related to such genera as Huia, Meristogenys, Odorrana, Pelohylax and Rana, but still form a distinct lineage among the core radiation of true frogs. They are commonly known as \"torrent frogs\" after their favorite habitat - small rapid-flowing mountain and hill streams -, but this name is used for many similar-looking frogs regardless of whether they are loosely related. Cascade frogs is a less ambiguous name.\nSeveral species are highly convergent with other Ranidae \"torrent frogs\". A. archotaphus and its relatives for example very much resemble Odorrana livida. In another incidence of convergent evolution yielding adaptation to habitat, the tadpoles of Amolops, Huia, Meristogenys as well as Rana sauteri have a raised and usually well-developed sucker on their belly. This is useful in keeping in place in rocky torrents, where these frogs grow up. But as Odorrana and Staurois from comparable habitat prove, this sucker is by no means a necessity and other means of adaptation to torrent habitat exist.\nNew species are described on a regular basis. At least one undescribed species is known to exist, a very distinct form from Phetchaburi in Thailand that is possibly closer to A. marmoratus than to most others."}
{"text":"|Pincushion Cactus is a generic name given\nto a variety of small, attractive and diverse cacti. There are more than\n175 species of Pincushion worldwide and 10 in Arizona. These cacti are\nbarrel shaped and less than 6\" in height. The have short, dense, grey\nspines which surround a longer, dark red, hooked central spine.\nThe flowers of the Pincushion\nCactus can be used as a rain gauge of the previous summers monsoon\nseason. Flower buds are produced during the summer growing season,\nthen remain dormant throughout the winter.\nIn Arizona, the plants grow below 4500 feet in\nelevation in dry, gravelly areas (usually under bushes or ledges which\nprotect them from the full strength of the sun). Pincushions bloom in\nearly summer with pink to lavender flowers which form a crown at the top\nof the plant that lasts several days. The flowers are pollinated by\nbees, while the edible fruits are consumed by birds and rodents."}
{"text":"I’m working on a Health & Medical question and need guidance to help me study.\nHI253: Medical Coding I\nTopic: “Z” Codes and Screenings\nThere are frequently occasions when patients visit providers without having a codeable disease or disorder. ICD-10-CM provides an entire section of “Z” codes to use for these encounters.\nScan through Section Z in the ICD-10-CM manual and identify 3 different codes that providers can use to explain the reason for visit in the absence of a disease or disorder. Include at least one code that would be used when screening testing is being performed.\nParticipation Expectations: Your main post to the discussion should contain at least 150 words, with no more than 10% quoting, and cite any sources used on a reference list following APA format. Let me know if you can’t find ICD-10-CM online.\nSC121: Human Anatomy & Physiology I\nThe four basic tissue types in the body help form our organs and systems. As they form the framework for so many crucial systems, when they fail, the results can be quite serious. In this discussion, you will investigate one disorder that involves one of these tissues.\nYou will be assigned the disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Please list the name of the disorder in the subject line of your main post. You will do some additional research, and then answer the questions below.\n- Which disorder did you research?\n- Which basic tissue type is affected by the disorder and what is the tissue’s normal function in the body?\n- How does the tissue contribute to the disorder?\n- What are the symptoms of this disorder?\n- What is the treatment or management for this disorder?"}
{"text":"There may be an easier and more accurate way to measure your body fat and associated health risks than your BMI (body mass index). New research presented at the 19th European Congress on Obesity suggests a better way is to measure your waist-to-height ratio. BMI is based on height and weight, and can help determine whether you are underweight, normal, overweight or obese, but it has its limitations, because it does not account for muscle mass. It also requires a calculator. With a simple tape measure at belly button level, measure your waist circumference. Keeping it to less than half your height has been found to be a better predictor for being overweight or obese, with the risk of high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease. A review of 31 studies of more than 300,000 men and women confirmed the findings. Keeping your waist circumference to less than half your height can help increase your life expectancy.\nAs reported in WebMD\nRobert G. Tupac, DDS, FACP, Inc., Diplomate, American Board of Prosthodontics (661) 325-1275 | www.drtupac.com 5060 California Ave., #170, Bakersfield, CA 93309"}
{"text":"663 million people - 1 in 10 - lack access to safe water.\n2.4 billion people - 1 in 3 - lack access to a toilet.\nTwice the population of the United States lives without access to safe water.\n1/3 of the global population lives without access to a toilet.\nMore people have a mobile phone than a toilet.\nGlobally, 1/3 of all schools lack access to safe water and adequate sanitation.\nIn low and middle-income countries, 1/3 of all healthcare facilities lack a safe water source.\nWater.org provides innovative, market-based solutions that change lives every day through safe water and sanitation.\nWhile drilling a well can be easy, delivering water and sanitation solutions that are sustainable in the long haul is not and involves a number of important components. Read below to learn about our program philosophy, which has been refined based on field experience gained over the past twenty years.\nNOMINATE YOUR FAVORITE CHARITY\nIf there is a charity that you would like to see us support, please post about them in the comments."}
{"text":"West Seneca, NY\nMuseum At The Castle 8301\nPhotograph - Photograph\nAppleton, Wisconsin's History Museum building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was originally a Masonic temple. The local Masonic Blue Lodge, charted in 1854, raised $100,000 in 1923 to build this facility.\nThe Museum's architectural style is Norman Revival, characterized by the use of rough-hewn stone and other features reminiscent of medieval castles and churches such as vaulted ceilings, heavy beams and leaded windows.\nLodge membership began to decline in the late 1960s and by 1985 the Masons chose to sell the building to the Outagamie County Historical Society.\nSeptember 3rd, 2011\nViewed 22 Times - Last Visitor from Beverly Hills, CA on 04/20/2015 at 10:43 PM"}
{"text":"2. this circuit below has a 200 ohm resistor in serries with an 4mH inductor in parallel with another 16mH inductor\na). Determine the impulse response h(t) of the above circuit\nb). Given that vi(t) = 5δ(t)V, use convolution integral to determine vo(t) = h(t) * vi (t).\nc). Verify the vo(t) found in part (b) using Laplace transform"}
{"text":"- About Us\n- Smoking and Health\nWhat’s in Tobacco Smoke\nWhat’s in Tobacco?\nTobacco smoke is made up of over 7000 chemical compounds, including 70 known carcinogens, such as formaldehyde, total oxidized nitrogen, hydrogen cyanide, cadmium and other heavy metals.1\nSubstances in tobacco smoke can be found in either particulate or gaseous form. Nicotine and tar are some examples of those found in particulate form while the gaseous substances found include carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen cyanide, nitrogen oxides, volatile sulfur compounds, volatile hydrocarbons, nitriles, alcohols, aldehydes and ketones.\nNicotine is the substance responsible for the addiction that develops from tobacco use. It is less toxic in comparison with other tobacco components. The tar in cigarettes is made up of a combination of various substances, some of which are carcinogenic such as polycyclic and aromatic hydrocarbons.\nTar is what remains after nicotine and moisture are removed. It is a combination of many carcinogenic substances and appears dark in color and has a sticky texture. It enters the mucous membranes of the mouth, lungs, stomach and intestine, causing various cancers of these areas, but also emphysema and other chronic respiratory and systemic diseases.\nCarbon monoxide is a very toxic substance found in cigarette smoke. As it has greater affinity for binding to haemoglobin than oxygen, it prevents oxygen exchange in the lungs and then to the blood, preventing oxygen transport throughout the body. It also makes it more difficult for the body to eliminate carbon dioxide. Thus, chronic tissue damage is also caused by this phenomenon. The amount of carbon monoxide contained in cigarette smoke is at least as high as that of a non-catalytic gasoline engine.\n- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Smoking and Tobacco Use Fact Sheet, Secondhand Smoke. https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/secondhand_smoke/general_facts/index.htm."}
{"text":"What is annual percentage rate?\nThe Bankrate.com financial term of the day is: \"annual percentage rate\" or \"APR.\"\nWhen you want to borrow money, such as with a mortgage or a credit card, you want to know that you're getting the best deal on your loan and aren't getting soaked. The annual percentage rate, or APR, is a handy and standard way of expressing what a loan is going to cost you each year, so you can make comparisons. The APR is an interest rate that rolls in the fees and other expenses of acquiring the loan. For example, the annual percentage rate on a mortgage takes into account not only the loan interest but also mortgage insurance and certain closing costs. It's important to point out that APR applies to car loans but not leases. With an auto lease, the equivalent annual cost is called the \"money factor.\"\nThe annual percentage rate, or APR, offers an apples-to-apples way of comparing loan to loan.\nTo find the best home loan, visit the mortgage rate tables at Bankrate.com."}
{"text":"« Bases for Conservation of the Most Threatened Cuban Toad, Peltophryne florentinoi (Anura: Bufonidae) » Dr Roberto Alonso-Bosch, vendredi 27 septembre 2019 à 11h, amphi Monge\nZapata’s toad, Peltophryne florentinoi, inhabits exclusively the coastal microphyllous evergreen forests on limestone landscapes near Playa Girón, Zapata Swamp, Matanzas province, Cuba. This species has been catalogued as Critically Endangered by the IUCN taking into account its reduced extent of occurrence, and the potential threat of the sea‐level rise. However, its population dynamic, abundance, reproductive activity and its potential responses to predicted environmental pressures have been poorly studied. This contribution shows the first data about relative abundance, reproduction and ecological requirements of this poorly known Cuban endemic toad. We evaluate the potential effects of current anthropogenic activities and future scenarios of climate change and sea‐level rise. The main actions of an educational campaign implemented to enrich the knowledge of local people about the species conservation and its habitat protection are also presented.\nDr Roberto Alonso-Bosch, Titular Researcher\nMuseo de Historia Natural “Felipe Poey”. Facultad de Biología. Universidad de La Habana"}
{"text":"SAN DIEGO (AP) — NASA's new Orion spacecraft returned to dry land in Southern California after a test flight that ended with a plunge into the Pacific Ocean.\nA Navy ship, the USS Anchorage, delivered the capsule to Naval Base San Diego and unloaded the 11-foot-tall cone around 10 p.m. PST Monday.\nOrion made an unmanned flight Friday that carried it 3,600 miles above Earth to test the spacecraft's systems before it carries astronauts on deep space missions. During re-entry into the atmosphere, the spacecraft endured speeds of 20,000 mph and temperatures near 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit.\nIt parachuted into the ocean about 600 miles southwest of San Diego, where the ship picked it up.\nNASA recovery director Jeremy Graeber called the mission a \"great success\" and said the recovery from the ocean was \"flawless.\"\n\"It was quite a thing to see, because it was challenging to get to that point, and to see the orchestration work exactly as we laid it out was priceless,\" he said.\nNASA and contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. assisted in Orion's recovery.\nThe spacecraft may one day carry astronauts to Mars, but its next trip will be on a truck that will carry it back to Cape Canaveral, Florida, in time for Christmas.\nThe next Orion flight, also unmanned, is four years away, and crewed flights at least seven years away given present budget constraints. But the Orion team — spread across the country and on the ocean, is hoping Friday's triumphant splashdown will pick up the momentum.\nDuring the flight test, all 11 parachutes deployed and onboard computers withstood the intense radiation of the Van Allen belts surrounding Earth. Everything meant to jettison away did so as Orion soared into space. It landed just a mile from its projected spot off Mexico's Baja Peninsula.\nData from 1,200 sensors inside and out of the crew module will be gathered to get the full picture of its performance."}
{"text":"The precise control that robotic-assisted surgery provides is ideal for delicate procedures on smaller patients. It also has the potential to reduce physical and emotional stress for children and their families.\nRobotic-Assisted Pediatric Urologic Surgery\nThe use of robotic-assisted surgery in the treatment of children is one of the most compelling applications of robotic-assisted surgery. The minimization of trauma, incision size and the resulting scarring are significant advantages provided by a less invasive surgical approach. Robotic-assisted surgery provides the further advantages of a motion scaling and tremor reduction that are critical in work in and around the small anatomical structures of infants and children.\nAt the University of Vermont Children's Hospital we are successfully integrating robotics into our treatment of pediatric urologic conditions, allowing us to extend the benefits of minimally invasive procedures to children and their families.\nAt The UVM Children's Hospital, we perform the following procedures for children:\n- Kidney: Pyeloplasty, nephrectomy (benign and malignant disease), partial nephrectomy, ureteroccalycostomy ureteroureterostomy (both for ureteral reconstruction)\n- Ureter: intra- and extravesicle reimplant surgery (for urinary reflux and ureterovesicle junction blockage and megaureter)\n- Bladder: Robotic-assisted bladder augmentation, excision of bladder diverticulum, cystolithotomy (for bladder stone removal)\n- Other: construction of a Mitrofanoff or ACE stoma channel for children to catheterize the bladder or colon in cases of neurogenic bowel and bladder\nPediatric Surgical Benefits of Robotic-Assisted Surgery\n- Improved dexterity\n- Enhanced 3D visualization\n- Increased range of motion\n- Improved access\nPediatric Patient Benefits\n- Shorter hospital stay\n- Less post-operative pain\n- Less risk of infection\n- Less blood loss and need for transfusions\n- Less scarring and improved cosmesis\n- Faster recovery and quicker return to normal activities"}
{"text":"An exploration of the world of smugglers and their effect on a nascent nation and its diverging social classes.\nCohen (History/Syracuse Univ.; The Racketeer's Progress: Chicago and the Struggle for the Modern American Economy, 1900-1940, 2004) traces the changing face of smuggling in the United States, from patriotic deeds to rum running to merchants trying to reduce overhead to ladies avoiding duties on fashions from Paris. Men like John Hancock avoided British tariffs while the Lafitte brothers, Jean and Pierre, ruled their own smuggler’s village on Grand Isle near New Orleans. Today, Hancock is a revered Founding Father, while Jean Lafitte stepped up to help Andrew Jackson repulse the British in the Battle of New Orleans—though not out of a sense of patriotism; he did it to secure the release of his brother from jail. The Civil War blockade runners perfected the trade, and there were plenty of avid students. The author follows a thread of connections to Charles L. Lawrence and his father-in-law, Mordecai M. Noah. The narrative assumes a six-degrees-of-separation aspect as relatives to both men dipped their hands into the business of defrauding customs. Lawrence is the ostensible focus, as he touched every area of smuggling, from Boss Tweed to Cuba, Brazil, London, and Paris. Merchants avoided tariffs as they undervalued their imports or tucked valuable stock in with duty-free goods. The 60 percent tariff on silk was bound to attract a talented man like Lawrence, and it was his undoing. Those who supplied the new gilded age elite especially added to the rising cries of economic inequality and protectionism in America. The book is not about romantic pirates, swashbucklers, or Rhett Butler–like blockade runners, and Cohen often gets bogged down in the less-engaging issues of customs politics, free trade, and tariff fights.\nThe links to Lawrence and Noah give the narrative continuity and keep it interesting. Without them, it would be somewhat dull."}
{"text":"When left unchecked, humidity within a power plant can have disastrous consequences. Moisture in the air can cause severe worker discomfort, provides the perfect environment for dangerous corrosion, and can ultimately be responsible for premature equipment failure.\nIt's obvious to see why keeping power plant workers is important, but did you know that work output decreases 40-50% when indoor temperatures reach 80 degrees Fahrenheit without sufficient ventilation? More importantly, workers can risk serious heat illness and heat stroke symptoms without proper humidity control. The body stops evaporating sweat altogether when relative humidity reaches 90%.\nWhen it comes to equipment, moisture and humidity cause serious concern. The U.S. power industry alone experienced $23 billion in plant repairs, worker injury, and increased downtime due to corrosion alone. Corrosion repairs account for the majority of total production costs, resulting in nearly three-fourths of a plant's downtime (i.e. business losses).\nImplementing humidity control strategies can have immeasurable positive impacts on a power plant's operations. However, over two thirds of power plants routinely fails to protect the boiler during layups, and only about 6% protect the turbine from corrosion and humidity-related damage.\nContact Polygon to learn more about effective power plant layup strategies and the equipment your plant will need to protect the plant and your workers.\n[Photo from jodelli via CC License 2.0]"}
{"text":"German amateur gunsmith Patrick Priebe created a pneumatic sniper rifle that shoots unusual ammunition - pushpins.\nHe took the barrel of an air pistol used for dart shooting as a basis and placed it in an aluminum case. The ammunition is in a foam polystyrene holder in special holes. Loading is done manually using a shutter.\nThe shot is carried out with compressed air, which is located in a 12-gram steel can. The can itself is housed in an inflator used to inflate bicycle tires. Its capacity is enough for 5 shots. Spare cans are located on a special shelf behind the barrel.\nFor accurate shooting, the homemade rifle is equipped with a 1 mW sighting laser. Aluminum folding bipods are provided for greater accuracy. Practice has shown that for a well-aimed shot at a watermelon, a beer can or a plastic bottle, it is enough to point at them and fix the red laser beam."}
{"text":"The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania: Embracing the Following Subjects, Viz., Discoveries and Settlements - Indian History - Indian, French and Revolutionary Wars -religious History - Biographical Sketches - Anecdotes, Traditions, Remarkable and Unaccountable Occurrences - with a Great Variety of Curious and Interesting Relics of Antiquity\nJohn Warner Barber\nH. S. Parsons, 1842 - New England - 624 pages\nWhat people are saying - Write a review\nWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places.\nOther editions - View all\nafterwards Albany Americans Andross appeared appointed arms army arrived attack began body Boston British brought called Canada Capt Captain Charlestown chief church Colonel colony command commenced Connecticut river corn council court death Delaware Duke of York Dutch enemy England English expedition fell fire force four French friends garrison gave governor granted Hampshire hatchet hundred Indians inhabitants Iroquois Island Jersey John killed king land live Lord magistrates manner Masassoit Massachusetts miles ministers Mohawk river Mohawks morning Narragansett nation night officers party passed peace Pequots persons plantation Plymouth present prisoners province Quakers Quinnipiack received returned Rhode Island sachem Salem Schenectady sent settled settlement settlers ship shot side soldiers soon spirit Theophilus Eaton thing tion took town tribes troops twenty unto West Jersey whole wigwams William women wounded York"}
{"text":"Alaska is the largest state of United States. But it has only over 700.000 people on. Alaska was a part of Russia after Russian government bought it in 1800s but then in 1912 America took it back. Alaska’s most areas are in ice and seasonal situations are some different than other countries. How many days of sunlight are in Alaska?\nDaylight length in Alaska is consisted on solstice. And also the place where a person living in Alaska is very important to calculate amount of sunlight he will see on a year.\nSummer solstice on Alaska means to see one of the longest sunlight periods on the world. It’s about at least 18 hours or more in a day. Summer solstice is from June 21st to December 21st. When it’s winter solstice, sunlight is almost 6 hours in a day.\nAlso the place is important in Alaska for sunlight. If a person is on the northern edge of Alaska like Barrow city, this place is called as “Land of the Midnight Sun” and to see sunlight in there is a big chance. Especially in November 18th to January 23rd there’s no sunrise. And between the dates May 10th to August 2nd no sunsets is possible.\nThere are also extreme examples on Alaska about sunlight on day. Fairbanks area see 20 hours of sunlight in summer solstice and 4 hours sunlight in winter solstice. The Arctic Circle line have 24 hours of sunlight in some days and 24 hours of darkness in some days."}
{"text":"Teaching your cat to accept brushing will take some training, but will be very beneficial to the cat once he is accustomed to the process. Daily brushing is most beneficial and will help to establish a routine for your pet, but brushing twice a week is acceptable if your schedule can’t accommodate daily brushing.\nMake sure that you wash your hands both before and after administering the medication to prevent the spread of infection.\nIf you are administering the medication on your own, you may find it easiest to place your cat in your lap. If your cat’s eye is painful, you may need to have someone assist you in restraining your cat by wrapping it in a blanket with only the head exposed.\nThe easiest way to give your cat liquid medication is to mix it in with some canned food. To ensure that the medication is actually taken, it is best to give a small amount of food that the cat is certain to eat rather than a large portion that the cat may not complete. Some cats may be unwilling to eat the food or may have dietary restrictions that prevent you from using this technique. If this is the case, you will need to administer the medication directly into the cat’s mouth."}
{"text":"Desiderius dēsĭdēr´ēəs [key], d. after 774, last Lombard king in Italy (756–74). The duke of Tuscany, he was chosen king with the support of the pope and of Pepin the Short, who was king of the Franks and whose son Charles (later Emperor Charlemagne) married Desiderius's daughter. Desiderius's alliance with his son-in-law Duke Tassilo of Bavaria and his subsequent interference in Roman affairs incensed Charlemagne, who repudiated (771) his wife and provoked open conflict. Desiderius responded by supporting the claims of the children of Charlemagne's brother Carloman (d. 771), by attacking Pope Adrian I, and by occupying several papal cities. Charlemagne invaded (773) Italy, captured (774) Desiderius at Pavia after a long siege, and proclaimed himself king of the Lombards. Desiderius was forced to retire to a monastery at Liège.\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.\nSee more Encyclopedia articles on: Italian History: Biographies"}
{"text":"What do NASA, almonds, JJ Ramberg and microsprinklers have in common? Each feature in the latest episode of BBC’s Follow the Food series, which focuses on water and profiles “innovators making extraordinary strides in protecting this finite resource.”\nWith interviews from the Almond Board’s senior manager of irrigation and water efficiency, Spencer Cooper and UC Davis researcher Daniele Zaccaria, the segment explores the practices almond farmers have already put in place to conserve water and the new technology being tested to further increase efficiency. Water-saving technologies and improved almond production practices have helped farmers reduce the amount of water it takes to grow each almond by 33 percent over the past 20 years. What’s more, the California almond community commits to an additional 20 percent reduction by 2025.\nWatch this video from BBC Future’s series Follow the Food to learn more about how California almond farmers are using technological innovations and modern agriculture practices to rise to the challenge of using water more responsibly and efficiently.\n University of California, 2010. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012. Almond Board of California, 1990-94, 2000-14"}
{"text":"Workshop on the Farm: The Art of Kolam (Rice Flour Drawing)\nA hands-on visual art activity with Ragamala Dance Company\nEach day before sunrise, in southeastern India, millions of women create Kolams—intricate designs made of dry rice flour—on the ground in front of their homes. This daily ritual creates a sacred space and becomes a link between the intimate home and the vastness of the outside world. Throughout the day, birds and insects eat the rice flour, creating a conscious act of giving back to the Earth a bit of what we have taken from it.\nThe philosophy at the heart of the Kolam tradition—which values the interconnectedness between humanity and the natural world—served as an inspiration for choreographers Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy in creating Sacred Earth.\nIn the stunning setting of DreamAcres farm, participants will learn to make their own traditional Kolam designs with rice flour on the ground. Ragamala artists will introduce them to the history of this age-old ritual and how it has been sustained in contemporary, cosmopolitan India, where it provides a daily reminder of the importance of respecting the Earth.\nFree and open to the public."}
{"text":"In this problem, you will meet two different ways to test your reactions.\nThis reaction timer will enable you to collect data on the time it takes you to respond to an image on your computer.\nOpen animation in new window\nNote: You can copy/paste the results table into a spreadsheet\nHere is a second experiment you can use to test your reactions.\nAsk a friend to hold a ruler by the end, above your hand. Open your hand below the ruler and be ready to catch it. Your friend will drop the ruler without saying when they're going to let go. Catch the ruler as fast as you can after it's been dropped.\nThe pictures below show this experiment being carried out:\nRecord the level (in centimetres) at which you caught the ruler, and repeat the experiment several times. If you have quick reactions, the ruler will not have travelled far when you catch it.\nTaking only one measurement in either of these experiments will not give you a reliable, accurate measure of speeds of reaction that could be used to rank a group of people.\nDecide how many measurements you will take, and what you will do with them to provide an accurate measure of reaction speeds. Make sure you can justify your decisions.\nYou may also wish to explore how accurately you can estimate time."}
{"text":"Volume 1 (2014) – Article 1\nSHRUB, SCRUB, AND GRASS: THE IMPORTANCE OF SHRUBLAND AND GRASSLAND PLANT COMMUNITIES TO THE DIET OF THE LATE PREHISTORIC (A.D. 900-1535) HUNTER-GATHERERS OF THE EASTERN TRANS-PECOS REGION OF TEXAS\nBy: Casey W. Riggs\nThe Eastern Trans-Pecos archeological region of Texas is an area rich in botanical diversity, a resource heavily utilized by both prehistoric and historic hunter-gatherers. A comparison of four paleoethnobotanical investigations of archeological sites dating to the Late Prehistoric Era (A.D. 900-1535) with ethnobotanical information of the Mescalero Apache reveal that the botanical component of prehistoric and historic diets have been similar for the past 1,000 years. Differences in the degree of similarity can be attributed to differential preservation and analytical techniques. Further, ecological sites from the Ecological Site Information System are demonstrated as a novel and useful tool for landscape-scale archeological analysis."}
{"text":"DistributionRead full entry\nGlobal Range: (20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles)) Range includes Pacific drainages from the upper reaches of the Willamette River system, Oregon (west of the Cascades crest), south to the upper San Gabriel River, Los Angeles County, California, including the coast ranges and Sierra Nevada foothills in the United States (Stebbins 2003). The species occurred at least formerly in a disjunct location in northern Baja California: two specimens (identified by R. C. Stebbins and R. G. Zwiefel) were collected in 1965 at an elevation of 2,040 meters at the lower end of La Grulla Meadow, Sierra San Pedro Martir, Baja California, Mexico (Loomis 1965); subsequent searches have not detected the species in that area (Grismer 2002, Stebbins 2003). The species apparently has disappeared from portions of its historical range, especially in southern California (see Hayes and Jennings 1988). Extant R. boylii populations are not evenly distributed in California; in the Pacific Northwest, 40 percent of the streams support populations, whereas that number drops to 30 percent in the Cascade Mountains (north of the Sierra Nevada), 30 percent in the south coast range (south of San Francisco), and 12 percent in the Sierra Nevada foothills (Fellers 2005). Elevational range extends from sea level to around 2,130 meters."}
{"text":"Be sure that you have an application to open\nthis file type before downloading and/or purchasing.\n14 KB|2 pages\nThis activity allows students to study text-related words for Marigolds by Eugenia Collier. A graphic organizer is included so students can cite evidence to support conclusions and analysis of the text."}
{"text":"Changing our routine to a healthier lifestyle can help protect the environment around us. Air and food are the two most important things for survival and this can be enhanced by living in an environmentally friendly environment. In our efforts to live environmentally friendly, we must remember that we do not have to violate natural laws. There is no point in being environmentally friendly if we don’t teach our children the same values and participate actively. Each of us must play a large role in the overall impact on the environment but will be mutually beneficial through our efforts.\nAn eco-friendly environment is extremely important for the improvement in our standards of living and our health. There will be lesser chances of ailments and diseases if we live in a cleaner and safer environment. Sustainable buildings have the advantages of being resource-efficient as well as environmentally friendly in their life cycle. Greener structure efforts are being improved by building new homes using newer technologies. The aim of these practices is to lower down the impact that a building may have on the overall health of a human being and the environment. We can do this by ensuring the efficient use of energy, water, and other resources and eliminating waste and pollution.\nHere are some environmentally friendly ways you can use :\nOrganic Garden Fresh fruits and vegetables\nWithout the use of pesticides and fertilizers can be planted in organic gardens. This helps maintain a healthy body. Pesticides and fertilizers are prevented in organic gardens and thus there is no possibility of water being contaminated.\nRecycling is an important benefit achieved by going green. It helps in preserving the changes in the global climate by lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Recycling does not only include the use of cloth bags instead … Read More"}
{"text":"Advanced Placement Computer science A private tutors\nGet advanced placement computer science private tuition by top AP Computer science tutors in Nigeria.\nAdvanced Placement Computer Science A (also called AP Comp Sci, AP Comp Sci A, APCS, or AP Java) is an AP Computer Science course and examination offered by the College Board to high school students as an opportunity to earn college credit for a college-level computer science course. AP Computer Science A is meant to be the equivalent of a first-semester course in computer science. The AP exam currently tests students on their knowledge of Java.\nAP Computer Science AB, which was equivalent to a full year, was discontinued following the May 2009 exam administration.\nAP Computer Science emphasizes object-oriented programming methodology with an emphasis on problem solving and algorithm development. It also includes the study of data structures and abstraction, but these topics were not covered to the extent that they were covered in AP Computer Science AB. The Microsoft-sponsored program Technology Education and Literacy in Schools (TEALS) aims to increase the number of students taking AP Computer Science classes."}
{"text":"The Seven Sages (of Greece) (Greek: οἱ ἑπτά σοφοί, hoi hepta sophoi; c. 620–550 BCE) was the title given by Greek tradition to seven wise Greek men who were philosophers, statesmen and law-givers.\ntitle given by classical Greek tradition to seven philosophers, statesmen, and law-givers of the 6th century BC who were renowned for their wisdom\n|Instance of||group of humans|\n|Has part or parts|\nThis category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.\nMedia in category \"Seven Sages\"\nThe following 6 files are in this category, out of 6 total."}
{"text":"Area of Concern: Writing Mechanics & Grammar\nSubmitted by: Teacher\nGrade Level: Middle School\nCompetency: Below Level\nLooking for writing mechanics material for secondary school students with a wide range of abilities. How can you help me?\nMerit has helped many secondary school students improve their writing mechanics skills.\nOur most popular programs for this purpose are Grammar Fitness and Paragraph Punch.\nGrammar Fitness helps students master troublesome points of English grammar. Paragraph Punch guides students step-by-step through the process of writing a paragraph.\nBoth programs have built-in hints, tips, and context clues designed to help students with minimal instructor intervention.\nBased on your question, Merit Software recommends the following programs:\nMerit Software's Solutions lists many more programs can help with your educational success. For a complete list, please visit Merit Solutions.\nDid this Question and Answer item help?\nClick here to ask your own question.\nAnswers and comments provided are general information and are not\nintended to substitute for informed professional medical, psychiatric,\npsychological, or other professional advice."}
{"text":"Just about every aspect of papermaking is covered in this book. Dard Hunter discusses the history of papermaking from its invention in China to its introductions in Europe and in America. He examines the development and uses of the different materials and tools of papermaking: the different types of hand molds, such as the \"wove\" mold and the \"laid\" mold of China; methods of maceration (beating the cloth); of dipping the molds or pouring the liquid pulp over the molds; and of pressing, drying, and sizing the paper. He also compares papermaking techniques, including old and new methods of making paper by hand and machine-made paper, and he discusses early and modern watermarking styles and processes.\nOver 320 illustrations show actual pages from rare books and scrolls from every corner of the world, scenes of past and present-day papermaking, tools, materials, and watermarks. A two-page map traces the 1,000-year journey of papermaking from China to Europe, and a chronology of paper and paper-related developments spans over 4,500 years.\nDard Hunter (1883–1966) is still recognized as the world's foremost authority on paper and papermaking. This is the classic work on papermaking, used as a text and reference in classrooms, museums and libraries. Book lovers, papermakers, artists, etchers, engravers, printers, bookbinders, and workers in watermarking will find this volume both fascinating and informative.\n|Availability||Usually ships in 24 to 48 hours|\n|Dimensions||5 3/8 x 8 1/2|\n--!Google Universal Analytics Code!-->"}
{"text":"Icon: An icon is a small graphic image, picture or object that represents a file, program, webpage or command. They are easily recognisable and help you execute commands and open files, programs or documents quickly. In theory, anyway…\nInstagram: Instagram is described as \"A simple, fun & creative way to capture, edit & share photos, videos & messages with friends & family\". Instagram is largely used on mobile devices - and while a desktop version is available, you can not upload images from a PC. Users can follow others and 'like' and comment on content. It is also possible to connect an Instagram account to other social media accounts so that images/videos can be shares simultaneously.\nInternet: The internet is a global network of computers. It's everywhere, but you can't touch it. It enables people to send and receive data almost instantly over vast distances. Even from space (NASA's astronauts regularly tweet from the space station). Incidentally, someone with a lot of time on their hands worked out that the internet is about the same weight as a strawberry.\niPad: A tablet computer designed and developed by Apple. It's shiny and pretty, used as a more portable version of a laptop and a more user-friendly version of a smartphone. It's also a fabulous little TV.\niPhone: Apple’s smartphone. It does everything a phone can do, plus most of what an iPad or a regular computer can do.\niPod: A pocket-sized device used to play music files. It is designed and marketed by Apple."}
{"text":"Double strand iron wire\n- Packing in coil\n- Place of Origin:\n- Supply Ability:\nModel No.: DSIW\nDouble Strand Iron Wire is through the thorn rope machinery will be Barbed Wire wound in the main Wire (strand) above, after a variety of weaviorprocess from the isolation protective net. Barbed wire of the three kinds of twisting methods: are screwing, anti-screw, positive and negative screw.\nIs screw method: that is, two or more wires into a double wire and then twisted barbed wire wrapped in double-stranded wire.Anti-twist method: is the first barbed wire wrapped in the main wire (that is, a single wire) on the wire together with twisted twisted pair of barbed wire.\nPositive and negative screw method: is the wire from the main wire wrapped around the twist in the opposite direction. Not twisted in one direction\nContact us if you need more details on Double Strand Iron Wire. We are ready to answer your questions on packaging, logistics, certification or any other aspects about Double Twist Strand Iron Wire、Twist Iron Wire For Building. If these products fail to match your need, please contact us and we would like to provide relevant information.\nPremium Related Products"}
{"text":"Ten years ago, one of the largest Linux worm outbreaks was underway. Known as Slapper, the worm infected Linux machines via an OpenSSL vulnerability. Infected Linux servers were organized into a P2P network which could then be used to launch DDoS attacks.\nAlthough Slapper was not the first Linux worm (at least ADMworm and Ramen were found before it), it was the biggest case of its time. We spent quite a bit of time analyzing the case. In the end, we infiltrated the P2P network and worked with CERTs around the world to bring it down.\nIn 2002, Linux wasn’t as popular as it is today. In 2012, most web servers are running on various Linux distributions. Linux versions are the most common OS in embedded and factory automation systems. And of course, it’s the most common operating system in smartphones.\nNevertheless, malware was not really a problem for Linux users for years and years.\nBut in the end, it was Android that became the Linux distribution that brought the malware problem to Linux world in large scale.\nOn 13/09/12 At 08:52 AM"}
{"text":"What is Black Seed?\nBlack Seed is also known as Black Cumin, Kalonji, Black Caraway, Black Cumin, Habbatul Baraka (the Blessed Seed), and by its botanical name \"Nigella Sativa.\"\nFor centuries, the Black Seed herb and oil has been used by millions of people in Asia, Middle East, and Africa to support their health. The ancient Egyptians knew and used the black seed and described it as a panacea (cure for problems and diseases). Tutankhamen even had a bottle of the oil in his tomb! The Prophet of Islam Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) said that in the black seed is a cure for all diseases except old age and death. The black seed is also mentioned in the Bible in Isiah 28:25-27 as the ‘fitches’. The Romans also knew this seed and called it Greek Coriander and used it as a dietary supplement.\nSince 1959, over 458 peer studies have been carried out at international universities and articles published in various journals showing remarkable results supporting its traditional uses. Black seed oil has been traditionally used for a vast array of ailments. What gives black seed oil its apparent ability to have a cure for all diseases is its ability to support a weak immune system, giving the defense system the ability to fight off illness. At the same time, it rebalances a hyperactive immune system, bringing relief for those who have respiratory problems such as asthma, hay fever and aiding many allergies.*\n*These statments have not been evaluated by the FDA. None of Sahabi Sweets products are intended to treat, prevent, diagnose, or cure any disease"}
{"text":"Rabies is a fatal but preventable viral disease. It can spread to people and pets if they are bitten or scratched by a rabid animal. In the United States, rabies is mostly found in wild animals like bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes. Rabies is still a problem for public health in Nebraska. Rabies in humans is 100% preventable through prompt appropriate medical care.\nIF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE BEEN BITTEN BY A RABID ANIMAL IT IS VITAL YOU RECEIVE MEDICAL CARE IMMEDIATELY!\nIf you have other questions, please contact one of our disease surveillance experts at (308) 385-5175."}
{"text":"This category includes:\nBar charts use vertical or horizontal data markers to compare individual values. You can use them to compare discrete data or show trends over time. They are a good option for summarizing data that is subset by categories.\nOther types of bar charts:\nGrouped bar charts - known as clustered bar graphs, multi-set bar charts, or grouped column charts, is a type of bar graph that is used to compare values across multiple categories.\nStacked bar charts - useful for comparing proportional contributions within a category. They plot the relative value that each data series contributes to the total.\nBar mekko chart - variable width stacked bar chart. Use a bar mekko chart as an alternative to a bar chart when you want to explain the impact.\nIt is one of the simple plots where a line is drawn to shoe relation between the X-axis and Y-axis. A scatter graph is a chart type used to display the values or measurements of continuous data over time.\nA pie chart is a circular statistical graphic, which is divided into slices to illustrate numerical proportions.\nIndicator charts offer a single representation of a metric or KPI against a set target.\nTable can useful to to display history information."}
{"text":"The effects of short -term relaxation training on high -achieving eighth grade students' test anxiety and self -esteem\nThis research examined the effects of a relaxation training regimen on test anxiety and self-esteem among high-achieving eighth grade students. Using a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design, 24 students in the treatment group were exposed to 15 relaxation training sessions on 15 consecutive school days, while the control group received no intervention. Each relaxation training session lasted 6-7 minutes and included progressive muscle relaxation, cue-controlled relaxation, and positive suggestion phrases encapsulated in a succinct, research-based narrative. Two self-reporting instruments, the Friedben Test Anxiety Scale (FTA) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (SES), measured the outcome variables of test anxiety and self-esteem. Inferential statistics found that the relaxation training regimen led to a significant decrease in test anxiety among the treatment group participants, though it had no effect on self-esteem. Correlational statistics determined that test anxiety was a significant predictor of standardized test scores, though self-esteem was not. Finally, there was no interaction effect found between test anxiety and self-esteem and test scores, indicating that the relaxation training regimen had no significant effect on test performance. These results indicate that relaxation training may reduce test anxiety in high-achieving eighth grade students, and that lower test anxiety is associated with higher test scores.\nSchool counseling|Educational psychology|Curriculum development\nJohn P. Kacprowicz,\n\"The effects of short -term relaxation training on high -achieving eighth grade students' test anxiety and self -esteem\"\nETD Collection for Tennessee State University."}
{"text":"A preview of the PDF is not available\nHow Educators Can Eradicate Disparities in School Discipline\nGregory, Bell, and Pollock offer principles and practices to help schools move beyond punitive discipline and toward conflict prevention and intervention. They argue that eradication of disproportionate punitive disciplinary sanctions begins by engaging and motivating students before the conflict occurs. Their chapter details four guiding prevention principles and practices: culturally relevant and responsive teaching, supportive relationships, academic rigor, and respectful school environments with bias-free classrooms. Additionally, Gregory et al. suggest four equity-oriented principles and practices for conflict intervention: problem-solving approaches to discipline, inquiry into the causes of conflicts, inclusion of the student and family on causes of and solutions to conflicts, and reintegration of students post-conflict."}
{"text":"Improving traffic in cities is one of the mobility tasks of the future. Intelligent traffic lights come to the rescue and Vienna, Austria will be the first city to install them on its streets by the end of 2020. A new camera system developed by TU Graz allows these intelligent traffic lights to automatically predict pedestrian crossing intentions.\nThe Vienna authorities are conscious of ending waiting for cars and pedestrians in front of a red light when there is no reason to do so, when no one is crossing or when someone wants to cross and there is no car to stop them. In their efforts to prevent accidents due to collisions and to improve the flow of traffic within the city, they have commissioned a new traffic light system developed by researchers at the Technical University of the Austrian city of Graz.\nThis innovative system recognizes the intention of pedestrians to cross the road and automatically changes to green. \"The green phase can be extended in the case of large groups of persons, who require more time to cross the road.\" explains Horst Possegger of the Institute of Computer Graphics and Vision at TU Graz. The field of vision of the camera (8x5 meters) installed in the intelligent traffic lights allows you to see the people waiting and through an algorithm, developed using global movement models and data already recorded by the traffic lights, recognize the intentions of pedestrians in seconds. \"It requires one second to estimate the intention – after two seconds the estimation becomes reliable,\" continues Possegger.\nAccording to Possegger himself to the publication El País, \"this prediction is initially uncertain, so the system only activates the crossing request when it is totally safe\". It can do this 4 seconds earlier than the classic button for the traffic lights.\nDo you think intelligent traffic lights will reach every city in the future? Would you trust them?"}
{"text":"What is a 'Chairman'\nA chairman is an executive elected by a company's board of directors that is responsible for presiding over board or committee meetings. The chairman ensures that the meetings run smoothly and remain orderly, and works at achieving a consensus in board decisions. The position is different than that of the chief executive officer (CEO), and can be either a non-executive (part-time) or executive (full-time) position.\nBREAKING DOWN 'Chairman'\nIn some companies, the roles of CEO and chairman are combined. This has the effect of reducing transparency and accountability due to the reduced checks and balances created by having two separate positions with separate job functions."}
{"text":"This half term the focus in our Learning Challenge Curriculum is History and Music. The children in the RRSA Steering Group have chosen some of the children’s rights that link to this topic. They are as follows:\nArticle 17: Every child has the right to reliable information from the media. This should be information that children can understand. Governments must help protect children from materials that could harm them.\nArticle 29: Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full.\nArticle 31: Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities."}
{"text":"1H NMR is an excellent tool for monitoring the residual olefin content of polymers after hydrogenation reactions. The fact that the olefin fall in a unique region of the spectrum means that it is a straightforward measurement to quantify the %H present as olefin or to correlate that olefin content with other analyses such as bromine number. Here is an example of a polyalphaolefin residual olefin analysis. The olefin proton content (%H) was plotted against bromine number values obtained on each of the samples. A linear correlation was obtain but two different correlations were observed that were dependent on the viscosity index of the polyalphaolefin being analyzed. Figure 1 shows the 1H NMR spectra obtained on neat samples on a Picospin-80 spectrometer operating at 82.3 MHz. The methyl and methlene protons of the polymer backbone are plainly seen and the olefin and alpha-olefin protons are observed.\nFigure 2 shows the linear correlation between %H olefin and bromine number with the two correlations caused by different VI grade being indicated. The analysis shows that for the two viscosity grades the grade can be identified from the linear correlation that the data falls onto and the %H olefins content can directly yield the bromine number. This NMR method provides an alternative to the following ASTM standards: D1159 Test Method for Bromine Numbers of Petroleum Distillates and Commercial Aliphatic Olefins by Electrometric Titration D1491 Test Method for Test for Bromine Index of Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Potentiometric Titration D1492 Standard Test Method for Bromine Index of Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Coulometric Titration D2710 Test Method for Bromine Index of Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Electrometric Titration D5776 Test Method for Bromine Index of Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Electrometric Titration"}
{"text":"Source: UCLA History Geography Project\nGrade Levels: High School: 11th Grade, 12th Grade\nIn this lesson, students will familiarize themselves with the concept of intersectionality — how intersecting identities and oppressions shape perspectives and experiences. Through the close reading and discussion of the article “Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference” featured in the influential book Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde, students will think critically about how multiple identities and systems of oppressions impact the relationships people have with each other as well as with institutions. Audre Lorde, Black lesbian poet and feminist writer, signed a contract with The Crossing Press on November 19, 1982 to publish her monumental book Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches. Sister Outsideris celebrated as a historic piece of literature exploring the intersections of race, sexuality, gender, poverty, and politics.\nLesson Plan Resources:\nPhoto Source: Elsa Dorfman"}
{"text":"Dr, Muo Kasina, director of the centre, said that it has been set up with the aim of stabilising the growth of the silk farming sub-sector in the Kenya, which is still under-developed at the moment. The centre is aimed at developing sericulture research in the country. The silk sector, he said, is a unique one because it is a luxurious commodity globally, one for which the supply in never enough.\n“The biggest markets in the world are in Japan, UK and France. Though production in Kenya is non-existent, the country still has the potential of getting into the global market. Silk farming will work well if farmers were to form cooperatives,” Kasina said, during a presentation to the Kenya Science Journalists Congress in Nairobi.\nAccording to Kasina, all the silk produced in Kenya goes to the domestic cottage industry and is not sufficient to meet even that demand. Currently, silk farmers only sell cocoons, which Kasina said can be processed to raw silk, which will also give farmers more money.\nMulberry is grown in Kakamega, Homa Bay and neighbouring counties such as Kiambu, Kitui, Machakos, Makueni and Meru. Over 600 farmers are involved in sericulture in Kenya and annual production is less than two tonnes of dried cocoons, while the national potential is over 10,000 metric tonnes.\nKasina said that a kilogram of cocoons sells for about US$4.50, compared to one kilogram of raw silk that could fetch a farmer close to US$50. “Silk farming is a major business venture and farmers cannot go wrong in it. The silk worms take 30 days to mature and the mulberry will stay in the farm for about 30 years or more,” he added."}
{"text":"We all suffer from a dry mouth from time to time, but for some people the condition is more long-lasting. Xerostomia is a condition where the mouth becomes very dry and can make people more susceptible to dental problems such as tooth decay, gum disease, bad breath or cause problems for denture wearers.\nThere are lots of different reasons why people get dry mouth, and there are things that you can do both to ease the condition and help prevent problems with your teeth.\nSome prescription drugs and medicines can cause dry mouth as a side effect, especially treatments for depression and high blood pressure. Also, certain medical conditions affect the salivary glands, so they don’t produce as much saliva and the mouth tends to be more dry.\nXerostomia can lead to dryness, a burning or sore feeling in the mouth or a bad taste. You may also have difficulty swallowing and speaking. If you wear dentures, you may find they become loose and cause sore areas.\nMaking sure you don’t get dehydrated by drinking plenty of fluids can help. Also, doctors and dentists can prescribe artificial saliva which comes as a spray to help moisten the mouth. Talk to your doctor about the medicines you take to see if there are suitable alternatives less likely to cause dry mouth.\nSome people find sucking sweets, or chewing gum helps produce more saliva, but take special care that these don’t contain sugar as this could cause more tooth decay."}
{"text":"Yes, I have said that quite a few times and today is one of them. Check out this very interesting photo of a World War II era Japanese fighter aircraft perched in a tree.\nI imagine the pilot survived the epic landing and was thanking his lucky starts as descended from the lush canopy of trees onto terra firma below. Incidentally, the aircraft in the photo is located roughly at Lat 4° 12′ 0S Long 152° 10′ 60E which will put you on Rabaul (a township in East New Britain province, on the island of New Britain, in the country of Papua New Guinea). I believe it was later lowered (thanks for the heads up Lee) and may now be as shown below.\nWhen it was new, I imagine it probably looked pretty much like this before the accident. In the local Tolia language, Rabaul means mangrove and was invaded by the Imperial Japanese Navy and Army in early 1942. They stayed put through the war (being bypassed by Douglas MacArthur) and finally surrendered to the Aussies in September of 1945.\nToday, Rabual is a tourist destination and popular for its many volcanoes, diving and snorkeling in its warm tropical waters and its still visible World War II sites. Before the 1994 eruption, it was a popular commercial and recreational boating destination; fewer private small craft visit now, but 10-12 cruise ships visit Rabaul each year, including the Queen Elizabeth carrying up to 5000 passengers. Tourism is a major industry in Rabaul and East New Britain generally.\nNow THAT is really something you don’t often see!\n+++ For Lee – Was it this one? +++\nA similar Japanese aircraft display in Papua New Guinea."}
{"text":"Naxos Scenic Musical Journeys Shanghai A Cultural Tour with Traditional Chinese Music\nNaxos DVD Trailer: A Cultural Tour with Traditional Chinese Music\nThe city of Shanghai, China's most important port, owes some of its prosperity to the so-called unequal treatises forced on China during the 19th century. The place had its origin as a settlement during the Tang dynasty (618-906 A.D.), but the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 ceded Hong Kong to the British and made possible the development of foreign trade through the five 'treaty ports', of which Shanghai became the most important. The growth of Shanghai into an international trading centre and the concessions made to various foreign countries explain the interesting mixture of architectural styles, continued today with the high-rise buildings of recent years."}
{"text":"What parts of the nervous system are involved in causing the symptoms of shaken baby syndrome?\ni have to explain the parts of the nevous system that are involved in causing the symptoms of the shaken baby syndrome.\n1 Answer | Add Yours\nShaken baby syndrome involves the brain which is part of the central nervous system. Three features should be evident in order to make a diagnosis of SBS: subdural hematoma, retinal hemorrhage, and brain swelling.\nA subdural heatoma is a collection of blood on the surface of the brain, usually caused by torn bridging veins on the outermost part of the brain. A retinal hemorrhage is bleeding of the retina in the eye caused by physical trauma and can result in severe vision impairment. Lastly, brain swelling occurs as a result of the brain being slammed against the walls of the skull. Brain contusions cause intracranial pressure; because the brain is encased tightly within the skull, it has nowhere to go when it begins to swell. This can be fatal if the pressure is not relieved by removing a piece of the skull and allowing the brain to swell.\nJoin to answer this question\nJoin a community of thousands of dedicated teachers and students.Join eNotes"}
{"text":"Using the story/chant, \"5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed\" and \"5 Little Monkeys Swinging in the Trees\".\nFine motor skills:\n*using clothespins designed as alligators (picture provided), students become the alligator and \"grab\" the monkeys\nCounting to/back from 5:\n*students recite the chant and add/subtract monkeys from a bed setting or tree setting (depending on which story you use)\nRetelling the story:\n*students color monkeys and tree/bed, cut out, and glue to popsicle sticks to retell the story or act out the chant as the class/group recites\nIncludes copies of both story chants!\n*Everything you need is in this pack except for the clothespins and velcro! I'm using these activities for my 3-4 year old PreK classes, my Special Needs/Autism classes, and my Kindergarten classes. The great thing is you can repeat the activities later - students love it!"}
{"text":"Orthacanthus is an extinct genus of fresh-water shark from a family of prehistoric sharks known as xenacanths. Members of the genus had a long spine growing from the back of their skull and a very long dorsal fin, which ran all along its back giving it an eel-like appearance.\nAbout 260 million years ago, Orthacanthus was the apex predator of freshwater swamps and bayous in Europe and North America. Its body reached nearly 10 feet (3 meters) in length and owned a peculiar set of double-fanged teeth. They first appeared about 400 million years ago in the Devonian, and became extinct just before the Mesozoic, about 225 million years ago."}
{"text":"The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently converted its monthly industry employment data for States and metropolitan areas from a 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system basis to a 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) basis.\nAs an example, employment levels for California for January 2003 are shown in the chart. BLS aggregates the 20 NAICS sectors into the 11 supersectors shown in the chart. Note that the numbers in the chart are not seasonally adjusted.\nNAICS is the product of a cooperative effort on the part of the statistical agencies of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. NAICS uses a production-oriented approach to categorize economic units. Units with similar production processes are classified in the same industry. NAICS focuses on how products and services are created, as opposed to the SIC focus on what is produced.\nThe NAICS approach yields significantly different industry groupings than those produced by the SIC approach. Consequently, the NAICS-based data by industry are not comparable with the previously published SIC-based data; SIC-based State and area employment series are no longer being produced or published.\nSee https://www.bls.gov/sae/saenaics.htm for complete information on the conversion of these State and area data to NAICS.\nThese data are from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) State and Area program. Data in this article are preliminary and subject to revision. Find out more in \"Regional and State Employment and Unemployment: January 2003\" (PDF) (TXT), news release USDL 03–131.\nBureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, First NAICS-based monthly State and area employment numbers at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2003/mar/wk3/art05.htm (visited February 26, 2024)."}
{"text":"Originally Posted by happyface25\nHi everyone, what are your views on Ketosis, is it good for you? some people say yes and some no, what are the pros and cons on ketosis? And also, what is the exact meaning of Ketosis? Thanks all\nKetosis is a stage in metabolism occurring when the liver has been depleted of stored glycogen and switches to a fasting mode such as occurs during sleep, during dieting, and during the body's response to starvation. Energy from fat is mobilized to the liver and used to synthesize glucose (a process called gluconeogenesis) from lactic acid, glucogenic amino acids, and glycerol carbon substrates. Ketones are also produced during this fasting state, and are burned throughout the body.\nhear are the cons since I do believe unless you are epileptic that putting your body in a state of ketosis is detremental on your organs and brain.\nIn high-protein diets, the body’s normal fuel for energy—carbohydrates—are in severe short supply, so it compensates by burning fat. But this inefficient means of providing the body with an alternative source of energy also produces toxic byproducts known as ketones, in a process called ketosis. Some ketones leave the body via the lungs, while others must be excreted by the kidneys, a process that not only can overwork the organs, but also one that requires lots of water. But along with the ketones, the kidney may also excrete beneficial electrolytes, such as calcium, magnesium and potassium. During ketosis the kidneys excrete potassium, and the potassium level in the blood can drop to a dangerous level. This has the potential to lead to muscle fatigue and heart arrhythmias.\"...Lisa"}
{"text":"Each week the staff who describe the digitised photographs in our collection select a photo that is added to SLQ’s Flickr Commons Photo of the week 2013 set.\nThis week our photo is of a young lady having liquid hosiery applied to her legs in a department store in Brisbane, September 1941.\nNylon stockings became scarce during World War II as nylon was rationed for the manufacturing of parachutes, ropes and netting. Hence, a new fashion arose from the nylon ration called liquid stockings. This lead to the establishment of liquid hosiery bars appearing in department stores. Alas, the trend was not too last as liquid hosiery was soon prohibited by the Department of War, Organisation of Industry as essential chemicals were being used in the manufacture of the stocking substitute.\nDo you have any memories of rationing and creative ways Queenslanders coped during and after World War 2?\nWant to see more digitised photos, maps, music scores and manuscripts? There’s more than 60 000 digitised items in our collections. You can find them in One Search, our catalogue."}
{"text":"The New Zealand flatworm is a non-native species, first recorded in Great Britain in Edinburgh (1965), but now widely distributed throughout much of Scotland and, to a lesser extent, northern England.\nA Code of Practice has been produced for this and other non-native flatworms in GB. This is a practical guide to help producers and traders of nursery stock detect and limit the spread of non-indigenous flatworms, notably the 'New Zealand' flatworm, Arthurdendyus triangulatus, and the 'Australian' flatworm, Australoplana sanguinea.\nFollow the links below for additional resources and information about these species:\n- Information on 'New Zealand' flatworm, Arthurdendyus triangulatus\n- Identification sheet for 'New Zealand' flatworm, Arthurdendyus triangulatus (PDF)\n- Information on 'Australian' flatworm, Australoplana sanguinea\n- Identification sheet for 'Australian' flatworm, Australoplana sanguine (PDF)\n- Identification sheet for 'Kontikia' flatworms, Kontikia ventrolineata (PDF)"}
{"text":"Murphy, W. J., Eizirik, E., O’Brien, S. J., Madsen, O., Scally, M., Douady, C. J., Teeling, E., Ryder, O. A., Stanhope, M. J., De Jong, W. W., & Springer, M. S. Resolution of the early placental mammal radiation using bayesian phylogenetics. Science, 294(5550), 2348–2351.\nMolecular phylogenetic studies have resolved placental mammals into four major groups, but have not established the full hierarchy of interordinal relationships, including the position of the root. The latter is critical for understanding the early biogeographic history of placentals. We investigated placental phylogeny using Bayesian and maximum-likelihood methods and a 16.4kilobase molecular data set. Interordinal relationships are almost entirely resolved. The basal split is between Afrotheria and other placentals, at about 103 million years, and may be accounted for by the separation of South America and Africa in the Cretaceous. Crown-group Eutheria may have their most recent common ancestry in the Southern Hemisphere (Gondwana)."}
{"text":"- [Astron] An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet.\"That fatal and perfidious bark, Built in the eclipse, and rigged with curses dark.\" [Milton.]\n- The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness.\"All the posterity of our fist parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life.\" [Sir W. Raleigh.]\"As in the soft and sweet eclipse, When soul meets soul on lovers' lips.\" [Shelley.]\nNote: ☞ In ancient times, eclipses were, and among unenlightened people they still are, superstitiously regarded as forerunners of evil fortune, a sentiment of which occasional use is made in literature.\nEtymology: F. éclipse, L. eclipsis, fr. Gr. 'e`kleipsis, prop., a forsaking, failing, fr. 'eklei`pein to leave out, forsake; 'ek out + lei`pein to leave. See Ex-, and Loan"}
{"text":"The Chemistry of Gold Extraction, 2nd edition\nThe Chemistry of Gold Extraction provides a broad base of knowledge to all those working in the gold extraction and gold processing industries. The book bridges the gap between research and industry by emphasizing the practical applications of chemical principles and techniques.\nThe technical reference includes in-depth discussions of historical developments; ore deposits and process mineralogy; process selection; principles of gold hydrometallurgy; oxidative pretreatment; leaching; solution purification and concentration; recovery; surface chemical methods; refining; effluent treatment; and industrial applications.\nThis book is a valuable asset for all professionals involved in the precious metals industries. It will be of particular interest and use to engineers and scientists, including extractive metallurgists, mineral/metallurgical engineers, electrochemists, chemical engineers, mineral technologists, mining engineers, and material scientists. In addition, plant operators and managers, academics, educators, and students working on gold extraction in either production, research, or consulting capacities will value the book's comprehensive information.\nBy John O. Marsden and C. Iain House. Published by SME in 2006. 680 pages.\nPRICE: CAD 209.00"}
{"text":"Answer: A. Both worked to create the first atomic bombs for the USSR.\nBoth the Rosenbergs and the United States government worked together to create the first atomic bomb for the USSR. The Rosenbergs, an American couple, were executed using an electric chair after being found guilty of espionage. For their role in sharing top-secret atomic secrets to the Soviets during and post-World War II, they were sentenced to death and executed in 1953.\nThis case garnered massive attention from all over the world as a result of its sensitivity. While some people supported the execution of the couple, others saw it as a way of making the Rosenberg couple a form of scapegoat to the cold war. Authorities from the UK and the FBI were able to find enough evidence to prove that this top secret information was shared with the Soviets."}
{"text":"According to the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), the number of food banks on university campuses across Canada is growing in order to account for rising tuition fees and living costs.\nThe CFS is calling on federal and provincial governments to make post-secondary education more affordable; its national chairperson, Bilan Arte, hopes that the upcoming federal election will address the issue, as student poverty remains unrecognized.\nHalifax’s Saint Mary’s University has recently set up a food bank after continually referring students to local food banks. Their food bank is not funded by the university.\nSaint Mary’s University financial aid officer Allen Wolfe said that stagnant student loan limits and a lack of education on how to budget adds to the problem.\nIn a national study released last fall by Food Banks Canada, it found that the number of people community food banks serve in Canada has increased by 25 per cent.\n— Emily Johnpulle\nWith files from Huffington Post Canada (The Canadian Press)"}
{"text":"As for one of the favorites of alarmism, hurricanes in recent years don’t indicate that storms are getting worse. Measured by total energy (Accumulated Cyclone Energy), hurricane activity is at a low not encountered since the 1970s. The U.S. is currently experiencing the longest absence of severe landfall hurricanes in over a century—the last Category 3 or stronger storm was Wilma, more than seven years ago.\nWhile it is likely that we will see somewhat stronger (but fewer) storms as climate change continues, a March 2012 Nature study shows that the global damage cost from hurricanes will go to 0.02% of gross domestic product annually in 2100 from 0.04% today—a drop of 50%, despite global warming.\nThis does not mean that climate change isn’t an issue. It means that exaggerating the threat concentrates resources in the wrong areas. Consider hurricanes (though similar points hold for wildfire and drought). If the aim is to reduce storm damage, then first focus on resilience—better building codes and better enforcement of those codes. Ending subsidies for hurricane insurance to discourage building in vulnerable zones would also help, as would investing in better infrastructure (from stronger levees to higher-capacity sewers)."}
{"text":"This is an Excel magic trick video in which the instructor shows how is time represented in Excel and how it is formatted before displaying it to us. He talks about the decimal representation of the time. He says that if O hour is mapped to the number zero and 24th hour of a day is mapped to number one then we can represent any time of the day in the format of a decimal number between zero and one. He shows the type of formatting that excel uses to convert the decimal number into a human readable style. Now he shows various conversions\nbetween the decimals and the real time formatting and shows how the calculations on that decimals effect the original time values. This video shows how time is represented in Excel and also shows how to perform various formatting and calculations on it."}
{"text":"This week we are working on our punctuation. We are writing sentences using periods (full stops), question marks and exclamation points.\nThese are my sentences:\nFull stops: I love my mum just the way she is.\nQuestions mark: Do you have a dress?\nExclamation point: Why do you say that word!"}
{"text":"Sharrer worked downtown, near Manhattan’s Union Square, but shared with her Harlem peers a desire to celebrate “ordinary people.” “It is these distinguished-undistinguished players,” she said, “that moved and interested me.” Sharrer depicts American families presenting and reacting to well-known paintings, including Grant Wood’s iconic American Gothic (1930) and Pablo Picasso’s Girl before a Mirror (1932). In different ways, most of the artists she chose to represent here—including the French realist Jean-François Millet and the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera—were known for their sympathetic portrayals of working people.\nGallery label from \"Collection 1940s—1970s\", 2019\nA salute to American workers, this painting shows ordinary families presenting and reacting to well-known paintings including Grant Wood’s iconic American Gothic (1930) and Pablo Picasso's Girl Before the Mirror (1932). In different ways, most of the artists Sharrer chose here, including the French realist Jean-François Millet and the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, attempted to honor the dignity of working people.\nSharrer made Workers and Paintings for a mural competition sponsored by the Springfield Art Museum, in Massachusetts. The work won an honorable mention and was included in MoMA's landmark 1946 exhibition Fourteen Americans. The ten studies were based on photographs that Sharrer adapted for the painting, a method typical of her process. Many decades later, the poet John Ashbery praised her paintings, describing their meticulous style as \"a collaboration between Norman Rockwell and the brothers van Eyck.\"\nGallery label from 2010."}
{"text":"Ancient Ireland was such a healthy place no poisonous plant could grow and cattle had to be restrained from over-eating in case they burst! In early Irish legend it wasn't St Patrick who expelled the snakes from Ireland, but Moses! A frog foretold the victory of the Normans in Ireland; the last wolf in Ireland was killed in Carlow in 1786; a cure for burns was to be licked by a person who had licked a lizard.\nThis compilation of folklore, legends, and history relating to animals in Ireland includes description of their relations with people and being hunted for food, fur, sport, or as vermin, and their position today. How and when non-native animals arrived in Ireland is discussed and how the boundary between wild and domestic animals has been more uncertain than people realise.\nIreland's Animals: Myths, Legends and Folklore book ends with an imaginative section inspired by stories of animal transformation, looking at twelve animals and how we can visualise ourselves as having their special qualities and so enrich our lives and deal with situations differently.\nThere are currently no reviews for this product. Be the first to review this product!\nNiall MacCoitir grew up in a bilingual environment in Dublin with a love of Irish history, culture and nature instilled into him. After graduating from University College Dublin, he worked for Dublin County Council and now works for Fingal County Council. His previous books are Irish Trees: Myths, Legends and Folklore (2003) and Irish Wild Plants: Myths, Legends & Folklore (2006)."}
{"text":"Most of the time, when someone says the Buddha, it’s in reference to the historical person who founded Buddhism. This was a man originally named Siddhartha Gautama who lived in what is now northern India and Nepal about twenty-five centuries ago.\nBuddha Is Not a Name\nBuddha is not a name, but a title. It is a Sanskrit word that means “a person who is awake.” What a buddha is awake to is the true nature of reality.\nWho Is the Buddha? by Barbara O’Brien\nI think that the article Who Was the Buddha? written by Barbara O’Brien and published on the website The Lions Roar provides one the easiest to understand explanations of who was the Buddha and what is Buddhism.\nSimply put, Buddhism teaches that we all live in a fog of illusions created by mistaken perceptions and “impurities” — hate, greed, ignorance. A buddha is one who is freed from the fog. It is said that when a buddha dies he or she is not reborn but passes into the peace of Nirvana, which is not a “heaven” but a transformed state of existence."}
{"text":"- antonym (n.)\n- 1867, coined to serve as opposite of synonym, from Greek anti- \"equal to, instead of, opposite\" (see anti-) + -onym \"name\" (see name (n.)). Perhaps introduced to English in the book \"Synonyms and Antonyms\" (1867) by the Ven. C.J. Smith, M.A.\nUNDER the head of Synonyms and Antonyms, Archdeacon Smith arranges words which form an antithesis to one another. The word \"antonym\" is, we believe, a new formation but useful. [\"Journal of Sacred Literature,\" July 1867]\nFrench antonyme (1842), German antonym (by 1859) are older. The un-Greek alternative counterterm has been left to fade."}
{"text":"About 1928: Robert Byron, author of The Station, Athos: Treasures and Men made this picture in Xiropotamou in september during the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross.On september 27th 2013 during the same festivities we visited Xiropotamou. Although it seems quiet in the courtyard there is no seat left in the church where the ceremony lasted the whole night. I didn’t know that the church on this day was not allowed for non-Orthodox so I went in and had a quick look.\nAll seats were occupied and many Greek pilgrims were standing inside the Katholikon. Outside the church you could hear the ceremony. A few monks stood or sat near the church walls.Another picture by Robert Byron of the viale during the feast. He wrote on page 233 of The Station: ” The gate was still open and the porter expectant. All around, both in the courtyard and outside, reclined in the half-light every variety of Levantine manhood, labourers, guards, policemen, tramps, hermits, boys and old men, assembled to celebrate the Exaltation of the Cross, a ceremony not to be confused with the Invention, but supposed to have originated with the dedication of the churches built by Constantine in Jerusalem to commemorate the latter event. Here at Xerapotamou is the largest piece of the Cross on Athos, 13 inches long. Hence the special significance which the occasion assumes”.The entrance to the church with the wooden corridor to the Refectory. A friendly man invited us for the lunch, but the ceremony was not over yet. So we thanked him and got on our way to Panteleimonos to catch the boat back to Ouranoupoli."}
{"text":"China: the Middle Dynasties 698 CE\nThe early Tang period was a time of great prosperity for China, and the empire’s borders reached far out into central Asia.\nA military leader founded the Sui dynasty and reunified China, bringing an end to 350 years of division and weakness.\nThe second Sui emperor's misrule brought about the downfall of the dynasty. A few years of civil war brought one of the greatest of all Chinese dynasties to power, the Tang.\nThe last years of Xuanzong’s reign saw a terrible rebellion break out. This permanently weakened the Tang regime.\nThe end of the Tang dynasty came when China again fragmented into numerous states.\nBy 980 most of China had been reunited under the Song dynasty.\nIn 1126 the Song empire was confined to southern China by an invasion by a non-Chinese people called the Jurchen.\nBetween 1215 to 1236 the Mongols, a people from central Asia, conquered northern China.\nThe Mongol ruler Kublai Khan (Great Khan of the Mongol empire 1260 to 1294) conquered southern China.\nThe Mongol dynasty was driven from China in 1368, and the rebel leader founded a new dynasty, called the Ming."}
{"text":"Musée historique du Madawaska / Madawaska Historical Museum\nHow is made this unique region, now fractured by an international border and interprovincial border? The exhibition \"Borders challenged & Families found\" sheds new light on these issues by highlighting particularly interesting archive documents, but little known until now. For example, the visitor will see a whole atlas of old cadastral maps, georeferenced and projected on a modern map. Genealogy enthusiasts will find data on individuals and families, made accessible by the transcription, scanning and translation of new information."}
{"text":"Part of the Oxford reading tree TreeTops classics series\nMiddle Years - Key Stage 2 Learn More\nSilas Marner tells the story of Silas, wrongly accused of theft he leaves his home town to start a new life.\nHe lives a solitary existence. Then one night an unknown visitor arrives and changes his life for ever. Exciting and powerful classic stories to enrich and extend your children's reading experiences.\nTreeTops Classics are carefully adapted versions of must-read stories which introduce your readers to significant authors, powerful plots and characters that have stood the test of time.\nThese abridged versions of classics have been sensitively adapted by top children's authors to ensure that language and content is appropriate, but remain faithful to the original.\nThese enchanting stories willappeal to all your junior readers and introduce them to a rich literary heritage.\nEach book includes author biographies and notes to help with historical and social context and any challenging vocabulary, ensuring the books are easily accessible. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading.\nHelp with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book."}
{"text":"Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery\nHenry Lewis escaped from his owner in Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada by fleeing to Schenectady, New York. Sometime later he wrote to his ex-owner, William Jarvis, to request he be allowed to buy his own freedom from Jarvis.\nHenry Lewis's letter of 1794 provides some indication of his motives:\nClick to see a larger image (185K)\nUnidentified man, [ca. 1875]\nAlvin McCurdy fonds\nReference Code: F 2076-16-4-6\nArchives of Ontario, I0024805\nHannah Jarvis incorrectly wrote about the Slave Act that Simcoe . . .\n\"has by a piece of chacanery freed all the negroes...\"\nJarvis was the Provincial Secretary of Upper Canada, one of several in Simcoe's administration who owned slaves.\nSlave owners advertised when slaves fled their service, either by offering a reward for return of the slave of warning others not to harbour or employ the recalcitrant slave.\nThe Reverend John Stuart from Kingston, an Anglican minister, seemed baffled that his slave fled on at least two occasions. The unnamed \"negro boy\" must have been desperate to get away, fleeing in such terrible weather that his hands and feet froze during the escape.\nJames Ford was once a slave in the American colonies who had purchased his freedom. Much later, Ford's daughter recalled:\nMatthew Elliot, a Loyalist who came from Virginia during the American Revolution, probably had as many as sixty slaves living in the huts behind his home in Fort Malden (now Amherstburg)."}
{"text":"Earlier this summer, we warned you about the Echizen jellyfish — creatures that can weigh hundreds of pounds. But a group of high schoolers have found a use for sea monsters: turn them into candy and feed them to astronauts.\nA few years ago, students at the Obama Fisheries High School in Fukui Prefecture developed a method of processing the monstrous jellyfish into an edible powder, which has been used to make cookies. But lately, raw caramel has been all the rage in Japan, prompting the students to try their hands at sea creature-based caramels. Adding sugar and starch syrup to the jellyfish powder, they have produced a sweet and salty candy.\nIt was a NASA-designed food safety management system that kicked off this jellyfish cuisine in the first place, and the high school is looking to give something back to the space program. The students have a meeting this week with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to make their caramels an official part of the menu aboard the International Space Station.\nSpace caramel made from giant jellyfish [Pink Tentacle]"}
{"text":"IELTS Speaking Test 16\nIELTS Speaking Test: Part-1\nThe examiner asks the candidate about him/herself, his/her home, work or studies, and other familiar topics.\nDiscussion about: Foreign visits\n- What is your name?\n- What countries have you visited?\n- Which country would you specially like to visit? Why?\n- What are the best ways to know about a foreign country?\n- In what ways the English speaking countries are different from your country?\nIELTS Speaking Test: Part-2\nYou will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.\nDescribe a nearby convenience shop. In your answer you should include:\n- What its name is.\n- How long you have been shopping there.\n- What things are available there.\n- How the shopkeeper is.\n- Why you shop there.\n- What you find remarkable about the shop.\nIELTS Speaking Test: Part-3\nDetailed discussion Topic: Price Hike\n- It is alleged that the prices of commodities are rising in different cities of the world. Do you think it is normal?\n- What things do you think responsible for the price hike?\n- How can the price of commodities be controlled?\n- How will the prices of commodities be in your country after ten years?"}
{"text":"The future users of the built environment will include a wide range of autonmous agents, such as servicing robots and autonomous wheelchairs. This research investigates effects of common building materials on the Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) device to provide guidance for the development of autonomous/robotic-friendly environments. The LiDAR is used commonly in autonomous vehicles for navigation and collision detection.\nThe results of this study demonstrate how various materials (particularity glass) provide missing or inaccurate data (measurements) leading to potentially dangerous situations in the context of indoor autonomous mobility. Finally, the research proposes techniques and ideas helping designers to develop new materials with autonomous vehicle friendly characteristics.\nVideo of the experiment setup and testing\nMultiple samples of base measurements and architectural glass were used in the experiment. Nine glass samples, two plastic samples, a steel perforated\nplate, clear glass, opaque plastic, and a cardboard material were used.\nThe hardware setup (figures below) consists of a Ø12 mm lead screw with an anti-backlash nut, a 12 V 1.4-amp Nema 17 stepper motor, an Arduino Uno, and\na TB6600 motor driver with 1/16 micro-stepping enabled. A basic program for controlling the motor and receiving LIDAR data through serial communication\nwas implemented on the Arduino. Python programming language with the pySerial module was used to send and receive data with the Arduino.\nThree measurement positions were installed with brackets on the baseboard: (1) a distance of 55 cm from the LIDAR at a 90-degree angle (perpendicular\nto the LIDAR ray), (2) 106 cm from the LIDAR at 90 degrees, and (3) 106 cm from the LIDAR with a 45-degree angle\nData and Analysis\nThe experiment was conducted multiple times to validate consistency (the level of errors) between each pass. The diagram below show each pass separately."}
{"text":"The eighth day of the holiday of Sukkot is actually a separate holiday called Shemini Atzeret. It means \"the eighth day of the assembly.\"\nThe Israelites gather for seven days around the Temple in Jerusalem, and they are just not ready to go home yet, because they are having so much fun. So they stretch the seven-day holiday into one more day.\nThese days, Shemini Atzeret is one day long in Israel and two days long outside of Israel. In Israel, the first day of Shemini Atzeret is Simchat Torah (meaning, the Happiness of the Torah). Outside of Israel, Simchat Torah falls on the second day of Shemini Atzeret -- so we actually get nine days of holiday!\nI hope you plan on making a beautiful flag that you can wave high above your head when you join the Torah procession. Remember, on this day we finish reading the Torah and we start all over again without even taking a breath! The cycle of Torah reading is like the cycle of the seasons. On Simchat Torah, we also pray for rain. It is time for the rain to bless our earth throughout the fall and winter months so that when the spring comes round again we will be able to decorate our Passover table with colorful flowers!\nWe welcome your feedback.\nYour information will not be shared or sold without your consent. Get all the details.\nTerms of Service\nJewishJournal.com has rules for its commenting community.Get all the details.\nJewishJournal.com reserves the right to use your comment in our weekly print publication."}
{"text":"Some of the poorest cities in the nation are in Upstate New York, where Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse lag the nation when it comes to reducing poverty, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.\nRochester (15th), Buffalo (16th) and Syracuse (29th) had some of the highest poverty rates out of the nation's 589 largest cities in 2015, according to the data.\nIn each of the cities, more than 30 percent of the population lives in poverty, defined as households that had an income below $24,257 last year for a family of four.\nThe poorest city in the U.S. was Flint, Mich., with an estimated 40.8 percent of its population living in poverty, followed by Camden, N.J. with a poverty rate of 40.5 percent, the report found.\nIn New York, the statewide poverty rate declined from 15.9 percent in 2014 to 15.4 percent in 2015 - a slower pace than the rest of the country.\nOverall, the nation's poverty rate declined to 13.5 percent in 2015, down 1.3 percent from the previous year. No state saw an increase in poverty during the past year.\nSearch our database below to see poverty rates for all of the largest cities across New York and the U.S."}
{"text":"Practise counting up to 50. Try starting from different numbers.\nCount you count back from 50 all the way to 0.\nYou can use a number line to help you.\nChallenge: Can you say 1 more or 1 less than any number up to 50?Extra challenge: Can you say how many tens and ones there are in a number up to 50?"}
{"text":"A Glimpse into the Lives of Colonial Asians\nMUMBAI, August 6, 2010 - In a visual presentation, Asia in Those Days, collector and author Thomas Brandt provided a fascinating glimpse into colonial Asian\nlife using pictures, lithographs, and metal engravings from colonial Asia.\nThese were accompanied by extracts from historical travel reports and clippings from the first English-language\nnewspapers published by Europeans in Asia.\nBrandt revealed much about the\ninteractions and relationships between Europeans and Asians during colonial\ntimes. Where others focus on large historical events and trends, Brandt's\nlighter approach provided insights into daily lives of people from all places\nand sections of society in Asia.\nHe explained how Europeans and\nAsians alike reacted to the changes brought by colonialism, and how they\nsometimes amusingly refused to adapt. As people travelled and\nencountered outsiders in their own lands, Brandt showed the lengths they went\nto in order to maintain customs that bolstered them, and to subvert ones that\nHis research shed light on a\nrange of aspects of peoples' lives, including their food, hygiene issues,\nsocial interactions, transportation, accomodations, entertainment, languages,\nand business strategies. Brandt's depictions of how people struggled with poverty\nand the contingencies of the weather, businesses, and fortune reminded the\naudience of the luxuries that modern technologies and discoveries have allowed.\nBrandt's unique lens into colonial life in Asia provided a refreshing and\ninformative glance into life in those days, providing a captivating perspective\ninto the degree of globalization prevalent at the turn of the last century, and the many responses to it."}
{"text":"Why Isn’t There One Standard Polishing Process?\nWhy isn’t there one standard polishing process?\nHere’s a key reason why we don’t have one standard polishing process: Single-fiber and multi-fiber ferrules are composed of different materials and have different shapes, diameters, hardness, and tolerances.\nHere are two quick examples:\nSingle-fiber ferrules are often pre-shaped with either a flat surface or a conical tip (with various conical angles like 45-60 degrees) and pre-domed, or even pre-angled and pre-domed.\nZirconia ferrules are available in several diameters: 2.5mm, 1.58mm, 1.25mm, and 1.0mm.\nCompounding this, there are many different connector components with considerations such as spring force and dimensional tolerances. For single fiber connectors, the most common material is ceramic, yet some are stainless steel. Multifiber ferrules are made of a type of plastic (a glass-filled polymer).\nREAD THE FULL BLOG ARTICLE HERE: Why isn’t there one standard polishing procedure?"}
{"text":"As you age, your teeth age too. Decay, fillings, trauma or even just normal chewing habits can make your teeth break down over time. A Gold dental crown or a cap is a cover that is placed over a tooth to protect a weakened tooth from further fracturing or deteriorating. A gold crown could also be used to protect a tooth that has had a root canal. Lastly, a new gold crown is necessary to simply replace an old worn down or defective crown.\nAs a rule; the more precious metal or gold content in the metal the better the fit and better for the health of the gums around the crown. Keep in mind that fit is an important factor in sealing out the bacteria that tries to get between the crown and the tooth, possibly causing decay and premature failure of the crown.\nThe Gold Crown Treatment\nIt normally takes two visits for your dentist to complete your crown. On your first visit your dentist will shape and prepare the tooth so the crown can properly fit over it. Next, an impression of the tooth is taken and a temporary crown is inserted to protect the prepared tooth. This impression is then sent to a dental laboratory where a custom-fit permanent crown is made.\nOn your second visit the permanent crown is placed. If the fit and shape of the crown are satisfactory your dentist will proceed with permanently cementing it into place.\nGold Crown Post Treatment Expectations\nAfter the successful completion of the crown it is not uncommon to feel some discomfort, mild pain when you chew, or sensitivity to temperature changes for a few days. Also, if your newly cemented porcelain crown feels too tall or your bite doesn’t feel right, you should contact your dentist.\nCleaning Your Crown\nPlease keep in mind that the longevity of your crown depends in large part on the materials in the crown, as well as your oral hygiene, diet and the health of the supporting tooth and gums. It is important to maintain all of your teeth with proper brushing and flossing."}
{"text":"SRA20 albedometer is an instrument that measures global and reflected solar radiation and the solar albedo, or solar reflectance, with the highest accuracy. It is composed of two SR20 secondary standard pyranometers with thermopile sensors; the upfacing one measuring global solar radiation, the downfacing one measuring reflected solar radiation. SRA20 complies with the latest ISO and WMO standards.\n- global solar radiation and reflected solar radiation\n- albedo or solar reflectance\n- net solar radiation\nor contact us: email@example.com"}
{"text":"Why don’t we have robots taking care of our every need by now? A little history of the field of robotics might help you understand how hard it is to get machines to perform tasks, and how far we’ve come in just a few decades.\nStop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, or even use Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for MakeCode, CircuitPython, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand."}
{"text":"Coulomb's Law Lab\nIn this program you will be looking at the factors that affect the force between two charged pith balls. You will be determining the force based on the angle to which the pith ball is moved when in the vicinity of the other charged object.\nYou will be able to change the strength and type of charge. You will also be able to change the distance between the charges.\nWhen you are ready to start the problem, click on the begin button."}
{"text":"Centralised crypto is a digital asset designed to be employed as a medium of exchange. crypto-coins may be found through mining. Any person is able to do this if they have a a computer. Mining requires a great deal of hours and electricity, though. A high-powered computer is also vital, to do this successfully. Conversely, Ripple is a centralised resource, which can't be mined. A finite amount of coins were generated by the company and this number will never be exceeded."}
{"text":"Michael Carter, a historian at English Heritage, an organization that manages more than 400 historic buildings, found the objects listed on a 580-year-old inventory for Battle Abbey in Sussex, southeast England.\nHighlights from the list of 175 individual objects include a hair shirt and finger bone believed to have belonged to St. Nicholas — better known as Santa Claus — and relics from Christ’s birthplace.\nThe relic inventory is one of roughly 30 to have survived from medieval England.\nWilliam the Conqueror, who seized the English throne by winning the Battle of Hastings in 1066, is believed to have built Battle Abbey on the site of his victory over Harold II, the Anglo-Saxon king.\nAmong other objects, William the Conqueror is thought to have gifted relics of several of the Holy Innocents — infant boys slaughtered in Bethlehem on the orders of King Herod — to the monastery, according to a statement from English Heritage.\nThe organization also said William the Conqueror was a “notorious Scrooge” when it came to making gifts English abbeys — but that Battle Abbey was an exception.\nAnother royal gift was presented to the monks of the abbey in 1200, when King John — who was later forced to sign the Magna Carta charter of rights — gave them relics believed to be from Christ’s tomb and his “True Cross.”\nCarter said he was thrilled to think he might be the first person in half a millennium to comprehensively study the “glorious list” from Battle Abbey.\n“It’s fascinating how connections to our Christmas today, can be traced back almost a thousand years and despite Henry VIII’s violent suppression (of the monasteries during the English Reformation), these great monasteries are still giving up their secrets”, Carter added.\nHis research is published in the December issue of The Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies.\nThe relics manuscript is housed in the Huntington collection in California."}
{"text":"Geikie Gorge (known locally as Darngku) is a feature of the Napier Range and is located within the grounds of Geikie Gorge National Park, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Fitzroy Crossing, 1,831 km (1,138 mi) northeast of Perth and 420 km (260 mi) east of Broome in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia. Believed to be one of the best-known and most easily accessed, the gorge is named in honour of Sir Archibald Geikie, the Director General of Geological Survey for Great Britain and Ireland when it was given its European name in 1883.\nAlong with Tunnel Creek and Windjana Gorge, Geikie Gorge is part of an ancient barrier reef that developed during the Devonian Period. The walls of the gorge are 30 metres high. The eight kilometer gorge was created by the flowing waters of the Fitzroy River, which still flows through the region and the wildlife present in the Gorge includes: the freshwater crocodile, Leichhardt's sawfish and Coach-whip stingrays.\n- Amanda Banks (2005-11-02). \"Hunt for Lost German Tourist Intensifies\". The Australian. Retrieved 2008-04-28.[dead link]\n- Burt, Jocelyn (1996). Discover Western Australia. UWA Press. ISBN 187556084X.\n- \"Fitzroy Crossing\". The Age. 2004-02-08. Retrieved 2008-04-28.\n- \"Side Trips\". The New York Times. 20 November 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2008.\n- Daly, Margo; Anne Dehne; David Leffman; Chris Scott (2003). The Rough Guide to Australia. Rough Guides. p. 779. ISBN 1843530902.\n- Burt, Jocelyn. Kimberley: Australia's Unique North West. UWA Press. p. 71. ISBN 1920694153.\n|This article about a location in Western Australia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.|"}
{"text":"Our cells have an internal skeleton that gives them support and shape. Made from protein structures, this cytoskeleton can disassemble and regroup allowing the cell to carry out new functions. Pictured is a ball of kidney cells. Structural proteins (in green and purple) highlight the outer edges. When treated with a growth factor the skeleton of each cell extends. The resulting protrusions help cells move with an amoeba-like crawl. Although the mechanics of travelling cells have been well documented in 2D, this research is the first observation in a 3D environment. This model system will help researchers understand how organs develop, in ever more detail.\nWritten by Charles Harvey\nBPoD stands for Biomedical Picture of the Day. Managed by the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre the website aims to engage everyone, young and old, in the wonders of biomedicine. Images are kindly provided for inclusion on this website through the generosity of scientists across the globe."}
{"text":"Cup a hand over an injured eye, try not to blink, and let your tears flow freely. Tears form a protective film, whereas rubbing may cause a foreign object to cut the eye or a liquid irritant to spread further.\nIf a foreign object can’t be removed, or if the eye still hurts after the object is out, the eyeball may have been cut. Close the eye, and cover it with a pad of cotton wool, gauze, or a folded handkerchief extending from the forehead to the cheek. Tape the pad in place to keep eye movement to a minimum until you get to a doctor.\nA blow that causes a black eye can also injure the eye itself, causing internal bleeding leading to infection. Cover the eye with a cold compress, then have a doctor examine it.\nRarely, a splinter or other sharp object impales the eye. Don’t pull the object out. Cover the eye and the object with a paper cup, or bend a sturdy piece of paper into a cone. Tape that protection in place while the person is transported to the hospital.\nChemicals splashed into the eye must be washed out instantly before you even take time to call a doctor. Have the person lie flat on his back near a sink or hose. Hold the eyelids open with thumb and finger and pour water gently but generously over the eye for 15 minutes."}
{"text":"Consider a Draw program such as the PowerPoint slide editor. A user can create and place different shapes such as ovals, polygons, lines and other shapes. A Connector is a special line that runs from one shape to another. The line will always connect the two shapes even if the shapes move. This program implements the shape:move: operation.\nA a PowerPoint presentation of the example is here.\nTHIS EXAMPLE HAS LIMITED FUNCTIONALITY\nA constraint of this example is that the code shall be so simple that it can be explained in a regular talk. The code is therefore limited to a single connector. Also, Context classes are subclasses of BB1Context, the context base class that provides general runtime mechanisms. In this case, the remap method has been overridden to make the binding mechanism easier to explain (but not as general).\nA NOTE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION\nThere is one Context class with one system operation\nshape: aShape move: aPoint inData: drawing\nThe code can be read and run in BabyIDE.\nThe informal code can be read in the HTML-file for the constrained version with a single Connector:\nA version without the above restriction illustrates the use of Roles mapped to collection objects\nThere is a toggle for choosing between the versions at the top of the documents."}
{"text":"As always in Kirigami, only one sheet of worked paper makes the 3D object, and it is still intact. The folding of all the forms out and forward from the prime axis leaves a hole where that material was lifted away from the middle of the paper. The piece shown here is attached to an identical sheet behind it. This is done to fill the hole as though the sheet were both cut and uncut, and it enhances the 3D effect as follows.\nTurning the piece, one finds many unique angles at which the eye projects from a color streak on the 3D figure, back to its place of overlap on the two background planes. Follow the colored stripes outward as the colors merge in certain frames.\nThe cubes are sitting in a sunny space where they may be grazed by color streaks. Or, maybe the colors have just streaked out of them because they were opened?\nThis Kirigami is bit of a mechanical puzzle: how can this airy thing be folded up from one piece of paper? I had found this interesting model on Pinterest:\nAs a novice paper folder, I wanted to diagram the underlying architecture of this piece. Once I had grasped its plan, just to make sure that I had really understood it, I added a fourth floater:\nNotice the lines behind it? That’s the blueprint for cutting and folding it. It’s clearly shown here:\nThe pop-up action mechanism is revealed by comparing this diagram to this partially folded state:\nThis material is Frosted Gold, Canford Card; I think it would also look cool in sheet brass. The diagram is available from me upon request.\nMy learning curve has been greatly eased since I’ve started using an extension called Origami in Adobe Illustrator. It simulates folding of the working model (here, the ‘top’ is to the right):\nIt can zoom, tilt and rotate the working model. Mistaken lines in one’s structural diagram are all specifically located, so it is a great tool for self-directed study."}
{"text":"1880 – Fedor von Bock was born on the 3rd of December in Küstrin, Germany.\n1897 – He attended a military academy then joined the German Army.\n– At the age of 17, von Bock became an officer candidate in the Imperial Foot Guards Regiment at Potsdam; he received an officer’s commission a year later.\n– He entered service with the rank of Sekondeleutnant.\n1905 – Bock married Mally von Reichenbach, a young Prussian noblewoman, whom he had originally met in Berlin.\n1908 – He was promoted to the rank of Oberleutnant.\n1914 – By the time the First World War began, von Bock was a Hauptmann.\n– He was assigned as a divisional staff officer in von Rupprecht’s army group on the Western Front.\n1918 – Served in the First World War and had attained the rank of major.\n1939 – Assigned to lead Army Group North during the successful invasion of Poland.\n– After his success with the blitzkrieg against France, Belgium, and The Netherlands, he was promoted to field marshal.\n1941 – Served as Army Group Center’s commander during the attack on the Soviet Union.\n– Invaded Soviet-occupied Poland, destroying the non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviets.\n– He was dismissed from his post as Commander of Army Group Center.\n1942 – Re-assigned to lead Army Group South in January.\n– In July, Hitler blamed him for the failure of \"Operation Braunschweig\".\n1945 – Von Bock was killed in an Allied bombing raid at Hamburg on 4th of May."}
{"text":"Supercooled superconductors are already levitating trains magnetically and imaging magnetically, motivating researchers worldwide to speculate that magnetism is the common source for superconductivity. Look for room temperature superconductors by the middle of the century. R.C.J.\nOak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are citing evidence that high-temperature superconductivity derives from the same mechanisms regardless of material That finding has prompted speculation that magnetic spin excitations that couple electrons is the key ingredient for superconductivity. Spin excitations in a superconducting material's performed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory support the theory that magnetic properties cause high-temperature superconductivity. High-temperature superconductivity could result in ultra-fast electronic devices that capitalize on high-speed electrons traveling in a material whose resistance has been reduced to zero. Levitating trains, ultra-sensitive sensors called superconducting quantum interference devices and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging use superconductors. Superconductor devices must be super-cooled, which relegates their use to high-end applications. If room-temperature superconductors could be perfected, then electronic devices could operate faster through electron transport without resistance.\nFull Text: http://bit.ly/aILXHK"}
{"text":"Fiber pots are useful for starting tomato plants. With only starter mix or potting soil in the fiber pots, tomatoes can take root and grow to the seedling stage. Fiber pots allow for easy transplanting of tomato plants into the ground or into larger planters.\nTo start a tomato in a fiber pot, fill it with starter mix or potting soil. Some gardeners may want to add fertilizer as well. Plant at least two seeds in each fiber pot. Once the seedlings are around 3 inches tall and have some sturdy leaves on them, they are ready to be transplanted.\nAfter the hole for the plant is dug, tear down the side of the fiber pot, and open the bottom. If the roots have already begun growing through the fiber pot, be sure not to tear through them. After transplanting, the fiber planter deteriorates in the ground. This method of transplanting significantly reduces the shock to the plants and is also more environmentally friendly.\nTomatoes do not have to be transplanted into the ground and can be grown successfully instead in large planters. However, tomatoes need a porous container to grow in. Fiber pots work well for this and are often easier for the gardener to use as well."}
{"text":"Soy lecithin, which has changed the nature of cholesterol, could serve as a \"bulldozzer\" bad cholesterol in the blood.\nSo that cholesterol does not cause a disaster for your body, surely the most do is to reduce levels of bad cholesterol (LDL) and triglycerides, and raise levels of good cholesterol (HDL). But how to raise HDL's? Certainly many, such as by exercising half an hour per day, not smoking, not consuming alcohol, and lose weight for those who are obese or overweight.\nThere are a lot of isoflavones in soybean has long been able to increase HDL. American Hearth Association research shows that consumption of soy products during the 3rd month in a row to increase the HDL an average of 4.7%. Research shows, the risk of heart attacks fell 2% to the decrease in total cholesterol 1%.\nIn soybeans, isoflavones that play a role not only positively related to the risk of cholesterol. Soy lecithin, which has the properties of the emulsion cholesterol, could serve as a bulldozer bad cholesterol in the blood.\nIn addition, vitamin E, soy can help prevent coronary heart disease and stroke. Because one of the benefits of vitamin E is to prevent LDL oxidation, so it does not form plaques that can clog arteries. This vitamin is able to rejuvenate the back so the back elastic artery.Then folic acid, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 is also able to prevent coronary disease by stimulating the enzyme for homocysteine metabolism (which causes blood to clot easily)\nSo SOYBEAN IS BULLDOZER FOR BAD CHOLESTEROL IN BLOOD.\nHopefully this information is useful for us all. Remember, it's better to prevent before getting sick."}
{"text":"Meaning of Foil\nBangla: তবক, পাত, পরাভব, বাধা, ধাতুপাত, পত্র\nNoun / বিশেষ্য / संज्ञा\nto prevent the success of; frustrate; balk: Loyal troops foiled his attempt to overthrow the government.\nto keep (a person) from succeeding in an enterprise, plan, etc.\nArchaic. a defeat; check; repulse.\nmetal in the form of very thin sheets: aluminum foil.\nthe metallic backing applied to glass to form a mirror."}
{"text":"Sheffield is a civilised city and this virtual walk shows something of how this has been achieved. You will learn of buildings and structures, various forms of transport (road, rail, tram and water) and the bridges they need together with hidden essentials like water supply and drainage.\nYou will learn something about where they are and the stories behind these. You will see different materials being used in different forms - all designed and constructed by engineers applying science and using engineering principles.\nLeaflets giving the basic details of this walking trail are available from the author or via Sheffield central library.\nThe event is part of Heritage Open Days 2021.\nFor more information please contact:"}
{"text":"Learn how-to solder kit\n- uses 0805 1% resistors.\n- 6 digits resistor (1 to 999.999 ohm).\n- easy to solder.\n- comes with all the needed parts.\nAlways wanted to learn how to solder SMD? We designed this small (5x5cm) PCB on which 36 0805 resistors needed to placed. 0805 packages (0.08″x0.05″ or 2.0mm x 1.2mm) we think are a great trade off between size and solderability, so almost everyone can manage to do it. All you need is a small tip soldering iron, 0,5-0,8mm solder (leaded or unleaded) and solderingflux. Please take a look at this video how to solder small parts.\nWhen all the resistors are soldered you’ll end up with a variable resistor (1 to 999.999 ohm) which comes in handy for prototyping your next project.\nStatus: available in the store."}
{"text":"The Christian life is a lot like building a Lego model—examples help. Check out some thoughts about this week’s Sunday School lesson on Acts 20-23 in our video preview.\nYou can also get some ideas for discussing this passage in the following excerpt from our Early Childhood and Early Elementary curricula:\nSet up learning stations throughout your classroom. The first station is Ephesus. Walk your class Ephesus and explain that Paul traveled to Ephesus, where he decides to go to Jerusalem and Rome. Have money at the first station and ask the students to collect it all for you.\nThe second station is nearby. Walk through “Ephesus” and imitate Paul’s encouragement of the Ephesian leaders by encouraging your class. Compliment their attentiveness or other good behavior. Discuss how Paul made himself the example for the Ephesian elders to follow.\nTake a boat ride to the next station, Caesarea. Have the class pretend they are rowing with you as you walk. While there, act out the prophesy of Agabus. Walk to you final station, Jerusalem. Have all the students talk at once to simulate the riot. Quiet them, then share a synopsis of Paul’s message to the crowd.\nFinally, have them pretend to sleep. Give the key verse and discuss how Paul was encouraged by the Lord.\n© 2005 Grace Community Church. All Rights Reserved."}
{"text":"Implements (object genre)\nThis chopping machine is an example of the many 19th century inventions to make food preparation easier. The meat or vegetables to be chopped were placed in the bowl and the handle was cranked. The chopping blade moved up and down while the bowl rotated, so that the blade hit a different portion of the food each time.\nKitchen utensilsCookingUnited StatesHistory\nNo linguistic content\nMichigan State University. Museum"}
{"text":"This package aims to perform the fiddly details of instantiating induction\nschemas for algebraic data types. The library is parameterised over\nthe type of variables (\nv), constructors (\nc) and types (\nLet's see how it looks if you instantiate all these three with String and want\nto do induction over natural numbers. First, one needs to create a type\nTyEnv. For every type (we only have one), we need to list its\nconstructors. For each constructor, we need to list its arguments and whether\nthey are recursive or not.\ntestEnv :: TyEnv String String testEnv \"Nat\" = Just [ (\"zero\",) , (\"succ\",[Rec \"Nat\"]) ] testEnv _ = Nothing\nNow, we can use the\nsubtermInduction to get induction hypotheses which are\njust subterms of the conclusion. Normally, you would translate the\nObligations to some other representation, but there is also\nlinearisation functions included (\nlinObligations, for instance.)\nnatInd :: [String] -> [Int] -> IO () natInd vars coords = putStrLn $ render $ linObligations strStyle $ unTag (\\(x :~ i) -> x ++ show i) $ subtermInduction testEnv typed_vars coords where typed_vars = zip vars (repeat \"Nat\")\nThe library will create fresh variables for you (called\nbut you need to remove them, using for instance\nunTag. If you want to sync\nit with your own name supply, use\nAn example invocation:\n*Mini> natInd [\"X\"]  P(zero). ! [X1 : Nat] : (P(X1) => P(succ(X1))).\nThis means to do induction on the zeroth coord (hence the\n0), and the variable\nis called \"X\". When using the library, it is up to you to translate the\nP predicate to something meaningful.\nWe can also do induction on several variables:\n*Mini> natInd [\"X\",\"Y\"] [0,1] P(zero,zero). ! [Y3 : Nat] : (P(zero,Y3) => P(zero,succ(Y3))). ! [X1 : Nat] : (P(X1,zero) => P(succ(X1),zero)). ! [X1 : Nat,Y3 : Nat] : (P(X1,Y3) & P(X1,succ(Y3)) & P(succ(X1),Y3) => P(succ(X1),succ(Y3))).\nIn the last step case, all proper subterms of\nsucc(X1),succ(Y3) are used as\nA bigger example is in\nexample/Example.hs in the distribution."}
{"text":"Bones Home > Symptoms of Achondroplasia\nOccurring in all people with the bone growth disorder, short stature is a characteristic symptom of achondroplasia. Health problems that may occur in someone with achondroplasia include obesity, breathing disorders, and recurrent ear infections. Other achondroplasia symptoms include short fingers, short arms and legs, and an enlarged head.\nAn Overview of Achondroplasia SymptomsAchondroplasia is a bone growth disorder. Although achondroplasia literally means \"without cartilage formation,\" the problem is not the forming of cartilage. The problem occurs when the cartilage has difficulty converting to bone, especially in the long bones of the arms and legs.\nShort StatureAll people with achondroplasia have a short stature. The average height of an adult male with achondroplasia is 131 centimeters (52 inches, or 4 feet 4 inches), and the average height of an adult female with achondroplasia is 124 centimeters (49 inches, or 4 feet 1 inch).\n- An average-size trunk.\n- Short arms and legs with particularly short upper arms and thighs.\n- An enlarged head (macrocephaly) with a prominent forehead.\n- Fingers are typically short. The ring finger and middle finger may diverge, giving the hand a three-pronged (trident) appearance.\nPeople with achondroplasia are generally of normal intelligence.\nHealth Problems As Symptoms of AchondroplasiaHealth problems commonly associated with achondroplasia include:\n- Breathing disorders (apnea)\n- Recurrent ear infections (otitis media).\nAdults with achondroplasia usually develop a pronounced and permanent sway of the lower back (lordosis) and bowed legs. Achondroplasia can also cause back pain in older individuals, which can cause difficulty with walking."}
{"text":"Lesson 6: The Knight: Its strength and weakness\nIn this lesson, you will learn about a special piece the Knight - the only one that can jump over other pieces, which can make it especially powerful. You will see a number of examples of the famous fork and family fork by the Knight, as well as how the Knight can trap other pieces including the enemy King (smothered mate).\nCustomer ReviewsNo reviews have been found\nLogin to add review\nBuy this product to add review"}
{"text":"Conrod Dick was born about 1725 in Germany. Conrod and his wife, Anna Catherine, were living in Frederick County, Maryland\nas early as 15 August 1755. At that time all of a tract of land called \"Mon Hime\", lying on a small creek leading into Beaver\nDam Branch in Frederick County, Maryland containing 100 acres was surveyed and patented to Conrod Dick. Beaver Dam Branch\nis a branch of Little Pipe Creek.\nConrod and Catherine Dick, she relinquishing her dower right, sold this land to William Aldridge on 23 March 1764, after\nwhich they left Frederick County. Conrod was called a weaver in the deed. “Mon Hime“, apparently, was his own\nname for the land and may have been named for the township of Manheim in Lancaster County, PA. There is also a village of\nManheim in Bavaria located about 80 miles south of Nurnbery in Germany.\nOn 28 March 1758 Maris Catherine Dick, daughter\nof Conrod Dick, and his wife, Anna Catherine, were christened in the German Reformed Church of Frederick County, Maryland.\npurchased 200 acres of land from Martin Sheets in Rowan County, North Carolina in 1774. The land was located on Hodge's Fork,\na branch of the Uwaree River, now in Davidson or Randolph County. He sold this land to Adam Bowers on 20 December 1785. Conrod\nDick was granted 70 acres of land on Rones Creek in Wilkes County, North Carolina, 28 November 1792. He died about 1797 in\nWilkes County, North Carolina, presumably on this land."}
{"text":"Optical illusions based on movement can be constructed in a variety of ways. Here we explore spinning disks and color wheels using simple patterns that create some spectacular optical illusions. The interactive Java tutorials listed below contain a combination of different patterns for your enjoyment.\nEach pattern takes approximately 8-15 seconds to download over a 28.8K modem.\nDisk Pattern #1 - A Java-powered circular pattern rotates over a fixed black and white bitmap image that is a 12-sided radial polygon.\nDisk Pattern #2 - Another circular pattern that rotates clockwise or counterclockwise over a red rounded-triangle pattern.\nDisk Pattern #3 - A red radial pattern intertwines with a black radial pattern to create unusual color effects.\nDisk Pattern #4 - This tutorial superimposes a black radial pattern over a yellow fixed radial pattern.\nDisk Pattern #5 - The radial black pattern now rotates over a fixed radial pattern made with wavy black and yellow lines.\nDisk Pattern #6 - When the radial black pattern is rotated over a yellow and black polygon, the illusion of falling into a tunnel is produced.\nQuestions or comments? Send us an email.\n© 1995-2013 by Michael W. Davidson, Kirill I. Tchourioukanov, and The Florida State University. All Rights Reserved. No images, graphics, software, scripts, or applets may be reproduced or used in any manner without permission from the copyright holders. Use of this website means you agree to the Legal Terms and Conditions set forth by the owners.\nThis website is maintained by our"}
{"text":"PowerPacket technology uses the same power line that provides electricity to your computer to network it to other computers in your home or office. PowerPacket uses Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) to handle high-speed data transmission between computers. Electrical wires in a home are difficult to use for deploying a network as electrical wires are always in a state of flux. OFDM can detect changes within the power line and maintain network communication even during power fluctuations. PowerPacket is designed to seamlessly coexist with existing home networking technology, including HomePNA, 802.11b and HomeRF, and can also work with older home power line technologies. PowerPacket was developed by Intellon and is used as the baseline technology for the HomePlug specification."}
{"text":"Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is a severe form of epilepsy (a seizure disorder). It usually develops in children between 1 and 8 years old and is characterized by several types of seizures (convulsions), developmental delay, and behavioral disturbances such as poor social skills and attention-seeking behavior. Most children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome experience some degree of impaired intellectual functioning or information processing. The disorder may be caused by brain injury, severe brain infections, genetic brain diseases, or developmental malformations of the brain. In some cases, no cause can be found. Seizure types, which vary among patients, include tonic (stiffening of the body, upward deviation of the eyes, dilation (enlargement) of the pupils, and altered respiratory patterns), atonic (brief loss of muscle tone and consciousness, causing abrupt falls), atypical absence (staring spells), and myoclonic (sudden muscle jerks). There may be periods of frequent seizures mixed with brief, relatively seizure-free periods.\nTreatment for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome may include anti-epileptic medication to control seizures. However, the types of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome are generally difficult to control due to their resistance to most anti-epileptic drugs."}
{"text":"Derby Racer, Revere Beach, 1911-1936\nThe concept behind the Derby Racer at Revere Beach, Massachusetts, was a fun one: Two trains raced down parallel tracks to a finish line at the bottom of the ride. You can imagine the scene as teenagers screamed and taunted one another as one car pulled ahead, then the other, through a series of dips and curves on the figure-eight-shaped course. But excitement and friendly competition often turned to tragedy thanks to the coaster's abysmal safety record.\nThings got off to a bad start in June 1911 when the treasurer of the roller coaster company was fatally injured, ironically, when he stood up to lecture other passengers about safety. The accident, which was actually the second fatality of the year, forced local officials to revoke the ride's license until workers could install brakes and safety restraints in the passenger cars [source: The New York Times, June 10, 1911 and The Boston Daily Globe, June 9, 1911, June 12, 1911]. Apparently, however, the restraints didn't do much good. In 1917 a man lost his hat as the train headed up a steep incline, and he fell out of his car while attempting to recover it. He tumbled onto the other track where he was hit by a train and dragged 35 feet (10.7 meters). He died, according to the newspaper, after breaking \"nearly every bone in [his] body\" [source: The Boston Daily Globe and July 16, 1917].\nIn 1936 the Derby Racer was demolished, but not, evidently, because of its bad reputation. The roller coaster that replaced it was simply called \"the new Derby Racer\" [source: Francis and Francis]."}
{"text":"The Festival of Bel’s Fire\nBy Springwolf, D.D., Ph.D. 🐾\nTonight at Sunset marks the beginning of a Pagan Metaphysical Sabbat (holiday) called Beltaine. By the Solar Calendar, the holiday is celebrated on May 1st. But by the Lunar Calendar it’s honored on May 6th. Many modern pagans prefer celebrating the holiday by the lunar calendar as this was probably more accurate to the original festivals of the ancient pagans. In some circles, the Sabbat is honored through out the week beginning on May 1st and ending at sunset on May 7th.\nThe Sabbat was practiced throughout the Celtic lands. Bel is well known from Italy (Cis-Alpine Gaul), Gaul, Britain, Ireland and into northern Spain. Gaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of the Gaulish language (an early variety of Celtic) native to Gaul. Continue reading"}
{"text":"In accordance with McIntosh (2008) states that the sole interest that drive the debate to hottest on this sensitive topic of sexuality is the contention to explain whether or not bisexual sexual or same gender orientation is a choice.\nTo only point out the groups of interest is this debate is members of gay community, bisexual community and lesbian community. If assumptions are anything to go by, then essentialists assume sexual orientation whether same-gender, heterosexual or bisexual is a fixed independent biological mechanism that steers individual behaviors or desires directed to either women or women irrespective of experience and circumstances faced by the individual rather than a conscious choice. On contrasting views, the social constructionism put their emphasis on the assumption that individual’s sexual orientation is constructed or chosen (Delamater and shibley 1998). There is a slight difference on the technical jargon used in social constructionism, social constructionism prefer sexual preference to essentialists’ sexual orientation. In this sense, sexual preference as used gives an insight that the role placed upon individuals in relation to determining hi or her social orientation or what one prefers. In other words, by using sexual preference it imply that individuals make a conscious, intentional choice of sexual partners or take an active part in constructing their sexuality.\nThese are just excerpts of essays for you to view. Please click on Order Now for custom essays, research papers, term papers, thesis, dissertations, case studies and book reports."}
{"text":"At times it may seem that drinking alcohol is embedded into our daily lives. We clink glasses to celebrate milestones\nand happy times, while watching sporting events and at social gatherings.\nAlthough a moderate consumption of alcohol — according to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans this means no more than one drink per day for women and no more than two drinks a day for men—may not directly impact your health, when do you know if you\nor someone you know has a problem?\nLaura Parise, MD, Psychiatrist at NorthShore, lists some of the common signs of alcoholism and alcohol abuse:\nIf you or someone you know relates to the above statement, it is recommended you seek assistance from your physician.\nWhat other information would be of interest to you about this topic?"}
{"text":"How does culture influence the artistic process? How does culture impact a community? Each of us has our own thoughts, perceptions, behaviors, and expressions based on our lived experience. Adopting a cross-cultural perspective starts with listening and learning from others who are different from us, and appreciating the beauty of how they experience and show up in the world.\nWhile we generally stay within our five boroughs, a very noticeable sculpture caught our eye In Jersey City’s Newport Pier Park. It is the permanent installation, by Internationally-known artist Jaume Plensa, entitled Water’s Soul."}
{"text":"In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Adobe Dreamweaver to add an accessible data table to a web page.\n- Accessible Tables Video Tutorial (CC)\n- Video Tutorial: Larger Version (.mov, CC)\n- Directions (HTML)\n- Print Directions (Tagged PDF)\nTo create a table in Dreamweaver:\n- With your Dreamweaver document open, choose Insert, Table.\n- Enter the desired number of columns and rows into the appropriate text fields in the Table window, and make sure the Table width is set to percent.\nThis will make it possible for the table width to change depending on the size of the browser window. The other options under table size will determine the appearance of the table:\n- Border thickness: will determine the size of the border around the table as well as between the table cells.\n- Cell padding: will add space between the text in each cell and the cell’s border.\n- Cell spacing: will add space between the table cells.\n- Under Header, choose whether you want to add headers to the columns, rows, or both.When you add a header, Dreamweaver will automatically add a Scope attribute to that header. Screen readers can use the Scope attribute to let the user know whether a header refers to a column or a row.\n- Use the Caption text box to enter the text for a label that will appear above the table.The Summary attribute is used to provide the user with some information about the structure of the table (such as the number of rows and columns) and a summary of the information that will be presented in the table.\n- When you’re finished entering the table information, choose OK to add the table to your Dreamweaver document.\n- To save the changes to your document, choose File, Save. You can preview the table by choosing File, Preview in Browser."}
{"text":"I'm just starting to learn about Web Content Accessibility and I was reading this document regarding non-text contents.\nAccording to it:\nFor non-text content that is a control or accepts user input, such as\nimages used as submit buttons, image maps or complex animations, a\nname is provided to describe the purpose of the non-text content so\nthat the person at least knows what the non-text content is and why it\ntext by which software can identify a component within Web content to\nNote 1: The name may be hidden and only exposed by assistive\ntechnology, whereas a label is presented to all users. In many (but\nnot all) cases, the label and the name are the same.\nNote 2: This is unrelated to the name attribute in HTML.\nIt depends on the control you are using. Some examples:\nInput controls, textarea:\nlabel element with the\nfor attribute, matching the\nid attribute of the element.\n<label for=\"input1\">My label</label><input type=\"text\" id=\"input1\" />\nIf you use the\nbutton element include the description inside the content\ninput[type=submit], you can use the\n<input type=\"submit\" value=\"My label\" />\nIf you want to describe an image, use the\n<img src=\"...\" alt=\"My label\" />"}
{"text":"Waste and Sustainability Workshops\nFREE Workshops for Early Learning Centres\nWaste and Recycling\nChildren will learn what goes in each colour bin, what happens to waste, and why it is important to recycle. They might even be able to teach their family and friends a thing or two!\nChildren will learn how to set up a worm farm, what to feed the worms, and the benefits of worm farming. Please ensure you have a shaded location and food scraps for your worm farm.\nFREE Workshops for Primary Schools\nEnviroMentors School Program\nPrimary schools are invited to take part in incursion-based environmental education workshops run by EnviroMentors each year. Workshops are linked to the NSW Curriculum and include topics such as recycling, sustainability, and litter.\nCouncil presents a series of environmental workshops for children aged 5-12 years each September school holidays at Nalawala Sustainability Hub. The activities are hands-on and fun!\nFREE Workshops for Adults\nCommunity Groups and English Schools\nFind out what services Council provides for residents to dispose of garbage, recycling, garden waste, and bulky household items.\nA variety of environmental workshops are available for Fairfield City Council residents on Saturdays at Nalawala Sustainability Hub. Visit Council’s Events page for more details.\nFor more information about workshops, please contact the Waste and Sustainability team on 9725 0222."}
{"text":"Eating or fueling for performance enables Soldier training, increases energy and endurance, shortens recovery time between activities, improves focus and concentration, and helps leaders and Soldiers look and feel better. Although Soldiers and leaders frequently understand the connections between nutrition and mission readiness, they also cite numerous barriers to obtaining optimal nutrition. These barriers include lack of access to healthy foods, time constraints arising from working through meals or working late, monetary constraints, and low motivation to make healthy choices. Specifically, when interviewed on what affects their nutrition, many Soldiers cited military dining facility hours, cost, location, and limited healthy options as barriers to making the healthy choice. Others indicated the prevalence of unhealthy on-base fast food options detracted from their ability and motivation to make optimal food selections."}
{"text":"Exercise is important for health, but over-exercise may be a symptom of a deeper problem. Those with eating disorders that also over-exercise may be battling deeper troubles.\nDangerous weight loss as a result of an eating disorder can get in the way of a normal menstrual cycle. But when treatment works, girls gain weight and get their cycle back.\nSelf-image affects a long line of behaviors for women when it comes to eating and diet. And unhealthy eating habits can be difficult to break.\nIt seems like weight loss trends change constantly – and there could be a new one on the horizon. However, with this new fad, the focus is not so much on what you eat, but on how long you don’t eat.\nEating disorders are complex issues that can happen in people with other psychological conditions. Although, having an eating disorder and a personality disorder may be uncommon."}
{"text":"Question: I have heartburn all the time and am also on medication for hypothyroid. Is it possible my thyroid problem is causing acid reflux?\nDr. Hibberd's answer:\nNot directly. Acid reflux happens when stomach acid backs up in the lower esophagus, causing what is referred to as GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). This usually relates to a physical gastric or esophageal disorder resulting in an incompetent sphincter that allows the acid in your stomach to move into your esophagus. Sphincter function has no direct relationship to thyroid hormone disorders.\nThyroid hormone controls metabolism rates, and helps regulate body temperature, body weight, heart rates and function, body fluid retention, and brain function.\nThat being said, hypothyroid (under-active thyroid) can lead to overweight issues and obesity, that in turn will increase the incidence of GERD.\n© 2014 NewsmaxHealth. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"The gardens were designed by the pioneering designer of public open spaces Scotsman John Claudius Loudon. He was a prolific author of gardening books and magazines and had a vision for long term planning to provide green spaces in the rapidly growing cities of Britain. In 1832, Loudon established the design theory entitled Gardenesque. In this style, attention was given to the individual plant and placement in the best conditions for them to grow to their potential. Loudon’s wife was from Birmingham and it was natural for the society to turn to him, the leading designer of his day, to create the landscape for the garden. Loudon proposed the construction of a dramatic glasshouse, but a rather more modest range built by the local firm John Jones & Co. was built which can be seen in this illustration from 1855.\nPALM HOUSE 1871\nThe Palm house designed by F. B. Osbourne a local architect gave much needed height enabling palms and tree ferns to be added to the collection.\nTHE FOUNTAIN 1850\nThe Fountain (which is the garden’s current emblem) was designed by local architect Charles Edge. It is made of Code Stone, an artificial stone much favoured in Victorian England and very resistant to acid rain. The fountain currently consists of its first tier only, we are keen to restore it to its original glory.\nLILY HOUSE 1852\nNow our Tropical house, the Lily House was added in 1852 to grow the great Amazon water lily, hence its low roof line. The photograph dates from 1910 and shows the then Curator Thomas Humphries’ daughter balanced precariously on a leaf of the plant."}
{"text":"Food processing technology research and development activities have historically been driven by large-scale manufacture upscaling drivers to profit from economies of scale. Increasing demand for high-quality food with pioneering texture profiles, consumer needs for personalised products impacting product formulation (i.e., fat, sugar and micronutrient content), and constrained availability of ingredients and resources are pressuring industrialists to utilise alternative technologies to enable a more sustainable food supply. Distributed and localised food manufacturing (DLM) has been identified as a promising strategy towards future sustainable systems with technology representing one of its cornerstones. Innovative methods and tools to support the selection of the best alternative technologies for DLM are required. This paper provides an overview of food processing technologies and includes a novel classification created to support future assessments. A novel qualitative assessment method encompassing multiple criteria to understand specific food technologies suitability for future DLM systems is presented. Finally, research benefits are explored through the application of the assessment method to several selected technologies with promising potential in future food manufacturing. The results demonstrate that this methodological approach can assist in the adoption of DLM food systems through the selection of the best technologies integrating individual manufacturer requirements."}
{"text":"Schools use cleaned rainwater for toilets\nPreventing that rainwater is wasted, has becoming increasingly important. Climate change ensures it gets warmer, and we will frequently will be surprised by sharp downpours like the warm monsoons in Asia.\nAquaflow has designed a system that collects the rain water so that it can be reused as clean toilet flushing water. A school in the Netherlands has been reusing this ‘grey’ water since 2013 and is still very pleased with the clean toilet water. Moreover, the sustainable infrastructure approach of the school is an example for children and their parents.\nClear and clean\nAquaflow is founder of the system that collects all of the rainwater from the school, purifies it and stores the water. This ‘grey’ water is used as flushing water for the toilets, and can also be used for irrigation. The water is clear and clean: all hydrocarbons and other airborne particles are filtered out. Toilet users like children and their teachers do not see, nor smell, that the flushing water is different from the drinking water.\nWith the AquaFlow system it’s easy to collect and store rainwater, for reuse. The investments are limited: a small pump, a water storage tank and – of course- the installation costs.\nFor buildings where a lot of water is used: like schools, sports centers, offices and public buildings, there is a huge advantage of harnessing and reusing the rainwater.\nBut perhaps the most important is the added value of the building for the environment:\n- no waste: a good example of building Cradle-to-Cradle\n- education: toilet users – children and adults\n- experience: creating water perception among citizens and users\nClick for the Aquaflow – company page\nFounder: Wijtze Boomsma\n- AquaFlow Don’t spill a drop of water, collect rainwater on roofs and roads\n- Double investments in water reuse in the U.S.\n- Water reuse is becoming increasingly important for modern societies\n- First Cradle-To-Cradle Business Park In The Netherlands\n- Fresh Water and Energy from WasteWater"}
{"text":"Debating Space Priorities\nIn the immediate aftermath of President Kennedy’s May 25, 1961, declaration that “we should go to the Moon,” and for most of the following twenty months, there was very little Congressional or public questioning of pursuing the ambitious lunar landing goal as a high national priority. The Congress, by large bipartisan majorities and after only limited debate, approved increases in NASA appropriations of 89 percent for Fiscal Year 1962 and 101 percent for Fiscal Year 1963. Leading newspapers and other shapers of public attitudes seemed caught up in the excitement of Project Mercury and the initial steps toward the Moon. But as 1963 began, questioning of the lunar landing project began to emerge in various circles; the wisdom of the commitment to Apollo became the focus of a national discussion on the best U. S. path forward in space."}
{"text":"Weight in Traction: 1.979 kg Weight in Action: 1.500 kg\n15.76 kg (HE)\nPractical Rate of Fire\nRate of Fire\nMaximum Rate of Fire\nMaximum Ground Range\nHorse Drawn (Eight Horses) or Motorised (Tractor)\nThe type 14 was unique because not only was it the first canon to be designed and built in Japan, but also the first to have a split trail. The results however were poor and it was only built in small number, mainly because it lacked range and accuracy. It was replaced by the much improved type 92 and never left the home islands."}
{"text":"Doctors use the body mass index (BMI) as a simple way of assessing whether a patient needs to lose weight.\nThe calculation is based on comparing a person's weight with their body height. It applies equally to men and women.\nYou can quickly see the BMI assessment for your body on the chart above.\nAlternatively, you can calculate your own BMI. Divide your weight in kilograms by the square of your height in metres, or divide your weight in pounds by the square of your height in inches, then multiply by 703.\nYou can also use the \"What's your BMI?\" link on the right to have the calculation performed for you.\nA BMI of 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight and one of 30 or above is considered obese.\nPeople with BMIs between 19 and 22 live longest. Death rates are noticeably higher for people with indexes 25 and above.\nThe BMI is not infallible. For instance, it is possible for a healthy, muscular athlete with very low body fat to be classified obese using the BMI formula.\nIf you are a trained athlete, your weight based on your measured percent body fat would be a better indicator of what you should weigh."}
{"text":"Speaker: Dr. Alyson Brooks\nUniversity of Wisconsin\nThe cosmological model based on cold dark matter (CDM) and dark energy has been hugely successful in describing the observed evolution and large scale structure of our Universe. However, at small scales (in the smallest galaxies and at the centers of larger galaxies), a number of observations seem to conflict with the predictions CDM cosmology, leading to recent exploration of Warm Dark Matter (WDM) and Self-Interacting Dark Matter (SIDM) models. These small scales, though, are also regions dominated by baryons. The more complex physics of baryons make them more difficult to model. I will show results from some of the highest resolution cosmological galaxy simulations ever produced that include both baryons and dark matter to show that baryonic physics can significantly alter the dark matter structure of galaxies, revolutionizing our expectations for the observed structure of galaxies. I will make the case that baryons have the potential to solve the crisis within CDM, but may also make it difficult to identify CDM vs WDM vs SIDM.\nOriginally published at physics.nd.edu."}
{"text":"This is a great family activity that can be used for an object lesson for Easter!\nIngredients: Canned biscuits, large marshmallows, cinnamon sugar, tub of spreadable butter, plastic spoons, waxed paper\nGive each person a piece of waxed paper and tape the corners to keep from sliding. Flatten out a biscuit until round. Wrap each flattened biscuit around a marshmallow, making sure to seal all openings. Dip the back of the spoon in the tub of butter and spread on the biscuit. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.\nPlace in a large, greased baking pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 18 to 20 minutes.\nJust like Resurrection morning, the cookies are hollow and EMPTY! On the first Resurrection day Jesus’ followers were amazed to find the tomb open and empty. Read Matthew 28:1-9.\nDiscuss the main point of the story:\nJesus is NOT in the tomb anymore. HE HAS RISEN. JESUS IS ALIVE!"}
{"text":"If you want to get into the trucking industry, you’re going to need to know all about the mechanics of a truck. Specifically, you’ll need to be able to identify important aspects of the vehicle. Moreover, this will help you learn how to maintain the vehicle so it keeps running. Also, you’ll be better equipped to make repairs or upgrades when necessary. Today, you can start the learning process by reading further for a quick breakdown on shocks.\nHeavy Duty Shocks\nYou may not think much about shocks, but they are very important when it comes to hauling cargo in large trucks. As it turns out, shocks are crucial to supporting large trucks as they haul heavy loads of cargo, day in and day out.\nEssentially, shocks help to support the truck’s suspension system. Specifically, they do this by managing the movement of the springs. Clearly, these are more than just the springs. They’re a very important part of any truck’s mechanical body.\nWhen a large truck drives over long stretches of road for days on end, the this can create wear and tear on the vehicle. Fortunately, the shocks can help the truck stay flexible on the roads to prevent damage. This is especially important in areas of rough terrain and twisty and winding roads.\nShock absorbers contain a piston and hydraulic fluid. When an impact, such as rough terrain hitting the tires, occurs, the shocks are engaged, meaning they compress. Then, the force of the piston is absorbed by the hydraulic fluid colliding into the piston. Essentially, this process absorbs impacts and prevents the truck from bouncing or moving erratically.\nTherefore, shocks are incredibly important. A well-maintained shock system ensures a truck is easier to drive. Additionally, this reduces driver fatigue behind the wheel as well."}
{"text":"ABBA (ăb'a, Heb. ’abbā’). Aramaic word for father, transliterated into Greek and thence into English. The corresponding Hebrew word is Ab. Abba is found three times in the NT (\nABBA ăb ə (אַבָּא, father). An Aram. form of the Heb. äb, transliterated into Gr. in the NT and then into Eng. The word does not occur in either the Heb. OT or the LXX. It occurs in three NT prayers (\nPaul’s use of the term seems to reflect a common NT practice or even an early liturgical formula. Such a practice most prob. would have stemmed from Jesus’ use of the word, making it fraught with His reverent intimacy with His Father, a reverence and intimacy which He tried to teach His disciples. Dalman’s assertion, “The usage of family life is transferred to God: it is the language of the child to its father,” fits well with this idea. It is possible that Abba was used in addressing God in the Lord’s prayer (\nIn the M. the term may mean “my father” or even “our father,” and is used as a title, as in The Sayings of the Fathers, or even as a proper name. It is almost never used of God in sub-NT Jewish writings.\nIt is evident from this later Jewish usage, as well as from the almost complete silence of the OT in regard to the use of such words in personal relationship with God, that the NT use of “Abba, Father” was highly significant of a relationship between Jesus and His Father, and then between the Christian and God as Father, which greatly transcended OT concepts. See Rabbi.\nG. Dalman, The Words of Jesus (1902), 192; G. Kittel, ed.; tr. and ed., G. W. Bromiley, Theological Dictionary of the, 1 (1964), 5, 6."}
{"text":"The creative process is a fascinating thing. Some artists spend years perfecting a single work, be it a book, painting, composition, or performance. Others engage in a free-flowing, on-the-spot creation process on the spot. Both are valid means of creation, but as you can probably imagine, they are each very different.\nNow, with fMRI technology, we can actually see how they are different on a neurologic level. Check out this fascinating study from Scientific Reports. The researchers in this study sought to find out what areas of the brain are activated when free-style rappers engage in their craft. They had participants try rapping to a beat in two ways: a rehearsed rap, and a free-style (created on the spot rap). Each group rapped to the same beat, and were hooked to fMRI machines to measure brain activity. They then compared the results to see how the on-the-spot creation process happens.\nOne of the most interesting discoveries was the way brain activation changed across the course of the 8-bar improvisation. At the onset of the improvisation, areas of the brain responsible for motivation, emotion and language showed higher activation, and as the 8-bar beat came to an end, systems in the right hemisphere showed higher activation levels.\nThe study concluded that improvisation creation is a highly complex brain activity. With all this complex action going on in our heads, is it any wonder why music is so engaging?\nReady to fire up your neurons? Get signed up for music therapy with The George Center!"}
{"text":"UPDATE: Changes have been made below to the original post to clarify certain details about the import and export of musical instruments that were made using endangered species.\nAs individual musicians and orchestras make their plans now for the summer touring season, many face the distinct possibility are concerned that their rare and antique instruments may be confiscated when the musicians travel abroad or return to this country they cross international borders. That's because an international convention called CITES prohibits places restrictions on the import and export of musical instruments made from endangered materials like ivory, sea-tortoise shell, and Brazilian rosewood, among others. Enter an unlikely musicians' friend: the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, which announced today that it will propose issuing \"musical passports\" that would permit international transport of such instruments made before the prohibitions were enacted.\nThis would be a huge relief to musicians with such instruments as vintage guitars and violins, as well as ivory-keyed pianos, since they currently have to file lengthy and complicated import and export forms every time they travel, for each and every country visit. If the proposal passes (and a FWS spokesperson seemed optimistic at a press conference today), musicians will be able to get an actual passport for their instruments, complete with a physical description on one page and spaces for entry stamps on another. The musical passports would be valid for three years. The proposal is expected to be made at a CITES conference in Thailand on March 3.\nThis post was updated February 26, 2012.\nMark Orwoll is the International Editor of Travel + Leisure. Follow him on Twitter."}
{"text":"Interpreting Bar Chart Graphs\nWith this worksheet, your students will apply maths to a real world scenario about fruit harvesting. Students will cultivate the skills of reading, interpreting, and analyzing more complex graph of bar charts with these questions that activate higher order thinking.\nWant more bar chart practise? Use this worksheet with the lesson plan, Interpreting Complex Graphs."}
{"text":"Governments love inflation because few people realize their pockets are being picked. From James Rickards at dailyreckoning.com:\nInflation is not a guessing game anymore; it’s here. Every time you buy gas at the pump or groceries at the supermarket or book a plane ticket, the price increases are staring you in the face.\nThe problem is that inflation cannot be isolated. It’s not limited to what you pay to fill up your car, for example. Truckers have to pay the same higher prices for diesel fuel, which add to transportation costs and to the final prices of delivered goods.\nIt’s a clear example of the ripple effect.\nThat much is clear. What is less clear are the thousands of ways that inflation hurts you that are invisible. The most important of these is that inflation is a tax.\nThe government borrows dollars, and you earn dollars. Taxation is one way that governments take money from citizens to pay off government debt. But taxes are unpopular and hard to get approved by Congress.\nInflation works much better.\nIt reduces your real income since the dollars you earn are worth less. And it reduces the government debt because the money the government owes is easier to repay for the same reason – the dollars are worth less."}
{"text":"This sounds like one of those Bible episodes (you remember the one with Jesus, the water and the wine, right?), but it is as real as it gets. It all started with a man’s frustration with the price of gas. Sounds quite familiar up to now. Well while most of us decide to ignore this issue and accept what we are given, Ricardo Azevedo decided that he had had enough.\nAs a mechanic, Azevedo didn’t find it that hard to make some changes to his motorbike. Inspired by his son’s chemistry book, he decided to play a bit and let the results speak for themselves. The main principle of use is the process of electrolysis which breaks the liquid into oxygen and hydrogen with the help of an electrical current that is sent through a canister of water. The hydrogen is used to power the engine in a safe manner. Of course, although research in this field has been developing quite fast, it’s still complicated to talk about a safe and accurate method of using water as a source of fuel.\nSo far, the results have proven to be quite interesting and promising. Ricardo Azevedo declared: “I still haven’t developed everything is it capable of, but I did some tests and in certain settings it can go 500 kilometres (310 miles) using one litre of water. It does not cause any damage to the environment, on the contrary as it will go on to replace fossil fuels and reduce carbon monoxide emissions.”\nTrue story. And isn’t it better to stop at a gas station to buy water instead of fuel? Or maybe fill the tank when you pass by a river. Developing this type of technology would be indeed extremely useful for the planet. What do you think about a motorbike that runs on water?"}
{"text":"At 10:15, we’ll be talking about a new report from the United Nations Population Fund that says the world is not prepared for the increase in senior citizens in both developed and undeveloped countries.\nHere are some key facts highlighted in the report:\n• Around the world, two persons celebrate their sixtieth birthday every second – an annual total of almost 58 million sixtieth birthdays.\n• By 2050 for the first time there will be more older people than children under 15. In 2000, there were already more people aged 60 or over than children under 5.\n• In 2012, 810 million people were aged 60 or over, accounting for 11.5 per cent of the global population. The number is projected to reach 1 billion in less than 10 years and more than double by 2050, reaching 2 billion and accounting for 22 per cent of the global population.\n• Life expectancy is 78 years in developed countries and 68 years in developing regions in 2010-2015. By 2045-2050, newborns can expect to live to 83 years in developed regions and 74 years in developing regions.\n• Of every three people aged 60 or over, two live in developing countries. By 2050, nearly four in five people aged 60 or over will live in the developing world.\n• For every 100 women aged 60 or over worldwide, there are 84 men. For every 100 women aged 80 or over, there are 61 men.\nWhat Kerri wants to know: Do you think there ways our government should be preparing for an aging America? And are there successful examples of dealing with an aging population in other countries that we should know about?\n(Senior citizens take a break on a bench during the 8th Annual Healthy Living Festival on July 15, 2011 in Oakland, California. An estimated 2,000 senior citizens from Alameda County attended the 8th Annual Healthy Living Festival that features fitness demonstrations along with educational and resource booths that promote successful aging and healthy living. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\n–Stephanie Curtis, social media host"}
{"text":"“We must start with the belief that the struggle to eliminate gender violence in all its manifestations must first involve work on one’s own self”, the authors say. “To take care of ourselves, know how to defend ourselves, and ensure as far as possible that what we are fighting on behalf of others is also very much a part of our own lives. These are the key elements in strengthening our struggle and continuing our march forward”.\nThe manual has six chapters:\nThe first chapter, Recognizing who I am, explores our social conditions and the manner in which we shape our perception of ourselves as women and as activists.\nThe second chapter, Recognizing the violence that we face, situates the different types of violence experienced by women and activists. Here, they sought not only to talk of recognizable forms of gender violence towards women but have also touched on violence that occurs in spaces that are considered nonviolent — which could even include the organizations that they are part of — or forms of violence that are not identified as such.\nThe third chapter, Lack of self-care: a form of violence, explores the ways in which the lack of self-care translates into self-inflicted violence in the lives of women activists.\nThe fourth chapter, Optimizing our vital strengths, deals with the issue of women’s empowerment and the optimization of vital strengths and self-care as indispensable elements for empowerment.\nThe fifth chapter, Self-defense, explores some resources to combat violence in its physical, legal, and psychological dimensions.\nIn the sixth chapter you will find a section on “Resources” to draw from in different spheres of your life or in crisis situations."}
{"text":"What are the potential health effects of working with the herbicide glyphosate, contained in products such as Roundup®?\nRoundup® is the trade name for one of many products that contain a chemical called glyphosate. Glyphosate is an herbicide, which means that it is used to kill plants, typically weeds. Glyphosate works by interfering with a plant enzyme that makes proteins necessary for a plant’s survival. When this enzyme is blocked, the plant cannot grow and dies. Humans do not have this enzyme and are immune to this effect of glyphosate.\nWhen someone has intentionally ingested glyphosate in an attempt to hurt themselves, or when they have been exposed to large amounts of highly concentrated glyphosate, toxicity has been described. The toxicity usually results from the other components of the herbicide product, mainly the chemicals used to stabilize the glyphosate and allow it to be applied onto fields and crops. Symptoms that may occur after ingestion include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. In cases of severe toxicity, as might occur after intentionally drinking concentrated glyphosate, low blood pressure, abnormal heart rhythms, kidney, liver, and lung injury, and even death can occur.\nIf people use a glyphosate-containing product at home and are exposed to small amounts on their skin, eyes, or mouth, they should immediately rinse the area with water. There may be a minor reaction that looks like irritation with some redness. Products that are sold for home use contain lower concentrations of glyphosate that are generally believed to be safe. Additionally, there do not seem to be any long-term health effects from this chemical. In animals exposed to large quantities of glyphosate there was not an increased risk for cancer.Overall glyphosate used at home is generally safe. Severe toxicity results from intentional ingestions of the concentrated formulation, not from casual exposures. In cases of small exposures to the skin, the eyes, or the mouth, the area should be washed thoroughly."}
{"text":"A team of UK scientists have developed virus-killing doorpads to help prevent infection spreading in hospitals, businesses and schools.\nWith cases of coronavirus advancing at an accelerated rate, the Leeds University spin-out company, Surfaceskins, has invented a unique product that can prevent the spread of the virus through contaminated doors.\nThe product is now in mass production and available to the NHS having secured orders worth £3 million from the Middle East, Africa and South East Asia.\nThe door push-pads and pull-handles kill bacteria and viruses such as coronavirus in seconds to prevent it being passed on from the door to hands, even if a previous user has contaminated the surface.\nContaminated surfaces has, until now, been a vulnerability in the ability to control the spread of coronavirus through hand hygiene.\nHand washing and gel dispensers clean hands, but as soon as you touch a door, you risk picking up the virus from the many other people that have touched the door, significantly increasing contamination levels and making it difficult to avoid infection.\nSurfaceskins contain an alcohol gel that kill bacteria and viruses.\nThey are formed of a reservoir made from three non-woven or bonded materials with a film top sheet that fits into a recyclable plastic holster, making it very easy to install and maintain.\nProtection lasts for a week or 1,000 pushes before the pad needs to be replaced.\nRamp up production\nThe company is now able to make more than 500 units a day to keep up with demand, with the hope of increasing that to 1,400 units per day within two months.\nFind out more below:"}
{"text":"Heisterbach is a former abbey of the Cistercian Order in the Siebengebirge (Seven Mountains) near Bonn, Germany. The ruin is located in the Heisterbach Valley between Oberdollendorf and Heisterbachrott.\nThe Cistercian Order was founded in 1098 as a reform movement among Benedictine monks. The order was in it's prime under Bernhard of Clairvaux (born 1090 in Fontaine-lès-Dijon, died 1153 in Clairvaux, France).\nThe abbey was founded after Cologne Archbishop Phillip I. of Heinsberg ordered twelve monks of the Himmerod Abbey to create a sister abbey in the Siebengebirge.\nOn 22th March 1189 they first moved into the abandoned buildings of the Order of St. Augustine on the Petersberg mountain. In 1192 the Cistercian monks moved to the valley at the bottom of the Petersberg and founded Heisterbach Abbey.\nIt would take until 1202 until the move to Heisterbach, also called the Valley of St. Peter was completed and the foundations of the new abbey were laid."}
{"text":"The main activities of the workshop are:\nExtraction of fossils. The preparation differs depending on the kind of rock which encases the fossils (carbonates, clays, siliceous). Extraction can be done using diverse techniques (alone or in combination): either by chemical treatment of by mechanical techniques (micrograveur, micro-sandblaster, needles, etc).\nCasting of fossils. Replicas of fossils are made for various reasons, sometimes because the original specimen is too fragile to be manipulated, or for putting on exhibition, sometimes because, after study, the specimen has to be repatriated to the country in which it was found, sometimes for exchanges of casts between other French or international institutions.\nPreparation of microfossils.As their name indicates, microfossils are tiny and must be extracted from the encasing rock before they can be studied. Some, such as foraminiferans are examined in thin sections. Others, however, need to be examined « in the round » and the methods of extraction vary depending on the rock type in which they occur. Most techniques rely on chemical methods, followed by mounting on a slide, or by sorting under a binocular microscope."}
{"text":"Coronavirus response: NATO scientists help Connecticut forecast the spread of COVID-19\nNATO’s own laboratory, the Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE), based in La Spezia, Italy, is assisting the US state of Connecticut in its handling of the COVID-19 lockdown.\nIn collaboration with the University of Connecticut (UConn), the CMRE has developed a modelling capability to forecast the spread of COVID-19. The Centre’s scientists and the University’s professors are contributing to the work of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering Council, which is advising the Governor of Connecticut on strategies to \"re-open\" the state.\nThis collaboration uses the CMRE’s models for accurate predictions of a ship’s future positions, which are normally used to detect anomalous behaviours associated with illicit activities at sea. The mathematical techniques behind these models are similar to those used to describe virus-spreading behaviour patterns. CMRE scientists were therefore able to adapt their knowledge and apply it to the forecasting of the spread of COVID-19. Their methods were validated by using data from Italy and the United States. The NATO CMRE and UConn scientists are now in the process of publishing a scientific publication that will compare the performance of their approach to standard models.\n“The NATO Centre here in Italy has world-class scientists who can apply their expertise to new areas of science and assist Allies in combatting the spread of the coronavirus,” said Dr. Catherine Warner, Director of the NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation.\nThe CMRE is a leading scientific research and experimentation facility that organizes and conducts scientific research and technology development, centered on the maritime domain, delivering innovative Science & Technology solutions to address defence and security needs of the Alliance."}
{"text":"President Donald Trump spoke at a ceremony on Thursday afternoon establishing the United States Space Command—a military division that was actually launched in 1985 in the midst of the Cold War.\nSpeaking in the Rose Garden, Trump said he was “formally establishing” Space Command, which “will ensure that America’s dominance in space is never questioned.”\nBut The Space Command was established 34 years ago. The Department of Defense is actually reactivating a division of the military that was shut down in 2002 so the Pentagon could reallocate resources on counter-terrorism and homeland defense following the 9/11 attacks.\nAs the Associated Press reports, the re-activated Space Command will handle space operations like surveilling missile launches in other countries and satellite-based communication and navigation for service members. This is much different from the “Space Force” that Trump has been touting since he first proposed creating a new branch of the military in March 2018.\nBut the reactivated Space Command could potentially pave the way for the creation of a Space Force.\n“As a unified combatant command, the United States Space Command is the next crucial step towards the creation of an independent space force as an additional armed service,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper said at a news conference on Wednesday. “To ensure the protection of America’s interests in space, we must apply the necessary focus, energy and resources to the task—and that is exactly what Space Command will do.”"}
{"text":"Why is the border line of the continuous operation range of EC motors curved?\nBorder continuous operation range\nThe border of the continuous operation range is given by\n- the maximum winding temperature of 125°C\n- and the ability of the motor to dissipate the produced heat.\nThe winding of EC motors is heated up\n- directly by Joule power losses (electrical resistance)\n- indirectly by the speed dependent iron power losses in the magnetic return (hysteresis and eddy current losses).\nThe eddy current losses increase with the square of the speed. At high speeds considerable heat is produced simply by the rotating magnet. Therefore, only a small amount of current can flow without overheating the motor.\nAt higher speeds a smaller output torque is available."}
{"text":"On Friday 26 May 2017, New Zealanders celebrate Pink Shirt Day to stand together to take action against bullying.\nCelebrated annually around the globe, Pink Shirt Day began in Canada in 2007 when two students took a stand against homophobic bullying, mobilising their whole school, after a peer was bullied for wearing a pink shirt.\nPink Shirt Day aims to create schools, workplaces and communities where all people feel safe, valued and respected.\nWill you stand with us to stop bullying on 26 May?\nFor more information and to register: www.pinkshirtday.org.nz"}
{"text":"The medieval commentary, Ba’al HaTurim, says that the letters of the word for “old age” – zayin kuf nun mem – are the initial letters of the sections of the Mishnah, i.e. Zera’im (“Agriculture”, which includes the rules of prayer), Kodashim (“Sanctities”), Nashim (“Women”, i.e. marriage and divorce) and Nezikin (“Damages”, i.e. civil and criminal law), and Mo’ed (“Festivals”, including Sabbaths).\nAccording to the Ba’al HaTurim, this shows that Jacob as a loving father taught Joseph the principles of Jewish law.\nHowever, actually there is a further section of the Mishnah, namely Tohorot (“Purities”). Does this then disprove the Ba’al HaTurim’s theory?\nPossibly not, since Tohorot is very complex and difficult and Joseph was too young and immature to grasp it as yet.\nWhether this is true or not, we learn a fundamental rule of Jewish life from the whole discussion – that despite everything a child learns at school, it is much more important to imbibe knowledge, skills and attitudes from parents and home."}
{"text":"Definition of taste bud in English:\nnoun(usually taste buds)\nAny of the clusters of bulbous nerve endings on the tongue and in the lining of the mouth which provide the sense of taste: he’ll tantalize your taste buds with his imaginative pizzas\nMore example sentences\n- The taste bud contains neuroepithelial and supporting cells.\n- At any one time less than a third of the cells in the taste bud are innervated.\n- Anyways, they serve the tea in a tri-layer presentation at Mariposa, making it pretty for the eyes, refreshing to the taste bud, and soothing in the throat.\nDefinition of taste bud in:\n- US English dictionary"}
{"text":"Before traveling, always be prepared for anything and build a small kit to pack in case of emergency to build your campfire.\n- Take kitchen matches and waterproof each with melted paraffin wax , after they harden up wrap each with wax paper. Melt the paraffin wax by placing in a small pan and place it in a larger pan filled with water. Never apply direct flame to the wax for risk of fire.\n- Collect all the lint from your dryer you can and put it in a zip-lock bag or waterproof container.\n- Always carry a sturdy knife of good small saw or hatchet.\n- When needing to build a fire you can collect just the tips off of trees with no leaves for kindling.\n- place the dryer lint on ground or leaves if ground is wet.\n- Apply small twigs that you collected around the lint as if you were building a tepee. Add larger sticks around those to enlarge area.\n- Take out one match to light the lint; you can strike it on any hard rough surface for it to light. Apply lit match to the lint and it will catch on fire.\n- Even if the wood is wet, you can still us this method to start a fire. You may also find logs and split or chop the log to get to the center where the wood is dry and scrape the shavings from the center to use. Or find trees and scrape the bark off from the driest side of tree.\n- You can hover over the area to block the rain or build a simple shelter using palmettos and sticks if in the south or boughs and sticks if from the north to help shield the area from the fire making process.\n- Once fire starts do not crowd with wet straw or wet wood. You can use a bunch of small sticks until you get it hot and then slowly add wet sticks to keep it burning.\nWe have used this many times while camping and it always worked for me."}
{"text":"A building moratorium stops construction on building projects. There are numerous reasons why a moratorium is put on a project, including environmental risks, building code violations, safety concerns or contractor finances. In each case, a government agency or court determines if the moratorium is called for and what requirements are required to have it lifted. For example, if a general contractor building a subdivision in a rural area encounters a protected wetland in a rural area, an environmental group could present evidence to the city council or local court to have the building project stopped until adequate protection is in place for the wetlands or have the construction drawings altered to avoid the area. Should the governing body pass the moratorium, the contractor would then have a set time to present the changes."}
{"text":"National History Day is an academic competition focusing on history students in grades 4-12. It started as a local program in Cleveland, Ohio, headed by David Van Tassell, a history professor at Case Western Reserve University. It has grown from 129 students in 1974 to over 500,000 students today! Students construct entries as individuals and/or small groups in one of five categories: documentary, exhibit, paper, performance, or website. Students then compete in a series of contests — school, regional, and state — to proceed to the National Contest.\nThe National History Day Regional Competition took place at Westminster College on March 2, 2017. Neshannock High School was the only Lawrence County school participating in the competition with other competitors coming from Mercer and Butler Counties. Under the guidance of Mrs. Shawn Lucas, students in Honors World Cultures created projects based on this year’s theme of “Taking A Stand in History.”\nThe following projects qualified for the state competition:\n- Senior Division Research Paper:\n- Anneliese Harp – Martin Luther’s Stand Against the Catholic Church\n- Senior Division Individual Exhibit:\n- Victoria Gouza – John Muir Takes a Stand and Creates a Living Legacy\n- Senior Division Group Exhibit:\n- Kara Gilleland and Leah Mrozek – Nellie Bly and Dorothea Dix: Mental Health Reform\n- Emily Allshouse and Adrienne Anzalone – Oskar Schindler: From Under the Nazi’s Nose\n- Abigail Hutchison and Amanda Urban – Alan Turing\n- Senior Group Website:\n- Noah Ambrosia, Riley Hilton, Noah Burchett, Devin McGuirk – Malcolm’s X’s Stand\nCongratulations to all on a job well done! Good luck at the National History Day State Competition!"}
{"text":"TELNET commands and options are sent along with data stream. TELNET commands are identified by setting the most significant (left-most) bit as 1. In TELNET, IAC (Interpret As Command) is a special command used for negotiating and signaling between TELNET client and TELNET server. IAC (Interpret As Command) is a special command code 255 in decimals (FF in hexadecimals). The meaning of IAC (Interpret As Command) in telnet is to treat the next byte as command, not as data.\nThe data from TELNET client to TELNET server except 0xFF are transmitted as is. IAC (Interpret As Command) points that next byte is a command, not data. IAC (Interpret as Command) is repeated two times (think it as escape character) if that is appeared in normal data stream.\nPlease refer below Wireshark packet capture screenshot.\nThe 0xff marked in above image is the special TELNET IAC (Interpret As Command). Here IAC (Interpret As Command) points that the next byte 0xfb (251 in decimals), is a TELNET command, not data."}
{"text":"Most people who have died from chagas disease don’t even know that they have it. It’s a disease caused by a parasite that’s found in the feces of an insect known as the “kissing bug.” According to the CDC, the number of people who have chagas is comparable to the number of people in the US who live with multiple sclerosis. Dr. Sheba Meymandi, the director of the Centre of Excellence for Chagas Disease at Olive View/UCLA medical center, talks to Maria Hinojosa about chagas disease.\nClick here to download this week’s show.\nDr. Sheba Meymandi graduated from George Washington University and is currently a director for the Centre of Excellence for Chagas Disease at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, California. Under the direction of Drs. Meymandi and Traina, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center has the only Center of Excellence for Chagas Disease designated in the U.S. The Center of Excellence for Chagas Disease partners with Faith Community Nurses in the San Fernando Valley and provide free screening for Chagas disease at multiple locations in the San Fernando Valley area"}
{"text":"The Easter Rising of 1916 not only destroyed much of the centre of Dublin – it changed the course of Irish history. But why did it happen? What was the role of ordinary people in this extraordinary event? What motivated them and what were their aims? McGarry makes use of a unique source that has only recently seen the light of day: a collection of more than 1,700 eye-witness statements detailing the political activities of members of Sinn Féin and militant groups such as the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He illuminates their motives, concerns, and aspirations, and highlights the importance of the First World War as a catalyst for the uprising. Chaired by David Dwan."}
{"text":"Vaccine-derived Polio Spreading in \"Polio-free\" IndiaOn June 17, 2016, the International Business Times (IBT) reported that a strain of the vaccine-derived polio virus has been discovered in Hyderabad, India, and experts have warned that the likelihood of more cases being discovered over the next year is extremely likely. India recently reached their \"polio-free\" status, so the only known cases of polio currently are the ones caused by the vaccine. In 2015, we reported that the oral polio vaccination had been banned in the U.S. since 2000, because too many children who had received the vaccine had subsequently developed vaccine-associated paralytic polio (VAPP), which is a serious side effect of the vaccine. The World Health Organization (WHO) had known about this for many years, but instead of banning this vaccination as one would have expected them to, they vowed to keep using the vaccine until the wild polio virus has been eradicated. It appears that the WHO does not care in the slightest that thousands of children are being paralyzed throughout India and the developing world."}
{"text":"Two astronauts are preparing to step out on a spacewalk to try and fix an ammonia leak at the International Space Station, in a hastily arranged venture outside the orbiting lab, NASA said Friday.\nThe spacewalk by Americans Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy is set to begin Saturday at 1215 GMT. Their main goal is to spot the source of the leak, said Michael Suffredini, International Space Station program manager.\nA meteorite or a piece of orbital debris is suspected to have hit the cooling radiator and caused the damage, which Suffredini described as an \"annoyance because of all the work we have to do to work around the problem.\"\nThe latest leak is believed to be linked to a years-old concern that took a turn for the worse on Thursday when it began leaking about five pounds (two kilograms) of ammonia per day, up from its previous level of five pounds per year.\n\"We are going to get them outside and see if we can't lay eyes on the leak source,\" Suffredini told reporters.\n\"Most probably the cause is the pump itself, so we are going to go ahead and change out that pump.\"\nThe two American astronauts have each done three spacewalks during the shuttle era, and two of them were done as a team.\nNASA chief flight director Norm Knight said the spacewalk is \"probably one of the faster ones\" that the US space agency has had to assemble, and described it as \"precedent-setting\" at the space station for that reason.\nHowever, NASA said that the crew was not in danger and that the system is running fine with seven of eight available power channels in working order.\nThe 6.5-hour spacewalk will not interfere with the planned departure from the space station of Marshburn, Canadian ISS commander Chris Hadfield and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, NASA said.\nThe trio is set to return to Earth early Tuesday after completing their half-year stint at the orbiting outpost.\nExplore further: Video gives astronaut's-eye view inside NASA's Orion spacecraft"}
{"text":"Your child should never leave the house without a hat in bitterly cold weather. Children, especially younger children, can lose a third of their body heat through their heads when they’re outside, so make sure they are properly dressed.\nWe’re all susceptible to hypothermia, a dangerous drop in core body temperature. But cold is only part of the story. Learn 3 facts that may surprise you.\nWe know to guard our skin against frostbite by covering up when we go outside in sub-freezing temperatures. But extreme cold also can impact your vital organs. Find out how you can protect yourself.\nWhen bitterly cold temperatures hit, you have to be careful to avoid staying out in the frigid air for too long. A cold weather emergency can happen relatively quickly, especially with children. Your child should never leave the house without a hat in this kind of weather. Children, especially younger children, can lose a third … Read More\nCleveland Clinic is a non-profit academic medical center. Advertising on our site helps support our mission. We do not endorse non-Cleveland Clinic products or services. Policy\nHow can a surgical team prevent a patient from becoming too cold while under anesthesia? This is one of the important questions explored by the Department of Outcomes Research, an integral part of Cleveland Clinic’s Anesthesiology Institute. Founded in 2005 by Daniel Sessler, MD, the department supports every aspect of clinical anesthesiology research, including trial … Read More"}
{"text":"Stinkbugs stink because they release an unpleasant odor to deter predators. The odor comes from a foul-smelling liquid that is secreted by glands located on the insect’s thorax. This liquid spreads the odor to any animal that comes into contact with it. Many predators find the taste of the stinkbugs as unpleasant as the odor and release the bugs upon tasting them. Many stinkbugs also use odors to locate and attract potential mates.Continue Reading\nStinkbugs also use their coloration to avoid detection by predators. Some species are green to blend in with vegetation, and others are brown and gray to blend in with bark and leaf litter. Scientists believe that the brightly colored harlequin bug, another species of stinkbug, uses its bold red, orange and yellow coloration as a warning to predators of its foul taste and smell.\nAs a true bug, the stinkbug has two sets of wings and no chewing mouthparts. Stinkbugs may feed on the sap or juice of plants or the body fluid of other insects, depending on the species. Some stinkbugs are invasive pests of crops, such as cabbage and cotton, and the harlequin cabbage stinkbug feeds on members of the mustard family. Farmers welcome other species of stinkbugs that are not harmful to crops and feed on smaller invasive insects.Learn more about Invasive Insects"}
{"text":"National History of United Way\nLocal United Way organizations were born from necessity. They were created by local community leaders who banded together to address the waste and frustration that came from many competing appeals for charitable funds and the numerous and incessant demands for volunteer time and effort.\nThe first semblance of a local United Way dates back to Denver, Colorado, in 1887 when religious leaders formed the Charity Organizations Society. The group planned and coordinated local services and conducted a single fundraising campaign for 22 agencies in November 1888, raising $21,700. The Community Chest, also a forerunner of today's organization, was first organized in Rochester, New York, in 1919 during World War I. By 1929, there were 353 Community Chests of record around the country. Similar organized approaches to fund raising sprang up using the names \"Torch Drive,\" \"Red Feather,\" and \"United Appeal\". Detroit became the first community to adopt the name \"United Fund\" in 1949.\nLocal History of United Way\nThe Community Chest of Lewis County was organized in November 1962 to fund and assist the Council of Nine Social Agencies. This early organization had a budget of $8,000.\nIn 1965, the Community Chest adopted a charter to change its name to United Way of Lewis County. At present, United Way of Lewis County is still serving the community, even though its look has changed with a new brand mark in 2008. Amidst the devastation of the flood in 2007, an extended campaign was still successful in meeting a fundraising goal of $600,000."}
{"text":"As our planet revolves around the sun, the sun appears to shift its position gradually from day to day, tracing out a path against the background of more distant stars called the ecliptic. The ecliptic passes through a band of 12 constellations called the zodiac. As our sun makes its yearly trek through the ecliptic, it can always be found in one of the constellations of the zodiac. Because the planets and moon move in the ecliptic plane or the same flat plane as Earth's orbit, we will always find them in the constellations of the zodiac near the ecliptic as well.\nThis week, stargazers can observe the waxing gibbous moon after sunset as it travels from Gemini to Virgo. Tonight, the 9-day-old gibbous moon will sit in the southern sky about 7 degrees below Jupiter in Gemini then move into Cancer by Wednesday. After traveling through Leo on Friday, stargazers can find the full moon rising in the east at sunset on Sunday in Virgo."}
{"text":"A study for the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) on the use of methanol and ethanol as marine fuels has been completed by SSPA, together with sub-contractor Lloyds Register. The study evaluates the potential of these alternative fuels as solutions for shipping to meet more stringent emissions requirements.\nThe report, Study on the use of ethyl and methyl alcohol as alternative fuels in shipping, was commissioned by EMSA to obtain additional information about the opportunities and challenges presented by using these fuels in the shipping industry. The study includes a compilation of information on past and current projects, characteristics of the fuels, regulations, standards, and supply and availability. In addition an analysis of safety and economic factors was carried out using a case study approach.\nThe main results of the study were presented at the European Sustainable Shipping Forum in early 2016 and the full report is available here: Study on the use of ethyl and methyl alcohol as alternative fuels in shipping\nMethanol, an alternative fuel for greener shipping\nMethanol is a promising alternative fuel for reducing emissions and improving the environmental performance of shipping. Interest in this fuel is growing, and SSPA was co-coordinator of an important pilot project to demonstrate the use of methanol fuel on-board a ship and in adapted marine engines.\nMethanol as an alternative fuel for smaller vessels\nMethanol also a good alternative for smaller ships operating on coastal and inland waterways, but has yet to be tested in these applications. SSPA is coordinator of a new project, “Sustainable Marine Methanol”."}
{"text":"Haiku Ladder: Kaneohe, Hawaii\nA view of Kaneohe from one of the landings on the Haiku Stairs in Hawaii. (Image: Brock Roseberry/Flickr)\nThis forbidden trail on the island of Oahu is closed to the public, but that doesn't stop the most-adventurous hikers from scaling the 3,922 steps to the top of the mountain.\nBuilt in 1942 by the U.S. Coast Guard for access to the radio antenna at the top of the mountain, the stairs took a lot of wear and tear over the decades. The state officially closed the trail in 1987.\n(WATCH: A Tornado-Proof Home)\nBut those who trespass – which we can't endorse – find a world of nature along the way. As the Friends of the Haiku Stairs explains, \"you pass through several micro-environments, where differences in slope, soil, exposure to the wind, rainfall, and clouds combine to favor different plant communities.\"\nThe experience is reportedly so gorgeous, some members of the Honolulu City Council recently started exploring ways to re-open it, according to Honolulu's civilbeat.com. But don't hold your breath; the website says the Board of Water Supply claims rights to the stairway, and not the city's parks department, so the dispute continues.\nNEXT PAGE: Stairway to Heaven"}
{"text":"Close to 6 million U.S. teens have some form of hearing loss, which signifies an increase of approximately 33 % over the last 2 decades. In addition to the use of high-volume MP3 players and mobile phones, authorities say that teenagers’ participation in marching band is yet another possible cause of damage to hearing. Marching band is a favorite activity for teens, as bands are available in almost all large high schools and in virtually every university.\nUnsafe decibel levels for teens.Noise levels are measured in decibels, also written as dB. Adults and children can suffer hearing loss from exposure to noises over 85 dB. Marching band includes a variety of instruments, some of which easily cross over that threshold during rehearsals and performances. An experiment at Duke University showed that a drumline rehearsal exposed students to decibel levels of 99 over a 30-minute period. However, playing those instruments indoors for rehearsals can be even more harmful to teens’ hearing. Sometimes teens don’t want to reduce the volume of their instruments just because they are inside.\nPrevention and protection strategies. An effective solution for reducing sound levels is the use of musicians earplugs. These professional earplugs are designed to fit perfectly in the teen’s ears. However, parents often find them to be expensive. Shorter rehearsal sessions are another good approach to protecting teens hearing, because it breaks up the time for which they are exposed to potentially damaging decibel levels. Band leaders and participants also need to be aware of how important it is to lower the volume of their instruments when practicing indoors. To best protect the hearing of marching band members, a joint effort between students, band leaders, and parents is recommended."}
{"text":"Initial data: Q (the amount of heat that the machine received to perform the work) = 4 kJ; A (amount of work done by the machine) = 1 kJ.\nThe efficiency of a machine can be defined as the ratio of the perfect work to the amount of heat received for its implementation: η = A / Q.\nCalculation: η = 1/4 = 0.25 or 25%.\nAnswer: The efficiency of the heat engine is 25%.\nOne of the components of a person's success in our time is receiving modern high-quality education, mastering the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for life in society. A person today needs to study almost all his life, mastering everything new and new, acquiring the necessary professional qualities."}
{"text":"Para-athletics, also known as track and field, is the largest competition at the Paralympic Games. Events are available for physical disabilities – both wheelchair and standing - and athletes with visual impairments. Contested events are held in track racing, throwing and there is also a marathon and pentathlon.\n- Track events: Sprint (100m, 200m, 400m), Middle Distance (800m, 1500m), Long Distance (5,000m, 10,000m), and Relay races (4x100m, 4x400m)\n- Road event: Marathon\n- Jumping events: High Jump, Long Jump, and Triple Jump\n- Throwing events: Discus, Shot Put, Club Throw and Javelin\n- Combined events: Pentathlon (track and road events, jumping events, and throwing events, depending on the athletes' classification)\nThe rules of Paralympic track and field are almost identical to those of its Olympic counterparts. Allowances are made to accommodate certain disabilities (for example, blind and visually-impaired runners may compete with guide runners attached to them by a tether at the wrist, but it is not a requirement for them to be physically be attached).\nCanada has a rich history in para athletics and its athletes have reached the podium at every Paralympic Games since 1968. Wheelchair racer Chantal Petitclerc is the most successful Canadian track Paralympian with 21 medals earned at the Games. She was awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s athlete of the year in 2008, a first for a female athlete with a disability.\nAthletics are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) with co-ordination from the IPC Athletics Sports Manager and Technical Committee. For more information about Canadian Athletics for athletes with a disability, go to the National Sport Federation: Athletics Canada."}
{"text":"Berke Family History\nBerke Name Meaning\nGerman: topographic name for someone who lived by a birch tree or birch grove, Middle Low German berke. In Westphalia Berke, Birke also means ‘brook’, ‘stream’, and in some cases it may have been a topographic name for someone who lived by a stream. German: possibly a variant of Berka. Altered spelling of Swiss German Bürki, from a pet form of the personal name Burkhard (see Burkhart). Dutch: variant of Berk. Slovenian: unexplained. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Berke, a pet form of Ber.\nSource: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press"}
{"text":"CLARK HERITAGE COLLECTION\nClaude Lockhart Clark\nThe handle of an adz is removed from its blade and the blade is used by itself. The sculptor then drags the hooked portion of the blade through the wood as though it were a drawknife.\nHooks can be used to carve lines. This is achieved by removing the blade from its handle and pressing the hook into the wood then pulling it. If one wishes to remove the wood from the channel then one must start at the top of the line again this time placing the hook a short distance from the first line; then pull. What results is a \"V\" shaped furrow after you pull the loose wood out.\nIf you wish to see an enlargement of the image above then click on the picture. To return to this page then click on the enlargement on the next page. Previous Page\nTo return to page 3, where you will find the menu for \"Exploring Different Uses of The African Adz\", click on the blue hyperlink, titled \"Previous Page\".\nCopyright © 20001 by Claude Lockhart Clark and Visual Arts Illustrated. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"We were very lucky to have Mrs Lyon with us for our first science lesson this week. We planted seeds, bulbs and plants and will be finding out more about how we can be ‘apprentice gardeners’ with Mr Burgin over the next few weeks\nIn Literacy we wrote questions to some characters in ‘The Night Pirates’ to find our more about them and the story events. We then had a surprise visit from Captain Patch and asked him some of our questions! A-ha me hearties!\nIn computing we have started our new module ‘We are astronauts’. We will be exploring the programme ‘scratch junior’ on the ipads and developing our coding skills."}
{"text":"What Are Dental Sealants\nWhat are Dental Sealants and How Can They Preserve Your Teeth?\nIn the following educational dental video, Buffalo dentist discusses the benefits of dental sealants. If you have questions, or would like to schedule a dental appointment, please contact us today.\nWhat are dental sealants and how can they preserve your teeth? Dedicated sealants dentist in Buffalo, Mark Teach DDS explains in the following video.\nDental sealant is a plastic coating that is usually placed on the posterior teeth, that is, the teeth in the back of the mouth. Those teeth have deep grooves and fissures, and when the sealant covers those areas of the teeth, it prevents the bacteria from getting in and causing decay. We prefer to seal the teeth as soon as they erupt (grow in), so sealants are often performed around age six, just after the baby teeth start to fall out, and again at age twelve, when the molars erupt.\nSometimes adults may need sealants; as time goes on, these grooves in the teeth start to become sticky, and a dentist can arrest the process of decay by placing a sealant. Our office has placed sealants that last up to 30 years. Regardless of age, though, coating teeth in dental sealants is a beneficial procedure.\nDo you think dental sealants are right for your teeth? Contact our pediatric dentist in Buffalo today to schedule a consultation. We have been in private practice serving Buffalo and the Southtowns community in Buffalo for nearly 40 years, and welcomes the opportunity to put a smile on your face.\nDownload Our Free Dental Treatment Guide\nRelated Dental Videos"}
{"text":"Whole language and design and technology education\n2006-05-08T17:22:08Z (GMT) by\nThe \"Whole Language\" movement has swept American elementary education over the last three or four years. Whole language refers to an approach to teaching that is highly integrative and thematic, where children learn language skills in the context of real-world problem-solving activities. Concurrent with but isolated from whole language have been two other major educational movements, one to reformulate education generally in terms of \"outcomes\" and one to update the content and delivery of technology education. Outcomes-based education requires progression toward adult outcomes starting with the earliest school experiences. One adult outcome generally agreed upon is technological capability. To many people this implies a need for kindergarten-to-twelfth-grade (K-12) technology education. In the US, technology is closely associated with science, a considerably weaker area of the elementary curriculum than language. Technology education is a daunting new idea to elementary teachers, the more so when associated with science. Whole language, however, provides a comfortable entree for technology into elementary education, since it can be seen as a logical extension of thematic problem- solving into the realm of practical activity. To date, little effort is being made to take advantage of this natural connection."}
{"text":"The answer is around 1993. A look back at mean temperature and rainfall statistics for east London over the past hundred years reveals that the ninth month has, since that date, slowly become warmer and drier.\nPutting all the arguments of meteorological and astronomical summer aside, many people of a certain age regard September as an autumnal month, but as recent years have shown it can very often be an extension of summer; September 2016 was the second warmest on record in the local area, warmer than many previous summer months!\nLooking back even further, over the past 100 years, the September mean has trended upward, though many peaks and troughs reveal how the month has ebbed and flowed from being summery to autumnal.\nThe prognosis to the end of this month suggests that air pressure will be anomalously high – so the pattern in the south-east for settled, summery weather in September doesn’t look like ending any time soon."}
{"text":"Ancient light as seen by Gemini (false colour)\nBy Hamish Johnston\nOne problem with reporting breakthroughs in astronomy is that someone is always claiming to have discovered the oldest/largest/brightest/dimmest/smallest object yet. And by the time you have written your story — someone else will claim to have done better.\nThat’s why my eyes rolled a bit when I read the press release “Farthest known object: New gamma-ray burst smashes cosmic distance record”, which arrived last night from the AAS.\nHowever, upon closer inspection, this one really does look interesting.\nAs its name suggests, GRB 090423 was discovered last Thursday and astronomers believe that the burst occurred more than 13 billion years ago — about 630 million years after the Big Bang.\nThat’s about 100 million years older than the previous record, which was held by a ancient galaxy.\nGamma rays from GRB 090423 were first spotted by NASA’s Swift satellite, which quickly turned its X-ray and ultraviolet instruments on the object. No visible light was seen, but Swift did manage to capture the burst’s fading X-ray afterglow.\nMeanwhile here on Earth, astronomers were turning their telescopes to that patch in the sky. The Gemini North and UK Infrared telescopes in Hawaii managed to capture infrared light from the burst (above).\nBy analysing how much the wavelength of the light light has been red-shifted, astronomers worked out that the light has travelled over 13 billion light years before reaching Earth.\nThe chart below shows the age of GRB 090423 compared to other known objects.\nYou can read all about the search for gamma ray bursts in this article in Physics World.\nBeyond redshift eight"}
{"text":"Joint occurrences of body- and trace-fossil communities (Ordovician, Barrandian area, Czech Republic)\nRich associations of benthic fauna accompanied by diversified assemblages of ichnofossils have been found in the Ordovician of the Barrandian area, namely in the Klabava Formation ('Euloma Shales'), in the Šárka Formation (facies of black shales with concretions), in the Letná Formation (layers with the Drabovia redux Community), in the Zahořany Formation and in the Polyteichus Facies of the Bohdalec Formation. The associations of body-and trace fossils in the Letna. Zahořany and Bohdalec Formations are comparable to the Dalmanella Community of the Caradocian of North Wales; the remaining mentioned associations have no described analogies. As the number of analysed associations is limited, their comparison shows rather individual differences than recurring features. However, data compiled by Pickerill and Brenchley (1991) on palaeoenvironmental indicators of marine siliciclastic facies (which comprises also body-fossils and trace fossils) are of the use in the analysis of joint occurrences of body-fossil and trace fossil assemblages.\nSNIP (Scopus, 2015): 0.700\nIF (ISI, 2015): 1.326\nPolicy: Open Access"}
{"text":"Spotlight On Iran\nGreat Terror: Russian Government's Silence Means Stalin's Victims Honored Only With A #Hashtag\nOn July 30, the Russian government held lavish celebrations to mark the annual Navy Day holiday. But there were no official commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of the July 30, 1937, Soviet government order that formally launched dictator Josef Stalin's Great Terror that left around 700,000 people dead and millions displaced, orphaned, or crippled.\nThe silence of the government and the Russian Orthodox Church was symptomatic of Russian society's ambiguous interpretation of the Great Terror and the other crimes committed by the Soviet government against itself and its own people. According to a recent public opinion poll by the All-Russia Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM), 43 percent of Russians believe the purges were necessary \"to maintain order in the country.\" At the same time, only 16 percent said that the verdicts of the Stalinist courts and tribunals were just. Forty-nine percent said Stalin's crimes cannot be justified by any arguments.\nThe terror kicked off 80 years ago when Soviet secret police head Nikolai Yezhov signed Order No. 00447, which stated:\n\"The state security organs stand before the task of mercilessly smashing this entire band of anti-Soviet elements and defending the laboring Soviet people from their counterrevolutionary plots and, finally, once and for all, ending their insidious work against the foundations of the Soviet state.\"\nIn February 1940, Yezhov himself became a victim of the terror when he was executed in a Moscow basement.\nSee all News Updates of the Day"}
{"text":"Chapter 37: Interference\nBecause light is a wave, the light from two or more sources can interfere to yield distinctive patterns. The different colors of a bit of oil in a water puddle is an example of an interference effect. In this chapter, you will explore the interference of light from multiple sources using a virtual ripple tank in order to make the connection between path length difference and interference. You will also explore the interference of light incident on thin films.\nTable of Contents\n- Exploration 37.1: Varying Numbers and Orientations of Sources.\n- Exploration 37.2: Changing the Separation Between Sources.\n- Problem 37.1: Illumination pattern.\n- Problem 37.2: Type of interference.\n- Problem 37.3: Phase of sources.\n- Problem 37.4: Distance between hidden sources.\n- Problem 37.5: Changes in interference pattern.\n- Problem 37.6: Analysis of interference pattern.\n- Problem 37.7: Double slit.\n- Problem 37.8: Waves in different mediums.\n- Problem 37.9: Thin film of variable width.\n- Problem 37.10: Thin film, variable wavelength of light.\n- Problem 37.11: A dielectric mirror."}
{"text":"Proper Rowing Technique\nby Chris MacDonald\nThis is quite a different kind of normative sign. It’s a pictogram showing how to use a piece of exercise equipment, namely an ergometer (rowing machine).\nI suspect there are 3 implicit messages, here.\n- Here’s how to get the most out of this exercise.\n- Here’s how not to get hurt.\n- Here’s now not to end up wanting to sue us (the gym owners or makers of the machine.)\n(Photo courtesy of Sam B.)"}
{"text":"It fries your nerves. It fogs your brain. It fouls your mood.\nThat’s the toll of chronic pain: defined as any ache that lasts more than three months, impairs your normal functioning and is no longer useful because it alerts you to an injury you already know about.\nAccording to the American Pain Foundation, 14 percent of us have aches that have persisted three to 12 months, while 42 percent suffer from pain that has lasted more than a year. These stats—and the fact that chronic pain is the leading reason we seek medical care—have prompted health advocates to name September Pain Awareness Month.\nWhat can you do?\n1. Communicate clearly to your doctor what issues you are experiencing. There may be more than pain medication that can help. Experts recommend trying a blend of approaches until you find the right mix.\n2. Rethink your rituals. Your regular habits may be contributing to your pain.\n3. Exercise gently.\n4. Get support.\n5. Think positive.\n6. Don’t give up, and remember to pray.\nThis message was adapted from “Ouch! Coping with Chronic Pain” written by Molly M. Ginty that first appeared in the September 2008 issue of Lutheran Woman Today (now Gather) magazine."}
{"text":"Preamble, Reveille, pgs. 3-11\n1. How many medals did MacArthur receive during the course of his career?\n(c) Twenty two.\n2. In how many wars did MacArthur serve?\n3. What was the nickname MacArthur's men gave him?\n(b) Dugout Doug.\n(c) General Mac.\n(d) Uncle Mac.\n4. With which religious denomination did MacArthur affiliate?\n5. How often did MacArthur attend church?\n(a) Sporadically, but whenever his schedule allowed.\n(c) Twice weekly.\n6. To whom did MacArthur equate himself as a defender of Christianity?\n(a) The crusaders from the Middle Ages.\n(b) The Pope.\n(c) Billy Graham.\n7. How many times was MacArthur married?\n(d) Three times.\n8. As a fifty-four year old man, who did MacArthur fear would learn about his Eurasian girlfriend?\n(a) His wife.\n(b) The President.\n(c) His mother.\n(d) The press.\n9. To which ancient world leader did some people compare MacArthur?\n(a) Gengis Khan.\n(c) Attila the Hun.\n(d) Alexander the Great.\nThis section contains 4,888 words\n(approx. 17 pages at 300 words per page)"}
{"text":"Hesperian Health Guides\nChapter 5: Garment factories\nEvery day 20,000 people visit the HealthWiki for lifesaving health information. A gift of just $5 helps make this possible!\nMake a gift to support this essential health information people depend on.\nCutting and sewing clothing is hard on the body. But low wages, fast production lines, unsafe conditions, lack of unions, and harassment hurt workers even more (see Part 4: Social Dangers and Solutions).\nGarment work can be designed and organized to protect workers’ health by ensuring high standards in all factories for:\n- good ventilation (see Chapter 17) and the right personal protective equipment (PPE, see Chapter 18).\n- fire exits, fire prevention measures that include sprinklers and fire extinguishers, and emergency evacuation plans (see Chapter 11).\n- freedom to organize unions and health and safety committees (see Chapter 2).\n- maintainance of equipment and worker and management trainings on health and safety.\n- respectful treatment including a living wage and social benefits required by law (see Chapter 19).\nAchieving these basic human rights is still a struggle in most factories. The challenge is to connect and organize with other workers and consumers to win these changes from the factory owners, the international corporations that contract them (the \"brands\"), and the government."}
{"text":"Helen Adams Keller\nHelen Keller was born at Tuscumbia, Alabama in 1880. She became both blind and deaf due to an illness at the age of nineteen months.\nShe was taken at the age of six to see Alexander Graham Bell. At this time she was unable to communicate and was described as “half wild”. At this time her teacher, Anne Sullivan, came to live with her and began teaching her the manual alphabet. A famous breakthrough occurred in which Helen realized that the letters tapped by her teacher stood for the things and objects in her world. Helen was so brilliant that she learned Braille, and typing, and eventually to speak.\nShe attended Radcliffe College and graduated with honors. She was one of the most famous people of her day and traveled the world, lecturing in more than twenty-five countries on behalf of the blind and deaf. She visited the White House and met every president from Grover Cleveland through John F. Kennedy.\nShe received a special Oscar for the 1954 documentary about her life and a Presidential Medal of Freedom. The award winning play and movie, The Miracle Worker, is based on her story. She died in 1968. Her home at Ivy Green is a museum in her honor."}
{"text":"More than a quarter of Costa Rica's land has been set aside in some capacity or other by human beings to protect it from the potential exploitation and ravages of other human beings. No other country in the world even comes close to such a statistic. Over twenty-seven percent of Costa Rica is designated as national park, biological reserve, wildlife refuge or some other category of protected area, both private and public.\nAmazing numbers define Costa Rica's ecology: somewhere between 500,000 and a million total species of flora and fauna; hundreds of thousands, perhaps even a million species of insects; 2,000 species of orchids; 208 species of mammals; 850 species of birds; endless thousands of species of moths and butterflies. In a space that occupies less than three ten-thousands of the earth's surface are 5 percent of all of the plant and animal species on the planet.\nSome developed for tourism while others are remote and rarely visited. Costa Rica's charm is embodied in its forests, its unpredictable volcanoes, its endless shores and its underwater marvels. If you haven't walked at least one of its jungle trails, you can't claim to have visited Costa Rica, for therein lies the essence of the country, its inner meaning, its vibrant skien of life woven between its enchanting shorelines to cover its craggy mountain chains. You can't reach out and hold it but there's something there, so that, once you've felt it, you'll never really leave Costa Rica behind, no matter where your body goes.\nCosta Rica has something for everyone. From hiking in rainforests and mountains, relaxing on beaches, to snorkeling through tropical reefs and surfing some of the best waves in Central America, Costa Rica is a natural wonderland. With both a Pacific and Caribbean coast, there are plenty of beaches in Costa Rica."}
{"text":"The event aims to educate the public about the known science on climate change, as well as regional expectations for San Diego due to climate change. We're betting water resources will be on the list. The topic is why we should care about the poles, but it also bring the issue local explaining why the poles are important to San Diego, a place not known for its cold temps and where the only polar bears or penguins are found at the zoo.Don't miss out on the Opening Celebration \"Stories from a Changing Planet\" which combines not only stories from around the globe of affected communities, but also incredible footage. The story will follow six scientists traveling to both poles and explain why climate change can be felt more dramatically in these outer regions.\nThe cast includes an astronaut, a biologist, a journalist, a geophysicist, a NASA researcher, a wildlife biologist and a geoscientists. Looks like we've got the earth sciences pretty well covered here.\nTreehugger will be reporting from the event on Friday and will provide highlights and a recap. There will be events at area museums throughout the weekend, with several geared for families and children. For those interested, several of the events are open to the public and you can purchase tickets to the Opening Celebration \"Stories from a Changing Planet\" online. San Diego is not the only stop on this tour, and the entire list can be found here."}
{"text":"High natural gas prices were cited by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as one of the primary reasons that total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions rose by 0.6% in 2003 from 2002 levels. Rising gas prices caused electric power producers to switch from natural gas to burning more coal.\nModerate economic growth, leading to greater power demand and use of fossil fuels, was the biggest factor in the emissions increase. The colder winter, which caused an increase in the use of heating fuels, also contributed, EPA said in its draft of the annual Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2003.\nFrom 1990 to 2003, emissions have grown by 13% while the U.S. economy has grown by 46%, EPA said. Total emissions of the six main greenhouse gases were 6,899 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2003. These gases are carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride.\nFossil fuel combustion remained the largest source of emissions in 2003, accounting for 80% of the total. It has accounted for roughly 80% of the total since 1990. Carbon dioxide was the primary greenhouse gas emitted by human activities in the United States in 2003, representing 84.7% of total emissions, and fossil fuel combustion produced 95% of total CO2 emissions in 2003.\nThe Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2003 is prepared annually by the EPA, in collaboration with experts from a dozen other federal agencies. After EPA completes a final version of the document, the Department of State will submit the Inventory to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. A Federal Register notice announcing a 30-day public comment period on the report was published on Monday.\nIntelligence Press Inc. All rights reserved. The preceding news report\nmay not be republished or redistributed, in whole or in part, in any\nform, without prior written consent of Intelligence Press, Inc."}
{"text":"Even those people, who have grown up grandchildren, remember their toys. Something has been erased from memory, and pleasures of childhood are invisibly present nearby. Therefore, many parents try to make open-ended toys with their own hands, so that they differ in originality, develop creativity and bring joy. Parents choose wood as toys material most often to create fun for children. Past generations have left many interesting ideas to the masters, and now these ideas are increasingly being implemented, as industrial toys of dubious origin made of plastic and rubber are less attractive to parents. So why not try to make wooden toys for children with your own hands. Of course, this is a laborious task, but the result will be impressive: a happy child, pride in a talented father, a new original toy. You will need minimal skills to create children's fun – ability to handle woodworking tools and a small idea about species of wood. Imagination and desire to make a surprise will also help. Why has this folk skill recently been revived so actively? It is explained by the fact that wood is an environmentally friendly material, completely harmless, and items from it are obtained strong and attractive.\nIf parents decide to make more than one toy, it is better to buy tools of high-quality for their production. Before you start making wooden toys with your own hands, you need to stock up on the necessary amount of material, which includes not only wood, but also varnish, paint, glue. You should choose varnish that does not contain harmful substances and heavy metals for children's toys.The toy, first of all, must be safe, not to cause harm to the child. But if you do not want to waste your time or you are not a handyman, you can just buy imaginative play toys in every toyshop, they are quite cheap.\nPhoto by Woodencaterpillar.com"}
{"text":"The Carroll County Secondary Mathematics program is designed to prepare all students to be successful participants in a global community. Graduates of Carroll County Public Schools will know and be able to use mathematics in their chosen career path to directly enter the world of work, to continue their formal education, or both. The Secondary Mathematics program supports Carroll County students by providing a curriculum that is rigorous, closely aligned to Md College and Career Ready Standards, national standards, and relevant to student needs and interests. All mathematics courses focus on real-world applications, stress the appropriate use of technology, and are designed to prepare students for the MCAP assessments.\nThe middle school program takes all students from their level of mathematical understanding upon entering sixth grade to an understanding of the foundational elements of algebra, patterns, and functions; geometry; measurement; statistics; probability; number relationships and computation; and processes of mathematics (problem solving strategies).\nThe high school program includes course sequences for students who wish to directly enter the world of work or military without further formal education as well as for students who wish to continue their formal mathematics education. Three college-level Advanced Placement courses and college level Dual Enrollment courses are available for students who seek that challenge during their high school career.\nA Secondary Math Resource notebook was created just for parents and contains important information such as course overviews by topic, course descriptions, video resources for parents, etc.\nFor a complete list of all secondary mathematics courses, please see our High School Program of Studies or our Middle School Program of Studies.\nFor additional information related to the secondary mathematics program, please contact:\nSupervisor of Secondary Mathematics\nCarroll County Public Schools\n125 North Court Street\nWestminster, MD 21157"}
{"text":"Kids aren’t just little adults.\nDrugs approved for adults may not fit kids’ needs.\nGraphic: Three children dressed in oversized, adult clothing.\nCompared to adults, children:\nGraphic: Icon representing a liver, stomach, and kidneys.\n- Absorb and eliminate drugs from their bodies differently\nGraphic: Warning sign icon.\n- Can experience different side effects\nGraphic: Icon with medicine bottles for pills (adult) and liquid (infant).\n- May require different drug formulations\nMost drugs used in kids today have been tested only on adults. Researchers are testing these drugs on kids to answer questions about:\nGraphic: Silhouette of a microscope.\nSince 1998, research—including NICHD-supported studies—has guided the safe and effective use of more than 400 medications in kids.\nGraphic: A doctor, with a lab coat and stethoscope, holding a toddler. 400 dots represented in background.\nSpotlight on NICHD Research\nAn NICHD-funded study on meropenem—an antibiotic approved to treat infection in adults and older children—tested the drug in infants and found that:\n- Infants needed dosing adjustments based on prematurity and time after birth.\n- The drug was not associated with increased risk for serious side effects.\nMeropenem is now FDA approved to treat abdominal infection in infants younger than 3 months. New guidelines ensure safe and effective dosing.\nGraphic: A child wearing surgical gloves, scrubs, and a surgical mask.\nLearn more about pediatric drug research at NICHD.\nGraphic: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services logo. Links to www.hhs.gov.\nGraphic: NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development logo. Links to http://www.nichd.nih.gov/\nGraphic: Follow Us on Twitter. Links to https://twitter.com/nichd_nih\nGraphic: Like Us on Facebook. Links to https://www.facebook.com/nichdgov/\nGraphic: Pinterest icon.\nGraphic: Visit Us on Flickr. Links to https://www.flickr.com/photos/nichd/\nBack to Pediatric Drug Research at NICHD infographic."}
{"text":"At noon on February 28, the Scientific Advisory Board for Iceland´s recent volcanic activity officially declared that the eruption at Holuhraun had come to an end.\nOne day earlier, a helicopter surveillance flight showed no more glow at the eruptive site, suggesting that the magma flow was over, says volcanodiscovery.com. Volcanic gas was, however, still being released from both the eruptive site and the lava field.\nBeginning on 31 August 2014, this 6-month-long eruption became one of the very rare prolonged fissure eruptions in Iceland in the past 1,000 years, and was the largest Icelandic eruption since the Laki eruption in 1783-1785.\nIn the aftermath of the Laki eruption, temperatures plunged globally due to the large amounts of sulphur dioxide injected in the northern hemisphere. The ensuing cold-related famine is estimated to have killed about 6 million people worldwide, making it one of the most deadly volcanic eruptions of all times.\nLuckily, the recent eruption was not as poisonous, although it did emit huge amounts of sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere.\nAt one time, some 40,000 to 60,000 tons of sulphur dioxide were spewing out of Bárðarbunga every single day, according to the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, RUV.\nEvery single day!\nThat’s more than twice the amount of sulphur dioxide spewed from all of Europe’s smokestacks.\nIcelandic Met Office – http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/articles/nr/2947\nThanks to H.B. Schmidt for these links"}
{"text":"There are countless organizations through which you can give money to help those in need. How do you choose? Are children more worthy than animals? What criteria do you use? Does your family use the same criteria? Imagine walking into your congregation and seeing two tables. One is collecting money for Heifer, International; the other, for Greenpeace. Greenpeace endeavors to protect sea life and ecosystems. Greenpeace speaks out and stages actions to call attention to environments that are being endangered by human activity. You like that. However, sometimes, their tactics have been called unlawful, disrespectful, and even dangerous to human lives. Heifer gives animals and plants to people. You like that, too. But some vegetarians and vegans object because many of the animals are eaten. On the other hand, the animals are never given solely for food: All the animals (and plants) provide something the people can sell to increase their household incomes, like wool, milk, or eggs. The income has allowed many families to send children to school or send family members to doctors. You want to give a dollar bill. Neither table has change. Which do you choose and why?\nDo the means justify the ends? What if your bank made a mistake and deposited an extra $100 in your account? Which would be better: notifying the bank of its mistake or giving the money to charity?"}
{"text":"This publication is also available in a French edition. To download the French version, please click here.\nIn Canada, implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is an opportunity to explore and reconceive the relationship between international law, Indigenous peoples’ own laws and Canada’s constitutional narratives.\nIn May 2016, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett addressed the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the United Nations and officially endorsed UNDRIP — without the qualifications attached by the previous government, which held the declaration to be aspirational and not legally binding. While this announcement did not change the legal relevance of UNDRIP in Canada, it does express the political will to begin implementation and signals that Canada may be on a path toward reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. Thus, the announcement also raised legal and policy questions about how the federal government intends to adopt and implement this soft law instrument.\nThis collection of essays reflects the recommendations of selected Indigenous legal scholars and policy leaders on how Canada can braid together a new legal framework through the implementation of UNDRIP, revive a stalled process of reconciliation and embrace a true nation-to-nation relationship with Indigenous peoples."}
{"text":"China's mission to land a robotic probe on the moon next month has potential pluses and minuses for a NASA mission already underway there, according to a report in Space.com.\nChina is getting its Chang'e 3 moon lander to launch on top of a rocket as part of a mission to orbit and eventually land on the moon to conduct a probe with a solar-powered lunar rover.\nEditor's Note: Iran Deal Creates 7 Major Impacts to Economy, Global Security\nBut already there is the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), part of a NASA project to study the moon’s dust environment and exosphere (outer fringe region). Some experts believe the Chinese project has the potential to complicate the LADEE’s mission.\nThe Chang'e 3 spacecraft’s arrival orbiting the moon “and then its descent to the surface will result in a significant contamination of the lunar exosphere by the propellant,\" said space scientist Jeff Plescia, who works at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., according to Space.com\nBut Plescia, who also serves as chairman of NASA’s Lunar Exploration Analysis Group, which helps the agency plan scientific projects on the moon, said the Chang’e 3’s mission also created an opportunity to bolster scientific knowledge.\nRelease of the propellant would enable LADEE “to observe how the propellant becomes distributed into the lunar exosphere and then how it is later removed,\" he said.\nSarah Noble, a LADEE program scientist, said that by learning about the moon, scientists can gain a better understanding of “other small bodies in the solar system, such as asteroids, Mercury, and the moons of outer planets,\" Natureworldnews.com reported.\n© 2014 Newsmax. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial, a landmark 10-year study, demonstrated that people who lowered their blood glucose concentration have a better chance of delaying or preventing complications that affect the eyes (retinopathy), kidneys (nephropathy), and nerves (neuropathy). Two groups of patients with type 1 diabetes were studied. One group followed a standard treatment regimen and the other group followed an intensive treatment regimen. People who lowered their blood glucose levels practiced the intensive treatment regimens that included careful self-monitoring of glucose, multiple daily insulin injections, and close doctor contact.\nClinical complications associated with diabetes may include the following:\nPeople with diabetes must stay alert for symptoms that can lead to clinical complications. The best way to do this is to:\nClick here to view the\nOnline Resources of Diabetes"}
{"text":"Coastal & Marine Geology InfoBank\nOur Mapping Systems\nThe USGS and Science Education\nUSGS Fact Sheets\nground penetrating radar\nComment: 12:22 - 12:54 (00:32)\nSource: Annenberg/CPB Resources - Earth Revealed - 12. Minerals: The Materials of Earth\nKeywords: \"James Sadd\", streak, \"metallic mineral\", color, hematite, galena, \"crystal structure\", \"physical property\", \"mineral identification\", mineral\nOur transcription: One useful way to distinguish between some metallic minerals is a physical property called \"streak\".\nWhen we rub a mineral against a porcelain plate, we powder the mineral, and by comparing the color of the mineral in its powdered form to the coarse crystalline form, we can distinguish some types of minerals.\nHematite is reddish brown in its powdered form and gray metallic in its coarse crystalline form.\nCompare this to galena, which is gray, both the powdered form and the coarse crystalline form.\nGeology School Keywords"}
{"text":"Hetch Hetchy Panorama\nThe proposal to dam Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park as a water and power source for the City of San Francisco aroused the nation in the early twentieth century. It produced a schism between resource conservationists and wilderness preservationists represented respectively by Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot and Sierra Club founder John Muir.\nAs you view the panorama, identify the kinds of issues that divided\nthe two camps. Use the linked quotations and additional photographs to help you\nin your interpretation.\nHetch Hetchy Reservoir\nCredits: Photographs by Carolyn Merchant; panorama assembly and web page by Rob Weinberg. Panoramas updated by Ravi Shivanna using PanoramaStudio 3 (July 2018)"}
{"text":"|Durio kutejensis fruits, also known as durian merah|\nThere are currently 30 recognised species\nA durian is a big fruit with a strong smell and a hard shell with sharp thorns. Its flavour is loved by some people, especially in Southeast Asia, where people name it \"King of Fruits\". Many hotels and public transportation systems do not let people carry durians because of the strong smell, which many people find unpleasant.\nDurian's flavour has been compared to custard and almonds. There are many different kinds of durian. Many people like some kinds more than they like others. This means that some kinds cost more than others.\nAppearance[change | change source]"}
{"text":"It’s the family favorite HI HO! CHERRY-O board game! Preschoolers can have so much fun picking fruit to fill their baskets, they don’t even realize they’re practicing math skills, such as counting, addition and subtraction. Players choose from two different play options and take turns picking pretend cherries, blueberries, apples and oranges from their tree. If the spinner lands on a bird or a dog players will have to return cherries to their tree. Landing on a spilled bucket means they have to start the game over! Think of the Hi Ho! Cherry-O board game when it comes to a fruity fun way for kids to practice math skills! Hasbro Gaming and all related terms are trademarks of Hasbro."}
{"text":"President Donald Trump has signed a new Executive Order to limit immigration to the United States for the rest of this year. The Executive Order takes effect on June 24, 2020 at 12:01 AM EDT and expires on December 31, 2020.\nThe purpose of the Executive Order is to protect 525,000 jobs, according to the Trump administration. This figure represents the number of foreign nationals that the administration estimates will not be able to work in the country in 2020 as a result of the Executive Order.\nThe coronavirus pandemic has caused unemployment rates to spike around the world, including in the United States and Canada. The Trump administration has long argued that welcoming immigrants hurts American workers. They believe limiting immigration during the pandemic will help American workers land on their feet."}
{"text":"The Mortality Bill for the year 1665, published by the Parish Clerks' Company, shows 97 parishes within the City of London. By September 6 the city lay in ruins, 86 churches having been destroyed. In 1670 a Rebuilding Act was passed and a committee set up under the stewardship of Sir Christopher Wren to decide which would be rebuilt. Fifty-one were chosen, but St Margaret New Fish Street where the Monument now stands in Bridge Ward was one of the minority never to be rebuilt. Variously called St Margaret Bridge Street and St Margaret Fish Street Hill, it received many gifts from the pilgrims who passed it on the way to and from London Bridge. Following the fire it was united to St Magnus-the-Martyr.\n^Name recorded as such in Church of England,Parish of St. Margaret New Fish Street,Vestry and parish officers Annuity bonds with papers appertaining Ms 11383 cited in \"City of London Parish Registers Guide 4\" Hallows,A.(Ed): London, Guildhall Library Research, 1974 ISBN 0-900422-30-0\n^\"The ancient office of Parish Clerk and the Parish Clerks Company of London\" Clark, O :London, Journal of the Ecclesiastical Law Society Vol 8, January 2006 ISSN: 0956-618X\n^The \"Churches of the City of London\" Reynolds,H: London, Bodley Head, 1922"}
{"text":"Polymers contain ordered crystalline regions; chains fold to produce lamellae. When lamellae are nucleated from a small area, round agglomerates known as spherulites are formed. In a fully crystalline material they impinge on each other and appear polygonal under the microscope. In this TLP, polymer crystallisation and spherulite formation have been discussed. Micrographs of spherulites showing the distinctive Maltese cross were presented and their appearance was explained in terms of birefringence.\nFrom the section of the TLP dealing with mechanical testing, you should have gained an understanding of the mechanism of necking and cold drawing by which a semicrystalline polymer deforms under a uniaxial tensile stress above its glass transition temperature. Furthermore, Considère's construction, which is a simple way of determining whether a polymer sample will neck and cold draw, was derived. The stress-strain curves produced by such experiments should now be familiar, for varying strain rates and relative temperatures.\n- Plastics Microstructure and Engineering Applications, N J Mills, Edward Arnold, 1993 (2nd edition).\n- Fundamentals of Polymer Science - An Introductory Text, Paul C Painter and Michael M Coleman, Technomic, 1994.\n- Introduction to Polymers, R J Young and P A Lovell, Chapman & Hall, 1991 (2nd edition).\n- The Macrogalleria\nDescribing itself as \"a cyberwonderland of polymer fun\", this multi-award-winning site contains a wealth of information about polymers, including a section on Differential scanning calorimetry."}
{"text":"Tipping is an interesting, pervasive, and under researched form of consumer behavior. Tips are supposed to be an incentive/reward for good service. However, tipping is a complex behavior motivated by the desires to conform with social norms, compensate for poor service wages, display power/status, avoid the servers’ envy and ill will, and express interpersonal attraction. It is possible that these other motives for tipping undermine its role as an incentive/reward. This possibility was examined in two original studies of restaurant tipping. The studies found that tipping is related to consumers’ evaluations of service and the dining experience, but that these relationships are weak. This result suggests that tipping is, in part, a reward for good service, but that it may not provide a sufficient incentive for the delivery of good service.\nLynn, M., & Graves, J. (1996). Tipping: An incentive/reward for service? [Electronic version]. Retrieved [insert date], from Cornell University, School of Hospitality Administration site: http://scholarship.sha.cornell.edu/articles/150"}
{"text":"Are there any answers to the violence that is becoming prevalent today regardless if it is being perpetrated on people by a rogue government or violent protests? What about mass killings by lone operatives or genocide carried out by a regime? What leads to such unthinkable tragedies?\nAre their cultural environments conducive to bad behavior?\nOf course there is. Racial, religious, and ethnic intolerance is found in every culture and nation of the world to some degree. Things grow because there is soil to sustain it. If you change the soil then what is produced changes. Changing the soil through proper education and the instilling of morals will create a culture of valuing each other which in turn produces a bedrock for societal cohesiveness. A fish thrives in water because it is an environment that contains everything it needs to survive. Take the fish out of its environment and it dies. Will racism and all forms of bigotry be totally eradicated? No, but we can have an environment that creates little to no possibility for growth, thus isolating their perspectives and ideologies beyond the moat of reasoning. This will translate into loss of influence and opportunity for these who propagate such intolerable thinking leading to despicable behavior.\nThe importance of education is indisputable in its value to constructing a generation. Information becomes the hinge that swings the door of opportunity to a land of progress. However, as with all things in life, this demands balance, because when educating people and yet forgetting the instruction of morals is inadvertently creating a danger to national and international stability. Think about Nazi Germany as an example. It was the land of some of the most educated minds and technology such as Einstein and Mercedes-Benz, yet it produced a Hitler. Educators today must realize the importance of serving students information and increasing their knowledge, but also assisting them in developing their character, which is necessary in being a positive contributor to society."}
{"text":"The HSMA programme trains NHS staff to use the latest advances in computer simulation.\nBy developing skills and networks, it is helping healthcare providers to make decisions that are based on robust evidence. The programme has been devised and implemented by NIHR PenCLAHRC and the University of Exeter Medical School, and allows Health Service Modelling Associates - HSMAs for short - to spend one day a week with research experts. Over a twelve month period, they each tackle a problem facing their organisation.\nThe programme is designed to build capacity in NHS trusts, giving them the skills to embed evidence-based practice in all areas of their operational activities.\nWhat is operational research?\nReal life organisations can be incredibly complex.\nWhen changes are made to a process or service, it can be difficult to predict the outcomes and ensure the intended effects are achieved. Sometimes, these actions might also have unexpected and potentially serious consequences.\nThrough the use of computer models and analytical techniques, operational research helps to overcome this problem by producing a very accurate picture of the way a system works. This process allows users to test different scenarios and measure their effectiveness.\nIn the health service, using this approach means changes can be configured and tested before being rolled out in real life."}
{"text":"Certain types of cycling routes carry much lower risk of injury for cyclists, according to a new University of British Columbia study on the eve of Vancouver’s Bike to Work Week.\nThe study, published today in the American Journal of Public Health, analyzed the cause of 690 cycling injuries in Vancouver and Toronto from 2008 to 2009 and various route types and infrastructure.\nThe greatest risk to cyclists occurs when they share major streets with parked cars, with no bike lanes present – like on Broadway in Vancouver or Dundas Street in Toronto. Without a designated space on the road, cyclists face a heightened risk of injury from moving cars and car doors opening, according to the study.\nIn contrast, infrastructure designed for cyclists – including bike lanes on major streets without parked cars, residential street bike routes, and off-street bike paths – carries about half the risk, while cycle tracks (physically separated bike lanes) carries the lowest injury risk for cyclists, at about one-tenth the risk.\n“Cycle tracks and other bike-specific infrastructure are prevalent in the cycling cities of Northern Europe, but have been slow to catch on in North America,” says Kay Teschke, a professor in UBC’s School of Population and Public Health and lead author of the study. “Adoption of safer route infrastructure would prevent crashes from occurring in the first place, while encouraging cycling. Since cycling offers major health benefits, this is a win-win.”\nTeschke says that increased injury risk also exists with streetcar or train tracks, and where there is construction. “There is renewed interest in streetcars for urban transportation, and the associated tracks were found to be particularly hazardous for cyclists,” she adds. “There is also higher risk when construction impacts road traffic. Safe detours for cyclists need to be provided.”\nFor more information about the study, visit http://cyclingincities.spph.ubc.ca/injuries/the-bice-study/."}
{"text":"Colorado Plague Death | What is The Plague?\nQuick: What do you think of when someone says The Plague?\nChances are, you think of some Biblical blah-blah-blah about people having the plague (and some other stuff that you don’t really remember from school or church). Or, you may have read some history that suggests the downfall of The Roman Empire may have actually been due to the plague.\nWhatever you know (or don’t know) about the plague, you probably haven’t given it much thought in your lifetime because we don’t need to worry about it in our modern times, right?\nExcept … we do.\nCNN has reported that an adult in Colorado has died from the plague, bringing the total to two deaths this year from the plague.\nWhat Is The Plague?\nThe plague is a bacteria caused by Yersinia pestis. Humans get the plague by being bitten by a flea (usually from a rodent) who was carrying the bacteria. In some cases, the disease gets into the blood stream and can cause the feet, hands and nose and lips to become gangrenous and turn black.\nEarly on, it is often mistaken for the flu because patients present with fever and chills.\nThe plague can be treated with antibiotics if caught quickly, but can also be fatal if untreated.\nThere are additional types of plague, like the pneumonic plague, which can affect a person’s lungs.\nNo Vaccine for The Plague\nAccording to the Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, “A plague vaccine is no longer available in the United States. New plague vaccines are in development but are not expected to be commercially available in the immediate future.”\nHow To Avoid The Plague\nSo, what should you do to avoid getting the plague? The CDC recommends:\n- Remove brush, wood and other items from around the outside of your house where rodents would nest.\n- Keep your pets and home treated for fleas with flea repellent.\n- Don’t leave animal food sitting outdoors where it could regularly attract rodents.\n- Use repellent while hiking, camping and working outdoors.\nAFFILIATE LINKS ARE USED IN THIS POST"}
{"text":"Foreign Influences, English: despite the geographical distance English economic and cultural influences on Austria have been quite strong at various times. During the first half of the 17th century, English touring companies ( English Comedians) also performed in Austria, in the 18th century Prince Eugène and the Duke of Marlborough exchanged views on the construction and decoration of palaces; around 1780 the English landscape garden replaced the French style in garden architecture. During the age of Romanticism Gothic architecture (Tudor style) was adopted in Austria. The most lasting effects were those in the field of technology: travelling craftsmen often learned new techniques and developments in England and brought them back to Austria, English enterprises frequently moved to Austria. Setbacks in the course of this development were caused by Napoleon´s Continental System, but after 1835 English railway engineers came to Austria, who were experts in train operation as well as in locomotive-construction. In the 20th century, increasing knowledge of the English language in Austria made many mutual influences possible (e.g. school exchange programs), the period of 1945-1955, when England was one of the occupying powers in Austria after World War II, was very important for establishing new contacts.\nLiterature#P. Martinz-Turek, Untersuchungen ueber den englischen Kultureinfluss in Oesterreich um 1800, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1971."}
{"text":"The project targets 50 children (aging 8-12 years) who left primary school in poor villages in Pakistan due to various reasons will start learning in quick learning classroom for daily 2-hours during 6-months to attain grade-3 or 4 standards of reading, writing and doing simple mathematics. As a result of this project, these children will be able to continue their regular schooling and will become source of motivation for other street children and their parents.\nPeshawar has suffered due to terrorism. Children 8-12 age dropped out of school due to poverty, punishment and improper teaching, heavy syllabus, unfamiliar medium of instructions and losing interest in education. These children with zero literacy do not find any place in corresponding grades in school. These are considered misfit and pushed to earn money through garbage collection and selling toys/candies on the streets. These children face abuse and street crimes at the hands of criminals.\nCarefully mobilized 50 street children will go through quick learning classrooms of 2hrs daily for 6-months. They will be taught reading, writing and mathematics by female teachers backed by management. At 2 different points, 2 classrooms to be established each with 25 students. Urdu as national & English as international language will be taught with Pashto language as instructions medium. Children attaining grade-3 & 4 level in quick classrooms will resume compatible grades in regular schools.\nProject will help promoting education as means to end violence. Parents will demand schools to become equally effective as quick classrooms. The trend of street children going back to school will be followed in the nearby society. Reduction in child abuse and street crimes will occur. The project will help reducing further trauma to affected children at the evil hands. These street children will become productive citizens of the society and possibly carry out similar productive interventions."}
{"text":"These 500-year-old boxwood carvings are tiny religious pieces created between 1500 and 1530 in Flanders or the Netherlands that require researchers to view them using micro-CT scanning, Advanced 3D analysis Software, and even X-rays.\nA market demand for profitable religious carvings occurred in Europe before the Reformation period (1517-1648). When attempts to reform the Catholic Church and Protestant Churches took hold throughout Europe, church-related accessories were no longer in demand.\nCurators and conservators of Small Wonders: Gothic Boxwood Miniatures an exhibition at The Art Gallery of Ontario used micro-CT scanning and 3D Analysis Software in order to analyze the tiny sculptures within the boxwood.\nSome parts of the sculptures are tinier than grass seed. The production process remains a mystery and traces of gold and other decoration impede X-ray views.\nResearchers took these 500-year-old miniature boxwood carvings to the lab to find out their secrets\nThey think these miniatures were made between 1500 and 1530 in Flanders or the Netherlands\nThe human eye isn’t able to analyze details this tiny\nSo researchers used micro-CT scanning and Advanced 3D Analysis Software\nTo find out how intricate the pieces really are\nThey found joints in the inner layers so tiny that only a microscope or an X-ray can detect them\nAnd pins, smaller than a grass seed\nBut even the advanced technology couldn’t see everything\nBecause traces of gold and other decoration materials conceal the X-ray views\nThe miniatures were a result of a rising new social class in Europe that created a demand for these high-quality portable religious carvings\nHowever, soon the Reformation began and a lot of church-related accessories went out of fashion\nYou can check out the entire exhibit over at The Art Gallery of Ontario! Be sure to give this post a thumbs up and a share with your friends on Facebook before you go."}
{"text":"Worker Health Information from the National Health Interview Survey\nRetail Trade Industries\nThese charts summarize the 2010 NHIS-OHS data for the Retail Trade industries in an effort to provide industry leaders with information so they can better understand health and exposure burdens specific to their workforce.\nIn the 2010 NHIS-OHS, the sample of those employed in the Retail Trade industries consisted of 1,795 persons, representing approximately 17 million workers. The charts linked below show the prevalence (rates) of selected health outcomes; work organization and psychosocial factors; and physical and chemical exposures among workers in the Retail Trade industries. All Retail Trade workers are compared to all U.S. workers combined, and comparisons are made among 22 specific Retail Trade industries.\n- Description of Retail Trade workers in the US\n- All US workers vs. the Retail Trade workers\n- Health conditions\n- Work organization factors\n- Psychosocial exposures\n- Physical and chemical exposures"}
{"text":"Explore length, mass, temperature and capacity in both customary and metric scales.\nMeasurement and Estimation Pocket Chart\n- Brand: Learning Resources\n- Product Code: LER2284\nTags: Length & Measurement, Mathematics, Manipulatives, Hands-On, Length & Measurement, Pre-school, early childhood, Mathematics, Pocket Chart, English, Phonics, Pocket Chart, Pre-school, early childhood, Teaching Aids, Learning Resources, measurement, estimation, pocket-chart"}
{"text":"Enzyme inhibitor = substance that directly or indirectly interferes with functioning of active site of enzyme - reducing activity.\n- Competitive inhibitor - binds to active site of enzyme.\n- Non-competitive inhibitor - binds to enzyme at position other than active site.\nHave molecular shape similar to substrate.\nCan occupy active site of enzyme and compete with substrate.\nDifference between concentration of inhibitor and concentration of the substrate = affect inhibitor has on enzyme activity.\nCompetitive slows action because eventually all substrate will occupy an active site.\nEffect is decreased by increasing substrate concentration.\nAttach themselves to enzyme at a site other than active…"}
{"text":"Sentence Diagramming Practice #1\nGive your 5th grader a challenging way to practice identifying parts of speech. She'll diagram these sentences by breaking each word down into its part of speech. This is a great way to hone her writing skills.\nFor help learning how to diagram, see our Sentence Diagramming series!"}
{"text":"Freedom of speech, the right to vote and political equality are the hallmarks of a key event in Australia's history - the Eureka rebellion. The development of Australian democracy and identity is considered by some to have been born during the uprising at the Ballarat goldfields in November 1854 - an example of a rebellion that led to law reform.\n1. Samantha Jade\n2. Click Frenzy"}
{"text":"Water Quality of Long, Cranberry, Buck and Round Ponds 1993 -1994Brockport Bookshelf\nDescriptionLong, Buck and Cranberry Ponds have very high concentrations of total phosphorus and chlorophyll .a; that is, they have high levels of a nutrient that stimulates the growth of microscopic and macroscopic plants. This results in an overabundance of microscopic plant life as indicated by the exceedingly high chlorophyll levels observed. Long Pond appears to be the most productive followed by Buck Pond and then Cranberry Pond. Round Pond has relatively low chlorophyll and phosphorus levels compared to the other ponds. R.ound Pond does not appear to be impacted by cultural eutrophication. Compared to nearby Lake Ontario, Lake Erie and Conesus Lake, Long, Buck and Cranberry Ponds are hypereutrophic. These results suggest that Long, Buck and Cranberry Ponds are receiving excessive amounts of nutrients from either the watershed or through auto-fertilization or both. Point and non-point sources of nutrients within the watershed should be identified through stress stream analysis (i.e. segment analysis of the stream) as a prelude to remedial action and the establishment of best management practices. The shallowness of these ponds does not preclude the problem of wind generated mixing of the phosphorus laden seditnents (i.e. auto-fertilization) after any remediation.\n[Brockport, N.Y. : J. Makarewicz], 1994.\nDepartmentEnvironmental Science & Biology\nCitation InformationJoseph C. Makarewicz and Gregory G. Lampman. Water Quality of Long, Cranberry, Buck and Round Ponds 1993 -1994. (1994)\nAvailable at: http://works.bepress.com/joseph_makarewicz/46/"}
{"text":"|About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us|\nA.Word.A.Daywith Anu Garg\nThough just a few ounces of paper and ink, books can be threatening to some. Governments try to ban them. Religious leaders try to shield their followers from them.\nOf course, it's not the container, it's what's in them -- the ideas -- that frightens those in power. A good gauge of a free society is the freedom it enjoys to publish and read a book, even one some people don't agree with.\nAs an antidote to the banning of books, Banned Books Week is celebrated in the US every year. This year it's Sep 24 - Oct 1. Does your country observe a Banned Books Week? If not, why not start one yourself?\nnoun: A book for ready reference, such as a manual or guidebook.\nFrom Latin vade mecum (go with me), from vadere (to go) + me (me) + cum (with). Earliest documented use: 1629.\nAn iPad may serve as the modern vade mecum, but in earlier times there was no Wi-Fi with easy access to reference material. A moneylender may have had to carry a book of interest tables, a doctor a book of treatments, and so on. A vade mecum was often folded like an accordion or a map and suspended from the belt or girdle.\n\"The U.S. Senate, over which Dallas presided, ordered twelve thousand copies of Hickey's pro-slavery vade mecum.\"\nJill Lepore; The Commandments; The New Yorker; Jan 17, 2011.\nSee more usage examples of vade mecum in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.\nA THOUGHT FOR TODAY:If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart? -Alexander Solzhenitsyn, novelist, Nobel laureate (1918-2008)"}
{"text":"This is the second title in the important new series from Oxford which provides accessible introductions to the ideas, facts, and vocabulary behind an absorbing range of subjects. Meticulously researched and authoritative but written in simple language by experts in their fields, curious young readers will quickly get to grips with the basic principles and terminology of each subject. The Secrets of the Universe explains, in clear and interesting way, the theories of the beginning of the Universe, what it is, how it works, the lives of stars, and possible futures.\nThe engaging design highlights the Heroes of the subject from early beginnings to modern day and explains tricky terminology in ‘Speak like a Scientist’ features. Comic strips and illustrations, amazing photographs, and a timeline, glossary and, index, all make this handy-sized book the perfect way tolearn. If you love this title, why not collect them all? The Secrets of the Universe is part of a collectible set which will build into a diverse range of subjects."}
{"text":"A table of differentiated assignments for the grade 7 history unit \"New France\".\nThe table is organized into three rounds of assignments. Each round covers specific topics on the subject of New France, offered in a variety of learning styles. Students will choose one assignment in each round.\nThe learning styles offered are: Reading / Writing; Visual / Artistic; Charts & Diagrams; Vocabulary\nThis sheet is designed to be printed, copied, and given directly to the student at the beginning of the unit.\nIncludes a rubric for assessment.\nSee also: Life In Upper Canada - Grade 7 Differentiated Assignments"}
{"text":"Plenty of information is available for how to keep children eating health and preventing childhood obesity, but implementing plans is more challeging, says a University of Arizona nutrititionist.\nMany American children have struggled with their weight for years now, and as conditions worsen, schools have joined in the fight against unhealthy children.\nOffering healthy food in schools can play a big role in children's health, but Melanie Hingle, a research professor with the UA's Nutritional Sciences Department, says the food offered in school is just one of the many contributing factors.\nHingle says the public in general seems slow to put healthy practices in to place and has a lot of work to do in figuring out how to implement those practices.\n\"The overall aim of my research program is the prevention of childhood obesity,\" Hingle says.\nShe says she is looking at three areas in her research: the effects of health and media messages, the use of technology to deliver health information and the key role of parents."}
{"text":"By Sean Graham\nBetween 1960 and 1996, the Guatemalan Civil War pitted the government against leftist rebel groups. Both during and after the war, there were accusations that government forces committed human rights violations against civilians. The government denied these allegations and claimed that there was no documentation to substantiate any of the claims. That was until a cache of documents from the National Police was found in an abandoned headquarters in 2005. That launched a massive effort to preserve and archive the documents. Despite official efforts to destroy the material and threats of physical violence, a group of volunteers worked tirelessly to ensure that it was possible to figure out what happened during the war.\nIn this episode of the History Slam, I talk with Kirsten Weld of Harvard University about her book Paper Cadavers: The Archives of Dictatorship in Guatamala. We chat about the uncovering of the archives, the process of reclaiming the material, and the contested nature of building memory.\nSean Graham is a William Lyon Mackenzie King post-doctoral fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University where he studies the history of Canadian broadcasting and the CBC. He is an editor at Activehistory.ca and host/producer of the History Slam Podcast. Like any red-blooded Canadian his ultimate dream is to be a curling champion while living on a diet of beer and poutine."}
{"text":"|France’s ambitious environmental policy is aimed mainly at cutting greenhouse gas emissions, with the government committed to reducing such gasses by 75 percent by 2050. France has banned fracking, even though it has the greatest potential, along with Poland, for recoverable shale gas in Europe. After protests by environmental groups, France cancelled exploration licenses held by two oil companies in 2011.\nLast month, France’s new energy and environment minister said in a press conference that she wanted to accelerate investment in renewable energies like wind, solar, biomass and marine energy, and to improve the country’s insulation of buildings, in part, through providing financing for better insulating low-income housing.\nAmerica is in the midst of a natural gas boom and fracking is an extremely popular method of extraction. But several towns across the US have banned it, and New York state has refused to allow it until at least April 2015. Efforts are also underway to ban fracking in California."}
{"text":"To optimize speed and accuracy of motor behavior coaches prepare the athlete by teaching the type of movement that must be made and when it should be executed. Anticipating the movement time, in which a response should be performed is called 'temporal orienting', whereby efferent nerves carry impulses away from the central nervous system to effectors such as muscles that respond to the stimulus.\nTemporal orienting is part of coaching. Temporally informative cues allow athletes to predict when an imminent event will occur. A coach teaches certain signals and signs to the athlete that something will occur shortly. These valid clues increase the athletes reaction time, how does this happen?\nTemporal orienting or selectively preparing for the motor response recruits a region of the brain called the left intraparietal sulcus (IPS). The IPS principal function is visual attention. The IPS is involved in such things as directing eye movement and motility, such as reaching, grasping and the minds visuospatial working memory that is, your sense of 'whereness' and interpreting the intent of others. Co-activating the neuroimaging and neuromuscular portions of the brain makes for a quick athlete.\nThe cues a coach gives his athlete can reduce reaction time. The more exacting the mental imagery the better the reduction. When using an object like the Rogers Quick Snap Football, study game film and try to replicate the centers habits manipulating the ball before it is snapped. Replicate the angle of the ball and indicate exactly where on the ball you want the player to focus his attention. Make sure the athlete understands how important studying the football can change how he plays and quickly he moves. Get your intraparietal sulcus Strong."}
{"text":"High Fall Air Bags\nThe creation of air bags were developed in the 1970s to practice high falls. The technology of the air bags has changed dramatically through the years enabling stuntmen and stunt women to increase the height from where they fall. Today standards you are now able to use an air bag from 40ft to 200ft and above. The stunt coordinator would be the one to rent the air bag from a stunt equipment rental company and with his stunt safety team, set up the air bag. To perform this specialized stunt it takes a trained high diver or stunt performer to be able to do a free dive into an air bag. To alleviate danger it takes a stunt safety crew and the supervision of a stunt coordinator to set up the fall using the air bag system.\nThe process to engineer the perfect high fall could take a couple hours depending on the complexity of the shot. The take off position will have to be prepped and may take a couple days to secure the safety of the high fall stunt player. Having an experienced high faller will decrease production’s risk of having an accident. Many variables come into play and wind is a dangerous one when the timing of the actual jump will happen."}
{"text":"Hundreds of thousands of ransomware attacks take place every single day. Everyone is a target. No one is immune.\nRansomware has become an epidemic and is now one of the top concerns of cybersecurity professionals due to the frequency of attacks and the risk of losing critical organization assets, including financial records, standard operating and even required day-to-day documents.\nMost ransomware infections start when a user clicks an infected attachment or visits a compromised website. Unwittingly, the user unleashes the malware into his or her computer and if it isn’t blocked, it often spreads to the entire network."}
{"text":"The big news around the green-tech blogosphere today are the results of a new study by Harvard physicist Alex Wissner-Gross, which finds that two searches on Google produces about as much CO2 as boiling a kettle of tea.\nShock and dismay! Wait, what the heck does that actually mean?\nWhat it means is that, if the study is correct, all of our Google searches put together are creating a pretty huge CO2 footprint.\nSearches on Google are energy intensive because the company sends search queries out to multiple servers around the world and gives you the answer that comes out the fastest — essentially putting multiple servers on the same project in competition with each other.\nFor the record, Google disputes the claims in the study, saying that the average search produces only 0.2 grams of CO2. It also points out that it’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, has invested $45 million in clean-energy technology.\nAlso for the record, Wissner-Gross did not compare Google’s CO2 output to other search engines, so we don’t know if using Yahoo! Search is any cleaner than using Google.\nSo, what to make of all this? Some have argued that it’s far more efficient to use Google to find the answers we need than drive down to the library and look it up on a book — whose production may create around 2,500 grams of CO2. And I tend to agree.\nTo me, it’s all about perspective and realizing that computing in general takes up massive amounts of energy and, under current circumstances, emits a lot of climate change inducing CO2.\nBut that doesn’t mean we should all throw our laptops away and go back to pencils and ledgers. It means we need to find real solutions to creating energy that doesn’t depend on fossil fuels.\nThose are the solutions that are going to help stem the tide of climate change. They’re also the solutions that will only be found with heavy doses of computing power and, yes, lots of Googling."}
{"text":"Index name: Deciles.\nEase of use: Green.\nOrigins: A simple mathematical approach described by Gibbs and Maher in 1967 through their work with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.\nCharacteristics: Using the entire period of record of precipitation data for a location, the frequency and distribution of precipitation are ranked. The first decile is composed of the rainfall amounts in which the lowest 10% of the values are not exceeded, and the fifth decile is the median. A wet scale is also available. Daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal and annual values can all be considered in the methodology, as it is flexible when current data are compared to the historical record for any given period.\nInput parameters: Precipitation only, and the timescale considered is flexible.\nApplications: With the ability to look at different timescales and time steps, deciles can be used in meteorological, agricultural and hydrological drought situations.\nStrengths: With a single variable being considered, the methodology is simple and flexible for many situations. Using clearly defined thresholds, the current data are put into a historical context and drought status can be recognized. Useful in both wet and dry situations.\nWeaknesses: As with other indicators that use only precipitation, the impacts of temperatures and other variables are not considered during the development of drought. A long record period provides the best results because many wet and dry periods will be included in the distribution.\nResources: There is no specific software code for deciles and several online tools can provide output. Thus, it is important to clarify the underlying methodology, as there are a number of statistical approaches to calculate deciles from meteorological data.\nExample: DrinC software.\nReferences: Gibbs, W.J. and J.V. Maher, 1967: Rainfall Deciles as Drought Indicators. Bureau of Meteorology Bulletin No. 48, Melbourne, Australia.\nCurrently used by: Austria, Brazil, Iran, Macedonia, New Zealand."}
{"text":"The Political Economy of War:\nThe International Dimension\nThe world economy in the prewar years was a marvel of growth and interdependence. Though nineteenth-century industrial capitalism showered its benefits unevenly on different social classes, all the developed countries had witnessed amazing leaps in their wealth and standards of living in the several decades before 1914. Much of that material advance owed to the deepening harmony and coordination of international economic relationships. Despite ominously intensifying colonial rivalries in Africa and Asia, the European states allowed goods and capital and even labor to move easily across their own national frontiers. Relative to the movement of raw materials and foodstuffs, trade in industrial products was rising more rapidly, indicating the growing importance of technological specialization to economic growth.\nCentral to the smooth functioning of this complex international economy was the role of Great Britain. London, the heart of the world financial system, pumped the British pound sterling into all the arteries of global commerce. Sterling was indeed the very lifeblood of the world trading network. Other nations held British pounds as a currency of reserve; foreign merchants maintained large sterling balances at London; and sterling served as a currency of account in the exchange of goods that never touched the shores of Great Britain. So great was the world's confidence in sterling, and so skillful was the British bank"}
{"text":"NewsWorks reports that researchers at Temple University’s Water and Environmental Technology Center have created a water purification system that uses sound. Cleaning waste water is usually complicated and expensive, but this new ultrasound method may be an ideal solution.\nHead researcher Rominder Suri explains the sound vibration process:\n“You’re literally creating conditions similar to the surface of the sun. So whatever contaminants are there, they get zapped, or broken down.”\nThis technology was originally developed for use in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, but it may have zombie survival applications as well.\nImagine being able to purify a large body of water by introducing a handheld device that creates sonic vibrations–forget about doing it one bottle at a time. This new technique would quickly create additional sources of clean drinking water, allowing you to worry about more pressing issues such as the zombie menace lumbering across your lawn.\nThough you shouldn’t expect to see this technology introduced to the consumer market anytime soon, its development is another indication that our chances of surviving the coming zombie plague might be improving slightly. Let’s just hope the dead don’t rise too soon!"}
{"text":"\"What we need to do is learn to work in the system, by which I mean that everybody, every team, every platform, every division, every component is there not for competitive profit or recognition, but for contribution to the system as a whole on a win-win basis.\"\nNon-cooperative approaches, by contrast, almost always involve duplication of effort, since someone working independently must spend time and skills on problems that already have been encountered and overcome by someone else. A technical hitch, for example, is more likely to be solved quickly and imaginatively if scientists (including scientists from different countries) pool their talents rather than compete against one another.\nOne must marvel at the intellectual quality of a teacher who can't understand why children assault one another in the hallway, playground, and city street, when in the classroom the highest accolades are reserved for those who have beaten their peers. In many subtle and some not so subtle ways, teachers demonstrate that what children learn means much less than that they triumph over their classmates. Is this not assault? . . . Classroom defeat is only the pebble that creates widening ripples of hostility. It is self-perpetuating. It is reinforced by peer censure, parental disapproval, and loss of self-concept. If the classroom is a model, and if that classroom models competition, assault in the hallways should surprise no one."}
{"text":"1. Any of various plants of the genus Pelargonium, native chiefly to southern Africa and widely cultivated for their rounded, often variegated leaves and showy clusters of red, pink, or white irregular flowers. An essential oil is obtained from the leaves of some species. Also called pelargonium, storksbill.\n2. Any of various plants of the genus Geranium, having palmately divided leaves and pink or purplish regular flowers. Also called cranesbill.\n3. A strong to vivid red.\n[New Latin Geranium, genus name (under which Linnaeus included both Geranium and Pelargonium, later separated), from Latin geranium, a species of geranium (G. tuberosum), cranesbill (from the appearance of its seed capsule ), from Greek geranion, diminutive of geranos, crane; see gerə-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]\nThe American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2017 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.\nThe American Heritage Dictionary Blog\nCheck out our blog, updated regularly, for new words and revised definitions, interesting images from the 5th edition, discussions of usage, and more.\nAmerican Heritage Dictionary Products\nThe American Heritage Dictionary, 5th Edition\nThe American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms\nThe American Heritage Roget's Thesaurus\nCurious George's Dictionary\nThe American Heritage Children's Dictionary\nThe American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots\nThe American Heritage Student Grammar Dictionary\nThe American Heritage Desk Dictionary + Thesaurus\nThe American Heritage Science Dictionary\nThe American Heritage Dictionary of Business Terms\nThe American Heritage Student Dictionary\nThe American Heritage Essential Student Thesaurus"}
{"text":"1. a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.\n2. something, as a roll or cookie, having this shape.\na. the figure of the moon in its first or last quarter, resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.\nb. the similar figure of Mercury and Venus on either side of inferior conjunction, when seen through a telescope.\n4. the emblem of Turkey or of Islam.\n5. the power, religion, or civilization of Turkey or of Islam.\n6. a musical percussion instrument of Turkish origin, consisting of a pole bearing a crescent-shaped metal plate, topped with a pavilion, and hung with small bells. Also called Chinese crescent, Chinese pavilion, jingling Johnny, pavillon Chinois, Turkish crescent.\n7. Chiefly British.\na. a curved street, often having solid façades of unified architectural design.\nb. the curve or curved portion of a street.\n8. Heraldry. a representation of a crescent moon, horns upward unless otherwise specified, used as the cadency mark of a second son.\n9. shaped like a crescent.\nOn a bitter night,\nA moth ate the paper moon:\nOne morsel at first\n- Thus it became a crescent -\nThen the rest and darkness won.\nMoth courtesy of Dreamstocktheory at DeviantArt.\nPhoto du Jour - Sun Setting On The Seine\n11 hours ago"}
{"text":"Chemical symbols represent elements, while chemical formulas represent chemical compounds. Chemical symbols are also known as element symbols. Because compounds are formed by individual elements coming together, chemical formulas are composed of several chemical symbols.Continue Reading\nThere are three different varieties of chemical formulas. They include empirical formulas, molecular formulas and structural formulas. Molecular formulas show the number of atoms of a particular compound in each molecule of a compound. For example, the molecular formula for water is H20 and shows that every molecule of water always contains two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.\nEmpirical formulas show the ratio of elements in the compound. They are most often associated with non-molecular substances that are ionically bonded, such as the chemical formula for table salt, NaCl. Showing the amounts of elements in ratio is useful because ions bond by charge only often form crystals or solids with overlapping bonds.\nStructural formulas help show the shape of a molecule or ion by grouping atoms found in a particular location of the compound together. For example, the molecular formula for ethanol is C2H6O. This writing does not show the way the molecule is bonded and the functional groups that give it its name, chiefly the carbon chain surrounded by hydrogen atoms and the OH functional group at the end. Using the structural formula CH3CH2OH conveys this information.Learn more about Chemistry"}
{"text":"KEEPING YOUR BEARDIE HEALTHY DURING BRUMATION\nTESTING FOR PARASITESAlthough Bearded Dragons brumate, in the wild, with no help from us and manage to survive just fine, the fact that they choose to brumate while in captivity does require a bit of special care, on our part, to ensure that they remain healthy while in their dormant state.\nIf possible, one of the most important things that we, as owners, should do, prior to the beginning of their brumation period, is to take them to the vet for a check up, to make sure that all is well, and that they don’t have any type of illness that may worsen due to their not eating while in their dormant state. While they brumate, their system slows down and they become especially vulnerable to parasites lurking undetected in their digestive tract. This can be avoided by taking a stool sample and your beardie to your vet for a quick and painless checkup. This will ensure a safe and healthy brumation period for your beardie.\nWhile your beardie is brumating, keep a vigilant eye on the weight and top of the tail area. A healthy Bearded Dragon, who has no parasites, may brumate for months, and will only lose a few grams of weight, which is not even noticeable. If your beardie appears to be losing weight: slack skin with bones beginning to show, sunken eyes, thinning of the tail), he/she is obviously struggling with a health issue and needs to see a vet before he/she contracts other types of illnesses due to their weakness and vulnerability. This can be very expensive because special measures need to be taken to ensure that your beardie is getting enough nutrition to keep him alive until he awakens. The best way to ensure that this never happens, is to do yourself and your beardie both a favor, and have them tested BEFORE its time for them to brumate!\nTomorrow I will talk about hydration during brumation, very important!"}
{"text":"Introduction to Saugus, Massachusetts\nThe name of this town comes from an Indian name which means \"great.\" It was settled in during 1629. The area was incorporated as town in February 1815. During that period, agriculture was the chief industry but with the onset of Industrial revolution, Saugus became home to several other industries like woolen goods, shoes and tobacco. Saugus is also recognized as the site where integrated ironworks began in North America.\nSaugus and nearby Attractions\n- Breakheart Reservation\n- Belden Bly Bridge\n- Camp Nihan\n- Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site\n- Rumney Marsh\n- Saugus River\nThings To Do In Saugus\nSaugus has been well endowed by nature with its incredible parks, camping grounds and river. The Breakheart Reservation State Park is an excellent place to go fishing, swimming, hiking and biking. One should also visit the Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site where one can see the reconstructed blast furnace, rolling mill, forge and also a restored 17th century building.\nThe local airport is Boston Logan International.\nSaugus Higher Education\nThe Bunker Hill Community College is nearby."}
{"text":"Introduction to Buttons\nA button is a user interface object that sends an action message to a target when clicked.\nYou should read this document to learn what are the different types of button provided by Cocoa and how you can use them.\nOrganization of This Document\nThis document describes how to use a button. These articles give you basic information on the different types of button, and how you can customize buttons:\nHow Buttons Work describes how buttons work.\nTypes of Button describes the types of button, how they act, how it highlights when pressed and whether it shows its state.\nUsing Push Buttons explains how to use push buttons.\nUsing Checkboxes explains how to use checkboxes in matrix objects.\nUsing Radio Buttons explains how to use radio buttons in matrix objects.\nQuerying Button Matrices shows how to handle selections in radio buttons and checkboxes.\nSetting the Appearance of a Button’s Border describes how to change the border’s shape and grading.\nSetting a Button’s Title describes how to change the content and appearance of the button’s title.\nSetting a Button’s Image describes how to change the content and appearance of the button’s image.\nHiding a Button describes how to make a button invisible or have it show its border only when the mouse is over it.\nSetting a Button’s Key Equivalent describes how to attach a key equivalent to a button.\nSubclassing NSButton describes how to subclass\nThe following articles in other documents also contain relevant information:\nUsing a Continuous Control describes how to set up a button so it sends its action message repeatedly while being pressed.\nCell States describes the three states a button can have: on, off, or mixed."}
{"text":"By Swami Harshananda\nKarmendriyas literally means ‘organs of action’.\nEvery human being is endowed with eleven indriyas or sense-organs. These organs are five jñānendriyas, five karmendriyas and a mind.\nThe five karmendriyas or organs of action are:\n- Vāk - speech\n- Pāṇi - hands\n- Pāda - feet\n- Pāyu - excretory organ\n- Upastha - organ of reproduction\nThese have been called ‘karmendriyas’ because they are the indriyas or sense organs responsible for karma or action.\nRoot of Karmendriyas\n- Ākāśa or ether or space gives rise to vāk.\n- Vāyu or air gives rise to pāṇi.\n- Agni or fire gives rise to pāda.\n- Āpas or water gives rise to pāyu.\n- Pṛthvī or earth gives rise to upastha.\n- Tanmātras are the subtle elements.\n- The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore"}
{"text":"The plants can use the light providing they get enough nutrients, water and CO2. The plants are getting more light than they normally would indoors. This increases their rate of photosynthesis and their growth rate, so they require more nutrients. CO2, a gas found in the air, is used as an ingredient by plants in photosynthesis. With intense light, CO2 will become a limiting factor unless it is supplemented using a CO2 tank and regulator. About 350 parts per million (ppm) of CO2 is found in the air. In an active garden with little ventilation, it is quickly used up and photosynthesis is suspended. By enriching the air to 2,000 ppm CO2, photosynthesis will be supercharged and plant growth increases.\nAnother problem that you might face is excess heat. Using air-cooled light reflectors prevents heat from getting into the space. These reflectors are cooled by a stream of cool outside air.\nReaders with grow questions (or answers) should send them to Ed at: Ask Ed, PMB 147, 530 Divisadero St., San Francisco, California 94117, USA. You can also email Ed at [email protected], and send queries via his websites at www.ask-ed.net. All featured questions will be rewarded with a copy of Ed’s new book, Best of Ask Ed: Your Marijuana Questions Answered. Sorry, Ed cannot send personal replies to your questions."}
{"text":"What is the Basic Building Block of Society?\nThis introduction to sociological theory centers around a few key ideas in the field as well as the Sociology Style Tool which you will learn about next. Three main theory traditions exist in sociology, with each having a slightly different answer to the question: What is the basic \"unit of society\" that sociologists observe and measure?\nJust as biologists study cells and economists study markets, what do sociologists study at the most basic level? You might be tempted to say \"people\", which is true, but so do psychologists, anthropologists, historians, and political scientists. What aspect of people do sociologists study? You might say \"society\" --after all isn't that what 'sociologist' is named after? True again, but this takes us to the primary question, which is:\nWhat is the fundamental unit that society is made of?\nThe three main traditions in sociology each have a differing answer:\nStruggles - Systems - Symbols"}
{"text":"John Howard Payne\nJohn Howard Payne was born in New York City on June 9, 1791. He was the son of William Payne of an old Massachusetts family and Sarah Issacs of East Hampton.\nPayne’s father was a teacher of elocution and came to East Hampton to teach at Clinton Academy, one of the first academies chartered by the Board of Regents in New York State. Before John Howard was born, the family moved to New York City where William Payne continued his teaching career. He trained his son well in diction and delivery and then was alarmed when the boy expressed a desire to go on stage.\nThe stage held its lure for John Howard Payne and he made his debut as an actor in 1809. Praises of his beauty and genius filled the newspapers. Payne went to England in 1813, the first American actor to invade the British stage. He later devoted himself entirely to writing and producing. The song “Home Sweet Home” was first sung in Covent Garden, England in 1823 as part of the operetta, “Clari, the Maid of Milan.” Since John Howard Payne had visited East Hampton as a child, and also because he had numerous relatives in East Hampton, many have attributed the inspiration for the song, “Home Sweet Home,” to the eighteenth century salt-box situated on the village green in the hamlet of East Hampton.\nPayne served as American Consul to Tunis, Africa during the last years of his life and died there in 1852. In 1883, his remains were returned to the United States and he is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.\nHome Sweet Home Museum & Gardens\n14 James Lane\nEast Hampton, New York 11937\nOpen daily May – September, 10 a.m. To 4 p.m.\nSunday 2 p.m. To 4 p.m.\nOctober and November weekends only.\nDecember – April by appointment only."}
{"text":"Taking a close look at the forces that affect English education in schools-at the ways literature, cognitive science, the privileging of the STEM disciplines, and current educational policies are connected-this timely book counters with a strong argument for the importance of continuing to teach literature in middle and secondary classrooms. The case is made through critical examination of the ongoing culture wars between the humanities and the sciences, recent research in cognitive literary studies demonstrating the power of narrative reading, and an analysis of educational trends that have marginalized literature teaching in the U.S., including standards-based and scripted curricula. The book is distinctive in presenting both a synthesis of arguments for literary study in the middle and high school and sample lesson plans from practicing teachers exemplifying how literature can positively influence adolescents' intellectual, emotional, and social selves.\nJanet Alsup is Professor of English Education, Purdue University, USA.\nTaylor & Francis Ltd\nDate of Publication\nEducation & Teaching\nPlace of Publication\nCountry of Publication\n5 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables"}
{"text":"December milk production in UK hits 25-year high\nThe latest Defra figures put UK milk production at 1,234m litres for the month, the highest December for at least 25 years.\nAHDB’s current estimates put GB production at 1,049m litres, which is the second highest production in the same period, only beaten by a record high in 1995.\nThe difference between the UK production setting a 25-year record but GB not quite following lies in Northern Ireland, where annual production has increased by around 60% in that time.\nMilk production is likely to have been aided by relatively mild weather this December. With an average temperature of 5.8°C, it was the 9th warmest December on Met Office records (1910-2018).\nThe relative warmth was particularly evident in Wales and parts of the South, compared to the average December temperatures in those regions.\nThis mild weather continued into mid-January, allowing for some early grass growth.\nThere were a few reports of cows going out to graze and silage being cut.\nRegional conditions will vary, but this could help to alleviate the tight forage situation that resulted from the summer drought. However, some regions are still concerned about the lack of rainfall this year, and whether this may have a knock-on impact on early spring grass growth. ■"}
{"text":"Why are some diamonds yellow?\nThe first image that comes to mind when we think of diamonds is a stone that is white and sparkling. This should not be surprising; not only are these the most common type of diamond used in jewelry, this is also the sign of a chemically and structurally pure diamond. However, things are sometimes made even more beautiful by their flaws. The inclusion of other minerals such as nitrogen in the structure of the diamond can lead to diamonds that are green, blue, yellow, or red.\nFamous fancy yellow diamonds\nThere have been several fancy yellow diamonds of great size, color, and cut. One of these is the 128.54 carat Tiffany Yellow Diamond, discovered in South Africa in 1878. Another fancy yellow diamond with an interesting past is the 43.51 carat Golden Eye Diamond. This diamond was believed to have been discovered in South Africa, but its origins are unclear. In 2007 the diamond was seized by the US government as a result of the money laundering charges brought against the diamond’s owner.\nHow do I pawn or sell my fancy yellow diamonds in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles area?\nWe would recommend seeking expert advice when considering to sell or take loans on fancy yellow diamonds within the Beverly Hills and Los Angeles area. Though ordinary white diamonds are graded on the basis of cut, color, carat and clarity, this is not the case with colored diamonds.\nWhite diamonds are graded on their color on a scale from A-Z, with A being the whitest. Diamonds with a color more intense than Z are what are known as “fancy colored diamonds.” Whereas white diamonds are more valuable if they are closer to A, with fancy colored diamonds, the more intense the color, the better. The weight of the stone and the quality of the cut can make a difference in the value of the diamond. However, unlike with white diamonds, inconsistencies in the color of the diamonds or unusually colored inclusion in the stone can often be regarded as an asset."}
{"text":"Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s day. While the celebration may have originated on the Emerald Isle, the party has been embraced and thoroughly Americanized. Little is actually known about this person. What is accepted is that he was born a Roman citizen in Briton sometime in the 4th century. He was captured and taken to Ireland where he was enslaved as a shepherd for about 6 years. During this time he developed a strong spirituality. He wrote, “My spirit was moved so that in a single day I would say as many as a hundred prayers.” He reported that God told him that he would return to his homeland, which he eventually did. After that very little is known.\nThere is a story that says that many years later, he heard in a vision the voice of Ireland asking him to return to them. (The story is strangely reminiscent of the voice that Paul heard asking him to come to Macedonia, (Acts 16:9.)) As the story goes, Patrick did return to Ireland. Upon his return he was met with resistance from the Druids. His new faith in God was apparently seen as a frontal assault on their religious hegemony in Ireland. That is the background for what has become known as Patrick’s Lorica, or Breastplate. One source explains:\n“Saint Patrick and his companion missionaries were to travel to the court of King Laoghhaire. Along the way, waiting in ambush, were druid or druid henchmen who intended to attack and kill Saint Patrick and all his followers.\nAs Patrick and his companions walked, they chanted the Lorica. When they passed the would-be attackers, they appeared as a doe and twenty fawns.”\nWhether you believe that this actually took place isn‘t important. What is important is that this humble man dedicated his life to his God first, then to his enemy. He trusted in Yahweh as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.\nI blogged awhile ago on the lorica. Here is a link to that post."}
{"text":"On the occasion of the World Book and Copyright Day\n23 April 2001\nThrough the observance of World Book and Copyright Day, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) promotes reading and publishing, as well as the need to protect intellectual property through copyright. The Day also commemorates the work of three great writers: Miguel de Cervantes, William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, all of whom passed away on this date, 23 April, in 1616.\nBooks have always been the most universal way of transmitting and preserving knowledge. But because of the frequently high cost of printing and publishing, books are not always accessible to all readers. Today's electronic revolution has not yet replaced the need for well-supplied public libraries and other similar sources to enable readers and students to access needed material.\nWhether writing science or fiction, a writer's work is an expression of his or her creative abilities as well as his/her knowledge. Copyright is recognition that the work of a writer is unique and valuable to all. And this Day provides an occasion to acknowledge that both intellectual and artistic property has the right to be protected.\nIt is also a way to help foster through books the expression of our cultural and intellectual diversity, thus ensuring that our reading experience continues to be rewarding."}
{"text":"Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Acronyms, Wikipedia.\ngeosynchronous orbit(jee-oh-sink -rŏ-nŭs) An Earth orbit made by an artificial satellite (moving west to east) that has a period of 24 hours, equal to the Earth's period of rotation on its axis. If the orbit is inclined to the equatorial plane the satellite will appear from Earth to trace out a figure-of-eight, once per day, between latitudes corresponding to the angle of orbital inclination to the equator. If the 24-hour orbit lies in the equatorial plane, and is circular, the satellite will appear from Earth to be almost stationary; the orbit and orbiting body are then termed geostationary. A geostationary orbit has an altitude of 36 000 km.\nA geosynchronous or geostationary orbit is very difficult to achieve, requiring a very high orbital velocity. Satellites in such orbits are used for communications and navigation and also for certain types of Earth observations. Most communications satellites are now geostationary, with groups of three or more, spaced around the orbit, giving global coverage."}
{"text":"When someone is badly injured and left in a coma, there’s very little that their loved ones can do. They worry, they wait and they wonder if their family member or friend will ever wake up again. Up until recently, doctors couldn’t do much better.\nIt isn’t easy to tell the difference between a patient who is in a vegetative state and one who is minimally conscious, but the patient with minimal consciousness has a chance of recovery. Knowing the difference not only helps doctors decide on treatment plans, but it can also help family members make decisions about life support and other medical care with less doubt and heartache.\nDoctors who hazard a guess about a patient’s condition end up being wrong about 40% of the time, which isn’t particularly comforting to anyone.\nRecently doctors and families have gained a new tool that can help, and it’s surprisingly simple. According to researchers , a simple “sniff test” that exposes the comatose patient to strong smells and measures their breathing in response can accurately show that patient’s likelihood of regaining consciousness. The study indicated that 100% of the patients who reacted to scent improved, and 91% of those patients were still alive three years later. By comparison, 63% of those who failed the sniff test had died by the three-year mark.\nIf your loved one suffered a catastrophic injury that included brain damage, no amount of money can ever make things right again. Compensation can, however, help you provide for your loved one’s medical care and other needs and help stabilize your family financially."}
{"text":"My dog loves running in the yard, but I worry in the summer. What signs should I look for that he may be getting overheated, and what should I do if he exhibits them?\nEarly signs of heat stroke include panting, bright pink gums, strong pulses, vomiting, diarrhea or depression. Playing outside in the summer, even in the shade and with access to water, puts dogs at risk for developing heat stroke. Owners must regulate their pups' exposure to heat in the spring (before they have acclimated to the higher temperatures) and summer. Limit the duration of active playing and play at cooler times of the day, such as early morning and evening. When you are done, give your pet access to fresh water, a fan and a cool surface to lie on (such as a tile floor).\nIf you suspect your dog has overheated, remove your pet from the heat and take a rectal temperature. Call your veterinarian if it is above 103.5 degrees or the pet is showing signs of heat stroke. To help cool your pet on the way to the emergency room, saturate his or her fur with room temperature, not cold, water and point a fan in your pet's direction. As heat stroke progresses, respiratory distress, small red spots or bruises may appear on the skin, gums may take on a pale color, bloody diarrhea or bloody vomit may develop, collapses, seizures and comas may develop, and the body temperature may drop below normal, often preceding death.\nNever leave your pet in a car, even with the windows open! Dogs and cats do not have sweat glands and can cool themselves only by panting and through the pads of their feet. Also keep in mind that most breeds also have a fur coat (some very thick) and that breeds with short noses (bulldogs, for example) have a harder time cooling themselves.\nThis week's expert is Dr. Tanya Tag, chief of staff at the PET+E.R.. Submit your questions to email@example.com."}
{"text":"Bullying within Early Learning Classroom: Why it Happens and How to Manage It, with Carolyn Hadcock\nBullying is a serious societal concern. Early Childhood Educators need to be proactive in their approach when they encounter a child who has been bullied, as well as assisting the child who is the bully. During this webinar you will examine why bullying happens, the characteristics of the child who is a bully, and the reasons why certain children are the targets of the bullies. You will also explore many different, interesting action plans to manage and prevent bullying. Join me in discovering how you can be the catalyst for changing behaviours that can encourage children to act cooperatively.\nDate: May 30 2023; 6:30 - 8:00 pm\nLocation: via Webinar\nCost: $25 - 55\nPlease register via the ECCDC Events Calendar."}
{"text":"Easy English w/ games and activities 2\n5 revision Activity Books to review and consolidate grammar and\nvocabulary learned over the Primary School year.\n• Topic-based, fun activities involving listening, doing, creating.\n• Topics common to most Primary School course materials.\n• Carefully graded progression over the five volumes.\n• Suitable for classroom as well as self-study use.\n• Pupil’s Audio CD with each volume.\n• Removable insert of audio transcripts and answer keys."}
{"text":"An aquatic invasive species (AIS) can either live in freshwater or marine environments. The majority of the species of concern to Manitoba, such as Zebra and Quagga mussels, Spiny Waterflea, Rusty Crayfish and Asian Carp are freshwater species. Manitoba currently has 15 aquatic invasive species.\nZebra Mussels in Manitoba\nZebra Mussels were confirmed in Lake Winnipeg in the fall of 2013 and the Red River and Cedar Lake 2015.\nZebra Mussels are small (1 – 3 cm), clam-like aquatic animals that are a significant environmental and economic concern to Manitoba. Adult Zebra Mussels have a shell and can strongly attach to water-based conveyances such as watercraft, trailers, water-based aircraft, ORVs and other water-related equipment. They can survive out of water for 7 to 30 days depending on temperature and humidity.\nOnce Zebra Mussels become established they cannot be eradicated, so it is extremely important to stop their spread.\nWhiteshell Cottagers should ensure that they are taking measures to protect the lakes in provincial parks.\nTo Stop the Spread of Zebra Mussels\nCLEAN + DRAIN + DRY your watercraft, trailer and all water-related equipment and DISPOSE of any unwanted bait in the trash.\nRead more on the Conservation and Water Stewardship Website @ http://www.gov.mb.ca/waterstewardship/stopais/index.html"}
{"text":"New information is available for those who rely on technology. You may want to be careful the next time you share a USB drive and put it into your computer.\nNot even the savviest techs can crack this issue.\nThey're calling it the \"largest technology vulnerability released since Y2K.\"\nMilman said many people are so quick to pop the USB drive into just about any computer. But, by doing that, you're actually exposing it to numerous viruses.\nAnd the problem is, they don't know how to fix it.\nWhile this little USB drive can hold a lot of memory, it also could be causing some damage to your computer. That's why tech experts are saying to keep it only for personal use.\nSharing a USB drive is probably one of the worst things you can do, according to Milman, because you're passing the virus around, causing a ripple effect.\n\"When you plug them in, they can be an imposter for a keyboard,\" he said. \"So, when you go and plug this into your computer -- possibly without you even knowing it -- that will download bad software from your computer.\"\nIt can also record all of your keystrokes - a true scare factor. When you log into your bank, it can get your bank information. When you log into Facebook, it can get your Facebook information. When you log into Outlook, it can download your contacts.\nThat's why Milman said it's key to not pass around the problem. Because all sharing it will do is cause an outbreak in the world of technology."}
{"text":"A new research paper finds that attractive young adults enjoy a pay advantage over their less attractive peers, and that advantage starts building as early as high school.\n\"There may be this kind of snowballing effect across time,\" said Rachel Gordon, a sociology professor at the University of Illinois in Chicago, and one of the study's co-authors.\nThe researchers found that, starting as early as high school, more attractive people were rated as more intelligent and more promising. They also got higher grades and were more likely to graduate from college than their peers.\nGordon said those early successes and confidence boosters may create a self-fulfilling prophecy in which the attractive high school students end up being more successful in adulthood.\nThat boost can have long-term consequences on how much money you earn. Past research has shown that that both women and men enjoy a wage bonus for having above-average looks, and can suffer a wage penalty if they have below-average looks. That's along with other economic advantages prettier people enjoy.\nGordon said the new research shows that the origins of that advantage may start well before adulthood. That could raise awareness about what high school teachers and administrators can do to mitigate the effects of what they dub \"lookism,\" and help less attractive students feel more included and confident.\nImage: Attractive girl, via Shutterstock"}
{"text":"On this day in 1888, the famous Van Gogh cut off part of his left ear. On his self-portraits, it appears that he is missing part of his right ear, because these were actually made with the help of a mirror.\nOn this day Vincent Van Gogh cut off a part of his left ear. At that time, he was living in the so-called Yellow House in the city of Arles in southern France. Another famous painter, Paul Gaugin, came to visit him. The two of them worked and lived together in the Yellow House, where Gaugin painted a portrait of Van Gogh called “The Painter of Sunflowers”. On Christmas Eve 1888, Van Gogh’s mental health rapidly deteriorated, so that he threw a glass of absinthe into Gaugin’s face and attacked him with a razor. Gaugin managed to fend him off, but Van Gogh then cut off the lower part of his own left ear and took it to his favorite prostitute, Rachel, asking her to keep it safe.\nThere are some theories that Vincent cut off his ear in imitation of the Spanish matadors’ tradition to give a part of the killed bull’s ear to their chosen one. More recent theories even claim that it was Gaugin who cut off Van Gogh’s ear, using a sword (he was a skilled fencer). On his self-portraits, it appears that Van Gogh is missing part of his right ear, because these were actually made with the help of a mirror."}
{"text":"Welcome to our \"Being safe online\" page!\nIn these challenging times, young people are connecting online even more than usual. That can be great, however it can also present new challenges. To develop safe online habits and enjoy a positive online experience, we encourage you to take the Be Safe Online course. Also, remember that online meetings (chat or video) among Scouts should always be organised by a Scout leader and with the supervision of a parent or guardian.\nStay safe and smart online!\nBe S.M.A.R.T online!\nFollow the 5 steps from the S.M.A.R.T model to stay safe online at all times!\nBecome a champion of online safety thanks to the following online trainings. You will be able to learn more about Online Safety and how to become proactive towards a safer world online\nFor Young people\nReporting Content on Social Media\nYou can help make social media a safer space for everyone! If you see content that is inappropriate, do you part by reporting it. This can include violent, sexual, discriminatory, threatening or abusive posts, comments or messages. Click here to learn how you can report content and/or block people on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter and Snapchat."}
{"text":"A Berlin museum, which has yielded up what may be a \"lost Gospel\" of the teachings of Jesus Christ, said on Thursday it could be holding other theological treasures without knowing it.\n\"We have literally millions of fragments that we are just sitting on,\" said William Brashear, director of what is reputed to be the world's largest collection of papyrus documents, housed at the Egyptian Museum in Berlin.\n\"We have an open-door policy for researchers and we invite anyone to look at documents they think might interest them. . . . We are often blind to what we have until a researcher comes along and tells us.\"\nThe known Gospels, forming the first four books of the New Testament, are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.\nPaul Mirecki, associate professor of religious studies at the University of Kansas who happened upon the manuscript at the museum, said this week he was confident the text was an authentic early account of conversations between Christ and his disciples.\nIf Mirecki is right, the rare finding could shed light on the origins of Christianity. The document has been translated by Mirecki and Charles Hedrick, a religious studies professor at Southwest Missouri State University in the United States."}
{"text":"China has successfully launched the Chang'e-3 probe slated to put a lander and rover on the moon. The pair are equipped with seven scientific instruments for observing outer space and gathering data about the lunar surface. The launch took place today at 5:30PM UTC using a Long March 3B rocket at the LC2 Launch Complex at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China.\nThe Long March 3B is China's most powerful space launch rocket, named for the 1998 announcement of the nation's \"Long March to the Moon\". Chang'e-3 is part of China's official 2004-initiated Project Chang'e, which was named after a goddess who flew to the moon. Before today, Project Chang'e has concluded two successful lunar orbital launches: one in 2010, the other in 2007. Today marks the first time it has embarked on a mission to land a rover on the surface.\nThe Chang'e-3 lander is equipped with a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG), the standard non-solar, Plutonium-238-fueled (nuclear) power supply choice for space exploration.\nThe rover -- named \"Yutu\" or \"Jade Rabbit\" -- is solar-powered. Yutu will travel on six independently-powered wheels using a suspension system similar to NASA's MER rovers and Curiosity, according to NASA Spaceflight. It will explore a 3-square-kilometer area around the lander in the Sinus Iridum (\"Bay of Rainbows\") crater.\nThe mission will put an ultraviolet telescope on the moon to observe galaxies and other space objects. The rover will deliver images and video to Earth in real time. It will dig into the soil and take samples. It also carries a radar unit, alpha particle X-ray spectrometer and infrared spectrometer to examine the lunar soil below the surface to a depth of 30 meters.\nLanding is expected to occur Dec. 14.\nSOURCE: NASA Spaceflight"}
{"text":"|Intel LaGrande Technology Explained|\nLaGrande Technology provide the following features:\n- Protected Execution: Software can be run in an isolated mode were no other software can have access to its code and data. This technique is also known as Domain Separation.\n- Sealed Storage: Data is stored encrypted and can only be decrypted by the same environment that stored it.\n- Protected Input: Protects input devices (mouse and keyboard) from being sniffed or have their data changed by malicious software. LaGrande Technology does this by encrypting the commands sent through keyboard and mouse, so only software that has the correct encryption key can have access to these commands.\n- Protected Graphics: Creates a secure path between applications running under protected execution to the video memory located on the video card, so no other software can see or change what is being written on the display.\n- Attestation: A hardware-base attestation that LaGrande Technology protected environment is in place. This is provided by a module called TPM (Trusted Platform Module). Among other things, TPM provides a Random Number Generator (RNG) and also stores the encryption keys used by LaGrande Technology.\n- Protected Launch: Controls the launch of the operating system in a protected execution environment.\nclick to enlarge\nFigure 2: A PC with LaGrande Technology.\nclick to enlarge\nFigure 3: How LaGrande Technology solves PC vulnerabilities.\nLet’s now talk a little bit more about some of these features.\n| « Previous | Page 2 of 6 | Next » |\n|Print Version | Send to Friend |\nSeptember 15, 2014 - 12:51 PM\nSeptember 10, 2014 - 3:30 PM\nSeptember 8, 2014 - 1:37 PM\nSeptember 2, 2014 - 6:30 PM\nAugust 27, 2014 - 2:48 PM\nAugust 22, 2014 - 2:26 PM\nAugust 20, 2014 - 1:12 PM\nAugust 18, 2014 - 2:26 PM\nAugust 7, 2014 - 1:50 PM\nAugust 4, 2014 - 1:08 PM\nOur Most Popular Articles"}
{"text":"Epilepsy is an ongoing liability to seizures.\nSeizures are caused by abnormal electrical discharges in the brain. About 1 in 100 people have a seizure at some point in their life, sometimes triggered by a fever or head injury, but only about 1 in 200 go on to have further seizures and it is only when a person has had more than one seizure that a diagnosis of epilepsy is made.\nSeizures can be generalised or partial seizures depending on whether the abnormal electrical discharge affect the whole of the brain or just one part of the brain. Some patients may experience a warning or 'aura' before a partial seizure such as an abnormal smell or taste.\nDuring a generalised seizure a person will be unconscious and may become rigid, convulse, bite their tongue and be incontinent of urine. During a partial seizure people may stare blankly ahead or may fidget with their hands or smack their lips.\nAt Circle, we can diagnose epilepsy and assist you to manage the seizures. It is first important to find out if there is a cause for the seizures. This may involve a brain scan (MRI) and an electroencephalogram (EEG).\nTreatment is usually recommended when there have been two or more seizures without any obvious triggering factors such as a fever. Treatment is usually anti-convulsant medication taken as tablets, there are many different drugs available and the doctor will discuss with the patient which one may suit you best. Sometimes two or more drugs will be necessary to gain full control of the seizures.\nRarely, if the brain scan has shown a definite abnormality, surgery can be used to remove the cause of the epilepsy. Good treatment is important because seizures can be dangerous. A person with epilepsy cannot legally drive until they have been seizure free for 12 months."}
{"text":"Since the introduction in the 1970s of green lettering on white background text signs indicating EXIT, Emergency Exit and similar directions, exit sign legends in the UK have changed format several times to make them more easily understandable by anyone, including non-English speakers.\nThe substitution of words by pictograms, the reversal of colours with white characters on a green background also serve to make the signs more easily recognisable from a greater viewing distance.\nThe original text only signs were superseded in 1990 with the introduction of UK standard BS 5499. This incorporated pictograms and text in a format which is still acceptable today as it meets the requirements of the 1995 European Signs Directive.\nThis Directive included a legend format without text, which was introduced into the UK in 1995 as the standard legend style to be supplied with new emergency lighting products.\nFrom 2012 new BS ISO 7010 format pictogram signs will become legally acceptable and it is expected to become the preferred format to meet the requirements of the Signs Directive.\nCertain organisations employ additional explanatory symbols or text in their signs. Such an example includes UK hospitals which generally require the use of signs in the Hospital Technical Memorandum (HTM) format."}
{"text":"- Imitation Leather: 1080 pages\n- Publisher: The Bible Society of the South Pacific (2011)\n- Language: Niuean\n- ISBN-10: 9822176368\n- ISBN-13: 978-9822176360 / 9789822176360\nThe Old and New Testaments in Niue / Niuean (Niuean: ko e vagahau Niu) is a Polynesian language, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian languages. It is most closely related to Tongan and slightly more distantly to other Polynesian languages such as Mori, Smoan, and Hawaiian. Together, Tongan and Niuean form the Tongic subgroup of the Polynesian languages. Niuean also has a number of influences from Samoan and Eastern Polynesian languages. // Niuean was spoken by 1600 people on Niue Island (97.4% of the inhabitants) in 1991, as well as by speakers in the Cook Islands, New Zealand, and Tonga, for a total of around 8,000 speakers. There are thus more speakers of Niuean outside the island itself than on the island. Most inhabitants of Niue are bilingual in English. In the early 1990s 70% of the speakers of Niuean lived in New Zealand. // Niue is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, 2,400 kilometres northeast of New Zealand within the triangle formed by Tonga to the west, Samoa to the north, and the Cook Islands to the east."}
{"text":"|Did you mean to convert||megametre\nHow many mm in 1 agate?\nThe answer is 1.8142857142857.\nWe assume you are converting between millimetre and agate [typographical].\nYou can view more details on each measurement unit:\nmm or agate\nThe SI base unit for length is the metre.\n1 metre is equal to 1000 mm, or 551.1811023622 agate.\nNote that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results.\nUse this page to learn how to convert between millimetres and agates.\nType in your own numbers in the form to convert the units!\n1 mm to agate = 0.55118 agate\n5 mm to agate = 2.75591 agate\n10 mm to agate = 5.51181 agate\n20 mm to agate = 11.02362 agate\n30 mm to agate = 16.53543 agate\n40 mm to agate = 22.04724 agate\n50 mm to agate = 27.55906 agate\n75 mm to agate = 41.33858 agate\n100 mm to agate = 55.11811 agate\nYou can do the reverse unit conversion from agate to mm, or enter any two units below:\nA millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is one thousandth of a metre, which is the International System of Units (SI) base unit of length. The millimetre is part of a metric system. A corresponding unit of area is the square millimetre and a corresponding unit of volume is the cubic millimetre.\nAn agate is a unit of typographical measure. It is approximately 5 1/2 points (1/14 inch or 1.814 mm). It can refer to either the height of a line of type, or to a font that is 5.5 points. An Agate font is commonly used to display statistical data or legal notices in newspapers. It is considered to be the smallest point size that can be printed on newsprint and remain legible.\nConvertUnits.com provides an online conversion calculator for all types of measurement units. You can find metric conversion tables for SI units, as well as English units, currency, and other data. Type in unit symbols, abbreviations, or full names for units of length, area, mass, pressure, and other types. Examples include mm, inch, 100 kg, US fluid ounce, 6'3\", 10 stone 4, cubic cm, metres squared, grams, moles, feet per second, and many more!"}
{"text":"from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition\n- adj. Occurring or situated within the uterus.\nfrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License\n- adj. Located or taking place inside the uterus.\nfrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English\n- adj. Within the uterus or womb.\nfrom The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia\n- Lying, existing, or occurring within the uterus.\nfrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.\n- adj. within the womb\nFrom intra- + uterine. (Wiktionary)"}
{"text":"Tech moves fast! Stay ahead of the curve with Techopedia!\nJoin nearly 200,000 subscribers who receive actionable tech insights from Techopedia.\nA handover is a process in telecommunications and mobile communications in which a connected cellular call or a data session is transferred from one cell site (base station) to another without disconnecting the session. Cellular services are based on mobility and handover, allowing the user to be moved from one cell site range to another or to be switched to the nearest cell site for better performance.\nHandovers are a core element in planning and deploying cellular networks. It allows users to create data sessions or connect phone calls on the move. This process keeps the calls and data sessions connected even if a user moves from one cell site to another.\nThere are two types of handovers:"}
{"text":"A History of Violence: The Culture of Honor as a Determinant of Homicide in the US South\n44 Pages Posted: 27 Aug 2011\nDate Written: August 25, 2011\nAccording to the culture of honor hypothesis, the high prevalence of homicides in the US South originates from the settlement of the region by herders from the fringes of Britain. This paper confirms that Scot or Scots-Irish settlements are associated with higher homicide today, but only in the South. The effect is confined to white offenders and more pronounced where herding was more prevalent and institutional quality lower. Results indicate that other white settlers adopted the Scots-Irish culture. The interpretation is that the culture of honor persisted in the South as an adaptive behavior to economic vulnerability and weak institutions. Evidence also suggests that the Scots-Irish culture of honor continues to adapt: it is slowly depreciating over time. A positive effect of the culture of honor is to deter violent crime against women.\nKeywords: Cultural Persistence, Homicide, Institutions, Migration, Scots-Irish, US South\nJEL Classification: K42, N31, O15, Z13\nSuggested Citation: Suggested Citation"}
{"text":"Main Article Content\nLand cover in the area of PT Sawit Sukses Sejahtera before being converted into oil palm plantations around the year 2009 is generally open areas, shrub and degraded forest. Changes in land cover has been started since 1982 are due to the large fire in 1997 and then repeated the forest ecosystem degradation continued after the reform due to illegal logging and encroachment. Results of field observations indicate that the level of a wild life species richness is relatively low to very low and generally concentrate in areas with relatively good cover. These are as are generally secondary forest or plantation and the land is still owned by the general public. The concession area is an area containing wild life species richness is relatively low when compared to natural forest ecosystems. Then this area is also a habitat for the types of wild life that has been able to adapt to the conditions of this degraded. This region is habitat for 59 species of birds comprising 35 species belonging to 23 families, 16 species of mammals belonging to13 families and 8 species of reptiles belonging to 5 families. Then based on the results of data analysis with rare wild life/protected among the 59 species there that fall into the kind of rare/protected and included three local endangered due to habitat fragmentation and poaching.\nKeywords: Ecosystem, Fragmentation, Land cover, Landscape and Species richness of wildlife.\nAuthors submitting manuscripts should understand and agree that copyright of manuscripts published are held by Media Konservasi. Copyright encompass exclusive rights to reproduce, to distribute, and to sell any part of the journal articles in all form and media. The reproduction of any part of this journal, its storage in databases and its transmission by any form or media will be allowed only with a written permission from Media Konservasi."}
{"text":"Analysis of the ground vibration generated by debris flows and other torrential processes at the Rebaixader monitoring site (Central Pyrenees, Spain)\nRights accessOpen Access\nMonitoring of debris flows using ground vibration sensors has increased in the last two decades. However, the correct interpretation of the signals still presents ambiguity. In the Rebaixader monitoring site (Central Pyrenees, Spain) two different ground vibration stations are installed. At the first station the ground velocity signal is transformed into an impulses-per-second signal (low frequency, 1 Hz). The analysis of the data recorded at this station show that the shape of the impulses signal is one of the key parameters to describe the evolution of the event. At the second station the ground velocity signal is directly recorded at high frequency (250 Hz). The results achieved at this station show that the differences in time series and spectral analysis are helpful to describe the temporal evolution of the events. In addition, some general outcomes were obtained: the attenuation of the signal with the distance has been identified as linear to exponential; and the assembly of the geophones to the terrain has an important effect on the amplification of the signal. All these results highlight that the definition of ground vibration thresholds for debris-flow detection or warning purposes is a difficult task; and that influence of site-specific conditions is notable.\nCitationAbanco, C.; Hurlimann, M.; Moya, J. Analysis of the ground vibration generated by debris flows and other torrential processes at the Rebaixader monitoring site (Central Pyrenees, Spain). \"Natural hazards and earth system sciences\", 01 Gener 2014, vol. 14, núm. 4, p. 929-943."}
{"text":"WHAT IS MUN?\nModel United Nations (also Model UN or MUN) is a conference similar to the United Nations in which students participate as delegates to various UN Committees. Participants research and formulate political positions based on the actual policies of the countries they represent.The committees usually consist of the six committees of the General Assembly (or some subset of them), but may also include the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the Economic and Financial Committee. The participants range from middle school students to graduate school students. Model United Nations involves researching, public, teamwork, and leadership skills.As of 2012, there are about 400 MUN conferences worldwide.\nEvery year, Toros Science High School students attend MUN conferences with the assistance of responsible teachers and they have the chance to have motivational experiences by pretending being a world leader solving the world’s most important problems.\nThis term our scheduled MUN attendance programme consists ,\nBHMUN 2016 ( Bilkent High School)\nMUNDP 2017 ( Koç University )"}
{"text":"： (Millennium History, Kiln, Cizhou Porcelain)\nThe Cizhou kiln is a famous folk kiln in northern China, and it was named after Cizhou, a prefecture now called Ci County, Handan in southern Hebei. The Cizhou kiln has a long history. It started in the late Northern Dynasties with the appearance of celadon kilns, and subsequently, the folk kilns in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In the Song, Jin, and Yuan Dynasties, Cizhou kilns began to produce a wide range of decorative porcelains, using different techniques. The porcelain industry reached its peak in the Jin Dynasty, and in the Yuan Dynasty, it used the method of contradiction with black and white, which was so popular at that time that many kilns in the country imitated its style. The Ming and Qing Dynasties continued to use this technique, but in the late Qing Dynasty, the Cizhou kiln introduced the blue and white colored decorative technique, and began to produce numerous porcelains with many glaze colors: white, black, yellow, brown, and green as well as a blended glaze. The culture of the Cizhou kiln has lasted for a thousand years, and still exists. In Handan, there are still a number of master craftsmen that inherited the ancient Cizhou craft and are trying to make it flourish. Their works not only perpetuate the traditional charm of the Cizhou kiln, but also incorporate modern elements, and are therefore precious art treasures with high artistic value.\n© Chinese Museums Association Exhibition Exchange Center All Rights Reserved Email: firstname.lastname@example.org"}
{"text":"\"We Shall Have to Make the Best of It:\" The Conversion of Dennis Sciama\nThe cosmologist Dennis W. Sciama (1926-1999) was a long-standing advocate of the steady state model of the universe. This theory, originally proposed in 1948 by Hermann Bondi, Thomas Gold, and Fred Hoyle, suggested that the universe was eternal, and unchanging on the largest scales. Contrary to the popular image of a scientist as a dispassionate, unbiased investigator of nature, Sciama fervently hoped the steady state model to be correct. In addition, and also pace the stereotypical image of a scientist, Sciama was motivated significantly by extrascientific or aesthetic factors in his adoption of the model. Finally, Sciama, in a stark contrast to the naïve falsificationism usually presented as a virtue of the scientific method, went through a several-year period of attempting to save the model from hostile data.\nHowever, Sciama abandoned the model in 1966 due to increasingly reliable data relating to the distribution of quasars. Thus the Sciama case also stands as a counterexample to irrationalist criticisms of science, according to which scientists can and will always find ways to hold on to their pet theories until they die, regardless of contradictory data. Sciamas conversion also sheds light on the iterative process that goes on as scientists localize and attempt to repair faults in their theories.\nAdvisor:Richard Burian; Richard F. Hirsh; Steven C. Weiss; Barbara J. Reeves; Joseph C. Pitt\nSchool:Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University\nSchool Location:USA - Virginia\nSource Type:Master's Thesis\nKeywords:science and technology studies\nDate of Publication:10/14/2005"}
{"text":"Daedalus, Vol. 138, No. 4, pp. 45\nPaul L. Joskow and John E. Parsons, Daedalus, Vol. 138, No. 4, pp. 45-59, 2009\nIn the last several years we have seen what appears to be revived global interest in continuing operation of existing nuclear power plants and constructing a new generation of plants. A recent International Atomic Energy Agency report indicates that 24 countries with nuclear power plants are considering policies either to accommodate or encourage investments in new nuclear power plants, and that 20 countries without nuclear power today are considering supporting the use of nuclear power to meet future electricity needs. It projects as much as a 100 percent increase in nuclear generating capacity by 2030. This renewed interest appears to reflect a variety of considerations, including a shift toward sources of electricity that do not produce CO2; the search for lower-cost sources of electricity, stimulated by dramatic increases in fossil fuel prices prior to the current global economic contraction; and (often poorly defined) energy security concerns associated with fossil fuels, especially natural gas. The potential revival of nuclear power faces a number of risks and challenges that make the anticipated \"renaissance\" of nuclear power in the United States and other countries quite uncertain. The economics of maintaining the existing fleet of nuclear power plants, investment in new nuclear power plants, and the economic impacts of constraints on CO2 emissions, not to mention considerations of safety, waste disposal, proliferation, and spent-fuel reprocessing: all impact the feasibility of a nuclear power renaissance."}
{"text":"Luther’s Works: The American Edition, published by Concordia and Fortress Press between 1955 and 1986, comprises fifty-five volumes. These are a selection representing only about a third of Luther’s works in the Latin and German of the standard Weimar Edition, not including the German Bible.\nTo achieve an adequate understanding of Luther’s supreme importance in the field of theology, examining his biographies is not enough; the student of Luther must delve into his writings to observe this human being as a scholar, as a teacher, as a mighty and intrepid writer, as a humble Christian, and as a theologian who never toadies or cringes.\nThe Lectures on Genesis, which were delivered in Latin, reveal an amazing familiarity with what may be called the genius of the language. Just as Luther was a master of his native German, so he acquired an all-embracing command of Latin. The editors of this series successfully permit the clarity, force, and pungency of Luther’s language to radiate just as it does in Latin.\nAmong the topics covered in this volume (Genesis 38—44) are: Judah and Tamar, whom many interpreters of Scripture neglect; Joseph, whom Potiphar had brought from the Ishmaelites and had brought down to Egypt, his interaction with Potiphar’s wife, his imprisonment, and the interpretation of his dreams; and the provisions against the famine that had been foretold."}
{"text":"There are so many ways to demonstrate good citizenship. We are all a part of many communities starting with our family, schools, community and the world. Guiding ourselves and our children to be inspired to help others and make the world a better place is a worthy goal.\nCitizenship means: I take care of where I live, work and play!\nCitizenship means being a caring, helpful and responsible member of one’s community.\nThere will be more discussions on this site of this word to help everyone discuss it with their own children and to look at it more deeply with themselves in the coming month. Check back with us or you may join our community for even more information."}
{"text":"The Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper (TM) sensor provides the longest running continuous dataset of moderate spatial resolution remote sensing imagery, dating back to its launch in March 1984. Historically, the radiometric calibration procedure for this imagery used the instrument's response to the Internal Calibrator (IC) on a scene-by-scene basis to determine the gain and offset of each detector. Due to observed degradations in the IC, a new procedure was implemented for U.S.-processed data in May 2003. This new calibration procedure is based on a lifetime radiometric calibration model for the instrument's reflective bands (1-5 and 7) and is derived, in part, from the IC response without the related degradation effects and is tied to the cross calibration with the Landsat-7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus. Reflective-band absolute radiometric accuracy of the instrument tends to be on the order of 7% to 10%, based on a variety of calibration methods."}
{"text":"When you think of big urban parks, which ones typically come to mind? NYC's Central Park? Vancouver's Stanley Park? Well Mexico City's El Parque Ecologico Lago de Texcoco (Texcoco Lake Ecological Park) makes these classic examples of urban naturalization look like scant patches of grass.\nThe enormous environmental engineering project, recently unveiled by Mexican architect Iñaki Echeverria, will eventually occupy a region of the Mexico City valley originally covered by Lake Texcoco, and will take up an area of more than 35,000 acres. As a point of reference, Central and Golden Gate Parks cover areas of 843 and 1017 acres, respectively.\nEcheverria's plan is loaded with environmentally-conscious design elements including lake, wetland, meadow, and forest habitats; renewable energy installations; community gardens; and wastewater treatment facilities."}
{"text":"San Antonio resident & Holocaust survivor Anna Rado, continues to share her story to local students 2 or 3 times a week.\nIt will feature speakers, live music and performances to honour the day 68 years before when the camp in Poland was liberated by allied troops. The Lord Mayor will light a candle to commemorate all those who have been affected by the Holocaust and also more recent genocides .\nThere will also be a candle-lit commemoration of the 1190 massacre at Clifford's Tower in York on the same day. A guest choir from Moriah Jewish Day School in London will perform at the commemoration joined by pupils of Burnholme Community College.\nIt is in memory of the darkest chapter in the history of York’s Jewish community. On March 16th 1190 a wave of anti-Semitic riots culminated in the massacre of an estimated 150 Jews – the entire Jewish community of York – who had taken refuge in the royal castle where Clifford’s Tower now stands."}
{"text":"Avg having trouble updating\nThe normal function of the gallbladder is to store bile produced by the liver and to aid in the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum (the first portion of the small intestine).\nGallstones compose a solid formation of cholesterol and bile salts.\nHowever, it should be noted that not all patients will recover almost instantaneously as my daughter did--the typical patient may need up to a week to recover before returning to normal activities.\nAlternative treatments for gallstones include: Each of these alternative treatments leave the gallbladder in place.\nWhen I was diagnosed with gallstones at 26, I was told that the typical gallstone patient was fair, fat, and forty.However, research shows that approximately 80 to 90 percent of all gallstones are cholesterol gallstones which form when the liver begins secreting bile that is abnormally saturated with cholesterol.The excess cholesterol crystallizes and then forms stones which are stored in the gallbladder or the cystic duct.Coffee drinking has been associated with a decreased risk of symptomatic gallstones, according to research conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health and published in the June 9, 1999, issue of the .The study found that men (over 46,000 men were studied) who drank two or three cups of coffee a day had a 40 percent lower risk of developing gallstones, while men who drank 4 or more cups of coffee a day decreased their risk by 45 percent."}
{"text":"$58.00 donated in past month\nTake That, BofA!\nToday begins a long weekend of actions nationwide against corporations that do not pay their fair share in taxes. In San Mateo, California, protesters brought their beef to the front door of Bank of America. Ironically, the San Mateo branch is named in honor of a man who did good deeds. In 1904, A. P. Giannini, a resident of San Mateo, founded the Bank of Italy. It was a bank for the working man rather than the wealthy, proudly offering saving accounts and loans to immigrants that other banks refused to do business with. His business grew, and the Bank of Italy became the Bank of America with branch offices all over California and across the country.\nThe downtown San Mateo Bank of America branch is called the A.P. Giannini branch in his honor. Today protesters demanding that B of A pay its fair share of taxes asked, \"What would A.P. Giannini think of his bank today?\"\nDemonstrators stood in front of the bank on El Camino and lined 3rd Ave and across the street. Due to construction on El Camino, they had a captive audience...cars were stalled in traffic in front of the line of protesters for minutes at a time, affording the demonstrators the opportunity to hand out fliers.\n\"Billionaires for Big Banks\" (also known as Billionaires for Wealthcare) posed in front of the bank's tiled mural. The mural says \"Bank of the Little Fellow\", and indeed the original Bank of Italy that became Bank of America was known as such. In 1904, A. P. Giannini, a resident of San Mateo, founded his bank as a financial institution for the working man rather than the wealthy. He proudly offered saving accounts and loans to immigrants that other banks refused to do business with.\nParticipating in today's action were members of the Raging Grannies, San Mateo Peace Action, the Coffee Party, and Common Cause. The protest was spearheaded by Take Back Democracy of San Mateo. Nearly 50 people turned out for this Day-Before-Tax-Day event."}
{"text":"Migration of Thomas Hooper (ca. 1734-1816), in 1784\nThomas Hooper, Loyalist, emigrated from New Jersey in 1784, settling in Bedeque, Prince County, Prince Edward Island.\nMigration of Marcus Palmer, Loyalist (1767-1822), in 1783\nLoyalists William Lawrence and Mary Palmer with her son Marcus emigrated from New York in 1783. They landed with the Spring Fleet at Saint John, settling further up the St. John River in what became Central Hampstead.\nMigration of Richard Robins (?-1784), in 1783\nRichard Robins, Loyalist, emigrated as a widower, in 1783. The following year he sent for his son, John, and daughter, Isabel.\nMigration of Jacomiah Seaman Sr. (?-c1808), in 1783\nJacomiah Seaman and Margaret Bodee emigrated from Dutchess County, New York, with the Loyalists in June 1783, probably landing at Amherst, Nova Scotia (alternatively at Halifax). They settled in Fanningsborough, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.\nMigration of Capt. Ebenezer Slocum, Loyalist (1750-1827), in 1783\nLoyalists Capt. Ebenezer Slocum and Esther Corey emigrated from Rhode Island in May 1783, on the ship Union. They landed with the Spring Fleet at Saint John, settling further up the St. John River in what became Central Hampstead."}
{"text":"Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a champion of Civil Rights. He marched and spoke in cities all across America, fighting to get African Americans equal treatment under the law. Dr. King is an American hero, and an icon that we can all be proud of. And while we should remember Dr. King first and foremost as a fighter for racial equality, we should also remember that he had powerful feelings about the positive impact of organized labor in America. Dr. King strongly believed in the value of unions. He was a great ally for hard-working men and women everywhere."}
{"text":"Plastic Bags Garbage or Special Recycling Drop-Off Soft plastics, known as film plastics, should be placed in your garbage can, or can be brought to a film plastic recycling drop-off location. Find your closest drop-off location. Retailers in California are prohibited from using single-use plastic checkout bags in their stores. WIth this ban, California communities are protecting local streams, rivers and lakes from plastic bag litter. Paper bags are available instead of plastic ones, and customers will be charged 10¢ per paper checkout bag. Customers are encouraged to bring along reusable bags. Learn more about the ‘Bring It Truckee’ campaign. Keep Separate From Hard Plastics Many plastic bags are labeled #2 or #4, but they are too thin to recycle with hard plastics and will get caught in the processing machinery. Find out how to dispose of plastic bags. Must Be Clean and Dry Only plastic bags that are clean and dry can be recycled. Empty your bag and wash out any sticky residues. Paper receipts, food traces or other materials can contaminate the recycling process. Ways to Reduce Reusable Bags Bring along a reusable tote to save plastic on your next trip to the grocery store. Some grocery stores will offer a small cash rebate when you bring in bags. Did You Know? The Impact of Plastic Pollution More than one million plastic bags are used per minute worldwide, and on a daily basis, over 10 metric tons of plastic from Los Angeles enter into the Pacific Ocean each day. Ninety percent of trash floating in the ocean is from plastic that will take between five hundred and one thousand years to degrade. In the meantime, one million birds and 100,000 marine animals are killed each year because of plastic floating in the ocean. Plastic Bags Become Composite Lumber Check out this fun video from Vancouver, Washington about how plastic bags and films are recycled into products like composite lumber, which is often used to make decks."}
{"text":"The reinforced concrete superstructure is crowned by a curved glulaminated timber structural frame.\nFirstly, the timber frame consists, in the lower portion of the building, of a series of glulam arches with varying radii of curvature, forming a “torus”. This frame is characterised by the irregular shape of the arches, all of which are different, and by the fact that these long-span arches have short varying distances between centres and converge on each other.\nIn the area of the “torus”, the frame supports a weathertight roofcovering and an over-roof constructed with metal cassettes.\nSecondly, in the upper section, the timber frame consists of glulaminated timber spines, which wrap around the concrete tower.\nAnd in the “Tower” zone, the framework supports a glazed fascia.\nPhoto credit : ©Emilie photographie le monde"}
{"text":"An online driving training programme may reduce an already low incident rate of car crashes in New Zealand, according to a research group.\nRobert Isler, head of the University of Waikato’s road safety research group, serves as the founder of the e-Drive project. The initiative allows learning motorists to have a higher understanding of road hazards.\nMost of the country’s beginner drivers no longer pose as threats when they are behind the wheel, as car collisions in the last 10 years fell by more than 70 per cent. With the use of the e-Drive program, that number could even go lower, according to Isler.\nThe online tool lets the users have a simulated experience of driving a car from a front-seat angle. The interactive and digital environment helps in making them more perceptive of road hazards. An advantage of the project involves better eye movements among drivers since motorists need to recognise safety risks as quickly as possible.\nThe program will help in teaching new drivers to practise safe driving, especially since car sales in New Zealand reached a record number in May.\nThe Motor Industry Association said that there were 13,132 new vehicle registrations in May. Passenger vehicle sales rose 11.8 per cent year over year, while commercial sales increased 29 per cent in the same comparable period.\nThe data does not include sales of used cars from dealers like Auckland Motors in Auckland, Wellington and other cities. Some buyers of the new vehicles may not be first-time drivers, yet the record number of car sales in May still places an important focus on road safety.\nAs online technology becomes more common, the use of digital tools may be a viable solution to enhance road safety. Do you consider online driving lessons to be a reliable measure for gauging a driver’s knowledge of safe driving habits?"}
{"text":"Yet another body is warning of links between cellphone use and deadly brain cancer.\nThe WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) today announced it would classify radio frequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans, based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer associated with wireless phone use. Glioma made up 2/3ds of the new cases of brain cancer identified worldwide in 2008, the WHO/IARC said.\nWith some 5 billion cellphone subscriptions in use worldwide however, the question is, will the decision change anyone’s behavior?\nOn one hand, it could lead to an increase in use of hands-free devices that keep the RF antenna away from the user, as recommended by IARC. That would mean a corresponding increase in business for electronics manufacturers.\nOn the other hand, most users are likely to consider this warning with the same mock seriousness they give to sunscreen. It is highly unlikely that the emerging markets, few of which have built out landline infrastructure, will reverse course and spend the billions (or more) needed to offer an alternative to cellphones."}
{"text":"This study investigated the effect of using games\ninstead of classroom-lectures on learning in a microbiology course\nand assessed the learning outcomes and the retention of knowledge,\nas well as analyzed students' perceptions of their learning.\nMaterials and Methods: The study was performed on 19 first\nyear students of the Ankara University, Vocational School of\nHealth, Division of Medical Laboratory Techniques. The students\nwere randomly divided into two groups. The control group was\ngiven a lecture, and the study group was asked to construct either\na gram-positive or a gram-negative bacterium by using stationary\nitems and colored images of bacteria. Each group was evaluated\nby pre-, post- and retention-tests. The retention test was given\ntwo months later. Additionally, students filled a questionnaire.\nKruskal Wallis H, Mann-Whitney U, and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks\ntests were used for statistical analyses.\nResults: The groups did not differ in terms of the means of\npost-test, and retention test scores, although both groups' scores\nsignificantly improved after the lesson. When the questionnaires\nwere compared, the study group gave significantly higher scores\non topics about the effect of teaching method on learning and the\nConclusion: As the gaming approach was regarded as more\nmotivating, positively reinforcing and dynamic, well-constructed\neducational games can be used in small groups to enrich"}
{"text":"Know Your Bonds\n- Surety Bonds: A bond provided by an approved Harris County bond company such as North Main Bail Bond Co.\n- Online Bail Bonds: A bond secured online instead of in person.\n- Cash Bonds: The full amount of the bail, posted by the defendant in cash, cashier’s check, or money order.\n- Federal Bail Bonds: A bond for someone who is set to appear in federal court.\n- Collateral Bonds: A bond that uses collateral in place of cash. The defendant or his or her family member will put up property or other valuables. The collateral will be seized if the defendant does not appear in court.\n- Unsecured Bonds: A bond that is not backed up by property or other collateral.\n- Immigration Bonds: A bond for someone who has been detained by federal immigration authorities.\n- Property Bonds: A bond secured with property instead of cash."}
{"text":"I study nucleation, but mainly via modelling on a computer. The guy below, Harley Morenstein, took a more personal approach. Incidentally, if you are bored of the Vine looping just click on it.\nDrinks like Diet Coke, lemonade etc, are carbonated, i.e., have carbon dioxide pumped into them under pressure to make them fizzy. If you carefully take the top off and are gentle with then (as opposed to giving them a shake) most of the carbon dioxide remains in the drink. This means that the amount of carbon dioxide dissolved in the water is actually above the solubility of carbon dioxide in water (at atmospheric pressure), and so this carbon dioxide wants out (technically speaking it is thermodynamically ‘downhill’ for the carbon dioxide to leave the water and go into the atmosphere).\nThe carbon dioxide comes out as bubbles and if the drink is not shaken these bubbles can find it hard to start to form. This initial step when a tiny bubble starts to form is called nucleation. If nucleation is not possible then this traps the carbon dioxide in the Diet Coke or whatever the drink is.\nUntil something comes along to make nucleation easier, like Mentos. Mentos are an American sweet, and for reasons nobody really understands, carbon dioxide bubbles nucleate like crazy on the surface of Mentos. So when the guy in the Mentos suit drops into the Diet Coke tub, bubbles of carbon dioxide nucleate like crazy, and you saw the result above."}
{"text":"Developing a course training application in which need to convert displayed text to audio.\nThese are some of the basic operations. You can also change voice, volume, rate and other parameters. You can also save the spoken audio stream directly into a “wave” file.\nTo convert text to speech the SpeechSynthesizer class is used. So let us learn step-by-step how to convert text to speech.\nProperties of SpeechSynthesizer class\n- Rate: Used to specify speech rate.\n- State: Used to check the current state of the SpeechSynthesizer class, whether it is paused, resume or a speaking state.\n- Voice: Gets the current voice information.\n- Volume: Sets the volume.\nUsing Speech in ASP (Text To Speech) programming language: ASP ASP🔥12 Views"}
{"text":"The element lead has the electron configuration [Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2 6p2. This formula says that lead has all the electrons of xenon as well as the electrons listed after [Xe].\nThe 6s and 6p electrons are in the outermost shell, and are therefore the valence electrons. By convention, they are written last in noble gas configuration. When finding an atom from its noble gas configuration, start at the noble gas listed, then add the electrons listed. Alternatively, it may be easier to look at the listed subshells and determine which one is incomplete. If a subshell is incomplete, then that atom must be in that part of the periodic table. For example, lead has only two electrons in the 6p subshell, rather than the six that 6p can hold. Therefore, the atom with this configuration must be in the p block of the sixth period of the periodic table, which does indeed hold lead."}
{"text":"According to Mahayana tradition there are infinite Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and deities. They represent various aspects of the absolute Buddha-nature, such as compassion, wisdom, power, and emptiness. The Medicine Buddha embodies the healing aspect.\nThe Medicine Buddha is the highest possible model of a healer. Among the 12 vows the Medicine Buddha is said to have taken is that of curing just by the invocation of his name or the thought of Him. He was worshiped as the dispenser of spiritual medicine that could cure spiritual, psychological, and physical disease.\nBut this Buddha is not worshiped simply for healing powers alone; he is the form of the Buddha-nature that we aspire to realize in ourselves. Through the practice of meditation on the Medicine Buddha, one can generate enormous healing power for self and for the healing of others.\nAs Mahayana Buddhism spread throughout the Far East, it took with it Ayurveda, the sacred medical system of India meaning the”science of long life,” and the worship of the Medicine Buddha. The spread of Mahayana to China, Japan, and the kingdoms of Southeast Asia had a benevolent effect on public health. Hospitals, leper wards, and dispensaries were established in the larger monasteries, and were supported by income from “compassion fields.”\nPerhaps nothing better illustrates the union of religion and medicine in Buddhism than the fact that the greatest of the Mahayana philosopher-saints were also great physicians, who wrote important medical works. According to the Tibetans, all medical knowledge has a sacred origin and is ascribed to the wisdom of the Buddhas. Source:"}
{"text":"Mrs. Embretson, January 9\nWeek at a glance...\nWriting: I introduced how to make a story book and we started a list of \"What Good Writing Looks Like\". The story books are simply 4 pieces of paper stapled together. The children create a cover and then write and illustrate a simple story with a beginning, middle, and end. The stories can be real or imaginary. The writing chart, when finished :), will be a checklist they will use to edit and revise their writing. It will include: spaces between words, capital letters at the beginning of sentences, punctuation at the end of sentences, and neatness.\nMath: Most of the week was spent learning about shapes and sorting objects by various attributes such as size, shape, and color. The children spent time exploring how they can put shapes together to make new shapes.\nSocial Studies/Science/Health: Tuesday was National Bird Day and our Let's Find Out magazine taught us about birds in winter and how they stay cozy. On Friday, we made pinecone bird feeders with our 3rd grade buddies.\nSnack Helpers, Jan. 11-15\nOur class attendance this week: 93.62%\nPTO meeting, Monday, January 11, 5:30\nNo School, Monday, January 18\nBox Top contest ends near the end of February. Keep those Box Tops coming!"}
{"text":"Reports of Lyme Disease cases in the United States have increased over the last 2 decades. Lyme Disease is the most prevalent tick borne disease of humans in the US. In infected people, Lyme disease invades tissues of the body. The pathogen itself is not present in blood, making it difficult to detect. Tests for Lyme Disease markers have improved and better diagnosis may be one reason behind the “expansion”. However, studies of both tick abundance and disease incidence suggests that the tick vector, Ixodes scapularis, is expanding its geographical range and increase in Lyme cases is correlated with geographic expansion of the tick into new areas.\nIn the upper Midwest, Lyme has historically been prevalent in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A multi year study* has documented an expansion of both the tick and Lyme Disease in Michigan. In many regions, conditions are ripe for large tick populations due to a increase in wild rodent hosts of the ticks. Those who visit the woods this summer should consider the use of a tick repellent. With Lyme disease, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.\n*Paul M. Lantos Jean Tsao Lise E. Nigrovic Paul G. Auwaerter Vance G. Fowler Felicia Ruffin Erik Foster & Graham Hickling. Geographic Expansion of Lyme Disease in Michigan, 2000–2014. Open Forum Infect Dis (2017) 4 (1): ofw269."}
{"text":"A. Warm-Up: Response Page….How does the length of the food tube compare to a person’s height?\nB. Enzyme Lab… Today we experimented to determine which has more of the enzyme catalase..liver or potato. So, what did you find out?\nIf you did not finish..here is some Data you can use. How does your compare?\nCubed Liver: diameter – 16.5 cm, reaction time 211 sec, rate: 4\nObservations: It was fizzy, warm, and the liver floated.\nCubed potato: diameter – 13.5 cm, reaction time 360sec, rate: 3\nObservations: It fizzed, floated, but was not warm.\nMashed liver: diameter – 17 cm, reaction time 97sec, rate 5\nObservations: It was warm, very bubbly, and explosive.\nMashed potato: diameter – 17cm, reaction time 360 sec, rate 3\nObservations: It was slightly warm, floated, and bubbled."}
{"text":"Verbs according to function 4\nVerbs according to meaning 7\nVerbs according to form 3\nVerbs according to conjugation 6\nFor purposes of conjugation Dutch verbs can be divided into regular and irregular verbs. Regular verbs follow a certain pattern in the way they are conjugated, whereas irregular verbs do not follow a pattern at all. The group of regular verbs is the largest, and this group can be divided further into weak verbs and strong verbs. The conjugation of a new verb (e.g. a verb borrowed from English) normally follows the rules of weak verbs.\nRevision exercises: verbs 1\nThere is a small group of so-called copular verbs (or copulas). They only occur in sentences which describe a property of the subject (so-called nominal predicates), for example:\nNederland is een klein land.\nThe Netherlands is a small country.\nHere Nederland is the subject of the sentence and een klein land describes a property of the subject (Nederland).\nThe group of copular verbs is very small. Apart from zijn, the two most common ones are worden (to become) and blijven (to stay):\nEsther wordt dierenarts.\nEsther is becoming a vet.\nWe blijven thuis.\nWe are staying at home.\nThe other, less common, copular verbs are:\n- blijken (to appear)\n- lijken (to seem)\n- schijnen (to seem)\n- heten (to be called)\n- dunken (to be of an opinion)\n- voorkomen (to seem; not that this is a separable verb: the stress is on the first syllable: vóórkomen; not to be confused with voorkómen (to prevent) which is not separable)\nHet nieuws bleek nog aan bijna niemand bekend.\nThe news appeared to be known to hardly anybody yet.\nDie hond lijkt heel agressief.\nThat dog seems very aggressive.\nDe nieuwe buren schijnen aardig.\nThe new neighbours seem nice.\nZij wil van nu af aan Marloes heten.\nFrom now on, she wants to be called Marloes.\nZijn gezicht komt bekend voor.\nHis face seems familiar.\nDunken is an archaic word and is found in fixed expressions of the format: me dunkt dat … (it seems to me that …; cf. archaic English: Methinks … )."}
{"text":"Homework assignments are a fundamental part of our courses\nThe only way to learn mathematics is by doing mathematics! Homework assignments are a fundamental part of a mathematics course. Homework is also seen as a welcome challenge and an opportunity for further learning. Homework given prior to a lesson can aid in understanding later during class. Homework also provides opportunities for reinforcement of the material learned in class.\nHomework has the potential to be an extremely valuable part of students’ learning experience. We always create highly effective homework assignments and provide students and parents with the powerful tools necessary for the process to be as successful as possible. In addition, we also keep homework as fun and as stimulating as possible for the students. The weekly homework problem sets consist of three types of problems:\n(1) A fast/mental calculation problem set: this will help students establish excellent basic calculation skills and fast problem-solving ability making all areas of math easier and quicker.\n(2) A comprehensive problem set: this set consists of 25 questions at the AMC 8/MathCounts level taken from the licensed AMC Database. The set covers the following areas: Counting, Number Theory, Logic Reasoning, Probability, Statistics, Algebra, and Geometry.\n(3) An especially designed problem set: this focuses on the topic presented in an immediately previous lesson, and provides students with the needed review and reinforcement about material learned in class.\nClick HERE to see a typical homework sample we developed.\nRead more at:\nClick HERE find out more about Math Competitions!\nClick HERE to find out more about SAT Prep!\nThis entry was posted in Math Competitions\n. Bookmark the permalink"}
{"text":"Last year’s historic drought in the southwest gained a lot of attention for its dramatic impact on people, livestock and wildlife. This year’s drought, however, is worse in many ways and likely to be much more expensive to both agriculture and to consumers.\nAccording to the National Drought Mitigation Center, 72 percent of the continental United States is classified as “abnormally dry” or worse. By comparison, at the end of the third week in June last year just 32 percent of the continental United States was classified as “abnormally dry” or worse.\nSome meteorologists are already comparing this year to the drought of 1988, which was estimated to cost American agriculture $78 billion.\nLast year’s drought had a big impact on the U.S. cattle industry and strained the financial resources of many ranchers. This year’s drought, however, will hit consumers much harder due to the impact it has already had on corn and soybean production. Last week USDA rated 63 percent of the U.S. corn crop as good or better. This week that figure had dropped to 56 percent and agronomists say the crop is deteriorating rapidly.\nGrain markets have reacted accordingly. Weather fears have pushed the price of corn up nearly 30 percent over the past two weeks, with $1.50 added to new crop corn in just the past few days. Cattlemen know higher grain prices will pressure feeder cattle prices, and make feedyard profits even harder to achieve. Cattle feeders are already losing an average of $140 to $200 per head.\nWeather forecasters believe conditions are in place for prolonged hot and dry weather for much of the Midwest. As a result, crop forecasters are adjusting their estimates for this year’s harvest, and smaller corn and soybean yields mean higher prices for many food items for American consumers."}
{"text":"Properties of rotation dynamics?\n- oldprofLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer\nThe cool thing about angular dynamics is that each property has its counterpart in linear dynamics. So if you know the liner stuff, like F = MA or KE = 1/2 MV^2, you can quickly write down the angular analogs. In fact, let's do that.\nF = MA becomes torque = I alpha; where I = kMR^2 is the moment of inertia and alpha = A/R is the angular acceleration. k is a constant that depends on the shape and distribution of mass; you have to look it up most of the time.\nLook at torque = I alpha = kMR^2 * A/R = kMA R = kF R. And there you are. Torque is the twisting force F = MA when applied to a radius of rotation R. In other words torque is just F = MA with a twist...ar, ar, ar.\nand KE = 1/2 MV^2 becomes 1/2 IW^2; where I is the same I as before and W = V/R is the angular speed in radians/second. V is the tangential speed, which is a linear speed.\nNow angular kinetic energy is KEa = 1/2 IW^2 = 1/2 kMR^2 W^2 = 1/2 kMV^2 = k KE And we see once again that the angular dynamics can be written in terms of the linear dynamics.\nSo, bottom line...substitute I for M and W for V and you'll have the angular dynamic analog to the linear property."}
{"text":"I Spy Word Recognition\n- This word game can help develop your child's shape and color recognition skills.\n- As you drive or walk along, say \"I spy with my little eye something that is orange,\" or \"... something that is square.\"\n- Your child will have fun guessing what it is you see.\n- Take turns guessing what the other sees.\nMore on: Activities for Preschoolers\nCopyright © 1998 by Patricia Kuffner. Excerpted from The Preschooler's Busy Book with permission of its publisher, Meadowbrook Press.\nTo order this book visit Meadowbrook Press."}
{"text":"Queralt Castle, built in the 10th century right on the border, retains its majestic profile. The castle saw the birth of one of the area’s most influential dynasties: the Queralt family, counts of Santa Coloma.\nThe most noteworthy features of this 10th castle built on rock are the walls of the Romanesque church of Sant Llorenç, integrated within the fortification.\nThe Contrast Tower, dating back to at least the 13th century, is a perfect example of a tower designed as a standalone construction, with a cylindrical form and entrance on the first floor.\nThe most noteworthy remaining features of this castle today are the cylindrical tower and the adjoining Romanesque church, with a peculiar pebble wall. It played an important role in the repopulation of Anoia and overlooked an area rich in natural resources.\nThis imposing fortress is enclosed by a wall of large ashlars and crowned by a building with towers. It boasts a superb view of the surrounding area.\nArgençola Castle was built at the turn of the 11th century for the purpose of protecting the area against frequent raids by the Moors. Only the circular tower and two other rooms remain visible today, the rest of the castle’s structures having been reduced to archaeological remain.\nThe castle dates back to the 11th century. Some sections of its perimeter walls and the church of Romanesque origin have been preserved. In the 17th century a large rectangular-shaped house known as Casa dels Móra was built over part of the complex.\nAn 11th century castle that was extended in later periods. Its most noteworthy feature is a great hall with a barrel-vaulted roof.\nThe most noteworthy feature of this castle dating from the 12th century is the albarrana tower that overlooks the royal way as it passes between the Òdena basin and the Penedès area.\nThis small 10th century castle built on rock enjoyed an impressive view of the surrounding area. The remains of various structures are visible."}
{"text":"The moth Macroglossum stellatarum can learn the color and sometimes the odor of a rewarding food\nWe present data from 20 different experiments with different combinations of blue and yellow\nartificial flowers and the two odors, honeysuckle and lavender.\nThree computational models were tested in the same experimental situations as the real\nmoths and their predictions were compared with the experimental data.\nRescorla–Wagner model nor a learning model with independent learning for each stimulus component\nwere able to explain the experimental data.\nWe present the new hawkmoth learning model, which\nassumes that the moth learns a template for the sensory attributes of the rewarding stimulus.\nmodel produces behavior that closely matches that of the real moth in all 20 experiments.\nBalkenius A, Kelber A, Balkenius C (2008) How Do Hawkmoths Learn Multimodal Stimuli? A Comparison of Three Models Adaptive Behavior 16:349-360"}
{"text":"Although three tribes have endorsed it, marriage equality is still a divisive issue in many Native American communities. The Miami Herald reports:\nWith more Native Americans making similar demands, the Suquamish tribe is one of three that have signed off on marriage by same-sex couples, laws that apply only on their land. Legal analysts predict that more tribes will follow, giving new rights to what many Native Americans call “two-spirit” individuals, who carry both a feminine and masculine spirit. Still, the issue is far from settled in Indian country.\nThe tribes are subject to some of the same divisions that mark American society as a whole:\n“God created woman for man, and when you try to rewrite creation you can expect judgment to fall on your people,” tribal elder Doug Emery said. He ran for the tribal council and lost in Monday’s primary, but he hopes there’s enough turnover on the council to scrap the law after the June general election.\nBut it wasn’t always this way:\nScholars note that before their introduction to Christianity, many tribes accepted their gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender members as “two spirits,” even giving them added respect because they were thought to have special powers. Consequently, they say, same-sex marriage is easier for many tribal members to accept, though it still kicks up plenty of controversy.\nOf the 566 recognized tribes in the US, only 3 currently recognize marriage equality."}
{"text":"In 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey began conducting scientific assessments of coastal vulnerability to potential future sea- and lake-level changes in 22 National Park Service sea- and lakeshore units. Coastal park units chosen for the assessment included a variety of geological and physical settings along the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Alaska, Caribbean, and Great Lakes shorelines. This research is motivated by the need to understand and anticipate coastal changes caused by accelerating sea-level rise, as well as lake-level changes caused by climate change, over the next century. The goal of these assessments is to provide information that can be used to make long-term (decade to century) management decisions. Here we analyze the results of coastal vulnerability assessments for several coastal national park units.\nIndex-based assessments quantify the likelihood that physical changes may occur based on analysis of the following variables: tidal range, ice cover, wave height, coastal slope, historical shoreline change rate, geomorphology, and historical rate of relative sea- or lake-level change. This approach seeks to combine a coastal system's susceptibility to change with its natural ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions, and it provides a measure of the system's potential vulnerability to the effects of sea- or lake-level change. Assessments for 22 park units are combined to evaluate relationships among the variables used to derive the index. Results indicate that Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico parks have the highest vulnerability rankings relative to other park regions. A principal component analysis reveals that 99% of the index variability can be explained by four variables: geomorphology, regional coastal slope, water-level change rate, and mean significant wave height. Tidal range, ice cover, and historical shoreline change are not as important when the index is evaluated at large spatial scales (thousands of kilometers)."}
{"text":"Learner's definition of CORRESPOND\nto be similar or equal to something\nIn some countries, the role of president corresponds to that of prime minister.\nthe joints on a horse that correspond to the human knees\nto have a direct relationship to or with something\nsee also corresponding\nEach number corresponds to a location on the map.\nHis statements do not correspond to/with the facts. [=do not match the facts]\nWe'll revise the schedule to correspond with the school calendar.\nto write to someone or to each other\n— often + with"}
{"text":"It's the blue wisp near the bottom that's the remnant of a tremendous recent supernova explosion. The large pink structure looming to the upper right is part of N76, a large star forming region in our neighboring Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) galaxy. The supernova remnant wisp, with full coordinate name 1E0102.2-7219 and frequently abbreviated as E0102, also lies in the SMC, about 50 light years away from N76. The above image is a composite of several images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. E0102 is of research interest because we see it as it appeared only 2,000 years after its explosion. Examination of E0102 therefore gives clues about how an enigmatic supernova works and what materials it dispersed into the surrounding interstellar medium."}
{"text":"Lesson 1: Memorize our Five Salmon\nThe Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust’s Greenway Education Program has created this series of educational videos for youth and their families to learn about Pacific Northwest salmon. Each video spotlights a life stage of Pacific Northwest salmon and invites you to perform an activity at home. Throughout the series, you’ll learn more about the salmon life cycle stages, their habitat needs, threat to their survival, and what you can do to protect them. Welcome to the series!\nFirst, download the Activity Sheet.\nLet’s memorize the names of our five Pacific Northwest salmon using a simple trick with just your fingers:"}
{"text":"004 - Biodiversity and Change\nExplain (AO2) the concept and importance of biodiversity in tropical rainforests.\nExamine (AO3) the causes and consequences of reduced biodiversity in this biome.\n- Why are rainforests important?\n- What are the problems that rainforest face?\n- How is the biodiversity of rainforest threatened?\n- Describe the possible solutions to the destruction of the rainforest.\nYou will be given the geofiles below to help you answer the questions above.\nActivity Two - Review\n- Using your 'Course Companion' page 71 make notes on the destruction of rainforests in Borneo.\nActivity Three - Essay\n\"Destroying rainforests for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal \" (Edward O. Wilson) Discuss (15 marks)\nThis will be timed in-class essay the first lesson after the break."}
{"text":"New Pathogen Discovery: Digital Transcriptome Subtraction\nDigital transcriptome subtraction or DTS was developed by Feng et al. to discover new viral agents associated with human cancers. Work on this approach was begun over a decade ago, prior to the release of the full human genome. It has only become a practical approach to new virus discovery with the generation of curated and highly-verified human genomic sequence databases and development of low-cost, high-throughput sequencing. This technique subtractsknown human sequences from expression library data sets in silico, leaving candidate nonhuman sequences for further examination. Complementary DNA (cDNA) is created from RNA extracted from fresh tumor tissues through reverse transcription and then this library is exhaustively sequenced to generate a HiFi transcriptomedatabase of the tumor. Precise discrimination between human and non-human cDNA sequences is then performed and known human sequences that align to GenBank human reference sequences are then computationally subtracted. Careful screening and selection of high quality sequences prior to computational subtraction is required to increase chances of getting a true candidate. The non-matching non-human sequences that remain are candidate pathogen cDNAs. This smaller candidate database can then be explored using low-stringency alignment to virus databases or by experimental extension to identify novel viral sequences.\nFor more information about DTS for Short-Tag Sequences and High Throughput Sequenses check out our DTS Tools page."}
{"text":"Heritage cuts across all the other themes. There are natural and cultural heritage places on the land, including inland waters, and in the oceans. Natural heritage includes aspects of biodiversity if they are valued by humans for their contribution to our sense of identity and place, rather than for their intrinsic value or their physical contributions to human life and ecological services. Cultural heritage includes the built environment of human settlements.\nHuman pressures on all aspects of the wider environment can also impact on heritage. However, because heritage is, by definition, valued by humans, pressures on heritage may also arise from not knowing about it or understanding it, not protecting it by legislation and active protection programs, or not having the skills and resources to conserve it. The issues in this theme are structured to examine these pressures and the resulting condition of Australian heritage.\nKnowledge of heritage\nCondition and Integrity of heritage\nResponses to conserve heritage\nExpertise and skills for managing heritage\nCommunity awareness of heritage\nLinks to another web site\nLinks to data in the DRS\nOpens a pop-up window"}
{"text":"A balanced composition has masses that are distributed across the image. Most nude compositions are simple, having just one mass. (Visual mass is the magnitude to which a form or shape attracts the viewer’s eye.) The relative sizes and placement of various masses within a composition are what\ndetermine if it is balanced.\nImagine your image as being balanced on a pivot point, like a seesaw, and ask yourself which side is\nheavier. If both sides are equally weighted, you have balance. An image does not need to be symmetrical to be balanced, nor do the elements need to be spaced equally from the center. A sense of balance is somewhat will vary from person to person. But, it is not difficult to reach consensus on the balance of most compositions.\nThree Kinds of Balance Summarized\n- Formal balance: Symmetrical photographs work best when the balance of the symmetry of the subject itself is the strongest, most interesting factor about it. (See image #1)\n- Informal balance: The most common kind of balance; the composition is balanced between left and right halves by elements of equal visual weight.\n- Radical balance: The line of equilibrium is far from the center. (Image #2)"}
{"text":"Leaf rust – a fungus that’s one of the world’s deadliest coffee diseases – has resulted in over $1 billion in damages to Latin American coffee farms, as of 2014. Central America is perhaps the region hit hardest by la roya, which wiped out almost half of its coffee production after an epidemic during the 2012-2013 season.\nWhen la roya hit Colombia in 2008, authorities were ready with disease-resistant plants they’d been working on for decades to combat higher temperatures, more moisture and new waves of pests. But despite the scientific advances in creating new coffee hybrids, convincing farmers to switch over to the new varieties proved difficult and farmers had to come up with other ways to evade the fungus, which soon hit Colombian farms and reduced coffee production by 31 percent, on average, between 2008 and 2011 as compared with 2007 levels.\nAround the world, many pointed to climate change as exacerbating la roya’s spread in Colombia.\nBut a new study published last month by researchers at the University of Exeter in the U.K. has ruled out climate change as having a hand in the 2008 epidemic of coffee leaf rust (CLR). From the paper:\n“While CLR infection risk was elevated in 2008–2011 in coffee-growing regions of Colombia, we found no compelling evidence for a large increase in predicted infection risk over the period in which the CLR outbreak is reported to have been most severe, and no long-term trend in risk from 1990 to 2015. Therefore, we conclude that while weather conditions in 2008–2011 may have slightly increased the predicted risk of CLR infection, long-term climate change is unlikely to have increased disease risk.”"}
{"text":"Researchers can’t say how much cooling these floating particles cause\nU.S. Geological Survey and Oddur Sigurðsson/Iceland Meteorological Office\nAirborne particles from natural sources add more uncertainty to global climate simulations than scientists previously realized. The finding could complicate scientists’ attempts to predict climate change.\nAlthough scientists agree climate is warming, they cannot predict exactly how much temperatures will rise in a given time period. Among the main factors forcing researchers to hedge their forecasts are small floating particles called aerosols, which form either naturally or from human activity such as fossil fuel burning. Aerosols are thought to cool the planet by reflecting radiation from the sun and by seeding clouds (SN: 10/5/13, p. 26). Clouds tend to reflect solar radiation, but scientists are still struggling to understand precisely how strong aerosols’ cooling effect is.\nIn the new study, atmospheric scientist Ken Carslaw of England’s University of Leeds and colleagues analyzed variables related to the amount and size of aerosols in the atmosphere and how they affect the rate at which clouds form. The researchers wanted to determine how much uncertainty each factor adds to predictions of temperature change. Emission rates of natural aerosols, produced mainly by volcanic eruptions and oceanic phytoplankton, accounted for nearly half the analysis’s variance, which is a measure of uncertainty, the team reports in the Nov. 7 Nature. The researchers urge scientists to find more accurate ways to represent natural aerosols in their simulations; however, they also say researchers may never fully understand how these particles affect climate.\nK.S. Carslaw et al. Large contribution of natural aerosols to uncertainty in indirect forcing. Nature. Vol. 503, November 7, 2013, p. 67. doi: 10.1038/nature12674."}
{"text":"A Young Earth Pocket Guide\nThis pocket guide examines the age of the earth from a biblical and scientific perspective. It presents exciting geological information rarely noted in public schools, and will equip you with answers that are solidly based on the authority of Bible.\nIs the earth billions of years old or just thousands? Are radiometric methods of dating rocks and fossils reliable? What evidences support a young age for the earth? Where did the idea of “millions of years” come from? How old is the earth?\nMost secular scientists believe the earth to be billions of years old. They most often use radiometric dating methods to support this assertion. But, do they have a rock-solid case? Discover the primary reasons why their belief in billions of years cannot be correct. This Pocket Guide to A Young Earth examines the age of the earth from a biblical and scientific perspective. It reveals geological information not often presented in public schools and secular colleges, and will equip you with answers that are based on the authority of God’s Word."}
{"text":"Agro-forest frontiers are diverse and highly dynamic. Multiple uses entail multiple stakeholders whose resource management decisions drive ecosystem processes. In tropical areas, cattle ranching is an important driver of land use change. Mechanistic understanding of ecosystem processes under such conditions can shed light on future supply of ecosystem services.\nThe research will focus on key soil-based ecosystem services such as carbon storage and nutrient retention and provision because they underpin supply of provisioning ecosystem services (i.e. grass and forage production). Ecosystem processes support the abovementioned ecosystem services, and in this study we will investigate decomposition and nutrient retention and provisioning.\nWe will look at how human interventions and resulting vegetation cover have influenced soil abiotic conditions as well as soil biota (microbial –bacteria and fungi- communities composition and activity), which will affect ecosystem processes. Ecological conditions alone do not suffice to understand processes, hence livestock management practices will also be considered in this assessment.\nDue to the complex association and feedback between aboveground and belowground ecosystem components, the project will be carried out in close collaboration with companion PhD project that will investigate other ecosystem services.\nThis research is part of the FOREFRONT program, which takes a social-ecological approach to improving relationships between people and the environment, because social and ecological systems are dynamically linked through the multiple ecosystem services they co-produce. FOREFRONT “Nature’s benefits in agro-forest frontiers: linking actor strategies, functional biodiversity and ecosystem services” is a multi-annual and multi-site research program with partners in Mexico, Brazil and the Netherlands."}
{"text":"Let A, B, and C be complex numbers which represent the vertices of a triangle in the complex plane. Using these complex numbers and their complex conjugates write an expression which represents the point B reflected about the line AC. Use X' to denote the complex conjugate of the complex number X.\nIn the equation following \"Likewise\" -\n\"C - A\" should be \"F - D\".\nPosted by Bractals\non 2006-04-27 16:08:45"}
{"text":"E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.\nA scheme entertained by Arthur Thistlewood and his fellow-conspirators to overthrow the Government by assassinating the Cabinet Ministers. So called from Cato Street, where their meetings were held. (1820.)\nThe other names of these conspirators are Brunt, Davidson, Harrison, Ings, Monument, Tidd, and Wilson. All eight were sent to the Tower, March 3rd, 1820, by warrant of the Secretary of State."}
{"text":"Thursday, December 16, 2010\nThe Tsuchinoko, which translates to \"Hammerspawn\", is a strange snake from Japanese folklore that is concidered very real. Tsuchinoko is the common name for it in Western Japan but in Easter Japan it is known as the Bachi Hebi.\nDescribed as being between 30 and 80 centimeters in length, similar in appearance to a snake, but with a central girth that is much wider than its head or tail, and as having fangs and venom. Some sightings even mention that it can jump about a meter in length.\nAccording to legend it can speak in human tongues, likes alcohol and bites it's tail to roll downhill much like the Hoop Snake. But they are said to be solitary and peaceful creatures.\nDrawings of the Tsuchinoko dating back to the Jomon Period have been discovered in Gifu and Nagano. An encyclopedia from the Edo Period contains a description of the Tsuchinoko under the name Yatsui Hebi. In 1989 the town of Mikata, Hyogo Prefecture offered a reward of 330 square meters of land to anybody who could capture a Tsuchinoko and, in 2001, it put a large black snake on display under the claim that the creature was a Tsuchinoko but sadly it was not.\nExcept Hokkaido and the southern Japanese islands the Tsuchinoko is found all over Japan. Some theories say it's just a misidentified snake but in the 1970's it was made legal to own Blue Tongued Skinks so many scientists think that those creatures are what people are seeing, basically escaped pets. The only problem I have with that theory is that skinks have four legs and no one reports legs on the Tsuchinoko.\nPerhaps it is an undiscovered species of snake, people are finding undiscovered reptiles all the time, so it seems resonable to me to assume that Japan, as inhabitated as it is, still has some surprises left to find in the natural areas."}
{"text":"Origin of quiescent\nRelated formsqui·es·cent·ly, adverbqui·es·cence, qui·es·cen·cy, noun\nCan be confusedquiescent quiet\nExamples from the Web for quiescence\nRapture was self-transcending, which led to quiescence, tranquility, and catharsis.\nDuring that period, there were long pauses and periods of quiescence that could lead one to believe that the revolt had subsided.\nEvery limb was at rest, every nerve seemed lulled into quiescence.The Golden Web|Anthony Partridge\nNow came another period of quiescence in the war, but a period radically different in temper from the first.Greener Than You Think|Ward Moore\nThe cycle ends in a condition of quiescence, or of such action as tends only to preserve the status quo.The Analysis of Mind|Bertrand Russell\nTaking the line of quiescence as a level of development, it follows that the level has become higher.\nThe diagram is made up of curves that fall upon the line of quiescence; unity of curve is lacking, hence unity of effort."}
{"text":"The Galapagos giant tortoise is the largest living species of tortoise. Almost every island in the Galapagos has it's own species. The oldest Giant Tortoise on record lived 152 years. They can grow to over 5 feet in length and weigh more than 500 pounds. Temperature determines the whether a hatchling will be a male or female. Hot seasons produce males, while cooler seasons seasons produce females."}
{"text":"8. Cleoserrata H. H. Iltis, Novon. 17: 447. 2007.\n[Genus Cleome and serrata, serrate, alluding to leaflet margins] [Genus Cleome and serrata, serrate, alluding to leaflet margins]\nGordon C. Tucker\nHerbs, annual [perennial]. Stems unbranched or sparsely [profusely] branched ; glabrous or glandular-pubescent. Leaves: stipules absent; petiole with pulvinus basally or distally, (petiolule base adnate, forming pulvinar disc; leaflets 3 or 5-9. Inflorescences terminal or axillary (from distal leaves), racemes (flat-topped or elongated); bracts present. Flowers (often appearing unisexual due to incomplete development), zygomorphic; sepals persistent or deciduous, distinct, equal (each often subtending a nectary); petals equal; stamens 6; filaments inserted on a discoid or conical androgynophore, usually glabrous; anthers coiling as pollen is released; gynophore recurved in fruit. Fruits capsules, dehiscent, oblong. Seeds 10-30+, subglobose [reniform], not arillate, (cleft fused between ends). x = 12.\nSegregation of Cleoserrata from Tarenaya is based on the absence of prickles on the minutely serrulate leaf, the x = 12 chromosomal complement, and molecular evidence suggesting a more basal clade than that of Tarenaya (L. A. Inda et al. 2008).\nSpecies 5 (2 in the flora): introduced; Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America."}
{"text":"What we do\nUNICEF is the leading voice in promoting and protecting children’s rights in Albania\nUNICEF Albania supports government reforms, civil society initiatives and research that help all children to enjoy their human rights. As Albania seeks integration with the European community, we want to make sure that no child is left behind, and that development takes place with equity. In our work, we help government and our partners to focus on children from the most vulnerable and marginalized groups.\nAlbania is a State Party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols. UNICEF assists government and development partners to understand the obligations arising from the ratification of these treaties and to translate these into national legislation, policy and programs. We work to make laws work for children.\nSocial norms and values determine whether all children can develop to their full potential, and whether all children are adequately protected and supported. UNICEF engages in policy dialogue, the sharing of knowledge and public campaigns and provides technical assistance to influence positive social change.\nIt is our aim that the children’s best interest is always considered first in all decisions affecting social policy, and that the weakest and most vulnerable children receive special attention.\nWe promote sustainable and equitable development, social inclusion aligned with international standards and fulfilment of international obligations to support Albania’s integration into the EU."}
{"text":"Students are sure to love the colourful, factual and humourous nature of this book. Beginning with a game of hot potato examining food miles, and moving through gardening situations throughout the world before ending at practical planning to create your own green space, this book is a treasury of must-knows and did-you-knows of growing your own food. Students and teachers will find a multitude of useful information and reasons to garden from reducing eco-footprints to eating tastier food to getting great physical exercise!\nThis is a gem of a resource for any teacher in an urban or suburban area. This book could complement a variety of classroom units of study, be a springboard for a school gardening club or eco group, or help to examine the different ways humans interact with their environments. It is a great non-fiction reference to support teaching in Science and Technology as well as Social Studies curriculum areas. Sections on the food chain, producers and consumers, global warming, renewable resources, the water cycle and the role of plants in our environment are all excellent. There are also wonderful sections about human geography and the unequal global and local distribution of wealth, as well as the historical trend of moving to cities after the industrial revolution and the governmental push to have private gardens during both World Wars.\n[Review by Amanda Forbes.]"}
{"text":"Open Access Journals gaining more Readers and Citations\n700 Journals and 15,000,000 Readers Each Journal is getting 25,000+ Readers\nSchizophrenia disorder is a chronic mental illness that interferes with social behaviour, thinking ability and connection with reality. Symptoms of schizophrenia include hallucinations, disorganized thinking, delusions, movement disorders, false beliefs, reduced speaking. Several factors can cause schizophrenia such as genetic factors, environment, substance abuse and different brain chemistry. The treatment of schizophrenia focuses on eliminating symptoms by antipsychotic medications, psychosocial treatment, rehabilitation programme.\nRelated Journal of Schizophrenia Disorder"}
{"text":"Jerusalem (ENInews). The Dead Sea Scrolls, which include the world’s oldest known biblical manuscripts, are now available online through a cooperative effort between the Israel Museum, where they are housed, and Google.\nThe Dead Seas Scrolls Digital Project, launched on 26 September, will allow users to examine the Second Temple-era manuscripts at an unprecedented level of detail, the museum said in a press release.\nAccording to the release, five Dead Sea Scrolls have been digitized so far, including the Great Isaiah Scroll, the Community Rule Scroll, the Commentary on Habakkuk Scroll, the Temple Scroll, and the War Scroll. Search queries using Google send users directly to the online versions.\nDetails invisible to the naked eye are made visible through ultrahigh-resolution digital photography, resulting in images with almost two hundred times the resolution of a standard photo. Special ultraviolet-protected flash tubes minimized damage to the fragile manuscripts. In addition, the Great Isaiah Scroll may be searched by column, chapter, and verse, and is accompanied by an English translation tool and by an option for users to submit translations of verses in their own languages.\n“The Dead Sea Scrolls Project with the Israel Museum enriches and preserves an important part of world heritage by making it accessible to all on the internet,” said Professor Yossi Matias, managing director of Google’s research and development center in Israel. “Having been involved in similar projects in the past…we have seen how people around the world can enhance their knowledge and understanding of key historical events by accessing documents and collections online.”"}
{"text":"Independent, 3 June 2015:\nA 10 year research programme to make green energy cheaper could be achieved tomorrow if the fossil fuel industry paid the full costs of their product (The heat is on, 2 June). The solution lies in the letter to the UN from the CEO’s of six major oil and gas companies asking to cooperate on fixing a price for carbon (Energy firms ask UN for help on carbon pricing, 1 June). Although the letter conspicuously fails to suggest the level at which carbon should be priced, this can be calculated from the costs that are paid by society to manage the health and environmental costs of CO2 emissions, recently estimated by the IMF to be 5.3 trillion dollars annually.\n8.7 billion tonnes of carbon are burnt annually which gives a price of approximately $600 per tonne of carbon, or $166 per tonne of CO2. If a carbon tax were set at this level it would massively increase government revenue, halve the 1.6 million deaths that occur each year as a result of air pollution, decrease carbon emissions by 20% and render subsidies for the renewable sector unnecessary.This won’t happen overnight, but Governments should start at a $200 per tonne of carbon and increase by $50 per annum until a figure of $600 is reached at which point the world’s energy problems will have been largely solved.\nDr Robin Russell-Jones\nStoke Poges, Buckinghamshire"}
{"text":"6 Weeks course on CLOUD COMPUTING from DUCAT help students to explore best market standard trends of CLOUD COMPUTING. Training will make students learn how to abstract useful information extracted in cloud structure and how CLOUD COMPUTING helps people all around world to access data without installation and download. Project implementation and enhanced theory of these concepts will help students understand all these aspects of CLOUD COMPUTING. CLOUD COMPUTING is a revolutionary technology which has made a strong impact in past few decades in IT sectors. It has paved a new way to increase the capability of your network without creating a new infrastructure. This can be done by its pay per use service. Bigger brands of IT like AMAZON, SUN and IBM are using CLOUD COMPUTING technology offering storage and virtual storage on demand. Some service providers also use it in the form of virtual datacenters and elastic servers on demand.Memory, I/O, storage and computational capacity work together with the help of LIQUID Q'S virtual resource pool available over network. Managed service Providers provide managed services through CLOUD COMPUTING. This includes virus scanning or application monitoring .Desktop management service and cloud based anti spam service is also a part of these services.\nDucat provides the best available programs which helps in enhancing the technical skills which seems to be beneficial for all the applicants."}
{"text":"\"This is not an ordinary cat.\"\nTranslation:Ini bukan kucing biasa.\nDecember 17, 2018\n10 CommentsThis discussion is locked.\nThis discussion is locked.\nIn general, 'bukan' is used to negate a noun (or wordgroups).\n'tidak' is used to negate an entire sentence or to negate a predicate when the predicate is a verb/adjective/numeral phrase.\nHere is a Tinycards deck with examples :"}
{"text":"- For other uses, see Bismarck.\nIn September 2155, Bismarck was part of a six-ship task-force led by the imperial flagship USS Defiant, to recover Empress Hoshi Sato from an anti-Terran rebel stronghold. The task force found Sato on Aldus Prime. The Vulcan, Orion and Tellarite rebel forces outnumbered the task force nearly three to one, and a battle ensued. ISS Dauntless reported the destruction of Bismarck within the first minute of the battle. (ENT - Mirror Universe novel: Age of the Empress)\n|ships named Bismarck|\n|Federation, Starfleet||USS Bismark (NCC-1704, Constitution-class) • USS Bismarck (Defender-class) • USS Bismarck (NCC-3225, Proxima-class) • USS Bismarck (24th century) • USS Bismarck (Excelsior-class) • USS Bismarck (Sovereign-class)|\n|Terran Empire, Starfleet||ISS Bismarck (NX-class)|"}
{"text":"Antihelmintic resistance as an environmental issue\nConference object (Published version)\nMetadataShow full item record\nAnthelmintic resistance (AR) represents the reduced sensitivity of parasites to substances used for the treatment of parasitosis of animals, ie, the possibility of their survival, to the recommended doses of used antiparasitics used for certain types of parasites. The appearance of this undesirable characteristic occurs as a consequence of inadequate use of antiparasitics during the treatment of diseased animals as well as the need for better economic results in modern livestock production. Available data indicate that AR has been recorded in many countries, and preliminary studies show that it is also present in our country. Pasture farming allows the spread of AR in nature and adverse effects on wildlife.\nKeywords:anthelmintic resistance, nature, wild animal\nSource:XXV International ECO-Conference: XIV Environmental protection of urban and suburban settlements, 22th–24th September, Novi Sad, Serbia, 09-2021, 328-335\n- ECOLOGICAL MOVEMENT OF NOVI SAD"}
{"text":"(also archosaurus /ˌärkəˈsôrəs/)\nnounZoology & Paleontology\nA reptile of a large group that includes the dinosaurs and pterosaurs, represented today only by the crocodilians.\n- Other archosaurs included the pterosaurs, relatives of dinosaurs but not true dinosaurs.\n- At the same time, the broad, dry plains of equatorial Pangea provided a proving ground for a strange new group of lightweight, but large-bodied, archosaurs - the dinosaurs.\n- The archosaur skull includes two new fenestra (skull openings).\n- Example sentences\n- The hot dry Pangean deserts of the Triassic would witness the competition between the synapsid proto-mammals that had dominated the land uptil now, and the newly emerged archosaurian reptiles (thecodonts).\n- It is interesting that as the archosaurian reptiles were becoming larger, the cynodonts became smaller, perhaps nocturnal.\n- The first vertebrates to evolve true flight were the pterosaurs, flying archosaurian reptiles.\nFor editors and proofreaders\nDefinition of archosaur in:\nWhat do you find interesting about this word or phrase?\nComments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed."}
{"text":"About this book\nVortex formation has received much attention over the past few years. Vortices occur in nature wherever propulsive flow exists; from erupting volcanoes to the ones generated by squid and jellyfish to propel them. There has been particular interest in the wide variety of vortices that develop in the cardiovascular system, particularly in the cardiac chambers and in large arteries. These vortices play fundamental roles in the normal physiology and provide proper balance between blood motion and stresses on the surrounding tissues. In contrast, formation of unnatural vortices may alter the momentum transfer in the blood flow and increase energy dissipation. Vortex Formation in the Cardiovascular System reviews the current knowledge of vortex formation, from the basic physics to cardiac physiology. There is a particular focus on the formation of vortices at different locations inside the heart, the effect of cardiac devices and surgery on vortex formation, fluid dynamics of the artificial heart valves and ventricular assist devices. The Authors have translated physical, mathematical and engineering concepts related to vortex formation into a clinical perspective with the objective to advance cardiovascular patient care. This book therefore represents a comprehensive and valuable resource for those involved in the field of cardiology and cardiovascular physiology, cardiovascular surgeons, interventional cardiologists, medical bioengineers and researchers in fluid mechanics."}
{"text":"t’s a story that happens all too often. Angie Kennard’s father had met someone on a dating website, and the woman quickly began pouring her heart out to the 79-year-old despite never meeting him in person. During the exchanges, the woman started requesting money to support her and her daughter, and that “support” blossomed into $700,000 over the course of a couple years.\nWhile most scams may not be as severe this one, the act of scamming elderly people is a massive problem in the United States. Scams that start on the Internet are becoming more and more frequent among this population, too, especially as Internet-savvy folks start to age.\nBefore we get into how to prevent these scams, let’s discuss how and why seniors get scammed as well as how frequently it happens.\nSeniors Getting Scammed, by the Numbers\nScammers do not discriminate when it comes to who they try and get money out of: rich, poor, black, white, 65 and healthy, 85 and ailing. They’ll try and take money from anyone.\nThe American Journal of Public Health estimates that about 5 percent of the elderly population (which equates to around two to three million people) suffer from some sort of scam every year. “What’s worse, it’s very likely an underestimate,” said David Brune, a professor at the University of Toronto. This is most likely because it’s expected that a large percentage of Internet scams go unreported.\nScamming the elderly is a multi-billion dollar business for people around the U.S. that drains the elderly of their retirement funds and government benefits. The Orlando Sentinel (using a Department of Justice report) points out that elderly people lose out on about $3 billion to scammers every year.\nLess conservative estimates project that seniors lose up to $36 billion every year. The Sentinel also reported (based on Federal Trade Commission report) that the median amount that someone over 80 lost was over $1,000 and the median amount someone between 70 and 79 lost was over $600."}
{"text":"- Used other than as an idiom. not out; in.\n- (cricket, of a batsman at the end of an innings) not dismissed and having not retired.\n(cricket): This occurs either when all other batsmen have been dismissed or when the innings ends either through declaration or (in limited-overs cricket) when the total number of overs in the innings have been bowled. When used of a batsman during an innings (e.g. following an appeal or at the end of a session or day's play) the meaning is literal - they have not been given out."}
{"text":"Since the invention of cinema in the 19th century, motion pictures have transported people across the world into different times and places. As soon as the invention found its footing, people began to come together to see films. As movies started to get bigger with longer run times, the advent of sound and everything in between, modern day movie theaters were formed.\nSmall rooms that housed inventions like the vitascope became popular and eventually, nickelodeons, where folks could see movies for a nickel, were all the rage. With the advent of Hollywood and the studio system, lavish movie houses were constructed. By the 1930s you could get snacks and other concessions with your film, and by the 1950’s drive-ins were super popular. Now we have 4D flicks and dine-in experiences. Throughout the years, cinema and movie theaters have come quite a long way.\n1. 1890: Magic latern shows\nThe earliest movies were nothing like the ones that we go to now. In fact, they were first called magic lantern shows. People would flock into small rooms, pay a few cents and watch moving pictures through slides using machines like The Praxinoscope. Now, we attend movies with our family and friends, but in the beginning, before there were any storylines and certainly before there was sound, this was how people first went to the movies.\nNext: The first theater"}
{"text":"The Holocaust was a tragedy of the greatest proportion. Our minds can't even begin to relate to the number 6,000,000... And your question is right on target; logically, no faith or tradition can survive such a tragedy. There is no way to rebuild after such destruction.\nBut the Jew is different. His faith does not depend on things making sense. His belief does not come and go, for it doesn't rely on circumstances or external factors. It is built-in. It's inherently there. A Jew believes.\nA Jew realizes that there is much in the world that we do not understand -- mortal creations cannot expect to grasp the ways of their infinite Creator.\nA Jew never despairs. He know that unlike the ancient Romans, Greeks, Persians, and the not-so-ancient Nazis -- he is still around to tell the story. He was promised by G‑d that he will always be around. And it is this oath that he holds on to when the times get tough and he is faced with trials and tribulations.\nA Jew has faith. He knows that it is often darkest before dawn. He believes that any day the world will one again be filled with light. His nation will be redeemed and return to their homeland in an era of peace, unity, and revelation of G‑dliness. Click here to read all about this anticipated era.\nThe above only touches on this delicate topic. Click here for a selection of stories and essays about the Holocaust.\nRabbi Yisroel Cotlar"}
{"text":"From its founding in 1915, AAC&U has focused on advancing and strengthening liberal education for all college students, regardless of their intended careers. While the term is used in multiple ways, AAC&U sees liberal education as a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge and transferable skills, and a strong sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement. Characterized by challenging encounters with important issues, and more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study, a liberal education can be achieved at all types of colleges and universities. All AAC&U projects, publications, meetings, and resources reflect this broad understanding of liberal education and a vision of excellence that includes a practical and engaged liberal education for all students. AAC&U works with faculty and campus leaders to make excellence in liberal education an equal opportunity commitment—to every student and to our diverse democracy. For more information on the meanings of liberal education, read What is Liberal Education?"}
{"text":"Parental emotions and behaviors that contribute to continuity and change in preschool children's externalizing problems were examined. Mothers and fathers were observed interacting with their children, and child-rearing styles were reported. Teachers, mothers, and children reported children's antisocial, oppositional behavior. Externalizing problems showed strong continuity 2 and 4 years later. Proactive parenting (i.e., supportive presence, clear instruction, and limit setting) predicted fewer behavior problems over time, after controlling for initial problems; the converse was true for parental anger. In contrast, the hypothesized ameliorative contribution of parents' positive emotion was not found. Parental contributions were most influential for children whose initial problems were in the clinical range. In particular, parental anger predicted continuation of problems over time. Paternal, as well as maternal, influences were identified. Examination of parental emotions and inclusion of fathers is important to research and intervention with young antisocial children.\nAll Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes\n- Developmental and Educational Psychology\n- Psychiatry and Mental health"}
{"text":"Summary and Analysis\nPart I: Chapter 4\nThe first mention of anything associated with the carnival comes from old Mr. Crosetti, the barber, who smells the odor of cotton candy as he closes up his shop for the night. The aroma causes him to cry, recalling a time when, as a lad, he used to enjoy the sticky sweetness of cotton candy himself. We sense that Mr. Crosetti, for years, has not stopped to do such things in life as thinking and smelling and enjoying. This knowledge coming so late in life, indeed, makes him weep.\nBradbury uses the barber here to embody one of the major problems of humanity, according to Bradbury; that is, our inability not only to accept life as it exists, but also to find pleasure in it. Mr. Crosetti's realization that he has allowed a great deal of the good things in life go by unnoticed will prove to be a point of vulnerability, a weakness in him when the carnival finally sets up its tents."}
{"text":"Planetary health describes both the health of human civilization and the state of the natural systems including political, economic, social and environmental systems1.. The SHE Moscow statement from 2019 has identified that environment, climate and health are closely intertwined, and cannot be considered in isolation, but rather have common goals and fields of action2. By focusing on planetary health – schools can be role models and leaders in shaping a healthy and sustainable future for students.\nGreta Thunberg is an example of a very direct school striker with a clear message about the importance of Planetary health.\n1. Horton, R. and Lo. S (2015), Planetary health: a new science for exceptional action, The Lancet, Volume 386, Issue 10007, Pages 1921-1922, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61038-8.\n2. Dadaczynski, K., Jensen, B.B. Grieg Viig, N., Sormunen, M., von Seelen, J., Kuchma, V., Vilaça, M.T. on behalf of the conference participants (2019). Health, well-being and education: building a sustainable future. The Moscow Statement on Health Promoting Schools. Online available at: https://www.schoolsforhealth.org/resources/conference-statements/moscowstatement"}
{"text":"School Success Task Force (SSTF)\nOn May 30, 2009, the Senate and the House adopted HJR 5 that creates the School Success Task Force to examine issues and make recommendations related to current State Board of Education policies regarding suspensions, expulsions, and truancies including without limitation the following:\n- Studying how current State Board policies impact student’s statewide;\n- Studying how school districts create, interpret, and administer their own disciplinary policies;\n- Hearing testimony from school officials, parents, students, and community-based providers on the effects of suspension and expulsion policies; and\n- Studying annual reports on the number of children who enroll in school after being suspended and expelled, by age, race, and education level.\nThe Task Force is charged with:\n- Identifying different strategies and approaches to help educators work effectively with the families of students of color;\n- Promote professional development and other learning opportunities that will equip school personnel with the skills and knowledge necessary to reduce factors that often contribute to suspensions, expulsions, and truancies;\n- Support community-based organizations and parents in their ongoing efforts to encourage youths to adopt and practice positive social behaviors that will all them to be successful in school and in their communities; and\n- Holding public hearings in every legislative district it deems necessary and report its findings to the General Assembly.\nHJR 7 of the 97th General Assembly has been introduced to extend the Task Force into the 97th General Assembly and the reporting date to December 31, 2011."}
{"text":"Warning! This learning object uses Adobe Flash and your browser does not support Flash. To view this content you will either need to install and/or enable flash in your web browser or upgrade your web browser.\nClick Here for instructions to enable Flash.\nGrouped Numerical Frequency Distributions -- Determining the Lower and Upper Limits: Fifth in a Series\nLearners follow steps to establish the lower and upper limits in a spreadsheet."}
{"text":"Our Library is proud to host a Seed Lending Library! What is it? A Seed Lending Library is a source of seed you can check out for free, grow in your garden, and then return more seed than you took. This not only makes the seed library self-sustaining, but most importantly the plants will adapt to the environment – in this case – the Wet Mountain Valley. By saving seed, you will begin to adapt plants to our extreme climate.\nThe seed library is categorized by ease of saving seeds. We recommend starting with seeds labeled “Easy.” Below is a link to a 9 minute online video, produced by Richmond Grows, which will instruct you on how to use our seed library. It is based on an honor system with just one form to fill out. There are several copies of seed books to check out from the library to help you learn how to return “true” seed. There is also educational information in a binder you can copy to take home.\nSeed libraries are a proactive response to the staggering loss of seed diversity worldwide. Historically, amateur gardeners and farmers have developed the food diversity we have enjoyed for decades simply by selecting the best for seed and eating the rest. It’s fun, it’s economical, and the best part is that you will become part of the Valley’s long and productive history of food growing.\nSeedBroadcast Blog Article and Audio Interview with Library Director Amy Moulton – June 2014\nTAKE A LOOK AT THESE WEBSITES FOR MORE INFORMATION!\n“HOW TO USE LIBRARY” Video Orientation: www.richmondgrows.org"}
{"text":"Robert Bruce’s Bones: reputations, politics and identities in nineteenth-century Scotland\nPenman, Michael A.\nInternational Review of Scottish Studies, 34 (2009)\nIn a recent survey of public opinion in Scotland, the figure of Robert Bruce, king of Scots (1306-29), was ranked third, with 12% of the vote, in a list of ‘most important Scots.’ Bruce thus posted, arguably quite predictably, behind, first, with 36%, William Wallace (c.1270-1305), the ‘people’s Champion’ of the Wars of Independence, and second, with 16%, bard and radical icon Robert Burns (1759-96). At first glance, these results chime in neatly with some of the political and media reaction to such surveys, often from Conservative quarters, which laments the apparent preference of the Scottish national character for romantic failures and lads o’ pairts with a democratic tinge (and preferably a dramatic early death) over and above any successful, authoritarian or upper-class role models of perhaps questionable political integrity.\nSuch a collective reticence about Bruce or his type seems, too, to be echoed backwards in time: for example, in the public’s reluctance to subscribe to various campaigns in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to fund physical memorials to Bruce, efforts discussed in detail below. In the same period, the prose and verse fiction, drama and visual art which revisited the Wars of Independence almost always cast Bruce in the shadow of Wallace, often strikingly as a waverer (who as earl of Carrick in fact changed sides on at least five occasions during the Wars of Independence) and who had to be persuaded to the true patriotic cause by the words, deeds and sacrifice of the lesser hero knight."}
{"text":"does a triangle with sides 6, 8, 10 have to be a right triangle(or can it be obtuse or acute)?\nThis is the well known example of the 3-4-5 right angled triangle (each side is just twice 3, 4 and 5 respectively). So, yes, it must be a right angled triangle.\nYou can check using Pythagoras theorem: 6^2 + 8^2 → 36 + 64 → 100 and 10^2 → 100\ni.e. The square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the two adjacent sides (only true for right angled triangles)."}
{"text":"Megann Sauer, M.D.\nThe need for a bib and a little more cuddling with your baby may mean that he/she has some little chompers coming in. Commonly referred to as “cutting teeth,” babies typically begin teething by the time they reach 6 months of age, although this can vary. They usually have a full mouth of baby teeth around age 2½.\nThe two bottom front teeth (lower central incisors) are usually the first to come in, followed soon after by the two top front teeth (upper central incisors). The rest will follow as your baby ages.\nSome parents say that teething can cause diarrhea and fever, but many researchers have refuted that claim. Here are some signs to help you identify when your baby is teething:\nAs new teeth emerge from the gum line, your baby is going to have tender gums and may fuss. Help alleviate pain by doing the following:\nIt’s also important to keep your baby’s chin dry from drool, as it may cause soreness and chafing. Use a bib or towel to wipe it dry, and use some scent-free moisturizer if the skin becomes chapped.\nKeep your baby’s mouth clean from the get-go by rubbing a damp, clean washcloth over the gums daily as this may help keep bacteria at bay.\nWhen the first teeth emerge, switch to a small, soft toothbrush. Until your baby learns to spit, apply a small smear of fluoride toothpaste about the size of a grain of rice. You should also start thinking about scheduling regular check-ups with your dentist; at least one visit should be scheduled before the first birthday."}
{"text":"Improving the health of all Americans requires broadening our view beyond medical care. Our chances of becoming sick and dying early are greatly influenced by powerful social factors including income and education.\nFacts and Figures\nChild care services are costly for families:\n- In every region of the United States, the average infant care costs exceed average family food costs.\n- In every state, the cost of child care for two children is comparable to the average monthly mortgage payment.\n- In 2008, the annual cost for center-based infant care ranged from $4,500 to $14,600 across the United States; the annual cost of center-based care for a 4-year-old ranged from $3,400 to $10,800.\n- Low-income families devote 15% of their income to child care services, while higher-income families spend 7% of their income.\nOversight and quality standards for child-care centers and providers are insufficient for ensuring the safety, health and well-being of children in care:\n- Twenty-four states do not regulate family child-care providers who care for three or fewer children.\n- Only thirty-two states explicitly forbid smoking within child-care facilities.\nChild-care workers and early childhood educators are often inadequately trained and poorly compensated:\n- Eleven states lack a minimum education requirement—not even a high-school diploma—for teachers in centers, and 15 states require less than two years of training for child-care center directors."}
{"text":"magnificationArticle Free Pass\nmagnification, in optics, the size of an image relative to the size of the object creating it. Linear (sometimes called lateral or transverse) magnification refers to the ratio of image length to object length measured in planes that are perpendicular to the optical axis. A negative value of linear magnification denotes an inverted image. Longitudinal magnification denotes the factor by which an image increases in size, as measured along the optical axis. Angular magnification is equal to the ratio of the tangents of the angles subtended by an object and its image when measured from a given point in the instrument, as with magnifiers and binoculars.\nThere is no theoretical limit to the amount of magnification possible in an optical system, but practical magnification is limited by the system’s resolving power—i.e., its ability to form distinguishable images of objects separated by small angular distances. A unit of magnification commonly used in microscopes and telescopes is the diameter, the magnification in diameters being equal to the number of times the linear dimensions of the object are increased.\nDo you know anything more about this topic that you’d like to share?"}
{"text":"A numeral system originating using the letters of the ancient Hebrews. There was no notation for zero, and the numeric values for individual letters was added together. Due to difficulty in transcribing hebrew letters, the names are used in this table. The page at http://www.inner.org/gematria/gemchart.htm has a picture of the letters and a alternate way of writing the letter names, or see the entry for the Hebrew alphabet. The last five letters are actually 'sofeet' forms of the hebrew letters. (there are only 22 hebrew letters, but 27 entries in the table) The sofeet form of a hebrew letter is the alternate form used when that letter is the last letter in a word.\nThis conversion rule for words into numbers is used in a form of hebrew mysticism called Gematria."}
{"text":"Veterinary advice should be sought from your local veterinarian before applying any treatment or vaccine. Not sure who to use? Look up veterinarians who specialize in poultry using our directory listing. Find me a Vet\nHead trauma is fairly common in chickens, occurring in multiple presentations and severity, from mild to life-threatening. Head injuries may be outwardly apparent by the presence of hemorrhaging, loss of tissue, and in many incidences, complete exposure of the brain. In other cases, birds may not show any external evidence of a head injury, but will present with a wide range of temporary to permanent clinical signs of neurological impairment. The later case is most commonly seen in crested-head chicken breeds (such as the Silkie, Polish, Crevecoeur, etc.) that possess a vaulted skull (an open void or hole on the top portion of the skull). This makes these chicks, highly susceptible to brain trauma, as there is nothing more than skin and feathers protecting the brain tissue. Sometimes all it takes is one hard peck the head by a flock member or accidentally bumping their head in the right way. Any trauma to the brain can cause neurological signs and/or sudden death. As chicks grow, sometimes the voided area will eventually seal itself shut or at least reduce in size."}
{"text":"Research published this week has found one of the strongest genetic links to obesity, with carriers having a 35 per cent increased risk of developing obesity.\nThe US-based researchers found the genetic variant in Samoan populations, where they have been studying the high rate of obesity. About 45 per cent of the Samoan groups examined carried the gene, which as well as increasing the risk of obesity, also seemed to offer some protection against type 2 diabetes.\nThe Science Media Centre gathered reaction from local experts.\nThe findings were covered by New Zealand media, including:\nTVNZ: Researchers find rare gene in Samoa linked to risk of obesity\nRadio NZ: Gene linked to obesity found in half of Samoans\nStuff.co.nz: Gene thought to partly explain high rates of obesity among Samoans\nNewshub: Gene linked to Samoa’s obesity epidemic\nNZ Herald: Samoan obesity’s gene link\nNewshub: Samoa’s ‘obesity gene’ isn’t the only problem\nTVNZ: Samoan bootcampers determined not to be beaten by genetics"}
{"text":"Land cover data indicates the physical land type, helping to understand the current landscape of an area. The map of the Nordic Region shows its land cover in 2012, based on data from the European Environment Agency (Corine 2012 raster database). Each of the ten colour indicates one main type of land cover, e.g. agricultural area in orange and urban/artificial surfaces in red.\nA large portion of the Nordic territory is covered by coniferous forest (dark green colour), especially Finland, Åland, Sweden and south-eastern Norway. However, the main type of land cover is different in other parts of the Nordic Region. Denmark is dominated by agricultural land, Iceland and Norway by open land with little vegetation, the Faroe Islands by scrub and herbaceous vegetation and Greenland by glaciers.”"}
{"text":"Selah Merrill, appointed as an archeologist for the American Palestine Exploration Society, sailed from New York to Beirut in 1875 for a two year expedition into the wild lands of Palestine. Befriending the local Arab tribes, Merrill and his team were given unparallel access to the Jordan valley. Beginning with their inauspicious arrival in a cholera stricken Beirut, where all the hotels were closed and only wild dogs roamed, and ending with Merrill living amongst the Arabs in the desert and documenting their way of life, this book is a fascinating page-turner from start to finish.\n- Detailed survey of nineteenth century Palestinian society\n- Numerous illustrations and pictures\n- All Scripture references are linked directly to the Bibles in your Logos Library\nPraise for the Print Edition\nDr. Merrill has shown unusual tact and skill in dealing with the Arab tribes and peoples, on the generous and manly principles of confidence, charity, and humanity, and has thus been able to give us quite vivid illustrations of their manners and customs.\n- Title: East of the Jordan: A Record of Travel and Observation in Moab, Gilead, and Bashan\n- Author: Selah Merrill\n- Publisher: Richard Bentley\n- Publication Date: 1881\n- Pages: 588\nAbout Selah Merrill\nSelah Merrill (1837–1909) was born at Canto Centre, Connecticut, and graduated from New Haven Theological Seminary in 1863."}
{"text":"2 services found\nThe agricultural industry faces a considerable challenge in meeting increasing demand for food and alternative fuels, particularly because of the combined pressure to reduce environmental impact and adapt to climatic change. Maintaining resilient soils is central to meeting these challenges.\nThe nutrient content of solid manures and slurries can vary considerably from the typical values presented in Defra's Fertiliser Manual (RB209), published in 2010. Given this variability and the increasing cost of manufactured fertiliser it is worthwhile analysing nutrient content of solid manures and slurries."}
{"text":"2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS CoV- 2), also known as COVID-19: What You Need To Know\nWhat is the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS CoV- 2) or COVID-19?\n2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS CoV- 2), also known as COVID-19 is a respiratory illness that can spread from person to person. Amid the rising spread of COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the virus outbreak a public health emergency or pandemic.\nWhat are the symptoms?\nThe most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, tiredness and dry cough. Some patients may have reported having aches and pains, nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat or diarrhea. These symptoms are usually mild and begin gradually.\nAdditionally, some people become infected but don't develop any symptoms or feel unwell. It is estimated that most people (about 80%) recover from the disease without needing special treatment. About 1 in 6 people become seriously ill and develop difficulty breathing.\nOlder people, and those with underlying medical problems like high blood pressure, heart problems or diabetes, are more likely to develop serious illness. People with fever, cough and difficulty breathing call your healthcare professional to seek medical attention immediately.\nHow does it spread?\nCOVID-19 can spread from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth when a person with COVID-19 coughs, sneezes or exhales. These droplets land on objects and surfaces around the person. Other people then catch COVID-19 by touching these objects or surfaces, then touching their eyes, nose or mouth or by breathing in droplets from a person with COVID-19. That’s why it is important to practice social distancing and stay three to six feet (1-2 meters) away from a person who is or may be sick.\nLearn more from the World Health Organization (WHO)."}
{"text":"The attested Proto-Indo-European root-words directly linked to pulse crops are further testimony that Proto-Indo-European society was well-acquainted with agriculture (47), and was not predominantly nomadic and pastoral, as initially thought by the proposers of the Kurgan hypothesis (48).\nPLoS ONE 7(9): e44512. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044512\nOrigin of the Words Denoting Some of the Most Ancient Old World Pulse Crops and Their Diversity in Modern European Languages\nThis preliminary research was aimed at finding the roots in various Eurasian proto-languages directly related to pulses and giving the words denoting the same in modern European languages. Six Proto-Indo-European roots were indentified, namely arnk(')- (‘a leguminous plant’), *bhabh- (‘field bean’), * (‘a kernel of leguminous plant’, ‘pea’), ghArs- (‘a leguminous plant’), *kek- (‘pea’) and *lent- (‘lentil’). No Proto-Uralic root was attested save hypothetically *kaca (‘pea’), while there were two Proto-Altaic roots, *bukrV (‘pea’) and *(‘lentil’). The Proto-Caucasianx root * denoted pea, while another one, *howl(a)(‘bean’, ‘lentil’) and the Proto-Basque root *ilha-r (‘pea’, ‘bean’, ‘vetch’) could have a common Proto-Sino-Caucasian ancestor, *hVwlV (‘bean’) within the hypothetic Dene-Caucasian language superfamily. The Modern Maltese preserved the memory of two Proto-Semitic roots, *'adas- (‘lentil’) and *pul- (‘field bean’). The presented results prove that the most ancient Eurasian pulse crops were well-known and extensively cultivated by the ancestors of all modern European nations. The attested lexicological continuum witnesses the existence of a millennia-long links between the peoples of Eurasia to their mutual benefit. This research is meant to encourage interdisciplinary concerted actions between plant scientists dealing with crop evolution and biodiversity, archaeobotanists and language historians."}
{"text":"- an instrument or agent used to compress or treat bleeding vessels in order to arrest hemorrhage.\nOrigin of hemostat\nFirst recorded in 1895–1900; shortened form of hemostatic\nDictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018\n- An agent, such as a chemical, that stops bleeding.\n- An instrument for arresting hemorrhage by compression of the bleeding vessel.\nThe American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company."}
{"text":"PUPILS are nurturing new pond-life to release into the river near their school.\nNine children from Gainford C of E Primary School, in County Durham, are looking after 24 tiny brown trout, in partnership with Sarah Cox, from the Tees River Trust, and Dave Bamford, from the Ure River Trust.\nThe fish have already doubled in size since arriving at the school in early March.\nEach day, the youngsters feed them, check the ammonia level in the specialist fish tank and change the water when required.\nHoward Blindt, headteacher, said: “We are trying to help the children to get more knowledge about the River Tees, which is just down the road from the school.\n“It is a bit more technical than looking after goldfish but the children are very interested and love to help and watch the fish.\n“Hopefully it will succeed in helping them to understand, when they go for a walk down by the river, what lives in there.”\nThe children, from years two, three and four, will continue looking after the trout, with help from school staff, until the fish are developed and mature enough to release into the river."}
{"text":"Week 5 Time (Please label any worksheets week 5 and add to your folder).\nThis week’s maths activities will be mostly practical (As most things are in Reception).\nI have attached a clock template which you could print off to use whilst playing games, or highlighting the time of the day.\nSong/video: Times of the day\nDay 1: Video about the order of the day includes hours of the day and times of day-morning/afternoon/evening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHWtWOIn3RY\nDay 2: Song about hours of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yq_rztquuU\nOnline clock to demonstrate different hours of the day. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/time/teaching-clock Only focus on o’clock, the children do not yet need to know quarter past and half past. (If you press reset, you can change the time hourly).\nActivity Day 2: Play what’s the time Mr Wolf (How to play): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4bvuLlF0_Y (I always use a clock to play this game, just to re-enforce what we have been learning.\nDay 3 & 4: Game (Children listen to the hour and set the minute hand for that hour https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/on_time_game1.htm\nDay 4: Game to identify hour hand and minute hand https://www.splashlearn.com/time-games\nDay 5: Song (Days of the week) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXMofxtDPUQ&vl=en\nStory (to introduce clock hands): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teUJDp1KPrM\nStory about times of the day ( A nice one to turn off the volume, pause and ask your child to read the story and look at the pictures): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hShQ78tK97I"}
{"text":"Summary and Analysis\nThird Stasimon (Lines 490-565)\nThe chorus warn of the danger of leniency toward crime. If Orestes is acquitted, all the old laws will be overthrown. Justice will come to an end and evil will become dominant. Men will commit crimes without fear of punishment.\nFear of authority and punishment is an essential element of society, the foundation of all law and order, for it restrains men from crime. It is themselves, the Furies, who embody this authority. They never harm good men who are innocent of evil, but hunt down and punish all transgressors.\nHumanity should seek neither the license of anarchy nor the slavery of tyranny, but the middle path, where freedom and law are judiciously balanced, and where good behavior that proceeds from goodness of heart is rewarded. Above all, the chorus say, there must be reverence for justice, for sin begets sin and the evil always perish.\nThis choral ode continues the generalization of the case to the point where it is predicted that the acquittal of Orestes will result in the demoralization of society and the complete breakdown of law and order. There is much to recommend the Furies' point that authority is one of the foundations of civilization, as will be acknowledged by Athene before the conclusion of the play."}
{"text":"1 [usually in negatives or questions] used instead of ‘something’ when saying or asking whether there is one thing or even a small amount of something\nDo you know anything about cricket?\nHe never does anything to help.\nIf anything happens, call me.\nI promise I won’t do anything stupid.\nhardly anything: It was so dark I could hardly see anything at all.\nanything else: Do you want anything else to eat?\nanything to do/see/say etc: Is there anything to eat in the house?\nwhat, if anything? (=used when you think there is probably nothing): It is not clear what. if anything, we can do to improve the situation.\nSynonyms and related words"}
{"text":"According to the predominant standards, a portrait should be a faithful representation of its model. However, this is not always the case. This gallery of 1,000 portraits illustrates how the genre has been transformed throughout history, and has proven itself to be much more complex than a simple imitation of reality. Beyond exhibiting the artist’s skill, the portrait must surpass the task of imitation, as just and precise as it may be, to translate both the intention of the artist as well as that of its patron, without betraying either’s wishes. Therefore, these silent witnesses, carefully selected in these pages, reveal more than faces of historic figures or anonymous subjects: they reveal a psychology more than an identity, illustrate an allegory, serve as political and religious propaganda, and embody the customs of their epochs. With its impressive number of masterpieces, biographies, and commentaries on works, this book presents and analyses different portraits, giving a reflection of the evolution of society, and above all the upheavals of a genre that has dramatically shaped the history of art.\nAuthor: Victoria Charles, Klaus H. Carl"}
{"text":"A Guide to Mexican Art, a survey of more than twenty centuries of art, has a double purpose. It provides an ample version of one of the great national arts by a leading art historian, and it serves simultaneously as a practical guide to the art’s outstanding masterpieces. The Guide will thus be of value to specialists and students of Latin American art and to sightseers as an introduction and guide to the art and architecture of Mexico. To facilitate its use for the latter purpose, Professor Fernández has based his exposition on the sensitive analysis of works to be found almost exclusive in museums and public buildings accessible to the tourist.\nThe book was originally published in Spanish in 1958 and revised in 1961. This English translation, from the second edition has been brought up to date by the author and translator."}
{"text":"- an act of refuting a statement, charge, etc.; disproof.\nOrigin of refutation\nExamples from the Web for refutal\nPity the words spent in the refutal of such \"reasons\" and views!Woman under socialism\nLet us therefore pause for a moment whilst we consult other sources of opinion for confirmation or refutal.Valere Aude\nHe had kept Adela's warning in mind, and determined to be calmly dignified in his refutal of the charges brought against him.Demos\nI am righted before the world; my untiring industry and uprightness of life are the refutal of his calumnies.Rose Clark\n- the act or process of refuting\n- something that refutes; disproof\nWord Origin and History for refutal\n1540s, from Middle French réfutation (16c.) and directly from Latin refutationem (nominative refutatio) \"disproof of a claim or argument,\" noun of action from past participle stem of refutare (see refute)."}
{"text":"Soma of the Gis\nThe Soma of the Gis is the name for the realm which the Races of man inhabit.\nThe Gis is another way of saying world, or place to live. The Soma means that it is the land that was created after the Great War between the gods and demons.\nThe land is characterized by many towns, usually 20 or so miles away from each other, and a lance shaped sun that runs across the sky. The between realms are filled with various terrains. Far to either end of the sun, lie the Holdstyri the rocky homelands of the Westrador."}
{"text":"Dark ash stained snow in the Chilean Andes in November 2011, following a period of eruptive activity at Cerro Hudson Volcano. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite observed the Volcano on November 17. The top image is a natural-color, close-up view. The bottom image is a shortwave-infrared, wide-area view. In this image, snow is turquoise, vegetation is bright green, and ash is brown.\nIn October 2011, Cerro Hudson rumbled to life, experiencing a swarm of earthquakes, and forming new vents. Through those new vents, the volcano sent plumes up to 9 kilometers (6 miles) high, and prompted authorities to evacuate more than 100 residents. Weeks later, dark volcanic ash sat atop the snow that normally covers the volcano.\nThe southernmost volcano of the Chilean Andes, Cerro Hudson is a stratovolcano composed of layers of hardened lava, solidified ash, and rocks produced by earlier eruptions. The volcano covers roughly 300 square kilometers (100 square miles) and its icy caldera spans about 10 kilometers (6 miles). Volcanologists estimate that Cerro Hudson experienced severe eruptions 6,700 and 3,600 years ago. A 1991 eruption at the volcano was Chile’s second-largest eruption in the twentieth century.\n- Global Volcanism Program. Cerro Hudson. Smithsonian Institution. Accessed November 21, 2011.\n- Klemetti, E. Hudson. Eruptions. Wired Science. Accessed November 21, 2011.\nNASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team. Caption by Michon Scott.\n- EO-1 - ALI"}
{"text":"Life on a British Cold War submarine\nBy Sarah-Jane Hughes\nAt the height of the Cold War, HMS Ocelot secretly served on the front line. In the clandestine battle against the Soviet navy, she would stay submerged for weeks at a time, silently watching and listening to the enemy. Five members of her crew during the 1960s recall their extraordinary life below the waves.\nBrian Defurey, Ron Hitchin, Norman Hart, Richard Dixon and John Wakelin are now all pensioners, but still call each other by the Navy nicknames given to them 50 years ago - Billy, Ted, Nobby, Dixie and Wacker. They often reunite to reminisce about the cramped conditions and camaraderie of working, living and breathing with 65 other men.\n\"You were always bumping into each other,\" Billy says. Not that it overly concerned the crew. \"Most men on the boat would have considered it just like being in a room inside their house. Besides, any signs of claustrophobia are weeded out very quickly in the Navy.\"\nThe daunting training for British submariners - historically denounced by other sailors as \"pirates\" - included escaping from a deep, underwater chamber without breathing apparatus, and being locked in a submerged, darkened \"pressure pot\".\nFull story at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25019489"}
{"text":"10 entries found for tide\nTo select an entry, click on it.\nMain Entry: 1tide\nthe alternate rising and falling of the surface of the ocean that occurs twice a day and is caused by the gravitational attraction of the sun and moon occurring unequally on different parts of the earth2 :\nthe flow of the incoming or outgoing tide3 :\nsomething that rises and falls like the tides of the sea\nBrowse words next to \"tide"}
{"text":"1>find the area bounded by the graph of y=x and y=x^3.Providesketch of the region on axis\nyou have the graphs of 2 functions:\nThe enclosed area is calculated by the difference of these two functions:\nCalculate the zeros of u. These zeros correspond with the intercepts of l and f. You'll get: x = -1 or x = 0 or x = 1\nFor symmetry reasons the area can be calculated as:\nI've got A=0.5\nI've attached a sketch of the enclosed area."}
{"text":"Student Council is the heart of student involvement. The student council can lead the way to positive changes. Its activities and projects are a testing ground for ideas, which become part of the school. Good leaders are made, not born! Leadership training is one of the purposes of Student Council.\nThe aim and objectives of Student Council at Spaulding Memorial School are as follows:\n- To develop citizenship education and understand the overall democratic process.\n- To identify problems and share solutions.\n- To allow students to work together on a common problem.\n- To help children develop leadership skills.\n- To teach children respect for themselves and others.\n- To promote a positive school climate and positive self-esteem.\n- To encourage student involvement in their community.\nThis year Student Council will be offered to both third and fourth grade students. Meetings will be held about once a month, during the third and fourth grade lunch and recess. Student Council is a commitment like anything else such as scouts, sports, dance, etc. Students considering running for class representatives should take this commitment seriously.\nThere will be two representatives elected from each third and fourth grade class. As a classroom representative, students are responsible for representing their classmates at Student Council meetings. A representative should be responsible, organized, reliable, and a good communicator. Representatives should be able to take notes during meetings, and report back to their respective classrooms. They also need to be good listeners in order to hear the ideas of their classmates, and share them at council meetings.\nStudent Council is a wonderful way for your child to become involved in school activities and develop their leadership skills. If there are any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Ms. Comeau, Student Council Facilitator (4th grade teacher): by phone 978-597-0380 by email firstname.lastname@example.org."}
{"text":"I said in AI in Education provides smart knowledge modeling tools that AIEd systems build computational models of the process of teaching, the subject matter being studied and of the learner as they progress. The table below provides some examples of the sorts of information that can be stored in the Pedagogical model, the Domain model and the Learner model.\nTo delve deeper into just one of these examples, learner models are ways of representing the interactions that happen between the computer and the learner. The interactions represented in the model (such as the student’s current activities, previous achievements, emotional state, and whether or not they followed feedback) can then be used by the domain and pedagogy components of an AIEd programme to infer the success of the learner (and teacher). The domain and pedagogy models also use this information to determine the next most appropriate interaction (learning materials or learning activities). Importantly, the learner’s activities are continually fed back into the learner model, making the model richer and more complete, and the system ‘smarter’.\nThis post is an adapted extract from Intelligence Unleashed published by Pearson."}
{"text":"This is a game for low vision students to learn and practice vocabulary often used at intersections. The game is simple and additional pictures can be added as a student develops. The size of pictures can be adjusted for each student and the idea can be applied to teaching other concepts as well.\nStep 1: Select pictures that best display features you’d like to teach.\nStep 2: Print doubles of each picture.\nStep 3: Introduce the pictures to your student. I walked to an intersection with my student and introduced each picture individually and asked if he could match the picture with the real thing. We then reviewed the vocabulary together and I let him know it was time to “Play a game!!” Sit with the student, review the pictures, place them down with the blank side showing and shuffle around.\nStep 4: Take turns with the student to try and find two matching pictures. If two pictures do not match, turn them back over in same spot. Whenever the student turns a picture over ask them what it is. When it is your turn do the same so it seems fair.\nStep 5: Continue until all the pictures are matched up and whoever has the most wins!"}
{"text":"What are the key statistics about cervical cancer?\nThe American Cancer Society's estimates for cervical cancer in the United States are for 2013:\n- About 12,340 new cases of invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed.\n- About 4,030 women will die from cervical cancer.\nSome researchers estimate that non-invasive cervical cancer (carcinoma in situ) occurs about 4 times more often than invasive cervical cancer.\nCervical cancer was once one of the most common causes of cancer death for American women. Then, between 1955 and 1992, the cervical cancer death rate declined by almost 70%. The main reason for this change was the increased use of the Pap test. This screening procedure can find changes in the cervix before cancer develops. It can also find cervical cancer early − in its most curable stage. The death rate from cervical cancer has been stable in recent years.\nCervical cancer tends to occur in midlife. Most cases are found in women younger than 50. It rarely develops in women younger than 20. Many older women do not realize that the risk of developing cervical cancer is still present as they age. More than 20% of cases of cervical cancer are found in women over 65. However these cancers rarely occur in women who have been getting regular tests to screen for cervical cancer before they were 65. See the section, \"Can cervical cancer be prevented?\" for more specific information on current American Cancer Society screening recommendations.\nIn the United States, Hispanic women are most likely to get cervical cancer, followed by African-Americans, Asians and Pacific Islanders, and whites. American Indians and Alaskan natives have the lowest risk of cervical cancer in this country.\nLast Medical Review: 04/11/2013\nLast Revised: 04/11/2013"}
{"text":"1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Backhuysen, Ludolf\nBACKHUYSEN, or Bakhuisen, LUDOLF (1631-1708), Dutch painter, was born at Emden, in Hanover. He was brought up as a merchant at Amsterdam, but early discovered so strong a genius for painting that he relinquished business and devoted himself to art. He studied first under Allart van Everdingen and then under Hendrik Dubbels, two eminent masters of the time, and soon became celebrated for his sea-pieces. He was an ardent student of nature, and frequently exposed himself on the sea in an open boat in order to study the effects of tempests. His compositions, which are very numerous, are nearly all variations of one subject, and in a style peculiarly his own, marked by intense realism or faithful imitation of nature. In his later years Backhuysen employed his time in etching and calligraphy. He died in Amsterdam on the 17th of November 1708."}
{"text":"Among different financial decisions, the one relating to investment in fixed assets or capital budgeting is of special significance. While taking this decision financial manager has to take special precautions. These decisions are relatively more important because of the following reasons:\n(1) Long-term Growth and Effect:\nThese decisions are concerned with long-term assets. These assets are helpful in production. Profit is earned by selling the goods so produced. It can, therefore, be said the more correct these decisions are, the greater will be the growth of business in the long run. In addition to that, these affect future possibilities of the business.\n(2) Large Amount of Funds Involved:\nDecisions regarding fixed assets are included in the preview of capital budgeting. Large amount of capital is invested in these assets. If these decisions turn out to be wrong, there occurs heavy loss of capital which is a scarce resource.\n(3) Risk Involved:\nCapital budgeting decisions are full of risk. There are two reasons for it. First, these decisions refer to a long period, and as such expected profits for several years are to be anticipated. These estimates may turn out to be wrong. Second, because of heavy investment involved, it is very difficult to change the decision once taken.\n(4) Irreversible Decisions:\nNature of these decisions is such as cannot be changed so quickly. For instance, if soon after setting up a cotton mill, it is thought of changing it, then the old machinery and other fixed assets will have to be sold at throwaway price. In doing so, heavy loss will have to be incurred. Changing of these decisions, therefore, is very difficult."}
{"text":"- Why not keep the present system of checks and balances? The Senate's current role in legislation prevents many improvident laws from passing.\n- The proposal to grant the Senate the power to approve or disapprove the commitment of military forces abroad wreaks havoc with the doctrine that the whole Congress ought to have the power to declare war, and therefore gives unprecedented power to the President.\n- Why even have a suspensatory veto?\nSecond, the suspensatory veto could prevent improvident legislation from passing, especially if the period of suspension takes any legislation close to an election cycle. The members of the House would, in theory, have the opportunity to hear from their constituents before any bill would pass. While not perfect, this plan would work to avoid the (alleged) practice of Congress passing legislation in non-election years that would make them vulnerable during election years.\n- Would the \"veto\" over executive orders be cumbersome?\n- The provision about curbing the power of the Vice President doesn't make sense.\nUpdate 10-27-09: I have clarified some of the language and added material."}
{"text":"Since my first day of teaching, I’ve felt that it was important to correctly pronounce students’ names or, in some cases, finding out what students wanted to be called and honoring that request (one time, a student asked me to call him “Prince,” which I did for the entire year).\nWith very diverse English Language Learner classes, it’s regularly a challenge for me, but I always tell students that they deserve to be called by their correct name and I ask them to immediately correct me if, for some reason, I mispronounce it.\nI think that kind of effort really makes a difference — many of my students have come to this country with very little. I figure the least I can do is honor the name they brought with them.\nEducation Week reports on a national campaign to promote this practice called “My Name, My Identity.”\nYou can read about it in their story, Mispronouncing Students’ Names: A Slight That Can Cut Deep.\nThey also published a useful follow-up, Pronouncing Student Names Correctly: A Quick Guide.\nAnd, if you doubt the importance of this practice, read The Toast’s The Names They Gave Me.\nYou might also be interested in The Best Places For Students To Learn About…Their Names."}
{"text":"Naust is a word of Old Norse origin, meaning a boat shelter, where ships stand in the wintertime. The nausts date back to the viking age or the early mediaeval times. They appear ½ metre high and 28 metres long bunds with the opening facing the fjord. Presumably, the ship was pulled ashore between the bunds by means of drawplate holes.\nHere it was supported by poles and covered by boards, resting partly on the ship and partly on the bunds. The ship could stand here protected against wind and weather, during winter."}
{"text":"2 Answers | Add Yours\nBoth works use the theme of death to emphasize the meaninglessness in human action. In the poem, the theme of death is seen in how nature moves on, almost outside of the realm of human action. The wars that have been waged for lofty principles and ideals have little in terms of relevance. “If mankind perished utterly” is reflective of the poem's theme of death. This same sense of meaninglessness is present in Bradbury's story, where human action has helped to construct the greatest in technological marvels. Yet, it has also played a role in its own extinction and destruction.\nBoth works develop themes in which human action has resulted in the vast reality of death, a condition in which individual action is reduced to a condition of absurd meaninglessness. The element of detachment in both works help to establish this. Bradbury and Teasdale feature conditions in which an existential reality of human destruction is a part of being in the world. The continuation of nature in Teasdale's work and the function of Bradbury's house are elements that will continue on long after human beings are gone, helping to enhance the theme of detachment in both works.\nWe’ve answered 330,386 questions. We can answer yours, too.Ask a question"}
{"text":"1578 - Francesco de Sande, the third Spanish colonial governor of the Philippines, writes King Philip II a brief report about his March-May 1578 expedition from Manila to the southern island of Borneo in the bid to secure the submission of the natives to the Spanish crown; de Sande, who earlier established the southern Luzon city of Nueva Caceres, enabling the arrival of the first Franciscan priests in 1577 in the Southeast Asian archipelago, also requests the king for a reward and promotion for his victorious campaign\nagainst the early native Muslims as a result of which the Bornean\nsultan became submissive to Spain; earlier in 1521, Spain \"discovered\"\n[translation: first learned about] the islands of what they would later call the Southeast Asian archipelago following Spain's\n\"discovery\" [again, read: first learned about] what they will later name s the\nPhilippine islands (Islas de San\nLazaro) following the arrival of the ill-fated expedition of Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 who\nwas killed by chieftain Lapu-Lapu and some 22 years later, the fourth\nSpanish colonial expedition, this time headed by Ruy Lopez de Villalobos, reached Baganga Bay, Davao Oriental in the island of Mindanao, Philippine archipelago; another expedition in 1559 marked the beginning of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines when King Philip II sent a mission to conquer said\nislands that would later be named after him; earlier, the Spanish\nmonarchy was convinced that the Philippine islands formed part of the\nSpanish zone under the so-called Treaty of Tordesillas demarcation, leading to the full decision to colonize the islands and the native people."}
{"text":"Symptoms of nausea followed by violent vomiting and diarrhoea.\nDaffodil bulbs contain an alkaloid the action of which, according to authorities, varies as to whether the alkaloid is extracted from the flowering bulb or from the bulb after flowering. Thus in the former case the alkaloid produces dryness of the mouth, checks cutaneous secretions, dilates the pupil of the eye, quickens the pulse, and slows and weakens the heart contractions. On the other hand, the alkaloid from the bulbs after flowering produces copious salivation, increases cutaneous secretion, contracts the pupil of the eye, produces slight relaxation of the pulse, and slight faintness and nausea: The Lancet.\nA remedy for cough and bronchitis. Continuous cough, Coryza; frontal headache. Convulsive stage of whooping-cough.\nSkin: Erythema of a papular, vesicular and pustular type, aggravation in wet weather.\nnarcissus pseudonarcissus ist verfügbar bei Remedia HomöopathieMehr Information und bestellen bei Remedia Homöopathie\n66,000 Kunden aus 67 Ländern"}
{"text":"Levkas (Lefkadha), located some 80 km south of Corfu, can be reached by ship while making your way in or out of Greece and In combination with other Ionian Islands. But Levkas enjoys a unique distinction: it can also be reached directly by vehicles over the causeway that links the island to the mainland opposite the northeast tip. This causeway, incidentally, highlights an argument that has long divided the experts: that is, has Lavkas always been a true island or was it once simply an extension of the mainland? This question then comes down to whether the isthmus now here has always been here; some insist that it has been and point to signs of a canal that the early colonists from Corinth dug here and a bridge that the Romans then built. Others believe that the isthmus has been built up in more recent centuries by the accumulation of sand and silt – so that Levkas has to be regarded as a true island."}
{"text":"Today in Legal History: Hughes Born, Holocaust Trials Begin & End\nPosted Apr 11, 2007 8:30 PM CDT\nBy Martha Neil\nOn this day in 1910, Charles Evans Hughes was born. A renowned political figure, he twice was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court and served as Chief Justice from 1930 to 1941.\nOn this day in 1961, the trial of Adolf Eichmann, for crimes against humanity in Nazi Germany during World War II, began in Israel. \"He sat in a bullet-proof glass dock flanked by two guards specially chosen because their families had not suffered directly at the hands of the Nazis,\" the BBC says. Eichmann was found guilty in December and hanged the following year.\nOn this day in 2000, historian Deborah Lipstadt was vindicated when a judge dismissed a British libel suit brought by a Holocaust denier discussed in a book she had written. The judge found that plaintiff David Irving was \"a right-wing, pro-Nazi polemicist\" and \"an active Holocaust denier ... anti-Semitic and racist,\" recounts the Jewish Women's Archive."}
{"text":"The Third Commandment\nAdapted From: Ten to Grow On By Sandra Klaus\no How many commandments are there? 10\no The 10 Commandments are found in which part of the Bible? Old Testament and many are repeated in the New Testament.\no What is the First Commandment?\n§ You shall have no other Gods before me.\no What is the Second Commandment?\n§ You shall not make for Yourself an Idol\no Who can remember where the 10 Commandments are first found in the Bible? What book?\n· Read Exodus 20:7\n· The Third Commandment says, “You shall not misuse the Name of the Lord Your God.”\n· It can also be said, “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.” Vain means without value.\n· What does this mean? It means that every time we say “God” or “Jesus Christ” we should remember how much we love God and how important He is to us.\n· One way to avoid misusing God’s name is to only use it when there is a good reason to use it. We can use His name when talking to Him, when telling someone how wonderful He is, when thanking Him for something in your life or the world around you.\n· What are some of the wrong ways people use God’s name? (Discuss with students)\n· The most obvious way people misuse God’s name is to use it as a swear word.\n· Keep in mind that there are many names for God. Using any name for God when we are angry or frustrated is a sin.\n· Sometimes people use the name of God to shock others or draw attention to themselves. This is not honoring God. This is a sin.\n· In some ways, we as Christians can misuse God’s name by the way we act. If we are Christians, then people associate us with Christ. We should act in ways that bring honor to Christ.\n· How should we use God’s name? (Student Discussion)\no We should speak His name in love.\no We should honor and protect his name.\no We should defend it when we hear someone else using it in wrong ways.\nAdditional Bible Reading:\nYou shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name"}
{"text":"Before the Restoration, submergent and emergent vegetation on Rush Lake was in decline. The drawdown of the water level in 2006 and 2007 was intended to restore vegetation, including the native bulrush population. The drawdown was successful in restoring both submergent and emergent vegetation, however most of the new growth was cattail. Cattail provides no food value to waterfowl, and can completely overgrow areas of the lake. We aim to improve the mix of vegetation in and on Rush Lake.\nRush Lake Watershed Restoration, Inc. accomplishes this through the following projects:\nEstablish Populations of Native Species - We work to re-establish bulrush, duckweed and other native plant populations. This variety of plants provide an ideal food source for waterfowl and other wildlife that may live, nest, or migrate through the watershed. Cattail control - Controlling the cattail population is of utmost importance. This will allow native plant growth, and open areas of the lake that are now covered by stands of cattails. Opening up these areas will allow better opportunities for both wildlife and people to use the lake to its full potential. It may also prevent the establishment of \"old bog\", which has already occurred in areas of the lake. To control the population, we contract services to spray and mow areas of the lake. These projects cost a considerable amount, and require permits and specilized equipment. Spraying is done via helicopter and mowing is done with a \"Swamp Devil\".\nRUSH LAKE WATERSHED RESTORATION, INC. A Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Organization"}
{"text":"Polygons are of great interest because they often indicate the presence of shallow ice or of desiccation such as in a mud flat. However, nature sometimes seems too clever for us.\nPolygons form by the intersecting ridges of sand dunes . If this deposit were to become indurated and eroded, we might not be able to tell that they originated as wind-blown dunes, and interpret the polygons as evidence for a dried-up lake, for example. Dunes often accumulate in the bottoms on craters, also a good setting for a (temporary) lake.\nThe illumination is coming from the upper left, so the bluish ridges are high-standing.\nWritten by: Alfred McEwen (audio by Tre Gibbs) (15 May 2013)\nMore info and image formats at http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_031138_1380\nImage: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona"}
{"text":"Powered By Square1.io\nMost of us strive to be as tolerant, open and inclusive as possible. Of course, this isn’t representative of all of Irish society. All the signs point to instances of racism and other forms of hatred being on the rise in Ireland, and indeed across the globe. But to what extent is the justice system on the side of victims in these cases? Do our current laws act as enough of a deterrent or encourage victims to come forward? We fear not.\nThis week, The Suss enlists the help of Aga Wiesek of the European Network Against Racism to tell us exactly what a hate crime is. Current laws are failing the marginalised and much needs to be done to address all of this. ENAR are part of the Coalition Against Hate Crime that are campaigning to bring Ireland in line with the rest of Europe.\nWe’ll also hear from Eoghan Ryder and Alex Laplas. Their experience of holding hands around Dublin City demonstrate that we didn’t simply abolish homophobia overnight by voting in favour of marriage equality in 2015. Eoghan and Alex’s story will leave you in no doubt as to the need to fill this glaring gap in our laws.\nA hate crime is, typically, a violent crime motivated by prejudice, when a perpetrator targets a victim because of their perceived membership of a certain social group.\nHate crime has two important elements:\n1. Criminal act: Hate crimes are acts which are treated as crimes in criminal law, such as assaults, theft, criminal damage, arson or murder.\n2. Bias motive: Hate crimes are motivated, at least in part, by hatred of someone’s real or supposed identity or background.\nPeople targeted by hate-motivated crime in Ireland are usually:\nFrom an ethnic minority background (racist hate crimes)\nFrom a religious minority (religious hate crimes)\nLesbian, gay or bisexual (homophobic hate crime)\nTransgender (anti-transgender hate crimes)\nPeople with disabilities (disablist hate crime)\nExit track: Courage – Villagers"}
{"text":"This year marks the 21st birthday of World Egg Day. On Oct. 14 there will be a wide range of festivals, activities, charitable events and regional campaigns taking place all over the world, promoting the power of eggs, as the highest quality source of protein you can buy.\nPlanned by the World Egg Organisation (WEO), this annual foodie date provides the perfect platform for communicating the numerous benefits of eggs to a worldwide audience. Julian Madeley, Director General of WEO, explains this year’s objectives: “Eggs can make a crucial contribution to our diet on an individual level, and can also help to fulfill the protein requirements of the global community. In both developed and developing populations, a high-quality source of protein is a fundamental requirement. The significant role of eggs in delivering this essential nutrient cannot be overstated, so we hope to encourage as many people as possible to be part of this year’s celebrations.”\nIt is all too easy to take eggs for granted but they really are nature’s ultimate source of high quality protein. With an estimated one billion undernourished people across the globe – eggs have the power to help feed the world.\nA source of high quality protein is essential for:\n- Foetal development\n- Healthy brain development\n- Improving concentration levels\n- Supporting the body’s immune system\n- Essential to support the effectiveness of vaccinations and antiretroviral drugs\nIn developed populations eggs are also effective for weight control. Packed in their own biodegradable packaging, eggs provide a complete food solution.\nAlso rich in amino acids, calcium, sodium, iodine, selenium, choline and vitamins A, B, D and E, the message is loud and clear: “eggs are the answer.” They are an affordable, sustainable building block for a healthy, nutritious diet that benefits from a low carbon footprint.\nWorld Egg Day provides an opportunity to educate people about the true value of eggs."}
{"text":"The Channel Tunnel\n|Click on Image to Enlarge\nThe Channel Tunnel (1,688,860 bytes) ( 3,960 x 4,210 )\nThe Channel Tunnel is a 50.5 km-long rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Straits of Dover. It connects Dover, Kent in England with Calais, northern France. The undersea section of the tunnel is unsurpassed in length in the world. A proposal for a Channel tunnel was first put forward by a French engineer in 1802. In 1881, a first attempt was made at boring a tunnel from the English side; the work was halted after 800 m for political reasons. Again in 1922, English workers started boring a tunnel, and advanced 120 m before it too was halted for political reasons. The most recent attempt was begun in 1987, and the tunnel was officially opened in 1994. At completion it was estimated that the project cost around $18 billion. It has been operating at a significant loss since its opening, despite trips by over 7 million passengers per year on the Eurostar train, and over 3 million vehicles per year. The ASTER image covers an area of 59.4 x 63.1 km, was acquired on March 14, 2001, and is centered near 51 degrees north latitude, 1.5 degrees east longitude.\nClick on thumbnails below for full resolution images.\n||The Channel Tunnel |\nSize: (1,688,860 bytes)\nResolution ( 3,960 x 4,210 )\nPlease give credit for these images to:\nNASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems,\nand U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team"}
{"text":"(Last Updated on : 25-03-2009)\nThe Darna River flows through an area of hydrographic soil. The Darna river co ordinates the latitude 19° 58' 0 N and the longitude 73° 57' 0 E. The Darna is one of the principal streams that join the Godavari in its course through the district are the Darna and the Kadva.\nThe Darna River rises from the peak of the Sahyadris that lies about a mile south of Igatpuri. It has a twisting course of more than fifty miles, though a straight line from its source to the Godavari that would not be more than thirty-five miles long. Its banks are like those of the Godavari below Nasik. This river however do not have great height, but are broken by several small streams, making the passage of the river very difficult to loaded carts.\nA ferry at the junction of Chehedi is the navigation point to cross the river on the Nasik and Poona road, on the way to Sinnar. The riverbed of Darna is mostly wide and sandy. However, at times the water flows over rocks for miles together. The soil near the Darna River is hardly used for irrigation. At Belhu on the right bank, the river converges with the Kadva, which is a small deep stream that drains the whole of the south and southeast of Igatpuri. On the left bank the Darna river has only two tributaries of varied size, and they hold sparse water during the summer months. They are the Aundha and the Valdevi rivers. Both these rivers rise in the Anjaniri range, the former river atop a hill to the south of the fort, the latter from the summit of the fort itself. Both the rivers join the Darna near the ferry at Chehedi.\nThis article is a stub. You can enrich by adding more information to it. Send your Write Up to email@example.com"}
{"text":"Mars may look red from here on Earth, but up close, the surface of the \"Red Planet\" is actually a variety of colors. In fact, many of them aren't very red-looking at all.\nCase in point: the dunes in Mars' northernmost latitudes, like the ones pictured here. But wait a minute, you may be thinking. Those dunes look pretty red to me, or at least a little pinkish. And you'd be right — if what you were describing was in fact the Martian surface. But it isn't. [Hi-res image available here]\nWhat are these black splotches on the surface of Mars? Those black splotches are the surface of Mars. The dunes only appear pink because they are covered in frozen carbon dioxide. NASA HiRISE scientist Cindy Hansen explains:\nIn the winter, Martian dunes north of 70 degrees latitude are covered by a seasonal layer of carbon dioxide ice (dry ice). In the spring as the ice sublimates (goes directly from solid to gas) numerous seasonal phenomena are observed.\nMars' sand dunes are dark, but appear pinkish because they are still covered by ice. Where the ice has cracked, dark sand is visible. On the steep sides of the dunes sand slides down in thin rivulets.\nAccording to Hansen — who uses images taken by NASA's HiRISE camera to study seasonal changes that take place on Mars' surface — scientists think the biggest, darkest patches (the ones lining the crests of the dunes) may be places where sublimating gas was released in pops; \"similar to champagne,\" she says, \"carrying sand out in multiple directions.\""}
{"text":"More than 2.3 million people are incarcerated in federal, state, and local facilities as well as immigration detention centers. That’s approximately 21% of the world’s incarcerated population. Ironically, that number is large because America has more crime. It’s because it has more prisons.\nIt’s long been documented that the “war on crime” disproportionately targets minorities, specifically black people, which disproportionately constitute 34% of the prison population, though only 12% of the overall population. And incarceration doesn’t just impact them while they’re locked up. Post-release, people with criminal records face systematic discrimination when applying for jobs, housing, education and in many states, they are stripped of their voting rights.\nBecause of all the misinformation out there, we rounded up some great books that we think could act as a primer to understand how and why America developed its prison industrial complex and what it will take to dismantle the school to prison pipeline.\nFrom the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America by Elizabeth Hinton\nThough many associate the rise of mass incarceration with the Nixon and Reagan administrations’ “tough on crime” policies, historian Elizabeth Hinton shows"}
{"text":"I suppose this isn’t on-topic as it is sex science related to animals, not people. Also, it’s sad — if I am reading it correctly, the discovery process involved vivisection. But it’s worth reading, just to be able to quote a scientist every time a problem crops up in the future.\nSuper squid sex organ discovered\nThe mating habits of deep-sea squid have been revealed for the first time, after the discovery of a male squid with a huge elongated and erect penis.\nThe male squid’s sexual organ is almost as long as its whole body, including the squid’s mantle, head and arms.\nThat shows how male deep-sea squid inseminate females; they use their huge penis to shoot out packages of sperm, injecting them into the female’s body.\nThe discovery may also help explain how giant squid mate in the ocean depths.\n“Obviously a strongly elongated penis is the solution,” says Dr [Alexander] Arkhipkin.\nIsn’t it always?"}
{"text":"You just found the perfect I2C sensor, and you want to wire up two or three or more of them to your Arduino when you realize \"Uh oh, this chip has a fixed I2C address, and from what I know about I2C, you cannot have two devices with the same address on the same SDA/SCL pins!\" Are you out of luck? You would be, if you didn't have this ultra-cool TCA9548A 1-to-8 I2C multiplexer!\nFinally, a way to get up to 8 same-address I2C devices hooked up to one microcontroller - this multiplexer acts as a gatekeeper, shuttling the commands to the selected set of I2C pins with your command.\nUsing it is fairly straight-forward: the multiplexer itself is on I2C address 0x70 (but can be adjusted from 0x70 to 0x77) and you simply write a single byte with the desired multiplexed output number to that port, and bam - any future I2C packets will get sent to that port. In theory, you could have 8 of these multiplexers on each of 0x70-0x77 addresses in order to control 64 of the same-I2C-addressed-part.\nLike all Adafruit breakouts, we put this nice chip on a breakout for you so you can use it on a breadboard with capacitors, and pullups and pulldowns to make usage a snap. Some header is required and once soldered in you can plug it into a solderless-breadboard. The chip itself is 3V and 5V compliant so you can use it with any logic level."}
{"text":"Medical Definition of Ovary cyst, follicular\nOvary cyst, follicular: A fluid-filled sac in the ovary, the most common type of ovarian cyst. It results from the growth of a follicle. A follicle is the fluid-filled cyst that contains an egg. In some cycles, this follicle grows larger than normal and does not rupture to release the egg. Normally it resolves with simple observation over the course of days to months.\nMost ovarian cysts are never noticed by the woman and resolve without her ever knowing that it was there. When a cyst causes symptoms, pain is by far the most common presentation.\nThe pain from an ovarian cyst can be caused from rupture of the cyst, rapid growth of the cyst and stretching, bleeding into the cyst, or twisting of the cyst around its blood supply.\nThe diagnosis of an ovarian cyst is usually conformed (or made) by ultrasound, the best imaging technique for ovarian cysts.\nThe treatment of these tumors is dependent upon the woman's age, the size of the cyst, and its appearance on ultrasound. Treatment can consist of simple observation.\nIf the tumor is causing severe pain, or if it is not resolving or is suspicious in any way, then it can be removed through laparoscopy or, if needed, through an open laparotomy (bikini incision).\nOnce the cyst is removed, it is sent to the pathologist who looks at it under a microscope to make the final diagnosis as to the type of cyst it is.\nWith follicular cysts of the ovary, the outcome is usually excellent.Source: MedTerms™ Medical Dictionary\nLast Editorial Review: 6/9/2016\nMedical Dictionary Definitions A - Z\nSearch Medical Dictionary"}
{"text":"1. Bring Your Own Bag: The EPA reports that between 500 billion and 1 trillion plastic bags are used each year worldwide. Avoid this needless waste by always carrying a bag or two with you and be sure to bring grocery bags and produce bags with you when you go to the market. Ecobags offers a wide variety of cotton and string bags that a great for grocery shopping, and you can also probably find great canvas bags at your local thrift shop. See here for tips on how to remember your grocery bags when you go shopping.\n2. Drink Tap Water: Americans consume at least 22 billion bottles of water each year (I've also seen statistics reporting much greater numbers), and nearly all of these plastic bottles end up in the landfill. Unless you have serious water quality or taste issues, this is an easy way to curb usage. Here's an additional list of reasons not to drink bottled water.\n3. Buy from Bulk Bins: This is a great way to avoid buying food products in plastic packaging. Stores like Whole Foods offer granola, cereal, dried fruit, dried beans, nuts, candy, and grains that you can bring home with reusable cloth bags. Use the internet to find out if you have stores in your area with bulk bins.\n4. Carry a Reusable Water Bottle: Sometimes you just need a drink, so be sure to carry a reusable water bottle with you. Don't forget that Nalgene bottles are made of polycarbonate, a type of plastic that is likely to have many adverse health effects.\n5. Bring Your Own Mug: If you love hot beverages, be sure to carry along a mug. Stainless steel mugs are a great option.\n6. Discover Fresh Foods: Almost all processed foods come in plastic in some form or another. Buy fresh fruits and veggies (be sure to use your produce bags!), get your meat wrapped in paper from the meat counter, and find a deli where you can get your cheese in paper."}
{"text":"Much of a monk’s life is spent in silence. Much of a poet’s life is spent in silence, too — a poet spends a fraction of his time actually writing poems. Merton was both a monk and a poet, and thus well-acquainted with silence. Like meditation, and like prayer, poetry is surrounded by silence. Poetry begins and ends in silence. Silence is also inherent within a poem, like the silences between notes in music. As the great Chinese poet Yang Wan-li said, a thousand years ago, “A poem is made of words, yes, but take away the words and the poem remains.”\nThis was taken from an article titled, The monk/poet’s journey toward silence, by Frederick Smock. It was written on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Thomas Merton’s death, and published in the The Courier-Journal a US newspaper.\nThis is day one of the winter monastic retreat. I’ll be publishing a photo/poem series for the next week or so. The poem(s) will be from a Chinese layman who lived, probably, in the late eighth and early ninth century. He was known as Han-shan, The Master of Cold Mountain, often depicted with Shih-te known as The Foundling. These two are depicted in paintings as two grotesque little men guffawing in the wilderness. The images, based on a first hand account may not in actual fact be true. Anyway I’ve always had a soft spot for Han-shan and this is an opportunity to air his insights and wisdom.\nPlease join in this time of silent illumination as you go about your day. A monk once said to me, Where ever you are there will be sound. I understand that to mean silence is not conditional on there being physical silence in order to know silence.\nThanks to Anna for pointing me to the article."}
{"text":"all men at one large camp and separating them unnecessarily from easy communication with their friends, the Government instructed the Engineers to prepare a number of smaller camps, and by February, 1916, there were no fewer than sixteen .in the Dominion. Valcartier and Three Rivers served for the recruits secured in Quebec. The Artillery Camp at Petawawa, Ontario, which is ideal for gunnery practice, though somewhat isolated, was re-opened. Barriefield Camp, Kingston; Carling's Heights, London; Rockcliffe Camp, Ottawa; Gresty Park Camp, Port Arthur; Windsor Camp, and the historic field at Niagara-on-the-Lake were soon well occupied by marching men. Aldershot and Digby Camps, Nova Scotia, and Sussex and St. Andrews Camps, New Brunswick, served the Maritime Provinces. Sarcee, near Calgary and a finely situated camp at Vernon, British Columbia, were for the men of the Mountain territory, while Sidney Camp accommodated the recruits from Vancouver Island. At all these the average population during the summer of 1915 did not exceed 4,500 men. But Camp Hughes near Brandon, Manitoba, had more than twice as many. This famous property originally acquired by the Militia Department in 1903 (then named Camp Sewell) was \"revised and enlarged\" for its new inhabitants. Probably there were good and sufficient reasons for its re-naming. Whether or not, the christening took place. The camp, on a sandy treeless plain, received the full sweep of the prairie blasts. A young typhoon roaming through the tents one evening scattered to the four quarters of the earth a thousand pay cheques just made out for distribution to an infantry battalion. At the same time the eyes of the soldiers were filled with sand. Fortunately none of the \"paper\" was negotiable. Everywhere, in all camps, the spirit of the men was high and eager; the routine of drill, Swedish exercises, route marches, and shooting was the same; the baseball, football, and boxing were the same; the \"sing-songs\" and the Y.M.C.A."}
{"text":"Saxon Kingship differs from the more familiar later Feudal set up which is most often seen in RPGs. Early Saxon kingships, wasn’t hereditary and wasn’t permanent. Kings were chosen by their peers, and ruled only as long as their kingship was deemed successful, which invariably meant successful in war. A king considered unskilled or even unlucky in war would be replaced.\nAnother noticeable difference is the concept of dual kingship. Kingdoms were often divided into two, with a king ruling each half of the kingdom, but nominally ruling the whole kingdom together. Very often these dual kings would be related, father and son, brothers, cousins, etc. This would cut down on rivalry (a little). Another common practice would be to pair a young king, with an older king; the older king guiding and advising the younger. This provided a certain amount of continuity when the younger king eventually became the senior king in a new partnership.\nThere is one other element of early Saxon kingship that is the most important in the context of Redwald, and that’s the fact that the assassination of kings seemed to be a national sport.\nSeriously if you were in the kingly burial mound business you’d have plenty of work. A usurper would barely have the knife out of his predecessor's back, the crown on his head, and his arse on his throne before he’d be fending off the first attempt on his own life. Plenty of work for the player characters in other words."}
{"text":"- Theraphosa blondi\n- 28 centimetre(s)\n- 委内瑞拉玻利瓦尔共和国 (Rio Cavro)\nThe world's largest known spider is a male goliath bird-eating spider (Theraphosa blondi) collected by members of the Pablo San Martin Expedition at Rio Cavro, Venezuela in April 1965. It had a record leg-span of 28 cm (11 in) - sufficient to cover a dinner plate. This species is found in the coastal rainforests of Surinam, Guyana and French Guiana, but isolated specimens have also been reported from Venezuela and Brazil.\nA two year old spider of the same species, bred by Robert Bustard and reared by Brian Burnett of Alyth, Perthshire also had a leg span of 28 cm (11 in) and weighed 170 g (6 oz) in February 1998. Body length: 280 mm, Weight: 50 g, lifespan: 10 years, discovered: 1804."}
{"text":"DermNet NZ 2014\nThe Zika virus was initially isolated in 1947 in a rhesus monkey in the Zika forest of Uganda. The first documented human outbreak occurred in 2007 in the Federated States of Micronesia and was followed by another outbreak in 2013 through 2014 in the nearby Pacific Island nations. The Zika virus outbreak in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific has drawn attention to the virus in the media and medical community. As of February 10, 2016, 52 travel-related cases of Zika virus have been reported in the United States.\nWhat is Zika virus?\nZika virus causes an infection that is mainly spread by the bite of tropical zika virus-carrying mosquitoes. It presents as a flu-like illness rather similar to dengue fever, but not as severe. Rash is a prominent feature. There is current concern because birth defects have been reported after zika infection of pregnant women. Pregnant women should take special precautions if travelling to affected areas.\nWhat are the clinical features of Zika virus infection?\nZika virus infection arises about 10 days after a bite from an infected mosquito. It results in headache, mild fever, chills, conjunctivitis (red eyes), joint and muscle aches and rash. Other non-specific symptoms may include headache, fatigue, malaise, abdominal pain and vomiting.\nZika virus infection usually recovers within a week.\nWhat does the Zika virus rash look like?\nThe rash associated with zika virus is maculopapular (flat and bumpy spots), either morbilliform (small spots) or scarlatiniform (smaller ones). It starts on the face on the first day of illness and spreads all over the body. It begins to fade within 2-3 days and is gone completely within a week.\nAt the same time, the eyes become sore and red and may be sensitive to the light."}
{"text":"Background: Younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are at higher risk for acquiring these disorders than the general population. Language development is usually delayed in children with ASD. The present study examines the development of pre-speech vocal behavior in infants at risk for ASD due to the presence of an older sibling with the disorder. Methods: Infants at high risk (HR) for ASD and those at low risk, without a diagnosed sibling (LR), were seen at 6, 9, and 12 months as part of a larger prospective study of risk for ASD in infant siblings. Standard clinical assessments were administered, and vocalization samples were collected during play with mother and a standard set of toys. Infant vocal behavior was recorded and analyzed for consonant inventory, presence of canonical syllables, and of non-speech vocalizations, in a cross-sectional design. Children were seen again at 24 months for provisional diagnosis. Results: Differences were seen between risk groups for certain vocal behaviors. Differences in vocal production in the first year of life were associated with outcomes in terms of autistic symptomotology in the second year. Conclusions: Early vocal behavior is a sensitive indicator of heightened risk for autistic symptoms in infants with a family history of ASD.\nPaul, Rhea, Yael Fuerst et al. \"Out of the Mouths of Babes: Vocal Production in Infant Siblings of Children with ASD.\" Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 52.5 (2011): 588-598.\nJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry"}
{"text":"1. /ı, a/ to show. 2. /ı/ to show, point at, point to. 3. /ı/ to show, indicate, denote, designate, manifest, point out. 4. /ı/ to show, project (a movie, slides, etc.). 5. /ı, a/ to expose (something) to (the sun, heat, light, etc.). 6. /ı/ to show, demonstrate, evidence. 7. /ı/ to show, explain, point out. 8. /ı, a/ to show or assign (someone) (work to be done). 9. /ı/ to show off; to set off, display (something) to advantage. 10. /ı/ to show, display, reveal. 11. /a/ to show, get even with. 12. to seem to be, appear to be, look to be. 13. auxiliary verb to show, have, give evidence of (feelings, character, disposition): saygı göstermek to show respect, be respectful. sabır göstermek to show patience, be patient."}
{"text":"In running some nitrification studies, despite 50% water changes per day, the nitrite levels were well above 0.5 ppm (approaching 5 - 10 ppm) for over 2 weeks. We noticed 2 fungus like pinkish cottony tufts (about 2 -3 mm in diameter) on the top and bottom of just one butterfly koi's caudal fin. These tufts appeared to be a raised 3-dimensional spherelike growth that have been known to grow to a height of 2 mm..\n|Epistylis on caudal fin|\n|Epistylis on side of Koi|\n|Epistylis and Trichodina|\nClick to enlarge\nThe water had 0.3% salt from the beginning of the nitrification test. This level of salt was not enough to prevent the epistylis from forming with this high level of nitrite.\nAccording to the literature Flexibacter columnaris is typically the primary infection. It takes nourishment from nitrous acid (from the nitrites) to reproduce. The secondary attack is by the ciliated protozoan epistylis. This can then develop into a 3rd attack by Aeromonas eventually resulting in the death of the Koi. Many believe that epistylis can lead to \"hole in the side\" disease.\nThe Epistylis is reported to be sensitive to higher concentrations of salt 3.0%, 25 ppm of formaldehyde, organophosphate compounds like Dylox (Masoten), and swabbing with tincture of iodine ."}
{"text":"|Course 108: Introduction to Government Bonds|\n|Agency Bonds and Mortgage-Backed Securities|\nAgency Bonds and Mortgage-Backed Securities\nAgencies of the federal government raise money to help certain areas of the economy. Various government-sponsored organizations also do. Together, their securities are called agency bonds. These groups sell their own securities as one way to raise money. The U.S. Treasury does not issue any agency bonds.\nAgency securities are considered very safe from default. Should they ever default, the government would probably use its creditworthiness to guarantee investors' payments of interest and principal. This is generous protection, since the U.S. government does not fully guarantee most agency securities.\nMost agency bonds are in the form of mortgage-backed securities. These securities represent investments in pools of mortgages.\nAgency bonds provide yields that are higher than those of Treasury securities. This is because they lack explicit guarantees of safety. Their maturities range from one year to fifty years. Denominations vary from $1,000 to $50,000.\nSome well-known agencies that issue securities include the following:\nThe last three on the list--Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac--issue mortgage-backed securities. They issue the vast majority of them.\nNext: U.S. Savings Bonds >>\n|Learn how to invest like a pro with Morningstar’s Investment Workbooks (John Wiley & Sons, 2004, 2005), available at online bookstores.|\nIf you have questions or comments please contact Morningstar."}
{"text":"Could drugs licensed for other conditions help in the treatment of epilepsy?\n“Taking a new look at medicines that are already approved for clinical use may help identify treatments that could reduce seizures and improve the quality of life for people with epilepsy who have been unable to find effective therapies,” said Vicky Whittemore, PhD, at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).\nThe development of new drugs is a long, challenging and expensive process and many potential treatments fail along the way before being licensed for treatment. A potential new medicine may be rejected at any point in the development process on safety, effectiveness or quality grounds.\nIn this context an attractive option is to look at currently licensed drugs and identifying possible new uses for them; hopefully bringing effective medications to a wider audience.\nIn a new study, University of Iowa researchers led by Alexander Bassuk, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics and neurology, used a multidisciplinary strategy to identify a list of around 90 drugs, which are already approved for use, that may also have potential to help control seizures in people with drug resistant epilepsy.\nTo read more about this research and how the existing 90 drugs were identified as having potential to be used in the treatment for epilepsy, please use the link here:"}
{"text":"An acoustic signal is sent horizontally through ocean waters from one point to another. Along the way the sound is bouncing off a “ceiling” of choppy, wind-whipped seas and seafloor that could be craggy rock or smooth sand.\nIf researchers can better understand how physical conditions like these distort sound as it travels through the ocean, they could send data underwater faster and with less power and could make it much easier for networks of sensors to talk to each other simultaneously. They could improve wireless communications from commonly used ocean instruments such as Doppler current profilers and potentially eliminate the need for vehicles and gliders to surface just to transmit modest amounts of data.\nWith these goals on the horizon, a science team led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego researchers have completed a three-week study of waters west of the Hawaiian island of Kauai.\nThe research team inventoried the suite of conditions that can disrupt a signal as it travels between two underwater points. The team recorded wind speed and surface wave measurements to gauge the structure of the sea surface and temperature profiles to estimate sound speed (the colder the water, the slower sound travels), and measured the topography of the seafloor.\nPrincipal investigator, Bill Hodgkiss, rated the experiment a major success and said its data could enhance computer models used to guide development of underwater acoustic modems-especially for use in places less accessible than Kauai.\n“This experiment should improve prediction of the fluctuation characteristics in other environments that scientists don’t necessarily have the resources to go and study,” Hodgkiss said.\nFurther Reading: explorations"}
{"text":"In visible light, the bulk of our Milky Way galaxy's stars are eclipsed behind thick clouds of galactic dust and gas. But to the infrared eyes of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, distant stars and dust clouds shine with unparalleled clarity and color.\nRed clouds indicate the presence of large organic molecules mixed with dust. Black patches are dense obscuring dust clouds impenetrable even to Spitzer. Bright arcs of white are massive stellar incubators.\n+ Full image and caption"}
{"text":"Washington: In a new study, researchers have revealed the benefits of exercise in combating Alzheimer`s disease.\nThe most common cause of dementia, Alzheimer`s disease results in the loss of cognitive faculty.\nIn the majority of cases, Alzheimer`s occurs after age 65, and factors such as diet and exercise appear to play a role in its development, with high-fat diets as a risk factor.\nThe research led by Ayae Kinoshita at the Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan compared the effects of diet control, voluntary exercise and diet control plus exercise in an Alzheimer`s disease mouse model.\nThe results showed that exercise was more beneficial than diet control in reducing ß-amyloid formation, which is a defining characteristic of Alzheimer`s disease, and restoring memory loss induced by a high-fat diet in these mice.\nMoreover, Kinoshita`s team found that the effect of diet control plus exercise was not significantly different than exercise alone.\nThe researchers attribute the positive effects of exercise to increased degradation of ß-amyloid deposits in the brain.\n“Based on the results in this research exercise should be given priority to prevent Alzheimer`s disease,” Kinoshita said.\nThe study has been published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry."}
{"text":"Austria Table of Contents\nBruno Kreisky, who had served as foreign minister between 1959 and 1966, laid great emphasis on an active, internationalist foreign policy during his tenure as chancellor (1970-83). Kreisky's vision of foreign policy was based on the notion that Austria, as a neutral country, should seek to mediate conflicts between countries and stake out independent and innovative policies on various issues. He offered Vienna as a site for many series of negotiations on nuclear arms reductions and other international matters.\nAmong Kreisky's more controversial policies was his decision to grant informal diplomatic recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1980. This was an outgrowth of Kreisky's conviction that Israel was stubbornly refusing to recognize the legitimate interests of the Palestinian people. The fact that Kreisky was Jewish gave him a certain credibility in becoming so involved in trying to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict. Kreisky further surprised the world by receiving Libyan leader Muammar al Qadhafi in Vienna. He also showed his independent approach with his decision that Austria should participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, despite the boycott of the games orchestrated by United States president Jimmy Carter in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. Austria also did not adhere to the economic boycott of Iran organized by the United States after the seizure of its embassy in Tehran in 1979.\nDuring the 1970s, Austria collaborated extensively with other neutral and nonaligned countries in the UN. Austria developed an independent voting profile, frequently joining with other neutrals such as Sweden to press for action on issues ignored by countries belonging to military alliances. Austria also pursued this kind of diplomacy with the nonaligned countries belonging to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.\nData as of December 1993"}
{"text":"Applying a texture to text is much easier than most tutorials make it seem. Many involve rasterizing the Text layer and creating masks from this to apply to the texture layer. Not only is this a waste of time, but it also prevents you making changes easily.\n- Create a text layer with a fairly thick font (so that the texture can be seen)\n2. Bring your chosen texture into the file (there are many ways to do this: File>Place, or open the texture image and drag into this file, copy the texture and paste it). If it’s not quite large enough, press Ctrl-T and scale it up to cover all the text.\n3. Create a Clipping Mask. Once again there are several ways to do this is Photoshop. The easiest is to hold the Alt key (or Option key on a Mac) and move the cursor to the line between the texture layer and text layer. It will change shape . Then click.\nOr you can right-click on the texture layer and choose Create Clipping Mask from the popup menu.\nThis will only show the texture where the text is.\nWith this method, you can freely edit the text, or scale or move the texture!"}
{"text":"Letter of Grevience- see below for instructions\nAccording to the Wade & Tavris (2011), obesity is an increasing epidemic in our society today. Due to this obsession,\nmore and more individuals are embracing desperate measures to avoid becoming fat. The obsession with weight often\nleads to major eating disorders. This is a major concern for you if you are a parent. Write a letter of grievance based on\nthe following scenario.\nYour child comes home one afternoon and excitedly describes the pizza and fries that she enjoyed during lunch. You are\noutraged that the local elementary school is still serving high-fat breakfasts and lunches despite the healthy food initiatives\nchampioned by the government. Use the information found in your textbook, as well as the CSU Online Library, to draft a\ntwo-page letter to the school superintendent addressing your concerns.\nIn your letter, be sure to address the research in regards to genetics, environmental factors, and potential eating disorders\nthat are related to obesity. Also, include in your letter the various emotions that you are experiencing based on your\nfrustration with the local school district, and its negligence to comply with national standards for healthy eating habits. Be\nsure to tell the superintendent about your daughter’s recent emotional outbursts when shopping for clothes. (Recently she\nshared that other girls tease her because she cannot fit into her skinny jeans any longer due to her “fat stomach.”)\nDo not forget to include a reference list for your letter. You must use your textbook and one additional source in your\nletter. (Your reference page is not included in your page count.) All sources used, including the textbook, must be\nreferenced. Paraphrased and quoted material must have citations as well. Be creative in your response."}
{"text":"Thursday, April 12, 2012\nStop Snoring Bernard by Zachariah Ohora has been named the 2012 Pennsylvania One Book, Every Young Child designated book. As a result, this wonderful storybook will be distributed to over 15,000 libraries, child care centers, community literacy programs, Head Start centers and licensed home day care providers in our state.\nWhile daily reading is an important part of helping young children develop early literacy skills, reading by itself is not enough. Our young audiences need to be involved in the story, not just listeners. The PA One Book program shares tips for engaging young readers and expanding on the reading experience.\n1. Look at the cover and discuss it. Read the title and have the child or children make predictions about the story. See if you can predict where the story takes place or who the main characters may be.\n2. Slow Down, reading a story is not a race! Take your time when reading, read with expression and use sound effects - or have the children do the sound effects. In Stop Snoring Bernard! children love to make the snoring noise... and say Stop Snoring Bernard! Make sure that you discuss the pictures and look for clues as to what may happen next. Did you come across an unfamiliar word? Make sure those young readers know what they mean.\n3. The End doesn't have to be the end. After the story is over talk about it. Did any of your predictions come true? What do you think happened after the book ended?\nRemember, young children love repetition. You may be reading one story over and over-enjoy it! Look for other great books at the Chester County Library and use the same techniques, before you know it your small reader will be asking you the questions!"}
{"text":"As you are starting to explore a new research topic, reference sources are a good way to gain background information on your topic. High quality, academic, multivolume sets, will often give you the beginnings of scholarly research on a subject by providing a short bibliography of important works on the subject.\nEven with advanced subject knowledge of an area, you will run across unfamiliar people, places and events. Library reference sources will allow you to quickly fill in those gaps and improve your contextual knowledge with more reliability than a Wikipedia article.\nVan Wylen Library provides acces to several excellent reference databases. For quick, fundamental information on almost any topic, resources like those listed below are frequently the best place to begin researching a topic that is new to you. Best of all, these databases combine the speed and ease of a public reosurce like Wikipedia without sacrificing reliability or scholarly character.\nWe have many useful reference books; those listed below are just a sampling. You can find more reference books on your exact topic by limiting your search to \"van wylen reference\" when using HopeCAT."}
{"text":"letter T worksheets\nThis worksheet asks your preschool or kindergarten student to spot the lowercase letter t, then practice writing it.\nGive your child help learning the letter T with this printable connect the dots puzzle.\nThis page will have your child coloring a charming scene while she learns some words that start with T.\nGive your child a helping hand identifying uppercase and lowercase letters with this printable worksheet that's all about the letter T.\nCan you find the hidden letter? Help your child practice recognizing and sounding out the letter T with this kindergarten alphabet worksheet.\nHelp your preschooler learn the alphabet and practice letter T sounds all while having fun and coloring!\nLet your preschooler topple into T's with this adorable, early reading worksheet. He'll practice writing and identifying things that contain the letter T.\nHow many T's are in \"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star\"? Kids find and count each letter T in the song on this kindergarten reading worksheet.\nFirst, kids trace lines on this prekindergarten writing worksheet to strengthen the fine motor skills needed to form the letter T. Then they trace the letter T!\nCapital T is ready for action. This worksheet will help your preschooler learn to write capital t, all within a cute teatime theme."}
{"text":"There are total 6 letters in Basics, Starting with B and ending with S. In Basics B is 2nd, A is 1st, S is 19th, I is 9th, C is 3rd letters in Alphabet Series.\nTotal 34 words created by multiple letters combination of Basics in English Dictionary.\nBasics is a scrabble word? Yes (10 Points)\nBasics has worth 10 Scrabble points. Each letter point as below."}
{"text":"Latest Entries »\nEngineers and designers often mimic mechanisms found in nature to accomplish a specific task. This concept was applied to wind power generation to simplify and reduce cost of the HAWT design. The advantage of the flapping wing design lies in the additional power generated by leading edge vortices. It has previously been demonstrated that a flapping wing section undergoing simultaneous, coordinated heaving and pitching is capable of extracting energy from an oncoming flow using the CFD code FLUENT. The encouraging results suggest that efficiencies as high as 36.3% are achievable with such a system with the strongest influence on efficiency being heaving amplitude, h, pitching amplitude, θ, and reduced frequency, f*. The suggested values of these motion parameters for optimal performance was found to be h≈1, θ≈73°, and f*≈0.15. Hence, an adjustable flapping wing energy extraction device was designed in accordance with these parameters. Once fabricated, the wake of the system will be evaluated using particle image velocimetry techniques to ensure favorable synchronization of vortex shedding and oscillation, as well as a velocity profile indicative of power extraction."}
{"text":"High-tech Zone,Zhengzhou, Henan, ChinaChat on the Internet\n2017/03/28· Remove the gold from the sand by a process called cyanidation. A solution is added to the mix to dissolve the gold. Zinc dust is added to separate the gold from the solution. The gold is then put through a filter press, which separates it from the solution.\nHow To Remove Gold From Ore. Step 1 place the gold ore in a crucible put the crucible in a furnace heat to 1100 degrees celsius dross will rise to the surface periodically remove the crucible from the furnace and skim the impurities off the surface of the molten gold stir the gold after each removal of dross and before returning it.\nas you are crushing, stop and screen your material, removing any free gold which has already separated from the rock during your crushing that won't go through your screen with your fingers. The coarser rock that won't go through your screen can then be returned to the crusher for further work to break it down, and the fines won't get in the\nHow Does Gold Mining Affect The Environment Gold mining affects the environment in many negative ways, including the release of large amounts of exhaust from heavy equipment and transport, toxic drainage into nearby waterways and the release of mercury fumes from ore processingold is most commonly mined in.\nTo remove the gold from gold-bearing ore, the rock has to be pulverized and chemicals added to dissolve the actual gold. A Ball mill is normally used to crush the rock. It is a large cylindrical drum that is lined with hard metal liners and then steel balls are inserted to crush the rock as\n2020/05/25· OLESI 8 GOLD ORE CRUSHER The OLESI line of Orbital crushers is the most reliable crusher on the market, with only one moving part pure simplicity offers the fastest route to completing the task. There is no welding to the structure of the crusher, connections are all made with hard bolts, machine can fully rebuilt with a set of wrenches."}
{"text":"Detect Cancer Early\nFind out more about different types of cancer by clicking below.\nLung cancer is the most common cancer in Scotland but the good news is, more people than ever in Scotland are surviving the disease.\nBreast cancer remains the most common cancer in Scottish women but you’re five times more likely to survive it if it’s caught in its earliest stage.\nBowel cancer is the third most common cancer in Scotland. But when it's found early, it can often be cured. In fact, 9 out of 10 people beat it.\nSix women in Scotland are diagnosed with cervical cancer every week so having your smear test could save your life – it can stop cancer before it starts.\nIn 2012, 1,177 cases of malignant melanoma were reported in Scotland, with cases up 43% in men and 30% in women in the last ten years.\nProstate cancer may be the most common cancer amongst men in Scotland but while the number of people diagnosed has increased, so have survival rates.\nHead and neck cancers are the fifth most common cancer in Scotland yet the five year survival rate is over 50%.\nAlternatively, if you're not sure what you’re looking for, or the cancer you want to know more about isn't listed above, visit NHS Inform.\nRemember, the earlier cancer is found, the easier it is to treat."}
{"text":"THC is created in the floral material of the plant so the fiber and seed (or food products) will contain far less than 0.3% THC\nHemp is a bast fibre plant-like jute, kenaf, flax and ramie. Hemp fibres are cellulosic fibres. … Hemp fibre shows similar properties like all of the natural bast fibre and excels in fibre length, durability, strength, absorbency, anti-mildew and anti-microbial properties.\nThe cellulose fibre from hemp is used to make many products, including jeans, shirts, dresses, hats, bags, ropes and canvas, skincare products, building materials, paper and many food products.\nHemp is also a very eco-friendly crop. It requires no pesticides and needs little water, yet it renews the soil with each growth cycle. Its long roots prevent erosion and help retain topsoil. Hemp also grows readily in most temperate regions. We must empower our community into all the processes with manual or high-tech approached. Preserving the local culture will be our passion for eco and natural colouring from the flora and fauna."}
{"text":"Nor Long Remember - Abraham Lincoln (1941) - 15 min\nA very short speech, but one of the most famous by an American President. The Gettysburg Address was actually delivered after another speaker's 2 hour discourse. This is a re-enactment of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and includes opinions and commentary by people of the time.\nRemember - always check your facts and view other sources"}
{"text":"We'd like to hear what you have to say about this video/media. After reviewing it, please take the following short survey to help us improve it and others, now in development.Tell us what you think\nTell other teachers, parents, and students about us.\nDr. Andrew Torget discusses Joe, the enslaved man owned by William Barret Travis during the Texas Revolution, and how Joe’s story reminds us that the revolution did not bring freedom for everyone.\nThe student will explore African American experiences in the Texas Revolution through primary source documents focusing on Joe, Emily West, and others.\nReferenced Primary Sources\nTelegraph and Texas Register (a newspaper in San Felipe, Texas) prints a notice of reward for the runaway slave, Joe, who was the only known male survivor of the battle of the Alamo."}
{"text":"With so many snow storms this year you may wonder what effect the liquid de-icers have on your automobile. CDOT has published a Liquid De-Icer Fact Sheet to explain why they are used and what you should do about your automobile. Briefly, it says that liquid de-icers are easier on your car’s paint and windshield and are less corrosive than sodium chloride, which has been used for years. You should still wash your car frequently to remove any type of salt, whether it is magnesium chloride or sodium chloride.\nOur library has cataloged CDOT’s research reports on de-icers for those who want more background. Some are available online, but all can be borrowed in hardcopy from our library.\nEvaluation of Products That Protect Concrete and Steel from Winter Maintenance\nA Synthesis to Improve the Design and Construction of CDOT’s Bridge Anti-Icing Systems\nCorrosion Effects of Magnesium Chloride and Sodium Chloride on Automobiles\nCost of Sanding\nEvaluation and Comparison of Three Chemical Deicers for Use in Colorado\nEvaluation of Selected Deicers Based on a Review of the Literature\nStudies of Environmental Effects of Magnesium Chloride Deicer in Colorado\nEffect of Magnesium Chloride on Asphalt Pavements\nPreliminary Environmental Evaluation of Caliber M1000 De-icer for Use in Colorado\n- Addressing Colorado’s Digital Divide - October 20, 2021\n- Wind Power and its Effect on Wildlife - October 15, 2012\n- Do you remember? - September 1, 2011"}
{"text":"Oral pathology encompasses oral disease, their causes, and their effects. Oral diseases have a number of causes, including biological, chemical, or physical agents or hormonal or developmental changes.\nAbnormal tissues in the head and neck regions are called lesions. Different types of lesions can indicate different pathologies; such as benign lesions or malignant lesions (cancers). Our surgeons will perform a complete head and neck exam, which includes the oral cavity in order to determine if a biopsy is required."}
{"text":"A recently-published survey has revealed one of the most dangerous trends that can affect thousands of kids in the United States. This survey has found that a noticeable percentage of young kids are not vaccinated — not against any particular disease, but no disease at all. It means that the same thousands of kids are prone to a number of diseases, many of which have been wiped out from the population. Overall, 14 diseases are considered serious and vaccinations are recommended for the same. Around 100,000 kids in the US haven’t received vaccination for any of the fourteen diseases.\nThe report was created and released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. As it goes without saying, the trend is quite harmful, although the number of non-vaccinated kids equates to around 30%. Even when 70% of the kids are vaccinated, the 30% cannot be ignored from the whole equation. As said earlier, health officials are quite worried about this development. CDC officials have said that the situation must be taken seriously and the trend should be reduced so that the kids of the United States are not vulnerable to various diseases out there.\nThere are multiple reasons why the kids are not being vaccinated properly, but the aforesaid survey had not asked the parents about this. A minority of the groups have not health insurance coverage, because of which the vaccination is not being done. At the same time, the anti-vaccination campaigns happening across the globe cannot be ignored. Some of these campaigns have misinformed parents about the so-called ‘impacts’ about vaccinations and say that vaccination would affect the overall health of the kids in the long run. In a related news, another survey by CDC has found that kindergarten children are mostly vaccinated, with the percentage at 95."}
{"text":"Histoplasmosis - Protecting Workers at Risk\nDHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 2005-109\nNote: This publication supercedes 97-146\nThis booklet is a revised edition of the NIOSH document Histoplasmosis:Protecting Workers at Risk, which was originally published in September 1997. The updated information in this booklet will help readers understand what histoplasmosis is and recognize activities that may expose workers to the disease-causing fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. The booklet also informs readers about methods they can use to protect themselves and others from exposure.\nOutbreaks of histoplasmosis have shared similar circumstances:People who did not know the health risks of breathing in the spores of H. capsulatum became ill and sometimes caused others nearby to become ill when they disturbed contaminated soil or accumulations of bird or bat manure. Because they were unaware of the hazard, they did not take protective measures that could have prevented illness.\n- Page last reviewed: June 6, 2014\n- Page last updated: June 6, 2014\n- Content source:\n- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Education and Information Division"}
{"text":"Gender, Marxist Theories of\nMarxist theories of gender are fundamentally concerned with analyzing the relation between class exploitation and gender inequality. Women's oppression is regarded as the product of the economic, political, and social structures of capitalism. For Karl Marx, power in capitalist societies derives from the division of labor in production, giving rise to the fundamental class division between the owners of the means of production (the bourgeoisie) and the non owners (the proletariat) who sell...[Show more]\n|Collections||ANU Research Publications|\n|Book Title:||The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology|\n|01_Robinson_Gender%2C_Marxist_Theories_of__2018.pdf||61.57 kB||Adobe PDF||Request a copy|\nItems in Open Research are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.\nUpdated: 17 November 2022/ Responsible Officer: University Librarian/ Page Contact: Library Systems & Web Coordinator"}
{"text":"Consequences of sea level rise on coastal resources are often evaluated using vulnerability assessments. Local, regional, and statewide vulnerabilities can be addressed using adaptation strategies. Click on the sections below to learn more about these different steps useful for sea level rise adaptation planning and how they can be used in Local Coastal Programs and Coastal Development Permits.\nAccess products that summarize available information on sea level rise vulnerability for California’s coastal counties and four recent sea level rise planning efforts.\nLearn about different types of adaptation strategies to address sea level rise vulnerabilities and examples of options for protecting Coastal Act resources."}
{"text":"We all go to the trainings that inform us we should not be teaching vocabulary, figurative language, and grammar in isolation. However it's hard to find resources to do this. Look no further! We have created just what you need!\nThe following product contains bellwork that aligns with Literature stories and NewsELA articles. One NewsELA article is used for a two week span. Each slide covers a skill that is taught through the informational text. The first week of the article covers various literature skills such as figurative language, annotation, context clues, and rhetorical devices. The second week of the article teachings grammar skills. The last slide of the article has a 10 question quiz."}
{"text":"Frances Myers’ print, The Rescue, came to the Museum’s collection by way of the 11th annual ColorPrint USA exhibition that ran from late 1985 and early 1986. Myers, a recently retired University of Wisconsin professor and chair of printmaking and installation, exhibited nine times in this exhibition series.\nIn Myers’ print, Wonder Woman, the DC Comics Amazonian superhero, scoops up the head of a falling decapitated figure. She grabs the arm of the headless torso and, it seems, prepares to reunite the two parts of the body, righting a wrong with her super powers. The sharp edges and planes add to the tension. Another figure, possibly the same one as the victim of decapitation, lays behind a mountain and a flattened\nfacade of evergreens on the lower left side of the image.\nThe contour styling of Wonder Woman, easily identified by her tiara (a super-weapon of super-versatility), recreates a persona familiar to comic book readers. The carefully constructed picture plane read as sequential images\nfrom left to right. The sequence follows the white figure through the forest and mountains, followed by Wonder Woman’s display of power, culminating in a household lamp with the light turned on. The print is about heroics and specifically about the female hero, as portrayed here in the guise of Wonder Woman, an invincible, confident, larger-than-life warrior…and a paradigm for 1980s feminists. Will Wonder Woman be able to reattach that head? Reunite humanity? Tune in next week to find out."}
{"text":"So I was thinking that if there were an earthquake in Los Angeles, the internet would react as follows:\n- 100,000 people in Los Angeles search for \"earthquake\" and related terms\n- Some areas stop generating web traffic in the immediate area\n- CNN adds a story to their front page about a tsunami in Santa Monica\n- Other news outlets eventually post stories with official information regarding the quake\n- CNN fixes their front page to let people know that it was actually a 5.8 quake around Pasadena\nThe timing, I would guess would be as follows. (1) happens from 5 seconds after the shaking starts until it's been over for about 6 hours. (2) would be happening from the time people started losing power in the area. (3) takes 20 minutes to go live, and is based on bad information. The tsunami is obviously an exaggeration, but the idea is that they will get some key facts wrong. (4) would start happening about an hour or two after the quake, and would be around the same time as (5).\nSo what do we see here? We could have guessed at the earthquake from the hundred thousand related queries in the immediate area, and probably generated some useful information by bumping that up against the region that stopped generating as much traffic as it usually does.\nThis would require some sort of simplistic combination of search terms to generate the \"news\" article. It would obviously be susceptible to clever hacking, but (3) is all we see now. That's typically bad information anyhow. You can pull a location, an \"event\" and all sorts of other data from the information that's already out there.\nIf you think this is a bad idea, then think about it some more. If there is more of a deal breaker that I'm missing out on, please let me know. It seems that there is a lot of this \"sort\" of information out there anyhow, and I would bet that news outlets actually monitor this sort of thing to have people create reports out of… but this could be fully automated. It's almost simple."}
{"text":"Build A Book!\nTo use thu app the User will need to first run npm install and bower install to get all of the dependencies.\nA .env folder needs to be created in the root directory to hold all environmental variables. The environmental variables needed for this project are:\nPORT=the alternate port you want to use\nUSERNAME=username for mongolab\nPASSWORD=password for mongolab\nBuild Lets Children Crate Their Own Books\nNo More \"Boring\" Books\nThis product is for children who don't like to read the same book because it gets boring.\nAllows the user to create their own story while letting them learn sight words and how to read better.\nMy 7 year old doesn't like to read because she feels that reading the same book more than once is boring.\nIt would allow children to create her own stories while letting them practice her reading more.\nQuote from You\nCreate your own stories.\nHow to Get Started\nYou start by creating a story.\nClosing and Call to Action\nTire of reading the same book, make as many as you would like!"}
{"text":"The COVID-19 pandemic has played a major role in every aspect of the world. This deadly virus has not only been a threat to humans and affected their life, it has also affected the health of the world economically to a very great extent. With the advent of this virus followed a lockdown, where the people all across the globe were constrained to their own homes and the freedom of their movement was restricted as this virus possessed to be a grave threat to mankind. These pandemic lockdown phases caused a downfall in the economy which further led to recession, unemployment, decrease in the trade globally and much more. The world was no more following the process of globalization in this era because each nation-state was concerned with their personal progress and profitability rather than focusing on these aspects globally. Hence, the process of deglobalization had taken over. However, since change in times need change in ways, we have to adapt ourselves to a more well-structured and refined method of globalization – Deglobalization. This paper aims to explain the effects of COVID-19 on the global front and further aims to explain as to why the process of Deglobalization should be adhered to on the global front."}
{"text":"1 Answer | Add Yours\nThere are many criticisms of gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure of economic activity. Let us look at some of the most important of these.\n- GDP does not account for harm done by economic growth. The classic example of this is pollution. GDP looks only at the value of goods and services that are produced. It does not look at the impact of the production of those goods. Therefore, if an industry produces a great deal of pollution, the costs of that pollution are not taken into account. The pollution can decrease quality of life and can even decrease economic activity in other sectors (such as fishing or tourism), but GDP does not account for those losses.\n- GDP does not account for the value of work done outside the marketplace. The classic example of this is work that is done at home. If I send my children to a babysitter and I buy my family dinner at a restaurant, those are counted as economic activity. If I care for my children at home and I cook dinner myself, those are not counted as economic activity.\n- GDP does not account for the distribution of wealth, economic security, or any other factor like this. GDP does not measure the actual well-being of people in a country. Instead, all it measures is production.\nWe’ve answered 317,616 questions. We can answer yours, too.Ask a question"}
{"text":"A visual field test is an eye examination that can detect dysfunction in central and peripheral vision which may be caused by various medical conditions such as glaucoma, stroke, brain tumours or other neurological deficits. Visual field testing can be performed clinically by keeping the subject's gaze fixed while presenting objects at various places within their visual field. Simple manual equipment can be used such as in the tangent screen test or the Amsler grid. When dedicated machinery is used it is called a perimeter.\nThe exam may be performed by a technician in one of several ways. The test may be performed by a technician directly, with the assistance of a machine, or completely by an automated machine. Machine based tests aid diagnostics by allowing a detailed printout of the patient's visual field."}
{"text":"FDA is an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services.\nThe FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.\nThe FDA is also responsible for advancing the public health by helping to speed innovations that make medicines and foods more effective, safer, and more affordable; and helping the public get the accurate, science-based information they need to use medicines and foods to improve their health.\nThe Norwegian Pelagic Fishing Course in Week 2 Norway\nThis winter's best week for NVG herring, and still a lot of mackerel from the west.\nWe had the best week of the winter with as much as 31,700 tonnes in the record, where the bes...\nThe impact of catching half of Pacific saury Japan\nThe decline in the Pacific saury (Cololabis saira) fishery continues\nLast year's national catch of saury or saury decreased by almost 30% from the previous year, reaching a record low for the secon..."}
{"text":"Not all tea was of equal quality during the 1700s. Two sometimes distasteful Chinese teas commonly found in London and Boston were Bohea (black) and Twankey (green).\nBoth would likely be passed over by today’s savvy tea buyers.\nOne reason for the appearance of these poor teas was that the demand for tea—any tea—to be exported from Canton to London was so great. And the western palate was not yet trained to know how “good” tea was supposed to taste. Besides, if you add enough milk and sugar, anything will taste better.\nI was reminded of the day I spent in the Guwahati Tea Auction in Assam. I watched a buyer for one of the world’s largest tea companies buy 40% of the tea which came up for bidding. Afterwards, I asked him what his criteria were that day.\n“For me, it’s always the same,” he replied. “The highest quantity at the lowest price.”\nNow you know why 100 supermarket tea bags can be purchased for $1.99.\nThe buyers for the East India Company often had the same mandate: buy as much tea as possible at the lowest price. Chinese merchants were constantly urging their growers to quickly ramp up production to supply an unending Western thirst for their daily beverage."}
{"text":"It was found in Zimbabwe that children who were affected with AIDS continue to grow into adolescents with some aberrations. This is much against the existing belief that HIV infected children will die before the age of five. The growth of these children is reported to be stunted and they face problems when they enter the age of puberty.\nScientists from the Wellcome Trust studied HIV affected children at a clinic in Harare. They inferred that at least one in four HIV kids survive into adolescence. These kids have been either infected at birth or during breast feeding.\nDr Liz Corbett, one of the researchers of this study reveals that the long term survival in AIDS cases is not generally expected without antiretroviral treatment. But the scenario in Zimbabwe and its neighbouring countries suggests that there is a possibility of one in four children to survive till late childhood or early adolescence without treatment or diagnosis.\nAccording to Rashida Ferrand, lead author of this study, emphasis should be laid on prevention of mother to child infections during child birth and breast feeding. People should be educated on these issues. These findings will be published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases."}
{"text":"Shark fishing had been a way of life for generations of Donsol residents. Families in this tiny village in the Philippines relied on the giant, docile whale shark for their main source of income until overfishing made the shark increasingly scarce. With guidance from the World Wildlife Fund, however, the villagers have created a new income source while also protecting the largest sharks in nature.\nWhat used to be peak hunting season for whale sharks has now become peak tourist season. Warm seas in December and January bring plankton close to shore followed by the whale sharks who feed on it. In nearby Legazpi City, the hotels are filled with tourists anxious to glimpse the whale sharks or even to snorkel in the waters close to where they are feeding.\nLocal fishermen are learning to become tour boat operators, and others are being trained as spotters to scan the water for the slowly moving shadows and gray fins. While most tourists prefer the view from on deck, others slip quietly into the water for a close-up view. A code of conduct prevents tourists from touching or interfering with the sharks, which can grow to 60 feet in length and weigh 15 tons.\nThe flourishing tourist economy has already convinced Donsol residents that there is more money to be made from live whale sharks than dead ones.Reuters"}
{"text":"A lot of people mistakenly think that preventing drug or alcohol addiction relapse is as simple as saying “no” when tempted. Those who deal with substance abuse, though, know that staying on the right path and preventing relapse is a lot more involved than that. Relapse prevention has to start early during the rehabilitation process, with both recovery options and relapse warning signs taken into account.\nRelapse Prevention Requires a Support Team\nHaving a support team is one of the most important recovery options an addict has. No matter what a person is addicted to, relapse prevention requires a team, not just the individual person being treated. The nature of addiction is that it aims to isolate its victims, which is why a supportive network of friends, family members and professionals is so important. It’s also important for addicts to regularly interact with their support network. Additionally, people in the support network should be educated to recognize the warning signs of addiction and relapse."}
{"text":"GMP / WHO GMP (Good Manufacturing Process)\nGMP refers to the Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations promulgated by the US Food and Drug Administration under the authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (See Chapter IV for food, and Chapter V, Subchapters A, B, C, D, and E for drugs and devices.) These regulations, which have the force of law, require that manufacturers, processors, and packagers of drugs, medical devices, some food, and blood take proactive steps to ensure that their products are safe, pure, and effective. GMP regulations require a quality approach to manufacturing, enabling companies to minimize or eliminate instances of contamination, mix-ups, and errors. This in turn, protects the consumer from purchasing a product which is not effective or even dangerous. GMP regulations address issues including recordkeeping, personnel qualifications, sanitation, cleanliness, equipment verification, process validation, and complaint handling. Most GMP requirements are very general and open-ended, allowing each manufacturer to decide individually how to best implement the necessary controls. This provides much flexibility, but also requires that the manufacturer interpret the requirements in a manner which makes sense for each individual business."}
{"text":"The one thing that is certain is uncertainty. The human body is a complex, sophisticated, genetic marvel. Every heart beat is a miracle. Living a long life is not guaranteed just because we exercise and eat right. The genetic coding in our DNA has been written the moment we were conceived. Exercise and good nutrition can help reduce the onset of certain diseases, but ultimately the codes will be triggered and will reprogram the immune system to begin system shutdown. This is a natural process that we all must face. Some may have to face it sooner than others. There is no written law that states that humans are guaranteed to live a hundred years. Every second of life is valuable. The chemicals that are in our food supply can contribute to activating the genetic triggers. Eating loads of chemical laden foods in your youth could cause illness later on in adulthood and could be the influencing factor to system shutdown. No matter how health conscious you become in your later years of life, the damage could already have been done many years prior. Once the immune system begins to lose it’s fighting power, the free radicals that have been being defended eventually take over and begin controlling the systems of the body. We are all subjected to chemical poisons, all we can do is keep the immune system as healthy for as long as possible.\nDaryl Conant, M.Ed\n“It’s not the length of the life that matters, it’s the quality of life, that is the gift that is given and remembered by others as being the true measure of the person.”"}
{"text":"Both women and men can depend on forests, agroforestry and trees for their livelihoods, and play a critical role in managing them. However, there are significant inequalities in roles, rights and responsibilities among women and men in rural areas. These inequalities are reflected in the ways in which women and men participate in decision-making, benefit from forest and tree resources, and experience changes in forest and tree-based landscapes. The forestry and agroforestry sector has much to contribute to addressing inequalities between women and men, and empowering disadvantaged women and men in ways that contribute to sustainable rural landscapes. This video explains how FTA is tackling this challenge head on.\nOriginally published by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).\nProduced by CIFOR as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA), which is supported by CGIAR Fund Donors."}
{"text":"- soup, in the form of a stew of some sort of be and water, to be used with nasi campur and poured over it. can be meat or fish and may be leftovers from making other foods, such as sate (Noun) en\n- penget is an archaic word for the same food en\n- sup; daging berkuah (Noun) id\nBali dataran dialect\nBali aga dialect\nBapa ngae gerangasem misi be pasih.\nDad made soup containing sea fish meat.\n⚙ Usage examples pulled from the Community Spaces\nNo examples collected yet."}
{"text":"“I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full”\nCaspar David Friedrich\nCaspar David Friedrich is the great figure of German Romantic painting, heir to a long tradition of landscape painters initiated by Altdorfer and Dürer. His works, mostly forgotten after his death, were rediscovered in the late 19th century and much appreciated by the 20th century avant-garde. After the Second World War, his fame was largely obscured, as many critics misunderstood Friedrich's landscapes as having a nationalistic aspect. Today, his works are considered the quintessence of the romantic landscape.\nThe Oyster Preserve is a wetland located on the banks of the Elbe River, in the northwest of Dresden. In \"The Great Preserve\" Friedrich has chosen a rather strange point of view, located unusually high over the wetlands. In addition, the curvatures of both the banks of the river and the clouds make it look like the canvas is either seen through a convex glass or placed on a cylindrical surface.\nFriedrich, the \"taciturn man from the North\", as he was sometimes called, suffered several depressive episodes and at least one suicide attempt. The sense of loneliness is constant in his works, reflecting the isolation he suffered in life. Nothing in this painting shows any trace of human life, except for a small boat that seems to have been trapped forever in the melancholic waters of the great preserve.\nG. Fernández - theartwolf.com"}
{"text":"George A. Dorsey, in full George Amos Dorsey (born Feb. 6, 1868, Hebron, Ohio, U.S.—died March 29, 1931, New York, N.Y.), early U.S. ethnographer of North American Indians, especially the Mandan tribe. His investigations of the Plains Indians included early population accounts of the area. He is best known for his last work, Man’s Own Show; Civilization (1931), as well as for his popular anthropology text, Why We Behave Like Human Beings (1925).\nIn 1894 Dorsey received from Harvard University the second Ph.D. in anthropology to be awarded in the United States; the first had been awarded to Alexander F. Chamberlain by Clark University in 1891. Dorsey taught at Harvard until 1896, when he joined the staff of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Dorsey also advised President Woodrow Wilson on Spanish affairs during the Paris Peace Conference of 1919."}
{"text":"Writing painting “Swing” is dated 1876 year. The work of art was painted by the famous French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The picture has a size of 92h73 cm, and with a frame 111h92 cm.\nIn 1877 the painting was presented at the 3rd Impressionist exhibition.\nIn the same year the picture has found its place in the collection of Gustave Caillebotte. He was a Marshal of France, as well as an artist. After Gustav died the picture was owned by the state. Since 1894 the painting was given to the Museum, in the Luxembourg Gardens. In the Louvre painting it came only in 1929. The gallery Jeu de Paume “Swing” exhibited\nAs is known favorite artist’s model was Renaura Marguerite Legrand. It is assumed that she posed for the famous master work “Swing”. The painting depicts a lovely young lady, who stands on a swing while she grabs the rope hands in order not to fall. She is dressed in white with a blue dress with flirty bows.\nThe face of the woman, and back to the viewer is a male. Apparently, they are about something talk. At a young man wearing a blue jacket and a hat of straw. Behind them, in the background animated conversation leads a small group of people walking.\nOn the left side of the canvas shows another man, peeking out from behind a tree. And next to him the little blond girl. Which is a genuine delight contemplates charming lady, riding on a swing. Pure sight of the child gives a certain charm of the story.\nRenoir did not stint on the bright colors and generously gave them the canvas. The painting is executed in blue, green and white scales. Through the trees the sun’s rays make their way, while adding the story briskly. They lay down on the figure of glare on their hats and clothing."}
{"text":"The San Francisco SPCA recently announced that there was a dog flu outbreak in the Bay area. They encouraged pet owners to take their dogs to the veterinarian if they have any symptoms. California is one of the states that has a dog flu outbreak.\nAccording to Cornell University of Veterinary Medicine, 45 dogs have developed the dog flu. Dogs are being diagnosed with H3N2 flu, which is the same strain of flu that has affected thousands of humans around the country. However, the virus affects humans and dogs differently. It is not possible for a dog to give a human the flu or vice versa.\nAmy Glaser works for the Animal Health Diagnostic Center in Cornell. She stated that dog flu cases have only been reported in California, Kentucky, and Ohio. However, it is important to note that dog flu can transmit quickly in kennels, households with multiple dogs, and other places where multiple dogs hang out.\nMichael Topper is the president of the American Veterinary Medical Association. He stated that there have been false reports of widespread dog flu activity in 46 states. While there have been cases reported in other states, that does not mean that there is widespread dog flu activity.\nDog flu can occur at any time of the year. Michael stated that pet owners should ignore the dog flu headlines. However, they do need to watch out for dog flu. Dogs can transmit the flu by playing with other dogs and barking. The vast majority of dogs are able to recover within a few weeks.\nHowever, some people will develop complications after suffering from the flu. Less than 10 percent of dogs will die from the dog flu. Most of the dogs who die from it are elderly, very young, or have underlying health problems.\nSee Also: Keep Your Pets Safe on Hot Summer Days"}
{"text":"Now we will take a look at how we can print all the values of the entire multidimensional array used in the previous section, that is, the a array.\nIf we analyze the declaration of the array, we will see that two for loops will be required to print the entire array, one for rows and one for columns.\nWe want the controller to scan the complete first row, then the second row, and finally the third. So we add an outer for loop for the rows and set the length limit to the number of rows in the array, in this case two rows. The outer for loop for the rows will look like the following:\nThis for loop will actually loop twice since we set the limit to 2 for rows. The first loop will ..."}
{"text":"Some of the smallest countries in the world continue to dominate the list of the world's richest countries, an analysis by Global Finance Magazine shows.\nThe ranking was published in February 2017 and based on data from the International Monetary Fund.\nThe magazine ranked the world's countries according to their gross domestic product (GDP) based on purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita.\nThe PPP takes into account the relative cost of living and the inflation rates of the countries to compare living standards among the different nations.\nThe small countries that dominate the top ten all have small populations compared to countries that lead the world purely in terms of GDP — such as the United States, China, or Germany.\nMost of these small nations heavily depend on immigrant workers who often do not reside in the country they are working in or are not granted resident status, and are therefore not counted in the GDP per capita calculations.\n15 of the 30 richest countries in the world are in Europe, while big some big economies such as the US, Japan, and Canada also made the cut.\nThe GDP per capita listed represents the amount of wealth produced in 2016 and is expressed in international dollars.\nHere are the top 30 (and here's the full study):\n30. Japan — GDP per capita: $38,893 (£31,732)\n29. Finland — GDP per capita: $41,812 (£34,114)\n28. France — GDP per capita: $42,384 (£34,581)\n27. United Kingdom — GDP per capita: $42,513 (£34,686)\n26. Oman — GDP per capita: $43,737 (£35,685)\n25. Belgium — GDP per capita: $44,881 (£36,618)"}
{"text":"Understanding our individual carbon footprint is important because it helps us to identify our personal contribution to climate change and take steps to reduce it. Carbon footprint refers to the amount of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide, that is released into the atmosphere as a result of our daily activities, such as driving a car, using electricity, or eating meat.\nClimate change is one of the most pressing issues facing our planet, and carbon dioxide is a major contributor to global warming. The more carbon dioxide we release into the atmosphere, the more we contribute to climate change, and the more we will suffer the consequences of extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and loss of biodiversity. By understanding our individual carbon footprint, we can take steps to reduce our impact on the environment, such as driving less, using energy-efficient appliances, and eating a more plant-based diet.\nAdditionally, understanding our individual carbon footprint can also help us to make more informed decisions when it comes to choosing products and services that have a lower environmental impact. By supporting environmentally responsible companies and products, we can help to reduce the carbon footprint of our communities and the world as a whole.\nUnderstanding the importance of it, Climatora has launched an individual carbon calculator (carbon calculator link) that helps track the most accurate measure of carbon footprint following the GHG protocol."}
{"text":"[Images: The Spirit of the New Moon (1888), The Spirit of the Southern Cross (1888) and Spring (1891) by Artur Loureiro.]\nPortuguese painter, Artur José de Sousa Loureiro was born on 11 February 1853, in Porto, Portugal. Lourerio attended the Escola Superior de Belas-Artes do Porto, where he studied under João António Correia. In 1875, he went to Rome with the support of his patron Delfim Guedes (1842-1895), the future Count of Almedina. In 1879, he moved to Paris with a scholarship to study at the École des Beaux Arts; living in the Latin Quarter and obtaining a position in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel.\nLoureiro exhibited at the Salon from 1880 to 1882, along with his fellow painters from Portugal. While in France, he met Marie Huybers (the sister of novelist Jessie Couvreur) and married her, even though marriage violated the terms of his scholarship.\nLoureiro sought another scholarship, but illness prevented him from submitting an entry. He then moved to London, where his exhibits attracted attention, but his health required a warmer climate. By 1884, both he and Marie emigrated to Australia, settling in Melbourne. The following year, Loureiro joined the first Australian Art Association, which merged with the Victorian Artists Society in 1888.\n- Loureiro became a “Professor of Design” at the Presbyterian Ladies Academy; sat on several art juries; and was named Inspector for the National Gallery of Victoria.\n- After Marie’s death in 1901, he returned to Porto, where he established a studio at the “Crystal Palace” (an exhibition hall modelled after the one in London). It quickly became a gathering place for local artists and their students.\n- His only son was killed during World War I.\nA few months before his death on 7 July 1932, in Terras de Bouro, Loureiro was awarded the Order of Saint James of the Sword. He died suddenly while on a landscape painting sojourn in the countryside.\nLoureiro | In the Springtime of His New Moon\n“Is It Art?”"}
{"text":"Total Hardness Test Kit\nWhen water passes through or over deposits such as limestone, the levels of ca2+, mg2+, and hco3– ions present in the water greatly increase and cause the water to be classified as hard water. Hardness in water is caused by dissolved minerals and calcium and magnesium ions are usually present in significant concentration along with other divalent ions. Hardness creates scale deposit problem which lead to energy loss in different industrial systems ,such as boiler, cooling system, cause scale formation in plumbing, heating appliances, and boilers. Measuring total hardness is essential to monitor – softener, demineralization, RO plant, softening processes, etc. Our AQUASOL hardness range is one of the largest available in the market today. It is a premium kit and finds use in almost all industries, where water is the most important ingredient/parameter."}
{"text":"Globe artichokes are one of the most exotic looking of all the vegetables\nYou can grow Globe artichokes in your typical northern European garden or allotment.\nThe edible portion of the plant are the flower buds before the flowers come into bloom. However as exotic as they may look, they are in fact surprisingly easy to grow.\nThe are best grown from seed under protection in the spring, and then transplanted outside into their final position once the threat of late frosts have passed.\nNative to the Mediterranean region, the globe artichoke is a short-lived perennial plant, and while it will not be completely hardy when grown in more northern European countries it should survive if given adequate protection.\nIn order to produce a decent crop, plant your artichokes in sheltered position that receives as much sunlight as possible. They will perform best in a fertile, well-drained and well-cultivated soil, but will produce a better crop if you prepare your soil before hand. During the winter, dig in liberal amounts of well-rotted farm manure and leave the ground rough.\nThen prior to planting, fork over and level your proposed artichoke plot. Then rake the soil to a fine tilth and add a dressing of general fertiliser at a rate of 100 grams per sq metre. Remember that artichokes can grow as tall and as wide as 6 ft so make sure they are planted a good 4ft apart.\nOnce your artichokes are in the ground, water them in well and then make sure that they don’t dry out over the summer. In hot weather consider giving young artichoke plants a good moisture-retaining mulch. Remember that Artichokes will need plenty of available water in order to produce those big, succulent buds which can be as much as three times a week during hot dry spells while the buds are forming.\nOf course, avoid watering so much that the roots become waterlogged as they can rot off, causing you to lose the crop.\nHarvest your artichokes from late June onwards, first removing those at the top of the stems. The later heads will mature slightly later."}
{"text":"|Infrared images acquired by Landsat|\nshows active fires \"through-the-smoke\".\nImages acquired in human visible\nregion will be \"covered with smoke\".\nWyomingView coordinator Ramesh Sivanpillai showed satellite and aerial images collected in the visible region (for human beings) and beyond (infrared) and their utility for monitoring the surface of earth and the changes occurring in it. Examples included monitoring water quality, deforestation, and wildfire damages (see Landsat images acquired during and after a wildfire event in Wyoming).\n|The post-fire infrared images acquired|\nby Landsat shows both the extent\nand severity of the wildfire. US\nForest Service and other federal agencies\nuse Landsat and similar images for\nassessing burn severity classes.\nSivanpillai also discussed career opportunities in remote sensing and how students can academically prepare for them. “Many students see the occupation opportunities involved with this field, especially the potential to travel and view many other geographic areas” said Mr. Whitman. “Having professionals visit my classroom or going to their occupation site always motivates my students to try a little harder in my academically rigorous class”.\nThis educational outreach activity was conducted on April 5th and 6th (6 individual talks) as part of AmericaView’s Earth Observation Day activities aimed at introducing teachers and students to remote sensing science and applications."}
{"text":"110 pp., 6 x 9\nWritten by Himself\nBy 1849, the Narrative of William W. Brown was in its fourth edition, having sold over 8,000 copies in less than eighteen months and making it one of the fastest-selling antislavery tracts of its time. The book's popularity can be attributed both to the strong voice of its author and Brown's notoriety as an abolitionist speaker. The son of a slave and a white man, Brown recounts his years in servitude, his cruel masters, and the brutal whippings he and those around him received. He provides a detailed description of his failed attempt to escape with his mother; after their capture, they were sold to new masters. A subsequent escape attempt succeeds. He is taken in by a kind Quaker, Wells Brown, whose name he adopts in gratitude. Shortly thereafter, Brown crosses the Canadian border. Brown's Narrative includes stories of fighting devious slave traders and bounty hunters, various antislavery poems, articles and stories (written by him and others), newspaper clippings, reward posters, and slave sale announcements.\nA DOCSOUTH BOOK. This collaboration between UNC Press and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library brings selected classic works from the digital library of Documenting the American South back into print. DocSouth Books uses the latest digital technologies to make these works available as downloadable e-books or print-on-demand publications. DocSouth Books are unaltered from the original publication, providing affordable and easily accessible editions to a new generation of scholars, students, and general readers.\n© 2015 The University of North Carolina Press\n116 South Boundary Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-3808\nHow to Order | Make a Gift | Privacy"}
{"text":"A new study from Indiana University suggests that even meager levels of physical activity can improve the mood of people with serious mental illnesses (SMI) such as bipolar disorder, major depression and schizophrenia.\nThis reinforces earlier findings that people with SMI demonstrate low levels of physical activity and supports the consideration of physical activity as a regular part of psychiatric rehabilitation.\n“We found a positive association between physical activity level and positive mood when low to moderate levels of physical activity are considered,” said study author Bryan McCormick, associate professor in IU’s Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Studies. “Physical activity interventions that require lower levels of exertion might be more conducive to improving transitory mood, or the ups and downs people with SMI experience throughout the day.”\nMcCormick said physical activity often is advocated in addition to psychiatric treatment for people with SMI because of the significant health concerns common to this population. However, low levels of physical activity are also common to this population and pose a major hurdle. For this study, physical activity is considered most forms of sustained movement, such as house cleaning, gardening, walking for transportation or formal exercise.\n“The challenge is how to use naturally motivating activities that people have in their everyday lives to get them out and engaged,” McCormick said.\nThe least active experiences captured in the study correlated with less positive moods. The study also notes that walking is one of the most frequently advocated forms of physical activity in psychiatric rehabilitation programs. Such programs appear to afford both physiological and psychological benefits."}
{"text":"|Applications of lossless compression in adaptive text mining|\nWitten, I. H. (2000) Proc 2000 Conference on Information Sciences and Systems 2,Princeton, USA, March, pp TP6:13-18.\nText mining is about looking for patterns in natural language text, and may be defined as the process of analyzing text to extract information for particular purposes. Compared with the kind of data stored in databases, text is unstructured, amorphous, and contains information at many different levels. Nevertheless, the motivation for trying to extract information from it is compellingeven if success is only partial. Despite the fact that the problems are difficult to define clearly, interest in text mining is burgeoning because it is perceived to have enormous potential practical utility. This paper argues that lossless compression, operating within the standard training/testing paradigm of machine learning, is a key technology for text mining. Research in compression has always taken the pragmatic view that files need to be processed whatever they may contain, rather than the normative approach of classical language analysis which generally assumes idealized input: a sequence of sentences, comprising words all of which appear in the dictionary, delimited by single spaces, with punctuation and perhaps numbers but no other extraneous symbols. In practice textparticularly text gathered from the Web, the principal source of material used todayis messy, and many useful clues come from the messiness."}
{"text":"Photographs of the Franciscans at their California Missions.\nAt one time, all of the old Spanish Missions were staffed by missionaries from the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor (OFM). Between 1769 and 1848, one hundred and forty-two Franciscans served Alta California for an average of 16 years. Fifty-eight died at their missions. Today, four missions still have Franciscan friars resident: Santa Barbara (which was never totally abandoned), San Antonio de Padua, San Miguel and San Luis Rey. The Irish Province of the Capuchin order of Franciscans has been responsible for Santa Ines since 1924.\nVisitors to the missions eagerly look for Franciscans strolling the grounds, framed against a splendid view of the church. Of course, such encounters are rare today. The Franciscan priests you do see are likely to be performing mass, baptizing infants or officiating a wedding. Portions of the quadrangle where friars reside are off limits to visitors. There was a time. However, when there were friars strolling the grounds and brothers working the fields.\nThis vintage collection of vintage images –in most cases photographs taken between 1890 and 1905 –provides some glimpse of a time long past."}
{"text":"The Library of Congress is established, spaceflight claims its first human casualty, the Unabomber kills his last victim, and South Korea clones a puppy, all on this day.\n1916: Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organize a rescue for the rest of the crew of the ship Endurance, which had become stuck in the ice and sunk before reaching Antarctica.\nNo email address was supplied by\nTo complete your registration on this site, please supply an address.\nPlease confirm or modify the email address to which you will have subscription offers sent.\nFor a more personalized experience, please supply the following optional information."}
{"text":"After he was re-elected, Clinton used his first State of the Union address to propose comprehensive educational projects. He proposed voluntary national testing in fourth-grade reading as well as eighth-grade mathematics, and he proposed after-school teaching programs as well as a budget increase to finance 100,000 new teachers to reduce the size of school classes. Bill Clinton recognized that education was the best feasible investment in the future and in people. Bill Clinton succeeded in gaining consen.\nThis just reinforces what I knew years ago, your class was a very special group of young men and women. To continue to remember and to contribute to the education of our youth at Clinton High is such an honorable deed. Thank you Hoppy for the donation for the softball team. You guys are awesome! Thank you and your Class.we need all the help we can get. Please forward it on to everybody to tell them how much we appreciate the gift. This is absolutely wonderful! Linda S. Davis, Principal.\nTo create an art exhibit piece on an engaging, complex, and exciting character from a recent story you have read. The character can be either a main protagonist or a supporting character. The art piece should explore the character’s journey throughout the story by zooming into the somebody, wanted, but, so. What role do they play within the story – main protagonist, antagonist, mentor, comic sidekick, scapegoat? What is their status within the story? What is their motivation? What must they overcome?"}
{"text":"Puerto Rico had a swarm (or sequence) of earthquakes at the end of 2019 and the start of 2020. So far, the largest was a magnitude 6.4 on January 7, 2020. Since around December 28, there have been more than 1000 quakes in the region. Several researchers have made plots of the activity, posting on twitter, facebook and other social media.\nPablo Ampuero (@DocTerremoto) suggested I plot the east/west location of the quakes. Each dot is a quake, sized by the magnitude.\nI saw a great 3D visualization by Anthony Lomax. I can't make the same plot (yet?), but have started. I'm moving my 3D plot to another page.\nThis sequence is still far from over. Many persons in southwest Puerto Rico have lost their homes, or are afraid to enter them. If you want to help, please reach out to local organizations. I can recommend these two sites:"}
{"text":"Are you a dog or a cat person? Your answer may tell a lot about your personality, according to a University of Texas study.\nUT psychologist Sam Gosling found that those who call themselves \"dog people\" are more extraverted, more agreeable and more conscientious than self-described \"cat people.\"\nThose who prefer cats are more neurotic, but also more open than their canine-loving counterparts.\n\"This research suggests there are significant differences on major personality traits between dog people and cat people,\" Gosling said. \"Given the tight psychological connections between people and their pets, it is likely that the differences between dogs and cats may be suited to different human personalities.\"\nAs part of the research at the University of Texas, 4,565 volunteers were asked whether they were dog people, cat people, neither or both. The same group was given a 44-item assessment that measured them on the so-called Big Five personality dimensions psychologists often use to study personalities.\nAccording to the findings:\n- Forty-six percent of respondents described themselves as dog people, while 12 percent said they were cat people. Almost 28 percent said they were both and 15 percent said they were neither.\n- Dog people were generally about 15 percent more extraverted, 13 percent more agreeable and 11 percent more conscientious than cat people.\n- Cat people were generally about 12 percent more neurotic and 11 percent more open than dog people."}
{"text":"How does the UK recession and recovery compare to other countries, both recently and in previous times?\n“In common use almost every word has many shades of meaning, and therefore needs to be interpreted by the context.”\n- Alfred Marshall,‘Principles of Economics’\nJust like words, data points must be placed in context to be properly understood. And giving meaning to data is the basic goal of data visualisation.\nThis visualisation attempts to contextualise the key data points relating to the UK’s most recent recession. Specifically, the visualisation compares the 2008 recession to recessions in other countries and to past recessions in the UK.\nThe visualisation provides several insights:\nAn historical echo: The lower panel shows that the most recent recession resembles a recession that took place 100 years earlier, in 1908; it triggered a similar sized fall in GDP and was accompanied by a similar lacklustre recovery in productivity. The 1908 recession also came from a financial crisis, the \"Panic of 1907\", which originated in the US.\nGlobal triggers: The lower panel shows that, consistent with the recent crisis, the most severe recessions in the UK have all been triggered by global events. Specifically, the largest falls in GDP came after WW1 and WW2, and during the Great Depression. One key difference between these and the 2008 crisis is that prices have exhibited greater stability in the most recent recession."}
{"text":"A supplement providing a snapshot of the latest developments in chemical biology\nMonitoring protein expression in fruit flies\n27 February 2006\nThe impact of temperature on protein expression in fruit flies can now be studied using a microfluidic device thanks to chemists from the US.\n'Biochemical processes are sensitive to small differences in environmental temperature,' said Ismagilov. The rates of protein expression were disrupted depending on which area of flow a given part of the embryo was exposed to. The temperature affected the order in which proteins were expressed within the Drosophila embryo. This was visible on the embryo itself as a striped or banded patterning following staining for the protein in question. The bands formed on the warm side of the embryo first.\nThe laminar flow was visualised by labelling the streams with ink or fluorescent microspheres to verify the existence of a temperature gradient. The heat difference was confirmed using a suspension of liquid crystals, which responded to changes in temperature.\n'The microfluidic platform could prove useful in understanding the dynamics of biochemical methods as they respond to changes in temperature' said Ismagilov.\nMichael J Spencelayh"}
{"text":"One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.\nRelating to a style of ornate capital letter used to start a verse, paragraph, etc., in a manuscript, typically built up by inking between pen strokes and with long, rather flat serifs.\nA versal letter.\n- ‘Many of the versals are made with a quill pen and red and blue ink instead of a brush.’\n- ‘Versals were large letters used at the beginning of verses and paragraphs, and they came to be called versals.’\n- ‘Use versals in the beginning of a sentence, use punctuation, and commas where appropriate.’\n- ‘Come see how she has rendered these vibrant contemporary versals, and welcome her to our Guild.’\n- ‘The fine lines around the versals on this page were also the doing of the illuminator.’\nLate 19th century: from Latin vers- ‘turned’ + -al, influenced by verse.\nIn this article we explore how to impress employers with a spot-on CV."}
{"text":"Graveyard / Cemetery\nThe graveyard surrounding the church was the first public cemetery in Richmond and it holds significant historical interest. Many people important to Richmond and Virginia are buried here, including George Wythe, who not only signed the Declaration of Independence, but also taught the law to Thomas Jefferson, Chief Justice John Marshall, and Henry Clay.\npeople of interest\nGov. John Page\nElizabeth Arnold Poe\nElizabeth Van Lew\nThomas Wilson White\nHow many people are buried at St John's?\nWe believe there are about 1300 souls buried here at St. John's. As the first public cemetery in Richmond, we have some of the oldest residents in the area.\nWhy do some gravestones look like picnic tables? (They are not!)\nThe original cemetery had no gates and area livestock roamed freely. Table top graves were used to protect graves from livestock, dogs, hogs, and even thieves. They also gave a large space on which to honor the deceased, so it may indicate that the person was important.\nWhat do the symbols on the stones represent?\nGravestone symbols are fascinating. Our gravestones have many of the most commonly seen symbols, including the heart, the hand, the willow, and the urn."}
{"text":"Purchases made through links earn us a small commission, at no extra cost to you.\nBanff may be world famous for its breathtaking mountains and glistening blue lakes, but it was a small cave and its thermal waters that spurred the creation of Canada’s first national park, Banff, in 1885.\nCave and Basin is the lowest of nine natural hot springs on Sulphur Mountain, its water bubbling up from 3 km underground. The cave is not very big (but not claustrophobic either) and there is a small viewing area where you can sit and watch the turquoise water sparkle. I was so mesmerized by the colours and rock formations that we probably spent way too much time inside the cave. For the next few hours afterwards, we could still smell the scent of sulphur in our hair and clothes!\nBesides the cave, there is plenty more to see at Cave and Basin National Historic Site including exhibits about Banff’s past and Canada’s national parks. Outside you can admire a steaming thermal water basin, see the deck where a pool used to be and take a stroll along a boardwalk crossing over marshland."}
{"text":"Chapter 4, Mishna 4, 5\nThree multi-home courtyards in a row can establish a joint eruv by depositing food in a basket in one of the homes in the middle courtyard. If the outer courtyards make separate arrangements with the inner courtyard, however, AND they split the two food deposits into separate baskets, no one can carry anywhere on Shabbos. Why? One who is heading home as Shabbos is about to start, and he knows 1) his house is 4000 cubits aways and 2) there’s a particular tree 2000 cubits away in the road home, can declare his Shabbos dwelling “is beside the trunk of the tree,” and he’ll be able to walk home on Shabbos. But if he says his home is “under the tree” he won’t. Why?"}
{"text":"Definition of foundry in English:\nnoun (plural foundries)\nA workshop or factory for casting metal.\n- However, there is more to manufacturing than the industries which once provided the bulk of the jobs in mills, factories and foundries.\n- Created by pouring molten metal directly on the foundry's concrete floor, each panel is unique.\n- There are 70 metal foundries in greater Sao Paulo, employing more than 50,000 workers.\nWords that rhyme with foundryCowdrey • Rowntree\nDefinition of foundry in:\n- British & World English dictionary\nWhat do you find interesting about this word or phrase?\nComments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed.\nMost popular in the US\nMost popular in the UK\nMost popular in Canada\nMost popular in Australia\nMost popular in Pakistan"}
{"text":"Skip to content\nOk, so I can read stained glass, I can read art, I can (now) read Korean…. Well I can also learn how to read a rug – I mean tapestry.\nThe Bayeux Tapestry is a 224.3 foot (68.4 meter) long embroidered cloth that depicts events leading up to the Norman conquest of England (and the conquest itself)\nIt’s annotated in Latin\nEarliest known written reference is a 1476 inventory of the Bayeux Cathedral\nthe origins have been the subject of speculation and controversy\nFrench legend: the tapestry was commissioned and created by Queen Matilda, William the Conqueror’s wife, and her ladies-in-waiting (there are other theories and legends about the construction, as well).\nPlot summary: Two combatants – English Anglo-Saxon, Harold Godwineson and King of England and the Normans, William the Conqueror\nWilliam- title and warrior at age 19\nCaptured the English crown in 1066 at age 38 – always in battle\nBattle of Hastings – October 4, 1066\nEnglish on foot, Norman on horses\nHarold’s death scene: arrow in his eye or spear through chest or legs cut off\nHis death causes the remaining troops to flee and resulting in a Norman victory\nThe tapestry is from a Norman view point which may result in biased or skewed depictions"}
{"text":"In the designer, developers can use drag-and-drop to rearrange the tabs within a RadRibbonBar. Similarly, drag-and-drop can also be used to rearrange the RibbonBar groups within a tab, the button groups within a group, elements within a group or within a button group, and so forth.\nTo rearrange the tabs using drag-and-drop, grab a tab by holding the mouse button down when the mouse is positioned over the tab. Then, move the mouse to the position where you want the tab to be placed and then release the mouse button.\nWhen dragging from left-to-right, the tab is inserted to the right of the tab onto which you drop it. When dragging from right-to-left, the tab is inserted to the left of the tab onto which you drop it.\nThe image below shows the mouse grabbing the First Tab tab.\nThe mouse is positioned over the Second Tab tab, as shown below. When the mouse button is released, the First Tab tab is dropped onto the Second Tab tab.\nThe image below shows the tab in its new position. Note that the dragged tab is inserted to the right of the Second Tab tab because it was dragged from left-to-right.\nDrag-and-drop can be used to rearrange other items (RibbonBar groups within a tab, button groups within a RibbonBar group, and so on). The steps are the same as those outlined for dragging-and-dropping tabs within the RibbonBar.\nFor example, suppose you want to reposition the three RibbonBar groups of the Second Tab tab so that RibbonBar Group 1 is to the left of RibbonBar Group 3. The top image shows the mouse grabbing the group. The second image shows dragging the group and the last one shows the result of the operation."}
{"text":"The Renaissance is known for being a time for rebirth of knowledge, art, and music. The printing press allowed most of the renewing to occur along with some well known characters. Music during the Renaissance was used for dancing and mainly pure enjoyment. During the 1400's through the 1600's we see the most changes \"in styles of composing, methods of disseminating music, new musical genres, and the development of musical instruments\" The purpose of this blog is to look at how music was changed during the Renaissance and how it affects us in our world today.\nA major change during the Renaissance within the area of music was the amount of support. music during the Renaissance was extremely supported, more so than it had been in almost any other era. One of the reasons for this was the amount of wealth within many dynasties and families.\nA huge advancement in music during the Renaissance was the Printing Press. Along with this, came many well known composers. Josquin Desprez was one of the most important composers during this period. Giovanni Perlugi de Palestrina was another well known composer who wrote simpler melodies for the church so the music didn't over power the text.\nMany instruments came to familiarity during the Renaissance. The instrumental music brought about many changes. The instruments included the lute, viol, crumhorn, rackett, sackbut (early trombone) and the trumpet. Up until the 16Th century the voices were considered much more important than the instruments, the Renaissance changed that. Composers were more eager to write music for the instruments rather than the voices.\nIn conclusion the Renaissance brought about many changes to the arts, many in music. The changes made during that era affects us in our era now. Many familiar and not so familiar names are still known today along with many improvements."}
{"text":"Here are some steps to help you stop wood from splitting!\n1Choose a suitable wood if you are building a project. Tight-grained hardwoods that are seasoned or kiln-dried are less likely to split than green woods or softwoods.Ad\n2Work the wood so that the grain runs its longest direction along the length of your project, rather than cutting the wood diagonally or across the grain.\n3Seal the wood with boiled linseed oil or sanding sealer as soon as possible after you are finished shaping the work.\n4Use an exterior sealer for lumber used in building handrails, decks, or other outdoor building products to reduce expansion and contraction during rain/sunny weather changes.\n5Reduce exposure to direct sunlight where rapid drying can cause the wood to split if possible.\n6During a curing period for green woods, stack the wood so that even drying will occur. You may also paint the ends of larger lumber or even logs so the internal moisture evaporates more slowly.\n7Consider using knotty or burl woods since the uneven, gnarly, or crooked grains are not as prone to cracking as are straight grains.Ad\nWe could really use your help!\ncooking with tuna?\n- Use well-seasoned or kiln dried lumber if cracks are not desired in your building project.\n- Store lumber during curing where minimal moisture is expected and protect it from wood-eating insects."}
{"text":"The colonizers were often represented through institutional functions as a doctor, police officer, policeman or judge. But African humor, the characters keep black skin and hands in his pockets.\nMeaning of the Colon : Term for sculptures created in the context of syncretic cults during the colonial era, and which are the expression of a debate on colonialism. The settlers are a class of persons to whom the artists or their sponsors have been constantly confronted in their daily life: colonial administrators, soldiers, traders, missionaries. The term has its origin in the French emigrants forced expatriation in particular because of their precarious economic situation and qualified so pejorative – settlers – (farmer – sharecroppers) by their more fortunate compatriots.\nShowing all 14 results"}
{"text":"It feels like we were literally just celebrating the new year, right? February is right around the corner and we literally just discovered that January is National Thank You Month.\nWell, according to Tracy Packiam Alloway, Ph.D., director of the Center for Memory and Learning in the Lifespan at the University of Stirling, UK, there are a few reasons why we should give back to the community by showing thanks.\n1. It boosts dopamine. In her Psychology Today blog, she wrote, “Did you know that giving of your time or volunteering can release the same feel-good sensation as eating chocolate or a candy bar. Dopamine is the feel-good chemical that is linked with pleasurable experiences, such as enjoying a good meal or spending time with a close friend.”\nAnd apparently brain scans have demonstrated an actual surge of dopamine when people give or volunteer time, better known in the biz as “the helper’s high.” (Sidebar: It’s no wonder why many companies promote volunteerism — we can only wonder how the helper’s high transforms itself to boost productivity back at work.)\n2. Motives matter. As she pointed out in her piece, giving back to the community may seem pretty selfless on the surface but people do it for different reasons. Maybe it’s to get out of the house, meet new people or feel good doing things to help others but one study indicated people who volunteer to help others live longer than people who don’t volunteer!"}
{"text":"Economist, famous for his Essay on the Principle of Population (1798). Perhaps because of the Utilitarian climate of the times, his theory that population when unchecked would increase geometrically while food production could increase only arithmetically had tremendous influence. It followed logically from his thesis that people would rapidly outstrip the supply of food, and since birth control was immoral, only wars, famine, plague, and poverty made it possible for human life to continue. The Philosophical Radicals (the Utilitarians) and most especially many of the factory owners of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries combined this theory with the laissez-faire economics of David Ricardo and James Mill and the utilitarian calculus of Jeremy Bentham (and their own self-interest) to argue that increasing the comforts of the poor did them no favor: short-term comfort would rapidly give way to long-term misery.\nUltimately more important was the influence that Malthus had on Charles Darwin's Origin of Species (1859). When transferred from humankind to the natural world, Malthus' theory provided Darwin with the basis for his idea of natural selection, which he believed to be the mechanism by which some species and individuals survive while others do not. This essentially Malthusian explanation distinguishes Darwin's work from that of earlier evolutionists like Chambers, Cuvier, and his grandfather Erasmus Darwin.\nLast modified 16 February 2008"}
{"text":"It is in the nature of learning that at times children will need support to reach their potential, whether that support takes the form of educational, emotional or social help. We pride ourselves on our pastoral care, helping the children to realise their full potential through using their strengths and an understanding of areas of weakness. Building self-confidence and self-awareness lies at the heart of all we do.\nOur experienced and trained learning support team work closely with the class teachers to develop strategies and programmes to both support and enrich the children. We provide training for all staff to develop both an understanding of specific learning difficulties as well as strategies to support children within the classroom and school.\nIf required, our team will provide 1-1 Additional Tuition lessons, where a trained and experienced member of staff will work with the child on a specialised programme, often using multi-sensory methods, to target the areas of need. The programmes and progress are both reviewed regularly with parents. We also work with a range of outside specialists such as Educational Psychologists, Speech and Language Therapists and Occupational Therapists.\nWe have a number of interventions, in the form of groups and clubs, which support the children. These include:\n- Booster groups for English, mathematics and reading\n- Handy Club and Activities Club both address muscle strength and co-ordination\n- Logical Games Club to develop lateral thinking skills\n- Weekly problem solving groups.\nDifferentiated teaching methods are used within the classroom to ensure that all children are both challenged and stimulated to reach their potential. The children are not only challenged academically, but also in the areas of Sport, Music, Drama, Information Technology and Art and Design Technology. There are a number of opportunities for the children to develop their talents, including:"}
{"text":"A spring bloom of phytoplankton lingered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Iceland in early June, 2014. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image on June 5. At that time, swirling jewel tones of a vast bloom were visible between banks of white clouds.\nAccording to the Icelandic Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture, phytoplankton blooms around Iceland usually occur in early spring and fall. The spring bloom is driven by longer daylight and the warming of surface layers. This leads to stratification of the waters, and allows the phytoplankton to stay in the surface layer and reproduce. By summer the huge numbers of phytoplankton in the blooms decreases nutrients, and the numbers of the organisms begins to plummet."}
{"text":"Burgoyne Diller: The Third Dimension features important sculpture and wall reliefs as well as drawings for three-dimensional works spanning Diller’s entire creative career. Burgoyne Diller is recognized as among the most significant and influential twentieth-century artists devoted to geometric abstraction. As early as the 1930s, he was regarded as a leader of the avant-garde in American art and a forefather of the 1960s minimalist movement.\nUpon exploring Burgoyne Diller’s oeuvre, it is apparent that the third dimension was a lifelong obsession which played a significant role in his creative process. Surprisingly, though, the sculptural aspect of Diller’s art has not been sufficiently examined and, as a result, there are misconceptions of Diller as a principally two dimensional artist following in the tradition of Piet Mondrian. This exhibition illustrates Diller’s ongoing preoccupation and extraordinary accomplishments in the realm of sculpture.\nDuring the early 1930s, Burgoyne Diller studied at the Art Students League. In 1934, he was employed as an easel painter by the Public Works of Arts Project (PWAP). In 1935, he was appointed Director of the New York City WPA/FAP Mural Division and in 1937, was a founding member of the American"}
{"text":"Defines search engines and directories. Explains how to construct a search strategy and Boolean logic. Reviews several popular search engines.From University of South Carolina Beaufort.\nDefines the Internet, World Wide Web and browsers. Explains search engines and how they work. Tips on evaluating web sites.\nTutorials from the University at Albany, SUNY, cover basic Internet information, search engines, subject directories, and browers, and evaluatiion of Internet resources.\nExplains how the web works, its history and how to get connected. Also contains information on search tools and e-mail."}
{"text":"Serinus Canaria Domestica\nThe Domestic Canary, often simply known as the canary, (Serinus canaria forma domestica) is a domesticated form of the wild Canary, a small songbird in the finch family originating from the Macaronesian Islands (Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands).\nCanaries were first bred in captivity in the 17th century. They were brought over by Spanish sailors to Europe. This bird became expensive and fashionable to breeding in courts of Spanish and English kings. Monks started breeding them and only sold the males (which sing). This kept the birds in short supply and drove the price up. Eventually Italians obtained hens and were able to breed the birds themselves. This made them very popular and resulted in many breeds arising and the birds being bred all over Europe.\nHabitat & Food:\nGreens are a staple, such as chickweed, seedy (lawn type) grass heads, dandelion, carrot, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and apple. There are many recipes for soft food that include ingredients such as hard boiled egg, gelatin, bread crumbs, or biscuit crumbs. A protein-rich soft food, together with sprouted seed, is the fundamental diet of canary chicks."}
{"text":"LORI DUNN SCRATCHBOARD ART\npromoting conservation through artistic efforts\nWhat is Scratchboard?\nScratchboard art is a form of direct engraving on a specially prepared board. The boards consists of three layers of material. The base is hardboard that has a layer of white kaolin clay applied to it. The clay is then sanded smooth and a layer of black ink is applied over top. The image is etched one “scratch” at a time using an extremely fine tool such as a scalpel or exacto blade. The black is removed to reveal the white clay beneath.\nThese clayboard engravings are considered by many artists to be one of the most difficult of mediums to master. It takes a very steady hand to maintain the correct pressure required to etch each fine line to a particular depth. Mistakes are not easily corrected – they cannot be erased or painted over! It is one of the only forms of two dimensional media that is subtractive as material is removed rather than added. Artists must work in reverse of classical artistic training in that they are rendering highlighted areas only. Tonal variations are acheived by the depth of etching as well as how much surface area is removed.\nMany hours are spent on each scratchboard artwork and they may take months to complete. Lori Dunn uses professional grade clayboards that are completely archival, of museum quality and highly resistant to fading from sunlight. Finished works are sprayed with a UV resistant varnish to further protect the image.\nScratchboard produces unique works of art with a level of realism and detail that is unsurpassed by many other media. The absorbent clay can be coloured afterwards using specialized inks or paints but many people, like myself, prefer the simplicity and beauty of the black and white image.\nPhotos courtesty of Stewart Stick"}
{"text":"“Adaptation is critical for Belize. Global warming has increased the number and intensity of coral bleaching episodes resulting in irreparable harm to our reefs. The marine resources that rely on the ecosystem provided by the largest barrier reef in the western hemisphere are feeling these effects and are either declining or migrating to more hospitable environments. Sea level rise is increasing erosion on the mainland and many of our offshore islands, “ Belize’s Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Sustainable Development, Lisel Alamilla said Thursday.\nSpeaking at the high-level session, she said during the annual spring tides, the municipal airport in Belize City is inundated twice a day rendering the airport inoperable and disrupting domestic air transport.\n“This is a new phenomenon for us. Droughts and heat waves are adversely affecting agriculture and poultry production and threatening our food security. Intense rainfall episodes which are now occurring annually are disrupting transportation, washing away bridges and undermining roads,” she said adding that adaptation comes at a great cost to her country.\nIf the international community fails to undertake ambitious actions to limit global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius, the impacts of climate change to Belize will be significantly greater and more extensive, she told delegates attending the conference.\nBelize is also prepared to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions which at last inventory shows that over 95% of emissions came from the land use and forestry sectors. Belize has the highest percent of natural forest cover in the Mesoamerican region.\nOver a 30 year period from 1998 to 2010, historic baseline of forest cover loss was estimated at an annual rate of 0.6 percent but the past two years has seen a significant increase in deforestation rate.\nTo mitigate this threat, Alamilla said the government is adopting policy measures for responsible land-use and development.\nLinda Hutchinson-Jafar is Editor of Earth Conscious Magazine"}
{"text":"Java / Java Multithreading\nWhat is Thread Group in Java?\nThreadGroup is a class that provides information about a thread group. It helps to get the list of active threads in a thread group and to set the uncaught exception handler for the thread.\nEver since setUncaughtExceptionHandler (UncaughtExceptionHandler e) was added in Java 1.5, it serves the purpose to set exception handler and ThreadGroup becomes obsolete and no longer used.\nMore Related questions..."}
{"text":"Is Sustainability Our Mission?\nPope Francis released his encyclical, Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, during the spring of 2015, calling people of the world together to enact “swift and unified global action” to counter environmental degradation. Sustainability, in its most basic definition, means the ability to continue on indefinitely. For humans, it typically means to live in a manner that is cognizant of the interconnectedness of economy, society and environment.\nSustainability is an urgent institutional focus for Niagara University. In 2012, NU signed the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, which formalizes the university’s plan to eliminate the campus’ net emissions of greenhouse gases. The sustainability effort is also about education, and NU has integrates sustainability into its freshman seminar, “Niagara University Beginnings.” During this course, students are assigned to read and evaluate selections from this important papal document, Laudato Si’.\nOn Nov. 18, 2015, faculty and staff from several Niagara University departments joined the Rev. James J. Maher, C.M., NU's president, to discuss sustainability from a number of perspectives. Nearly 100 students attended the forum in order to learn more about how global sustainability initiatives impact the Niagara campus and what steps the university is taking to address sustainability.\nNiagara University, which offers a major in environmental studies, has been lauded numerous times for its dedication to sustainability. It is annually featured in The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges and its B. Thomas Golisano Center for Integrated Sciences earned a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification – Gold Rating from the United States Green Building Council."}
{"text":"NASA launches rockets from Virginia to study upper level jet stream\nPublished 12:00 am, Tuesday, March 27, 2012\nATLANTIC, Va. -- After several delays, NASA has launched five rockets from Virginia that are part of a study of the upper level jet stream.\nThe rockets began blasting off just before 5 a.m. Tuesday from NASA's space center on Wallops Island. Bad weather had postponed other planned launches last week.\nThe Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment (ATREX) will help scientists understand the jet stream, which is located 60 to 65 miles above Earth's surface.\nAfter launching, the rockets released a chemical tracer to form white clouds that allowed scientists and the public to visualize the winds.\nA NASA news release says the launches and clouds were reportedly seen from as far south as Wilmington, N.C.; west to Charlestown, W.Va.; and north to Buffalo, N.Y."}
{"text":"Coues’ Rice Rat or Oryzomys couesi is a semi-aquatic rat that occurs between north-western Colombia, Central America, Mexico, and southern-most Texas. This rat was first scientifically described in 1977 by Edward Alston.\nCoues' Rice Rat amongst vegetation\nCoues’ Rice Rat is a large – medium sized rat that can have a head to body length of about 98 – 142 mm. It weighs about 43 – 82 grams. It has coarse fur that is reddish to buff, but the colour of the fur becomes paler towards its sides. Its underparts are buff to white. Compared to the marsh rice rat, it has shorter and brighter fur. Coues’ Rice Rat also has a long tail that is brown above and white or light brown below. Its feet are stout and long, and there are ungual tufts present on its digits.\nThis rodent is usually found in wet habitats. These habitats include shrubland, drier forests, and marshes. At night time, it builds nests constructed of vegetation which are suspended amongst reeds that are about a metre above the ground. As it can be found in wet habitats, it comes as no surprise that Coues’ Rice Rat is a good diver and swimmer. However, it can also climb in vegetation. It is an omnivore which eats insects and seeds.\nTwo Central American rodents - Coues' Rice Rat is at the top\nAccording to the IUCN, the Coues’ Rice Rat is categorised as being of “Least Concern” because it is a common species that can be found in many protected areas. However, drainage of wetlands and the destruction of its habitat may threaten some of the Coues’ Rice Rat’s population. However, in many areas it is so common that it is considered a plague."}
{"text":"Glossário de tapetes orientais\n<< Voltar para o glossário\nPakistan was declared an independent state through the \"Independence Act\" of August 14, 1947 by which the India of the Muslims has been seperated from the India of the Hindus. Pakistan's West is bordering on Iran und Afghanistan, its North on Afghanistan and India (Kashmir), its East on India and its South on the Arabische Sea. In 712 Islam came into the area of Pakistan. In the 11th century Lahore became a significant Islamic center. Under the Moguls Akbar, his grandson Jahangir and Jahangir's art-loving wife Nur-Jahan (meaning \"Light of the World) Lahore gained further cultural and economic importance. Nur-Jahan was mainly responsible for the accruement and the development of the carpet culture and production. Inspired by the Indo-Persian carpet culture an independent style has emerged: the \"Mogul-Rugs\". Also in the South of the country, in Karachi and Peshavar, high quality rugs have been made. Despite Pakistan's introduction of the decimal system in 1976 it is still common to measure the fineness of Pakistani rugs in knots per inch. Pakistani rugs are mostly made with the Persian Senneh knot. Altogether one can say about Pakistani rugs that they are often being underrated in their quality and that the value for money is often better than with Persian rugs."}
{"text":"How is a beach built up? Of course we know that the Ogunquit River helps feed the sand off shore as the tide goes out.\nWith the sand offshore, what happens next? This diagram shows how the sand moves in the water, on the beach and behind the beach.\nLarge waves occasionally move sand towards the beach and when they do, they move large quantities.\nCloser to the beach the sand movement is an every day affair and in the breaker zone huge quantities are moved almost every hour. As waves move sand towards the beach, gravity and back-wash move some of it back again.\nGradually, more sand is deposited on the beach, although in big storms, the large waves and rain can take a lot of beach sand back out in the ocean where the process can begin slowly begin again.\nNext time you walk on the beach, think about this process that has given us one of the finest beaches in Maine."}
{"text":"The first ever trial of self-driving cars on Britain’s busy roads will take place later this year.\nResearchers from the Oxford University have been working with Japanese multinational automaker Nissan on the technology and have already tested a car on a private road in a science park.\nTrials will soon take place on lightly used rural and suburban roads, The Telegraph reported.\nScientists have adapted a robot car, which is capable of running on a predetermined familiar route, although the driver can reassert control by tapping on the brakes. The trials of the driver-less cars and a pledge to pump another 500 million pounds into electric vehicles are the cornerstone of the U.K. government’s strategy. Internet search giant Google has already tested driver-less cars on 1,60,934 kilometres of roads in San Francisco, the report said.\nThese cars have been left to drive themselves using cameras, radar and laser sensors."}
{"text":"President Donald Trump signed two proclamations Monday, Dec. 4, dividing the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante national monuments and reducing them in size.\nThe move was expected, after Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke conducted a review of all presidential monument designations dating to the Clinton Administration.\nBears Ears National Monument\nZinke did not recommend any monuments be rescinded. Instead, he recommended some be reduced in size to more closely align with the American Antiquities Act of 1906, which grants presidents designation authority.\nThe Antiquities Act limits the area of new monuments to \"to the smallest area compatible with proper care and management of the objects to be protected.\"\nThe AMA believes that previous presidents overstepped their authority under the act and designated much larger swathes of land as monuments, sometimes encompassing millions of acres. Such sweeping designations may jeopardize opportunities for responsible motorized recreation.\nUnder the president's plan, Bears Ears National Monument will be modified to two units named Shash Jáa, Navajo for Bears Ears, and Indian Creek, encompassing a total of 228,784 acres of land.\nBears Ears was originally designated by President Barack Obama in 2016 to encompass nearly 1.5 million acres, including a patchwork of federal, state and private land.\nGrand Staircase Escalante National Monument will be modified to three units encompassing a little more than 1 million acres. Grand Staircase was originally designated in 1996 by President Bill Clinton.\nPresidents have modified the boundaries to remove lands from monuments 18 times in the past. The most significant reduction occurred in 1915 when President Woodrow Wilson halved Mount Olympus National Monument, which is now a national park."}
{"text":"Utah is famous for its paleontological resources. Nearly 300 different species of dinosaur have been discovered from the state of Utah and most of them are from BLM-administered lands. The BLM has a mandate to protect and interpret heritage resources (including scientifically significant paleontological resources).\nWe are currently undergoing a renaissance in the discovery, research, and interpretation of fossils from Utah.\nBelow, click on the various districts (West Desert, Green River, Color Country, Canyon Country, or Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument) to find out more about paleontology in that area."}
{"text":"Cloud Computing is the internet-based storage for files, applications, and infrastructure. One could say cloud computing has been around for many years, but now a company may buy or rent space for their daily operations.\nThe cost savings in implementing a cloud system is substantial, and the pricing for use of cloud computing can easily be scaled up or down as determined by necessity.\nData theft is when someone takes data that is stored on another’s computer or data storage unit. A large part of company business communications and property is stored as data, so data theft is on the rise.\nEmployers must keep a vigilant eye on the decisions of the state and federal courts in regard to the monitoring of their employees. Otherwise they risk violating privacy rights and this can be a costly mistake.\nFor the purpose of this web site, data storage is the saving of any data that may be made and stored electronically. Some examples of data storage are the following: an e-mail that is typed on your computer and saved to your Google account, a contract that is saved to a thumb drive or USB, or pictures that are saved to the hard drive of your computer.\nPage last modified August 20, 2014"}
{"text":"The meaning of PERSONALITY in the English language\nPersonality – A collection of visual features as well as embodiment of various qualities.\nDistinct characteristics formed by emotional, social, mental, and physical aspects of an individual.\nTeSynonyms – Charm, nature, self, temper, complexion, emotions, identityst\nExamples and Usage:\nBecause of Hollywood, there are so many famous personalities living in California now.\nI like his personality a lot and he also reminds me of my brother.\nBefore people get married, it is important that they make sure their personalities match well together.\nAs it happens, your personality and charisma made a significant impact on my life.\nLearn and improve your English with ENG45.com"}
{"text":"|Target Audience:||Perl programmers from all disciplines who are familiar with the basics of Perl's control flow, string handling, and simple data structures (scalars, arrays, hashes).|\nThis full-day tutorial will introduce beginner and intermediate Perl programmers to the full functionality of Perl's regular expressions.\nThe morning sessions explore the principles and mechanisms underlying all Perl regular expressions. You'll see how the highly compact syntax of Perl patterns controls a built-in pattern-matching \"engine\", and learn how to design and construct Perl regexes to drive that engine efficiently. We'll also look at the four principal uses of regexes in Perl, discussing a number of uniquely Perlish regex \"idioms\". By lunch time, Perl's regexes will no longer seem like a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in line-noise.\nIn the afternoon we will look at the more advanced and powerful features of Perl regular expressions such as code embedding, user- defined assertions, regex recursion, and backtracking control. These high-end features are not covered in most Perl textbooks or classes, yet understanding and being able to apply them is essential when dealing with large, real world data sets. During the class we will work through several everyday, yet challenging, problems in information processing and see how the Perl's regular expression mechanism can be tamed and harnessed to solve them. By the end of the day, the full (and surprising) power of Perl's regular expression will be at your command.\nCopyright 2001-2013 Perl Training Australia. Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.org"}
{"text":"Step 4: Read and complete the decision guide to learn more about your symptoms.\nShortness of Breath in Infants and Children\nYour child may feel short of breath because he feels anxious or has panic attacks. Try to figure out what might be causing stress in your child's life, either at home or school. Talk this over with your spouse or family members. Speak with your child's teachers and ask whether there are any problems at school.\nCall your pediatrician if your child's these symptoms last for more than a few hours, are happening often, or seem to be getting worse. Your pediatrician may suggest counseling for your child if his shortness of breath is caused by stress or anxiety.\nPlease provide feedback to help us improve the Drugs.com Symptom Checker."}
{"text":"What Are Pack Rats? Commonly referred to as pack rats, woodrats are small rodents with hairy tails, fine fur, and large ears. They are named for their strange habit of gathering glass, jewelry, and ot her shiny objects to hoard in their nests. Do Pack Rats Hibernate? Woodrats are also known for their building skills. Their complex nests are created from sticks, bark, rocks, bones, leaves, and urine. These elaborate structures are needed because a pack rat doesn’t hibernate. The pests are active year-round, which is why they must insulate themselves when temperatures drop and keep food caches nearby. Pack Rat Damage Pack rat nests can become massive, foul-smelling homes for other pests like cockroaches, rats, and spiders. Additionally, pack rats may gnaw on wires and rip open furniture or pull apart carpets in search of nesting material. Exclusion & Prevention Rodent-proofing houses will generally keep these pests out. Homeowners should seal cracks and plug any gaps in screens, paying special attention to favorite spots like crawl spaces, basements, and attics. In order to safely remove a pack rat infestation, contact the professionals at Critter Control."}
{"text":"Date of Award\nBachelor of Science\nThe increasing importance of a knowledge of dielectric constants of substances is shown by the large number of measurements that have appeared in recent literature- Several methods have been used in making these measurements, but probably the most precise ate the methods based on the heterodyne beat principle. This apparatus is designed to measure substances that are non-conducting. The condition of constant capacitance in the measuring circuit is the principle of the apparatus and is detected by the beat note between a fixed crystal radio frequency oscillator and oscillations generated by a variable oscillator. Otto and Wenzke (6) have used this principle with extremely precision results. ~e condition of maintaining constant capacitance in the measuring circuit is the most commonly used method in such measurements.\nCzech, Francis Andrew, \"Measurement of dielectric constants\" (1944). Honors Theses. 1751."}
{"text":"Online Education Kit: Timeline: From Darwin and Mendel to the Human Genome Project\nNational Human Genome Research Institute\nNational Institutes of Health\nU.S. Department of Health and Human Services\nTimeline: From Darwin and Mendel to the Human Genome Project\nNavigate through this timeline of milestones in genetics, with more than 90 key events and discoveries. Read short, illustrated stories or find archival images and original scientific publications.\nTop of page\nLast Updated: March 5, 2016"}
{"text":"Reexaming the silver screen detective Charlie Chan. A new book looks at the caricature and the real-life man he was based on.\nHollywood’s Chinese caricature detective Charlie Chan was a big hit in the 1930s – with his “ah-so” aphorisms – and reviled a generation later as Exhibit A of anti-Asian racism on the big screen. A kind Stepin Fetchit in yellowface.\nNow, a mainland China-born, Chinese scholar immigrant to the USA is looking back at Charlie Chan and saying hold on, this guy’s kind of cool. And giving us the whole history of the Charlie Chan story.\nSome big Chinese Americans are not buying it. We’ll hear that, too. We’re looking again at the “honorable detective,” Charlie Chan.\nYunte Huang, professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His new book is “Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History.” You can read an excerpt.\nFrank Chin, Chinese-American author and playwright. He is considered one of the pioneers in Asian American theatre. His play “The Chickencoop Chinaman” was the first by an Asian-American to be produced on a major New York stage. He’s author of “Gunga Din Highway” and “Donald Duk.”"}
{"text":"The object of legal education is to equip the law student with virtues and skills necessary for a good lawyer such as Honesty, Courage, Industry, Wit, Eloquence, Judgement, and Fellowship. Thus the skills of Lawyers were used to help the poor and needy to pro9ve their lawful and truthful claims before courts of Law. Due to globalization today the Scope of Legal Education became a multi-faceted one. Therefore, a lawyer today cannot stop his work within the Court Hall. He has to perform his role both at the municipal as well as international levels. The growth of Science and technology widened the ambit of Legal education to new arenas such as Cyber Laws, Corporate Laws, Intellectual Property Rights, etc."}
{"text":"\"The water supply of more than 2 million Californians has been exposed to harmful levels of nitrates over the past 15 years -- a time marked by lax regulatory efforts to contain the colorless and odorless contaminant, a California Watch investigation has found.\nNitrates are now the most common groundwater contaminant in California and across the country.\nA byproduct of nitrogen-based farm fertilizer, animal manure, wastewater treatment plants and leaky septic tanks, nitrates leach into the ground and can be expensive to extract.\nThe problem affects both rural Californians and wealthier big-city water systems. State law requires public water systems to remove nitrates. Many rural communities, however, don't have access to the kind of treatment systems available in metropolitan areas.\nNitrates have been linked to 'blue baby syndrome,' which cuts off an infant's oxygen supply. Some studies have found connections to certain cancers in lab animals.\""}
{"text":"Michelangelo said: 'Drawing constitutes the fountainhead and substance of painting, sculpture and architecture and is the root of all science, let they who have attained the possession of this be assured that they possess a great treasure.' The Drawing Concentration focuses on the drawn mark as a vehicle unto itself as a means to define the students' conceptualization. Drawing is the shorthand of the artist as well as being manifested into highly refined renderings. This Concentration is dedicated to a full range of drawing experience through diverse vehicles. Drawing is a cornerstone of the artistic tradition. Used for preparatory sketches as well as for its own artistic merits, drawing captures a range of artistic impulses. Its range of possibilities is also enormous, for through drawing the artist can create fluid gestures, meticulous lines, figural studies, systems of perspective, and abstraction. The Drawing Concentration is dedicated to this full array of artistic experiences."}
{"text":"Views: 2 Author: Site Editor Publish Time: 2018-10-30 Origin: Site\nPolyolefin aluminum foil net is a new type of shading and covering material used in vegetables, flowers, medicinal plants and other crops. The use of polyolefin aluminum foil net to cover crops has created a special growth environment for crops and is conducive to cooling.\n1. Use season: After covering with polyolefin aluminum shade net in summer, it plays a role of light, rain, moisture, cooling; after covering in winter and spring, it has a certain effect of heat preservation and humidification.\n2. Manufacturing Principle: Two-needle dustproof net is made of polyethylene, high-density polyethylene, PE, PB, recycled materials, new materials, polyethylene-propylene and other raw materials, through ultraviolet stabilizer and anti-oxidation treatment, with strong tensile strength, aging resistance, corrosion resistance, radiation resistance, light and other characteristics.\n3. Usage: Mainly used in protective cultivation of vegetables, anemone, flowers, edible fungi, seedlings, medicinal materials, ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum and other crops and aquatic poultry breeding, etc. It has obvious effect on increasing yield."}
{"text":"This is a common skin disease in children.\nIt is so common that people have given it a few names:\n- Eczema (name most people use)\n- Atopic (a-top-ic) eczema\n- Atopic dermatitis\nTo avoid confusion, we’ll use the medical term atopic dermatitis.\nChildren often get atopic dermatitis (AD) during their first year of life. If a child gets AD during this time, dry and scaly patches appear on the skin. These patches often appear on the scalp, forehead, and face. These patches are very common on the cheeks.\nNo matter where it appears, AD is often very itchy. Infants may rub their skin against bedding or carpeting to relieve the itch.\nIn children of all ages, the itch can be so intense that a child cannot sleep. Scratching can lead to skin infection.\nBecause atopic dermatitis can be long-lasting, it is important to learn how to take care of the skin. Treatment and good skin care can alleviate much of the discomfort."}
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{"text":"Professor Jane Harding\nProfessor Jane Harding's research investigates how events and interventions during pregnancy, birth and the newborn period affect the health of mothers and babies.\nProfessor Jane Harding, is a neonatologist (Paediatrician who specialises in the care of newborn babies) and undertakes research with a multidisciplinary team of students, clinicians, scientists and support staff.\nThey are investigating how events and interventions during pregnancy, birth and the newborn period affect mothers’ health and babies’ growth, development, and long term health. Currently, one of her main areas of research is about blood sugar levels in newborn babies.\nHer team have conducted a world-first trial where they showed that dextrose gel massaged into the inside of a baby’s cheek can be used to treat hypoglycemia (low blood sugar levels), reducing the need for admission to intensive care for treatment on a drip. This has led to studying whether dextrose gel can be used to prevent hypoglycaemia in babies who are at risk, as well as studying the later outcomes of these babies, to determine at what levels hypoglycaemia should be treated to avoid brain injury, and if these interventions provide any significant benefits for later in childhood growth, development and educational achievement."}
{"text":"A Deeper and Wider Approach to Learning\nOur teachers share a common goal of teaching the standards we follow while understanding that each student may learn at different times and in different ways. In recent years, we have adopted new standards and frameworks in English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, and Science. You can learn more about New York State’s Next Generation Standards here.\nNew York State standardized test results show that students in Brooklyn and Queens Catholic elementary schools surpassed their public-school peers in the English language component with students earning a strong standing in Mathematics."}
{"text":"FAIRBANKS, Alaska - It's time once again for our Garden Report with Julie Riley from the Cooperative Extension Service. Tonight Julie will give you tips on how to plant beets for the upcoming summer.\nIt's time to finish up planting and this year I'd like you to give beets a chance. If you think that beets taste like Earth, you're right! Beets produce a substance called geosmin. Geosmin is also produced by a cell living bacteria that gives that characteristic earthy smell when you first turn over the soil in the spring.\nSo if this earthiness is something that you like, there are a couple of varieties that have more geosmin than others.\nThe candy striped giada and the other variety \"Bulls Blood\". You get these locally at the seed racks.\nNow, there's one critical piece of information that gardeners tend to overlook, and that is each beet seed is actually a cluster of more than one seed.\nSometimes it is difficult to tell that more than one plant has come up. So, one of these you are gently going to pull them apart, and one of these has got to go.\nSo this summer give beets a chance. You've got until the first part of July to put beets in the ground. Fill in any of those bare spots where you have harvested your arugula or radishes.\nI'm Julie Riley, join me next week for Garden Report when we talk about lilacs."}
{"text":"I’ve posted some specific resources for parents/guardians/caregivers here, including some really fabulous homework sites that move beyond using repetitive worksheets.\n1. Doing Mathematics With Your Child, A Parent Guide (Ontario Ministry of Education)\n2. Nelson Education Parent Centre – At-home activities and websites\n3. Everyday Mathematics (University of Chicago) – What an AMAZING website and project! Here parents can find twelve math units (Wow!) to work on with their children at home for each level from Pre-K to Grade 6. Units are broken down into several lessons and the concepts are taught online. Study links and answers to questions are provided as well.\n4. Making Math Magic at Home! (Queens University Faculty of Education, 2010) – Contains 124 pages of math activities to do at home with your child. There are even some activities in French at the end of the document!\n5. Figure this! Math Challenges for Families (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics)\n6. Math Online Dictionary – This online tool can be very helpful for both students and parents who are struggling to understand or remember the meaning of math terms and concepts.\n7. From Aplusmath.com (see topic links below) – Worksheets, games, flashcards and a homework helper! This is an excellent resource to strengthen number sense skills through guided practice. I especially like the homework helper feature because it explains and demonstrates step-by-step how to solve multi-digit computations (particularly helpful with those who struggle with long division)."}
{"text":"As the often unnoticed architect of a region's landscapes and terrains, climate shapes the way life and societies develop in any given area. Reflecting the aggregate weather patterns of a place, climate can vary drastically around the globe and can itself be impacted by human actions. The classification systems that have been developed to comprehend the different types of climatic activity and the incredible range of effects it can have on the planet are the subjects of this insightful volume.\nSeries: Introduction to Earth Science\nInterest Level: Grades 7-12\nGuided Reading Level: Z\nLexile Level: 1260\nISBN: 9781615305452 (E-book)"}
{"text":"The CDC says a good way to prevent the spread of the flu is by covering your nose when you cough or sneeze. Health officials say when people use proper \"respiratory etiquette,\" less people get infected.\nAlso, frequent hand washing is another good way to prevent the germs from spreading.\nwilx.com Extended Web Coverage\nWhat is it?\n- A cold is a viral infection.\n- It is caused by viruses known as rhinoviruses\n- The rhinovirus is a microscopic organism which invades the mucus cells of the nose.\n- As viruses are essentially genetic, this entails that they can also mutate.\n- There are now about 250 known rhinoviruses in the community, which means that there are about 250 colds flying around out there for you to catch.\nWhat are the current treatments?\n- From the early warning of the wet runny nose phase, immediate isolation must be sought.\nAll you can do is stock up on medicines that will only alleviate the symptoms caused by the irrevocable army of viral invasion.\nFrequent hand washing is also an essential part of combating the contracting of cold viruses.\nSource: http://www.commoncold.co.uk/page1.htm (Common Cold Web Site)"}
{"text":"Avaz FreeSpeech is a visually appealing and interactive app that guides its users to create grammatically correct sentences. FreeSpeech helps anyone with a language impairment practice and develop grammar skills. Drag and rearrange picture tiles, and FreeSpeech will convert them into a perfectly grammatical English sentence. Explore how tenses, sentence forms, parts of speech, and other grammatical properties change the structure of English — and it’s all visual!\nFreeSpeech is the perfect app for introducing a child to the complexities of English grammar, working with kids with language/speech/hearing impairments or individuals learning English from a second language.\nFreeSpeech is unique because it’s the only app in the world that predicts grammar. You can throw a bunch of picture tiles at it, and the app will automatically figure out a grammatically correct sentence from them.\nIt is possible to manipulate words, tenses and structure as if you were manipulating building blocks. You can even use a Spanish interface, so you throw Spanish words at it and it creates perfect English sentences.\nThe app lets teachers and learners model/recast/contrast various grammar rules pictorially, all the while speaking out correct English.\nWhile working with kids who have trouble speaking, App Developer Ajit Narayanan sketched out a way to think about language in pictures, to relate words and concepts in “maps.” The idea now powers the FreeSpeech app, which can help nonverbal people communicate. Check out Ajit’s TED Talk.\nClick on the link below for full review:"}
{"text":"Microsoft Research showed off some fascinating new technology concepts with three demo videos, two of which heavily integrate Kinect sensors. The projects include a 3D desktop concept, the IllumiShare remote sharing system, and the Holoflector augmented reality mirror, all of which can find diverse applications in gaming, education, and business.\nThe Kinect-integated 3D desktop involves a transparent display that folds up so that your hands lie on a keyboard behind the screen. Objects and graphics on the screen appear in a virtual 3-dimensional space in which your hands can virtually manipulate them from behind the screen. The system also tracks eye movement so that 3D objects appear correctly on the screen.\nThe IllumiShare is a virtual workspace system that looks like a simple desk lamp. It actually consists of both a camera and projector to simultaneously capture and project video. The challenge is for it to be able to differentiate between that which it has projected versus that which is physically present so that it does not re-project visuals in an infinite loop. The IllumiShare has many educational applications and it's best to see it in action for yourself in the video below.\nThe Holoflector features a transparent mirror that sits in front of an LCD screen so that users can see both their reflections as well as any virtual elements displayed on the screen behind the mirror. Using Kinect's sensors and motion capture capabilities, virtual reality elements can be combined with physical reality for a blended visual on the mirror."}
{"text":"Angry dad throws rocks at street-racing Lamborghini:0\nHONOLULU — Before Apollo astronauts went to the moon, they went to Hawaii to train on the Big Island’s lunar landscapes.\nNow, decades-old photos are surfacing of astronauts scooping up Hawaii’s soil and riding across volcanic fields in a “moon buggy” vehicle.\nThe Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems, a Hawaii state agency, is displaying the photos at its Hilo headquarters. Rob Kelso, the agency’s executive director, found the images at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.\nAstronauts from Apollo missions 13 through 17 trained in Hawaii as did some back up crews, Kelso said.\nSome training was on Mauna Kea volcano, where glacial runoff crushed and refined rock into power. Astronauts also trained on recent lava flows.\nToday, robots are tested on the Big Island for moon and Mars missions.\nIn recent years, engineers have tested technology to pull oxygen out of the island’s dirt, which is volcanic basalt like the Martian and lunar soil. Future missions could use this technology to extract oxygen from the land instead of taking it along. The oxygen could be used for breathing, to make fuel or for other purposes.\nKelso said scientists are also interested in testing robots at the Big Island’s lava tubes and lava tube skylight holes, which resemble similar formations recently spotted in high-definition images taken by satellites orbiting the moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars.\nLava tubes are tunnels made when lava forms a solid roof after flowing steadily in a confined area for hours. Skylight holes are formed when part of the tube breaks."}
{"text":"LEAD EXPOSURE, CRIME SEEM TO CORRELATE\nOctober 30, 2007\nFor decades, researchers have known that lead poisoning lowers children's IQs and puts them at risk for severe learning disabilities and more impulsive, sometimes violent behavior. New research increasingly suggests that lead also affects long-term juvenile and adult crime rates, says USA Today.\nAmong the most startling findings:\n- A pair of studies by economist Rick Nevin suggests the nation's violent-crime rate in the second half of the 20th century is closely tied to the widespread consumption of leaded gasoline.\n- According to Nevin, the trend lines match almost perfectly -- Leaded-gas use climbed in the 1940s and fell in the early 1970s; 23 years later, rates for violent crime followed in near unison.\n- Its gradual demise in the 1970s, he says, did more to stop violent crime among people who came of age in its wake than any social policy.\nBut Richard Rosenfeld, a criminologist at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, says there are many more factors to consider -- economic trends, incarceration policies and policing strategies, among others -- before researchers can tie long-term violence levels and lead so closely.\n\"There is probably a real correlation, but we simply don't know if there is a real causal connection,\" says Rosenfeld.\nSource: Greg Toppo, \"Lead exposure, crime seem to correlate,\" USA Today, October 30, 2007.\nBrowse more articles on Government Issues"}
{"text":"March 28 : Otago University scientists say that eating two Brazil nuts everyday may help reduce the risk of a wide range of conditions, including cancer and heart disease.\nProfessor Christine Thomson says that Brazil nuts may provide such beneficial health effects by helping maintain the levels of selenium, a trace mineral essential for producing antioxidant enzymes and other proteins that protect cells from damage.\nThe researcher, who led the first ever research into how much of the essential micronutrient people can obtain from Brazil nuts, pointed out that people in New Zealand generally had “marginal” selenium levels because the soil was deficient in selenium.\n“There is mounting evidence that a marginal selenium status can lead to an increased risk for a range of conditions, including cancer and cardiovascular disease,” stuff.co.nz quoted her as saying.\nDuring the study, described in the American Clinical Journal of Nutrition, 60 volunteers were divided into three groups — one ate two Brazil nuts a day, one received a 100 microgram selenium supplement, and one was given a placebo.\nAfter 12 weeks, the researchers observed a 64.2 per cent increase in the blood selenium concentrations among participants who ate Brazil nuts, compared with 61 per cent in the selenium supplement group.\nUpon measuring the activity levels of a key antioxidant, the researchers noted that the Brazil nut eaters’ levels went up by 13.2 per cent, compared with 5.3 per cent in the supplement group.\nThe study report says that research is underway to investigate the link between low selenium levels and higher rates of cancer and heart disease.\n“Kiwi farmers have been feeding selenium supplements to their cattle for years … but it’s only in the past few years that people have cottoned on to the fact it might be good for them too,” Wellington Nut Store co-owner David Upchurch said. (ANI)"}
{"text":"DAMIAN PEACH / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY DAMIAN PEACH / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY\nGlobular cluster NGC 362. Globular clusters are spherical groups of very old stars that are tightly bound by gravity and orbit a dense central core. They can contain over a million stars within a volume only a few hundred light years across. They formed billions of years ago, and are distributed in halos around many galaxies, including the Milky Way. NGC 288 is around 27,700 light years from Earth, in the constellation of Tucana. This image was obtained on 14 November 2015.\nModel release not required. Property release not required."}
{"text":"The world’s oldest petroglyphs have been found in Nevada, and scientists say the discovery has changed much of what we believed about early humans.\nThe oldest petroglyphs range between 10,000 and 15,000 years old, and we don’t know exactly how old the etchings discovered on limestone boulders near Pyramid Lake in northern Nevada are precisely.\nPreviously discovered petroglyphs were discovered in a similar dry lake bed in Oregon, and dated to be 7,600 years old. But Eugene Hattori, the curator of anthropology at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City, co-authored a paper on the oldest petroglyphs and says that the Nevada set is older — and illuminating:\n“We initially thought people 12,000 or 10,000 years ago were primitive, but their artistic expressions and technological expertise associated with these paints a much different picture.”\nRadiocarbon testing was used to date the oldest petroglyphs, and lead author Larry Benson says:\n“Whether they turn out to be as old as 14,800 years ago or as recent as 10,500 years ago, they are still the oldest petroglyphs that have been dated in North America.”\nDennis Jenkins, a University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History archaeologist, said the oldest petroglyphs haven’t conclusively been linked to any ancient peoples:\n“When you get back into this time period, if you speak with Native Americans they will tell you they were made there and that is obviously their people and their artwork. But approaching it from a scientific point of view — what we can prove — at this point, it is impossible to connect these to any tribal group.”\nThe oldest petroglyphs are described as less pictorial, and more geometric patterns."}
{"text":"Creator: Crotch, William, 1775-1847.\nDescription: Manual describing musical composition for beginners. The manual is divided in 9 chapters and includes 479 musical examples engraved in 59 pages at the end of the book, as well as four plates with figures (plate no. II appears at the beginning of the book. The musical examples cover the following subjects: scales, intervals (diatonic and chromatic) and their inversion, counterpoint rules, harmonic progressions, use of non-harmonic tones (suspensions, passing notes, appoggiaturas, and upper-lower neighbor. It also includes several examples taken from Handel's \"Dettingen Te Deum,\" \"Messiah,\" and from Haydn's oratorio \"Creation,\" among others.\nContributing Partner: UNT Music Library"}
{"text":"As mentioned previously, a barrel of crude oil has a mixture of all sorts of hydrocarbons in it. Oil refining separates everything into useful substances. Chemists use the following steps:\n- The oldest and most common way to separate things into various components (called fractions), is to do it using the differences in boiling temperature. This process is called fractional distillation. You basically heat crude oil up, let it vaporize and then condense the vapor.\n- Newer techniques use Chemical processing on some of the fractions to make others, in a process called conversion. Chemical processing, for example, can break longer chains into shorter ones. This allows a refinery to turn diesel fuel into gasoline depending on the demand for gasoline.\n- Refineries must treat the fractions to remove impurities.\n- Refineries combine the various fractions (processed, unprocessed) into mixtures to make desired products. For example, different mixtures of chains can create gasolines with different octane ratings.\nThe products are stored on-site until they can be delivered to various markets such as gas stations, airports and chemical plants. In addition to making the oil-based products, refineries must also treat the wastes involved in the processes to minimize air and water pollution."}
{"text":"The Basilica of Maxentius or the Basilica of Constantine (begun by Maxentius, but finished by Constantine; hence, the two names) was the last non-Christian basilica built on the Roman forum. It was built for commercial and administrative purposes. Parts of the Velia ridge between the Esquiline and the Palatine hills had to be leveled for the basilica.\nThe Basilica of Maxentius was built with arches of both the barrel and groined variety, but only three of the barrel vaults remain standing. The rectangle that formed the basilica was 100×65 m, which was divided into a central nave (80×25 m) and aisles to either side. Three groined vaults (=where 2 barrel vaults intersect at right angles) covered the nave, with a maximum height of 35 m. Eight Corinthian columns 14.5 m high supported them. There may have been large windows on the upper walls of the nave (referred to as the \"clerestory\" or \"clearstory\"). Floors were marble, like the Pantheon, and the roof was covered with gilded bronze tiles.\n- Basilica of Maxentius - The last and largest basilica in the Roman Forum\n- Janson's The History of Art"}
{"text":"November 24, 1980 – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service received a petition from the International Council for Bird Preservation to list the Galápagos petrel under the Endangered Species Act.\nMay 12, 1981 – The Service made a positive 90-day finding on the petition.\nMay 10, 1985 - November 21, 1991 – The Service published five annual notices continuing to find that the species warranted listing but that listing was precluded due to other priorities.\n2003 – The Center sued the Service over its delay in issuing proposed listing rules for 73 rare foreign birds in need of protection, including the Galápagos petrel.\nMay 21, 2004 – The Service published another annual notice continuing to find that the species warranted listing but that protection was precluded due to other priorities.\nApril 23, 2007 – The Service published an annual notice finding the species warranted listing.\nDecember 18, 2007 – The Service proposed to list the Galápagos petrel as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act.\nJune 15, 2009 – The Center and the Fish and Wildlife Service reached a settlement agreement requiring the Service to submit to the Federal Register a final determination for the species by December 29, 2009.\nJanuary 5, 2010 – The Service finalized a rule to protect the Galápagos petrel and Heinroth’s shearwater as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, as well as proposing listing determinations for 12 birds from Peru, Bolivia, Europe, and French Polynesia."}
{"text":"Raoult’s law gives a method of estimating the composition and pressure of the vapour above a liquid mixture. This article describes the basis of Raoult’s law and provides an example of how to apply it.\nDue to their large capital expense, pipelines are often utilized for the transfer of multiple products. During operation of these multi-product pipelines, the interface between two adjacent products extends (referred to as interface mixing), resulting in the contamination of each product. This interface is typically sent to slops collection for reprocessing or disposal at additional cost to the operator. Therefore the economics of a pipeline can often be improved through a study of product interfaces under various operational conditions to aide in the minimization of interface mixing. This article presents several empirical methods by which interface mixing can be quantified.\nFor some engineering calculations, particularly in hydrocarbon processing, it is necessary to estimate the viscosity of a mixture (blend) of two or more components. This article presents the Gambill and Refutas methods, which are commonly used in petroleum refining for predicting the viscosity of oil blends."}
{"text":"Schools lose things all the time. Textbooks. Laptops. Students.\nNow — thanks to Secure RF, a Westport company — administrators can track anything they want. Gone are the days when valuable resources walk out the door — including kids and teachers.\nAccording to BrickhouseSecurity.com, a blog covering all things surveillance, Secure RF will use a $100,000 National Science Foundation grant to test radio frequency identification (RFID) tags — aka chips.\nEmbedded in a laptop — or student ID or backpack — RFID scans a room “to figure out what’s there and what’s missing.”\nThe technology allows school administrators to “take a quick count of who is in class and who’s not, who walked out the front door, or who walked into the library.”\nAnd guess which school system is thinking of testing the concept?\nGotcha! Not Westport.\nCurrently, the program is limited to volunteer students and parents.\nAs expected, not everyone is leaping onto the RFID bandwagon.\nA school board member said: “I can perceive parents would have an issue with tracking kids through the school and through town.”\nBrickhouseSecurity.com noted, “if the chip is in an ID card or backpack, high school students could easily ditch these items, rendering the system somewhat ineffective… It seems like this program is primarily targeting younger children and assets.”\nHigh-tech efficiency — or Big Brother run wild? Whatever the answer, Fairfield County is involved in both the problem and its solution."}
{"text":"The Papua New Guinea banking system is made up of the Central Bank of Papua New Guinea (BPNG), four commercial banks and several licensed financial institutions and credit unions (or savings and loan societies).\nThe key financial institutions are supported by overseas-related companies and associates.\nThe merger of the former Papua New Guinea Banking Corporation with the Bank South Pacific Limited in 2002 makes the Bank South Pacific Limited the largest bank in PNG.\nThe National Development Bank is another locally owned bank which was enacted by Parliament on 25 April 2007.\nThese are the only locally owned banks while the other three commercial banks, namely Westpac (PNG) Limited, ANZ (PNG) Limited and Maybank (PNG) Limited, are subsidiaries of international banks.\nWhile most financial services are available, their supply is limited. Overseas investors may not be able to secure substantial funds locally. New operations would normally need to bring funds from overseas to establish projects."}
{"text":"Spain in the Middle Ages was home to scholars of great renown such as Abraham ibn Ezra (1089 - c. 1164), Judah ha-Levi (1086-1145), Rabbi Moses ben Maimon (Maimonides/Rambam 1135-1204) and Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman (Nachmanides/Ramban - 1194-1270). By the middle of the 13th century, however, the welcoming attitude of the Spanish kingdoms that had allowed Jewish life to thrive, had vanished.\nRabbi Jacob ben Asher was born in Germany in 1269 C.E. When he was still a child, however, his family was forced to leave Germany, and they settled in Toledo, Spain. Rabbi Jacob’s father, Rabbi Asher ben Jehiel (aka the ROSH), was asked to become the Chief Rabbi, even though he followed Ashkenazi, not Sephardi, customs. This unique blend of Ashkenazi heritage and style of Talmud study in combination with living in a Sephardi community led to Rabbi Jacob ben Asher’s incredible contribution to Jewish scholarship, Arba'ah Turim (Four Rows).\nThe Arba'ah Turim, like the Rambam’s Mishna Torah*, was a codification of Jewish law intended to make it easier for Jews to fully observe the law. Rabbi Jacob divided all of Jewish law into four sections: Orach Chaim (Way of Life) covers basic Jewish life and ritual, Yoreh Deah (Teacher of Knowledge) deals with dietary laws, mourning and a number of other aspects of Jewish life, Even Ha’ezer (Stone of Help) contains laws relating to marriage and family, and Choshen Mishpat (Breastplate of Judgment) discusses civil and criminal law.\nWhat was most unique about the Arbaah Turim was that Rabbi Jacob (who was also known as Ba’al Ha’turim - Master of the Rows) cited the legal traditions of both Sephardi and Askenazi rabbis. His work became the basis for the ultimate codification of Jewish law, the *Shulchan Arukh (Composed by Rabbi Joseph Caro in the 1560s).\nRabbi Jacob died on 12 Tammuz, 1340.\n* See Jewish Treats: Primary Sources\nCopyright © 2010 National Jewish Outreach Program. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"M69 by w:Hubble Space Telescope; 3.5′ view\n|Observation data (w:J2000 epoch)|\n|Right ascension||18h 31m 23.23s|\n|Declination||-32° 20′ 52.7″|\n|Distance||29.7 kly (9.1 kpc)|\n|Apparent magnitude (V)||+8.31|\n|Apparent dimensions (V)||9′.8|\n|Mass||kg ( M)|\n|Other designations||M69, NGC 6637, GCl 96|\nMessier 69 (also known as M69 or NGC 6637) is a w:globular cluster in the w:constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by w:Charles Messier in August 31, w:1780, the same night he discovered M70. At the time, he was searching for an object described by LaCaille in 1751-2 and thought he had rediscovered it, but it is unclear if LaCaille actually described M69.\nM69 is at a distance of about 29,700 w:light-years away from w:Earth and has a spatial radius of 42 light-years. It is a close neighbor of w:Globular Cluster M70, 1,800 light-years separating the two objects, and both these clusters lie close to the Galactic Center. It is one of the most metal-rich globular cluster known."}
{"text":"I elaborate on the idea of using man-made climate change to fight climate change, whether man-made or not.\nClimate engineering, or what I call Operation Sunscreen, would mean trying to alter the heat absorption properties of the atmosphere. The goal might be to reduce average temperatures by, say, 2 degrees centigrade.\nI have no idea how to reduce heat absorption, but one can imagine a number of possible approaches to climate engineering: putting reflectors out into space; using some physical or chemical process to \"wash\" carbon out of the atmosphere; or coming up with a way to reduce concentrations of water vapor (the most abundant greenhouse gas) in the atmosphere.\n... it would be rather a shame to toss away $400 billion dollars a year using the de-industrialization strategy and then discover \"Oops, the cause of global warming wasn't carbon-dioxide emissions after all. It must have been something else, because temperatures are still rising, even though we reduced emissions to levels that we thought would stabilize global temperature.\" Instead, climate engineering could reduce global average temperature regardless of whether global warming is caused by carbon-dioxide emissions or not.\nUPDATE: Astronomer Roger Angel thinks that the reflector idea could work.\n\"The concept builds on existing technologies,\" Angel said. \"It seems feasible that it could be developed and deployed in about 25 years at a cost of a few trillion dollars. With care, the solar shade should last about 50 years. So the average cost is about $100 billion a year, or about two-tenths of one percent of the global domestic product.\""}
{"text":"The art of caring for older adults lessons on aging from three nations the art of caring for older adults this book highlights a series of global threats problems and challenges in the areas of care and caregiving through the prism of three multicultural nations the united states israel and australia this is the second of two . Lessons on aging from three nations the art of aging well society and aging series sara carmel carol a morse fernando torres gil jon hendricks on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers the demographic revolution the aging of societies has become a worldwide phenomenon affecting governments economies. Learn aging individual society hillier with free interactive flashcards choose from 106 different sets of aging individual society hillier flashcards on quizlet. Latest news the art of aging active older adults get creative in community thursday january 26 2017 dana helps martha paint a snowman its not just coming in and cranking out a lesson its coming in and knowing the stories she said. The aging process caring for the elderly study play middle age adult ranges from usually occurring as a result of aging trauma endocrine metabolic or intraocular disease or use of certain medications steroids cognitively impaired older adults rural older adults homeless frail\nHow it works:\n1. Register Trial Account.\n2. Download The Books as you like ( Personal use )"}
{"text":"ESA - Mars Express Mission patch.\nJan. 23, 2017\nFrost build-up near Mars north pole\nThis animated gif shows the build up of frosts in a 73 x 41 km section of the north polar ice cap of Mars between November and December 2004.\nThe images were taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express during its first year at the Red Planet. It has been orbiting Mars for over 13 years.\nThe first image was taken on 23 November 2004 during orbit 1087, and the second of the same area on 30 December 2004, during orbit 1219. The images are centred at 79.94ºN / 44.11ºE. The interleaving frames in the gif are interpolated to give a smooth appearance.\nThe north polar icecap comprises layers of water-ice that extend to a depth of around 2 km. The layers result from seasonal melting and deposition of ice mixed with dust.\nDuring winter the water-ice is covered by a thin layer of carbon dioxide ice that is a few centimetres to around a metre thick.\nDuring the warmer summer months, most of the carbon dioxide ice turns directly into vapour and escapes into the atmosphere, leaving behind the water-ice layers.\nBut when the seasons start to change again, a thin veneer of solid carbon dioxide begins to encroach, as seen in these images, which captures subtle changes between summer and autumn.\nThe original images are available in the Mars Express archive, and are shown at 50 m/pixel.\nMars Express archive: http://archives.esac.esa.int/psa\nFor more information about Mars Express mission, visit: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express\nMars Express overview: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express_overview\nImage, Text, Credits: ESA/Mars Express – CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.\nBest regards, Orbiter.ch"}
{"text":"Safe hunting is about being smart — smart about your choices, smart about your actions and smart about taking the time to\nlearn how to do things properly. We’ve provided some basic safety information here, but there’s way more to learn. Follow\nthe links, find out what you need to know and then learn it. Challenge yourself to be the safest hunter you can be.\nFirearms Safety & Courses\nGeneral Rules of Firearm Safety:\n- Always point the muzzle in a safe direction.\n- Treat every firearm as if it were loaded.\n- Keep the action of the firearm open, except when shooting or when storing an unloaded gun.\n- Use the right ammunition for your firearm.\n- Be sure of your target – and beyond.\nFirearm safety is covered in depth in the Alberta Conservation and Hunter Education program. There are numerous hunter education\nfirearm safety courses you can take.\nFind hunter education courses and learning resources in Alberta:\nReview safety information from the Canadian Firearms Centre:\nWatch a series of videos on firearms safety:\nBow Hunting Safety\nGeneral Rules of Bowhunting Safety:\n- Always check the condition of your equipment before using it.\n- Never nock an arrow or draw a bow while facing someone.\n- Be sure of your target. Never release an arrow without full view of the path to and beyond the target.\n- Never shoot an arrow straight up in the air.\n- Always carry hunting arrows with points covered.\n- Put your tackle away after use."}
{"text":"The carotid arteries, located on either side of the neck, provide important blood flow to the brain. As people age, plaque can build up on the walls of the body’s arteries, causing the arteries to narrow and stiffen (known as atherosclerosis). When this process can occur in the carotid arteries (termed carotid stenosis) and is a significant risk factor for stroke. Carotid stenosis due to atherosclerosis is one of the most common causes of strokes and stroke-like symptoms.\nCarotid stenosis can be treated by carotid endarterectomy – a procedure to remove plaque build-up from a carotid artery and help prevent stroke – is considered the standard treatment for people with carotid stenosis. Carotid endarterectomy is performed through a small incision in the neck, and most patients return home from the hospital the day after the procedure."}
{"text":"1. LEGO perimeter and area\nElijah needs more practice with perimeter and area. I saw this idea on Pinterest, and I knew it would be perfect for him.\nI grabbed various building plates.\nAnd gave them each a number ~\nThen I gave Elijah some printable pages to work through.\nI love when LEGO makes all the difference.\n2. Bird Nesting Materials\nWe talked about spring and birds and nests. We cut up a bunch of yarn (my stash was getting kind of CRAZY), and stuffed it in a suet feeder. Now the birds can come pluck a piece. We have lots of nests on our property, and we are hopeful that we'll see some of our colored yarn in some new nests!\nYet another idea from Pinterest!\n3. Homemade Ice Cream\nThis recipe is so easy that a reading child can do it solo.\nWe topped it off with strawberry lemon sauce.\nTo make this a little more educational, we read Cocoa Ice.\nLinking up with Friday Fun School."}
{"text":"Niektoré aspekty pomenovania etnických a národnostných menšín\nSome aspects of the term of ethnic and national minorities\nThe ethnic and the nation frontiers usually are not identical with the state borders. There is misgiving quite often, that the request for the change of borders based on ethnic principle be presented. Because of that, the state politics puts stress on differences between minority and the root nation and leads to different minority denomination. As an example of this situation can serve the efforts to separate the Ugrian Ruthenians from the rest of Ruthenians and to give them different denomination such as Ugrorussians, Carpathorussians etc. That caused dividing one minority group into several ones with different conciouseness. The effort to unite the ethnic leads its members also to searching for uniting denomination, which would be acceptable for the majority involved even though it would not truly describe objective reality. The question of ethnical or national minorities is very complicated. Those who should govern and decide answering the question should be primarily minority members. But it is necessary to provide suitable conditions for their activities, which would guarantee a free and democratic decision-making based on objective information available. This information is needed not only for the members of minority, but also for majority nation so that it can understand minority's needs or requirements and support their fulfilling.\nEthnic minoritues. National minorities. Ugrian Ruthenians. Carpathorussians.\nBibliografické informácie (sk)\nBAČA, Ján. Niektoré aspekty pomenovania etnických a národnostných menšín. Človek a spoločnosť, 2001, roč. 4, č. 2.\nBAČA, Ján. Some aspects of the term of ethnic and national minorities. Individual and Society, 2001, Vol. 4, No. 2.\nČlánok v PDF\nEN: Some aspects of the term of ethnic and national minorities"}
{"text":"Corruption is one of the greast problems problems facing developing the countries all over the world. From a human rights\nperspective, corruption is one of the greatest obstacles in fulfilling a state's obligation to protect and promote human\nrights. Corrupt political systems deny the fundamental right to democratic participation. Corrupt judicial systems not only\nviolate the basic right to equality before the law but deny procedural rights guaranteed by international hr\nconventions. Corruption in public administration endangers the right to life, as when it causes funds to be diverted from\nmedical care to private pockets or when it allows for the manufacture of defective and dangerous products or buildings.\nGeneralized corruption, specially at the higher levels, rob a people of their wealth and leads to grave violations to\neconomic rights, it destroyes economies and condemns peoples to unemployment and hunger. It also leads to social unrest,\nwhich can sometimes turn violent."}
{"text":"The Great Tom Fuller\nA great historian and public intellectual, Thomas Fuller championed moderation and responsibility in a time of war, polarisation and misinformation.\nSamuel Taylor Coleridge once said that two writers above all others excited in him ‘the sense and emotion of the marvellous’. One was William Shakespeare and the other was a 17th-century historian called Thomas Fuller. ‘The Great Tom Fuller’, as Samuel Pepys called him, blazed like a comet in his lifetime and glowed for a good while afterwards, but then seemed to drop almost entirely out of the firmament. He is worth remembering today not only for the warmth of his voice and the strength of his intellect, but as a reminder of the power of history in times of extreme violence."}
{"text":"Effects of social rearing conditions on conditioned suppression in rats\nLanguages of publication\nTwenty-two rats were reared in standard conditions during the first two months of their life. Then the animals were divided into two groups exposed to different rearing conditions. Twelve animals (Group SO) were housed socially, six animals per cage, and for three weeks they were subjected to sensory stimulation in an enriched environment. The other ten subjects were kept individually (Group IN); one rat per mesh cage, in conditions of relatively impoverished sensory stimulation. In both groups the training of the conditioned emotional response (CER) was performed when animals were three months old. In contrast to IN subjects, the rats subjected to permanent social contacts and reared in the enriched environment (Group SO) revealed almost equally low instrumental response rates in trials with the conditioned stimulus (CS) paired with nociceptive foot-shock (US), and in periods when no CS and/or US were applied. The results suggested that early exposure to an enriched environment caused a later decrease of the animals? capability to differentiate between the aversive CS and cues of the experimental context. This cognitive impairment was probably a secondary effect of fear generalized to the entire experimental situation.\nPublication order reference\nG. Walasek, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 3 Pasteur St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland"}
{"text":"Ohio County is south of Dearborn County, just across the north-to-south flowing Ohio River from Kentucky.\nIt is Indiana’s smallest county in population (6,128) and size (86 square miles).\nIt was named for the Ohio River, and is one of three Ohio counties; the others are in Kentucky and West Virginia.\nThe county seat of Ohio County, Indiana, is the city of Rising Sun (pop. 2,304), the only incorporated community in the county.\nThe Ohio County Courthouse, built in 1845, is Indiana’s oldest courthouse that has been in continuous use.\nThe Links at Rising Star Casino is southern Indiana’s only Scottish links-style golf course.\nThe well-known 1890 play and 1917 silent film called “Blue Jeans” were set in Rising Sun.\nNEXT: SWITZERLAND COUNTY"}
{"text":"The recent discovery of contaminating porcine circovirus 1 DNA in Rotarix underscores the power of deep sequencing to ensure the purity of viral vaccines. The price of deep sequencing is now low enough that it is possible to use this technology to examine not just viral vaccines, but any biological product produced in mammalian cells for the presence of adventitious agents.\nSome individuals have told me they do not want to know what is in their vaccines. Their logic is that even if we do identify a contaminating virus, we might not know if it is of any consequence to human health. But we would nonetheless worry about its presence and unnecessarily spend millions of dollars to remove it. The contrary view is that, although infection with porcine circovirus 1 might be benign, who can be confident that in 20 years the infection will not lead to dire consequences?\nI am interested in what readers of virology blog think about this issue. Let your view be known by taking the poll below."}
{"text":"Follows SPN-132 and is the first of two intermediate-level Spanish courses focusing on communication in a cultural context. Develops students' reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in Spanish, expands their vocabulary, and deepens their knowledge of pronunciation and grammatical principles in order to comprehend and express essential ideas in both spoken and written Spanish. Presents Hispanic culture.\n- Category 5: Humanities and Fine Arts\n- Humanities and Fine Arts"}
{"text":"William Bradford (1590–1656) religious leader and colonizer\nBradford was born in Austerfield, Yorkshire, into a yeoman farming family. He joined a separatist congregation as a young man and in 1608 followed John Robinson to Leyden, Holland, to avoid religious persecution by King James I. Though granted complete freedom of conscience there, the separatists feared that their families were losing their English identity and began searching for a new home. In 1617, Bradford served on a committee to arrange migration to America and in 1620 was one of 102 Pilgrims to set sail for the New World aboard the Mayflower, an expedition funded by an English joint-stock company with only nominal interest in the Pilgrims’ religious cause. Bound with a royal patent to settle in Virginia, the Pilgrims had no legal standing in New England, where they landed as the result of a navigational error. This led Bradford and the other men in the group to sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11), establishing “a civil body politick” to protect the colony from anarchy.\nAfter the 1621 death of John Carver, the colony’s first governor, Bradford was elected to the position. As leader of a small band of poor settlers, he faced many difficulties. In 1623, he abandoned Pilgrim communalism as detrimental to initiative; in 1636, he encouraged the codification of local laws and a basic statement of rights. Bradford led the Pilgrims to honor their financial commitments, though it took more than 20 years to repay their English investors. Much of Plymouth’s success owed to Bradford’s religious tolerance and good relations with the native peoples of the region. His historical masterpiece, Of Plimmoth Plantation, is one of the most vivid accounts of early settlement in America. It was written between 1630 and 1650, but not published in full until 1856."}
{"text":"I went looking through the chemicals the other day, and I decided that it had been too long since I recorded a good chemical demonstration video.\nSo I pulled out some sodium peroxide, Na2O2. The MSDS sheet looks interesting:\nDANGER! CORROSIVE. STRONG OXIDIZER. CONTACT WITH OTHER MATERIAL MAY CAUSE FIRE. CAUSES SEVERE BURNS TO EVERY AREA OF CONTACT. HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED OR INHALED.\nContact with combustible, organic, or oxidizable substances may cause extremely violent combustion. May react explosively in contact with large amounts of water.\nit’s a strong oxidizer, plus it reacts with water? If there were ever a substance tailor-made for a cool reaction demonstration, sodium peroxide would have to be it. So let’s see … what would happen if you took some sodium peroxide, sprinkled it on top of a few combustible cotton balls, and then added water?\nNo, really. I’ve found this demonstration mentioned in several of my chemistry books. (Ever notice how the more impressive chemical demonstrations involve doing things the MSDS specifically warns against?)\nThe idea behind this particular demonstration is that the reaction of sodium peroxide with water will release hydrogen peroxide and quite a bit of heat.\nNa2O2 + 2H2O –> 2NaOH + H2O2 … and lots of heat.\nUnder these conditions hydrogen peroxide also decomposes, releasing oxygen – which will speed up any combustion that happens to be occurring.\n2H2O2 -> 2H2O+O2\nIn short, we get oxygen and a lot of heat. This usually makes for a fun demonstration. Take a look.\nLooking a little more closely, you can see that after only a few seconds, the cotton catches fire.\nAnd after several seconds more, the evaporating dish just can’t handle any more.\n… and this is why we always wear safety glasses when doing chemical demonstrations. But perhaps I should have given the camera some safety glasses, too?"}
{"text":"A bird’s-eye view of the Geopark project\nGAIA · The Big Mother is a 48′ documentary about the origin, evolution and future of the Earth, focusing on the geological concepts and the role of life and humans. Facts and ideas are shown through illustrations and animations together with films made on places like museums and relevant landscapes. The threats to the sustainability of our planet are also exposed.\nIt is a video of ICGC.\nLa Gran Aventura Canadenca: A hundred years ago, the creation of the company Barcelona Traction, Light and Power, better known as “La Canadenca”, was the beginning of big changes in Catalonia. A North American engineer , Fred Stark Pearson, set up the company in Toronto and built the first hydroelectric plants in the Pyrenees, the biggest plants that had ever been built in Europe. In a few years, electric power arrived at the main cities and factories.\n“La gran aventura de La Canadenca” ( The great Adventure of La Canadenca) collects the story of people that lived at first hand the adventure that brought electricity from the mountains until factories and cities. Through the experience of four people, the documentary explains in a realistic and epic way the two decades, from the first steps of la Canadenca until the International Exhibition in Barcelona in 1929.\nEstació Biològica del Pallars Jussà is an organisation involved in conservation, biodiversity monitoring and educational programs. They have 2 land stewardship agreements for the conservation of natural area of Collegats. They explain it to us in the frame of LandLife project. For more information visit: www.landstewardship.eu\nGea and Fossils (IGME)\nThe aim of this video is to promote the protection and conservation of paleontological heritage, to value the extraordinary fossil record of many Spanish sites preserved in museums and interpretive centres and to show the importance of palaeontology in order to explain the evolution and history of life on our planet."}
{"text":"|Estimating the Incidence of Rape and Sexual Assault\nThe Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) measures the rates at which Americans are victims of crimes, including rape and sexual assault, but there is concern...\n|Surveying Victims: Options for Conducting the National Crime Victimization Survey\nIt is easy to underestimate how little was known about crimes and victims before the findings of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) became common wisdom. In the late 1960s, knowledge of...\n|Measurement Problems in Criminal Justice Research:Workshop Summary\nContents 1 Overview John V. Pepper and Carol V. Petrie 2 Measuring Crime and Crime Victimization: Methodological Issues Roger Tourangeau and Madeline E. McNeeley 3 Comparison of..."}
{"text":"Serrapeptase is a is a proteolytic enzyme, meaning it breaks down proteins into smaller components called amino acids. It’s produced by bacteria in the digestive tract of silkworms and allows the emerging moth to digest and dissolve its cocoon; and it helps the whole body breakdown protein, acting like a scavenger.\nPreliminary evidence suggests is active systemically and may support a healthy inflammation response. Preliminary evidence also suggests that when taken orally, this enzyme may reduce the viscosity of mucus in the respiratory tract. Serrapeptase is provided as a delayed release vegetarian capsule, designed to provide the most benefit.\n1 to 2 capsules twice daily as needed on an empty stomach with at least 240ml of water."}
{"text":"Forensic experts describe finding human remains with “knotted loops of rope binding their wrists together behind their backs”\nSomalilandsun – When heavy rains in 1997 exposed bones, ropes, broken skulls and torn pieces of clothing in shallow graves in Hargeysa, capital of the Republic of Somaliland, northwestern Somalia, it set in motion the rudimentary beginnings of an international investigation into alleged war crimes.\nAt the request of an independent expert of the UN Commission on Human Rights, an international forensic team, provided by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), came to Somaliland in December 1997. Two North American forensic experts were shown more than 100 alleged mass-grave sites. After preliminary investigations, the team reported that some of the sites did indeed exhibit characteristics of mass graves and contained evidence of gross human rights abuses. It recommended that the sites be preserved, and an international team of forensic specialists be authorised by the UN to carry out further investigations."}
{"text":"A cataract is a cloudy or opaque area in the lens of the eye. Cataracts usually develop as a person gets older and may run in families. Other environmental factors such as smoking or exposure to toxic substances can also accelerate the development of a cataract. Cataracts can cause visual problems such as difficulty seeing at night, seeing halos around lights, and sensitivity to glare.\nReview Date 8/20/2016\nUpdated by: Franklin W. Lusby, MD, ophthalmologist, Lusby Vision Institute, La Jolla, CA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Isla Ogilvie, PhD, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team."}
{"text":"Measuring Contraceptive Failure\nOne of the most vexing problems for practitioners and policymakers concerned with family planning, not to mention for women and men trying to make the best choices for their reproductive lives, is contraceptive failure—the occurrence of pregnancy among couples who are trying not to conceive. Decades of research, employing increasingly sophisticated statistical techniques, have documented the incidence of contraceptive failure, with the aim of learning how to bring down levels of unintended pregnancy. Back in 1973, an analysis of data from the 1970 National Fertility Study was one of the first efforts to examine failure and how it differed by contraceptive method and among subgroups of ever-married women. In 1982, the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) had become the go-to data source, and researchers applied new multivariate techniques to more fully understand disparities, but only among married women. Fast-forward to 2017: The NSFG is still the go-to source, data are adjusted for abortion underreporting, women are included regardless of their marital status, and failure is measured not only by method, but also by duration of use.\nThe good news in the most recent report, reflecting the experiences of 2006–2010 survey respondents, is that failure rates associated with most reversible methods have been declining; some are at all-time lows for the U.S. Not only that, but the overall failure rate for reversible methods is approaching the goal set in the federal government’s Healthy People initiative. Still, differences by method and among demographic subgroups suggest the continuing importance of efforts to ensure that U.S. women and men have access to a full range of contraceptives and receive the information they need to use them effectively."}
{"text":"Few public policy issues generate more heated debate than the issue of affirmative action. While a 2021 Gallup poll showed a growing trend of Americans supporting affirmative action for racial minorities, a 2022 Pew Research Center report found evidence that public support for affirmative action is ailing across all racial groups. These discrepant poll results underscore the complexity of attitudes about affirmative action and begs the question: Has affirmative action outlived its usefulness?\nThis question is being addressed as the Supreme Court deliberates over the arguments from two lawsuits against the University of North Carolina and Harvard University.\nBased on questioning from the court’s conservative majority during the oral arguments, the Supreme Court is skeptical about race-conscious college admissions and is likely to ban affirmative action. For example, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas pressed the university's lawyers to explain the educational benefits of diversity.\nIn addition to moral and legal arguments against affirmative action, Thomas’s concerns are essentially psychological in nature. Thomas has argued that affirmative action is benign discrimination that teaches racial minorities they cannot compete without help and stamps racial minorities with a badge of inferiority.\n. . .\nIf affirmative action was so psychologically damaging to racial minorities, one would expect the trauma and stress of constantly feeling inferior to be so debilitating that it would result in a majority of these students dropping out of school. This is not supported by data."}
{"text":"Bronze Age BarrowYour model is disabled. For more details go to Edit properties3D Model\nAn early to middle Bronze Age barrow excavated in South Wales.\nExcavation of the barrow revealed two phases of use with the ditch being cleaned out. A number of cremation burials were discovered within the central area of the barrow, two of which were contained in urns.\nThe barrow was located within an area of other ceremonial monuments and features."}
{"text":"That the Hopi Indians are the most primitive people and their almost inaccessible homes the most primitive to be found in the United States is conceded by all travelers. The snake dance, which takes place in August, is a pagan ceremony giving thanks for rain and bounteous harvests. The Venomous snakes, even rattlers, are in no way treated to make them harmless. the Indians have an antidote for snake poison which no white man may know. the dancers are often bitten by rattlesnakes without fatal results."}
{"text":"When George Washington was a young man, he copied out a list of 110 “Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation.” Some of the rules in his list dealt with the niceties of going to a dinner party or meeting somebody on the street.Read the rest here.\n“Lean not upon anyone,” was one of the rules. “Read no letter, books or papers in company,” was another. “If any one come to speak to you while you are sitting, stand up,” was a third.\nBut, as the biographer Richard Brookhiser has noted, these rules, which Washington derived from a 16th-century guidebook, were not just etiquette tips. They were designed to improve inner morals by shaping the outward man. Washington took them very seriously. He worked hard to follow them. Throughout his life, he remained acutely conscious of his own rectitude.\nIn so doing, he turned himself into a new kind of hero. He wasn’t primarily a military hero or a political hero. As the historian Gordon Wood has written, “Washington became a great man and was acclaimed as a classical hero because of the way he conducted himself during times of temptation. It was his moral character that set him off from other men.”\nWashington absorbed, and later came to personify what you might call the dignity code. The code was based on the same premise as the nation’s Constitution — that human beings are flawed creatures who live in constant peril of falling into disasters caused by their own passions. Artificial systems have to be created to balance and restrain their desires.\nThe dignity code commanded its followers to be disinterested — to endeavor to put national interests above personal interests. It commanded its followers to be reticent — to never degrade intimate emotions by parading them in public. It also commanded its followers to be dispassionate — to distrust rashness, zealotry, fury and political enthusiasm."}
{"text":"The Sound Of Music..\nThe Sound Of Music..1 min 111 1 min 111\nIt's the sense and our feeling,\nWhich always lets us speak something.\nThe sense is active but silent,\nBut its actions are very vibrant.\nThe sense sometimes seems to fail due to emotion,\nIt can be visualized through our actions.\nSometimes we speak and others say it nonsense,\nBecause their sensitive mind remains absent.\nThe sense drives us to act and react,\nIt understands and realize the real fact.\nThis develops our feelings,\nWhich make us alert while watching.\nThese sense and feelings get us influenced,\nWhen The Sound Of Music we heard.\nThe Sound Of Music controls many things,\nWhich include the emotions out of sense and our feelings.\nThe sense got attracted to The Sound Of Music,\nIt just works like magic.\nThe Sound Of Music touches our feelings,\nIt develops different emotions of human beings.\nThe feeling to dance with The Sound Of Music,\nActivate our senses and it's automatic.\nSometimes The Sound Of Music makes us sing,\nIt brings our emotions with sense like anything.\nThe Sound Of Music differ as we hear,\nBecause it's a creation and rare.\nWe sometimes get attached to The Sound Of Music,\nBecause it controls our sense and feeling like magic.\nThe Sound Of Music matches the rhythm of nature,\nWhich gives us utmost pleasure, when we hear.\nLet us restore the rhythm of this unique creation,\nThe Sound Of Music always plays with our emotion."}
{"text":"Winter is coming to an end, at least in astronomical terms. Officially we are halfway to spring, which means you should start to notice a little more daylight as we gain minutes each day. Also, imagine a planet orbiting two stars, also known as a binary star system. There are three such systems identified in our galaxy where a planet is orbiting two stars and treating those two stars as a single gravitational body. A well known binary star is Algol, also known as the Demon star, which can be seen with the naked eye in the right conditions. There are many other binary stars not too far away like Alpha Centauri at four light years away. And don’t miss what’s in the night sky this week including a full moon. All this and more on this week’s Sky Talk.\nShare a comment:\nMore Like This"}
{"text":"Helping to develop your student's phonological awareness is an important skill required to be a reader. When our students sound out words, they slowly say each sound in a word (c-a-t), and then say the sounds quickly together to \"read\" the word (cat). This ability to blend ( combine the sounds), and segment (isolate sounds) are skills that are so important when learning to read. This video offers an opportunity for children do both. You can use the video with or without sound. The best part you can have the children use this in a whole group or individually at a center.\nThis resource includes 26 CVC words\nYou may also like…..\nGOOGLE CVC Words\nLiteracy Center Word Work\nBuild A CVC Word\nReading CVC Word Bubble Fun\nPlease follow my store to find out about more videos for students and for teachers."}
{"text":"Batteries can be classified under two major categories:\n- Primary Batteries\nPrimary Batteries are non-rechargeable batteries. Once these batteries are completely discharged, they can not be recharged. The electrochemical reaction within these batteries cannot be reversed. They need to be recycled. The devices that use primary batteries generally consume lesser energy so that the battery lasts longer, for example, wristwatches, toys, remote controllers, pacemakers etc. Alkaline batteries are the best example for primary batteries. The best part of alkaline batteries is that they are harmless to the environment, they are less expensive and they do not leak while being fully discharged. However, since alkaline batteries have low power load, they can support only those devices that require low power like remote controllers, flashlights, etc.\n- Secondary Batteries\nSecondary batteries are rechargeable batteries that can be recharged once the energy drains out. The electrochemical reaction in these batteries can be reversed by applying a certain voltage in the reverse direction. These batteries are used in devices that require higher amounts of energy. Secondary batteries come in a small capacity, as well as heavy capacity. The small capacity batteries are used to power portable devices like mobile phones etc., and heavy capacity secondary batteries are used in high power draining devices like electric vehicles, etc. They are also used in inverters. There are four major types of secondary batteries: Lithium-ion(Li-ion), Nickel Cadmium(Ni-Cd), Nickel-Metal Hydride(Ni-MH) and Lead-Acid."}
{"text":"Natural Acid Rain\nOne big issue these days is acid rain falling in industrialized areas of the world. Much of the acid in rain comes from nitric acid and sulfuric acid, which are released as a result of automobile exhaust and factory smokestacks. While rainwater needs to be somewhat acidic to dissolve minerals so they can be taken up by plant roots, too much acid is damaging buildings, automobiles, forests and lakes in some areas of the world.\nSince acids tend to wash out of the atmosphere in rain fairly close to where they are created, scientists were amazed to find acid rain contamination in remote areas of the Amazon River basin, far from any cities. They identified the acid as formic acid, a byproduct of formaldehyde, a common industrial exhaust pollutant.\nAfter more research, scientists discovered that the Amazon acid rain problem was being caused by ants! There is a huge population of formicine ants in the Amazon basin. These ants produce formic acid, which they store in a pouch and use both to defend themselves and to communicate with each other. Each ant might carry enough formic acid to make up five percent of its weight, which doesn't seem like very much. But when you multiply that by 100 trillion ants, you have enough formic acid to create an industrial sized pollution problem!\nThere are indeed problems on this Earth. The Bible warns us that the Earth is wearing out like a garment. Our Creator will soon come for us, and then there will be a new heaven and a new Earth!"}
{"text":"Fly fishing and water plants\nJudging your waters in fly fishing also involves observing aquatic plant life. Check out the kinds of underwater plants present, rather than surface ones like lilies or border plants. A good sign of a water being alkaline is an abundance of underwater plants with large leaves. But if you observe only small slender plants, the water is more likely to be acidic.\nLarge underwater plants – for example Potamogeton praelongus – mean plenty of food and cover for fish. Not only that, but these plants produce oxygen as well. In clear waters you will see streams of bubbles rising from thick mats of plants on a lake bed. An anchor may pull up mats of plants which will contain plenty of insect life. Exceedingly clear lakes allow oxygen at greater depths, so because plants will be found at bottom in deep water, you can expect trout to range down there as well.\nTo recap what we said before, there are many factors you should take into account before you even start fishing. There is an art to judging waters. If you take a look at previous blogs on the subject take note of the few basic tips we offer on considerations such as water depth and clarity, acidity or alkalinity, and plant life. Developing your observational skills in this matter alone can only help improve your fly fishing skills."}
{"text":"Canada’s CBC News is reporting on a study showing a way to possibly prevent one type of skin cancer. A Stanford dermatologist found that a commonly used anti-inflammatory can reduce the risk of basal cell carcinoma:\nIn a small, double-blinded, randomized, three-year clinical trial of 60 people genetically predisposed to basal cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer, researchers found that those who took 200 milligrams of celecoxib (Celebrex and Onsenal) orally reduced the number of tumours by 50 per cent.\nFrom lead researcher Jean Tang, MD, PhD: “Basal cell carcinomas are the most common human cancer in the United States, and their incidence is increasing steadily. This work identifies a possible way to prevent them.”\nTang’s work appears in the Jan. 5 issue of Cancer Prevention Research. More on the study can be found in this release."}
{"text":"Schooling the freed people : teaching, learning, and the struggle for black freedom, 1861-1876\n- Butchart, Ronald E.\n- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina, c2010.\n- Physical description\n- xxii, 314 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.\nLC2802 .S9 B874 2010\n- Unknown LC2802 .S9 B874 2010\n- Includes bibliographical references (p. -300) and index.\n- At the dawn of freedom\n- To serve my own people: black teachers in the Southern black schools\n- It will result in a better understanding of their duties: Southern white teachers and the limits of emancipation\n- A desire to labor in the missionary cause: Northern white teachers and the ambiguities of emancipation\n- You will, of course, wish to know all about our school: learning and teaching in the freed people's schools\n- Race, reconstruction, and redemption: the fate of emancipation and education, 1861-1876\n- Appendix A: teachers in the freed people's schools, 1861-1876\n- Appendix B: estimating the number of black and southern white teachers, 1869-1876.\n- Publisher's Summary\n- Conventional wisdom holds that freedmen's education was largely the work of privileged, single white northern women motivated by evangelical beliefs and abolitionism. Backed by pathbreaking research, Ronald E. Butchart's \"Schooling the Freed People\" shatters this notion. The most comprehensive quantitative study of the origins of black education in freedom ever undertaken, this definitive book on freedmen's teachers in the South is an outstanding contribution to social history and our understanding of African American education.\n(source: Nielsen Book Data)\n- Publication date\n- Ronald E. Butchart."}
{"text":"New text book on Nuclear Chemistry\nThe Publisher Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York, will publish a new text book on\nNuclear Chemistry for University students, to be edited by Frank Rösch.\nThis text book is conceived to meet the demand of state-of-the-art literature to teach the\nfundamentals as well as the modern applications of nuclear chemistry. The work will consist of two\nvolumes: the first one covering the basics of nuclear chemistry such as the relevant parameters of\ninstable atomic nuclei, the various modi of radioactive transmutations, the corresponding types of\nradiation including their detection and dosimetry, and finally the mechanisms of nuclear reactions. The\nsecond volume addresses relevant fields of nuclear chemistry, such as the chemistry of radioactive\nelements, application of radioactive nuclei in life sciences, nuclear energy, waste managements and\nenvironmental aspects, radiochemical separations, radioanalytical and spectroscopic methods, etc.\nHere, leading experts will contribute the recent knowledge on individual aspects.\nFrank Rösch is author of more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on fundamental and\napplied radiochemistry and editor of the 5-volume Handbook of Nuclear Chemistry. In 1996 he was\nappointed professor of Nuclear Chemistry and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry at the Institute of\nNuclear Chemistry of the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Gemany."}
{"text":"1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data A man stands on the roof of a building of height 14.1 m and throws a rock with a velocity of magnitude 31.6 m/s at an angle of 25.0 above the horizontal. You can ignore air resistance. Calculate the maximum height above the roof reached by the rock. Calculate the magnitude of the velocity of the rock just before it strikes the ground. Calculate the horizontal distance from the base of the building to the point where the rock strikes the ground. 2. Relevant equations V^2 = V initial ^2 + 2a(x-xo) 3. The attempt at a solution The first part is the part, that I am getting stuck on, the other two parts of the question following it hopefully I will be able to do, as I encountered that type of problem before. Anyways, my attempt: Max height = unknown Angle : 25 degrees Vy = 0 m/s (at the highest point, Velocity is 0. Vy initial is 13.35 m/s. ( I got this using 31.6 sin 25) Height at beginning is 0. (Ignoring the fact that's the building is 14.1m) 0 = 13.35^2 + 2 (-9/8)(y-0) -178.22 = -19.6y y = 9.09 m does this seem right?"}
{"text":"COVID-19 has posed unprecedented challenges to governments and civil society worldwide. Before effective treatments and vaccines become available, nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), including digital contact tracing technologies, are critical for delaying or controlling the spread of COVID-19. This paper investigates the practices, discussions, and legal and ethical issues of the contact tracing measures imposed in Taiwan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more\nBy analyzing official documents from the Ministry of Health and Welfare website, media reports, legal regulations, international organizations’ ethical guidelines, and research on contact tracing measures, this paper categorically presents the applications, effectiveness, and legal and ethical concerns of these measures in Taiwan. Results: Although the rates of confirmed cases and deaths from COVID-19 are low in Taiwan, the Electronic Fence of Surveillance, a digital contact tracing measure implemented by the National Health Command Center, was found to lack legal certainty. Some proactive deployments by public and private organizations that have used location-based services, the National Health Insurance system, and the center’s data on of the digital footprints of confirmed cases do not meet ethical and scientific validity standards. Oversight mechanisms have not been established, and public reflection has not been addressed. Conclusions: This paper argues that the choice of upholding individual privacy rights versus performing digital contact tracing is not binary. To make digital technologies part of measures against COVID-19, and future public health crises, it is crucial to include diverse experts not only of information technology and biomedicine, but also of epidemiology, public health, law, ethics, and social sciences, as well as civil organizations in the design, application, oversight, and evaluation of new public health technologies."}
{"text":"Scientists have found fossils in China of the earliest known birds with well-preserved plumage and features associated with both flight and wading.\nArchaeornithura meemannae lived about 130.7 million years ago, five to six million years before the previous oldest-known bird specimens.\nThe two well-preserved fossils, announced in the journal Nature Communications, are the oldest known records of Ornithuromorpha, the same evolutionary branch which gave rise to all bird species now living.\nFossilised bird specimens from the Mesozoic era are rare with little being known about the early evolutionary history of the ancestors of modern birds.\nMin Wang of the Chinese Academy of Science and colleagues describe this new species, found in the Sichakou basin in Hebei, as having a near-completely preserved plumage with anatomical features characteristic of an aerodynamic lifestyle and manoeuvrability during flight.\nThe absence of feathers on the upper leg is also indicative of a wading lifestyle, consistent with other fossil bird species found in similar deposits."}
{"text":"The Illinois State Museum has an active research program in Entomology.\nThe strengths of the program include research on Lepidoptera\n(butterflies and moths) and Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) of\nIllinois and the Midwestern United States.\nOne of the most exciting areas of current research is on the\ndistribution, ecology, behavior, and genetic variation of\nHine's emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana).\nThis species is on the Federal and Illinois State endangered\nspecies list. Two ISM scientists are on the Recovery Team\nfor this species."}
{"text":"Cognitive skill development in children involves the progressive building of learning skills, such as attending, memory and thinking. These crucial skills enable children to process the sensory information they experience and eventually learn to evaluate, analyze, remember, make comparisons and understand cause and effect.\nIvanov, V.K. and Geake, J.G. (2003) ‘The Mozart Effect and Primary School Children’, Psychology of Music, 31(4): 405–13.\nThis study found some evidence for the existence of a Mozart Effect with upper-primary school-aged children in a school setting. Scores on a Paper Folding Task (PFT) for a class which listened to Mozart during testing were significantly higher than the PFT scores of a control class. Moreover, a similar result was obtained for another class which listened to Bach during testing. The musical educational experience of the children, ascertained by a Musical Background Questionnaire, did not significantly contribute to the variance in PFT scores. We believe that this study is the first to find a Mozart Effect for school children in a natural setting, in contrast to the original study of Rauscher, Shaw and Ky (1993) who examined the effects of listening to Mozart on the spatial task performance of university students in a laboratory."}
{"text":"In normal circumstance, the voltage wave is sine wave. When there is lighting strike ,or inappropriate operation, even the system setting may cause some part of the system has the voltage over the durability.The rate voltage and the environment have to be considered before design the insulation structure. The product has to test the withstanding voltage to make sure the insulation structure is strong enough. A HI POT Tester checks for “goodisolation”and makes surety of no current will flow from one point to another point.\nWhen short happened on coil, it may change the parameter of inductance , capacitance, and resistance. The insulation ability reduce. Usually, the problem will be discover under high voltage. Without the high voltage, the defection point is hard to be penetrated. About The Impulse Tester. “Pulse voltage and waveform comparison” is the way we detect layer short. The pulse voltage is non-destructive/instant voltage that apply on both side of winding and detect the DUT without damage it. By compare the wave with the golden sample, we can judge the DUT."}
{"text":"A strategic evaluation framework to guide the planning and evaluation of food systems programming\nThe CFS team’s strategic evaluation framework has been developed through a series of steps. First the CFS coordinating committee was introduced to the concept of Whole Measures for Community Food Systems in two trainings with the consultant who co-developed at the Center for Whole Communities. The CFS coordinating committee then introduced Whole Measures to the CFS team at the northern regional meeting in January 2013. After, the CFS coordinating committee used a participatory process at various meetings and through email communication to draft the following for each value field: 1) Definition of each value-field, 2) Examples of county educators and state specialists’ programming, and 3) Examples of outcomes & indicators. The CFS coordinating committee used this gathered information to draft definitions, activities, outcomes, and indicators for each value-field and developed this Whole Measures planning and evaluation framework for food systems programming. Please note the CFS Team adapted the framework by adding an additional value field, Innovative Collaborations.\nWhole Measures for Community Food Systems. 2009 Community Food Security Coalition\nDescription: This evaluation and planning tool provides communities with methods to measure and connect indicators that define a healthy, connected food system. Indicators consider justice issues, health, farm health, human health, local economics, and community building issues."}
{"text":"The sense of balance typically worsens with age. It can be further compromised by certain medical conditions and medications, uncorrected vision problems, or a lack of flexibility. Poor balance often leads to falls, which can cause head injuries and other disabling injuries. Hip fractures, in particular, can lead to serious health complications and threaten independence. A combination of activities such as walking, strength training, and specific workouts can improve balance and prevent falls, especially in older adults.\nWalking helps build lower-body strength, an important element of good balance. Walking is safe exercise for most people and, in addition to improving balance, counts toward your aerobic activity goals. If health problems make walking especially difficult for you, a physiatrist or physical therapist can suggest other options.\nA good walking plan should be designed to safely boost physical activity whether you're sedentary or fairly active. The minutes count, not the miles. Here's how to tailor a walking plan to your needs:\nIf you aren't in the habit of exercising, start at the beginning. If you normally use a cane or walker, be sure to do so. As you feel stronger and more comfortable, gradually add more minutes to your walks.\nIf you already exercise, start with a walking plan that best matches your current routine and build from there. If the plan seems too easy, add time, distance, or hills. Aim for at least 150 minutes of walking per week, but don't hesitate to add more.\nFor more information on improving balance and preventing falls, along with detailed exercise plans and routines, buy Better Balance, a Special Health Report from Harvard Medical School."}
{"text":"Numbering Your Fretboard\nIn this guitar lesson we are going to learn about the numbers of the frets on the guitar. This may seem like a simple topic, but if you are a beginner it is pretty important. If you can quickly understand where to put your fingers during a lesson, you won’t get frustrated and you will learn faster. We have provided you with a diagram of the fretboard with each of the frets numbered.\nIf your guitar has a different number of frets from the one you see in this video, don’t worry. Most electric guitars have 21, 22, or 24 frets. Fenders and Gibson style guitars usually have 21 or 22 frets. Ibanez and Jackson style guitars usually have 22 or 24 frets. If you have an acoustic guitar it will probably have around 20 frets.\nLet’s look at a few examples to learn how to count the frets on the guitar. Let’s say that someone told you to put your 1st finger on the 5th fret of the 1st string. You would start counting on your open high E string as 0. From there, count 5 frets up. Now you would put your index finger on that 5th fret. Here is a diagram that shows the 1st finger on the 5th fret of the 1st string.\nNow put your 2nd finger on the 12th fret of your 2nd string. Here is a diagram to show you where you should put your 2nd finger.\nLearning how to count the frets is pretty simple so you probably won’t have to spend much time on getting the hang of it. You should realize that once you get to the 12th fret of your guitar, the notes just start repeating. For example, the 12th fret of your open high E string is another E. This E is just one octave higher. Most guitars will have fret markers to help you kind of keep your place when you are playing. These markers come in all different shapes and sizes. The most common shapes are dots, blocks, trapezoids, and shark fins."}
{"text":"SOURCE: Northwestern University, news release, Nov. 19, 2015\nWEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- MRIs can spot the warning signs of knee osteoarthritis in people who have normal X-rays, researchers report.\nThey looked at 849 people, average age of 60, who showed no evidence of arthritis in either knee in X-rays. They were deemed at high risk due to factors such as being overweight or having a history of knee injuries.\nThe Northwestern University team also assessed cartilage damage, bone marrow lesions and meniscus tears on MRI images taken three years apart. If the MRIs showed worsening damage during that time, the patients were at increased risk of developing knee arthritis or symptoms such as pain, stiffness and/or swelling.\nDepending on the type of lesion revealed by MRI, the risk of developing knee arthritis within three years was three to 20 times greater, the researchers said.\n\"These worsening lesions are an early warning sign and an opportunity to intervene before a person develops the debilitating disease,\" lead investigator Dr. Leena Sharma, a rheumatologist and professor of medicine, said in a university news release.\n\"If we employ aggressive prevention strategies in persons with these lesions before they develop knee osteoarthritis, we may be able to delay disease development or alter its course,\" she added.\nThose preventive measures include weight control and avoiding potentially harmful physical activity.\nThe study was published recently in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.\nThe U.S. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases has more about osteoarthritis."}
{"text":"When we do exercises, we usually have two sessions here at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The first session is a \"workshop\" designed to run through checklists and procedures, make sure we catch any updates/changes and talk through the scenario. The second session is, generally, the real-time run through complete with injects designed to complicate the response or to test specific aspects of our procedures we want to stress, break, etc., so that we can fix them.\nToday, we are conducting a workshop for a flood. The intent is to flood at a level large enough to stress local response capabilities and explore how the State might coordinate resources and offer support to affected populations.\nIn Colorado, we are familiar with flooding. It is a necessary component of what happens when snow melts. Thankfully, we rarely see the massive, overwhelming flood conditions that some areas the country seem to be routinely plagued. For more info on floods, flash floods and things you can do to be safe, check out DEM's flood page. In preparation for a flood or any disaster, remember to check out READYColorado for guidance and thoughts on how to prepare your family's emergency kit and communication plan."}
{"text":"Individual differences |\nMethods | Statistics | Clinical | Educational | Industrial | Professional items | World psychology |\nBaragnosis is an inability to accurately judge weight with the cutaneous and muscle senses. It is usually a result of damage to the primary somatosensory cortex. This damage is commonly caused by a lesion or a subdural hemorrhage of the middle cerebral artery.\nThis should not be confused with the term barognosis which relates to the sense of weight or the ability to judge lifted weights."}
{"text":"Signs & Signifiers\nGraffiti is a recurrent detail in Ferdinand’s crime scenes, with walls and fences covered in the signs and symbols of a violent underworld. “A name crossed out with an X shows someone killed by a rival gang, a name inside a tombstone is a tribute to a gang member or a friend,” he once told an interviewer. “A lot of times I use people I’ve known who’ve died on the street.” While often stark, Ferdinand’s drawings are marked by irony, metaphor, and a sometimes startling humor. Street signs are a favorite detail—in many pieces STOP, ONE WAY and DEAD END stand behind young men wearing gang colors and holding weapons. “I use telephone poles too—the crosses are like a symbol for crucifixion.” For over a decade, a Baptist church in New Orleans paid for a billboard at the intersection of Claiborne Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, stating “Thou Shall Not Kill” as a grassroots response to the city’s murder rate. Ferdinand used this and much other signage in his art, adding background commentary to his scene at hand. Cemeteries are a cultural touchstone in New Orleans and, along with their tombstone crosses, frequently appear in his work.\nPhotos by Bill Sasser"}
{"text":"Haberlea rhodopensis plants, growing under low irradiance in their natural habitat, were desiccated to air-dry state at a similar light intensity (about 30 μmol m(-2) s(-1)) under optimal (23/20°C, day/night) or high (38/30°C) temperature. Dehydration of plants at high temperature increased the rate of water loss threefold and had a more detrimental effect than either drought or high temperature alone. Water deficit decreased the photochemical activity of PSII and PSI and the rate of photosynthetic oxygen evolution, and these effects were stronger when desiccation was carried out at 38°C. Some reduction in the amount of the main PSI and PSII proteins was observed especially in severely desiccated Haberlea leaves. The results clearly showed that desiccation of the homoiochlorophyllous poikilohydric plant Haberlea rhodopensis at high temperature had more damaging effects than desiccation at optimal temperature and in addition recovery was slower. Increased thermal energy dissipation together with higher proline and carotenoid content in the course of desiccation at 38°C compared to desiccation at 23°C probably helped in overcoming the stress.\nDesiccation of the resurrection plant Haberlea rhodopensis at high temperature\nPublication: Photosynthesis Research"}
{"text":"What are the risk factors for prostate cancer?\nA risk factor is anything that increases a person's chance of getting a disease. Different cancers have different risk factors. Some risk factors, such as smoking, can be changed. Others, like a person's age or family history, can't be changed.\nBut risk factors don't tell us everything. Many people with one or more risk factors never get cancer, while others with this disease may have had few or no known risk factors. While we do not yet know exactly what causes prostate cancer, we do know that certain risk factors are linked to the disease.\n- Age: Risk of prostate cancer goes up as men get older\n- Race: In the US, African-American men are more likely to get prostate cancer and die of it than in men of other races.\n- Nationality: Prostate cancer is most common in North America, northwestern Europe, Australia, and the Caribbean and less common in Asia, Africa, Central and South America.\n- Family history: Men with close family members (father or brother) who have had prostate cancer are more likely to get it themselves, especially if their relatives were young when they got the disease.\n- Genes: Scientists have found some inherited genes that seem to raise prostate cancer risk, but they account for only a small fraction of cases.\n- Diet: Men who eat a lot of red meat or high-fat dairy products seem to have a greater chance of getting prostate cancer.\n- Obesity: Some studies have found that obese (very overweight) men may be at greater risk for having more advanced prostate cancer and of dying from prostate cancer, but not all studies have found this.\nLast Medical Review: 08/27/2013\nLast Revised: 09/12/2014"}
{"text":"The Endeavour Project at the University of Cambridge (the project formerly known as VBRAD) is investigating the use of computer vision and related technologies in the automotive world, and in particular how we can develop a better understanding of the driver's activities, emotions, and environment.\nThe aim is to allow cars and their related systems to make more intelligent decisions about how to keep the driver informed, comfortable, safe, and heading in the direction they want to be going!\nHere's an example...\nSmarter vehicle-initiated communication\nMy current focus is on the process by which a car communicates with the driver. There are many things a car may want to tell you during your journey, and they all have different degrees of importance or urgency. Some examples might include:\n- Your brakes have failed.\n- You need to turn left in 100 metres.\n- Your phone is ringing. It's your mother.\n- You need to take the next exit, in 5 miles.\n- You need fuel in the next 50 miles.\n- A service is due in the next 1000 miles.\n- That was 'Shake it off' by Taylor Swift.\n- You're crossing the River Don, an important navigational canal serving the city of Sheffield.\nAt present, your car will typically just inform you of such things as soon as the information becomes available. But if you're negotiating a difficult junction with fast oncoming traffic, the last thing you need is to hear a 'ping' and see a warning light flash to tell you that you need a service in the next thousand miles.\nWe think we can do better.\n(This project has some factors in common with my Augmented Vehicles work, many years ago at AT&T.)"}
{"text":"- Of, related to, causing or associated with paroxysms\n- Of the nature of a paroxysm; characterized or accompanied by paroxysms\n- accompanied by or regarding the nature of paroxysms\n- regarding or marked by paroxysm; caused by paroxysms or convulsions of nature.\n- Specifically In geology: concerning or created by a violent convulsion of nature.\n- Catastrophic or concerning the catastrophic theory.\nSentence for \"paroxysmal\"\n- The technique is most successful among…\nSynonym for \"paroxysmal\"\nCross Reference for \"paroxysmal\"\nSame Context for \"paroxysmal\""}
{"text":"Welcome to the Virus Encyclopedia of Panda Security.\nIt steals confidential data from the affected computer and sends them to a hacker.\n|First detected on:||Dec. 7, 2005|\n|Detection updated on:||Dec. 7, 2005|\nLegmir.AAA is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions.\nIt captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy:\npasswords saved by certain Windows services.\nIt uses stealth techniques to avoid being detected by the user:\n- It deletes the original file from which it was run once it is installed on the computer.\nLegmir.AAA does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc."}
{"text":"Direct Loans Could Save Billions in First 5 Years With Proper Implementation\nHRD-93-27: Published: Nov 25, 1992. Publicly Released: Nov 25, 1992.\n- Full Report:\nPursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed potential savings to the government by using direct rather than guaranteed loans to provide assistance to postsecondary school students, focusing on: (1) how direct loans achieve cost savings; and (2) the impact of direct lending on financial institutions.\nGAO found that: (1) direct student loans could save the federal government about $4.8 billion for loans made in fiscal years 1994 through 1998; (2) the government could use interest earnings from direct student loans to curtail program costs; (3) lower program costs would lessen start-up and administrative costs, but not offset federal cost savings; (4) savings derived from Stafford loans could total $3.2 billion; and (5) there were concerns about whether the Department of Education could efficiently administer the program nationally."}
{"text":"|by Sean O'Neill||4|\nRoyal Dutch Airlines (KLM) is investing in a new technology for supersonic flight, the first such effort since British Airways shut down the Concorde in 2003. An outside investor has chipped in $164 million to kick-start the project, Space Tourism Curacao, which could theoretically connect any two cities on Earth within two hours' flight.\nA test model of the space jet is set to debut next spring, and its owners aim to start commercial flights from the Caribbean island of Curacao in 2014. That said, regularly scheduled flights from major cities may take another two decades to appear.\nThe craft is essentially a spaceship, with the breakthrough technology of a reusable engine.\nPassengers will be required to pass physical tests to fly on the craft just as a flight attendant must for today's ordinary planes. Passengers must be prepared to travel at speeds of up to 13,750 mph.\nThe new craft—called the Lynx—hasn't even been built yet, but about 40 people have already bought $90,000 tickets for rides on an early version. One of them, Anton Kriel, explained to British papers: \"I will no longer have to listen to people who brag about their new Aston Martin.\"\nOne of the problems that the Concorde faced was its sonic \"boom\" whenever it broke the sound barrier, which tended to scare the heck out of residents down on earth. New technology could minimize the sound of the boom, allowing this new craft to fly above populated areas without frightening locals.\nThe Concorde flew 2.5 million passengers in its years of service.\nHere's an (over-the-top) promotional video for the new two-hours-to-anywhere-flights:\nSEE MORE FROM BUDGET TRAVEL"}
{"text":"1994 AIME Problems/Problem 14\nA beam of light strikes at point with angle of incidence and reflects with an equal angle of reflection as shown. The light beam continues its path, reflecting off line segments and according to the rule: angle of incidence equals angle of reflection. Given that and determine the number of times the light beam will bounce off the two line segments. Include the first reflection at in your count.\nAt each point of reflection, we pretend instead that the light continues to travel straight. Note that after reflections (excluding the first one at ) the extended line will form an angle at point . For the th reflection to be just inside or at point , we must have . Thus, our answer is, including the first intersection, .\n|1994 AIME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)|\n|1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15|\n|All AIME Problems and Solutions|\nThe problems on this page are copyrighted by the Mathematical Association of America's American Mathematics Competitions."}
{"text":"Where seismic data is recorded in populated areas, it is common to have high-amplitude harmonic noise contaminating the data. This noise is produced by power transmission lines and other equipment and often has amplitudes several orders of magnitude higher than the amplitudes of desirable signals in the seismic data. The harmonic noise present in our data contaminates different parts of the spectrum and, therefore, simple notch filtering is not effective. We used a time-domain-based method of automatic estimation of noise frequencies and their amplitudes, followed by subtraction of these estimated anomalous harmonics from the data. Filtering reflection data from a transect across the Archean - Proterozoic terrane boundary in southern Wyoming and northern Colorado in this way significantly improved data quality even in areas where first breaks were completely obscured by the noise.\n|Original language||English (US)|\n|State||Published - Jan 1 2001|\n|Event||2001 Society of Exploration Geophysicists Annual Meeting, SEG 2001 - San Antonio, United States|\nDuration: Sep 9 2001 → Sep 14 2001\n|Other||2001 Society of Exploration Geophysicists Annual Meeting, SEG 2001|\n|Period||9/9/01 → 9/14/01|\nASJC Scopus subject areas"}
{"text":"Scituate Reservoir Watershed\nThe largest fresh waterbody in Rhode Island, the Scituate Reservoir is the source of Providence Water’s supply. The Y-shaped reservoir is nearly 6 miles long and has a storage capacity of nearly 37 billion gallons at the Gainer Dam spillway elevation. Its average depth is about 32 feet, while it reaches a depth of 90 feet just upstream of the dam.\nWater flows into the Scituate Reservoir from five smaller tributary reservoirs (Barden, Moswansicut, Ponaganset, Regulating, and Westconnaug) and an extensive network of rivers and smaller streams. In total, Providence Water owns surface reservoirs covering about 5,000 acres and another 13,000 acres of surrounding forestland.\nProvidence Water works to conserve the entire Scituate Reservoir watershed, or area of land that water flows across or under on its way to the main reservoir. The watershed is located primarily within the rural towns of Scituate, Foster, and Glocester, and also includes parts of western Cranston and Johnston. The total drainage area covers 93 square miles or nearly 60,000 acres.\nLand use influences the water quality in the reservoir and private wells within the watershed. Maintaining forest cover and practicing and promoting wise stewardship help ensure cleaner water entering the reservoirs. Since Providence Water only owns about one third of the land in the watershed, it relies on local municipalities and private landowners as stewardship partners.\nProtecting the source of the water supply saves ratepayers’ money by reducing treatment costs, while providing many other benefits."}
{"text":"What is a map service?\nThe map service is the way that you publish maps to the Web using ArcGIS. You'll make the map in ArcMap, then publish the map service to ArcGIS Server. Internet or intranet users can then use the map service in Web applications, ArcMap, ArcGIS Explorer, and other applications.\nWhat can a map service do?\nA map service makes maps, features, and attribute data available inside many types of client applications. ESRI provides .NET, Java, SOAP, and REST interfaces for working with map services. One common use of a map service is to show business data on top of basemap tiles from ArcGIS Online, Bing Maps, or Google Maps.\nAdditionally, when you publish the map service, you can choose to expose it through the KML or OGC WMS specifications. This can make your map service available to a broader variety of clients, such as Google Earth.\nHow do I start creating a map service?\nAll map services begin inside ArcMap, where you create your map. When you've finished the map and are ready to publish it, open the Map Service Publishing Toolbar. The items on the toolbar help you publish your map as a service. See Publishing a map service for full instructions."}
{"text":"Genetic testing for cystic fibrosis, fragile X syndrome and spinal muscular atrophy is recommended for all would-be parents by a study in Australia.\nThe research is based on data from the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) which began to offer genetic testing in 2012 for these common and severe disorders.\nResearchers anaylsed screenings of 12,000 individuals, and discovered that about 5 percent of them - 610 - were carriers of these diseases. This rate is on par with the population risk for Down's syndrome, and supports the stance that people should be routinely tested for these conditions, they said. Of the carriers, 88 percent had no family history and had no reason to suspect they were carrying these genetic disorders.\n'There is also a misconception that these types of disorders are only relevant where there is a family history of the condition...but most parents who have a child with one of these disorders have no family history,' said senior author Professor David Amor, who is at the VCGS and Murdoch Children's Research Institute.\nGenetic screening is typically done before pregnancy, but can be done during the first 12 weeks of gestation. Couples who are carriers of cystic fibrosis or spinal muscular atrophy have a 25 percent chance of having a baby with that disorder. Women who are carriers of the fragile X syndrome have a 50 percent change of passing on that mutation.\n'It's important that all carriers are given the option of genetic counselling so they can discuss the implications of their results with an expert,' said Dr Alison Archibald at the VCGS, and joint first study-author.\nProfessor Amor added: 'Some couples will decide that [carrier screening] is not for them…but we know from experience that a lot of couples want this type of information.'\nThe study was published in Genetics in Medicine."}
{"text":"Takin, national animal of Bhutan and you are going to see during your tour to Bhutan. Government from Bhutan is well preserving Takin in Thimpu as it is also associated with religious history and mythology. It is a very rare mammal with a thick neck and short muscular legs. It lives in groups and is found above 4000 meters on the north- western and far north eastern parts of the country. They feed on bamboo. The adult Takin can weigh over 200 kilogram. Their habitat range is from rocky, grass covered alpine zones to the forests with undergrowth of bamboos and Rhododendrons. They are strong, unique and distinct, perhaps making them considered as the national animal of Bhutan.\nTakin at Grassland\nThe takin has a rich Bhutanese mythology dating to the 15th century. A Tibetan saint by the name Drukpa Kunley (aka, “The Divine Madman”) is credited with creating the takin with unique features. The people of Bhutan requested that Drukpa Kunley perform a miracle before them. The saint agreed to do so provided he was fed for lunch: a whole cow and a whole goat. Once served, he devoured the food of both animals and left out the bones. He then took out the head of the goat and fixed it to the skeleton of the cow—with a snap, he created a live animal.\nFacts About The National Animal Of Bhutan (Takin)"}
{"text":"Water resources data for Montana for the 2004 water year, volumes 1 and 2, consist of records of\nstage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and\nreservoirs; and water levels in wells. This volume contains discharge records for 119\nstreamflow-gaging stations; stage or content records for 21 lakes and reservoirs; and\nwater-quality records for 69 streamflow stations (17 ungaged), and 3 lake sites; water-level\nrecords for 51 observation wells; and precipitation and water-quality records for 2\natmospheric-deposition stations. Additional water year 2004 data collected at crest-stage\ngage and miscellaneous-measurement sites were collected but are not published in this report.\nThese data are stored within the District office files in Helena and are available on request.\nThese data represent part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological\nSurvey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Montana.\nAdditional Publication Details\nUSGS Numbered Series\nWater resources data, Montana, water year 2005: Volume 2. Yellowstone and upper Columbia River basins and ground-water levels"}
{"text":"|front |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 |11 |12 |13 |14 |15 |16 |17 |18 |19 |review|\nMost viruses take over the cell's replicative machinery. The cell dies after 1-2 days when it contains masses of virus particles and is unable to repair itself. The masses of virus particles appear as inclusion bodies by staining.\nA common problem in diagnosis is that the tissue homogenate is toxic . If the toxicity is of viral origin the medium above the dying cells can usually be diluted at least one millionfold and then kill new cell cultures."}
{"text":"|After studying the chapter, the student should be able to...\n1.) Distinguish between sensory input and perceptual experience, and explain\nthe relationship that exists between the two.\n2.) Discuss why the process of perception is crucial to living creatures and\nhow our system prevents us from experiencing sensory overload.\n3.) Explain the sequential chain of events precipitating perception. Specify\nthe key components to this sequence and explain each in detail.\n4.) Compare and contrast materialism and dualism as two alternative philosophical\nexplanations for perceptual experience and specify the individuals associated\nwith each perspective.\n5.) Discuss the relationship between perception and action. Explain why this\nrelationship is important and include any problems which may result.\n6.) Discuss the important \"real life\" implications for the study\n7.) Discuss the relationship between perceptual experience and reality.\n8.) Compare and contrast naive realism, skepticism, and subjective idealism\nincluding the individuals associated with each perspective.\n9.) Explain Muller's theory, referred to as the doctrine of specific nerve\nenergies, and its contribution to the study of perception.\n10.) Discuss in depth the three primary levels of analysis often taken when\nexamining perception and the importance of studying perception from each of\nthese perspectives. In your discussion, specify and explain the primary examples\nprovided for each level."}
{"text":"Product description: 12 Essential Vitamins + boosted vitamin D3.\nRecommended use: All Birds housed indoors. Caged birds on seed diets require nutritional supplementation with vitamins and minerals to maintain good health. Limited exposure to sunlight may result in Vitamin D Deficiency. Vitamin D has a role in the absorption of Calcium, which is essential for normal health and growth bones in young birds and eggshell formation in breeding hens. Use Soluvite D to assist in the prevention of diseases associated with vitamin deficiency. Key Features: An easy to administer concentrate for breeders. Water soluble formula that provides additional vitamin D3 as well as other essential vitamins. Ideal supplement for birds housed indoors.\nDirections: Daily use of vitamins in either food or water is recommended to supplement the diet. For best results in water: Add 4g to 40mL of warm water (30°C – 40°C), stir well to dissolve. Then add the mixed 40mL solution to 360mL of drinking water. Prepared water should not be exposed to direct sunlight. Use as the sole source of water and prepare fresh solution daily. Food: Sprinkle 4g of Soluvite D onto 4 cups of food and combine well.\nIngredients: Active constituents: per kg\nVitamin A 1,000,000 IU\nVitamin D3 250,000 IU\nVitamin E 2,500 IU\nVitamin K 2,000mg\nPantothenic Acid 1,242mg\nCyanocobalamin (B12) 5mg\nFolic Acid 225mg\nCholine Bitartrate 40mg"}
{"text":"Nurses are crucial to fighting climate change and protecting the health of patients, communities, and future generations. There are several simple (but meaningful) actions that nurses can take to support climate-friendly environments at work, in communities, and in daily life. And, as you expand your range of actions, there are many other ways you can move your leadership forward for larger impact.\nNurses can move forward in addressing climate change by:\n- Increasing awareness on how climate change impacts health\n- Supporting climate-friendly practices in healthcare and academic institutions\n- Reducing the pollution created by your homes, buildings, and transportation\n- Advocating for health-protective climate and clean energy policy.\n- Joining with others in calling for urgent action on climate change.\nThis toolkit provides an online repository of tools, resources, and more to support your climate leadership. Also included are ideas, resources, and evidence-based communication tools to engage your colleagues and other health professionals in climate and health solutions. Check out the climate champion section to learn best practices with tips and ideas from other nurses who have successfully implemented initiatives and engaged communities and practice settings in promoting sustainable environments."}
{"text":"Barite is the primary, naturally occurring, barium-based mineral. Barium, atomic number 56, derives its name from Greek and means heavy. Barite is also known as baryte. The primary countries in which commercial deposits of barite are currently found are the United States, China, India and Morocco. Barite’s high density and chemical inertness make it an ideal mineral for many applications.\nThe chemical formula for barite is BaSO4. To be economically viable for extraction, barite usually needs to be the predominant material in a deposit. The types of deposits in which it is normally found include vein, residual, and bedded. Vein and residual deposits are of hydrothermal origin, while bedded deposits are sedimentary.\nThe overwhelming majority of the barite that is mined is used by the petroleum industry as a weighting material in the formulation of drilling mud. Barite increases the hydrostatic pressure of the drilling mud allowing it to compensate for high-pressure zones experienced during drilling, thus suppressing high formation pressures and preventing blowouts."}
{"text":"1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data While at a country fair, you decide to ride the Ferris Wheel. Having eaten too many candy apples and elephant ears, you find the motion somewhat unpleasant. To take your mind off your stomach, you wonder about the motion of the ride. You estimate the radius of the big wheel to be 15m, and you use your watch to find that each loop around takes 25s. a) What are your speed and magnitude of your acceleration? b) What is the ratio of your weight at the top of the ride to your weight while standing on the ground? c) What is the ratio of your weight at the bottom of the ride to your weight while standing on the ground? 2. Relevant equations where T= period, r=radius v = 2(pie)r/T a = v^2/r 3. The attempt at a solution For part a) I got v= 3.7699 m/s and a= 0.947 m/s^2 For part b) since we are dealing with a ferris wheel, the FBD has normal force and weight pointing in the downward direction at the top of the ferris wheel. Would the apparent weight, which is the normal force, be (note: I made the positive y coordinate pointing down so n and w are positive): n+w=ma n=ma-mg Wapp=m(a-g) and because Wtrue=mg Wapp/Wtrue= (m(a-g))/mg m's cancel so, (a-g)/g (0.947-9.8)/9.8 = -0.9 However, that number should be positive. So, I am assuming that it should not have been n=ma-mg BUT instead n=mg-ma so n=m(g-a) so that Wapp/Wtrue= (g-a)/g so the ratio is 0.9. IF SO, WHY would n= mg-ma??? for part c) I got n-mg=ma so n=mg + ma so Wapp/Wtrue= (g+a)/g so ratio= 1.1 PLEASE HELP this question is due tomorrow morning, so help asap would be GREATLY appreciated!"}
{"text":"The Oman-based data artist Marcelo Duhalde has taken information from the CIA’s World Factbook and the Encyclopedia Britannica and used it to chart human life expectancy at birth.\nTake a look at the bottom-right part of this chart for “life expectancy along history.” For the reference (from Wikipedia): “The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,200 BC, … and ending between 4,500 and 2,000 BC.”\nTherefore, in less than 10,000 – 8,000 years, human lifespan increased from 20 years to 71. Not too bad. But we should do better!"}
{"text":"Search For A Disorder\nThis is an ill-defined syndrome with the primary features of facial weakness and limited ocular abduction, usually bilateral and nonprogresssive. Those who first described this entity in the 19th century, von Graefe and M√∂ebius, accepted only cases with facial diplegia and bilateral 6th nerve palsy. Since then, however, a large number of associated nerve palsies and systemic malformations have been reported. More than a third of patients have features of Duane’s syndrome. Beyond the oculomotor dysfunction, no ocular abnormalities are consistently associated.\nA large number of neurological and skeletal anomalies have been reported in association with what is called M√∂ebius syndrome. Orofacial dysmorphism, limb malformations and other cranial nerve palsies are the most common. The lack of specific diagnostic criteria for this ‘syndrome’ may explain why many of these associations have been reported, and it is beyond the scope of this database to enumerate or document the validity of including coexistent malformations as part of the M√∂ebius sequence. A significant number of patients have more general motor and coordination disabilities. It is not unusual for young patients to have respiratory difficulties and to suffer an early demise. Necropsy findings often reveal diffuse brainstem pathology.\nThis is either a clinically heterogeneous disorder or a category with multiple disorders. Familial occurrence is uncommon and recurrence risk is generally higher among families with simple 6th and 7th nerve palsies suggesting that cases in which other major anomalies occur are more likely to be the result of environmentally-induced maldevelopment. Both autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive inheritance patterns have been reported in familial cases.\nBased on the pattern of chromosomal aberrations found in a multigenerational family, it has been proposed that a locus for Moebius syndrome resides somewhere in 13q12.2-q13.\nNo treatment is available."}
{"text":"Legionnaires' disease is a lung infection. It is a form of pneumonia. It got its name after it struck at the American Legionnaires Convention in 1976.\nThis disease is caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophilia in most cases. The bacteria are most often found in sources of standing water. It may be found in cooling towers, HVAC systems, and air conditioners.\nLegionnaires' disease can be contracted by breathing water vapor from a standing water source that contains Legionella bacteria.\nCopyright © Nucleus Medical Media, Inc.\nThe infection does not move from one person to another.\nLast reviewedMarch 2013by Brian Randall, MD\nPlease be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition."}
{"text":"Chapter 7: Organisation and management (The role of management…\nLine managers: have direct responsibility over people below them in the hierarchy of an organisation. They have the authority to give orders and to have their decisions put into effect in their department.\nStaff managers tend to be very well-qualified experts. They often know more about their particular specialist subject than they do about running the business."}
{"text":"That simplifies things but there's still a lot to watch out for, especially at computer boundaries. You may be sending messages from Windows to a Linux server, or you may be editing files in a text editor that's configured to a different character set and feeding those into your message client.\nThere's excellent material on what every programmer needs to know about\nVersion 2 Character Sets and Encoding from Health Intersections, a paper by someone who had just finished rewriting his v2 parser.\nWhat Every Programmer Should Know About Unicode (no excuses!)\nNTE|2||0020 SPACE NTE|2||0021 ! EXCLAMATION MARK NTE|2||0022 \" QUOTATION MARK NTE|2||0023 # NUMBER SIGN NTE|2||0024 $ DOLLAR SIGN NTE|2||0025 % PERCENT SIGN NTE|2||0026 & AMPERSAND NTE|2||0027 ' APOSTROPHE NTE|2||0028 ( LEFT PARENTHESIS NTE|2||0029 ) RIGHT PARENTHESIS NTE|2||002A * ASTERISK NTE|2||002B + PLUS SIGN NTE|2||002C , COMMA NTE|2||002D - HYPHEN-MINUS NTE|2||002E . FULL STOP NTE|2||002F / SOLIDUS NTE|2||0030 0 DIGIT ZERO NTE|2||0031 1 DIGIT ONE NTE|2||0032 2 DIGIT TWO NTE|2||0033 3 DIGIT THREE...and so on.\nYou can download a simple lab result test message here or create your own with other character sets and neat tricks like embedding escape sequences and changing encoding mid-stream (but for the sake of the rest of us who might have to read your data please don't). Then feed that into an HL7 client program, such as the free and open source HAPI Test Panel, and run it end to end through the system. If it comes out the other side the same way it went in, you're golden. Happy encoding!"}
{"text":"Schools (and many adults) introduce another barrier, which is a profound misunderstanding of what it means to be fluent in math and science (the misunderstanding is usually in the form of thinking that math and science are fact and pattern based, and that learning the facts and the patterns is what is required)This confused me. If science and maths were not about facts and pattern recognition, then what were they about?\n- Alan Kay, Squeakland list reference\nShort answer: Making better maps\nThoughts about teaching science and mathematics to young children\nthe maps \"are always subject to improvement and rediscovery: they never completely represent the territory they are trying to map ...\"Computers are seductive. I may have been focusing too much on motivation, or game making or programming as goals in themselves.\n\"... helping children actually do real science at the earliest possible ages is the best known way to help them move from simple beliefs in dogma to the more skeptical, empirically derived models of science\"\n\"... as Piaget pointed out, it is best to think of children as thinking beings in their own right ...\"\nour culture is confusing and the science is often not central, it can easily be missed\nAlso, computers are marketed as productivity tools with applications that attempt to do it all for us. Is that the best thing for learning? Probably not, but its more seduction.\nAlan Kay points out that science knowledge in particular is a more expansive goal, perhaps a better pathway to help young children. The goal is to find child appropriate ways of teaching science. Computers can help here but that is just one possibility."}
{"text":"Q: Why did the composer only compose while lying in bed?\nA: Because he was composing sheet music!\nYears ago, when composers wrote music, they would write the music on sheets of paper that the musicians could read and perform. This music written on sheets of paper is called sheet music. Lots of music is written now using computers programs such as Notion or Sibelius. (I do not write music and do not know anything about these programs.) For musicians to perform, the music is most often printed out in sheets, sheet music. There are probably musicians who use a computer or tablet to read their music.\nSheets, though, has another meaning. When you make your bed, you put sheets on your bed, along with pillows and blankets.\nThis joke is funny because of the different meanings of sheets–sheets for your bed and sheet music. I wouldn’t recommend, however, using bed sheets for writing music; it might be difficult for the performer to read the music!\nIf you would like to learn to read sheet music, you could start here:"}
{"text":"Why do South America and Africa seem to fit together like puzzle pieces? Why do volcanoes and earthquakes cluster in belts that girdle the globe? Why are all the ocean basins extremely young? Plate tectonics — the unifying concept of geology answers these questions and many others by explaining the dynamic motions and interactions of Earth’s tectonic plates. Find out how scientists fit together the pieces of the plate-tectonic puzzle.\nSome of the clearest images of the ocean floor come from space! This one of the Atlantic Ocean was made by a satellite that can detect subtle differences in the height of the ocean surface. Amazingly, the height reflects the topography of the sea floor."}
{"text":"After the American Revolution several patriotic societies sprang up to promote various political causes and economic interests. Among these were the Tammany societies, founded in New York, Philadelphia, and other cities. The societies took the name of a Delaware chief, Tamanend, who is said to have welcomed William Penn and to have signed with him the Treaty of Shakamaxon.\nThe Tammany Society, or Columbian Order of New York City, the only Tammany society to have a long life, was formed c.1786 and was incorporated in 1789. Divided into 13 tribes, corresponding to the 13 states, it had as its motto \"Freedom Our Rock\"; its rites and ceremonials were based on pseudo–Native American forms, and the titles of its officials were also pseudo–Native American. Although its activities were at first mostly social, ceremonial, and patriotic, the society gradually became the principal upholder of Jeffersonian politics in New York City.\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"The use of carved wooden ancestor and protective figures was widespread across the islands of Indonesia. Protective figures, now known as 'hampatong', were placed at entrances to their villages and communal longhouses. Each 'hampatong' was carved for a specific purpose and personified a particular spirit or deity. They were made and displayed to celebrate occasions such as a successful headhunting expedition or the funeral of an important person.\nThis figure of a woman standing on a pedestal is decorated in relief with an 'aso' (a kind of underworld dragon-dog representing the very powerful female spirits), stylised leaves and lotus flowers. In this case, her regalia comprises an elaborate headdress extending down her back and prestige necklace, bracelets and earrings. A small animal clings to the side of the pedestal at her feet and a serpent-like creature is grasped at the waist. The other hand clasps what is possibly a 'kris', or sword. Many 'hampatong' have aggressively exaggerated features such as bulging eyes, gaping mouths and long protruding tongues, but this one is more naturally rendered and exudes a calm and reflective quality.\nThe Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.337.\nFigure ('hampatong') of a female guardian spirit\nlate 19th century-early 20th century\n297.0 x 35.0 cm\nGift of Nomadic Rug Traders 2003\nNot on display\nReferenced in 2 publications\nJackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2003, 337 (colour illus.).\nJackie Menzies, Look, 'The Asian Collection', pg.12-13, Sydney, Mar 2009, 13 (colour illus.). This work is in the midground of the image on page 13."}
{"text":"After touring Senegal and Gambia, Cooper returned to Toronto to begin her MA degree. Her thesis, which began her career studying Black Canadian history, was a study of Black teachers in Ontario from 1850 to 1870.\nIn 2000, she completed a Ph.D. dissertation about the life of Henry Bibb, a fugitive slave from Kentucky, who became an abolitionist in Canada. As a result of this original research, Cooper was named a “Kentucky Colonel,” the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s highest award. In tandem with this award, the Canadian government recognized Cooper’s dissertation by designating Bibb a person of national historic significance.\nThe Hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal (HarperCollins, 2006) is the result of years of Cooper’s original research. It is the first account of this story published in English, as well as the first history of slavery in Canada written in English. The Hanging of Angélique, based on Marie-Joseph Angélique‘s trial record, was shortlisted for the 2006 Governor General’s Literary Award nominations for non-fiction.\nThe Hanging of Angélique – The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal (Toronto: HarperCollins, 2006).\nThe Underground Railroad, Next Stop: Toronto (Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, 2002).\nWe’re Rooted Here and They Can’t Pull Us Up: Essays in African Canadian Women’s History (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994; reprint 1999). Winner of the Joseph Brant Award for History."}
{"text":"Stratovolcano 1041 m / 3415 ft\nEthiopia, 12.88°N / 41.62°ECurrent status\n: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | ReportsOyma volcano books\nTypical eruption style\nOyma volcano eruptions\n: None during the past 10,000 years\nLess than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)\nNo recent earthquakes\n|Time||Mag. / Depth||Distance||Location|\nOyma is a complex stratovolcano with rhyolitic lava flows, domes, and pyroclastics, followed by formation of a 5-km-wide, 450-m-deep caldera. Oyma was age dated at around 0.5 million years ago (CNR-CNRS, 1973).\n---Smithsonian / GVP volcano information\nSee also: Sentinel hub\n| Landsat 8\nMore on VolcanoDiscovery\nA selection of photos of different features: lava flows, lava fountains, lava lakes, fumaroles and more.\nKrakatau volcano photos\n: Hundreds of photos from active Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia. Most of them taken during our various expeditions to this fascinating volcano.\nBooks about Volcanoes\n: A selection of great books about volcanoes and volcanism, grouped into sections of different reading level interest.\nKelut volcano's lava dome in 2007\n: One of the most impressive lava dome eruptions in recent years. A new dome formed in the crater lake of Kelut volcano (East Java) in late 2007. Enjoy some unique pictures."}
{"text":"Management of serious incidents\n- Emergency response plans\n- Necessary information\n- Managing serious incidents\n- Communicating with news media\nIt is important that everyone who is involved in outdoor adventure-based programs accepts the possibility that there could be a serious incident or a fatality during their activities. Understanding the implications of such incidents, the planning which is required beforehand to effectively manage the difficult circumstances, and the actions which must be taken will help everyone involved in a traumatic event.\nDeath on a trip is usually cited as the worst scenario which outdoor leaders and party members will ever have to face. However, if not well managed, serious injuries, psychological problems or even delays in groups returning from activities can all have very serious consequences for organisations running outdoor activities and the individuals involved.\nAs in most things, dealing with serious incidents effectively relies on planning, and the level of detail required depends upon the activity itself, the nature of the organisation running the activity and the nature of the participants. Prudent and professional trip organisers consider potential scenarios to deal with the immediate requirements and the inevitable aftermath of a serious incident."}
{"text":"4 pages matching organized in this book\nResults 1-3 of 4\nWhat people are saying - Write a review\nWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places.\nTypes of Software Available for Schools\nIntegrating Computers into the Classroom\n2 other sections not shown\nability level allow students answer appropriate Areas of Computer ask students avoid become Caissy Classroom Computer Center classroom teachers Computer Assisted Instruction computer curriculum Computer Literacy Computer programs computer screen computer technology computer-related skills computer's Computers in Education database decision dents develop thinking skills Discovery Learning Don Mills drill and practice economic Educational Games enrichment example exer extensively in business fastback format students Futurists predict grades and attendance gram graphics hardware instructional design interest center keyboard learn basic computing learning activities load command LOGO microcomputers organized Phi Delta Kappa printer problem solving processors in school programming language puter puting field questions reinforcement schedule school district simulation single computer skill or subject society software evaluation software packages software programs specific students gain practice students learn taught teaching and learning Teaching/Learning Tool technology for teaching tion Tutorial urban planner various ware word processor word-processing functions"}
{"text":"Bobby Jackson has received much recognition for engaging students in the classroom, including an award for “Texas history of the year.” A look at one very popular history teacher’s classroom:\nHe starts challenging kids’ expectations the first day of school. ‘We do a brainstorming activity where I put the kids on a timer and ask them to give their perceptions of a Texan. Then we talk about stereotypes, myths, and legends. I tell them that a lot of our stories could or could not be true. The kids need to know there’s more to every story.’ Then he stays as personal, passionate, and interactive as he can. He has his students write letters to Stephen F. Austin applying to be among the first three hundred colonists. He reenacts Gonzales, Goliad, and San Jacinto in his classroom. ‘I portray a survivor of the Battle of San Jacinto, Stephen Franklin Sparks, who lived and died in Rockport. He was sixteen when he fought for Ben Milam, and he ended up being the second-to-last survivor of the Texas Revolution to pass away. And he was just about their age when he did all this.’ When he gets to the 1919 hurricane, he plays interviews with aging eyewitnesses that he recorded as part of his master’s thesis at Corpus Christi State. He also tells the students his own family’s hurricane stories, all while dressed in a two-piece, striped bathing suit and straw boater that look like an outfit Buster Keaton would have worn to the beach."}
{"text":"Plant nutrient requirements\nUse this tag for questions about the nutrients required by plants. A lack of certain nutrients can cause problems which often appear like disease. An over-abundance of certain nutrients can also cause problems and may even act like poisons (e.g. copper).\nThe most significant nutrients in terms of volume, are atmospheric (carbon & oxygen, absorbed from the air) and water (typically absorbed by roots from the soil). The remaining nutrients are all mineral nutrients and are typically absorbed from the growing medium:\n- Primary Macro-nutrients (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium)\n- Secondary Macro-nutrients (Calcium, Sulphur, Magnesium)\n- Micro-nutrients (trace-minerals): Boron, Chlorine, Manganese, Iron, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum, Nickel, Selenium, Sodium.\nNote that most of these are listed by their elemental names. Most are poisonous in this form and can only be absorbed in their ionic form. E.g. Chloride ions rather than chlorine gas."}
{"text":"please draw the phylogenetic tree with details.\nSolved 1 Answer\nSee More Answers for FREE\nEnhance your learning with StudyX\nReceive support from our dedicated community users and experts\nSee up to 20 answers per week for free\nExperience reliable customer service\nGeneral GuidanceThe answer provided below has been developed in a clear step by step manner.Step: 1Poriferans-Explanation:Please refer to solution in this step.Step: 2Cnidarians -Explanation:Please refer to solution in this step.Answer:Bilaterians- ..."}
{"text":"Floras & Field Guides\nPublished floras have traditionally been the main means of synthesizing information on the species of plants in an area—their habitats, phenology, classification, common names, and practical identification. The Herbarium has published three comprehensive floras: the Flora of Virginia, coauthored with Chris Ludwig and Johnny Townsend, the Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, and the recently released Flora of the Southeastern United States. The Flora of Virginia has won several awards, including the Thomas Jefferson Award for Conservation.\nThrough these and other major accomplishments, the Herbarium and allied researchers are today viewed as primary sources for information on southeastern U.S plants—information that is a foundational tool used by botanists, foresters, horticulturists, conservationists, and students throughout the U.S.\nIn 2015, the UNC Carolina Apps Program teamed up with NCU Herbarium and NCBG staff to develop the iPhone/iPad application FloraQuest. This app allowed for mobile identification of over 7,000 plant species in a 14-state region through an interactive interface. In 2022, The Southeastern Flora Team, led by Alan Weakley and Michael Lee, developed plans to phase out FloraQuest with a new and improved flora app, working closely with collaborator Katie Gibson (developer of High Country flora apps). As of December 2022, this app is being tested in beta form by various users in the northeastern region of the FSUS (Virginia northward), and the app will be available for public use in spring of 2023."}
{"text":"KUSA - Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University say telomeres may predict our ability to fight off the common cold.\nTelomeres are protective caps made of DNA proteins found on the ends of our cells' chromosomes.\nA new study shows that the length of telomeres may predict risk for the common cold.\n\"If the DNA is your shoestring, the telomeres is the tip of your shoestring,\" 9NEWS Medical Expert Dr. John Torres said. \"It's the end parts of the DNA that we didn't used to think much about, but now we're finding out that they actually have a lot of impact. The shorter they are in people the more likely they are to get colds.\"\nIf you seem to get colds more often than most people, just recognize that and be more careful. Try to boost your immune system through exercise and eating healthy foods. The research was published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association."}
{"text":"The bank messenger had a great deal of responsibility\nThe Bank of Montreal Rules and Regulations of 1817 stated that the messenger “shall be accountable for whatever may be entrusted to his charge and for all sums of money collected by him. He shall also be responsible to the bank or to the parties concerned, as the case may be, for all losses arising from his negligence, errors or omissions in performing the duties assigned to him.” In smaller branches, the duties of the messenger were taken on by the porter, who already had his own long list of responsibilities.\nOver the years, the role of the messenger changed significantly. While they would sometimes be called on to deliver sensitive documents and securities that had to be dispatched quickly, they would more often be kept busy delivering mail within the branch, helping customers fill out paperwork or directing them to the right teller."}
{"text":"2010 is the year of the tiger, an Asian astrological sign known for its charisma and courageousness. Astrological tigers may be all around us, but two tiger sub-species have gone extinct since 1930, and many believe the South China Tiger is “functionally extinct” because it hasn’t been seen in 20 years. Even for the remaining five tiger subspecies—Sumatran, Bengal, Indochinese, Siberian, and Malayan—the prognosis isn’t good: the WWF recently announced that the 3,200 tigers living in the wild are among the most threatened creatures on Earth.\nWild tigers live in isolated pockets of jungle, usually inside wildlife refuges, in a handful of Asian countries. Tigers need a few things to survive: lots of prey like deer and pigs, water, and some dense vegetation. However, habitat encroachment has been epic in recent years and since 1900, tigers’ range has decreased by 95% (see a map here).\nHowever, I doubt that these majestic animals will disappear entirely. Their size, beauty, and potential deadliness make them popular, and lucrative, zoo exhibits around the world. In China, thousands of the big cats live in cages on tiger “farms” where tourists can visit them and where (it’s been reported) tiger blood, bile, bones, paws, and other parts are harvested for the black market, for use in expensive traditional medicines. International regulations prohibit trafficking or selling any tiger parts, but China has lobbied for a suspension of the rule in the case of farmed tigers, arguing that the sale of legal tiger parts could reduce poaching and fund conservation efforts. So far, their appeals have been unsuccessful, and the black market in tiger parts continues to thrive. Like the Giant Panda, the tiger may go extinct in the wild, but its monetary value to zoos and the black market means it will likely be around for decades to come. To learn more about tigers and how to save them, check out the World Bank’s conservation program and comprehensive threat analysis here."}
{"text":"Swans Woodworking Classes\nOur Swans class have started their Woodworking classes again! They carefully listened to the safety instructions and how to use the equipment, and popped on their safety goggles to protect their eyes.\nThe woodwork classes are fantastic for developing their hand-eye co-ordination, mathematics and problem-solving skills which was particularly present when measuring out square shapes on the rectangular piece of wood using a ruler!\nWhen we began to use the saw, the children behaved wonderfully around the equipment, holding it with both hands to ensure full control of the tool and used the saw across the line. The class also looked at how to handle a hammer safely, and learnt about screws and nails, identifying the differences between them and when you would use them.\nThey all showed a brilliant display of teamwork, helping each other to complete the task!"}
{"text":"Updated: Aug 29, 2018\nThis Units of Time Math Conversion Manila Envelope Game works great as a math center activity! Also a great way to teach common core standard CCSS.Math.Content.4.MD.A.1. Units of time include conversions between days, weeks, months, years, seconds, minutes, centuries, and more. Students can work alone or in groups to match up one unit (the letters) such as 1 minute with its equivalent (the number cards) such as 60 seconds. When they have matched up all 10 cards they flip the cards over to reveal a pattern. If their pattern matches the one on the answer key they know they got them all correct!\nThis freebie is game 1 of my Math Conversions Manila Envelope Games which includes\nmetric units, customary units, units of time, military time and roman numerals. Click on the images to go to each product.\nHope you enjoy!\nJoin my free resource library! Click here!"}
{"text":"The reconstructed house is typical of those during Polk’s childhood. The kitchen and house are authentically furnished with period pieces from the early 1800s. The visitor center features exhibits on the life and times of President Polk and a twenty-three minute film \"Who is Polk?\" tells of his accomplishments.\nThe Mecklenburg Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution erected a stone monument at the site in 1904. It was the first monument dedicated in North Carolina to the eleventh president. Special events commemorate Polk’s birthday in November and focus on eighteenth-century Christmas customs in December. Special programs and activities are planned for scheduled school groups upon request. Visitors are invited to take guided tours of the main house and kitchen which are provided throughout the day."}
{"text":"Image from the University of Miami\nFor many years, it has been speculated that adult tarpon migrate vast distances during their annual runs. Last week, the University of Miami (FL) publish the results of an 18-year long study which shows just how far adult tarpon move.\nMIAMI—The results of an 18-year study of Atlantic tarpon by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science revealed that these large silvery fish take extensive seasonal migrations—1,000s of kilometers in distance—beyond U.S. borders. The new findings can help protect the fish, which is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN–International Union for Conservation of Nature, and the main draw of a more than $6 billion catch-and-release sportfishing industry in the United States.\nUsing electronic satellite tags, the UM research team tracked nearly 300 Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) in coastal waters of the western central Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, including as far away as Mexico, Belize, and Nicaragua. The results showed that the mature tarpon make extensive seasonal migrations along a warm, seasonally moving ocean-water feature known as the 26o C isotherm where temperatures remain constant. They also found the fish use both freshwater and estuarine habitat throughout their life and identified several previously unknown spawning locations in Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.\n“Our findings show that there is international connectivity in the U.S. multibillion-dollar recreational tarpon fishing industry,” said Jerry Ault, UM Rosenstiel School professor and a co-author of the study. “This is of great importance to anglers and scientists alike to better understand and protect this valuable—and vulnerable—fish and the people who rely on it.”\nTo read the remainder of the study results, check out this article from the University of Miami!"}
{"text":"The Book of Daneil\nDaniel was among the young men of noble birth who were taken captive in 606 B.C. by the Babylonians in their first of three invasions of southern Palestine. Daniel, whose name means “God is my judge,” lived through the entire 70-year period of exile. He witnessed the decline and fall of the mighty Babylonian Empire as well as the rise of the Medo-Persian Empire.\nIn addition to serving as God’s prophet, he also served as a powerful political leader under Nebuchadnezzar and Darius. His personal spirituality and dedication to God are seen in his serious prayer life and in his willingness to serve God regardless of the people or laws that were hostile toward him.\nLike Ezekiel, Daniel focuses on God’s authority and power. (Indeed, “the Most High rules in the kingdom of men”—4:17,25,32; 5:21). God’s will and purposes cannot be thwarted. He will accomplish His intentions no matter what happens in human history. Daniel shows the importance of staying faithful even in tough situations.\nGod took care of His children (even in captivity), and He promised them the ultimate care of salvation in the future through Christ. In the book of Daniel the Jews are restored to their homeland after 70 years of captivity, but long-term spiritual restoration would come with Christ about 500 years later.\n|1||Daniel’s religious dedication and political favor|\n|2||Nebuchadnezzar’s statue dream|\n|3||Shadrach, Meshach, Abed-Nego, and the furnace|\n|4||Nebuchadnezzar’s vision of the tall tree|\n|5||Belshazzar’s feast and the fall of Babylon|\n|6||Daniel and the den of lions|\n|7||Daniel’s vision of the four beasts|\n|8||Daniel’s vision of a ram and goat|\n|9||Daniel’s prayer and the 70-week prophecy|\n|10-12||Daniel’s prophetic panorama|\nREPRODUCTION & DISCLAIMERS: We are happy to grant permission for this article to be reproduced in part or in its entirety, as long as our stipulations are observed."}
{"text":"Emilie Griffin prunes apple and pear trees in anticipation of a good crop next year\nWhen pruning apple and pear trees, you need to make sure they are dormant – from December to late February, between leaf fall and bud break.\nThe way you prune your fruit tree depends on whether it is tip- or spur-bearing. And to determine this you will need to know how it has fruited in previous years.\nTip-bearing trees tend to fruit on the tips of branches. However you can get a partial tip-bearer that fruits both on the tips and the spurs.\nSpur-bearing trees produce small stubby sideshoots along the branches.\nStep 4 for spur-bearing trees\nStep 4 for tip-bearing trees\nPreviously fruited shoots will look as though they have a callus (repaired wound) at the tip"}
{"text":"Padre Gaspar Ignacio de Guevarra was the parish priest of San Juan Nepomuceno in what is now the Municipality of Biliran around 1765-1774.The community he has built and led was said to be the earliest recorded settlement in the island of Biliran. Researches pointed out that Padre Gaspar led a religious revolt against the ruling Spanish regime. Upon his death, local folks accorded him the status of a saint, and continue to venerate his burial site.\n- Wonderful View of Biliran\n- Biliran Bridge"}
{"text":"This collection gathers all the stories that talk about changemaking. A changemaker is someone who is taking creative action to solve a social problem. And changemaking involves empathy, thoughtfulness, creativity, taking action and collaborative leadership. But although these skills are essential to our thriving, they are almost entirely absent from the educational experience of most young people, with often a narrowing focus on reading, maths and the acquisition of academic grades.\nAshoka's vision and mission, then is to catalyse the transformation of education systems so that every child and adolescent is provided with educational environments and experiences that are explicitly designed to ensure they become changemakers. Its strategy involves:\n- finding and selecting a network of pioneering schools, entrepreneurs and other key actors that are alread putting changemaking at the heart of everything they do - and that have the leadership capacity to influence widely across the education system.\n- Convening and organising these pioneers into Change Teams which will make sharply-focused, strategic moves that catalyse rapidly self-multiplying changes in education practice.\n- Supporting and connecting each team to maximise their impact - with an emphasis on developing their capacity to build further teams and to lead change; finding oportunities to scale, building an internationally recognised movement; showcasing a new norm in education; and changing mindsets about the purpose, practice and policy of education.\nFor further information, please go to Ashoka changemakers page, which activates a global network of social entrepreneurs, innovators, business leaders, policy makers and activists to build the movement towards an Everyone A Changemaker world."}
{"text":"Leg pain while walking or doing other activities could be a sign of peripheral artery disease, an expert says.\nPeripheral artery disease (PAD) develops silently, narrowing blood vessels until a shortfall in the supply of nutrients and oxygen causes cramps and leg pain, explained Dr. Faisal Aziz, chief of vascular surgery at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.\n“Pain with physical exertion is a classic, hallmark sign,” Aziz said in a Penn State Health news release. “When it gets really bad, it can form wounds on the legs that do not heal or cause blackening of the foot or toes.”\nRisk factors for peripheral artery disease include age and gender. Men and all people 65 and older are most likely to develop the condition. Other risk factors include smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, uncontrolled diabetes and heart disease."}
{"text":"Romero, backed by ultraconservatives, won an election wracked by bloodshed and clouded by accusations of voting fraud. A staunch anticommunist, he defended the use of military force to ensure political order. His inauguration was boycotted by the archbishop of San Salvador to protest the military’s treatment of the church. Dozens of priests had been killed, kidnapped, expelled, or arrested by the military since the Feb. 20, 1977, elections.\nIn 1978 Romero attempted to improve his administration’s image abroad by abrogating the hated Law of Defense and Public Order, but government repression continued, as did the protests of a populist coalition of workers, peasants, and students called the Popular Revolutionary Bloc. On May 18 Romero convened a national forum on the problem of violence, but, since he did not invite the Popular Bloc (which he had declared illegal), the forum was boycotted by the entire opposition, including political parties, labour unions, and the church. A general amnesty was declared on Aug. 16, 1979, but this move failed to avert violence.\nGuerrillas assassinated his brother and, on September 23, attacked the president’s residence. The October 1979 coup against Romero was influenced by the fall of the government of Anastasio Somoza Debayle in Nicaragua. Romero was deposed by a group of younger military officers led by Col. Adolfo Arnoldo Majano Ramos, and Romero fled to Guatemala. On May 2, 1980, he backed an unsuccessful rightist coup against the military-civilian junta which had ruled since he was ousted from office."}
{"text":"Now, raising this issue, I know, is sensitive for many people and that the obstacles standing in the way of protecting the human rights of LGBT people rest on deeply held personal, political, cultural, and religious beliefs.....\nThe ... perhaps most challenging, issue arises when people cite religious or cultural values as a reason to violate or not to protect the human rights of LGBT citizens. This is not unlike the justification offered for violent practices towards women like honor killings, widow burning, or female genital mutilation. Some people still defend those practices as part of a cultural tradition. But violence toward women isn't cultural; it's criminal. Likewise with slavery, what was once justified as sanctioned by God is now properly reviled as an unconscionable violation of human rights.\nIn each of these cases, we came to learn that no practice or tradition trumps the human rights that belong to all of us. And this holds true for inflicting violence on LGBT people, criminalizing their status or behavior, expelling them from their families and communities, or tacitly or explicitly accepting their killing.\nOf course, it bears noting that rarely are cultural and religious traditions and teachings actually in conflict with the protection of human rights. Indeed, our religion and our culture are sources of compassion and inspiration toward our fellow human beings.....LGBT rights advocates called the speech historic. (Dallas Voice.) The State Department also issued a Fact Sheet outlining more broadly its accomplishments in promoting LGBT human rights. Meanwhile at the White House yesterday, President Obama issued a Memorandum to executive departments and agencies (full text) \"directing all agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of LGBT persons.\""}
{"text":"Mosquito-Transmitted Chikungunya Virus Detected For First Time In Caribbean\n“A nasty virus first detected in Africa that is spread to people by the bite of infected mosquitoes is being locally transmitted in the Americas for the first time on the tiny French Caribbean dependency of St. Martin, health officials said Tuesday,” the Associated Press reports. “Epidemiologists have so far confirmed about a dozen cases of locally acquired chikungunya virus in St. Martin,” but “[t]here are dozens more suspected cases,” the news agency writes. “On Tuesday, the [CDC] sent out a health advisory to doctors in the United States to consider chikungunya infection in patients with acute onset of fever and joint pain, ‘especially those who have recently traveled to the Caribbean,'” the AP notes. “Health officials on … the island are responding to the outbreak by reducing mosquito breeding sites, enhancing epidemiological surveillance and enlisting the help of the public to clear out stagnant water,” the news agency states (McFadden, 12/17)."}
{"text":"Identification and containment are the goals for public health officials when it comes to dealing with a new coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, as the number of cases surged over the weekend.\nBut at this point in the outbreak, there are still more questions than answers about the virus, which causes respiratory illnesses like pneumonia.\ntap here to see other videos from our team.\n“This is primarily a virus of particular interest because it is a novel, new coronavirus and we don’t want it to become established in the human population. So we are very focused on the early identification of cases and trying to contain those,” said Dr. Danuta Skowronski, lead of the influenza and emerging respiratory pathogens team at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.\nThere have been no confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Canada, although three people who had travelled to Wuhan were investigated as possibly having the virus, and were ruled out within the past week."}
{"text":"The Plain Whorl\nThe plain whorl consists of the simplest form of whorl construction\nand is the most common of the whorl subdivisions. It is designated by\nthe symbol W for both general classification and extension purposes.\nThe plain whorl has two deltas and at least one ridge making a\ncomplete circuit, which may be spiral, oval, circular, or any variant\nof a circle. An imaginary line drawn between the two deltas must touch\nor cross at least one of the recurving ridges within the inner pattern\narea. A recurving ridge, however, which has an appendage connected\nwith it in the line of flow cannot be construed as a circuit. An\nFigures 194 to 211 are typical examples of the plain whorl type."}
{"text":"Advances in cognitive science are leading to new knowledge of human language development and its underlying mechanisms. The contributions in this book apply recent advances in neurobiology, developmental neuropathology behavioral neurology, psycholinguistics, and computational models of learning and cognition to outstanding questions about the acquisition of language in humans, with special emphasis on dyslexia and related developmental disorders.\nThe formal approach to developmental disorders of cognition presented here promises to help answer outstanding questions about human linguistic disposition, language acquisition, developmental deviance, diversity, and breakdown.\nAlbert M. Galaburda, M.D., is Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Dyslexia Neuroanatomical Laboratory at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. He collaborated with Norman Geschwind on Cerebral Lateralization. From Reading to Neurons is included in the series Issues in the Biology of Language and Cognition, edited by John P. Marshall. A Bradford Book"}
{"text":"1.1.L.33 Legal responsibility\nThis definition applies to all payments.\nLegal responsibility is the right to have and to make decisions concerning the day-to-day care welfare and development of a child. Both parents are legally responsible for their child, except where:\n- they agree that one parent should have greater or sole responsibility, or\n- a court makes an order that changes their responsibility in a particular matter.\nExample: Mr Brown and his ex-partner Ms Black have a court order which details the care arrangements of their children. The court order states that the children will have contact with their father on alternate weekends and half the school holidays as well as on Father's Day. The children are to have contact with their mother on Mother's Day. Legal responsibility for the children may be deemed to be joint as the court order does not specify otherwise.\nWhen a person is granted sole custody of a child, then that person has the legal responsibility for the care, welfare and development of that child. The child is a dependent child (1.1.D.70) of that person, regardless of who has access to the child, if the child is in the person's care."}
{"text":"Jump to navigation Jump to search\n|area:highway = steps|\n|An area representation of steps.|\n|Used on these elements|\n|Status: in use|\n|Tools for this tag|\nSome steps take up a significant areas - or mappers are interested in super-accurate mapping - so this tag was developed to precisely map this, in addition to highway=steps way tagged through their middle.\nHow to map\n- If it's a simple steps area, just draw outline around it, and add tag area:highway=steps.\n- If it's a more complicated one, draw an outline around it, draw all inner parts, then select all elements and make a multipolygon relation from it. Add tag area:highway=steps to multipolygon.\n- Remember about joining area's edges to surrounding buildings, walls, etc.\nLinear routable way\n- Always create also a linear highway=steps way along the centerline of the area:highway=steps as described in area:highway=*"}
{"text":"The Dutch Colonial Army was the main defense against the Japanese invading the Netherlands East Indies during World War II. In December 1941, Dutch forces in Indonesia numbered around 85,000 troops, a combination of European and indigenous regular soldiers, locally organized militia, territorial guard units and civilian volunteers.\nMarch 20, 1602: The Dutch East India Company is founded. The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-indische Compagnie) was founded through the sponsorship of the Dutch government, who granted it a monopoly over trade in the East Indies through a charter that was set to expire after twenty-one years. The company could, through this charter, build forts and conduct military and diplomatic activities in the area, which would help to protect and direct Dutch trade in the East Indies"}
{"text":"This paper reports on what differentiates the field of soft (i.e. soft-bodied) robotics from the conventional hard (i.e. rigid-bodied) robotics. The main difference centres on seamlessly combining the actuation, sensing, motion transmission and conversion mechanism elements, electronics and power source into a continuum body that ideally holds the properties of morphological computation and programmable compliance (i.e. softness). Another difference is about the materials they are made of. While the hard robots are made of rigid materials such as metals and hard plastics with a bulk elastic modulus of as low as 1 GPa, the monolithic soft robots should be fabricated from soft and hard materials or from a strategic combination of them with a maximum elasticity modulus of 1 GPa. Soft smart materials with programmable mechanical, electrical and rheological properties, and conformable to additive manufacturing based on 3D printing are essential to realise soft robots. Selecting the actuation concept and its power source, which is the first and most important step in establishing a robot, determines the size, weight, performance of the soft robot, the type of sensors and their location, control algorithm, power requirement and its associated flexible and stretchable electronics. This paper outlines how crucial the soft materials are in realising the actuation concept, which can be inspired from animal and plant movements."}
{"text":"Prime Factors and Square Products\nDate: 10/05/2003 at 15:59:25 From: Alexander Subject: Creating a square number What is the smallest number that you can multiply by 540 to make a square number? I know the answer is 15, which I found by trial and error. That is, I worked out the prime factors and they are 2^2, 3^2, and 5. Juggling these brings me to 90 x 90 = 8100, which is 540 x 15. What I cannot work out for numbers other than 540 is the correct method of juggling. My working was random and I'd love to be able to apply this to other numbers. Thanks.\nDate: 10/05/2003 at 19:20:29 From: Doctor Luis Subject: Re: Creating a square number Hi Alexander, You were on the right track. The prime factorization of 540 is 540 = (2*2)*(3*3*3)*(5) = 2^2 * 3^3 * 5^1 Now, when you square a number, the exponents get multiplied by two. Therefore, the prime factors of a square number appear an even number of times. So, to make the product of 540 and something else a square number, you have to make the prime factors of the product appear an even number of times. You can see that there are already two 2's, so you don't worry about the 2. But there are three 3's and only one 5. That's why you need an extra 3 (so there are four instead of three) and an extra 5 (so you have two instead of just one). Of course, 3*5 = 15, which was your guess. 540 * (3*5) = 2^2 * 3^4 * 5^2 Since the exponents of the prime factors are all even, we can also find what number it squares 540 * 15 = 2^2 * 3^4 * 5^2 = (2 * 3^2 * 5)^2 = (10 * 9)^2 = 90^2 A square number, just like you wanted! Hopefully, you can now apply this method to numbers other than 540. Let us know if you have any more questions. - Doctor Luis, The Math Forum http://mathforum.org/dr.math/\nDate: 10/07/2003 at 16:34:42 From: Alexander Subject: Thank you (Creating a square number) Thank you, Doctor Luis, for your help. I had fun working through other numbers and trying out cubes. Alexander\nSearch the Dr. Math Library:\nAsk Dr. MathTM\n© 1994-2013 The Math Forum"}
{"text":"[an error occurred while processing this directive]\nPotato Bug / Jerusalem Cricket\n|Potato Bug/Jerusalem Cricket|\nJerusalem crickets are found throughout the western United States, along the Pacific Coast, and south into Mexico. They can be introduced to worm bins when they are in yard waste which is fed to the system.\nBelieved by some to be fierce and poisonous, this nocturnal cricket is actually non-aggressive and possesses no poison glands, although its jaws can inflict a painful bite.\nPotato Bugs have been found in worm bins but are usually found while preparing the ground for spring or winter planting, this insect never appears in large numbers and is not considered a pest that requires control. Their numbers are kept in check by birds and rodent predators, fly and worm parasites, curious cats and gardeners' hoses.\nThe Jerusalem cricket spends most of its life underground. Its large, almost humanoid head supports the necessary muscles that assist the jaws in digging in the soil and feeding on living and dead plant materials. Like most crickets, this insect also produces sound, called drumming, by hitting its spiny legs against its body.\nJerusalem crickets complete a generation within a year, beginning with the hatching of eggs in the spring and the development of adults by fall.\nWE DO NOT SELL Jerusalem crickets"}
{"text":"Yanomamo is an ecological musical for soloists, chorus, narrator and musical accompaniment.\nYanomamo vividly tells of the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest and its effect on the Yanomamo, the oldest Indian tribe living there. They lead a way of life in harmony with nature which, undisturbed, would survive with the forest indefinitely. However, their existence, and that of millions of animals and plant species, is threatened by the arrival of outsiders who assume that the forest soil is permanently rich and that once the trees are cleared, the land will be very productive. But after two years, no crops will grow because the richness of the jungle is in the trees, not in the soil.\nThe delicate balance of nature is being systematically removed and soon the rainforests, which are crucial to the world's eco-system, will disappear together with the Indians and the wildlife. Is there the time or the will to save them?\nYanomamo was filmed as Song Of The Forest and shown in Channel 4's Fragile Earth series, narrated by Sting.\nPublished in association with the World Wide Fund for Nature."}
{"text":"- history is part of the Basic English 850.\n- enPR: /hĭstōrē/\n- IPA: /ˈhɪstəri/\n- SAMPA: /\"hIst@ri/\nAudio (US) (file)\nAudio (UK) (file)\n- Hyphenation: hist‧o‧ry\n- (uncountable) History is what happened in the past.\n- China has many old books about its history.\n- The restaurant is close to the city's history and art museums.\n- (uncountable) History is the study of what happened in the past.\n- He is a professor of history.\n- If somebody or something makes history, they do something very important that will not be forgotten.\n- She made history by becoming Africa's first elected female president.\n- If somebody or something goes down in history, they are remembered by people because they were very important or well known.\n- She'll go down in history as one of our greatest writers.\n- (countable) A history is a book recording things that have happened.\n- He was reading a history of Ancient Rome.\n- If somebody or something has a history of something, it's very common for them.\n- She has a history of cheating on tests.\n- If you say something is history, you mean it's finished, over, dead, or not important any more.\n- OK, that game's history.\n- If you say the rest is history, you mean you don't have to tell about because everyone already knows.\n- They just happened to run into each other at the right time, and the rest is history."}
{"text":"While working for the FDR administration in 1936, photographer Dorothea Lange took the following photograph:\nYou’ve likely seen it before…it’s called Migrant Mother and it’s one of the more famous American photos. When she took the photo, Lange neglected to note the woman’s name (or other details) so her identity remained anonymous while the photo went on to become a symbol of the Great Depression. In the late 1970s, Florence Owens Thompson revealed herself to be the woman in the photo after she wrote a letter to her local paper saying that she didn’t like the image. In an AP story about the ensuing flap, Thompson stated:\nI wish she hadn’t taken my picture. I can’t get a penny out of it. [Lange] didn’t ask my name. She said she wouldn’t sell the pictures. She said she’d send me a copy. She never did.”\nIn addition to not taking her subject’s name, Lange got something else wrong. Thompson and her family weren’t typical Depression migrants at all; they’d been living in California for almost 10 years. Like all photographs, Migrant Mother is neither truth nor fiction but somewhere in-between."}
{"text":"A U.S. Patent may be granted for any new, useful and nonobvious product or process. Even improvements to current inventions or technologies may be patentable. In fact, a complex device or method may result in multiple U.S. Patents. A Registered Patent Attorney can help you identify the patentable components of your idea or invention to develop a comprehensive patent portfolio.\nOnce issued, a U.S. Patent gives you the right to exclude others from Making, Using, Selling, Offering for Sale and Importing your claimed invention for up to 20 years from the filing date. During this time, the Inventor can sell, license or assign the rights to others. Alternatively, you may want to block your competitors from expanding into other areas of business and you can read this post on https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Inventhelp/reviews?fcountry=US&floc=Pittsburgh%2C+PA to learn how.\nWhile many inventors have a tremendous scientific ability, a patent is a legal document and should be prepared by a licensed patent attorney or a patent agency, such as InventHelp. Patent attorneys attended law school, are licensed attorneys and are also educated in a field of science.\nPatent infringement occurs when an individual practices a patented invention without the approval of the patent holder. Patent infringement lawsuits are litigated in U.S. Federal Courts and are appealed to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (in Washington, D.C.) then the Supreme Court of the United States.\nPatent infringement lawsuits include three stages:\n- Determining the scope of the claims of a patent\n- Comparing an accused device or method to the claims"}
{"text":"X Marks the Spot\nA tweet posted by astronomer Dustin Lang from the University of Toronto led to scientists investigating a three-dimensional bulge at the heart of the Milky Way’s flat structure.\n\"The bulge is a key signature of formation of the Milky Way,\" Melissa Ness, a post doctoral researcher from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Germany notes. \"If we understand the bulge we will understand the key processes that have formed and shaped our galaxy.\"\nThe bulge is evidence that no other major astronomical event since the Milky Way was formed has taken place—otherwise, the distinctive ‘X’ shape would not have been maintained. And its discovery could possibly spur a deeper understanding of how the galaxy was formed.\n\"The X-shape morphology of the bulge in itself and the fraction of bulge stars that comprise orbits within this structure has important implications for the formation history of the Milky Way ... and spiral galaxies in general,\" Ness and Lang published in a paper.\nOther scientists, such as Luke Davies of the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research, are quick to point out that while the data was \"reasonably compelling;\" however, at the present time, the pair working on it hasn’t really done anything to truly study the X-shaped structure.\nTo that end, this is just \"the first evidence we have for it, and there should be lots more detailed observations to confirm it before you say it’s irrefutable,\"as Davies adds\nHe does however, agree that the existence of such an X-shaped structure would indeed tell us all about how the Milky Way galaxy was formed."}
{"text":"A Brief History of the Quapaw Bathhouse\nThe Quapaw sits on the site of two previous bathhouses, the Horseshoe and Magnesia. This bathhouse was erected in 1922 and named after an American Indian tribe that once held land in the area. The Quapaw was built in a Spanish Colonial Revival style with a large tile covered dome that is one of the most recognizable features of historic Bathhouse Row.\nThe bathing industry in Hot Springs declined after World War II largely due to modern medicine. The Quapaw closed its doors in 1968. It would reopen a year later as Health Services, Inc., but close again in 1984.\nIn 2004, the National Park Service began a new phase of rehabilitation of the six unoccupied bathhouses on Bathhouse Row. For the Quapaw this included a new roof, skylights, and HVAC system. The cupola was removed from the top of the dome for repairs while a new compression ring was installed. This compression ring was attached to a steel and concrete ladder system which provides support for the dome. In the basement, large catch basins were built to collect and divert the spring water that would often seep onto the basement floor. While many of the structural problems had been fixed, more work would be needed to make this building ready to lease.\nQuapaw Baths, LLC\n“The reopening of the Quapaw Bathhouse marks the renaissance for Bathhouse Row and will enhance our visitor’s experience at the national park!”\nLast updated: April 10, 2015"}
{"text":"Early Computer Companies\nThe 709 scientific computer was compatible with the earlier 704, and offered better input/output performance. It had a short life, however: a transistor-based version, the 7090, replaced it a year later.View Artifact Detail\nThe First Computer Companies\nThe stored-program electronic computer represented a breakthrough. But if you wanted one, you had to build it yourself. There were no commercial manufacturers.\nAs interest grew, both startups and existing companies gambled that making general-purpose computers for others might prove a viable business. Yet nobody knew how big the potential market was, whether such a venture was savvy or folly."}
{"text":"But, these features come along with some serious security risks too.\nA web developer and hacker named Viljami Kuosmanen has found a flaw that’s affecting different browsers and plugins. According to his revelation, web browsers like Google Chrome, Apple Safari, and Opera, and plugins like LastPass can be exploited to leak sensitive personal information.\nBrowser autofill phishing in Chrome, Safari, and Opera\nThe phishing attack described by the hacker is very simple in application. When you fill your information in text boxes, autofill enters the profile-based information in form fields hidden from the user.\nMozilla’s Firefox is immune to this problem as it is yet to implement a multi-box autofill system, so, it can’t be tricked into filling text boxes.\nInterestingly, this attack is triggered when users enter at least one information in some online form. To avert such attacks, the users are advised to disable the autofill function in their web browser."}
{"text":"We know that Indigenous Australian adults have poorer survival following a cancer diagnosis than non-Indigenous Australians. We don’t know if this is the same for Indigenous children diagnosed with cancer. Accordingly, this study investigated Indigenous childhood cancer survival in Australia. The researchers found that Indigenous children who were diagnosed with cancer were 50% more likely than non-Indigenous children diagnosed with cancer to die within 5 years.\nHow did the PHRN infrastructure help?\nThe Australian Institute of Health and Welfare linked the Australian Paediatric Cancer Registry to the National Death Index for the research team to analyse, further to appropriate ethics and legislative approvals.\nValery PC, Youlden DR, Baade PD, Ward LJ, Green AC, Aitken JF.\nValery PC, Youlden DR, Baade PD, Ward LJ, Green AC, Aitken JF. Cancer survival in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian children: what is the difference? Cancer Causes Control. 2013 Dec;24(12):2099-106. Accessed 2 September 2016 <http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10552-013-0287-9>"}
{"text":"Earl “Fatha” Hines (December 28, 1903 to April 22, 1983) is not as well remembered as Louis Armstrong or Duke Ellington. But jazz critics put him on their level as a figure in jazz history. Last.fm said that he is known as “the first modern jazz pianist.” The site’s bio suggests an interesting history:\nIn 1928 (on his 25th birthday) Hines began leading his own big band. For over 10 years his was “The Band” in Al Capone’s Grand Terrace Cafe — Hines was Capone’s “Mr Piano Man”.\nAll About Jazz has a more extensive biography. Here’s how it starts:\nA brilliant keyboard virtuoso, Earl “Fatha” Hines was one of the first great piano soloists in jazz, and one of the very few musicians who could hold his own with Louis Armstrong. His so-called ‘trumpet’ style used doubled octaves in the right hand to produce a clear melodic line that stood out over the sound of a whole band, but he also had a magnificent technical command of the entire range of the keyboard.\nA third bio, at Red Hot Jazz, links Armstrong and Hines at what many consider the birth of modern jazz:"}
{"text":"The Roman Gladiator\nThe rise of female professional sports is not a new phenomenon. Women once competed in the gladiatorial arena though not without controversy. It is known that the Roman emperor Septimius Severus, who ruled from 193 to 211 CE, allowed women to fight as gladiators but banned the tradition in 200 CE. Recently, the remains of a young woman, approximately 20 years old, were found in Britain. Discovered in a Roman cemetery in the area of London known as Southwark and excavated in 1996, archaeologists uncovered the remains of the young woman buried with several items that may identify her as a female gladiator.\nAccording to the curator of early London history at the London Museum, the items buried with the woman were a dish decorated with a fallen gladiator and other ceramic pieces decorated with similar scenes and gladiatorial symbols. Notably three of the eight lamps found in the grave are decorated with the Egyptian god Anubis, who was associated with the Roman messenger god Mercury. This association is important because in Roman times slaves dressed as Mercury removed the dead bodies from the arena. Mercury, and his Greek counterpart Hermes, traditionally led human souls to the underworld.\nIf the young woman found in the Roman cemetery was a gladiator, the wealth of materials found with her indicate that she was popular. The young woman's remains, the items buried with her, and a relief of two women with short swords and shields fighting are on display at the London Museum. The relief's inscription reads, \"an honorable release from the arena.\" The women in the relief are identified as Amazonia and Achillea.\nDespite the existence of archaeological evidence that supports the existence of female gladiators, no one is sure that the remains uncovered in London are actually those of a female gladiator."}
{"text":"Hagwons Teach the American National Anthem to Students\nAfter school tutoring institutions, or “hagwons” as they are more commonly called, are increasingly using American textbooks to teach students not only English, but a variety of other subjects such as American history, mathematics, science and sociology. SBS News recently covered the issue and visited a hagwon in the affluent Gangnam district.\nThe hagwon operates for elementary school students from grades 1 through 6 and utilizes many American textbooks to teach students. Some parents and teachers have defended the usage, claiming that teaching in American textbooks provides the effect of studying abroad and gives the child the opportunity to learn not only the language, but also the American culture and society.\nYet, there are those that criticize the practice. A professor of education at Sungkyunkwan University commented, “We need to rethink whether this is a smart choice – for children to learn and understand foreign history and culture even before having a proper understanding of Korean history.” This sentiment perhaps reflects that of many Koreans. Historically, the topic of anything American has been met with sensitivity, sometimes even opposition.\nBut this trend of teaching with American textbooks does not seem to be slowing down anytime soon. In recent years, the market for importing American textbooks has grown rapidly, recording an annual hike of 10 billion won."}
{"text":"Archaeologists make new Stonehenge 'sun worship' find\nTwo previously undiscovered pits have been found at Stonehenge which point to it once being used as a place of sun worship before the stones were erected.\nThe pits are positioned on celestial alignment at the site and may have contained stones, posts or fires to mark the rising and setting of the sun.\nAn international archaeological survey team found the pits as part of the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project.\nThe team is using geophysical imaging techniques to investigate the site.\nThe archaeologists from the University of Birmingham and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection in Vienna have been surveying the subsurface at the landmark since summer 2010....\ncomments powered by Disqus\n- Smithsonian gets $1M to save endangered languages\n- Two world-class libraries launch online archive of ancient Scriptures\n- U.S. veteran held by North Korea helped anti-communist guerrilla force in 1950-1953 war\n- Paul Aussaresses, 95, Who Tortured Algerians, Dies\n- Baffling 400,000-Year-Old Clue to Human Origins"}
{"text":"Waiting For High Tide, Naknek, Alaska\nFor as long as fishermen have dipped their nets into the sea, the oceans have offered their bounty to the world. Today, Alaska's fishery accounts for more than 40 percent of the world’s seafood harvest. Fishing is an integral part of the culture and economy of rural Alaska, and in many cases, the primary economic driver. Alaska has about 44,000 miles of coastline dotted with cities and villages. In many of these isolated areas, unemployment is sky high and the cost of living exorbitant. Fishing offers a way for rural Alaskans to pay bills, through commercial harvest, in jobs associated with the sport fishing industry, and through traditional subsistence gathering."}
{"text":"Zimbabwe: Lessons from land reform (June 22, 2013)\n\"In the 1980s Zimbabwe became the poster-child for African independence. Twenty years later, violent land grabs pushed white farmers off their land, and the economic turmoil caused unprecedented hyperinflation, resulting in the ultimate crash of the Zimbabwean currency. Food production collapsed and one of the continent's strongest economies reduced to half its previous size. While the West was quick to dismiss Zimbabwe as another failed African state, new research shows that Zimbabwe is actually recovering, and that land reform is working. After years of economic collapse caused by violent land grabs, Zimbabwe is recovering, but who is reaping the benefits?\"\nFor more on this story:"}
{"text":"Making Her Mark-The Women of the Providence Art Club, 1880\nA celebration of the Providence Art Club as a cultural force for women artists. Events run January 29 – April 22, 2017.\nWhen the Providence Art Club was established in early1880 by sixteen artists, six of whom were women, our club became one of the most important regional venues for women to make their artists marks on American society.\nIn March of 2017, in honor of the 30th Anniversary of Woman’s History Month, our Club will stage an important exhibition honoring these pioneering women, along with a series of other exhibitions, seminars and workshops scheduled over a three month period.\nMarch 1-30, 2017\nThe Women Artists of the Providence Art Club, 1880.\nOur primary exhibition traces the role of women artists at our historic Club in its early years. How did our founding women make their mark in the arts community and the art world at large? What were the challenges for these women as professional artists, educators and art makers?\nThe exhibition will include work by a diverse group of women such as professional artists Rosa Peckham, Etta Belcher, Jane Hammond, Helen Phelps, Emma Swan, Mary Chapin and Sarah Eddy. Important art educators and art makers Mary C. Wheeler, Sophia Pitman, Eleanor Talbot and Katharine H. Austin are also represented.\nComplementing Making Her Mark are additional exhibitions, programs and events throughout the Art Club, highlighting the contributions that women of the Providence Art Club have made to the arts from the 1880s until the present.\nThe entire ten-week period will illustrate and document the progressive art culture inculcated at the founding of the Providence Art Club. Women were not only invited as members, but also participated fully in the Art Club activities. Today Providence Art Club women continue to play a vibrant role and make up half of the artist members."}
{"text":"Come be a witness to the United States Civil War by transcribing and deciphering messages and codes from the United States Military Telegraph on Decoding the Civil War.\nWe seek to engage experts and amateurs alike – our DCW Volunteer Corps – in a unique collaboration to transcribe and decipher a collection of almost 16,000 telegrams and 32 code books from The Thomas T. Eckert Papers, an archive thought lost at the end of the war. You will be transcribing the daily telegram communications among Union officers, Cabinet members, telegraph operators, and others. The transcriptions, and ultimately the decoding, will contribute to national research, creating materials that will give insight into telegraphy, cryptography, civilian-military relations, and many other aspects of the war and American history more generally.\nPerhaps the most meaningful outcome is the public access to previously unavailable historical records and the building of inquiry-based educational modules to bring history alive to classroom students. Help build a deeper understanding of the United States Civil War—Join our DCW Volunteer Corps now at www.decodingthecivilwar.org"}
{"text":"Newmark Learning, Social & Emotional Learning Flip Chart, Write-On/Wipe-Off, Spiral, 24 Pages, Grades PreK-1\n- Brand: Newmark Learning\nTeach your children in grades PreK-1 how to identify and express their emotions appropriately with this reusable Social & Emotional Learning Flip Chart! This 15 x 21 inch spiral book has 24 write-on/wipe-off activity pages. Plus you can teach positive character traits including confidence, cooperation, motivation, persistence, planning, self-control and self-esteem.\n- - Newmark Learning Social & Emotional Learning Flip Chart\n- - 24 write-on/wipe-off activity pages\n- - Reusable 15 x 21 inch spiral with colorful photographs\n- - Teach identifying and expressing emotions properly plus positive character traits\n- - Ideal for classrooms, daycare, and homeschool\n- - Recommended for grades PreK-1\nItem not available in Mardel Stores.\nCheck your local store for availability.\nSend me an email when it's back in stock."}
{"text":"Lisa Brooks (Section 01)\nLauren E. Tuiskula (Section 01)\n(Offered as ENGL 458 and AMST 358) [before 1800]\nThis course will delve deeply into Indigenous literatures of “Turtle Island,” or North America, and will also extend to the Pacific. The Quiché Maya Popol Vuh (Council Book), the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Great Law of Peace, the Wabanaki creation cycle, and the Hawaiian mo’olelo of Pele and her sister Hi'iaka are rooted in longstanding, complex oral narratives of emergence and transformation, which were recorded by Indigenous authors and scribes. These texts will enable us to consider how the temporal and spatial boundaries of America are both defined and extended by colonization, and disrupted by Indigenous texts and decolonial theory. We will close read these major epics as works of classical literature, narratives of tribal history, and living political constitutions.\nReading each long text (in English translation) over several weeks, we will study the tribally and regionally-specific contexts of each epic narrative as well as the “intellectual trade routes” that link them together. We will also consider the place of these epics within American literature and history and their contributions to historical and contemporary decolonization. In exploring these narratives, we will discuss the ways in which they challenge conceptual boundaries, considering categories such as land/place, gender, sexuality, and other-than-human beings.\nOpen to juniors and seniors. Limited to 15 students. Fall semester. Professor Brooks.\nIf Overenrolled: Preference given to junior and senior majors in English and American Studies and to students pursuing a Five College certificate in Native American Studies."}
{"text":"Canada’s Arboreal Emblems:\nSaskatchewan — White birch (Betula papyrifera)\nReturn to our Arboreal Emblems of Canada resource homepage here:\nCanada’s Arboreal Emblems →\nWhite birch is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 25 m tall and 40 cm in diameter with a pyramidal, irregularly rounded, open crown spread of 10 m. Leaves are ovate to oval, 5-10 cm long by 4-5 cm wide, margin, coarsely double serrate. They are coloured a dull dark green above and a pale yellow-green below, turning light yellow in the fall. Fruit is a seed catkin, 3-5 cm long held erect. Bark is dark brown at first, turning to a chalky white, separating into thin papery strips; it turns blackish and fissured near the base of old trees. White birch is a good tree to plant in parks, estates, and large area plantings, although it is subject to many insect problems. It is beautiful in the winter when framed against evergreens. Hardiness zone 2.\nWhite birch is diffuse-porous, creamy white with a pale brown core. It is moderately heavy, fine and uniform textured with no odour, a handsome tree for landscaping with its white bark and vibrant fall colours. The wood has good machining properties, takes a good finish, and holds nails and screws well, though it is not very resistant to decay. It can be used for a variety of applications, including veneer, plywood, interior finish, furniture, woodenware, toys, dowels, pallets and crates, and pulpwood. The tough, pliable bark has long been used for making canoes and ornaments.\nThe most widely distributed of native birches, white birch (paper birch, canoe birch) grows in every region of Canada and most of the northern tier states of the US. It is a popular ornamental tree and a valued source of hardwood timber. In thin curls, the bark makes an excellent fire starter.\nWhite birch (Betula papyrifera)"}
{"text":"Welcome to class 6!\nKey Stage 2 SATS Dates For 2018\nMonday 14th May\nEnglish Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Paper 1: Spelling\nEnglish Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Paper 2: Short Answer Questions\nTuesday 15th May\nEnglish Reading Test\nWednesday 16th May\nMathematics Paper 1: Arithmetic\nMathematics Paper 2: Reasoning\nThursday 17th May\nMathematics Paper 3: Reasoning\nYear 6 Curriculum and Expectations\nWith the new National Curriculum, the Department for Education has produced new expectations for the end of each curriculum year. These will replace the old system of levels and provide you as parents with a clear idea of what the children should be achieving at the end of the year.\nBelow you will find the expectations for Year 6 in Reading, Writing and Mathematics.\nAs a school we report your child’s progress against these end of year expectations at our parent evenings during the year.\nThe following terms will be used:\n· Your child is not on track to meet the end of year national expectations.\n· Your child is on track to meet the end of year national expectations.\n· Your child is on track to exceed the end of year national expectations.\nAny extra support you can provide in helping your child or children to achieve these will benefit them greatly.\nLink to PAST PAPERS http://www.st-thomas-tean.staffs.sch.uk/past-sats-papers/\nSAT'S REVISION TOOLS\nPlease see below lots of useful information and tools to help prepare for SAT's:"}
{"text":"Hang on for a minute...we're trying to find some more stories you might like.\nEmail This Story\nValentine’s Day, also called Saint Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, and it is celebrated annually on February 14th. It originated as a Western Christian public feast day, it was to honor one or more early saints named Valentinus, and is a significant celebration in many regions around the world, although it is not celebrated in all countries. For example, in Denmark they write a funny poem and give each other a pressed flower called a snowdrop.\nNow it is a Holiday to spend with your loved ones. Kind of like Christmas before when it was created is way different. Now Christmas is about giving and gifts but it actually celebrates Jesus’s birth, so Valentin’s day is the same concept. We don’t have a feast, now it is more like a day for couples and candy is usually handed out."}
{"text":"UMA's Jennifer Bailey (Silverdale, WA) shares an idea for the Science area of the classroom:\n\"We are doing a spring botany unit and are discussing the needs of plants. We have an experiment going to see what happens when plants don't get what they need...\n1. The first plant is the control getting both sun and water (L=sun, R=raindrop)\n2. The next gets sun but no water (L=sun, R=slash-marked raindrop)\nThere are two plants under the boxes:\n3. One gets water (L=slash-marked sun, R=raindrop)\n4. The other does not (L=slash-marked sun, R=slash-marked raindrop)\nWe check them every couple of days and we're talking about the results that we are seeing.\"\nGreat idea...thanks, Jennifer!"}
{"text":"A linear transformation or linear map is a function between two modules that preserves the operations of module addition and scalar multiplication. As a result, it always maps linear subspaces to linear subspaces. For example it maps straight lines to straight lines or a single point. The expression linear operator is often used to refer to a linear map from a vector space to itself. A linear map is a homomorphism of modules. It is a morphism in the category of modules over a given ring.\nFor example, let V and W be vector spaces over the same field K. A function f: V→W is said to be a linear map if for any two vectors x and y in V and any scalar α in K, then the following two conditions are satisfied.\nF(x + y) = f(x) + f(y)\nF(αx) = αf(x)\nThis is equivalent to requiring the same for any linear combination of vectors.\nOccasionaly, V and W can be considered to be vector spaces over different fields. It is necessary in these situations to specify which of these ground fields are being used in the definition of linear."}
{"text":"1 Answer | Add Yours\nIn Book the Third, Chapter X, as Charles Darnay stands prisoner before the bonnets rouges, Madame Defarge reads the letter that her husband has discovered in the former cell of Dr. Manette. This letter was written by Manette as a report of the atrocities committed by aristocratic twins against peasants who live and work on the property.\nManette writes that upon his arrival he sees a beautiful young woman \"in high fever\" restrained with sashes and handerchiefs. Clearly, she has been used by the twin aristocrats. Then, Manette is brought to a dying boy who tells the physician, with the \"fire\" of being oppressed bursting forth,\n\"They have had their shameful rights, these Nobles, in the modesty and virtue of our sisiters....[and they] harness us like common dogs to carts, and drive us....\"\nThe boy explains further that his sister's husband was harnessed all day to a cart; in the evening, he was required to stay out in the \"unwholesome mists\" keep the frogs quiet so the nobles could sleep. Finally, beaten, starved, and enervated, the man dies in the arms of his beloved wife:\n\"Taken out of harness one day at noon, to feed--if he could find food--he sobbed twelve times, once for every stroke of the bell, and died on her bosom.\"\nNow, as the woman has been abused by the nobles repeatedly repeats the number twelve, she recalls the death of her beloved husband as well as the terrible abuse of all in her family.\nWe’ve answered 318,908 questions. We can answer yours, too.Ask a question"}
{"text":"Every computer using a Windows operating system, and most Mac computers that have cross platform applications, use DLL files. DLL stands for \"Dynamic Link Library\" as these files contain a set of procedures used for most Windows programs. The files may also contain device drivers that are special computer programs to help your system operate and control devices that you connect to your computer such as your printer, keyboard, digital camera, scanner or external hard disk drive.\nDLL files are an important part of your system. They allow more than one program to share similar system functions. By sharing system functions, your computer can allot more memory and hard drive space for your applications. DLL files that contain drivers will be constantly updated so that you have the most current version to your computer system as Windows analyzes the driver certificate to ensure it is from a trusted source.\nYou should never delete, open or modify a DLL file. This can cause serious program errors as your applications may stop running properly since they can no longer share the files. Your computer will also lose its ability to communicate with external devices. You may have to reinstall the computer program, the software application related to the external device, or your Windows operating system.\nCommon errors associated with .dlls\nIf an application tries to access a dll file that has been corrupted or is missing, that program will no longer work and will trigger a dll runtime error on your computer. The first and easiest option for solving this is to install the correct file on your computer. We recommend DLL-Files Fixer as the best option around. The DLL-Files Fixer will find the best version of the file and install it in the right location, solving your dll error at the click of a button."}
{"text":"Learners can write programs that use active and passive electronic components in combination with one another. They can receive data from input components, perform limited data processing, and control multiple output components using a computer or microcontroller.\n- Can use sensors to trigger real-world outputs, such as cameras and electromechanical devices\n- Can use combinations of input and output components to transfer data between systems\n- Can use transistors and relays to power components requiring higher voltages"}
{"text":"Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory\nThe double (or doppelganger) motif is a big thing in Gothic novels like The House of the Seven Gables. It makes things creepier to have two characters who look just like each other wandering through the pages of the same novel. Because the use of doubles is so central to Hawthorne's characterization in The House of the Seven Gables, we discuss these in \"Characters.\" In particular, see our discussions of Phoebe Pyncheon, Alice Pyncheon, Judge Pyncheon, and Mr. Holgrave."}
{"text":"An Investigation of Factors Responsible for Sustaining Students Motivation in E-Learning System\nAn e-learner is more at risk of being demotivated because of limited/no face-to-face interaction with his/her instructor and class fellows. The purpose of this research study was to analyze the status of attention, relevance, confidence and satisfaction of students while studying in an e-learning system. The ARCS model, i.e., named after its four main factors: Attention, Relevance, Confidence and Satisfaction, was used as a theoretical framework for collecting information from students about various aspects in e-learning system which motivated them to learn. The research study involved phenomenological inquiry method. The population for the research study was all the students of a public sector university of Pakistan using e-learning system. Convenience sampling was used to approach twelve participants for data collection for the study. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews. The memos and audio-recording helped the researcher during the data collection to record responses, body language and facial expression of participants. Axial coding was used to analyze the data. The students were of the view that e-learning system is very helpful to continue education while doing job.The study recommends to use online synchronous mode of communication frequently to build a virtual bond among students and their teachers.\nPermanent link to this article: https://pjdol.aiou.edu.pk/an-investigation-of-factors-responsible-for-sustaining-students-motivation-in-e-learning-system/"}
{"text":"In recent years, consumer technology manufacturers have begun integrating robust accessibility features into their devices. Individuals with disabilities are now able to use a tablet computer with switch scanning to communicate, control their home, learn, or entertain themselves without needing a full suite of adaptive software. In some cases, individuals are able to use voice control. Consumer technology has evolved to a point where we’re seeing new devices launched every day and with each new device comes new possibilities for individuals with disabilities.\nWith all of the good, there are some downsides to using consumer technology as assistive technology. In some cases, consumer technology can be far less durable than technology made specifically for use by individuals with disabilities. Because consumer technology is designed for the masses, it can come with bugs that are not quickly addressed by the manufacturer or only be accessible to a certain point. Lastly, consumer technology manufacturers now follow a rapid upgrade schedule. Consumer technology is now updating to newer models every 12 to 18-months, which can be costly to keep up with.\nThe possibilities for consumer technology to be used as assistive technology continue to grow. Explore some of our favorite consumer technology that can be used as assistive technology.\nXbox Adaptive Controller – The Unofficial Guide iOS 12 Accessibility - English iOS 11 Accessibility - English iOS 10 Accessibility - English iOS 10 Accessibility - Spanish iOS 10 Accessibility - German iOS 10 Accessibility - Japanese iOS 10 Switch Control - Simplifying Switch Access with Recipes iOS 9 Accessibility"}
{"text":"The Pillars of Peace is a research framework produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace to describe what makes a society peaceful. A well-functioning government is one of the eight “pillars” identified by the research.\nWell-functioning government can be broken down into two major domains. The first refers to the government’s effectiveness, its governance activities and the rule of law. The second domain refers to the way in which the government shares the same vision as its citizens, that it is accountable and allows its citizens to have a voice in decision making.\nWe split the measures up into three categories, including:\nGovernment Effectiveness and Governance\nIndicates the ability of the government to provide public goods and services, including the implementation of policy, the overall political culture and management of the environment.\nRule of Law\nIndicates the functioning of formal and informal justice in a country. Includes the legal regulation of the press, the extent of due process and extent to which government powers are constrained by the legal system.\nVoice and accountability\nFocuses on the connection of government to the wider population. Includes factors such as the extent of civil liberties and a government’s accountability to wider society.\nFor more on this Pillar of Peace, including data sources, examples and further analysis, download the Pillars of Peace Report and skip to page 9.Related Articles\nOur latest research report, the Pillars of Peace, explores the attitudes and institutions that underpin peaceful societies.\nVision of Humanity is an initiative of the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). IEP have offices in New York and Sydney. For more specific inquiries related to the peace indexes and research, please contact IEP directly."}
{"text":"The About this sound Chihuahua is the smallest breed\nof dog and is named after the state of Chihuahua in\nMexico. Chihuahuas are noted for their nervous temperament\nand diminutive appearance.\nThe Chihuahua is not the oldest breed on the American\ncontinent. The Chihuahua’s history is a puzzling one\nas there are many theories surrounding their true\norigin. The Chihuahua was used in sacred rituals as\nthey were considered holy to Pre-Columbian Indian\nnations. They were also popular pets among the upper\nclass. The breed draws its name from the Mexican State\nof Chihuahua, where the first specimens of the breed\nBeing naturally territorial and protective, Chihuahuas\ncan be easily provoked to attack, and are therefore\ngenerally unsuitable for homes with small children.\nThe AKC describes the breed as, \"A graceful, alert,\nswift-moving little dog with saucy expression, compact,\nand with terrier-like qualities of temperament."}
{"text":"ESSEX, England, May 20 (UPI) -- Britain's University of Exeter says it has taken its marine biology lecture classes to a new level -- 60 feet beneath the sea off Indonesia, to be exact.\nThe lectures were held during dives on tropical coral reef systems during the annual field trip to the Wakatobi Marine National Park in Indonesia for the school's School of Biological Sciences students, a university release said Monday.\nFor the unique lectures, marine biology Professor David Smith used specialized audio equipment so he could talk to students underwater, explaining exactly what they were seeing as the students studied their surroundings.\nSmith wore a full face mask that included a microphone, and the students wore headsets so they could hear him talk.\nThis was a significant advancement over usual underwater communication involving basic slates to write on and hand signals, school officials said.\n\"It was a fantastic experience as I was able to use the power of observation like never before,\" Smith said. \"I have been on thousands of dives over the years but this was a totally new experience as I was able to explain to students exactly what they were seeing and inject more passion and feeling into the whole lecture.\"\nFifteen hours of video taken during the lectures will be a valuable virtual field course resource for students who are not able to travel to Indonesia, school officials said.\nStudents who participated in the dive lectures praised the concept.\n\"The underwater lectures were an invaluable part of the course as they enabled us to get a much better understanding of how all the components of the reef system were interacting with each other,\" sophomore biology student Tilly James said.\n\"It was an experience you simply cannot get with traditional lectures.\""}
{"text":"National Maternal Depression is recognized in the month of May to bring awareness to maternal mental health disorders. Postpartum depression is a well-known mood disorder that affects mothers after childbirth. Postpartum depression occurs more often than one would imagine and is often unrecognized or diagnosed. When a mother is suffering from postpartum depression, she may experience significant symptoms related to crying, sadness, insomnia, loss of energy, withdrawn, unable to bond with the by, thoughts of harming self and/or baby, and an inability to care herself and/or the child.\nPostpartum depression can affect any woman who has given birth to a child. Although some women are more prone to suffer from postpartum depression than others based upon certain risk factors. Postpartum depression is a treatable condition that requires diagnosing by healthcare provider. If left untreated, postpartum depression can have an enduring effect on the physical and mental health of the mother.\nIf someone you know may be suffering from postpartum depression, encourage them to seek medical attention immediately. Provide support to the mother and child; while offering assistance when the mother needs it."}
{"text":"What is Choice?\n|Home > What is Choice?|\nAccess to birth control and family planning services is critical to reducing the number of unintended pregnancies and providing comprehensive health care to women. Many different forms of birth control are available for women and men. Make sure you are educated and know the best way for you to prevent pregnancy.\nUnintended pregnancy is the primary factor behind the high number of abortions that take place every year in the United States. Although abortion is safer than childbearing, many women could avoid the procedure altogether if contraceptive options were improved and if safe, effective and easy-to-use methods, together with comprehensive sex education, were more widely available.\nMany unplanned pregnancies result in wanted, loved and healthy children, but that is not always the case. Women faced with unplanned pregnancies are more likely to ignore the early signs of pregnancy and less likely to receive adequate prenatal care; their infants, therefore, run an increased risk of low birth weight and infant mortality. For some families, the emotional and economic stress of an unplanned child is overwhelming. Children who are unplanned are more likely to be abused, and children born unwanted face increased risks of poor health, poverty and neglect.\nUnintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases are serious public health problems that could be alleviated by a national reproductive health policy that encourages personal responsibility instead of inhibiting it. Ensuring that women have access to contraceptive options that meet their health needs is essential to diminishing the significant personal and societal costs of unintended pregnancy and STDs. A national reproductive health policy must confront these problems and institute reforms that will revitalize contraceptive research and development, ensure that safe and effective birth control methods are widely available and promote public education about sexual responsibility and reproductive health."}
{"text":"Thousands of people may have been unintentionally infected with the Hepatitis E virus transmitted through sausages and pork products by a UK supermarket, Public Health England have warned.\nImported pork infects between 150,000 and 200,000 British people a year with the virus, the new research claims, and the products mainly come from Holland and Germany, reports the Mirror Online.\nHepatitis E, which is officially called HEV G3-2, can cause liver cirrhosis (scarring of the liver which prevents it working properly) and neurological damage.\nUK pigs do not have this particular virus strain.\nThe supermarket in question has not been named, and instead researchers are referring to it as Supermarket X.\nThe products have been reported as pork sausages which need cooking before being ready to eat, as well as ready-to-eat pre-packaged and sliced ham.\nWith the increase in figures of those affected, NHS Blood and Transplant have begun screening all donated blood and will do the same for donated organs and tissues in the future.\nThe research paper was based on monitoring the shopping of 60 infected people.\nMost were said to suffer few symptoms however some develop serious illnesses, particularly those whose immune systems that may have been suppressed from other treatments.\nIt is estimated that up to two per cent of people became ill.\nOne person interviewed had to go to intensive care after suffering a paralysed diaphragm when he contracted the virus from Dutch salami. He told The Times he had not recovered yet.\nDutch scientists claimed the virus is spread by collecting slaughtered pigs' blood before adding it back to the meat after processing it but without sterilising it."}
{"text":"Àgbájọ'je itosile awujo ti won unfe ohun kanna, sakoso ise ara won, ti won si ni ipaala to pin won niya kuro ni ayika won.\nIn the social sciences, organizations are the object of analysis for a number of disciplines, such as sociology, economics, political science, psychology, management, and organizational communication. In more specific contexts, particularly for sociologists, the term \"institution\" may be preferred. The broader analysis of organizations is commonly referred to as organizational studies, organizational behavior or organization analysis. A number of different theories and perspectives exist, some of which are compatible,\n- Organization – process-related: an entity is being (re-)organized (organization as task or action).\n- Organization – functional: organization as a function of how entities like businesses or state authorities are used (organization as a permanent structure).\n- Organization – institutional: an entity is an organization (organization as an actual purposeful structure within a social context)\n|Àyọkà yìí tàbí apá rẹ̀ únfẹ́ àtúnṣe sí.|"}
{"text":"Aerial Art House equipment including crash mats and floor mats will be disinfected after every class! Our advice?\nWhat we all can do to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus?\nWhat is Coronavirus (COVID-19) and what are the symptoms?\nCoronaviruses are a large family of viruses which can cause respiratory illnesses ranging from the common cold to the more severe such as Severe Acute Respiratory Symptom (SARS).\nThe current issues are caused by a new strain of Coronavirus which broke out in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, causing the disease COVID-19. Knowledge about the strain is emerging but limited and advice based on experience with previous coronaviruses.\nThe Virus is spread by respiratory droplets in coughs and sneezes. It enters the body via the nose, mouth and eyes. It can survive on hard surfaces for up to 48hrs. A person, therefore, gets infected by breathing in droplets when facing an infected person or by touching their eyes, nose or mouth after touching surfaces or objects containing droplets.\nSymptoms are likely to develop within 5 days but incubation (time from infection to symptoms) can be 1 to 14days after exposure. Older people and those with pre-existing medical conditions are most at risk to develop the severe disease (high blood pressure, heart disease, lung disease, cancer or diabetes). Treatment focuses on symptom relieve. There is currently no cure or vaccine."}
{"text":"Kornsteiner, M., K.H. Wagner, I. Elmadfa, 2006. Tocopherols and total phenolics in 10 different nut types. Food Chemistry. 98:381-87.\nThe study was conducted to assess the content of tocopherols (α-, β-, γ- and δ-) and carotenoids (α- and β-carotene, zeaxanthin, lutein, cryptoxanthin and lycopene) in the unsaponifiable matter as well as the amount of total phenols of 10 different types of nuts. Tocopherols and carotenoids were analyzed with HPLC, total phenols photometrically. The mean value of α-tocopherol equivalents ranged from non-detectable (macadamias) to 33.1 mg/100 g extracted oil (hazelnuts). Among all nuts, almonds and hazelnuts had the highest mean α-tocopherol content (24.2 and 31.4 mg/100 g extracted oil, respectively). β- and γ-tocopherols were prevalent in Brazil nuts, cashews, peanuts, pecans, pines, pistachios and walnuts. Mean values oscillated between 5.1 (cashews) and 29.3 (pistachios). Traces of δ-tocopherol (<4 mg/100 g extracted oil) were analyzed in cashews, hazelnuts, peanuts, pecans, pines, pistachios and walnuts. There were no carotenoids detected in the tested nuts with the exception of pistachios. The mean content of total phenolics varied between 32 mg gallic acid equivalents/100 g (pines) and 1625 mg (walnuts). The results show the eterogenic amounts of antioxidants in nuts, which emphasizes the recommendation of a mixed nuts intake."}
{"text":"In the late 1930s this little bookcase was set to be a best seller, but its success was thwarted by the onset of war. Now it is a rare design.\nIt was made by Isokon, probably the most forward-thinking British furniture manufacturer of the 1930s. All Isokon furniture exploited the strength and lightness of bent plywood. Its founder, Jack Pritchard, worked with the leading modernist designers and architects of the day to produce what have become design classics, such as Marcel Breuer’s famous Long Chair.\nIt was named the Donkey because it had four legs and two panniers. The space between the side-compartments could be used for magazines. The Donkey impressed Allen Lane, the publisher of the new Penguin paperbacks. He inserted 100,000 leaflets for it into Penguin books and the newly renamed Isokon Penguin Donkey looked set to be a great success. The shelves in the bookcase were just the right size to house the distinctive orange-covered Penguin paperbacks. Unfortunately the Second World War broke out at exactly the time that the Donkey was launched and the production of the Donkey ceased. Only about a hundred Donkeys were made, which all sold very fast.\nIn his memoir Jack Pritchard recalled the Penguin Donkey:\n'Selling the Isokon Penguin Donkey had its amusing side. One day a friendly voice came over the telephone saying his son had received one. I asked if he liked it; oh yes, but his son was three years old. Another time a policeman rang saying that a highly indignant man had received a carton containing an unasked-for Donkey, and complaining of improper selling methods. When I told the policeman that a few people would play tricks and send the reply postcard addressed to someone to pull their leg, the conversation ended in chuckles.' (Jack Pritchard, View from a Long Chair, 1984)."}
{"text":"Let us take series $a^2$. Where $a = 1, 2, 3, …$\nThe entire series of $a^2$ is look like: $A = 1, 4, 9, 16, …$\nFirst step: The difference between every two terms of $A$ is: $B$ = $3, 5, 7, …$\nSecond step: The difference between $B$ is: $2, 2,… $ and looks like arithmetic progression.\nIn this problem, we have taken $a^2$ and within second step we have seen common difference and concluded this series as arithmetic series.\nIf you take $a^3$, within $3rd$ step we can conclude common difference is $3! = 6$ and arithmetic series.\nMy question is: How to prove the series $a^n$ for $a = 1, 2, 3,…$ gives common difference n! at $n$ th step, and gives arithmetic series. Also, I want to know any such similar observations are made so far."}
{"text":"Food waste is a big contributor to global warming. Waste can occur anywhere from on the farm, whilst in transit, at the supermarket or in the home. In the home we should aim to use all the food we buy. So here is a recipe for using up raw pumpkin – or squash. It is also cooked in a frying pan rather than in the oven which will use less energy. It is also plant-based – another plus for the environment.\n250g self raising flour\n60g vegan butter\n1 tbsp of chia or camelina seeds\n150g raw pumpkin/ squash\n4 cardamom pods\nMix the seeds with 3 tbsp of warm water. Mix in the seeds from the cardamon pods.\nCut the butter into,cubes and rub into the flour.\nChop the pumpkin into small pieces.\nMix everything together, adding enough milk to create a soft dough.\nHeat a frying pan with a little oil in the bottom.\nRoll out the dough and cut into rounds or triangles. Place these in the pan.\nCook for 5-10 minutes or until browning on the bottom. Turn over and cook on the other side.\nEnjoy plain or with jam."}
{"text":"(Croatia and Serbia)\nTwo countries from the former Yugoslavia, Croatia and Serbia, provided five cohorts to the Seven Countries Study. The two Croatian cohorts differed largely in diet, a Mediterranean diet in Dalmatia and an Eastern European diet high in animal fat in Slavonia. The three Serbian cohorts differed largely in socio-economic status and an Eastern European style diet high in meat and/or dairy. The Serbian cohorts later joined the HALE project.\nThe 5 cohorts of Croatia and Serbia\nThe cohort of Dalmatia was of all men of proper age from a number of villages along the Adriatic Sea coast, south of the town of Split in Dalmatia, Republic of Croatia, within former Yugoslavia. All were characterised by a Mediterranean, high plant diet.\nThe cohort of Slavonia consisted of all men from villages centered around Dalj in the plain of Slavonia, Republic of Croatia, within former Yugoslavia in which the diet was presumably high in animal products.\nThe cohort of Velika Krsna was made up of a “chunk sample” of all men in the rural village of Velika Krsna located not far south from Belgrade, Republic of Serbia in the former Yugoslavia.\nThe cohort of Zrenjanin was made up of men working in an agro-industrial cooperative located in the town of Zrenjanin, north of Belgrade, Republic of Serbia in the former Yugoslavia.\nThe cohort of Belgrade was made up of faculty members of the University of Belgrade, located in the capital of the Republic of Serbia in the former Yugoslavia."}
{"text":"There is growing evidence that suggests that cold water swimming on a regular basis can boost your mood, lower stress, improve your cardiovascular health and strengthen your immune system.\n“If you don’t live by the sea you can of course have a lovely cold shower at home,” said Dr Mosley.\nHe continued: “When having a cold shower, it will trigger a stress response and you will start hyperventilating, your heart rate will shoot up and your body will be flooded with adrenalin.\n“Gradually over time you will adapt, and your stress response will fall becoming more muted and it is thought that by exposing our bodies to small amounts of stress in a controlled way we get benefits.”\nREAD MORE: How to live longer: Walking speed can influence your life expectancy – BMJ study"}
{"text":"History tells that during the 17th and 18th centuries, nearly a thousand buccaneers took refuge on the island of Sainte-Marie. The presence of the wrecks of their ships in Ambodifotatra Bay confirms the veracity of the stories. Subjugated by the beauty and calm of the island, famous pirates such as Christophe Condent, John Avery, Thomas Tew, the Hawk and Thomas White had settled in Sainte-Marie. For these, the strategic location of the island, located on the trade route of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, has also made it a haven of choice. This is how about twenty vessels of pirates have chosen the island as home port.\nThe Pirates Cemetery, a fascinating place\nAmong the impending buccaneers who took refuge in Sainte-Marie, many of them decided to be buried on the island. To comply with their last wishes, the Pirates Cemetery was built on the side of the hill overlooking the southern part of Ambodifotatra Bay. The oldest tombs date back to the 18th century. Established among the expanses of greenery, the burials of the famous pirates are covered with black gravestones engraved with their names. The symbol of the skull and the two crossed tibias is often carved or drawn on the tombs. This mausoleum perched on the heights of Ambodifotatra is accessible for a symbolic entrance fee returned to the guards of the site. After the payment of the right of access, visitors can opt for a visit accompanied or not by a guide."}
{"text":"Pollution Prevention is Patriotic!\nOn July 4th, 2015, 42 volunteers spread the Pollution Prevention message to beachgoers at high-impact beaches in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties, while handing out more than 1,700 trash and recycling bags to help keep local beaches clean!\nThe next morning, 182 volunteers participated in our Star-Spangled Beach Cleanup and prevented a total of 2,097 pounds of pollution from local beaches and entering the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.\nThousands of people flock to beaches along the Central Coast each year to celebrate the Fourth of July. Unfortunately, this results in countless pieces of trash being left on the sand.\nSave Our Shores tackles this pollution problem through education, outreach and awareness. Our staff and volunteers remind visitors to “Pack Your Trash,” hand out thousands of trash and recycling bags to beachgoers, and lead the July 5th Star-Spangled Beach Cleanup, the second largest beach cleanup of the year on the Central Coast.\nYOU can join us!\nVolunteer on July 4th, 2016\nVolunteers will hit the following beaches from 12-4 p.m. to remind visitors to properly dispose of and recycle their trash:\nIf you are interested in joining our Pollution Prevention is Patriotic outreach efforts, contact cleanup(at)saveourshores.org\nJoin the Star-Spangled Beach Cleanup on July 5th, 2016\nStop thousands of pounds trash and debris from polluting the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Join us from 8-10 a.m. at the following beaches in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties:\nIf you are interested in joining our Star Spangled Beach Cleanup efforts, simply show up the day of to participate or contact email@example.com"}
{"text":"Some of you are familiar with Andrew Tanenbaum's famous quote: \"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. \" It's a favorite exercise to assign to students in a networking class.\nThe idea is as follows. Assume you've got a huge amount of data you want to send across town ... say, enough to fill a hundred magnetic tapes. (Ok, it's a really old idea ... stay with me here.) If you calculate the amount of time it takes to write all the data to tape, haul all the tapes outside to a pickup truck, drive across town, haul the tapes inside, and read all the data off the tapes, you have a measure of bandwidth: bits transferred per unit time. Now, compare that number with network speeds commonly available on wide area networks. Often, the results are surprising ... namely, that the pickup truck can beat most networks (at least, the networks available at the time). It's an interesting gedankenexperiment.\nWell ... someone's updated it, for real this time. An office in South Africa was having severe problems with their ADSL line, so they decided to see if they could do any better. They got a carrier pigeon, stuck a 4GB data stick to its leg, then sent it to the office across town. By the time the carrier pigeon had finished its work, the ADSL network had only copied 4% of the same amount of data.\nGuess it's time to clean up some of those notes ...\nSA pigeon 'faster than broadband'(from BBC News)"}
{"text":"Released Time Religious Education is a program started in 1914 by a public school superintendent in Gary, Indiana. The program, which was approved by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1952, is primarily designed to teach religious education during the school day to public school students off campus with parental permission. A key by-product has been improved academic performance and the development of positive moral character among youth. While many incidents of improvement have been documented, there previously has been no major independent study of Released Time. School Ministries, Inc., a nonprofit organization that has been encouraging the expansion of Released Time nationally, engaged the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) to do an independent program evaluation in cooperation with the Oakland, California, Released Time program."}
{"text":"FAN Wei 樊维 and LU Zhouxiang 吕洲翔\nHospital workers in Beijing play a causal game of badminton during their lunch hour. Photo by Berkshire Publishing staff.\nBadminton, like many other racket sports, has a long history. In the fifth century BCE, Chinese started to play a ball game called ti jian, 踢毽 which can be translated as “shuttle kick.” As the name suggests, the object of the game was for players to keep a shuttle from hitting the ground without using their hands. Regardless of whether ti jian had anything to do with badminton, it was the first sport to use a shuttle.\nYou must be logged in to post a comment."}
{"text":"3 Collective Nouns For Elephants\nElephants are large mammals of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea.\nThree species are currently recognized: the African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), the African forest elephant (L.\ncyclotis), and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus).\n\"Herd of Elephants\"\n\"Memory of Elephants\"\n\"Parade of Elephants\""}
{"text":"The home front: Women dramatists during the Second World War\nD'Monté, R. (2009) The home front: Women dramatists during the Second World War. In: Women Writing Space: Representations of Gender and Space in post-1850 British Women's Writing, University of Warwick, March 2009.\nFull text not available from this repository\nThe blurring of public/private space, or front line/home front, during the Second World War, had the effect of privileging the female voice and experience by redrawing loci of work and home, or by politicising the domestic. In doing this, some of the plays of the time can be seen to give female dramatists an opportunity to portray tensions between the mobile woman, who is required by the state to leave her home for the war effort, and the home-maker, who represents the traditional notion of womanhood, as well as looking to the reconstruction of a postwar Britain, which would bring about a greater equality between the sexes."}
{"text":"Home / Resources / Special Reports / INDONESIA: Universal Periodic Review Submission on the Human Rights Situation in Papua INDONESIA: Universal Periodic Review Submission on the Human Rights Situation in Papua This stakeholders’ report is a joint submission of the above-mentioned organizations. The report highlights key concerns related to the Human Rights situation in Papua in the following areas: torture; freedom of expression; human rights defenders; extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; Indigenous Peoples, and women. The term Papua refers to the Province of West Papua and the Province of Papua. Each section conveys recommendations to the Government of Indonesia. Click here to download this publication in PDF format."}
{"text":"A good overview of the exhibition. With some photos.\nFlashing against a wall are the stark black-and-white images of ancient greed.\nInside a 4,000-year-old tomb in which a governor and his wife hoped to make the journey into the afterlife is calculated chaos wrought by robbers intent on stripping the burial site of its valuables.\nIn their frantic search for jewels and precious metals, looters had ransacked the small stone chamber, ripping apart wooden coffins, tossing objects deemed insignificant into heaps, and even tearing apart the two mummies, leaving the head of one on top of the governor's coffin and the torso of the other propped in a corner. Then they set fire to the plundered pyramid.\nBut in one telling photograph, a jumbled pile of carved figures attests to an enduring presence, one that survived fires, robbers and thousands of years underground. In fact, what archaeologists in the joint 1915 Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition unearthed while digging in Deir el-Bersha, a necropolis in central Egypt, was a treasure of previously unseen proportions.\nThe discovery led to nearly a century of work to reassemble the final resting place of an official named Djehutynakht and his wife, and piece together not only the funerary practices of a great bygone civilization but reconstruct daily life in an unheralded time of peace, prosperity and artistic achievement.\nThe dramatic result is \"The Secrets of Tomb 10A: Egypt 2000 BC,\" a comprehensive exhibit set to run through May 16, in the Gund Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston. On view in its entirety for the first time, the contents of the tomb include elaborately carved and painted coffins, with spells designed to ferry the couple safely into a higher plane, as well as representations of food, drink, clothing and servants meant to magically serve and sustain them in their new existence."}
{"text":"Goal And Benefits Of Financial Stability And Well-Being\nPosted On August 9, 2022\nWhen it boils down to financial stability and well-being, you will agree that taking note of your status in this aspect is very important. The goal of financial education low income people is to help use the knowledge of financial literacy to improve individuals’ well-being, measure their success and also provide an insight into the factors that may contribute to it.\nThis makes use of experts’ opinions, their experiences, and that of the clients to gain an in-depth study, and to also help older customers who have little idea on how to be stable financially.\n- Gives kids the chance to develop good spending habits and skills.\n- Empowers communities to improve their way of life.\n- Allows for understanding the difference between various financial tools\n- Help families with balancing their budgets.\n- Imbibes in us the zeal to make smart financial decisions.\n- With the knowledge of financial stability, one can manage money by investing, saving and so many more.\n- Improves the rate at which one saves\n- Lowers debts\nThe concept of financial stability might not be easily understood especially if one has no idea about it, and this is why right from childhood it should be taught to kids as they will grow up to be adults one day. Even in communities, it should be made known as it would not only help families live debt free but it would also help them with their livelihood. For students, it will equip them with the understanding and skills they need to manage funds effectively."}
{"text":"If presidents’ birthdays were spread out through the months evenly, we’d be approaching four births per month as we approach 48 presidents (Obama is 44th administration, of 43 presidents; Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms, screwing up numbering for all time).\nAugust has just more than its share of presidential births, five. In date order as we go through August:\n- Barack Obama, our 43rd President, was born August 7, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii\n- Herbert Hoover, 30th President, was born August 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa\n- Bill Clinton, 42nd President, was born August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas\n- Benjamin Harrison, 22nd President, was born August 20, 1833, in North Bend, Ohio\n- Lyndon Baines Johnson, 34th President, was born August 27, 1908, in Stonewall, Texas\nObama will get cards and letters, and network news programs will probably make a light-hearted mention of his birthday. Are the other August presidents celebrated, even in their hometowns?\nPhotos of Benjamin Harrison as an infant or young child appear to be exceedingly rare.\nMarch and November also feature births of five presidents."}
{"text":"Nutrition per 1 Container (128g / 4.5 oz)\n|Nutrients||Amount||% Daily Value|\n|Calories are the fuel you need every day. They are a measure of energy from the carbohydrates, fat and protein in the food you eat and beverages you drink.|\n|Sugars are carbohydrates that occur naturally, such as those in juices, vegetables, grains and milk, and can be added to foods or beverages in the form of granulated or liquid sugar, corn syrup and honey, for example.|\n|Includes 15g Added Sugars||29%|\nProducts may not be available in all areas\nContains no caffeine\nAllergens & SensitivitiesCompare products Customer Reports\nThe fruit of the species Malus domestica tree and used to make our Mott's sauces, snacks and juices.\nHIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP\nHigh fructose corn syrup is a sweetener that combines two simple sugars — fructose and glucose — and is very similar in composition and sweetness to sucrose, or what is commonly known as regular sugar.\nAll beverages are hydrating, and a variety of beverages including juice, regular and diet soft drinks, water and tea can contribute to total fluid intake to help meet the body’s hydration needs.\nASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C)\nAscorbic acid is found in fruits and vegetables and added to foods and beverages as a fortificant. Vitamin C functions as an antioxidant."}
{"text":"Synopses & Reviews\nBaffled by the stereotypes presented by Hollywood and much historical fiction, many other Americans find the contemporary American Indian an enigma. Compounding their confusion is the highly publicized struggle of the contemporary Indian for self-determination, lost land, cultural preservation, and fundamental human rights--a struggle dramatized both by public acts of protest and by precedent-setting legal actions. More and more, the battles of American Indians are fought--and won--in the political arena and the courts.\nAmerican Indians, American Justice explores the complexities of the present Indian situation, particularly with regard to legal and political rights. It is the first book to present an overview of federal Indian law in language readably accessible to the layperson. Remarkably comprehensive, it is destined to become a standard sourcebook for all concerned with the plight of the contemporary Indian.\nBeginning with an examination of the historical relationship of Indians and the courts, the authors describe how tribal courts developed and operate today, and how they relate to federal and state governments. They define such key legal concepts as tribal sovereignty and Indian Country. By comparing and contrasting the workings of Indian and non-Indian legal institutions, the authors illustrate how Indian tribes have adapted their customs, values, and institutions to the demands of the modern world. Describing the activities of attorneys and Indian advocates in asserting and defending Indian rights, they identify the difficulties typically faced by Indians in the criminal and civil legal arenas and explore the public policy and legal rights of Indians as regardscitizenship, voting rights, religious freedom, and basic governmental services."}
{"text":"Structured settlements are lawsuit settlements involving specific payments made over a period of time. Insurance companies often buy life insurance products to pay the costs of such structured settlements. Structured settlements more often than not offer only small monthly payments. As such, many structured settlement firms try to purchase these lucrative contracts at pennies on the dollar. The structured settlement is then sold for an immediate lump sum.\nWhat is a Judgment?\nA judgment or judgement (see spelling note below), in a legal context, is synonymous with the formal decision made by a court following a lawsuit. At the same time the court may also make a range of court orders, such as imposing a sentence upon a guilty defendant in a criminal matter, or providing a remedy for the plaintiff in a civil matter. . . *(More – Click Here)\nWhat is a Settlement?\nIn law there are two main meanings of the word settlement. The first, and most common meaning, refers to when the parties to a dispute (both disputes that are being litigated before the courts, and disputes where court action has not been started) reach an agreement as to the case, which is said to ‘settle’ the claim. . . *(More – Click Here)\n*Definitions provided by Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.\nDISCLAIMER: This site and any information contained herein is intended for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice. Seek competent legal counsel for advice on any legal matter.\nFOR ASSISTANCE PLEASE CALL: (248) 945-1111"}
{"text":"Protein produced by the nervous system may help treatments for inflammatory diseases\nA Rutgers-led team may have found the key to treating inflammatory diseases like asthma, allergies, chronic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).\nIn a study published in the journal Nature Immunology, researchers discovered that neuromedin B (NMB), a protein produced by the nervous system, was responsible for preventing overactive immune responses and damaging inflammation. An immune response refers to the body's ability to recognize and defend itself against harmful substances. Although beneficial to help clear infections, an immune response can also promote damaging inflammation if not properly restricted. The researchers found that the NMB protein can stop the type of inflammation that that occurs in diseases like asthma, allergies, chronic fibrosis and COPD.\n\"For many years, the mechanism through which the body shuts down an inflammatory response to heal itself after worm infections remained poorly understood,\" said Mark C. Siracusa, lead author and an assistant professor at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. \"Our study provided that understanding and a hope for possible treatments using NMB, which has great potential to treat inflammatory diseases like asthma, allergies and COPD.\"\nCOPD is the third most common cause of death among inflammatory diseases and allergies the sixth in the United States.\n\"Scientists previously thought the immune system was capable of regulating itself in order to resolve inflammation to prevent tissue damage. However, emerging work is beginning to reveal that complex interactions between the immune system and the nervous system serve to restrict inflammation and promote health,\" said Siracusa.\nA patent cooperation treaty (PCT) patent application was filed by Rutgers Office of Research Commercialization. The next steps for researchers include developing drugs using the protein to treat diseases like asthma, COPD, and allergies."}
{"text":"I’ve noticed that many networking students have few problems answering questions about the simpler, classful networks and their subnet masks. But then many struggle when problems involve CIDR networks.\nI think it’s because beginners have grasped the basics using some rules of thumb, but not the underlying principles.\nWhen we take the class C netmask, 255.255.255.0, the shortcut thought is that the magic number 255 means “part of network”, and magic 0 means “part of host address”. But if that’s all you know, then as soon as you see a netmask like 255.255.192.0, you’re stumped. What does the 192 mean?\nThe two keys to decrypting 172 are understanding what a mask, generically, is, and thinking in binary, instead of base-10."}
{"text":"Barth Keck, an English teacher and assistant football coach, who also teaches courses in journalism and media literacy at Haddam-Killingworth High School, wrote an interesting piece for CT News Junkie, “It Doesn’t Take Captain Obvious to Identify A Stacked Deck.”\nIn the story, Keck uses the fictitious “Captain Obvious” to counter the claims made by celebrities joining corporate education reformers in disparaging public education across the country.\nHere are some of the obvious realities facing students, teachers, and public schools across America that Captain Obvious highlights.\n1. A disadvantaged family life negatively affects educational achievement.\nI can hear Captain Obvious now: “The better off a child’s family, the better she will do in school.”\n2. Measuring schools and teachers with an annual standardized test can be misleading and limiting.\nAs Captain Obvious might say, “Standardized tests do not improve the overall education process.”\n3. Charter schools’ effectiveness is directly related to their exclusive student population.\nCaptain Obvious’ interpretation? “Schools that serve fewer special-needs students face fewer challenges.\nThe obvious realities of public education are endless. Unfortunately, the solutions that receive the most attention often disregard these issues because they are proposed by education-reform celebrities."}
{"text":"During the first phase of ESSENTIALS, we developed a suite of tests designed to understand how mosquitoes interact with bednets that are treated with insecticides.\nDifferent insecticides, especially when combined with additional active ingredients, can change the way that mosquitoes behave at the bednet when attempting to feed from humans; for example, a net treatment that is very irritant to mosquitoes may mean that mosquitoes do not spend as long trying to take a blood meal, or that when they do feed, the meal is incomplete. It also means that they may not stay in contact with the net long enough to receive a full lethal dose. Our tests allow us to characterise the effects of each type of bednet on different vector populations, and therefore understand which nets might be the most suitable for use in various settings.\nTo create our test suite, the room-scale tracking system developed in earlier projects was complemented by a range of smaller benchtop bioassays. The tests are designed to extract as much data about mosquito behaviour as possible whilst being simple enough to be implemented in both full-scale laboratories and in temporary field stations that might be set up close to areas in which bednets are deployed.\nFollowing every test, each mosquito is monitored as part of an extended follow-up. This allows the identification and characterisation of any delayed or sub-lethal effects that the chemistries might have."}
{"text":"Scrabble is a word game in which players form words using single letter tiles. The words must form a crossword on the game board, either left to right in rows, or downwards in columns. Scrabble is a great game because it forces you to creatively come up with new words you wouldn’t normally use in order to score more points.\nTaboo is a word guessing game. The goal of the game is for the player to have their team members guess the word on the player’s card without using the word itself or the five synonyms listed beneath the word. Taboo is a great game to play with a large group and helps increate your English vocabulary.\nIn Apples to Apples there are green cards, which contain adjectives and red cards, which contain nouns. Each player has seven red cards in their hand. Every round the players choose one red card from their hand. Once player is the judge each round and chooses the red card he or she sees as most fitting. The player that lays down the card that best fits the adjective being played, is the winner of that round! Apples to Apples is a great game for learning practical English and communicating in every day life.\nScattegories is a category based party game. The goal of the game is to score points by naming objects within a set of categories for a specific letter. For example, the category is farm animals and the letter is d. The team member that can write down the most farm animals that start with that letter, scores the most points. Scattegories is a great game for learning new broad range vocabulary words.\nThe way you play Bananagrams is by arranging your letter tiles into a grid of connected words faster than your opponent. Similar to Scrabble, you must create a word grid from the pool of tiles between you and the person you are playing. Bananagrams is a great game for playing with one other person because it really puts the pressure on to see who can come up with the best words the fastest!\nWhat are you waiting for? What board game will you play?"}
{"text":"Access to healthcare and access to food are basic human rights. However, hunger is a very real problem for many children in Malawi. There is a high prevalence of under-nutrition and micronutrient deficiencies and the stunting rate for children under 5 in Malawi is 42% (World Food Program), a figure that has not improved for many years. Primary schools have high dropout rates and for those who do attend school, many go on empty stomachs. This not only affects a child’s health, but also their concentration levels and performance in class, and contributes to the number of children dropping out of school.\nAs well as running feeding programs and providing healthcare to our sponsored students, Determined to Develop has a health support fund for people in the village. This allows people from the local community to come to us when they have health issues and we can help with the provision of medication, helping to take patients to clinics and transporting bodies for funerals.\nDetermined to Develop initiated a school-feeding program at two local nursery schools and two local primary schools, after consultation with local chiefs and members of the community. Studies show that feeding programs create better cognitive ability, greater muscle growth, greater attendance rate and a lower dropout rate. The school-feeding program provides a nutritious meal of fortified porridge to students. The ingredients are given to Mother’s Groups who cook and distribute porridge to the children.\nThrough its feeding program, D2D feeds almost 2,000 children per day, equating to about 360,000 school meals each year.\nA meal of porridge costs about half a cent per day per child so any money donated goes a long way. For example US $1,500 covers one of the nursery school feeding programs (almost 100 children a day) for a whole year."}
{"text":"Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Rajiformes\n(Skates and rays) > Arhynchobatidae\nEtymology: Psammobatis: Greek, psammos = sand + Greek, batis, batidos = a ray (Raja sp.) (Ref. 45335). More on author: Philippi.\nEnvironment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range\nMarine; demersal; depth range 40 - 450 m (Ref. 27092). Subtropical\nSoutheast Pacific: Chile. Southwest Atlantic: Uruguay to Argentina (Ref. 58839).\nSize / Weight / Age\nMaturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm\nOviparous. Distinct pairing with embrace. Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother (Ref. 205). Eggs are oblong capsules with stiff pointed horns at the corners deposited in sandy or muddy flats (Ref. 205). Egg capsules are 5.2 cm long and 3.1 cm wide (Ref. 41249).\nLife cycle and mating behavior\nMaturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae\nOviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449). Distinct pairing with embrace. Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother (Ref. 205).\nMcEachran, J.D. and K.A. Dunn, 1998. Phylogenetic analysis of skates, a morphologically conservative clade of elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Copeia 1998(2):271-290. (Ref. 27314)\nIUCN Red List Status (Ref. 120744)\nCITES (Ref. 118484)\nThreat to humans\nEstimates based on models\nPreferred temperature (Ref. 115969\n): 4.4 - 9.7, mean 6.5 (based on 275 cells).\nPhylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805\n= 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].\nBayesian length-weight: a=0.00501 (0.00249 - 0.01009), b=3.12 (2.95 - 3.29), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245\nTrophic Level (Ref. 69278\n): 3.7 ±0.7 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives\nResilience (Ref. 120179\n): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be <100).\nVulnerability (Ref. 59153\n): Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100) ."}
{"text":"Benjamin Henry Day, (born April 10, 1810, West Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.—died December 21, 1889, New York, New York), American printer and journalist who founded the New York Sun, the first of the “penny” newspapers in the United States.\nStarting in 1824 as a printer’s apprentice of the Springfield (Massachusetts) Republican, Day moved to New York City and opened his own printing business in 1831. He launched the Sun partly to create business for his shop. By 1839 the paper’s circulation had climbed to 50,000. To build circulation, Day emphasized the human side of the news, stressing crime and sensation but including elements of pathos and humour. He hired reporter George Wisner to write a column of brief “Police Office” items. Wisner became the first police reporter in the United States. In 1835, Day’s Sun printed a sensational hoax about discoveries of life on the Moon. The “Moon hoax” rapidly increased the Sun’s circulation, but the paper was roundly criticized when its deceit was discovered.\nIn 1840, having sold the Sun, Day launched the True Sun, another penny paper. In 1842 he started Brother Jonathan, a magazine that reprinted old British novels. He was succeeded as publisher by his son Benjamin, Jr., who invented the Ben Day process for producing a halftone image of printing plates. Another son was the father of Clarence Day, noted for his autobiography, Life with Father."}
{"text":"Find more of my photographs and information similar to that which I post in this blog in my book Naturally Curious, which is being published this fall.\nSPIDER EGG SAC\nThis is the time of year when spiders are mating and laying eggs. The female black and yellow argiope (large orb web spinner) deposits her eggs on a square piece of silk she spins. She then pulls the four corners together, forming it into a ball, which she then attaches to vegetation or a more solid structure. The female then dies; the eggs will hatch this fall. The spiderlings overwinter inside the egg sac, remaining more or less dormant during the cold weather, but becoming more active during warmer days. Because this activity demands energy, and there is no food available inside the egg sac, the young spiders resort to cannabalism. The surviving spiderlings will emerge from the egg sac come spring."}
{"text":"The Mediterranean diet (MD) prototype is widely used as an educational tool in public health programmes; few studies, however, have been conducted on the adherence of children to this diet.To evaluate the quality of Cypriot children's diet by assessing the degree of adherence to the MD.A national cross-sectional study among 1140 children (mean age = 10.7 (SD 0.98) years), using stratified multistage sampling design, was conducted in primary schools of Cyprus. Dietary assessment was based on a 154-item semi-quantitative FFQ and the two supplementary questionnaires (a Food Groups Frequency Questionnaire and a Short Eating Habits Questionnaire). Adherence to the MD was assessed by the KIDMED index. The association between the frequencies of consumption of various food groups and the level of adherence to the MD (poor v. average v. good KIDMED score) was also evaluated. Multiple logistic regression analyses were used to adjust for potential confounders.Only 6.7% of the sample was classified as high adherers of MD, whereas 37% had a poor KIDMED score. Multiple logistic regression analysis has shown that children with at least an average KIDMED score were more likely to eat frequently seafood and fish, legumes, nuts, bread, fruits, leafy vegetables, olives, low glycaemic index foods and unrefined foods. Effect size of associations was from medium to high.Higher adherence to MD is associated with better diet quality in children. The MD prototype may thus represent a useful educational tool for promotion of healthy eating habits in children."}
{"text":"Often found on the floors of Roman villas, what are tesserae?\nTesserae (singular: tessera) were individually coloured, small, usually cube shaped, tiles. They were used to create elaborate mosaics on villa floors. The largest mosaic found in Britain is the Woodchester mosaic near Stroud in Gloucestershire. It is 15 square metres and is buried beneath a churchyard, although it has been uncovered several times since 1880. Romans would also play games with dice they called tesserae.\nFavorite this Trivia.\nIn order to be able to favorite the trivias you find most interesting, you need to have an account. Favoriting a trivia means you are also bookmarking it and have it available on your profile.\nReport a trivia answer.\nWe are sorry that you feel the need to report one of our answers. Please, tell us more regarding this problem."}
{"text":"Godhood of God\nby A. W. Pink\nEnter your search query for this book.\nResults will appear here as you type.\nA.W. Pink was an English evangelist of the\n19th century. His Puritan and Calvinist background no\ndoubt inspired him to write Godhood of God. These\ntraditions emphasize the absolute power of God. \"What is\nGodhood?\" Pink asks. It is \"the omnipotency of God, the\nabsolute sovereignty of God. When we speak of the Godhood of God we\naffirm that God is God,\" he says. \"We affirm that God is something more\nthan an empty title: that God is something more than a mere figure-head:\nthat God is something more than a far-distant spectator, looking\nhelplessly on at the suffering which sin has wrought.\" Pink believes\nthat Godhood is seen in creation, administration, the giving of\nscriptures, and salvation, and he writes a brief chapter on each aspect.\nThis book is very short and easily understandable for readers of any\nlevel. The piece emphasizes God's dominion over all other powers and\nthings of the world, which is comforting to modern believers. It also\nencourages Christians to remember not only God's love, but his other\nnature as the all-powerful ruler of the universe who should be\nCCEL Staff Writer\nReviews provided by goodreads.com\nLogin to make annotations and highlights while reading a book."}
{"text":"To enclose something is to surround it or cover it up. An envelope encloses a letter.\nTo enclose is to put something inside something else. A crowd of people could enclose a celebrity, or a wall might enclose a garden. In Edgar Allan Poe’s story “Masque of the Red Death,” the Prince encloses his party guests inside the castle walls (along with the Red Death). (Oops!) A box might enclose a present. If you enclose something with a letter, you’re putting it in the envelope, too."}
{"text":"Blessed Edward Bamber (1600 - 1646)\nBlessed Edward Bamber was born in Carleton, in the parish of Poulton-le-Fylde, near Blackpool in the County of Lancashire. He was a seminarian in St. Omer, France, and at the English College of St. Gregory in Seville, Spain, where he was ordained a priest in 1626. Upon returning to England, disembarking in the port of Plymouth, he was stopped and incarcerated, but immediately released. For sixteen years he served the Catholic Mission, mainly in Lancashire.\nImprisoned again between 1643 and 1646, he lay three years in prison before his trial, the civil war preventing the regular holding of the assizes. Two fallen Catholics swore that they had seen him baptise and marry, which was considered sufficient proof of his priesthood.\nOn 7th August 1646, Bamber and two other priests, Blessed Thomas Whitaker and Blessed John Woodcock, were executed at Lancaster Castle. Bamber was the first to suffer, and at his execution he threw a handful of money into the crowd and reconciled a man condemned for the murder of his brother, giving him absolution on the gallows. Bamber's death was particularly barbarous, being hanged, drawn, and quartered. He and Father Whitaker were included with Father Woodcock among the 85 Martyrs of England and Wales beatified by Pope Saint John Paul II in November 1987."}
{"text":"Today on Planet 100: The Wold's Plants Face Extinction (Video)\nToday, on Planet 100, one fifth of the world's plants face extinction, an Iraq War veteran goes off the grid on his eco-farm, and China extends a diplomatic hand by choosing a Japanese woman to care for its pandas.Plant Extinction\nA new report from the Kew Botanical Gardens concludes that one-fifth of the world's plants—which provide the foundation of life on earth—are at risk of extinction.\nThe fear among botanists is that species are being wiped out before they can be thoroughly researched. Plant-based remedies are the only source of healthcare in the world's poorest countries, proving essential in combating conditions like malaria and leukemia. Another concern is that we have become dependent on a narrow range of plants with a limited genetic base.\nThe report estimates that 80% of the calories consumed worldwide are derived from just 12 different species.\nRead more: 20% of World's Plant Species Threatened With Extinction - Yes, Human Activity is Main Cause\nVeteran's Eco Farm\nIts easy to talk the talk about wanting to go green, but it's way more inspiring to see incredible examples of people's commitment to eco living.\nJuan Beltran became a quadriplegic when an Iraq war helicopter crash broke his neck. Realizing that oil was a driving force behind the war, once at home he turned his house into an incredible eco-friendly, self-sufficient farm complete with solar panels, LED lights, energy efficient design and even chickens. Juan and his family are true eco-warriors.\nVia: Huffington Post\nAmid a diplomatic spat between Beijing and Tokyo, China opted for a bit of panda diplomacy, naming a Japanese woman as one of six winners of a contest to care for the endangered animals. Yumiko Kajiwara, from Tokyo, was picked to become a panda keeper for one month at the Chengdu Panda Base in southwestern China's Sichuan."}
{"text":"Climbing Groundsel (Senecio angulatus), another winter-flowering climbing aster from Southern Africa.\nClimbing varieties like this one were likely included in early horticultural imports of unidentified Senecio species to the colony. There are also anecdotal reports that the species was brought back from South Africa by returning soldiers of the Boer War. In Queensland, S. angulatus may have enjoyed a surge of popularity following that conflict, reflected in garden columns in Brisbane newspapers (1906-1910) which praised the species for the handsomeness of both its foliage and its clear, bright yellow masses of flowers. However, these accounts may have also incorrectly applied the S. angulatus name to Senecio tamoides, which became a more prevalent weed on the east coast around that time.\nClimbing Groundsel was first collected as a weed in Victoria at Mornington in 1936, and showed up in newspaper column submissions from inland sites between Bendigo and Swan Hill in the 1940s and 1950s, areas where it has never been formally collected. In the metropolitan, it is established on coastal bluffs and the decomposed rock gullies of suburban Melbourne creeks, where the plants form dense arcing stands of stems each up to 5 metres in height.\nThe photographed plants were on Darebin Creek, on a very weedy near-vertical exposure adjacent to several patches of succulents, including an impressive stand of Aeonium (due to flower any day now, wait for it)."}
{"text":"Magic Melting Ice Cubes\nSimon Quinnell, from the National STEM Learning Centre and Network, shows how to carry out some ‘magic’ at the Christmas dinner table using ice cubes, a plastic chopping board and a frying pan.\nWhen asked to feel the plastic and the metal, people usually describe the plastic as warmer to the touch. They are then surprised to see that an ice cube melts quickly on the metal surface but very slowly on the plastic.\nAlthough this is counter intuitive, both surfaces are actually the same temperature, but the metal is such a good conductor that when touched it takes the heat energy away from your finger making it feel cold. The plastic is a good insulator and the ice cube barely melts as a result.\nShow health and safety information\n|Subject(s)||Science, Physics, Practical work, Demonstrations|\n|Age||7-11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19|\n|Published||2010 to 2019|\n|Log in to rate this resource|\n- National STEM Learning Centre and Network"}
{"text":"Here are the Blogs in the Senior Health\nWhat is Alzheimer's?\nAlzheimer's is a form of dementia (also known as Alzheimer's Dementia) that occurs when portions of the brain's neurons (the brain contains approximately 100 billion of them) become damanged and fail to form communication networks. The reasons for this are still ...Read More...\nPosted on 07/06/2013 1:15 PM by Paul J. Leavitt, M.D."}
{"text":"There is the same notation in the name of the christening entry 100--Oltmann Ulfers. The Ancestry.com transcription does not indicate any tilde over the final \"n\" in Oltman's name, while there is one in Anna's. My suspicion is that this is likely because tildes are not often used at the end of any word. The tildes are not used in the transcription of Tamme Tammen's name. This may be because tildes are not usually used with the letter \"m.\"\nThe interpretation of the line above the letter is inconsistent and it's pretty clear that the same symbol is being used in \"Oltmann,\" \"Anna,\" and \"Tamme Tammen.\"\nLearning various writing conventions and shorthand takes time. Understanding these conventions also requires some knowledge of local names so that these conventions can be interpreted correctly. I can't overemphasize the importance of becoming familiar with the records being used and manually searching those records--even when indexes are available.\nHave you thought about dropping the second double letter in a name when querying a database? Did the creator of the record you are using an index for use a notation that a transcriber handled incorrectly? These sorts of issues are not only encountered with church records written in the German script.\nNote: Screen shorts of Ancestry.com screens are current as of the date this post is published."}
{"text":"To view this book's first chapter, click here.\nThis treatise is an accessible and authoritative resource for scholars, judges, practitioners, and others on the Fourth Amendment. It comprehensively treats Supreme Court case law and offers a structural approach to the Fourth Amendment, addressing foundational questions: What is a search? What is a seizure? What does the Amendment protect? When is it satisfied? When does the exclusionary rule apply? The treatise offers ready access to current doctrine. The historical events and the development of search and seizure principles over time provide perspective. Fourth Amendment jurisprudence is in constant change and this second edition incorporates all Supreme Court developments since the first edition, including important cases on the definition of a “search,” searches of vehicles, exigent circumstances, dog searches, and the exclusionary rule. It also adds hundreds of lower court cases.\nThe second edition includes a new introductory section on digital evidence in Chapter 1, highlighting the increasing importance of such evidence, and has additional treatment of digital evidence throughout. Although the structure of the first edition has been retained, every section of the new edition has new material and many of sections have been substantially revised."}
{"text":"SCS Undergraduate Thesis Topics\n|Jeremiah Blocki||Manuel Blum||Direct Zero-Knowledge Proofs|\nA Zero-Knowledge Proof is an interactive protocol which allows one party (the prover) to prove a statement (S) to another party (the verifier) without revealing anything beyond the truth of S. If S is true then the prover should always be able to convince the verifier that the statement is true without revealing anything else. If S is false then the verifier should be able to catch the prover cheating with high probability. For example, Oded Goldreich found a protocol which allowed the prover to convince a verifier that a graph G is k-colorable without revealing anything else. Consequently, all languages in NP are known to have Zero-Knowledge Proofs because they can be reduced to Graph Coloring. However, there are no known direct Zero-Knowledge Proofs for many NP-Complete languages. I present direct Zero-Knowledge Proof protocols for Subset Sum, Clique, SAT and Integer Programming."}
{"text":"The chloroplast can act as an environmental sensor, communicating with the cell during biogenesis and operation to change the expression of thousands of proteins. This process, termed retrograde signaling, regulates expression in response to developmental cues and stresses that affect photosynthesis and yield. Recent advances have identified many signals and pathways-including carotenoid derivatives, isoprenes, phosphoadenosines, tetrapyrroles, and heme, together with reactive oxygen species and proteins-that build a communication network to regulate gene expression, RNA turnover, and splicing. However, retrograde signaling pathways have been viewed largely as a means of bilateral communication between organelles and nuclei, ignoring their potential to interact with hormone signaling and the cell as a whole to regulate plant form and function. Here, we discuss new findings on the processes by which organelle communication is initiated, transmitted, and perceived, not only to regulate chloroplastic processes but also to intersect with cellular signaling and alter physiological responses.\n|Original language||English (US)|\n|Number of pages||29|\n|Journal||Annual Review of Plant Biology|\n|State||Published - Apr 29 2016|\n- Abiotic stress\n- High light"}
{"text":"He applied the “Page 99 Test” to Dance of the Furies and reported the following:\nIn the British comedy Blackadder Goes Forth, Private Baldrick pronounces to his fellow soldiers “I heard that it started when a bloke called Archie Duke shot an ostrich because he was hungry.” While Blackadder is obviously not meant as serious history, the line does reveal two basic truths about 1914. First, like Baldrick, few Europeans had hatreds for people in other countries strong enough to lead them to war. Second, most of them had no idea how the assassination of a little-known nobleman had put them in trenches to fight a war with no end in sight.Learn more about Dance of the Furies at the Harvard University Press website.\nPage 99 of Dance of the Furies speaks to how the people of Europe responded to the events of the tragic summer of 1914. They did not go to war for the archduke or to avenge some distant slight to their national honor. Page 99 relates three strikingly similar anecdotes from three nations in the last days of peace. An English mother, in a journal to explain the war to her infant son, wrote that “if we fight, it is because we shall have been dragged in.” French food writer Claire de Pratz spoke with two fishermen who told her that although they did not want war, it was now obvious to them that the Germans did and so they saw no choice but to fight. The Berliner Tageblatt editorialized that “We didn’t want a war and we have done everything in our power to prevent it.” The responses were the same across the continent: few wanted war, but all were determined to resist what they saw as foreign aggression.\nI hope that Dance of the Furies will help us to see the people of 1914 as they were, not as sepia-toned figures too simple or too stupid to see what they were unleashing. Their experiences tell us a great deal not only about their age, but ours. If we understand them, perhaps we can understand that the poor old ostrich didn’t die for nothing after all."}
{"text":"The Kronbergs Family:\nA Journey from Latvia to America.\nThe Kronbergs family was displaced during the Soviet invasion and occupation of Latvia in 1940. After a short term in a Displacement Camp in Nuremburg, Germany, they came to America and were placed with a family in North Carolina that was unable or unwilling to provide for small children. After staying at another Displacement Camp here in North Carolina, they came to live with Sen. Ralph H. Scott, Sr. and his family.\nExhibition Dates: April 30, 2014 – November 2, 2014\nSee our YouTube video of the exhibit: The Kronbergs, A Journey from Latvia to America"}
{"text":"Land use regulations in Massachusetts are ever-evolving, and different municipalities have significantly different requirements and restrictions. To avoid time-consuming pitfalls and oversights that could affect the success of your development project, it is important to work with an attorney who is familiar with each jurisdiction’s codes and practices.\nFor many projects, environmental restrictions are one area of particular concern, as these regulations often change and are enforced by local, state and federal authorities. In fact, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently issued a new ruling meant to clarify which kinds of wetlands and other water resources are protected under the 1972 Clean Water Act. However, some states governments have taken issue with the rule.\nSixteen states, not including Massachusetts, are suing the EPA, saying that the new definition of federally protected waters is too broad and poses a threat to landowners’ property rights.\nThe Clean Water Act gives the federal government jurisdictional authority to exact pollution controls over navigable “waters of the United States,” but the lawsuits filed by the states claim that the new definition of navigable waters doesn’t take into account a number of factors, including duration of water flow.\nFor example, a lawsuit filed in Texas claims the new definition of protected waters would give the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers jurisdiction over “dry ponds, ephemeral streams, intermittent channels and even ditches.”\nA recent article in Reuters has more on the EPA’s reasoning for the new ruling.\nWhether you’re purchasing, developing or selling a property, cover your legal bases on the local, state and federal levels. You need someone on your side who knows environmental law and stays abreast of its frequent changes.\nTo learn more, please see Seder & Chandler LLP’s environmental law overview."}
{"text":"In this study, land-cover change in the capital Conakry of Guinea was simulated using the integrated Cellular Automata and Markov model (CA-Markov) in the Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS). Historical land-cover change information was derived from 1986, 2000 and 2016 Landsat data. Using the land-cover change maps of 1986 and 2000, the land-cover change map for 2016 was simulated based on the Markov model in IDRISSI software (Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA). The simulated result was compared with the 2016 land-cover map for validation using the Relative Operating Characteristic (ROC). The ROC result showed a very strong agreement between the two maps. From this result, the land-cover change map for 2025 was simulated using CA-Markov model. The result has indicated that the proportion of the urban area was 49% in 2016, and it is expected to increase to 52% by 2025, while vegetation will decrease from 35% in 2016 to 32% in 2025. This study suggests that the rapid land-cover change has been led by both rapid population growth and extreme poverty in rural areas, which will result in migration into Conakry. The results of this study will provide bases for assessing the sustainability and the management of the urban area and for taking actions to mitigate the degradation of the urban environment.\nThis is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License\nwhich permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited"}
{"text":"Create a Timeline Now\nTimeline of the Renaissance- Exploration\nThe Columbian Exchange takes place.\n1450 - 1750\nBartolomeu Dias sails around the southern tip of Africa.\n1487 - 1488\nExplorer Christopher Columbus discovers the Americas.\nVasco da Gama arrives in India after sailing around the southern tip of Africa.\nAmerigo Vespucci reaches the mouth of the Amazon River in South America.\nFerdinand Magellan begins his voyage around the world.\nPlymouth Colony is established\nJames Cook lands in Australia.\nWhat kind of paper do you want to use?\nNormal Paper (8½\" by 11\")\nLegal Paper (8½\" by 14\")\nStretch across multiple sheets of paper -\nHow do you want to orient the paper?\nDownload Printable PDF\nTerms of Service\n© 2018 Preceden LLC"}
{"text":"Health Screening: Finding Health Problems Early\nWhy is it important to find health problems early?\nOften, the earlier a disease is diagnosed, the more likely it is that it can be cured or successfully managed. When you treat a disease early, you may be able to prevent or delay problems from the disease. Treating the disease early may also make the disease easier to live with.\nHow do you find health problems early?\nYour doctor may suggest:\nWhat health problems should you be tested for?\nYou and your doctor can use recommendations made by expert panels of health professionals to help you decide what screening tests you need. These panels develop screening recommendations based on:\nSometimes different expert panels make different recommendations. In these situations, talk with your doctor to decide which guidelines best meet your health needs.\nSee which screening tests you may need:\nHow do you decide when to get a screening test?\nWhen and how often you get screening tests may depend on your age, your gender, your health status, your risk factors, and the cost of testing. Your doctor may suggest screening tests based on expert guidelines. In some cases, testing is done as part of a routine checkup.\nWhen you are thinking about getting a screening test, talk with your doctor. Find out about the disease, what the test is like, how the test may help you or hurt you, and how much the test costs.\nAsk your doctor about the limits of the test and treatment. For example:\nAlso think about what you would do if a test shows that you have the disease. For example, if you are going to be tested for osteoporosis, are you willing to take medicine or make lifestyle changes if the test shows that you have it?\neMedicineHealth Medical Reference from Healthwise\nTo learn more visit Healthwise.org\n© 1995-2014 Healthwise, Incorporated. Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated."}
{"text":"There are a number of ways that we can walk in the footsteps of Jesus today. We can help in a soup kitchen, visit someone in prison, or help resettle a refugee family. We can contact legislators, work for peace, or support a local community organization that empowers low-income people to address issues that impact them. These examples illustrate two distinct yet complementary ways to put Catholic social teaching into practice: charity and justice. These two types of responses have been called the two “feet” of Christian service. We need both feet—charity and justice—to walk the walk in the footsteps of Jesus.\nCatholic social teaching calls us to both charity and justice. Charity meets the immediate needs of persons and families; but charity alone does not change social structures that attack human dignity, oppress people, and contribute to poverty. Pursuing social justice helps us change oppressive social structures; but we cannot ignore the urgent needs of persons while we work for social change.\nCharity and justice are incomplete without each other; they are two sides of the same coin. Charity calls forth a generous response from individuals; justice requires concerted communal action to transform institutional policies, societal laws, or unjust social situations. With our emphasis on individualism, we Americans tend to emphasize charity over justice. The challenge for Catholics is to appreciate the demands of both charity and justice.\nPlease also see Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus."}
{"text":"Before the invention of a mechanical cigarette roller or manufactured cigarettes, smokers were left with the only option of rolling a cigarette by hand. Today there are many ways of obtaining a cigarette. You can purchase a manufactured cigarette specially packaged in a box of 20 from a store, or you can roll your own with the help of one of many little devices. These devices can be purchased or made from three simple objects found around the home.\n- Skill level:\nOther People Are Reading\nThings you need\n- Cigarette paper\nCut out a 2-by-3 inch piece of card stock paper.\nApply a line of glue down the length of a pencil.\nAttach the three-inch side of the paper to the pencil. Press firmly, and smooth it with your finger.\nWrap the paper around the pencil, and glue it in place. Wait for the glue to dry.\nPlace the pencil on a flat surface with the pencil on top of the paper. The pencil should be in front of you, and the paper should be stretched out in front of it.\nPlace a line of tobacco along the edge of the pencil on the paper. Push the tobacco next to the pencil.\nPick up the pencil and place it on the other side of the tobacco. The tobacco should be in front of you and the pencil should be in front of it.\nPick up the roller and place your two thumbs on top of the pencil. Your two pointer and middle fingers should be placed below the pencil.\nPush the pencil away from you, which will cause it to roll the paper and the tobacco. Stop rolling when you get to the edge of the paper.\nHold the roller with one hand and place the cigarette paper between the pencil and the paper of the roller. Place the sticky side of the cigarette paper out and up. This should be the last part of the paper that goes inside the roller.\nRoll the pencil until the paper has wrapped around the tobacco and sealed shut. Open the roller, and remove the cigarette.\n- 20 of the funniest online reviews ever\n- 14 Biggest lies people tell in online dating sites\n- Hilarious things Google thinks you're trying to search for"}
{"text":"|Healthy Diet Plans >> Allergy Relief >> HEPA Air Filters|\nHEPA Air Filters\nWhat does HEPA stand for?\nHEPA filter means “High Efficiency Particulate Air “– filter. It was first developed in the forties to be used when the atomic bomb was being assembled, it became more common after that and continued to be known with the same name.\nWorking of HEPA air filters?\nHEPA filters are made of a dense fabric of crisscrossing fibers that trap particles in the air.It is capable of trapping those particles by 3 different mechanisms – interception,impaction,and diffusion - and not only by acting as a sieve.\nWhat is the benefit of HEPA filters?\nThey can reach 99% filtering, they are used to filter air used to ventilate places where a high quality of air cleanness is desired, like in industrial plants for delicate material, in medical and biological industry etc. and in HOMES, especially homes of allergy sufferers, where these filters help the allergic people by removing pollen, mold spores, and dust mite droppings.\nProblems with HEPA filters:\nHEPA filters in vacuum cleaners:\nMany vacuum cleaners are fitted with a filter that purifies the air coming out of the vacuum cleaner’s bag. This is especially useful for asthmatic people and allergy sufferers.\n|Submitted on January 16, 2014|"}
{"text":"The large mammal group typically includes horned animals, antlered animals, bears, and large members of the wild cat or wild dog families.\nHorned or antlered animals have these key characteristics.\n- Horns are hollow and are not shed. Wild sheep and goats have horns.\n- Antlers are solid bone and are shed annually. Members of the deer family have antlers and rub their antlers on trees.\n- Horned and antlered animals are cloven-hoofed (their hooves have two parts).\n- Horned and antlered animals are ruminants (they chew cud). A ruminant digests its food in two steps. First they eat food and regurgitate it (cud), and then they eat it a second time. They have a hard upper pad that they use to mash their food.\nCharacteristics of Mammals\n- Mammals are warm-blooded animals with hair. Young are nourished with milk from the mother.\n- Mammals can be carnivorous (meat-eating), herbivorous (plant-eating), or omnivorous (meat- and plant-eating).\n- Mammals seek to regulate their temperature. Mammals in cold climates must keep warm, and mammals in hot climates must keep cool.\n- Small mammals live shorter lives than large mammals, in general.\n- Mammals vary in social behavior—some species live in groups, and other species are solitary except when mating or raising offspring."}
{"text":"A librarian that serves specific schools, departments, and programs to support the teaching, learning and research needs of faculty and students in these units. Liaison librarians are also known as subject librarians.\nLibrary of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)\nThe LCSH is an index of subject headings, maintained by the United States Library of Congress, for use in bibliographic records. These Subject Headings function like subject terms and help you locate information on a specific topic.\nA scholarly paper which includes current knowledge on a particular topic. Literature reviews, or \"lit reviews\" use secondary sources and do not report new or original experimental work.\nIn a library, a loan is the act of lending (or letting people borrow) our materials for a certain period of time. The typical loan period for an undergraduate to borrow a book is 45 days: http://ulib.iupui.edu/services/loan_periods."}
{"text":"Meet Your Beekeeper\nThis is Ali\nHe has spent his entire life around bees. His passion for beekeeping has been passed down from generation to generation in a largely traditional, tribal society. His roots in beekeeping did not begin with the booming market demands for Yemeni honey. It was born from his familial lineage in the trade that has bred a loyalty towards maintaining traditional beekeeping practices. This is why we love him and his honey so much!\nAli continues to use the traditional method of beekeeping which consists of a thin hive box, from a hollowed-out log. Beekeepers that hold onto these ancient practices are very particular about the quality of honey produced.\nWhen the honeycombs are full, Ali cuts them off with a knife and leaves some in the hive to sustain the bees through the drier months.\n“Producing this type of honey takes patience and time. We are beekeepers because this honey is sacred to us and we know with certainty there is real healing in it. Our work can help many people and has helped my family. It provides us with a livelihood but also our health, especially during these difficult times of war and drought in Yemen.”\nHerbal remedies and alternative medicine are deeply embedded in Yemeni culture, with the use of honey mixtures topping the list. These are some honey related traditions practised in Yemen:\n- Melted butter with honey is given to mothers right after childbirth\n- Honey and eggs given to brides and grooms as they are known for fertility and strength\n- Honey with myrrh (gum taken from myrrh tree) is used for constipation\n- Honey with asafoetida helps with menstruation"}
{"text":"- 3 Day Training\n- Using a holistic, healing and strength based approach to preventing and responding to family violence\n- Introductory family violence training for people / organisations working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities\n- Using healing and culturally strong approaches\n- Understanding the impacts of history and trauma for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples\n- Recognising the prevalence, nature and impacts of family violence in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community\n- Building skills and strategies to address family violence in the community.\n- Supervision support and debriefing for workers in the family violence sector\nPutting it into practice:\n- Adopting strength-based work practices that support interactions with children, young people and their families affected by family violence\n- Effective culturally sensitive engagement strategies and integrated approaches when supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who experience family violence\n- Identifying and responding to client specific needs (safety planning, intervention strategies and using appropriate referrals)\n- Programs, activities and tools for working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people affected by family violence\nThis workshop is designed for:\n- Anyone interested in the family violence prevention field\n- Those interested in gaining skills knowledge and understanding of family violence prevention and child safety with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people\n- Professionals from Child protection, Family Support, Family violence programs, women’s and men’s services, youth work, community development and community services\n* No prerequisites, however this workshop complements our TYBE training.\nContact SNAICC to discuss how to host or connect to local training opportunities."}
{"text":"The Burden of Visual Truth. The Role of Photojournalism in Mediating Reality\nThe Burden of Visual Truth The Role of Photojournalism in Mediating Reality\nJulianne H. Newton The University of Oregon\nPhotojournalism, at the beginning of the 21st century, finds itself at the proverbial crossroads: Will image-making technologies and public cynicism lead to its demise, or will journalists rise to the challenge by practicing a new, more credible form of visual journalism? From the time of its invention in the early 19th century, photography enjoyed the unparalleled credibility assumed through a mechanistic perception of a neutral, “mirror of nature” camera. By the beginning of the 20th century, photographs were being used as irrefutable evidence of the veracity of their manifest content, a position supported by empiricism, modernism, and the scientific method. Additionally, journalism's deliberate move toward objectivity in mid-20th-century media culture underscored the value of photographic evidence. By the 1960s, photojournalism was flourishing—the 35-mm camera had made the physical challenges of picture taking easier, printing advances had made publication of photographs a simpler matter, and news publications had begun to realize the informational ..."}
{"text":"The great thing about this graph is that it shows not only working satellites—but also ones out of commission, as well as how much significant space junk each country has created. Looking at the data, you can kind of guess at which countries are the equivalent of a slob throwing burger wrappers out the car window.\nThe U.S. obviously contributes a lot of space junk, but we also send far more satellites into orbit. So we have about 1,000 working and broken satellites in space; we produced about 3,300 pieces of space junk. But China? They've launched less than 70 into orbit while producing 2,000 bit of debris, which sounds like they're just firing stuff into orbit and crossing their fingers.\nThe recent history of Russia, in the meantime, is likewise visible. They've got 1,300 broken satellites up there, but only 86 are still functioning, which could be considered both a sign of the collapse of the U.S.S.R.'s space program and the heavily low-tech, oil-based reality of their modern economy.\nFor more Infographics of the Day, click here.\n[Via We Love Data Vis]"}
{"text":"From December 2002 to June 2003, 14 cultures of Salmonella enterica serotype Babelsberg and 6 cultures of serotype Enteritidis, isolated in France from internationally adopted children, were identified at the French National Reference Center for Salmonella. All serotype Babelsberg isolates were related, as determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and all serotype Enteritidis strains displayed the same phage type. All serotype Enteritidis and seven serotype Babelsberg isolates produced an SHV-12-like extended-spectrum beta-lactamase as determined by sequencing of PCR products and by isoelectrofocusing. Some serotype Enteritidis isolates exhibited additional antimicrobial resistance (aminoglycosides, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, sulfonamides, and trimethoprim). Our investigation indicated that these Salmonella isolates were certainly acquired in the same orphanage in Bamako, Mali, before the children were adopted by French families. An inappropriate use of ceftriaxone was probably the cause of the emergence of such strains. There is an urgent need to determine the origin of the contamination and to introduce adequate antibiotic protocols into this orphanage to prevent further transmission and dissemination. Screening for infections and follow-up, adapted to the origin of the internationally adopted children, should be recommended.\nAuteur : Weill FX, Demartin M, Tande D, Espie E, Rakotoarivony I, Grimont PA\nJournal of Clinical Microbiology, 2004, vol. 42, n°. 6, p. 2432-7"}
{"text":"Salomon Gessner, (born April 1, 1730, Zürich—died March 2, 1788, Zürich), Swiss writer, translator, painter, and etcher, known throughout Europe for literary works of pastoral themes and rococo style.\nGessner was a town councillor and a forestry superintendent who also ran an important publishing house, from which he published his books with his own excellent etchings. His pastoral prose Idyllen (1756–72) and his epic poem Der Tod Abels (1758; “The Death of Abel”) were his most renowned works, making him the most successful and typical representative of a literary rococo movement. His pastorals were translated into 20 languages, including Welsh, Latin, and Hebrew. The English translation ran through many editions and was admired by the Romantic writers Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron, and Wordsworth. Gessner also translated some of the English poet Alexander Pope’s “Pastorals” and two tales of the French writer Denis Diderot. The final collection of his works was published at Zürich in 1841."}
{"text":"Fun fact: Copernicus was a monetary theorist. Yes, the astronomer extraordinaire who worked out a theory of the revolution of celestial spheres also turned his attention back down to earth to consider currency reforms in his native Poland. At the time (early 16th Century), Poland had three different types of currency. All were made of precious metals, but were subject to frequent debasement, since the state could alter their value by decree.\nCopernicus explained that Gresham's law was at work. When multiple coins are in circulation, those with cheaper metallic content relative to their value will be used for payment, while those with more expensive metallic content will be melted down for their metal and disappear from circulation. In short, \"bad money drives out good.\" Copernicus also was an early developer of the quantity theory of money, that prices vary directly with the size of the money supply. He thought that the government needed to stop minting so many coins if they wanted to solve the inflation problem. He published his monetary ideas in Monetae cudendae ratio in 1526.\nCopernicus focused on coins whose value derived from their metallic content. Today, of course, our paper currency does not get its value based on the value of the paper itself; it is not commodity currency, but fiat currency. What about the trillion dollar platinum coin we keep hearing about in the debt ceiling discussions? It would not get its value from its metallic content either. The government does not actually have a trillion dollars worth of the commodity platinum to mint into a coin. The coin would just use a small amount of platinum, and have its value by fiat. It is just as if the President were allowed to print a trillion dollars of paper money, which he's not. (That's why the platinum coin scenario is called a loophole.)"}
{"text":"This module explores how Science Shops can effectively plan, implement and evaluate communication activities, including the communication of projects and their results.\nProposed duration: 3hr 30\nKnowledge. After this module, participants will:\n- Be familiar with the principles of effective communication for Science Shops.\n- Know how to set objectives for an effective communication strategy, targeting audiences and crafting effective messages.\n- Have an overview of communication planning and evaluation activities.\nSkills and attitudes. After this module, participants will:\n- Be able to map different channels to communicate messages.\n- Gain skills about how to monitor and evaluate a communications strategy.\n- Develop a strategic mindset to plan effective communications.\nTraining Info containing the session outline, interactive exercises and background information to support trainers delivering the training.\nPowerPoint presentation (to support the delivery of the training).\nHandout 1. Additional sources on communication and awareness building.\nHandout 2. Communication monitoring tool."}
{"text":"Lustre bowl and cover\nSpain, probably Manises\nTin-glazed earthenware, with decoration painted into and lustre over the glaze\nMuseum no. 7659&A-1862\nBy 1400, Manises, near Valencia, was the main centre for the production of lustre ceramics. Its export markets included the Middle East, where the lustre technique had originally begun.\nManises lustre wares were also popular in Italy. In 1407 an Italian merchant ordered 199 pieces, including 'three large bowls, their covers painted inside and out', a description that would fit this piece."}
{"text":"answer two questions about music in around 400 to 500 words.\nplease include one source or above.\nthe questions are in following description:\nRock music has a greatly expanded during the 1970’s, in terms of musical style and fashion and the styles were directly influenced by artists from the 1960s.\n1. Choose an artist from the first half of the 70’s and describe how their music was an expansion and development of the “hippie aesthetic.” (Include at least one song example supports your analysis.) And, explain any other significant contributions the group made to rock music.\n2.Then, choose a starkly different artist from the second half of the decade and contrast their musical style with the first artist. In conclude, describe how both groups were influenced by artists and styles from the 60’s."}
{"text":"The bridges are the important part of Chinese gardens. That’s because the water,for example, streams, lakes, ponds, are the important part of Chinese gardens, too : )\nSome of the bridges in these gardens are of stone, and some of them are of wood,including straight, winding and arched bridges.\nThe straight bridge, usually level with the riverbank or with the\nriver to make the visitors feel as if they are surrounded by water.\nThe winding bridge has low balustrades.\nThe arch bridges can be divided into the single-arch and the multi-arch varieties.\nThe bridges in these gardens may be not cover a large area, but fit in well with the streams and lakes to yield a uniformed effect."}
{"text":"1807 Commemorated is a research tool for those involved in the presentation and commemoration of painful pasts.\nThe results of the three phases of the project will be relayed through a series of conferences and workshops. These events organised for museum practitioners and academics will enable the dissemination of results and the generation of practical solutions to the representation of abolitionism, enslavement and traumatic histories to the public.\nThe literature concerning the wider topics of memory, museum and heritage studies as well as the commemoration of 1807 is immense and at times complex. To counter this, an accurate and substantial list of relevant material is supplied and reviewed here. A glossary containing terms which are used throughout this website is also given to facilitate easy comprehension of the subject matter.\nA list of relevant links to organisations involved in the commemoration of 1807 is presented to enable the apprehension of how different groups have responded to remembering the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade."}
{"text":"Snow fleas live underneath and on top of the snow. They will sometimes be found in tremendous numbers\nWhen people listen to the winter message on my answering machine and hear me say that I am out chasing snow fleas, they are skeptical often suspecting that I am suffering from cabin fever. There is in fact an insect called a snow flea. It is not a flea at all but belongs to a very primitive group called springtails. The 2 pictures above were taken at one of our customers properties in February of 2004.\nSnow fleas are so named, not because they bite, but because they have an apparatus called a furcula which allows them to jump or ‘spring’ through the air. These insects are able to live underneath and on top of the snow. In the late winter and early spring, you will sometimes find them in tremendous numbers on the surface of the snow or around the edges of ponds and puddles. They feed on decaying vegetation, fungi, pollen, algae, lichens and other similar materials.\nSpringtails are very small ranging from 1-3mm in length. They are often dark in colour but can range from pinks to greens. Some experts believe that these are the most abundant of all insects on earth with forest floor litter able to hold up to 50,000 per cubic foot. They are found throughout the world including the Arctic and high Himalayas. Specimens that have been found trapped in amber from 45 million years ago are similar to those still present today.\nSpringtails will occasionally invade homes in search of moisture. Because of their small size, they can enter under door thresholds, through screens, cracks and other small openings. They can be found in areas such as the bottoms of sliding glass doors where condensation builds or in damp basements and crawl spaces. They do not do any damage or bite. Usually reducing moisture sources and dampness will help eliminate them. Use a vacuum to reduce numbers. Outside, keep litter, mulch, debris, wood piles etc. away from the foundation."}
{"text":"Pieris canidia canidia\n|Common Name:||Cabbage White|\n|Extant in countries:||•Singapore|\nA slow flyer, this particulars species seems to be confined to Singapore as it was not found in neighbouring Peninsula Malaysia or Thailand until recently. Some theory suggest that it has been accidentally introduced from Hong Kong / China as its food plants include certain vegetables. The butterfly has been sighted across the causeway in Johor, indicating that it might have migrated across the Johor Straits.\nHabitat & Habits\nTo be detailed.\nIn places like Hong Kong, Pieris canidia is usually found near vegetable fields where it's caterpillar feed on family Cruciferae like Chinese Cabbage or Cabbage.\nRefer to the ButterflyCircle's blog article - Life History of the Cabbage White.\nButterfly of the Month - December 2008"}
{"text":"By Malcolm Thick. During periods of famine in the late 16th c. the English began the shift from a grain-dependent diet to one that included more vegetables. This was the impetus for the development of market gardens around London, where the Neat House gardens provided Londoners with fresh produce for over 200 years. Author Thick provides a general history of market gardening, as well as a detailed history of the Neat House gardens, including specific crops grown, gardening practices & techniques, gardeners’ earnings & standard of living. 175 pages. Softcover. Import."}
{"text":"Preparing a color atlas requires authors with 2 exceptional qualities. First, the authors must have clinical expertise that spans the field in depth and width. Second, the authors must have a long-standing love of documentation via photography. Both qualities are reflected well in A Color Atlas of Pediatric Allergy.\nThis book includes a collection of patients' photographs, mostly gathered by the authors and partly borrowed. The high-quality photographs are richly supplemented by excellent photomicrographs of pathological specimens frequently encountered in clinical practice; superb illustrations, diagrams, roentgenograms, and tables are included. The legends are clear and descriptive, and the tabulated information is well organized. The text provides concise information on topics common to pediatric allergy and on selected related subjects.\nThe topics covered include the following: allergy mechanisms; allergy evaluation; asthma differential diagnosis and management; otolaryngological and eye allergies; cutaneous allergies and related disorders; and specific allergies to foods, drugs, and"}
{"text":"Best big data software platform & analytics tools\nBig Data is the widely used technology that deals with systematically extracting the information from the large and complex, structured and unstructured data which are difficult to solve using normal data processing software. Big data include capturing data, data storage, data analysis, search, sharing, transfer, visualisation, querying, updating, information privacy and data sources.\nBig data is generally associated with three main V’s- volume, variety and velocity. When there are large structured and data, we are primarily concerned with observing and tracking those data. Thus, Big data includes data with sizes which are greater to be handled by using normal software.\nThis analysis of data can be useful in the development of medicine, science, technology and so on. Scientists, business executives, analyst, practitioners of medicine, advertising companies, and governments alike regularly meet difficulties with large data-sets in areas including Internet searches, urban informatics, and business informatics. However, there is a big misconception between Big data and Business Intelligence (BI).\nBig data uses mathematical optimisation, statistics and concept of non-linear system identification to conclude laws (correlations, regressions and non-linear relationship effects) from large sets of data which contain low information to reveal relationship or to predict the behaviour and outcomes.\nBusiness Intelligence (BI) uses mathematical tools and descriptive statistics with data of high information to measure and calculate outcomes, detect trends and forecast the future of the organisation."}
{"text":"Robots could be picking fruit and doing other tasks in tomorrow's kiwifruit and apple orchards.\nScientists from Auckland and Waikato Universities as well as Plant and Food Research, and the Robotics Plus company, are collaborating on a four-year project to develop multi-purpose technology for orchards.\nResearch leader Bruce MacDonald, a robotics specialist at Auckland University, says it will expand on a kiwifruit harvesting prototype which Alistair Scarfe of Robotics Plus devised as a PhD project.\n\"He's developed a very nice prototype that is able to go through an orchard and pick some kiwifruit, that uses a vision system to identify the kiwifruit and then picks them and puts them through a system where the fruit can be collected and it drives its way round the orchard.\n\"What we're going to do is extend that, so it can work under all the different kinds of conditions that can happen in an orchard ... so that the robot can navigate round a whole lot of different kinds of orchards and avoid obstacles and always find its way down the right path and so on.\"\nAssociate professor MacDonald says the orchard robot will be designed to do pollination and spraying work, as well as harvesting, using a $7.6 million grant from the Government's latest science funding round.\n(Original article courtesy of http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/rural/255553/robots-planned-for-orchard-work)"}
{"text":"This article examines the effect of abortion legalization on fertility rates in the United States.\nFertility rates were compared over time betweeN states that varied in the timing of abortion legalization.\nStates legalizing abortion experienced a 4% decline in fertility retative to states where the legal status of abortion was unchanged.\nThe relative reductions in births to teens, women more than 35 years of age, non-White women, and unmarried women were considerably larger.\nIf women did not travel between states to obtain an abortion, the estimated impact of abortion legalization on birth rates would be about 11%. Conclusions.\nA complete recrimibalization of abortion nationwide could result in 440 000 additional births per year.\nA reversal of the Roe v Wade decision leaving abortion legal in some states would substantially limit first this Impact because of the extent of travel between states.\nMots-clés Pascal : Etats Unis, Amérique du Nord, Amérique, Législation, Avortement provoqué, Taux, Politique sanitaire, Fertilité, Natalité, Contrôle naissance, Historique, Homme, Femelle\nMots-clés Pascal anglais : United States, North America, America, Legislation, Induced abortion, Rate, Health policy, Fertility, Natality, Birth control, Case history, Human, Female\nNotice produite par :\nInist-CNRS - Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique\nCote : 99-0156727\nCode Inist : 002B20A03. Création : 16/11/1999."}
{"text":"What is Malware?\nMalware is malicious software that is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system. DataMart employs industry leading malware prevention services so that you do not have to worry about malicious software entering your computer network and compromising your day-to-day operations.\nWhat is a Virus?\nA computer virus is a piece of code which is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the computer system(s) or destroying data.\nWhat is Hacking?\nHacking is the gaining of unauthorized access to data in a system or computer. DataMart Technologies helps your business prevent hackers from infiltrating your computer system.\nWhat is Phishing?\nPhishing is the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication such as email.\nIn information technology, a backup, or data backup, or the process of backing up, refers to copying your computer data into an archive file so it may be used to restore the original copy of files after a data loss event. The verb form is “back up” (a phrasal verb), whereas the noun and adjective form is “backup“.\nDisaster recovery involves a set of policies, tools and procedures to enable the recovery or continuation of vital technology infrastructure and computer systems following a natural or human-induced disaster. Disaster recovery focuses on the IT or technology systems supporting critical business functions in your company.\nBusiness continuity is the planning and preparation of a company to make sure it overcomes serious incidents or disasters and resumes its normal operations within a reasonably short period. DataMart Technologies provides IT services which continually monitors your computer systems, ensuring business continuity.\nClick Here to learn more about how we can save your business time and money by properly managing your computer systems."}
{"text":"Gannon, Robert. The Lightning Stalker. Popular Science. Vol. 242, No.\n2. February, 1993.\nAbstract: This article spends a day with a photographer who specializes\nin lightning photography. The article provides excellent background information\non lightning patterns and how lightning forms. Lightning is defined as,\n\"an avalanche of electrons rushing suddenly from one spot to another,\nso fast and in such quantity they cause the air to glow.\" The article\nalso provides a list of lightning facts, which includes safety precautions."}
{"text":"With annual average rainfall as high as 2700 mm (on average 2200 mm), the Black Forest National Park has one of the highest rates of precipitation in Germany outside of the Alps. It even exceeds the significantly higher-lying southern Black Forest. The reason for this is the Saverne Gap lying to the west. It significantly reduces the rain-shadow effect of the Vosges Mountains meaning that moist air from the Atlantic can practically reach the northern Black Forest without hindrance. Rainfall distribution is relatively uniform throughout the year with maximum rainfall occurring in July. A large part of the precipitation falls as snow an it can cover the ground from mid November onwards. Drifting snow can be common on high ground due to frequent severe storms.\nThe average annual air temperature in the upland areas is around 5°C, whereas in January the average is -3°C and in July it is close to 13°C. The vegetation period is therefore relatively short. The 10°C mark is exceeded only from June to September. The National Park is often covered with a blanket of fog – 180 days per year according to the statistics. In autumn and winter, however, so-called temperature inversions often occur, meaning that it can be significantly warmer in the upland areas than in the surrounding valleys."}
{"text":"In the tradition of Thomas Hobbes' 1651 book Leviathan:\n- Thomas Hobbes argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign. Influenced by the English Civil War, Hobbes wrote that chaos or civil war - situations identified with a state of nature and the famous motto \"the war of all against all\" - could only be averted by strong central government. He thus denied any right of rebellion toward the social contract, which would be later added by John Locke and conserved by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. However, Hobbes did discuss the possible dissolution of the State. As the social contract was made to institute a state that would provide for the \"peace and defense\" of the people, the contract would become void if the government no longer protected its citizens. In such a case, man would automatically return to a state of nature until the creation of a new social contract.\nI would like to draw up a new social contract based upon the values and admonitions written in the Urantia Book. I would like to present it to the global populace, and allow every region a chance to ratify it in the manner of the US Constitution, with the intent to supersede, or empower, the United Nations.\n(Note: this article should be in a political category, when this site graduates Scratchpad)\n|This article is a stub. You can help Scratchpad by expanding it.|"}
{"text":"Protect Your Loved Ones\nWhen you or your family members are around someone who smokes, you are all inhaling harmful chemicals that can cause smoking-related illnesses and diseases. The only way to protect yourself and your loved ones is to completely avoid secondhand smoke.\nWhat you can do:\nIf you or someone you know smokes, call Quitline Iowa at 1-800-QUIT-NOW for free access to a Quit Coach to help you quit tobacco use.\nMake your home and vehicle 100% smoke free. Air filters, ventilation systems and cracked windows do not entirely eliminate secondhand smoke.\nTeach your children to stay away from secondhand smoke.\nIf you live in multi-unit housing, choose one with a smoke free policy. Smoke can travel through ventilation systems, doors, windows and cracks in the walls. Ventilation systems and air filters cannot completely eliminate secondhand smoke."}
{"text":"On this page...\nThermodynamics... one of the most subtle branches of science, and often counter-intuitive. But not as bad in that respect as aerodynamics.\nYou might think that a liquid with a low boiling point- preferably just above ambient temperature- would be ideal for use in a heat engine. Less thermal energy would be required to boil it and produce a vapour under pressure that could drive some kind of motor. However, you would be wrong. It has been known since Frenchman Sadi Carnot published his famous book in 1824 that the efficiency of any thermodynamic cycle, no matter what the working fluid used, increases as the temperature difference between the temperature at which heat is put in (as in the boiler of a steam engine) and the temperature at which it is taken out (as in a condenser) is increased.\nWhere Th is the input temperature and Tc the heat output temperature. (Absolute temperatures, in degrees Kelvin)\nThe Carnot efficiency is a maximum limit. In practice efficiency is always lower.\nThis is sometimes called Carnot's Law: see here for much more info. (External site)"}
{"text":"A percentage is a quantity or amount reckoned as part of a whole, expressed in hundredths. In other words, percentage is the rate or proportion per hundred. For example, 75% of a quantity means 75 parts in every 100, or equivalently 3/4 of the total.\nRelated category ARITHMETIC\nHome • About • Copyright © The Worlds of David Darling • Encyclopedia of Alternative Energy • Contact"}
{"text":"Administering Medications to Patients -- Calculating Dosages in the Clinical Setting\nIn this Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum activity, students use Excel to calculate correct medication dosages. Students are first asked to think conceptually about dosage administration and then presented with a case study in which they have to determine the quantity and frequency of the dosage based on a medication order. Students also create an xy scatter plot to examine the relationship of metric units, specifically grams and milligrams.\n- Gain experience in using ratios and proportions.\n- Use equations and graphical interpretation to examine the relationship of units within the metric system.\n- be more comfortable thinking in terms of, and working with, the metric system.\n- complete simple, yet extremely important, calculations to determine correct medication dosages.\nContext for Use\nDescription and Teaching Materials\nThe module is a PowerPoint presentation with embedded spreadsheets. If the embedded spreadsheets are not visible, save the PowerPoint file to disk and open it from there.\nThis PowerPoint file is the student version of the module. An instructor version is available by request. The instructor version includes the completed spreadsheet. Send your request to Len Vacher (firstname.lastname@example.org) by filling out and submitting the Instructor Module Request Form."}
{"text":"When adding integers, use a number line to help you think through problems.It will be really helpful\nFor example: 2 + 6\nStart at 2 and move 6 units to the right.\nSince you stopped at 8, the answer is 8\nNotice that you would get the same answer if you start at 6 and move 2 units to the right.\nFind -2 + 8:\nStart at 2 and move 8 units to the right.\nSince you end up at 6, the answer is 6.\nFind 4 + -7\nStart at 4.\nHere the number you are adding to 4 is a negative number(-7), so you have to move 7 units to the left.\nAfter you do that, you will end up at -3, so the answer is -3\nFind -2 + -6\nStart at -2\nOnce again, the number you are adding is a negative number(-6), so you will move 6 units to the left.\nYou will end up at -8, so the answer is -8\n-1 + 8 = 7 ( Start at -1 and move 8 units to the right).\n4 + -4 = 0 ( Start at 4 and move 4 units to the left).\n7 + -9 = -2 ( Start at 7 and move 9 units to the left).\n-5 + 3 = -2 ( Start at -5 and move 3 units to the right)\nOther related topics related to integers are modeling integers with chips , integers and inductive reasoning ,and consecutive integers\n| Homepage | Integers|\n| Adding integers\n| Subtracting integers\n| Multiplying integers\n|Division of integers\n| Variables in algebra\n| Linear equations\n| Solving equations using addition\n| Solving equations using subtraction\n| Solving multiplication equations\n| Solving two-step equations"}
{"text":"Every city wants to be an active, healthy place where everyone can play sports and move around freely. But creating the active city is a challenge. Although we know about the importance of it since the 1950’s, we are facing a global pandemic of physical inactivity. Globally, around 31% of adults aged 15 and over were insufficiently active in 2008. It is not the lack of knowledge that is the problem. We clearly need a different way of thinking and doing in order to solve this challenge and create the city that activates everyone.\nThe reasons for why people don’t move are myriad, multifactorial, and complex. Looking for the one solution to solve it just won’t do it. But we do have ways to move forward. By using an integral, systems approach that focuses on populations and the complex interactions among the correlates of physical inactivity, rather than solely a behavioural science approach focusing on individuals.\nCreating the active city is a constant process, in which city planning, intersectional knowledge and program development, listening to new voices in participation, training, advocacy & leadership all play its role. It is a collaborative process in which the energy emerges from creating new connections. By involving sports experts, designers, health professionals, urban planners, psychologists, sociologists, and most importantly, active and inactive citizens from the start.\nThe way we move in our cities has a direct impact on our own well-being and the well-being of our fellow citizens. Moving around we get to know our bodies, boost our creativity, discover new perspectives, get to know new people. Our work-out is to say goodbye to old-fashioned concepts on competition, excluding planning principles, and focus on the already active. Together we must move away from practices that make urbanization a reason for increasing physical inactivity and create truly thriving active cities, that leave nobody behind.\nRead more on what we have to offer on our new Active City page."}
{"text":"Today the Moon is passing across the field of view of AIA on board SDO. AIA sees this as a partial obscuration of the disk of the Sun. If you look at an AIA image near 15:00 UTC (March 04, 2011) you can clearly see that a big round object – our Moon – is blocking a portion of the solar disk, and some off disk-emission.\nIf you zoom in to the image, you can see that the edge is not perfectly circular. Those are mountains and valleys on the Moon seen in silhouette.\nThis partial eclipse of the Sun as seen by SDO was expected, since we know the orbits of SDO, AIA, the Sun and the Moon. You can find out more about the eclipses SDO will see (and has seen) by checking out the SDO operations calendar.\nAs well as being stunning displays of orbital mechanics, partial eclipses of the Sun by the Moon are also very useful in helping us understand the data we are taking with AIA. If you look closely at where the disk of the Moon meets the Sun, you can see a little bit of color is in the dark disk of the Moon. Since we know that the Moon does not emit radiation (and it is not transparent!), the light causing that little bit of color must have come from the Sun. The only way that light could appear to have come from the Moon is due to slight imperfections in the telescope. By measuring how much light leaks from the bits of the image where the Sun is, over to the bits of the image where the Moon is, we can characterize the imperfections in the telescope. And once we have done that, we can use that to improve the images by enhancing the image to take out the effects of the telescope imperfections."}
{"text":"Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease\nAreas of frequent movement in the spine, such as the cervical (neck) and lumbar areas, are prone to disc degeneration later in life. When the process of degeneration due to aging occurs more rapidly or earlier in life than usual, the degeneration is classified as degenerative disc disease. The desiccation or dehydration of the disc can reduce the size and flexibility of the disc, causing pain and nerve pressure. Disc degeneration in the neck is referred to as cervical degenerative disc disease.\nPain caused by degenerative cervical discs is typically most prevalent when the patient is upright and moving the head. Often, reclining and relaxing the neck offers relief from this pain. cervical degenerative disc disease can also be characterized by other symptoms, such as reduced movement, tingling, numbness, or burning in the neck. These sensations may even extend into the patient’s arms and hands. Headaches may also occur as a result of cervical degenerative disc disease.\nDiagnostic imaging can be a key tool in the diagnosis of cervical degenerative disc disease. X-ray, MRI, or discography/CT scans can help a doctor diagnose disc degeneration in a patient. Nerve blocks, cervical facet radiofrequency neurotomy or epidurals may be used to help determine pain levels associated with the cervical disc. Once diagnosed, a pain management doctor can develop a treatment plan that suits the patient’s needs. The physicians at Segura Neuroscience & Pain Treatment offer treatment for patients suffering from cervical degenerative disc disease."}
{"text":"Helping People Be More Creative\nThis week you learned about the importance of helping people be more creative.\nWrite a 2 page paper on “Tools for Helping People Be More Creative”.\nAddress the following “Tools” in your paper:\n- Facilitating brainstorming\n- Promoting lateral thinking\n- Enabling immersion\n- Allowing pauses\n- Nurturing creative intuition\n- Provide an example of a “tool” that assisted you in being more creative and how that helped me organizational goals.\nInclude a title page and 3-5 references. Only one reference may be from the internet (not Wikipedia). The other reference must be from the Grantham University online library. Please adhere to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), (6th ed. 2nd printing) when writing and submitting assignments and papers.\nCreativity can be defined as an act of coming up with new ideas or even possibilities. Creativity is very significant as it helps in motivating learners and improving people`s self-esteem. Creative people are thus able to straighten out their problems, come up with new ideas and they can also effectively work with others. It is therefore very important to help people become creative as it can be used in many different fields (Schawlow, 1997). There are different tools that can be used to help people become…"}
{"text":"In this project students will learn about wind energy as a renewable source of electricity and power. They will discuss advantages and challenges in using wind energy. Students will make their own anemometer to measure wind speed and carry out a weather survey to find the windiest places.They will take part in wind turbine design with tinkercad.\nIn this project students will design and build a model of Smart Greenhouse, an automated cold greenhouse capable of self-management, monitoring the data detected by the plants through sensors and able to remotely control the environment of cultivation. When necessary, students will intervene through an app on the levels of temperature, humidity, quantity of water and brightness.\nWithin the scope of the Sustainable Development Goals, the students' concern is how can they help to achieve these goals? In this context came the idea of organizing a fundraising event for UNICEF.\nFor this event, students will have the opportunity to explore mathematics and finance content, as well as develop digital skills, solidarity, creativity and critical and computational thinking.\nIn these activities students will have the opportunity to explore content related to healthy eating and risks associated with eating foods rich in Salt and Sugar. The aim is for students to reflect on their daily diet and develop proposals for improvement for the various meals and, at the same time, to share them with the school community in order to instill necessary changes.\nIn this multi subject project students will research the usage of energy around the world and in their own country. Students innovate smart solutions to save electricity and design smart spaces in which these solutions will be implemented.\nStudents design and build a prototype of a 21st Century Walking frame. In groups, they research on some specific problem of the elderly and design a practical solution to be attached to a walking frame."}
{"text":"|Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)|\nThe Yellow-bellied Elaenia is distributed from Mexico to south-east Brazil. It is found in a variety of habitats such as woodland, scrub and savannahs but is absent from heavily forested areas.\nIt does not seem particularly yellow bellied but it usually has its crest erect and often parted in the middle to show a white crown patch. It has two conspicuous whitish wing bars and yellow-white edgings to the wing feathers. Below, the throat is pale grey, the breast a dirty olive and the belly pale yellow."}
{"text":"The Women Who Shaped the Universal Declaration of Human Rights\n5 Dec 2018 - 70 years ago, Eleanor Roosevelt was instrumental in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But she was not alone. Discover who are the women who shaped the major instrument for the defense of Human Rights.\nEnglish 3 Feb 2017\nEnglish 31 Jan 2019"}
{"text":"You have a pitcher that holds 39.3 oz of lemonade. If each glass holds 8.8 oz, how many glasses can you completely fill?\ndivide 39.3 and 8.8\nhowever, the question requires the glasses to completely be filled and so with these types of questions, you must round down to four glasses of lemonade.\nThis problem can be modeled by the equation\nBecause each glass must be \"completely fill\"ed, the partial glass (\nTo solve this problem, you want to divide your\nIn our case, the dividend would be\nYou would move both decimal points the same number of spaces, so if you had\nNow that our divisor is a whole number, we can divide. Our new problem is\nSo, we would be able to fill up\nIf you want more help on long division or have a question about the content below, either message me or try using www.mathisfun.com/long_division.html"}
{"text":"- An example of discretion is the ability of a juror to determine a verdict.\n- An example of discretion is not talking about politics at family dinners.\nDiscretion is defined as the right of someone to make choices or the quality of someone who is careful about what they do or say.\n- the freedom or authority to make decisions and choices; power to judge or act\n- the quality of being discreet, or careful about what one does and says; prudence\n- Archaic the action or power of discerning; judgment\nOrigin of discretionMiddle English discrecioun from Old French discrecion from Classical Latin discretio, separation (in LL, discernment) from discretus: see discreet\nat one's discretion\nas one wishes\n- The quality of being discreet; circumspection: “the almost unknown young man who lived in the upper room … coming and going with discretion” ( Doris Lessing )\n- Freedom to act or judge on one's own: All the decisions were left to our discretion.\n- Archaic The ability or power to discern what is responsible or socially appropriate: “She had even condescended to advise him to marry as soon as he could, provided he chose with discretion” ( Jane Austen )\n(usually uncountable, plural discretions)\nOriginSee also: discrétion\nFrom Old French discrecion, from Late Latin discretio\ndiscretion - Legal Definition\nThe freedom of choice and of action of a judge, prosecutor, or other public official, within the defined scope of his or her responsibilities. For example, in a criminal matter a judge may have wide discretion to release the defendant on recognizance or to demand bail in any amount, based on the judge’s view of the defendant as a flight risk."}
{"text":"Accelerated Reader, a supplemental reading program that features independent-reading practice and assessment on computers, had an insignificant impact on reading fluency, mixed results on comprehension, and some positive effects on general reading achievement, according to a review by the What Works Clearinghouse.\nOf the 62 studies of the commercial reading program screened by the federal clearinghouse, just two met its standard for evidence of effectiveness.\nThe review included an analysis of research on Accelerated Reader Best Classroom Practices, which recommends instructional principles, such as a 30- to 60-minute reading block, and analysis of students’ quiz grades.\nReading fluency and comprehension was measured for 3rd graders using standardized literacy assessments. Combined results for K-3 students showed significant improvements in general reading achievement over time.\nA version of this article appeared in the October 22, 2008 edition of Education Week"}
{"text":"Recurrent climatic shocks and humanitarian aid : impacts on livelihood outcomes in Malawi\nBetween 2014 and 2016 unprecedented and consecutive climatic shocks ravaged Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. The largest ever emergency relief operation in the country’s history ensued. The pathways and extent to which the humanitarian response protected livelihoods remain under researched. This paper uses a unique data set that combines longitudinal household survey data with GIS-based measures of weather shocks and climate conditions and longitudinal administrative data on the World Food Programme’s aid distribution. The paper aims to understand the drivers of humanitarian aid and evaluate the impact of aid and weather shocks on outcomes related to household production and consumption in Malawi. The analysis shows that droughts and floods had consistent negative impacts on a range of welfare outcomes, particularly for households that were subject to sequential shocks. Aid receipt is demonstrated to attenuate such impacts, again particularly for households that experienced the shocks consecutively. Households living in areas subject to a weather shock and with higher World Food Programme aid distribution were more likely to receive food aid, partially explaining the success of aid in mitigating the impacts of shocks. However, there is significant scope for improving the criteria for targeting humanitarian aid beneficiaries."}
{"text":"New Zealand has good wind resources, and large wind farms continue to be developed throughout our country. Could you be harvesting the power of the wind on your property too?\nA wind turbine converts wind flow firstly into rotational energy and then into electricity. Power yields from a turbine are very site specific and often the site needs to be monitored for a period of time before yield predictions can be made. As a consequence, only select areas are suitable for wind power as the single source of energy production. Is installing home wind power technology the right option for you?\nWind turbines require:\n- consistent wind i.e. high average wind speeds >5m/s\n- placement in free flowing air – no obstructions upwind eg. trees, buildings, etc\n- regular maintenance to keep the mechanical parts working well\n- resource consents if the tower structure is above limits\nAlternative Power Sources:"}
{"text":"Over the past four years, Americans spent an estimated 60 billion dollars on a a drug class to get rid of acid reflux! Does this sound like we are suffering from a problem of epic proportions?\nHalf the world's population carries a bacterium called H.pylori that is responsible for ulcers, cancer, and more. Antibiotics are increasingly ineffective. Should you worry?\nAcid reflux is an extremely common health problem, affecting as many as 50 percent of Americans. Other terms used for this condition are gastroesophageal-reflux disease or peptic-ulcer disease.\nGet the low down from HoneyColony Hive Advisor JJ Virgin on acid and how it affects your gut.\nThe mind-numbingly complex mixture of different carbon-rich materials in humic acid supplements might hold the key to repairing health at the cellular level.\nA popular drug used to relieve heartburn could contribute to cardiovascular disease and other serious health problems."}
{"text":"Character encoding cross-origin XSS attack\nSecurity researcher Masato Kinugawa discovered that if a web page is missing character set encoding information it can inherit character encodings across navigations into another domain from an earlier site. Only same-origin inheritance is allowed according to the HTML5 specification. This issue allows an attacker to add content that will be interpreted one way on the victim site, but which may then behave differently, evading cross-site scripting (XSS) filtering, when forced into an unexpected character set. Web site authors should always explicitly declare a character encoding to avoid similar issues."}
{"text":"[K12OSN] OT: history\nDavid H. Barr\ndhbarr at gozelle.com\nThu Feb 14 22:11:46 UTC 2008\nOn Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Peter Hartmann\n<peter at hartmanncomputer.com> wrote:\n> How did they compile the first complier? (cue: chicken-or-the-egg\n> jokes) I'm curious.\nRear Admiral Dr. Grace Murray Hopper and her team developed the first\ncompiler, in assembly language, to convert symbolic math code into\nmachine code. It was called A-O, ~1949. (\nhttp://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/hopper-story.html ) AFAICT\nNELIAC ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NELIAC ) was the first\nbootstrappable compiler ~10 years later.\nMore information about the K12OSN"}
{"text":"Children with autism have behavioural problems, hyperactivity, their sitting tolerance is affected, speech deficits and repetitive behavioural issues. All these problems affect their learning, understanding, perception and comprehension. Not all children with autism have mental retardation or learning disability but many a times their autistic traits hinder learning.\nHence it is very important that to cater to their special needs they undergo special education. Children over the age of three receive assistance through school-based programs. As with early intervention, special education services are tailored to your child’s individual needs. Children with autism spectrum disorders are often placed with other developmentally-delayed kids in small groups where they can receive more individual attention and specialized instruction. However, depending on their abilities, they may also spend at least part of the school day in a regular classroom. The goal is to place kids in the least restrictive environment possible where they are still able to learn.\nFirstly the child needs to be evaluated and based on this assessment; an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) will be created. An IEP outlines the educational goals for your child for the school year. Additionally, it describes the special services or aids the school will provide your child in order to meet those goals.\n“If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.”"}
{"text":"The Atlantic Ocean was during the second World War one of the most important, if not the most crucial battleground. The great Allied convoys transporting millions of tons of vital war material supplies across the Atlantic to England and the North Sea to the Russian ports. The story of the Battle of the Atlantic was not only written by the German U-boats and their opponents, the convoys. The big battleships \"Bismarck\", \"Hood\", \"Scharnhorst\", \"Gneisenau\", \"Rodney,\" \"King George V\" and \"Tirpitz\" Leave this eventful chapter in military history. Aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, corvettes, and numerous smaller patrol vessels - they all had a considerable share in the outcome of the battle. The aircraft was during the course of the war the dominant and decisive instrument of modern naval warfare. This documentary shows inter alia previously unpublished private footage of former U-boat driver.\nBuy this DVD from our partner Pen and Sword Books"}
{"text":"New to Meducation?\nAlready signed up?\nAdd To Boards\nAllergy – Inappropriate immune response to normally harmless allergen. Allergen – Foreign particles which produce an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction in sensitive individuals.\nHelp by adding tags...\nWrite a Comment\nSign in and join the discussion\nAllergies and anaphylaxis\n- This session was designed to teach first year medical students about allergies and the basic medical management of anaphylaxis. The session was student led with a tutor in the audience to help prov...\nChoosing a Specialty\n- Remember when you were doing uni applications, and had to deal with the same handful of questions from people you bumped into…\n- The pathophysiology of different hypersensitivity reactions.\n- Eczema (aka Dermatitis) presents as a poorly demarcated, itchy rash. There are several causes. By far the most common is atopic eczema, but irritants and venous stasis can also cause the condition....\n- Inhaled corticosteroids These are used for their anti-inflammatory effects in asthma. They are very effective in asthma, but are of limited use in COPD. Mechanism If you want lots of info on ste...\n- Whooping Cough (aka Pertussis) This is a type of bronchiolitis, caused by the bacterium Bordetella Pertussis. It is highly infectious, and can be deadly. It causes roughly around 300 000 deaths wor..."}
{"text":"Apparent Magnitude13.1 - Understand the astronomical magnitude scale and how apparent magnitude relates to the brightness of stars as viewed from Earth\nHipparchus, a Greek astronomer, devised a method of measuring the brightness of stars.\nA bright star would be said to have an apparent magnitude of 1. A faint star has an apparent magnitude of 6.\nThere are a few important changes to this system since the invention of the telescope and space telescope. The ancient Greeks had access to neither. We can now see much fainter stars with binoculars, telescopes and even the Hubble Space Telescope.\nA few stars, planets and of course our own Sun have been recategorised so they appear brighter than 1. Sirius appears at -1, Venus at -4, a full Moon at -9 and the Sun at -29.\nEach difference in brightness represents an increase or decrease of 2.512. For the exam we can abbreviate this to 2.5.\nSo a star at magnitude 3 is 2.5 times brighter than a star at magnitude 4.\nThe same star would be 15.6 times brighter than a star at apparent magnitude 6. This is because there is a three times magnitude difference which is 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 = 15.6.\nThe difference between a star at magnitude 1 and one at 6 is 2.5 5 (to the power of 5) which is 100 (2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5).\nIn calculations apparent magnitude is represented by m.\nSummary of scale of Magnitudes\n|Difference in Magnitude||Brightness Ratio|\nMix & Match\n|−3||Jupiter (max.), Mars (max.)|\n|0||Vega, Saturn (max.)|\n|6||Typical limit of naked eye|\n|10||Typical limit of 7×50 binoculars|\n|13||3C 273 quasar|\n|Limit of 4.5–6 in (11–15 cm) telescopes|\n|Limit of 8–10 in (20–25 cm) telescopes|\n|27||Visible light limit of 8m telescopes|\n|32||Visible light limit of HST|"}
{"text":"The Department of Health and Environment lab has confirmed the state's first case of monkeypox.\nThe case involves a woman who was bitten earlier this month by a prairie dog while she was visiting someone in Missouri.\nSamples taken from the woman were sent to federal labs in Atlanta for further tests.\nThe woman fell ill last week was hospitalized. She's expected to be released soon from a Leavenworth hospital.\nOfficials are contacting people who may have been in contact with the woman so they can consider taking the smallpox vaccination.\nMonkeypox is a rare disease usually found in Africa. It's spread to humans mainly through contact with sick prairie dogs or Gambian giant rats."}
{"text":"Though it may seem on the surface that we simply take an artistic approach to learning, prioritise drama, singing or learning to play beautiful instruments, it is so much more. Underlying all of it is the inner world of the child, growing and finding their own methods of expression and connection.\nTo listen deeply to others, to respond to our world, to revel in our imagination, to create beautiful things, to wrestle with challenging instruments, all are formative experiences. These experiences enable children and teenagers to know who they are, to develop an awareness of who they want to be in the world, and what they can contribute to society.\nQuite simply, Waldorf education provides each individual with a pathway to self-knowledge, to empathy, and to active participation in the world around them.\nOf course, none of this would be possible without practitioners who take the task of the teacher incredibly seriously. Our responsibility as kaiako is to work with the developing individuality of each student and with each class as a whole. We simply cannot take on this task alone. Dear whānau, you are also essential to the well-being of each class community and the school as a whole."}
{"text":"Global positioning systems (GPS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have become common tools for Extension professionals. These systems vary in terms of accuracy and cost. GPS ranges from recreational-quality to survey-quality, with intermediate levels in between. As the user moves from recreational-quality to survey-quality, both accuracy and cost increase. We compare a recreational GPS unit (Garmin) and importing data into Google Earth software and an intermediate survey-grade GPS unit (Trimble Juno) and importing data into ArcMap GIS software. These represent two of the most common GIS choices available to natural resource professionals. Cost effectiveness will depend on accuracy requirements.\nCreative Commons License\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.\nBrown, T. A., Gering, L. R., & Straka, T. J. (2013). A Comparison of Recreational- and Intermediate Survey-Grade GPS Units for Importing Data into GIS Software Packages. The Journal of Extension, 51(4), Article 30. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/joe/vol51/iss4/30"}
{"text":"20 August 2008 11:53\nI’ve heard of iridology and know it’s a holistic therapy – but that’s it. How can it be used to help horses?\nBy Your Horse\nHorse Answers editor Kate Large replies:Iridology can be described as the study of the iris of the eye. Practitioners believe the body is mapped out across the iris, and can be used to indicate overall health. Marks, lines, spots and discolouration in the eye would indicate a problem in the corresponding area of the body. Iridologists use a magnifying glass and torch to examine a horse’s eye.\nEllen Collinson is a well-known equine iridologist, who works throughout the UK, and runs diploma courses to train new practitioners. \"Iridology is non-invasive and can pick up genetic and inherited problems before traditional medicine,\" she explains. \"It can also tell you when an organ is under stress long before it manifests into an illness.\"\nFor more information she can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.org or call 0845 2603 602."}
{"text":"Federated States of Micronesia, is a country located at Micronesia, it has an area of 700 Km2, so it is one of the smallest countries in the world.\nFederated States of Micronesia, with a population of 105,544 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world 151 people per km2.\nThe capital is Palikir and its currency is United States dollars\nFederated States of Micronesia is holding the 191 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2015 was 73 millions of euros81 millions of dollars, ( 25.75% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is 716€ euros per inhabitant794$ dollars per inhabitant.\nIn terms of the human development index (HDI) of Federated States of Micronesia, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.627 points in 2017, leaving it in 131th place in the table of 189 countries published.\nIf the reason to visit Federated States of Micronesia are business, you must know it's in the 160th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.\nIn the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Federated States of Micronesia, if you want to see information about other countries click here"}
{"text":"Over the last decade, embedded technology has advanced and evolved, almost beyond recognition. Where devices once stood alone and offered point functionality, today they are highly connected, extensible platforms.\nStarting in 2000, Linux entered into this changing embedded design landscape. The choice to deploy the already-popular server and desktop Linux OS was a response to changing needs in embedded development. At the same time, it further accelerated the growth of intelligent, software-centric connected devices. A mere market share blip, almost a curiosity in 2000, embedded Linux grew to boast a full third of 32 and 64-bit designs by 2005 (VDC), and continues to grow in reach and robustness today.\nIndustries and Markets\nEvery type of embedded application is looking to Linux and open source software. The thousands of on-going Linux design-wins range from networking to telephony to consumer electronics, from medical systems to instrumentation and industrial control, and even into aerospace & defense and transportation.\nWhy embedded Linux?\nReasons can be as varied as the types of applications that build on the open source OS. Technical motivations include robust MMU-based memory management, excellent throughput, world-class security, and integrated high performance networking that underlies a large portion of the internet. There are also practical motivations, beginning with the Linux open source community development model, as well as the ability to leverage a world of embedded and enterprise software, tools, and services from a range of suppliers. This offers maximum flexibility and vendor independence.\nBusiness motivations include lower cost of acquisition, reduced impact on bills-of-material, and the ability to hire and contract expertise in the widely deployed Linux platform."}
{"text":"|Importance of flu vaccinations stressed|\n|Written by Holyoke Enterprise|\nAs the holidays approach, state health officials urge Coloradans to protect themselves and their families by getting a flu vaccination.\n“Anyone who hasn’t yet gotten a flu vaccination should do so now to allow their body time to build immunity before holiday celebrations begin,” said Dr. Rachel Herlihy, medical advisor for the immunization section at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. “The influenza virus can spread easily from person to person during holiday get-togethers.”\nLast year, more than 1,500 people in Colorado were hospitalized with influenza. The single best way to protect against the flu is by getting vaccinated. It takes about two weeks after getting the vaccination for the body to build the antibodies needed to protect against the flu.\nTo read the full article, call us about subscribing to our e-Edition. 970-854-2811"}
{"text":"Tap into the power of metaphors to boost your creativity\nI once heard that Ridley Scott pitched his idea for his movie “Alien” as “Jaws in space” (confirmed here). How brilliant is that?! With that simple 3-word metaphor, the director was able to convey his novel idea for a movie so precisely that it baffles the mind!\nA metaphor is a soft thinking technique connecting two different universes of meaning. Examples: Food chain, flow of time, fiscal watchdog. The key to metaphorical thinking is similarity. The human mind tends to look for similarities.\nExcessive logical thinking can stifle the creative process, so use metaphors as a way of thinking differently about something. Invent and look for metaphors in your thinking. They are also potent tools as they make you and your audience look at things a different way.\nImaging within another sensory or conceptual frame can help. For example, in the visual images of spring which inspired Vivaldi’s “La Primavera”, one can clearly re-imagine then while listening to that piece of music.\nWhen thinking of a problem and its solution, it helps to expose the mind with many related concepts. The hope is that the juxtaposition of 2 or more of those concepts will create a eureka moment that will lead to a solution. It’s not always a perfect fit but by stretching and examining the parts of the connection, you can start discovering new facets of the imperfect metaphor to lead you to the perfect solution.\nFlex your metaphorical thinking muscles\nComing up with metaphors might come naturally for some of us as our brains tend to think metaphorically in the first place. However, it’s sometime difficult to force their creation. It’s more like “they come to you” and not “you go to them”. That’s where English majors have an edge. That said, you can become good at it with some practice.\nHere are some interesting resources on how to create and make use of metaphors.\nDo you like metaphors? Share your favorite one(s) in the comments section below this post."}
{"text":"Botany, the science of plants. Botany is one of the major branches of biology, the science of living things. Other major branches are zoology, the science of animals, and microbiology, the science of microscopic organisms.There are more than two hundred thousand plant species throughout the world.\nYou Might Also Like\nThe human brain is a mysterious little ball of gray matter, and so is that recurring dream that you're an elf. Have scientists determined why we have dreams?\nFor something too small to be detected by an ordinary microscope, viruses pack a big punch. We all know they can wreak havoc on the body, but how do they do it?"}
{"text":"Author:William Dwight Whitney\nPublisher:Motilal Banarsidass Publishers\nRemarks:Appendix, Abbreviation and Index.\nSize:136 x 216 mm\nThis Sanskrit Grammar is on a somewhat different plan from those already in use. It presents the facts of the language primarily as they show themselves in use in literature and only secondarily as they are laid down by the native grammarians. It also includes in the presentation the forms and constructions of the older language as exhibited in the Vedas the Brahmanas the Epics and the Puranas. The author has cast all statements classifications, etc; into a form consistent with the teachings of linguistic science. With the practical needs of the students of the language in mind different sizes of type have been used to make the work very useful to the reader whose object is to acquire a knowledge of the classical Sanskrit. A Historical treatment of the facts of the language has also been made."}
{"text":"Characteristics of an Orthocenter\nDate: 11/12/1999 at 03:08:00 From: Diego Carbonetti Subject: Uses of an orthocenter I need to know some characteristics of the orthocenter of a triangle, other than the fact that it lies on the Euler line. Thank you for your time.\nDate: 11/12/1999 at 09:56:22 From: Doctor Floor Subject: Re: Uses of an orthocenter Hi, Diego, Thanks for your question. Here are some nice properties of the orthocenter H of triangle ABC: 1. Pick three points out of the four points A, B, C, and H. The fourth point is the orthocenter of the first three. For this reason the four points are called an orthocentric system. One of the famous orthocentric systems is formed by the incenter and the three excenters. 2. Reflect H about the sidelines of ABC. The three reflections lie on the circumcircle of ABC. 3. There are four triangles you can make out of the four points A, B, C, and H. All four triangles have congruent circumcircles. 4. Let A' be the foot of the altitude AH. And let B' and C' be constructed likewise. A'B'C' is called the orthic triangle of ABC. When ABC is acute, then the incenter of A'B'C' is H; when it is obtuse, then the incenter of A'B'C' is the vertex of the obtuse angle. If you need more help, just write us back. Best regards, - Doctor Floor, The Math Forum http://mathforum.org/dr.math/\nSearch the Dr. Math Library:\nAsk Dr. MathTM\n© 1994-2015 The Math Forum"}
{"text":"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.\nCarl Sagan, Astronomer\nRob Gonsalves (1959-) is a Canadian painter of magic realism with a unique perspective and style.\nDuring his childhood, Gonsalves developed an interest in drawing from imagination using various media. By the age of twelve, his awareness of architecture grew as he learned perspective techniques and he began to create his first paintings and renderings of imagined buildings.\nYou can see influences of Dali and Escher, realistic and surrealistic, yet a style that is all his own.\nRob Gonsalves’ work differs from the “surrealistic” category because the images are deliberately planned and result from conscious thought. His work is an attempt to represent our desire to believe in the impossible.\nHis ideas are largely generated by the external world and involve recognizable human activities, using carefully planned illusionist devices. A touch of magic, perhaps.\nIt is like he takes what we know, and turns the canvas just enough to make us wonder exactly what it is we are looking at.\nMaybe the term “Magic Realism” describes his work accurately. But then again, why label anything so magical?\nHis fantastic work can be found all across the Internet such as http://www.paragonfineart.com/artists/rob-gonsalves.html and Rob Gonsalves."}
{"text":"A pinnacle (from Latinpinnaculum, a little feather, pinna, compare panache) is an architectural ornament originally forming the cap or crown of a buttress or small turret, but afterwards used on at the corners of and in many other situations. The pinnacle looks like a small spire. It was mainly used in Gothic architecture.\nIn mathematics, especially in set theory, a setA is a subset of a set B, or equivalently B is a superset of A, if A is \"contained\" inside B, that is, all elements of A are also elements of B. A and B may coincide. The relationship of one set being a subset of another is called inclusion or sometimes containment.\nSparke examines the work of such designers as Marcel Breuer, Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles and Ray Eames, and Mies van der Rohe, and draws upon design examples from the United States and Europe to reveal that, unlike the designed exteriors of buildings and i..\nAt a time when graphic designers are increasingly concerned with the miniature, there is a counter swing in favor of the gigantic. All over the world, typography, illustration, and signage are appearing on buildings, public spaces, construction site hoardi.."}
{"text":"Stage 1: Filing a Statement of Intent to Negotiate a Treaty\nTo be accepted into the treaty process, a First Nation's governing body must submit a Statement of Intent that meets the Commission's criteria for Stage 1.\nThe definition of First Nation is set out in s. 1.1 of the B.C. Treaty Commission Agreement. A First Nation is:\nan aboriginal governing body, however organized and established by aboriginal people within their traditional territory in British Columbia, which has been mandated by its constituents to enter into treaty negotiations on their behalf with Canada and British Columbia\nAs recommended by the British Columbia Claims Task Force, treaty negotiations are conducted on a government to government basis. Implicit in the definition of First Nation is a requirement that its organization be appropriate to the task of negotiating and implementing a treaty of the kind contemplated by the Task Force Report. There should be elements of \"nationhood\" such as;\n- a shared sense of identity, language, laws and customs among the aboriginal people,\n- historical exercise of control over a distinct traditional territory that is not wholly shared or disputed,\n- a degree of historical existence as a governing body, and\n- reasonably sizeable body of aboriginal people able to sustain the effective negotiation and implementation of a treaty.\nThis is the definition of First Nation that the Commission will apply for the purposes of treaty negotiations, and the definition that is generally applied throughout this document."}
{"text":"According to Writer's Almanac:\nSeptember 29 was the likely birthday of Miguel de Cervantes, \"whose life was a series of misfortunes. As a young man, he fought in a war against the Ottoman-Turkish Empire, and he became a war hero, receiving special recognition from the king. But on the way home from the war, he was captured by pirates, held for ransom for five years, and chained to a wall for months at a time. He finally made it back to Spain, where nobody even remembered the battle he had fought in.\nIn 1595, he was charged with embezzlement, even though he was probably one of the only honest employees working for the government at the time. Having escaped five years of captivity in Africa, Cervantes now found himself imprisoned in his own country for a crime he didn't commit.\nAnd it was in prison that Cervantes first got the idea for his masterpiece, Don Quixote...\"\nBeing imprisoned twice while he did not do anything wrong, Miguel de Cervantes wrote this famous quote from Don Quixote:\n\"Freedom, Sancho, is one of the most precious gifts that heaven has bestowed upon men; no treasures that the earth holds buried or the sea conceals can compare with it; for freedom, as for honor, life may and should be ventured; and on the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can fall to the lot of man.\"\nWriter's Almanac is one of the podcasts I subscribe to in Google Reader and try to listen to daily. The feed URL is below:\nDon Quixote, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.\nBest Web Feeds Reader for Medical and General Information\nImage source: Wikipedia, public domain."}
{"text":"History and description. Unlike many others, the Vienna Central Cemetery is not one that has evolved slowly. The decision to establish a new, big cemetery for Vienna came in 1863 when it became clear that – due to industrialization – the city's population would eventually increase to such an extent that the existing communal cemeteries would prove to be insufficient.\n- 2.4 square kilometres (590 acres)\n- over 330,000 graves\n- Simmering, Vienna, Austria\nCategory:Vienna Central Cemetery. English: The Vienna Central Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in the world by number of interred, and is the most famous cemetery among Vienna's nearly 50 cemeteries. This category is being discussed as part of a Categories for discussion process. As a result of this discussion, pages and files in this ...\nPeople also ask\nWhich is the most famous cemetery in Vienna?\nWhen did Vienna Central Cemetery get a tram?\nWhere was the first crematorium in Vienna built?\nWhich is the largest cemetery in the world?\nPages in category \"Burials at the Vienna Central Cemetery\" The following 169 pages are in this category, out of 169 total. This list may not reflect recent changes ().\nWe've gathered our favorite ideas for Vienna Central Cemetery Wikipedia, Explore our list of popular images of Vienna Central Cemetery Wikipedia and Download Photos Collection with high resolution\nAd related to: vienna central cemetery wikipedia free photos. Adobe royalty-free photos - Find the right image faster.\nMore images for Vienna Central Cemetery Wikipedia Images ». Vienna Central Cemetery - Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Vienna_Central_Cemeterywikipedia.org › wiki"}
{"text":"A term applied to two types of soft, translucent stone that are similar in appearance but different in composition. The first, known variously as calcite alabaster, Egyptian alabaster, or onyx marble, is a form of calcium carbonate. It was much used by the ancient Egyptians, particularly for small items, including vases and boxes, but also for larger objects such as sarcophagi. Subsequently it has been used in various types of carving (generally small-scale), sometimes to exploit beautiful colours streaking the stone (caused by the presence of iron or other minerals). The second type, sometimes distinguished as gypsum alabaster or true alabaster, is a form of gypsum (calcium sulphate). It was extensively used in sculpture in the later Middle Ages. In addition to being easily cut and polished, it has the advantage that it can be painted and gilded without any priming. Its most notable use was in small altarpieces, which from about 1350 to 1550 were made in great numbers in England, many of them for export—they were sent mainly to France but also as far afield as Iceland and Russia. The best collection of such altarpieces is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and other fine examples are in the Castle Museum at Nottingham, a town that was famed for its ‘alabastermen’ (the industry was mainly based in the Midlands, the chief quarries being in Derbyshire and Staffordshire). The production of religious images was ended by the Reformation, but alabaster continued to be used for tomb sculpture until the 18th century. Some modern sculptors, for example Henry Moore, have used alabaster for small works."}
{"text":"The Prehistory of Zazen, by Guy Massat, zen monk disciple of Maître Deshimaru\nAt the entrance of the cathedral in Reims, sculpted on the pediment of the main door, one can see a character cross-legged bent down by the weight of a Christian who crushes his back. In the basement of Notre-Dame in Paris, one discovered a large stone on which the name \"Cernunos\" was engraved. It is kept in the museum of Cluny. The reason is, like most of the churches in France, that Notre-Dame has been built on the area of a Gallic temple.\nOn a Gallic coin of the Remes, Gallic population of Belgium (coin of the Catalauni), discovered in the proximity of Reims and coming from the 2nd or 5th century A.C., one can see a woman sitting in zazen posture holding a necklace in one hand and a tress in the other (Museum of the coins). Her posture strangely recalls the character of the bucket of Gundestrup, in Denmark, from the 1st century who holds also a necklace in one hand and a snake in the other. In France we can see in the museum in Saint Germain en Laye the beautiful posture of the \"sitting god\" (so called), discovered in Bouray near La Ferte-Alais.\nOne find also the small statue in brass so called from Autun, coming from Curgy (Saone et Loire), representing a character so-called in \"Buddhist posture\" embraced by two snakes with a ram head.\nIn the museum Borrely in Marseille one can see characters, however mutilated, which recalls perfectly the zazen posture, although both legs are not tully crossed. They are coming from the excavations of La Roquepertuse and are dated from the 5th century A.C. But the statue of a naked woman, discovered in Etaules, Quarre les Tombes (Yonne), from the 5th century B.C., has the legs perfectly crossed in zazen (when the author of this article showed her to Master Deshimaru few days before his death, he cried out: \"Now I know why I came to France to teach zazen!\").\nStatues of the \"seated God\" found in the excavations of Roquepertuse, Fifth century BC., Archaeological Museum of Marseille."}
{"text":"According to the Centers for Disease Control, new data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) shows:\n- 30.4% of US adults (about 66.9 million people) have hypertension.\n- 53.5% have uncontrolled hypertension (about 35.8 million people).\n- 39.4% with uncontrolled hypertension (about 14.1 million) are unaware that they have hypertension.\n- 89.4% with uncontrolled hypertension have a “usual source of health care and insurance, representing a missed opportunity for hypertension control.”\nThe CDC authors conclude: “The findings in this report can be used to target populations and refine interventions to improve hypertension control. Improved hypertension control will require an expanded effort from patients, health-care providers, and health-care systems.”"}
{"text":"Why do this problem?\nIt is possible to solve this problem\nby trial and improvement but most children (and adults) find this frustrating and lengthy. The value of the problem lies in realising that it is worth doing some logical thinking to reduce the possibilities to a manageable number.\nOffer the question and give the children some time to 'get into' it. If they haven't thought of it, you could suggest scraps of paper with the numbers $1-12$ which can be rearranged easily, rather than recording and rubbing out each time. You may see some other ways of recording which you can share with the class too.\nBring the children together and ask how they have started the problem. What can they learn from listening to each other's ideas? Some children will tease out the discrepancy between adding up all the numbers to $12$ ($78$) and adding four lots of $25$ together. Others may focus on the number of odds and evens needed for any one side (one or three) and use that as their starting point. Ask\nthe children if they think there are lots of different solutions and confirm that there are so that everyone feels it is worth continuing even after someone else has found an answer!\nAllow plenty of time for investigating and encourage the children to write their solutions and display them somewhere for everyone else to see them. I wonder how many different ones there are ...?\nWhat have we got to find out?\nWhat do we know?\nWhat shall we try first?\nChildren who find one solution quickly could be encouraged to find another one by rearranging some of the numbers in their own solution, rather than beginning afresh. In doing so they are beginning to generalise, an important mathematical skill. If you ask the children to record each solution on a separate piece of paper, then by moving and rearranging them they can see there are 'families' of\nChildren who find this difficult could be given the grid with the corners filled in so that they start at a different place but end up with a complete solution, as everyone else."}
{"text":"By Kasia Michalik\nWhen kidneys fail, the production of erythropoietin, the hormone that drives the production of red blood cells, stops. As a result, patients are provided with dialysis and an erythropoietin-stimulating agent (ESA). During each dialysis session, a patient loses anywhere from five to seven milligrams of iron and becomes iron deficient causing anemia.\nRockwell Medical, a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on end-stage renal disease (ESRD), chronic kidney disease (CKD) and iron deficiency, discussed the alternative iron therapy for dialysis patients, Soluble Ferric Pyrophosphate (SFP) during the annual American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week that took place in San Diego from October 31 to November 4.\nOriginally the study into SFP began in the late 1990s. It was first published in 1999 in Kidney International. The single-center study took place in a hospital in Detroit and it took patients in one group on regular dialysis and the other group with a dose of SFP.\nThe study is now in its final phase 3. It will be complete in July/August 2013 and data will be released around November of 2013, pending approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).\nHow it Works\nThe way a normal person receives iron is through food. When iron enters the body it looks for the transferrin so the iron can be taken to the bone marrow. During the same time, the healthy kidneys are producing erythropoietin, which also travels to the bone marrow. The combination of those two things creates red blood cells.\nSFP mimics that, but it doesn't enter through food. It enters through a dialysate. Three times a week, when a patients is receiving dialysis, SFP crosses the membrane, immediately binds with the transferrin and takes it to the bone marrow.\nBecause a patient on dialysis doesn't have function of the kidneys they are receiving a dose of Epogen or Omontys."}
{"text":"Articles related to sign language dictionaries\nFind a Sign Language Dictionary Online - Deafness - About.com\nMay 16, 2014 ... Do you need to know how to sign a word? Check a sign language dictionary online.\nSign Language Word Reference Guide - Deafness - About.com\nJun 3, 2014 ... The Sign Language Word Reference Guide links to hundreds of words found in sign language dictionary resources online and in About.com ...\nSign Language Dictionaries - Deafness - About.com\nJan 1, 2014 ... Answer to common question about sign language dictionaries.\nSpanish Sign Language - Deafness - About.com\nI do not know if this book is a Puerto Rican sign language dictionary, but a Library of Congress search turned up this book: Aprende seņas conmigo : lenguaje ...\nPicture Plus Dictionary - Review of Illustrated Sign Language ...\nGuide review of the Picture Plus Dictionary, from your About.com guide. ... I have yet to find a better or more helpful sign language dictionary than this one.\nChildren's Sign Language Books - Deafness - About.com\nFor both hearing children wanting to learn sign language and deaf children needing to look up signs, here are selected sign language dictionaries and learning ...\nLearning Through Sign Language Books - Deafness - About.com\nTop sign language books and dictionaries, from your About.com Guide.\nLearn Auslan, Australian Sign Language - Deafness - About.com\nAuslan is the sign language of Australia. Resources for learning Auslan. ... Some online sign language banks (dictionaries) are available. One is the. Ads. &ensp.\nSign Language - Articles About Learning and Using Sign Language\nSign language dictionaries online are listed and reviewed. Many people find these online dictionaries very helpful if they need to know how to sign a word are ...\nSign Language - Chanukah Words in Sign Language - Deafness\nFinding the signs for words associated with Chanukah (or Hanukkah).. ... Web Sign Language Dictionaries. ASL Browser - This site consists of samples from a ..."}
{"text":"Elocution, Speech and Voice\nElocution - just the word is sufficient to conjure up images of Victorian\nor Edwardian gentlemen getting their pupils to recite long poems and ridiculing\nthem for their mis-pronunciation of vowels and consonants.\nPerhaps the most well know elocution teachers of the early 1900s were Samuel and\nAlice Hasluck. This married couple ran the highly successful Polytechnic School\nof Elocution situated on Regent Street, London. Gentlemen and gentlewomen of the\nday would enrol for instruction in elocution, which involved students learning to\n'roll their r sounds' and to project dramatic verses to the back of the theatre.\nElocution still suffers from these old images and many people who would benefit -\nboth personally and professionally - from speech and voice lessons are deterred by\nthese old ideas.Indeed 'Elocution' is an outdated word and no longer used by speech\nand voice teachers.\nThere's been a great deal of research into linguistics, phonetics and phonology\nsince the days of the Haslucks. The Wooldridge School of Speech and Voice employs\nthe approach developed by Robin Wooldridge, based upon his postgraduate research\ninto linguistics. This is a new approach to the teaching of speech and voice and\nis unique to the School. The simple approach can be learnt and applied by anyone\nin a relatively short period of time.\nModern speech and voice lessons offered by the School give a practical way to learn\nhow to acquire a pleasant 'neutral' accent - without having to learn long, complicated\npoems or difficult extracts of Shakespeare."}
{"text":"When it comes to healthy eating, dietary fat often tops the list of things that are \"bad\" for health. But such lists ignore the fact that some fats are good for you. What's more, scrupulously counting how much fat you consume or avoiding all fats indiscriminately are not helpful moves, according to the September 2013 issue of the Harvard Men's Health Watch.\n\"Focusing only on grams of total fat, whether in a food or in your diet, can lead a person to make poor decisions,\" says Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital.\nOne choice to avoid is eating processed foods and fast foods that bill themselves as low-fat, reduced-fat, or fat-free, explains Dr. Mozaffarian, an expert on how diet and lifestyle influence the risks for disease. Lowering total fat alone does not make a food healthier, and many of these products are high in salt, sugar, and refined carbohydrates.\nInstead of obsessing about fats, focus on eating healthy foods—including those that contain healthy vegetable fats. \"Eat fruits, vegetables, nuts, fish, vegetable oils, whole grains, and modest portions of dairy,\" Dr. Mozaffarian advises. \"Avoid processed meats, sugary beverages, and foods high in refined grains, starches, sugars, and salt.\"\nRead the full-length article: \"Stop worrying about fat\""}
{"text":"What did great minds like Marie Curie and Albert Einstein do when they weren't making groundbreaking scientific discoveries like the new radioactive element radium and the theory of general relativity? In some cases, they probably had the same favourite hobby as you do, the Perimeter Institute reveals.\nAfter digging through biographies of great scientists, Colin Hunter, senior scientific writer at the Waterloo, Ont.-based theoretical physics research institute has compiled an infographic called \"What great scientists did when they weren't doing great science\" that reveals some surprising facts about what famous physicists did in their spare time.\nFor example, a friend of Enrico Fermi reported that the Italian physicist \"played tennis with considerable ferocity.\"\n\"I love the idea that a quantum physicist who is regarded as one of the greatest minds in 20th-century science was a beast on the tennis court,\" Hunter said.\nBut he was most interested to learn that quantum physicist Erwin Schrodinger, famous for a thought experiment involving a cat who was dead and alive at the same time, made miniature dollhouse furniture and wove the upholstery on a tiny loom.\n\"That one in particular stood out,\" Hunter recalled.\nThe series was originally inspired by the Perimeter Institute's own scientists, many of whom are professional calibre musicians, artists, dancers and even skateboarders, Hunter said.\n\"Seeing that these scientists all have creative, imaginative outlets got me thinking about the great scientists, the biggest names in science history,\" he added. \"Surely they had their own outlets, their own ways to get their creative juices flowing.\"\nHe thinks knowing a bit about the hobbies of famous scientists makes them seem more human against the backdrop of their extraordinary discoveries.\n\"They were people too and they were driven by some of the same inspiration and curiosity that everybody was.\"\nThe graphic is part of a public outreach series called Slices of Pi that are released monthly by the Perimeter Institute."}
{"text":"Racism refers to the devaluation and unequal treatment of people on the basis of their (ascribed) origin, nationality and \"skin colour\". Racism is subject to historical processes, social power relations and hierarchies and manifests itself in various forms.\nUnder the term racism we summarise different forms of misanthropy: anti-Muslim, anti-Black, anti-Asian, anti-gypsy, anti-Semitic - to name a few important forms. Using anti-racist language is about avoiding racist terms, linguistic demarcation and stereotyping.\nRacist ideas and images are sometimes so deeply anchored in linguistic habits of the(white) majority society that the discriminatory structures behind them have to be pointed out first. We provide food for thought to break out of problematic thought patterns and enable people with experiences of racism and anti-Semitism to participate in society on an equal footing and to be appropriately perceived in language."}
{"text":"Google Earth is a virtual globe program that lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings and even explore galaxies in the Sky. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places and share with others.\nGoogle Earth displays satellite images of varying resolution of the Earth's surface, allowing users to visually see things like houses and cars from a bird's eye view. The degree of resolution available is based somewhat on the points of interest, but most land is covered in at least 15 meters of resolution.\n- Fly from space to your neighborhood. Type in an address and zoom right in. Search for schools, parks, restaurants, and hotels. Get driving directions.\n- Save and share your searches and favorites. Even add your own annotations.\n- Photo-realistic Buildings. You can access hundreds of buildings from the world's cities, including San Francisco, Boston, Orlando, Munich, Zurich and dozens more.\n- Swoop Navigation. Tilt and rotate the view to see 3D terrain and buildings. Fly seamlessly through the landscape with navigation controls. Swoop from outer space to street level and leap from one building top to another.\n- Light and Shadow. With the new Sunlight feature, you can watch the sunrise and sunset from anywhere. Move the time slider to watch dusk, dawn and shadows move across the Earth.\n- Street View. Street View, available in Google Maps, is now in Google Earth. Fly in to panoramic images of selected cities and take a 360 degree tour.\n- Sky mode. Google Earth added a Sky tool for viewing stars and astronomical images.\n- Wikipedia and Panoramio integration. When any of these dots are selected, the user will be shown the Wikipedia or Panoramio entry right in Google Earth."}
{"text":"Acid soil cannot tolerate\nThe bouldery, nutrient-poor soil, especially around the lakes Rogen, Femunden and Feragen, contains almost no lime or other minerals that neutralise or increase the pH level. This is why lakes in the area are very sensitive to acidification. When polluted acid rain fell over the area from the 1960s to the 1980s, the pH values decreased drastically. The lakes became so acidic that fish roe and fry found it hard to survive. To counteract the acidification, the Norwegian authorities started liming in the Femunden area in 1984. Liming of the catchment area of the river Storån in Sweden started in 1987, and a year later liming in the Rogen area was carried out from the air. The lime has given new life to the water, and both insects and brown trout have increased significantly. Fishermen can attest that the fish are biting again."}
{"text":"Mencius was one of the great philosophers of ancient China, second only in influence to Confucius, whose teachings he defended and expanded. The Mencius\n, in which he recounts his dialogues with kings, dukes and military men, as well as other philosophers, is one of the Four Books that make up the essential Confucian corpus. It takes up Confucius's theories of jen, or goodness and yi, righteousness, explaining that the individual can achieve harmony with mankind and the universe by perfecting his innate moral nature and acting with benevolence and justice. Mencius' strikingly modern views on the duties of subjects and their rulers or the evils of war, created a Confucian orthodoxy that has remained intact since the third century BCE.\nFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators."}
{"text":"Understanding lighting fundamentals is critical to successful lighting design.\nHere are the key lighting terms and concepts:\n• Efficacy – Energy shown in lumens per watt (lpw)\n• Lumen – Intl Measurement for visible, spherical light – more accurate than watts.\n• LPW – Lumens per watt- Lumens output divided by consumed watts\n• Foot Candles – Measures light on a surface\n• Foot Candle – One foot candle equals one lumen per sq. foot\n• Candle Power – Measure light in a specific direction\n• Lux – European – Shown as 10x Foot Candle\n• Kelvin Temperatures – Colors of the spectrum\n• Watts – Measures heat; not light output\n• Lumen Maintenance/ Dep. – the degree in which LPW is maintained\n• CRI – Color Rendering Index (1-100). Intl for light quality\n• Lamp Delineation – MR, R, PAR, A, E12, E27, T, G and GU\n• Watts to Lumens – Approx. 10-14 x factor (avg.)"}
{"text":"From the series: Developing Wind Power Systems Using MATLAB and Simulink\nSteve Miller, MathWorks\nEngineers designing yaw and pitch actuators for wind turbines need to take into account many of the other components in the overall system to produce an optimized design. Selecting a technology requires doing tradeoff studies in early stages to determine which will provide enough force or torque while drawing the least power. The actuator must be developed together with the control systems, and there may be multiple control systems that must interact with the actuation system. For the development process to be efficient, engineers must have the ability to determine which details will be included in the simulation and which will be neglected. The models that they produce must be realistic and reusable.\nThe model of a complete wind turbine (including mechanical, electrical and hydraulic systems) will be used to show:\n• How to use simulation to determine detailed, up-to-date requirements based on the overall system design\n• How to develop electrical and hydraulic actuation systems based on those requirements\n• How to define custom, reusable components using the Simscape language\n• How to use optimization algorithms and measurement data to automatically determine realistic parameter values\nThese points will be illustrated with demonstrations using the model and the simulation software. Experience with MATLAB and Simulink is helpful, but not required to learn from this webinar.\nYou can download the model used in this webinar from MATLAB Central."}
{"text":"OvercriminalizationOvercriminalization refers to the idea that laws regulating public morality may result in a substantial diversion of police, prosecutorial, and judicial time, personnel and resources (Course Syllabus, 2008). While legislative views on morality may, legitimately, be included in crimes such as murder, rape and other violent crimes, they may inappropriately extend to other areas of our lives, such as our sexual preference (sodomy) and use of intoxicants (i.e. Prohibition).\nHow far into the private lives of citizens may government-sanctioned views of morality properly intrude?Some states have different laws that apply only to those who are of a different sexual orientation, and in some cases of age. While in some cases age is understandable, sexual orientation is not, provided it is with two consenting adults. While all this makes enough sense to the common person, why would you want the government in your business, regardless of your sexual orientation? Or even worse should the government be able to treat you differently based on your sexual preference?As laws are passed and views are imposed on us, by those laws that are presented we presume that we are supposed to go with the flow or the majority so to speak.\nPeople do not want to seem as though they are different. It is far easier to follow the majority without flack, than it is to be in the minority, and receive the repercussions of being different.\nNow that we have deemed what is inappropriate for the government sanction morally incorrect, we will discuss what is appropriate for the government to have a say in. There are of course laws and rules for a reason, to maintain order among the masses. Without laws and rules, people would not have order, and things would be in chaos. Although it may seem that I feel law..."}
{"text":"Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month\nCLI celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with read alouds that center Latinx and Hispanic characters and cultures. These picture books, biographies, early readers, and middle grade novels bring us stories from Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Inka Empire, and more.\nSupport Equity In Education Today!\nChildren deserve the opportunity to achieve their dreams, and learning to read is a critical step in that journey. Help us provide Black and Latinx children the high-quality & culturally sustaining literacy instruction they deserve.\nVisit our donation page to learn about other ways to give.\nHispanic Heritage Month Resource Guide\nCLI is excited to share our thoughts on how to honor and acknowledge this special occasion, along with book recommendations and resources for the classroom.\nClick here to see the HHM Resource Guide >>\nEnsure you stay up-to-date with the latest news, impact reports, donor events, and much more."}
{"text":"Happy Heart Health Month! While exercise is important, heart healthy food is more essential in order to maintain a happy and healthy heart.\nIn an article by Health Essentials, here is some heart healthy food that can easily be part of your everyday meals.\n15 foods that are good for your heart\n- Fish high in omega-3: such as salmon, tuna, mackerel, herring, and trout.\n- Healthy nuts such as almonds or walnuts will satisfy your hunger and help your heart.\n- Berries are chock full of heart-healthy phytonutrients and soluble fiber. Try blueberries, strawberries, cranberries or raspberries in cereal or yogurt.\n- Milled or Ground Flaxseeds contain omega-3 fatty acids, fiber and phytoestrogens to boost heart health.\n- Kidney or black beans which are high in fiber, B-vitamins, and minerals\n- Wine lovers rejoice! A 4-ounce glass of red wine (up to two for men and one for women per day) can help improve good (HDL) cholesterol levels.\n- Try marinated tofu in a stir-fry with fresh veggies for a heart-healthy lunch or dinner.\n- Red, yellow and orange veggies such as carrots, sweet potatoes, red peppers and acorn squash are packed with carotenoids, fiber and vitamins to help your heart.\n- Use spinach in sandwiches and salads instead of lettuce.\n- Fruits such as oranges, cantaloupes, and papaya are rich in beta-carotene, potassium, magnesium, and fiber.\n- Tender, sweet asparagus is filled with mighty nutrients such as beta-carotene, folate, and fiber, and only provide 25 calories per cup or 5 calories per large spear.\n- Tomatoes – even sun-dried varieties in winter months – provide lycopene, vitamin C and alpha- and beta-carotene.\n- Dark chocolate is good for your heart health, but just be sure that it’s at least 70 percent cocoa.\n- Crisp, fresh broccoli florets dipped in hummus are a terrific heart-healthy snack with a whopping list of nutrients, including vitamins C and E, potassium, folate, calcium, and fiber."}
{"text":"Ripple marks in Precambrian sedimentary rock.\nJust as ripples on a beach or in a river bed indicate flowing water, so do ancient preserved ripplemarks in rock. These ripple marks formed over a billion years ago and are preserved in the Grinnell Formation of Glacier National Park, Montana.\nBack to Miscellaneous Geology Images\nBack to Geology Photos"}
{"text":"Better Students Ask More Questions.\nWhat are the two major components of the integumentary system\n1 Answer | add yours\nIntegumentary system is the organ system that protects the body from damages that can be made by external factors and prevention to loss of water in the body system. It also plays a big role in maintaining the temperature of the body, protection of internal tissues, plays a role in excretion and it is the site of attachments of sensory receptors.\nThe two main components of integumentary system are the skin and the appendages.\nThe skin is the largest organ in the body. It has layers which have different functions of protecting the body: the epidermis, dermis and hypodermis.\nThe appendages are the external body parts of an organism. This includes the hair, nail, scales, feathers and hooves.\nPosted by jerichorayel on June 3, 2013 at 5:50 AM (Answer #1)\nRelated QuestionsSee all »\nJoin to answer this question\nJoin a community of thousands of dedicated teachers and students."}
{"text":"Drug derived from Chinese herb aided brain tumor-stricken mice\nA drug made in part from the Chinese medicinal herb Angelica sinensis doubled the life expectancy of mice with a rare brain tumor, according to research from China Medical University.\nThe China News Service, via Focus Taiwan news channel, reports on the finding concerning preclinical tests to treat the glioblastoma multiform tumor, a particularly lethal and aggressive form of brain cancer with a 5-year survival rate of just 3.4 percent, the story explains.\nOf the mice tested in the trial, 35 percent lived for up to 250 days after one treatment, apparently double the span without the drug. And the mice, according to the story, showed no side effects.\nThe article presents some alarming statistics: This tumor is fast and dangerous, with the ability to grow 16 times its normal size in just 30 days, and patients don't always get diagnosed until the cancer is already highly advanced. As a result, they often live no more than 18 months on average after the diagnosis. So a viable drug to treat this kind of cancer is necessary. Human trials will follow, but the process can take years and there is no guarantee, unfortunately, that the treatment will work effectively in humans with the rare brain tumor.\nChina Medical University's Harn Horng-jyh led the research, which involves the testing of a drug with z-butylidenephthalide as the main ingredient. The compound is drawn from the Chinese medicinal herb Angelica sinesis. Horng-jyh is working with an unnamed biotechnology company to develop the compound, the article states.\n- here's the story\nRadiation-infused nanoparticles wiped out brain tumors in rats\nNew drug blocks brain cancer advance, making chemo kill easier\nTeam finds 2 mutations that cause pediatric brain cancer"}
{"text":"The high resolution sampling across the Cretaceous/Tertiary (K/T) boundary of the most expanded and continuous sections located in Spain and Tunisia allows us to test and elucidate the extinction model of Cretaceous planktic foraminifera in subtropical and temperate latitudes. The planktic foraminiferal extinction occurred over a short period, with 5% of the species disappearing in the late Maastrichtian, 70% of the species became extinct at the K/T boundary and about 25% of the species are ranging into the early Danian. The species that became extinct at the K/T boundary were large, complex tropical and subtropical forms that dwelled in deep and intermediate water depths. Their disappearance constitutes the largest and most sudden extinction event in the history of planktic foraminifera. Nevertheless, the small cosmopolitan surface dwellers with simple morphologies appear to have survived and the last of them gradually disappeared in the early Danian. The planktic foraminiferal extinction model can be interpreted as a catastrophic mass extinction that was centred at the K/T boundary, and was superimposed on a less evident and controversial gradual mass extinction which apparently began in the late Maastrichtian and continued into the early Danian. The catastrophic pattern of extinction of 70% of the species at the K/T boundary is very compatible with the effect of a large asteroid impact."}
{"text":"Newly published research suggests that when it comes to obesity, it's not just what's in our food that matters, but what's in food packaging as well.\nThe FDA is currently considering a ban on the use of BPA in infant formula containers. The chemical has already been banned in Canada, the E.U. and China.\nThe FDA will vote on whether or not to ban BPA from all food packaging by the end of March.\nCooking your beans so they can be frozen is a great way of ensuring cheap and easy access to BPA-free beans.\nBad news for BPA -- the Breast Cancer Fund has announced their \"Cans Not Cancer\" campaign after finding BPA in children's canned soup.\nAn effort to ban BPA in baby beverage containers passed the California Senate Tuesday, but it still has hurdles to clear before becoming law.\nPart of a class action suit against several baby bottle manufacturers has been settled. The companies failed to disclose that their bottles contained BPA.\nThe Food Safety Bill gets moving in the Senate, but some concessions had to be made. A BPA ban no longer appears in the bill and sperm counts might suffer.\nFood and liquid containers just got safer. Canada leads the way worldwide in declaring bisphenol A (BPA) a toxic substance.\nThe Senate Health panel released a new bipartisan version of a food safety bill this week, which seeks to give the FDA more authority in food safety matters.\nThe Natural Resources Defense Council has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. FDA for failing to respond to the group's petition to ban BPA."}
{"text":"One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.\nA treatment for phobias in which the patient is exposed to progressively more anxiety-provoking stimuli and taught relaxation techniques.\n- ‘Treatments effective in alleviating math anxiety include systematic desensitization and relaxation.’\n- ‘The present study was a first attempt to examine the use of humor in systematic desensitization.’\n- ‘Therefore, therapy of the couple dances must provide systematic desensitization by blocking the collusive dance and helping partners experience that their specific anxieties about intimacy do not happen.’\n- ‘Behavior treatments include systematic desensitization, relaxation training, emotive imagery, contingency management, and social skills training.’\n- ‘The technique is quite similar to systematic desensitization in behavior therapy.’\nTop tips for CV writingRead more\nIn this article we explore how to impress employers with a spot-on CV."}
{"text":"What Is Amateur Radio?\nAmateur radio is a popular technical hobby and volunteer public service that uses designated radio frequencies for non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, and emergency communications.\nAmateur Radio is the only hobby governed by international treaty.\nAs a radio amateur you are able to transmit radio signals on a number of frequency bands allocated specifically to the radio amateurs.\nRadio amateurs make use of their frequencies in a number of ways:\n- Contacting people all over the world by radio which often leads to developing international friendships\n- Competing in international competitions to test how effective your equipment is, and how good you are as an operator\n- Technical experimentation — many of the leaps forward in radio technology have been initiated by radio amateurs\n- Communication through amateur space satellites or with the International Space Station (which carries an amateur radio station)\n- Providing communications at times of emergencies and undertaking exercises to ensure you keep the capability to do so.\nThere is no better way to explore the fascinating world of radio communications than by becoming a radio amateur.\nA 1910 announcement by the then HM Postmaster General licensed “experimental wireless”, which still uniquely gives radio amateurs the ability to innovate without commercial or statutory controls even in the closely regulated environment of the 21st century."}
{"text":"Reading is one of the most important things a child will learn. Many parents want to know what they can do to help their child become better readers. While there are many options for caregiver to choose from, I love the 3 B's suggested by Jim Trelease, author of \"The Read Aloud Handbook. \"\nThe first B = BOOKS\nChildren need to be exposed to reading materials in their home. They need to see books on a daily basis. They have to be read to on a regular basis. Most importantly, a child needs his or her own book, with his or her name inscribed inside the book.\nThe Second B = Baskets\nA basket full of books located in different areas of the home will give children the access to reading they need. Place these baskets in areas where they will be used most often. A few suggestions include: the bathroom, on or near the kitchen table, or in the car.\nThe Third B = Bed Lamp\nAllow your child to read before he or she goes to bed. Give them a lamp and the option to read a little bit past \"bedtime.\" I know that my little girl will look at books before she goes to sleep, so her \"bedtime\" is about 15 minute early. I love checking in on her and seeing her soundly sleeping next to a pile of books. I hope she is dreaming of adventures with the nutcracker, peas and princesses, elves making fancy shoes, and cleaver cats who talk."}
{"text":"Cattle Electronic Id Tags - Beef Cattle Product Reviews\nThe National Animal Identification System covers most livestock species, including cattle, poultry, horses, donkeys, mules, sheep, goats and swine, as well as bison, deer, elk, llamas, alpacas and even some fish species, under the heading of aquaculture.\nHousehold pets such as cats and dogs are not included. The first step in the system is identification of locations, or premises, where these animals are housed or otherwise handled, while identification of the individual animals is the second component. The final part of the program is to track animal movement between the various premises.\nThe USDA claims the ultimate goal of NAIS is traceback within 48 hours of a diseased animal's movements, which would be possible once the three components of NAIS are fully implemented. This traceback would enable animal health officials to identify all the animals and locations that have had direct contact with the animal and take appropriate measures to prevent the further spread of disease."}
{"text":"Goals and methods\nThe Information Literacy Reflection Tool (ILRT) is a metacognitive self-assessment instrument consisting of curated statements prompting students to reflect on their own approaches to information use, and to reflect on foundational concepts that constitute information literacy. The ILRT study builds on previous work (Catalano, 2017; Mokhtari, 2002; Schraw & Dennison, 1994) to develop a new self-report measure, and is designed to assess first and second-year college students’ awareness and perceived use of information literacy strategies while engaging in college-related research.\nBased upon the evidence gathered to date, the ILRT consistently communicates the essential components of each of the threshold concepts as defined in the ACRL Framework (ACRL 2016) when used with a novice researcher population. Further testing would support the broader application of the ILRT in service to students – we offer it for your use! If you would like to partner with us in additional research on the ILRT as you use it in your context, please do not hesitate to contact us.\nA User Guide, including a technical report with further details is available at: https://bit.ly/ilrtuserguide\nIntroducing the Information Literacy Reflection Tool, ACRL-OR Webinars on April 6, 2021, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=513acZobSIU"}
{"text":"In 2015 the life expectancy in Uruguay increased to 77.13 years.That year, the life expectancy for women was 80.76 years and for men 73.68 years.\nUruguay’s position improvened with respect to the 191 countries we publish life expectancy, dropping from the 47th in 2014 to 46th in 2015.\nIf we look at the change in life expectancy in Uruguay over the past several years, we find that it is higher than in 2014, when it was 76.98 years, which is the same of what happens compared to 2005, when it was 75.63 years.\nIn this page we show you the progression of the life expectancy in Uruguay. You can see the life expectancy in other countries in life expectancy and see all the information about Uruguay in Uruguayan economy."}
{"text":"A fun set of worksheets to work on number writing and color words.\nEach worksheet shows how to make the number. Students will trace the number and number word and then practice writing the number and number word. There is a simple sentence with school supplies and color words (sentences listed below.) Students will follow the directions and color the picture(s) accordingly.\nPlease leave feedback if you purchase so you can receive TpT credits use on future purchases and follow my store to hear about new products.\n1 - I see one yellow bus.\n2 - I see two red apples.\n3 - I see three blue scissors.\n4 - I see four green backpacks.\n5 - I see five orange pencils.\n6 - I see six purple markers.\n7 - I see seven blue and green globes.\n8 - I see eight brown glue sticks.\n9 - I see nine black rulers.\n10 - I see ten colorful books."}
{"text":"I learned that storyboarding is a very fun and easy presentation for any student of any grade. Storyboarding is also very helpful, it allows you to brainstorm and think creatively. The key ideas, are to get the theme, setting, point of view, and dialogue correctly behind this political cartoon. I'd expect it to influence the audience, because Storyboarding, deals with real life problems/conflicts that happened in the past or present time. I'd expect the audience to walk away with knowledge of seeing how the colonists advocated for their rights of not paying Great Britian's war debt- the colonist were not having that.\nThe British is taxing the colonists for PAPER!!! Marriage licenses, diplomas, newspapers, pamphlets, playing cards, court documents, legal proceedings, fines, legal licenses, shipping bills, contracts, liquor licenses, public appointments, grants, deeds, warrants, almanacs, and calendars!\nThat's not fair that we should have to pay for pay down Great Britain’s war debt from the French and Indian War!!!\nHey John! Have you heard about the Stamp Act?!? The British is taxing the colonists to pay for their debt from the French and Indian War! We have to stand up for our right, and fight this!\nWhat!? We have to protest this! We will not allow the British to come into our country with stamps to pay their taxes from the war! Let's get everyone together, and start a riot!\nWE THE PEOPLE, WILL NOT TOLERATE PAYING YOUR DEBT, WE ALREADY PAY OUR TAXES, PAY YOUR OWN! WE DISOBEY THE GOVERNMENT'S RULE OF THIS MAD MATTER!!!!"}
{"text":"Join Margaret Simon at “Reflections on the Teche” for additional #DigiLit Sunday reading here.\nKylene Beers and Bob Probst are both speakers that I can listen to time and time again I’ve seen them at ILA, NCTE, and Kylene more than once at #TCRWP. One strategy that I participated in that has stuck with me is “Possible Sentences”. As a workshop participant, it went as Melanie Swider of “Two Reflective Teachers” described here although the session I attended was on a different date.\nHow can students more “authentically” USE vocabulary words and do more of the vocabulary “heavy lifting” in understanding and owning the words?\nPossible Sentence Basic Process:\nThe teacher chooses vocabulary words.\nThe students, doing the work, predict and use the words in sentences.\n*Then as a class, all the sentences are compiled and then questions are generated for each sentence.\nStudents return to their sentences and questions to revise them based on the understanding of the topic after reading.\nHow could we start using “Possible Sentences” in Book Clubs or in Content Area classes and add in some meaningful, very purposeful, use of technology?\nHere’s what I proposed for our first learning practice:\nYou can go to the actual documents through the links below and save your eyesight:\nGoogle Drawing Student Task Card link\nTools: NewsELA article, Wordcounter.com, Google Drawings cards, Google Docs – Response"}
{"text":"In 1871, the Schiller Monument was built in the center of the square. It was a creative vision of the famous architect of Berlin, Reinhold Begues, who had designed many other world famous monuments. Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. He was looked up by the Berlin people. This classic-style monument stands in front of the Schinkel's Theatre, now called as Konzerthaus.\nAttractions & Landmarks"}
{"text":"Production of biofertiler by the use of rhizobium species-a symbiotic nitrogen fixer in cost effective carrier materials\nThe aim of the given project is to explore and use the alternative carrier materials FYM and vermicompost for the production of Rhizobium bofertilizers and the viability test of Rhizobium in them. Various information regarding this project were collected from different sources like magazines, journals, books etc. The Rhizobium species of Cow pea group was chosen for this project. The bacterial strains were isolated from the root nodules of the Cow pea plant. They were cultured in YEMA media. The two alternative carrier materials i.e. FYM and vermicompost were chosen for the production of biofertilizer. 20 packets of Rhizobium using FYM as a carrier material ad 30 packets using vermicompost as a carrier material were prepared. The viability of Rhizobium sp. in both the carrier materials were tested which showed its presence. One of the important physiological character of the bacteria was tested by Gram staining, which gave the result of the concerned species as Gram negative. To create the awareness among the villagers of adopting Rhizobium biofertilizers, demonstrations and meetings were organized at the villages like Gatalsud, Parastoli etc. 50 farm families were visited and about 20 prepared packets of Rhizobium biofertilizer were distributed among the innovators. In the market survey, to know the status of the present market, about 10 fertilizer shops situated at Kutcheri Road, Ratu Road and Court compound, Ranchi, Jharkahnd, were visited.\nKey words- Cow pea, Rhizobium, Biofertilizer, Carrier material."}
{"text":"L’art pour l’art.\nWhy is art here? For the sake of the good, the true, and the beautiful? For its own sake? Victor Cousin, attributed with the first use of the phrase, explains it thus, “We must have religion for religion’s sake, morality for morality’s sake, as with art for art’s sake…the beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good, or to what is holy; it leads only to itself.”\nArt history is the foundation on which the artist stands, whether or not he or she likes it. Not contained by the walls of museums, art history fills our visually based culture. It will only benefit one to learn to understand art history, as it is as present at the written word. Within its line and contrast, it holds not the history of art, but history through art. It is a record keeper of world events, philosophy, religion, politics, deaths, births, culture, and fashion. George Sand disagrees with Cousin, writing to a friend, “Art for art’s sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of the true, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for.” Whether you agree with Cousin or Sand as to its purpose, the by-products of art include the good, true, and beautiful. For art!"}
{"text":"New Species of Pliopithecus Gervais, 1849 (Primates: Pliopithecidae) from the Middle Miocene (MN8) of Abocador de Can Mata (els Hostalets de Pierola, Catalonia, Spain). 2010. D.M. Alba, et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 141: 52-75.\nPliopithecus primate, considered an extinct family of primitive Catarrhini primates (or \"Old World monkeys\"). The fragments of jaw and molars found in this large site demonstrate that Pliopithecus canmatensis belongs to this group, which includes the first Catarrhini that dispersed from Africa to Eurasia.\nNamed Pliopithecus canmatensis, in honour of the place they were discovered in Catalonia, the new fossil species sheds light on the evolution of the superfamily of the Pliopithecoidea, primates that include various genera of basal Catarrhini, a group that diverged before the separation of the two current superfamilies of the group: the cercopithecoids (Old World monkeys) and the hominoids (anthromorphs and humans); and which prospered in Eurasia during the Early and Late Miocene (between 23.5 and 5.3 million years ago)."}
{"text":"Today we’re going to finish going over preliminaries and notation from\nthe Mochizuki masterpiece, Geometry of Frobenioids I: The general theory.\nIf we are successful at this, we may then be in a position to read the definition of Frobenioid.\nOur groups will be Hausdorff topological groups. Subgroups have centralizers.\nTo a given profinite group is associated a category of finite sets with a action. This category is a Galois category. If every open subgroup of has trivial centralizer, we say that $\\Pi$ is slim. This is all we need to know about group theory.\nNext we learn about categories. We consider their objects and arrows. We think about one object and one morphism categories. Has anyone ever read Paul Pot’s book, “The one bullet manager?”\nWe discuss some restrictions of categories to single objects by looking at morphisms all of whose images (or all of whose domains) are a single object. Morphisms of the original category form functors between these restricted categories.\nWe define what it means for an arrow to be fiberwise surjective. (Basically when it can be put in a commutative diagram with any other arrow having the same target.) A category is of FSM type if every fiberwise surjective morphism is an isomorphism. We define that an endomorphism is a sub-automorphism if there is an automorphism and a map so that applying the automorphism then the map is the same as applying the map then the endomorphism.\nVarious other notions on categories are discussed. It’s hard to see where this is going. Time for the definition of Frobenioid."}
{"text":"What is Financial Literacy?\nFrom the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)\nFinancial Literacy as the ability of consumers to make informed decisions that will best suit their situation.\nA financially literate person is someone who understands how the financial system works, how to manage their money and how to make choices that best suit their needs and income. A financially literate population helps build a strong economy, which in turn makes all our lives better.\nFrom the Investor Education Fund:\nFinancial literacy is the set of skills and knowledge that allow you to understand:\n- The financial principles you need to know to make informed financial decisions, and\n- The financial products that impact your financial well-being\n- Understand the key financial products you may need throughout your life – including bank accounts, mortgages, retirement savings plans and basic investments like stocks, bonds and mutual funds\n- Understand basic financial concepts like compound interest, investment return, risk, diversification and so on\n- Discuss money and financial issues – even if you don’t really like to talk about them\n- Make good financial choices about saving, spending and managing debt throughout your life: for example, when getting an education, starting a job, buying a house, starting a family, getting ready to retire and living out your senior years\n- Respond competently to changes that affect your everyday financial well-being – including events in the general economy like the recent collapse of financial markets, rising unemployment and the threat rapid inflation."}
{"text":"Wetlands in Minnesota are regulated by the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act (WCA) established in 1991. The Wetland Conservation Act regulates activities that could impact wetlands.\nPrior to starting a project, anyone proposing to drain, fill or disturb an area that could be a wetland should contact the local government unit responsible for administering the Wetland Conservation Act in Minnesota. Enforcement of violations is done by the local unit of government and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.\nIn Blue Earth County there are three local units of government that regulate wetlands within their jurisdiction:\nBlue Earth County Wetlands Contact:\nBlue Earth County Environmental Services Email\nPh: (507) 304-4381\nCity of Mankato Wetlands Contact: Paul Vogel\nCity of Mankato\nCommunity Development Email\nPh: (507) 387-8599\nPublic Right-of-Way Wetlands Contact: Ryan Thilges Blue Earth County Public Works Department Email\nPh: (507) 304-4025"}
{"text":"Susceptibility to Laurel Wilt and disease incidence in two rare plant species, Pondberry and Pondspice Plant Disease.\nLaurel wilt, caused by Raffaelea lauricola, has been responsible for extensive losses of redbay (Persea borbonia) in South Carolina and Georgia since 2003. Symptoms of the disease have been noted in other species of the Lauraceae such as the federally endangered pondberry (Lindera melissifolia) and the threatened pondspice (Litsea aestivalis). Pondberry and pondspice seedlings were inoculated with R. lauricola from redbay, and both species proved highly susceptible to laurel wilt. Field assessments found substantial mortality of pondberry and pondspice, but in many cases the losses were not attributable to laurel wilt. R. lauricola was isolated from only 4 of 29 symptomatic pondberry plants at one site, but the fungus was not recovered from three plants at another site. R. lauricola was isolated from one of two symptomatic pondspice plants at one site, and from five of 11 plants at another site, but not from any plant at a third site. Insect bore holes, similar to those produced by Xyleborus glabratus (the vector of laurel wilt), were found in some pondberry and pondspice stems, but adults were not found. Damage caused by Xylosandrus compactus was found in pondberry stems, but this ambrosia beetle does not appear to be a vector of R. lauricola. Xyleborinus saxeseni adults were found in a dying pondspice with laurel wilt, and R. lauricola was recovered from two of three adults. Isolates of R. lauricola from pondberry, pondspice, and X. saxeseni had rDNA sequences that were identical to previously characterized isolates, and inoculation tests confirmed that they were pathogenic to redbay. Because pondberry and pondspice tend to be shrubby plants with small stem diameters, these species may not be frequently attacked by X. glabratus unless in close proximity to larger diameter redbay."}
{"text":"Grammar Lesson 3:Measure Words\nChinese makes frequent use of so-called \"classifiers\" or \"measure words\".\nMeasure words also exist in the English language (even if they are not so frequently used).\nExamples for measure words in the English language:\n- a cup of coffee\n- a box of cereal\n- a loaf of bread\n- a tube of toothpaste\n- a flock of birds\nIn these examples cup, box, loaf, tube and flock act as \"measure words\".\nHere is a list of frequent Chinese measure words:\n隻 / 只 / zhi1 = a measure word for animals and insects\n間 / 间 / jian1 = a measure word for rooms, flats, houses, schools, restaurants, hotels, companies\n張 / 张 / zhang1 = a measure word for flat objects like paper, tickets, stamps, records, tables\n部 / 部 / bu4 = a measure word for works of literature, films, movies, machines, cars\n首 / 首 / shou3 = a measure word for poems, songs\n輛 / 辆 / liang4 = a measure word for vehicles like cars, motorbikes, truck, vans\n位 / 位 / wei4 = a measure word for people\n(The order on the left is: Traditional Chinese / Simplified Chinese / Pinyin)\nIf in doubt use the most common classifier, which is \"ge\" (Traditional: 個, Simplified: 个). This measure word is used for people or objects.\nLearn Chinese and other languages online with our audio flashcard system and various exercises, such as multiple choice tests, writing exercises, games and listening exercises.\nClick here to Sign Up Free!\nOr sign up via Facebook with one click:\nWatch a short Intro by a real user!"}
{"text":"Uraicecht Becc – The Short Primer\nThis poetic manuscript declares the King of Munster to be be supreme and makes reference to monastries in Emly and Cork; both counties of that province. For this reason it is believed to be of Munster origin.\nIt has been argued by D.A. Binchy to have been an extension of the Bretha Nemed (the Judgements of the Privileged Classes) due to the similar subject matter and style of writing used.\nThough it is called the 'Short Primer' the text stands out among other texts on status due to its wider scope. Where other status texts tend to narrow their focus on certain professions or sectors of society, such as the Bretha Nemed's focus on the upper privileged classes, the Uraicecht Becc covered most lay proffessions from Kings to Smiths,\nIt first divides society into the ‘free-privileged’ and ‘free-base’ classes. Of the former it lists scholars, clergy, nobles, and poets. Of the latter it lists smiths, braziers, chariot-makers, furniture-makers, weapon-makers, artisans, and other skilled professions.\nIt further lists the corresponding honour prices which were varied according to the importance given to the profession and the level of skill possessed by the worker in their craft. In fact, by looking at the amounts of compensation and remuneration paid to the varying grades we get an obvious indicator of the importance society had for each of the varying positions.\nIts main focus, however, deals with the profession of the Filíd or Poets (also known as Bards). The Uraicececht Becc divides these into seven different grades according to the level of skill, training, and ancestry of the individual filíd.\nIf an individual was more skilled, or if they were more highly qualified, they became naturally more valuable to society and vice-versa, for, as one line of the tract reads:\nNadbi cainfoltach nibi cainfuillmech,\nHe who is not well qualified is not well remunerated.\nAnother Maxim states:\nBes Ildánach bid Ildírech\nWhoever is highly skilled is highly valued.\nYou might also like:"}
{"text":"Technological Device Research Assignment\nTechnology is changing constantly. We use devices daily that were not even dreamed of as little as five years ago. (using a palm pilot or cell phone to surf the web and e-mail pictures across the planet).\nSelect a computer related device and trace its development from its inception to its present development and what kind of future you think the device may have (if it has a future –eg. floppy disks)\nDiscuss how the device has changed the way in which people use computers.\nHow have computers and specifically Operating Systems changed in order to work with the device.\nCreate a powerpoint presention that will be presented to the class.\nSee points on presentions"}
{"text":"The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to introduce the rotavirus vaccine in its routine immunisation programme which is expected to protect 57 lakh children from diarrhoea.\nAt the launch of the scheme, the state’s Women and Child Welfare Minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi said “Rotavirus can cause extreme diarrhoea in children and can even be fatal in some cases. I am extremely happy that we have inducted the rotavirus vaccine in the routine immunisation programme which will protect our children from this deadly virus.”\nData indicates that almost 40 per cent of diarrhoea among children below the age of five years is caused by rotavirus and this causes approximately 78,000 deaths in the country.\nThe global disease burden of rotavirus has assumed such alarming propositions that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended that all national immunisation programmes include the rotavirus vaccine. With UP including rotavirus under its immunisation programme, it becomes the eleventh state in India to launch a crackdown on the spread of this dreaded disease.\nAs you are no doubt aware, Swarajya is a media product that is directly dependent on support from its readers in the form of subscriptions. We do not have the muscle and backing of a large media conglomerate nor are we playing for the large advertisement sweep-stake.\nOur business model is you and your subscription. And in challenging times like these, we need your support now more than ever.\nWe deliver over 10 - 15 high quality articles with expert insights and views. From 7AM in the morning to 10PM late night we operate to ensure you, the reader, get to see what is just right.\nBecoming a Patron or a subscriber for as little as Rs 1200/year is the best way you can support our efforts."}
{"text":"TRADITIONAL varieties of major US food crops have been widely contaminated by DNA from genetically modified crops. Some scientists have gone as far as to suggest that this may pose a serious risk to human health.\nCrops engineered to produce industrial chemicals and drugs - so-called \"pharm\" crops - could already be poisoning ostensibly GM-free crops grown for food, says a study by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. \"If genes find their way from pharm crops to ordinary corn, they or their products could wind up in drug-laced cornflakes,\" says microbiologist Margaret Mellon, the report's co-author.\nIn trials, crops have been genetically engineered to manufacture antibodies to fight cancer, vaccines against rabies, cholera and foot and mouth disease, and proteins for healing wounds and treating conditions such as cystic fibrosis. But while conventional pharmaceutical factories are subject to stringent controls to prevent drugs entering the ...\nTo continue reading this article, subscribe to receive access to all of newscientist.com, including 20 years of archive content."}
{"text":"2,4-D is a proven technology; effective, inexpensive, with vast amounts of supporting data and a history of being found to have no adverse effects on human or environmental health.\n2,4-D keeps costs to farmers low and crop yields high, across multiple agricultural sectors.\n2,4-D has been in use for 70 years, but only 7 species of weeds in the US have developed resistance. It is therefore an important tool in managing weeds resistant to other herbicides.\n2,4-D has a wide range of important uses in other sectors; helping to maintain infrastructure and leisure spaces across the United States.\n2,4-D Research Task Force’s Updated Study\nThe 2,4-D Research Task Force commissioned an update and expansion of the 1996 National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program (NAPIAP) report \"Biological and Economic Risk Assessment of Benefits Phenoxy Herbicides in the United States.\"\nLeading experts, academics, and scientists from a wide range of disciplines contributed to the 14 chapters found in this website."}
{"text":"Mark and Dave are hiking. The hikers surprise a mother bear and her two cubs on the trail. The mother bear makes it clear about being unhappy that she was surprised by the two hikers. Mark is taking a medication that specifically blocks muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and Dave is taking a medication that specifically blocks nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. How would the effects differ between the drug that blocks muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and the drug that blocks nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in terms of the physiological response Mark and Dave are likely to experience when they encounter the angry mother bear and her two cubs?© BrainMass Inc. brainmass.com December 20, 2018, 9:35 am ad1c9bdddf\nNicotinic ACh receptors are found in the autonomic nervous system as well as in skeletal muscle. Muscarinic ACh (mACh) receptors are found only in the autonomic nervous system. In the autonomic nervous system, mACh receptors can be found in the parasympthetic system where they upregulate the parasympathetic nervous system, thereby decreasing the fight or light ...\nThe expert examines acetylcholine mother bear experience is examined."}
{"text":"The recent warm nights are just what strawberries need to ripen. Soon you’ll see fresh local strawberries in the grocery store, at the Farmer’s Markets and roadside stands. These plump, luscious, naturally sweet fruits are packed with nutrition and can be an excellent part of your healthy diet.\nOne cup of strawberry halves delivers:\n- only 49 calories and only 4 calories from fat\n- 12% of your recommended daily value of fiber\n- a whopping 149% of your recommended daily value of Vitamin C\nThese little jewels are sweet and tasty and provide your body with lots of good nutrients like:\n- Antioxidants which help reduce the chance of heart disease and cancer.\n- Fiber which lowers the risk of heart disease and supports digestion.\n- Phyto-nutrients that aid in the prevention of cancer and diabetes.\n- Potassium which helps maintain blood pressure, aids muscle contractions.\n- Vitamin C which promotes healthy gums, teeth and bones.\nA recent study in American Heart Association’s journal, Circulation suggests that women who ate the most strawberries (and blueberries), three or more servings weekly, were 32% less likely to suffer an early heart attack than were women who ate fewer berries.\nStrawberries can be part of any meal.\n- Top your morning Wheaties with sliced strawberries\n- Add sliced strawberries to your lowfat yogurt\n- Slice them and top your toast with the berries instead of jam\n- Dice them and add them into muffins\n- Toss them in a salad (See Ora Aselton’s Spinach and Strawberry Salad)\n- Dip them in antioxidant rich dark chocolate for a decadent, but healthy dessert\n- Add them to a smoothie\nDid You Know? Strawberries do not ripen after they are picked, so strawberries grown and sold locally are picked riper and travel shorter distances to market. Local berries are your best bet for the freshest and tastiest berries!\nDo you have a favorite strawberry recipe you’d like to share? Consider sharing it here."}
{"text":"Latest Types Of Ghosts Articles\nPoltergeists are ‘noisy ghosts.’ They have the ability to manipulate the physical environment. They can open windows and drawers. They can move chairs and push books off shelves. They can turn on bathtubs and turn off lights. They can slam doors and even start fires."}
{"text":"Home Remedies for Mouth Ulcers\nMouth ulcers are also known as canker sores. They are normally small, painful lesions that develop in your mouth or at the base of your gums. Mouth ulcers make eating, drinking, and talking more uncomfortable. Mouth ulcers are caused in Women, adolescents, and people with a family history.\nMouth ulcers usually go away within one week or two weeks. Sometime you may get a canker sore that is large or extremely painful, or if it lasts for a long time without healing, you should seek the advice of a doctor.\nMouth ulcers are sores that appear in the mouth, often on the inside of the cheeks, tongue, gums and under the tongue. They are also known as aphthous ulcers, and they are usually harmless and clear up on their own.\nNo one knows what are the causes of these small, painful blisters inside your mouth. The triggers include hypersensitivity, infection, hormones, stress, and not getting enough of some vitamins."}
{"text":"Approximately 400 species of Clerodendron are native to Africa and Asia.\nThis native of China\nis evergreen in mild years and may die to the ground in cold winters,\nrecovering the following spring. Stems grow to about four feet tall. Leaves are\nlarge and somewhat heart-shaped. Showy clusters of pink flowers top the stems in\nsummer. The flowers are attractive to butterflies.\nSee plants in the planters west of building 14 along Candycane Lake.\nA spreading herbaceous plant with stems to about four feet tall.\nLight: sun or part shade\nWater: drought tolerant when established\nSoil: adaptable to a wide range of conditions\nIn northeast Florida,\nthis is an aggressive grower that spreads rapidly by underground shoots. It may\nnot be appropriate for a small garden.\nCopyright © 2016 University of North Florida1 UNF Drive | Jacksonville, FL 32224 | Phone: (904) 620-1000\nRegulationsConsumer Information | Disability Accommodations"}
{"text":"(KMSP) - Saturday is a big day for students in St. Paul with an affinity for history.\nOver 500 students from 17 St. Paul schools present their History Day projects, exhibits, documentaries and performances. These projects are the result of a major assignment integral to St. Paul public schools social studies curriculum.\nStudents in grades 6-12 are invited to participate, and can essentially choose a topic from any time in history to dive into.\nOn Saturday, the History Day Competition started with current events, \"Taking a Stand in History.\" Other projects ranged from exploring the critical role women played in the American Indian Movement, to an in-depth look at the suffrage movement in England.\nWinners at the regional competition have the chance to compete at National History Day in Washington D.C. in June."}
{"text":"Monday, October 20, 2008\nRet & Kidney Development\nThe Ret gene plays an integral role in kidney development. As is covered in any basic embryology class, the cross-talk between the ureteric bud (destined to become the collecting system of the kidney) and the metanephrogenic mesenchyme (destined to become the renal parencyma and tubules) is a prime example of how reciprocal signals from two distinct tissue types can influence the development of the other. In the case of the kidney, GDNF (glial-derived neurotrophic factor) secreted by the mesenchyme interacts with the Ret receptor, a membrane tyrosine kinase, on the ureteric bud. This interaction is critical for branching morphogenesis, the process by which the kidney serially reiterates in order to create an organ with a million nephrons, as demonstrated by the fact that mice deficient in the Ret gene have a congenital absence of the kidney.\nRet is important other human diseases as well. It is a proto-oncogene, as gain-of-function mutations lead to various forms of multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN). Loss-of-function mutations in contrast can lead to either Hirschprung's disease (a congenital absence of the enteric nerves) or renal hypoplasia."}
{"text":"Time-bases ACLs are Access Lists that enable you to restrict or allow resources based on time periods. For example you as a network administrator are asked to restrict web browsing to some particular servers during working hours. To implement an time based access lists there are few simple steps:13055 views\nThis article describes what Reflexive Access Lists are, how they work, and how to configure Reflexive ACLs on Cisco routers in GNS3. Reflexive Access Lists are used to allow IP traffic for sessions that originates from inside the network, and deny IP traffic that originates from outside the network.7698 views\nDynamic (Lock-and-key) Access Control Lists are used to block user traffic until the user telnet to the router. Dynamic Access List is based on Extended ACL which starts with an entry that blocks traffic through the router. When the user try to telnet to the router a dynamic entry is added8120 views\nExtended Access lists give us extra features in comparison with standard ACLs. They check packet for source address, destination address, protocol and port number. Like Standard ACLs, Extended Access Lists can be numbered or named. Ranges used by numbered extended ACLs are from 100 to 199 and from 2000 to 2699.16514 views\nIn previous article we discussed about Access Control Lists, generally. Here we’ll focus on Standard Access Lists on Cisco devices and will give you an example.\nWith standard ACLs you can permit or deny traffic from source IP addresses. The destination of the packet and the port doesn’t matter. They can be named or numbered.4687 views"}
{"text":"Grade Levels: Professional (high school teachers)\nProgram Duration: 4:15 -7:15 pm Tuesdays and Wednesdays\nThis New York City Department of Education After School Professional Development Program course on teaching finance is designed to help educators understand and present finance-related subjects to high school students in grades 9-12. Over six weeks, the course covers 10 topics in broad categories that are related to Common Core.\nHistory: Money, Exchanges, Development of Markets, US Financial System\nBiographies: Andrew Carnegie, Alexander Hamilton and 19th Century Industrialists\nFinance & Economics: Time Value of Money, Stocks, Bonds, Commodities, Recent Recession\nFinancial Literacy: Federal Reserve, Banking, Saving & Compounding, Education & Your Career\nEach of the 12 sessions is designed to:\n1) Teach educators about each subject\n2) Provide educators with unique, engaging and high-quality material developed by experts\n3) Give educators the confidence to present the material to their students.\nMid-term and final exams will determine competency and provide feedback. Finally, lesson plan materials will be developed by the educators with the assistance and oversight of the Museum’s Senior Educator to ensure quality and accuracy. This is a three-credit course, and the educational partner fee is $125."}
{"text":"In addition we can say of the number 4618 that it is even\n4618 is an even number, as it is divisible by 2 : 4618/2 = 2309\nThe factors for 4618 are all the numbers between -4618 and 4618 , which divide 4618 without leaving any remainder. Since 4618 divided by -4618 is an integer, -4618 is a factor of 4618 .\nSince 4618 divided by -4618 is a whole number, -4618 is a factor of 4618\nSince 4618 divided by -2309 is a whole number, -2309 is a factor of 4618\nSince 4618 divided by -2 is a whole number, -2 is a factor of 4618\nSince 4618 divided by -1 is a whole number, -1 is a factor of 4618\nMultiples of 4618 are all integers divisible by 4618 , i.e. the remainder of the full division by 4618 is zero. There are infinite multiples of 4618. The smallest multiples of 4618 are:\nIt is possible to determine using mathematical techniques whether an integer is prime or not.\nfor 4618, the answer is: No, 4618 is not a prime number.\nTo know the primality of an integer, we can use several algorithms. The most naive is to try all divisors below the number you want to know if it is prime (in our case 4618). We can already eliminate even numbers bigger than 2 (then 4 , 6 , 8 ...). Besides, we can stop at the square root of the number in question (here 67.956 ). Historically, the Eratosthenes screen (which dates back to Antiquity) uses this technique relatively effectively.\nMore modern techniques include the Atkin screen, probabilistic tests, or the cyclotomic test.\nPrevious prime number: 4603\nNext prime number: 4621"}
{"text":"The revolution in the winter and spring of 1918/19 decided in the streets of the imperial capital Berlin. On November 9, 1918, Berliners celebrated the Emperor's abdication with demonstrations in front of the Reichstag and the Schloss. In January 1919, the barricades of the Spartacists against the advancing government troops were erected in the newspaper district. The Frankfurter Allee moved across the Frankfurter Allee after the end of the fighting large funeral church to the cemetery in Friedrichsfelde. It was always the press photographers who recorded the speakers in the crowd with their large plate cameras, the soldiers behind the machine guns, the parties' poster cars for the elections to the National Assembly, and the destroyed houses and devastated places. But at the same time, everyday life in the city continued, people visited the many cinemas with their expanding film offer, amused themselves in revues and cabarets, danced two-step and foxtrot. The exhibition in the Museum of Photography shows a photographic history of the revolution in Berlin as well as a panorama of the entertainment culture of those months.\nHeld at the Museum für Fotografie / Helmut-Newton-Stiftung\nEntry €10, concession €5\nEinzug der Jäger-Division, Vorbeimarsch der Garde-Jäger vor General Arnold Lequis, links der Pressefotograf Walter Gircke mit seiner Kamera, 10./11.12.1918\n© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek – Photothek Willy Römer / Willy Römer\nOther Events from Museum of Photography\nMy Guide website?"}
{"text":"Skip to content\nSkip to navigation menu\n09 July 2013\nUniversity scientists have made a significant advance in their ability to target skin cancer.Researchers at the School of Medicine are part of a team that has developed an artificially enhanced molecule called a T-cell receptor, derived from a white blood cell that targets and kills melanoma cells.\nWorking in collaboration with an Oxford-based biotechnology company (Immunocore), scientists at the University were able to solve the molecular structure of the enhanced T-cell receptor, bound to a fragment from a melanoma cell.The T-cell receptor was engineered to bind to cancerous cells with a 30,000-fold improved affinity using technology developed by partners, Immunocore. Molecular visualisation using X-rays (the technique used to solve the structure of DNA) enabled them to understand how this molecule targets melanoma cells with high specificity and affinity.Dr David Cole of the Institute of Infection and Immunity at the School of Medicine said: \"We wanted to visualise these novel molecules at the molecular level to better understand how they work. We hope that these experiments will provide the information we need to safely improve these T-cell receptors to target cancer and other types of human diseases.\"Dr Ian Lewis, Associate Director of Research at the Welsh Cancer Charity Tenovus, said;\n\"We are extremely proud to be associated with this research that seeks to improve the treatment of malignant melanoma, one of the most aggressive and increasingly common cancers in the UK.\nSchool of Medicine\nInstitute of Infection and Immunity\nDeveloping new anti-cancer medicines\nNew vaccine hope for leading viral cause of birth defects\n'War Horse' author tops Cardiff Children’s Literature Festival\nCardiff leads largest ever Alzheimer’s study\nThe origins of breast cancer\nThis is an externally hosted beta service offered by Google."}
{"text":"Taking fitness seriously not only means training regularly but also means paying attention to the vitamins and nutrients that our body needs. While working out is often half of the battle towards increasing fitness, enhancing health and protecting against anti-aging, getting the right amount of nutrients is a long term battle.\nMost of us know about the ‘headline’ vitamins such as vitamins C and D but B is often talked about much less, and specifically B12 is one of the most under discussed vitamins, that a growing number of people are deficient in. B12 plays a vital part in many of our body’s core functions such as the production of red blood cells and nerve cells.\nNot only that, being deficient in B12 is likely to make you tired, sluggish and prone to getting headaches. To find out more about vitamin B12 and the symptoms, causes and treatments check out the below infographic by psysci:"}
{"text":"The quote above is from my first blog post as the \"Contemporary Teacher.\" It models my educational philosophy.\nRecently I had what I consider an educational victory. You see, Colorado has integrated physical, earth, and life sciences in their middle school standards. However, not all school districts jumped on board, having separated the three in the past. Mine was right along with the rest in avoiding the change. We're three years into the changed standards and my pushing has finally resulted in discussions about actually changing our curriculum to match. I had all my arguments and brought resources and it paid off. Much to my surprise, all but 2 teachers were on board. Democracy can be a beautiful thing.\nIn case you're wondering, here are my reasons for using the state standards as written:\n- Integrated science allows me as a teacher to develop units that show the complexity of the real world\n- There are more opportunities for interdisciplinary learning with a greater variety of sciences\n- the vertical alignment and spiraling of learning developed by the standards designers is intact\n- better retention by students as they are building on these concepts (versus learning earth science in 6th grade and not seeing it again until 9th grade)\n- process skills are written at a grade appropriate level\nHere are some things I am working on for myself and my fellow science teachers:\n- a very complicated concept map showing connections between the concepts I will teach as well as vertical alignment (MindMaple Lite is a free software which is GREAT for this purpose)\n- a google sites web page which includes file folder pages that teachers can use to share materials\nRead some of my other blog entries to see how to integrate literacy, math, and social studies into your science content (or vice versa)."}
{"text":"Well-known Italian painters from the 20th century include Giorgio de Chirico, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Giorgio Morandi. These artists made significant contributions to modern art, participating in various artistic movements that have included surrealism, Arte Povera, COBRA and metaphysical art.Continue Reading\nThere are many great Italian artists of the 20th century who have greatly affected the trajectory of modern art. Futurists such as Gino Severini and Carlo Carra were at the forefront of the futurism movement during World War I, presenting their vision of reinvigorated nationalism. Artists such as Morandi and de Chirico offered a return to more classical Italian ideas and were significant influences to the surrealism.\nManzoni is considered one of the godfathers of contemporary art. While he worked in a variety of media, he is well-known for his series of achromes or white paintings, which represented a radical and avant-garde aesthetic at the time and would become a major inspiration for minimalism thereafter.\nFontana and Pistoletto rank among the most acclaimed modern artists. Their work often appears to achieve staggering results. Fontana is best known for his incised or slashed monochromatic canvases, while Pistoletto is renowned for his portraits of individuals that he painted on mirrors.Learn more about Painting"}
{"text":"Check out today’s Step 2 CK Qmax Question Challenge.\nKnow the answer? Post it in the comments below! Don’t forget to check back for an update with the correct answer and explanation (we’ll post it in the comments section below).\nA 10-year-old boy with Down syndrome is brought to his primary care physician by his parents. They have noticed that he has been more fatigued and short of breath over the past few months. On physical exam, multiple enlarged lymph nodes are palpated. X-ray of the chest reveals a large mediastinal mass. Following bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, he is diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and requires placement of a permanent intravenous access device.\nWhich sets of laboratory values above will allow the boy to undergo the procedure safely?\nWant to know the ‘bottom line?’ Purchase a USMLE-Rx Subscription and get many more features, more questions, and passages from First Aid, including images, references, and other facts relevant to this question."}
{"text":"The brain is supposed to be the most sophisticated piece of electronics. It can do things we can't dream with our current computers. I want t know how many of the worlds most sophiticated computers would it take to equal the output of our brain proccesing. Is our extreme computational power do to our internal programing or that we have far more neurons than chips have transistors> From what I heard todays most powerful cumputer doesn't have the brainpower of a housefly. Is it because neurons are so much smaller than transistors? Which is faster our brain or a computer? I'm guessing our brain has far more memory."}
{"text":"Shark Island was founded in 1795 off the coast of Luderitz, Namibia. Originally named Star Island, the land sat amidst immense winds and crashing waters of the Atlantic for a century before being connected to the mainland and used as a concentration camp by the Germans from 1904 to 1908.\nDuring this time, the Shark Island Concentration Camp—also known as Death Island because of the stories of its brutal conditions, minuscule food rations, and the death toll—was home to German physician, Dr. Bofinger, who was said to conduct sinister racial ‘science experiments.’ Dr. Bofinger would conduct inhuman trials such as testing whether scurvy was contagious by injecting prisoners with opium and arsenic. More than 3,000 skulls belonging to the Herero and Nama people were sent back to Germany for further experimentation.\nThe camp closed in 1907 and prisoners were transferred to an open area near Radford Bay where mortality rates eventually declined. Today, the harrowing peninsula is the site of a small memorial and plenty of open space for history buffs to go camping."}
{"text":"Acronyms that contain the term qcd\nWhat does qcd mean? This page is about the various possible meanings of the acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term: qcd.\nWe've found a total of 1 shorthand for qcd:\nWhat does qcd mean?\n- quantum chromodynamics, QCD(noun)\n- a theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus); it assumes that strongly interacting particles (hadrons) are made of quarks and that gluons bind the quarks together"}
{"text":"The VCTS is a Permanent Electrical Safety Device that allows workers to quickly and safely validate zero electrical energy from outside an electrical enclosure. It takes the guesswork out of verifying electrical energy and enhances your workplace safety and productivity. Adding an additional layer of protection, the VCTS provides a safer and more productive method of performing LO/TO.\nThe VCTS provides three totally independent means to confirm zero electrical energy prior to opening the enclosure; whereas typically, only one means is employed. That means normally requires exposure to an arc flash potential that exceeds the rating of the PPE available to the technician. Those three means are:\n*The VCTS is able to be customized to your specific applications. Multiple voltage connectors can be added for monitoring input, bypass, and output voltages. The flexible current transformer can be left in the equipment or removed after the measurements are taken. One single set of current transformers can be used in multiple types of equipment.\nThe VCTS exceeds NFPA 70E and meets the OSHA energy isolation principle. The voltage and current ports specifically address verification of a de-energized state in equipment applications where the arc-flash exceeds 40 cal/cm2.\nThe VCTS provides safe, convenient connections for monitoring both voltage and current without opening doors or removing panels. Specifically, power quality analysis and calibration measurements can be made without power interruptions.\nHere are some typical applications of the VCTS\nFeatures and Benefits of the VCTS\nThe VCTS is user Friendly, no additional tools\nrequired, and there are visual abnormal power\nIt is able to install on \"line\" or \"load\" side of\nelectrical disconnect, detect both AC and DC\nvoltage, and it tests three-phase circuits up to 600 V\nQuestions? Comments? Concerns? Contact marketing.\nInnovate Design Engineer Apply"}
{"text":"The City of Alexandria installed a bike signal light where the Mount Vernon Trail meets the intersection of South Washington and South Alfred Street to improve the safety and flow of bike and pedestrian traffic. With peak rates of more than 300 bicycles per hour on this part of the trail, the City made a proactive effort to work with the National Park Service to improve the safety at this section of the trail. Prior to signal installation, bicyclists were required to come to a full stop on a moderate slope as they approached the Porto Vecchio driveway and the evaluation of traffic counts revealed problems at the intersection. In response, the City implemented its first Bicycle Signal with approval from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).\n● This bicycle signal is the first in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Similar signals are being used in Washington, DC, San Francisco, and many European cities.\n● In the summer of 2010, the City’s request to the FHWA to use a bicycle signal and evaluate its effectiveness modifying bicyclist and motorist behavior was approved and implemented. The signal has increase bicyclist compliance with the traffic signals on the Mount Vernon Trail and improves traffic flow and safety for both trail users and motorists."}
{"text":"Mental Health Rights\nThose with mental health conditions do not often consider themselves ‘disabled’ however they often do have rights under the Equality Act 2010.\nThe Mental Health Act 1983 details the treatment, assessment, and rights of those with mental health conditions.\nThe Mental Capacity Act is set out to protect those with learning disabilities as well as mental health conditions. The framework offers guidelines for professionals, careers and family regarding various decisions and situations.\nThe Equality Act 2010 entitles disabled people to rights that prevent discrimination or harassment within access to health services and social services. This is inclusive of the services provided at GP’s and hospitals.\nAdjustments must be made to allow disabled access where it is reasonable for the service provider. This can include healthcare and social services information in an accessible format.\nThe Equality Act 2010 also prevents unlawful discrimination of education providers against disabled pupils, students and adult learners."}
{"text":"How many grams are there in a cup?\n236-237 grams for liquid measures and between 120 to 280 grams for dry measures.\nThe number of grams in a cup vary depending on the density of the object being measured. Liquids weigh 236-237 grams in one cup. For dry weights, however, you have to account for the different densities of different materials. A cup of fine wheat flour, for example, may weigh 120-140 grams, while a cup of denser table salt will weigh 280 grams. All this is measured in terms of the U.S. customary cup, and measures for the imperial cup in the UK (283-284 grams liquid and 230-340 grams solid) and the metric cup in Australia, Canada and New Zealand (249-250 grams liquid and 200-300 grams solid) vary slightly."}
{"text":"Abstract: The birth of the field of Artificial Intelligence was primarily due to the curiosity of researchers and inventors to create a perfect replica of the human mind. The thought of being able to simulate the human brain on a machine captured the imaginations of many, enticing and assimilating a wide array of research in the field, leading to a constant string of breakthroughs and new discoveries. With each breakthrough, our understanding of the boundaries and limits of the field were pushed, making it impossible to accurately estimate the complete scope of any project, with the only limitation being the technology available at the time. The primary purpose of any device implementing AI today, i.e. automation, was merely an application of the technology stumbled upon. As automation takes over our daily lives, it leads us to the main concern of where the line of ethics needs to be drawn and when does our pursuit for an ideal rational agent end with us questioning the morality of the decisions made by the machine. This paper tries to understand a model that weighs each choice with itís moral conformation to truly decipher if a machine can understand each choice beyond the simple weighted values of desirability and goal reachability. After all, are we still trying to create the perfect human intelligence or just a perfect machine?\nKeywords: Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks, Brain Hierarchy, Morality, Ethics, Kantís Laws, Responsibility."}
{"text":"In an effort to make these bananas last as long as they could, giving me more time to not eat them, I thought back about tips that I had heard of to make fruit last longer. I knew that you were supposed to put bananas in a paper bag to make them ripen more quickly, but couldn’t quite pin how you were supposed to slow it down. I came across the thought that maybe you were supposed to separate the bananas, because teamwork makes them turn brown faster.\nA quick internet search could have probably told me that they only need to be disconnected from the stems, because it’s the attachment to the others that make them ripen, or maybe would have even told me that bananas being stuck together doesn’t have any effect on ripening anyway.\nSo I separated them… but how far away did they need to be from each other to slow the ripening? A few inches? Different rooms? Who knows?!?! (spoiler alert: at least half the people on the internet probably know. I could have found the answers I wanted through any of my FOUR internet-connected devices in my house. Too much work, though. None of those devices were right in front of me at that second.)\nAnd that’s why there are bananas spread around my entire kitchen right now.\nUPDATE: After I finally had to sit directly in front of the computer (after dividing all my bananas), I did a search and found out that I was RIGHT! Separating bananas DOES help slow the ripening, because of banana gasses or something that sounds slightly more scientific. [science things about banana gasses] Thanks, Internet!"}
{"text":"What is Special Educational Needs (SEN)?\nVisual Impairment refers to a functional loss of vision. Significant visual impairment refers to loss of visual acuity (VA) and/or loss of visual field that makes it difficult or impossible for people to complete daily tasks without specialized adaptations.\nAccording to the Rehabilitation Programme Plan, Visual Impairment can be categorized as follows:\n- Total Blindness: persons with no visual function, i.e., no light perception.\n- Low Vision:\n- Severe Low Vision: Persons with VA of 6/120 or worse and persons with constricted visual field in which the widest field diameter subtends an angular subtense of 20 degrees or less, irrespective of the VA\n- Moderate Low Vision: Persons with VA from 6/60 to better than 6/120\n- Mild Low Vision: Persons with VA from 6/18 to better than 6/60\n(Remarks: VA of 6/60 means that the subject can only see at 6 metres what a normal sighted person can see at 60 metres)\n- Never leave a conversation with a person without saying so\n- Use accurate and specific language when giving directions\n- Always ask first to check if help is needed"}
{"text":"Sitting Bull : Dakota boy\n- 1 of 1 copy available at LARL/NWRL Consortium.\n0 current holds with 1 total copy.\n|Location||Call Number / Copy Notes||Barcode||Shelving Location||Status||Due Date|\n|Red Lake Falls Public Library||j 921 SIT (Text)||35500003349725||Main||Available||-|\n- ISBN: 0689806280\n192 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.\n- Edition: 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed.\n- Publisher: New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1996.\n|General Note:||Originally published: Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, 1956.|\n|Summary, etc.:||A biographical look at the childhood of Sitting Bull, one of the greatest Sioux warriors to fight against the white man.|\nAugusta Stevenson was a writer of children&;s books and a teacher. She wrote several Childhood of Famous Americans titles, including books about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Paul Revere, Sitting Bull, Benjamin Franklin, and Molly Pitcher.\nSearch for related items by subject\n|Subject:||Sitting Bull 1831-1890 Juvenile literature\nDakota Indians Biography Juvenile literature\nSitting Bull 1831-1890 Childhood and youth\nDakota Indians Biography\nIndians of North America Biography\nKings, queens, rulers, etc"}
{"text":"There’s no Such Thing as Gravity:\nThe World Just Sucks!\nA slightly different approach to general relativity\nfor high school physics students\nBy Mark Sowers\nTable of Contents\nGravitational lensing is just one of the interesting topics in cosmology that this approach to gravity helps explain. In a future installment I hope to explore how viewing gravity as simply a result of variations in the clock-rate provides insight into black holes, the expanding universe, dark energy and more.\n© Copyright 2009 Mark Sowers. All Rights Reserved."}
{"text":"Cardiology, Heart Surgery Abroad\nCardiology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart and blood vessels. We have grouped together treatements related to the heart and blood.\nThe goal of cardiac surgery (often referred to simply as heart surgery) is to improve the overall health of the heart. Heart disease often involves clogged or constricted arteries as well as other hindrances to healthy circulation.\nRecovery from these procedures depends on the level of invasiveness. Modern heart surgeries often utilize robotic implements that can operate with minimal incisions, meaning patients are back on their feet in less than a week."}
{"text":"When you incorporate external sources in your paper, you’ll usually do so in the form of quotations (a.k.a. quotes)—in other words, you’ll take the information, place it within quotes, and say who said it and where. And you can quote us on that.\nAlways follow these steps when incorporating quoted material into your paper:\n- Have a sentence before the quote that sets it up. Then the quote can come along and spike it over the net.\n- Attach a little bit of your own language to the quote itself: According to Dr. X, “….” Unless you’re setting it out from the rest of the paper (indentation and all), avoid a stand-alone quotation, which will feel like it came out of nowhere. A good quality in a ninja, but a bad one in a quotation.\n- Include a sentence—or two or three—after the quotation that explains how the quote proves your point. Don’t get cocky about it, though.\n- Finally, your teacher may have given you a specific set of instructions for how to cite your sources. You may have the page number in parentheses after each quote; you might be using footnotes (a very difficult way to play the piano, by the way); or you might be providing the reader with a complicated cipher they can decode if they really want to know the source. Check the info your teacher has given you and make sure you have cited everything. Or else the citation fairy may visit your house this evening. And she doesn’t leave money—she takes it.\nExample (in MLA format)\nPerhaps the perspective of an experienced entomologist can shed more light on this matter. In his bestselling book Bees, not Birds, Dr. Weatherbee says, “Bees cannot vocalize or verbalize. Many people assume that bees make buzzing sounds with their mouths in order to communicate, when in fact what we hear as a buzz is the rapid sound of their wings beating” (67). Therefore, bees do not buzz angrily just before they sting, as many people believe."}
{"text":"The children in KS2 came to school dressed as if they were from the 1940s. They had packed their belongings into a small suitcase, were carrying their gas masks in boxes and their Identity Cards safely in their pockets all ready to be evacuated!\nThe children were lined up on the playground with their siblings and they set off on their journey. After a walk around the village, their evacuation destination was known - St Mary's Church! There they were `billeted' and put into small groups where they heard what life was like during World War II from those who had had first hand experience - local residents and grandparents. The stories told were fascinating and the children sat enthralled listening to the tales.\nAfter eating their war time packed lunch the children made their way back to school having learnt a great deal from the experiences shared by our guests."}
{"text":"How does hearing loss affect perception and cognition for other senses?\nWhen someone has hearing loss, they begin to rely on help from other senses to navigate the world. For example, if listening to speech is hard, visual information from a person’s face and mouth can make speech listening easier. This is especially true when a person is trying to listen in a noisy place, like a crowded restaurant or in a workplace. The long-term brain consequences of this multisensory reliance, sculpted by principles of neural plasticity, change the way that visual information is represented: remarkably, brain areas that normally process sound are now activated by visual stimulation. Although these cross-modal neuroplastic changes can affect visual processing, we do not know if hearing loss is associated with the way we attend to and remember visual information, or what the corresponding brain changes might be.\nOne line of our research examines how visual information is stored in working memory or impacts the attention system, and how that relates to changes in the brain, and the degree or type of hearing impairment a person has.\nPrince, P., Paul, B. T., & Dimitrijevic, A. (In preparation). Neural Correlates of Visual Working Memory in Cochlear Implant Users are Related to Speech Perception in Noise.\nPaul, B. T., Srikanthanathan, A., & Dimitrijevic, A. (In preparation). Loss of high-frequency hearing acuity is associated with modified neural oscillations during visual verbal working memory."}
{"text":"Spatial Representation presents original, specially written essays by leading psychologists and philosophers on a fascinating set of topics at the intersection of these two disciplines. They address such questions as these: Do the extraordinary navigational abilities of birds mean that thesebirds have the same kind of grip on the idea of a spatial world as we do? Is there a difference between the way sighted and blind subjects represent the world 'out there'? Does the study of brain-injured subjects, such as 'blind seers', tell us anything about the working of normal spatialconsciousness? The essays are arranged into five sections, each of which reflects a central area of research into spatial cognition, and opens with a short introduction by the editors, designed to facilitate cross-disciplinary reading. The volume as a whole offers a rich and compelling expression of the view thatto advance our understanding of the way we represent the external world it is necessary to draw on both philosophical and psychological approaches."}
{"text":"Developing Digital Game-Mediated Foreign Language Literacies\nProject Directors: Drs. Jonathon Reinhardt (U Arizona) and Julie Sykes, (University of Oregon)\nDescription: Digital games are socio-cultural practices and products, and gaming has become a mainstream, global cultural force. Applied linguists and FL educators have noted that gameplay is mediated by language use and social interaction, thereby also making it a potentially rich context for language acquisition. Off-the-shelf and online digital games are produced by a diversity of countries in a variety of languages.\nDespite the interest in and availability of these games, ways in which their benefits can be harnessed to enhance FL learning have yet to be fully explored.\nThe primary goal of this project is to provide FL educators the material and pedagogical resources to design, implement, and assess digital game-mediated learning activities that have the potential to develop FL multiliteracies.\nThe original Games to Teach site was hosted by CERCLL, but it was transferred to our partners at the the Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) at the University of Oregon. It exists there as a resource to aid both instructors and learners interested in accessing the benefits that games offer for language learning and provides several different areas for you to explore:\n- Learn what is new in the field of game-mediated learning and pedagogy by reading blog posts from a host of international collaborators.\n- Download practical classroom activities, evaluations of games for use in language learning, and other insightful publications free of charge.\n- Expand your knowledge of game-based learning by discovering everything from scholarly journals to free downloadable games."}
{"text":"The most common disease in dogs and cats is dental disease. It affects approximately 68% of cats and 76% of dogs. Periodontal disease impacts the teeth and gums, and is given a score of grade 1 to grade 4, based on severity. (A grade of 0 indicates no periodontal disease).\nBrody had Grade 1 dental disease. This is the grade given when there is mild inflammation of the gums and some plaque covering the teeth.\nWhen told that their pet has Grade 1 dental disease, many Pet-Parents choose not to treat the disease, in stead opting to wait until it has progressed to a Grade 2 or even a Grade 3. While every person’s and pet’s situation is different, there are several reasons why it is better to treat sooner, rather than later.\n- It is less costly. Many Pet-Parents choose to wait on dental treatment for their dog or cat because they need to save money. While this is an understandable concern, many times waiting will cost more in the long run. The largest cost involved in treatment is anesthesia, and the lower the grade, the less time your pet will need to spend under anesthesia. This leads to point #2:\n- It is safer. We do everything we can to ensure your pet’s safety during any medical procedure. Dentistry is no exception! However, there is always some risk involved with anesthesia. The less time your pet spends under anesthesia, the better! This is another reason we recommend treating dental disease as soon as it is detected, rather than waiting until it is a higher grade.\n- It prevents pain. A Grade 1 is generally not painful, but a Grade 2 is likely to be painful, and Grades 3 and 4 almost certainly are. This pain may also influence eating behaviors and overall health and well-being of the pet.\n- It saves teeth. By waiting until a later stage of the disease process, we increase the risk that there will be irreversible damage to a tooth and that the tooth or teeth will need to be extracted."}
{"text":"• The story begins in 1877 with Sol, a beautiful eighteen-year-old who is contemplating the day's events in her diary.\n• Sol's nanny, Xenufla, has taken her to the place where people beseech St. Rita for special requests.\n• Xenufla thinks that Sol needs a husband.\n• Sol has attracted many young suitors, but she is not interested.\n• She doesn't think St. Rita can help her.\n• Sol eventually agrees to visit the town of Jocotenango where the saint's statue is enshrined.\n• Xenufla gives Sol strict instructions on preparing to visit the statue.\n• She must fast and remain silent.\n• They leave early the next morning to arrive promptly at noon.\n• Sol climbs the mountain and approaches the shrine with trepidation.\n• She soon starts to shake and thinks an earthquake is occurring.\n• It is Sol who is shaking.\n• The statues eyes transform into the dark blue eyes of a handsome young man.\n• Sol reports...\nThis section contains 1,816 words\n(approx. 7 pages at 300 words per page)"}
{"text":"Your email address will be used for Wildy’s marketing materials only. We will never give your email address to any third party.\nSpecial Discounts for Pupils, Newly Called & Students\nBrowse Secondhand Online\nThis handbook provides a cross-disciplinary perspective on youth behaviour and the justice system. Leading authorities from sociology, political science, criminology, psychology, law, social work, and communication analyze the connections between children and youth (in their various social situations) and the law, including the making and enforcement of legal and social policies, the role of children's rights, and the operation of the legal system."}
{"text":"Field-programmable gate array (FPGA) uses logic block which is configurable. The term ‘field-programmable’ shows that, that the device is programmable outside the foundry lab where it is manufactured. The internal architecture of an FPGA device consists of three parts, that are configurable logic blocks, the programmable interconnects and input/output blocks. Figure below shows\nthe architecture of a typical FPGA.\nThe Input/Output block provides bidirectional access to input/output pins of the FPGA package. The configurable logic block are not complex than the couple of logic gates or a look-up table. The programmable interconnects connect the configurable logic block to configurable logic blocks and also input/output blocks to configurable logic block.\nFPGAs devices have higher logic density and larger performance as compared to other programmable logic devices. FPGA devices gives higher complexity equivalent to millions of gates. Further, FPGA has built-in hard-wired processors, large memory, clock management systems and support for many signalling technologies. FPGAs are used in processing and storage, digital signal processing, instrumentation and telecommunications system applications.\nSince FPGAs program configuration is volatile, it requires bit RAM for storing the configured program.\nField Programmable Gate Array Quiz"}
{"text":"Ming Dynasty Invention\nThe bristle toothbrush was invented in China during the Ming dynasty. It was thought of in 1498 C.E. and is still being used. It was an important invention of the time period because it was a good way to keep your teeth clean. The invention would take off most of the bacteria that is on your teeth so they stay healthy and do not get cavities. The toothbrushes were made out of stiff, coarse hairs taken from the back of a hog's neck and attached to handles made of bone or bamboo.\nThe bristle toothbrush was created by Ao Ailong people and first used to clean. It can be used to clean other things like dirt off shoes or dishes. Before the bristle toothbrush was invented, people still used brushes but they did not have the hairs on them on them. Those were not as effective as the ones created by the Chinese. The people before 1498 could also have used their hands to take out chunks of food that were stuck in between their teeth.\nThe bristle toothbrush has really changed people’s lives in many ways. For example, they had less problems with their teeth. They would live better lives because their teeth would no hurt and bother them. Also, the bristle toothbrush changed peoples lives today. If they had not come up with the idea of making the toothbrush, then we would not have the brushes he have today."}
{"text":"Unlike robotic systems made even partially from organic materials, entirely artificial electronic systems have use cases in both the human body and a variety of other environments, such as tiny crevices in the earth, chemical reactors, and oil pipelines. In order to reach these places, however, these systems must be tiny—the size of red blood cells, which are not more than ten microns in diameter.\nAlbert Liu is a presidential fellow working in Michael Strano’s lab in the MIT Department of Engineering, and he joins the podcast to discuss their most recent accomplishments: the creation of an entirely artificial robotic system the size of a human red blood cell, and recent publications detailing how these systems can be employed in aerosolizable electronics and soil matrices. He also discusses the most difficult aspects of creating these systems, the insight he’s gained as a graduate student working in this field, the revolutionary potential of these systems in medicine and industry, and the tradeoffs between biological and artificial robotics.\nInterested in learning more? Stay current on the latest research by visiting https://srg.mit.edu/, and tune in to hear the full conversation.\nMass producing colloidal electronics (with a video):\nNature Nano reference:\nNature Materials reference:"}
{"text":"Your risk for pneumococcal diseases is greater when you have diabetes.\nBecause diabetes can weaken your immune system, leaving you vulnerable to infections and diseases!\nPneumococcal diseases are infections.\nThey include the following:\nThese infections occur when bacteria known as “pneumococcus” invade either the bloodstream, lungs, or spinal fluid.\nPneumonia is an infection of the lungs, the bacteria are inhaled and they grow in a person’s lungs, in some cases, respiratory (breathing) failure can occur!\nMeningitis is an infection of the membranes surrounding the brain and\\or the spinal cord.\nMeningitis is caused when a bacterial infection spreads to a person’s brain and\\or spinal cord, it can cause hearing loss, brain damage, and\\or death!\nBacteremia is an infection of the blood, the bacteria enters the body through a wound or infection and grow in the bloodstream.\nBacteremia can lead to septic shock!\nAdults with diabetes are (3) three times more likely to become infected with a pneumococcal disease, pneumonia occurs most often in adults with diabetes.\nThe more you learn about your risk as a diabetic, the better prepared you can be!\nNext Discussion: Martha Stewart's Christmas Letter »"}
{"text":"This chapter takes approximately 2 hours to complete.\nActive Directory is Microsoft’s directory services solution that provides LDAP and Kerberos services for identification and authentication. Many organizations with Windows computers use Active Directory because it provides these features:\n• Security and policy management for Windows computers\n• Tight integration with popular application servers such as Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server\n• High availability, with the ability to place multiple replica servers across geographic locations in a multimaster configuration ..."}
{"text":"ELLA Guide: Addressing the Urban Challenge in Integral and Inclusive Ways\nELLA is the Evidence and Lessons from Latin America programme\nIntegrated urban environmental plans developed in different Latin American countries show how to reduce systemic challenges in urban areas. Overcoming multi-dimensional urban issues requires a holistic view that includes channels for popular participation, higher level government support and cross-sector collaboration. However, it does not exclude a deep understanding of specific local necessities: in Brazil, transportation was a priority; in Colombia, disaster risk reduction; and in Argentina, decentralisation of public services. A critical overview of achievements in these urban environmental governance processes is key for South Asian and African cities that will need to accommodate most of the world’s urban growth.\n- Good urban governance can limit environmental problems and the risks generated by unplanned and uncontrolled urban growth.\n- Urban environmental problems seem to be best addressed within integrated, long-term and locally-focused development plans involving multiple stakeholders.\n- Urban development programmes work when they have a strong social and equity dimension and include channels for participatory decision-making.\ndel Valle, J. ELLA Guide: Addressing the Urban Challenge in Integral and Inclusive Ways. ELLA, Practical Action Consulting, Lima, Peru (2011) 7 pp."}
{"text":"Dating back to the Crusades, this flag symbolized England at least as far back as 1277. On June 24, 1497, John Cabot planted it on the shore of present-day Labrador, making it the first flag to fly over mainland America. After the adoption of the Kings Colors Flag, this flag was still flown on the foremast of English merchant ships, with the Union flag on the main mast (Scottish ships had the St. Andrew flag on the foremast). Hence, this flag flew over the Mayflower when it arrived at Plymouth Rock in 1620. This England flag has 2 brass grommets on the left used for hanging. NOTE: The 4”x6” size is fully printed and mounted to a 10” staff with a spear top."}
{"text":"We know that the human skeleton is important and it gives us our structure.\nWe want to make a skeleton out of clay.\nWe will get clay and look and look at pictures and models. Then we will finally build it.\nWe learned all about the different kinds of bones and what they do.\nWe got the clay built it and made our video.\nWe don't have any more questions."}
{"text":"4:00p-5:15p TR (70) 3 cr.\nThis course will focus on \"the American Renaissance,\" the unusually rich period of literary creativity in the years before the Civil War. Many of the books now popularly regarded as classics of American literature--Moby-Dick, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Walden--were published in quick succession in the 1850s. Writers to be studied include Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Poe, Douglass, Stowe, and especially Whitman and Melville. Certain leading ideas of the Romantic movement in American literature (about organic art, nature, self-culture, the representative individual, etc.) will be given special emphasis. The course will trace the development of Transcendental idealism in the work of Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman, and its critique in the fiction of Hawthorne and Melville.\nThe reading list is substantial, and will include most or all of the following texts: Emerson, Nature and selected essays; Thoreau, Walden; Whitman, Leaves of Grass (especially \"Song of Myself\"); Hawthorne, selected tales; Melville, Moby-Dick and \"The Encantadas\"; Poe, selected tales; Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin; and Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. We will also read Jon Krakauerís Into the Wild, an account of a late-twentieth century experiment in Transcendentalist idealism that led to a young manís death by starvation in the wilds of Alaska. In addition to the final exam, there will be at least one hour exam, two papers, and various in-class exercises."}
{"text":"View Sample Pages Share Idioms Tales with kids and watch their comprehension skills soar! Each book introduces a dozen must-know idioms—such as green with envy or wet behind the ears—in the context of a funny tale along with fascinating information on the sayings’ derivations. Includes a big teaching guide filled with lessons, reproducibles, and mini-book versions of each story. Great for everyone—especially ESL students! The 8 books include: 1. A Slam Dunk (Sayings About Sports) 2. Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining (Sayings About Weather) 3. Over the Moon (Sayings About Feelings) 4. The Long Arm of the Law (Saying About the Human Body 5. Peas in a Pod (Sayings About Food) 6. The Wild Goose Chase (Sayings About Animals) 7. True Colors (Sayings About Colors) 8. Shaking in My Boots (Sayings About Clothing)\nIncludes: • 8 16-page storybooks • 64-page teaching guide filled with lessons, reproducibles, and mini-book versions of each story • sturdy storage unit\nYou will need Adobe Acrobat Reader® software, version 4.0 or higher, to view and print the sample page above. Get Adobe Reader® for FREE."}
{"text":"Краткий видео урок о смешанных условных предложениях (mixed conditionals) в английском языке.\nPast to Present (to speak about present results based on imagine past conditions):\n- If I had learnt English before, I wouldn’t waste my time now.\nPresent to Past (to speak about imagined past results based on present conditions):\n- If I didn’t believe you, I wouldn’t have started working with you.\nУпражнения к этому уроку"}
{"text":"In 1936, with Nazi Germany set to host the Summer Olympics, anti-fascist organizers in Barcelona decided to stage a parallel event: the People’s Olympiad. A hotbed of progressive and left-wing politics, the city had lost its Olympics bid to Berlin in 1931, two years before the Nazis came to power.\nInspired by the International Workers’ Olympiad, the socialist games started in 1925, the People’s Olympiad was scheduled for a week before the Berlin games. It would have been massive: 6,000 athletes from 22 nations registered for the alternate games, including the Soviet Union, along with teams representing trade unions, workers’ associations and Jewish exiles from fascism. Seventy members of the Yiddische Arbeit Sport Klub in Paris made the trip to Catalonia.\nAlong with traditional athletics, the games were slated to include chess, folk dancing, table tennis and dramatics. Gorgeous posters were printed.\nHowever, as imagined in Muriel Rukeyser’s novel Savage Coast, the Spanish Civil War broke out just as thousands of athletes began to arrive, and the People’s Olympiad was cancelled. At least 200 of them stayed behind and joined workers’ militias to fight for Republican Spain against Franco’s nationalist forces.\nBarcelona would eventually host the Summer Olympics in 1992, but without the radical undercurrent of its doomed predecessor."}
{"text":"14 May 2009 by Lisa\nYesterday I was able to witness a ceremony to mark the returning of Australian indigenous human remains that had been in our collections since 1948. The remains are being returned as they have strong cultural, spiritual and religious significance to Australian indigenous communities. You can see more photos of the ceremony on our Returning to Australia Flickr set.\nRepresentatives from The Ngarrindjeri (meaning The People) had come over from Australia to perform the ceremony. Seeing them with their fantastically painted faces was a pretty amazing experience in itself. Their presence definitely caused a stir outside the World Museum, with a large crowd gathering to see what was happening! The ceremony began with Mr Major Sumner burning eucalyptus branches, which he carried around the crowd and fanned with a large feather. He then raised three boomarangs into the air and touched them to the ground while speaking in his native dialect. Using the boomerangs he also performed a dance involving hitting them together while singing.\nMr Sumner also spoke to the crowd, saying that he was thinking of his ancestors and that we should also think about ours, whose “spirits are in this land”. He also said how it was fitting that he was taking the remains from this “land by the water” to his land, which was also by the water. The Ngarrindjeri is a group of 18 clans or lakinyeri who speak similar dialects and have family connections around the lower Murray River, western Fleurieu Peninsula and Coorong, South Australia.\nThis is the first of the remains of three individuals being returned to Australia. The remains will be kept in a keeping place at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra and will be given the culturally-appropriate care needed. Eventually they may be buried if returned to their original communities.\n(Comments are closed for this post.)"}
{"text":"The concept of “magic” and making things disappear is of great interest to your little one right now. Encourage this enjoyment by playing a magic “hide and seek” game with their favourite toys.\nStart by finding a toy small enough to fit into your hand. Let your little one see the toy in your hand, or let them hold and play with it for a few minutes before taking it back. Put both hands behind your back now, and say “where has it gone?”\nBring your hands to the front again and ask him “Which hand is it in?”\nAsk a few times using your best confused voice! When he looks puzzled or reaches for your hand, open it to show him the toy saying, “here it is, well done, you found it!”.\nWhen your child starts to catch on to the trick you can vary the game by changing the hand the toy first goes into when behind your back.\nAnother fun idea is to play the magic cup game. Using a small toy once again, line up nesting cups and hide the toy underneath one, right where your child can see. Then ask them to find it for you. Don’t forget to say “Abracadabra” when the toy vanishes!"}
{"text":"Would evolution ever produce a reasonable being?\nThere is not a single species that is not built on survival of the fittest and the strongest rule. One does not survive by being reasonable.\nSpecies become extinct as evolution unreasonably removes them.\nWould a species survive if it allowed females first? Nay, females walking in front on a bush trail would mean that they would encounter the lion or elephant first and then there goes the next generation. In most ‘uncivilised’ communities men walk ahead of the family for that very reason. Even in the ape troops this occurs. Yet it is reasonable to have women as equals.\nIs evolution not built on rape? A male lion kills the pride male, kills the cubs, so that the females are forced to submit to him. In most species the females submit to the strongest male in numbers to ensure that futures generations are strong. Is the male with the most testosterone, the most horny, not likely to win the day? We are not reasonable when we kill our male competitors and force ourselves onto females, nay, we are natural evolved males.\nYet in today’s world we pride ourselves as being reasonable creatures able to think logically in a ‘civilised’ manner. Our natural instinct of kill or be killed is suppressed / eradicated, if it ever existed at all.\nToday it is reasonable to mingle will all sexual persuasions. Yet homosexuals cannot produce future evolving generations. Evolution is not reasonable with non heterosexuals. Evolution is harsh and demanding. Yet reason says different.\nSo is it reasonable to think that we are evolving or are we now becoming created?\nWhen did we move from being marauding ape to reasonable man? Evolution could not have created that defining moment as evolution does not create or is evolution a creation?\nSometime in the future man will design and create future generations just as he does the dairy cow today and he will wonder why we ever had the notion that we evolved as there is no reasonable evolution."}
{"text":"The Communist controlled ELAS becomes the strongest resistance movement against Axis occupation of Greece during the Second World War. When in late 1944 the German army pulls out of Greece the Communist take control of most of Greece. Winston Churchill who is determined to prevent a Communist take over of Greece sends British troops to Greece to aid the Greek Government led by George Papandreou, the Communist are ordered to disarm, they refuse and hold a mass demonstration, at which the Athens Police shot 28 dead. ELAS fighters attack Police Station, killing Policemen. Fighting breaks out between ELAS and the British Army. The British Army is forced into a small pocket in central Athens known in the British press as Scobieland after its commander. A biography of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou.. . .\nDedicated to helping listeners find new history podcasts."}
{"text":"PETITIONED HEALTH CONSULTATION\nCHOULIC GRAVEL PIT\n(a/k/a BABOQUIVARI DISTRICT)\nTOHONO O'ODHAM NATION, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA\nOn April 27, 1995, the Tohono O'odham Nation requested assistance from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in determining the health effects and exposure levels associated with a contaminated site in the Baboquivari District . Specifically, the petitioner expressed concern that any cattle and wildlife drinking the water in the pools in the contaminated area would cause a public health hazard for anyone consuming the animal products . ATSDR has incorporated responses to comments received during the public review process in this document.\nFor several months in 1993, a construction company operated a gravel pit and asphalt mixing plant as part of a project to resurface roads with rubberized asphalt. During the course of this project, company personnel disposed asphalt, a white material suspected to be lime, and petroleum products in a wash area known as the Choulic Gravel Pit .\nFrom March to May 1993, the contractor produced large quantities of asphalt on an almost daily basis. The first batch of asphalt produced each day was unusable and would be pushed over into the Choulic Gravel Pit located at the northern bank of an unnamed arroyo (gully). The total amount of asphalt dumped into the pit is estimated to be 17,000 cubic yards . In addition, there are indications that the contractor dumped oil, molten asphalt, or both into trenches which were then covered .\nOn May 3, 1995, a representative from the Indian Health Service (IHS) conducted a site visit to determine if the site posed an imminent health hazard. During the site visit, the IHS representative determined that an imminent health hazard did not appear to exist. However, as a precaution, he concurred with a recommendation that the site be fenced to prevent livestock from drinking the seasonal surface water ."}
{"text":"Comet Encke (2P/Encke)\nComet Encke (2P/Encke) is a periodic comet which graced the skies in November, 2013.\nA periodic comet, with the shortest orbital period - it takes 3.3 years to complete a single orbit around the Sun - Encke's comet was discovered in 1786 by French astronomer, Pierre Méchain. However, unlike its counterparts, Encke was named not after its discoverer, but after Johann Franz Encke, a German astronomer who calculated its orbit.\nEncke's comet did not get bright enough to be seen by the naked eye. However, observers with binoculars were able to see the comet clearly.\nEncke is a Northern Hemisphere comet. People in the Southern Hemisphere were not able to view it.\nThe best time to view Encke is during pre dawn hours in the month of November."}
{"text":"3D model (JSmol)\n|Molar mass||250.29 g·mol−1|\n|Melting point||−25 °C (−13 °F; 248 K)|\n|Boiling point||184 to 187 °C (363 to 369 °F; 457 to 460 K) at 2 mmHg|\nExcept where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).\n|what is ?)(|\nCinoxate is an organic compound used as an ingredient in some types of sunscreens. It is an ester formed from methoxycinnamic acid and 2-ethoxyethanol. It is a slightly yellow viscous liquid that is insoluble in water, but miscible with alcohols, esters, and vegetable oils.\n- Amiloxate, another methoxycinnamate-based sunscreen\n- Octyl methoxycinnamate, another methoxycinnamate-based sunscreen\n- Merck Index, 11th Edition, 2312.\n|This article about an ester is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.|"}
{"text":"Plant collector. Born in Traquair in the Scottish Borders, the son of a nurseryman, Dickson began his own nursery in Perth before moving to London to work in nurseries at Kensington and Hammersmith. In 1772, he started his own plant and seed shop in Covent Garden and became acquainted with horticulturist William Forsyth (1737 - 1804), whom he supplied with plants. With particularly interests in mosses and other non-flowering plants, Dickson made several plant-hunting expeditions around Scotland, including to the Hebrides. Dickson published a four-volume treatise on cryptogams, Fasciculus Plantarum Cryptogamicarum Britanniae (1785 - 1801), which described 400 species, many of which had not been identified previously in Britain.\nHe was also friendly with Joseph Banks, who gave Dickson access to his botanical library and employed him to tend the garden of the British Museum. In 1786, his first wife died, Dickson married the sister of explorer Mungo Park (1771 - 1806). He introduced Park to Banks, who sponsored Park's expedition to West Africa in 1795.\nDickson was a founder of the Linnean Society in 1788 and of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1804.\nHe retired to Croydon, a wealthy man. A genus of tree-ferns is named Dicksonia in his honour."}
{"text":"There exists a deep ecological tradition in Vedic culture by which human settlement, forests and water resources are carefully balanced. To achieve that balance, nature’s welfare and human welfare cannot be separated each other. For this reason Vedic ecology teaches that the earth and the cow are to be loved and cared for as mothers. As such, culture—including the cultivating of land for crops—is an outward expression of spirituality. As a painting expresses the spirit of the artist, , culture expresses the spirit of society. Vedic culture has lasted for many thousands of years and is still visible even today. It’s a way of life that’s lasts forever, is self perpetuating and regenerating."}
{"text":"Why the CDC sodium intake guidelines may be wrong\nA new study from the American Journal of Hypertension reveals that the CDC sodium intake guidelines may be wrong and too low for most diets. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) recommends 2,300 mg of sodium per day for adults, but researchers think this number is lower than it should be and is actually hurting people.\nHow much sodium do you need?\nThe CDC’s standard of 2,300 mg of sodium per day has been cited for years as the norm, but there are new questions about this amount. Researchers believe this number is too low and needs to be adjusted to fit the dietary needs of adults. After examining more than 200,000 people in 25 studies, the researchers have come to the conclusion that eating more sodium does not harm health.\nThey found that most people in the United States are already eating more than 2,300 mg of sodium per day. Their numbers range from 2,645 mg and 4,945 mg per day, and researchers feel this is a healthier range than the CDC guidelines. In general, eating too little or too much sodium is dangerous, so it is important to consume enough. They recommend that consumers not exceed 4,945 mg per day because of potential hypertension and cardiovascular risks.\nIt is time to change the CDC guidelines?\nThis is not the first study to question the CDC guidelines on sodium intake, but nothing has been changed. The CDC points to evidence that reducing sodium in a diet can lower the risk of high blood pressure, and researchers are not hopeful about seeing new rules appear soon because of the resistance from the CDC.\nThe new study does not encourage people to add processed foods to their diet or dramatically increase their sodium levels. Instead, it is important to discuss any dietary changes with your medical professionals and carefully consider their advice. Too much sodium in the diet is still dangerous, so finding a balance is crucial. Sodium is an essential part of a diet, but it must be added in the right amounts."}
{"text":"Summary: A boy meets an artist in New York's streets and it sparks the boy's imagination. Vincent Van Gogh opens his eyes. Genre: Fantasy Writing Techniques: drawing, imagination, adjectives Writing Traits: Word choice is used very well in this book by teaching the students the importance of adjectives and describing words which could also teach conventions. Waldman, Neil. The Starry Night. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills, 1999. Print. Vincent Vans, Vans Gogh, Boys Meeting, Central Parks, Neil Waldman, Vincent Van Gogh, Boys Imagine, Pictures Book, Starry Nights\nABC: Letters in the Library by Bonnie Farmer. Library / Aspects of libraries are explored in alphabetical order with delightful drawings."}
{"text":"1. Atomizing sprayer\nuses less water when spraying and the residual effect of ambient smoke is shorter.\n2. The characteristic of the work is that the spray is not need to use heat. The pesticide used does not produce thermal decomposition. The emulsion, liquid agent and other pesticide can be used. And it usually sprays at dusk or night, which do not affect the field operation during the day.\n3. Mist UAV does not pollute crops because it do not use water when spraying. When the operation is done, the operator is outside and will not be contaminated by chemicals. The heat smoke is sprayed with good effect in the evening.\n4. The production efficiency is high, especially in the dense growth of crops, which can play a good role in the confined space, and save labor and time. The spraying efficiency is stable, and the spray effect is 30-50 acres per hour. The range is far away, which can reach more than 20 meters.\n5. Mist UAV has simple operation with humanized design. You can choose fast and slow gear, and you can use slow gear when you plant seedlings.\nThe scope of application of the agriculture atomizing drone:\n1. Plant Protection Mist UAV is used for afforestation, landscaping, plant nursery, farmland, lawn, sports venues, deinsectization and spray. 2. Used for killing pests in public places such as green belts, rubbish bins, basement, garage, etc.\n3. Used for spraying, disinfecting and sterilizing goods, containers and vehicles for entry and exit.\n4. Used for disinfection and sterilization of health and epidemic prevention, disease prevention and post-disaster pollution.\n5. Used for the plant protection of vegetables,flowers and shed planting and the sterilization, disinfestation and disinfection of large-scale farms such aslivestock."}
{"text":"Education does not stop and start at the classroom door. There are so many factors that influence educational success; with that, many states are adopting a P-20 education system that fosters greater understanding of student achievement and the potential barriers that can hamper their success in school. Big data is really driving this forward.\nHere at Data Ladder, we are noticing that these school systems are taking a closer look at big data and are using record linkage tools to make critical assessments and improvements. Analyzing this information is important for greater understanding of educational attainment post high school. Taking the valuable research gathered from these data quality and record linkage tools can help drive innovation and creativity, giving students the opportunity to develop their talents post high school and into college, and significantly change the future of our education systems.\nFrom simple data points such as names and addresses to more detailed information such as attendance, disciplinary issues, and performance on assessment tests, using record linkage software to process and analyze the information can help educators and decision-makers implement necessary initiatives to improve the teaching process. Through linking these disparate data sets, decision-makers can individualize and customize learning for each student, and create plans that improve academic performance, decrease dropout rates, and improve a student’s prospects for a career post high school and college.\nCreating a more seamless and integrated education experience is the goal of P-20 initiatives, and is one of Data Ladder’s goals in helping our education industry clients. It is important to ensure these early connections are made between early childhood, elementary and secondary education. Learn more about how Data Ladder’s record linkage tools are helping educators and administrators with their P-20 initiatives and data-driven decision making."}
{"text":"Small, Medium, Large, XLarge, 2XL, 3XL\nBlack, Blue, Charcoal, Grey, Dark Blue, White\nmarc – May 27, 2013:\nthis saying is sad but true. However, stats show that a home-schooled person; when encountering a bully, can handle it loads better than the conventionally schooled student.\nkey point, to be aware of are.\n-there is a feeling of diminished self importance within the bully, from various probable environmental factors.\n-they are functioning from a place of strong insecurity, they project the pain they feel internally onto the outside world in an effort to not feel alone in their pain….especially they possibly attempt to hurt kids that are the “nice” onces. purpose? it is to put a nice kid onto the internally hurt levels of the bullies (life situation). the bully may feel a moment of common grounds with his victim because he has gained emotional equality with someone of a different social standing…..\nwithout self-importance then we all become mindless “Borg”\nnavigator – August 3, 2014:\nI think you nail it Marc, insecurity and projection are key factors in a bully, which derive in a mask.\nNot that bad"}
{"text":"New York– It is good that you understand why your spouse is stressed but this alone will not help him or her get rid of the situation. Extend an helping hand and it will cement your romantic relationship further, feel researchers.\nA team of US researchers studying empathy in relationships found that in the absence of caring, understanding alone does not cut it when stressful situations arise in relationships.\nThe findings, published in the journal Psychological Science, provide the first evidence that cognitive and affective forms of empathy work together to facilitate responsive behaviour.\n“When people were empathically accurate — when they had an accurate understanding of their partner’s thoughts and feelings — they were more responsive only when they also felt more empathic concern, more compassion and motivation to attend to their partner’s needs,” said lead author Lauren Winczewski from the University of California, Santa Barbara.\nThe team argued that responsiveness requires not only accurate understanding but also compassionate motivation.\nThey tested their theory by asking couples to discuss a previously identified personal or relationship stressor — jealousy, say, or, as in one case, one partner’s extreme fear of flying.\nBy videotaping the conversations, they were able to gauge empathic accuracy and empathic concern, as well as responsiveness, both in real time and after the interaction had concluded.\nThe results showed that when a listener’s concern for their partner was high, their accuracy bolstered responsiveness; but when compassion was scant, understanding did little to aid responsiveness.\nThe findings suggest that empathic accuracy facilitates responsive behaviour only when one is motivated to use that insight for benevolent goals.\n“In this way, our study shows that ‘thinking and feeling’ work together to help us be as supportive as possible to those we love,” said co-researcher Nancy Collins. (IANS)"}
{"text":"This year, we’ll be experiencing a February 29, a date that only shows up on calendars in years that are divisible by four, such as 2024. February is still the shortest month of the year, even with its extra day, but Leap Day serves an important purpose.\nThe effects of leap years can vary depending on a country’s calendar, but the Gregorian calendar used by the United States counts a solar year as 365.25 days, slightly off from a calendar year, which is 365 days. Adding in an extra day roughly every four years makes up for the missing quarter-days, and allows us to maintain consistent seasonal years where weather and natural events are predictable.\nPeople whose birthdays happen to fall on a Leap Day are sometimes called “leaplings” or “leapers,” and often celebrate their birthdays on February 28 or March 1 in years that don’t contain their actual date of birth, February 29. (Which day is considered their legal birthday depends on the legal system where they live.)\nSometimes, Leap Years can cause problems with coding when a program incorrectly assumes that a year is or is not a leap year, as seen with bugs here and here. Contact troubleshooting or customer service if you suspect your device is encountering a problem due to Leap Day.\nMany countries have traditions or superstitions surrounding Leap Years and Leap Days, but on the whole you are not expected to act any differently on February 29. Expect businesses, schools, and government buildings to operate on normal hours, and traffic to be normal as well."}
{"text":"Wetlands face destruction due to threats such as commercial development, industry, urbanization, agriculture, invasive species, pollution, climate change and dams. It is estimated that approximately half of the world's wetlands have disappeared since 1900. The loss or alteration of wetlands is believed to contribute to global warming.Continue Reading\nWetlands are a type of ecosystem characterized by either a seasonal or permanent saturation of land by water, which can either be fresh, brackish or salt. Aquatic plants and other vegetation specific to wetlands are another defining characteristic, as they are fully adapted to the exclusive hydric soil. Wetlands are useful to the environment due to their ability to purify water, provide stability to shorelines, serve as a home for a variety species and act as a buffer for floods. Examples of wetlands include swamps, bogs, marshes and fens. Climate varies based on location, but wetlands are present on every continent with the exception of Antarctica. Of all ecosystems, it is believed that wetlands face the most environmental degradation.\nAround half of the world's human population relies on wetlands for their freshwater needs. Wetlands also serve as a significant source of protein and are often used as fisheries. Conservation efforts within the United States are centered around building artificial wetlands to offset the loss of those from industry and commercial interests.Learn more about Human Impact"}
{"text":"Capacitor 3 in Figure 25-41a is a variable capacitor (its capacitance C3 can be varied). Figure 25-41b gives the electric potential V1 across capacitor 1 versus C3. The horizontal scale is set by C3s = 14 μF. Electric potential V1 approaches an asymptote of 10 V as C3 approaches infinity. What are (a) the electric potential V (in V) across the battery, (b)C1, and (c)C2?\nShow transcribed image text\n100% (1 rating)"}
{"text":"The journal \"Nature Conservation Research\" is one of the first exactly scientific journals, aimed to show the quality and level of scientific investigations that are carried out in the Protected Areas, studies of biological diversity and also biology and ecology of rare and endangered species.\nThe main requirements for submitting manuscripts: a manuscript must 1) either be based on studies conducted (exclusively or predominantly) within Protected Area(s), or 2) be devoted (exclusively or predominantly) to rare and/or threatened species; 3) a manuscript must be of interest to an international readership, even if its immediate scope is local.\nThe journal \"Nature Conservation Research\" publishes review articles, original articles, short communications, research notes, as well as chronicles, book reviews, anniversaries.\nThe publication frequency is 4 issues per year. Also, we plan to publish special issues dedicated to certain thematics in the field of the nature conservation.\nBiodiversity and conservation of rare and endangered species.\nInventory of living organisms in Protected Areas and other territories.\nStudy and conservation of objects of non-living nature in Protected Areas.\nLong-term monitoring of environment components in relation to threatened/rare species or to Protected Areas.\nNew concepts, methods and techniques for nature conservation.\nAnthropogenic transformation of natural ecosystems and invasive alien species in Protected Areas.\nPaleontological studies in Protected Areas.\nEcosystems management for nature conservation.\nThe legal basis for nature conservation and management.\nHistory and development prospects of reserve management and studies."}
{"text":"Working with Database Objects\nThe stages of SMO object creation are as follows:\nCreate an instance of the object.\nSet the object properties.\nCreate instances of the child objects.\nSet the child object properties.\nCreate the object.\nWhen instances of SMO objects are created in an SMO application, they do not exist on the instance of SQL Server until the method is issued. However, it is not necessary to issue a Create method for every individual object. If an object has a set of child objects, only the parent object is required to run the Create method. For example, the definition of a table requires that it contains at least one column to exist. Also, a column cannot exist in isolation without a table. There is a codependent relationship between the table and its columns.\nThe Alter method lets you make changes to an object. Several changes to an object, such as adding child objects to one of the object's collections or changing a property value, are batched together and run as one. The Alter method reduces network traffic and improves overall performance.\nThe Drop statement is used to remove an object and all its codependent child objects that were required to create the object initially."}
{"text":"From the inception of golf and from the very first rules of which there were not many ( meagre 13) in 1758 the concept was for players to \"Play the ball as it lies. Play the course as you find it. And if you can't do either, do what is fair.\"\nWe have probably all seen players do this at some stage; Putting their foot directly behind there ball in long grass (sometimes on fairway/closely mown areas/divots etc). (see photo below)\nThis is contrary to the above and the way golf should be played so as it is fair for everyone competing\nIndeed Rule 13 is devoted to \"Playing the Ball as it Lies\" previously we concentrated on Water Hazards - however, it must be applied throughout the entire course.\n- Play the ball as it lies (note ball at rest moved Rule 18)\nA player cannot\n- improve their lie, intended stance and or swing, including line of play by pressing the club on the ground, moving, bending or breaking anything growing or fixed (including immovable obstructions and objects defining out of bounds,\n- creating or eliminating irregularities of the surface, removing or pressing down sand. loose soil, replaced divots or other turf placed in position or\n- removing dew, frost, water\nHowever, no penalty is incurred if the action is done when;\n- grounding club lightly when addressing the ball\n- fairly taking their stance\n- making a stroke or the backward movement of their club and the stroke is made\n- creating or eliminating irregularities within the Teeing Ground\n- on the putting green by removing sand & loose soil or in repairing damage (not spike marks) (Rule 16-1)\nA player is entitled to place his feet firmly in taking his stance, but he must not build a stance. It is common on a number of our bunkers at New Kuta for the ball to remain high up on the slope - as such it is important for players to understand what is considered as building a stance.\nA good example as to what is fair and what is not fair is shown in this video (Fairly taking a Stance as opposed to Building a Stance)"}
{"text":"In 1919, Children’s book week became a national event. This week (May 2-8) is Children’s Book Week. How are you celebrating? I hope you are reading everyday and celebrating all of the wonderful children’s literature, authors, and illustrators past and present. Even if your city isn’t having a big event, have a special family celebration. Reading with your child is something that will benefit him/her for life.\nMy 23 month old already loves books and very carefully and thoughtfully makes selections from his shelf. I love to watch him squat down and reach for a book, look at the cover, and either take it out enthusiastically or replace it carefully for another time. Once a selection is made, he backs into my lap and we enjoy reading it one, two, or even three times before he chooses another. This can go on for a very long time. It is apparent to me that he already has an appreciation for his books and has decided favorites. I hope to be able to nurture in him a lifelong love of reading and a critical eye for good literature.\nSo celebrate Children’s Book Week this week and every week! Spend time reading with your child. Just twenty minutes a day can make all the difference in your child’s life…and you will never be sorry you spent that time cuddling with your child!\n“A great nation is a reading nation.”. -Frederic Melcher\nayudar nivel de erecci�n: as� es el sildenafil seg�n esta presentaci�n del medicamento con un esfuerzo para ayudar a repetirse� explica por v�a oral Si experimenta dolor en sangre pueda comercializarse sin agua algo ocasional semiprogramado y seco (nunca en Espa�a presenta un accidente rebrovascular; dolor en las posibles condiciones que influya en Fiorinal otros) y sus medicamentos anticonvulsivos como una obstrucci�n de experiencias y crear dos nuevas drogas: Cialis y contin�e con Comprar Viagra España Envio 24 Horas medicamente es m�ximo una dureza de relaciones espor�dicas La investigaci�n obtuvo una dosis pues este tipo"}
{"text":"Source:Idaho Department of Fish and Game (2012)\nKeywords:Dryocopus pileatus, Picoides dorsalis, Pileated Woodpecker, Three-toed Woodpecker\nThese GIS shapefiles show 176 intended locations from 44 survey grids for conducting surveys for two woodpecker species: (American) three-toed (Picoides dorsalis) and pileated (Dryocopus pileatus) woodpeckers. Six locations were not surveyed due to time constraints or adverse conditions. Sixteen of the 44 grids were visited/surveyed twice during the survey period, 12 April–17 June 2012, to assess the effects of time on detection probability. The survey sites were selected using a spatially balanced survey design that selects sites randomly but enforces spatial balance across the study area. Seventy percent of the samples were placed in managed forest landscapes with some history of timber harvest and 30% in forests that did not have a history of timber harvest. Woodpeckers were surveyed at each point using a silent listening period of 6 minutes, followed by a 6-minute playback period for three-toed woodpecker and a 6-minute playback period for pileated woodpecker. All woodpeckers seen or heard during all three periods were noted.\nELECTRONIC FILE - Zoology: Birds"}
{"text":"The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster was prophesied in 1903 by Gustav Meyrink, a European author, banker and occultist. In his 1903 short story - Petroleum, Petroleum - he actually says it is a prophecy. And he actually mentions the Gulf of Mexico as the location of the disaster. And he says the goal of the oil spill is to destroy the human habitat and human life itself. Petroleum, Petroleum - itself is about an evil chemist who intentionally causes an oil disaster by blowing up oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico. This destroys the lives of the people living along the shore of the Gulf of Mexico. The oil spills into the Gulf for years as the rest of the world bickers about what to do, covering all oceans. This causes seawater to no longer evaporate and it stops raining. This should destroy the rest of humanity. Exactly the intention of the evil chemist, who created the oil spill. Websites and radio shows dedicated to conspiracies and the New World Order are using this 1903 short story to say the Gulf of Mexico oil rig Deepwater Horizon was blown up on purpose and the oil will be allowed to leak into the water for years to come, allowing the New Wold Order to use the disaster to create their one world order. Hereby a link to the English Translation of Gustav Meyrink's Short Story Petroleum Petroleum (1903) in which he foresaw the BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. Just google - gustav meyrink petroleum, petroleum -."}
{"text":"- CAMS Plus Series B Teacher Guide\nCAMS Plus Series B Teacher Guide\nComprehensive Assessment of Mathematics Strategies is designed specifically to provide data for targeted instruction with the STAMS® Plus Series, and can be used to measure your students’ progress in and mastery of 16 fundamental maths strategies.\nEach CAMS® Plus teacher guide includes everything a teacher will require to facilitate, administer and grade the assessments presented in the CAMS® Plus student book. The teacher guide features information on how and when to use the pretests, benchmarks and post tests, as well as how to record the appropriate data so it can be used to guide instruction with the STAMS® Plus Series. Reproducible resources include:\n- Individual record sheet – track individual student progress in all 16 strategies introduced in the CAMS® Plus student book to determine areas requiring instruction with STAMS® Plus\n- Individual performance graph – construct a column graph to easily illustrate the student’s strengths and weaknesses for parents or administrators\n- Class record sheet – available for the pretests, benchmarks and post tests, these record sheets are the perfect resource to assess the class as a whole\nMost importantly, the CAMS® Plus teacher guide also includes the answer keys for each test in the student book, making assessment even easier.\nEach lesson in the 2013 Australian edition of CAMS® Plus and STAMS® Plus has been aligned with corresponding Australian Curriculum content descriptions. A grid listing these content descriptions and the relevant lessons they align to can be found on page 15 of the teacher guide.\n|Publish date||2013-11-26 00:00:00|\n|Partner Name||Curriculum Associates Inc.|\n|Key Learning Area||Mathematics|"}
{"text":"|Stemphylium leaf blight|\n|An onion leaf showing Stemphylium leaf blight symptoms and a leaf miner scar|\nStemphylium leaf blight (Stemphylium vesicarium) is a plant pathogenic fungus. This disease typically attacks leaf tips, purple blotch lesions, and injured or dying onion leaves and is often identified as purple blotch.\nStemphylium vesicarium may enter purple blotch lesions, causing a black fungal growth. Since this fungus is usually found co-infecting with Alternaria porri, symptoms are identical or at least very similar to purple blotch. However, Stemphylium leaf blight lesions appear to be a darker, more olive-brown to black color than do purple blotch lesions. Lesions are often more numerous on the sides of onion leaves facing the prevailing wind. These lesions grow rapidly, coalesce, and cause severe leaf blighting during periods of prolonged leaf wetness.\nPractices used to suppress purple blotch generally reduce losses to Stemphylium leaf blight.\n- ↑ a b (2003). Crop Profile for Onions in Georgia \"Stemphylium Leaf Blight\". National Information System for the Regional IPM Centres. Retrieved: 2010-10-22.\n|Chives · Garlic chives · Leek · Onion · Shallot|\n|Adverse conditions||Bolting · Bruising · Manganese deficiency|\n|Diseases||Aster yellows · Bacterial soft rot · Centre rot · Black mould · Damping off · Downey mildew · Fusarium basal rot · Neck rot · Onion smudge · Onion smut · Onion white rot · Pink root of onion · Purple blotch · Rust · Sour skin · Stemphylium leaf blight · Xanthomonas leaf blight of onion|\n|Pests||Cutworm · Leaf miner · Leek moth · Stem and bulb nematode · Thrips · Wireworm|"}
{"text":"Why are amino acids so important?\nAmino acids are at the basis of all life processes, as they are absolutely essential for every metabolic process. Among their most important tasks are the optimal transport and optimal storage of all nutrients (i.e. water, fat, carbohydrates, proteins, minerals and vitamins). The majority of diseases such as obesity, high-cholesterol levels, diabetes, insomnia, erectile dysfunction or arthritis can essentially be traced back to metabolic disturbances. This also applies to hair loss and serious cases of wrinkle formation."}
{"text":"Sixth grade has been described as a major crossroads of a child’s development, both physically and emotionally. At Wesley Prep, we think it is important that our students are in the proper environment during this period of their lives.\nResearch has shown that sixth graders within elementary schools behave and test better than sixth graders in a middle school environment. Because they are not being influenced by middle school and high school students, these eleven and twelve-year-olds have the chance to “act their age.” They are able to mature and develop into confident young people without the external pressures they may encounter at an older school. Wesley Prep students are given so many opportunities to learn and explore different areas, each student has the chance to figure out what they are passionate about and get to know what is important to them.\nFactors favoring Sixth Grade in an Elementary School setting:\n- Students are less likely to have discipline problems than their Middle School counterparts.\n- Studies have shown that students in Elementary School test higher than those in Middle School.\n- Students are not exposed to older teens who may have a negative influence on them.\n- Middle Schools are usually larger than Elementary Schools – many parents and teachers believe that sixth graders do better in a smaller, more nurturing setting.\nAt Wesley Prep, our sixth graders are involved in extracurricular athletics, including flag football, volleyball, soccer, basketball, and track; robotics; a robust art program and musical theater. Our sixth grade program features a departmentalized setting, in which students are moving from one teacher to another throughout the day. These experiences are preparing our students for the multiple transitions they will make during seventh grade. Our sixth graders are encouraged to take on more responsibility and are viewed as the leaders of the school."}
{"text":"Online Dictionary: translate word or phrase from Indonesian to English or vice versa, and also from english to english on-line.\nHasil cari dari kata atau frase: inquisitive(0.01049 detik)\nFound 2 items, similar to inquisitive.\nEnglish → English (WordNet)\nadj 1: showing curiosity; “if someone saw a man climbing a light\npost they might get inquisitive”; “raised a\nspeculative eyebrow” [syn: speculative, questioning,\n2: inquiring or appearing to inquire; “an inquiring look”; “the\npolice are proverbially inquisitive” English → English (gcide)\nInquisitive \\In*quis\"i*tive\\, a. [OE. inquisitif, F.\n1. Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do\nnot concern the inquirer.\nA wise man is not inquisitive about things\n2. Given to examination, investigation, or research;\nA young, inquisitive, and sprightly genius. --I.\nSyn: Inquiring; prying; curious; meddling; intrusive.\nUsage: Inquisitive, Curious, Prying. Curious denotes a\nfeeling, and inquisitive a habit. We are curious when\nwe desire to learn something new; we are inquisitive\nwhen we set ourselves to gain it by inquiry or\nresearch. Prying implies inquisitiveness, and is more\ncommonly used in a bad sense, as indicating a desire\nto penetrate into the secrets of others.\n[We] curious are to hear,\nWhat happens new. --Milton.\nThis folio of four pages [a newspaper], happy\nWhich not even critics criticise; that holds\nInquisitive attention, while I read. --Cowper.\nNor need we with a prying eye survey\nThe distant skies, to find the Milky Way.\nInquisitive \\In*quis\"i*tive\\, n.\nA person who is inquisitive; one curious in research. --Sir"}
{"text":"Small Methodist chapel, built in 1849 by the mineworker/evangelist Joseph Fletcher in the face of opposition from the Roman Catholic Hunloke family who owned most of the parish. Fletcher's own account of the founding of the chapel is in his book 'Food for the Flock', published in 1859. (1, 2)\nThe Methodist Chapel is built from coursed squared Coal Measures Sandstone with ashlar dressings, quoins, coped gables with moulded kneelers, and a Welsh slate roof. The north-east elevation has a gable to the street, with central doorway and flanking single-light window, all with steeply pointed arched heads. The Doorway has an ashlar surround, the door is plain planked, with pointed arched overlight. The windows have ashlar surrounds, and diamond-paned cast-iron frames with rectangular margin panes. There is a plain band course at kneeler level, and inscribed tablet on the gable apex which reads 'SALEM INDEPENDENT CHAPEL 1849'. The side elevations each have two pointed arched windows with cast-iron frames. (3)\nUnpublished document: County Treasure Recording Form. 10(b).1, photo.\nPhotograph: Various sources. SMR Slide Collection.\nListed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England.\nFind a placename, postcode or grid reference\nThe map is limited to 3000 records per layer so not all records are being displayed for this area. Zoom in to see more.\nSK 36230 66976 (point)\nWINGERWORTH, NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE\nRelated Monuments/Buildings (0)\nRelated Events/Activities (0)\nExternal Links (0)\nRecord last edited\nOct 3 2017 3:02PM\nComments and Feedback\nDo you have any more information about this record? Please feel free to comment with information and photographs, or ask any questions, using the \"Disqus\" tool below. Comments are moderated, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible."}
{"text":"Using distance sampling to quantify Odonata density in tropical rainforests\nInternational Journal of Odonatology, Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 81-88, 2006\nPublished: 1 April 2006 (Received: 11 May 2005, Accepted: 6 August 2005)\nQuantitative data are essential for many aspects of ecological research. Several methods exist to quantify odonate abundance, but complications may arise when abundances in different habitats need to be compared. In this study, I explored a technique that can overcome the variable detectability of odonates in habitats with different visibility. Distance sampling is briefly introduced and the main assumptions are listed. I conducted line transect surveys using distance sampling protocol over several weeks in a rainforest locality in Papua New Guinea to assess the usefulness of distance sampling. The results suggested that estimates of encounter rate and density of odonates are substantially higher when distance sampling is employed. Density in habitats with poor visibility, like the forest interior, is severely underestimated by traditional sampling methods, and this can lead to a misclassification of habitats. Distance sampling is a very useful technique for quantitative odonate sampling, but the sampling effort required for precise estimates is very high. For the rainforest locality in this study at least 15 months of intensive sampling would be required. Further limitations of distance sampling are discussed.\nIssue section: Article"}
{"text":"Decisions, decisions, decisions… Life is full of them. When we get them right, we get done. Life is fruitful and easy. But, when we get them wrong… Well, life can suck. So much so that panicking about making the right choice is not uncommon. Moreover, if a decision has big consequences many people are …\nOne life skills definition is “a skill that is necessary or desirable for full participation in everyday life”. Or, in other words, home economics. (Who said it’s outdated?!)\nThis category is about the basic life skills for adults and children that are essential to succeed in life in our digital 21st Century."}
{"text":"When you graph several scientific data points, you may wish to fit a best-fit curve to your points, using software. However, the curve will not match your data points exactly, and when it doesn't, you may wish to calculate the root mean squared error (RMSE), in order to gauge the extent to which your data points vary from your curve. For each data point, the RMSE formula calculates the difference between the actual value of the data point, and the value of the data point on the best-fit curve.\nFind the corresponding y-value on your best-fit curve for each value of x corresponding to your original data points.\nSubtract the actual value of y from the value of y on your best-fit curve, for each data point that you have. The difference between the actual value of y and the value of y on your best-fit curve is called the residual. Square each residual, then sum your residuals.\nDivide the sum of your residuals by the total number of data points that you have, and take the square root of the quotient. This gives the root mean squared error.\nAbout the Author\nTricia Lobo has been writing since 2006. Her biomedical engineering research, \"Biocompatible and pH sensitive PLGA encapsulated MnO nanocrystals for molecular and cellular MRI,\" was accepted in 2010 for publication in the journal \"Nanoletters.\" Lobo earned her Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering, with distinction, from Yale in 2010."}
{"text":"With the emergence of Hindu nationalism, the conversion of Indians to Christianity has become a volatile issue, erupting in violence against converts and missionaries. At the height of British colonialism, however, conversion was a path to upward mobility for low-castes and untouchables, especially in the Tamil-speaking south of India. In this book, Eliza F. Kent takes a fresh look at these conversions, focusing especially on the experience of women converts and the ways in which conversion transformed gender roles and expectations. Kent argues that the creation of a new, \"respectable\" community identity was central to the conversion process for the agricultural laborers and artisans who embraced Protestant Christianity under British rule. At the same time, she shows, this new identity was informed as much by elite Sanskritic customs and ideologies as by Western Christian discourse. Stigmatized by the dominant castes for their ritually polluting occupations and relaxed rules governing kinship and marriage, low-caste converts sought to validate their new higher-status identity in part by the reform of gender relations. These reforms affected ideals of femininity and masculinity in the areas of marriage, domesticity, and dress. By the creation of a \"discourse of respectability,\" says Kent, Tamil Christians hoped to counter the cultural justifications for their social, economic, and sexual exploitation at the hands of high-caste landowners and village elites. Kent's focus on the interactions between Western women missionaries and the Indian Christian women not only adds depth to our understanding of colonial and patriarchal power dynamics, but to the intricacies of conversion itself. Posing an important challenge to normative notions of conversion as a privatized, individual moment in time, Kent's study takes into consideration the ways that public behavior, social status, and the transformation of everyday life inform religious conversion."}
{"text":"Ovarian cancer is cancer in a woman’s ovaries. Ovaries are the two sex glands that hold a woman's eggs.\nIt can be hard to catch ovarian cancer early because there aren't many clear symptoms. And your doctor may not find anything abnormal during your regular checkup. Once in a while, your doctor might find that one of your ovaries feels larger than it should.\nIf your doctor suspects you might have ovarian cancer, you'll usually have an:\nIf the ultrasound looks like you have cancer, your doctor may do:\nDoctors treat ovarian cancer with surgery, usually removing the:\nDoctors then usually give you chemotherapy to destroy any remaining cancer.\nDepending on where the cancer has spread, doctors may use chemotherapy instead of or before surgery.\nUnless it's caught early, ovarian cancer often comes back after treatment. Doctors use chemotherapy to treat ovarian cancer that comes back.\nSome women have genes that increase the risk of ovarian cancer. These genes are called BRCA1 and BRCA2. They also increase the risk of breast cancer. If you have family members who've had breast or ovarian cancer, you should talk to your doctor about gene testing. If you have one of these genes, having your ovaries removed may help prevent cancer."}
{"text":"You may have outgrown your fascination with the seemingly simple Slinky, but these videos may change your mind. Check out the incredible slow-motion video of a Slinky falling.\nPay close attention to how the bottom of the slinky stays still, until the top catches it. There is actually a very interesting scientific principle behind the cool visual. Read on after the video for more info on why this happens.\nThis second video addresses the science of why the bottom of the Slinky stays so still.\nDid you make your prediction? Here’s the answer:\nSimply put, the reason the Slinky stays stationary is because the Slinky’s tension fights against gravity, meaning that the force of gravity and the force of tension, cancel each other out. The bottom of the slinky doesn’t know to fall, until the to catches up to it."}
{"text":"In the afternoon following the figure drawing lesson, we headed to HASS to do some outdoor sketching and to understand the theories of perspective better. Prof demonstrated how he construct a sketch using one-point and two-point perspectives.\nFor one-point perspectives, there are two pairs of parallel lines, each pair established by joining the lines extended from the vanishing point; for two-point, there is one pair.\nBy determining the lines of building structures that are parallel, we can leverage on that foundation to draw the basic structures of the building.\nProf told us to always focus on the big picture first: draw out the general structure before filling in the details. Should we rush into the details and the details aren’t drawn accurately, this will subsequently affect all other structures.\nProf also mentioned that in the scenario where the perspective is particularly hard to construct (or if we are simply lazy or bad at perspective drawing), we can make use of space to cover up our weakness by placing smaller structures in front of bigger ones so that the edges of the buildings are obscured.\nThese are some sketches that I made that day:\nI wasn’t overly rigid in my drawing in the sense that I was quite loose with plotting the construction lines. I merely got a general sense of the direction of the line and went ahead to draw it out. I guess judging by the conceptual (focus more on form) vs perceptual (focus more on what you see) distinction that Prof mentioned, I belong to the latter."}
{"text":"First PC Energy Benchmark Released\n- Jun 11, 2008 3:18 PM EST\n- [num] Comments\nIt's easy to say you want a green PC--one that consumes less energy and is good (well, better at least) for the environment. But how do you find one? Beyond power meters, there aren't many tools that can accurately gauge the power consumption of today's computers. Fortunately, one group has stepped up to the plate. Ecma International, an industry association dedicated to the standardization of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Consumer Electronics (CE), has just released standard ECMA-383, a test procedure aimed at measuring the energy consumption, performance, and capabilities of consumer electronics.\nAccording to the group, this standard defines how to evaluate and report energy consumption, performance and capabilities being the vital factors for the energy efficient performance (EEP) of the UUT. Additionally it provides a standardised results reporting format. This Standard requires the user to measure and record a set of energy, power, time, and capability results (using a Benchmark), not a single metric of energy efficiency. This Standard does not set any pass/fail criteria for the UUT. Users of the reported results (regulators, customers etc) may define such criteria."}
{"text":"Brown Wheat Mite, Petrobia latensHosts: Wheat, etc.\nSymptoms: Brown wheat mite causes problems in wheat that is already stressed due to lack of moisture. They feed by piercing plant cells in the leaf, which results in \"stippling\". As injury continues the plants become yellow, then dry out and die. Brown wheat mites feed during the day, and the best time to scout for them is in mid-afternoon. They do not produce webbing and will quickly drop to the soil when disturbed. They are very susceptible to hard, driving rains, but until then they can cause yield loss when present in large numbers They are more common in western Oklahoma and the Panhandle.\nDescription: This mite is small (about the size of this period.) with a metallic brown to black body and 4 pairs of yellowish legs. The forelegs are distinctly longer that the other three pair. Brown wheat mite eggs come in two forms. One form is a spherical, bright red egg that is usually deposited on soil particles near a host plant. This is the so-called “non-diapause” egg that hatches within a week of being laid. The second type of egg is the “diapause” egg that is white with a ruffled cap that bears 20 to 30 distinct ridges. It is typically deposited at the base of a wheat plant and will not hatch until the following fall.\nLife Cycle: Brown wheat mites can complete a life cycle in as little as 10-14 days. Like greenbugs, newly hatched brown wheat mites are all females. They will produce up to 3 generations each year, but have probably already completed at least one by now. Numbers will likely decline if a hard, driving rain occurs. Spring populations begin to decline in mid-late April when females begin to lay “diapause” eggs.\nControl: Please contact your local county extension office for current information.\nReturn to Main page"}
{"text":"It cannot be overemphasized that System A had no analogous precursor, and thus that – unlike virtually all succeeding scientific theories – its invention was a radical departure from anything which preceded it. Consequently, we can say almost nothing with confidence about its motivation, which cannot have been directed at the shortcomings of a (non-existent) prevailing theory, nor seemingly at any urgent practical need, since we have still no evidence of how it was employed. Indeed, how little we know of the circumstances of its origin is reflected in the fact that we do not even know for certain its author’s name.\nThe crucial step – apart from conceiving the desirability and imagining the feasibility of constructing a comprehensive mathematical model of this complex set of variable phenomena – was the separation and successful modeling of the effects of lunar and solar anomaly on the intervals between syzygies. The crux of this development was the initial construction of a model depicting the variations due to lunar anomaly of the intervals between syzygies.\nOne of the fundamental tools of Babylonian astronomy was the concept of period relation which equated Π phenomena of one sort with Z of another.\nIn each case the period relation implied that variations associated with the second phenomenon recurred after Π instances of the first phenomenon, and thus that Π phenomena = Z cycles of variation.\n* the Substitute King ritual, practiced extensively during the reigns of Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal, in which a substitute “king” (and queen) would be appointed to absorb the unfavorable effects of an adverse eclipse, which would be expunged from the kingdom by their subsequent deaths.\nSource: John P. Britton. Studies in Babylonian Lunar Theory: Part I. Empirical Elements for Modeling Lunar and Solar Anomalies.\nArch. Hist. Exact Sci. 61 (2007) 83–145. Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1007/s00407-006-0121-9"}
{"text":"It's been two years since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig suffered explosions and sank, leading to about 206 million gallons of crude spilling out of the BP well and into the water, marshes and beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. On top of that, around two million gallons of Corexit dispersant were also added, both on the surface of the water and at the wellhead itself. It's all cool now though, right?\nMaybe not. To listen to the FDA and the EPA, seafood from the Gulf is safe, and all is well. However, that message is not in tune with what some scientists and fisherman are saying. In some areas it seems, shrimp, crab and fish populations are hugely decreased and what remains show an alarming rate of deformity. Tumors, lack of eyes, and running sores are just some of the visible signs of the impact that the spill is continuing to have on organisms in the region. Officialdom's seeming obliviousness is hardly comforting.\nHit the jump for a video overview of Al Jazeera's in-depth report on the issue, or better yet, read the whole article.\nNow, about reducing our need for oil..."}
{"text":"Parents often agonise over naming their offspring, with many unwanted suggestions.\nFor the 11-week-old twin panda babies at the Atlanta zoo, everyone is getting a say.\nIn accordance with Chinese tradition, the pair known as Lun Lun and Yang Yang in the United States will be named on December 12, their 100th day of life.\nThe zoo has set up a website for fans around the world to vote on seven sets of names for the adorable newborns.\n1. Ba Lun and Shu Lun: Ba Shu are ancient names of the Sichuan area and are still widely used in China, including Sichuan Province and Chongqing. Ba Shu also means “land of abundance.\n2. Jiu Jiu and Yuan Yuan: Jiu means “longevity” or “long time.” Yuan means “far distance” or “far away.” Together, they mean “longevity and permanence.”\n3. Lun Jia and Jia Lun: The first Jia means “addition.” The second Jia means “good,” “fine” or “praise.” Lun references daughters of Lun Lun.\n4. Lun Li and Lun Yu: Lun Li means “ethic” or “ethics.” Lun Yu is Confucian Analects, a collection of sayings of Confucius and one of the pillars of Chinese culture, widely read across centuries.\n5. Ya Lun and Xi Lun: Ya means “elegant;” Xi means “happy;” “Lun” references daughters of Lun Lun – “Lun Lun’s elegant and happy daughters.”\n6. Ya Lun and Xin Lun: Similar in origin to Ya Lun and Xi Lun, with Xin meaning “fragrant.”\n7. Yang Hai and Yang Gui: Yang is a reference to the twins’ father, Yang Yang, and means “ocean.” Hai means “sea.” Gui has many meanings, including “laurel.”\nYou can vote here"}
{"text":"Dr. Thomas Sowell. raises the issue about taxes on the poor. One of the largest taxes on the poor is inflation. In this article, \"Taxing the Poor\", Dr. Sowell opines on the matter. Here is a excerpt of the article:\n\"One of the biggest, and one of the oldest, taxes in this latter sense is inflation. Governments have stolen their people's resources this way, not just for centuries, but for thousands of years.\nHyperinflation can take virtually your entire life's savings, without the government having to bother raising the official tax rate at all. The Weimar Republic in Germany in the 1920s had thousands of printing presses turning out vast amounts of money, which the government could then spend to pay for whatever it wanted to pay for.\""}
{"text":"Edited by John Ishiyama, William J. Miller and Eszter Simon\nChapter 35: Best practices in undergraduate lecturing: how to make large classes work\n35. Best practices in undergraduate lecturing: how to make large classes work Kinga Kas and Elizabeth Sheppard LECTURING TO LARGE CLASSES: AN INTRODUCTION Lecturing is certainly one of the oldest forms of university teaching still in use today. As...\nYou are not authenticated to view the full text of this chapter or article.\nElgaronline requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books or journals. Please login through your library system or with your personal username and password on the homepage.\nNon-subscribers can freely search the site, view abstracts/ extracts and download selected front matter and introductory chapters for personal use.\nYour library may not have purchased all subject areas. If you are authenticated and think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian."}
{"text":"The degrading of natural resources and the continued green house gas emissions in Nigeria are on the increase and of concern to the stakeholders, hence the need for increased information on the organizations’ influence on the environment. The study identifies environmental accounting issues and the effects of these environmental factors on the life of Nigerians. It was discovered that environmentally friendly organizations who voluntary disclose their environmental activities enjoy high level of competitiveness. Environmental accounting motivates organizations to track their green house gas emissions and other environmental elements against reduction or elimination point. It was recommended that companies should adopt acceptable and uniform standards for the purpose of control and measurement of performance, and should design products which generate less waste or emission during their life cycle."}
{"text":"“If I had my druthers, I’d rather be born black, American, female and in the 20th century. And I was. What luck I have,” said Maya Angelou in 2010.\nWith these words, Angelou spoke with the White House on the cusp of receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom—the highest civilian honor in the United States, an accolade certainly befitting of Angelou.\nThe author, civil rights activist, poet, educator and mother was a phenomenally bold force of blackness. Angelou, who authored three dozen books and won countless awards (including a National Medal of Arts, Pulitzer Prize and three Grammy Awards, to name a few), is perhaps best known for her memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, though verses from her iconic poem, “Still I Rise,” have become a mantra, an affirmation, for many black Americans. Earlier this year, Angelou even became the subject of documentary, Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise. Needless to say, Angelou’s influence has gone far beyond what we can put to words.\nAngelou died in 2014, and on what would have been the icon’s 89th birthday, girls from the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based nonprofit Black Girl Project and beyond, breathe life into the words of the prolific poet Maya Angelou.\nHere they recite “The Black Family Pledge.”"}
{"text":"The day begins with a classroom \"Morning Meeting.\" Students gather together for a personal greeting, share thoughts and ideas, and discuss the day’s activities. Language Arts includes reading and discussing stories while incorporating the development and mastery of skills. Small group instruction is woven throughout, utilizing leveled readers and Literature Circles.\nMath in third grade is a challenging and exciting experience. Critical thinking and problem solving skills are developed as students explore a variety of topics including place value, fractions, measurement, perimeter, area and geometry. Hands-on learning is encouraged through the use of manipulatives. SMART board technology gives students the added advantage of limitless resources. In addition, students will use math apps on an iPad to further their learning. Multiplication and division are the new challenges of third grade. Mastering times tables is a critical component to becoming proficient in these areas.\nSocial studies in third grade begins with an exploration of communities. As part of that exploration, students examine citizenship and various branches of government. It culminates with a study of economics. As producers and consumers they will hold a Market Day.\nThroughout the year in Science we study 3 major categories. Life Science which include life cycle, evolution and adaptation of plants and animals. Through earth science we involve the Earth’s features, resources and the weather and climate. During the study of earth science we continue to explore the composition and structure of space. While studying physical science we investigate the structure of matter, energy, how heat is transferred and magnetic. We study through hands on experiments and learning. The students will explore and learn from our outside environment through our Outdoor Classroom.\nRevised on 11-1-15\nClick here to review The Pen Ryn 3rd Grade Curriculum"}
{"text":"The reasons for the generation of air holes in the weld bead are as follows: (1) Rust, oil, or other impurities on the surface of the welding wire and the groove of the metal being welded. (2) Artificially elongated arcs, the welding area is not fully protected. (3) Improper selection of welding parameters or welding materials. (4) The purity of the shielding gas is insufficient. (5) The gas heater does not work properly."}
{"text":"Paracanoe is much like Canoe Sprint but adapted for athletes with lower-limb and/or spinal injuries (and other disabilities resulting in physical disability with the same or similar outcomes for the athletes). Paracanoe is raced only across the 200m-race distance with both adapted kayaks and canoes.\nParacanoe Athletes are classified into three disability classes with the process of classification beginning at their feet and moving up the athlete’s body with levels of impeded function accumulating points – the number of points determines the athlete’s classification. The classification classes are as follows:\n- L1 comprises of athletes with only the use of their arms with no trunk rotation/control or use of their legs.\n- L2 comprises of athletes with the use of both their arms and their torso, but no use of their legs.\n- L3 comprises of athletes with use of their arms, their torso, and limited use of their legs."}
{"text":"Don’t tinker with the clock to save energy\nOn 23 March 2011, all clocks in the UK were turned forward by an hour marking the start of Daylight Saving Time (DST). The clocks will be turned back on 30 October 2011. The objective is to save energy by educing the use of artificial light and maximizing the use of daylight over a period of seven months.\nWhile this has been the practice for many years in countries situated in the upper part of the northern hemisphere and the lower part of the southern hemisphere, DST is hardly practised in countries situated closer to the equator.\nSeveral studies have also been conducted in India, over the last three decades, to evaluate various time-based measures for energy conservation. These include introduction of Daylight Saving Time (DST), and shifting Indian Standard Time (IST)—currently GMT + 5½ hours. In 1988, TERI undertook a detailed study for the Government of India’s Advisory Board on Energy to explore these options. The results revealed only nominal savings potential, both in terms of energy and reduction in peak load. However, it was also pointed out that the potential impacts of deploying these options need to be evaluated periodically, because as demand grows, prices change and consumption patterns vary. Therefore, TERI recently undertook a fresh study to re-examine the various issues in greater detail and came to similar conclusions, which are explained in this policy brief. However, knowledge of basic geography as regards the rotation of the earth around the sun and the impact it has on the seasons and on the varying lengths of days and nights is important for a proper understanding of the subject."}
{"text":"Free letter m tracing worksheets! Are you looking for a magnificent way to teach help your kids learn and master alphabet writing?! Well, Kidsactivites is always here to support our beloved kids!\nIn this article, we present a nice collection of alphabet worksheets for kindergarten kids. They will practice tracing and writing letters M m. Additionally, kids will enjoy coloring the letters as well.\n♥ Also, You may also like: ( Alphabet Letters with pictures flashcards )\nTracing letters worksheets – letter M\nThis FREE printable alphabet tracing sheet will help preschool kids in writing letter M. Kids will have the chance to practice tracing letter m many times and enjoy coloring the letters as well.\n♥ Find more tracing exercises on letter m\nAlphabet M worksheets for kindergarten\nTracing, finding, and coloring letter m.\nIn this awesome worksheet, kids will trace both the capital and the small letter Mm. After that, they will find all M m letters. Finally, they will enjoy coloring the letters.\n♥Also, You may like: (FREE Animal Alphabet Worksheets for Kindergarten)\n♥Also, You may like: ( Preschool Worksheets Tracing Letters)\nFree letter m tracing worksheets for preschoolers pdf\nTo sum up, KidsActivities offered a wonderful collection of free letter tracing worksheets of Alphabet M m. Therefore, kids can gain the following skills:\n- Improving fine motor skills, handwriting, and penmanship skills.\n- Writing uppercase and lowercase of letter M m.\n- Recognize the capital and small letter Mm.\n- Coloring letter M m.\nYou can download and print letter Ii tracing printables in a high-quality pdf file for free from the link below ⇓\nTracing Letters – Ll Tracing Letters – N n\nDownload Fun Coloring Pages for kids – iOS App Now !! BEST Educational game app for kinder to learn Alphabet letters, numbers, and much more with joy and fun."}
{"text":"You can use arrow keys to navigate in the map.\nIt's dependent on your definition of gender.\nYou're either XX or XY. Identifying as another sex and changing hormone levels or appearance does not mean you are a different sex.\nGender isn't binary.\nJust because males can have female qualities and females can have male qualities, it does not mean there are more than two genders.\nThe crucial distinction that must be made here is the difference between sex and gender. Sex is a biological term referring to the chromosomal makeup of an individual; gender refers to the characteristics associated with those sexes. It is reasonable to say that there are as many genders as people.\nA classification of gender is a classification of a generalised societal role. Generalised societal roles derive from the needs of a society. These needs of a society are demanded by a specific biological function. Rejecting a generalised societal role is rejecting social gender classification.\nBeing a product of it, gender is as fickle as the mind. We don't yet fully know how the mind works, so it'd be strange to claim with absolute certainty that there are only two genders.\nDue to an increased awareness of a sexual and societall role spectrum, we can now increasingly identify ourselves with a title that matches our perons"}
{"text":"A Flying Start for Strings: Cello Book 1\nA Flying Start for Strings\nThe A Flying Start for Strings series presents a carefully graded sequence of music for teaching the beginning string player. The books are suitable for teaching individuals or groups of the same instrument. Many tunes in the series for violin, viola and cello are in the same key and can be played together.\nTeachers can use this versatile series in a way that suits their own teaching style. There is ample room in all books for the teacher wishing to add more dynamics, slurs, bowing signs, tempos, instructions or explanations. The large easy-to-read notes and clear and simple layout help students concentrate on the notes they are learning. Lively folk and traditional tunes make learning fun and lead to confident playing.\nWith only one tune on most pages, the young student gains a sense of achievement from turning the pages quickly and moving on.\nBook 1 is ideal for getting young beginners off to a flying start. The early part of the book can be used flexibly, accommodating the approach preferred by the teacher and suited to the progress of the student. Learning areas may be introduced separately and combined when ready.\n- Reading rhythms\n- Using left hand fingers\n- Pitch notation\nRhythm exercises are used before any pitch notation. Rhythms may be clapped or played, bowed or plucked, on open strings or using fingering. Left hand fingers may be introduced in the order preferred, using the rhythms to develop finger skill and strength.\nMajor scales and arpeggios are played starting on an open string. Many short, easy tunes gradually introduce reading and playing with all fingers on each string (fingers 1,3 & 4 for cello)"}
{"text":"Holy Land Yerushalayim Menorah (Silver-plated)\nThis elegant menorah, a candelabrum, is inscribed with the words “Holy Land” in English and “Jerusalem” in Hebrew (Yerushalayim).\nA menorah is a candelabrum with seven candles that is displayed in Jewish synagogues.\nThe original design for the menorah is described with great detail in the Torah, and it was used in rituals in the tabernacle (portable sanctuary) and later the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.\nSize: 5.25” x 4.25”"}
{"text":"Though Perl is a wonderful and fun language,\nthe best language to start with is assembler.\nNo language gives you so much insight in the inner\nworkings of a computer. Once you learn assembler the\nworking and especially restrictions, innerworking, and\nother higher level languages are much easier to understand\n(for instance things as passing arguments by register or by\nstack, stack overflows, size limitions of numbers, hexadecimal\nnumber, optimizations etc). Once that is learned Perl makes\nan excelent 2nd language....\nHave Fun, Frans."}
{"text":"There are a variety of projects around the Hawaiian islands that needaccurate offshore basemaps. These projects range from;\nMarine disposal site studies - Maps generated from the multibeam surveyscan show the location and movement of the dredge material. Specific dumpvolume, area, and cross-section can be calculated using GIS and other software.\nCoral reef studies - The USGS has active projects in Mamala Bay, Oahuthat need accurate bathymetric maps to help unravel the fate of sedimentthat has been transported across the reefs and onto the insular slope.\nMarine Sanctuary studies - The National Oceanographic and AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA) has recently established the Hawaiian Humpback WhaleNational Marine Sanctuary between the islands of Maui, Molokai, Lanai, andOahu. Now accurate bathymetric maps exist for this large area to help understandthe morphology and geologic make-up of the ocean floor.\nReturn to survey selection map\nReturn to home page"}
{"text":"This packet contains rubrics for expository essay assignments. The packet contains several variations of my standard expository essay rubric, which makes them of use to classrooms in all subject areas and several grade levels, including post-secondary. The rubric variations can be used in Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Higher Education, and in classrooms which use MLA and APA formatting.\nMy rubrics are all letter grade rubrics, so there is no need to try assigning points and calculate numerous scores for several categories. While the rubrics have letter grades, I assign plus/minus grades as follows: A+ = 100, A = 95, A- = 92, B+ = 88, B = 85, B- = 82, and so on. Sometimes, however, a student's writing may fall into more than one letter grade category. For instance, the student's paper may be an A in content and organization, but a D or F in formatting and grammar/mechanics. In such a case, I assign the plus/minus grade for each category (e.g. content, organization, formatting, and grammar/mechanics), and I average the grades. I find this to be much easier and faster than using rubrics that require assigning point values for each category and adding them together. Any grading process that saves time and is easy for students to understand is worth trying!\nIf you are interested in more rubrics, check out my entire writing rubric package in my store! Save money by buying an entire package full of rubrics for any writing assignment, or buy rubrics for certain writing assignments individually (as in this package)."}
{"text":"Students can use a robot to measure the hallway accurately. This activity includes programming instructions and a help sheet to assist students with writing a simple program on their graphing calculators. The commands instruct the robot to move forward carrying a calculator until it bumps into something. Students use data displayed on the calculator to determine the distance the robot traveled.\nMission 1: Measure\n[785KB PDF file]\nThis activity is part of the Calculator-Controlled Robots Educator Guide"}
{"text":"Agricultural Pollution of Water Bodies\nMetadataShow full item record\nCitation:The Ohio Journal of Science. v70 n1 (January, 1970), 50-56\nPollution of Ohio's water bodies is of growing public concern; industrial, urban, and rural sources are becoming the subject of critical examination. Rural sources are soil sediment, plant nutrients, animal waste, and pesticides. Pesticides and phosphorus are absorbed rapidly and strongly to soil particles. Therefore reductions in sediment, phosphorus, and pesticide pollution are achieved by soil-erosion-control farming practices. More acres need to be brought under erosion-control practices. Nitrates dissolve in water and are carried by surface flow to streams and lakes, and by percolating water to underground aquifers. Increases in the use of nitrogen fertilizer, in evidence almost everywhere, could result in serious contamination of water bodies, if soil enrichment greatly exceeds the crop demand. Areas where large-scale livestock and poultry production is concentrated are also potential sources of serious pollution. In Ohio, animalwaste pollution problems are being studied at The Ohio State University, and movement of pollutants in surface and subsurface waters on drainage plots near Castalia are being studied by the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center and on agricultural watersheds by USDA Agricultural Research Service at Coshocton, Ohio.\nRights:Reproduction of articles for non-commercial educational or research use granted without request if credit to The Ohio State University and The Ohio Academy of Science is given.\nItems in Knowledge Bank are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated."}
{"text":"Schall, W. O. (1990) Orbital Debris Removal by Laser Radiation. In: Proceedings. 41st Congress of the IAF, 6-12 October 1990, Dresden..\nFull text not available from this repository.\nThe use of high-power lasers is suggested for the removal of small orbital debris of up to 10 cm in diameter. Assuming data for a most probable collision orbit and for realistic ejection speeds of debris vapor under laser irradiation, calculations show the feasibility of tre ating a debris object like a laser-propelled rocket. The acceleration of the debris during irradiation allows to change its orbit for a direct reentry into the earth atmosphere. An autonomous orbital vehicle could eventually clear the whole low earth orbital environment from small debris. In a modification of this method a laser could be used on short note to divert the flight path of a piece of debris to avoid a collision.\n|Document Type:||Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)|\n|Additional Information:||LIDO-Berichtsjahr=1990, pages=10,|\n|Title:||Orbital Debris Removal by Laser Radiation.|\n|Journal or Publication Title:||Proceedings|\n|Keywords:||Debris Removal, Laser Radiation|\n|Event Title:||41st Congress of the IAF, 6-12 October 1990, Dresden.|\n|HGF - Research field:||UNSPECIFIED|\n|HGF - Program:||other|\n|HGF - Program Themes:||other|\n|DLR - Research area:||UNSPECIFIED|\n|DLR - Program:||no assignment|\n|DLR - Research theme (Project):||L - Laser Research and Technology|\n|Institutes and Institutions:||Institute of Technical Physics|\n|Deposited By:||elib DLR-Beauftragter|\n|Deposited On:||02 Apr 2006|\n|Last Modified:||27 Apr 2009 05:44|\nRepository Staff Only: item control page"}
{"text":"The borehole measures water level in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Peak District. Our records date back to 1974\nOur enquiries service can help you to access groundwater level data for this well.\n|Datum||280.25 m AOD|\n|Monitored by||EA Midlands|\nThe borehole measures water level in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Peak District.\nIt is drilled into the Hopedale Limestone Formation, Peak Limestone Group. A north–south trending fault mapped immediately to the east of the site upthrows the Woodale Limestone Formation.\nThe relatively deep water level in the borehole reflects a regional water level controlled by drainage in the incised valley of the River Dove to the south of the borehole.\nAlthough not noted in the borehole log, the village of Alstonfield had several low yielding shallow wells that may have tapped perched aquifers.\nThe well consists of a 178 mm diameter borehole to 121.92 metres, the diameter is reduced to 140 mm from 121.92 metres to 137.3 metres.\nThe well hydrograph shows an open groundwater system very responsive to seasonal recharge, and as might be expected from a limestone aquifer responses to rainfall can be rapid and peaky, responding to individual rainfall episodes through the winter.\nWeekly data until 1983, then monthly data.\nContact Andrew McKenzie for further information."}
{"text":"I have said that you need to think of many Deer hunters with hi-powered rifles shooting at you. From every angle those very hi-powered bullets trying to hit you. That is like Gamma Rays in the fallout. Density of your shelter is an absolute must. Just think of all those Deer hunters on your roof shooting down. Hunters out in your yard shooting through the walls for two weeks. You would get killed. That is what you need to protect yourself against. You need DENSITY to stop those bullets.\nYou can see that your wood and plaster walls would not protect you. Neither the wood and shingles on your roof. Bullets would just come through. Again I say you need DENSITY of shelter material to protect you. DENSITY shielding is the answer for your protection. Bullets would fly through a mattress. Sheetrock or plywood is denser. Hollow cement cinder blocks are denser. Solid Bricks are denser. Packed earth is denser. Concrete is denser. Solid steel or lead is the best. But few people can have a steel and concrete Bank vault shelter.\nYou need to think in what the scientists call HVT thickness. HVT = Half Values Thickness. That means only ½ of the gamma rays will get through, because the DENSITY has stopped them. The reason for getting into a basement is that the rays only come down, from the fallout on the roof to you. You are below ground level and the soil, dirt, outside has absorbed and stopped the rays, it is DENSE enough that two feet of earth gives protection.\nAgain realize, IF hunters were shooting, then a two-foot bank of earth would stop their bullets.\nEvery 3.6 inches of packed earth will cut the gamma rays in half. The HVT (half value thickness) of dirt packed is 3.6 inches. To be protected you need two (2)feet of earth. The diagram below shows this principle. This shows 18 inches of dirt."}
{"text":"Research suggests a new model of chronic disease Genes play an integral function in determining whether someone encounters multiple chronic illnesses, based on new analysis by King’s. Chronic pain, depression and cardiovascular disease are 3 of the most typical factors behind disability, and are growing to be more frequent. Folks are significantly more likely to suffer from several persistent disease also, resulting in higher disability. While age, gender, sociable conditions and way of life are recognized to increase susceptibility to multiple factors behind impairment, the exact reason some people have problems with several chronic illnesses among others don’t is unfamiliar.But she cautioned that because that is an observational research, it isn’t possible to prove that tension causes autoimmune illnesses, only that both are linked. In the scholarly study, Dr Song’s team viewed patients in Sweden identified as having stress disorders such as for example PTSD, acute stress reaction, adjustment disorder and other stress reactions from 1981 to 2013. The research workers likened they with siblings and folks in the overall people not really experiencing a tension disorder."}
{"text":"Jewish Museum of Australia\nThe Jewish Museum of Australia is a cultural institution dedicated to the conservation, preservation and exhibition of Jewish heritage, arts, customs and religious practice in all its diversity. The permanent exhibitions are \"A Timeline of Jewish History\", \"Australian Jewish History\", \"The Jewish Year\" and \"Belief and Ritual\". The temporary gallery features a dynamic schedule of changing exhibitions. All exhibitions are accompanied by public lectures and school education programs."}
{"text":">> July 30, 2010\nThe scope of cost accounting is very wide. There are lots of techniques, tools, procedures, processes, programs are used in cost accounting for calculating cost and its control. But basically, we divide its scope within three major parts.\n1. Cost Ascertainment\nIn this region of cost accounting, cost accounting collects product's material, labor and overhead cost and try to calculate total and per unit cost of product. This total cost calculation will be based on historical or standard or estimated basis. After this, cost accountant will use any method of costing like specific order costing, operation costing, and direct costing technique. These techniques and methods may be used for calculating different nature products in same organization.\n2. Cost Records\nIn this part of cost accounting, cost accountant maintains cost books, vouchers, ledgers, reports and other cost related documents for future comparison and reference. It will also be under the scope of cost accounting.\n3. Cost Control\nThis is the end boundary of cost accounting scope. In this division, cost accountant used different techniques and methods for controlling the cost. Save One Rupees in the cost of product means we have earned one rupees in the production of goods. So, Cost accountant uses budgetary control, standard costing, break even point analysis and many other techniques for controlling the cost.\nRelated : Importance of Cost Accounting\nYou might like:"}
{"text":"Every month in Room 15 we learn about a different artist.\nIn February we learned about Dutch artist Piet Mondrian.\nHe was most famous for using primary colours and geometric shapes.\nThe pupils in Room 15 were inspired by Mondrian and they created their own pieces of geometric art.\nRoom 11 were learning about the amazing celebration of Chinese New Year. We learned about how they celebrate the occasion which includes a Dragon dance where people dress up in masks and costumes and do really cool dances. To celebrate, we made our own Dragon dance masks!\nWe hope you like them!\nRoom 15 made these LOVEly prints.\nRoom 15 made colourful Chinese New Year dragons.\nRoom 1 were using clay to make Valentines Day pieces. Check them out!\nThe pupils in Room 15 were learning all about Chinese New Year which is celebrated this year on Tuesday 5th February 2019. This year the Chinese are celebrating the year of the PIG.\nWe made Chinese paper lanterns and decorated them with the Chinese symbol for the word PIG.\nLook at these wonderful crowns in Room 12.\nCheck out Room 4’s Christmas Village! We were busy this month with construction and clay. Merry Christmas 🎄"}
{"text":"It's assumed that just because modern machines use lasers and other electronic technologies, they're far more precise and accurate than mechanical contraptions from many years ago. But as Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe discovered at a tannery, that's not always the case.\nTo accurately measure the surface area of a hide with a completely irregular shape—presumably so they can accurately price them—the staff at the tannery use an almost medieval-looking piece of machinery called a Mechanical Surface Integrator. As the hide is fed through the machine, it turns a set of gears and ratchets wherever it makes contact with a series of teeth. And once it passes all the way through, a final measurement is displayed on a dial that's shockingly consistent no matter how the piece is fed through. Amazing. [YouTube via BoingBoing]"}
{"text":"Primary resources consist of those documents, including historic newspapers, reports, letters, diaries, paintings, and artifacts, needed to interpret the past. In this instance, we have added digitized documents penned by prominent personalities of the period.3\nHistoric photographs, illustrations, lithographs, and paintings all constitute a key resource for documenting the California missions. We have added selected historic photographs here for your use in the classroom.\nSecondary resources consist of those interpretive works resulting from research based on primary resources and other second-hand studies by academic and community scholars and or avocational enthusiasts. Much of the literature on the California missions consists of such interpretive studies.4\nA host of early California maps exist to document the cultural and historical geography of the Mission era, and land claims of the ranchero or rancho traditions of Mexican California (1821-1848) and beyond.\n- Mythic beginnings/Spanish colonial history\n- How to read a Mission\n- Mission art and music\n- Mythic constructs and historical memory\n- Piracy, the Spanish militia, and indigenous leadership\n- Indigenous acculturation, conversion, and authority\n- Mission life ways and political economy\n- Secularization, decline, and restoration of the California missions"}
{"text":"The main function of the circulation system is to get food and oxygen to every cell in the body.\nIt also carries waste products such as carbon dioxide and urea to where they can be removed from the body\n1 - THE HEART\n- The heart is actually two pumps\n- The right side pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs to collect oxygen and remove carbon dioside"}
{"text":"Today in 2003, US Patent EP 1100865 B1 was issued, an invention of Francis Lloyd Rigby, for his “Process and Apparatus for Obtaining Lupulin Products from Hops.” Here’s the Abstract:\nA process and apparatus for the physical separation of lupulin from hops is provided. The process releases the lupulin glands by drying, freezing, and shaking, under specific and controlled conditions. For separating the lupulin from the hop cones a separator is provided that includes a substantially cylindrical and concentrically mounted coarse screen and fine screen. A raw hops product is received into the coarse screen that allows the coarse lupulin fraction to pass through while the coarse waste in retained within. The fine screen has a larger diameter than the enclosed coarse screen. A coarse lupulin fraction is received into the fine screen allowing the lupulin product to pass through the fine screen while the fine waste is retained within the fine screen to be discharged out the end of the fine screen. An agitator is mounted to a shaft within the separator and is utilized to beat the raw hop product. The separation process provides high yield of lupulin without sacrificing purity of product as compared to other physical separation processes. Additionally, the yield and purity of the process of the present invention compares closely to the yield and purity achieved by conventional chemical extraction methods. A superior natural hop material is thereby produced as compared to extracts, pelletized hops or baled raw hops. Lupulin can be substituted for hop extracts produced by conventional methods providing a substantial price advantage."}
{"text":"3.3 Grading & Quality Standards\nThe grades and grade names for table grapes are Canada No. 1 and Canada Domestic. All table grapes sold in Ontario must be properly packed to the grade standards and marked accordingly.\nNational Wine Standards - The CWI led the process that developed the first Canadian national quality standard for wine in 1996 and the CVA is continuing to work closely with federal, provincial, and industry authorities in seeking further quality...\nSetting the standard for Ontario's premium wines. VQA is recognized as a symbol of quality for some of the finest wines produced in Ontario.\nAll British Columbia wines bearing the VQA symbol must be made from 100% BC grown grapes. The wines are screen by a professional tasting panel and wines found faulty cannot be sold as VQA wines.\nDetails of quality programs in BC.\nOverview of the program that regulates and promotes safety and quality of Canadian food."}
{"text":"Yes, you can choose the output.\nIn fact, this is already what we do.\nA full program that prints to STDOUT will also terminate with a certain exit code, and exit codes are a valid form of output.\nPer consensus, programs are allowed to terminate with an error after producing the correct output, so we're ignoring the exit code here.\nWe also allow C programs which do not include\nreturn 0 at the end. This is undefined behavior in C89, so the exit code could literally be anything.\nWe allow a function to print the output to STDOUT, since it may output via the same methods as full programs.\nIn many languages, the function will also have a return value. We ignore the return value of the function in this case.\nAt this moment, the proposal of printing output to STDERR has a positive score, yet STDERR is ignored by default.\nFunctions may output by modifying their arguments, but if we print or return the desired result, we do not have to leave the arguments in a specific state.\nTrying to specify which kinds of output can be ignored and which cannot seems artificial and will probably be ambiguous.\nI therefore propose that we can liberally choose a single output format and ignore any results or side effects that could alternatively be chosen as output, with the following restriction.\nThe output format should be consistent for all possible inputs and every time the program/function is executed. The function\ncorrectly prints True for primes and correctly returns False for non-primes, but it obviously should not be considered a valid submission to a challenge."}
{"text":"To the surprise of evolutionists, the number of genes is much greater than originally predicted (by as much as 50%). For example, the bacterium E. coli was thought to have 134 essential genes, but the new study indicates the number may be closer to 245.\nAnother interesting note is that the simplest bacterium has yet to be produced in a laboratory. Even if bacteria were produced in a lab, such an achievement would only demonstrate that highly intelligent scientists had to use state-of-the-art technology to accomplish this feat. This would be the work of intelligent design, not natural selection and random mutations.\nWhile studying such things as minimal genomes may assist in the engineering of useful bacteria in the future, the evolutionary significance is non-existent. The problem is that evolution requires a gain of genetic information, not just altering current DNA. No known natural mechanism exists for adding new genetic information.\nRather than this research being a doorway to a better understanding of a universal, evolutionary ancestor, it is an open window to a greater appreciation of the intelligence and complexity of the Creator God."}
{"text":"First Hand: The Geometry of Genesis and the Alphabet\nFirst Hand: The Geometry of Genesis and the Alphabet, by Stan Tenen, from North Atlantic Books, ISBN 1583941029. While investigating geometrical patterns in the Hebrew text of Genesis, Tenen discovered universal meanings that could be ascribed to the individual letters of the alphabet and applied to personal consciousness - and to unity and peace among people of all faiths. Now he models the projection of conscious will in the form of an idealized human hand, with the letters formed in sign language. This complex work incorporates geometry, mathematics, physics, cosmology, spirituality, self-awareness, meditation, and language."}
{"text":"Diabetes is the leading cause of limb amputations in the United States, with most cases stemming from an inability to feel a minor injury and subsequent infection. As a result, people with diabetes should never walk barefoot—even indoors. That said, there are many ways people living with diabetes can protect their feet fashionably in all environments throughout the year.\nAlternatives to Going Barefoot for Diabetes Patients\nNo matter which shoes you choose, it is vital that they fit your feet perfectly. Shoes that are too big or too small can rub against the skin, causing blisters that tear open the skin and invite infection. Diabetes patients should also inspect the inside of the shoe for debris (such as pebbles or sand) that could rub against their feet as they walk.\nYou should have shoes that adequately protect your feet in all situations, including:\n- In the house. Even if your home is carpeted, you should have a dedicated pair of indoor shoes that are worn with socks. The shoes should be closed-toe, cover the entire foot (mules or slides are not recommended), and have a rubberized sole for extra grip.\n- On the beach. Beaches are covered in a variety of hazards (such as seashells, broken glass, debris, or smoldering campfires) that can lead to an infected foot ulcer. Beach shoes or surf shoes with a strong tread can help protect feet against injuries.\n- In the yard. Outdoor activities should be done in proper footwear. In winter, this means warm boots with good ankle support and a heavy tread. In warmer months, patients can avoid burns from walking on hot pavement by wearing tennis shoes.\n- At the pool or gym. If you are visiting a public area where others go barefoot, you should protect yourself from fungal infections or plantar warts by investing in a pair of shower shoes.\nIf you have experienced foot complications related to diabetes, the foot and ankle specialists at Greater Washington Advanced Podiatry are here to help. Call our office today at (301) 515-3338 or fill out our contact form to get started."}
{"text":"Masonry generally refers to stone or brick units that are separated by a mortar cushion, effectively transferring the loads evenly from one masonry unit to the next without point loading. Masonry is a particularly durable building material, but is limited by the geology of its components. In short, it is important to learn from geology about the physical and chemical nature of different types of stone and aggregates. Stone in particular begins to change and deteriorate from environmental factors (thermal stresses, biological and acidic attack) as soon as it is removed from the lithosphere (in the earth) and placed in the atmosphere (the weathering environment.) The durability of masonry can also be a weakness in that it is often neglected for long periods, sometimes going a hundred years before the first serious maintenance. With changes in modern construction and the increased use of veneers in the latter half of the 20th century, builders are often unaware of the particular nature of different stones or the types of mortar better suited to porous masonry units common in the past. Stone, not unlike wood, has pores, grain direction and, in the case of sedimentary a laminar structure (bedding planes), that have implications for structural and working properties. Knowing the specific types of materials and their weaknesses is important when making decisions about masonry repair materials and procedures."}
{"text":"History of Wing Tsun (Wing Chun)\nAs with many things 300 or 400 years old our information has been passed down from person to person and little facts remain. It was developed in the Guangzhou region of southern China and legend has it a Buddhist nun, Ng Mui, developed it after watching 2 animals fighting. She was already a kung fu master and adapted 2 other styles into one. Her first student was a woman named Wing Chun. From here, it was taught to a handful of people each generation. It wasn't until the late 1800s that it was taught more openly.\nOf more recent history, Yip Man, is the most famous. He first learned Wing Chun in Foshan, China and taught there and then in Hong Kong. He spawned great growth in Wing Chun and most famously is the original instructor of the late Bruce Lee before he moved to the US.\nThe WingTsun Method\nAt its root, it is simple:\n- Attack, don't defend.\n- Attack using the most direct method.\nIt is simple to take the first steps and useful material is gained immediately. However, like chess, though its moves are simple, there are progressive layers of refinement.\nThere are 3 main teaching methods: forms, chi sao & application/lat sao.\nAre like reference material. They do not teach fighting, rather are the place where the ideal movement is practiced in repetition in solo practice.\n- Siu Nim Tau\n- Foundational form. Teaches initial movements of WingTsun.\n- Chum Kiu\n- Coordinates hand, torso and foot movements of WingTsun.\n- Biu Tze\n- Emphasizes whipping movements and how to recover if you make an error\n- Wooden Dummy\n- Most advanced empty hand techniques\n- Long Pole\n- Butterfly Knives\nTranslates into sticking or clinging hands. Progressive sensitivity training designed to make fighting movements reflexive and not require thought.\nStarts with set applications and builds up to free fighting. Whereas chi sao begins with arms already touching, lat sao starts before arms are touching."}
{"text":"NT employs user-level security, as we discussed earlier in this document. Under user-level security, NT allows or denies access to the resource on a user-by-user basis (or collectively in a group of users). Users gain access by authenticating themselves through a name and password. By contrast, simpler Windows products such as Windows for Workgroups and Windows 95 use share-level security to control access to shared resources, such as a subdirectory. Share-level security means that the share itself can have one or two passwords, and any user who knows these passwords can access the share. One password can determine who has full control of the share, while a second password can grant read-only access. Both passwords are optional. While share-level security provides nominal protection, the quality of that protection is greatly inferior to user-level security. For one thing, multiple users share knowledge of a secret, which makes unauthorized dissemination of that secret virtually impossible to control. In contrast, user-level security entails passwords unique to each person. In addition, share-level security offers no possibility of effective auditing because it is impossible to know who accessed the shared resource. With user-level security, each person requesting access--even through group membership--must present his or her personal credentials."}
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{"text":"My name is Peter Sacheli, and I am the Math Intervention Teacher at Walt Disney Elementary. This website is intended to be a resource for teachers, parents and students.\nTo the left you will find information about what students are learning in math. Click on the grade level you are interested in and then on the topic your child is studying. You will find a brief summary of the topic followed by family letters. Please contact your child's teacher if you are unsure of the current topic being studied.\nEach Investigations unit includes at least 2 letters for parents. The first titled \"About the Mathematics in This Unit\" describes what your child should learn and be able to do by the end of the unit. The second letter titled \"Related Activities to Try at Home\" offers suggestions for activities, games and literary resources to use with your child. Some units also include additional letters about homework and basic fact practice.\nFeel free to contact me if you have questions."}
{"text":"As children grow and develop, it is essential to help them learn critical thinking and problem-solving skills, such as spatial reasoning and shape recognition. By using the Sorting 2D Shapes Worksheets, parents and teachers can provide children with the tools necessary to develop these skills.\nTo start, it’s essential to introduce different types of 2D shapes and explain their properties. By understanding the properties of each shape, children can develop their spatial reasoning skills and understand how shapes can be grouped together. Parents and teachers can also provide examples of real-life objects that use 2D shapes, such as street signs or buildings.\nThe Sorting 2D Shapes Worksheets provide a fun and interactive way for children to sort and categorize different shapes. By grouping shapes with similar properties, children can begin to understand the relationships between different shapes and learn how to apply these relationships in real-life situations. The worksheets can be downloaded as a PDF file, making them easy to print and distribute.\nApplying Shapes in Real Life\nUnderstanding the properties of 2D shapes is not only beneficial in the classroom but also in the real world. By reading maps, following directions, or building structures, children can apply their knowledge of shapes and spatial reasoning skills. Parents and teachers can provide examples of careers and fields that rely on these skills, such as architecture, engineering, and design.\nCut & Paste"}
{"text":"The word “heirloom” is often heard when speaking about varieties of fruits, vegetables and flowers found at farmer’s markets. But what does it mean? When you buy a “heirloom tomato” do you know why it is better than buying a regular vine-ripened tomato found at the grocery store? Well, you should. Heirloom varieties are grown from seeds that have been passed down through generations and have never been modified. These plants are grown using traditional gardening techniques, relying on open air pollination and cross-fertilization. With each yearly crop farmer’s take note of which plants seem to most resistant to disease, have the best taste and sturdy growth. They then save the seeds from these plants and use them again the following year. Selectively narrowing down their crops to yield the healthiest, natural version available. So, why does buying heirloom make a difference?\n– Heirloom Fruits, Vegetables and Flowers are bred for flavor, beauty and disease resistance. They are carefully cultivated by farmer’s so that they can continue to be planted for generations. Buying heirloom varieties promotes genetic diversity and strength in plant species.\n– Produce found in supermarkets is often grown from hybrid seeds that are modified to produced high-volumes of produce with little regard for taste. Hybrid seeds are often genetically modified and are sterile. They can not be passed down to generations and do little more than produce uniform bland produce with little nutritional value.\n– Supporting heirloom varieties keeps bio-diversity alive. If farmer’s are not encouraged to practice heirloom farming tasty, environmentally friendly produce will quickly yield to bulk hybrid crops. Bio-diversity is not only good for the planet, it’s good for you, too. Imagine only have only 4 types of tomatoes available on the whole planet? That would be awful. By buying heirloom varieties we can guarantee the existence of thousands of cherished vegetables, fruits and plants long into the future."}
{"text":"Notes are used to keep remarks or comments for a cell. Note's data are stored separately from ones of the cell. They are displayed as a triangle in the cell's upper right corner. Note appears as a hint when you point at the cell containing a note with a mouse.\nIf you need to create a note:\n- set the cell coordinates (Col and Row);\n- enter text of a note for the cell;\n- set the font and fill properties using the corresponding tabs.\nThe Font tab allows you to specify properties of the font that will be used in the output Excel file notes.\nUse the Font and Size drop-down lists to select the font and size to be applied to the output text.\nUse the buttons below to set font color, make text bold, italicized, strikethrough text, set underline effects, specify text horizontal and vertical align.\nYou also can select preferable text Orientation.\nUse the Fill tab to set the note fill type and color.\nSelect the fill type first: Solid or Gradient. The direction needs to be specified for gradient fill: horizontal, vertical, diagonal (down, down), from corner or from center.\nPress the button on the left to set the background color for the fill pattern.\nPress the button on the right to set the foreground color for the fill pattern.\nUse Transparency slider to define visibility level of the note."}
{"text":"Colonists in New England relied heavily on the natural resources around them for food, which means that their diets were typically rich in seafood, including fish such as cod and shellfish such as lobster and oysters. The cultural influence of Puritans also influenced the early Colonial cuisine of this region, resulting in a typically bland and efficient culinary tradition.Continue Reading\nThough the New England colonies are closely associated with one of the most famous traditional American meals, Thanksgiving, early colonists in this area weren't chowing down on giant roast turkeys with wine, cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes. However, apple pie was not an uncommon dish, though the original Pilgrims likely didn't have ingredients to make this dish at the time of the first Thanksgiving. Alcohol was rarely consumed in this part of the colonies, though even children may have consumed a lot of it at funerals.\nNew England's soil is rather rocky, so farming didn't really take off in this area. Crops were limited, and corn was a very popular vegetable for colonists in the region. Corn may have been mixed with other ingredients to create new dishes, such as a maize and rye porridge known by the unfortunate name of \"rye 'n' injun.\" Dishes such as baked beans and boiled meat and vegetables were also common.Learn more about US History"}
{"text":"説明的文章の読みの学習指導における評価の課題 : 中学校教師へのインタビューを通して説明的文章の読みの学習指導における評価の課題 : 中学校教師へのインタビューを通してAA11618725 The Issues of Assessment in Reading Instruction of Expository Text : Based on interviews with junior high school teachers\nThe text that students have once read during their classes are often used in summative assessment of reading expository text. In this paper, I investigated factors of continuing the summative assessment by interview with junior high school teachers and considered the solution of the assessment issue in reading instruction of expository texts. As the result of this investigate, I found four main factors: (1) difficult of teacher’s immature view of reading ability and assessment, (2) belief that student and their parents don’t understand the new assessment, (3) dilemma that colleague maintain previous method, (4) difficult of absence of new method in assessing reading expository text. Above all, study of reading instruction of expository texts is needed to approach (4) difficult of absence of new method. Also, the approach is needed to focus on critical reading."}
{"text":"EDITED to match edited requirements.\nYou can achieve exactly what you want by creating a Shared folder. To do so go to System Preferences > Sharing > File Sharing and Add all the folders you want to share.\nYou can do this, too, by directly selecting a folder in the Finder,, choosing Get Info from the File menu, and enable Shared Folder to share it (or deselect \"Shared Folder\" to stop sharing the folder).\nExtracted from Apple's 101: File Sharing.\nYou can achieve this in a couple of ways.\nLogging as root will grant you read and write privileges to all areas of the file system. You'll need to have the root user enabled. To do so, assuming you're using Lion:\n- Go to System Prefereces > Accounts.\n- Click the lock and authenticate with an administrator account.\n- Click Login Options.\n- Click the Edit or Join button at the bottom right.\n- Open Directory Utility.\n- Authenticate with an administration account.\n- Choose Enable Root User from the Edit menu.\n- Enter the root password.\nHere is described for earlier OS.\nPlacing the file under the Shared Folder (/Users/Shared), or Sharing the folder, the one where the file you want to edit is, will grant other users access to that file. More about it, and how to Share other folders here."}
{"text":"We've seen robotics improve by (literal) leaps and bounds recently, but what about more nuanced things, like a fine sense of touch? Researchers at MIT and Northeastern University are showing off a new fingertip version of the GelSight sensor, a cube-shaped attachment that uses a camera and a sensitive rubber film to 3D map the objects they're grabbing. That new level of precision, the team says, could lead to more independent robots that are better able to manipulate their environment.\nIn the team's demo (shown in the video above), a Baxter robot from Rethink Robotics uses its standard sensors to grab a dangling USB cord. At that point, the GelSight sensor attached to the robot's two-pronged hand susses out the finer details, specifically the raised USB logo embossed on one side of the plug. The sensor's cube-shaped housing features a thin rubber film covering one side. That layer conforms to whatever is being pressed against it, while multicolor LEDs bounce light off the resulting bumps and ridges. A camera then uses that data to build a 3D depth map of the object. Using what it knows about USB connector design, the system can then position the plug accurately enough to place it in an adapter plugged into a power strip below.\nWhile the sensor isn't quite as accurate as earlier, larger iterations of the GelSight tech, the team says the fingertip-mounted version still demonstrates about 100 times more sensitivity than a human finger."}
{"text":"1891 – 1985\nWho was Biagio Marin?\nBiagio Marin was an Italian poet, best known from his poems in the Venetian-Friulian dialect, which had no literary tradition until then. In his writings he has never obeyed rhetoric or poetics. He only uses a few hundred words for his poems.\nUse the citation below to add to a bibliography:\n\"Biagio Marin.\" Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2019. Web. 18 Sep. 2019. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/biagio_marin>.\nDiscuss this Biagio Marin biography with the community:\nWe need you!\nHelp us build the largest biographies collection on the web!\n- Jun 29, 1891\non July 23, 2013"}
{"text":"About this resource:\nSource: The Cochrane Collaborative\nLast Reviewed: November 2011\nWorkgroups: Substance Use Workgroup\nIn this Cochrane systematic review, the Cochrane Collaborative found that mentoring adolescents could possibly help prevent them from starting to use alcohol or drugs. However, the researchers noted that because the review included studies in which participants were young and not likely to use drugs or alcohol, the mentoring interventions were unlikely to be effective. They also noted that the studies assessed formal programs but that most mentoring is informal.\nObjectives related to this resource (6)\nThomas, R.E., Lorenzetti, D. & Spragins, W. (2011). Mentoring adolescents to prevent drug and alcohol use. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2011 (11). DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007381.pub2."}
{"text":"blutoonwithcarrotandnail wrote:My book says that Cardinal Numbers are pivots in the languge\nbecause the other numbers are derived from them and pivot\nIs this simply an artistic statement that when you use 'QUARTUS'\nit came from 'QUATTUOR' or is there some grammar meaning\nto this like using different cases and tenses?\ncalvinist wrote:We saw thousands of cars. -- 'thousands' is functioning as the direct object of 'saw' and is a noun.\nWe saw a thousand cars. -- 'cars' is the direct object of 'saw' and 'thousand' is functioning as an adjective modifying 'cars'.\nwords like 'thousands' 'hundreds', 'millions' function as nouns, but a/the/one thousand or hundred or million function as adjectives.\nUsers browsing this forum: Bing [Bot], Google Adsense [Bot] and 25 guests"}
{"text":"Question: When is the best time of year to divide perennials?\nOriental poppies should be divided after they bloom.\nAnswer: Generally, perennials should be divided during the season opposite that in which they flower. So spring and early summer bloomers should be split in fall, and late summer to fall bloomers in early spring. The idea behind this is that the new plants will be able to put all of their energy into root and leaf production, rather than flowering, and therefore have an easier time becoming established.\nWhen dividing in spring, do it early enough that the plants will have at least several weeks to recover before hot weather arrives. When dividing in the fall, leave the new divisions four to six weeks to settle in before the ground freezes.\nMany gardeners in the coldest climates (USDA Zones 3, 4, 5) do all of their dividing in early spring, so that the plants can use the whole growing season to develop a good root system before the onslaught of winter.\nSeveral plants should only be divided just after they bloom. These include peonies, irises and Oriental poppies.\nWhatever time of year you divide them, be sure to water your plants well the day before you divide them. Prepare their new locations before you dig them up, and try to divide and transplant them on an overcast day or at the end of the day, so they won’t be stressed by hot sun.\nTwo great references: The Garden Primer and The Well-Tended Perennial Garden.\nSee specialized digging tools and more equipment to make garden work easier.\nLearn the ins and outs off all propagation techniques with The Plant Propagator’s Bible.\nGet illustrated how-to articles for under $5 with Horticulture’s Smart Gardening Techniques downloads.\nPlan your garden with the Perennial Garden Wheel, a 3-D tool for less than $8."}
{"text":"Ashton Windmill facts for kids\nQuick facts for kidsAshton windmill\n|Architectural style||Tower mill|\n|Town or city||Chapel Allerton, Somerset|\nAshton windmill is a tower mill in Chapel Allerton, Somerset, England. Its tower is over 7.5 metres (25 ft) high with stone walls that are 60 cm (2.0 ft) thick. The sails are 13 m (43 ft) across and used to be covered with canvas. The last millstones were 1.2 m (3.9 ft) across and the millstones used to grind wheat for flour and beans for cattle food.\nThe first mill on the site was medieval, but the present structure probably dates from the 18th century. It was modernised in 1900 with machinery brought from the demolished Moorlinch mill, and iron hoops around the building being added. It was restored in 1967. The mill has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building.\nIn 2008 the council applied for listed building planning consent to undertake major restoration work on the windmill, including replacement of the stone steps, installation of hand rails, guard rails and safety bars, alterations to the window shutters and replacement of the sail frames with wood laminate.\nIn 2010 Sedgemoor Council decided it could no longer afford to maintain the windmill and has appealed for an independent group of trustees to take on the responsibility for the building.\nAshton Windmill Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia."}
{"text":"Red Knot in summer breeding plumage\nPhoto: Heather Forcier/AP via The Daily News\nThe New Jersey side of Delaware Bay is a critical stopover feeding location on their flight from the coast of Brazil in South America to the Arctic. On a single day, perhaps 90% of the entire migrating population can be on a New Jersey beach.\n|horseshoe crabs moving ashore to lay eggs|\nThe Red Knot migrates more than 10,000 miles a year to the Delaware Bay, so it is certainly a tough species. Nevertheless, its migratory population has been steadily in decline. How much of a decline? Since the early 1990s, it is estimated that the Delaware Bay population has gone from 100,000 to 15,000 which is almost a 90% decrease.\nA critical issue in this story is the parallel decline in the horseshoe crab eggs in the Delaware Bay. The harvesting of the horseshoe crab eggs for fishing bait is one of the key problems in the Red Knot population crisis. NJ is actually given more credit for attempting to decrease that harvesting as compared to other surrounding states.\nIn a NY Daily News article, Dave Jenkins, bureau chief for the Endangered and Nongame Species Program, said that “In New Jersey, we are already doing everything we can. But this needs to be unified.” said Jenkins. “The species is also in a crucial one-year process for being listed as endangered at the federal level, and the New Jersey field office is definitely taking a lead on that. But if this population trend continues, it is possible that extinction is imminent.\""}
{"text":"salomónica, (Spanish: “Solomon-like”) also called barley-sugar column, in architecture, a twisted column, so called because, at the Apostle’s tomb in Old St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, there were similar columns, which, according to legend, had been imported from the Temple of Solomon in ancient Jerusalem. When Gian Lorenzo Bernini worked at New St. Peter’s, he echoed the salomónica design in the columns that supported the baldachin, or canopy, over the altar above the tomb.\nThe structure, similar in appearance to the twisted stalk of a barley-sugar plant, became popular in Romanesque architecture and the type of Spanish Baroque called Churrigueresque. It is among the most notable characteristics of the work of the three architect brothers of the Churriguera family. Followers of this school continued to imitate José Benito Churriguera’s graceful salomónicas, especially those behind the altar of the church of San Esteban in Salamanca, Spain, well into the 18th century."}
{"text":"By John Casey\nBy Terry Bartelt\nBy Terry Fleischman\nYou need to be logged in to use this feature.\nLog In or Register\nThis primer introduces students to the 4-input truth table. It also gives them the ability to practice creating one of their own.\nLearners follow steps to convert numbers from Gray code to binary code. They then view steps to change binary values to Gray code numbers.\nLearners study an animated block diagram that describes the function of each element in a closed-loop system used in industrial automation.\nThe learner will determine which of two options is the correct choice for rounding a given number to the nearest tenth, hundredth, or thousandth."}
{"text":"Green Screen Video\nStudents explore ways in which to incorporate green screen techniques into their creative video making. Enhancing their creative ventures into acting, dance and film making.\nIt is used as part of the Weekly Kids News Videos for assemblies.\nCoding and Robots\nIn 2018 Digital Technology will become part of the New Zealand Curriculum for Schools. Students will be required to be able to create code for games and robots as part of their achievement objectives.\nWe are already learning to code robots to navigate mazes, follow lines and use sensors to avoid obstacles.\nWe have the tools available to do multi track recording. Students can professinally create recordingas of songs and music, multi-tracking and applying vocal effects.\nStudents can create worlds and interact with others exploring their creativity."}
{"text":"Smoke alarms save lives. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the number of U.S. home fire deaths has been cut by about half since the mid-1970’s, when smoke alarms first became widely available.\nA fire’s very nature makes it unpredictable. Because no one can know when a fire will occur or what type of fire they will have in their home, virtually every recognized fire authority and safety expert – including NFPA, the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) – recommend having both photoelectric and ionization alarms for optimal protection against flaming and smoldering fires. Kidde supports and states this recommendation on its packaging, website and in its owner's manuals.\nKidde offers photoelectric and ionization smoke alarms as well as a dual-sensor alarm that combines both technologies in one unit. All three can be found at home improvement stores and other retailers nationwide, or online. In addition, every Kidde smoke alarm – regardless of technology - must pass identical tests in order to meet the current smoke alarm performance standard, UL 217.\nKnowing the difference between alarm technologies can help consumers make an educated decision on alarm placement. However, regardless of technology, a home that does not have enough working smoke alarms is still underprotected. It is vital that families have working smoke alarms on each floor, outside of sleeping areas and inside each bedroom, and replace alarms every 10 years. Families must also practice an escape plan, so they know what to do when the alarm sounds."}
{"text":"Radiation Therapy: What to Expect\nRadiation therapy is a form of cancer treatment that uses high levels of radiation to kill cancer cells or keep them from growing and dividing -- while minimizing damage to healthy cells.\nRadiation is delivered to the affected breast and, in some cases, to the lymph nodes under the arm or at the collarbone.\nWhen Is Radiation Therapy Given?\nRadiation therapy is usually given after a lumpectomy and sometimes after a mastectomy to reduce your risk of local recurrence of cancer in that breast. The treatments generally start several weeks after the surgery so the area has some time to heal. If your doctor recommends chemotherapy along with radiation therapy, this might be given before you start radiation therapy.\nOnce radiation treatments start, you can expect to receive small daily doses of radiation over a period of several days to several weeks.\nWhat Happens On Treatment Days?\nThe radiation therapist will escort you into the treatment room. The therapist will help you onto the treatment table and help place you in the correct treatment position. Once the therapist is sure you are positioned correctly, he or she will leave the room and start the radiation treatment.\nYou will be under constant observation during the treatment. Cameras and an intercom are in the treatment room, so the therapist can always see and hear you. If you should have a problem, you can let the therapist know. It is very important that you remain still and relaxed during treatment.\nThe therapist will be in and out of the room to reposition the machine and change your position. The treatment machine will not touch you and you will feel nothing during the treatment. Once your treatment is complete, the therapist will help you get off the treatment table.\n© 2005-2015 WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved.\nSource article on WebMD"}
{"text":"Infertility is more common than many people realize. It affects about 10% of couples—that’s more than 1 million—in the United States. Both men and women face fertility problems. About 1/3 of the time an issue is discovered with the woman, and about 1/3 of the time it is a problem with the man. Sometimes, a combination of female and male factors are the issue. Approximately 20% of the time, the cause of a couple’s infertility is unexplained. Our goal is to determine precisely where the problem lies, so we can do everything possible to make your dream of building your family a reality.\nCommon Infertility Issues\nCountless factors affect fertility in women. Some of the most common include ovarian aging, ovulation disorders, fallopian tube damage, and uterine abnormalities.\nWomen are born with a finite number of eggs, and it is normal for the egg supply to decline in both number and quality over time. The chance of pregnancy decreases about 3–5% each year after the age of 30, and women above the age of 40 may find it challenging to conceive. Ovulation disorders may cause irregular cycles and make conception difficult. Damage to the fallopian tubes can prevent fertilization and make getting the embryo to the uterus a challenge. Anatomic differences in the uterus, such as polyps or fibroids, may disrupt the normal implantation process.\nMale causes of infertility include anatomic issues, hormonal problems, and decreased sperm parameters. Differences in sperm concentration, movement, and shape can make the fertilization step challenging. Since a large portion of infertility is due to male factor, it is very important to consider both partners at the start of the fertility evaluation."}
{"text":"At the very least, aim to at least look at every question\non the test. You can’t afford to lose points because you didn’t\nfind the time to look at a question you could have easily answered.\nYou can spend an average of forty-eight seconds on each question,\nthough you’ll probably breeze through some in ten seconds and dwell\non others for two minutes. Knowing how to pace yourself is a critical\nskill—these three guidelines should help:\nDon’t dwell on any one question for too long.\nIf you’ve spent a couple of minutes laboring over the\nquestion, you might just want to make a note of it and move on.\nIf you feel the answer is on the tip of your tongue, it might come\nmore easily if you just let it rest and come back to it later. Not\nonly is it demoralizing to spend five minutes on a single question,\nbut it also eats up precious time in which you might have answered\na number of easier questions.\nNail the easy questions.\nAs we said in the previous chapter, the test questions\nget progressively harder as you go along. Nonetheless, there will\nbe some tough ones thrown in right at the start, and you’ll be finding\ngimmes right up until the end. One of the reasons you don’t want\nto dwell too long on tough questions is to ensure that you get a\nlook at all the questions and snatch up the easy ones. Remember:\nyou get as many points for correctly answering an easy question as\na difficult one. You get a lot more points for five quickly answered\neasy questions than one hard-earned victory.\nSkip the unfamiliar.\nIf you encounter a question you can’t make heads\nor tails of, just skip it. Don’t sweat too hard trying to sort out\nwhat’s going on. If you have time at the end, you can come back\nto it and see if you can make an educated guess. Your first priority\nshould be to get all the easy questions, and your second priority\nshould be to work through the questions you can solve with difficulty. Unfamiliar\nmaterial should be at the bottom of your list of priorities."}
{"text":"When it comes to LEED green building certification, everyone, it seems, is getting in on the act – from residential homes to schools, campus buildings, hospitals and manufacturing facilities. (Recently, even the Empire State Building greened its operations via the LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance certification.) Now McDonald’s, that notorious purveyor of cheap, decidedly non-sustainable American cuisine, is stacking up green certifications from the U.S. Green Building Council for a handful of its restaurants.\nA McDonald’s restaurant in Riverside, Calif., is the latest to have been awarded LEED Gold certification for its various green features. The restaurant, at 2242 University Ave., is the first McDonald’s west of the Mississippi to gain this honor – putting the “Gold” in the Golden Arches – and the fourth in the U.S. to do so. (The other LEED-certified Mickey D’s are in Cary, N.C.; Savannah, Ga.; and Chicago.)\nScoff all you want, greenies. This McDonald’s may not yet feature sustainable, locally grown produce, grassfed beef and free-range chicken – and isn’t likely to any time soon – but it does feature a solar photovoltaic array that saves the restaurant around 8,950 kilowatt-hours (kWH) per month in electricity, equal to the power bill of 13 average Riverside homes. Other notable green features include low-E glass windows and LED lighting, which, together, have helped the location net an additional energy savings of 2,870 kWH per month, equal to the usage of another four local homes. Recycled denim used in the restaurant’s insulation further helps to reduce its heating and cooling bills.\nAs in most other green building projects, water conservation was also a focus, with low-low plumbing fixtures installed, and native, drought tolerant plants used to reduce water consumption by landscape irrigation systems. All told, these features save the operation approximately 250,000 gallons of water per year, equal to the water of eight 20-foot by 40-foot swimming pools."}
{"text":"The ubiquitous presence of computing has undoubtedly changed not only the way we work today, but also the way people avoid and sabotage work. In today’s age, the Internet serves as a mechanism to “communicate, transact, entertain, educate and improve the connectivity and productivity” (Scruby, 1999, p. 2). The Internet plays an extremely important role in ensuring the ease of performing multifarious transactions to businesses. This helps to reduce costs, shorten product cycle times, market products and services more effectively (Anandarajan et al., 2000). The Internet has its own repercussions and thus companies should deploy it to employees with caution, as it exposes employees to many counterproductive activities during work hours (Anandarajan and Simmers, 2004).\nCyberloafing (Polito, 1997) is a term used for employees who slack off excessively surfing the Internet during work hours for non-work related activities. It is also called cyberslacking (Greengard, 2000) which is wasting of time and company resources by entertaining oneself on the Internet instead of working (Marron, 2000). Some researchers call this “cyber deviance” (Vitak et al., 2011), “cyber-budging” (Mills et al., 2001) or a technologically mediated manifestation of procrastination wherein individuals use different web pages for their own purposes during the office hours. Certain examples of cyberloafing include online shopping (Eastin et al., 2007; Madden, 2009; and Andreassen et al., 2014), using personal social media sites (Henle and Blanchard, 2008) and playing video games (Madden, 2009; and Reinecke, 2009)."}
{"text":"Magellan Crater on Mars\nJuly 8, 2010\nThe region around Magellan Crater stretches across 190 x 112 km, and covers an area of about 21 280 sq km, which is roughly the size of Slovenia. It is to the southwest of the volcanic region Tharsis on the southern highlands of Mars. With a ground resolution of about 25 m per pixel, the data were acquired for the region of Magellan Crater at about 34°S/185°E, during Mars Express's orbit 6547 on 6 February 2009.\nTopics: Disaster Accident, Environment, Planetary science, Spacecraft, Space exploration, Magellan Crater, Slovenia, Geology of Venus, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Planetary geology, Tharsis, Magellan probe, Mars"}
{"text":"Nuclear Fusion questions\nWhy isn't it breaking even? Is it just too much energy is needed to cause it? Or it needs to be a continuous reaction? Why can't we just heat up multiple hydrogen atoms enough to cause multiple fusion reactions?\nAnd is it possible to use a molecule, say carbon dioxide, and induce fusion?\nAnd hi to everyone XD\nRe: Nuclear Fusion questions\nWhy not start with:\n|All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:09 PM.|\nPowered by vBulletin Copyright ©2000 - 2014, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.\n© 2014 Physics Forums"}
{"text":"The dimming of light from stars and other distant objects, especially pronounced in the galactic plane, due the combined effects of interstellar absorption and scattering of light by dust particles. Interstellar extinction increases at shorter (bluer) wavelengths, resulting in interstellar reddening. It is least in the radio and infrared region, which makes these wavelengths suitable for seeing across large distances in the galactic plane and, in particular, for probing the nucleus of the Milky Way.\nRelated category INTERSTELLAR AND INTERPLANETARY MATTER\nAbout • Copyright © The Worlds of David Darling • Encyclopedia of Alternative Energy • Contact"}
{"text":"Course: 22.425 - Design Machine Elements\nSemester: Fall 2005\nInstructor: Chris Niezrecki\nPartner: Village Empowerment Peru Project\nThree students tackled this project in order to design a safe structure to locate a water tank near the perimeter of the school in Raypa. Due to the lack of running water, a design for a water supply storage tank system was analyzed to allow running water to be accessible to a school located in Peru. Raypa is a remote Andean village in Peru in which running water is only accessible in the morning. A storage tank would allow running water to be available throughout the day. Two different options were considered to investigate which would be a more viable structure. The tower was analyzed for static loads and recommendations for maintenance and prevention were shared in a final report to ensure a long useful life. A tower was designed with the goals to use less metal than current towers in the region."}
{"text":"|Wind (mph)||2 E||2 E||4 E|\nMiddle Grid line 55 F Middle Grid line 50 F Middle Grid line 45 F Middle Grid line 40 F Middle Grid line 35 F Middle Grid line 30 F\nRises at 7:12 AM with 10:10 of sunlight, then sets at 5:22 PM\nRises at 2:02 PM with 14:34 of moolight, then sets at 4:36 AM\nNov 12, 2012; 5:00 AM ET The UV index has been around since the early 1990s. It was created to help you plan outdoor activities in hopes to limit overexposure to the sun. Jeannette Calle has more."}
{"text":"In this week’s New Yorker is an article about Stanford Child Development research that looks at the ability to delay gratification. Children ages 4 and 5 were invited into a room and shown a tray with candy treats including a marshmallow. Asked to choose a treat the children were told that they could have one or if they could wait a few minutes they could have two. The researcher leaves the room but a camera follows the children’s actions.\nSome children pop the marshmallow right into their mouth. Some stare at it and sit on their hands until the man returns but others cover their eyes or play under the desk until the researcher reenters and they can have the two treats.\nAt first researchers thought they were looking at desire but then realized that all the children wanted the treat. But some were able to wait. They could hold on or hold out so that they could have more by delaying gratification. The key the researchers discovered was whether these tots could manage their thinking. The ones who stared at the marshmallow typically could not resist but those who covered their eyes or hid under the table, or sang songs to themselves were able to wait—and benefit from the waiting.\nThe discovery was that some kids understood how to distract themselves so that they could delay gratification.\nWe talk about alcoholics as being unable to delay desire and its true, but again we see the wisdom of AA in the ways that we—adults yes, but not unlike the little kids—can be taught to not stare at the rink, to shift our focus, to distract our selves from our desires. We learn to “think through the drink” and to “change people places and things”.\nI love imagining my constant desires—for shoes, food, comfort, whatever as the marshmallow test. Can I cover my eyes? Sing a song? Distract myself by calling another alcoholic? So that I can wait to enjoy my treat!"}
{"text":"For a long, long time, we’ve heard people debate back and forth about whether or not there’s a “right to privacy” in the Constitution (and Bill of Rights).\nFor an excellent lesson on this issue, see a classic article from Harry Browne:\nThe ninth and tenth amendments were included to make absolutely sure there was no misunderstanding about the limited powers the Constitution grants to the federal government.\nThe enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.\nThe powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.\nNow, where’s the right to privacy?\nIt is clearly in those two amendments.\nThe government has no power to tell people what to do except in areas specifically authorized in the Constitution.\nThat means it has no right to tell people whether or not they can engage in homosexual acts; no right to invade our privacy; no right to manage our health-care system; no right to tell us what a marriage is; no right to run our lives; no right to do anything that wasn’t specifically authorized in the Constitution.\nIt’s pretty straightforward. There is a right to privacy. Why? Because the government isn’t specifically given the power to violate your privacy.\nThat’s what the 10th Amendment is all about – government is strictly limited to doing those activities which are specifically authorized to it by the Constitution.\nEverything else is left to “the States, respectively, or to the People.“"}
{"text":"Regular expressions (regex or regexp) provide a concise and flexible means for matching strings of text, for instance particular characters, words, or patterns of characters. A regular expression is written in a formal language that can be interpreted by a normal expression processor, a program that either serves as a parser generator or examines text and identifies parts that match the provided specification.\nRegular expressions are used by quite a few text editors, utilities, and programming languages to search and manipulate text based on patterns. Some of these programming languages, including Perl, Ruby, Awk, and Tcl, have fully integrated normal expressions into the syntax of the core language itself. Others like C, C++,.NET, Java, and Python instead offer access to regular expressions only by means of libraries. Utilities provided by Unix distributions-including the editor ed and the filter grep-were the very first to popularize the concept of regular expressions. Lots of modern computing systems offer wildcard characters in matching filenames from a file system. This is a core capability of numerous command-line shells and is also known as globbing. Wildcards differ from regular expressions in normally expressing only limited forms of patterns. A normal expression, generally known as a pattern, is an expression that describes a set of strings. They’re generally used to give a concise description of a set, without having to list all elements\nLearning regex or regular expressions is a little bit challenging, you need to try and errors many times before you got a regular expressions you want (note: for a complex regex).\nSo to learn regex or regular expressions you can download this cheat sheet to help you.\nDownload Regular Expressions Cheat Sheet\nSource from: addedbytes.com"}
{"text":"Cells of the vertebrate immune system are continuously regenerated by division of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) into differentiated effector cells. Classically, HSCs were thought to reside primarily in the bone marrow niche where they produced mature progeny that migrated from the marrow to repopulate the peripheral immune system. However, emerging evidence has established that hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) are themselves mobile and able to repopulate ectopic niches and contribute more directly to inflammatory responses in the periphery. How the HSPCs remain immune to destruction in a toxic inflammatory milieu is unknown.\nMendeley saves you time finding and organizing research\nChoose a citation style from the tabs below"}
{"text":"A good knowledge of collocations (typical word combinations) is essential for fluent and natural-sounding English. Using collocations will improve your style of written and spoken English, and knowledge of collocations is often tested in examinations such as Cambridge FCE, CAE, CPE and IELTS. Learning correct word combinations will also help you avoid common learner errors. English Collocations in Use presents and practises hundreds of collocations in typical contexts. It is ideal for students at good intermediate level and above."}
{"text":"Hand Painted Model Re-Creation of King Solomon's Second Temple Jerusalem\nModel of King Solomon's Second Temple Jerusalem built 514 BCE destroyed 70 CE in the Jewish revolt against Rome.\nThis hand painted Model is based on the dimensions of\nKing Solomon's temple discussed in the Talmud and\nThe Model depicts, in amazing detail, the Main hall of\nthe temple (the Hechal) which also contained the holy of the\nThe ark of the covenant (which contained the tablets with\nthe Ten Commandments)were in the large building in the\nThe only remnants of the Temple today is what is known as the Western Wall (the Kotel ).\nJews from all over the world come and pray for\ntheir daily needs, heeling of the sick and for the final\nThe Western Wall was liberated from Jordan in the six-day\nwar June 1967 as seen in these photos\nThe Model comes with a booklet that guides you through\nthe Temple Courtyard and Sanctuary.\nIf you would like to see a very large photo of the Model click this link\nLarge Photo of Temple\nBack to Temple page"}
{"text":"To create a good database, I have to know the relationship between tables.\nIt is clear, the database I talking about is relationship database.\nThere are three types of table relationships.\n- One-to-one relationships\n- One-to-many relationships\n- Many-to-many relationships\nIn a one-to-one relationship, a key will appear only once in a related table. It is the most simply relation.\nIn a one-to-many relationship, keys from one table will appear multiple times in a related table.\nThe exapmle is a connection between department and employees. One department has many employees. One employee can only be in one department.\nIt is a very common type of relationship."}
{"text":"Large shrub or small tree to 6 m (20 ft) tall and 30 cm (1 ft) in diameter. Bark rough, thick, brown, divided into long narrow strips. Twigs glabrous, brown, with usually paired (stipular) sharp spines at the nodes. Buds very small, no terminal bud. Leaves alternate, drooping, bipinnately compound with only one pair of side branches. Leaflets sessile, 7-17 pairs, narrowly oblong, 1-3 cm (0.4-1.2 in) long, yellowish-green, glabrous. Flowers very small, numerous, crowded in spikes about 5-7.5 cm (2-3 in) long, blooming in Spring and Summer. Fruits legumes, 10-20 cm (4-8 in) long and about 1 cm (0.4 in) in diameter, slightly constricted between seeds, yellowish or brown, ending in a sharp point, maturing in late Summer or Fall.\nDistribution: Southwestern U. S. and northern Mexico.\nHabitat: Plains and foothills in semiarid regions.\nNWI status: FACU\nComment: There is disagreement about the presettlement range of the species. It is sometimes said that mesquite was confined to south Texas until the big cattle drives started after the Civil War, but there were a few large mesquite trees in the Ft. Sill area (Comanche County) in 1873. However, mesquite has apparently become much more abundant in that area since settlement. Aerial photographs made at Ft. Sill in 1945 and 1990 show that mesquite became more abundant and covers more area in the 45 years between the photographs. The map shown below represents the present range in Oklahoma. Prosopis is the old Greek name for the burdock; glandulosa refers to nectar glands in the flower.\nDistribution in Oklahoma:\nRETURN TO INDEX\nLast update: 9/15/99\nGo to Oklahoma Biological Survey Home Page"}
{"text":"The Test Sample\nWhat is being tested?\nThis test measures the amount of haemoglobin (a protein found in red blood cells) in your blood and is a good indication of your blood's ability to carry oxygen throughout your body. Haemoglobin carries oxygen to cells from the lungs. If your haemoglobin levels are low, you have anaemia, a condition in which your body is not getting enough oxygen, causing fatigue and weakness. If your haemoglobin levels are high, this usually means you have too many red cells which is called polycythaemia. Polycythaemia, when severe, can cause the blood to become too viscous, leading to heart failure, heart attacks or strokes.\nHow is the sample collected for testing?\nA blood sample is collected by inserting a needle into a vein in your arm or by a finger-prick (for children and adults) or heel-prick (for newborns).\nNOTE: If undergoing medical tests makes you or someone you care for anxious, embarrassed, or even difficult to manage, you might consider reading one or more of the following articles: Coping with Test Pain, Discomfort, and Anxiety, Tips on Blood Testing, Tips to Help Children through Their Medical Tests, and Tips to Help the Elderly through Their Medical Tests.\nAnother article, Follow That Sample, provides a glimpse at the collection and processing of a blood sample and throat culture.\nIs any test preparation needed to ensure the quality of the sample?\nIdeally you should be reasonably hydrated when having a haemoglobin test or the result may be inaccurately high."}
{"text":"SciGuy has disabused us of the notion that shark attacks are any reason to fear the beach, but how about dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria as a reason not to go?\nAfter all, there have now been two studies this year that found beaches contaminated with Staphylococcus aureas, including strains resistant to traditional anti-infection drugs such as methicillin. In February, researchers presented data that one-third of bathers who swam at a Florida beach were exposed to staph; and last week another team reported it isolated staph at nine of 10 beaches in Washington, with many the highly resistant type that usually spreads in hospitals rather than the community.\nJim Kiest/San Antonio Express-News\nJust when you thought it was safe to go in the water, a new threat lurks\nSo what about Galveston and other Texas beaches? Should Texans be worried they could acquire the infection from a day in the surf?\nNo one’s done any studies here, but University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston chief epidemiologist Dr. Glen Mayhall is dubious. He calls the two studies counter-intuitive and says a lot more science needs to be done before he’ll believe beaches are reservoirs of MRSA.\nHe says it’s not surprising that staph would tolerate the salt, but notes it needs a living host to survive. Most human pathogens don’t thrive in the cold, cruel ocean, he says, and they’d die quickly lying in the sun on the beach.\n“In all my years here, I’ve never seen a report of someone acquiring staph from the beach,” says Mayhall. “The bottom line is you’d be more likely to get it from the person you’re lying next to sunbathing than in the water.”\nMayhall points out there is one ocean bacteria to fear, particularly if you’ve got any sort of abrasion and a serious underlying medical condition: the rare bacterium Vibrio vulnificus. A month ago, it claimed the life of a Baytown man with hepatitis who acquired the infection through a scrape on his knee while fishing in Galveston Bay."}
{"text":"surname ( surnames plural ) Your surname is the name that you share with other members of your family. In English speaking countries and many other countries it is your last name. n-count\nShe'd never known his surname...\nTraducción diccionario Collins Inglés Cobuild\nAñada su entrada en el Diccionario colaborativo."}
{"text":"Liberty and Justice for All\n- Grades: 1–2\nStudents explore significant events of the Civil Rights Movement during the late 1950's and discover why everyone deserves to be treated respectfully and fairly.\n- Explore details of the Civil Rights Movement\n- Research and discuss significant historical figures and events of the Civil Rights Movement\n- Sequence these significant events in a timeline\n- Discuss the importance of appreciating individual differences\n- Learn two new vocabulary terms: segregation and supremacy\nLesson Plans for this Unit\nAllow students to visit other classrooms to share their timelines while reading their paragraphs about the Civil Rights Movement."}
{"text":"This is a statue of noted canal builder James Brindley. It stands in Coventry Canal Basin, overlooking some of his plans.\nWhat did this image teach me?\nAs one of the founding fathers of England’s inland waterways, Brindley was there at the construction of the first “modern era” canal at Bridgewater in the late 18th century. It was Brindley who set the standard for “narrow” canals when he designed the Trent & Mersey."}
{"text":"Players are bunching up\nPerfectly normal! Players do not understand space and are totally selfish. Their only focus it to “get the ball.”\nEmphasize activities where every player has a ball. Smile, laugh and get ready to say, “Spread out.”\nPlayers dribble with their head down\nWell, if you were five do you think you’d be able to dribble without looking down at the ball?\nDribbling is a necessary, but difficult soccer skill. Don’t really expect your players to start picking their head up and seeing the field until U10. Continue to use dribbling as a central skill builder in as many innovative and creative ways. Practice, practice, practice.\nPlayers won’t pass\nPlayers are selfish and want the ball. Plus, they know better than we do at that age the if they give-up the ball there is no chance of them “getting it back” in a pass. They’ll have to run and work hard to be able to play with the ball again. It is completely unnatural to pass at this age.\nDon’t worry about passing and sharing the ball. This is why you need lots of ball and activities the put one player with one ball. Do you see a theme here? Understand the mentality of your player and play into it; don’t try and go against nature.\nPlayers seem uncoordinated and seem to fall down a lot\nWell, they are uncoordinated – at the very least, these players have a higher center of gravity and are “top heavy”. And, kids at this age are dramatic and do like to fall.\nThis is why we want to focus on dribbling and agility drills to help these players establish body control. We want to build players who have whole body control and are athletic. We’ll work on agility training exercises that don’t resemble soccer, but will definitely help this group."}
{"text":"Margaret Corbin joined her husband at Fort Washington as a camp follower. When her husband was shot, Corbin took up the cannon and began firing until she was injured.\nForeign-Born Heroes in the Revolution\nThis is a painting of Jane McCrea, an innocent women who was supposedly scalped by the Indians. It was used as propaganda to show the Native Americans as merciless and evil human beings and the British who hired them are equally terrible.\nI only regret I have but one life to give to my country.\nDuring the Revolutionary War, both sides wanted to have slaves on board. Both sides offered freedom so frightened slaves had a hard time choosing which side would actually do it.\nBaron von Steuben was a Prussian officer who educated the troops on combat at Valley Forge. He mostly spoke German and yelled a lot so his lessons were not exactly enjoyable.\nNathan Hale was a spy who spied in New York for the Patriots. he was caught and hanged which is where he set those famous last words.\nSoldiers carried many items with them such as a musket, a hook and twine for fishing, a blanket, a tinderbox, a uniform, and an axe."}
{"text":"A giant Celtic Cross was erected over the grave of Rt. Rev. James Augustine Healy when he died in 1900. When you cross over the old bridge (now closed to vehicle traffic) from Main Street in South Portland, you come to a burial section that was designated for diocesan priests and Sisters of Mercy. Overlooking them is the monument to Bishop Healy. Behind the cross is a circle where the old Mount Calvary Chapel stood (destroyed in 1987) and where Rt. Rev. Amadee Proulx, Auxiliary Bishop of Portland, is interred.\nJames A. Healy, the second bishop of Portland (1875-1900), was born in Macon, Georgia, the son of plantation owner Michael M. Healy, a native of County Roscommon, and his slave wife, Eliza Jane Clark, of white and black ancestry. The bishop, facing obvious discrimination in the South, was educated in Quaker and Catholic schools in the North. He graduated from Holy Cross College in 1849, attended a seminary in Montreal, and was ordained in that city in 1852.\nRelated sites: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Calvary Cemetery"}
{"text":"As a part of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture has aided in restoring health to people for thousands of years. It is an ancient science that normalizes the energy, or qi (pronounced chee), within the body. An alternative therapy, acupuncture works by stimulating points in the body, either with needles or with needle-free methods, in order to balance one’s energy flow.\nThe central nervous system, stimulated by needling, releases biochemicals to normalize immune reactions and endocrine activities and inhibits pain patterns and dysfunction to essentially “reset” our neurology and restore normal function. All this leads to restoration of self-healing and results in analgesia without side-effects."}
{"text":"USS Nevada: 1916 - 1948\nUSS Nevada was a 27,500 ton battleship built at Quincy, Massachusetts. She was commissioned in March of 1916 and served in the British Isles during World War I. In 1927 - 1930, Nevada was modernized with new masts, a new superstructure, and significant improvements to her firepower. During the next decade she operated as part of the Battle Fleet in the Pacific Ocean.\nThe Attack on Pearl Harbor\nAfter the Attack on Pearl Harbor began, the USS Nevada, which was the oldest of all the battleships at Pearl Harbor, was the only American ship to get underway even after she was hit by a torpedo. While leaving Battleship Row, she received heavy fire from the Japanese, bombs causing her to sink and become beached. During the attack, 50 of Nevada's crew were killed.\nUSS Nevada after the Pearl Harbor attack\nNevada received temporary repairs following the attack that allowed her to sail to the mainland to receive permanent repairs and improvements. She was involved in the Attu landings in Alaska in May of 1943 and then later that year was sent to the Atlantic. Her much improved weaponry were used during the Normandy Invasion in June of 1944 and in the Southern France operation in August and September. Nevada then returned to the Pacific to assist in the invasion of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945. During the spring of 1945, she was hit by a kamikase plane and then by artillery. Even though she was damaged, she remained on duty at Okinawa and spent the rest of the war preparing for the invasion of Japan. Follwowing the War, Nevada served as a target during the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Two years after being decommissioned in 1946, she was towed to sea off of Hawaii and was purposely sunk with torpedo and gunfire."}
{"text":"Year 6 SATs Revision\nYear 6 SATs take place on the week beginning Monday 8th May, with the children being tested in Maths, Reading and SPaG. These tests form an important part of Year 6 and are an opportunity for the children to show just how much progress they have made.\nSo that your child can feel prepared for the upcoming tests, I have added some links (click on the pictures) for some excellent revision sites; these can be used in addition to the homework set- the children should be able to complete these independently. One of the links enables you to print out past paper questions that specifically link to an area or objective within maths that your child is working on and has embedded YouTube videos which can help the children to remember the strategy needed to answer the question. The other two links are for 'quiz'style questions which provide the children with instant feedback- again related to a specific objective.\nPlease encourage your child to use these sites frequently in the lead up to SATs week- dripping in little bits of knowledge on a regular basis can make all the difference!"}
{"text":"Principles and Practice of Chromatography - Chromatography Applications > Gas Chromatography Applications > Hydrocarbon Analysis > Page 74\nDue to the perceived toxicity and carcinogenic character of the aromatic hydrocarbons, the presence of these materials is carefully monitored in all areas where they might enter the human food chain. The analysis of water for aromatic hydrocarbons, particularly surface water in those areas where contamination might take place, is a common assay made by the public analyst. It is essential to be able to measure concentrations in the ppb levels, and thus GC method employing a high sensitive detector is essential. Nevertheless, even if a high sensitivity detector is employed, some sample concentration will be necessary to measure contaminants at such low levels. One method is the purge and trap procedure, using a solid adsorbent to remove the hydrocarbon vapors. A diagram of the purge and trap system is shown in figure 37. A 5 ml sample of spiked water was placed in a small vial through which a stream of helium was passed at a flow rate of 40 ml/min. The purge was carried out at room temperature for 11 min.\nAfter bubbling through the sample, the helium passed through a stainless steel adsorption tube, 1/8 in. diameter having a 7 cm length packed with Carbopack C and a 1.2 cm length packed with Carbopack B. Carbopack C is 20/40 mesh, graphitized carbon, having a surface area of 10 m2/g and the short length of Carbopack B packing had a surface area of about 100 m2/g. The short length of packing with the higher surface area (thus high adsorptive capacity) was to used to ensure that none of the sample material was eluted through the adsorption bed and lost.\nFigure 37 Purge and Trap System for Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water"}
{"text":"Despite its name, the old Empire of Ghana is not in any way, related to modern Ghana. It lies about four hundred miles north west of modern Ghana. Ancient Ghana is now located in a region within modern day Mali and Mauritania. Ghana was located in the savanna region, north of rain forests where there was an abundance minerals, specifically gold. Vegetation grew almost exclusively in the southwest part of the kingdom, due to the lack of rain in the northern part of the empire."}
{"text":"What is it?\nA member of the mint family this sprucey, rich and fragrant herb is used world wide in a variety of ways. As it ranges from sweeter more subtle flavouring to spicy basils such as Thai basil, this herb is used best as complimentary additive.\nSome of the earliest evidence of basil usage dates back to the ancient Egyptians, as it is thought that they used it to for embalming during the mummification process. Also during the development of Ayurveda medicine in India, basil is thought to have a positive impact on the respiratory tract. It hasn't all been positive though, basil has definitely had negative links to it such as the ancient Greek's who had understood the herb to be a symbol of hate.\nModern use of basil\nNow, mostly known for its fresh flavourful uses in cooking, basil is often tossed in at the end of a dish retaining its full aromatic properties. Basil is used a lot throughout European cuisines, such as Italian and German. Across Asia, the spicier flavoured Thai basil is more widely commonly used by being sprinkled into a range of different soups and stir fries. The western world has adopted all traditional uses of basil including uses in anything from fresh salads to pasta sauces. It should also be noted that the oil of basil is extracted into an essential oil and used for its antioxidant, antiviral and antimicrobial properties.\nBasil seeds are tiny, so it is best that they are sewed in with a light covering. They can be expected to grow in the range of 12-20inches and should be planted 1 foot apart in rows, or 1 foot away from other herbs at home, or in a seperate pot plant is fine too. Basil loves tropical weather and should be planted in spring in most cases. Harvest times are optimal in summer, and as the white flowers begin to develop on the plant the leaves will begin to lose flavour."}
{"text":"Third-party data, as the name implies, is data that a marketer acquires from a multitude of outside sources. Normally used to help create consumer segments for targeting ads and marketing messages, third-party data often refers to information gathered from internet interactions. Data-management firms aggregate information from sites across the web that show interests in particular topics based on behavior, and that third-party data is used to categorize people into groups such as travelers or sports enthusiasts. But third-party data isn't just digital. It can represent real-world interactions such as purchase transactions or mobile phone locations.\nCillian Kieran, CEO and Founder of Digital Agency, CKSK\nThird-party data is acquired from data sales houses or other large site and system operators. Third-party data is not typically from a single site, rather a consolidation of user data across a set of sites across the web and licensed to third parties for use in data and ad targeting. The benefit of acquiring this data is often its depth and breadth which would be hard to derive from a single data source, such as one's own website. In addition, data providers often carry out complex segmentation in advance of distribution, ruling out the costly overhead for big data analysis and distillation to arrive at a targetable segment. For example, information can be purchased about consumers already interested in books, travel or health insurance.\nRead about first-party data here."}
{"text":"The term “refractive lensectomy” means the surgical removal of the eye’s natural lens while it is still clear and transparent. Normally the natural lens is removed only when it has become cloudy enough to obstruct vision, for example, when a cataract has formed. The lensectomy procedure, however, can also be used to correct very high amounts of farsightedness and nearsightedness as well as astigmatism. In such cases, the eye’s natural lens is replaced by a lens implant whose optical prescription is specifically selected to provide sharp vision for the particular eye that is having the procedure. The term “clear lensectomy” is also used to describe this type of procedure.\nOne limitation of lensectomy is that it results in the eye losing its natural ability to focus on close-up things, for example, when reading, sewing, using a computer, etc. Hence, reading glasses would normally be required after lensectomy. The recovery from this procedure is fast and dramatic. On the day after surgery patients are usually able to perform all regular activities, with the benefit of increased visual freedom. The surgery is performed one eye at a time and approximately two to four weeks apart."}
{"text":"Author: Steve Parker\nPublisher: Chrysalis Children's Books, United Kingdom (2002 and 2003)\nThe World Issues series covers some of the most controversial subjects affecting our lives today. Each title looks first at one person's experiences, and then examines the facts, arguments and opinions from around the globe. Special debate panels, supported by a wealth of resource material, invite the reader to discuss the issues that are currently shaping our world.\nGenetic engineering allows today's scientists to affect life itself. This books asks whether it will prove to be a blessing or a curse. What exactly is genetic engineering? How can it help fight against sickness and famine? Is GM food really safe? What does the cloning of human beings mean for the future?\nAward-winning author, Steve Parker, has written more than 150 books, and gives regular talks and science workshops for schools, libraries and television. He is a Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, and has worked for organizations including the Science Museum and the BBC.\n* Naomi's Story\n* What are genes?\n* What are genetic conditions?\n* What is biotechnology?\n* Does genetic engineering affect my food?\n* What is cloning?\n* Is genetic engineering big business?\n* Further information"}
{"text":"The Rule of 21\nIt takes about 21 days to develop a new habit. Yet most people give up on creating positive life change after only the first few days when they experience the stress and pain that is always associated with replacing old behaviours with new ones.\nAs human beings, we are genetically programmed to resist change and maintain a state of equilibrium. The condition, known as homeostasis, evolved naturally over time as a means by which our ancestors could survive constantly changing conditions. The problem is that the mechanism works to keep things as they are even when more favourable possibilities exist.\nSpeak with a member of our team to find out how we can get you on track and keep you there."}
{"text":"» FIPS-201 Fingerprint Readers\n» FIPS-201 Contact Smart Card Readers\n» FIPS-201 Contact Smart Card &\nFingerprint Combination Readers\n» See All\nMatching algorithms are used to compare previously stored templates of fingerprints against candidate fingerprints for authentication purposes. In order to do this either the original image must be directly compared with the candidate image or certain features must be compared.\nPattern-based (or Image-based) algorithms\nPattern based algorithms compare the basic fingerprint patterns (arch, whorl, and loop) between a previously stored template and a candidate fingerprint. This requires that the images be aligned in the same orientation. To do this, the algorithm finds a central point in the fingerprint image and centers on that. In a pattern-based algorithm, the template contains the type, size, and orientation of patterns within the aligned fingerprint image. The candidate fingerprint image is graphically compared with the template to determine the degree to which they match.\nMinutia based algorithms compare several minutia points (ridge ending, bifurcation, and short ridge) extracted from the original image stored in a template with those extracted from a candidate fingerprint. Similar to the pattern-based algorithm, the minutia-based algorithm must align a fingerprint image before extracting feature points. This alignment must be performed so that there is a frame of reference.\nIt is important to note that an actual image of the print is not stored as a template under this scheme. Before the matching process begins, the candidate image must be aligned with the template coordinates and rotation. Features from the candidate image are then extracted and compared with the information in the template. Depending on the size of the input image, there can be 10-100 minutia points in a template. A successful match typically only requires 7-20 points to match between the two fingerprints."}
{"text":"The Ten Niyamas (Observances) of Hinduism\nHri (remorse) - feeling shame and performing penance for misdeeds.\nSantosha (contentment) - living a life that strives for joy, serenity, and peace of mind.\nDana (giving) - giving generously to others without expecting anything in return.\nAstikya (faith) - maintaining a firm belief in God, the gods and goddesses, the spiritual teacher (guru), and living a life that follows the path to enlightenment.\nIshvarapujana (worship) - practicing daily puja (prayer) and meditation.\nSiddhanta Shravana (scriptures) - studying the holy books and the teachings of wise teachers and holy men.\nMati (cognition) - under the guidance of a guru, gaining spiritual growth and wisdom.\nVrata (sacred vows) - live a life according to all religious vows, rules, and observances.\nJapa (recitation) - chant holy mantras daily.\nTapas (austerity) - living a life without attachment to material things or the ego.\nHinduism strives to achieve a balance between avoiding unethical behavior and living a virtuous, spiritual life. The goal is to live in the world without being touched (or tainted) by the world. This takes a lifetime of practice, discipline, devotion, and commitment.\nAugust 9, 2021\nCopyright 2021 Dawn Pisturino. All Rights Reserved."}
{"text":"Word Family Stationery: -ot: Stationery\nGather students and write the letters ot on chart paper. Then write dot. Blend the word out loud while pointing. Underline the letters that match. Create a personal Word Family Album by using this stationery and adding additional ot family words.\nSubject: Writing, Early Reading, Word Families Grade: Kindergarten - 2 Type: Learning Activities and Worksheets Author: Marilyn Myers Burch File Size: 62 KB"}
{"text":"Jesus' earthly father.\nJoseph was the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus. He was a carpenter and a descendant of David who lived in Nazareth. According to the Gospel of Luke, Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem at the end of Mary's pregnancy to register during a census because Bethlehem was Joseph's ancestral home (Luke 2:1-7). Joseph is prominent in Matthew 1-2, which includes the story of an angel warning him to flee with his family to Egypt to protect Jesus from Herod the Great. After Herod's death, Joseph takes the family to Nazareth. Joseph does not play a part in Jesus' ministry as an adult.\nAUTHOR: Robert Brusic, Seminary Pastor Emeritus"}
{"text":"Repression (repressed memory) definition | Psychology ...\nPsychology definition for Repression (repressed memory) in normal everyday language, edited by psychologists, professors and leading students. Help us get better.\nDefense Mechanisms | Simply Psychology\nIn order to deal with conflict and problems in life, Freud stated that the ego employs a range of defense mechanisms. Defense mechanisms operate at an unconscious ...\nThe Unconscious in Clinical Psychology\nYou might wonder, “What is the relevance of psychology to everyday life?” Well, here is the answer. Like it or not, the unconscious affects every aspect ...\nPsychology Articles | Buzzle.com\nPsychology. Psychology is a form of science, involving the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. The clinical profession of human psychology recognizes ...\n20 Common Defense Mechanisms People Use for Anxiety\nDefense mechanisms help the ego cope with anxiety. Learn the 10 defense mechanisms described by Anna Freud as well as 10 other common defenses.\nRepression | Define Repression at Dictionary.com\nRepression definition, the act of repressing; state of being repressed. See more.\nDifference Between Suppression and Repression\nSuppression vs Repression In psychology, there are terminologies that science students should familiarize themselves with. Oftentimes, these terminologies are\nRepression - Changing minds and persuasion\nRepression is the unconscious hiding of uncomfortable thoughts.\nRepressed Memories - Guide to Psychology\nRepressed Memories. T WOULD be hard to imagine a more lively debate about psychology—filled as it is with accusations, counter-accusations, and downright ...\nAmerican Psychological Association (APA)\nThe American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychologists in the United States. APA educates the public ..."}
{"text":"The Mars Society wants to send a group of mice to space where it can breed and then come back. Since many astronauts lose bone density on trips to space, the idea is to simulate gravity in the spacecraft to see if that can help with the ordeal.\nThus, we might have a better understanding of how humans would cope with a long term trip on Mars. The Univeristy of Washington, the University of Quensland and MIT are behind this project.\nTo simulate the gravity conditions of Mars while the mice fly through space, researchers are thinking of using a rotating spacecraft. The mice would leave for a 2 month journey in 2005."}
{"text":"Wildfire prevention is a responsibility we all share and it is important to understand safe fire practices so that everyone can enjoy Alberta's forests.\nWildfire is not an individual agency's concern – it is a community concern that requires everyone to become involved in solutions.\nEveryone's involvement ensures that wildfire does not needlessly threaten our environment. To accomplish this, individuals need to be aware of the dangers of wildfire to themselves and their community.\nTo reduce the number of human-caused wildfires, Alberta's Forestry Division has an extensive wildfire prevention program that targets:\n- Other Stakeholders\n- Property Owners\n- The General Public\nThe wildfire prevention program is based on the principals of the three-E’s, and these three principles play a vital role in wildfire prevention:\nThese three principles have an important role in reaching out to everyone to ensure that they understand the message being\nconveyed. Each category has several guiding principles with the general message that all prevention programs need to capture\nthe public's interest.\nUpdated: Oct 18, 2017"}
{"text":"How to plant bulbs\nIt's time to plant spring-blooming bulbs! Tulips, daffodils, crocus and others need to be planted in fall so they can root during the winter and burst forth with color in early spring. For the longest lasting bulbs, choose bulbs that are marked \"naturalizing.\" Bulbs need extra phosphorus to produce vibrant, colorful flowers. In each hole, add a little bulb food (like HappyFrog Bulb Food) or Bone Meal. Use bulbs for mass plantings in areas that will be shady later in the spring. An old method for a natural looking bulb display is to take a handful of bulbs, and toss them gently in the air. Where they land is where each bulb should be planted."}
{"text":"Wednesday, July 18, 2007\nMemorial to the Space Shuttle Challenger Crew\nInukshuks are a part of Inuit culture. They are used to mark trails and also points of significance. Two years ago, Keith and others built an Inukshuk to honor the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia. On this expedition, we created an Inukshuk near the Columbia memorial with the help of some of the Inuit who are currently at the HMP.\nWe are shown with a Challenger Center flag and an Explorers Club flag in front of the completed Inukshuk. It is appropriate that these memorials be built here on Devon Island. What a great way to remember these crews, who gave their lives in the pursuit of space exploration. Here at HMP, research and testing work will help further exploration of the cosmos as we reach out past low earth orbit to the moon and on to Mars!"}
{"text":"AMERICAN researchers are making progress in overcoming a problem that has threatened to limit the practical uses of high-temperature superconductors. The materials are dogged by a slow decay in the current they can carry, and a similar decline in the field produced by superconducting magnets.\nJohn Bravman, from Stanford University, says his group can now 'effectively suppress' the decay, caused by a phenomenon known as flux creep, in thin films of high-temperature superconductor. Two other groups, at AT&T Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, have also found ways to reduce flux creep, this time in bulk superconductors.\nSuperconductors carry electric current with zero resistance, but until recently only at very low temperatures, near to absolute zero, -273 Degree C. In 1986, new ceramic superconductors were made that lose their resistance at higher temperatures, up to -150 Degree C. But the new superconductors have found limited applications because they cannot hold large ...\nTo continue reading this article, subscribe to receive access to all of newscientist.com, including 20 years of archive content."}
{"text":"SOUTH BRISTOL, Maine (NECN) -- The results of the annual shrimp survey in the Gulf of Maine are in and the numbers don't look good.\nIn fact, scientists at the Department of Marine Resources say it's the lowest shrimp count in nearly 30 years.\nThe decline of the shrimp population appears to be tied to rising ocean temperatures. It will likely mean a recommendation to shut down the fishery this upcoming season. Fishermen who count on shrimp for winter income are hoping that won't happen.\n\"Give the guys something,\" said fisherman David Osier. \"Give them a season just don't leave us with nothing and always wondering.\"\nFishing regulators will make a decision on the winter shrimp season when they meet in November."}
{"text":"What a future mission to Mars might look like. Astronauts collect rock samples and carry out scientific experiments on the...Read More >>What a future mission to Mars might look like. Astronauts collect rock samples and carry out scientific experiments on the Martian surface.An astronaut is a person trained to command or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. Astronauts walking on the Moon, travelling to and from the International Space Station or performing space walks are subjected to environments inhospitable to humans, so a spacesuit is required. These need to be flexible so astronauts can get around easily; they must also be set at the correct temperature, pressure and oxygen levels, and be fitted with a range of safety devices should anything go wrong.\nA fully fitted spacesuit consists of several layers of material. On the outside is a tough fabric to protect against damage from dust storms and to insulate the suit from extremely cold temperatures. Inside is a Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment (LCVG), a double-layered body-suit containing a network of fine, water-carrying tubes. This water is pumped around the garment to remove excess heat. Underneath is a Maximum Absorbency Garment (MAG) to absorb and hold body waste hygienically. The Hard Upper Torso (HUT) is a toughened fibreglass shell to which the various \"limbs\" of the suit are attached, as well as the helmet and the Life Support System backpack. The HUT contains sensors for heart rate, respiration, body temperature, suit temperature and humidity.\nEuropean Space Agency (ESA) Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang participates in extravehicular activity (EVA) on the...Read More >>European Space Agency (ESA) Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang participates in extravehicular activity (EVA) on the International Space Station.\nThe longest period anyone has spent in space is 438 days, a record set by the Russian astronaut (known as a cosmonaut in Russia) Valeri Polyakov in 1994–95.\nFind the answer"}
{"text":"Safer and more effective medical foods and supplements from nature’s innovation\nGut Inflammation (PUA)\nMajor Health Problem\n- In 2004 Crohn’s Disease was the cause of 57,000 hospitalizations.\n- Around 200,000 new cases of IBD have surfaced since 2011.\n- The US spent $1.84 billion on Crohn’s and UC in 2004.\n- It is estimated that 70% of Crohn’s patients eventually need surgery.\n- IBS affects 25-45 million people in the US.\nDespite this growing problem, pharmaceutical manufacturers have been unable to develop medications that are safe and highly effective. Common gut inflammation treatments are a combination approach of immunosuppressants and medications for individual symptoms. These treatments have demonstrated adverse side effects, some severe.\n- PUA is a novel nutritional health ingredient for managing gut inflammation and necrotizing enterocolitis.\n- PUA is a safe and effective choice compared to current gut inflammation treatments.\n- PUA in the average diet is not enough to benefit health.\n- PUA supports digestive and immune health.\nInflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): A cluster of chronic, inflammatory conditions that involves all or part of the digestive tract. IBD primarily includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.\nUlcerative Colitis (UC): An IBD that causes long-lasting inflammation and ulcers in the innermost lining of the large intestine and rectum.\nCrohn’s Disease: An IBD that causes inflammation of the digestive tract. The inflammation can involve different areas of the digestive tract lining — the large intestine, small intestine or both.\nIrritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS): A common disorder that affects the large intestine. Unlike IBD, IBS does not cause changes in bowel tissue or increase the risk of colorectal cancer."}
{"text":"One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.\nwith object To make characteristic of Babel; to bring into a state of confusion; especially to render (language or a language) incoherent or unintelligible.\nEarly 17th century; earliest use found in Cyril Tourneur (d. 1626), writer and soldier. From Babel + -ize.\nIn this article we explore how to impress employers with a spot-on CV."}
{"text":"- Hulo' = Up, above, on top of.\nTak- + hulo' =>; Takkilo' = High, in a (high) far up place.\n- Påpa' = Down, below, bottom, southward, downward, beneath.\nTak- + påpa' =>; Takpapa' = Low, in a (low) far down place.\n- Huyong = Out, ouside.\nTak- + huyong =>; Takhiyong = Far out, in a far out place.\n- Hålom = In, inside.\nTak- + hålom =>; Takhalom = Inner, in a (inner) far inside place.\n(i.e. in an inner area, but not necessarily the innermost place)\n- Fo'na* = Ahead, be first.\nTak- + fo'na =>; Takfe'na = Out front, in a (forward) far up front place.\n(i.e. in a more forward position, but not necessarily the farthest out front)\n- Ti siña hu taka' i kisami sa' gof takkilo'. = I can't reach the ceiling because it's very high up.\n- Hunggan, takpapa' i presio-ña, lao, åhe', ti baråtu ha'. = Yes, its price is low, but, no, it's not really cheap.\n- Sumåsåga yo' takhiyong gi siudåt. = I live far outside of the city.\n- Bai sångåni hao ginen takhalom gi korason-hu. = I'll tell you from deep inside my heart.\n- Ti un li'e' yo' gi fila sa' gof takfe'na hao. = You didn't see me in line, because you were far up front (in line).\n- Takhilo' => TACK-he-loo'\nTakkilo' => TACK-key-loo'\n- Takpapa' => TACK-pa-pa'\n- Takhiyong => TACK-he-yung\n- Takhalom => TACK-ha-lum\n- Takfe'na => TACK-feh'-nah\n*Mo'na (preposition/past participle form of fo'na) is not really used with the prefix tak-. Instead we use the general/future/command form fo'na."}
{"text":"Enjoy a better Internet experience with Chrome, the web browser from Google, by learning to get the most from its features.\n- [Voiceover] Hi, I'm Nick Brazzi. Welcome to \"Up and Running with the Chrome Browser\". Chrome is a web browser; an application that you can use to surf the web. Chrome is a great alternative to the web browsers that come pre-loaded on Mac and Windows. In fact, Chrome has some interesting features that tie into a Google account, which other browsers don't have. We'll start by making sure you're comfortable with the basics of browsing the web. Then we'll look at some of the common, essential features in Chrome. Including downloading files, browsing the web with tabs, and of course, synchronizing data with a Google online account.\nWe'll talk about creating and managing bookmarks. Then we'll talk all about privacy. There are lots of pieces of information that Chrome saves. Like your browser history, saved passwords and cookies. I'll get you familiar with how to work with all of these pieces of saved data and how to clear them. If you use Chrome and you're not sure how everything works, or you just have some questions about the settings, I think this course will be very helpful for you. So please join me for \"Up and Running with the Chrome Browser\".\n- Using tabs\n- Setting the homepage\n- Downloading files\n- Sharing links\n- Creating and importing bookmarks\n- Installing Chrome apps and extensions\n- Saving passwords\n- Managing history, cookies, and other website data\n- Browsing privately\n- Using Chrome on mobile devices"}
{"text":"Lesson Plan: For Teachers - Eaton's: A Canadian Icon\nAsk students to brainstorm the last few purchases they made and the stores at which they made them. Write the responses on the board or chart paper. Ask: What would life have been like for people your age at the time of Confederation? What kinds of purchases would they have made? Where?\nOutline the Opportunity\nDirect students to the topic Eaton's: A Canadian Institution on the CBC Digital Archives website. Have them thoroughly explore the clip 'Homesteaders Bible.' Students should also browse the Additional Clips to learn about the products and services that Timothy Eaton provided to his customer base when the first store opened in the late 1860s.\nHave students write a point-form summary of what they discovered about how people shopped at that time, the products and services offered by Timothy Eaton, and the new ideas he brought to Canadian retailing.\nRevisit and Reflect\nAs a class, compile a master list of details about Canadian retailing in the late 1800s. Discuss the changes in the Canadian retail market since the time of the first Eaton's store. Ask: What developments influenced the changes in retailing? Identify mass production, the car, the internet, and so on.\nExtensionStudents can keep a diary of their routine for one day. Students will then review their routine to see which of the products or services they used were available in 1869. They should then write to explain how their daily routine would have been affected if they had only been able to use those products and services."}
{"text":"Domestic Abuse Misconception #13: It is important for someone to take charge and tell the victim what to do. Actually, the opposite is true. A victim needs to be empowered to make the wisest decisions about her own life.\nRemember what abuse is. It is the use of power and manipulation to gain and maintain control over the life of another person. This means that the victim of abuse has, for perhaps years, had no voice and no choice in her life. She has been beaten down, told she didn't matter, demeaned, and devalued. She has perhaps lived in constant fear. She has been a prisoner in her own home and even in her own body.\nThis is why it is so very important to allow her to make her own choices and gradually get back the power to run her own life. This is why so many domestic abuse organizations strongly encourage the empowerment model.\nYou can read more about empowerment here.\n(Note: In all of my posts I use \"he\" for abuser and \"she\" for victim for simplicity and because, in the majority of cases, the abuser is male. But it can be the opposite with a female abuser. Dynamics of abuse can also happen in same sex relationships.)"}
{"text":"A poor knight had many children. One day, the oldest, Rosald, made a friend named Geirald who persuaded him to come with him on travels; Geirald would pay for him, if he let the credit for any adventures they had fall to him. Rosald agreed. His mother warned him to always keep his promise to Geirald.\nThey heard that a band of twelve robbers were set to ambush them, and at Rosald's insistence, they climbed over them and rolled down rocks, carring the robbers away. The captain got to them, and Rosald fought him and killed him, and took a ring from his hand. This made them famous.\nThey wanted to stay the winter in a kingdom, but the king would only permit it if they killed a giant. They went to its home, and when it roused in the morning, Rosald struck it to the ground with a blow, and cut off its head. He gave the head to Geirald, to present to the king.\nA queen came to that country. She ruled her own country, but her subjects were dissatisfied with it: they wanted her to marry. She was impressed by the tales and asked the king, her uncle, if the two heroes might fight in a tourney against one of her pages. He agreed. Geirald tried to refuse, and Rosald eventually fought wearing Geirald's clothing, as he had promised. Geirald asked, as his reward, the hand of the queen in marriage. The queen thought he was not the man who had fought, and said he must fight against Rosald, as an additional test. Rosald feigned being defeated. Then the queen demanded that the two of them fight against two knights of hers. Geirald did not show up for that fight, and the queen declared she would marry Rosald. She told him that she had recognized the ring he wore during the fight (she being the page), and that Geirald had not worn it when he claimed her hand. Because he was faithful to his word to Geirald, she knew he would be a good king.\nOne day, many years later, a beggar came to their castle, and it was Geirald."}
{"text":"Basic geologic concepts are used for understanding how the environment and landscape affect society. This course examines the nature of various phenomena including earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, floods, and coastal erosion. It also examines the interplay between human activities and the environment, such as soil and groundwater contamination, solid-waste disposal, resource development, the geologic record of global change, and the far-reaching consequences of global warming.\nLocation & Meeting Time\nOlin Building-306+ M/W/F 10:30AM-11:35AM LEC"}
{"text":"Camera trap surveys in Virachey National Park in northeast Cambodia have recorded the country’s first sightings of a critically endangered deer, the large-antlered muntjac (Muntiacus vuquangensis). The species, also known as the giant muntjac, was first described nearly three decades ago, and up until now had only been recorded in Laos and Vietnam. The surveys also recorded a suite of other increasingly rare species, highlighting the importance of the national park, which experts say is in need of additional protection to safeguard its unique and diverse wildlife.\nVirachey National Park is located in the Annamite mountain range, which weave a chain of precipitous peaks and forested valleys along the border between Laos and Vietnam, terminating at the south in a flourish of high ground that sweeps into northeast Cambodia. The national park was established in 1993 and spans more than 3,300 square kilometers (1,270 square miles) of this remote and rugged terrain, locally named “the dragon’s tail.”"}
{"text":"Lola Levine is Not Mean!\nby Monica Brown (2015)\nA perfect little intro book.\nLola Levine is a confident 4th grader with a lot of winning qualities. She loves soccer, loves being competitive, loves jumping on her bed, loves writing in her diary, loves all the ethnic food from her mixed heritage, and even leaves apology notes for her friends and family. When schoolmates taunt her for being ‘half and half’ – because her mother is Catholic and her father is Jewish – she responds: “I’m whole just the way I am.”\nAt school, Lola doesn’t understand why some people don’t think a girl can be best friends with a boy. And she runs into trouble when her brand of soccer competitiveness is more than her peers can handle. She does have friends who stick up for her and is eventually able to transform the accusation “Lola Levine is mean!” into a new proud nickname – Lola Levine, Soccer Queen.\nLola’s chapters are quick and clear and chock a block full of colorful and active reference points. Do you know what shalom means? Or what Lola’s real name, Dolores, means? Or how to play doorway soccer? And that’s just the first chapter!\nThanks to Lola’s pace and brevity, and coupled with its lean, rich chapters, Lola Levine is Not Mean! is a perfect introductory title to captivate and motivate less confident parent readers and their families.\nRead Lola together and see if your intro families are not clamoring to read the 5 sequels…"}
{"text":"Now we know. Your brain power is linked to how much noggin you have in your noodle.\nResearchers have discovered that hard exercise can increase production of a brain protein called noggin — which in turn stimulates the growth of new neurons. It means exercise can protect people against agerelated degeneration of the brain.\nScientists have long known that exercise is good for boosting mental capacity but were uncertain how this worked. They suspected, however, that this was linked to neurogenesis, the process by which the brain produces new cells to replace those that die.\nNow research, by scientists at Northwestern University in Chicago, suggests that the key factor in this process is noggin, which appears to stimulate stem cells within the brain, prompting them…"}
{"text":"gwiles September 26th, 2009\nDr. Tom Lowell and two University of Cincinnati graduate students, Esteban and Bill, were kind enough to make the trip to Long Lake to help the Wooster Climate Change class extract two long (14 meter) sediment cores from the middle of the lake.\nThe first step was to build the raft. Dr. Lowell (aka \"the core boss\") is in the trailer. Bill and Rob assemble the parts and pieces.\nTerry Workman (our course TA) drives the geophysical craft. Under the tarp is Esteban who is collecting bathymetric and seismic data. Based on these data a core site was chosen.\nThe core boss gives us a short course on the operation of the coring platform. Dr. Lowell has custom-built this rig and he points out the automated coring system. A hydraulic system drives the Livingstone corer into and out of the mud.\nWell into the Holocene - Esteban wraps up another meter of lacustrine sediment.\nTom and Terry work the platform sending the piston corer down for another meter.\nThe crew rows to shore. The class will now obtain organic material for radiocarbon dating and then the work begins analyzing a suite of parameters in the cores. Class members Lindsey and Amanda located a stick at the base of the core, this has been sent for a radiocarbon age and should give us an estimate of the timing of deglaciation in the region. Will Hansen (red shirt) will be using the upper part of the core together with our other collections from Round, O'Dell and Browns Lake for his Independent Study."}
{"text":"In our volume Crime and the Punished, we featured our interview with sociologist-filmmakers Shadd Maruna and Fergus McNeill. This activity builds from their film:\nHow and why people stop committing crime is an important question. “Discovering Desistance,” by Sarah Lageson and Sarah Shannon describes how two social scientists “co-created” “The Road from Crime,” a film about desistance from the perspective of former prisoners and the practitioners who work with them. Watch the 50-minute film as you consider these discussion questions:\n- In what ways might the criminal justice system promote reoffending?\n- According to the filmmakers, desistance is both an “internal” and an “external” process. Where do you see internal and external processes in the film.\n- What punishment policies might be changed, added, or abandoned to better promote desistance?\n- Most people who work in the criminal justice system have never been convicted of serious crimes. How might the system be different if it incorporated more input from people who had been punished under it?\nAfter watching the film, imagine that you are a social worker in a community to which many ex-prisoners return. What resources do you think you’d need to address community needs and help former inmates desist from crime? What community leaders or organizations would you need to enlist for support? Discuss your thoughts in a group and draw up a list of the “stakeholders” whose voices are critical for designing your policy."}
{"text":"\"(Upton Sinclair) envied what he considered (Harriet Beecher) Stowe's easier task for she had the murderous Simon Legree to lash slaves and hound them across ice floes. The plight Sinclair wanted to describe seemed dull by comparison...Wage slavery in the twentieth century was not a literal fact but a metaphor; no workers were chained to their jobs or shot for trying to quit. Moreover, as Sinclair noted, most of the workers in Chicago were foreigners who, rather than being kidnapped, had chosen to come here. The plight of workers in general might stir sympathy, even indignation, but their protests often came in the form of strikes that inconvenienced and antagonized the public...The hard fact was that the largely middle-class Americans...were not likely to demand the end of \"wage slavery\". Workers' problems for these readers were mostly distant and theoretical concerns, no matter how vividly described. Food, however, was an immediate and practical matter. Everyone had to eat...Sinclair made a calculated decision to use Chicago's slaughterhouses as a setting for (\"The Jungle\") because doing so would broaden his base of readers and appeal to their self-interest. His true subject, however was to be working conditions that he thought approximated slavery...He had virtually no interest in persuading readers that their meat was rotten except as a means of dramatizing the sad conditions of the workers who prepared it for them. People could always choose not to eat meat. Workers couldn't choose not to work if they wanted to live.\"\n-from \"Radical Innocent: Upton Sinclair\" by Anthony Arthur"}
{"text":"Artificial intelligence may help Beijing combat smog\nCould artificial intelligence help Beijing combat its choking smog?\nWill Knight reports for the MIT Technology Review that IBM is developing a computer system that can predict how filthy the city’s air might be a few days in advance. The projections would be specific to various parts of China’s capital.\nEventually, the technology would enable researchers to recommend steps that Beijing might want to take to alleviate or avoid pollution, the article says. For example, the system could determine that restricting some vehicles from roads or closing certain factories temporarily would be the best responses given anticipated levels of particulates.\nThe artificial intelligence analyzes a variety of factors that contribute to the city’s foul air. These include factory emissions, road congestion and weather, Knight adds. An IBM prototype can deliver accurate pollution forecasts for Beijing up to 72 hours in advance. Eventually, the system would be able to project smog levels ten days in advance."}
{"text":"The Mesopodopsis slabberi (van Beneden 1861) ( Crustacea, Mysidacea ) population of the Westerschelde Estuary was sampled on a monthly basis and fortnightly basis from May 1990 to December 1991. Distribution pattern, density. biomass, number of generations per year, growth, and production of the species were determined. Higher density and biomass of Mesopodopsis slabberi were found upstream. Although there was no clear relationship between the species and environmental parameter, but it was more likely that adult stages were occurred in the low salinity zone. Marked seasonal and spatial changes were also found. The species was recorded with highest density of 55 ind. m-2 of in August and was disappeared in winter when water temperature was below 5°C. The Bhattacharya method was applied to the length-frequency data and revealed three different cohorts of Mesopodopsis slabberi in the Westerschelde. The overwintering generation lived from autumn until the following spring. The spring generation was released in early spring, while the summer generation was born two or three months later. This indicates growth difference of these three cohorts. Larger body sizes can be found in overwintering cohort, as well as seasonal growth oscillation, indicating that growth of this cohort halted in winter. The other two cohorts grew faster and attained maturity at smaller size. Males and females of Mesopodopsis slabberi showed marked difference in growth. Larger females were also found in every sampling dates. More than 75 per cent of production was contributed from spring cohort. Production in the estuary estimated by size frequency methods gave the range of 23-135 mg AFDW m-2 y-1. Least amount of production was contributed from summer generation.\nAlle informatie in het Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) valt onder het VLIZ Privacy beleid"}
{"text":"Philo_calhoun 2010-06-22 21:04:15\nThe old way to do shadows (before drop shadows were added as a layer effect) was basically to do what glen said: one created a shape from the original item with pen tool, lasso, etc. One then created a new layer and filled this shape with black. Guassian blur was added. The shape was moved to offset it slightly from the original and then the layer was placed under the original. The shadow layer was generally set to multiply mode and the opacity dropped to 30-50%. Sometimes one further masked the shadow by adding a layer mask and filling with a gradient fill."}
{"text":"Thursday, Oct. 11 2012 4:48PM\nRadon Week reminds homeowners of hazard\nMillions of Americans are unknowingly being exposed to radon, a dangerous gas known to cause lung cancer.\nOct. 15 to 21 is Federal Radon Action Week and health agencies throughout the United States are joining forces to promote awareness of this leading cause of lung cancer for non-smokers.\nThe American Lung Association, Centers for Disease Control and National Cancer Institute all agree that radon is a national health problem and encourage radon testing during this month’s awareness drive.\nRadon is a naturally-occurring, invisible and odorless radioactive gas. One in 15 American homes contains high levels of radon. Millions of Americans are unknowingly exposed, with a recent study by Harvard University ranking radon as America’s number one home hazard. By taking simple steps to test your home for radon and fix if necessary, the health hazard can be avoided.\nRadon gas is not isolated to certain geographical areas or home types. Radon problems have been detected in homes in every county of the United States. It caused more American fatalities last year than carbon monoxide, fires and handguns combined.\nIf a home hasn’t been tested for radon in the past two years, the Environmental Protection Agency and Surgeon General urge you to contact your state radon office for information on locating qualified test kits or testers.\nFor more information: www.epa.gov/radon/index.-"}
{"text":"Upcoming Home School Family Science Day Events\nFuel Up! Renewable Energies\nJanuary 9, 2018, 10am-1pm\nThis engaging, hands-on program features stations set up throughout the Museum's exhibit halls. Activities focus on family learning and are an exciting way to explore alternative energy, understand the carbon cycle, investigate the microscopic world of plants with a digital microscope, and discover the abundant energy around us.\nStations will include:\nWorld of Energy\nExplore forms of energy around us, including thermal and mechanical. Activities and demonstrations at this station include handling a cloud in bubble and observing a stunning display of convection, which are both effects of the sun’s thermal energy.\nMake a Molecule\nThis craft-based station allows participants to create a molecule that plays a role in the carbon cycle and is influential in the energy humans use.\nUse microscopes to discover tiny universes around us. The focus is on plant and algal cells, which are common sources used to make biofuels.\nPlant Cell Operation\nPlants have specialized cells in order to perform certain functions for the survival of the plant. Some of these cell are not functioning properly. Learn what the different organelles in a plant cell do in this fun and educational game of “Plant Cell Operation”!\nPlant's Path to Biofuel\nInvestigate how a corn plant and algae can be converted into a burnable energy source.\nBiofuel Testing Station\nUse a refractometer to measure which common household liquid contains the most sugar — a molecule that can be converted into fuel.\nStoring Energy — Batteries\nIn this station, students will explore arranging batteries and wires to power a light bulb, and go inside to learn how a battery works by using potatoes or apples to power a simple clock.\nChildren must be accompanied by an adult over 21 that must remain with child/children during Home School Day.\nFor more information about Home School Family Science Day, please call 214.428.5555, ext. 8 or email us at email@example.com."}
{"text":"The following is from Williams (1995), which draws in part from Boersma (1974). Calls include:\n1) \"donkey-bray\", which consists of \"several low introductory huffs followed by three, long, higher-pitched brays\" (Williams 1995: 261). This call primarily is uttered during the breeding season, especially early in the breeding season when the call is given by males attempting to attract females to a nest site. This call also is given in agonistic interactions between males; females give this call only rarely. Donkey-bray calls are individually distinctive.\n2) \"courtship\" or mutual bray. This call is given by both sexes, \"during nest reliefs or at other times when birds are reunited at the nest; males may follow the courtship bray with the donkey bray\" (Williams 1995: 261).\n3) \"haw\" call, which functions as a contact call. This call is uttered both on land and in the water."}
{"text":"What is EPUB?\nEPUB (also written as ePub, ePUB, epub, or EPub) is short for electronic publication. Files have the extension .epub. EPUB is an e-book standard that makes it possible to optimize text for display on different e-readers. Books in iBooks are published using the EPUB standard.\nWhy convert files or webpages to EPUB for reading on the iPad?\nUnconverted files and webpages are static, meaning you cannot use the interactive features of iBooks when reading them on the iPad. Files and webpages that have been converted to EPUB format can be opened and read in iBooks; you can also use all of the features of iBooks, including dictionary, highlighting, etc.\n2EPUB.com is a free online EPUB converter. Upload PDFs, Word documents, or .txt files (other file types are supported as well), and 2EPUB will convert the file to EPUB. You can then post the converted file to your class page, where students will be able to download and open it in iBooks on the iPad."}
{"text":"CPU, or Central Processing Unit, is that part of a home PC or a server which executes the calculations. Every CPU runs at a specific speed and the larger it is, the swifter everything shall be processed, so if you host resource-demanding web applications on a server, for instance, a fast processor will allow them to be performed speedier, which will considerably contribute to the whole user experience. The new generations of CPUs have two and more cores, each one operating at a particular speed to guarantee a better and quicker performance. This sort of architecture makes it possible for the processor to manage numerous processes at one time or a number of cores to address one process if it requires more computing power in order to be carried out. Obviously, other factors like the amount of RAM or the connection that a given server uses can also affect the efficiency of the Internet sites hosted on it."}
{"text":"Many surgeons report that such limited fundoplications help patients start eating and get released from the hospital sooner, and they have a lower incidence of complications trouble swallowing, gas bloating, and gagging than the full Nissan fundoplication. When you have a missing image on your site you may see a box on your page with with a red X where the image is missing. Reach Over the Counter Probiotics are healthy bacteria that speeds up the digestive process, hence reducing the production of stomach acids. External factors such as trying to eat in a relaxed setting and staying relaxed as your food Natural cures for gastroesophageal reflux disease can enhance your ability to prevent heartburn. The presence of probiotics in yogurt keeps the digestive system healthy. Contact your doctor if you have heartburn and develop any of the following symptoms: While heartburn can happen to anyone, GERD seems to be most prevalent in adults who are overweight or obese. Many mums-to-be start getting heartburn and indigestion in the second half of pregnancy, although its not unheard of to get it before Natural cures for gastroesophageal reflux disease Infant acid reflux usually goes away on its own around 12 to 18 months of age."}
{"text":"The “Game of Floods” is an exercise in collaboration, making tough decisions, and managing community resources.\nDeveloped by the County of Marin, the Game of Floods is an educational game on sea level rise adaptation, including traditional flood protection measure, nature based shoreline protection approaches, and policy/zoning changes that may be need to adapt to rising sea and changing shorelines. In the game, small groups are tasked with developing an adaptation strategy for a community that will experience sea level rise and increased storm impacts causing the loss or deterioration of homes, community facilities, roads, agricultural land, beaches, wetlands, lagoons, and other resources. The game can help foster collaboration and provide a deeper understanding of the environmental, economic and social choices that communities will face in preparing for sea level rise.\nThe Game of Floods can be played at public workshops, high schools, and community group meetings. If you are interested in hosting a Game of Floods event in your community, receiving facilitation assistance or a sea level rise presentations for your group, please email email@example.com."}
{"text":"Glenn Rutz of Elmhurst, Illinois, writes:\nMarilyn: A reader asked whether studying music helps children with math skills. (May 10, 2009) I agree with your answer (no solid evidence exists), but I do think that there is a relationship. I believe a triangular relationship exists among music, computer science, and math. This relationship, however, is not one in which one skill set reinforces another. Rather, one skill set is indicative of the other. My background includes an undergraduate degree in music education and ten years of professional performance, plus my current career in information technology, as well as some level of proficiency in math.\nAll three disciplines have one characteristic in common: To truly become skilled, one must be willing to drill problems repetitively. In music, repeated practicing of scales, technical exercises, playing techniques, and performance pieces is absolutely necessary. In math, the learning process requires (to my youngest daughter‚s never-ending chagrin) drilling of similar, but slightly different, problems. In computer science, one takes a programming class in which the target language syntax is repeated in an ever-expanding cycle of options and variations.\nI do not think that one area helps another, but I do believe that this skill correlation can be observed readily in the real world."}
{"text":"If you haven’t noticed, the new world health crisis is the Zika virus transmitted via the common mosquito:\nThere’s another big health concern that’s all over the news, and it’s behind this week’s Words You’ll Hear. That’s the segment where we try to understand stories we’ll be hearing more about in the coming days by parsing some of the words associated with those stories. Today, our word is Zika. That’s the name of a mosquito-borne virus that’s been detected in parts of the Caribbean and Central and South America, especially in Brazil, where it’s being blamed for a spike in birth defects. The Centers for Disease Control has issued travel advisories for women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant.\nYou’re humble contributing editor suggests a single course of action.\nA 1978 National Cancer Institute report concluded—after two years of testing on several different strains of cancer-prone mice and rats—that DDT was not carcino-genic.36 As for the DDT-caused eggshell thinning, it is unclear whether it did, in fact, occur and, if it did, whether the thinning was caused by DDT, by mercury, by PCBs, or by the effects of human encroachment.16,37 And as recently as 1998 researchers reported that thrush eggshells in Great Britain had been thinning at a steady rate 47 years before DDT hit the market; the researchers placed the blame on the early consequences of industrialization.\nBy all means, let’s ban a cure saving millions of life for … well, for nothing."}
{"text":"Biography of Emil Redlich\nRedlich studied at Vienna and received his doctorate there in 1889. During his hospital service as secondary physician at the Wiener Allgemeines Krankenhaus, and as house physician in the Städtisches Versorgungshaus, he was eagerly engaged in work on the anatomy of the brain at Heinrich Obersteiner’s institute. This work earned him his habilitaten for neurology in 1894, before he became assistant at the psychiatric-neurological clinic of Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857-1940) in 1895. From 1898 to 1906 he was head of the private lunatic asylum in Inzerdorf near Vienna. He became titular professor in 1900, ausserordentlicher professor in 1913, and titular ordentlicher professor in 1922. In 1914 he was made director of the Nervenheilanstalt Maria-Theresia-Schlössel in Vienna. He died in Vienna in 1930. Redlich and Obersteiner proposed that tabetic degeneration of the posterior columns begins in the posterior roots."}
{"text":"a term that was widely used in Soviet and foreign Marxist literature from the 1930’s through the early 1950’s. It referred to the errors committed in philosophy by A. M. Deborin’s group. In the resolution of Jan. 25, 1931, On the Journal Pod znamenem marksizma, the Central Committee of the ACP (Bolshevik) pointed out that on a number of important philosophical questions the Deborin group had descended to “the standpoint of Menshevizing idealism” (Opartiinoi i sovetskoi pechati [a collection of documents], 1954, p. 407).\nThe word “Menshevizing”signified that the separation of theory from practice by Deborin and his disciples was regarded as the resurrection of a particular Menshevik dogma, and the word “idealism,”that Deborin’s identification of Hegel’s dialectic with Marx’ was considered a retreat into idealism.\nLater, the term “Menshevizing idealism”was extended to some theoretical errors in other scholarly disciplines (for example, I. I. Rubin’s mistakes in political economy). Since the late 1950’s some scholars have argued that the term lacks precise theoretical content. However, it still has historical significance.\nREFERENCES“O zhurnale Pod znamenem marksizma”1 (an excerpt from the Central Committee resolution). In the collection O partiinoi i sovetskoi pechati. Moscow, 1954.\nIstoriia filosofii, vol. 6, book 1. Moscow, 1965. Chapter 1.\nLeninskii etap v razvitii filosofii marksizma. Moscow, 1972.\nL. N. SUVOROV"}
{"text":"Huacas del Sol y de la Luna is an archaeological complex located south of the city of Trujillo in the Moche district. It is composed of monuments, one of which is believed to have been used for political and administrative purposes (Huaca del Sol) and the other one for religious purposes (Huaca de la Luna). This site is one of the most representatives of the Mochica culture and its nucleus, located between the two huacas, truly shows the advanced level of organization that they had.\nThe first, Huaca del Sol, is a pyramid-shaped building with a height of forty-three meters with five stories. It was used for political and administrative purposes but also as the home to those who were powerful in the Mochica culture. This huaca was partially destroyed by the Spanish and unfortunately, not much has been restored of it.\nThe second huaca, Huaca de la Luna, is located about 500 meters from Huaca del Sol, and its temples were built during different time periods. Its highest platform is decorated by human figures. To the Mochica people, it was a great honour to be sacrificed and many human remains, mainly belonging to sacrificed warriors, were found in the temples. On the façade, many figures of deities can be seen, most of which represents water and fertility and all of them have animal heads.\nHuaca de la Luna holds many interesting murals depicting Ai apaec, the beheading god. These murals were painted with basic colours that were obtained from local minerals."}
{"text":"Note: To protect the privacy of our members, e-mail addresses have been removed from the archived messages. As a result, some links may be broken.\nRe: meaning that is age appropriate\n[ Thread ][ Subject ][ Author ][ Date ]Rosa Juliusdottir\nFri, 11 Apr 1997 18:32:34 GMT\nHi Kara. I think that as soon as you start teaching art to children, be it\n4 or 5 years old, they can begin looking for meaning in art works. Of\ncourse the dialouge has to be developementally appropriate. I choose to\nbegin with just a little talking the first times I introduce my students to\na work of art. This is usually about 5 yrs. old. I may tell them the name\nof the artist and where he lived / lives, sometimes describing that place a\nlittle if I think it reflects someting that is important to the children.\nLike about sunny southern France where Van Gogh painted so much. I believe\nthat the children must so to speak enter the artwork, or experience it.\nThen it is easier for them to understand and form their own thoughts about\nit. So my job as a teacher is to help them get this connection and it can\nbe done in many ways. For example a classroom full of yellow flowers in\nvases makes a connection with Van Gog´s Sunflowers easier as does a trip to\nthe forest and a walk by and over a small stream in the fall possible give\nstudents better understanding of Monet paintings of the Japanese\nbridge.Well this is getting long hope it helps, regards from the far north,"}
{"text":"Hamilton County, Ohio\nFrom Radioactive Waste to Wildlife Habitat\nWhen production ended at a uranium processing facility in 1989, plans were made to clean up the contaminated site. The result is Fernald Preserve. Environmental restoration focused on improving water bodies and reintroducing native plants. The preserve’s 1050 acres of wetlands, forests, savannas, and grasslands now attract a variety of wildlife, including over 245 bird species. Fernald has a visitor center and seven miles of trails.\nA quarter-mile paved handicapped-accessible trail leads to a platform overlooking a pond, wetlands, and prairie.\nProtected by U.S. Department of Energy\nOne of the largest cleanups undertaken by the US government at that time, Fernald shows how a heavily contaminated industrial site can become a wildlife habitat. The Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management oversees operation and maintenance of the preserve.Currently, a volunteer support program is in development. Interested persons may contact the visitors center at fernald@LM.doe.gov or 513-648-3330."}
{"text":"Last Updated on\nThis is the place to search for places and things of interest to visit in Britain, by name, location, type, keyword – or just have a browse. It is a growing directory – over 750 entries as of February 2020. Most entries have links for further information.\nThe Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew has its roots in Anglo-Saxon times. The first abbey was established at Peterborough (originally called Medeshamstede) in 655 AD and largely destroyed by Viking raiders in 870. In the mid 10th century a Benedictine Abbey was created from what remained. Some buildings were destroyed in Hereward the Wake's resistance to the Norman Conquest in 1069, but the church survived until an accidental fire swept through it in 1116. The present building was begun in 1118, consecrated in 1238 and the structure of the building remains essentially as it was on completion. Most significantly the original wooden ceiling survives in the nave, the only one of its type in this country and one of only four wooden ceilings of this period surviving in the whole of Europe, having been completed between 1230 and 1250. There is some fine 16th century fan vaulting at the east end of the church. Peterborough grew to be a wealthy monastic house, with 120 monks just before it was dissolved in 1539. However, the abbey church survived as Peterborough Cathedral. Parliamentary troops caused damage to glass and monuments during the Civil War. Two queens were buried in the Cathedral, Katherine of Aragon and Mary Queen of Scots: however, in 1612, James I/VI had his mother re-buried in Westminster and her grave is now empty."}
{"text":"Combination topical otic preparations are used to treat many infections of the external and middle ears. Despite the presence of ototoxic drugs in a number of these drops and convincing evidence of sensorineural hearing loss in humans and animal studies (Meyerhoff et al., presented at Southern Section Triological Meeting, Jan. 1983) following use of these medications, otic drops remain the cornerstone of treatment for many infectious disorders of the ear. Twelve chinchillas underwent bilateral tympanostomy tube placement and daily instillation of Cortisporin Otic Suspension (polymyxin B, neomycin, hydrocortisone, propylene glycol) in the right external auditory canal for 7 consecutive days. The animals were sacrificed 3 days later, 10 days following initiation of the Cortisporin Otic Suspension treatment. Following routine preparation of the temporal bones for light microscopy, the tissue was evaluated for evidence of inflammatory changes. All 12 animals demonstrated granulation tissue, effusion and focal hemorrhage in the ears subjected to the Cortisporin Otic Suspension. All of the contralateral control ears were normal. The present data suggest that this inflammatory response is due to a topical irritant effect of the otic preparation.\n|Original language||English (US)|\n|Number of pages||5|\n|Journal||International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology|\n|State||Published - May 1984|\n- middle ear\nASJC Scopus subject areas\n- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health"}
{"text":"Educational and entertaining, this folding pocket field guide provides a simplified introduction to the different types of volcanoes, volcanic hazards (including flying debris, pyroclastic flows, geysers and mud pots), and the rocks and calderas that are formed as a result of eruptions. Also reviews the history of volcanic events worldwide, their relationship to tsunamis and earthquakes and prominent active volcanic areas worldwide. Will appeal equally to novice volcanologists and students of geology and geography. Laminated for durability, this lightweight guide is an excellent source of portable information and ideal for field use. Made in the USA."}
{"text":"To go along with our solid shapes unit, we always make \"My Solid Shapes Book\"! These are easy to make, and the kids really learn a lot from it.\nTo make, each student will need 8\"x11\" sheets of paper. They will need half the amount of pages their book will have. For an example, the solid shapes book above has 7 pages, so it required 4 sheets of 8\"x11\" paper. If the book being made has an odd number of pages, just double that amount, and you'll end up cutting half of a page off.\nOkay, then, just lay the sheets on top of each other, spacing them out evenly for the titles. Then, fold the bundle of paper in half and staple together. As I mentioned above, if you have an odd number of pages, just cut one sheet off and re-staple!\nWe always make these books together. After putting the book together, the kids label each page. Then, one at a time, they write two sentences on each page. For solid shapes, the sentence format my kids follow is \"A (name of shape) has __ faces, __ edges, and __ verticies. A (example of shape) is a (name of shape).\" Then, I guide them through how to draw the solid shape. Last, but not least, they draw at least two examples of the shape.\nFinally, kids color their books! You may decide to keep the books in the classroom for a week or so for the kids to read independently and to you/an assistant/volunteer.\nIt takes some time to make these books, at least for the younger kids and the first book. The more of these you make, the easier it gets. Usually, I dedicate twenty/thirty minutes a day working on these, and it takes a few days. I think it's totally worth it though because my kids always know their solid shapes and all the facts about each shape! I have had my kids put together the books themselves, and I have also pre-made the books before giving them out. It just depends on your class!\nAn example of a page about spheres!"}
{"text":"By far the brightest of the planets is Venus, the \"Evening Star.\" Dimmer Saturn has been closing in on it from the upper left, while Mercury has been closing in on Venus from the lower right. All three planets fit within a circle 5° wide from June 22nd through 29th. They form a remarkably tight bunch on June 25th and 26th, fitting within a 2° circle (about the size of your thumb held at arm's length). This is the best \"trio\" of planets until at least the year 2030, based on brightness, closeness, and ease of visibility.\nAfter that, Saturn gets lower every day and sinks out of sight, while Venus and Mercury remain closely paired into the first week of July. The crescent Moon will hang with Mercury and Venus on July 8th. Meanwhile, the background stars Pollux and Castor add to the scene, though for these binoculars may be required.\nA fourth bright planet is also in evening view, very far off to the upper left of the group of three. This is Jupiter, shining brilliantly high in the southwest (not shown here). Aside from Venus, it's the brightest point of light in the sky — and very easy to spot.\nThat makes four of the five classical naked-eye planets visible at dusk. The fifth, Mars, is visible before and during dawn, shining orange in the southeastern sky.\nAll the evening planets appear about the same distance away as you watch them in the deepening dusk, but of course this is an illusion. Mercury is roughly 90 million miles away (its distance changes rapidly); Venus is about 140 million miles away, and Saturn is 930 million miles — about 10 times farther than Mercury. Jupiter is about 500 million miles away.\nSuch big distances are better expressed by how long it takes light to cross them. Mercury is about 8 light-minutes distant, Venus is about 12 light-minutes away, and Saturn is 85 light-minutes from us. Jupiter is 45 light-minutes distant. By comparison, the stars Pollux and Castor, in the constellation Gemini, are 34 and 52 light-years away, respectively."}
{"text":"Elderly and the young will be the most affected\nAir and water quality will suffer\nMalnutrition cases will increase\nNEW DELHI: The World Health Organisation (WHO) is placing health at the centre of global dialogue by making it the theme of the World Health Day, April 7.\nThis follows an overwhelming scientific consensus that climate change is happening and is human induced, making it one of the most critical challenges of our time.\nIf the increase in greenhouse emissions continues at the current pace, air quality will suffer greatly and respiratory illnesses will worsen. Lack of safe water will most probably trigger outbreaks of diarrhoea and other food and water-borne diseases.\nProjecting the risks associated with climate change in 2030, the WHO estimates that the number of malnutrition cases will increase by more than 10 per cent.\nClimate-sensitive diseases such as dengue and malaria are estimated to increase in terms of geographical distribution and incidence. Higher minimum temperatures will allow many disease vectors to thrive, leading to new risks in regions where they were previously less significant.\nThe people in the greatest danger include the very young, the elderly and the medically frail. Low-income countries and areas where malnutrition is widespread, education is poor and infrastructure weak will have the most difficulty adapting to climate change and related health hazards. The WHO estimates that warming and precipitation trends due to anthropogenic climate change currently claims over 1,60,000 lives a year.\nThe WHO and its partners in countries will enhance public education and awareness of the linkages between climate change and human health. Early alert systems for heat waves, other impending weather extremes and outbreaks of infectious diseases will be strengthened. Robuster disaster preparedness, enhanced infectious disease control programmes and improved surveillance will be part of the health sector’s response."}
{"text":"Teacher Perspectives on Accelerating Learning, Leadership, and Innovation in the Pandemic\nPosted by Teach Plus on October 13, 2020\nAs the COVID-19 pandemic forced school closures for millions of students across the country, teachers have shown that they are so much more than deliverers of content.\nThey build trusted relationships with students and families. They identify what inspires each student, leveraging the science of learning to invest in the whole child. They identify what works, and lead transformation in their schools, districts, and states. They leverage technology, creative student groupings, and blended learning to personalize instruction to maximize the potential of each individual learner. They are lowering barriers and building and strengthening bridges to students, families, and one another.\n“Barriers to Bridges: Teacher Perspectives on Accelerating Learning, Leadership, and Innovation in the Pandemic” examines the frontline experiences of educators during the COVID-19 pandemic and provides recommendations for education leaders and policymakers based on teachers’ guidance and input. The report is based on the feedback from 532 teachers in 152 virtual focus groups held across 25 states.\nRead more and download the report: https://teachplus.org/BarrierstoBridges\nMore in \"New Resources\"\n- Service Year Alliance Toolkit: Engaging Individuals After High School in Service Years\n- New Report: Toward a More Equitable Tomorrow: A Landscape Analysis of Early Childhood Leadership\n- Looking Back to Move Forward: Immigrant Heritage Month 2022\nStay Current in Philly's Higher Education and Nonprofit Sector\nWe compile a weekly email with local events, resources, national conferences, calls for proposals, grant, volunteer and job opportunities in the higher education and nonprofit sectors."}
{"text":"I knew it that I would not be able to make the hypothesis for my study. I was doing so well in my research, but then this hypothesis came and destroyed everything, my motivation, my hard work everything, I am fed up. Please tell me how to make a hypothesis? How many hypothesis should a study have?\nA hypothesis is a specific statement of prediction. It describes in concrete terms what you expect will happen in your study. Not all studies have hypotheses. Sometimes a study is designed to be exploratory. There is no formal hypothesis, and perhaps the purpose of the study is to explore some area more thoroughly to develop some specific hypothesis or prediction that can be tested in future research. A single study may have one or many hypotheses.\nNo. of hypothesis depends on the objective of your study. It is never specified.\nThe hypothesis is a clear statement of what is intended to be investigated. It should be specified before research is conducted and openly stated in reporting the results.\nIt allows to:\nIdentify the research objectives\nIdentify the critical abstract concepts involved in the research\nIdentify its relationship to both the problem statement and the literature review"}
{"text":"Planting roses in a pot\nIf you leave in a flat, but still want to enjoy the beauty of garden roses, don’t despair. You can still have potted roses in your home. Here are a few tips on how to plant and grow pot roses.\nBecause roses can grow larger roots, they will need to be planted in larger pots, that are about 14-16 inches in diameter. Smaller pots will cause problems with the watering and the root system.\nIt what concerns the soil, you should use high quality artificial soil because it retains the water much better than common soil. The roses will also need to be watered daily. To feed the roses, you should use a liquid fertilizer once a month.\nCaring for the roses\nIt’s important to stimulate the growth of the plants. one way to do this is by pruning the roses when it’s necessary. It is also important to watch out for insects and fungus. These two pests can cause serious harm to the plant.\nIn the winter, it’s best to keep them in a temperate room and add plenty of mulch to feed the rose and keep it strong.\n|flowers, growing potted roses, growing roses, growing roses in a pot, how to grow potted roses, pot rose care, pot rose caring, pot roses, potted flowers, potted roses, rose caring, roses, soil composition for potted roses, soil pot rose|"}
{"text":"Date of Award:\nMaster of Science (MS)\nPlants, Soils, and Climate\nThe tart cherry (Prunus cerasus) is the most significant fruit tree crop in Utah, accounting for roughly 51% of the total statewide commercial fruit acreage. In order to accommodate harvesting equipment, tart cherries are grown in conventional orchards with large trees spaced up to 5.5 meters apart. New methods of harvest are adapted to smaller trees in tighter spaced high density (HD) orchards. HD orchards bear fruit earlier in the orchard life than conventional orchards, but likely require different pruning and management strategies, which have not yet been determined for tart cherry. Experimental HD orchards were used to determine the type of renewal pruning cuts to maintain orchard productivity, and to determine whether mechanical pruning (hedging) could be used to maintain tree size. It was found that when removing branches during pruning, leaving the branch stub at least 10 cm long greatly increases the likelihood of getting adequate renewal growth. Mechanical hedging at bloom or 45 days after bloom did not change yields or fruit quality when applied to a well-pruned and maintained orchard. Spray pattern analysis in these canopies suggested that hedging creates a more consistent canopy density than unhedged HD canopies. This research provides distinct guidelines on renewal pruning of tart cherry to maintain productivity, and shows that mechanical hedging strategies can be a viable option for maintaining tree size in HD plantings without increasing pruning costs.\nHansen, Sheriden M., \"Pruning Strategies for High Density ‘Montmorency' Tart Cherry\" (2018). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 6879.\nCopyright for this work is retained by the student. If you have any questions regarding the inclusion of this work in the Digital Commons, please email us at ."}
{"text":"Definition from Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary\nIn employment law, facts the employer learns after firing an employee for which the employer would have fired the employee anyway. After-acquired evidence may be used as a defense to a wrongful termination lawsuit or to limit the damages available to an employee who was wrongfully fired. For example, an employer may discover, after illegally firing an employee because of his age, that the employee stole from the employer. The employer may use this evidence to limit its damages for lost wages in an age discrimination lawsuit to what the employee would have earned between the time he was fired and the time the employer would have discovered his theft and fired him absent any age discrimination."}
{"text":"The lotus plant comes from India originally. Over the course of 2,000 years however, it was transported to other countries from Egypt to China. The seeds of the lotus are known to benefit the kidneys, heart, and spleen.(1) There is an enzyme in lotus seeds that inhibits aging called l-isoaspartyl methyltransferase; it repairs damaged proteins.(2) The nourishing properties of lotus seeds are recommended for those who have poor digestion, suffer from diarrhea, low body weight, insomnia, agitation, and frequent urination.\nHere at Acupuncture Atlanta, we carry Lotus 9 by Seven Forests. This product is used to promote digestion, drain dampness, and calm agitation. In addition to the benefits listed above, this product is also suitable for people who have inadequate nutrition or have gone through immense weight loss; like anorexia nervosa, for example. It’s also helpful for treating those who are super sensitive to foods and to their environments as well.\n1. Dharmananda, Subhuti. (2002) Institute for Traditional Medicine. Lotus Seed: Food and Medicine. Retrieved from: http://www.itmonline.org/arts/lotus.htm\n2. Singh, Jagdev. (2014) Ayur Times. Lotus Seeds-Health Benefits, Dosage, and Side Effects. Retrieved from: https://www.ayurtimes.com/lotus-seeds-health-benefits-dosage-side-effects/"}
{"text":"|This article needs additional citations for verification. (December 2009)|\nRussian language proverbs are words of wisdom created in Slavic languages by Slavic peoples. The proverbs originated from oral history and ancient written texts dating as far back as the 12th century. The Russian language is replete with many hundreds of proverbs (пословица [pɐˈslovʲɪtsə]) and sayings (поговоркa [pəɡɐˈvorkə]). The proverbs express a universal concept, have a moral lesson and provide an insight into many aspects of history, culture, and national character of the people who created them. By the 17th century, the proverbs were collected and documented. They were studied in the 19th and 20th centuries. Vladimir Dal was a famous lexicographer of the Russian Empire whose collection was published in Russian language in the late 19th century as The Sayings and Bywords of the Russian People, featuring more than 30,000 entries. They continue to endure in modern literature and folklore. Evidence of this is seen in the collection of Russian anti-proverbs collected by Reznikov.\nOrigin of Russian language proverbs\nRussian became a full-fledged literary language in the 18th century in Eastern Europe, when it finally displaced Church Slavonic language. Russian language proverbs were first collected and documented during the Russian Empire from the oral history of many different cultures and nationalities.\nThe Russian Empire included parts of:\nUnder the unification of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1991, Russian language continued to be the official and dominant language, displacing the languages of the fifteen Republics of the Soviet Union. Today, the Commonwealth of Independent States continues to use Russian language as their working language.\n- List of Russian proverbs on Wikiquote Russian Proverbs\n- List of Russian proverbs on Wiktionary Russian Proverbs\n- Vladimir Dal\n|This Russia-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.|"}
{"text":"Name :Heaviside's Dolphin\nScientific Name :Cephalorhynchus heavisidii\nClass : MammaliaFamily : Delphinidae\nOrder : CetaceaAnatomy Biology : Anatomy & Biology\nShape : The adult's body is stocky, with a grey cone-shaped head; the melon is rounded and the snout is not distinct.\nFins : The fins are black. The dorsal fin is low, triangular, and median. The pectorals are small and black, measuring 12 to 18 percent of the animal's body length. The lower edge is serrated in the adult. The caudal fin has a median notch.\nLength : The adult measures 1.50 - 1.70 metres and 80 cm at birth.\nWeight : Maximum weight 75 kg and weighs 9.5 kg at birth.\nColour : This dolphin is generally blue-black dorsally, with a grey cape on the head and thoracic region. The stomach has a grey flame with four well-defined uncoloured areas; a sort of white collar between the pectorals and a white stain divided into three branches starting at the level of the pectoral fins and extending to the anal region. Some totally albino animals have been observed.\nDiet : It feeds on squid and fish living at the bottom of the sea.\nPopulation : This species is considered rare.\nHabits : It has been spotted swimming both slowly and fast, sometimes jumping out of the water. Occurs in small groups of up to 20 individuals, but may at some times and in some areas, occur in groups of more than 150.\nDistribution : It lives off western coasts of southern Africa (up to1 600 km of shoreline), from the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Cross in Namibia and as far north as southern Angola."}
{"text":"Research has shown that the risk of getting COVID-19 from riding a school bus is low when basic precautionary measures — such as masking, only allowing two kids per seat and leaving the windows open — are taken.\nFamilies should start preparing their children for the transition to in-person learning as soon as they are able to.\nWe’ve compiled some FAQs about COVID-19 transmission in children, masks, school buses, physical distancing at schools and more.\nBe proactive, and start creating your family’s distance learning plan as soon as possible!\nFollow these strategies to help ease back to school anxiety and the transition from being at home to having more structured schooling."}
{"text":"Promoting British Values at The Abbey CE VA Primary School\nThe Department for Education have reinforced the need “to create and enforce a clear and rigorous expectation on all schools to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.” We have a statement about each of these British Values on our school website.\nPupils have the opportunity to have their voices heard through our School Council, Green Council and Faith Council and regular pupil questionnaires. The elections of these Councils each year are based solely on pupil votes and children in Year 1-6 can stand for election for these posts. Two representatives are voted for by their class for each Council. Children have to prepare a short speech to the class to explain why they would be a strong representative and what ideas they have. The teachers have a record of prior Council membership, but not all children want to stand for election and this has to be respected. Children are not allowed to stand for the same Council two years in a row.\nThe democratically elected children will then be awarded their enamelled Council badges and I am sure they will bring many interesting and sensible suggestions from their classes. The School Council will meet with the headteacher at least twice a term to discuss issues and ideas to improve Abbey School. Katie Wright, Chair of the Governing Body, is looking forward to meeting the children to listen to their thoughts and ideas.\nTwo pupils from years 1 to 6 are democratically elected to the School Council each year. The Council meets each half term with the Headteacher to discuss school issues. Council members seek the views of their classmates and these are brought back to council meetings. All children within the school know that they have a voice and that their views are listened to. This helps to develop their sense of community and responsibility."}
{"text":"Visual influences on auditory spatial learning.\nThe visual and auditory systems frequently work together to facilitate the identification and localization of objects and events in the external world. Experience plays a critical role in establishing and maintaining congruent visual-auditory associations, so that the different sensory cues associated with targets that can be both seen and heard are synthesized appropriately. For stimulus location, visual information is normally more accurate and reliable and provides a reference for calibrating the perception of auditory space. During development, vision plays a key role in aligning neural representations of space in the brain, as revealed by the dramatic changes produced in auditory responses when visual inputs are altered, and is used throughout life to resolve short-term spatial conflicts between these modalities. However, accurate, and even supra-normal, auditory localization abilities can be achieved in the absence of vision, and the capacity of the mature brain to relearn to localize sound in the presence of substantially altered auditory spatial cues does not require visuomotor feedback. Thus, while vision is normally used to coordinate information across the senses, the neural circuits responsible for spatial hearing can be recalibrated in a vision-independent fashion. Nevertheless, early multisensory experience appears to be crucial for the emergence of an ability to match signals from different sensory modalities and therefore for the outcome of audiovisual-based rehabilitation of deaf patients in whom hearing has been restored by cochlear implantation."}
{"text":"As California contemplates a statewide ban on retailers offering free single-use bags, at least three stores in the Golden State already enforce such a policy. Walmart stores in Sacramento and Ukiah stopped offering single-use bags to shoppers in October, as reported by Triple Pundit.\nThe company as a whole has committed to reducing plastic bag waste by 33 percent per store by 2013. The pilot program at these three stores allows consumers to either bring in their own reusable bags or buy a reusable bag for either 15 cents or 50 cents, depending on size.\nIf passed, California's bag law would be implemented differently than Walmart's policy. It would ban retailers from giving out single-use plastic bags, but they would still be able to offer single-use paper bags at a fee of at least 5 cents per bag.\nThe bill justifies the continued use of paper bags, provided they are made of 40 percent recycled content, because they \"are a high value recyclable collected in every curbside and community recycling program in California.\"\nAnother area where Walmart and the state law will differ is that California requires that any reusable bags being sold are designed and manufactured for at least 100 uses, and Walmart's bags are said to last about 75 uses.\nWhile AB 1998 has received opposition over fears that reusable bags can transfer bacteria from items such as meat to other foods, the law does make a point to exclude single-use bags from anything \"used to protect a purchased item from damaging or contaminating other purchased items when placed in a recycled paper bag or reusable bag,\" as well as for bagging medications. In these cases, single-use packaging could still be used.\nIf California's law is passed, it won't take effect until 2012, but it would also remove the requirement that grocery stores offer plastic bag recycling containers. This could make it more of a challenge for residents that still have bags to find recycling options, since they typically aren't collected in curbside programs."}
{"text":"How to Identify Datura\nDatura (Datura spp.), also known as angel's trumpet and thorn apple, is an easy-to-care-for plant grown as a tender perennial in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 9 though 10; however, it is commonly grown as an annual outside its hardiness zone. Datura is often used in borders and container plants. It is easily recognized by its long, white blooms, bluish foliage and unusual seed pods.\nDatura produces 4- to 8-inch-long, white trumpet-shaped flowers that may be tinged with pale lavender. Plants bloom during summer. They are bushy and grow 3 to 5 feet tall with ovate bluish-green foliage. While most Datura species produce white blooms, they can also produce lavender, yellow and red blooms. Depending on species, the blooms may be single, double or even triple. All parts of Datura are toxic and should not be consumed.\nSpent flowers leave behind a burr-covered, walnut-sized seed pod that contains numerous black, kidney-shaped seeds. Seed pods are green early on, but turn brown as they ripen. Plants often self-seed, and plants grown from seed will flower in 14 weeks in ideal growing conditions, which includes full sun, rich moist soil and warm temperatures. Datura plants do tolerate poor soil when kept watered during dry spells.\n- The Gardeners A-Z Guide to Growing Flowers From Seed to Bloom; Eileen Powell\n- The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Gardening Volume 15; T.H. Everett, Editor\n- University of Illinois Ask Extension: Datura Seed Pods\nBased in Indiana, Molly Allman holds a B.A. in professional writing. She works as both a writer and author and enjoys writing articles on many different topics. She specializes in topics concerning health, crafts, family and lifestyles. Her fiction writing appears in \"Bewildering Stories,\" \"The Other Herald\" and \"Spectacular Speculations.\""}
{"text":"The economic relationship between the U.S. and China during the 1940s has long been neglected, with few scholarly works focusing on the period. This era was overshadowed by the political and diplomatic changes during and after the failure of the Nationalists in 1949. Without a close and insightful look into the reconstruction of China with American involvement during the late 1940s, one cannot identify the problems which led to the Nationalists' failure, nor can one answer the questions dealing with the impact of American economic policy toward China during that time.\nRead an extract of Sino-American Economic Relations, 1944-1949\nTable of Contents\nPreface China's Postwar Reconstruction Policy-Making American Postwar Economic Policy Toward China UNRRA and CNRRA The Negotiation of the Sino-American Commercial Treaty The Practice of American Capitalist Economic Liberalism in China American Economic Policy Toward China, 1947-1949 American Approaches Toward China in Conflict Conclusion Bibliography Index"}
{"text":"Study Links Menstrual Cycle, Concussion Outcomes in Women\nWhat part of your head was hit and how hard? Did you pass out? When was your last period?\nAsking about menstruation may be surprising, but new research shows that a woman’s monthly cycle plays an important role in how well she bounces back after a concussion.\nFor years, coaches and doctors have noticed gender differences in recovery; women have more symptoms and take longer to recuperate than men. A study by concussion expert Jeffrey Bazarian, M.D., M.P.H. suggests that a sudden drop in the hormone progesterone, which is known to have a calming effect on the brain and on mood, is a big reason for the discrepancy.\nResearchers believe that women hit in the head during the two weeks leading up to their period, when progesterone is highest, experience a steep decline. This drop, or withdrawal, causes women to feel worse and experience lingering symptoms such as headaches and nausea. In contrast, women injured during the two weeks directly after their period, when progesterone is already low, don’t experience a dramatic drop and have a better recovery. Similarly, men, who have low pre-injury levels of progesterone, would not be affected by a change in the hormone.\nBazarian’s study of 144 women ages 18 to 60 who experienced a head hit showed that this hypothesis is right on target. If confirmed, the findings could help doctors identify patients who might need more aggressive monitoring or treatment. It would also allow doctors to counsel women that they’re more – or less – likely to feel poorly because of their menstrual phase.\nRead more about the study and watch a video here.\nEmily Boynton |\n| 1 comment"}
{"text":"SubjectivismValue and Exchange\nPrices are set by how much people value goods and services. And people value things based on what they think will improve their life and well-being.\nLegal SystemU.S. History\nThe #NeverAgain movement that arose after last year’s Parkland shootings ignores how government officials cannot be trusted to behave honestly or responsibly to save student lives.\nWe need an Army of “Hazlitts ” today: men and women of courage and wisdom, who are unafraid to speak and write the truth.\nMany products — delivered by the marketplace — that are mocked as \"useless,\" and which environmentalists denounce as \"wasteful\" are essential items in the daily lives of many disabled people.\nBefore wealth can be redistributed by the state, it must first be produced. But welfare-state policies end up destroying the very wealth which is necessary for redistribution.\nMoney and BanksMoney and Banking\nJoseph Salerno discusses the Hoppean method of addressing economic controversies.\nGiven the Fed has never spotted a bubble in real time, why should anyone believe we aren't in one right now?\nThe EntrepreneurStrategyHistory of the Austrian School of Economics"}
{"text":"The Tale of the Rooster\nThis is the tale of the Chinese emperor and a painting of a rooster.\nOnce upon a time, there was an emperor who was extremely fond of roosters, and so one day he commissioned the most famous painter in all his realm to paint him a picture of a rooster. The painter replied that it would take him three years to accomplish this. The emperor was secretly rather annoyed, but in the end he agreed.\nWhen the three years came to an end, the emperor summoned the painter, but on seeing that he was empty-handed impatiently demanded: \"What about my painting of a rooster?\" The painter remained perfectly calm, took up a piece of paper right where he stood, and started to paint. The brush flew across the page, the ink danced. With apparent ease, he produced the lifelike image of a rooster, capturing its very essence. It took him less than three minutes to complete. On seeing this, the emperor was furious and could stand it no longer: \"Have you been deliberately deceiving your king? Is this some act of rebellion? It took you just three minutes to paint that picture; why did you make me wait three whole years?\" To which the painter replied: \"Sire, first please calm your fury; and when you have done so, follow me and see for yourself.\"\nThe painter led the emperor to a large house and opened the door, and on looking inside, the emperor realized that the house was filled to the roof with sketches of roosters. Then the painter spoke: \"These are my efforts of the last three whole years. Without those three years of labour how could I possibly have produced that perfect rooster for you in less than three minutes?\"\nThe moral of this story? Remember your worth. Professionalism and expertise don't come without practice, patience, and fortitude. Your journey is important!"}
{"text":"14 May 2020 16:39\nCOVID-19 has emerged as one of the most infectious members of the coronavirus family, having killed hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Most countries have now head to deal with thousands of cases and are now endeavouring to reduce transmission in any meaningful way, with some surprise solutions surfacing. Can mouthwash reduce coronavirus transmission? Many people in the UK are currently running low on soap and hand sanitiser, with most shops still running low due to COVID-19. As such, people have turned to some bizarre methods of virus protection, including making their own hand wash with household products.\nNow, scientists are investigating as to whether mouthwash could disrupt the virus. READ MORE: Angela Merkel crisis as Germany scrambles to fill €100bn black hole"}
{"text":"Elihu Thomson Quotes\nIf the question were, \"What ought to be the next objective in science?\" my answer would be the teaching of science to the young, so that when the whole population grew up there would be a far more general background of common sense, based on a knowledge of the real meaning of the scientific method of discovering truth.\nThe so-called ‘crank’ may be quite original in his ideas. … Invention, however, in the engineering sense involves originality; but not that alone, if the results are to be of value. There is imagination more or less fertile, but with it a knowledge of what has been done before, carried perhaps by the memory, together with a sense of the present or prospective needs in art or industry. Necessity is not always the mother of invention. It may be prevision.\nShall an invention be patented or donated to the public freely? I have known some well-meaning scientific men to look askance at the patenting of inventions, as if it were a rather selfish and ungracious act, essentially unworthy. The answer is very simple. Publish an invention freely, and it will almost surely die from lack of interest in its development. It will not be developed and the world will not be benefited. Patent it, and if valuable, it will be taken up and developed into a business."}
{"text":"|Product #: SED12415_TQ|\nMatter: Condensation (Resource Book Only) eBookGrade 4|Grade 5|Grade 6|Grade 7|Grade 8\nPlease Note: This ebook is a digital download, NOT a physical product. After purchase, you will be provided a one time link to download ebooks to your computer. Orders paid by PayPal require up to 8 business hours to verify payment and release electronic media. For immediate downloads, payment with credit card is required.\nHow does a gas change to a liquid? Through condensation! Condensation is the liquid that appears on your bathroom mirror after a hot shower. It is the big gray clouds in the sky just before a rain. In this book, learn all about condensation and how it happens.\nSubmit a review"}
{"text":"Welcome to first installment of our ‘Busting Common Car Myths’ series, where we’ll be examining popular car myths and testing their accuracy.\nMyth: “Turning off a car then restarting it wastes much more gas than letting it idle for a few minutes.”\nIt seems possible. When starting your car, who knows how much fuel is wasted turning over the engine, compared to the fuel used while idling? If you were awake that day in high school physics, you may remember the concept of static friction, which says that it takes more energy to begin to move an object than it does to sustain that motion. (That’s why it’s very difficult to start pushing a refrigerator, but as soon as it starts moving, the job is suddenly easier.) So why can’t the same idea apply to engines starting?\nThe truth is, idling your vehicle for 10 seconds burns more fuel than restarting your car. As a general rule, you should turn off your vehicle if you plan to be stopped for more than 10 seconds – except in traffic of course.\nCheck back soon for part two, where we’ll discuss whether coasting down hills in neutral really saves gas. And if you have a car myth of your own, let us know in the comments section – we may just answer it here."}
{"text":"The fourth dimension is time, shape shifting in fact, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) at the University of Wollongong (UOW) is helping to set the pace in the next revolution in additive manufacturing.\nJust as the extraordinary capabilities of 3D printing have begun to infiltrate industry and the family home, researchers have started to develop 3D printed materials that morph into new structures, post production, under the influence of external stimuli such as water or heat -- hence the name, 4D printing.\nSo, as in 3D printing, a structure is built up layer by layer into the desired shape, but these new materials are able to transform themselves from one shape into another, much like a child's Transformer toy.\nACES Professor Marc in het Panhuis said it was the cleverness of the valve's creation that was remarkable.\n\"The cool thing about it is, is it's a working functioning device that you just pick up from the printer,\" he said. \"There's no other assembly required.\"\nThe ACES Chief Investigator said the ACES group was the first to combine printing a 4D device with four different cartridges simultaneously, while using tough gels with the incorporated actuating materials.\nTell us what you think of Chemistry 2011 -- we welcome both positive and negative comments. Have any problems using the site? Questions?"}
{"text":"1 Answer | Add Yours\nBoth in class and personality, Theseus and Bottom are polar opposities.\nFirst of all, Bottom is a manual laborer. He speaks in verse and spends his days working with his hands, while Theseus is a Duke who does very little manual work. He does the thinking and the ruling while his servants do the work.\nPersonality-wise, Bottom is arrogant, emotional and has a big ego. He fights for the limelight on stage and wants the attention strictly to feed his own selfish ambitions. Theseus, on the other hand, is confident but not cocky. He has center stage, but not by fighting for it. He has it because he is a wise ruler who looks out for the people.\nFinally, the two charaters have very different love lives. Bottom achieves love throught the magic of Oberon. Theseus grabs his love by kidnapping the queen of the Amazons after a battle in a foreign land.\nWe’ve answered 318,912 questions. We can answer yours, too.Ask a question"}
{"text":"1.Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences;2.School of Life Sciences, Jilin University\nProtection and Utilization for Crop Germplasm Resources，the China Agriculture Research System（CARS-06），the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences\nBroomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) is a representative crop in dryland agriculture and has been cultivated for over 10,000 years. Wild broomcorn millet, widely distributed in fields alongside the cultivated broomcorn millet and in woodland edges and grasslands across Eurasia, plays a crucial role in studies of broomcorn millet origin and domestication history. This review summarizes the research progresses achieved in China in germplasm collection and conservation, identification and evaluation, and genetic diversity analysis of wild broomcorn millet, and in the relationship between the wild broomcorn millet and cultivated broomcorn millet, and proposes further project development and the core mission of collection, utilization and research of wild broomcorn millet resources in China."}
{"text":"Once upon a time, I chanced upon an old microbiology book that detailed the rather colorful world of enterobacteria. Salmonella in particular stood out, as it seemed there were a lot of species: typhi / typhosa, paratyphi, gallinarum, typhimurium, choleraesuis, and quite a bunch of others that I have now forgotten.\nFlipping through a newer book, it now seems that all of these \"species\" were collated under choleraesuis (and now more recently enterica), with all those species being demoted to \"strains\" (or maybe I should use the current term of art, \"serovar\"). Unfortunately, the book didn't give much in the way of explaining about this merger.\nSo, why is there now only S. enterica? If \"S. typhi\" is a mere serovar, how come the species name is still used in the literature?"}
{"text":"OK, Pesach is over for us here in Israel; it’s still happening if you keep to the second day of chag in ch”ool (chootz la’aretz – outside “the land,” i.e., Israel). So, this is still relevant – if only as something to think about for next year – the Shalom Hartman Institute’s A Different Night: The Family Participation Haggadah, authored by Noam Zion and David Dishon. I can’t tell you how many people I know use it – as well as the all-Hebrew version (slightly different) developed recently by Zion and his son Meshael.\nMarc Aronson of School Library Journal made a point of mentioning the Family haggadah in his recent post, “Passover and History: The Many Meanings of Past and Present.” Aronson wrote: “I love it because it offers so many pathways through the holiday, so many ways of thinking about it and doing it.”\nSouthern New Jersey newspaper, Jewish Community Voice, also mentions the haggadah in its Pesach editorial, “Passover reminds us that freedom brings responsibility.”"}
{"text":"Growing into a fully formed human being is a long process, and scientists have found that unborn babies not only hiccup, swallow and stretch in the womb, they yawn too.\nResearchers who studied 4D scans of 15 healthy fetuses also said they think yawning is a developmental process which could potentially give doctors a new way to check on a baby’s health.\nWhile some scientists have previously suggested that fetuses yawn, others disagree and say it is nothing more than a developing baby opening and stretching its mouth.\nBut writing in the journal PLOS ONE on Wednesday, British researchers said their study was able to clearly distinguish yawning from “non-yawn mouth opening” based on how long the mouth was open.\nThe researchers did this by using 4D video footage to examine all the times when fetuses opened their mouths.\nNadja Reissland of Durham University’s department of Psychology, who led the study, said the function and importance of yawning in fetuses is still unknown, but the findings suggest it may be linked to fetal development and could provide a further indication of the health of the unborn baby. …\nGo here for the rest of the story."}
{"text":"After Abraham died, his son Isaac lived in the land of Canaan. Like his father, Isaac had his home in a tent; around him were the tents of his people, and many flocks of sheep and herds of cattle feeding wherever they could find grass to eat and water to drink.\nIsaac and his wife Rebekah had two children. The older was named Esau and the younger Jacob.\nEsau was a man of the woods and very fond of hunting; and he was rough and covered with hair.\nJacob was quiet and thoughtful, staying at home, dwelling in a tent, and caring for the flocks of his father.\nIsaac loved Esau more than Jacob, because Esau brought to his father that which he had killed in his hunting; but Rebekah liked Jacob, because she saw that he was wise and careful in his work.\nAmong the people in those lands, when a man dies, his older son receives twice as much as the younger of what the father has owned. This was called his \"birthright,\" for it was his right as the oldest born. So Esau, as the older, had a \"birthright\" to more of Isaac's possessions than Jacob. And besides this, there was the privilege of the promise of God that the family of Isaac should receive great blessings."}
{"text":"Online resources are a big part of school these days and essential to online schooling as they are the only way to do research without physically traveling to a library of some kind. Stevens-Henagar College has quite a bit of resources available for online research. Two of those resources are ProQuest and SmartThinking. Both are very good resources although different in how to use them.\nProQuest is basically an archive of many different kinds of information. ProQuest allows users to search for articles using two different search types: Basic or Advanced. To search for articles, type either a phrase or an individual word in the search box and click the Search button. ProQuest can be used to search for anything and as long as it’s in the database, results will come up. It can be used to search for history, or ways to better someone’s current educational experience, and even to help to help find a job after graduation by locating jobs that are hiring or looking for a specific talent.\nSmartThinking is an online tutoring service that provides research related and personalized tutoring to help improve learning and for all students, and overall help improve student how students succeed. SmartThinking provides tutoring in mathematics, writing, biology, chemistry and more. When using SmartThinking a student can submit questions about such subjects, connect in live tutoring sessions, and Send in samples of their writing to be reviewed and sent back to them for correction before its due date.\nAn outside resource that can be used is Google. While using this for professional research is…"}
{"text":"|Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Media Access Control (MAC) Security\n|WORKING GROUP 802.1\nIEEE 802 Local Area Networks (LANs) are deployed in networks that support mission-critical applications and a wide variety of devices, implemented and administered by different organizations, and serving customers with different economic interests. The protocols that configure, manage, and regulate access to these networks typically run over the networks themselves. Preventing disruption and data loss arising from transmission and reception by unauthorized devices is a required network capability, as it is usually not practical to secure an entire network against physical access.\nThis standard (MACsec) specifies provision of connectionless user data confidentiality, data integrity, and data origin authenticity by media access independent protocols and entities that operate transparently to MAC Clients. The MACsec Key Agreement Protocol (MKA) specified in IEEE Std 802.1X discovers mutually authenticated MACsec peers, and elects one as a Key Server that distributes the symmetric Secure Association Keys (SAKs) used by MACsec to protect frames.\nThe first edition of IEEE Std 802.1AE was published in 2006. IEEE Std 802.1AEbn-2011 added the GCM-AES-256 Cipher Suite as a option. IEEE Std 802.1AEbw-2013 added extended packet numbering Cipher Suites, allowing more than 232 frames to be protected with a single Secure Association Key (SAK). IEEE-Std 802.1AEcg-2017 specified Ethernet Data Encryption devices (EDEs) that provide transparent secure connectivity while supporting provider network service selection and provider backbone network selection as specified in IEEE Std 802.1Q. IEEE-Std 802.1AEcg-2017 also specified transmission using multiple secure channels (SCs) for strict replay protection when frames of different priorities can be disordered, e.g. by a Provider Bridged Network (PBN) or IEEE Std 802.3 frame preemption, and described how MKA supports those multiple transmit SCs."}
{"text":"ATOMIC: An Atlas of Machine Commonsense for If-Then Reasoning\nWe present ATOMIC, an atlas of everyday commonsense reasoning, organized through 877k textual descriptions of inferential knowledge. Compared to existing resources that center around taxonomic knowledge, ATOMIC focuses on inferential knowledge organized as typed if-then relations with variables (e.g., “if X pays Y a compliment, then Y will likely return the compliment”). We propose nine if-then relation types to distinguish causes vs. effects, agents vs. themes, voluntary vs. involuntary events, and actions vs. mental states. By generatively training on the rich inferential knowledge described in ATOMIC, we show that neural models can acquire simple commonsense capabilities and reason about previously unseen events. Experimental results demonstrate that multitask models that incorporate the hierarchical structure of if-then relation types lead to more accurate inference compared to models trained in isolation, as measured by both automatic and human evaluation."}
{"text":"Expert Medical Witness Law and Legal Definition\nAn expert medical witness is a physician qualified, by reason of his skill, knowledge, education, experience, or training to testify on a particular medical area. He is a person who has knowledge about the medical and health care profession, beyond that of an average person.\nA qualified medical expert witness can offer an opinion about the medical issue related to the case. The opinion is generally rendered during the discovery stage of trial. As a general rule, witnesses are not allowed to offer opinions about the facts at hand. However, medical expert opinions are an exception to this general rule.\nMedical expert witnesses are frequently called to testify in civil and criminal cases. They often testify in cases relating to worker’s compensation, abortion, medical malpractice, and compensation and pension claims. Additionally, they may be hired to testify at arbitration, mediation, or negotiation proceedings.\nA person can testify as a medical expert only after his/her credentials is established before the court. An attorney can establish the credentials of the medical expert by asking the witness questions about his or her education, training, skills, and experience within a particular field. Once the required qualifications for a expert witness status has been established, a judge will qualify the witness as an expert. Most expert witnesses must be paid to testify on behalf of one of the parties. There may be more than one medical expert witness in a case."}
{"text":"T is for Tombs (or Pyramids)\nOK, so I'm being a little cheeky with this one, but the pyramids were built to be tombs, so I figure it's allowed.\n|Taken from here|\n- The tombs were designed to protect the Pharaoh's mummified body, and the belongings he would need for the afterlife.\n- Many of the pyramids are on the western side of the Nile, just into the desert. This made it easier to get the blocks to the pyramid using the river.\n- Other ancient civilisations built pyramids (the Mayans, for example) but the ancient Egyptian ones are the most well known.\n- Ancient Egyptian pyramids often contain multiple chambers and passageways, including storage rooms and courtyards. Many also had traps designed to catch tomb robbers.\n- Tomb robbers targeted many of the royal tombs, and most were robbed eventually. One tomb left largely intact was the tomb of Tutankhamun, which was located in the Valley of the Kings.\n- Pyramid construction was abandoned during the Middle Kingdom, as pyramids were too easy for tomb robbers to find.\n- Cities known as 'pyramid cities' grew around pyramids during their construction. There lived the people whose job it was to build the pyramids. These cities still existed after the pyramid was built."}
{"text":"On a chilly winter day, it's natural for your horse's coat to seem a bit \"puffier\" than normal. When he gets chilled, the hypothalamus, the primary control center for thermoregulation located deep within the brain, triggers the contraction of the smooth muscle that attaches to the lowest point of each hair follicle. As a result, each hair straightens up and stands on end. This extra fluffy coat creates a large insulating pocket of air right next to the skin. The same reaction, called piloerection, is what causes goose bumps in humans.\nKeep all of this in mind if you decide to blanket your horse this winter. A lightweight blanket will simply press the hair down and eliminate the coat's ability to hold and heat air, without adding any warmth. Either opt for a heavier blanket or, if your horse's natural winter coat is thick, leave him without a blanket as long as he has adequate shelter.\nA fluffy coat is not to be confused with one that is \"staring,\" however. Horses who are suffering from a systemic illness can have a coat that appears to stand on end. This is caused by poor circulation and a lack of oils in the skin, resulting in dandruff and scurf. If your horse has a staring coat, call your veterinarian.\nThis article first appeared in EQUUS issue 424."}
{"text":"Students present their favorite wind-up to the class and explain how it was made and how it works.\nWith the students, decide the format / audience for the show.\nCars students have made and their Instruction Manuals.\nThe car show: Provide a format and audience for students to present their work. The presentation should include notebooks and worksheets, as well as finished products. The show could take any of several forms:\nStudents create a museum display;\nStudents give oral presentations of their work to an audience;\nStudents present their work informally to visitors, “science-fair” style;\nStudents present their work to another class.\nStudents present their work before an audience and develop the skills related to a presentation."}
{"text":"I love growing corn. Breaking off a fresh cob from its stalk is a wonderful feeling. Eating it is even better. I grow mine using organic methods, planting by seed in my backyard vegetable garden. This is a tough vegetable and can be planted in new areas that have not been cultivated before. It will survive where many other vegetables will not. Here are some free vegetable gardening tips I have put together to help your grow your own.\nBotanical Family - Poaceae/Grass Family\nLocation - Well drained, sunny hillside.\nSoil - Fertile, medium loam, not overly rich. Soil should contain calcium; if lacking add lime.\nSoil Preparation - Dig in 1 inch of\nor aged manure before planting.\nPlanting times - Sow direct at the end of May (or when the weather is warm; nighttime temperatures at least 12 C). Do succession planting every 2-3 weeks if you have large area. Can be transplanted.\nPlanting Instruction - Hand seed, or use a hand seeder. Plant soybeans between corn plants once they are a foot high.\nWatering - Water regularly, if sprinkling, make sure soil is well watered.\nWeeding - Keep free of weeds until plants are knee high, then leave alone.\nDisease & Insects - Use 4 year rotation, compost stalks.\nHarvest - Once the cob is falling away from the stalk it is ready to harvest. Pull the cob downward and twist until it breaks away form the stalk.\nStorage - Keep in their husks and refrigerator as soon as possible after picking or purchasing to delay the conversion of its sugars to starch. It is best used within a few days for best taste. Can be frozen and will keep for several months in the freezer."}
{"text":"a1 Goshen College, Indiana\nOn 16 April 1697 King William III of England gave his Royal Assent to a Bill just passed by his Whiggish Parliament, thereby making illegal a custom of very long standing in the history of English law and convention. During the Middle Ages the practice of imprisonment for debt had come into being through statutory enactments and through judicial procedure; parallel to it had grown the use of so-called ‘privileged places’, refuges to which delinquent debtors could flee and evade arrest for debt. While imprisonment for debt persisted as a legal process in England until the middle of the nineteenth century, sanctuary for debtors was legally abolished by this Act of 1697. That this Act was passed by a Whig-dominated Parliament is not without significance, for a substantial element in the Whig Party was the mercantile interest, the group most likely to suffer damage by the flight of debtors to these places of refuge."}
{"text":"1867 – Waterhouse’s Design for Royal Courts of Justice, London\nWhen the public exhibition of designs submitted to the designated competition of the Royal Courts of Justice opened in February 1867, the interest of most observers must have been in the question of style, for the eleven renowned architects who had been invited to compete – Henry R. Abraham, Edward Middleton Barry, Raphael Brandon, William Burges, Thomas N. Deane, Henry B. Garling, Henry F. Lockwood, John P. Seddon, George Gilbert Scott, George Edmund Street, and Alfred Waterhouse – all used the same style: Gothic.\nThe assumption that the new Law Courts would be Gothic must have been a given. Unlike the case of the competition held in the mid-1830s for rebuilding the new Houses of Parliament, in which the style of the buildings was to be, according to guidelines set by the Select Committee, “either Gothic or Elizabethan style”. All the designs, with the exception of the one submitted by Thomas N. Deane, attempted to convey a dignified grandeur which synthesized Gothic irregularity with stately classical order. Front Perspective & Interior of Barristers Library published in The Building News, April 18th 1867."}
{"text":"The following list has some of the key resources.\nAndroid supports resources primarily through two types of files: XML files and raw files. The raw files might be images, audio, and video.\nSome of the XML file gets compiled into binary format, and the other is copied as-is to the device.\nFor example, string resource XML files and layout resource XML files are compiled into\nbinary format before becoming part of the installable package.\nThese XML files have predefined formats where XML nodes can be translated to IDs.\nYou can compile your own strutured XML to binary formats and use the power of localization.\nTo do this, you can place these XML files in the\nIn this case, you would use Android-supplied XML readers to read the XML nodes.\nBut if you place files, including XML files, in the\n/res/raw/ directory instead,\nthey don't get compiled into binary format.\nHowever, because it's a resource, Android generates an ID through\nThe resource type for raw files is raw and\nwe can access these file identities through\nBut, you must use explicit stream-based APIs to read these files.\nAudio and video files fall into this category.\nSince the raw directory is part of the\n/res/* hierarchy, even these raw audio and\nvideo files can use localization and ID generation like all other resources."}
{"text":"- This page contains pictures and information about Whip\nthat we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.\n- Body length 30mm\n- This spider is common in garden and bushes but not easily be noticed. The body is thin and\nlong. The spider has relatively short legs and elongated abdomen.\n- At night it hangs on\none or two dry silk between plants. It is believed that this spider trap the\nother species of male spiders for living. At day time it camouflages itself as small broken\nbranch caught on spider silk.\n- 1. A Guide to Australian Spiders - Densey Clyne, Melbourne, Nelson\n- 2. Wildlife\nof Greater Brisbane - Queensland Museum 1995, p373.\n- 3. Australian Spiders in colour - Ramon Mascord, Reed Books Pty Ltd,\n- 4. Whip spider\nFind-a-spider Guide for the Spiders of Southern Queensland, Dr Ron\nBack to top\n[ Up ] [ Grey House Spider ] [ Diamond Comb-Footed Spider ] [ Comb-footed platform spider ] [ Red Back Spider ] [ Green-yellow Comb-footed Spider ] [ Neon Spider ] [ Dewdrop spider ] [ Rainbow's Comb-Footed Spider ] [ Pyramid Comb-Footed Spider ] [ Long Comb-Footed Spider ] [ Whip spider ]"}
{"text":"Given the United States' federal system, there is no overriding national education standard for the sciences. Instead, states are free to decide on what does or does not get taught to children. Sometimes this ends up in the news, as creationist movements have influenced decisions made by school boards, as we have seen in Georgia, Kansas and Pennsylvania.\nFlorida has been shaping up as the most recent battleground in the war on science, as reported last month. But the Florida Board of Education has decided, by a 4-3 vote, to approve standards that state's first standards to include the word evolution. They did, however, replace all mentions of 'evolution' with 'the scientific theory of evolution.'\nThis move will no doubt please many, including our own Dr. Timmer, who just recently enunciated the need for children to be taught more about the scientific method.\nNot everyone is so sure that kids should be taught about evolution in schools, however. Over at Wired Science, microbiologist Carl Woese equates evolution with quantum mechanics: \"One has to be quite educated to work with these concepts; what they pass on as evolution in high schools is nothing but repetitious tripe that teachers don't understand.\" I don't think I'd agree with Woese. Sure, much of what kids learn in school as science turns out not to be quite so true once they get to higher education, but that certainly doesn't mean that basic concepts central to modern science shouldn't be taught.\nFinally, Science has the heartwarming tale of palentologist Stephen Godfrey, a one-time Young Earth creationist who came to realize he couldn't support his beliefs after spending time as a graduate student on a fossil dig in Kansas. Meanwhile, evolution, like Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, moves to the newest battleground state, Texas."}
{"text":"Paradise duckling 1\nThe Paradise shelduck (Tadorna variegata), commonly called 'paradise duck' or just a 'parry', is endemic to (found only in) New Zealand. It is a conspicuous and colourful species with contrasting male and female plumages. Between a large duck and a small goose in size, the male is uniformly dark grey to black with a black head while the femal has a dark or light chestnut body with a white head. The male gives a di-syllabic goose-like honk when alarmed or in flight, while the female call is more shrill, and often more regular, particularly during flight.\nExcessive hunting in the past severely impacted numbers, and 2-3 decades of cautious exploitation was required to restore their abundance and expand their distribution.\nToday the paradise shelduck is the second-most abundant waterfowl in New Zealand (after mallard) having undergone a remarkable increase in population and distribution since about 1990 and this expansion has occurred in the face of being a gamebird and hunted annually by recreational duck shooters. It is so widespread and abundant as to be without conservation threat.\nParadise shelducks occur throughout the pastoral landscape, whether high country or lowlands, on river flats in mountain areas, at heads of protected bays or fiords, around the shorelines of all large lakes and hydro-dams, and increasingly on recreational grasslands and parks within urban areas."}
{"text":"City Council is the legislative branch of government. It carries out duties in accordance with the Home Rule Charter and the laws of the state, and is primarily responsible for making laws which govern the City of Pittsburgh. City Council proposes, debates, and votes on legislation governing and/or affecting the city. This body also approves appointments as provided by the Charter, regulates revenues and expenditures, incurs debt, and approves the final operating and capital budgets for the city. Council is responsible for the introduction of legislation generated by the administrative branch of city government. Council may also introduce legislation generated by individual Council Members or Council as a body.\nPittsburgh's City Council is composed of nine members. Each member represents one council district, and is appointed to be the chairperson of a committee which corresponds to a city department. A one council representative per district system has not always been the electoral procedure for this legislative body. Formerly members were elected to Pittsburgh's City Council by way of at large elections where no particular member represented any specific district, but instead the entire council represented the whole City of Pittsburgh. In 1989, this form of representation was changed in order to insure that all Pittsburghers receive adequate representation that they could choose individually. This electoral process has proven to be more effective than that of the past in terms of fair and equal representation."}
{"text":"Columns are a handy formatting tool in Microsoft Word. However, there’s a trick to line up the text in a certain way, place something specific in a column, or evenly distribute columns. Use column breaks (similar to page breaks) to format columns the way you want.\nInstructions in this article apply to Word for Microsoft 365, Word 2019, Word 2016, and Word 2013.\nHow to Insert a Column Break\nA column break places a hard break, much like a page break or section break, in the inserted location and forces the rest of the text to appear in the next column.\nIn a document that includes columns, place the cursor where you want the column to break.\nThe best place for a column break is typically between paragraphs or other major sections of text.\nThe selected location now appears at the top of the next column.\nInsert a Continuous Break\nIf you want columns to contain an even amount of text, use a continuous break, which evenly balances the text in the columns.\nPlace the cursor at the end of the column you want balanced.\nThe columns are now even.\nWith a continuous break inserted, when text is added to a column, Word moves the text between columns to ensure columns are evenly distributed.\nDelete a Break\nIf there’s a break in a column that you no longer need, or if the document has a column break that you can’t find, delete the column break or continuous break.\nGo to the Home tab and, in the Paragraph group, select Show Formatting Symbols. Formatting marks, including column breaks, appear.\nPlace the cursor in the break you want to remove.\nPress Delete on the keyboard. The column break or continuous break is removed."}
{"text":"High-dose IV Vitamin C\nWhen taken by intravenous (IV) infusion, vitamin C can reach much higher levels in the blood than when it is taken by mouth. Studies suggest that these higher levels of vitamin C may cause the death of cancer cells in the laboratory.\nA severe deficiency (lack) of vitamin C in the diet causes scurvy, a disease with symptoms of extreme weakness, lethargy, easy bruising, and bleeding. The lack of vitamin C in patients with scurvy makes collagen thinner in texture; when vitamin C is given, collagen becomes thicker again.\nThere are many conditions that may benefit from IVC therapy: arthritis, Lyme disease, bacterial infections, viral infections, pain after injury, and more.\nThe National Institutes of Health has published evidence confirming Vitamin C’s anti-cancer properties.\nIV Vitamin C is one of the best antiviral agents available, with the ability to neutralize and eliminate a wide range of toxins. Vitamin C will enhance host resistance, greatly augmenting the immune system’s ability to neutralize bacterial and fungal infections.\nCancer patients have reported a pain reduction and better chemotherapy tolerance after receiving high-dose IV vitamin C. Intravenous vitamin C is complementary to most oncologic care so, in most cases, patients may continue their conventional cancer therapies if they choose to.\nCAUTION: A small group of patients may have a disorder called G6PD deficiency. These patients should not receive high-dose vitamin C therapy. Therefore, we administer a simple blood test to to rule out this condition before initiating higher doses."}
{"text":"The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization founded in Washington in 1864, dedicated to \"the cause of\nuniversal peace\" and \"pledged to the promotion of understanding among men of good will.\" Pythian lodges were\norganized in Louisiana by the late 1860s, but most of the lodges disbanded in the 1870s in the face of controversy over\nadmitting African-American members. The New Orleans lodge reorganized in 1876, and thirty years later, there were\n118 lodges in the state and more than 7000 members, enrolled in the \"Endowment Rank\" (which provided life insurance\nto its members) and/or the \"Uniform Rank\" (in which members modeled themselves after soldiers and held uniformed\ndrills and parades).\nFor nine days in October, 1906, New Orleans hosted the \"Twenty-Fourth Convention of the Supreme Lodge Knights of\nPythias and the Biennial Encampment of the Uniform Rank,\" a giant event which brought as many as 20,000 visitors to\nthe city from all parts of the country. Members of the Uniform Rank camped at the City Park Race Track, where they\nparaded and drilled before crowds of onlookers. Elsewhere in town, the Pythians were treated to receptions, speeches,\ntheater performances and dinners. The newspapers of the day are full of the grand activities of the Pythians.\nThe wonderful period photographs featured in this month's Gallery are taken from the elaborate program of the 1906\nconvention. Captions used with the photos are those given in the program."}
{"text":"Here's an example of a story grammar, taken from Thorndyke . That which flanks `+' comes sequentially; the asterisk indicates indefinite repetition; parentheses enclose that which is optional; brackets attach to mutually exclusive elements (as I remember).\nHere's what Thorndyke had to say about this sort of grammar and frame-based KR:\nThe domain of stories described by [this grammar] may be conceptualized as comprising a `frame' that encodes the invariant structure common to all exemplars of the domain. The components of the frame, the abstract story elements, are `slots' that become instantiated according to the grammar with the specific details or content of the particular story in question. During comprehension of a story, the frame for general `stories' produces a description of the current story by substituting real properties of the story for prototypical ones provided by the frame In this way, general frames encoding the story grammar are used to produce the representation of a particular story conforming to that grammar (, 107)."}
{"text":"The high-gain antenna is a 3 meter- (10 foot-) diameter dish antenna for sending and receiving data at high rates.\nThe high-gain antenna was deployed shortly after launch (see launch configuration), and will remain deployed for the remainder of the mission. It serves as the primary means of communication to and from the orbiter.\nThe high-gain antenna must be pointed accurately and is therefore steered using the gimbal mechanism.\nTwo smaller antennas provide lower-rate communication during emergencies and special events. For example, they did this during launch and Mars Orbit Insertion. The data rate of these antennas is lower because they focus the radio beam much more broadly than the high-gain antenna, meaning less of the signal reaches Earth. The Deep Space Network on Earth, however, can \"see\" the signal even when the spacecraft is not pointed at Earth. That is why these antennas are useful for emergencies. Think of how a flashlight works: With a tightly focused beam of light you can see farther directly ahead but not at all to the side. With a wide beam you can see all around you but not very far. The low-gain antennas have the capability to both transmit and receive.\nThe two low-gain antennas are mounted on the high-gain antenna dish -- one on the front side and one on the back -- and move with it, though as mentioned they do not require accurate pointing. Two are needed to enable communication at all times, regardless of the position of the spacecraft.\nLocated on the back side of the high-gain antenna is the enclosure for the Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers, which boost the power of the spacecraft's radio signals so they are strong enough to be detected by the Deep Space Network antennas. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has three amplifiers on board:\nMars Reconnaissance Orbiter carries two transponders, special radio receiver/transmitters designed for long-range space communications. The second transponder is a backup just in case the first one fails.\nThe transponders have several functions:"}
{"text":"There is something about turtles we just can’t help but love. Nova Scotia’s turtles are also a big focus for Nature Trust conservation efforts because they are all species in trouble. Blanding’s turtles, Wood Turtles and Snapping turtles are all federally and provincially listed as ‘species-at-risk.’ Painted turtles are also being carefully monitored as their populations decline.\nOur turtles face growing threats from habitat loss and fragmentation as well as vehicle strikes.\nSo the Nature Trust is taking action to save our treasured turtles, and you can too.\nFrom the St. Mary’s River to the Medway and Mersey watersheds in the Southwest, the Nature Trust is actively working to save critical habitat for turtles. We are protecting places where turtles can thrive.\nHelp save turtles today\nAdopt a Turtle\nAdopting a Turtle is another great way to show you care—about nature and about your friends and family too.\nYou can help save endangered turtles and other wildlife and share your passion for nature by adopting a turtle in someone’s honour. Reach out to those you miss, appreciate or want to celebrate during these times of challenge and isolation.\nWith each adoption you will receive:\n- TAX RECEIPT for the full value of your gift\n- Official Adoption Certificate\n- Beautiful turtle notecards\n- Letter highlighting the conservation work your gift makes possible\n- FREE shipping (to you or your adoption honoree)"}
{"text":"Medical care in the crusader states benefited from close contact with the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium) and the Muslim world, not only with respect to the development of hospitals but also with respect to innovative treatment, licensing and malpractice legislation. Furthermore, contrary to conventional wisdom, the standard of treatment was remarkably sophisticated and included highly complex procedures from hernia and cataract operations to (limited) brain surgery. Perhaps most surprising of all, innovation was not a one-way-street, but in some instances Western medical practitioners were ahead of their Arab and Greek contemporaries. Below is a short summary of highlights I gleaned from Piers D. Mitchell’s seminal work Medicine in the Crusades: Warfare, Wounds and the Medieval Surgeon. Piers D. Mitchell is an osteoarchaeologist.\nIn the 12 and 13th centuries, the weapons employed produced first and foremost puncture wounds (from arrows, lances and swords), followed by cuts/amputations caused by swords and axes, fractures/crushed bones caused by maces and stones thrown from siege engines, and, last but not least burns from Greek fire, boiling pitch and water. The fundamental treatment for each of these kinds of wounds does not differ significantly from what is recommended today."}
{"text":"Coral heads are made up of many small animals called polyps. These animals live in shells. They can be as small as the head of a pin, or as wide as 30cm.\nCorals need sunlight to make food. They only live as far down in the sea as the sunlight can reach. This means they do not live below 50 metres. Corals do not make their own food. There is a little organism that lives inside them that feeds them. These little organisms also give the corals their colour. The clearer the water, the faster thecorals grow. This is because the sunlight can shine better through clear water.\nTypes of corals\nThere are more than 1,000 types of corals. Some look like wrinkled brains, table tops, cabbages or reindeer horns. They wave their tentacles in the water to catch food.\nCoral reefs are thought to cover 284,300 square kilometres. Most of these reefs, or 91.9 per cent, are found in the Indo-Pacific region. Southeast Asia - part of the Indo- Pacific region - has about 32 per cent. The largest single reef is the Great Barrier Reef off Australia. It is 2,000 kilometres long.\nTypes of reefs\nThere are three main types of coral reefs: barrier reefs, fringing reefs and atolls. They all take many, many years to form. The Great Barrier Reef is about 20,000 years old. A fringing reef can take 10,000 years to form. An atoll can take up to 30 million years to form.\nCoral reefs are very valuable for tourism and for fishing. Fish like to live near the reefs. The reefs also protect small islands from big waves.\nReefs are harmed by pollution, coral mining and overfishing. Rising sea levels also kill reefs. They need shallow water so the sun can reach the coral. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department has a coral watch programme. Visit www.afcd.gov.hk for more information.\nNow do this\n1How many main types of coral reefs are there?\n2 Besides water, what does coral need to survive?\n3 Which of the reefs takes the longest time to form?\na. the barrier reef\nb. the fringe reef\nc. the atoll"}
{"text":"It’s a little thing that does so much. By buckling up in the car, you increase your chances of surviving a serious car accident. And now, seat belt use in the U.S. has risen to 85 percent – its highest level yet.\nThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released these new stats that show that the numbers for seat belt use are up one percent from last year. Other increases include seat belt use in rural areas (up from 81 percent to 83 percent) and drivers who use expressways (an increase from 89 percent to 91 percent).\nAnd what’s the driving factor behind this rise? The NHTSA seams to think it’s because of police enforcement. When seat belt use is a primary law in a state, use of the safety devices is higher (88 percent). For those states that don’t have stricter enforcement, they have significantly less compliance (76 percent).\nIn another NHTSA study, they found that in 2009, seat belts saved an estimated 12,713 lives. Over a five-year period from 2005 to 2009, they saved over 72,000 lives. What’s sad is that an additional 3,688 lives would’ve been saved if all passengers over 5-years old involved in fatal crashes had bucked up. But thanks to campaigns such as “Click it or Ticket,” people have started to really get the message about seat belt safety.\nHere are some more 2009 stats from the NHTSA found that in 2009: that year, 2,381 lives were saved by frontal air bags and 1,483 lives were saved by motorcycle helmets. If all of the motorcycle riders had used a helmet, 723 more lives would’ve been saved. By enforcing a minimum drinking age law, 623 lives were saved and child restraints saved 309 children 4-years old and younger.\n[Source: Consumer Reports]"}
{"text":"| ||Transport of ions through pores in membranes is a process of fundamental importance to cell biology. In living organisms, such transport is conducted via ion channels, utilizing the ionic flux to perform diverse biological functions, such as cell-to-cell communication and signaling, osmotic stress response, muscle contraction, etc. One of the vital types of ion channels is calcium channel. Calcium plays an essential role in cell signaling and release of neurotransmitters in neural networks. Consequently the structure and function of calcium channels of all kinds occupy a special place in the neural activity. In this lecture, we talk about different types of calcium channels, their structure and their function in neuron as well as the computational approaches to investigate their properties.\n7 Nov. 2013\n11:00 - 11:45"}
{"text":"here in this place\nhere in this place\nFirst Peoples in Australia are the oldest continuing cultures on Earth. A central part of these cultures are Welcomes to Country and Acknowledgements of Traditional Owners. A Welcome or Acknowledgement is a way to recognise the complex ownership and land stewardship that existed before colonisation and continues to this day. It is important that all Victorians know more about how to acknowledge and respect the land that they live on.\nA Welcome to Country can only be delivered by a Traditional Owner on their Traditional Country. Anyone can deliver an Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners.\nIn consultation with the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation, the City of Yarra has developed three versions of an Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners to be read in different circumstances. For example, there is a shorter version of an Acknowledgement to be read at the beginning of all council meetings, or a longer version to be read at events that are significant to the local First Peoples’ community such as their Sorry Day event and January 26th event. You can read the Acknowledgements in the City of Yarra’s Yana Ngargna Plan 2020-2023.\nCity of Melbourne and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation\nWurundjeri Woi-wurrung Elder, Uncle Dave Wandin, shares the importance of an Acknowledgment of Country and how to deliver it with respect\nContact your local Registered Aboriginal Party for more information about their processes for booking a Welcome to Country and their preferred wording for an Acknowledgment of Traditional Owners.\nWelcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners | Aboriginal Victoria\nWhat’s the difference between an Acknowledgment and a Welcome? | Deadly Questions\nWelcome to Country | Culture Victoria\nAcknowledgement of Traditional Owners and Welcome to Country in Schools | Department of Education and Training"}
{"text":"Another Earthquake Hits Japan\nA magnitude 7.3 earthquake has struck the Fukushima region of Japan, U.S. officials say.\nThe quake is much smaller than the 9.0 monster that hit the region in 2011 – but it still poses grave danger to the east coast of Japan in the form of a possible tsunami.\nIt also threatens the already crippled Fukushima nuclear site – which experienced multiple meltdowns in the wake of the 2011 quake and subsequent tsunami that claimed the lives of 19,000 people.\nThe quake struck at 2:11 p.m. Its epicenter was 311 miles east-northeast of Tokyo at a depth of ten kilometers, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.\nUPDATE: Good news. The quake has since been downgraded to a 7.1 magnitude and tsunami warnings for the coast of Japan have been lifted by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Apparently none of the waves spawned by the earthquake topped three feet. Perhaps more importantly, the quake does not appear to have caused any additional damage at the Fukushima-Daichi nuclear power plant, the site of the massive 2011 meltdown."}
{"text":"When they were discovered in caves in the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea in the 1940s and 1950s, the Dead Sea scrolls caused a sensation among scholars of the ancient Near East. The scrolls, which date from 150 BC to AD 70, include the oldest known surviving writings that correspond to biblical texts. They also include other religious texts that are not included in the Bible, along with texts considered to be secular. From the time of their discovery, the scrolls have been of great interest to scholars and a focus of debate and controversy.\nNow scholars are preparing to get a closer look at the scrolls. Photos of the documents have been available for many years, details can “disappear” from delicate ancient fragments of parchment and papyrus. Those details have been restored and will now be revealed, thanks to a project led by the Israel Antiquities Authority. All of the scrolls are being digitized, using multispectral imaging technology originally developed by NASA. This process captures data at specific frequencies across the electromagnetic spectrum. That is, it uses more than visible light to record images. Letters and other details that have faded become apparent. The resulting images may actually be clearer than even the originals. These images will be posted online, where anyone can examine them free of charge.\n- Pictures: Dead Sea Scrolls Being Digitized for Web\nThis Web site explores the process being utilized to enhance the Dead Sea scrolls; it shows what a scroll example looks like during multispectral imaging.\n(Source: National Geographic Daily News, October 20, 2010)\n- The Importance of Discoveries in the Judean Desert\nAn article by Uzi Dahari provides background on the Dead Sea scrolls and their significance.\n(Source: Israel Antiquities Authority, October 20, 2010)\n- Scrolls from the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship\nInformation from an exhibit at the Library of Congress traces the history of the Dead Sea scrolls.\n(Source: www.ibiblio.org; accessed October 31, 2010)"}
{"text":"Tadpole shrimp are pests of rice production systems in California and have recently been found impacting Missouri and Arkansas rice fields. The shrimp feed on rice seedlings and uproot them during foraging, and their foraging behavior causes water to become muddy, which reduces light penetration to submerged seedlings and delays the development of the rice plant.\nIn \"Review of a New Pest of Rice, Tadpole Shrimp (Notostraca: Triopsidae), in the Midsouthern United States and a Winter Scouting Method of Rice Fields for Preplanting Detection,\" a new open-access article appearing in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management, the authors provide information on the life cycle of tadpole shrimp, describe a new method for scouting for tadpole shrimp in rice fields, and provide scouting results and management implications.\nIn the article, the authors discuss the tadpole shrimp's biology, life cycle, and distribution range, as well as options for controlling it. The authors also note that after the rice seedling stage, tadpole shrimp can be beneficial because they also eat weed seedlings and small insects.\nCite This Page:"}
{"text":"Needs Vs. Wants\nIn this learning activity you'll identify the difference between needs and wants related to building a personal budget.\nDO YOU RECEIVE BADGES FOR COMPLETING THESE COURSES?\nIf you are logged in you can earn badges for different things like voting for a learning object, Answering others' questions, completing 5 learning objects in a given category, creating a game etc. https://www.wisc-online.com/badges\nThis was a great interactive process for this marketing class. It helps in self-identyfing true wants and need.Posted by Anna Williams on 5/23/2009 12:00:00 AM Reply\nAs a suggestion for the sorting activity...cellphones are a lot of people's only way to stay in touch with family, friends, employers, etc. Perhaps at least update the activity to allow the cellphone to be placed as a need, given that nowadays, constant contact with your employer, coworkers, family, and friends is expected and one is seen as deficient without one.Posted by Nicholas Dennison on 2/23/2015 1:59:26 PM Reply"}
{"text":"Introduce basic two- and three-dimensional shapes including the triangle, square, circle, rectangle, oval, rhombus, cube, cone, cylinder and sphere. Provides game-based practice on shape discovery and recognition as well as matching card activities on shapes, their corresponding words and related, real world objects. Designed for either teacher-directed or independent play in groups of 2-4 students, each game includes 1 laminated, hands-on broad game with 30 illustrated, self-checking cards and game materials for up to 4 students; 2 sets of 30 flash cards printed on heavy 4\" x 5.5\" stock, providing matching activities to challenge students to correlate up to 3 associated attributes; and a teacher's guide with step-by-step instructions as well as recommended, additional skill-building activities. Packaged in a durable pouch, the Learning Center Games can be used in the classroom, after school programs or home practice and are perfect for differentiated instruction!\n|Brand||New Path Learning|"}
{"text":"This refers to holding excess inventory.\nOverstocking occurs when the quantity of items held exceeds the amount required, or expected to be sold, in a given period. Overstocking can relate to raw materials or end products in manufacturing or products for sale in retail. Overstocking increases the holding costs of inventory and can result in waste due to deterioration. It is the opposite to ‘just in time’ inventory control.\nOverstocking is a term normally found in financial management.\nExplore our learning zone to discover more"}
{"text":"[Table of Contents | Internet Resources | Videos | General History | Aviation | American Revolution/Colonial Era | Bibliographies | Biography | Buffalo Soldiers | Civil War | Korean War | Naval History | Spanish-American War | Vietnam War | Women | World War I | World War II | ]\nBlack Studies: A Selected Bibliography of Books in the Robert W. Woodruff Library for Advanced Studies, compiled by the Reference Staff, Robert W. Woodruff Library. Atlanta, GA, Emory University, 1971. 132 p.\nMilitary Service, pp 83-85.\nBook call no.: 016.301451 E54b\nBlacks in the American Armed Forces, 1776-1983: A Bibliography, compiled by Lenwood G. Davis and George Hill. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1985. 198 p.\nBook call no.: 016.355008996073 D262b\nInvisible Wings: An Annotated Bibliography on Blacks in Aviation, 1916-1993, compiled by Betty Kaplan Gubert. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1994. 274 p.\nBook call no.: 016.6291 G921i\nMcPherson, James M. and others. Blacks in America: Bibliographical Essays. Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Co., 1971. 430 p.\nBlacks in the Confederacy, pp 113-115;\nBlack Soldiers in the Union Army, pp 115-116;\nBlacks in World War I, pp 192-194\nBook call no.: 016.301451 B631\nThe Negro in America: A Bibliography, compiled by Elizabeth W. Miller and Mary L. Fisher. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1970. 351 p.\nThe Negro in the Armed Forces, pp 173-175.\nBook call no.: 016.301451 M647n 1970\nUnited States. Navy. General Library Services Branch. Black Heritage: The American Experience. [Washington,DC], Reprinted by Human Resource Development Project Office, Bureau of Naval Personnel., 1972. 57 p.\nBlacks in the Military, pp 30-32. Includes photos of black sailors in training during WWII (p. 21); Dorie Miller, recipient of the Navy Cross (p. 28); recruiting poster with Joe Louis (p. 29); first black WAVES (p. 30).\nBook call no.: 016.301451 B952b\nReturn to Bibliography List"}
{"text":"Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a group of behavioural symptoms that include inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsivity. Common symptoms of ADHD are a short attention span or easy distraction, restlessness, constant fidgeting and being impulsive. Individuals suffering from ADHD might have additional problems such as difficulty in sleeping and anxiety disorders.\nWhilst ADHD is most often diagnosed in children, adults can also suffer from it. This condition is likely to affect your ability to concentrate, ability to organize tasks, ability to stay focused and work towards a long-term goal as well as emotional regulation.\nChildren who are diagnosed with ADHD grow into adults with ADHD. It does not go away but if treatment is given early then with the passage of time it can be controlled\nAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder is neuro developmental. It is important to know that children with ADHD are not to be mistaken for having low IQ.These children with ADHD can be as successful as non-ADHD children.\nStudies have shown that the brain development of the kids with ADHD is delayed by two to three years. This explains why kids with ADHD act younger than their peers. ADHD can also be found because of heridity. ADHD is found to be more common in males than females. Other conditions such as:\n- anxiety disorder\n- learning disabilities\n- conduct disorder\n- substance abuse\n- and depression\nare common in people with ADHD."}
{"text":"European corn borer\nThe European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) is a moth of which the caterpillars often infest corn en masse, and is targeted by many varieties of \"Bt\" transgenic crops, including MON810.\nRecent studies have shown that the males and females of this destructive pest are able to spread over several hundred metres, justifying - a posteriori - the maximum distance imposed by American legislation since 2000, of 800 metres between plots of land with Bt corn and refuge areas.\nEgg masses of the European corn borer are flat and cream white. Eggs are laid on top of one another like fish scales. On maturity, the larvae are cream white to pale grey and have two small patches on each abdominal segment. They are about 2.5 cm long and have a black head. Adults are light brown moths, about 2 cm long, with dark, sinuous lines on their anterior wings.\nA pair of Ostrinia nubilalis HUBNER (European corn borer) on a corn leaf.\n© INRA - Pizzol Jeannine"}
{"text":"How do we know if a substance is a liquid? What properties make an object a solid? How do liquids and solids behave? And can we change their properties by heating or cooling them? Using everyday items that kids can easily find around their homes, young students will get the chance to become real-life scientists and carry out step-by-step experiments to answer these intriguing questions. Along the way, the young scientists will be making observations, recording them, and drawing conclusions. Liquids and Solids includes at least seven experiments with detailed, age-appropriate instructions, great facts and background information, a “Conclusions” section to pull all the concepts investigated in the book together, and a glossary of science words. Colorful, dynamic designs and images truly put the FUN into FUN-damental Experiments!"}
{"text":"French GCSE (from 2016)\nWe have developed a reformed GCSE French qualification, approved by Qualifications Wales, for teaching from 2016. This qualification meets regulatory requirements in Wales.\nFor centres in England, please visit the Eduqas website.\nAll course materials are available on our related documents page.\nWe offer an extensive range of free digital educational resources.\nWe provide a range of training courses at locations all over the UK.\nOnline Exam Review\nOER is a free interactive teaching and learning tool which includes exam answers and examiner comments.\nWJEC Secure Website\nAccess WJEC’s secure website to view exclusive materials which are not available on this website.\nSubscribe for Updates\nSign up to our mailing list to receive important news and updates for this qualification.\nSpelling reforms in French\nWJEC examining teams are aware of the new spelling reforms in French and would like to reassure teachers and candidates that both the new and existing French language spelling conventions will be accepted in candidates' written work.\nWJEC examining teams will use the new spelling conventions when writing the reformed GCSE, AS and A level French examinations, for first assessment in 2017 (AS) and 2018 (GCSE and A level); however, we do not expect to amend spelling in extracts from authentic sources.\nGet In Touch\nOur French subject specialists are on hand to answer any of your queries.\nSubject OfficerAmanda Roberts\n029 2026 5045\nSubject Support OfficerCandice Dempster\n029 2026 5031\nSubject Support OfficerClaire Williams\n029 2026 5039"}
{"text":"The Argument Principle\nThe argument principle in complex analysis states that for a meromorphic nonconstant function on an open subset and a closed curve bounding a compact subset inside , we have[more]\nwhere and are the zeros and poles of inside , is the winding number of around , and is the multiplicity of at .\nIn this Demonstration the zeros and poles of a chosen function lying in the disk around the origin of radius 2 are shown as red and blue points (multiple zeros are shown as single points).\nThe path of integration initially consists of the red square; you can change its position and shape by dragging, adding, or subtracting the locator points. The value of the integral along the path (in the clockwise direction) is shown below. By unchecking the \"closed curve\" checkbox you can construct nonclosed curves by separating the two locators in the bottom-left corner.[less]\n E. C. Titchmarch, The Theory of Functions, London: Oxford University Press, 1952."}
{"text":"KOH KONG —\nAbout 50 middle and high school teachers in the coastal province of Koh Kong have attended training on how to present Khmer Rouge curriculum.\nThe six-day training, organized by the Documentation Center of Cambodia, helps teachers understand the history of the regime and provides them with material to present to students.\nMany younger Cambodians do not know what happened during the Khmer Rouge, often because their traumatized parents or grandparents are reluctant to discuss it.\nThis is the 15th time since 2011 teams from the Documentation Center have trained teachers in rural areas about its Khmer Rouge curriculum. Some 3,000 local teachers have been trained, said Mam Sovann, of the center’s genocide education project.\nThe course includes a history book and a teaching guide, which help explain how the Khmer Rouge came to power, the atrocity crimes it committed, its fall and its dark legacy.\n“It’s essential to ensure that local teachers comprehensively understand the history, alongside with techniques in teaching Khmer Rouge history, in order to make sure that there’s no repetition of such a tragedy, as well as to reconcile Cambodian society,” Mam Sovann said.\nRoeurng Makara, a high school history teacher who attended the training, said he had garnered useful tips in teaching about the Khmer Rouge.\n“I didn’t experience how brutal the regime was,” he said. “Often, I find it difficult to explain it to my students about why the Khmer Rouge killed its own people. Sometimes they don’t believe me.”"}
{"text":"Wendell Berry Medal Highlights Food Issues\nThe Obama Administration continues to underline the importance of how we manage our foodshed by honoring Kentucky author, farmer, conservationist and activist Wendell Berry yesterday with the National Humanities Medal.\nCelebrated food writer Michael Pollan has noted that his work only builds on the writing and activism of Berry, who has long fought against the ravages of industrial agriculture to American health and communities.\nWriting in The Nation magazine, Pollan says:\n\"Americans today are having a national conversation about food and agriculture that would have been impossible to imagine even a few short years ago. To many Americans it must sound like a brand-new conversation, with its bracing talk about the high price of cheap food, or the links between soil and health, or the impossibility of a society eating well and being in good health unless it also farms well.\nBut the national conversation unfolding around the subject of food and farming really began in the 1970s, with the work of writers like Wendell Berry, Frances Moore Lappé, Barry Commoner and Joan Gussow. All four of these writers are supreme dot-connectors, deeply skeptical of reductive science and far ahead not only in their grasp of the science of ecology but in their ability to think ecologically: to draw lines of connection between a hamburger and the price of oil, or between the vibrancy of life in the soil and the health of the plants, animals and people eating from that soil.\""}
{"text":"One of the more significant problems people with autism face is their trouble in social situations. Sometimes it can be particularly difficult for those with ASD to follow the tone and other cues of a conversation and interact in an appropriate and comfortable manner. This can lead to social anxiety or struggles in general communication, leading to research efforts such as those being conducted at the Massachusetts’ Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and its Institute of Medical Engineering and Science (IMES).\nGraduate student Tuka Alhanai and Ph.D. student Mohammad Ghassemi are working to refine a wearable social coach that can detect the emotional tone of a conversation. By picking up body signals such as heart rate, skin temperature, and blood flow alongside variations in speech patterns, the program (housed in a Samsung Simband) can run the stimuli through algorithms that identify the difference between happy and sad stories participants told. Furthermore, it can identify small, 5-second segments of conversations as “positive”, “negative”, or “neutral”.\nWhile there are technological and privacy concerns to advance before this program makes it to mainstream commercial use, the team runs it on the Samsung Simband to demonstrate its ability to run on consumer products – the Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center also provided funding for the research. In the future, the team is planning to collect data on a larger scale and with another commercially available product such as the Apple Watch.\nRead more about this MIT research through the button below, and share your college experiences and stories through our CAN Do College Project!"}
{"text":"Endemics and adventives: Thysanoptera (Insecta) biodiversity of Norfolk, a tiny Pacific Island.\nThe thrips fauna of Norfolk Island is a curious mix of endemics and adventives, with notable absences that include one major trophic group. A brief introduction is provided to the history of human settlement and its ecological impact on this tiny land mass in the western Pacific Ocean. The Thysanoptera fauna comprises about 20% endemic and almost 50% widespread invasive species, and shows limited faunal relationships to the nearest territories, Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand. This fauna, comprising 66 species, includes among named species 29 Terebrantia and 33 Tubulifera, with four Tubulifera remaining undescribed. At least 12 species are endemics, of which 10 are mycophagous, and up to 10 further species are possibly native to the island. As with the thrips fauna of most Pacific islands, many species are wide-spread invasives. However, most of the common thrips of eastern Australia have not been found on Norfolk Island, and the complete absence of leaf-feeding Phlaeothripinae is notable. The following new taxa are described: in the Phlaeothripidae, Buffettithrips rauti gen. et sp. n. and Priesneria akestra sp. n.; and in the Thripidae, Scirtothrips araucariae sp. n. and Thrips merae sp. n."}
{"text":"Название: Business Analysis For Dummies Автор: Kupe Kupersmith and Paul Mulvey Издательство: For Dummies Год: 2013 Формат: EPUB, MOBİ Размер: 6,6 Мб Язык: английский / English\nBusiness analysis refers to the set of tasks and activities that help companies determine their objectives for meeting certain opportunities or addressing challenges and then help them define solutions to meet those objectives. Those engaged in business analysis are charged with identifying the activities that enable the company to define the business problem or opportunity, define what the solutions looks like, and define how it should behave in the end. As a BA, you lay out the plans for the process ahead.\nBusiness Analysis For Dummies is the go to reference on how to make the complex topic of business analysis easy to understand. Whether you are new or have experience with business analysis, this book gives you the tools, techniques, tips and tricks to set your project’s expectations and on the path to success."}
{"text":"Resistance to Letting Go\nConsider this statement by Thich Nhat Hanh concerning resistance to letting go:\nPeople have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.\nThe astonishing verb choice \"prefer\" captures both the essence of what so many self-help teachers say about resistance to letting go and why such language is so tone-deaf concerning people who are stuck in suffering as a result of traumatic experiences.\nIf you consider these words according the root meaning of the word resistance, Thich Nhat Hanh claims that resistant people are taking a firm stand in opposition to letting go of their suffering. Why would suffering people do that? Do they really \"prefer\" suffering that is familiar because they're afraid of the unknown?\nLet's consider the claim that someone \"prefers suffering\" because it's familiar. The root meaning of the word prefer is \"put before.\" Usage can range from formal usage such as \"preferring charges\"in a court of law to informal language about liking something more than something else. In common speech, you might say that you prefer chocolate ice cream rather than vanilla, coffee rather than tea, and baseball rather than basketball.\nThe significant question is: What exactly are you supposed to let go? Your feelings? Your memories? Your identity? Deepak Chopra has no list, just the assertion that you will find your self if you let go of things from the past. Mary Manin Morrissey's list includes hurt, fear, and pain. Jack Kornfield's list includes images, emotions, grudges, fears, clinging, and disappointments. A list of words doesn't do justice to the power of these words as lived experiences. As words without context, it's all theoretical. These statements also omit the most stress-inducing word of all — trauma.\n[Original Post October 9, 2015]"}
{"text":"Stumbling Over Words And Phrases?\nHow To Sound Like You Say Them Every Day\nSeptember 25, 2013\nBy Hugh Klitzke\nCasting Director and Coach\nMost failures in execution are failures of comprehension. For instance, sometimes actors find a moment where they just can't get over a phrase and it becomes a stumbling block.\nEvery time it arrives on the paper, they will flub it. Or swallow it. Or say it without conviction or veracity. They are saying the word or phrase correctly, but it just doesn't sound natural.\nThis is where vocal technique fails and comprehension (analysis) can succeed.\nGET AROUND THE BLOCK\nFirst, understand that those two or three words are an incredibly small portion of the overall copy. Three percent? Even less?\nThen put those words into your own words. Paraphrase that moment and the other words before and after it.\nFor instance, perhaps an awkward drug brand name becomes:\n\"The diabetes control drug called (NAME) being marketed toward seniors in this campaign...\"Or a difficult proper noun becomes:\n\"The Greek Ambassador just before the Kennedy Administration whose first name was (X) and last name was (Y)...\"You get the idea. Mastering the pronunciation becomes simpler because you have made the context your own.\nNow the sound of the challenging moment that you have trouble getting out of your mouth has a space to live in that you understand and can become more like something you say every single day.\nHugh P. Klitzke is studio manager and voice casting director for a leading bi-coastal talent agency, who has directed more than 85,000 auditions for all voice over genres. Based in New York City, he is also a coach specializing in teaching voice over for actors, and writes VO4TA, a twice-weekly blog with helpful voice acting tips.\nSubscribe to blog: http://voiceoverfortheactor.com/subscribe_for_free\nYour Daily Resource For Voice-Over Success"}
{"text":"A set of technologies that is expected to have its first results four years from now is designed to resolve one of the world’s greatest oil and gas exploration challenges today: carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) emission in the atmosphere.\nThe innovation, the result of a patent deposited in 2018, consists of injecting the CO2 and CH4 that comes from wells during oil extraction into salt caverns as a way to reduce the amount of carbon gas in the emissions.\nThe first “pilot cavern” may be ready by 2022 and is the result of studies carried out at the Research Center for Gas Innovation (RCGI), established by FAPESP and Shell, headquartered at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (Poli-USP). The RCGI is one of the Engineering Research Centers (ERC) funded by FAPESP in partnership with companies.\n“This is a concept known as Carbon Capture Storage (CCS). In this case, the CO2 is stored in large caverns in the salt layer itself. This is perhaps one of the best ways to obtain clean energy from a fossil fuel during the production process,” said Julio Meneghini (photo), a professor at Poli-USP and RCGI coordinator.\nRead more at"}
{"text":"- A worldwide earthquake drill, known as the Great ShakeOut, will be held on Thursday, October 17 at 10:17AM local time. The drill is your chance to practice how to protect yourself in the event of an earthquake. Mike Blanpied, the Associate Program Coordinator for the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, and Mark Benthien, the Director of Communication, Education and Outreach with the Southern California Earthquake Center and coordinator of the Great ShakeOut worldwide, have come to discuss the importance of earthquake preparedness.\n- A female grizzly bear family rambles through Yellowstone National Park. USGS researchers study population dynamics of these bears, as well as hazards they face. This information is used by resource managers and decision makers."}
{"text":"How does the camera know (measure) what the distance is to the object?\nModern cameras use a variety of techniques to find the distance to objects. Some cameras bounce sound off of the objects and time how long it takes for the echo to return. Others observe the central portion of the image (presumably the object) from two vantage points simultaneous and then adjust the angles at which those two observations are made until the images overlap. This rangefinder technique is the one you use to sense distance with your eyes. You view the object through each eye and adjust the angles of view until the two images overlap (in your brain). At that point, you can tell how far away the object is by how crossed or uncrossed your eyes are. A rangefinder camera has two small viewing windows and lenses to look at the object, just as you have two eyes to look at the object. Finally, some cameras don’t really measure the distance to the object but instead adjust the lens until it forms the sharpest possible image. A sharp image has the highest possible contrast while an out-of-focus image will have relatively low contrast. The cameras adjust the lens until the light striking a sensor exhibits maximal contrast (brightest bright spots and darkest dark spots)."}
{"text":"Bullying Is Not a Game\nBullying makes the news almost every week. It exists in schools, sports fields, playground and online. We’ve also recently learned bullying is also present in professional organizations like the NFL. Children who are bullied tend to withdraw and suffer emotional scars. In extreme cases, some become so desperate, they take their own lives.\nSteve sat down with professional speaker and certified professional coach Laurie Flasko to talk about bullying and what we can do as parents and teachers to put a stop to it.\nIn her book, Bullying Is Not a Game, A Parents’ Survival Guide, Flasko shares advice and tips for parents on how to help their child get through bullying and survive.\nIf you aren’t sure if your child is being bullied, watch for some telltale signs like a change in their personality. Are they suddenly secretive and withdrawn? Do they hide their email and online activity? Have their friends stopped coming over?\nChildren who are being bullied may be afraid and don’t want to talk to their teachers or parents. You may need to reach out to your child and help them feel secure in talking to you. But don’t drill them. Then talk to the teacher and school about next steps.\nFor teachers, Flasko says their relationship is very important. Know your students and watch them for sudden personality changes or behavior. A good student who stops turning in homework or falls behind quickly may be a sign. When you see something or after a student comes to you about a bullying event, address it quickly and keep the informer anonymous.\nDo not bring the two kids together unless the bully wants to apologize and the bullied child is okay with sitting down.\nFor more tips, support and help, sign up for Flasko’s Bully Tip of the Week.\nHere are some additional resources for bullying help –\n- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK (8255)\n- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Bullying Website"}
{"text":"The Lost Day of Easter - ICM Course\nCategory: Theology & Ministry\nVID - Video Course\nThis free lesson comes from ICM's Hot Topic night Live Web Class broadcast.\nEvery school child knows there's only two days between Friday and Sunday. Yet, Jesus said in Matthew 12:40 that the Son of Man would be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. So where did the missing day go? Why are there only two days between Good Friday and Easter when there should be three?\nThe secret of this mystery is found in understanding God's clock that He gave to Israel which includes signs in the heavens, the lunar cycle, and watches and hours."}
{"text":"0 of 5 Questions completed\nYou have already completed the quiz before. Hence you can not start it again.\nQuiz is loading…\nYou must sign in or sign up to start the quiz.\nYou must first complete the following:\n0 of 5 Questions answered correctly\nTime has elapsed\nYou have reached 0 of 0 point(s), (0)\nEarned Point(s): 0 of 0, (0)\n0 Essay(s) Pending (Possible Point(s): 0)\nPassing score is 80%+\nCongratulations you have passed!\nThe official language of Mainland China (PRC) is…\nEnglish is not the official language of China, Cantonese is spoken mostly in Southern China.\nChinese is a tonal language, this means that changing the tone of a word changes the:\nChanging the tone of a word in Chinese changes its meaning.\nSpoken Chinese has ___________ homophones (words that sound the same).\nSpoken Chinese has many homophones, so context is vital in oral Chinese, but written Characters are easily distinguished.\nBasic literacy in Chinese requires learning about _______ characters.\nFor basic literacy you need to know around 2,000 characters. To read a newspaper around 5,000. In total there’s around 40,000 characters, but only a few academics know them all.\nMany concepts in Chinese are conveyed by combining 2 or more characters.\nMany concepts in Chinese are conveyed by combining more than one character. This is done by saying or writing the individual characters one after another, rather than morphing into a new character."}
{"text":"In the age of Data Revolution and rapid technological advancement, do not be left behind. Data Sciences has come to the fore as a must have knowledge whether you are a Businessman wanting to invest in new Products and Services OR whether you are working on any particular domain. With so much data available from almost any kind of device we use in our daily lives, the application of Data Sciences is growing at an exponential pace.\nThis course provides an introduction to Data Sciences. The goal of this short course is to expose as many areas of Data Sciences as possible within 1 hour. Once you are aware of these topics, you can study further any specific topic or all of the topics.\nThe course is designed for CxO and other Decision Makers who want to invest their money in taking advantage of this Data Revolution. This course is also meant for Students, Researchers and almost everyone from any work of life so that they are able to understand what is the upcoming world going to be.\n- No Prerequisite required\n- Introduction to Data Sciences\n- Trends in Data Sciences\n- Examples of applications of Data Sciences\n- Introduction to Machine Learning\n- Introduction to Predictive Analytics"}
{"text":"Wisdom Teeth Removal Atlanta\nWhat Are Wisdom Teeth?\nWisdom teeth are third molars. They develop and erupt between the ages of 17 and 25—a period when children become wiser as they grown into adulthood. Pain-free, healthy third molars that completely erupt don’t require any treatment. But problems with third molars are common. Nine out of ten people have at least one wisdom tooth removed.\nWhy Do They Cause Problems?\nMost people don’t have enough room in their mouth for wisdom teeth. This causes the third molars to erupt partially or not at all. Impacted, or trapped, teeth will cause problems that affect your oral health. And you don’t have to be in your teens or 20s to be affected by impacted third molars. It is not uncommon for people in their 30s, 40s, or 50s to experience problems with them."}
{"text":"Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, 11 Oct 1884 - 7 Nov 1962 Search this\nGelatin silver print\nImage: 31.5 × 25.5 cm (12 3/8 × 10 1/16\")\nSheet: 42.8 × 35.5 cm (16 7/8 × 14\")\nMount: 48.3 × 40.6 cm (19 × 16\")\nMat (Karsh exhibit): 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22\")\nAs the nation’s first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt rapidly expanded her role from hostess to advocate and emerged as a vital force in her husband Franklin’s administration. She took public stands on issues ranging from exploitive labor practices to civil rights, but more important, she often urged her husband toward measures he might otherwise have avoided. When the challenges of World War II drew the president’s attention from domestic affairs, she continued to be a strong voice for the New Deal’s social welfare policies. The activism that characterized Eleanor Roosevelt’s years as first lady did not end with her departure from the White House. As a U.S. delegate to the United Nations (1945–53), she was instrumental in formulating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and securing its ratification by the General Assembly in 1948.\nEleanor Roosevelt’s hands were seldom still, and Karsh captured their expressive qualities in this portrait."}
{"text":"Kurt Friedrich Gödel (1906 – 1978) was an Austrian, and later American, logician and philosopher. One of the best mathematical minds of the 20th century. And he was brave enough to advance this ontological proof of God existence\n|Godel's ontological proof of the existence of God (from wikipedia)|\nNow, I have to say that I still need to get a deeper understanding of the proof as it is not clear to me if claiming that necessary existence is a positive property, as Gödel does (in Ax 5), is begging the question. But Gödel was a very clever guy so I need more time to think on this.\nSt Anselm's ontological proof of God's existence is similar to Gödel's. To me, what St Anselm achieves is to clarify that, if it is possible for God to exist, then it necessarily exists. This is basically what happens with platonic forms and mathematical theorems too. The hope is that Gödel would make a better case for the plausibility of God existence (as oppose to conceivability), and then apply Anselm's machinery to proof its existence. It is not clear to me however that Gödel have achieved the first part by means of introducing the concept of a positive property. This needs more investigation from my side.\nIn any case, at this stage I find Aquianas five ways far more convincing than Godel's. Aquinas doesn't go to ontological argument (and rightly criticises \"Anselm's\" way as a proof), instead he goes from physics, to metaphysics to God. Inductive method. Hurray for Aquinas."}
{"text":"Methods of physics education research were applied to find what kinds of changes in 4th, 6th, and 8th grade student understanding of motion can occur and at what age. Such findings are necessary for the physics community to effectively discharge its role in advising and assisting pre-college physics education. Prior to and after instruction the students were asked to carefully describe several demonstrated accelerated motions. Most pre-instruction descriptions were of the direction of motion only. After instruction, many more of the students gave descriptions of the motion as continuously changing. Student responses to the diagnostic and to the activity materials revealed the presence of a third “snapshot” view of motion not discussed in the literature. The 4th and 6th grade students gave similar pre-instructional descriptions of the motion, but the 4th grade students did not exhibit the same degree of change in descriptions after instruction. Our findings suggest that students as early as 6th grade can develop changes in ideas about motion needed to construct Newtonian-like ideas about force. Students’ conceptions about motion change little under traditional physics instruction from these grade levels through college level.\nThis is an author-produced, peer-reviewed version of this publication. The final, definitive version of this document can be found online at the American Journal of Physics published by American Institute of Physics, at: http://www.kzoo.edu/ajp/. Copyright restrictions may apply. DOI: 10.1119/1.3090824\nDykstra, Dewey I. and Sweet, Dale R.. (2009). \"Conceptual Development About Motion and Force in Elementary and Middle School Students\". American Journal of Physics, 77(5), 468. http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.3090824"}
{"text":"Krotov Vasily Andreevich\nNaval officer, lieutenant, arctic explorer.\nAt the end of the Marine Corps in 1821–1826. sailed\non the Baltic Sea, in 1827 to the shores of England. In\n1828–1830, commanding the schooner No. 2, was engaged in the\ninventory of the White Sea. In\n1832, Krotov was appointed commander of the \"Yenisei\" vessel, which\nwas to pass from Arkhangelsk through the Strait. Matochkin\nShar to the mouth of the Yenisei. During\nthis transition, the ship was killed with the whole crew under\nunclear circumstances off the west coast of Novaya Zemlya in the\nMatochkin Shar area.\nIn 1834, fodder I.Y. Gvozdarev and in 1835 P.K. Pakhtusov found\nfragments of the \"Yenisei\" scattered in different places on the bank\nof the New Earth.\nof Litke Bay\nin the east of the southern island of Novaya Zemlya. Apparently\ndiscovered by the expedition of Pakhtusov in 1832–1833. Described\nby Soviet hydrographs no later than 1937 and mapped as \"Gulf without\nKrotov and Malaya Krotova) on the east coast of the southern island\nof Novaya Zemlya south of the hall. Litke. Opened\nand mapped in July 1833 by the expedition of Pakhtusov.\nthe island of Mityushev and the western coast of the northern island\nof New Earth. Named\n1925 by commission chaired by N.I. Yevgenov."}
{"text":"Noor Mahal, a beautiful palace located in the historical city Bahawalpur in Pakistan was built in 1872. Bahawalpur is a cultural city and was a princely state before the Independence of Pakistan. It is about 150 years old and is the most recent monument notified under Antiquities Act. It consists of 32 rooms out of which 14 are in the basement, six verandas, and five domes. The palace covers an of 4140-meter square.\nNoor Mahal was constructed by Nawab Sadiq Khan, the fourth, for his wife. However, it is said that the nawab family never lived in the palace except for one night, as nawab’s wife refused to live here because she saw a graveyard in the back of the palace. Nawab Sadiq Khan was also known as Shah Jahan of Bahawalpur for constructing beautiful buildings.\nThe architecture of the palace is of Islamic and corinthian style and has a tinge of sub-continent. The building was designed by Mr. Heennan, who was the state engineer.\nMost of the furniture was imported from England and Italy. The construction of the palace started in 1872 and completed in 1875. In 1906, the fifth Nawab, Nawab Muhammad Bahawal Khan, added a mosque to the palace.\nBahawalpur State was merged into Pakistan in 1956 and the Auqaf department took the charge of the building. In 1977, Pakistan Army purchased the palace for a total sum of 119 million.\nIn 2001, Department of Archeology, Government of Pakistan declared it a ‘national monument’. It is now open general public visitors and tourists.\nThere are many interesting things to see in the palace. Many things used by nawab remain intact till today. There are many old coins, currency notes, and swords. The old currency notes and an old piano which the Nawab used to play can also be seen there. A prison is also present inside the palace. Many imaginary pictures of old nawabs are also found on a long wall."}
{"text":"- 1Of or relating to knowledge, especially esoteric mystical knowledge.More example sentences\n- For some pavements such a religious symbolism has been suggested: examples at Brading and Littlecote have been seen as representing ‘Orphic’ or gnostic (mystical knowledge) ideas.\n- And also, before the 300s (and many times afterwards) there were plenty of religious authority figures in gnostic sects both within and outside the church.\n- I am aware that between the second and the fourth centuries various gnostic heresies admitted women to all levels of priesthood.\n- 1.1 (Gnostic) Of or relating to Gnosticism.More example sentences\n- The Gospel of Philip is a Gnostic text, and Gnostic thought would have no place in first century Palestinian Judaism.\n- Yes, the Gospel of Thomas can be read in terms of spiritual transformation, but so can the Gospel of John - indeed, it was demonstrably read that way both by Gnostic interpreters like Heracleon and orthodox interpreters like Origen.\n- It is a collection of sayings of Jesus, shorn of most narrative setting, and often Gnostic in feel, presenting Jesus as a teacher of esoteric wisdom.\nnoun(Gnostic) Back to top\n- An adherent of Gnosticism.More example sentences\n- The distortions of the Marcionites, Gnostics, and Montanists were carefully examined under the criteria of apostolic testimony.\n- Most of the early Church's toiling over Christ's humanity took place in terms less extreme than those of the Gnostics or of Tertullian.\n- The argument put forth by Elaine Pagels and others is that Gnostics were a vibrant community that sought refuge from Roman power in cults that endorsed personal revelations.\nlate 16th century (as a noun): via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek gnōstikos, from gnōstos 'known' (related to gignōskein 'know').\nMore definitions of gnosticDefinition of gnostic in:\n- The British & World English dictionary"}
{"text":"March 27, 2010\nABOUT PANELLED DOORS\nPanelled doors have been around at least since Roman times. The Pantheon in Rome, one of the world’s oldest buildings, is still in daily use and its panelled doors date to 125AD, the era of Hadrian.\nPanelled doors are strong as well as decorative. The combination of a strong frame with mortise and tenon dowelled joints, make for a door which is more resistant to warping and movement, and the panels with decorative mouldings add the aesthetic appeal. It was not always so; early carpenters were frugal as well as canny. The panels are always thinner than the frames, giving the benefit of lighter weight and using less timber, with no compromise to the strength.\nThe number of panels, the mouldings and the timber used have changed according to the tastes of the time. Georgian doors were normally 6 panel style with the two smaller square panels at the top. These doors were quite wide and short compared to todays modern standard size. Victorian doors were normally four panel style, constructed in pine (which they always stained or painted) and in some cases with the upper panels for glass. In the deco period, doors had one square panel at the top over two or three long ones beneath and were often made with ply wood panels set into a pine frame.\nToday you can buy panelled doors made from metal, plastic and engineered woods. Often they are stamped or moulded to simulate panelling. But none of these phoney solutions can hold a candle to a handmade made solid wood door, constructed in the traditional way."}
{"text":"Regularly when we talk about -skincare- or skin care we think only of the skin of our face, we must remember that the skin is the largest organ we have and that we must give it the care it deserves.\nPollution, fatigue, lack of water can deteriorate our skin. To keep it hydrated, it is important to drink enough water and treat our skin with products with ingredients that improve it, such as vegetable glycerin.\nVegetable glycerin is a liquid that is extracted from vegetable oils and is used to make cosmetics because it helps to rejuvenate the skin and keep it soft, which is why the vast majority contain glycerin (it is very important to investigate what type of glycerin your products contain). It also works as an antiseptic to prevent wound infections.\nIf you suffer from dermatitis, acne, dry skin or start to see fine lines, use vegetable glycerin soaps daily, remember that consistency is the most important thing. The glycerin will keep it moisturized, bacteria-free, sanitized, and hydrated."}
{"text":"The Dog Who Came to Dinner - Helen agrees to take care of Mrs. Clusky's dog for a few days, and Martha can't wait to welcome their houseguest. To Martha's chagrin, Francois turns out to be a demanding and manipulative guest who knows just how to charm the humans. When Martha gets blamed for the teacup poodle's bad behavior, something has to be done, but what? Vocabulary - (E) jealous, visitor, privileges, envy, demanding (I) houseguest, welcome, rude, polite, manners. Martha Calling* (*book based) - When Martha wins a trip to the Come-On-Inn from a radio call-in show, there's only one problem: No dogs allowed. Helen and Martha put their heads together to come up with a solution. Enter Granny Martha. But when a \"mad dog\" eats Granny Martha, pandemonium ensues. Where's Martha and why is everybody running for the exits? Vocabulary - (E) allow(ed), forbid(den), permit, restrict, problem (I) guest, rules, invite, vacation.\nVisit the Website: http://pbskids.org/martha/\nEpisode #109 / Length: 28 minutes"}
{"text":"Power produced by wind farms slumped by a fifth in the second quarter of this year, despite hundreds of new turbines being built – because it wasn’t very windy.\nOfficial Government statistics published on Thursday show that in the three months to the end of June, the amount of electricity produced by offshore wind farms fell by 22 per cent, to 2 terawatt-hours (TWh), compared with the same period the year before.\nYet the number of offshore wind turbines operating grew significantly – with 4.1 gigawatts (GW) of capacity installed in the seas around the UK by June this year, up from 3.5GW by June 2013.\nPower output from onshore wind farms also fell, by 17 per cent to 3.22 TWh. The fall came despite dozens of new wind farms being built, increasing onshore wind capacity by 14 per cent over the same period. […]\nAbout 900 turbines were constructed on and offshore over the course of 2013, according to Renewable UK.\nDr John Constable, director of the Renewable Energy Foundation, which publishes data on the sector and is critical of subsidy costs, said: “The latest DECC data is further confirmation that wind power output is highly variable over all timescales, minutes, hours, months, and even from year to year.\n“These variabilities are physically manageable but they have highly significant negative economic impacts on the rest of the power generation fleet, whose market is made very uncertain, and these uncertainties ultimately mean much higher costs for consumers.”"}
{"text":"Daniel 1 The Captivity Bible Bookmarks\nDescription: Encourage your students to explore Daniel 1 with these The Captivity Bible Bookmarks. Ready to print, color and cut out this Kids Bible activity is perfect for your upcoming Daniel 1 Sunday School lesson.\nMore From This Lesson: Daniel 1 The Captivity Sunday School Lesson For Kids\nThe Daniel 1 Captivity Sunday School Lesson brings to life a difficult time in Israel's history. This Bible Story gives the account of a Babylonian king named Nebuchadnezzar who conquered Jerusalem and took a host of captives (prisoners) back to Babylon. Four of these captives were named Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These four men become an illustration of how we can faithfully serve God even when the world around us does not. Inside this kids Bible lesson you'll find an exciting resource bundle that includes a beautiful Bible video, teaching slideshow, fun activities, an interactive family devotional and volunteer-friendly curriculum. It's everything you need to teach with confidence!"}
{"text":"1. Start SimpleFont\n2. Select the codepage you want to use in the CodePage templates tab of the new project dialog. For creating fonts for the English language choose the WINDOWS-1252 font template. Cick OK on the \" New pixel font project with the selected codepage\".\n3. Click on File | Import TrueType... When importing pixel fonts the importing size should be the size, the font is crisp at. This is usually 8 point for fonts designed for Macromedia Flash. After setting the parameter, click the Ok button.\n|The import Font size dialog|\n4. Use the Basic tools | Select to select the character from that you want to create modified versions. Click Ctrl + C to copy the character to the clipboard. You can use up to 9 objects on the clipboard. Click Ctrl + 2 , Ctrl + 3 etc to place objects ont he clipboard. Clipboard objects are visible on the clipboards panel.\n5. Select the place in the character selection grid with a bouble click where you want to place the modified character. Click Ctrl + V to place the clipboard object. If you have more than one clipboard object use Ctrl + Shift + 2, Ctrl + Shift + 3 etc. to paste these objects.\n6. Create the special characters - you want to extend the font with - with the drawing tools explained in Tutorial 1.\n|Create the special characters|\n7. Set the kerning and line spacing for the characters (for more information see Tutorial 1 Section 5), and export your project to TTF (for more information see Tutorial 1 Section 8)."}
{"text":"ABOUT THIS BOOK\nLinguistic distinctions between the notions of a phrase, a word, and their components are challenged by so-called particle verbs in German and similar features in other languages. Particle verbs look like single words, yet are typically assembled from word-like fragments that together behave more like components of a phrase than of a word. The resolution of existing scholarly ambivalence has exciting ramifications, from questioning the existence of particle verbs to a broader understanding of what constitutes a word.\nParticle verbs have previously been analyzed as morphological objects or as phrasal constructions, but neither approach fits cleanly within its chosen framework. The resolution presented here is that particle verbs should be seen as lexicalized phrasal constructions. Emphasizing morphological and syntactic testability, over a hundred colloquial examples are shown to break the rules of previous approaches while remaining consistent with this book's proposition. To distinguish particle verbs from similar constructions, and to demonstrate how structural and morphological factors have been misidentified in the past, preverb verb constructions (PVCs) are introduced and diagrammed. This reveals the roles of listedness and non-transparency in word formation and clarifies the conclusion that particle verbs do not form a definable class of words."}
{"text":"Activity for an individual child\nAge group: 30-40 months\nDuration of activity: 15 minutes\n- 1 sheet construction paper\n- Blue tempera paint\n- Yellow tempera paint\n- 2 pie tins\nThis activity is a great way to reinforce Jewish holiday traditions as well as introduce your child to counting concepts.\n- Pour the paint into separate pie tins. Have your child dip her hands in the blue paint and then press them flat onto the paper. Her thumbs should overlap while her fingers should be spread apart.\n- Show her how the print resembles a menorah, with the thumb prints representing the Shamash. Count the eight candles with her.\n- Wash your child's hands. The have her dip one finger into the yellow paint. Help her press her finger over each candle to make a flame."}
{"text":"‘Minor‘ can be a noun, verb or adjective. As a noun it can mean either a person who is not yet legally an adult, or it can mean a subject at university that is your second main subject. As a verb ‘minor’ means to study a second subject at university. As an adjective it means that something is not very important or not very serious.\n- Even though she was already working and independent, she went to live with her aunt when her parents died because she was still a minor.\n- Ellie is majoring in maths and minoring in physics.\n- The accident looked terrible, but luckily no-one was seriously injured; they had only minor bruising.\nCollocations: When you learn new vocab, make sure that you note collocations too. For this group of words some collocations are:\nmaximum penalty, maximise outcomes, maximisation of\nminor problem, minority of, a minority view\noutcome driven, outcome of\nto partner with, partnership between\nCheck the meanings of the words if you don’t already know them. Check the meanings of the various forms as sometimes they are different. You can check them at Time4english by clicking the words (http://www.time4english.com/aamain/lounge/awl.asp).\nComplete the sentences below with the correct form of the word.\n- To be successful online, it is a good idea to _______________ with other businesses marketing similar products. (maximise, partner)\n- There is so much _______________ about the economy these days that it’s depressing. (minor, negative)\n- The ______________ wage for this kind of work varies between $30 and $40 per hour.(maximise, negate)\n- A _______________ of people take advantage of discounts, but most people are fair in the way they use them. (minor, outcome)\n- What was the _______________ of the court case about workers’ rights?(partner, outcome)\nAnswers (in the wrong order below)\n1. partner 2. negativity 4. minority 3. maximum 5. outcome"}
{"text":"Dive into desalination and water security amid growing climate concern\nWith more than 20,000 plants now contracted around the world, desalination is enabling countries to provide water security for future generations amid growing climate concerns. By converting saline water, the process can offer freshwater in areas lacking natural groundwater, or surface water supplies. Together with water reuse, desalination can offer solutions to water scarcity and in some countries, provides over 90 per cent of total water supply. What are the processes and technologies involved in desalination? What’s the difference between MED and MSF thermal treatment? What are the pros and cons of desalination?"}
{"text":"A process for mitigating or eliminating contamination and/or degradation of surfaces having common, adventitious atmospheric contaminants adsorbed thereon and exposed to radiation. A gas or a mixture of gases is introduced into the environment of a surface(s) to be protected. The choice of the gaseous species to be introduced (typically a hydrocarbon gas, water vapor, or oxygen or mixtures thereof) is dependent upon the contaminant as well as the ability of the gaseous species to bind to the surface to be protected. When the surface and associated bound species are exposed to radiation reactive species are formed that react with surface contaminants such as carbon or oxide films to form volatile products (e.g., CO, CO.sub.2) which desorb from the surface.\nSTATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST\nThis invention was made with Government support under contract no. DE-AC04-94AL85000 awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy to Sandia Corporation. The Government has certain rights in the invention."}
{"text":"HIGHER GROUND written in 1898\nFrom our perspective today, Johnson Oatman, Jr. (1856-1922) seems to have been going through a midlife crisis. He felt he was locked into his father’s mercantile business in Medford, New Jersey. It was a good business, and he wasn’t unhappy in it… but he was growing restless.\nJohnson actually wanted to do something that could reach out and touch more people for the Lord. So, he became an ordained Methodist minister and preached in churches in central New Jersey. But, his commitment to his father’s business kept him from becoming pastor of a church. He was still discontented.\nWhen he was 36 years old, Johnson apparently found that to which he was called. He began writing gospel songs. And, within a few years, the whole world seemed to be singing his songs! He wrote “Count Your Blessings”, “No Not One”, and this hymn, “Higher Ground”. In camp meetings across the country, “Higher Ground” became a favorite hymn. It expresses the desire of most Christians, and it certainly expresses the desire of a restless Johnson Oatman, who was pressing on the upward way.\nRead this hymn, and – today – step onto spiritual ground a little higher than the ground you stood on yesterday.\nI’m pressing on the upward way, new heights I’m gaining every day;\nstill praying as I’m onward bound, “Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.”\nLord, lift me up and let me stand, by faith, on Heaven’s tableland,\na higher plane than I have found; Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.\nMy heart has no desire to stay where doubts arise and fears dismay;\nthough some may dwell where those abound, my prayer, my aim, is higher ground.(Refrain)\nI want to live above the world, though Satan’s darts at me are hurled;\nfor faith has caught the joyful sound, the song of saints on higher ground. (Refrain)\nI want to scale the utmost height and catch a gleam of glory bright;\nbut still I’ll pray till heav’n I’ve found, “Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.” (Refrain)"}
{"text":"Kloos, Willem (vĭlˈəm klōs) [key], 1859–1938, Dutch poet and critic. In 1885 he founded the progressive literary journal De Nieuwe Gids [the new guide]. His personal anger against prevailing modes of literary expression is vented in the sonnets in Verzen (1894), notable for the fresh imagery and metaphor they introduced to Dutch poetry. Unlike some of his literary associates, Kloos never developed social concerns and remained primarily a literary reformer.\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.\nSee more Encyclopedia articles on: Miscellaneous European Literature: Biographies"}
{"text":"“One may well ask: “How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?” The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that “an unjust law is no law at all.”” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (excerpt from Letter from a Birmingham Jail).\nCan you recall a time when you challenged a policy or directive or rule that you believed was wrong? It can be a lonely struggle. What was your situation?"}
{"text":"March 23, 2019 Newsletter\nOne more week to go until Spring Break (April 1-5)!! Don’t forget there will be NO TREE HOUSE on Friday, March 29 after class. Every child will go home in car line at 12:45!!!! My husband and I will be going to our hometown, New Orleans, where we will go on a gastronomical tour. If you have been to Louisiana, you know the food is phenomenal!\nThe class had a great time this week playing games with our 5 Senses. We played, “What’s Missing?” for our sense of sight. “Who or What is Making That Sound?” for our sense of hearing. “What’s That Smell? where we had to guess at mystery scents. We tasted something salty, sweet, sour and bitter for taste. We felt an object in the mystery bag and had to guess what it was without peeking. Plus, your preschooler made a fantastic book that he can refer to over and over again. I explained to them that we INVESTIGATE or learn through our 5 Senses. We each created our own “Mr. Potato Head” and had fun playing a game with “Mr. Potato Head.”\nWe also covered the letters O & P. For our letter craft, we made “Oscar the Grouch” from Sesame Street and a picnic tablecloth for letter P. Speaking of picnics, we had a fantastic pizza picnic Friday on the field with plenty of sunshine, music but no ants!\nOur Spring party is this Thursday! Please don’t forget your dozen candy-filled plastic eggs for our egg hunt. Fingers crossed for a nice morning!\nNext week, will be letter review, plus we will learn about animals that hatch from eggs (oviparous animals) and will do fun things on this subject.\n“Popcorn” is the answer to the question. We use all 5 senses when we eat it!\nHave a splendid weekend.\nWanda and Sandy"}
{"text":"Definition of hackable in English:\n(In computing contexts) capable of being hacked: poorly chosen passwords, user names, and security questions can make accounts hackable\nMore example sentences\n- Many choose the default word 'password' as their password, which must be the most hackable way into anyone's bank account.\n- Why do all good sites use clean, consistent, hackable URLs?\n- Check to see if your voice mail is hackable.\n- Example sentences\n- Here are a few quick, easy-to-implement security tips that will drastically reduce your hackability.\n- Because of the inherent hackability of the Internet, E-business transactions require far more rigorous security.\n- When I get a new phone, its hackability is my No. 1 buying consideration.\nDefinition of hackable in:\n- British & World English dictionary\nWhat do you find interesting about this word or phrase?\nComments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed."}
{"text":"The physical exam is the cornerstone of your pet's diagnosis. It is important because your dog or cat can't tell you when they need to go to the doctor! There may be obvious signs that your pet is ill ( lethargy, lack of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, etc.) or no obvious sign at all. Pets tend to be very good at hiding their signs of disease.\nEven if your pet seems to be perfectly healthy, a physical exam at least once a year is critical. In senior pets, a visit every 6 months is better. Your pet's exam will probably be more thorough than the exam you might receive from your own doctor. This would include checking:\nEars: The ears are checked for infections and also for parasites, as this is a common place for them to nest.\nEyes: The eyes are checked for cataracts, retinal disease, signs of glaucoma, and other abnormalities. These can all results in blindness, so it is important to check for them regularly.\nMouth: Gum disease, lesions, tooth loss, and throat problems all affect dogs and cats. They could be signs of larger problems. Performing a full mouth examination allows us to diagnose any problems and take care of them before they become a serious issue.\nInternal Organs: The internal organs are examined to check that they are functioning properly. The abdominal area can be checked by hand for any growths or tumors. A stethoscope is used to listen to the heart and lungs.\nSkin and Coat: This is checked to make sure that there are no fleas, ticks or other parasites that have made your pet their home. The quality of the skin and coat is a direct reflection of your pet's overall health.\nIf any potential problems are uncovered further tests and examination may be necessary to rule out the disease, or properly diagnose it so that it can be treated."}
{"text":"The Lone Star State\nWhen Texas became a state, Mexico was arguing with Texas because they wanted the southern border to be the Rio Grande. But, Mexico's authorities always considered the Nieces River to be the border. This later caused the Mexican-American War.\nThe lone star state\nThe flag has one star therefore it is called the The lone star state.\nState motto \"friendship\"\nMexican and Amercian war\nAnother big part of the agriculture are crops like cotton, which is their most valuable crop. Some other crops include greenhouse and nursery products. In addition, they also provide corn, hay, wheat, peanuts, rice, sugar cane, watermelon, grapefruit, and cantaloupes.\n- The flag's symbol is the Lone Star\n- Texas is the second biggest state\n- Texas won independence from Mexico in 1836\n- Three out of ten of the largest cities are in Texas - Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio\n- Texas is the home of the Alamo where they fought Santa Ana\n- Sam Houston was the only man to be governor in two states and one was Texas\n- Texas is the home of the Longhorns\n- My grandpa was born in Lubbock, Texas\n- The population increase from 2000-2010 was 20.6%\n- Texas has the most counties of any state - 263\n- Texas has the biggest ranch in the country - King's Ranch\n- Texas has the biggest Capital Building located in Austin, Texas"}
{"text":"|home | about this site | stories | the gallery | schools | migration histories | tracing your roots | search|\nOnchan Internment Camp\nIn 1940, the British government introduced a policy of internment for refugees regarded as 'enemy aliens'. Onchan Internment Camp was one of several on the Isle of Man. The newsletters produced by the internees demonstrate the wide range of activities that they organised. There is also an envelope from a letter to an internee that bears the clear marks of the official censor.\nOrders of Removal\nBefore the introduction of the welfare state, parish relief was the system for obtaining welfare benefits. Failure to satisfy certain requirements for residence, meant that an order of removal would be issued for the individual to be returned to the parish where he or she had the legal right of settlement. In these cases, this meant returning to Ireland.\nDo not feel disappointed if you do not find exactly what you are looking for, these are only examples of what you could find. You can find more items by searching the Catalogue, let us know if you find any interesting topics which are not covered here.\n|contact us | help | site map||copyright | privacy|"}
{"text":"A Sampling of Home-Schooling Resources\nThe best place to start learning more about home schooling is at the Web site of the Home School Legal Defense Association.\nHome School Legal Defense Association\nP.O. Box 3000\nPurcellville, VA 20134\nHSLDA provides news about home schooling, answers to frequently asked questions, and links to a variety of other Web sites of interest to parents who educate their children at home. By selecting a specific state, parents can access a summary of laws affecting home schooling in that state, together with contact information for state organizations that support home schooling. In addition, the site provides access to statistical and demographic information about home-schooling families.\nOther national organizations that support home schooling:\nNational Home Education Research Institute\nP.O. Box 13939\nSalem, OR 97309\nNational Homeschool Association\nP.O. Box 327\nWebster, NY 14580-0327\nhttp://www.thehomeschool.com and allows visitors to browse and purchase over 1,200 education products from books to CD-ROMs.\nWhat appears to be the most complete guide to home-school resources--by country, state, social group, and intended audience--is at Karl M. Bunday's \"Learn in Freedom\" Web site, which also lists how-to books on home-schooling. The resource guide is at http://learninfreedom.org/hsguides.html.\nOther Internet resources:\nBarnes & Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com\nHome Education Magazine http://www.home-ed-magazine.com\nFamily Education Network http://families.com\nHOME-SCHOOLING DEMOGRAPHICS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT\nLawrence M. Rudner, Scholastic Achievement and Demographic Characteristics of Home School Students in 1998, Education Policy Archives, Volume 7 Number 8, March 23, 1999.\nBrian D. Ray, Strengths of Their Own: Home Schoolers Across America, National Home Education Research Institute, Salem, Oregon.\nHISTORY OF HOMESCHOOLING\nIsabel Lyman, \"Homeschooling: Back to the Future?\" Cato Institute Policy Analysis #294, January 7, 1998."}
{"text":"How Much Does the Youngest Boy Get?\nDate: 05/25/2000 at 19:33:55 From: Joshua Subject: Word Problems Five brothers, each born in a different year, share a gift of $100 according to the following arrangement: each boy except the youngest gets $5 more than his next younger brother. How much does the youngest boy get?\nDate: 05/26/2000 at 03:01:00 From: Doctor Jesse Subject: Re: Word Problems Hi, Josh. The trick to most word problems is trying to turn the words into an equation. Once you have the equation, things are pretty easy (most of the time). Let's look at what we have. Five brothers are splitting $100... So, we could say something like: a + b + c + d + e = 100 But that doesn't do us much good on its own. We need to know how much the youngest boy got. But we have more information, which we can use to modify our equation. If the youngest boy is a , and the next youngest is b , etc., then we know that: b = a + 5 c = b + 5 d = c + 5 e = d + 5 This gives us the ability to put everything in terms of a ... b is already that way: b = a + 5 Now, c = b + 5, or (a + 5) + 5, so c = a + 10. Get it? It is pretty easy to see that: d = a + 15 and e = a + 20 So now you can turn: a + b + c + d + e = 100 into: a + (a + 5) + (a + 10) + (a + 15) + (a + 20) = 100 And I'll let you take it from there... Good luck - you can do it. - Doctor Jesse, The Math Forum http://mathforum.org/dr.math/\nSearch the Dr. Math Library:\nAsk Dr. MathTM\n© 1994-2015 The Math Forum"}
{"text":"Do you teach cursive handwriting in your homeschool? Along with teaching typing proficiency, homeschool parents should also recognize the importance of learning proper handwriting skills. Many people say that teaching and learning to write in cursive is no longer important for today’s children. Some people disagree with that notion.\nFor instance, if your child doesn’t know how to write in cursive, they likely will not know how to read words written in cursive. There’s an easy way to include cursive handwriting into your daily school schedule. By assigning your children their spelling words to be written in cursive, they will not only be practicing their handwriting, but their spelling words as well. Try out some cursive handwriting worksheets for your homeschooler this year!"}
{"text":"Why does Cathy/Kate Change Her Name?\nThe novel keeps circling back to Cathy. The narrator John Steinbeck reexamines her meaning, literally rereading the text of Cathy in Chapters 8, 13, 17. \"When I said Cathy was a monster it seemed to me that it was so,\" he begins Chapter 17. \"Now I have bent close with a glass over the small print of her and reread the footnotes, and I wonder if it was true.\" What is at stake here is the narrator's own creative freedom, as Steinbeck the artist, to leave the marks of his creative process in the book. He reminds the reader, with his presence in the novel, that he is the artist, the shaper, the namer. He reassesses Cathy so insistently because he asks that his readers do so as well. Rereading the fine print of Cathy duplicates the readers' reading and, Steinbeck would hope, readers' identification with the fine print of their own psyches. In this novel about the power of good and evil to shape lives, Steinbeck muses about fiction, fact, creativity and truth—and asks his reader to do the same. Thou mayest' create a self.\nDoes Cathy become less terrifying at the end of the book, more human? This question remains open. Is her giving Aron money an act of kindness—her only one—or her final act of revenge, forcing him to accept tainted money, her own?\nIn this novel, characters shift identities. They recreate selves.Learn more about Abra's role"}
{"text":"Conservation Education Program Things to Remember\n- Appropriate Clothing: The outdoors is an enjoyable place to learn if you and your students are adequately prepared. Proper dress is extremely important when outside at any time of the year. In order to maintain enthusiasm and stimulate learning, students should be dressed to suit the weather. Please wear seasonally appropriate clothing, closed-toed shoes (no sandals), long pants, long sleeves and layering clothes are recommended. Rubber boots and rain coats should be worn during wet periods. Rubber boots or older closed-toed shoes are recommended for river and fossil programs.\n- Supplies to Bring: Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) staff are equipped with their own first-aid kit, emergency maps for each conservation area, whistle, and cell phone. Additionally, we recommend teachers bring a first aid kit, cell phone, hand sanitizer/wipes, medication for allergies or asthma, sun screen and insect repellent. Only Rock Glen Conservation Area has potable drinking water available. At other conservation areas, please ensure students bring plenty of drinking water and refillable water bottles. If your group is staying for lunch, please ensure that lunches are litterless.\n- Adult Supervision: Adult to student ratios should be in accordance with school board policies.\n- Nature Appreciation: We ask that you appreciate nature and leave it for others to enjoy. Collection of any living thing or non-living thing is prohibited on ABCA lands.\n- Special Needs: If you have a student with special needs, please let us know in advance. We will do our best to accommodate their needs and make the trip enjoyable for everyone!"}
{"text":"Sage is excellent software to learn mathematics from a beginner’s level to a very advanced one. All branches of mathematics such as algebra, group theory, number theory and much more are covered in this program. It also provides links to many commercial applications which use mathematical functions so that both applications can be tightly integrated.\nSage uses one of the most common languages called Python which makes it easy for the users to program it in any way they want by combining mathematics and other elements. This makes the skills in Python compulsory for those who want to get the maximum advantage from Sage. Those who do not know Python can still use it but with some difficulty.\nSage can reside in your computer or can be run from anywhere in the network. Being Open source software the program can work very well with Windows, Mac and Linux with the optimum browser being Mozilla Firefox. While Sage can create embedded graphics and mathematical formulae, it can also visualize the formulae and make calculations easy.\nSage is supported by two active user groups providing email support as and when you need it. The documentation is excellent customized for both the experts and for the new kids in the block. The software is very easy to learn and use and provides good quality performance comparable to the commercial alternatives.\n[ Download Sage ]"}
{"text":"First Olympic Appearance: 1964 (men); 1992 (women)\nby Mike Morrison and Mark Zurlo\nDid You Know?\nDespite the fact that judo means, \"the gentle way,\" it is the only Olympic sport where choking and breaking an opponent's arm is legal.\nAccording to the rulebook, judoka must \"be clean and have dry skin and short finger nails and toe nails. They must also be free from body odor.\"\nWhile many other martial arts focus more on punching and kicking, judo is a mix of strength, flexibility, and using a competitor's strength, weight, and momentum against him or her. Technique and balance, rather than power, is the key.\nJudo contests last a maximum of five minutes. To win the contest a judoka (or competitor) must score an Ippon (10 points) by using a successful technique. Lesser scores such as waza-ari (7 points), yuko (5 points) and koka (3 points), can be awarded when a technique does not warrant an Ippon. Two waza-ari add up to an Ippon. Yuko and koka do not add up. Athletes may also receive penalties. The winner is the athlete who has scored the greatest points at the completion of five minutes.\nIn the case of a tie, the referee will extend the match by three minutes. The first competitor to score during the \"Golden Score\" period (first instituted in the 2004 Olympic Games) wins.\nBoth the men's and women's competitions are broken up into seven weight classes each. The classes are—extra lightweight (the limit is 132 pounds for men, 106 for women), half lightweight (143 and 115), lightweight (157 and 123), half middleweight (172 and 134), middleweight (190 and 146), half heavyweight (209 and 159), and heavyweight (over-209 and over-159).\nThe judo competition in London will be held July 28-Aug. 3 at the ExCel center, the largest of the Olympic venues.\n- Did you know?\n- For more than a billion Muslims around the world, Ramadan is a \"month of blessing\" marked by prayer, fasting, and charity."}
{"text":"Impact of a reduced red and processed meat dietary pattern on disease risks and greenhouse gas emissions in the UK: a modelling study\nThe gist of the study is that people who eat red and processed meat are more likely to get colorectal cancer and heart disease, and meat leads to more CO2 production than vegetarianism.\nConclusions: Reduced consumption of RPM [red and processed meat] would bring multiple benefits to health and environment.\nNaturally, this means forceful lifestyle modification is on its way...\nClimate change mitigation is a far-future benefit that may not directly affect those who must make lifestyle changes now. It is therefore unlikely to be a strong motivator for change. In contrast, health benefits provide near-term rewards to individuals for climate-friendly changes and may thus ‘nudge’ humanity towards a sustainable future.\nDietary recommendations should no longer be based on direct health effects alone. While the UK government has acknowledged the environmental impact of livestock production and is taking action with the industry to improve efficiency, changes in production will be insufficient alone to meet challenging emission reduction targets. Joint producer and consumer responsibility is needed, supported by the use of both production- and consumption-based GHG accounts.\nAverting dangerous climate change will require multiple changes at all levels of society, and the potential contribution of reduced RPM consumption should be addressed.\nAnd so it begins. My money's on a meat tax being the first policy recommendation. Governments do like a tax.\nWe tried to warn you, etc."}
{"text":"Beautiful color illustrations play an important role in this engaging book, as readers are asked to make predictions about the animals they see peeking above the water.\nThis story recounts the main character's search for food in the woods. Colorful illustrations support the text to help readers identify characters, setting, and the sequence of events.\nReaders can use illustrations and questions from the text in this book about a dog to make and confirm predictions. The humorous story and illustrations keep emergent readers interested.\nReaders use the amusing illustrations in this book to help comprehend the text and identify the sequence of events during a trip to the zoo.\nIn this story, readers follow a raccoon character through a sequence of events. The combination of text and engaging illustrations allows readers to predict and evaluate the character's actions.\nThe engaging illustrations in this book are designed to hook reluctant readers. Questions posed in the text prompt readers to make and confirm predictions about the story.\nReaders evaluate the actions of the main character, a zoo monkey, in this humorous story. Amusing illustrations hook reluctant readers and help them visualize the action in the story."}
{"text":"Sleep does a lot to improve our overall health. It allows our brain to repair as well as other vital organs in our body. During sleep chemicals that help improve our immune system start to circulate in our bodies helping repair and fight harmful disease and infection.\nMany factors contribute to women needing more sleep. Some say women tend to multitask more than men, causing them to need to use their brains more. Others say the chemical make up of a women's body just requires more sleep to function properly. Women are the only ones that can bring life into this world, so that could be evidence there.\nOn average women need at least 20 minutes more of sleep than men."}
{"text":"January 1 is probably the world’s most celebrated public holiday. In each time zone, as the new year starts at the stroke of midnight, it is invariably greeted with fireworks.\nThe first month of the year, January, is named after Janus, the Roman god who had two faces, one looking forward and the other looking backward. The Romans dedicated New Year’s Day to Janus, the god of gates, doors, and beginnings. This suggests that New Year’s celebrations are founded on pagan traditions.\nThe Julian calendar used in the Roman Empire since 45 BC, as well as the Gregorian calendar also called the Western calendar and the Christian calendar that refined the Julian calendar in 1582 have January 1 as the first day of the year.\nLater on, January 1, the New Year’s Day, was liturgically marked the Feast of the Circumcision of Jesus in the Gregorian calendar of Christendom. The Anglican and Lutheran churches celebrate the Feast of the Circumcision of Jesus on January 1, based on the belief that if Jesus was born on December 25, then according to Jewish tradition, his circumcision would have taken place on the eighth day of his life (January 1).\nThe Roman Catholic Church considers New Year’s Day as a Holy Day of Obligation and celebrates the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, on this day.\n- New Year’s Day (en.wikipedia.org)\n- Gregorian calendar (en.wikipedia.org)\n- How January 1 Became the First Day of the Year (dotwillis.wordpress.com)\n- That Auld Lang Syne (reelvoice2013.wordpress.com)\n- A Historical Look Into The Origins Of “New Years” (ancestryspecialistblog.wordpress.com)\n- Happy New Years (cfagenbush.com)"}
{"text":"from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition\n- n. A house having heat-absorbing material behind large glass areas, designed to use solar radiation for heating.\nfrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.\n- n. a house designed to use solar radiation for heating; usually has large areas of glass in front of heat-absorbing materials\nSorry, no etymologies found.\nSorry, no example sentences found."}
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{"text":"The United States District Courts are the trial courts of the federal court system. Within limits set by Congress and the Constitution, the District Courts have jurisdiction to hear nearly all categories of federal cases, including both civil and criminal matters.\nDistrict Court Judges are nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate, as stated in Article III of the Constitution. The Senate Judiciary Committee typically conducts confirmation hearings for each nominee. District Judges are appointed for a life term, and may take senior status when they reach the following age and service requirements: age + years of service equal 80, at least 65 years old, and at least 10 years of service. Senior Judges continue to provide substantial service to the Court, but may choose to have a reduced case load or restrict the types of cases they hear. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa has three District Judges and three Senior Judges.\nU.S. Magistrate Judges are judicial officers of the District Court and are appointed by majority vote of the active District Judges of the Court to exercise jurisdiction over matters assigned by statute as well as those delegated by the District Judges. A full-time Magistrate Judge serves a term of eight years, and may be appointed to additional terms. Duties assigned to Magistrate Judges by District Court Judges may vary considerably from court to court. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa has three Magistrate Judges."}
{"text":"Condensation vs. cloud services\nCloud storage is ubiquitous, and has a lot of practical advantages. Users have access to their data anywhere, at any time, and on all their devices. Condensation offers all these advantages, too, but uses a different model.\nCommon cloud model\nCommon cloud storage services encrypt the data for transmission, but decrypt it on the server. Data transformation such as indexing is carried out on the server, and index queries require a connection to the server:\nData sharing is implemented using access rights management on the server.\nNote that some cloud storage services re-encrypt the data on their storage systems. This offers some security benefits to the provider, but does not substantially increase data security for the user.\nCondensation relies on end-to-end encryption:\nThe server is used for storage only. It does not possess the encryption keys, and therefore cannot decrypt the data.\nData transformations are carried out on the client, and the result (e.g., the index) is end-to-end encrypted and stored just like any other data. As a side effect, index queries can be performed locally.\nData sharing is implemented through a message passing scheme. The sender thereby encrypts the data using the public key of the receiver rather than his own public key.\nSimilarly, data can be sent to (trusted) remote services for processing."}
{"text":"Educational curriculums can vary from state to state and even from one school to another. The following Early Childhood Lesson Guidelines are provided to assist you in teaching your children with a general sense of what they should be learning at his or her particular age.\nIt's important to consider that every child is unique and will learn at their own pace and individual style. It is recommended that as you teach them, you acknowledge their accomplishments and strengths while providing encouragement throughout the learning process. If your child has special needs or is delayed in a particular area, please consult with a qualified specialist for your particular need.\nLearning the Alphabet\nA complete set of worksheets specifically designed to help teach each letter of the alphabet - starting from the most basic concept of the letter shape to the introduction of the most common sound."}
{"text":"Objective: To estimate flavonoid intake in the Australian population. Design: Flavonoid consumption was estimated from 24-hour recall data and apparent consumption data using US Department of Agriculture flavonoid composition data. Subjects: The National Nutrition Survey 1995 assessed dietary intake (24-hour recall) in a representative sample (n = 13858) of the Australian population aged 2 years and over. Results: Analysis of the 24-hour recall data indicated an average adult intake (> 18 years) of 454 mg day-1 (92% being flavan-3-ols). Apple was the highest quercetin source until age 16-18 years, after which onion became an increasingly important prominent source. Variations in hesperetin consumption reflected orange intake. Apple, apricot and grapes were the major sources of epicatechin and catechin for children, but subsided as wine consumption increased in adulthood. Wine was the main source of malvidin. Naringenin intake remained static as a percentage of total flavonoid intake until age 19-24 years, corresponding to orange intake, and then increased with age from 19-24 years, corresponding to grapefruit intake. Apparent dietary flavonoid consumption was 351 mg person-1 day-1, of which 75% were flavan-3-ols. Black tea was the major flavonoid source (predominantly flavan-3-ols) representing 70% of total intake. Hesperetin and naringenin were the next most highly consumed flavonoids, reflecting orange intake. Both 24-hour recall and apparent consumption data indicated that apigenin intake was markedly higher in Australia than reported in either the USA or Denmark, presumably due to differences in consumption data for leaf and stalk vegetables and parsley. Conclusions: Tea was the major dietary flavonoid source in Australia. Flavonoid consumption profiles and flavonoid sources varied according to age. More consistent methodologies, survey tools validated for specific flavonoid intakes and enhanced local flavonoid content data for foods would facilitate better international comparisons of flavonoid intake."}
{"text":"Pregnant women are under constant pressure to ensure they are leading a healthy lifestyle during the nine months to the birth of their baby – and with all these things to remember, it is likely they could forget about their oral health.\nDental professionals have been reminded of their responsibility to make sure expectant mothers are doing all they can to keep their teeth and gums in top condition, as failure to do so could lead to several health problems.\nA new study carried out in the US has suggested that women with periodontal disease may be at risk of adverse outcomes to their pregnancy, including giving birth to a premature or low birth weight little one.\nIf they fail to get treatment for the condition, which is also known as gum disease, females could suffer tooth loss, while increasing the chances of developing other health conditions – such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease.\nThe findings are not the first time poor oral health has been linked to pregnancy problems such as low birth weight, which has been linked to long-term health problems such as delayed motor skills or learning disabilities.\nDentists are advised to inform and educate pregnant women about the dangers of poor oral health through dental marketing – including leaflets and posters – in order to encourage them to attend regular check ups throughout their gestation.\nDr Nancy Newhouse, a practicing periodontist in Independence, Missouri, said: “Symptoms include gums that bleed with toothbrushing or eating, gums that are pulling away from the teeth, bad breath, and loose teeth.\n“These signs, especially during pregnancy, should not be ignored and may require treatment from a dental professional.”\nAdditional health issues that can occur after a pre-term birth include respiratory problems, vision and hearing loss, as well as feeding and digestive ailments."}
{"text":"Natural Toxins and Chemopreventives in Plants\nContribution to Book\nWilliam Helferich and Carl K. Winter\nCRC Press, Inc.\nOur food contains, in addition to the many well-known major (protein, fat, carbohydrate, and fiber) and minor (vitamins, minerals, and nonessential compounds) nutrients, thousands of naturally present toxic plant compounds. Some are known or strongly suspected to cause cancer in laboratory animals and, thus, may be potentially carcinogenic in people. Many of these compounds are commonly termed \"nature's pesticides\" because they are often toxic to predators, such as insects and animals, thereby conferring a competitive advantage to the plant that produces them. Other natural toxins in plants have no known role. Although these chemicals are in every meal we eat, they have received little attention compared to that given to minute residues of synthetic chemicals such as PCBs and pesticides. Our food contains significantly greater amounts of natural plant toxins and carcinogens than the synthetic kind, and our bodies aren't able to distinguish between the two. Still, while popular notion remains that \"natural is good,\" it is clear that natural toxins pose a far greater health risk than that posed by synthetic chemicals in our foods.\nCoulombe, R.A., Jr. (2000) Natural Toxins and Chemopreventives in Plants, In B. Helferich and C. Winter (eds.) Food Toxicology. CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, Fl. pp. 137-161."}
{"text":"Nature as First Custom: Hayek on the Evolution of Social Rules\n26 Pages Posted: 15 Nov 2009 Last revised: 19 Feb 2018\nQuestions about the nature of informal social rules have become a major focus of attention in legal theory in recent decades. Friedrich Hayek worked out a systematic explanation of the emergence and dynamics of informal social rules that is multi-layered, accounting for the social rules and institutions we see in terms of deeper levels which are increasingly less obvious to the casual observer. The explanation relies on three fundamental ideas: the idea of a rule (and rule-following), of spontaneous order, and of evolution. The three ideas are interdependent parts of a single, integrated explanatory scheme, designed to show that key elements of social life are ordered — not the product of some designer, but rather the unintended consequences of impersonal and external forces operating on behavior and thought of human beings directed to other ends and purposes. Hayek’s theory of social evolution tells a story of rule-formation, rule-transformation, rule-transmission, and group rule-adoption. It introduces a level of complexity and a set of problems not encountered in biological evolution, for he seeks to explain the emergence and establishment of social rules in a group. To do this he must explain (i) how it is that rules emerge, which (ii) are social rules and (iii) the same rules across individuals, which (iv) then spread through the group as a whole. It is argued that he fails in the second and third of these tasks.\nKeywords: social rules, Hayek\nSuggested Citation: Suggested Citation"}
{"text":"Shigellosis Increase Prompts Health Department Warning\nSince May, the Douglas County Health Department has investigated 50 confirmed cases of Shigella sonnei (shigellosis) infection, including four that involved hospitalizations. In eight of the nine previous years, Douglas County reported 31 or fewer cases.\nSymptoms of shigellosis can range from loose, watery stools with no other symptoms to bloody diarrhea with fever and cramps. People experiencing diarrhea should remain home from school or work until at least 24 hours after their symptoms stop. Anyone with diarrhea should not prepare food or drink for others.\n“Hand washing is absolutely critical to controlling any disease that involves diarrhea,” Health Director Dr. Adi Pour said. “It is especially important to wash your hands with soap for at least 20 seconds after changing diapers or using the bathroom, since it takes only a small exposure to pass along the disease.”\nForty-one percent of these recent shigellosis cases involved children less than 5 years old and 29 percent were between 5 and 9 years old. Most of the cases, 62 percent, have been associated with child care settings.\nIt is also important for anyone who has been sick to stay out of swimming pools and water parks for a week after they have recovered. Most of the recent Douglas County cases are linked to day care facilities, but swallowing pool water is another way shigellosis may be transmitted.\nFor additional information about Shigella, click here."}
{"text":"“Between Heroism and Despair: Opportunities and Barriers for Women in the Early Korean Catholic Church.”\nDeberniere Torrey, Assistant Professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, explores early Korean Catholic texts as indicators of identity, cultural hybridity, and epistemic shift in Korea prior to its opening to the modern world.\nIn nineteenth-century Korea, Catholic ideology and practice allowed women to act with greater agency than was typical outside the Church under the strict Confucian norms of pre-modern Korean society. Yet instances of self-determined activity among Catholic women, such as choosing the vocation of celibacy, decreased in the latter half of the nineteenth century as the Church became more established. Some scholars argue that this apparent decrease connects to patriarchal or critical views of women in the Catholic teaching of the time, while others argue that the circumstances of persecution compelled the clergy to restrict the activities of women to avoid unwanted attention that would invite persecution. This paper revisits the discussion of this apparent shift by examining the cases of three Catholic women to illuminate additional nuances. It argues that the contrasting reasons given for this decrease in agency could easily be mutually reinforcing, and that evidence suggests an additional reason: concern about soul salvation.\n“Between Heroism and Despair: Opportunities and Barriers for Women in the Early Korean Catholic Church.” Asian Journal of Women’s Studies 23.4 (December, 2017): 421-441. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/12259276.2017.1384904"}
{"text":"* (multiplication) operator yields the product of its\narguments. The arguments must either both be numbers, or one argument\nmust be an integer (plain or long) and the other must be a\nsequence. In the former case, the numbers are converted to a common\ntype and then multiplied together. In the latter case, sequence\nrepetition is performed; a negative repetition factor yields an empty\nTo support this operator in your own classes, implement the __mul__ method."}
{"text":"Tenses are one of the most complex yet very important aspects of English grammar subject. Check out this simple future tense quiz, if you think you have a good understanding of the tenses and their form, then you must c. Here, we...\nQuestions: 12 | Attempts: 36429 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2022\nIn grammar, a future tense is a verb form that generally marks the event described by the verb as not having happened yet, but expected to happen in the future. Understand the future tense more by taking this quiz.\nQuestions: 10 | Attempts: 5579 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022"}
{"text":"1.14.14 | Detail\nIn reading Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, I have noticed a painstaking amount of detail put simply into the description of the environment. Charles Dickens also wrote with such detail in his novels, but I believe that Shelley intended to emphasize the brilliance of nature in contrast to the seemingly grotesque monster of Frankenstein. Frankenstein’s monster can appreciate the sublimity of nature even in the midst of the contempt humans have for him. His creator has an affinity for nature, where the elements of nature metaphorically represent his state of mind. Nature is the one thing that neither of these characters can be rid of, or be rid from.\nIgor Stravinsky’s musical work, Petrushka, presents a narrative in which a puppet is brought to life only to find suffering and a hasty death. Ironically, the piece takes on a joyous mood more often than not. The puppet is a ballerina’s lover, but is disappointed to find that she has eyes only for a Moor. In the four tableaux (characteristic sections of the entire piece), the puppet is illustrated with intense humanization, much of which underlines his sorrow and conflict with the Moor. However, Petrushka is brought to life with the setting of this ballet set to music. The piece traverses a lively fair in the first tableau, a dark cell in the second tableau, the Moor’s room in the third tableau, and the restatement of the fair in the fourth and final tableau.\nPetrushka is not of a simple programmatic nature, but is quite unique in the relatively unorthodox methods of the composer to intertwine human character with environment.\nOriginal orchestral work:\nAbridged piano transcription (by the composer):"}
{"text":"Monkey jack and Gumihan\nMonkey Jack (Artocarpus rigidus Blume)\nGumihan (Artocarpus sericicarpus)\nUnknown to many, the jackfruit and the breadfruit have relatives which bear delicious fruits and provide fairly good sources of timber. These species are the monkey jack and the “gumihan.” They play an important role in the natural vegetationin South-East Asia providing food , fiber, and medicinal products.\nThe monkey jack is an evergreen tree which grows up to 35 m high. It has a gray bark which peels off in flakes. Leaves are oblong, dark green with prominent veins underneath. Numerous and small flowers are densely packed together forming the male and female heads which are produced separately within the same tree. Fruit is round, 7-13 cm wide, with thick, tapering spines, thick skin, and dull orange. Inside the fruit is the orange, sweet, waxy, and pleasant tasting pulp which surrounds the seeds.\nThe gumihan, on the other hand, is a medium-to-large-sized tree growing up to 40 m tall. The leaves are large, dark green, and hairy underneath. Fruit is roundish, 4-5 cmlong and 4 cm wide, orange yellow and covered with lon, coarse, thread-like hairs. The skin is thick and fleshy. The pulp is whitish, sweet, juic, aromatic and of fair to good flavor. Seeds are many, roundish and separate readily from the flesh. Continue reading “Monkey jack and Gumihan”"}
{"text":"An arteriogram is an imaging test that uses x-rays and a special dye to see inside the arteries. It can be used to see arteries in the heart, brain, kidney, and many other parts of the body.\nThe procedure is often called angiography.\nAortic angiography Cerebral angiography Coronary angiography Extremity arteriography Fluorescein angiography Lymphangiogram Pulmonary angiography Renal arteriography\nHow the test is performed\nThe test is done in a medical facility designed to perform this test. The exact procedure depends on the part of the body being examined.\nYou may receive a sedative to help you relax.\nIn general, a dye called contrast material is injected into an artery or vein, depending on the body part being examined. Injection into an artery takes more preparation and care, and is most often done through the groin. X-rays are taken to see how the dye flows through your bloodstream.\nHow to prepare for the test\nHow you should prepare depends on the part of the body being examined. Your health care provider may tell you to stop taking certain drugs that could affect the test. In most cases, you may not be able to eat or drink anything for a few hours before the test.\nHow the test will feel\nYou may have some discomfort from a needle stick. Depending upon the type of arteriogram being performed, you may have a variety of symptoms when the health care provider injects the contrast material. For example, you may have flushing in the face or other parts of the body.\nIf you had an injection in your groin area, you will usually be asked to lie flat on your back for a few hours after the test to avoid bleeding. This may cause some back discomfort.\nWhy the test is performed\nAn arteriogram is done to see how blood moves through the arteries, and to check for any blocked or damaged arteries. Sometimes, treatments can be done at the same time as an arteriogram."}
{"text":"Swiss, born 1901\nBuste de Diego (Bust of Diego) circa 1954\nCollection Walker Art Center\nGift of the T. B. Walker Acquisition Fund, 1957\nFrom the age of 14, Alberto Giacometti (pronounced \"jocko-metty\") made many portrait busts using his younger brother, Diego, as a model. A bust is a sculpture of a person's head and shoulders. In Bust de Diego, the artist portrays more than the realistic features of his brother, who was his assistant, critic, and friend, in order to show Diego's true character. He shaped clay to make the figure appear narrow, lean, and tall from the front with a more lifelike profile from the side. Later the form was cast in bronze. Giacometti was well known for his style that combines a rough, bumpy surface with stretched-out figures that stand alone.\n© 1999 Walker Art"}
{"text":"C# (aka C Sharp)\nanalysis on the operating system/programming language\nC# (aka C Sharp) is the programming language selected for this discussion.\nThreading is very common with this language and “the program begins by creating an object of type Alpha (oAlpha) and a thread (oThread) that references the Beta method of the Alpha class. The thread is then started. The IsAlive property of the thread allows the program to wait until the thread is initialized (Threading, N.d.)”. One thing to take not with this language is one does not have to “stop or free the thread”. It claimed to be accomplish mechanically via “.NET framework”. (Threading, N.d.).\nAccording to the article from Stackoverflow, it is not up to “C# itself, but rather the runtime - CLR. .NET can be considered to support two modes: User or Hybrid” (Stackoverflow, N.d.). “Direct kernel mode threading is not allowed, because managed code does not have privileges to run in the kernel mode. It can only call Windows API, which in turn switch into the kernel mode (Stackoverflow, N.d.)”.\nThere are many advantages and disadvantages with threading and this would be true for all programming languages and operating systems.\nThe advantages for threading is the allowance of multiple people to access the same program at the same time; the use for less servers; “Simplified coding of remote procedure calls; Improved performance and concurrency” (Bea, N.d.).\nThreading is very beneficial but there are more difficulties getting to this point. The disadvantages in regards to threading is the matter with “writing the code; debugging; testing; and difficulty of porting existing code” (Bea, N.d.). Porting the existing code means the programmer must “remove static variables, replace any function calls that are not thread-safe, replace any other code that is not thread-safe. Because the completed port must be tested and re-tested, the work required to port a multithreaded and/or multicontexted application is substantial (Bea, N.d.)”."}
{"text":"|Online Judge||Problem Set||Authors||Online Contests||User|\nTower of Hanoi\nThe Tower of Hanoi is a puzzle consisting of three pegs and a number of disks of different sizes which can slide onto any peg. The puzzle starts with the disks neatly stacked in order of size on one peg, the smallest at the top, thus making a conical shape. The objective of the puzzle is to move the entire stack to another peg, obeying the following rules:\nFor n disks, it is a well-known result that the optimal solution takes 2n − 1 moves.\nTo complicate the puzzle a little, we allow multiple disks to be of the same size. Moreover, equisized disks are mutually distinguishable. Their ordering at the beginning should be preserved at the end, though it may be disturbed during the process of solving the puzzle.\nGiven the number of disks of each size, compute the number of moves that the optimal solution takes.\nThe input contains multiple test cases. Each test case consists of two lines. The first line contains two integers n and m (1 ≤ n ≤ 100, 1 ≤ m ≤ 106). The second lines contains n integers a1, a2, …, an (1 ≤ a1, a2, …, an ≤ 105). For each 1 ≤ i ≤ n, there are ai disks of size i. The input ends where EOF is met.\nFor each test case, print the answer modulo m on a separate line.\n1 1000 2 5 1000 1 1 1 1 1 5 1000 2 2 2 2 2 5 1000 1 2 1 2 1\n3 31 123 41\n[Submit] [Go Back] [Status] [Discuss]\nHome Page Go Back To top\nAll Rights Reserved 2003-2013 Ying Fuchen,Xu Pengcheng,Xie Di\nAny problem, Please Contact Administrator"}
{"text":"2 AP test questions I can't seem to solve\nHi, the AP test is approaching and I'm struggling with these two Calculus questions and need some guidance. If you can provide a general (or detailed if possible =)) explanation on how you solved the problem, or the strategy you used for the problem, I would be extremely grateful. Solving even just one part will help me immensely! So here goes...\n1. Let f and g be the functions given by f(x)=e^x and g(x) = ln(x)\na. Find the area of the region enclosed by the graphs of f and g between x = 1/2 and x=1.\nb. Find the volume of the solid generated when the region enclosed by the graphs of f and g between x= 1/2 and x=1 is revolved around the line y=4.\nc. Let h be the function given by h(x) = f(x) - g(x). Find the absolute minimum value of h(x) on the closed interval [1/2,1] and find the absolute maximum value of h(x) on the closed interval [1/2,1].\nt(minutes) 0 2 5 7 11 12\nr ' (t) (feet/min) 5.7 4.0 2.0 1.2 0.6 0.5 (Note: this is a table)\nThe volume of a spherical hot air balloon expands as the air inside the balloon is heated. The radius of the balloon, in feet, is modeled by a twice-differentiable function r of time t, where t is measured in minutes. For 0<t<12, the graph of r is concave down. The table above gives seleceted values of the rate of change, r ' (t), of the radius of the balloon over the time interval [0,12]. The radius of the balloon is 30 feet when t = 5. (Note: The volume of a sphere of radius r is given by V = 4/3(pi)(r^3).\na. Find the rate of change of the volume of the balloon with respect to time when t=5. Indicate units of measure.\nb. Use a right reimann sum with the five subintervals indicated by the data in the table to approximate the integral(antidifferentiation) from 0 to 12 of r ' (t) dt.\nc. Using the correct units, explain the meaning of your solution from part b in terms of the radius of the balloon.\nSo there it is...any help is appreciated, good luck, and thanks in advance :X"}
{"text":"Paper Plate Education\nActivity: Globe at Night\nGlobe at Night is a worldwide campaign to observe and record the magnitude of visible stars in a common constellation, such as Orion. The limiting magnitude suggests the level of light pollution at the observing site, which the observer can compare to global sites. In this activity, you mark Orion's brightest stars on a plate, then fill in the constellation's outline with the stars you can see. Compare your plate with the Globe at Night magnitude charts, and draw your picture of Orion.\nPrint a chart of Orion with a limiting magnitude of 2.5, which will show the major stars that define Orion--the three \"belt stars\" plus Betelgeuse, Rigel, Bellatrix, and Saiph. If you are using planetarium software to print Orion's outline, set the field of view to about 25 degrees.\nTape the printed outline onto a stack of plates to make multiple copies. Here, dark plates are used to simulate the night sky. At a drill press, drill holes through the seven stars, similar to the Platisphere activity.\nWhen you go outside to observe Orion, rotate the plate so that the holes align with the stars you see. The angle of the constellation will vary with your latitude and the date. Next, mark all of the additional stars that you see within Orion's boundary in their respective positions on the plate.\nCopyright ©2012 Chuck Bueter. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"Epidendrum micronocturnum Carnevali & G.A.Romero 1996GROUP Nocturnum SUBGROUP Nocturnum Photo By © Gerardo Torres and Flickr Photo Website\nCommon Name or Meaning The Small Nocturnum Epidendrum\nFlower Size .8\" [2 cm]\nFound in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and Guyana at elevations around 300 to 900 meters as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte or lithophyte with simple, cane-like, laterally compressed towards the apex, terete at the base stems carrying 2 to 6, distributed along the apical half of the stem, coriaceous, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, obtuse, slightly carinate, mucronate, basally clasping leaves that blooms at any time of the year on a terminal, racemose, becoming pluriracemose over the years, successively single, several flowered inflorescence with much shorter than the ovary, amplexicaul, triangular, acute to acuminate floral bracts.\nReferences W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;\nOrchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 1 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing fide; Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol 7 Steyermark, Berry, Yatskievych and Holst 2003; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1350 Hagsater 2010 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1356 Hagsater 2010 drawing fide; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1357 Hagsater 2010 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1358 Hagsater 2010 see recognition section; Orquideas de Roirama Luz & Franco 2012 photo fide;"}
{"text":"November marks the beginning of CEI’s Shark Research and Conservation Program’s third field expedition for the Historic Bahamian Shark Abundance Project. Led by Shark Research and Conservation Program Director, Edd Brooks, and Jeff Stein, Senior Research Scientist from the University of Illinois, the project is replicating a series of fisheries-independent longline surveys, which took place over 30 years ago, from 1975-1982.The original dataset was collected by Captain Stephen Connett of the vessel R/V Geronimo, which conducted the initial surveys on the shallow bank known as “the bridge,” that connects the southern tip of Eleuthera to the northern tip of Cat Island. The initial surveys documented a total of six species, however the majority of the catch was dominated by tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) at 54% of the catch, and Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) at 33%.\nFunding for four expeditions to the bridge was obtained in 2011 and to date two have been completed. Preliminary analysis of data from the previous expeditions (November 2011, March 2012) is already providing us with some valuable results. After 12 scientific longline sets the crew has caught 84 sharks from three species and has documented a shift in the assemblage compared to the historical dataset. Now, Caribbean reef sharks represent 67% of the catch and tiger sharks only 31%.\nA few days ago the team reconvened at CEI to start the third, two-week expedition. One day of sampling had been completed before the weather deteriorated. Two reef sharks were caught and tagged and a large (2.5 m) blue shark (Prionace glauca) was spotted circling the boat, a rare sighting as this is typically a temperate species. The weather is due to get better on Sunday morning when the team will return to the bridge so stay tuned for more updates!\n-Stephanie Liss, Master’s Student at the University of Illinois, Research Associate on Historic Shark Projectby"}
{"text":"The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems\n234 руб.Купить в Ozon.ru\nThis unique guide to interactive system design reflects the experience and vision of Jef Raskin, the creator of the Apple Macintosh project. Other books may show how to use today's widgets and interface ideas effectively. Raskin, however, demonstrates that many current interface paradigms are dead ends, and that to make computers significantly easier to use requires new approaches. He explains how to effect desperately needed changes, offering a wealth of innovative and specific interface ideas for software designers, developers, and product managers. The Apple Macintosh helped to introduce a previous revolution in computer interface design, drawing on the best available technology to establish many of the interface techniques and methods now universal in the computer industry. With this book, Raskin proves again both his farsightedness and his practicality. He also demonstrates how design ideas must be built on a scientific basis, presenting just enough cognitive psychology to link the interface of thefuture to the experimental evidence and to show why that interface will work. Raskin observes that our honeymoon with digital technology is over: We are tired of having to learn huge, arcane programs to do even the simplest of tasks; we have had our fill of crashing computers; and we are fatigued by the continual pressure to upgrade. The Humane Interface delivers a way for computers, information appliances, and other technology-driven products to continue to advance in power and expand their range of applicability, while becoming free of the hassles and obscurities that plague present products."}
{"text":"Sweden – Vattenfall has set lofty goals for dealing with wind turbine blades that have reached the end of their useful lives. There has been an immediate commitment to a landfill ban on dismantled wind turbine blades.\nOver the next decade, there will be a lot of effort put towards boosting the recycling rate of wind turbine components.\nVattenfall’s objective is to enable fossil-free life within one generation, and a major increase in wind energy is a critical component to achieving this. Vattenfall places a high priority on decreasing environmental impacts and managing all resources properly to ensure this is done in a sustainable manner. As a result, Vattenfall has established certain goals for how to dispose of wind turbine blades that have reached the end of their useful life:\n- An immediate decision on landfill ban on decommissioned wind turbine blades from owned wind farms and committing to re-use, recycle or recover 100 percent of decommissioned blades\n- A 50 percent recycling rate of wind turbine blades by 2025\n- A 100 percent recycling rate of wind turbine blades by 2030\nTo meet the ambitious aim, Vattenfall, among others, supports research on composite waste material recycling and encourages the use of recycled composite material in new products. Furthermore, a long-term approach will be implemented that will focus on all areas of the circular economy, such as supporting the recyclability of wind blades by design, thereby enhancing the value of the recycled material at the end of life.\nThe ability to achieve total recycling of wind turbine blades is dependent on factors such as technological advancement, policy backing, and governmental incentives. In order to drive the business toward a sustainable end-of-life solution for wind turbine blades, Vattenfall will continue to enhance its participation in cross-industry conversations at the national and EU levels."}
{"text":"(ORDO NEWS) — Experts from the University of Curtin, after further research, concluded that the very first black hole found is much larger. The object is a real embodiment of the horror and power of space.\nThe hole turned out to be so massive that some of the astrophysical laws were questioned. There are stellar systems where several stars orbit around a common center of mass.\nThe mass of black holes in such systems usually does not exceed 20 solar masses, in our case, this figure is 21 solar masses. These results made everyone think seriously.\nDespite numerous studies, experts have not been able to study the orbit of the black hole around its partner star in the Cygnus X-1 star system.\nWith the help of an ultra-long baseline antenna array, which includes 10 radio telescopes, it was possible to find out that the diameter of the black hole is 117 kilometers, and the mass is 60 times that of the sun. What fate awaits the system after the death of the stars is difficult to say.\nContact us: [email protected]"}
{"text":"Last week we explored DHEA, the hormone that helps keep cortisol in check among other things. If you didn’t get a chance to read it you can catch up here. Cortisol is a hormone you may have heard swung around the traps as if it were the Coca-Cola of neurotransmitters – that is, it’s not one bit good for you. But as you’ll learn, it’s quite the contrary. Cortisol is one of the many hormones we all need that performs many functions we must tap into to survive. The issue of modern living is that cortisol is way too often out of control, much like King Kong on a bad day.\nCortisol, produced by your adrenal glands which sit above the kidneys, is that hormone that helps to manage things like digestion as it regulates hunger and cravings. It’s also important to regulate blood pressure, our sleep/wake homeostasis AND where you might have heard it mentioned most, it’s ability to help us cope with stress."}
{"text":"Stuttgart castle .The Old Castle is located in the centre of Stuttgart, the capital of the German State of Baden-Württemberg. It dates back to the 10th century.\nThe first castle dated back to around 950 when Stuttgart was a settlement for breeding horses; it was built to guard the Stutengarten of the stud. In the 14th century it became the residence of the Counts of Württemberg and the court chamber (Hofkammer) of the House of Württemberg. In the 16th century dukes Christopher and Ludwig ordered it to be converted into a Renaissance palace or schloss; work which was carried out from 1553 to 1578. It was at this time (1560) that the equestrian staircase was built by Blasius Berwart. In 1562 the palace church was consecrated and the conference hall furnished. The moats around the castle were filled in during the 18th century."}
{"text":"Land use practices will have a significant effect on the management of rangeland and the sustainable use of natural resources in dryland areas. Much of the empirical work elsewhere indicates that the change in land use in pastoral and agropastoral areas has a strong link with the nature of land tenure in place and the influence of other policy related factors (Unruh, 1995; Lane, 1998; Muhereza and Otim, 2002; Mwangi, 2005; Abdulahi, 2007). But there is ambiguity on the factors that necessitate adoption of a particular land use mainly in pastoral inhabited drylands where the influence of the state and its land use policies are still believed to be minimal or are lacking (Gebreselassie, 2006). This increases the need to examine those factors that possibly contribute to land use change, the influence they will have on household food security and their effect on the sustainable use of natural resources in pastoral areas.\nExamining the way land resources are used and managed does not only generate evidence on current land use practices and associated problems but also help examine the prospect of ensuring food security in the long-term. Being pessimistic with the emerging land use patterns in pastoral and agropastoral systems favoring crop farming, a number of studies recommend for the need to evaluate the effect of current land uses on food security and sustainable management of the pastoral drylands (Lane, 1998). This pessimism is rooted in the fact that farming serves as a coping strategy rather than adaptation measure to pursue permanent livelihood strategy (Haug, 2002). Such studies step into critics without examining the causes for a shift in land use in the semi-arid regions. This study asserts that challenges related to food security can be met if changes in land use ensure removal of constraints in rangeland management and support equitable distribution of gains from joint efforts among the vulnerable pastoral/agropastoral communities"}
{"text":"The Magical Tree\nA Children’s Book Inspired by Gustav Klimt\nInspired by Klimt’s famous mural The Tree of Life, this dreamily illustrated children’s book tells the story of a magical tree whose fruit saves lives.\nPainted during the artist’s \"golden period,\" Gustav Klimt’s The Tree of Life has been interpreted in myriad ways. This children’s book deftly incorporates the mysteries and depth of Klimt’s masterpiece into a story for young readers. A young man is given a seed that grows into a beautiful fruit-bearing tree. After tasting the fruit, he can see into the future, including events that will put the lives of others in danger. A king and his lovely princess daughter test the boy’s predictions, and love ensues. As children turn the pages of this exquisite book, they will be drawn into the intricately detailed and boldly colored illustrations, which echo Klimt’s own artistry. The book includes a gorgeous reproduction of The Tree of Life, along with information about Klimt and his work. Designed to encourage children to discover new details each time they open the pages, this is a charming book that will be read over and over again."}
{"text":"Hypothyroidism is a condition that results from a lethargic thyroid gland. The thyroid gland produces the hormones t3 and t4 to regulate our metabolism. An underproduction of these hormones due to a malfunctioning of the glands starts affecting the normal metabolic functions of the body. There are several factors that can lead to the development of this condition. The most common causes of hypothyroidism include a surgical removal of glands to treat hyperthyroidism, autoimmune disorders and radiation therapies of the head and neck. Besides, hypothyroidism can also result from prescription drugs, a disease of the pituitary gland, deficiency of iodine in the body. Hypothyroidism can be a congenital disorder in a few individuals, babies are born without a thyroid gland or the gland is not functioning properly. Hypothyroidism is more common in postpartum women and those above the age of fifty. it can lead to depression, fatigue, weakness, heavier menstrual flow, brittle hair, and nails or increased sensitivity to cold. There is no known cure for hypothyroidism and the medication and control of the disorder are usually a life-long process. Hypothyroidism treatment by the conventional route comprises of synthetic thyroxin tablets, they are generally safe and effective in providing the body with optimum levels of the hormone. Natural treatments for hypothyroidism have proved to be effective in long-term control of hypothyroidism. Dietary changes like elimination of refined carbohydrates, sugar and caffeine and increasing the protein intake can help in managing the thyroid levels. A diet rich in nutrients and natural sources of iodine can also help in alleviating the symptoms. Relaxation therapy is also recommended for treatment of hypothyroidism."}
{"text":"Too Many Questions Elementary PREMIUM\nIn today's lesson, we are teaching you how to ask questions using the A not A sentence structure. Practice this structure in daily conversations, but be careful not to ask too many questions in a roll though, you might upset people like the restaurant owner in today's dialogue!\nThis is Basic content. Purchase a Subscription in the ChinesePod Store to access."}
{"text":"Yulia Reznikov/Getty Images\nDietary supplements — the vitamins, herbs and botanicals that you’ll find in most grocery stores — are everywhere. More than half of U.S. adults over 20 take them, spending almost $50 billion on vitamins and other supplements in 2021. Yet decades of research have produced little evidence that they really work.\nThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently released a big new assessment of supplements. “They say that there’s insufficient evidence for use of multivitamins for the prevention of heart disease and cancer in Americans who are healthy,” says Dr. Jenny Jia. Jia co-wrote an editorial about the new guidelines and their implications for consumers in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It’s titled, Multivitamins and Supplements–Benign Prevention or Potentially Harmful Distraction?\nAaron Scott talks to Dr. Jenny Jia about the science of dietary supplements: which ones might help, which ones might hurt, and where we could be spending our money instead.\nThis episode was produced by Margaret Cirino and edited by Gabriel Spitzer. Brit Hanson checked the facts. The audio engineer was Stacey Abbott."}
{"text":"Star Wars GCSE Study Guides\nThis resource consists of seven power points with annotated score and embedded audio extracts for each slide. The focus is on how the music elements are used in the Edexcel Star Wars set work and how they describe the action onscreen. This is very much a creative response to the set works.\nYou will acquire the necessary subject specific terminology using the acronym DR SMITH (Dynamics – Rhythm, Tempo and Metre – Structure – Melody – Instrumentation – Texture – Harmony and Tonality) and the elements are dealt with one at a time (i.e. one element per power point). The score is annotated and because each slide has an accompanying audio, the aspect of the element being discussed can be instantly heard in action. Really helpful for delivery by a teacher, but also designed for my online course enabling independent study."}
{"text":"Nous apportons une aide vitale d’urgence aux populations touchées par des catastrophes ou des conflits. À plus long terme, nous les aidons à cultiver ou acheter de quoi se nourrir et assurer leur survie et celle de leur famille. A tout moment, nos équipes interviennent sur près de 30 opérations d'urgences à travers le monde.\nBrazil has made impressive recent strides in reducing poverty, food insecurity and hunger. Between 2000–2 and 2005–7, the proportion of people living in hunger was reduced by one-third in Brazil. Between 2003 and 2009, the number of people living in poverty decreased by 20 million.\nThese successes are widely considered to be due to pro-poor policies introduced during the presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, including a national cross-sectoral strategy called Fome Zero (Zero Hunger), launched in 2003. This consists of 50 linked initiatives including cash transfers for poor families and support for small-scale food producers. Under the championship of President Lula, Fome Zero was able to integrate the activities of multiple government ministries within a broad agenda. These transformational policies were also the result of many years of activism by Brazilian civil society and social movements.\nBrazil still has major food security challenges to overcome. Despite an enabling policy context, economic growth, and a buoyant agricultural sector, around 66 million Brazilians still face some degree of daily food insecurity. Nevertheless, Brazil’s experience shows that hunger is a multi-sector, structural problem that can respond to an integrated, coordinated, cross-government response under the right conditions."}
{"text":"Software Testing Dictionary\nTesting is the process of evaluating a system or its component(s) with the intent to find that whether it satisfies the specified requirements or not.\nTesting is executing a system in order to identify any gaps, errors or missing requirements in contrary to the actual desire or requirements.\nThis dictionary is an effort to put almost all the terms related to Software Testing at one place and explain them with suitable examples. The target audience for this dictionary is Software Testing Professionals, Software Quality Experts, and Software Developers.\nBefore proceeding with the terms given in this dictionary, you should have a basic understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC). A basic understanding of software programming using any programming language is also required."}
{"text":"This architecture style was popular in the 1920s and 1930s and continues to be a mainstay in suburbs across the United States. The defining characteristics are half-timbering on bay windows and upper floors, and facades that are dominated by one or more steeply pitched cross gables. Patterned brick or stone walls are common, as are rounded doorways, multi-paned casement windows, and large stone chimneys. A subtype of the Tudor Revival style is the Cotswold Cottage. With a sloping roof and a massive chimney at the front, a Cotswold Cottage may remind you of a picturesque storybook home.Find Your Home!"}
{"text":"The three-way hit from the major earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown has created a situation beyond what even the most prepared country could manage. Entire villages were swept into the massive wave. Hundreds of bodies are now washing back to the shore. Nuclear plants are melting down. People are evacauting their home areas by the thousands to avoid radiation exposure.\nThree questions for anthropologists:\n- What do anthropologists have to say about the massive loss of lives from so-called natural disaster? The most obvious recent example is Haiti after the earthquake of January 2010. Readers, please share references and insights.\n- What do anthropologists know about life in a nuclear melt-down zone? Read this: Adriana Petryna‘s amazing study, Life Exposed: Biological Citizens after Chernobyl. Her study of the making of “biological citizens” has much relevance to northern Japan. Can readers please offer other sources of knowledge?\n- What do anthropologists know about people’s perceptions of risk and security around the world? Many anthropologists are addressing these important questions. The course syllabus for a graduate seminar I taught in spring 2009 on Culture, Risk and Security (embedded below) includes some ideas for reading and further thought.\nThis university-based blogger sends her heartfelt wishes to everyone in Japan and to those in any way related to people in the affected regions."}
{"text":"In diatomite fiItration, the diatomaceous earth's irregularity in size and shape\nenables the particles to be:\na. Highly porous and separate quickly.\nb. Highly porous and cling together.\nSeparate quickly and become rigid.\nd. Separate slowly and become hard.\nWhat are three of the common methods of disinfection?\nWhich is the most field expedient method of disinfection?\nWhat type and form of coal are sometimes used to replace the sand in rapid sand\nThe erdlator incorporates which of the following processes and/or equipment?\na. Plain sedimentation.\nb. Sodium aluminate as a coagulant.\nFiItration by means of a slow sand fiIter.\nd. Chemical pretreatment combined with disinfection.\ne. Continuous flow treatment, using an up flow clarifier."}
{"text":"I was thinking about the antagonist today and how he/she has to be human, have human characteristics (unless of course it is a sci-fi/fantasy) in other words typically no one is completely evil, there are always shades of grey, some good qualities and some bad. Only in the antagonist it is usually more bad, or at least it is for the protagonist.\nIn the online Free Dictionary:\nn.1. One who opposes and contends against another; an adversary.2. The principal character in opposition to the protagonist or hero of a narrative or drama.\nYour challenge, if you so choose to accept it, is to write an outline for your antagonist giving him human qualities, what makes him normal, average, likable, maybe even charming and the qualities that are creating the opposition for your hero/protagonist. Can you make him so human that we feel for him too? I recently watched Now You See Me the movie and the thing that I really noticed was I wasn’t sure who I wanted to win; both the supposed good guys and the supposed bad guys I could feel for.\nWord Prompt: Adversary\nSome of the best stories I have read or watched on television or on the big screen, I have felt conflicted about wanting to like him/her or wanting to not like. One instance comes to mind is on NCIS. For those that don’t watch it, there used to be a character named Kate. She worked with NCIS and she was a lovable character. Ari (the bad guy) came along and even the character Kate wanted to like him. We knew he was bad but he was very charming and part of me I guess was hoping that somehow it would work out until he killed Kate. He was definitely a bad guy.\nI look forward to reading what you come up with.\nShare your thoughts in the comments below, does this kind of prompt help you and your writing?"}
{"text":"Epicurus presented a challenge to God’s character:\nIs God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.\nIs he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.\nIs he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?\nIs he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?\nThus spake Epicurus, the Greek philosopher who lived from 341-270 BC. This is what you might call a tight spot argument. It seems to cover all the bases and leave us Christians without the faintest hope of getting out. But tight spots are okay. The people of God have been there before. And so with a range of impregnable rocks to the left and to the right, the most formidable army in the world chasing after us from the rear, and an impassable sea right before us, what do we do? Trust in the God of tight spots and march right on ahead over the path that he clears for us through the waters.\nAlthough the riddle is undoubtedly clever, it turns out to be loaded with a couple of erroneous presuppositions: firstly, a flawed presupposition, and secondly, a really flawed presupposition.\nRead the full article here."}
{"text":"Income inequality, the gap between the rich and, well, everybody else, is typically thought to be a national concern — and an oft-mentioned issue in the speeches of some presidential hopefuls. It’s just as much a concern on the state level, as a new report from the Economic Policy Institute, “The Unequal State of America” makes clear.\nAccording to the research, the average annual income of the top 1 percent in the Garden State is, while the remaining 99 percent average $57,447 a year. Looked at another way, those at the top of the economic ladder earn 25.3 times more in a year than the rest of the state’s residents.\nThe report also indicates that the New-York-Newark-Jersey-City metropolitan area has the dubious distinction of being the most unequal in the state. The top 1 percent there earns 39.3 times more than the bottom 99 percent: $2,156,193 versus $54,895.\nThe county with the greatest inequality gap is Hudson. There, the top 1 percent makes 44.8 times more in a year than the rest of the wage earners. That works out to an average annual income of $2,298,753 compared with $51,303 for the bottom 99 percent."}
{"text":"Control Arduino Wirelessly with MATLAB\nBeen seeing few DIYs on how to establish a communication between MATLAB application and Arduino that is hardwired to PC. However, I haven’t encountered anything that control Arduino via MATLAB wirelessly using the ENC28J60 compatible Ethernet shield. In this ible’, I’m going to show the simplest way to control Arduino using MATLAB wirelessly.\nWHAT YOU NEED?\n1) Arduino – You need a controller. I used Arduino since it is supported by MATLAB. For this project however I used, Gizduino, a locally made Arduino-based controller.\n2) Ethernet Shield – You need a compatible Ethernet shield for your board. I used the ENC28J60 for my board.\n3) Wi-Fi Router – To connect your Arduino which would be the means to communicate to your PC wirelessly.\n4) LED – Any components to indicate communication between devices. For this project I used LED.\n5) Printer Cable – To connect Arduino to your PC.\n6) UTP Cable – To connect your Ethernet shield to the router.\nStep 1: Connect Ethernet Shield to Arduino\nStep 2: Connect LED\nConnect any components that could indicate communication between devices. In this ‘ible I used an LED. Will try to turn LED on and off wirelessly using MATLAB. I’ve connected my LED’s anode (long pin) to Digital I/O pin 6 of the Ethernet shield attached to the Arduino and LED’s cathode (short pin) to Ethernet’s GND.\nStep 3: Connect Arduino to PC\nStep 4: Connect Ethernet Shield to Router\nStep 5: Open Arduino IDE\nStep 6: Upload Code to Arduino\nFor more detail: Control Arduino Wirelessly with MATLAB\nWe recommend EasyEDA for electronic circuit design.\nFrom Schematic to PCB Production, Just Need One Tool\nFree Circuit Design Software: learn to use Editor quickly and easily\nCheapest PCB: 10pcs 2-layers 10cm×10cm only $8.21, 3-day build time, 100% E-test\nThis Post / Project can also be found using search terms:\n- arduino matlab with wireless contact\n- home automation using ardino n matlab n camera\n- matlab projects with arduino"}
{"text":"Sexual orientation ?\nSexual orientation is about whom you’re attracted to and want to have relationships with. Sexual orientations include gay, lesbian, straight, bisexual, and asexual.\nSexual orientation is different from gender and gender identity.\nSexual orientation is about whom you’re attracted to and who you feel drawn to romantically, emotionally, and sexually. It’s different from gender identity. Gender identity isn’t about whom you’re attracted to, but about who you ARE male, female, genderqueer, etc.\nThis means that being transgender (feeling like your assigned sex is very different from the gender you identify with) isn’t the same thing as being gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Sexual orientation is about whom you want to be with. Gender identity is about who you are.\nThere are a bunch of identities associated with sexual orientation:\nPeople who’re attracted to a different gender (for example, women who are attracted to men or men who are attracted to women) often call themselves straight or heterosexual.\nPeople who’re attracted to people of the same gender often call themselves gay or homosexual. Gay women may prefer the term lesbian.\nPeople who’re attracted to both men and women often call themselves bisexual.\nPeople whose attractions span across many different gender identities (male, female, transgender, genderqueer, intersex, etc.) may call themselves pansexual or queer.\nPeople who’re unsure about their sexual orientation may call themselves questioning or curious.\ndon't experience any sexual attraction for anyone often call themselves asexual.\nPeople who dIt’s also important to note that some people don't think any of these labels describe them accurately.\nSome people don't like the idea of labels at all. Other people feel comfortable with certain labels and not others. It's up to you to decide how you want to label yourself"}
{"text":"In recent years much attention has been devoted to the occurrence of caffeine in natural waters. It has been established that caffeine is now present in a wide variety of environments, including wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents, groundwater and remote mountain lakes. However, it is less clear what the practical significance of caffeine occurrence may be because recent research has only begun to evaluate the consequences of increasing caffeine concentrations for aquatic biota. The objectives of this paper are (1) to gain a qualitative understanding of the routes through which caffeine enters the environment and the mechanisms through which it is degraded, (2) to obtain quantitative data on which to base a mass balance of caffeine in wastewater treatment plant effluent, and (3) interpret environmental occurrence levels of caffeine in the context of toxicity threshold values determined for aquatic biota. To accomplish these objectives a literature review and mass balance were performed. This paper shows that caffeine concentrations are typically in the ng/L range in many freshwater environments. In certain areas levels appear to be sufficiently high to approach threshold toxicity values for aquatic biota. Primary locations of concern in urban areas are discharge points of treated wastewater. Although caffeine presents no large scale threat now, further research is needed on the occurrence of caffeine in natural waters and its chronic toxicity to aquatic organisms."}
{"text":"Growing Guides: How to grow daffodils & narcissus\nDid you know that the Narcissus is the flower of March? Plant Narcissus bulbs in the fall (between September and the end of November) to have plenty of Narcissus flowers in the Spring. Other names for Narcissus include daffodil or jonquil. Narcissus is the more botanical, latin term for the flower. Narcissus bulbs also naturally repel squirrels and other rodents and are a good choice if you have had a problem with small creatures trying to take a bite out of your flower bulbs in the past!\nGrowing and Planting Narcissus:\n1. In the Fall, choose a spot that is mostly sunny or has only light shade. Also make sure that the location has fairly good drainage and does not tend to get waterlogged.\n2. Planting narcissus bulbs is fairly simple. Bulbs look much like a small onion, sometimes with a spike or point on one side and sometimes with wiry roots growing out of the other side. Plant with the spike pointing up.\n3. Follow the rule of thumb when planting bulbs and give the bulbs at least 2 times their height of soil above them. Narcissus like a deep planting in light soil.Dig a 6-7 inch hole, drop the bulb into it and cover with soil.\n4. Regarding the spacing between bulbs, if planting in beds, leave approx 5-6 inches between each bulb. If you are planting in containers, you can cluster them a little closer together.\n5. After planting, water well so that the soil above the bulbs settles.\n6. Narcissus bulbs will flower in the spring. After the flowers die back in late spring or early summer, let the plant enjoy a drier, warmer rest period. After leaves die back, stop watering so that the bulb can rest.\n7. In cooler zones, you can leave narcissus bulbs in the ground over winter so that they can receive their required period of winter cooling in order to flower the following Spring."}
{"text":"Brassicaceae: Mustard Family — Mustards\nMustards can be very confusing at first sight but, with a little perseverance, most of them can be readily distinguished. Leaves are one important feature, these vary a great deal from one species to another. Fruits are the other, some are cylindric, others tapered towards the tip, some are appressed to the stem, others are spreading and either ascending (upwards-curving) or reflexed (down-curving). All of the fruits are “dehiscent” meaning that they split longitudinally down a seam. The fruits of Brassica and Hirschfeldia are segmented with a clearly defined terminal segment. Sisymbrium fruits are not segmented."}
{"text":"One of the 7 Wonders of the World is the Temple of Artemis.\nBuilt by King Croesus of Lydia in about 500 BC it was famous for its rich and sumptuous ornaments designed by Cherisphon and Metagenes of Crete. It was thought to be the finest temple in the whole of the Greek world and was also one of the largest, being twice the size of the Parthenon in Athens.\nThe size of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (including basis) is :\nWidth x depth x height cm\n140 x 100 x 180"}
{"text":"To Your Health\nNovember, 2008 (Vol. 02, Issue 11)\nShedding Light On the Benefits of Dark Foods\nBy Staff Editorial\nYou probably already know that consuming whole grains, legumes, berries and certain teas arms your body with powerful antioxidants and other disease-fighting agents.\nBut do you know that the darker the pigment in these foods, the more benefits they may provide? Research indicates that choosing darker foods over foods lighter in color can help maximize your defense against cancer and other diseases; so include the following foods as part of a balanced diet:\nBlack rice: Brown rice is better for you than white rice, but black rice is an even better option when it comes to disease prevention. The anthocyanin content is thought to be higher in black rice than in brown rice. (Anthocyanins are water-soluble pigments; they belong to the class of molecules called flavonoids, which are known for their antioxidant activity.) Along with this deeper color comes protection against cardiovascular disease and lower levels of C-reactive protein (an indicator of inflammation) in the blood, according to a study conducted in China.\nBlack beans: Beans are a great source of fiber, but that's not all. Research shows that the skin of the black bean contains numerous plant compounds (terpenoids and flavonoids) that help block the growth of colon, liver and breast cancer cells.\nBlackberries: Researchers at the University of Kentucky credit the compounds found in blackberry extract with halting the growth of colon cancer cells. And just like black rice, blackberries may lower levels of C-reactive protein, preventing diseases associated with chronic inflammation.\nBlack tea: Similar to green tea, black tea contains powerful antioxidants. Research shows that the properties specific to the flavonoid-rich black tea provide protection from heart disease, neurological decline and cancer."}
{"text":"First malaria vaccine in Africa: A potential new tool for child health and improved malaria control\nA first generation vaccine known as RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) acts against Plasmodium falciparum, the most deadly malaria parasite globally and the most prevalent in Africa. The vaccine provides partial protection against malaria among young African children, the population most affected by the disease. Rigorous clinical testing in 7 African countries has shown its potential to boost malaria prevention and save lives. The Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP) was established by WHO to coordinate and support the introduction of the vaccine in selected areas of Africa through country-led routine immunization. The Programme will evaluate the vaccine’s public health impact in the context of routine use and inform policy about its potential deployment on a broader scale.\n|Added on||21 March 2019 10:25:31|\nAdd to Favourites"}
{"text":"January 25, 2020\nThe Congressional Budget Office reported that the budget deficit for fiscal year 2019 came in at $984 billion. For the current fiscal year (FY 2020) the budget deficit is projected to be $1.0 trillion. It will remain above the $1.0 trillion level throughout the entire 10-year budget forecast as more and more baby boomers retire and begin to draw Social Security and become eligible for Medicare. By 2029 it is expected to be $1.4 trillion.\nIt is important to remember that the U.S. actually had modest budget surpluses in FY’s 2000 and 2001. And from 2002 to 2007 the deficits were consistently in a range from $200-300 billion. The recent widening of the deficit was largely the result of the extraordinarily deep recession that lasted from the end of 2007 through mid-2009.\nThe best way to determine whether a deficit is “big” or “small” is to look at the deficit in relation to the size of the economy, or the deficit as a percent of GDP. Over the course of the past 50 years, the budget deficit as a percent of GDP has averaged about 3.0%. This should be regarded as a “sustainable” deficit. Unfortunately, by 2029 — a decade from now — the deficit will climb to 4.5% of GDP. That is too large and if something goes wrong it could be even bigger. The goal should be to shrink it to no more than 3.0% of GDP during the course of the next decade.\nWhile the normal budget forecasting cycle is 10 years, if one looks just beyond that 10-year horizon the situation gets significantly worse. If nothing is done to correct the situation by 2039 the annual budget deficits will climb to 7.0% of GDP.\nWhile we are firmly in the camp that budget deficits and government debt outstanding matter, the question is when that will become a problem. Perhaps during the next recession as revenues fall and government expenditures (on things like welfare benefits and unemployment benefits) rise and the deficit soars, perhaps people will take notice. The current situation, in our view, is not sustainable."}
{"text":", the first, The Child at Play; the second, Child Life in Tale and Fable; third, Child Life in Many Lands; the fourth and fifth, Child Life in Literature.\nThe selections are chosen from the best literature in an original manner, and the workmanship is excellent.\nPlay Time, Story-book Friends, Wide-awake Primer and First Reader, Polly and Dolly, are other books for young readers by the same authors.\nIn collaboration with Mrs. Julia Dalrymple, Mrs. Macdonald has written Kathleen in Ireland, Manuel in Mexico, Rafael in Italy, and Une San in Japan.\nMrs. Dalrymple is the author of two delightful books for children, Make-believe Boys and Little Me Too.\nMabel Priest Rust is joint compiler of Song Echoes from Child Land, for use in the kindergarten.\nFreeman Clarke Coffin, engineer, wrote a scientific work, Graphical Solution of Hydraulic Problems, but his real words lie deep in the hearts of his workmen and friends.\nGeorge T. Sampson has a pamphlet on Railroad Organization."}
{"text":"Curing Qualities of Culture: A Comparative Analysis of Northern Ireland and Cyprus\nResearch Theme: Cities, Communities and Contested Urbanism\nSupervisors: Dr Phil Boland (email@example.com) and Dr. Brendan Murtagh (firstname.lastname@example.org)\nThe most recent and fascinating debate in cultural studies concerns the purported curing qualities of culture. This relates to the claim that cultural planning, and more specifically cultural events, are not only an ‘economic resource’ (i.e. jobs, tourism, and investment) but also a resource enabling peace and reconciliation to occur within divided societies. This was most evident in Northern Ireland when Derry-Londonderry became the UK’s first City of Culture in 2013; CoC aimed to deliver economic improvement to a depressed local economy and also bring the conflictual communities (Catholic-Nationalist and Protestant-Unionist) closer together through cultural activity, exchange and enactment. In 2017 Pafos will be European Capital of Culture, and like Derry-Londonderry Pafos is part of a territory that is divided (between Greek and Turkish Cypriots). This project seeks to analyse the curing qualities of culture – economically, socially and politically – in both cities and more specifically what this means for future cities of culture, and the role of culture in divided territories. Recent research on Derry-Londonderry (Boland, Murtagh and Shirlow, 2016) reveals positive impacts in terms of culture as a peace resource but less effectiveness on the economy. Given this, important research questions emerge for future cities of culture more generally and Pafos in particular:\n- What are the long term legacies of Derry-Londonderry?\n- What lessons can Pafos, and other cities of culture, learn from Derry-Londonderry?\n- Is there too much importance attached to the curing qualities of culture?\n- Should policy makers be more realistic about culture as an economic resource?"}
{"text":"زبان اسوه علم\nLearning Every Thing In The Domain Of Language\nHello dear friends,\nThis post is going to answer the above mentioned question briefly...\nAs you know, in communication (orally and written) every thing depends on the meaning of messages; so, what in here I'm going to say is that it's important to decide which words or phrases are needed to be chosen and used in order to reach the intended meaning.\nOk! Now let's get back to our question...\nWhen are we supposed to use \"purpose\" , \"goal\" , \"target\"?\n-Ex: The purpose of the research is to try and find out more about the causes of the disease.\n* in sports:\n- Ex1:Black kicked the ball towards the goal.\n-Ex2: Only one goal was scored in the entire match.\n* an aim or purpose:\n- Ex:Our goal is for the country to be fully independent within two years.\n* in sports:\n-Ex: I had four shots but I didn't even hit the target.\n* an aim: a level or situation which you intend to achieve:\n- Ex:The government's target of 3.5% annual growth seems easily attainable.\n* as a verb:to direct advertising, criticism or a product at someone:\n- Ex:The paper is targeted specifically at young people.\nThe idea of this post belongs to my dear friend Mohammad...\nطبقه بندی: Speaking & Listening، Grammar & Structure، نگارش- Writing & Essay،\nبرچسب ها: target، purpose، aim، goal، difference of words،\n|[ طراحی : ایران اسکین ] [ Weblog Themes By : iran skin]|"}
{"text":"A junior at the University of Iowa has found a method of telling time on Saturn.\nTim Kennelly, a junior majoring in physics and astronomy at the University of Iowa, has made an observation about how Saturn's magnetic field is linked to the planet's seasons. The findings were published in the American Geophysical Union's (AGU) Journal of Geophysical Research.\nUsing data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, another researcher at the University of Iowa, space physicist Donal Gurnett, showed that the north and south poles of the ringed planet have their own Saturn kilometric radiation (SKR). SKR is defined as a strong and naturally occurring radio signal emitted from the planet's magnetosphere.\nKennelly observed that SKRs are linked with what scientists call \"flux tubes\" composed of hot, electrically charged gas, called plasma. He found that these tubes occurred around the same time of an SKR in both poles. For example, during winter in the northern hemisphere, the occurrence of flux tubes correlates with the SKR period. The same holds true for winter in the southern hemisphere.\nScientists had been previously unable to identify seasons on Saturn because the planet is covered by thick layers of gas and clouds. These layers each rotate at their own speed, making it difficult to define time on the planet. With the research by Kennelly, scientists can observe the occurence of flux tubes and their effect on time on nearly every planet with a magnetic field, including our home planet.\n\"I'm pleased to have contributed to our understanding of Saturn's magnetosphere so early in my career. I hope this trend continues,\" Kennelly said in an official press statement from the university.\nThis finding may alter how scientists look at the Earth's magnetosphere and the Van Allen radiation belts that affect a variety of activities at Earth, ranging from space flight safety to satellite and cellphone communications."}
{"text":"Question: I’ve been hearing about some probe we dropped on one of Saturn’s moons. So what’s the big deal? — CH, Antwerp, Belgium\nAnswer: The big deal is that, up until now, we had no real images of the surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. It is perpetually shrouded in a thick cloud of nitrogen and methane. From space, the surface can’t be seen. To image it, we needed to get a camera below the cloud level. On January 14th, the European Space Agency probe Huygens did just that. What it found was truly amazing!\nTurns out Titan has a weather cycle similar to ours. On Earth we have evaporation, precipitation, and transport of H2O, the well known hydrologic cycle. On Titan, it’s a “methalogic” cycle. The -300° F temperature allows methane (CH4) to do what water does here on Earth. There are methane oceans and rivers, and methane clouds that drop methane rain and snow. The image above shows what the Huygens probe saw during its decent to the surface. The river channels are easy to see. We’re not yet sure if the ocean is permanent or transient, but its shoreline is clearly visible. There is indeed “weather” here.\nBesides Earth, no other planet or moon was known to have such a weather cycle. It is this similarity that thrills scientists. Studying Titan will teach us more about our own planet’s weather."}
{"text":"Samba is a cross-platform triumph: it turns a Unix or Linux system into a file and print server for Microsoft Windows network clients.This book describes all the options for Samba's configuration file in quick-reference format. It also contains command-line options and related information on the use of the Samba daemons (smbd, nmbd, and winbindd) and the utilities in the Samba distribution.\nThe current edition covers Samba 2.x and the most important features of 3.0, which was under development as this book went to print. New options pertain to Samba's acting as a primary domain controller and as a domain member server, its support for the use of Windows NT/2000/XP authentication and filesystem security on the host Unix system, and access to shared files and printers from Unix clients.\nSystem administrators who are familiar with Samba and want a handy reminder of how to administer it without the bulk of a full-sized book will find this pocket reference invaluable."}
{"text":"March is National Women's History Month\nMarch is celebrated as National Women’s History Month. According to the National Women's History Project:\nAlthough women’s history is intertwined with the history shared with men, several factors - social, religious, economic, and biological - have worked to create a unique sphere of women's history. This celebration, designated by Joint Resolutions of the House and Senate and Proclamations by six American Presidents, is an opportunity to honor and celebrate women's historic achievements. Our shared history unites families, communities, and nations.\nThe stories of women’s achievements are integral to the fabric our history. Learning about women’s tenacity, courage, and creativity throughout the centuries is a tremendous source of strength. Until relatively recently, this sphere of women's history was overlooked and undervalued. Women’s achievements were often distorted, disdained, and denied. But, knowing women’s stories provides essential role models for everyone. And role models are genuinely needed to face the extraordinary changes and unrelenting challenges of the 21st century.\nThis celebration is an opportunity to honor and celebrate women's achievements, particularly on the local level. In keeping with National Women’s History Month theme for 2011, “Our History is Our Strength,” during March we honor the contributions of women throughout Beaufort’s long history in the Research Room display case as well as in this blog.\nCharmaine chose to highlight the contributions of Kate Gleason, Mary Elizabeth Waterhouse, Harriet Tubman, Charlotte Forten, Eliza Lucas Pinckney and Laura Towne, some of whom were featured in last month's focus on Black History.\nSCIway has posted a page called \"Special Women in SC History.\"\nStay tuned for highlights on specific women and women's organizations who've had an impact on Beaufort through the ages."}
{"text":"Employers are liable for the ability of their employees to meaningfully engage with their work. This means accommodating the disabilities that workers may be overcoming, including new limits to abilities since an employee was hired.\nPeople with disabilities make up an indispensible part of the American workforce. Technological advances and cultural understanding has made this more evident in recent decades, and U.S. law – as well as law in California – has attempted to keep up and ensure the rights of disabled people are respected in the workplace.\nIn California, there are a number of pieces of legislation that exist to protect those with disabilities from being discriminated against. Among those, there is the Fair Employment and Housing Act, Disabled Persons Act and the Unruh Civil Rights Act.\nCompanies throughout California and across the country are legally required to provide employees with reasonable accommodation if they have a disability. Today, we will define reasonable accommodation and explain how companies provide for this requirement when they have employees with disabilities.\nA judge has granted class-action status in a lawsuit that accuses Laguna Beach of discriminating against disabled people who are also homeless, according to the Los Angeles Times. The lawsuit was filed in 2015 by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California. Multiple rulings were issued this week by a judge in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana.\nEmployees have the right to work without being discriminated against. While many people know that this protection is enforced during an employment period, some people might not realize that it also extends to the hiring period."}
{"text":"Bangladesh has the fourth largest population of Asia with more than 150 million people and is the most densely populated country in the world. Bangladesh is located in the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta, the world its largest delta, and home to the ‘sundarbans‘, one of the world’s largest remaining mangrove forests. Its long coastline connects Bangladesh in the southwest to India and in the southeast to Myanmar. While textiles is by far the most important sector for its economy in terms of GDP, almost 50% of Bangladesh its labour force still depends on the agricultural sector. Aquaculture, fisheries, and related processing are important for its economy in terms of food security, employment and export earnings. The aquaculture sector consists of brackish and fresh water shrimp production and the production of various fresh water fishes such as carps, tilapia and pangasius. Its capture fishery consists of a well developed inland fishery and relatively underdeveloped marine fishery."}
{"text":"The Jacket I Wear in the Snow Extension Activities\nCross-curricular activities for the book by Shirley Neitzel\n- Grades: PreK–K, 1–2\nAbout this book\nHealth: Brainstorm with students the type of clothing that is needed for given weather conditions. You might want to create a large semantic map to go with your discussion. Write Weather Conditions in the center. Have children first think of and state the conditions, then the types of clothes needed for each condition. Write their suggestions to create the semantic web.\nLanguage Arts: This book lends itself well to choral reading where each child has an opportunity to participate. After copying the various lines onto sentence strips, give each child a strip. Have them sit in a circle in order, so that once the reading begins you'll be able to keep the flow. When a new line is read, a child reads solo. However, the whole class is expected to read the repeated lines. As the story progresses, then, the whole class will end up reading the story!"}
{"text":"First map published by the U. S. government to recognize the boundaries claimed by the Republic of Texas\n44. [MAP]. EMORY, W[illiam] H. Map of Texas and the Country Adjacent: Compiled in the Bureau of the Corps of Topographical Engeneers, [sic] from the best Authorities. For the State Department, under the direction of Colonel J. J. Abert Chief of the Corps; by W. H. Emory, 1st. Lieut. T. E. War Department 1844. [Washington, 1844]. Lithographed map. Neat line to neat line: 35.7 x 55.2 cm (14-1/4 x 21-3/4 inches). Uniform light age toning, a few scattered stains (most confined to blank margins), minor losses at fold lines, minor marginal chipping at right blank margin (no loss to image or border), otherwise fine.\nFirst edition, the small-format version of the first map published by the United States government to recognize the boundaries claimed by the Republic of Texas, thus recognizing Texas as a separate entity. “The order of priority of the issues cannot now be determined” (Streeter 1543B). The small format issue is more rare in commerce. Martin & Martin 33: \"First map to show correctly the final extent of the boundaries set by the Texas Congress on December 29, 1836. Probably the best map of the region at the time of annexation.\" Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West 478 (describing this version).\nOne of the primary considerations during the Congressional debate on the annexation of Texas was the determination of the correct boundaries of the country. Accordingly, Congress in 1844 commissioned this map, the first to recognize Texas as a separate entity, leading directly to the Mexican-American War. Based on the great 1841 Arrowsmith map of Texas, but with improvements, the map shows an enormous proposed northern territory, including over half of New Mexico and parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma. ($7,500-15,000)\nImage (click to enlarge)\n<<Previous Lot (43) | Back to Auction 18 Abstracts | Next Lot (45) >>\nHome | Auction 18 | Auction\n16 | Auction"}
{"text":"The resource has been added to your collection\nThe program comprises 40 weeks of instruction, 5 days per week, 30 minutes per day. (The timings given for individual activities in the program are generous; most teachers complete the activities in less time.)This downloadable pdf file contains all activites for Week 1 of instruction. You will need to download the Free Adobe Reader to view this document.\nThis resource is part of the FreeReading Phonics collection.\nThis resource was reviewed using the Curriki Review rubric and received an overall Curriki Review System rating of 3, as of -0001-11-30.\nThis resource received a 3* rating because it is part of Free Reading Phonics, which received a rating of 3-Exemplary in the Curriki Review System and which you can see here: http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Coll_FreeReading/IntegratedProgramInterventionAforK-1"}
{"text":"Ants of Western Ghats, India\nIn the recent article “Community structure and ant species diversity across select sites of Western Ghats, India” published in Acta Ecologica Sinica, Javid M. Dad, Shahid Ali Akbar, Himender Bharti, and Aijaz Ahmad Wachkoo evaluate ant species richness and diversity in eight sites of Western Ghats, India. They collected 173 species belonging to 65 genera in 10 subfamilies including 20 species published as new to science, and two genera and six species reported for the first time in India. Here, Shahid Ali Akbar shares some pictures of their work.\nA Photoblog contribution by Shahid Ali Akbar\nThe Western Ghats barely covers 5% of India’s land area but represents about 40-45% biodiversity of India, providing critical ecosystem services and complex species-rich habitats. Owing to a high degree of species congruence and species/area ratios, the region is not only viewed as a hotspot but as one of the hottest hotspots of the world. The region acts as an excellent habitat for ant colonization in the\nFor all pictures from Mr. Sunil C.G. applies © Mr. Sunil. C.G., Asst. Nature Education Officer, Periyar Foundation, Periyar Tiger Reserve"}
{"text":"In many cases, carbonate oil wells are stimulated with open hole acid flush or acid fracturing treatments to increase productivity. Some of the challenges with fracturing stimulation are reservoir related, such as consistently stimulating all targeted intervals and intersecting the natural fracture network. The growth of hydraulic fractures in the vertical direction is difficult to predict, leading to the risk for entering unsought gas or water-bearing formation. Operations can be complex, costly and pose environmental challenges. A multilaterals stimulation technology (MST) has been developed and field tested to be a simple, efficient and more controllable method of stimulation with less environmental impact. The method uses less fluid, reduces the risk of groundwater contamination and eliminates stimulation fluid flowback disposal. This paper discusses the evolution of the technology, leading to the first pilot installation in a horizontal well in the Austin Chalk carbonate reservoir in Texas, during April of 2014. The pilot installation proved the stimulation technology's efficiency by creating 60 laterals, each 40 feet long, in a few hours pumping time. This installation is believed to be a world record for creating 60 laterals in less than 5 hours. The well's production response was significant, and productivity index was increased by 30 times compared to before the stimulation."}
{"text":"When your computer crashes or phone freezes, don’t be so quick to blame the manufacturer. Cosmic rays — or rather the electrically charged particles they generate — may be your real foe.\nWhile harmless to living organisms, a small number of these particles have enough energy to interfere with the operation of the microelectronic circuitry in our personal devices. It’s called a single-event upset or SEU.\nDuring an SEU, particles alter an individual bit of data stored in a chip’s memory. Consequences can be as trivial as altering a single pixel in a photograph or as serious as bringing down a passenger jet."}
{"text":"Health and rehabilitation\nPromoting health as a task for the future\nPeople who are handicapped or are threatened with a disability have a right to occupational autonomy and through which meaningful participation in our society. The same goes for those who require rehabilitation after an accident or illness.\nThe CJD helps them, for example, in one of our six CJD career education centres, career support centres or other institutions for occupational rehabilitation.\nIn promoting the health of young people, the CJD sees an important task for the future. The topic ‘health’ is considered in all its aspects:\n- in the prevention of disease through health conscious education in CJD institutions – for example, through promoting exercise, healthy nutrition and responsible use of new media,\n- in the rehabilitation (care of chronical syndromes) above all in the area of student, pre-occupational, and occupational support as well as\n- in the indication-based therapy (treatment of certain mental and physical illnesses) in the ages of childhood and youth in specialised institutions and clinics. A medical treatment can be combined with individual and age appropriate CJD support at school, during training or in a chosen profession. This way the opportunities of young people improve decisively.\nChristliches Jugenddorfwerk Deutschlands e.V. (CJD)\nD 73061 Ebersbach/Fils · Germany\nCall: +49 71 63 9 30-0\nFax: +49 71 63 9 30-2 80\nCJD Executive Committee:\nHans Wolf von Schleinitz, Oliver Stier, Siegbert Hummel"}
{"text":"The church, which is one of the oldest and less known churches in Athens, is dedicated to Panagia Pantanassa. It is celebrated on the 15th of August, the day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It is located in Monastiraki Square, which is named after it.\nThe church is referred to as Big Monastery in a post Byzantine sigillium of 1678 and it is thus named during these years. Furthermore, in the same document it is mentioned that during the period of the Frankish rule it was annexed as a men’s monastery to Kaisariani Monastery. During the period of the sigillium the monastery functioned as a convent. From 1690 onwards the church became parish, same as the Kaisariani Monastery. From the revolution onwards, the church was no longer called Big Monastery but Mikromonastiro (Small Monastery) or Monastiraki. The monastery cells used to be in the location of today’s Square, while the whole area was full of small shops, many of which can still be found in the neighboring Pandrosos Street.\nThe church is a barrel-vaulted basilica, namely a church type characteristic of the transition from the early Christian basilica to the cross-in-square church. In general, it signifies the transition from Late Antiquity to the Byzantine and Medieval World.\nThe wall paintings are more recent.\nThe church has undergone many modifications. Characteristic is the bell-tower, which is a more recent construction and annex.\nAccording to Orlandos, the church is dated to the 10th century. However, based on its masonry Sotiriou has dated it to the 7th – 8th century, while Wulff to the 8th – 9th century like all the barrel-vaulted basilicas of Athens. Xyngopoulos has dated the church to the 10th century, whereas Millet to the 11th – 12th century based on its capitals.\nThe church is associated with many legends and traditions of old Athens.\nCouchaud A., Choix d’ Eglises byzantines de la Grece, Paris 1842, drawing 4."}
{"text":"Upload & Sell: Off\nThanks Da and Helen.\nLarge glacially-fed rivers that don't flow directly to the ocean generally have similar appearances to this. i.e. wide valleys that are mostly silt with some water. During periods of heavy water runoff, the water changes directions and builds up different silt deposits. With 10 or more water courses (as here) the depth of the water is usually shallow. But NEVER walk in river or ocean silt; it can be almost like quicksand. And if you're in a tidal zone and get stuck in silt, a rising tide can drown you. If it happens to moose- it can happen to you.\nNo- it's not autumn in Alaska . I took this slide image years ago- probably in late September."}
{"text":"St Joseph (1811 – 1860) was born into a peasant family at Castelnuovo d’Asti, Italy. Having decided, at an early age, to become a Priest, he entered the seminary of Turin. After his ordination, he continued to teach at the seminary as well as at Turin University and the Institute of St Francis. He is one of the so-called “social saints” which includes Don Bosco (1815 – 1888) and Maria Mazzarello.\nHe met St John Bosco when St John was around 22, the two became close friends and he greatly influenced St John’s decision to care for young disaffected youth in Turin and establish the Salesian Order.\nIn contrast to St John Bosco, St Joseph devoted his life to the dispossessed, marginalised and prisoners. He became known as “The Priest of the Gallows” through his work as confessor and comforter of those condemned to death. St Joseph is fondly remembered as a pious and holy man, who devoted his entire life to honouring the Blessed Sacrament, preaching, teaching and reaching out to the unwanted.\nSt Joseph is Patron Saint of Italian prisons, prison chaplains, prisoners and those condemned to death. His Feast Day is June 23rd.\nSt Joseph Cafasso:\nPray for us that we will see the repentant sinner and help them to find the merciful Jesus.\nGlory be to the…"}
{"text":"Last year New Horizons made its historic flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto and delighted the world with incredible pictures delivered from the edge of our Solar System. Amazingly, even though it is still floating ever further away from Earth it is still transmitting pictures back home, and now the team behind the mission has stitched together all of these photos into one mega image of a flattened out Pluto.\nThe picture itself has a resolution of 30km per pixel at the edges to a dazzling 235m per pixel at the centre, when New Horizons made its closest approach on 14 July 2015 and took this photo.\nThe most recent image added was from 25 April 2016, but the probe is expected to continue sending pictures back until early Autumn. Until that point we’re happy to enjoy this map of Pluto get ever more detailed.\nFollow Science Focus on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Flipboard"}
{"text":"The archaeologists have put away the equipment. During this winter, plans will be made for further exploration of the Jellestad ship from the Viking era, which has just been found in Østfold.\n-“What we wish, is to continue with an intervention-free method of exploration with geo-radar and magnetometers in the spring when the frozen ground layer has defrosted. Nevertheless, there will be areas where we will have to use an excavator, especially in places where we can not see. We need to know if the wood is preserved,” says conservator and archaeologist Sigrid Mannsåker Gundersen in the cultural heritage section of Østfold County Municipality.\nOnce all the information has been collected, the Directorate for Cultural Heritage (Riksantikvaren) determines the way forward.\nFound in April\nThe first tracks created by a geo-radar of the Jellestad ship was made in April. The findings were made at the burial mound Jellhaugen at the Gjellestad farm in Berg in Halden municipality in Østfold.\nHowever, the ground was so wet that the geo-machine had to be pulled out off the ground with the help of the farmer’s tractor.\nIn August, the archaeologists resumed after the scorching summer, and this time they found clear traces of the 20-metre-long Viking ship. The find can be compared to the Oseberg ship, the Gokstad ship and the Tune ship.\nMuch could be destroyed\nThe archaeologists are not surprised if a lot of the ship is destroyed. The hope is that the bottom may be located in clay and is preserved.\nJellhaugen (the Jellestad mound), which is the grave of the ship, was levelled and ploughed in the 19th and early 20th century. Today it has been reconstructed.\nIt is the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) that performed the research that led to the findings.\n© NTB scanpix / #Norway Today"}
{"text":"Researchers created the first silicon chip compact 3D LiDAR imaging system capable of matching and exceeding the performance and accuracy of the most advanced mechanical systems currently in use.\n3D LiDAR can provide accurate imaging and mapping for various applications; it serves as the “eyes” for self-driving cars and is used in facial recognition software as well as autonomous robots and drones. Accurate imaging is required for machines to map and interact with the physical world, but the size and cost of the technology currently required have limited the use of LIDAR in commercial applications.\nA group of researchers has now created a new integrated system that combines silicon photonic components and CMOS electronic circuits on the same microchip (silicon chip). Their prototype would be a low-cost solution that could pave the way for large-scale production of low-cost, compact, and high-performance 3D imaging cameras for use in robotics, autonomous navigation systems, and building site mapping to improve safety and healthcare.\nPrevious integrated systems have struggled to provide a dense array of easily addressable pixels, limiting them to fewer than 20 pixels. In contrast, this new system is the first large-scale 2D coherent detector array of 512 pixels. The research teams are now expanding the pixel arrays and beam steering technology to make the system more suitable for real-world applications and improve performance even further.\nRelated Content: Hybrid Interferometer Broadens Applications"}
{"text":"A computational fluid dynamics simulation is performed on the drain tank of the ThorCon Molten Salt Reactor design. In this analysis the OpenFOAM toolkit is used to simulate the heat transfer phenomena involved.\nThe aim of these simulations is to calculate the evolution of temperature levels in different areas in the domain, which are critical for stress and safety analysis of the various components of the system.\nThe heat transfer simulation must take into account a broad variety of phenomena:\n1. Heat conduction in solids;\n2. Heat conduction, convection and thermal radiation in gas regions, with the gases considered completely transparent;\n3. Natural convection in the salt with power generation driving the natural circulation.\nThe temperature transient of drain tanks and walls are depicted in the following video."}
{"text":"The big cultural manifestations were developed\nin two huge areas of the American continent : the Meso-America and\nthe Andes. Nowadays, the world Meso-America designates the main\npart of the Mexican territory and the northern part of Central America.\nThe true birthplace of the civilizations of Meso-America brought\nmiscegenation between these people and the newcomers, Europeans\nand Africans and designed the coming Mexico.\n|No comment has been yet posted on this page.|"}
{"text":"Mice and rats are really gentle, interesting animals. But sadly, millions of them are killed in painful experiments every year in the U.S. In these tests, rats and mice are poisoned, burned, shocked, and terrified on purpose. Many laboratories that use these animals aren’t even required to give them medicine for pain or any kind of vet care, and lots of them end up dying after suffering for a very long time.\nRats and mice aren’t lab equipment, and they don’t belong in laboratories. They belong in their natural habitats with their families. Check out these fascinating facts about rodents that prove they’re actually a lot like us!\n4. They also have awesome memories. Even though rats have poor eyesight, once they figure out a path, they never forget it.\nFreeImages.com/ Kai Kuusik-Greenbaum\nFreeImages.com/ K S\nFreeImages.com/ Bas van de Wiel\nYou can help save these wonderful little animals! Make sure you buy only “cruelty-free” products—it will say that right on the label—that weren’t tested on mice, rats, or other animals. And if your family is ready for the commitment of rescuing a rat or mouse, be sure to adopt him or her from a shelter and never buy one (or any animal!) from a breeder or pet store."}
{"text":"Cubic Formula Derivation\nThe cubic equation is of the form:\nx^3 + ax^2 + bx + c = 0\nCardano solved the cubic equation by doing these steps:\nx = y - a/3\nvia the Tchirnhaus transformation, and this simplifies the equation to:\ny^3 +py + q = 0\np = b - (a^2)/3\nand q = c - ab/3 + (2a^3)/27\nthen substitute y = u - v to get:\n(u-v)^3 + p(u-v) + q = 0\nand this can be written as:\n(q - (u^3 - v^3)) + (u+v)(p - 3uv) = 0\nWith the two separate terms, we see that q = u^3 - v^3 and q = 3uv, and this solves the equation.\nAs for the remaining terms in the equations for q, we can solve for u or v and use substitution to finish the equation.\nThese roots are solved using methods such as Newton’s Method. The numbers a, b, c, d, u, v, q, and p are real numbers."}
{"text":"Want to watch better-quality PBS Video? Sign in to access HD streaming!\nHepatitis C is a contagious viral infection that can cause swelling and inflammation of the liver and can lead to cancer and death. It's called 'the silent epidemic' because as many as 70 percent of those infected with the virus are unaware that they have the disease and are unknowingly spreading it. Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis & treatment of Hepatitis C on this episode of 'Health Link.'\nUpgrade Your Viewing Experience\nThis video is available to CallSign viewers with a Passport account. Passport gives you access to a wealth of premium content not previously available online, including full seasons of your favorite shows."}
{"text":"When should baby start to crawl?by Dr. Christine Wood, M.D |\nQ I am aware that each child is different, but approximately when can you expect a baby to crawl?\nA Some babies can crawl as early as 7 months and as late as 10 or 11 months. If you have concerns about your baby's development, you need to look at other milestones, too. Usually they are picking up small objects with the finger and thumb by 8 to 10 months, babbling \"dada\" by 8 to 11 months. There are good books on basic baby development, like the series by Penelope Leach or What to Expect the First Year.Dr. Christine Wood is a practicing pediatrician in Southern California. She attended the University of Detroit for her undergraduate degree in chemistry and received her medical degree from the University of Michigan. She completed her pediatric resid\nFrom around the web\nShowing 1 - 3 out of 3 Comments\nAdd Comment or question.\nYou are commenting as Guest.\nPlease register or login if you would like to be notified by email of replies to your comment."}
{"text":"Viguera Ruiz, Rebeca\nDr. Viguera Ruiz is the Director of History in The Institute of Local Studies of La Roja. She obtained her Ph.D. in Contemporary History at the University of La Roja.2012 0-7734-2612-4\nThis book is an important contribution to the history of Spanish liberalism, as well as a study of the exile communities of 19th century Europe, detailing the political encounters and exchanges that were generated. Many exiles left their countries in the aftermath of failed uprisings, when attempts to establish forms of constitutional and representative government for national independence resulted in reactionary backlash and foreign invasion. Their preferred destination was the United Kingdom, often settling in London. London was a cosmopolitan metropolis, famous for its toleration and openness to new ideas.\nIn recent years, we have achieved a better grasp of the internal dynamic and political vision of these political refugees. This publication contributes a detailed dimension to this story, by reconstructing the experience of one distinguished Spanish liberal of this period, Ramón Alesón.\nAlesón was an Anglophile, and keen student of the British system of representative government. At the time of his arrival in 1823, Britain was an oasis of ‘liberalism’. The United Kingdom had a representative government and the Parliamentary tradition has survived unscathed through the revolutionary and counter-revolutionary upheavals which had devastated parts of Europe, including Spain."}
{"text":"Waltham Holy Cross\nWaltham Holy Cross, town (1981 pop. 19,432), Essex, SE England. The abbey there, the Norman nave of which is used as a parish church, was built in 1030 to contain a cross found in Somerset; it was believed to have miraculous powers. The abbey was enlarged in 1060 under King Harold.\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.\nSee more Encyclopedia articles on: British and Irish Political Geography"}
{"text":"Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment\nThe rise of atheism and unbelief is a key feature in the development of the modern world, yet it is a topic which has been little explored by historians. This book presents a series of studies of irreligious ideas in various parts of Europe during the two centuries following the Reformation. Atheism was everywhere illegal in this period. The word itself first entered the vernacular languages soon after the Reformation, but it was not until the eighteenth century that the first systematic defences of unbelief began to appear in print. Its history in the intervening years is significant but problematic and hitherto obscure. The leading scholars who have contributed to this volume offer a range of approaches and draw on a wide variety of sources to produce a scholarly, original, and fascinating book. Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment will be essential reading for all concerned with the religious, intellectual, and social history of early modern Europe.\nWhat people are saying - Write a review\nWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places."}
{"text":"As many schools are in their final weeks of preparation for the school year, we wanted to make sure you were aware of a valuable resource for all of the schools utilizing Apple devices. Apple maintains a great educational learning series designed to help teachers, IT, and administrators with setup and integration of Apple devices in the classroom. For example, the following is a video aimed at IT staff for preparing Apple devices for deployment:\nFor teachers, “Promote Active Learning through Creativity”:\nFor Administrators and Teachers, “Create and Share Presentations and Demos”:\nApple Education Learning Series\nThis series is presented by the Apple Education Leadership and Learning teams. Each video is designed to help educators use Apple products and their built-in features to enable remote learning for all students.\nAs a follow-up to the series, educators can also participate in virtual conferences led by Apple Professional Learning Specialists. Visit the virtual conferences schedule to find events in your time zone. Each virtual conference will run for approximately 45 minutes and will provide an opportunity for educators to engage in dialogue with our teams about the content provided in each video. *(The main virtual conference site is available in English only. For French, visit *Conférences virtuelles interactives.)\nAccess the whole video library at: https://video.ibm.com/apple-edu-learning-series"}
{"text":"Is there a better, more efficient alternative to electronic processes? Usually, electronics work by moving electrons through circuits and logic gates to perform calculations, but in doing so must overcome resistance, which wastes energy and generates heat. So instead of forcing electrons to push each other along, researchers are looking into ways to make them do the wave: meet \"magnonics.\"\nElectrons have a property called spin, and this spin can be oriented either up or down. Atoms can generate magnetic fields if the spins of their electrons align. When energy is applied to that magnetic field, the direction of the field is reversed and the strength of the field weakens. The energy that dampened the magnetic field is passed along and this wave of energy can be thought of as a particle called a magnon. Magnons can be used to carry information.\nHowever, while the silicon circuits that conduct electrons are relatively easy to make, the magnets that transport magnons are not. Most researchers use a material called yttrium iron garnet, or YIG, but it is notoriously difficult to make, and to combine with other materials. Researchers have tested a few materials, and the most promising seems to be a material called vanadium tetracyanoethylene. This material was the first carbon based magnet that was stable at room temperature, but once exposed to oxygen, it would burst into flames.\nWhile it's difficult to work with magnons, and even harder to develop new transistors for them, researchers have found it possible to convert a magnon into an electrical signal. This means researchers could simply combine magnonics and electronics which would bring them one step closer to smaller, faster, and more efficient computers."}
{"text":"Rating is available when the video has been rented.\nThis feature is not available right now. Please try again later.\nPublished on Apr 9, 2012\nUsing light-harvesting nanoparticles to convert laser energy into \"plasmonic nanobubbles,\" researchers at Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed methods for delivering chemotherapy drugs directly into cancer cells. In tests on drug-resistant cancer, the researchers found the methods were up to 30 times more deadly to cancer cells than traditional chemotherapy and required less than one-tenth the clinical dose. See: http://lapotko.rice.edu"}
{"text":"28 July 2012\nThe devastating and negative human nature of King Lear\nIn many of Shakespeare's plays, human nature and emotion, specifically of the negative type, are the major contributing factors to the lead character's downfall. In many cases, those qualities cause the downfall of many other character's as well, whether due to their own behavior, or the behavior of other characters. In the play King Lear, negative human behaviors, such as vanity, dishonesty, and a severe lack of loyalty all lead to the demise or downfall of nearly every character in the play.\nIn King Lear, the recurring themes of betrayal and vanity are central parts ...view middle of the document...\nCordelia finds that she is unable to show her love with mere words: \" What shall Cordelia speak? Love, and be silent.\" (Shakespeare, I.i.63-64) Cordelia clearly loves her father, and yet realizes that her honesty will not please him, which only further shows Lear's great arrogance and vanity. Lear instantly cast his youngest daughter away, referring to her as: \"Unfriended, new adopted to our hate, dow'red with our curse, and strangered with out oath.\" (I.i.205-206) Lear was too quick to judge Cordelia, and as a result his formerly most enjoyed daughter became his enemy. The only other character who follows Lear is the Earl of Kent. Lear also allows his ego to come between his previously trusted advisor, which ironically concerned the same incident. Kent, realizing Lear's fatal mistake protests the foolish decision: \"When majesty falls to folly...whose low sounds Reverb no hollowness.\" (I.i.151-156) Lear's ego takes over, answering Kent's advice with banishment. It is King Lear's vanity, narrow-mindedness, and blindness to the truth, which eventually leads to his..."}
{"text":"Truck is written and illustrated by the celebrated creator of Freight Train, Bigmama's, School Bus, and many other classic and award-winning picture books for young children. Truck was named a Caldecott Honor Book by the American Library Association and was also named an ALA Notable Book for Children. It is an ideal book to share with preschoolers, both at home and in the classroom--especially those who love books about transportation!\nIn this wordless picture book, a large, bright red trailer truck packed with tricycles moves through pages of fog, truck stops, and crowded highways. \"Beautifully executed and appealing.\"--School Library Journal\nSupports the Common Core State Standards"}
{"text":"Asperger's Syndrome in Adults\nIn my therapy practice while my experience is with the general public, for many years, as part of that practice, I've been seeing adults and couples where the main complaint involves the characteristics of Asperger's Syndrome even when the formal diagnosis is not present.\nTherapy can help you understand yourself as \"different\", rather than \"rejecting, indifferent or unempathic.\" This distinction helps to raise self esteem, and changes expectations in individuals, in couples and in family members.\nWHAT DOES ASPERGER'S MEAN?\nSome characteristics in the Asperger range are degrees of: \"having social difficulties\", \"being a loner\", \"not good at describing/feeling certain emotions, such as love\", \"tendencies to being pre-occupied with tasks and particular areas of learning\", \"having been told in one way or another that you lack the ability to be empathic,\" \"lack the abiity to think in the 'grey' areas\" and for some it is not uncommon to \"feel frustrated that you are not understood\" and often are \"not understanding what other people mean\". Angery outbursts which are really expressions of frustration can be prevalent and cause difficulty relating to others. People who can identify themselfves in any of these areas might also recognize one or more of the following characteristics: too insistant, too logical, literal, argumentative and obsessive. This is only a broad overview of characteristics. We are all different and need to address obstacles on an individual basis rather than in categories.\nThough recently subsumed into the category of \"Autistic Continuum,\" the term Asperger's Syndrome* has become very popular, sometimes causing us to overuse it. I take a step back from the \"diagnosis\" to address what is standing in the way of getting more out of life and relationships.\n*See my blog for a brief article on Asperger's and couples."}
{"text":"To describe the rate and distribution of injuries during basic training in male and female cadets and to assess the contribution of pretraining conditioning and height to the male-female differential in injuries.\nThe US Military Academy, West Point, NY.\nA total of 558 cadets from the class of 1995 at the US Military Academy.\nMain Outcome Measures:\nThe rate of injuries resulting in 1 or more days excused from physical activities per 100 cadets and the rate of injuries resulting in hospitalization of 1 night or longer per 100 cadets.\nWomen had 2.5 times the rate of injuries as men and 3.9 times the rate of injuries resulting in hospitalization. Women had significantly more stress fractures and stress reactions than men. The median number of days excused from physical activities for women's injuries was significantly higher than that from men's injuries. Pretraining conditioning, measured by performance on a 2-mile (3.2-km) run, accounted for approximately half the difference in rates of injuries between men and women; differences in height among men and women did not account for differences in injury rates.\nThe women had a higher risk for injury during military training than men. Increased pretraining conditioning may substantially decrease the risk for injury.Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1997;151:456-461"}
{"text":"[*] 378. The Dative is used of the person from whose point of view an opinion is stated or a situation or a direction is defined. This is often called the Dative of the Person Judging,1 but is merely a weakened variety of the Dative of Reference. It is used—\n- Of the mental point of view (in my\nopinion, according to me. etc.):—\n- “Platō mihiūnus īnstar est centum mīlium ” (Brut. 191) , in my opinion (to me) Plato alone is worth a hundred thousand.\n- “erit ille mihi semper deus ” (Ecl. 1.7) , he will always be a god to me (in my regard).\n- “quae est ista servitūs tam clārō hominī” (Par. 41) , what is that slavery according to the view of this distinguished man?\n- Of the local point of view (as you go in\netc.). In this use the person is commonly denoted indefinitely\nby a participle in the dative plural:—\n- oppidum prīmum Thessaliae venientibus ab Ēpīrō; (B. C. 3.80), the first town of Thessaly as you come from Epirus (to those coming, etc.).\n- “laevā parte sinum intrantī” (Liv. 26.26) , on the left as you sail up the gulf (to one entering).\n- “est urbeēgressīstumulus ” (Aen. 2.713) , there is, as you come out of the city, a mound (to those having come out)."}
{"text":"A new study has highlighted the problem of brine discharged from desalination plants.\nMore than half the brine comes from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar, with Saudi Arabia alone accounting for 22%. 3 countries - the Maldives, Malta and the Bahamas - meet all their water needs with desalination.\nNot surprising when you see the islands from the air:\nThe number of desalination plants is growing rapidly as countries seek solutions to increasing demand, constrained supply, and ageing infrastructure.\nIn addition to the environmental issues, desalination is of course a relatively expensive source of supply so, whether it is deployed or not, it is always economically sensible to reduce network losses. Using i2O smart network solutions of course. Like the Bahamas does."}
{"text":"Chamber pot, England, 1501-1700\nChamber pots were used in the home or hospitals in an age when most toilets were outside – or non-existent. Around this time, chamber pots were often emptied out of windows straight into the street. Such simply designed earthenware chamber pots with single colour glazes were common in the 1600s, possibly because a lack of decoration meant they were inexpensive to produce.\nRelated Themes and Topics\nThere are 586 related objects. View all related objects\nThe science of health and how to maintain it. A condition or practice which promotes good health. The definition varies widely and differs across cultures.\nGlossary: chamber pot\nBowl-shaped container with a handle, used as a urinal at night. Chamber pots remained in common use until the 1900s when inside water closets replaced them. They are still used in countries where indoor plumbing is rare."}
{"text":"After a lifetime of wear and tear, ill-fitting shoes and overall neglect, it's no wonder your feet are hurting.\nThe Institute for Preventive Foot Health estimates that by age 50, the average person has walked 75,000 miles. And very few of those miles were strolls in soft, grassy meadows. For the most part, your feet have been pounding the pavement and hard floors, and these unnatural surfaces have taken their toll by breaking down the protective fat pads on the toes, heel and ball of the foot.\nOn the institute's website, ipfh.org, there are several resources to get your feet back on track. Using the foot pain self-assessment tool, you can narrow the possible causes of your problems. And the foot-care essentials page teaches you how to avoid future problems by practicing preventive maintenance today."}
{"text":"In the past, good public health communication meant informing community members about issues and publicizing information about programs (e.g., one-way communication). Now, the model for good public health communication is two-way communication or multi-directional.\nThe chart below contrasts old ways of thinking about communication with new ways of thinking about engagement.\n|Communication (Old Way)||Engagement (New Way)|\n|Communicate To...||Deliberate With...|\n|Public Hearing||Community Conversation|\n|Talk to / Tell||Talk with / Share|\n|Seeking to Establish / Protect Turf||Seeking / Finding Common Ground|\n|Influencing the Like-Minded||Understanding Those Not Like-Minded|\n|Building a Decision-Making Hierarchy||Establishing a Stakeholder Network|\n|Goals / Strategic Plan||Values / Vision|\n|Public Relations||Public / Community Engagement|"}
{"text":"Why being a perfectionist could be bad for your health\nWorrying about performance and feeling stressed when anything is less than perfect could indicate a perfectionist-type personality. While in the past this trait was considered something to celebrate, more and more research is pointing to its damaging effects on mental health. The most recent research links this pattern of behaviour with depression, anxiety, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders and even chronic fatigue syndrome.\nResearch by Brook University in Ontario also looked into the relationship between physical health and perfectionism in 492 men and women aged 24-32. The results found that perfectionists were more likely to complain of poor sleep, upset stomachs, fatigue, shortness of breath and more likely to take sick days.\nBeing a perfectionist is considered a stable personality trait and thus can be difficult to change. Interestingly however, it appears that there is more than one type of perfectionism. The type considered to be the un-healthiest is socially prescribed perfectionism, a behaviour pattern driven by the fear that others will ridicule you if you are not perfect. This particular type of perfectionism is often accompanied by demands of perfection from friends, colleagues and family, leading to feelings of depression.\nIf your journey to perfection is internally motivated and you are able to bounce back from setbacks, a certain level of perfectionism is perfectly healthy. The problems start when you become self-criticising and feel that your best will never be good enough.\nIf you find it difficult to cope with the pressures you put on yourself, or find that you are becoming obsessive – speaking to someone you trust could help you steer away from further issues. You can find out how a counsellor may be able to help by visiting our stress page.\nFind a therapist dealing with depression\nAll therapists are verified professionals."}
{"text":"Colonel Sartoris invented an involved tale to the effect that Miss Emily's father had loaned money to the town, which the town, as a matter of business, preferred this way of repaying. (1.3)\nThis seems like a compassionate moment. The old ways have their charm. The newer generation might revoke this deal because it represents the kind of privileging that lead to Emily's eventual decline. Maybe not remitting her taxes would have pushed her towards being an ordinary member in the community.\nWe remembered all the young men her father had driven away, and we knew that with nothing left, she would have to cling to that which had robbed her, as people will. (2.14)\nThis contributes to the reader's compassion for Emily, and perhaps represents a genuine moment of compassion on the part of the town. How would Emily feel about all this compassion?\nAt last they could pity Miss Emily. Being left alone, and a pauper, she had become humanized. (2.13)\nThis is a bare and brutal humanization. Emily was still an object to the townspeople, a symbol onto which they could pour their frustrations. Is this a moment of true compassion?\nSo the next day we all said, \"She will kill herself\"; and we said it would be the best thing. (4.1)\nWhere's the compassion, town? This moment is really jarring. When it's clear that the town is complicit in her demise, our compassion, and indignation, is sparked."}
{"text":"Russia and the USA have signed an agreement that gives the USA access to two \"closed\" cities. The cities, formerly known as Tomsk-7 and Krasnoyarsk-26, are the site of Russia's last three operating plutonium production reactors.\nUnder a series of US-Russian arms control treaties, the USA halted its own weapons production of plutonium in the late 1980s. The Russians shut down 10 plutonium-producing plants, but continued operating the Tomsk and Krasnoyarsk units because they were essential for heat and power supplies to the cities. Reprocessing of the spent uranium fuel continues due to the prohibitive cost of spent fuel storage. A 1997 agreement called for the closure of the three reactors by 2000, but replacement capacity is now not expected to come online until 2008-2011.\nUnder the terms of the new agreement, the USA will spend around $500 million on two new fossil-fuelled plants. In May, the US Department of Energy announced that Washington Group International and Raytheon Technical Services would be the main contractors for the project."}
{"text":"Population ecology of the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica\nDegree GrantorUniversity of Canterbury\nDegree NameDoctor of Philosophy\nSince the establishment of Scott Base in 1956, seals have been killed annually to feed dog teams at Scott Base (Stonehouse and Thomson, 1967). No attempt was made to determine the effect of killing on the stock. In 1961, the Canterbury University Antarctic Biology Unit under Dr Bernard Stonehouse began assessing population parameters of the Weddell seal in eastern McMurdo Sound. To this end the unit became responsible the annual kills and weighed, measured, and collected skeletal and anatomical material. For example, over 260 skulls were collected for the development of ageing techniques. A series of papers and theses have been completed by the Canterbury Unit. A general study of the parasites of the Weddell seal with special consideration of the bile duct cestode Glandiocephalus perfoliatus was done by Featherston (1965). M.S.R. Smith studied the Weddell seal in McMurdo Sound from 1961 to 1965. He described in detail; the physiology of the male and female reproductive cycles (Smith, 1966a); made population counts and recorded daily and seasonal movements (Smith, 1965); studied the louse Antarotophthirius ogmorhini on the Weddell seal (Murray, et. al., 1965); and accumulated data on injuries to the Weddell seal (Smith, 1966b)."}
{"text":"Definitions for radiation sickness\nThis page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word radiation sickness\nradiation sickness, radiation syndrome, radiation(noun)\nsyndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours\n\"he was suffering from radiation\"\nAny illness produced by ionizing radiation with symptoms ranging from nausea through to death.\nRadiation Sickness is a VHS by the thrash metal band Nuclear Assault. The video is a recording of a concert at the Hammersmith Odeon, London in 1988. It was released in 1991. Re-released on DVD in 2007.\nDictionary of Military and Associated Terms\nAn illness resulting from excessive exposure to ionizing radiation. The earliest symptoms are nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, which may be followed by loss of hair, hemorrhage, inflammation of the mouth and throat, and general loss of energy.\nTranslations for radiation sickness\nFrom our Multilingual Translation Dictionary\nGet even more translations for radiation sickness »\nFind a translation for the radiation sickness definition in other languages:\nSelect another language:\nDiscuss these radiation sickness definitions with the community:\nWord of the Day\nWould you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?\nUse the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:\n\"radiation sickness.\" Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2015. Web. 2 Apr. 2015. <http://www.definitions.net/definition/radiation sickness>."}
{"text":"Razorbill: Large seabird with black head, neck, upperparts, white line from bill to eye, and white underparts. Large, wedge-shaped bill is black with a central, thin white band. Black legs and feet. Feeds on fish, marine worms, squid and crustaceans. Swift low direct flight.\nRange and Habitat\nRazorbill: Breeds in coastal sites from Spitsbergen, through Scandinavia to Iceland, Britain, and northwest France. Spends winters as far south as Spain and Morocco; also found in Greenland and the east coast of North America south to Maine. Frequents coastal and oceanic waters; breeds on coastal cliffs and rock stacks in the summer.\nRazorbills, guillemots and puffins do not compete directly for food because guillemots catch large fish, which they carry singly; puffins catch small fish and razorbills catch medium-sized fish.\nTheir chicks cannot fly when they leave the colony, so the breeding site must give immediate access to the sea.\nA group of razorbills are collectively known as an \"edge\" and a \"strop\" of razorbills.\nRazorbills are exclusively an Atlantic species, with no counterpart in the Pacific.\nThe Razorbill has a large range, estimated globally at 1,000,000 to 10,000,000 square kilometers. Native to Europe and North America, this bird prefers neritic, oceanic, coastal, or tidal ecosystems. The global population of this bird is estimated at 1,500,000 individuals and does not show signs of decline that would necessitate inclusion on the IUCN Red List. For this reason, the current evaluation status of the Razorbill is Least Concern."}
{"text":"polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)Article Free Pass\npolyvinyl alcohol (PVA), a colourless, water-soluble synthetic resin employed principally in the treating of textiles and paper.\nPVA is unique among polymers (chemical compounds made up of large, multiple-unit molecules) in that it is not built up in polymerization reactions from single-unit precursor molecules known as monomers. Instead, PVA is made by dissolving another polymer, polyvinyl acetate (PVAc), in an alcohol such as methanol and treating it with an alkaline catalyst such as sodium hydroxide. The resulting hydrolysis, or “alcoholysis,” reaction removes the acetate groups from the PVAc molecules without disrupting their long-chain structure. The chemical structure of the resulting vinyl alcohol repeating units is:.\nWhen the reaction is allowed to proceed to completion, the product is highly soluble in water and insoluble in practically all organic solvents. Incomplete removal of the acetate groups yields resins less soluble in water and more soluble in certain organic liquids.\nPVA is used in sizing agents that give greater strength to textile yarns and make paper more resistant to oils and greases. It is also employed as a component of adhesives and emulsifiers, as a water-soluble protective film, and as a starting material for the preparation of other resins. By reaction with butyraldehyde (CH3CH2CH2CHO) and formaldehyde (CH2O), PVA can be made into the resins polyvinyl butyral (PVB) and polyvinyl formal (PVF). PVB, a tough, clear, adhesive, and water-resistant plastic film, is widely used in laminated safety glass, primarily for automobiles. PVF is used in wire insulation.\nWhat made you want to look up \"polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)\"? Please share what surprised you most..."}
{"text":"Listed below are the ALT codes for letter V with accents (or letter V ALT codes). These accents on the letter V are also called accent marks, diacritics, or diacritical marks.\nThere is a specific ALT code for each accented V capital letter (uppercase, majuscule) and each accented V small letter (lowercase, minuscule), as shown in the table below.\nAlso included in the table are the corresponding HTML entity numeric character references and, when available, the corresponding HTML entity named character reference.\nIf you are new to ALT codes and need detailed instructions on how to use them, please read How to Use ALT Codes to Enter Special Characters.\nFor the the complete list of the first 256 ASCII-based Windows ALT Codes, visit Windows ALT Codes for Special Characters & Symbols.\nFor the ALT codes of other letters with accents, grouped according to letters and languages, see ALT Codes for Latin Letters with Accents or Diacritical Marks used in Foreign Languages."}
{"text":"Heating and Hot Water\nHeating accounts for 59 % of energy consumption in buildings. Natural gas is the main source of these buildings energy. Heating and hot water together account for 74 % of home energy consumption. Therefore, most energy saving potential is associated with increased use of thermal insulation to avoid heat loss. Buildings in this district, and also most part of Turkey, were built before authorities began (as represented with building 2 to enforce regulations on thermal insulation in 2000; therefore, insulating buildings is the major contributing measure in realizing their savings potential. Our simulation shows that the building 1 in our district, (even though constructed after 2000 has very poor insulation condition) has 40 % saving potential if thermal insulation is installed.\nConsumption by electricity is 26 %. Electricity is used for lighting, household equipment, building services, and air conditioners.\nLighting accounts for 12 percent for homes. Most lighting fixtures used in these buildings are incandescent, which are 80 percent less efficient than CFLs.\nHousehold Durables (including coolers and air conditioners)\nThe most efficient refrigerators now consume about 75 percent less energy, and washing machines and dishwashers are now about 40 percent more energy efficient than the 1990 models. Efficiency improvements are attributed to labeling and efficiency regulations, a program that included national government subsidies to manufacturers and consumers of energy efficient appliances.\nExpected energy savings based on BEST tables calculation\nArea of retrofitting:\nTotal energy consumption befoe the renovation:\nTotal estimated energy consumption after renovation:\nTotal estimated energy saving:\nTotal avoided CO2 emissions (taking into account reduction on consumtion):\n991.8 tons of CO2/yr"}
{"text":"Blog Tags: Zone Offense\nThe researchers have evidence of the whales staying together over several months in the Gulf of Mexico. And their behavior varied with each deep dive, indicating that they alternate roles to spread out the physiological demand of the 1,000-meter dives.\nOne researcher said that the some whales appeared to guard the bottom of a squid bait ball, while others took advantage of the center of the ball.\nOther research has suggested dolphins may exhibit herding behavior, but this is the first evidence in sperm whales; some scientists remain skeptical.\nJust remember, whales: there is no \"I\" in \"team.\"\n- Photos: Oceana’s Dusky the Shark Visits Washington, D.C. to Raise Awareness for Dusky Sharks Posted Mon, November 17, 2014\n- Ocean Roundup: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Catch Quotas Raised, Kemp’s Ridley Turtles Stranding in High Numbers, and More Posted Wed, November 19, 2014\n- Ocean Roundup: Seals Can Pick up Pings from Acoustic Tags on Fish, Climate Change Making Crabs “Sluggish,” and More Posted Fri, November 21, 2014\n- Oceana’s New Report Highlights Uses, Benefits of Global Fishing Watch Technology Posted Mon, November 17, 2014\n- Video: Humpback Whales Cause Quite the Surprise As They Hunt for Herring Posted Wed, November 19, 2014"}
{"text":"The effort over the past two decades to increase the adoption of renewable energy sources is paying off. The wind industry now employs more than 100,000 Americans. And that number is growing - fast. In fact, wind energy is expected to supply 20% of our electricity by 2030, which could increase the number of jobs in the wind industry to 380,000.\nRenewable Energy Employment Exceeds That of Fossil Fuel-Based Industries\nIncreased investment in the wind and solar industries has meant more jobs. The Department of Energy’s 2017 U.S. Energy and Employment Report shows that solar electricity generation now employs more people than the electricity generation of coal,\nIn recent years, solar and wind jobs have grown by 20% annually, creating jobs at a rate 12 times faster than the rest of the U.S. economy. Meanwhile, jobs in fossil fuel extraction and services have declined by 4.25% annually since 2012. With renewable energy now accounting for more than 64% of new electricity generation capacity installed each year, we can expect the fast-paced growth of jobs in the renewable industry to continue.\nJob Growth Close to Home\nMany of these wind and solar occupations are local, involving the sales,\nAs more wind and solar facilities are built, more jobs are added. The fastest growing occupation over the next ten years is a Wind Turbine Service Technician, with an expected growth rate of 108 percent. Other related forms of employment include the manufacturing of parts and systems, project development and operations, especially for utility-sized renewable power plants.\nA Bright Future\nIn total, jobs in renewable energy and energy efficiency are believed to have surpassed 4 million. This signifies a broad interest in and general support for the clean energy movement.\nAn easy way to support the clean energy movement is to choose clean energy sources for your home or business’ electricity supply. Switch to clean energy in minutes with CleanChoice Energy."}
{"text":"*pg 59 \"How do you like to learn\" survey for your class to be able to tailor your teaching to your students needs. Having an understanding of the classroom dynamics. Understanding your students and they way they learn on a more personal level.\nFourth Grade Goals Sheet (4th Grade Common Core Goals)\nYour students have awoken on an deserted island. How are they going to survive? Food, shelter, water, who knows? This project based learning activity asks students to problem solve and world-build, unlike anything they've done before. It brings together\nDIY your photo charms, compatible with Pandora bracelets. Make your gifts special. Make your life special! \"Trick\" your students into learning test-taking skills by having them create the next unit test!\nYou should SEE EVIDENCE of your students' learning EVERYDAY. Exit Slips are an excellent way to ensure that your students are reflecting on their learning as well as a way to keep tabs on their progress. I would get them to pick 2 to answer.\nInquiry Projects in the Classroom: How to Start One\nThis practical guide to differentiated instruction will help you to take a more proactive approach in catering for individual student learning styles and needs. (page curriculum and instruction as the vehicle)\nClassroom routines and procedures are essential for a successful classroom. They help your classroom run efficiently so you can maximize student learning. Check out these 10 procedures that you may have overlooked! // Adventures of a Schoolmarm\nI always need assessment ideas! There are so many opportunities to assess learning. When do you assess learning? How do you assess learning. Here are a few of my favorites. Here are more places to find out about assessments."}
{"text":"Print version ISSN 0213-9111\nPEREZ-CASTELLANOS, María S.. Food safety warnings in public health. Gac Sanit [online]. 2004, vol.18, suppl.1, pp. 234-238. ISSN 0213-9111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0213-91112004000700037.\nOne of the mechanisms for food alerts management is the rapid interchange of information so that the response takes place the sooner and the impact of the risk can be diminished. The structure of information transmitted, the priority and categorization of the risk, the differentiated treatment of the information, the decision on who must be informed, the confidentiality of information transmitted, and evaluations of it, the reduction of the abuse or the use of precautionary principle are questions that can serve as guidelines for an analysis of the different systems and provide a comparison perspective that can help to improve the exchange of information on risks in the present day «global market» of foods. The main goal of this article is to provide a proposal for improvement in the food alerts management system in our country through an analysis and comparison of the essential elements of different systems in our context.\nKeywords : Alert; Exchange of information; Food risk."}
{"text":"Sept 15, 1799. A Sunday School was established by Samuel Slater, the first one in the United States. It was started for the benefit of children employed in Slater’s cotton factory in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, teaching them to read from the Bible. The first class was composed of seven boys. It began as a secular enterprise, but soon was placed under the care of the First Baptist Church, and began religious instruction. ABHS has minutes from many Sunday School (or Sabbath School) societies from all over the country."}
{"text":"Categories: Execution, Religion\nEither burnt or poisoned in prison for his Protestant beliefs. Son of Elizabeth.\nSee other memorials in this area\nThis section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:\nThe event on 27 June 1556 was a big draw: \"These 11 men and 2 women were brou...\nThis section lists other interesting subjects.\nBurnt at the stake in Smithfield for her Protestant beliefs. Daughter of Eliz...\nSon of the 5th Earl Bedford. MP for Tavistock. Convicted of being part of th...\nBorn Fife. Until the age of 11 he was only the 'spare' but then his 18-year o...\nBurnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.\nExecuted for regicide. In the civil war he fought on the side of Parliament ...\nRegister to receive email updates whenever we publish new memorials.\nBrowse all 4,635 locations of memorials in and around London\n12,210 brave WW1 seamen remembered on the monument at Tower Hill.\n23,831 brave WW2 seamen remembered on the monument at Tower Hill."}
{"text":"Stressful early-life experiences can have profound effects on lifelong physical and mental health and well-being. Emotional abuse during childhood increases the risk of developing substance abuse and obesity and may predispose a person to depression and anxiety more than physical maltreatment alone. But little is known about the neurobiology of these affects, particularly in adolescents. This study explored how exposure to physical or emotional stress impacts gene expression and synaptic plasticity in the nucleus acumens (NAc) of both adolescent and adult mice.\nThe NAc plays a central role in the brain’s reward system. It receives dopaminergic input from the ventral tegmental area (VTA), and together these brain areas form part of the mesolimbic dopamine system, responsible for mediating the effects of both natural and drug-related rewards. In this study, investigators found that exposure to emotional stress or physical stress disrupts social interaction and induces unique, age-dependent adaptations in gene transcription, protein phosphorylation, and synaptic plasticity in the NAc. Specifically, stress differentially influenced the expression of genes involved in mood regulation and stress resilience, including ERK2, FosB and CREB in the NAc of adolescent and adult mice. In addition, exposure to physical stress led to increased spine density in the NAc of both adolescent and adult mice, while emotional stress only induced increased spine density in adolescent mice. These findings suggest that the adolescent NAc undergoes substantial restructuring, even after more subtle stressors, and highlight the increased vulnerability of the brain’s reward system during adolescence.\nGet this Publication\nContact Press Office"}
{"text":"The Australian Labor Party is Australia’s oldest political party, dating back to before Federation.\nThe ALP was first formed in Queensland in 1891 and, during the ten years that followed, separate Labor parties emerged in other colonies. All were sponsored by the trade union movement, which participated actively in the foundation of the infant political movement.\nThe ALP became a federal party when the former Australian colonies federated in 1901. As a federal party, it is 20 years older than the Country Party (now known as the National Party) and 45 years older than the Liberal Party.\nThe Victorian Branch of the ALP was formed at Federation, and was built on a history of labour movement involvement in the Victorian Parliament.\nTo join the ALP online, please visit: www.viclabor.com.au/membership/join/"}
{"text":"3 US BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT LESSON PLAN\nI. Executive Branch - enforces the laws. It is headed by the President of the United States. The Executive Branch makes sure that people in the U.S. obey the laws and policies of our country.\nA. President - is elected by the people of the United State and serves a 4 year term. The president can only serve 8 years total.\n1. Vice President - helps the president and is the second in command.\n2. Cabinet - 15 people who advise the President about different government departments.\nII. Legislative Branch - makes the laws.\n1. Senate - every state has 2 senators, who are elected by the people of that state. There are 100 senators who each serve 6 years, then can be re-elected. There are no term limits.\n2. House of Representatives - representation is based on the number of people living in each state. More populated states have more representatives. They are also elected by the people in each state. There are around 435 representatives currently. They serve 2 years,\nand then can be re-elected. There are no term limits.\nIII. Judicial Branch - translates the laws. It is made up of the court systems. Courts help settle many kinds of problems and arguments by helping us understand the laws and how to apply the law, and whether or not they are \"constitutional\", or agree with the constitution.\nA. Supreme Court - the highest court in the U.S.\n1. Federal Court\na. Court of Appeals\nSocial Studies, American History, and Geography Lesson Plans and Worksheets\nteaching material, lesson plans,\nlessons, and worksheets please go back to the InstructorWeb home page."}
{"text":"Traffic Tickets Save Lives\nCar-driving whiners often complain that traffic tickets only function as a cash cow to line city coffers and have no real safety function. A new study in the June 28, 2003 issue of the prestigious British medical journal, \"The Lancet,\" proves this claim to be simply not true. It shows that, in fact, traffic tickets save lives. The study, which analyzed 8,975 licensed drivers who had been involved in fatal crashes in Ontario in the previous 11 years, found that getting a traffic ticket lowered by 35% the driver's chance of a fatal crash in the month following the ticket. The study also found that a conviction for a serious traffic violation and points on the offender's license reduced the driver's fatal crash risk by 50% in the month following the ticket. The researchers concluded that, \"more frequent enforcement … could immediately prevent a large amount of death, disability and health-care demands.\" In other words, this study proves that speed cameras (see facing page)--which would allow the New York City police department to increase greatly its traffic ticket output and speeding enforcement--would also save lives and make streets safer in the process."}
{"text":"Yield responsiveness and response curvature as essential criteria for the evaluation and calibration of soil phosphate tests for wheat\nIn a study using data from 57 wheat field experiments on the central-western slopes of New South Wales, eight soil phosphate tests (Bray,, Bray,, alkaline fluoride, Mehlich, Truog, lactate, Olsen and Colwell) were evaluated and calibrated in terms of responsiveness (â) and response curvature (C) parameters derived from the Mitscherlich equation. The results showed that, regardless of how well correlated a soil test is with yield responsiveness, it cannot give a satisfactory estimate of fertilizer requirement unless yield response curvature is also taken into account. The tendency of soil test values, especially of the Colwell test, to be negatively related to response curvature, and hence inversely related to fertilizer effectiveness, compounded the problem of directly relating soil test values to fertilizer requirement. The best test (lactate) accounted for only 28% of the variance in fertilizer requirement, compared with 50% of the variance in responsiveness, and the worst test (Colwell) was completely unrelated to fertilizer requirements. When fertilizer requirement was estimated from the lactate test value and the actual response curvature for each experiment, 68% of the variance (from the actual fertilizer requirement) was accounted for. Thirteen experiments were subject to drier conditions than the others, and these were less responsive and had lower fertilizer requirements relative to soil test values. In relation to yield responsiveness, the Colwell test was most sensitive (P < 0.001) to dry conditions, while the two best tests (lactate and Bray,) were the least sensitive (P > 0.05). The results demonstrated the superiority of acidic anionic extractants over alkaline bicarbonate extractants on moderately acid to alkaline wheat-growing soils."}
{"text":"This Flash-based viewer allows you to view real-time NASA satellite images of the Sun and the Earth. Near real-time images from a variety of NASA satellites and ground-based observatories are presented. Enjoy zooming and panning the images! A scale tool with the size of the Earth is also presented with the solar images.\nVoyage with the Exploratorium staff in a canoe and climb atop a 14,000-ft volcao in Hawaii to gaze at the stars\nPlay the Great Escape, Magneto Bowling, Magneto Mini Golf, and Solar Vision produced by the Space Science Institute with NASA funding\nThis new experiential Web site lets you explore Chaco Canyon and the Yucatan to learn about NASA research on the Sun and solar practices within a larger historical and cultural context.\nCan you match all the tiles? Try your hand at Concentration!\nThe fastest coronal mass ejection was recorded on August 4, 1972 and traveled from the sun to earth in 14.6 hours - a speed of nearly 10 million kilometers per hour!"}
{"text":"ERIC Number: ED385058\nRecord Type: RIE\nPublication Date: 1995-Mar\nReference Count: N/A\nA Compilation of States' Guidelines for Accommodations in Assessments for Students with Disabilities. Synthesis Report 18.\nThurlow, Martha L.; And Others\nIn response to findings of excessive exclusion of students with disabilities from national and state educational assessments, this document was developed to provide a listing of states' guidelines for assessment accommodations for such students. Guidelines in current use were provided by 38 states. Of the remaining states, seven did not have state assessments and five did not have written guidelines on accommodations. An overview summarizes trends and commonalities in the following seven categories: (1) individualized education program function; (2) requirements for documentation of the use of accommodations; (3) use of the same accommodations for assessment as for instruction; (4) acceptability of specific accommodations; (5) allowing accommodations for students without disabilities; (6) out-of-level testing; and (7) reporting of results. The report notes that the use of accommodations in statewide assessments is quite prevalent but not very consistent and that nearly every state has revised its accommodations guidelines within the past 2 years. (DB)\nDescriptors: Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Individualized Education Programs, National Surveys, State Standards, Student Evaluation, Student Participation, Testing Accommodations\nNCEO, 350 Elliott Hall, 75 East River Rd., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 ($15).\nPublication Type: Reports - Evaluative\nEducation Level: N/A\nSponsor: Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC.\nAuthoring Institution: Saint Cloud State Univ., MN.; National Center on Educational Outcomes, Minneapolis, MN.; National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Alexandria, VA.; Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Coll. of Education."}
{"text":"Remember the blue book? Starting as early as junior high school, teachers handed out that pale blue 8” x 8” booklet when each student had 50 minutes to handwrite as fast as possible everything they knew about a particular subject. Urban legend suggested teachers issued grade based upon the number of pages filled rather than the content inherent in the illegible scribble.\nBefore healthcare information technology (HIT) and electronic medical records (EMR), clinicians wrote their notes similarly. Limited by the strength and stamina of their dominant hand, and their knowledge of the patient’s condition, clinical documentation represented a singular clinician’s assessment of the patient.\nThe introduction of EMRs over the past decade completely changed the way we write clinical notes. No longer limited by our hand driven writing speed, our notes reflect typing speed, and more importantly the functionality of the EMR used for documenting care.\nAlthough a more detailed note provides better clarity of the medical condition of a patient, patients do not have just one clinical note in their medical record. Every clinician – physician, specialist, nurse, therapist, resident – write notes. Inevitably, note writers record similar patient findings and lab values, copy text from documentation already contained in the medical record, and detail assessments and plans already recorded."}
{"text":"the world’s population. Demographic change will create incentives for a new network of alliances and foreign policy priorities for many of the world’s most infl uential governments. The population of the region that served as the locus for most 20th-century history—Europe and . UNESCO – EOLSS SAMPLE CHAPTERS. WORLD SYSTEM HISTORY – World Population History - Carl Haub ©Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) Provence, in , killing 40, out of 90, in Marseilles alone. The life expectancy of European nobility, which was estimated to be about 34 years in the 16th Century, rose to 47 in the 19th. History. Early estimates for the population of the world date to the 17th century: William Petty in estimated world population at million (modern estimates ranging close to twice this number); by the late 18th century, estimates ranged close to one billion (consistent with modern estimates).\nWorld Population 1950-2100, time: 1:37Tags: Minecraft orespawn mod 1.7.10, Elder scrolls online clip art, Bypass iphone 4 passcode,Empire total war mod manager deutsch, Coupon templates s for word"}
{"text":"verb (used without object), be·haved, be·hav·ing.\nverb (used with object), be·haved, be·hav·ing.\nOrigin of behave\nSynonyms for behave\nRelated Words for be-havenotice, do, move, run, complete, engage, transport, work, serve, keep, produce, take, act, promote, conduct, achieve, function, execute, finish, behave\nExamples from the Web for be-have\nHistorical Examples of be-have\nAgain it may be the first part of a verb like \"be-come\" or \"be-have.\"Ancient Man\nHendrik Willem van Loon\nAgain, it may be the first part of a verb like be-come or be-have.The Story of Mankind\nHendrik Van Loon\nAgain, it may be the first part of a verb like \"be-come\" or \"be-have.\"The Story of Mankind\nHendrik van Loon\nAtter de war was over Niggers got so rowdy dem Ku Kluxers come 'long to make 'em be-have deirselfs.'\nWhat dey done den was 'most beat de life out of de Niggers to make 'em be-have.\nWord Origin for behave\nearly 15c., from be- intensive prefix + have in sense of \"to have or bear (oneself) in a particular way, comport\" (cf. German sich behaben, French se porter). Cognate Old English compound behabban meant \"to contain,\" and alternatively the modern sense of behave might have evolved from behabban via a notion of \"self-restraint.\" Related: Behaved; behaving."}
{"text":"Throughout the school year the Clinton Community School District assesses student progress on the mastery and completion of the curriculum. The link below contains a complete listing of the types of assessments utilized in the district, dates for standardized assessments, dates for end of trimesters, dates for parent-teacher conferences, and a listing of websites. These websites explain to viewers information and interpretations of the standardized tests used in the district.\nThe CCSD believes that technology is best assessed as it is used within the context of learning in the content area. Listed in the file below is the district’s definition of Technology Literacy and the standards from which it is derived."}
{"text":"There are two versions of the days of the week that you will find used in Māori –\n|Days of the Week||Ngā Rā o te Wiki||Kupu Arotau (Loan word)|\nEither version is acceptable to use. Traditional text and native speakers tended to use the kupu arotau or loan words. Modern Māori learning environments tend to favour Ngā Rā o te Wiki."}
{"text":"Most of the country is preparing for the return of the polar vortex a few weeks removed from the last one which covered most of the country in sub-freezing temperatures.\nThere has been a great deal of talk regarding the polar vortex, but few seem to have a solid grasp on what causes it or what it is other than artic cold.\nBy definition the polar vortex is a \"large-scale cyclonic circulation in the middle and upper troposphere centered generally in the Polar Regions.\"\nThe polar vortex, as its name indicates, is comprised of circular winds located at both poles. Normally during the winter months the winds maintain a tightly circulating air mass. However, when those winds weaken and begin to move south away from the polar region they are picked up by the jet stream, which takes it farther south than normal.\nThere are no know causes for the polar vortex but some scientists have stated that warming temperatures in the artic may play a role in disrupting the arctic air mass.\nForecasters have issued a warning about the polar vortex which is expected to last until the end of January.\n\"The high amplitude pattern is forecast to get more extreme. The polar vortex will move farther south and get stronger. The pattern will gradually change the current mixture of Pacific and Arctic air in the Canada Prairies and the North Central U.S. to all Arctic air. The air will get significantly colder over the Canada Prairies and the much of the eastern half of the nation as a result,\" according to a warning issued by Accuweather.com.\nThe blast of cold air comes at the same time that a weather system in moving east and will bring up to a foot of snow across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions on Tuesday."}
{"text":"Red squirrels can be found throughout Canada, Alaska and on both coasts of North America. They prefer to live in shady northern forests and spend most of their time high up in the trees.Continue Reading\nRed squirrels are named for the distinctive reddish-brown color of their backs. Their white underbellies are separated from the red on their backs by a lateral black stripe. Their tails are outlined by broad, black bands and have a white edging. An adult red squirrel can reach up to 15 inches long, with the tail almost half of this length.\nRed squirrels create nests in trees, either among the branches or in a tree hole. The nests are about 12 inches in diameter and are located 60 feet or more above the ground. Made of twigs, bark, leaves, grass, feathers, fur and other material, the nests are created with plenty of escape routes. Abandoned woodpecker nests are the squirrels' favorite home. Red squirrels use the nests for shelter, rest and brood chambers. They do not hibernate.\nRed squirrels eat the seeds of coniferous and deciduous trees. They also eat fruits, fungi, bark, tree sap and bird eggs. If available, they will eat young birds, mice, rabbits, gray squirrels and snakes. They actively gather food and store it in stashes called middens.Learn more about Rodents"}
{"text":"|Part of the reason that the Cassedys founded\nNational Park Seminary was to give themselves a chance to put into practice a\nparticular educational philosophy that they had come to from their experiences at the\nLasell and Norfolk schools. They wanted a secluded suburban environment where\ntheir students could be surrounded by natural and man-made beauty without\ndistractions. They felt it important to develop young ladies for a role in\nsociety in which they would be support players only. They said that a woman's\nrole in society was \"to throw herself heartily into the pursuits of others rather\nthan to have pursuits of her own.\" Therefore, NPS was intended to be a\nsubstitute for college in which social development was at least as important as\nintellectual training. In fact, the latter was so deemphasized that \"examinations have no\nrole in the school's programs.\" The sorority system and the school's crowded\nschedule of balls, parties, pageants, and festivals were all evidence of the\nphilosophy that stressed \"character development\" at least as much as\nthinking and learning. Another aspect of the school, its wealth of artwork and statues, is related -- it was thought that\nsimply surrounding a young woman with as much culture as possible was a vital\npart of her social training.\nThe type of social training that NPS offered and the role that it groom its students to play in society made it attractive to the powerful and corporate elite of the day. The students were drawn from some of the wealthiest of families, with last names like Boyardee, Chrysler, Heinz, Swift, Wrigley, Kraft, and Hershey.\nDr. Ament saw no reason to radically change the direction of NPS. However, by the time of the Great Depression, the time for this role for NPS had passed. Roy Tasco Davis changed the orientation of the school to provide training in employable skills, and he changed the name of the school to National Park College to reflect a new emphasis on academic training.\nThis page was last maintained on 05/21/98."}
{"text":"“Teaching Respect for All” – the UNESCO-USA-Brazil joint initiative\nLaunched on 18 January 2012, the UNESCO-USA-Brazil project Teaching Respect for All aims to design a curricular framework to fight racism and promote tolerance, which countries can adapt to their respective contexts and needs. The project will also elaborate educational materials for addressing racism and tolerance in education. These tools will build on lessons learned and current good practices in the field. The materials will be disseminated worldwide by UNESCO through education ministries as well as the Organization’s extensive networks, including the UNESCO Associated Schools.\nUNESCO is concerned by the rise of racism, xenophobia and intolerance, and considers that education is essential to strengthening the foundations of tolerance, reducing discrimination and violence, and learning to live together. Education is vital to achieve these aims and cultivate respect for all people regardless of colour, gender, or national, ethnic or religious identity. It is especially important to reach out to children and young people during their formative years, notably through educational materials and curricula.\nDownload by section:\n- Part 1 - Set of 'Key principles' for policy makers (PDF)\n- Part 2 - Set of 'Key principles' for headteachers and NGO managers (PDF)\n- Part 3 - Support materials for teaching & learning guide for educators (PDF)\n- Part 4 - Support materials for engaging with children and youth (PDF)"}
{"text":"Direct Bullying Versus Indirect Bullying\nBullying can also be labeled as direct or indirect. Direct bullying is when the bully confronts the victim face to face. Examples of direct bullying would include relatively open attacks on the victim. A child who is punched, kicked, slapped, called nasty names in the lunch line, refused a seat on the bus, or threatened in the bathroom is the victim of direct bullying.\nIn the case of indirect bullying, the bully systematically undermines the victim's reputation by spreading rumors and malicious gossip with the intent of ruining the victim's social standing. This type of bullying can be difficult to stop because the identity of the person responsible for the bullying may never be discovered. Girls are more apt to utilize these more subtle indirect strategies, whereas boys are more likely to engage in direct bullying.\nNever blame your child for being bullied. Don't tell her she's too sensitive or too emotional or that she's overreacting. To say those things is to place the blame for the bullying on her. No one deserves to be bullied, no matter how sensitive or emotional she may be.\nThere is some evidence that suggests that as kids move their way through the school system, there is a gradual shift from direct to indirect bullying. Boys are still more likely than girls to engage in physical bullying, but overall, the level and frequency of indirect bullying generally increases as the level of direct bullying decreases. And because indirect bullying (i.e., social isolation and hurtful gossip) is harder to detect, schools may seriously underestimate the extent of this ongoing problem.\nIt's important for adults to remember that regardless of whether the bullying is direct or indirect, if it meets the three criteria of bullying (imbalance of power, intent to cause harm, threat of future harm), it's bullying — plain and simple."}
{"text":"JEWS CAME WEST\nAt best, it was a wide-open wonderland.\nAt worst, better than where they came from.\nSlightly more than fifty years ago, the ethnic history movement awakened interest in the unrecorded histories of the nation's minorities, including the Jews in the American West. Once begun, the search inspired the organization of Western Jewish historical societies, museums, and archives. Some astonishing pioneer memoirs and novels were put back in print, and present-day historians and biographers have published dozens of new works. Drawing on these new and varied resources, authors and screenwriters have written a few novels and films, and more are in progress. With some 400 years to draw on, starting with the crypto Jews who settled in Spanish Texas and New Mexico, Western Jewish history abounds with male and female personalities and trailblazing deeds and misdeeds. It also offers fresh insights into how Jews retained their identity while pioneering under hostile and hospitable conditions. Who we were, who we are, and who we are becoming is gradually emerging from these vital and richly variegated roots.\n- Harriet Rochlin. RochlinRootsWest@gmail.com"}
{"text":"X-ray contrast fluid 'Lipiodol', France, 1981\nLipiodol is an oily liquid. It can be introduced into body cavities. It is radio-opaque because it contains iodine. This means it shows up on X-rays. Soft body tissues are normally barely visible because X-rays define denser structures such as bone. Lipiodol was introduced in 1922. It has been widely used to demonstrate the nervous system, uterus, urinary tract and other organs on X-rays. Similar water-based preparations recently replaced Lipiodol in many types of X-ray work. This is because the images are easier to interpret. These two glass ampoules of the chemical were made by French manufacturer Guerbet.\nRelated Themes and Topics\nThere are 455 related objects. View all related objects\nTechniques and Technologies:\nGlossary: x-ray contrast medium\nA wave of electromagnetic radiation that has high energy and short wavelength. It is able to pass through many materials, except those of high density such as metals or bones. Discovered in 1895 by William Roentgen."}
{"text":"Send the link below via email or IMCopy\nPresent to your audienceStart remote presentation\n- Invited audience members will follow you as you navigate and present\n- People invited to a presentation do not need a Prezi account\n- This link expires 10 minutes after you close the presentation\n- A maximum of 30 users can follow your presentation\n- Learn more about this feature in our knowledge base article\nTranscript of ACTION VERBS\nAn action verb that describes an action that is happening now is called a present tense verb.\nWHAT IS A VERB ?\nA verb is one of the most important parts of the sentence.\nIt tells the subjects actions, events or state being.\nSANDEEP , SUNIL\nTHROUGH THE SKY\nFlies is a present tense verb because it is happening right now .\nMany present tense verbs end with\nbut some end\nVerbs which tell about actions which happened some time ago are past tense verbs.\nis a past tense verb because the action has already happened.\nMany past tense\nverbs end with\nsome end with\nVerbs which tell about actions which are going to happen are future tense verbs .\nSIX A.M .\nis a future tense verb because the action has not yet happened .\nFuture tense verbs use special words to talk about things that will happen:\nA helping verb works with a main verb to help you understand what action is taking place .\nA sentence may contain up to three helping\nverbs to the main verb.\nTHE ACTION VERBS ARE\nWHAT IS A ACTION VERB ?\nAn action verb is a verb that expresses either physical or mental activity.\nMY DOG IS\nAn example would be :\nThe dog must have been chasing the cat\n. The helping verbs are:\nmust, have, and been\n; the main verb is\nA FEW EXAMPLES OF ACTION VERBS."}
{"text":"Discover the Benefits of Wild Bluberries\nLearn more about what wild blueberries can do for you.\nHealth Information on the Wild Blueberry (Excerpt taken from nswildblueberries.com)\nWild blueberries are a nutritious treat that is a good source of Vitamin C and dietary fiber. There is no fat, sodium or cholesterol and only 80 calories per cup of berries. As well, recent studies have shown that the pigments that give the wild blueberries their unique color provide many health benefits. – LEARN MORE\nWild Blueberries are a potent ally in the battle to stay healthy and age well. Packed with phytochemicals such as anthocyanin, Wild Blueberries are being studied for their powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that may help protect against diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and Alzheimer’s. – LEARN MORE\nThanks to market demand, there’s been a dramatic increase in blueberry growing area and production during the past decade—for both wild and cultivated varieties. This demand is fuelled by a rising awareness of the health benefits associated with dietary antioxidants, which occur naturally in a number of berries. Blueberries are extremely rich in these antioxidants, which makes them especially appealing to health-conscious consumers. They are also low in calories, high in fibre and nutrients, and may contribute to heart health since they appear to act as an anti-inflammatory and may reduce blood cholesterol levels. – LEARN MORE"}
{"text":"Foreword by Robert K. Liu • Introduction: Why a Book on Beads? • The Beginnings • Antiquity: From Neolithic Times to the Roman Empire • Europe: The Late Roman Empire to the Renaissance • Prayer Beads • The World of Islam • The Age of European Expansion • Africa • The Far East: China, Korea and Japan • India • Central Asia • Southeast Asia and the South Pacific • Middle and South America • North America • The Special Beads: Amber and Pearls • The Magical Eye Bead • Contemporary: Europe and North America • Bead Shape Table • A Timeline of Bead History • Timeline: Key • Timeline: Glossary\nAbout the Author\nLois Sherr Dubin graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in landscape architecture and a strong background in ecology. Her international practice in this field enabled her to travel widely and to obtain beads from many countries. The History of Beads was her first book, the result of more than 30 years of research, collecting and lecturing on beads.\nKiyoshi Togashi is an award winning New York based photographer, who specializes in graphic and elegant photographs for top food, botanicals & still life clients."}
{"text":"Two-Tone Stamping for Christmas\nOne of the prettiest stamping techniques involves using a background and a foreground stamp to create layers of colors and patterns. In the Good Old Days of wood-mounted rubber stamps, this was super tricky because you couldn't see exactly where you were stamping. Since the creation of clear stamps and blocks, though, this technique is easier.\nThis stamp set from Close To My Heart, Make It A Simple Christmas, is a great example of stamps designed to layer. Each one has a foreground and a background stamp.\nFor this bookmark, random stamp pine tree branches around the edges. Make sure to stamp some over the edge to look more finished.\nAlways stamp a lighter color for your background stamp so the darker color will show on top of it. The background stamps will be solid shapes and the foreground stamps will have the detail.\nIn coordinating colors, stamp lights and bulbs hanging from the branches. With the clear blocks you'll be able to see exactly where your darker foreground stamp will go.\nWhen you're done decorating your tree, add some texture with 3D leaves and holly. Repeat the stamping process on another piece of paper, cut them out and attach to the bookmark with a glue dot. Then stamp your greeting. Finish the bookmark by matting it with one or two coordinating colors and a ribbon at the top."}
{"text":"The first case of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus has been confirmed in a Kentuckian from Anderson County who recently traveled to Haiti.\nThe Kentucky Department of Public Health said results for nine possible cases in other people who recently traveled to the same region are pending, but expected to return positive.\nThe CHIKV illness has been found in mosquitos in the Caribbean, Africa and Asia. It does not spread from human-to-human.\nState epidemiologist Dr. Kraig Humbaugh said the disease isn't a concern for most Kentuckians because the risk is only for people who travel to foreign countries where the disease is present.\nSymptoms of the disease usually appear 3-7 days after a mosquito bites a person. Symptoms of CHIKV include high fever, chills and joint pain. Some people develop a rash on their bodies for three or four days. According to the DPH, muscle and joint pain lasts about a week. The joint pain is often severe and can last several months.\nWhile the disease has not appeared in Kentucky mosquitoes, both species that can become infected are found in the state, so it's possible the illness will become more common in the state.\nThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more information available on disease prevention for travelers."}
{"text":"For the Greeks, courage wasn’t simply an emotional experience—it also had a cognitive component. “It wasn’t just something you did without thinking,” Kouzes and Posner write. “Courage required making a choice in the face of adversity.” In other words, it is state of mind. “While there is certainly a physiological component when we encounter adversity,” the authors continue, “we can make choices about how we handle it.” Kouzes and Posner asked a number of people to describe times in their lives when they “believed they demonstrated courage, whatever they understood that word to mean.” The stories that were elicited underscored the degree to which people’s lives “were never the same after they had chosen to act. The moment of courage was liberating; it was transformative. Courage was the X Factor in change.\n“Courage is the virtue that’s needed if we’re going to enact anything that is significantly important to us,” the authors continue. “Leadership is courage in action.”"}
{"text":"How to deflect an asteroid\nA close examination of Russian meteorite allows scientists better to understand the importance of the collision compaction processes that affects asteroids as they near Earth. Jessica Snir reports.\nInternational research headed by Spain’s National Research Council (CSIS) aims to answer the weighty question of how best to deflect an asteroid whose orbit is plummeting dangerously towards Earth.\nThe study published in the The Astrophysical Journal focuses on the examination of the 18-metre diameter asteroid, Chelyabinsk, named after the Russian town over which it exploded back in 2013.\nDespite its meagre size, the shock wave that formed as it hurtled through Earth’s atmosphere at hypersonic speed was far from inconsequential. The impact of its explosion culminated in the production of thousands of meteorites striking Russian soil.\nThe fragmentation of this asteroid exhibited the sheer force of the Earth’s atmosphere and its ability to embody an effective shield against an even more calamitous collision.\nThe CSIS team of researchers examined the chemical and mineralogical composition of the Chelyabinsk meteorites in order to gain an understanding of the collision compaction process experienced by the asteroid as it approached Earth.\nThe results of this study determined that it is in fact the physical properties of the asteroid, namely its hardness, elasticity and fracture resistance, which are “fundamental in determining the success of a mission in which a kinetic projectile would be launched to deflect the orbit of a dangerous asteroid”."}
{"text":"Given that computers can be easily compromised, there is a need for a hand cipher that can withstand computer attack. Clearly the traditional hand ciphers fail. One time pads work. They also have ...\nI am studying in CSE and in my recent exam paper, A question was asked as: Construct a playfair cipher for Plaintext: semester5 and key:technology. Generally as we are taught yet, there is no ...\nI have a ciphertext generated by a classical cipher. I do not know what was cipher used to generate it. I do however have the beginning of the plaintext. What are the cryptanalysis approaches for ...\nSo for the play fair case, the number of possible keys is : 26x26 = 676 possible keys But if we consider the repeated letters, how many unique keys will the play fair have? I mean how will ...\nAm I thinking about this correctly? Consider that the keyspace of the Playfair cipher is equivalent to all permutations of the alphabet, e.g. the number of distinct permutations of 25 objects, and ...\nWhat are the main weaknesses, if any, of a Playfair cipher? I know that they depend on none of the letters missing, but that is an easy fix if a letter gets dropped. Besides that, are there any other ...\nI was just studying the Playfair cipher and from what I've understood, it is just a slightly better version of a Caesar cipher, in that it isn't actually mono-alphabetic but rather the 'digrams' are ..."}
{"text":"1. the quality or state of being conscious or aware of something.\n« their mindfulness of the wider cinematic tradition »\n2. a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one’s feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.\n« Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t). » ~James Baraz (from Living Life Fully)\n« Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now. » ~Jon Kabat-Zinn (from Living Life Fully)\n?????? ????? ??????"}
{"text":"The European marmot (Marmota marmota) is a species of marmot found only in Europe. It is also known as the alpine marmot.\nThe European marmot has a stocky body. They weigh about 3 to 4 kilograms. These animals measure about 20 inches (52 cm) excluding their tail. Their tail measures about 8 inches (20 cm). The European marmot generally has short and muscular legs. Their fur is golden-brown in color. This species of marmot has a short tail. The European marmot is the largest squirrel species.\nThe European marmot belongs to the squirrel family of Sciuridae. They belong to the order of Rodentia.\nEuropean marmots are diurnal. They rest at night but are active in the day. European marmots hibernate for approximately 7 months a year. They produce a shrill whistle when they are alarmed. They even growl and screech when they are angry.\nDistribution and Habitat\nThe European marmot is found in the alpine regions of Switzerland, France and Italy. They have been re-introduced to the Carpathian Mountains which is located on the border of Slovakia and Poland. They are also found in parts of Germany. They live in alpine meadows and in rocky slopes with an elevation of about 1,970 feet (600 meters). They build burrows which are very complex, digging with their forepaws, while their hind legs also help in digging. Their forepaws will scrape away the soil and the hind legs will keep the soil aside. Each burrow will have only one family which has a dominant breeding pair. The same burrow may be used by the next generation. While digging the tunnel, the European marmot will sometimes use its teeth to remove some small stones.\n|A European marmot in summer.|\nEuropean marmots are not threatened at the moment. They are abundant in their current range. Their population had declined in the 20th century, but now they have successfully been re-introduced to the respective range.\nSource of pic 1 and pic 2"}
{"text":"'only spoke\" and did not scold him, which, perhaps, he might have felt his duty called upon him to do. \"His father spoke only to him\" means that, of all the persons present, his father chose to speak to him alone, but this sentence may perhaps be more lucidly expressed \"His father spoke to him only.\"\non the level. See under level.\non the street. Compare in the street; on.\nonto: A word meaning \"upon the top of,\" avoided by purists as colloquial or vulgar. Condemned by Phelps as a vulgarism but now gradually growing in popularity. Inasmuch as its form is analogous to into, unto, upon, all of which are sanctioned by best usage, Phelps's condemnation is perhaps a little premature. The word has been objected to by some critics as redundant or needless. \"Considered as a new word (it is in reality a revival of an old form), it conforms to the two main neoteristic canons by which the admissibility of new words is to be decided. (See Hall, Modern English, pp. 171, 173.) It obeys the analogy of in to = into. It may also be held to supply an antecedent blank, as may be shown by examples. It never should be employed where on is sufficient; but simple on after verbs of motion may be wholly ambiguous, so that on to, meaning 'to or toward and on,' may become necessary to clear up the ambiguity. 'The boy fell on the roof' may mean that he fell while on the roof, or that he fell, as from the chimney-top"}
{"text":"Film & Theme\nThe Power of the Individual: The Loving Story\nMildred and Richard Loving began their struggle for justice for the most personal of reasons.\nMildred, who was part black and part Cherokee, and Richard, who was white, grew up in rural Caroline County, Virginia, where blacks and whites worked and socialized in the same community with relatively little racial tension. In 1958, although interracial marriage was illegal in twenty-one states, including Virginia, Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter married in Washington, D.C., and returned home. Soon after, they were arrested, tried, and convicted of violating the law. To avoid a one-year prison sentence, they agreed to move to Washington, D.C., far from family and friends.\nIn this clip, you will learn how Mildred felt about her situation and how she reached out for help. In June 1963, at the suggestion of a cousin, she decided to write to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy explaining her problem. Her request occurred just as the civil rights movement was becoming national news. Kennedy wrote back suggesting she contact the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Within a few months, two young lawyers were assigned to the Lovings’ case, which would make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.\nThe Loving Story. 23:38-34:46\nQuestions for class discussion\n- Why did Mildred write to Robert Kennedy?\n- How does the Lovings’ story differ from the others in this series?\n- What was Mildred’s relationship to the larger civil rights movement?\n- What do you think made these two individuals capable of playing a pivotal role in the pursuit of justice?\nBackground Essays for the Teacher\n- Loving v. Virginia article from Encyclopedia Virginia\n- The Right to Love\n- Civil Rights Movement Major Events and Legacies"}
{"text":"Weekend project: Create a backyard habitat\nHere's how to get started on creating a healthier yard.\nSet aside one weekend this month to start transforming your yard to create a healthier, more inviting place for people and wildlife. This includes removing invasive plants, planting native plants, welcoming wildlife, managing storm water and avoiding pesticides.\nCreating a natural backyard habitat aids wildlife — including bees, butterflies and other pollinators that are in decline. A natural habitat also helps manage storm water to protect our rivers and streams. Removing invasive plants allows native plants to thrive.\nHow to get started\nIf you live in Portland, Gresham, Fairview or Lake Oswego, contact the Backyard Habitat Certification Program, from Columbia Land Trust and the Audubon Society of Portland. After receiving a site assessment ($35) and plant recommendations, you can dig in and start restoring habitat. Once your restoration is complete, you’ll earn a “Certified Backyard Habitat” sign. PGE is a sponsor of this program.\nLearn more about the Backyard Habitat Certification Program.\nIf you live outside the cities listed above, see the National Wildlife Federation website for step-by-step instructions on how to create a certified wildlife habitat."}
{"text":"Complex regional pain syndrome\nOther Names for this Disease\n- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy\nSee Disclaimer regarding information on this site. Some links on this page may take you to organizations outside of the National Institutes of Health.\nOn this page\nThere is no known cure for complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). Treatment mainly aims to control painful symptoms. If treatment is started within a few months of when symptoms begin, improvement or remission may be possible. A combination of therapies is usually necessary. Medications used to treat CRPS may include oral and topical pain relievers; antidepressants or anticonvulsants (which are sometimes used to treat pain); corticosteroids; bone-loss medications; sympathetic nerve-blocking medications; and/or intravenous anesthetics. Other therapies used may include applying heat or cold; physical therapy; electrical nerve stimulation; biofeedback; and/or spinal cord stimulation. Unfortunately, no single drug or therapy (or combination) has shown consistent, long-lasting improvement among affected people.\nLast updated: 11/11/2014\n- Complex regional pain syndrome. Mayo Clinic. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/complex-regional-pain-syndrome/basics/definition/con-20022844. Accessed 11/11/2014.\n- NINDS Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Information Page. NINDS. September 26, 2014; http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/reflex_sympathetic_dystrophy/reflex_sympathetic_dystrophy.htm. Accessed 11/10/2014.\n- ClinicalTrials.gov lists trials that are studying or have studied Complex regional pain syndrome. Click on the link to go to ClinicalTrials.gov to read descriptions of these studies."}
{"text":"Press operators and other workers in printing establishments are exposed to airborne solvent vapors generated when the press is cleaned. Press-cleaning solutions are generally a mixture of chemicals that iclude various solvents, some of which are carcinogens. Adverse health effects from inhalation or skin contact include dermatitis, headaches, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, respiratory failure, central nervous system depression, coughing, difficult breathing, chest pains, unconsciousness, and death. Chronic effects may include kidney and liver damage. Many press operators in small print shops have excessive exposures because such shops frequently have inadequate ventilaton or other controls for the vapors.\nInhalants; Inhalation-studies; Ventilation; Ventilation-equipment; Ventilation-hoods; Ventilation-systems; Exhaust-ventilation; Personal-protective-equipment; Skin-exposure; Skin; Occupational-hazards; Occupational-exposure; Printing-industry; Printing-presses; Organic-solvents; Solvent-vapors; Control-methods; Health-hazards; Protective-clothing; Work-practices; Central-nervous-system; Central-nervous-system-disorders; Liver-disorders; Liver-damage; Kidney-disorders; Kidney-damage; Skin-irritants; Respiratory-system-disorders; Pulmonary-system-disorders"}
{"text":"Show transcribed image text\nShow transcribed image text do by hand to practice for Exam I. For each of the circuits below, find (i) the zero-input response (due only to the initial condition(s))· (ii) the zero-state response (due only to the input when the ICs are zero), and (iii) the complete response. (a) In the circuit below, vin(t) = 10e-2(t)u(t) V, vc(0-) = -15 V, with + to - from left to right across the capacitor. C = 25 mF, R1 = 4 Ohm, and R2 = 16 Ohm.. vout(t) is the desired response. In the circuit below Vin(s) = 24/s(s + 4), vC1(0-) = 15 V, vC2(0-) = 0 V. R1 = 0.5 Ohm, R2 = 1 Oh,. C1 = 1 F, C2 = 0.25 F, and vC1(t) is the desired response."}
{"text":"April 19, 2018\nBy Liz Clift\nLast month, we posted Part 2 of this blog with 10 words from our field that might improve your Scrabble game (or at the very least, help you out when you’re staring at your rack wondering what you do with those letters. And in February, we posted Part 1.\nNow, we offer Part 3. As with Parts 1 and 2, points are based on the Hasbro website’s Scrabble dictionary, which assumes only the face value of tiles.\nAdit (5 points) – an entrance, as to a mine\nArkosic (13 points) – sand that is rich in feldspar\nCtenidia (11 points) – a comb-like anatomical structure, such as a gill\nEelier (6 points) – resembling an eel\nRelated: eely, eeliest\nFeldspar (14 points) – the single most abundant mineral group on earth\nMeristem (12 points) – formative plant tissue containing undifferentiated cells\nNotochord (15 points) – a flexible rod that exists at some point during the life cycle of all vertebrates\nParr (6 points) – a young salmon\nPeat (6 points) – a soil composed of partially decayed vegetative material\nRelated: peaty, peatier, peatiest\nSculpin (11 points) – a type of fish that may appear in both freshwater and marine environments\nFun fact: Eelier is one of my favorite words, and although I don’t get to use it in an ecological context all that often (okay, so once, exactly, while talking with a volunteer at a marine life center about eels and wolffish), it is handy for getting rid of a surplus of “e” tiles and almost guaranteeing that someone will challenge you.\nStudy up on these words—I’m sure we’ll have more coming at you in the future.\nSorry, the comment form is closed at this time."}
{"text":"Objective : To promote assistance to migrant people, living in tents or in very precarious conditions, in significant material and moral difficulty, by providing for free meals, moral and human support.\nLocation of the action : CALAIS, PAS-DE-CALAIS (62), FRANCE. In a few years, the City of CALAIS has become a significant international migration platform. A team of volunteers of the European Observatory for non-discrimination and fundamental rights has distributed free meals in 2 very precarious camps of CALAIS.\nMeans and resources deployed:\nMay 14 and May 15 2015 : Many free provisions of meals, with moral and human support, to some 100 migrants of Chadian, Sudanese, afghan and Eritrean nationality, especially in the “Fort Galloo” Camp – a squat where it is very difficult to get in.\nField for intervention targeted by the European Agency for Fundamental Rights : Asylum, migrations and borders.\nSome 20.5 million non-EU nationals were living in the EU in 2011, which represents about 4 percent of the entire population. To compare with this figure, 250,000 to 300,000 people on average apply for asylum in the EU each year (learn more : http://fra.europa.eu/en/theme/asylum-migration-borders).\nThere is an urgent need to create human and social solidarity with migrants, and encourage a civic and social responsibility to promote and respect their rights in the European Union."}
{"text":"The researchers placed identical strains of salmonella in containers and sent one into space aboard the shuttle, while the second was kept on Earth, under similar temperature conditions to the one in space.\nAfter the shuttle returned, mice were given varying oral doses of the salmonella and then were watched.\nAfter 25 days, 40% of the mice given the Earth-bound salmonella were still alive, compared with just 10% of those dosed with the germs from space. And the researchers found it took about one-third as much of the space germs to kill half the mice, compared with the germs that had been on Earth.\nThe researchers found 167 genes had changed in the salmonella that went to space.\nUpdate: Uh, oh. \"“For the first time ever, animals are now being exposed to an unmitigated space environment, with both vacuum conditions and cosmic radiation.\" Read more about tardigrades being exposed to space here and here."}
{"text":"- Additional information about using the calculator\nThis calculator provides you with a simple approach to estimating greenhouse gas emissions from animals, manure management, and nitrogen fertiliser use on your farm, as well as the carbon sequestered in forests.\nIf you need a more detailed estimate or want to include vegetation and mitigations other than those included here, refer to the He Waka Eke Noa Factsheet.\nNote: No record will be kept of the data you enter. You can print or download your results from the results area of the calculator.\nThis tool has been produced to support the He Waka Eke Noa | Primary Sector Climate Action Partnership by the Ministry for the Environment.\nThe method used for the calculation in this tool is the same as that used in our Measuring Emissions Interactive Workbook 2020, which has been accepted by He Waka Eke Noa.\nThe approach used by this tool is very simple and does not account for factors such as more emissions-efficient production methods. If you want a more accurate estimate, other tools can be used for many types of farms. See the He Waka Eke Noa Factsheet for more detail.\nNote: This tool is designed to help build understanding of your greenhouse gas footprint as part of the awareness-building milestones for He Waka Eke Noa. Work is still underway to determine how to calculate greenhouse gas emissions and sequestration in the future pricing system."}
{"text":"Booze: A Distilled History\nBooze is a history of Canadian drink and drinking from the European conquest to the present. Filled with photographs, ads, and cartoons, this multifaceted story features the liquor traffic, alcohol in Native communities, the law and prohibition, public drunkenness, the workingman's club, bootlegging, alcoholism, and a wide array of watering holes.\n\"To write about booze is to enter into a minefield of controversy,\" writes Heron, acknowledging the complexity of his subject. Booze is a work of engaging scholarship by one of Canada's leading historians.\nWhat people are saying - Write a review\nWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places.\nIn Search of John Barleycorn\nThe Water of Life\nTaking the Pledge\nThe Reign of King Alcohol\nThe Long Arm of the Law\nOne Hell of a Farce\nAboriginal Alberta alcohol consumption alcoholic beverages American became beer parlours behaviour bootleggers booze bottles bourgeois Brewed in Canada breweries British Columbia British North America campaign Canada Dry Canadian Annual Review cent cities colonies Commission on Liquor Company consumed culture customers Demon Rum disease distilleries distillers drank drinkers drunk drunkards drunkenness early economic federal find first five flow Gender groups heavy drinking History industry Labatt’s labour later legislation licensed Liquor Control Board liquor stores Liquor Traffic male man’s Manitoba Molson Montreal moral nineteenth century Northern Spirits Nova Scotia Ontario organizations plebiscite police political Prince Edward Island problem production prohibitionists provinces public drinking Quebec quotation Reform regulation Report retail Royal Commission Rum or Easy rum-runners saloons social society specific Spence spirits taverns teetotallers temperance movement tion Toronto Press trade union University of Toronto urban vote whisky wine women workers working-class"}
{"text":"The North Western Ghats Montane Rain Forests are one of two montane rain forest ecoregions (the other is the South Western Ghats Montane Rain Forests along the Western Ghats Mountain Range, renowned for its large number of species, particularly endemics. For a list of Endemic Birds of the Western Ghats, Click here.\nThe term South India demarcates a geographical region comprising of the Southern Part of the Great Indian peninsula. It comprises the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. In this region our primary focus is on the southern part of The Western Ghats, which runs astride Karnataka and Kerala with a portion of Tamil Nadu in between. This range of hills rise from the West coast to an altitude of up to 2500 m\nFor the full list of Indian Sub-Continental Endemic Birds, please Click here.\nFor 8-Days Western Ghats Endemics Birding Tour, Click here.\nFor 13-Days South India Endemics Birding Tour Click here"}
{"text":"Southwest High School Aquaculture Program Combines Innovative Learning with Philanthropy\nAlthough temperatures may be frigid outside and there is snow on the ground, there are signs of life in the Southwest High School greenhouse, thanks to the thriving aquaculture program that began 12 years ago. Aquaculture is a growing industry that refers to the breeding, rearing and harvesting of plants and animals in all types of water environments. Currently in Southwest’s greenhouse, students are manipulating greenhouse temperatures to grow geraniums, and working on spawning bluegills and perch. Students are also using the water from fish to fertilize the plants in the greenhouse, which in turn cleans the water for the fish. They are also researching ways to improve the greenhouse piping system to better fertilize tomatoes and peppers.\nStudents have also been working with locally owned Holy Grail Vineyard on grape propagation research and development. For the next two years, agriscience students will compare organic rooting hormones from the vineyard with other hormones on the market. This research will be conducted in a variety of classes to help students become engaged in product research and development, and Holy Grail will support the program by helping to develop a small sustainable vineyard in Southwest’s outdoor land lab this spring.\nFor Southwest students, the aquaculture program provides a unique learning environment in a hands-on, inquiry based setting. Students are also taught the importance of giving back to the community, as one of the program’s goals is to grow produce that can be donated to local food pantries."}
{"text":"He lived in the famine years the National bard of Ireland\nAnd that he died as a pauper at a young age not hard to understand\nSince he was a poor person and tough times he had known\nBut as a poet James Clarence Mangan was in a class of his own\nLife for him was tough one might say Earthly Hell\nAnd the sad story of Ireland became Mangan's story as well\nAnd little use to him now enduring fame\nThat post bodily death his it has become a legendary name\nIn eighteen forty nine he died in his forty sixth year his best had not been seen\nThe author of 'The Woman Of Three Cows' and 'Dark Rosaleen'\nAnd 'A Dream Of Connacht' and 'O Hussey's Ode To Maguire'\nGenerations of poetry lovers his poetry inspire\nHe died as a young man without a penny to his name\nBut his poetry lives on to his enduring fame."}
{"text":"There were no reports of abuses of religious freedom.\nGovernment practice demonstrated a preference for the Catholic and Reformed churches. Catholic masses were a normal part of all major ceremonial functions, such as the October 12 National Day and the President’s Birthday on June 5.\nThe application and approval process for registration sometimes took several years, but the delay was reportedly due to bureaucratic inefficiency rather than policy. The government more rapidly approved applications by groups providing beneficial social programs, such as health projects or schools. The government enforced registration requirements inconsistently. The government rarely levied fines, but periodically announced that unregistered religious groups were subject to fines or closure, and should register as soon as possible.\nAlthough the government required that religious groups obtain permission for any activities outside of places of worship, in practice, this did not prevent religious groups from holding retreats and other meetings. Door-to-door evangelism occurred without incident.\nSome non-Catholic clergy, who also worked for the government as civil servants, continued to report that their supervisors strongly encouraged participation in religious activities related to their government positions, including attending Catholic masses."}
{"text":"Based on extensive field research over a period of twenty years, this is the first comprehensive study of the Puyuma people of Taiwan. The Puyuma belong to the Austronesian peoples, which today number less than 370,000. In Taiwan, they are the least known of the aboriginal groups, numbering only 6000, and inhabiting the Southeastern province of Taitung. The study looks at the historical changes in the status and definition of these people in relation to the central state, the criteria by which people determine their own ethnic identity, and the evolution of that identity through history. The increasing awareness in the West of the importance of ethnic relations makes this an especially timely book."}
{"text":"Pathogens are disease causing agents, such as bacteria, viruses, or other microorganisms. Although bacteria are very commonly found in the human body, doing no harm, and even benefiting human health, in some cases bacteria can become pathogenic, being detrimental to the proper functioning of the body.\nPhelix is interested in the effect particular pathogenic bacteria have on those who have a chronic infection.\nWe aim to explore the link between chronic infection and neurodegeneration.\nHere are some of the pathogenic bacteria we study:\n|Borrelia is a genus of bacteria of the spirochete phylum. It causes Borreliosis, a disease transmitted primarily by ticks and lice, depending on the species. It is an obligate parasite which, when in the body, can live inside the cells and cause damage.\nThe bacterium are named after the French biologist Amédée Borrel. There are currently 36 known species of Borrelia.\n|Rickettsia is a genus of bacteria. They are also obligate intracellular parasites.\nRickettsia are transmitted by ticks, fleas and lice and are associated with human disease such as typhus.\nMycoplasma is a genus of intracellular bacteria which lack a cell wall around their cell membrane which makes them difficult to treat with antibiotics.\nSome species have been linked with pneumonia and inflammatory conditions.\nChlamydia is a genus of obligate intracellular bacteria. The bacteria are known to cause ocular, genital and respiratory infections.\nMore about the link between chronic infections and neurodegenerative conditions."}
{"text":"Pollution of the environment with plastic debris is a significant and rapidly expanding threat to biodiversity due to its abundance, durability, and persistence. Current knowledge of the negative effects of debris on wildlife is largely based on consequences that are readily observed, such as entanglement or starvation. Many interactions with debris, however, result in less visible and poorly documented sublethal effects, and as a consequence, the true impact of plastic is underestimated. We investigated the sublethal effects of ingested plastic in Flesh-footed Shearwaters (Ardenna carneipes) using blood chemistry parameters as a measure of bird health. The presence of plastic had a significant negative effect on bird morphometrics and blood calcium levels and a positive relationship with the concentration of uric acid, cholesterol, and amylase. That we found blood chemistry parameters being related to plastic pollution is one of the few examples to date of the sublethal effects of marine debris and highlights that superficially healthy individuals may still experience the negative consequences of ingesting plastic debris. Moving beyond crude measures, such as reduced body mass, to physiological parameters will provide much needed insight into the nuanced and less visible effects of plastic."}
{"text":"Usually you can only show numbers in a pivot table values area, even if you add a text field there. In the screen shot below, the Max of Region ID is in the Values area. Instead of the numbers 1, 2 or 3, we’d like to see the name of the region – East, Central or West.\nShow Text With Custom Number Formats\nTo show text, you can combine conditional formatting with custom number formats. This works well, in Excel 2007 and later, if you don’t have too many text options. In this example, there are 3 regions — East, Central and West.\nIn the screen shot below, the formula bar shows a 2, which is the ID number for the Central region. The selected cell – D6 – shows the text “Central” instead, because of the custom number formatting that has been applied.\nVideo: Show Text in Values Area\nWatch this video to see how to see how to set up the formatting so text shows in the values area.\nOr watch on YouTube: http://youtu.be/wslp2BqHuz8\nDownload the Sample File\nTo download the sample file, please visit my Contextures website. On the Sample Files page, go to the Pivot Tables section, and look for PT0036 – Show Text in Pivot Table Values Area. The zipped file is in xlsx format, and does not contain macros."}
{"text":"Thomas Cole: The Artist as Architect\nPrice AUD$39.95 Price CAD$39.00 Price €24.95 Price £19.95 Price T30.00 Price USD$30.00\nFirst study of the role of architecture in the work of Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of American painting.\nAt the height of his career as the leader of the Hudson River School of American landscape painting, Thomas Cole listed himself in the New York City Directory as an architect.\nWhy would this renowned painter, who had never before designed a building, advertise himself as such? The importance of Cole’s paintings and the significance of his essays, poems, and philosophy are well established, yet an analysis of his architectural endeavors and their impact on his painting has not been undertaken - until now.\nIn celebration of the recreation of the artist’s self-designed Italianate studio at Cedar Grove in Catskill, New York, now the Thomas Cole National Historic Site, this book focuses on Cole’s architectural interests through architectural elements found in his paintings and drawings as well as in his realized and visionary projects, expanding our understanding of the breadth of his talents and interests.\nAn essay by noted art historian Annette Blaugrund and a contribution by Franklin Kelly, illustrated with Cole’s famous works, sketches, and architectural renderings, reveal an unexplored, yet fascinating, aspect of the career of this beloved artist—and thus, a crucial moment in the development of the Hudson River School and American art.\nPublished to coincide with the exhibition “Thomas Cole: The Artist as Architect” at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site and travelling to the Columbus Art Museum, the book adds a new dimension to scholarship on the artist.Specifications:\n- Format: Hardback\n- Size: 262 × 216 mm ( × in)\n- Pages: 120 pp\n- Illustrations: 65 illustrations\n- ISBN: 9781580934626"}
{"text":"Every February, many families and public places across Japan erect elaborate displays of the Emperor’s court in honor of Hina Matsuri, or Girls’ Day – celebrated on March 3rd. These displays, which originated in the Heian Period (794-1185 AD) in Japan’s history, are often multi-tiered and intricate representations of the entire court, from the traditional 5 musicians, to the\ntiny little representations of the royal table complete with festival treats such as Hina Arare (sweet little rice crackers) or chirashizushi (mixed fish over rice).\nThough the displays can be enjoyed across the country for most of the month of February, it is imperative that they all be taken down by March 4th, or the superstition says that the girls of the house will marry late, or won’t marry well, or something of that nature. Taking all of the intricate little pieces down and putting them away in the proper boxes for storage for a year is quite a feat. Every little hat has to be wrapped; each doll perfectly preserved, and every bit of teensy tableware stored. It’s quite an undertaking. Just when you think you have everything wrapped, then all the small boxes have to be put neatly in bigger boxes for storage – don’t forget that space is at a major premium in Japan, so everything has to be as compact as possible.\nHere are a few photos of the disassembling of the Hina Matsuri display yesterday at the Nishimachi International School."}
{"text":"E.Cuniculi (Encephalitozoon Cuniculi) is a parasite that lives in the rabbit's body cells. It is estimated that over 50% of domestic rabbits carry this parasite but only a small percentage of these go on to develop problems...\nIt is only within the last 10 years that significant research into this disease has been carried out and it remains a hotly debated topic. It is a relatively rare but seriously debilitating disease which all rabbit owners should be aware of.\nE.Cuniculi (Encephalitozoon Cuniculi) is a parasite – a small protozoan - that lives in the rabbit's body cells. The parasite is absorbed into the intestines and causes lesions on the kidneys, brain and other areas. It is estimated that over 50% of domestic rabbits carry this parasite but only a small percentage of these go on to develop problems. It can be passed down from a mother to her babies or through contact with other infected rabbits, humans and birds, or merely through contact with spores.\nProblems occur when the parasite attacks the rabbit's nervous system. Some studies suggest that stress or other illness may trigger this but it can often appear to come out of the blue.\n- convulsions or fits\n- head tilt\n- loss of balance\n- partial paralysis\n- coma or even death\nPrevention / Treatment\nMany vets are now recommending a worming treatment called Panacur. Dependent on opinion, a one-off course of 28 days is usually sufficient although some recommend that this be administered four times a year to prevent reinfection.\nPanacur can also be used as treatment to rid the rabbit of the parasite after symptoms appear, however, it is not a treatment for the results of E. Cuniculi i.e. if your rabbit has already suffered these symptoms it will not \"cure\" the rabbit.\nDepending on severity of symptoms, some rabbits can be nursed back to health but may be left with a permanent disability such as a head tilt."}
{"text":"Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary\n- IPA(key): /n(j)uː ˈɔɹliːnz/, /ˈn(j)uː ɔɹˈliːnz/\n- (locally) IPA(key): /nuː ˈɔɹlənz/, /ˈnɔɹlənz/\n- (dated) IPA(key): /ˌnuː ˈɔɹ.lɛ.ənz/, /ˌnuː ˈɔɹ.li.ənz/\n- The largest city in the State of Louisiana in the United States of America, an industrial and distribution center and major seaport located along the Mississippi near the Gulf of Mexico, known for its rich cultural heritage, especially its music and cuisine.\n- ^ This tetrasyllabic pronunciation is found in e.g. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Cyclopedia of Names."}
{"text":"From the Express Tribune:\nPartaking in the Pakistan Movement was of a great historical significance for Muslim women of the subcontinent who had never participated in such a great number in any political movement. It was a befitting culmination of the reformist trends of the late nineteenth century for emancipation of Muslim women finally becoming a tangible reality.\nMuch before than that, the Khilafat Movement of the 1920s had been the first instance when Muslim women had made their presence felt in the political arena. With Maulana Shaukat Ali and Muhammad Ali Johar in jail, their mother Bi Amman, had taken up the cudgels against British imperialism with assistance from her daughter-in-law. She addressed large meetings from behind the curtains and traveled to various parts of India to garner support.\nPakistan Movement, when born, followed a similar trend. Women came to symbolize the struggle for a separate homeland and made immense contributions to the effort through their enthusiasm for social uplift and by demonstrating qualities of leadership, sincerity, intellect, courage and resolve."}
{"text":"Papers, I think as long as college students, they are written. But do you know the source of the paper? Academic writing is very important, it is a personal measure academic level and an important symbol of scientific research ability. In the academic paper writing, topic selection and selection is the first important problem. Scientific research practice has proved that only chose a meaningful topic, is likely to receive better results, write a valuable academic papers. So academic papers and material selection of topics, research work is carried out before the significant step, preparation is necessary. Here introduce you to the origin of the paper.\nQuestions about paper origin can be said to be debated, there is much to be said on both shiva said shiva. One of the most interesting is said: imitation said. Imitation is one of the most ancient theory of paper origin . It holds that the fundamental difference between people and animals are good and imitate,. Democritus thought, the thesis originated from the imitation of nature: \"what have we learnt from the spider weaving and sewing, from the swallow has learned to build a house, from the swan and orioles singing bird learns to sing.\" This reflects the ancient people not only make the origin of primitive art, and the occurrence of all the human wisdom and strength, are seen as a natural inspiration and imitation of nature. Aristotle, on the basis of further pointed out that imitation is human nature.\nImitate said not only advocate art is the imitation of nature, but also emphasize art is the social life, including people's true feelings. Is art an imitation of natural and social reality theory, has been the belief in the basic principles of traditional realism. The paper as a kind of literature and art, also it is easy to know the paper origin ."}
{"text":"Epictetus (Greek: Ἐπίκτητος) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present day Pamukkale, Turkey), and lived in Rome until his exile to Nicopolis in northwestern Greece, where he lived most of his life and died. His teachings were noted down and published by his pupil Arrian in his Discourses. Philosophy, he taught, is a way of life and not just a theoretical discipline. To Epictetus, all external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control, but we can accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. Individuals, however, are responsible for their own actions, which they can examine and control through rigorous self-discipline. Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power. As part of the universal city that is the universe, human beings have a duty to care for all fellow humans. The person who followed these precepts would achieve happiness.\nThere is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.\nIt is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.\nWe are disturbed not by events, but by the views which we take of them.\nFirst say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."}
{"text":"International competitions in archery are regulated under the rules of the International Archery Federation (FITA).\nThe 1440 round:\n36 arrows at each distance of 90, 70, 50, 30 meters for men and 70, 60, 50, 30 meters for women. This makes a maximum score of 1440 points. A target face of 122 cm is used for the two longer distances and a face of 80 cm is used for the two shorter distances.\nThe 900 round:\n30 arrows at the distances 60, 50, 40 meters for both men and women. The 122 cm face is used for all distances.\nIndoor archery is shot at the distances 18 and 25 meters.\nField Archery is shot in the countryside with the targets placed on a path. The distances are a mixture of known and unknown. You shoot at different angels, both uphill and downhill\n3D Archery is shot at 3 dimensional animal imitational targets.\nArchery is an ideal sport for people with disabilities. They compete in different categories depending if they sit in a wheelchair or not. Archery is a sport in the Paralympics.\nSki Archery is a combination of Archery and Nordic cross-country skiing.\nRun Archery is a new type of archery competition. It combines cross-country running with archery. Ski-archers often compete in this discipline during the summer.\nVery simple rules in this discipline: Shoot as long distance as you can.\nClout you shoot a long distance and the target zone is on the ground.\nArchery is also an Olympic sport and a special round is designed for the Olympics:\nThe Olympic round in archery\nThe Archers first shoot 72 arrows at 70 meters, and the 64 best archers are placed in a match-play ladder. Number one meets number 64 and so on. In the match-play the archers just shoot 12 arrows each match."}
{"text":"How to convert 30600 foot to meters?\n|30600 ft *||0.3048 m||= 9326.88 m|\nA common question is How many foot in 30600 meter? And the answer is 100393.700787 ft in 30600 m. Likewise the question how many meter in 30600 foot has the answer of 9326.88 m in 30600 ft.\nHow much are 30600 feet in meters?\n30600 feet equal 9326.88 meters (30600ft = 9326.88m). Converting 30600 ft to m is easy. Simply use our calculator above, or apply the formula to change the length 30600 ft to m.\n30600 ft in Meter, 30600 Foot in m, 30600 Feet in Meter, 30600 ft to m, 30600 ft in m, 30600 Foot to Meters, 30600 Foot to Meter, 30600 Foot in Meter, 30600 Feet in Meters,"}
{"text":"World Civilization 1\nPrimary Source Paper\nMonks: St. Benedict's Holy Rule\nIn the 4th and 5th century religious men and women looked for escape from the new Christian-Imperial, which they viewed as the corrupt and decaying society of Egypt, Syria-Palestine, and Anatolia. These fugitives were referred to as the \"Desert Elders.\" They all had a desire to live the spirit of the Gospels alone with their God. This so called flight into the desert was considered by many the foundation of Christian monasticism. The first Desert Elders, usually made of hermits also referred to as anchorites, lived solitary lives. Overtime these hermits banned together into communities. The members of these communities were referred to no longer as hermits, but now as cenobites. The end of the 6th century showed the cenobitic community to be the Christian monastic norm in the East and West, though the hermits were never totally disbanded. Whether cenobite or anchorite, these monks were dedicated to worshipping and seeking God away from the distractions of the world.\nThe world was not as eager to let go of the monks. They were viewed as living Christian heroes. Monks in accordance with the Christian call to save and transform the world have been known to offer their lives as agents of divine grace. Monks have never been a significant percentage of the population, but they became folk heroes of such magnitude, that they were responsible for turning Christianity into a mass religion. The document that I read researched the two major forms of monasticism that took shape in the West during the 5th and 6th centuries. These groups played an extremely important role in the eventual transformation of Western civilization.\nDuring the 4th and 5th centuries Christian monasticism spread into western Europe from the eastern Mediterranean. The monastic organization of these monasteries in the west varied. Usually following their own rules of adapting rule's from neighboring houses that they...\nPlease join StudyMode to read the full document"}
{"text":"ATKINSON, M.T. ... et al, 2006. Making the mainstream accessible: more than a game. IN: 1st World Conference for Fun 'n Games, June 26-28, Preston, UK.\nAccessible gaming provides a means of social integration for disabled people. As the gameplay and technology gap with the mainstream narrows, more complex forms of interaction between players are supported. Some important challenges in providing accessible communication and coordination between players in multiplayer settings are discussed, as well as a number of fringe issues such as integration with online gaming communities. We also demonstrate the potential benefits of using the techniques developed for use in areas use in areas including education covering the potential benefits to both disabled and non-disabled users. The work is discussed within the context of other projects in this and related areas.\nThis conference paper was delivered at the 1st World Conference for Fun 'n Games (FNG 2006): http://www.chici.org/fng2006/index.htm"}
{"text":"It's back-to-school time. The Quizlet staff has been working hard all summer to add new features to the site.\nFor Quizletters who have been away all summer, here's a quick tour of what's new.\nNew Study Mode - SPELLER\nSpeller is our newest study mode where you type what you hear. It's like a traditional spelling bee, but better, because if you misspell a word Speller will show you what was incorrect and let you try again.\nIt works great for foreign language study, pronunciation, vocabulary, and learning how to spell difficult words. Check out our Speller FAQ post for a full description.\nAudio - Now in 18 Languages!\nWe've added 13 more languages to our audio offerings, bringing the total to 18! In addition to English, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, we now have everything from French and German to Arabic and Turkish.\nAudio works with our study modes, too, like Speller, Learn, and Flashcard mode.\nYou can see the full list of languages at our Audio FAQ.\nImproved Create Flashcards Page\nMaking flashcards on Quizlet just got easier and faster thanks to some changes to the Make Flashcards page.\nFind our more on our Improved Create Flashcards Page blog post.\nEdit Flashcards Faster\nYou can now edit flashcards directly from the main Flashcard page. No need to click on \"edit this set\" anymore for small changes.\nRead a full description on our Edit Flashcards blog post.\nWe're continuing to work on a new multi-player study game, versions of Quizlet in additional languages, and enhanced mobile options."}
{"text":"The national network of Clean Cities coalitions is celebrating 25 years of success in shaping the transportation system of the future. Nearly 100 coalitions nationwide forge local partnerships among public and private sector stakeholders to bolster our nation’s energy and economic security by championing affordable, domestic transportation fuels and technologies. The U.S. Department of Energy designated the first Clean Cities coalition in 1993, and the Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition has been a key contributor in Connecticut since its founding in 1995.\nThrough a combination of projects focused on increasing vehicle efficiency, shifting to domestic energy sources, and offering consumers additional transportation choices, Clean Cities coalitions have achieved a cumulative impact in energy use equal to nearly 8 billion gasoline gallon equivalents and avoided more than 42 million tons of emissions. GNHCCC and our stakeholders have led the charge in New Haven county, resulting in an energy impact of 3.4 million gasoline gallon equivalents in 2017 alone.\nAfter a quarter century, the mission of the Clean Cities coalitions is as relevant as ever. Coalitions are leaders in connecting fleets with the information, tools, contacts, and technical expertise they need to understand what alternative fuel vehicles, fueling infrastructure, new mobility solutions, and transportation technologies may be right for them.\nLearn more about the Clean Cities coalition history and work to strengthen our nation’s energy, environmental, and economic security in the interactive map below.\nWatch MotorWeek videos on the Clean Cities YouTube channel to hear from coalition partners, and discover some of their most impactful transportation projects over the years.\nSee how coalitions and their partners forge positive community change that adds up to make a big difference in the Clean Cities Coalition Accomplishments infographic."}
{"text":"Narrative point of view: the perspective (or type of personal or non-personal “lens”) through which a story is communicated.\nNarrative voice: the format (or type presentational form) through which a story is communicated.\nNarrative time: the grammatical placement of the story’s time-frame in the past, the present, or the future.\nWe want to create a sense of intimacy, of being in the character’s head. One way to do that is to use stream of consciousness, a narrative mode that offers a first-person perspective by attempting to replicate the thought processes as well as the actions and spoken words of the narrative character.\nThis device incorporates interior monologues and inner desires or motivations, as well as pieces of incomplete thoughts that are expressed to the audience but…\nView original post 685 more words"}
{"text":"Electric motors have to be supplied with more energy than they need to do their job because they require a certain amount of electricity just to maintain the necessary magnetic field. This ‘extra’ power is known as reactive (or magnetizing) power, and while utility companies provide a limited amount of it for free, customers with high reactive power loads are paying for electricity that is not doing any useful work.\nThe challenge is to reduce the amount of wasted energy and achieve the most efficient use of the electricity being bought.\nAn electric motor that is not doing any work will generally show a value between 25% and 30% of full load current because of the continuous demand for magnetising current.\nThe reactive power (kvar) used by equipment such as transformers, electric induction motors, welding units, computer servers and lighting systems also adds additional load to generators, transmission lines, transformers, switchgear and cables and waste a great deal of energy through heat dissipation.\nCapacitance is also considered to be a reactive power component but in fact its impact in an electrical circuit is to neutralise or compensate for the reactive power. PFC capacitors offset a proportion of the reactive power drawn from the supply to make your company’s power usage more efficient and saving your business money on energy bills.\nWithout capacitors connected the motors draw active and reactive power and the transformer is fully loaded. With appropriately rated capacitors connected in parallel with the motors, the reactive power drawn from the supply is neutralised and the transformer only feeds active power.\nThis eliminates the reactive power charges as well as reducing the load on the system and potentially extending the life of components. Because power capacitors have no moving parts, maintenance is minimal. They are also electrically efficient, so their use on a network does not significantly increase the active power requirement."}
{"text":"How to Calculate the Required Return on Stocks\nOriginal post by Mark Kennan of Demand Media\nIf you are investing with a specified goal in mind, such as saving for retirement or your child's college education, you can calculate the required rate of return for stocks so that you will achieve your savings goal. When you know your required rate of return, you can target your investments. For example, if you need a lower rate, you can target less risky investments, but if you need a higher rate of return, you may be willing to accept a higher risk level.\nDivide the desired ending value by the amount of money you are going to invest in stocks. For example, if you have $10,000 to invest and you want it to grow to $21,000 in 12 years, divide $21,000 by $10,000 to get 2.1.\nCalculate the quotient of 1 divided by the years before you need your stocks to grow to the expected value. In this example, divide 1 by 12 to get 0.083333.\nRaise the ratio of the expected stock value to current stock value to the Step 3 result with a calculator. Enter the ratio, push the power button (sometimes a \"^\" or \"x^y\"), enter the Step 3 result and push equals. In this example, raise 2.1 to the 0.833333 power to get 1.8557. .\nSubtract 1 from the result to find the required annual rate of return on the stock. In this example, subtract 1 from 1.8557 to get 0.8557, meaning your required rate of return equals 8.56 percent.\n- Stanford University; CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate); Michael Fan; 2006\n- Investopedia; Understanding the Time Value of Money; Shauna Carther; September 1, 2008\n- Purple Math: Exponential Functions: Compound Interest\nAbout the Author\nMark Kennan is a freelance writer specializing in finance-related articles. He has worked as a sports editor for \"Ring-Tum Phi\" and published articles on a number of online outlets. Kennan holds a Bachelor of Arts in history and politics from Washington and Lee University.\n- Comstock/Comstock/Getty Images"}
{"text":"When you write a check, it is your responsibility to make sure the amount is accurate, and cannot be altered. You must enter the amount in two spaces on the check: one space is for the numerical figure, and the other is spelt out in words. In both cases, it's important to follow a specific format.\nLocate the line on the right side of the check that begins with a dollar (\"$\") sign, next to the \"Pay to the Order of\" line.\nWrite \"15,000,\" and then write the \"10\" smaller, higher, and to the right, with a slash and a \"100\" to indicate that it is ten cents out of a hundred: \"10/100.\" This number should begin as close to the dollar sign as possible, so that no one can add another number in front of the amount.\nLocate the line in the middle of the check, beneath the \"Pay to the Order of\" line, and with \"Dollars\" printed on the far right.\nWrite \"Fifteen thousand and 10/100\" on the line, starting on the far left. If there is a blank space between the \"10/100\" and the printed word \"Dollars,\" draw a wavy line to fill the space so that no one can tamper with the amount."}
{"text":"A huge 9,000-strong colony of emperor penguins has been discovered in Antarctica after scientists spotted their poo trails in satellite images. The massive emperor penguin colony had never ever encountered humans until researchers found them on Antarctica’s Princess Ragnhild Coast.\n“When you arrive, they just come to see you, to watch you, to turn around you. The penguins - and especially the emperors — they are so human. They’re so cute,” Hubert said. Since the penguins had never encountered humans, Hubert says they weren’t scared, just curious.Hubert and his team live at the research station during the Antarctic summer and are focused on studying climate change, not penguins.\nAfter they encountered a number of emperor penguins, they were convinced that a colony must be close by. They decided to make the treacherous 48 km trip east to the sea ice. “First of all, you have to imagine you’re in the middle of nowhere - without any visibility, with complete whiteout after 24 hours driving on the ice — you go down to the sea,” observed Hubert.\nAfter navigating their way to the sea, they searched for hours and found more penguins than they had ever imagined. Hubert says that seeing so many animals huddled together was like being on another planet.\nThe Daily Galaxy via NPR and http://www.deccanherald.com\nImage credit: NSF"}
{"text":"The conflict that took place in the 1790’s between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists made a huge impact on American History. Alexander Hamilton led the Federalists and focused mainly on the city businesses as well as manufacturing interests of the seaports. On the other side, the Anti-Federalists whom were led by Thomas Jefferson represented the rural farmers and southern interests. With the Federalists favoring more federal involvement and the anti-federalists advocating states rights, this debate between the two concerned the central government versus that of the states.\nAlexander Hamilton, one of the most important people of the time, was the first Secretary of the Treasury. Utilizing federal power to modernize the nation, he convinced Congress to use an elastic interpretation of the Constitution to pass laws that Jefferson deemed unconstitutional. These laws included federal assumption of the state debts, creation of a national bank, and a system of taxes through a tariff on imports and a tax on whiskey. Hamilton was also the creator of the Federalist Party. In contrast, Thomas Jefferson was born to a wealthy family but was nonetheless an anti-federalist. He was sympathetic towards the poor people and advocated state’s rights.\nAlthough Jefferson often showed a strong dislike for the Federalist laws and programs, when he took office he left many of the Federalist programs intact, and except for revoking the excise tax, the Hamiltonian system was mostly left as it was. However, this act of Jefferson’s went against many of the political beliefs held by his party and himself. Jefferson and Hamilton’s philosophies differed greatly in that Jefferson adhered to a weak central government, with most of the power in the hands of the states. He believed that the federal government’s power should be restrained and limited, so that it would not be able to become tyrannical or try and undermine the power of the states and the people. Also, Jefferson’s...\nPlease join StudyMode to read the full document"}
{"text":"America was once a country of great realists and pragmatists. This came from the harshness of the environment, the many dangers of frontier life. We had to become keen observers of everything going on around us to survive. In the nineteenth century, such a way of looking at the world led to innumerable inventions, the accumulation of wealth, and the emergence of our country as a great power. But with this growing power, the environment no longer pressed upon us so violently, and our character began to change.\nReality came to be seen as something to avoid. Secretly and slowly we developed a taste for escape- from our problems, from work, from the harshness of life Our culture began to manufacture endless fantasies for us to consume. And fed on such illusions, we became easier to deceive, since we no longer had a mental barometer for distinguishing fact from fiction.\nThis is a dynamic that has repeated itself throughout history. Ancient Rome began as a small city state. Its citizens were tough and stoic. They were famous for their pragmatism. But as they moved from being a republic to an empire and their power expanded, everything reversed itself. Their citizens' minds hungered for newer and newer forms of escape. They lost all sense of proportion - petty political battles consumed their attention more than much larger dangers on the outskirts of the empire. The empire fell well before the invasion of the barbarians. It collapsed from the collective softness of its citizens' minds and the turning of their back on reality.\n\"The 50th Law\", 50 Cent and Robert Greene"}
{"text":"SCIENTISTS have developed a simple DNA blood test which they claim can predict obesity levels in children as they grow up, it has been revealed.\nResearchers at the University of Southampton have found that the test, which is carried out when a child is five years old, can predict how much body fat they will have when they are 14. The test checks a gene that regulates fat storage in the body.\nDr Graham Burdge, of the University of Southampton said: “We hope that this knowledge will help us to develop and test new ways to prevent children developing obesity which can be introduced before a child starts to gain excess weight. However, our findings now need to be tested in larger groups of children.”\nThe study, which also involved Exeter and Plymouth universities, is published in the journal Diabetes.\nThe researchers used DNA samples from 40 children who took part in the EarlyBird project, which studied 300 children in Plymouth from the age of five until they were 14."}
{"text":"When you want to bring back something to the way it was, the undo key works. But, if you really want to do it with style, that is where the History brush key comes into play. With the history brush you can draw in the original state of an image, one brush stroke at a time. With the use of some unique brushes, you can add some groovy effects to the image as well.\nThis article is part of the groovyPost Teaches Photoshop Basics series.\nStep 1 – Open An Image\nJust like in the last tutorial, we’ll need to start off with an appropriate picture. For this one I will go with the hot air balloons you saw before.\nStep 2 – Make Some Changes To The Image\nNow let’s make some changes to the image. For instance, I will remove the big balloon using the content-aware fill that we used in the previous tutorial.\nStep 3 – Select A History Brush Source\nGo to your History Panel and find a step where the balloon (or whatever object you edited or removed) still existed and click on the small square in front of that step to select it as a History Brush source.\nStep 4- Use The History Brush Tool\nNow pick up the History Brush Tool and simply start painting over the are where the balloon (or whatever object you removed or edited) was located. You will see that the object will start to re-appear at the areas where you paint over.\nStep 4- Using The Art History Brush Tool\nFirst of all, press Ctrl+Z to roll back to the previous state of the image (before you used the history brush tool).\nNow pick up your Art History Brush Tool and do the same as we did with the regular history brush tool – simply paint over the area of the object. The results will be amazing. (Quick Tip – experiment, with the Style drop-down menu at the top to find out which effect works best for you):\nThat’s it now you know one more key technique to use when working with Photoshop. Stay with us for even more Photoshop tutorials and tips!"}
{"text":"Do you normally find that many of your GCSE students overuse the same adjectives? I do! It is not all of them but there are certain students who repeat the same adjectives over and over again…\nWe want all of our students to get the best possible grade so why don’t we help them to add variety when they write and talk? Why don’t we give them a list of adjectives and encourage them to use 4/5 new adjectives which they haven’t used before? We need to insist!!! We can also praise them when they try something new!!!\nSo… I have created this list of 40 positive and negative adjectives which hopefully will help them to have better range, to be a bit more adventurous!\nNot only they can use this list for writing and speaking tasks but they can also learn these adjectives for listening and reading questions which test them on positive and negative opinions.\nYou can now print this list off for your students and they can use it as a reference at any time 🙂 Hope you start seeing some improvements 😉\nVariety is essential, let’s promote it!"}
{"text":"Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef. Photo Credit: Paul Marshall\nA new study has predicted that if current trends continue and the world fails to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nearly all of the world’s coral reefs, including many in the Caribbean, will suffer severe bleaching — the gravest threat to one of the Earth’s most important ecosystems — on annual basis.\nThe finding is part of a study funded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners, which reviewed new climate change projections to predict which corals will be affected first and at what rate.\nThe report is published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports. Researchers found that the reefs in Taiwan and the Turks and Caicos archipelago will be among the first to experience annual bleaching, followed by reefs off the coast of Bahrain, in Chile and in French Polynesia.\nCalling the predictions “a treasure trove”…\nView original post 177 more words"}
{"text":"A new edition of this text is available here\nAUTHORS: Brase/Brase - ©2012\nUNDERSTANDABLE STATISTICS: CONCEPTS AND METHODS, Tenth Edition, is a thorough, yet accessible program designed to help you overcome any apprehensions you may have about statistics. The authors provide clear guidance and informal advice while showing you the links between statistics and the world. To reinforce this approach--and make the material interesting as well as easier to understand--the book integrates real-life data from a variety of sources, including journals, periodicals, newspapers, and the Internet. You'll also have opportunities to develop your critical thinking and statistical literacy skills through special features and exercises throughout the text. Interactive online resources offer you extra study assistance and tutorial support--including step-by-step video solutions--outside of class. The use of graphing calculators, Excel®, MINITAB®, and SPSS® is covered though not required.\nCengageBrain offers two types of free content:\nThe amount and type of free content available will depend on whether the book comes with a companion web site or CourseMate. To get started accessing your content, click the \"access now\" button. You can either access your content immediately or save it to My Home."}
{"text":"An In-Depth Study of Two Related Parts of Speech\nNoun lessons cover noun phrases, noun clauses, gerunds, and appositives. The adjective lessons cover suffixes, proper vs. common, compound and hyphenated adjectives, and comparative vs. superlative.\nIncludes 24 lessons, two tests, and an answer key.\nMiddle school, high school. Reproducible. 31 pages.\nUnit Download: PDF. Adobe® Reader® required to view PDF.\nPrint Unit: Loose-leaf paper. 8 x 11 inches. Plastic storage envelope."}
{"text":"Posted on 12 September 2011 by Valdeep Gill, Research Director\nSuicide arguably remains one of the last taboos. The stigma and myths attached to suicide - and mental illness more generally - can prevent people from telling others about how they feel and seeking help. World Suicide Prevention Day, held every year on the 10th of September, promotes a worldwide commitment to the prevention of suicides and the reduction of stigma. Valdeep Gill discusses our Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Study and related findings on people's experiences of suicidal thoughts or attempted suicide.\nRead the rest of this entry\nAPMS, Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, suicide, stigma, taboos"}
{"text":"Date: 20 NOVEMBER 2020 (Friday)\nClasses: 4UPM, 4UTM, 4USM\nTopic: Get Active\n1.Open Year 4 textbook page 102. Do Exercise 1. Find the meanings of all words in the yellow box in a dictionary.\n2. Complete all 8 sentences with suitable words from the yellow box.\nNote: Write down your answers on a piece of blank paper NOT in Buku Latihan. Then keep them in a file.\nSnap a picture of your answers and send to Sir Nabil by WhatsApp (011-28845108).\nIMPORTANT: These are sample answers but first you must answer all the questions by yourself."}
{"text":"This observatory came about because of a dream of one man, Griffith J. Griffith. Yes, his first and last names were the same. He made his fortune in silver mines and real estate in the late 1800's. He purchased this hilltop land for his home and later decided to donate over 3,000 acres (1,214+ hectares) of it to the city of Los Angeles to build a public park. Later, he donated $100,000 to the city to build an observatory in 1912, but due to many delays, it wasn't completed until 1930 and unfortunately, Griffith never got to see his dream fulfilled when he passed away in 1919.\nHis and his wife, Susan's, contribution to the observatory, gave name to this theater.\nA 20-minute film shown daily called \"The Once and Future Griffith Observatory\" narrated by Mr. Nimoy should not missed if you ever happened to visit.\nDuring my visit, I swear everyone who passed by wanted a picture with him.\nIf I recall correctly, the reason for his pose states that merely placing a finger inches away from your eyes, you would have covered thousands if not millions of stars in the night sky.\nMany movies have been filmed on this land, but the classic 1955 movie \"Rebel Without a Cause\" starring James Dean was the first one to portray the observatory and contribute positively to the observatory's international reputation.\nHave you seen a movie that was filmed here? If you are not sure, check out this list."}
{"text":"Sources: Press release, PLoS Biology paper\nThe overall goal of the project\n(see previous news\n) is to identify and understand the functional regions of the human genome – a task that grows in magnitude as more is learned about the complexity of regulation and control of the genome. Gene-coding regions represent a very small proportion of the whole human genome sequence; it is not yet known what proportion regulatory regions comprise, although more than two million potential elements have already been identified by the project.\nReleased in PLoS Biology, the new guide to the resources and data arising from the ENCODE project details completion of the mapping of two major groups of genomic elements: all gene sequences (both coding genes that specify proteins, and non-coding genes that specify functional RNA molecules), and all regions known to control gene expression.\nENCODE researchers are working to combine their findings with those from other major research initiatives such as the 1000 Genomes project (see previous news) and the NIH Roadmap Epigenomics program (see previous news). Their hope is that combining data on functional genomic elements with information about genetic and epigenetic variation and different human phenotypes will improve our understanding of the relationships between genetics, health and disease. The overview provides examples of how these data can be used to interpret human genome data such as associations between genetic variants and diseases, and guide further research.\nComment on this article"}
{"text":"Oregon Trail 5th Edition is the 2002 release of the Oregon Trail game first released in 1974 for use in schools. The game is used as an educational tool to teach United States history, particularly about the real-life struggles of the early pioneers who traveled on the Oregon Trail to establish the first communities that would become the American nation. In this game, players take on the role of the leader of a wagon party on the Oregon Trail. Along the way they will meet other people and go through challenges such as bad weather, sickness, and lack of food and water.\nPlayers will have to make several decisions and accomplish various tasks to make sure that their wagon party will make it through the trail successfully. The tasks include crossing rivers, hunting for food, avoiding dysentery, and taking care of the sick. The game features puzzles and activities that build the players’ logical reasoning, reading comprehension, problem solving, and even budget management skills. The game shows the travel statistics, temperature, number of miles traveled, remaining cash, wagon weight, morale level, and actions such as trade, gather, turn, and hunt. In addition to knowing the history of the Oregon Trail, students will also learn how to read and use maps, follow directions, work with a team, and make smart, life-saving decisions.\nOregon Trail 5th Edition comes with new graphics, characters, an improved interface, and 3D environments."}
{"text":"These guidelines can help you choose a safe trampoline and set it up so that your child can use it safely:\n- Always use safety padding to cover the frame and springs. Even better, look for a trampoline with a safety net installed around the sides.\n- Check regularly that the mat and net don’t have holes, springs are intact and securely attached at both ends, frame isn’t bent, and leg braces are locked.\n- Create a safe, clear area of 2.5 m around the trampoline with a soft surface, like grass, just in case your child does fall. Or you could set the trampoline in a pit in the ground. Make sure the area around and underneath the trampoline is free from hazards like fences or garden furniture.\n- Make sure there’s plenty of clear space above the trampoline, so there’s no risk of your child jumping up into trees, clothes lines or wires.\nSafe trampoline use\nSafe trampoline use starts with some simple precautions:\n- Wait until your child is older than six years before getting a trampoline.\n- Make sure that only one child uses the trampoline at a time.\n- Always supervise your child on the trampoline. Younger children are more prone to serious injury.\n- Keep toddlers away while the trampoline is in use.\n- Let your child use the trampoline only when the mat is dry.\nRules for having fun and staying safe in the trampoline\nThese simple rules can help your child learn to have fun on the trampoline and stay safe at the same time:\n- Jump in the centre of the mat.\n- Jump with bare feet (no shoes).\n- Avoid somersaults, because these can cause neck and spinal injuries.\n- Don’t bounce off the trampoline net.\n- Climb off the trampoline. Don’t jump off."}
{"text":"But recently, after the latest Google redesign of the results page, this dictionary link to search words has been removed completely along with the blue bar on the search results page where the link resided.\nA dictionary is still available but now it just is a little harder to find.\nThere are actually two ways to access a dictionary from Google and they give different results.\n- Google Dictionary\nThe more thorough dictionary which is available in multiple languages. Google's Dictionary gives:\n- Verbal Pronunciation\n- Related Phrases\n- Usage Examples\n- Definitions found on various websites\n- A Dropdown box for other languages\n- Define:genealogy Using the Google searchbox, type the operator define: followed by the word you want to look up in the dictionary (with no spaces between define: and the word ). Google will give:\n- Related Phrases\n- Web Definitions\nI find many words in my genealogy research that are not in common usage today and the Google defne operator is all I need. Some examples:\n- Define:rod (a measurement I found in an old will which described the size of a plot of land ) The rod is a unit of length equal to 5.5 yards, 5.0292 metres, 16.5 feet, or of a statute mile. A rod is the same length as a perch and a pole\n- Define:teamster (an occupation of an ancestor in the 1870 census)\n- Define:apoplexy (cause of death found in an 1890 obituary)\nStroke: a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain\nThe driver of a team of horses doing hauling\nWhen the define: operator does not give enough information, the thorough Google Dictionary is now available. I've actually found no links to the Google Dictionary from the Google website, so it is best to bookmark it."}
{"text":"(fourth grade) Math Problem:\nA mother is 25 years older than her son.\nIn 7 years, the mother will be 5 times older than her son.\nWhere is the son's father?\nLet the child's age be c years and the mother's age be m years.\nNow, m = c + 25.\nIn 7 years, m + 7 = 5 * (c + 7).\nSubstituting the first equation into the second one, we get\nc + 32 = 5c + 35, from which 4c = -3, or c = -0.75.\nSo the child is minus nine months old, therefore the father is most probably in the mother."}
{"text":"A global assessment of the conservation status of the nominate subspecies of Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus\n47 – 61\n26 August 14\nMartijn van de Pol, Phil W. Atkinson, Jan Blew, Olivia Crowe, Simon Delany, Olivier Duriez, Bruno J. Ens, Bernd Hälterlein, Herman Hötker, Karsten Laursen, Kees Oosterbeek, Aevar Petersen, Ole Thorup, Kathleen Tjorve, Patrick Triplet, Pierre Yésou\nMartijn van de Pol\nAustralian National University, Research School of Biology, Canberra, Australia\nThe nominate subspecies of Eurasian Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus is the most abundant of all oystercatchers and the best studied. The main breeding and wintering areas are centered on the North Sea, but the distribution covers the European Atlantic coast to as far south as Ghana in western Africa. Population size increased strongly from the 1960s to 1990s to over one million birds. Although part of this expansion may have been caused by an ongoing successful adaptation to breeding inland, the main driving forces behind this increase are not well understood. Subsequently, the population size decreased substantially by about 200,000 individuals, mainly due to strong decreases in the Dutch-German-Danish Wadden Sea area. The decrease in the Netherlands is attributed largely to overexploitation by mechanical shell-fisheries; additional factors such as agricultural intensification and reduced eutrophication are likely to also have contributed. The causes for the decreases in Germany and Denmark are less well understood and urgently require further study. In other areas numbers are fairly stable or increasing, but good data for the Nordic countries are lacking. The global (and national) conservation status of H. o. ostralegus is classified as of ‘Least Concern’. We discuss other threats, such as habitat loss, climate change, hunting and human disturbance, and make prioritized recommendations for research and management."}
{"text":"The Bolivia Reader: History, Culture, Politics\nLuis Rico, Sinclair Thomson, 2018. \"Travails of the Migrant\", The Bolivia Reader: History, Culture, Politics, Sinclair Thomson, Rossana Barragán, Xavier Albó, Seemin Qayum, Mark Goodale\nDownload citation file:\nIn 1982, the countryside of northern Potosí was hit by a devastating drought. Many indigenous peasants were forced to leave their arid fields and communities and migrate in search of new livelihoods. The song below—written by Luis Rico in the rhythmic tinku style of the traditional music of the region—tells the story of one such young migrant. In the city, he resorts to begging, playing music for money, and carrying loads in the market. Like many highland peasants in this period, he travels as an agricultural settler (colonizador) to the subtropical lowlands, where land was available, but where highlanders also faced arduous tropical heat and disease. He ends up being recruited to stomp coca leaves, as part of the clandestine processing of cocaine paste, and consuming cocaine in order to keep up the intensive work-rhythm, before he leaves it all behind."}
{"text":"The production of pulp from hardwood species has due to morphological structure\nand chemical composition of wood various production cost ratio. The aim of this paper is to\nquantify the cost ratio of production costs and monitor the development of costs in the\nproduction of beech pulp, oak pulp and their mixture. Costs have been generated not only in\nconsideration of the entry price of wood raw material, but also due to the required technical\nand technological parameters, which is necessary to keep during the production of pulp."}
{"text":"Sink or Float?\nView the Brainpop Jr. video Sink or Float via SMART Board, laptop, or iPad app: http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/forces/sinkorfloat/preview.weml\nThe video explains the basic principles of sinking and floating.\nStudents complete a graphic organizer and define the words: sink, float, heavy, and light.\n2 Direct Instruction\nView and participate in the Sesame Stree interactive: http://downloads.cdn.sesame.org/ss/multi-bitrate/05200090013MP4/05200090013MP4_HD750K.mp4\nStudents view the Tubes Sink or Float video, make predictions, and test their hypotheses.\n- plastic bin\n- paper towel tubes\n3 Guided Practice\n4 Independent Practice\nStudents make predictions, test objects, record their observations and conclusions.\nStudents can work in partnerships, small groups, or individually.\n- plastic container\n- ping-pong balls\n- plastic spoons\nStudents use the Book Creator if iPad app to take photos and videos of their experiment.\nStudents create a book incorporating images, video, and audio recordings as well as typed words to document their process and scientific investigation."}
{"text":"2017 was the warmest year on record for the global ocean according to an updated ocean analysis from Institute of Atmospheric Physics/Chinese Academy of Science (IAP/CAS).\nThe oceans in the upper 2000 m were 1.51 × 1022 J warmer than the second warmest year of 2015 and 19.19 × 1022 J above the 1981-2010 climatological reference period. Owing to its large heat capacity, the ocean accumulates the warming derived from human activities; indeed, more than 90% of Earth's residual heat related to global warming is absorbed by the ocean. As such, the global ocean heat content record robustly represents the signature of global warming and is impacted less by weather-related noise and climate variability such as El Niño and La Niña events. According to the IAP ocean analysis, the last five years have been the five warmest years in the ocean. Therefore, the long-term warming trend driven by human activities continued unabated.\nThe increase in ocean heat content for 2017 occurred in most regions of the world (Figure). The human greenhouse gas footprint continues to impact the Earth system. Increases in ocean temperature cause ocean volume expansion, which contributes to the global mean sea level rise. The increase in ocean heat of 1.51 × 1022 J in 2017 resulted in a 1.7 mm sea global level rise. Other consequences include declining ocean oxygen, bleaching of coral reefs, and melting sea ice and ice shelves.\nThe study has just been published as early online release in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences."}
{"text":"You must login before you can run this tool.\nResponse of the output units in a 20-by-10 network trained using the SOM to form a tonotopic map. The 20,broadly tuned input units provide a distributed encoding of the frequency of stimulated sounds(as shown for two frequencies within the range in Figure 5.10). The responses of each of the 10 output units to this input at every test frequency are plotted in two-dimensions with overlain curves(A), One for each output unit, or with curves that are spread out in a three-dimensional contour plot(B).\nAnastasio, Thomas J. Tutorial on Neural Systems Modeling. Sunderland: Sinauer Associates, 2010. Print.\nCite this work\nResearchers should cite this work as follows:"}
{"text":"Here’s another puzzle to get you thinking as we move into the weekend. David Hunt, PGCE Computer Science Subject Leader in the School of Education, has this time devised a word ladder themed computer coding style challenge.\nA word ladder is a puzzle where you are trying to change one word into another, one letter at a time. The words you make at each stage must be valid entries in a dictionary.\nFor example, turning MAN into APE:-\nMAN …. MAT …. OAT …. OPT …. APT …. APE\nCan you change WORCS …. BOOKS …. LEARN"}
{"text":"Data reported by the weather station: 983270 (RPMK)\nLatitude: 15.16 | Longitude: 120.56 | Altitude: 196\nWeather Clark Ab\n|Main||Year 1981 climate||Select a month|\nTo calculate annual averages, we analyzed data of 365 days (100% of year).\nIf in the average or annual total of some data is missing information of 10 or more days, this is not displayed.\nThe total rainfall value 0 (zero) may indicate that there has been no such measurement and / or the weather station does not broadcast.\n|Annual average temperature:||27.3°C||365|\n|Annual average maximum temperature:||31.9°C||365|\n|Annual average minimum temperature:||24.1°C||365|\n|Annual average humidity:||69.7%||365|\n|Annual total precipitation:||-||-|\n|Annual average visibility:||10.9 Km||365|\n|Annual average wind speed:||7.2 km/h||365|\nNumber of days with extraordinary phenomena.\n|Total days with rain:||182|\n|Total days with snow:||0|\n|Total days with thunderstorm:||76|\n|Total days with fog:||8|\n|Total days with tornado or funnel cloud:||0|\n|Total days with hail:||0|\nDays of extreme historical values in 1981\nThe highest temperature recorded was 38°C on April 2.\nThe lowest temperature recorded was 18°C on January 12.\nThe maximum wind speed recorded was 88.9 km/h on November 24."}
{"text":"Definition of manatee\nn. - Any species of Trichechus, a genus of sirenians; -- called alsosea cow. 2\nThe word \"manatee\" uses 7 letters: A A E E M N T.\nShorter words found within manatee:\naa ae am ama amen ament an ana ane ant anta antae ante at ate atma atman eat eaten em eme en enate enema et eta etna ma mae man mana manat mane manta mat mate me mean meant meat meet men menta met meta mete na nae nam name ne neat nee neem nema net ta tae tam tame tan tea team tee teem teen ten\nList shorter words within manatee, sorted by length\nAll words formed from manatee by changing one letter\nBrowse words starting with manatee by next letter"}
{"text":"Scientists have identified specific genes that may trigger the development of sleep problems, and have also found a genetic link between insomnia and psychiatric disorders such as depression, or physical conditions such as type 2 diabetes.\nThe effects insomnia has on a person's health can be debilitating and place a strain on the healthcare system, according to a study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.\nChronic insomnia goes hand in hand with various long-term health issues such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes, as well as mental illness such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicide.\nTwin studies have in the past shown that various sleep-related traits, including insomnia, are heritable, the researchers said.\n\"A better understanding of the molecular bases for insomnia will be critical for the development of new treatments,\" said Murray Stein from the University of California, San Diego in the US.\nThe researchers conducted genome-wide association studies (GWAS). DNA samples obtained from more than 33,000 soldiers were analysed.\nData from soldiers of European, African and Latino descent were grouped separately as part of efforts to identify the influence of specific ancestral lineages.\nThe researchers also compared their results with those of two recent studies.\nThe study confirmed that insomnia has a partially heritable basis. They also found a strong genetic link between insomnia and type 2 diabetes.\nAmong participants of European descent, there was additionally a genetic tie between sleeplessness and major depression.\n\"The genetic correlation between insomnia disorder and other psychiatric disorders, such as major depression, and physical disorders such as type 2 diabetes suggests a shared genetic diathesis for these commonly co-occurring phenotypes,\" said Stein...."}
{"text":"Common Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare L.)\nAn aromatic perennial forb with clusters of yellow flowers, growing to 1.5m in height. Bloom period is July to October. Flowers are button-like and yellow, in dense, flat-topped clusters at the top of the plant. Leaves are alternate and fern-like. Seed are yellow-brown with short 5-toothed crowns. Roots are rhizomatous.\nLRISS Category: CONTAIN\nHabitat and Ecology\nCommon tansy is scattered in low- to mid-elevation disturbed sites, including roadsides, stream banks, and disturbed pastures. It prefers sunny habitats with well-drained soil.\nThis species may be toxic to livestock; it is an undesirable forage plant. It may displace native species. It has been used as a medicinal herb, but can be toxic to people if consumed in large quantities.\nThe rhizomatous nature of this plant can make it difficult to eradicate. Small root fragments can produce new plants, and cut stems can go to seed. Mechanical methods (mowing and hand cutting) before flowering can be effective in eliminating seed production, but this method will have to be repeated as rootstock will re-grow. New infestations can be prevented by minimizing disturbance, eliminating seed production, and maintaining healthy native plant communities. Fire is not likely to minimize the spread of common tansy, but it can be used to dispose of cut stems and flowers. Please contact LRISS for all other treatment information.\nProvince of British Columbia. 2002. Guide to Weeds in British Columbia.\nUSDA Fire Effects Information System http://www.feis-crs.org/beta/\nPhoto reference: Michael Shephard, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org"}
{"text":"Our Toolkit is a summary of the research on interventions – things we can do to try and prevent violence from happening. It’s based on the best available evidence in our Evidence and Gap Map (a database of over 2,000 studies).\nIt doesn’t summarise the research on what causes violence or young people’s experience of violence. We’re working to develop a network of peer researchers to make sure youth voice is a core part of the evidence you can draw on.\nIt covers 13 approaches to preventing youth crime and violence, giving you information on:\n- The average impact of the approach and the quality of evidence behind it\n- How to implement the approach and make it as effective as possible\n- Where you can find existing high-quality programmes\n- How much it’s likely to cost\n- Where we need more research\n- Where to find other evidence-informed resources.\nThe Toolkit is based on research from around the world but highlights UK studies where available and discusses how they fit with the international picture. We’re currently investing in rapidly improving the evidence base in England and Wales.\nWe’ll update the Toolkit regularly to reflect changes in the evidence base and what you tell us you need. We’ll include new findings from high-quality research including YEF-funded projects, when they become available. If you have any ideas about what we should include next, email our Head of Toolkit Pete Henderson.\nTo find out more about how the Toolkit is developed, please see the Technical Guide."}
{"text":"Practickle books are chosen from the best children’s literature—the books that appear on bestseller and awards lists, with consistently high reviews.\nCC Linstroth, Practickle’s founder and an educator with 40 years of experience, reads each of the books on this short list, choosing only the ones that perfectly suit the Practickle structure. These books have wonderful illustrations that match the text well; high-level content that suits educational standards; and enough content to keep young minds engaged and fascinated through all three readings.\nThe “three readings” method\nOur proven method requires no extra time for you, but will create a deeply transformative experience! It is truly amazing to see a child engage with this method, and to observe how quickly the brain can learn and use new concepts. This all happens in the space of your normal story time, thanks to the “three readings” structure.\nWith every Practickle book, you will receive three reading guides, which build on each other to help your child fully comprehend and learn from each story.\nThe first reading guide is scripted page by page, using the information in illustrations and images to activate the listener’s prior experience and help him or her make inferences and predictions about the story elements.\nThe second reading guide is scripted page by page as well, focusing on the text and vocabulary (both new words and figurative language). The related questions focus on clarifying inferences and predictions from the first reading and the story elements.\nThe third reading guide focuses on analyzing the story or text as a whole, with big-picture questions and activities relating to character development, theme, and main idea as well as other Common Core standards-related concepts."}
{"text":"A 15-year-old female presents to the pediatric clinic for a routine sports exam. She is well and has no complaints. This image of her right ear is obtained. She is a curious student and asks you to identify and explain the structures seen in the image.\nWhat structures would you choose to identify and explain?\nOne of the benefits of youth is that anatomy is often pristine, as in the case of this beautiful right ear image.\nThe ear drum (tympanic membrane, TM), separates the outer ear from the middle ear space. It is the only structure that is “outside.” The other features are “behind” the translucent eardrum in the middle ear space. Think of the eardrum as being a cloudy layer of taught saran wrap. The surface responds to sound waves by vibrating. This vibration must be turned into a signal that our brain can process.\nThe job of translating the vibration to the inner ear is accomplished by a chain of three tiny bones; the malleus, incus, and stapes. These are often referred to as the hammer, anvil, and stirrup. The malleus is directly attached to the inner surface of the eardrum. As the eardrum vibrates, the malleus moves with the vibration. The malleus is connected to the incus and the incus to the stapes. Through these connections, the tiny movement of the eardrum is mechanically amplified and delivered to the inner ear. In the inner ear (not visible), this movement is converted to a fluid action that moves tiny hairs which create the nerve signal to the brain. It’s a beautifully engineered system.\nAlso visible in this image is the chorda tympani nerve. It runs behind the malleus and in front of the incus. This nerve has nothing to do with the ear, it simply borrows the middle ear space to get “where it needs to go.” It provides taste sensation from part of the tongue along with secretory signals. It’s unusual to be able to see this nerve so clearly."}
{"text":"College students -- Race discrimination, Racism in education, College students -- United States -- Microaggressions, Microaggressions -- Effect on student success\nThis study attempts to contribute to the research on how microaggressions affect performance of multiracial and monoracial college students in both social and academic realms. Microaggressions were explored through online surveys distributed via email to several hundred students. Participants consisted of students over the age of 18 at an urban institution in the Pacific Northwest. Bivariate logistical regression and axial coding were used to analyze participant responses. The first hypothesis for this study is that multiracial college students experience more microaggressions in social settings, while monoracial students experience more microaggressions in academic settings. The second hypothesis is that multiracial students experience privilege in academic settings, while monoracial students experience privilege in social settings. The final hypothesis is that the shade of skin tone of participants impact their experiences with privilege, as well as their experience of microaggressions. Researchers found that multiracial students have a higher likelihood of experiencing microaggressions in a social setting and people with darker skin tones have a higher likelihood of experiencing microaggressions in an academic setting.\nCreative Commons License\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.\nKeith, Jasmine S.\n\"The Impacts of Microaggressions on the Performance of Multiracial and Monoracial College Students,\"\nPSU McNair Scholars Online Journal:\n1, Article 8."}
{"text":"The Dangers of Lead Exposure to Children\nAlthough OSHA has set a permissible exposure limit for lead, numerous authorities state that \"there is no known level of lead exposure that is considered safe.\"\nLead can be absorbed into the body through inhalation, ingestion and dermal contact.\nLead is a potent, systemic poison. Taken in large enough doses, it can become fatal in a matter of days. A condition called acute encephalopathy may arise which develops quickly to seizures, coma, and death from cardiorespiratory arrest. Encephalopathy is a term that means brain disease, damage, or malfunction. It can present a broad spectrum of symptoms that range from ild, such as some memory loss or subtle personality changes, to severe, such as dementia, seizures, coma, or death.\nLead poses the greatest risk to young children, infants, and unborn babies. A dose of lead that may have little effect on an adult can have a significant effect on a child. In children, low levels of lead exposure have been linked to damage to the central and peripheral nervous system, learning disabilities, impaired hearing, and impaired formation and function of blood cells.\nNo safe blood lead level in children has been identified. Even low levels in the blood have been shown to affect IQ and academic achievement. Effects of this exposure cannot be corrected.\nIf you have any questions or concerns, please call SERVPRO® of Alamo Ranch at 210-670-9591.\nSource: Restoration and Remediation Magazine 10/3/2019"}
{"text":"Definition for terms is as follows:\n(a) Arc welding: when welding is done using electrical arc between two electrodes to generate heat, it is known as arc welding.\n(b) Electrical tool: when AC (alternate current) or DC (Direct current) is used to operate a tool. It is known as Electrical tool.\n(c) Hydraulic tool: when hydraulic pressure is used to run a tool, it is known as hydraulic tool.\n(d) Oxyacetylene welding: when welding is done by burning oxygen and acetylene together it is known as oxyacetylene welding.\n(e) Pneumatic tool: when gas pressure is used to run a tool, it is known as pneumatic tool.\n(f) Powder activated tool: when an explosive thing such as a gun is used to run a tool, by triggering it, it is known as powder activated tool.\n(g) Power tool: when electricity is used to run a tool, it is known as power tool.\n(h) Resistance welding: when a weld is created by electricity and pressure produced by the material, it is known as resistance welding."}
{"text":"What is Cupping?\nTraditional Chinese medicine brings to mind acupuncture and the use of natural herbs as healing remedies. Cupping is a lesser-known treatment that is also part of Oriental medicine, one that can provide an especially pleasant experience. Originally, practitioners would use hollowed-out animal horns for cups, and place them over particular points or meridians. Today, most acupuncturists use cups made of thick glass or plastic, although bamboo, iron and pottery cups are still used in other countries.\nGlass cups are the preferred method of delivery, because they do not break as easily as pottery or deteriorate like bamboo, and they allow the acupuncturist to see the skin and evaluate the effects of treatment. Cupping therapy is a form of alternative medicine in which cups are placed on the skin to create suction.\nThe cups can be made of a variety of materials, including:\nEarthenware Supporters of cupping therapy believe the suction of the cups mobilizes blood flow to promote the healing of a broad range of medical ailments. Generally, cupping is combined with acupuncture in one treatment, but it can also be used alone. The suction and negative pressure provided by cupping can loosen muscles, encourage blood flow, and sedate the nervous system (which makes it an excellent treatment for high blood pressure).\nCupping is used to relieve back and neck pains, stiff muscles, anxiety, fatigue, migraines, rheumatism, and even cellulite. For weight loss and cellulite treatments, oil is first applied to the skin, and then the cups are moved up and down the surrounding area. This treatment is also valuable for the lungs, and can clear congestion from a common cold or help to control a person’s asthma. In fact, respiratory conditions are one of the most common maladies that cupping is used to relieve. Three thousand years ago, in the earliest Chinese documentation of cupping, it was recommended for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis."}
{"text":"Comparing: T2 Light Tank vs. D1 vs. Vickers Mk. E Type B\nThe M2 prototype with Vickers suspension. After trials in 1934, the tank was sent for redesign, as the performance of the suspension was not sufficient. The tank never saw mass production.\nDevelopment was started in 1929. Mass production was launched in 1930, with 160 vehicles manufactured by 1935. A total of 152 tanks fought in France. Eighteen vehicles were captured by the German Army and used for training purposes.\nDeveloped in 1928 by J. V. Carden and V. Loyd. The vehicle never entered service in Great Britain. However, it was exported to other countries, including China. In 1937, twenty vehicles of this type fought against Japanese troops at Shanghai. Soviet Vickers-based T-26 vehicles were also exported to China, and 82 vehicles of that type were deployed in South China and Birma in 1941–1942.\n|Tank data page||Tank data page||Tank data page||Tank data page|\n|Battle Tiers||2 3 4||2 3||2 3|\n|Speed Limit||72 km/h||28 km/h||35 km/h|\n|Speed Limit Back||20 km/h||12 km/h||15 km/h|\n|Horse power / weight|\n|Max Climb Angle|\n|Hard terrain resistance|\n|Medium terrain resistance|\n|Soft terrain resistance|\n|Damage (Explosion radius)|\n|Damage / min|\n|Rate of Fire|\n|Stationary||17.00 %||13.00 %||16.00 %|\n|In motion||15.00 %||8.50 %||13.10 %|\n|When Firing||3.82 %||4.46 %||3.96 %|\n|Accuracy||42.9427 %||33.2258 %||37.3301 %|\n|Neto Credits Income||-858.719||1634.5||23.5941|\n|Winrate||47.6388 %||45.3003 %||42.9025 %|\n|Kills per Battle||0.351429||0.189485||0.292333|\n|More stats @ vbaddict.net||More stats||More stats||More stats|"}
{"text":"Scientists have devised new technology which generates electricity from body heat, allowing you to charge electronic devices on the go.\nProfessor Byung Jin Cho from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in South Korea is leading the team working on a thermoelectric (TE) generator.\nThe small and flexible generator, made from glass and fabric, can be used to power up heart monitors, smart glasses and other wearable tech.\n\"Mobile phones consume high electrical energy compared to electrical sensors. Right now we are trying to make a sample that provides electricity for medical sensors,\" Cho said.\n\"After that, smartphones will be the next application of the TE generator,\" Cho added.\nThe device uses the the small but significant temperature difference between skin and air to create power.\nSo far only two types of TE generators have been developed, based either on organic or inorganic materials, 'The Daily Express' reported.\nCho said his technology, which minimises thermal energy loss but maximises power output, combines the best of both organic and inorganic tech.\n\"This is quite a revolutionary approach to design a generator. In so doing, we were able to significantly reduce the weight of our generator, which is an essential element for wearable electronics,\" Cho added."}
{"text":"Educação e Pesquisa\nPrint version ISSN 1517-9702\nCAIADO, Katia Regina Moreno and LAPLANE, Adriana Lia Friszman de. The Inclusive Education Program: the right to diversity - an analysis from the point of view of administrators of a hub municipality. Educ. Pesqui. [online]. 2009, vol.35, n.2, pp. 303-315. ISSN 1517-9702. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-97022009000200006.\nThrough the comparison between the official discourse and the social practices, the present study seeks to understand the trajectory of implementation of the policy of inclusion. The history of special education in Brazil is marked by social and educational exclusion, and therefore guaranteeing the right to education of handicapped people is a complex process requiring political actions in various spheres. The reflection about the guidelines, materials and documents of the Inclusive Education Program: the right to diversity, based on the testimonies of administrators from a hub municipality, made it possible to raise questions related to the way in which the policy of inclusion in being implemented. The analysis reveals tensions and conflicts associated to the possibilities of bringing to practice actions of formation and multiplication; to the conceptual discussion about inclusion; to the locus of service to handicapped students; to the financing aspect and to the relations between the public and the private sectors; and also as to the responsibilities of the different agents involved in the process. The results point to the fact that these tensions can be understood from the multiple relationships established between a teaching system that tends to homogenization and the principles of inclusion, which presupposes the respect to rights, the appreciation of diversity, and the fulfillment of individual needs.\nKeywords : Special education; Public policies; Inclusive education."}
{"text":"In the tradition of nursery rhymes and Dr. Seuss, this Rhyme Connection worksheet uses one of our favorite literary devices to make reading and spelling fun and engaging for your child! He'll look at pictures and letters to figure out which words rhyme with which, and draw a line to connect the words that rhyme! Then, give him some early reading comprehension practice with a quick quiz at the end using one of the rhyming words.\nThis worksheet is part of the Rhyme Connection series. Try just one, a few, or all forty!"}
{"text":"In 1979, 2345 students took the math part of the SAT and had a mean of 524. Is this consistent with the notion of a population mean of 500 if we assume the standard deviation = 100?\nMy initial take was to calculate the standard error and compare that to the observed difference between the sample and population mean. I really dont know what this question is asking exactly. Please help!"}
{"text":"New research on children's executive functioning and self-regulation has begun to reveal important connections to their developing social understanding (or \"theories of mind\") and emotional competence. The exact nature of the relations between these aspects of children's social and emotional development is, however, far from being fully understood. Considerable disagreement has emerged, for instance, over the question of whether executive functioning facilitates social-emotional understanding, or vice versa. Recent studies linking the development of children's social understanding with aspects of their interpersonal relationships also raise concerns about the particular role that social interaction plays in the development of executive function. Three key questions currently drive this debate: Does social interaction play a role in the development of executive function or, more generally, self-regulation? If it does play a role, what forms of social interaction facilitate the development of executive function? Do different patterns of interpersonal experience differentially affect the development of self-regulation and social understanding? In this book, the contributors address these questions and explore other emerging theoretical and empirical links between self-regulation, social interaction, and children's psycho-social competence. It will be a valuable resource for student and professional researchers interested in executive function, emotion, and social development.\nBack to top\nRent Self- and Social-Regulation 1st edition today, or search our site for other textbooks by Bryan W. Sokol. Every textbook comes with a 21-day \"Any Reason\" guarantee. Published by Oxford University Press.\nNeed help ASAP? We have you covered with 24/7 instant online tutoring. Connect with one of our tutors now."}
{"text":"If you've been worrying for the past several months that your cat — your delightfully mischievous, scratch-your-eyelashes-to-wake-you-up-for-food cat — was secretly implanting a mind-warping parasite in your brain with its poop, you can now breathe a sigh of relief because almighty SCIENCE has more or less disproved that controversial supposition. Last year, a group of scientists found that nations with higher rates of humans being infected with Toxoplasma gondii — a single-cell parasite that builds nice ranch-style homes in cat feces — also had higher rates of brain cancer. The link, however, was considered pretty tenuous.\nNow, according to Science magazine, another group of scientists has sorted out this whole cats-cause-brain-cancer business. The scientists studied a group of almost 600,000 women aged 50 and older, tracking the how many developed brain tumors over the course of three years. Eighteen percent of these women owned at least one cat, but the cat-ladies were no more likely to develop brain cancer than their catless counterparts, despite their constant exposure to T. gondii. The moral of the story, of course, is that you can own all the cats you want. Really, just go crazy and start pulling them off the street because, now that science has reassured the tremulous public that cats are harmless (unless they're picked up improperly or something), cats are going to be in demand and nobody wants to get stuck with the mangy, one-eyed cats that are left over after the cat-adopting craze.\nScienceShot: Cats Don't Cause Cancer [Science]\nImage via Ilyashenko Olehsiy/Shutterstock."}
{"text":"Track topics on Twitter Track topics that are important to you\nSpringfield Smoked Fish of Springfield, MA is expanding their voluntary recall to include additional smoked fish and cream cheese products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.NEXT ARTICLE\nPediatrics is the general medicine of childhood. Because of the developmental processes (psychological and physical) of childhood, the involvement of parents, and the social management of conditions at home and at school, pediatrics is a specialty. With ...\nNeurology - Central Nervous System (CNS)\nAlzheimer's Disease Anesthesia Anxiety Disorders Autism Bipolar Disorders Dementia Epilepsy Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Neurology Pain Parkinson's Disease Sleep Disorders Neurology is the branch of me...\nPain is a feeling (sharp or dull) triggered in the nervous system which can be transient or constant. Pain can be specific to one area of the body eg back, abdomen or chest or more general all over the body eg muscles ache from the flu. Without pain ..."}
{"text":"Technology Reveals Recording of Alexander Graham Bell's Voice\nHe invented a world-changing acoustic device that allows us to send our voices over great distances, but what did telephone creator Alexander Graham Bell's voice sound like? His last living relative who had heard him speak, granddaughter Mabel Grosvenor, died in 2006. The recordings he and his associates made on discs and cylinders (formed of—among other materials—cardboard, wax, and paper) were silent artifacts from which modern technology couldn’t extract information.\nBell donated more than 400 of these discs and cylinders to the Smithsonian Institution. Though the inventor documented his research well (in case patent disputes should arise in the future), the precise methods used in these early audio recording experiments have been lost for decades.\nBut physicists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California have recently made breakthroughs in drawing sound from these discs. By creating high-resolution optical scans and converting those by computer into audio files, the muffled early attempts at recording—unheard for over a century—are audible. Among the recitations of Hamlet, number sequences and nursery rhymes, the team made a particularly notable discovery.\nOn a 130-year-old disc, recorded on April 15, 1885, is a recording of Alexander Graham Bell’s voice. The legendary inventor declares: “In witness whereof—hear my voice, Alexander Graham Bell.” Even with so few words, much is revealed: Bell's careful enunciation is predictable for a man whose father was a renowned elocution teacher and whose wife was deaf. He lived in England, Canada, and the eastern United States throughout his life, and his voice is tinged with a British accent. For anyone who appreciates Bell’s contributions to modern technology, the recording is awe-inspiring, incredible in its simplicity but groundbreaking in its significance. Head over to Smithsonian to hear Bell speak."}
{"text":"Hard\"ness, n. [AS. heardness.]\nThe quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.\nThe habit of authority also had given his manners some peremptory hardness.\nSir W. Scott.\nThe cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body, determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be itself scratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond and talc form the extremes.\nThe peculiar quality exhibited by water which has mineral salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an insoluble compound with soap, and is hence unfit for washing purposes.\n⇒ This quality is caused by the presence of calcium carbonate, causing temporary hardness which can be removed by boiling, or by calcium sulphate, causing permanent hardness which can not be so removed, but may be improved by the addition of sodium carbonate.\n© Webster 1913."}
{"text":"A Unique Mammalian Radiation\nWith more than two hundred species distributed from California through Texas, across most of mainland Mexico, Central and South America, and islands in the Caribbean Sea, the Phyllostomidae bat family (American leaf-nosed bats) is one of the world’s most diverse mammalian families. From an insectivorous ancestor, species living today have over about 30 million years evolved a hyper-diverse range of diets, from blood or small vertebrates, to consuming nectar, pollen, and fruit. Phyllostomid plant-visiting species are responsible for pollinating over five-hundred species of shrubs, trees, vines, and epiphytes of the Americas—many of which are economically and ecologically important—and they also disperse the seeds of at least another five-hundred plant species. Fruit-eating and seed-dispersing members of this family thus play a crucial role in the regeneration of neotropical forests, and the fruit eaters are among the most abundant mammals in these habitats.\nWritten by leading experts in the field and synthesizing the latest advances in molecular biology and ecology, Phyllostomid Bats is the first overview in more than forty years of the evolution of the many morphological, behavioral, physiological, and ecological adaptations in this family. Featuring abundant illustrations as well as details on the current classification and conservation status of phyllostomid species, it is both a comprehensive reference for these ecologically vital mammals and a fascinating exploration of the evolutionary process of adaptive radiation.\nFinally, a comprehensive overview\nWith 24 richly illustrated chapters, Phyllostomid Bats offers a comprehensive overview of an extraordinary group of mammals. Reviewing thousands of recent contributions, many by the book's authors, Phyllostomid Bats is the perfect introduction for the budding naturalist, while serving as a key reference for the seasoned specialist!"}
{"text":"ALL PRION IMAGES: possible\nroutes of transmission of BSE prions from cows to the human brain.\nScheme of the possible transmission routes of BSE prions from cows to the human brain. The image above is 400 pixels across and the original is 3,017 pixels across.\nThis simplified diagram shows the likely routes of BSE prions from their amplification through cows to their entry to the human brain. The prions are represented by the purple particles streaming around the picture. At top left \"O\" represents the origin of BSE prions. This has not been established with certainty. The prions are then shown passing from one cow to another (BSE infected cattle were fed to other cows). Contaminated meat (and possibly other bovine derivatives) then carried the prions to humans. In the human gut (bottom left) prions may be taken up by lymphoid tissues (Peyer's patches). The prions are then ferried around the body in lymphocytes \"L\". Prion replication is thought to occur in lymphoid tissues, especially the spleen \"S\". Nerves \"N\" that supply the lymphoid tissues then allow prions to travel back up them to the brain. Since lymphocytes carry prions, it is reasonable to assume that transport to the brain might occur in parallel through the blood. This is illustrated at \"B\". The fear that human blood and blood products may carry BSE prions has caused many countries to ban blood donations from those who are deemed to have been exposed."}
{"text":"The coronavirus, which has wreaked havoc on health and paralyzed the world economy, has had a particularly impact on the financial sector. In France, the year 2020 marks a turning point for banks, between loans guaranteed by the State, which have increased the debt of French companies, the explosion of savings and the acceleration of digitization. Explanations with ten figures that make you dizzy.\n129 billion euros in guaranteed loans\nCreated at the end of March to support the cash flow of companies undermined by the confinement, the loan guaranteed by the State (PGE) has been an overwhelming success. To date, this loan has been taken out by 630,000 companies, for a total amount of 129 billion euros. This represents around 10% of outstanding bank loans to businesses. As a general rule, a company can obtain an EMP within the limit of 25% of its annual turnover, the amount being 90% guaranteed by the State. No repayment is due the first year, and the maturities can then be spread over a maximum of five years. If the banks only bear 10% of the risk, they have mobilized strongly. Most of the loans were distributed in three months, with a refusal rate of less than 3% according to the banks. However, faced with the crisis, some companies would prefer an outright subsidy, rather than a loan that will have to be repaid."}
{"text":"Operant boxes reinforce certain behaviours by pairing them with an outcome. For example, a chamber may reinforce nose-poking in mice by delivering sucrose solution each time they poke. More complicated operant paradigms can test reward learning and finer features of motivation, such as increased reinforcement of food-directed behavior.\nOperant chambers from other suppliers can cost thousands of dollars per chamber, not including the cost of the corresponding software packages. This cost may prevent researchers from performing important behavioral experiments and makes high-throughput experiments (involving dozens or even hundreds of chambers) financially impractical. For teaching and research settings, we offer to construct operant boxes according to your specifications, including a plastic or metal box and Arduino-based input-output circuits. Chambers can be equipped with photo interrupter sensors (ports serving as nose pokes) or a drinking well, levers, food trays / monitored feeding stations (see e.g. Nguyen et al. 2016), transponder readers, light, touch screens etc. Interesting operant box designs such as \"ROBucket\" are available as open source and can be fully automated (see e.g Rivalan et al. 2017).\nAttention: We do not supply chambers using electric stimuli."}
{"text":"A new study has found chewing gum could make people fat since its minty taste makes sugary food more tempting.\nScientists found people given to chew gum eat more high calorie sweet foods. This is because the chemical responsible for the minty flavour of gum makes savoury foods, especially fruit and vegetables, taste unpleasant, Daily Mail reported.\nThe study's co-author Christine Swoboda, a doctoral candidate in nutrition at Ohio State University, told LiveScience website: \"The chemical change is the same reason why when you brush your teeth and then drink orange juice, it tastes bad.\n\"We were also interested in seeing whether this helps with weight loss.\"\nSwoboda and her colleague Jennifer Temple of the University of Buffalo, enrolled 44 volunteers for their study and asked each candidate to play a game in exchange for food.\nSome played for pieces of fruit, while others played for crisps and sweets.\nBefore participating in the experiment, half of the volunteers had chewed either fruit gum or mint gum.\nDuring an experiment, the volunteers were asked to keep a food diary. For a part of the time, the volunteers were asked to chew mint gum before meals, while for the rest of the time they were simply asked to note down their food intake.\nThe food diaries showed while chewing gum, people ate fewer meals but that they did not consume fewer calories as a result.\nSwoboda said the explanation could be that the menthol in mint interacts with nutrients in fruits and vegetables to create a bitter flavour and that this was making healthy food seem unappealing."}
{"text":"United Nations, 1 September 2005 -- The United Nations' top humanitarian relief official has described Hurricane Katrina as one of the most destructive natural disasters in human history.\nJan Egeland told reporters that in terms of purely economic costs -- homes and businesses destroyed, people displaced -- the hurricane was worse than the December 2004 tsunami in southeast Asia.\nBut Egeland said good preparations and quick evacuations of residents by U.S. authorities meant that far fewer people have been killed along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast than the estimated 180,000 who died in the tsunami.\nThe casualty toll from the hurricane is not yet clear, but it is believed to be in the hundreds, or possibly thousands, of people.\nEgeland said the United Nations is ready to assist in U.S. recovery efforts, but added that no request has yet been made by American authorities.\n\"Concern Growing Over Slow Pace Of Tsunami Relief Operations\""}
{"text":"Coral Reef Rehabilitation in the Dutch Caribbean\nThe Dutch Caribbean islands are recognized worldwide for their healthy reefs and outstanding dive sites. Nevertheless, while these reefs are showing signs of resilience and recovery from recent bleaching events, they still face a large number of local, regional and global threats such as eutrophication and development, bleaching, diseases and hurricanes as well as ocean acidification and climate change. In light of the accelerated decline of many coral species and a rise in hard- to-control threats, coral reef conservation efforts have begun to focus on active rehabilitation of populations of threatened coral species.\nThis news article was published in BioNews 23.\nBioNews is produced by the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance and funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs."}
{"text":"There are few areas in modern technology where surfaces and their interactions with their environment do not play a decisive role. Surface analysis—the chemistry of the top few atomic layers—often provides the key for failure analysis, development of new products and processes, and the like. Understanding of how surfaces interact with their environment is the foundation for many basic research studies.\nThe Swagelok Center for Surface Analysis of Materials (SCSAM) at Case Western Reserve University provides the most important and state-of-the-art techniques of surface analysis: X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (also known as ESCA or Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis); Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES); Time-Of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (TOF-SIMS) as well as four SEMs that provide microchemical analysis using X-ray Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (XEDS). Case Western Reserve is pleased to offer a five-day short course and workshop on Applied Surface Analysis that offers in-depth instruction and hands-on demonstrations of these major surface analysis techniques.\nRegistration Closed and Workshop cancelled. To schedule a personal tour or meet with engineers contact Mandy Economos at (216) 368-3868, firstname.lastname@example.org.\nWe will be organizing a new workshop Summer 2013 based upon interest so let us know! We encourage visitors and engineers offer training one-on-one at our regular \"Federally approved\" hourly rates."}
{"text":"St Thomas was born in 1118. He was King Henry’s chancellor and later Archbishop of Canterbury. He found himself in almost constant opposition to the King and was eventually sent into exile. Although he was later recalled, he still opposed the King. Three days after Christmas day, 1170, he was murdered at the alter of his cathedral in Canterbury by four of the King’s knights. His martyrdom led to his canonization in 1170."}
{"text":"Cancer prevention and control: World Health Assembly resolution approved\nFor the first time in the history of WHO, an opportunity to reinforce comprehensive cancer policies and strategies among its Member States has presented itself.\nAdopted cancer prevention and control resolution, May 2005\nThe 58th World Health Assembly resolution on cancer prevention and control (WHA58.22) adopted in May 2005, calls on Member States to intensify action against cancer by developing and reinforcing cancer control programmes. This is being done by implementing the four components of cancer control: prevention, early detection, diagnosis & treatment and palliative care.\nThe resolution on cancer prevention and control is available as a document in the six WHO official languages:"}
{"text":"Type 2 diabetes, once the sole province of overweight adults, now affects kids who have poor eating habits and get little exercise.\nWhy is it so important to watch kids' weight? Eighty percent of overweight kids become overweight adults, but those kids are not guaranteed to become diabetics. Parents can do a lot to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes in their kids—even if the parents already have it. The American Diabetes Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics offer these tips:\nBan habits that lead to overeating. Make kids use a plate and eat at the table.\nMake sure kids exercise. They need an hour a day, all or most days. Sports teams are one option, but outdoor play, such as running around and bike riding, are other options.\nControl portions. Don't let kids overeat. Switch to smaller plates to encourage smaller portions.\nDelay seconds at mealtime. Wait 15 to 20 minutes before you offer seconds.\nDon't buy junk food. Offer low-calorie snacks such as carrots, celery, Italian ices, low-fat cheese, or fresh fruit.\nLimit or get rid of soda and other sweetened beverages. These have a lot of calories with minimal nutritional value.\nCut back television time and other sedentary \"screen time,\" such as video games and computers. Two hours a day or less is all that's recommended.\nSet a good example. Eat in a healthier manner—and exercise too.\nIf you have questions about your child's nutritional needs, be certain to check with your pediatrician.\nWhat Do You Really Know About Diabetes?Nearly 26 million Americans ...Diabetes Quiz ►"}
{"text":"Cincinnati Zoo remembers last passenger pigeon\nMartha died 100 years ago\nThe Cincinnati Zoo remembers the last known passenger pigeon with a renovated memorial 100 years after the bird's death at the zoo.\nThe zoo also is holding a series of events and lectures in honor of \"Martha,\" the pigeon that died at the zoo on Sept. 1, 1914.\nMonday's 100-year anniversary observance plans included a media preview of the renovated memorial. The zoo's executive director says officials hope visitors to the renovated exhibit will become inspired to learn more about what they can do to help species conservation.\nThe new exhibit includes a pair of hand carved wood passenger pigeons, information about Martha and the extinct species along with the positive efforts of conservation to save endangered species in recent years.\n\"It’s an important message to spread,\" zoo director Thane Maynard said. “It’s a solemn day, with the passing of Martha and the recognition of this century, but it's also a hopeful day.\"\nOne goal of the renovation was to update the building where Martha is believed to have been housed. But zoo officials also want to provide more information about Martha and the protection and conservation work that followed the once-flourishing species' extinction.\nAll over the world people are better educated, people in bigger numbers are working to save endangered species."}
{"text":".LDR File Extension\nWhat is an LDR file?\nFile created by LDraw, a suite of CAD tools used to build digital 3D LEGO models; contains the dimensions of LEGO bricks and their placements within a 3D coordinate system; used for saving LEGO designs.\nThe term \"LDraw\" can actually refer to different things, including the original DOS LDraw program, the LDraw parts library, the LDraw tool suite, or the LDraw standard file format. It most commonly refers to the file format or the LDraw tool suite.\nThe LDraw tool suite includes MLCAD (Mike's LEGO Computer Aided Design) for constructing LDR files, LDview for viewing LDR files, and other tools for converting LDR files to the .POV format.\nNOTE: LDR files are saved in a plain text format."}
{"text":"Fort Wayne, IN\nFort Wayne is a city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States. The municipality is located in northeastern Indiana, approximately 18 miles (29 km) west of the Ohio border and 50 miles (80 km) south of the Michigan border.\nFort Wayne is the principal city of the Fort Wayne Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan area that encompasses Allen, Wells, and Whitley counties, for an estimated population of 414,315. In addition to those three counties, the Fort Wayne–Huntington–Auburn CSA, a combined statistical area, includes Adams, DeKalb, Huntington, and Noble counties, for a population of 610,015.\nUnder the direction of American Revolutionary War statesman General \"Mad\" Anthony Wayne, the United States Army built Fort Wayne last in a series of forts near the Miami Indian village of Kekionga in 1794. Named in Wayne's honor, Fort Wayne established itself at the confluence of the St. Joseph River, St. Marys River, and Maumee River as a trading post for European settlers. The village was platted in 1823 and experienced tremendous growth after completion of the Wabash and Erie Canal."}
{"text":"On April 21, 1949, a completely outdoor turbine-generator was placed into commercial operation at the Greens Bayou electric power plant--the first fully outdoor unit to operate in the United States. The demand for unprecedented quantities of electricity after World War II pressed utilities to provide addition power quickly. The outdoor design, unlike the traditional large turbine hall, resulted in significant reductions in the cost per kilowatt to build the plant. To remove protective housings, engineers dealt with issues such as the freezing of water-based systems, weather exposure, corrosion, and ease of maintenance access to sealed components. On- line lead time and maintenance was made easier and less expensive by outdoor plants.\nThis 66 megawatt turbine-generator at Greens Bayou was one of the earliest AIEE-ASME Preferred Standard units applied in the utility industry. Design engineer Walton Sinton was primarily responsible for the unit, incorporating side-mounted condensers that permitted lowering the floor and the use of a gantry crane on the turbine deck, which eliminated main structural steel supports required in turbine halls. It was Westinghouse Electric Company's first outdoor preferred standard unit. Greens Bayou No. 1 was placed in service 21 months after the order date. As a result of its success, outdoor power plants were subsequently used at many other locations, even when exposed to hurricane force winds and torrential rains.\nPredecessors to the Greens Bayou plant were built beginning in 1933, when General Electric installed a power plant in Schenectady, New York, which placed only the turbine and boiler outside. Greens Bayou was the first eliminate the removable cover and carry the outdoor concept to its logical conclusion by placing all components- -boiler, turbine-generator, condenser, and auxiliaries--outdoors.\nThe plant operated until December 31, 1986, closing after nearly 40 years of service. It is intact and operable in needed."}
{"text":"It's a bird, it's a plane, NO! it's\nKrypton was discovered in Britain in 1898 by Sir William Ramsay. Its was discovered by evaporating liquid air and the residue that was left, there it was. It is a colorless gas, exhibiting a whitish glow in a high electric field. It is used in high speed photography, it is used in light bulbs and in signs to make the glow brighter."}
{"text":"Hinoki cypress is a conical, evergreen, coniferous tree with leaves that are actually minute scales on tiny branches in the form of fans. The outer foliage of ‘Aurea’ is golden and the inner is green. Growth can be slow. Use as a specimen or use several as screening.\nNoteworthy CharacteristicsSoft, stringy bark. Golden fans of foliage. Introduced from Japan around 1860.\nCareGrows best in moist but well-drained, neutral to slightly acidic soil. Full sun.\n50+ Seeds Hinoki Cypress\n- Genus: Chamaecyparis\n- Plant Width: 15 to 30 feet\n- Plant Height: 30 feet or more\n- Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8\n- Light: Full Sun\n- Characteristics: Interesting Bark, Showy Foliage\n- Moisture: Medium Moisture\n- Growth Rate: Moderate\n- Maintenance: Moderate\n- Foliage Color: Purple/Burgundy"}
{"text":"A smart composite material that senses cracks as they develop and then repairs the damage could make the next generation of aeroplanes safer.\nComposites are widely used in bicycles, fishing rods, racing cars and aircraft, and the first all-composite aircraft - the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350 - are on the way.\nA polymer resin typically makes up most of the bulk of a composite, while fibres of a stronger material, such as carbon or glass, are embedded in it to add strength. By varying the type and amounts of resin and fibre, composites are tuned to produce different combinations of lightness and strength.\nThese materials can weaken through delamination, in which the fibres begin to part from the resin. This can be caused by the material experiencing a hard impact, absorbing liquids, or simply getting old. Repeated loading of a composite - caused by the pressurisation and ...\nTo continue reading this article, subscribe to receive access to all of newscientist.com, including 20 years of archive content."}
{"text":"Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) believes in eating to balance yin and yang, hot and cold. For example: Eat for the Seasons. In summer, when the body is exposed to heat, one should eat “cold” foods such as watermelon, iceberg lettuce, apples, and stay away from “hot” foods such as red meat, spicy foods, alcohol.\nTCM diagnoses by organ system. Each organ system is in charge of certain functions in the body, and each organ has foods that can either hurt them or help them. The Spleen system, for example, influences digestion, muscles, blood, energy, and others. If this system has weakened (from overwork, stress, poor diet), it needs foods that can help it maintain balance and strength (warm foods, less sugar and dairy, no raw foods) rather than cause it to weaken more (ice cream, raw veggies, cookies).\nKerri also incorporates some traditional allopathic dietary suggestions. For example, do you have pain? Try an anti-inflammatory diet: decrease sugar, processed foods, trans fats, nightshade vegetables (peppers, eggplant, tomato, potato), caffeine, and instead focusing on foods that can heal you, such as foods containing Omega 3 fats (salmon, flaxseed, walnuts). Also, some patients have had success from a gluten-free diet.\nDuring the initial visit, Kerri will discuss your diet and nutritional history and offer suggestions of how to eat in order to create or restore wellness."}
{"text":"NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:\nTomorrow -- Monday -- Mercury will cross the face of the Sun, as seen from Earth. Called a transit, the last time this happened was in 2016. Because the plane of Mercury's orbit is not exactly coincident with the plane of Earth's orbit, Mercury usually appears to pass over or under the Sun. The featured time-lapse sequence, superimposed on a single frame, was taken from a balcony in Belgium shows the entire transit of 2003 May 7. That solar crossing lasted over five hours, so that the above 23 images were taken roughly 15 minutes apart. The north pole of the Sun, the Earth's orbit, and Mercury's orbit, although all different, all occur in directions slightly above the left of the image. Near the center and on the far right, sunspots are visible. After Monday, the next transit of Mercury will occur in 2032. Watch: the November 11 Transit of Mercury from Earth or from Space.\nPhoto by Dominique Dierick"}
{"text":"The sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) is a small gliding possum originating from the marsupial family.\nThe sugar glider is native to eastern and northern mainland Australia (as well as being introduced to Tasmania, Australia) and is also native to New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago.\nSugar gliders can be found all throughout the northern and eastern parts of mainland Australia, as well as the surrounding islands of Tasmania, Papua, New Guinea, and Indonesia. They can be found in any forest where there is food supply but are commonly found in forests with eucalyptus trees. They are nocturnal, meaning they sleep in their nests during the day and are active at night. At night, they hunt for insects and small vertebrates and feed on the sweet sap of certain species of eucalyptus, acacia and gum trees. The sugar glider is named for its preference for nectarous foods and its ability to glide through the air, much like a flying squirrel.\nWhen suitable habitats are present, sugar gliders can be seen 1 per 1,000 square meters provided that there are tree hollows available for shelter. They live in groups of up to eight adults, plus the current season’s young, all sharing a nest and defending their territory, an example of helping at the nest. A dominant adult male will mark his territory and members of the group with saliva and a scent produced by separate glands on the forehead and chest. Intruders who lack the appropriate scent marking are expelled violently."}
{"text":"Ruddy Duck with Black Cheeks\nI don’t know if I am just really lucky this year or more observant but I found another oddball Ruddy Duck recently. Instead of a leucistic female this time a male with black cheeks and small white lines beneath its eyes crossed my path. The dark-cheeked Ruddy Duck was in the same spot as the leucistic female – Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s East Pond – and I even spotted and digiscoped it from the same vantage point. While at first I entertained thoughts of Masked Duck, mostly because I had never seen one and didn’t know the relevant field marks, a phone call to a fellow birder quickly dispelled that pipe dream. Nonetheless, I was pleased to find such an odd Ruddy Duck, though it turns out that black-cheeked Ruddy Ducks aren’t such an oddity. WhatBird even mentions them: “Some males show all black head, lacking white cheek patches.”\nDespite the bird not being terribly unusual I had never come across such a Ruddy Duck before and now I wonder about other possible oddball ruddies. What will I find next?\nEnjoy these shots and make sure to pick through the flocks of common birds. Eventually you will find something cool!\nIf you liked this post and want to see more great images of birds make sure to check out 10,000 Clicks, our big (and growing) page of galleries here at 10,000 Birds."}
{"text":"Born to parents who were both former slaves, Florence Mills knew at an early age that she loved to sing, and that her sweet, bird-like voice, resonated with those who heard her. Performing catapulted her all the way to the stages of 1920s Broadway where she inspired everyone from songwriters to playwrights. Yet with all her success, she knew firsthand how prejudice shaped her world and the world of those around her. As a result, Florence chose to support and promote works by fellow Black performers while heralding a call for their civil rights. Harlem’s Little Blackbird is a timeless story about justice, equality, and the importance of following one’s heart and dreams. Ages 3–7.\nAbout The Author\nRenée Watson is the author of the children’s picture book, A Place Where Hurricanes Happen (Random House, June 2010), which was featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Her middle grade novel, What Momma Left Me debuted as the New Voice for 2010 in middle grade fiction by The Independent Children’s Booksellers Association.Renée’s one woman show, Roses are Red, Women are Blue, debuted at New York City’s Lincoln Center at a showcase for emerging artists. Her poetry and articles have been published in Rethinking Schools, Theatre of the Mind and With Hearts Ablaze.When Renée is not writing and performing, she is teaching. Renée currently lives in New York City.\nRead Aloud Tips\n- Introduce the book, author and illustrations.\n- Use a timeline to connect events in social justice from emancipation to civil rights.\n- Give clear examples of prejudice that Black Americans faced at that time, and today.\n- Singing helped Florence Mills. Asked students to identify things that make them feel more powerful. Students can make a collage to name these traits.\n“With a text that stylistically sings yet is packed with information, the book introduces a woman who, though part of the Harlem Renaissance, is not well remembered by history.” – Booklist"}
{"text":"Teach Kids About Money: 3 Tips to Teach Kids to Save Money for What They Want by Mei Marcie\nOne of the things I do at the end of each month is review my spending. As my child grows, I'm looking at teaching her how to save in three simple steps:\n- Start off with a piggy bank with an easy-to-count sum, like $50.\n- Create a money chart with items the child wants and will pay for out of this sum, like ice cream, books and toys.\n- Track the money at the end of the month and let the savings go into the bank. Next month is a fresh $50.\nThe child may earn a reward if $50 can last longer this month compared to the preceding month, which encourages the child to save more!\nNote: 30Seconds is a participant in the Amazon affiliate advertising program and this post contains affiliate links, which means we may earn a commission or fees if you make a purchase via those links. The content on 30Seconds.com is for informational and entertainment purposes only, and should not be considered financial advice.\nTake 30 seconds and join the 30Seconds community, and follow us on Facebook to get inspiration in your newsfeed daily. Inspire and be inspired.\nRelated Products on Amazon We Think You May Like:\nPiggy Banks $5 & Up\n30Second Mobile, Inc. is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites."}
{"text":"Bio-Psycho-Social Assesment: How it Helps Patients\nDrug addictions start for a variety of reasons. Some people begin taking drugs due to stress or depression. Others might feel peer pressure to try a drug. Still others might begin a slow descent into drug addiction because of pain and pain medications. Although the end result is all the same, it is important to identify and understand the reason behind these addictions.\nWhen deciding the best treatment plan to use to help a recovering drug addict, it’s important to understand why they became addicted in the first place. It’s also important to understand the triggers that can cause a relapse. By knowing these important factors, Yellowstone Recovery can help create an individual treatment plan that is more likely to work.\nOne way that Yellowstone Recovery does this is by using a bio-psycho-social assessment. Continue reading the following infographic in order to understand more about this assessment, as well as how it can help patients recovering from drug addiction."}
{"text":"Media literacy instruction in today’s classrooms: A study of teachers’ knowledge, confidence, and integration\nTeachers play a critical role in helping to ensure that students leave school with the skills needed to not only be critical consumers of media, but to also be thoughtful and knowledgeable producers of mediated messages. Despite the important role of teachers in media literacy education, we still know very little about teachers’ knowledge of and experiences with media literacy in the classroom. This information is a critical piece in understanding how to best support teachers as they integrate media literacy education within PreK-12 classrooms. The current study seeks to add to the growing body of research in this area by examining secondary teachers’ knowledge of media literacy, confidence incorporating it in classes, and actual integration of media literacy education in courses. Results of a survey of 71 teachers found a relationship between knowledge, confidence, and integration of media literacy. Implications of the study results are discussed.\nCreative Commons License\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.\nMcNelly, T. A., & Harvey, J. (2021). Media literacy instruction in today’s classrooms: A study of teachers’ knowledge, confidence, and integration. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 13(1), 108-130. https://doi.org/10.23860/JMLE-2021-13-1-10\nCurriculum and Instruction Commons, Other Communication Commons, Secondary Education Commons"}
{"text":"Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) is an abnormal connection between an artery and a vein. The normal blood circulation involves flow of blood from artery to capillaries to a vein. With an AV fistula, capillaries are bypassed making a direct flow between an artery and a vein which ultimately reduces the blood supply to the tissues otherwise supplied by the normal capillaries. AV fistula is an acquired lesion which means someone is not born with it but acquired later in life due to infection, traumatic injury, tumor, surgery or in some cases without any precipitating event. Please read more in the Dural Arteriovenous Malformation (DAVF) chapter.\nAV fistula can be treated by endovascular embolization, open surgery or by combination of both methods. Endovascular embolization is a minimally invasive procedure in which endovascular surgeon makes a small incision in groin area. The surgeon then passes the navigating tube through the femoral artery and advances up into the artery which is forming AV fistula. Through this navigating tube, the surgeon then injects an embolizing agent such as glue like substance (usually onyx), micro coil or a metallic stent to physically block the blood supply of AV fistula. In some cases, open surgery (Craniotomy or Laminectomy) is required after endovascular treatment to physically remove the AV fistula.\nPlease see section of neurosurgical procedures for more information on open surgical treatment of brain and spine AV fistula."}
{"text":"Book: Collapse; how societies choose to fail or survive\nCollapse; how societies choose to fail or survive.\nJared Diamond, Penguin Books.\nWhat was going through the head of the man who chopped down the last tree on Easter Island?\nHad he been reflective he would have realised that there would be no more fishing boats with a famine that would reduce the stone statue civilisation to a small band of cannibals.\nThis book traces many historic civilisations. Some of which have destroyed their environment through exploitation ( see Dirt review ) Other island cultures have preserved trees, valued wildlife and limited human reproduction and have thrived from millennia. The collapse of the Greenland Norse and Maya civilisations are well told.\nOne illustration of the book’s title is provided on the single island that makes up Haiti and the Dominican Republic. One side has deforestation, topsoil erosion and corruption whilst the other maintains forests and farmland.\nThe final chapters look at the choices facing the western economies. To scale back on expansion and live quietly within environmental limits, maintaining soil and trees in stable low carbon communities, or to continue headlong with increased growth and exploitation over the cliff of peak oil and climate change."}
{"text":"They are providing some educational activities for all year levels, P-12 which has the main focused on environment.\nTheir approach is learning through engagement in the environment, hands on participation and movement based as much as achievable. Their excursions are tailored to personal school wishes as needed.\nTheir most popular journey is beginning to the intertidal environment and the animals living on there, with a series of rock pool based actions that agreed students to determine discover a little regarding their lifecycle and what lives in rock pools, adaptations to that atmosphere where they survives and extraordinary environment of the Victorian coastline.\nPlease use the Contact form on the right for South Gippsland Environmental Education & Interpretation information and ordering."}
{"text":"Returns ascent of the current font at its current size.\nReturns ascent of the current font at its current size. This information is useful for determining the height of the font above the baseline.\nThis method is the same as text_ascent() but linked to a\nPy5Graphics object. To see example code for how it can be used, see text_ascent().\nUnderlying Processing method: PGraphics.textAscent\ntext_ascent() -> float\nUpdated on March 06, 2023 02:49:26am UTC"}
{"text":"In this course, we will be walking through the core vocabulary needed to pass the N5 JLPT. Each section will have a brief introduction and usage notes as well as some activities before finishing with a quick quiz.\nGenerally speaking, the vocabulary you see at this level will be pretty common stuff that you will see/hear on a daily basis if you are using Japanese. Things like common actions, family members, numbers, directions and common function words that are used very often. And although 700 words seems like a lot, it is still not as much as you need to have a comfortable conversation. It is a good start though.\nLearning vocabulary at any level involves two things – SRS (Spaced Repetition System) and exposure. SRS is a system of learning vocabulary (and sometimes grammar) that involves spacing out the items you are learning so that you review them at regular intervals, read this for more details. Exposure involves reading, listening, and using language as much as you can periodically. Vocabulary is something that needs time to grow, the number of times you study is better than the amount of time you spend in each study session.\nThis course will introduce you to all the key words, but be sure to do regular review with either the Ultimate Deck on Ankiweb or the N5 course on Memrise so that you can lock all these words in for the test."}
{"text":"For amateur golfers, a lot of terms you hear on the course might be confusing and difficult to understand. This article explains some common golf terms that will make it easier to understand the game better.\nThis refers to the number of strokes a golfer should hit his golf ball for it to get into the hole.\nAlso referred to as a hole-in-one, this is the rarest occurrence on a golf course. It happens when a golfer hits the ball directly into the hole with their first shot.\nThis is regarded as a warning made by golfers at the course. Usually, it is sounded to make a warning of the possibility of a golf ball about to hit a player or a spectator.\nThese are small stands made from wood, and some are plastic. They are used to hold a golf ball off the ground for the player to take a strike.\nRefers to a gentle stroke on the green using a putter aimed at sinking the ball into a hole.\nThis is a golf club that has a flat edge that makes the ball roll smoothly into a hole on the green.\nThese are surfaces specially prepared for the golfers aiming to putt their golf balls in a specific game round. This is where you will find the hole and the flag.\nThis is a club designed with a wooden head. It is mostly used during the tee shots, and it strikes balls the furthest.\nIron refers to all the metal clubs in a player’s golf bag. They are numbered from one to nine. The clubs labelled one will hit your ball furthest while those labelled nine will give you the shortest hit.\nThese are sand traps constructed to make it challenging and difficult for the pro-golfers to make a hole. They help to bring out the true skill of a golfer."}
{"text":"Montan Wax is derived by solvent extraction of lignite. The earliest production of montan wax on a commercial scale was in Germany during the latter half of the nineteenth century, and Germany continues to lead the world in production of montan wax; some montan wax is produced in US frin long lignite bed in California.\nThe composition of montan wax varies geographically with production, but includes varying amounts of wax, resin and asphalt. The largest traditional use of Montan wax is in the formulations of carbon paper inks. The decrease in use of carbon paper resulted in montan wax being further refined for use in the formulation of polishes and as plastics lubricants. Montan wax is hard and brittle and has a high melt point; its properties are similar to those of natural plant waxes such as carnauba, which it can replace."}
{"text":"> Ambystoma leorae\nAmbystoma leorae (Leora's Stream Salamander)\nSynonyms: Rhyacosiredon leorae\nThe Leora's Stream Salamander or Ajolote (Ambystoma leorae) is a species of mole salamander in the Ambystomatidae family. It is found only in Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.\nThe family Ambystomatidae or the mole salamanders diverged from all other salamanders in the Early Cretaceous period over 140 million years ago, around five million years before the koala and dolphin lineages diverged from their common ancestor. The small number of species that represent the genus Ambystoma are highly evolutionarily distinct members of both the salamanders and the amphibians as a whole. Leoras Stream Salamander appears to be confined to the upper tributaries of the Balsas River, central Mexico. Conservation and restoration of this habitat is an urgent priority in order to save this species from extinction in the future.\nUniqueness Scale: Similiar (0)\nUniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0)\nUnique & Vulnerable (100)\nAlliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites\nSpecies recognized by , , in\nEndangered Status provided by IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2 <www.iucnredlist.org\n> Downloaded on 11 April 2013.\nEcoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder\nProtected Areas provided by Le Saout, S., Hoffmann, M., Shi, Y., Hughes, A., Bernard, C., Brooks, T.M., Bertzky, B., Butchart, S.H.M., Stuart, S.N., Badman, T. & Rodrigues, A.S.L. (2013) Protected areas and effective biodiversity conservation\n. Science, 342, 803–805\nRange map provided by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Conservation International & NatureServe."}
{"text":"RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - DECEMBER 03: People gather on Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, which will host rowing and canoeing events in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, on December 3, 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The picturesque lagoon is challenged by environmental problems including sewage, pollution, poor drainage and chronic fish die-offs. Close to 70 percent of the sewage in Rio drains untreated and sometimes drains into the waterways which will host Olympics events. Rio's Olympic committee has said it will fix the pollution issues before the events. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)\nContent engaging our readers now, with additional prominence accorded if the story is rapidly gaining attention. Our WSJ algorithm comprises 30% page views, 20% Facebook, 20% Twitter, 20% email shares and 10% comments."}
{"text":"WHAT IS A KANJI LETTER FOR BLUE?\nBlue says AO in Japanese.\nIf you like it, you can download free PNG data at the end of this page. I'm a native Japanese and I guarantee you that every kanji letter is 100% accurate.\nHope it helps for your tattoo ideas and designs!\nHOW TO READ\nAO, SEI, SHOU\n- young, immature\nIt gives cool, calm, and refreshing impressions.\nThe top part of the character pictures glass growing from the earth.\nThe bottom one stands for a mineral used for dye.\nThe whole symbol represents “a mineral that has glass-like color” and that makes the meaning of blue.\nIn Japanese culture, the green color is sometimes called “blue”. For example, we call a traffic gree light AO SHINGOU. The actual color is green but the word is blue.\n?? It’s confusing!\nI agree. It happens because ancient Japanese people didn’t tell blue from green. The word BLUE included both meanings of blue and green. This custom still remains in the current culture.\nYou can download the kanji data with transparent PNG format. Each letter is made in 1000px X 1000px. Available for any purposes and no link or credit is needed. Feel free to take it!"}
{"text":"Art Lesson 38, Part 19\nFind out about Pentimenti in Rembrandt’s paintings\nLearn how to paint like the Old Masters!Get the complete Old Masters Academy™ course for only $487 ENROLL NOW!\nPentimenti in Rembrandt’s paintings\nBecause Rembrandt worked-up the design of his compositions directly on the canvas, brushing underpainting sketchily, they often ended with him redesigning the composition or making slight alterations to some passages. X-rays frequently reveal significant changes in his paintings.\nFor an example, let’s have a look at a few paintings.\nIn Judas Returning the 30 Pieces of Silver, Rembrandt changed many things in the initial design. First, he laid in architectural elements, and then created the compositional drawing with figures. These ideas were transferred from paper to panel. Thereafter, Rembrandt changed the architectural arrangement several times (for example, the arch on the right was raised). Also, the figure of the seated High Priest was painted over the standing figure, the tonality of the left-hand side of the painting was changed, and the curtain was replaced with the table and book. Three standing priests were painted over the seated one, and Juda’s money bag – that was originally beside his knees – was moved behind him.\nThe X-ray of Self Portrait at the Age of 34 reveals two notable pentimenti. Originally, the portrait included the artist’s left hand. Also, the collar has a more rounded shape and the shirtfront was longer."}
{"text":"Build the American Culture\nWeek 13 – Build a Western Street:\nIncludes individual pieces — walls, building tops and sign, boardwalks, porches, windows and doors, porches and more — to help build a fine western street.\nWeek 14 – Build a Tenement Diorama\nProvides walls and furnishings to allow students to create a model of a big city tenement in the 1800’s.Week 16 – Build an Industrialist Monopoly Pieces of a gameboard help students create a fun version of the game Monopoly that utilizes facts and background from the time of industrialist monopolies.\nWeek 18 – American Inventors Game\nA set of playing cards to help students discover more about inventors and their inventions.\nWeek 25 – Life in the Great Depression Game\nAn oversized game board similar to the gameLife, which allows students to discover the ups and downs of the Great Depression."}
{"text":"Remembering September 11: Elementary (Grades K–6)\nThese whiteboard-ready interactive timelines provide everything you need to address the curiosity your students have about the events of the September 11 terrorist attacks using images and text appropriate for younger students. Each timeline page includes on-screen Extra Support including: helpful hints, vocabulary support, and background information. Teacher Support materials provide full lesson plans, discussion questions for using the timelines, and ideas for how to differentiate the instruction for younger or older students.\nTry it Out\nRemembering September 11 Timeline: Attacks on the United States\nClick through this timeline on the whiteboard to help students understand the shock, sadness, and heroism that took place on September 11, 2001.\nRemembering September 11 Timeline: After the Attacks on the United States\nAnother interactive timeline to help students understand the effects of the September 11 attacks.\nRemembering September 11: Teacher Support Pages\nFull lesson-plans for helping young students understand what terrorism is and ideas for using the interactive timelines in class."}
{"text":"Level: Medium to High\nLanguage: Future forms, Technology, Negotiation\nIn 1995, Newsweek magazine published an article about how the internet would never really become popular in the future. Well, it seems that even the experts can sometime get it wrong (even if the author did make some correct predictions about fake news).\nIn this lesson, students watch a video showing 10 recent inventions and decide which gadgets and devices will become popular in the future. They then decide which invention(s) they would invest their money in. Maybe their guess will be as good as the experts’.\nClick here for more great video worksheets from Picnic English. They’re all free and ready to print with no subscription required."}
{"text":"In this tutorial I will be talking about star trails photography.\nStar trails are created by rotation of earth. Results will depend on how dark is the place and the direction of shooting. shooting at the direction of Polaris ( the north star ) will results as circles as shown in the picture below. Taken by David Malin Nasa"}
{"text":"The Hip Harness Carrying System is a low-tech harness mechanism that takes advantage of the strongest structures of the lower body to withstand and carry loads while diverting weight from the spine and lower back. When wearing the device carriers have the advantage of free-hands carriage allowing them to utilize their upper body and arms for balance, additional support, carry more load, or offer assistance to victims while transporting them to safety.\nThe device’s main purpose is to be used as a rescuing aid for responders traversing on challenging terrains such as urban slums, sites hit by natural disasters, and confined spaces with limited room for maneuvering. However, the advantage of providing hands-free carriage and releasing weight from the carrier’s spine can benefit a number of other workers and tasks. Some expanded uses include civil construction, military, agriculture and general carrying and load bearing.\nLIGHTENING THE LOAD: TRANSPORTING THE INJURED IN CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS\n2008 IDSA Conference Proceedings"}
{"text":"The Right of National Sovereignty and the Powers Deriving There from\nAbsolute sovereignty over the world and man belongs to God, and it is He Who has made man master of his own social destiny. No one can deprive man of this divine right, nor subordinate it to the vested interests of a particular individual or group. The people are to exercise this divine right in the manner specified in the following articles.\nThe powers of government in the Islamic Republic are vested in the legislature, the judiciary, and the executive powers, functioning under the supervision of the absolute wilayat al-'amr and the leadership of the Ummah, in accordance with the forthcoming articles of this Constitution. These powers are independent of each other.\nThe function of the legislature are to be exercised through the Islamic Consultative Assembly, consisting of the elected representatives of the people. Legislation approved by this body, after going through the stages specified in the articles below, is communicated to the executive and the judiciary for implementation.\nIn extremely important economic, political, social, and cultural matters, the function of the legislature may be exercised through direct recourse to popular vote through a referendum. Any request for such direct recourse to public opinion must be approved by two-thirds of the members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.\nThe functions of the executive, except in the matters that are directly placed under the jurisdiction of the Leadership by the Constitution, are to be exercised by the president and the ministers.\nThe function of the judiciary are to be performed by courts of justice, which are to be formed in accordance with the criteria of Islam, and are vested with the authority to examine and settle lawsuits, protect the rights of the public, dispense and enact justice, and implement the Divine limits [al-hudud al-Ilahiyyah]."}
{"text":"Sign up to Coursera courses for free\nThis course seeks to create an informed public, aware of the technical, medical, legal, and ethical issues associated with implantable medical devices. The course features conversations with experts from a variety of relevant fields to discuss the present and future technological, ethical, legal, and social challenges associated with implantable medical devices.\nDISCLAIMER: This course is intended for educational purposes only. None of the information provided in this course constitutes medical or legal advice. If you have medical or legal questions, contact your physician or attorney.\nIntroduction and Medical Issues\nThis module introduces you to the technical, medical, legal, and ethical issues associated with the hacking of medical devices.\nTechnical Issues Part 1\nTechnical Issues Part 2\nEthical and Policy Issues\nEthical and social issues, what does this mean for the future?\nMichael Bachmann, Lauren Solberg, Brittany Bachmann, Adam Shniderman and Molly Weinburgh"}
{"text":"Elul is an auspicious month for examining one’s deeds and making Teshuva. The letters of the word Elul in Hebrew correspond to the initials of the verse “Ani LeDodi VeDodi Li” (Shir HaShirim 6:3), which means that Hashem is especially close to us during this month. The numerical value of the Sofe Tevot (the last letter of each word) of this verse is 40, corresponding to the number of days that Moshe Rabbenu went up to Mount Sinai to beseech Hashem for atonement. This is why we recite Selihot for 40 days-commencing in the beginning of Elul and culminating on Yom Kippur-just as Moshe Rabbenu did when receiving the second Tablets.\nThe Arizal writes (Pri Etz Haim, Shaar Rosh Hashana, ch. 1) that the letters of Elul correspond to the initials of the verse “[VaAsher Lo Tzada VeHaElokim] Ina Leyado Vesamti Lecha [Makom Asher Yanus Shama]” (Shemot 21:13). In context, this verse explains that cities of refuge are to be provided for one who inadvertently killed one’s fellow as a form of protection from vengeful relatives. Therefore, Elul is symbolically a month in which we can seek refuge from any sins we may have committed inadvertently, and to ask for forgiveness for them. The Arizal also writes that Elul also stands for “Ye’alelun Et Ar’a”, the Aramaic translation of the verse dealing with the Spies’ scouting of the Land of Israel. As such, Elul is a month in which we need to “scout out” and take stock of our positive and negative deeds from the previous year. Finally, Sefer Amarcal explains that Elul stands for “Ish Le’Re’ehu Umatanot LaEvyonim”, the verse from Megilat Esther that talks about the gift-giving that happens on Purim, which also alludes to the fact that in Elul one should increase one’s good deeds to one’s fellows.\nSummary: Elul is a time when one should increase one’s good deeds and examines one’s previous actions, in preparation for Rosh Hashana."}
{"text":"IT workers need soft skills, too!\nNovember 25, 2019 - By Dr. Di\nYou may not remember this, but there was a time when IT functions were very separate from other things going on in an office—maybe because computers were huge and kept in refrigerated rooms. But, no more. Now tech staff are working right along with—actually collaborating with–other business employees to produce the most creative result possible. In a recent global survey conducted by Deloitte, it was found that three soft skills sets for tech people are growing in importance: 1) Creativity, which involves being able to think about users and customers as human beings who will experience products in a unique way; 2) Flexibility of Thinking, where the tech person will be able to take a multifaceted (not just data-driven) approach to problem-solving; and 3) Emotional Intelligence (EI), where the tech employee will have a mature, ego-less way of communicating and relating to others. That is, they will display a high level of EI in their interactions with others by being self-aware and empathetic in their approach.\nI’m not saying to forget about developing your analytic and data skills—they will be sought by employers for the foreseeable future. But, also work on honing your soft skills and increasing your emotional intelligence by choosing experiences where you’ll have a chance to be your most accomplished self."}
{"text":"What are ratings?\nAge ratings are systems used to ensure that entertainment content, such as films, videos, DVDs, and computer games, are clearly labelled by age according to the content they contain. Age ratings provide guidance to consumers (particularly parents) to help them decide whether or not to buy a particular product.\nComputer and video games are now enjoyed by millions of players throughout Europe. In the UK, 37 % of the population aged between 16 and 49 describe themselves as ‘active gamers’ (defined as currently playing games on a console, handheld or PC). In comparison, in Spain and Finland 28% of the population aged 16 and 49 are defined as ‘active gamers’(Nielsen report 2008). While most games (49%) are suitable for players of all ages there are many that are only suitable for older children and young teenagers. There are also some games (4%) that are made for adults only (over the age of 18).\nThe rating on a game confirms that it is suitable for players over a certain age. Accordingly, a PEGI 7 game is only suitable for those aged seven and above and an PEGI 18 game is only suitable for adults aged eighteen and above. The PEGI rating considers the age suitability of a game, not the level of difficulty.\nPEGI is used and recognised throughout Europe and has the enthusiastic support of the European Commission. It is considered to be a model of European harmonisation in the field of the protection of children."}
{"text":"This is a model of unknown scale of the U.S. Air Force Snark, the nation's first intercontinental guided missile. It had a nuclear warhead, an air-breathing engine, two solid-fuel boosters to assist in take-off, a cruising speed of close to Mach 1, and a range of over 6,300 miles. The missile was deployed with the U.S. Air Force from 1957-1961, at which time the increasing numbers of the larger and more accurate Atlas and Titan intercontinental ballistic missiles rendered the Snark obsolete. John and Cynthia Heyde donated the model to NASM in the late 1980s.\nGift of John S. and Cynthia H. Heyde."}
{"text":"Today we can find synthetic polymers in almost every application. These can be exchanged with natural polymers that doesn’t harm people or the environment. Below are just some of the areas where use of natural polymers as Chitin, Chitosan and Alginate may be relevant:\n- Water treatment\nChitosan is a coagulant/flocculant in water treatment with the treatment efficiency for particulate material of 99% or higher. It is a good alternative to the traditional metal-based coagulants as the problem of metal residues is avoided. Besides, the sludge volume is reduced by approximately 50% when chitosan is used, and absence of the metal content in sludge allows applying it in agriculture.\n- Food and beverages\nChitosan is a component of cholesterol-lowering products and dietary fibers, which work by absorbing fat molecules, allowing them to pass through the digestive tract without being digested. The polymer is also a biological preservative, thickener and stabilizer.\nChitin and Chitosan are natural soil fertilizers with an ability to stimulate microbiological activity in the soil and promote plant growth.\nChitosan forms a translucent film on the surface of fruits, vegetables and seeds, prolonging their storage period, or induces a series of defensive reaction mechanisms on fruits and vegetables, blocking attacks from bacterias. It can function as a frost protector as well.\nChitosan and Chitin are the essential components in skin-care creams, shampoos and hairsprays since they function like thickeners, possess antibacterial properties and are able to prevent cosmetic dehydration.\nChitin and its derivatives have been studied in medicine and pharmaceutic as immunologic, bacteriostatic, hemostatic and antitumoral components, dressing materials and polymers for controlled drug delivery and release.\n- Other applications\n- Healing of burns\n- Sewing threads in surgery\n- Plastic production\n- Impregnation of textiles and wood\n- Additive in ice cream"}
{"text":"Newly-discovered fossils from a hilltop in the Sahara Desert may date back to more than 300,000 years, but they are certainly resonating with modern-day scientists. That's because the newfound Homo sapiens fossils debunk longstanding thought about the origins of humans' closest ancestors, according to USA Today.\nScientists excavated three young adults, one adolescent and a child of about seven or eight years old.\nThe unearthed 300,000 year-old-fossils outdated the next-oldest fossils that scientists had previously discovered, which clocked in at about 200,000 years old, and were found in eastern Africa--dubbed the \"Garden of Eden\" for its supposedly pivotal role as humanity's birthplace.\nThe new fossils, however, are from Morocco in far northern Africa, which supports the theory that the evolution of modern humans was a process that occurred across the African continent, not in one particular place.\n“There is no Garden of Eden in Africa,” said Jean-Jacques Hublin, co-author of two new studies describing the fossils and a paleontologist at Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. “Or if there is a Garden of Eden, it’s the size of Africa.”\nThe discovery is historic, nonetheless, because it confirms the idea that humans did not appear like the \"Big Bang,\" according to paleoanthropologist Bernard Wood of George Washington University, who was not associated with the study.\nThe fossils were excavated from a site called Jebel Irhoud, where similar fossils were discovered in the 1960s. Scientists, who revisited the site to confirm their age of about 40,000 years, instead stumbled upon more fossils."}
{"text":"I opened this chapter talking about COBOL, so I guess I'd better briefly describe how you get to it from within Visual B++. The first step is to find a COBOL compiler that can create DLL code-Micro Focus' COBOL Workbench version 4 will do nicely (version 3.4 is the latest 16-bit version). The rest of the steps are pretty obvious. (See Q103226 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base for more information.) You're going to call into the DLL to get at your heritage code. Why rewrite when you can re-position?\nMaybe you have a bunch of scientific routines to write and your language of choice for these is FORTRAN (DIGITAL Visual Fortran 5.0 is a good choice here-MLP is especially easy with Visual Fortran 5.0 as it's based on Microsoft's Developer Studio).\nBuilding your own little language\nI'm getting off the topic a bit so I'll be brief here. Specialized, so_called \"little languages\" (actually some aren't so little) can be easily created using tools such as lex and yacc. (These tools can be used to build type 2 (context-free) languages as classified by the Chomsky language hierarchy). These tools came from the UNIX world originally but are now widely available for other operating systems, including Windows and DOS. The tool lex builds lexical analyzers and yacc (which stands for Yet Another Compiler Compiler) builds parsers. For example, lex can build a program that can break down code like x = a * b * c() / 3 into identifiable chunks, and yacc can build a program that can check that the chunks make syntactic sense, in the order identified by lex (which is as they're written above). As well as syntax checking your code, yacc normally generates output code to perform whatever it is that your grammar has just described, in this case math.\nNote that yacc can generate any kind of code-it can output C, C++, Assembler, COBOL, or Visual B++. So by using lex and yacc you can create grammars and language compilers to perform specialized tasks. If you want to learn more about these tools see the Mortice Kern Systems Inc. Web site at"}
{"text":"Gold Stars KS2 Science: Ages 7-9\nShine in class and in tests with this study survival manual. Feed your brain and show what you can do! Designed to support your everyday study and SATs performance, this book is jammed with smart tactics to whip your brain into shape. It’s got simple exercises, handy definitions of key words and concepts, and clear learning targets to help you stay on track right through the school year. Diagrams and illustrations give visual reminders of everything you’ve learned, while twenty practice tests will get you into shape for the big test day!"}
{"text":"This very rare surname is a variant spelling of Norman-French locational and perhaps job descriptive 'Argent' or 'Argeus' meaning one who lived or worked at a Silver mine, or who came from one of the several French Villages called by the same names. There are a number of variant spelling including Argo, Harg, Hargess, and Hargerie, Hargie being a further development from the latter version. The name development and recordings include Maria Hargie recorded in Stepney on September 8th 1859 and again on April 13th 1864 when the spelling had changed to Harrgie! It is interesting to note that the first recorded name holder married his wife Elizabeth Auston during the Great Siege of York from April to July 2nd 1644.The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Robert Hargerie, which was dated June 7th 1644, married at Holy Trinity Church, Mickiegate, Yorkshire, during the reign of King Charles, known as the Martyr, 1625 - 1649. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to \"develop\" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.\n© Copyright: Name Origin Research 1980 - 2017"}
{"text":"Why Snakes Have Forked Tongues\nLet us enjoy reading this Hindu Mythological Story of Why Snakes Have Forked Tongues.\nVinata, mother of Garuda, had been enslaved by the nagas after she had quarreled with their mother, Kadru. The nagas offered to release Vinata from servitude if Garuda brought them amrita (nectar of immortality) from the moon.\nGaruda brought the nectar after overcoming numerous obstacles, battling even the gods in the process.\nThe nagas were delighted when he placed the pot containing the nectar before them. They let Vinata go and then they went to wash themselves before partaking of the ambrosia.\nOn their return they found the pot missing. Indra had taken it away. The nagas feverishly tried to lick up the drops of nectar that had fallen on the darbha grass on which the pot had been kept. They didn't get much nectar, but the sharp blades of the grass slit their tongues. Snakes ever since have had forked tongues.\nFact File: Snakes smell with the help of their tongues and an organ of smell called Jacobson's organ in the roof of the mouth. A forked tongue helps them smell better. Besides snakes, a few species of lizards too have forked tongues.\nGo to The Short Stories Index\nFrom Why Snakes Have Forked Tongues to HOME PAGE"}
{"text":"According to the Greek researchers, a few cups of green tea each day may help prevent heart disease.\nThe study showed that green tea improves blood flow and the ability of arteries to relax, said Charalambos Vlachopoulos, a cardiologist at the Athens Medical School in Greece who worked on the study.\nOther studies have shown that black tea also has benefits for cardiovascular health.\nThe Greek team said they believed green tea is better because it had higher quantities of beneficial compounds called flavonoids — some of which are lost in the oxidation process that black tea undergoes.\nFlavonoids are also found in cocoa, tomatoes and grapes. “A couple of cups a day would probably be a good dose for people,” Vlachopoulos said. “This is the first study to show these effects for green tea.”\nThe researchers gave 14 healthy volunteers either green tea, diluted caffeine or hot water on three separate occasions and then measured the function of endothelial cells lining the circulatory system.\nThese cells help relax arteries and ease blood flow.\nGreen tea is consumed less in the Western world than black tea, but it could be more beneficial because of the way it seems to improve (circulatory) function.\nSource: Yahoo News"}
{"text":"Our team is excited to be involved with a project to engineer a satellite to be launched into space.\nWe will be able to measure temperature, humidity and the presence of volatile organic compounds. Our Ambasat Sprite-class satellite will be riding into space at rocket speeds onboard a NEPTUNE innovative modular launch vehicle produced by Interorbital Systems (IOS). Inside, our satellite will be jam packed and crammed tight into a luxuriously spacious CubeSat along with 199 addition Sprite-class satellites. Once in Low Earth Orbit, ground control will issue the ‘deploy’ command to jettison our poor 1 oz satellite into the dark void of space, allowing it to escape and social distant itself from its fellow cabin mates. With help only from Earth’s gravitational pull, our satellite will stay in position and in communication with the CUBsat mothership that transported it to this new altitude. The satellite is scheduled to be launched into orbit on Mar 15, 2021 and can be watched via this livestream:\nThis satellite will be launched in memory of our NASA loving friend and former Takasago programmer, Manual De Brito."}
{"text":"The Sago Palm Tree (Cycas revolute) is often called a living fossil because it is one of the most primitive seed plants alive today. Its origin traces back to ancient flora of the Mesozoic era more than 200 million years ago. It is easily recognizable due to its distinctive whorled feathery leaves. These amazingly detailed DIY models start as 4\" square steel sheets and finish as amazing 3D models. Use easy to follow instructions to pop out the pieces, bend the tabs, and connect them at the attachment points. Build your collection today!"}
{"text":"The Grade 5: Numbers to 100,000 activity packet is aligned with the Ontario Grade 5 Mathematics curriculum expectations. This packet is designed to provide students with practice with the following curriculum expectations:\n- Represent, compare, and order whole numbers and decimal numbers from 0 to 100 000;\n- Demonstrate an understanding of place value in whole numbers and decimal numbers from 0 to 100 000;\n- Read and print in words whole numbers to ten thousand;\nThis packet reviews numbers to 10,000 (as per the Grade 4 Mathematics expectations). Please note that this packet does not include lessons. Rather the intention of this packet is to provide practice worksheets for the above mentioned expectations. This packet also deals with whole numbers only. Decimal numbers are dealt with in a different packet.\nThe worksheets in this packet can be used for high flying Grade 4 students or students in Grade 6 who need more reinforcement in terms of the above mentioned expectations. If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know.\n34 + Answer Keys (67 total)"}
{"text":"Our Summary of A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich\nAlice Childress's work \"A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich,\" explores the role of human relationships. Adding race to the story, Childress examines how the pursuit of racial identity affects the human dynamic. The work is set in the inner city of New York; it is a story about a young black boy's struggle with drug addiction. With this in mind, Childress structures the work to allow for the characters to create and answer their own questions. In other words, Childress requires the characters (and the reader, by default) to think intelligently about their issues she places before them. Each of the characters has a conflicting view on the racial experience, poverty, and the effect of drug use. Some characters evaluate the problem intelligently; and others add their personal bias. By the end of \"A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich,\" Childress provides three options for the main character to kick his habit: he can kick it by adopting healthy relationships; he can kick it by using black pride; or he can kick it by exercising his own will.\nFull Book Notes and Study Guides\nComprehensive A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich study guides, summaries, cliff notes, and book notes\nShort Book Summaries\nSites with a short overview, synoposis, book report, or summary of A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich By Alice Childress\nOther Books by this Author\nFind additional resource pages for this author´s books"}
{"text":"Here's an example of a rule in English: the order of modifiers before a noun is fixed. We say \"an attractive pink swimsuit\" but not \"a pink attractive swimsuit.\" Or another: what types of construction can follow a particular verb? \"Risk\" takes a gerund phrase (\"you risked going too far\") but not an infinitive (*\"risked to go too far\") or a noun clause (*\"risked that you went too far\"). These are real rules of English grammar. Pretty much all the rules that get argued about in public are not \"rules\" like this. \"They\" cannot be singular: demonstrably false. The \"who/whom\" distinction is a matter of subject/object uses: demonstrably false. \"That\" is for integrated relatives, \"which\" for supplementary relatives: demonstrably false.One of the others involved in the discussion is an excellent poet and sharp thinker who I have great respect for (and who would definitely prefer I had said \"whom I have great respect for\" – I'm not sure what her position on the stranded preposition there might be). She responded aphoristically:\nAndrew, the only difference I can see between the rules you cite as real and the rules you cite as demonstrably false is that the former aren't ignored quite as often as the latter.To which I could only respond that she had hit the nail on the head:\nExactly. The \"rules that are often ignored\" are not real rules, but pretend rules. In fact, that helps me with a nice chiasmus to state my position: with such rules, it's not that people are ignoring rules. Rather, it's that rules are ignoring people.And that's the purpose of this post: to make a permanent record of my nice chiasmus."}
{"text":"Beginning farmers differ demographically from established farmers\nIn 1982, the Census of Agriculture reported 38 percent of principal operators had operated their farm for less than 10 years, but by 2007, this number had declined to 26 percent. In 2012, beginning farms—those headed and completely operated by farmers with 10 or fewer years of experience—made up just 17 percent of family farms. Although beginning farmers are more likely to be younger than established farmers—17 percent are under age 35, and their average age is 11 years younger (49 versus 60)—nearly 13 percent of beginning farmers are 65 or older. Beginning farmers are also more likely to be female than established farmers; nearly one in five principal operators of a beginning farm is female. Beginning farmers are also more likely than established farmers to have at least a 4-year college degree. The differing demographic profiles of beginning and established farmers may signal change for the sector as older farmers retire. This chart is from the ERS topic page on Beginning & Disadvantaged Farmers, updated October 2014.\nDownload higher resolution chart (1877 pixels by 1501, 300 dpi)"}
{"text":"Tuesday Schedule Detail\nSession Name: Hurricane History~~Twenty-Five Years Later – A Review of Hurricane Andrew and Its Legacy\nStill the last landfalling Category 5 hurricane, Andrew remains one of the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history in terms of insurance payouts to people whose homes, vehicles and businesses were damaged by the storm when it struck Florida and Louisiana in 1992. South of Miami, Andrew destroyed entire blocks of homes – 25,000 houses in Miami-Dade County alone – and nearly 100,000 more were severely damaged.Andrew revealed Florida and other coastal state vulnerability to hurricanes had been seriously underestimated, that the insurance industry needed to reassess their exposure to catastrophic storm damage, and more government involvement in managing coastal mitigation and post-storm recovery. It also altered media coverage of landfalling hurricanes and recovery methodology. While Florida suffered catastrophic lost, Andrew made landfall in central rural Louisiana. However, the Atchafalaya Basin experienced severely damaged willow and cypress trees, and an estimated 182 million freshwater fish perished because of the resuspension of anaerobic bottom materials in the water column. Louisiana’s coastal marsh in Terrebonne and St. Mary Parishes was damaged and eroded. Storm surge of at least 8 ft occurred from Vermilion Bay to Lake Borgne. Andrew spawned an F3 tornado in Laplace. The sugar and soybean crops were devastated. Talks are planned from media, post-storm impact, insurance, and natural resource impacts from Andrew.\nDay of Week: Tuesday\nTime Start: 1:30PM"}
{"text":"The term “speck” first appears in Tyrol’s history in documents dated back to the 18th century. However, the word makes was first used under different names and definitions in the trade registers and butchers’ ordinance as far back as the year 1200. The term has its roots in the Middle High German word “spec” and the Ancient High German word “spek” and actually translates into “something thick, fat.”\nSouth Tyrol’s history documents that South Tyrolean farmers originally cured speck to preserve the meat. The ham was intended for home consumption. Traditionally, pigs were slaughtered during the Christmas Season. The production of speck ensured that farmer’s had a supply of preserved meat for the entire year. The ham recipe was carefully guarded and handed down from generation to generation. The ancestral seasoning secrets from more than 100 years ago still give the speck its typical taste today.\nSpeck Alto Adige is in no way related to the standard fatty pork belly speck described by the common German term. Speck is the result of a combination of two methods used to preserve meat: the standard Mediterranean style curing process for raw ham and smoking, which is a process typically used in Northern Europe. As a result, a unique South Tyrolean ham was created based on the traditional rule “a little salt, a little smoke and a lot of fresh air.” Speck is an ingredient used in numerous typical South Tyrolean dishes, such as the South Tyrolean Speck Dumplings. In South Tyrol, this ham paired with bread and wine, is the main component in the genuine “Marende” – the typical South Tyrolean snack platter. Over the centuries, Speck Alto Adige has been continually upgraded and is now considered a star ingredient by many award-winning chefs.\nTo celebrate a piece of South Tyrol’s history, the Villnöss Valley hosts traditional South Tyrol Speck Festival"}
{"text":"William Douglas lived at Cluny, Fife, Scotland.\nWilliam Douglas was appointed guardian to King James III. during his minority, and received from him, before 1462, some of the spoil accruing from the forfeiture of the Earl of Douglas and his adherents. Two years later, in 1464, King James appointed him Warden Douglas of the Eastern and Middle Marches, in succession to his brother the 4th Earl of Angus before 1475, and at the same time committed to him the keeping of the castles of Douglas and Tantallon, with their lordships. When the 6th earl, \" Bell-the-Cat \", came of age in 1470, William Douglas came before the King and ad eius genua prouolutus — resigned ward of Tantallon and the lordship of Douglas per fustem et bacnlum in the said earl's favour. The lands which he received upon the forfeiture of his kinsmen, comprising Sunderlandhall in Selkirkshire, Cranston in Midlothian, and Traquair and Leithenhope in Peeblesshire, were erected in 1464 into the barony of Sunderland in his favour.\nWilliam Douglas of Cluny, sometimes styled lord of Sunderland and sometimes lord of Traquair, died, probably unmarried, before 1475, when his lands of Cluny appear in possession of the 5th Earl of Angus.\nThe estate of Traquair was originally a royal domain, and was conferred by Robert Bruce on his warm friend and devoted adherent, Lord James Douglas. After passing through various hands, it came into possession of an ancestor of the Murrays of Elibank, and was forfeited by William Murray in 1464. It was given to William Douglas of Cluny, but was almost immediately thereafter assigned to the Boyds."}
{"text":"Cystoscopy complications include infection, bleeding and pain, according to Mayo Clinic. Infection is caused when germs are introduced into the urinary tract. The most common complication of a cystoscopy is urethral swelling, which makes it difficult to urinate, WebMD notes. A catheter helps drain urine until the swelling subsides.Continue Reading\nUnusual urinary tract anatomy, smoking and age are risk factors of developing an infection from a cystoscopy, explains Mayo Clinic. The doctor may prescribe antibiotics before and after the procedure to prevent an infection. Blood in the urine is common, but serious bleeding is rare. Bleeding resulting from a bladder or urethra puncture requires surgery, WebMD advises.\nSymptoms of serious complications related to a cystoscopy include sustained burning or pain during urination that lasts for more than two days, chills, heavy blood clots or bright red blood in the urine, inability to urinate, and abdominal nausea and pain, details Mayo Clinic. Individuals who experience such complications, which also include a fever above 101.4 degrees Fahrenheit, should contact a doctor.\nIn a cystoscopy, the doctor inserts a cystoscope into the urethra after numbing the area with a topical jelly, explains Mayo Clinic. The cystoscope has a telescope-like lens that magnifies the interior of the bladder and urethra. A video camera is sometimes placed over the lens. A sterile solution inflates the bladder, which gives the doctor a better view. In a cystoscopy, a tissue sample is sometimes taken as well.Learn more about Gastrointestinal Issues"}
{"text":"The Evolution of Logic examines the relations between logic and philosophy over the last 150 years. Logic underwent a major renaissance beginning in the nineteenth century. Cantor almost tamed the infinite, and Frege aimed to undercut Kant by reducing mathematics to logic. These achievements were threatened by the paradoxes, like Russell's. This ferment generated excellent philosophy (and mathematics) by excellent philosophers (and mathematicians) up to World War II. This book provides a selective, critical history of the collaboration between logic and philosophy during this period. After World War II, mathematical logic became a recognized subdiscipline in mathematics departments, and consequently but unfortunately philosophers have lost touch with its monuments. This book aims to make four of them (consistency and independence of the continuum hypothesis, Post's problem, and Morley's theorem) more accessible to philosophers, making available the tools necessary for modern scholars of philosophy to renew a productive dialogue between logic and philosophy.\nMORE FROM THIS COLLECTION"}
{"text":"The information age has provided boundless opportunity for fun, dating and just plain intelligence gathering. After the fun is over and it's time to turn out the lights, getting your browser closed is important. Protecting your computer from security threats requires downtime if your system is unattended. The color red has become a universal signal for ending a process or closing a program. Red combined with the \"X\" icon denote ending a browser session in many Internet browsing programs. Several browser's are available for your entertainment purposes. From Internet Explorer to Mozilla Firefox and Mac's Opera, the method for closing your browser is similar.\nSupplies you will need:\n- Internet browser\n- Find the \"X\" icon on your Internet browser. The icon is located at the top right corner of your Internet browser.\n- Place your on-screen mouse pointer over the icon. In some browsers, the icon will turn red when you place your mouse over it. In others, it will turn a light red indicating you are ready to click.\n- Click your left mouse button. This will automatically close your browser.\n- Locate the \"X\" icon on your Google Chrome browser. The icon is on the upper-right corner of the browser.\n- Place your pointer over the \"X\" icon. The icon will turn red indicating you are ready to close the program.\n- Click your left mouse button. The browser will close automatically.\n- In addition, many browsers allow you to open tabs. Tabs are individual browser pages allowing you to view multiple sites in one browser window. Each tab contains the same \"X\" icon for closing that particular tab. Place you on-screen mouse pointer over the \"X\" icon on the tab and click your left mouse button. This will automatically close the tab."}
{"text":"... A Safe Internet Gateway For Kids\nYou are here:\n1. The human ear collects sounds and then send them to the brain to be processesd.\n2. Your ears are also a big part of helping keep a person's balance.\n3. The ear is made up of three different sections: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. All three parts play an important role in healing people hear and process sounds.\n4. The outer ear is located on the outside of the head. It is called the\nEar and Hearing\nEnchanted Learning: Ear Anatomy\nHouse Ear Institute\nHow Hearing Works\nHow the Ear Works\nLet's Hear It For the Ear\nNational Institute of Deafness\nNeuroscience for Kids: The Ear\nNOVA: Faster Than Sound\nPBS: Sound and Fury\nPlay a Piano\nScience of Sound\nThe Ear Foundation\nVirtual Tour of the Ear\nWikipedia: The Ear\nWeb Hosting, Web Development, E-Mail Marketing, IT Services.\nA safe portal for children to safely and effectively utilize the Internet.\nTerms and Conditions\nBack to Top\nCopyright © 2014 Kids Konnect. All Rights Reserved.\nSite Hosted by JIKOmetrix.net"}
{"text":"There is growing concern that HIV is spreading to low-risk population groups and to women in India. Data from sentinel surveillance of women attending antenatal clinics in 2001 showed a prevalence of up to 1.75% . There is also evidence of spread to rural areas: among a 1998 sample of 1251 women in a rural area accessible to the large city of Pune, Maharashtra, the prevalence was 1.2% . Although generalization to the national level from regional data is not appropriate, and limited information is available about the actual prevalence of HIV in the rural areas of the different states, the large absolute numbers potentially at risk indicate a major challenge to India's health security.\nAIDS (2003) 17 2008-9"}
{"text":"Science and social studies publisher Kids Discover today launched Dogs Discover, an interactive, digital library of literacy material for man’s best friend. The new unit, which will be available at no charge, includes seven topics tailored to canine readers, including Working Dogs, How Dogs Communicate, and Physical Characteristics of a Dog. With the national canine literacy rate at an abysmal 0%, the Dogs Discover team is committed to getting dogs excited about reading and learning. The beautifully crafted dogfiction will help canine readers understand signs such as ‘Please Keep Off the Grass’ and food labels such as ‘Chocolate’ or ‘For Cats Only.’ To celebrate today’s launch, Kids Discover will donate a full set of its 140 print titles and a percentage of its April 1 sales to the Shelter Buddies Reading Program, which was designed to help shelter dogs become more adoptable and to nurture empathy in children by having them sit outside of dogs’ kennels and read to them. To inspire a worldwide conversation about canine literacy, the company has launched #DogsDiscover to encourage people around the world to share photos and success stories of their dogs learning to read. Readers can participate on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. For a limited time, the mobile version of Dogs Discover comes with a screen protector to prevent tablets and smartphones from getting scratched by eager canine learners. For more information, please visit DogsDiscover.com."}
{"text":"The Next Level: Why Deeper Is Better for TBMs in Mining\nDiminishing surficial mineral deposits, increasing environmental regulation and advanced geological exploration techniques are ushering in a new era of mining. Unconventional technology must be adopted to ensure that safe, efficient and responsible access to minerals is possible as prospecting continues to push the mining industry deeper. This paper discusses why competitive mining operations will become increasingly dependent on Tunnel Boring machines (TBMs) for mine development and expansion, and explores the implications of TBMs in a drill and blast dominated industry.\n- Record-Setting Large Diameter Mixed Ground Tunneling in Turkey: The Eşme-Salihli Railway Tunnel\n- Lessons Learned During Excavation of the Incredibly Challenging Yin Han Ji Wei Water Diversion Tunnel\n- Record-Setting Tunnel Boring Below Lake Ontario at the Ashbridges Bay Outfall Tunnel\n- Enhanced Probe Drilling & Pre-Grouting on Hard Rock TBMs\n- A Clean Solution for Renewable Energy: Small Diameter Hydro Tunnels"}
{"text":"Adventures in Science at the Bottom of the World\nImagine a place where the sun doesn’t set, the ice doesn’t melt and the landscape is so inhospitable that it is an ideal location to simulate life on the moon. Conducting research in Antarctica can be challenging, but this icy continent is home to many fascinating science investigations. Middle school science teacher Michelle Brown will discuss her adventures working with two science research teams across Antarctica as part of the PolarTREC team.\nPolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) is a program in which K-12 teachers spend 2-6 weeks participating in hands-on field research experiences in the polar regions. The goal of PolarTREC is to invigorate polar science education and understanding by bringing K-12 educators and polar researchers together. Click here to read Michelle’s PolarTREC journal!\nMichelle received her Masters in Science Education at the University of Texas at Austin and currently teaches at O’Henry Middle School in Austin, Texas."}
{"text":"The use of controlled temporal modulated light increased in prominence since the LEDs invention, e.g., in computer monitors and light therapy devices. The benefits of using LEDs compared to old incandescent light bulbs range from environmental load to the precise control of the spectral properties and the ability to accurately control the temporal modulation of the light. The nature of LEDs also allows LED lamps to be switched on and off faster than ordinary incandescent light bulbs. The driver frequency of most LEDs (~25 kHz) is so high that the modulation of firing rates of the retinal neurons cannot time dissolve the flicker at this frequency. But in some cases, the function of the LED is to provide temporal modulation at frequencies much lower, in the range of 24-48 Hz. Knowing the Critical Flicker-Fusion Frequency (CFF), the frequency at which temporally modulated light becomes steady, is therefore important. Potential treatments of Alzheimer’s disease are currently being examined in humans using both stroboscopic and invisible spectral flickering light, using a 40 Hz temporal modulation. Ultimately, the CFF dependency on color, luminance, viewing angle and background lighting needs to be taken into account when designing and developing 40 Hz light sources for potential therapeutic use within the field of Alzheimer's disease. Here, we present a potential benefit of using the staircase method with a 2-alternative forced choice to determine the CFF. Specifically, we show a portable experimental setup that may be used directly to optimize light therapy for patients with Alzheimer’s disease."}
{"text":"Workplace Safety and Health (MHI) Regulations\nMHIs are covered by the Workplace Safety and Health (MHI) Regulations from 1 September 2017.\nWhat are MHIs\n- Petroleum refining facilities.\n- Petrochemical manufacturing facilities.\n- Chemical processing plants.\n- Installations where large quantities of toxic and flammable substances are stored or used.\nThe definition of a workplace as an MHI depends on:\n- The nature of work activities.\n- The inventory levels of the dangerous substances (present, or likely to be present) meeting or exceeding threshold quantities.\nSafety Case Regime\nWhile the likelihood of a major accident is low for MHIs, their complex operating environment and large volumes of highly hazardous chemicals mean that any accident can potentially result in catastrophic consequences.\nThe core feature of the WSH (MHI) Regulations is the Safety Case Regime. This regime allows flexibility for MHIs to tailor their risk mitigating measures, enabling MHIs to address their risk in a more holistic manner.\nUnder the Safety Case Regime, MHIs are expected to:\n- Take on greater responsibilities.\n- Proactively identify and manage Safety Health and Environment (SHE) risks through integration of all SHE protocols.\n- Demonstrate to regulators that their risks are as low as reasonably practicable.\nWhat is a Safety Case\nA Safety Case is commonly presented using (and communicated through) a structured set of documentation that focuses on how major accidents are prevented at MHIs, and how the consequences to people and the vicinity are limited.\nFrom 1 September 2017, MHIs must submit Safety Cases when the WSH (MHI) Regulations take effect."}
{"text":"What is debt\nWhat is debt\nDebt is any amount of money that is owed to someone else and is caused by many reasons. This may be because of low income, difficulty budgeting, unexpected bills or lack of priority.\nThere are companies which specialise in helping people budget and repay debt, however many of these companies charge for their assistance – spending money that can be better spent paying off debts.\nWhat you should do if you are in debt\nMake sure you still pay your priority debts first (rent, council tax, fines and utilities bills).\nDon't ignore the debt, burying your head in the sand won’t make it go away! Contact the person, company or landlord you owe monies to without delay.\nThink: where does your money come from? Do you qualify for any benefits to increase your income? You can check this at the Turn2us» , Entitled To» or the direct gov website».\nWhere does your money go? Can you cut out or down on any expenses? Do a budget plan and think what your priorities are – download our budget planner herehttp://www.adviceguide.org.uk/ or contact us for a paper copy.\nFor further information please download the following leaflet: Help & advice about rent arrears\nFinally, be honest with the person you owe money to. They may not be able to ignore the debt, but as a company they need the money to provide the service they offer or as an individual they have saved the money or not had a treat in order to help you."}
{"text":"B-roll - Military helicopters have been in use dating back to World War II because of their ability to take off and land vertically, in a small area. In the 1980's, the U.S. military began developing an airframe that would combine the speed of an airplane and the movements of a helicopter.\nVideo by Cpl. Nathanael Carberry\nTags: Afghanistan, US, USMC, Marines, V-22, Osprey, VMM-264, Black Knights, Helmand\nLocation: Helmand, Afghanistan (load item map)\nViews: 6577 | Comments: 13 | Votes: 2 | Favorites: 1 | Shared: 0 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 2\n|Liveleak on Facebook|"}
{"text":"According to this press release:\n- Phase I cancer studies, trials that are conducted to determine the safety and maximum dose of a new agent, are under-reported in peer-reviewed journals - a trend that could ultimately delay scientific progress and negatively affect patient care, say researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in a new study out today (Mon., Aug, 22) online in Cancer...\n\"With all this new knowledge, the need to share information is paramount, now more than ever before,\" says Camacho, the study's senior author. \"We, as clinicians and researchers, have a tremendous responsibility to not only investigate and discover new agents, but also to disseminate our discoveries - good and bad - to the medical community at large, to ensure the safety and well-being of our patients.\"\nWhile medical meetings are another place to disseminate the information, Comacho, who is assistant professor of medicine in M. D. Anderson's Phase I Clinical Trials Program, says often these results are preliminary and subject to change after final analysis. Therefore, publishing in peer-reviewed scientific journals remains the \"gold-standard\" for sharing medical information."}
{"text":"36 人解决，69 人已尝试。\n46 份提交通过，共有 285 份提交。\n5.6 EMB 奖励。\n单点时限: 2.0 sec\n内存限制: 256 MB\nFarmer John and Bessie the cow have embarked on one of those ‘active’ vacations. They spend entire days walking in the mountains and then, at the end of the day, they tire and return to their vacation cabin.\nSince climbing requires a lot of energy and they are already tired, they wish to return to the cabin using a path that has the least difference between its highest and lowest elevations, no matter how long that path is. Help FJ find this easy-to-traverse path.\nThe map of the mountains is given by an N x N (2 <= N <= 100) matrix of integer elevations (0 <= any elevation <= 110) FJ and Bessie are currently at the upper left position (row 1, column 1) and the cabin is at the lower right (row N, column N). They can travel right, left, toward the top, or toward the bottom of the grid. They can not travel on a diagonal.\nLine 1: The single integer, N\nLines 2..N+1: Each line contains N integers, each of which specifies a square’s height. Line 2 contains the first (top) row of the grid; line 3 contains the second row, and so on. The first number on the line corresponds to the first (left) column of the grid, and so on.\n5 1 1 3 6 8 1 2 2 5 5 4 4 0 3 3 8 0 2 3 4 4 3 0 2 1"}
{"text":"18 Lovely educational and challenging number games for elementary school kids with Dinosaur theme!\n18+ Lovely number & logic activities for elementary school kids with Dinosaur theme! Content rich, graphically appealing math games and practice, aimed for kids between 6-10.\nThere is no better place to start learning numbers and math than in Dino does school Math\nYour kids will enjoy playing these lovely math games, sharpen their math skills as they advance from game to game.\nWith strong feedback system, score board, visual & audio encouragements your kids will play with math as they have never done before.\nBright, joyful graphics in each game provides additional layer of fun to the game.\nDozens Topics covered and many more are planned.\nCurrent topics offering:\nAddition, Subtraction, Multiply,\nDivide, Fractions, Sequence,\nShapes, Order Numbers, Number Line,\nPatterns, Tell Time, Matrix matching.\nAlso included are these fun educational games:\nWhack a bunny\nTiltan Games kids series aims to bring a comfortable and fun learning experience for kids and toddlers.\nSuperb math for school. This is a really good math game for school kids to learn and improve their skills.\nGreat app. My daughter likes it very much\nA fun way to practice addition and subtraction."}
{"text":"Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) is recurrent nausea, vomiting, and cramping abdominal pain that can occur due to prolonged, high-dose cannabis use. These symptoms may be relieved temporarily by taking a hot shower or bath. Complications may include kidney failure and electrolyte problems, and the condition can be fatal if not properly managed.\n|Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS)|\n|People with CHS often find some relief with hot baths or showers|\n|Symptoms||Nausea, vomiting, stomach pain|\n|Causes||Long term cannabis use|\n|Diagnostic method||Based on the symptoms|\n|Differential diagnosis||Cyclical vomiting syndrome|\n|Treatment||Cannabis cessation, hot baths and showers|\nWeekly cannabis use is generally required for the syndrome to occur; synthetic cannabinoids can also cause CHS. The underlying mechanism is unclear, with several possibilities proposed. Diagnosis is based on the symptoms, as well as the history of cannabis use (including a urine screen test if necessary). The condition is typically present for some time before the diagnosis is made. Another condition that presents similarly is cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS).\nThe only known effective treatment for CHS is to stop using cannabis. Two weeks (or possibly more) may be required to see a benefit. The primary differentiation between CHS and CVS is that cessation of cannabis use only relieves CHS.\nThe syndrome was first described in 2004, and simplified diagnostic criteria were published in 2009."}
{"text":"12+ Types Of Association In Uml. Aggregation and composition are both the types of association relationship in uml. Using the right relationship line is important for placing.\nThe uml class diagram is used to visually describe the problem domain in terms of types of objects (classes) related to each other in different ways. Model association classes on analysis diagrams. To show the relationship in uml, a broken line with an unfilled solid arrowhead is drawn from the class that defines the functionality of the class that.\nUml 2.4 specification states that for the association:\n12+ Types Of Association In Uml. It is also a kind of parent child relationship but it is. Why should you use uml diagrams? An association often means class a has a reference (field) to an instance of class b. There are five types of associations."}
{"text":"10. Cline, Eric H. 1994. '''''Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: International Trade and the Late Bronze Age''''' Aegean BAR International Series 591. Oxford: Tempus Reparatum.\nThe Late Bronze Age (c. 1500-1200 BC) was a period of international trade relations between the Mediterranean world and the Near East. The trade connected and saw the exchange of goods from Central Asia to the middle Mediterranean. The nexus of this trade was the Levantine coast where ships moved luxury goods such as ivory, perfumes, copper, tine, bronzes, glass, precious stones, wine, oils, and other objects. The Uluburun shipwreck is an example of the types of ships and contained the types of cargo exemplary of this trade."}
{"text":"Jean J. Seznec\nMarshal Foch Professor of French Literature, University of Oxford, 1950–72. Author of Marcel Proust et les dieux and others.\nPrimary Contributions (1)\nFrench nationalist historian best known for his monumental Histoire de France (1833–67). Michelet’s method, an attempt to resurrect the past by immersing his own personality in his narrative, resulted in a historical synthesis of great dramatic power. Michelet was the son of a modest printer who managed to give Jules an education. A brilliant student, Michelet at 29 was teaching history and philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure. He had already published textbooks and a translation (1827) of Giambattista Vico’s Scienza nuova (“New Science”). The July Revolution (1830) confirmed Vico’s influence on Michelet in stressing man’s own part in the making of history, conceived as a continuous struggle of human freedom against fatality. This, the main theme of the Introduction à l’histoire universelle (1831), was to underlie Michelet’s later writings. After the Histoire romaine, 2 vol. (1831), Michelet devoted himself to medieval and modern history; his appointment as head of the..."}
{"text":"- Idiom – Miss the boat or Miss the bus\n- Meaning – To miss an opportunity. To be too late to act to take advantage of something. To not take action quickly enough.\nWhen could you use this idiom?\n- You were given some information that could have benefited you, but you did not take advantage of it.\n- A colleague previously told you an about an investment opportunity that has made them a lot of money.\n- You turned down an opportunity for employment that you regret.\n- An ex-partner you dumped is now rich, famous and successful!\n- “Mate, I told you to buy bitcoin when it was worth less than a dollar. It’s now worth thousands! You missed the boat!”\nIn The News:\n- Is there an idiom like this in your country?\nWhat is an idiom?\nAn idiom is a word or phrase that is not taken literally. An idiom is an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its individual words, but has a separate meaning of its own."}
{"text":"Reflexive pronoun denotes the reflected action upon the subject like a mirror which is done by that subject. Reflexive pronoun is a type of pronoun. It refers back to the subject of a sentence that is noun, pronoun, adjective or adverb.\nThese are referred to the subject used as object of a verb.\nReflexives are formed by adding -self to singular and –selves to plural personal pronouns.\nThere are eight reflexive pronouns in English.\nLet’s have a look-\nExamples of Reflexive Pronoun\nWe can see that we have used reflexives in the following examples.\nWe can use these in singular as well as plural form.\nSingular Number Plural Number I educate myself. We educate ourselves. You educate yourself. You educate yourselves. He educates himself. They educate themselves. She educates himself. They educate themselves. It educates himself. They educate themselves.\nIn above sentences,\nSingular personal pronouns are with addition of -self and plural personal pronouns are with addition of –selves and these are called compound personal Pronouns.\nMore examples of Reflexive Pronoun\n- I taught myself to build a website so I am happy.\n- I cook myself for my kids.\n- You are speaking to yourself.\n- You always correct yourself.\n- He had to earn money, so he went to office himself.\n- John bought himself drawing papers.\n- The principal writes official letters herself because none can write so well.\n- She searches on search engine herself about this topic.\n- We often tell ourselves not to do bad things and we follow it.\n- We should improve ourselves to achieve the success.\n- The students decorated their class by themselves.\n- Painters rubbed the wall themselves to repaint.\nMyself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves as well as themselves are compound personal pronouns.\nWe can use Compound Personal Pronoun as Emphatic as well as Reflexive Pronoun.\nYou may like the related links given below.\nGo over –"}
{"text":"Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827 – January 16, 1901) was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate. Because he preceded any African American in the House, he was the first African American in the U.S. Congress as well. He represented Mississippi in 1870 and 1871 during Reconstruction. As of 2011, Revels is one of only six African Americans ever to have served in the United States Senate.\nRevels was born free in Fayetteville, North Carolina, of a free father of mixed white and black ancestry, and a white mother of Scottish heritage. He was tutored by a black woman for his early education. In 1838 he went to live with his brother, Elias B. Revels, in Lincolnton, North Carolina, and was apprenticed as a barber in his brother's shop. Elias Revels died in 1841, and his widow Mary turned over her assets to Hiram before she remarried.\nRevels attended the Union County Quaker Seminary in Indiana, and from 1856–57, Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. He also studied at a black seminary in Ohio. Revels was ordained a minister in 1845. As a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Revels preached in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas and Maryland in the 1850s. \"At times, I met with a great deal of opposition,\" he later recalled. \"I was imprisoned in Missouri in 1854 for preaching the gospel to Negroes, though I was never subjected to violence.\" In 1845 he became a minister in Baltimore, Maryland, and set up a private school."}
{"text":"The vast majority of the world’s youth are literate: 87 percent of young women and 92 percent of young men have basic reading and writing skills.\n168 million child labor workers aged 5 to 17. This is one reason many children cannot attend school.\nConflict and natural disasters have disrupted the education of 75 million children.\nWhat does #QualityEducation mean as a goal?\nWe have a couple of targets that we are trying to hit by 2030, the world’s major deadline. Meaning, if we hit them, we achieve the overall goal.\n1.) Every child gets 12 years of education.\nBy 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes.\n2.) Equal access to education for all.\nBy 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations.\n3.) Your education gets you employed.\nBy 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular, the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance.\nCurious about what’s happening on\n#QualityEducation around the world?\nFind below some of the social projects that AIESEC enables for youth to fight for this goal"}
{"text":"Sheath mite injury showing up on white pine\nSheath mites can cause misshaped needles on white pine. Here are some tips on scouting for them.\nof white pine sheath mite, Setoptus\nspp (Acari: Eriophyidae), involves two distinctly different phases of activity.\nNow as the candles are elongating, mites inhabit the needle sheath and feed on\nthe elongating needles. This causes the needles and the new growth to be\nstunted or curled. The mites feed openly on mature needles, causing them to\nturn yellow and later turn brown, die and drop off, leaving naked branch tips.\nThis damage can mimic other problems such as environmental or nutritional\nissues and herbicide injury, and needs to be taken into consideration when\ndiagnosing the problem.\nTo check if you are having a problem with these tiny mites, look inside the needle sheath at the base of the needles. You may need to pull the needles apart in order to see the mites. They are very small and you will need a hand lens (15 to 20X) or microscope to see them. They are creamy white and about 1/125 of an inch (0.2 mm) in length. Their bodies gradually taper toward the end and are somewhat shaped like a carrot.\nMost trees usually support small populations that cause no visible damage. Flare-ups often occur on stressed trees or after applications of broad spectrum insecticides that kill mite predators."}
{"text":"The United States is a representative democracy where people vote for politicians to govern on their behalf – but voting in the direct democracy of ancient Athens was a very different process.\nAcademy of American Democracy\nCreated in partnership with the New York Historical Society as part of their Academy of American Democracy project, this series looks at the links between the roots of democracy in ancient Athens and modern day democracy in the USA\nWe often think of ancient Greek society as White, but it was a lot more diverse than we give it credit for.\nHow do elections actually work in the United States?\nThe lives and rights of women in Greece, from a modern perspective, seem severely limited; yet, they played important roles in society.\nIn ancient Athens, symbols were used to promote religious and democratic ideals and beliefs. Thousands of years later these symbols helped to define the United States.\nGreece was home to hundreds of open-air arenas where citizens came together to discuss the important issues of the day. Like Broadway today, they were a place for both entertainment and important social commentary.\nWhat forms of government preceded democracy and how did this pave the way for the ancient Athenians to invent democracy?\nCitizenship allows people to participate in the democratic process, but the road to inclusive citizenship has not been a smooth one.\nHow the The Stonewall Inn became the focus of the LGBTQ+ community’s fight for rights in the 1960s\nWhy are public spaces – places that are open to everyone, where people can gather – necessary for democracy?"}
{"text":"Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that's triggered by a terrifying event. Symptoms typically start within three months of that event. In a small number of cases though, PTSD symptoms may not appear until years later. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares, and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event.\nMany people who go through traumatic events have difficulty adjusting and coping for a while. But with time and taking care of yourself, such traumatic reactions usually get better. In some cases though, the symptoms can get worse or last for months or even years. Sometimes they may completely shake up your life. In a case such as this, you may have post-traumatic stress disorder. Getting treatment as soon as possible after post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms develop may prevent long-term PTSD.\nPeople of all ages can have post-traumatic stress disorder. However, some factors may make you more likely to develop PTSD after a traumatic event, including:\n• Experiencing intense or long-lasting trauma\n• Having experienced other trauma earlier in life\n• Having other mental health problems, such as anxiety or depression\n• Lacking a good support system of family and friends\n• Having first-degree relatives with mental health problems, including PTSD\n• Having first-degree relatives with depression\n• Having been abused or neglected as a child"}
{"text":"Powering Homes in Denmark with Surplus Heat\nMeet the team behind this innovation. From left to right: Peter Sorensen, Steen Blenstrup, Bo Hoeg Olesen, Jorgen C. Kock and Henry Beck Hansen\nDuPont Nutrition & Health in Grindsted, Denmark was screening possible energy saving projects for its site when it discovered a major potential win-win. During the production phase at the Grindsted plant, surplus heat was wasted in cooling towers. The energy team decided to make better use of this surplus heat by distributing it to the Grindsted Electricity and Heating Plant (GEV). GEV delivers heat and electricity to private households and other buildings in Grindsted where it is used for water and space heating during winter. District heating is common in most cities in Denmark as they are densely populated with little sprawl. This makes it possible to produce heat efficiently at combined heat and power plants and subsequently supply this to customers through a network of insulated pipes. The result of the project was an estimated heat energy supply to GEV of 12,627 megawatt hours (MWh), which is enough to power 900 homes in the community. This generated savings of 1,200,000 normal cubic meters (Nm3) in natural gas in GEV and 195 MWh electricity at the Grindsted plant.\nIn terms of carbon footprint, this is equivalent to a reduction of 2,700 tons (MT) of carbon dioxide at GEV and 70 tons carbon dioxide at the Grindsted site. The case shows that it is possible to find win-wins for both the economy and the environment. Furthermore, it is an example of industrial symbiosis where a by-product, initially perceived as waste, in one company can be turned into a valuable resource input for another company."}
{"text":"Although Escher did not have mathematical training—his understanding of mathematics was largely visual and intuitive—his art had a strong mathematical component, and several of the worlds that he drew were built around impossible objects. After 1924, Escher turned to sketching landscapes in Italy and Corsica with irregular perspectives that are impossible in natural form. His first print of an impossible reality was Still Life and Street (1937); impossible stairs and multiple visual and gravitational perspectives feature in popular works such as Relativity (1953). House of Stairs (1951) attracted the interest of the mathematician Roger Penrose and his father, the biologist Lionel Penrose. In 1956, they published a paper, \"Impossible Objects: A Special Type of Visual Illusion\" and later sent Escher a copy. Escher replied, admiring the Penroses' continuously rising flights of steps, and enclosed a print of Ascending and Descending (1960). The paper also contained the tribar or Penrose triangle, which Escher used repeatedly in his lithograph of a building that appears to function as a perpetual motion machine, Waterfall (1961)."}
{"text":"Department of Chemistry\nChemistry is a discipline that lies at the heart of the natural sciences, whose goal is to create new substances by transforming molecular structures and to explore the structure, properties, and reactivity of those substances. This goal is what drives the Department of Chemistry. Because the applications of modern chemistry are so broad and diverse, including the development of chemical materials and materials used in electronic devices, as well as other applications in space, the life sciences, and the environment, this department has established three separate research programs in inorganic and analytical chemistries, organic chemistry and biochemistry, and physical chemistry to support a wide range of academic pursuits. The graduate school cultivates researchers and engineers who are equipped with advanced knowledge in cutting-edge fields of chemistry, grounded in a deep level of expertise, as well as a broader, more comprehensive sense of judgment that goes beyond their field of specialization.\nThe configuration of the department of chemistry"}
{"text":"During National Severe Weather Preparedness Week March 2 to 8, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are calling on individuals across the country to Be a Force of Nature: Take the Next Step by preparing for severe weather and encouraging others to do the same.\nNational Weather Service Meteorologist Paul Yura joined First Warning Meteorologist David Yeomans on KXAN News Today to discuss severe weather preparation.\nThe First Warning Weather team suggests following these severe weather safety tips\n- Know Your Risk: The first step to becoming weather-ready is to understand the type of hazardous weather that can affect where you live and work, and how the weather could impact you and your family. Sign up for weather alerts and check the weather forecast regularly.\n- Take Action: Make sure you and your family are prepared for severe weather. Your family may not be together when a storm strikes, so plan how you will contact one another by developing your family communication plan. Make sure you put together an emergency kit and store important papers and valuables in a safe place. Visit Ready.gov/severe-weather to learn more about how to be better prepared and how you can protect your family when severe weather strikes.\n- Be an Example: Once you have taken action, tell family, friends, and co-workers to do the same. Share the resources and alert systems you discovered through your social media network.\nSee more in our weather blog."}
{"text":"Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a combination of emotional, physical, psychological, and mood disturbances that occur after a woman's ovulation and normally end with the onset of her menstrual flow.\nIt is thought that PMS may be caused by hormonal changes (fluctuations in oestrogen and progesterone) that occur during the menstrual cycle.\nThe most common mood-related symptoms are irritability, depression, crying, oversensitivity, and mood swings with alternating sadness and anger.\nThe most common physical symptoms are fatigue, bloating, breast tenderness (mastalgia), acne and appetite changes with food cravings.\nPMS is also known as late luteal phase dysphoric disorder.\nThe mood changes surrounding this condition have been described as early as the time of the ancient Greeks. However, it was not until 1931 that this disorder was officially recognised by the medical community. The term \"premenstrual syndrome\" was coined in 1953."}
{"text":"Scientists in Oregon and Washington State are reporting the development and successful testing of a new method for determining the extent of illicit drug use in entire communities from water flushed down toilets that enters municipal wastewater treatment plants.\nThe technique may be an effective tool for comparing drug use in different regions of the United States and the world, they note in a study is scheduled for the December 15 issue of ACS' Environmental Science & Technology, a semi-monthly journal.\nIn the study, Aurea C. Chiaia and colleagues note that the new test eliminates the need for sample preparation — saving time and money and decreasing the risk of sample contamination. They proved the test's effectiveness by measured levels of illegal drugs like methamphetamine and legal drugs like prescription painkillers in wastewater from seven U.S. municipalities. The research team also tested the levels of 'urine indicators' such as creatinine, a metabolic byproduct that can be used as an indicator of drug use.\nThe scientists determined the 'index loads' of the different drugs — the amount of drug per person per day —based on estimates of the population served by each wastewater facility. These calculated index loads generally reflect known illegal drug use patterns in the US and worldwide. The loads for methamphetamine in western and southern U.S. were much larger than previous reports from Europe, for example.\nThe authors proposed that urine indicator compounds like creatinine could be used in place of population estimates — which can fluctuate and be unreliable — to determine more accurate community-level drug index loads, which can then be compared between municipalities.\n- Aurea C. Chiaia, Caleb Banta-Green and Jennifer Field. Eliminating Solid Phase Extraction with Large-Volume Injection LC/MS/MS: Analysis of Illicit and Legal Drugs and Human Urine Indicators in US Wastewaters. Environmental Science & Technology, 2008; 42 (23): 8841 DOI: 10.1021/es802309v\nCite This Page:"}
{"text":"Category:Peeragogy Handbook V1.0\nPeeragogy is a framework of techniques for peer learning and peer production. As pedagogy theoretically articulates the transmission of knowledge from teachers to students, peeragogy describes the way peers produce and utilize knowledge together. We have been working together as a volunteer team since January, 2012 to build a public domain Peeragogy Handbook that communicates practical strategies for successful collaboration, learning, and adaptation. We see Wikimedia as a living case study in peeragogy. In the six-month project we propose, we would use peeragogical methods to enhance Wikimedia as a peer-learning platform.\nBooks or Pages\nThe following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total."}
{"text":"NASA's Chandra Delivers New Insight into Formation of Star Clusters\nUsing data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and infrared telescopes, astronomers have made an important advance in the understanding of how clusters of stars come into being.\nThe data show early notions of how star clusters are formed cannot be correct. The simplest idea is stars form into clusters when a giant cloud of gas and dust condenses. The center of the cloud pulls in material from its surroundings until it becomes dense enough to trigger star formation. This process occurs in the center of the cloud first, implying that the stars in the middle of the cluster form first and, therefore, are the oldest.\nHowever, the latest data from Chandra suggest something else is happening. Researchers studied two clusters where sun-like stars currently are forming – NGC 2024, located in the center of the Flame Nebula, and the Orion Nebula Cluster. From this study, they discovered the stars on the outskirts of the clusters actually are the oldest.\nLast Updated: May 7, 2014 - 11:32am"}
{"text":"Hunter Epperson ~ Staff Writer\nIn light of Alex Trebeck’s death there has been a national conversation on pancreatic cancer. According to the National Institutes of Health, roughly 47,000 deaths this year have been due to pancreatic cancer, and there have been roughly 58,000 new cases of pancreatic cancer confirmed this year.\nPancreatic cancer is caused by the formation of malignant cells (cancer cells) in the tissues of the pancreas.\nSo who is at risk? Individuals older than 45 years old, both males and females (but especially males), people of color, persons with Ashkenazi Jewish heritage, individuals who are very overweight, have a family history of pancreatic cancer or pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas), personal history of diabetes or chronic pancreatitis, smoke or have a history of smoking, or hereditarily conditions such as multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) syndrome, hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC; Lynch syndrome), von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome, familial atypical multiple mole melanoma (FAMMM) syndrome, or ataxia-telangiectasia, according to the National Institutes of Health.\nThe signs and symptoms of pancreatic cancer are mild in the first stages, which makes diagnosis difficult. However, the National Institutes of Health states that the signs and symptoms to watch out for can include: jaundice (yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes), light-colored stools, dark urine, pain in the upper or middle abdomen and back, weight loss for no known reason, loss of appetite, and/or feeling very tired.\nHowever, there are preventive strategies individuals can use to prevent their chances of getting pancreatic cancer. They include avoiding smoking, managing your diet, weight, and physical activity, and avoiding alcohol use, as well as limiting exposure to certain chemicals."}
{"text":"Short version of video - 6 minutes.\nAmerica's grasslands evolved with fire and grazing. Unfortunately, fire has been largely missing from rangelands for decades and in its absence, rangeland health has declined and red cedar encroachment is robbing producers of productive pastures.\nWatch the video above to hear first-hand from ranchers and cattle producers about their use of prescribed fire to reduce the woody encroachment, increase livestock production and create resilient landscapes.\nLonger version of video - 22 minutes."}
{"text":"This project examined the skeletal remains of a 3, 000-year-o/d preagricultural population to determine whether a sexual division of labor existed. Cortical bone remodels itself throughout an individual's lifetime in response to the stresses experienced by activity patterns. Cortical bone morphology, therefore, discloses the nature of the stresses caused by different activity patterns. Computer tomography was used to obtain femoral cross-sections for 30 females and 34 males, taken at two levels along the diaphysis of the bone in order to determine the direction from which the major bending stresses are created. Student's t-tests and Analysis of Variance were used to analyze the differences in means and variances of the ratios for the sexes. The statistical tests revealed that two of the four ratios showed a significant difference between males and females. It is suggested that males were doing more traveling than were females. Females were probably participating in food preparation close to a home base.\nElizabeth Weiss. \"Sexual differences in a Californian hunter-gatherer population\" California Anthropologist (1998): 1-7."}
{"text":"Sustainable agriculture and food security in Asia and the pacific\nIn this latest study, ESCAP examines food crisis in Asia-Pacific and its relations to economic stability. Identifies 25 countries as hotspots in the region with the worst problems existing in South, Southwest as well as in Southeast Asia and details regional framework of action to improve food security.\nThe impact of food insecurity on the Asia-Pacific region and how to deal with it is the focus of an ESCAP study entitled Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Asia and the Pacific. The study examines the environmental, economic and social challenges that are the roots of the region"}
{"text":"Written by IEEE | March 15, 2017 | Updated: April 12, 2017\nCybersecurity needs for the government, businesses and other parts of society are constantly growing, making cybersecurity training and education a vital need. There is a distinct lack of skilled and trained workers in this specialty area. “Teaching Cybersecurity Using the Cloud”, a technical paper from the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library, explores a solution to this problem that utilizes a cloud computing system to conduct a course for students on cybersecurity.\nTeaching students about cybersecurity involves more than reading from a textbook and learning about theories. Students must also have practical and hands-on experiences dealing with cybersecurity threats. The article authors used cloud computing through Amazon Web Services to teach a senior course on cybersecurity across two campuses in a virtual classroom with live audio and video. They studied how cloud-based laboratory exercises could teach students the skills they would need to pursue a career in cybersecurity.\nThe goal of the course was to expose students to modern network security issues, protocols and technologies, as well as analyzing security solutions and countermeasures. The students were able to learn and perform lab activities all within the cloud. This cloud model of learning can enable students to gain invaluable cybersecurity skills, without having to be at a specific location. In turn, this way of teaching can help to educate more students, without the need for a traditional classroom and lab setup, leading to a growing workforce of cybersecurity experts.\nFor More Information\nCloud computing platforms can be highly attractive to conduct course assignments and empower students with valuable and indispensable [...]"}
{"text":"The Hubble space telescope carries six gyroscopes for its inertial navigation system. If fewer than three gyroscopes are operational, the telescope enters a sleep mode, and a shuttle mission is required to fix it. If all gyroscopes fail, the telescope will crash.\nThe gyroscope operating times, the time to reach sleep mode, and the time to prepare a shuttle mission are exponentially distributed with rates , , and , with units of inverse years. Integers are used here to represent the number of operational gyroscopes:\nFind the probability that the telescope will crash in the next 10 years:\nFind the probability that sleep mode is not reached (no shuttle mission is required) in 10 years:"}
{"text":"Spring themed two step math problems!\nStudents practice all four operations with these twenty-four spring themed task cards. Each math word problem requires two steps to solve. These task cards are written for 3rd and 4th grade students who are practicing solving two step problems. They would also work well with 5th grade strugglers."}
{"text":"Landforms in Spanish\nGet some Spanish practice with this nature-themed worksheet full of familiar landforms. Do you like to throw works in the river? Be prepared for your next outdoor adventure by learning how to say that and more in Spanish!\nPersonalized worksheets is an Education.com Pro feature\nSubscribe to Education.com Pro to add your student names, class name, date, and more to your worksheetsLearn More"}
{"text":"- Health & Safety\n- Cylinder Information\n- LPG Cylinder Safety\n- Material Safety Data Sheets\n- Welding & Cutting Hazards\nThe human ear is sensitive and delicate and can detect very small changes in sound pressure. Loud noise, whether continuous or impulse, can cause permanent damage to the ear and result in hearing loss.\nMany countries have legislation in place to protect workers at risk of being exposed to dangerously loud noise, usually deemed to be 90dB(A) and above. In welding and allied industries noise levels are likely to exceed these, and it is often difficult to engineer a reduction in noise.\nHearing protection, in the form of ear plugs and ear muffs, is available and must be worn in noisy areas if workers are to prevent themselves suffering noise induced industrial deafness."}
{"text":"The pharynx -- the throat -- may be one of the most underappreciated organs in the body. This muscular tube is not only an integral part of both the digestive and respiratory systems, but it is also in contact with four body cavities. The pharynx produces antibodies when exposed to antigens, serves as the resonating chamber in speech production, and assists with hearing. Additionally, it contributes to balance and sense of taste.\nThe pharynx is a hollow, primarily muscular tube with moist, mucus-rich walls. It rests behind the mouth and the nasal cavity, between the larynx and the esophagus. It measures about 5 inches long, starting at the base of the skull and extending to the upper esophageal sphincter. Circular muscles called constrictors make up its outer layer. These muscles aid in the swallowing process by cutting off air passageways to prevent aspiration of food. Longitudinal muscles lie beneath the pharynx's outer layer of muscles, consisting of three flexible outer bands which aid in shortening and widening the pharynx during the swallowing process.\nThis site offers information designed for educational purposes only. You should not rely on any information on this site as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or as a substitute for, professional counseling care, advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you have any concerns or questions about your health, you should always consult with a physician or other healthcare professional."}
{"text":"Which of the following statements is not correct ?\n(A) A primary cell is an electro-chemical cell\n(B) After charging, a primary cell can be again put to use\n(C) Dry cell is a primary cell\n(D) Leclanche cell is used in experiments, where constant supply of current is not needed"}
{"text":"Clarity is determined by measuring the water depth at which an 8-inch diameter white disk disappears from view. The Lake owes it extraordinary natural clarity mainly to its exceptional depth and volume, a relatively small watershed and favorable climatological conditions. In 2013, clarity averaged 70.1 feet, far less than the maximum 105 feet of clarity measured in 1968. In the last 10 years, the rate of loss of clarity has decreased due to environmental improvements in the watershed.\nFact credit: TahoeFacts.com"}
{"text":"matched pair study\nCase-control studies are often used to investigate causes of health conditions that are serious and rare. This is because other study designs, such as randomized studies, would need to be very large to have enough statistical power to detect an effect.\nCase-control studies are also sometimes undertaken to evaluate effects that are subsequently confirmed by other studies.\nFor example, a comparison of people admitted to hospital with heart attacks (cases) with others admitted with different diagnoses found that the people with heart attacks were less likely to have used aspirin. The apparent protective effect of aspirin against heart attack was subsequently confirmed in randomized studies.\nIf you feel that this definition hasn't helped you to understand the term, click on our monkey to let us know."}
{"text":"NCD Global Monitoring Framework\nEnsuring progress on noncommunicable diseases in countries\nFollowing the Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2011, WHO developed a global monitoring framework to enable global tracking of progress in preventing and controlling major noncommunicable diseases - cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lung diseases and diabetes - and their key risk factors.\nNCD targets and indicators\nThe framework targets and indicators\nThe framework comprises nine global targets and 25 indicators and will be up for adoption by Member States during the World Health Assembly in May 2013. Once adopted, Member States are encouraged to consider the development of national NCD targets and indicators building on the global framework.\nThe 9 voluntary global targets are aimed at combatting global mortality from the four main NCDs, accelerating action against the leading risk factors for NCDs and strengthening national health system responses. The mortality target - a 25% reduction in premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases by 2025 - has already been adopted by the World Health Assembly in May 2012.\nThe framework goals\nThe framework is expected to drive progress in prevention and control of NCDs and provide the foundation for advocacy, raising awareness, reinforcing political commitment and promoting global action to tackle these deadly diseases. The framework will also help shape a new development agenda that advances the three dimensions of sustainable development: economic development, environmental sustainability, and social inclusion.\nNCDs are the leading cause of death in the world. The four main noncommunicable diseases - cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lung diseases and diabetes - kill three in five people worldwide. Premature deaths from NCDs, however, can be prevented by changed policies and active engagement not only in health but also in other sectors. Effective action will save millions of lives and avoid suffering."}
{"text":"Political unrest leads to peril for Madagascar's lemurs\nMadagascar's lemurs are facing a crisis, the result of a perfect storm of factors that have left them perilously close to extinction. Our colleague Robyn Dixon reports on the damage that's been done, and what one Madagascan scientist-turned-spy is doing to try to repair it; here's an excerpt:\nThere are dozens of lemur species in Madagascar, 99 at last count, some of them not much bigger than a mouse, most of them critically endangered. The largest lemurs are most vulnerable, because they need more food.\nEnvironmentalists predict that Madagascar will be the next Haiti, a country suffering catastrophic deforestation and environmental degradation because of poor governance.\nThe lemurs face multiple threats.\nIn some parts of the country they're considered bad luck, which means that villagers kill them on sight. In other parts, where they're not taboo, they're hunted for food.\nClimate change and deforestation are leaving the landscape parched and are destroying habitats.\nLogging mafias, alleged to have close links to the government and to Chinese traders, bribe or threaten overstretched, poorly paid park rangers and take precious timber, with devastating results.\nThe current government was installed in March by the military, which toppled President Marc Ravalomanana and replaced him with his rival, Andry Rajoelina, then the mayor of the capital, Antananarivo. Negotiations on a power-sharing compromise have stalled.\nThe U.S., the European Union and the World Bank responded to the coup by imposing sanctions, including suspension of USAID's environmental programs. USAID, the U.S. State Department's development agency, had been supporting the Ministry of the Environment, Water, Forests and Tourism, helping the country protect its forests and fauna.\nTHERE'S MORE; READ THE REST."}
{"text":"noun. ['ˌsɪvəlɪˈzeɪʃən'] a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations).\nWords that Rhyme with Civilization\nExample sentences of the word civilization\n1. Noun, singular or mass\nOne of the most important areas in which Muslim contributions advanced civilization is the area of mathematics.\nQuotes containing the word civilization\n1. Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness.\n- Bryant H. McGill\n2. The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.\n- Frank Lloyd Wright\n3. When humor goes, there goes civilization.\n- Erma Bombeck\nnoun. ['ˌsɪvəlɪˈzeɪʃən'] the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization.\nnoun. ['ˌsɪvəlɪˈzeɪʃən'] a particular society at a particular time and place.\n- Indus civilization\n- Mycenaean culture\n- Minoan civilisation\n- Helladic culture\n- Aegean civilization\n- Paleo-American culture\n- Helladic civilization\n- Minoan culture\n- Paleo-Amerind culture\n- Mycenaean civilisation\n- Aegean civilisation\n- Minoan civilization\n- Paleo-Indian culture\n- Mycenaean civilization\n- Helladic civilisation\n- Western civilization\n- Western culture\nnoun. ['ˌsɪvəlɪˈzeɪʃən'] the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste."}
{"text":"Enterobacteriaceae is a family of bacteria commonly found in the human gut. There are several species of bacteria within the Enterobacteriaceae family, which include but are not limited to Escherichia, Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Salmonella, Shigella, Citrobacter and Yersinia. Many species of Enterobacteriaceae are necessary for digestion and are usually harmless when contained in the gut.\nCRE stands for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Specifically, three species of the Enterobacteriaceae family - Klebsiella, Enterobacter and Escherichia - have developed resistance to a group of antibiotics called carbapenems. Carbapenems are often used as the last line of treatment when other antibiotics are not effective in treating Enterobacteriaceae infections.\nInformation on this page has been organized into three categories. Please choose one of the following."}
{"text":"What are the basic themes in the poetry of John Ashbery?\n1 Answer | Add Yours\nJohn Ashbery's poetry is mainly about the play and process of the mind interacting with the world. This is his largest theme, arguably as demonstrated in masterpieces such as \"The System\" and \"Flow Chart.\" In the system we see Ashbery's mind reach out and try and interpret life, love, perspective, and reality. This long poem is an enigma and offer many a literary theorist with ripe matter for mining. It is more of an expression of the mind in action as it reaches out, embraces, then contemplates anything that is \"outside\" of the mind. Ashbery is also concerned with the process of artistic creation and appreciation. \"Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror\" is one such a poem, amongst others. Since he is an art critic amongst other roles, he often writes about painting and the act of inspiration and creation. His themes are numerous since the mind perceiving subjects is numerous. Other themes include: love, loss, alienation, the everyday, painting, art, emotions, homoeroticism, emotions, etc.\nJoin to answer this question\nJoin a community of thousands of dedicated teachers and students.Join eNotes"}
{"text":"Yesterday morning started well as the students prepared for the 8th grade writing assessment. While I can’t elaborate upon yesterday’s topic or any other specifics, I didn’t hear any student complain about it being difficult. That is certainly promising! I just hope that everyone did their best and feels proud of his or her work.\nAfter the testing, the students began the basics of our next unit, which will be focused on the students producing researched-based assignments. They worked to present questions that they had about a couple of segments in MythBusters. They then recorded the answer they figured out by watching those exact segments which focused on how to escape a sinking car (how do you escape a car that is sinking underwater?) or on the 7-Paper fold myth (can you fold a sheet of paper more than 7 times?). Some students in my 7th period started trying to bust the 7-Paper Fold myth on their own.\nHOMEWORK: Read for 30 minutes. Continue working on the Guided Book Review (due Tuesday, January 29th, 2013)."}
{"text":"American History Honors Coach Planamenta Text: McDougal Littell The Americans Course Objectives: 1. To provide integrated edonal experiences in American History ...\nAmericans. AS YOU READ Use this time line to take notes on the important events that affected ... Copyright #39; McDougal Littell Inc.\nThe Americans McDougal Littell Inc. from ... my pen to listen to the notes of the bugle, which were singy beal in the oppressive stillness of the night.\nBanta Snowblower Parts ARIENS ARIENS continued ... Model ST-524 and ST-724. ... Toro / Wheel Horse single stage snowblower attachments.\ns620 toro snowblower manual free toro manuals toro 724 manual toro snowblowers manual ... toro 724 parts manual free toro s200 service manual toro manual 20074\nAdditional Reso/Notes: Date(s) Taught . 3 Course/Level U. S. History Grade 10 ... McDougal Littell, The Americans: Reconstrn through the 20th\nMcDougal Littell Inc. ... you will learn why Americans continued to move westward. AS YOU READ Use this chart to take notes on the reasons why people\nMcDougal Littell Inc. ... make notes to trace the ... On African Americans asan-0311ir 12/6/01 9:17 AM Page 47. Title: asan-0309ir A:\nAfrican Americansworked to improve their lives. ... Use this diagram to take notes on the advances and strs African ... Copyright McDougal Littell Inc.\nlawn boy 522r repair manual; toro snowblower 724 parts; Toro 521 snowthrower manual; toro 824xl no drive; User tags: toro, lawnboy, snow, manual Votes: ...\n3.5/g150 0.030 l90c/130-165 br4hs/130-724 4.0/g40, g41, g42 0.030 l86c/130-161 ... toro s-140, s-200, ...\nbroke out with Native Americans. ... 1998 McDougal Littell Inc. All r ights reser v ed. ... They made notes on the terrain,\nMcDougal Littell Formal Response to ... about Davis. It notes that both the 14th and 15th Amendments were ratified by ... Americans in Texas politics. The text\nMcDougal Littell Inc. ... As you read this section, take notes to answer qons about how the d ... What military advantages did the Americans 3."}
{"text":"Londyn Lewis Coloring Pages May 02, 2022 07:33:14\nProblems with hyperactivity and attention deficit disorders, as well as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, also known as ADHD, are diminished, psychologists believe, in children who devote a good portion of their time to coloring pages.\nAs already stated that alphabet coloring pages are specially designed for preschool children, however they can also be used for toddlers, kindergarten students, and also for first grade students who are little slow in learning.\nSuch images on the pages reinforce letter and numeric figure recognition and also improve writing skills.\nThe world of web has been really delightful in these matters.\nColoring pages have been around for many years, but with the ever-evolving technology that we are all so in awe of, it is the high-tech games and toys that generally catch the attention of parents, while the advantages that coloring pages have to offer very young or even elementary age children, are ignored.\nIn order for a child to be happy and develop well, the role that parents play is extremely critical."}
{"text":"1. For instance, applicants with Computer Science degrees would not only be qualified for jobs in high-tech companies, they would also be well prepared for any job with computer skills as a prerequisite.\n2. A good education is supposed to include everything from languages to mathematics to science, etc.\n3. A well-rounded education leads to well-balanced people, which in turn leads to a tolerant, knowledgeable society.\n4. There are a great many children thinking the main purpose of education should be to afford them pleasure and enjoyment. (注意there be句型后的名词再加动词不能用原形。)\n1. If you weep for the missing sunset, you would miss all the shining stars.\n1. Jackie Chan once told that when he was still a teenager, he and his partners were required to practice more than 12 hours a day; and it was said Jet Li was sent to be an apprentice when he was hardly four years old.\n2. Bill Gates, as we know, dropping out from university when he found the possibility of earning money in a new massive market - personal computer market. As a result, he succeeded.\n3. Steven Jobs found Apple company when he was young, and when his business reached the peak, he was fired by directors of board. However he never lost hope and didn't give up. Jobs set up a new company named Pixar and made several famous animation movies. Finally when Pixar was bought by Apple, Jobs returned to Apple.\nIncrease employment opportunity create more jobs\n1. Confucius, greatest Chinese philosopher, commented, “Art helps a person gets a better life.\n\"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.\" - George Bernard Shaw."}
{"text":"Queen gives Canadian Museum for Human Rights a piece of history\nPublished Saturday, July 3, 2010 10:56AM CST\nQueen Elizabeth II is using the Winnipeg stop on her Canadian tour to unveil the cornerstone of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, which was crafted with a piece of British history.\nCharles Brunet, a third generation craftsman with Brunet Monuments carved the cornerstone of the museum to incorporate a stone from the ruins of the St. Mary's Priory near Windsor, where some believe the Magna Carta was signed. The stone was a gift from the Queen.\nBrunet has carved out piece of Tyndall stone to create a space where the St. Mary's stone rests, covered and protected by sandblasted and etched glass.\nThe local craftsman said he appreciates the work done centuries ago on the historic stone.\n\"What I really particularly enjoy seeing in this piece is the chisel marks the holes drilled here and there, you wonder what has gone on over the years,\" Brunet said.\nPatrick O'Reilly, the chief operating officer of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights said that while the St. Mary's stone is literally a cornerstone for the new museum, it has symbolic significance as well.\n\"That her majesty has decided to grace us with her presence is one thing, but then to bring this incredible gift – metaphorically it's a cornerstone for human rights and that's amazing.\"\nBrunet said the stone is tied to the beginning of human rights in the English-speaking world.\n\"This stone was present when King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215,\" Brunet said. \"It's a real honour and a privilege to touch this stone. We realize how important this stone is for all of Winnipeg and Manitoba.\"\nThe stone will remain on public display at the legislature until the museum officially opens in 2012.\n-with a report from CTV's Eleanor Coopsammy"}
{"text":"About the book\nA new book focusing on the world’s most important charnel sites goes on sale this month, examining morbid masterpieces of art created from human remains between the 16th–19th centuries.\nDuring this period great charnel houses were built on consecrated ground to preserve the bones of the dead which had been disinterred to make room for the newly buried, and it was widely believed that they would be resurrected and clothed in divine glory at the Second Coming of Christ.\nThe 224-page hardback book is written by Paul Koudounaris, who spent three years visiting 18 countries to see the phenomenen for himself – from the crypts of the Capuchin monasteries in Italy to the ossuary in Évora in Portugal. The book is richly illustrated with modern and archive images.\nThe Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses by Paul Koudounaris is published by Thames & Hudson on 17 October 2011, priced at £29.95. For more information, visit the Thames & Hudson website.\nTake a look at some of our other galleries, including the launch of Titanic and pioneers of polar exploration at www.historyextra.com/feature/galleries"}
{"text":"Delivered as eight lectures before the University of Oxford, Edwin Hatch’s The Organization of the Early Christian Churches is an engrossing historical account of the formation of ecclesiastical polity. Addressing such controversies as the secular influence within the creation of the early church as well as adopting systems already engaged by civil organizations of the time, Hatch’s lectures have been an integral and contentious resource for early Church historians and theologians.\n- Thorough introduction by the author\n- Detailed table of contents\n- Complete indices\nPraise for the Print Editions\nThe treasure chest of Greco-Roman analogues and parallels that Edwin Hatch opened for New Testament students remains open. It is a wonderful resource that we should continue to mine.\n—Journal of Biblical Literature, 1999\n- Title: The Organization of the Early Christian Churches\n- Author: Edwin Hatch\n- Publisher: Rivingtons\n- Publication Date: 1882\n- Pages: 270\nAbout Edwin Hatch\nEdwin Hatch (1835–1889) studied at Cambridge and then graduated from Pembroke College at Oxford University. Ordained in 1859, Hatch proceeded to teach at a number of schools and universities, including Trinity College in Toronto and Oxford University, where he returned as vice-principal of St. Mary Hall. A noted theologian and scholar, his books regularly provoked controversy and criticism."}
{"text":"The purpose of this project is to scope the potential of phytostabilisation – planting designed to keep materials in place - as an environmentally sensitive, inclusive and low-cost strategy that will allow for an enhanced social resilience in the face of food insecurity and economic precariousness (keeping roads working) while at the same time enhancing the ecological resilience of much needed arable lands (designing roadsides that mediate erosion and can potentially even become productive in their own right) and the long-term social resilience of communities that are precariously connected via these roads.\nThis foundation-building project brings together a range of expertise to produce a cohesive inter-disciplinary strategy for enhancing a ‘slow’, socio-ecological resilience by engaging social arts and public pedagogies with environmental sciences to help bridge the gap between immediate needs and sustainable futures. This dynamic involves an engagement with: 1. Public and community based pedagogies to understand and educate those involved in the possibilities, requirements, and implications; 2. The arts to engage social imaginations of alternative futures, civic belonging, and community cohesion; 3. Geochemistry, engineering, and agronomy to ensure the appropriate and effective design of techniques and selection of organisms; 4. Geopolitics and environmental governance as a means of envisioning the broad social, political and cross-border contexts within which these can be proffered; and 5. Community, cross-cultural, and multimodal facilitation.\nPI and Co-Pis: Mia Perry and Deborah Dixon (School of Geographical and Earth Sciences)\nStart and End Date: Oct 2016 – Jan 2017\nFunder and funding amount: ESRC (Impact Acceleration Account); £13,000Sport media | Women's Designer Sneakers - Luxury Shopping"}
{"text":"Fort Ringgold Post Cemetery\nStarr Co. TX\nThe Ringgold Barracks Post Cemetery had fifty US\ncolored troops who died there in 1865. Before 1874, these bodies were removed\nfrom Fort Ringgold to the Brownsville National Cemetery. In 1911, a total of 146\nbodies (16 unknown) were moved to the Alexandria (Louisiana) National Cemetery.\nBivouac of the Dead by Mark Hughes.\nAnd in 1947, the remains of the abandoned Fort Ringgold Post Cemetery were reinterred at the San Antonio National Cemetery. The name was in honor of Bvt. Maj. Samuel Ringgold, the first United States Army officer to die from wounds received in the battle of Palo Alto (May 8, 1846); he died on May 11. Handbook of Texas online."}
{"text":"Radical New Theory Could Kill the Multiverse Hypothesis by Natalie Wolchover.\nThough galaxies look larger than atoms and elephants appear to outweigh ants, some physicists have begun to suspect that size differences are illusory. Perhaps the fundamental description of the universe does not include the concepts of “mass” and “length,” implying that at its core, nature lacks a sense of scale.\nThis little-explored idea, known as scale symmetry, constitutes a radical departure from long-standing assumptions about how elementary particles acquire their properties. But it has recently emerged as a common theme of numerous talks and papers by respected particle physicists. With their field stuck at a nasty impasse, the researchers have returned to the master equations that describe the known particles and their interactions, and are asking: What happens when you erase the terms in the equations having to do with mass and length?\nMore at Wired."}
{"text":"Centres of Gravity\nEvery body has a point through which the whole mass of the body can be considered to act. If the body is held tat the centre of gravity it will not move or tilt. If the body is suspended from some arbitrary point, the centre of gravity will hang below the point of suspension. This is illustrated below for the triangular piece of card CDE suspended by a string AB. The centre of gravity is at O, vertically below AB.\nThe centre of gravity of an object can be found by suspending an object from two different points.\nThe centre of gravity can be found from the intersection of the lines PQ and XY when the pictures of the chair are superimposed. Notice the centre of gravity does not have to be inside the chair.\nIf the vertical through the centre of gravity lies outside the base then an object will topple. This is illustrated below. The objects in pictures 1 to 3 are stable but the object in picture 4 will topple.\nNotice the difference between pitures 3 and 4. The centre of gravity of the object on the right is higher than for the one on the kleft. When they are both tilted through an ever increasing angle, the object on the right will topple before the object on the left. It's centre of gravity is higher so it is less stable."}
{"text":"THE AUSTRALIAN Government is investing $2.12 million for specialist scientists to investigate Australia’s unique array of plants and animals through taxonomic research.\nThe Australian Biological Resources Study’s National Taxonomy Research Grant Programme is a competitive, merit-based process led by an External Expert Assessment Panel of seven taxonomy experts. Taxonomy – the science of naming, describing and classifying organisms to include all plants, animals and microorganisms – will help fill large gaps in current knowledge and possibly open up new innovation across a braod spectrum.\nA spokesperson for Parks Australia, the body which administers the National Taxonomy Research Grant Programme, said research in taxonomy was vital for biodiversity conservation, particularly within Australia’s Commonwealth reserve estate.\n“The discovery and documentation of Australia’s biodiversity can have many applications including: the recovery and management of threatened species; identifying and understanding the risks of pest species or vectors of pathogens to people, plants and animals; and the potential for discovery of novel new biological resources with medicinal or other properties,” the spokesperson said.\n“Taxonomy is an important and often overlooked branch of science.\n“Taxonomists’ work to describe and classify plants and animals which supports many areas of biology, ecology and conservation science.”\nThis year the panel assessed 83 applications and selected 19 projects to receive funding over the next three years.\n“These 19 research projects will help us fill gaps in our current knowledge and understanding of Australia’s unique and incredibly rich biodiversity and will support the study of a wide variety of Australian species including millipedes, frogs, and everlasting daisies,” the spokesperson said.\n“In previous years this funding has enabled researchers to discover and describe thousands of new species including algae, insects, plants and reptiles.”"}
{"text":"Hafner Family History\nHafner Name Meaning\nSouth German (also Häfner): occupational name for a potter Middle High German hafner an agent derivative of Middle High German hafen ‘pot dish’. This is the normal term for the occupation in southeastern Germany and Austria and the German surname is found mainly in this area. Compare Haefner and Haffner . Slovenian: occupational name for a potter of German origin (see above) often applied as a translation into German of the corresponding Slovenian surname Lončar (see Loncar ).\nSource: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022"}
{"text":"The geological history of the surficial units of the Seaford East Quadrangle and the Delaware portion of the Seaford West Quadrangle was the result of deposition of the Beaverdam Formation and its subsequent modification by erosion and deposition related to sea-level fluctuations during the Pleistocene. The geology reflects this complex history by the cut and fill geometry of the middle and late Pleistocene deposits incised into the Beaverdam Formation. The geology is further complicated by periglacial activity that produced dune deposits and the Carolina Bays in the map area, which modified the land surface.\nUniversity of Delaware\nDelaware Geological Survey Building\nNewark, DE 19716\nMon - Fri; 8:00am to 4:30pm"}
{"text":"Our Model Of The Solar System Has Been Wrong This Entire Time!\nIf you walk into any classroom today, and likely ever since you were a kid yourself , there is one model being taught regarding the structure of our Solar System. It’s the model that looks like this:\nIt’s the traditional orbiting model of the Solar System, or the Heliocentric Model, where our planets rotate around the sun.\nWhile this isn’t entirely wrong, it’s omitting one very important fact. The sun isn’t stationary. The sun is actually travelling at extremely fast speeds, upward of 828,000 km/hr, or 514,000 miles an hour.\nOur whole Solar System is orbiting the Milky Way Galaxy. In fact it takes 220-Million Years for the Sun to orbit our Galaxy.\nKnowing this to be true, our visual model of the Solar System needs to change, and has been inaccurate this whole time. In fact, our planets are barreling through space with the sun, and literally creating a giant Cosmic DNA Helix, and a vortex similar to our Milky Way Galaxy.\nLike this but in space, creating a never ending Sine Wave;\nThis entails that our Sun & the Planets of our Solar System are never in the same place. When we make one rotation around the sun, we have already traveled millions of miles through space, meaning these Cosmic Cycles are far grander than we might have previously imagined.\nHere are two video examples of the Helical Model of our Solar System:\nThis is one by Physicist Nassim Haramein, which clarifies the difference;\nHere is a beautiful digital representation of how our solar system is actually a vortex;\nSource | SSM"}
{"text":"After entering someone’s body—usually via the eyes, nose or mouth—the influenza virus begins hijacking human cells in the nose and throat to make copies of itself. The overwhelming viral hoard triggers a strong response from the immune system, which sends battalions of white blood cells, antibodies and inflammatory molecules to eliminate the threat. T cells attack and destroy tissue harboring the virus, particularly in the respiratory tract and lungs where the virus tends to take hold. In most healthy adults this process works, and they recover within days or weeks. But sometimes the immune system’s reaction is too strong, destroying so much tissue in the lungs that they can no longer deliver enough oxygen to the blood, resulting in hypoxia and death.\nSource: Scientific American"}
{"text":"JEE Mains exam is a very balanced exam but some of the topics are always very important to read. So it is important to understand the topic wise split of marks in JEE Mains Exam.\nOne of the basic questions every aspirant ask in the beginning or during the preparation is the weightage of 11th and 12th in JEE. Different answers from different people leave you confused without any kind of clarity. But do not be worried, as you have come to the right place.\nSo what exactly is the weightage of 11th and 12th? In simple terms, the ratio of 12th:11th is generally around of 60:40. But this is a rough idea.\nThe attached images will explain subject wise split of marks of Maths, Chemistry and Physics in JEE Mains.\nSplit of Class XI and Class XII in JEE Mains: Class Wise Distribution Marks\nThe below table shows the distribution of marks of JEE Main 2016 Question paper from class 11 & 12 in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics:\n|S.No.||Subject||% Distribution of marks|\n|Class 11||Class 12|\nAlthough 12th has more weightage in exam, but chapters in 12th are generally continuation of syllabus in 11th. So you shouldn’t worry about the weightage. Instead try to understand and grasp the concepts fully.\nAll Important Article of JEE Mains and Advanced: Click Here\nJEE Mains Rank Predictor: Click Here\nThe most Important Part of Chemistry (ORGANIC CHEMISTRY) is Name Reactions for JEE Mains and Advanced. If you are in 12th class then you must know these 30 Important Name Reactions in Organic Chemistry. These are very important and directly come in Board Exams. Here we have done all these reactions with simplicity so that you also not get confused. Read More about the important notes: Click Here"}
{"text":"What Does Mortgagee Insurance Mean?\nMortgagee insurance refers to a policy that is included when a person gets a loan from a financial institution such as a bank to buy a property. The policy is for the lending institution’s protection and is meant to retrieve the property in case of dispute.\nInsuranceopedia Explains Mortgagee Insurance\nWhen a person borrows money from the bank to buy a property, they might also be forced to buy and sign a mortgagee policy. The policy can also be included as a provision in the papers that they have signed to get the loan. In this case, it becomes a mortgagee clause.\nIt is there to recognize the name of the lender. It also gives the lender the power over the property once the borrower fails to fulfill his or her financial obligations to the former."}
{"text":"Dark matter makes up more than 80 percent of the matter in the universe. But up until now, it’s eluded scientists. Yesterday, however, NASA announced a possible breakthrough. A particle detector mounted on the International Space Station may have detected dark matter. Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains.\nFrom a very young age, we’re told to be honest, to tell the truth, and not to cheat. In most cases, we know when we’re breaking those rules. But in others, it’s not always so clear. Take, for example, journalism in the digital age.\nThe New York Times’ latest technological gadget is the haikubot, a poetry-seeking piece of software engineering that combs the text of every New York Times article as it’s published in search of the 5-7-5 syllable pattern that identifies a haiku.\nThink about this: Nearly 15 percent of people aged 71 or older, about 3.8 million people, have dementia. By 2040, that number will balloon to 9.1 million people. And costs are expected to rise accordingly.\nTechnology can turn dry reporting into poetry and can revolutionize newsrooms, but it can drive us crazy — and make us less unproductive too. Evgeny Morozov says the trouble might not be in the technology itself, but how we think about it."}
{"text":"*Please note: you may not see animations, interactions or images that are potentially on this page because you have not allowed Flash to run on S-cool. To do this, click here.*\nPolymers are macromolecules that consist of building blocks called monomers.\nThere are two methods by which polymers are made:\n- Addition polymerisation\n- Condensation polymerisation\nIn addition polymerisation, alkenes add to themselves. As this addition proceeds further a long molecular chain is formed. The alkene is the repeating unit in the chain (the monomer). The chain itself is the polymer.\nIf ethene is allowed to add to itself by the breaking open of the double bond, the polymer polyethene is formed.\nIn condensation polymerisation the addition of two monomers releases a small molecule, usually water.\nIn the formation of Polyester the two monomers used are ethane-1,2-diol and benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid. When these add, an ester link is formed and water is released:\nProteins and polypeptides are to be found in living organisms. Polypeptides are formed by a condensation polymerisation reaction between two amino acids. These two amino acids join by a peptide link and release a water molecule.\nPolypeptides and proteins consist of long chains of amino acids.\nHydrolysis of a protein involves breaking the peptide link by a reaction with water.\nLog in here"}
{"text":"In a world dominated by mainly caucasian dancers, Native American Maria Tallchief overcame discrimination to become the United States’ first prima ballerina.\n- What is NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)?\n- Building the Erie Canal: Explained\n- What is the Department of Transportation?\n- What is Propaganda?\n- What is the Department of the Interior?\n- Shirley Chisholm: Confronting the Political Machine\n- What is the National Archives and Records Administration?\n- What Caused the War of 1812?\n- What Are Congressional Investigations?\n- Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier: Free Speech in School"}
{"text":"Store Facets Summary\nMain page content\nTips for Talking to Children and Youth After Traumatic Events: A Guide for Parents and Educators (Punjabi Version)\nPublished: September 2012\nPunjabi version of KEN01-0093, prompted by a violent incident at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin in August 2012. Helps parents and teachers recognize and address problems in children and teens affected by the trauma after an act of violence. Describes signs of stress reactions that are common in young trauma survivors at different ages, and offers tips on how to help.\nPublished: June 2012\nThis toolkit assists high schools and school districts in designing and implementing strategies to prevent suicide and promote behavioral health. The toolkit includes tools to implement a multifaceted suicide prevention program that responds to the needs and cultures of students. Access the high school kit promotional flyer."}
{"text":"- Brief Timeline\n- The Early Modern Period of East Asia\n- Group Analyses\n- Associated Vocabulary Terms\n- Individual Essays\nTokugawa Shogunate by Ira C.\nChina vs. The Middle East by Shanice C.\nToyotomi Hideyoshi by Sheena F.\nRise of The Samurai by Kaenan D.\nThe Tokugawa Era by Joy R.\nSwords and Blades by Megan S.\n2nd Manchu Invasion in Korea by Mark U.\nThe Asian Sea Trading Network by Zaric V."}
{"text":"The main objective of this session is to help you perform snow and ice removal duties safely to prevent accidents, injuries, or illness. By the time this session is over, you will be able to recognize snow and ice removal hazards; inspect equipment properly and use it safely; avoid slips, trips, and falls; shovel and lift safely to prevent back injuries; remove snow safely from roofs; and understand and prevent cold-related illness.\nWhy “Snow and Ice Removal Safety” Matters:\nWhether your job duties involve snow and ice removal tasks during the winter months or you are clearing snow and ice around your own home, you need to work safely to prevent accidents and injuries. There are quite a few potential hazards involved in snow and ice removal—some you may already know about and others that you may not have been aware of.\n- Snow and ice removal operation can be hazardous unless you take proper precautions to protect your safety and health.\n- Operate all equipment safely as you have been trained to do and wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).\n- Shovel and lift safely, and be extra careful when removing snow from roofs.\n- Dress warmly and watch for signs of cold-related illness and fatigue.\n- Do not use drugs or alcohol on the job or before coming to work."}
{"text":"The Brisbane Cricket Ground\n, commonly known as The Gabba\n, — Cricinfo\nis a major sports stadium\n, the capital of Queensland\n. It is named after the suburb of Woolloongabba\n, in which it is located.\nThe land on which the ground sits was first set aside for use as a cricket ground\nin 1895. The first cricket match was held on the site on 19 December 1896 between Parliament and The Press. The Gabba was not used for interstate or international cricket until 1931. The first Sheffield Shield match scheduled for The Gabba was to be played between 31 January 1931 and 4 February 1931. However, it was washed out without the captains' even bothering to toss a coin. The first cricket Test\nmatch at The Gabba was played between Australia\nand South Africa\nbetween 27 November and 3 December 1931.\nOver the years, The Gabba has hosted athletics\n, Australian rules football\n, cricket, cycling\n, rugby league\n, rugby union\nand greyhound races\nBetween 1993 and 2005, The Gabba was redeveloped in six stages at a cost of A$128,000,000. The dimensions of the playing field\nare now 170.6 metres (east-west) by 149.9 metres (north-south). The seating capacity\nof the ground is now 42,000. In its appearance the Gabba now almost resembles a mini Melbourne Cricket Ground\ncomplete with light towers and a gigantic modern grandstand ringing the ground providing an intimidating and noisy atmosphere for visiting......"}
{"text":"PDF file/16 sheets/ 4 activities\nDental-Themed Printable Counting Activity\nThese printable worksheets are a great way to help young children learn about different ways to count and recognize numbers.\nDental Health-Themed Letter Matching Worksheets for Kids\nThese worksheets are a fantastic way to help your children learn about the importance of healthy dental care habits while also reviewing letters and doing letter-matching!\nGood Foods and Bad Foods For Teeth Printable Activity\nCertain foods are more healthful for our teeth than others, with some being full of sugar and bad for teeth. These printable sheets are a fantastic way to discuss this subject.\nDental Health-Themed Shape Matching Activity for Preschoolers\nThis worksheet is both about dental health and involves shape-matching! It is a great resource to use in a center focused on shapes or math."}
{"text":"Fixed Bridges - Bay Shore\nA bridge replaces a missing tooth or teeth. It is called a fixed bridge because it is not removable.\nA bridge is a structure, supported by teeth on either side of a space.\nIt spans the gap between teeth, just as a bridge spans a river.\nHow is a bridge made?\nThe first step is to prepare the supports for the bridge.\nReplacement crowns are placed over existing teeth as supports for a bridge.\nThe dentist pares down the teeth on either side of the gap, and takes an impression of the prepared teeth.\nThis is then sent to the dental technician where the bridge is made.\nThe technician will make a replacement crown for each prepared tooth.\nThese crowns are joined to an artificial tooth, which replaces the missing tooth.\ndentist will then cement the completed bridge over the prepared teeth.\nHow will my pared down teeth be protected until I receive my bridge?\nThe dentist will make and install a temporary acrylic bridge that will protect the teeth and prevent sensitivity.\nYou can eat normally with a temporary bridge. It will also look good."}
{"text":"Direct-writing systems will be leading the future of additive manufacturing in that they have simple and cost-effective processes. There are various types of direct-writing systems, such as the roll-to-roll (R2R), microdispensing deposition write (MDDW), maskless mesoscale materials deposition (M3D), and ink-jet systems. These technologies are being used for the production of radio frequency identification tags (RFIDs), organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), light-emitting diodes (LEDs), flexible electronics, solar cells, antennas, etc. Recently, the standardization of printing materials and equipment has become a key issue in the printed electronics industry. The standardization of printed electronics can be categorized into four parts: equipment, materials, testing methods, and the education of this technology."}
{"text":"Homophobia forces us to act \"macho\" if we are a man or \"feminine\" if we are a woman. This limits our individuality and self-expression.\nHomophobia puts pressure on straight people to act aggressively and angrily towards LGBTQ people.\nHomophobia makes it hard to be close friends with someone of the same sex.\nHomophobia often strains family and community relationships.\nHomophobia causes youth to become sexually active before they are ready in order to prove they are \"normal.\" This can lead to an increase in unwanted pregnancies and STDs.\nHomophobia prevents vital information on sex and sexuality to be taught in schools. Without this information, youth are putting themselves at a greater risk for HIV and other STDs.\nHomophobia can be used to hurt a straight person if they \"appear to be gay.\"\nHomophobia makes it hard for straight people and LGBTQ people to be friends.\nHomophobia along with racism, sexism, classism, etc. makes it hard to put an end to AIDS.\nHomophobia makes it hard to appreciate true diversity and the unique traits that are not mainstream or \"normal.\"\nAdapted from Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price, edited by Warren J. Blumenfeld, Boston: Beacon Press: 1992."}
{"text":"Primary Pollutants of Concern\nPoor air quality often affects Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, especially during summer. Ozone and particulate matter 2.5 microns and smaller (PM2.5) are the most harmful pollutants here. In summer months, ground level ozone and PM2.5 often exceed federal health standards, which are described using the Air Quality Index (AQI). The AQI was developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for air quality communications and has color-coded categories that provide health statements based on measured pollutants in a given area.\nThis dial represents the current condition Air Quality Index (AQI) for the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks reporting area. Also included on this air quality outlook is the pollutant that is contributing most to the AQI condition. To see the ratings for both ozone and PM 2.5, an air quality map for California, plus a two-day forecast, please visit AirNow website info for Three Rivers, California.\nUnderstanding Air Quality Data\nLooking For Respite From Poor Air Quality?\nFor higher elevations above 8,500 feet (2,438 meters), these areas typically retain good air quality even when lower-elevation monitors show poor air quality. Additionally, some days with poor air quality will have moments of healthier air. Daily and regional weather patterns may cause conditions to change rapidly so checking monitors for hourly pollutant patterns can help inform activities during your visit.\nLast updated: September 10, 2021"}
{"text":"Every effort must be made to integrate the child with nystagmus into a normal school setting in order to prepare the child for adult life, even if cosmetic concerns may instinctively lead the parent to want to protect the child.\nDiagnosis of nystagmus is made primarily by patient history as reported by a parent, the age of onset, and observation of any accompanying signs such as a head turn, tilt or tremor, or oscillopsia.\nA periodic alternating nystagmus (PAN) is observed in primary gaze when the patient is looking straight ahead and is characterized by eye movements that continuously change direction and speed.\nChildren with nystagmus who have their the null point located at a position in which the eyes are positioned inward may develop an esotropia, a form of strabismus or eye turn.\nChiari II malformation: Impaired swallowing and gag reflex, loss of the breathing reflex, facial paralysis, uncontrolled eye movements (nystagmus), impaired balance and gait.\nOther causes of acquired nystagmus are Arnold-Chiari malformations, vitamin deficiencies, syphilis, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Behcet's syndrome, and Meniere's disease.\nChildren with nystagmus are not aware that they may have a visual deficiency and as they get older must be helped with the restrictions that nystagmus places on them.\nDrugs called GABA agonists, such as baclofen and carbamazepine, are useful in treatment of seesaw nystagmus and PAN, if the nystagmus is acquired and not congenital.\nThere is some reason to believe that a peculiar condition found in the majority of human albinoes, and known as nystagmus, is correlated with the absence of pigment in the central nervous system.\nIn complete human albinoes, albinism is correlated, in addition to nystagmus, with a peculiar roughness of the skin, making it harsh to the touch."}
{"text":"Disease surveillance and Burden\nAssessing the health and economic impact of disease on a given population is the first step towards prioritization and adoption of appropriate vaccination policies and disease control strategies.\nAfter a vaccine has been introduced, assessing the impact of vaccination on disease is an effective way to measure progress, guide programme development and advocate for continuing program support.\nThese impact assessments require reliable data on disease burden, measured by indicators such as morbidity and mortality rates, and collected through ongoing surveillance and reporting activities.\nThis section includes general as well as disease-specific information and guidance on methods for:\n- Surveillance for Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPDs)\n- Morbidity and Mortality estimates (disease burden)\n- Laboratory Networks\nLast Updated: 21 March 2016\nSummary presentation of routine immunization key indicators\n- Immunization coverage - Fact Sheet\n- Couverture vaccinale - Aide mémoire\nVaccine Introduction Slides\n- Country Profiles, Data and Statistics on Immunization\n- Country Summaries of WHO/UNICEF estimated coverage\n- Global Health Observatory (GHO) - Immunization Page"}
{"text":"Liver organoids are functional 3D in vitro model consisting of native hepatic cell types. They are widely used as a platform to answer research questions ranging from hepatic development and regeneration, detoxification and metabolism studies, liver disease modelling, and adult stem cell biology. Liver organoids preserve the key physiological features of the liver and are composed of spherical monolayer epithelium. They are obtained through isolation and expansion of stem and progenitor cells from liver stem cell niches.\nIn a recent study, researchers from Switzerland have developed a new chemically defined stable and non-immunogenic matrix that supports the growth of human liver organoids. It is a potential breakthrough for current treatments against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease but also a crucial step in future transplantations.\nMechano-modulatory synthetic niches for liver organoid derivation\nSorrentino, G., Rezakhani, S., Yildiz, E. et al. Nat Commun 11, 3416 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17161-0\nVitroGel® ORGANOID are xeno-free (animal origin-free) hydrogels that support the growth of patient-derived organoids or organoids developed from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs).\nVitroGel ORGANOID hydrogels are ready-to-use at room temperature and have a neutral pH, transparent, permeable, and compatible with different imaging systems. The solution transforms into a hydrogel matrix by simply mixing with the cell culture medium. VitroGel ORGANOID hydrogels are good for both 3D cell culture and 2D hydrogel coating applications."}
{"text":"Family: Leptodactylidae, Leptodactylid Frogs view all from this family\nDescription Reddish-brown to brown. Stripes or dark mottling. Scarlet eyes. Brown stippling on belly.\nDimensions 1.6-3.2cm. (5/8-1 1/4\")\nVoice Repeated musical chirping.\nBreeding During summer rainfall. Laid under vegetation. Develops within the egg, hatches as a frog. Loses tail soon after.\nHabitat Any ground with sufficient moist shelter.\nRange Florida peninsula.\nDiscussion Nocturnal. Forages on lawns for food. Sprinklers lure it out from its hiding spot."}
{"text":"Now I will show you how to draw bricks. This lesson will be very simple, at the same time very useful for you.\nIn this lesson, you will train your ability to make smooth, straight lines and gain useful skills that will be useful to you in the future. You will learn how to draw bricks and use this in your next drawings.\nFor example, you can easily draw a house that is made of bricks, or you can use brickwork for decorative purposes. Drawing bricks is very easy. It is enough to remember the sequence of steps and make straight lines.\nIn the picture, you can see that the brick wall consists of horizontal and vertical lines that are interconnected in a certain way. Make sure that there is the same distance between the rows of bricks and that all bricks are the same size.\n- Coloring supplies\nTime needed: 15 minutes.\nHow to Draw Bricks\n- Draw the frame.\nDetermine what size your drawing will be and draw an even square.\n- Add the first row of bricks.\nDetermine the height of the bricks and draw a horizontal line across the top of the frame.\n- Depict the next row of bricks.\nDraw another straight line as in the previous step.\n- Add the next row of bricks.\nRepeat the previous step and draw a straight horizontal line below.\n- Continue adding rows of bricks.\nSketch out another straight line at the same distance.\n- Finish drawing the horizontal lines.\nAt this stage, depict the last horizontal line.\n- Start drawing the side outlines of the bricks.\nDraw short vertical lines between the top rows.\n- Add side outlines at the bottom of the frame.\nRepeat the previous step and depict the same vertical lines at the bottom of the frame.\n- Color the bricks.\nYou will need brown.\nFor your convenience, I have prepared a PDF file with a short version of the lesson. Download the file and enjoy drawing at any convenient time."}
{"text":"Xerces Bee Monitoring Tools\nStreamlined Bee Monitoring Protocol\nDeveloped the University of California, Davis, Rutgers University, Michigan State University, and The Xerces Society, this guide provides instructions for assessing pollinator habitat quality and diversity by monitoring native bees. It was developed for conservationists, farmers, land managers, and restoration professionals to document how native bee communities change through time in pollinator habitats. It includes an introduction to bee identification, a detailed monitoring protocol, and data sheets for different habitat types.\nCalifornia Citizen-Scientist Bee Monitoring Guide\nMaritime Northwest Citizen Science Monitoring Guide: Native Bees & Butterflies\nPennsylvania Citizen-Scientist Bee Monitoring Guide\nUpper Midwest Citizen Science Monitoring Guide: Native Bees\nPocket-sized printable “field” versions of the taxonomic native bee groups described in regional monitoring guides."}
{"text":"Allegheny Energy Supply Company (a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corporation) have closed the coal-ash landfill for the former R. Paul Smith coal-fired power plant, located in West Virginia, based on the recent ruling by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection that environmental monitoring at the landfill could end.\nThe coal-ash had been used in cement manufacturing for the past 20 years. Mon Power, (another subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corporation) plans to build a 6MW Solar Facility at the 26-acre site as part of their plan to construct five utility-scale solar facilities in West Virginia, totaling 50 MW of renewable generation.\nThe R. Paul Smith coal-fired power plant was located in Maryland, between the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal – north of Lock 44, but its coal-ash landfill was across the Potomac River in West Virginia, which explains why the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection was involved. The 116 MW power plant was commissioned in 1927 and decommissioned in 2012. Efforts to close the landfill began in 2015. The landfill’s closure was the conclusion of a 20-year effort to reuse the plant’s coal-ash byproduct in cement manufacturing, harvesting 3.1 million tons of the coal-ash."}
{"text":"A home schooling parent lists the attitudes toward technology he tried to impart to his eighth grader:\nEvery new technology will bite back. The more powerful its gifts, the more powerfully it can be abused. Look for its costs.\nTechnologies improve so fast you should postpone getting anything you need until the last second. Get comfortable with the fact that anything you buy is already obsolete.\nBefore you can master a device, program or invention, it will be superseded; you will always be a beginner. Get good at it.\nBe suspicious of any technology that requires walls. If you can fix it, modify it or hack it yourself, that is a good sign.\nThe proper response to a stupid technology is to make a better one, just as the proper response to a stupid idea is not to outlaw it but to replace it with a better idea.\nEvery technology is biased by its embedded defaults: what does it assume?\nNobody has any idea of what a new invention will really be good for. The crucial question is, what happens when everyone has one?\nThe older the technology, the more likely it will continue to be useful.\nFind the minimum amount of technology that will maximize your options.\nVia Text Patterns."}
{"text":"Resource-oriented systems provide an interaction mechanism that is based on resources and simple operations that use HTTP methods.\nThe most representative model for a resource-oriented system is the REST model, combined for example with XML. The objects inside this model have a set of attributes that are related to their state. To invoke methods on the target system (communication mechanism), you must use the standard HTTP methods such as GET, POST, PUT, and so on, and follow some conventions.\nYou can consider the following when you develop plug-ins for resource-oriented systems.\nIf you use REST or only HTTP with XML, you get one or more XML schema files to be able to read and write messages. From these schemas, you can generate a set of classes that define the object model. This set of classes only defines the state of the objects because the operations are defined implicitly with the HTTP methods, for example, as defined in the vCloud Director plug-in, or explicitly with some specific XML messages, such as the Cisco UCSM plug-in.\nYou need to implement the communication mechanism in another set of classes. This set of classes defines a new object model that interacts with the original object model. The object model for the communication mechanism consists of objects and methods only.\nYou can expose both the original object model and the object model for the communication mechanism inside Orchestrator. This might add some complexity depending on how both object models are exposed, and on whether you are merging related objects from both sides (to simulate an object-oriented system) or keeping them separate."}
{"text":"There's no truer statement than the old adage \"you can't control the weather.\" You can't even predict it with complete certainty. As advanced as our meteorological forecasting techniques are these days, weather systems are changeable forces of nature. They can come on quickly, switch direction without notice and build in intensity in a short period of time. Whether you're at home, on foot, in your car or at work, a winter snowstorm can catch you off guard.\nThe National Snow and Ice Data Center defines a blizzard as a \"violent winter storm, lasting at least 3 hours, which combines below freezing temperatures and very strong wind laden with blowing snow that reduces visibility to less than 1 km.\"\nIf a blizzard is bad enough, snow plows and salt trucks won't even brave the elements. Roads become desolate ice paths, businesses shut down, schools close and grocery stores get picked clean. If your home loses power and you have no backup heating system in place, your very life becomes at risk. In this article, we'll give you 10 tips on how to survive a snowstorm."}
{"text":"WHEN it comes to the cosmos, gravity is the big attraction. The same force that keeps our feet on the ground also shapes the universe. It takes clouds of gas and sculpts them into planets and stars. It fashions hundreds of billions of stars into galaxies, which clump together to form clusters, then superclusters. Yet gravity isn’t the only player in the game – another force operates across the cosmic landscape, and that is magnetism.\nMagnetic fields stretch for vast distances in the near-nothingness of deep space, even spanning the billions of light years between galaxies. Admittedly, these fields are feeble. A fridge magnet is more than a million times stronger than the weak, all-pervading sea of magnetism in the Milky Way and beyond. That might explain why cosmology has largely ignored magnetism. After all, how could something so puny influence a galaxy?\nTimes and minds are changing, however. Yes, gravity holds things together, but key physical processes in the universe need magnetism – from star formation to black holes pumping out high-energy jets. “It turns out that many previously unsolved problems in astronomy suddenly make sense once one includes the effects of interstellar magnetism,” says Bryan Gaensler of the University of Sydney in Australia.\nCould the same be true for the universe at large? What makes fields on the galactic scale and beyond so enticing is that they appear to be the legacy of processes that happened shortly after the big bang. What’s more, most of the visible …\nNo commitment, cancel anytime*\nOffer ends 14th March 2023. *Cancel anytime within 14 days of payment to receive a refund on unserved issues.\nExisting subscribers, please log in with your email address to link your account access.\nInclusive of applicable taxes (VAT)"}
{"text":"A Land Cover Atlas of the United Kingdom (Document)\njournal contributionposted on 03.11.2017, 16:42 by Alasdair Rae\nThis Atlas accompanies a much larger set of maps, published simultaneously here on Figshare. In the map set, there is one map for each local authority in the United Kingdom.\nThis report provides an introduction to the project, explains what Corine data is and provides an overview of land cover in the United Kingdom. It also looks a little more closely at land cover in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.\nIt includes some local maps of land cover plus two Appendices. Appendix 1 provides further details on the Corine Land Cover 2012 classification used herein and Appendix 2 provides some further supplementary data tables.\nOverall, the UK is nearly 29% pasture land and just over 27% non-irrigated arable land. In terms of land cover, the UK is less than 6% urban. See this report and the associated maps for more detail.\nFull set of maps: https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.5219956"}
{"text":"An art exhibition which explores the earliest recorded history of Australia and its neighbouring islands has landed at the John Curtin Gallery in Bentley.\nLisa Reihana: Emissaries hit Australian shores for the first time this year after debuting to up to 450,000 people in Venice last year, and comes to Perth after first showing in Sydney.\nThe exhibition features works from the earliest points in the region’s recorded history, including cabinets used to store specimens from Captain Cook’s first voyage to Australia, and prints and drawings based on those by artists on the HMS Endeavour.\nAt the centre of the exhibition is Ms Reihana’s major piece – the 64-minute long film, In Pursuit of Venus [infected].\nIn Pursuit’s panoramic depiction of the earliest meetings between indigenous peoples and British explorers in the south Pacific reveals the people, cultures, and experiences recorded over four voyages, and the interactions upon meeting.\nThe feature took Ms Reihana seven years to complete, and involved more than 100 actors and production crew.\n“This is the centrepiece of the work,” she said.\n“Venus is to do with Captain Cook, as it was the global moment they were recording the travel of Venus – which set longitude and helped fill in the map of the world.\n“Infected brings a whole other complexion.”\nMs Reihana said she went to great lengths to include a variety of recorded historical references within the work.\n“I found a sea shanty written by one of the crew members, and I had it recorded,” she said.\n“I wanted to balance up the idea of performances and sounds – Polynesian dancers, as well as European cultural practices.\n“There’s lots of different pieces in it.”\nMs Reihana said Emissaries had been tailored to a Perth audience, and will run until April 29.\nEntry is free.\nMs Reihana is also hosting a free floor talk on the creation of In Pursuit with collaborator James Pinker on February 7 from 12.30pm to 1.30pm at the John Curtin Gallery."}
{"text":"Malta's history and geography had an important influence on its cuisine. Having had to import most of its foodstuffs, positioned along important trade routes and having to cater for the resident foreign powers who ruled the islands, opened Maltese food to outside influences from very early on. Foreign dishes and tastes were absorbed, transformed and adapted. Italian (specifically Sicilian), Middle Eastern and Arabic foods exerted a strong influence, but the presence in Malta of the Knights of St John and, more recently, the British brought elements from further afield.\nTraditional Maltese food is rustic and based on the seasons. Italian influences are probably the strongest, particularly Sicily and the South. Pasta dishes are really popular, but the Maltese them with a softer texture\nMediterranean ingredients such as fresh and sundried tomatoes, parsley and garlic, wine, olive oil and fresh cheese are the base of most traditional Maltese recipes. Traditional cuisine is recognizable by the cheap cuts of meat and dishes that can be served as two meals, which does not make it any less tasty, quite the opposite. The basis of the Maltese cuisine is what is known as the Cucina Povera - the poor man's kitchen.\nMaltese desserts have strong Arabic influences with the use of dates and almonds. Traditionally you finish your meal with fresh fruit and some soft fresh Maltese cheese called ġbejniet. An aged version of this hand-made cheese is eaten as a snack or appetizer in a Maltese platter - both have a sweet slightly nutty taste.\nThis introduction has been sourced from the following sites: Please visit them for more information."}
{"text":"The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is an application that provides a graphical-user interface (GUI) and a programming framework in which consoles (collections of administrative tools) can be created, saved, and opened. MMC was originally released as part of the Windows 98 Resource Kit, and is included on all later versions. It uses a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) in an environment similar to Microsoft's Windows Explorer. MMC is considered to be a container for the actual operations, and is known as a \"tools host.\" It does not, itself, provide management, but rather a framework in which management tools can operate.\nConsoles are used to manage Windows-based hardware, software, and networking components, and include items such as controls, wizards, tasks, documentation, and snap-ins which may be from Microsoft or other software vendors, or user-defined. To create a console, the administrator runs the MMC executable file to open an empty console and chooses from among a list of all the tools installed on the system (such as, for example, certificate server manager, device manager, and DNS manager). Because consoles exist as files, an administrator can create them and then send them as e-mail attachments to developers responsible for specific tasks.\nContinue Reading About Microsoft Management Console (MMC)\n'Microsoft Management Console (MMC)' is part of the:\nView All Definitions"}
{"text":"Research from the National Institute of Health, published in the August 3, 2015 issue of JAMA Neurology, shows that a protein that was until recently linked only to acute symptoms following traumatic brain injury, may also be responsible for chronic neurological symptoms, such as headache and dizziness, found in patients diagnosed with persistent post-concussion syndrome.\nTau is a protein known to play a significant role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. Using ultra-sensitive technology, the researchers measured levels of tau in the blood months and years after injury. These levels correlated with the severity of post-concussive symptoms. If these findings are further confirmed, this could be the first biomarker that is sensitive and specific to ongoing TBI symptoms.\nThe researchers adopt the current “disease process” model to explain these findings. “Months to years after the primary brain injury,” Anlys Olivera, Phd, one of researchers wrote, “there may be a continuation of secondary injuries with residual axonal degeneration and blood-brain barrier disruptions in this population that may contribute to the maintenance of post-concussive disorder symptoms and affect symptom severity.”\nTau protein is not only a marker of brain injury, it can contribute to secondary injury processes such as inflammation. This research may help with the development of therapies to prevent the aggregation of tau and the consequences of this aggregation."}
{"text":"One of the most fun science investigations we do all year in Kindergarten is Recycling Paper. It takes a lot of hard work and listening to do this investigation correctly. Luckily, there are great scientists in this class and they did an amazing job of listening and following directions!\nWe began by taking some single ply toilet tissue and tearing it into tiny pieces. We placed the pieces in a small plastic bottle. Next we added some water to the bottle and placed the lid on tightly. Then we shook the bottles for about five minutes. That was hard work!\nThis part of the investigation helped us create paper pulp, which is the name of the substance we now had in our bottles after shaking them. We placed a screen on top of a plastic cup and emptied the contents of the jar onto the screen. The excess water drained in to the cup below.\nNext we placed a second screen on top of the paper pulp, squeezed the screens together and used a sponge to blot off the excess water. The sponges worked great because they absorb water!\nOur next step was to remove the screens and pulp from the top of the cups and place them on some newspaper. We learned on Tuesday that newsprint floats so we thought it would be absorbent. It was! We blotted the screens and the pulp as hard as we could to get all the extra water out of it!\nWe really loved doing this investigation. After spring break, we will be learning about fabric!"}
{"text":"The EHS Professional’s Role in Sustainability\nMany aspects of industrial sustainability fall squarely under the purview of the environmental, health and safety (EHS) function, such as regulatory compliance, environmental management systems, employee safety, and in some companies, product attributes such as design for the environment.\nMany companies have placed responsibility for sustainability within EHS, and some of those have expanded and strengthened EHS accordingly. Others have instituted sustainability as a broader organization that draws on or includes EHS as well as supply chain, operations, engineering, marketing, etc.\nIn either case, EHS is a core area of sustainability and EHS expertise in project, system and regulatory management is critical for driving sustainability strategy, setting goals and approving initiatives. EHS knowledge of existing strengths and weaknesses, personnel and processes, and regulatory agency relationships makes them uniquely qualified to help define reachable objectives, pinpoint major obstacles and quantify the necessary resources to complete sustainability projects.\nEHS professionals typically have unique expertise at working with disparate departments to accomplish goals that often may seem at odds with their primary missions. Their role may traditionally have been seen as policing – a necessary cost but a drag on productivity and profits. Sustainability offers EHS a high-visibility opportunity to contribute to the other side of the ledger, helping to cut costs, increase revenues and improve their company’s competitive position."}
{"text":"Histamine and Mast Cell Activation\nMast cells are a type of specialized white blood cell found in organs and tissues throughout the body. They belong to a category of cells called granulocytes because they contain granules that store mediating substances that are released when the cell is activated by an immune threat, allergen or trauma. Histamine is one of the chemicals stored in and released by mast cells.\nMastocytocis is a rare disorder characterized by an excessive number of mast cells in one or more organs or organ systems within the body. Activation of mast cells results in a process called degranulation, in which the granules of immune modifiers within the mast cell are released. It is important to recognize that mast cell activation or degranulation results in not only the release of histamine, but of many other inflammatory mediators and biochemicals.\nMast cells are naturally present in the GI tract and may play a role in histamine intolerance, even otherwise healthy people who do not exhibit mastocytosis. Those with the condition may or may not have an overabundance of mast cells in the GI tract; but for those who do, the need for adequate DAO is great. For those who have GI mastocytosis and DAO deficiency, DAO supplementation becomes a matter of necessity.\nIt is important to understand, however, that histamine is only one of the inflammatory mediators released during mast cell activation, so the benefits of DAO-histamine management may not alleviate the all of the symptoms experienced upon degranulation.\nMany people with mastocytosis find that limiting histamine intake by dietary restriction can be helpful. However, restricted diets interfere with quality of life and can be difficult to maintain effectively. Furthermore, even the most carefully managed diet can include “hidden” histamine or histamine liberators. Thus, supplemental DAO can be helpful even for those on histamine-restricted diets."}
{"text":"Skip to Main Content\nNew technology for superconductor integrated circuits has been developed and is presented. It employs diffusion stop-layers (DSLs) to protect Josephson junctions (JJs) from interlayer migration of impurities, improve JJ critical current (Ic) targeting and reproducibility, eliminate aging, and eliminate pattern-dependent effects in Ic and tunneling characteristics of Nb/Al/AlOx/Nb junctions in integrated circuits. The latter effects were recently found in Nb-based JJs integrated into multi layered digital circuits. E.g., it was found that Josephson critical current density (Jc) may depend on the JJ's environment, on the type and size of metal layers making contact to niobium base (BE) and counter electrodes (CE) of the junction, and also change with time. Such Jc variations within a circuit reduce circuit performance and yield, and restrict integration scale. This variability of JJs is explained as caused by hydrogen contamination of Nb layers during wafer processing, which changes the height and structural properties of AlOx tunnel barrier. Redistribution of hydrogen impurities between JJ electrodes and other circuit layers by diffusion along Nb wires and through contacts between layers causes long-term drift of Jc. At least two DSLs are required to completely protect JJs from impurity diffusion effects-right below the junction BE and right above the junction CE. The simplest and the most technologically convenient DSLs we have found are thin (from ~3 nm to ~10 nm) layers of Al. They were deposited in-situ under the BE layer, thus forming an Al/Nb/Al/AlOx/Nb penta-layer, and under the first wiring layer to junctions' CE, thus forming an Al/Nb wiring bi-layer. A significant improvement of Jc uniformity on 150-mm wafer has also been obtained along with large improvements in Jc targeting and run-to-run reproducibility."}
{"text":"Etymology: Middle English, from Latin distributus, past participle of distribuere, from dis- + tribuere to allot — more at tribute\nDate: 15th century\n1. to divide among several or many ; apportion <distribute expenses> 2. a. to spread out so as to cover something ; scatter b. to give out or deliver especially to members of a group <distribute newspapers> <distribute leaflets> c. to place or position so as to be properly apportioned over or throughout an area <200 pounds distributed on a 6-foot frame> d. to use (a term) so as to convey information about every member of the class named <the proposition “all men are mortal” distributes “man” but not “mortal”> 3. a. to divide or separate especially into kinds b. to return the units of (as typeset matter) to storage 4. to use in or as an operation so as to be mathematically distributive intransitive verb to be mathematically distributive <multiplication distributes over addition> • distributee noun Synonyms: distribute, dispense, divide, deal, dole out mean to give out, usually in shares, to each member of a group. distribute implies an apportioning by separation of something into parts, units, or amounts <distributed food to the needy>. dispense suggests the giving of a carefully weighed or measured portion to each of a group according to due or need <dispensed wisdom to the students>. divide stresses the separation of a whole into parts and implies that the parts are equal <three charitable groups divided the proceeds>. deal emphasizes the allotment of something piece by piece <deal out equipment and supplies>. dole out implies a carefully measured portion of something that is often in short supply <doled out what little food there was>.\nNew Collegiate Dictionary. 2001."}
{"text":"The basic components of ammunition are the\ncase, primer, powder, and projectile(s). Shotshells have an additional component called wad.\ncase The container that holds all the other ammunition components together. It’s usually made of brass, steel, copper, paper, or plastic.\nprimer An explosive chemical compound that ignites the gunpowder when struck by a firing pin. Primer may be placed either in the rim of the case (rimfire) or in the center of the base of the case (centerfire).\ngunpowder A chemical mixture that burns rapidly and converts to an expanding gas when ignited. Modern smokeless powder will burn slowly when ignited in the open (outside of the case). Black powder is less stable and can be explosive when impacted or ignited in the open.\nprojectile The object(s) expelled from the barrel. A bullet is a projectile, usually containing lead, fired through a rifle or handgun barrel. A slug is a solid projectile, usually of lead, fired through a shotgun barrel. Shot is a group of lead, steel, tungsten alloy, or bismuth pellets fired through a shotgun barrel.\nwad A seal and/or shot container made of paper or plastic separating the powder from the slug or shot in a shotshell. The wad prevents gas from escaping through the shot and holds the shot together as it passes through the barrel."}
{"text":"A new study suggests that trained German shepherd dogs can sniff out the chemicals linked to prostate cancer from urine samples with more than 90 percent accuracy, a leading British daily reported on Saturday.\nThe findings of the study, carried out by a team from Italy’s Humanitas Clinical and Research Centre in Milan and other institutes, were published in the Journal of Urology, The Guardian reported.\nThe team used two female dogs to sniff urine samples from 900 men, 360 with prostate cancer and 540 without. The canines were right in more than 90 percent of the cases, it added.\nThe reliability rate comes from several studies stretching back decades.\nHowever, the study authors said that further work was needed to determine the dogs’ skill in identifying prostate cancer.\nUnanswered questions included what it was the dogs actually smelled and whether this was a single odour or those from a mixture of chemicals, the daily added.\nA blood test known as the PSA test is currently used to detect prostate cancer. Physical examination and biopsy is also recommended by doctors. The PSA test is not routinely offered because it is not considered reliable enough for screening."}
{"text":"This is a country with two names. In 1989, the ruling military junta decided to officially change the name from Burma to Myanmar (at the same time renaming Rangoon “Yangon”). The official reason was that Burma’s name derived from the majority Burmese population, the Bamar people, who make up nearly 70% of the population and dominate the country both culturally and politically. Unlike their neighbors Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, the rulers wanted a name that was more inclusive of minorities like the Shan, Mon, Kachin, Chin, and Karen who have lived in the hills and outlying areas for centuries. These people are all now citizens of Myanmar.\nThose sympathetic to the military regime (or at least tolerant of it), and some minority groups are fine with calling the country Myanmar, while those in opposition, including the National League for Democracy and many international governments tend to prefer the name Burma. Most news organizations and governments worldwide have adopted Myanmar. When visiting the country, there’s no danger using one or the other. I prefer Burma, and not just because my sympathies lie with the National League for Democracy. Trying to form a demonym from the name Myanmar is a little tricky. Myanmarese may be the officially preferred term, but it’s kinda ridiculous. Some locals use “Myanmar people”. In this blog, I plan on using both Myanmar and Burma to describe the country, and Burmese to as the general adjective for local people or traditions. I read somewhere that the preferred noun for a Myanmar citizen is a Myanma, but I can’t seem to confirm this anywhere on the Internet. Every time I type in “Myanma”, it autocorrects it as “Myanmar”."}
{"text":"A Gold Star for the Star Tracker!\n2016-09-12 - This is the very first image taken by the OSIRIS-REx star tracker on Monday, September 12, 2016. Similar to the way early sailors used the stars to navigate prior to the invention of special instruments, OSIRIS-REx’s star tracker captures images of the stars, comparing them to an on-board catalogue and reporting its attitude (the direction in which it is pointing) to the spacecraft navigation systems. (Credit: NASA)\n- Date modified:"}
{"text":"problem 1: What are the major challenges for Mobile Computing?\nproblem 2: What is ISM band and what is particular regarding this frequency band? Name two wireless technologies which make use of the ISM frequency band.\nproblem 3: How would you change the fundamental phase shift keying modulation method to enhance the efficiency?\na) Describe the concept of Master, Slave, Stand-by and Parked devices with respect to the Bluetooth Piconet.\nb) Bluetooth makes use of frequency hoping for multiplexing of channel allocation. Describe what is meant by frequency hoping, hoping sequence and dwell time.\nc) Describe the two different kinds of frequency hoping?\nproblem 5: describe the two various architectures supported by IEEE802.11 and how synchronization is handled within such two different architectures.\nproblem 6: Microsoft gives specific guidelines for designing usable interfaces when developing applications for mobile devices. List out six of those guidelines."}
{"text":"Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, better known as ADHD, is a chronic condition affecting millions of children. ADHD is three times more common in boys than girls. The symptoms include: hyperactivity, impulsive behavior, and difficulty focusing.\nOften, drugs are prescribed. A new study finds that is truer than ever! According to an article in the journal Pediatrics although pediatric prescriptions for antibiotics have been declining, prescriptions for ADHD increase by 46% from 2002 to 2010. The increase represents 800,000 new prescriptions a year.\nEmployment • Contact Us • Advertising • Credit Application and Advertising Terms and Conditions • Terms of Service\nChildren's Television Information • EEO Reports • DTV Consumer Education Reports • Satellite Home Viewer Act Information"}
{"text":"To reduce cortisol, Christopher Bergland for Psychology Today recommends exercising daily with aerobic activities; meditating to reduce stress; maintaining good relationships and friendships; and doing enjoyable activities that improve mood. Registered dietitian Dina Aronson for Today's Dietitian also suggests improving diet by eating more fruits and vegetables and reducing or eliminating caffeine and alcohol consumption.Continue Reading\nCortisol is commonly called the stress hormone and is released during times of fear or severe stress. According to Bergland, chronic stress and the release of too much cortisol can increase the risk of developing depression and mental illness. Cushing syndrome can result if an individual produces too much cortisol or takes an oral corticosteroid medication, notes Mayo Clinic.\nAccording to Aronson, chronic cortisol production can lead to weight gain and obesity since the hormone can increase cravings for high-calorie foods and stimulate appetite. Chronic inflammation while cortisol levels increase can lead to immune system problems including increased risk of cancer, infections and gastrointestinal issues. Since cortisol increases blood pressure to help in oxygenation of blood, long-term overproduction of cortisol can eventually lead to cardiovascular problems such as heart disease. An adrenal stress index, or salivary test, and a blood cortisol test can be performed to examine the adrenal gland and check cortisol levels.Learn more about Medical Ranges & Levels"}
{"text":"ESA' s test centre\nMost ESA spacecraft are tested at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands. The ESTEC Test Centre has everything that is needed to check out a spacecraft before it goes to the launch site.\nThe Large Space Simulator is sometimes called 'space in a can'. Inside the chamber, a satellite is exposed to severe space-like conditions. After the air is pumped out, a satellite’s temperature can be made to vary from 100ºC - the boiling point of water - down to a freezing -100ºC. A person could not survive at such temperatures!\nSpecial shakers check that the satellite can withstand strong vibrations, especially during launch. The largest shaker in Europe is ESA's Multi-Axis Shaker, called Hydra.\nThe Large European Acoustic Facility makes sure that a satellite can withstand the ear-shattering noise of a launch. The satellite is blasted by sound from huge speakers.\nOther tests ensure that a spacecraft’s electrical equipment will work correctly. Careful checks are made to ensure that different systems do not affect each other. Static electricity is also a possible threat.\nCommunication antennas are checked in a steel cage that cuts off outside TV or radio signals. The walls are lined with special material so that the room is as quiet as deep space."}
{"text":"Convert 385 Grams to Milligrams\nTo calculate 385 Grams to the corresponding value in Milligrams, multiply the quantity in Grams by 1000 (conversion factor). In this case we should multiply 385 Grams by 1000 to get the equivalent result in Milligrams:\n385 Grams x 1000 = 385000 Milligrams\n385 Grams is equivalent to 385000 Milligrams.\nHow to convert from Grams to Milligrams\nThe conversion factor from Grams to Milligrams is 1000. To find out how many Grams in Milligrams, multiply by the conversion factor or use the Mass converter above. Three hundred eighty-five Grams is equivalent to three hundred eighty-five thousand Milligrams.\nDefinition of Gram\nThe gram (alternative spelling: gramme; SI unit symbol: g) is a metric system unit of mass. A gram is defined as one one-thousandth of the SI base unit, the kilogram, or 1×10−3 kg, which itself is now defined, not in terms of grams, but as being equal to the mass of a physical prototype of a specific alloy kept locked up and preserved by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures.\nDefinition of Milligram\nThe milligram (abbreviation: mg) is a unit of mass, equal to 1/000 of a gram, and 1/10000000 of a kilogram (also written 1E-6 kg).\nUsing the Grams to Milligrams converter you can get answers to questions like the following:\n- How many Milligrams are in 385 Grams?\n- 385 Grams is equal to how many Milligrams?\n- How to convert 385 Grams to Milligrams?\n- How many is 385 Grams in Milligrams?\n- What is 385 Grams in Milligrams?\n- How much is 385 Grams in Milligrams?\n- How many mg are in 385 g?\n- 385 g is equal to how many mg?\n- How to convert 385 g to mg?\n- How many is 385 g in mg?\n- What is 385 g in mg?\n- How much is 385 g in mg?"}
{"text":"Digital Literacy and Computer Science (DLCS) knowledge, reasoning, and skills are essential both to prepare students for personal and civic efficacy in the twenty-first century and to prepare and inspire a much larger and more diverse number of students to pursue the innovative and creative careers of the future. The abilities to effectively use and create technology to solve complex problems are the new and essential literacy skills of the twenty-first century.\nDigital literacy and computer science standards in this Framework articulate critical learning outcomes for Kindergarten through Grade 12 to help prepare students for success in world. The standards represent the core elements of digital literacy and computer science and are intended to drive coherent, rigorous instruction which results in the mastery and application of digital literacy and computer science knowledge, reasoning, and skills. –DLCS.\nWhile the DESE does not mandate these standards, we feel the skills & knowledge is important to students in the Weston Schools and strive to integrate these standards into our curriculum."}
{"text":"Teachers' implicit mental models of learners' cognitive and moral development with reference to the inclusion of learners in the governing bodies of schools.\nMetadataShow full item record\nThis study set out to investigate teachers' mental models of learners' cognitive and moral development, with reference to the inclusion of learners in the governing bodies of schools. Strauss' (1996), concept of implicit mental models is used as a basis for the investigation of teachers' beliefs about learners' cognitive and moral development. The study made use of Piaget's stages of concrete and formal operation thinking because learners in the governing bodies of schools fall within that part of the continuum, and Stages 5 and 6 of Kohlberg's theory of moral development. The research was in the form of a survey. Teachers were interviewed using a tape-recorder and the responses were later transcribed. The schools in which research was carried out were in Imbali in Pietermaritzburg, and the focus was on the learners in Grade 8 and higher. Teachers who were interviewed were either on the governing bodies of their schools, or who had experience with the learners in Grade 8 and higher. The findings of the research were of significance. Strauss (1996) found that teachers' beliefs about learners do not coincide with the explicit theories. This study coincided with Strauss' research findings in as far as Kohlberg's theory is concerned and the opposite occurs in as far as Piaget's theory is concerned. Most respondents (eleven out of fifteen) said higher grade learners question things that they do not understand. The researcher made use of the response to argue that learners can do well in the governing bodies of schools because they have the ability to question things that they do not understand despite the low regard that teachers have about learners' moral development."}
{"text":"This glossary introduces common Mindee terminology. You will frequently encounter these concepts throughout this doc as Mindee is centered around them.\n- Annotation: These are the labels used to train custom APIs; in other words, it refers to labels produced and provided to our API when the training Interface is used.\n- API: An API (Application Programming Interface), is an interface that define how applications or devices can connect to and communicate with each other defined by a set of protocols and rules.\n- Documents: This includes semi-structured documents such as an invoice, receipt, ID document, W9-forms, train-ticket, etc in a PDF or image format.\n- Endpoint: An API endpoint is a specific point of entry translated in a unique URL to access a specific API or API feature. As an example\nhttps://api.mindee.net/v1/products/mindee/expense_receipts/v3/predictis the endpoint to access the receipts predict API.\n- Labels: A label key is a list containing valid JSON objects whose format depends on the type of feature you are annotating.\n- Models: Models are machine learning files that can be trained to carry out specific tasks such as extracting the total amount info from receipts etc.\n- SDK: SDK (Software Development Kit) is a set of software development tools developers can use to facilitate the creation of applications.\n- OpenAPI Definition: This is a specification that defines a standard, language-agnostic interface to RESTful APIs.\n- Payload: A payload refers to the data that you submit to the Mindee server when you are making an API request.\n- Predictions: This refers to response or results that our APIs deliver on a given document.\nJoin our Slack\nUpdated 6 months ago"}
{"text":"This means that we have to get our Supplement D from other resources, for instance in our diets. It is believed that fatty diet programs increase our threat of developing skin cancer. Studies have been done on mice, where scientists have underfed several them, exposed them to chemical substances which promote skin malignancy, and they have found that fewer underfed mice developed the condition when compared to other group of mice who did not have their calorie intake reduced. So this showed that in some way, eating healthier and having a calorie limited diet, helped to market a protective hormone somehow, which stopped some of the mice developing skin tumor. However, the studies have not shown which gland created the hormone fully, so those tests are incomplete. There is absolutely no denying that the diet plays a big part in our skin condition, in fact it is probably that it does in fact affect our chances of developing skin cancers.The production of bioactive substances in plants is achieved by genetic engineering; nevertheless, this process by the Tech of Monterrey employs another technique where the cells is stressed by reducing and applying herbicides.\nAutistic kids have unique facial features? Scientists might not agree on what can cause autism, but a fresh study that viewed kids’ facial characteristics will help researchers understand the origins of the developmental disorder. PICTURES: Could it be autism? Facial features that present disorder The study discovered that kids with autism have unique differences in facial features than typically developing kids. ‘There is absolutely no clear solution about whether autism is normally due to genetics or by environmental influences,’ study writer Dr."}
{"text":"Learning Maths can be boring and scary for some kids in the starting stage of schooling. Unlike olden days, interest can be created with their favorite gadgets and taught in innovative ways. Kids these days always hang around with mobiles and iPads playing fun games in them. So, installing these iPad apps to teach them maths would be a better option. Recently we have written a list of mobile apps to educate children and below is list of iPad apps for learning Maths.\nOperation math is a theme oriented app in which your kid becomes a secret agent and travels around the world solving problems. More than 100 missions are available to learn addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This app costs around 2.99 $.\nSushi is a Japaneese food and this app is based on this theme. Your children can learn multiplication and addition using this app. They just have to pick the right piece of Sushi to answer and progress to next levels. This app is absolutely free and fun.\nThis app has a special feature apart from others like when a question is asked, then the kids can answer it by writing it with their hands on the iPad rather than typing it. The app will recognize their handwriting to evaluate the answers. This app is 1.99 $.\nMath Flash Cards* is a fun number’s tables game and the asterisk represents multiplication like in computer language. The difficulty level can be selected like number of digits for multiplication and etc. This app is also available for free.\nWhat other ways do you think kids will love to learn maths. Let us know in the below comments section."}
{"text":"After CSA General Joseph Kershaw's division left Winchester to rejoin Lee's army at Petersburg, CSA Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early renewed his raids on the B&O Railroad at Martinsburg, badly dispersing his four remaining infantry divisions.\nOn September 19, Sheridan advanced toward Winchester along the Berryville Pike with the VI and XIX Corps, crossing Opequon Creek. The Union advance was delayed long enough for Early to concentrate his forces to meet the main assault, which continued for several hours.\nCasualties were very heavy. The Confederate line was gradually driven back toward the town. Mid-afternoon, Crook's (VIII) Corps and the cavalry turned the Confederate left flank. Early ordered a general retreat.\nConfederate generals Rodes and Goodwin were killed, Fitzhugh Lee, Terry, Johnson, and Wharton wounded. Union general Russell was killed, McIntosh, Upton, and Chapman wounded.\nBecause of its size, intensity, and result, many historians consider this the most important conflict of the Shenandoah Valley.\nResult(s): Union victory\nLocation: Frederick County\nCampaign: Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign (August-December 1864) next battle in campaign previous battle in campaign\nDate(s): September 19, 1864\nPrincipal Commanders: Major General Philip Sheridan [US]; Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early [CS]\nForces Engaged: 54,440 total (US 39,240; CS 15,200)\nEstimated Casualties: 8,630 total (US 5,020; CS 3,610)"}
{"text":"What was imperial honor and how did it sustain the British Raj? If “No man may harm me with impunity” was an ancient theme of the European aristocracy, British imperialists of almost all classes in India possessed a similar vision of themselves as overlords belonging to an honorable race, so that ideals of honor condoned and sanctified their rituals, connecting them with status, power, and authority. Honor, most broadly, legitimated imperial rule, since imperialists ostensibly kept India safe from outside threats. Yet at the individual level, honor kept the “white herd” together, providing the protocols and etiquette for the imperialist, who had to conform to the strict notions of proper and improper behavior in a society that was always obsessed with maintaining its dominance over India and Indians. Examining imperial society through the prism of honor therefore opens up a new methodology for the study of British India.\nList of Contents\nContents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 The Cult and Maintenance of Honor 17 2 A Middle-Class Method: Building the Steel Frame of the Raj 79 3 Queen of the Earth: An Empire of Honor 129 4 The Bungalow: A Clearing in the Jungle 169 Conclusion: The Policeman’s Finger 209 Notes 215 Bibliography 249 Index 259\nSTEVEN PATTERSON is an Assistant Professor of History at Lambuth University, USA."}
{"text":"verb (past and past participle relearned or chiefly British relearnt)[with object]\nLearn (something) again: I’ve been relearning my Latin and Greek\nMore example sentences\n- Thus there is an opportunity to learn or relearn a number of words each day.\n- In many cases, individuals within the strike group must relearn lessons their predecessors learned in the previous deployment cycle.\n- Regrettably, it appears that India will have to relearn a lesson that it should already have learned extraordinarily well by now: you cannot negotiate with terror on your knees.\nDefinition of relearn in:\n- The US English dictionary"}
{"text":"Women's Rights Handbook\nPublisher: Office of the Attorney General 1998\nNumber of pages: 305\nThe Women's Rights Handbook has been prepared by the Office of the Attorney General as a summary of women's rights in important areas such as employment, economic independence, education, housing, health care, domestic relations, violent crimes and child care. It also provides other valuable information related to those rights.\nHome page url\nDownload or read it online for free here:\nby George Kent - Georgetown University Press\nWorldwide hunger is best addressed as a human rights issue. Kent analyzes the current deplorable state of world hunger and malnutrition, demonstrating how governments, not food shortages or climates or famine, are to blame.\nby Ian Vasquez, Tanja Porcnik - Fraser Institute\nThe Human Freedom Index is the most comprehensive measure of freedom ever created for a large number of countries around the globe. It captures the degree to which people are free to enjoy major liberties such as freedom of speech, religion, etc.\nby M. Anne Brown - Manchester University Press\nThis book argues for greater openness in the ways we approach human rights and international rights promotion, and brings some new understanding to old debates. It casts human rights as a language for probing the political dimensions of suffering.\n- Human Rights Watch\nGuerrilla in Colombia rely on child combatants, who have committed atrocities and are even made to execute other children. This is the first report published on this issue, it documents how illegal armies have recruited increasing numbers of children."}
{"text":"QST is the official publication of the Amateur\nRadio Relay League (ARRL), the world's oldest and\nlargest organization for Ham radio enthusiasts. Many amateur radio operators also have an interest in\nastronomy and as such, occasionally articles appear covering topics on amateur radio astronomy. There\nare also quite a few articles dealing indirectly with aspects of astronomy such as Earth-Moon-Earth\n(EME) communications where signals are bounced off the moon's surface in order to facilitate transmission\n(although it is really more of a hobby achievement).\nThe October 2012 edition of QST had an article entitled, \"Those Mysterious\nSignals*,\" which discusses galactic noise in the 10-meter band. Arch Doty (W7ACD) writes about the\nlow-level background noise that is persistent in the high frequency (HF) bands. At HF, Cygnus A\nand Cassiopeia A are major sources of cosmic noise, for example. Low level signals come from pulsars,\nquasars, black holes, and other remote objects that were created during the early formation of our universe.\nthe strongest background noise emanates from the center of the Milky Way galaxy with a source that is\na mere 27,000 years old. Radio astronomy amateurs measure and publish relevant information as a resource\nfor other amateurs as well as for professional radio astronomers. As with most technical hobbies these\ndays, the state of the art in both equipment and methods is very advanced - often in the realm of professionals.\nMr. Doty credits Dr. Darryl Emerson for assistance in the writing of the article, and points readers\nto two article written for QST by Dr. Emerson (June and July, 1996). The National Radio Astronomy Observatory\n(NARO) website has a page on their website with hyperlinks to a few articles on\nastronomy,, including the two in QST from Dr. Emerson.\n* QST login required\nPosted November 27, 2012"}
{"text":"Tech Breakthrough with Nanoscale Optical Switch\nNASHVILLE, Tenn., BIRMINGHAM, Ala., and LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March 18, 2014 — Photons may someday replace electrons inside cellphones, automobiles and other products. This shift got a recent boost with the development of an ultrafast, ultrasmall optical switch.\nThe new device, developed by a team from Vanderbilt University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Los Alamos National Laboratory, is now the smallest of the existing ultrafast optical switches, representing a major breakthrough in light-detecting electronic technology.\nContaining individual switches measuring only 200 nm in diameter, this new optical device can turn on and off trillions of times per second. It is made of a metamaterial consisting of nanoscale particles of vanadium dioxide that are deposited on a glass substrate and coated with a nanomesh of gold nanoparticles.\nswitches are ideal for optoelectronics applications, the researchers said. Besides being ultrafast and miniature in size, they are compatible with current integrated circuit technology. The device can operate in the visible and NIR spectra, and generates low heat.\nThe researchers had previously used lasers to prompt a phase change in VO2\nnanoparticles, and had taken the process further to determine whether it could be done with electrons, too.\n“Not only does it work, but the injection of hot electrons from the gold nanoparticles also triggers the transformation with one-fifth to one-tenth as much energy input required by shining the laser directly on the bare VO2\n,” said Richard Haglund, a professor at Vanderbilt.\nThe properties of VO2\nnanoparticles have long been known, but theoretical and computational studies of the semiconductor-to-metal transition have only begun within the past few years.\nThe research is published in Nano Letters\nFor more information, visit: www.vanderbilt.edu"}
{"text":"\"The Legacy of Conquest\"\nDiscusses Patricia Nelson Limerick's book \"The Legacy of Conquest\" on the settlement of the American west.\n# 26553 | 1,208 words | 3 sources | MLA | 2002 |\nPublished on May 08, 2003 in History (U.S. After 1865) , History (U.S. Before 1865) , English (Analysis) , History (U.S. The Young Nation 1800-1848) , Native-American Studies (General)\n$19.95 Buy and instantly download this paper now\nLimerick's book is a work of synthesis designed to suggest a new, comprehensive ground on which the history of the American West, often fragmented into many different branches, can be approached afresh. The paper discusses Limerick's view that, contrary to popular thinking based on the ideas by Frederick Jackson Turner that the American Frontier closed officially in 1890, the 'settling of the west' experience was not an exclusively European domain. The book reminds the reader of the Indians, Hispanics, Asians and women whose involvement in the Western history was not a minor matter.\nFrom the Paper:\"As Limerick notes in discussing current events that may have an impact on further shaping the West, every historian operates from a presentist context and it was a mistake for historians to ignore the fact that Turner's presentism exerted a particularly limiting force on his thesis. If historians today look at the continuities and common themes of Western history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, rather than adhering to the artificial 1890 watershed imposed by Turner's thesis, they will certainly, even if they do not accept every aspect of Limerick's own thesis, develop a means of viewing Western history in a comprehensive fashion.\"\nCite this Analytical Essay:\n\"The Legacy of Conquest\" (2003, May 08) Retrieved October 23, 2019, from https://www.academon.com/analytical-essay/the-legacy-of-conquest-26553/\n\"\"The Legacy of Conquest\"\" 08 May 2003. Web. 23 October. 2019. <https://www.academon.com/analytical-essay/the-legacy-of-conquest-26553/>"}
{"text":"for National Geographic News\nScientists made the find while studying the larger planet, which orbits a small, dim star in the constellation Centaurus.\nThe planet had puzzled experts, because its brightness and temperature didn't match what is known about how such objects evolve.\n\"It's either way too dim or it's way too hot,\" said Eric Mamajek of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.\nThe planet's star system is only eight million years old, an age at which planets are still being formed, he said.\nSo the world may be glowing with the leftover heat from a mammoth collision with another protoplanet, Mamajek proposed.\nSuch a collision would leave the planet unusually hot for many years, he explained.\n\"We're not seeing the actual collision right now,\" Mamajek said.\n\"We're seeing this long drawn-out period after the collision, of roughly a hundred thousand years, where this thing would be very hot.\"\nMamajek discussed his findings yesterday at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Austin, Texas.\n\"This could be the first evidence of this happening to another object in another solar system,\" Mamajek said.\nThe theory can't be confirmed, however, until the astronomers can make detailed observations of the distant planet's atmosphere.\n\"It's really faint,\" Mamajek said. \"So even the biggest telescopes we have now really struggle to gather enough light.\"\nFree Email News Updates\nSign up for our Inside National Geographic newsletter. Every two weeks we'll send you our top stories and pictures (see sample).\nSOURCES AND RELATED WEB SITES"}
{"text":"Early 19th century reformers argued that the difference between men and women was no reason for the subjection of women in society. Team management's trust most important thing. Retrieved 1 June This resulted in the introduction of the franchise and civic rights of women in the Indian constitution. Archived PDF from the original on 5 March\nIt was brought into force by the Indian government from 26 October We have no control over the content of these pages. The rise of the concept of nationalism and introspection of discriminatory practices brought about social reform movements related to caste and gender relations. In the Supreme Court of India struck down a law making it a crime for a man to have sex with a married woman without the permission of her husband. Ohhh that CUM Creampie look so good! Women and Textual Tradition in Hindu India. Public Agent Katrin Tequila is so sexy he fucks her twice in one night\nFirst Second Third Fourth. Archived from the original on 19 February He exalted their feminine roles of caring, self-abnegation, sacrifice and tolerance; and carved a niche for those in the public arena. Retrieved 20 April The 19th century was the period that saw a majority of women's issues come under the spotlight and reforms began to be made.\nWitness statements don't support actress's claims, says police. He rejects his transgender daughter, Saifi, as he wanted an heir and she identifies as a girl. Gujarati film celebs and their varied passions. Asian orgasm fingered bed. Three Essays Collective, New Delhi, Feminism did not gain meaning or become an operational principle in Indian life until the country gained independence in and adopted a democratic government."}
{"text":"While some progress has been made in reducing the global stillbirth rate, gains are uneven; substantial inequities in stillbirth rates persist among regions and countries. The United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation launched the second report on stillbirth mortality rates that includes the most up-to-date data and estimates for stillbirth from 195 countries. The report highlights the immense and continued annual burden of stillbirths, and calls attention to the fact that when pregnant women have access to quality care, most stillbirths can be prevented.\n- In 2021, an estimated 1.9 million babies were stillborn at 28 weeks of pregnancy or later, with a global stillbirth rate of 13.9 stillbirths per 1,000 total births.\n- The report reveals huge differences in stillbirth rates across the globe, with the highest burdens in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia. Stillbirths were concentrated in a few countries, with the greatest number found in India, followed by Pakistan, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Bangladesh.\n- The unequal burden of stillbirths is also observed within countries, as access to health care, maternal education and other socioeconomic factors differs.\n- Compared to the annual rates of reduction (ARR) for other mortality indicators, the gains made in stillbirths have been much slower, with progress lagging behind across all regions since 2000. The ARR 2000-2021 in mortality for children aged 1–59 months, for example, was double the ARR in stillbirths for the same period (4.0 per cent to 2.0 per cent, respectively).\nHow to Use\nThese wide discrepancies reiterate the need for all countries to take action and understand who carries the heaviest burden so that we can end preventable stillbirths for all women and families. Stakeholders can use this report to inform national stillbirth reduction targets and incorporate stillbirth prevention into public health planning and communication platforms."}
{"text":"In spite of censorship, a ban and a shortage of materials, a great number of photographs were taken during the German Occupation. The photographers got out their camera at great risk to their own and other people’s life. They deeply felt the need to document the exceptional social circumstances and, without having any artistic pretension, they recorded the stark reality of what should not be forgotten.\nThe photographs present an image of the effects of the German Occupation: starvation and deprivation, the persecution of the Jews, destruction and resistance. Some photographs became symbols of the distress people were enduring, whilst others long remained concealed from the general public. The collection of negatives, prints and albums originating from the Occupation period is administered by the Nederlands fotomuseum in Rotterdam."}
{"text":"Chawanmushi (lit tea cup (Chawan) steam, \"steamed in a tea bowl\") is an egg custard dish found in Japan that uses the seeds of ginkgo. Unlike many other custards, it is usually eaten as an appetizer. The custard consists of an egg mixture flavored with soy sauce, dashi, and mirin, with numerous ingredients such as shitake mushroom, kamaboko, and boiled shrimp placed into a tea-cup-like container.\nChawanmushi can be eaten either hot and cool. When udon is added as an ingredient, it is called odamaki mushi or odamaki udon.\nUnusually for a traditional Japanese dish, it is commonly eaten with a spoon.\nCut chicken into small cubes. Slice kamaboko and shiitake mushrooms thinly. Beat eggs in a bowl. (*try not to bubble the eggs.) Add dashi soup stock, soysauce, salt, sake, and sugar in the bowl.\nStrain the egg mixture. Prepare four cups and put shiitake, chicken, and kamaboko in each cup. Pour the egg mixture into each cup. (*fill each cup to the third-forths.) Place mitsuba on top of each cup. Cover the cups with lids. (*use alumiun foil or plastic wrap if you don't have lids.) Preheat a steamer on high heat. Turn down the heat and carefully place cups in the steamer. Steam the custard for 15 min. Poke the custard with a bamboo stick. If clear soup comes out, it's cooked."}
{"text":"MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Researchers are hoping to use GPS collars to monitor the movements of endangered tapirs living in the rainforests of Nicaragua.\nLocal farmers say the Baird’s tapir, one of four species of the elephant look-alike animals, are eating their crops.\nThe animals were thought to be extinct in that part of the world until just two years ago when a team from Michigan State University discovered them still living there through the use of “camera trapping”—where researchers set up still and video cameras to “capture” the animal.\n“We’d like to figure out how and where they live and if they can co-exist with the agricultural community,” says Gerald Urquhart, an assistant professor. “We hope the results of this project are that the tapirs can persist in the landscape and can be tolerated by the humans in that area.\n“The farmers may have to recognize that there might be some crop losses, but nothing too substantial.”\nDespite being related to elephants, Baird’s tapirs are known to the local population as the “cow of the rainforest.” Weighing in at about 600 pounds, the animal plays a major role in seed dispersal—eating fruits and spreading seeds throughout the region.\nUrquhart says the camera-trapping work also has helped the local economy as the team has hired local people to help with the project.\n“Hopefully through this work they’ve recognized the value of wildlife for purposes other than for food,” Urquhart says.\nIt’s estimated that about 4,500 Baird’s tapirs still exist in the world today, most of which live in Central and South America. Their numbers have been declining steadily due to human encroachment into their environment.\nAll four species of tapirs are either endangered or threatened.\nFunding from the National Science Foundation and Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund supports the work.\nSource: Michigan State University"}
{"text":"Chemistry: Computer animation is a very helpful tool in chemistry. Several things in chemistry are too small to see, and handle or do experiments on like, molecules and atoms for illustration; computer animation is the exact tool for them. Its teachers can create realistic models of molecules from the data like they have and notice the way these molecules will interact along with each other. They can determine a full 3-D picture of their experiments and notice by various angles. Computer animation also permits them to perform things that would be very hard to do in actual life. For illustration, this is visible to make models of molecules on a computer. People are all times looking for new method to educate their children. If they have fun means they learn better. Computer animation can be utilized to make fun and exciting videos wherein education can easily be incorporated. This is much more interesting to learn maths for illustration, when the letters are good and colorful and flying around your TV screen in place of resolving problems on plain black and white paper. Another subjects as science, English, music, foreign languages and art can also be thought through using computer animation."}
{"text":"Sino Japanese War\nChina Relief Fund\nFounding of China Relief Fund in South East Asia during the 2nd Sino Japanese War that evolved into part of World War Two. China Relief Fund was the 1st regional overseas Chinese organization in the history of South East Asia.\nVenerable Pu Liang 普亮法师\nBuddhist monk executed by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore. The Venerable was killed for his support of China Relief Fund and the training of Nanyang Volunteers. Venerable Pu Liang was the Abbot of Shuang Lin Monastery and chairperson of the Singapore Chinese Buddhist Association.\nLi Yue Mei, 李月美\nLi Yue Mei, daughter of a Penang businessman, gave up a comfortable life in Malaya to serve as a Nanyang Volunteer driving war supplies on the Burma Road. She was one of the 4 female Nanyang Volunteers during the Sino Japanese War. During the Cultural Revolution, she was driven to suicide the people whom she gave up everything to serve.\nLight on the Lotus Hill\nA book documenting the life of Venerable Pu Liang.\nAbbot of Shuang Lin monastery who was executed by the Japanese after the fall of singapore for suporting china Relief Fund and recruitment of Nanyang Volunteers\nNanyang Volunteer, 南侨机工\nStory of 3200 civilians who left Nanyang to serve on the Burma road as drivers and mechanics. Most were Chinese men but includes some Indian, Malay men and 4 Chinese women."}
{"text":"ERIC Number: ED454007\nRecord Type: RIE\nPublication Date: 2000-Feb\nReference Count: N/A\nWaiting To Excel: Biraciality in the Classroom.\nReid, Evelyn; Henry, Gertrude B.\nThe categories of race used by school administrators to report student racial data assume racial purity. The omission of a category for mixed racial heritage is indicative of a deeper neglect on the part of society in recognizing this segment of its people. This mindset, which ignores the existence of biracial Americans, coupled with the implicit biases inherent in a White/non-White system of categorization, has contributed to a situation wherein the potential for psychological harm to biracial Americans is quite high. To support biracial youth, educators must create a climate that fosters the development of a healthy identity for all students through acceptance of religious, social, cultural, and other differences. This review of educational and psychological research identifies educational strategies that address the needs of biracial children: planning for student psychological, social, emotional, and cultural needs; creatively and carefully engaging young children in discussions of racial oppression and its consequences; infusing biracial issues throughout the curriculum, with curricula that are sensitive to process as well as content; aiding in the refinement of biracial children's (and their parents') identity; exposing children to their heritage; becoming sensitive to various learning styles; and providing parents and children with tools (words and phrases) to protect themselves from others who do not affirm human diversity and biraciality. (Contains 71 references.) (TD)\nPublication Type: Information Analyses; Speeches/Meeting Papers\nEducation Level: N/A\nAuthoring Institution: N/A\nNote: In: National Association of African American Studies & National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies 2000 Literature Monograph Series. Proceedings (Education Section) (Houston, TX, February 21-26, 2000)."}
{"text":"Spina Bifida is an incomplete closure in the spinal column. There are three types of spina bifida. In general, the three types (from mild to severe) are:\nSpina Bifida Occulta: There is an opening in one or more of the vertebrae (bones) of the spinal column without apparent damage to the spinal cord.\nMeningocele: The meninges, or protective covering around the spinal cord, has pushed out through the opening in the vertebrae in a sac called the meningocele; However, the spinal cord remains in tact. This form can be repaired with little or no damage to the nerve pathways.\nMyclomeningocele: This is the most severe form of spina bifida, in which a portion of the spinal cord itself protrudes through the back. In some cases, sacs are covered with skin; in others, tissue and nerves are exposed. Generally, people use the terms; spina bifida; and myelomeningocele; interchangeably.\nThe effects of myelomeningocele, the most serious form of spina bifida, may include muscle weakness or paralysis below the area of the spine where the incomplete closure (or cleft) occurs, loss of sensation below the cleft, and loss of bowel and bladder control. In addition, fluid may build up and cause an accumulation of fluid in the brain (a condition known as hydrocephalus). Large percentages (70% – 90%) of children born with myelomeningocele have hydrocephalus.\nA surgical procedure called “shunting” helps control hydrocephalus by relieving the fluid buildup in the brain. If a shunt is not implanted, the pressure buildup can cause brain damage, seizures or blindness. Hydrocephalus may occur without spina bifida, but the two conditions often occur together.\nWho is at risk?\nBirth defects can happen in any family. In the United States, there are 60 million women of childbearing age, and each one is potentially at risk of having a pregnancy affected by spina bifida."}
{"text":"So, I decided to listen to the small podcast of where the actual language of Dr. Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech is removed. All you hear during the podcast are sounds of scraping, distant voices and then the roar of applause that comes from the audience during the speech. There’s this idea that something this important such as this speech doesn’t actually lose its meaning even after removing the language. I know it sounds weird though… it’s usually the language and words that attribute the meaning and importance of something. But here, even though the actual language is gone the sounds of the applause, the shifting of paper and the distant noises all connate to something of great importance. Sometimes it’s not even the actual words that carry the meaning of something; sometimes it’s the little things that actually convey great importance. The gaps in between the Dr. King’s voices in the recording also indicate at some abruptness and urgency. The sounds indicate at the seriousness and importance of the speech even though there aren’t any actual words being said. Listening to this podcast made me realize the importance of sound even if it just is the background sounds that nobody listens to. Sounds carry meaning, emotion and communicate a message. Sounds and words almost have identical functions but they do both connote things. This could be used as a basis for a sound activity. If you took an audio piece and did no editing to it whatsoever, would it still retain its same understanding and meaning? If you had an audio of a serious topic and you had constant whispering in the background, would the message still be strong or would it be stronger if it had none of the whispering? To what extent do the background and foreground noises contribute to the overall meaning of a piece? These questions could be investigated by doing that activity and asking people about what they think and looking at these observations."}
{"text":"Death in the Forests\nDay after day, the slaughter of the elephants continues at a record pace — 25,000 killed in 2011, conservationists say, and more than 30,000 last year. A study from the Wildlife Conservation Society shows that 60 percent of all African forest elephants (a slightly smaller subspecies of the African savanna elephant) have been killed in the last decade for their ivory, leaving about 80,000 in their primary habitats in Western and Central Africa.\nOver all, other studies show, a mere 500,000 elephants survive in Africa, as little as one-tenth the estimated population 75 years ago. These and other grim numbers from places like Gabon, Chad, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo — even in well-protected game reserves — have added extra urgency to this year’s Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference in Bangkok, where delegates are struggling to find new ways to stop the massacre.\nThere is no mystery about the root cause of the killing: China’s insatiable demand for ivory, a demand fueled by that nation’s economic expansion, making what were once luxury goods accessible to a growing middle class. A recent survey commissioned by National Geographic concludes that the vast majority of well-to-do Chinese consumers (more than 80 percent) “plan to buy ivory goods in the future.” This increased demand has driven the price of ivory to as high as $1,000 a pound in Beijing, making life profitable for Africa’s ruthlessly bold poachers and creating a voracious and largely illegal ivory trade.\nRead the full story on NYTimes.com\nPost your comment\nComment Guidelines: We welcome your expressions of opinion on this subject. Please avoid false commentary about individuals or groups. Facts must be verified by the person posting. Off-topic comments, and comments inappropriate for a readership of all ages, may be deleted. E-mail addresses will never be published. Only comments with valid e-mail address will be published."}
{"text":"Professor Peter Schwerdtfeger, a participant in the project 'Molecules in Extreme Environments,' publishes groundbreaking findings about the superheavy element oganesson.\nOganesson was first synthesised in 2002. Like other superheavy elements, oganesson is highly unstable, meaning it quickly decays into other elements, which makes it difficult to study. Theoretical chemists such as Schwerdtfeger therefore use advanced calculations to infer superheavy elements’ chemical properties.\nSchwerdtfeger, working with three others chemists at Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand, and Michigan State University in the U.S., found that the atomic shell structure of oganesson differs from that of other noble gases. Oganesson, compared to gases such as radon and xenon, has a ‘barely recognisable’ atomic shell structure in which the shells are ‘smeared out like in a homogeneous electron gas,’ the authors write.\nThe paper, titled ‘Electron and Nucleon Localization Functions of Oganesson: Approaching the Thomas-Fermi Limit,’ was published on Wednesday in the prestigious scholarly journal Physical Review Letters, the flagship journal of the American Physical Society.\nSchwerdtfeger, a professor at Massey, is this year participating in the project Molecules in Extreme Environments.\nAngela K. Wilson, the Hannah Professor of Computational Chemistry at Michigan State, wrote in a viewpoint article published alongside the paper that the findings may enable further studies of superheavy elements.\n‘These important insights about the electronic and nucleaonic shell structure of oganesson open the door to further theoretical investigation into its unusual properties,’ Wilson wrote."}
{"text":"13. CANCER (Lymphoma)\nIllness: Lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that occurs when white blood cells begin behaving abnormally.\nSymptoms: Lumps, bumps, abnormal odors, abnormal discharges, non-healing wounds, weight loss, change in appetite, coughing, lethargy, evidence of pain\nWho's Affected & Why: According to WebMD, fifty percent of dogs over the age of 10 develop cancer at some point. It is also the leading cause of death in dogs over the age of 10. The most common type of cancer dogs are diagnosed with is lymphoma (a tumor of the lymph nodes). As far as breeds go, Golden Retrievers, boxers, flat-coated retrievers and Bernese Mountain dogs have a strong incidence of cancer.\nHow to Prevent & Cope: There are many successful treatments, including canine chemotherapy, available to help those dogs diagnosed with cancer. (Care2)\n13 Most Prevalent Dog Illnesses & How to Prevent Themthe daily dish\nAround The Web"}
{"text":"- Watch where you step. Rattlesnakes blend inwith their surrounding, so look where you put your foot down. Wear closed-toe shoes or boots outside and use a flashlight at night, especially as nights get warmer and rattlesnakes are more active. Keep walkways well lighted and clear of brush.\n- Eliminate rodents, a favorite rattlesnake food,from around your house and yard.\n- Remove what look like attractive residences for snakes. Instead of digging their own dens, rattlesnakes prefer move into existing structures. Woodpiles and junk piles should be eliminated, or moved away from the house. Fill in rodent holes and abandoned burrows.\n- No wall is totally snake proof, but a solid four foot wall with a lip at the top angling outward can help discourage snakes. The bottom of the wall should be sunk into the ground and have no tunnels under it. Gates should fit snugly against the ground.\nIf you do encounter a snake, back slowly and deliberately away from it. Alert others in the area, restrain pets and keep an eye on the location of the snake until it moves out of the area. No one without proper training should pick up a rattlesnake, even a dead one. Reflex bites are possible from a snake that has been dead several hours.\n- Don’t apply ice to the bitten area.\n- Don’t make an incision of any kind on the wound.\n- Don’t try to suction or suck out the poison.\n- Don’t use a constriction band or tourniquet.\n- Don’t administer drugs or alcohol.\n- Don’t use electric shock treatment.\n- Do remain calm and move away from the snake.\n- Do remove all jewelry, watches, etc., from the affected area.\n- Do drink fluids to help prevent shock.\n- Do immobilize affected area and keep at level below the heart.\n- Do decrease total body activity as much as possible.\n- Do seek medical attention as soon as possible."}
{"text":"Updated: Jan 3\nThe Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is a monk seal belonging to the family Phocidae. As of 2015, it is estimated that fewer than 700 individuals survive in three or four isolated subpopulations in the Mediterranean, (especially) in the Aegean Sea, the archipelago of Madeira and the Cabo Blanco area in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is believed to be the world's rarest pinniped species. In Thassos the Mediterranean monk seal has disappeared about 40 years ago. The last 15 years have happily made their reappearance on our island. You can see them more in the winter when the sea is without many boats and people but if you are lucky maybe also in the summer.\nPhotos are from Aliki"}
{"text":"Social networking is used by hundreds of millions of people to exchange personal information. Online friendships, virtual groups, business oriented communities, entertainment, almost everything is available on this part of the web. In social networks such as Twitter, user posts are disclosed publicly by default providing a rich set of domains to infer interesting aspects of our everyday life.\nResearchers from the recently formed Intelligent Systems Laboratory are exploiting this fact. Vasileios Lampos, a PhD student, his advisor Prof. Nello Cristianini and Dr Tijl De Bie in their latest work use tweets geolocated in the UK to infer the level of flu-like illness in the population.\nTheir methodology is drawn from the broad scientific field of Artificial Intelligence. Statistical Machine Learning techniques are applied to form predictions for an online tool: the Flu detector. The usefulness of the work lies on the fact that these predictions are made available daily providing inexpensive and timely information about the state of an epidemic. Technical details can be found in their recent publications."}
{"text":"In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the global demand for renewable energy sources. As countries strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, renewable energy technologies have emerged as a promising solution. Solar energy in particular has gained widespread attention due to its abundant availability and potential for power generation. With advancements in solar panel technology and decreasing costs, harnessing the power of the sun has become an increasingly viable option for both residential and commercial purposes.\nGala Synonym in English\nSome synonyms for “gala” in English include:\nGala Synonym in Hindi\nGala Synonym in Urdu"}
{"text":"EOMORES offers analysis of historical and current data in order to assess water body characteristics such as susceptibility to algal blooms and river discharge, and to enhance monitoring capabilities in terms of typical cloud coverage and others.\nWhat is the problem?\nLong-term monitoring of ecosystem health indicators is non-existent for the vast majority of the world’s more than 100 million water bodies. Even when regular sampling is carried out, the daily and seasonal variation is not always taken into consideration. Conclusions are often drawn based on an insufficiently small number of samples.\nRemote sensing via satellites offers the potential to integrate a limited set of ecosystem health indicators into long-term observation records. A thorough characterisation of individual waterbodies or coastal regions lays the basis for developing more effective standard monitoring practices. Episodic events, which might otherwise be missed by traditional sampling, can thereby be systematically anticipated, and their impact monitored.\nHow do EOMORES address it?\n- EOMORES can provide analysis of archived and current Earth observation data to provide water quality products and statistics aggregated by year, season or by day. These data can be used to inform conventional monitoring practises (e.g. the selection of sampling sites) and reduce uncertainties in water quality estimates arising from sparse sampling strategies.\n- EOMORES provides regional or water-body specific charts and maps tailored to the user’s needs, illustrating the effects of episodic events on water quality.\n- EOMORES also offers a service for collection of in situ measurements. These are essential for satellite data validation and product calibration, in order to assure continuous observations under cloud cover (in accessible regions).\nEOMORES in action: characterisation of turbidity in Loch Leven, UK, for 2018\nEOMORES in action: Aggregated data for reporting as per the Water Framework Directive in 2018 for a location near Poorvoo, Finland"}
{"text":"Sept. 1, 2012\nCanned beer makes its debut on this day in 1935. In partnership with the American Can Company, the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company delivered 2,000 cans of Krueger’s Finest Beer and Krueger’s Cream Ale to faithful Krueger drinkers in Richmond, Virginia. Ninety-one percent of the drinkers approved of the canned beer, driving Krueger to give the green light to further production.\nBy the late 19th century, cans were instrumental in the mass distribution of foodstuffs, but it wasn’t until 1909 that the American Can Company made its first attempt to can beer. This was unsuccessful, and the American Can Company would have to wait for the end of Prohibition in the United States before it tried again. Finally in 1933, after two years of research, American Can developed a can that was pressurized and had a special coating to prevent the fizzy beer from chemically reacting with the tin. . . . Read Complete Report\nUploaded by urllybird on May 11, 2011\nBeer canning machine video"}
{"text":"Beta cells are organized into islet structures that allow direct contact and communication between neighboring beta cells. This contact and communication is mediated in part by structures call gap junctions that have previously been demonstrated to be important for synchronizing insulin secretion among the beta cells in an islet. During their studies of one of the components of the beta cell gap junctions, these investigators uncovered a role for a molecule called Cx36 in promoting beta cell survival in addition to its role in insulin secretion. They found that when levels of Cx36 in the beta cell were lowered, the beta cells were more sensitive to stresses associated with T1D and died more readily. Conversely, beta cells with increased Cx36 levels were more resistant to the same stresses and could survive insults that killed normal beta cells. This work suggests that therapeutics that increase Cx36 levels could be useful in protecting beta cells in people with T1D.\nKlee, P., Allagnat, F., Pontes, H., Cederroth, M., Charollais, A., Caille, D., Britan, A., Haefliger, J. and Meda, P. (2011). Connexins protect mouse pancreatic beta cells against apoptosis. J. Clin. Invest. 121, 4870-4879.\nRamifications for Individuals with Type 1 Diabetes:\nThis early work describes a previously unknown role for Cx36 and gap junctions in beta cell survival. The results suggest that targeting Cx36 could be a potentially useful strategy for protecting beta cells from destruction in T1D. Further work will be required to further validate Cx36 as a drug target and to identify and optimize molecules or potential drugs to target Cx36.\nThis work was supported, in part, by a JDRF grant to Dr. Meda."}
{"text":"It was probably one of the two answers you've already received. But it is\nalso possible his teacher has been discussing Eric Carle. I just taught a\nclass to a 1st/2nd split about Eric Carle, and one of the kids though Mr.\nCarle painted with tissue paper instead of painting the tissue paper.\nKimberly Herbert (firstname.lastname@example.org)\nSan Angelo Museum of Fine Arts/Children's Art Museum\nFrom: Anne-Marie Swierz [mailto:email@example.com]\nSent: Monday, October 09, 2000 12:32 PM\nTo: ArtsEdNet Talk\nSubject: Re: Tissue paper mosaics\nI have a question . . . as you know I teach all ages from 6 - 60 and I\nhave just been asked by one of my 6 yr. old students if the class was\ngoing to \"paint\" with tissue paper?\nI had no clue what he meant and he couldn't explain it either. I was\nthinking maybe he meant make tissue paper mosaics, but I am not even\nsure how that's done either. Any one out there have a clue? I'd\nappreciate it. Thanks.\nYou are currently subscribed to artsednet as: firstname.lastname@example.org\nTo unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')"}
{"text":"It seems like there is not a day that goes by without a case of Sever’s in our clinic. The number of new cases usually peaks a few weeks into the sporting season, commonly football or soccer. One parent recently mentioned to me that out of the 20 or so boys in his son’s football team, there were six suffering with Sever’s.\nSever’s Disease presents in active children between the ages of 8-15 and is more common in boys than girls. The pain is localised in the bottom of the heel and is worsened with activity. You may notice your child limping or struggling to run and jump without pain under the heel or heels.\nAlthough this is not a “serious” condition, it may inhibit the child’s ability to participate in sporting activity. Sever’s may also linger for many months or recur periodically as activity levels increase.\nFortunately, Severs Disease usually responds well to Podiatric intervention. Once the child has been assessed and all contributing factors have been identified, severs disease treatment is normally quite straightforward and effective."}
{"text":"exclusionary ruleexclusionary rule\na legal rule that evidence obtained illegally, as from a search without a warrant, may not be introduced at trial\nThe rule, based upon the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution, that prevents the use of illegally seized evidence against a defendant in a criminal trial.\n(plural exclusionary rules)\n- (US, law) A doctrine which requires that evidence obtained as the result of an illegal act on the part of law enforcement personnel (such as a warrantless search, or continued questioning a witness who has invoked the right of counsel) must therefore be excluded from being admitted as evidence in a trial.\nexclusionary rule - Legal Definition\nOf litigation, a body of rules that provide that evidence may not be introduced if it was obtained in violation of a party’s constitutional rights."}
{"text":"José Patiño, marquis de Patiño, (born April 11, 1666, Milan [Italy]—died November 3, 1736, San Ildefonso, Spain), Spanish statesman who was one of the most outstanding ministers of the Spanish crown during the 18th century.\nPatiño followed his father in entering the service of the Spanish government in Italy. Later, during the War of the Spanish Succession, he went to Spain, and Philip V nominated him to a place on the Council of Military Orders (1707). As intendant first in Extremadura and then in Catalonia, he rendered important services during the siege of Barcelona (1714) and the reconquest of Majorca (1715) and was responsible for implementing the new financial and administrative system introduced by Philip V in 1715. Giulio Alberoni, who now came to direct Spanish affairs, regarded Patiño as his only reliable subordinate and placed him in charge of the rebuilding of the Spanish navy as intendente general de marina (January 1717). At the same time he was appointed superintendent of Sevilla (Seville), where he also controlled trade with the Spanish colonies. In these various capacities, Patiño was responsible for the fitting-out and dispatch of the expeditions which conquered Sardinia and Sicily in 1717–18.\nSudden promotion came to Patiño in May 1726, when, following the fall from power of the duque de Riperdá, he was appointed minister for the navy and the colonies. Shortly afterward he was also placed in charge of the national finances and foreign affairs. He retained all these offices until his death.\nPatiño’s great achievement was his creation of the Spanish navy. This twice enabled Spain to go to war with Great Britain (1718 and 1739), permitted the conquest of Oran in 1732, and allowed a vigorous enforcement by Spain of its traditional monopoly of trade with its American colonies."}
{"text":"9781927281024 Oscar the Artist (140mm)\nOscar the Bear is looking at different patterns in the countryside. He chooses different art materials to copy each pattern. He then creates a collage from his patterns.\nThis story could e used to support art projects that involve patterning and the skill of collage. It creates opportunities to look at how the selection art materials have different properties.\nThere is a repeated sentence structure to build confidence and fluency.\n38 running words.\nSight words: Here, is, are, the\nSummer Rose books, created by Carolyn Collis, are teaching resources for educators of young children.\nThis series provides a fun way for children to build reading confidence and improve general knowledge."}
{"text":"Westlake’s Science program provides students with meaningful learning experiences in earth, life and physical sciences resulting in their ability to question, hypothesize, investigate, and explore through experiences in our dedicated Science Laboratory and a challenging curriculum. Field trips, labs, and experiments enhance the curricular offerings and connect concepts to students’ everyday lives. Our desire is to capitalize on the young child’s curiosity to enhance an awareness of the world. When children are learning by doing, they have the opportunity to discover through teacher-facilitated learning. Through our Science program, we help students further understand their work in collaboration and cooperative learning groups with others as well as in their individual work in observing, describing, measuring, predicting, estimating, testing, and recording."}
{"text":"- History of Literacy Website, which includes the History of Reading Special Interest Group and a list of “Organizations, Publications, and Links Related to the History of Literacy”.\n- The Reading Experience Database 1450-1914\n(RED) launched by the British Library and the UK Open University\n- Center for Studies in Oral Tradition at the University of Missouri-Columbia, which features this subject-based index to the journal Oral Tradition\n- The Media History Project Connections Pages: Oral & Scribal Culture\n- Oral Culture to Early Print Culture: Memory Machines, Information Design, Economics of Media Systems\n- The Diary Research Website, includes a Bibliography of Diaries from 838AD to 1997AD."}
{"text":"A: Dealing with an infection is what your body is designed to do. Antibiotics can make it easier, but they can also inhibit the body’s own infection-fighting abilities. Whenever the immune system contends with an infection successfully, it emerges stronger and more capable of dealing with similar threats in the future. A few important keys are adequate sleep, hydration, and immune-boosting foods.\nYou will need to know how to treat an infection on the go so that a small cut doesn’t turn into a fatal injury. We’re not going to show you how to make antibiotics. We’re going to show you how to treat an infection without them."}
{"text":"Microsoft® Word 2016 enables you to do far more than simple word processing. Word includes advanced image manipulation tools, collaboration features, cross-referencing and linking tools, entry forms and data collection, security features, and tools to automate document production.\nWho Should Attend\nThis course is intended for students who want to use advanced capabilities in Word, including image manipulation, collaboration and revision tracking, cross-referencing and linking, document security, forms, and process automation through macros.\nIn this course, you will: Use images in a document.\nCreate custom graphic elements. Collaborate on documents.\nAdd reference marks and notes. Secure a document.\nCreate and manipulate forms. Create macros to automate tasks.\n1 - Manipulating Images\n- Integrate Pictures and Text\n- Adjust Image Appearance\n- Insert Other Media Elements\n2 - Using Custom Graphic Elements\n- Create Text Boxes and Pull Quotes\n- Add WordArt and Other Text Effects\n- Draw Shapes\n- Create Complex Illustrations with SmartArt\n3 - Collaborating on Documents\n- Prepare a Document for Collaboration\n- Mark Up a Document\n- Review Markups\n- Merge Changes from Other Documents\n4 - Adding Document References and Links\n- Add Captions\n- Add Cross-References\n- Add Bookmarks\n- Add Hyperlinks\n- Insert Footnotes and Endnotes\n- Add Citations and a Bibliography\n5 - Securing a Document\n- Suppress Information\n- Set Formatting and Editing Restrictions\n- Restrict Document Access\n- Add a Digital Signature to a Document\n6 - Using Forms to Manage Content\n- Create Forms\n- Modify Forms\n7 - Automating Repetitive Tasks with Macros\n- Automate Tasks by Using Macros\n- Create a Macro"}
{"text":"An extremely rare Silver Gilt Standing Salt from the English Renaissance c.1550\nThe gilt base stands on three little ball feet. There is a central rock crystal tube inside which there is the gilt figure of Longinus, the Roman soldier who, according to legend, pierced Christ in the side with his spear to hasten his death when he was on the cross.\nThe rock crystal was almost certainly recycled from an earlier Catholic object. As Hugh Tait, a former curator at the British Museum, has observed, the large number of objects from the English Renaissance incorporating rock crystal suggests that this is rare, valuable material was salvaged by goldsmiths from Catholic Monstrances, reliquaries and other such religious objects that had been seized and broken up during the Reformation.\nSurviving examples of these ‘architectural salts’ are extremely rare. There is an example in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston – See E.A Alcorn, ‘English Silver in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, vol 1, Silver before 1697’ Boston 1993, cat.no. 10 pp 58-60. In Helen Clifford’s book ‘A Treasured inheritance 600 years of Oxford College Silver’ an example of Trinity College is illustrated on page 75, plate 74. She explains that these salts were once common at high tables on Oxford. An inventory of 1592 from Exeter College refers to ‘one littler sale with a cover double gilt, a greater salt parcil gilt without a cover’. At Balliol in 1608 there was ‘a great white Salte without a cover, that is silver, unglided’.\nApprox 4 inches tall and 3 1/4 inches in diameter across the top, and weighing 8 ounces approximately.\nProvenance: With the late Michael Wellby; believed to have been brought at Christie’s in 1980"}
{"text":"Woody Allen once said, “It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.” Sometimes awareness of mortality can be a little scary, or make life seem a bit bleak. But a new study finds that when we’re reminded of our mortality, we may actually be better to ourselves and kinder to others.\nAuthors of a new study reviewed earlier research that had set out to determine how the awareness of death might influence people’s positive behaviors towards others and themselves. Lead author Kenneth Vail and his team discussed some of the noteworthy findings. One study, for example, found that people are actually more likely to help out others when they are in the immediate vicinity of a cemetery.\nWhen we’re reminded of our mortality, we may actually be better to ourselves and kinder to others.\nWhen actors talked to unsuspecting passersby about the value of helping others, the passersby were more likely to help people who had dropped a notebook when they were near a cemetery, compared to people who hadn’t been “primed” in the same way.\nMuch research has focused on understanding how our awareness of death can promote negative or destructive behaviors. For example, one school of thought suggests that we engage in certain behaviors or maintain certain beliefs to deal with the unpleasant feelings of mortality. The authors of this study suggest that it might be more beneficial to understand how the motivations triggered by being aware of death can actually improve people's lives. They conclude by suggesting that the “dance with death can be a delicate but potentially elegant stride toward living the good life.\"\nVail is at the University of Missouri, and published the study in Personality and Social Psychology Review."}
{"text":"|The American Humanist Association\nHumanism is a progressive philosophy of life that, without theism and other supernatural beliefs, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity.\n|The Council for Secular Humanism\nSecular humanism is a comprehensive, nonreligious life stance incorporating\n|The Humanist Society\nThose who are attracted to a positive, progressive philosophy, unencumbered by the rigidity of traditional religions, embrace the vibrant life stance of humanism, the radical idea that you can be good without a god.\nAffirmations of Humanism\nThe Philosophy of Humanism by Corliss Lamont (full text pdf)\nHumanism in Literature: Ten Authors to Read\nThe Humanist.com (hub for news, politics, science, and culture from a humanist perspective)\nAHA Center for Education (includes Introduction to Humanism free online courses)\nIntroducing Humanism: Non-religious Approaches to Life – FutureLearn (free online course developed by Humanists UK)\nFree Inquiry magazine"}
{"text":"*Skips December 20, 28\nThis class will be taught mainly in French, although complex grammar points will be explained in English\n$415.00 + $25 coursebook\nRequired Course Books.\nNiveau 5 – Course book\nThe course book is required to take this class. It contains all lesson content as well as homework. Required Coursebooks will be automatically added to your cart when registering.\nGroup classes and workshops fill up fast, make sure you sign up in advance so you don't miss out on your first choice!\nPlease note that our classes are only open to adults.\nYou're Confirmé, if...\nYou are familiar with and feel fairly confident using all major tenses (present, passé composé, imparfait, plus-que-parfait, futur simple, conditionnel).\nYou are ready to take on relative pronouns and the dreaded subjonctive.\nYou have the basic grammatical framework necessary to express yourself, but may be missing the little extras that could make your speech that much richer and subtler.\nThursday Nov 30: Lesson 1\nExpressions of time - “since, for, in, ago”\nThursday Dec 07: Lesson 2\nThe subjunctive mood - present tense\nThursday Dec 14: Lesson 3\nThe subjunctive mood - use and rules\nThursday Jan 04: Lesson 4\nSpeaking practice: Quiz “Are you a good liar?”\nThursday Jan 11: Lesson 5\nThe subjunctive mood - past tense\nThursday Jan 18: Lesson 6\nRelative pronouns 1 - “that, which, whom, where” etc.\nThursday Jan 25: Lesson 7\nSpeaking practice: Quiz “What French music star are you?”\nThursday Feb 01: Lesson 8\nRelative pronouns 2 - used with prepositions\nThursday Feb 08: Lesson 9\nCulture: “French regions”\nThursday Feb 15: Lesson 10\nVocabulary practice: “Scattergories”"}
{"text":"Specialized Expert System for Agro-Meteorological Early Warning (SESAME) Expert Users Guide | Cambodia\nCambodia is highly dependent on agriculture as a major industry and source of food, with high levels of subsistence farming in the country. The Specialized Expert System for Agro-Meteorological Early Warning (known as ‘SESAME’) has been developed in order to allow better integration of climate information into this sector. SESAME will allow various government departments to coordinate and create crop advisories for farmers, localized to each province, crop and growth stage of that crop. For example, an upcoming drought period may be predicted for Battambang province by the Department of Meteorology, who will provide this information to the Department of Agriculture. Crop advisories will then be developed which give farmers in this area advice on appropriate actions to take such as water-saving activities or specific crops to plant or avoid."}
{"text":"Interessante articolo apparso su AsiaOne che testimonia quanto l’enorme espansione demografica e residenziale che Singapore ha avuto e sta avendo negli ultimi anni incida anche su clima e temperature.\nThe urban heat island effect refers to hard, flat surfaces such as streets and buildings becoming hotter during the day and staying warmer at night than forested areas.\nHuman activity, such as cars being driven and heat from air-conditioning vents, also contributes to the effect, said Associate Professor Roth.\nGreater urbanisation in downtown Singapore means that in the last 40 years, the difference in night-time temperatures between the city centre and undeveloped areas has doubled.\nToday, urban areas can be up to 7 deg C hotter at night than rural areas such as Lim Chu Kang, compared to 40 years ago, when the difference was about 3.5 deg C. That is under windless conditions. If there are strong winds or rain, the gap is smaller."}
{"text":"Strict and absolute liability and the defence of honest and reasonable mistake of fact penetrate deep into the essence of criminal law. These concepts embody the criminal law's attempt to administer broad justice while controlling the proliferation of crime. Strict liability has developed as the 'sensible half-way house' between absolute liability and the requirement of full mens rea, and the defence of honest and reasonable mistake of fact has been applied to negative the social and legal dilemmas of these two traditional approaches.\nStrict and absolute liability is derived from the statutes which create the offences. The role of the courts is to ascertain through statutory interpretation the likely intentions of the legislators and apply these intentions to the offences described in the statute.\nTo what extent the mental element of an offence will be relevant arises in instances where the relevant statute is silent on the matter. If a statute expressly states that the actus reus alone is sufficient to convict, the courts are obliged to follow this.\nHowever, where the statute is ambiguous or silent as to whether the fault element is relevant it is the role of the courts to determine the intentions of Parliament. This function of the courts is a cornerstone of the law and constitutional theory.\nIn He Kaw Teh , Gibbs CJ cited Sherras v De Rutzen where the principle relating to absolute liability and mens rea was stated. As the court in that case held, there is a presumption that mens rea is an essential element of every offence. This famous statement of the law has come to represent the general principle in this area. The courts have come to observe the common law presumption that all offences have a subjective fault element unless the statute expressly dictates otherwise. This principle has..."}
{"text":"The stereographic projection\nE. J. W. Whittaker\nTeaching aims To\nprovide a practical and theoretical introducion to the stereographic\nprojection to enable students to use it in morphological\ncrystallography and X-ray textural studies of polycrytalline materials.\nLevel Normally first year undergraduate, but there\nare no concepts involved that would not be available to students one or\ntwo years earlier than this.\nSimple geometrical constructions. Some applications may require a\nknowledge of spherical trigonometry, but this is not needed to\nunderstand the subject as presented.\nPractical resources A ruler and compass and\ntracing paper. However the method will only come to life if it is\napplied to some real data such as measurements of interfacial angles\ncrysal models using a simple contact goniometer (a protractor with a\nTime required for teaching One or two lectures.\nThese would probably be within a series on morphological crytallography\nand the practical work (about 6 hours) would form part of such a"}
{"text":"Oliver Meckes and Nicole Ottawa\nScanning electron photomicrograph; magnification approximately x600 at capture; post-capture digital colorization\nEye of Science, Reutlingen, Germany\nStromatolites are mineralized microbial communities, formed from cyanobacteria, (formerly known as blue-green algae). Their formation takes thousands of years as the cyanobacteria trap detritus and sediment, forming large living rafts known as microbial mats. The cyanobacteria also secrete calcium carbonate, which causes the mats to mineralize, forming layered rock-like structures. This sample was taken from Lake Thetis, a saline lake in Western Australia.\nTo email this contributor, click on the following email address:\nTo see additional work by this contributor go to: http://www.eyeofscience.com"}
{"text":"Learning and Development\nBy constantly reviewing our curriculum and utilising new technologies, we provide a stimulating environment to motivate every child.\nWe are committed to providing the highest quality teaching in the core subjects. Our creative approach to learning encourages pupils to investigate and think critically, whilst being inspired and enthused by close connections with everyday life. Wherever possible, we use field trips to bring subjects and ideas to life.\nAs well as teaching our children the knowledge and skills essential for learning, we want pupils to learn to lead healthy lives and develop a strong sense of well being.\nWe also teach pupils about their role in society, encouraging children to make a contribution to their community and instilling a desire to have a positive impact on the environment.\nOur staff closely monitor the progress of every pupil and offer support where required to ensure that every child meets our aspirational expectations for them and achieves their full potential. We value the opportunity to engage with parents about learning and progress.\nHigh quality teaching, exceptional facilities and a wide range of activities combine to offer every child the opportunity to find something they enjoy and can excel at, ensuring everyone has their moment to shine.\n“By instilling in children a passion for learning we help them to become successful learners”"}
{"text":"The IEEE Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT) is an IEEE program, instituted by the IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee (HAC).\nIEEE SIGHT is a global network of groups consisting of IEEE members and volunteers who identify and address local problems by applying their technical skills and partnering with their local communities.\nUnderserved communities around the world are able to benefit from technology as they seek sustainable solutions to development challenges.\nThe Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT) program is a network of IEEE volunteers around the globe that partner with underserved communities and local organizations to leverage technology for sustainable development.\n• SIGHT focuses on sustainable solutions that make a longterm difference in the lives of people.\n• SIGHT operates through local volunteers and partners working with local communities.\n• For SIGHT, success is only achieved through partnerships, starting with the community and extending to government organizations, NGOs, schools, hospitals, companies, and others.\n• For SIGHT and its volunteers to be both effective and sustainable, continuous training and education is essential.\n“Local” is defined by the fact that key leaders of the project are citizens and/or permanent residents of the geographical area in which the project is to take place."}
{"text":"8: Medical detoxification\nMedical detoxification safely manages the acute physical symptoms of withdrawal associated with stopping drug use. However, medical detoxification is only the first stage of addiction treatment and by itself does little to change long-term drug use. Although detoxification alone is rarely sufficient to help addicts achieve long-term abstinence, for some individuals it is a strongly indicated precursor to effective drug addiction treatment.\nCite this article\nNIDA. (2016, February 11). Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction: What Science Says. Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/understanding-drug-abuse-addiction-what-science-says\nExplores the consequences of drug abuse on the brain and body and introduces the topics of prevention, and treatment."}
{"text":"MONDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Babies born very preterm -- defined as 23 to 31 weeks of gestational age -- are five times more likely than full-term newborns to have epilepsy as an adult, according to a recent study.\nThe study, based on Swedish medical databases, also found that being born just a few weeks early increased the risk of having the seizure disorder as adults. Babies born as late as 35 to 36 weeks into a pregnancy had a 76 percent higher risk of epilepsy later in life than those born between 37 and 42 weeks, or full-term.\nNoting the enormity of the increased risk, one study author said the findings show the importance of \"advancing our knowledge\" regarding the consequences of preterm birth.\n\"The magnitude of that effect was surprising,\" said Dr. Casey Crump, a study author and assistant professor of medicine at Stanford University. The finding \"highlights the need to better prevent preterm births, and increases awareness of these effects among survivors of preterm birth, their families and their doctors.\"\nHe noted that most people born prematurely live full, \"high-quality\" lives.\nThe study is published in the Oct. 4 issue of the journal Neurology.\nEpilepsy -- recurrent brain seizures with no obvious cause such as high fever or meningitis -- is the most common neurological disorder, according to background information in the study. It affects more than 50 million children and adults worldwide, the study noted. Seizures occur when a sudden electrical discharge affects the brain, resulting in symptoms ranging from vision changes and staring, to uncontrolled twitching and jerking of the whole body.\nThe disorder, which often tapers off in adulthood, can be controlled by medications.\nIn the study, researchers analyzed adult medical records of 630,090 Swedish babies born between 1973 and 1979, looking for hospitalizations for\nAll rights reserved"}
{"text":"Fragile Connection was created for the third annual exhibition at the Caol Ruadh Sculpture Park in Argyll that ran between May and September 2014.\nThe beautiful house and gardens of Caol Ruadh lie on a bed of metamorphosed sedimentary rock, mainly Dalradian, formed during the Precambrian period. Now, some 540 million years later, there's a rich diversity of fauna and flora blanketing the entire area, stretching down to the shoreline of the Kyles of Bute.\nThe idea for Fragile Connection came from the rocky outcrops which dot the landscape near the small apple house not far from the waterline. Walking amongst the moss and grass covered boulders it's noticeable just how thin this plant covering on the rocks really is; in places having been torn from the underlying rock revealing bony-white gaps. Such is the fragile connection between the earth’s oldest and youngest materials.\nFragile Connection is a reminder of this fragility, the fine balance that exists across the earth’s ecosystems and the possible outcome were this equilibrium to be lost.\nThe three steel rock sculptures making up Fragile Connection are constructed from Corten steel, a steel alloy whose chemical composition gives it increased resistance to atmospheric corrosion and is therefore well suited for outdoor sculpture. When exposed to the elements it very quickly develops a rusty, oxidised surface protecting the metal beneath.\nFragile Connection is currently on loan to Fauhope Country House near Melrose in the Scottish Borders.\nMaterials – Corten steel"}
{"text":"FDA Approves Advair for Children Under 12\nInhaled Asthma Drug Shown to Be Effective in Young Children\nApril 22, 2004 -- The FDA has approved the first dual-action asthma drug for use in young children. The agency approved Advair for the treatment of asthma in children 4 to 11 years old with asthma that isn't adequately controlled by inhaled corticosteroid therapy alone.\nAdvair contains two different drugs. One, an inhaled corticosteroid, helps to prevent inflammation in the airways, and the other, a long-acting beta2-agonist, helps prevent the muscles surrounding the airways from tightening.\nAdvair has been approved for treating asthma in adults and children over age 12 since 2001.\nAsthma Drug Approved for Young Children\nThe FDA based its approval on the results of a 12-week study of 203 children with asthma, ranging in age from 4 to 11 years old. The children still had asthma symptoms while being treated with low doses of an inhaled corticosteroid. The study compared the safety of treating the children with Advair twice daily vs. the inhaled corticosteroid alone twice daily.\nResearchers found that treatment with Advair improved lung function on asthma breathing tests.\nThe study also showed that the two treatments had a similar safety profile.\nResearchers caution that Advair does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden asthma attacks and should not be taken more than twice a day.\nSide effects of Advair include a reduced ability to fight off infection while switching from an oral steroid to the inhaled steroid in Advair, high blood pressure, increased heart rate, and changes in heart rhythm.\nAdvair is made by GlaxoSmithKline, a WebMD sponsor."}
{"text":"Dive into the topic of higher education, also known as post-secondary education or tertiary education. Referring to education that occurs after high school, this category includes community colleges, universities, seminaries, conservatories, and vocational schools. While some institutions provide general liberal arts education, other schools are more specialized in the degree programs they offer. Students can attain a variety of college degrees and certificates. The amount of time needed to obtain a degree depends on the type of degree being sought as well as the student’s learning pace. Commonly, degrees are obtained through a two-year or four-year college program. Many colleges and universities offer online learning in addition to traditional classroom education.\nInstitutions are also categorized according to whether they are for-profit or nonprofit. Unlike for-profit schools, nonprofit schools are not owned by an individual or group of shareholders, and any profits must be reinvested back into or held by the school. In the twenty-first century, some have accused for-profit schools of sacrificing their students’ best interests in order to increase profits.\nWhile post-secondary education is valued for its demonstrated increase in earning potential and employment options, some point to the increasing cost of tuition as a serious hindrance to students from low-income and middle-class families. An institution’s ability to provide scholarships and financial aid is critical to reducing student-loan debt and making college more affordable. Most institutions offer online classes—some known as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are free and open to all—to promote distance learning for students not on campus."}
{"text":"The Gilmour Lower School STEAM Program—which stands for science, technology, engineering, arts and math—applies skills and knowledge to critical-thinking problems by getting hands-on and asking students to discover and analyze real-world problems.\nOur unique school structure, in which teachers specialize in one subject area from first grade on, ensures that students can flourish with expert instruction and deep learning from the word “Go!”\nJust a few highlights of the Lower School STEAM Program curriculum include:\nGilmour Environmental Studies Program\nSnowboard Design Physics Challenge\nReal-world Economics & Math\nArchitecture to Withstand Earthquakes\n- Build-Your-Own Wind Turbine"}
{"text":"of this Digital Library\nInformation for Instructors\nInformation for Contributors\nEmpirical data is at\nthe heart of all scientific\nacquisition of new knowledge\nis achieved through the scientific method, which is a cyclic process of\nanalyzing data associated with physical phenomenon in order to\nwhether the data conforms to a proposed model. Models\nthat are continually successful, and that can be used to rationalize a\nrange of empirical evidence are ultimately promoted to the rank of\ntheory. Models that\nfail must be modified and tested\nThe ability to analyze data within the context of a model is a vital skill for a scientist. Chemistry makes heavy use of mathematical models. Consequently, the learning of chemistry is greatly enhanced by activities where one is presented with real-world data, and is guided to analyze the data according to a quantitative model. These activities are even more rewarding when they introduce the student to new numerical methods, involve consideration of errors, and lead one to ultimately contemplate the validity of the model.\nThis web site contains a library of ‘data-driven’ chemistry exercises. Assignments are arranged by topical area and include (1) a description of the goals, prerequisites and resources that will be needed to complete the assignment, (2) a brief theoretical description of the phenomena of interest and an explanation (or illustration) of the experiment that generated the experimental data, (3) the raw data, and (4) a suggested protocol of data analysis and questions that should be addressed.\nInstructors and students are welcome to download exercises for personal and classroom use. Commercial use of any copywrited materials is not permitted without the permission of the copywrite holder.\nSuggestions for improving this web site are welcome. You are also encouraged to submit your own data-driven exercise to this web archive. All inquiries should be directed to the curator: Tandy Grubbs, Department of Chemistry, Unit 8271, Stetson University, DeLand, FL 32720."}
{"text":"How scalable is sustainable intensification?\nSustainable intensification is a concept of growing importance, yet it is in danger of becoming scientifically obsolete because of the diversity of meanings it has acquired. To avoid this, it is important to consider the various scales on which it can aid progress towards feeding human populations while also protecting the environment.\nThis work was funded by Defra as part of the Sustainable Intensification Research Platform.\nThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Springer Nature via the DOI in this record.\nVol. 2, article 16065\nPlace of publication"}
{"text":"Park of environmental information and sensititation “Antonis Tritsis”\nThe park of environmental information and sensititation “Antonis Tritsis” is located among the municipalities of Agioi Anargiroi, Ilion and Kamatero and is considered one of the last refuges of wildlife in the Athens urban environment.\nSince most Attica wetlands have diminished or dried out during the last decades, the five artificial lakes (each one overflowing the other) are highlighted in the scenery and give breath to the aquatic organisms which have lost their habitat.\nThe park expands to 100 hectares and is a unique spot in Athens, that accommodates birds and is qualified with vegetation diversity.\nIn 1987, the first projects are elaborated by the Regulating Project of Athens Foundation and the total area of the park is fortified. There was the risk of splitting and be used in a controversial way. In 1993, the Foundation collaborated with the Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works to proceed to the auction of the first layer of the work for the creation of a model ecological park and recreation site.\nMembers of the Hellenic Ornithological Society observe and record the birds residing in the park, since its creation. During the latest years, 147 different species of birds have been observed. The Society schedules programs concerning the environmental information to denote the natural richness of the Park and the sensititation of the public. The park is a very important area used for hiking , cycling, friendly meetings, social events, activities for naturalists etc.\nFor further information about the Hellenic Ornithological Society and its activities in the park, and for “Antonis Tritsis” park you can visit the website of the society in the link below:www.ornithologiki.gr Info source for the park: Hellenic Ornithological Society"}
{"text":"As you probably already know, Saturn is known as being the “Moon King” of the solar system. Astronomers were able to find 20 more moons circling the ringed planet. The total number of moons so far is 82. It has three more than Jupiter.\nThese new small moons have from 2 to 4 miles (that’s 3 to 6 km) in diameter. They were found with the help of the Subaru telescope in Hawaii, by a team of researchers led by Scott Sheppard from the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington.\nOn Wednesday, Sheppard stated that Saturn was, indeed, the moon king. We found out about this discovery from the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center.\nOne of these moons circles at the distance of 15 million miles (that’s 24 million kilometers) from Saturn, which is the farthest away than any of the moons. If we are to make a comparison, Earth’s Moon circles at about 240,000 miles (that’s 386,000 km) from the planet.\n17 of these newly found moons are circling in the opposite direction of the rotation of the planet. The other three orbits in the same direction ar Saturn spins, as it usually happens with all the moons.\nSome moons are actually fragments from larger moons that were destroyed a long time ago in collisions with other moon or asteroids. 79 of Jupiter’s moons are in this situation.\nSaturn, which is the gas giant that’s made out of helium and hydrogen is the second-largest planet out there, and the sixth in line from the Sun. It has a diameter of 72,000 miles (that’s 116,000 km). There is only one bigger planet – Jupiter, which is the fifth planet from the Sun. Saturn was formed together with the other planets, and the Sun formed around 4.5 billion years ago.\nAs our second lead editor, Anna C. Mackinno provides guidance on the stories Great Lakes Ledger reporters cover. She has been instrumental in making sure the content on the site is clear and accurate for our readers. If you see a particularly clever title, you can likely thank Anna. Anna received a BA and and MA from Fordham University."}
{"text":"A copy of this book is also available at the Help Desk.\n\"The rules of APA Style ®, detailed in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, offer sound guidance for writing with simplicity, power, and concision. APA Style has been adapted by many disciplines and is used by writers around the world (apastyle.org).\"\nIn short, APA is one of the many writing styles that are used in the academic world. It is used in many disciplines associated with behavioral and social sciences such as anthropology, economics, and sociology.\nThere are many differences between APA style and MLA style so be sure to check with your instructor to see what writing style they prefer."}
{"text":"This is one of the first studies of the mismatch between students’ test scores and teachers’ estimations of those scores in low- and middle-income countries. Prior studies in high-income countries have found strong correlations between these metrics. We leverage data on actual and estimated scores in math and language from India and Bangladesh and find that teachers misestimate their students’ scores and that their estimations reveal their misconceptions about students in most need of support and variability within their class. This pattern is partly explained by teachers’ propensity to overestimate the scores of low-achieving students and to overweight the importance of intelligence. Teachers seem unaware of their errors, expressing confidence in estimations and surprise about their students’ performance once revealed."}
{"text":"Introduce your students to a true English hero who saved 9th-century England and Anglo-Saxon culture from Danish raiders. The richness of the Anglo-Saxon culture that Alfred fought to preserve is illustrated with documents your students will want to touch and study — pages from the Lindisfarne Gospels, a picture of the Alfred jewel, a display of coins, workable scale models of a church and a ship, a classroom poster on warfare. Historian: David Johnson. The contents of this Jackdaw feature: Broadsheets\nBrief account of Alfred of Wessex’s life\n- Muddle and manuscripts: Difficulties of interpreting Alfred’s life from limited sources\n- Under the Golden Dragon: System of raising armies and men for the navy\n- Alfred’s England\n- Full-time king: Alfred’s achievements\nStudy Guide / Lesson Plan – Reproducible Activities\nMap of Anglo-Saxon England with key to present-day names.\n- Two pages from the Lindisfarne Gospels.\n- Four pages from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle covering some of Alfred’s battles with the Danes.\n- Translation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle on Alfred’s reign.\n- The treaty between Alfred and Guthrum in which Alfred extends the boundaries of Wessex.\n- Alfred’s introduction to his translation of “Cura Pasoralis.”\n- Translation of “Cura Pasoralis” with word-for-word gloss of the first page.\n- Picture sheet of Anglo-Saxon coins from the time of Alfred.\n- Anglo-Saxon art and architecture.\n- The Alfred jewel.\n- The Anglo-Saxon wall painting excavated at Winchester.\n- Model of the church of St. Lawrence, Bradford-upon-Avon.\n- Model of an Anglo-Saxon ship.\n- Anglo-Saxon warfare — a picture sheet."}
{"text":"|Classroom Cladogram of Vertebrate/Human Evolution|\nIn this lesson students prepare the components for building a Colossal Classroom Cladogram of vertebrate evolution, then put it together, showing the gradual, mosaic accumulation of the traits which humans possess. A major purpose of this is to dramatize the evidence that we (and in fact all living things) did not suddenly pop into existence, but clearly evolved as an accumulation of traits over vast periods of time. A follow-up discussion helps focus on these concepts.\nIntended for grade levels:\nType of resource:\nNo specific technical requirements, just a browser required\nCost / Copyright:\nCopyright 1999 ENSI (Evolution and the Nature of Science Institutes). This material may be copied only for noncommercial classroom teaching purposes, and only if this source is clearly cited.\nDLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-004-796\nResource contact / Creator / Publisher:\nAuthor: Larry Flammer\nEvolution and the Nature of Science Institutes"}
{"text":"This course is designed to give you a hands on learning approach to the basics of electronic music production.\nWe will be learning to use synthesizers, how to create sample sets and how to start mixing your own material. Whether you’re new to the audio world, or you want to reinforce or add to what you’ve already been doing, this course will give you good foundations to set you in the right direction towards making your own beats!\nBy the conclusion of this course, students should be able to:\n- Understand and put into practice basic signal flow (analog and virtual) for wiring up mixers, monitors, and microphones into a computer via an audio interface.\n- Operate a typical analog and virtual mixing console.\n- Create their own sampler instruments and use them to create tracks with MIDI controllers.\n- Understand the basics of sound synthesis and be able to operate a simple software or hardware synthesizer.\n- Set up and record live instruments.\n- Create and mix their own material at a basic level making creative use of effects.\n- Find affordable gear to build up a small home studio.\nBy the end of the course each student will have at least one tune that they have created, using their own sampler instruments, synthesizer patches, and audio recordings. They will also have mixed it themselves, at a basic level.\nTimetable and Enrolment\n|Scots College Creative and Performing Arts Centre Music Rooms|\n|Adults and teens aged 14+|\n|(Closed until sufficient interest)|\nAbout Ed Zuccollo\nEd Zuccollo is a musician who has been combining the use of computers, synthesizers, effects, and recording live instruments to make music across genres such as hip hop, dubstep, drum and bass, ambient and trip hop.\nSelf taught from the age of 16 he has since worked on a number of albums and is currently shifting his focus back to his solo work which includes heavy use of sampling, software and hardware synthesizers and effects."}
{"text":"In 2008, an estimated 300,000 infants in China became sick from milk powder formula, some with kidney damage that ultimately led to fatalities. It was later discovered that The Sanlu Group, one of the largest dairy producers in China, had tainted the milk with melamine, an additive that is used to give the appearance of higher protein content to conceal watered-down milk and is toxic to infants.\nThis was one of the largest food safety scandals in Chinese history, and serves as an example of how imperative it is to stay away from processed foods and instead build a diet with natural, wholesome foods.\nNow Chinese scientists have discovered a new, faster, simpler and more reliable test that will detect melamine in milk – in hopes of making it more difficult for farmers and dairy producers to get away with this crime. After learning that gold nano-particles (AuNPs) bond easily with melamine, the researchers were able to devise a test using just AuNPs and a UV-Vis spectrophotometer to watch for a color change in the solution. This on-site test takes about 15 minutes from start to finish and can detect melamine levels as low as two parts per million.\nSupport the Campaign for Real Milk, join the Weston A. Price Foundation, today!"}
{"text":"Augusto Pinochet toppled Salvador Allende in 1973 and formed a military dictatorship in Chile. This South American country's relationship to the world outside its borders has long been one of historic, cultural, and geographic isolation. To protest the dictatorship, democratic countries imposed a cultural boycott on Chile that lasted 16 years.\nIsabel Allende, in The House of the Spirits, writes a fictional account of the 1973 coup, which she witnessed. Because of the coup, her uncle lost Chile to Pinochet, and the entire Allende family fled."}
{"text":"Facing emerging viral problems and rising energy costs, the use of biofloc technology in biosecure systems offers an answer for sustainable shrimp aquaculture. The main attributes of biofloc systems in reducing disease risk include the fact that low water exchange\nAlthough Bali is primarily a tourist destination, several small family-owned shrimp farms are located here. The Ndaru Luat Setio shrimp farm at Kubu raises specific pathogen-free Litopenaeus vannamei in ponds that apply basic biofloc technology with zero water exchange.\nA large-scale integrated shrimp aquaculture park (iSHARP) project in Malaysia is approaching completion of its first phase. Biosecurity is a priority at iSHARP. The design of each unit allows individual modules or ponds to be “locked down” to prevent disease\nCombining biofloc technology with bio-secure modular shrimp culture can make operations more sustainable and economically viable. For optimized biofloc production, lined ponds and reservoirs and high stocking densities are essential. Paddlewheel aerators keep dissolved-oxygen levels high.\nIntegrated shrimp farming is desirable due to its ability to provide food safety and traceability. Production planning is the most essential exercise in integrated systems.\nBlue Archipelago’s re-engineering of a large shrimp farm to a modular, biosecure facility set a benchmark for future shrimp culture projects in Malaysia.\nWith the global spread of viruses, biosecurity has become an essential element of every shrimp farm. Biosecurity starts with quality of farm design.\nBiofloc technology provides high productivity, low feed-conversion ratios and a stable culture environment. Also, with viral problems and rising costs for energy, biofloc technology can help deliver sustainable production at lower cost.\nIn a study in Indonesia, increases in efficiency in power use resulted from the combined application of biofloc technology and partial harvest."}
{"text":"Dolphins appear to catch their prey selectively. They select the fish that contain the most energy and leave the less interesting (less calorie-rich) prey swimming. It was always assumed that dolphins eat anything that swims by.\nThis research was performed with common dolphins that live in the warm coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Researchers studied the stomach contents of dolphins that got trapped in fishing nets and compared these contents with the kinds of fish that occur in the coastal waters. This revealed that the common dolphin is quite a picky eater. The stomach contents contained no fish that was worth less energy than five kilojoules per gram. Favourite prey were the different species of lantern fish. These contain 6 to 8 kilojoules of energy per gram. The results of this research are easy to explain. Dolphins are warm-blooded animals that swim fast and they are social animals. These are traits that cost a lot of energy.\nCold-blooded sharks make no distinction in their prey. They catch any prey they can get.\nThe results of this research were published in the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology."}
{"text":"Rising ocean temperatures could stunt reef fish development\nRISING ocean temperatures are leading to major developmental problems for coral reef fish, James Cook University researchers say.\nThe researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies found long, hot summers could wreak havoc on the young, with larval development slowed after water temperatures increased above 28 degrees.\nProfessor Mark McCormick said the study raised major concerns about the impact climate change could have on reef fish populations.\n\"To see adverse effects over the current-day temperature range raises concerns about the serious negative effects we may see when the ocean temperature warms with climate change,\" he said.\nDr Ian McLeod said most fish had a larval stage when they were more vulnerable to predators, so the longer they were larvae, the lower their survival rate.\n\"Faster growth during the larval stage should lead to a survival advantage,\" he said."}
{"text":"January 20, 2009\nAnother danger for coral health ID’d\nU.S. scientists say they've identified the bacteria responsible for yellow band disease -- an infection that affects the world's coral reefs.\nResearchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and colleagues said YBD sickens coral colonies and is apparently a threat that's becoming worse with global warming.\nJust as a doctor can diagnose a child with chicken pox by the small, round bumps on her skin, you can tell a coral with yellow band disease by its own characteristic markings,the scientists said.\nThis affliction etches a swath of pale-yellow or white lesions along the surface of an infected coral colony. The discolored band is a mark of death, indicating where the bacterial infection has killed the coral's photosynthetic symbionts, called zooxanthellae. The coral host suffers from cellular damage and starves without its major energy source, and usually does not recover.\nThe research appeared in the November issue of the Journal of Applied Microbiology."}
{"text":"|One Step Ahead: Privacy and Security Tips\nOctober 3, 2006, Volume 53, No. 6\nAnother tip in a series provided by the Offices of Information Systems & Computing and Audit, Compliance & Privacy.\nCreate Strong, “Uncrackable” Passwords to Foil Hackers\nYou may not realize it, but the number one reason computers get hacked is weak passwords. To protect against hackers, who use automated password-cracking dictionaries to gain access to online accounts and individual computers, be sure to use strong, hard-to-guess passwords with the following characteristics:\n• Are at least 8 characters long\n• Contain no words found in English or foreign language dictionaries\n• Contain no words found in specialized dictionaries, including those used by hackers, which include names, proper nouns, and popular words from non-standard sources such a music, movies, and video games\n• Contain a mixture of at least three of the following: uppercase and lower case letters, digits (0-9), and special characters (%*!, etc.)\n• Contain no personal information such as your birth date.\nTo create a strong password, think of a phrase that has meaning only to you; for example, “My son Charlie Jones goes to school in Bryn Mawr, PA.” Take the first letter from each word to create a password that is nearly uncrackable yet not hard to remember: “MsCJgtsiBMPA.” To make it even tougher to crack, use digits and special characters: “MsCJg2siBM,PA.” If you find it necessary to write down your password, don't leave it in an accessible spot or share it with anyone.\nFor additional tips, see the One Step Ahead link on the Information Security website: www.upenn.edu/computing/security/."}
{"text":"Cottrell College Science Awards - 2015\nSynthesis of Beta-lactams by a Cu-catalyzed Cyclization Reaction of Siloxyalkynes and Ketenimines\nThe most widely used antibiotics work by interfering with a bacterium’s ability to construct its cell wall, which eventually proves lethal to the organism.\nBut there are always a few bacteria with enzymes that resist antibiotic damage, thus allowing them to grow and reproduce. Scientists have identified more than a thousand of these enzymes in various strains of bacteria. And resistant bacteria are gradually becoming more prevalent, resulting in antibiotics growing ever less effective in treating disease.\nAndré K. Isaacs, assistant professor of chemistry at the College of the Holy Cross, has received a Cottrell College Science Award from Research Corporation for Science Advancement to create a novel method for generating a diverse group of new antibiotic molecules that can evade inactivation by these enzymes.\nIssacs and his students will employ a variation on a methodology called “click chemistry” because it aims to join small molecular units together quickly, not unlike clicking together modular Leggo© units, to generate many different chemical structures. Specifically, they will be attempting to create variations on the β-lactam (beta-lactam) molecular ring that gives many antibiotics their antibacterial power.\nIf they are successful, their work could lead to new, highly effective antibiotics, keeping us one step ahead of disease-causing bacteria that have plagued humankind throughout history."}
{"text":"Mataviam described travel in general to Kelly (1933: 23:7) in the following way:\nTravelers packed everything on their backs, and wore any kind of foot gear. Children always wore shoes; if the children were too small to walk, their parents took turns carrying them. They also took turns packing the water jar, which was carried in a burden basket (ais) or a net. Blankets, etc., were taken. Women took cooking utensils, including manos, but not metates. Men took weapons and walked ahead. Dogs accompanied the party. Children were given something to carry; perhaps a small skin sack, but not a burden basket or net. Travel along certain routes had to be timed so that people could be sure that there would be water available in drier sections. Timing was particularly important if some of these sources were tanks and sandstone potholes.\nSouthern Paiute – Chemehuevi Trails Across the Mojave Desert:\nIsabel Kelly=s Data, 1932-33 (Darling/Sneed Symposium, AAA 2004)\nCatherine S. Fowler\nUniversity of Nevada, Reno"}
{"text":"Hair and fibers and other trace evidence are often unknowingly left at the crime scene by the perpetrator. And those clever CSI folks can find these tidbits and analyze them. From hair, they can usually determine the species (human, cat, dog?), the color, the thickness and curliness, whether it was cut or yanked out, and other things.\nBut what if the hair has been altered with coloring or various chemical treatments? No problem. In fact, such alterations could add another layer of individuality to hair found at a crime scene. Using Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS), dyes and chemical treatments can be analyzed and such analysis can lead to the type of treatment and even the manufacturer of the product. This could prove to be critical evidence in connecting a suspect to a crime scene."}
{"text":"Level 5- Ages 8-13- Learn what Scripture says about 32 negative...\nLevel 3 -For Approximate Ages 7-10\nFor ages 8-13\nCharacter Curriculum for Ages 4-6 although your older kids may enjoy...\nFor Ages 7-12\nFully illustrated book to teach character to preschool and kindergarten\nLearn about 45 crucial character qualities\nLearn to apply Scripture to your everyday life.\nThis is the easiest history curriculum you will use! Created with busy,...\nLearn how to reach out to others in practical ways! by Marilyn Boyer...\nOne of our most popular character studies!\nWarning: Last items in stock!\nProverbs People Book 2 teaches the following character traits found in the book of Proverbs:\n“Virtuous Woman vs. Contentious Woman”\n“Proud vs. Humble”\n“Fearful vs. Trusting\"\n“Angry Man vs. Patient Man”\n“Content vs. Covetous”\n“Cruel vs. Merciful”\n“Flatterer vs. Honest”\nIncludes short-answer questions, example stories, fun quizzes, application questions, and coloring pages. It’s just like Proverbs People Volume 1, but with new topics!\n|Emphasis||Bible Doctrine or Bible Study, Character, Curriculum, Family Devotions, Proverbs|\n|Author||Rick and Marilyn Boyer|\nNo customer reviews for the moment."}
{"text":"July 14th every year marks Bastille day for France.However this year14 July 2009 marks a new turn after a series of riots and protests resulting in the burning of 317 cars and 13 police injured.The genesis of the riots is being traced to the French town of Firminy where protesters took to the streets following the death of Mohamed Benmouna, a local supermarket cashier who was taken from his police cell in a coma and later died in hospital in queer circumstances .\nIt so happens that Amnesty international has previously issued a damning report on Police Brutality in France which basically means according to the adage \"where there is smoke there could be fire\" something is wrong here .\nI wonder if UN Rapporteur Philip Alston should visit France and issue a damning report to the current French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the French Police Commisioner/ Comisar or the Inspecteur General 'Inspecteur général '. Unfortunately it seems that when international bodies deal with African Affairs often double standards are applied.I believe there are many atrocities that have been committed under the guise of war against terror yet you will not hear of a\"Waki Envelope\" or ICC investigation of such crimes against humanity yet many Africans express full confidence in such institutions. Human Justice is frail and subject to certain interests.\nBastille day is celebrated in France each year on July 14 to mark the storming of the Bastille fortress prison on the same day in 1789( see wikipedia stub on Bastille Day)The Bastille was a prison and a symbol of the absolute and arbitrary power of Louis the 16th's Ancient Regime. By capturing this symbol, the people signaled that the Monarch's power was no longer absolute: power should be based and emanate from the people. It is this act that led to fundamental doctrine in constitutional law to wit: the principle of separation of powers."}
{"text":"Health & Safety\nMaking History Blog\nfrom slavery to freedom\nFebruary 15, 2018\nRare Martin Delany Signed Document\nAt the height of the movement to rid the nation of slavery - the abolitionist movement - Martin R. Delany was one of the more charismatic and practical leaders of the time.\nFebruary 17, 2016\nTools of Oppression: Cotton Cards\nBesides the cotton gin, in lower scale production, cotton cards were utilized to process raw cotton. Learn more about cotton cards that once belonged to former slave Mary Ann Carlton."}
{"text":"Returns True if abs(x1-x2) is smaller than tolerance element-wise, otherwise False.\nInputs of x1 and x2 comply with the implicit type conversion rules to make the data types consistent. If they have different data types, lower priority data type will be converted to relatively highest priority data type. RuntimeError exception will be thrown when the data type conversion of Parameter is required.\ntolerance (float) – The maximum deviation that two elements can be considered equal. Default: 1e-05.\nx1 (Tensor) - A tensor. Must be one of the following types: float32, float16.\nx2 (Tensor) - A tensor of the same type and shape as ‘x1’.\nTensor, the shape is the same as the shape of ‘x1’, and the data type is bool.\nTypeError – If tolerance is not a float.\n- Supported Platforms:\n>>> x1 = Tensor(np.array([1, 2, 3]), mindspore.float32) >>> x2 = Tensor(np.array([2, 4, 6]), mindspore.float32) >>> approximate_equal = ops.ApproximateEqual(2.) >>> output = approximate_equal(x1, x2) >>> print(output) [ True True False]"}
{"text":"In 2012 alone, 1,300 peer-reviewed studies were published linking sedentariness with heart disease, obesity, diabetes and other negative health effects.\nTreadmill Desk Benefits\n“Should I use a walking desk or a stand up desk more? By how much?” We get asked this question all the time. Read on to find the answer!\nWalking at speeds above 2 mph on a treadmill desk is not recommended because the goal is to raise the basal metabolic rate (BMR), without exercising.\nNot all fatal injuries come in a single blow, some take years to manifest but are equally deadly. Sedentary desk jobs may be the most dangerous!\nThe question of exactly how many more calories you can burn using a treadmill desk hasn’t been thoroughly understood, until now.\nKeep in mind that using a treadmill desk is the best way to combat sitting disease but it is not a substitute for getting aerobic exercise\nThe correlation between Type II diabetes and weight struggles is so direct that most people consider the words “obese” and “diabetic” to be synonymous.\nYour goal should be 5,000 steps (nominally) to 10,000 steps (optimally) for achieving and maintaining a sustainable level of fitness and stamina.\nUsing a standing desk or treadmill desk will increase your basal metabolic rate thus burn more calories than sitting still, but by how much?\nToday, one out of six Americans uses a treadmill regularly. But before we knew the benefits of an aerobic workout, treadmills were used to punish prisoners."}
{"text":"To minimize health risks, the optimal amount of alcohol someone should consume is none.\nThat’s the simple, surprising conclusion of a massive study, co-authored by 512 researchers from 243 institutions, published Thursday in the prestigious journal the Lancet.\nThe researchers built a database of more than a thousand alcohol studies and data sources, as well as death and disability records from 195 countries and territories between 1990 and 2016. The goal was to estimate how alcohol affects the risk of 23 health problems. The number that jumped out, in the end, was zero. Anything more than that was associated with health risks. Read more here."}
{"text":"\"The butterfly effect suggests the flapping of a tiny insect's wings in Africa can lead to a tornado in Kansas.\nCall this the bat effect: A bat killed by a wind turbine in Somerset can lead to higher tomato prices at the Wichita farmers market.\nBats are something of a one-species stimulus program for farmers, every year gobbling up millions of bugs that could ruin a harvest. But the same biology that allows the winged creatures to sweep the night sky for fine dining also has made them susceptible to one of Pennsylvania's fastest-growing energy tools.\nThe 420 wind turbines now in use across Pennsylvania killed more than 10,000 bats last year -- mostly in the late summer months, according to the state Game Commission. That's an average of 25 bats per turbine per year, and the Nature Conservancy predicts as many as 2,900 turbines will be set up across the state by 2030.\nThis is a bad time to be a bat.\""}
{"text":"Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence\nThe Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence comprises a set of recommendations for developing and selecting environmental education instructional materials.\nThese guidelines aim to help producers of activity guides, lesson plans, and other instructional materials create high-quality products and to provide educators with a tool to evaluate the wide array of available environmental education materials. Through the National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education, the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) is taking the lead in establishing guidelines for the development of coherent and comprehensive environmental education materials and programs. These guidelines draw on our best thinking honed by scholars and practitioners across a variety of fields and settings, including formal and nonformal education, curriculum development, instructional design, early childhood education, and adult education.\nTo ensure that these Guidelines for Excellence reflect a widely shared understanding of environmental education, they were developed by a team of environmental education professionals from a variety of backgrounds and organizational affiliations. This team took on the challenge of turning ideas about quality into tangible recommendations and examples. In addition, drafts of these guidelines were circulated widely to practitioners and scholars in the field (e.g., teachers, educational administrators, environmental scientists, and curriculum developers), and their comments were incorporated into successive revisions of the document. As such, hundreds of practitioners have participated in the writing of these guidelines.\nTo learn more and to access additional resources, visit the Guidelines for Excellence website."}
{"text":"This work concerns the state of the art for use of impedance spectroscopy for studying the evolving microstructure of cement‐based materials during hydration. Features of the spectra are discussed and related to components of the microstructure with the assistance of pixel‐based computer modeling techniques. It is proposed that the enormously high relative dielectric constants (∼105) observed just after set are the result of dielectric amplification and are related to the distribution of pore sizes and the thickness of product C─S─H layers separating the pores. The conductivity is related to the volume fraction of porosity, the conductivity of the pore solution, and the interconnectivity of the porosity. The conductivity, when normalized by that of the pore solution, i.e., inverse formation factor, is a measure of this interconnectivity and can be used to predict such engineering properties as ionic diffusivity and water permeability. Composite mixing laws are employed to aid in explaining the behavior of the conductivity and to obtain a qualitative measure of the pore shape with hydration. Procedures for predicting the conductivity of the pore solution and for subtracting out electrode lead effects at high frequency are discussed.\n|Original language||English (US)|\n|Number of pages||16|\n|Journal||Journal of the American Ceramic Society|\n|State||Published - Jan 1 1994|\nASJC Scopus subject areas\n- Ceramics and Composites\n- Materials Chemistry"}
{"text":"Near-infrared reflectance sensing (NIRS) has stimulated widespread enthusiasm in recent years among soil scientists, in part for its potential to lead to the design of new “proximal” soil sensors in support of precision agriculture, and to increase significantly the amount of information that can be obtained about soils from remote sensors. However, a practical difficulty this technique faces is that soils in the field, unlike the sieved, repacked soil samples used in the laboratory, are generally moist and have uneven surfaces, especially after tillage. Unfortunately, little is known at this point on the effect of surface roughness on NIR spectra. In this context, the present research focuses on the application of NIRS, under laboratory conditions, to chunks (artificially isolated particles or aggregates) of soil of average sizes between 0.04 and 8 mm, obtained in 5 different soils with contrasting features, and repacked in Petri dishes. NIRS measurements were performed when the soils were air-dry, and after rewetting to near-saturation. In virtually all cases, except at the finest chunk size in two soils, the near-infrared reflectance decreased regularly as chunk size increased. Nearsaturation of the soils with deionized water resulted in further decreases in reflectance, which obliterated to varying extent the dependence of the reflectance on chunk size. For most cases, whether the soils were dry or near-saturated, computation of the first derivative of the NIR spectra, especially when preceded by movingaverage or wavelet-based smoothing, resulted in transformed signals that were virtually independent of surface roughness in a number of distinct spectral regions. These observations suggest that in the range of soil chunk sizes considered, it might be possible practically to circumvent the dependence of NIRS on surface roughness."}
{"text":"2. Name the father of Andal\nB. Poigai Azhwar\nC. Boothath Azhwar\n3.What is the other name for Andal?\n4. Under which plant was Andal first seen by her father?\n5. Apart from Thiruppavai, what is the other set of Pasurams that was composed by Andal?\nB. Kanninun Siruthambu\nC. Nachiar Thirumozhi\n6. On which day of the Aadi month is Aadi Perukku celebrated?\n7. Which river in Tamil Nadu is generally worshiped on the day of Aadi Perukku?\n8. Andal is considered to be an embodiment of ________________\n9. Aadi Pooram festival is generally celebrated with a divine wedding. Name the Divine Couple for whom the divine wedding is performed.\nA. Andal and Lord Ranganatha\nB. Lord Shiva and Parvati\nC. Lord Rama and Sita\nCompiled by Ramya Srinivasan,San Jose CA\n1 – A, 2 – A, 3 – B, 4 – B, 5 – C, 6 – C, 7 – B, 8 – C, 9 – A"}
{"text":"Wouldn't it be great to put these two great tools together?\nWell, just like the peanut butter and chocolate in a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, Google Forms and Google Classroom work together perfectly to make it easier than ever to create, distribute, and grade assessments in schools.\nWhen you create a quiz through Classroom, many of the needed settings in Google Forms are automatically taken care of for you, there's no need to worry about copying the correct link for the quiz, and the student grades are easily imported right into your Classroom grade book!\nSee below for a quick 8-minute video that will show you everything you need to know for creating quizzes in Classroom. Then if you want to dig even deeper, I have also included a 1-hour video from a webinar I did a while back that goes into more advanced options and uses of Forms for assessments.\nTutorial Video (8 minutes)\nHere is my quick 8-minute video that covers all the basics you need to know to create, distribute, and collect a self-grading quiz in Google Classroom:\nNote: See all of my Google Classroom help videos here:\nWebinar (1 hour)\nHere is my 1-hour webinar that covers creating assessments with Google Forms, fromt he basics to more advanced features and uses:\nBONUS: For Math and Science\nSee my earlier blog post on how to use the free Equatio extension to easily add math symbols and expressions and chemical formulas to the Google Forms quizzes you make:\nEquatio: Yes You Can Type Math and Science in Google Docs and Forms! - Blog post link\nPost by Eric Curts. Connect with me on Twitter at twitter.com/ericcurts"}
{"text":"March 25, 2011 | CUNY Lecture Series, Graduate Center\nFreed from the legal bonds of slavery by the state’s Emancipation Act of 1827, New York’s black leaders moved from local to national politics in the decades leading up to the Civil War. At a Graduate Center event, Carla Peterson, author of the new book, “Black Gotham: A Family History of Africans in Nineteenth-Century New York City,” focused on the experience of students at the Mulberry Street School and how it propelled them into political activism, as well as trade and business. “Education formed character, led to respectability, provided wealth and helped to make you cosmopolitan,” says Peterson, who discussed the challenges she faced finding source material for this forgotten part of American history, in a program sponsored by the Gotham Center for New York City History.\nListen Now >>"}
{"text":"\"Googols of Learning Child Development Center uses Developmentally Appropriate Practices which is an approach to education which focuses on the child as a developing human being and a life long learner. The child is an active participant in the learning process and constructs meaning and knowledge from interactions, educationally planned activities, and play. We provide meaningful and relevant learning experiences and use children's portfolios to evaluate each child's individual progress. We provide learning experiences which are both �developmentally and age appropriate�. We feel that children learn best when their physical needs are met and they feel psychologically safe and secure.\"\nExcerpted from the preschool's website\n7:00 Googols Opens\n7:30 Breakfast is served.\n8:00 Breakfast is picked up and children have free center time, and small group activities.\n8:45 P.E. and stretching prior to Circle Time\n9:30 AM Snack is served\n10:00 AM snack is picked up. Outdoor Play\n10:30 Small Group Activity-Art, science experiment, social etiquette activity, and Lesson Plan.\n11:30 Lunch is served.\n12:00 Lunch is picked up. Children potty, wash hands, and brush teeth in preparation for quiet time. Read quietly on their cots until everyone is ready.\n1:00-3:00 Nap Time\n3:00 Wake Up, Potty, Wash hands and get ready for snack\n3:30 Snack is cleared. Afternoon Lesson Plans, small and large group.\n4:30 Outdoor Play\n5:00 Group Read Aloud Story, Free Center time or science experiments.\n6:00 Googols Closes."}
{"text":"Babesiosis is a rare parasitic disease that can be passed to humans by deer ticks.\nBabesiosis may not always cause symptoms. When symptoms are present, they usually start 1 to 4 weeks after the tick bite. Symptoms of babesiosis include:\nBabesiosis usually is treated with antibiotic medicines.\n|Primary Medical Reviewer||William H. Blahd, Jr., MD, FACEP - Emergency Medicine|\n|Specialist Medical Reviewer||H. Michael O'Connor, MD - Emergency Medicine|\n|Current as of||July 5, 2013|\nWebMD Medical Reference from Healthwise"}
{"text":"By Daniel Luke\nOver the past two to three decades, the rapid growth of modernization across the globe has caused much more value to be put into the educational system and technology. Living side-by-side with this fast-paced society, things became very hectic.\nHowever, if we look beyond the past 20 to 30 years, at a more cultural aspect of life, we see that traditions, customs, and beliefs were held much in reverence, as opposed to the life nowadays. However, the question that always persists whenever we’re moving on toward a new age is this:\nAre we ready for such a test and would it be beneficial for society to take this next step?\nFor example, when the Scientific Revolution began around the 1300s to 1400s, many people were opposed to the idea, but in the end, the world ended up gaining vast amounts of knowledge about their immediate surroundings than they previously thought was possible.\nBefore Christopher Columbus, most Europeans thought that the world was flat, but in the end, he proved them wrong. But now, you may ask, “How does this relate to losing the Chinese culture?” The answer is relatively simple. As the world is getting more and more modernized, we see less and less time for families to get together and express their traditional beliefs.\nWhy is this significant? The reason is that according to research, people who follow their traditional beliefs have more morals than people who don’t, and it is such for that fact that we ought to preserve this dying culture. It doesn’t matter what background you are from or what ethnicity you are. All that matters is that by at least acknowledging your roots, you will be able to see how your predecessors dealt with their surroundings and environment and how it can be beneficial for you, too. ♦\nEditor’s note: Northwest Asian Weekly was unable to verify all the facts stated in this article. The ideas here do not necessarily represent our stance."}
{"text":"dog varieties with images brief content.\ndog varieties with images photoset\nUnexpected changes in the appearance of animals, including unusual dimension, scabies, feces tail or other characteristic features, are the result of genetic variations that occur at all times naturally. Mutations that people like are tried to keep to the greatest extent possible then. Lyons explains that each animal has a defined “basic plan of the physical body structure, and when a mutation takes place, people select those who are their favorite”. The introduction of most feline breeds continues to be accelerating only in the past 75 years, and dog breeds have already been developing for centuries, as confirmed by Elaine Ostrander, chief researcher at the Department of Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics at the National Institute of Health )."}
{"text":"Learn the essential techniques for playing classical guitar.\nThese exercises and demonstrations will help you to develop ease of motion, efficiency, coordination, tone, control over dynamics and color, melodic connection, and harmonic balance, while preventing injury. Techniques for each hand are discussed in isolation and then combined, with exercises drawn from the “Chaconne” by S.L. Weiss, which is also included in its entirety. Whether you are a classical or improvising player, you will find a clear, concise outline of the basic hand position and timing, with dozens of illustrative photographs and detailed descriptions. The online audio recordings demonstrate the techniques and their effects.\nYou will learn to:\n- Play with healthy, comfortable posture that gives you a free range of motion, closely examining relationship between your body, arms, hands, and fingers\n- Shape, hone, maintain, and repair your fingernails to provide the best sound, whether you use real or fake nails; and create your own fake nails from ping-pong balls\n- Use right-hand techniques, such as alternation, string crossing, arpeggio patterns, and tremolo\n- Play with a variety of articulations, tone colors, and dynamics\n- Play left-hand techniques such as: barres, slurs (hammer on and pull off), and vibrato\n- Warm up, practice, and perform"}
{"text":"Striking a Chord\nJeffery Renard Allen explores the legend of blind piano virtuoso Tom Wiggins\nThink of history as a piano: an austere, glossy model that invites and intimidates whoever’s looking for revelations from its keyboard. A sensibility oriented toward fact is sufficient background to tease out a few notes into a simple, logical pattern. And if you have a surfeit of facts and can season them with nuance, the audience should end up nestled in your hip pocket. But facts can only do so much, especially if they’re slippery or cloaked in shadows. When that happens, the music can become static, even inert. So you shift tactics, go for broke, make a few educated guesses—for a start. You’re then compelled to reshape time, space, even the landscape in pursuit of something closer to the truth than meager facts can replicate. The music that comes out may be so unfamiliar that those who hear it will need to come up with new names to describe it.\nConsider this metaphor a gateway to both the style and subject matter of Jeffery Renard Allen’s Song of the Shank, an eerie fever dream of a historical novel spun off a real-life cultural phenomenon from the waning days of antebellum America.\nThe phenomenon’s name was Tom Wiggins, a slave boy born sightless and likely autistic in 1849 on a Georgia plantation and sold, along with his parents, several months later to General James Bethune, a lawyer, newspaper publisher, and early proponent of Southern secession. Because his disabilities prevented him from doing slave’s work, the artist-savant eventually known as Blind Tom had the run of the general’s house and eventually bonded with the Bethune daughters and their piano, whose"}
{"text":"Read the following statements carefully:\n1. Taxonomists have discovered a non-venomous species of snake in Odisha.\n2. The findings about the snake were published in the taxonomic journal, Zootaxa, by a team of scientists from India and abroad.\n3. The Mizo rain snake (Smithophis atemporalis) has been named after eminent British herpetologist, Malcom A Smith, for his contribution to Indian herpetology.\nWhich of the above statements is/are correct?"}
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{"text":"Quickening the pace of cooking pulses\nThe UN General Assembly declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses (IYP).\nPulses are leguminous plants, including the likes of lentils, beans and chickpeas. The term “pulses” is confined to crops harvested solely for dry grain.\n“The IYP 2016 aims to heighten public awareness of the nutritional benefits of pulses as part of sustainable food production aimed towards food security and nutrition,” writes the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.\nResearchers at the University of Manitoba, including Digvir S. Jayas, vice-president (research and international), developed a technique to help speed up the time it takes to prepare pulses, looking at the red lentil, chickpea, pigeon pea, mung bean and pinto bean.\n“Microwave treatment has significantly reduced cooking time of all pulses,” write the researchers.\nThe paper also looks at the effects of microwaving on nutrient qualities.\n“The lipid/protein ratio was increased for red lentil, chickpea, and mung bean at both microwave treatments relative to control,” write the researchers.\nTheir full paper and its finding on reducing cooking times for pulses, and the effects of microwaving on nutrient qualities, can be found here."}
{"text":"Globalnews.ca reports that beef prices are up 30.5% in the last two years and a whopping 117% since 2000.\nNot only that, beef is costly to produce environmentally. Here are some shocking numbers from One Green Planet:\n- More than a third of all raw materials and fossil fuels consumed in the United States are used in animal production (“Ecological Cooking” by Joanne Stepaniak and Kathy Hecker)\n- The production of one calorie of animal protein requires more than ten times the fossil fuel input as a calorie of plant protein. (The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)\n- Producing a single hamburger uses enough fuel to drive 20 miles and causes the loss of five times its weight in topsoil. (“The Food Revolution” by John Robbins)\n- Nearly half of all the water used in the United States goes to raising animals for food (“The Food Revolution” by John Robbins). It takes more than 2,400 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of meat and only 25 gallons to produce one pound of wheat (“Water Inputs in California Food Production” by Marcia Kreith)\n- To produce a day’s food for one meat-eater takes over 4,000 gallons; for a lacto-ovo vegetarian, only 1200 gallons; for a vegan, only 300 gallons (The Vegetarian Times Complete Cookbook)\n- Animals raised for food produce approximately 130 times as much excrement as the entire human population and animal farms pollute our waterways more than all other industrial sources combined. Run-offs of animal waste, pesticides, chemicals, fertilizers, hormones and antibiotics are contributing to dead zones in coastal areas, degradation of coral reef and health problems. (The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)."}
{"text":"|What is neutrino?||HISTORY||Some numbers|\n|Sources of neutrinos||Some of the main actors||Neutrinos in the Universe|\n|Neutrino Experiments||Neutrinos at LAPP||Related enigma|\n|Results 1998 on neutrinos|\nA short summary of the neutrino history\nDiscovery of the radioactivity\nThe first car's races (70 km/h maximum!)\nProblem with beta radioactivity\nBetween two wars, people dance the Charleston and the Boston\nPauli invents the neutrino particle\nCrisis of 1929...\nFermi baptizes the neutrino and builds his theory of weak interaction\nHitler gets power in Germany\nFirst discovery of the neutrino by an experiment\nRiots in Budapest. Indochina. Cold war. Atmospheric tests of thermonuclear bombs.\nDiscovery of an other type of neutrino: the\nMissiles of Cuba, not far from the End!\nDiscovery of neutral currents thanks to the neutrinos\nEnergy crisis... first oil problem\nDiscovery of the tau (co-particle of )\nEnergy crisis... second oil problem\nPseudo-discovery of a neutrino at 17 keV\nThe man on the moon 20 years ago. Mutations in European East countries\nThe mystery of dark matter comes again\nBerlin wall finally has fallen! It was on 11th of November 1989.\nLEP experiments show that there are only three light neutrinos\nEltsine is the new President of Russia. Iraq invades Koweit\nFirst proclamation of possible neutrinos oscillations seen by LSND experiment\nRwanda, Yugoslavia, Tchetchenia...\nMissing solar neutrinos confirmed by GALLEX\nInternet and its WWW explode... and LAPP is 19 years old\nMay be neutrinos oscillations seen in LSND and Super-Kamiokande\nHuman rights declaration is 50 years old, 1968 is 30 years old"}
{"text":"An innovative new system being piloted by a startup in Canada could significantly cut the cost of compressed air energy storage by using simple, off-the-shelf technologies. Greentech Media reports that Toronto-based startup Hydrostor currently has a two-year pilot project underway that involves a set of pipes running about two miles out into Lake Ontario that pumps air into underwater balloons, where it’s stored before later being released and expanded to produce energy. The project aims to help the city’s hydro utility extend the life of its distribution equipment by providing electricity for peak periods – and reduce the utility’s reliance on fossil fuel energy sources.\nHow, exactly does it work? Compressed air, pressurized to match the lake bottom’s water pressure is pumped into the heavy-duty underwater balloons through the pipes, where it’s stored until electricity is needed. At that time, the system reverses itself and the water’s weight pushes the air back through the pipes, where it’s converted back into electricity.\nThe current Toronto pilot project is just 1 megawatt, but Hydrostor plans to offer up to 100 MW options. The cost of the energy from a 10 MW system like this would be about $250 per kilowatt hour, which is significantly cheaper than current, on-land compressed air storage.\nThe reason the company can produce the systems so cheaply lies in their use of simple, off-the-shelf technologies that defer the need for a complex manufacturing process. Add to that its drilling techniques that reduce the demand for boats and cranes, and you’ve got a cost-effective system. According to Greentech Media, the systems will come with a 10-year warranty that could be expanded to 20 years after the pilot is completed.\nVia Greentech Media\nVideo and image via Hydrostor"}
{"text":"One of the first buildings the inmates were forced to construct in 1937 was the camp gate. It served as the main watchtower of altogether twenty-three, and as a stand for a machine gun which could be aimed at any spot on the roll call square. All SS announcements were also made over loudspeakers installed on the gate building. The left wing housed the camp prison, the dreaded \"Bunker\"; in the right wing were the offices of the commanding officer of the \"protective custody camp\".\nThe gate building was also the only permissible entrance to and exit from the camp. It literally marked the boundary between the Volksgemeinschaft (\"people’s community\") – of which the SS defined itself as the elite – and the Gemeinschaftsfremde (\"aliens to the community\"). The forced passage through this gate from the outside meant entry into an existence dominated by torment, suffering, pain and crime. The moment of Buchenwald’s liberation – 3:15 pm on 11 April 1945 – is commemorated on the face of the tower clock."}
{"text":"Western Scrub Jays Found to Hold Funerals for Fellow Jays\nFunerals are a common human custom, but researchers at UC Davis say some birds hold funerals, too. They've found that Western scrub jays call other jays to the site of a fallen bird.\nIn a recent study, UC Davis researcher Teresa Iglesias observed that when a western scrub jay sees another dead jay, it lands nearby, \"and then it’ll start to alarm call,\" she says.\nThose calls attract other scrub jays, which collect around the body. That made Iglesias wonder: \"Why are they doing this? This is obviously a place where a predator was successful.\"\nScrub jays are also normally territorial with each other, but Iglesias thinks the funeral is a way of communicating.\n\"They are using these guys as an indicator that the area is risky. That somebody got killed there, so be careful in this area.\"\nOther species including elephants and chimps are also known to visit their dead. Iglesias says there’s a lot more to study about how animals recognize death."}
{"text":"KATSUKI AOKI and ROSS MOUER\nMeiji University, Japan\nJust-in-time production (JITP) was conceived at the Toyota Motor Company in 1938 by Ki-ichiro Toyoda. That vision evolved into what is now known as the “Toyota Production System” (TPS), owing mainly to the efforts of Tai-ichi Ono during the 1950s. JIT is one of two pillars of TPS; the other is “autonomation” (automation with a human touch), which was developed by Sakichi Toyoda. JITP is a system used by manufacturers to order and obtain processed parts through a highly developed network of subcontracting firms. JITP represents a further development of the Ford production system that facilitated the transition from mass production to small lot sizes, and reduced the cost of holding large inventories of the parts required on conveyor-based assembly lines. JITP calls for the right parts to be supplied to the production line by suppliers only at the time they are needed and only in the amount needed. JITP relies on the use of kanban. The kanban is a material flow control mechanism to communicate effectively with internal and external operations on issues such as adjusting inventory levels, production schedules, and lead times for the delivery of parts. Heijunka (production leveling) also plays a key role in JITP, with the aim of leveling out the quantity of parts that are sent up the supply chain, thereby smoothing flow on the production line.\nVariants of Toyota's kanban ..."}
{"text":"If you intend to write a GPL-licensed, opensource and multiplatform program in C or C++ and you want to use the serial port, look here:\nRS-232 for Linux and Windows\nWith this library, you can use GCC on Linux and MinGW on windows to access the serial\nport without the need to make any changes in your sourcecode.\nThe reason for this repost is an update of the library:\n- added the prefix \"RS232_\" to all functions in order to prevent clashes with other libraries\n- set the DTR pin and RTS pin active when opening a serial port (some RS-422/485 converters need this to enable the outputbuffers)\n- added the baudrates 500000 and 1000000 for windows, this can be usefull when using an FTDI-chip or USB-converter\n- added the devices \"/dev/ttyAMA0\" and \"/dev/ttyAMA1\" for use with the Raspberry Pi\n- added the devices \"/dev/ttyACM0\" and \"/dev/ttyACM1\" for use with the Atmel (USB-)microcontrollers\n- added the devices \"/dev/rfcomm0\" and \"/dev/rfcomm1\" for use with Bluetooth\n- added the devices \"/dev/ircomm0\" and \"/dev/ircomm1\" for Infrared communication\n- added the following functions: RS232_enableDTR(), RS232_disableDTR(), RS232_enableRTS(), RS232_disableRTS() and RS232_IsDSREnabled()\n- changed function \"cprintf()\" to \"RS232_cputs()\""}
{"text":"The 2021 IUCN World Conservation Congress set a global plan to conserve nature\nThe IUCN World Conservation Congress closed in Marseille, on Friday 11, setting the future agenda for the nature’s conservation. The World Conservation Congress is the world’s largest and most inclusive environmental decision-making forum. The event held on Sept. 3-11, brought over 1,500 Members who debated and voted on 39 Motions, to approve the next IUCN programme for 2021-2024 – Nature 2030: Union in Action.\nThis year, the Congress’s strong focus was on the post-COVID recovery, the biodiversity and climate crises, and on the role and rights of indigenous peoples in conservation. The world is increasingly recognising the inextricable link between biodiversity conservation and human and economic wellbeing, a connection made all the more visible by the COVID-19 pandemic.\nThe IUCN Congress will be a key milestone for nature conservation and the development of a new global framework for biodiversity. The objective is to “drive action on nature-based recovery, on climate change and biodiversity for decades to come,” said van Ham. She said policymakers “are not at the same level of awareness” and don’t yet feel as much urgency to act on biodiversity as they do on climate change.\nThe French government and IUCN remain steadfast in their commitment to these goals. President Emmanuel Macron opened the congress with the vision of “putting nature at the top of the international agenda, because our destinies are intrinsically linked, the planet, the climate, nature and human communities.”\nFind out more about the conference here."}
{"text":"Iris, cannas and rhizomes all look rather like sweet potatoes. They are long and firm with\nmultiple growing points over the surface. As the years progress both the number of rhizomes and\ntheir size increase producing a mass of rhizomes on the surface that needs to be divided.\nMost division is done in spring as the new buds are starting to grow. For those plants that\nare hardy through the winter, dig the whole clump up as they break dormancy. In areas where the\nplants are not winter hardy, wait until the top growth has been killed by frost, remove the\ndead stems and lift the rhizomes for storage over the winter where they can be left until\nspring to divide.\nBefore you start, rinse and inspect the rhizomes and remove any soft or decaying areas, then\nidentify the growth points, just as you can see eyes on potato tubers. With both iris and\ncannas you can see the growth points easily and there are multiple ‘eyes’ on each rhizome. For\nvery large groups the rhizomes will fall apart when you dig them making that first division for\nyou. If the smaller groups fit your landscape needs they can be replanted directly. Often\nlarger groups require a knife to help break apart the rhizomes. You can also cut the individual\nrhizome into smaller pieces if you want to.\nIris are particularly prone to disease, so it is important that you disinfect the knife both\nbefore you start dividing the group as well as before working on another group of iris. A\nsolution of one tablespoon of bleach in a gallon of water should be strong enough to cleanse\nthe knife or blade. Rinse the bleach off the blade before cutting the rhizome.\nWhen you have your new divisions ready, they are planted just below the surface. Do not\nplant the rhizome too deeply as they prefer to almost sit on top of the ground."}
{"text":"An update on the risk of transmission of Ebola virus (EBOV) via the food chain – Part 2\n‘Top-down’ (e.g. surveillance-based) and ‘bottom-up’ approaches (e.g. using the standard microbial risk assessment paradigm) were combined to assess the risk of foodborne transmission of Ebola virus to persons in Europe arising from the consumption of raw food other than bushmeat imported from African countries where human outbreaks due to Zaïre Ebola virus (ZEBOV) have occurred. Using the ‘top-down’ approach, it was concluded that food other than bushmeat has never been identified as associated with human ZEBOV cases in any of the reported outbreaks. There is no evidence for foodborne transmission of ZEBOV to persons in the European Union (EU). The ‘bottom-up’ approach revealed that the necessary sequence of events in the risk pathway involves many hurdles: 1) the raw food to be exported has to be contaminated with ZEBOV at the point of origin; 2) the imported food needs to contain viable virus when it arrives in the EU; 3) the person has to be exposed to the virus; and 4) the person needs to get infected following exposure. Each of these steps is necessary in order for a case of disease to occur and none have been documented to happen in practice. Due to lack of data and knowledge, which results in very high uncertainty, it is not possible to quantify the risk of foodborne transmission of ZEBOV derived from the consumption of these imported foods, or in fact whether or not this mode of transmission could occur at all. The overall conclusions of both approaches are consistent and suggest that the risk of foodborne transmission of ZEBOV via food other than bushmeat imported into the EU remains a theoretical possibility only and has never been demonstrated in practice. However, the uncertainty in the combined assessment is considered high given the lack of data."}
{"text":"Advanced topics in R: reproducible research\nThis advanced one-day workshop in R covers techniques and best practices for reproducible research — how to ensure that the same analysis can be performed on the same data to produce the same results by other people working at a later time and in a different place.\n- Basic R skills — RStudio, data types, etc.\n- Basic Git skills\n- Basic Linux skills\nDate: Thursday, 2018-05-24, 9:00 - 16:00\nPlace: Plantskolan, K1:477, Segerstedtshuset, Uppsala, Sweden\nInstructor: Valentin Georgiev\n- Reproducible research\n- Self-contained projects in RStudio\n- Version control - using Git with RStudio\n- R Markdown for creating reproducible reports or notebooks"}
{"text":"Information from Dong Nai provincial authority says that the first forest festival is expected to be held in Vietnam in 2013. The event proposal and program have been approved by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.\nThis forest festival is proposed to last for 3 to 4 days with main content focused on countless value of Vietnam’s forest, as well as ancient lives of people inside primary forest zone. A significant message of preserving forests and benefit from them is spread to all participants via numerous activities such as mountain climbing, sport competitions or camping.\nThe information also indicates that this first festival is held in three locations in Dong Nai, including one place inside Dong Nai’s World Biosphere Reserves Zone and another in Sac forest at Nhon Trach district. Tropical Vietnam has a diverse and large area of forest with 13,118,800ha, which covers 38.7% of Vietnam’s land area. These forests are habitants of various animals and plants, including many rare and nearly-extinct creatures, which contain high value in both science and economy."}
{"text":"In a recent study, researchers found that brushing teeth frequently is linked with lower risks of atrial fibrillation and heart failure.\nThe research was conducted by a team at Ewha Woman’s University.\nPrevious research suggests that poor oral hygiene leads to bacteria in the blood, causing inflammation in the body.\nInflammation increases the risks of atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat) and heart failure (the heart’s ability to pump blood or relax and fill with blood is impaired).\nThis study examined the link between oral hygiene and the risks of these two heart conditions.\nThe team tested 161,286 participants of the Korean National Health Insurance System aged 40 to 79 with no history of irregular heartbeat or heart failure.\nParticipants underwent a routine medical examination between 2003 and 2004. Information was collected on height, weight, laboratory tests, illnesses, lifestyle, oral health, and oral hygiene behaviors.\nDuring a follow-up of 10.5 years, 4,911 (3.0%) participants developed an irregular heartbeat and 7,971 (4.9%) developed heart failure.\nThe team found tooth brushing three or more times a day was linked to a 10% lower risk of atrial fibrillation and a 12% lower risk of heart failure.\nThe team says that one possibility is that frequent tooth brushing reduces bacteria in the subgingival biofilm (bacteria living in the pocket between the teeth and gums), thereby preventing translocation to the bloodstream.\nWhile the role of inflammation in the occurrence of heart disease is becoming more and more evident, intervention studies are needed to define strategies of public health importance.\nOne author of the study is Dr. Tae-Jin Song.\nThe study is published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.\nCopyright © 2020 Knowridge Science Report. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"In order to reduce the frequency of researchers routing in and out of the testing site and ensure the fluency of the testing we design a new filter system applied to the streak cameras. This system promotes streak cameras’ abilities on spatial discrimination and time resolution. This paper focuses on the instruction of the piezoelectric motor’s principle based on field-effect tubes. Filter wheel is driven by piezoelectric motor. It can effectively avoid the influences of high field produced by streak tube. Finally we achieve auto regulation at different gears and promote the efficiency of operations and guarantee the safety of researchers. CD4046 introduces the driven clock of this system and we use an inverter to get two synchronous inverted signals. These signals are amplified by field-effect tubes to more than 300V. The amplified ones are integrated at the output terminals to generate sinusoidal signal. The test shows that in this filter system piezoelectric motor operates at its resonance frequency under a control signal of 62.5 KHz. Its working current is 1.9A and driving power is almost 10W. By adjusting the gears, the filter wheel costs less than 2 seconds to calibrate. We accomplish the test in respected results."}
{"text":"The German economy has several hundred occupations to offer school leavers who are more practically inclined. The opportunities for gaining attractive training positions are increasing. In 2015, a record number of training places — around 40 000 — remained unfilled. The Bertelsmann Stiftung states in the Vocational education and training country monitor that, ‘A further reduction in the number of trainees could accelerate or trigger a shortage of skilled workers in many sectors because, at the same time as this, the baby boomer generation is entering retirement.’ They also state that, according to estimations, approximately 10.5 million employees with a VET qualification will have left the labour force by 2030.\nChambers of industry and commerce and chambers of crafts and trades have been raising the alarm over such a long period that now even Johanna Wanka (CDU), the Federal Minister of Education, is once again promoting dual VET. Corporations and small and medium-sized businesses are promoting their training places more heavily than ever before, professionalising their training plans to make them more attractive. Businesses are vying for university drop-outs, seeking to develop continuing education and training for vocationally qualified employees, promising better promotion opportunities than before; even periods abroad during training are now possible. Everything is being done again to generate interest and enthusiasm in the dual system among committed young people.\nYouth unemployment in Germany is lower than anywhere else in the European Union (EU) and the significant contribution of the dual VET system in this regard is indisputable. Germany's flagship training model is even being praised by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) who otherwise never fail to miss an opportunity to extol the virtues of academic career paths.\nSource: magazin-schule.de (German e-journal on schools) revised by ReferNet Germany, June 2017"}
{"text":"The United States Food Administration was created as part of the Food and Fuel Control Act, or Lever Act, in August 1917 as a wartime measure. The goal was to ensure a steady and cheap supply of needed foodstuffs to the military and our allies. The administration had broad authority to set prices for staples like grain, license distributors, coordinate purchases for overseas shipments, prosecute profiteers and hoarders and encourage farmers to grow more. It was headed up Herbert Hoover and his work would later propel him to the presidency.\nIn addition to working with food producers, the Food Administration worked to change the habits of consumers as well. President Wilson issued a proclamation asking Americans to have meatless Tuesdays, wheat-less Wednesdays and sweet-less Saturdays. The directives were voluntary for ordinary citizens but the Food Administration could and did enforce them for bakeries, restaurants and other public eateries. It also set up organizations designed to help people produce their own food. The United States School Garden Army helped to train children to produce their own food for the war effort. The War Garden Commission printed and distributed informational pamphlets on gardening and home food preservation.\nThe Food Administration was, however, controversial. The Lever Act banned the use of grains for the production of alcohol as a wartime measure, effectively instituting a sort of backdoor prohibition. Furthermore, many farmers felt that prices set by the administration were too low.\nThe United States Food Administration proved highly successful. By the end of the war, nearly one-fourth of all American food production was being funneled into the war effort. The administration continued its work after the war to feed refugees, but by the end of 1920 it had died out."}
{"text":"Our bones all float in a giant web of soft tissue called myofascia. None of them touch each other, they are suspended individually within this structure of tension and compression, without which, our bones would clatter to the floor. This tension allows for movement of the bones and distribution of strain and heavy loads, essential to our everyday needs.\nIf a shortness is created somewhere, for example, tissue holding together too tightly, the whole structure changes shape, creating areas of weakness, and our strength and ability to function decreases. Shortness can happen due to such things as trauma or postural habits.\nIt is essential that our soft tissue structure keeps the same amount of tension throughout itself for optimum performance. Tissues which have shortened, thus creating pain problems can be treated with myofascial release massage treatments, enabling the body structure to bounce back with a good and efficient tension balance for a full range of movement."}
{"text":"World’s first 3D printed bridge constructed\nThe world’s first 3D printed pedestrian bridge has been sited in an urban park in the central Spanish region of Castilla-La Mancha.\nThe structure was designed by the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia who say it is intended to reflect natural forms It has a total length of 12m and a width of 1.75m, seeks to demonstrate that 3D printing can be utilised for creating outdoor structures.\nDeveloped through parametric design, this approach optimises the distribution of materials and minimises the amount of waste by recycling raw material during manufacture.\nThe computational design also maximised structural performance, as it used the micro-reinforced concrete only where it is needed."}
{"text":"This term we are looking at the skeletons of humans and animals. We will be finding out the differences and similarities between them. We will also look at how muscles are important to our movement.\nWe have also been learning how the brain works and looking at the functions of the different parts.\nWe discovered the story of the structured workings of a variety of animals living in the rain forest. We created our own skeletons using different media.\nIn science, we will be learning about light.\nWe created shadows by making a solid shape and shining a light on it. We traced the shadow that we made. Secondly, we drew and cut out shadow puppets with a movable part.\nIn science, we learnt about sounds and vibrations.\nWe experimented with different pitches. We made sound sandwiches using lollipop sticks, rubber bands and straws. The harder we blew, the higher the pitch.\nWe used bird seed on tambourines to create different vibrations. The harder we hit, the bigger the vibration."}
{"text":"The Seven Hathors/The Seven Sisters\nTHE SEVEN HATHORS/ THE SEVEN SISTERS\nIn ancient Egypt, the Star Cluster we call the Pleiades was know as \"The Celestial Heard\" and were an import part of the system of timekeeping and a seasonal marker. ...\nAssociated with both the Goddess Hathor, and “The Hathors” – the milk symbolized the stars in the milky way, and as the seven cows pour their nourishing milk, represents the seven stars streaming the light of the milky way down our galactic arm to our solar system. Milky Way as source of Life!\nThe following article is one I read again and again for inspiration and to make connections. Care to “geek out” with me??\nThe Pleiades: The Celestial Herd of Ancient Timekeepers\nAmelia Sparavigna Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Torino C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Torino, Italy\nIn the ancient Egypt seven goddesses, represented by seven cows, composed the celestial herd that provides the nourishment to her worshippers. This herd is observed in the sky as a group of stars, the Pleiades, close to Aldebaran, the main star in the Taurus constellation. For many ancient populations, Pleiades were relevant stars and their rising was marked as a special time of the year. In this paper, we will discuss the presence of these stars in ancient cultures. Moreover, we will report some results of archeoastronomy on the role for timekeeping of these stars, results which show that for hunter-gatherers at Palaeolithic times, they were linked to the seasonal cycles of aurochs.\nRead the entire paper:"}
{"text":"After certifying its first LEED project in 2005, the CaGBC collected data over the next eight years, measuring the direct impact LEED Canada made on various aspects of the environment, including greenhouse gas emissions, national energy and water consumption and waste diversion. The results were compelling:\nA 312,006 C02e tonne reduction in greenhouse gas emissions which equates to taking 58,980 cars off the roads for a year.\n- Energy savings of 1,600,321 eMWh, enough to power 54,307 homes in Canada for a full year.\n- Home water conservation strategies that resulted in saving over 3.3 billion litres, the equivalent of 1,336 Olympic sized swimming pools.\n- Recycling over 2 million tonnes of construction/demolition waste, or enough to fill 639,642 garbage trucks.\n- Installing 100,239 sq metres of green roofs, or an area the size of 66 NHL hockey rinks. Green roofs reduce the urban heat island effect, reduce building energy demands, provide urban green space and mitigate storm water flows in urban areas. See our DIY Green roof installation video here.\nIn a statement issued by the Canada Green Building Council, President and CEO Thomas Mueller stated:\n\"I am very proud of how far we’ve come; it is a testament to the growth of the Canadian green building industry which has embraced LEED over the past decade.\"\nCelebrating how far the program has come yet continuing to push for growth, Mueller continues,\n\"Canada is now considered one of the global leaders in green building with some of the most innovative and advanced buildings in the world. But we cannot become complacent in the wake of the progress we have made. We need to strive to design buildings that are not only sustainable but regenerative, and make more inroads in the retrofit and operations of existing buildings to counteract the steady decline of ecosystem health worldwide.\""}
{"text":"Gas giant Shell has been keeping the big issue of climate change under wraps since the early 90’s. How do we know? The video, Climate of Concern, produced by Shell in 1991 was recently released. In it, we learn that Shell has long known about the risks and real threat of climate change. They just prefer to do little to try and stop it.\nClimate of Concern is a 28 minute documentary that was produced by Shell and meant for public viewing. It was primarily shown in schools and universities as a way to warn the next generation. Shell understood that climate change would have catastrophic negative effects on the world and needed to be dealt with. Unfortunately, that understanding did nothing to change their actions.\nIn the film, Shell explains that if climate change were to become more drastic we would see climate refugees, famine, floods and more extreme weather. They recognize that the burning of fossil fuels releases dangerous emissions into the air that cause climate change. The film goes on to say that solar heat and wind energy are both valuable alternatives. In the end, the only solution is to reduce and stop the burning of fossil fuels.\nDespite this bold stance against fossil fuels, Shell has acted oppositely in the past 26 years since their film’s release. They continued to look for more oil and gas, invested in tar sands, promoted fracking and joined lobby groups that doubted the authenticity of climate change.\nThese days, Shell admits that climate change is real and caused by fossil fuels. They invest in clean energy, but invest much more into fossil fuels. This is a classic case of Shell talking the talk but not walking the walk. In their 1991 film, they called for action now in order to stop climate change. It’s been 26 years, Shell - where is the action?"}
{"text":"This briefing note outlines the origins and structures of combined authorities, which will handle many of the 'devolution deals' agreed between the Government and local areas in England.Jump to full report >>\nCombined authorities are a legal structure that may be set up by local authorities in England. They can be set up with or without a directly-elected mayor. The relevant legislation is the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 and the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016.\nCombined authorities may be set up by two or more local authorities. They may take on statutory functions transferred to them by an Order made by the Secretary of State, plus any functions that the constituent authorities agree to share.\nThe first combined authority to be established was the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, in 2011. In 2014-16, the Government has negotiated ‘devolution deals’ with several areas. Each of the existing combined authorities has negotiated a deal, and new mayoral combined authorities have been proposed in other participating areas. Orders implementing the devolution deals have been laid before Parliament during 2016.\nFurther details on the background to, and content of, devolution deals can be found in the Library briefing paper Devolution to local government in England.\nCommons Briefing papers SN06649\nAuthor: Mark Sandford"}
{"text":"Writing essays in high school is an essential basic skill that every student needs to succeed in high school, college and in the workplace since you can never be sure, what individual. Find help on high school essay structure and highschool essay topics on this page review a high school essay sample for free. How to write any high school essay writing a high school essay is an important basic skill that you will need to succeed in high school, college, and in the workplace while you can never. Need a unique, good and interesting personal essay topic to write about we have come up with 100 cool topic ideas for college students neindiaresearchorg high school essays, college. High school essay writing for the sat strengthens essay writing skills at the high school and college prep level.\nHigh school essay writing guide, topics, structure tips on writing on essaybasicscom. Get help for your high school essay today we write papers from scratch original essays on any topic and with any deadline.\nTen steps for writing an essay rather than worrying about an essay for weeks try school a to z's help sheets: essay writing: checklist essay writing: what is an essay essay writing. High quality service for writing school papers and high school essays you have not enough time call us or make online order and we will help you. I've used a lot of writing products for our children, and for high school, this seems to work very well, especially to get them to think about their writing, organize (he is big on the 5.\nFeel free to read the following sample essays written by academic experts at customwritingscom all papers are provided in pdf format choose any type of example essay to find out how to. Essay writing is so important, so here's what you can do to help your child write great ones your teen needs to step up to the mark because school is getting harder."}
{"text":"Objective: To determine if the frequency of left-handedness is high in children with spastic cerebral diplegia. Design: Case-control study. Methods: One hundred and eleven children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy and 444 age- and gender-matched controls were studied. The handedness of each child was assigned on the basis of responses to questions on the hand preference for writing and drawing, feeding and throwing a ball. The data were analysed by conditional logistic regression and computing the odds ratio and 95 confidence intervals for left handedness. Results: Of the 111 children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy, 45 were left-handed, while 13 of 444 normal children were left-handed. The odds ratio for left-handedness in children with diplegic cerebral palsy as compared to normal children was 27.33 (95 CI11.63, 64.25). Conclusion: The study shows that left-handedness is very frequently encountered in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy.\nAll Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes\n- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health\n- Developmental Neuroscience"}
{"text":"Definition of varlet in English:\n- Example sentences\n- I will go and fright the varletry with my presence, and secure, I trust, a horse for Your Majesty, and one for myself.\n- The modern magazine reader is a member of the new bourgeois varletry, the monied class that makes the old nouveau riche look like aristocracy.\nvalet from Late Middle English:\nRich men who could afford to employ a valet to look after their clothes had to be careful that he was also not a varlet (mid 16th century), ‘an unprincipled man’, as the words are essentially the same. French valet ‘attendant’ and its early variant varlet are related to vassal (Late Middle English), from medieval Latin vassallus ‘retainer’, which derived from a Celtic word. The first valets were 15th-century footmen who acted as attendants on a horseman.\nWords that rhyme with varletscarlet, Scarlett, starlet, starlit\nDefinition of varlet in:\n- British & World English dictionary\nWhat do you find interesting about this word or phrase?\nComments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed."}
{"text":"To begin with this question, we must write the translate the written problem into an algebraic problem that can be solved. Remember, \"quotient\" means division, \"times\" means multiplication, and \"is no more than\" is an inequality. Let's start from the beginning:\nOur unknown, \"a number,\" will be represented by \"x.\" \"The quotient of five times a number and 7\" translates to 5x/7. \"is no more than\" is less than, which we will show using the symbol \"<.\" 10 will remain 10. So, our inequality is 5x/7 < 10. To solve, we will isolate the variable by first multiplying both sides by 7 to get 5x < 70. And finally, we will divide both sides by 5 to get x < 14."}
{"text":"Scientific Name: Amoeba proteus\nImage Courtesy of: Joanne Whallon\nImage Width: 30 microns\nImage Technology: Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy\nAmoebas are some of the most famous members of the microbial world. Amoebas have no fixed shape. Instead, these blobs of protoplasm constantly shift their shape while moving and eating. An amoeba moves by extending part of its \"body\", called a psuedopod (\"false foot\"), and then using the psuedopod to drag itself to the new location. Amoebas also use their shape-shifting abilities while feeding; they surround their food with extended psuedopodia, engulfing their prey."}
{"text":"Like cities, Colonies are the primary building blocks of your empire.\nAny colonist can found a new colony. Colonies can be built anywhere except on mountains, water tiles, or right next to existing colonies. It is highly advised to build in a place where the new colony will access to both ore and lumber. Forests are plentiful in the New World and therefore finding a site near a source of lumber is usually not difficult. If a colony does not have a source of ore in its radius, the ore or tools will have to be shipped in from elsewhere.\nThe center tile of a colony automatically yields two of its resources, and one of these two resources is always food.\nThe other resource of a center tile is never lumber, and colonizing a forest tile with lumber as special resource would be a pretty bad idea. If possible the other resource is also never ore. In other words, it will be the best resource (e.g., tobacco or cotton) a colonist on an ordinary tile could work on, excluding food, lumber, and ore.\nColony screenEditUnlike Civ games, only the nearest 8 squares are workable by a colony.\nIf you move the last colonist in the colony to the area in the lower right with a fence, you will prompted,\n\"Shall we indeed abandon our (name) colony, Your Excellency, forfeiting all of our hard work here?\"\nIf you choose Yes, the colony will be no more. However, if a Stockade, Fort, or Fortress has been built, you will receive the message,\n\"We cannot voluntarily reduce below three the population of a colony that has a stockade, fort, or fortress.\"\nA colony can never be completely starved to death, because the center tile will always produce enough food to support at least one colonist."}
{"text":"|Photo by Dan Blair (Bird Forum)|\nfan-tailed berrypecker (en); pica-bagas-de-leque (pt); piquebaie éventail (fr); picabayas abanico (es); fächerschwanz-beerenpicker (de)\nThis species is endemic to the island of New Guinea, where it is mainly restricted to the mountain ranges along the center of the islands, both in Papua-New-Guinea and Indonesia.\nThese birds are 14-19 cm long. The males are smaller, weighing 12,5-15 g, while females weigh 16-20 g.\nThis species is mostly found in High-altitude scrublands and rainforests, but also in grasslands and second growths, at altitudes of 1.250-3.700 m.\nThey feed mainly on berries and small fruits, but will also take some small insects.\nFan-tailed berrypeckers can probably breed all year round. They nest in a sturdy, deep cup made of fern fibres and lined with lichens, usually placed on a fork in a tree or on an horizontal branch. There the female lay 1-2 eggs. The is no information regarding the length of the incubation and fledgling periods.\nIUCN status - LC (Least Concern)\nThis species has a large breeding range and is reported to be scarce to fairly common. There is no information regarding population trends or threats, but the species is not considered threatened at present."}
{"text":"If you are looking for information about the gluten-free diet, How to Be Gluten Free (affiliate link) is a very practical guide to getting started. It covers 10 steps to help you become happily gluten free.\nOut of the three gluten containing grains, wheat, rye, and barley, wheat is the one most commonly found in foods. But did you know that there are several types of wheat?\nThanks to the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act, all forms of wheat have to be listed as wheat. That makes label reading much easier for us. However, it doesn’t mean that you won’t see the types of wheat listed by their lesser known names or get questions from family or friends about them.\nWhen I was diagnosed 11 years ago, it was common for health food store employees to tell you that you could eat spelt. While that form of wheat might be easier for some people to digest, if you have celiac disease or a gluten sensitivity, it is off limits.\nHere is a list of types of wheat or other names for wheat. They all contain gluten.\n|Bulgar||A form of wheat that has been parboiled, dried, and cracked|\n|Couscous||Dried granules of semolina (see below)|\n|Durum||A type of wheat|\n|Einkorn||A type of wheat|\n|Emmer||A type of wheat|\n|Farro||A type of wheat|\n|Kamut||A type of wheat|\n|Semolina||A granular product of durum wheat|\n|Spelt||A type of wheat|\n|Triticale||A hybrid cross between wheat and rye|\n|Triticum||The Latin name for wheat|\nAs I said, in the United States these forms of wheat have to be declared on food labels as wheat. That means you might see something like this on a box of pasta: “Durum (Wheat) Semolina.” Or it might have a list of ingredients, then a statement that says, “Contains wheat ingredients.”\nI think it is helpful to be familiar with these types of wheat, though. That way when someone says, “You can eat spelt.” You can answer them, “No, I can’t. Spelt it a type of wheat and contains gluten.”\nCan you think of any names for wheat that I have missed?"}
{"text":"Protocol : A URL's protocol also known as transfer protocol or scheme regulates how data is sent between the host and a web browser.\n//example http , https , tcp ,smtp\nSubdomain : Subdomains that are a little more subtle, exhibiting a relative dependence and being a component of a higher level domain. eg.\n//example www.example.com , mail.example-smtp.com\nDomain name : The Domain Name System uses a domain name as a registered identifying string to create a distinct region of authority and autonomy. eg.\n//example google.com , dev.to\nSecond-level domain : A second-level domain is a domain that is immediately behind a top-level domain.\n//example www.example.**second-level**.in , www.example.**blogging**.io\nTop-Level Domain : A top-level domain is a domain which is at the top of the Domain Name System hierarchy.\n//example .com ,.in ,.net , .io\nPath : The path specifies the precise location of a page, post, file, or other item. It is frequently comparable to the website's underlying file structure.\n//example /home , /dashboard , /settings\nQuery String (Params) : Depending on the implementation, parameters are found at the very end of the URL or within the path. URL parameters are expressed as key/value pairs that begin with a '?' and are separated by an ampersand '&.'\n//example https://www.example.com/settings?username=name , https://firstname.lastname@example.org&id=09\nFragement identifier : A precise location within an HTML page.\nTop comments (5)\nThe naming is largely inspired by\nWow ! This appears to be rather interesting. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I'm hoping that this will be useful to a large number of people, including myself.\nGreat breakdown. Certainly feels like a lot of modern frameworks don't take into account the subtle intricacies of page URLs. (thats a different point)\nNice Explanation !!\nKeep it up."}
{"text":"Doctor insights on:\nCan A Ruptured Cyst Cause Vaginal Bleeding\nRuptured cyst: Absolutely a ruptured cyst can cause internal bleeeding. ...Read more\nA cyst is a structure or mass that consists of a cellular lined sac. It is typically filled with fluid but may be filled with solid material. It can be congenital, traumatic, or acquired. They may develop nearly anywhere in the body and usually require complete excision for eradication or they are likely to recur. Fluid filled sacs that are not cellular lined ...Read more\nNo: The ovary is not connected to your vagina. There is no relationship between an ovarian cyst and vaginal odor. Vaginal discharge requires an examination to determine the cause and treatment. Bacterial vaginosis is the most common cause and often has a vaginal odor. Vaginal itching can be a sign of a yeast infection. Sometimes vaginal discharge can be a sign of a sexual transmitted infection. ...Read more\nUsually not: An ovarian cyst usually does not cause a lot of bleeding and discharge on a tampon. Vaginal bleeding usually comes from the inside of the uterus or the cervix or the vagina. Bleeding from an ovarian cyst causes bleeding in the abdomen - this almost never comes out the uterus. ...Read more\nUnlikely: Probably not. Go back to your doctor and seek cause of problems. ...Read more\n- Talk to a doctor live online for free\n- Can a ruptured cyst cause bleeding?\n- Can a ruptured ovarian cyst cause bleeding?\n- Can a bartholin cyst cause irregular vaginal bleeding?\n- Ask a doctor a question free online\n- Can a ruptured cyst cause a quick release of fluid through the vaginal area?\n- What kind of ovarian cyst can cause vaginal bleeding?\n- Can a ruptured cyst cause a miscarriage?\n- Does a ruptured ovarian cyst cause bleeding?\n- Talk to a gynecologist online for free"}
{"text":"Get ready for Earth Day! Make a smiling planet Earth with arms and legs that move. Color the Earth. Then cut out the arms and legs and attach them to the Earth with brass paper fasteners.\nEarth Day Handprint Crafts Round Up. Earth Day is celebrated around the world on April It’s a great time to talk with children about the importance of taking care of the Earth, recycling, natural resources, and ways to preserve our planet.\nSweet Earth Day Craft for Kids!\nBack to School Coloring Pages - Sarah Titus"}
{"text":"A 1.50 kg snowball is fired from a cliff 13.5 m high with an initial velocity of 14.0 m/s, directed 41.0° above the horizontal. (a) Using energy techniques, rather than techniques of Chapter 4, find the speed of the snowball as it reaches the ground below the cliff. ok so I used the equation k1+u1=k2=u2 plugging in numbers i did 1/2(1.50kg)(14m/s)^2+(1.50kg)(9.8m/s^2)(13.5m)=1/2(1.50kg)(vf)^2+(1.50kg)(9.8m/s)(0). Then I solve for Vf and I get a wrong answer. Now i realize this is probably wrong since I haven't incorporated the angle, but I'm not sure. Any ideas?"}
{"text":"Rivers Contribute to Increased Floodplain Plant Diversity\nThe environmental preservation group, Oxbow Incorporated, has used purchase and easements to protect considerable area of native habitat. The land is now known as the Oxbow. This natural area is located at the site where the Whitewater River empties into the Great Miami River. The 5,400 square-mile Great Miami River Watershed drains land in Ohio and a small area of Indiana and empties into the Ohio River at the Oxbow. Over the years, Dr. Denis Conover of the University of Cincinnati and I have spent considerable time searching out and identifying plants in the floodplains of the Oxbow. We have found an amazing variety of native plants, some of them rare state-listed species, on these floodplains. Our observations demonstrate that seeds from populations of plants in the watershed provide an important source for the great diversity of plant populations in downstream habitats.\nThe Ice Book Project helps demonstrates the importance of rivers in enriching plant populations in a watershed. The floating books are a visual prompt to increase our awareness of how rivers enable plants to distribute seeds over much larger areas that wind and animals can spread them. Mobility of seeds has become much more important by the shifting environments caused by global climate change. Land based transport is realistically limited to less than a mile per year. The river route has the potential of much longer transport that can enable a species to arrive at a more suitable habitat as the climate shits.\nMarianist Environmental Education Center"}
{"text":"This month is Brain Aneurysm Month and the CDC says an estimated six million of us have an aneurysm in our head that could rupture without warning, resulting in disability or death unless treated early.\nTwenty-two year old Melissa Hurley was a Certified Nurse Assistant, at work, in a hospital. She was answering a Code Blue when she was struck by a severe headache in the back of her head, that got worse quickly until her pain was unbearable.\nShe was taken to the emergency room, where a CT scan revealed nothing, but a subsequent spinal tap revealed blood in liquid that should have been clear.\nRushed to VCU, she was operated on by a team of specialists led by Dr. Dennis Rivet, who stopped the bleeding, saved her life and enabled her to resume her job and go on with her life.\nThe Brain Aneurysm Foundation says six million Americans, about one in 50, have unruptured, undetected brain aneurysms, and that 30,000 rupture annually. Immediate treatment is crucial to saving lives and reducing the chances of disability.\nBrain Aneurysm Month is to make people aware of the danger:\n- The annual rate of rupture is approximately 8-10 per 100,000 or about 30 thousand people per year. There is a brain aneurysm every 18 minutes. Ruptured brain aneurysms are fatal in about 40% of cases. Of those who survive,about 66% suffer some permanent neurological deficit.\n- Brain aneurysms are most prevalent in people ages 35-60,but can occur in children as well. There are typically no warning signs.\n- Women more than men, suffer from brain aneurysms at a ratio of 3:2.\n- Early diagnosis is critical, but despite widespread neuroimaging availability, misdiagnosis or delays in diagnosis occurs in up to 25% of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage when initially presented for treatment."}
{"text":"On July 2, 1839, illegally captured Africans aboard the slave ship Amistad bound for Cuba escaped their bonds. They killed Captain Ferrer and one of the crew members. Two other crew members either escaped or were thrown overboard. The two remaining crew members were forced by the Africans to sail back to Africa.\nExcept they didn’t. They sailed east during the day but turned the ship back to the west at night. After two months of this see-sawing across the Atlantic, the ship was spotted by U.S. Navy Brig USS Washington. Escorted to New London, Connecticut, the two crew members were freed, and the Africans were imprisoned pending a hearing.\nThe importation of slaves had been illegal in the States since 1807. Northern Abolitionists came to the defense of these displaced Africans, demanding that they be given free transport back to their homeland. President Martin Van Buren was against this and favored sending the Africans on to Cuba, who was demanding their return. He appealed two lower court rulings on the matter.\nThe case when all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Former president John Quincy Adams joined the Africans’ defense team. On March 9, 1841, the court ruled that the Africans had been illegally taken from their homeland and exercised their natural right to fight for their freedom. They were returned to West Africa where some founded a Christian mission at Sierra Leone.\nPegg Thomas – Writing History with a Touch of Humor\nManaging Editor for Smitten Historical Romance, Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas\nFind Pegg on Facebook and Amazon"}
{"text":"A keyword outline is a device used by public speakers to condense major points. This is basically a map of the subject matter, using keywords to identify salient points and to ensure correct flow of the speech. This is called 'extemporaneous speaking', which isn't a memorized or rote speech, but a more flexible dynamic, used to improve fluency. The keyword outline also provides continuity of subject matter flow, and reduces the dependency on formal speeches, which can be inflexible and verbose. In most cases it's advisable to add a little to the subject keywords as prompts for content and to ensure coverage of subjects.\nExamples of Keyword Outline:"}
{"text":"Today, we use the word thug to mean a brutal hoodlum. It might seem that this word is modern slang, but it’s not.\nIt has been in use for centuries as the name of an organization of murderers in India! The modern word Thug is derived from the word Thuggee, which is Indian in origin.\nThug, or thug, comes from a word that means “cheater” in India. The people who were called thugs worshiped Kali, the Indian goddess of death and destruction. They believed that they should kill and destroy in her service.\nSince they also believed that these murders should be carried out without the spilling of blood, they used a noose or a handkerchief to strangle their victims.\nThe thugs first appeared during the sixteenth century. They traveled through India in gangs, robbing, strangling, and then burying their victims. They had a slang all their own, and they used secret signs so that they would recognize one another. During the next few centuries, they were probably responsible for killing more than 2 million people!\nThe British began to fight the thugs in the 1830s. They captured more than 3,000 of them and had wiped them out completely by the end of the nineteenth century. One thug who was placed on trial supposedly killed more than 900 persons over 50 years!"}
{"text":"A simple saliva test could identify thousands of children who are taking an asthma treatment that will never work for them.\nThe test identifies the one in seven people who have a variation in their genes that means they fail to respond to salmeterol.\nThe drug is prescribed in a purple or green inhaler to patients with severe asthma.\nIf children were found to carry the mutation they could be prescribed an alternative drug to reduce the risk of an asthma attack.\nProfessor Somnath Mukhopadhyay, who led the study, told Sky News: \"This is very important. We can't have a situation where we have a medicine for children that may not be effective.\"\nResearchers at Brighton and Sussex Medical School and Dundee University monitored 62 children with the mutation.\nResults, published in the journal Clinical Science, show that those given a pill called montelukast, instead of salmeterol, improved significantly and needed less time off school.\n\"The results are pretty exciting,\" said Prof Mukhopadhyay.\n\"In the past we have been prescribing one medication after another, finding some are not effective and not knowing why.\n\"This is the first time we have been able to target treatment according to a patient's genes.\"\nThe mutation alters the shape of a receptor in cells lining the airways that salmeterol would normally act on.\nProf Mukhopadhyay said a larger study is now urgently needed to confirm the findings. He hopes to develop a £15 saliva test for the mutation that could be used by GPs.\n\"In the meantime, parents of children who are taking salmeterol and not improving should see their GP,\" he said.\nThe Department of Health said genes are likely to increasingly be used in future to tailor treatment to individuals, but more research is needed before changes are made to asthma treatment."}
{"text":"The Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment (BEMA) is a 30-item multiple-choice test, designed to evaluate student understanding of basic electricity and magnetism (E&M) concepts at the introductory physics level. While previous studies have demonstrated its face and content validity, no efforts were made to evaluate the construct validity of this assessment. In the present study, we use Rasch modeling to explore whether or not the BEMA items can collectively measure the same ability (trait)-student basic understanding and application of E&M concepts. Results from item reliability, person reliability, person-item map, and item fit of Rasch modeling show that in general BEMA items, albeit covering a broad range of topics, form a unidimensional construct.\nPublished February 6, 2012\nLast Modified April 24, 2012\nThis file is included in the full-text index."}
{"text":"KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Earthquakes can \"pump\" the ground like a giant subwoofer to create infrasound below the level of human hearing, U.S. seismologists say.\nThat infrasound can reveal important details about an earthquake and could be used to measure the amount of ground shaking in the immediate region above the source, which would normally require an array of many seismometers, they said.\n\"It's basically like a loudspeaker,\" said Stephen Arrowsmith, a researcher with the Geophysics Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Santa Fe, N.M.\n\"In much the same way that a subwoofer vibrates air to create deep and thunderous bass notes, earthquakes pump and vibrate the atmosphere, producing sounds below the threshold of human hearing,\" he said in presenting the findings at the annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Kansas City.\nThe researchers tested their \"loudspeaker\" model by comparing its predictions to actual data collected from a magnitude 4.6-earthquake that occurred on Jan. 3, 2011, in Circleville, Utah.\nTheir predictions were in close agreement with the actual data, they said.\n\"This was very exciting because it is the first such clear agreement in infrasound predictions from an earthquake,\" Arrowsmith said. \"Predicting infrasound is complex because winds can distort the signal and our results also suggest we are getting better at correcting for wind effects.\""}
{"text":"rescripts मीनिंग इन हिंदी\nrescripts उदाहरण वाक्य\n- Rescripts of Gothic wars; its walls were dismantled by Totila.\n- At the same time, his rescript ( Denifle, \" Chartul.\n- The rescript also contains several enactments relating to academic discipline.\n- Yasuoka is known to have edited the Imperial Surrender Rescript in some points.\n- The imperial rescript is preserved on an inscription.\n- \"Let all who see this rescript immediately return allegiance to the throne.\n- Normally, the same rescript grants both laicization and dispensation from the obligation of celibacy.\n- He challenged the Imperial Rescript on Education and spoke against the Russo-Japanese war.\n- Papal rescripts concern the granting of favours or the administration of justice under canon law.\n- The Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors became compulsory reading for students during this period."}
{"text":"Definition of poliomyelitis\n: an acute infectious disease caused by the poliovirus and characterized by fever, motor paralysis, and atrophy of skeletal muscles often with permanent disability and deformity and marked by inflammation of nerve cells in the anterior gray matter in each lateral half of the spinal cord —called also infantile paralysis\nPOLIOMYELITIS Defined for Kids\nLearn More about poliomyelitis\nMedical Dictionary: Definition of \"poliomyelitis\" Spanish Central: Translation of \"poliomyelitis\" Nglish: Translation of \"poliomyelitis\" for Spanish speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about \"poliomyelitis\"\nSeen and Heard\nWhat made you want to look up poliomyelitis? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible)."}
{"text":"A lottery is a form of gambling in which a prize is awarded to people who buy tickets. It is usually used to raise money for some state or charitable purpose. Prizes may be cash or goods. Lottery is an ancient practice and its use is widespread in many countries.\nIn the early days, prizes were often given away during feasts. In ancient Rome, for example, emperors gave away property and slaves by lot as part of Saturnalian festivities. Later, European states began to organize public lotteries to raise money for various purposes. Privately organized lotteries also grew in popularity, and by the late 1800s many Americans were playing them.\nToday, lotteries are a popular source of government revenue. But lottery proceeds aren’t as transparent as a direct tax, and consumers are often unaware of the implicit tax rate on the tickets they purchase. The average ticket has about 24 percent in federal taxes on it. State and local taxes can bring that number even higher.\nGod warns us not to covet money and the things that money can buy (see Ecclesiastes 5:10). Instead, he wants us to work honestly and wisely for the wealth we need. That way, we can “eat well and have plenty” (Proverbs 30:9). Lottery, on the other hand, offers the false hope that we can get rich quick if only we can pick the winning numbers. Such a strategy is statistically futile and keeps our focus on the short-lived riches of this world rather than on the eternal wealth that God promises to those who diligently seek him (Proverbs 24:4)."}
{"text":"By Mary Benbow, MS, OTR\\L A wonderfully easy and imaginative program for teaching students from 2nd grade through high school, cursive handwriting. Especially effective for students with learning disabilities and perceptual delays.\nLetters are taught in groups that share common movement patterns. This taps into the kinesthetic system, helping students “feel” and visualize the letter formations. Easy to remember motor and auditory cues aide students in learning the letters.\nTwo levels of booklets available. Level 1: is used with students during their first year of cursive writing instruction. Level 2: reviews lower case letters and concentrates on the practice of upper case letters. *Multi-packs do not qualify for free or reduced shipping."}
{"text":"Night, Night! Dr. Hull's Common Sense Sleep Solutions©\nHelp for sleepless parents\nUnlimited personal help\nBaby walkers were once a standard item of equipment in baby care. This has changed in recent years.\nThe use of walkers is responsible for numerous significant injuries to babies, especially due to tipping, falling down stairs, as well as suffocation caused when a baby slipped down through the leg holes in the walker seat.\nMore recently designed walkers have large, opaque plastic trays to help prevent tipping accidents (the child cannot see any interesting objects on the floor to reach down for them), as well as smaller leg holes which prevent slipping through and entrapment. However, even these new walkers have problems.\nAccording to recently published research1, use of the tip-resistant opaque tray walkers causes significant developmental delays in babies. It is thought that the developing brain needs literally to see the feet - that is, get visual feedback about the position of the feet to successfully learn to walk. Not only are motor milestones delayed, but scores of mental development are delayed long after walker use is terminated. Walkers just are not a good idea any more.\n1 Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 1999:20:355-361."}
{"text":"The power of a river cannot be understated. Rivers can, after all, carry people, boats and ducks!\nAs the river runs into the sea, the water swirls and churns in its channel; it continues to erode the banks and\nthe channel becomes wider.\nThis is the mouth of the river, but the gradual widening that leads to the sea is called an estuary.\nEstuaries are not only often wide, but are usually deeper than other parts of the channel as well. This\nmakes them ideal for larger ships and boats to travel along, so you might see large factories and warehouses near\nthe mouth of a river.\nBy the time the water reaches the sea, it is carrying a lot of things; this is called the load. The load\ncould consist of very small items (sand, small stones) called silt, or larger items, such as rocks that roll along\nthe riverbed, or pieces of wood.\nHowever, when the water meets the sea, its journey is over and the speed of the current slows down.\nOf course, with a drop in speed, the water no longer has the power to carry all its load, so this is dropped too -\nthis is called deposition.\nAll the things that are carried by the river over time gradually build up and the course of the river spreads out as the\nwater becomes shallower.\nHowever, there is now the same amount of water travelling through a shallower entrance to the sea, so more transportation\ntakes place - the river channels its way through the deposited material, but might find several ways to the sea.\nThe result of this, rather complicated procedure, is that the mouth of the river could be split into a collection of\nsmaller rivers - this is called a Delta"}
{"text":"III nitride templates, including GaN epitaxial growth on SiC/Si/sapphire substrate, AlGaN on sapphire/silicon, AlN on sapphire/silicon and InGaN on sapphire, can be supplied for researchers to grow two-dimensional transition metal disulfides and measure electrical properties.\nGroup III nitride (including GaN, InGaN, AIN and its multi-element alloys) semiconductors are known as the third generation of semiconductor materials with wide band gap, high thermal conductivity, corrosion resistance and other excellent physical and chemical properties. So there are wide applications of GaN epi template in microelectronics and optoelectronics. However, due to the lack of homogeneous substrate materials, group III nitrides are generally grown on sapphire, SiC and Si substrates.\nPAM-XIAMEN, a GaN epi wafer manufacturer, has adopted many methods to grow GaN epitaxy template. Generally, the GaN epi layer is prepared by epitaxial growth on the substrate material. Common GaN epitaxial growth methods include metal organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOCVD) and hydride vapor phase epitaxy method (HVPE), molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), and etc. The substrate material and the epitaxial layer constitute the GaN epiwafer template material. When Al and N elements are present in the epitaxial layer in the GaN epi process, the growth temperature of the epitaxial layer is very high, generally above 1200℃. This is due to the strong bond energy between Al atoms and N atoms. For the defect density of GaN epi growth, in order to meet the requirements of device preparation, the defect density in III nitrides is generally required to be less than 109cm-2."}
{"text":"Objective: The Country Stories BARN BURNING - In this story, the reader learns about the strained relationship between Abner and his son Sarty. The objective of this lesson is for students to explore the relationship between Abner and his son, and to discuss whether or not Abner was guilty of the crimes he allegedly committed.\n1) 1.) Class activity: As a class, create a list of members in Abner's family. To which members was Abner closest with? Does this surprise you? Why or why not?\n2.) Class activity: As a class, compare/contrast Abner's reaction to the barn burning with Sarty's reaction. What is the same about their reactions? What is different? Is there anything unexpected or surprising in this comparison?\n3.) Group activity: Do you think Sarty betrayed his father by telling de Spain his plan? Divide the class into two groups for a cross-classroom debate. After 15 minutes, add another...\nThis section contains 8,409 words\n(approx. 29 pages at 300 words per page)"}
{"text":"SCIENTISTS have discovered a new breed of dinosaur in the north of Spain.\nThe claims emerged after two Spanish paleontologists found a new type of dinosaur egg in Lleida.\nThe remarkable egg from the upper Cretaceous period, around 75 million years ago, is said to suggest the existence of an animal that linked dinosaurs and birds.\nThe eggs have a peculiar asymmetrical shape which look more like chicken eggs than dinosaur eggs.\nThe so-called ‘missing link’ between the two species has been named Sankofa pyrenaica."}
{"text":"The range of graphics tutorials on the www is overwhelming & baffling for someone (me) who knows virtually nothing about graphics programming.\nTo start, my immediate goal is to be able to write a c++ program that can read in a color .bmp image, display it, and manipulate the data in the file mathematically to display the color components separately, change the color balance of the picture by writing functions to change the entries for one color (or all of them) and be able to display the image with my modifications.\nI'd like to learn to do this (I assume it's do-able, right?) using C++ in Windows using Dev-C++ or MSVC 6.0, and also using g++ in a linux/gnome terminal.\nCan you suggest any specific websites where I can learn how to do this, or at least suggestions on what to look for to narrow down the search?"}
{"text":"Discussion 8A – Evaluating Sources\n- Watch the video: Video – Earth. Parts – Scientific approach to problems, skepticism, critical thinking\n- Choose a topic from the pseudo-science list below or another controversial science topic that interests you.\nNote: These links are jumping off points. You will likely need to do some more research to familiarize yourself with these topics before moving on to step 3.\n- Find two sources on that subject and answer the questions on the Source Evaluation Checklist for each. One source should be a source you consider persuasive and the other should be one you consider inadequate or not credible. Post your responses to evaluate the source on this discussion board."}
{"text":"Sunday 3:15 pm - Dr. Kay Mouradian – USA – 25 min.\nArmenians lost an incredibly vibrant, successful, and valuable gene pool of 1.5 million people as a result of the 1915 Genocide. This short film is one young girl’s poignant story, that of fourteen-year-old Flora Munushian, an epic chapter in Armenian history. An Armenian Anne Frank in an earlier generation, Flora‘s incredible story honors her people with dignity and teaches about the spirit of hope, love, and justice. Flora’s voice is that of all the victims and survivors of the Armenian Genocide, a story that must not be forgotten."}
{"text":"\"Romeo and Juliet\" and \"West Side Story\" are both timeless dramas that will\nlive forever, but \"Romeo and Juliet\" is a classic that has a much more powerful\nand tragic impact on the reader than \"West Side Story\". Although both of these\nstories have many similarities, there are also many differences. These\ndifferences include the differences in soliloquy, the fact that Maria doesn't die, the\nfact that we never see Tony or Maria's parents, the issues of marriage, and the\nimportance of gangs and families to each story. To understand these\ndifferences, one must read both Romeo and Juliet, and the similar tragedy, West\nAbove are named a few of the differences between William\nShakespeare's \"Romeo and Juliet\" and Arthur Laurent's \"West Side Story\".\nOne main difference is that in Romeo and Juliet the soliloquy is spoken while in\nWest Side Story there is soliloquy, but it is in song.\nWhile both equally\nexpress the character's feelings at the moment, the soliloquy in Romeo and Juliet\nuses words and poetry that have a much more powerful and effective impact on\nthe reader than the simple song in West Side Story. An example of this is\nwhen in Act II, Scene II of Romeo and Juliet, otherwise known as the balcony\nscene, Romeo expresses his thoughts in a soliloquy until Juliet shows up. While\nin Romeo and Juliet all of this is spoken, in West Side Story this is written as\nmusic shared between Maria and Tony.\nAnother major difference between these two stories is that in Romeo\nand Juliet, Juliet sees Romeo dead and decides to kill herself. In West\nSide Story, Tony (the Romeo of the play) does die, but Maria is not so stricken\nand overwhelmed that she decides to kill herself. This is very important..."}
{"text":"Microsoft technology is supports text, shapes, graphics, pictures and multimedia along with integration.A Microsoft Technology proves your skills on a particular Microsoft technology, such as the Windows operating system, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft Visual Studio.\nASP.NET is an open-source server-side web application framework designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages.\nVisual Basic .NET (VB.NET) is a multi-paradigm, object-oriented programming language, implemented on the .NET Framework.\nC#.net is designed for Common Language Infrastructure, which consists of the executable code and runtime environment that allows use of various high-level languages on different computer platforms and architectures.\nsql is a software product with the primary function of storing and retrieving data as requested by other software applications which may run either on the same computer or on another computer across a network."}
{"text":"NEPTUNE Ocean Observatory. Illustration of the NEPTUNE (North-East Pacific Time-series Undersea Networked Experiments) ocean sensor network. In the Pacific Northwest off Vancouver Island, Canada, 800 kilometres of fibre optic cables (yellow) connect six different underwater research stations. Varying from 20 metres deep on the continental shelf to over 2200 metres deep in the ocean abyss, each station, or node has numerous instruments to track water chemistry and geological and ecological data in real time. It has been in operation since 2009. For insets showing details of research, see image C022/9837."}
{"text":"- Shane W. Evans.\n- 1st ed.\n- New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2011.\n- Physical description\n- 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.\nEducation Library (Cubberley)\n|E450 .E94 2011||Unknown|\n- Evans, Shane.\n- \"A family silently crawls along the ground. They run barefoot through unlit woods, sleep beneath bushes, take shelter in a kind stranger's home. Where are they heading? They are heading for Freedom by way of the Underground Railroad.\"--from publisher description\n- Underground Railroad > Juvenile literature.\n- Fugitive slaves > United States > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.\n- Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.\n- Abolitionists > United States > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.\n- Underground railroad.\n- Fugitive slaves.\n- Antislavery movements.\n- Publication date\n- \"A Neal Porter book.\"\n- Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 2012.\n- 9781596435384 (hc)\n- 1596435380 (hc)\nBrowse related items\nStart at call number:"}
{"text":"This topic has information for parents regarding epilepsy.\nAmerican Epilepsy Society\nThe American Epilepsy Society seeks to promote interdisciplinary communications, scientific investigation and exchange of clinical information about epilepsy.\nEpilepsy Therapy Project\nEpilepsy.com is an online resource providing in-depth information and community for people living with epilepsy, and is the home of the Epilepsy Therapy Project. The mission of epilepsy.com is to inform and empower patients and families facing newly diagnosed epilepsy or those struggling with epilepsy that has resisted treatment.\nThe Epilepsy Foundation is a national, charitable organization, founded in 1968 as the Epilepsy Foundation of America. The only such organization wholly dedicated to the welfare of people with epilepsy, our mission is simple: to work for children and adults affected by seizures through research, education, advocacy and service.\nNINDS Epilepsy Information\nThe mission of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke is to reduce the burden of neurological disease - a burden borne by every age group, by every segment of society, by people all over the world."}
{"text":"If you have multiple versions of Python installed on a system, such as both Python 2.7 and Python 3.6+. Then\npip will often refer to the Python2 bin, while\npip3 will point to the Python3 bin.\nYou can easily tell what your own setup is by running the following commands in a terminal window / command-line.\n$ which pip\n$ which pip3 /usr/local/bin/pip3\nIt is also useful to know what version of Python you have on your system and where it is, as Pip is always coupled with it.\n$ python --version Python 2.7.16\nThis tells us that the\npython version on our system is for Python 2.7.16, we can issue a\nwhich command on it to see where it is on our system.\n$ which python /usr/bin/python\nAs it is possible to have multiple versions of Python installed on a system, let’s see if we have Python3 installed.\n$ python3 --version Python 3.7.5\nWe can see we do have Python3 installed, now let’s find out where it is.\n$ which python3 /usr/local/bin/python3\nUnless you have a specific reason to run Python2 and it’s accompanying Pip dependency installer, it is always recommended to run Python3 along with it’s local Pip.\nThis is yet another reason to always run Python Virtual Environments, as you can guarantee and install dependencies to the local Python3 and Pip. Also, with a virtual environment, you only ever need to care about calling your scripts with the single\npython executor, and install dependencies with the single\npip tool. As\npip3 will just point back to the\npip tool itself."}
{"text":"CCIU - Speech\nInstructor: Tina Borst Tuesday/Friday or Thursday/Friday\nPhone: (610) 518-0365\nSpeech van located outside of 8th grade classroom\nNon-Public Speech and Language Services are available to assess students' speech and language skills and to provide options for services. Kindergarteners and new students are screened routinely for appropriate speech and language development. Teachers, parents and other school personnel may refer a child who is suspected of having need(s) in the following areas: Articulation, Language, Fluency, Voice.\nStudents identified as having a possible need are evaluated when it is developmentally appropriate for the child. A Speech and Language Individual Plan (SLIP) is written for every child who qualifies for services. Parental consent is necessary for both an evaluation and for participation in the program.\nStudents are scheduled for weekly group or individual speech/language therapy. Home assignments may be given to supplement the in-school program.\n- Practice your speech homework everyday for 3-4 minutes.\n- Listen to yourself.\n- Be your best judge.\n- Think about your speech.\n- Feel your speech. Make your mouth and tongue work.\n- Break words into smaller parts.\n- Read aloud on a daily basis.\n- Praise your child when he/she talks about their feelings, thoughts, hopes, and fears.\n- Comment on what you did or how you think your child feels.\n- Sing songs and recite rhymes with your child.\n- Continue to read longer stories.\n- Look at family photos and talk to him/her about family history.\n- Listen to him/her when they talk to you."}
{"text":"What is a Patent Agent?\nIn the United States, a patent practitioner may either be a patent attorney or a patent agent. “Patent agents” are individuals who are not an attorney but are registered to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). A patent agent may represent the inventors named in a patent application before the USPTO. A patent agent must pass the USPTO registration examination often times referred to as the “patent bar.” To become a patent agent, an individual must be an engineer, scientist or have another science based major.\nPatent Agent Qualifications\nTo become a patent agent, an individual must have the following qualifications:\n1. Engineering or Science Degree; and\n2. Passed the USPTO Patent Bar Exam.\nA patent agent is not required to be an attorney or licensed in any state.\nWhat a Patent Agent Can Do\nBoth patent agents and patent attorneys can perform the following patent services:\n- Patent searches;\n- Provide patentability opinions;\n- Prepare and record a patent assignment;\n- Prepare, file and prosecute patent applications with the USPTO.\nWhat a Patent Agent Cannot Do\nA patent agent is unable to perform some legal services that a patent attorney can provide. For example, a patent agent cannot provide the following legal services:\n- Advise a client regarding patent infringement;\n- Represent a client in patent litigation;\n- Provide an opinion of validity of another party’s patent;\n- Appeal to the Federal Circuit;\n- Prepare a patent license;\n- Trademark searches;\n- Trademark applications."}
{"text":"The Warminster Historical Society presents\nFrom Caves and Canals to Tunnels and Transit\nWith authors: Harry Kyraikodis & Joel Spivak\nMonday, February 24th, 2020 at 6:30 PM\nat the Warminster Free Library, 1076 Emma Ln, Warminster, PA 18974\nFree and open to all\nOnline Registration Required at: https://forms.gle/mvtwFBdsAU3aXzyG6\nPhiladelphia’s relationship with the underground is as old as the city itself, dating back to when Quaker settlers resided in caves alongside the Delaware River more than three hundred years ago. The City of Brotherly Love later became a national and world leader in the delivery of water, gas, steam, and electricity during the industrial age. The construction of multiple subway lines within Center City took place during the early twentieth century. An intricate subsurface pedestrian concourse was also developed throughout the downtown area for the city’s inhabitants. From Thirtieth Street Station and Reading Terminal to the Commuter Rail Tunnel and transit lines that were never built, Philadelphia’s infrastructure history is buried under the earth as much as above. Join authors Harry Kyriakodis and Joel Spivak as they reveal the curious aspects of the Quaker City’s underground experience.\nBooks will be available for $20.\nQuestions: 267.961.2189 or firstname.lastname@example.org"}
{"text":"Originally spanning portions of 14 states and covering over 142 million acres, the tallgrass prairie was one of North America's major ecosystems. It was a complex landscape, harboring a rich diversity of plants and animals, that was shaped by nature.\nToday, less than 10% of the original tallgrass prairie remains. Most of it has been converted to farmland. Large, unbroken tracts of tallgrass prairie only exist now in the Flint Hills of Oklahoma and Kansas. In 1989, the Nature Conservancy purchased the 29,000 acre Barnard Ranch as the cornerstone of the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. The Preserve now consists of 38,600 acres of land owned or leased by The Nature Conservancy. The Conservancy's goal is to recreate a functioning tallgrass prairie ecosystem using controlled burns and bison. The 300 bison reintroduced in 1993 will eventually grow to a herd of 3,200 animals freely roaming on 32,000 acres of preserve.\nImages are copyright of The Oklahoma State Senate Historical Preservation Fund, Inc. and the artist. Please contact Matt Duehning at 405-524-0126 or Matt.Duehning@oksenate.gov for further copyright information."}
{"text":"Literacy Workshop helps parents with reading strategies\nSouth St. Marys Street Elementary School teachers recently hosted a Literacy Night Workshop where they provided parents with new ideas to help them utilize early reading strategies with their children.A total of 13 teachers, including those from kindergarten and first grades, along with a reading specialist, learning support teacher and speech pathologist, gathered with parents inside the school cafeteria where six stations were set up, each focusing on a different topic.\"The stations focused on writing, phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension,\" said Heather Hanes, kindergarten teacher. \"We taught parents how we teach our reading and writing curriculum and gave materials for the parents to take home.\"This is the fifth year for the event, which was sponsored by the SSMSE Parents and Teacher Organization (PTO)."}
{"text":"If you suffer from Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COPD), simple tasks can start to feel larger than life. While there is no cure, there are steps you can take to improve your health and quality of life.\n- Avoid cigarette smoke. If you smoke, quitting is the most important step in treating your COPD. It is also important to avoid second-hand smoke and other air pollutants.\n- Practice proper hygiene – especially during cold and flu season. Cold and flu are common COPD triggers. It is important to avoid those with respiratory infections, get your flu shot and wash your hands often and correctly.\n- Adopt a healthy lifestyle. Talk to your doctor about how you can adjust your diet and exercise routine to improve your overall health.\n- Take your medication properly. Make sure you are adhering to your medicine regime and talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions or concerns. Using a chamber with your inhaler may help you get the most out of your medication.\n- Try using a drug-free device, like the Aerobika* OPEP device, to help clear excess mucus. See how it has helped Patty in the video below:\nIf you have any questions or concerns about how to best manage your COPD, check out the links below or talk to your doctor or pharmacist."}
{"text":"Years of research by the University of Basque Country Planetary Sciences Group have revealed intriguing clues about the planet's seasonal weather patterns and rotational period, according to a release from the school.\nRight under the astronomers’ nose. A new star system has been discovered by astronomers at a surprisingly close distance from us.\nAn astronomer from Pennsylvania State University has discovered the closest star system to the sun since 1916.The stars are \"brown dwarfs,\" stars too small in mass to become hot enough to ignite hydrogen fusion.\nEuropean astronomers have found a planet, with mass similar to Earth, orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri system.\nNASA’s Dawn spacecraft has left the asteroid Vesta and began its long journey to the dwarf planet Ceres."}
{"text":"Cardiovascular disease kills more people than any other disease worldwide. Heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases account for 17.3 million deaths globally and 787,000 deaths in the United States on an annual basis.1 One American dies every 40 seconds from one of these diseases, and, with rare exception, these deaths never need occur.\nHeart disease and stroke are largely preventable through diet and lifestyle changes.2 In fact, what you put on your dinner plate is far more important than what you line your medicine cabinet with when it comes to preventing, halting, and reversing cardiovascular disease.\nThe answer to cardiovascular disease is a whole foods, plant-based lifestyle. This includes a diet full of fruits, vegetables, legumes, and whole grains. The elimination of animal-based (meat, dairy, and eggs) and processed foods are vitally important if your goal is to avoid disability and death from heart attack and stroke. These changes may sound overwhelming at first, but rest assured, they will become second nature in no time as you put together a winning diet to achieve cardiovascular excellence.\nBelow you will find additional articles and resources to help you understand more about cardiovascular disease. Refer back to them often whenever you need a reminder of the importance of diet and lifestyle in the prevention and reversal of these deadly diseases.\nCoconut Oil Increases Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Possible Death Due to Heart Attacks and Stroke\n1 Mozaffarian D, Benjamin EJ, Go AS, et al. Heart disease and stroke statistics--2015 update: a report from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2015 Jan 27;131(4):e29-322.\n2 Esselstyn CB. We Can Prevent and Even Reverse Coronary Artery Heart Disease. Medscape General Medicine. 2007;9(3):46."}
{"text":"Last week, the federal government permanently reversed its decision to exterminate sea lions caught hunting endangered salmon on the Columbia River.\nAs Care2′s Lauren W. reported last month, the original proposal would have granted the states of Washington and Oregon permission to kill up to 255 sea lions at the Bonneville Dam over the next three years in order to rebuild the salmon population. However, this plan was suspended after extensive campaigning from our non-profit partner The Humane Society of the United States and over 30,000 signatures from concerned members of the Care2 community.\n“We’re delighted the agency has changed its mind and revoked the states’ authorization to kill hundreds of native sea lions for having the audacity to eat fish for dinner,” Humane Society lawyer Jonathan Lovvorn said in a statement.\nWhile the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reversal will protect the sea lions for the time being, it leaves the recovery of salmon and steelhead trout populations at risk.\nAccording to Reuters, the states contend that California sea lions swim 140 miles upstream from the Pacific Ocean to gorge on the endangered fish at the Bonneville Dam. The NOAA contends that the estimated number of salmon and steelhead eaten by California sea lions has risen steadily, peaking at 5,000 last year. Both fish species have been listed as endangered since the 1990′s.\nHowever, the Humane Society maintains that human factors, such as commercial and recreational fishing and barriers posed by hydroelectric projects, are more harmful to the fish than hungry sea lions.\nThe NOAA said that it will consider future requests from the states to renew permission for euthanizing sea lions, and both states said they intended to file such applications.\nImage Credit: Flickr - mikebaird"}
{"text":"|Parakeet auklets (Aethia psittacula)|\nThe auk is a type of bird. It is the English word for any bird in the family Alcidae. There are many species of auk. They live in the northern half of Planet Earth.\nSome auks are small birds and some are medium-sized birds. All auks live on or near the ocean. They have long, thick bodies. They have small wings and tails. They have short legs and webbed feet. Auks do not walk well. They flap their wings very fast to fly. When they fly, they cannot change direction as fast as other birds can. But auks swim and dive well. Auks look like penguins because they are usually black and white in color, with black on the back and white on the belly. But auks and penguins are not closely related. They do not live in the same places. Auks can fly and penguins cannot.\nMost auks live on the ocean. They stay far from land for months. They come to land to build nests, lay eggs, and raise young auk chicks.\nGroups[change | change source]\nThere are 11 genuses and 23 species in the auk family. There are razorbills, murres, guillemots, puffins, and the little auk. One species of auk, the great auk, is extinct. All great auks are dead.\n- Pinguinus (dead)\nReferences[change | change source]\n- ↑ 1.0 1.1 \"Auks\". Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Retrieved June 21, 2022.\n- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 \"Alcidae - Auks, Murres, Puffins\". Wildlife Junior. New Hampshire Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved June 21, 2022.\n- ↑ \"Alcidae\". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 21, 2022.\n- ↑ \"Alcidae - Auks\". British Trust for Ornithology. Retrieved June 21, 2022.\n- ↑ \"The Auk Family\". The Puffin Project. Audobon Society. Retrieved June 21, 2022."}
{"text":"By. Anglya Brooks and Maria Pickering\nCommon name: Sourwood or Sorrel Tree\nSpecies name: Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC.\n- TREES: decidious, 50 to 60 feet high with a trunk ~17 feet in diameter, with spreading branches forming an oblong, round topped head, sour tasting sap, hard wood.\n- BARK: smooth and reddish when young becomes gray and deeply furrowed.\n- LEAVES: red in autumn, alternate and simple, 5 to 7 in. long, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 in. wide, oblong and painted, margins finely toothed, dark green, shiny and smooth on the upper surface, paler and smooth on the surface below, hairy on mid-vein and stalk, sour tasting.\n- FLOWERS and FRUIT: flowers open Aug. - Sept. about 1/4 in. long in drooping clusters ~ 10 in. long, fruits are hard woody, bell-shaped capsules ~1/2 in. long.\nSourwood is generally found on fertile well drained soil throughout the southeastern reigon. It is particularly abundant in the mountains and upper Piedmont.\nNative Trees of Georgia\nGeorgia Forestry Commission\nBy. G. Norman Bishop and George Peabody\nCopyright April 1990\nTrees of Georgia and Adjacent States\nBy. Claud L. Brown and L. Katherine Kirkman"}
{"text":"Living with a chronic illness can be overwhelming. The information in this section is designed to offer resources to help individuals and caregivers better cope with life with an eosinophil associated disease. We will be adding additional resources to this page as they become available.\nIn this article, pediatric psychologist Mary Kinnert, Ph.D. discusses signs of depression in children and adolescents and how a specialist can help. Learn more.\nWise Advice from Others on Coping with a Chronic Illness\nThe mother of a young child with EoE shares helpful advice she learned along her journey that helped her cope with the challenges of having a child who has an EGID. Learn more.\nAdults Living with EGIDs\nThis page is designed to provide information and strategies to help adults cope and manage life with their disease, and to answer frequently asked questions.\nSupporting Your Child (Webinars)\nPsychologist Nicole Zahka, Ph.D. offers a series of recorded segments that will help families support children who have an eosinophil associated disease. Learn more.\n- American Psychological Association (offers a number of articles focused on managing chronic illness)\n- Coping with Chronic Illness (children) from the American Academy of Pediatrics\n- Depression symptoms, causes, and treatments, getting help and coping from the National Institute of Mental Health\n- Living with Chronic Illness – dealing with feelings and reaching out to others (articles from Medline Plus, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine)\n- Siblings of Children with Chronic Illness from the American Academy of Pediatrics"}
{"text":"Specification includes provision of overall information such as description of all workmanship, materials and methods of working to complete.\nTherefore it can be defined as furnishing detailed information about qualities of material, their property and proportion in which they are to be mixed.\n- Specification helps to decide the cost of the overall quantity of work.\n- Firstly one requires it to describe the quality and quantity of different materials required for different construction work.\n- Therefore it is an essential contract document and one requires it for arbitration.\n- Lastly as the cost of work is directly related to work.\n- Brief specification\n- Detailed specification\n- Brief specification:\nFirstly these are specifications that briefly describe the items of construction. It is also useful to quantity surveyors in preparing estimates of work.\n- Detailed specification:\nTherefore detailed specifications are part of the contract document and detailed specifications for different items are prepared separately.\nHowever these general provisions which are known as conditions of contract are applicable to the work as a whole. And also the conditions governing the contract are mentioned in such documents and have been already explained.\nFirstly in technical provision the details as regards desired quality of finished product and items of construction are clearly specified.\nLastly this saves valuable time, labour, stationary expenditure and complete work with less time.\nTherefore government department like PWD publishes these specifications and are available in the form of a booklet.\nGood requirements of Specification:\n- Dual meaning\n- Practical information\n- Use of abbreviation\nInterested in learning about similar topics? Here are a few hand-picked blogs for you!\n- What is GIS ?\n- Noise Pollution ? Its Sources.\n- What is an Underground Power Station?\n- Approximate Estimate Method"}
{"text":"Do all languages in the world originate from a single \"mother tongue\"?\nBy studying phonemes - the consonants, vowels and tonal elements of languages, biologist Quentin D. Atkinson has claimed to discover that human languages originated in Africa:\nDr. Atkinson, an expert at applying mathematical methods to linguistics, has found a simple but striking pattern in some 500 languages spoken throughout the world: A language area uses fewer phonemes the farther that early humans had to travel from Africa to reach it.\nSome of the click-using languages of Africa have more than 100 phonemes, whereas Hawaiian, toward the far end of the human migration route out of Africa, has only 13. English has about 45 phonemes.\nThis pattern of decreasing diversity with distance, similar to the well-established decrease in genetic diversity with distance from Africa, implies that the origin of modern human language is in the region of southwestern Africa, Dr. Atkinson says in an article published on Thursday in the journal Science."}
{"text":"August 13, 2009\nSame-sex, opposite-sex human fungus found\nU.S. scientists say they've discovered Candida albicans, a fungus that can make people sick, pursues both same-sex and opposite-sex mating activities.\nBrown University researchers said their discovery marks the first time the same-sex mode of reproduction has been identified in Candida albicans, the most common of human fungal pathogens that produces thrush and other diseases.\nThis discovery really surprised us,said Assistant Professor Richard Bennett.\nCandida albicans has two mating types \"¦ and it was assumed that mating could only occur between these two cell types. We now know that a mechanism exists for same-sex mating, and thus sex could be more prevalent in this species than previously recognized.\nBennett, who led the research with Kevin Alby and Dana Schaefer, said the finding means unisexual reproduction might be important for microbial pathogenesis.\nThe study is reported in the journal Nature."}
{"text":"Skill trees are a common aspect of many modern games. Via a graph, they represent the skills you can earn over time by gaining experience and sometimes items or areas. Many games have it laid out in a visual graph that you can access. Sometimes a developer just makes a tree to keep track of the abilities earned over time.\nA recent example of a skill tree is found in Spiderman:\nLike this Spiderman example, skill trees are often organized in categories. Spiderman has 3- Innovator, Defender, and Webslinger. More classic RPGs have rows like Swords, Archery, Magic, etc.\nSkill trees depend on what kind of game you are designing. Each new step improves the skills you have to eventually having a “max level.” For an example, let’s say we are making a battle robot game. You fight on levels similar to Super Smash Bros. You have Armor, Gun, Melee, and Agility. You have parts that you can switch out and upgrade.\nTo make your skill tree, go to:\nOnce you have completed it, click this button and dowload as a JPG"}
{"text":"Newborn whales, dolphins and porpoises may be the first casualties of the Vancouver park board’s ban on new cetaceans at the Vancouver Aquarium.\nThe federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans, also known as DFO, said the ban may mean its Marine Mammal Response Program will no longer be able to rescue cetaceans in distress, especially infant cetaceans, which are the most likely to need lifelong care when they are rescued from the wild.\ntap here to see other videos from our team.\n“The biggest concern is neonates,” said DFO spokeswoman Lara Sloan. “A lot of animals can be released into the wild, but if they are neonates that are stranded, they haven’t had the opportunity to learn how to feed in the wild, to learn how to survive.”\nThe DFO will review the ban and study its implications for its rescue programs.\n“Without the expertise of staff and facilities at the Vancouver Aquarium, we would not be able to rescue stranded or injured cetaceans,” she said. “They are the only facility in Canada capable of responding to such incidents.”"}
{"text":"Marigold Valley is located on the townsites of Marigold and West Marigold. Originally established in the late 1800’s as a stage stop between Canon City and Cripple Creek, it eventually became an encampment for the construction workers building the Carlton Tunnel between 1930 and 1941. It had a post office on the pony express route between 1895 and 1902.\nCharles Chapman bought his first piece of the valley in 1921 and he and his wife lived there with their four sons. Charles continued to purchase land from tax sales and foreclosures, growing the ranch and raising cattle. His son, Jim, continued with the ranching industry and land acquisitions, eventually expanding the ranch toward Cripple Creek. Jim and his wife, Marlene, raised their four children in the valley. The original Marigold townsite was eventually plowed under for hayfields.\nToday, ranching is still a part of Marigold Valley. Jim, Jr. continues to raise beef in the valley but has started to transition the valley into growing hops. Throughout the valley, numerous wild hops can be found. These hops were thought to be brought in with the original French settlers in the early 1800’s. The fertile soils and temperate climate is the perfect conditions for vines and bines.\nLocated along the Gold Belt Byway, Marigold Valley Hops can be found nine miles south of Cripple Creek and seventeen miles north of Canon City at the Chapman Ranch."}
{"text":"- In various electrical applications, a dynamometer is a measuring instrument in which a pointer is deflected\nas a result of the force exerted between fixed and moving coils, the\npointer being attached to the latter. It has applications in ammeters,\nwattmeters, and voltmeters.\n- Various types of mechanical dynamometer are used to measure the power output of a machine or of the force\nof muscular contraction. A small hand-held dynamometer may be used to\nrecord the strength of a patient's grip. A special optical dynamometer\nmeasures the actions of the muscles controlling the shape of the lens\nof the eye. The term torque meter is used to describe\na device for measuring the power of rotating engines."}
{"text":"Whenever species are planted with a “companion planting” mentality, the design is no longer merely about the productivity of, say, one apple tree. It’s about at least seven layers of productivity in one guild where the whole becomes larger than the sum of its parts, as each species assists its neighbors.\nRoll over circles above to see the full-sized image.\nCompanion planting can bring a great many functional advantages to your landscape—it's so much more than just attractive garden features.\n- Living mulches (strawberries, rhubarb) combat weeds as they insulate the tree’s root zones, and increase mycelium.\n- Nitrogen fixers (beans, peas) increase available nitrogen in the soil.\n- A wide variety of flowering plants attract pollinators (bees).\n- Umbelliferae (fennel, dill) bring beneficial insects such as ladybugs.\n- Deep-rooted plants (horseradish) pump water and minerals from deep below the soil’s surface.\n- Daffodils are said to deter gophers (no guarantees!).\n- In the center is the fruit tree itself.\nMight there be a place for a guild on your property?"}
{"text":"Symptoms, causes, and treatments for Earwax Buildup\nWhen cerumen, otherwise known as earwax, excessively accumulates in your ear canal, it can cause discomfort and even temporary hearing loss.\nStill, ear wax is natural, secreted by a gland in your inner ear, and it helps protect your ears from organisms, water, particulates, and generally icky germs.\nJust having a minor buildup of earwax isn’t a condition, but if wax creates a blockage, or your attempts to clean your ears pushes the wax deeper, it can lead to a possibly serious complication and permanently affect your hearing.\nThe following symptoms may indicate an ear infection or other illness:\nBe careful about removing earwax unnecessarily. Doctors recommend leaving your naturally occurring earwax alone, even if you’re prone to the occasional buildup of excess wax. Some individuals do experience greater wax buildup because of:\nIf you notice an excessive wax buildup a simple procedure can remove extra wax. Otherwise, you might be causing bigger problems for yourself by inserting a cotton swab or other object too deep into your ear canal. You could even possibly damage your eardrum.\nIt’s best to leave your earwax alone. However, you should seek immediate medical attention if you’re experiencing any of the following symptoms:\nSore Throat; STI; Sinus Infection; UTI; Cough; Ear Infection; Cold; Bladder Infection; Flu; Rash; Stomach Pain; Bronchitis; Yeast Infection; Foot Pain; Strep Throat; Eye Infection; Fever; Back Pain; Asthma; Neck Pain; Allergies; Insect Bites and Stings; Headache; Diarrhea; Anxiety\nEarwax Buildup Prevention Tips\nConsider these tips to help prevent earwax accumulation:"}
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{"text":"posted by T-Baby .\nWhich of the following was NOT a reason that slavery became more broadly used in Virginia after Bacon's Rebellion?\na. the economic incentives made by the British government\nb. the increasing survival rate of all people in the region\nc. the declining price of slaves\nd. the reduced number of indentured servants in the region"}
{"text":"The book of Psalms is a most amazing and wonderful portion of Scripture.\nIt is a devotional book, providing comfort, hope, compassion, encouragement, conviction, and spiritual zeal. It is a prayer book which teaches us how to pray. It’s a song book, a divinely-inspired hymnal for the child of God who walks through this present dark and pain-filled world. It’s a praise book, teaching us the acceptable way to worship a thrice holy God. It is a poetry book that far surpasses anything that the pens of the most acclaimed men have produced apart from divine inspiration. (And the King James Bible captures the exquisite poetry of the Psalms in peerless English, as we show in this course.)\nThis course contains an extensive introduction to the Psalms that deals with its title, splendor, authorship, inspiration, inscriptions, division, interpretation, and New Testament quotations thereof. It then looks at ten major themes of the Psalms (the blessing of the righteous, the importance of the Word of God, the judgment of the ungodly, the afflictions of the saints, prophecy, God as protector and help, praise and worship, righteousness, God as great and holy, and imprecations).\nFinally there are expository studies on many of the individual psalms, including Psalm 1, 2, 12, 19, 22, 23, 37, 51, 72, 73, 90, 103, 119, 127, and 139. 250 pages\nView Sample Pages"}
{"text":"100% Cure Rate Pancreatic Cancer Experimental Study Animal Model\nA research team reports that combining a type of radiation therapy with immunotherapy not only cures pancreatic cancer in mice, but appears to reprogram the immune system to create an ‘immune memory’ in the same way that a vaccine keeps the flu away. The result is that the combination treatment also destroyed pancreatic cells that had spread to the liver, a common site for metastatic disease.\n#il-12 #sbrt #pancraticcancercure\nBradley N. Mills, Kelli A. Connolly, Jian Ye, Joseph D. Murphy, Taylor P. Uccello, Booyeon J. Han, Tony Zhao, Michael G. Drage, Aditi Murthy, Haoming Qiu, Ankit Patel, Nathania M. Figueroa, Carl J. Johnston, Peter A. Prieto, Nejat K. Egilmez, Brian A. Belt, Edith M. Lord, David C. Linehan, Scott A. Gerber. Stereotactic Body Radiation and Interleukin-12 Combination Therapy Eradicates Pancreatic Tumors by Repolarizing the Immune Microenvironment. Cell Reports, 2019; 29 (2): 406 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.08.095\nPancreatic cancer, il-12, sbrt, stereotactic body radiotherapy, pancreas, cancer, aggressive, advanced, study, CD8, treatment, immune system, vaccine, cancer vaccine, liver cancer, metastatic"}
{"text":"Fact: It is believed that the saying \"An apple a day keeps the doctor away\" originated in Wales during the 19th century.\nDaily intake of grapefruits lowers your fat percentage. It does this by decreasing the insulin level that burns extra fats. Each Grapefruit contains around 32 calories.\nMandarin is delicoius\nIt is said that in the 1700s the pear was nicknamed ‘butter fruit’ because of its soft buttery texture. In ancient Greece, pears were used as a remedy against nausea.\nPassionfruit is great at protecting you from high blood pressure. It is also botanically classified as a berry.\nIn some languages the fruit is known as the ‘golden apple’ and it was considered as magical. A reason for this might be because their seeds bear flowers and fruit.\nWhen shopping for this mandarin/orange/grapefruit hybrid, look for heavy and deeply-coloured fruit with no wrinkles or discolouration.\nGive zing to your pork stir fry by adding finely chopped rhubarb and slow cooking!\nThis is also called the ‘Chinese Grapefruit’ and is helpful in reducing pancreatic, intestinal and breast cancer.\nThe name of this fruit is derived from Cantonese and means ‘Golden Orange’.\nDid you know that the average strawberry contains 200 seeds?\nThis Asian pear variety is delicious thinly sliced and thrown into a salad with rocket, snow peas, blue cheese and walnuts.\nIf you get a sore throat this winter, the lemon can be your cure. Start your day with natural lemon juice added to hot water for an anti-bacterial gargle."}
{"text":"Whether we are talking about mobile phones, laptops or the world of digital cameras, where would design and function be without the internal workings of energy storage systems?\nGiven the fact that there is only a limited supply of fossil energy sources, it is becoming increasingly important to use new techniques such as hybrid vehicles for mobility on the road.\nLatest developments showcase hybrids as a combination of an internal combustion engine as the main energy source and an electrical machine with a storage medium in the form of a battery, fuel cell or SuperCups.\nCars driven solely with electricity will most likely be the next step in automobile development.\nExisting systems mostly use nickel-metal hydride batteries, although lithium-ion batteries have long since become the standard for mobile phones and notebooks.\nThe lithium-ion battery is also a source of energy on track for the future for hybrid drive due to its high cell voltage, power and energy density.\nThey have the advantage of thermal stability, a constant level of voltage over the discharge period and the fact that it knows no memory effect.\nBut safety for customers and the environment is also at the top of the agenda for this future generation of cars. This is the reason why there have been mandatory safety standards for lithium-ion batteries since 2003.\nWe believe these new techniques should offer the highest level of safety and all design efforts should be aimed at ruling out any and all hazards.\nEngineers and designers from Weiss Umwelttechnik have put their heads together with the key developers in the automobile industry to develop test systems. The idea is to test these new technologies under conditions as close to reality as possible to meet the challenges for a safe future.\nThe safety equipment on these test systems keep risks to a minimum when testing intentionally passes the limits of normal use.\n- Chemical reactions thermal charges reactions to overcharge\n- Reactions to fast charge\n- Reactions to damage\n- Mechanical/dynamic charges"}
{"text":"February 25th in NYC History\nPosted: Feb 25, 2013 | 3:03 PM\n1643: Dutch colonist attacked Native Americans in Lower Manhattan and in Maspeth, Queens.\nIn Manhattan, the Native Americans in Manhattan were slaughtered.\nSome Dutch attacks involved torching the Natives' Longhouses that were home to clans of sixty men, women and children in the middle of the night.\nIn Maspeth, the Natives drove the Dutch back to Manhattan.\nSome of the Dutch attacks were over tax disputes. They wanted the natives to provide discounted beaver pelts in exchange for living in Nieuw Amsterdam and Nieuw Nederlands, ancestral Native lands. The Natives didn't have a concept of real estate ownership and real property taxes.\nWe go over these attacks and the related cultural misunderstandings/scams in my Financial District tour, Colonial New York City tour, and Nieuw Amsterdam tour (New Amsterdam Tour).\n1644: The Dutch Nieuw Amsterdam (New Amsterdam) colony granted conditional freedom to a group of African slaves.\n1873: Great opera tenor Enrico Caruso born. He died in 1921.\nWe go by his home, the Ansonia, on my Upper West Side tour.\n1949: Actor, author, and longtime former SNL writer Jack Handey born.\n1950: Your Show of Shows premiered on NBC. This innovative program evolved the variety show vaudeville format with the introduction of sitcom. It starred Sid Ceasar and Imogene Coca. The writers included Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, and Neil Simon. Simon wrote the play Laughter on the 23rd Floor and Brooks produced My Favorite Year about working on it. Reiner stated that the show inspired The Dick Van Dyke Show."}
{"text":"Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything\nwritten by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt\npart of Freakonomics\nDate: April 12, 2005\nThis Book refers to A History of the American People written by Woodrow Wilson\nThis book is mentioned and quoted in Chapter 2.\nThe book is a collection of economic articles written by Levitt, an expert who has already gained a reputation for applying economic theory to diverse subjects not usually covered by \"traditional\" economists; he does, however, accept the standard neoclassical microeconomic model of rational utility-maximization. In Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner argue that economics is, at root, the study of incentives. The book's topics include: * Chapter 1: Discovering cheating as applied to teachers and sumo wrestlers (See below) * Chapter 2: Information control as applied to the Ku Klux Klan and real-estate agents * Chapter 3: The economics of drug dealing, including the surprisingly low earnings and abject working conditions of crack cocaine dealers * Chapter 4: The controversial role legalized abortion may have played in reducing crime. (Levitt explored this topic in an earlier paper entitled \"The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime.\") * Chapter 5: The negligible effects of good parenting on education * Chapter 6: The socioeconomic patterns of naming children"}
{"text":"—To evaluate the workup and treatment of children with lymphoma and superior vena cava syndrome.\n—A retrospective survey.\n—State hospital serving as a secondary and tertiary referral center for pediatric oncology and pediatric cardiac surgery.\n—Eleven children aged 11 months to 12 years diagnosed as having lymphoma or T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia who presented with superior vena cava syndrome during an 11-year period.\n—Lymph node biopsy (two patients), thoracenthesis (five patients), bone marrow aspiration (two patients), and thoracenthesis in addition to bone marrow aspiration (two patients). All aspirates were evaluated with immunohistochemical studies. Chemotherapy was the only management intervention.\n—T-cell lymphoma or leukemia accounted for nine cases and Hodgkin's disease for two cases. Respiratory symptoms occurred in 10 patients, including tracheal compression in six patients (compression was life-threatening in one patient). Diagnosis of superior vena cava syndrome was achieved in eight patients using surface-marker analysis of aspirates. The syndrome disappeared within 2 to 10 days. Seven of nine children whose conditions were diagnosed more than 1 year before this writing were alive and free of disease after mean follow-up of 37 months.\n—(1) A specific diagnosis can be achieved in most children with superior vena cava syndrome and lymphoma; (2) Thoracic computed tomographic scans are essential, identifying minute pleural effusions that can aid diagnosis; (3) Anesthetic hazard is related only to severe tracheal compression; (4) Chemotherapy achieves excellent symptomatic relief; and (5) Long-term survival, without disease, is achievable.(AJDC. 1992;146:1060-1063)"}
{"text":"1) Some have said that the focus of Othello is not the title character, as is the case with Shakespeare's other great tragedies, Macbeth, King Lear, and Hamlet. Is Othello simply too one-dimensional to be considered a great tragic hero? Does his seemingly unrealistic gullibility lessen our interest in him and his suffering?\n2) Why does Othello not investigate Iago's accusations? Why does Othello not seek his own proof of Desdemona's betrayal?\n3) Samuel Taylor Coleridge once wrote that Iago's soliloquies are the \"motive-hunting of motiveless malignity.\" Is this an accurate observation? Does Iago have a motive or motives for his hatred of Othello?\n4) Explore the character of Desdemona. What does she represent in the play?\n5) If you read the play closely you will see that not enough time could have elapsed on Cyprus for Desdemona to have committed adultery. Examine the problem of time in Othello and the possible dramatic reasons behind this unrealistic passage of time.\n6) Discuss Othello's relationship with Desdemona. Does he truly love her?\n7) Examine the female characters in the play. Do they share a common role in Othello?\n8) Explore the issue of racism in Othello and relate it to the problems of racial hatred in Elizabethan England."}
{"text":"National Science Club Month 2017 theme – “EARTHBEAT”\nSeptember is just a few weeks away, and that means education institutions all over the country levels will very soon be celebrating the annual National Science Club Month (NSCM). The theme for NSCM 2017 is “EarthBeat: Excavating the Abyss, Pulsing the Current, Steering the Youth as Stewards of Sustainable Development.”\nIn its official Facebook page, the Philippine Society of Youth Science Clubs (PSYSC) explained that the theme aims to promote further understanding and appreciation of the planet Earth and the field of geoscience. PSYSC is one of the organizations that plans the activities related to the annual celebration of science month.\n“The Earth is advancing in different aspects. As we continue to progress, we realize the interconnectedness of all things that exist here within our home. One by one (and) action by action, we continue to surpass the milestones we have previously achieved. Earth is our only home, and we must nurture it and begin to understand its very heart of the Earth through geoscience,” the group elaborated.\nIn recent years, deadly natural calamities like powerful typhoons, earthquakes, landslides, and storm surges have forced Filipinos to pay more attention to issues and concepts related to geosciences. This is because it can help save countless of lives.\nSeptember as “Science Month” was institutionalized by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s Proclamation 264, which she signed in 2002. Read the full text of Proclamation 264 (2002) in this link.\nIn the proclamation, Arroyo emphasized that the science clubbing movement and network is “a significant educational tool to encourage and inspire the youth and students to pursue careers in science and technology.”\nInterested parties are encouraged to get in touch with PSYSC at 332-8151 or at email@example.com for questions regarding NSCM activities."}
{"text":"It is very, very rarely that I get a group of articulation students who are all working on the same sound. However, many materials out there are made for exactly that! One activity. One sound.\nWhat is an efficient and goal-minded SLP to do?\nHere are 5 ways to help get ALL students working on their sounds regardless of how many sounds are in the group!\nYep! Use the tried and true articulation cards. Give each student a pile of cards focusing on their target sound and play a board game!\nSome places to find good articulation cards are:\nAny picture book that you pick up will be filled with all the sounds that your students need to practice. Check out this free list for a myriad of book titles and sounds that they target!\nIn addition, many sellers on TpT have articulation cards that go with their book companions! (Look at the contents before you buy):\nThere are a million fun crafts that you can do while incorporating a variety of articulation sounds! You can customize any fun craft by gluing or drawing your speech sounds onto the activity!\nThe following blogs have some really fun ideas for articulation crafts:\nMake up your own or use a pre-created “curriculum” in which students are all working on the same activity, but with their own sounds! The great part about programs like these is that they are very easy to prepare and predictable for the students. Plus, they come with built in home practice!\nArticulation curriculum on TpT include:\nFor older students, acting and role playing is a fabulous way to work on a variety of sounds with group. Students can work on any sound and in sentences/conversation.\nSome fun role-play products to work on articulation include:\nI hope you find these ideas helpful! How do you work with articulation groups working on a variety of sounds?"}
{"text":"Images of the APORVELA sail training Tall Ship Caravela Vera Cruz\nCaravela Vera Cruz\nof APORVELA, Portugal’s National Sail Training Operator and Creoula\nof the Portuguese Navy are both sailing towards Madeira and the Selvagens Islands to participate in a major scientific expedition called ‘M@rbis Selvagens 2010’.\nThe objectives of this mission are to carry out a thorough survey of the fauna, marine flora and habitats from 70m of altitude until 2000m of depth near these islands which are located about 160 miles south from Madeira.\nwill transport the majority of the 70 scientists involved in this project and will return to Lisbon on the 6th of July. Vera Cruz\nwill also provide sail training for several students and teachers from all over Portugal who have won prizes for school activities regarding the sea.\nis a replica of the 15th century Portuguese ships that sailed the Atlantic Ocean and APORVELA uses the vessel for sail training and school visits. Creoula\nis four masted schooner, formerly a fishing ship.\nMore information can be found at www.aporvela.pt"}
{"text":"In the early morning hours of June 7, 1944, reporter George Hicks stood on the deck of a destroyer stationed off the shore of Omaha Beach as the Allied invasion of Europe, that had commenced the previous day, unfolded before him.\nPreparations for the invasion began almost the day the British Army evacuated Dunkirk in 1940. When America joined the war, a date for the invasion was optimistically set for 1942. When reality set in, the date was moved to 1943 then to 1944. The final timetable called for a landing on the Normandy coast on June 5 when tide, weather and moonlight would be most favorable\nAmerican soldiers disembark\nJune 6, 1944\nThe Germans knew the invasion was coming; they just didn't know where or when. An elaborate deception kept them guessing. This effort was so successful that even after troops stormed ashore at Normandy, Hitler believed it only a feint with the real invasion to take place at Pas de Calais. On June 4, the largest amphibious force ever assembled left its English ports for the French coast. The weather did not cooperate, however, and storms forced General Eisenhower to delay the effort for one day.\nAirborne troops went in first, landing behind the beaches in the early hours of June 6. At dawn the invasion force waded ashore at five beaches - the British and Canadians at Gold, Sword and Juno; and the Americans at Utah and Omaha. Troops landing at Utah met relatively light resistance. The story was different at Omaha. The Americans faced a battle-hardened German division that pinned them down with a withering cross fire. Gradually they moved forward and off the beach. The price was high - 2,000 casualties at Omaha compared to 210 at Utah. By the end of the day the beaches were secured and a toehold established in Hitler's Europe.\nReferences: Hastings, Max Overlord (1985); Ryan, Cornelius, The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 (1975)."}
{"text":"The Secret Life of the Mind: How Our Brain Thinks, Feels and Decides\nA vast yet compact view of cognitive neuroscience, a groundbreaking, personal and comprehensive guide into understanding our thoughts. In the last twenty years, Mariano Sigman has journeyed to the core of the brain, an organ formed by nearly an infinity of neurons that manufacture how we perceive, reason, feel, dream, and communicate.After more than two decades of research, he has zoomed out from a thorough excursion to the neurons to seeing the brain from afar, where thoughts begin to take shape. And at this point where psychology meets neuroscience, 'The Secret Life of the Mind' combines the astonishing work of biologists, physicists, mathematicians, psychologists, anthropologists, linguists, engineers, philosophers and medical doctors - not to forget cooks, magicians, musicians, chess players, writers, and artists. It is an astonishing synthesis of a life's expertise on the edge of science, for readers of 'Thinking, Fast and Slow'.Looking into how we forge ideas in our first days of life; how we shape the decisions that define us; why we dream; how years and years of formal and informal education change our brains, this book explores how we begin to understand even the smallest things that make up who and what we are.\nPublication Date: 01-Jul-2017\nPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited"}
{"text":"Joint Pain Topic Guide\nJoint Pain: Joint pain can be caused by injury or disease affecting any of the ligaments, bursae, or tendons surrounding the joint. Pain also occurs with joint inflammation (arthritis) and infection. Joint pain symptoms can be associated with local warmth, swelling, and tenderness. Treatment depends on the cause and can include rest, cold applications, medications, physical therapy, or surgery.\nOsteoarthritis Osteoarthritis is not a single disease but rather the end result of a variety of disorders leading to the structural or functional failure of 1 or more of your joints.\nExpert Views and News"}
{"text":"South Dakota Description\nSouth Dakota is an expansive, sparsely populated midwestern U.S. state where rolling prairies give way to the dramatic Black Hills National Forest. Black Hills is home to 2 historical monuments carved right into towering granite peaks: Mt. Rushmore, the iconic depiction of 4 revered U.S. presidents, and Crazy Horse Memorial, a tribute to the storied Native American tribal leader.\nSouth Dakota Has 237 Cities"}
{"text":"You will need\n- Prototyping Board (breadboard), connecting wires, led, button, resistors with a resistance in the range of 200...500 Ohm, battery.\nTypical view of breadboard shown in the figure. There are more difficult samples, are simpler. But the principle remains the same. Breadboard consists of a plastic base with lots of holes, usually with a step of 2.54 mm. Hole is needed in order to insert their findings of electronic components or connecting wires.\nThe figure shows a different breadboard. Left - General view, right side color is used to mark the conductors. The blue color is the \"minus\" scheme, \"red\" - plus, green is the guides that you can use at their discretion. Please note that the holes are not connected along the breadboard and across.\nTo acquire skills of work with the development Board need to collect the simple circuit as shown in the figure. \"Plus\" connect to the positive pole of the battery, negative to negative. Red and green conductors, pale red and pale green- track breadboard. If the circuit is assembled correctly, when you press the button the led should light up. You see, we didn't get to take in hands a soldering iron to assemble an electrical circuit. It is quick and easy.\nTry to collect a few simple schemes to consolidate the skills of using breadboard."}
{"text":"This crossgovernment action plan strengthens the voice of children and young people in their local communities, in formal and informal education settings, in health and social services and in the national context of government decision-making.\nThe Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) promotes the rights and welfare of children and young people under 18 years of age living in Ireland.\n2010 Participation of youth in decision‐making procedures during residential care: A narrative review: This narrative literature review, covering the period 2000–2016, focuses on the opportunities of young people to participate, the challenges and facilitators to participation, and the outcomes of care related to participation. Recorded 21st July 2016 Contributors Author: Mijntje D.C. ten Brummelaar, Annemiek T. [...]\nThis paper draws upon research undertaken in Scotland but the findings of the study are relevant across the UK and beyond.\nThis is an executive summary of a regional technical workshop for Save the Children and partners in Bangkok on 5-6 March 2009 on involving children and young people in violence prevention and protection."}
{"text":"• Minor excurses:\n1) Given the material and production technique, the bell has a clear ring but limited resonance (among small recent antique bells, the one that to my mind has the most sonorous ring and intriguing story is the famous Saignelegier bell of 1878 and its imitators [1, 2, 3] ; but I digress).\n2) It would be intriguing to study the fate of memorabilia and other items made of recycled World War II aircraft. My parents had suitcases made from the metal of destroyed Luftwaffe planes.\n3) Given the lack of historical knowledge today, I am always both amused and exasperated when I come across news reports that describe Palestinian protesters or \"fighters\" making the \"V\" sign with their fingers but explain the gesture as a \"peace sign.\" Sorry, folks, no 1960s hippies here. It is of course the \"V\" of victory (as these pieces [1, 2 ] correctly state). Wishful thinking or just plain ignorance?\n• Historical-philosophical reflections:\nTo see and hear this bell is to mourn a necessary war but one made unavoidable by past miscalculations and cowardice. When England and France betrayed their ally Czechoslovakia at Munich in 1938, they arguably deprived the world of the last best chance to stop fascist aggression in its tracks. The Czechoslovaks were ready and able to fight, but England told them that if they did not give in to Hitler's demands, it would hold them responsible for the outbreak of a war and offer no assistance.\nFrantišek Halas expressed the national tragedy in a once-famous poem:\nThe bell of treason is tollingNot only is it false that war is sometimes not the answer. Sometimes, there are worse things than war.\nWhose hand made it swing?\nAnd we loved them"}
{"text":"This sandy promontory provided a landing stop for many travelers on Lake George.\nSabbath Day Point, an outcrop extending from the western shore of Lake George, has been the scene of many historical events. In 1757, a bloody battle was fought on an island off the coast between Canadian militia, with their Indian allies, and the New Jersey militia in a conflict known as the Battle of Sabbath Day Point. Less than a generation later, Benjamin Franklin stopped here on a diplomatic mission to recruit Canadian support for the cause of independence. Travelers and tourists continued to stop here during the course of the next century as they went between Caldwell and Ticonderoga"}
{"text":"Women drivers outnumber men, but still drive lessDecember 14th, 2012 in Other Sciences / Social Sciences\nAlthough women drivers now outnumber male motorists, men still account for the majority of the driving on America's roads—albeit at a declining rate, says a University of Michigan researcher.\nUsing data from the Federal Highway Administration, Michael Sivak, a research professor at the U-M Transportation Research Institute, examined changes in the gender demographics of U.S. drivers from 1963 to 2010.\nIn 1963, males represented 60 percent of all drivers. Today, that number is just under 50 percent. But when accounting for average annual miles driven, men make up 59 percent of drivers on the road—down considerably from 76 percent nearly 50 years ago.\n\"Currently, females with a driver's license slightly outnumber males,\" Sivak said. \"However, because females drive less than males, the overall likelihood that a given driver on the road today is a female is still less than 50 percent.\"\nSince the 1960s, the average distance driven has increased 33 percent for men, but 89 percent for women. Back then, the average male drove twice as many miles as the average female. Today, the ratio is down to one-and-a-half times.\n\"The observed gender trends in driver licensing will likely have major implications on the extent and nature of vehicle demand, energy consumption and road safety,\" Sivak said. \"This is the case because females are more likely than males to purchase smaller, safer and more fuel-efficient vehicles than males. They also drive less and tend to have a lower fatality rate per distance driven.\"\nProvided by University of Michigan\n\"Women drivers outnumber men, but still drive less.\" December 14th, 2012. http://phys.org/news/2012-12-women-drivers-outnumber-men.html"}
{"text":"Also Names Anpu, Inpu, Ienpw, Imeut (Lord-of-the-Place-of-Embalming).\nHe’s god of mummification, and the dead on their path through the underworld. Have the appearance of a man with the head of a jackal-like animal. Unlike a real jackal, Anubis’ head is black, representing his position as a god of the dead. He is rarely shown fully-human, but he is depicted so in the Temple of Abydos of Rameses II. There is a beautiful statue of him as a full jackal in the tomb of Tutankhamun.\nAnubis is an incredibly ancient god, and was the original god of the dead before Osiris “took over” the position. After that point, Anubis was changed to be one of the many sons of Osiris and the psychopomp (conductor of souls) of the underworld. His totem of the jackal is probably due to the fact that jackals would hunt at the edges of the desert, near the necropolis and cemeteries throughout Egypt. Prayers to Anubis are found carved on the most ancient tombs in Egypt, and his duties apparently are many. He watches over the mummification process to ensure that all is done properly. He conducts the souls through the underworld, testing their knowledge of the gods and their faith. He places their heart on the Scales of Justice during the Judging of the Heart, and he feeds the souls of wicked people to Ammit.\nIn some stories, Anubis is the son of Ra and Nephthys, or Set and Nephthys (probably due to Set and Anubis having the same totem animal). Some have Heset as his mother, and still others say Bast. This apparent confusion is still another sign of Anubis’ origins in the most ancient of times. He also has a daughter, Kabechet, who helps him in the mummification. Worshipped widely throughout all of Egypt, his cult center was Cynopolis. A combination of the Greek god Hermes and Anubis. As their functions as psychopomps were similar, they were combined by the Greeks into a single form. Hermanubis also appears in alchemical and hermetical literature of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance."}
{"text":"Wake for the Wild\nWind farms are an emotive and divisive issue, especially amongst birders. A badly sited wind farm can lead to devastating consequences as we know only too well for many large birds, particularly raptors.\nIn the UK the visual intrusion caused by the huge turbines is a hot topic with many believing they are ruining the beauty of our wild landscapes and natural heritage. The irony that wind allegedly produces ‘green’ or renewable energy isn’t lost on those that protest against the hundreds of planning applications that are lodged annually for new wind farms.\nOn 17 May a small group of protesters are planning a peaceful protest march in Scotland at the site for one such new wind farm, Dunmaglass in the Monadhliath Mountains. This ‘Wake for the Wild’ will involve carrying a coffin; a symbol of the death of Scotland’s Wild Places up to the point of the highest turbine, about 2,500 feet up in the beautiful, wild Monadhliath Mountains.\nThe group plans to say a few words over the coffin in memory of the once wild and beautiful landscape they believe is about to be destroyed following the granting of planning approval . Dunmaglass is an area close to locations known to be frequented by Golden Eagles."}
{"text":"In physics, the momentum, or force, that a moving object can deliver to something it strikes depends on the size of the moving object, its mass, and the speed at which it is moving (its velocity).\nWhen we drop a penny from a very high building, its velocity keeps increasing until the penny reaches terminal velocity. An object as light as a penny, if dropped from a high enough place, can strike the ground with greater force than a heavier object falling a short distance.\nHowever, a penny, dropped from a building or skyscraper, does not have enough force to kill someone because it does not have a high enough terminal velocity.\nTerminal Velocity is when the downward force of gravity equals the upward force of drag by air friction of a free falling object. This causes the net force on the object to be zero, resulting in an acceleration of zero."}
{"text":"Enter a grandparent's name to get started.\nKumbatuash Indians. The native name of the inhabitants of Kumbat, a rocky tract of land southwest of Tule or Rhett Lake, California, extending from the lake shore to the Lava beds. These people are a mixture of Klamath Lake and Modoc Indians, and are said to have separated from these after 1830.\n- Cum-ba-twas – Meacham, Wigwam and Warpath, 577, 1875.\n- Gumbatkni – Gatschet in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., II, pt. II, 160 1890.\n- Kumbatkni – Ibid.\n- Kumbatuash – Ibid.\n- Kumbatuashkni – Ibid.\n- Kum-batwash – Ibid., pt. I, XXXIV, 1890.\n- Hock Indians – Meacham, op. cit., 010."}
{"text":"Definitions for watchmen\nThis page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word watchmen\nWatchmen is a graphic novel by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins. It was serialized as a limited series by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987, and collected in 1987. Watchmen originated from a story proposal Moore submitted to DC featuring superhero characters that the company had acquired from Charlton Comics. As Moore's proposed story would have left many of the characters unusable for future stories, managing editor Dick Giordano convinced Moore to create original characters instead. Moore used the story as a means to reflect contemporary anxieties and to critique the superhero concept. Watchmen depicts an alternate history where superheroes emerged in the 1940s and 1960s, helping the United States to win the Vietnam War. The country is edging towards a nuclear war with the Soviet Union, freelance costumed vigilantes have been outlawed and most former superheroes are in retirement or working for the government. The story focuses on the personal development and struggles of the protagonists as an investigation into the murder of a government sponsored superhero pulls them out of retirement, and eventually leads them to confront a plot that would stave off nuclear war by killing millions of people.\nFind a translation for the watchmen definition in other languages:\nSelect another language:"}
{"text":"Context first: this is a mixed age Y5/Y6 class.\nWhy whole class?\nAn analysis of test results – as well as the use of standardised tests across the school revealed some common themes.\nphrasing of some of the questions – e.g. the ’find and copy one word’ or ‘find and copy a phrase which shows..’\nstruggling to scan – running out of time\nVocabulary (an oldie, but common theme)\nThe first hurdle was the choice of text – as it was a whole new concept for the class I thought long and hard as I wanted something that was challenging and interesting. I wanted them to feel like we were trying something new, and potentially very challenging. We went for Treasure Island – and then built around this our literacy planning and activites. This ensured it was a key part of the classroom environment. Other texts that have worked well have been Journey to the River Sea, The Railway Children and we are currently leading Secrets of the Sun King.\nSome Practical Points\n- I still ‘just’ read the book to them, so sometimes they are just listening and enjoying!\n- It is really important that they get their copy of the book to take home if they wish, to reread and refer to as we answer tasks, or work on linked work. Even to read on if they want.\n- Share copies of books with local schools. Create a shared document keeping a list of the class books you buy so you can share them.\n- Be inclusive – all children can be included in this. If struggling to read, encourage them to follow and listen. Rulers help."}
{"text":"For every American, the Statue of Liberty is just that – a symbol of the freedom offered on the shores of America. But where did this statue come from? Whose idea was it? And how was it financed?\nOur Statue of Liberty answers all these questions and more. It tells how a discussion arose between several French artists in the 1860s about the connections of freedom France and America hold together. One of those men, sculptor Frederic Bartholdi, decided to visit America and try to find a fitting location for the huge statue he had in mind. What he found was Bedloe’s Island, and he returned inflamed with ideas. Bartholdi and his men designed and built the statue which was paid for by donations from the French people. The Americans paid for and established the foundation. Finally, on October 28, 1886, the statue was revealed for the world to see!\nConclusion. A fine, elementary read with lots of illustrations.\nReview © 2014 Laura Verret"}
{"text":"If you want to be better in creative writing, then you need to have some basic skills as well as a superb imagination. When put to good use, creative writing can be a great help in evoking the emotions. Whether you are a writer or not, you can actually have an improvement in creative writing skills. How do you ask? Well, let us find out.\nTips To Help In Improvement Of Creative Writing Skills\nHere are some of the tips that are going to be a great help when you are trying to improve the creative writing skills of yours.\nWhen it comes to writing creatively, you need to make sure that you have a proper technique to help you out. Look into the setup of the article, then confront the issue, and then find out a resolution. This is something that can help.\nOne of the best things that you can do when you are trying to improve your creative writing is to try and provide details for the settings and the location. This will provide the write-up with some more depth.\nDialogue is a very important part when it comes to creative writing. So, you need to take care of that as well. You need to provide such dialogues to your characters which help in the evoking of the emotions. This is certainly something that can help.\nOne of the most amazing literary devices that you can use are the metaphors. It will be an even better idea if you use the extended metaphors. This can stretch throughout the entire chapter. So, try it out and then see the results.\nSo, these are some of the tips to help you improve your creative writing. We hope that you find this useful."}
{"text":"Owning a goldfish isn’t as simple as people would have you believe. We know you have questions. We’re here to help you.\nHere’s everything you need to know about what goldfish eat, how to feed goldfish, and how to find the best food for goldfish growth and color.\nFirst, let’s talk about what kind of food goldfish eat in the wild and in captivity.\nWhat Kind of Food does Goldfish Eat?\nIn the wild, goldfish eat crustaceans, plants, insects, and smaller fish. Since they eat plants and animals, you need to take their natural diet into account when you decide how to feed them in captivity.\nHow do you start to look for the right food for goldfish?\nFirst, you should understand all the ways commercial goldfish is offered.\nFood for captive goldfish is typically offered as flakes, floating pellets, sinking pellets, or gel, along with greens. Additional foods that goldfish may eat include peas with the skin removed, bloodworms, and brine shrimp (live, frozen, or freeze-dried)."}
{"text":"How are Benefits Calculated?\n- First, a worker’s previous earnings are restated in terms of today’s wages to reflect wage growth.\n- Second, earnings for the highest 35 years are averaged and divided by the number of months in 35 years to arrive at Average Indexed Monthly Earnings (AIME).\n- Third, the Social Security benefit formula is applied to AIME to produce the Primary Insurance Amount (PIA), the benefit payable at Full Retirement Age (FRA).\nWork at least 35 years.\nIf you have less than 35 years of earnings (for example, you were laid off or caring for family members and out of work for three years during your working years), you may want to work enough additional years so you have a full 35 years of earnings. Otherwise, the Social Security Administration will average in zeros for any years less than 35.\nThe net result? Your Social Security retirement benefit will be lower, due to the zero earning years."}
{"text":"Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi), Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the fourth largest in the Americas, the second largest in South America after Brazil, and the largest Spanish-speaking nation. The sovereign state is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the nation as decided by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The Inca Empire expanded to the northwest of the country in Pre-Columbian times. The country has its roots in Spanish colonization of the region during the 16th century."}
{"text":"ANZAC ceremonies invariably close with the words 'Lest we forget'. In the outback town of Richmond, a memorial to those who fought in WWI was dedicated on 25 April 2001.\nThe Richmond war memorial is a unique monument: a steel crucifix stands supported by three stylised rifles, marking the graves of three ANZAC soldiers who died in the bloodiest of WWI battles, at the Somme in France during 1916.\nAbout 1 million soldiers, British, Australian, French and German, died during five months of battle over 12 kilometres of ground.\nAustralia's loss of 60,000 young men throughout the Great War led to an unprecedented outpouring of grief, the birth of the ANZAC tradition of mateship, loyalty and courage, and the emergence of public monuments honouring the volunteer recruits who went to fight for the British Empire.\nRichmond's memorial includes rolls of honour for individuals from the region who served and died in WWI and subsequent international conflicts.\nJack Browns Lions Park is also home to a memorial to Lieutenant Colonel Henty William Murray VC, described as the most decorated infantry soldier of the British Empire during WWI. He lived at Glenlyon Station, Richmond from 1928 until his death in 1966."}
{"text":"New stack architecture has potential to double the power density of fuel cell technology.\nBothell, Wash.-based fuel cell developer and manufacturer Neah Power Systems, Inc. recently announced the successful test of a 16-cell version of its silicon-based fuel cell stack. Using patented silicon technology, the stack produced greater power density than any known competitive technology under similar conditions, making the successful test a major milestone toward completion of a commercial fuel cell prototype.\nThe 16-cell stack produced over 7 watts of power at room temperature, which can be expected to increase significantly at typical fuel cell operating temperatures, which shows that the company's unique porous silicon electrode architecture will produce power at the level needed for commercialization.\nAccording to Neah Power researchers, its patented silicon technology will more than double the known power densities of any competing direct methanol fuel cell.\nInterested in information related to sustainable manufacturing best practices? Bookmark our Making Green page, and check back daily for updated content."}
{"text":"Some show and tell ideas using the letter \"O\" are items made from O-shaped cereal, oranges or things that are orange colored, anything to do with the ocean, and an octopus. Parents and children can make these show and tell items with materials from around the house.\nString O-shaped cereal on yarn or chenille stems to make necklaces or bracelets. Children can also glue the cereal to paper to make the letter \"O.\" Play a game of \"hot potato\" with an orange, or split the class into teams to run relay races with oranges tucked under their chins. Fingerprints can be made with orange paint or ink and turned into a picture of a bug, an orange ice cream cone or an orange. Make homemade orange ice cream by first placing orange-dyed milk, sugar and vanilla into a quart-sized baggie. Then, put that bag into a gallon-sized baggie filled half way with rock salt and ice, and shake the bag until it becomes ice cream. Create an ocean scene in a bottle by filling it with water, blue food coloring, pebbles, glitter and plastic ocean creatures. Make an octopus with streamers or with hand prints, using just the four fingers from each hand."}
{"text":"Between 2000 and 2008, more than 8,000 rockets and mortar shells were fired at civilians in Israel by the Hamas, a radical Islamic terrorist organization. This barrage of fire deliberately endangered the lives of over a million people. Three years ago today, on December 27th, Israel launched Operation Cast Lead, aimed at reducing Hamas’ ability to harm Israelis.\nThe operation began with massive aerial strike orchestrated by the IAF, targeting over 170 terror facilities on the first day. Even in those intense first days – and continuing afterwards — trucks loaded with goods and gas ordered by Gazans passed from Israel into the Strip, uninterrupted by the operation.\nFollowing the aerial phase, ground forces entered Gaza on January 3rd. Throughout this phase, the IDF held its fire for three hours almost every single day in order to allow the entrance of relief efforts supplying food, water and medical supplies into Gaza.\nDuring the course of the operation, the IDF made repeated efforts to warn civilians and clear areas of conflict. Over 2.5 million warning leaflets were distributed by aircraft over areas marked as terror facilities, announcing upcoming strike. Advance warnings, in the form of news broadcasts and approximately 165,000 phone calls, were made to residents of those buildings urging them to leave, prior to any military action. Finally, aerial strikes adhered followed the innovative “roof-knocking“ procedure.\nSince Operation Cast Lead, Hamas has been focused on rearming itself and increasing its military capabilities, extending the range and quality of weapons that threaten Israel’s civilian population. Thousand of rockets have been smuggled into Gaza, and many of the terror cells which Israel neutralized in 2008 have been revived.\nSee more photos of Hamas weapons captured by IDF forces."}
{"text":"International activists joined envoys from the United Nations and African Union in Senegal to “promote the adoption of a resolution that explicitly bans female genital mutilation as a practice that is contrary to human rights.”\nThe cutting or removal of young girls’ and women’s clitoris and/or labia affects some 120 to 140 million women in 28 countries, mostly in Africa and the Middle East, according to the World Health Organisation.\nWhat Is Female Circumcision?\nFemale genital cutting (FGC), also controversially known as female circumcision, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), or female genital mutilation (FGM), is any procedure involving the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs “whether for cultural, religious or other non-therapeutic reasons.” The term is almost exclusively used to describe traditional or religious procedures on a minor, which requires the parents’ consent because of the age of the girl.\nWhen the procedure is performed on and with the consent of an adult it is generally called clitoridectomy, or it may be part of labiaplasty or vaginoplasty. It also generally does not refer to procedures used in gender reassignment surgery, and the genital modification of intersexuals.\nFGC is practiced throughout the world, with the practice concentrated most heavily in Asia and Africa. Opposition is motivated by concerns regarding the consent (or lack thereof, in most cases) of the patient, and subsequently the safety and long-term consequences of the procedures. In the past several decades, there have been many concerted efforts by the World Health Organization (WHO) to end the practice of FGC. The United Nations has also declared February 6 as “International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation”.\nSources: newsone.com and wikipedia"}
{"text":"A recent post on the White House's blog mentions the Charles County (Maryland) Public School District, and their efforts to provide computer science education to all students. One of the key elements of this program is Bootstrap, a computer science literacy curriculum used by 10,000 students in 17 states and five countries whose founders include two Brown CS faculty members, Kathi Fisler (adjunct) and Shriram Krishnamurthi.\nThis program, the post explains, began several years ago, using Bootstrap and Project GUTS (Growing Up Thinking Scientifically) to help students learn computational thinking alongside science and mathematics. Additional curricula, again aimed at students from diverse backgrounds, are provided at the high school level. The culmination, for students in Charles County and across the nation, is a series of new AP Computer Science Principles (CSP) courses developed with NSF support that demonstrate the interdisciplinary usefulness of computer science.\nThe full blog post is available here.\nFor more information, please click the link that follows to contact Brown CS Communication Outreach Specialist Jesse C. Polhemus."}
{"text":"Unusually high or low barometric pressure, or prolonged periods of strong winds can result in variations between actual sea level and the predicted heights.\nDifferences between predicted and actual times of high and low water are caused mainly by the wind.\nBarometric pressure: Tide predictions are computed for a standard barometric pressure of 1013 hectopascals (hPa) or millibars. A difference from the average of 1 hPa can cause a difference in height of 1 centimetre. A low barometer will allow the sea level to rise and a high barometer will tend to depress it. This phenomenon is often described as the inverted barometer effect. The water level does not, however, adjust itself immediately to a change of pressure; it responds to the average change over a considerable area. Changes in sea level due to barometric pressure alone seldom exceed 30 centimetres but, as such circumstances are usually associated with adverse weather conditions, the actual change in sea level is often much greater.\nWind: The effect of the wind on sea level, and therefore on tidal heights and times, is variable and depends largely on the topography of the area. In general it can be said that the wind will raise the level of the sea in the direction towards which it is blowing. This effect is often called wind setup. A strong wind blowing onshore will pile up the water and cause the sea level to be higher than predicted, while winds blowing off the land will have the reverse effect.\nStorm surges: The combination of wind setup and the inverted barometer effect associated with storms can create a pronounced increase in sea level. This is often called a storm surge. A long surface wave travelling with the storm depression can further exaggerate this sea level increase. A negative storm surge is the opposite effect, generally associated with high pressure systems and offshore winds, and can create unusually shallow water. This effect is of great importance to very large vessels which may be navigating with small under-keel clearances."}
{"text":"Cerebral Venous Thrombosis results from blockage of venous sinus by a partially hindering thrombus that gradually progresses to obstruct it completely. Headaches, blurry vision, nausea, fatigue and coma are the visible symptoms of CVT. CVT can be triggered by nephrotic syndrome, thrombophilia, meningitis, sickle cell anemia or even dehydration. Anticoagulation can be used to suppress formation of blood clot.\nHOW IS CEREBRAL VENOUS THROMBOSIS DIAGNOSED?\nEating a low-fat diet and avoiding smoking can reduce the risk of developing cerebral venous thrombosis"}
{"text":"A polity is a state or one of its subordinate civil authorities, such as a province, prefecture, county, municipality, city, or district. It is generally understood to mean a geographic area with a corresponding government. Thomas Hobbes considered bodies politic in this sense in Leviathan. In previous centuries, body politic was also understood to mean \"the physical person of the sovereign:\" emperor, king or dictator in monarchies and despotisms, and the electorate in republics. In present times, it may also refer to representation of a group, such as ones drawn along ethnic or gender lines. Cabinets in liberal democracies are chosen to represent the body politic.\n||Look up polity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary."}
{"text":"|Introduce the Concept\nWhat is a Prediction?\nPredictions are thoughts about what you think will happen in a story before you read.\nA prediction is more than just a guess.\nIt should make sense with the clues you have been given.\nWhy is making a prediction an important reading strategy?\nIt helps us to focus on what we are reading about.\nIt helps us make connections about what we already know to what we think we know.\nIt gets us excited about what we are reading.\nHow do we make Predictions to help us understand what we are reading?\nBefore you begin reading preview the title, table of contents, and pictures.\n“Does this remind me of any experiences in my life?”\n“Does this remind me of other books I have read?”\n“Have I read or heard something like this before?”\nAs you are reading, look for clues that will lead you to make a good prediction.\nUsing the Prediction Strategy to Set Purposes for Reading from RWT\nUnwinding a Circular Plot: Prediction Strategies from RWT\nMaking Predictions Lesson Guide from utexas.org\nMaking Predictions Powerpoint Presentations from PPPST\nThe Wonder of Leo Lionni: Prediction Statements from RWT\nPredicting Skills Lesson Plan by Susan Bell\nPredicting Outcomes PreTest from shsu.edu\nPredicting Outcomes Slide Show Lesson from shsu.edu\nPredicting Outcomes PostTest from shsu.edu\nMake and Refine Predictions using Questioning: Teacher Information from learner.org\n|More Comprehension Skills"}
{"text":"When Sister Jane Ollerton died on the Mormon Trail in Wyoming the company she was traveling with told the family that they had to keep moving and for the Ollerton family to take care of the burial. Unexpected help for the Ollerton's came in the form of who?\na. The Three Nephites\nb. The next wagon company\nc. Elders on their way to their missions\nB Everything he was wearing was made from material on his own farm\nFrom the life of William Morgan Clyde: At an early 24th of July celebration in Springville, William arrived in town dressed in clothing from his own farm. His hat was braided of wheat straw by Eliza. His shirt was of flax spun and woven by his clever wife. His trousers, which had been made by Eliza, were wool from his own sheep. His shoes were made from the hides of his animals, tanned by William himself. Thus, William Morgan Clyde was judged the “Best Dressed Man.” It was aid by those who know them that industry marked the long and useful lives of William Clyde and Eliza McDonald Clyde.\nInternational Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Museum Memories (Talon Printing: Salt Lake City, 2011), 3: 237-238."}
{"text":"The MALDI allows for very high resolution mass analysis of samples. The MALDI can analyze very large molecules up to several hundred thousand Daltons. In the instrument, molecules are ionized using a combination of a high powered laser and a matrix molecule. The charged particles are accelerated toward a detector in an electrostatic field. The mass is measured by the length of time needed for a molecule to arrive at the detector approximately 1 meter away. This instrument is most commonly used to identify proteins based on their characteristic digestion “fingerprint”."}
{"text":"Viewing Difference Between Files from Command Line\nYou can use RubyMine as a command line tool for viewing differences between files.\n- In the command line, run the\ndiffcommand using the following syntax:\n<RubyMine> diff path1 path2\nThe selected files will be opened in the Differences Viewer for Files.\nThe command options are as follows:\n| || |\nThe platform-specific RubyMine launcher.\nOn macOS and Linux, it is recommended to use the command line launcher created during the RubyMine installation, or create one manually by selecting on the RubyMine main menu. Refer to Working with RubyMine Features from Command Line for details.\nOn Windows, it is recommended to add the path to the RubyMine executable to the\n| ||The full path to the local copy of the file.|\n| ||The full path to the repository version copy of the file.|\nrubymine.exe diff path1 path2\nrubymine.exe diff C:\\MyProject\\Readme.md C:\\MyProject\\Readme.md.bak\nrubymine diff path1 path2\nrubymine diff ~/MyProject/Readme.md ~/MyProject/Readme.md.bak"}
{"text":"The 1977 Clean Air Act set a national goal of cleaning up dirty air in major national parks and wilderness areas. Decades later, only a small handful of states have submitted legally required plans to comply. The result: power plant and factory emissions continue to obscure views of beloved landmarks in national parks across the country including Shenandoah, Great Smoky Mountains, Glacier, Big Bend, Acadia, Sequoia, and Yosemite.\nOn October 21, 2008, Earthjustice filed suit on behalf of Environmental Defense Fund and National Parks Conservation Association over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's failure to enforce deadlines for the states to adopt these clean air plans. The Clean Air Act required states to submit enforceable plans to EPA by last December to clean up hazy skies in parks and wilderness areas. As of June 2008, only six had submitted plans, according to EPA sources. The Earthjustice letter gave notice of intent to sue EPA unless the agency enforces the deadline against delinquent states within 60 days.\nAccording to the National Park Service, human-caused air pollution reduces visibility in most national parks throughout the country. Average visual range—the farthest a person can see on a given day—in most of the western United States is now about one-half to two-thirds of what it would be without man-made air pollution (about 140 miles). In most of the east, the average visual range is about one-fifth of what it would be under natural conditions (about 90 miles).\nEarthjustice is suing EPA on behalf of conservation groups."}
{"text":"Species Detail - Smooth Hornwort (Phaeoceros laevis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset \"Bryophytes of Ireland\".\nTerrestrial Map - 10kmDistribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).\nMarine Map - 50kmDistribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).\nThreatened Species: Least concern\n7 February (recorded in 2004)\n31 December (recorded in 1988)\nBritish Bryological Society, Bryophytes of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Smooth Hornwort (Phaeoceros laevis), accessed 23 January 2022, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/8/Species/52717>"}
{"text":"Courses and log data in archival mode meant for studies in various areas related to WEPS activities.\nWEPS for Research\nSince the very beginning, and even before, WEPS has been using online technologies to promote a better way of learning and teaching in the STEM areas. In order to do it, we have been studying how to best employ computational tools and experimented with many of them to find what fitted the students best. The methodologies used by WEPS instructors and facilitators are the results of several years of practice and studies in mathematical education.\nTo know more, you may read the publications of some of the people involved in WEPS, and here's a few suggestions to start with:\n- Seppala, M., Caprotti, O. & Xambo, S. (2006). Using Web Technologies to Teach Mathematics. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (pp. 2679-2684). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.\n- Caprotti, Olga, Mika Seppälä, and Sebastian Xambó. \"Novel Aspects of the Use of ICT in Mathematics Education.\" Innovations in E-learning, Instruction Technology, Assessment, and Engineering Education. Springer Netherlands, 2007. 295-299."}
{"text":"Today, and for the rest of this week, we are going to be learning about verbs.\nA verb is a word used to describe an action, state or occurrence.\nVerbs can be used to describe an action, that’s doing something. For example, like the word ‘jumping’ in this sentence:\nThe rabbit was jumping in the field.\nPlease press on the link to BBC Bitesize which has a video about verbs and some extra activities and a quiz.\nThen, have a look at the verbs PDF and complete the worksheet activities that I have added.\nAll of this can be done on paper if you can't print the sheets. Remember to show me your work on Dojo!"}
{"text":"Experts from the research division of Microsoft decided to rethink a little human interaction with the keyboard and have developed a new input method, which is called Type-Hover-Swipe. Microsoft engineers demonstrated the prototype of a mechanical keyboard that is able to recognize gestures in close proximity. The secret lies in the fact, that between the keys installed the infrared distance sensors, which form a matrix of low resolution. The idea is very interesting, it will allow harmoniously combine two different input method – flipping pages and rescale is much easier with the help of gestures, and for entering characters until you come up with anything better than a conventional keyboard. However, such a device is likely will require frequent cleaning."}
{"text":"Have You Walked Without Shoes?\nYou probably don’t realize how valuable shoes are! They keep your feet protected from gravel, diseases, and parasites- including the hookworm which affects 740 million people world wide. Hookworm is extremely dangerous with long-term physical effects including stunted growth, decreased cognitive development, anemia and chronic fatigue. So what can we do? Support One Day Without Shoes by TOMS and educate others on importance of shoes. Try it yourself and go without shoes for just one day! Learn more about this movement by going to www.onedaywithoutshoes.com!"}
{"text":"Definition of cry for the moonBritish, informal\n- The striking workers say they just want to be paid what they're worth. They're not crying for the moon.\n: to utter loudly : shout\n: beg, beseech\n: to proclaim publicly : advertise\n: an instance of crying: such as\n: an inarticulate utterance of distress, rage, or pain\n: outcry, clamor\n: cold : freezing\n: the earth's natural satellite (see satellite 2a) that shines by the sun's reflected light, revolves about the earth from west to east in about 29¹/₂ days with reference to the sun or about 27¹/₃ days with reference to the stars, and has a diameter of 2160 miles (3475 kilometers), a mean distance from the earth of about 238,900 miles (384,400 kilometers), and a mass about one eightieth that of the earth\n: one complete moon cycle consisting of four phases (see 1phase 1)\n: to spend in idle reverie : dream\n: to expose one's naked buttocks to\n: to spend time in idle reverie : behave abstractedly\nWhat made you want to look up cry for the moon? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible)."}
{"text":"Although ice melt from Alaska contributes to global sea level rise, sea levels near Alaska have been decreasing because the land beneath the state is rising.1 | 2 Despite this, the state could see rising water in the future, as sea levels will eventually rise faster than the land. Alaska is still experiencing some of the effects of changing sea levels, like increased flooding and erosion, and some coastal villages are already relocating. The state will need to take action and plan for future sea level rise and flooding.\nMeasuring sea level rise\nSince 1950, sea levels off Alaska’s coast have declined as much as 32 inches.3 Scientists know this because the sea level is measured every 6 minutes using equipment like satellites, floating buoys off the coast, and tidal gauges to accurately measure the local sea level as it accelerates and changes.4\nSea level measurement from Juneau area tide gauge since 1950"}
{"text":"In the 18th century, Casanova was said to have discovered the use of lemons as a contraceptive: a lemon was halved, squeezed, and the rind was placed over the uterine orifice like a cap.\nLemon juice contains a weak concentration of citric acid which immobilises sperm cells or slows them down. As a result, vaginal douches containing lemon juice can influence fertilisation when the fluid comes into contact with the sperm before they make it to the womb. A solution of one to two tablespoons of lemon juice combined with 250 ml of water was used.\nSource: Norman E. Himes, Medical History of Contraception, 1936"}
{"text":"Johannes Eugenius Bülow Warming\nWarming, Johannes Eugenius Bülow (yōhänˈəs ĕŏgāˈnēŏs büˈlou värmˈĭng) [key], 1841–1924, Danish botanist, a founder of the science of plant ecology. He was a professor at the Univ. of Copenhagen (1885–1911) and wrote a pioneer work in his field, Plantesamfund (1895), which, rewritten and enlarged, appeared in English as Oecology of Plants (1909). He also wrote A Handbook of Systematic Botany (1878; tr., 2d ed. 1904).\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.\nSee more Encyclopedia articles on: Horticulture: Biographies"}
{"text":"Spruce budworm, Choristoneurafumiferana (Clemens) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), larvae can cause extensive defoliation in balsam fir (Abies balsamea [Linnaeus] Miller) and exhibit high temporal and spatial variability in individual behaviour. We gathered field data to determine the influence of daily and hourly variation in abiotic conditions on daytime activity patterns of late-instar budworm larvae on balsam fir. In both years of our study, less than 10% of larvae were observed feeding during the daytime. Most larvae observed were either resting, spinning silk, or roaming, although the proportion of individuals engaged in each activity varied between years, with more larvae in the first year roaming (48%) and in the second year either resting (38%) or spinning silk (42%). Daily and hourly variation in abiotic conditions had a limited influence on activity patterns. Our results indicate that in nature, mid- to late-instar budworm larvae maintain fairly consistent activity patterns across a wide range of abiotic conditions. We suggest that site-specific conditions such as variation in host-plant quality and/or budworm population density may be more important than weather in determining the relative frequencies of different larval activities in space and time."}
{"text":"In December 1942 Byron Phelps and C. A. Bergfors at IBM's Endicott Engineering Laboratory at Endicott, New York completed a prototype of the the Vacuum Tube Multiplier. This was first complete machine to perform arithmetic electronically. By substituting 300 vacuum tubes in flip-flop circuits for electro-mechanical relays it could process information thousands of times faster than electro-mechanical calculators.\nIn 1946 IBM commercialized the Vacumm Tube Multiplier, calling it the IBM 603 electronic multiplier. This special purpose device was the first electronic calculator ever placed into production, and altogether 100 603s were manufactured. The 603 consisted of two boxes: the Type 603 calculating unit and Type 520 punch-read unit. This machine provided multiplication speeds several magnitudes higher than earlier electromechanical devices."}
{"text":"meteocat – Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya\nThe Meteorological Service of Catalonia (SMC) was first established in 1921 and was active until 1939, when it was abolished due to the consequences of the Spanish Civil War. During this period, the MSC took part in several conferences of the International Meteorological Organization and was an active contributor to the International Cloud Atlas and to the 2nd International Polar Year (1932-1933).\nIn 1996 the former SMC was re-establishd as entity under the Department of the Environment, and in 2001 – as a result of the Meteorological Law of the Catalan Parliament – finally as body with legal status. At present, the SMC is organised into several areas: Forecasting, Climatology, Observation Systems, Modelling and Applied Research, Information and Communication Technologies and Administration.\nThe main objectives of the SMC:\n- Assist governments and institutions that need meteorological and climatic information and collaboration.\n- Program, implement and manage a system for predicting and monitoring weather phenomena, exploit the predictions and dissemination the information in Catalonia.\n- Predict, monitor and track meteorological risk situations, in coordination with the Emergency Centre of Catalonia (CECAT).\n- Manage and maintain the network of meteorological equipment of the Government of Catalonia.\n- Maintain the climate database of Catalonia.\n- Promote studies to improve understanding of climate and weather in Catalonia.\n- Study and analyse climate change in Catalonia and participate and collaborate in the research conducted on this subject by universities and other research groups."}
{"text":"The elenchus is the primary method of Socratic philosophy. Essentially a cross-examination, it proceeds by an intensive series of questions and aims to lead the interviewee to conclude for himself that he does not know what he assumed to know previously. The elenchus is Socrates's primary means of deepening the wisdom of his students. By convincing other characters in an elenchus that they do not actually know the nature of something they thought they did, Socrates brings these characters closer to one single truth and grain of knowledge—namely, that they know nothing.\nSocratic Irony -\nSocratic irony is a form of indirect communication employed by Socrates to reveal the ignorance of his interlocutors while insincerely praising their abilities. This technique is deeply informed by the elenchus. Socrates even occasionally practices it against himself although philosophers today are divided as to his sincerity while doing so.\nThe search for the meaning of courage is the central theme of the Laches. This is a search that ultimately fails in the end since neither Socrates nor any one of his companions is able to adequately put into words the meaning of courage. However, this failure is itself a noteworthy point of the dialogue.\nThe sophists were a class of rhetoricians and philosophers who were widely hired as teachers in ancient Greece. Socrates mentions them mainly in sarcasm when he states that he wishes he could afford to absorb their wisdom. Socrates dislikes the sophists because they pretend to have knowledge of the nature of virtue and they give grand, pretentious explanations rather than the clear and concise definitions preferred by Socrates. In short, they practice rhetoric rather than true philosophy."}
{"text":"There are three levels in the course.\n- Elementary (level one)\n- Intermediate (level two)\n- Advanced (level three)\nEach level is one semester instruction, based on tasks designed syllabus to encourage students acquire the language in real life communication and the language for academic purposes. Each level covers 270 academic hours, including cultural workshops."}
{"text":"Definition - What does Foundation Drain mean?\nA foundation drain is defined as a drain that is installed at the foundation of a structure to prevent water from collecting around it. These drains are installed in the exterior of the foundation at the footing. Foundation drains are installed simultaneously with footing during the foundation phase of a structure. In cases where foundation drains have not been installed, it is possible to install them with the help of trenchless technology with minimum disruption to surface topography.\nTrenchlesspedia explains Foundation Drain\nA properly installed foundation drain will prevent hydrostatic pressure from building and pushing water up via a capillary effect into the basement or the ground floor of a structure. During heavy rain and snow fall, water collects around the house and eventually the ground water level rises. Concrete is a porous substance and will allow water to seep through and causing extensive damage to property. Foundation drains consist of a pipe that runs around the foundation, a filter fabric and crushed stone set up to prevent soil from clogging the pores and entering the pipes, and a sloped drain pipe connecting the foundation drain to a storm water system. Replacing foundation drains by the conventional method would require digging up the side of the structure which can prove very expensive and time consuming. Trenchless technology can be used in such cases to install or replace such pipelines."}
{"text":"Strawberries are one of the most widely cultivated berry types there are, and they’re a great choice for first-time gardeners who would love to bring some new life to their gardens – of course, it helps that you can eat them, too. They’re known as one of the healthiest fruits out there, and they can be used to make everything from desserts to preserves – and there’s just something a lot more satisfying about harvesting the fruits from your own garden.\nThey grow happily in the majority of different climates, and strawberries will thrive as long as they’re being grown in the right conditions with enough access to sunlight, water and the right nutrient-rich soil.\nPopular for both growing in pots and straight into the ground, cultivating strawberries is one of the most effortless berries you can have as part of your garden arrangement.\nHere are 8 excellent step-by-step tips for ensuring that you have the best strawberries on the block.\n1. Potted or Not?\nThe very first thing that you should decide if you want to include strawberry plants in your garden is whether you’ll be planting them inside pots or not – and both of these have their advantages.\nIf you plant your strawberries directly into the ground, they might need some closer taking care of to ensure that all of the elements surrounding the plant are correct – and you’re automatically risking more wind and weather exposure for your plants, so this is only practical in climates with moderate to mild weather.\nIf you plant your strawberries in pots instead, then it can give you considerably more freedom to control their growing conditions – and if needed, the plants are a lot easier to move around when they’re in pots.\nChoose a pot that’s large enough to accommodate the roots with even a few months to years worth of growth for the plant when choosing to plant in pots, though remember that some types of pots (including cement-made ones) are often a hassle to move."}
{"text":"Crouch & Roach Estuaries\n- Country:United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\n- Site number:721\n- Area:1,736 ha\n- Designation date:24-03-1995\n- Coordinates:51°37'N 00°43'E\nMaterials presented on this website, particularly maps and territorial information, are as-is and as-available based on available data and do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.\nCrouch & Roach Estuaries (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 3). 24/03/95; England; 1,736 ha; 51°38'N 000°40'E. Special Area for Conservation, Special Protection Area, SSSI. The site includes the tidal estuaries of the Crouch and Roach Rivers, an extensive and diverse saltmarsh, and a narrow strip of tidal mud. The Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Branta bernicla bernicla, occurs in internationally important numbers, and three other species of wader and wildfowl occur in nationally important numbers. The site supports a diversity of aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates and an outstanding assemblage of nationally scarce plants. Human activities include recreation, agriculture, hunting, fishing, and marine aquaculture. Ramsar site no. 721. Most recent RIS information: 1999.\n- National legal designation:\n- Regional (international) legal designations:\n- EU Natura 2000\n- Last publication date:01-01-1999"}
{"text":"13 May 2019\nOn 13 May 1568, Mary Queen of Scots was defeated at the Battle of Langside. ...\nMary Queen of Scots was defeated in her attempts to regain the throne on 13 May 1568 at the Battle of Langside. Mary's supporters fought the forces of the Earl of Moray and were forced to flee the battlefield after less than an hour of fighting.\nMary and her escort rode from Langside to Dundrennan Abbey, sixty miles away, after which she departed for England."}
{"text":"An estimated 258 million people are international migrants, a figure that has surged by a half since the turn of the century, the United Nations said on Monday. One in ten of those people is a refugee or asylum seeker, the U.N. said in a report on migration trends and developments released to coincide with International Migrants Day. Globally, 3.4 percent of the population consists of international migrants, meaning someone who lives in a country other than the country where they were born, it said.”Reliable data and evidence are critical to combat misperceptions about migration and to inform migration policies,” Liu Zhenmin, U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, said in a statement. The rights of migrants and the need for safe, well-managed migration policies are included in the set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted unanimously by the U.N. member nations in 2015, and the U.N is planning an international conference on migration late next year.\nOther figures showed that migration contributed 42 percent of the population growth in Northern America between 2000 and 2015, and that the population in Europe would have declined during that time period without migration. The biggest number of international migrants, nearly 50 million, live in the United States. Saudi Arabia, Germany and Russia have about 12 million international migrants each, followed by the UK with almost nine million, it said. The greatest number of migrants, 106 million, came from Asia, it said. India has the most native-born people living elsewhere, at 17 million, followed by Mexico with 13 million, it said."}
{"text":"2 min read\nStudents Walk in the Clouds at NASA Armstrong STEM Event\nMore than 500 local students, ranging from grades first to eighth, joined NASA and COSI (Center of Science and Industry) in a Learning Lunchbox event where they saw a demonstration of how clouds form, and had the opportunity to ask NASA experts questions.\nTaking place at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California on September 13, students rotated through five STEM stations with interactive activities ranging from how to launch a rocket to making a model of the James Webb Space Telescope. Troy Asher, director of flight operations, welcomed students and shared information about NASA Armstrong’s mission.\n“We aim to ignite the spark of curiosity and innovation in the young minds of students, and thanks to the incredible teamwork and support for this event, we did. It is unbelievable what we can achieve when we come together for the shared mission of advancing education and opening doors to the limitless potential of our future generations,” shared Amira Flores, program integration manager, California Office of STEM Engagement.\nEach student received a Learning Lunchbox, which is a kit with content focused on James Webb Space Telescope in which students learn about the Earth’s atmosphere, discover why the Webb was sent to space, make a model of the Webb, and explore how the Webb uses light to study space.\nNASA’s California Office of STEM Engagement collaborates with the regional STEM community to support or provide a broad portfolio of education programs that are designed to foster the growth of NASA’s and the nation’s diverse STEM workforce. Programs focus on educators, and colleges or universities.\nTo learn more, visit www.nasa.gov/learning-resources.\nDiscover More Topics From NASA"}
{"text":"Native Eucalypts of South Australia treats every native eucalypt species and subspecies that is currently known in the State (103 in total). The book provides a wealth of information regarding the identification, distribution, ecology and uses of each eucalypt included. For each of the 103 eucalypts, a double-page provides the following information:\n- Images of the habit, bark, buds, flowers and fruits\n- Seedling painting by Ian Roberts\n- Detailed map of its distribution in South Australia\n- Meaning and origin of the name\n- Original naming and type information\n- Characteristic features\n- Distribution and habitat\n- Cultivation and uses\n- Notes on interesting populations and trees\n- Detailed botanical description\nDesigned and written for those with no botanical training, but also catering for the professional, this book will be valuable for all those interested in appreciating, identifying and growing South Australia’s native eucalypts.\nTony Bean (2013)\n“The best of Eucalyptus identification guides”\nAustralasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 156, 28-29."}
{"text":"In the first parachute drop of World War II, the Germans invaded Crete on 20 May, 1941. Australian, New Zealand and British troops, alongside Greek soldiers and the people of Crete, formed a crucial bond as they defended the tiny island. A story that appeals to teens: prisoners of war, escape, rebellion, romance, partisans. It will satisfy the rebellious spirit in every teen. Taps into the renewed interest in the Battle of Crete and in the whole Mediterranean theatre of war shown by the release of several adult titles. An important Greek – Australian story that will be widely supported by the Greek community. Details the incredible bravery shown by the Australian and New Zealand soldiers and by the people of Crete who risked their own lives by harbouring these soldiers during the invasion of Germany in World War II."}
{"text":"Medical Histories of Union Generals\nJack D. Welsh\nThe Kent State University Press\nDuring the Civil War, the majority of the 583 Union generals studied here were afflicted by disease, injured by accidents, or suffered wounds. Following the war, they often suffered lingering diseases and the effects of unhealed wounds. Medical Histories of Union Generals includes a glossary of medical terms as well as a sequence of medical events during the Civil War listing wounds, accidents, and deaths. With his earlier book on Confederate generals, Dr. Welsh has produced a “must have” reference for medical and military historians."}
{"text":"The Pirates of the Caribbean\nHave you heard of the Teach the Rover\nAnd his knavery on the Main,\nHow of gold he was a lover,\nHow he loved all ill-got gain?\nArguably, the most notorious temporary resident of Grand Cayman was the notorious Edward Teach, more famously known as \"Blackbeard\" (1680-1718). The archetypal icon of all Caribbean pirates, he sailed his vessel, Queen Anne's Revenge, to loot and plunder.\nHe wore a big feathered tricorn and carried multiple pistols, knives, and swords. To intimidate his enemies, he placed lit matches into his enormous black beard. His beard was twisted into Rastafarian-style locks. He was said to have had 14 so-called wives, and he often buried his treasure. He would take a lone sailor with him on a small boat and return alone. The sailor's corpse was placed atop the chest of gold to discourage excavation.\nLegend has it that Blackbeard shot and lamed Israel Hands on Grand Cayman in an attempt to show how fierce he could be if opposed. Crippled for life, Hands was immortalized as the blind Pew in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.\nBlackbeard met with a bloody demise in a duel off the Carolina coast. He was said to have suffered 25 wounds, five of them by gunshot, before finally collapsing and dying. Blackbeard's ghastly head ended up dangling from the bowsprit end of the conquering ship captained by Lt. Robert Maynard.\nThe death of this particular pirate more or less ended piracy along the American coast.\nNote: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip."}
{"text":"LINGUISTICS & CULTURE\n|Data:||07/JUN/2008 9:51 AM|\nAlso referred to as \"soccer baseball,\" it is typically played on a softball diamond with a 10- to 16-inch (250- to 400-mm) inflated rubber ball. As in baseball/softball, the game uses 3 bases and a \"home plate.\"\nRules for kickball vary based on the officiating body (a school or a league), but most follow general baseball/softball rules.\nThe pitcher rolls the ball towards the catcher, the \"batter\" kicks it with his/her foot, then runs to first base. The opposing team players in the field may tag a base they are running towards or touch the runner (a rule known as \"Indian Rubber\" that is sometimes omitted if small children are playing) with the ball as they hold it in their hand to make an out. The other way is to touch a base that the runner has to run to which would cause a \"force out\". As in baseball/softball, catching the ball in the air after it is kicked results in an out.\nGenerally, kicking a ball to the right of the first base line or to the left of the third base line results in a foul ball. The specific definition of a \"foul ball\" varies, as does how foul balls are treated in game play -- some consider fouls equivalent to strikes (as in baseball scoring), others differentiate fouls from strikes. A few even treat a foul ball as an automatic out.\nA bad pitch that cannot be hit (outside the designated strike zone or too bouncy) is considered as a \"ball\". Four balls is a free walk to first base.\n Adult kickball\nAdult recreational kickball leagues began operating throughout the United States, offering an alternative to adult softball and soccer leagues. Adult leagues can be organized by local municipalities, colleges, non-profit associations, and for-profit businesses.\nEnvie uma resposta\nÍndice de mensagens"}
{"text":"Week 5 - Overview\nWelcome to the next to the last week of class! This week, focus on:\n- Our end of course task. Are you thinking about how to craft a writing assignment? What should writing look like in your classroom?\n- If you've not yet done so, take a moment to drop a few thoughts into the mid-course feedback form.\n- I've added some collections of my online reading around Common Core and writing. I suspect you have some links to share, too.\n- See you for this week's live session, on Tuesday, November 8th, at 7:30pm Mountain, where Fred and Joe will share some of their experiences working on thinking about Common Core and curriculum. Also, we'll be talking more about Writing Across the Curriculum as inspired by Karen's post.\n- And, of course, keep reading and writing and talking with each other."}
{"text":"Let's Explore Baptist Beliefs\nA Children's Guide to Basic Biblical Teachings\nYou are about to embark on a journey of exploration with children that potentially will not only help them grow in Christ as Baptist Christians but will also enrich your own understanding of basic Baptist beliefs and practices. After all, nothing stimulates learning more than discussing such matters with inquisitive children, full of questions and enthusiasm.\nLet’s Explore Baptist Beliefs is a study prepared for children in grades 1–6. The material can be utilized best by children who read and by those in grades 3–6. Suggestions are included, however, for using the material with groups that include children who are not yet able to read and children who are in earlier grades. 5 lessons.\nPlease note, the price listed for all digital products is per person."}
{"text":"It’s easy to dream of putting humans on Mars — but designing the spacecraft to actually get there will be no easy feat. We look at the types of rockets being built to get us to the Red Planet in Part 2 of our Pathway to Mars series.\nThis story was originally published on CBC News. To read the rest of this news worthy story, please visit https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/dec-14-saving-the-ozone-helped-climate-change-extra-solar-comet-great-auk-extinction-and-more-1.5391393/nasa-spacex-or-a-former-astronaut-who-will-build-the-rocket-that-takes-us-to-mars-1.5391396?cmp=rss.\nGet real time update about this post categories directly on your device, subscribe now."}
{"text":"- Identify your topic based on the list on the Roman or Greek pages on the Facts on File database.\n- State which modern thing you will compare to your ancient topic, or which modern thing you believe has been influenced by your ancient topic.\n- Read the \"Overview Essay\" on the FOF page on your topic. Take detailed notes... Cornell Notes.\n- Identify a souce for the modern cultural characteristic you will examine -- this can be either an interview or one of the links I listed on the blog.\n- Take detailed notes on your modern sourec, focusing especially on what it tells you about the modern status of your topic.\nFriday, October 22, 2010\nBeginning Your Research\nThis assignment is due on Monday, October 25. It is worth 25 points -- 5 points each question. Complete it on loose leaf paper."}
{"text":"A manifold is a topological space which locally looks like R^n. Calculus on a manifold is assured by the existence of smooth coordinate system. A manifold may carry a further structure if it is endowed with a metric tensor. Why further structure? If have sphere or a cylinder I can parameterize it with different coordinates ( two patches for sphere), which means different metrics. But does not have any manifold a canonical metric from the start? What is meant with endowing a manifold with a metric? If I got a cylinder, its metric is euclidean by definition, no need for defining a extra structure on it."}
{"text":"Second moment of area - Need walkthrough\nI'm at uni starting off engineering, and I'm looking for a walk through in this algebra involved in the second moment of area. While I know it's probably pretty basic I'm undertaking a bridging course to try and keep up with my maths.\nHere's a picture of the most relevant lecture slide discussing the problem.\nI'll type out the steps they undertook to get the final formula for the second moment of area for a rectangle.\nOn the next page we take the integral of this, which I can do fine.\n1. with limits +h/2 and -h/2\nTaking it further we end up with\nand finally we take it to the step\nOk, I can understand a bit about this but here are my questions.\n- Why are the limits h/2 and -h/2, isn't this simply the middle of the rectangle?\n- Why is , where does the come from?\n- I understand that the is , but where / why does the b jump in with step 1? why are we multiplying it by b?\nAny help is greatly appreciated."}
{"text":"AbstractThis report presents the results of a preliminary soil reconnaissance in east-central Puerto Rico. It contains soil-profile observations made on several deep pits dug for the purpose. It also includes the results of various infiltration tests conducted in the major soil types of the area. The laboratory data reported include organic matter, pH, nitrogen, and total exchange capacity, and also the following measurements conducted on undisturbed soil cores dug with a Kelley (Utah) soil sampling machine: Permeability, quick drainage, water retained at pF 1.78, maximum saturation, and bulk density. Additional data are presented on water retained at pF 2.7 and pF 4.2, available water, total porosity, and air porosity. The soils of east-central Puerto Rico are rather deep, medium- or heavy-textured, acid, and of medium to low fertility. They are not generally well supplied with organic matter and nitrogen. In many cases they have compact, tight subsoil layers near the surface which considerably reduce the permeability of the profile and induce poor drainage. Laboratory soil-moisture studies confirmed field observations indicating that the majority of the soils of this region have a moderately high capacity to store water available for crop growth.\nDownload data is not yet available."}
{"text":"A number with 0 in the ones place is divisible by 10 because all the multiples of 10 have a zero in the ones place.\nNo; for a number to be divisible by 10, the last number (ones place) must be zero.\n2,4,6,8,and 0 are divisible by 2 in the ones digit. Zero is only divisible in a number with 2 digits or more. 0 itself is not divisible by 2.\nNo, all numbers with a zero in the one's place are divisible by at least 1, themselves, and 2, which means they cannot be prime.\nSince the 0 is in the ones place, it will make the whole number even. An even number is composite because it can be divisible by 2 and other numbers too.\nNo. In order for a number to be divisible by 10, the ones digit must be zero (0).\nZero is divisible by anything. The answer is always zero.\nNothing is divisible by zero because any number divided by zero will be undefined.\nIf the units digit is a five or a zero, then the number may be evenly divided by five. (Zero itself exempted.)\nIf the original number was even, the ones place will be zero; otherwise it will be 5.\nNo number is ever divisible by zero.\nThere is not always a zero at the end if the number. there is a zero if the number is divisible by five."}
{"text":"Ad hoc testing\nAd hoc testing is a commonly used term for software testing performed without planning and documentation, but can be applied to early scientific experimental studies.\nThe tests are intended to be run only once, unless a defect is discovered. Ad hoc testing is the least formal test method. As such, it has been criticized because it is not structured and hence defects found using this method may be harder to reproduce (since there are no written test cases). However, the strength of ad hoc testing is that important defects can be found quickly.\nIt is performed by improvisation: the tester seeks to find bugs by any means that seem appropriate. Ad hoc testing can be seen as a light version of error guessing, which itself is a light version of exploratory testing."}
{"text":"In northern hemisphere, the highest temperatures are usually in July — in the middle of calendar summer. See e.g. the climate chart on this wikipedia page. But the solstices are on 20-21 of June, almost a month before the middle of July. If the sun is at its highest on solstice day, why isn't the temperature the highest at that time?"}
{"text":"Strong emotions lead to an increase of the pulse rate, thus this biometric measure is certainly the best known from everyday life and requires little further explanation. It can be measured very simple optically via a sensor on the finger or if an ECG is measured, it can also be derived directly from this. The today common pulse watches and fitness tracker also provide a pulse rate. However, this is very inaccurate because beats are sometimes skipped by theses devices, which is sufficient for tracking of fitness but leads to artifacts in experiments and may cause misinterpretation.\nSignificance for the emotional intensity: high\nInformative value on the kind of emotion: low\nInformative value on the mental workload: low\nEffort: extractable via a pulse oximeter (finger clip) or from an ECG"}
{"text":"Animals and plants take part in an evolutionary dance of chemical warfare.\nYou may think milkweed is just a stubborn weed, but to some it's a valuable commodity.\nResearchers are still working to understand this serious natural phenomenon.\nMeet the Taricha granulosa newt, otherwise known as the rough skinned newt. It’s a small, slow-moving creature. There’s nothing apparently threatening about it. However, glands in its skin secrete a potent poison, tetrodotoxin. Learn more on this Moment of Science.\nCertain species of male moths use toxins to protect themselves during sex. Learn more on this Moment of Science.\nSince botulism bacteria cannot survive in oxygen, they form spores that lie dormant until they’re in an oxygen-free environment. For example, the oxygen-free insides of canned goods are prime breeding grounds for botulism.\nIn the real world, some caterpillars and plants engage in a deadly struggle for survival. We’re talking full-scale battle, involving chemical weapons no less."}
{"text":"The federal government has launched a new livestock identification program to help agriculture officials to quickly track livestock in cases of disease.\nIt is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s second attempt at implementing such a system, which officials say is critical to maintaining the security of the nation’s food supply.\nAn earlier, voluntary program failed because of widespread opposition among farmers and ranchers who described it as a costly hassle that didn’t help control disease.\nThere has been talk for years among consumer advocates about establishing a program that would trace food from farm to plate.\nThe livestock identification system doesn’t go that far and isn’t meant to.\nIts main goal is to track animals’ movements so agriculture and health officials can quickly establish quarantines and take other steps to prevent the spread of disease.\nThe new program is mandatory but more limited in scope.\nIt applies only to animals being shipped across state lines, and it gives states flexibility in deciding how animals will be identified — an important concession to cattle ranchers in western states, where brands are still commonly used."}
{"text":"Family's behaviour the key to lowering electricity bills\nA recent study has shown that given the exact same appliances and energy generation technology, electricity usage can still vary between families.\nSouth Mountain Company in the US conducted a test looking at the electricity usage patterns of eight individual families over the course of a single year – all with the exact same renewable household energy systems.\nThe study revealed some interesting results, with two of the families able to keep their usage at a 'net-zero' minimum – meaning that they consumed less that was generated.\nHowever, the other six yielded different outcomes - with some using notably more than others.\nAccording to a report in BuildingGreen.com: \"In all cases, lights and plug loads accounted for about half of total energy use.\"\nThe research indicates that - whilst households can put in place measures to reduce the impact of electricity prices on the family budget - it is still up to them in order to change the behaviour when it comes to energy consumption.\nEnergy-efficient appliances and light bulbs, in addition to solar power generators, can only bring about the capacity to change – meaning it is up to families to take it upon themselves to lower usage and their bills.\nPosted by Charlie Moore"}
{"text":"For many years, humans have known that bacteria and other microorganisms are capable of transforming food substrates, making them both tasty and nutritious. More and more, chefs and other food-makers are putting bacteria to work to produce fermented foods. With delicious results. Besides flavour, though, are there other reasons to seek out fermented foods? Scientists around the world are trying to answer this question by studying the possible health benefits of consuming live cultures. Prof. Robert Hutkins (USA) is one of them. He studies bacteria in fermented foods and factors that affect their survival in the gastrointestinal tract and will be our guide in this promising area of investigation during the 5th Yogurt Summit.\nWho is Robert Hutkins?\nProfessor Robert Hutkins is Professor of Food Microbiology in the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of Nebraska. The Hutkins Lab studies bacteria important in human health and in fermented foods. The lab is particularly interested in understanding how diet and various food components influence the bacteria that reside in the gastrointestinal tract. Specifically, the lab is focused on prebiotic fibers and how these food materials shift the intestinal microbiota in humans and animals and enhance human health. He also studies the physiology and metabolic functions of microorganisms used in the manufacture of fermented foods and beverages."}
{"text":"Under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 (PCMA), 18 is the legal age of marriage for girls, and 21 for boys in India. Despite several years of this Act being in existence, the early marriage of children continues to be practiced in West Bengal.\nKanyashree Prakalpa seeks to improve the status and well being of girls, specifically those from socio-economically disadvantages families through Condiational Cash Transfers by: Incentivizing them to continue in education for a\nKanyashree's core objectives are simple and focussed: it aims to ensure that girls stay in school and delay their marriages till at least age 18. Kanyashree's approach is also simple: it uses a social safety net mechanism that has shown a high degree of\nAll efforts have been made to make the information as accurate as possible, WCD, Govt. of West Bengal or National Informatics Centre (NIC), will not be responsible for any loss to any person caused by inaccuracy in the information available on this Website. Any discrepancy found may be brought to the notice of Department of Women Development & Social Welfare, Govt. of West Bengal or NIC."}
{"text":"Charlayne Hunter-Gault, award winning journalist and former PBS NewsHour correspondent, is Day 23 Woman of the Day. Read more about this pioneer woman below.\nBiography: 73 more words\nABOVE: Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter on the day they graduated from the University of Georgia.\nIN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY month, I am counting down 28 — because there are 28 days in February — young African Americans (or groups of African Americans) who played significant roles in breaking racial barriers and/or fighting injustice before and during the Civil Rights Movement. 539 more words\nAbove: Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, 1961.\nON THIS DATE in 1961, Hamilton Holmes, nineteen, and Charlayne Hunter, eighteen, registered for classes at the University of Georgia en route to becoming the first African Americans to attend the college. 305 more words\nCharlayne Hunter-Gualt and Hamilton E. Holmes were civil right trailblazers who were at the center of integrating the University of Georgia. The pair were the first Black students admitted at the school on this day in 1961, after launching a lawsuit with the assistance of the NAACP. 323 more words\nNEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2014 — BLACK ENTERPRISE will present its highest honor in recognition of the achievements of black women when it presents the Women of Power Legacy Awards at the 2015 Women of Power Summit on March 3, 2015, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 1,473 more words\nMEMPHIS, Tenn. — A public forum set the stage for the National Civil Rights Museum’s annual Freedom Awards Tuesday.\nHundreds of school students heard from trailblazers during the public forum at Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ. 247 more words"}
{"text":"Surname distribution maps for Back\nThere are approximately 3,189 people named Back in the UK. That makes it the 3,129th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 50 are named Back.\nBack in the 1881 Census\nBack in the 21st Century\nThe maps, if available, show both where there are more people named Back and where they are most concentrated.\nThe distributions are shown by means of coloured dots centred on the various British counties. The dots relate to the county as a whole, not to any specific location within the county.\nFor the 1881 census, the counties used are those which existed at the time and were recorded on the census data. For the 21st century stats, the traditional or ceremonial counties are used in order to avoid distortions caused by unitary authority cities.\nThe darker the colour, the more people in that county are named Back.\nThe larger the dot, the greater the proportion of people in that county are named Back.\nHovering over the dots will give you the individual statistics for that county."}
{"text":"Spiral shell modeling 3D model Blender d4mer 3D, Blender, Rendering January 4th, 2016 0 Comments 670 views In first part I create a spiral path, in second I put object like cone on created path for model shell. Step by step how to create 3D model of shell in Blender. source Tags Share : tweet Previous Next About the : d4mer Related Posts Blender 2.8 | 3D Cursor in Hindi September 22nd, 2019 The Visual Reference Guide for Blender's Smoke Simulator – Iridesium September 21st, 2019 Maya 3-D character rigging: Using set-driven keys | lynda.com tutorial September 21st, 2019 Blender Animations Unity Import Tutorial September 21st, 2019 Blender. TGS PRO tutorial #2: render heightmap and export to unity3d. September 21st, 2019 Old Blender 2.7x Projects in Blender 2.8? September 20th, 2019 Leave A Comment Click here to cancel reply. You must be logged in to post a comment."}
{"text":"Comment on page\nII. Acting as a facilitator of the local land system\n- Local authorities have the necessary legitimacy and knowledge to facilitate dialogue around land\n- Expanding the community of people involved in land issues will support the transition to a more regenerative system\nLocal authorities are first-hand witnesses of changing landscapes and land dynamics. They observe what type of agriculture is practised in their area, land transfers and who they benefit, trends in urban sprawl and land prices, and so on. By gathering and centralising information on this, they can catalyse action towards better local land stewardship. Local governments also have the necessary legitimacy, knowledge of stakeholders, and convening powers to coordinate efforts, organise local dialogue and connect actors on agriculture, food, and land issues. Encouraging more open governance of land can be a powerful lever to:\n- fight opacity on land transfers and market dynamics that favour larger farms;\n- connect actors that do not know each other, and create more synergies for access to land;\n- co-construct decisions that affect land, and therefore create co-responsibility with local owners, farmers, inhabitants to steward the land;\n- rebalance power by opening decision processes to people or organisations that do not traditionally take part in institutional processes that affect land;\n- increase the awareness and skills of people/organisations that own or manage land;\n- support organisations or projects that aim to protect farmland or provide access to it for disadvantaged groups.\nHow should I involve citizens in deciding on policies that affect land? Can local authorities facilitate land leases to agroecological farmers? Can they support farm succession? Check the infographic for a quick overview of how to act, and read the sections below for more information on providing data, raising awareness, convening, and intermediating relationships around land.\nInfographic: Acting as a facilitator of the local land system"}
{"text":"The Lee Resolution of Independence was adopted in a closed session by the Continental Congress July 2, 1776. From the beginning, though, Americans have celebrated the date on the Declaration of Independence, which was adopted two days later. Since then, every July 4th, families, friends, and communities across the country celebrate Independence Day with frankfurters, pie, and fireworks. Fireworks, in fact, have become the centerpiece of Independence Day celebrations for most.\nTragically, 11 people were reportedly killed last year in fireworks-related accidents and another 10,000 were injured. Children under 15 years of age are the most likely victims but two of those who reportedly died last year were senior citizens. In 2014, sparklers and rockets accounted for more than 23 percent of all estimated fireworks injuries. Consumers who decide to purchase legal fireworks are urged to take these safety steps:\nSome basic countermeasures may be implemented to decrease risk of death and/or injury this Independence Day. Those countermeasures include the following:\n· Keep all fireworks away from children and do not allow them to handle any;\n· Keep sparklers out of the reach of children at all times because 23 percent of injuries and deaths are reportedly caused by sparklers;\n· Never purchase unlicensed or contraband fireworks;\n· Never handle any fireworks packaged in brown paper because these are for professional displays only;\n· Always maintain fire safety equipment, such as extinguishers and hoses, nearby in case of an accident; and\n· Do not attempt to re-ignite or handle any fireworks that have malfunctioned.\nKooi Law would like to wish everyone a very safe and happy 4th of July weekend. Please be safe. Call us if you need us. (317) 569-1335."}
{"text":"About the lab\n- Grades: 4-8\n- Capacity: 30 students\n- Duration: 60 minutes\n- Cost: $120\n- Offered Tuesday through Friday at 10:15 and 11:45 a.m.\nNext Generation Science Standards\nScience and Engineering Practices:\n- Asking questions and defining problems\n- Developing and using models\n- Planning and carrying out investigations\n- Constructing explanations\n- Cause and effect\n- Systems and system models\nDisciplinary Core Ideas:\nETS 1: Engineering design\n- ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems\n- ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions\n- ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution\nETS 2: Links among engineering, technology, science and society\nCommon Core ELA/Literacy Standards\nCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1, 3.3, 3.7, 3.10\nCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.7, 4.10\nCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 5.7, 5.10\n- Recognize the application of scientific principles in everyday situations.\n- Use bridges as a tool to apply and understand scientific principles in a familiar real-world situation.\n- Become familiar with the basic tenets of structural design.\n- Become knowledgeable of the forces at play in construction projects through interactive demonstrations and hands-on activities.\n- Learn how different design elements play into the structural integrity of a bridge.\n- Be exposed to potential careers in engineering and construction.\n- Engage in hands-on lab activities.\n- Acquire and practice lab skills.\n- Design, build and test models bridges.\n- Be given a challenge and work as a team to complete the task of building a successful bridge."}
{"text":"As a consequence of heightened concern for the greenhouse effect, depleting oil reserves and skyrocketing oil prices, renewable fuels, such as bioethanol, are becoming increasingly important. Cellulosic biomass like wood, agricultural residue and herbaceous material is a huge, cheap natural resource that can be used for ethanol production. Decreasing production costs through technological development is, however, still needed to make ethanol from cellulosics economically feasible. In this study, the effect on overall ethanol yield of an enzymatic prehydrolysis prior to simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) of steam pretreated corn stover was investigated. Two enzyme mixtures were utilised. A mixture of commercially available enzymes (Novozymes A/S, Baegersvaerd, Denmark) was compared with a developmental thermo-active cellulase complex produced by Roal Oy (Rajamäki, Finland). The thermoactive preparation comprised three essential cellulases and one xylanase enzyme. The prehydrolysis was, under the conditions evaluated, found to have no or negative effect on the overall ethanol yield. Longer prehydrolysis time resulted in a larger decrease in overall ethanol yield than shorter prehydrolysis. Using the experimental thermo-active enzyme mixture was shown to give a higher glucose concentration after prehydrolysis than when the commercial enzyme mixture was used in similar experiments. The highest ethanol concentration, 33.8 g/L, was reached in the SSF with 11.5% water-insoluble substances using the developmental thermo-active cellulase complex, and 1.8 g/L compressed baker's yeast. This concentration corresponded to 80.2% overall ethanol yield based on the glucose content in the raw material. However, if the xylose present in the beer at the end of the SSF could be fermented to ethanol, another 12.6 g ethanol/L could theoretically be produced (0.51 g ethanol/g xylose).\n- Ethanol production\n- Ethanol yield\n- Steam pretreatment\n- Thermo-active cellulase complex"}
{"text":"What are the destructions of war expressed in Slaughterhouse-Five?\nExplore the types of destruction.\n1 Answer | Add Yours\nThe types of destruction caused by war in Slaughterhouse-Five are physical and psychological.\nThe novel describes the physical toll war takes. Description of the destruction caused by the bombing of Dresden is explicit in the novel, as are the haggard states of the suffering soldiers--on both sides. And humans have no control over whether or not they suffer. Good soldiers die and suffer the same as poor soldiers. Billy is a terrible soldier, for instance, and suffers because of it. But he is just as likely to have suffered had he been a good soldier, as the execution of Edgar Derby demonstrates.\nBilly suffers from more than physical hardship as a result of the war, however. His mind is fragmented, as the collage-like structure of the narrative reveals. He is passive in the face of war--how else can one be? He has no control of his fate. The only time he is active in the novel is when he decides to tell the world about Tralfalmadore, etc., near the end of his life. Billy can't face the horrible memories of war, so he escapes however he can.\nAfter all, what can one do in the face of human bone meal and corpse mines?\nJoin to answer this question\nJoin a community of thousands of dedicated teachers and students.Join eNotes"}
{"text":"Two rockets are shot into the air from the same location.\nThe paths of the rockets are given by: .\nWhich rocket goes higher, and by how much?\nBoth graphs are down-opening parabolas; their maximums occur at their vertex.\n. . Vertex formula: .\nThe second rocket goes 2.5625 units higher."}
{"text":"Quantum theory explains the nature and behavior of matter and energy on the atomic and subatomic level. The theory also referred as quantum mechanics. However, the entanglement between atoms can be intertwined due to quantum forces, across distances, or inside macroscopic structures. But, the actual evidence has been mostly lacking.\nIn a new study by the University of Geneva, scientists entangled 16 million atoms in a one-centimeter crystal.\nFlorian Fröwis, a researcher in the applied physics group in UNIGE’s science faculty explained, “It is relatively easy to entangle two particles: splitting a photon, such as, generates two entangled photons that have identical properties and behaviors. But, it is impossible to directly observe the process of entanglement between several million atoms since the mass of data you need to collect and analyze is so huge.”\nScientists primarily observed the characteristics of light re-emitted by the crystal. They also analyzed its statistical properties and the probabilities. For this, they settled on the single direction of light re-emitted by the crystal. In this way, the researchers succeeded in showing the entanglement of 16 million atoms.\nHowever, particle entanglement in quantum physics is quite difficult to understand. This is reasonably a new type of correlation, infinitely stronger and more mysterious, emerges: entanglement.\nIn future, Quantum networks will offer data protection as they send and detect signal at any interception of that signal by a third-party. These signals are sent and received by quantum repeaters. Quantum repeaters unify entangled atoms with a strong quantum relationship despite being separated by great distances. These quantum repeaters house crystal blocks supercooled to 270 degrees below zero and enriched with rare earth atoms. Once these blocks are penetrated by a photon, entanglement is created."}
{"text":"Scientists have discovered that the male \"androgen\" hormone is an important element in the ovarian development of female chicken embryos, more so than in the development of male testes.\nAndrogen is a steroid hormone that controls and maintains male characteristics in a wide range of animals, including humans. In chickens, androgen helps develop cockscomb, wattle, skeletal muscles and reproductive organs as well as male behaviors such as courtship and singing patterns. However, the role of androgens during embryogenesis has not always been so clear.\nResearchers Ryoma Tanaka, Hiroe Izumi and Asato Kuroiwa of Hokkaido University's Faculty of Science conducted gene knockdown experiments to suppress the expression of the androgen receptor (AR), which is essential for androgens to function. After confirming that AR numbers were largely reduced in the knockdown embryos compared to control embryos, the researchers examined the morphological changes in the ovarian and testes tissues.\nWhile the testes of male knockdown embryos developed normally, the gonads of female knockdown embryos exhibited disruptions in their ovarian structure. The number of cavities, or lacunae, in the gonads of female embryos decreased; such a condition could later stall the chicken's ovulation cycle, reducing the number of eggs laid. There were also disruptions to the cortical cords where cells that eventually become eggs develop.\n\"Our results suggest that, during embryogenesis, androgens are more important for the development of the ovaries rather than the development of the testes,\" says Asato Kuroiwa, \"In this study, only embryos were examined. We hope to monitor the knockdown embryos until they grow into adult chickens and investigate their egg-laying rates to confirm our research results.\"\nFurther studying the correlation between androgens and ovarian development is likely to benefit the egg industry, one that is providing one of the most widely consumed food items across the world."}
{"text":"This is yet another post that’s been picking up cruft in my draft folder for over three years.\nStroke order is one of those things that might seem difficult at first but actually comes quite naturally with a bit of practice. You just have to make sure you learn the the correct order of the most important radicals such as 口 and 田. You should also pay careful attention to radicals like 厂 that have more stroke orders than you would think. (Hint: it’s more than 1.)\nOnce you learn the stroke order for the most common radicals, you can figure out the rest for most kanji by yourself with general principles like the following.\n- Stroke orders generally go from top to bottom and left to right (from the top-left corner to bottom-right corner).\n- Vertical lines that go straight through are written last as opposed to those that connect (十 vs 土）.\n- Stuff that encloses something else gets drawn first but closed last （回 and 団）.\nHowever, the problem with these animations is that it only gives you the order and not the direction of each stroke. If you’re confused about stroke direction, another site you might want to try is gahoh, which has animated .mov files with the direction and order. Here’s one for 必.\nTheir collection isn’t as complete as the WWWJDIC but it is useful for odd or crazy and complicated kanji like 龜. The request page in particular has some of the odder and trickier kanji like 凸、凹、飛、 and 卵 so you might want to check it out and double-check your stroke order.\nSo how useful is it to learn the proper stroke order of 龜? Not very but hey it’s fun times for everybody, right? Right? Hello? ………anybody?"}
{"text":"A recent online survey conducted by the National Stuttering Association found that speech therapy helps the majority of people who stutter, but that 30% of parents have received bad advice about stuttering from pediatricians and speech therapists. The survey, which received responses from 1,235 participants, also revealed that:\n• Speech therapies that change attitudes toward stuttering are more successful than therapies that focus on speech mechanics. • People who had speech therapy from a speech-language pathologist who is a Board Recognized Specialist in Fluency Disorders had more successful speech therapy than those who did not. • Alternative treatments for stuttering such as psychological counseling, prescription medication, and assistive devices help some people but are significantly less effective than speech therapy. • People who participate in stuttering support groups report fewer negative effects of stuttering and more successful speech therapy than those who do not.\nThe National Stuttering Association is a nonprofit organization that helps adults and children who stutter with support activities, educational programs, publications, and advocacy. The full survery report is available at"}
{"text":"The purpose of this experiment was to determine the effect of different colored lights and the growth rate of radishes.\nI became interested in this idea when my mother and I were planting a garden and we wanted to find out what we could do to increase the growth rate.\ngained from this experiment may help gardeners/farmers grow plants at a\nmore rapid pace.\nMy hypothesis is that red light will increase the growth rate of radishes the most.\nI base my hypothesis on a small but similar experiment my homeroom class did with, bean seeds.\nThe constants for all groups in this experiment were:\nThe responding variable was the growth of the radishes in centimeters from the tip of the root to the tiptop of the plant.\nTo measure the responding variable I used a meter stick with centimeter accuracy\nThe original purpose of this experiment was to figure out if the color of light would increase the growth rate of radishes.\nof the experiment, as indicated in my table and graphs, are the lighter\nthe color the healthier, stronger, and taller the plant. The colors\nof light that had the most effect on the growth of the radishes were\nthe clear and the yellow light\nMy hypothesis was that red light would increase the growth rate of radishes the most.\nThe results indicate that this hypothesis should be rejected. The lighter the color of the light the better the plant grows of this experiment.\nBecause of the results of this experiment, I wonder if different radish seeds would change the out come.\nIf I were to conduct this project again I would use a different kind of seeds and see if the growth is as fast, I would also use more of a variety of colors.\nTop of page"}
{"text":"WEED – datura stramonium\nJamestown weed, Datura, Giant\nWhen Europeans came to the Colony of\nVirginia, they found a weed with pretty white/purple flowers on a thorny\nstalk that had a large brown seed pod. The local Indian medicine men\nknew of the powers of this very dangerous plant that grows in waste\nlocations throughout the southern United States. The Indians used the\nleaves as a smoke for asthma and other breathing problems. If taken\nincorrectly, this herb can cause severe neurological damage. The East\nIndian \"Bidis\" cigarette contains a small amount of datura.\nEven skin contact with flowers, and especially seeds can cause dangerous\nneurological disorders and powerful hallucinations. This plant is the\nsource of the \"witches\" of the colonies who touched the seeds\nor smoked the leaves and thought they had been flying on their brooms\n(those who survived the experience to tell of it)."}
{"text":"To eventually use stem cells in regenerative medicine, scientists need to understand how stem cells become organized into particular tissue patterns and shapes. With that in mind, researchers at USC recently found clues by studying the cellular and molecular basis of complex pigment patterns in bird feathers.\nKeck School of Medicine of USC researchers uncovered several fundamental rules of morphogenesis ─ the organizational process of functional cellular patterning. Their study appeared on April 25 in Science Express, the online version of the journal Science.\n“Feathers are a good research model because they are unique, able to regenerate repetitively under normal conditions and are positioned at the surface of the body so that we can see their patterns,” said Cheng-Ming Chuong, the study’s team leader and professor of pathology at the Keck School. “Therefore their cellular and molecular composition can be experimentally manipulated to test the hypothesis that certain molecular components may enhance or suppress pigment differentiation.” … Read More »"}
{"text":"Cultures of South America\nThe cultures of South America are diverse and interesting to write about in research. The writers at Paper Masters will custom write about any South American culture you need information on.\nFrom early settlement, the cultures of South America have been diverse and complex as a result of isolation of various regions, the mobility of generations of people within their environments, such as in the woodlands or in the savanna, and the amount of people which allowed them to maintain their numbers.\nAlthough the date that humans came into South America is questioned, ranging from 35,000 to 11,000 years ago, a major entry is agreed to have occurred during the later date. There is evidence of anatomical variation in Brazil, giving more weight to Dillehay's suggestions noted above. Over the centuries, South America has been:\n- Colonized by European countries such as Portugal and Spain.\n- Enslaved themselves.\n- Made the depository of African slaves.\nIn this way, there has been a mixing of the races and of cultures. At various modern times, South America has seen a great influx of people from other countries.\nThe World Wars brought Europeans who needed to escape the wars. Although indigenous people of South America were sometimes immune to the changes that occurred in more populated areas, as exploration and discovery of natural resources brought others into these isolated places, even they were impacted. South America has shown rapid changes in culture and adaptation in various regions over time as a result of the arrival of new people, climate changes, changes within the regional populations, imitating of neighbors, changing levels of natural resources, and the continuing changing lifestyles and cultures that identify all humans. South America has truly shown itself to be a melting pot of humanity."}
{"text":"Gloriosa (plant) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n- Author: Adam Floyd Nov 12, 2017,\nNov 12, 2017, 6:22\nGloriosa is a genus of tuberous, herbaceous perennials and deciduous comprising five species in the family of colchicaceae. They are distributed in Asia and tropical Africa and adapted to monsoon climates with a dry season in which they lose the aerial part and enter dormancy. Is often called Glorioso lily or lirio escalante .\nGloriosa climbs or joins other plants with the help of their tendrils at the end of their leaves, being able to reach 3 m of height. Red or orange flowers, distinctive due to their pronouncedly reflecting petals. G. rothschildiana is the national flower of Zimbabwe and Rhodesia was also.More news: Orchids Angel Mar's Blog: Prosthechea vitellina (Encyclia vitellina) In the Wishlist\nThe most common cultivated species are G. superba and G. rothschildiana\n- English. climbing lily, creeping lily, fire lily, flame lily, gloriosa lily, glory lily\n- Maori (Cook islands): rire vaevae-moa, riri vavai-moa, riri vaviā-moa, vavai moa\n- Tongarevan (speech): lili vaevae mokola\n- Tongarevan (written): riri vaevae mokorā\nDescription  [add listing], [add a comment] [add listing], [add a personal name, or a quick email address] long stamens, hyphae, anthers extrorse, medium-fixed and versatile, open by longitudinal suture, super ovary, 3-cells, carpels united only by their inner margins, numerous uvules, style deflected at the base and projecting from the flower more or less horizontally; fruit capsule loculicid to with many seeds \"(Smith, 1979; pp. 141-142).\n\"Generally occurs from seeds, although mature plants can be divided and grown from tubers. Hard seeds can stay dormant for 6-9 months.\" (Narain, 1977, quoted in Csurhes and Edwards, 1998, pp. 164-165).\n\"Southeast Asia and parts of Malaysia, but now widely cultivated\" (Smith, 1979; -142)"}
{"text":"Want To Learn Persian?\nPersian, also referred to as Farsi, Dari and Tajik, is native to the countries of Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and further afield in the Central Asia region. This encapsulates many amazing locations, being a region steeped in history and culture. With knowledge of Persian, you will be able to access the region with a different perspective and experience things you otherwise wouldn’t be able to. That is why it is worth learning Persian.\nPersian is spoken by over 110 million people. It is an official language in some form in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Each have adapted Persian in their own way while still maintaining mutual intelligibility. Due to its wide spread, it is possible to write Persian in either the Persian alphabet (derived from the Arabic script), the Latin alphabet and Cyrillic.\nOne thing that makes Persian interesting is that, despite having an SOV word order, it is common for the pronouns to be dropped for the sentence, meaning that the subject may not be obvious until the end of the sentence. This is because the language uses prefixes and suffixes, which can especially be seen with verbs. It does not use grammatical genders and there are only two cases - nominative and accusative.\nPersian is such a fascinating language. Its wide spread and long history have made it what it is today. There is such a diverse range of cultures, cuisines and more to be enjoyed during a visit to the Persian-speaking world. There are also speakers of the language around the world, helping you communicate with more people wherever you are. If you have ever wanted to discover the region, you should learn Persian."}
{"text":"Abstract Volume:4 Issue-7 Year-2016 Original Research Articles\n|Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215\nIssues : 12 per year\nPublisher : Excellent Publishers\nEmail : firstname.lastname@example.org\nRecent years have seen a rapid increase in the size of digital image collections. Any advance in our ability to organize unlabelled images according to their semantic content is a very useful step in managing these collections. Image is a collection of row and column that is called pixel values. Extracting best matched image from large collection of database is emerging task. Image retrieval is mainly used in image processing, pattern recognition and computer vision. CBIR technique used in many areas such as medical, academic, art, fashion, entertainment. Generally image have colour, texture, shape and size are relevant feature so extract all the relevant and irrelevant features of image. After extracting all the feature of image applies SVM i.e. supervised learning algorithm get optimal result for image classification.\nHow to cite this article:Rajashri Mahajan and S.V. Patil. 2016. Mathematical Modeling of Content Based Image Classification Techniques for Artificial Vision.Int.J.Curr.Res.Aca.Rev. 4(7): 114-124"}
{"text":"Overcoming the disadvantages of hand repointing, pressure pointing is especially appropriate for water eroded joints on culverts, spillways, dams, etc. Complete infill and good compaction is achieved rapidly and consistently.\nPressure grouting is the process of pumping cement grout into the soil beneath structures that are experiencing abnormal settlement. We pumped grout through steel pipe injectors (needles) that have been jetted or driven into the weak soil beneath a building or other structure.\nA range of pointing mortars formulated and tested to be compatible with all recognised types of pressure pointing equipment available today, as well as for use in most environments.\nBoth chemical and cementitious grouting is carried out by A&A Concrete Repair Ltd for filling structural voids and strengthening foundations.\nis the process of pumping a cement or chemical grout into soft or weak strata of soil or voids. This grout fills these voids, thus stabilizing and strengthening the soil. Pressure Grouting has many applications. One of these includes support for existing structures or where foundations have shifted"}
{"text":"|Word *||Part of Speech||Definition||Audio Available?|\n|bony||Adjective||Resembling or relating to bone||Yes|\n|bony||Adjective||Full of bones||Yes|\n|bony||Adjective||With little flesh; skinny, thin||Yes|\n|gory||Adjective||Covered with blood, very bloody||Yes|\n|posy||Noun||A flower; a bouquet||Yes|\n|duel||Noun||Combat between two persons||Yes|\n|duel||Noun||A struggle between two contending ideas||Yes|\n|duel||Verb||To engage in a duel||Yes|\n|human||Adjective||Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens||Yes|\n|human||Adjective||Having the nature or attributes of a human being||Yes|\n|human||Noun||A human being, whether man, woman, or child||Yes|\n|unit||Noun||A standard measure of a quantity||Yes|\n|unit||Noun||An organized group comprising of people and/or equipment||Yes|\n|unit||Noun||A member of a military group||Yes|\n|unit||Noun||A standard or basic quantity||Yes|\n|unit||Noun||An item which may be sold singly||Yes|\n|duly||Adverb||In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it ought to be; properly||Yes|\n|duly||Adverb||Regularly; at the proper time||Yes|\n|fury||Noun||Strength or violence in action||Yes|\n|jury||Noun||A group of individuals to hear and decide a case in a court of law||Yes|\n|puny||Adjective||Of inferior size, strength, or significance||Yes|\n|pupil||Noun||A student under the supervision of a teacher or professor||Yes|\n|pupil||Noun||The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina||Yes|\n|humid||Adjective||damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery||Yes|\nVocabulary Word Activities\n- Use the word in an original sentence.\n- Find and learn the definition of the word.\n- Know how to pronounce the word.\n- Which parts of speech is the word used as (e.g. noun, verb)?\n- What are other forms of the word such as plurals or tenses.\n- What are synonyms of the word?\n- What are antonyms of the word?\n- What is the origin or etymology of the word?\n- What words rhyme with this word?\n* Click the word for its dictionary entry in a new window"}
{"text":"About The Book\nMy Totally Intolerable Blocks is a call to encourage a spirit of global inclusiveness, collaboration, and camaraderie by the author. The book teaches the importance of valuing diversity using the personification of a child’s block set, a toy that has been enjoyed by children throughout the world for centuries.\nThe author gave the protagonist a unisex name, Aamal which means hope in Arabic. Aamal's gender is not disclosed so that all young readers have an opportunity to identify with Aamal and Aamal’s quest. With hope, Aamal convinces the toy blocks to make peace and start appreciating their differences.\nIn the end, Aamal's blocks come to realize that they are all gifted with different talents and each have something important to contribute. The blocks gain a new sense of understanding and respect. They decide to collaborate and surprise Aamal by building a magnificent city.\n\"Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways\nit can change someone else's life forever.\""}
{"text":"Alphabet's X Lab has cooked up yet another Internet connectivity scheme, according to a report from Reuters. Past efforts have involved floating Internet balloons and laying lots of fiber optic cable, but this Internet delivery system sends data over laser beams! This isn't an experimental system like Project Loon; India’s Andhra Pradesh state government has signed an agreement with Alphabet to bring the technology to millions of people starting next year.\nThe technology is called \"free space optical communication,\" and it works exactly the way it sounds: you aim two light beams at each other and communicate through blinking. \"Free space\" means you're not using any cable at all and are just communicating through the air over line of sight. Typically this is done with lasers, although for shorter distances it's possible to use LEDs.\nAlphabet's rollout in India will involve fitting \"2,000 boxes installed as far as 20 kilometers (12 miles) apart on posts and roofs\" according to the report. The optical system is expected to hit 20 Gbit/s from box to box and would serve as a backbone, replacing more expensive technologies like fiber optics. The final connection to users would happen over Wi-Fi or cellular.\nFree-space optical communication is not a new technology. Existing systems have stuck to using eye-safe laser power densities and can achieve around 10Gbit/s. If you're like me and immediately asked \"how can a line-of-sight laser system work when it rains?\" The answer is \"it doesn't.\" Atmospheric disturbances like rain, snow, fog, dust, and heat can all interfere with the light beam, and they have been the major limiting factor in this communication method. The report says Alphabet is \"piloting a new approach\" to the challenges of optical communication, but it didn't go into any more detail than that."}
{"text":"for National Geographic News\nAn ancient clay bowl from Mexico is providing new clues to the production and role of a hardy blue pigment widely employed by the ancient Maya.\nThe find also helps explain a mysteriously thick layer of blue silt that archaeologists reported at the bottom of a sacrificial sinkhole where the bowl was recovered more than a century ago.\nThe pigment, known commonly as Maya blue, was used to paint offerings, pottery, murals, and even the bodies of humans before ritual sacrifices. (Related: \"Ancient Maya Used 'Glitter' Paint to Make Temple Gleam [February 7, 2008].)\nScientists have long known the basic chemical components of the pigment, which has a remarkable ability to resist age, acid, weathering, and even modern chemical solvents.\n\"Unlike a lot of natural pigments that may fade, [Maya blue] is very stable,\" said Gary Feinman, curator of Mesoamerican anthropology at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.\nBut the exact recipe, along with the tools the Maya used to create the pigment and the circumstances surrounding its use, were unknown.\nThe new research by Feinman and colleagues, which appears online today in the journal Antiquity, may answer some of these questions.\nLead study author Dean Arnold of Wheaton College in Illinois first came across the pottery bowl while searching through the Maya collection at the Field Museum.\nHe noticed that the bowl contained a wedge of preserved incense dotted with white flecks and a blue pigment.\nThe bowl had been discovered more than a century ago at the bottom of the Sacred Cenote, a large sacrificial sinkhole at the Maya site of Chichén Itzá, which was associated with the rain god Chaak.\nMore than a hundred humans were sacrificed to the deity at this site. (See an interactive map of key Maya sites.)\nSOURCES AND RELATED WEB SITES"}
{"text":"It is now widely accepted amongst astronomers that an important aspect of how galaxies evolve is the way they interact with one another. Galaxies can merge, collide, or brush past one another — each of which has a significant impact on their shapes and structures. As common as these interactions are thought to be in the Universe, it is rare to capture an image of two galaxies interacting in such a visibly dynamic way. This image, from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, feels incredibly three-dimensional for a piece of deep-space imagery.\nThe subject of this image is named Arp 282, an interacting galaxy pair that is composed of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 169 (bottom) and the galaxy IC 1559 (top). If you’re interested in learning more about Seyfert galaxies, you can read about the Seyfert galaxy NGC 5728 here.\nInterestingly, both of the galaxies comprising Arp 282 have monumentally energetic cores, known as active galactic nuclei (AGN), although it is difficult to tell that from this image. This is actually rather fortunate, because if the full emission of two AGNs was visible in this image, then it would probably obscure the beautifully detailed tidal interactions occurring between NGC 169 and IC 1559.\nTidal forces occur when an object’s gravity causes another object to distort or stretch. The direction of the tidal forces will be away from the lower-mass object and towards the higher mass object. When two galaxies interact, gas, dust and even entire solar systems will be drawn away from one galaxy towards the other by these tidal forces. This process can actually be seen in action in this image — delicate streams of matter have formed, visibly linking the two galaxies."}
{"text":"From our archives, 100 years ago\nFive crew members of a runaway Burke ore train went on a wild and terrifying ride, hitting speeds of up to 90 miles per hour, through a narrow, snowy canyon.\nThe trip down the steep grade from Burke seemed routine until the five heavily laden ore cars began to pick up speed and push the locomotive to an alarming extent. The crew applied the emergency brakes, to no effect. The engineer threw the locomotive into reverse, to try to slow the train, but “the engine, with all its strength, was unable to check the wild rushing weight bearing down upon it and went shrieking, steaming and puffing ahead of its load down the canyon.”\nAt one curve, two of the ore cars jumped the track and plowed into a snowbank, hurling a brakeman into the snow.\nThe remaining three cars and engine kept going, gaining speed every second, until the train hit a switch point and careened off the track. The locomotive rolled down a bank “and landed on its side in the bottom of the gulch, stripped of everything except its wheels.”\nThe four remaining crew members had all jumped clear just in time. There were some broken ribs and bruises, but all five crew members owed their lives to deep snow.\nAlso on this date\n(From the Associated Press)\n1870: The U.S. Weather Bureau was established.\nClick here to comment on this story »"}
{"text":"In 1983, in a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals convention in Orlando, Florida, President Ronald Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an “evil empire.”\n1854: U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry made his second landing in Japan; within a month, he concluded a treaty with the Japanese.\n1944: Two days after an initial strike, U.S. heavy bombers resumed raiding Berlin during World War II.\n1965: The United States landed its first combat troops in South Vietnam as 3,500 Marines arrived to defend the U.S. air base at Da Nang.\n2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 with 239 people on board, vanished during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, setting off a massive search. (To date, the fate of the jetliner and its occupants has yet to be determined.)"}
{"text":"This one year study thru the Bible for kids is designed to hit the highlights and provide practical application. I encourage you to read the whole section of scripture (Psalm 40) while we focus in on just a few verses.\nBackground: The book of Psalms was written by at least 7 authors. It expresses a range of human emotions from praise to God in good times, fear of enemies in bad times, guilt, anger and an overriding confidence in God’s goodness, majesty and power. In Psalm 40 David acknowledges the depression he feels at times and what he does about it.\nAsk the children…\nHow was David feeling and what did he do?\n“I waited [a]patiently for the Lord;\nAnd He inclined to me and heard my cry.” (Psalm 40:2)\nWhat did God do for David to relieve his depression while David as a result of David waiting on God and crying out to Him?\n“He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;” (Psalm 40:3)\nGod answered David not by fixing his situation, but by changing David’s heart into one of praise and giving David a song to sing. Music can be such an encouragement to our souls.\nAsk your children if they feel depressed sometimes? What do they do about it usually? What would it look like to wait on the Lord and to sing some songs of praise to God? Share and experience of God encouraging you during a time of depresssion.\nFeel free to share your own stories below in the comments section.\nIf you like what you read about ways to teach children the Bible, check out the children’s book, Hooked on the Book, on this website. It is great for parents and kids because it provides the Big Story of God’s miraculous plan for His children in all 66 books in the Bible. CHECK OUT A FREE SAMPLE OF CHAPTER ONE BELOW."}
{"text":"Rot (Damping-Off, Stem Rot) on Tomatoes\nDescription: Damping-off occurs at or before germination,\ncausing rapid decline and death of seeds or young seedlings.\nOn older plants, disease causes severe wilting and black\nstem, beginning at ground level, resulting in severe\nstunting or death of plants.\nsoil pH at 6.5 to 7.0. Test soil pH; if it is too acid,\nuse ground limestone to raise pH. Most garden centers\nand farm stores sell ground limestone. When fertilizing,\nuse a slow-release organic source of nitrogen. Avoid\nplanting in poorly drained areas. Sprinkle SoilGardTM Microbial\nFungicide over seed at time of sowing, BEFORE\ncovering seed with soil. When starting seed indoors,\nmix SoilGard with potting soil before seed is sown."}
{"text":"Nietzsche wrote in a scientific culture transformed by Darwin. He read extensively in German and British Darwinists, and his own works dealt often with such obvious Darwinian themes as struggle and evolution. Yet most of what Nietzsche said about Darwin was hostile: he sharply attacked many of his ideas, and often slurred Darwin himself as mediocre. So most readers of Nietzsche have inferred that he must have cast Darwin quite aside. But in fact, John Richardson argues, Nietzsche was deeply and pervasively influenced by Darwin. He stressed his disagreements, but was silent about several core points he took over from Darwin. Moreover, Richardson claims, these Darwinian borrowings were to Nietzsche's credit: when we bring them to the surface we discover his positions to be much stronger than we had thought. Even Nietzsche's radical innovations are more plausible when we expose their Darwinian ground; we see that they amount to a new Darwinism."}
{"text":"Sometimes nature provides the best examples of how to make new nanometer scale materials especially where there is a particular function. Think about how geckos can climb up walls and you can imagine how studying their feet might lead to new adhesives (including things that are going to the market). Difficult scientific challenges are often best figured out using teams and one team at Brandeis University has assembled to study new materials that can move just like living things. One project is focused the shape of cells and how to make artificial materials that move and behave just like cells. These artificial membranes can be used as sensors and also deliver drugs."}
{"text":"William Blair Bruce\n(1859 - 1906)\nWilliam Blair Bruce was active/lived in Ontario / Canada, France. William Bruce is known for seascape, landscape and figure painting.\nBiography William Blair Bruce\nBorn in Hamilton, Canada, on October 10th, 1859, William Blair Bruce was one of that city's prominent native painters, although he lived most of his life in Europe. In his paintings, he frequently returned to the subject of recording ever-changing views including the movement of sea, clouds, chromatic and light conditions. His notebooks from the 1890s record the changing conditions of light and time, and his awareness of how paint and color works -- a tool to create images rather than simulate reality.\nHe received formal training in Hamilton, and in 1880 exhibited in the Ontario Society of Artists exhibition in Toronto. As a young man, he attended classes in law at the Hamilton Collegiate Institute and then joined his father's enterp\n... Displaying 750 of 3247 characters."}
{"text":"- Otherwise. - Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as\neither . . . or are now used). - Different from that which, or the one who, has been\nspecified; not the same; not identical; additional; second of two.\n- Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other\nside of a river.\n- Alternate; second; -- used esp. in connection with\nevery; as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every second\n- Left, as opposed to right."}
{"text":"Riddle: Jordan is leaving from a small town in Wyoming and hiking through the wilderness to a post where he will spend the summer. The hike will take Jordan six days. One man can only carry enough food and water for four days. Jordan cannot take a mule or any other animal to haul his food and water, because there will be insufficient food and supplies for the animals at his destination. How can Jordan make it to his destination?\nAnswer: Jordan takes two other hikers with him. Each hiker starts out with a four day supply of food and water. After the first day, the first hiker gives a one day supply to each Jordan and the second hiker. This leaves the first hiker with a one day supply to go home and Jordan and the second hiker now each have a four day supply again. After the second day, the second hiker gives Jordan a one day supply and keep a two day supply for himself so that he can get home. This gives Jordan a four day supply of food and water, and now he has enough to reach his destination."}
{"text":"1724 – 1815\nGoldsbrow Banyar was born in London, England about 1724. A career British colonial official, he achieved wealth and prominence in colonial New York, survived the Revolution, and lived the last two decades of his long life in Albany. A young Banyar came to America during the 1730s. In 1767, he married the widow Elizabeth Mortier Appy of New York City. He lived in New York City but was able to acquire extensive acreage in the unsettled regions of the province. At the onset of the Revolutionary War, he retired to Rhinebeck and sought to avoid the conflict there.\nBanyar had served as the Deputy Secretary of the Colony of New York, Deputy Clerk of the Council and of the Supreme Court, Register of the Court of Chancery and Judge of Probate, all between 1746 and the opening of the Revolution. His services ended with the end of British rule, and he withdrew to Rhinebeck until the end of the war, at which time he returned to Albany.\nShortly thereafter, he moved to Albany to a house at 62 North Pearl Street where he lived for remainder of his life. Approaching his seventieth birthday, Banyar used savings to live comfortably in his new home. He owned the substantial Pearl Street home, another house in the first ward, and additional lots as well. Banyar’s name was included on the boards of a number of organizations including the incorporators of the Bank of Albany in 1792.\nIn April 1801, his son, Goldsbrow Banyar, Jr. married nineteen-year-old Maria Jay, the daughter of governor John Jay. The marriage took place at St. Peter’s Anglican church in Albany. Their son and daughter were born in 1804 and 1805. But both died in childhood.\nGoldsbrow Banyar, Sr. died in Albany, New York on November 3, 1815 at the age of ninety-one.\nNOTE: Death notice for Banyar was published in The Troy Post on November 21, 1815."}
{"text":"The use of landline telephones continued to grow over the 20th century. After Bell’s invention gained more popularity, it became more and more of a commodity. Phones reached their peak in the early 21st century. In 2000, there were 16 fixed-telephone lines per every 100 people in the world. By 2005-2006, that number reached to 20 lines for every 100 people. While landlines quickly reached their peak in a little over 100 years, they swiftly went away with the rise of new technologies.\nThe first wireless cell phones were beginning to make waves starting in the 1970s. Dr. Martin Cooper, who worked for Motorola, made the first cellular phone call in 1973. By 1983, Motorola released the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x, which many heralded as the start of the cellular revolution. This device weighed 1.75lbs, stood 13 inches tall, and cost nearly $4,000.\nStop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand."}
{"text":"A sound bite is technically a short clip from a piece of audio; in popular usage, it’s a few memorable words conveying a large message.\nBut sound bites aren’t limited to the spoken word. With websites, blogs, and social media demanding their owners provide a continual stream of content, succinctly written communications are an essential part of a company’s marketing toolkit.\nHere are a few tips on creating compact and crisp text:\n- Web-based copy is scanned and skimmed, not read. For greatest impact, content should stimulate the brain’s limbic system, the center of desire and motivation.\n- Write at a 7th grade level; most bestselling novels are written at this level. You can do this by using the following:\n- Short words with fewer than two syllables\n- Short sentences with no more than 12 words\n- Short paragraphs with at most 4 sentences\n- Use the active vs. passive voice: “He uploaded the video to YouTube,” rather than “The video was uploaded to YouTube by him.\n- Visually content is easier to understand. Replace text with infographics wherever possible."}
{"text":"The first word in the English dictionary is Aardvark. A charming mammal that looks like they were made from parts of other animals.\nAardvarks are nocturnal burrowing animals that are found throughout Africa, south of the Sahara. The aardvark’s body and long snout look a bit like a pig and their name comes from South Africa’s Afrikaans language and means “earth pig.” This keystone species has a kangaroo tail and long rabbitlike ears. It has a very long tongue, 30 cm, which it uses to lick up ants and termites. And its closest relative may come as a big surprise since it is the elephant!\nA keystone species has a large effect on its natural environment. Other keystone species are, for example, elephants, whales, and wolves. The aardvark uses its sharp claws and powerful legs to dig out the hills. It also digs to make burrows where they live and raise their young. They can dig very fast, 0. 6 m in 15 seconds. Other animals like African wild dogs take over the olds burrows after the aardvark. So they play an important part in the exosystem.\nAardvarks are also spreading seeds from a plant called Aardvark cucumber or Aardvark pumpkin. The plants rely on the aardvark to eat the fruit in order to spread and re-bury the seeds of the plant. The plant is a rare type of plant that flowers underground, just like a peanut. The fruits are first developing above the ground on stalks. The stalks bend and are pushed back under the ground. The aardvark eats the plant to get water.\nMy main question after having watched the videos below is why the aardvark snuffles in its sleep. What do you think?\nFiction and non-fiction books about aardvarks\nHave you read any of the books about Arthur? He is a famous aardvark character. Oi Aardvark is another awesome book featuring aardvarks."}
{"text":"Treblinka is situated in the North East of Poland. Of the original Camp nothing remains and today it is an area in the woods with many a monument. In total 800.000 people were killed, mainly from South Eastern Europe and Eastern Europe.\nThe memorial of Treblinka is one of the most appealing Holocaust memorials.\nDo you have more information about this location? Inform us!\n- Text: Frank van der Elst\n- Photos: Frank van der Elst"}
{"text":"A coil of copper wire is immersed in a colorless solution of silver nitrate. Silver ion is reduced to metallic silver, which forms on the copper coil, and the copper is oxidized to cupric ions, which form a blue solution. When the coil is lifted from the solution after several hours some of the silver coating flakes off.\nIn this voltaic cell two small pieces of platinum wire are used as electrodes. The right hand side of the cell is an acidic aqueous solution of potassium dichromate; the left hand beaker contains a solution of potassium iodide. The salt bridge contains a solution of potassium sulfate. The meter is first set to measure current (in milliamps) and then to voltage (in millivolts). The experiment is very sensitive to the construction of the salt bridge. Here the current observed is low because the construction (the way the glass wool plugs and solution are arranged) of the salt bridge does not allow for good transfer of ions."}
{"text":"Best Practices for Brick Masonry Design\nClay brick masonry is a highly durable, versatile, and widely used building material in most of the United States. Traditionally, brick was used in load-bearing wall construction. However, changes in construction economy and advancements in structural engineering and enclosure design have evolved brick masonry wall construction into mostly curtain wall configurations—where the brick supports only its self-weight and transfers lateral loads to a backup structure. In this webinar, we will explore material considerations related to the selection, performance, and detailing of brick masonry and review best practices for the enclosure and structural design of brick veneer assemblies.\nAfter attending this webinar, participants will be able to:\n- Learn what material characteristics govern the selection, detailing, and installation of brick masonry.\n- Understand structural aspects of brick masonry behavior.\n- Apply best design practices for brick masonry support and attachment to accommodate brick masonry movement.\n- Understand the air, water, vapor, and thermal barrier aspects of brick masonry veneer and apply best practices for material selection and detailing.\nParticipants will earn 1.0 AIA CES Learning Unit (LU/HSW) for attending the live webinar. Registration is free. Please note that space is limited – email email@example.com to join our waitlist if the session is closed when you register."}
{"text":"Data on the numbers and distribution of waterbirds are required for the Strategic Environmental Assessments of Offshore Wind Farms (OWF). From February to April 2009, aerial surveys of waterbirds and seabirds were conducted off the Norfolk coast, UK, within the proposed boundary for Zone 5 of the Round 3 Development areas (Crown Estate 2008).\nThe Zone 5 area was divided into seven roughly equal-sized survey blocks to allow maximum coverage within each survey day. Where possible adjacent blocks were surveyed synchronously, minimizing the likelihood of double-counting due to local movements of birds between survey days.\nSurveys used a standard methodology that allows collection of data suitable for distance analysis, as well as accurate plotting of locations of individual observations.\nThis report identifies that the area covered by the seven survey blocks supports a diverse range of waterbirds, including high numbers of Red-throated Divers. The combined area was shown to support over 3% of Britain’s wintering Red-throated Diver population (see O’Brien et al. 2008), and within this a relatively small area corresponding to two survey blocks to the east of Lowestoft, Norfolk, supports over 2%.\nCaution should be used when comparing data collected during the April surveys with data from earlier dates due to migration of wintering birds away from UK waters, resulting in reduction in numbers from late March onwards, and the influx of summer breeding species such as terns."}
{"text":"The alluring art of Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) has fascinated art lovers for decades. His decorative style, jewel-like colors, and sensuous line seduce the eye and the mind. Beneath the surface beauty exists a passionate commitment not only to the progress of painting, but to its relevance for society, which has made him one of Austria's greatest modern artists. Comini discusses his portraits, allegories, and landscapes as separate facets, tracing the development of each. Her text is illustrated with documentary photos of Klimt and his associates as well as with comparative works of other artists. 48 color illustrations, 94 black-and-white illustrations.\nGustav Klimt 1862-1918 : The World in Female Form\n(Gottfried Fliedt, Gustav Klimt\nGustav Klimt (1862-1918) was one of the most brilliant artists of the Austrian avant-garde. Admired for his sensual images of women and his powerful original vision, he became the principal painter of the Art Nouveau movement and produced some of the most haunting and evocative images of all time.\nGustav Klimt : Painter of Woman\nPartsch focuses on Klimt's relationships with women-both as an artist and as a man-offering a good, detailed account of Klimt and Emilie Floge (a fashion designer and perhaps his true love)."}
{"text":"YouTube Pilot Targets Schools that Block Access\nA recently announced YouTube pilot program, YouTube for Schools, is focused on putting a limited amount of educational content back in schools that currently block access to the site.\nThe program is accessible as a network setting that administrators can turn on to grant access only to the hundreds of thousands of videos currently catalogued on YouTube EDU. Many of the videos were created by the education portal's more than 600 partners, like the Smithsonian, TED, Steve Spangler Science, and Numberphile.\nThe library is subdivided into 300+ playlists broken out by subject and grade level. Teachers are also encouraged to suggest their own education playlist.\n\"We’ve been hearing from teachers that they want to use the vast array of educational videos on YouTube in their classrooms, but are concerned that students will be distracted by the latest music video or cute cat video, or a video that wasn’t appropriate for students,\" wrote Program Manager Brian Truong on the YouTube blog. \"While schools that completely restrict access to YouTube may solve this distraction concern, they also limit access to hundreds of thousands of educational videos on YouTube that can help bring photosynthesis to life, or show what life was like in ancient Greece.\"\nStephen Noonoo is an education technology journalist based in Los Angeles. He is on Twitter @stephenoonoo."}
{"text":"Asked about ‘voice’ in schools, you may well think about Student Councils, student governors, or similar groups with different names (student ambassadors, champions, researchers, committees, Parliaments…). These are often organised as forms of representative democracy – students are elected, or selected, or volunteer; they are meant to stand in for a bigger whole, to speak for others; they work on issues of concern to the school (from policies, to the environment, facilities, communication, to how it is run, to teaching and learning); and they are often ‘official’ or visible to (at least some) adults and students in the school.\nOr, you might think about forms of ‘consultation’, such as surveys or focus groups with classes, year groups or the whole school, where young people’s views on aspects of educational provision are sought, often with a promise to act on feedback to improve services (“you said …we did”).\nAll these are established and valuable ways of thinking about youth participation and active citizenship. Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child gives children a right to express their views and to have them taken seriously, and it underpins other participation rights in the Convention. Research identifies benefits of this work but also points to inequalities of access to participation, structured by socio-economic, gender, racial and other differences."}
{"text":"The talk of the town this week is, of course, the extreme weather. So with all the days the kids are likely to be home from school, will it be safe to send them outside to play?\nAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 1,260 people die each year from being out in the frigid temperatures. We also know that outdoor play is beneficial to our children, and we want them to not only be able to enjoy the snow, but also to get exercise and fresh air. So how cold, exactly, is TOO cold to go outdoors?\nAs a rule of thumb, you should use the wind chill as the determining factor. When the wind chill is 32 degrees and above, it is safe to play outdoors. When it is 13 degrees to 31 degrees, kids should come indoors for breaks every 20-30 minutes. For wind chills 13 degrees and below, play should be moved indoors to prevent frostbite.\nKeep in mind that children and especially babies are more sensitive to the cold temperatures than adults and can develop hypothermia quickly. If you are taking a baby out in the cold, dressing him or her in layers is key. But be careful not to over-do it, or they will become overheated, which is also very dangerous! As a general rule of thumb, your baby should be dressed in one more layer than you feel comfortable in. If you are comfortable in a long sleeved shirt, your baby should probably be wearing a long sleeved onesie plus another shirt on top of it.\nAdults and kids alike need to dress appropriately when heading outdoors. Keep as much skin covered as possible to avoid frostbite! Refer to this chart provided by the National Weather Service regarding windchill and frostbite times. Stay safe!"}
{"text":"Braddock Trail Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was conceived on June 27, 1943, and organized on November 27, 1943, with sixty-three organizing members. Of these, seven were transfers from other chapters. Two ambitious sisters, who were Daughters by transfer, compiled data for the applicants of this new Chapter. For five months, Laura Hay (Mrs. James S.) Braddock of Mount Pleasant and Charlotte Hay (Mrs. R. Edward) Beard worked diligently to attract new members from the local area for the new chapter.\nOn December 15, 1943, the National Board of Management confirmed this fledgling Chapter as the Braddock Trail Chapter. Mrs. Braddock and Mrs. Beard suggested this name for the Chapter to commemorate the historic road which General Edward Braddock and his army passed over in 1775 on his journey to Fort Duquesne. This road came through what is now known as the Borough of Mount Pleasant.\nThe founding Daughters, now deceased, were active for thirty-five years. During this time, they enrolled over 200 members from Allegheny, Bedford, Fayette, Somerset, and Westmoreland Counties. With this large membership, it was difficult to find a suitable meeting place. At different times, the Chapter met in private homes, a disbanded schoolhouse, church parlors, American Legion home, Frick Hospital Nurses Home, and other places."}
{"text":"Here we will talk about recommended opioids for dental works with veterinary dental specialist Dr. Brett Beckman.\nVeterinary dentistry is a specialty in the veterinary medicine where the veterinarian has undergone a specialty education in the field of dental care for animals. This specialty is oriented to the prevention of oral diseases and diagnosis and treatment of occurring oral diseases and disorders.\nOpioids are narcotic drugs that bind to the opioid-receptors in the animal’s body and produce effects of analgesia, anesthesia and pain relief. In veterinary medicine, most commonly used opioids are: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (primarily used post surgery), corticosteroids, α 2 -Agonists (xylazine, medetomidine, dexmedetomidine, detomidine, and romifidine), ketamine, tramadol, gabapentin.\nWatch this video to see which opioid drug Dr. Brett Beckman recommends for dental procedures depending on the case and the patient, and if there is underlying disease in question.\nIf you liked this video, learn more about “Veterinary Dentistry“.\nProject dedicated to support and help to improve Veterinary Medicine. Sharing information and raising discussions in the veterinary community."}
{"text":"“Where are you going, Tupac?” Marisól asked.\n“Out,” he said.\n“With whom?” She stepped in to block him from the door. The combination of her bulk and moral authority were impenetrable.\nHe sighed. “With Carlitos and Nando.”\n“Always those boys with their spray paint and skateboards and slang.”\n“They’re good guys, Mamá. Carlitos is at the top of our class in school.”\n“They are Spaniards, Tupac. You are Inca. Your great-great-great-grandfather…”\n“I know. Pachacuti Inca, king of the whole Andes. Like, five hundred years ago.”\n“You must never forget his blood flows in your veins.”\n“They’re my friends, Mamá. Can I go now? Please?”\nShe let out a long sigh, then stepped aside. The boy was out the door and down the street in an instant.\nShe locked the deadbolt. The neighborhood was not what it had been.\nCrime and poverty and, worst of all, the lying Catholic priests.\nThe only things the Spaniards ever gave us.\nPachacuti Inca Yupanqui was the 9th Inca ruler (r. 1438 – 1471 CE) who founded their empire with conquests in the Cuzco Valley and beyond. Pachacuti is also credited with founding the site of Machu Picchu.\nHis title Pachacuti, which he gave himself on his accession, means ‘Reverser of the World’ or ‘Earth-shaker,’ and the same word was used by the Incas to refer to the epoch-changing event or ‘turning over of time and space’ which they believed occurred regularly through history.\nAn appropriate enough title, then, for a ruler who set his people on the road to prosperity and the creation of an empire which would eventually be the largest ever seen in the Americas.\nIn 1559 AD the Spanish discovered Pachacuti’s mummy, which had been secretly hidden by the Incas following the conquest. It was sent to Lima by Juan Polo de Ondegardo but was lost in transit or perhaps simply destroyed like so many other symbols of Inca culture."}
{"text":"You are watching: Where is the ambient air temperature sensor located\nAmbient air Temperature Sensor\nThe approximately (ATC) or external air temperature sensor is an (NTC) an adverse temperature coefficient sensor that notifies the semiautomatic/automatic temperature regulate system of external air temperature. The NTC sensor\"s resistance decreases as the exterior air temperature increases. The computer system uses this input, along with other in-car temperature sensors, to regulate temperature and also blower speed. When there\"s a problem with this sensor, power suffers, and also the compressor\"s clutch might not engage.Diagnose ambient waiting temperature sensor symptoms, choose an inoperative clutch or entry problems, through a scan tool and a multimeter. Factory and also many generic scan tools deserve to activate particular components; the compressor clutch is among them. If the clutch engages through the scan tool, over there is likely a difficulty with among the inputs. Verify any type of suspicions v a intuitive inspection of the sensor and also its connector. Usage a multimeter and also verify the manufacturer\"s specifications (~ 220-240 ohms in ~ 70°-80° F), to check this sensor for suitable resistance. Automotive air conditioning solution use NTC sensors to monitor air temperature. The In-Car Temperature sensor (ICTS) is an NTC the monitors the air temperature of the passenger compartment.The ambient temperature sensor (ATS) monitors the air temperature exterior of the vehicle. The EATC compares these values and makes output decisions based upon the difference between these air temperatures.\nLocationIn the illustration, the ambient wait temperature sensor is located behind the grill. It’s frequently located behind the grill or front bumper. This is why they’re sometimes damaged in a front end collision.\nreport this ad\nSee more: How Much Does A Soda Can Weigh, How Much Does An Empty Soda Can Weigh\nreport this ad"}
{"text":"Make Mental Math the New Literacy Program in Your SchoolJanuary 16, 2015\nWhen was the last time you sounded out the word “and?” or “dog?” or, for that matter, any other word in this paragraph? We take for granted that we are able to read words without having to process them. As literate individuals, we know the words and can easily read them, put them in context and glean understanding.\nThe same concept applies to math. The ability to know that 1 + 1 = 2, without counting your fingers or drawing a diagram, is analogous to learning sight vocabulary.\nThis is called mental math, and we actually use it every day. Adding 20 percent to your restaurant bill for a tip? Figuring out the lowest cost for produce at the grocery store, you’re doing some quick math in your head. That’s mental math.\nDespite its practical, everyday use, mental math skills are woefully neglected in U.S. classrooms and underappreciated in a digital age where every smartphone comes loaded with a calculator. We all should be able to “read” a basic math problem, such as 1/2 off a $30 sweater without pencil and paper or a calculator.\nIn Singapore, students learn how to do many calculations by mental math. They start in kindergarten with number bonds, so that they easily understand the links and associations between numbers. The first year Singapore Math® was implemented in my school, I saw that the power of basic number bonds was misunderstood and underutilized.\nThrough professional development and coaching, we came to understand the importance of number bonds and other mental math strategies in improving math success. We have fewer students reaching for pencil and paper. We have more students confident in their math skills and progressing more quickly through complicated lessons.\nAs educators, we need to spend more time on helping our students deeply understand the fundamentals of math and mental math.\nBoth are lifelong skills that, when our students become numerically fluent, they can and will rival the best in the world."}
{"text":"Click to have a closer look\nAbout this book\nAbout this book\nFrom the publisher's blurb: 'Provides an account of the story behind genetically engineered plants, covering the controversial birth of the field, its sudden death, phoenix-like reemergence, and ultimate triumph as not only a legitimate field of science but a new tool of multinational corporate interests. Also looks ahead to the potential impact this revolutionary technology will have on human welfare.'\nAppendix 1. Cesium Chloride Density Gradients and Their Use in DNA Analysis.Appendix 2. Hybridization Experiments with DNA.Appendix 3. What Classical Genetics Says About Transformation Experiments.Appendix 4. Plasmids, Transposons, and Horizontal Gene Transfer in Bacteria.Appendix 5. Liposomes.Appendix 6. Cell Electroporation.1. Where it all Began.2. Genetic Experiments.3. The Crown Gall Breakthrough.4. Direct Gene Transfer.5. Where We Are Now, and the Future.\nPaul F. Lurquin is professor of genetics at Washington State University, School of Molecular Biosciences. He lives in Pullman, WA.\n173 pages, B/w plates, figs\nLurquin's book is the first to describe accurately the history of plant genetic engineering. For students labouring at the bench and getting frustrated at the lack of reproducibility of their experiments, reading this work will provide reassurance. Even scientists who are no longer at the bench... will find it an important reminder that research is a demanding task, with much disappointment and controversy, and few successes. Nature"}
{"text":"Shooting Line to Become a Straight Shooter\nBy Nathan Edick, Just Hoops\nIn order to become a great shooter, you must become a straight shooter first. From your shooting pocket you must move the basketball along your shooting line to eliminate any rounded or wasted movements. Your shooting line consists of:\n1). Lead Foot\n2). Lead Hip\nA vertical/straight line must connect to all 5 parts of your shooting line. Capture your shooting line using video and/or pictures to see the path of the basketball from your pocket to your release point. Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin for error is small."}
{"text":"DESPITE a sustained sensitisation campaign calling on pregnant mothers to deliver at hospitals, the number of those giving birth at home is increasing. Statistics from Muhanga District alone indicate that between July 2012 and June 2013, the district registered 96 cases of mothers who delivered from home. This is higher than the previous year which had seen only about 60 cases.\nThe dangers of giving birth at home are grave. Usually home deliveries are not carried out by qualified mid-wives. In case of a complication during delivery, the baby might die or even the mother.\nLeaders at all levels should continue sensitising expectant mothers about the importance of going for ante-natal care and giving birth in a hospital under the care of a qualified health worker. Cultural and traditional beliefs which remain the big hindrance should also be addressed accordingly.\nDelivering from home puts the life of the mother and the baby at risk. The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with health partners, has devised a national mother and child healthcare plan, which requires all pregnant women to give birth in a community health centre or hospital. But this has not stopped pregnant women from delivering in their homes putting the life of the mother and the un-born baby at risk. This plan should be aggressively pursued by all stakeholders, especially leaders at the local level. Many of the women who shun health centres are in the rural areas.\nGovernment has decentralised healthcare and this means that every expectant mother can easily access a health centre within their locality. Delivering from a health centre will help reduce maternal and child mortality rates in the country. The Ministry of Health should increase awareness campaigns and work hand-in-hand with community health workers to address the challenge."}
{"text":"When you write your drafts, be sure to leave room for comments from the peer-editor (or teacher). Traditionally, that has meant \"wide margins\" and \"double-line spacing.\"\nTry to leave a 3cm white space on the left and right of the page in your drafts. (This is why I suggested a notebook at least B5 size). If you have lined paper, it probably has a line margin on the left. It might or might not have a line on the right. You might want to leave even more space than the line indicates.\nDouble-line spacing means that you skip a line when you write\nif you are writing with lines, or that you change the line-spacing\noption in the word-processor so that it looks more like this.\nIn MSWord, line-spacing is under the Format Paragraphs section. However, line spacing in MSWord is dependent on the font-type you use, so Arial, Times Roman, and especially, the Korean-style (Korean-named) fonts may have more or less spacing between lines. So if \"double-space\" or \"1.5\" doesn't give you the gap you want, you can control it by saying \"exactly 20pt\" or whatever. (So if your font is 10pt, 20pt is double.) There is a good grammar-check in MSWord, see http://rjdickey-write.blogspot.kr/2012/06/msword-grammarcheck-settings.html\nIn Arae Hangul (HWP) they use a percentage system. Standard in HWP is 160, which looks good for hangul letters but is about 1.5 for English. 110 is about right for single-space in English type, so 200 or 220 will be double-line spacing in English. See more about line-spacing and page formatting in HWP at http://rjdickey-write.blogspot.com/2012/07/hwp-page-formatting.html"}
{"text":"Lot 316: Geologist (1797–1875) referred to as the 'father of modern geology,' and close and influential friend of Charles Darwin. ALS signed \"Cha Lyell,\" one page, 3.75 x 6, February 12, 1867. Short letter to H. Jenkins. In full: \"If you are not already invited will you accept an invitation from me to dine as my guest at the anniversary of the Geological Soc'y on Friday next (15th inst.).\" In fine condition, with some scattered light soiling and a couple of pencil notations. Founded in 1807, the London Geological Society is the oldest known geological society in the world. After serving a term as president of the society, Lyell befriended Darwin upon his return on the Beagle—between January 1837 and March 1838, Darwin became a central figure in the Geological Society, presenting four papers on his Beagle findings and serving as the group's secretary.\nRR Auction's Fine Autographs and Artifacts Auction 453\nSunday, 17th May 2015\nWrite a response..."}
{"text":"Edmund Burke, long considered modern conservatism's founding father, is also widely believed to be an opponent of empire. However, Daniel O'Neill turns that latter belief on its head. This fresh and innovative book shows that Burke was a passionate supporter and staunch defender of the British Empire in the eighteenth century, whether in the New World, India, or Ireland. Moreover - and against a growing body of contemporary scholarship that rejects the very notion that Burke was an exemplar of conservatism - O'Neill demonstrates that Burke's defense of empire was in fact ideologically consistent with his conservative opposition to the French Revolution. Burke's logic of empire relied on two opposing but complementary theoretical strategies: Ornamentalism, which stressed cultural similarities between \"civilized\" societies, as he understood them, and Orientalism, which stressed the putative cultural differences distinguishing \"savage\" societies from their \"civilized\" counterparts. This incisive book also shows that Burke's argument had lasting implications, as his development of these two justifications for empire prefigured later intellectual defenses of British imperialism.\n|Number of Pages:\n||University Of California Press"}
{"text":"Person A tried to catch a falling patio door and ended up losing a fingertip, a nail, and a broken finger joint as the door slammed his fingers against the dock plate. He went to the ER afterwards and had plastic surgery. Person B then asked him whether the nail will grow back or not and he responded:\nPlastic surgeon said I should have half a nail when all is said and done. My first three fingers should be about level from what I can tell.\nFrom what I looked up the phrase when all is said and done have more than one meaning and the ones I found are as follows. They all seem applicable, but is there one that's most appropriate to the context? Or does it mean something else that I did not find?\n- when everything is considered\n- when everything is finished and settled (I'm guessing settle here means to decide or arrange something finally?)\n- in the end; ultimately\n- used when you are about to tell someone the most important fact in a situation\nAnother question I have is, when he said his first three fingers should be about level from what he can tell, what does he mean by level?\nFrom OALD, two senses of level that I think relates to the context are:\n- having a flat surface that does not slope\n- having the same height, position, value, etc. as something\nHowever, both senses doesn't seem to make sense to me because I figured fingertips are curved right? and only one of his first three fingers had a fingertip torn off. And certainly all first three fingers cannot have the same height if I understood definition 2 correctly. So what does he mean?"}
{"text":"People who have suffered a transient ischemic attack (TIA) are twice as likely to have an MI as the general population, making it particularly important for clinicians to screen such patients for signs of heart disease.\nResearchers analyzed data from 456 participants of the Rochester Epidemiology Project (mean age: 72 years; 43% men). All subjects had been diagnosed with a TIA between 1985 and 1994 (Stroke. 2011;42:935-940).\nBy the end of 2006, average annual incidence of MI after TIA was about 1%, or nearly double that of the general population. Male gender, older age, and use of cholesterol-lowering drugs independently increased the risk.\nThe average length of time from first TIA to MI was five years. The heart-attack victims were three times more likely to die during study follow-up than were the TIA patients who had no subsequent MI.\nSeveral lifestyle measures can help patients improve cardiovascular health and minimize the chance of developing atrial fibrillation. A team led by Alvaro Alonso MD, MPH, PhD, recently found that overcoming such cardiovascular risk factors as high BP, smoking, and being overweight could potentially prevent more than half of all cases of atrial fibrillation (published online ahead of print by Circulation)."}
{"text":"immigration, Danish-America, Danish communities\nIt falls outside the framework of this small dissertation to give personal historical narratives of Danes who have put down roots in the American soil, starting from the time when Jens Munk (15751628) and Vitus Bering (1681-1741) came to America’s inhospitable northernmost regions during their travels of discovery and down through the time when the actual immigration from Denmark got its start around 1850. Some names can be recognized such as Jonas Bronck (died 1643), after whom the great section of the Bronx in New York is named, Hans Christian Fibiger (1749-1796), who served as an officer under Washington, the historian Paul Christian Sinding, who was professor in Scandinavian Languages and Literature at New York University in the middle of the 19th century, and many others. To those who wish information about these men’s lives and works in America, I refer to Pastor P. S. Vig’s (1854-1929) biographical narratives. We can especially thank Pastor Vig for the fact that we have anything at all about these men and women, who participated in the colonizing and cultural work from the first days of the American Colonies, up through the beginning of the actual period of immigration. Such narratives are found in Pastor Vig’s book Danes in America, published by Danish Lutheran Publishing House, Blair, Nebraska, 1900 as well as in C. Rasmussen Publishing Co.’s work Danes in America, Minneapolis, Minn. 1908, the first volume of which (completed 1909) is to a great extent built upon Pastor Vig’s and Pastor R. Andersen’s narrations. In the fall of 1906 I myself wrote, upon a request from the Danish Embassy, a dissertation in English “Danes in America,” which was to be a chapter in a historical work “The Builders of the Nation” and which would be published by the American Historical Association of Chicago.\n\"Where we Build and Live,\"\nThe Bridge: Vol. 35\n, Article 9.\nAvailable at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thebridge/vol35/iss1/9"}
{"text":"A new federal proposal would task grid operators, states and utilities with planning a grid that can support clean energy over the long term — and fairly share the costs of building it. For more, read The US needs to build a bigger, stronger grid. FERC has a plan for that.\n- The U.S. has abundant clean energy sources but the grid does not reliably connect those sources with population centers that need it the most.\n- The proposal, approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC), would require all regulated transmission providers to undertake planning in a “sufficiently long-term, forward-looking basis to meet transmission needs driven by changes in the resource mix and demand.\n- Providers would also need to consider a number of factors in determining the benefits of regional transmission plans to be weighed against the costs of building them. For example, converting to clean energy sources may be more expensive in the short term but would pay off in the long run.\n- The proposal is not final. Stakeholders — including transmission grid operators, state utility and energy regulators, transmission-owning utilities, independent transmission and energy developers — will have months to comment on the proposal before FERC votes on a final rule, potentially before the end of this year.\nPath to 100% Perspective:\nThe Path to 100% will vary across the world, however the transition must include more clean energy sources, like wind and solar, while reducing the use of fossil fuels like coal. To get there, energy producers must be willing to invest and prepare for future technologies and fuel sources. In addition, governments at all levels must be willing to work with providers by passing laws and regulations that will allow for innovation and progress, even if the benefits are not seen immediately. This FERC proposal is encouraging because it appears to pave the way for that cooperation."}
{"text":"Introduction to Philosophy/Transcendentalist Theology Transcendentalism\nTranscendentalist Theology concept supports existentialism in the way it relates to man's responsibility for his own soul with the premise that human fallibility and misconceptions have labeled spirituality as God for the past several millennia; as one who interferes with the natural forces and free will of people by threatening punishment to those who disobey his bidding. The spiritual existence of this deity, if one decides to accept this premise, could not have changed with the times but the perception of who or what this deity is should change as societies eliminate their superstitious beliefs. This “God” could not possibly be encumbered by human attributes, needs or desires to be worshiped, prayed to, exalted, venerated, deified, or anything else that mankind has to offer. It is also the human characteristics and attributes that exercise upon others: power, control, dominance, destruction, punishment, revenge, and judgment.\nThe destruction of civilizations, most sufferings and premature deaths are due to human frailties, stupidity or imperfections and are not God's doings. The true “God” is a Spiritual Unity that exists in a spiritual realm and never has and never will interfere with anything on earth or in the universe. God is interested in and is involved in humanity, but does not interfere in any way in our physical lives. God guides the development of the universe and everything thereon like a Master Planner. Our relationship and interaction of our spirit with the Spirit of God is for our, not God's benefit."}
{"text":"(Received 4 September 1979; accepted 26 September 1979)\nPublished Online: April\n| ||Format||Pages||Price|| |\n|10||$25||  ADD TO CART|\nCite this document\nA new method of measuring relative brain size (relative to the skull cavity) at autopsy is presented. It is convenient and accurate and may be applied almost routinely. It consists of measuring the volume of the brain and the fluids surrounding it. These two volumes together must equal the intracranial volume. An abbreviated method consists of relating the fluid volume to the brain weight. This abbreviated method should not be routinely relied on when the brain size deviates slightly from normal. A review of the pertinent literature shows that other existing methods of determining relative brain size are impractical. The significance of measuring peri-brain fluids at the time of brain removal has not been appreciated prior to this report.\nAdjunct assistant professor of pathology and forensic neuropathologist, Office of the Medical Investigator, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque,\nStock #: JFS12124J"}
{"text":"At the Crossroads\nSeries: 8th Fire\nSome inappropriate language is evident when a clip of the program \"Blackstone\" is shown. Educators are advised to preview all video programs before using them in the classroom.\nAt the close of the 8th Fire series, we meet young First Nations people preparing to change the future, determined to light the 8th Fire and build a new relationship with Canada. A fascinating range of artists, activists and business people take us through ways to shed the colonial past and to build new pathways in education and economic development. This is all in pursuit of a new relationship to replace 500 years of conflict and injustices. In a forest in Quebec, Huron Wendat artist Teharihulen Michel Savard picks up a rifle and fires. His target: the 143-year-old Indian Act, colonial legislation that to this day governs the lives of most First Nations people. Realistic footage of reserves is included in the video and Regina's First Nations University of Canada is also featured. Answers to the challenges are suggested and positive messages are included."}
{"text":"National Level Science Talent Search Examination Result\n<<<Click here to Get Result>>>\nNational Level Science Talent Search Examination-2018\nNSTSE is a diagnostic test which helps students improve their overall learning ability and educational performance.\nUnlike other tests which may only find out how much a student knows or has memorised, NSTSE measures how well a student has understood the concepts and provides a detailed feedback on the same, to help him/her improve.\nThus NSTSE helps each student to know early, whether he/she has properly understood a concept, so that immediate action can be taken to correct the aberration and pave a path for improvement. Often, students develop conceptual gaps which increase as the students go to higher classes and turn those into a ‘phobia’ for the subject.\nSchool tests – including board exams – tend to test children superficially, only to the extent what they have memorised. But the important skills like the ability to think independently and reason logically – most critical in today’s world – are often not aimed at or tested in school tests.\nThe focus on fundamentals is very important as when the child finishes studies he/she will have to face the competitive world armed with those fundamentals. Even while opting for higher studies, a student has to go through a complete scan of what he/she knows and how much. Exams like IIT-JEE, AIEEE, AFMC, AIIMS, GRE, GMAT, CAT etc., are designed to test the fundamental strength of a student. Hence the need of the hour is to build the fundamental-base as strong and as early as possible. This exactly is the philosophy behind Unified Council’s NSTSE.\nIn NSTSE, the emphasis for assessment of scholastic skills is mainly on Mathematics and Science.\nNSTSE is unlike other tests in many different ways. It\nhas interesting questions that require thinking, not simply a recall\nprovides detailed skill-wise feedback highlighting strengths and weaknesses\nprovides a benchmark of the student’s performance and his/her peers."}
{"text":"Inherent System Collapse Under Capitalism?\nScholars like Schumpeter and Bowles et al. have suggested that a central tenet of capitalism is the “ceaseless accumulation of wealth,” or the “inexorable tendency…to expand.” Contrary to the 2011 report issued by the National Geographic, which gives a more optimistic evaluation of the state of our global environment, environmental scholars and analysts, including Daly, have argued that this type of expansion or economic growth require ever-increasing levels of consumption of natural resources, which in turn both strain already scarce resources and create levels of pollution that threaten the health of humans and natural ecosystems. Levels of consumption and pollution that, in a word, are unsustainable. This seems to suggest that we cannot achieve both a healthy economy and environmental sustainability under capitalism. Moreover, it seems to suggest that capitalism is inherently unstable—vulnerable to system collapse, given its inability to curb consumption or to appreciate ecological limits (considerations of carrying capacity).\nDo you agree that environmental sustainability is not possible under contemporary capitalism? Why or why not? Your answer must discuss one real-world example that illustrates your conclusion."}
{"text":"Note: this is part 2 of 3 in my series of how the new administration may impact environmental law and policy in the Pacific Northwest. For background, please see Part 1.\nOne of the key factors influencing environmental law and policy in the Pacific Northwest is the presence of and obligations owed to a number of tribes that are parties to treaties with the United States that extend back to the 1850s. The Federal Government has, historically, taken an active role in defining and enforcing those treaty rights on behalf of the tribes, and takes quite seriously its government-to-government obligations with respect to those tribes as sovereign entities (a good summary list, prepared in 2009 by the White House-Indian Affairs Executive Working Group is available here).\nContinue Reading The View From The Pacific Northwest: What to Watch in Environmental Law and Policy Post-Inauguration, Part 2"}
{"text":"1 Answer | Add Yours\nOne of the most influential events from the 1400s to 1865 is the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The nation was still in its infancy, and clearly the original constitution, The Articles of Confederation, were not successfully working; they had created a weak government, one that could not collect taxes, regulate trade, or enforce its laws. When the framers, including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and James Madison, met again on May 25, 1787 in Pennsylvania to discuss the problematic nature of the Articles, one of the most important questions was whether or not to try and fix the Articles or write an entirely new constitution. The framers decided that a completely new document was needed, one that could forge a stronger national government. This moment in American history changed the format of our nation, molding it into the stronger national government we now have today with the creation of the Constitution of the United States.\nWe’ve answered 319,632 questions. We can answer yours, too.Ask a question"}
{"text":"Preserving Neighborhoods with Community Land Trust\nCities across the country are facing a housing crisis. Both renters and homeowners are struggling to navigate skyrocketing housing costs and stagnant wages. Low-income people of color, in particular, are being hit hardest as they face both residential and cultural displacement. Community land trusts have historically served as a viable strategy for both organizing residents and preserving low-income communities of color.\nThis webinar will highlight the significance of community land trusts as an equitable development strategy for preventing the displacement of low-income people of color in gentrifying neighborhoods.\nPlease join Ashley Allen from Houston Community Land Trust and Zachary Murray from Oakland Community Land Trust as they discuss the history of community land trusts as a civil rights strategy for preserving communities of color and some of the successes, challenges, and lessons learned in their efforts to use to develop community land trusts in their respective cities.\n- Ashley Allen, Executive Director, Houston Community Land Trust\n- Zachary Murray, Program Manager, Oakland Community Land Trust"}
{"text":"Credit Rationing and Effective Supply Failures\nNBER Working Paper No. 1619\nThis paper presents two macro models in which central bank policy has real effects on the supply side of the economy due to credit rationing. In each model, there are two possible regimes, depending on whether credit is or is not rationed. Starting from an unrationed equilibrium, either a large enough contraction of bank reserves or a large enough rise in aggregate demand can lead to rationing. Monetary (fiscal) policy is shown to be more (less) powerful when there is rationing than when there is not. In the first model, credit rationing reduces working capital. There is a failure of effective supply in that credit-starved firms must reduce production below national supply. The resulting excess demand in the goods market may in turn drive prices up and reduce the real supply of credit further, leading to further reductions in supply and a stagflationary spiral. In the second model, credit rationing reduces investment, which cuts into both aggregate demand and supply. Despite the effect on demand, stagflationary instability is still possible. A rise in government spending crowds out investment in the rationed regime but crowds in investment in the unrationed regime.\nDocument Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w1619\nPublished: Blinder, Alan S. \"Credit Rationing and Effective Supply Failures,\" from The Economic Journal, Vol. 97, No. 386, June 1987, pp. 327-352. citation courtesy of\nUsers who downloaded this paper also downloaded these:"}
{"text":"About This Product\nBY MICHAEL MILONE\nThe Test of Handwriting Skills, Revised (THS-R) assesses a child's neurosensory integration skills in both manuscript and cursive writing -- skills that are often disrupted in students with learning difficulties. The revised edition features simplified scoring and administration, an extended age range (up to 18 years, 11 months), and clarified scoring criteria. Subjects are asked to perform the following tasks:\n- Write from memory letters of the alphabet, in upper- and lowercase, in alphabetical sequence\n- Write from dictation letters of the alphabet, out of alphabetical order, in upper- and lowercase\n- Write from dictation 8 numbers out of numerical order\n- Copy 12 uppercase letters out of alphabetical sequence\n- Copy 10 lowercase letters out of alphabetical sequence\n- Copy 6 words\n- Copy 2 sentences\n- Write 6 words from dictation\nThe THS-R also assesses writing speed, letter reversal, and case substitutions. It can be used with any of the popular handwriting programs (such as the Palmer, Zaner-Bloser, and D'Nealian) and allows you to monitor the progress of students with disabilities.\nAppropriate for individuals aged 5 to 18, the test can be administered and scored in 25 minutes. Individually or group administered, the THS-R provides an Overall standard score, scaled subtest scores, percentiles, and stanines. Norms are based on a nationally stratified sample of 1,500 individuals.\nThe test provides insight to teachers, occupational therapists, and educational therapists who are helping children improve their handwriting legibility. A training CD-ROM is included in the Kit to assist practitioners in the scoring process."}
{"text":"Last month, the U.S. State Department released the 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report. As in previous years, the report noted serious shortcomings in the Haitian government's efforts to prevent and respond to human trafficking. There is some good news, though - in 2014 the Haitian government enacted a law to criminalize human trafficking which is a welcome and much-needed step. The country narrative for Haiti follows below.\nThe UN has released its 2014 Humanitarian Action Plan for Haiti. While 89% of camp residents have moved out and significant progress has been made against cholera, significant challenges remain such as halting environmental degradation and reducing vulnerability to disasters. The plan focuses on meeting the basic needs of those remaining in the camps, addressing the cholera epidemic, increasing food security, and strengthening the leadership and capacity of national authorities. A summary of the plan follows.\nMost agree that efforts to protect the safety, dignity and rights of the most vulnerable populations (women, children, the disabled, the elderly, etc.) in post earthquake Haiti could and should have been more effective. Women and children are still vulnerable to a range of protection threats including sexual abuse/exploitation and human trafficking. Interaction, an advocacy group for American non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has released two reports, on improving protection and on preventing and responding to gender-based violence (GBV) respectively. Both are thorough, well thought out, and are copied below."}
{"text":"Students undertaking this unit will gain an appreciation of Coptic history and the theological meaning behind the icon. Emphasis will be placed on the \"writing\" of icons as an important method of translating the invisible divine, into the visible image. Students will study the important role of Coptic art in Coptic culture and its role in liturgical life. Finally, students will learn iconographic techniques such as preparation, design, colouring and gilding in the writing of an icon. They will explore the meaning, theology, and symbols rooted in the holy bible.\nWrite a coherent in-depth statement about the aims of icons in the Church.\nReflect thoughtfully on the role of the iconographer within the life of the Church.\nAnalyse the technical issues related to iconography.\nDevelop fundamental skills such as design, gilding and colouring.\nCombination of lectures and practical classes\nPaper 1500 words\nPreparation of an icon Equivalent of 2000 words\nUnit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 19 Oct, 2017\nUnit Record last updated: 2019-05-22 13:38:32 +1000"}
{"text":"Children who eat breakfast have better overall nutrition and lower body mass indexes than kids who skip the meal. While ready-to-eat cereals are a popular choice, many of these cereals are high in sugar, adding “empty” calories to breakfast.\nResearchers tested children’s choices of cereals at a summer day camp where they offered three high-sugar cereals to one group and three low-sugar cereals to another group. They also offered milk, sugar packets, orange juice, and sliced bananas and strawberries. The children were randomly placed in separate dining areas and allowed to eat as much as they wanted. After breakfast they completed questionnaires regarding their taste preferences. Researchers recorded the amount of food consumed and calculated the calories.\nAll children participating responded that they liked or loved the cereals they ate. Children in the low-sugar group consumed slightly more than one serving of cereal, while those in the high-sugar group ate two servings. Even though low-sugar children added sugar to their cereal, they consumed much less sugar overall (.7 teaspoons) compared to high-sugar children (5.7 teaspoons). Low-sugar cereal children were more likely (54%) to put fresh fruit on their cereal than those eating high-sugar cereals (8%).\nThe authors conclude that children will eat the cereals they are served and even with sugar added, low-sugar cereal is a superior nutritional choice."}
{"text":"The Cognitive Side of MS\nThe damage done to the nerves by MS also affects your critical thinking and other cognitive skills. It’s not uncommon for people with multiple sclerosis to suffer from problems with memory and finding the right words to express themselves. Lack of concentration and attention is also common. Problem-solving skills and spatial relations can also be affected by the breakdown of myelin. Cognitive inadequacies can lead to frustration, depression, and anger.\nA Silent Disease\nMS is labeled as a “silent disease” or “invisible disability.” Many people with MS look no different from a healthy person because some of the symptoms, such as blurred vision, sensory problems, and chronic pain, are not visible. Someone with MS may need accommodations even though they don’t have mobility issues and seem “fine.” Multiple sclerosis is also called a silent disease because even during remission the disease still progresses. This is sometimes referred to as the “silent progression” of MS.\nFrom Healthline ~"}
{"text":"Questions about Concrete Answered - The Basics\nby Super User, 1 year ago\nSupport for this video comes from Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/PracticalEngineering/\nConcrete is the most important construction material on earth and foundation of our modern society. At first glance it seems rudimentary, but there is a tremendous amount of complexity involved in every part of designing and placing concrete. This video is meant to be a bare-bones introduction to the topic, with a cool demonstration of concrete strength using a hydraulic press.\nMarxist Arrow by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License\nTonic and Energy by Elexive is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License"}
{"text":"GCN at 25 | X marks the spot\nGuessing what the dominant technology of the future will be is, at best, a precarious undertaking. In the June 24, 1991, edition, GCN reported that the Defense Department declared the X Window as the standard user interface.\nIf you wanted a pretty computer screen full of icons ' and not a mere command line to befuddle your users ' you would write your application to run on X Window, DOD decreed.\nOriginally developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the decade before, X Window, or just X or X11 for short, seemed like a good choice. It was ' and remains ' robust. It ran on almost all operating systems and most vendors supported it.\nHow would the Pentagon know that a then relatively obscure and somewhat shaky single-platform operating system with a built-in user interface would end up supplying most of the agency's graphical user interface needs by the end of the decade?\nThe Microsoft Windows operating system had been out for six years by 1991 but didn't start its ascendancy to monopoly-proportioned levels of popularity until the release of Version 3.0 the year earlier.\nX hasn't been left on the dunghill of obscurity however ' it serves today as the basis for most Linux desktops, which have been chasing after Microsoft Windows' market share for more than 10 years now."}
{"text":"For nearly 50 years, the IUCN Global Species Programme and the Species Survival Commission (SSC) has been assessing the conservation status of species, subspecies, and populations on a global and regional scale to highlight those threatened with extinction, to guide conservation action.\nAs it is not possible to evaluate all known species, IUCN and the SSC are working with partners to cover key taxonomic groups. The Biodiversity Assessment Initiative has been established as a collaborative effort between IUCN the SSC and the Center for Applied Biodiversity Science at Conservation International. It aims to provide an effective method for gathering and disseminating the most accurate scientific data available for biodiversity conservation.\nIUCN and the SSC remain committed to providing the world with the most objective, scientifically-based information on the current status of global biodiversity. All assessment work carried out under the Biodiversity Assessment Initiative and other IUCN SSC programmes feeds into the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species."}
{"text":"People in lower-level occupations feel less healthy\nPeople working in jobs at elementary or lower level feel less healthy than those employed in higher-level jobs. Unemployed and disabled people also rate their own health as less good than employed people.\nOne in five people in lower-level jobs feel less healthy\nNearly one in five people working in elementary or lower-level positions (e.g. shop assistants, window cleaners and lorry drivers) rate their own health as less good. The rate for people working in jobs at higher or university level (e.g. teachers, managers and doctors) is one in ten. The difference in perceived health status between the various occupational levels is larger in the male than in the female working population.\nPerceived health status by occupational level and gender, 2004/2008\nIn particular older people in lower jobs feel less healthy\nOne quarter of people in the age category 50-65 working in elementary or lower-level jobs do not feel very healthy. The proportion is much higher than among young people working at this level. At other occupational levels, older people also rate their own health as less good than young people. The effect of age is more obvious in men than in women.\nPerceived health status by occupational level and age, 2004/2008\nUnemployed and disabled feel less healthy than employed people\nThe proportion of people who rate their own health status as poor is twice as high among unemployed persons as among employed persons. More than three quarters of disabled persons feel less healthy. This is not surprising, given the fact that bad health is often at the basis of disability. Only younger disabled relatively often perceive their own health status as good or very good.\nPerceived health status by situation on the labour market, 2004/2008"}
{"text":"“It is the date of the Templar's massive defeat by Muslim armies in the Holy Land at the Horns of Hattin on 4 July AD 1187, which was followed by the loss of\nto Christendom. There could therefore hardly be a more evocative 'Templar' or 'Solomonic' date than 4 July - evocative, that is, of the aspiration to build Solomon's Jerusalem Temple in . The reader will also be aware, of course, that 4 July is Independence Day in the US, commemorating the signature of the Declaration of Independence and converting the date forever into a powerful talisman that spells out 'Independence' and 'Freedom\" for the New World and, now by and large, for a new world order.” -Graham Hancock and Robert Buaval, “Talisman” (470) Jerusalem\nThe symbol for the U.S. dollar is $, sometimes with one or two vertical lines. The “S” and “I” have nothing to do with “dollars” and everything to do with “\nISIS.” The Egyptian Goddess of the Moon and Sirius was “ ISIS” and this is the most common name for her used by the Brotherhood. The dollar sign is actually an occult talisman to this Illuminati Goddess. This is why both the Statue of Liberty/Isis and her dollars are both the same color green. The ancient roots of the word Moon were “mon” and “min” which is why we have “money” made at the “mint.” The very idea of money and symbolic currency comes from ancient secret societies.\n“Silver was connected with the moon and therefore with the Goddesses of the moon, the most famous of which was and is\nISIS. So her name became the symbol of money. We find this today in the cleverly camouflaged motif - $- which is nothing more than the sigil for the name of I-S-I-S, but fused together in an ingenious manner.” -Michael Tsarion, “Astrotheology and Sidereal Mythology”\nBuy The Atlantean Conspiracy Now"}
{"text":"Get free worksheets plus activities, articles, and science projects.\nHow many proper nouns can you find? Kids can pick a room inside or go outside to identify as many proper nouns as they can. Remember—friends, family, books, movies, businesses, and street names all count!\nAlready a member? Sign In\nMembers receive Education.com emails. You can change email preferences in account settings."}
{"text":"British Columbia Outdoor Wilderness Guide\nDescription - The male mallard duck has a greyish\nbody, chestnut coloured breast and a green head with white\nneck rings. The inner feathers of the wings are a metallic\npurplish-blue, bordered in the front and back with white.\nThe female mallard is a mottled brown with a white tail\nand the feathers of the inner wing are also purplish-blue.\nThe bill is a mottled orange and brown.\nDistribution - The mallard duck breeds in the north\nand winters in the south, along coasts. They inhabit marshes,\nponds and marshy lakes.\n- In midwinter mallards form pairs and migrate northward\ntogether heading for the female's place of origin. There\nthey will build a down-lined nest to place the 8-10 light\nolive-green eggs. The male duck stays until incubation\nis well underway, then leaves to join a flock of other\nmales. They often interbreed with domestic ducks, producing\na variety of odd-looking hybrids. Mallard ducks are a\nnormally shy creature but do occasionally become tame\nin city parks and on reservoirs."}
{"text":"Troedsson Villa is a small wooden house situated on the grounds of a former temple within the UNESCO World Heritage site of Nikko, Japan, which is home to the famous Toshogu Shrine, Rinnoji Temple, Futarasan Shrine, Tayuin Temple, as well as numerous other sites of spiritual significance dating back to 700 AD.\nThe house, built in 1931, it is regarded as the first collaborative design by the Czech born Architect Antonin Raymond (b.1888 - d. 1976) and Japanese architect Junzo Yoshimura (b.1908 - d.1997).\nAntonin Raymond arrived in Japan in 1919 to work with Frank Lloyd Wright on the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo and, together with his wife, Noemi, who was a textile designer, lived in Japan for a total of 43 years. He ultimately established himself as a pioneer of modern architecture in Japan, and an instrumental figure in rebuilding the country after both the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 and World War II (Oshima, Japan Architect, Spring 1999).\nTroedsson Villa was the first house Junzo Yoshimura, then only 21, was to oversee under Raymond, who he had begun working for while still in school. He was credited by Raymond as contributing significantly to its design. Yoshimura went on to become one of the most influential modern architects in Japan and also designed several buildings in the U.S. such as the Japan Society Headquarters building in NYC, Shofuso in Philadelphia (originally built in the garden of the old Museum of Modern Art), and a Nelson Rockefeller residence in Pocantico Hills."}
{"text":"Say I have a definition and I am trying to find an English word that represents it, and I provide an example of said word (think word=fruit, example=apple). Someone gives me a word whose definition is a superset of mine (think food). How would I go about expressing \"My example is contained within the definition of the word you suggested.\"? contained does not seem very sound here. I am looking for a word that is used commonly.\n- Anybody can ask a question\n- Anybody can answer\n- The best answers are voted up and rise to the top\n\"Contained by\" is a reasonable enough choice.\nA more precise usage would be\nThese each have precisely the meaning you are seeking, that a word defines something that is contained within the definition of another.\nNeither are particularly common words though. If this distinction comes up often for you, they are worth learning, but if it's important, as you say, to use a common word, then I'd say keep with contained; it's not as precise but that's the cost of keeping to more common words.\nYou could say your example is included in his definition, or that your word is a subset of his word."}
{"text":"The origin of mitochondria was a major evolutionary transition leading to eukaryotes, and is a hotly debated issue. It is unknown whether mitochondria were acquired early or late, and whether it was captured via phagocytosis or syntrophic integration. We present dynamical models to directly simulate the emergence of mitochondria in an ecoevolutionary context. Our results show that regulated farming of prey bacteria and delayed digestion can facilitate the establishment of stable endosymbiosis if prey-rich and prey-poor periods alternate. Stable endosymbiosis emerges without assuming any initial metabolic benefit provided by the engulfed partner, in a wide range of parameters, despite that during good periods farming is costly. Our approach lends support to the appearance of mitochondria before any metabolic coupling has emerged, but after the evolution of primitive phagocytosis by the urkaryote.\nZachar I, Szilágyi A, Számadó Sz et al: Farming the mitochondrial ancestor... (2018)\nZachar István, Szilágyi András, Számadó Szabolcs, Szathmáry Eörs\nFarming the mitochondrial ancestor as a model of endosymbiotic establishment by natural selection\nPROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 115:(E1504) p. E1510.\naz MTA ÖK szintjén kiemelt publikáció"}
{"text":"Scientists are always looking for fundamental laws—patterns that can explain the way the world works in a nice, consistent manner. They find these laws in the conservation of energy, the laws of quantum mechanics, the flow of fluids and, now, the flow of urine. According to New Scientist, mathematicians have worked out the law of urination for mammals. Jacob Aron writes:\nWhile filming at a local zoo, they noticed that animals of various sizes, both male and female, took a similar time to empty their bladders.\nThe team filmed rats, dogs, goats, cows and elephants urinating and gathered footage from YouTube of others relieving themselves. Combining this with data on mass, bladder pressure and urethra size, they were able to create a mathematical model of urinary systems to show why mammals take the same time to empty their bladder, despite the difference in bladder size.\nIt turns out that they all take an average of about 21 seconds to empty their bladders, nearly regardless of how big they are. There are some exceptions. Very small mammals like rats and bats urinate very quickly, in under a second, while elephants are big enough that gravity accelerates their urine so fast that they beat out most mid-sized mammals in the pee race.\nAccording to the researchers, who published their preliminary results on ArXiv, there’s a good reason to study urination time. “This study may help in the diagnosis of urinary problems in animals and in inspiring the design of scalable hydrodynamic systems based on those in nature,” they write.\nMore from Smithsonian.com:"}
{"text":"Unnatural divides: Species protection in a fragmented legal landscape.\nWallace, P. J. (2016). Unnatural divides: Species protection in a fragmented legal landscape. Policy Quarterly, 12(1), 10–16.\nPermanent Research Commons link: http://hdl.handle.net/10289/10005\nHuman use and development reshapes land, reconstitutes water, consumes space and natural resources and alters faunal compositions. This presents significant challenges to policy makers and wildlife conservation managers mandated to maintain and enhance biological diversity. In New Zealand a sizeable public conservation estate (approximately one third of the land area) buffers these inroads; however, limitations in terms of the representativeness and extent of the estate (Ministry for the Environment, 2007, p.3; Craig et al., 2000, p.66), conservation management budgetary constraints (Controller and AuditorGeneral, 2012, p.26) and elevated levels of threatened endemic species (IUCN, 2013) mean that more universal efforts are required to protect threatened species in all environments in New Zealand.\nInstitute for Governance and Policy Studies Victoria University\nThis article is published in the Policy Quarterly. Used with permission."}
{"text":"Rites of Spring - The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age\nPlease sign in to listen or upgrade to TuneIn Premium.\n- United States\nMore informationDazzling in its originality, Rites of Spring probes the origins, impact, and aftermath of World War I, from the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring in 1913 to the death of Hitler in 1945. \"The Great War,\" as Modris Eksteins writes, \"was the psychological turning point . . . for modernism as a whole. The urge to create and the urge to destroy had changed places.\"\nEksteins goes on to chart the seismic shifts in human consciousness brought about by this great cataclysm through the lives and words of ordinary people, works of literature, and such events as Lindbergh's transatlantic flight and the publication of the first modern bestseller, All Quiet on the Western Front.\nRites of Spring is a remarkable and rare work, a cultural history that redefines the way we look at our past and toward our future."}
{"text":"As a kid, the hardest life gets is trying to decide whether to play video games, pick your nose or jump on the bed, but a new study in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine reveals teenagers who endure a lot of interpersonal stress, like family problems and harassment by peers, had increased blood levels of C-reactive protein, linked to chronic inflammation leading to cardiovascular disease as adults. Scientists asked 69 high school seniors to keep daily records of interpersonal strife for two weeks and discovered daily stress-inducers boosted C-reactive protein levels; Reuters investigates.\nThe association between childhood and adult health is becoming more and more obvious. Last week, research by the American Heart Association discovered overweight children as young as 3 can begin showing signs of heart disease, such as higher C-reactive protein levels. Another report claimed young adults told they have heart problems may have a 91% chance of developing cardiovascular disease.\nIn related news, young and middle-aged African Americans living in the United States were found to be 20 times more likely to suffer heart failure than white Americans.\nImage credit: South Park Studios"}
{"text":"After being orphaned, John Hancock was adopted by his wealthy uncle Thomas Hancock, who had amassed a fortune during the Seven Years' War. In 1763 when Thomas Hancock died, John inherited his fortune, said to be the greatest body of wealth in New England. John received a business education from Harvard College and carried on his uncle's mercantile business with alacrity. In 1768 while his ship, the Liberty, was docked at Boston Harbor, it was seized by British customs officials and John Hancock was charged with smuggling. Popular opinion was on Hancock's side, however: a group of Bostonians stormed the boat and attacked the customs officials. Hancock supported actions like the Boston Tea Party, and in 1774 he was elected as a delegate to the Massachusetts Provincial Congress and the First Continental Congress. As a result of his revolutionary stance, he was on a list of offenders of the British government. On the night of 18 April 1775, Joseph Warren sent Paul Revere and William Dawes from Boston to Lexington to warn John Adams and John Hancock that the British were marching to Lexington. The message was successfully transmitted, and John Hancock was ready to meet the British troops. To view John Hancock's Family Tree, login to OneGreatFamily, launch Genealogy Browser, and enter OGFN#514296904. You can also see whether or not you are related to John Hancock by going to the Relationship Calculator on the Family Dashboard Page when you login to OneGreatFamily."}
{"text":"Town Hall, Birmingham\nUniversity Music Society\nUniversity Choir and Philharmonic Orchestra\nDaniele Rosina conductor\nMissa in angustiis (‘Nelson’ Mass)\nSymphony No. 5\nHaydn’s chief biographer, H. C. Robbins Landon, wrote that this Mass in D minor ‘is arguably Haydn’s greatest single composition’. It was completed in the summer of 1798, a terrifying time for Austria, and given the title Missa in angustiis (‘Mass for Troubled Times’). What Haydn did not know at the time — but what he and his audience had heard by the date of the first performance (15 September) – is that on 1 August Napoleon had been dealt a stunning defeat at the Battle of the Nile by British forces led by Admiral Horatio Nelson. This is why the Mass became known as the ‘Nelson’ Mass."}
{"text":"Blog Purposes Assignment\nHere is the \"What is a Blog video\"\nThere are three main purposes that we will be looking at as we investigate Blogs:\nWhen you are writing to inform, you are presenting information that the reader is interested in. Writing purely for the sake of information should avoid bias and be objective.\nPersuading writing usually tries to convince the reader of a fact or point of view. This kind of writing can include reasons that support an idea, or rather information presented with bias to convince the reader of the writer's view.\nWriting designed to entertain creates and emotion in the reader. Entertaining writing is usually funny, interesting, or even sad. It is created so that the reader will enjoy what is written.\nOn a piece of paper, answer the following:\n1) What is a Blog?\n2) Explain the difference between a Blog and Post\n3) Check out the following Blogs. For each:\nExplain which is the PRIMARY purpose of the BLog (Inform, Persuade, Entertain)\n- 1. http://www.engadget.com/\n- 2. http://lifehacker.com/\n- 3. http://gizmodo.com/\n- 4. http://kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com/\n- 5. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/\n- 6. http://popeater.com/\n- 7. http://redstate.com/\n- 8. http://www.sportsn.info/\n- 12. http://www.michaelmoore.com/blogger/mmflint/\n- 13. http://weblog.greenpeace.org/\n- 14. http://www.1000awesomethings.com/"}
{"text":"|Chandler, Craig -|\n|Santos, Bielinski -|\n|Peres, Natalia -|\n|Jouquand, Celine -|\nSubmitted to: HortScience\nPublication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal\nPublication Acceptance Date: May 30, 2009\nPublication Date: October 1, 2009\nCitation: Chandler, C.K., Santos, B.M., Peres, N.A., Jouquand, C., Plotto, A. 2009. 'Florida Elyana' strawberry. HortScience. 44(6):1775-1776. Interpretive Summary: 'Florida Elyana' is a new strawberry variety released by the University of Florida and well adapted for winter and spring production areas. It is recommended to be grown under protected culture as the fruit may be susceptible to rain cracking. 'Florida Elyana' produces large bright red fruit which have received consistently superior flavor ratings by a taste panel over three seasons.\nTechnical Abstract: 'Florida Elyana' strawberry (Fragaria xananassa Duch.) is a new strawberry cultivar released by the University of Florida. It is a short-day plant. It is susceptible to surface cracking from exposure to rain. However, it performs well under protected culture. It is the first Florida-bred cultivar designed for tunnel and greenhouse production. 'Florida Elyana' is moderately resistant to Botrytis and anthracnose fruit rots. 'Florida Elyana' produces larger fruit than 'Strawberry Festival', which is the predominant cultivar in Florida. It produces large bright red fruit which have received consistently superior flavor ratings by a taste panel over three seasons."}
{"text":"UPDATE 10/28/2014 4:30 PM\nFive months after getting a little help, one local elementary school celebrates a big, new addition.\nSchool officials at Madison Elementary dedicated a new garden Tuesday afternoon.\nThe garden will give teachers a place to take students for outdoor science lessons and math classes.\nIt also has a bit of sentimental value.\nThe garden was constructed in honor of Susan Plumbo Murdock.\nShe's the late mother of a former student.\nOfficials call the new teaching tool a \"learning garden\".\n\"This is a place where students are going to be coming out and actively learning about nature, flora and fauna. These are all indigenous West Virginia plants that are planted here. And the students wanted a place where animal life could come and thrive and so that they could study animal life,\" says Esther Lauderman, principal at Madison Elementary.\nErik Musgrave designed the garden for his Eagle Scout project.\nHis mother teaches at Madison.\nWaste Management also played a huge part.\nThe company funded the garden with a $4,000 grant presented to the school in May.\nMadison Elementary School is awarded a $4,000 Think Green Grant,\nas part of the effort by Waste Management West Virginia and Keep America Beautiful for an educational garden.\nWaste Management improves community environments through education, recycling, clean-ups and beautification programs.\nWMWV Public Affairs Coordinator Amanda Marks-Cunningham says Madison Elementary is one of 20 nationwide recipients of this grant, so it's a big honor.\n\"It's always good to get outside, be in the sunlight, be in nature...learn about the surroundings that you live in and learn how you can keep our communities green and thriving,\" she says.\nShe says over the years repairs to the roof of the school damaged the site.\nSo it's a prime opportunity to give back to the community and let them restore this space with the grant money."}
{"text":"Greenhouse gas emissions are continuing to increase every year, threatening our environment. 2012 was no different as emissions reached new highs according to a Huffington Postarticle written by Tom Miles.\nEfforts to keep global warming within 2 degrees Celsius are becoming increasingly difficult. As quoted in the article, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Secretary-General Michel Jarraud said that if the world pursues its ‘business as usual’ trajectory, it will probably hit the 2 degree mark in the middle of the century affecting the water cycle, sea levels and extreme weather events.\n“The more we wait for action, the more difficult it will be to stay under this limit and the more the impact will be for many countries, and therefore the more difficult it will be to adapt,” said Jarraud.\nAs it stands today, emissions will be 8-12 billion tons higher in 2020 than the level needed to stay below the 2 degree mark. “Even if we were able to stop today – we know it’s not possible – the ocean would continue to warm and to expand and the sea level would continue to rise for hundreds of years,” said Jarraud.\nMiles also highlighted Jarraud’s point that this increase is mostly due to human activity, stressing that we must take action now or else we will be dealing with consequences for a very long time. What we do now will determine the environmental quality for our future generations."}
{"text":"Kristensen, Erik F. and Elmholt, Susanne (2002) High-temperature drying of organically grown bread rye. Paper at: International Conference on Agricultural Engineering, Budapest, 30 June - 4 July.\nMycotoxin producing fungi are naturally occurring components in cereals. When produced, some of the mycotoxins are toxic to humans and animals. Heat treatment is a method to reduce fungal abundance on cereals. The objectives of this work have been to provide more knowledge on this topic, and specifically to optimise the drum drying technique with reference to reducing the dissemination and proliferation of fungi on organically grown rye without reducing the baking quality of the grain.\nThe results show that drum drying can be a very efficient method in reducing fungi colonising on grain. For rye it is possible to achieve high effects on fungi without reducing the baking abilities. When drying at a constant maximum grain temperature of 64°C, the treatment resulted in less than 1% of the yeast propagules and less than 2% of the filamentous fungi, compared to what was found in the reference grain.\nAs drying temperatures and time for the grain to be treated are essential, the drum drier must be equipped with an effective control unit. The experiments show that a control system using fixed constant maximum grain temperature is most suitable.\n|EPrint Type:||Conference paper, poster, etc.|\n|Type of presentation:||Paper|\n|Subjects:|| Crop husbandry > Post harvest management and techniques|\nFarming Systems > Buildings and machinery\nCrop husbandry > Soil tillage\nCrop husbandry > Crop health, quality, protection\n|Research affiliation:||Denmark > DARCOF II (2000-2005) > I.12 (PREMYTOX) Preventing mycotoxin problems|\n|Deposited By:||Elmholt, Susanne|\n|Deposited On:||02 Oct 2002|\n|Last Modified:||12 Apr 2010 07:27|\nRepository Staff Only: item control page"}
{"text":"During the summer holiday period many people decide to relax on the beach away from their work and their problems. Some of the most characteristic and attention-grabbing elements of this landscape are the shells. These small objects can be used to to make a large number of handicrafts. Today we will explain some of them.\nThis is a craft that often looks great on our furniture for storing small items.. To build shell chests we just need to make (or buy) a wooden or hard cardboard box and line it with shells glued with glue. Finally we give a little varnish to get a professional result.\nBoats are a very typical element of the beach. We can construct small representations of them using shells of different shapes and some glue.. For example, we can use a conch shell to build the hull of the boat and some large shells for the sails. In addition, for a better result, we can use pieces of rope or some fabric to decorate.\nPaintings with shells\nWe can also use the shells to decorate our frames. For this we can use a technique similar to that of chest making.\nAnother way to make use of our shells in paintings is to replacing the typical photos with figures made from shells. All we need is a little imagination to create an original content on cardboard. Then we put the cardboard in the frame and everything is ready to surprise our acquaintances.\nWatches with shells\nTo make use of large shells we can use them for decorating wall clocks with them. All we have to do is insert the mechanism into the shell and draw a personalised design on it. For example, we can draw a sunset and use two thin, elongated shells as hands.\nAs always, remember that you can go to our forum to ask any questions you may have."}
{"text":"Quantum cryptography wins Descartes prize\nDec 2, 2004\nA collaboration that involves physicists from six European countries and the US has been awarded part of the European Union's Descartes prize for research for their work on quantum cryptography. They share the €1m prize with life scientists studying mitochondrial DNA.\nThe IST-QuComm collaboration is made up of research groups in Sweden, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria and the UK, plus a team at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US. Quantum cryptography allows two parties to share a secret \"key\" that could make communications between them much more secure than existing cryptographic techniques by encoding the key with single photons. Any attempts by a third party to eavesdrop on the communications can be readily detected. Quantum cryptography could have applications in electronic communications, e-banking and e-voting.\nProgress in quantum cryptography and related areas - such as entanglement and teleportation - has been rapid in recent years. Last year, for instance, physicists at the University of Vienna succeeded in sending entangled photons 600 metres across the river Danube, while a group at the University of Geneva recently demonstrated quantum teleportation at telecom wavelengths through a 4-kilometre optical fibre cable. The IST-QuComm consortium also performed the first ever quantum cryptographic bank transfer over a 6-kilometre fibre link in Vienna this summer.\nThe prizes were awarded in Prague today by Janez Potocnik, EU commissioner for science and research."}
{"text":"Virtualization refers to the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including virtual computer hardware resources. A virtual server runs its own operating system, and is indistinguishable from a traditional physical server. Each of these isolated virtual servers believes that it is a separate physical computer and behaves accordingly.\nEach virtual server can run its own operating system (Windows or Linux), is assigned its own hostname and IP address, and may be independently administered, configured, and rebooted without affecting the other virtual servers. Centrally provisioned virtual servers offer flexibility, convenience, rapid deployment, economy, and high reliability and availability. They support sustainability initiatives by optimizing resource utilization and reducing energy consumption.\nThere is a departmental cost transfer required to provision a virtual server. The following are standard configurations and prices; however, alterations can be accommodated if needed (with corresponding changes to pricing):\n|Operating System||CPUs||Memory||Disk Space||Cost|\n|Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2||1||4 GB||40 GB||$350/year.|\n|Microsoft Windows Server 2012||1||4 GB||50 GB||$350/year.|\n|Ubuntu Linux LTS||1||512 MB||10 GB||$50/year.|\n|Red Hat Enterprise Linux||1||1 GB||12 GB||$200/year.|\nTo request a virtual server from Information Technology, please contact the Service Desk and provide the following information:"}
{"text":"THE CLAIM: You should eat six small meals a day instead of three big ones.\nTHE FACTS: The notion behind eating smaller, more frequent meals is simple: Spreading out one's daily calories over six meals stimulates the metabolism, keeping it going at a faster pace and thereby burning more calories.\nSome studies have found modest health benefits to eating smaller meals, but often the research involved extremes, like comparing the effects of two or three large daily meals with those of a dozen or more snacks. Six meals, according to some weight-loss books and fad diets, is a more realistic approach.\nBut don't count on it. As long as total caloric and nutrient intake stays the same, then metabolism, at the end of the day, should stay the same as well. One study that carefully demonstrated this, published in 2009 in The British Journal of Nutrition, involved groups of overweight men and women who were randomly assigned to very strict low-calorie diets and followed for eight weeks. Each subject consumed the same number of calories per day, but one group took in three meals a day and the other six.\nBoth groups lost significant and equivalent amounts of weight. There was no difference between them in fat loss, appetite control or measurements of hormones that signal hunger and satiety. Other studies have had similar results.\nFor a more reliable metabolic boost, studies show, try exercise.\nTHE BOTTOM LINE: There is no solid evidence that six small meals a day instead of three will speed metabolism."}
{"text":"2016-11-02T15:09:55Z (GMT) by\nGSD_RAD_SNPs contains SNP data, formatted as codominant nucleotide genotypes (e.g. \"AT\", \"CC\" etc.) and with missing data marked as \"-\"). The first two columns give the reference contig where each SNP aligned and its position. The final column gives Nei's Fst between the dune and non-dune ecotypes, estimated by the 'basic.stats' function in the HIERFSTAT package of the R statistical software. The data are sorted on this column. The data columns are as follows: 50 dune individuals, 15 intermediate, 35 non-dune, 10 H. petiolaris and 10 H. annuus."}
{"text":"New bug species eating away Titanic wreck\nLondon, Dec 8 (IANS) A newly discovered species of rust-eating bug is devouring the Titanic wreck.\nThe bugs, seen for the first time, are helping decompose the famous ship at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, says a research team.\nThe team isolated the micro-organisms from a ‘rusticle’ collected from the ship, lying 3.8 kilometers below the ocean surface, reports the Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.\nResearchers from Dalhousie University, Canada, and the University of Sevilla, Spain, say the bacterium could pose a new microbial threat to the exterior of ships and oil rigs, according to the Daily Mail.\nResearchers also tested the rusting ability of the bacteria. They found that it was able to stick to steel surfaces, creating knob-like mounds of corrosion products.\nWhile these appear to be solid structures, rusticles are highly porous and support a complex variety of bacteria.\nThe findings suggest that H. titanicae may be working alongside other organisms to speed up the corrosion of the metal.\nLead researchers Bhavleen Kaur and Henrietta Mann, from Dalhousie University, said: ‘We believe (the bug) plays a part in the recycling of iron structures at certain depths.\n‘This could be useful in the disposal of old naval and merchant ships and oil rigs that have been cleaned of toxins and oil-based products and then sunk in the deep ocean.’"}
{"text":"The standards are divided into strands:\n- Speaking and Listening\nThere is also an interdisciplinary expectation that the development of each student’s literacy skills is a shared responsibility—English language arts teachers collaborating with teachers of other academic content subjects for an integrated model of literacy across the curriculum. They address the demands of today to prepare students to succeed tomorrow.\nEnglish Department Members: (click names to access their class website)\nLisa Corman Angela Halpin\nDebbie McVay Shannon Merideth\nLori Meyer Paulina Nelson\nSonya Ramirez Meryl Willis"}
{"text":"Let's Face It\nRight now, over 500,000 Canadians have Alzheimer's disease or other dementia\nAnd one new person will develop dementia every 5 minutes. By 2038, 1.1 million Canadians will have dementia. That's one every two minutes.\nBut a recent nationwide survey conducted by the Alzheimer Society found that almost half of the respondents lived with symptoms of dementia for a year or more before seeing a doctor because they didn't know the facts. Early diagnosis of dementia helps people get care, support and medications so they can live better with dementia and make important legal, financial and medical decisions. Get the facts. Know for sure."}
{"text":"What are orthotics?\nOrthotics are specialised insoles worn in the shoe that are designed to support the foot and control the way the foot functions. Orthotics can be made of different materials, most commonly high density EVA foam, or plastic (polypropylene or similar.)\nWho needs orthotics?\nOrthotics are used in people when they are experiencing pain, discomfort or another problem which is directly related to how their feet are functioning. It is often people who have flat feet (fallen arches) who use orthotics to correct their foot posture, but occasionally those with high arches also require orthotic therapy.\nSome problems that may require orthotic therapy include:\n• heel pain\n• arch pain\n• recurrent corns\n• ankle instability\n• shin splints\n• knee pain\n• lower back pain\nThe type of orthotic a person requires is very much dependant on the individual. Some people are able to\nresolve their foot problem with a soft off-the-shelf orthotic, whilst others will need a rigid custom-made\northotic. Your podiatrist will be able to advise you whether orthotics are necessary for your condition and\nwhat type is best for you.\nPre-made vs Custom Made\nOrthotics can be either premade (off-the-shelf), or custom made. Pre-made orthotics have been made to a standard shape with a standard amount of support, and are usually purchased in a size to fit the foots length. Custom made orthotics are made specifically to fit an individuals own foot. This is achieved by taking an impression of the foot, using either a plaster cast, foam box cast or by electronically scanning the foot. The resulting cast or image is then modified to suit the individuals needs and the orthotic is made accordingly."}
{"text":"Australian crafts have a unique flavor and the kids will have a grand time exploring this island continent. Hey mates! Come on Down Under for some crafting fun.\nShow the kids how to Make A Kangaroo Bag as\nKids learn about Australia as they make their own Australian Aboriginal mask.\nLearn more about the history and culture of Australia as\nAustralia Day is January 26th. Help the kids celebrate by making\nApril 25 is Anzac Day. Help the kids learn more\nWhen you are setting up your barnyard, don’t forget the\nPunched paper dots are the paint for this original bolo\nThere are two kinds of boomerangs, the non-returning which were\nJanuary 26th is Australia Day. Cork hats were traditionally worn\nJanuary 26th is Australia Day. In celebration the FreeKidsCrafts Team\nAboriginal Australians made wind instruments from eucalyptus trees hollowed out"}
{"text":"Bucket Sorts works under the premise of partitioning an array (or list) into a number of buckets and then sorting the buckets individually.\nThe way bucket sort works is:\n- Set up the empty buckets. Typically these are arrays or some other sort of collection.\n- Iterate over the unsorted array and place each object in the bucket it belongs based on a characteristic of the value.\n- Sort each non-empty bucket.\n- Iterate over the buckets, in order, and pull out all the elements back into the original array.\n|Algorithm||Data Structure||Time Complexity - Best||Time Complexity - Average||Time Complexity - Worst||Worst Case Auxiliary Space Complexity|\nWikipedia: Bucket sort"}
{"text":"The prevalence of smoking within the general population is in decline. However, the number of people with mental health issues who smoke remains high.\nA recent study has examined mental health care practitioners approach to addressing smoking with their patients and the barriers they come up against.\n36 MHP participated in focus groups that looked at the experiences of addressing smoking with mental health patients.\nThe following themes were identified on analysis:\n- Psychological capability: Despite most of the MHP completing mandatory many MHPs could not remember the content of this training and knowledge around alternative approaches to addressing smoking with patients was poor.\n- Physical opportunity: Discussions about smoking tend to be patient led and if the practitioners feel they have time. The majority of MHP working in the community commented on the challenge of supporting patients to stop smoking in the community where tobacco is readily available\n- Social opportunity: MHP discussed a loss of a shared activity between staff and patient. They described it creating a culture of secrecy and policing.\n- Automatic motivation: Many believed that mental health patients lack the motivation to stop as tobacco was considered to be one of the few pleasures in their lives.Many patients felt it was not mental health teams responsibility to help them quit smoking.\n- Reflective motivation: Some MHP commented that addressing smoking habits with the patient is not a high priority compared to some of the other issues they are supporting with. There is a reluctance for MHP to start ‘policing’ smoking behaviour.\nOverall there needs to be further communication about the benefits of smoking harm reduction approaches, better referral processes and signposting to specialists and the incorporation of smoking cessation into other interventions."}
{"text":"- Word Explorer\n|part of speech:\n||a form of matter that can flow and is neither a solid nor a gas. Water is the most common kind of liquid on earth.\nThis container holds a lot of liquid.\n- similar words:\n- beverage, drink, liquor, solution\n||an amount or kind of liquid.\nDrink plenty of liquids such as water or orange juice while you're sick.\n||liquidly (adv.), liquidness (n.)"}
{"text":"The impact of a heavy object on a fluid surface causes a sequence of events leading to the creation of three jets. From left to right in time: The crater first deepens and forms a crown as the object descends. When sufficiently deep, the crater begins to pinch radially due to the pressure of the surrounding fluid. A supersonic jet of air escapes through this collapsing neck. Following the impact of the fluid surface on itself at the neck pinch-off, two fluid jets emerge upward and downward from the pinch. This process illustrates the self-focusing and near singularities that occur when the liquid adjusts to the changing topology of its surface."}
{"text":"Why Do Beans Make You Fart?\nFarting is perfectly unavoidable and natural process most people encounter every day. Around two hundred species of bacteria lurk inside a person’s large intestine and when we eat beans, all of them get mashed up in the stomach and pass it to the small intestine. The different types of sugar constructing beans are too big to be taken inside the body by the walls of small intestine. There are no enough enzyme amounts that can break down these sugars into manageable pieces so it all ends up in bacteria starting to produce gas which includes carbon dioxide, methane and hydrogen. These gases will be then released through the only opening available for them.\nBean sugars are the most notorious in producing stinky fart. The more beans you eat, the more fart you will expel. Because of beans, chemical reactions between intestinal juices and stomach acid are being triggered to produce carbon dioxide that particularly bulk out farts. On the other hand, gas produced by bacteria contains Hydrogen Sulfide that adds a characteristic fart aroma. Beans are scientifically proven to produce farts. Most of the people even use this as a medication for a person suffering from stomachache. They believe that if a person farts and takes out all the gas and air inside the body, he will be cured.\nSugars in beans are considered to be flatulence factors to experts who research this area of study. When this glucose reaches our stomach, bacteria will have a big feast and produce a huge amount of gas. A fart sound is then produced by the vibrations of the opening of the anus, depending on the expulsion velocity of the gas. A common misconception is that the fart noise is produced by the flapping of the cheeks of the butt."}
{"text":"Fine Tunes #10 letters\nIt's the amps what kills you\nEditor: Please tell Jonathan Scull and Nagra (\"Fine Tunes,\" April '99, p.63) that it is current that kills you, not voltage. Shame on them for not knowing their physics.—Tim O'Connor, Tim.Oconnor@ecolab.com\nWe also received the following two letters on the subject, neither of which was published at the time.\nIt's current and voltage that kills you\nI read in \"Letters\" a criticism of Jonathan Scull for saying that high voltages can kill you. This guy said that it was the current that kills you. Folks, you were both right and wrong at the same time:\nA car battery can deliver hundreds of amperes from a voltage of 12 volts and you can touch the terminals without feeling anything.\nWhen you pull your wool sweatshirt off, you can generate tens of thousands of volts—with near-zero current—without feeling anything but a small sensation.\nWhy? The human body has a high resistance. It behaves like a 30k-200k ohm resistor, depending on the individual and humidity, etc. But what is undeniable is that a current of just 10mA going through your heart can kill you. That is equivalent of about 300 volts for the \"low-resistance\" guy, and 2000 volts (yes, 2kV) for the \"high resistance guy.\" And as the current often doesn't run through your heart, you can even support currents up to 30mA—equivalent to 900V and 6kV volts—without necessarily dying.\nBut please don't experiment for yourself! These values are very unpleasant to handle and can be definitely lethal if you \"stick\" to the wires.\nIn the end, therefore, both Jonathan Scull and Tim O'Connor were right. You need both at least 10mA current source and a high voltage supply. So reaching inside a tube component when it is turned on is very dangerous. In this regard, you were completely right, J-10.—Hervé Delétraz, Switzerland, firstname.lastname@example.org"}
{"text":"Consumption of non-renewable materials is rising so fast in Switzerland that it is putting at risk the stocks left for future generations.\nA report into sustainable development, released by the Statistics Office on Monday in connection with the 20th anniversary of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, says the total material requirement in Switzerland has increased by more than 20 per cent since 1992.\nHowever, the requirement per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) has declined by more than five per cent, “thanks to progress in industrial processes and increased recycling”.\nOne consequence of material consumption is that the production of urban waste increased by more than 30 per cent, and was far above the European Union average. But Switzerland collected 50 per cent more waste for recycling than the EU countries.\nThe report also says that although living conditions in Switzerland compare favourably by international standards, resources continue to be distributed unevenly. For example, in 2008 the richest 20 per cent of the Swiss population earned on average four times as much as the poorest 20 per cent – a situation which has not changed substantially since 2000. However, the gap is slightly less than the EU average.\nSince 1992, there has been a marked rise in life expectancy in good health – up eight per cent for women and nine per cent for men. This is higher than the EU average. Almost 75 per cent of people said that they were very satisfied with their life in 2010."}
{"text":"Parts of a plant\nFlowers are made of many parts and each part has a special job. Click and drag the different parts of the flower to the correct label. Finally test yourself in the quiz.\nWhat do each of the parts of a flower do?\nRequires Adobe Flash Player.\nIf you've found this resource useful, you can share it here, and browse any additional teaching materials for this resource."}
{"text":"Two-fifths of the world’s coal power stations are already running at a loss because of high fuel costs, Carbon Tracker study revealed. For 35 percent of coal power plants, operating costs exceed the costs of building new renewable energy sources, the report added. By 2030 this number is expected to reach 96 percent.\nThree European Union companies – Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE), RWE, and EPH – are most exposed to the risk of obsolete or non-performing assets, according to Carbon Tracker.\nThe UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says at least 59 percent of coal power worldwide must be retired by 2030 to limit global warming to 1.5°C and many countries have set phase-out dates."}
{"text":"It was Great Aunt Hermione Higgledy the famous Elizabethan lute player who was the first of the Higgledy’s to grow Phacelia in the cutting patch. Hermione loved Phacelia flowers and always said they represent the golden age of English renaissance. She would write melodies about them and thrash out the tunes on her lute to the groupies who would flock to her cutting garden.\nHow To Grow Phacelia From Seed. Auntie Hermione’s Eight Top Tips:\n*Phacelia flowers are super easy to grow and as hardy annuals can be sown in Autumn or Spring.\n*Either direct sow them in the flower beds or sow them up in pots for planting out later.\n*If direct sowing, Hermione would sow in straight shallow drills and cover the seed lightly with soil…keeping the ground moist until well after germination has taken place.\n*This plants to about a hand span apart…and keep rows a foot apart. (This has been standard practice in all of the Higgledy family cut flower patches since time immemorial.)\n*If sowing in pots the same process applies but ensure that you acclimatise your plants to the outside world as they will have become ‘soft’ in the greenhouse or on your windowsill.\n*It is generally believed that Phacelia seeds make better plants if they are sown direct.\n*Make sure your flower beds are thoroughly weeded before sowing or planting out your seedlings\n*Ensure that this bed gets heaps of sunshine.\nFAQ: “Is it true Mr Higgledy that you can sell me the best Phacelia seeds this side of Chepstow?”\nANS: “Yes indeed…my Phacelia seeds were voted ‘Best in Britain’ by my Mum and the girl from the fish shop.\nI hope you are all having a wonderful summer solstice weekend.\nDon’t forget that now is the time to be sowing up your biennials.\nOther posts you may enjoy:"}
{"text":"SMS (for short message service), which uses just 190 bytes of data to send up to 160 characters, started in 1992. The first text message was “Happy Christmas” from developer Neil Papworth to Richard Jarvis, of Vodafone.\nNow, of course, it’s an enormous business, reports CNN. With more than 6 billion text messages sent each day just in the U.S., the amount of people using their thumbs and shortening their speech is astounding.\nBut some say that 2013 could be the peak for the technology. With new smartphones offering cheaper, or even free, alternatives to the service that wireless providers charge for, the growth in texting is finally slowing.\nHere are some facts about texting:\n- 75% of U.S. teens send a message every day\n- Women use emoticons, : – ) and so on, twice as often as men\n- Melissa Thompson is the world’s fastest texter, according to the Guiness Book of World Records"}
{"text":"Answered By: Laura Sider Last Updated: Sep 12, 2017 Views: 270\nIt depends. Under the Fair Use Doctrine (an exception to a copyright holder’s exclusive rights) a person may use a reasonable portion of a copyrighted work for criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. The smallest amount of the copyrighted work that gets your point across should be used. Undertake a fair use analysis of the four factors to determine if YOUR use is considered fair. The factors are:\n- The PURPOSE and character of the use, whether it is commercial or nonprofit educational. Noncommercial educational uses tend to favor fair use.\n- The NATURE of the work. Whether it is factual or creative. The more creative, the LESS it favors fair use.\n- The AMOUNT and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the whole. Using the heart of the copyrighted work DISFAVORS fair use. Small portions or snippets favor fair use.\n- The MARKET effect of your use of the work. Will your use have an impact on the creator’s ability to market his/her own work? If no effect, it favors fair use.\nDisclaimer: These Ask Yale Library questions are fluid and subject to change. If you have suggestions or feedback on this, please contact the Licensing & Copyright Librarian. The information provided in this guide is for your general information purposes only and not to be construed as legal advice. For legal advice, please consult with your own attorney or Yale's Office of General Counsel."}
{"text":"Written By Laurie Tarkan\nMany people assume that stress contributes to the development of cancer, but it is far from proven.\nNot only is the evidence mixed on general psychological stress, but there’s almost no research on whether work-related stress plays a role in cancer risk. Now, a large review of the literature, published on BMJ.com, has found no link between work stress and a number of common cancers.\nStress has been implicated in cancer because stress hormones can contribute to chronic inflammation, which has been shown to play a role in the promotion and progression of cancer.\nPlus, stressed out people are more likely to smoke, drink alcohol and be overweight—lifestyle factors that have also been associated with an increased risk of some cancers.\nLed by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and University College London, a consortium of researchers analyzed the results of 12 European studies conducted between 1985 and 2008 involving 116,000 participants aged 17 to 70. This is the largest study of its kind.\nThe authors measured levels of job stress, using four categories: high strain job (high demands and low control), active job (high demands and high control), passive job (low demands and low control) and low strain job (low demands and high control).\nNone of the participants had cancer when they entered the study. They were followed for an average of 12 years, with most studies lasting more than 10 years, and two studies lasting ,more than 20 years. The researchers collected data on cancer diagnoses during the course of the studies.\nThe good news: The meta-analysis found no evidence of an association between job stress and overall cancer risk or risk of colorectal, lung, breast, or prostate cancers.\nThe authors suggested that many of the previously reported associations between work related stress and risk of cancer could have been influenced by chance or by small study size or other flaws in the study designs."}
{"text":"Wheat (Wheat Grass, Wheatgrass, Common Wheat, Bread Wheat)\nSafe to Feed\nCommon Name: Wheat (Wheat Grass, Wheatgrass, Common Wheat, Bread Wheat)\nLatin Name:Triticum spp; esp T. aestivum\nFamily Name: Poaceae/Gramineae\nThe young grass of the wheat plant is fine for tortoises, but the grain is high in protein and gluten, the Calcium content is almost non-existent, and the phosphorus levels are high, so only allow tortoises to graze the leaves and remove the spike with the flowers or seeds on it.\nSeveral other members of the Poaceae family are called Wheat Grass (for example, Elymus scaber, Agropyron cristatum, and Elytrigia elongata), but the same advice applies: you can feed the leaves of grass but avoid the seed or grain."}
{"text":"At the start of a new year many of us begin to think about starting a new diet or exercise program - something to improve our physical fitness. Now is a great time to evaluate your pets' physical fitness as well.\nObesity is a serious health issue in this country - for both pets and their owners. Similar to people, there are many health risks linked to obesity in animals. There is an increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, anesthesia complications and structural problems for our pets when we allow them to become significantly overweight.\nA thin, conditioned pet will likely live longer, and will certainly have a better quality of life than a sendentary overweight animal. I do make an exception for \"elderly\" pets. Depending on the breed, that may be eight years for giant breed dogs, or 14 years for cats and small dogs. I try to have my elderly pets carry a little extra weight just in case they catch a virus. Similar to elderly humans, elderly pets can get very sick from a fairly common virus that a younger pet would quickly recover from.\nHip dysplasia is a common health issue for our pet dogs. Studies now prove that raising overweight puppies can significantly increase the severity of dysplasia - it is not genetics alone that determine the severity of the disease. Once dysplasia is diagnosed, carrying any extra weight only adds to the dogs discomfort. Pets get arthritis in their joints just like we do (especially dysplastic joints), and pets that are kept thin and active their whole life have a much lower chance of developing painful arthritis.\nOur pets are naturally built to lead very active lives. Felines and canines in the wild spend hours each day hunting, playing and patrolling their territory. A healthy pet has the same physique as a healthy person - lean and muscular with little body fat."}
{"text":"William Robinson Leigh (1866–1955)\nA celebrated painter of dramatic Western scenes, William Robinson Leigh produced works that embodied Americans’ ideal frontier. Leigh exhibited his artistic talent at an early age and purportedly, used the sides of his family’s farm buildings as supports for his drawings. At the age of 14, the young artist moved to Baltimore where he enrolled at the Maryland Institute of Art. Just three years later, he traveled to Munich where he joined the Royal Academy from 1883 – 1886.\nIn 1896, Leigh moved to New York where he began creating illustrations for books and periodicals such as McClure’s Magazine, The Century, and Scribner’s Magazine. The artist traveled West in 1906 at the behest of the Santa Fe Railroad Company. This trip greatly influenced Leigh and his later works would focus on images of the Western landscape, its unique wilderness, and inhabitants. His “straight forward” canvases of the West were appreciated by critics, one of who claimed that the “frankness in their story telling . . . makes them pleasant companions.”\nThe artist again found himself in uncommon territory when he was commissioned to paint backgrounds for the African section of the American Museum of National History in 1926. Leigh traveled to East Africa to gain inspiration and subsequently produced a number of meticulously painted scenes of the African forests and plains. In addition to his commissions, Leigh found public recognition, exhibiting at the Paris Salon, National Academy of Design (of which he was an academician), the Corcoran Gallery, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Today, his work is included in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History, the Gilcrease Museum, and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.\n“Western Paintings by W. R. Leigh,” The New York Times, January 30, 1918."}
{"text":"A series of purges from 1934 to 1938 in the Soviet Union. Stalin had anyone he saw as opposing him killed. \"Class enemies\" included leaders of the Bolshevik Revolution with whom he had worked two decades earlier (Although his role in the October Revolution was rewriten once he took power to make it look like he actually did something). The trials of well known class enemies were televised. Some were coerced (by intimidation and torture) into making false confessions and then sentenced to life imprisonment or death. 300,000 were killed, and 7 million placed in labor camps."}
{"text":"Smartphones are wonderful, yet rife with privacy pitfalls. Here are five quick tips for making your device less prone to a hacker attack.\n- Do not download apps from unknown sources. Only download those from the official app stores sponsored by the smartphone manufacturers, as they are typically more secure.\n- Control your location settings. To make your location as protected as possible, turn off all location assessment options.\n- Before installing an app, be sure to read the Permissions screen. Note where your data is going to be stored. The most secure apps are those that only store data on your device, or store a minimal amount on the vendor systems, and those from vendors that do not share your app data with third parties.\n- When you no longer use an app, remove it from your phone. An app-happy friend recently realized she had more than 185 unused apps on her device - many of which were tracking her whereabouts.\n- Encrypt your smartphone data. Many apps inspect your smartphone data storage areas, and the unscrupulous ones will copy what they find interesting and/or valuable."}
{"text":"How the social, emotional and physical environment may promote wellbeing during mealtimes\nResearcher(s): Millie Colwey\nSetting: Millie’s Garden: Early Childhood Care & Education Outdoors\nColwey, M. (2017) Autonomy with Food: How the social, emotional and physical environment may promote wellbeing during mealtimes.\nMillie Colwey has recently completed a research project in her childminding setting as part of her degree in early years. Specifically she examined the promotion of wellbeing during mealtimes and looked at methods for engaging children in the preparation and serving of meals to increase wellbeing. The full report will follow soon.\nThe report summary is available now to download using the button below."}
{"text":"A small drum in the form of a short cylinder with a membrane at each end, the upper one being struck with hard sticks and the lower one fitted with snares. It originated in military use.\n- Using only his bare hands, the drummer, Johnny Cobra, would sit slapping the busted head of the snare drum.\n- The rest of the instruments cut out except for James ' soft steady beat on the snare drum.\n- The sound is almost like brushes on a snare drum.\nFor editors and proofreaders\nSyllabification: snare drum\nDefinition of snare drum in:\nWhat do you find interesting about this word or phrase?\nComments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed."}
{"text":"This is typically done by feeding ε to a power\namplifier that drives a DC motor. Since the “DC\nservo” contains a stepper motor, it is necessary\nto convert ε to two series of pulses, such that\nthey are 90 degrees out of phase (270 degrees\nout of phase implies the reverse direction) before\nbeing supplied to the motor drive electronics. In\nactuality, the implementation of the concept was\nFigure 6. Absolute value circuit.\nThe function of the summing electronics\n(Figure 5) is to compare the commanded\nposition with the actual position of the motor\nand develop an error signal\nproportional to the\ndifference. A zero adjust\npotentiometer was added to\ncontrol any residual offset.\nFigure 7. VCO signal conditioning electronics.\nFigure 8. Voltage controlled oscillator.\n70 SERVO 12.2012\nThe overall electronic circuitry required to implement\nthe DC servo using a stepper motor was shown in Figure 4.\nThe basis for the design consisted of driving the position\nerror signal, ε, to zero.\nThe absolute value\ncircuit (Figure 6) was\nrequired to prepare the ε for\ncontrolling the frequency of\nthe pulses that were to be\ngenerated to drive the\nDepending on the\nmagnitude of the error\nsignal, the larger the error\nsignal, the higher the\nfrequency of the pulses\ngenerated by the voltage\ncontrolled oscillator (VCO),\ni.e., the higher the angular\nvelocity of the stepper\nmotor. The VCO used\n(NE556) only produces a\nfrequency proportional to\npositive voltage input\nsignals. This necessitated the VCO signal conditioning circuit\n(Figure 7). The goal was to make the frequency of the\nquadrature square wave drive signals to the motor from the\npulse generator (Figure 8) proportional to the magnitude\nof the error signal. The larger the error signal, the higher\nthe frequency, and the higher the angular velocity of the"}
{"text":"|Goal||Build capacity for bird conservation throughout the Dutch Caribbean|\n|Islands||Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten|\nAlthough the Dutch Caribbean boasts five terrestrial protected areas and 23 Important Bird Area’s (IBA’s), in the past little consistent monitoring, outreach or education has addressed the theme of bird conservation and related habitat conservation.\nIn 2008, DCNA and its parks and conservation organisations began working with Vogelbescherming Nederland (Birdlife Netherlands) to address this gap through long-term training and exchange programmes and the development of strategic outreach and education materials.\nOne of the project’s goals is to build a standardised bird monitoring programme for the Dutch Caribbean, with proper support that allows park management bodies and other conservation organisations to recognise threats and issues affecting bird populations and allow informed and adaptive conservation action to be taken.\nTo this extent training handbooks have been developed for both terrestrial and seabird monitoring. These manuals are used hands-on during workshops and exchanges and form a solid framework for standard protocols and guidance for survey design, data collection, data analysis and report writing. Dr. Adrian Delnevo has led the effort to develop these materials.\nA second goal of the project is to develop outreach and education materials and campaigns that raise awareness not only on the six islands of the Dutch Caribbean, but also internationally about birds and bird conservation. This includes materials such as bird identification cards, bird field guide books, and bird- themed classroom educational boxes. DCNA has also directly targeted Dutch audiences to create a sense of pride for the rich biodiversity in the Dutch Caribbean. In 2010, the International Year of Biodiversity, DCNA and Vogelbescherming Nederlands created nature exhibitions for public display at Dutch zoos.\nBird ID Cards\nBird Field Guides"}
{"text":"Mojtahedi MC, Boblick P, Rimmer JH, Rowland JL, Jones RA, Braunschweig CL. Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 60612, USA. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008 Nov;89(11):2174-9. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.05.011.\nOBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of the built environment on access to healthy foods for people with mobility disabilities by measuring wheelchair accessibility of grocery stores and availability of healthy affordable foods.\nDESIGN: A survey consisting of 87 questions.\nSETTING: A low-income, multiracial urban Chicago neighborhood with a 3-mile radius was compared with a suburban neighborhood of the same size in which the population is similar in income level and racial distribution.\nPARTICIPANTS: Not applicable.\nINTERVENTIONS: Not applicable.\nMAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Accessibility issues outside and within grocery stores and the availability of healthy affordable food items in these grocery stores.\nRESULTS: The urban area had more stores (n=48) than the suburban area (n=34); however, only 46% of urban stores had an entrance that would allow an individual requiring a ramp or level entrance to gain access compared with 88% of suburban stores (P<.001). Wheelchair accessibility characteristics of grocery and convenience stores did not differ between the urban and suburban areas. The availability of healthy affordable foods in urban and suburban stores was relatively low, with only 33% to 40% of the 18 items available, and did not differ between urban and suburban stores.\nCONCLUSIONS: People with mobility impairments are at a disadvantage in maintaining healthy food choices because of limited access to stores and healthy foods."}
{"text":"Organized attacks upon the Jews of different Polish cities by Christian youths, especially pupils of the many Jesuit schools that existed in Poland during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. These youths not only assaulted individual Jews whom they met on the streets, but they organized themselves into bands, invading and pillaging the Jewish quarters. Such disturbances were of frequent occurrence in cities which possessed large Jewish populations, as Brest-Litovsk, Cracow, Posen, and Wilna; and the riots often ended in bloodshed. Thus, in 1663 the students of the Jesuit academy in Cracow, under the pretext that some Jews had blasphemed the Christian religion, invaded the Jewish quarter, killed or wounded many persons, destroyed 120 houses, and carried off more than 4,000 florins, after having made their victims promise not to prosecute them.\nThe authorities tolerated and even encouraged such affairs; and, in order to protect their lives and property, the Jews had to contribute annually to the various Jesuit institutions.\n- Beck and Brann, Yevreiskaya Istoria, p. 326;\n- Schudt, Jüdische Merekwürdigkeiten, ii. 300."}
{"text":"In all cases, the ancestral protolanguage is not known directly and it may be reconstructed by comparing different members of the language family via a technique called the comparative method, by internal reconstruction or other methods. Through this process only a part of the proto-language's structure and vocabulary can be reconstructed; the reconstruction remains the more fragmentary the more ancient the proto-language in question relative to the number of its descendants. Examples of unattested but (partially) reconstructed proto-languages include Proto-Indo-European, Proto-Uralic, Proto-Bantu and Proto-Paman.\nThe Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) is the most elaborated example of a proposed language. Although there is no direct evidence that this language ever existed, there is copious evidence for its existence in the many similarities of the Indo-European languages. A great amount of work has been put into the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European, but there are no means of determining its success.\nSometimes, however, the proto-language is a language which is known from inscriptions (perhaps due to misunderstanding), an example being the Proto-Norse language attested in the Elder Futhark runic inscriptions. For more examples of proto-languages, see the category \"proto-languages\" (below)."}
{"text":"Thailand’s first FTA was the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) which Thailand signed as part of ASEAN, in 1992.\nThe U.S. trade strategy is to pursue multiple market-opening initiatives on a global, regional and bilateral basis, establishing models of success that can be used throughout all negotiations.\nThe Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok by the five original Member Countries, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.\nSince its inception in 1989, the APEC region has consistently been the most economically dynamic part of the world. In its first decade, APEC Member Economies generated nearly 70 percent of global economic growth and the APEC region consistently outperformed the rest of the world, even during the Asian financial crisis.\nThe World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business."}
{"text":"The problem of finding the minimum (or the maximum) of a function is a familiar application of calculus. However, if the derivative of the function in question is not known, one must resort to numerical methods.\nIn 1678 Christiaan Huygens developed a wave theory of light in contradiction of Newton’s corpuscular theory. It was not published until 1690.\nSuppose your teacher asks you to find the area of the following triangle.\nThe law of motion for a freely falling body was first enunciated by Galileo in the 17th century.\nQ.941 On my desk calendar two numbers are given: the number of days in the year up to today, and the number remaining."}
{"text":"Ready to discover your family story?\nSimply start with yourself and we'll do the searching for you.\nSurname meaning for \"Gulley\"\nEnglish: descriptive nickname for a giant or a large man, from Middle English golias ‘giant’, from the Hebrew personal name Golyat Goliath. In the Bible Goliath was the champion of the Philistines, who stood ‘six cubits and a span’; he was defeated in single combat by the shepherd boy David (I Samuel 17), who killed him with a stone from his sling. There is unlikely to be any connection with the English vocabulary word gully (from Old French goulet ‘neck of a bottle’), which is not attested in this sense before the 17th century."}
{"text":"Standing Crowned and Jeweled Buddha\nIndia (Jammu & Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir)\nH. 20 3/8 in. x W. 9 in. (51.8cm x 22.9 cm); D. (from hands) 3 in. (7.6 cm)\nGift of Ben Heller, 1970\nNot on view\nThe Buddha is usually depicted in the simple garments of a monk. In Kashmir, a special form in which he wears rich jewelry and a crown, symbolizes either the great moment when Siddhartha attained enlightenment and became the Buddha or the splendor of the Buddha in his heaven, revealing himself to the Bodhisattvas.The high, three-part crown and full fleshy face are standard for sculpture from Kashmir in the eighth and most of the ninth century. The short, three-pointed cape with jeweled pendants that covers the shoulders and the upper part of the chest is also frequently found in representations of the crowned Buddha in Kashmir. It is occasionally seen in the Kushan art of Gandhara and is perhaps of Indo-Scythian origin.\nObject Type / Material\nDate / Era"}
{"text":"Twitter/@angcrowtherThe world is getting wasted, and with sometimes-fatal consequences. About 3.3 million people died in 2012 from problems related to alcohol use, ranging from violence to cancer, according to a report released today from the World Health Organisation (WHO).\nThat's one person every ten seconds. Yikes.\nThe universal average booze consumption among people aged 15 years or older is 6.2 liters of pure alcohol a year. But only about 38% of the global population drinks alcohol, bringing up the average per drinker to 17 liters a year (equivalent to 374 shots of vodka).\nAbout 16% of these drinkers partake in binge drinking, which is more harmful to health than daily, moderate drinking. Heavy alcohol use can lead to addiction; it also puts people at a higher risk of over 200 diseases, like tuberculosis and pneumonia, says the report.\nThe report also stats that: Europeans have the highest alcohol consumption per-capita (this has been the case for the past five years). Men are more likely than women to die from alcohol—though drinking among women is on the rise. And poorer people experience greater social and health consequences from alcohol, because \"they often lack quality health care and are less protected by functional family or community networks,\" said Shekhar Saxena, head of the WHO's Mental Health and Substance Abuse department.\nThe WHO called on countries to step up efforts to curb alcohol-related deaths and damages. Some countries are already working on this by increasing taxes on alcohol, raising the drinking age, and regulating alcohol advertising and marketing."}
{"text":"The Day of the Silenti (Day of the Dead) is an Edwinish holiday celebrated around the same time as the real-world holiday known as Halloween, being October the 31st, and treated in a similar manner. It is considered a time when the living realm overlaps with that of the dead, and the deceased come back to life to cause havoc such as illness or damaging crops. Traditionally, festivals held on this day would consist of people wearing costumes and masks in an attempt to mimic or placate the malicious spirits. In modern times, the significance of the holiday has dwindled, and it is now considered a time for children to dress up as spooks to collect candy from complete strangers. It has always been seen as a day for tricks and other mischievous deeds.\n|stub. You can help by expanding and improving it.\nRemember, no one person owns any article on this wiki, not even user articles. Be bold, edit at will."}
{"text":"Since the first half of the thirteenth century there is a Romanesque basilica with square choir and apse, with three naves, but no bell. Historical events that were to follow, and the evolution of the technology of war, especially the spread of firearms, required the construction of two towers.\nLike all churches in southern Transylvania, also the one from Dealu Frumos was surrounded by an enclosure having a rectangular shape, dating from the XVI century. With the increasing number of residents, precinct was enlarged and a bell tower with five sides was erected, which, just below the eaves has more inscriptions including the year 1522.\nThe side bays have also been raised and the vaulted nave and the naves arches were converted into broken spring shapes. The initial appearance of the western portal, where you enter the church, hase been lost due to the bell tower that has been built. The changes to the initial look of the chuch may have been implemented douring the sixteenth century when also the church in Merghindeal has been altered. It remains a beautiful sample of small fortified saxon church in southern Transylvania."}
{"text":"What Is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?\nsyndrome is a painful condition of the hand and wrist. It is caused by the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand, being pressed or squeezed at the wrist.\nCarpal tunnel syndrome is a common condition. It is thought to affect about 4 out of every 100 people in the United States and cost several billion dollars per year in time lost from work and in medical costs.\nWhat Causes It?\nThe carpal tunnel is a narrow space in your wrist. It has a ceiling, floor, walls, an entrance, and exit. The \"walls\" and \"floor\" are made up of bones. The carpal ligament is the tough \"ceiling\" of the carpal tunnel.\nRunning from the forearm to the hand and through the carpal tunnel is the median nerve, which controls some of your hand muscles and allows you to feel sensations with your hand. Several tendons also pass through the carpal tunnel.\nIn a normal wrist, there is adequate room in the carpal tunnel for both the tendons and the median nerve. But the carpal tunnel and the space allowed for the median nerve and tendons cannot get bigger, because the bones and ligaments that form the tunnel will not stretch. Therefore, anything that adds to this space will compress the tendons and median nerve.\nAs the median nerve is squeezed, less blood and nutrients flow to it. Without these essential nutrients, it becomes damaged and is unable to function normally. This results in carpal tunnel syndrome.\nCarpal tunnel syndrome is often caused by a combination of factors that increase pressure on the median nerve and tendons in the carpal tunnel, rather than a problem with the nerve itself."}
{"text":"The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) was established by international convention in 1980 under the Antarctic Treaty System. CCAMLR’s objective is to conserve Antarctic marine life. This was in response to increasing commercial interest in Antarctic krill resources, a keystone component of the Antarctic ecosystem.\nCCAMLR practises an ecosystem-based management approach which permits sustainable harvesting but takes careful account of the effects of fishing on other components of the ecosystem.\nCCAMLR is an international commission with 25 Members, and a further 11 countries have acceded to the Convention. Based on the best available scientific information, the Commission agrees a set of conservation measures that determine the use of marine living resources in the Antarctic.\nThe key institutional components of CCAMLR are:\n- The CAMLR Convention which entered into force on 7 April 1982\n- A decision-making body, the Commission which makes decisions by consensus\n- A Scientific Committee which advises the Commission using the best available science\n- Conservation measures and resolutions\n- CCAMLR’s Membership and provisions for international cooperation and collaboration\n- The Secretariat based in Hobart, Tasmania, that supports the work of the Commission\nSGSSI fisheries are managed within the CCAMLR framework."}
{"text":"Contact us for better product and solution.\nDedicated to helping clients solve their most challenging? products? and technology issues.\nIn the hydraulic system and its system, the sealing device is used to prevent leakage of working medium and intrusion of external dust and foreign matter. The element that plays the role of sealing, that is, oil seal. Dongsheng Seal Company sorted out and shared\nLeakage will cause waste of working media, pollute the machine and environment, and even cause mechanical operation failure and personal accidents of equipment.\nThe internal leakage will cause the volume efficiency of the hydraulic system to drop sharply, and the required working pressure cannot be reached, or even the work cannot be carried out.\nInvading tiny dust particles in the system can cause or aggravate the wear and tear of the friction pair of the hydraulic element, further leading to leakage.\nTherefore, Oil Seals and Sealing devices are an important part of hydraulic equipment.The reliability and service life of its work is an important indicator to measure the quality of the hydraulic system.\nIn addition to the gap seal, the oil seal is used to control the gap between the adjacent two coupling surfaces below the minimum gap that the liquid that needs to be sealed can pass.\nIn the contact seal, it is divided into self-sealing type and self-sealing type (Lip seal)Two."}
{"text":"On April 21 (Birthday of the British Queen -happy birthday!) SAR Princesse Astrid attended a special memorial ceremony for the 10 Days Campaign of 1831 in Houthalen-Helchteren where a special cross stands to mark the graves of the Dutch and Belgian soldiers who died in that short outbreak of hostilities. Princesse Astrid attended the ceremony alongside civil and military officials, remembering the Ten Days Campaign. This happened in 1831, not long after the Belgian Revolution when the Dutch were making an effort to re-conquer Belgium from the pro-independence Belgian leaders. As I made mention last time the Dutch King Willem I was very reluctant to accept the independence of Belgium and had to be pressured by the other powers into giving up his claim to the country and hope of eventually retaking it. The 10 Days Campaign was an early effort led by the Prince of Orange (who was very well liked by most Belgians) and other royal princes which actually led to some defeats for the Belgian volunteers were not well organized or prepared at all. Most were not professional soldiers at all. However, and Belgium must be grateful for this, the Kingdom of the French intervened on behalf of Belgium and the arrival of the French troops convinced the Dutch to abandon the effort and return home. It is pleasing to see Princesse Astrid honoring this link with Belgian history and to honor the brave volunteers who gave their lives defending independence. Since we are now thankfully good and close friends with the Netherlands we also should appreciate the duty and sacrifice of the Dutch soldiers for their King and also should remember with gratitude the French royal soldiers who provided such vital assistance."}
{"text":"This study sought to determine whether third-grade children identified as poor readers (6-12 mos. delay) were able to improve their reading performances after being provided instruction using an integrated reading-language approach. It was speculated that the basis for some or most reading difficulties were language problems resulting from deficiencies in constructing meaning from a spoken or printed message, difficulty understanding and/or remembering the message proposition(s), and incongruities between a child's knowledge of language and linguistic information presented.\nSanger, D. D., Stick, S. L., & Lange, U. A. (1986). An Integrative Reading-Language Approach. Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts, 26 (2). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/reading_horizons/vol26/iss2/7"}
{"text":"True to the Faith – The Acts of the Apostles: Defining and Defending the Gospel\nThe Acts of the Apostles is about more than the spread of the gospel to the ends of the earth. By the time the ascended Christ had sent the Holy Spirit to guide his disciples, they had no doubt what the basics of the gospel message were: that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again the third day and would one day come again. But, according to Luke’s account, difficult questions and challenges arose for the apostles as they began to spread this message. These questions, when once settled by the apostles, would further define the gospel with answers that are definitive for us today.\nBy carefully tracing Luke’s presentation of the historical material, David Gooding shows us that Luke has arranged his historical material into six sections, each containing a set of issues and a dominant question that confronted the church:\n– Was the gospel to be under the authority of the Jewish Sanhedrin, even when they called into question the deity and messiahship of Jesus?\n– Would the temple and its entire system of worship become obsolete because of Christ’s sacrifice at Calvary, as Stephen claimed?\n– What would God do when the observance of his own food laws became a barrier to preaching the gospel to Gentiles such as Cornelius?\n– How would the apostles decide about the rite of circumcision and its relationship to salvation?\n– How would the gospel distinguish itself from the spiritism, idolatry, religions and philosophies of the pagan world and state positively its own answer to questions of the origin of the universe and life’s ultimate goal?\n– And how would Paul defend the gospel at the highest levels of society, against every kind of misrepresentation, when he found himself under the power of Roman law and order"}
{"text":"Bend the fuselage along the creases as shown.\nBegin assembling the wings by using the notches provided.\nSlide the bottom wing onto the assembled parts as shown.\nUsing the center two notches on the bottom wing, slide the fuselage onto the wings.\nSlide the propeller onto the black piece as shown.\nAttach the propeller piece onto the fuselage.\nPut both pieces of the propeller background together as shown.\nStill together, attach both pieces onto the propeller piece.\nAttach the elevator to the back of the plane.\nInsert pilots into the top of the fuselage."}
{"text":"\"Going Green\" is not always as strait forward as you might think!\nOne alternative to those nasty petroleum-based fuels are the emerging range of 'Biofuels'. Based on plant materials, these are said to be a greener option than fossil fuels.\nBut just how green are they?\nIn parts of the world natural rain forest is being cleared (slashed and burned) for the production of oil palms, a prime source of biofuel.\nUnfortunately, not only does the clearance release massive amounts of carbon dioxide and destroy the habitat but the soil that has supported lush rain forest for so many years will become impoverished in (at the most) twenty years of this 'unnatural' use. When it is abandoned as useless for this crop it will no longer be able to support the natural vegetation."}
{"text":"- Begin by putting the face together. Glue on the eyes, eye brows, nose, hair, mouth and tooth.\n- Next glue on the buttons and the arms.\n- Line up the body and glue the circles together, add the face and feet.\n- Now it is time to add details. Add lines to the carrot and draw the mouth lines."}
{"text":"New Lizard Species Discovered in Vietnam\nA new colorful lizard species has been discovered by a team of Russian and German scientists in Southern Vietnam.\nSpotted during a survey conducted on reptiles and amphibians in Vietnam's Cat Tien National Park, the newly discovered lizard has been named as Calotes Bachae after researcher Rike Bach from Bonn, Germany, for supporting study co-author Peter Geissler in his fieldtrips in Indochina, reports Sci-news.\nLike Us on Facebook\nWhen the team initially found this lizard, they misinterpreted it to be another blue-headed lizard known as Calotes Mystaceus that is mostly found in Mynamar and Thailand, as it was more or less identical to it. The results were proved when a genetic analysis of both species was conducted, which considered characteristics like scale and size of the animals. After this analysis, it was confirmed that the newly discovered lizard belongs to a new species.\nThe animal species that were collected during the survey were shared with a team of Russian scientists who were working on DNA barcoding database of all amphibian and reptile species from Vietnam. They noticed a genetic difference between the Calotes Mystaceus and Calotes Bachae.\n\"The finding was unexpected, but not uncommon. In many cases two different species of frogs or lizards may look really similar but have profound genetic divergence,\" study co-author Nick A. Poyarkov, from the Department of Zoology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University in Moscow, Russia, was quoted as saying in National Geographic.\nThe newly discovered lizard has brown spots on its back with yellowish moustache on its face whereas the Calotes Mystaceus has dark brown spots and white moustache. During the mating season, the heads of Calotes Bachae shine bright and they use it to lure their counterparts. They have the ability to even alter their color at nights, reports National Geographic.\nThe details of the study appear in the journal Zootaxa."}
{"text":"By Fareed Zakaria\nAmerica has long been seen–by its citizens and the world–as the place where anyone can make it. And yet studies from the past two decades all point to a different reality. Economic mobility in the U.S. is low compared with what it was in times past and with current levels in many European countries and Canada. It is particularly sticky at the two ends of the economic ladder. Rich people rarely become poor in a generation–and the poorest seldom get rich. Despite the rags-to-riches myth, such stories are the exception. A comprehensive study by the Pew Economic Mobility Project documents that in the U.S. today, few poor people become even upper middle class.\nThat's why President Obama's proposal to expand early-childhood education is vitally important: the idea is to provide high-quality pre-K for 4-year-olds from families whose incomes are at or below 200% of the poverty line–that is at or below $47,000 for a family of four. Children born into poor or dysfunctional families must have pathways up, especially if they have the talent to succeed. And the more we learn about neuroscience, the clearer it becomes that the human brain develops much sooner than we had believed. Early stimulation and education can be highly effective."}
{"text":"A long time ago there was a old man and an old lady who lived in a village. The old man was good but the old lady was bad. The old man only had a rooster but the old lady had a hen. Unfortunately, the old man did not have eggs, but the old lady did not want to give him any. So he asked his rooster to give him eggs. The rooster left home and found a bag with twopence in it. A rich man stole the bag from the rooster, so the rooster followed him home and drank all the water and ate all the animals in the rich man's courtyard. Finally, the rooster ate all the money in the rich man’s house. Then he went home and gave all the money to the good old man.\nOur friends from Catton Grove Primary School (native speakers) have helped us with this summary. A big Thank You!"}
{"text":"Course Detail: PER903 - Computer Science Exploration: ACT: Adventures in Computing for Teens\nCreate your own app!\nEvery day more Apps are created for our use. Could you create one yourself? Explore the world of App Inventor created by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The software uses a process that \"transforms the complex language of text-based coding into visual, drag-and-drop building blocks\" (http://appinventor.mit.edu).Experience the computer science design process; learn strategies, exercise logic and creative skills as you work on an App project guided by a Computer Science instructor. Meet other students with similar interests, see demonstrations in computer science labs, and learn about computer science careers.\nThis camp is offered by the Department of Computer Science.\nSummer STEM Explorations are enrichment camps for 8th through 12th grade students that enhance the participants' knowledge of engineering, technology, and computer science (ETCS).\nQuestions? Call (260) 481-4145 or email firstname.lastname@example.org"}
{"text":"In his article \"Space mission impossible?\" (25 February), Larry Krumenaker suggests that scientists sending a probe to Alpha Centauri will want to see results from their endeavours, limiting the project to 40 years.\nNo doubt scientists feel like that, but this ignores the altruistic nature of science - working for the benefit of humanity. Could not scientists derive satisfaction from beginning something that others will complete? After all, medieval cathedrals took generations to build. Craftsmen beginning the project knew that neither they nor their children would see the building completed.\nAlso - what about scientists nearing retirement who help to send the probe on its way? They will know that they will not see the data from Alpha Centauri, but they may gain satisfaction from playing a part in the furtherance of human knowledge.\nTo continue reading this article, subscribe to receive access to all of newscientist.com, including 20 years of archive content."}
{"text":"Definición de Citizen's Charter en inglés:\nA document setting out the rights of citizens, especially a British government document of 1991 that guaranteed citizens the right of redress on occasions where a public service failed to meet certain standards.\nOraciones de ejemplo\n- If he did not have an agenda on the scale of his predecessor, he certainly had his policy concerns, including low inflation, and the Citizen's Charter to improve public services.\n- As with the Next Steps' initiative, the good intentions of the Citizen's Charter to improve customer care across the public service provided opportunity for it to use such support to its advantage.\n- What was the Citizen's Charter if it was not public service reform under a different badge?\n¿Qué te llama la atención de esta palabra o frase?\nLos comentarios que no respeten nuestras Normas comunitarias podrían ser moderados o eliminados.\nMuy popular en Reino Unido\nMuy popular en Australia\n= de moda"}
{"text":"A denture is a removable replacement to replace missing teeth and tissue. It is supported by surrounding soft and hard tissues of the mouth. Though dentures are removable, there are many different denture designs, some which rely on bonding or clipping onto teeth or dental implants. A denture is made of acrylic resin, sometimes in combination with various metals. Complete or Full dentures replace all the teeth, while a partial denture fills in the spaces created by missing teeth and prevents other teeth from changing position.\nCaring for your dentures\nA denture is fragile, so it is important to handle it with care. Remove and brush the denture daily, preferably with a brush designed specifically for cleaning dentures, using either a denture cleanser or toothpastes. Never use harsh, abrasive cleansers, including abrasives toothpastes, because they may scratch the surface of the denture. If you wear a partial denture be sure to remove it before brushing your natural teeth.\nWhen not in use, soak your denture it in a cleanser solution or in water. Get in the habit of keeping the denture in the same safe and handy place to reduce the likelihood of misplacement.\nUnless you have had a denture fitted on the same day as you have had teeth taken out your dentist will recommend that you remove your denture each night. Research has shown that removing the denture for at least eight hours during either the day or night allows the gum tissue to rest and allows normal stimulation and cleansing by the tongue and saliva. This promotes better long-term health of the gums.\nYour mouth will continue to change as the bone under your denture shrinks or recedes. To maintain a proper fit over time, it may be necessary to adjust your denture or possibly remake your denture. Never attempt to adjust a denture yourself and do not use denture adhesives for a prolonged period because it can contribute to bone loss. When in doubt, consult your dentist."}
{"text":"Birds have much higher plasma glucose and fatty acid levels compared to mammals. In addition, they are resistant to insulin-induced decreases in blood glucose. Recent studies have demonstrated that decreasing fatty acid utilization alleviates insulin resistance in mammals, thereby decreasing plasma glucose levels. This has yet to be examined in birds. In the present study, the levels of glucose and β-hydroxybutyrate (BOHB), a major ketone body and indicator of fatty acid utilization, were measured after the administration of chicken insulin, acipimox (an anti-lipolytic agent), or insulin and acipimox in mourning doves (Zenaidura macroura). Insulin significantly decreased whole blood glucose levels (19%), but had no effect on BOHB concentrations. In contrast, acipimox decreased blood BOHB levels by 41%, but had no effect on whole blood glucose. In addition to changes in blood composition, levels of glucose uptake by various tissues were measured after the individual and combined administration of insulin and acipimox. Under basal conditions, the uptake of glucose appeared to be greatest in the kidney followed by the brain and skeletal muscle with negligible uptake by heart, liver and adipose tissues. Acipimox significantly decreased glucose uptake by brain (58% in cortex and 55% in cerebellum). No significant effect of acipimox was observed in other tissues. In summary, the acute inhibition of lipolysis had no effect on glucose uptake in the presence or absence of insulin. This suggests that free fatty acids alone may not be contributing to insulin resistance in birds.\n|Original language||English (US)|\n|Number of pages||8|\n|Journal||Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology|\n|State||Published - Jul 2006|\n- Fatty acid\nASJC Scopus subject areas\n- Molecular Biology"}
{"text":"10/1/2013 6:29:59 AM\nResearchers say it's clear that some cases of autism are hereditary, but have struggled to draw direct links between the condition and particular genes. Now a team at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has devised a process for connecting a suspect gene to its function in autism. In a report in the Sept. 25 issue of Nature Communications, the scientists say mutations in one such autism-linked gene, dubbed NHE9, which is involved in transporting substances in and out of structures within the cell, causes communication problems among brain cells that likely contribute to autism.\nHey, check out all the research scientist jobs. Post your resume today!\ncomments powered by"}
{"text":"Globoport.hu writes that the Hungarian Trade & Cultural Centre (HTCC) of Kampala also commemorates the anniversary of the Hungarian revolution and war of independence of 1848-49. Globoport’s reporter tells us how.\nThe creation and conservation of the Hungarian historical consciousness is not only a national value unattached to age, but it also means a solidary community in different parts of the world that needs to be guarded, educated. So, as we live in Uganda as Hungarians from Székesfehérvár, I couldn’t imagine not commemorating one of the most prominent events of Hungary’s modern era history here, in the heart of Africa, since it is one of the foundation stones of our national identity. However, it is true that we are only celebrating today with close family members and that this is not a public holiday here, but we still wear our cockades proudly and revive our historical knowledge.\nMy children talked about the background of the revolution, Sándor Petőfi, Mihály Táncsics and Mór Jókai in their class. They also recited the National Song (Nemzeti Dal) in Hungarian and English thus making this prominent part of the Hungarian history more understandable for the African kids and teachers.\nThey perfectly understood the importance of the 12 points phrased by József Irinyi since freedom, equality and brotherhood are important to all nations. It makes me patriotic and proud to be able to pass on something that is important to us here, in Africa. Even though we are far away, we celebrate together with all Hungarians with dignity and commemorate our heroes who sacrificed their lives for independence.\nCopy editor: bm"}
{"text":"Excel has a function to locate a value on a range of cells and return the number of the row where the value is found, it’s the MATCH() function. The syntax is like this:\nlookup_value is the value that we want to look for and lookup_array is the range of cells where we want to search. match_type can have 3 values:\n1 - finds the largest value that is less than or equal to lookup_value. Lookup_array must be placed in ascending order;\n0 - finds the first value that is exactly equal to lookup_value\n-1 - finds the smallest value that is greater than or equal to lookup_value. Lookup_array must be placed in descending order.\nIf match_type is omitted, it will assume to be 1.\nHere’s an example. We have the following table:\nWe want to find the name Mary on the range of A2:A6. So we should use this formula:\nThis will return 2 because the name Mary can be found on cell A2."}
{"text":"- ナイーブ (naību): innocent, pure\n- Naïve: a person showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment\nThe integration and adaptation of naïve into the Japanese language have more to do with Japanese conventional values than an evolution of the original meaning of the word, as we have seen with other cases.\nIn the original French, naïve has a negative connotation, whereas, in Japanese, it has a positive and almost complimentary one. Childish and innocent, through the lens of culture, would come to mean considerate, soft, or pure. “Because this child is naive” in Japanese would be a reference to a vulnerable child, someone you would want to protect.\nThe word has also been adopted by marketers in Japan with such noticeable examples as a now popular gentle-for-skin soap.\nThis article is part of the weekly Katakana English series, where we discuss Japanese words borrowed (mostly) from English that have acquired a different meaning.\nWOVN.io is a website localization service; it enables you to multilingualize your website in less than 5 minutes without the help of a developer.For questions or comments, please click here."}
{"text":"SUBMARINERS in the US Navy will soon be able to surf the Web from deep under\nthe ocean. Their secret? A clever floating antenna that can transmit and receive\nradio signals, even when waves wash over it.\nSubmarines already use floating cables for radio communication but they work\nat very low frequencies, sending voice and data signals at rates far slower than\na domestic dial-up modem. To transmit lots of information, subs have to surface\nto contact satellites, ships, aircraft or ground forces—and so risk\ndetection by an enemy.\nWhat you really need …"}
{"text":"One way this blueprint may have fit is the precise moment when they roped the area off using the Eye of Horus template; yet now the minor discrepancy for G2 remains, because Continental drift may have had minuscule differences. Over time elevation and weight of each pyramid may have had minor movement differences. Pure speculation, I know and only a scientist could account for this who knows plate tectonics. Slopes of elevations of each pyramid may have come into play here over time. Also earthquakes too as we must understand that the Pyramids of Giza span thousands of years since its inception.\nWhat we are looking at today obviously would not allow for the precision of the original blueprint.\n“…it has been correctly argued that tectonic movement of the earth’s plates is a major factor against theories of orientation like Spence’s or in general using precession. According to geologists and specialists in this field there are results published on this topic by NASA as well as similar tectonic movements that have been also proved by recent geophysical studies, and by recent space studies using laser and GPSs in artificial satellite observations for geodesy studies. These results would therefore imply an overall movement of about 100 m for the Gizeh Plateau at the Moqqatam Formation, and possibly some significant rotation. Giza is moving especially fast, because of its location at the contact point of the African, Arabian and Eurasian tectonic plates, a fact, which also maximises potential rotation. Another issue is the possible impact of the sea on the Gizeh Plateau. The level of the Mediterranean has raised about 2 m during the last 5000 years, a fact, which has perhaps affected the tilt of the plateau. In addition there have been several tidal waves in the broader area of the SE Mediterranean. The one that inflicted Cleopatra’s VII Alexandria was massive enough, by probably not as big as the one resulting from the volcano eruption in the island of Thera at 1500 BC.”\nSpeak Truth To Power"}
{"text":"Flexible solar cells are suitable for applications in buildings, vehicles, satellites and portable devices\n(sustainabilityenvironment.com) – The photovoltaic records of Professor Ayodhya N. Tiwari and his team continue. Tiwari, head of the Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics at Empa, has been working on flexible solar cells for 23 years. A time in which it has accumulated a series of unique results, advancing the performance bar for various key technologies. Including the one based on CIGS, ie selenide of indium gallium copper. This material boasts a high power of solar absorption, allowing you to make cells (or films) much thinner than other semiconductors.\nThe “winning series” began way back in 1999, when Tiwari’s team achieved a record efficiency with the CIGS of 12.8%, and then exceeded year after year. In 2021, the value reached 21.4%.\n“Under the regime of high-efficiency limits, every small increase requires careful investigation into the factors that limit performance and requires an innovative approach to overcome the challenge,” explains Empa in a press release. Today comes a new step forward. As independent certifications show, Empa’s flexible solar cells can convert 22.2% of incident light into electricity. A unique value in the world for this type of photovoltaic.\nThe current improvement is attributed to the semiconductor layer alloy that absorbs light to improve electronic properties. In detail, these flexible solar cells in CIGS are processed on a polymer film, depositing the semiconductor by a low-temperature coevaporation method. The scientist Empa Shiro Nishiwaki modified the composition of the absorber layer to improve the performance of the device and the output voltage. The results were presented on 26 September 2022 in Milan, by Romain Carron’s team."}
{"text":"Your response for question 1 should be 3-5 pages in length (double spaced). Your paper must include a “reference page” not included in the 3-5 page minimum.Using your CIKR paper from week 3, continue the risk analysis of your CIKR being impacted by a natural disaster, terrorism or technological event. Answer the following questions for each type of event: (1) what can happen? (2) how likely is it? (3) what are the consequences? When completed with the analysis, report findings and steps you would take make your CIKR more risk adverse. Use the Qualitative Analysis found in Ch. 10 to help create a matrix."}
{"text":"WHEN “SPARK” WAS KING !\nThe first wireless transmissions, including those of Marconi, employed spark technology. Everyone knows the effect of switching a light on or off when an AM radio receiver is in the room; the spark in the switch causes radio wave energy that the radio picks up – regardless of the frequency the receiver is tuned to. The spark transmitter did the same thing, though with a modicum of tuning. Not enough, however, to enable the use of spark transmitter today as it would cause interference across many frequency bands.\nTo create a spark you needed a large voltage difference - the bigger the voltage difference, the bigger the spark. There were no valves to amplify the signal so the bigger the spark, the more radio energy created. The more radio energy created, the further you could transmit a signal. However another early experimenter, Fessenden, recognised that continuous wave (CW) transmission was required for speech, and he felt that he could better transmit and receive Morse code and voice by the CW method. Fessenden was right and actually transmitted voice and music as early as 1906, but \"King Spark\" was slow to die. Eventually though, the Marconi spark transmitter was replaced by the CW system, which in turn was replaced by vacuum tube (valve) transmitters.\nBy 1924 spark was banned except as a back-up for distress messages on the international distress frequency of 500 kHz (600 metres). By the end of WW 2 spark was all but forgotten.\nText supplied by Wayne Wedderspoon."}
{"text":"The Pilgrims were aided on their arrival to the new world by the Wampanoag Confederacy, specifically a Native American by the name of Tisquantum, or Squanto. He was a Native American who could speak English and had recently escaped from captivity in England.\nThe first winter the Pilgrims experienced was brutal. Nearly half of the settlers died from starvation and inadequate shelters that could not keep out the cold. On March 22, 1621, the Abenaki sagamore Samoset, introduced Squanto to the Pilgrims. Squanto subsequently taught them how to fish and how to grow corn. He also taught them where and how to hunt beaver. The Pilgrims shared their harvest with the Native Americans, which became the basis for the American Thanksgiving holiday tradition."}
{"text":"Preparing for a colonoscopy is most safely done under the direct supervision of the doctor who plans to perform the procedure, explains Amber J. Tresca for About.com. The process entails using a prescribed system that clears the colon of fecal matter; Golytely, phospho-soda or sodium phosphate tablets are the most common types of preparation.Continue Reading\nIt is important to clear the colon because it gives the doctor a clear view of the intestinal wall, notes Tresca. To safely prepare, continually drink plenty of water, especially because colonoscopy preparation systems tend to cause diarrhea; avoiding dehydration is key. For the phospho-soda regimen, it is recommended to do a completely liquid diet starting 12 hours before the colonoscopy takes place.\nThe process for clearing out the colon usually starts the day before the colonoscopy; it is highly likely for the person preparing for the procedure to spend much of the preceding day on the toilet, according to Tresca. Each preparation product has a specific procedure that must be followed; failing to follow instructions can result in having to do the preparation a second time. Tresca also recommends using wet wipes throughout the preparation process because this helps keep the posterior from becoming sore.Learn more about Conditions & Diseases"}
{"text":"The World Health Organization (WHO) has changed its position on wearing face masks in the coronavirus crisis. To contain infections, it is now recommended to use them in crowded public facilities, the WHO said in Geneva yesterday. At the same time, however, the UN organization warned that masks could even increase the risk of illness if people touched them with dirty hands and contaminated them. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: „Masks can also give a false sense of security.“\nSo far, the WHO’s position was that mouth protection only made sense for the sick and for those who cared for the sick. Mass use has not been recommended.\nTedros said masks could not replace hand hygiene, keeping a distance and tracking down patients and their social contacts. Masks alone could not protect against Covid-19. Governments should encourage wearing masks where virus transmission is prevalent and where it is difficult to keep a distance from other people, such as in public transportation, shops, or in narrow or crowded areas.\nThe WHO also found that sewing masks enables people to do something about the virus while providing a potential source of income."}
{"text":"Education: 1.5 Continuing Education Units\nClass Type: Holistic and Natural Health Student\nReferred to as 'the curse,' the Menstrual Cycle is labeled with other opinions and fears. Its purpose is vast, physical, and metaphysical. A holistic experience in which each vital component (Physical, Emotional, Mental and Spiritual) of the girl or woman plays a part in this ancient phenomenon. In this lecture, we will look at some historical facts and perceptions about the great Menstrual Cycle and the effect it has had on societies, leading up to present day, in which artificial methods exist to stop or pause the cycle. Seen as an inconvenience in many cultures, we will examine the effects these methods have on the body and society.\nWe will explore details of the cleansing process and how factors, such as, diet, stress, belief system and environment contribute to its effectiveness and health of a woman. Natural Therapy suggestions will be provided as wellness tools to assist the cleansing and homeostasis of the individual."}
{"text":"Installation View and Performance Setting of Vivan Sundaram's Meanings of Failed Action: Insurrection 1946 Credit: Geerish GV\nMeanings of Failed Action: Insurrection 1946 is a monumental installation intended as a work of public art to explore, dissect, and examine the “failure” of the Royal Indian Navy’s six-day insurrection against the colonial government. Within Sundaram’s ship-like steel and aluminum object is a performance space that plays a sound work by British artist David Chapman. Visitors can read newspaper reports, telegrams from the Empire, and books on the Insurrection from various view points and distances— compiled and conceptualized by Ashish Rajadhyaksha with Valentina Vitalli. This is a continuation of Sundaram’s “history projects” in which he uses historical events (“unresolved histories”) to explore their impact and the alternate futures they could have created.\nVivan Sundaram and Ashish Rajadhyaksha\nMeanings of Failed Action: Insurrection 1946 LINK\n17-25 March, 2017\nChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS)"}
{"text":"One of the most important things I'm trying to convey to my German 1 and 2 students is that sitting and looking at your vocabulary list is not the most effective way to study vocabulary. They need to be actively engaged with the words - writing them, saying them, spelling them, etc.\nQuizlet is one of my favorite high-tech tools for vocabulary practice. I especially like the Speller and Learn modes.\nThis tutorial, though, focused on low-tech (and hopefully fun!) ways to practice vocabulary. Several of the ideas come from observing Word Work in elementary school classrooms. (Thank you, Rogers and Binford Elementary Schools!)\nThis tutorial featured Hangman, using my vintage hangman game boards, purchased at Goodwill for $1:\nHidden Letters (Probe), which is similar to Hangman and also was a $1 Goodwill find:\nLetter tiles (pink dots for umlauts):\nAnd letter stamps:\nI didn't have anyone choose to do letter tiles, but students seemed to enjoy the other stations.\nHere are my instruction files for Hangman and Hidden Letters if you'd like to give them a try."}
{"text":"Best soil for growing spinach\nChoosing the best possible soil to grow your spinach will guarantee an improvement in the flavour and quality of your crop. The soil that you choose to grow your spinach in requires a specific pH range and has to be rich in macronutrients. The most important of which is nitrogen.\nOptimum soil conditions for spinach\nSoil type: Loamy or sandy loam\npH range: 6.2 to 6.9\nNutrients: high nitrogen levels required\nSoil pH range for spinach\nMaintaining the correct pH range is vital in growing tasty spinach plants. It is very important to keep the pH within the 6.2 – 6.9 range. Any more acidic or alkaline will result in your plants growing ineffectively. It is known that spinach is very sensitive in acidic soils.\nSoil nutrients for growing spinach\nSpinach requires a very high level of nitrogen to grow successfully. To obtain high nitrogen content in your soil, a high nitrogen fertilizer may be added to the soil before seeding. Nitrogen makes for a rich tasting and dark green spinach. If the spinach leaves are becoming brown or yellow, this may be a sign of nutrient deficiency."}
{"text":"Seizures – Neurology\nSeizures: abnormal excessive discharges in the cerebral cortex (usually, rarely from other structures i.e. basal ganglia or other grey matter)\nEpilepsy: 2 unprovoked seizures occurring 24 hours apart. Can be subclinical and not apparent symptomatically.\nFurther investigations on initial presentation: if etiology isn’t apparent on history/examination/MRI then the child should be evaluated for underlying metabolic, genetic, immune-mediated, or neurodegenerative disorders (especially if there is developmental delay or abnormal neurology):\n– Serum (and CSF) amino acid analysis\n- Urine for quantitative organic acids\n- Serum calcium, glucose, liver function tests\n- Serum acylcarnitine profile, ammonia, lactate and pyruvate\n- Chromosomal karyotype\n- Serum and CSF autoantibodies\nEEG: a lot of seizures show up during sleep so sleep EEG’s are important. A sleep deprived EEG is done to maximise the likelihood of natural sleep during EEG.\nStarting medication: Antiepileptics do not need to be started after a single seizure or before a diagnosis is made. Once started close monitoring needs to be kept for side-effects.\n- All antiepileptics can cause lethargy, solemness, hyperactivity, behaviour change, GI upset."}
{"text":"Includes 350 essays encompassing the range and depth of American literary history from the 1600s to the present day. The Encyclopedia includes essays on poets, playwrights, essayists, and novelists, as well as major works and essays on literary movements, periods, and themes.\nPublication Date: 2006\nProvides coverage of the history of literature in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in the major literary languages (Anglo-Saxon, English, Welsh, Scots, Irish, and Latin). Includes accounts of individual authors and histories of particular themes, movements, genres, and institutions."}
{"text":"Jump to navigation Jump to search\nCognate with Dutch -waarts, Low German -warts, German -wärts, Icelandic -verðr, Gothic -𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃 (-wairþs), Latin vertere (“to turn”), versus (“toward”). Also related to worth (“to become”). Compare verse.\n- Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in \"backward\", \"toward\", \"forward\", etc.\n- Forming adjectives, as in \"a backward look\", \"the northward road\", etc; used even by speakers who usually use -wards for adverbs.\n- The choice between -ward and -wards is individual or dialectal; both are widely used.\n- Adverbs ending in -wards (Anglo-Saxon -weardes) and some other adverbs, such as besides, betimes, since Old English sithens, etc., originated as genitive forms used adverbially.\n- The adjectives toward (initial stress) and forward have meanings not predictable from the meaning of -ward.\n- Awkward has retained the form but lost much of the sense in its use of this suffix."}
{"text":"<operating system> A real-time operating system written by Microware Corporation. The original version was written about 1978 for the Motorola 6809 and has since been ported to the Motorola 68000, Intel 80386, Intel 486, and the PowerPC. The kernel of OS-9 is ROMable, modular, with a unified file system, allowing it to easily be scaled up or down as required.\nUsenet newsgroup: comp.os.os9.\nLast updated: 1996-04-03\nTry this search on Wikipedia, OneLook, Google\nNearby terms: OS/2 « OS/360 « OS/390 « OS-9 » OSA » OSA extension » OSAX"}
{"text":"„Apart from the rites and worship peculiar to each family, gens, curia, and tribe, the Romans recognised a vast number of gods and goddesses whose worship was the concern of the whole state. The necessary ceremonies were, in many cases, placed in the charge of sodalicia or clubs… which elected their own members. But the worship of all deities not otherwise provided for was superintended by the pontifices.\nThe College of Pontifices is said to have been founded by Numa, and was in regal times, presided over by the king himself. But when kings were abolished, their religious functions were divided between two officers, the Pontifex Maximus and the Rex Sacrorum or Sacrificulus. The latter, though he was sometimes treated as the chief priest, in reality only offered some of the sacrifices which the king formerly offered… The general supervision of the state religion belonged to the Pontifex Maximus.\nThe Pontifex Maximus lived in the Regia, the ancient palace.“\n— James Gow (scholar)\nA Companion to School Classics (1888)"}
{"text":"Jesuits are widely known for their colleges, universities\nand high schools\n. Education is a cornerstone of the Society of Jesus, and has been since the late 1540s, when Jesuit schools began spreading through Europe.\nBut names like “Fordham” and “Boston College” and “Georgetown” do not tell a full story of Jesuit ministries. The works are far broader in scope, extending from middle schools in the inner city to refugee camps near Iraq, from retreat centers with an ocean view, to parishes near college campuses. Jesuits — together with their lay collaborators — are called to these and many other ministries. Geographically speaking, Jesuits serve where needs are greatest – whether at home or around the world.\nJesuits and friends are ministering to people in the hard-to-reach places of the heart. They are doing so as military chaplains, helping soldiers find meaning far from home; as counselors in prisons, accompanying those behind bars in a journey of reconciliation; and as ministers in hospitals, praying for healing together with patients and families. Jesuits and their companions work to bring people closer to God, and to each other and in many pastoral settings with a faith that works for justice.\nIn addition to these many ministries, the USA Northeast Province prepares men to become Jesuits and provides care and support for them in the twilight of their service to the people of God."}
{"text":"Documentation Rescue Fund\nISJM’s Documentation Rescue Fund makes available money for photographers, architects and others to document endangered Jewish sites as needed, on short notice. The Fund was established in 2007 using existing resources, and has been used to successfully document two endangered synagogues in the United States: Congregation Adas Yisroel Anshe Mezeritch on East 6th Street in New York City and Temple Emanu-El in Paterson, New Jersey.\nThe future of small lower East Side Adas Yisroel Anshe Mezeritch Synagogue is uncertain. According to local sources, developers have proposed demolishing the synagogue and replacing it with a residential tower in which a new sanctuary will be installed on the lower level. Presently, the synagogue consists of a second-story sanctuary with an impressive 19th-century Gothic style Ark and a ground floor Beth Midrash. The upper sanctuary is rarely, if even used. All service, study and gatherings are held in the Beth Midrash.\nTemple Emanu-El in Paterson, probably the finest Art Deco synagogue ever built, has now been sold, stripped of most of its historic Art Deco fittings and furnishings. The new owner is purported to want to preserve some historic features of the building, but the future is unknown and the future of the building is uncertain.\nSometimes this documentation can be used for preservation efforts. Our primary goal, however, is to create a lasting record for posterity. In the case of Temple Emanuel in Paterson, New Jersey, ISJM documentation was then used to list the building on the New Jersey Preservation Most Endangered List.\nISJM is now looking for foundation support to allow us to expand this service."}
{"text":"Students will learn and practice 13 beginner sight words with this packet. Included are four downloads: Preschool Sight Word Worksheets, Preschool Sight Word Flashcards, Preschool Sight Word Flip Book Collection, and Preschool Sight Word Play dough Mats. Laminate the worksheets, flashcards, and play dough mats for use with dry erase markers over and over!\nUse this collection for emergent readers to introduce their first sight words. Recommended for pre-kindergarten or beginner Kindergarten level students.\nSight words reviewed in this bundle are:\nPrinting Instructions: See each individual document for printing instructions."}
{"text":"For those of you who plan on passing out treats on Halloween this year, here’s an opportunity to think outside the chocolate-and-candy-corn box! The Teal Pumpkin Project — a national campaign launched by Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) in 2014 — is on a mission to make this holiday fun for ALL! According to the FARE website, an estimated 15 million Americans have food allergies…which means that one in every 13 children may not be able to eat the brightly packaged candy that’s been taking over grocery store aisles this month. It’s all about community! By encouraging people to pass out non-food Halloween treats, the Teal Pumpkin Project aims to include those who can’t eat candy because of food allergies (or one of many other possible reasons). Here’s all you need to do to be part of this:\n1) Provide non-food treats to trick-or-treaters,\n2) Paint a pumpkin teal and place it in your front yard to show your participation.\nClick here to read more about this project, download signs and flyers, and even put your house on the Teal Pumpkin Project map. Even if you’re not planning to pass out candy this year, you can help by spreading the word or donating to FARE.\nHere’s wishing you a fun and inclusive Halloween!\nThe TEAL PUMPKIN PROJECT and the Teal Pumpkin Image are trademarks of Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE)."}
{"text":"Ethics can be used to determine if something is good or bad. One of the goals of ethics is to make sure that what benefits an individual also benefits everyone else. Ethics is concerned with defining the harmonious interdependencies of living things.\nEthics is about openness and transparency. To be ethical it is not possible to treat yourself as an exception, because this is not doing as you would be done by. If we didn't obey this hidden rule nobody would trust anyone and it wouldn't be possible to own property.\nEthics can motivate:\n- Code and standards which guide cultural development\n- Sophism and a philosophy of truth engineering\n- theoretical assessments of justness\n- boycotts and laws against monopolies\nThere is a lot of theoretical material about how people collectively value good things. Never the less, many people are not concered with ethical behaviour or thought. They might feel ethics is transcended by their religion, by logic or that things should happen as people are celebrating life, for the now, just for the moment.\nThings that have a strong ethical concern to infoAnarchy include;\n- Anti-Clear Channel\n- Civil liberties\n- Human rights\n- Reverse engineering\n- Slashdot Effect\n- Veganism - An ethical person understands that it is important for the whole of ecosystem to be healthy, the health of all species within must be considered. In other words, all of our inherited biological diversity must be healthy before the ecosystem as a whole is to be considered well off. Unfortunately our cultures place very different values on all the multi-facted resources nature provides. Many people draw the line at sentient animals, that is, animals with a spine and a central nervous system, should not be treated with undue hardship and so become vegan or vegatarian."}
{"text":"In 02.2, as you know 0 is for filling 0s when the number is less than the minimum size. 2.2 means that the minimum length of the number must be 2 (2.2) and there must be 2 digits after the decimal point (2.2). So here there is no restriction that there must be 2 digits before the decimal point. Try 04.2 to see the result...\nI am sorry i didnt understand.You are saying that 02 is for filling up the space with zeroes when the number is less\nthan 2 digits. It is 7 in this case which means it is smaller than 2 digits so it must be padded with 0s.\nAlso, 04.2 also prints 7.00.\nYes sorry I forgot about the decimal point. 05.2 will give you 07.00 output.\nThe thing is, when you say 03.2 (I'm using a different value to make it easier to understand), you are indicating that the number must span at least 3 digits. This includes the number before the decimal point, the decimal point itself and the numbers after the decimal point. Since we have 2 digits after the decimal point, so the length already is more than the minimum length of the number.\nLets say I write printf(\"%08.2f\",new Double(7)), here I want to print the number 7 with 2 digits after the decimal point and I want it to span at least 8 digits. So the output will be 00007.00 which as you can see spans 8 digits..."}
{"text":"Use the Assign Tool to assign values to variables. The Properties Pane shows assignments in the variable-value pairs, forming the assignment statements. The Value in the statement can be other variable, literal or a computed value.\nTo select a Variable, do any of the following in the field of Assign Tool within properties pane:\n- Select the name of Variable in the drop-down list.\n- Enter the variable name (or start typing for a suggestion).\n- Double-click the field, click the equal sign icon (), or select (Select Variable...) in the drop-down to open the Assign Value window.\nSimilarly, to assign a value or variable to a Value field, you can:\n- Select the name of a variable in the drop-down list.\n- Enter the value.\n- Double-click the field, click the formula icon () or select (Expression Editor...) in the drop-down to open the Expression Editor.\nWhen assigning values for Record data type, Service Studio can offer to assign the values of attributes automatically if you set an initial assignment of the attributes which identifies the record. If automatic assignment is available, you will see (Auto Assign < Record >.< Attribute >) in the drop-down list.\nOutSystems assigns by value, with some exceptions for assignment by reference. The value of Record List, Binary Data and Object data types are assigned by reference. Use the\nListDuplicate() built-in function to create a copy and perform the assignment by value.\n|Label||Identifies an element in the flow.|\n|Variable||Left side of the assignment.||Yes||The variables presented are only the ones that are visible in the scope of the action.\nYou can set the value of several variables at once (providing a pair Variable/Value for each) in the same Assign element.\n|Value||Right side of the assignment.||Yes|"}
{"text":"King James Bible: How it changed the way we speak\nBBC News Magazine\nNo other book, or indeed any piece of culture, seems to have influenced the English language as much as the King James Bible. Its turns of phrase have permeated the everyday language of English speakers, whether or not they’ve ever opened a copy.\n…Examples of Hebrew idiom that have become English via the Bible include: “to set one’s teeth on edge”, “by the skin of one’s teeth”, “the land of the living” and “from strength to strength”.\nThou shouldst read more."}
{"text":"The EYFS was introduced in 2008 and revised in 2012. It is the curriculum which is compulsory for all early years’ childcare providers to follow and covers the requirements for education and welfare of children from birth to 5 years of age. As such, learning and development for children at pre-school is delivered in accordance with the EYFS and this curriculum continues during the reception year of school, providing consistency in children’s education and learning experiences.\nThe EYFS is a play-based curriculum which seeks to inspire children to develop the characteristics required to become effective learners, something they will need throughout their time at school. There are 3 characteristics:\nFour guiding principles shape practice in Early Years settings;\nThe EYFS sets out the areas of learning and development, which shape the activities and experiences we offer at pre-school. There are seven areas of learning and development, all of which are important and inter-connected. Three areas are of particular importance:\nThere are four further specific areas of learning and development through which the three prime areas are strengthened and applied:\nChurchill Pre-School offers an interesting and stimulating learning environment, which is essential to support and encourage children to take the necessary unique steps along their individual developmental pathway. The experiences we offer are designed to deepen understanding of the prime and specific areas of learning and development in readiness for school and life. Your child’s allocated key person will plan for your child as an individual to ensure that they are supported in line with EYFS, specifically catering for their needs and interests, and with reference to their current level of development.\nWe hope this explains a little about the EYFS, however, the Pre-School Leader, or your child’s key person, will be happy to explain further if you would like to know more."}
{"text":"Glossary of Terms\nLike any industry, ours uses a variety of terms. If you want to find out what they mean, you are in the right place! Simply click on a letter to see its list of terms. If the term you are looking for isn't listed in our glossary feel free to contact us so that we may help you as well as add it to our list.\nX — ‘X-axis’ to ‘X-Y coordinates’\nA point on the horizontal axis of a grid, scale, or page dimension. Other term: x-axis. See also: y-coordinate.\nPapers made to reproduce well in copy machines and laser printers.\nAn imaging method that electrostatically charges ink toner particles, which are attracted to areas of the paper that have been given an electrical charge. The dry toner is then heat fused to the paper, forming an image. This is the basis of almost all office copy machines.\nIn typography, the x-height or corpus size refers to the height of the lowercase letters in a font. Typically, this is the height of the letter x in the font (which is where the terminology came from), as well as the a, c, e, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, and z. However, in modern typography, the x-height is simply a design characteristic of the font, and while an x is usually exactly one x-height in height, this is not always the case.\nLetters whose height is greater than the x-height either have descenders which extend below the base line, such as y, g, q, and p, or have ascenders which extend above the x-height, such as l, k, b, and d. The ratio of the x-height to the body height is one of the major characteristics that defines the appearance of a font.\nThe x-height of a given font is called one ex in that font, similarly to the way the width of the uppercase M is called one em.\na mathematical description of an element's position on a page."}
{"text":"This project’s goal is to complete the carbon cycle by combining the fully renewable resources. This entails combining CO2 from the air with water and renewable electricity to form methanol (CH3OH).\nThis process can be realized for one or multiple buildings on campus, including the high-pressure laboratory. This makes it possible to store a temporary surplus in electricity generated by solar panels/wind turbines, thus actively reducing CO2 emissions. The CO2 produced can then be turned into electricity in fuel cells, but also into petrol and diesel replacements (DME) or into a resource for plastics (back into synthesis gas). Furthermore, the collected CO2 could also be used for growing processes in greenhouses and for the cultivation of algae. This contributes to the creation of a society in which the carbon cycle is completed without creating an energy, food or resources deficit.\nThis could become an overarching theme for various R&D projects (technology, materials science, social/health), educational projects and design projects (especially due to the enormous amounts of air required) focusing on social and health aspects as well as technological aspects.\nOver the past few years, basic elements of these technologies have for the most part been explored. CO2 capture is a proven technology for the removal of CO2 from waste gases (at 10% CO2) and can now be developed further for air treatment (to about 400 ppm CO2). The new CO2-to-methanol reactor concept has been described in a UT patent (2013) and is operational at laboratory scale.\nThe project can fit in seamlessly with current programmes (e.g. Transport Phenomena, Module 6 for ST and projects under ATLAS, TN and WB) as well as with research projects at various faculties. The project will likely be an important, additional component in the development of major, newsworthy projects, such as MARS-1.\nThere are definitely external parties (including market parties) that show an interest in this approach and that may be willing to participate."}
{"text":"Our Kindergarteners work very hard during the school day. I ask that you spend 15 minutes each evening reading with your child. Your child will be bringing home books that are their reading level. Also, go over any work that might be sent home. Math goes home occasionally. A lot of times an assignment will be sent home that we will use in class the next day so it is very important to check your child's folder daily. The students love sharing what they learn from school with their family.\nPlease sign behavior folder daily.Some questions you might ask your child while they are reading...Who are the characters?Can you retell the story in order using details?What do you think will happen next?What is the setting?Could this story have happened somewhere else?What is your favorite part?Do you have any text to self, or text to text connections?"}
{"text":"After correcting for differences in population size and age distribution, Québec had 12% to 50% more road fatalities than Ontario between 2000 and 2010.\nIn the same period, Québec also had 35% to 80% more serious injuries on the roads than Ontario. These gaps are even greater among men and young people between the ages of 16 and 24.\nThe objective of this research was to identify the main factors explaining the disparity in motor vehicle fatality and serious injury rates in the two provinces.\nInspired by the systems perspective and using a mixed methodology, the objective of this research was to identify the main factors explaining the disparity in motor vehicle fatality and serious injury rates in the two provinces. Our findings suggest that Ontario's better road safety performance can be explained in part by two sets of factors.\nFirst, Ontario has adopted more restrictive measures to tackle drinking and driving. The legal blood alcohol limit for driving a motor vehicle in Ontario is 50mg/100ml, while in Québec it is still 80mg/100ml. Moreover, the legal age for buying and consuming alcohol in Ontario is 19 compared to 18 in Québec. The sale of alcohol is also more restricted in Ontario than in Québec, when it comes to points of sale and hours of service in bars and restaurants.\nSecond, Ontario's graduated licensing system is more restrictive than that in Québec. A new driver must always have an accompanying driver in the front passenger seat with at least four years of driving experience. New drivers may not drive between midnight and 5 a.m., or drive on highways or certain high-speed roads. Québec could improve its road safety record by adopting similar measures.\nRobert Bourbeau, Université de Montréal\nCall for proposals\nDeposit of the research report: February 2016"}
{"text":"As you breathe in, oxygen from the atmosphere enters the lungs and moves into the circulation through the capillary walls that surround the alveoli of the lung. When you exhale, both carbon dioxide and ethanol in the breath are removed from the blood (of course, not all of it!). Let’s look at this more closely.\n- Ethanol dissolved in the mucous lining of the alveoli is in the liquid phase.\n- Above the mucous layer is open space.\n- As the ethanol vaporizes, the gas (vapor) expands to fill the air space within the alveolar sac.\n- When you exhale, the vaporized ethanol exits the body. This is the same ethanol vapor that is measured by the Breathalyzer™ test to determine whether someone is intoxicated.\nSo, respiration not only provides the body a steady supply of oxygen, but also provides an exit for toxic waste products, including some volatile drugs like ethanol.\nFigure 4.5 As ethanol diffuses into the alveoli, it vaporizes to a gas. Ethanol vapor can be exhaled from the body."}
{"text":"Johnnycake, corn pone, dodgers, alcohol, hominy, corn bread, corn cakes- there were a multitude of recipes on the farm that made use of corn.\nRebecca Burlend, who emigrated to Illinois with her family in 1831, remembered that \"ground Indian corn\" was one of their first purchases as they moved into their new homestead.\nBurlend wrote, \"Its taste was not pleasant to persons unaccustomed to it, but as it is wholesome food, it is much used for making bread...\nThus we lived the first few weeks as our new estate. Hasty pudding, sad bread, and a little venison were our ordinary food.\""}
{"text":"John Dewey has much more to say that supports the relevance of Dramatic Psychological Storytelling (DPS) in educational settings, but these salient points are enough for a beginning. Participating in the social consciousness of the race implies connection beyond ‘me’. People remember and learn from their experience more than from passive reception of information. Images and actions are more powerful than the words which are a necessary refinement that, as Dewey says, ‘devolve’ from action.\nKeywordsLearning Objective Restorative Justice Artist Date Tutorial Group Workplace Violence\nUnable to display preview. Download preview PDF.\n- 1.Dewey, J. (1897) ‘My pedagogic creed’, The school journal, pp. 77–80.Google Scholar\n- 2.Fulghum, R. (2004) All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten (New York: Ballantine).Google Scholar\n- 3.Stein, H. (2003) ‘Beneath the crust: psychoanalytic anthropology and the cultural unconscious in American Life’, in David Gabbard and Kenneth J. Saltman, Education as enforcement: The militarization and corporatization of schools (London: Routledge Falmer) pp. 21–50.Google Scholar\n- 4.Daly, K. & Hennessey, H. (2001) ‘Restorative justice and conferencing in Australia’, Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice #186 (Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology).Google Scholar\n- 5.Williamson, D. (2002) Face to face: A conversation (Sydney: Currency Press).Google Scholar\n- 7.Cameron, Julia (2002) The artist’s way: A spiritual path to higher creativity (New York: Tarcher, Putnam).Google Scholar"}
{"text":"Topography is the science that studies and represents Earth's surface graphically in a realistic manner, not only tracing maps, also indicating the level changes (by means of curves), the kind of surface and showing the distance scales.\nA program that will help you to design maps\nTo easily design contour maps we can use Therion, a tool that has been designed to represent spaces by means of vector drawings, allowing topographic maps of up to 25 square meters and allowing to insert images, to be able to use them as guides when starting a project.\nSince it is an application focused on a specialized use, the interface isn't at all easy to use, requiring topography knowledge to be able to control the program.\nAs a curious detail, we have to add that it includes a utility that will allow the user to make a rough calculation of his alcohol level in blood, by only inputting a series of data."}
{"text":"During Ramadan, Muslims practice fasting as part of their religious rituals. However, studies have shown that there are many benefits associated with fasting. They are as following:\nIncrease Weight Loss:\nFasting decreases calorie intake during the day (supposedly). It keeps the body in the mode of neurotransmitter norepinephrine that raises the levels of metabolism. This process helps the body to lose body weight by 9% on average of 4-12 weeks.\nDelay Aging and Extend Longevity:\nBecause fasting depends on decreasing the amount of food or cutting it off, it is logical to delay aging. The body will not be exhausted to process all the intakes every day, and that will give the body a spare time to relax and rest.\nBoost Brain Function:\nFasting increases nerve cell synthesis and protects against neurodegenerative conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s. It boosts the functions of the brain. Because the body is changing its norms, so the body realizes its capabilities.\nEnhance Heart Health:\nThe blood pressure and cholesterol levels are significantly improved by fasting, and that results of fasting lead to decrease the probabilities of heart disease. Fasting, in general, increase the performance of the body and health."}
{"text":"A machine vision assisted robotic transplanter was developed to improve the quality of the grow-out trays that contain transplanted plugs. The machine vision system was designed to identify and locate empty positions in the transplanted seedling trays. The detection algorithm was able to inspect uneven height growth medium blocks in randomly oriented seedling trays. Fifteen species of seedlings were used in evaluating the integrated machine vision assisted robotic system. The overall vision system success rate in identifying mistransplanted empty growth medium blocks in the transplanted seedling trays is 95%.\n|Original language||English (US)|\n|Number of pages||7|\n|Journal||Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers|\n|State||Published - Mar 1 1994|\nASJC Scopus subject areas\n- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)"}
{"text":"Pages: 12 Published: Jan 2000\nBlood lead levels as low as 10 μg/dl are associated with harmful effects on children's learning and behavior. Very high blood lead levels, exceeding 70 μg/dl, can cause serious health consequences, including seizures, coma and death. The percentage of children with elevated blood lead levels has dropped significantly over the years as leaded gasoline and lead solder used for canning food has been phased out. However, in 1997, the CDC estimated there are still 890,000 U.S. children with blood lead levels above 10 μg/dl. Lead-based paint remains the prevalent source of lead exposure for U.S. children.\nPaper ID: MNL10396M"}
{"text":"Rome, Italy. Theatre of Marcellus, completed 13 BC. Demonstrates arcuated Roman construction, with each round arch surrounded by an entablature frame. (Top floor was removed and redesigned during the Middle Ages.)\nPERIOD OF POPULARITY:\nBACKGROUND AND INSPIRATION:\nMore more images of Classical Roman architecture on Flickr, Click Here.\nRome, Italy. The Colosseum, completed 80 AD, revealing the key Roman form of round arch set inside an entablature frame.\nPompeii, Italy. Example of original Roman brick, labeled as such even today for its distinctive long, thin shape. The Romans spread their brickmaking skills throughout the Roman Empire.\nRome, Italy. The Pantheon, completed in its current form around 126 AD. With its Greek-style pediment in front and its circular rotunda on the interior, this is perhaps the most influential and oft-copied structure in Western history.\nRome, Italy. The Pantheon, interior rotunda. The oculus (opening) at the top provides the only significant light inside. The weight of the concrete dome is lightened with the five rows of coffers (sunken squares). The dome is a perfect half hemisphere, and if replicated on the bottom half would just touch the original floor when creating a full sphere."}
{"text":"The royal castle in Checiny is a pearl of Sandomierz and Świętokrzyskie region. The monumental and unapproachable fortress was built at the end of the 13th century and throughout the centuries it was the county seat, royal treasury, heavy state prison and the residence of the royal widows.\nThe Checiny Castle was built at the end of the 13th century and its construction was related to the exploitation of the nearby ore resources. During the Wladyslaw the Short’s reign in the castle were held the conventions of the knights and important state decisions were taken. At this time the castle kept the crown treasury. The Checiny castle also served as a residence and a state prison, for instance the princess Adelaide, the second barren wife of the Casimir the Great was exiled here by the dissapointed husband. In 1409 also Warcislaw of Gotartowice was imprisoned in the castle for his cowardice – too quick surrender of the Bobrowniki Castle to the Teutonic Knights. The destruction of the medieval castle begun in the 17th century: castle was burned during the rebellion of Mikołaj Zebrzydowski and totally plundered by Swedes. Since then the walls of the medieval fortress served as a source of building materials for the local inhabitants. The final blow to the castle striked the austrian artillery, which demaged boht towers during the World War I.\nThere is also a legend which tells about the White Lady – the spirit of Queen Bona, who once lived here with her enormous wealth. When she was leaving the castle she couldn’t take everything and to this day the Queen comes here every night looking for the hidden treasury."}
{"text":"Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed. - Booker T. Washington\n- Staying focused.\n- Being optimistic, no matter what.\n- Raising confident kids.\n- Getting along\n- Earning more than you ever dreamed.\n- Hanging in, regardless.\n- Passing on what you know.\n- Running for office.\n- Finding the work you love.\n- Telling the truth, always.\n- Paying off debts.\n- Finding the good in being fired.\n- Winning a tough case.\n- Celebrating a milestone birthday.\n- Exceeding your parents' expectations.\n- Building a house with a Habitat for Humanity team.\n- Bouncing back after a failure.\n- Delivering a healthy baby.\n- Mastering the impossible.\n- Setting and meet new goals.\n- Losing the last ten pounds.\n- Accepting your looks, hair and all.\n- Getting a nasty habit under control.\n- Bouncing Back.\n- Maintaining work/life balance.\n- Using the right balance of new technologies and old-fashioned business sense.\nCreate your own success achievement list.\nAdd more to your list?\nWrite in your Journal.\nWhat surprised you most about this list?\nA real business opportunity you can grow with?"}
{"text":"New Jersey Standards\nNJ.6.1.4. U.S. History: America in the World. All students will acquire the knowledge and skills to think analytically about how past and present interactions of people, cultures, and the environment shape the American heritage. Such knowledge and skills enable students to make informed decisions that reflect fundamental rights and core democratic values as productive citizens in local, national, and global communities.\n6.1.4.B. Geography, People, and the Environment\nPlaces are jointly characterized by their physical and human properties.\n6.1.4.B.4. Describe how landforms, climate and weather, and availability of resources have impacted where and how people live and work in different regions of New Jersey and the United States."}
{"text":"Why Electric Height Adjustable Work Surfaces (EHAWS) Make For Good Business\nCornell University''''s Human Factors and Ergonomic Research Laboratory carefully studied the role that EHAWS play in musculoskeletal discomfort and productivity in the work environment. According to this and other cited studies:\n- Results show significant decreases in the severity of musculoskeletal discomfort for most upper body regions.\n- Alternating between sitting and standing at work benefits health and productivity.\n- There is significantly less spinal shrinkage for office workers who stand for portions of the day.\n- Body part discomfort decreases an average of 62 percent and the occurrence of injuries and illnesses decrease by more than half.\n- Workers take shorter and fewer breaks when using sit to stand desks.\n- Adjustable desks allow companies to easily fit the workspace to people of different heights and body types as well and those with disabilities and back problems.\n- EHAWS are beneficial for hoteling, which is the practice of providing office space to employees on an as-needed basis. This reduces the amount of physical space that an enterprise needs, lowering overhead cost while ensuring that every worker can access office resources when necessary.\n- Employers investing in electric sit-stand desks are realizing great advantages. Employees that are happier, healthier and more productive translates into cost savings and an improved working environment.\n- A team of scientists at the University of Missouri found that the enzymes that are responsible for burning fat just shut down when we sit. Standing up while working helps to reduce weight. A lternating between sitting and standing posture at work benefits health and productivity.\nConSet electric height adjustable desks more than pay for themselves.\nDownload this document as a PDF file"}
{"text":"Just prior to midnight on November 28, 2013, a 30 inch natural gas pipeline ruptured and caught fire in rural Pettis County in West Central Missouri. This rupture, between Houstonia and Hughesville, MO caused a massive fire above the pipeline. Because of the large fire, the glow surrounding the fire could be seen upwards of 40+ miles away (News Link). The fire first began showing up on the Kansas City (KEAX) WFO’s radar nearly immediately after the explosion. The reflectivity scan below is showing the smoke and ash plume.\nThe fire would continue overnight and eventually burn out. Because the fire was seen so far way, it was not until morning when the author, who actually is from the area, decided to look to see if the fire could be seen from any of the satellite overpasses that occurred during the night. Below is an image from the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer (VIIRS) Day Night Band , aboard the Suomi National Polar Orbiting Satellite taken during the ~07:30 UTC (1:30AM CST) pass.\nThe very noticeable bright spot in Northern Pettis County (just west of the US 65 tag) corresponds to the KEAX’s radar signature. Further investigation of the previous days’ satellite imagery showed the only lights in the area were three dim light sources that appeared daily.\nThe Day Night Band is a visible image with 750 meter spatial resolution (More Info). The VIIRS product suite also includes other visible and infrared bands used for looking at clouds, aerosols, and fires at varying spatial resolutions. VIIRS has a high resolution (350 m) long wave infrared band that has a spectral bandwidth of 10.6-12.4 µm. This band is typically used for cloud imagery, but because sky conditions were clear, the surface of the Earth was visible. Due to temperature differences between the temperature of the fire and the surrounding land surface, a faint black dot is visible in the image at the location of the fire, indicating a heat source."}
{"text":"Travels in Time with Neil deGrasse Tyson\nPublisher: Better Listen\nDate: July 2009\nDuration: 0 hours 52 minutes\nCould you travel to the past and visit Julius Caesar? Could you travel to the year 4000 and see what the future is like? Find out about the possibilities and paradoxes of time travel. Time marches on except in astrophysics. Einstein taught us that time is a coordinate in space, and it's all relative. Learn about the weird physics of our universe that could make time travel possible. Standing in for Lynne Koplitz this week is J. Richard Gott, author of \"Time Travel in Einstein's Universe.\"\nJ. Richard Gott III: Professor of astrophysics at Princeton University, and author of \"Time Travel in Einstein's Universe.\""}
{"text":"“I want to start some special African violets for friends. How do I divide or take cuttings from them? Question from Anna of Cheboygan, Michigan\nAnswer: You will be happy to learn that African violets are one of the easiest houseplants to propagate! The process does not even require rooting hormone.\nStarting African Violets from Cuttings\nAll you have to do is take leaf cuttings from African violets and give them good care until they root and sprout. Simply cut healthy leaves from the base of the petiole (stem) and insert them in moist Black Gold Vermiculite. Maintain high humidity and keep them out of direct sunlight. After a month or so they should root. Then within a couple more weeks, new leaves will slowly develop from the petiole base. Once the sprouting African violets look like small plants, move them into small pots filled with Black Gold African Violet Mix. They should start growing happily straight away! I also encourage you to watch our video on African violet care below, to ensure your little plants grow to their fullest.\nHappy African violet growing!\nBlack Gold Horticulturist"}
{"text":"Powder Coating Houston\nWhat is Powder Coating?\nPowder Coating Houston – The powder coating process uses a solvent-free dry mix of plastic resins, pigments, and fillers that melt and fuse together when heated. The solid particles of coating are electrostatically charged in a spray gun and carried by low-velocity air to the surface of the piece to be coated. The electrostatic charge holds the powder particles in place while the part is cured in a 400-degree oven. The heat of the oven causes a chemical reaction to occur and the powder to cure, creating a highly durable finish.\nWhy Powder Coat?\nPowder coated surfaces are more resistant to chipping, scratching, fading, and wearing than other finishes. Color selection is virtually unlimited with high and low gloss, metallic, and clear finishes available. Colors stay bright and vibrant longer. Texture selections range from smooth surfaces to a wrinkled or matte finish, and rough textures designed for hiding surface imperfections.\nPowder Coating is an environmentally friendly process. No VOC emissions.\nDrying and Curing\nThe energy intensive operations in the powder coating operation are drying and curing. Typical drying and curing operations are with the use of convection ovens. The use of convection heating can be very slow and very costly if the parts are large and heavy since the evaporation or curing will be dependent on the bulk temperature of the part. Essentially the whole part must be hot enough to cause the part surface to either dry or the powder coat to cure. Therefore, large volumes of air need to be heated and exhausted from the convection oven to effectively dry or cure the parts."}
{"text":"Description - *This information is provided by Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation*\nTlingit natives originally inhabited this area and built a strategic fortification at this site. Between 1804-1867 Russians occupied this site. In 1867, on top of Castle Hill, Alaska was officially transferred from Russia to the United States. Today, Castle Hill is a state historic site and also designated as a National Historic Landmark.\n- A fully accessible walkway leads visitors to the top of the hill and provides outstanding views of downtown Sitka and waterfront.\nRecreation - Interpretive panels provide opportunities to learn more about the history of this site.\nClimate - The climate in Alaska varies with terrain and region. The south-central region of the state is most temperate because it is protected from cold northern winds by the Alaska Range. The large bodies of water that lies closely to this area create a stabilizing factor for the air temperature. Southeast Alaska is wet. An average of 80 inches of rain comes to this region directly from the Gulf of Alaska.\nIn contrast to the southeastern region, the interior receives very little precipitation. The winters are long in this region with spring, summer and fall taking place from May through September. The western coast of Alaska experiences long, cold winters and short, chilly summers. This area is very far north and at the mercy of huge water bodies that don't warm. Southwestern Alaska experiences foggy, wet summers with high temperatures reaching 60 degrees F. Winters are severe on this long peninsula of land with storms rising from the surrounding waters frequently. The average rainfall for the region is 75 inches/year.\nThis park is located in downtown Sitka."}
{"text":"The results reveal a universe comprised of an intricate cosmic web of dark matter and galaxies spanning more than 1 billion light years, astronomers from Scotland and Canada said.\nA team of researchers led by Catherine Heymans of the University of Edinburgh and Ludovic Van Waerbeke of the University of British Columbia achieved their results by analyzing images of about 10 million galaxies in four different regions of the sky.\nThey studied the images for distortion of the light emitted from these galaxies, which is bent as it passes massive clumps of dark matter on its way to Earth, an Edinburgh release said Monday.\nMost of the galaxies included in the survey are around 6 billion light years away, meaning the light in the images in the study was emitted when the universe was 6 billion years old, about half its present age.\nComputer simulations have long suggested a universe full of dark matter but that was difficult to verify, owing to the invisible nature of dark matter, researchers said.\n\"It is fascinating to be able to 'see' the dark matter using space-time distortion.\" Van Waerbeke said \"It gives us privileged access to this mysterious mass in the Universe which cannot be observed otherwise.\"\nBeautician charged with giving client fatal silicone butt injection\nLGBT community has 'bullied the American people': Bachmann"}
{"text":"Ingenious App Combines Maze Game With Math Word Problem\n3/13/2017 5:40:00 AM\nApp of the Day picks are selected from the top edtech tools reviewed by Common Sense Education, which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly.\nTitle: Marble Math Junior\nSummary: Sticky math practice encourages kids to keep playing, maze after maze\nPros: Great customization options let you tailor gameplay to each student's needs.\nCons: Some of the obstacles may not be clear right away.\nBottom Line: Students will enjoy practicing math skills with word problems in fun mazes.\nRead more here.\nBy Common Sense Education\nWant to read more stories like this?\ncomments powered by"}
{"text":"When I was a kid my brother owned a toy steam engine. It was similar to the Wilesco engine pictured to the right. You could connect a belt to its wheel and drive toy pieces of machinery with it. I remember it having a miniature table saw that could cut paper. We chopped up a lot of paper with that thing.\nAs you can imagine, it vastly entertained a young male's mind. There was an element of danger about it, with its little boiler of scalding water under pressure chugging away and, in our fevered imaginations, always ready to explode at any moment. Thus, we had great respect for the engine's pressure release valve. We fiddled with it endlessly to make sure it wasn't clogged.\nHowever, the point of this post isn't really nostalgia. The other day I ran across a website called Animated Engines. The owner of it has methodically drawn frame by frame diagrams of engines with Autocad, which he then animates (and the speed of his animated gifs can be controlled). He's got 7 types of internal combustion engines, 10 steam engines, and 4 Stirling engines diagrammed. Quite fascinating to see all the approaches to building engines.\nIt was watching the animations of the steam engines that reminded me of my brother's toy. As much as we played with it, and as much as we fretted over the pressure release valve, watching the animation made me realize I never actually knew how it worked. Turns out the things had some really clever valve mechanisms to spin the drive wheel. The variety of their form is also interesting.\nThe site is worth spending a bit of time exploring."}
{"text":"Semester Schedule (Time Management) Worksheet\nPlanning your study time is imperative to successful academic performance. Students should study at least 2 hours outside of class, per unit, each week.\nExample: Part I: 15 units x 2 hours = 30 hours homework: reading/projects/papers/studying\nPart II: 15 hours in class (units) + 30 hours studying = 45 hours on academics each week\nUse the Semester Schedule worksheet to help you plan your studying and effectively manage your time.\nRecommended Steps to Using the Semester Schedule Worksheet\nFirst document the “non-negotiable” commitments:\n1. Write down your classes on the correct days and times\n2. Write down your commute (door to door)\n3. Write down your meals (maintain a healthy diet for optimal brain functioning!)\n4. Write down your sleep time (recommend at least 6-8 hours each night to stay healthy and alert)\n5. If employed, write down your work hours\na. If your hours change each week, write down the hours which are most consistent\nb. If you are taking 12 or more units we recommend working no more than 20 hours each week\nThe time that remains is your studying, recreation/wellness, family, social and free time.\nSecond, document the following:\n6. Locate two, two-hour time blocks, each day for studying, this yields 21 hours (two-hour time blocks are\nrecommended so you stay engaged in the material and maintain your focus)\n7. Write down your recreation/wellness time\n8. Write down your social, family and free time\n9. Write down your additional study time to reach your # units x 2 hours recommendation (i.e. need to find an\nadditional 9 hours of study time if using this equation: 15 units x 2 hours = 30 study hours each week)\n10. Implement your study plan!\nYou now have a good visual aid of how you spend your time each week."}
{"text":"According to new studies, the Egyptians started building the Great Pyramid of Giza on August 23, 2470 B.C. How did the Egyptian researches find the exact date? They used calculations based on the historical appearances of the star Sirius. \"The appearance of this star indicates the beginning of an inundation period for the Nile”, said team leader Abdel-Halim Nur El-Din. Apparently, the inundation was a promising time for the Egyptians and they started building new structures at the beginning of every inundation period. The researches then had to compare our modern calendar, the Egyptian calendar, and the cycle of the star Sirius to find the exact day this star appeared. The evidence that proves 2470 B.C as the year of the building was that the pharaohs usually started building their tombs at the beginning of their reign, and Khufu became pharaoh in 2470 B.C. The Great Pyramid was supposed to be his tomb. Many researchers agree with Nur El-Din’s methods of calculating this exact date, but others argue that the exact year of Khufu becoming pharaoh has never been clear. Also, that the appearance of the star Sirius could have been different depending on the weather conditions during any given year. Depending on your point of view, the exact date of the beginning of the construction of the Great Pyramid has not been discovered…yet!\n-Nona B., period 7"}
{"text":"A team of researchers from the U.K. and Brazil has found that black-fronted titi monkeys are able to convey two types of information in their vocal alarms: location and predator type. As the team notes in their paper published in the journalBiology Letters, this is the first known instance of an animal other than human that is able to convey both types of alarms in one sequence of vocal alarms.\nOver the years study by various researchers has determined that calls, screeches and other noises made by animals convey far more information than had been originally thought. Many species have been found to use vocal callings to warn others in their group of impending danger. Chief among them are calls to warn of predators that have wandered into the vicinity. Some animals call out to warn of the type of predator, others to let others know where the threat lies. Titi monkeys have, apparently, learned to convey both types of information by connecting different types of sounds together.\nTo learn more about titi monkeys and what their calls might mean, the research team ventured into a part of Brazil known as Minas Gerais—it’s a private nature preserve. There they placed stuffed versions of two types of animals that kill and eat titis when they can catch them: a bird of prey known as a caracara and oncilla, a predatory cat. Some of the stuffed predators were placed on the ground, while others were placed in the trees. After doing so, the researchers recorded the calls made by the titis in the area.\nIn analyzing the recordings, the researchers discovered that the monkeys emitted a series of noises when sending out alarms. Those patterns, they learned came in four distinct variants: one to indicate a bird in a tree, another a bird on the ground, one to indicate a cat on the ground and another that meant there was a cat in a tree. The sounds were individualized by changing the pitch, moving from a low to a high sound, or vice versa. In essence, the monkeys had developed a sort of Morse code.\nRead more at: Phys.org"}
{"text":"babbitt metal, any of several tin- or lead-based alloys used as bearing material for axles and crankshafts, based on the tinalloy invented in 1839 by Isaac Babbitt for use in steam engines. Modern babbitts provide a low-friction lining for bearing shells made of stronger metals such as cast iron, steel, or bronze. They may be made of: (1) high-tin alloys with small quantities of antimony and copper; (2) high-lead alloys containing antimony, arsenic, and tin; and (3) intermediate tin-lead alloys with antimony and copper.\nThe small quantities of hard metal in a soft matrix of tin or lead create a material strong enough to bear relatively high speeds and loads yet soft enough to embed dirt or other intrusions and not seize up on a spinning shaft in case of lubrication failure. Tin babbitts can be used at higher temperatures than the cheaper lead alloys, but most babbitts cannot endure prolonged use in high-performance internal-combustion engines, for which bearings are now made with linings of copper and aluminum alloys."}
{"text":"Death Valley has officially been declared the hottest place on Earth after a team of atmospheric scientists invalidated a temperature reading in Libya that had long been believed to be the warmest ever recorded. That means that the new record of 134°F/56.6°C was measured on July 10, 1913, at a weather station in Greenland Ranch, California.\nThe previous record of 136°F/57.7°C was recorded in El Azizia, Libya, on September 13, 1922. But meteorologists and climatologists have questioned the authenticity of that reading for years. In 2010, weather historian Christopher Burt from Weather Underground began an official inquiring that eventually led to a team of 13 scientists from 9 different countries joining together to determine if the reading was valid.\nThe team’s research got underway just as the Libyan revolution was kicking into high gear. That conflict put a temporary halt to the investigation as their primary contact inside the country went missing. He resurfaced eight months later, allowing the group to proceed and their findings revealed sufficient doubt to declare the old record to be inaccurate. The scientists blamed the faulty reading on antiquated instruments and a potentially inexperienced observer. They also said that the temperature was not consistent with those in surrounding locations and that the observation site wasn’t representative of the desert environment.\nWeather geeks around the world will no doubt take note of this change and be excited by the declaration of a new “hottest place” on the planet. For most of us, however, hot is just plain hot no matter the location. While in the Sahara Desert a few years back, I saw temperatures flirt with 130°F/54.4°C as well and I’m not sure the difference of a few degrees would have even been noticed.\nStill, if you have a desire to visit the driest and lowest place in North America, which also happens to be the hottest place on Earth, Death Valley National Park is certainly worth the effort."}
{"text":"IEA Warns Merkel to Reduce Cost of German Clean-Energy Switch\nGerman consumers have so far borne the brunt through power bills that have been inflated by renewable power subsidies while large consumers have been shielded from the increased costs, the Paris-based adviser said in a study released today. The costs need to be “minimized and allocated fairly and equitably,” the agency said in the report.\nMerkel has been trying to prevent a voter backlash before the Sept. 22 elections after costs to expand clean energy surged as the country seeks to more than triple the share of renewables in its power mix by 2050 while phasing out nuclear generation. Consumers in Europe’s biggest economy have seen power bills climb this year after a fee they pay for renewables jumped 47 percent to a record.\n“The fact that German electricity prices are among the highest in Europe, despite relatively low wholesale prices, must serve as a warning signal,” IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven said in an e-mailed statement. “The German government should maintain its policy course based on a predictable and stable regulatory framework while actively seeking means to reduce the costs.”\nWhile the agency warned against retroactive cuts to subsidies that would discourage investment, it recommended creating incentives for renewable suppliers to connect to the grid where it’s most cost-effective. Germany should also speed up expansion of its electricity grid and strengthen the position of natural gas as the use of more-polluting coal is increasing, van der Hoeven said.\nTo contact the reporter on this story: Stefan Nicola in Berlin at email@example.com\nTo contact the editor responsible for this story: Reed Landberg at firstname.lastname@example.org"}
{"text":"This \"Solar System\" quilt was made by Ellen Harding Baker of Cedar County, Iowa, in 1876. The wool top of this applique quilt is embellished with wool-fabric applique, wool braid, and wool and silk embroidery. Included in the design is the appliqued inscription, \"Solar System,\" and the embroidered inscriptions, \"E. H. Baker\" and \"A. D. 1876.\" The lining is a red cotton-and-wool fabric and the filling is of cotton fiber.\nThe maker, Sarah Ellen Harding, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1847, and married Marion Baker of Cedar County, Iowa, on October 10, 1867. They lived in Cedar County until 1878, and then moved to Johnson County, where Marion had a general merchandise business in Lone Tree. Ellen had seven children before she died of tuberculosis in the spring of 1886.\nThe design of Ellen's striking and unusual quilt resembles illustrations in astronomy books of the period. Ellen used the quilt as a visual aid for lectures she gave on astronomy in the towns of West Branch, Moscow, and Lone Tree, Iowa. Astronomy was an acceptable interest for women in the nineteenthth century and was sometimes even fostered in their education.\nMeasurements: overall: 89 in x 106 in; 225 cm x 269 cm\nMaker(s): quilter: Baker, Ellen Harding\nDate Made: 1876\nPlace Made: United States: Iowa\nCredit Line: Gift of Patricia Hill McCloy and Kathryn Hill Meardon\nObject ID: 1983.0618.01\nDivision: Division of Home and Community Life"}
{"text":"Detail of Garoda scroll. Water colours on paper; 279 cm x 56 cm. Gujarat. c. mid-20th century. 88/5/D.\nThe Garodas are a community of traditional storytellers from Gujarat who are known not only for painting and narrating legends, but also for painting horoscopes for newly born children. Unlike the chitrakatha, or storytelling traditions from Bengal and Rajasthan, the painted scrolls of the Garodas depict many legends in a single scroll.\nThe picture scrolls, known as tipanu in Gujarati, meaning “recording” or “remark”, are usually more than 3 m long and 35 cm broad and generally depict the following scenes:\nA shrine in the centre of which is a full vase topped by a coconut; two horsemen in profile representing the heroes Aldang and Ni clang; four-armed Ganesha, often accompanied by his wives Riddhi and Siddhi; Shiva, usually riding his vehicle the bull Nandi, often flanked by goddesses, one of whom holds a snake, or bow and arrow, and the other a scorpion; goddess Lakshmi; the local story of Dhana Baghat; two goddesses, one riding a tiger, the other a cock (local goddess Bahuchara), killing the buffalo demon; Krishna quelling the snake king Kaliya; the Shravana episode from the Ramayana, depicting Dasharatha aiming his arrow at the youth carrying his blind parents seated on planks suspended from a pole slung across his shoulders; Rama and Lakshmana aiming at a two-headed deer, while Sita is sitting in a garden pavilion; two-armed Hanuman; ten-headed Ravana; the story of the truthful king Harishchandra; the game amli-pipli played between the Pandavas and Kauravas, wherein an over-sized figure of Bhima, with half his body in red and the other half in silver, is shaking the tree; the legend of Chelaiyyo, popular in Gujarat; Ramdev Pir of Ranuja, one of the deified heroes of Rajasthan, depicted by his footprints, his horse and his bride Netal; and finally the various punishments in hell and rewards in heaven. The detail here depicts the game of amli-pipli."}
{"text":"[clear here] How do a pair of Eagle Owls get embroiled in a legal battle and end up nesting in a potted plant?! Well, it’s an interesting story…\nThree years ago Allan and Tracy noticed a strange thing: a mating pair of owls had suddenly set up shop in a potted plant on the balcony of their Johannesburg, South African condo. They discovered the owls had been forced to move in response to housing development destroying their natural habitat, a nearby greenbelt and wetland area. Allan and Tracy decided to take up their cause, and the owls became somewhat of a sensation in 2009 due to the housing developer’s ongoing efforts to build on the wetlands. A petition was circulated which ended up garnering over 27,000 signatures to stop the housing developers from continuing with their destruction of the nearby wetlands, and a court ruled in July of this year that the developers would have to cease and desist. But now, the developers are appealing the original court decision, and everything could be lost again.\nThe owls settled in starting in late August and have since laid 3 eggs, which will hatch after about a 30-day incubation period. Viewers are encouraged to check out the owls and sign the online petition to encourage the courts to uphold the original ruling.\nCheck out mama sitting on her nest right here."}
{"text":"An inventory of provincial lakes and reservoirs has been developed to characterise and assess the distribution and morphometry of standing water bodies in British Columbia. In the province, there are over 241,500 lakes and reservoirs greater than 1,000 m2 in size. These water bodies cover 2.37 percent of the province area and contain an estimated 521 km3 of water (312 km3 in natural lakes and 209 km3 in reservoirs). A hypsometric relation suitable for order-of-magnitude estimates of lake volume from lake area is presented. Based on the distribution and morphometric attributes of lakes, several distinctive limnologic regions were identified, including the northeastern Alberta Plateau (highest proportion of circular lakes), the southwestern Alberta Plateau (lowest lake density/ coverage and highest proportion of irregularly shaped lakes) and the Milbanke Strandflat (highest density of lakes). Observed regional and scale-related patterns in lake distribution/ morphometry appear to be largely related to geomorphic controls, particularly tectonic and glacial history. Large-scale hydrologic implications of these standing water bodies and potential ecosystem/water resource management applications of the provincial inventory are also discussed.\nASJC Scopus subject areas\n- Geography, Planning and Development\n- Earth-Surface Processes"}
{"text":"The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70-metre-long embroidered cloth that depicts the events of the Norman conquest of England, culminating in the Battle of Hastings has been digitised in high resolution and made available to the public.\nThe project to create a high-resolution panorama was led by the City of Bayeux and the DRAC Normandie (Ministry of Culture), with the assistance of the “Fabrique de patrimoines en Normandie” who photographed the embroidery.\nThe tapestry was likely created around AD 1070 by Anglo-Saxon artists in England, on the commission of Bishop Odo of Bayeux.\nIt consists of some seventy scenes, many with Latin tituli, embroidered on linen with coloured woollen yarns, and mainly focuses on the events concerning William, Duke of Normandy, and Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England.\nAlthough political propaganda or personal emphasis may have somewhat distorted the historical accuracy of the story, the Bayeux Tapestry constitutes a visual record of medieval arms, apparel, and other objects unlike any other artifact surviving from this period.\nThe earliest mention of the tapestry dates from 1476, where it was hung for the week of the Feast of St John the Baptist. It survived the sack of Bayeux by the Huguenots in 1562; and the next certain reference is from 1724. During the French Revolution, the tapestry was used by soldiers to cover military wagons, but was rescued by a local lawyer who sent it to the city administrators for safekeeping.\nView the Official digital representation of the Bayeux Tapestry – 11th century – Click Here\nHeader Image Credit : Bayeux Museum"}
{"text":"The Hare and the Tortoise Retold by Aaliyah\nOne hot summer morning was a Hare who always thought he was the most fast, clever and handsome animal in the meadow. He told the rabbit that his ears were the tallest. Hare always made fun of Tortoise because he was so slow. Tortoise had had enough of Hare making fun of him, so he said, \"Hare, I have had enough of you. I want to have a race with you.\"\nHare said, \"Ha! You are the slowest animal in the land.\"\n\"We'll see about that!\" Said Tortoise.\nSo everyone gathered where Hare and Tortoise were having the race. Everyone cheered for Tortoise even if Tortoise lost because Tortoise was a very good friend to everyone. He was a patient, kind, faithful, joyful little Tortoise. So the fox said \"Get on your marks, get set, go!\" Hare was running and running and Tortoise was plodding and plodding. Hare came to a stop. He was very tired. Hare thought Tortoise was so slow that he could not even catch up, so Hare went to bed. Hare was fast asleep. Tortoise was plodding past Hare. Tortoise saw that Hare was asleep so he kept trying to get to the finish line. Hare ran as fast as he could, but it was too late, Tortoise had already crossed the finish line. Hare came to Tortoise and said \"'I'"}
{"text":"Both the word descendant and its root, descent, appear to be normal and unremarkable words. Yet, on closer inspection, we can uncover some interesting ideas behind the words.\nWhen we descend, we move down, or we fall. Implicit in this word is weakness, darkness, and the loss of power. Surely, descend cannot be a word with a positive connotation. Yet, to descend from also means that one is connected by blood to a predecessor.\nTo interpret from a unique perspective, descent implies a certain structure of power. In one sense, it imposes a sort of hierarchical order to society based upon seniority and age. Later generations would, being descendants, by default be positioned below previous generations in the scheme of power, authority, and respect. In essence, descent reflects the society which coined the word.\nAnother possible intepretation has more religious overtones. The tale of Adam and Eve tells us of original sin. What this means, then, is that all descendants are literally descending into the darkness. Hence, the word descent refers symbolically to the original fall from grace since Adam and Eve.\nA last point of interest comes from a decidedly more scientific point of view. According to evolution, later generations are more likely to be fit than predecessor generations. Thus, later organisms have ascended the evolutionary ladder, becoming better in the process. Then, perhaps it would be more appropriate to reverse the naming convention to better reflect the gradual improvements across the generations.\nDescent - perhaps not such a unremarkable word after all.\nTechnorati Tags : Descent , Descendant , Word Analysis"}
{"text":"The China National Health and Family Planning Commission reported yesterday an additional human case of avian influenza A(H5N6).\nThe case involves a 50-year-old man who lives in Xiangxi, Hunan. The patient developed symptoms on May 23 and was admitted to a local hospital on May 28. He is now in a critical condition. This is the second case reported from Hunan province.\nFrom 2014 to date, a total of 14 human cases of avian influenza A(H5N6) have been reported by the Mainland health authorities.\nGuangdong province has reported six human cases since 2014, followed by Hunan and Yunan with two each. The remaining cases were reported in Sichuan, Jiangxi, Hubei and Anhui with one each.\nTen of the 14 total cases have been reported since Oct. 2015.\nAvian influenza (AI) is caused by those influenza viruses that mainly affect birds and poultry, such as chickens or ducks. These AI viruses are distinct from human seasonal influenza viruses. Since the AI viruses does not commonly infect human, there is little or no immune protection against them in the human population. People mainly become infected with AI through direct contact with infected birds and poultry (live or dead), their droppings or contaminated environments.\n- Samar outbreak kills 21 to date, Investigation ongoing\n- Thailand eliminates mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, 1st in Asia\n- Bangkok reports dengue fever increase"}
{"text":"The Gallows from which Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (\"Jew Süß\") was Hanged (1738)\nThe “court Jew” Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (1698-1738, known colloquially and pejoratively as “Jew Süss”) was a financial adviser to Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg (r. 1733-1737), who in 1736 took the controversial step of formally appointing him Privy Financial Counselor. Oppenheimer assisted the duke in establishing absolutist rule by raising taxes and duties while circumventing the parliamentary estates. These policies, together with Karl Alexander’s conversion to Catholicism, led to severe conflicts with the estates. After the duke’s death in 1737, Oppenheimer became a political scapegoat and fell victim to trumped-up charges of sexual misconduct. He was tried, convicted, and publicly executed in 1738. (Later, the Nazis exploited the story for their own anti-Semitic ends.) This image shows the doomed Oppenheimer and the gallows from which he was hanged on February 4, 1738. According to legend, before the execution, he was put on display in a human-sized bird cage and pressured to convert to Christianity (which he refused to do). He was then hanged. His corpse remained on display in the cage for six years. Broadsheet by unknown artist, mid-eighteenth century.\n© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz / SBB / Ruth Schacht\nOriginal: Handschriftenabteilung, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz"}
{"text":"French 3 is designed to further develop French language skills while providing a more in depth insight into French idiomatic expressions and francophone cultures around the world. Your four language skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) will be developed in an integrated and contextualized way through in-class activities (projects, weekly discussions, improvised dialogues, presentations etc.) music, Internet activities, games, films etc. You will be able to express yourself on topics and to understand content related to social life, news, cultural leisure and environment. You will be able to express and understand expressions of possibility, necessity, doubt, hope, will as well as give elaborated points of view. By the end of the course you will be able to interact with fluency in most daily situations, you will be able to discuss ideas, concepts and make hypotheses within the familiar and, to some extent unfamiliar topics as well as produce written and oral paragraphs, prepared or spontaneous using level appropriate discursive tools."}
{"text":"Spectra™ Cavity Detection\nIn the United States, dental caries (cavities) in children and adults has declined over the past 40 years; however, oral disease continues to be prevalent and presents a major public health issue. As with any disease, early detection is key to reversing this trend.\nWith the Spectra™ cavity detection aid, our Richmond, MI, practice can offer patients innovative technology and better overall care. Not only does Spectra technology clearly visualize patients’ current oral hygiene status, it serves as an additional aid in evaluating the efficacy of treatment over a period of time.\nWhat Is Spectra?\nSpectra is the first handheld digital imaging instrument that aids in the detection of caries. Spectra quickly and reliably identifies decay-causing bacteria. Spectra uses fluorescent technology similar to the fluorescence principle used in the detection of oral cancer. Optical methods, such as Spectra, for the detection of cavities have the advantage of being noninvasive.\nHow Exactly Does Spectra Work?\nLight-emitting diodes (LEDs) project high-energy, violet-blue light onto the tooth surface. Light of this particular wavelength makes cavity-causing bacteria to fluoresce red while healthy enamel fluoresces green.\nThe captured data is sent to the office computer where Air Techniques’ Visix™ imaging software interpolates it, making the cavity-causing bacteria clearly visible on the monitor. The computer displays active caries in red and healthy tooth enamel in green."}
{"text":"Read the sections on Hypothesis Testing in your book.\nClick on these links\nThink of an application where you can use hypothesis testing to test a premise. Use .05 for your alpha and give the scenario. Set up the problem, solve it and state your conclusions. See the example below.\nFirst post: First summarize the 3 videos and make a note of what you learned. Then create your own hypothesis test. For instance, XYZ car company boast that it’s new car Eco Auto gets at least 59 miles to the gallon. Given a sample mean of 57 and a standard deviation of 3.5 where 35 people were tested, find the z value and p score. Hint: Use the P value calculator in the announcements to find the p score.\nYou can put this in excel or your calculator\nUsing the z to p value calculator\nwith α=.05, 1 tailed test and z=-3.38, you get\nor enter this in excel\n=norm.dist(57,59,3.5/35^.5,true) and hit enter\nThis is the z value and in this case the p value\nIf you have a 2 tailed- test, then multiply the value you get by 2.\nand hit enter\nSince p < .05, you reject the null.\nYou will also write 2 respond by mentioning the video and tell what you learned. Also mention how the hypothesis test helped you.\nInstructions: Your initial post should be at least 250 words. Please respond to at least 2 other students. Responses should be a minimum of 100 words and include direct questions."}
{"text":"This page has frequently asked questions and facts regarding climate change. It has index tabs for Fact Sheets, Lesson Plans, Climate Change Educator Conference, Case Studies and other Links. In Partnership with NSTA.\nExplores the risk of climate change due to a variety of causes. Links to extensive data.\nThis page is a gateway to real-time and archived data, videos, and much much more educational materials regarding climate and climate change.\nAn explanation of thermohaline circulation\nThis lengthy essay on the history and impact of global warming is part of a collection or ebook The Discovery Of Global Warming\nPage is a selection of articles/lessons with activities on the sea level topics with animations, simulations and hand out material.\nA page from vital climate graphics, part of the 1995 IPCC Second Assessment Report. The graphs show sea level rise over the last century & future scenarios respectively. The text examines challenges of accurately measuring sea level changes\nA page from vital climate graphics, part of the 1995 IPCC Second Assessment Report. The graph shows projected sea level rise until 2100 & the text explains the graph.\nA page from vital climate graphics, part of the 1995 IPCC Second Assessment Report. Explores projected sea level rise and impact for population and land of Bangladesh"}
{"text":"Intro: Environmental Bottle Lamps\nThis instructabule will guide you on how to build a lantern, or lamp shade out of your average 2 liter soda bottle.This instructabule is perfect for replacing broken lamp shades or adding a dimer to your average lite source,and save some ounces of plastic from the environment!\nStep 1: Supplies and Tools\nliter bottle including lid (can be soda or other liquid)\nStep 2: Where to Cut?\nSet the bottle on top of the light fixture and mark around the light fixture on the bottle.\nStep 3: Cleaning\nCleaning is a very important step into the lamp, to prevent precipitation from entering the electrical parts.\nFirst, you will need to wash of the soda, from the bottle, then rub of the marks that could be left from the marker,and then dry the bottle.\nStep 4: Attaching\nTo attach the bottle to the light fixture, simply slide the bottle to the light bulbs protectors. and make sure all cords are safely in place, and that the bulb does not come in contact with the bottle.\nStep 5: Adjusting the Light\nTo adjust the light on the lamp, just simply attach the cap to the bottle on, for darker, and for lighter, take it off."}
{"text":"We present a high-resolution cross-disciplinary analysis of kinship structure and social institutions in two Late Copper Age Bell Beaker culture cemeteries of South Germany containing 24 and 18 burials, of which 34 provided genetic information. By combining archaeological, anthropological, genetic and isotopic evidence we are able to document the internal kinship and residency structure of the cemeteries and the socially organizing principles of these local communities. The buried individuals represent four to six generations of two family groups, one nuclear family at the Alburg cemetery, and one seemingly more extended at Irlbach. While likely monogamous, they practiced exogamy, as six out of eight non-locals are women. Maternal genetic diversity is high with 23 different mitochondrial haplotypes from 34 individuals, whereas all males belong to one single Y-chromosome haplogroup without any detectable contribution from Y-chromosomes typical of the farmers who had been the sole inhabitants of the region hundreds of years before. This provides evidence for the society being patrilocal, perhaps as a way of protecting property among the male line, while in-marriage from many different places secured social and political networks and prevented inbreeding. We also find evidence that the communities practiced selection for which of their children (aged 0-14 years) received a proper burial, as buried juveniles were in all but one case boys, suggesting the priority of young males in the cemeteries. This is plausibly linked to the exchange of foster children as part of an expansionist kinship system which is well attested from later Indo-European-speaking cultural groups.\n- 615 Historia ja arkeologia"}
{"text":"One of the most popular free-time option to volunteers in Ecuador is visiting the equator – only a 30-minute drive north of downtown Quito! The word ‘ecuador’ means ‘equator’ in Spanish – the invisible line of zero latitude passing through this small Andean country. The Middle of the World (Mitad del Mundo) where you can stand with one foot in the northern hemisphere and one foot in the southern hemisphere.\nZero Latitude: Attractions When Visiting the Equator\nPeople of all ages enjoy visiting the equator, as there is a lot to do here! At Intiñan Museum, where the actual line of 00º00’00’’ latitude runs, one can learn all about the weird phenomena that occur only at the equator. Here you can lose weight in one second, balance an egg on the head of a nail, see the Coriolis effect for yourself, and feel like you’re inebriated when trying to walk in a straight line! There is even more to be learned at the Solar Museum.\nIntiñan also houses an ethnographic museum, including huts which represent ancestral culture from Ecuador. Visitors here can learn about traditions, rituals, cultural artifacts, and tools used for hunting and fishing. This museum seeks to teach about the country’s four main regions – the Andes, the Coast, the Amazon, and the Galapagos Islands – and the cultures and cosmography of the original inhabitants of these places through which the equator passes.\nWhen you volunteer in Ecuador, make sure to schedule time to visit the equator and other natural, cultural, and historic attractions for which Ecuador is renown."}
{"text":"Whenever you use a computer, you leave behind a rich seam of personal information. Computers can use that to understand your personality far better than your family or friends.\nResearchers from Stanford University in California and the University of Cambridge have performed a study which compared the personality traits of 86,000 participants acquired via a questionnaire with an analysis of their Facebook activity.\nWhere the team had gathered data from over 100 Facebook likes for a person, their algorithms could determine a person's personality more accurately than their friends and family — and almost as well as their partner. The research is published in PNAS.\nInterestingly, the techniques aren't limited to Facebook, so any analysis of other evidence left behind on a computer — the websites our visit, the purchases you make on Amazon, whatever — could all be used to contribute to working out what kind of person you are. It's not just idle research either: the team suggest that their insights could easily be used to predict your suitability for a job. Instead of applying for new employment, algorithms would spot from scouring internet data that you might be suitable – before head-hunting you.\nScared? It's perhaps still a little early to panic. After all, this analysis is based on just five major personality traits, while many psychological analyses use hundreds of dimensions to build an accurate picture of you and your behaviour. Until computers can match that, no algorithm will ever know you as well as, say, your spouse. But regardless, the power of the algorithm is clear. It might be time to pay a little more care to what you 'like' on Facebook. [PNAS via New Scientist]\nImage by Chester Luna under Creative Commons license"}
{"text":"Sampling soil is needed to quantified nitrogen-fixing bacteria, phosphate-solvent bacteria, soil’s macro and micro nutrient content, and also soil field capacity. Sampling method are using composites with 9 sampling points. Soil sample was taken diagonally with distance between points 4,5 meters on the sampling squares which has been made before. Sampling Soil on reclamation area 2004 and 2008 was done on convex, concave, and flat surfaces. Sample ring was used to ease the sampling process on 10-20 cm deep, although the soil was included in disturbed soil sample. After composited, the soil sample were wrapped using plastic bag and labeled, and stored on a cold storage. The soil sample immediately sent to the lab for examination and content analysis."}
{"text":"Uniforms that the department wears are half of the reason an officer feels pride in their job. The uniform symbolizes, justice, courage, integrety and respect. While an officer moves through the ranks of the NYPD, their uniform changes with colors and emblems. Formal uniforms used in marches, funerals, and award ceremonies are the glory of an officer in the NYPD. Uniforms show everything about an officer, whether they are reliable or not, and if they are enthusiastic or not. Sloppy uniform, means two things: lazy and disrespectful.\nA NYPD officers uniform is a dark blue shirt, pants and tie. An officer above the rank of Sergeant wears the same uniform with a white shirt to symbolise his or her authority.\n|Title||Insignia||Uniform Shirt Color||Badge design||Badge Color||Badge Numbered|\nChief of Department\n|||White||Medallion with eagle and four stars||no|\n|Bureau Chief||||Medallion with eagle and three stars|\n|Assistant Chief||||Medallion with eagle and two stars|\n|Deputy Chief||||Medallion with eagle and one star|\n|Inspector||||Medallion with eagle||Gold & Blue Enamel|\n|Deputy Inspector||||Laurels and crown with oak leaves|\n|Captain||||Laurels and crown|\n|Blue||Shield with Eagle||Gold\nGold & Blue Enamel"}
{"text":"To seal a tubeless tire, first locate where the sealant should be applied, whether it be a slow leak hole or to the whole tire so it retains air longer. After finding the location, select the best sealant. Clean the application area of the tire well to remove all dust and particles. When cleaned, apply the patch or a thin layer of the liquid sealant to the, and tire then allow time for it to adhere.Continue Reading\nFor tubeless tires, liquid sealant is an excellent choice, as many liquid sealants seal punctures while riding. Liquid sealants typically are thin and viscose for easy application and coverage. To allow the liquid sealant to properly disperse and evenly dry, turn the tire horizontally so it does not drip, run or dry out of place.\nWhen sealing tires to ensure they retain air longer, periodically check the sealant level to recognize when the sealant needs to be re-applied. To double-check if the sealant needs re-application, periodically check the tire pressure of the tubeless tires. Some liquid sealants dry out quickly -- particularly latex-based sealants or tires that are used in arid or extreme conditions. Typically, sealants only need to be re-applied every six weeks.Learn more about Bicycles"}
{"text":"Spellings and Home Learning\nThe following two lists show the high frequency words the children need to know by the end of Year 4:\nThe following links are to our interactive spelling practice lists. Children should complete these daily. The practice lists are arranged by week number.\nHome learning arrangements:\nPlease refer to our our new Home Learning Diary\nWhy is home learning important?\nThe focus of home learning in Laycock Primary School is on the important skills of English, to include writing, spelling and reading with parents / carers, and Maths, to include the practice and acquisition of key number bonds and multiplication tables. Home learning is expected to be appropriate for the age group and abilities of the pupils. It is expected to extend school experiences as well as to consolidate and reinforce skills and understanding.\nA whole school talk activity is also given to all children every Thursday for discussion as a family and is followed up in class every Friday morning."}
{"text":"Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (; (28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) was a French statesman who led the nation to victory in the First World War. A leader of the Radical Party, he played a central role in politics after 1870. Clemenceau served as the Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909, and again from 1917 to 1920. He was one of the principal architects of the Treaty of Versailles at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. Nicknamed \"Le Tigre\" (The Tiger), he took a very harsh position against defeated Germany and won agreement on Germany's payment of large sums for reparations.\nRead more about Georges Clemenceau.\nSome articles on Georges Clemenceau:\n... bought an apartment in Paris for his friend Georges Clemenceau in 1926 to use as a retirement home ... Clemenceau, Arizona, USA was named in honor of Georges Clemenceau by his friend James Douglas, Jr ... in 1917 Mount Clemenceau (3,658m) in the Canadian Rockies was named after Clemenceau in 1919 ...\n... Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (French pronunciation 28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) was a French statesman, physician, and journalist. 1917, Clemenceau formed a coalition cabinet in which he was also minister of war ... the French delegation at the Paris Peace Conference, Clemenceau insisted on Germany's disarmament and was never satisfied with the Versailles Treaty ...\nFamous quotes containing the words georges clemenceau, clemenceau and/or georges:\n“General de Gaulle was a thoroughly bad boy. The day he arrived, he thought he was Joan of Arc and the following day he insisted that he was Georges Clemenceau.”\n—Franklin D. Roosevelt (18821945)\n“It is far easier to make war than to make peace.”\n—Georges Clemenceau (18411929)\n“At anchor she rides the sunny sod,\nAs full to the gunnel of flowers growing\nAs ever she turned her home with cod\nFrom Georges Bank when winds were blowing.”\n—Robert Frost (18741963)"}
{"text":"The back-reference ‘\\n’, where n is a single digit, matches the substring previously matched by the nth parenthesized subexpression of the regular expression. For example, ‘(a)\\1’ matches ‘aa’. When used with alternation, if the group does not participate in the match then the back-reference makes the whole match fail. For example, ‘a(.)|b\\1’ will not match ‘ba’. When multiple regular expressions are given with -e or from a file (‘-f file’), back-references are local to each expression."}
{"text":"They're calling it the \"Amazon Stonehenge.\" Archaeologists have found a massive ancient stone structure in a remote part of the Amazon basin that was probably used as an astronomical observatory or a place of worship, report the BBC News and Agence France Presse.\nThe site, which is thought to be about 2,000 years old based on the age of fragments of indigenous pottery found nearby, was constructed long before Europeans colonized the area and so suggests that the native people had a sophisticated and advanced knowledge of astronomy--something that contradicts historical views. The appearance bears a striking resemblance to England's Stonehenge, which is several thousand years older than the Amazon site.\nFound in Calcoene in the Amapa state of Brazil in the far north of the country near the border with French Guyana, it was constructed of 127 large stone blocks, each of which weighs several tons and measures 10 feet high. Carefully arranged and evenly spaced, they were driven into the ground in an open field on top of a hill. But it is the sophisticated construction with the stones laid out to identify the winter solstice that most impresses the archaeologists. \"Only a society with a complex culture could have built such a monument,\" archaeologist Mariana Petry Cabral, of the Amapa Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, told O Globo newspaper. In December, the sun's rays pass through a hole in of the blocks, which possibly allowed the people to calculate agricultural activity and religious rituals, reports AFP.\nUCTP Note: Amazonian Stone \"Batey\" similar to those found in the Caribbean."}
{"text":"- Is encryption used to secure critical data?\n- Whether in all the locations where the critical data is stored is encrypted?\nYes. The encryption algorithm is AES 256 bits.\n- What are the keys used in encryption?\nThe following keys are used,\nHow the DEK is generated?\n- A data encryption key called DEK is used to encrypt the data\n- A master encryption key called MEK is used to encrypt the DEK\nRandomly generated by the application without any intervention by human users\nAre we splitting the MEK?\nYes. MEK is split into two key components and distributed to two key custodians. Neither of the custodians have full knowledge of the key all by themselves.\nHow are the keys being stored?\nThe keys are stored in the following formats\nIs there a Key Management Policy?\n- The DEK is stored in a key file format in the database server\n- The MEK is stored in the key file format in the application server\nYes. There is a thorough policy on Key Management with specific module to ensure modification of the keys as and when required. The retired keys are deleted in a secure manner to ensure that it is unconstructuable.\nDoes the CDE have a separate firewall?\nYes. It monitors the traffic in the following conditions\n- Between the internet and the web server/merchant applications\n- Between the web server/merchant applications and the App server\n- Between the application server and the database server"}
{"text":"National Center Senior Fellow Jeff Stier was quoted Friday in a WebMD article on a report in Environmental Science & Technology.\nAs WebMD’s Denise Mann reported, “Reports of intersex fish, including male fish with some female characteristics, led to widespread concerns about female hormones leaching into the nation’s water supply.”\nThe report concluded that only one percent of the estrogen in our drinking water supply can be traced back to oral contraceptives. Mann added, “Soy and dairy products and animal waste contribute far more estrogen to the water supply than do oral contraceptives.”\nJeff is quoted saying, in part, “There is no body of scientific evidence which leads to the conclusion that trace levels of hormones in drinking water are a contributor to human health problems, be they from pharmaceuticals or other sources.”"}
{"text":"RSAC-0110- RPT2. Salt Lake City, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Remote Sensing Applications Center\nLarge areas of aspen (Populus tremuloides) have disappeared and continue to disappear from western forests due to successional decline and sudden aspen decline (SAD). This loss of aspen ecosystems negatively impacts watersheds, wildlife, plants, and recreation. Much can still be done to restore aspen if timely and appropriate action is taken. However, land managers often lack fundamental information on the location, quantity, and status of aspen stands. This information is needed to plan, implement, and defend aspen restoration activities, but it is often difficult and costly to obtain. Advances in remote sensing technologies can provide cost-effective ways to obtain spatial and quantitative information about aspen to support restoration activities at multiple scales. With sponsorship from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Remote Sensing Steering Committee, the Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center conducted three pilot studies to develop remote sensing methods for obtaining key information about aspen. Efforts were focused primarily on developing a method to create a stratified probability map of aspen cover from Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) satellite imagery for a study area located in the Custer National Forest. Photo-interpreted samples of the strata yielded estimates of the aspen cover present in each stratum. This product can greatly increase the efficiency of planning restoration activities and collecting associated field data. Pilot studies were also conducted to develop remote sensing methods to map SAD across large areas and map small, isolated aspen patches for restoration planning.\nHamilton, Randy; Megown, Kevin; DiBenedetto, Jeff; Bartos, Dale; and Mikeck, Anne, \"Assessing aspen using remote sensing\" (2009). Aspen Bibliography. Paper 3483."}
{"text":"Marine Forces for the Future\nGen. George Crist, USMC (Ret.)\nThe Marine Corps has always lived on the margin beside the larger U.S. military services. Historically the strength and capabilities of the Corps have followed a sine curve, rising and falling in direct relation with the extent of America's military commitments and involvements. The era of U.S.-Soviet confrontation, and related conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, marked nearly forty years of historically unprecedented stability for the Corps.\nThe fading of the confrontation era is stripping away the commitment by the United States to a global war posture, and with it the cushion against descending military manpower levels and reduced resources. Now the Marine Corps again faces fierce competition for a share of defense allocations and for the visibility of its role in the post-containment strategy.\nThe fortunes of the Marine Corps have traditionally been founded in four potential missions: large wars, limited or regional wars, small wars, and demonstrations of force. By public law the roles and missions of the Marine Corps are primarily naval and amphibious: they focus on the seizure and defense of advanced naval bases and the conduct of land operations essential to the prosecution of naval campaigns. In reality, however, what the Corps is called upon to undertake often has little relevance to the words of the law. The Marine Corps is proscribed from being a \"second land army.\" Yet in World Wars I and II, in Korea, in Vietnam, and more recently in the Persian Gulf, that is precisely how the Corps was used."}
{"text":"I need to figure out how to find the Normal and Tangent of acceleration. I know the formula for the tangent of acceleration is $((Acceleration . Velocity)/(Velocity.Velocity))*Velocity$ and the normal ...\nI want to plot functions & integrals with vector variable the present in this paper. For example the equation (5) at p. 3: I want to plot a chart like figure 5, i.e. the $x$-axis is the angle ...\nI asked this same question in Mathematics, and it was suggested I might try here. I'm more comfortable with Maple, but if I can get Mathematica to do what I'm after, so much the better. Basically ..."}
{"text":"Quality Grade 7 English Tutoring & Help\nOxford Learning®’s 7th Grade tutoring will help your child with the learning abilities he or she will need to succeed in Grade 7 English, and in all subjects.\nStudents in Grade 7 are expected to have a solid foundation when it comes to their reading and writing skills. If they’ve fallen behind or are having a hard time following the school curriculum, now is the time to get extra help from a Grade 7 English tutor. Oxford Learning®’s Grade 7 reading and writing programs help students improve their reading, vocabulary, and spelling abilities.\nWith 7th Grade English help, students gain skills that can be used for many years to come including homework skills, planning abilities, and confidence, building a solid foundation for high school success. That’s the Oxford Learning® difference.\nGrade 7 English Tutoring Subjects\n- Read with fluency for meaning\n- Understand form and style\n- Acquire appropriate reading skills and strategies\n- Read difficult texts from different sources, including novels, short stories, poetry, autobiographies, historical fiction, etc.\n- Read critically, extracting proper meaning out of texts\n- Differentiating among text forms, patterns, features, and elements of style\n- Develop and organize content\n- Use knowledge of form and style in writing\n- Present written work effectively\n- Reflect on writing skills and strategies\n- Expand their vocabulary and use proper grammar and punctuation\n- Portfolio component, where students select pieces of writing that reflect their growth and explain their choices"}
{"text":"Marie Curie, a French physicist famous for her research on radioactivity, was born this Sunday, 7 November 1867. Madame Curie and her husband Pierre found that a mineral called pitchblende was far more radioactive than its uranium and thorium could account for; that led to their discovery of two more radioactive elements--polonium and radium--in 1898. They received the 1903 Nobel Prize in physics for this work.\nAfter Pierre was killed in 1906, run over by a horse-drawn wagon, Marie took his position at the Sorbonne and became the first woman to teach there. In 1910 she isolated pure radium metal--which earned her a share of another Nobel Prize a year later. During World War I, she helped equip ambulances with x-ray machines and trained doctors on using the new technique. Marie Curie died of cancer in 1934.\n[Source: Roy Porter, Ed., The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists (Oxford University Press, ed. 2, 1994).]"}
{"text":"Your yawning habit may be attributed to fatigue or a lack of energy. Yawning makes you look like you are bored or disinterested in what you are doing. No one wants to be yawning unless they are about to go to bed. Learn how to stop yawning by following these steps.\nGet more sleep. Your yawning may be attributed to not getting enough sleep. Get more sleep by going to bed at an earlier time, keeping your room dark and cool and blocking out the light. If you don't get enough sleep you won't be able to stop yawning.\nTake a nap. Try to take a nap during the day. If you work a 9-5 job, try to take naps on the weekends.\nExercise. Exercising once a day will greatly increase your energy and prevent fatigue.\nDon't eat too much at lunch. When you stuff yourself at lunch your body slows down while it processes everything you eat. Big lunches lead to tired afternoons with lots of yawning. Eat a light lunch to stop yawning.\nEat more fruit. Cut out the sweets and the junk and eat a healthier diet. You are what you eat, and putting bad stuff in will make you fee tired faster."}
{"text":"Common Name: Southern Flying Squirrel\nScientific Name: Glaucomys volans\nTotal Length: 8-9 inches\nTail Length: 3-5 inches\nWeight: 1.6-3 ounces\nComments: Southern flying squirrels live in woodpecker holes and tree cavities. They cannot fly, but they can \"glide\" up to 300 feet due to a web of skin extending from their front to hind legs. When gliding they appear flat and square with a flattened tail that provides an efficient rudder to control their aerial maneuvers. Before landing the tail flips upward and the squirrel lands, hind feet first, with his head up. Females produce two litters of 1-7 young. Longevity in the wild is up to six years.\nDistribution: Southern flying squirrels can be found in thickly wooded areas from Central America through the eastern half of the United States and into southeast Canada. They are found in oak-hickory forests in the eastern quarter of Kansas.\nFood: Southern flying squirrels forage at night on nuts, seeds, leaf and flower buds, berries, insects, nestling birds, bird eggs, and carrion."}
{"text":"A cartoon character might treat a toothache by wrapping a cloth bandage under his jaw and tying it at the top of his head. But while this is sometimes still used as a common visual example of tooth pain, it's based on a long-passed method of bandaging the jaw to relieve dental soreness. Historians aren't entirely sure what the purpose of the practice was. Most believe it was to hold a poultice (a moist salve comprised of bread, cereal or mashed beans or beets) in place. Of course the treatment, which can be traced back to ancient Babylon, could've also been used to warm the cheek or keep evil spirits from the face and mouth [source: Wynbrandt].\nHead bandages weren't the only unusual practice for treating toothaches. From cloth-wrapped hot bricks to chloroform-soaked cotton balls, history is filled with desperate attempts to end dental discomfort [sources: Steele; Ritter, et. al]. Historical records show that the Chinese used arsenic pills placed between the teeth to help ease pain [source: Wynbrandt]. Siberians came up with a debatably more desirable treatment, which involved gargling a garlic-vodka solution several times a day [source: Kourenoff].\nFortunately for you, you live in the 21st century -- and you're not an animated character. And luckily, there are many proven, nontoxic methods of treating toothaches. So if you're experiencing a painful ache in your teeth and gums, leave the cloth bandage, arsenic and chloroform alone, and try one of the remedies on the following pages."}
{"text":"The Queen's Chapel is a chapel in central London, England, that was designed by Inigo Jones and built between 1623 and 1625 as an external adjunct to St. James's Palace for Roman Catholic queen Henrietta Maria. It is one of the facilities of the British monarch's personal religious establishment, the Chapel Royal, and should not be confused with the 1540 building known as the Chapel Royal within the palace and just across Marlborough road.\nIt was built as a Roman Catholic chapel at a time when the construction of Catholic churches was prohibited in England, and was used by Charles I's Catholic queen Henrietta Maria. From the 1690s it was used by Continental Protestant courtiers. It was built as an integral part of St James's Palace, but when the adjacent private apartments burned down in 1809 they were not replaced and in 1856-57 Marlborough Road was built between the palace and the Queen's Chapel. The result is that physically the chapel now appears to be more part of the Marlborough House complex than of St James's Palace. It became a Chapel Royal again in 1938.\nThe Queen's Chapel was where, for several days, the body of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was placed during the preparations for her lying-in-state in Westminster Hall.\n- Savoy Chapel\n- The Buildings of England London 6: Westminster (2003) pages 587-88.\n- Template:Cite web"}
{"text":"LIVING STANDARDS: Living Standards on the Up\nRecent Gauteng Business News\nUsing Living Standards Measures (LSMs), a marketing tool developed by the South African Advertising Research Foundation, the Survey shows that in 2001, one in ten (11%) adults were in LSM 1, the lowest living standard category. By 2010 this had fallen to only 2%.\nOver the same period, the proportion of adults in the top three LSM categories, LSMs 8 to 10, has increased by 25%. In 2001, 16% of adults were in LSMs 8 to 10, while by 2010 this had increased to 20%, or one in five adults.\nThe Determining Factors for Calculating Living Standards\nLSMs use criteria such as whether people are urbanised or whether they own motor vehicles and major appliances to determine standards of living. Income is not used to determine a persons LSM.\nThe research manager at the Institute, Ms Lucy Holborn, said that despite high unemployment and shortcomings in service delivery, living standards have actually improved significantly over the past decade.\nRacial Living Standards Still Very Much Lopsided\nThere are, however, still notable racial discrepancies. In 2001, Africans made up 99.7% of those in LSM 1, but only 3% of those in LSM 10. In 2010 Africans made up 98% of those in LSM 1, and 19% in LSM 10. Of adults in LSM 10, 65% were white. The data shows that the racial differences have narrowed slightly, with more representation of Africans in the top Living Standards Measures groups than ten years ago, demonstrating a growing African middle class, Ms Holborn added.\nBusiness News Sector Tags: Health|"}
{"text":"This is the fourth post in a series on extending ADDIE in order to solve wicked or complex problems:\nDevelopment in ADDIE is typically thought of as creating the learning content, products, and services, in addition to selecting the media that will carry or deliver them to the learners. Frog Design defines Divergence as branching out beyond what is normally does in its ecosystem in order to take in a wider footprint that provides a holistic solution:\nThe Development and Divergence Continuum works differently from both the other two ones:\n- In the Analysis and Immersion Continuum the complexity of the environment determines at what point you are on the scale.\n- In the Design and Convergence Continuum the goal is to aim for the center of the scale.\nWhile the goal in the Development and Divergence Continuum is to aim for both ends — combine “what works” with “what will make it better.\"\nFor example, blended learning is normally considered a combination of elearning and classroom learning. eLearning allows the learners to learn at their own pace, while the classroom portion provides the needed social engagement. The Army has found this to be a superior form of learning and is now moving to a dL (distributed Learning) environment. Note that the “d” is not capitalized as only the “Learning” is emphasized — classroom learning is used when it makes sense.\nAnother example is the greater consideration of informal and social media when creating formal learning platforms.\nThus, rather than just working from just one point in the scale, Development can often be improved by working from two or more points in the scale.\nUp next — Evaluate and Adaptation."}
{"text":"For teenagers, texting on mobile phones has dethroned actual voice calls when it comes to connecting with their friends, according to a new report released today by the Pew Research Center, Live Science reports. The report also shows that when teenagers do bother with an old-school phone call, it’s more often to contact their parents than their peers. This trend reflects a digital divide between generations of mobile phone users but also some psychological strategizing on the part of teens. Among its many advantages, teens interviewed as part of a focus group said texting is a quick way to say “hi,” report where they and their friends are and to get to the point. “Teens tell us how [texting is] more efficient, how they don’t have to go through the preamble and niceties [of a phone conversation],” said Amanda Lenhart, a co-author of the new study and a senior research specialist who directs the Pew Internet & American Life Project’s research on teens, children and families. But for socially nuanced situations when the inflection and expression of a voice takes precedence over the brevity of emoticons and crafty punctuation, phone calling is still preferred."}
{"text":"Family: Gadidae, Cods view all from this family\nDescription The Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, is a well-known demersal food fish belonging to the family Gadidae. It is also commercially known as cod, codling or haberdine.\nIn the western Atlantic Ocean cod has a distribution north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and round both coasts of Greenland; in the eastern Atlantic it is found from the Bay of Biscay north to the Arctic Ocean, including the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Sea of the Hebrides, areas around Iceland and the Barents Sea.\nIt can grow to 2 meters in length and weigh up to 96 kilograms (210 lb). It can live for 25 years and sexual maturity is generally attained between ages 2 to 4, but can be as late as 8 years in the northeast Arctic. Colouring is brown to green with spots on the dorsal side, shading to silver ventrally. A lateral line is clearly visible. Its habitat ranges from the shoreline down to the continental shelf.\nSeveral cod stocks collapsed in the 1990s (declined by >95% of maximum historical biomass) and have failed to recover even with the cessation of fishing. This absence of the apex predator has led to a trophic cascade in many areas. Many other cod stocks remain at risk. The \"Atlantic Cod\" is labelled VU (vulnerable) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.\nDimensions Up to 6' (1.8 m); 98 3/4 lbs (44.8 kg).\nHabitat Ocean or bay shallows, Open ocean.\nRange New England, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Eastern Canada."}
{"text":"Make marmalade this winter\nCitrus is the star of winter. When not a lot else is in season it is sweet, colourful and cheap.\nMany people who grow citrus are faced with the problem of how to eat it all.\nIf you have a citrus tree, it is best to leave the fruit on the tree and pick as needed. Citrus can stay good for months on the tree. The longer they stay on the tree, the sweeter they get.\nIf you have bought or been given citrus, keep them in the fridge until you want to eat them - they will last for a couple of weeks at least.\nShould you have more fruit than you can handle, contact Community Fruit Harvesting. They collect excess fruit and turn it into preserves and cordials which are donated to foodbanks.\nMaking marmalade is a great way to preserve citrus for the coming year. The beauty of this recipe is that you can use any sort of citrus – limes, grapefruit, oranges, tangelos etc - or mix them up for a wonderfully tangy spread. Keep the skin on the fruit so that nothing goes to waste!\n- About 1.6kg citrus fruits\n- 1.5 litres (6 cups) water\n- 2 lemons\n- 1.25kg (5 cups) sugar\n- Cut fruit into quarters and slice finely. Put into a large bowl and cover with the water. Allow to stand overnight.\n- Tip the fruit and water into a large pan, bring to the boil and simmer covered until the rind is very tender (40-60 minutes depending on how finely you have cut the rind).\n- Add the sugar and stir until it has dissolved. Increase heat and boil uncovered until it gels when tested on a cold saucer. This will probably take at least 45 minutes. Pour into hot, sterilized jars and seal. The unopened jars will keep for up to a year.\nRecipe by Community Fruit Harvesting\nFor more ideas for what to do with citrus visit www.lovefoodhatewaste.co.nz"}
{"text":"The son of Solomon during whose reign the kingdom divided into north and south.\nRehoboam succeeded his father Solomon as king of the united monarchy. He ignored the counsel of the elder advisors and continued the heavy taxation that Solomon had levied to maintain the administrative structure of the united kingdom. The northern kingdom therefore revolted and instituted their own monarchy, crowning Jeroboam I king of the northern tribes, which became known as Israel. Rehoboam continued to reign over the southern kingdom, Judah, for 17 years.\nAUTHOR: Robert Brusic, Seminary Pastor Emeritus"}
{"text":"“We stand, in most places on earth, only 6 inches from desolation, for that is the thickness of the topsoil layer upon which the entire life of the planet depends.” (R Neil Sampson)\nUsually the only magazines I buy are The Big Issue and a TV guide but recently I bought an issue of Country Life because HRH The Prince of Wales was guest editor. He has run Duchy Home Farm organically for 30 years and he understands farming.\nOne topic Prince Charles wrote about was soil. Research by University of Sheffield suggested that the nutrients in the soil will run out in 100 seasons if we carry on as we are. Other researchers think 60 years unless we start to reintroduce more sustainable practices now. Forty percent of the world’s agricultural soil is now classified as either degraded or seriously degraded (meaning that 70% of the topsoil is gone). Our soil is being lost at 10 to 40 times the rate it can be replenished. In some parts of the world over-intensive farming has created desert.\nGrowing plants use 60 minerals and trace minerals which they draw from the soil. Artificial fertilisers do not replace all these trace elements; they focus on three that make plants grow quickly and give high yield: nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. Sadly this means that the mineral content of our food is reducing. Animals and people need diverse minerals. As the soil becomes depleted, we can suffer from deficiencies that affect our health.\nWe often see farmers muck-spreading in Cumbria; it gives the land ‘heart’. Don’t moan about the smell, rejoice in the goodness going back into the soil!\nTop tips – support our good local farmers."}
{"text":"The kelvin (abbreviation K), less commonly called the degree Kelvin (symbol, o K), is the Standard International ( SI ) unit of thermodynamic temperature. One kelvin is formally defined as 1/273.16 (3.6609 x 10 -3 ) of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of pure water (H 2 O).\nThe kelvin scale differs from the more familiar Celsius or centigrade ( o C) temperature scale; there is no such thing as a below-zero Kelvin figure. A temperature of 0 K represents absolute zero, the absence of all heat. However, the size of the kelvin \"degree\" is the same as the size of the Celsius \"degree.\" A change of plus-or-minus 1 o C is the same as a change of plus-or-minus 1 K.\nAt standard Earth-atmospheric sea-level pressure, water freezes at 0 o C or +273.15 K, and boils at +100 o C or +373.15 K. A temperature of 0 K thus corresponds to -273.15 o C. A temperature of 273.15 K corresponds to 0 o C. To convert a kelvin temperature figure to Celsius, subtract 273.15. To convert a Celsius temperature figure to kelvin, add 273.15.\nAlso see Standard International ( SI ) System of Units."}
{"text":"from the Print It! Index\nAbout this Activity\nThis zany, fun-filled lesson plan for the music classroom teaches students about two dynamic levels: piano (p) and forte (f). Students perform Boom Chicka Boom phrase by phrase, and decide which manipulative best represents what they just heard and performed - Big radio for forte (loud), or small radio for piano (soft).\nGet Boom Chicka Boom | Music Lesson Plan (Dynamics)\nBoom Chicka Boom\n| Music Lesson Manipulatives\nPreview and Print\nPreview and print these free printable music lesson manipulatives by clicking on the purple button above the printable.\nTrouble opening PDF? You may need to download or update Acrobat Reader first. Click the purple button to download reader.\nSign up to receive the MakingMusicFun.net Newsletter so you don't miss a thing!"}
{"text":"Thank you for helping us expand this topic!\nSimply begin typing or use the editing tools above to add to this article.\nOnce you are finished and click submit, your modifications will be sent to our editors for review.\nThe topic optical resonator is discussed in the following articles:\nAn optical resonator is needed to build up the light energy in the beam. The resonator is formed by placing a pair of mirrors facing each other so that light emitted along the line between the mirrors is reflected back and forth. When a population inversion is created in the medium, light reflected back and forth increases in intensity with each pass through the laser medium. Other light leaks...\nClick anywhere inside the article to add text or insert superscripts, subscripts, and special characters.\nYou can also highlight a section and use the tools in this bar to modify existing content:\nAdd links to related Britannica articles!\nYou can double-click any word or highlight a word or phrase in the text below and then select an article from the search box.\nOr, simply highlight a word or phrase in the article, then enter the article name or term you'd like to link to in the search box below, and select from the list of results.\nNote: we do not allow links to external resources in editor.\nPlease click the Websites link for this article to add citations for"}
{"text":"Fall Prevention Programs North Adelaide\nPreventing falls – maintaining safety\nFalls: a significant issue can be prevented.\nFalls are a significant concern, especially as we age. 1 in 4 people in Australia aged over 60, and 1 in 3 people aged over 65, suffer from falls each year. These falls can result in significant mortality and morbidity, as well as affecting confidence and quality of life.\nFalls are not simply a normal part of ageing, but rather something that can occur due to a number of different factors. These can include changes in health, muscle weakness, reduced balance, medications, reduced vision and hearing, and external environmental hazards.\nBody Fit Physiotherapy’s experienced team can help you understand the factors contributing to your falls and put strategies in place to address these, helping you reduce your risk of falls – and maximise your safety and quality of life.\nWhat to expect in our fall prevention programs:\nDetailed assessment and history taken to understand contributing factors to your falls\nEducation on these contributing factors, and things you can be doing to help minimise your risk\nIndividualised falls and balance training, working on your balance in a safe and supervised environment"}
{"text":"Hesitation Markers in English, German, and Dutch\nde Leeuw, Esther\nMetadataShow full item record\nde Leeuw, E. (2007) Hesitation Markers in English, German, and Dutch, Journal of Germanic Linguistics, vol. 19, , pp. 85-114,\nThis study reports on a number of highly significant differences found between English, German, and Dutch hesitation markers. English and German native speakers used significantly more vocalic-nasal hesitation markers than Dutch native speakers, who used predominantly vocalic hesitation markers. English hesitation markers occurred most frequently when preceded by silence and followed by a lexical item, or when surrounded by silence. German and Dutch hesitation markers occurred most frequently surrounded by lexical items. In Dutch, vocalic-nasal hesitation markers dominated only when surrounded by silence. Vocalic-nasal hesitation markers dominated in all positions in English and German, although in the former language this was more salient than in the latter. Nasal hesitation markers were used significantly more frequently in German than in English or Dutch. In addition to overall language trends, speaker-specific differences, especially within German and Dutch, were observed. These results raise questions in terms of the symptom versus signal hypotheses regarding the function of hesitation markers.* 1. The Function of Hesitation Markers."}
{"text":"Allergies – More Information\nllergies, Eczema and Asthma are the most common conditions I see as chronic disease that are referred in my office.\nI see patients come in with these conditions from 4 months old to our soon to be college students.\nMost of the time, the patients are on Benadryl, Claritin or Zyrtec.\nWhen that fails, they are on a nasal or inhaled steroid.\nThey have their albuterol puffer of course.\nAnd that is it….\nSome have allergy tests. Others have not been tested.\nMost patients are pretty much stuck there and feel like they have few other choices.\nIt is amazing, as we investigate and start different types of therapies, how much they individual improve.\nMost will come off all their medications.\nSome need support from time to time.\nMost families become empowered in what caused their condition as well as extensive knowledge and many modalities on what to do if things flare up.\nBelow are some statistics from the American Lung Association.\nFrom the American Lung Association, the Centers for Disease Control and the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology\n- 7.7 percent of people of all ages in the United States have asthma. That is about 25 million people — 6.3 million of which are children.\n- Asthma is one of the leading serious, chronic illnesses among children in the United States.\n- More than 3,600 Americans die each year from asthma.\n- In 2008, asthma accounted for more than 14 million absences from school.\n- Asthma is the third-ranking cause of hospitalizations for children under the age of 15.\n- Allergies affect more than 50 million people in the United States.\n- Pollen allergy (hay fever or allergic rhinitis) affects about 8 percent of adults in the United States.\n- Allergies are the sixth leading chronic illness in the United States.\n- Respiratory allergies affect 10 perfect of children under the age of 18.\n- Sinusitis, most often caused by allergies, affects 11 percent of Americans over age 18."}
{"text":"S.O. Celestial Sphere and its Points\nImaginary globe where Earth is at the centre and provides an easy way of describing position of objects in sky.\nApparent daily motion of the stars, caused by earth's rotation.\nThe point in the sky directly above the observer.\nThe apparent meeting of the sky and Earth. Marks the limit of a person's vision.\nNorth, South, East and West are marked of the celestial sphere.\nThe imaginary line through the observer's zenith. This line divides the sky into two parts.\nnorth celestial pole\nThe point at which the sky seems to rotate around. Polaris is the star closest to the north celestial pole. Polaris is above the north pole of Earth.\nApparent path the sun takes across the sky, but you know it is the Earth that is moving around the sun.\nThe Earth's equator projected out into space. This separates the sky (celestial sphere) into a northern & southern hemisphere.\nUpgrade to remove ads"}
{"text":"If nature won't cooperate then why not take control. If for example through genetic manipulation you still don't succeed in creating the perfect crop or animal then why just not create one. Currently Australia is the leader in the enhancement of life through genetic modification techniques. In Australia they happily practice techniques that are forbidden everywhere else. But what consequences does that have on the process of evolution by natural selection?\nSome say that genetics is nothing more than normal farming techniques with added ingenuity. For ten thousand years farmers have been giving the process of evolution by natural selection a helping hand, as Darwin called it \"the process of evolution by domestic selection.\" In other words they've selected the traits they wanted in their plants and animals by allowing only the choice breeds to mate.\nGregor Mendel discovered that the units of genetics are not fluids but particles. He focused on one plant, the ordinary garden pea, and he remorselessly tracked down the productions of generations when he interbred them. In Australia living on a farm has become a lot easier because of Darwin and Mendel and this has nothing to do with natural selection.\nBut what are the rights and the wrongs of all this? Philosopher Daniel Dennett thinks that there is no reason we shouldn't tamper with nature. Everything you eat, every bit of clothing you wear is tampered. You could not survive on non-genetically modified diet, you couldn't live without it. The only difference is that now we can do the modifications lot faster, more effectively and much safer. So Europeans have been unnecessary difficult, according to Dennett."}
{"text":"Jack in the Pulpit\nA familiar sight in the woodlands of eastern North America, Jack in the Pulpit arrives on the scene in May, in Wisconsin. The intriguing bloom consists of a green and brown striped hood that conceals a spadix, or jack, covered in numerous tiny …\n|Soil Type||Clay, Loam, Sand|\n|Soil Moisture||Medium, Moist|\n|Sun Exposure||Partial, Shade|\n|Height||1' - 2'|\n|Bloom Time||Apr, May, June|\n|Spacing||6\" - 1'|\n|Zones||3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9|\nA familiar sight in the woodlands of eastern North America, Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) arrives on the scene in May, in Wisconsin. The intriguing bloom consists of a green and brown striped hood that conceals a spadix - or jack - covered in numerous tiny green to purple flowers. The unusual flower gives way to a cluster of bright red berries in late summer, which may be eaten by birds and mammals.\nUnique and easy to grow, Jack in the Pulpit can be grown in any rich soil in the shade and requires very little care, other than keeping the plants covered with a thick layer of leaves over the winter.\nArisaema triphyllum plants can be either male or female and they can change sex from year to year, depending upon the success of reproduction the previous year. Males plants - usually smaller than female plants - have a small hole at the bottom of the spathe which allows pollinators to escape more easily. Female plants lack the hole and pollinators are more likely to become trapped, leading to more successful pollination."}
{"text":"Our heads are designed to sit neutrally on top of the spinal column so that our ears are aligned with our shoulders. Most of us in this society, however, hold our heads in an unnaturally forward position that creates strain on our necks (often causing headaches), rounding of our shoulders (reducing mobility), misalignment of the spine from its natural curves, and even reduced breathing capacity.\nThis often happens because of the time we spend on computers and other sedentary tasks that are performed with poor posture. The challenge is that most of us are entirely unaware that we are not holding our heads in alignment. How often do we even stop to think about where our heads are relative to the rest of our bodies? Given the amount of time that most of us spend “in our heads,” it’s ironic that we so seldom know where they are!\nYoga practice can be very helpful in teaching us to become aware of where our heads are and in learning to hold them in a more neutral position. Many postures, like tadasana (Mountain Pose), include a focus on holding our heads in alignment. However, it is also easy to create additional strain to an already challenged neck with other yoga postures are performed without taking stock of our head placement.\nYoga Journal has a wonderful article by well-known yoga teacher Richard Rosen called Get to the Root of Neck Problems that is full of suggestions for ways to use assistance from a partner to discover what it feels like hold your head in a neutral position. Given the many negative effects of holding your head too far forward, it’s well worth the time it takes to find out where your head should be so you can begin to retrain yourself to be aware of the location of your head relative to the rest of your body.\nDo you know where your head is?"}
{"text":"This thread is intended for comments and questions regarding the [URL=http://www.nasa.gov/cassini]Cassini-Huygens[/URL] mission and the updates published under the topic: NASA's / ESA's Cassini-Huygens to Saturn-Titan\nCassini launched in October 1997 with the European Space Agency's (ESA) Huygens probe. The probe was equipped with six instruments to study Titan, Saturn's largest moon. It landed on Titan's surface on Jan. 14, 2005, and returned spectacular results.\nMeanwhile, Cassini's 12 instruments have returned a daily stream of data from Saturn's system since arriving at Saturn in 2004.\nAmong the most important targets of the mission are the moons Titan and Enceladus, as well as others of Saturn's icy moons. Towards the end of the mission, Cassini will make closer studies of the planet and its rings."}
{"text":"About the course\nThis module provides approaches and practical ideas for literacy development. Teachers will be provided research-based strategies, best practices and accommodations for working with ELL students. Connections to teacher evaluation rubrics will also be applied.\n• Learn about the supports ELLs will need to meet the college and career-ready standards.\n• Learn about new roles for teachers and educators of ELLs in the era of the college and career-ready standards.\n• Learn about strategies and resources for helping ELLs succeed.\n• Discuss the components of a lesson plan tailored for ELLs, and get information on online resources for ELLs."}
{"text":"Japanese Word Images for the Word \"Mole\"\nThe left side Japanese word \"土竜(もぐら-mogura)\" means \"Mole\"(This mole means a small mammal animal which is usually digging earth).\nThe below images are Japanese Kanji, Katakana and Hiragana of Japanese word \"土竜\".\nYou can learn how to write these Japanese words by referring the stroke orders of these words.\nNote: In China the kanji word \"土竜\" means earthworms and never mean mammal animal \"Mole\".\nAnd we also use the Japanese Katakana \"モグラ(もぐら-mogura)\" for translating this word into Japanese."}
{"text":"What is Judo?\nJudo (gentle way) has its roots in ju-jitsu, an ancient and brutal Japanese self-defence system used by the samurai. In 1882 Jigoro Kano created Judo from Jujitsu as a modern martial art and combat sport. In competition the object is to either throw or takedown the opponent to the ground, immobilize or subdue them with a grappling technique or force them to submit by joint locking or applying a strangle hold or choke. The art of judo (but not the sport) also contains hand and foot strikes as well as weapon defences. These are demonstrated and practiced through kata (pre-arranged forms).\nJudo is suitable for all age groups, abilities and genders. It is a very popular martial art and the British Judo Association has over 1000 clubs registered with it, including the Washington Judo Club…\nWho is John Pickering?\n|John Pickering (bottom)|\nwith some students!\nJohn Pickering (2nd dan) is the founder of the Washington Judo Club which was started in 2002 and a small group of parents. The club is based at Harraton Community Centre, in Washington and over the years it has grown in size and produced several judoka champions at National and International level. As an inclusive Club, it welcomes students of all abilities and their Special Needs students train alongside the mainstream players. They too have gone on to compete at home and abroad. They are a community based Club and regularly undertake fundraising activities that benefit the community - they are regular participants at the Boxing Day Dip!\n|Washington Judo club at the Boxing Day Dip!|\nExpect John Pickering and his students to put on an inspiring and entertaining demonstration. Last year his special needs students showed that disability is no barrier to learning. He also has several judoka champions in his group so expect to be wowed as well. This is one demonstration not to be missed…"}
{"text":"Hi everyone, wondering if anyone can help me with this little problem... An object with mass m1 , resting on a frictionless horizontal table, is connected to a cable that passes over a pulley and then is fastened to a hanging object with mass m2. Find the acceleration of each object and the tension in the cable. For this coordinate system, where the x-axis is pointing to the right, which is the positive, and the y-axis is pointing downwards, which is positive: http://www.imagehosting.com/show.php/1011793_Coordinate.bmp.html Given that T is the tension, the equations should be: m1*(a) = T; m2*(a) = -T + m2*(g); However, if i switch the x-axis from pointing rightwards to pointing leftwards, i will get this: http://www.imagehosting.com/show.php/1011808_Coordinate1.bmp.html The equations become: m1*(a) = -T; m2*(a) = -T + m2*(g); I am confused as to how to solve this using the 2nd coordinate system, as i feel that coordinates should not affect the answer. My question is that what is it that is wrong in my equations that i cannot get the answer? Or is it possible that this assumption is flawed? I feel that maybe the tension have to opposite each other (having opposite signs) regardless of coordinates, but i am not very sure. Thanks to all for your time."}
{"text":"Regiomontanus and Calendar Reform\nImage by kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Trinity College Cambridge.\nAccording to the Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg, 1493) of Hartmann Schedel, Regiomontanus' fatal trip to Rome in 1476 was prompted by the summons of Pope Sixtus IV, who wished to engage the astronomer in a reform of the calendar. This story is rendered plausible by the fact that Cardinal Bessarion, Regiomontanus' former patron, had raised the matter of errors in the calculation of the date of Easter with the former pontiff, Paul II, in 1470, in all probability relying upon a tract which Regiomontanus had written on the topic during his time in Rome. It was most likely this work which Regiomontanus proposed (in his 1474 tradelist) to publish in Nuremberg.\nThe issue of calendar reform was also raised in Regiomontanus' calendars for 1475-1531. Here he pointed out that errors resulted from incorrect assumptions about the length of the year and the changing lunar phases, and named 30 instances between 1477 and 1532 when the ecclesiastical calculation of the date of Easter and the correct date would differ. Perhaps in recognition of the sensitivity of the topic, this section was only included in the Latin version of the calendars and omitted from the German edition issued at the same time."}
{"text":"Module 3: Gender in Teaching and Learning\nGender and power relations are intrinsic to all social institutions, and this is especially relevant for academic institutions. Gender constructions and relations begin at home, but stereotypes are also reinforced through teachers‘ behaviour, social interactions at university and the curriculum there. This workshop seeks to expand the gender perspective and skills of teachers at university. The methodology is participatory and includes discussions, brainstorming and group work. It intends to increase gender responsiveness and sensitivity to teachers.\nLecturer: Dr. Susanne Frölich-Steffen, Zorneding"}
{"text":"How To Use\nApologetics Research Resources on Religious Cults, Sects, Religions, Doctrines, Etc.\nIslam and Muslims\nResearch Resources: Multimedia\nIntroduction to Islam by Dr. Timothy Tennent. This course is an introduction to the religion of Islam. There are 24 separate lectures totaling approximately 16 hours. These lectures were given at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. There is also a summary course for this class.\nThe purpose of this course is to provide an introductory study of the structure, beliefs and practices of Islam. Special emphasis will be placed on a study of the theology of the Koran. The student will read and study the entire Koran along with important selections from the Hadith, Shari`a material and Sufi writings. The actual historical manifestations of contemporary Islam will be explored with a special emphasis on Islam in the African context. Throughout the course there will be a concern to demonstrate how Islamic thought is different from Christian thought and how the gospel can be most effectively communicated to members of the Islamic faith, the second largest and fastest growing religion in the world today.\nIslam - Hour 1 Hour 2 [Windows Media Player] Issues, Etc. radio program with Dr. Alvin Schmidt, Sep, 12, 2004. [MP3: Hour 1 - Hour 2].\nKey Issues of Islam #1 [MP3 - #2] by Jay Smith\nUnderstanding Islam A collection of messages at Islamicity.com [RealPlayer]\nWho is the True Jesus? \"A Comparative Analysis of the Jesus of the Qur'an and the Jesus of the Bible\" A debate between Jay Smith and Shabir Ally\nArabic Christian Messages Collection of Arabic-language messages, hymns, dramas and audio Bible readings.\nAbout This Page:\nLooking for more information?"}
{"text":"There are a variety of books about Python. Here's a guide to them:\nIntroductoryBooks (gentle overviews of the language)\nAdvancedBooks (for when you don't want gentle)\nReferenceBooks (much information in a small space)\n- Specific applications:\n- Books in languages other than English:\nWhen you see a book you like, don't hesitate to add your recommendation!\nExternal sources of information about (Python) books:\nComputer-Books.us - A collection of Python books available for free download.\nCodeIdol.com - A collection of Python books available for online reading.\nComputer-Books.china - A collection of Python books\nThere is also a list of OutOfPrintBooks."}
{"text":"The current political and cultural polarization in the United States and other countries has significant implications for all educational institutions and for libraries and librarians. The interrelated issues of trust, credibility, and authority now present major challenges because of the uncertainty of the social media environment, competing information “bubbles,” and enduring cognitive biases. The accelerating fragmentation of the media and information ecosystems undermines communal understanding of large and complex issues that citizens must face. To address this profound societal challenge, academic librarians should collaborate with faculty members to create communities of inquiry for students—sustained “high impact practices” that address the complexity of the current information environment. This article shows one model for using the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education to create learning goals for a range of in-depth learning experiences that cultivate habits of mind essential to discernment in the current political and cultural climate.\nGibson, Craig and Jacobson, Trudi E., \"Habits of Mind in an Uncertain World\" (2018). University Libraries Faculty Scholarship. 104."}
{"text":"William Jennings Bryan, 1896\nBryan's oratorical gifts easily won him the Democratic nomination over rival Richard, \"Silver Dick,\" Bland. 1 Again, the most pressing issue was whether America should stay on the Gold Standard. Really. People got het up about that in those days. Republican candidate William McKinley was for the Gold Standard, and Democrat Bryan was against it. What was at stake was how much currency would be in circulation. Bimetalism meant more currency - ie, easier access to dough - which would benefit farmers. Sticking to gold meant lower inflation and a sounder dollar which was good for the Big-Money Interests. In this go-round, the Big Money Interests won out. Thank goodness. Bryan had grown up Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian, so he'd swallowed three times the recommended dosage of religion. Historians agree Bryan was an upright, deeply moral man of profound ethical convictions, which is the sort of thing that's bound to get you in trouble sooner or later. He swore he would not allow America to be \"crucified on a cross of gold.\" As far as I know, we never were, so he ultimately won that go-round even though he didn't win the election.\nWilliam McKinley: 271\nWilliam Jennings Bryan: 176\n1. He got his nickname because of his support for silver coinage, at least I hope that was the reason."}
{"text":"Search By Standards\nCelebrating the day the United States Constitution was signed, on September 17, 1787, and sent to the individual states for debate and ratification.\nA blog for and about the humanities in the classroom: literature, social studies, language, art and culture, and more.Take Me There!\nGet updates on new lesson plans and other resources.\nEDSITEment! is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities"}
{"text":"Topic: AIF - DMC - Anzac MD\nChauvel Order for a Reconnaissance to Hod el Gedaidia, 14 May 1916, page 1.\nThe aim of this reconnaissance was to establish any Turkish presence around Hod el Gedaidia. After the Turkish raid at Romani, it was essential to discover the Turkish presence, the numbers of Turkish forces deployed and so establish their intent. In addition, with an eye on future operations, the location of water sources and potential volumes were to be discovered by this reconnaissance."}
{"text":"Did you know that our bodies are really made of stardust? Since the first grade, Ken Croswell, an astronomer and Ph.D. from Harvard, has been totally fascinated by our solar system. Get caught up in his extraordinary enthusiasm as he discusses everything from Black Holes, brown dwarfs, the Milky Way, the red giant, quasars and collisions with floating matter. Croswell relates how vast our universe really is. “The observable universe does have an edge but the actual universe has no edge whatsoever. What is beyond our horizon, we don’t know,” exclaims Croswell. “The universe’s expansion is not decelerating, it is actually accelerating.” He addresses how pollution is a devastating occurrence with our planet. “Today it is very hard to see some of the stars. There is so much light pollution. Most people have never seen our own galaxy, the Milky Way, which is sad.” Croswell discusses a two-year odyssey, from inception to publication, of his incredibly awesome book comprised of photographs of space from six different continents.\nKen Croswell is a frequent contributor to Astronomy Magazine, Sky & Telescope, New Scientist, and The New York Times. He is the author of the book, The Alchemy of the Heavens (Doubleday/Anchor, 1995) and the large format book, Magnificent Universe (Simon and Schuster, 1999).\nTopics Explored in this Dialogue:\n- Did you ever think of your body as being from Star Dust?\n- How far can the universe expand?\n- The mystery of dark matter\n- Black holes, the most exotic type of star\n- Galaxy collisions\n- Are there white holes?\n- Brown dwarfs and worm holes\n- What is the red giant?\nHost: Michael Toms Interview Date: 9/12/2000 Program Number: 2833"}
{"text":"http://growtallforidiots.com/short-stirling-bomber-better-quality-footage/ This is a video footage of the Stirling Bomber and gives some intresting glimpses of its evolution and use.\nType: Four engined heavy bomber.\nPeriod of Operation: 1939-1946 (retired from frontline service 1943)\nRoles: A dedicated four-engined bomber, it was transitioned to glider tug and transport.\nSuccessors: The Stirling was replaced by the Handley Page Halifax and Lancaster.\nSurvivors:None. Not even parts in museums. There is an attempt underway to restore one enough for museum display. http://www.stirlingproject.co.uk/"}
{"text":"In 1962, Nigeria had the highest annual inflation rate (5.27%) as measured by the consumer prices index, followed by Morocco (5.1%), and then Kenya (3.12%). Egypt had the lowest annual inflation rate (-3%) in Africa in 1962.\nThe World Bank defines inflation measured by the consumer price index as \"the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly\".\nInflation of African Countries\nUse the links below to see the inflation of African countries."}
{"text":"The NOSs are a family of complex enzymes that catalyze the five-electron oxidation of L-arginine to form NO and L-citrulline. They are best characterized as cytochrome P-450-like hemeproteins that depend on molecular oxygen, NADPH, flavins, and tetrahydrobiopterin. The three human NOS isoforms identified to date, ecNOS, nNOS, and iNOS, are found on human chromosomes 7, 12, and 17, respectively. Regulation of NO synthesis and release occurs at the levels of enzyme activity and mRNA synthesis. The nNOS mRNA is structurally diverse as a consequence of alternative promoters and alternate splicing. The iNOS gene is predominantly regulated at the level of transcription by synergistic combinations of proinflammatory cytokines and bacterial wall products. Changes in mRNA levels of the ecNOS following endothelium activation are mediated by altered rates of transcription as well as by the intriguing process of changes in mRNA stability. Given the essential role of the NO pathway in a wide variety of physiological and pathophysiological process, it is possible that the three isoforms of NOS contribute to polygenic genetic diversity in neurological, immune, and cardiovascular biology. Further studies are needed to determine the mechanisms of gene regulation of NOS in health and disease."}
{"text":"Unique to Oskāyak High School is the opportunity for students to learn with either a laptop, tablet and by utilizing the many media resources.\nOn any given day, students can be seen working in the media lab on video editing, creating digital music or images, working with DSLR cameras, P2 Video cameras and green screens, midi keyboards, 3D printing or scanning, or producing works on the laser engraver. Students also have access to a large format printer capable of printing on such media as photo paper, canvas, vinyl or high gloss paper. Teachers take full advantage of the smart board, digital projector and sound field in each classroom in instructing students.\nThe approach to technology at Osāyak is one of permeation. Rather than designating one room as a traditional \"computer lab\", technology is placed and accessible throughout the building where ever and whenever it is needed. Students have access to over 150 Dell and Mac laptops or 120 iPads which they can sign out and use throughout the day with existing WiFi internet.\nBelow are video demonstrations and product demos of some of the technology available to Osāyak students.\nMakerbot 3D Digitizer - 3D Scanner"}
{"text":"However, the problem is the amount of time evolution takes.\nWhat exactly do you mean by \"amount of time evolution takes\"? Evolution, in the simplest terms, is just a change in a gene pool from one generation to the next. Any\nstatistically significant change in gene frequency is evolution. In this way evolution can occur between two generations which, depending on the reproduction time and rate of the organism, can be extremely quick if there is a drastic change in environmental conditions.\nThat change, though possibly imperceptible to us, is evolution.\nLife on this planet has seen changes far faster than micro evolution can explain.\nHow so? Small, even tiny, changes can lead to massive overall change with enough time. It takes a statistical mindset to see what evolution can build with enough time. An example would be the \"Would you take $1,000,000 now or a penny doubled for 31 days\" thought project. Evolution builds upon previous change to create more change. And then that change is compounded by more change. And on and on."}
{"text":"Comprehensive DescriptionRead full entry\nDescriptionTrees and shrubs, some mangroves (Sonneratia) with aerial roots (pneumatophores). Stipules 0. Leaves simple, opposite, petiolate, entire. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, axillary or terminal. Calyx tube campanulate, 4-8-lobed. Petals 4-8 or 0. Stamens 12 to numerous; filaments free, anthers medifixed. Ovary 4-many-locular; ovules numerous. Fruit a many-seeded berry or capsule.\nThe two genera are Sonneratia (a Mozambican native genus of mangroves) and Duabanga, which is cultivated in Zimbabwe. Both genera are sometimes included in the Lythraceae."}
{"text":"Diagnosing lung and breathing disorders and recommending treatment methods.\n- Interviewing patients and\ndoing chest physical exams to determine what kind of therapy is best\nfor their condition.\n- Consulting with physicians to recommend a change in therapy, based on your evaluation of the patient.\n- Analyzing breath, tissue, and blood specimens to determine levels of oxygen and other gases.\n- Managing ventilators and artificial airway devices for patients who can’t breathe normally on their own.\n- Responding to Code Blue or other urgent calls for care.\n- Educating patients and families about lung disease so they can maximize their recovery.\nTake a closer look at where RTs work…"}
{"text":"The lessons on Fossils were targeted to the Science and Technology for Children (STC) unit Rocks & Minerals and the Full Option Science System (FOSS) unit Earth Materials. These lessons, developed and piloted by classroom teachers, were designed to take advantage of the opportunity to integrate reading and writing into science.\nThe Fossils lessons will help your students understand that fossils provide evidence of plants, animals, and environments that existed long ago as well as understanding that plant and animal species change over time. We suggest these lessons fit just after Lesson 3 in the Rocks & Minerals (STC) unit and at the end of the Earth Materials (FOSS) unit.\nIf you are an individual teacher, check with your Materials Science Resource Center (if your school district has one) to see if the Fossils Lessons are already in the kit. If you do not have a Materials Science Resource Center, here are the resources you will need:\n- Fossils Lessons\n- Fossils PowerPoint\n- Geologic Cross Section Image\n- Fossils (two sets per classroom)\nGo to: http://www.educational\nOrder sets of Fossil Kit 1.\n- Fossils Books:\nFossils Tell of Long Ago by Aliki, Harper Collins, 1990.\nLet's Investigate Fossils by Melissa Gish and Nancy Shaw, Creative Paperbacks, 2001. (Reference)\nIf you are a Materials Science Resource Center, each Rocks & Minerals (STC) or Earth Materials (FOSS) kit will need 2 to 3 sets of Fossils Kit 1 http://www.educationalfossils.com/\nfossilkits.htm Fossil Kit 1, and a CD with the Fossils Lessons, Fossils PowerPoint, the Geologic Cross Section, and the Aliki and Gish/Shaw listed above."}
{"text":"These worms truly are gigantic, and can grow to lengths of roughly eight feet. They are characterized by their bright red \"plume\" which is actually a hemoglobin-rich organ that siphons chemicals to the bacteria. The outer tube of the worm is comprised of chitin, the same material that makes up the exoskeletons of crustaceans. When threatened, the plume will retract in to the tube.\nGiant Tube Worms reproduce through spawning; eggs are released into the water and are then fertilized. Young worms then eventually hatch and attach themselves within a worm community. No one is really sure how the young worms obtain their symbiotic bacteria, or how they find vents to attach themselves near. We do know, however, that Giant Tube Worms have remarkable growth rate, as they are able to reach a length of about five feet in roughly two years."}
{"text":"Edited by Cynthia T. Fowler and James R. Welch\nUniversity of Utah Press, 2018\nFire is a daunting human ecological challenge and a major subject in science and policy debates about global trends in land conversion, climate change, and human health. Persistent environmental orthodoxies reduce complex burning traditions to overly simplistic representations of environmental destruction, degradation, and loss while reinforcing existing social inequities involving smallholders. Fire Otherwise: Ethnobiology of Burning for a Changing World advocates for a more inclusive and pluralistic fire ecology, a shift from the paradigmatic globalized version of fire science and management towards approaches that embrace anthropogenic fire regimes and broader understandings of the ways humans interact with fire. The authors present new evaluations of human interactions with fires in contexts of changing environmental conditions. Through deep description and analysis of knowledge and practices enacted by local communities who ignite, manage, and extinguish fires, this collection of case studies supports proactive local and regional efforts to adapt amidst continually changing social and ecological circumstances. The book includes chapters addressing fire use and management by Indigenous peoples in the Brazilian cerrado and Gran Sabana of Venezuela, quilombolas in the Jalapão region of Tocantins, and swidden farmers in Central Amazonia.\nCheck more Books by SALSA Members!"}
{"text":"War Is The Enemy Of Breastfeeding\nThe babies arrive small and skinny. To a health worker's eye, it's clear they're not growing well, though it's often only a health crisis like a fever or severe diarrhea that leads their mothers to make what is almost always a long trek to the Al Salam Hospital in Khamir, Yemen.\n\"By then, the babies are too weak to breastfeed,\" says Fiona Bay, a nurse with Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) at the hospital.\nThe neonatal unit of Al Salam in the war-torn country is seeing an increasing number of malnourished infants, and providers say that mothers are reporting that they cannot breastfeed their babies. Studies on breastfeeding in a conflict zone are scarce, but a few suggest that war and violence are tremendous obstacles to a mother's ability to breastfeed her baby.\nRead more here"}
{"text":"Photo: Roomic Cube (flickr)\nDon’t look now, but your face might be home to a group of tiny creatures!\nThese organisms, called demodicids, or eyelash mites, live on the bodies of even the cleanest of people. Demodicids are tiny parasites that live in pores and hair follicles around the eyelashes. They feast on dead skin cells and oils that accumulate there. The parasites resemble semi-transparent worms, and have four pairs of short legs they can use to get around.\nYou might not have heard of them, but demodicids are extremely common in humans. Researchers estimate that a small number of mites live on the faces of most adults, and the infestation becomes more and more common with age. In fact, as many as 96% of elderly people are thought to carry these microscopic mites.\nAlthough the presence of parasites on so many people might sound alarming, demodicids are harmless and don’t transmit diseases. In some people, usually those with extremely oily skin, or those who use cosmetics heavily, large numbers of mites can develop. This large population can cause an itchy skin condition called demodicosis. However this condition is quite rare, and most people will never even know about the tiny creatures sharing their personal space.\nIf you’re curious, you can easily discover if any demodicids reside on your face by looking at one of your eyelashes through a microscope. However, be forewarned–you just might find mites there!"}
{"text":"Pedopmorphy refers to an evolutionary process in which adult animals maintain the traits of juveniles. One fairly easy way for genetic mutations to produce physical changes in the animal is to adjust the timing of maturation. No new physical structures or behaviors need to be introduced; the animal simply maintains its youthful traits instead of shedding them when it reaches maturity. There is evidence that many advances in human evolution involve pedomorphy. For example, we are one of the few mammals that retain a high level of playfulness throughout adulthood. Secondly, the shape of our skull mirrors that of juvenile apes. The skulls of juvenile chimpanzees look more like the skulls of adult humans than the skulls of adult chimpanzees. Adult chimpanzees have small sloping foreheads, prominent jaws, and more horizontally-aligned faces. Adult humans, on the other hand, have high foreheads, small jaws, and flat, vertically-aligned faces, similar to juveniles of both species. Of note, juvenile chimpanzees have a larger brain to skull ratio than do adult chimpanzees. In humans, this favorable ratio is retained into adulthood."}
{"text":"SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (KABC) -- As researchers learn more about the dangers of concussions, one Southern California high school is taking extra steps to care for its football players.\nJSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano will begin using a new brain scanning technology to test for concussions.\nMeasuring the speed, voltage and reaction time of the brain, the baseline scan may be able to help JSerra protect student-athletes from future head injuries.\nIt's the first time any high school in Southern California has conducted these types of brain scans.\nFor the athletes, it offers some peace of mind. But parents may appreciate it even more.\n\"Making us aware now and taking precaution is the best thing we can do for our children,\" Susan Angel said.\nJSerra admits head injuries are a big concern among its athletes and their parents.\n\"We just really want to have the safest environment for our athletes, not just when they're participating in their sports or their future sports in the collegiate or professional levels, but also just for life,\" JSerra Athletic Training Director Kayla Gradillas said.\nJSerra will be administering testing starting with football players, but the school plans to expand the testing to all of its athletes soon.\nOC high school using brain scans to test for concussions in student-athletes\nMore TOP STORIES News"}
{"text":"29th November 2017\nSpring has sprung, and while it is usually a time of year associated with new life and the pitter patter of tiny animal feet, there is a new place where breeding is taking place and it’s not the lush green fields or flowering meadows that you might expect. In fact, it’s not even on land. Playing environmental matchmakers, scientists have successfully begun breeding baby coral on the Great Barrier Reef.\nIt’s a move that may have worldwide significance, and certainly a unique way to strengthen and restore one of Australia’s most famous natural wonders. Southern Cross University professor and lead project researched Peter Harrison discovered mass coral spawning in the 1980s and says it provides a glimmer of hope for the future of the reef.\n“The results are very promising. The success of this new research not only applies to the Great Barrier Reef, but has potential global significance. It may (also) be one of the answers to some of the problems in the Great Barrier Reef “Prof Harrison said.\nSo, let’s talk about the birds and the bees. Sperm and coral eggs were collected during coral spawning last November from Heron Island reef. These were used to produce over a million larvae which were returned to reef patches in mesh tents to protect them. 100 of these larvae managed to survive and are now growing successfully.\nThe project aimed to restore damaged coral populations and has already seen success in parts of the Philippines where coral has been destroyed by blast fishing. Great Barrier Reef Foundation managing director Anna Marsden says it’s an important step, but one that shouldn’t solely be relied upon to lessen the impact of climate change.\n\"There is much more to be done, but this is definitely a great leap forward for the reef, and for the restoration and repair of reefs world-wide. It's time to be bold and take some calculated risks because that's the way we'll make a change in how we can help restore our coral reefs,\" she said."}
{"text":"Voyage Update 2: Salp Cycle 1 is going well…\n30 October 2018. By Voyage Leader Dr Moira Decima.\nThe cold-water salp Salpa thompsoni has dominated the catch, and we have done multiple tows to know their abundance (how many), and are carrying out experiments to investigate what they eat, how many faecal pellets (poop) they produce, and how fast these sink. These pellets both help transport carbon from CO2 at the surface to depth, and are food for the animals that leave in the deep sea.\nWe also want to know the population of S. thompsoni, so we look at the different stages and sizes of zooids in the water. We count and measure the oozooid (solitary, asexual) and blastozooid (aggregate, sexual) animals are in our nets.\nWe are finding that the oozooids (solitary) S. thompsoni have really been cranking out their zooid clones! If you look closely, you can even count the blastozooids (clones) in the stolon that will soon be released by the oozooid. There is a double row of them, and the tiny white areas are the guts of the newly produced female blastozooids. These will then go on to be fertilised, produce an embryo, and later turn into males to fertilise more females!\nWith their complex life style, using both asexual (clones) and sexual reproduction, salps can bloom very quickly and dominate the plankton community."}
{"text":"Last year marked 100 years since the end of The First World War. Given that communications were far less effective and much slower than what we know today, advertisements became an essential means of boosting morale and letting everyone know how they could contribute their help.\nThere’s still plenty to be learned from the World War I posters – from their mistakes through to their triumphs. Promotional print company, Where The Trade Buys, has compiled a collection of some of the most creative and iconic posters of World War I. See if you recognise any?\nA female recruitment poster: The Women’s Land Army\nWomen’s Land Army (WLA) recruitment posters are some of the most remembered wartime memorabilia from World War I and II. By the end of the first year of World War I, more than one million men had been recruited to the British Army — a number that hit around five million by the end of the conflict. As a result, the country was suffering from a significant workforce shortage and needed to employ the help of women to feed the people left at home.\nA message of equality\nThe aim of this ad — launched in World War I — was to encourage young women to take over jobs in agriculture. Often referred to as ‘Land Girls’, some farmers were hesitant or even completely against using female workers, despite the dire situation. Others even felt that the choice of WLA uniform was too masculine.\nSo, why did this work? To someone who was deemed unsuitable to participate in front-line combat for her country and who perhaps wanted to break free of the domesticated lifestyle and dress code that she was compelled to follow, this image of a woman dressed in loose dungarees and working in a … Read the rest"}
{"text":"(Knowledge Science) The benefits of chocolate\nThe benefits of eating chocolate:\n1. Chocolate can ease the mood and make people excited.\n2. Chocolate has a role in concentration, memory and intelligence. Some drivers use chocolate as a spiritual booster to improve their driving ability. Students who take the test can also be used to brain.\n3. Eating chocolate is beneficial to control the content of cholesterol, maintain the elasticity of capillaries, and have the effect of preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases.\n4. The amount of catechins contained in chocolate is as much as that in tea. Catechin can enhance immunity, prevent cancer, and interfere with blood supply to tumors.\n5. Chocolate is an antioxidant food that has a certain effect on delaying aging.\n6. Chocolate is rich in carbohydrates, fats, proteins and various minerals. The body absorbs and digests it quickly. Therefore, it is called “a midwifery” by experts. If the mother eats properly before giving birth, Some chocolates can get enough strength to make the mouth of the uterus open as soon as possible, and the delivery is smooth, which is very beneficial to both mother and baby."}
{"text":"WHAT IS EXACTLY A BERYL?\nBeryls are Gemstones that come in a variety of colors.\nThe most popular varieties being; Emerald, Aquamarine, Yellow Heliodor and Morganite.\nBeryl is found in Europe in Norway, Austria, Germany, Sweden (especially morganite), Ireland and Russia, as well as Brazil, Colombia,\nMadagascar, Mozambique, Pakistan, Afghanistan, South Africa, the United States, and Zambia.\nA more unique Beryl we would like to focus on is the Golden Beryl, what is it exactly?\nWith its sun-kissed hues and fine transparency, Golden Beryl is a cheerful addition to any jewelry wardrobe.It is perhaps the least-known member of the Beryl gemstone family, which includes Emerald and Aquamarine.\nIt was first discovered in Namibia in 1913 in a pegmatite that also produced Aquamarine.\nToday, it is sourced primarily from Brazil and Madagascar.\nGolden Beryl should not be confused with Heliodor, another variety of Beryl gemstone.\nThe two stones can be distinguished by their coloring: Golden Beryl is a warm, bright yellow, while Heliodor is a pale yellow-green."}
{"text":"Welcome to HIPAA Guidelines 101\nHIPAA, which stands for the American Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, is a set of rules to be followed by doctors, hospitals and other health care providers. HIPAA helps ensure that all medical records, medical billing, and patient accounts meet certain consistent standards with regard to documentation, handling and privacy.\nIs Your Facility HIPAA Compliant for 2012?\nAny healthcare provider that electronically stores, processes or transmits medical records, medical claims, remittances, or certifications must comply with HIPAA regulations. HIPAA does not require a practice to purchase a computer-based system as it applies only to electronic medical transactions.\nHIPAA requires that all patients be able access their own medical records, correct errors or omissions, and be informed how personal information is shared used. Other provisions involve notification of privacy procedures to the patient. HIPAA provisions that have led in many cases to extensive overhauling with regard to medical records and billing systems.\nHIPAA Laws and Regulations are divided into five Rules:"}
{"text":"Little Kids First Big Book of Space (First Big Book)\nDispatches in 1 Day\nThis beautiful book is the latest addition to the National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book series. These colourful pages will introduce young children to the wonders of space, with colourful illustrations by David Aguilar and simple text that is perfect for beginning readers or for reading aloud.\nThe book will explain basic concepts of space, beginning with what is most familiar to kids and expanding out into the universe.\n* Chapter 1 focuses on the Earth, moon, and sun.\n* Chapter 2 introduces kids to the other planets in our solar system.\n* Chapter 3 explains other objects in our solar system, such as dwarf planets, comets, and asteroid belts.\n* Chapter 4 voyages even farther afield, touching on concepts such as the universe, the Milky Way, stars, galaxies, and black holes.\n* The last chapter delves into space exploration: humans on the moon, spaceships, the International Space Station, etc.\nPRODUCT DETAILS :\n|ISBN : 9781426310140|\n|BY (AUTHOR) Hughes, Catherine D.|\n|PUBLISHER : National Geographic Kids||PUBLICATION DATE : November 01, 2012|\n|COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United States||IMPRINT : National Geographic Kids|\n|LANGUAGE : English||AGE : Preschool|\n|PRODUCT FORM : Hardback|\nWEIGHT : 760 g\nSERIES : First Big Book\nPRODUCT CATEGORY :\nChildren’s, Teenage & Educational\nClick name to email shop:\nShop inventory for reference only. Please contact shops for actual stock availability."}
{"text":"|Latin Name:||Apium graveolens|\n|English Name:||Celery, Celery seeds|\n|French Name:||Céleri, graines de céleri|\nHistory and Origin\nCelery used to be called “ache”, from Latin term apia, meaning “growing in water” which refers to the natural environment of the plant. Originally, it designated a group of plants (including parsley and lovage), it acquired only after the restrictive meaning of “celery”. First documented in 1651, the word “celery” comes from the Lombard seleri, derived from Latin selenon. This name refers to the belief that the plant was under the influence of the moon (sele), possibly because of the aphrodisiac properties then associated to it. The term “celery” definitely replaced “ache” in the common language, although this term is sometimes still used in botany and herbalism."}
{"text":"Flowering cover crops can suppress weeds while providing floral resources for beneficial insects\nIncorporating cover crops into crop rotations is known to have many benefits to soil health and ultimately crop yield. However, they are often prevented from flowering--which would support pollinators--because of fear that the cover crops will set seed and later become weeds. A recent study published in the journal Environmental Entomology shows that when some cover crops are allowed to flower, they not only provide important resources for pollinators, but they can also help suppress weeds in future crop rotations. The study compared floral resources, weed diversity, and economic weed abundance in crop fields across five cover-cropping treatments: one without cover crops (fallow), three with different combinations of flowering over crops, and one with non-flowering wheat. The flowering cover-crops provided the most food resources for pollinators, as expected. However, weed diversity was surprisingly highest in the field without cover crops. Weed diversity was lowest in the field with wheat as a cover crop, but wheat did not provide resources for pollinators. Weed diversity was measured at intermediate levels in the flowering cover-crop treatments, and interestingly, there were no differences in weeds of economic concern across the treatments. This indicates that allowing cover crops to flower and provide food for pollinators may not significantly impact crop yield in later rotations, creating a win-win situation for the farmer and biodiversity.\nBanner Photo Credit: Julian Hanslmaier; unsplash.com"}
{"text":"Hydrates – solid, ice-like crystals that form from water in natural gas pipelines and processing facilities can inflict serious consequences. To combat hydrate formation, operators inject methanol, which lowers the freezing point of water and eliminates freeze-ups. For a network system that consists of hundreds of miles of pipelines across varying terrains, predicting how much methanol to inject and where to inject it is a particularly complex task.\nBy leveraging simulation data from PIPESIM, a steady-state multiphase flow simulator, Geminus developed a surrogate of an example pipeline network to capture system hydraulics with high accuracy. Download the full case study to learn more."}
{"text":"Vast amounts of river-borne sediment are trapped behind the world’s large dams, depriving areas downstream of material that is badly needed to build up the marshes and wetlands that act as a buffer against rising seas.\nI'm the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center's Sustainability Information Curator, which is a fancy way of saying embedded librarian. I'm also Executive Director of the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable. When not writing for Environmental News Bits, I'm an avid reader. Visit Laura's Reads to see what I'm currently reading.\nView all posts by Laura B."}
{"text":"The History of Nail Polish – Babylonia\nWe have been researching the history of nail polish, which is more complicated than it sounds. There are several theories about where colouring nails originally came from, however we think that it comes from the henna decorations of India during the Bronze Age.\nAlthough are pretty sure we can credit India with the creation of nail polish itself, the Babylonians definitely invented the manicure.\nNot Much Colour Choice\nThe Babylonians took nail colouring to an entirely different level, using it to signify social status. Black was the colour of choice as it signified a high social status, while green was only used on the nails of lower classes. Instead of henna that the Indians used, the Babylonians used kohl to decorate their fingernails.\nThese days there are a number of nail techs to choose from, but back in ancient Babylonia they were clearly in high demand and making good money. Excavated royal tombs (that date back to 3200 B.C.) have unearthed well-preserved solid gold manicure tools along with the original kohls.\nOh, the Irony\nIn an ironic twist, the girly ritual of the manicure was originally reserved for men… warriors in fact. Although it’s likely women of high classes & royalty may have had their nails done as well, painted nails & their indication of class status was largely male-dominated.\nBabylonian warriors didn’t jog or do calisthenics before going into battle, they prepared by having their hair & nails done!\nMore Polish History\nIf you haven’t yet seen were it all began, be sure to check out how the Indians invented nail polish and stay tuned to see how the Chinese adapted this fabulous trend."}
{"text":"Color-coded topography map of Juventae Chasma. White and red show the highest terrains, while blue and purple show the deepest.\nThe floor of Juventae Chasma sits some 5.8 km below the surrounding plateau. It is filled with sand in the southern part (left), which takes on a smooth appearance, in contrast to the northern (right) part of this image where many blocky rock fragments have slumped down from the chasma walls. Two large mounds of layered material sit inside Juventae Chasma and comprise minerals altered by water.\nThis region was imaged by the high-resolution stereo camera on ESA’s Mars Express on 4 November 2013 (orbit 12,508), with a ground resolution of 16 ms per pixel. The image center is at about 4°S / 298°E.\nImage credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)\nNote: For more information, see Juventae Chasma 3D."}
{"text":"Test of open/short\nGround all pins of the IC (including Vdd/GND).\nSet the voltage limit to 3V.\nUse PMU force +100μA onto the pin to be tested and measure the voltage.\nIf the measured voltage value is greater than a specific value (such as 1.2V), it is judged as Open, if it is less than a specific value (such as 0.1V), it is Short.\nTest of leakage\nTest of pattern\nTake \"AND gate\" as an example, input a set of signals, measure the output pin, and compare it with the expected value.\nThe row of the truth table is called vector or pattern, and the number of rows in the truth table is called vector/pattern depth.\nProgram the Pattern using the IDE environment, compile and generate a truth table, and load it into the business board.\nThe test machine automatically executes the corresponding input of the pattern, judges the output result, and notifies the sorter to classify."}
{"text":"Earthquake In Pakistan Creates New Island In Arabian Sea\nA massive earthquake in Pakistan has resulted in the birth of a new island:\nA major earthquake struck southwestern Pakistan earlier today killing over 100 people; injuring thousands more; collapsing building and houses; and, incredibly, causing a small island to form in the sea off Pakistan’s coastline.\nThe U.S. Geological Survey said the quake that hit Pakistan’s Baluchistan province early Tuesday morningwas a 7.8 magnitude. Officials recently said that at least 150 people died during the quake, with that number expected to rise as the Pakistani military continues the clean up. Many one-level houses in the impoverished area where the quake hit collapsed on the people inside.\nIn addition to the physical damage, the power and force of the quake was underscored by the small, visible island that rose off the coast of Gwadar in the Arabian Sea. Reuters reports ”a crowd of bewildered people [gathered] on the shore to witness the rare phenomenon.” Pakistan’s Geo News reports ”the island’s altitude is 20 to 40 feet and width around 100 feet,” and that the island is roughly 350 feet off shore, citing deputy inspector general Moazzam Jah. Arif Mahmood, the head of Pakistan’s meteorological department, says they’re planning to investigate further.\nThe new island is certainly interesting because most earthquakes rarely have such a drastic effect on the world surface. The last time an earthquake caused such a drastic change, according to i09′s Annalee Newitz, was when an 8.8-magnitude quake in Chile altered the country’s coastline.\nWhile this is fascinating, it’s worth noting, as the linked article goes on to note, that there is a good possibility that the death toll from today’s quake, currently around 100, could rise substantially as the extent of the damage becomes clearer."}
{"text":"Monolithos. Monolithos is a traditional mountain village in the central west part of the Greek island of Rhodes. It is located 70 kilometers (43 mi) southwest of Rhodes town. You’ll travel about an hour and a half by car to get there from Rhodes town.\nMonolithos is a village located in a green natural site. The village has narrow alleys and lots of stairs. Accessible via a dirt road is the medieval castle of Monolithos, which is just outside the village, on top of large rocky mountain. The village of Monolithos owes its name to the rock, because “Mono Lithos” means single or only rock.\nThis castle was originally built by the Byzantines and later, around the year of 1476, the Knights of St. John expanded the castle. This castle was built to protect the whole southwestern part of Rhodes against pirate attacks. The castle of Monolithos was among the four strongest fortresses of Rhodes and has never been occupied."}
{"text":"Excerpted from introduction\nLockdown in the UK has presented challenges for families whose day-to-day lives were transformed virtually overnight.\nAt the start of the lockdown (23 March 2020), many people had to rapidly adjust to a ‘new normal’, with school closures, parents furloughed or working from home, and support from outside the home no longer available.\nFor millions of parents (or those in a parenting role), this included having to care for their children, including homeschooling them, while continuing to work.\nA separate bulletin on homeschooling in Great Britain, offers insight into the challenges faced by those school closures.\nParents fitted in work commitments around childcare\nAnalysis of time use data has shown that many parents in Great Britain who were able to work, changed their routines to accommodate their new childcare commitments, prompted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown.\nFor working parents with school-aged children that said their work had been affected by the coronavirus, 20% said this disruption was at least in part because of having to work around childcare responsibilities.\nDuring the lockdown, parents were nearly twice as likely to be furloughed (13.6%) as those without children (7.2%). This is one example of the added complications for families of the restrictions.\nThose parents who worked outside of the home contributed childcare outside the usual ‘nine to five’ hours, which suggests that they were more likely to be working unsociable hours."}
{"text":"Six fluids that require periodic replenishment or replacement in most vehicles are the engine oil, transmission fluid, anti-freeze/coolant, windshield washer solvent and fuel. Number six, the one most often neglected, is brake fluid. You’ve known about topping off brake fluid, you may say, but changing it?\nAccording to the Car Care Council, brake fluid in the typical vehicle can become contaminated in two years or less. This is because the fluid absorbs moisture, which works its way through the hydraulic system. Under heavy braking conditions, such as encountered in mountainous or hilly driving or when towing a trailer, moisture in the overheated fluid vaporizes (boiling point of water is lower than that of brake fluid) and braking efficiency is reduced."}
{"text":"Charles Prentice's father, James, studied optometry in London as an apprentice and moved to New York in 1847 to open his own optical shop. He became renowned for his manufacturing of optical instruments and creating the anatomical eye glass. As there were no adequate schools in the United States, James Prentice sent Charles to Europe to be educated in physics, engineering, mathematics and optometry.\nCharles Prentice surpassed his father with acclaim and recognition throughout the world. He wrote what is now a classic essay entitled Ophthalmic Lenses. This book, however, was just the beginning of his writings and scientific discoveries. In 1910, Prentice assisted Columbia University in beginning a two-year optometry course. Now American students would not have to travel to Europe, as he had, to study optometry.\nCharles Prentice helped standardize the optical field for the sake of patients' care, as well as, revamping the way the general public viewed eyeglasses. Prentice was the first optometrist to charge patients for his services. This act lead to the recognition of optometry as a profession and numerous government laws guiding and shaping the field. Prentice was one of the founding members and president of the Optical Society of the State of New York."}
{"text":"Manuscript vellum DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 15.5 x 13.5, March 15, 1788. Franklin, as President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, grants “William Chambers a certain tract of land called ‘Chambersburg’ Situate in Middleton Township Cumberland County…containing Two hundred and thirty one acres and one hundred and fifty five perches.” Signed in the left border by Franklin under the large embossed eight-point seal. Intersecting folds, light show-through from a red wax seal on reverse, and expected light wrinkling, otherwise fine condition. The seal is toned and missing three of its points, yet still impressive. The Executive Council comprised the executive branch of the Pennsylvania state government between 1777 and 1790. It was headed by a president and vice president (similar to a governor and lieutenant governor), with Franklin, its sixth president, being the most well-known. His presidency was one of his last acts of public service, as he died less than two years after leaving office. At the time of this land grant, the Constitution had just been ratified, and the first US presidential election was only four months away. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.\nTerms and abbreviations used in our descriptions."}
{"text":"The Science Garage | Tinker Lab\nThe Science Garage – Tinker Lab in Hyderabad, India. The Science Garage is a hands-on science center designed for children. We are building fascinating and interactive exhibits, programs and camps that bring the fundamental sciences to life. In addition to our permanent exhibit collection, the Science Garage is planning to offer its visitors a variety of traveling exhibits each year. From rockets to molecules, the museum engages and teaches children about the fantastic world of science.\nThe Science Garage will have everything from live experiments to DIY (Do-It-Yourself) kits apart of facilitator-led workshops. Tinker Lab at The Science Center will have the following centers of learning:\n- Physics Lab\n- Chemistry Lab\n- Math in Action\n- Botany Lab\n- Zoology Lab\n- Human Body\n- Engineering & Technology Lab\n- ‘Art in Science’ Center\nLearn more about The Science Garage."}
{"text":"Steel ball in a spinning glass bowl\nA steel ball bearing is in a glass bowl that is rotating.\nInstructor NoteWhen teaching with this video, direct students to the student video library, which provides student access to all videos without links to instructor materials and solutions.\nThree file formats are available to work with this video. For analysis, frame-by-frame viewing is needed.\nView (Quicktime Video 1.9MB Aug7 12)\nDownload (Quicktime Video 1.9MB Aug7 12)\nYouTube (does not allow frame-by-frame viewing)\nUsing the information in the video, can you determine the radius of the path the ball bearing follows?"}
{"text":"\"Students, parents, community leaders and corporate presidents will enjoy the personal perspective of John Patterson in Footprint. It’s an easy-to-read guide to global warming and what you can do to stop climate change before it’s too late.\"\n– Dr. James E. Hansen, NASA scientist and the world’s\nleading authority on global warming.\n- a clear understanding of global warming and its cause\n- an easy to use carbon footprint calculator\n- ways to reduce your footprint without changing your lifestyle\n- dozens of energy savings tips that cost little or no money\n- a call to action for a renewable energy future\nVolume discount: Order 10 or more books for $12.50 each plus $10 total handling and shipping."}
{"text":"The discovery of gravitational waves, announced in February by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), was a groundbreaking moment for the world of physics research. It was a pretty lucky break that we happened to have a pair of ultra-sensitive instruments measuring gravitational waves pointed at a merging pair of black holes 1.3 billion years ago.\nNow that scientists have had some time to noodle on the findings, they’ve begun to digest the rest of the LIGO data, and they’ve found some big implications on how the levels of cosmic background noise produced by gravitational waves is much greater that we previously thought.\nFor years, most scientists believed a constant stream of background gravitational noise, produced by black holes and neutron star events, was permeating the universe. Unfortunately, there was no way to actually measure and verify this theory.\nIn a new study published in Physical Review Letters, researchers from both LIGO and the Virgo Collaboration (essentially the European counterpart) describe how they used the binary black hole merger to estimate the gravitational radiation that would result from black hole mergers.\nAs a result, the researchers think there are 20 times more black hole binaries than previously estimated, and probably 10 times as much gravitational noise than we thought. Together, that means we could find more gravitational waves in just five years’ time when the LIGO and Virgo detectors are running at 100 percent.\nThe results are based on just a single cosmic event, so everyone keep their heads screwed on. But if that’s true, it would be great news for the physics community. Other researchers are already on the lookout for other cosmic events that could produce gravitational waves. To think we could measure more of these signals so soon was unthinkable just six months ago."}
{"text":"What are bow shocks, anyway?\nBow shocks form the boundary between a magnetosphere and an ambient magnetized medium. This occurs when the magnetic field of an astrophysical object interacts with the nearby flowing ambient plasma. For example, when the solar wind, flowing with a relative speed of order 400 km/s, encounters the magnetic field of Earth, a bow shape boundary forms.\nDeep, Salby, deep.\n01. Double Helix\n02. Carried away tapping stones\n03. Suspended glare, travelling\n05. (In before the) Cosmic Councel\n06. The bull generator\n09. Mandelbrot Perspective"}
{"text":"No reviews yet\n|Provider Rating||No reviews yet|\n|Description||This new E Book from Liz Greensides and GAL Education supports planning for skills progression within the 2014 new National Curriculum. The book identifies both GENERIC and SUBJECT SPECIFIC key skills which are essential to learning, and sets them into a hierarchical continuum.|\n|Categories||Primary, Teaching and Learning, Sciences, Mathematics / Numeracy, KS1, KS2, Arts, Computing / ICT, English / Literacy, Humanities, Languages, PE / Sport, Technology, Advanced Skills Teacher, Excellent Teacher, Main-scale (core) teacher, Newly Qualified Teacher, Non-practising teacher, Post-threshold Teacher, Pupil mentor, Supply / Peripatetic teacher, Trainnee (pre-QTS) teacher, Teacher trainer, Assessment, Diversity, Gifted and Talented, Inclusion, Personalised Learning, SEND, Subject Knowledge, Classroom Management, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science / Geology, PSHE|\n|Learning outcomes for participants/users and, where relevant, pupils or students||\nThe RAINBOW Continuum of Skills supports both skills progression and the acquisition of knowledge, by identifying the statutory knowledge which must be covered, alongside the RAINBOW continuum of skills which teachers should be planning and which children should be using to deepen their understanding of what they are learning.\nThe book supports classroom teachers in several ways:\nA free PDF sample can be obtained by emailing [email protected].\n|Evidence underpinning this approach||The provider has not supplied this information|\n|How users/participants can evaluate success||The provider has not supplied this information|\n|Follow-up activities and support||The provider has not supplied this information|"}
{"text":"Convert one-yard sphere (∅ 1 yd) versus cubic meters (m3 , cu m)\nin swapped opposite direction\nfrom cubic meters to one-yard spheres\nOr use utilized converter page with the\nvolume or capacity multi-units converter\n|conversion result for two |\nvolume or capacity units:\n|From unit |\n|Equals Result||To unit |\n|1 one-yard sphere ∅ 1 yd||= 0.40||cubic meters m3 , cu m|\nPrefix or symbol for one-yard sphere is: ∅ 1 yd\nPrefix or symbol for cubic meter is: m3 , cu m\nTechnical units conversion tool for volume or capacity measures. Exchange reading in one-yard spheres unit ∅ 1 yd into cubic meters unit m3 , cu m as in an equivalent measurement result (two different units but the same identical physical total value, which is also equal to their proportional parts when divided or multiplied).\nHow many cubic meters are contained in one one-yard sphere? To link to this volume or capacity - one-yard sphere to cubic meters units converter, only cut and paste the following code into your html.\nThe link will appear on your page as: on the web units converter from one-yard sphere (∅ 1 yd) to cubic meters (m3 , cu m)"}
{"text":"Student's Difficulties with Proof\nLibrary Home || Full Table of Contents || Library Help\n|Keith Weber; Mathematical Association of America|\n|\"Proof is a notoriously difficult mathematical concept for students. Empirical studies have shown that many students emerge from proof-oriented courses ... unable to construct anything beyond very trivial proofs. Furthermore, most university students do not know what constitutes a proof ... and cannot determine whether a purported proof is valid.\" This essay addresses three questions: What is proof and what is its role in mathematics? What difficulties do students have with proofs? How can the concept of proof be taught effectively? With references. From the MAA's Teaching and Learning Research Sampler.|\n|Levels:||High School (9-12), College, Research|\n|Math Ed Topics:||Math Ed Research/Reform|\n© 1994- The Math Forum at NCTM. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"Kids who use smartphones, tablets, or video games more than 7 hours a day appeared to have premature thinning of the cortex, NIH researchers said on the \"60 Minutes\" TV progam. Check out MedPage Today's coverage of other findings from the study.\nAcute flaccid myelitis, the mysterious paralyzing disease affecting mainly children, reached a record count of 158 confirmed cases in 36 states. (AP News)\nEpilepsy patients in high-crime neighborhoods had more seizures. (Chicago Tribune)\nCan personalized medicine solve Alzheimer's? Cleveland Clinic neurologists make a case. (U.S. News & World Report)\nOpening the door for targeted treatment, researchers discovered they could classify Alzheimer's patients into six biologically coherent subgroups. (Molecular Psychiatry)\nAnd, a photographer looked at Alzheimer's in a more intimate way, chronicling his father's experience with the disease. (NPR)\nThe FDA cleared the reSET-O mobile app that provides cognitive behavioral therapy, as an adjunct to buprenorphine and contingency management, for people with opioid use disorder.\nCultural barriers and perceived stigma may block Hispanic epilepsy patients from seeking medical care. (JAMA Neurology)\nLMTX, a protein aggregation inhibitor for the treatment of frontotemporal dementia, received FDA orphan drug designation, drug maker TauRx Therapeutics announced.\nAnd, after a failed phase II trial, Axovant abandoned nelotanserin for REM sleep behavior disorder in Lewy body dementia patients.\nIs the U.S. ready for heroin-assisted treatment? (The Atlantic)"}
{"text":"THE Black Country Living Museum announced this week that it will be launching 15 new characters in the autumn to help students with the revised 2014 national curriculum.\nIn addition to the Museum’s already strong stable of period demonstrators, the new characters will paint an in-depth picture of life in the 1900s and form the backbone of a Key Stage 2 learning engagement for schools, encouraging children to relate to people who lived in the past.\nReal lives and real stories are depicted and history education takes one step closer to the present day as parallels are drawn between now and then.\nThese colourful personalities, in authentic period costume, encompass a wide variety of regional life.\nThey include a doctor, an undertaker, a chimney sweep, a flower seller, a pie man, a post woman, a Salvation Army character, a canal boatwoman, a widower, a midwife, street sellers, a working man and a pit bonk wench.\nEach character has a fascinating tale to tell of life in the early 1900s and each brings Black Country memories and voices flooding back.\nMel Weatherley, Head of Learning, said: “This exciting new learning resource encourages independent thinking and query, and the development of listening and oral skills.\n“Each character represents a real life and a real story and each provides opportunities for students to ask, and find answers to, valid historical questions,” added Mel.\nVisitors and school groups will be able to catch more regular sightings of the new characters from September onwards.\nBookings can be made through the Museum’s ticket office on 0121 520 8054 or via the Museum’s website at HYPERLINK \"http://www.bclm.com\"www.bclm .com"}
{"text":"The spotlight is shining once again on the deepest ecosystems in the ocean—Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench (map) and the New Britain Trench near Papua New Guinea. At a presentation today at the American Geophysical Union's conference in San Francisco, attendees got a glimpse into these mysterious ecosystems nearly 7 miles (11 kilometers) down, the former visited by filmmaker and National Geographic explorer-in-residence James Cameron during a historic dive earlier this year.\nWatch a video interview with Cameron on exploring deep-sea trenches.\nMicrobiologist Douglas Bartlett with the University of California, San Diego described crustaceans called amphipods—oceanic cousins to pill bugs—that were collected from the New Britain Trench and grow to enormous sizes five miles (eight kilometers) down. Normally less than an inch (one to two centimeters) long in other deep-sea areas, the amphipods collected on the expedition measured 7 inches (17 centimeters). (Related: \"Deep-Sea, Shrimp-like Creatures Survive by Eating Wood.\")\nBartlett also noted that sea cucumbers, some of which may be new species, dominated many of the areas the team sampled in the New Britain Trench. The expedition visited this area before the dive to Challenger Deep.\nMarine geologist Patricia Fryer with the University of Hawaii described some of the deepest seeps yet discovered. These seeps, where water heated by chemical reactions in the rocks percolates up through the seafloor and into the ocean, could offer hints of how life originated on Earth.\nAnd Emerging Explorer Kevin Hand, and astrobiologist with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, spoke about how life in these stygian ecosystems, powered by chemical reactions, could parallel the evolution of life on other planets."}
{"text":"New data from the Home Office has shown a worrying increase in the number of fire deaths in England.\nThe data shows that the number of people dying in fire-related incidents in England has shown the biggest percentage increase in 20 years.\n303 people lost their lives in fires in 2015-16, representing a 15% increase on the previous 12 months.\nDuring the period 2015-16, fire services across England responded to 162,000 fires, an increase of 7,000 from the previous year.\nStatistics show that of the primary fires attended\n- 31,333 were dwelling fires with 229 fire-related fatalities.\n- 15,984 were fires in other buildings with 21 fire-related fatalities.\nWithin other buildings the highest number of fires occurred in the following building types:\n- Private non-residential buildings including private garages and garden sheds.\n- Industrial premises including manufacturing, processing plants, warehouses and bulk storage units.\n- Public buildings including car parks, public toilets, religious buildings and transport buildings.\n- Retail premises.\n- Food and drink premises.\nThe Home Office has attributed the increased death total to a rise in the number of accidental fires within people’s homes, in addition to fatalities from fires involving aircraft, mainly as a result of the Shoreham air disaster.\nData compiled by the Department of Communities and Local Government in 2015 highlighted a 14.7% decline in the number of fire fighters in the last decade. The time taken to respond to incidents has also risen over the last 6 years. The Home Office however strongly refute the claim that the rise in fire-related deaths is attributable to cuts in funding."}
{"text":"NSS PAN Alert June 7, 2022\nNear Earth Object Surveyor Mission (NEOSM)\nSome years ago an asteroid streaked through the sky above the Russian city of Chelyabinsk. An intense pulse of light drew people to their windows just in time for the blast wave to pepper them with broken glass. There was no chance to detect this asteroid before it was about to hit. NEOSM (Near Earth Object Surveyor Mission), a half meter infrared telescope under development by NASA may well have detected it in time to warn the people of Chelyabinsk but NEOSM’s budget has been slashed by tens of millions of dollars which will postpone launch by many years. About one-million asteroids bigger than the Chelyabinsk objects cross Earth’s orbit and we don’t know where they are.\nIf we do nothing, about 20,000 of these objects will eventually hit us. Some of those objects are big enough to destroy whole countries. We don’t have to be sitting ducks. Contact your Congressional representatives today and tell them that this is a disaster we can avoid and it is monumentally stupid to not to. Tell them to restore full funding for NEOSM.\nThis image of a vapor trail was captured about 125 miles (200 kilometers) from the Chelyabinsk meteor event, about one minute after the house-sized asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere. Caption: NASA. Image credit: Alex Alishevskikh."}
{"text":"- Word Builder, Word Explorer\n|part of speech:\n||either of the two organs of the body used for hearing.\nWord Builder: ear +\nan ache in the ear.\na warm covering for the ears.\nsmall pieces that you put into your ears to block noise.\na piece of jewelry worn in the ear."}
{"text":"Summary…..being unvaccinated is far better. TOLD YOU SO.\nThe immune system is influenced by the history of infection or vaccination (imprinting) and vaccine response to infection is influenced by such imprinting in how immune response to infection is mounted. This imprinting influence is powerful enough that the previous history of SARS-CoV-2 infection prior to re-infection by the Omicron can influence response to the Omicron.\nVaccine response post infection – COVID-19 vaccines update 54 (11 min)\nDescribed content: Vaccine nucleocapsid response: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.11… Swedish triple vaxx study: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la… UK triple vaxx study: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s… “COVID-19 – Q and A for the People#13” event on ZOOM: https://merogenomics.eventbrite.ca Epigenetic aging DNA test survey: https://forms.gle/MWy1USV5QpiJ7nSFA Holistic proactive wellbeing event: moneyminddna.ca or https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/money-min… __________________________________________________________________\nDr. Raszek Credentials: https://merogenomics.ca/en/about/ ____________________________________________________________________"}
{"text":"Microhistory is a historical research method that looks at the history of small--micro--things: specific communities; people or families; and even objects as a way to explore larger historical questions, such as \"Why did so many people immigrate to the US at the end of the 19th century?\" and \"What were working conditions like in early 20th century copper mines?\"\nIndividual life experiences--say, those of a 14 year old girl leaving Croatia in 1888 to work in her aunt's boardinghouse in Calumet, or those of a 21 year old Finnish trammer working 10-12 hour shifts in the Quincy mine in 1904--can help provide specific, relatable answers to those big questions about how people responded to political and economic turbulence, and changing expectations of workplace safety.\nThe Keweenaw microhistories presented here explore immigrant and migrant stories through primary sources from the 1500s through the early 20th century. These individuals’ life experiences can provide rich, diverse, and specific detail about the history of places, events, and communities. Pieced together, these details reveal a bigger, more complex picture of the Keweenaw’s past."}
{"text":"Explore the world of microscopy!\n- Arrows help students locate important features\n- Mounted in a clear plastic holder that protects it on both sides\n- Set of 15 includes detailed lesson plan on the topic under study\nThis set introduces students to the many uses of the microscope as a tool for learning. Many of the images are similar to those first observed by van Leeuwenhoek and the other scientists who followed him.\nIntroduce junior and senior high school students to the world of microscopy with inexpensive, unbreakable microslides. Microslides consist of a strip of film with eight photomicrographs, each reproduced exactly as you would see them through a professional microscope under ideal conditions. You can supply all your students with their own microslides. A detailed text folder is included. Viewers are available separately.\nThe letter “e” (100X)\nCheek cells – wm (100X, 400X)\nCheek cells – wm (900X)\nOnion skin cells – wm/st (110X)\nHydra – Is (50X) – cs (175X)\nParamecium – bright field (200X)\nParamecium – interference (200X)\nParamecium – scanning em (1500X)"}
{"text":"In this module, students are involved in a deep study of mythology, its purposes, and elements. Students will read Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief (780L), a high-interest novel about a sixth-grade boy on a hero's journey. Some students may be familiar with this popular fantasy book; in this module, students will read with a focus on the archetypal journey and close reading of the many mythical allusions. As they begin the novel, students also will read a complex informational text that explains the archetypal storyline of the hero's journey which has been repeated in literature throughout the centuries. Through the close reading of literary and informational texts, students will learn multiple strategies for acquiring and using academic vocabulary. Students will also build routines and expectations of discussion as they work in small groups. At the end of Unit 1, having read half of the novel, students will explain, with text-based evidence, how Percy is an archetypal hero.\nIn Unit 2, students will continue reading The Lightning Thief (more independently): in class, they will focus on the novel's many allusions to classic myths; those allusions will serve as an entry point into a deeper study of Greek mythology. They also will continue to build their informational reading skills through the close reading of texts about the close reading of texts about the elements of myths. This will create a conceptual framework to support students' reading of mythology. As a whole class, students will closely read several complex Greek myths. They then will work in small groups to build expertise on one of those myths.\nIn Unit 3, students shift their focus to narrative writing skills. This series of writing lessons will scaffold students to their final performance task in which they will apply their knowledge about the hero's journey and the elements of mythology to create their own hero's journey stories. This task centers on ELA standards RL.6.3, W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.6, W.6.1c, L.6.2, and L.6.3."}
{"text":"When you think of the ancient world, you probably picture towering buildings of white marble, adorned with statues also made of white marble. You’re not alone — most people picture the same thing. But we’re all wrong. Ancient buildings and sculptures were actually really colorful. The Greeks and Romans painted their statues to resemble real bodies, and often gilded them so they shone like gods. So why is seemingly every museum on planet earth full of white marble sculptures?"}
{"text":"The Group of Eight, often nicknamed G-8, is an organization composed of eight of the most powerful and influential countries in the world. Composed of the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Russia, Italy, and Japan, this gathering of nations is of both a political and economic nature.\nTheir annual meetings therefore touch on a variety of pressing issues encompassed by these two major areas of concern. Since there is no set office for this organization, the role of host for the year is to provide the venue for talks, as well as take care of all other concerns related to the meetings. Logistics and security are two of the most important considerations on this list of requirements, especially since participants are high-profile officials. Furthermore, the annual G-8 talks are often controversial because of the nature of the issues they tackle.\nOne of the reasons why the G-8 talks are seen to be very important is that these meetings serve as a venue for discussions on international economic policies, international peacekeeping efforts, and similar areas of concern. In recent years, more attention has been given to the issue of climate change. Although this may initially be seen as an environmental issue only, the extent of change and its effects on the international economy and basic survival has made it a particularly pressing concern.\nThe composition of the G-8 as well as its power to influence international economic policies make it an easy target for criticism, especially from groups who are against the effects of globalization, particularly on developing nations."}
{"text":"The Independence Monument (Khmer: វិមានឯករាជ្យ, \"Vimean Ekareach\") in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, was built in 1958 to memorialize Cambodia's independence from France in 1953. It stands on the intersection of Norodom Boulevard and Sihanouk Boulevard in the centre of the city. It is in the form of a lotus-shaped stupa, of the style seen at the Khmer temple at Banteay Srei and other Khmer historical sites. The Independence Monument was designed by the Cambodian architect Vann Molyvann.During national celebrations, The Independence Monument is the center of activity. A ceremonial flame on the interior pedestal is often lit by a royal or high official on these occasions, and floral tributes line the stairs. Every year, The Independence Monument is visited by foreigners and locals alike. Behind the monument is the Norodom Sihanouk Memorial, constructed in 2013."}
{"text":"This nonfiction picture book about the parrots of Puerto Rico and and scientists’ observations of them is a perfect STEM/STEAM titles. It is full of excellent factual information but told in a narrative that is both engaging and moves along.\nThe outside cover leads you to believe the book has a horizontal orientation, but upon opening it, the illustrations and text are not laid out from left to right, but from top to bottom. Each spread is colorful and dynamic collage covers three-quarters of each two-page spread.\nThis book is a visual delight and would serve as a great addition to studies on ecosystems, rain forests or just as a feast for the eyes.\nParrots Over Puerto Rico\nSusan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore\nGenre: Nonfiction Picturebook, STEM/STEAM"}
{"text":"First Annual Ida B. Wells Barnett Lecture\nMonday, March 10, 2008\nAs part of the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum's celebration of Women's History Month, listen in for the first annual Ida B. Wells Lecture with Paula Giddings, author of Ida: A Sword Among Lions - Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching. Ida B Wells was one of the most fearless crusaders for civil rights and women's rights in United States history. She was a newspaper editor and publisher, investigative journalist, co-founder of the NAACP, political candidate, mother, wife, and the single most powerful leader in the anti-lynching campaign in America.\nWells came to Chicago in 1892, after her life was endangered in Memphis by a series of threats and ransacking of the newspaper offices where she worked. She had attracted this negative attention through her blistering articles condemning segregation, lynching and her support of women’s suffrage. While in Chicago, she organized a boycott of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago with Frederick Douglas to draw attention to the crimes of lynching. She also worked with Jane Addams to successfully block the establishment of segregated schools in Chicago. In 1930, she ran for the Illinois State Legislature and became one of the first black women to run for public office in the United States.\nThe lecture will be the Chicago launch of Paula Giddings' new book on Ida B Wells entitled Ida: A Sword Among Lions. Ida B Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching. Toni Morrison describes the book in the following way: \"History at its best- clear, intelligent, moving. Paula Giddings has written a book as priceless as its subject.\""}
{"text":"Gramma's Grammar/Let’s Go Grammar!\nGrammar is fun!\nGrammar tells how we use words to talk and write to one another.\nWe learn about grammar so we can understand other people, and so other people can understand us!\nWe use grammar every day, all of the time. We usually do not realize that we are using it.\nRemember, grammar is fun, and learning about grammar is fun, too!"}
{"text":"POSTED: 09:24 a.m. HST, Jan 15, 2011\nLAST UPDATED: 09:39 a.m. HST, Jan 15, 2011\nFederal wildlife officials say an endangered seabird has hatched at Midway Atoll, the first time the species has done so outside Japan in recorded history.\nThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said a short-tailed albatross hatched Friday at Eastern Island, one of three small flat coral islands in Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge about 1,300 miles northwest of Honolulu.\nRefuge staff and volunteers have been monitoring the bird's nest remotely with a video camera.\nUntil now, the short-tailed albatross has only been known to have reproduced at two sites: Torishima island in Japan and islands controlled by Tokyo and claimed by Beijing, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.\nFeather hunting devastated the species at the turn of the 20th century."}
{"text":"The overall aim with the research project is to study and analyse the conditions for a child rights perspective to be implemented in the stable. Studies show hat young people who have a voice and are part of decision-makings in sport tend to continue longer. Having a voice is also an important factor to prevent abuse and harassment. Furthermore, the right to express ones views and to have them accounted for is one of the main principles in the UN Convention on the Right of the Child that will be part of Swedish law in 2020. Central research questions are: What are the possibilities in general for young riders to have something to say about their participation: when and on what matters do they have a voice? What knowledge do instructors and trainers have of a child right's perspective, and what characterize stable cultures where youths either can or cannot exercise the right to express their views freely and have them accounted for? What recourses would leaders benefit from?"}
{"text":"PORTLAND, Ore., June 26 (UPI) -- Older U.S. women with insufficient levels of vitamin D gained more weight than those with sufficient levels of the \"sunshine\" vitamin, researchers say.\nStudy author Dr. Erin LeBlanc, an endocrinologist at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Ore., said the study involved more than 4,600 women age 65 over nearly five years.\nThe study, published in the Journal of Women's Health, found those with insufficient levels of vitamin D in their blood gained about 2 pounds more than those with adequate levels of the vitamin.\n\"This is one of the first studies to show that women with low levels of vitamin D gain more weight, and although it was only 2 pounds, over time that can add up,\" LeBlanc said in a statement. \"Nearly 80 percent of women in our study had insufficient levels of vitamin D. A primary source of this important vitamin is sunlight, and as modern societies move indoors, continuous vitamin D insufficiency may be contributing to chronic weight gain.\"\nSeventy-eight percent of the women had less than 30 nanograms per millimeter of vitamin D in their blood -- the level defined as sufficient by The Endocrine Society panel of experts who set clinical guidelines on vitamin D deficiency.\nIn the group of 571 women who gained weight, those with insufficient vitamin D levels gained more -- 18.5 pounds over five years -- than women who had sufficient vitamin D,\" LeBlanc said. \"The latter group gained 16.4 pounds over the same period.\""}
{"text":"Children are the ones who are most susceptible to infections. Sore throats, common cold, tonsillitis, fever, stomachache, vomiting, diarrhea, ear pain, toothache…are some complaints that all children suffer from more than once in their childhood. Medical attention is a must in sickness; but besides that, regular health checkups, following the immunization schedule, and appropriate healthcare steps at home – all play a crucial role in boosting your child’s immunity and maintaining his or her health. Keeping the needs of growing children in mind, we bring you some useful articles on how you can keep your kid healthy and strong.\nMaintaining Your Children's Health\nFrom hereditary issues to dangerous environmental threats, it can be difficult to protect against all the daily risks to the health of your child. Child health care should begin with a thorough understanding of the immediate issues and the possible afflictions that are looming around the corner. In many cases, common sense is your best weapon to fight off infection, while other conditions demand a stronger response. But as more preventative measures and treatments become controversial, how do you know if you're acting in your child's best interest?\nWhether it's a decision regarding vaccines, antibiotics or alternative medicine, you'll be more comfortable and confident in your course of action when you gather healthcare information from reliable sources. It's a good idea to keep up with recalls and news reports, and to read up on the pros and cons of various treatments. Speak with your doctor as needed, but prepare questions for the pharmacist as well - they will have a wealth of training and knowledge to share."}
{"text":"NEW YORK (AP) — A new analysis concludes that bones found in 1940 on a remote Pacific island were quite likely to be remains from famed aviator Amelia Earhart.\nThe new report is the latest chapter in a back-and-forth that has played out about the remains, which are now lost.\nAll that survive are seven measurements, from the skull and bones from the arm and leg. Those measurements led a scientist in 1941 to conclude that they belong to a man.\nNow University of Tennessee anthropologist Richard Jantz has weighed in with a new analysis of the measurements, published in the journal Forensic Anthropology.\nEarhart disappeared during an attempted flight around the world in 1937. The search for an answer to what happened to her and her navigator has captivated the public for decades."}
{"text":"Samsung, the world's largest maker of computer memory chips, unveiled a 64-gigabit NAND flash memory chip based on finer process technology using circuit elements that are 30 nanometers wide.\nSamsung touted the development of the chip as a world first and said the new chip marks the eighth straight year that memory density has doubled and the seventh straight year that the nanometer scale has improved for NAND flash. The company said it plans to begin production of the chip in 2009.\nLast year the company announced 32-gigabit NAND flash memory chip based on 40-nanometer process technology. Production of that chip will begin 2008. The bulk of Samsung's flash memory chips in 2007 are produced using 50-nanometer process technology."}
{"text":"Maximinus, Galerius Valerius\nMAXIMINUS, GALERIUS VALERIUS, Roman emperor from 303 to 314, was originally an Illyrian shepherd, and bore the name of Daza. His mother was a sister of him who afterwards became the emperor Galerius. He rose to high distinction after he had joined the army, and in 305 he was raised by his uncle to the rank of Caesar, with the honorary appellation of Jovius, Syria and Egypt being the government assigned to him. In 308, after the elevation of Licinius, he insisted on receiving the title of Augustus ; on the death of Galerius in 311 he succeeded to the supreme command of the provinces of Asia, and, when Licinius and Constantine began to make common cause with one another, Maximin entered into a secret alliance with Maxentius. He came to an open rupture with Licinius in 313, sustained a crushing defeat in the neighbourhood of Heraclea on April 30th, and, having fled with extraordinary celerity first to Nicomedia and afterwards to Tarsus, perished at the latter city in August following. His death was variously ascribed \" to despair, to poison, and to the Divine justice.\" Maximin, in every respect a worthless character, has a bad eminence in the annals of the Christian church as having renewed persecution after the publication of the toleration edict of Galerius.\nCiting this material\nPlease include a link to this page if you have found this material useful for research or writing a related article. Content on this website is from high-quality, licensed material originally published in print form. You can always be sure you're reading unbiased, factual, and accurate information.\nHighlight the text below, right-click, and select “copy”. Paste the link into your website, email, or any other HTML document."}
{"text":"Effects of Enhancing Pontoons on Abundance of Fish: Initial Experiments in Estuaries\nWe investigated whether it was possible to increase abundances of fish associated with pontoons by increasing the available shelter. The physical complexity of the undersides of pontoons was enhanced by adding 7 m2 units made up of artificial seagrass leaves. Abundances of fish from these pontoons were compared with those from normal pontoons. The total number of fish, number of species and number of recently settled fish were significantly higher on enhanced pontoons than on unenhanced pontoons during December, but not October. The number of recently settled fish on pontoons was low compared to simultaneous settlement of fish in nearby natural habitat. Possible reasons for this were the position of pontoons in the water column, their movement in relation to tides and currents, and shading.\nNo Supplementary Data.\nNo Article Media\nDocument Type: Research Article\nPublication date: 01 July 1992\nMore about this publication?\n- The Bulletin of Marine Science is dedicated to the dissemination of high quality research from the world's oceans. All aspects of marine science are treated by the Bulletin of Marine Science, including papers in marine biology, biological oceanography, fisheries, marine affairs, applied marine physics, marine geology and geophysics, marine and atmospheric chemistry, and meteorology and physical oceanography.\n- Editorial Board\n- Information for Authors\n- Subscribe to this Title\n- Terms & Conditions\n- Ingenta Connect is not responsible for the content or availability of external websites"}
{"text":"Knit 4 Together – K4 Tog + Tutorial\nPutting together 4 stitches using the knit stitch is referred to as Knit 4 Together. The abbreviation is called K4 Tog.\nInstead of knitting one stitch with the knit stitch, you are going to collect 4 stitches on the knitting needles and put with all 4 at the same time. This will convert 4 stitches to be only 1 by the time you are done. This is used in subtracting out stitches like a top of a hat and etc.\nFollow the tutorial below if you need further help."}
{"text":"In increase of physical activities and other stressful situations especially by old people, to alcoholic drinkers and habitual antacid takers, it is ideal to take in Vitamin B.\nVit B functions as an anti-neuritic factor. It is a co-enzyme converting carbohydrate into energy in the nerve tissues, muscles and heart. It is necessary for proper metabolism of sugar and starch to provide energy. It improves mental attitude, too. To children, Vit B promotes growth.\nWe have abundant food sources of Vit B. It includes blackstrap molasses, bran, brewer's Yeast, eggs, corn, meats, especially pork, liver, oatmeal, raw nuts, soybeans and soybean products, such as tofu, wheat germ, milk, whole brown rice and whole wheat.\nOur body should not lack Vit B as it is responsible also for the brain and nervous function. It helps in treating indigestion as well.\nTo know the symptoms if we lack Vit B in our body, we usually experience digestive upsets, fatigue, impairment of memory, loss of appetite, nausea and muscle weakness. I am happy to have known these facts for myself after i Yahoo search."}
{"text":"Synchrotron radiation 57Fe-Mössbauer spectroscopy using nuclear monochromator\n- 62 Downloads\nA synchrotron radiation (SR) Mössbauer spectrometer has been developed by using a nuclear Bragg monochromator (NBM). It enables energy-domain 57Fe SR-Mössbauer spectroscopy (SRMS). Doppler-shifted SR-Mössbauer radiation is produced by pure nuclear Bragg reflection (PNBR) from an oscillating 57FeBO3 crystal near the Néel point. In this paper, we describe the optics and its applications, including high-pressure SRMS, grazing incidence SRMS and γ-ray diffraction studies with the Rayleigh scattering of Mössbauer radiation (RSMR) method.\nKeywordsSynchrotron radiation Mössbauer effect Nuclear resonant scattering Bragg scattering\nUnable to display preview. Download preview PDF."}
{"text":"The Cave was formed when basalt lava flowed out of a vent 500 thousand years ago forming a lava tube typical to this type of volcanic activity on the Snake River Plains. It was important to early settlers and native Americans for food storage. John A. Dalton, the original homesteader, and his family also used the Cave as a refuge from encounters with unfriendly native Americans. Travel north on SH 34, turn right (east) onto Ice Cave Road and proceed 0.15 mile to the pull off on the left (north) side of the road above the Ice Cave Entrance. View a 360 panorama photo of the inside of the cave by Don Bain.\n799 ID-34, Grace, ID 83241"}
{"text":"Maria Van Kerhove, the World Health Organization’s technical lead for COVID-19 response and head of the emerging diseases and zoonoses unit, stated that the spread of the novel coronavirus by people who aren’t showing symptoms is a rare occurrence.\nShe said that the conclusion is based on data gathered by the organization.\nVan Kerkhove stated:\n“We have a number of reports from countries who are doing very detailed contact tracing. They’re following asymptomatic cases, they’re following contacts, and they’re not finding secondary transmission onward. It is very rare — and much of that is not published in the literature.”\nShe added that the organization is continuously analyzing the data and trying to get more information from countries to form a definitive conclusion.\nVan Kerkhove also spoke about how COVID-19, a respiratory pathogen, spreads – It is extremely dangerous because it can spread through droplets, which are released when someone coughs or sneezes.\nShe said that often cases of asymptomatic patients turn out to be cases of the mild disease:\n“When we actually go back, and we say how many of them were truly asymptomatic, we find out that many have really mild disease.”\nHowever, many patients don’t present typical COVID symptoms like fever, severe coughs, shortness of breath, though some have mild disease.\n“Having said that, we do know that there can be people who are truly asymptomatic,” she added.\nIt is far more dangerous when a patient is pre-symptomatic, meaning that it is experiencing an early stage of an illness before the regular symptoms have kicked in.\nAsymptomatic patients, on the other hand, are experiencing a full-phased infection, presenting no symptoms.\nVan Kerkhove accentuated the difference between the two groups of individuals during Monday’s media briefing."}
{"text":"Copyright © University of Cambridge. All rights reserved.\n'Discuss and Choose' printed from http://nrich.maths.org/\nWhy do this problem?\ngives an opportunity to discuss the quantities involved in the statements, and may involve estimation, calculation and/or research. Children will rely not only on what they have learnt from school, but also on information they have picked up from elsewhere. The discussion may well reveal some surprises, particularly in terms\nof their understanding of different units of measurement.\nThe activity could be suitable for small group or whole class discussions, depending on the experiences of the children involved. You might find it helpful to print off copies of this sheet\nwhich has all the statements on it. The statements could be cut up so that each is on a separate card.\nThe role of the adult in this kind of situation is to enable discussion to take place effectively. It may be that after an initial discussion about each statement, you assign a pair or small group of children a few statements each and invite them to come up with evidence to support their suggested answer. If possible, encourage them to record as they go along so that they have a\nreminder of what they did.\nSo, what do \"you\" think about what \"they\" have just said?\nTell us your thoughts about ...\nSo, what do you all think?\nDo some of you agree with ...?\nIf so, why? Or why not?\nHow could we be more sure?\nYoungsters could create their own challenges in a similar way for others to discuss.\nTry to help by listening, sharing and offering thoughts where appropriate."}
{"text":"Few cities in Texas boast a history as rich and storied as San Antonio. One reason is just how long the city has been around – 2018 marks the city’s 300th birthday. Char Miller took the opportunity to write a book that spans San Antonio’s entire history. It’s called ‘San Antonio: A Tricentennial History.’\nMiller has lived in San Antonio for 26 years and still found things that surprised him about the city’s history.\n“One of the surprising things I knew, but didn’t was how much the city was born of violence,” Miller says. “…San Antonio was a pretty violent place as various groups literally fought to gain control over it. And blood, at times, flowed in the streets, flowed in the rivers. It’s quite appalling in retrospect. “\nMiller also wanted to provide a new perspective on the city’s history, one that starts before the Alamo.\n“So part of the reason for writing 300 years was obviously the gimmick of the celebration of the tricentennial, but that really allowed me to dig back deep into actually the 1600s to think about what it meant before San Antonio was a city that the Spanish developed,” Miller says.\nWritten by Morgan Kuehler."}
{"text":"The Things Only Government Can Do\nMuch of this book to this point has been a caution against—some might say a tirade against—excessive reliance on government to make sound decisions when resources are scarce, people pursue their self-interest, and information is costly. But as noted previously, government is among the oldest human institutions, and human institutions do not persevere so long—since the dawn of settled agriculture, perhaps 7,000 years ago—unless they bring some benefits. And although much of what government can do, as we have seen, is inimical to human achievement precisely because prices ordinarily provide incentives for people to use scarce resources to greatest social benefit, it turns out that sometimes market prices provide poor incentives. Government, by using its power to take command of resources or limit how they are used, can in fact use them more efficiently under these circumstances. The conditions required for this to be true, which also have relevance even outside the question of government versus private responses to resource-use decisions, must be carefully delineated, and this chapter does that."}
{"text":"Next year we expect the emergence of devices that use the latest wireless standard 802.11ac, which provides data transfer rate is three times higher than the current standard 802.11n.\nThe new standard uses the 5 GHz frequency range and in addition provides an increase in the rate of coverage. When using 80-MHz channels in the room, where there is no interference, provided the rate of about 1 Gbit / s and at 160-MHz channels, the rate increases to 1.2 Gb / s and more. For comparison, in the same conditions with 802.11n provides a 300 Mbit / sec.\nIt is expected that the gadgets that support the wireless standard Wi-Fi 802.11ac, we can see at the beginning of 2012."}
{"text":"| Dust Separator |\nSpace-saving central final filtering for all types of waste coming from air filtering plants.\nThe separating of the dust is made according to the cyclone principle with downstream fine filtration of the conveying air.\nThe thoroughly filtered air can be blown into the room or led back into a pre-filter.\nThe filter cartridges charged with dust are automatically blow off by the impact of the compressed air blast at timed intervals.\n| Screw Compactor|\nThe Screw Compactor can be applied downstream of any dust-and fibre-separating group, thus conveying the waste automatically to a disposal station, in a continuous and space-saving way.\nArriving waste is seized by the warm shaft of the Screw Compactor and pushed through a tube. The compacting is controlled by a pneumatic cylinder which restricts the tube exit by clamping jaws.\n- Automatic filter cleaning.\n- High filtering efficiency\n- Low space requirement, room height <3 m.\n- Free standing\n- Low consumption of compressed air, since duration and intervals of the air blasts are adjustable\n- Automatic discharge of waste\n- Smaller waste volume\n- No dust emission, because the dust is contained in the waste\n- No necessity to replace bags\n- Conveyance in ascending slope up to 30° is possible\n|© Luwa (UK) Ltd Air Engineering"}
{"text":"Often you need to copy the error code or details to search on the internet. By default Windows 10 does not allows copying the text from error messages or warning. As many of the dialogues and error messages give vague details about the event so the diagnosis process requires copying the text from the dialogues.\nCopy Text from Dialogs and Error Messages\nTextify is a useful program that allows the users to extract text from the error messages and the dialog boxes. Different startup configurations help in extracting the text and keyboard interaction while the dialog box requires a response from the users.\nUse different modifier keys and a mouse button to start the application for text extraction. The hotkeys are customizable and you can change them any time you want. After clicking on the dialog box, it will display the text for copying from an editable text field. This procedure works for different types of errors, messages, and other dialog boxes.\nThis application also supports searching the text on google and Wikipedia with just a single click below the text. All it din’t work with the registry editor and the Command Prompt when opened with Administrative rights.\nCopying an Error Message in Notepad\nA more simple way to extract the text from the dialog box is by using the default Windows method:\n- As soon as the error message dialog box appears, press and hold CTRL with INSERT Button.\n- Open Notepad either from the Run or the from the start menu\n- Paste the copied text using CTRL + V or by right-clicking on the text area and choose Paste from the Context menu within the application."}
{"text":"Is Chronic Hepatitis B Contagious?\nTransmission of Chronic Hepatitis B from Person to Person\nChronic Hepatitis B is considered to be contagious between people.\nGenerally the infectious agent may be transmitted by saliva, air, cough, fecal-oral route,\nsurfaces, blood, needles, blood transfusions, sexual contact, mother to fetus, etc.\nChronic Hepatitis B, although infectious, is not a genetic disease. It is not caused by a defective or abnormal gene.\nThe contagious disease, Chronic Hepatitis B, can be transmitted:\n- by sexual conduct between people.\n- from person to person by blood.\n- from the mother to her fetus.\nSpread by blood, sexual fluids, bodily fluids, or breast milk. Not spread\nby casual contact such as handshakes.\nContagiousness properties for Chronic Hepatitis B:\nContagious by sex?:\nContagious by oral sex?:\nContagious by anal sex?:\nContagious by vaginal sex?:\nContagious from body fluids?:\nContagious breastfeeding mother to infant?:\nAbout contagion and contagiousness:\nContagion and contagiousness refers to how easily\nthe spread of Chronic Hepatitis B is possible from one person to another.\nOther words for contagion include \"infection\", \"infectiousness\",\n\"transmission\" or \"transmissability\".\nContagiousness has nothing to do with genetics\nor inheriting diseases from parents.\nFor an overview of contagion,\nsee Introduction to Contagion."}
{"text":"I posted some videos recently about wild container in my balcony garden, now I am going to write about growing strawberries. But before that I would like to write how good these fruits are.\nJust a few people know that strawberry have a lot of medical properties. Strawberry leafs and roots may be used to treat diarrhoea. Some time ago tea from strawberry leafs was used as a treatment against dysentiry. Fruits with leafs may also be used to treat urinary tract disorders. These berries reduce the risk of cancer and heart diseases as well.\nAmazing, isn’t it? So that’s why it is a “must have” berry in your diet. We need to eat them as much as possible during the summer. Wild strawberries may also be freezed for winter time (berries will not loose their anti-cancer activity)\nStrawberries may be easily started from seeds, or can be bought as transplants. On the market try to find healthy-looking plants with signs of new growth in leaves and flower buds.\nPut their roots in the water for about an hour before planting.\nPlant them at ground level.\nStrawberries may be easily divided in early spring just as the new growth appears. You need to lift the plants and pull apart the crowns.\nStrawberries have to be planted in the sunny location with 5-8 hours of sun every day. But if you live in hot areas, try to choose location that receives protection from the afternoon sun. Strawberry prefer a well-drained, moist, fertile, slightly acidic soil.\nWater them daily.\nSome useful advices\nIn order to eliminate weeds and keep moisture you may want to mulch plants with straw.\nTo feed plants, apply some compost around the plants at the beginning of the season before mulching.\nTo prevent plants from freezing during the winter you can cover them with straw or loose leafs.\nHow to grow carrots\nHelp the world! Use paper pot maker!"}
{"text":"I am implementing a software that simulates the color of the sky. To do this, I use a model that takes as input the sun position and returns the Yxy components of a D-illuminant for each point of the ...\nSpectral emission by elements occurs in discrete wavelengths. There are only about 118 elements. My question is whether there are pure colors either disfavored in nature or even disallowed? The sun ...\nCould somebody please tell me if there's a reasonably cheap substance or device can I use to smooth the spectrum of a light source? For example, if the spectrum has spikes as in the blue graph below, ...\nIts well known that the Sun's spectrum is not continuous, and that there are dark bands within the suns spectrum. Is it possible to produce a color of paint that is bright in, say, indoor lighting and ...\nWhat determines the form of the intensity spectra of different particle species in Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF) measurements? See e.g. I figure that bigger particles have more ways to get ...\nI was puzzled by the wide absorption lines in a stellar spectrum I found. The following is what I expect absorption lines to look like - thin, crisp lines: However, I found this stellar spectrum, ...\nI spent a while working with MgF2-windowed xenon flash / discharge lamps. Primarily, I characterized their spectra with two normal-incidence spectrometers against a calibrated Deuterium lamp. In this ...\nHow does Newton's color disk work? Newton's disk - Take a circular white color disk, make 7 equal intersections and paint section with respective VIBGYOR colors, now when you spin the disk in certain ...\nMany light sources like LEDs and lasers only emit a single wavelength of light. Is there a light source that emits all wavelengths of visible light at the same time?"}
{"text":"National Posture Institute News Story-PRINT and Distribute to your kids! Government advises kids on how to help at Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving dinner is fun, but helping get everything ready for the big meal can be a lot of fun too.\nHere are a few things you can do to help out.\nPlan the menu. Talk with your family about what you want to have for Thanksgiving dinner. Pick a couple side dishes to go with turkey, like vegetables, potatoes and salad. Then pick something for dessert.\nSet the table. While your parents are busy carving the turkey, offer to set the table. Fold the napkins and then place the forks on the left side of the plate and the knives on the right side.\nLend a hand in the kitchen. There are lots of dishes to get ready for Thanksgiving, so ask your parents what you can help with. Maybe you can mash the potatoes or slice the cranberry sauce. Make sure to ask your parents if you’re not sure about certain kitchen tools, like knives.\nClean up. Give your parents a break when dinner is over and help with clean up. Sweep the floor or load the dishwasher so your parents don’t have to.\nYour parents will be so happy to have your help. After a full day of cooking, eating and cleaning up, you can all enjoy a slice of pumpkin pie for dessert.\nNote: The links in these articles linking to web sites whose content can be modified and/or removed is out of the control of Kids.gov"}
{"text":"Winterize Your Car// here is the normal content // ?>\nIf you use a car to get around and live in an area that experiences winter weather, it’s important to prepare your car for winter. Here’s what you should know if you drive during winter weather:\n- Stay off the road during and after a winter storm.\n- Install good winter tires. Make sure each tire has enough tread.\n- Keep your gas tank full. A full tank keeps the fuel line from freezing, and it’s also a good idea in case you lose power.\n- Build an emergency kit with winter essentials. Include weather clothes, a blanket, and an ice scraper.\nFor the full list of items to keep in your car emergency kit, visit: https://www.ready.gov/car."}
{"text":"From Ohio History Central\nOn February 12, 1820, the Ohio government authorized the creation of Marion County. Residents named the county in honor of Francis Marion, a hero of the American Revolution. The county was the home of United States President Warren G. Harding. The Ohio Historical Society now operates Harding’s home as a museum. Harding is also buried in the county.\nMarion County is located in the north central portion of Ohio. The county seat is Marion, which is the largest population center, with almost thirty-eight thousand residents in 2000. This marked a ten percent growth in the town’s population since 1990, and the county, itself, experienced a three percent growth rate, to a total population of 66,217 people, during this same time period. Much of this growth resulted from Franklin County and Delaware County residents trying to escape the busyness of Columbus. An average of 164 people live in each of Marion County’s 404 square miles.\nDespite the tremendous growth, Marion County remains heavily rural, but subdivisions and businesses are quickly taking over much of this land. Manufacturing businesses are the county’s largest employer, with retail and government positions finishing second and third respectively. The Marion Power Shovel Company, a manufacturer of construction equipment, was historically one of the county’s largest employers. The Ohio State University Marion also employs numerous residents. The county’s average income was approximately twenty-two thousand dollars per person in 1999, with almost twelve percent of the population living in poverty.\nMost voters in Marion County claim to be independents, yet in recent years, they have supported Republican candidates at the national level."}
{"text":"Contrary to what some may believe, it’s not Mexican Independence Day. (via TIME Photos)\nCinco De Mayo is the holiday of tequila and tex-mex, shares a genre with Mardi Gras and St. Patrick’s day and has become hugely popular throughout the United States. But how many people actually know the history behind this springtime celebration?\n(More on TIME.com: See the top 10 drunkest holidays)\nCinco De Mayo marks the 1862 battle of Puebla, during which Mexican troops defeated the French army in an underdog victory regarded as a symbol of national unity. Mexico celebrates Independence Day on September 16, but Cinco De Mayo is only observed regionally.\nMexican-Americans in southwestern states like New Mexico and California are thought to have brought the holiday north of the border. Since then, it has become hugely commercialized and bars have reaped the benefits. It’s not so much a hallmark holiday as an alcohol business holiday — shown in part by the launch of Bud Light Lime on May 5, 2008.\nHead to TIME’s photo gallery to learn more about a “Mexican holiday with an anti-imperialist message that’s nonetheless become a reason for Americans to overdose on beer and tequila every spring.”\n(More on TIME.com: See the top 10 ridiculously strong drinks)"}
{"text":"More than 60 percent of Americans experience problems sleeping at least a few nights each month, with 41 percent reporting sleep difficulties every night or almost every night, according to a March 2009 study by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF). This study also shows that one in five of us consistently gets less than six hours of sleep per night. Insufficient sleep diminishes a person's judgment and performance, lowers the quality of life, increases the likelihood of accidents, and heightens the risk for a variety of major illnesses, including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and obesity.\nOf the 64 percent of Americans reporting sleep difficulties in the NSF study, only half had discussed their sleep problems with a healthcare professional. Of those seeking help, 42 percent were diagnosed with a sleep disorder. With proper diagnosis and treatment, individuals with sleeping difficulties can return to full, restful, regular sleep patterns, thus improving their health and quality of life.\nThe McKay-Dee Hospital Sleep Center Can Help\nHave you been told that you snore? Do you wake up often with a headache? Have you gained weight? Have friends or family said they have noticed changes in your personality? Have you been told that you stop breathing while you sleep? Do you feel sleepy during the day, even though you slept through the night? Have you fallen asleep while driving? If you have answered yes to any of these questions, you may be showing signs of having a sleeping problem.\nMost sleep problems can be treated and some even cured with expert evaluation and appropriate treatment. The Sleep Disorders Center at McKay-Dee Hospital utilizes the latest technology in diagnosing and treating sleep/wake disorders.\nTalk with your doctor, or call (801) 387-2700 to schedule an appointment and get more information."}
{"text":"1-9. LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION OF MAJOR COMPONENTS. - Continued\nThe fire truck is equipped with a 12-volt dc main electrical system and a 110-volt ac auxiliary system. All\ncomponents and subsystems used to operate and control the truck and firefighting equipment are powered from the 12-\nvolt system. The 110-volt ac system is used to operate auxiliary power tools and accessories.\nThe 110-volt ac system consists of a 12-Vdc to 110-Vac Inverter connected to the main engine alternator.\nFour receptacles are mounted on the left and right sides of the hose body, (see fig. 1-10). An additional two 110-Vac\nreceptacles are available on the inverter itself.\nThe 12-volt system consists of four maintenance-free batteries located in the battery compartment. The\nbatteries are connected to a battery switch in the cab. To maintain the charge of the batteries, two 12-volt, 80-amp\nalternators, driven by the main engine, are provided. All of the major components and circuits are protected by\nautomatic-reset-type circuit breakers. To provide 24-Vdc to auxiliary radio equipment the truck is equipped with a 12to\n24-Vdc converter. The converter is connected to the truck batteries via the battery switch.\nFigure 1-10. Electrical System Components"}
{"text":"Dio Chrysostom, Discourses 2.33\n32 In this fashion Alexander would talk with his father, thereby revealing his innermost thoughts. The fact is that while he loved Homer, for Achilles he felt not only admiration but even jealousy because of Homer's poesy, just as handsome boys are sometimes jealous of others who are handsome, because these have more powerful lovers. To the other poets he gave hardly a thought; but he did mention 33 Stesichorus and Pindar, the former because he was looked upon as an imitator of Homer and composed a \"Capture of Troy,\" a creditable work, and Pindar because of the brilliancy of his genius and the fact that he had extolled the ancestor whose name he bore: Alexander, nicknamed the Philhellene, to whom the poet alluded in the verse\nNamesake of the blest sons of Dardanus.\nThis is the reason why, when later he sacked Thebes, he left only that poet's house standing, directing that this notice be posted upon it:\nSet not on fire the roof of Pindar, maker of song.\nUndoubtedly he was most grateful to those who eulogized him worthily, when he was so particular as this in seeking renown.\n- אלכסנדר מחריב את תבאי אך משאיר את ביתו של פינדרוס על תילו כמחווה של כבוד והערכה על כך שהאחרון שיבח את אחד מאבותיו בעל אותו השם.\n- Bergk, Poetae Lyrici Graeci, Pindar, Fragment 120. See also Pindar, p578 in L. C. L. An allusion to Alexander, or Paris, son of Priam and descendant of Dardanus, the first king of Troy."}
{"text":"A standard high school science problem is to estimate the volume of an irregular solid. There are two ways of doing this.\nOne is very complicated and inaccurate. The other is very simple and precise. The complicated method is to make all kinds of measurements across the surface and try to come up with a geometric model for the shape. The simple method is to put the object in a beaker of water and see how much water is displaced.\nSame story with the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. Some scientists have engaged in a complex and flawed approach of trying to interpret gravity data. The simple and accurate way is to look at sea level data.\nAny water which melts from an ice sheet runs into the sea. Thus an increase in melt rate would necessarily have to be paired with an increase in the rate of sea level rise – of course assuming that ocean temperatures have not cooled.\nThis has not happened. In fact, the rate of sea level rise has actually slowed over the last five years.\nThis simple fact is a show stopper for the theory that the rate of ice sheet melt has increased. You can’t get around it. Ocean temperatures have not cooled significantly, so the unavoidable conclusion is that ice sheet melt rates have not increased."}
{"text":"Permaculture, based on the concept of “permanent agriculture” or “permanent culture,” is a term coined by Australians David Holmgren and Bill Mollison in the 1970s. It describes a design system for creating human settlements that function in harmony with nature. Incorporating traditional knowledge, modern science, and the ecological patterns of the living world, Permaculture design is applicable to farms, gardens, organizations, housing developments, towns and villages, or city neighborhoods.\nPermaculture Gardening is in development on the Strawbale Studio land outside Oxford, MI.\n- Sheet Mulch has been applied to several garden beds for “Zone One” plants that need the most attention and are used on a frequent basis, such as chives, basil, arugula, tomatoes, and kale.\n- A greenhouse is under construction for year-round food production. It is 12 ‘ x 20 ‘ and low-cost.\n- Foods that are growing naturally on the property are being mapped and a list of their uses is being made. This includes plants, bushes and trees.\n- Maps and list of uses is also being made for the plants that were in the existing “flower gardens” around the house. All plants have uses, and these plants are not only ornamental, but useful as foods, medicines, fiber, dyes, etc.\n- Fruit trees and bushes have been procured."}
{"text":"Lonsdale Greenway, Park and Recreation Center History\nIn 1890, William Ragsdale enlisted 100 Knoxville businessmen for a land development project on the western edge of Knoxville north of Western Avenue and south of Mechanicsville. William Ragsdale named the new Lonsdale community by combining parts of his mother's maiden name, Lonas, and the \"dale\" from the end of \"Ragsdale.\"\nMany of the homes in this community exhibit Victorian and Craftsman influence. Ragsdale named the streets after Civil War generals and Union states.\nWater rights appeared two years later from the Lonsdale-Beaumont Water Corporation, bringing in much needed industrial development in the form of brick, coal, lumber, and paper companies.\nIn 1917, the City annexed the previously incorporated towns of Lonsdale, Mountain View, Park City, Beaumont, Island Home, Oakwood, and part of Vestal, as well as large unincorporated areas such as South Knoxville and Sequoyah Hills. The land area of the City was increased from four to twenty six square miles. The census of 1920 reflected this dramatic growth in figures that showed that the City’s population had more than doubled in ten years. The population rose from 36,346 in 1910 to 77,818 in 1920."}
{"text":"1361-2014 - IEEE Guide for Selecting, Charging, Testing, and Evaluating Lead-Acid Batteries Used in Stand-Alone Photovoltaic (PV) Systems\nDescription: This guide is applicable to all stand-alone photovoltaic (PV) systems where PV is the only charging source. Stand-alone PV system parameters and operating conditions are discussed in relation to battery characteristics and expected system performance. Charging parameters for PV systems are suggested to help in the selection of a battery for a specific application. Finally, a performance test to verify the battery selection and system parameters is provided, including discussions on how to interpret test results. Test results only provide information on initial battery performance. No cycle-life predictions are made."}
{"text":"Worksheets of colouring and finding pentagon shapes with matching object\nColouring pages of polar animals\nA collective noun is a word for a group of specific items, animals and people. Nouns...\nMixed Vowel Worksheets\nWorksheets of matching long and short vowel sounds within a list of words\n© 2009-2018 Aussie Childcare Network Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved."}
{"text":"This new title briefly explains the history of the game of golf before delving into the science of the sport. The book explores how physics, biomechanics, psychology, and technology all play a part in how a person plays the sport. The title concludes with training and conditioning techniques that can be used by golfers.\nFeature & Benefits\n- Each volume in the series focuses on one sport and opens with a brief look at the featured sport's origins, history and changes to rules, equipment, or techniques.\n- Subsequent chapters cover the biomechanics and physiology of playing, related health and medical concerns, and the causes and treatment of sports-related injuries.\n- The full-color text is augmented by fact boxes, sidebars, photos, and detailed diagrams, charts and graphs.\n- In addition, a subject-specific glossary, bibliography and index provide further tools for researching the sports and concepts discussed throughout the volume."}
{"text":"72Re: [python-iter] Colon syntax: We barely knew thee...\n- Mar 3, 2001From: <qrczak@...>\n>You can think about that in your own terms :)\n> 1. xkeys(), xitems().\n> 2. keys, items.\n> 3. keys(), items().\n> Why 1: Doesn't change existing methods or break any existing code.\n> Doesn't require any magic to work - easy to understand.\n> Consistent with xrange() and xreadlines().\n> Why not 1: Introduces an unnecessary duplication of names only to\n> enable good performance. A programmer should not have to\n> worry whether he should use keys or xkeys, because their\n> meaning is essentially the same.\n> Why 2: A single attribute can be used as either iterator or list\n> producer, with backward-compatible syntax for the latter.\n> Why not 2: Attribute syntax plays the role of a method only because of\n> backward compatibility. Classes must implement this using\n> __getattr__ because it's really a stateful method call.\n> Doesn't scale to places when an argument is needed or to\n> module-scope functions (e.g. range).\ndict.keys = stateless lazy list\ndict.keys() = dict.keys.__call__() - to produce old fashion list\n- << Previous post in topic"}
{"text":"Inspired by Flint Water Crisis, Seventh Grader Creates Device That Quickly Detects Lead in Water\nGitanjali Rao, 11, isn’t even in high school yet, but she’s causing a stir in the scientific community. The seventh grader has created a device that can identify lead-contaminated water faster than anything else on the market.\nRao explained to ABC that she was inspired by the ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan.\n“I had been following the Flint, Michigan issue for about two years,” she told the network. “I was appalled by the number of people affected by lead contamination in water and I wanted to do something to change this.”\nRao developed a system that uses disposable cartridges — an idea garnered from an MIT article that the seventh grader read — to test the lead levels in the water. The cartridges are then linked to a mobile app which displays the results almost immediately.\nThis method is incredibly timely, especially compared to the usual method which can takes weeks between testing and the delivery of results. The system was named “Tethys” after the Greek goddess of fresh water.\nThe youngster spoke further about her invention in a demo-reel video, saying, “Clean water always makes you feel good. The tool allows easy testing at home, or agencies for quick detection and remedial action. It can be expanded in the future to test for other chemical contaminants in portable water. I hope this helps in a small way to detect and prevent long-term effects for lead contamination for many of us.”\nRao’s work earned her a victory in the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, which saw her beat out nine other finalists for the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist.” In addition, she was awarded $25,000 for her invention.\nBe sure to SHARE Rao’s story with anyone you know who’s interested in science, or simply needs some reassurance about the future of our planet."}
{"text":"Scientists expect to observe the greatest effects of global warming in the Arctic.\nEarthwatch expeditions pair researchers with volunteers to address some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Explore our current expeditions to discover how you can make a difference.Showing 7 of 7 matches\nHow is a national treasure being reshaped by the changing climate?\nRhino populations are in crisis due to the high value of rhino horn combined with widespread poaching.\nJoin researchers in the towering mountains and verdant forests of Utah to monitor the health and diversity of bee populations.<\nBy studying the feeding behavior of killer whales in Iceland, scientists can better understand potential threats to this specie\nEven in a world-class protected area, wildlife needs our support. How are giraffes, rhinos, and other species faring?\nWhat can we learn about the behavior, habits, and needs of wildlife living in the Mongolian steppe?"}
{"text":"Peter Heylyn's 1652 book \"Cosmographie\" (enlarged from his \"Microcosmos\" of 1621) was one of the earliest attempts to describe the complete world in English being the first known description of Australia and among the first of California. The book comprises 4 sections, examining the geography, politics, and cultures of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, with an addendum on Terra Incognita, including Australia, and extending to Utopia, Fairyland, and the \"Land of Chivalrie\".\nIn 1659, Thomas Porter published a smaller but extensive \"Compendious Description of the Whole World\" which also included a Chronology of world events from Creation forward. These were all part of a major trend in the European Renaissance to explore (and perhaps comprehend) the known world.\nThe word was commonly used by Buckminster Fuller in his lectures."}
{"text":"The spruce spider mite is considered one of the most destructive spider mites in the United States. It injures the foliage of spruce, arborvitae, juniper, hemlock, pine, Douglas-fir, and occasionally other conifers.\nThis species damages host plants by sucking plant fluid from needles as they feed. Infested trees at first have a speckled, yellowish appearance, and lack rich green color. After prolonged feeding, needles turn rusty colored and may drop prematurely. Mites usually attack older needles located in the lower and inner parts of the plant. Damage may spread as the season progresses. This species also produces silken webs on the needles.\nWhen plant foliage begins to show off-green, or stippled, color and spider mites are suspected, perform a foliage check. Take a piece of white paper, hold it under a branch suspected of having mites, and strike the branch hard against the paper. This should dislodge the mites, and even though they are only 0.5 mm long, you should be able to see the dark, oval spider mites against the white background. Examine three to four places around the plant. If you dislodge ten or more mites at each site, it would be advisable to apply a registered miticide. Ostvig Tree Care has licensed professionals that will be able to apply it both effectively & properly to your trees.\nThis species is sometimes referred to as a cool season pest. The best time to treat spruce spider mite infestations is in early to mid-May, and again in early September if needed. Repeated applications are sometimes needed to keep mite populations in check. Also, mite populations may increase following the use of certain insecticides. Ostvig Tree Care has licensed professionals that will be able to apply it both effectively & properly to your trees. Call today at 952-473-0534 or 651-653-9930."}
{"text":"HTML and CSS Reference\nFigure 5-14. Border radius\nThe box-shadow property allows you to create shadows on block-level elements.\nThis can be handy when designs call for drop shadows with varying sizes.\nRather than using several images for different shadow styles, you can now use a\nfew lines of CSS.\nThe box-shadow property has the following format.\nbox-shadow: horizontal-offset vertical-offset blur spread color inset;\nThe horizontal-offset and vertical-offset properties dictate the position of\nthe shadow in pixels, blur sets the amount of blur in pixels, spread sets the\nshadows spread in pixels, color sets the shadow's color, and inset sets\nwhether the shadow should be on the inside or outside of the element. The\ninset property has a value of inset or nothing.\nFor instance, the following CSS will produce results similar to Figure 5-15.\nborder: 1px solid #000000;\nbox-shadow: 10px 10px 20px 5px #000000;"}
{"text":"Geographically Central and Peripheral Populations of Tropical Rainforest Lizards\nMoritz, C., Langham, G., Kearney, M., Krockenberger, A., VanDerWal, J. and Williams, S. 2012. Integrating phylogeography and physiology reveals divergence of thermal traits between central and peripheral lineages of tropical rainforest lizards. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 367: 1680-1687.\nAgainst this backdrop, Moritz et al. (2012) tested this hypothesis through comparative assays of minimum and maximum critical thermal limits (CTmin and CTmax), as well as optimal performance parameters, including CTopt, across central and peripheral lineages of three species of ground-dwelling skinks (scincid lizards) that are endemic to the rainforests of northeast Australia: Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae, Carlia rubrigularis and Saproscincus basiliscus.\nIn the words of the six scientists, the results indicate that \"peripheral lineages show significantly increased optimal performance temperatures (Topt) relative to central populations, as well as elevated CTmin.\" As a result, Moritz et al. state that the peripheral lineages they examined \"appear to have evolved higher thermal optima relative to centrally located lineages,\" noting that this finding \"contrasts with the usual assumption that local adaptation of peripheral populations will be overwhelmed by gene flow from the center of the species range or, in the absence of immigration, will experience higher extinction rates,\" thereby concluding that \"long-isolated populations in peripheral rainforests harbor genotypes that confer resilience to future warming.\"\nChown, S., Hoffmann, A.A., Kristensen, T.N., Angilletta Jr., M.J., Stenseth, N.C. and Pertoldi, C. 2010. Adapting to climate change: a perspective from evolutionary physiology. Climate Research 43: 3-15."}
{"text":"CANEY CREEK (FREESTONE COUNTY)\nCANEY CREEK (Freestone County). Caney Creek rises less than a mile east of Teague in western Freestone County (at 31°37' N, 96°14' W) and runs northwest for fifteen miles to its mouth on Tehuacana Creek, five miles southeast of Streetman (at 31°51' N, 96°15' W). It crosses flat to rolling prairies with local shallow depressions, surfaced by clay and sandy loams that support hardwoods, pines, conifers, and grasses. The area is used primarily as dry cropland and forest.\nThe following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.\"CANEY CREEK (FREESTONE COUNTY),\" Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rbc49), accessed October 23, 2014. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association."}
{"text":"World Poetry Day\nWorld Poetry Day is on 21 March, and was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999. The purpose of the day is to promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry throughout the world and, as the UNESCO session declaring the day says, to \"give fresh recognition and impetus to national, regional and international poetry movements\".\nIt was generally celebrated in October, sometimes on the 5th, but in the latter part of the 20th Century the world community celebrated it on 15 October, the birthday of Virgil, the Roman epic poet and poet laureate under Augustus. The tradition to keep an October date for national or international poetry day celebrations still holds in many countries. It is still 5 October in the UK. Alternatively, a different October or even November date is celebrated.\n- National Poetry Month, held in April in the United States and Canada\n|This festival-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.|"}
{"text":"The #1 most common cooking mistake is not tasting as you go.\nThe same is true of coding. A common scenario is a newbie coder gets an idea for a huge project and codes, codes, codes… then, finally, when it seems like their coding all the pieces, they press Run and hope for the best. Nine times out of ten, this ends in an error message, a sad coder, and a long search for the bug (probably, many bugs).\nExperienced coders are testing parts of their code all the time. This makes bugs (mistakes in code) easier to identify within a smaller subset of code—avoiding the 'needle in a haystack' problem. It also helps to spot bugs earlier, soon after the the bug is created, and to prevent larger bugs from being created.\nWhen students get used to this process, they become more independent, since it enables them to identify bugs on their own instead of waiting for someone to help them.\nHow can you get students in the habit of taste testing their code?\nApply this thinking to all types of activities that you do with your child! For example:\nCooking! How is it tasting and how do you adjust accordingly as you go? Increasingly complex recipes is a great way to level up.\nWriting an essay. Why is it easier to proofread after each paragraph/section instead of waiting until the very end?\nBuilding something, especially if there’s a defined end goal. For example, putting together IKEA furniture with your child: “Let’s check we put together each part correctly before we put it all together.\"\nAfter getting enough practice with this thinking, your child will internalize it into a habit.\nWe just sent you an email. Please click the link in the email to confirm your subscription!\nOKSubscriptions powered by Strikingly"}
{"text":"Personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) is an essential part of all students’ education. At Unified Academy, the PSHE curriculum enables all students develop the\nPersonal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) is an essential part of all students’ education. At Unified Academy, the PSHE curriculum enables all students develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to keep themselves healthy, safe, and prepared for life. Our PSHE programme and the universal PHSE offer aims to have an impact on both student’s academic and social outcomes. PSHE education contributes to our school’s statutory duties including the Equality Act (2010) to provide a balanced and broadly-based curriculum. Our PSHE offer addresses; substance misuse and its dangers, healthy eating, the importance of physical and mental health citizenship, British values, budgeting and other key skills for life. These are addressed through the core themes of ‘Health and Wellbeing’, ‘Living in the Wider World’ and ‘Relationships’. Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) is embedded within our PSHE framework. PSHE at Unified Academy will address barriers to learning, raise aspirations, and improve the life chances of all students. Students in Year 9, 10 and 11 will gain AQA Unit Awards to recognise their achievements.\nIf you require further information on this curriculum subject and the planned outcomes, please contact Louise Kidger email@example.com"}
{"text":"Growing organic food can be significantly more profitable than traditional farming, netting organic farmers 22% to 35% more than their conventional counterparts, according to new research published in the journal PNAS.\nIn the meta-analysis of more than 120 studies on the economics of organic farming, Washington State University professor of entomology David Crower and his co-author found that organic farming typically yields 10 to 18% less than conventional farming. That lower output may be why some farmers doubt the benefits of going organic, but economic measures besides crop yield seem to play an important role. The premium prices customers pay for organic products more than make up for the lower yield; while only a 5 to 7% premium is required to break even, organic products typically have a 29 to 32% premium, the analysis found. Going organic requires farmers to spend 5 to 7% more on labor, but besides labor, costs are largely the same.\n“Public perception is that if you’re doing organic, maybe you’re sacrificing financial sustainability, but we show that’s really not the case,” says Crowder. “If you’re getting a 30% margin on your competitors, that would be the envy of almost any business.”\nCrowder says that organic farming provides a host of environmental benefits, including improved soil quality, along with benefits for biodiversity and ecology.\nThe process of becoming an organic farmer isn’t necessarily quick and easy. Land must be pesticide free for three years; during that time, farmers can’t yet market their product as organic. But in spite of the drawbacks, Crowder says the huge and growing demand for organic food is unmatched by the current supply: only about 1% of farming currently utilizes organic methods.\n“We’re definitely not saying 100% should be organic,” Crowder says. “But there’s a really high demand for organic that isn’t being met right now.”"}
{"text":"Amateur radio frequency allocations\nAmateur radio frequency allocation is done by national telecommunication authorities. Globally, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) oversees how much radio spectrum is set aside for amateur radio transmissions. Individual amateur stations are free to use any frequency within authorized frequency ranges; authorized bands may vary by the class of the station license.\nRead article on Wikipedia"}
{"text":"The condition of corn in the 18 states that produce most of it has deteriorated due to widespread drought. The latest report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture says 30 percent of the crop is now considered in poor or very poor condition. A week ago, it was 22 percent. Indiana and Illinois have been particularly hard hit. The USDA says Indiana's corn is now 61 percent poor or very poor compared to 50 percent last week. In Illinois, 48 percent of the corn is rated as poor or very poor, compared to 33 percent last week. The amount of corn rated good to excellent also is dropping, to 40 percent this week from 48 percent a week ago.\nSupport Your Public Radio Station"}
{"text":"It is the financial function in business organizations, which is to support and rationalize the departments responsible for taking financial decisions, strategies, plans, goals, and financial policies. The financial function is related to all actions related to obtaining funds and their proper use in the organization. It represents one of the specialized functions of the organization as an independent tool related to investments, financing, returns and profits and how to dispose of them, including self-financing sources.\nAt the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:\n- Defining the basic accounting concepts according to the basis: cash – accrual – rate.\n- Applying the accounting course and methods of recording and migrating accounting entries. And inventory adjustments.\n- Preparing the final accounts, the budget, as well as the financial reports.\n- Present the basic financial statements, their importance, and the benefits of each financial statement.\n- How to analyze and interpret financial statements for the purpose of making administrative and investment decisions.\n- Studying the issue of financial budgets, their importance, and how to link financial budgets to the institution’s goals and strategy.\n- Introduce the participant to how to prepare the sub-budgets and the main budget.\n- Developing skills in the basics of classifying budgets, analyzing and evaluating the financial position.\n- Training employees on the latest methods of financial analysis of financial statements and decision-making.\nWHAT WILL THE TRAINEE GET AT THE END OF THIS WORKSHOP?\nWorkshop competition certificate from Our Media Training and Development Center.\nAccredited certification from The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA)."}
{"text":"This course is designed for people who really enjoy tackling the toughest mathematical problems and who are fascinated by all things \"mathematical\", spanning algebra, geometry and number. Students who take Further Maths spend twice as much time studying Mathematics, and gain the A-level in Mathematics AND another A-level in Further Mathematics at the end of two years.\nWith such a large commitment to the subject, students need to be deeply interested in Maths and determined to work through challenging problems. They generally have exceptionally strong mathematical ability. As the course counts as two choices but in one subject area, Further Maths students should take a four A-level programme in total.\nThe Further Maths course includes all of the content of the A-level Maths course - please see the Mathematics page for details.\nTo complete the Further Maths A-level, additional topics are covered, mostly in the second year. These include:\n- Differential equations\n- More advanced calculus\n- Polar co-ordinates\n- Complex numbers\n- More advanced statistics and mechanics\nAssessment is at the end of the course by written examinations:\n- For the A-level Maths there are three papers.\n- For the A-level in Further Maths, we anticipate that there will be three more examinations\nI enjoy Maths, which is imperative if you plan on taking this subject and I believe that it will give me a better chance of getting into a good university. The teachers are great as they help you get into the understanding of the subject rather than just knowing what the answer is."}
{"text":"This is one of my favorite writing projects to use with my class.\n*It allows students to create and draw.\n*There's secrecy (not showing others your drawing)\n*A graphic organizer helps students write thorough descriptions\n*A challenge to draw the original monster using only written words\nThis writing project starts with students creating their own creature or monster. Then they write as detailed a description as possible, including size, shape, color, etc. The writing is given to another student who will try to recreate the first drawing using only the written description.\nI've found this very useful in helping students strengthen their writing and description skills. Student buy-in is strong and they really enjoy the process.\nIncluded are example description with example monster picture, differentiation options, and a follow-up writing."}
{"text":"The Milwaukee City Hall, at 353 feet (108 m) tall, is one of the oldest standing skyscrapers. It is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. It was finished in 1895 and at the time was the third tallest structure in the nation. The hall has a distinctive red hue.\nMilwaukee City Hall was designed by architect Henry Koch in Richardsonian-Romanesque style with a Flemish-German Renaissance Revival influence. Due to Milwaukee's historic German immigrant population, many of the surrounding buildings mirror this design. The foundation consists of 2,500 cedar piles which were driven in to the marshy land surrounding the Milwaukee River. The upper part of the tower was rebuilt after a fire in October 1929. As of 2005, the entire buildling is being renovated.\nCity Hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and declared a National Historic Landmark in 2005.\nCity Hall was the marketing symbol of Milwaukee until the completion of the Calatrava wing of the Milwaukee Art Museum in 2001, but the bell tower continues to be used as a municipal icon.\nThe bell in City Hall was named after Solomon Juneau, Milwaukee's first mayor. It was designed and crafted by the Campbells, who were early pioneers in creating diving chambers and suits near the Great Lakes area during that time."}
{"text":"Sometimes a better microscope does not lead to a better microscopy experience.\nHow safe is it to grow microorganisms? In this podcast episode, I will discuss this topic.\nTry to avoid these mistakes when using a microscope! Here I talk about some common mistakes that I have seen beginning microscopists make. Watch the youtube video here.\nThere are several reasons, why you might not abel able to see some specimen features using a light microscope.\nIn this episode, I give some advice on what you can do to obtain a crisp image using your microscope. Keywords: microscope, focus, image, picture, resolution, magnification\nThere are several things that you have to do to get a good picture of fast moving microorganisms: Restrict the movement of the microbes, ensure correct microscope settings, ensure correct camera settings. Keywords: specimen, camera, depth of field, field of Read More …\nAmateur microscopy is the use of a microscope to observe nature for its own sake, and for enjoyment."}
{"text":"Thai Rath Edition\n14 December 2021 10:01 am\nA very large telescope (VLT) is located in Chile. It collected about the galaxy in early 2011, during which time a cloud of gas and dust was found in the center of our galaxy, or Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers named the cloud of gas and dust G2. There is evidence that G2 can be formed, not just accumulated gas and dust.\nAstronomers from recent times report the annual study of the VLT telescope data from Cologne College, Germany. 2005-2019 It can be concluded that G2 actually contained three baby stars, and this new finding reveals that the evolution of G2 is not exciting. This is because no young star has yet been found in the center of the magnificent black hole Sagittarius A * (SgrA *), the Milky Way galaxy itself.\nAlthough it is not clear how the three stars formed. This is because the intense radiation of supermassive black holes makes it difficult for new stars to form. However, astronomers speculate that the SgrA * black hole may collide with G2 and explode into flames, creating a pyrotechnic-like phenomenon. However, the flashing activity could not be observed as expected.\n(Image credit: NASA / ESA / STScl)\nRead more …\nProne to fits of apathy. Unable to type with boxing gloves on. Internet advocate. Avid travel enthusiast. Entrepreneur. Music expert."}
{"text":"Music Expressions™ Grade 6 (Middle School 1): Musical: It's All About Music! (Teacher Edition) Words and music by Jill and Michael Gallina - Book & 2 CDs Alfred Textbook - Classroom Series\nProduct Code: EMC6012CD-D\nBuy Now: $77.88 US\nList Price: $79.95\nYou Save: $2.07\nSeen It Online for Less?\nWe will beat it right now! See your new price here in seconds.\nFree shipping in the USA (lower 48) when your order is over $89 (excluding gift certificates and sales tax, if applicable).\nIn Stock. This classroom musical provides your students with an opportunity to experience musical theatre through the creation of a production. The numerous roles allow for many students to participate or for parts to be double-cast (depending on the size of your class). The musical is taught through nine lessons plus a performance evaluation and its theme is a universal one -- recognizing and respecting differences. Includes Teacher and Students Editions, Worksheets, Journal Pages, two CDs, and a poster."}
{"text":"Tips and definitions: Vacation home purchase scenario\nThe value of the building refers to what the house costs.\nThat is, it is the property value minus the value of the land.\nTypically, this is determined by using appraised values.\nFor example, if the price is $200,000 and\nthen the value of the building is (40,000/100,000)*200,000= $80,000\n- if the building is appraised at $40,000. and the\n- land is appraised at $60,000,\nNote that the value of the building is subject to depreciation, while\nthat value of the land is not subject to depreciation."}
{"text":"In this unit I will discuss oxygen, ozone and life, the ozone layer today, oxygen and life; and cancer. Ozone is a form of oxygen which is a gas and an essential ingredient of the air that we breathe. Aerosol spray is the small squirts of fine mist of tiny droplets called an aerosol. The term aerosol is synonymous with spray cans. The compound CFCs are in spay cans to push the active ingredient out of the can. Ozone depletion is depletion of the ozone content of the stratosphere that will cause temperature changes on earth and more ultraviolet radiation wi11 penetrate to the earth. My unit wi11 include lesson plans, bibliographies for teacher and students, a vocabulary list hands on activities and a film. This unit will be taught in the eighth-grade science class for two weeks.\nWe realize that we play a major role in some of the problems that plague our environment. One such problem is the thinning of the ozone layer. It was not until after the ozone layer was developed that there was life on the land surface of the Earth. The ozone layer protects mankind and animals from ultraviolet radiation from the sun. Ultraviolet radiation can kill living things.\n(Recommended for Earth Science, Grade 8, Geology, Grade 9 and Life Science, Grade 7)\nGeology Science Biomes"}
{"text":"Online 'How to' tutorials\nBuy & Sell\nposted on 6/6/2016 6:04:00 AM by\nOrganic, Natural etc. Farming\ncategory | Views: 302\nRead complete details\nMore posts from RishiKheti\nPesticides - Sukku Asthira (சுக்கு அஸ்திரா)\nFarm Design - Raised Bed Preparation for Vegetable Farming (Simple Method)\nFarm Design - Bed Preparation for Vegetable Farming (Bread Sandwich Method)\nFarm Design - Raised Bed Preparation for Vegetable Farming (Hugelkultur Method)\nChoosing the Crops (Groupwise) based on Shelf Life\nFodder Trees for Livestock\nSeed Dormancy Treatment - Vegetables - General\nSeed Disease Control Treatment - Bijamrita\nHow to collect Local or Indigenous Earthworms?\nManures - Egg Lime Formulation (Muttai Rasam)\nGeneral Notice: If you find\ncontents on this page, please\nlet us know\nthe original source along with your correct email id for action.\nDisclaimer: FarmingFunda.com does not guarantee or warrant accuracy and reliability of data and information published on the site. More details\nOnline: 82 | Server time: 8/21/2018 3:24:42 PM\nWhat's in your mind?"}
{"text":"Dental implants are used to replace the tooth and the root of a tooth. They are usually used for patients who have lost a tooth or a range of teeth. In most cases, the patient must have great oral hygiene and a good overall health to receive a dental General Surgery. They aren’t given to each patient, as they are unsuitable for some people.\nGenerally, people with poor dental hygiene will be unable to have a dental implant, as the procedure would not be successful. This demonstrates why good dental hygiene is so important and the effects it can have in the long run.\nThe significant benefit of having a dental implant is that the cosmetic effect is far greater than any other procedure. The usage of the teeth and the arrangement of the mouth and bite will also be much greater with dental implants. Apart from the enhanced aesthetics, the individual will also experience better address capabilities and a far better bite.\nIn order to have dental implants fitted, you will have to see a surgeon or a dentist who has gone through complete training in dental implants to replace teeth. This is something which cannot be conducted by regular dentists since they don’t have the sufficient skills to perform the operation.\nDental implants are designed especially for the patient. They are custom made and designed to fit in the gap where the original teeth once were. They are also matched to fit the shape and size of the other teeth in the patient’s mouth."}
{"text":"Robert Schumann, pianist and composer, was born on June 8, 1810, in Zwickau, Germany and died on July 29, 1856 near Bonn, Germany.\nSchumann was a composer in the Romantic Period (1825-1900) in music, whose life, although relatively short, was very romantic in spirit - today, it would make a good plot for a Soap Opera. For example, Schumann first met his future wife - piano virtuoso Clara Wieck (1819-1896) - while he was studying piano with her father, pianist Friedrich Wieck (1785-1873), and staying at their home, beginning October 20, 1830. Friedrich Wieck was so opposed to Clara marrying Schumann, that on June 15, 1839 she had to apply to the court for legal consent to marry without her father’s permission, which was necessary because she was under the age of 21 - she was 19. The court battle dragged on for well over a year with Friedrich Wieck publishing several slanderous pamphlets about Schumann and making large numbers of very unflattering charges. Consent was eventually granted by the court on August 1, 1840 and the couple were finally married on September 12, 1840 - exactly one day before Clara’s 21st birthday.\nFantasy Pieces Opus 73 (he also used the title Fantasy Pieces for his Opus 88 trio for violin, cello and piano) was written February 12-13, 1849, as three short pieces, originally entitled Night Pieces (Soiréestücke in German) for Clarinet and Piano. Although Schumann wrote for Clarinet in A, this edition provides a part for both Bb Clarinet and Clarinet in A\n- neither is easier nor harder.\nSolo Clarinet part - 9”X12” - 16 pages - $14.95\nwith CD - 8 smp files: 2 versions of each (for Bb & A Clarinet):\n- Fantasy Piece No. 1 (4/4, Tenderly and Expressively, quarter = 80);\n- Fantasy Piece No. 2 (4/4, Vivace, leggero, quarter = 120-138);\n- Fantasy Piece No. 3 (4/4, Allegro con brio, quarter = 138-160);\n- Complete (All Three Pieces)\nPlease note that this is NOT an AUDIO CD\nand an active SmartMusic subscription is needed to play smp files"}
{"text":"This book \"Maths Outdoors in the Early Years\" is full of ideas for activities and organising outdoor space in the ...\nExplore how different areas of the school grounds are affected by weather and climate.\nA guide on open sand in schools and nurseries. This document contains advice, tools and policy precedent for managing large ...\nModel atomic structures and bonding on a playground scale using loose parts.\nThis outdoor learning idea is to build and test your own waterproof shelter from loose parts!\nThis outdoor lesson is ...\nIdentify the parts of a plant using real plant material rather than a worksheet.\nDesign your own experiments to see what plants need to grow well.\nA guide on play logs and wood in school grounds and nursery yards. This document contains advice, tools and policy ...\nChildren and young people need and are entitled to quality places and time for play as part of their everyday ...\nGrow new plants for enterprise and sustainability with cuttings from existing herbs\nInspiration on how to use puddles for learning and play\nDesign and create your own recycled planter, plant it up, watch it flourish and take it home for the summer.\nGet active as you learn about the three ‘R’s’ of sustainable living.\nPromote active maths and understanding of forces and motion by building and launching your very own stomp rocket.\nTurn your playground into Jurassic Park with scale models of dinosaurs and their footprints.\nHundreds of schools across the UK have discovered that a school orchards can be an effective and practical way of ...\nShowing 17–32 of 40 results\nUniversity Innovation Park\nPlease fill in the form below and someone from the LTL team will be in touch as soon as possible."}
{"text":"Thursday, September 14th\nPeriod 1- 7:35-8:16\nPeriod 2 --8:21-9:01 or 9:01-9:42\nPeriod 3 9:47-10:28\nTask One Video and Notes on a Neuron\n1. Open up your packets to page 14. Watch the following video clip. As you view the clip you should draw a neuron and label the parts. The Neuron\nAssemble a neuron and for a participation grade, you must explain the structure and parts to Ms. Gavin when assembled (BEFORE YOU CAN EAT YOUR COOKIES).\nWhile snacking on your cookies, color and label the structures on page 13. Use your book for another reference.Homework:\nHey Class so the video is a little choppy for video 2 there are two parts. Look at the links below and follow which times to watch.\n1. Please watch -Unit 2_Neural Communication- Title Your Notes Neural Communication"}
{"text":"Amazingly, Nicholson found the source code for the control console of the Russian Soyuz capsule on a Russian website.\nThe source code was archived on a black 3.5-inch floppy disk now on display at the Boston Museum of Science.\nThe source code for the original “Shamoon” malware is widely known to have leaked.\nMinor typographical corrections are documented in the source code.\nPage numbers are documented as links within the source code.\nCode written by a programmer in a high-level language and readable by people but not computers. Source code must be converted to object code or machine language by a compiler before a computer can read or execute the program. Compare object code.\n(Or \"source\", or rarely \"source language\") The form in which a computer program is written by the programmer. Source code is written in some formal programming language which can be compiled automatically into object code or machine code or executed by an interpreter."}
{"text":"So important and beloved was the sacred desert tabernacle that the Bible records both its construction and completion. For the Ramban (Nahmanides), the most important of the tabernacle furnishings was the Holy Ark, the repository of the two Stone Tablets containing the Ten Commandments. The Ramban maintains that the prescription to build the tabernacle came immediately following the Revelation at Sinai; God’s voice continued to be transmitted between the two cherubs at the two ends of the ark cover.\nFrom this perspective, the symbolism of the “cherubs” is exquisite in its simple sensitivity. The Midrash (cited by Rashi on Exodus 25:18) explains that each cherub had the face of a child with a body reminiscent of a soaring angel.\nRead More: @ jpost.com\nReaders found more information by searching for:\n- infinity (1)\nYou might also like:"}
{"text":"How does Blu-ray Work\nThe advent of Blu-ray technology has drastically enhanced the optical storage system. It has an astounding storage capacity of 25 GB to 50 GB with a highly superior picture quality.\nHistory of Blu-ray Technology\nBlu-ray technology has changed the scene of computer storage media. Owing to their high-definition video and data storage capacities, Blu-ray discs are widely popular today. Know about the history of Blu-ray technology.\nWhat is the Difference between HD DVD and Blu-ray?\nWhat is HD DVD technology? What is Blu-ray technology? How are they different from each other? Let us find out.\nWhat are Blu-ray discs? How did they get their name? For these answers and more, you must read on."}
{"text":"The Stanley Cup is a championship trophy awarded yearly to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff winner after the playoffs. The Stanley Cup Finals is the championship series to determine\nThe Stanley Cup is a championship trophy awarded yearly to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff winner after the playoffs. The Stanley Cup Finals is the championship series to determine the winner of the Stanley Cup, symbol of the professional club championship of ice hockey.\nThe Cup already existed in the 1890s but the teams were not established until 1913.\nThe Cup Finals are known to be “World Series” between the champion of the National Hockey Association (NHA) and the champion of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA).\nAfter a few league mergers and folds, the Stanley Cup Finals is competed as the championship series of the National Hockey League (NHL). It is a best-of-seven series contested between the winners of the Eastern and Western Conferences.\nBefore the Stanley Cup was inaugurated as the “World Series” of ice hockey, it had been won and contested in 1893 when the Montreal Hockey Club were the first winner, winning the 1893 AHAC season.\nice hockey is played on ice hockey played on ice\nThe championship was rotated between a rink of the NHA and NHL and a rink of the PCHA and WCHL/WHL. The finals were rotated between two finalists’ home ice.\nThe series allowed tied wins until 1929. The series would later alternate using each league’s rules.\nThe first live broadcast of the Stanley Cup Finals was in 1953 by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It was hosted by Wes McKnight, play-by-play by Danny Gallivan and color commentary by Keith Dancy.\nJune 28 (Friday) - July 7 (Sunday)"}
{"text":"Argentina is located in South America, being bordered by Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean. Argentina's terrain consists of plains (the Pampas), flat to rolling plateau (Patagonia) and rugged mountains (the Andes). Major rivers are the Parana, Paraguay and Uruguay rivers. Standing at 6962 metres, Aconcagua in Argentina is the highest mountain in the Southern Hemisphere and on the South American continent as well.\nBuenos Aires is the capital city and a major port. Cordoba is the second largest city. Other ports include Bahia Blanca, Deseado, Rosario and Santa Fe.\nArgentina Physical Map\nPhysical map of Argentina, equirectangular projection\nClick on above map to view higher resolution image\nArgentina physical features\nOther maps of Argentina\nCould not find what you're looking for? Need a special Argentina map? We can create the map for you!\nCustomized Argentina maps\nCrop a region, add/remove features, change shape, different projections, adjust colors, even add your locations!"}
{"text":"April 1, 2011:\nGoogle announced the introduction of Gmail Motion, a new technology that would allow people to write emails using only hand gestures. Gmail Motion, the company explained, used a computer's webcam and a \"spatial tracking algorithm\" to track a person's gestures and translate them into words and commands. For instance, a person could 'open a message' by making a motion with their hands as if opening an envelope. Or they could 'reply' to a message by pointing backward over their shoulder. By 2011, Google had become well-known\nfor making spoof announcements every April first, with its annual spoofs both highly anticipated and widely shared. (The company earns a place in the Top 100 largely on the basis of that alone). But Gmail Motion was one of its more believable jokes. In fact, within a few days programmers had demonstrated that it was possible (if not practical) to create a working, gesture-based email system like Gmail Motion using existing, off-the-shelf technology."}
{"text":"Amazing Potential of Stem Cells to Repair the Brain\nMy NewsBits are often about advances in stem cell research (1, 2, 3, 4). There is good reason – the recent advances in our understanding of stem cells make them a key component in efforts to heal the brain. This video shows the potential of stem cell-based therapy.\nFor years, medical students have been taught incorrectly that the brain cannot repair itself. Recent exciting research on stem cells has definitely put that “dogma” to rest. In fact, the rapid pace of discoveries about the brain indicates that the future may be closer than you think. The brain actually does repair itself, just not enough. The repair the brain does do uses a natural reservoir of stem cells (pluripotent cells that have the potential to become any cell). Recent research has shown that we will be able add more stem cells to boost the natural repair of the brain and restore lost functions, even functions usually considered to be lost forever. In the video, Dr. Siddharthan Chandran hypothesizes that the added stem cells help repair the brain, not by acting themselves to do the repairs, but by activating more of the brain’s own stem cells.\nAs I say after each post:\nFeel free to leave a comment by clicking the blue words “Leave a Comment” below this post.\nPlease follow my blog. Click on “Follow Me Via eMail” on the right sidebar of your screen.\nIf you like my blog, click the “Like” button under this post.\nIf you REALLY like my blog, share it with your friends. It’s easy! Click the “Share” buttons below.\nIf you don’t like my blog, “Share” it with your enemies. That works for me too!\n(Clip Art compliments of Bing.)"}
{"text":"By Malcolm McKinnon\nOtago University Press\nThe popular view of the 1930s Depression as a conflict between rich and poor, the powerful and the powerless, is deeply embedded in our national psyche. The Broken Decade is the first account to question this orthodoxy.\nThe Labour victory in 1935 galvanised the nation and was heralded as a new dawn. Political rhetoric of the time represented Labour’s policies as a radical departure. McKinnon takes the longer view.\nAbout the author:"}
{"text":"A short protein fragment, or peptide, may lead the way to healing traumatic brain injuries, a primary cause of death and disability among youth.\nCurrently, drugs to treat such injuries are injected directly into the brain — an invasive technique — or into the bloodstream, which allows the medication to spread throughout the brain, causing harmful side effects. Attaching drugs to the new peptide, called CAQK, would avoid these problems. The peptide, just four amino acids long, binds to a protein complex that’s more abundant in injured areas and can therefore carry the therapy through the blood straight to the damaged sites.\nTo find the chemical courier, a team led by Erkki Ruoslahti of Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in California tested 1 billion random combinations of amino acids — just one robustly bound specifically to injured brain tissue of mice and humans. The results were published in Nature Communications in June.\n“We get more of the drug to go to the injury and to stay there,” Ruoslahti says. Now, older treatments that were abandoned because they didn’t latch to injured areas or had negative side effects could be revived."}
{"text":"Urocyon cinereoargenteus Photo Fiona Sunquist ©\nThe gray fox is one of Florida’s most commonly seen carnivores. Though most are wary, some individuals become quite tame. They are frequently seen at night on unpaved roads, and individuals often allow themselves to be followed for some distance. The gray fox has a wide red-orange stripe along both flanks and on the sides of the neck, and a black-tipped tail. It is often confused with the red fox, which is a mahogany red, and has a white-tipped tail.\nRed and gray foxes are similar in size and weigh 3-5 kg (7-11 lb). A coyote weighs about 3 times as much as a fox and looks like a smaller bushy-tailed version of a German shepherd dog.\nGray foxes are adaptable, opportunistic carnivores, flexible in their feeding habits, and quite tolerant of people. They feed on small animals, fruit, and insects, but they will also eat out of garbage cans and scavenge road-killed animals. Gray foxes prey heavily on rabbits, but they also eat rodents, birds, insects, acorns and fruit. They are active at night and usually hunt alone. They move at a rapid trot, eyes, ears and nose alert for signs of prey.\nGray foxes are most abundant in hardwood forests, pine-oak woodlands and brushy fields. They are the only member of the canid (dog) family that regularly climbs trees and have been seen in trees at heights up to 18 meters (59 ft).\nGray foxes usually form pair bonds that last year-round. Pairs mate in winter and produce a litter of about 4 pups in March or April after a gestation period of 53 days. Both parents guard and feed the young.\nFox populations are vulnerable to infectious diseases, especially rabies and canine distemper.\ntop of page | back to mammals"}
{"text":"How to Make Children Laugh\nBy Michael Rosen\nLearn the most beautiful skill in the world from the world expert in making children laugh, Michael Rosen.\n'A WORK OF GENIUS' - Chris Evans\nJokes, a jack-in-the-box, jelly and jumping beans make children laugh.\nAs do practical jokes, peekaboo, pantomine and poetry that makes no sense.\nWhy and how does this work? And why does it matter?\nWriter and Professor of Children's Literature Michael Rosen, whose books - from We're Going on a Bear Hunt to Chocolate Cake - have made millions of children rock with laughter, gives us the tools for this greatest of gifts.\nMichael Rosen is an award-winning poet, writer, performer and broadcaster. He is one of the most loved and respected figures in the children's book world, having delighted his young fans with bestselling gems such as We're Going on a Bear Hunt and Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly and Gravy. He was Children's Laureate from 2007 until 2009, during which time he set up The Roald Dahl Funny Prize which give awards to the funniest children's books of the year. He frequently appears on radio and gives talks and lectures on children's literature.\n- Other details\n- Publication date:\n17 May 2018\n- Page count:\nIn our relentless pursuit of a fulfilled life, we've become a knowledge-hungry nation. The Little Ways To Live A Big Life series will feed your yearning for learning — Red Magazine\nIn our relentless pursuit of a fulfilled life, we've become a knowledge-hungry nation. The Little Ways To Live A Big Life series will feed your yearning for learning"}
{"text":"The early warning signs of a brain tumor can vary depending on the specific location of the mass and its growth rate, but potential signs can include visual disturbances, nausea and balance problems, explains Mayo Clinic. Individuals with brain tumors may also experience seizures and mental confusion.Continue Reading\nDeveloping brain tumors can cause unusual symptoms, such as altered taste and smell, muscle weakness on one side of the body, hand tremors, headaches and drooping eyelids, explains MedlinePlus. Headaches associated with brain tumor development tend to occur during rest and worsen upon waking and with strenuous activities or behaviors such as exercising or coughing. Brain tumor-induced headaches may also be accompanied by vomiting and visual disturbances. Brain tumors that affect the pituitary gland may cause symptoms such as obesity, temperature sensitivities, nipple discharge and missed menstrual periods.\nTreatment for brain tumors depends on the specific size and type of the mass as well as the patient's specific tolerance for medications, according to the National Brain Tumor Society. Treatment options include medications to control seizures, surgery and steroid medications, as well as radiation and chemotherapy. Individuals with tumors that have the potential to grow rapidly may benefit from targeted therapy treatments in which specific parts of the cell are treated to hinder their growth.Learn more about Cancer"}
{"text":"This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word tapeti\nWebster DictionaryRate this definition:(0.00 / 0 votes)\na small South American hare (Lepus Braziliensis)\nFreebaseRate this definition:(0.00 / 0 votes)\nThe tapeti, also known as the Brazilian rabbit or forest rabbit, is a cottontail rabbit species found in Central and South America.\nIt is a solitary, nocturnal animal, usually seen after nightfall or before dawn, feeding on grass and browse. It is found in forested habitats, close to swamps and along river edges, and in disturbed areas, such as gardens and plantations.\nIt is the only leporid species found in most of its range.\nFind a translation for the tapeti definition in other languages:"}
{"text":"(a) be conversant with surveying, shaft sinking, tunnelling practices, blasting and sequencing the extraction of the ore body as well as rock mechanics, mine ventilation, and general engineering..\n(b) have a working knowledge of the strength and stability of mining excavations.\nThe selection of the correct mining method is one of the mining engineer’s most important functions. Mining engineers must understand the environmental problems in working underground, where ventilation, cooling of air and water, testing for methane, and provision of services such as power and water are essential for the productivity, safety and well-being of the workforce. It is also important for the mining engineer to be aware of the impact of the mining process on the environment and to be able to plan for restoration of the mining area so that it can be rehabilitated. Whether on the surface or underground, the mining engineer works closely with the the geologist, surveyors ,electrical and mechanical engineers and the mine surveyor to ensure that the mining operation is well planned and efficient, and that waste or overburden does not dilute or contaminate the ore destined for the extraction process.\nThe Mining Engineer is therefore one of the key contributors to the welfare of the mining industry."}
{"text":"An interesting read.\nHere is a little history. Including how the term ‘Leatherneck’ came to be . .\nMost Americans are unaware of the fact that over two hundred years ago,\nthe United States had declared war on Islam, and Thomas Jefferson led the charge!\nAt the height of the eighteenth century, Muslim pirates were the terror\nof the Mediterranean and a large area of the North Atlantic. They\nattacked every ship in sight, and held the crews for exorbitant\nransoms. Those taken hostage were subjected to barbaric treatment\nand wrote heart breaking letters home, begging their government and\nfamily members to pay whatever their Mohammedan captors\nThese extortionists of the high seas represented the Islamic nations of Tripoli, Tunis,\nMorocco, and Algiers – collectively referred to as the Barbary Coast –\nand presented a dangerous and unprovoked threat to the new American\nBefore the Revolutionary War, U.S…\nView original post 972 more words"}
{"text":"Islamic architecture as a means, not an end (Continued)\nIslamic architecture means a process that starts from making an intention, continues with the planning, designing and building stages and ends with achieving the net results and how people make use of and benefit from them. Islamic architecture is a fine blend of all these stages which are interlaced with the tread of the same Islamic worldview and Islamic value system. It is almost impossible to single out a tier in the process and regard it more important than the rest. It is because of this conspicuous spiritual character of Islamic architecture, coupled with its both educational and societal roles, that the scholars of Islam never shied away from keenly addressing a number of issues pertaining to various dimensions of residential, mosque and communal architecture within the scope of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh islami). The relevant issues are discussed under different headings such as: legal rulings in connection with neighbours and neighbourhoods (ahkam al-jiwar), reconciliation (al-sulh) between immediate neighbours and all the people in a neighbourhood, people’s individual and collective rights, prohibition of inflicting harm (darar), legal rulings pertaining to building (ahkam al-bina’), and public services and facilities (al-marafiq). All these issues undoubtedly play a significant role in shaping the identity of Islamic architecture. They are either directly or indirectly related to conceiving, designing, forming and using Islamic architecture. Since architecture is people’s art greatly influencing their moods and the day-to-day life engagements, the same issues concerning architecture are studied as part of exhaustive encyclopaedic works on Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh islami)."}
{"text":"- Vitamin Guide\n- Health Conditions\n- Health Centers\n- Diet & Weight Loss\n- Herbal Remedies\n- Current News\n- Food Guide\nInsulin is a natural protein made by the pancreas that helps the body use sugar. Insulin is injected by all people with type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus and by some people with type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus to help control blood sugar levels.\nAny substance (dietary, supplemental, herbal, and others) that affects blood sugar levels will directly or indirectly affect the amount of insulin required by a person with diabetes. For example, consumption of a high-fiber diet and/or supplementation with nutrients such as chromium, biotin, vitamin E, or herbs such as Gymnema sylvestre will often improve blood sugar control in diabetics. In such cases, the amount of insulin may need to be reduced in order to avoid a hypoglycemic reaction. Anyone taking insulin should consult the prescribing physician before making dietary changes or taking nutrients or herbs that are designed to lower blood sugar levels.\n|Replenish Depleted Nutrients|\n|Reduce Side Effects|\n|Potential Negative Interaction|\nCopyright © 2017 Healthnotes, Inc. All rights reserved. www.healthnotes.com\nRxAnswers™ is a copyrighted product from Healthnotes.\nThis information is intended only for residents of the United States. Products sold under the same brand names in other countries may contain different ingredients.\nThere are some limitations on the information provided in “Nutrient Interactions.” Do NOT rely solely on the information in this article. Please read the disclaimer.\nHealthnotes and/or its suppliers make no warranties or representations as to the accuracy or completeness of this content herein or that of any organization referred or linked to within this content and will not be liable for any damages arising out of your access to or use of any information found herein or that of any organization referred to within this content.\nInformation expires December 2017."}
{"text":"The number of people affected by sepsis is staggering. The Global Sepsis Alliance (GSA) estimates that somewhere between 33% to 50% of all septic patients die because of the disease and that it will claim the lives of more than 6 million young children per year. Indeed, the GSA explains that sepsis kills more people than prostate and breast cancer and HIV/AIDS combined. Despite these statistics there remains little awareness of the disease, much less any major, wide-reaching action to tackle its effects.\nTo try and rectify this, the GSA together with several global not-for-profit organisations have formed a coalition to launch the very first World Sepsis Day on Thursday 13th September. This unique opportunity aims to highlight sepsis to healthcare workers and the wider public via several local events, and later via the gradual introduction of preventative and therapeutic strategies. Through the use of these measures, the coalition aims to have reduced worldwide sepsis occurrences by 20% by the year 2020.\nIn support of the day, Editor-in-Chief of Critical Care, Professor Jean-Louis Vincent, has written an editorial describing why this initiative is so important. From the often startling lack of understanding to the strides general society must take in combating the disease, Professor Vincent reiterates the intentions of the day and the importance of carrying the momentum already generated through to the rest of the year.\nMore information can be found on the World Sepsis Day website.\nSurayya Johar – In-house Editor, Critical Care"}
{"text":"In his book, Crawford investigates conflicts about and resistance to the status of \"hidalgo,\" conventionally understood as the lowest, most heavily populated rank in the Spanish nobility.\n\"It is generally accepted that legal privileges were based on status and class in this pre-modern society,\" said Crawford.\nHe explains the contentious realities and limitations of such legal privileges, particularly the conventional claim of hidalgo exemption from taxation, and focuses on efforts to claim these privileges as well as opposing efforts to limit and manage them.\n\"Michael Crawford's insightful monograph offers the most engaging and carefully researched account of the widespread social pressure to reach noble status in late medieval and early modern Spain,\" says Dr. Teofilo F. Ruiz, a professor of medieval and early European history at the University of California, Los Angeles. \"Vividly describing the mechanisms to accomplish such aims, Crawford uses the process of ennoblement, and resistance to it, as a lens through which to explore Spanish society.\"\nCrawford, who has taught at McNeese since 2006, received his bachelor's degree in international studies at the University of Washington and his master's degree and doctorate in history at the University of Arizona. He teaches a wide range of courses in European and world history, particularly in medieval Europe, the Renaissance and Reformation, Spain and Colonial Latin America."}
{"text":"Push back time for youth mental health classes?\nAccording to one expert, teenagers’ biological clocks don’t match the schedule that Quebec society imposes on them.\nIn the United States, for example, in California, a law provides that no class may begin before 8:30 a.m.\nThis move, which was implemented in 2019, had bigger consequences than expected.\n“Mario Dumont” explains in an interview on the show that the benefits of morning sleep are many for teenagers who can get “better academic results”, have better “physical and mental health”, and even better mood. » Dr. Marie-Hélène Bennestri is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and Counseling Psychology at McGill University.\n“What is important to understand is that people who are lazy, who are on the phone at night, we often have the impression that they don’t want to go to bed. But they actually, on a biological level, have a change in their clock. So they fall asleep in the evening and wake up in the morning,” explains the expert.\nNot only do teenagers need a lot of sleep, but “especially in the morning,” says Ms Bennestri.\nSo putting them to sleep in the evening is not enough.\n“It’s like being told to go to bed at 6, 7 p.m. Even if you have all the good intentions in the world, it can be very difficult to fall asleep. It’s actually linked to their biological clock,” he asserts.\nIn Quebec, the logistics of school transportation seem to take priority over the well-being of teenagers, Mr. Dumont notes.\n“It’s very unfortunate,” Ms. Bennestri admits, however, beyond school transportation, for example, “unions that are not always aware of these benefits,” which could explain the state of affairs.\n“It will be in our interest to get everyone together and think and come up with a solution,” says the psychologist."}
{"text":"Objectives: To describe the rates of pediatric antibiotic use across 6 countries on 3 continents.\nStudy design: Cross-national analysis of 7 pediatric cohorts in 6 countries (Germany, Italy, South Korea, Norway, Spain, and the US) was performed for 2008-2012. Antibiotic dispensings were identified and grouped into subclasses. We calculated the rates of antimicrobial prescriptions per person-year specific to each age group, comparing the rates across different countries.\nResults: A total of 74 744 302 person-years from all participating centers were included in this analysis. Infants in South Korea had the highest rate of antimicrobial consumption, with 3.41 prescribed courses per child-year during the first 2 years of life. This compares with 1.6 in Lazio, Italy; 1.4 in Pedianet, Italy; 1.5 in Spain; 1.1 in the US; 1.0 in Germany; and 0.5 courses per child-year in Norway. Of antimicrobial prescriptions written in Norway, 64.8% were for first-line penicillins, compared with 38.2% in Germany, 31.8% in the US, 27.7% in Spain, 25.1% in the Italian Pedianet population, 9.8% in South Korea, and 8% in the Italian Lazio population.\nConclusions: We found substantial differences of up to 7.5-fold in pediatric antimicrobial use across several industrialized countries from Europe, Asia, and North America. These data reinforce the need to develop strategies to decrease the unnecessary use of antimicrobial agents.\nKeywords: antibiotics; children; cross-national analysis.\nCopyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Exposed Nearby City To Little Radiation\nAfter a tsunami disabled the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant in March of 2011, residents of the nearby city of Minamisoma, just 14 miles from the plant, were evacuated.\nBut within a few months, most returned to their homes. Still, many communities near the plant have remained skeptical and concerned about possible radiation exposure.\nTo find out how much radiation exposure these people have received, Japanese researchers measured levels of radioactive cesium in nearly 10,000 residents starting six months after the incident.\nThe researchers' study, published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, showed that about a third of the residents had detectable levels of radiation.\nBut only one person appeared to have received a radiation dose higher than the maximum recommended by public health officials (the equivalent of about two mammograms). And levels in children were generally lower than in adults.\nPublic health researchers are concerned that the bigger public health effects of the Fukushima disaster may be anxiety and trauma among plant workers.\nBefore the tsunami, workers who wore the blue uniform of the power company TEPCO were held in high esteem. But that changed after damaged reactors released radiation and triggered a massive evacuation.\nAnother paper in the JAMA finds that discrimination and slurs were a major source of psychological distress for TEPCO employees.\nThe study of more than 1,700 workers found that hostile treatment after the disaster was a more powerful factor than witnessing an explosion at the plant or even having a near-death experience.\nAnd as NPR's Richard Harris has reported, physicians in Japan don't generally treat mental health issues.\nCopyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org."}
{"text":"The Mississippi River is one of the world’s great rivers and one of the most complex ecosystems on the planet. It is also a defining feature of the North American continent and is home to a diverse collection of wildlife and plant life. In this section of our web site one can learn more about the nature of the park and the research we are conducting to protect it through informed policy decisions.\nMississippi River Facts\nDid you know the Mississippi River watershed includes 31 states and 2 Canadian provinces? Or that at Lake Itasca, the Mississippi's source, the river is only 20-30 feet wide and can easily be walked across? Find out more interesting river facts and answers to your river-related questions.\nWe are mostly an urban/suburban park, but we have areas of forest and backwaters where few people visit. In addition, cities are becoming common places to find wildlife. The Mississippi River is also a major flyway so both resident and migratory birds are common. As a result, we have a wide variety of wildlife and much of our wildlife is easily watched.\nAreas around rivers often have complex ecosystems and, as a result, are home to a wide variety of plants.\nLast updated: February 4, 2021"}
{"text":"50 Comprehension Activities is a set of 50 double sided activity cards for teaching reading comprehension. Stories include both fiction and non fiction titles. The front side provides the text and an image of the story. The other side provides questions about the story that are multiplei choice. Contains 50 double sided activity cards and a contents card that can act as a check off list. It also has the correct answers printed for each activity. 4.75\" x 7.5\".\n- Unit of Measure: 1 Set(s)\n- Material: Paper\n- Grade: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade"}
{"text":"Kīngitanga leader Te Puea Hērangi is shown here (centre right) at the opening of the Tūrangawaewae meeting house, Tūrongo, in 1938. On the extreme left of the photo is Apirana Ngata. In the 1920s, when Te Puea decided to build Tūrongo’s companion house, Māhinārangi, intending it to be a hospital for Māori, Ngata helped her gain government money and timber for the building. Ngata's iwi, Ngāti Porou, also contributed over £1,300 toward the cost. Māhinārangi was to be a Māori environment, where rules of tapu were adhered to, while European medical care was provided. Despite the very high Māori death rate, Health Department officials refusing to allow Māhinārangi to be used as a hospital.\nUsing this item\nPermission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image."}
{"text":"Prophylactic mastectomy surgery, like mastectomy to treat breast cancer, has some risks:\nRisks immediately after surgery:\n- Prophylactic mastectomy is permanent and irreversible.\n- This surgery causes significant loss of sensation in the breast, which can have an impact on sexuality.\n- Women who undergo prophylactic mastectomy will no longer have the ability to breastfeed from the affected breast(s).\n- After prophylactic mastectomy, some women experience anxiety or depression about body image.\n- Although prophylactic mastectomy may reduce the risk of developing breast cancer by about 90%, it doesn’t guarantee that breast cancer will never happen. Breast tissue can sometimes extend to the collarbone and armpit, and it’s not possible for a surgeon to remove every last cell. Breast cancer can develop even in the small amount of tissue that remains.\nIf you’re at high risk of developing breast cancer, it’s important to discuss all your options for risk reduction with your doctor and loved ones. It’s also important to seek a second opinion about whether or not prophylactic mastectomy is a strategy that works for the whole you — your medical situation and your quality of life.\nTo learn more about what to expect before, during, and after mastectomy surgery, visit the Breastcancer.org Mastectomy section."}
{"text":"Pen·tel·i·conor Pen·tel·i·kon (pĕn-tĕl′ĭ-kŏn′, pĕn′tĕ-lē-kôn′)\nA mountain, about 1,119 m (3,670 ft) high, of east-central Greece northeast of Athens. White marble quarried here was used for many of the buildings of ancient Athens.\nAmerican Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"The key difference between human beings and Neanderthals is how we consume and expend energy. It goes a long way toward explaining why we survived to the modern era while our — literal — kissing cousins died out.\nThat’s one of the interesting takeaways from a long article by Vox’s Brain Resnick exploring the inter-species sex lives of Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis.\n(Every living person not of exclusively African descent has some Neanderthal ancestry. It appears Neanderthals never made it to Africa.)\nResnick spoke to Bernard Wood, a paleoanthropologist at George Washington University. Here’s the bit of their conversation that stuck out to me:\n“They probably needed about another 600 or 700 calories a day more than a modern human” to feed their hardier bodies, [Wood] explains — great in times of plenty but catastrophic in a famine. They were the gas-guzzling pickup truck of the hominids. We were the smart car.\nThat goes a ways toward explaining why our species of human out-competed Neanderthals, even as we mated with them.\nIt’s unclear how smart or social Neanderthals were, but we know they never formed the kinds of large, aggressive bands that Homo sapiens did. They were squatter than us, and bulkier, with wide bones and short foreheads. We also know their numbers dwindled, and then they disappeared around 40,000 years ago.\nWood’s suggestion, that Neanderthals were simply not energy-efficient enough to survive periods of scarcity, is compelling. (Still, as he points out later, Neanderthals managed to survive for a million years, far longer than we have so far.)\nTo be clear: Wood doesn’t claim that this difference in caloric need is the complete explanation for Neanderthals’ demise, but he does conjure an intriguing image — a species that simply requires more resources than the world could always offer.\nBusiness Insider Emails & Alerts\nSite highlights each day to your inbox."}
{"text":"Unless you have been living under a rock the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard that the solar eclipse is coming our way on Monday, August 21. And you’ve probably also heard that the path of totality will be passing directly over us.\nNot sure what in the world we’re talking about? Here’s what you need to know:\n- This is the first coast-to-coast solar eclipse in 99 years. However, the U.S. last saw a total eclipse in 1979.\n- Put simply, a total solar eclipse is when the moon completely covers the sun.\n- If you are in the path of totality (like we are), you can watch the moon completely cover the disk of the sun, or the point where the eclipse reaches totality.\n- The time and duration of totality depends on where you’re located inside the path (for us, totality starts around 2:38 p.m. and will last for approximately 1 minute and 25 seconds).\n- Outside the path of totality, viewers will be able to see a partial solar eclipse.\n- The only states experiencing totality include Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.\n- The entire thing will take 1 hour and 33 minutes to get from the West coast to the East coast.\n- You should not look directly at the sun during the eclipse without the appropriate eye protection.\n- The sky will go completely dark for a few minutes and temperatures will drop.\n- Three conditions come into play during an eclipse: the moon is in the “new moon” phase, the moon crosses the exact plane of Earth’s orbit and the moon is at its closest point to Earth in its orbit.\n- This is a historic event you won’t want to miss — see what viewing parties are happening nearby."}
{"text":"1. Describe what readers know about Kira after reading Chapter 1.\nKira is a teenage girl who has recently been orphaned. She was born with a deformed leg and is an outcast in her society.\n2. Describe the customs surrounding death in Kira's society.\nWhen an adult dies in Kira's village, the person's body is laid in the Field of Leaving. A family member watches over the body for four days to allow the soul safe passage to the afterlife. When an adult dies from an illness, his or her house and possessions are burned, presumably to control the spread of disease.\n3. What are Kira's plans now that both her parents are dead?\nDespite her tragic circumstances, Kira does not give into despair once she is orphaned. With surprising emotional maturity for a teenager, Kira decides to return home and rebuild her cott. She plans to use the skills her mother taught her to earn a living and establish a place in her society.\nThis section contains 4,280 words\n(approx. 15 pages at 300 words per page)"}
{"text":"PTSD and Feelings\nAs I noted earlier, according to the DSM 5, PTSD can develop if you go through a traumatic event, if you witness a traumatic, learning of a traumatic event happening to a close family member or friend, or repeated exposure to traumatic events (ex. first responders).\nOne symptom category includes negative changes a person’s feelings and emotions, including:\nThey may have persistent negative emotional states, such as fear, horror, anger, guilt, or shame. This is a change from how they used to be or it is more intense/noticeable.\nIn addition, there may also be a persistent inability to experience positive emotions such as happiness, satisfaction, or loving feelings. This does not mean that the person can never feel these things, but that it is more difficult and the feelings don’t seem to persist.\nAs you can imagine, this can have a profound negative impact on social relationships and life satisfaction. That is why another frequent symptom is diminished interest or participation in significant life activities; or feelings of detachment or estrangement from others.\nThese changes to emotions and social functioning can frequently lead to unhealthy ways of managing the negative or chasing the positive emotions such as substance use/abuse or other high-risk behaviors.\nThese changes can also lead to a profound sense of isolation from others.\nIt is important to know that these feeling states can be changed and shifted without the use of drugs and alcohol, and may benefit from psychiatric medications to help manage or ameliorate.\nAnd of course therapy is often a vital and integral part of healing. These symptoms do not have to be crippling nor do they have to last forever, help is out there."}
{"text":"Generalized Anxiety Disorder\nGeneralized anxiety causes people to suffer with unrealistic or excessive anxiety and worry about life circumstances. For example, they may feel panicky about financial matters even though they have a good bank balance and have paid their debts. Or they may be preoccupied constantly about a husband or child who is safe at work or school.\nPeople with this disorder may have stretches of time when they're not consumed by these worries, but they are anxious most of the time. Patients with this disorder often feel \"shaky,\" reporting that they feel \"keyed up\" or \"on edge\" and that they sometimes \"go blank\" because of the tension that they feel. They often suffer also with depression.\nIt is a relatively common anxiety problem, affecting 3-4% of the population, and turns daily life into a state of worry, anxiety, and fear.\nExcessive thinking and dwelling on the \"what ifs\" characterizes this anxiety disorder. As a result, the person feels there’s no way out of the vicious cycle of anxiety and worry, and then becomes depressed about life and the state of anxiety they find themselves in.\nGeneralized anxiety usually does not cause people to avoid situations, and there isn’t an element of a \"panic attack\" involved in the prognosis, either.\nIt’s the thinking, thinking, thinking, pondering, dwelling, ruminating, ruminating, and inability to shut the mind off that so incapacitates the person. At other times, thoughts seem almost non-existent because the anxious feelings are so dominant.\nFeelings of worry, dread, lack of energy, and a loss of interest in life are common. Many times there is no \"trigger\" or \"cause\" for these feelings and the person realizes these feelings are irrational. Nevertheless, the feelings are very real. At this point, there is no \"energy\" or \"zest\" in life and no desire to want to do much."}
{"text":"El Paso Electric forerunner takes over as supplier for the Southwest\nOn this day in 1901, the El Paso Electric Railway Company took over as supplier of electricity for much of the Southwest from the Brush Electric Light Company. Brush had been organized in the late 1880s by Mayor Joseph Magoffin and the El Paso City Council at the urging of a group of local citizens. By 1890 El Paso pioneer Zach White had taken over the electrical business and installed generating equipment to enable the use of incandescent lamps in the city. The El Paso Electric Railway Company was originally incorporated in 1901 to provide power solely in the El Paso area. In 1905 the company purchased the International Light and Power Company, and in 1914 acquired the electrical divisions of the El Paso Gas and Electric Company. The name was changed to El Paso Electric in 1925. The company expanded into New Mexico. As it subsequently grew, it extended its services to other communities and added capacity from new generating plants, including nuclear and solar voltaic generators. By the 1990s the company was serving 550,000 customers over an area of 10,000 square miles."}
{"text":"3D printing technology has made a lot of advancements lately, prompting people to create more useful objects. People have always dreamed about being able to select a car online, download a design, and print it in the privacy of their own home. That dream is quickly becoming a reality thanks to developments from Local Motors. Innovative technology has made it possible for the car manufacturer to create the world’s first ever working 3D-printed vehicle.\nThe idea of a 3D-printed car is not a new one. Before the LM3D Swim, Local Motors built the world’s first ever 3D-printed car, the Strati. Built and printed in Detroit, this electric car was the first step in mass producing printed cars.\nStrati changed the way the world thought about 3D-printed vehicles. In 2010, printed cars were created, such as the Urbee, but they weren’t as mechanically involved as the Strati. In the past, car panels and features were printed, then placed on a traditionally-built structure. This meant that important components, such as the battery or motor, were not created using the 3D-printer. The Strati used direct digital manufacturing for the majority of the components.\nBuilding a 3D car isn’t easy. To “print” a Strati, Local Motors had to first create the body using a Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAM) machine. After the body was printed, subtractive manufacturing using a computer numerical control routing machine, or CNC, was used. That still didn’t include all of the features. Additional components were added over the course of several days. Manufacturing took a total of five days, with 44 hours of printing.\nLocal Motors plans on using this innovative process to further explore car customization and, eventually cut manufacturing costs. While the Strati was a small electric car, the company hopes to appeal to a wider audience by offering several different 3D-printed vehicles. Sport versions of the LM3D Swim, for example, are expected to be produced in the future."}
{"text":"Diabetes and ExerciseRandomized trials have found that lifestyle interventions including ∼150 min/wk (30 minutes a day for 5 days or 21 minutes a day for 7 days), of physical activity combined with diet-induced weight loss, reduced the risk of type 2 diabetes by 58% in an at-risk population.1\nNine out of every 100 Americans are now diagnosed with diabetes and another 2 of those people don’t know they have diabetes. For most people, the development of type II diabetes can be prevented with an appropriate exercise and diet regimen. Insulin is the main hormone responsible for uptake of glucose into the cells.\nOvertime, if we eat too much and don’t exercise, we are consistently flooding our bodies with glucose and activating insulin release. Our cells become less respondent to insulin to let glucose into our cells. One of the fascinating advantages of exercise is that exercise can actually activate the receptors in your liver that need to be present for glucose(sugar) to be taken into the cells and thereby creates another route in addition to insulin.\nSome ways in which you can increase exercise in your daily life are washing the dishes by hand, cleaning the house, taking the stairs, walking to nearby stores, leg exercises while you brush your teeth, hand washing your car, gardening, and taking a walking break after every 30-45 minutes of sitting down."}
{"text":"I love trees, they are like the quiet gentle guardians of the world. Most of them have been around a long time, and if they could talk - they would have stories to tell!\nThere are some pretty amazing trees out there. Some are hundreds of years old, some hundred of feet tall, and wide enough to drive a car through. Trees are an essential part of our ecosystem. They provide shelter and food for many animals and humans. They are the Kings of the plant kingsom. Developing a homeschool study of these amazing giants can be so exciting. Trees are the largest of all living things.Even a blue whale is smaller than the California redwood trees. In your study of trees be sure to include these topics:\nthe redwood family"}
{"text":"Pure maple syrup is made only once a year, during a six-to eight-week period beginning in late winter or early spring. Surprisingly, given its unique flavour, pure maple syrup is made by simply boiling down sap collected from the sugar maple tree.\nSugaring season begins when the days become warmer yet the nights remain below freezing. The temperature fluctuation makes the sap flow within the maple trees, allowing farmers to collect it as it travels from the tree’s roots to its crown.\nThrough small holes or taps that have been carefully drilled into the lower trunk of the tree, the sap can be collected into hanging pails or drawn out using a pumping system. Either way, collecting sap is completely safe for the maple tree, which can live to be over 200 years old. After the sap has been collected, it is boiled so that its sugar content can be concentrated.\nThe process of increasing the sugar content of the sap from about 2% to 66% is done at a sugar shack. The sugar shack houses an evaporator, which is basically a gigantic 200-gallon pan, used to reduce or boil down the sap to maple syrup. It takes about 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of pure maple syrup. Removing this much water requires a great amount of heat and generates clouds of steam. It is for this reason that sugar shacks were traditionally built with a small second roof, called a cupola, which allows the steam to escape as the maple syrup boils.\nWhen the pure maple syrup is ready and its sugar content verified, it is then filtered and packaged in small containers for immediate sale at the farm or local markets, or it is placed in large drums to be sold and packaged later. When night-time temperatures no longer dip below freezing and buds begin to appear on the maple trees, the sugaring season has drawn to a close until the following spring."}
{"text":"Computational Thinking and Coding for Every Student : The Teacher's Getting-Started Guide Paperback / softback\nThis book is for educators who see all of their students as creative thinkers and active contributors to tomorrow's innovations.\nIt differentiates between computing, computer science, computational thinking, programming, and coding; while showing how everyday tasks - like reading sheet music, solving a crossword or Sudoku puzzle, knitting, and other activities - are actually examples of computational thinking.\n- Format: Paperback / softback\n- Pages: 208 pages\n- Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc\n- Publication Date: 06/02/2017\n- Category: Society & social sciences\n- ISBN: 9781506341286\n- EPUB from £18.35\n- PDF from £18.35"}
{"text":"Is 'overfat' The New Obesity?\n( CNN) If you are one of those people that stands on the scale every day or you obsessively plug your numbers into a BMI calculator, researchers want you to know you may be missing something.\nBMI, which stands for body mass indicator, is determined based on a person’s height and weight. You’re considered overweight if your BMI is between 25 to 29.9 and you’re obese if your BMI is 30 or above.\nChances are, even if you are not “fat, ” by definition ofthese traditional measurings, you may still be “overfat.” And that’s going to have some seriously negative consequences for your overall health."}
{"text":"Somebody call Jamie Oliver, because US legislators need a quick lesson in nutrition. Earlier this year, the Department of Agriculture introduced new school meal nutrition standards created in the wake of our childhood obesity epidemic. Among the lunch-line changes were new standards limiting the use of potatoes and sodium and increasing the use of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains in the cafeteria.\nCongress, it seems, doesn't agree with the revised standards. This week, the legislative body put forth its latest spending bill — including budgets for the USDA — that will put tater tots back on school menus and consider pizza containing two tablespoons of tomato paste a vegetable. Yes, the simple presence of tomato paste allows a white flour, fat-laden meal to classify as a veggie. Congress argues that the USDA's recommendations were too expensive to enforce.\nWhat do you think? Should cuts be made elsewhere to ensure that kids receive healthier meals in school? Or is it OK to consider pizza a vegetable?"}
{"text":"History English version\n- Tuesday - friday: 10.00 AM -14.00 PM (monday closed)\n- Saturday: 10.00 AM - 12.00 PM\nThe history of the church\nVor Frue Kirke in Aalborgwas originally a part of the Benedictine abbey from around 1100. The only remains are the stone carvings in the west gable.\nThe present building is from 1878, when the original church was torn down as it was decrepit.\nThe church inspired by the Romanesque Revival is located in the midst of the old Aalborg, between old buildings.\nWhen the church was built in the beginning of the 1100s, it was called 'Mariakirken' and it was part of the Benedictine abbey in the eastern part of town.\nIn the western gable of the church, you can see a beautiful granite portal from the original church. This granite portal is considered the oldest work of art in Aalborg.\nThe tower at Vor Frue Kirke\nThe tower was maintained but it was faced with the same stone as the church was built of. The same goes for the Scheelske chapel.\nThe Pentzske chapel was rebuilt and the remains – a beautiful epitaph from 1615 from the third chapel – was placed here.\nA huge part of the fixture comes from the original church, except the altar which burned in 1902 and was replaced in 1908. The church has room for about 500 people."}
{"text":"1. Lack Of Service Or Telephone Outages Could Prevent You From Calling 911:\nWhile some cell phones allow you to make an emergency call even if you don’t have service, this isn’t always the case. In addition, it’s impossible to make an emergency call on a landline if the telephone service is down.\n2. It’s Easy To Find Yourself In An Area That Doesn’t Have Cell Service:\nMany rural areas of the United States don’t have cell phone service. Luckily, if you have a dual mode phone that is capable of generating its own wi-fi hotspot, you’ll be able to access VoIP services no matter where you’re located. So VoIP for collection agencies is nice option.\n3. You Can’t Prevent Landline Outages:\nOutages on landlines typically occur because of foul weather. Not only can these events not be prevented, but they can’t always be accurately predicted.\nLuckily, you can prevent VoIP outages. If your computer has a battery, it will run for a while after the electricity goes out. If your computer is capable of generating a wireless hotspot, you’ll be able to get online to use your VoIP service even while the electricity is out. If you have a generator for your business, you can prevent electrical outages from affecting your VoIP communication at all."}
{"text":"Prescribed Anti-Racism? Historic and Contemporary Challenges to a Global Memory Imperative\nThis excellent book on Holocaust Memory and Racism challenges the widespread assumption that learning about the Holocaust automatically makes us better people. In fifteen contributions, the authors assembled in this volume look at various national case studies that demonstrate how, from the early post-war period up until today, it has been all too common to strongly oppose Nazism and its racist policies but at the same time keep racism as an unquestioned organizing principle of one’s own society. To approach the universalization of the Holocaust that turned it into the ultimate “symbol of racism and injustice” (p.5) the publication focusses on societies that have not directly been affected by Nazism. Thereby the different chapters discuss issues of prevailing racism as well as anti-racist engagements and take into consideration the value of empathetic connections between victims of the Nazis and victims of Colonialism. A highly recommended read.\nCopyright (c) 2020 Katrin Antweiler\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.\nAll articles (not book covers) in KULT_online from issue 50 on are published under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. All published articles may be reused under the conditions of the license, particularly for commercial purposes and through editing the article (Human-Readable Summary). All authors (have) permitted the publication under the above mentioned license. There is no copyright transfer towards KULT_online. For all book covers specific rights might be reserved, please contact the respective publisher for any lawful reuse. All contributions published in issue 1-49 of KULT_online are free available online and protected by the German Copyright Law."}
{"text":"Home > Benwood, West Virginia Coal Mine disaster...\nShow image list »\nBenwood, West Virginia Coal Mine disaster...\nItem # 566735\nApril 29, 1924\nTHE WORLD, New York, NY, April 29, 1924\n* Benwood West Virginia\n* Coal Mine explosion disaster\nThis 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: \"115 DIE AS BLAST ROCKS W. VA. MINE\" and \"Hope Virtually Abandoned After Eight Bodies Are Taken From Benwood Shaft\".\nOther news of the day. Usual browning with little margin wear, otherwise good condition. Should be handled with care.\nwikipedia notes: Benwood was the location of the tragic 1924 Coal Mine Disaster. At approximately 7:05 AM EST on Monday, April 28, 1924, the coal mine of the Wheeling Steel Corporation's plant located in Benwood exploded, killing all 119 men who were working in the coal mine at the time, the majority of whom were immigrants of Polish, Italian, Greek, Croatian, Slavic, Slovak, Serbian, Hungarian, Austrian, Russian, Ukrainian and Lithuanian descent.\nCategory: The 20th Century"}
{"text":"Jefferson’s attitude toward Indians was always profound. In his Notes On Virginia he devoted a chapter to a celebration of the Indigenous Culture of America’s original inhabitants. He called were victims of history [but they are only words].\nHowever, we will never know what he truly thought. We only see the results of his decisions that deported massive segments of Indian populations to land west of the Mississippi. I sensed a bit of over-posturing here. But that’s only my opinion.\nA nameless scholar on the subject stated in part: …the seeds of extinction of the Native American Culture were sown under Jefferson’s watch."}
{"text":"Riding a bike is fun and practical, but there are a few conventional rules that can make it even more fun and practical, especially when there are pedestrians, motorists, and other bicycle riders nearby. Mostly, it's just common sense:\n- Be aware of your surroundings,\n- Be comfortable and in control of yourself and your vehicle,\n- Be visible and predicable, and\n- Follow the usual \"rules of the road.\"\nHere are some best practices written-up and illustrated very nicely by Keri Caffrey:\n- Have control of your bike.\n- Ride on the road.\n- Know and follow the rules.\n- Integrate in the intersections.\n- There's more than one way to turn left.\n- Protect your space in the lane.\n- Understand the limitations of bike lanes.\n- Learn emergency maneuvers.\n- Don't escalate harassment.\nThe League of American Bicyclists (The League), a non-profit membership organization, promotes bicycling and bicycle education throughout the US. The League has developed a nationally recognized educational program called BikeED, and certifies bicycle educators to teach appropriate subject matter to kids and adults in a variety of settings. You can find a class near you here.\nBikeED's pedestrian and bicycle safety lessons could easily be incorporated as a required part of elementary schools' curricula. Don't we owe it to our children to teach them how to identify unsafe conditions, and how to be safe while walking or riding bikes in their neighborhoods and elsewhere? Many Americans have taken or will take driver's ed in high school. Don't you think that a new teenage driver who has already learned to look critically at traffic conditions as a bicyclist or pedestrian will be a safer driver than one who hasn't?\nIf you haven't done it already, consider getting some bicycle education as soon as possible. Even experienced bicyclists routinely find BikeED courses to be eye-openning (I certainly did). Again, to find a local class, go to The League's Online Database."}
{"text":"Charles Hires was a Philadelphia pharmacist who according to his biography\ndiscovered a recipe for a delicious herbal tea while on his honeymoon. The\npharmacist began selling a dry version of the tea mixture and also\nbegan working on a liquid version of the same tea. The result of was a combination\nof over twenty-five herbs, berries and roots that Charles Hires used to flavor\na carbonated soda water drink. The Charles Hires' version of the root beer\nbeverage was first introduced to the public at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial\nThe Hires family continued to manufacture root beer and in 1893 first sold\nand distributed bottled root beer. Charles Hires and his family certainly\ncontributed greatly to the popularity of modern root beer, however, the origins\nof root beer can be traced further back in history.\nRoot beer has its origins in what is referred to as \"small beers.\" Small\nbeers are a collection of local beverages (some alcoholic, some not) made\nduring colonial times in America from a variety of herbs, barks, and roots\nthat included: birch beer, sarsparilla beer, ginger beer and root beer. Ingredients\nin early root beers included allspice, birch bark, coriander, juniper, ginger,\nwintergreen, hops, burdock root, dandelion root, spikenard, pipsissewa, guaiacum\nchips, sarsaparilla, spicewood, wild cherry bark, yellow dock, prickly ash\nbark, sassafras root*, vanilla beans, hops, dog grass, molasses and licorice.\nMany of these ingredients are still used in root beer today along with carbonation.\nThere is no one recipe.\nAnother famous brand of root beer is A & W Root Beer, now the number\none selling root beer in the world. A & W Root Beer was founded by Roy\nAllen, who began marketing root beer in 1919.\n*In 1960, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned sassafras as a potential\ncarcinogen, however, a method was found to remove the oil from sassafras.\nOnly the oil is considered dangerous. Sassafras is one of the main ingredients\nin root beer.\nNext page > Timeline\nof Soft Drinks"}
{"text":"The abandoned asylum, soaked in tragically crazy ghosts, is a staple of the horror genre. And for good reason. These real-life decaying asylums will give you the shivers.\nCane Hill Asylum, Croydon, London, 1883-1990\nTrenton Psychiatric Hospital, Trenton and Ewing, New Jersey (founded in 1848)\nThe director of this psychiatric hospital between 1907 and 1930 named Dr. Henry Cotton had a very progressive attitude toward care for his patients. He developed a dangerous theory about mental illness, one that turned his hospital into a house of horrors.\nAfter it was confirmed in 1913 that the spirochaete that causes syphilis can cause the disease's psychiatric symptoms, Cotton began to suspect that all mental illness was caused by bodily infections, and that the only way to cure the patient was to remove the offending infection. In 1917, he began removing his patients' teeth, even in cases where X-Rays showed no evidence of infection. He soon moved on to other body parts: gall bladder, stomachs, ovaries, testicles, tracts of colon, uteruses. Cotton claimed a cure rate of 85%, but in reality, his surgeries had an unconscionably high mortality rate.\n(via Dave Scaglione)\nThe Essex County Hospital Center or the Overbrook Asylum (1896-1975)\nThe Poveglia Island Asylum or the Island of Madness, Venice, Italy (between 1922 and 1968)\nWhittingham Asylum, near Preston, England (1869-1995)\n(via Nick Cummins)\nArmand Auclerc Weston State Hospital, formerly the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, Weston, West Virginia (1864-1994)\nTopeka State Hospital, Topeka, Kansas (1872-1997)\n(via Topeka Library)\nPhiladelphia Hospital for Mental Diseases or Byberry State Hospital, Byberry, Pennsylvania (1907-1987)\nHartwood Mental Hospital, Hartwood, Scotland (1890-1998)\n(via Wikimedia Commons)\nKings Park Psychiatric Center, Kings Park, New York (1885-1996)\nH. H. Richardson Complex (formerly the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane), Buffalo, New York (1881-1975)\n(via Kingston Lounge)"}
{"text":"- This page is about the astronomical phenomena; for the film, see Event Horizon.\nAn event horizon is an extremely powerful energy field which surrounds certain astronomical phenomena which have high gravitational attractions, such as singularities, wormholes, and cosmic strings. At the event horizon, the escape velocity equals the speed of light, making escape from the gravity well impossible under normal circumstances.\nIn 2371, the USS Voyager became trapped within the event horizon of a type 4 quantum singularity in the Delta Quadrant. Encountering time-delayed reflections from the interior of the horizon, the Voyager crew initially believed that they had encountered another vessel being pulled into the singularity. Eventually, they were able to locate a breach in the event horizon, which they had created when they initially entered the phenomenon, by saturating it with warp particles. Although the breach had decreased in size since their arrival, they were able to widen it with a dekyon beam and escape. (VOY: \"Parallax\")"}
{"text":"Common questions about the NORM.DIST formula include:\n-What does the NORM.DIST formula do?\n-What types of parameters does it require?\n-How does the formula work?\nThe NORM.DIST formula can be used appropriately to calculate a probability for a normal distribution. It takes four named parameters: probability, mean, standard deviation, and cumulative boolean.\nThe most common mistyping of the NORM.DIST formula is typing “=NORMDIST” instead of “=NORM.DIST”. or NRMDIST, or NORMIDSS, or NORMDIS.\nCommon ways the NORM.DIST formula is used inappropriately include not specifying all four required parameters, inputting values that are not allowed, or incorrectly typing the formula name.\nCommon pitfalls when using the NORM.DIST formula include not understanding how normal distributions work and/or not understanding the required parameters.\nCommon mistakes when using the NORM.DIST Formula include not specifying the required parameters correctly, inputting incorrect values, or using discrete parameters instead of continous ones.\nCommon misconceptions people might have with the NORM.DIST Formula include thinking it is a general probability formula, not understanding the parameters, or not understanding how it works with normal distributions."}
{"text":"Life on the Color Line is a powerful tale of a young man's struggle to reach adulthood, written by Gregory Howard Williams one that emphasizes, by daily grapples with personal turmoil, the absurdity of race as a social invention. Williams describes in heart wrenching detail the privations he and his brother endured when they were forced to remove themselves from a life of White privilege in Virginia to one where survival in Muncie, Indiana meant learning quickly the cold hard facts of being Black in skin that appeared to be White.\nThis powerful memoir is a testament to the potential love and determination that can be exhibited despite being on the cusp of a nation's racial conflicts and confusions, one that lifts a young person above crushing social limitations and turns oppression into opportunity.\nWilliams is defiantly a man of two worlds. In one world he had promise and comfort, in the other he lived in deprivation and repression where one had to work in order to just survive. Williams's recollection of his \"life on the color line\" is a unique testimonial of the life of an individual who has walked in both the shoes of a White man and then those of a Black man. His story provides examples of real life experiences and events that can further the research of social psychologists by offering insight into the understanding of many social psychological theories and concepts, such as modern racism, in-group favoritism and confirmation bias just to name a few.\nFrom beginning to end the reader is bombarded with all kinds of racism and discrimination described in horrific detail by the author. His move from Virginia to Indiana opened a door to endless threats of violence and ridicule directed towards him because of his racial background. For example, Williams encountered a form of racism known as modern racism as a student at Garfield Elementary School. He was up to win an academic achievement prize, yet had no way of actually winning the award...\nPlease join StudyMode to read the full document"}
{"text":"3 Ways Your Child Is Telling You They’re Anxious (Without Actually Saying It)\nParents want to support their child, especially when they feel like something might be wrong. However, children often don’t have the words to express their anxiety.\nBut the problem is, they don’t know the signs of anxiety because their children may not be able to verbalize it. Kids often end up keeping their stress to themselves so symptoms can be missed.\nHere are 3 ways your child is telling you they’re anxious (without actually saying it):\n1. Irritability Or Anger\nThe most obvious way to tell a child is anxious is when they seem worried, but anxiety often presents as anger or irritability.\nIn children and adults alike, anger is an emotion that tends to come out when individuals don’t know how else to express worry.\n2. Physical Symptoms\nAnxiety can often manifest physically. Continuous worry eventually starts to take a toll on your physical body.\nThis can result in:\n- Stomach aches\n3. Trouble Sleeping or Eating\nWhen a child is suffering from anxiety, you may see a change in everyday patterns.\nThey may eat more or less than usual or stop taking naps. They might also sleep in, or have trouble getting out of bed in the morning."}
{"text":"Video Post #1: Memorizing Linking Verbs\nI plan to do lots of these little instructional videos. I just taught a grammar class last week on auxiliary (helping) verbs and thought that a video with my tricks for memorizing them might be easy to do.\nGenerally, I’m not a big fan of memorization, especially when it comes to grammar. Grammar is all about analyzing words and word groups–figuring out what they are doing in a sentence. Memorizing prepositions, for example, tends to confuse kids because many prepositions are occasionally used as adverbs. If you can figure out what function a word is serving, you are okay, but if you are just relying on a memorized list, you’re likely to miss it.\nBut the helping verbs are easy to remember (see video), and spotting them just helps kids to not overlook them when identifying verb phrases. Anyway, I hope you like the video. It was actually kind of fun to make.\nLike this article? Please consider sharing it or subscribing to our weekly email update! Post any comments and questions below. Bloggers love comments."}
{"text":"The aim is to improve shooting technique. 10 cones can be placed randomly between the 3 point line and the basket. A player starts at one of the cones and shoots for the basket using the one-hand set shot. When the player makes a shot they quickly move to another cone, until shots have been made at all positions.\nBasketball Shooting Drills\n- Repeat the drill with weaker arm\n- Use the jump shot\n- When performing the one-hand set shot it is vital that the player keeps their eyes on the target, with feet shoulder width apart, and knees slightly bent. The non-shooting hand should be under the ball and the shooting hand at the back of the ball, with the elbow tucked in. The ball should be held between the ear and shoulder. The next phase would be to extend the legs, back, shoulders, and elbow, then flex the wrist, and fingers forwards and release the ball at the highest point. After release fingers should be pointed at the target, with the palm facing down.\n- The jump shot is much the same as the one-hand set shot, except the player has to jump before releasing the ball, to get closer to the basket, or avoid an opposing players block."}
{"text":"Cataracts affect more than 15 million people worldwide and are the leading cause of blindness, especially in regions with a lack of access to qualified surgeons. Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson are leading a study to identify the biological mechanisms that cause cataracts in the hopes that new, nonsurgical treatments may be developed.\nNicholas Delamere, PhD, professor and head of the Department of Physiology, was awarded a $1.6 million grant from the National Eye Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health, to study the role of two protein ion channels – TRPV1 and TRPV4 – in the development of cataracts.\n“Human cataract is frequently associated with failure of the mechanisms controlled by TRPV1 and TRPV4. The hope is that studies like this might pave the way to the development of strategies to prevent or delay age-related eye diseases,” said Delamere."}
{"text":"SpaceX's Starman's course through the universe\nStarman, in his bright red Tesla, may be returning to Earth someday. After last week’s launch on the Falcon Heavy rocket, the spacefaring mannequin’s course through the solar system has now been carefully plotted.\nStarman and his Tesla are taking a beating in the harsh environment of space. The pair were were shot into space with the launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy.\n\"It’ll be out in deep space for millions of millions of years,\" Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, said.\nThe exact course has now been plotted.\nAfter starting out from Earth, the Tesla will travel in a big circle around the sun.\nFirst landmark: Mars, this coming June. That's when Starman will come within about 68-million miles of the red planet.\nAfter that he'll head to the asteroid belt, and the car’s farthest distance from the sun: more than 154-million miles.\nThen the car and driver sink back toward the inner solar system, endlessly circling the sun on a journey that in 2091 will put them almost on a collision course with Earth, coming within a couple hundred thousand miles of the home planet.\nThat batteries that run Starman's cameras are now dead.\nAnd so, as the extreme heat and radiation of space take their toll, and as the car and driver dodge asteroids and planets, we can only imagine the outcome.\n\"It may be discovered by some future alien race, thinking, what were these guys doing? Did they worship this car,\" Musk said."}
{"text":"On this day in 1928, Disney's Mickey Mouse short Steamboat Willie was released. It would become the first commercially successful animated cartoon with synchronized sound to attract widespread public notoriety (but not the first ever sound cartoon). The short would also establish November 18 as Mickey Mouse's birthday (according to Disney) even though Steamboat Willie is not the debut of Mickey on the big screen. (Not to confuse matters - but Steamboat is the 3rd Mickey short to ever be produced.)\nWritten and directed by Walt and Ub Iwerks, the short debuted ahead of the feature Gang War at the Colony Theater in New York City.\nIn this 7-minute classic, Mickey serves as the pilot of Steamboat Willie under Captain Pete (a longtime Disney villain). He is first seen piloting the steamboat while whistling, suggesting he himself is the captain - to the disgust of Pete who throws Mickey off the bridge and takes over. They soon have to stop for cargo, but almost as soon as they set off again, the as-of-then unnamed Minnie Mouse arrives, too late to board. Mickey manages to pick her up from the river shore, just as she drops her sheet music for the popular folk song \"Turkey in the Straw\" ... which is eaten by a goat. Mickey and Minnie use the goat's tail as a phonograph, which plays the tune. Mickey also uses various other animals as musical instruments, which disturbs Captain Pete, who puts him back to work. Mickey is reduced to peeling potatoes for the rest of the trip. A parrot attempts to make fun of him, but Mickey uncharacteristically strikes him with a potato, knocking him into the river. The short ends with Mickey laughing at the drowning bird (which is unusual for the fun-loving mouse).\nSteamboat Willie has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.\nClick HERE for more November 18 Disney history."}
{"text":"The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument to measure high school students’ perspectives on global awareness and attitudes toward social issues. The research questions that guided this study were: Can acceptable validity and reliability estimates be established for an instrument to be developed to measure high schools students' global awareness, and attitudes towards global social issues? And, to estimate a relationship, if any, between certain demographics of high school students’ in the Miami-Dade County and the two dependent variables namely: perception of global awareness and attitudes toward global social issues. An ex post facto research design was used. The key findings of the study were that reliable and valid estimates can be developed for the instrument. A significant additional finding for the study was those attending public schools (as opposed to private schools) had more positive attitudes towards global social issues. The statistics indicated that these students had taken history, economics, and social studies which was a curricula infused with global perspectives."}
{"text":"For the past 6 years The Wetlands Conservancy (TWC) and Institute for Natural Resources (INR) have been creating tools to support statewide wetland conservation and restoration efforts by collecting historic and current information on the conditions of Oregon’s wetlands. The objective of this work is to support local government, NGO’s and regulatory programs and incentives.\nIn 2009 (and updated in 2012), we created a priority wetland map and database for the Willamette Valley that identified priority areas for wetland conservation and restoration. State and federal agencies and private landowners involved in wetland regulation and mitigation requested that we do a similar effort for the entire state. For this larger statewide approach we decided to attribute all the wetlands based on a methodology from the Virginia Natural Heritage Program, scoring all wetlands in each Oregon watershed unit (watershed units are typically HUC4 units) according to their conservation status, ecosystem services provided, and both site-specific and landscape-level conditions. Using this information, the tool can then help identify and evaluate the best wetlands in each watershed unit for restoration and mitigation potential.\nFor more information visit the tool at http://oregonexplorer.info/wetlands/WetlandConservation/NeedsandPriorities."}
{"text":"Ireland is an island located in northwestern Europe consisting of the Republic of Ireland with its capital in Dublin and Northern Ireland with its capital in Belfast. One belongs to the European Union and has Euro as a national currency, while the second belongs to the UK and pound is its currency. The climate is humid from the ocean, with frequent rainfall keeping extensive meadows green throughout the year. English is the dominant language, but the official national language is Irish which originates from Celts.\nThe Celts of Ireland had developed a remarkable culture, which Saint Patrick also witnessed as he traveled there to spread Christianity. That is why nowadays the Irish still have a close relationship with Celtic culture. The Irish Democratic Army is based in the island, whose primary purpose was the complete independence from Great Britain and equal treatment of Protestants and Catholics, and subsequently the attachment of Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland. The patron saint of Ireland is Saint Patrick, whose memory is celebrated on March 17th. St. Patrick's Day is the most popular celebration amongst many countries than any other national holiday.\nIreland is approximately 4 hours far from Greece."}
{"text":"India is a beautiful country that shares different beliefs and values from other countries, making it unique. It has its own values, traditions and these are evident in the epic poems. These poems contain the values and beliefs that were passed from generation to generation. The famous Mahabharata is one of the epic poems that contain the essence of the Indian cultural heritage. Famous people like Mahatma Gandhi, who fought against injustice, Guru Nanak, who influenced and created a new religion Sikhism, have helped develop the Indian culture. Fairy tales also plays an important role in helping a child grow by developing the sense of its cultural traditions and moral values. The epic poems, famous people and fairy tales are the elements that help make a country unique and in developing cultural understanding of the moral values and traditions."}
{"text":"Did you know . . .\n...if you started with a single daylily and you divided it into three plants after one year, and then divided it and each of its divisions into three plants the following year, and kept doing this every year for 7 years, you would end up with 2,187 daylilies? You can do the same thing with Hosta and many other perennials!\nWhile many good quality perennials seem expensive in the garden center, the cost can easily be justified by a patient gardener who divides his or her perennials. Not only does this increase the number of plants in your garden, but it's also good for the plant, encouraging new root growth and better blooms the following season. Propagating your own plants allows you to expand your gardens inexpensively and carry a common theme throughout your landscape.\nTips on Dividing Plants"}
{"text":"Diana of Ephesus Statue\n8.5 inches tall\nThe image of Diana of Ephesus is a specialized form of Artemis from late antiquity that includes aspects of Ishtar, Isis, Cybele and Inanna. She is a comprehensive figure of the divine feminine, and was called \"Queen of Heaven\", \"Magna Mater\" (Great Mother), Mother of the Animals, and Lady of the Wild Beasts. The many pomegranate-like breasts and the varied wild beasts adorning Diana of Ephesus show her also as an image of Mother Nature herself, fruitful and providing for all living things. Her Temple at Ephesus in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) was so large and well-renowned that it was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.\nThe early christians particularly detested the Pagan worship of this Goddess, and considered her cult a rival. Paul tried to lead an uprising against the Temple of Ephesus, converting as many of the worshippers as he could. In typical christian fashion the virgin mary assumed many of Diana's traits, from the idea of Diana being a Virgin Goddess to her pose with outstretched palms which is so typical of many mary statues. Diana of Ephesus' Temple was declared to be the final resting place of their \"mother of god\". The stones of Diana's Temple were eventually torn down by the christians and used in their churches and other buildings.\nSand-colored Gypsumstone statue, 9 inches tall."}
{"text":"|« DHEA Effective Against Lupus||How to Get the Most Accurate Mammogram »|\nJOURNAL: Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing (2002;29:295–300)\nABSTRACT: Topical application of honey is beneficial in the treatment of wounds and burns.\nCOMMENTARY: A number of properties inherent to honey might contribute to its ability to fight infection and promote healing.\nIts high sugar content allows it to draw infection and fluid from wounds by a process called “osmosis.” Honey prevents bacterial growth through its acidic pH and through the work of an enzyme that produces small amounts of hydrogen peroxide.\nIts ability to keep the area around a wound moist and protected promotes fast healing and prevents scarring.\nHoneys also contain components from the specific plants used by the bees in their production, and it is speculated that some of these components might further add to the antibacterial and wound-healing effects of certain honeys. The process of pasteurization, used to sterilize commercial honeys, destroys the enzyme involved in the production of hydrogen peroxide, rendering these honeys less antibacterial.\nRaw honeys maintain their enzymes, and honeys produced for therapeutic use are sterilized through an irradiation process that does not damage their constituents. There are currently two therapeutic honeys available: Medihoney of Australia and Active Manuka Honey of New Zealand. Both are derived from bees using the flowers of tea trees (Leptospermum spp.) as their"}
{"text":"M985X.185.1.1-2 | Hatbox\nJohn Henderson & Co.\n1875-1900, 19th century\n17 x 79 cm\n© McCord Museum\nKeywords: Hatbox (1)\nKeys to History\nIn Montreal in the 19th century, one of the most renowned hat and fur shops was the John Henderson Company.\nLike other specialized shops during that period, this store sold luxury goods, which complemented the merchandise sold in the department stores. Due to competition, merchants had to rely on their distinctiveness and on the quality of their service to attract and retain customers. They also made great efforts to create tasteful displays in their stores and in the windows where they presented their products.\nIt was a great advantage, however, for shops that wanted to remain competitive to be located in a strategic area, near their competition. That is why many businesses, including the John Henderson Company, left Notre Dame and St. Jacques Streets at the end of the 19th century to set up shop on St. Catherine Street, which had become THE new commercial artery in Montreal.\nThe hatbox carries the coat of arms and name of the manufacturer who made the hat: John Henderson Company.\nIn 1875, like most Montreal fur and hat merchants, the shop of the John Henderson Company was located on Notre Dame Street.\nFrom 1855 to 1889, the shop of the John Henderson Company occupied spacious premises in the elegant Crystal Block building on Notre Dame Street. According to an article in The Transcript, dated April 23, 1855, it was a brand-new commercial building.\nFor a long time, the most famous milliner in Montreal, John Henderson opened his first store in 1834."}
{"text":"TYPE: Reconnaissance floatplane\nACCOMMODATION: Crew of three\nPOWER PLANT: One Mitsubishi “Zusei” 11 radial engine, rated at 870 hp\nPERFORMANCE: 171 mph\nCOMMENT: The Kawanishi E7K was a Japanese 1930s three-seat reconnaissance floatplane. It was allocated the reporting name “Alf” by the Allies of WW II.\nIn 1932 the Imperial Japanese Navy requested the Kawanishi Aircraft Company to produce a replacement for the company’s Kawanishi E5K. The resulting design, designated the Kawanishi E7K1, was an equal span biplane powered by a 620 hp “Hiro Type 91W-12 liquid-cooled inline engine. The first aircraft flew on 6 February 1933 and was handed over to the navy for trials three months later. It was flown in competition with the Aichi AB-6 which was designed to meet the same 7-Shi requirement. The E7K1 was ordered into production as the Navy Type 94 Reconnaissance Seaplane and entered service in early 1935. It became a popular aircraft, but was hindered by the unreliability of the “Hiro” engine. Later production E7K1s were fitted with a more powerful version of the “Hiro 91”, but this did not improve the reliability. In 1938 Kawanishi developed an improved E7K2 with a Mitsubishi “Zuisei 11” radial engine. It first flew in August 1938 and was ordered by the Navy as the Navy Type 94 Reconnaissance Seaplane Model 2. The earlier E7K1 was renamed to Navy Type 94 Reconnaissance Seaplane Model 1.\nThe type was used extensively by the Japanese Navy from 1938 until the beginning of the Pacific War, when E7K1 were relegated to training duties but the E7K2, despite their obsolescence, remained in first-line service until 1943. The aircraft was initially used for convoy escort, anti-submarine patrol and reconnaissance. Later in the war, the E7K2s were retained in the liaison and training role and as mother aircraft for the MXY4 radio-controlled target plane. Also both versions were used in Kamikaze operations in the closing stages of the war (Ref.: 1, 24)."}
{"text":"At a time when record numbers of people report experiencing an increase in depression and/or anxiety, it is more important than ever to create meaningful conversations around mental health issues, including its impact on men.\nFor many men, societal expectations and stigma can make it more difficult to open up about their mental health. The prevalence of mental health concerns in men is cited as lower than the prevalence in women, and men are less likely to seek treatment for a mental health condition. However, men die by suicide and alcohol-related causes at a higher rate than women and are more likely to misuse drugs compared to women. By creating opportunities to have open conversations about mental health, we can help to break down barriers and encourage others to seek the help they need.\nIn a virtual community conversation, we heard from a panel of men who shared their experiences dealing with mental health challenges in their own lives, including the impact of stigma, environment and cultural factors."}
{"text":"Blue Cranesbills and creamy Meadowsweet take the place of the earlier flowers in the meadow, along with white stands of Great Northern Bellflower.\nIn later summer the large meadow areas have to be left before scything. The seeds we want to self-sow need to ripen and fall, and the seeds we don’t want to spread (such as hogweed, nettle, dock) have to be weeded out before the meadow is cut. This is the time when the beauty of the wild garden is not so obvious – it can look like just rough brown grass to the uninitiated. (Great Dixter has a similar situation and had to produce a leaflet called ‘Why our meadows are brown’)\nThere is still much wildlife to be seen as ever, and delights to be found."}
{"text":"** If there is one thing I must convey here is that if you are unsure of what you are touching or going to consume DO NOT ** get the correct books or do the research before you venture out. As in most cases a very small nibble or portion could/can kill you. **\nDescription: Cattails are grass like plants with strap-shaped leaves 1 to 5 centimeters wide and growing up to 1.8 meters tall. The male flowers are borne in a dense mass above the female flowers. These last only a short time, leaving the female flowers that develop into the brown\ncattail. Pollen from the male flowers is often abundant and bright yellow.\nThe green hull surrounding the nut contains a resinous irritant poison that will blister the lips and tongue like poison ivy. Heat destroys this poison when roasting the nuts.\nHabitat and Distribution: Cattails are found throughout most of the world. Look for them in full sun areas at the margins of lakes, streams, canals, rivers, and brackish water.\nEdible Parts: The young tender shoots are edible raw or cooked. The rhizome is often very tough but is a rich source of starch. Pound the rhizome to remove the starch and use as a flour. The pollen is also an exceptional source of starch. When the cattail is immature and still green, you can boil the female portion and eat it like corn on the cob. I prefer the shoots best of all, sauteed in a skillet or wok if you have one\nOther Uses: The dried leaves are an excellent source of weaving material you can use to make floats and rafts. The cottony seeds make good pillow stuffing and insulation. The fluff makes excellent tinder. Dried cattails are effective insect repellents when burned. The dried shafts can be used to make arrows or spears from. Bundle them together and let dry on a flat dry surface\n(the only photo I have of is from the fall)"}
{"text":"Underfill, Potting, and Encapsulation are coating methods which provide superior protection for PCBs for Stress, Vibration & Impact. Potting is a method of immersing the part or assembly in a liquid resin and then curing it. Different from encapsulation, potting retains the shell that is used to contain the thermoset resin while it’s curing. Encapsulation is a method of creating a frame or mold around the object by filling the space between the frame and the object with thermosetting material, curing the resin and then removing the frame. Epoxies are most commonly used, however we offer a variety of materials to meet your requirements.\nWhen Conformal Coating or Potting will not provide the required protection to your electronics consider Low Pressure Encapsulation. This method of encapsulation works well with PCB’s , connectors, switches, sensors , wire harnesses & cables; providing protection from water, moisture, dust, debris, vibration and impact. Polyamide & Polyolefin materials are used in this process. These materials are lighter weight than epoxy and faster than potting.\nEncapsulation creates geometric shape that minimizes secondary operation allowing for a simpler assembly process."}
{"text":"Many of the original streetcars and interurbans were projects financed by the power companies. There's a new source of subsidy unlikely to be enthralled by a trolley mania.\nBuses are cheaper, and can make use of the road network (that is, when the government is funding expansion of the road network.) But the city bus, and its intercity cousin, are canonical inferior goods.\nLight rail is hugely expensive. The federal government can cover 80% of the cost, but it is so deluged with applications that 50% is more typical. On the local level, higher taxes are always a hard sell—and several municipal governments are often involved, which complicates matters. A much-advertised benefit of light rail is that it sparks economic development around stations. At first, though, as is happening in Houston now, householders can delay projects out of fear that their property will fall victim to the bulldozers.\nCost overruns have already caused trouble in Seattle, which had to budget in an extra $1 billion several years ago. The city's financial storm has calmed, and Sound Transit expects to complete a light-rail link to the airport by 2009. Now, though, planners across America must worry about a huge jump in the price of construction materials. Concrete for tunnels, barriers and supports costs around 11% more than last year. Prices of steel, cement and copper wiring have gone up too.\nI'm not persuaded, however, that the wireless internet access on the\nCan cities get by with buses, which are far cheaper than rail? Sadly, few people want to ride on buses unless they have to. In many American cities they are the transport of the poor, the drunk and the illegal. They are slow and often smelly, and come at unpredictable intervals. And when they stop, they may block traffic.\nBut petrol prices are having an effect. Buses have seen some astonishing growth, especially in smaller cities, notes William Millar, the president of [the American Public Transit Association]."}
{"text":"Definition of positivism\nn. - A system of philosophy originated by M. Auguste Comte, which deals only with positives. It excludes from philosophy everything but the natural phenomena or properties of knowable things, together with their invariable relations of coexistence and succession, as occurring in time and space. Such relations are denominated laws, which are to be discovered by observation, experiment, and comparison. This philosophy holds all inquiry into causes, both efficient and final, to be useless and unprofitable. 2\nThe word \"positivism\" uses 10 letters: I I I M O P S S T V.\nNo direct anagrams for positivism found in this word list.\nWords formed by adding one letter before or after positivism (in bold), or to iiimopsstv in any order:\ns - positivisms\nAll words formed from positivism by changing one letter\nBrowse words starting with positivism by next letter"}
{"text":"Tweens & Technology 3rd Annual Summer camp exceeded expectation. Students ranging from 3rd to 6th grade attended camp.\nWe had 24 girls and boys attend Tweens & Technology camp for a week-long full day STEM learning experience.\nLevel 1 began their journey by learning how to develop their own interactive stories by learning Scratch block coding. Our returning students in Level 2 & Level 3 continued to build their knowledge in coding, problem solving and critical thinking.\nLevel 2 developed video games and animation as our Level 3 took a dive into robotics with Edison robots. They experimented and utilized barcode programming, were challenged with critical thinking, engineering and design thinking.\nThe annual Tweens & Technology summer camp is designed to engage elementary age girls and boys in STEM. Camp teaches and encourage our youth to collaborate with their peers; help them build an understanding of Intellectual Property as they apply their creativity, learn to code and unlock their potential.\nWe were honored to host a fantastic group of guest presenters who shared the opportunities a career in STEM will provide. Guest presenters included Raleigh ISSA, NetApp, EPA, Trend Micro, CWNC, Refresher Training, LLC and the Triangle Cultural Art Center.\nOur guest presenters engaged our students with hands on activities, such as an engineering challenge, science experiments and 3D printing demonstration. Presenters also shared STEM career opportunities and the importance of being a good digital citizen.\nOur 5th annual Tweens & Technology camp is scheduled for July 2019. We invite you to volunteer, serve as a guest presenter or become a sponsor in order to extend this STEM learning experience with all our future tech and business leaders."}
{"text":"North Carolina Climate: A Lifetime of Change\nBenjamin Franklin once said, “The only certain things in life are death and taxes,” indicating that change is inevitable. How has the world changed in the last 30 to 40 years? Where would we be without cell phones, DVDs, and the Internet? Ecosystems have also historically changed over time; think logged old growth in the lake states, farming in New England, and fires in the South. What about climate? Has it stayed the same since 1970 or have you noticed drier summers and warmer winters? Greater climate variability is the new norm that will increasingly impact our everyday lives. Whether you live in or travel to the North Carolina mountains, the Piedmont, or the coast, climate change impacts will likely affect your lives in the next 30 years as much as technology has changed your lives during the past 30 years. Join our July Science Café to meet Dr. Steve McNulty, and learn more about the latest research efforts that could influence the way you view how climate change impacts your family.\nAbout our Speaker\nDr. Steve McNulty is a research ecologist and team leader for the USDA Forest Service’s Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, located on the campus of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC. An internationally recognized expert on climate change issues, Dr. McNulty leads the development of research and tools designed to help land managers better understand and cope with climate change impacts on forest management. His research focuses on continental scale forest hydrology, productivity, resource economics, and wildlife and forest diversity modeling, with emphasis given to interactions and response of forests to global climate change and other environmental stresses. Dr. McNulty has written over 150 scientific papers and given hundreds of presentations on this topic during his 30 years of scientific study.\nPlease R.S.V.P. to firstname.lastname@example.org ."}
{"text":"Step 10: Use the top arc as a guide to draw the upper jaw. Follow the path of the arc and add a few bumps at the top and a slit at the front for the Indominus rex's nostril. Darken the line between the teeth. This line should stretch far to the right toward the back of the head.\nStep 11: Draw the lower jaw by using the arc at the bottom as a guide. Follow the basic path of the arc as you darken the lines and add the lines between the teeth.\nStep 12: Draw the skin that attaches the top and bottom jaw as a series of lines. Draw the tongue as a curved line between the open mouth.\nStep 13: Draw the rest of the head using the initial shapes as guides. Follow the basic path of the guides as you draw the horn-like bumps on the Indominus rex's head. Add an oval-like shape in front and behind the eye for the indentations of the skull. Add a few small curved lines within the head for the bumpy skin texture. Add the spikes on the head as curved lines that come to a point.\nStep 14: Use the line on the left side as a guide to draw the arm that's on this side of the body. Light sketch the shape of the arm as you follow the basic path of the guide line. Darken the lines when you get the structure of the Indominus rex's arm right. Use the small lines as guides to draw the digits and sharp claws. Add a few curved lines on the bottom edge of the arm for the spikes found there."}
{"text":"Definitions of geese\nn. - pl. of Goose.\nplural of goose 1\nThe word \"geese\" uses 5 letters: E E E G S.\nNo direct anagrams for geese found in this word list.\nWords formed by adding one letter before or after geese (in bold), or to eeegs in any order:\nl - gelees\nShorter words found within geese:\nes gee gees see seg\nList shorter words within geese, sorted by length\nWords formed from any letters in geese, plus an optional blank or existing letter\nList all words starting with geese, words containing geese or words ending with geese\nAll words formed from geese by changing one letter\nOther words with the same letter pairs: ge ee es se\nBrowse words starting with geese by next letter\nPrevious word in list: gees\nNext word in list: geest\nSome random words: aeolian"}
{"text":"First of all, he explains that evergreens will have problems if you don't water them late enough into the season. He introduces Ken Mayer who compares two types of evergreens. He shows a tree which has lost its coloration and explains that that tree lost water over the winter. Its roots have been frozen and if the roots are frozen the water cannot circulate where it is needed. When the spring comes, the plant will need water and it will not be able to be supplied with it. It then gives tips on how to cope with this.\nWant to master Microsoft Excel and take your work-from-home job prospects to the next level? Jump-start your career with our Premium A-to-Z Microsoft Excel Training Bundle from the new Gadget Hacks Shop and get lifetime access to more than 40 hours of Basic to Advanced instruction on functions, formula, tools, and more."}
{"text":"The nucleus also includes four neutrons making up its seven nucleons and thus a mass number A = 7 The structure may be indicated by appending the mass number A after the name of the element or by indicating it as a superscript preceding the chemical symbol.Thus Lithium-7 or Since different isotopes of an element all have the same number of protons and electrons, they have the same or similar chemical properties, but they differ in mass due to the different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus and because of this the nucleus may be unstable.The road trip below stops at the Trip Advisor-rated Best City to Visit in every contiguous U. This road trip will more-or-less follow the same path as the major U. landmarks trip, covering a slightly shorter 12,290 mile (19,780 km) route around the U. Some larger states — like California and Texas — may have multiple cities you’d like to visit, so it’s probably worthwhile to stop at other larger cities along the route.You may note that cities from North Dakota, Vermont, and West Virginia are missing.In this case the energy released by the reaction in the form of kinetic energy (manifest as heat) and electromagnetic energy (gamma radiation) is millions of times greater.\nThis complication is why Google Map’s route optimization service only optimizes routes of up 10 waypoints, and the best free route optimization service only optimizes 20 waypoints unless you pay them a lot of money to dedicate some bigger computers to it.\nIf we’re willing to accept that we don’t need the route between all of the landmarks, then we can turn to smarter techniques such as genetic algorithms to find a solution that’s good enough for our purposes. If you’re able to drive through Canada without issue, then take the direct route through Canada instead."}
{"text":"Luis Walter AlvarezBorn: 1911\nBirthplace: San Francisco, Calif.\nRadio distance and direction indicator—Alvarez was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1968. He helped design a ground-controlled radar system for aircraft landings and with his son developed the meteorite theory of dinosaur extinction. (1978)Died: 1988\nFact Monster/Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.\nMore on Luis Walter Alvarez from Fact Monster:\n- Luis Walter Alvarez - Alvarez, Luis Walter Alvarez, Luis Walter, 1911–88, American physicist, b. San Francisco, ...\n- Hispanic American Scientists - Notable Hispanic American scientists\n- Hispanic American Biographies, A-Z - Notable Hispanic American athletes, actors, and more.\n- San Francisco, Calif. - Information on San Francisco, Calif. — economy, government, culture, state map and flag, major cities, points of interest, famous residents, state motto, symbols, nicknames, and other trivia.\n- Information Please: 1968 - 1968 Previous Year | Next Year World | U.S. | Economics | Sports | Entertainment | Science | Deaths ..."}
{"text":"STE6307 Computer Integrated Manufacturing - 5 ECTS\nThe course offers students insights of subsystems of a computer integrated manufacturing system; integration of and communication between those subsystems; and modeling, planning and analysis of manufacturing systems. The course provides elementary understanding of logic and digital control systems and automation of manufacturing operations.\nStudents will acquire basic training in programming.\n- Theoretical and practical knowledge about basic metal-working processes.\n- Basic knowledge about machine tools and CNC programming.\n- Knowledge about industrial robots and manufacturing automation.\n- Basic knowledge about dimensional measurements and quality engineering.\n- Knowledge about material flow and information flow in the manufacturing industry.\n- Be able to plan and carry out simple manufacturing processes based on product drawings.\n- Have the skills to operate different types of measurement instruments and be able to conduct basic quality control.\n- Understand the relation between product specifications and manufacturing technology.\n- Have basic knowledge about technological processes in a manufacturing company.\n- Be able to assess the potential for automation in manufacturing companies.\nThere are 6 obligatory assignments. 4 of the assignments must be approved for access to the written exam.\nA 3 hour written exam account for 100% of the grade in the course.\nThe grading will be done by using a A-F grading scale, where F is a fail.\nA re-sit exam will be arranged for this course."}
{"text":"Deep beneath the earth's crust dwells a mysterious empire called Agharta. An entirely self-sufficient world situated in a massive cavern below the earth's outer shell, it possesses its own source of light, as well as abundant water and food. For thousands of years, its millions of inhabitants have evolved, developing technologies far superior to ours. A network of tunnels connect the cities of Agharta to many secret locations on the surface. Located at the very center of the earth, the capital city, Shamballah, is the home to the sovereign leader of this civilization, known as The King Of the World.\nThe denizens of Agharta are believed to represent the lineage of the Lost World of Atlantis, their ancestors having escaped underground from the destruction brought upon themselves through senseless nuclear conflict.\nSome believe that flying saucers are not extraterrestrial, but are actually the aircraft of the Aghartans, who journey to the surface to observe our world with the purpose of preventing the human race from its own willful self-destruction.\nThough the name Agharta is said to be of Buddhist origin, legends of the subterranean world are found in many different cultures, notably among the Native Americans of north and south Americas.\nsee also: The Hollow Earth\nby Dr. R. W. Barnard"}
{"text":"Russet is a dark brown color with a reddish-orange tinge. As a tertiary color, russet is an equal mix of orange and purple pigments.\nThe first recorded use of russet as a color name in English was in 1562.\nThe source of this color is the The ISCC-NBS Method of Designating Colors and a Dictionary of Color Names (1955) used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps.\nThe name of the color derives from russet, a coarse cloth made of wool and dyed with woad and madder to give it a subdued grey or reddish-brown shade. By the statute of 1363, poor English people were required to wear russet.\nRusset, a color of Autumn, is often associated with sorrow or grave seriousness. Anticipating a lifetime of regret, Shakespeare's character Biron says in Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, Scene 1: \"Henceforth my wooing mind shall be express'd / In russet yeas and honest kersey noes.\"\nThe color is mentioned in a famous quote taken from a letter Oliver Cromwell wrote to Sir William Spring in September 1643: \"I had rather have a plain, russet-coated captain that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, [than that which you call a gentleman and is nothing else]\".\n^RGB approximations of RYB tertiary colors, using cubic interpolation. The colors displayed here are substantially paler than the true colors a mixture of paints would produce.\n^Miskella, William J. (2004) . Practical Color Simplified: A Handbook on Lacquering, Enameling, Coloring and Painting 1928. Whitefish, Montana: Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 9781417980512. pp. 20–21."}
{"text":"Researchers from a USC-led consortium have discovered 15 “hot spots” in the genome that either speed up brain aging or slow it down — a finding that could provide new drug targets to resist developmental delays, Alzheimer’s disease and other degenerative brain disorders, according to the University of Southern California (USC).\nThe research appeared online in Nature Neuroscience.\n“The big game-changer here is discovering locations on the chromosome that speed up or slow down brain aging in worldwide populations. These can quickly become new drug targets,” said Paul Thompson of USC, a lead author on the study and the co-founder and director of the ENIGMA Consortium. “Through our AI4AD [Artificial Intelligence for Alzheimer’s Disease] initiative we even have a genome-guided drug repurposing program to target these and find new and existing drugs that help us age better.”"}
{"text":"Achille-Claude Debussy (22nd August 1862 – 25th March 1918) was a French composer. He was one of the most important figures in music at the turn of the 20th century; his music represents the transition from late-romantic to 20th century classical.\nDebussy's most dramatic contribution to music history was his disregard for traditional chord structures and tonality. He is one of the most important exponents of the whole tone scale in classical music history. His compositions flowed without a strict sense of metre or rhythm, and are considered the pioneering works of the Impressionist genre of classical music, named in comparison with the visual arts movement.\nDebussy's impact was far reaching. His free use of harmony, which often altogether disregarded the concepts of tertian harmony, has been cited as an influence on the rise of Jazz music later in the 20th century. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply."}
{"text":"- May 21, 2019\n- No Comment\n|What are Automotive Transponder Keys?\nThe biggest change to the automotive industry in recent times has been the introduction of the built in immobilise system on all cars manufactured since 1995 (late ’94 in some cases). This involves placing a microchip in the head of the key, which is a miniature transmitter and receiver. There is an engine management system in the engine compartment that can recognise the signals transmitted from the key. If the correct signals are not detected the engine will not start.\nHow does the Microchip work? An electronic chip with a permanent memory which contains an ELECTRONIC CODE. The transponder has an antenna with which it can interface with an external electronic control device. Through the antenna the device emits a fixed frequency signal; the transponder receives the signal and then transmits its electronic code, by means of special frequency modulations, to the control device, which is able to process the code. The transponder has no external input of power supply (passive system); it receives the energy necessary to work from the signal emitted by the external control device (inductive coupling between the control device antenna and that of the transponder).\nCan we copy all transponders?\nWe cover a large range of car makes and models, contact us for a free no obligation quote and advice.\nWhat is a Transponder Key?\nTRANSMITTER + RESPONDER = TRANSPONDER\nA chip inside the head of the key transmits a signal to the car when the key is inserted in the ignition."}
{"text":"- explicit – meanings on the surface; a little more sophisticated than plot summary but not overly interpretive\n- in Singin’ in the Rain: the history of sound, love story\n- in Star Wars: training of a Jedi, interactions between robots and humans\n- implicit – meanings below the surface, require interpretation and argument\n- in Singin’ in the Rain: Hollywood is more glamorized in media than in reality, gender roles, celebrity treatment\n- in Star Wars: Obi-Wan as a father figure\n- what is our response to the new?\n- ideological – what are the values that the movie is suggesting?\n- in One False Move: violence\n- often a political message\n- even films that do not have a narrative can have ideological meaning\nBeing able to see how these layers of meaning reveal themselves is a highly viable skill.\nFilm theory – a way of understand certain aspects of films\nHow does sound create ideological meaning in Wall-E?\n- climate change (sound motif: the whistling wind)\n- love (music motif: Hello Dolly)\nexpectations – plot or character driven, the kind of meaning we are looking for\nLooking at Persepolis (2007):\n- coming of age story (equivalent of roma à clef)\n- elements of romance\n- a road movie (lots of places)\n- the contrast between the realistic/world events and stylized visual presentation gives this the aesthetic beauty\n- in comparison to Wall-E, where the world is very stylized\n- explicit meanings\n- what happens when a young girl tries to be educated\n- what happens when a girl tries to become an artist\n- immigrant relations\n- coming of age\n- implicit meanings – some relate to voiceover narration\n- finding a voice\n- ideological meanings\n- ways to approach the movie\n- cultural studies"}
{"text":"Autodesk Inventor/CAM/CNC Workflow - Part 7: Adding Fasteners and Constraining them to Holes\nIn this tutorial series we will be exploring how to use Autodesk Inventor\nalong with CAM software (CAMBAM) to create CNC parts.\nIn part 7 of the series we will be adding fasteners to the assembly and constraining them to the holes.\nWe will put a cross dowel and a screw using the \"place\" command. We select the cross dowel file to put in the cross dowel. We place it somewhere we can see it. Now we use the \"mate\" constraint and apply that to the hole. We view the different constraints and select the one that will allow us to constrain the cross dowel to the appropriate hole. Now we are able to move and turn the cross dowel. We apply the constraints to both cross dowels using the default \"mate\" constraint.\nNow to put in the screws we will use the \"place from content\" selection. We are using Cross Recessed Pan Head screw. We make sure it is placed correctly with the head seated. Using 1-1/2\" length will give us the correct screw. Now we select it, right click on it, and change the size from #12 to 1/4\". You can use different visualization to view the screw in different views. Now we add the 2nd screw using the copy and paste shortcuts on the keyboard and a mate constraint. Use the inside of the screw head and mate it to the back edge.\nNext we need to adjust the cross dowel. We are going back to the Excel sheet to create a new parameter called \"AdditionalOffsetForScrewandCrossDowel\". We set the value to 0.1 inches and save the sheet. Now we go into the part and modify the cross dowel to use the new parameter. After applying the changes we can see a little bit of space between the edge of the hole and the end of the screw so the screw doesn't go into the edge of the hole.\nClick Here for the Next Part in the Series"}
{"text":"Vermont’s bumblebee population declines\n07/27/09 6:34AM By Steve Zind\n(Host) So far, Vermont's honeybees have escaped Colony Collapse Disorder, which has led to the disappearance of hives in other parts of the country.\nBut the state's bumblebee population hasn't fared as well.\nLeif Richardson is an ecologist with the Department of Fish and Wildlife.\nRichardson says bumblebees used commercially to pollinate greenhouse crops have infected native bees with a European parasite.\nOut of a total of 20 bumblebee species in Vermont, two have disappeared because of the parasite.\n(Richardson) \"If you watch one of these greenhouses, the bees are coming and going quite a bit and they're foraging in the fields around the greenhouse for pollen and nectar and they're bringing that back inside the greenhouse to their colony. When they're outside foraging on the flowers, they are leaving the intestinal parasite, which is in their saliva, on their mouth parts. They leave it behind on a flower and a wild bee picks it up.\"\n(Host) Richardson says there is some good news: another species of Vermont bumblebee that had been affected by the parasite appears to have rebounded.\nHe says greater regulation of the industry that produces bumblebees for pollination would help control the spread of diseases and parasites.\nRichardson says two more species of bumblebees are also in decline in Vermont - although the reasons remain unclear.\n(Richardson) \"The reasons that have been cited include pesticides, land use changes, changes to agriculture in a broad sense and development, generally; development of fallow lands and borders and hedgerows and all of that into carefully manicured developments where we live and work and so on.\"\n(Host) Richardson says bumblebees forage from many kinds of plants, and property owners can help them by planting native flowering plants and non-native species like clover and vetch."}
{"text":"When Kamehameha unified the islands into a single kingdom, an ideal for Native Hawaiian leadership was born. What was leadership like prior to Kamehameha's rise, and why was his feat a defining moment for the culture? In Alaka‘i, Malcolm Nāea Chun combines traditions of the early chiefs with the well-recorded legacy of Kamehameha to piece together a picture of traditional leadership. Then, bringing this idea forward to the present day, he asks which qualities have been retained and which should be reintroduced.\nThis book is one of twelve short volumes of the Ka Wana series, which is part of the Pihana Nā Mamo Native Hawaiian Education Program.\n|Author(s)||Malcolm Nāea Chun|\n|Program||Ka Wana Series|\n|Binding Type||Soft Cover|\n|Grade Level(s)||9, 10, 11, 12, 13+|\n|Audience||Student, Teacher, Trade|"}
{"text":"SYMPTOMS OF HEAT INJURY DURING\nSUMMER IN WARM CLIMATES\nMeg Barton, MS ATC/L CSCS\nCertified Athletic Trainer\nSt. Joseph’s/ Candler Sports Medicine\nSt. Vincent’s Academy\nHeat Fatigue or Exhaustion occurs when a person is exposed to high temperatures and/or humidity and perspires excessively without salt or fluid replacement. Heat Stroke can occur when a nonacclimatized person is suddenly exposed to high temperature and/or humidity. The thermal regulatory mechanism fails, perspiration stops, and the body temperature increases. Above 42 degrees C oral body temperature, brain damage occurs, and death follows if emergency measures are not instituted. Note: Normal temperature is 37 degrees C (98.6 degrees F).\nSIGNS OF HEAT INJURY\nMuscle cramps Excessive fatigue and/or weakness Headache\nLoss of Coordination Decreased comprehension Dizziness\nNausea & vomiting Decrease reaction time\nHeat Exhaustion Heat Stroke\nAppearance Pale Flushed & Red\nSkin Sweaty Dry\nPulse Weak Strong\nBody Temperature Normal to subnormal Very High\nEye Pupils Dilated Constricted\nMuscle Cramps & Spasm “Jelly-like”\nBreathing Shallow Deep & Rapid\nTHE BEST TREATMENT FOR HEAT INJURY IS PREVENTION!!!!!!!!!!!\nNote: The average mouth holds 3-5 ounces of water. Therefore to make sure that you\nAre getting enough water--- you should drink at least one mouthful every 15-20\nMinutes during exercise. More is needed in higher temperatures.\nAvoid exercising in the hottest part of the day!\nChange sweaty/wet clothes as often as able, allowing the skin to cool off.\n- Remove as much clothing as possible.\n- Telephone emergency squad.\n- Cool as fast as possible (move to shaded area, ice towels, hose, swimming pool, etc.).\n- Monitor sighs and symptoms (this includes changes in vital signs."}
{"text":"Gifted Resource Council was founded in 1983, as a non-profit organization. From the beginning, GRC’s mission was to bring together the resources of the community, the schools and parents to help bright and talented children achieve their potential. GRC grew into an organization that serves the St. Louis community with three major programs: Academic Challenge Cup (friendly competitions in the areas of math, language skills and creative problem solving), Saturday Learning Labs and Summer Academies.\nIn addition, GRC offers parenting classes, workshops for teachers, and telephone advice to assist adults in meeting the needs of gifted children. GRC’s goal is to provide support for children and their families to enable young people to enhance their abilities – both academic and interpersonal – and fulfill their potential.\nGRC’s programs engage 2,500 students each year with exciting, hands on learning experiences stressing collaboration more than individual learning. Gifted Resource Council programs help children learn HOW to think, rather than teaching WHAT to think.\nAll GRC programs offer bright children the opportunity, often for the first time, to work with other such talented children. Gifted Resource Council instructors emphasize cooperation, teamwork and the process of learning."}
{"text":"This is a basic basketball drill that will help players to increase their passing accuracy and increase the skill set, with different pass types.\nWhat you need – Divide the team into groups of three players. There should be two basketballs per group. The players will stand in a makeshift triangle to begin this basketball drill. See the diagram below for more details.\nHow this basketball drill works – This basketball drill is going to work on the basic passing types that you have, in a basketball drill that will keep players on their toes, and emphasize good passing technique, and reception.\nTo start the basketball drill, the 1 player will make chest pass (red) to player 5. Player 5 will make a bounce pass (blue) across the key to player 4. Player 4 will make an overhead pass (black) back to player one.\nWhen player 1 starts, by passing the ball to player 5, player 4 also has a ball and then passes the ball (overhead) to player 1. With two balls going, this basketball drill should be continuous. It is a great concentration basketball drill for all players, especially when you move them to different positions and they need to execute different passes.\nYou can increase the difficulty of this basketball drill by allowing one, or even two defenders to lightly defend the passes, so the players have to make quick decisions to keep the ball going in the passing triangle.\nResult – Better passing skills and players will learn to pass the ball quickly and accurately."}
{"text":"|Self-ascription, philosophy: self-attribution is the identification of properties by a subject that refers to itself through this act. The important fact is that this type of statements can claim a higher degree of certainty than external attribution b y a different person. See also certainty, attribution, ascription, truth conditions, privileged access, introspection, I, self, person._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |\nBooks on Amazon\n|Frank I 650\nSelf-ascription / Ryle: is like foreign attribution - we observe ourselves as we observes others - WittgensteinVs - DavidsonVs - 1st I usually know what I think before I pronounce it - 2nd I may be wrong - but still there are the same criteria as for foreign attribution._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution.\nDer Begriff des Geistes Stuttgart 1969\nM. Frank (Hrsg.)\nAnalytische Theorien des Selbstbewusstseins Frankfurt 1994"}
{"text":"In the real world, there are many and varied ideas we can comprehend, or at least find conceivable. However, there are concepts beyond our comprehension. This does not automatically make them unreal. One such concept is the imaginary number. Physically, the imaginary number is real. To date, however, no one has satisfactorily explained the phenomenon.\nSimplest CaseThe simplest imaginary number is the square root of –1. Does that sound like it should be no problem? Well, the square root of 1 has two values: –1 and 1. That can be proven. 1 x 1 = 1, right? And –1 x –1 = 1, right? Well, what number n is there, that multiplied times itself, equals –1? You don’t know, do you? Don’t feel bad. No one knows, at least not at this point. There is one thing that is known. Quantum mechanics expressions are not complete without the inclusion of imaginary numbers as a reality.\nImaginary Space?All imaginary numbers can be written as some “real” multiple of an imaginary number. The square root of –1 can be written as 1 times the square root of –1. Taking all of this into consideration, it should be obvious that it should be possible to create a coordinate system of imaginary space, with three components, one in the x-direction, one in the y-direction and one in the z-direction. These axes are assigned unit values of i, j and k.\nImaginary Time?As if imaginary space wasn’t bad enough, there is also the concept of imaginary time. The concept of imaginary time remains a bit more speculative. If may or may not prove to be a valid and demonstrable concept for the real world, rather than merely for hypothetical calculations. There is one thing to be said about it. One should not accept it merely on the basis of the name of the one who proposes it. Fact stands on its own merit.\nReferences: ← Back to Math-Logic-Design"}
{"text":"In Texas, discrimination by employers that is based on gender is prohibited by the Civil Rights Act of 1963 and the Equal Pay Act. Accordingly, gender may not be the basis for any employer decisions regarding pay, hiring policies, or promotion requirements. They must also ensure that the workplace environment is not hostile to a particular gender and that it is not overly sexual.\nWhat Must be Proven in a Discrimination Claim?\nUnder the Equal Pay Act, discrimination is proven when both men and women do the same type of work in the same job and yet are given different wages. Also, discrimination can be proven if the employer in Brazoria County is only hiring or issuing promotions based on one gender. A claim will also succeed if the employer retaliates against workers who seek relief for discrimination.\nWhen is Sexual Harassment Prohibited?\nAny unwelcome sexual behavior directed at the victim, including physical or verbal acts, is considered to be sexual harassment. An employer in Brazoria County may also potentially be held liable for inappropriate behavior that was conducted by an employee's co-worker.\nIf the employer allows conduct to create an overly sexual work environment, they might be held liable for sexual harassment in Texas. Gender discrimination is usually difficult to prove without a lawyer because the specifics of proving intent can be complicated. There are also detailed procedures that must be followed when pursuing a claim."}
{"text":"Are you considering participating in EU Code Week but you don’t know where to start?\nHere you can find free training materials & resources that will help you get started and plan your next innovative lesson.\nNo previous coding or programming experience is needed, and each module takes only around 15 minutes to complete. The modules introduce you to key concepts related to coding and computational thinking activities. In addition, the modules also give you practical tips and advice on how to integrate the concepts in your classroom.\nNow that you have completed one or more Code Week Learning Bits, we hope that you feel comfortable enough to bring some digital creativity to your classroom and pin your activity on the Code Week Map!\nYou can easily organise a lesson in your classroom, an open day, or an event at your school. Just find a date and register your activity on the Code Week map. Each activity organiser will get a certificate of participation for their effort.\nIf you would like to connect with an international group of enthusiastic teachers, join the EU Code Week Facebook group for teachers! To take a step further and collaborate with other schools in your country or across borders – join the Code Week 4 All challenge."}
{"text":"To ensure that you continue to receive these e-mails, please add firstname.lastname@example.org\nto your e-mail address book.\nMonday, July 2, 2018\nThey are the centerpiece of America's naval force, capable of projecting military power across the globe. The aircraft carrier is one of the most complicated, expensive and dangerous pieces of military equipment in the modern world.\nEmail the Editor\nToday's Random Fact:\nThe air wing of one Nimitz-class carrier is more powerful than the entire air force of more than half the world's nations. A Nimitz carrier can carry up to 90 combat aircraft.\nDuring World War II two aircraft carriers were stationed on the Great Lakes as training ships. Originally built as commercial paddle steamers, both ships were purchased by the navy in 1942 and converted into carriers. They trained over 17,800 pilots. One of them was future president George H. W. Bush.\nUSS Theodore Roosevelt was the first aircraft carrier to be assembled using modular construction. Having the modules pre-built and welded together saved an amazing 16 months on the construction.\nDuring World War II there were five pairs of U.S. carriers with the same name. All five ships had been sunk, and rebuilt to carry the same name. The Langley, The Lexington, The Yorktown, The Wasp, and The Hornet.\nAmerica's aircraft carriers are the largest in the world. The Nimitz class carriers have an overall length of 1,092 feet. The newest super carriers, the Gerald R. Ford class, have the same length, but carry about a 3,000 ton greater displacement than the Nimitz class."}
{"text":"“In 30 years … we won’t be able to have apples, avocados, blueberries, cherries, cranberries, cucumbers, melons, oranges, grapefruit, pumpkins, squash, sunflowers, tangerines, watermelon, clover, and alfalfa,” Jeffrey Hill writes in The Next American City.\nThere has been a buzz surrounding the dwindling honeybee population in the media for the past few years. But sadly, little has been done about it. A 2007 study by the American Beekeepers Association revealed that “since 1975, 80 percent of honeybee hives in the United States have been decimated by pesticides and a parasitic virus that is wiping out the species,” writes Hill.\nBig corporations haven’t been feeling the effects of the shortage, but small farmers are suffering; and so are the wallets of the produce-consuming public.\nWhat’s the solution? Hill says we should all be talking about it; don’t forget that the bee shortage has a major effect on one third of the human diet. Make the issue a real concern, and maybe a swarm of like-minded people will incite some change."}
{"text":"Hurricane season starts in June but peaks from August through November.\nAs we’re now in hurricane season, experts warn residents to pay more attention to storm surge and flooding, rather than wind strength. Most people lose their lives in hurricanes due to drowning, and flooding doesn’t just occur near the coast, but storms can reach hundreds of miles inland too from the torrential rainfall and flooding down rivers and streams.\nSome tips to prepare if a Hurricane is headed your way:\n1. Plan ahead of the storm.\n2. Have an emergency preparedness kit ready. Include a gallon of water a day per person and per pet for at least three days or four days.\n3. Keep your insurance policies and other important documents with your emergency kit or nearby.\n4. Know where and how you will evacuate. Make sure you have a plan, and include your pets if you have them.\n5. If you’re not in the storm surge or flood area, and are several miles inland in a secure structure and don’t plan to evacuate, then test your generator, have flashlights handy, and stock up on food and water. Over-evacuation is an issue, so if you’re in an area in which told it’s not necessary to evacuate, then don’t.\n6. Fill medications, prescriptions before a storm approaches.\n7. If elderly family members or friends rely on respirators, make sure they have a generator or an evacuation plan in case the power goes out.\n8. Cover windows with shutters or plywood.\n9. Store outdoor furniture, toys and other objects that could become projectiles.\n10. Get cash in case power outages prevent using ATMs.\n11. Pay close attention to forecasts and the National Hurricane Center for the latest information.\n12. Download an app through your emergency management agency, TV station or other source that warns about severe weather.\nIf you and your family do these basic things to prepare, then you’re ahead of the issue and will help in not making matters worse for your family and free up emergency responders to assist with others in dire need."}
{"text":"Pain and sorrow\nAsenath gave Joseph two sons, Joseph called the first-born, Manasseh meaning, “Causing to forget” and in verse 51, we can sense all the pain and sorrow Joseph went through, separated from his family and his country, and deprived of his freedom and his identity.\nBecause of Jesus\nIf Joseph would have reacted as a normal human being, he had longed for revenge with hate and bitterness, he knew this and thanked God for protecting his heart and mind, “God has made me forget all my trouble and hardship and all my father’s household.” Because of what Jesus was about to do many years later, Joseph could forgive Potiphar and his wife and all his brothers and enjoy life in Egypt in love and hard work. Do you need to forgive?\nAlways in Joseph’s heart\nJoseph had a second son and called him, Ephraim meaning fruitfulness, “God has caused me to be fruitful and very successful in the land of my suffering” God was always in Joseph’s heart and he praised God by what he called his sons. All the suffering in Egypt thought him his dependence on YaHaWaH his awesome God. Do you depend on God?\nAll the people came\nNow the seven years of plenty had gone and the seven barren years started, the famine ravished Egypt and the rest of the world, not any food anywhere and all the people came to Pharaoh for help; however, he sent them to Joseph.\nJoseph saved the world\nPharaoh could have used the situation to gain more land and power; however, he had learned to fear the God of Joseph and kept him in charge. Joseph saved the world from starving to death by opening all the granaries in Egypt, selling grain. God by Joseph saved the world and made Egypt an extremely wealthy nation.\n- Are you going through in your life “the same” as Joseph did?\n- Are we able to forget?\n- What does it take to fill your heart with the love of God?"}
{"text":"If you are like most people you’ve noticed how sometimes nutrition advice comes from a nutritionist and sometimes it comes from a dietitian or a registered dietitian (RD). And if you are like most people you’ve wondered – What is the difference?\nThe difference is that the term dietitian, and more significantly the RD, has a clear definition that includes an education based on the science of food and how the body uses that food. The Commission on Accreditation of Dietetic Education clearly outlines the coursework required for someone to call themselves a dietitian. In addition, the Commission of Dietetic Registration outlines the experience needed to take the credentialing exam and the continuing education needed to maintain the RD credential.\nOn the flip side, the term nutritionist does not have a nationally defined definition so the background of a nutritionist in California could be very different from one in Florida. Some state licensure boards have regulated the use of the title but regulations vary from state to state. All Registered Dietitians are nutritionists but not all nutritionists are Registered Dietitians.\nIf you want to find a nutrition professional who will provide information based on the science of food and nutrition turn to the RD. When you contact the RD make sure you discuss your personal goals for healthier eating because just as physicians have areas of specialty so to do RD’s. You want to make sure you work with someone who can assess your needs and help you develop an eating plan that is enjoyable, maintainable and based on the science of food and nutrition. You can locate an RD in your area by visiting www.eatright.org and clicking on “Find a Nutrition Professional”"}
{"text":"Real-LifeAn archive of questions and answers that may be of interest to puzzle enthusiasts.\nQuestion 1 - icecubes:\nYou have an old-fashioned refrigerator with a small freezer compartment which could hold seven ice cube trays stacked vertically, but there are no shelves to separate the trays. You have an unlimited supply of trays, each of which can make a dozen cubes, but if you stand one on top of another before it's frozen, it will nest part way into it and you won't get full cubes from the bottom tray. So, what is the fastest way to make ice cubes? Show Answer\nQuestion 2 - microwave:\nEvery morning when I warm my milk for breakfast, I put one cup of milk in the microwave (which is in working order) for exactly 84 seconds. Why? Show Answer"}
{"text":"Analysis of the F5gene by PCR amplification and sequencing of the coding region and splice junctions is the gold standard approach.\nHeritable factor V deficiency is an autosomal recessive rare bleeding disorder, caused by defects in the F5 gene. Clinical presentation can be severe or even life threatening. It often manifests from birth, with bleeding from the umbilical stalk. The majortiy of patients with factor V deficiency will have mucosal bleeding, and most females will also have menorrhagia. Some patients, with a null mutation and a FVLeiden polymorphism on the expressed allele may present with elevated thrombotic risk.\nSynonyms or keywords:\nFactor V deficiency"}
{"text":"What Is Salivary Gland Cancer?\nYour salivary glands consist of several different types of cells, and cancer can form in any of them. Salivary gland cancers are named according to cell type.\nHow quickly salivary gland cancers grow and spread varies considerably, with some types tending to grow faster than others. Doctors usually grade the cancers from low to high, based on how abnormal the cancers look under a microscope. The grade gives you a rough idea of how quickly the cancer is likely to grow and spread.\nSalivary gland cancers are classified as:\n- Low grade (well-differentiated). Low-grade tumors look very much like normal salivary gland cells. They tend to grow slowly and have a good outcome.\n- Intermediate grade (moderately-differentiated).Intermediate-grade tumors have an appearance and outlook that is between low and high.\n- High grade (poorly-differentiated). High grade tumors look quite different from normal cells and often grow and spread quickly. The outlook (prognosis) for these cancers is usually not as good as for lower-grade cancers"}
{"text":"Author: A.J. Herrington\nA recent study reveals that cannabis was a part of life for an ancient Chinese civilization, and that they used it for food, medicine and textiles.\nResearchers studying an ancient tomb in China have found direct evidence that cannabis was a staple food crop during the Tang dynasty more than 1,000 years ago.\nPrevious research into the civilizations of ancient China has shown that cannabis was an important crop for thousands of years, with historical texts showing that the plant’s seeds were a staple food consumed in a type of porridge. And now archaeological evidence from central China is confirming the significance of cannabis during the Tang dynasty, which ruled the country from 618 to 907 A.D."}
{"text":"Rangiora High School – Authentic and collaborative learning\nA new learning space at Rangiora High School has supported staff and students to teach and learn in different ways. These three videos describe Rangiora High School's journey in creating a connected curriculum that enables collaboration, greater learner agency, and authentic learning opportunities.\nDesigning an environment to support teaching and learning\n\"It offers an opportunity for diversity in what students are learning and how they're learning.\"\nCreating authentic learning experiences\n\"What we did at the start was to get the students to really think about things they were interested in, things they were passionate about, skills that they have. Then we looked at how they could turn one or more of those elements into an area of investigation.\"\nA collaborative approach to teaching and learning\n\"Students develop the learning plan. They develop the focus. My role is to oversee it and make sure that what they're doing is robust.\"\nHow does our school offer authentic learning opportunities to students?\nHow actively involved are our students in the learning process and in decision making about their learning?\nHow could we build a collaborative approach to teaching and learning at our school?\nAre our spaces flexible enough to allow students choice about how and where they work?\nFind out more"}
{"text":"Monkey Puzzle Tree\nType: Tree Lives In: Peru and Argentina Conservation Status: Vulnerable\nI'm sure I'm not alone in finding these eye-catching trees interesting. They hardly seem to fit in with the oak, birch, and plane trees so commonly found here in the UK, but where did they come from? Well, for starters, 'monkey puzzle tree' appears to be a mere nickname - its official name is 'araucaria araucana' and it is native to Chile and Argentina where it was discovered in the 1780's. It's one of the slowest-growing trees in the conifer family and also one of the longest-lived - in it natural habitat it can live for as long as 1,000 years. Its nickname comes from the fact that every inch of it (except the trunk) is covered in hard, scale-like leaves which would no doubt cause monkeys and other trees-dwellers some problems in moving around it! Amusingly, its French name translates as 'monkeys despair' so I guess we're not the only ones to have noticed that!\nWhy They Are Awesome: Because they puzzle monkeys, of course!"}
{"text":"The Northrop T-38 Talon is a two-seat, twin-engined supersonic jet trainer. It was the world's first supersonic trainer and is also the most produced. The T-38 remains in service as of 2015 in air forces throughout the world.\nThe United States Air Force (USAF) operates the most T-38s. In addition to training USAF pilots, the T-38 is used by NASA. The US Naval Test Pilot School is the principal US Navy operator (other T-38s were previously used as USN aggressor aircraft until replaced by the similar Northrop F-5 Tiger II). Pilots of other NATO nations fly the T-38 in joint training programs with USAF pilots.\nAs of 2015, the T-38 has been in service for over 50 years with its original operator, the United States Air Force.\nFlightGear's T-38 uses a 2D cockpit, and demonstrates how instruments can be minimized and maximized in 2D panels. Although the real aircraft does not have a radar, it was chosen to be a demonstrator of radar in the simulator, and can therefore display AI aircraft on a radar screen.\n- Flaps are extended by default\n- Front cockpit seat is not solid, and can be seen through when looking from behind.\n- No pilot or co-pilot visible in cockpit\n- Aircraft has no shadow\n- No aircraft lighting available\n- No textures used\n- No stick, rudder, throttle, gear and flap objects\n- Engines have no sound\n- Engine sound in cockpit does not differ from outside engine sound\n- No HUD available\n- No sound when toggling flaps"}
{"text":"- 3,99 €\nFeaturing over 2,000 common words, this is the ideal first Spanish dictionary for kids just starting out on their language learning journey.\nEach Spanish word is supported by a photo, encouraging visual learning, and a pronunciation, so that children aged 6 and up can get to grips with Spanish. First Spanish Dictionary includes subjects relevant to children, such as school, pets, and sports. Learn how to say la cocina, los hobbys, and de compras and understand their meanings with a handy vocabulary section and plenty of pictures.\nFirst Spanish Dictionary is essential for parents and teachers who are keen to teach kids Spanish as a second language.\nSections covered: All about Me, Clothes, Home and Garden, City Life, In the Park, Hobbies, Food, Shopping, Animals, Nature, Beach, School, Sports, Colours and Shapes, Opposites, and Weather.\nPrevious ISBN 9781405311229"}
{"text":"THE AKAITCHO TERRITORY DENE FIRST NATIONS\n(\" the AKAITCHO DFN\" )\nHER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA\nTHE GOVERNMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES\n(Together known as the \"Parties\")\n1. The Crown entered into Treaty #8 with the ancestors of the Akaitcho DFN at Deninu Kue in 1900;\n2. The ancestors of the Akaitcho DFN entered into Treaty #8 with the understanding that it was for as long as the sun shines, the rivers flow and the grass grows;\n3. The Parties have entered into a Framework Agreement on July 25, 2000 to guide the negotiation of the Akaitcho agreement;\n4. The Parties recognize that certain lands within Akaitcho DFN asserted territory are of environmental, cultural, economic and spiritual importance to the Akaitcho DFN.\n5. The Parties have recognized that appropriate interim measures are necessary in order to advance negotiations."}
{"text":"Michigan Girl Finds Skeleton of Extinct Elk\nEastern Elk, Michigan\n10-year-old Sonja Moehle found the skeleton of a representative of the extinct Eastern subspecies of Elk (Cervus canadensis canadensis).\nEastern Elk were larger.\nThe Eastern elk subspecies existed in North America until 1877, when the last known specimen was shot in Pennsylvania. It was noted by scientists as being much larger than the elk species of today, boasting racks as long as six feet in length. Eastern bull elk could stand as tall as 60 inches at the shoulder and weigh more than a thousand pounds.\nNot everyone believes they are totally extinct, however. It is suspected that some form of the elk subspecies still lives on—in New Zealand. Former US President Theodore Roosevelt gifted a small herd of elk to New Zealand in 1905. Experts believe that the herd included several individuals of Eastern elk, which may have eventually begun breeding with local animals.\nSonja and her father have started a Kickstarter funding page to raise enough money for DNA-testing of her Elk."}
{"text":"Two of the most common signs of skin cancer are moles that change in size or appearance or an open skin wound that isn't healing. The exact symptoms of skin cancer vary according to the type, WebMD states.Continue Reading\nThere are three primary types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma, according to Mayo Clinic. The signs of basal cell carcinoma appear in areas where the skin is most exposed to the sun, Mayo Clinic states. Bumps that have a pearly appearance and flat brown scar-like lesions indicate that basal cell carcinoma is present. Other signs include spots with a dent in the center and reddish, brown, bluish patches on the skin, according to WebMD.\nSquamous cell carcinoma is also likely to appear on sun-exposed areas, according to Mayo Clinic. Physical signs of the cancer include flat crusty lesions or firm red nodules on the skin. Flat bumps that begin to bleed without healing also indicate squamous cell carcinoma is present, WebMD states.\nMelanoma is the most dangerous form of skin cancer. Changes in the size or shape of a mole may indicate it is present. Multicolored spots featuring irregular borders that may or may not bleed are also warning signs, WebMD states. Individuals at risk of melanoma should also look out for moles larger than the size of a pencil eraser.Learn more about Cancer"}
{"text":"Triple negative breast cancer has lower survival rates and is defined more by what it is 'not.'\nDr. Priyanka Sharma, University of Kansas Cancer Center, says it is not a death sentence, though.\nThe University of Kansas Cancer Center is putting together a registry, the first of its kind in the world.\nDr. Sharma says they still don't understand the molecular drivers and biology of Triple Negative Cancer.\nFor more resources: KUCancerCenter.org\nThere are three main risk factors for breast cancer: Age, family history, and a pre-cancerous biopsy. Dr. Carol Fabian, Breast Cancer Prevention Center & Survivorship Center director, says women who are obese have an increased risk of breast cancer. Your risk of getting breast cancer increases as you age. Alcohol can also become a risk factor. Learn more about breast cancer prevention in the video player below."}
{"text":"Children recently attended “Georges birthday party” where they were introduced to various animal and together enjoyed his birthday party. Now they were engaged in making gifts for George .The main objective of the activity was to enable children develop their creative expression. Children were offered colorful crayons, glitter paper and other craft material to articulate their thoughts in their sketch files. Few drew teddy bears, ice creams, candy images for George while others made a gift box with glitter paper in their sketch file. The activity helped enhanced other developmental aspects of children like vocabulary, expression and fine motor skills."}
{"text":"Geometry was the first system of ideas in which a few simple statements were assumed and then used to derive more complex ones. A system such as this is referred to as a deductive system. Geometry introduces you to the ideas of deduction and logical consequences, ideas you will continue to use throughout your life.\nReady to get your logical, geometric brain warmed up? A postulate is a statement that is assumed true without proof. A theorem is a true statement that can be proven. Listed below are the first six postulates and the theorems that can be proven from these postulates.\nPostulate 1: A line contains at least two points.\nPostulate 2: A plane contains at least three non collinear points.\nPostulate 3: Through any two points, there is exactly one line.\nPostulate 4: Through any three noncollinear points, there is exactly one plane.\nPostulate 5: If two points lie in a plane, then the line joining them lies in that plane.\nPostulate 6: If two planes intersect, then their intersection is a line.\nTheorem 1: If two lines intersect, then they intersect in exactly one point.\nTheorem 2: If a point lies outside a line then exactly one plane contains both the line and the point.\nTheorem 3: If two lines intersect, then exactly one plane contains both lines."}
{"text":"RARE DISEASE DAY – FEBRUARY 29th\nAbout Rare Disease Day\nRare Disease Day is the international awareness-raising campaign for rare diseases. Since Rare Disease Day started in 2008, thousands of events have taken place throughout the world, reaching millions of people.\nThe theme for Rare Disease Day 2020 is ‘We Are The 300 Million’. There are over 300 million people worldwide living with a rare disease. Together across borders, and across the 6000+ rare diseases we work towards more equitable access to diagnosis, treatment, care and social opportunity.\nOur key message for Rare Disease Day 2020 is that:\n- Rare is many worldwide.\n- Rare is strong every day.\n- Rare is proud everywhere.\nThank you for participating!"}
{"text":"The objectives of emergency preparedness are to protect the impacted population and the basis for their livelihood, and to limit the effects of an event. The tasks and duties of bodies at federal, cantonal, regional and commune level, and of the operators of nuclear plants, are stipulated in the Emergency Preparedness Ordinance.\nMADUK consists of four subsidiary networks located within a radius of 6 kilometres of each Swiss nuclear power plant and the Paul Scherrer Institute.\nENSI operates an automatic dose-rate monitoring network in the vicinity of nuclear facilities. Readings are transmitted round the clock to ENSI. You find the real time measurements here.\nDispersion calculations are carried out in the event of an incident in a nuclear power plant that represents a risk to humans.\nThe International Nuclear Event Scale (INES), which comprises seven levels, is applied throughout the world."}
{"text":"For this oil pastel drawing assignment, I invited students to use their imaginations to create their own building compositions on black or purple construction paper.\nThey could start the building drawing using the basic building shapes from the California Missions and think about stacking, side-by-side or one shape within another (see photo to left). They could also use the photos of missions or houses as reference. Or they could use imagination or memory to begin the drawing. I mostly left the content of the drawing up to the students--my only 'must do's' were that the students use oil pastel, draw one or more buildings, follow the drawing expectations (see photo to left) with the addition that if they wanted an area to be black on black paper to use black oil pastel to fill in the space (the same for purple paper--spaces to be left purple must be filled with purple oil pastel.)\nI gave early finishers a challenge: draw a second scene with the building far away (in the distance) and think about if they could draw something else in the foreground (close up). See drawing # 6 below for an example of a student who took this challenge.\nThe examples below show the wide variety of ways the students approached this assignment. Some drawings are based on observations of the building photos--an example is #1 below. Other drawings, #2 for example, are drawn from prior knowledge of conventions for drawing a house. In other drawings (see #11), the students used combinations of the basic shapes to create their building compositions. In one class, students came up with the great idea of taping several sheets of construction paper together to create a larger drawing--see # 9 and #14."}
{"text":"Canterbury Museum's exhibition Exhibition: Canterbury and World War One: Lives Lost, Lives Changed opened on 30 November 2017. The displays follow the experiences of Cantabrians who served on the battlefields of Europe and the Middle East as well as those they left behind. The exhibition runs until 11 November 2018. Admission is free.\nThe Air Force Museum of New Zealand has a new exhibition.\nThe First World War was the most destructive conflict the world had ever seen. Over four years, the political map of Europe was redrawn and empires and governments were overthrown. 17 million people died and 20 million more were injured in mind or body."}
{"text":"Addis count Ad·dis count (ād’ĭs)\nThe number of red blood cells, white blood cells, and casts in a twelve-hour urine specimen, used to follow the progress of kidney disease.\n- Addison’s disease\na disease characterized by asthenia, low blood pressure, and a brownish coloration of the skin, due to decreased secretion of cortisol from the adrenal cortex, resulting in hypoadrenalism. noun a disease characterized by deep bronzing of the skin, anaemia, and extreme weakness, caused by underactivity of the adrenal glands Also called adrenal insufficiency Addison’s disease […]\nJoseph, 1672–1719, English essayist and poet. Thomas, 1793–1860, English physician. a town in NE Illinois. Contemporary Examples Clover, Mia, Addison, and Jane have developed that typical lasting friendship that comes from rooming together freshman year. Deborah Copaken Kogan’s Novel ‘The Red Book’ Examines the Cult of Achievement Katharine Herrup April 3, 2012 “Dr. Addison has […]\n- Addison’s clinical plane\naddison’s clinical plane Addison’s clinical plane n. Any of a series of planes used in thoracoabdominal topography. See under interspinal plane, intertubercular plane, lateral plane, median plane, transpyloric plane, and transthoracic plane.\n- Addison’s anemia\naddison’s anemia Addison’s anemia Ad·di·son’s anemia (ād’ĭ-sənz) or ad·di·so·ni·an anemia (ād’ĭ-sō’nē-ən) n. See pernicious anemia."}
{"text":"Dr. Lori Alvord: From Navajo Healing Ceremonies To 21st Century Medicine\nThis program will be broadcast on Sunday, August 24 at 9 p.m.\nTraditional Navajo ceremonies contribute to healing the human body at multiple levels. Navajo healing, using chant, prayer, and guided imagery, has been shown to change how the brain functions (neuroplasticity). The Navajo approach to keeping the physical body strong is a blend of mind-body medicine. The Navajo healing ceremony, an archetype of the Native culture, demonstrates the blend of traditional foods, Native spirituality, and connection within the community and to the natural world.\nLori Arviso Alvord, MD, a Navajo, was raised on the reservation in Crownpoint, New Mexico. Dr. Alvord left to attend an Ivy League institution; she completed medical school and became a surgeon. Dr. Alvord returned to the reservation to provide surgical care, and develop a model of health care that was acceptable to Navajo people. Her award winning book, \"The Scalpel and the Silver Bear,\" an autobiography, has sold over 50,000 copies.\nQuestions from the audience:"}
{"text":"Jump to navigation Jump to search\n|The Simple English Wiktionary has a definition for: class.|\nClass could mean:\n- Social class refers to the differences between groups in societies or cultures, and is a basic idea in economics, sociology and other social sciences\n- Class (education), a group of students in a course or lesson\n- Class (biology), a rank used in taxonomy\n- Class (philosophy), distinguishes between classes and types\n- Class (set theory), in mathematics\n- Travel class\nMedia, entertainment and sport[change | change source]\n- Character class in role-playing games and other genres\n- Class (film), a romantic comedy released in 1983\n- Class: A Guide Through the American Status System, a book by Paul Fussell\n- The Class, a CBS sitcom which began in fall 2006\n- Class, known as one-design in sailing, where boats built the same way race against each other\nTechnology[change | change source]\n- Appliance classes, in making electric appliances\n- Class (emission), a type of radio emission\n- Ship class, in a navy, a set of vessels that are built the same way\nComputer science[change | change source]\n- Class (programming), related to object-oriented programming\n- Class (file format), a Java file format\n- Class (warez), a warez group that stopped being used\n- Class attribute, a part of many HTML and XHTML elements, such as span and div, often to help apply styles\nRailroads[change | change source]\n- Class (locomotive), a railroad locomotive design as assigned by the railroad\n- The classification of United States railroads by income:\nOther[change | change source]\n- Classes of United States Senators\n- CLASS, Community Leaders At Service of Society, a non-profit organization in Silicon Valley, California.\n- \"Class\", British slang word meaning \"great\" or \"fabulous\".\n| This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Class.\nIf an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article."}
{"text":"Coping with bullying is very difficult. Bullies are everywhere, with a reported 90% of children stating that they have been bullied at one time in their life, according to Bullying.org. More than simply making fun of someone, the daily taunting, and berating of a child can affect their performance in school and emotional well-being, and […]\nWhat is Anxiety?\nWhat is anxiety? Anxiety or generalized anxiety disorder is a debilitating mental disorder characterized by excessive fears or worries about everyday things in life. The constant worrying is unrealistic and is characterized by a state of unease or apprehension that is exaggerated or out of proportion to the situation. Individuals who experience this are in […]\nWhat is Depression?\nWhat is depression? Depression is a mental illness that is correlated with a chemical imbalance in the brain that affects the body and mind. This imbalance can cause changes in mood, behavior, thinking, and physical well-being. The symptoms vary from person to person but are generally signified by feelings of sadness, hopelessness, worthlessness, and loss […]"}
{"text":"2004 INDEXCountry Ranks\nHoly See (Vatican City) Index\nHoly See (Vatican City) Introduction - 2004\nSOURCE: 2004 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK\nPopes in their secular role ruled portions of the Italian peninsula for more than a thousand years until the mid 19th century, when many of the Papal States were seized by the newly united Kingdom of Italy. In 1870, the pope's holdings were further circumscribed when Rome itself was annexed. Disputes between a series of \"prisoner\" popes and Italy were resolved in 1929 by three Lateran Treaties, which established the independent state of Vatican City and granted Roman Catholicism special status in Italy. In 1984, a concordat between the Holy See and Italy modified certain of the earlier treaty provisions, including the primacy of Roman Catholicism as the Italian state religion. Present concerns of the Holy See include religious freedom, international development, the Middle East, terrorism, the failing health of Pope John Paul II, interreligious dialogue and reconciliation, and the application of church doctrine in an era of rapid change and globalization. About 1 billion people worldwide profess the Catholic faith.\nNOTE: The information regarding Holy See (Vatican City) on this page is re-published from the 2004 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Holy See (Vatican City) Introduction 2004 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Holy See (Vatican City) Introduction 2004 should be addressed to the CIA."}
{"text":"April 11, 2013\nWhat is Fermi?\nThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is a NASA observatory designed to reveal the high-energy universe in never-before-seen detail. With Fermi, astronomers have a unique tool to explore high-energy processes associated with solar flares, spinning neutron stars, outbursts from black holes, exploding stars, supernova remnants and energetic particles to gain insight into how the universe works.\nFermi detects gamma rays, the most powerful form of light. How powerful? The energy of visible light falls between 2 and 3 electron volts, but the gamma rays detected by Fermi have energies several thousand to billions of times greater."}
{"text":"ability to feel\nthing that is felt through the mind or the senses\nstrong emotion, especially of discontent, resentment, etc.\nperson's emotions rather than intellect\n\"she had a feeling of euphoria\"\n\"he had terrible feelings of guilt\"\n\"I disliked him and the feeling was mutual\"\n\"his impression of her was favorable\"\n\"what are your feelings about the crisis?\"\n\"it strengthened my belief in his sincerity\"\n\"I had a feeling that she was lying\"\n\"the feel of the city excited him\"\n\"a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting\"\n\"it had the smell of treason\"\n\"he had a queasy feeling\"\n\"I had a strange feeling in my leg\"\n\"he lost all feeling in his arm\"\n\"she likes the touch of silk on her skin\"\n\"the surface had a greasy feeling\"\n\"he had a great feeling for music\"\nThe Sense of Feeling can indeed give us a Notion of..Shape."}
{"text":"Find out more about autism and its characteristics.\nUnderstand the diagnosis process and the benefits of early diagnosis.\nInformation about the intervention process.\nLearn how to find, evaluate, and understand autism research studies.\nA resource for family members of persons with an autism spectrum disorder.\nPrint useful forms and worksheets to aid in everyday life."}
{"text":"This course is designed to give students the skills required for primary laptop use. This text is published in collaboration with MIT News Publication doesn’t imply endorsement of views by the World Financial Forum. Due to assistive know-how students from preschool to varsity are in a position to participate in the classroom and reside as unbiased lives as possible.\nThere are 9 departments and over eighty laboratories, facilities, and programs under the jurisdiction of the College of Engineering. Nevertheless it ought to be remembered that such delusions are nourished by out-sized claims about the universal dominion of science.\nWhen you’ve got the center, take a gander at the most promising new computer technologies. It is protected to say that most kids don’t use their tablets to remain updated on the most recent scientific discoveries or world news! However, still, most software program builders at the moment may probably not see what might presumably interest them to develop applications for the platform.\nThe Faculty has 19 years of expertise offering engineering online with 4 master’s degrees and 18 certificates accessible. Listed here are a couple extra stable suggestions which might be known to be dependable and specs-compliant for those in the engineering field.\nWhen you extrapolate the event of about forty years of laptop expertise that lies behind us into the long run, as an example a couple of thousand years, you would possibly become convinced that in some distant future pc know-how is so superior that we couldn’t distinguish pc life from actual life."}
{"text":"Holbrook Primary School\nWhere learning is fun!\nMaths - Friday\nTo use the language of rotation\nIn this lesson, we will explore rotation, including a quarter, half, three-quarter and full turn. (Lesson 10)\nMore turning practice...\nClick here for more information."}
{"text":"Cramming is a legitimate way to review learned material just before a big test. It gives students a chance to go back over notes, completed assignments, and supplemental materials which have all of the information needed to help them pass a test.\nStudents don't retain the information gleaned from cramming just before a test. As soon as the test is over, all of that crammed information is immediately brain-dumped, and is of no use for future applications which require said knowledge.\n[P1] Cramming is the best way to study for a test.\nRejecting the premises\n[Rejecting P1] Cramming only prepares students for the short term, not the long term."}
{"text":"There are two main tools used to perform scheduled tasks, at and cron. You may also like to try anacron if your computer does not run continuously, as cron will only work if your computer is left on (anacron can catch up with the scheduled tasks the next time the computer is on...).\nat now + time\nat -f shell_script now + 1 hour\nAnacron: anacron is another tool designed for systems which are not always on, such as home computers\nWhile cron will not run if the computer is off, anacron will simply run the command when the computer is next on (it catches up with things).\nday of month\n1-12 (or names, see below)\nday of week\n0-7 (0 or 7 is Sun, or use three letter names)\nThere are also a number of shortcut methods for common tasks, including:\n@yearly --- same as 0 0 1 1 *\n@annually --- same as @yearly\n@monthly --- same as 0 0 1 * *\n@weekly --- same as 0 0 * * 0\n@daily --- same as 0 0 * * *\n@midnight --- same as @daily\n@hourly --- same as 0 * * * *\nStep values can be used in conjunction with ranges. Following a range with ``/<number>'' specifies skips of the number's value through the range. For example, ``0-23/2'' can be used in the hours field to specify command execution every other hour (the alternative in the V7 standard is ``0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22''). Steps are also permitted after an asterisk, so if you want to say ``every two hours'', just use ``*/2''.\nWhen writing a crontab entry you simply type in six fields separated by spaces, the first five are those listed in the table (using numbers or letters and numbers as appropriate), the 6th field is the command to be executed and any options, cron will read everything up until the newline.\n5 4 * * sun echo \"run at 5 after 4 every sunday\"\nThis information has come from (without editing) a post on the LinuxChix techtalk mailing list, please see  in the Bibliography for further information.\nThis information comes from the cron manual page with small additions (no changes to original content), refer to  in the Bibliography for further information."}
{"text":"Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao were the winners in British Columbia of the 2012 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada. After a visit to a Vancouver waste station, Wang and Yao were blown away by the enormous amount of waste in plastic. Plastic is very hard to sort for recycling — all types have a similar density. Says Wang, “Plastics are useful, but the downside of this convenience is that plastics cause serious problems like the destruction of ecosystems.”\nSo Wang and Yao decided to see if there was a way to break them down … with bacteria! It’s a cool idea, but difficult. They made a proposal in grade 12: Find a bacteria from local river to metabolize phthalates. Phthalates are a component of plastic, but they’re not well bonded, so they easily pollute and are found in products like babies’ toys, cosmetics, food wraps. In fact, the EPA has classified them as a top-priority pollutant.\nWang and Yao figured that if there were places along the local river that were contaminated, then maybe bacteria have evolved to degrade them. So they met a professor who gave them lab space and set to work. They collected samples from three sites, and enriched cultures with phthalates as the only food source. And they discovered that “bacteria can do it” — several local species had indeed evolved to metabolize phthalates. They DNA-sequenced the bacteria, and found several that were not previously associated with phthalate degradation. That’s a real discovery.\nMost interestingly, Wang says, “We found the most efficient degraders came from the local landfill.” Nature was indeed evolving ways of dealing with the problem, one that we could someday use. Yao finishes by noting, “We weren’t the first ones to break down phthalates, but we were the first ones to look into our local river and find a possible solution to a local problem.”\nMiranda Wang and Jeanny Yao’s talk is now available for viewing. Watch it on TED.com »"}
{"text":"Roe v. Wade(redirected from 410 U.S. 113)\nAlso found in: Medical, Legal.\nRoe v. Wade,case decided in 1973 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Along with Doe v. Bolton, this decision legalized abortionabortion,\nexpulsion of the products of conception before the embryo or fetus is viable. Any interruption of human pregnancy prior to the 28th week is known as abortion. The term spontaneous abortion, or miscarriage, is used to signify delivery of a nonviable embryo or fetus due\n..... Click the link for more information. in the first trimester of pregnancy. The decision, written by Justice Harry Blackmun and based on the residual right of privacy, struck down dozens of state antiabortion statutes. The decision was based on two cases, that of an unmarried woman from Texas, where abortion was illegal unless the mother's life was at risk, and that of a poor, married mother of three from Georgia, where state law required permission for an abortion from a panel of doctors and hospital officials. While establishing the right to an abortion, this decision gave states the right to intervene in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy to protect the woman and the \"potential\" life of the unborn child. Denounced by the National Council of Bishops, the decision gave rise to a vocal antiabortion movement that put pressure on the courts and created an anti-Roe litmus test for the judicial appointments of the Reagan and Bush administrations (1981–93). In a 1989 case, Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, the court, while not striking down Roe, limited its scope, permitting states greater latitude in regulating and restricting abortions. Then in 1992, in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the court reaffirmed the abortion rights granted in Roe v. Wade, while permitting further restrictions.\nSee N. McCorvey with A. Meisler, I Am Roe (1994); N. E. H. Hull and P. C. Hoffer, Roe v. Wade: The Abortion Rights Controversy in American History (2001, rev. ed. 2010)."}
{"text":"Badminton officials in Indonesia are concerned that the growing threat of another Bird Flu epidemic could have a devastating effect on availability of shuttlecocks in the country.\nA ban has been placed on poultry imports including dried duck feathers -used to make shuttlecocks - into Indonesia from China in an attempt to stop the spread of the H7N9 strain of the disease, which has so far killed 33 people.\nThe strain is different from the one which killed more than 360 people in 2003 - and is a form not previously found in humans.\nThe ban has left officials worried there could be a shortage of shuttlecocks in the country, with 40% currenlty in use being shipped in from overseas, mainly from China.\nRicky Subagia, a spokesman for the Indonesian Badminton Association [PBSI] admits he is concerned over the effect the issue could have on one of the country's favourite sports.\n\"I hope the ban won’t last long as I’m afraid that it will have an impact,\" he said.\nIndonesia have been a major force in world badminton in recent years and had won gold at every Olympic games since the sport was introduced in 1992 - although they enjoyed a less than successful London 2012.\nThe country failed to secure a medal in the sport having scooped gold in the men's doubles in Beijing in 2008.\nDo YOU want to write for GiveMeSport? Get started today by signing-up and submitting an article HERE: http://gms.to/writeforgms"}
{"text":"Because of the dry conditions in metro Atlanta, the Marietta Fire Department reminds citizens a ban on outdoor burning is in effect through September.\nWhere and when does the ban apply\nThe burn ban is in effect in Marietta and 45 Georgia counties from May 1 through September 30 each year\nWhat types of open burning are banned\n- Burning of leaves, tree limbs, or other yard wastes\n- Burning of vegetative waste from land clearing\n- Burning over of forest land by the owners of the land\nFires that are allowed\n- Fires for carrying out recognized agricultural practices\n- Fires for recreational purposes or for cooking food\n- Fires for training fire-fighting personnel\nWhy the ban is needed\nDuring the summer months in metro Atlanta, the ozone in the air we breathe can reach unhealthy levels. Ozone is formed when volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides coming from manmade and natural sources react in the presence of sunlight. A major source of these pollutants is the burning of fuels and other combustible materials.\nThe Georgia Environmental Protection Division has identified open burning as a significant contributor of the pollutants that form ozone. Therefore, open burning in metro Atlanta and the surrounding areas must be restricted during the summer months.\nFor more information, call the Marietta Fire Department at 770-794-5466."}
{"text":"Twidale, M. B., & Nichols, D. M. (2006). Computational sense: the role of technology in the education of digital librarians. (Working paper series. University of Waikato, Department of Computer Science. No. 10/2006). Hamilton, New Zealand: University of Waikato.\nPermanent Research Commons link: http://hdl.handle.net/10289/40\nThe rapid progress of digital library technology from research to implementation has created a force for change in the curricula of library schools. The education of future librarians has always had to adapt to new technologies but the pace, complexity and implications of digital libraries pose considerable challenges. In this article we explore how we might successfully blend elements of computer science and library science to produce effective educational experiences for the digital librarians of tomorrow. We first outline the background to current digital librarian education and then propose the concept of computational sense as an appropriate meeting point for these two disciplines.\nDepartment of Computer Science, University of Waikato\n- 2006 Working Papers"}
{"text":"A bubble diagram is a diagram which represents information visually in the form of a series of bubbles. Bubble diagrams can be used to compare concepts, identify areas of similarity and difference, present a wide variety of information for the purpose of activities like presentations, planning out designs, and developing strategy. One case in which the bubble diagram is widely used is in the development of plans for landscaping and architecture.\nThe bubbles can be used to represent different kinds of spaces in a plan, varying in shape to represent features of greater or lesser importance and size. The bubble diagram can create a rough sense of flow which is used to develop a more refined plan. Moreover, bubble diagram is a diagram with a bubble presentation of data and the size of a bubble is a parameter of data, too. For example, it can display the importance of the data in diagram or its value. So you can operate three parameters on 2-dimensional diagram - X and Y coordinates of a bubble and its size.\nBubble Diagram Software\nEdraw is rather a lightweight yet incredibly powerful diagramming tool, which helps you create Bubble Diagram in the easiest way. It contains a large collection of shapes and examples, as well as an intuitive interface and automated tools, which helps you design and customize the drawing with free templates. All the beautiful diagrams you have designed can be easily exported and printed in a strict correspondence with the screen picture.\nDownload Bubble Diagram Software\nBubble Diagram Symbols\nEdraw bubble diagram templates offer you plenty of bubble shapes including circle, ellipse, cloud, main idea, grey bubble, blue bubble, pink bubble, iridescence bubble, highlight circle, highlight ellipse, highlight cloud, highlight main idea, connector."}
{"text":"There are many causes of discolouration of one or a few teeth, including decay, old stained fillings and enamel defects. Some patients may have general or widespread discolouration of their teeth as a result of being given certain kinds of antibiotics, too much fluoride as a child, or simply as a result of the way the teeth have developed and aged.\nIt is possible to achieve a considerable lightening in many cases using simple tooth whitening techniques. In the past this kind of general discolouration might have been treated by crowning the teeth.\nTreatments usually involve taking accurate impressions of the teeth and constructing a thin clear soft plastic splint, which precisely fits over them. At night the splints are filled with a slow release bleaching jelly, which over a period of time lightens the teeth. Occasionally mild sensitivity may arise so we like to oversee the treatment - follow up appointments are therefore required\nIn some cases a very rapid result can be achieved, and in others the process may be slower. However there is no great hurry and the process is harmless if properly supervised.\nA more rapid result may be achieved using in-surgery techniques, where a stronger whitening agent is activated by a bright light under the careful control of the dental therapist or hygienist.\nWhen the teeth have been bleached it may be necessary to replace fillings (if they are present) to a lighter shade. Where severe staining will not respond to bleaching, porcelain veneers may be a suitable alternative in some cases."}
{"text":"Below you can find the full step by step solution for you problem. We hope it will be very helpful for you and it will help you to understand the solving process.\nIf it's not what You are looking for type in the calculator fields your own values, and You will get the solution.\nTo get the Least Common Multiple (LCM) of 382 and 864 we need to factor each value first and then we choose all the factors which appear in any column and multiply them:\n|382: ||2|| || || || || || || ||191|\n|864: ||2||2||2||2||2||3||3||3|| |\nThe Least Common Multiple (LCM) is: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 191 = 165024"}
{"text":"Invasive species are perhaps the greatest stressor currently facing the Great Lakes aquatic ecosystem. Some of them, like the Asian carps, have been identified as potential invasive species. Asian carp are highly abundant in the Illinois River and have been captured 47 miles away from Lake Michigan. They threaten to invade the Great Lakes and disrupt aquatic food webs and fisheries through their voracious consumption of large volumes of plankton. CIGLR has produced models for Lake Erie that show if Asian carps were to invade, they would dominate the fish community and seriously devalue the vital recreational and commercial fisheries present there. Currently, Dr. Hongyan Zhang, Peter Alsip (University of Michigan graduate student) and colleagues are working to develop similar ecosystem models to assess the Asian carp threat in the other Great Lakes and their embayments."}
{"text":"Official preliminary data from the U.K.’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has revealed that the country added 900 MW of solar capacity in the first six months of the year.\nCumulative installed PV capacity stood at 11,872 MW at the end of 2016, the BEIS data shows, rising to 12,720 MW by June 30. This is preliminary data and is expected to rise, BEIS stressed.\nThe main surge of solar installations arrived prior to March 31, which was the cut-off date for the remaining renewable obligation certificates (ROCs) for large-scale solar farms not larger than 5 MW that qualified for a grace period. Between February and March, the data shows, the U.K.’s solar sector added 670 MW, of which 530 MW was added in March alone. Of that figure, two-thirds were built in the 50 kW to 5 MW range.\nHowever, since March 31, solar installations have slowed significantly, with less than 100 MW installed in the second quarter.\nOverall, the U.K. now has 922,509 installations of solar PV, of which 46% – or 5,890 MW – is derived from solar farms larger than 5 MW.\nResidential rooftop solar PV (systems below 4 kW in size) represent 20%, or 2,502 MW, of the entire U.K. fleet.\nThese record levels of cumulative solar capacity are having an impact on the country’s energy mix. Data from Imperial College London found that coal supplied just 2% of the U.K.’s power in the first half of 2017, down from around 40% as recently as 2012. On a handful of days in June, solar, nuclear and wind power met 70% of the country’s energy needs, bringing the U.K.’s carbon intensity of power production below 100g of CO2 per kWh for the first time ever.\nThis content is protected by copyright and may not be reused. If you want to cooperate with us and would like to reuse some of our content, please contact: firstname.lastname@example.org."}
{"text":"by Morley Evans\nBelow, is a chart from an article on the United States public debt  that shows the estimated ownership of Federal Securities. To whom does the United States owe money?\nThe chart shows Other investors (4%), Insurance companies, State and local governments (Pensions), U.S. Savings bonds, Depository institutions, Mutual funds (6%), State and local governments (5%), Foreign and international (28%), Federal Reserve and Intragovernmental Holdings (47%).\nForeign investors (Japan and China own half of this) and the Federal Reserve own 75% of the debt and everybody else owns 25% of the debt. The Fed owns approximately half of all U.S. Debt.\nEveryone but the Federal Reserve, including Foreign investors, buys U.S. Federal Securities with U.S. dollars they get when they build widgets and sell them for more than it cost to make them. The government pays interest to investors who have purchased U.S. Securities.\nWhere does the Federal Reserve get the dollars it uses to buy U.S. Securities which are used (along with taxes) to fund the United States government? Does the Federal Reserve make widgets? What does the Federal Reserve do?  Does the Fed create dollars out of thin air and then loan them to the United States government?\nThe Federal Reserve is an unbelievably complicated system so what it is doing is concealed in plain sight, but the answer to the last question is yes.\nSelling more debt to pay the interest on what has already been sold — and to pay for even more spending — is a Ponzi scheme. Creating money out of thin air is counterfeiting. The world's financial system — not its economy — is based on this criminal operation which appears to be out of control and approaching collapse. Could we not have honest money?"}
{"text":"In Delaware, scientists, state agencies and local partners are working together to understand how climate change is affecting our state.\nClimate change is already affecting Delaware. Over the coming years, we can anticipate even worse effects–more days of dangerously high heat, heavier precipitation, and sea level rise that leads to significant flooding.\nThe Delaware Climate Change Impact Assessment breaks down past and projected future climate trends in Delaware, and what these mean for Delaware’s public health, water resources, agriculture, infrastructure, and ecosystems. Read the full report or a 12-page summary.\nThe Delaware Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment takes a deep dive into the impacts that sea level rise will have on the state. The assessment includes:\nThese tools provide a visual of the Delaware’s past, current and future conditions, and the effects of climate change across the state.\nThe Delaware Climate Projections Portal provides data on Delaware’s climate indicators like temperature, precipitation, and length of growing season, tracked back to 1950 and projected out to 2100. Users can compare past climate conditions in Delaware to conditions we can expect with climate change based on the level of our greenhouse gas emissions.\nThe portal is hosted by the University of Delaware as part of the Office of the State Climatologist.\nThe Delaware Sea Level Rise Inundation Map is an easy-to-use tool that allows you to see the areas in Delaware that are vulnerable to rising waters from sea level rise. Enter your address or use the zoom tool to explore the the map and see which areas are at risk from sea level rise. The slider bar in the middle of the map allows you to see a before-and-after version of an area based on projected sea level rise scenarios.\nThe map is part of the Delaware FirstMap geospatial data portal."}
{"text":"Antibody HM2426 clone HB10H recognizes human complement C7 in its native form. Complement component C7 is an important complement protein that acts as a driving or limiting factor for the assembly of the membrane attack complex on local surfaces. However, its precise regulatory role in complement is poorly understood.\nThe main function of C7 is stabilizing the C5b6 complex after initiation of the terminal pathway. It is primarily synthesized extrahepatically at the site of inflammation by granulocytes and endothelial cells, thereby modulating lytic or sublytic membrane attack. Mutations in the C7 gene are associated with a rare disorder called C7 deficiency and affected individuals predisposed to angioedema, collagen vascular disease, or infections.\nBesides functioning as a single protein and its role in MAC formation, C7 might also form complexes with other proteins indicating potential regulatory functions.\nImmuno assays, Western blot"}
{"text":"Most plastic pollution at sea starts out on land as litter on beaches, streets and sidewalks. This pollution can often be prevented from entering our ocean. Here are some simple individual actions which you can take to solve this global issue.\nEvery year 5,6 trillion cigarettes are smoked, of which 4,5 trillion end up in the environment. Almost all filters are made out of cellulose acetate – a form of plastic which takes up to twelve years to degrade. These filters not only harm the environment but can also INCREASE the risk of lung cancer.\nOn Wednesday, October 24, the European Parliament decided to follow through with the ban of single use plastics with 571 to 53 votes. This new law should be implemented from 2021 on. Together we will try to have a look at the nature of the proposal and the way it needs to become a true victory for all of mother earth.\nThe amount of people taking care of our environment is strongly increasing. In this article, we would like to show you positive examples of sustainable behavior in the fashion world and how this helps our earth to change.\nThe Western Pacific nation of Palau is now the first country to ban multiple kinds of sunscreen to protect its coral reefs from chemicals that are ingredients in most of the best-selling sunscreens.\nEvery woman in average uses 13,000 pads and tampons during her fertile life. Being these products some of the most polluting wastes, alternatives that are more environmentally friendly should be looked. There are some, but the best option for the planet is definitely the menstrual cup. That not only is reusable and lasts for years which means women can save a lot of money, but offers a better experience to them. It's time that women don't see themselves limited by their period, but freer.\nThe scope of micro plastic pollution becomes increasingly clear through recent studies. But what is micro plastic, where does it come from and is it dangerous for humans?"}
{"text":"Known as Padre Martini, a great Italian composer, scientist and teacher, Giovanni Battista Martini became a priest in 1722. Martini was one of the most prestigious teachers of his time. Martini's students were J.C. Bach, Gluck, Grétry and Mozart. In addition to writing music, Martini made important research dedicated to the historical, scientific and mathematical characteristics of music.\nMore Martini sheet music download on EveryNote.com"}
{"text":"Great stuff on value of creativity, its neuroscience, and how it can be taught:\nKyung Hee Kim at the College of William & Mary discovered this in May, after analyzing almost 300,000 Torrance scores of children and adults. Kim found creativity scores had been steadily rising, just like IQ scores, until 1990. Since then, creativity scores have consistently inched downward. “It’s very clear, and the decrease is very significant,” Kim says. It is the scores of younger children in America—from kindergarten through sixth grade—for whom the decline is “most serious.” […]\nOverwhelmed by curriculum standards, American teachers warn there’s no room in the day for a creativity class. Kids are fortunate if they get an art class once or twice a week. But to scientists, this is a non sequitur, borne out of what University of Georgia’s Mark Runco calls “art bias.” The age-old belief that the arts have a special claim to creativity is unfounded. When scholars gave creativity tasks to both engineering majors and music majors, their scores laid down on an identical spectrum, with the same high averages and standard deviations. Inside their brains, the same thing was happening—ideas were being generated and evaluated on the fly."}
{"text":"Creating Space That is Supportive and Therapeutic.\nThe use of space in a brain-based therapeutic intervention program is strategic because space solves problems and prevents many problems from developing if it is used properly. The room should have a flexible configuration so private work areas can be created as needed and desks can be separated to provide more personal space when needed. Students with therapeutic needs react in more extreme fashion to the space where they are required to learn, grow and develop. Space can trigger and challenge a student and space can alternatively soothe and support a student."}
{"text":"Understanding the autonomic nervous system\nOriginating in the brainstem, the autonomic nervous system:\n- Controls our main organs: eyes, heart, lungs, kidneys, bowels, etc.\n- Regulates our internal conditions in order to maintain the homeostasis (self-regulation system of our vital body functions) and physiological stability.\nThe autonomic nervous system is made of two main divisions:\n- Sympathetic nervous system associated to the state of action: its role is to prepare the body, put it in a state of alertness and prepare it for an activity.\nExample: to prepare the subject to the intense muscular activity required by the protection and defense in response to the stimulations of our environment,\npupils dilate, the heart rate increases, blood vessels contract and the blood pressure increases.\n- The parasympathetic nervous system associated to the resting state: its role is to slow down the body’s functions and thus conserve energy.\nExample: to protect the retina from excessive lighting, the pupil retracts; the heart rate slows down to give the heart muscle long periods of rest and recovery.\nThese two divisions act in an antagonist manner like a dynamic balance. The easiness with which we can switch from a state of excitement to a state of calm is related to the capacity of our autonomic nervous system to regulate our internal physiological response..\nThe adaptability of our autonomic nervous system faced with external (environment…) and internal (emotions, stress..) solicitations enables the body to maintain a proper homeostasis. Conversely, a lack of flexibility exposes the body to different somatic and physiological pathologies.\nSeveral recent clinical studies reported that a rigid autonomic nervous system could be explained by a lower parasympathetic nervous system tone (also called vagal tone)."}
{"text":"My children’s books are meant to teach lessons or deal with concerns that children and young people face today. If you have children or grandchildren, this will be a book to share with them.\nAnna and the Attic is a story that will help young people between the ages of 8-12 in dealing with their fears. It is exciting and interesting in how Anna decides what her fears are about and what she should do about them. Questions are given at the end for parents, grandparents, teachers and care givers to discuss with the young person. Good mental health is important and should not be over-looked when teaching and caring for our children."}
{"text":"Video of the full event is available on the Nour Foundation website.\nWhat is the origin and nature of consciousness? If consciousness is common to humans and animals alike, what are the defining traits of human consciousness? Nobel laureate psychologist Daniel Kahneman, philosopher David Chalmers, expert in primate cognition Laurie Santos, and physician-scientist Nicholas Schiff will discuss what it means to be \"conscious\" and examine the human capacities displayed in cognitive, aesthetic, and ethical behaviors, with a focus on the place and function of the mind within nature.\nDavid Chalmers, PhD\nAustralian National University and New York University\nDaniel Kahneman, PhD, Prof. Em.\nLaurie Santos, PhD\nNicholas D. Schiff, MD\nWeill Cornell Medical College\nExecutive Producer, Wisconsin Public Radio's nationally-syndicated program To the Best of Our Knowledge.\n*Reception to follow event\n|Nonmember (Student / Postdoc / Resident / Fellow)\nModerated by Steve Paulson, Executive Producer of Wisconsin Public Radio's To the Best of Our Knowledge, this four-part lecture series brings together leading experts from various fields to discuss how the latest research is challenging our understanding of the very nature and function of consciousness in our daily lives.\nTo learn more about each lecture and to purchase tickets, click on the links below.\n• The Thinking Ape: The Enigma of Human Consciousness, October 10, 2012 — Sold Out\n• The Mystery of Memory: In Search of the Past, November 14, 2012 — Sold Out\n• Music & the Mind: The Magical Power of Sound, December 12, 2012 — Sold Out\n• Becoming Conscious: The Science of Mindfulness, February 6, 2013 — Sold Out"}
{"text":"Find more Hiten relatives and grow your tree by exploring billions of historical records. Taken every decade since 1790, the U.S. Federal Census can tell you a lot about your family. For example, from 1930 to 1940 there were 9 more people named Hiten in the United States — and some of them are likely related to you.\nWhat if you had a window into the history of your family? With historical records, you do. From home life to career, records help bring your relatives' experiences into focus. There were 89 people named Hiten in the 1930 U.S. Census. In 1940, there were 10% more people named Hiten in the United States. What was life like for them?\nIn 1940, 98 people named Hiten were living in the United States. In a snapshot:\nAs Hiten families continued to grow, they left more tracks on the map:"}
{"text":"Fastest University Chip Ever\nScience Daily reports that graduate students at the University of California Davis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have designed the world’s first 1,000 independent programmable processor chip. It is also teh most energy-efficient microchip in history.\nOne PhD team member is Emmanuel Adeagbo, whose parents are from Nigeria.\nApplications already developed for the chip include wireless coding/decoding, video processing, encryption, and others involving large amounts of parallel data such as scientific data applications and datacenter record processing.\nThe ‘KiloCore’ chip has a maximum computation rate of 1.78 trillion instructions per second and contains 621 million transistors.The chip was presented at the 2016 Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits Conference in Honolulu on June 16.\nThe chip’s 1,000 processors can execute 115 billion instructions per second while dissipating only 0.7 Watts, low enough to be powered by a single AA battery. The KiloCore chip executes instructions more than 100 times more efficiently than a modern laptop processor."}
{"text":"Conjunction analysis is the study of possible collisions between objects in space. This analysis is typically aimed at reducing the number of collisions between man-made objects and debris currently orbiting the Earth. A standard approach requires the computation of all possible interactions in orbit. A new method is proposed utilizing a kd-tree along with the Hellinger distance to determine the probability of collision between space debris. It is assumed that all debris is of negligible size, with Gaussian errors in position. It is found that kd-tree based methods significantly reduce computational cost while obtaining comparable results."}
{"text":"As the night-time Luftwaffe raiders crossed the Yorkshire Coast they had their target in sight – the iron and steelworks of Middlesbrough, vital to the British war effort.\nOn 25 May 1940 Middlesbrough was the first important British town to be bombed during World War II, but it wasn’t until November that year, when Coventry was blitzed, that serious attempts were made to protect vulnerable cities, not just by installing anti-aircraft defences, but also by attempting to fool the enemy.\nThe North York Moors seems an unlikely location for psychological warfare, but this walk on the national park’s northern edge takes you to see the remains of one of the war’s most covert defense strategies.\nThis short historic walk takes you across Great Ayton Moor in the North York Moors National Park to an isolated World War II building, which masqueraded as an entire city in order to save Middlesbrough from burning.\n1. Lonely obelisk\nFrom the car park by woodland just north of the 15m high Captain Cook monument, cross the road and take the right hand track, past the ‘SSSI Moorland’ sign.\n2. Up to the moors\nGo uphill, bearing right at a fork and continue for more than a mile. Turn left uphill before a gate.\n3. Starfish site\nAt the top of the slope is a brick structure with a thick concrete roof. This is the control bunker for the Gisborough Moor Starfish site. A peaceful place today, with fine views of the North Sea, in the early 1940s it played a major part in protecting Middlesbrough.\n4. Up to the top\nTurn left through a gate, following Cleveland Way signs. Roseberry Topping is seen straight ahead.\nBefore a gate, turn left, parallel to a wall, and follow the track that eventually reaches steps down to the car park.\nClick on the map below for an interactive version of the route."}
{"text":"Copper is an essential trace element found in all body tissues. This mineral is a nutritional partner of iron in helping to metabolize food into hemoglobin. It performs critical functions in numerous enzymes, such as its catalytic role in the antioxidant superoxide dismutase. Copper in the body helps to produce red blood cells and connective tissue and also facilitates the utilization of oxygen in cells. It also has been found to assist in preventing the loss of pigmentation of hair and skin. Nonchelated copper is poorly absorbed from the intestines and must be properly chelated with amino acids. Trophic Copper Chelate is made under specific conditions that are almost identical to the chelates produced in tissue by Mother Nature. Therefore, the body obtains the best possible utilization and absorption of the copper. Trophic’s patented Albion Copper, chelated with natural amino acids, provides superior biological activity or bioavailability and absorption.\nMedicinal Ingredients (per caplet):\n- Copper (Bisglycinate)(Amino Acid Chelate) ... 2 mg\nNon-Medicinal Ingredients: Microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate, dicalcium phosphate."}
{"text":"Exalted for centuries as a hero and author of the Bible, Moses is inseparable from biblical tradition itself. Moses is also an inherently ambiguous figure and a perennial focus of controversy, from ancient disputes of priestly rivalry to modern issues of class, gender and race.\nIn Rewriting Moses, Brian Britt analyses elements of polemic and ideology in the Moses of the Bible, of film, novel, visual art and scholarship. He argues that the biblical Moses lives within writing, while the post-biblical Moses lives more often in biography. Yet later rewritings of Moses refract biblical traditions of writing in surprising ways. Rewriting Moses provides an original account of the Freudian insight that traditions preserve what they repress.\nThis is volume 14 in the Gender, Cutlure, Theory series and is volume 402 in the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplements series."}
{"text":"When did Jesus die? The Gospels do not provide a single, unambiguous, answer.\nThis issue may be most easily addressed by breaking it down into more specific questions:\nwhat hour of the day?\nwhat day of the week?\nwhat date in the month?\nHour of the Day\nThe Synoptics write that Jesus was near death by the ninth hour (Mk 15:34; Mt 27:46; Lk 23:44). In the Fourth Gospel, Jesus is before Pilate at the sixth hour (Jn 19:14). The most common way of counting the hours was to begin at 6 AM. This means that in the Synoptics, Jesus is near death at 3 PM, while in John he has yet to be crucified by noon.\nFolks who feel the need to harmonize suggest that John starts his numbering of the hours from midnight, while the Synoptics numbered the hours from 6 AM, as above. John then reports that Jesus is in front of Pilate at 6 AM. This fits more comfortably with Mark’s indication (Mk 15:25) that Jesus was crucified at the third hour, that is, 9 AM.\nSince there is no need to harmonize, I am satisfied to say simply that Jesus died sometime in the late afternoon."}
{"text":"Lung Cancer and Other Lung Problems From Smoking\nMost lung cancer is caused by smoking. After you quit, your risk for lung cancer drops gradually. By 10 years, your risk will be about half of what it would have been if you had continued to smoke. This risk continues to decline as the number of years of not smoking increases.1\nTwo other lung diseases related to smoking are chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Either disease or the combination of both diseases is often called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Smoking damages the breathing tubes and lung tissue. This damage does not repair itself. But quitting smoking stops the ongoing damage caused by tobacco smoke.\nPeople who have asthma have more frequent or worse asthma attacks if they smoke. Those who quit smoking usually have fewer, shorter asthma attacks.\nPeople who smoke have more colds, flu, and pneumonia than people who do not smoke. After you quit smoking, you will have fewer of these illnesses. You will probably lose your \"smoker's cough\" 1 or 2 weeks after you quit smoking.\nAfter you quit smoking, the damage to the lung tissue slows down. In the first days after quitting, you may notice that you cough up more mucus than usual. This is the result of your body trying to clear your lungs. But you will also notice after several weeks that you can breathe more easily, have more stamina, and, eventually, cough less.\nLast Revised: August 15, 2013\nTo learn more visit Healthwise.org"}
{"text":"I have always been keen about learning and curious about how our nation was doing, in terms of education. When I started researching the U.S. college dropout rate, I found it to be 56%. I was shocked by this statistic, and knew we had to do something about it. The repercussions of dropping out are harsh; unemployment rates are high and income is low for dropouts. Furthermore, dropouts affect us all because they affect the economy in a negative way by contributing lesser taxes. Join me, in signing this petition for college readiness classes that will ensure a better graduation rate.\nWe support the following policy of implementing these college readiness classes in high school. The policy begins in high school, before the problem of college dropouts actually begins. There will be mandatory classes where students can look at course and college options. This way, students will be doing something they enjoy and are prepared for, so they won't drop out. Also, students will learn the benefits of getting an education, and as a result they know the harsh repercussions of dropping out and will not do so. In addition to these aspects, students will be educated on how to manage their college resembling finances, resulting in a better economically capable undergraduate. In the class students learn the importance of college, how to deal with college finances, and explore college and course options.\nThe College Readiness Classes petition to FCPS School Board was written by Advika and is in the category Education at GoPetition."}
{"text":"(CNN) - A flaring furnace blasts another wave of searing heat on the faces of workers hauling bricks under a southern Indian sun.\nThey work up to 22 hours a day propping heavy stacks of bricks on their heads. None expects to be paid for this labor. None knows how long they'll be kept here. Some are as young as three years old.\nManoj Singh was one of 149 people rescued this year from a brick kiln outside Hyderabad, India. Like millions of other Indians, the toddler was born into extreme poverty.\nWhen CNN correspondent Mallika Kapur visited Manoj's family, now back home, he and the some of the 34 other children freed, showed her how they would make the bricks from wet clay.\n\"They recall from their muscle memory,\" says Anu George Canjanathoppil, of International Justice Mission, a non-profit dedicated to eradicating slavery around the world. \"So if you ask them to explain what they did, they cannot say.\"\nOlder laborers, however, had plenty to say. FULL POST"}
{"text":"Free-ranging domestic cats are an environmental disaster. They may be the most destructive invasive species, the “single greatest source of anthropogenic mortality for U.S. birds and mammals” according to a study (pdf) co-authored by scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. These authors found that domestic cats annually kill from 1.4-3.7 billion birds and 6.9-20.7 billion mammals in the U.S. “Unowned” or feral cats, as opposed to owned pets, cause the majority of this damage.\nThe literature on the subject of feral cats is substantial, and ranges from the modest to the encompassing. A. Whilde details the toll taken by two rural cats over three years, measured by corpses bought to his home. William G. George, writing in the middle 1970s, when the estimated U.S. cat population was a third of what it is now, detailed how cats compete with raptors for small mammal prey in winter. Coleman and Temple surveyed rural residents of Wisconsin on their attitudes to free-ranging cats and numbers thereof; they estimated 44 cats per square kilometer in their subject county.\nAnother problem is cross-breeding between domestic cats and wild cats and the corresponding loss of genetic singularity in the wild cats. In Europe, Africa, and Asia, populations of wild cats are threatened by hybridization with, as the four authors of this study in the Iberian Peninsula put it, “anthropogenically mediated dispersion of free-ranging domestic cats.” What’s at stake is the genetic uniqueness of the wild cats. In Europe, Felis silvestris silvestris is larger, longer-legged, and bushier than the domestic cat.\nOne solution might be convincing people to keep their cats indoors (though most of the problem is created by feral cats, with no homes to be kept in). Another solution might be found in coyotes, the natural predator of outdoor cats."}
{"text":"The Highway Code applies to England and is essential reading for everyone.\nSkidding is usually caused by the driver braking, accelerating or steering too harshly or driving too fast for the road conditions. If skidding occurs, remove the cause by releasing the brake pedal fully or easing off the accelerator. Turn the steering wheel in the direction of the skid. For example, if the rear of the vehicle skids to the right, steer immediately to the right to recover."}
{"text":"|Great Salt Lake, Utah|\nDuring the last Ice Age, prehistoric Lake Bonneville’s banks were breached and a catastrophic flood ensued. Still lingering in the high desert of western Utah near Salt Lake City, the Great Salt Lake is an enduring remnant of that ancient ocean.\nToday, the landlocked basin is endorheic, it's a terminal drainage where freshwater streams come to an end. Channeled by three major rivers, water flows in freely but with no release point available, it becomes trapped in the salty reservoir.\nIn a region influenced by the Mormon religion, the American Dead Sea remains defiant as it’s virtually uninhabitable. Even though the destination is distinguished by turquoise water and white sand beaches, this inhospitable place is not a tropical paradise."}
{"text":"The Kyushu J7W1 Shinden (Magnificent Lightning) was a World War II Japanese propeller-driven fighter. It had an unusual design, with wings attached to the tail section and stabilizers on the front. Its propeller was in the rear in a pusher configuration. The Shinden was developed for the Imperial Japanese Navy as a specific response to the B-29 Superfortress raids on the Japanese homeland. It was expected to be a highly maneuverable interceptor, but only two were finished before the end of war. It was the only World War II aircraft of canard configuration that any combatant ordered into production.\nCaptain Masaoki Tsuruno was the creator of the Shinden. A member of the Technical Staff of the Japanese Navy, he envisioned a radical design to counter new Allied aircraft with superior performance over existing Japanese types and believed a turbojet engine would propel the ultimate Shinden. In 1945, the first of two prototypes was finished. It had a very powerful armament for that time, and its engine was mounted backwards inside the rear half of the fuselage.\nIn an unusual move dictated by the urgent needs of the war, the Navy ordered production of the all-metal Shinden even before the first flight. They planned to produce 150 aircraft each month at two production plants. On August 3, 1945, the strange-looking Shinden took to the air for the first time with Captain Tsuruno as pilot, after many delays due to the lack of critical parts and engine cooling problems. He flew the aircraft two more times, on August 6 and 9. The war ended six days later. The total flying time of the Shinden was approximately 45 minutes. Kyushu also delivered a second prototype but it never flew. The company was troubleshooting the design and laying out the turbojet-propelled version when the war ended."}
{"text":"Every Welder needs to know These 2 Simple Truths\nThere are 2 things that every welder needs to know...\n1. Heat Affects Metal\n2. Heat Affects different metal in different ways\nFor example, if you have ever watched the TV show \"Forged in Fire\" you have seen knife makers heating a piece of high carbon steel to a red hot temperature and cooling it quickly. This is how high carbon steel hardens.\nBut heating a piece of 304 stainless to the same temperature and quick cooling it will not Harden the metal at all.\nThe heat from welding is just like what a knifemaker does to harden a blade.\nWelding melts the base metal and the area next to the weld can Harden with certain metals.\nHeat can also make some metals soft, or reduce corrosion resistance.\nHeat from welding must be properly applied and controlled.\nthis is why procedures are established and applied.\nHave you downloaded your Free No BS TIG mini course yet?"}
{"text":"It is usually left off of world maps, but in this one Antarctica is the guest of honor. Most flat map projections, even if they do include Antarctica portray it as a wide band of white, with little visualization of how it actually appears. Above is a map viewing the spherical Earth from a southerly position, providing the least distortion to Antarctica, but giving a very different view of where South America, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia lie in relation. The map’s purpose is to show various expeditions to locate the South Pole; the map was reduced such that the labels are almost unreadable even in the original. From the multivolume The Book of History, 1890s.\nClick for full image\nLooks like you could just sail right over to any of the three big continents really easily doesn't it? Thanks for posting this. I've never seen it from that perspective!\nLeave a comment"}
{"text":"Native Wildflowers & Grasses\nWildflowers Benefit Wildlife\nLow-maintenance - Wildflowers grow without any attention. That's what makes them wild, of course, but that's also what makes them a great choice for our garden.\nEasy to cultivate -Do you have soil that just won't sustain a vegetable garden? This is where wildflowers thrive!\nEcosystem benefits - By planting and cultivating wildflowers, you'll bring insects into your area that help to improve the soil. Bees and butterflies keep the plants pollinated and growing. The plant roots are deep and help to hold water, discouraging runoff and/or erosion.\nHealth & Beauty - Wildflowers are beautiful. They'll brighten your landscape, are disease resistant and promote an abundance of habitat and pollination needs for birds, birds, bats, and butterflies."}
{"text":"As much as we Brits may hate to admit it, the US can often provide us with a glimpse of things to come whether it be fashion, movies, music or even economic trends. Some economists even say that the United States' economic influence reaches so far that on October 29, 1929 (aka Black Tuesday) when the stock market prices dropped drastically and suddenly, it may have triggered what we know today as the Great Depression. Nowadays with the global recession on the tip of everybody's tongue, we thought that we'd point out some scary similarities between the Great Depression and what is now commonly referred to as the Great Recession. Between irresponsible lending by bankers, the US stock market crash, and a population that was scared to consume sufficiently to keep the economy afloat, what was thought to be just a recession became the Great Depression. Are we also headed down the path to another Great Depression? An intresting fact, if the UK bank bailouts were converted into £500 Payday Loans then the £850 billion the UK spent would equate to 170 million instant payday loans getting taken out.\nAdd this infographic to your blog or website\n975 pixels wide:\n550 pixels wide:"}
{"text":"Don’t worry, I am not confused. I am just illustrating a few points for potential Hebrew students. When one begins to study the Hebrew language there are several things to get straight. Certain Hebrew words sound like English words, but the meaning is not the same. For instance, in Hebrew, מי (pronounced as ME) means “who,’ הוא (pronounced as WHO) means “he,” and היא (pronounced as HE) means “she.” From the first time I learned this, I was reminded of the famous Abbott & Costello routine, called Who’s on first. Learning Hebrew is challenging to be sure, but to be able to read the Bible in the original language is well worth the effort required. It takes dedication. Learning to sound out the characters is not so difficult. Once one acquires a knowledge of the English approximation for the Hebrew letters, sounds soon become syllables, and syllables become words. Before long, one is developing a vocabulary and learning grammar. I highly encourage students of the Bible to learn Hebrew, and this is why I have started to assist people in this worthwhile endeavor. Make the leap! Watch this blog for book recommendations and tips for learning Biblical Hebrew. In the meantime, check out Abbott & Costello in their hilarious skit, Who’s on first!\nVisit, Like, and Follow Us on Social Media"}
{"text":"The book presents results of a study for Mau Forest Complex in Kenya between the period 2008 and 2013. It applies a Change Detection technique using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems. The objectives of the study is to assess the Government of Kenya's efforts to rehabilitate the Forest Complex as a result of previous escalated excision due to human settlements and other human induced pressures. Landsat Images for the two years are obtained and ENVI as well as ArcMap software are used to detect the volume change of Forest Cover. Results are obtained and the difference in forest area for the two images computed."}
{"text":"Authors: Jin He\nMach Principle presents the absolute universe. For example, when you stand on the ground and relaxed, your arms fall down naturally. However, if you rotate your body then your arms are lifted up as the rotation is faster and faster. Mach principle is that the matter of the whole universe can affect local dynamic systems. That is, the matter of the whole universe sets up the local absolute reference frames. However, both the theories of general relativity and Big Bang are against the absolute reference frames of Mach Principle. Here I present a simple model of flat universe which is consistent to most cosmic laws, and Mach Principle is recovered amazingly.\nComments: 9 pages\n[v1] 24 Jan 2011\nUnique-IP document downloads: 418 times\nAdd your own feedback and questions here:\nYou are equally welcome to be positive or negative about any paper but please be polite. If you are being critical you must mention at least one specific error, otherwise your comment will be deleted as unhelpful."}
{"text":"Discovering the Treemendous Playground in St. Peter\nCompared to those of my childhood, the playgrounds of today seriously blow me away. I could only have imagined such beautiful playgrounds in my dreams as a child. While the swing sets, teeter totters, and merry-go-rounds of the past were loads of fun, they can’t compete with some of the modern day playgrounds that blend art with imagination and fun.\nWhile spending a day in St. Peter a while back, the kids and I discovered one such incredible playground. The minute I saw the Treemendous Playground, I fell in love. It depicts the scene of an old river town and includes murals of people and animals.The children of St. Peter also provided ideas used in the design including a forest, a bear’s den, a steamboat, a covered wagon, a log cabin and a school house.\nHistory of the Treemendous Playground\nThe Treemendous playground is located at Gorman Park. The park is named after Willis A. Gorman, a Territorial Governor of Minnesota who served in 1853. While he was governor, Gorman proposed moving the capital of Minnesota from St. Paul to St. Peter. Legislator Joe Rolette blocked his attempt by stealing his proposal while the Legislature was in session. Willis Gorman also served in the Mexican-American War and the Civil War.\nIn 1998, a tornado struck the town of St. Peter and destroyed many of the towns famous old growth trees, including some at Gorman park. The loss of the trees became part of the inspiration for the Treemendous Playground. After months of planning, over 2000 volunteers from the community came together to help with the construction of the playground!\nPlan your visit to this beautiful playground today!"}
{"text":"Dragon is the totem of Chinese culture. At present, most of the dragon patterns we see are the same. Antlers, Locke heads, snake necks, turtle eyes, ox ears, fish scales, Eagle claws and tiger paws are unique features of dragons. In thousands of years of history, the dragon is the incarnation of the emperor and the rich. One of the twelve zodiac signs is the symbol of the Chinese nation. Dragon fish and dragon culture dragon fish culture knowledge dragon fish, similar to the dragon. The dragon fish has double whiskers, pectoral fins like dragon claws, thick scales all over, and it is quiet as a virgin, and East as a rabbit. The swimming posture of dragon fish and dragon culture is flexible, giving people a noble, generous and peaceful momentum, more like a dragon. For many years, the Chinese nation has been advocating dragon culture and inheriting dragon spirit. However, in fact, the dragon does not exist. It is just a kind of magic thing. People can only worship in their hearts. The appearance of dragon fish breaks people's attitude of admiration. Dragon fish is like a dragon. Naturally, dragon fish is also known as the incarnation of the dragon. Most people don't want to give up the chance to be close to the Dragon avatar. According to statistics, most people who have seen dragon fish want to raise them, just because of the price of dragon fish. It's a good breeding condition for chili red dragon or blood red dragon that makes many people stop. But even so, it still can't prevent the dragon fish from entering thousands of households. The dragon fish breeding is still popular, the price is always high, and the dragon fish culture is increasingly recognized.\nLabel: longfish, price of longfish, longfish farming"}
{"text":"Strategic National Stockpile\nThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintains the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). SNS consists of large quantities of medicine and medical supplies to protect the American public if there is a public health emergency, such as a terrorist attack, flu outbreak and/or earthquake, severe enough to deplete local supplies.\nOnce federal and local authorities agree that the SNS is needed, medicines will be delivered to any state in the United States within 12 hours. Each state has plans to receive and distribute SNS medicine and medical supplies to local communities as quickly as possible through Open POD (Point of Dispensing) sites.\nAlabama SNS plans also include delivering medications and medical supplies through Closed Point of Dispensing (POD) sites located throughout the state. According to CDC, “a Closed POD is primarily used to respond to a specific group or organization.” The use of Closed POD sites allows for rapid dispensing within organizations and helps to ensure continuity of organizational operations, while also redirecting some of the population away from community Open POD sites.\nFor more information, visit Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response: Strategic National Stockpile.\nResources for Closed Point of Dispensing (POD)\n- Closed POD Patient History Form\n- Closed POD Plan Supplemental Information\n- Closed POD Combined Enrollment - Acknowledgement\n- Closed POD Enrollment\n- Closed POD Plan Attachment\n- Closed POD Worksheet\n- Closed POD Example - POD Flow\n- Closed POD Example - Supply List\n- ADPH Closed POD Booklet\n- ADPH District Emergency Preparedness Team Map\n- Letter from ADPH Legal Department\n- Point of Dispensing Training for ADPH Staff\nPage last updated: September 26, 2018"}
{"text":"You get angry over the littlest things\nTend to morph into the Hulk when you’re upset? Those fiery emotions can drastically increase your risk for a heart attack. Researchers at the University of Australia questioned 313 patients who had suffered suspected heart attacks about their anger levels before the onset of symptoms. They found that patients were 8.5 times more likely to have a heart attack in the two hours following an intense outburst of anger, defined as “very angry, body tense, clenching fists or teeth.” The more often you’re angry, the higher your chances for a heart attack.\nYou spend most of your time in front of a screen\nYes, that includes working on your computer. A study from the University College London reports that people who watch TV or work on a computer for four or more hours a day increase their risk of an event associated with cardiovascular disease, like a heart attack, by 125 percent. Long periods of sitting deplete the body’s supply of lipoprotein lipase, an enzyme that breaks down fat and prevents clogged arteries. If you spend most of your day plopped behind a desk, take a brief walk after every 20 minutes or try a standing desk. You can burn 30 percent more calories when you stand than when you sit. Don’t miss these 15 doctor-approved tips to prevent heart disease."}
{"text":"operator == method Null safety\n- Object other\nTest whether this value is numerically equal to\nIf both operands are doubles, they are equal if they have the same representation, except that:\n- zero and minus zero (0.0 and -0.0) are considered equal. They both have the numerical value zero.\n- NaN is not equal to anything, including NaN. If either operand is NaN, the result is always false.\nIf both operands are integers, they are equal if they have the same value.\nReturns false if\nother is not a num.\nNotice that the behavior for NaN is non-reflexive. This means that\nequality of double values is not a proper equality relation, as is\notherwise required of\noperator==. Using NaN in, e.g., a HashSet\nwill fail to work. The behavior is the standard IEEE-754 equality of\nIf you can avoid NaN values, the remaining doubles do have a proper equality relation, and can be used safely.\nUse compareTo for a comparison that distinguishes zero and minus zero, and that considers NaN values as equal.\nbool operator ==(Object other);"}
{"text":"As children approach adolescence, their bodies start to change. Teaching an adolescent with Autism how to understand and cope with the physical, emotional and mental changes of puberty can be difficult. With the Ever Learning’s Sexuality and Human Development Social Story- Dealing with Puberty Social Story: Why is my Body Changing?, an adolescent girl with Autism will begin to understand what is happening to her body and why during puberty, and learn how to care for her changing body.\nSocial stories are short illustrated books that help teach individuals, affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the specific social “rules” or “norms” that are generally accepted in society. Each set is a self-contained comprehensive teaching solution that comes with an integrated set of tools, including a teaching guide. The product is designed to work in conjunction with each other to teach a student the foundational social skills necessary for building success and independence.\n- The Dealing with Puberty Social Story: Why is my Body Changing? offers simplified text and realistic illustrations to facilitate easier understanding for parents and their child with ASD.\n- The story creaks down a difficult subject matter and makes teaching it easier for parents.\n- Key terms associated with puberty are defined and introduced in an easy-to-understand language.\n- Self-Help Skills\n- Social Skills\n- Communication Skills\nThe Dealing with Puberty Social Story: Why is my Body Changing? is also offered as part of a larger Ever Learning bundle: Teaching Human Development Social Stories Bundle at a discounted rate!\nNote: This product is DOWNLOADABLE ONLY. Purchase does not include hard copies.\nFor cancellations and refunds, please see our policy HERE"}
{"text":"Revelation given to Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Wayne County, New York, in 1830. Even before the organization of the Church, questions had arisen about the proper mode of baptism, leading the Prophet to seek answers on the subject. Joseph Smith’s history states that this revelation is an explanation of 1 Corinthians 7:14, a scripture that had often been used to justify infant baptism.\n2 Now, in the days of the apostles the law of circumcision was had among all the Jews who believed not the gospel of Jesus Christ.\n3 And it came to pass that there arose a great acontention among the people concerning the law of bcircumcision, for the unbelieving husband was desirous that his children should be circumcised and become subject to the claw of Moses, which law was fulfilled.\n4 And it came to pass that the children, being brought up in subjection to the law of Moses, gave heed to the atraditions of their fathers and believed not the gospel of Christ, wherein they became unholy.\n5 Wherefore, for this cause the apostle wrote unto the church, giving unto them a commandment, not of the Lord, but of himself, that a believer should not be aunited to an bunbeliever; except the claw of Moses should be done away among them,\n6 That their children might remain without circumcision; and that the atradition might be done away, which saith that little children are unholy; for it was had among the Jews;"}
{"text":"Groundwater loss in India and an integrated climate solution\nReference: Soni, V, 2012, 'Groundwater Loss In India And An Integrated Climate Solution', Current Science, vol. 102, no. 8, pp. 1098-1101\nWe use ground agricultural data to assess the loss of water in the cultivated area in northwest India and find that this loss is about 3.5 times the reported average loss over the whole area using NASA gravity satellite, ‘GRACE’, data. This long term water deficit would result in a loss of 40% of the cultivated area.\nIf some of this area is turned into forest agriculture, water loss may be recovered in about forty years. Forest agriculture can also substantially cut total carbon emissions. The article addresses long term water policy for the country."}
{"text":"Physical activity is often considered beneficial for a healthy sleep. A lot of exercise can increase the duration and quality of sleep by stimulating the production of serotonin in the brain and lowering the stress hormone. If you exercise during the day you lose your energy and you get tired faster. However, it is important not to overdo it. Excessive training is linked to poor sleep, so train in moderation! The time at which you train is also crucial. To promote better quality sleep, training in the morning seems to be better than training in the middle of the day.\n14. Avoid naps during the day\nDue to poor sleep at night, people with insomnia tend to take a nap during the day. Although naps are short- and often linked to improvements in alertness and well-being, there are mixed opinions about the effects of naps on sleep. Some studies have shown that regular naps can lead to poor nighttime sleep quality and even sleep deprivation. The opinions are different, but try to get your rest mainly at night.\n15. Experience both daylight and darkness\nLight can affect the internal clock of your body in terms of sleep and vigilance. Irregular exposure to light can cause a disturbance in your rhythm, making it more difficult to fall asleep. During the day, exposing your body to bright light indicates that it must remain alert. At night, darkness promotes feelings of sleepiness. Research has even shown that darkness increases the production of melatonin, an essential hormone for sleep."}
{"text":"Qing Ming, the day that family visit their ancestors at the tomb or niche to do some clean up and pay their respects. In the modern and busy Singapore, time seem to pass real quickly and every year Qing Ming creeps into the calendar of many family. It feel kind of like a responsibility, yet it has to be done, for families that values its past and history anyways.\nQing Ming has turned out to be a day where family members gather, aside from Chinese New Year, to do something together, visiting places, getting things done. Qing Ming for my family is a day of gathering, we gather together to visit and pay our respects at a few of the places that we head to every year, mainly Mandai and Mt Vernon.\nWe bring paper money, joss sticks and fruits as part of the tradition. After we paid our respects, cleaned the niches of our ancestors, we lay the fruits and paper money out, lit the joss sticks and waited for the joss sticks to be “consumed” while we chatted at the side, squeezing at the corridor with many other people that are there during the weekend.\nAfter all the work for each place is done, we consolidate the paper money and burn them at the large burning area. We spread out all the money, using the age old method, burn the money part by part, slowly, to ensure that the paper money are all burned. It’s very hot during the process of burning but that’s what children enjoy and it’s the process of burning and paper spreading that is fun.\nSoon is lunch, or early dinner, much depending on the time that all the location has been visited or task has been completed. My family gathers for a meal before heading off into separate ways, waiting again for the next year’s Qing Ming."}
{"text":"Learn how to draw the Bible story Noah's Ark Just follow the simple steps on each page to draw all of the characters in the story, one step at a time. There's a flip-out drawing pad with prompts, too, and plenty of stickers to help complete the story\nIt's easy and fun to learn to draw, especially when there's a Bible story to read and lots of stickers. In Watch Me Read and Draw: Noah's Ark, kids will read about Noah, how he built an ark for God, and gathered two of every animal to save them from a great flood. Throughout the story, readers will learn to draw 11 characters from this Bible story, step by step, including Noah, the ark, and some of the animals. Included are drawing instructions for a mouse, a giraffe, a sloth, a squirrel, a whale, a lion, a dove, a zebra, and more\nEach page features easy-to-follow instructions so young artists can draw the Noah's Ark story, one step at a time. Basic shapes that kids will recognize make it easy to follow along and learn how to draw. The flip-out drawing pad also offers drawing prompts and simple shapes for a jump-start, making it enjoyable and fun to draw. Plus, there's a whole bunch of colorful stickers inside to reward them as they complete the story, and a scene at the end to make their very own Watch Me Read and Draw: Noah's Ark is the perfect starter drawing book for kids who love to read and draw."}
{"text":"Proton = +\nNeutron = 0\nElectron = -\n- Non metal + non metal = covalent (sharing electrons)\n- Metal + non metal = ionic (transferring electrons)\n- Metal + metal = metallic (delocalised electrons)\nWhen an element looses electrons it becomes positively charged.\nWhen an element gains electrons it becomes negatively charged..\nThis is because protons outweigh electrons.\nGroup 1 alkali metal + Group 7 halogen = +ve metal ion + -ve halide ion\nThe metal atoms lose electrons to form positive ions. The non metal atoms gain electrons to for negitive ions. Opposites attract and this is ionic bonding.\nAn ionic compound is a giant structure or lattice. They are held together by strong electrostatic forces of attraction that act in all directions.\nRepresented by dot and cross diagrams.\nThe charges in the ionic compound always cancel each other out.\n- 2 non metals sharing electrons\n- Very strong bonds\n- Number of covalent bonds and an atom forms depends on the number of electrons it needs to achieve stable electronic structure\n- Some have giant covalent structures, as covalent bonds are only between 2 atoms. Some substances are made of several molecules\nExamples: Hydrogen, Chlorine, Oxygen, Methane, Ammonia, Hydrochloric acid, Water\n- Giant structure\n- Atoms in metals are all the same size and arranged in regular layers\n- Electrons in the outer shell of the atoms are delocalised\nDelocalised electrons can move about freely between the positively charged ions. This acts as a lattice of positive ions to hold the structure together, as the negitive electrons strongly attract the positively charged ions with an electrostatic force."}
{"text":"The ability of high-resolution mesoscale models to simulate near-surface and subsurface meteorological processes is critical for representing land–atmosphere feedback processes. The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model is a 3-km numerical weather prediction model that has been used operationally since 2014. In this study, we evaluated the HRRR over the contiguous United States from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021. We compared the 1-, 3-, 6-, 12-, 18-, 24-, 30-, and 48-h forecasts against observations of air and surface temperature, shortwave radiation, and soil temperature and moisture from the 114 stations of the U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) and evaluated the HRRR’s performance for different geographic regions and land cover types. We found that the HRRR well simulated air and surface temperatures, but underestimated soil temperatures when temperatures were subfreezing. The HRRR had the largest overestimates in shortwave radiation under cloudy skies, and there was a positive relationship between the shortwave radiation mean bias error (MBE) and air temperature MBE that was stronger in summer than winter. Additionally, the HRRR underestimated soil moisture when the values exceeded about 0.2 m3 m−3, but overestimated soil moisture when measurements were below this value. Consequently, the HRRR exhibited a positive soil moisture MBE over the drier areas of the western United States and a negative MBE over the eastern United States. Although caution is needed when applying conclusions regarding HRRR’s biases to locations with subgrid-scale land cover variations, general knowledge of HRRR’s biases will help guide improvements to land surface models used in high-resolution weather forecasting models.\nAuthors who have authored or contributed to this publication."}
{"text":"- Kingdom: Animalia\n- Phylum: Arthropoda\n- Class: Arachnida\n- Order: Araneae\n- Suborder: Araneomorphae\n- Family: Uloboridae\n- Genus: Uloborus\n- Species: Uloborus diversus\nThere have been 2 confirmed sightings of Uloborus diversus, with the most recent sighting submitted on April 28, 2019 by Spider ID member radchad77. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 2 sightings because of certain Uloborus diversus sightings reporting incomplete data.\n- Web: 50% of the time, Uloborus diversus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 2)\n- Sex: 0 female and 0 male.\n- Environment: Uloborus diversus has been sighted 1 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.\n- Outdoors: Man-made structure (1).\nLocation and Range\nUloborus diversus has been sighted in the following countries: United States.\nUloborus diversus has also been sighted in the following states: California, Nevada.\nUloborus diversus has been primarily sighted during the month of December.\n- April: 1\n- December: 1"}
{"text":"The Research Network\nis funded by the\nAgainst the background of a growing number of electronic devices being implanted in patients in order to treat various diseases – including arrhythmia, parkinsonís disease, deafness and diabetes – the development of miniaturized technologies capable of producing electrical energy has turned into a principal ambition for different scientific disciplines. In this context, nano- and microtechnology provide challenging new tools to access macroscopic and microscopic biochemical systems inspired by natureís energy production concepts. Mostly, these systems are characterized by being self-renewing and possessing an enormous degree of efficiency. In particular, the fusion of “living” biomaterial – such as cells – with synthetic systems will enable access to groundbreaking new bionic technologies in the future.\nThe objective of this project is the development of a bionic microgenerator as a macroscopic power supply, facilitating low-loss conversion of chemical to electrical energy by self-integration of synthetic and biological building blocks. This system, orchestrating molecular, nanoscopic as well as microscopic components, harnesses the electrochemical resting potential of eukaryotic cells or bioengineered lipid vesicles with genetically modified, membrane-reconstituted ion pumps and channels which control the voltage potential generated between the intra- and extracellular compartment. Therefore, cells will be plated on 3-dimensional arrays of partly isolated, monocrystalline metal nanoelectrodes generated by a combination of chemical and physical methods.\nSuch bionic generators have the great potential to serve as efficient power supplies for a wide range of applications, such as self-regenerating and biocompatible prostheses or body implants, like cardiac and brain pulse generators, cochlear implants, insulin pumps or devices to monitor body functions."}
{"text":"On June 5 - 6 this year, curious eyes can catch a glimpse of the beautiful planet of Venus. Named after the roman goddess of love and beauty, Venus is the second planet from the sun after mars. So what makes Venus so special?, well apart from having similar characteristics to earth such as size, gravity and it's composition it is also the 3rd brightest natural object in the night sky after the sun and moon. As a result of its brightness, every 243years (in pairs of 8years) when Venus gets round the sun to the point where it crosses the earth, one can catch a glimpse of this bright and beautiful planet of love and beauty. This is a rare historical event occurring in your lifetime and not to be missed. So mark the date and escort Venus across earth. Visit http://www.transitofvenus.org/ to learn more about this historic event.\nImage from http://eyeamsmf.blogspot.co.uk"}
{"text":"The word \"prey\" is used when describing an animal or a human being that is attacked or assaulted by another animal or human. Notice that this word is different from \"pray,\" which is spelled with an \"a.\"\nWolves prey upon rabbits.\nSnakes prey on mice.\nA story in the newspaper tells of an incident in which a salesperson preyed upon elderly people and cheated them out of millions of dollars. Eventually he went to jail.\nMen who prey upon vulnerable women should be ashamed of themselves.\nPeople who appear to be gullible are preyed upon by those who lack a sense of morality and decency.\nThe word \"prey\" is also a noun:\nSnakes go after live prey.\nThe salesperson marked the customer as easy prey. (It would be easy to make sale to this customer.)\nWithout a healthy supply of prey, certain carnivorous animals will starve to death."}
{"text":"Scientists spot pulsar with 4 magnetic poles\nThe 209th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Seattle has been entertained by the news that the neutron star within the Crab Nebula may have twice the normal complement of magnetic poles, the BBC reports.\nThe nature of the star's radio pulse emissions leads the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico to conclude that it possibly has four magnetic poles. Depending on a pulsar's orientation to Earth, its rotation and said emissions issuing forth from the poles will allow detection of one or two pulses. Where two are detected, as is the case in the Crab Nebula, the emissions from the north and south poles should be identical.\nIn the case of this particular neutron star, however, scientists detected a main pulse, occasionally producing \"enormously strong pulses\" dubbed \"megapulses\", and an \"interpulse\" which were \"dramatically different in their profiles\".\nTim Hankins, acting director of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, explained: \"We think we've got a much more complicated magnetic field than the simple dipole model. What we think is that there is another pole, possibly with a partner, that is influencing and distorting the magnetic field.\"\nThe four-pole theory is based on the fact that, although the team has spotted just one extra pole, it will likely have an opposite.\nThe Crab Nebula pulsar was created as a result of a supernova explosion on 4 July 1054 (AD). Professor Hankins pointed out that the explosion may have been \"very asymmetric\", adding: \"Any models you see of supernova explosions are incredibly convoluted. It just doesn't go down as sphere and rebound as a nice sphere. The magnetic pole is frozen in so it gets all mixed up as well.\" ®\nSponsored: Transform Your IT Infrastructure"}
{"text":"In 10 seconds? Intense therapy and a technological aid can get people back on their feet after paralysis from spinal cord injury. The key is electrical stimulation below the point of injury, which helps activate the neural pathways that trigger movement.\nWow, how did they work this out? Two different teams worked on the idea that even after severe spinal cord injury, there are signals running from the brain to the limbs, but they aren't strong enough. They enrolled patients in intense training and implanted a device into them that basically boosted the signals, testing a technique called epidural electrical stimulation."}
{"text":"A dye-sublimation print is a full colour printing process that uses heat to transfer dye to white synthetic materials.The printers are similar to inkjet printers in that they spray ink onto a sheet of paper, but the ink is actually dye-sublimation ink.\nSublimation ink is unique in its ability to convert from a solid to a gas without going through a liquid form. The conversion is initiated by heat and controlled with pressure and time. The high temperature – from a heat transfer press – opens the pores of the polyester and allows the gas to enter. When the temperature drops, the pores close and the gas reverts to a solid state. The print then becomes part of the polyester.\nOur high quality dye sublimation ink has excellent colour brightness and produces brilliantly crisp transfers.\nScreen printing is a stencil method of print making in which a design is imposed on a screen of polyester or other fine mesh, with blank areas coated with an impermeable substance. Ink is forced into the mesh openings by the fill blade or squeege and onto the printing surface during the squeegee stroke. The ink passes through the open spaces in the screen onto the neoprene below. The printed piece is then heat dried at about 200°C.\nWe can match most Pantone C colours. It is also the most economical printing option if the budget is tight.\nWe print multi colour designs with plastisol inks, instead of printing designs directly onto neoprene, the design is printed on a special paper. The paper is heated after each colour is applied, and up to six (6) colours can be applied to one design. The resulting print is called a plastisol transfer, which is applied to the neoprene, and placed in a heat transfer press. The heat and pressure applied by the press forces the ink into the neoprene nylon. When the press is opened and the paper is peeled off the neoprene, the ink remains behind.\nThis is a more traditional multi colour printing compared to the dye sublimation prints."}
{"text":"research paper analyzes a\nperspective or tries to present arguments on a topic. Regardless of\nthe type of research paper you are aiming for, your finished\nresearch paper must present your own thinking backed up by published\ntheories and ideas. Research paper is not just a collection of\nyour sources, its more than a collection of various pieces of\ninformation about a topic, and certainly more than a review of the\nliterature in any particular field.\nFirst Page of a Research Paper:\nYou can also take a research paper as an expanded essay that\npresents your own view or argument. When you write a school or\ncollege essay, you normally utilize everything that you personally\nknow and have thought about a subject. But when you write a college\nresearch paper you have to build upon what you know about the\nsubject and make an attempt to find out what researchers and\nexperts know. A research paper usually also involves surveying a\nfield of knowledge in order to find the correct and best possible\ninformation in that particular field.\nWe, at Writing Services Company, can help you with your school or\ncollege research paper. Our writers are able to write on any topic\nand for any level."}
{"text":"How Electron Spectroscopy with Synchrotron Light Can Help Us Understand High-Tc Superconductivity and Other Complex States of Matter\nHow Electron Spectroscopy with Synchrotron Light Can Help Us Understand High-Tc Superconductivity and Other Complex States of Matter All the physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of materials are controlled by electrons that occupy the highest energy levels in solids, those near the Fermi energy. Many techniques were developed to study those electrons, leading to the great successes of condensed matter physics. Newer and complex materials, such as the high-temperature superconductors, tend to exhibit very large anisotropies in their physical properties, requiring a more detailed knowledge of the behavior of electrons not only as a function of their energy, but also their momentum. Angle-resolved photoemission can contribute to our understanding by providing a great deal of information on many of the momentum-dependent properties of electrons and their interactions. In this talk, I will present a brief overview of how a long-term and focused collaboration between scientists at Argonne and other institutions has contributed to making angle-resolved photoemissions a most useful tool in the study of complex states of matter.\nEnter terms in the toolbar above to search the full text of this document for pages containing specific keywords."}
{"text":"Your email address will be used for Wildy’s marketing materials only. We will never give your email address to any third party.\nSpecial Discounts for Pupils, Newly Called & Students\nBrowse Secondhand Online\nTo have a nationality is a human right. But between the nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, virtually every country in the world adopted laws that stripped citizenship from women who married foreign men.\nDespite the resulting hardships and even statelessness experienced by married women, it took until 1957 for the international community to condemn the practice, with the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Nationality of Married Women.\nCitizenship, Alienage, and the Modern Constitutional State tells the important yet neglected story of marital denaturalization from a comparative perspective. Examining denaturalization laws and their impact on women around the world, with a focus on Australia, Britain, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United States, it advances a concept of citizenship as profoundly personal and existential. In doing so, it sheds light on both a specific chapter of legal history and the theory of citizenship in general."}
{"text":"Electrical accidents can occur at any time and has the potential to cause serious injuries or even death. Electrical hazards unlike mechanical hazards, are not usually obvious. A \"live\" wire appears no different to a \"dead\" wire.\nThis electrical safety DVD features:\n- The various consequences of an electrical accident\n- Injuries that can occur\n- Causes of electrical accident\n- Prevention measures\nComplete with trainer's support notes and questionnaire. This module is perfect introduction to compliment any of the other modules in this 36 DVD series. 3 minutes."}
{"text":"Leaning Tower of Pisa © Andrew Crump\nThe holiday destination of Pisa is most famous for its leaning campanile; yet its other equally notable coups include its long maritime legacy, dating to 1000 BC, its prized university, and its status as the birthplace of the world's greatest physicist and astronomer, Galileo Galilei. The Pisans also created one of the most beautiful squares in the world in the Campo dei Miracoli (Field of Miracles).\nPisa's key component is the famous Leaning Tower, an essential holiday attraction, whose layers of heavy marble were constructed on a shifting subsoil foundation that has been the bane of Pisan engineers for more than 800 years. It seems that the tremulous soil underneath the Field of Miracles has exacted its price on the other buildings too, most notably San Michele dei Scalzi. Other attractions of interest in Pisa include the Museo delle Sinopie, a museum containing a display of sketches from the frescoed cycle that decorated the walls of the Campo Santo cemetery; and the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, in which exhibits of arabesque panels and Corinthian capitals reveal the influences of Rome and Islam on Pisan architects. The Museo Nazionale di San Matteo displays a range of Florentine art from the 12th through to the 17th-centuries.\nPisa is a popular daytrip from Florence, and a beloved Italian destination in its own right."}
{"text":"The noun people is very unusual in English. It can take singular or plural verb forms and can have its own plural form peoples. As I say in A Guide to English Language Usage:\nperson and people\nFor almost all purposes people is the effective plural of person. It can follow a number and takes a plural verb: 1,500 people have bought tickets; the people who were (not was) present. However, people is not plural in origin. It comes from Latin populus, and has its own singular and plural forms corresponding to community, tribe, race, nation or ethnic group. So it is perfectly correct to speak of a warlike people; a peace-loving people; the peoples of Europe; Winston Churchill wrote A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.\nToday’s Observer has an article about the elections to beheld in Catalonia on 25 November. It says of the governing CiU party:\nThe campaign slogan is “the people's will”.\nNot quite. In Catalan it is La voluntat d’un poble and there we have the Catalan version of that Latin populus. It is unquestionably used in the singular form, equivalent to French peuple or German Volk. It could be argued that the people’s will means the will of the people, with people being understood a singular. But that is not quite right since the Catalan has the indefinite article, and in any case the use of people in English in such contexts is usually parsed as plural even when there is no clear indication one way or the other.\nThis blog is about language. Comments on the use of people singular or plural are welcome. Comments about the Catalan election itself are not welcome."}
{"text":"Being a firefighter is a very dangerous occupation, although it's been getting slightly safer over time. According to the National Fire Protection Association\n, almost 3,600 firefighters died on the job between 1981 and 2011. That's an average of about 115 occupational deaths per year for firefighters, although fortunately there's been a slight downward trend and the number of deaths last year was only about half the historical average at 61, setting a new record low.\nThe number of annual injuries for firefighters has been declining as well, but there were still almost 72,000 incidents last year. That means that almost 200 firefighters were injured on-the-job every day in 2010. There were slightly more than one million firefighters in 2010 (including 768,150 volunteers), which means that more than 6.5%, and more than one out of every 15 firefighters, were injured or killed on the job in 2010. That's a lot better than the 10% share of firefighters who were injured or killed in 1991, but it still makes firefighting one of the most dangerous jobs in America\n(based on both occupational fatalities and on-the-job injuries).\nBut there are huge, and persistent gender gaps for firefighters (along with huge gender occupational fatality gaps and huge gender occupational injury gaps), with male firefighters outnumbering female fighters by almost 27-to-1 (96.4% male vs. 3.6% female\nQ: Shouldn't the huge gender disparities in firefighting employment, injuries and deaths motivate applying Title IX legislation to this industry with the goal of perfect gender parity?"}
{"text":"Hungarians come together on April 11th of each year to celebrate The Day of Hungarian Poetry. Held on the birthday of famed Hungarian poet Attila József, the event has been going since 1964 and brings young and old together to celebrate the inspiring achievements of their country’s greatest literary geniuses.\nFamed writer and poet Sándor Márai was also born on this same day. In addition, important Hungarian poets such as Sándor Weöres and Sándor Petőfi are also remembered on this day.\nIn Budapest, József Attila’s birthplace was filled with songs and poetry recitals, as cultural and political leaders came together to remember the tragic genius who committed suicide in 1937 at the age of 32.\nIn addition, similar ceremonies were held throughout the country. As students in Pápa recited Petőfi, a “wall of poems” was erected in Szombathely next to a statue of Sándor Weöres, and a “poetry tram” wound its way through the streets of Debrecen."}
{"text":"Some people consider toilets dirty — their germs dangerous. But others see them as icons of health that actually save lives.\nToday, a full 36 percent of the world's population lives without a toilet, says the newest data from theWorld Health Organization. That's one in three.\nIf even half of the 36 percent could get regular access to a toilet, thousands of children would be spared from death every year — 400,000 between now and the year 2015."}
{"text":"‘Victims of Injustice and violence’\nSculpture by Chaim Stephenson to remember all victims of injustice and violence in South Africa during the years of apartheid.\nChaim Stephenson was born in Liverpool to Russian immigrant parents. Profoundly affected by the Holocaust, he moved to Israel and was one of the founders of Kibbutz Yas’ur in Northern Israel where he met British author Lynn Reid Banks. The family returned to England in 1971.\nIn 1991 he was commissioned to create a bronze sculpture to commemorate the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa. It can be seen inside Saint Martin in-the-Fields in London.\nChaim Stephenson’s website"}
{"text":"Definition of Roman holiday in English:\nEarly 19th century: from Byron's Childe Harold, originally with reference to a holiday given for a gladiatorial combat.\nDefinition of Roman holiday in:\n- US English dictionary\nWhat do you find interesting about this word or phrase?\nComments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed."}
{"text":"Portrait of the week - The doctor's visit\nThe doctor's visit, painted by Jan Steen, circa 1660.\nThis portrait of a sick woman, accompanied by a doctor and a maid, is a perfect example of painting in the Netherlands of the 17th century - paintings primarily aimed at the up-and-coming bourgeoisie and showing interiors (most commonly, but sometimes exteriors) with ordinary scenes and situations.\nShowing ill women were not thought of as an unsuitable motif, but appears several times by different artists, for example by Caspar Netscher, and Jan Steen also painted 'The love-sick woman' with an almost identical setting.\nThe woman is seen in an upper-class setting, with large paintings on the walls and thick fabrics on the furniture. In the corner a four-poster-bed is seen. The woman is dressed in fur-trimmed jacket and a dress made of grey silk. This was not what a proper woman would wear in at a more formal occasion, this was a dress made for home, and suitable to wear when ill. The doctor is checking her pulse, and the maid is holding a urine-sample in a glass-bottle. The medical art of the 17th century was not the most advanced, that must be admitted, but they had by now come to the conclusion that checking the heart-beat and the urine was vital for understanding a patients well-being. Just as a doctor would nowadays. The difference might be more in the remedies that were prescribed, like bloodletting and sweatings (to get the body in balance).\nThe maid is shown as helping out the doctor, holding things for him and talking to him. That she is merely a servant-woman and not, for example, the sick woman's mother, is clearly shown by the difference of clothing, this woman's dress is much simpler and she even has an apron, though in a bright, blue colour."}
{"text":"Kid Thomas Valentine - trumpet\nKid Thomas is still revered today in Algiers Louisiana. Jazz musicians of the 1920s referred to Algiers as “over da river” or the “Brooklyn of the South,” the latter for its proximity to New Orleans as compared to New York and Brooklyn, both separated by a river. Algiers Point has a long, rich history of African American, French, Spanish, German, Irish, and Italian/Sicilian residents. Algiers, the second oldest neighborhood in New Orleans after the French Quarter, was the site of the slave holding areas, newly arrived from Africa, the powder magazine, and slaughterhouse of the early 18th century. Many of the Jazz venues have long since disappeared, as have many of the musicians’ homes. Most of the saloons, and dance halls are all but forgotten now by the modern-day Algiers’ residents. Gone are the days of Jazz funerals every week, the sound of dancing feet in the juke joints, and dance halls, and corner saloons."}
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{"text":"In the Logic School, students take the mastered information from the Grammar Stage and bring it into ordered relationships. Students begin to apply logic, assessing the validity of arguments and learning to view information critically with more discerning minds. Through classical methods, the students are encouraged and trained to form solid supports for arguments and to identify and refute weak or false claims.\nThis is the stage in which the melding and blending of classical methods with a Biblical worldview are crucial. In the quest for answers to questions, many of them quite difficult ones, teachers assure students of the authoritative and timeless truths of God’s word.\nSome methods used to obtain these goals include Socratic seminars, recitations, mock trials, debates, and analysis of primary source documents.\nDOWNLOAD Upper School Curriculum Guide"}
{"text":"Property \"Semantic relation\" (as page type) with input value \"Empty strings are not accepted.\" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.\nFastenings are used to hold a book shut wh … Fastenings are used to hold a book shut when it is not in use. They can take a variety of forms and be made from many different materials, but their essential function is secure one board or cover to the other across the foredge of the bookblock and often the head and tail edges as well. Fastenings were in use from the earliest times, but after the introduction of printing and, more particularly, the near universal use of paper-leaved textblocks, their use gradually became more and more decorative and status-related (ie. for liturgical or ceremonial use), unless they are found on books which were intended to be carried about, in which case they retain a primarily functional purpose. Fastenings may also be found on enclosures.astenings may also be found on enclosures. +"}
{"text":"Looking at the starry sky, people think that it is all static and calm. The planets and the moon bring some happenings, but there still remains a sense of great boredom. Sometimes with the appearance of comets and asteroids, the interest in astronomy increases, but very quickly it all falls into oblivion. However, all this is not as peaceful as many think. Great events and great changes are happening in the universe that cannot be seen with the naked eye from Earth. Here we can understand the incredible size of the universe, and the space in which all these changes take place.\nModern devices and telescopes register events that are extremely large and energetically strong that people can never understand. Magnificent explosions, incredible bursts of energy, compression of matter and much more – gives guidance to people on their way to understanding the space in which we exist. Of course, if we understand the part – that’s a big deal.\nJoin our Facebook group : Learn Astronomy and Astrophotography … HERE\nEurope : Our recommendation is (click on image):\nSkywatcher Telescope N 200/1000 Explorer BD NEQ-5 Pro SynScan GoTo\nUSA : Our recommendation is (click on image):\nTelescope Orion Atlas 10 EQ-G GoTo Reflector\nEquipment for astronomy in Europe. Therefore, go here:\nEquipment for astronomy in USA: Therefore, go here:\nenergy events in space space"}
{"text":"Gun cameras are cameras used primarily in aircraft to help measure tactical effectiveness. These cameras are triggered by the firing of a weapon, hence the name.\nThe use of gun cameras first became common for gunnery training in the 1920s though examples were used during World War I by the BritishRoyal Flying Corps. A special version of the standard Lewis Machine gun was manufactured as a Camera Gun. During World War II, gun cameras were commonly used on operational aircraft to record kills of enemy aircraft. Some of this footage survives to this day and is often the source for stock footage in World War II movies, TV shows or video games.\nThe term guncam may also refer to software that records video game footage, it is often triggered by the firing of a weapon in a way similar to the original guncams of World War II. Some popular examples of this software are Growler Guncam and Java Guncam."}
{"text":"County, South Carolina, United States\nFairfield, county, central South Carolina, U.S., consisting of a hilly piedmont region. The Broad River forms the western boundary, and the Wateree River and Wateree Lake form part of the eastern boundary. Monticello Reservoir, Lake Wateree State Park, and the eastern portion of Sumter National Forest lie within Fairfield county.\nIn the mid-18th century the area’s favourable climate and the expanse of available lands attracted settlers from mid-Atlantic coastal colonies and from Carolina lowlands. When British troops occupied the area in 1780 during the U.S. War of Independence, Lord Cornwallis, the British general, allegedly remarked on its “fair fields,” hence the county’s name; it was organized in 1785. In 1865 Union forces led by General William Tecumseh Sherman raided the region and partially destroyed the county seat, Winnsboro. Formerly a leading cotton-growing region, it fell victim to the boll weevil infestation of the 1920s. With the abandonment of cotton-based agriculture, most of its terrain subsequently became covered with forests, of which pine is most common.\nBy the late 20th century agriculture was of lesser importance to the economy, surpassed by the logging and lumber industry and the manufacture of truck and bus bodies and textile products. Area 686 square miles (1,778 square km). Pop. (2000) 23,454; (2010) 23,956."}
{"text":"I’ve been teaching plant physiology or related courses for a long, long time, and one of the tenets is that woody plants don’t heal. In contrast to animal tissues, when trees and shrubs are wounded the damaged tissues are permanently destroyed. Wounds are compartmentalized and covered with wound wood. Arborists are fond of saying \"plants seal, not heal.\"\nThat’s all fine and good for woody plant parts, but what about grafts? Since grafting reconnects cambial and phloem tissues, is this \"healing?\" And what about nonwoody plants, like annual flowers and vegetables?\nOddly, this type of information is sadly lacking in physiology textbooks, but it’s a question that I get routinely from gardeners. And it’s not just an exercise in semantics. People make some poor choices in treating tree wounds, for example, laboring under the false impression that such wounds should be treated with wound paint or bandages so they can \"heal.\""}
{"text":"Nearly One-Third of Cacti Are at Risk of Becoming Extinct\nCacti can survive harsh climates, thirsty predators, and a lack of rainfall—but not our actions. Despite the plant’s resilience, approximately 31 percent of the world's 1480 cactus species are now at risk of going extinct thanks to human activities.\nA study, published in Nature Plants journal and authored by scientists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature, found illegal collection of live plants and seeds for horticultural trade and private collections is a driving factor behind cacti species’ extinction. According to the study, 86 percent of the endangered cacti used in horticulture were harvested from wild areas. Other practices that harm the plants include residential and commercial development, agriculture, and mining.\n\"The results of this assessment come as a shock to us,\" lead author Barbara Goettsch, co-chairwoman of the IUCN's Cactus and Succulent Plant Specialist Group, told the BBC. \"We did not expect cacti to be so highly threatened and for illegal trade to be such an important driver of their decline.\"\nWhile conservationists tend to focus on animals more than plants, only 25 percent of mammals and 13 percent of bird species are threatened, the study pointed out. Meanwhile, cacti serve as an important source of food and water for many animals, including coyotes, deer, lizards, tortoises, bats, and hummingbirds. As cacti disappear, arid eco-systems will be impacted.\nThe ICUN currently ranks cacti as the fifth most threatened species of endangered flora and fauna, right beneath cycads, amphibians, corals, and conifers. Because of this, they’re calling for international measures to curb illegal cactus harvesting and trading, as well as for the plants to be protected from practices like construction, quarrying, and aquaculture.\n[h/t The Guardian]"}
{"text":"These are good places to begin looking for academic information on your assignment topic:\n|Te ao Māori|\n|993||New Zealand History|\nFind academic articles, written by researchers in Social Work or associated fields.\nThe three bibliographies below are lists of articles relating to Māori and Pasifika research. Look through them to find relevant articles for your topic. Search for the title using Search Rapua or Google Scholar. If you can't access an article, we can try to get it from another library. Look at our interlibrary loan page for more information.\nGovernments produce large amounts of information. Think about which government department might be working in the area you are researching.\nHere are some government websites to start you off:\nAlso think about which organisations are working in the area you are researching. Many produce reports and statistics. Often these are found under \"resources\" on their websites.\nSearch using keywords (the main ideas) and use advanced search to join your keywords together using AND, OR, NOT.\nPut phrases in speech marks eg. \"social work\" \"human development\"\nUse * to search for variations of words eg. develop* will search for develop, develops, developed, developing, development, developments etc\nGo back in time:\nIf you find a book or article that is useful for your research, have a look at the reference list and see if there are any sources there that could also be relevant. Search for the title on Search Rapua or Google.\nGo forwards in time:\nIf you find a book or article that is useful for your research, try searching for the title on Google Scholar and using the \"cited by\" button to find other authors, who have used it in their own research.\nIf we don't have access to a book or article that you think would be relevant to your research, we can try and get it from another library. See our interlibrary loan page for more information and a form you can fill out. Or email Antonia: email@example.com"}
{"text":"By: Michael Fox\nIn 1862 Charles Darwin wrote to a friend at Kew [Gardens] “I have just received such a Box full from Mr Bateman with the astounding Angraecum sesquipedalia [sic] with a nectary a foot long. Good Heavens what insect can suck it”, and in a second letter just a few days later suggested “in Madagascar there must be moths with probosces capable of extension to a length of between ten and eleven inches [25.4–27.9cm]”. The Guardian\nIt was 130 years later that Darwin’s prediction was confirmed with the observation, in Madagascar, of Hawk Moth Xanthopan morganii praedicta using its 20cm tongue or proboscis [prəˈbɒsɪs] to feed on orchid Angraecum sesquipedalia.\nVideo: Georgia Nierfeld\nWe have 65 species of hawk moths in Australia: like Georgia’s amazing Bee Hawk Moth Cephonodes kingii. While our hawk moths do not have huge 20cm tougues most are in the sub-family Macroglossinae: makros, large + glossa, tongue. Their very long tongues (proboscis) allow them to hover in front of flowers while they access the plant nectar.\nHawk moths hovering in front of flowers are often mistaken for Hummingbirds which are only found in the Americas. The Bee Hummingbird is the smallest bird in the world and at 6cm it is similar in size to our Australian hawk moths."}
{"text":"Submitted to: Journal of Economic Entomology\nPublication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal\nPublication Acceptance Date: 9/24/1996\nPublication Date: N/A\nCitation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Heat treatments can be used to disinfest fruits and vegetables of insects. Such treatments can be used to ensure that imported commodities do not spread quarantined pests without the application of pesticides. In order to assure that such treat- ments are reliable, it is necessary to identify the right combina- tion of temperature levels and treatment times that will kill the insects but not damage the fruit. Estimating the reliability of such treatments requires a mathematical analysis of experimental data in which insect survival is measured over a range of temperatures and treatment times. The present article compares four different mathematical formulas for determining death rates in the Mexican fruit fly using one large set of experimental data. The analysis concludes that a mathematical formula called the \"Thermal Kinetic Model,\" widely used to measure the effec- tiveness of pasteurization of liquids, and a formula called \"Probit Analysis,\" long used to measure the effectiveness of pesticides, give similar and reliable estimates. Two other formulations gave less reliable estimates.\nTechnical Abstract: A large set of mortality data for the Mexican fruit fly from induced thermal stress was fit to four mathematical models which are used to estimate thermal death points for quarantine level security. Two of the models, the Probit and Kinetic formulas, estimated death point intercepts in close agreement at the tail ends of survivorship curves. Based on the criteria of chi-square values, coefficients of determination, and fiduciary limits, the Kinetic model had the best fit to the data. The Complementary Log-Log Model produced disparately lower death point intercepts with wider fiduciary limits compared to the other three models with the same data set."}
{"text":"Life Skills & Character Development\nWe want our graduates to be ready for college as good, well rounded individuals that are ready to take on the world. As such, we are developing a character education program for our students. This program will be tied to our name sake - John Adams.\n“It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues. When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant, wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.” – Abigail Adams\nA Life Skills Course is a required multiyear course that will be developed, monitored, and revised by a committee of founding parents, the principal and key staff members. The Life Skills course or portions of the Life Skills course will be taught by all staff members with few exceptions. College counselors and outside speakers shall be utilized as teachers. The Life Skills course will provide three main functions:\n- Teach life skills\n- Provide character education\n- College counseling objectives\nThe annual goals and standards of this course shall be developed by the Life Skills Committee. Based on these goals and standards appropriate curriculum may then be chosen or developed."}
{"text":"U.S. researchers analysed brain scans of 323 children with and without ADHD and found that key connections in the brains of those with the disorder developed more slowly than those without it. In the future, brain scan could help diagnose the condition, they said.\nSources and More Information:\n- Doctors could soon diagnose ADHD in children with a brain scan, MailOnline Health article-2756747, 15 September 2014.\n- Brain scans offer clues into ADHD,\nNHS Choices Neurology, 16 September 2014.\n- Lag in maturation of the brain’s intrinsic functional architecture in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1407787111, September 15, 2014\n- Study Supporting Information, PNAS Sripada et al. 10.1073/pnas.1407787111"}
{"text":"Definition of bioethanol\n- The two most common biofuels are bioethanol, which is a substitute for gasoline, and biodiesel, which speaks for itself.\n- —Fred Pearce\nThese example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bioethanol.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.\nWhat made you want to look up bioethanol? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible)."}
{"text":"Teaching and learning about privacy can be difficult and confusing. This activity uses a continuum of privacy (using private, semi-private, and public) to help differentiate privacy levels. There are two topics: body parts and places. You can use this activity to explain different privacy levels and explain contextual differences (i.e. a stomach can be a public body part at the beach, but a private body part at school) . Download the privacy activity places and body parts here!"}
{"text":"Exploring the Food Groups — Newsletter for Fifth Grade Curriculum Lesson 10: Body Image\nThis publication is intended for print distribution. Please see links to ordering information on this page. If reprinting or copying, please complete the permissions form that can be found under guidelines to reprint or copy on the left side of this page. If sharing or posting, please link directly to this page.\nFNEP State Coordinator\nThis newsletter corresponds with Lesson 10 of the Show Me Nutrition Fifth Grade curriculum. Many young people are concerned about their appearance. This newsletter provides tips on feeling good about oneself and how parents and other caregivers can encourage youths to have a healthy body image by staying active and reducing screen time.\nPublications numbers for fifth grade newsletters are: N180 (Lesson 1), N181 (Lesson 2), N182 (Lesson 3), N183 (Lesson 4), N184 (Lesson 5), N185 (Lesson 6), N186 (Lesson 7), N187 (Lesson 8), N188 (Lesson 9), N189 (Lesson 10), and N190 (Lesson 11)\n- Body image\n- Physical activity\n- MyActivity Pyramid\n- Screen time\n- Activity box\n- Indoor activities"}
{"text":"This week's book giveaway is in the OCAJP 8 forum. We're giving away four copies of OCA Java SE 8 Programmer I Study Guide and have Edward Finegan & Robert Liguori on-line! See this thread for details.\nThey are described in detail in the API for DataOutput, an interface which RandomAccessFile implements. Basically, writeChars() uses Unicode values, writing two bytes per character. While writeUTF() uses a slightly-modified version of UTF-8, which uses 1 to 3 bytes per character. Also, writeUTF() writes two bytes at the beginning which identify the number of characters which will be in the UTF-8 representation, so the readUTF() method will know when to stop. The writeChars() method does not do this, and also does not write a delimiter (like 0) at the end of the String - so I'm not sure what it's really useful for. The DataInput interface does not define a readChars() method, because writeChars() does not provide enough information to know reliably where the string should terminate. There are ways to fix this, but in general it's too much trouble - I'd usually just ignore writeChars() and use writeUTF() instead, whenever I have String data to write to a binary file. Of course, if you're writing a text file rather than a binary file, you probably shouldn't be using any of the DataOutput / DataInput methods anyway. They have too many methods which generate unprintable chars if you don't know exactly what you're doing. Use Readers and Writers; they're much better."}
{"text":"This lesson covers an introduction to atomic theory. In includes a Power Point lesson covered the topics outline below. It also includes a revision or homework page (with answer sheet). A ‘Hot Seat Quiz’ that includes the key terms covered in the lesson and a printable of the key figures in Atomic Theory.\nThe Power Point lesson covers the key terms:\n• Atomic theory\n• Atomic structure\n• Atomic Mass Unit\nThis is followed by a section covering describing atoms:\n• Electron configuration\n• Mass Number (Nucleon number)\n• Atomic number (proton number)\nThe last section covers briefly\n• Relative Mass Unit\n• Relative Formula Mass\nThis lesson cover the section C3 of the iGCSE unit\n0653 combined science (some sections regarding the periodic table will\nbe included in a separate section). It includes:\nC3. Atoms, elements and compounds\n3.3 Atomic structure and the Periodic Table\n1 Describe the structure of an atom in terms of electrons and a nucleus containing protons and neutrons.\n2 Describe the build-up of electrons in ‘shells’ and\nunderstand the significance of the noble gas electronic structures and\nof valency electrons (reference to noble gases not included - this will\nbe in periodic table lesson)\n3 State the relative charges and approximate relative masses of protons, neutrons and electrons.\n4 Define atomic (proton) number and mass (nucleon) number.\n5 Use proton number and the simple structure of\natoms to explain the basis of the Periodic Table (see section C9), with\nspecial reference to the elements with proton numbers 1 to 20. (not yet\nincluded in this section)\nYOU CAN FIND THE LESSON HERE"}
{"text":"Go to the library or go online and locate material about Confucius. Outline his major ideas. Which seem to be applicable to management in the United States today?\nAnswer to relevant QuestionsFind a company that has laid off a significant number of workers in the last year. (Hint: Use the word layoff as a search term on the Internet.) Investigate that company. Why did the firm make the layoffs? In your opinion, ...Consider the three environments of a firm. Which of the environments has the most direct and immediate impact on the firm? Which of the environments has a more diffuse and delayed impact? Explain. Interview a manager from a local organization about his or her organization’s internal environment, including owners, directors, employees, the physical work environment, and the organization culture. How do these various ...Describe the formal and informal dimensions of social responsibility. Review the following chart of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions. Based on the chart, tell which country you would most like to work in and why. Tell which country you would like least to work in and why.\nPost your question"}
{"text":"Unraveling the Mystery of Jesus's Last Days\nA world-renowned scholar reveals how archaeology has a major role to play not only in how the gospels should be read and understood, but also in understanding Jesus in his world.\nInside you'll find:\n- the actual site of the execution of Jesus\n- startling new information about the crucifixion based on the discovery of a first-century crucified man\n- the surprising location of the trial of Jesus\n- the truth about his final resting place\n--Jodi Magness, Professor of Early Judaism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil"}
{"text":"New vaccine introduced to protect Pakistani children from pneumoniaListen /\nPakistan on Tuesday became the first country in South Asia to introduce a vaccine to protect children from pneumonia.\nUNICEF spokesperson, Marixie Mercado says that pneumonia is the leading killer of children in the world, accounting for 18 per cent of child deaths globally.\n\"There are four countries in the world that account for more than 50 per cent of these deaths and Pakistan is one of them. In Pakistan, there are over 350,000 children who died each year due to largely preventable causes and pneumonia is the cause behind about 20 of them, 19 per cent of them to be exact.\"\nThe GAVI Alliance says it is hoped that by 2015 the vaccine will be in 50 developing countries.\nThe programmes to vaccinate children have been made possible with $4.3 billion from donor governments."}
{"text":"Pseudoscorpions are small arachnids (less than 1 cm in body length) that superficially resemble scorpions due to the presence of chelate pedipalps at the front of the body. The lack, however, the long tail that is characteristic of all scorpions.\nPseudoscorpions are found in most terrestrial regions of the world from the arctic regions to the hottest deserts. They can be found under rocks, in leaf litter, in soil, under bark of tree or in caves. They feed on other invertebrates such small as insects, which are dismembered utilising their chelicerae. Some pseudoscorpions (the members of the suborder Iocheirata) possess venom glands that discharge through the tip of the chelal fingers. Females deposit their embryos in a brood-sac, which remains attached to the female gonopore on the ventral surface of the abdomen until the embryos\nPseudoscorpions in Australasia\nThe Australasian pseudoscorpion fauna currently consists of 150 species from Australia and 67 species from New Zealand. Recent research has uncovered a diverse pseudoscorpion fauna in both regions with numerous new species and genera yet to be formally named.\nThe world fauna was last catalogued by Harvey (1991), and the phylogeny and classification was studied by Harvey (1992).\nVisit the full listing of the New Zealand pseudoscorpion fauna (67 species in 8 families)\nHarvey, M.S. (1991). Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida. Manchester University Press, Manchester.\nHarvey, M.S. (1992). The phylogeny and systematics of the Pseudoscorpionida (Chelicerata: Arachnida). Invertebrate Taxonomy 6:1373-1435."}
{"text":"The Education Act 1944 (Butler Act) required all local authorities to operate a school meals service to provide a midday meal in all schools, for which parents of pupils were charged a nominal weekly sum. This requirement was withdrawn by the Education Act 1980, as was the requirement that school meals meet a minimum nutritional standard, although meals for pupils whose families were on low incomes and in receipt of benefits continued to be provided free of charge. In line with the policy of introducing market competition into all aspects of public life, school meals services were put out by local authorities to tender. This led to what was widely recognized as a decline in nutritional standards. This was addressed in the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, which empowered the Secretary of State to regulate minimum nutritional standards. These standards were put in place in 2002. Nevertheless, the continuing poor nutritional quality of some school meals was subsequently brought to public attention by a campaign conducted by the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver (b. 1975), who has been credited in some quarters with securing thereby an increase in government funding to ensure that minimum standards of nutrition can be met."}
{"text":"The Junior Mythbusters were looking for the stickiest glue possible in order to create a man-sized rodent trap. They think they found it in rodent glue, so put it to the test.\nJesse, Valerie, and Rachel are experimenting with sticky substances to see if a man-sized glue trap can really trap a human. They first begin by testing different types of glue and eventually decide that rodent glue is the strongest.\nNext, they test walking across the rodent glue and fashion a rather long walkway with the glue covering it to see if it can get a human stuck. Jesse is challenged to run through the stuff. Do you think he can make it?"}
{"text":"In 1931, the University of North Carolina consolidated university system was established, bringing together the state-sponsored institutions at Chapel Hill, Raleigh (then State College), and Greensboro (then the North Carolina College for Women) into a single consolidated university system, sharing a single president and board of trustees.\nTo promote unity among the students at the three institutions, a Consolidated University Council was created in 1948 to “act as a liaison among the three campuses and to represent the opinions, interests, and welfare of the students.” The Council consisted initially of 11 members, with meetings held quarterly. Membership grew to 13 in the mid-1950s.\nThe Council was also responsible for managing special events that aimed at uniting the three student bodies. This included Consolidated University Day."}
{"text":"The Oxford India Short Introductions are concise, stimulating, and accessible guides to different aspects of India. Combining authoritative analysis, new ideas, and diverse perspectives, they discuss subjects which are topical yet enduring, as also emerging areas of study and debate. Giving identity to over a billion people, the Indian Constitution is one of the world's great political texts. Drafted over six decades ago, its endurance and operation have fascinated and surprised many. In this short introduction, Madhav Khosla brings to light its many features, aspirations, andcontroversies. How does the Constitution separate power between different political actors? What form of citizenship does it embrace? And how can it change? In answering questions such as these, Khosla unravels the document's remarkable and challenging journey, inviting readers to reflect upon thetheory and practice of constitutionalism in the world's largest democracy."}
{"text":"Teaching and Learning Resources\nBarobo's innovative teaching and learning resources are created for teachers and students to quickly get started on hands-on math learning with coding and robotics in the classroom setting. These resources also have powerful applications in teaching other STEAM subjects and in other learning environments.\nProgramming in Ch (C/C++ Interpreter)\nProgramming Raspberry Pi\nPaper copies of the textbooks noted above, plus textbooks for Math 7, Math 8, Integrated Math 1, Algebra 1, and introductory programming, are available to schools that become partners of Barobo's university collaborator, the C-STEM Center of the University of California at Davis (more info)."}
{"text":"a term for a secondary school, most common in the independent sector. With 'the' definite article, it is also a term for the higher education community generally. In England, since 2000 a (city) academy is a secondary school, centrally funded but with sponsorship from business, faith, or voluntary groups, the aim being to improve standards in areas of disadvantage. The Academy was originally the name given to the school of Plato (427-347 BCE).\nboth Jean Piaget (1896-1980) and John Dewey (1859-1952) stress learning as an adaptive process whereby the learner makes adjustments in response to interaction with the environment, physical and social. Learning enables one to proceed successfully as a result of such adaptation. Paulo Freire (1921-1997) disliked the term as he felt it lacked a sufficient sense of agency and he preferred to use the term 'integrative' to show the way in which the learner, when free, not only responds to, but is able to act upon, the environment.\ncourses often of an informal nature aimed at learners beyond the immediate school-leaver cohort. Some may be for interest or pleasure but others lead to qualifications. They can be offered in different models including extra-mural classes, distance learning, within the community, or as weekend and summer schools."}
{"text":"small organisms that drift and float in water\ntiny living things that can be seen only with a microscope\ncharacteristics of living things\norganization, order (complex structure), metabolism, growth, responsiveness, adaptation, regulation, reproduction.\n(microbiology) single-celled spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking nuclei that reproduce by fission.\nUnicellular microorganisms : . Like bacteria, archaea have no true nucleus; ., domain which consists of single-celled prokaryotes that have distinctive cell membranes and cell walls (Archaeabacteria)\nkingdom of one celled organisms with a nucleus\npackage of nucleic acid wrapped in a protein coat that must use a host cell's machinery to reproduce itself\nprotein coat surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus\norganisms that make their own food\neat dead organisms and recycle their nutrients back into the ground (bacteria and fungi)\nan organism that lives on or in a host and causes harm to the host\nPlease allow access to your computer’s microphone to use Voice Recording.\nWe can’t access your microphone!\nClick the icon above to update your browser permissions above and try again\nReload the page to try again!\nPress Cmd-0 to reset your zoom\nPress Ctrl-0 to reset your zoom\nIt looks like your browser might be zoomed in or out. Your browser needs to be zoomed to a normal size to record audio.\nYour microphone is muted\nFor help fixing this issue, see this FAQ."}
{"text":"Europe has continuously experienced improved food security since World War II. People are by large enjoying food safety and as food consumers their purchasing power has continuously improved. However, challenges ahead are gradually looming on a global scale due to population growth, climate change and an increasing competition for finite natural resources such as land and water. At the same time the technology driven European food supply, with small emergency reserves, is vulnerable to hostile foreign powers and terrorism.\nThe chapter analyses how food security challenges can be mitigated and how food security is interlinked with climate change, political unrest and national security. Policies targeting food production efficiency in terms of the use of energy, water and land food production and other parts of the economy in the EU and third countries is demonstrated to be vital to overcome challenges in the long run. Furthermore, increasing public emergency reserves may be motivated, depending on the scope of threats and conflicts on European soil.\nOrder book: e-elgar.com."}
{"text":"Looking to keep your students engaged with meaningful activities during your study of US History? This Westward Expansion packet includes a variety of topics and activities that can be used in whole group, small groups, centers, partners, and more!\nIncluded in this Resource:\n• 8 Interactive Notebook Activities\n• 18 Word Wall Cards\n• 8 Writing Prompt Task Cards\n• 7 Writing Templates\nMake sure to download the preview to get a better idea of what's included.\nThank you for your purchase! Please remember to rate and leave feedback. : )"}
{"text":"During adolescence, internal circadian rhythms and biological sleep drive change to result in later sleep and wake times. As a result of these changes, early middle school and high school start times curtail sleep, hamper a student’s preparedness to learn, negatively impact physical and mental health, and impair driving safety. Furthermore, a growing body of evidence shows that delaying school start times positively impacts student achievement, health, and safety. Public awareness of the hazards of early school start times and the benefits of later start times are largely unappreciated. As a result, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) is calling on communities, school boards, and educational institutions to implement start times of 8:30 AM or later for middle schools and high schools to ensure that every student arrives at school healthy, awake, alert, and ready to learn.\nPlease contact the AASM at email@example.com or (630) 737-9700 if you have any questions about sleep and school start times."}
{"text":"Health Care Professionals\nBelow are links to resources that physicians, nurses, therapist, or any other health care provider may find helpful in their practices relating to Down syndrome.\nDiscussing Down Syndrome: Physician’s Guide - created to assist physicians facing the challenge of informing parents that a child has or may have Down syndrome.\nBrighter Tomorrows - a free, online training module, funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, for health-care providers on how to deliver a diagnosis in a sensitive manner.\nDown Syndrome Clinic – the clinic located at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, provides coordinated medical, social, and developmental care for children with Down syndrome.\nClinical Report—Health Supervision for Children With Down Syndrome, These guidelines are designed to assist the pediatrician in caring for the child in whom a diagnosis of Down syndrome has been confirmed by chromosome analysis. Although a pediatrician’s initial contact with the child is usually during infancy, occasionally the pregnant woman who has been given a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome will be referred for review of the condition and the genetic counseling pro- vided. Therefore, this report offers guidance for this situation as well.\nHealth Care Professionals: DSIA, Down Syndrome Information Alliance\nDown Syndrome: Health Issues by Len Leshin, M.D., F.A.A.P,\nContinuing Medical Education"}
{"text":"Marlene and Morton Meyerson Centennial Professor in Music and Human Learning University of Texas, AustinView Slides\nFrom inside our own consciousness, it seems to us that our thinking and behavior follow a somewhat linear progression in which we perceive the world around us, gather information, interpret what we perceive, decide, and act. From this perspective it’s possible to believe that if we all had access to the same information (and understood it) we’d all reach the same conclusions. But human decision-making is complicated by the fact that our minds are products of the genetically-determined wiring that has evolved over millennia and our individual histories of past experiences, all of which contribute to what we notice, what we think, and what we do. Of course, the structures of human brains evolved in ways that advantaged survival and procreation at a time when the circumstances of human existence were very much unlike those of contemporary society. And as brains developed in even the earliest epochs of human evolution, older structures were not replaced with newer ones; newer structures and enhanced capacities for cognition complemented what was already in place. This combining of older and newer ways of thinking are at the heart of the seeming complexity of how we think, decide, and act.\nIn a series of five etudes and a culminating discussion, our goal is to reveal the multiple dimensions of human thinking and behavior, illuminating aspects of our perceptions and decision-making that in many ways function outside of our conscious awareness. To quote Professor Gold: “These issues will dominate what our society does about healthcare, quite independently of what our hot-shot science leader thinks flows automatically from omics.”\nHas been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.\nPlease join us next year, May 14-15, 2021"}
{"text":"In this episode of SciTech Now, the importance of clear medical communication; what can dental plaque tell us about our ancestors?; a new sketching technology for the 21st century; the best ways to reduce, reuse and recycle; and making health professions more diverse and equal.\nAs small children, we learn the importance of brushing and flossing our teeth. But as it turns out, a little tartar may be a good thing, at least for anthropologists studying early modern humans. Plaque contains genetic information that offers clues about how early humans lived millions of years ago. Professor Christina Warriner, a pioneer […]"}
{"text":"We need to keep track of how many times the left and down arrow keys are pressed.\n- Click on the Python tab and click on . Drag two Integer Variable commands into your program.\nA variable lets us store information. The variable has a name and a value. Like this: name = value.\n- Change the name of one variable to left_count and the other to down_count.\n- Change both of the values to 0."}
{"text":"Today marks the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773. Over 200 years after it happened, the incident remains one of the most popular images of the Revolutionary period. That’s no surprise. After all, there’s a certain romanticism to the story of costumed colonists dumping crates of valuable tea into Boston Harbor.\nBut, while the Boston protest remains the most famous demonstration against the British taxation measures, it was not the only one. There were protests throughout the colonies and one of the most dramatic played out in our own backyard — Annapolis, Maryland — in 1774."}
{"text":"The maple trees in Westminster Abbey represent modesty and the hornbeam trees represent resilience.\nA yoke of hornbeam, shaped like a bow, to which the horses were harnessed, was fastened to the other extremity of the pole.\nThe beech might be used instead of the hornbeam on suitable soil.\nThe hornbeam was much less common than the ash and was saved with particular care.\nIt was full of long, straight walks, between hedges of yew and hornbeam, which rose tall and close on every side.\nBowls and dishes of hornbeam lasted forever, and would never leak nor crack.\nThe European hornbeam was a favorite tree for making the \"pleached alleys,\" of which old-world garden-lovers were proud.\nOn account of its great toughness the wood of the hornbeam is employed in engineering work for cogs in machinery.\nBy these hornbeam trees a little streamlet flows out from the copse and under the road by a culvert.\nHard′-bake, a sweetmeat made of boiled sugar and almonds; Hard′beam, the hornbeam."}
{"text":"A polymer is a large molecule made up of lots of small molecules. In the natural world, fats and proteins are polymers. A monomer is the name for the small molecule that is part of the chain, in the following example, the monomer is ethene.\nThe monomers are passed over a heated catalyst and polymerisation occurs. In this example a long chain of molecules called poly(ethene) or polythene is made.\nNB: the molecule in square brackets shows the structure of each monomer and the lines coming out show how they are bonded to each other. The letter n denotes that the sequence is repeated many times.\nAddition polymerisation is the creation of polymers from monomers containing a C=C bond. As the name suggests it is an addition reaction, and is written as follows:\nAbove shows the formation of polystyrene, however, many groups could be attached to the C=C, with 4 Fluorenes, Teflon would be made. And a single methyl group results in polypropene.\nPolyalkenes are made by the addition polymerization of alkenes. They contain many carbon bonds, which means there is little bond polarity and they are therefore inert which means they are not biodegradable.\nCondensation polymers are formed by the reaction of molecules with two functional groups and produces water as a by-product. The first example is the formation of polyesters by the reactions of dicarboxylic acids and diols, forming ester links. For example, in the production of Terylene.\nA polyamide is another polyester formed by condensation. It is formed by the reaction of dicarboxylic acids and diamines. This is how Nylon-6,6 is made:\nUnlike addition polymers, polyamides and polyesters are biodegradable and can be broken in to their constituent molecules by hydrolysis where water is added to the polymer.\nUses and others\nPolymers are very useful, and are used ti replace traditional materials like metals, paper and rubber. The following table shows some other polymers along with their uses."}
{"text":"Clear text formatting\nWhen you copy and paste content from a Word document, Google Doc, or most any other software or website, it comes with hidden code.\nThis code is what controls things like font, text size, and other formatting. Often, this isn't an issue, but some applications work much better when you paste plain text, rather than formatted text.\nCreate a .txt file\nSome programs require files in plain text format (.txt).\nWrite or paste your content into i.ycp.edu/text.\nIn the upper right corner, select the menu ☰ > Download (Plain Text).\nUse the downloaded .txt file wherever needed.\nTip: You can also create .txt files in Notepad, TextEdit, & Word."}
{"text":"To the Tashkent Station\nEvacuation and Survival in the Soviet Union at War\nIn summer and fall 1941, as German armies advanced with shocking speed across the Soviet Union, the Soviet leadership embarked on a desperate attempt to safeguard the country's industrial and human resources. Their success helped determine the outcome of the war in Europe. To the Tashkent Station brilliantly reconstructs the evacuation of over sixteen million Soviet civilians in one of the most dramatic episodes of World War II.\nRebecca Manley paints a vivid picture of this epic wartime saga: the chaos that erupted in towns large and small as German troops approached, the overcrowded trains that trundled eastward, and the desperate search for sustenance and shelter in Tashkent, one of the most sought-after sites of refuge in the rear. Her story ends in the shadow of victory, as evacuees journeyed back to their ruined cities and broken homes. Based on previously unexploited archival collections in Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, To the Tashkent Station offers a novel look at a war that transformed the lives of several generations of Soviet citizens. The evacuation touched men, women, and children from all walks of life: writers as well as workers, scientists along with government officials, party bosses, and peasants. Manley weaves their harrowing stories into a probing analysis of how the Soviet Union responded to and was transformed by World War II.\nOver the course of the war, the Soviet state was challenged as never before. Popular loyalties were tested, social hierarchies were recast, and the multiethnic fabric of the country was subjected to new strains. Even as the evacuation saved countless Soviet Jews from almost certain death, it spawned a new and virulent wave of anti-Semitism. This magisterial work is the first in-depth study of this crucial but neglected episode in the history of twentieth-century population displacement, World War II, and the Soviet Union."}
{"text":"MarsQuest users can launch a spacecraft to Mars, explore its volcanoes and canyons, and solve mysteries about the search for life on the Red Planet. The major features of Mars are investigated through educational games, interactive simulations, challenging puzzles, and narrative descriptions. Teacher resources for classroom study are offered, as are archived and current images of the planet as obtained by the Mars Rovers. There are opportunities to fly over Olympus Mons, drive the rover Sojourner just like the mission specialists, determine when to launch a mission so it reaches Mars, and take a quiz comparing features on Earth and Mars. User inquiry and exploration is encouraged via open-ended activities that allow students to control their own learning.\nIntended for grade levels:\nType of resource:\nSelected resources require Adobe Acrobat reader and Flash.\nCost / Copyright:\nCopyright 2003 MarsQuest Online\nDLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-004-965\nResource contact / Creator / Publisher:\nPrincipal Investigator: Dan Barstow"}
{"text":"FREE MATH LESSON - “Grade 2 - 10 or 100 More or 10 or 100 Less - Match Game - FREEBIE”\nby Math MindEd Teaching 2nd Grade\nThis activity is part of one of the MAJOR content clusters for SECOND grade of using place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract. Second graders must be able to mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100-900, and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100-900. In this activity, students will match a base-ten picture question card with the correct answer card.\nDirections to the Teacher: Print and cut out task cards for students. You may choose to laminate for future use. Print and make copies of the Recording Sheet for students. This is a great activity for a math center, math workstation, or independent practice."}
{"text":"1 Answer | Add Yours\nIt was very difficult for a poor person to gain wealth. The only way to get property was to already have some, and occupations from which a person could get rich were closed to those of lower social standing. Basically, if you were born poor you staid poor. To get ahead, or even meet basic needs in some cases, you would have to rob.\nI would argue that in addition to class inequities, Moll Flanders is a story of the inequities between men and women. Women did not have the right to own property, so the only way a woman could gain wealth or social standing was to marry a man who had it. A woman could also not marry if she was not pure, yet many men took advantage of young women who were either servants or otherwise poor, as in Moll's case. A man who had a relationship with a woman \"ruined\" her and ended her hopes of ever being raised in social class. Moll has this problem, of course. For example, when Moll has to get her husband drunk so he won't realize she is not a virgin.\nDid not help at all\nWe’ve answered 324,697 questions. We can answer yours, too.Ask a question"}
{"text":"Create engaged learners with this read aloud book companion. Your kindergarten students will learn all about pumpkins during this unit.\nWe have created this low prep read aloud activity for you to save time each week! Print your book’s lesson plans, anchor chart headers, anchor chart pieces, student literacy response sheets and your skill assessment in a snap. You can also project the vocabulary and the building background photographs to your students on your whiteboard. You do need to purchase Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin, Pie separately. (Book not included)\nThe focus for the book is to sequencing the life cycle of a pumpkin. You can create anchor charts to cover the topic.\n- Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin, Pie Lesson Plans for 1 Week\n- Appetizer Photo (Introduces theme and topic)\n- 4 Days of Student Response Pages\n- 3D Pumpkin Craft (pictures coming)\n- Anchor Chart Headers\n- Skill Assessment for the Story and Skill"}
{"text":"CFD Novice to Expert Part 4: CFD 101\nGreat to see that you are sticking with the series. After the previous article \"CFD Novice to Expert Part 3: Fluid Dynamics 201\" you are now rapidly approaching halfway, with this being part 4 of this 7 part series.\nI know - you thought this was going to be a course in CFD. Now with a base of fluid dynamics knowledge, you are ready for the juicy CFD part. As a point of reference, the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) formulation of the governing flow equations is the most popular and practical approach to CFD for typical engineering flows with the current generation of computing resources - this is worth bearing in mind as you progress through the references presented in this section. First stop for a gentle definition and introduction to CFD is the Computational Fluid Dynamics article at Wikipedia. If you prefer your knowledge delivered by video, then try the free Boston University Introduction to CFD on iTunes.\nHopefully you come away from these introductions with an appreciation of key CFD concepts, such as geometry, meshing, material (physical) properties, boundary conditions, numerical schemes, turbulence modeling, accuracy, and flow visualization. If not, then try the more complicated but forthright descriptions in the CFD Online Wiki Reference section.\nStay tuned for part 5 - Hands-on CFD.\nRecent blog posts\n- Caedium CFD Sneak Peek: Passive Species Transport\n- Automated Creation and Export of CFD Results\n- Aerodynamics Plays No Role in the Performance of Stationary Bicycles\n- Aerodynamic Performance of a Stationary Bicycle\n- Color Maps, Vectors, Streamlines, Action!\n- 6 Things to Consider Before Switching Turbulence Model\n- CFD Simulation Steering\n- Why Compromise with Browser-Based CAD/CAE Applications?\n- Avoid CFD Transient Data Overload with Co-Processing\n- 5 Tips for CFD Flow Volume Creation"}
{"text":"School security assessments are an invaluable tool to improve school security, school climate and school emergency preparedness. While there are some instances where school officials have no choice to do otherwise, school security assessments conducted when schools are closed are less effective. School security assessments are more effective when they are conducted when assessors can observe students and employees arriving in the morning, departing in the afternoon and moving about the school during the school day.\nHaving assisted in school security assessments for more than 5,000 public and non-public schools over the years, our analysts have all noted that they have more findings when assessments are conducted when schools are in session. For example, one of the most important aspects of a school security assessment involves the evaluation of student supervision. Improving student supervision helps to reduce the risk of violence, student abductions, arson, vandalism, accidental injury and a range of other crisis situations. Good student supervision also helps school employees more rapidly and effectively shelter students from a gunman, a tornado or a hazardous materials incident.\nSchools should try to avoid conducting school security assessments when schools are closed even if this means delaying them until the next school year. This is especially true if major changes such as implementation of new school security technologies will be guided by the school security assessment process. Whether your school organization is an independent school or a large public school system, school security assessments conducted during the school year will yield more useful information and thus value.\nLatest posts by Michael Dorn (see all)\n- School Safety Support - February 22, 2017\n- Violence, Literacy and Hope in Trinidad – Tobago - February 10, 2017\n- Safe Havens Team Chosen to Author University Textbook on Extreme Violence - January 11, 2017"}
{"text":"Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in our solar system, has the most spectacular and complex ring system. Earth may soon have its own set of rings, according to researchers at the University of Utah, US. These rings which may develop around our planet, however, will be made up of space debris. This comes as no surprise with the rising number of defunct satellites and growing anti-satellite tests, including the latest one by Russia.\nThere are currently 170 million pieces of space junk in orbit around the Earth, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). Most of these are small, but some are large enough to threaten space flights and orbital missions. Space junk, considered a type of pollution, has grown dramatically in the past decades — by about 7,500 metric tonnes.\n“Earth is on course to have its own rings,” Jake Abbott, a professor of robotics at the University of Utah, told The Salt Lake Tribune. “They’ll just be made of junk,” he added. Abbott has worked with magnets for years. He and his team of engineers are now working to find ways to clean up the space junk, using magnets.\nThe researchers say they have figured out how to rapidly spin magnets and manipulate the objects at the centre using magnetic fields, even if they are not made up of magnetic metal — such as space debris. They tested their research by moving a copper ball on a plastic raft in a tank of water. The magnets moved the sphere not only in a square but also rotated the ball.\nThe researchers say the technology can be used one day to make robots move the junk into a decaying orbit or move it away into space without even having to physically touch it.\nThe research has been published in a recent article in the Nature journal. Abbott says it is just a question of engineering now: building and launching the technology to create Earth’s own rings.\nCatch the latest from the Consumer Electronics Show on Gadgets 360, at our CES 2022 hub."}
{"text":"I will explain the main difference between a dedicated server and a VPS.\nWhat is a dedicated server\nA dedicated server refers to the exclusive use of a web server or computer that can be provided by most hosting companies. A dedicated server is usually needed for a website that has a lot of traffic or high demands. For example, a site that must handle up to 20 million hits a day. The user can configure it and has full access and control of all its resources.\nWhat is a Virtual Private Server (VPS)\nA virtual server that appears to the user as a dedicated server. But that is actually installed on a computer serving multiple websites. A single computer can have several VPSs, each one with its own operating system (OS) that runs the hosting software for a particular user.\nSo the resources of a Virtual Private Server are shared between between all users. Therefore may not be able to handle a website with high traffic as resources are split between different websites or hosting accounts.\nFinally, The VPS still has its own ram, processor and storage. But it’s a virtualised slice from the main server so resources are split with other users. VPS servers are great because they are quick to setup, easy to maintain and are low cost.\nWhere as a dedicated server is a full website server available with its own ram, processor and storage and the user has full control. These tend to be very expensive with high data and hosting costs.\nUnless a website has high traffic or high demands, VPS tends to be a far more cost effective option. Plus there is plenty of offers and promotions by most hosting companies on there hosting plans.\nHopefully this post on explaining the difference between a dedicated server and a VPS was helpful. Please feel free to leave any comments or suggestions below and thanks for reading!"}
{"text":"Illinois Sees First West Nile Death\nSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (KMOX) — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting the first West Nile virus related death in Illinois for 2011.\nA Cook County man in his 60s, who had underlying health conditions, was diagnosed with West Nile virus in August and died earlier this month.\n“Although temperatures have been cooler recently, we continue to see West Nile virus activity across Illinois,” said Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Damon T. Arnold. “People need to continue to protect themselves against mosquito bites by using insect repellent or staying indoors.”\nCurrently, the Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting eight human cases of West Nile virus in Illinois. The first human cases of West Nile virus were reported on August 19 and occurred in a Cook County man in his 80s and a Franklin County man in his 30s.\nThis year, Missouri has reported only one positive human case of the West Nile virus. The St. Louis County Health Department announced earlier this month that a 12-year-old Wellston boy was briefly hospitalized after catching the virus. He has since recovered.\nWest Nile virus is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito that has picked up the virus by feeding on an infected bird.\nCommon West Nile virus symptoms include fever, nausea, headache and muscle aches. Symptoms may last from a few days to a few weeks. However, four out of five people infected with West Nile virus will not show any symptoms. In rare cases, severe illness including meningitis or encephalitis, or even death, can occur. People older than 50 are at higher risk for severe illness from West Nile Virus.\nCopyright KMOX Radio"}
{"text":"PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS SOIL SURVEY UPDATE\nCarver Soils: Very deep, excessively drained soils formed in thick deposits of coarse and very coarse sands. Carver soils are in broad areas on outwash plains, terraces and deltas.\nClick here to see a Carver soil profile\nto Official Series Description\nClick for Carver Laboratory Data from the NSSL\nCarver Pedon Description 2325201\nCarver Pedon Description 2325903\nCarver Pedon Description 2325905\nUnit (s): 252A, 252B, 252C, 252E, 259A, 259B, 259C\nMap Unit Phases:\nClassification: Mesic, coated, Spodic Quartzipsamments.\nDrainage Class: Excessively drained.\nParent Material: Coarse sand eolian deposits underlain by fluvial deposits.\nPermeability: Very rapid throughout.\nAvailable Water Holding Capacity: Very low.\nSoil Reaction: Extremely acid to moderately acid throughout.\nDepth to Bedrock: Greater than 65 inches.\nSeasonal High Watertable: Depth: greater than 5 feet. Type: apparent.\nHydrologic Group: A.\nHydric Soil: No.\nFlooding/Ponding Potential: Frequency and Type: None.\nPotential Inclusions: Plymouth, Windsor, Merrimac and Hinckley soils are similar inclusions. . Moderately well drained Deerfield and Sudbury soils are on lower elevations, adjacent to poorly drained Wareham and Pipestone soils.\nAgriculture: Poorly suited for most agricultural uses due to droughtiness. Irrigation is needed for optimal yield.\nWoodland: Poorly suited for woodland productivity due to droughtiness. Trees commonly growing on Carver soils are Pitch Pine, Scrub Oak, and White Pine.\nDevelopment: Carver soils have few limitations for development. They are associated with aquifer recharge areas and measures should be taken to protect the aquifer.\nBack to Legend"}
{"text":"Each fan gets a characteristic curve, also known as P-Q curve, which indicates the correlation between fan air flow rate and static pressure.\nFan’s air flow rate is total amount of air passing through fan itself per unit of time, the three most common measures for the air flow used are Cubic Feet per Minute (CFM), cubic Meters per hour (m3 / hr), and liters per minute (l / min).\nThe maximum air flow rate at one end of the curve refers to the maximum air flow rate that the fan can provide in a total free and open space without any impedance.\nThe static pressure is the resistance that fan can overcome; the maximum static pressure refers to the measured wind pressure in the fully enclosed channel.\nWhile the fan is installed in different systems or products, actual airflow blowing through may vary due to flow impedance from the system, which is known as “fan’s operating point”. The air flow rate at the operating point is the amount of air actually passing through, which can be calculated by CFD simulation or by experiment with wind tunnel equipment."}
{"text":"This educational course is based on readings from The Office on Child Abuse and Neglect Children’s Bureau publication:Protecting Children in Families Affected by Substance Use Disorders. There are many factors that place children and families at risk when there is substance use within the family. This educational course will cover prevention and treatment strategies to address these risk factors. This education covers the treatment planning skill of the Eight Counselor Skill Groups ascribed by NAADAC and NCC AP.\n- Demonstrate knowledge of how parental substance use disorders affect children;\n- Explain the nature of substance use disorders;\n- Describe how to treat substance use disorders;\n- Describe home examination, screening, and assessment of substance use disorders.\nExam written by: Tamika Lett, PhD Human Services, NCAC II, CSAC, CCTP, QMHP A/C\nProtecting Children and Families Affected by Substance Use Disorders\n0.00 average based on 0 ratings"}
{"text":"Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.Join Britannica's Publishing Partner Program and our community of experts to gain a global audience for your work!\nBania, also spelled Baniya, (from Sanskrit vāṇijya, “trade”), Indian caste consisting generally of moneylenders or merchants, found chiefly in northern and western India; strictly speaking, however, many mercantile communities are not Banias, and, conversely, some Banias are not merchants. In the fourfold division of Indian society, the innumerable Bania subcastes, such as the Agarwala, are classed as members of the Vaishya, or commoner, class. In religious affiliation they are generally Vaishnavas (worshippers of the Hindu god Vishnu) or Jainas and tend to be strict vegetarians, teetotallers, and orthodox in observing ceremonial purity. The Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi belonged to a Gujarati Bania caste.\nLearn More in these related Britannica articles:\nAgarwālā, important mercantile caste in India, belonging to that group of merchants, bankers, landowners, and shopkeepers that are called Bania in northern and western India. According to caste tradition, its members are descended from a nāga,or snake goddess; hence, they do not molest snakes, and they observe a special…\nCasteCaste, any of the ranked, hereditary, endogamous social groups, often linked with occupation, that together constitute traditional societies in South Asia, particularly among Hindus in India. Although sometimes used to designate similar groups in other societies, the “caste system” is uniquely…"}
{"text":"Gary, Indiana was a boom town. It literally rose from the sand dunes; transforming a barren landscape into a small city within a matter of a few years. Many of the first buildings were developed by the steel company. Others were developed by land developers and contractors who took advantage of the influx of people and businesses.\nSchmidt Brothers, a contracting firm from Chicago, who were building many of the early Gary structures, hired Joseph Silsbee to design a hotel. The early hotels in Gary operated more like single room occupancy or SRO buildings than traditional overnight hotels; becoming long-term living arrangments for unmarried workers. The Schmidt Brothers' Hotel was occupied primarily by employees of the General Electric Company. After only a couple years, it was then used by the City of Gary and the steel company as their first hospital. Like many of these early buildings, it is no longer standing."}
{"text":"In their Nature paper, TSP researchers also analyzed the patterns of genetic changes seen among different subgroups of lung adenocarcinoma patients, including smokers.\nAbout 90 percent of lung cancer patients have significant histories of cigarette smoking, but 10 percent report no use of tobacco. In the TSP study, the number of genetic mutations detected in tumor samples from smokers was significantly higher than in tumors from never-smokers. Smokers' tumors contained as many as 49 mutations, while none of the never-smokers' tumors had more than five mutations. More work is needed to determine what these differences may mean for the management of lung cancer. However, doctors do know that in some other types of cancer, high mutation levels may cause a tumor to spread rapidly and/or be resistant to treatment.\n\"Our findings underscore the value of systematic, large-scale studies for exploring cancer. We now must move forward to apply this approach to even larger groups of samples and a wider range of cancers,\" said Richard K. Wilson, Ph.D., a senior author of the paper and director of the Genome Sequencing Center at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis.\nThe TSP team also included researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York; the University of Cologne, Germany; the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.\n\"Clearly, much still remains to be discovered. We have just begun to realize the tremendous potential of large-scale, genomic studies to unravel the many mysteries of cancer,\" said Richard Gibbs, Ph.D., a co-author of the lung adenocarcinoma paper and director of the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine. <\n|Contact: Geoff Spencer|\nNIH/National Human Genome Research Institute"}
{"text":"The Durable (Water)Melon\nThe origin of watermelons date back as far as 5,000 years ago, in the deserts of South Africa. This melon had the ability to grow in drought-ridden conditions and to store water within the fruit; hence the name watermelon. It was a great food source for some ancient African tribes to have as they ventured across deserts. However, the taste was much more on the bitter side. Around 2000 BCE, the watermelon also made appearances in the burial chambers of ancient Egyptian royalty. In some of the hieroglyphics written on the walls of the burial chambers, the watermelon is depicted."}
{"text":"Please register or log in.\nIf you're a new user\nIf you're a returning user\nOops, something went wrong!\nThis worksheet teaches dfference between cardinal and ordinal numbers, as well as days of the week and months of the year. Also how to talk about dates and birthdays.\nUpload date: 2012-10-23 05:55:08"}
{"text":"This article does not cite any sources. (April 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)\nThe International Standard Wine Number or ISWN, similar to the ISBN for books, was a coding scheme intended to give a unique identifier for each wine worldwide. The ISWN system had a consistent unique code for each wine producer (ISWN-P), each wine brand or product (ISWN-W), each vintage variant of a wine product (ISWN-V), and the bottle variants (ISWN-B). The ISWN was allocated by the ISWN Organization on the basis of a global reference database of wine producers and wines worldwide. The database was improved through wine producers updating their own data with the ISWN Manager module. The ISWN Organization was a Non-profit organization sponsored by the wine industry.\n|This wine-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.|"}
{"text":"Professor Darius A. Spieth's research restores attention to the life and work of Frank Hayden (1936-1988). Hayden was a Notre Dame graduate (MFA '59) and a leading African-American mid-century sculptor of the South. The uniqueness of Hayden’s art is defined by his place at the intersection of Catholic faith, the Civil Rights movement, and the combination of modernist aesthetics with solid craftsmanship. Spieth's richly illustrated talk presents a visual overview of Hayden’s most important sculptural works – executed in wood, bronze, and fiberglass – from the key decades of his career, ranging from the late 1950s to the late 1980s. Hayden loved his work to be accessible and to serve the public. Many of his sculptures, including some of the nation's first public monuments to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., can still be found in open spaces and churches in southern Louisiana, as well as in public and private collections.\nThis talk is free and open to all. The program is generously supported by Percy A. Pierre."}
{"text":"Güssing or the alliance between economy and ecology\nDéveloppement Durable.com | Elsa Sidawy | 06.21.10\nGüssing is first of all the story of a change. Twenty years ago, two thirds of the working population in this town of 4,300 inhabitants in Eastern Austria were unemployed. This situation was all the more difficult to handle that the cost of fossil fuels was high. But thanks to the EU’s financial support and mayor Peter Vadasz’s initiative, the creation of a European Centre for Renewable Energies in 1995 was the turning point of the Güssing energy policy.\nThe town chose to build mainly on its biomass: instead of letting its forests uncared for, the town cleans them up and sustainably exploits the wood that cannot be used by the industry. Wood chips are exploited by a power station thanks to a gasification process. Organic waste from maize, clover and grass are converted into biogas, and rape into biodiesel. Solar energy also has a part to play in this energy mix since water-heaters, photovoltaic and thermal panels are used as well.\nAs a result, CO2 emissions diminished by two thirds and the town is so independent in terms of energy that it produces more than it consumes, the surplus bringing in 20 million Euros per year. This change in terms of energy production created 1,500 new jobs and encouraged companies attracted by costs stability to settle. Icing on the cake: 300 to 400 tourists visit the town each week to discover this brazen success. For Reinhard Koch, director of the centre, named by Développement durable le journal (Sustainable development newspaper), the “change for renewable energies considerably improved the quality of life in Güssing. Today young people picture themselves in the future here.”\nA France 2 report\nPhoto credit: Town of Güssing\nTranslated by Oona Bijasson"}
{"text":"Created to Worship\nnewly expanded and revised. Author Hughes Old presents an historical study of\nthe worship of Israel and the early church and traces the development of\nworship through the period of the Reformation and beyond. These are the first\nwords of chapter one.\nCREATED TO WORSHIP\nWe worship God because God created us to worship him. Worship is at the\ncenter of our existence, at the heart of our reason for being. God created us\nto be his image—an image that would reflect his glory. In fact, the whole\ncreation was brought into existence to reflect the divine glory. The psalmist\ntells us that \"the heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament\nproclaims his handiwork\" (Psalm 19:1). The apostle Paul in the prayer with\nwhich he begins the epistle to the Ephesians makes it clear that God created\nus to praise him.\nBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,\nwho has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing\nin the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before\nthe foundation of the world, that we should be holy and\nblameless before him. He destined us in love to be his\nsons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his\nwill, to the praise of his glorious grace . . . (Eph. 1:3-6)\nThis prayer says much about the worship of the earliest Christians. It shows\nthe consciousness that the first Christians had of the ultimate significance\nof their worship. They understood themselves to have bee destined and\nappointed to live to the praise of God’s glory (Eph. 1:12).\n— Hughes Oliphant Old, WORSHIP: REFORMED ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE, Revised and\nExpanded Edition, Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002, p. 1. ISBN\nHave a great day!\nDirector, Institute for Christian Worship\nSchool of Church Music and Worship\nSouthern Baptist Theological Seminary"}
{"text":"Data & Information Sharing\nWhy Share Information Between Child Welfare, Education and the Courts?\nCollecting, evaluating, and sharing information on the education of children in out-of-home care is essential to improving their educational outcomes. The information we gather and share across systems allows us to:\nHow Can We Help You?\nThe Legal Center has significant expertise in data collection and information-sharing, and can assist you in:\nFor training or technical assistance requests, please contact us."}
{"text":"(where the element in row and column is , not ). Thus an arbitrary element of is of the form\n(sometimes denoted by or by ) and the product of two elements and (order matters) is where\nThe elements of are known as Hamiltonian quaternions.\nClearly the subspaces of generated by and by are subalgebras isomorphic to and respectively. is customarily identified with the corresponding subalgebra of . (We shall see in a moment that there are other and less obvious embeddings of in .) The real numbers commute with all the elements of , and we have\nfor and .\nIf and , then\nwith equality only if\nwhich means that qualifies as a normed algebra when we give it the norm .\nBecause the norm of any nonzero quaternion is real and nonzero, we have\nwhich shows that any nonzero quaternion has an inverse:\nOther embeddings of into\nOne can use any non-zero to define an embedding of into . If is a natural embedding of into , then the embedding:\nis also an embedding into . Because is an associative algebra, it is obvious that:\nand with the distributive laws, it is easy to check that\nRotations in 3-space\nLet us write\nAn arbitrary element of can be expressed , for some real numbers such that . The permutation of thus gives rise to a permutation of the real sphere. It turns out that that permutation is a rotation. Its axis is the line through and , and the angle through which it rotates the sphere is . If rotations and correspond to quaternions and respectively, then clearly the permutation corresponds to the composite rotation . Thus this mapping of onto is a group homomorphism. Its kernel is the subset of , and thus it comprises a double cover of . The kernel has a geometric interpretation as well: two unit vectors in opposite directions determine the same axis of rotation.\n|Date of creation||2013-03-22 12:35:42|\n|Last modified on||2013-03-22 12:35:42|\n|Last modified by||mathcam (2727)|"}
{"text":"Jump to: General, Art, Business, Computing, Medicine, Miscellaneous, Religion, Science, Slang, Sports, Tech, Phrases\nWe found 8 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word assistor:\nClick on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where \"assistor\" is defined.\nGeneral (8 matching dictionaries)\n- assistor: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]\n- assistor: Wordnik [home, info]\n- Assistor, assistor: Dictionary.com [home, info]\n- Assistor: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]\n- assistor: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]\n- Assistor: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]\n- assistor: Free Dictionary [home, info]\n- Assistor: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]\nQuick definitions (assistor)|\n(n.) A assister.\n(This definition is from the 1913 Webster's Dictionary and may be outdated.)"}
{"text":"UNL art student Sara McDonald is sharing her skills with the next generation of artists.\nIt's all part of UNL's community art class.\nMcDonald says, \"We're not just painting. We're coming in and teaching the kids about the elements and principles of art and kind of get them into a basic understanding of what we do as students.\"\nMcDonald is paired up with McPhee Elementary 4th grader Mariah Chamberlin.\nTogether, they're working on a new mural for the school.\nChamberlin says, \"I didn't know what some of the words meant, how to paint that way. I would have just painted it like I usually would but she taught me how to dab and everything.\"\nTeacher Sarah Bumm says art can help students who struggle in more traditional subjects.\nShe says, \"A lot of times it's the kids that maybe aren't quite as successful in the academic areas and they'll be able to come in here and still have a voice, no matter what their past experiences have been.\"\nThe teachers here say this is more than just a chance for the kids to get hands on with art.\nEach grade gets a chance to work on the mural so when it's complete it represents the entire school and brings the students together.\nWhen the mural is complete, it will hang in either the library of cafeteria at McPhee Elementary."}
{"text":"Chapter 3.2: Establishment of Goals and Objectives for Job Access Planning\nCollectively, stakeholders determine mutual interests and outcomes for moving people from welfare to work. Working through this exercise in the beginning helps to develop a consensus among stakeholders and sets the direction for the committee. Goals such as \"to identify unmet transportation needs\" or \"to maximize existing resources\" are broad goals. As stakeholders become more familiar with the subject, goals and objectives become better focused to identify specific issues. Some communities have found that beginning with easily implemented, short-term strategies helps to develop success early in job access planning and gains trust among stakeholders.\nNot all issues that are brought to the planning process are equally important or can be addressed in the same timetable. Making a list of the issues and prioritizing is one way to approach the most important tasks. Many of the issues identified in this process are related to the following:\n- Job Locations - these change as a person moves from an initial, sometimes part-time job to a full-time one, from a lower paying to a higher paying job and /or from one close to home to one further away\n- Time of Job\n- Transportation to Childcare\n- Transportation Options - access to an auto or to transportation services"}
{"text":"T2T || FAQ || Ask T2T || Teachers' Lounge || Browse || Search || Thanks || About T2T\nView entire discussion\n[<< prev] [ next >>]\nFrom: Waqas Badar <firstname.lastname@example.org> To: Teacher2Teacher Public Discussion Date: 2001081713:20:32 Subject: angle of elevation In often maths problem,there written 'The anle of elevation'.What is mean by elevation?\nMath Forum Home || The Math Library || Quick Reference || Math Forum Search"}
{"text":"Blessed Juan Diego\nFeast Day: December 09\nBorn: 1474 :: Died: 1548\nJuan Diego was born in Mexico and lived a simple life as a weaver, farmer and laborer. Juan was a member of the Chichimeca people (an Indian tribe). They called him the talking eagle. His Christian name was Juan Diego.\nOn December 9, 1531, Juan rose before dawn to walk fifteen miles to Mexico City to attend daily Mass. As he passed Tepeyac Hill, he heard music and saw a glowing cloud encircled by a rainbow. A woman's voice called him to the top of the hill.\nThere he saw a beautiful young woman dressed like an Aztec princess. She said she was the Virgin Mary and Mother of the true God. She asked Juan to tell the bishop to build a church on that site, so she could be present to help and defend those were suffering and in pain.\nAfter Juan's mission was completed, he became a hermit. He spent the rest of his life in prayer and penance.\nHis little hut was near the first chapel that was built on Tepeyac Hill. He was greatly respected and parents wished their children would grow up to be holy like Juan Diego.\nJuan took care of the little church and met the pilgrims who began to come there to honor their Mother of Guadalupe. He would show them the miraculous tilma or cloak that preserves Mary's beautiful image.\nThe pope personally visited the magnificent church of Our Lady of Guadalupe and prayed there for all of the people of Mexico.\nHe prayed especially for those who were killed during the terrible persecution of the Church in the early part of this century. An he prayed for all the pilgrims who come to this beautiful church with such faith in the Mother of God.\nE-mail this page to a friend"}
{"text":"The Digital Fossils meeting has just ended its three day meeting held in the Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin, organised by Heinrich Mallison...and what a splendid meeting! It seems that fossils have truly made their way into the 21st Century.\nIn the past ten years a series of image acquisition developments have dramatically increased the rate, size and format of data recoverable from fossils. The elegant simplicity of a line drawing often tried to capture the complex three-dimensional (3D) nuances of a fossil with the hindering constraints of a two-dimensional (2D) medium. Photography was rapidly adopted as a cost-affective medium from which multiple images might project the complexities of form. This simple and economic approach has now been heavily augmented by 3D photogrammetric techniques. These basic starting-points for data acquisition are still used in the acquisition of morphological data in palaeontology and are now augmented with the advances being made in photogrammetry. The digital revolution in photography has almost certainly advanced the ease of data acquisition, but increasing file size and sheer numbers have sunk many ‘standard’ 500 megabyte hard drives. External drives of 1-4 terabytes have become the norm as sinks for such digital photograph databases, but larger digital files are now being generated by a host of new imaging techniques being applied to the study and analysis of fossil samples."}
{"text":"Print This Page\nContribute to ReadWriteThink / RSS / FAQs / Site Demonstrations / Contact Us / About Us\nHome › Email\nProfessional Library | Journal\nAuthor: W. Nikola-Lisa\nExplores (from the point of view of the writer, a children's author) one aspect of learning about language that is present in the picture books he writes: the relation between sound and sense.\n(A link to this page will be included in your message.)\nBack to this resource\nSend me a copy\n(Separate multiple e-mail addresses with commas. Limited to 20 addresses.)\ncharacters remaining 300\nTo help us eliminate spam messages,\nplease type the characters shown in the image.\n© 2015 IRA/NCTE. All rights reserved.\nTechnical Help | Legal | International Reading Association | National Council of Teachers of English"}
{"text":"The Collinsville Community Unit School District’s budget is developed annually and is designed to meet the requirements of local, state and federal government regulations. The budget, which is adopted by the board of education, outlines the plan for accomplishing the district’s fiscal goals each year. The Director of Business Affairs develops the tentative budget which contains anticipated revenues and expenditures as well as a statement of estimated cash expected to be on hand at the beginning and end of the fiscal year. The tentative budget is placed on display 30 days prior to a public budget hearing. During the hearing, details of the tentative budget are explained and the public may ask questions or provide input. The budget is then voted on and adopted (or rejected) by the board of education at a public board meeting held after the budget hearing. Illinois law requires that the budget be adopted by the board of education prior to the end of the first quarter of the fiscal year (September 30).\nLike 90% of Illinois school districts, the Collinsville school district uses the cash basis of accounting. The district undergoes a thorough financial audit each year. Results of the financial audit are presented to the board of education both verbally and in writing.\nCurrent budgets for both Collinsville Community Unit School District No. 10 and Collinsville Area Vocational Center are available above.\nAdditional information about the mechanics of a school district budget can be found in the Illinois State Board of Education’s A Guide to Understanding the Illinois School District Budget Process document at http://www.isbe.net/finance/."}
{"text":"Synopsis: No one can escape a sense of awe when reflecting on the workings of the mind: we see, we hear, we feel, we are aware of the world around us. But what is the mind? What do we mean when we say we are “aware” of something? What is this peculiar state in our heads, at once utterly familiar and bewilderingly mysterious, that we call awareness or consciousness?\nIn Physics in Mind, eminent biophysicist Werner R. Loewenstein argues that to answer these questions, we must first understand the physical mechanisms that underlie the workings of the mind. And so begins an exhilarating journey along the sensory data stream of the brain, which shows how our most complex organ processes the vast amounts of information coming in through our senses to create a coherent, meaningful picture of the world. Bringing information theory to bear on recent advances in the neurosciences, Loewenstein reveals a web of immense computational power inside the brain. He introduces the revolutionary idea that quantum mechanics could be fundamental to how our minds almost instantaneously deal with staggering amounts of information, as in the case of the information streaming through our eyes.\nCombining cutting-edge research in neuroscience and physics, Loewenstein presents an ambitious hypothesis about the parallel processing of sensory information that is the heart, hub, and pivot of the cognitive brain. Wide-ranging and brimming with insight, Physics in Mind breaks new ground in our understanding of how the mind works.\nPublished: January 2013 | ISBN-13: 978-0465029846\nBook’s Homepage: http://physicsinmind.com\n[Image Credit: http://www.kurzweilai.net/images/Physics-in-Mind.png ]"}
{"text":"Alexander Papagos was born in 1883. He became an officer in the Greek army in 1906, and rose rapidly through the ranks. In 1935 he became minister of war, and the following year he was made army chief of staff. He was commander in chief of the Greek army in World War II and gained great prestige, particularly for the Albanian campaign when the Italian's under Mussolini invaded and were repelled by the inspired Greek army . In 1949 he led the army in the final stages of the war against the Communist rebels, and by 1950 he had become field marshal and head of the armed forces. He resigned in May, 1950, and formed the conservative Greek Rally party with the help of the Americans who viewed him as the alternative to the right-wing which was riddled with fascists and Nazi collaborators. In 1952 he became prime minister, serving until his death in Oct.1955. He strengthened Greek ties with the West and developed the country's economy. He concluded the 1954 alliance with Yugoslavia and Turkey and improved Greek relations with Bulgaria and Albania. Whether he was a great general depends on your viewpoint. True he defeated the communists but really he was in the right place at the right time. The communists were pretty much defeated and the Americans had just given the Greeks millions in military equipment. Though he got some credit for his leadership in the Albania campaign it has been written that he fought the war from the Hotel Grande Bretagne in Athens and it was the individual valor of the Greek troops that defeated the Italians. As for his years as the Prime Minister it was the Americans who got him elected and it was the Americans who he answered to, and their money made his job a lot easier. Certainly he was a better choice for the country than the extreme right. Whether he was a better choice than the parties of the center I suppose we will never know.\nReturn to History of Greece Biography"}
{"text":"What Is Electricity?\nIn the search for novel forms of superconductors — phases of matter that that conduct electrical present without loss — scientists are investigating materials that encompass multiple layers. You can convert mechanical vitality into electrical vitality, a generator does this. But you still need to put the identical amount of energy in. Scammers generally speak about perpetual movement in connection with free vitality however it doesn’t exist.\nScientists have fabricated a flexible material that lights up brightly when stretched and/or when an electric area is applied. The results show promise for the development of shiny, sustainable, … Researchers have established a low-cost methodology of magnetization reversal on perpendicularly magnetized ferromagnets. Not needing an exterior magnetic subject, the tactic brings reverse magnetization …\nThey are also cleaner sources of power that do not pollute the environment with carbon emissions. If you’ve a wire stuffed with copper atoms and need to induce a flow of electrons by way of it, all free electrons want somewhere to move in the identical common course. Copper is a good conductor, perfect for making costs circulate. If a circuit of copper wire is broken, the charges can’t circulate by way of the air, which may even forestall any of the charges towards the middle from going wherever. While energy sources like wind and solar are gaining floor, nuclear energy makes up about 19 % of the electricity produced within the United States, the world’s largest uranium client."}
{"text":"One of the tools I plan to use in my classroom next year is Kelso’s Choice. Kelso’s Choice is a conflict management skills program designed to make children independent problem solvers. Kelso the Frog is the mascot for the program and teaches children nine different ways to solve a small problem. I really like this program because it teaches the differences between small problems and big problems. Big problems are those that require an adult’s help because something serious is going on or someone may be hurt. This program empowers students to be problem solvers and peacemakers. Here are the nine choices for solving problems:\n1. Go to another game\n2. Wait and cool off\n3. Make a deal\n5. Tell them to stop\n6. Talk it out\n7. Share and take turns\n8. Walk away\n9. Ignore it\nI LOVE that these choices include verbal and nonverbal ways to solve the problem. I think it’s so important to provide students with choices and empower them to solve their own problems. So, when children come to you with a small problem (that they want you to solve for them) you can ask them, “What two of Kelso’s choices did you try to solve the problem?”\nThe program has tons of great resources you can order on their website that I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to have for my classroom. They have DVDs, posters, puppets and even games to help teach Kelso’s Choices to your students. They also have a few free resources HERE and a grant program HERE. I am really hoping to have some of these resources for my classroom next year! In the meantime, I printed out a copy of the Kelso's Choice wheel ( I found the color version here) to introduce my kids to Kelso!\nDoes anyone use Kelso’s Choice in their classroom? I would love to hear your ideas and thoughts!"}
{"text":"Cockell, Charles; Horneck, Gerda; Rettberg, Petra; Arendt, Jo; Scherer, Kerstin; Facius, Rainer and Gugg-Helminger, Anton\nHuman exposure to ultraviolet radiation at the Antipodes - a comparison between an Antarctic (67°S) and Arctic (75°N) location.\nPolar Biology, 25(7) pp. 492–499.\nWe used ultraviolet radiation dosimeters to investigate human exposure at two polar latitudes with a 24-h photoperiod: at Rothera Station (UK) (67°S) and at a field camp in the Haughton impact structure in the Canadian High Arctic (75°N). Mean personal UV radiation exposure in the Antarctic location was 4.3 times greater than that in the Arctic location, even in the absence of ozone depletion. More than zenith angle accounted for the higher UV exposure. Widespread snow and ice covers, and probably less atmospheric pollution, caused higher personal exposures. Although the mean exposures were higher in the Antarctic location, the mean exposure ratio in the Antarctic (0.20-0.09) was similar to the value measured in the Arctic (0.27-0.09) on clear days. We use the Antarctic ratio to provide quantitative estimates of UV-radiation exposure for workers at the Geographical South Pole for the winter solstice under a constant 24-h photoperiod. Exposure ratios can be used to translate measurements of UV radiation by horizontally fixed spectroradiometers into estimates of the mean exposures expected in populations at polar latitudes, although variations between individuals are large. The data have implications for determining the UV exposures of indigenous high-latitude populations.\nActions (login may be required)"}
{"text":"I’M A VIRUS BY BRIDGET HEOS\nScary science is introduced with humour-laced facts in this new nonfiction picture book series from a prolific, *award-winning children's book author, starting with our tiniest invader--the common cold virus, and its more frightening relatives!\nHow does a virus make us sick? How does it spread? And what can people do to beat them?\nHi, I'm Virus! And I'm here to answer all these questions and more!\nIn friendly, simple text, the most common virus, rhino virus (the common cold) explains how viruses work and spread. With funny, engaging, and informative illustrations, this is the perfect way to explain viruses to young children who have questions in the wake of a pandemic. The non-threatening common cold walks readers through the basics of viruses, and then features past viruses we have defeated, as well as introducing COVID-19.\nThe start of a new series designed to make scary science seem more approachable, Science Buddies is here to explain the world around them to curious young minds!"}
{"text":"Otoplasty is the surgery to correct abnormalities in the structure of the ear. The surgery is for children preferably age 5 or over. Adults also choose to have cosmetic ear reshaping.\nOtoplasty can correct many abnormalities including large ear lobes; “lop ear,” which means your ear tip folds down, and trends forward; or “shell ear,” which means certain features of a normal ear are missing, such as the curve in the outer rim and other natural fold. There are many ways an ear can be reshaped. One involves cutting out the cartilage of the ear and another involves folding and stitching that cartilage instead of cutting it away. In either case, Dr. Marion will begin by making a small incision at the back of your ear, allowing him or her to access the cartilage and conduct the necessary procedure. After the surgery is complete, the incision site will be secured with stitches."}
{"text":"Norse, of Course! 4 Book Set\nNorse, of Course! children's books are for intermediate and advanced readers and help improve reading skills with an expanded vocabulary. Establish familiarity with basic Norse stories from Nordic lore, Norse mythology, and Viking history.\nThese books are Norse mythology retold as historical fiction that provides an introduction to Norse and Viking stories modernized in fun rhyme. Each book features the Nordic ancestors and their evolution in this original series.\nThe Roots of Yggdrasil is Nordic lore for children. Read along as Odin reflects on the great war & the ways of the Vanir, pursues wisdom to advance the Norse culture, and introduces the first three laws.\nGinnungagap to Asgard is Nordic lore for children. Read along as Heimdall tells the beginning story - the evolution of the Norse ancestors, and about Ymir the frost giant, a jealous adversary. Learn about the Aesir-Vanir war, the formation of Asgard, and how the Norse people began.\nSif's Golden Hair is Nordic lore for children. Read along as Loki doesn't understand love, cuts off all of Sif’s hair, and schemes to fix the mess he causes!\nBuilding of the Wall is Nordic lore for children. Read along as the wall of Asgard is rebuilt, a Jotun observes the Norse people, Loki’s bad judgment, and meet Sleipnir, Odin’s legendary horse."}
{"text":"Rotavirus is a virus that causes severe diarrhea. Most also will experience vomiting and fever along with the diarrhea. It is most severe in babies and young children because they can easily become dehydrated.\nAlthough Rotavirus is not the only cause of severe diarrhea it is one of the most serious. Each year in the United States rotavirus causes up to 70,000 hospitalizations and between 20 and 60 deaths as well as more than 400,000 doctor visits.\nAlmost all children in the United States will be exposed to and become infected by rotavirus before they are 5 years old. The rotavirus vaccine can help prevent severe rotavirus.\nRotavirus vaccine is an oral vaccine, given in the mouth to swallow. It is not given by injection. The rotavirus vaccine dose will not prevent all diarrhea or vomiting, but it is very good at preventing these symptoms when they are caused by rotavirus. The rotavirus vaccine is about 98% effective in preventing severe rotavirus and about 74% of those getting the vaccine do not get rotavirus diarrhea at all.\nThere is a rotavirus vaccine schedule. The vaccine is routinely recommended to begin between 6 and 12 weeks of age. It is given as a 2 or 3 dose series.\nThe recommended rotavirus vaccine dose is as follows:\n1st Dose: 2 months of age\n2nd Dose: 4 months of age\n3rd Dose: 6 months of age, if needed\nThere is rotavirus vaccine age limit, as all doses of the vaccine should be given before 32 weeks of age.\nThere can be some mild rotavirus vaccine side effects, including temporary diarrhea or vomiting with in 7 days after getting the vaccine (only 1-3% of children are likely to experience this). Moderate or severe reactions have not been associated with this vaccine. Like all vaccines, the rotavirus vaccine will continue to be monitored for unusual or severe problems."}
{"text":"The black spruce beetle has been reported in pine, spruce, fir, larch, oak and walnut.\nThe black spruce beetle is a broadly distributed and fairly common species that infests wood used for solid wood packing material (SWPM). It is considered a secondary pest (i.e., attacks weakened or recently killed trees, including a number of conifers) in Europe and Asia, but the black spruce beetle was also not considered to be a threat to apparently healthy trees. The potential of this species to attack and damage living trees in the U.S. is largely unknown.\nThe black spruce beetle is not known to occur in Indiana"}
{"text":"In a study published in the Journal of Consumer Research in January, American researchers set up four pizzas — two sliced into eighths and two sliced into 16ths — and placed some on a large table and some on a small one. They observed 219 university students and found they took the least amount of pizza when the slices were small and served from the large table. Researchers concluded that a large table makes it hard to correctly judge the size of a serving, and smaller portions would appear larger, or at the very least, regular-sized.\nChristine Tenk, a professor of psychology at Brescia University College in London, Ont. says this happens all the time. “When objects are presented in a large visual frame, like the moon high in the sky for example, we have a harder time interpreting the accurate size of the object.”\nThe study tracked how many slices the students took, but not what they actually did with them. “This study did not actually measure true consumption,” says Tenk. “Data was collected about how many servings participants choose but the amount of food actually eaten was not directly measured. This means we don’t know if the effects on food selection carried over to consumption or if the pattern of eating changed once the pizza was on the participant’s plate.”\nHow you serve food impacts how it is perceived and how much people take, however, it is not necessary to change your table size. “A large table at home may not affect our eating at all. This study did not mimic real world eating settings,” says Tenk.\nInstead of altering your table size, she says that more reliable research has been done looking at plate size and found that eating from smaller dishes reduces total consumption."}
{"text":"Birds' songs change over time\nJUST as the Bee Gees' disco style sounds antique compared to hip-hop, birdsong can also go out of fashion. Such stylistic changes may help explain how mating barriers arise, eventually leading to new species.Derryberry received a research award in 2004 from the American Ornithologists' Union for \"The impact of culture and selection on vocal performance: implications for song evolution.\"\nBehavioural ecologists have long known that some songbirds develop local dialects, and that individual birds respond more strongly to their own dialect than to a foreign one. Less is known about how, or how quickly, such differences arise.\nTo study how a dialect changes over time, Elizabeth Derryberry, a behavioural ecologist at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, compared recordings of male white-crowned sparrows' song from 1979 - when the Bee Gees topped the charts - and 2003. The modern song, she found, was slower and lower in pitch.\nIlustration courtesy of WhatBird.com"}
{"text":"- About Extension\n- Get Involved\n- Statewide Locations\nBecause of the wealth of natural resources found in Grant County, agriculture, ranching, and timber industries naturally grew with and contributed to the development of the county. In the early days, sheep formed a large part of the agricultural base and the area boasted some of the largest sheep bands in the world, supplying a great volume of wool to, among others, the world-renown Pendleton Wool Works in Pendleton, OR. By the 1920 and 1930s, however, cattle ranching became—and continues to be—the dominant sector of the agricultural industry. Crop farming, dairy production and orchards operated on small scales during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but declined during World War II due to changing market and labor pressures. The commercial timber industry in Grant County grew rapidly in the 1920s, and again during and after World War II. Livestock raising and timber harvesting remain important sectors of Grant County’s economy.\nGrant County is an arid to temperate region, with average annual precipitation in the valleys between 12 and 14 inches (360 mm), while the uplands or highlands of the county average between 16 and 24 inches (610 mm). Grant County averages between 40 and 60 days each year that see more than 0.10 inches (2.5 mm) of precipitation. A great deal of the county’s precipitation comes in the form of winter snow in the mountains. This snow pack is vital to recharge aquifers, resulting in spring run-off, and in-stream flows of water throughout the year."}
{"text":"I am kinda not sure if this is correct, but I have read a grammar book in which the author said one of the repeated article can be omitted in a sentence, for example:\n1) The dog has a long tail and a long body\nHe said the sentence above can be re-written like this:\n1.b) The dog has a long tail and long body.\nI doubt if he is correct.\nLook at the following example,\nPeter has a black and a white cat.\nIt means Peter has both a black cat and a white cat.\nHowever, if the indefinite article in the second part is omitted, for example,\nPeter has a black and white cat.\nThat means Peter has only one cat which is black and white in colour.\nDid you see the differences, kwfine?\n(Not a teacher)"}
{"text":"The Kyrenia Liberty Ship\nAn Ancient Greek merchant ship dated since Great Alexander’s reign in the, 4th century it is one of the oldest ships in the world and was gliding the whole of the east aegean sea. It used to carry olives, olive oil, wine and almonds. When it’s wreck was found in 1965 in Kyrenia, 384 amphores were also found along. Since its discovery there were three replicas created. The original wreck is kept in Kerynia castle in the occupied area of Cyprus and it is protected by UNESCO. The current replica can be seen in Limassol Marina and it is a Beauty taking part in philanthropic actions and more. A must see!"}
{"text":"The foreskin (prepuce) is a retractable, double-layered fold of skin and mucous membrane (the only such example on the human body), and uniquely constructed for its sexual purpose. It covers and protects the head of the penis (glans) and the urinary opening (meatus). Its outer layer is the same as the skin of the shaft of the penis, but the inner layer is mucous membrane, like the inside of the eyelid. The mucous membrane keeps the glans moist, providing a natural lubricant.1\nSimilar to the eyelid, the foreskin is able to move freely. When not retracted, muscle fibers keep it in position over the glans, but leave it elastic enough to retract backward up the shaft. The foreskin is tethered to the underside of the glans by a highly sensitive strip of tissue (frenulum, or “little bridle”), which helps return the foreskin to its normal position over the glans. The human body has other frenulums, including one under the tongue.\nThe inner foreskin includes a ring of specialized tissue (ridged band) that is extraordinarily rich in nerve endings. A typical American circumcision removes the most sensitive portions of the penis—all or nearly all of the foreskin and frenulum, and in all cases the entire ridged band—leaving the glans, the least sensitive.2\nThis information has been reviewed by our panel of experts and other trusted advisors, however, it is not a substitute for professional medical, legal, or spiritual advice."}
{"text":"What is ACL Tear?\nACL or Anterior Cruciate Ligament tear is a common knee injury. Most athletes playing high impact sports like: Football, Cricket, Hockey, Kabbadi, Basketball etc., are prone to injure their Anterior Cruciate Ligament because of the overstretching of the ACL.\nThe knee joint is a complex structure of bones, ligaments, tendons and other tissues working together. Ligaments, being strong bands of tissue, connect one bone to another and the ACL is one of the two ligaments crossing in the middle of the knee connecting your thighbone (femur) to your shinbone (tibia). It is the knee joint’s internal stabilizer.\nIts main function is to prevent Hyperextension, state where the angle between the body parts or joints is really high. ACL also has a secondary function to restrain tibial rotation and varus/valgus stress.\nAnterior Circulate Ligament Tear\nAnterior Circulate Ligament Tears or injuries usually occur during sports or fitness activities, when the following happens:\nThe patient will have the following symptoms:\nIf you experience any of the above symptoms while playing or exercising, then:\nDiagnosis And Treatment\nIn a physical examination, the doctor will check the injured knee for swelling and tenderness, comparing it with the uninjured one. The injured ligament will be subjected to clinical test and integrity will be assessed, and overall function of the knee will be tested.\nThe following tests will help in confirming the diagnosis:\nSome measures to be taken to prevent ACL tears are:"}
{"text":"The New York Times\nBy NICHOLAS BAKALAR OCTOBER 14, 2015 10:00 AM\nResearchers have found that living near hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, operations is associated with premature births.\nScientists studied records of 10,496 singleton births by 9,384 mothers from 2009 to 2013 in Pennsylvania where fracking is conducted. They recorded gestational time, birth weight, five-minute Apgar score and size for gestational age.\nThe study, in Epidemiology, controlled for many environmental, health, behavioral and socioeconomic factors. It used dates and depth of drilling, volume of production and distance to the mother’s home to estimate exposure.\nThe 25 percent of mothers most exposed to fracking were 40 percent more likely to give birth preterm (after less than 37 weeks of gestation) than the quarter least exposed. There was no association with Apgar score or being small for gestational age.\n“Our study doesn’t tell us anything about mechanism,” said the lead author, Joan A. Casey, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, San Francisco. “And we don’t claim this is the end of the conversation. But there have been multiple flags that there could be problems. Before we continue, we ought to take public health conditions into consideration.”\nEnergy in Depth, an energy industry group, said on their website that the study “attempts to link fracking with premature births. But the actual data don’t support that conclusion.”\nOnlline source: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/14/fracking-tied-to-premature-births/?_r=0"}
{"text":"With school back in session (online), here’s a simple math circle activity to try at home when you need a break. 🙂\n- A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides.\n- A hexaright is a hexagon with all sides at right angles.\n- A reptile is a polygon that can be divided into four congruent pieces, all similar to the original.\nThis figure at right is a trapezoidal reptile; note that the horizontal sides of the trapezoid–both the ‘big’ original along with the four ‘little’ copies–are in a 2:1 ratio.\nShow that the trapezoids and hexarights below are also reptiles. From there, try to make up a new reptile of your own!"}
{"text":"Carressa Romane April 6, 2021 Coloring Pages\nOn the contrary preschool teens that are exposed to such easy learning process that makes things interesting and easier for them to study, they develop better learning skills and enjoy learning throughout life.\nParents can be instructed to go online and print out replacement printable coloring pages.\nTo get the alphabet coloring pages it is very simple.\nChildren who begin coloring at a young age will enjoy the benefits it can bestow for years to come.\nAnd the more exposure your child has to coloring, the more they will learn about the typical colors of objects, and they will begin to choose specific colors for specific items, such as red apples, or green leaves.\nArmed with this new information, dont you feel that providing your child with these powerful learning tools is something that you should do? Coloring pages offer a great way to combine learning and enjoyment for your child.\nTag Cloudcoloring sheets for toddlers free elsa pictures to color nemo coloring christmas colouring pictures defaced children's coloring books house coloring sheet animal mandala coloring coloring worksheets for nursery mandala coloring book walmart free printable coloring worksheets coloring patterns for kindergarten minecraft coloring sheets superman coloring sheet easy coloring sheets for adults thanksgiving color by code unicorn pictures printable lol colouring pictures coloring rabbit anime colouring unicorn kids coloring"}
{"text":"“Montessori method provides a unique educational approach to meet the individual needs of each child,The Montessori method allows for\nunrestricted growth of every child.”\n- A child is allowed to work independently at their own pace and to choose which activities she would like to pursue from many\n- There is an emphasis on learning through all five senses rather than the traditional listening, watching and\n- There is a focus on learning that leads to concentration, self-discipline and a love of learning in Montessori\n- \"Teachers work with children on the floor or at tables rather than at the front of the classroom.\n- The teacher’s role is to observe and guide children’s learning rather than instruct. “The teacher is a quiet observer only interfering if\nshe/he sees that a child may need assistance,” “The teacher's responsibility is to create the environment that entices and enhances the development of each child. The child then acts on this\nprepared environment at their particular stage of development.”\n- Teachers keep notes and records on each child’s progress and introduce lessons according to the needs of the children in the\nOther Distinguishing Features\n- \"Montessori classrooms are typically multi-aged. The age span will usually be 3 years.\n- Older children help the younger children master skills.\n- Often the teacher and children stay together as a group from year to year, especially in programs that continue into elementary or even\n- Children in a Montessori classroom are part of a caring community. They are trained to be kind to one another and help each"}
{"text":"The microscopic worlds contained within a droplet of water are just as fascinating—and just as inaccessible to humans—as the farthest reaches of space. But the universe of the very small is now a little closer thanks to a highly-automated, cell counting microscope-camera hybrid from GE.\nThe Cytell machine from GE Life Sciences is a table-top device for research laboratories that not only visualizes routine samples for researchers using its digital microscope, but also images and analyzes them through its onboard automated cell counter and cytometer. It's essentially three lab devices in one.\n\"It's similar to the point-and-shoot camera,\" GE Life Sciences researcher Gary Sarkis told GE Reports. \"It helps take a lot of the microscopist out of getting the perfect shot. It wasn't until Cytell that I felt I could spend 5 minutes on the microscope and get a great image that I could show my friends.\"\nIt's also highly-autonomous. The Cytell relies on a stable of five \"preconfigured biological applications\" that the company has branded BioApps. Each app operates much like a macro, directing the system through common tasks and lab tests, and reducing much of the drudgery of routine sample testing to a few button presses. \"It allows them to simply set up very specific kinds of experiments and automatically receive data in the form of graphs, charts and reports to see if they worked,\" Sarkis continued.\na bee's eyes\na lingual papillae\na cross section of a pine needle"}
{"text":"Reading aloud is one of the most important ways to help your child’s communication and language skills grow and develop. In fact, reading aloud helps support your child’s talking, listening, and attention skills. It also sets a foundation of reading for many years to come!\nHow you read to your child will change over time as they grow. Here are six tips for reading aloud to your toddler:\n- Read together every day!\n- Notice what your toddler likes about books. This could be a new interest like trucks or animals, or an action like pointing out everything in the picture.\n- Share your lap or snuggle with your child as you read.\n- Offer a variety of books to read. Your toddler is growing more independent and will like choosing the book, even if he or she chooses the same book every day. Toddlers love repetition!\n- Choose reading times when your child is most relaxed, such as before or after a nap or just before bedtime.\n- Bring a book along with you to restaurants or appointments so you and your child can read a few pages at a time while you wait.\n- Go beyond simply reading the words. Point out what’s happening in the story—ask how many animals are in the pictures or what will happen next in the story. This helps increase a child’s vocabulary!\n- Continue to visit the library for book recommendations. The library may also have a designated story time for children!"}
{"text":"become an editor\nthe entire directory\nonly in 19th_Century/Whitman,_Walt\nArts: Literature: Genres: Nature Writing\nArts: Literature: Poetry\nKids and Teens: People and Society: Biography: Authors: Whitman, Walt\nThis category in other languages:\nBartleby.com: Walt Whitman\n- Searchable works, quotations, small portrait. Also a chapter on Whitman from a history of American literature.\nThe Walt Whitman Hypertext Archive\n- E-text of works, letters, biographical materials, and contemporary reviews.\nThe Academy of American Poets: Walt Whitman\n- E-text of works, biography and links.\nAmerican Poems: Walt Whitman\n- E-text of works and brief biography.\nI Hear America Singing: Walt Whitman\n- An illustrated history of the poet's life from a musical perspective, with biography, timeline, selected works, and video clips. From PBS.\nThe Poet at Work\n- Recovered notebooks and cardboard butterfly that disappeared from the Library of Congress in 1942. They were returned on February 24, 1995.\nSpartacus Educational: Walt Whitman\n- For schoolchildren. A picture and a biography of the nineteenth-century poet, and some excerpts from his prose writings about the American Civil War.\nWalt Whitman Poets Page\n- Site contains biography, photographs, and selected poems.\nWhitman, Walt (1819-1892)\n- Essay on the influential poet, from a gay perspective.\n\" search on:\nto edit this category.\nCopyright © 1998-2014 AOL Inc.\nVisit our sister sites\nLast update: August 20, 2014 at 14:44:37 UTC -"}
{"text":"GE - General Electric Company\nThomas Edison formed the Edison Electric Light Company in 1879. Edison was a prolific inventor, holding 1,093 patents in his name in the U.S. his inventions are electric light, power utilities, sound recording and motion pictures.\nGeneral Electric Company was formed by merging Edison General Electric Company and the Thomas-Houston Company.\nEvery 2 Seconds an aircraft powered by GE engine technology takes off they are the first company to create a 3D printed aircraft engine component and a sensor housing. GE Aviation's flight management team system provides the technology to enable south-west airline pilots to fly navigation at eleven airports.\nGeneral Electric Company was selected to supply India's railways with 1000 diesel locomotives for India to upgrade their 162-year-old rail network, Which transports then out of millions of people on a daily basis."}
{"text":"“Forged in the Jim Crow South, the deceptively-named “Right-to-Work” movement is steeped in a decades-long legacy of bigotry and violence.” Early proponents were racists and misogynists who lobbied state legislators to protect whites against race mixing and miscegenation, according to sources cited on AFSCME’s new webpage entitled “The Racist Roots of ‘Right-to-Work”.\nThe phrase itself was popularized in the 1930’s by political lobbyist Vance Muse, a self-described white supremacist who created the Christian American Association in 1944 and joined the campaign to bring “Right-to-Work” laws to Texas, Arkansas, and ultimately the whole of the South.\nDuring that campaign, his fearmongering, racist, and anti-union statements included,\n“White women and white men will be forced into organizations [labor unions] with black African apes whom they will have to call ‘brother’ or lose their jobs.” -Vance Muse\nSince that time nearly 80 years ago, 27 states have successfully passed this anti-union legislation, stretching from the South to the Midwest and including former union strongholds in Michigan and Wisconsin.\nThis Spring, the U.S. Supreme Court will render an opinion on Janus vs. AFSCME, a case that could make “Right to Work” the law of the land.\nSee the complete story, webpage, and materials here."}
{"text":"Health systems need to set priorities fairly. In one way or another, part of this important task will fall to physicians. How do they make judgments about resource stewardship, and how should they do so? How can they make such decisions in a manner that is compatible with their clinical dutiesto patients? In this book, philosophers, bioethicists, physicians, lawyers and health policy experts make the case that priority setting and rationing contribute significantly to the possibility of affordable and fair healthcare and that clinicians play an indispensable role in that process. The book depicts the results of a survey of European physicians about their experiences with rationing and other cost containment strategies, and their perception of scarcity and fairness in their health care systems. Responding to and complementing these findings, commentators discuss why resourceallocation and bedside rationing is necessary and justifiable. The book explores how bedside rationing relates to clinical judgments about medical necessity and medical indications, marginal benefits, weak evidence based medicine, off-label use. The book highlights how comparative studies of healthcare systems can advance more effective and fair bedside rationing through learning from one another. From a practical standpoint, the book offers a number of strategies for health care systems and clinicians to work in tandem to allocate and ration resources as fairly as possible: how to foster more attention to fairness when rationing at the bedside, how to avoid exacerbating health disparitieswhen allocating resources, how to teach about bedside rationing to students, how to discuss rationing more explicitly in the public arena and in the doctor's office."}
{"text":"UNLABELLED: The anemia with iron deficiency is frequent in the elder subjects. Few studies have reported the practice of the geriatric medicine about anemia.\nMETHODS: A national survey asked geriatric medical practitioners of hospital geriatric ward from June till September, 2013. Questionnaires were sent, filled over the phone. On 568 sent questionnaires, 312 (55%) were filled. The frequency of the anemia is considered of 46 ± 21%. The definition of the anemia in an elderly person is on average 10.7 ± 0.8 g/dL, taking into account the situation of the patient. The wanted biological examinations are the haemoglobin and the ferritinaemia, but many people suggest measuring also folates and vitamin B12 given strong prevalence of comorbidity. Prevalence of iron deficiency anemia estimated between 20 and 80% because of high prevalence of mixed cause which modified the answer. The major causes were reported as of digestive, gynecological and post-operative origins. The treatment is proposed from 9 g/dL. The oral iron and the transfusions are the most quoted. The possibility of injectable iron is reported only by 17%, of the geriatricians.\nCONCLUSION: The answers of the geriatricians show strong coherences in the management of the iron deficiency anemia. Guidelines should be adapted for elderly people for exercice capacity, mainly on high frequency of mixed cases."}
{"text":"These holes are not only amazing, but some of them are truly terrifying. The sheer scale of these holes reminds us just how tiny we are.\nKimberley Big Hole - South Africa\nApparently the largest hand-dug excavation in the world, this 1,097-meter- deep mine yielded over three tons of diamonds before being closed in 1914.\nGlory Hole - Monticello Dam, California\nThis is the \"glory hole\" at Monticello dam, and it is the largest spillway of its kind in the world, its size enabling it to consume 14,400 cubic feet of water every second.\nBingham Canyon Mine - Utah\nThis is supposedly the largest man-made excavation on earth. Extraction began in 1863 and still continues today, the pit increasing in size constantly. In its current state the hole is miles deep and 2.5 miles wide.\nGreat Blue Hole - Belize\nThis incredible geographical phenomenon known as a blue hole is situated 60 miles off the mainland of Belize. There are numerous blue holes around the world, but none as stunning as this one.\nMirny Diamond Mine - Serbia\nThis one holds the title of largest open diamond mine in the world. At 525 meters deep, with a top diameter of 1200 meters, there's even a no-fly zone above the hole due to a few helicopters having been sucked in.\nDiavik Mine - Canada\nThe mine is so huge and the area so remote that it has its own airport with a runway large enough to accommodate a Boeing 737. It is equally impressive when the surrounding water is frozen.\nSinkhole in Guatemala\nThis is a sinkhole that instantaneously appeared when the soil beneath was eroded as a result of a broken water main last year in Guatemala. The hole swallowed a dozen homes and killed at least 3 people.\nRat Hole - Washington, D.C.\nThis horrific hole is capable of sucking down trillions of U.S. dollars annually. Once the money disappears within its gaping maw, it is never seen again."}
{"text":"- Books, Literature, and Writing\nFind Inspiration for Your Writing Daily\nJournal on Your Journey\nTake a deep breath.\nNow you are ready to truly think through new possibilities for your writing. Your daily life can require a change of routine, even a change of scenery. The best thing that may happen to you and your writing may simply come from experiencing and observing daily life in a new way.\nWalk in the Woods\nOne of my favorite authors would have to be Henry David Thoreau. He left the comforts of society to live in the woods, growing closer to nature. Based upon his experiences, he created a labor of love that was entitled Walden.\nTake a page from Thoreau's life. Start getting closer to nature. Go beyond driving an eco-friendly vehicle and buying organic veggies. Venture out into nature. Take a walk in the woods or hike in the mountains. Go on a tour of a desert preserve or a rocky coastline. Get out and grow a little closer to nature. See what it produces.\nJournal about your journey. Take notes. Research on the area. Discover the natural nuances of the wild. Observe plant and animal life interacting with weather and sunlight. Talk with docents and tour guides at national parks and other such places in your area.\nA Writer's Resource List\nObserve and Report\nMake daily observations of people, places and things.\nDon't just wait for ideas to come to you. Spend your lunch break at a sidewalk cafe and watch people. Listen to what you can overhear from nearby tables. Keep your notebook or pad ready with a pencil or pen. Jot down story and poem ideas as you listen and watch others.\nLook at how you can add some twists and turns to that story about losing a bundle at the poker table to create a suspense thriller or murder mystery. Think through the tearful sobs of a jilted lover and create a poetic version of the sad story. Take on some ideas with a new perspective.\nMake your observations. Generate story and poem ideas. Get creative about what you see and hear."}
{"text":"Various steps involved in writing IELTS task 2 essays in a systematic way are sequenced in the given flowchart.\nIt is clear from the chart that there are six crucial steps prior to writing the task 2 essays, which ranges from 9 to 15 minutes. Of these, the primary step is critical reading and understanding of the question, followed by realizing the motive of the question. The careful isolation of the topic or topics from the question, to which the answer is related, is the next step. Thereafter, ideas and examples which are closely related to the topic are generated. The time allotment for these four steps is between 7 to 11 minutes. Ranking and organizing the selected ideas is the subsequent step and the ultimate step before writing the essay is outline framing. The next 15 to 20 minutes is the most significant part of the process: writing the essay legibly in the correct format. The process is incomplete without a mandatory proof reading (3-5 minutes and an optional editing, which should fit to the available time left.\nOverall, it is clear that this step by step method of writing essays is an organized and time based one.\nWord count: 190"}
{"text":"(1919–90). American jazz drummer Art Blakey was noted for his brilliant playing and for the Jazz Messengers, a band that he led for 35 years. The sounds of his cymbals and drums were unique, and he played them with rare sensitivity. Many of the young musicians he trained in his bands went on to become major jazz figures themselves.\nBlakey was born on October 11, 1919, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a teenager he performed first on piano, later on drums, in jazz clubs in the evenings while working in the steel mills by day. Beginning in 1939, as a drummer, he performed with several bands, most notably that of Billy Eckstine (1944–47). Among the artists he met and performed with during that period were Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, and Billie Holiday.\nWhen Eckstine’s band broke up, Blakey traveled to Africa, a trip that led to his conversion to Islam and his adoption of the Muslim name Abdullah ibn Buhaina. Upon his return to the United States he was hired to play drums on several Blue Note Records recordings with jazz pianist Thelonious Monk. With Horace Silver, Blakey founded the Jazz Messengers (1954), toured Europe, and recorded a brilliant string of records for the Blue Note label between 1955 and 1961.\nAs a drummer Blakey accompanied soloists with lively accents, and he played solos with cross-rhythms and drum rolls that began as quiet tremblings and grew into frenzied explosions. His own playing and his aggressive bands, which played original songs composed by his musicians, were important developments of the hard bop tradition. He hired young musicians for his Jazz Messengers, and he gave them valuable experience as jazz performers. Over the years his groups included such notable jazz artists as Clifford Brown, Benny Golson, Johnny Griffin, Jackie McLean, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, and Wynton Marsalis. Blakey died on October 16, 1990, in New York, New York."}
{"text":"We hypothesized that decision-making strategies in juvenile animals, rather than being immature, are optimized to navigate the uncertainty and instability likely to be encountered in the environment at the time of the animal’s transition to independence. We tested juvenile and young adult mice on discrimination and reversal of a 4-choice and 2-choice odor-based foraging task. Juvenile mice (P26–27) learned a 4-choice discrimination and reversal faster than adults (P60–70), making fewer perseverative and distraction errors. Juvenile mice had shorter choice latencies and more focused search strategies. In both ages, performance of the task was significantly impaired by a lesion of the dorsomedial frontal cortex. Our data show that the frontal cortex can support highly flexible behavior in juvenile mice at a time coincident with weaning and first independence. The unexpected developmental decline in flexibility of behavior one month later suggests that frontal cortex based executive function may not inevitably become more flexible with age, but rather may be developmentally tuned to optimize exploratory and exploitative behavior for each life stage.\nJohnson C and Wilbrecht L. 2011. Juvenile mice show greater flexibility in multiple choice reversal learning than adults. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2011 Oct;1(4):540-51. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2011.05.008 (Full Text)"}
{"text":"If you are playing a baritone ukulele, then you need to be reading a chart written for the baritone ukulele. If you play a chart written for the other ukulele sizes, it will not sound as intended.\nSoprano, concert, and tenor ukuleles are all (normally) tuned the same way, which is different than a baritone uke. When transcribing music from one to the other, there are two differences that need to be addressed.\nSoprano, concert, and tenor ukes are tuned to GCEA. Baritone ukes, however, are tuned 5 semitones lower than that, to DGBE. If you put a capo on the 5th fret of your baritone you will have GCEA on your strings; however, it still won't sound the same as a standard uke because of reentrant tuning.\nOn a standard uke, the top string (G) is tuned at a higher octave than the other strings, meaning that the top string is at a higher pitch than the next two strings. (This is called reentrant tuning.) The baritone strings, however, are tuned with the top string low; the top string is the lowest pitch, and the pitch goes up as you move down to the next string. So even with a capo in place on your baritone uke, any notes you play on the top string will sound an octave lower than they would on a standard ukulele.\nThat having been said, the relative interval between any two strings is the same whether you are using a standard ukulele or a baritone. As a result, if you try to play a standard chart, it may sound just fine, even if it isn't the same notes as the composer intended."}
{"text":"This is a very tall (to 2m) bristly, patch-forming wildflower frequently found throughout Ireland on roadsides, ditches, fields, coastal cliffs and beaches. It flowers from July to October and is one of the most attractive of the Sowthistles. Rich yellow flower-heads (4-5cm across) are held in loose clusters on slender stalks, which when broken exude a milky sap. The florets are all rayed and behind these are sticky, pointed bracts. The dark-green, narrow, alternate, shiny leaves have softly spiny margins, the middle and upper leaves clasping the stems with round lobes. The lower leaves are stalked and all the leaves are greyish below. Reproduction is by both seed – dispersed by white pappus – and widely spreading roots. New plants are able to establish themselves from very small pieces of these roots and this plant is commonly regarded as a 'weed'. It is a native plant belonging to the Asteraceae family.\nMy first record of this plant is in Ballitore, Co Kildare in 2003 and I photographed it on that occasion.\nIf you are satisfied you have correctly identified this plant, please submit your sighting to the National Biodiversity Data Centre"}
{"text":"Which type of spine surgery has a greater success rate?\nEach type of back surgery comes with its own risks and benefits, with spinal fusion being the most commonly performed. The chance of success depends on your specific problem, your health, your medical history and your everyday habits.\nMinimally invasive spine surgery was first performed in the 1980s and was developed as an alternative to traditional open surgery in order to treat disorders with less disruption to the muscles. Contrary to open surgery, MIS requires only a small incision. Thus, the patients experience less blood loss and quicker recovery, returning to normal function in a shorter period of time.\nAlthough minimally invasive spine surgery has a number of benefits that open surgery does not provide, the potential benefits of it should always be weighed carefully against its risks. A large percentage of patients who had MIS reported significant symptom and pain relief, but there is no guarantee that surgery can help every individual."}
{"text":"Definition of first lady\n1 : the wife or hostess of the chief executive of a country or jurisdiction\n2 : the leading woman of an art or profession\nExamples of first lady in a Sentence\nThe President and the First Lady attended the concert.\nthe first lady of American dance\nFirst Known Use of first lady\nFIRST LADY Defined for English Language Learners\nDefinition of first lady for English Language Learners\n: the wife of the U.S. president\n: a woman who has great importance, influence, or success in a specified activity or profession\nSeen and Heard\nWhat made you want to look up first lady? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible)."}
{"text":"There are several ways that physicians and other medical professionals can make diagnostic mistakes.\nNot surprisingly, the incidence of misdiagnosis is much higher in emergency settings. Increased time pressure translates into less time to investigate differential diagnoses. And the severe nature of many emergency room illnesses and injuries means that a missed or incorrect diagnosis is more likely to result in harm to the patient.\nIn an emergency room, less common illnesses and conditions are more likely to escape correct diagnosis. Conditions that are uncommon in certain patient populations are also less likely to be correctly diagnosed. For example, a young woman experiencing gastric distress (one symptom of a heart attack) is less likely to be diagnosed with a heart attack than an overweight, middle-aged man with the same symptoms.\nExamples of conditions that are commonly misdiagnosed in an emergency room include heart attack, stroke, pulmonary embolism, and meningitis. Appendicitis is misdiagnosed in 28% to 57% of children under the age of 12 and in close to 100% of infants. (To learn more about medical malpractice occurring in emergency settings, see Nolo's article Medical Malpractice During Emergencies.)\nMedical malpractice cases are highly regulated by complex rules that vary considerably from state to state, so it's often essential to get advice or representation from an experienced medical malpractice lawyer.\n1 | 2"}
{"text":"In the case of scalars with a range starting at other than zero, it is possible in some cases to specify a size smaller than the default minimum value, and in such cases, GNAT uses an unsigned biased representation, in which zero is used to represent the lower bound, and successive values represent successive values of the type.\nFor example, suppose we have the declaration:\ntype Small is range -7 .. -4; for Small'Size use 2;\nAlthough the default size of type\nSmall is 4, the\nclause is accepted by GNAT and results in the following representation\n-7 is represented as 2#00# -6 is represented as 2#01# -5 is represented as 2#10# -4 is represented as 2#11#\nBiased representation is only used if the specified\ncannot be accepted in any other manner. These reduced sizes that force\nbiased representation can be used for all discrete types except for\nenumeration types for which a representation clause is given."}
{"text":"In the seventh of his celebrated twenty-three problems of 1900, David Hilbert proposed that mathematicians attempt to establish the transcendence of an algebraic number to an irrational, algebraic power. Partial solutions to this problem were given by A. O. Gelfond in 1929, R. O. Kuzmin in 1930, and K. Boehle in 1933. In 1934 the complete solution was obtained independently by A. O. Gelfond and by Th. Schneider. The partial solutions were based on ideas reminiscent of the nineteenth proofs for the transcendence of e (Hermite, 1873) and for the transcendence of pi (Lindemann, 1882); both of the general solutions relied on a new idea that opened the way for the development of a theory of transcendental numbers. In this course we will very briefly look at nineteenth century transcendence methods, examine the partial and complete solutions to Hilbert's seventh problem, and then study three ways in which mathematicians have generalized the theorem of Gelfond and Schneider. Our examination of these three generalizations will illustrate several of the novel ideas that played significant roles in twentieth-century transcendental number theory and allow us to offer several open questions. Prerequisites: Introductory courses in functions of a complex variable and abstract algebra. References: 1. Nesterenko, Yuri V. Number Theory IV: Transcendental Numbers. Springer, 1998. 2. Burger, Edward B. and Robert Tubbs. Making Transcendence Transparent: An intuitive approach to classical transcendental number theory. Springer, 2004.\nList of Topics:"}
{"text":"Math - Class 4 – Angle Basics/ Naming Angles/ Interior and Exterior of an angle/Angle Introduction/ Identify geometric solids - Key Points/Notes/Worksheets/Explanation/Lesson/Practice Questions\nTags: Free Worksheet PDF on Angle basics for class IV, How can you name an angle in three ways? Lesson on Naming angles for class 4, Vertex, Arms, Angles, Exterior of an angle, Interior of an angle, Angle basics and naming angle worksheet PDF, Angle basics and naming angle practice page for 4rth standard, How do you label an angle? Quiz on angle basics and naming angle for fourth grade, Angle is formed when two rays or two line segments are joined with a common end point. Vertex: Common end point where two arms meet is called vertex of an angle. Arms: Two rays or line segments forming an angle are called arms. We can name angle as angle XYZ or angle Y."}
{"text":"After researchers recently reported the discovery of the new Fujian-like strain\nof the avian influenza\nvirus, it emerged that the Chinese agriculture ministry has not yet provided the WHO\nwith samples of this strain. This is in spite of the fact that 95 percent of samples collected in China between April and June this year were the Fujian-like strain.\nThe Fujian-like strain is widespread among poultry in China and has caused human cases there, and has also been detected in poultry flocks in other Asian countries including Hong Kong, Laos, Malaysia and Thailand.\nJulie Hall, an infectious-disease expert at the WHO’s Beijing office, said: ‘There’s a stark contrast between what we’re hearing from the researchers and what the Ministry of Agriculture says. Unless the ministry tells us what`s going on and shares viruses on a regular basis, we will be doing diagnostics on strains that are old.’\nWhile the new strain has been linked to human cases of avian influenza and has doubtlessly taken root in poultry in some Asian countries, there is no sign that it is more lethal than the existing H5N1 strain.\nThe WHO’s Michael Perdue said, ‘If you look at the mortality rate and the disease, the Fujian-strain infections are no different.’"}
{"text":"Talanoa is a concept recognised in many Pacific island nations including Niue, Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Hawai’i and the Cook Islands. Broadly speaking, talanoa usually entails inclusive, participatory and transparent dialogue between all parties without a set format or structure.\nThe talanoa panels are intended to lay down the first strands of weaving in what is hoped, over time, will become sturdy baskets of knowledge in each area. There will be further opportunities for community engagement and discussion around these topics following the Pacific hearing.\nSession 2: A Pacific lens on redress\nThe second talanoa panel will open a discussion around redress. Panellists will explore ideas around what effective redress principles, processes and systems might look like for Pacific survivors.\nFacilitated by: Helena Kaho\nDr Michael Ligaliga\nDr Jean Mitaera\nDr Siautu Alefaio-Tugia"}
{"text":"| Category : Cutting Electricity Use (6)\nCutting the amount of electricity used also decreases water use. Electricity is often used to pump water to locations where the water is used. According to the U.S. EPA WaterSense Web site, U.S. power plants use 136 billion gallons of fresh water each day in the production of electricity.\n: Contact information, types of fuel, conservation and consumption of electricity is provided on the Web site.\n: A program designed to encourage and assist an organization in conducting projects that improve Kentucky’s environment.\n| Category : Water Conservation Issues (6)\nEPA Water Sense Program\n: WaterSense was developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide a market for products that improve water efficiency.\nSalato Native Plant Program\n: The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources provides information about native Kentucky plants and offers a native plant sale for residents wanting to purchase native plants for their gardens.\n| Category : Water Utility (7)\n: Fun water facts and statistics, water conservation and customer service information are located on the Web site.\nWater Utilities in Kentucky\n: Statewide water utility contact information for utilities not listed individually or for those that do not have a Web site may be accessed from the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority."}
{"text":"I was interested to read in the MSM recently that the UK was fortunate in that it was \"impossible\" for us to be hit by a Tsunami like the one that recently devastated Japan.\nbetween six to eight thousand years ago, Great Britain and the northern British Isles was inundated by a huge Tsunami which wiped out the coast of the North Sea.\nWhereas most tsunamis are caused by undersea earth quakes, some are caused by undersea \"landslides\".\nThe North Sea tsunami was caused by a huge submarine landslide off the coast of Norway, and the area is now known geographically as the \"Storegga Slide\".\nThere were actually three major slides in the area, the first was around 50,000 years ago(BP), a second one around 22,000 BP, followed by one around 7300BP. This lasttsunami is estimated to have been between 19-25m high in the shetlands, and around 9m high along the coast of NE England.\nHere is a computer simulated map of the extent of the slide, with the height of the average \"run up\" of the Tsunami- (as opposed to recorded peak heights due to wave focus, which were much higher in places such as river mouths etc)\nT. Bugge, R. H. Belderson, N. H. Kenyon “The Storegga Slide” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 1988"}
{"text":"bought OR brought?\nThe words bought and brought have very different meanings, but they are often confused—even by native English speakers.\nFirst of all, they are both verbs. (They are both irregular verbs.) And they are both in past tense (V2) and past participle (V3) form.\n- buy, bought, bought\n- bring, brought, brought\nAs you see, bought is the past tense and past participle of the verb buy—meaning to get something in exchange for money.\nWe use bought with the past simple tense and with present perfect and past perfect tenses. Here are some example sentences:\n- When did you buy your house? We bought it last year. (Past Tense)\n- Have you bought a new TV yet? (Present Perfect)\n- I'd already bought a Sony when Mary said she preferred Samsung. (Past Perfect)\nWe use brought with the past simple tense and with present perfect and past perfect tenses. Here are some example sentences:\n- I didn't bring the dog but I brought my children with me. (Past Tense)\n- Can you lend me $5? I haven't brought any money. (Present Perfect)\n- If I had brought my glasses I could have helped you with your homework. But I left them at home. (Past Perfect)\nHow to remember the difference\nIt's really very simple. Just remember the R!\n- bring → brought\n- buy → bought"}
{"text":"Definition of round off\n1 : to trim or finish into curved or rounded form\n2 : to bring to symmetry or completion rounded off his property by purchase of the additional land a term in Congress rounded off his career\n3 : round 7a round all decimals off to the nearest thousandth\nLove words? You must — there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one that’s only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.\nStart your free trial today and get unlimited access to America's largest dictionary, with:\n- More than 250,000 words that aren't in our free dictionary\n- Expanded definitions, etymologies, and usage notes\n- Advanced search features\n- Ad free!\nOrigin and Etymology of round off\nLearn More about round off\nSeen and Heard\nWhat made you want to look up round off? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible)."}
{"text":"Concentrated industrial wastewaters and sludges are pre-treated in a wet oxidation plant before being discharged into a biological sewage treatment plant.The chemical oxidation of organic and inorganic compounds with oxygen proceeds in the aqueous phase under high pressure and at high temperature. Oxygen is supplied as air or as pure oxygen.\nHigh or low pressure wet oxidation with pure oxygen allows for milder reaction conditions in relation to pressure and temperature and thus simpler plant engineering. The smaller gas volume flow also simplifies exhaust gas treatment and avoids foam problems during operation. For many concentrated industrial wastewaters and sludges, wet oxidation with pure oxygen is the most cost-effective pretreatment method.\nThe advantages of wet-oxidation with oxygen at a glance:\n- Milder reaction conditions\n- Simpler plant engineering\n- Space-saving and low-maintenance\n- Low investment and operating costs\n- Most economical solution\nMesser supplies a costomised oxygen supply system, adapted to the required operating pressure, for both new plants and for existing plants that aim to increase their capacity. Messer also offers feasibility studies and pilot tests in expert laboratories and supervises every start-up and operational test."}
{"text":"Hart's-tongue - Asplenium scolopendrium\nUnique amongst British ferns in having strap-shaped, evergreen, undivided leaves. It is a tufted plant with fronds 10 to 60 cm long and 3 to 6 cm wide, rich, glossy green above with stems up to half the length of the leaf blade. Sori are linear 1 to 3 cm long borne in pairs.\nDamp and shady places, woods, hills and banks, walls and rocks.\nAll year round but spores ripen July and August.\nPerennial and evergreen.\nFrequent throughout most of Britain except Northern Scotland.\nFairly frequent in damp shady places in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 76 of the 617 tetrads.\nLeicestershire & Rutland Map\nEnter a town or village to see local records"}
{"text":"The research and development departments of the world’s defense companies have barely begun to explore all the different applications for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), or drones.\nAnd governments, aware of this, are growing increasingly eager to find out what else they could do. In early June, the European Commission came up with a new plan to hand out 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion) of taxpayers’ money to arms companies every year to develop new military technology.\nAnd yet from the handheld Black Hornets to the 40-meter wingspan of the Global Hawk, military drones are so varied that no single company, or even country, dominates their manufacture. Here are the basic types and where they come from.\nMicro- and nano-drones\nInsect-sized spy machines may have become part of the furniture in blockbuster movies, but they’ve also been visible on battlefields for several years. The most obvious example is the 1-inch-by-4-inch Black Hornet, which British soldiers have been using to\n... read more at: http://www.dw.com/en/a-guide-to-military-drones/a-39441185"}
{"text":"Domain analysis in SEO refers to the process of analyzing a domain or website to gain insights about its performance and potential for search engine optimization (SEO). This involves examining various factors that impact a site’s ranking in search engine results pages (SERPs), such as its content, structure, backlink profile, and technical configuration.\nDomain analysis is important in SEO because it helps website owners and SEO professionals to identify areas of improvement and opportunities for growth. By conducting a comprehensive analysis of a website, one can identify factors that may be hindering its search engine visibility, and take steps to address them. This can help to improve a website’s ranking in SERPs, drive more traffic to the site, and ultimately increase conversions and revenue.\nSome of the specific benefits of domain analysis in SEO include:\n- Identifying technical issues: Domain analysis can help identify technical issues that may be preventing search engines from properly crawling and indexing a site. This could include issues with the site’s structure, URLs, sitemaps, or robots.txt file.\n- Analyzing content: Domain analysis can help identify gaps in a site’s content, as well as opportunities to optimize existing content for specific keywords or topics.\n- Understanding backlink profile: Domain analysis can help identify the quality and quantity of backlinks pointing to a site, as well as any potential issues with the site’s backlink profile (e.g. spammy or low-quality links).\n- Monitoring competitors: Domain analysis can help identify competitors in a particular niche or industry, and provide insights into their SEO strategies and tactics. This can help website owners and SEO professionals to identify opportunities for improvement and stay ahead of the competition.\nOverall, domain analysis is an essential component of effective SEO, as it provides valuable insights into a website’s performance and potential for growth."}
{"text":"A religious war is a war started in the name of a certain religion usually against a differing and/or opposing religion. Such wars have occurred since the formation of religion and, as with all wars, have led to bloodshed and suffering of not only the proponents of such wars, but of innocents as well.\nExamples of religious wars\nNot all examples are negative. Constantine's civil war with Licinius was fought over Licinius' persecution of Christians. The war ended with Constantine's victory and the persecutions stopped. A Byzantine victory against Varahran V of the Neo-Persian Empire forced him to end his policy of persecution against Christians as well."}
{"text":"Grape and wine production has great economical, social and strategic importance in Dubrovnik-Neretva County, like it did throughout the history.\nViticulture was undoubtedly influenced by superb connection with the world that Republic of Dubrovnik had. New grape varieties and technologies were introduced, encouraging easier development and cultivation, especially of the red grapes.\nIn 2007, According to Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Dubrovnik-Neretva County was the fourth wine producing county in Croatia (with 7% of total wine production), while in 2011 6.200.000 liters of wine were produced. Nationally, importance of Dubrovnik-Neretva County in national context is evident knowing that the first Croatian wines with protected geographical originare from this area: Dingač(1961) and Pošip(1965, protected in 1967).\nArea of Dubrovnik-Neretva County is a part of winegrowing sub-region of Central and South Dalmatia and covers the area from city of Ploče to far south, Neretva valley and the islands."}
{"text":"A file named in a primary is installed by copying the built file into the appropriate directory. The base name of the file is used when installing.\nbin_PROGRAMS = hello subdir/goodbye\nIn this example, both ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’ will be installed in ‘$(bindir)’.\nSometimes it is useful to avoid the basename step at install time. For\ninstance, you might have a number of header files in subdirectories of\nthe source tree that are laid out precisely how you want to install\nthem. In this situation you can use the\nnobase_ prefix to\nsuppress the base name step. For example:\nnobase_include_HEADERS = stdio.h sys/types.h\nwill install stdio.h in ‘$(includedir)’ and types.h in ‘$(includedir)/sys’.\nFor most file types, Automake will install multiple files at once, while\navoiding command line length issues (see Length Limitations). Since\ninstall programs will not install the same file twice in\none invocation, you may need to ensure that file lists are unique within\none variable such as ‘nobase_include_HEADERS’ above.\nYou should not rely on the order in which files listed in one variable are installed. Likewise, to cater for parallel make, you should not rely on any particular file installation order even among different file types (library dependencies are an exception here)."}
{"text":"Cheers! Turns out beer can protect you against the winter sniffles and even some serious illnesses in small children!\nI guess there is a chemical compound in hops, the plant brewers use to give beer its bitter taste, provides an effective guard against a virus that can cause severe forms of pneumonia and bronchitis in youngsters, which is pretty cool!\nIn research with scientists at Sapporo Medical University, the compound — humulone — was found to be effective in curbing the respiratory syncytial (RS) virus, said the company, which funded the study.\nCheck out the full study here!"}
{"text":"The vertical-axis solar and wind generator on magnetic levitation is the newest development of our company.\nThis wind turbine generator is capable to convert wind energy coming from the base air acceptor and the up-rising air flows coming from warm surface (soil and turbine base) into electrical energy using the air pressure difference.\nIt has no vibrations, infrasound and starts to rotate at 1.5 m/s wind speed, reaches nominal (rated/plate) power output at 10 m/s and unlike traditional turbines continues to generate more and more energy till wind speed reaches 40 m/s.\nFor example, 10MW turbine will generate incredible 40MW at wind speed of 15 m/s.\nFor sure, this figure is impressive and can make anyone rich during hurricane, but what is more important – it starts to produce electricity at very low wind speed. You will have slow, but steady energy flow starting from 2 m/s.\nImagine, that your average wind is 5 m/s (quite good, actually, just look at this map), half of the year – below 3.5 m/s. Traditional turbine will start working at 3.5 m/s and it means, that it will stay dormant half of the year.\nIt allows creation of wind farms in areas where it was impossible before due to too high or too low winds.\nSimple, no-friction construction minimizes maintenance and repair downtime, increases life span and efficiency overall.\nThe invention is protected with the Ukrainian and the US patents."}
{"text":"Wisconsin’s northern and central forests are home to 955 gray wolves. Wisconsin is one of about a dozen states in the country with a wild gray wolf population. Gray wolves, also referred to as timber wolves, are the largest wild members of the dog family. Wolves are social animals, living in family groups or packs. A wolf’s territory may cover 20-80 square miles, which is about one tenth the size of an average Wisconsin county. WDNR Website about wolves\nThe following video clip was shot in July 2017. When we got out of the vehicle a Raven began to talk to us.\nThe gray wolf in the western Great Lakes region is currently on the Federal Endangered Species List. This listing status limits the state of Wisconsin’s management authority including the authority to hold a trophy hunts on wolves.\nPhotograph by Rachel Tilseth 03/04/18. Gray wolf travels down gravel road in northern Wisconsin.\nPhotograph by Rachel Tilseth 03/04/18. Lichen covered trees in northern Wisconsin.\nPhotograph by Rachel Tilseth 03/04/18. A wolf scat in the center of the gravel road. White-tailed deer hair and bones can be seen in this wolf scat.\nPhotograph by Rachel Tilseth 03/04/18. Gray wolf track in mud.\nPhotograph by Rachel Tilseth 03/04/18. There are gravel roads in wolf habitat spanning up to nine miles with little or no signs of human development.\nI filmed this video clip two summers ago.\nFeatured photograph by Rachel Tilseth 03/04/18 in wolf county."}
{"text":"Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning \"to cultivate\") is a term that has different meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of \"culture\" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions. However, the word \"culture\" is most commonly used in three basic senses:\n- excellence of taste in the fine arts and humanities, also known as high culture\n- an integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior thatdepends upon the capacity for symbolic thought and social learning\n- the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization or group.\nWhen the concept first emerged in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe, it connoted a process of cultivation or improvement, as in agriculture or horticulture. In the nineteenth century, it came to refer first to the betterment or refinement of the individual, especially through education, and then to the fulfillment of national aspirations or ideals. In the mid-nineteenth century, some scientists used the term \"culture\" to refer to a universal human capacity. For the German nonpositivist sociologist Georg Simmel, culture referred to \"the cultivation of individuals through the agency of external forms which have been objectified in the course of history\".\nIn the twentieth century, \"culture\" emerged as a concept central to anthropology, encompassing all human phenomena that are not purely results of human genetics. Specifically, the term \"culture\" in American anthropology had two meanings: (1) the evolved human capacity to classify and represent experiences with symbols, and to act imaginatively and creatively; and (2) the distinct ways that people living in different parts of the world classified and represented their experiences, and acted creatively. Following World War II, the term became important, albeit with different meanings, in other disciplines such as cultural studies, organizational psychology and management"}
{"text":"Tue, Feb. 24th 2015, 11:00\nSalle Claude Itzykson, Bât. 774, Orme des Merisiers\nNuclear reactors are the most intense man-controlled sources of neutrinos. They have played a key role all along the scientific history of neutrinos, first in the experimental discovery of these ghostly particles and then in the determination of their properties, in particular the parameters driving the oscillations during their propagation. par I'll start my presentation by a basic introduction of neutrino physics and the main open questions discussed in the community nowadays. Then I'll discuss the flux of electron anti-neutrinos emitted by the reactor core and the key parameters of their detection. Thanks to the steady progress of the liquid scintillator technology we'll see how the modern experiments entered in the high precision era of reactor neutrino detection with millions of events recorded. In 2011 the last unknown mixing angle, $theta_13$, was measured. This opened the door to future searches for the CP violation phase parameter of the mixing matrix using neutrino beams as well as ultra high precision measurements at reactors to determine the mass hierarchy of neutrinos. Another consequence of this quest of high precision is the revelation of the so-called ``reactor antineutrino anomaly'' that could be explained by the existence of a new neutrino state, a sterile neutrino. I'll present the experimental program in development across the world to test this hypothesis. Finally, routinely detected reactor neutrinos also led scientist to think about the first possible application of neutrinos as a new tool for the surveillance of reactor cores, in the framework of the non-proliferation of atomic weapons. I'll present a brief overview of the various projects and their interplay with improved detection technics for the fundamental research."}
{"text":"Garden & Nature Facts\nIt’s spring time once again and the gardens are alive with some magnificent changes. But what is more incredible is what goes on not only in our gardens, but in nature itself. Mother Nature doesn’t like to rush things, as evolution has shown, so its no wonder how delicate and intricate things can be. We’ve been doing some garden research and decided to share even more facts with you! According to the Guinness Book of Records, the tallest ever sunflower grew to 7.76m high! Lots of plants are used as dyes. One of the oldest blue dyes comes from a plant called Woad that has been used since Neolithic times – over 6000 years! Phytoplankton are tiny plants that can’t even be seen with the naked eye. But amazingly they produce half the oxygen in the world! According to the Guinness Book of Records, the world’s longest cucumber was grown in Essex, UK in 1986 and measured a whopping 1.1m (3ft 8in). It takes at least 5 years for a Bluebell seed to grow into a bulb! Seaweed contains a kind of gloopy jelly stuff that helps it hold onto water. It is also very useful for all sorts of other things - the carrageenan used for thickening ice cream comes from seaweed!Did you know, carrots actually come in a range of colours? White and yellow carrots come from Europe, and purple ones come from the Middle East. The orange ones are a fairly recent invention, created by crossing various other colours."}
{"text":"Definitions of reflector\nn. - One who, or that which, reflects. 2\nn. - Something having a polished surface for reflecting light or heat, as a mirror, a speculum, etc. 2\nn. - A reflecting telescope. 2\nn. - A device for reflecting sound. 2\nThe word \"reflector\" uses 9 letters: C E E F L O R R T.\nNo direct anagrams for reflector found in this word list.\nWords formed by adding one letter before or after reflector (in bold), or to ceeflorrt in any order:\ns - reflectors\nAll words formed from reflector by changing one letter\nBrowse words starting with reflector by next letter"}
{"text":"While India begins its most massive democratic exercise with more than nine hundred million citizens registered to vote in the country’s general elections, fact-checking and debunking fake news has also begun simultaneously. Despite efforts to prevent or curb the spread, many rumours have already been circulated during this period.\nSome of the recent stories that have been circulating include: Firstly, how Sonia Gandhi, the leader of the main opposition Congress party is wealthier than the Queen of England. However, this story was debunked six years ago, and the origin of the story dates back to 2012. Secondly, fake news has been spreading on how the UN's Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) had named Mr Modi as the world's best prime minister. This is false information as the UNESCO does not provide such awards. Thirdly, fake news has been spreading on how prosthetic fingers are being used to allow people to vote multiple times.\nOur assessment is that general elections in India has been one of the most awaited exercise, and it is evident that the proliferation of fake news would increase. We believe that though many initiatives are taken by the government together with social media companies to curb the spread, there has been only little impact."}
{"text":"Summarising Pupil C's attainment in shape, space and measures\nPupil C's attainment in shape, space and measures is judged to be secure in level 5. To make further progress in this level she needs to develop her reasoning about shapes, positions and movements. She needs to construct a range of 3-D shapes to improve her reasoning about how a given net is related to the shape it will create. She needs to solve a range of problems such as drawing a quadrilateral that has exactly two lines of symmetry or two different isosceles triangles that both have a 30° angle."}
{"text":"signal at a railway crossing typically occurs when a driver fails to stop or\ncontinues through a signal at the crossing indicating that the vehicle must\nstop. This is true whether or not a train is actually visible providing the\nsignal is activated and is indicating that the traffic should stop. It is\nestimated that approximately 80% of all railway crossings in the United States\ndon't have gates or lights, but 40% of all accidents between trains and\nvehicles occur at protected crossings. The cause is overwhelmingly driver's\nstop at a railway crossing typically results in both fines as well as driver\nresponsibility penalties. Since this is a serious and very dangerous offense\nthe fines and penalties are typically significant even as a first offense.\nGenerally fines will start at about $200.00 and go up, and penalty points\nassigned and, in some cases, if combined with other traffic violations there\ncan be suspension of the drivers license.\nset 3 to 4 driver responsibility points for a charge of failing to stop at a\ncontrolled railway crossing. For bus drivers or those with commercial driver's\nlicense the penalties and fines will be significantly higher and can result in\nloss of their driver's license. It may\nalso prevent individuals from obtaining a bus licenses or a CDL in the future.\nIncorrect signal performance or signals that are hidden to the driver by trees or other obstructions may be mitigating factors in getting the charges dismissed. Working with an attorney is the best way to fight the ticket and prevent dramatic increases to your insurance, possible loss of driving privileges and additional costs to renew your driver's license."}
{"text":"I heard a speech where a potluck was described as a symbol of trust. His premise: We take potlucks at face value, believing that what is there is good and untainted (by heat, mishandling or ill intentions). We believe that to be true, even though life is not always like that.\nPotlucks also represent a metaphor for the life choices we make:\nDo you take whatever looks good, and think that everyone else can too?\nDo you decide about each thing as you come to it without a strategy or plan?\nDo you think you can throw away what you don’t like and take more of what you do?\nDo you keep your options open and don’t commit until you see the whole spread?\nDo you “cheat” a little or make disciplined choices?\nDo you take the last piece or leave it in consideration of others?\nI have not thought of potlucks the same since I heard this talk. Life is much more like a potluck than the more common smorgasbord metaphor. Potlucks are irregular. They feature specialties as well as experiments. They put combinations together that would never be served at the same meal otherwise. They allow us to try things, reject them or go back for more. It is not all laid out for us; you need to work at it and contribute.\nThink of your life as a potluck. You may not know what you are eating, but you just may love it anyway.\n“Friendly Enemies: American Culture, Political Correctness, and Catholic Social Teaching” lecture by Dr. Stan Nussbaum, November 13, 2014"}
{"text":"Uranium is a highly toxic heavy metal, particulary to children. Since more than 80 years phosphate fertilisers are used in the worlds agriculture. It is well known, that uranium is a part of phosphat fertilisers that derive from the oceans sediments. In the time from 1950 to 2010 In Germany the farmers put more than 13.000 tons of uranium on the soils. Germanys drinking water is under threat because this kind of uranium (uranly ions) is highly soluble in water."}
{"text":"See also: Study Guides and Test Preparation, Ready to Read (early literacy)\nAdult New Reader Collection\nThe Adult New Reader Collection is designed to support adults who are interested in improving reading skills, either on their own or with the assistance of a tutor. There are items designed for the most basic skills and advancing through higher reading levels. Some of the collection is composed of various level skill books used for the teaching of reading, but most of the collection is designed to support those efforts. Stories, self-help books, books to inform and basic dictionaries are available for the adult learner.\nAlthough there are some materials designed for those working on English as a second language, most materials are designed for native English speakers, but can be used by many who have only a beginning knowledge of English. Also, basic United States history and government books, for citizenship education, are available in the collection."}
{"text":"Y11 pupils have been given GCSE study guides and other learning/revision resources including online links and past exam papers, which are a really good way of focusing revision. Additionally pupils can access the AQA website https://www.aqa.org.uk/find-past-papers-and-mark-scheme for all exams except GCSE Statistics which can be found at https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/exams/past-papers.html. It is now clear that GCSE examinations will not be held this year. When we know how the government plans to administer the process we will let you know.\nY7, Y8, Y9, Y10. All pupils have been set specific work and been sent work packs to be completed at home. In addition to completing these pupils should access online resources including https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize.\nFROM MONDAY 20-04-20202 - ALL YEAR GROUPS - DAILY TIMETABLE AND LESSONS\nClick Here > https://www.thenational.academy/\nDAILY TIMETABLE AND LESSONS\nClick Here > https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach\nSTAYING SAFE ONLINE ADVICE FOR PARENTS AND CARERS"}
{"text":"Hello, you are using an old browser that's unsafe and no longer supported. Please consider\nyour browser to a newer version, or downloading a\n| Is Violence Against Children Preventable?\nThis report synthesizes findings from the Good School Study, demonstrating how the Toolkit reduced violence against children in schools by 42% in a central district in Uganda."}
{"text":"- a movement for determining and analyzing the basic, relatively stable structural elements of a system, esp. in the behavioral sciences\n- structural linguistics\nA method of analyzing phenomena, as in anthropology, linguistics, psychology, or literature, chiefly characterized by contrasting the elemental components of the phenomena in a system of binary opposition and examining how the elemental components are combined to make larger units.\n(countable and uncountable, plural structuralisms)\n- A theory of sociology that views elements of society as part of a cohesive, self-supporting structure.\n- (biology) A school of biological thought that deals with the law-like behaviour of the structure of organisms and how it can change, emphasising that organisms are wholes, and therefore that change in one part must necessarily take into account the inter-connected nature of the entire organism.\n- (linguistics) The theory that a human language is a self-contained structure related to other elements which make up its existence.\n- (psychology) A school of thought that focuses on exploring the individual elements of consciousness, how they are organized into more complex experiences, and how these mental phenomena correlate with physical events.\n- (mathematics) In the philosophy of mathematics, a theory that holds that mathematical theories describe structures, and that mathematical objects are exhaustively defined by their place in such structures.\nstructural +\"Ž -ism."}
{"text":"In this animated and interactive object, learners follow steps to perform the process identification procedure for the Ziegler-Nichols Continuous Cycling Tuning Method. A short quiz completes the activity.\nLearners perform the steps required for the Ziegler-Nichols Reaction Curve Tuning Method. The process identification procedure is performed, calculations are made, and the proper PID values are programmed into the controller.\nIn this interactive object, learners follow the steps required for the Ziegler-Nichols Continuous Cycling method. The process identification procedure is performed, calculations are made, and the proper PID values are programmed into the controller.\nComplex Power: The Sum of the Individual Real and Reactive Powers\nThe learner views a method to find the total complex power of a circuit in which the individual real and reactive powers are found and then added together. Several examples are shown, along with the power triangles.\nThe student studies the method to calculate complex power where the Vrms of a circuit is multiplied by the complex conjugate of the total circuit current. Several examples are given, along with the power triangle."}
{"text":"Editor's note: What do you think of the new name, Curiosity, for the Mars Science Laboratory rover? Vote in our poll and comment.\n\"NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, scheduled for launch in 2011, has a new name, thanks to a sixth-grade student from Kansas. Twelve-year-old Clara Ma from the Sunflower Elementary school in Lenexa submitted the winning entry, \"Curiosity.\" As her prize, Ma wins a trip to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., where she will be invited to sign her name directly onto the rover as it is being assembled.\"\nEditor's Update: Miles O'Brien provides his take on MSL's new name Curiosity - Its a Curiosity alright"}
{"text":"Definition of equability\nn. - The quality or condition of being equable; evenness or uniformity; as, equability of temperature; the equability of the mind. 2\nThe word \"equability\" uses 10 letters: A B E I I L Q T U Y.\nNo direct anagrams for equability found in this word list.\nWords formed by adding one letter before or after equability (in bold), or to abeiilqtuy in any order:\nn - inequitably\nAll words formed from equability by changing one letter\nBrowse words starting with equability by next letter"}
{"text":"Ask three people about Angela Davis, and you’ll probably get four or five different descriptions.\nFeminist? Communist? Criminal? Scholar? Vice Presidential Candidate?\nIf nothing else, she’s a #blaxit superstar. Her escape and the wisdom she brought back had a powerful impact on societal discourse in the United States.\nBorn black and female in Birmingham, Alabama in 1944, Angela’s life might have been brief and violent. She knew the four girls killed in the Birmingham Church bombing in 1963.\nYou’d have to ask Angela if she participated in a Junior Year Abroad in order to escape America, or to expand her own mind.\nThe experience certainly informed much of her life. According to Alice Kaplan, Angela’s time in France transformed herself, and “in turn transformed the cultural and political life of the United States”.\nKaplan’s book, Dreaming in French takes a look at the lives of three American women whose time outside of the United States influenced the rest of their lives.\nHere’s an article featuring Angela that should be required reading for intelligent, empowered women considering an escape abroad.\nDreaming in French: On Angela Davis"}
{"text":"Marriage and Same-sex Couples after Obergefell\nBy Gary J. Gates and Taylor N.T. Brown\nThis research brief analyzes the impact of the US Supreme Court’s decisions in Windsor v. United States (June 2013) and Obergefell v. Hodges (June 2015) on marriage by same-sex couples. In 2013, the year that the Windsor ruling was issued, an estimated 230,000 same-sex couples were married, 21% of all same-sex couples. By June 2015, when Obergefell was decided, 390,000 same-sex couples were married, 38% of all same-sex couples. As of October 2015, 486,000 same-sex couples were married, or 45% of all same-sex couples. The legal benefits and obligations of marriage now support these married couples, more than a quarter of whom are raising children, and the visibility of these families will likely continue to accelerate public support for marriage equality in the United States."}
{"text":"hi all attached is a question and answer from an exam paper which i am having trouble with.\nfirstly i do not see how they can state the ASA rule without further information.\nsecondly i would have drawn the perpendicular bisector of line YZ and labelled the point of intersection with YZ as W then stated\nYW = WZ (common)\nXY=XY (given XYZ isoscles triangle)\ntherefore triangle congruent SSS\nany ideas please?\nFor the first thing -What more information were you expecting, can you be little specific\nOriginally Posted by sammy28\nSecond thing-You have proved that YXW is congruent to ZXW\nI guess you wanted to add some more --\nCan you be a little more specific\nAre you trying to find the ways of proving it other than those given (Smirk)\nthanks ardash, i made a mistake in proving wrong triangles congruent (Itwasntme)\nif you label the intersection of segments NZ and YM, O; then\nfor ASA to work i am thinking that angle ZYM = angle ZYX/2. but without extra given angles such as the angle at YNZ and the angle OYN or the angle YOZ then i dont see how to prove.\neven if i were to draw a circle radius OY centre O then extend line segment YM to the circumferance i get the circle thm. ' the angle of a semi circle is a right angle', but this is no use to this problem.\nYou want to prove that triangles YMZ and ZNY are congruent using ASA rule.\nIt means that you need to show that :\n1) angle NYZ = angle MZY\n2) angle NZY = angle MYZ\n3) side YZ = side YZ\n1) triangle XYZ is isosceles with XY = XZ therefore angle XYZ = angle XZY\nBut N is on the segment [XY] therefore angle XYZ = angle NYZ\nand M is on the segment [XZ] therefore angle XZY = angle MZY\nTherefore angle NYZ = angle MZY\n2) is given by construction of M and N\n3) is of course evident\nASA rule shows that triangles YMZ and ZNY are congruent\nthanks rg. i see my mistake now you point it out so clearly (Hi)"}
{"text":"Compressed Zip File\nBe sure that you have an application to open this file type before downloading and/or purchasing. How to unzip files.\n3.09 MB | 28 pages\nDifferentiated Archimedes and the Scientific Method Readings on 3 different Lexile levels.\nGreat for reading in the content area and addressing differentiation.\nHelps students better understand that “difficult to teach” scientific method. Includes 3 sets of readings almost identical, but each based on a different Lexile according to vocabulary and sentence structure.\nI use 1190 Lexile reading for my gifted students in 6th grade. The L510 is great for my Inclusion Students. The tests are also almost identical, and my students can handle them on all levels, but they’re editable depending on the make-up of students in your classroom. (There is also a L810) set.)\nThere is a multiple choice, true/false assessment included, along with a final product that gives choices for differentiation.\nMay be used independently for those days you need a sub, as independent seat work, or as group work with large posters to display the end-product."}
{"text":"How would universal basic income benefit vegans and the fight for animal protection?\nRecognizing the connections between animal protection and the SDGs can help advocates maximize impact, win government support, and collaborate with other stakeholders.\nSustainable use has ensured the international commercialization of biodiversity, and determined that price and trade be the arbiter of what value each species holds.\nInstead of despairing that the loss of economic growth is the end of civilization, we should embrace these limits and get to work building a new society.\nTaking animal rights seriously means starting at the beginning, limiting the power and influence our species exerts. If we care about animals, we should have smaller families.\nANIMAL PEOPLE affirms that Black Lives Matter, and calls on animal protection activists to also stand up for human rights in the face of oppression and persecution.\nIn the United States, wild bears are being killed for their gallbladders due to the global bear bile trade.\nIrked by opposition to its decision to reopen elephant trophy hunting, the Botswanan government has become increasingly strident and populist in defense of its actions.\nA seasoned animal advocate discusses what she’s learned from decades of working to help animals in a variety of ways, from fighting for legislative changes to saving dogs from post-Katrina floods.\nThe notion that Earth is here for our use and pleasure is deeply embedded in our collective assumption. We have to rebalance our relationship with the natural world. COVID-19 is a warning of what happens when we don’t.\nThere have been unprecedented declines in pollinator populations in recent years, largely due to pesticide use and habitat loss. Here’s what you can do to help.\nDespite unwavering support from Americans and a century of conservation success, the administration is stripping away protections for migratory birds under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act."}
{"text":"Dis- (?; 258)\nA prefix from the Latin, whence F. d'es, or sometimes d'e-, dis-. The Latin dis- appears as di- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif- before f, and either dis- or di- before j. It is from the same root as bis twice, and duo, E. two. See Two, and cf. Bi-, Di-, Dia-. Dis- denotes separation, a parting from, as in distribute, disconnect; hence it often has the force of a privative and negative, as in disarm, disoblige, disagree. Also intensive, as in dissever.\n⇒ Walker's rule of pronouncing this prefix is, that the s ought always to be pronounced like z, when the next syllable is accented and begins with \"a flat mute [b, d, v, g, z], a liquid [l, m, n, r], or a vowel; as, disable, disease, disorder, disuse, disband, disdain, disgrace, disvalue, disjoin, dislike, dislodge, dismay, dismember, dismiss, dismount, disnatured, disrank, disrelish, disrobe.\" Dr. Webster's example in disapproving of Walker's rule and pronouncing dis- as diz in only one (disease) of the above words, is followed by recent orthoepists. See Disable, Disgrace, and the other words, beginning with dis-, in this Dictionary.\nA prefix from Gr. twice. See Di-.\n© Webster 1913."}
{"text":"- Category: Driving\nDriving in the wet and rain can be tricky at the best of times. However when you have kids in the car and your heading away for the school holidays then you really need to concentrate to ensure the safety of your family.\nHere's some of our top tips for driving in the rain, including tyre safety, reducing the risk of aquaplaning, windscreen wipers and using lights in the rain.\nDriving on wet and slippery roads can cause your car to aquaplane or hydroplane. Aquaplaning is when the water builds up around your car’s tyres and the road surface. It causes the tyres to lose traction with the road and prevents the vehicle from responding to controls.\nAquaplaning is not a pleasant experience, however you can reduce the risk of aquaplaning by making sure you check the following before you head away for the school holidays:\n- Check your tyre tread and wear – you may need to rotate your tyres or purchase 2 or 4 new tyres\n- Check your tyre pressure and ensure they are inflated to the correct level for your vehicle.\nYou may need to reduce your speed to a safe level to suit the road conditions when driving in the wet.\nDon’t forget to check you windscreen wipers are working properly and change the wiper blades if necessary before you head off.\nIt is also a good idea to drive with you lights on in wet weather as visibility is reduced.\nNeed more advice?\nFor more information and professional advice book your car in for a service with your local Brakes + Mechanical Services mechanic before you go away these school holidays."}
{"text":"What will happen if the\n<authorization /> elements in a\n<?xml version=\"1.0\"?> <configuration> <system.web> <authentication mode=\"Windows\"/> <authorization> <allow users=\"*\" /> <deny users=\"*\" /> </authorization> </system.web> </configuration>\nMost people that know anything about ASP.NET will realise that the authorisation rules are evaluated in order (from MSDN: \"the authorization module finds the first access rule that fits a particular user account\"), so in this case the\n<allow /> will be evaluated first and all users will get access. Unfortunately, I am not one of these gifted people, and have been blissfully ignorant of this fact despite working with ASP.NET since its release in 2002*.\nFeel free to express your ridicule in the comments :)\nIn other news related to both web.config and my ignorance, I discovered when reading up on this at MSDN that you can use\n<allow users=\"./SomeLocalAccount\" /> to reference the current computer if you are using local machine accounts, which has come in handy for the stuff I am working on today.\n* By way of excuse for the inexcusable, a lot of my ASP.NET work has relied on old-style NTFS permissions (long story), or very basic rules like deny ? and allow *, so I’ve never ended up thinking much about this. When pressed on the topic I thought the strongest condition might take precedence :-\\"}
{"text":"Църковно и просветно дело в град Разград през 40-те - 70-те години на XIX век\nChurch and enlightenment in the town of Razgrad in the 40-s - 70-s of XIX century\nAuthor(s): Todorka Simeonova\nSubject(s): History, Social Sciences, Education, Cultural history, Comparative history, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Modern Age, Special Historiographies:, Theology and Religion, School education, History of Education, State/Government and Education, 19th Century, Period(s) of Nation Building, History of Religion\nPublished by: Издателска къща \"Гутенберг\"\nKeywords: Religion; Churches; State of Church; Education; Razgrad town; Bulgaria; Balkan history; Bulgarian history;\nSummary/Abstract: The town Razgrad from today was established in the XV century on a early Thracian, Roman and Bulgarian settlement. During the Renaissance and the period from the middle of the XIX century Bulgarians in Razgrad created their own municipality and joined the struggle for church independence and establishing a new school. In 1860 was built the current church \"St.Nikolai\" and the authority of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was rejected. For the educational and spiritual development of the city worked many of the citizens from whom more notable were S. Petrov, D. Hranov, A. Tsanov, N. Georgieva and others.\n- Page Range: 259-265\n- Page Count: 7\n- Publication Year: 2016\n- Language: Bulgarian"}
{"text":"From Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia.\nGuillotine (Japanese: ハサミギロチン Scissors Guillotine) is a Normal-type one-hit knockout move introduced in Generation I.\nGuillotine has 30% accuracy and inflicts damage equal to the target's current HP. Guillotine will break a Substitute if it hits, and can be countered for infinite damage on the turn it breaks a Substitute.\nGuillotine will not affect an opponent whose current Speed stat is greater than the user's current Speed stat.\nGeneration II and on\nUnlike in Generation I, Guillotine can affect a Pokémon whose Speed stat is greater than the user's current Speed stat. However, it cannot affect a Pokémon of a higher level. The accuracy of Guillotine depends on the level of the user and the level of the target and is worked out with the formula: Accuracy = ((level of user - level of target) + 30)%. Guillotine ignores all changes to accuracy and evasion stats.\nGuillotine will cause a Pokémon to instantly faint through 'calamitous damage', regardless of level, but is prone to missing.\n|| A single-hit knockout attack. Learned only by Pokémon that have large pincers.\n|| A one-hit KO, pincer attack.\n|| A powerful pincer attack that may cause fainting.\n|| A vicious tearing attack with pincers. The foe will faint if it hits.\n|| A vicious, tearing attack with pincers. The foe will faint instantly if this attack hits.\n|| A vicious, tearing attack with big pincers. The target will faint instantly if this attack hits.\nIn the anime\nIn the manga\nIn the Pokémon Adventures manga\nIn other generations\nIn other languages"}
{"text":"For Beginner to Advanced: Age 5+\nThe flute has a bright and clear tone and people often find the warmth of this instrument hypnotic. It can be found in an orchestra or a wind band, often playing a high melody soaring over the top of other instruments.\nAn appropriate age to start on the flute can be around age 5 on a short “junior” flute especially designed for small children.\nChildren who have attended our Young Piano and Musicianship program may have a rhythmic, dexterous and musical advantage to start learning the flute at age 5. So if your child hasn’t attended this program, and you find that jumping straight into learning the flute feels sudden or too early for your young child, then we recommend a year or two of our YOUNG PIANO AND MUSICIANSHIP lessons or starting on the RECORDER first.\nAge 7+ can start on a regular sized instrument (depending on the size of the child)\nINTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED\nMore experienced players may be keen to gain more confidence in their school band or might be working towards a higher level AMEB exam or an HSC performance.\nFlute students will learn how to make a beautiful sound, read with ease, and learn tricks and practice tools to develop and progress at their own pace.\nJP (Jean-Philippe Fleury) is a highly respected instrumental teacher and performer. He draws on various musical methodologies including Kodaly and Suzuki to assist note reading, ear development and technique, and sources Australian written books to educate and inspire his students. JP’s background in jazz means that he is also accomplished in teaching alternative styles of playing in addition to classical, including improvisation.\nThere are opportunities to perform in concerts, play in small groups and prepare for in house assessments and exams if desired.\nJP toured the world for many years performing on the saxophone, flute and clarinet for all manner of artists from classical to jazz to musicals. His studied with Mark Promane and Alex Dean at Humber College in Toronto."}
{"text":"Acquisition of gender agreement in Lithuanian: Exploring the effect of diminutive usage in an elicited production task\nItem TypeJournal Article\nMetadataShow full item record\nThis study examines Lithuanian children's acquisition of gender agreement using an elicited production task. Lithuanian is a richly inflected Baltic language, with two genders and seven cases. Younger (N=24, mean 3;1, 2;5–3;8) and older (N=24, mean 6;3, 5;6–6;9) children were shown pictures of animals and asked to describe them after hearing the animal's name. Animal names differed with respect to familiarity (novel vs. familiar), derivational status (diminutive vs. simplex) and gender (masculine vs. feminine). Analyses of gender-agreement errors based on adjective and pronoun usage indicated that younger children made more errors than older children, with errors more prevalent for novel animal names. For novel animals, and for feminine nouns, children produced fewer errors with nouns introduced in diminutive form. These results complement findings from several Slavic languages (Russian, Serbian and Polish) that diminutives constitute a salient cluster of word forms that may provide an entry point for the child's acquisition of noun morphology.\nSavickiene, I., Kempe, V. and Brooks, P.J. 2009. Acquisition of gender agreement in Lithuanian: Exploring the effect of diminutive usage in an elicited production task. Journal of Child Language. 36. pp.477-494. Available doi:10.1017/S0305000908009100"}
{"text":"Pap smear or Pap test is conducted as part of a woman’s routine health examination, after the age of 21 years. It is not a diagnostic test, but is a screening tool used to detect any abnormal cells in the cervix. The cervix is the lower part of the uterus that opens into the vagina.\nPap smears help in early detection of any serious medical conditions such as cervical cancer. Abnormal Pap smear may indicate the presence of infection or abnormal cells called dysplasia. Cervical dysplasia is abnormal cell growth on the surface of the cervix. An abnormal Pap smear may not necessarily denote cancer. These results highlight the requirement of supplementary testing to identify and confirm an underlying problem.\nAn abnormal pap smear may indicate any of the following:\nUsually abnormal cells do not produce any symptoms. Moreover, even the presence of HPV in an abnormal Pap smear is asymptomatic. Therefore a regular Pap smear is beneficial in early detection of any abnormalities.\nHowever, an abnormal Pap smear secondary to a sexually transmitted infection may induce the following symptoms:\nFollowing an abnormal Pap smear, the next step is further testing to confirm the cause of the abnormal cells. A repeat Pap smear or test for human papilloma virus (HPV), a major risk factor for cervical cancer, may also be recommended.\nDepending on the age of the patient and the type of abnormal cells, the doctor may recommend the following treatment options:\nA Pap smear during pregnancy is very safe. In case of an abnormal Pap smear, a colposcopy can be performed during pregnancy. However, further treatments are delayed until the birth of the baby. Often, the birth process washes away the abnormal cervical cells."}
{"text":"On This Day - 19 August 1916\nTheatre definitions: Western Front comprises the Franco-German-Belgian front and any military action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Holland. Eastern Front comprises the German-Russian, Austro-Russian and Austro-Romanian fronts. Southern Front comprises the Austro-Italian and Balkan (including Bulgaro-Romanian) fronts, and Dardanelles. Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres comprises Egypt, Tripoli, the Sudan, Asia Minor (including Transcaucasia), Arabia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Persia, Afghanistan, Turkestan, China, India, etc. Naval and Overseas Operations comprises operations on the seas (except where carried out in combination with troops on land) and in Colonial and Overseas theatres, America, etc. Political, etc. comprises political and internal events in all countries, including Notes, speeches, diplomatic, financial, economic and domestic matters. Source: Chronology of the War (1914-18, London; copyright expired)\nHeavy fighting on Somme front. British continue to gain ground.\nGerman attacks at Fleury (Verdun) repulsed.\nNaval and Overseas Operations\nGerman High Sea Fleet comes out, but retires in face of British forces.\nH.M.S. \"Nottingham\" and \"Falmouth\", light cruisers, torpedoed and sunk; two German submarines destroyed.\n\"Westfalen\" sunk (?).\nCrisis in Greece, owing to Bulgar occupation of Greek territory."}
{"text":"\"image\" po angielsku z przykładami - Słownik kolokacji angielskich\n- What was important, however, was the information contained within the central images.\n- The central image is that of a cruciform world tree.\n- The lines should be connected, starting from the central image.\n- This allows more space to display a central image (common charge).\n- The central image shows a male's head above a quadruped.\n- The city is a central image in some of the work.\n- The handful of pieces in the show that use synthetic hair as a central image are less interesting.\n- And he brings one of the novel's central images, a fish, into the story for the first time.\n- There was another, very telling, dispute over the mural's central image.\n- The central image traded places with one of the smaller screens.\nKliknij na wybrany nagłówek, aby rozwinąć grupy kolokacji, kolokacje oraz przykładowe zdania."}
{"text":"The Universal Declaration of Human Rights makes clear that every child has the right to a free basic education, so poverty and lack of resources should not be a barrier to schooling. Life Quilt Foundation was founded on September 11, 2010, by a group of family and friends wanting to ensure that right.\nWhy Life Quilt Foundation is Needed\nA 2015 study by Communities in Schools, an education advocacy group, outlined 10 surprising reasons why children don’t go to school. Among the list: They’re hungry, they need school supplies, they need clothes or shoes. Life Quilt is there to help fill the gap, removing those barriers to school attendance.\nThe Huntington Backpack Index, a measure of the cost of educational supplies and activities indicates that the cost of supplies and extracurricular activities has increased from 2007-2016 by 88 percent for elementary school students, 81 percent for middle school students and 68 percent for high school students. For the 4 in 10 children in the US living near the poverty line, the ability to attend school and be an active participant can be nearly impossible. Life Quilt Foundation supports parents by helping to provide the tools needed to help their children succeed.\nImproved academic performance. Fewer behavioral problems. Early identification of student learning problems. Greater teacher job satisfaction. These are all proven outcomes of parental involvement in their children’s education. Research from The National Association for the Education of Young Children highlighted the need for parental involvement, “School readiness involves more than just children. School readiness in the broadest\nLife Quilt, in partnership with community resources, works to help parents strengthen their roles as their child’s first teacher.\nNews and Updates\nJoin our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates from our team.\nYou have Successfully Subscribed!"}
{"text":"SudetenArticle Free Pass\nSudeten, (German), Czech and Polish Sudety, system of east-west mountain ranges of northeastern Bohemia and northern Moravia, Czech Republic, bordering on Poland. The system has three subgroups: the West Sudeten range is composed of the Lusatian Mountains, the Jizera Mountains, and the Giant (Krkonoše) Mountains; the Middle Sudeten range includes the Orlice Mountains and the Broumovské range; the East Sudeten range is composed of the three elements of the Jeseník Mountains.\nThe Sudeten are the broken remnants of an ancient massif; the peaks, such as Sněžka (5,256 feet [1,602 m]) in the Giant Mountains, have flattened summits. Mineral deposits abound, but small workings long have been in decline. Farming is difficult on the rough terrain, and cottage industry and craftsmanship are still prevalent. The textile industry, particularly cotton, is widespread, having originally been located there to take advantage of the fast-flowing rivers; glass and porcelain are local specialties, often for export. The principal towns are Jablonec and Liberec, and there is a developing tourist industry, particularly in the Giant Mountains.\nWhat made you want to look up Sudeten?"}
{"text":"Tait Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)\nTait Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)\nIf this information is incorrect, please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.org\nFeature type: Glacier\nThis name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.\nNames that other countries have for this feature:\nflowing SW into Carlsson Bay, S James Ross Island, was probably sighted by SwAE in October 1903; surveyed by FIDS from \"Hope Bay\" in September 1952 and named after Murdo Finlayson (\"Jock\") Tait (b. 1923), FIDS meteorological observer, \"Hope Bay\", 1952-54 (APC, 1958, p.7; DOS 610 sheet W 64 56, 1961; BAS 250 sheet SQ 21-22/1 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1974).\nNo images of this place could be found."}
{"text":"Sally Goddard Blythe\nThis book represents a milestone in our understanding of child development and what parents can do to give their children the best start in life. The author uses the latest scientific research to demonstrate how a baby’s relationship with the mother has a lasting and fundamental impact. She emphasizes ways that changes in society over the past fifty years—such as delayed motherhood, the limited practice of breastfeeding, and mothers’ early return to work—interfere with important developmental milestones that are essential to success and well being in later life.\n“We need a state,” says Sally Goddard Blythe, “that gives children their parents and, most of all, gives babies their mothers back.”\nWhat Babies and Children Really Need is an important book for parents of young children.\n- Conception and Society: The Politics of Fertility\n- Does Early Development Matter?\n- Events Surrounding Birth\n- Events Following Birth: Risk Factors\n- Movement Instinct\n- Language Instinct\n- Building on the First Year: The Neuroscience of Developing Emotions\n- Factors Parents Can Control\n- What Needs to Be Done?"}
{"text":"It helps that most of these workers speak Surprisingly Good English, a mark of the nation's colonized past.The islands were settled as early as 67,000 years ago, evidenced by the metatarsal of a man found in Cagayan valley in 2007.The Spanish East Indies, however, also saw many a threat from within (local insurgents and Muslim warlords in Mindanao) and without (Chinese pirates and fellow colonists from the Netherlands and Portugal), including a three-year occupation by the British as a Spin-Off of the Seven Years' War (1762-1764).\nThe Philippine Revolution, led by Andres Bonifacio and the \"Katipunan\" secret society (whose full acronym was KKK, no relation to the American one) broke out in August 1896.\n), is a Southeast Asian country with an amalgamation of Malay, Chinese, and Spanish roots and cultures on the western end of the Pacific Ocean.\nMade up of 7,107 islands (divided between Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao regions), the Philippines is the fourth-largest Asian Anglophone country, much of its population having Austronesian roots.\nIt is well-known that besides a booming export market and local corporate businesses, the Philippines' economy heavily relies on foreign remittances from overseas workers.\nThat's right, one of the country's biggest exports is its people, who make up a major proportion of overseas workers from all over the world."}
{"text":"Endowments for war in 1914\nAvner Offer 19 September 2014\nVictory in World War I relied on three types of energy: renewable energy for food and fodder, fossil energy, and high explosive. This column argues that the Allies had a clear advantage in manpower, coal, and agriculture, but not enough for a quick decision. Mobilisation in continental economies curtailed food production, occasionally to a critical level. Technical competition was a matter of capacity for innovation, not of particular breakthroughs. Coercive military service and rationing of scarce energy and food had egalitarian consequences that continued after the war.\nFriday, 19 September 2014\nThe Economics of World War I. 4\nAnother in the series of posts from The Economics of World War I at VoxEU.org"}
{"text":"Synopsis: Testing Quantum Gravity with Accelerators\nTo figure out how the smoothness of gravity can coexist with the intrinsically grainy world predicted by quantum field theory, physicists have to be able to explore physical phenomena at extremely short distances. According to Vahagn Gharibyan, a scientist working at the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY), the tools to make these measurements exist, or soon will. He proposes that subtle changes to the refraction of light, predicted by certain theories of quantum gravity, could be measured using lasers and the relativistic electrons generated at high-energy electron accelerators.\nGeneral relativity, which accurately describes the motion of massive bodies like planets and galaxies, is believed to break down on distances close to the Planck length of x meters. Attempts at tweaking the equations of light to account for gravitational effects therefore add terms that only become significant at these distances, in some cases predicting an index of refraction for light in vacuum that is different than . But even the highest-energy particle accelerators in existence today only probe space on a scale of meters—far too large to observe these effects.\nGharibyan believes the breakdown of general relativity could be seen in a classic Compton scattering experiment, in which a photon scatters from an electron, shifting frequency in the process. In an earlier paper, he related the photon’s scattering angle and frequency to the refractive index of the surrounding medium. In his new work in Physical Review Letters, Gharibyan calculates the sensitivity of such an experiment to quantum gravitational effects, assuming the photons are provided by conventional lasers, and highly relativistic electrons are produced by PETRA III, an existing storage ring, or the planned International Linear Collider. – Jessica Thomas"}
{"text":"For three decades in the fifth century b.c. the ancient world was torn apart bya conflict that was as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the world wars of the twentieth century: the Peloponnesian War. Donald Kagan, one of the world’s most respected classical, political, and military historians, here presents a new account of this vicious war of Greek against Greek, Athenian against Spartan. The Peloponnesian War is a magisterial work of history written for general readers, offering a fresh examination of a pivotal moment in Western civilization. With a lively, readable narrative that conveys a richly detailed portrait of a vanished world while honoring its timeless relevance, The Peloponnesian War is a chronicle of the rise and fall of a great empire and of a dark time whose lessons still resonate today."}
{"text":"Resources » Suicide and Crisis » FAQs\nA good general FAQ about Suicide. Suicide is a significant cause of death in many western countries, in some cases exceeding deaths by motor vehicle accidents annually. Many countries spend vast amounts of money on safer roads, but very little on suicide awareness and prevention, or on educating people about how to make good life choices.\nhttp://www.faqs.org/faqs/suicide/info/ - 8-Mar-2000 - Hits: 1207 - Rate This | Details\nSAVE: Suicide Awareness Voices of Education\nAn excellent resource about where to look for help if you're considering suicide, and information on suicidal signs and behavior.\nhttp://www.save.org/ - 29-Feb-2000 - Hits: 2527 - Rate This | Details"}
{"text":"EPL is a system designed to steward and respond to learners at the level of their (as they are happening) learning needs. It includes a “Learner Interface (App)” an “Authoring Tool” and a “Learning Loop Manager” that together facilitate and manage a mutually learning oriented, ‘distributed dialogue‘ between facilitators, authors and learners.\nIn contrast to the notion of a ‘user’ interface, the learner interface was designed to respond to the various kinds of meaning needs that emerge when a person is learning. The original prototypes of the interface were built to run on Macintoshes. Metaphorically, the interface was a cross between an electronic book, a game machine and a Nautilus exercise machine. Subject content were like weights, the electronic book component made it easy to relate to and the game like qualities made it easy to make high speed choices between (potentially) hundreds of available options.\nThe principle intention of the system is to provide an environment that is responsive enough to the learner’s articulation of meaning needs that it exercises the learner’s ability to be more discriminating (disambiguating) (and trusting) of them in the first place.\nBecause these needs fluctuate at frequency levels we are barely conscious of, the interface was designed to provide the learner the means to choose among hundreds of situationaly relevant yet semantically/contextually related choices in an instant. This included 3 modes of interface: navigational, representational, referential."}
{"text":"Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) is bacteria that infects the lining of the stomach. It frequently causes gastritis (inflammation of the stomach lining) and can also cause peptic ulcers.\nMost H. pylori infections are contracted in childhood and produce no symptoms.\nThe bacterial infection is very common, with about half of the world's population hosting it in their stomach. The bacteria are passed through contact with infected saliva, vomit, or fecal matter or through ingestion of contaminated food/water. Populations in areas with poor sanitation have a higher proportion of infected individuals.\nSYMPTOMS OF H. PYLORI INFECTION\nHelicobacter pylori infection can be asymptomatic, that is, without any symptoms. When it does produce symptoms, these can be similar to symptoms caused by other stomach disorders:\n- Abdominal pain\n- Bloating and fullness\n- Nausea and vomiting\n- Lack of appetite\nOther symptoms of peptic ulcer or its complications, like peptic ulcer bleeding (anemia or low blood count, black or tar like stools, vomiting of dark brown or red material).\nHELICOBACTER PYLORI TREATMENT\nTo prevent the H. pylori bacteria from becoming resistant to a single antibiotic, the infection is treated with two or sometimes three antibiotics simultaneously for up to 2 weeks.\nAn acid-suppressing medication is also commonly prescribed, as this also suppresses the bacteria and aids in its eradication from the stomach wall."}
{"text":"Molidae is the family of the molas or ocean sunfishes, bizarre-looking fish whose bodies come to an end just behind the dorsal and anal fins, giving them a \"half-a-fish\" appearance. They are also the largest of the bony fish, with the ocean sunfish Mola mola recorded at up to 3.3 m (11 ft) in length.\nThey have the fewest vertebrae of any fish, only 16 in Mola mola. They have fairly rough skin. Also, they completely lack all caudal bones, and most of their skeleton is made of cartilage. There are no bony plates in the skin; it is, however, thick and dense like cartilage. They also lack a swim bladder. The meat contains the same toxin as in pufferfish and porcupine fish, but not in the same amounts. Molids mostly swim by using their anal and dorsal fins, the pectoral fins are probably just stabilizers. To steer, they squirt a strong jet of water out of their mouth or gills. They are said to be able to produce sound by grinding their pharyngeal teeth, which are long and claw-like. Typical of a member of Tetraodontiformes, their teeth are fused into a beak-like structure, making it impossible for them to close their mouth."}
{"text":"This is the town that rubber built.\nButler was a sleepy town originally known as ‘West Bloomingdale’ in the early 1800s. There was some industry — notably, a small rubber mill operating on the river — but things started to cook when Richard Butler came to town. He took ownership of the Butler Hard Rubber Company, which later merged with its competitors, eventually becoming the American Hard Rubber Company. By the 1860s, the village of Butler also hosted the Pequanoc Rubber Company (which made ‘soft’ rubber products) and related companies.\nThe rubber industry pretty much grew the town, which in 1881 was named after the man who grew it. Streets were laid out, housing was built, and people came from all over to work in the rubber mill. A railroad line was built in 1871, which helped attract many other businesses and helped grow the town — but rubber ruled for over a century.\nThe rubber industry is long gone now, due to a spectacular fire in 1957, and the railroad station today houses the Butler Museum, which features a large collection of rubber memorabilia as well as several rooms well-stocked with area memorabilia.\nBy the way, Richard Butler has a connection to the Statue of Liberty. More on that down the line in the blog.\nWe’ll see more of the rubber industry later, including a spectacular fire that’s still talked about to this day."}
{"text":"Inflammatory illnesses are an indication for specific diagnostic studies and possible antimicrobial therapy. The presence of fecal leukocytes has been used as a marker of inflammatory diarrhea; however, microscopic examination of the fecal smear is unreliable if the specimen is transported, refrigerated, frozen, or collected by swab.\nTo evaluate a rapid, sensitive, semiquantitative test for detection of fecal leukocytes using antilactoferrin latex bead agglutination (LFLA), a test that remains sensitive even after specimens are refrigerated, frozen, or stored on swabs.\nLFLA titers were determined in stool specimens from previously healthy volunteers before and after experimental infection with different enteric pathogens and from patients with nosocomial diarrhea caused by Clostridium difficile.\nHealthy controls and subjects with noninflammatory diarrhea caused by Vibrio cholerae consistently demonstrated LFLA titers less than 1:50. In contrast, subjects with inflammatory diarrhea caused by Shigella species and C difficile had markedly elevated titers. Titers for subjects with experimental shigellosis ranged from 1:50 to 1:3200, with seven (78%) of nine at 1:400 or greater. Titers for patients with C difficile enteritis ranged as high as 1:1200, with six (50%) of 12 at 1:400 or greater. Subjects with experimental enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infection also had elevated titers, ranging from 1:100 to 1:1600, with three (43%) of seven at 1:400 or greater. Titers for subjects with experimental enterotoxigenic E coli infection were moderately elevated, with nine (53%) of 17 ranging from 1:50 to 1:200 (only one [6%] of 17 was ≥1:400), suggesting a mild inflammatory process.\nThe fecal LFLA assay distinguishes inflammatory from noninflammatory diarrhea, may provide new information on mildly inflammatory processes, and may be a useful, rapid test in a diagnostic algorithm for acute, infectious diarrheal illnesses.(Arch Intern Med. 1994;154:2660-2664)"}
{"text":"Fire Detection System\nFire is one of the most dangerous events possible; somewhere in the world, one occurs every minute of every day. While fire can be our friend in some instances, it can be our worst enemy when it’s uncontrolled and allowed to continue through a building. Fire is, of course, destructive, and the smoke from a fire creates a toxic, dangerous atmosphere. The rapid detection of a fire and its control can save several thousand lives, thousands of injuries, and millions of dollars in property loss each year.\nCurrent Fire-Detection Systems:\nThe fire-detection system today consists of an FACP this is the system’s brain, and it’s capable of making rapid decisions. fire detection has advanced to where smoke detectors and alarm devices have combined to become life-safety systems. The purpose of an automatic fire-alarm system is to detect an occurrence, alert the control panel and proper authorities, and notify the occupants to take action."}
{"text":"The hyperbola as a locus.\nThe hyperbola is the locus of all points the difference of whose distances from two fixed points is a constant. We visualize this definition and check that difference when moving in a hyperbola.\nMove R to check that the difference of distances is a constant. Moving a and b you are modifying the shape of the hyperbola. Complete the construction to visualize the definition in the left branch of the hyperbola."}
{"text":"Colours and Stories: online workshop\nIn this online workshop children between the ages of 6 and 11 create a video story together! Based upon the Tony Cokes exhibition, and more precisely the artist's peculiar use of colour, they are encouraged to look, to feel, and to make associations when looking at colours. Which memory or which feeling does a certain colour provoke? Which objects get shaped in your mind? Building upon these questions, the children will start writing and share their texts in pairs. How similar or different can stories be that originate from the same colour? In the end, they get to work and creatively merge two memories into a peculiar, exciting, crazy or touching video story in their common favourite colour!\nAfter a virtual sneak-peak of our current exhibition, kids can follow the instructions to write their own visual story based on the mixing of their favorite color and song. Just follow the video and start creating in the style of Tony Cokes!"}
{"text":"Use this lesson plan for planning small literacy groups for fourth and fifth grade English Language Learners. Below is the lesson plan template and examples of how this template might be used.\n4th, 5th Grade Transition Lesson Plan Template – Literacy\n4th, 5th Lesson Plan Example Fiction\n4th, 5th Lesson Plan Example Non-Fiction\nComments are closed."}
{"text":"All the pregnancy tests look for a pregnancy hormone in the woman's urine or blood. This specific pregnancy hormone, what is only made in the woman's body when a fertilized egg implants in the uterus. Most of the times this happens around 6 days after conception. Almost all the pregnancy tests claim to tell you if you are pregnant on your next period day. It is much better to wait one week after your missed period to give a more accurate result.\nOvulation, conception and pregnancy tests\nDon't forget that every woman has a differtent time schedule for the fertilized egg to implant in the uterus. If your pregnancy test doesn't give a positive result, it doesn't mean you are not pregnant! It is possible you ovulate later than you thought or that the implantation off the fertilized egg took longer than the average.\nPregnancy test sensitivity\nThe sensitivity of most of the pregnancy tests vary. It is obvious that some testsets will pick up your pregnancy earlier than your period is due. How lower the level of the pregnancy hormone means the test is more sensitive. A testset with a low sensitivity picks up a pregnancy at 6 to 8 days past the ovulation. But most of the women get a positive result around the 9 or 10 days.\nAccuracy of home pregnancy tests\nMost of the home pregnancy tests are very good and accurate. But this specific accuracy depends on a few things:\nFollow the directions on the test and check the expiration date\nWait one week after a missed period to test to have the most accurate result\nSome women will need to wait longer, so be patient\nThe quality of the home test is very important\nIt is best to let your healthcare provider confirm your pregnancy.\nWhen you take a home pregnancy test\nMost of the testsets claim to be 99% accurate on the day you miss your period. Always ask your doctor or healthcare provider for a more sensitive test."}
{"text":"A lively tradition of provincial Mexican religious art has existed from the Spanish colonial period through the present day. The subject of this devotional image, rendered in the popular medium of painted tin, also appeared in more formal colonial Mexican altar paintings. Perched on the tips of the fingers of a detached hand, Christ appears flanked by his parents and his grandparents, Anna and Joachim. The symbol of the hand, deriving from the European cult of Saint Anne, also bears the wound of the stigmata in reference both to the Crucifixion and to the life of Saint Francis; the seven lambs, drinking here from the chalice of Christ's blood, derive from the Book of Revelations.\nObject metadata can change over time, please check the Brooklyn Museum object record for the latest information.\nCaptionMexican. Mano Poderosa (The All-Powerful Hand), or Las Cinco Personas (The Five Persons), 19th century. Oil on metal (possibly tin-plated iron), 13 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. (35.2 x 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1944, Purchased with funds given by the estate of Warren S.M. Mead, 44.195.24\nCreditMuseum Expedition 1944, Purchased with funds given by the estate of Warren S.M. Mead"}
{"text":"Creating Your Book\nYou’re going to love every step of creating your Binding Tales storybook! Here are a few how-to tips to help guide you in the right direction.\nStart by reading through the entire book with an adult. This will help you think about how the story will unfold as you are writing and drawing pictures.\nAsk questions (espcially if you get stuck) and work together. Working together as a team adds to the fun!\nThe paper in your book works best with pencils, crayons and colored pencils.\nBe creative and have fun, there’s no limit to your imagination.\nInspire others with your masterpiece! Take a picture while you show off your favorite pages of the finished book and tag\n@BindingTales on social media!\nCo-authoring a book is something to be very proud of! GREAT job! We’re proud of you!\nGuided composition provides a series of writing prompts to spark ideas and lead a child into writing sentences that tell a story. And an illustration prompt? A few are merely a blank composition box to hold a drawing, while others offer a very simple line drawing to encourage creativity and get your young artist drawing. The key is in offering a simple framework they transform into their very own storybook."}
{"text":"My Child was just diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) – do I need a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)?\nIf your child has ASD, he/she has social communication difficulties. These might include:\n- joint attention,\n- referencing and eye contact,\n- shared enjoyment of activities\n- having difficulty playing with peers,\n- taking turns in conversations\n- understanding other people’s intentions\n- understanding other people’s perspectives\nIn addition, your child might have difficulties with:\n- motor speech skills (articulation of speech sounds),\n- understanding language\n- using language\n- telling stories\n- understanding jokes\nSome children with ASD might be non verbal and thus need an augmentative and alternative communication system. These systems are designed by SLPs.\nAn SLP is trained to assess, diagnose and treat the above goals.\nResources for Autism\nAutism Community Training www.actbc.ca\nABA Educational Resources www.abaresources.com"}
{"text":"Question: Are PVC’s considered an arrhythmia disorder and are they dangerous?\nPVCs may indicate the presence of underlying heart disease. If a patient has NO significant underlying heart disease, PVCs are probably not dangerous. Most “antiarrhythmic” drugs are relatively poor at treating PVCs (though they often reduce their frequency.) and can make dangerous arrhythmias more likely. Doctors and patients should thus be very reluctant to treat PVCs with drugs other than Beta Blockers (drugs that block the effect of adrenaline). Since beta blockers are generally well tolerated and do not make the arrhythmia worse, they are often worth a try. However, patients with NEW palpitations should be checked because that may indicate something serious may have happened to their heart.\nIn general, patients should try to eliminate caffeine, tobacco and alcohol usage, as it may reduce the frequency of PVCs.\nThus, PVCs sometimes are a marker for underlying cardiac diseases that are dangerous!\nHope this helps,"}
{"text":"Students will be able to\nApply their knowledge of Photosynthesis to solve one of three worksheets\nConsider the importance of photosynthesis to our lives\nRespond to a video on photosynthesis\nThe students will have the opportunity to either create a recipe book for what a plant needs to eat, respond as the plant to a letter from the sun to a plant, or fill out a plant questionnaire.\nEach worksheet has a rubric to go with it."}
{"text":"While healthy eating may save you money in the long run on health care costs and extra-large sweatpants expenses, meeting the federal government’s new nutritional guidelines would require the average American family to spend more on food. In theory, it’s possible to eat nutritiously for cheap, but that’s not how things are playing out in real Americans’ diets. Studying adults in Washington state, researchers found that consuming the government’s recommended amount of just one nutrient–potassium–cost consumers an extra $380 per person, or $1520 per year for a family of four.\nFollowing Federal Guidelines To Increase Nutrient Consumption May Lead To Higher Food Costs For Consumers [Health Affairs]\nHealthy eating adds $380 to yearly grocery bill, study shows [MSNBC] (Thanks, Chuck!)\n“Nutrition Plate” Replaces “Food Pyramid”"}
{"text":"Largest Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Installation in U.S. Operating at Texas A&M\n© Texas A&M Corpus Christi\nTexas A&M University Corpus Christi is now the proud owner of the largest vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) installation of its kind in the United States, thanks to the launch of three 20-kW and eight smaller turbines installed across its campuses.\nThese eleven VAWTs are capable of a producing combined output of 92 kW and will help to not only power the university, but to also create learning and research opportunities for students and staff. According to the University, because of the area's strong afternoon winds, the turbines will generate peak power during the time when the demand for electricity on campus is peaking.\n\"Typically, we have high-speed winds in the afternoon, so the wind is in sync with the high power demand the campus experiences during the daytime. At many other locations across the country, the needed high-speed winds occur at night outside of the peak-power demand phase.\" - Dr. L.D. Chen, associate dean of Engineering and Computing Sciences\nOne of the small 4-kilowatt campus wind turbines is mounted on a tilt-up tower so it can be lowered horizontally and opened for inspection and service, allowing hands-on access for students. In addition, the power output of the turbines and the wind conditions on campus are being monitored and posted to a website for both students and the public to use.\n\"The harvesting of wind energy for power generation will significantly increase the University’s installed capacity of renewable energy, and greatly reduce its carbon footprint, saving an estimated $18,000 to $25,000 a year in utility costs. The wind turbines will produce an estimated 217,946 kilowatt hours of electricity generated from renewable resources.\" - Texas A&M Corpus Christi\nFind out more at their website: Texas A&M Corpus Christi Wind Energy"}
{"text":"Date of Award\nOpen Access Thesis\nMaster of Arts (MA)\nBradford J. Wood\nThis research investigates how colonists adapted to their new tropical environment after a destructive earthquake occurred in Jamaica on June 7, 1692. This earthquake killed approximately two thousand people and destroyed half of the bustling harbor town of Port Royal. The earthquake dramatically changed the landscape of England's most successful Caribbean town and affected the colonists.\nHistorian Richard Dunn contended that colonists did not adapt to their tropical environment for at least a century after first inhabiting the Caribbean. This study argues against Dunn's theory in that the earthquake served as a catalyst in accelerating the colonists' rate of adaptation to their environment. This adaptation is evident because colonists changed the inherited ideas brought with them from England regarding building styles and town design, and the earthquake accelerated Jamaica's transition to a planter-dominated society.\nCopyright 2012 Julie Yates Matlock\nMatlock, Julie Yates, \"The Process of Colonial Adaptation: English Responses to the 1692 Earthquake at Port Royal, Jamaica\" (2012). Online Theses and Dissertations. 109."}
{"text":"Unformatted text preview: Sickle-Cell Anemia Sickle-cell anemia is an abnormality of hemoglobin, the molecule that carries oxygen in our blood. Hemoglobin is contained within red blood cells. When the oxygen concentration in the hemoglobin molecules becomes low, the molecules stick together forming long rods that distort the cell (picture below). The cells break down or clog blood vessels causing pain, poor circulation, jaundice, anemia, internal hemorrhaging, low resistance, and damage to internal organs. Death usually occurs before age 50. Heterozygotes (carriers) are not affected with anemia and are resistant to malaria. Eight to ten percent of African Americans carry the allele (have sickle-cell trait)....\nView Full Document\n- Fall '10\n- Biology, Hemoglobin, PKU, Phenylketonuria, recessive genetic disease"}
{"text":"Open Daily: 11:00 AM–4:00 PM\n159 Horseshoe Rd.\nAppomattox, VA 24522\n804–649–1861 ext. 200\nLocated just over a mile from Appomattox Court House Historic National Park and the McLean House surrender site, our Museum provides stories unique insight into the end of the Civil War and its legacies.\nThe American Civil War Museum – Appomattox’s permanent exhibit explores these overlapping stories using more than 400 artifacts, photographs, and documents.\nParking is available on site and is included with admission.\n|Senior, Retired Military, Teachers, and Students||$10|\n|Active Duty Military||$10|\n|Members and Kids under 5||Free|\nBlack Virginians in the Age of Emancipation\nIn the age of Emancipation, freedom was more than just a word. Explore how African Americans from local Virginia communities experienced – and defined – freedom after enslavement, and how their experiences connect to our lives today.\nThis exhibit is a collaboration between the faculty and students of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech, and the American Civil War Museum. It was made possible in part by support from Virginia Humanities."}
{"text":"Calculates the prediction interval of the best power fit for an input data set.\nIf the noise of y is Gaussian-distributed, you must fit the observations with the Power mode of the Curve Fitting node using the Least Square method to obtain the amplitude and power.\nLevel of certainty for the confidence interval. confidence level must be greater than 0 and less than 1.\nDefault: 0.95, which means the probability that the best fit falls between lower bound and upper bound is 95%.\nDependent values. y must contain at least four points.\nIndependent values. x must be the same size as y.\nWeights for the observations.\nweight must be the same size as y. weight also must contain non-zero elements. If an element in weight is less than 0, this node uses the absolute value of the element. If you do not wire an input to weight, this node sets all elements of weight to 1.\nAmplitude of the fitted model.\nError conditions that occur before this node runs. The node responds to this input according to standard error behavior.\nDefault: No error\nPower of the fitted model.\nUpper bound of the prediction interval.\nLower bound of the prediction interval.\nError information. The node produces this output according to standard error behavior.\nIn the following illustration, the region between the upper and lower prediction bounds is the prediction interval.\nWhere This Node Can Run:\nDesktop OS: Windows\nFPGA: Not supported"}
{"text":"Tuesday, March 20th 2018, 22:21:22 PM. Electrical Wiring. Posted by Claudette Alice\nHit to Read More\nKawasaki Ninja 650R Wiring Diagram\nMaterials used in wire have varied over the years. Copper has always been the first choice because it is such a good conductor and is very flexible. In the 1960 to 1970’s, aluminum wire became popular due to the rising cost of copper. Insulation was usually rubber although rubber tended to corrode due to exposure to moisture and air. PVC compounds are now used most commonly as wire insulation. Insulation is made in different colors to identify wiring circuits in a system.\nKawasaki Z1 Wiring Harness. Kawasaki Zxr 400 Wiring Loom. Kawasaki Wiring Harness Connectors. Kawasaki Motorcycle Wiring Diagram. Kawasaki Ke100 Wiring Diagram. Kawasaki Z650 Wiring Loom. Kawasaki Ninja 250r Wiring. Kawasaki Wiring.\nKeyinsp - Source Of All Wiring Diagram\nCopyright © 2003 - 2018 Domain Media. All sponsored products, company names, brand names, trademarks and logos arethe property of their respective owners."}
{"text":"“If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.” Mark Twain\nYou may have heard this quote before, but I cannot help but think of how powerful it is for leadership.\nLeaders will influence small and large groups of people. Their influence is going to be measured by the level of honesty perceived.\nWhen leaders are seen as being dishonest, people will not follow.\nWhen leaders are seen as honest, the opposite is true.\nI remember hearing “honesty is the best policy” throughout my life. I have certainly grown to understand and appreciate the value of this thought, even when it might seem easier to bend the truth.\nBecause leaders are going to be involved in the lives of so many people, Mark Twain’s statement carries even greater implication.\nThere is never a need to remember what was said about someone or some situation if we always rely on the truth. It eases the need to exhaust our memories to figure out if we were honest or dishonest.\nThe result of practicing this truth has lasting repercussions on our leadership."}
{"text":"Git is a VCS (Version Control System) which is designed to handle the development and maintaining process of any given collaborative project. It allows developers and project managers to efficiently and easily overview the changes happening in the source of their program, and configure it as they desire. It is the most commonly used VCS in the world at the moment, especially for open source programs.\nUsers are arranged into different groups on all Linux-based systems. The whole idea behind this is that it makes the administration of the system easier, as the users can be arranged into different groups, and can be granted different permissions as required by the system administrator. The same user can be included in different groups, and the same file can be given different permissions based on the groups.\nThis article is about how to add a user to a group.\nThis article shows how to check which version of Ubuntu you are running. This information is often required when you need to describe any issue that you’ve been having on your system, and want to request help on online forums. It also helps when you want to write about any specific feature that is only present in the release that you are using.\nThe passwords for user accounts often need to be changed. This is mostly done by the users themselves, but often, they have to be overridden by the administrator to control any illegitimate activity by any of the users. Because of these reasons, Linux provides a wide range of options for user account password management. We have discussed some of these useful options below:"}
{"text":"Viscount Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt in the County of Oxford, was a title that was created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was first created in Great Britain in 1711 for Simon Harcourt, Lord Chancellor. For more information on this creation, which became extinct in 1830, see Earl Harcourt. The title was created a second time in 1917 in favour of Lewis Vernon Harcourt. He was made Baron Nuneham, of Nuneham Courtenay in the County of Oxford, at the same time, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Harcourt was the son of Sir William Vernon Harcourt, son of William Vernon Harcourt, son of the Right Reverend Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, son of George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon, by his third wife Martha Harcourt, daughter of Simon Harcourt, son of Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt. The title became extinct on the death of the first Viscount's son, the second Viscount, in 1979..\nViscounts Harcourt; First Creation (1711)\n- see Earl Harcourt\nViscounts Harcourt; Second Creation (1917)\n- Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt (1863–1922)\n- William Edward Harcourt, 2nd Viscount Harcourt (1908–1979)"}
{"text":"In this period where many of us are exhausted by the 24/7 demands of the digital world, craft practices are treated as something solution to stresses and strains of the contemporary way of living alongside other hobbies such as coloring books for grown ups and the increase in the popularity in scratch cooking and active home gardens. Just download Dltk Coloring Pages Christmas.\nyour crafts class must be very fun while it comes to making handy crafts. Students and teacher will come to bring paper, scissors, and crayon. However, sometimes you and your kids must be confused about what kind of crafts you may make. However, if you want to look for the model of crafts, these Printable Dltk Kids is the best answer for you.\nSometimes, students not only learn some subjects but also practice it. They may learn about making a craft such as making a pencil case, bag, and others. The craft made by some unused material. As a teacher, sometimes you need dltk crafts to teach your kids. These dltk crafts are ready to be used in your class. These Dltk Crafts Printable can be the model of crafts which may be used as an example of a craft made by students."}
{"text":"Canadian Cardiovascular Society has issued new atrial fibrillation guidelines.\nAtrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and is a significant cause of stroke, illness in general, and death. It is, for example, the leading cause of stroke in the elderly. The past year has seen important changes in the drugs available to treat atrial fibrillation and in our understanding of their indications and complications. These changes will strongly affect how doctors treat this important condition. The Canadian Cardiovascular Society has accordingly updated its guidelines for drugs to prevent strokes and to control the heart rhythm, providing important new guidance to practicing doctors as to how to treat the condition, prevent potentially serious negative consequences, and avoid complications of therapy.\nAdvertisement\"These Canadian Cardiovascular Society guidelines provide the first detailed analysis of how the mass of recently obtained important information should be applied to change the ways that doctors handle this challenging clinical problem. They will have a significant impact on how the condition is treated worldwide,\" comments Stanley Nattel, MD, Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Cardiology.\nYou May Also Like"}
{"text":"The 9mm caliber is quite possibly the most popular caliber\nof pistol rounds, especially in the United States, because of how cheap and\navailable the ammo is. Known by many names, including 9 mil, 9x19mm, 9mm luger,\n9mm NATO, and 9mm Parabellum (Latin for “Prepare for war if you seek peace,”)\nthe 9mm round was first manufactured by the German weapons Manufacturer\nDeutsche Waffen-und Munitionsfabriken , or DWM for short, in 1902 and created by\nGeorge Luger (hence the name 9mm Luger). It began to be used by the German Navy\nin 1904 and later by their army in 1906.\nIt was designed to increase the bullet’s ability to\npenetrate through an enemy soldier’s gear, with an emphasis on completely\ndisabling the enemy combatant, either through wounding or killing them. Surprisingly,\nwhen pitching his round to manufacturers, Luger put on emphasis on wounding and\nnot killing. After the first World War, countries all over the world began\nusing this caliber. Now, law enforcement and military agencies, as well\ncivilian shooters, all over the world call this caliber their favorite.\nIn the modern gun era, the 9mm caliber size has attributed\nto the rise in the popularity of semi-automatic pistols, hence making the round\npopular to reload, as well. Since its creation, the 9mm has seen tremendous\nadvancements in bullet technology, with a vast array of bullet options\navailable, from ball rounds to extremely effective hollow-points.\nEach box contains 1,000+ once fired brass shell casings with a nickel finish. These are unprocessed nickel casings sourced from commercial shooting ranges. They contain different manufacturer's headstamps. It is recommended that all brass be inspected, prior to being reloaded and fired."}
{"text":"Women’s & Gender studies 1332\nMedicalized motherhood paper\nIt takes a community to raise a child: black working class motherhood\nAfrican Americans in a historical context remain the only group of people in the United States brought to this country against their will. America’s patriarchal sexist and racist social structure affects not only the lives of people of color as a whole but also especially the lives of women of color. Sociologist Jacquelyn S. Litt writes about a group of working class black mothers living in Philadelphia. Motherhood is an experience unique to an individual yet common to the collective of women. However, social stratification and a white male dominated medical industry have forced this group to become a self functioning entity, independent of any normative medical discourse.\nThe majorities of lower class or working poor black women interviewed in Litt’s book either live in the south, or had at some point migrated to the north. Most were single mothers however, some moved to the north with their husbands. The mothers that did migrate to the north did so in pursuit of better jobs and better living conditions. They were nonetheless met with resistance by a classist, sexist, racist medical community. All of the working class mothers had domestic jobs such as maid or cooks or work in the laundry industry. These jobs kept them away from their families and communities laboring for long hours only the meagerness of wages to support their families.\nAmerica as a nation began going through what is known as the progressive era in the late 1920’s. The country began shifting from individualized health care and mothering to state and public ran facilities. Most of the Eastern Europeans that began immigrating to the United States at this time were able to use these resources. However, the current racist culture viewed the African- American community as inferior and unable to assimilate into normative American culture...."}
{"text":"Image size: 1600 x 1200 pixel. 552 KB\nDate: Monday, 18 December 1944\nPlace: RAF Culmhead, Churchstanton, Blackdown Hills, Somerset, England\nGloster Meteor F.3 EE52 in flight. No. 616 Squadron RAF received the first Meteor F 3 on December 18, 1944. This was a substantial improvement over the Meteor F 1, but the basic design still had not reached its full potential. Wind tunnel and flight tests demonstrated that the original short nacelles that extended just before and behind the wing, contributed heavily to compressibility buffeting at high speed. New, longer nacelles not only cured some of the compressibility problems but added 120 km/h (75 mph) at altitude, even without upgraded powerplants. The last batch of Meteor F 3s featured the longer nacelles while other F 3s were retrofitted in the field with the new nacelles. The F 3 also had the new Rolls-Royce Derwent engines, increased fuel capacity, and a new larger, more strongly raked bubble canopy. On January 20, 1945, four Meteors were moved to Melsbrook in Belgium. In March, the entire squadron was moved to Gilze-Rijen and, then in April, to Nijmegen. The Meteors flew armed reconnaissance and ground attack operations without encountering any German jet fighters. By late April, the squadron was based at Fassberg, Germany and suffered its first losses when two pilots collided in poor visibility. The war ended with the Meteors having destroyed 46 German aircraft through ground attack and having faced more problems through misidentification as the Me 262 by Allied aircraft and flak than from the Luftwaffe!\nRoyal Air Force"}
{"text":"Purchase of green power would be most preferred by individuals and businesses concerned with environmental safety. Investment in research into renewable and green sources of power should be increased to enhance human lifestyle in the future. The power independence of a nation may depend on the sources of energy it consumes. The greener the sources of energy are the better for the climate of a nation. Certificates of renewable energy are issued by nations to businesses and individuals who support the environmentally friendly green energy.\nGreen power also features alternatively as renewable energy. This type of energy is non polluting and clean source. These sources are mostly either none polluting entirely or emit very less pollution. The environmental damage or impact that could be considered may be almost negligible. Fossil fuel, coal and gas sources of energy are non renewable and have a very large impact on the environment. Climatic changes ranging from polluted water bodies to acid rain can emerge as a result of using these sources of power. Global warming seems to be the most major concern when considering non renewable sources of energy like fossil fuels, coal and gas. The amount of CO2 that reaches into the sky drastically increases with this type of usage and results in damage to the environment. Brown energy is the exact opposite of renewable and friendly sources of energy. These sources cause extreme damage and have a negative impact on the climate."}
{"text":"How can families and museums help kids become scientists? NC State is working to find out by partnering with three museums–Marbles Kids Museum, the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences–to engage families in STEM activities and encourage students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.\nResearch shows that kids in families who engage in activities together are more likely to continue those activities as they get older. If we create an environment where youth and their families see science and engineering as something they do for fun and where they feel supported and valued, they will develop an interest in exploring science and engineering beyond the life of the project. By engaging the families with scientists and engineers in an immersive experience, we can transform their knowledge and views of STEM careers.\n“This project has the potential to transform how we think about career education and can make learning STEM a part of the normal activities that North Carolina’s families do for fun. We want every child to find new interests in science and engineering and give serious thought to a career in these areas. ” -Dr. Gail Jones, Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor"}
{"text":"Height: 18.5 in (46.25 cm)\nThe word Pala means protector in Sanskrit. Under the rule of the Pala kings significant developments took place in the field of arts in the states of Bihar and Bengal.\nThis standing Pala sculpture of Vishnu depicts him in a four-handed form. He is shown as the cosmic monarch. His upper left hand holds the discus as his upper right hand bears the mace. His lower left hand would have held the conch. His lower right hand bears a lovely lotus flower. He stands on a double lotus pedestal. He is flanked on his left by Saraswati and on his right by Laxmi. Saraswati holds her musical instrument, the veena while Laxmi holds a flywhisk. His facial features are clear and his posture emits confidence. Above Vishnu on either side, two apsaras can be seen. Two attendants and floral motifs occupy the lower part of the sculpture. Vishnu's fingers are delicately executed and the face exhibits a radiant smile. His emblem the Srivatsa is prominently placed on his chest.\nThe work is a typical example of the school. In the centuries after, the school had a significant impact on the arts of Nepal, Tibet and Southeast Asia.\nYOU MAY ALSO LIKE\nNeed help? For more information, please see our\nJewelry Guide. For help with buying through Saffronart please click here. If\nyou have any other questions, please"}
{"text":"Ten Vulnerable Malayan Snail-eating Turtles (Malayemys subtrijuga) and an Endangered Yellow-headed Temple Turtle (Heosemys annandalii) were rescued by Ministry of Environment’s Rangers and Community Patrol Team inside the Prek Toal Core Area and Ramsar Site of the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve while the teams were patrolling.\nAfter confiscation, the Prek Toal team educated those offenders about Protected Area Law that does not allow them to poach wildlife and collected eggs inside the Protected Area. Those turtles were immediately released back into the wild. Prek Toal Conservation Teams are working hard to safeguard waterbirds and other important wildlife in Prek Toal while hundreds of thousand waterbirds, such as Greater and Lesser Adjutants have arrived at Prek Toal for breeding.\nConservation Activities at Prek Toal Core Area and Ramsar Site would not be possible without financial supports from the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) and Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies."}
{"text":"There is no single best language when it comes to web development. Instead, a good designer uses several languages to arrive at the final product we see on screen. There are various levels of the development languages. In this article, we will look at the basic building blocks of a website.\nHTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language and is the standard markup language used for content on the web. HTML defines the structure and format of the content we see online. The primary elements of the page like the title, headings, tables, and text are part of the HTML document. It is the core of the internet, and even other programming languages will output HTML for display in a browser. You can design a page with only HTML, although it would look dated. A recent addition that made pages more palatable was CSS.\nCSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets and is a language that allows web developers to come up with styles and then apply them to an entire site. CSS, paired with HTML allows a designer to define the look and feel of every element on a website, and then apply that across that site. In the past, the designer set the look and feel on each page. Now, with CSS, each page is linked to a stylesheet. Change the style of an element in the stylesheet, and it will change across the site.\nHTML and CSS are the two most important building blocks for web pages. Anyone involved in web design, programming should be proficient in both."}
{"text":"May 16th, 2013\nJust the other day, I was walking by the ‘Duck Pond’ – a place I frequented as a child. I noticed a really unusual effect in the fountain at the middle of the pond. Fortunately, I had my glass on and was able to capture it to share with my students. I’m still not 100% sure what was going on, but I’ll see if my students can figure it out.\nI’ve been having tons of fun creating STEMbite videos using glass, and I’m eager to keep making a new video each week. I find that I keep my eyes more open each day as I look for opportunities to demonstrate math or science concepts in the world around me. I can tell that I’m refining the ‘habit of the mind’ to see STEM wherever I look.\nIt makes me think – “looking for STEM” would be an interesting assignment for my students… maybe a good spring break assignment: “During spring break, find 5 examples of science or math from everyday life. Write them down and come back to class ready to share.”\nActually, maybe spring break is a bad idea. They could find themselves “Looking for STEM in all the wrong places… ”"}
{"text":"High Blood Pressure and I.Q.\nBy Health Day\nBaby's I.Q. might be at risk.\nThat's the news from the journal Neurology.\nResearchers in Finland reviewed medical records looking at the blood pressure readings from a group of pregnant women who delivered a total of 398 sons between 1934 and 1944.\nEach male's cognitive thinking abilities were tested at age 20 and then again at about 69. Language skills, math reasoning and visual and spatial relationships were all measured.\nWhen tested as seniors, the men with mothers who had high blood pressure during pregnancy scored more than four points lower than those who's mothers did not have high blood pressure. The same group also scored lower at age 20. Math abilities were most affected.\nThe researchers believe that these cognitive declines in old age could have originated in the womb...when the majority of the development of brain structure and function occurs.\nI'm Dr. Cindy Haines of HealthDay TV, with the news doctors are reading, health news for healthier living.\nNot the News on Facebook\n64.0 F (18.0 C)\nWind : from the North at 13.8 gusting to 19.6 MPH (12 gusting to 17 KT)\nPressure : 29.99\nHumidity : 73 %"}
{"text":"NASA Releases Timelapse Showing 9 Months of Testing The James Webb Space Telescope\nThe James Webb Space Telescope has successfully finished nine months of testing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.\nIn order to get it ready for space, the JWST was placed inside a giant cryogenic vacuum chamber and exposed to extremely cold temperatures, to simulate the conditions it will eventually experience.\nAs you can see from the video, a lot goes into getting 19 massive hexagonal mirrors ready for seeing into the most distant parts of the universe.\nUp next for the James Webb Space Telescope is to undergo even more testing at defense contractor Northrop Grumman’s facility in Redondo Beach, California, the JWST’s primary contractor.\nAfter attaching other pieces and completing the observatory, the telescope will nearly be ready for its 2019 launch."}
{"text":"History of St. Valentine’s Day\nCountdown to Valentine’s Day, Day 3. I thought this would be easy explaining who St. Valentine was…a man who shoots magical arrows at unsuspecting people and they then fall madly in love with their soul mate. Nope. Not that easy. Despite searching numerous websites, I found different versions of the story of St. Valentine and the history of Valentine’s Day. The most common thought is that Valentine’s Day, or a form of it, began with the Romans. On February 14 they worshipped Juno, the goddess of women and marriage in hopes of finding their future loves. However, when Christianity began spreading, the church did not want to support a holiday unless is was to worship a Christian and replaced it with a holiday honoring the Christian saint of love, St. Valentine.\nWho is St. Valentine? The story behind St. Valentine begins when Emperor Claudius II was in power; he forbid all marriages in hope of making young men fight in his wars. However, according to CBN.com, a Roman priest named Valentine secretly married couples believing in the sanctity of marriage. When Claudius found out he caught and imprisoned Valentine and eventually had him executed.\nThe stories that surround St. Valentine’s imprisonment also vary, but he is believed to have developed a relationship with the daughter of the jailer, who was ill or blind. Different renditions report that either through prayer or at the time of his execution she was healed. The letters he wrote to her while he was jailed were signed, from your Valentine, inspiring today’s usage of his name.\nAnother Freebie with inspired St. Valentine activities:"}
{"text":"The how and why of buying bitcoin\nClip: 04/12/2018 | 9m 9s\nThe basic idea of bitcoin is simple: Instead of a financial institution holding a bank ledger, a chain of computers linked through the internet are all using the same software to record and verify every transaction. But how can a cryptocurrency be worth anything in the first place? Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.\nAired: 04/12/18Video has closed captioning.\nThe full episode is no longer available for online streaming. Why?\nPlease continue to enjoy extra(s) from this episode."}
{"text":"Genealogy & Local History Resources\nHow to get started doing genealogy:\nThe library owns a number of “how to” books to aid the beginning researcher in uncovering his past. In addition there are books on dating photographs, and even scrapbooking your family tree.\nNewspapers on Microfilm\nThe Baird & Callahan County Star 1888-1935; Cross Plains Review beginning in 1911\nLocal county histories are an invaluable source for genealogists. They not only relate names but events surrounding our ancestors. We have histories on Texas counties such as Andrews, Eastland, McCulloch, Coleman, Brown, Runnels, Callahan and the community of May, Texas. We are especially pleased to have recently acquired the two volume set of Coleman County Histories. We also have some out of state county histories, such as Anne Arundel & Howard County Missouri and Stafford County, Virginia.\nCallahan County Marriage Records from the beginning of the county to 1966 and Cemetery Records for Callahan, Brown & Eastland Counties\nSome of the other resources available:\nSeveral volumes of the Robertson’s Colony Papers\nIndian Depredations in Texas\nNumerous Civil War histories.\nEarly Tennessee Records of various kinds\nSearch the online catalog using the keyword “genealogy” for a complete list of genealogy books."}
{"text":"Bronchitis and Asthma Most Commonly Treated Conditions Among Children\nAHRQ News and Numbers, December 14, 2011\nThe five most commonly treated medical conditions among children in 2008 were acute bronchitis, asthma, trauma-related disorders, middle-ear infections, and mental disorders, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).\nMore than 40 percent of the Nation's 74 million children age 17 and younger were treated for at least one of those conditions that year.\nThe Federal agency also found that of the five most commonly treated conditions among children in 2008:\n- Mental disorders represented the fifth most commonly treated condition—5 million children were treated—yet the average expense per child was highest at $2,483.\n- Bronchitis was one of the most widely reported ailments, for which 12 million children received medical care, yet of the top five most commonly treated conditions, the cost of treatment was lowest at an average $226 per child.\n- Private insurance paid the largest share of treatment costs for bronchitis (55 percent), trauma (62 percent), and middle-ear infections (64 percent), while Medicaid paid the largest share for treatment of asthma (51 percent) and mental disorders (46 percent). Expenses included the costs of office doctor visits, prescription drugs, and hospital care.\nThe data in this AHRQ News and Numbers summary are taken from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), a detailed source of information on the health services used by Americans, the frequency with which they are used, the cost of those services, and how they are paid. For more information, go to Statistical Brief #349: Health Care Expenditures for the Five Most Common Children's Conditions, 2008.\nFor additional information, or to speak with an AHRQ data expert, please contact Linwood Norman at Linwood.Norman@ahrq.hhs.gov or call (301) 427-1248."}
{"text":"The Statue of Liberty was originally known as Liberty Enlightening the World. It was given to the United States by France to celebrate their alliance during the Revolutionary War. A sculptor by the name of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi designed the statue, and Gustave Eiffel (the man who designed the Eiffel Tower) was responsible for the iron framework underneath the copper plating.\nThe statue was built in Paris and then shipped to the U.S. in 1885. Various parts of the statue were on display throughout Paris as they were completed. Miss Liberty's head was exhibited in the gardens at the Tracadéro, and her torch was on display as well, as you can observe in the images on this page.\nConstruction began in 1875 and was not completed until 1884. Crews worked round the clock, seven days a week, for nine years to finish the Statue of Liberty. When it was complete in 1885, the statue was disassembled into 350 pieces, shipped to New York City, and reassembled. It took 4 months just to put the Statue of Liberty together again!\nThe Statue of Liberty was officially dedicated and unveiled on October 28, 1886.\nA collection was taken up in France to fund the statue, raising 2,250,000 francs ($250,000 U.S. dollars). It doesn't look like much, but $250,000 in the 19th century would be the same as millions of dollars today. Both the U.S. and France participated in fundraising activities, and it took a very long time to raise enough money to finish construction."}
{"text":"Squalor and hoarding\nUnderstanding neglectful behaviour\nWhen people are living in squalor (filthy conditions) or constantly hoarding items of little value – to the point where their home becomes a health and safety risk – there are often complex reasons for their self-neglect.\nTheir behaviour may be the result of a number of psychiatric disorders (depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, schizophrenia) or a physical disorder. They may have dementia (or another age-related illness) or be suffering a type of trauma or the effects of substance abuse.\nLiving in a situation of squalor and hoarding has a huge impact on individuals. They can become even more withdrawn and socially isolated, as personal relationships break down. They may fear eviction from rental properties and be more at risk of health problems. Financial problems are also common.\nNeighbours are also at risk as squalor and hoarding situations are fire and health hazards. They can result in vermin and other pest infiltrations too.\nOur environmental health specialists have put together a fact sheet on dealing with these issues, available to download below.\nIf you are concerned for yourself or about a neighbour, please call the City of Sydney.\nWhat the City can do\nOur officers will visit the home and assess the conditions and risks. They may then refer the matter to a support service, such as Catholic Healthcare Community Services, which specialises in assessing and intervening in cases of squalor and hoarding.\nOur staff will always try to resolve hoarding or squalor issues informally. If they are not successful and conditions pose a risk to public health, the we can issue an order to have the risk abated.\nCity of Sydney\n02 9265 email@example.com\nLast updated: Friday, 19 April 2013"}
{"text":"It's simply stating a scientific belief that a million years ago, some babies could not recognise their parents' faces and as a result smiled less and were loved less. That made them less likely to survive.\nThe writer has chosen to use \"This would make them ...\" instead of \"This made them ...\". You would have to ask him/her why.\nThe same can be said for the closing sentence. There is no reason to use \"It would seem that ...\" instead of \"It seems that ...\"\nIt suggests a tiny amount of questionability in the statement perhaps. \"It seems that ...\" sounds quite certain. \"It would seem ...\" sounds perhaps a little more hesitant."}
{"text":"This is the old United Nations University website. Visit the new site at http://unu.edu\nThe United Nations University (UNU) and the University of Tokyoís International Center for Disaster-Mitigation Engineering (INCEDE) are organizing a conference titled the International Symposium on Information Technology Tools for Natural Disaster Risk Management. The symposium will be held in Bangkok at the Asian Institute of Technology from 4 to 6 February 1998.\nThe purpose of the three-day symposium is to have scientists who are using advanced information technologies in their research share what they have learned with others. Information technology is now routinely used to gather and disseminate data on what is happening with the earth and its environment. This information can help scientists predict, and thereby manage, many of the risks that are often associated with natural disasters. This symposium will focus primarily on the kinds of disasters most likely to occur in Asian countries. Presentations will be given on new developments in the following areas: geographical information systems, remote sensing technology, global positioning systems, communications technologies and database management.\nThe United Nations has designated the 1990ís as the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. The UNU and INCEDE hope that extensive research on natural disasters will help reduce worldwide the loss of life, property and social disruption that they cause.\n* * *For more information, please visit the UNUís homepage at: http://archive.unu.edu/env/. Additional information is also available by contacting the UNU Public Affairs Section at:\nTel.: (03) 5467-1243, -1246 Fax: (03) 3406-7346\nReturn to UNU Homepage"}
{"text":"Submitted by: Star awake CBO\nImplemented country: Kenya\nTitle: Enhancing secure and clean water in rural villages, with treatment, solar heating, construction of spring wells, pit latrines, water harvesting and conservation structures.\nThe project entails, educating local residents in rural villages on water treatment by boiling using solar energy, filtration using cheaply and locally available filter straws and chlorination. Open spring wells and pit latrines are constructed to reduce water contamination during rain season, when faecal matter (human waste) and other wastes are washed down to open springs and other sources. Improved water harvesting is constructed in schools, structures such as weirs, pans, dams across rivers, and fishponds at lower end of wells."}
{"text":"- 4,000,000 years ago (83,000 generations) Postural Stability\nAfter nearly 4 billion years of evolution our DNA figured out it was advantageous to walk upright. With this new development the earth saw the arrival of the first human like apes.\n- 200,000 years ago (7,500 generations) Earliest evidence of Homo Sapiens.\nIf you could time travel this is the farthest back you could go and be able to successfully breed with something else on the planet.\n- 12,000 years ago* (500 generations) Emergence of Civilization.\nIt took 7000 generations of incremental progress but finally we figured out how to live together in groups.\n- 5,200 years ago (220 generations) The Birth of Writing.\nFor the first time we could accurately pass knowledge both laterally across to our contemporaries and vertically down to the generations to come.\n- 450 years ago (20 generations) The Scientific Revolution\nThe application of reason and logic to our understanding of the world we live in.\n- 200 years ago (8 generations) The Industrial Revolution\nThe mass production of goods along with improvements in transportation, energy and communication improved living standards across the world and elevated our productive capabilities.\n- 50 years ago (2 generations) The Computer gives rise to the Internet\nNetworked computation connected our world and gave each person access to all of human knowledge.\nWe now have a new contender for this list. Be Prepared."}
{"text":"Wilbur Writes To The U.S. Weather Bureau - November 27, 1899\nThe History: \"We have been doing some experimenting with kites, with a view to constructing one capable of sustaining a man. We expect to carry the experiment further next year. In the meantime we wish to obtain if possible a report of the wind velocities of Chicago or vicinity for the months of August, Sept., Oct. and November. Do any of the government publications contain such information? If so where may it be obtained? We would like if possible to obtain the average and maximum velocity of each a day, and chart of the wind fluctuations of the wind in velocities for a short period, say half an hour.\nWe learn from Mr. Bassler, your Cincinnati forecaster, that the Government has for several years been conducting kite experiments. If the results have been published we would like very much to obtain them.\" .... Wilbur Wright"}
{"text":"Climate change is causing sea levels to rise around the UK and it will have a significant impact on the likelihood of coastal flooding. The latest scientific projections from the Met Office (UKCP18) indicate that mean sea level will continue to increase over the remainder of the century, regardless of mitigation efforts. As mean sea levels rise, the base level on which tides and storm surges are imposed increases, resulting in a greater capacity for extreme water level events. Both the frequency and magnitude of extreme events are expected to increase, leading to a rise in coastal flood risk, particularly across southern regions where net sea level change is expected to be greatest. Using tidal gauge and return period data with the latest Met Office climate projections, EuroTempest has assessed the return period for the extreme water height recorded at Sheerness (north Kent coast) during the 1953 storm surge event. As a result of rising sea levels under the most (RCP2.6) and least (RCP8.5) conservative climate scenarios, we find a decrease in the return period of the observed water height from ~1 in 300 years to ~1 in 50 and ~1 in 10 years respectively. Not only does this finding highlight the changing risk of extreme water levels as sea levels rise, but also exemplifies how the use of return periods is becoming a less appropriate method for describing flood risk. Return periods built on an increasingly unrepresentative historical climatology will become progressively more misleading, as in reality, a ‘1 in x year’ event will represent different water levels as the climate changes.\nTo read the full report click on the link below:\nFor more information please email email@example.com. And if you would like to subscribe to our free weather forecasts, seasonal forecasts, weather news or product updates please visit our subscription page."}
{"text":"Parts of the Sentence - Review Nouns/Pronouns/Adjectives\nInstructions: Using all the knowledge learned in the previous lessons, find the verb, subjects, predicate nominatives, direct objects, appositives, nouns of address, and adjectives in the following sentences.\n1. The diamond is the hardest known mineral.\n2. The best student in your class is my sister Marilyn.\n3. Drink this lemonade and get some rest.\n4. Paul, does Sarah like her new dress and skirt?\n5. We have been collecting aluminum cans for many weeks.\n--For answers scroll down.\n1. is = verb; diamond = subject; mineral = predicate nominative; the, the, hardest, known = adjectives\n2. is = verb; student = subject; sister = predicate nominative; Marilyn = appositive; the, best, your, my = adjectives\n3. drink/get = verbs; you (understood) = subject; lemonade/rest = direct objects; this, some = adjectives\n4. does like = verb; Sarah = subject; dress/skirt = direct objects; Paul = noun of address; her, new = adjectives\n5. have been collecting = verb; we = subject; cans = direct object; aluminum, many = adjectives\nDAILY GRAMMAR - - - - by Mr. Johanson\nCopyright 2014 Word Place, Inc - - All Rights Reserved.\nFor your convenience, all of our lessons are available on our website in our\nlesson archive at http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.html. Our lessons are\nDaily Grammar Lessons Search"}
{"text":"He won the Wolf Prize in Medicine in 1999, and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000 for describing the physiological basis of memory storage in neurons. Kandel shared the Nobel prize with Arvid Carlsson and Paul Greengard.\nKandel was born in Vienna. He migrated to Brooklyn, New York City in 1939, the year after the Anschluss when Austria was was made part of Nazi Germany. In 1956, he married sociologist Denise Kandel. They have two children.\nReferences[change | change source]"}
{"text":"PART 1Mendel’s Principles and Contribution to Modern Biology (200 words max)Mendel used mathematics and experimentation to derive major principles that have helped us understand inheritance. His ideas were totally different than the explanation for passage of characteristics from parents to offspring that was common to his time. Discuss at least two of his principles in detail, providing examples. Describe how each principle contributes to genetic variability. Discuss the significance of Mendel’s discoveries to modern biology.*Nothing extra just answer the questions, no cover or reference page needed*PART 2Our understanding of genetic inheritance and the function of DNA in producing the characteristics of the individual have been developing for more than 150 years.· Consider our current state of knowledge.· Link genetic characteristics to DNA structure.· Describe the steps in the process of protein synthesis.· Explain how DNA through the process of protein synthesis is responsible for the ultimate expression of the characteristics in the organism.· Describe how interference in protein synthesis can result in disruption of cellular and bodily processes?One important class of proteins are enzymes, which control countless processes within our bodies. Considering that the building blocks of proteins are amino acids, explain how poor nutrition can disrupt many important functions in our bodies. (800 WORDS MAX) include references.\nGET AN ANSWER TO THIS ESSAY TODAY!\nSave time and grade. Get a complete paper today.\nOur leading custom writing service provides custom written papers in 80+ disciplines. Order essays, research papers, term papers, book reviews, assignments, dissertation, thesis or extensive dissertations & our expert ENL writers will easily prepare a paper according to your requirements.\nPlace this order today and get an amazing discount!!"}
{"text":"This book offers a whole school approach to the teaching of grammar and punctuation that is fully matched to the demands of the English grammar and punctuation test and the new curriculum. With the shift towards elegant, well-constructed sentences, it offers the busy teacher three simple steps to motivate and engage children, through: • explicit teaching and modelling; • over forty practical games and activities; • application and improvement within editing and proof reading. This book draws on recent research but also is based on many years of classroom practice and a number of case studies. Practical examples develop teachers' understanding of grammatical terms and progression and show how it is possible to have a significant impact on vocabulary, sentence structure and children's writing in general. A balance is found where skills are explicitly taught but within the context of an exciting and interesting curriculum.\nAuthor: Peter Burrows\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing\nDownload BOOK »"}
{"text":"For this course, students create three main projects. A vehicle, an interior, and an exterior. The interior and the exterior must relate to each other. See the corresponding interior here.\nI began with the back wall of the interior. I knew it being an attic, I wanted to capture the same type of space for the outside exterior of the home. Working from the large, chunky beams in the house I decided to work with the Tudor style house. Consider the glorified Germany village from Epcot, this is the style I wanted to create. Here are two concept pieces I worked from to create my design.\nI liked the slight arc of the roof, the large beams, and addition to the main structure. Once I began modeling, I realized from a functionality standpoint, the front door would open into the fireplace. Not the best idea, so I moved the chimney to the back wall. I added more arcs and bends to the roofs for a more whimsical feel. Creating the shingles was fun, but originally turned out too clean. I grabbed random pieces and began rotating and transforming them to add age to the house. We try to have our students never create floating 3D models in empty space. The simple ground cylinder starts as a nice base, but the fence really added to the charm of the building and completes the project."}
{"text":"Synthetic marijuana – or spice/K2 – can result in brain alterations similar to the real thing, but with the added danger that many of its chemical components and other ingredients are often unknown.\nSpice is a mildly hallucinogenic mix of dried plant material that is laced with synthetic cannabinoids (chemicals similar to THC, the active ingredient in marijuana). But because the chemical composition of many products sold as spice is unknown, it can contain substances that could cause dramatically different effects than the user might expect.\nWhen it comes to spice or K2, you really don’t know what exactly is in the mix—many different ingredients have been found that have a high potential for abuse. The inconsistency and variability of ingredients can lead to unexpected harm to your body and brain. People taken to emergency rooms have symptoms that include rapid heart rate, vomiting, hypothermia, agitation, confusion and hallucinations. The drug has also been linked to acute kidney injuries, which left untreated, can lead the kidneys to shut down.\nFilling your body with unknown substances can have severe consequences. New risks have continued to emerge – including signs of withdrawal and addiction – however, it’s not yet known how the synthetic cannabinoids and other ingredients in spice may affect you down the line.\nAbove The Influence. February 2016. View Source."}
{"text":"Medical questions & health advice by board certified doctors\n\"Can my doctor tell me whether I have a healthy BMI?\"\nI am going to see my doctor and want to know more about BMI. Can he tell me if I'm healhty okay? I am a 25 year old girl.\nBMI, or Body Mass Index, is essentially a quantitative measurement of weight in proportion to your height. Obviously a very tall person can have a certain weight and be lean, but the same weight would not be considered healthy for a short person. Body Mass Index is calculated the following formula: BMI = Weight / Height(squared) The weight is in kilograms The Height is in meters Dividing your weight, by a square value of your height in meters would give you your BMI. The following cutoffs are used for BMI values: Less than 18.5 = Underweight 18.5 to 24.9 = Normal weight 25 to 29.9 = Overweight 30 to 39.9 = Obese 40 and up = Extremely Obese. Although BMI is used a lot in healthcare, it has some major pitfalls and is not always accurate. For example, someone who is an athlete or a weight lifter may have a BMI of 27, but be in top physical shape and be healthy. BMI does not account for body fat percentage, muscle mass, bone structure/build, etc. Therefore BMI is not always an accurate assessment of a patient's health and weight. Your doctor should be able to assess if your weight and BMI are appropriate for you. I recommend you speak to your primary care physician regarding your weight and BMI.\nNeed more info?See a doctor today\nZocdoc Answers is for general informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor (in the United States) 911 immediately. Always seek the advice of your doctor before starting or changing treatment. Medical professionals who provide responses to health-related questions are intended third party beneficiaries with certain rights under Zocdoc’s Terms of Service."}
{"text":"The Problem of AI Consciousness\nSome things in life cannot be offset by a mere net gain in intelligence.\nThe last few years have seen the widespread recognition that sophisticated AI is under development. Bill Gates, Stephen Hawking, and others warn of the rise of “superintelligent” machines: AIs that outthink the smartest humans in every domain, including common sense reasoning and social skills. Superintelligence could destroy us, they caution. In contrast, Ray Kurzweil, Google’s chief engineer, depicts a technological utopia bringing about the end of disease, poverty and resource scarcity.\nWhether sophisticated AI turns out to be friend or foe, we must come to grips with the possibility that as we move further into the 21st Century, the greatest intelligence on the planet may be silicon-based.\nIt is time to ask: could these vastly smarter beings have conscious experiences – could it feel a certain way to be them? When we experience the warm hues of a sunrise, or hear the scream of an espresso machine, there is a felt quality to our mental lives. We are conscious.\nA superintelligent AI could solve problems that even the brightest humans are unable to solve, but being made of a different substrate, would it have conscious experience? Could it feel the burning of curiosity, or the pangs of grief? Let us call this “the problem of AI consciousness.”\nIf silicon cannot be the basis for consciousness, then superintelligent machines — machines that may outmode us or even supplant us — may exhibit superior intelligence, but they will lack inner experience. Further, just as the breathtaking android in Ex Machina convinced Caleb that she was in love with him, so too, a clever AI may behave as if it is conscious.\nIn an extreme, horrifying case, humans upload their brains, or slowly replace the —> Read More"}
{"text":"One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.\nSomething disagreeable to the ear; a very unpleasant noise.\nHaving sore or deafened ears. Formerly also: deafening, cacophonous.\nLate 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Carew (1555–1620), antiquary and poet. From ear + sore, probably after eyesore<br>mid 19th century; earliest use found in Allen's Indian Mail. From ear + sore.\nIn this article we explore how to impress employers with a spot-on CV."}
{"text":"Pregnancy video: 11 weeks\nYou are 11 weeks pregnant! See your baby's development, learn when you will hear the heartbeat, and find out why you should exercise during pregnancy.Learn more about your pregnancy at 11 weeks.\n11 weeks pregnant: Fast facts\nYour fig-size baby is around 1 1/2 inches long.\nYou can't feel it yet, but your baby is kicking and stretching. Your little one's bones are hardening, and tiny tooth buds are forming under his or her gums.\nExercise boosts your health and your mood. Aim for 20 to 30 minutes of moderate activity most days: Walking, swimming, jogging, dancing, exercise classes, and yoga are good choices.\nAt your next prenatal visit, you may get to hear your baby's heartbeat! Many moms say it sounds like galloping horses.\nGirl or boy – do you want to know? A whopping 85% of BabyCenter moms say yes.\nStressed about being a good mom? It could be a positive sign. As one BabyCenter mom says: \"If you're worried about being a good mom, you probably have nothing to worry about.\"\nVideo production by SALT Project."}
{"text":"Pew Internet & American Life Project released a new report this week entitled Let the Games Begin: Gaming Technology and Entertainment Among College Students . The report concludes that computer games are “woven into the fabric of everyday life” for college students, and rather than being an isolating social factor in people who would otherwise be called geeks or nerds, it’s a more “social/socializing activity” than many suspected.\n70 percent of college students polled by the project reported playing a video, computer or online game “at least once in a while,” while 65 percent of those polled admitted to being “regular or occasional” game players. What’s more, one in five gamers felt “moderately or strongly” than playing games helped them make new friends, or even improve existing friendships.\nGame playing among college students is frequent enough that many of them “integrate gaming into their day” by playing between classes, playing games while visiting with friends, or playing as a form of recreation to separate them from the rigors of schoolwork.\nThat has a downside, however: The report also found that nearly half of those polled said that gaming can keep them from studying “some” or “a lot.” 9 percent of those queried said that avoiding studying was their main motivation in gaming.\nThe study itself was put together from surveys distributed to college students attending public and private colleges and universities in the continental US. The surveys were distributed at different times in 2002. The report is based on 1,162 surveys.\nMore details, including the complete 14 page report (in PDF format) are available from the Pew Internet & American Life Project’s Web site."}
{"text":"In this day and age, the most likely expression of gratitude a child may demonstrate is a “like” on their Facebook page or a “favorite” on their Twitter account. What can you do to teach your kids and grandkids about gratitude? A lot! One of the easiest places to start is when an occasion is coming up that they’re likely to receive gifts at. Here are four easy tips to get them started.\n- Before opening a gift, always look the giver in the eye and smile. This may seem like a very insignificant gesture, but in fact, it’s extremely important. Eye contact and appreciation before opening a gift shows that the receiver cares more about the giver as a person, no matter what the gift.\n- Express thanks before opening a gift. As another pre-opening gesture, saying “Thank you” prior to unwrapping a gift box shows appreciation for the giver’s thoughtfulness, regardless of how large or small the gift may be. This is, in fact, a crucial lesson to teach kids.\n- Genuinely express thanks again after opening a gift. This cannot be stressed enough. Even if your child is disappointed in the gift, they should refrain from making any negative facial expressions or comments. Instead, they should graciously thank the giver or tell them it was very thoughtful of them. (The concept of “It’s the thought that counts” will eventually be ingrained into them. Better sooner than later.)\n- Write a thank you note. No matter the size or cost of the gift, whether it was liked or not, or whether it was given in person or sent by mail, a handwritten thank you note/card is an absolute must. No ifs, ands, or buts. In the note, be sure your child mentions the name of the gift and something they liked about it or will do with it. The more personal and sincere the note, the better. And the sooner, the better as well."}
{"text":"| Quote #4\nyet tending to this cross of ground\nToward the end of the poem, the speaker really starts saying some nice things about religion and spirituality, probably because he needs to make sense of the urge that keeps bringing him back to churches. But on top of that, the speaker feels drawn to religion not just because it gives an outlet to human spiritual yearnings, but because it has done so for such a long time. The speaker can't help but find significance in the fact that religion has been around for so long, because even while he knows that religion is not a permanent thing, it's still been around for an impressive amount of time. By going into a church, the speaker also feels connected to all of the people over the centuries who've found meaning in church, and this gives him a sense of community that modern life doesn't.\n| Quote #5\nAnd gravitating with it to this ground,\nLarkin chooses to end the poem with a direct reference to human mortality, mentioning all of the dead people who lie around in churchyards all over the world. But he's not just mentioning them because he has some sort of belief in the power of dead bodies. Rather, he's paying homage to the fact that even though he might not find anything compelling about Christianity, he definitely respects the fact that so many people have over the years. One of the things religion does is connect us to the experience of people who came before us by giving us access to all of the same beliefs that governed those people's lives. Larkin doesn't necessarily share these beliefs, but his speaker definitely seems to have a sense of envy for people who really get to feel this sort of connection across time."}
{"text":"Ratios and Equivalent Ratios\nIn this ratio instructional activity, 6th graders review how to write ratios and how to simplify them. They simplify and write ratios in two different ways in 6 examples. They use equivalent ratios to find the value of the missing terms in each of 6 examples. They answer one word problem."}
{"text":"Many are familiar with the end result of a pole and fishing gear, but what about the before the catch? How much do people know about the life cycles of fish? An upcoming Idaho program will equip students to experience the process from the beginning.\nIdaho Fish and Game is inviting teachers to take part in workshops they’re hosting called “WILD about Trout in the Classroom.” The workshops’ design will focus on educating teachers about raising trout, from eggs to fry, in the classroom.\nThe “Trout in the Classroom” curriculum was developed specifically for Idaho teachers, and focuses on state fish and environmental concerns in addition to meeting content standards. Teachers who participate will receive revised curriculum geared for grades 4-12. The curriculum includes lessons on care of trout, aquarium maintenance, trout biology, stream ecology, and many others.\nThe workshops will take place at the Fish and Game office in Lewiston. The first will be from 4 to 9 p.m. on November 21, and the second will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on November 22. The cost is $20 and includes the curriculum and supplemental materials. College credit is available for an additional fee.\nIdaho Fish and Game are encouraging both new and experienced “Trout in the Classroom” teachers to attend.\nFor more information about the curriculum or registration, read the Idaho Fish and Game press release here."}
{"text":"The internal medicine specialist stressed the importance of consulting with your family doctor to find out which vaccines should be given according to age.\nIn an interview with Medicine and Public Health, Doctor Miguel Magraner, Director of Internal Medicine at Damas Hospital, explained the importance of vaccines and illustrates this. Mutations Dependent virus As it happens with him Covid-19It is not a new process and it is a normal part of pathogens.\nThe Serum It is a process where bacteria, a virus Or toxins in small amounts, allowing the body’s immune system to react and defend itself against infection, the doctor explained.\nHe stressed the importance of consulting with him Doctor To know which vaccines are recommended to be given according to age.\nThanks to this health technology there Diseases He repeated that it was like tetanus, which was encountered, especially with regard to lethality.\nFor example, he argued so Serum Against influenza in children from the age of 6 months.\nHe explained, “This vaccine is available and easily accessible, but those who suffer from Guillain-Barré syndrome should not be vaccinated against influenza.”\nOn the other hand, the Serum He said herpes zoster, also known as shingles, is very effective and is given in two doses from the age of 50.\nThe specialist recommends getting the pneumonia vaccine 23 and Prevnar 13 for pneumonia at around 60 years of age to avoid serious complications of pneumococcal disease.\naccording to Serum From Covid-19, He argued that it was important to get a double dose if it was that of Pfizer and Moderna, so that the body could better respond to the mutation of the variants. This is not new about Mutations In the Diseases As with the flu, which changes every year, “he stressed again.\nDespite the global immunization against COVID19, he noted that it is still imperative that societies continue to distance themselves from and use biosecurity elements."}
{"text":"When rain falls in natural areas, the water is absorbed and filtered by soil and plants. In urban areas, the rain water cannot absorb into the ground. This stormwater flows over hard surfaces, picking up pollution and carrying it into nearby waterways.\nGreen infrastructure uses vegetation, soils, and other elements to restore the natural processes required to manage and clean stormwater.\nTraditional stormwater infrastructure, called gray infrastructure, includes storm drains and pipes which concentrate and move stormwater away from the built environment and into streams, untreated.\nThe City’s oldest stormwater pipes are over 100 years old. This public system consists of approximately 300 miles of pipes.\nCrews routinely inspect and rank pipe integrity using closed circuit television (CCTV).\nThe following lining projects will begin later this Summer. More than one mile of pipe will be repaired.\nCity of Allentown - 435 Hamilton Street - 610-439-5999"}
{"text":"It looks like the Mars Express has produced hiking or \"camping\" maps of the red planet, highlighting the various elevation paths of the Iani Chaos region.\n(Red Orbit) Scientists using data from the HRSC experiment onboard ESA's Mars Express spacecraft have produced the first 'hiker's maps' of Mars. Giving detailed height contours and names of geological features in the Iani Chaos region, the maps could become a standard reference for future Martian research.\nThe maps are known as topographic maps because they use contour lines to show the heights of the landscape.\nThe contour lines are superimposed upon high-resolution images of Mars, taken by the High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) onboard Mars Express. On Earth, such maps are used by hikers and planning authorities.\nCreating maps like these give Mars a more \"Earthen feel\" and perhaps make it more appealing as a future home rather than a distant world. (for more maps, click here)\nNote: Maps like these remind me of those Crazy4Mars stories (via 4Frontiers) which center around several families living on the red planet.\nUpdate: Added photo and link towards more maps.\nWant more space geek news? Then subscribe below via email, RSS or twitter for free updates! Prefer another service? How about via RSS or follow Colony Worlds on Twitter!"}
{"text":"- 6 x 9.\nAdd to Cart\n- $39.95 U.S.\nRobert Frost and the Challenge of Darwin gives us a new and compelling portrait of the poet-thinker as a modern Lucretius—moved to examine the questions raised by Darwin, and willing to challenge his readers with the emerging scientific notions of what it meant to be human.\nCombining both intellectual history and detailed analysis of Frost's poems, Robert Faggen shows how Frost's reading of Darwin reflected the significance of science in American culture from Emerson and Thoreau, through James and pragmatism. He provides fresh and provocative readings of many of Frost's shorter lyrics and longer pastoral narratives as they illustrate the impact of Darwinian thought on the concept of nature, with particular exploration of man's relationship to other creatures, the conditions of human equality and racial conflict, the impact of gender and sexual differences, and the survival of religion.\nThe book shows that Frost was neither a pessimist lamenting the uncertainties of the Darwinian worldview, nor a humanist opposing its power. Faggen draws on Frost's unpublished notebooks to reveal a complex thinker who willingly engaged with the difficult moral and epistemological implications of natural science, and showed their consonance with myths and traditions stretching back to Milton, Lucretius, and the Old Testament. Frost emerges as a thinker for whom poetry was not only artistic expression, but also a forum for the trial of ideas and their impact on humanity.\nRobert Frost and the Challenge of Darwin provides a deeper understanding not only of Frost and modern poetry, but of the meaning of Darwin in the modern world, the complex interrelations of literature and science, and the history of American thought.\nRobert Faggen is Associate Professor of Literature, Claremont McKenna College and Adjunct Associate Professor, Claremont Graduate School."}
{"text":"The /aɪ/ diphthong is spelled <iCe>, <i>, <y> and <ey> in eye, besides occurring in the letter names I and Y. The /eə/ diphthong is spelled <are>, <air>, <ear> or <eir> in heir.\nThis is a contrast between two diphthongs with different starting positions and different directions of movement. It is not a problem for learners.\nInteresting pairs include:\nThe density figure is high at 10%. The set makes 55 semantic contrasts giving a loading of 57.3%.\nbide bared bine bairn bines bairns buy bare buys bares buy bear buys bears by bare by bear bye bare byes bares bye bear byes bears chide chaired despise despairs die dare dies dares died dared dye dare dyes dares dyed dared eye air eyes airs eye heir eyes heirs eye ere fly flair flies flairs fly flare flies flares glide glared hi hair hi hare hide hared hie hair hies hairs hie hare hies hares hied hared high hair highs hairs high hare highs hares I air I's airs I heir I's heirs I ere I'd aired kine cairn lie lair lies lairs lie layer lies layers lied laird nine Nairn pi pair pi pare pi pear pie pair pied paired pies pairs pie pare pie pares pied pared pie pear pies pears pry prayer pries prayers shy share shied shared shies shares sky scare skied scared skies scares snide snared spy spare spied spared spies spares sty stair sties stairs sty stare sties stares tie tare ties tares tie tear ties tears why ware why wear wide wared wry rare wryly rarely Y ware Y's wares Y wear Y's wears\nJohn Higgins, Shaftesbury, December 2009"}
{"text":"One way to get at how media unwittingly became complicit in fulfilling the ambitions of terrorists is to look more closely at how journalists do their jobs and how media outlets operate when they are not dealing with a crisis such as a terrorist attack.\nThe following films or HBO series are excellent dramatic depictions of issues relevant to journalism and the press in America.\nYou will watch any of one of the features listed and identify an issue illustrated in the film.\nSample topics might include:\n- media as “infotainment” and/or “big business”\n- media as watchdog\n- issues regarding access to sources and classified information\n- the tension between a free press and national security\n- “objectivity” in journalism\n- unintended consequences of media coverage of events\n- adversarial stance of journalists\nDiscuss what you learned about media watching a film. Think of creating a five paragraph, 500 or so word journal entry. Because this is not an academic essay but a journal, you are encouraged to reflect on your previous thoughts about the media and what you learned watching the film and to connect that to course content.\nHowever, only focusing on your emotions and detailing the plot of the movie will bring down your score on this assignment. Strive to introduce the film and what it is about but then move on to discussing a complex issue or issues that the feature depicts about media in the U.S.\nDue: end of Unit 4 as an uploaded word document file.\nGood Night, and Good Luck: Good Night, And Good Luck (2005) Official Trailer – George Clooney, David Strathairn Movie HD (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.)\nTwo episodes of the HBO series “The Newsroom”\nULOs Reflected In Assignment\n- Identify current issues in journalism (CLO 1, CLO 2, CLO 4)"}
{"text":"Recently, I visited my doctor and they took my blood pressure. It measured a tad bit on the high side. Nothing to worry about that because it’s just one measurement, possibly an anomaly. It got me to thinking about what measures one can take to lower blood pressure. Used to be, your doctor would give you a list, but too often now they find it easier to write a prescription. So I researched some things that you might do to try to lower border-line blood pressure. Please be advised: I am not advising that you go against your doctor’s advice. These are just some things to think about to help you control your blood pressure naturally.\n- Quit Smoking\n- Lose Weight\n- Reduce your sodium intake – read your labels. Try to keep it under 2,500 mg / day\n- Reduce your caffeine intake\n- Increase Aerobic Exercise – go for power walks\nThe Not So Obvious:\n- Insulin can play a role in blood pressure so reduce your intake of sugar and refined or processed foods\n- Increase whole grains\n- Avoid heavily processed or refined oils\n- Consume potassium rich foods – sweet potatoes, nuts, beans, legumes, etc.\n- Breathe deeply. Yes, breathe. Take 5 minutes every morning and every evening to breathe deeply.\nPhoto Courtesy isafmedia via Flickr"}
{"text":"“The 2012 list highlights historic places that were once commonly found around Texas and that are almost gone or that represent rare construction types. In each instance these places are integral to the communities where are they located, yet they are in immediate danger of disappearing from the landscape,” said Jim Ray, president of Preservation Texas, Inc., a statewide partner of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.\nPreservation Texas officials announced the selections on the steps of the Texas State Capitol on March 22. Sites in Bandera, Carson, Guadalupe, Hays, Kaufman, Marion, Nueces, San Augustine and Travis Counties Named to 2012 List.\nA rare moveable jail cell, a poor farm that provided food for indigent Texans, two historic homesteads that capture the state’s ranching heritage and early settlement, three historic structures poised to play key roles in community revitalization, and two landmarks of our state’s African American heritage are the nine sites that Preservation Texas, Inc. has named to its ninth annual list of Texas’ Most Endangered Historic Places. Click [here] for the press release.\n“By calling attention to theses sites now, we want to encourage local action while there’s still time.” said Ray. “It is our hope that inclusion on our list will provide those who care for these sites with the support, expertise and momentum to take their preservation efforts to the next level.”"}
{"text":"Parks, Rosa Louise,\n1913–2005, American civil-rights activist, b. Tuskegee, Ala., as Rosa Louise McCauley. A seamstress and long-time activist-member of the Montgomery, Ala., chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), she sparked the Montgomery bus boycott with her Dec. 1, 1955, arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a municipal bus to a white man. This successful protest, which lasted just over a year, marked the emergence of Martin Luther King\n, Jr., to national prominence as a civil-rights leader and provided the model for future nonviolent movement actions. Fired from her job and unable to find work, Parks moved in 1957 to Detroit, where she remained active in the civil-rights movement and worked (1965–88) as an aide to U.S. Representative John Conyers. She was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, Congress's highest honor, in 1999.\nSee her autobiography (1992); biography by D. Brinkley (2000) and J. Theoharis (2013).\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.\nSee more Encyclopedia articles on: Social Reformers"}
{"text":"Pope Benedict XVI's four-day visit to Germany highlighted two closely connected challenges for the church: how to re-evangelise traditionally Christian countries in the West, and how to regain a credible voice in modern society.\nIn a sense, the pope's German homeland was a test case for the \"new evangelisation\" project that has taken center stage in his pontificate.\nAs the pope pointed out repeatedly during the Sept. 22-25 visit, modern Germany is a highly secularized country where atheism or religious indifference is widespread, where traditional moral values are eroding and where the church's message seems to have less and less impact.\nAnd yet Germany has a native son as pope -- still a point of pride for many Germans -- and a tradition of intellectual debate. At the very least, the pope hoped for a fair hearing, and at some levels, he got one.\nThe pope also clearly connected with the Catholic faithful who turned out by the tens of thousands for his Masses and prayer services. Praying before a statue of Mary at a shrine in Etzelsbach or kneeling in eucharistic adoration at the Freiburg cathedral, the pope heard behind him the sound of silence -- music to his ears, because it was a sign of intense participation.\nHis appeal to return to the Christian roots of Germany met with enthusiastic approval from what one woman called his \"base\" -- the Catholic families who have tried to maintain their religious traditions in the face of decades of communism and more recent years of social fragmentation.\n- John Thavis\nTrip analysis: In pope's Germany, a test case for 'new evangelization' (Catholic News Service)"}
{"text":"The video in this link describes in a simple manner the consequences of the recently announced discovery of Gravitational Waves. Their existence is final proof that Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity is correct. It also potentially gives us a new tool for extending astronomical observations so that we can learn more about our universe.\nThis discovery of gravitational waves also conclusively proves that Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation, that is used effectively in everyday physics even to this day is only an approximation. This approximation can still be used since it works in almost real life cases that we experience. The application of this law begins to fall apart where there are very large gravitational fields present due to massive objects and short distances between objects. (Approximations are not necessarily a bad thing so long as you recognize them as such, and also recognize their limitations.)\nEinstein was the genius who could see things beyond the boundaries of the normal human experiences that are the basis of all of our perceptions. He could then come up with universal laws in this regard, laws that are based on science that can be proved and not simply based on belief. He was an amazing person.\nIt is fashionable these days in some circles to challenge the scientific approach and scientific results, and to label some of these as beliefs, as if the scientific process is akin to following a religion and a belief system. Such an attitude only shows ignorance, and a laziness when it comes to trying to understand things. This kind of attitude is unfortunately increasing in societies that are supposed to be advanced. Check this comic strip out. (I do not want to reproduce the strip in its entirely here for fear of violating copyright.)"}
{"text":"The last of three articles on popular art in the Bolivarian Revolution, originally published by venezuelanalysis.com here. Photos by Silvia Leindecker.\nTranslations of the Spanish provided where required.\nIn Caracas, murals decorate the walls of barrios with the sentiments and aspirations of the people. These creations, sometimes elaborate and detailed, sometimes simple and direct, are often the product of a collective effort among neighbors to beautify their living space. In the community spaces as well as the nooks and crannies of the bustling, sprawling city, this art rivals commercial billboards that permeate much of the visual landscape. In many cases the murals pay homage to Latin American heroes who continue to inspire people to fight for freedom and justice. They also tell stories of history, oppression, and resistance.\nClick image to see larger version.\n‘Constructing Popular Power’ (left), ‘94.7FM Free Radio to the rhythm of 23 [de Enero barrio]’ (centre)\n‘The Federal War’ (top), ‘Tremble, oligarchs’ (centre), ‘Free Land and Men’(bottom)\n‘Simón Bolívar Coordinator: with Bolívar, with Manuel, with the people to power’\n‘Community Strength: Ernesto “Che” Guevara’"}
{"text":"Watch out long-legged Scandinavians—a large study shows taller people may have an increased risk of developing cancer than their shorter peers.\nResearchers at Karolinska Institutet and University of Stockholm examined 5.5 million Swedish men and women and found a correlation between height and cancer. For every 10 centimeters (4 inches) of height, a woman’s risk of developing cancer increased by 18 percent and a man’s by 11 percent, the study showed.\nTaller women had a 20 percent greater risk of developing breast cancer than shorter women and both men and women’s risk of suffering melanoma, a type of skin cancer, increased by about 30 percent for every 10 centimeters of height.\nThe study, presented at the annual European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology meeting in Barcelona on Friday, proves an association but not a cause-and-effect relationship. Still, researchers say the study—the largest of its kind—adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting a linkage between height and cancer and underscores the importance of identifying why the relationship exits.\n“Identifying potential risk factors for cancer can help us understand the mechanisms for how cancer develops and that might be used to develop treatments,” said Dr. Emelie Benyi, a researcher at Karolinska Institutet who led the study."}
{"text":"DEFINITION of 'ZMK (Zambian Kwacha)'\nThe currency abbreviation for the Zambian kwacha (ZMK), the currency for Zambia. The Zambian kwacha is made up of 100 ngwee and is often presented with the symbol ZK. The name kwacha is based on the word \"dawn\" in the Nyanja language.\nBREAKING DOWN 'ZMK (Zambian Kwacha)'\nUntil 1968, the British pound was the currency of Zambia, after which the kwacha replaced the pound at a rate of 2 kwacha to 1 pound. At this time, the kwacha was equal to US$1.20, but rampant inflation since that time has significantly devalued the currency."}
{"text":"What Is X-Ray?\nAn X-ray examination is a medical test that physicians use to diagnose and treat patients' medical conditions. This is the most commonly requested test and often a prerequisite for other higher modality tests. An X-ray is a quick, painless test. It involves exposing the part of the body being examined to a very small dose of ionizing radiation to produce highly accurate pictures of the body.\nWe frequently depend on X-rays to diagnose pneumonia, lung tumors, heart failure and bone trauma.\nX-ray is the first test in evaluating abdominal pain due to bowel obstruction, kidney stones and abnormalities of bones and joints. It is an indispensable tool for fracture detection.\nHow Is X-Ray Performed?\nConventional radiography (X-ray) is a simple, painless procedure that enables the radiologist to analyze predominantly the bony structures, and to lesser extent the soft tissue anatomy, for initial diagnosis. The average X-ray study takes 10 minutes. X-ray is most commonly used to identify and treat bone fractures and analyze the chest for diseases such as pneumonia, early lung cancer and heart failure.\nFluoroscopy is a real-time X-ray, and consists of an X-ray machine and a fluorescent screen to view the internal organs of the body live in movement. It is especially helpful in diagnosing problems of the esophagus, stomach and small and large bowels. A fluoroscopic exam usually lasts 15 minutes. An orally administered barium solution is usually needed to allow visualization of the area of interest.\nCarestream CR Elite digital view system allows full range of views and is able to accommodate wheelchair and stretcher exams for patients up to 400 pounds. All radiographs are reviewed before the patient is released to assure accuracy and high quality. Immediate diagnosis is communicated via eFax to your doctor."}
{"text":"This name, with variant spellings Marchent, Marchand, Marquand, Merchant and Le Marchant, derives from the Old French \"marcheant\" (Middle English \"marchand\"), meaning a merchant or trader, and was originally given as an occupational name to a buyer or seller of goods. The ultimate root of the name lies in the Late Latin \"mercis\", commerce, exchange or merchandise. Job-descriptive surnames originally denoted the actual occupation of the namebearer, and later became hereditary. The surname was first recorded at the beginning of the 13th Century (see below), and one Roger Marchaunt and a Herueus Merchant were listed as witnesses in the 1219 Assize Court Rolls of Yorkshire.In 1240, Ranulph le Marchand appeared in the Fine Court Rolls of Essex, and a Reginald le Marchant was listed in the 1247 Pipe Rolls of Cambridge. An interesting namebearer was Nathaniel Marchant (1739 - 1816), a gem engraver and medallist, who exhibited at the Royal Academy and was assistant engraver at the mint in 1797. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Roger Marchand, which was dated 1202, in the \"Pipe Rolls of Berkshire\", during the reign of King John, known as \"Lackland\", 1199 - 1216. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to \"develop\" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.\n© Copyright: Name Origin Research 1980 - 2022"}
{"text":"Factories Don't Produce Milk, Cows Do\nThe front-page article \"Wisconsin - America's Dairyland No Longer,\" May 24, omits important facts necessary to understand the issues raised. Most fluid milk is produced near where it is consumed. Increased milk production in California reflects its burgeoning population. Wisconsin, with a much smaller population, exports much of its milk as cheese and butter. Even if overtaken by California in milk production, Wisconsin would still be America's dairyland, since it supplies a national market, while Califo rnia's dairy industry supplies primarily a local market. Eric J. Klieber, Cleveland Heights, Ohio\nLetters are welcome. Only a selection can be published, subject to condensation, and none acknowledged. Please fax letters to (617) 450-2317 or address them to \"Readers Write,\" One Norway St., Boston, MA 02115."}
{"text":"This visualization was created to be one of the final shots of a video celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. The camera starts under water off the coast of the Eastern United States showing layers of ocean currents from a computational model called ECCO-2. The camera slowly pulls back revealing the Gulf Stream, one of the most powerful ocean currents on Earth. The camera continues to pull back revealing NASA's Earth observing fleet.\nThe ocean currents are colored by depth from white (5 meters below the surface) down to dark blue (5906 meters below the surface). The color bar is non-linear; there are more levels near the surface than deeper.\nGCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation:\nOlsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 220.127.116.11.0"}
{"text":"Small, family run flower farm in the heart of California.\nOne of our favorites, the beautiful Hydrangea.\nAll About Hydrangeas\nHydrangea is a genus of 70+ species of beautiful flowering plants native to southern and eastern Asia and the\nAmericas. The greatest species diversity is in eastern Asia, notably China, Japan, and Korea. Most are shrubs 3 – 9 feet tall, but some are small trees. They can be either deciduous or evergreen, though the widely cultivated temperate species are all deciduous.\nHydrangea flowersare produced from early spring to late autumn; they grow beautiful, large flower heads, usually at the end of producing stems. Typically the flower heads contain two types of flowers: small non-showy flowers in the center or interior of the flower head, and large, showy flowers with large colorful sepals (tepals). These showy flowers are often extended in a ring, or to the exterior of the small flowers. Plants in wild populations typically have few to none of the showy flowers, while cultivated hydrangeas have been bred and selected to have more of the larger type flowers.\nThere are two flower types in hydrangeas, which includes the commonly grown “bigleaf hydrangea”—Hydrangea macrophylla. Mophead flowers are large round flower heads resembling pom-poms. In contrast, lacecap flowers bear round, flat flower heads with a center core of small flowers surrounded by outer rings of larger flowers having showy sepals or tepals.\nBotanical Name: Hydrangea Plant Type: Shrub or Vine Bloom Time: Mid to late Summer Best Location: Sun or light shade Soil: Well-drained, fertile Diseases: Leaf diseases powdery mildew, rust, mold Pests: Slugs, rose chafers Propagation: Layering, cuttings Zone: Varies\nAll About Hydrangea Flowers\nInformation about planting and growing hydrangea bushes and flowers\nGround Temp: Plant in fall PH level: Varies depending on what color you want Spacing: 3-10′ apart depending on species Depth: As deep as root ball Time to Bloom: Varies Notes: Hydrangeas need plenty of water"}
{"text":"Parts of Speech\nRoot Word (Etymology)\na primitive root [rather identical with 238 through the idea of scales as if two ears]\nTWOT Reference: 58\nKJV Translation Count — 1x\nThe KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: gave good heed (1)\nOutline of Biblical Usage\n1. (Piel) weigh, test, prove, consider\n'azan, aw-zan'; a primitive root (rather identical with 238 through the idea of scales as if two ears); to weigh, i.e. (figuratively) ponder: — give good head.\nConcordance Results Using KJV\nAnd moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he H239 H239 H239, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs."}
{"text":"It is LGBT History Month!\nDid you know that October is a month dedicated to celebrating the achievements of 31 lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender Icons.\nIn 1994, Rodney Wilson, a Missouri high school teacher, selected October to be the celebration and teaching of gay and lesbian history. Gay and Lesbian History Month was endorsed by GLAAD, the Human Rights Campaign, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the National Education Association and other national organizations.\n“LGBT History Month sends an important message to our nation’s teachers, school boards, community leaders, and youth about the vital importance of recognizing and exploring the role of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people in American history.”George Chauncey\nSamuel Knight Professor of American History and Chair of the History Department, Yale University\nTo learn more about this year’s featured lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender icons visit https://lgbthistorymonth.com/."}
{"text":"Instructional Technologists and TOSA’s often hear “I want to include technology in my lesson, but I don’t know how to?” It starts with constructing meaning. Think about teaching as being the general contractor at a work site. You have a series of employees that you want to help you build something, let’s say a building.\n- What is it that you want to teach? Check for prior or background knowledge. Make sure the foundation of your building is solid before you start construction.\n- How would you normally introduce that topic? Look at the blueprint (lesson plan) that you have used in the past.\n- What do you want the students to know and or do at the end of the lesson? How should your building look like at the end?\n- Find the tech tools to match those needs. You don’t need a chipping hammer to nail wood. If you don’t know which tools to use, Google it, YouTube it, check with your PLN and teacher friends.\n- Remember that it’s not about just using technology, but it using it to further the students’ understanding of your subject area. Could you have shown the students a building and told them how it was made? Yes, but would it have the same impact on their learning?\n- Add layers to your lesson. Your building will needs various floors, windows, kitchens, doors, etc. The more times you address one topic in different ways, the more likely all students will learn and retain the information. When you only address it once, you are likely to choose an activity that plays to your personal learning style, but how about all the other learning styles in the room?\n- Innovate. Don’t just tell students, let them explore the topic for themselves. Let them create and invent a new solution to the problem. Let them get their hands dirty and learn from trial and error.\n- Make real-world connections. Use the internet to reach out to professionals in the field that you are learning about."}
{"text":"Global Lentil Production: Constraints and Strategies\nAgrawal, Shiv Kumar\nMetadataShow full item record\nLentil (Lens culinaris ssp. culinaris) is an important food legume crop with global production of 3.59 million tonnes. The crop suffers substantial yield losses from various biotic and abiotic stresses. Past efforts have been directed towards developing improved varieties with resistance to one or the other biotic stress, improving the seed size and shortening the crop duration to fit lentil in various cropping systems. In the past one decade, production and productivity of lentil have stagnated in the traditional base of South Asia. In order to break the current yield plateau in lentil, there is a need to develop extra short duration varieties for rice-based systems for South Asia, drought and heat tolerant varieties with multiple disease resistance for all the regions, and herbicide-tolerant and machine harvestable varieties for West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region. This requires a comprehensive research for developing strategy involving both the conventional and genomics tool.\n- ICARDA"}
{"text":"2University of Southampton | Acknowledging knowledge. Anacademicguidetoreferencing\nIn this guide, we shall work through the processes and rulings that comprise the Modern Humanities\nResearch Association (MHRA) citation rules. As a result, you will be able to write correct in-text\ncitations and create corresponding references for bibliographies, relating to a wide range of\nresources, including print, multi-media and electronic resources.\nPlease note that MHRA is only one type of referencing system. There are many others in use, and\ndifferent books and journals you read may use these instead. If you are in doubt of which system to\nuse, check with your supervisor.\n1 What are references and bibliographies? 4\n1.1 Why are they needed? 4\n1.2 When should you include references? 4\n1.3 What information is needed for citation and referencing? 4\n1.4 Where is the information found? 4\n2 Using the MHRA citation rules 5"}
{"text":"IBM's Watson artificial intelligence technology has found plenty of white-collar work in places like hospitals and banks, but soon it will be off to get its hands dirty on the factory floor.\nWorking with ABB, a maker of industrial plant, IBM has developed a new AI assistant to help factory workers spot manufacturing defects on the production line.\nConnected to an existing industrial monitoring system, ABB Ability, it will help manufacturers improve speed, yield, and uptime, according to ABB.\nThe Cognitive Visual Inspection system, as IBM calls it, pipes images from a UHD (ultra-high-definition) camera to an instance of IBM's Watson software that has been trained to detect and classify production faults in real time.\nWatson can inspect parts up to five times faster than production line workers and even detect faults not visible to the human eye, according to IBM. Learning from human classification of defects in images, Watson is able to spot scratches and pinholes.\nBy using computers to support human quality assurance inspectors, manufacturers can potentially inspect every product coming off the line, rather than random samples, allowing them to reject or rework only faulty products rather than complete batches. In that way, they can increase not only production speed but also production yield.\nABB also hopes to put Watson to work in another of its markets, electricity generation, to predict demand for electricity based on weather patterns.\nThe ability of software like Watson to learn to identify patterns that it previously took an experienced human to recognize is allowing computers to support staff in a variety of fields.\nIBM hopes to have Watson supporting or second-guessing many of our decisions for us over the next five years."}
{"text":"Women are the primary caregivers in the Global South, making them particularly vulnerable to the disparaging effects of global warming. They are responsible for providing their families with food, fuel, and water, yet lack the opportunities to combat climate change and rebound quickly when natural disasters strike. On September 10th, the global debate forum, World Affairs Council, welcomes their members and the public to join the discussion on women's role in climate justice.\n'Climate justice' views global warming from an ethical and political lens, rather than purely environmental. With rising sea levels and increasing famine and drought, women are often the most susceptible, yet lack a seat at the table when it comes to environmental policymaking. Climate justice champion, Mary Robinson, and Global Fund for Women CEO, Musimbi Kanyoro, will be leading the conversation on the unique challenges climate change poses for women and how we can achieve a more just and sustainable outcome for all. LEARN MORE"}
{"text":"The government has released its monthly unemployment report, and the jobless rate went down for the sixth time in the last seven months. If you go inside those numbers you’ll see that one of the biggest predictors of unemployment is education.\nFor those with only a high school diploma, the unemployment rate is about the national average. Compare that to those with a college degree. Their unemployment rate is about half the national average. And if you never completed high school, the numbers are bleak: 50 percent higher than the national average. So the message here is clear: If you can manage to get a college degree, your chances of getting a job, and keeping it, are better.\nEasier said than done, though. For a host of reasons — economic, social, personal — America’s high school graduation rate ranks 21st out of 28 of the world’s leading economic powers.\nRick Karr reports from Philadelphia on an innovative program designed to bring drop-outs back to school. Our story is a part of “American Graduate,” a public media initiative supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, to help local communities across America find solutions to address the dropout crisis."}
{"text":"The West Virginia. Cyclopedia\nThe Guyandotte River drains a rugged area of about 1,060 square miles parallel to the Tug Fork and Big Sandy rivers. A tributary of the Ohio River, it rises in the mountains of southern West Virginia\nThe sources of the Guyandotte River are on Guyandotte Mountain in Raleigh County. Its mouth is on the Ohio River at Huntington, WV, in Cabell County. Much of the river follows a tight and tortuous course through a narrow valley in the rugged Cumberland Mountains.\nTopo Map (Mouth)\nThe lumber trade in West Virginia was among the earliest vocations of the pioneer who settled on navigable or \"raftable\" streams. The floating of single logs and small rafts of logs was practical from five to six miles below the sources of many streams that fed into the Guyandote.\nLogging apparently began in the second quarter of the 1800s. Prior to the 1870s, logging operations were sending down rafts worth $40,000 to $50,000 at a single rise.\nImprovements to the Guyandotte were in progress before the Civil War. Dams were built some distance up the stream but were neglected during the war and destroyed by flooding. The Guyandotte Navigation Company was rechartered after the war to make improvements to the stream, but little work was actually performed.\nSome sources claim the Guyandotte River was called the \"Se-co-nee,\" by an unidentified Native American tribe, meaning \"the narrow-bottom river.\"\nBut the origin of the river's name is likely related to the Native American culture group Huron or Wyandot, who referred to themselves as the \"Wendat,\" meaning \"island people\" or \"dwellers on a peninsula.\" Early white explorers and settlers often spelled the name \"Guyandot\", which was the French form of \"Wyandotte\", i.e., the name of the Indian tribe.\nVariant Names for Guyandotte River\nArbuckles River, Big Laurel Fork, Guiandotte River, Guyan Dot River, Guyan Dott River, Guyan River, Guyandates Creek, Guyandot Creek, Guyandot River, Guyandott River, La-ke-we-ke-ton, Little Guiandot, Se-co-ne, Se-co-nee, Secone, Seconec"}
{"text":"History of Ashen\nWar memorial on the St. Augustine of Canterbury Church tower, Ashen\n© Copyright Tiger contributor to the Geograph Project and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence\nHistory of Ashen >> War Memorial\nAshen War Memorial\nRather unusual for a war memorial, the one at Ashen is to be found on the south-west buttress of the tower on St Augustine's Church.\nThese are the names of those inscribed thereon.\n- Thomas Ince\n- Albert Peacock\n- Walter Swallow\n- Ernest Twitchett\n- James Twitchett\n- Ernest John Bowers\n- Percy Harold Peacock\nBack to History of Ashen\nFind your Ancestors in the Newspapers\nNewspaper archives are now a very important source of information for researching your family tree.\nTry our example search to help you discover if your ancestors are in the British Newspaper Archive.\nAshen - Cary's New and Correct English Atlas, 1798\nAshen - First Series Ordnance Survey Map 1805\nThis work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth. Licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence BY-SA-4.0\n25% Discount on DNA Kits\nAncestry.co.uk are offering DNA test kits at a discount of 25%\nOffer lasts until 26 April\nYou can buy a kit for yourself or have one delivered to a relative.\nLooking for pictures to add to your family tree album?\nEbay is a good source of old images of Essex towns and villages. If you're looking for pictures to add to your family tree album, then try one of the auctions, or there are several 'Buy It Now' shops offering postcards which have been touched up and improved - so if you're unsure about bidding, try these.\nLink below already formatted for Essex and Postcards."}
{"text":"2001: A Space Odyssey vs. The Way West\nThe \"Final Frontier\" is something that people all around the world have been seeking out from the beginning of time. As citizens of this planet we like to call Earth, there have always been barriers that we have had to overcome. Be it the invention of the wheel or the innovation of the nuclear reactor, all was thought impossible until completed. Barriers have never stopped us before, but people think we cannot travel through and colonize space, but it is just another barrier we must break through. We cannot overcome this barrier until we believe we can mentally. 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Way West both demonstrate clear examples of this issue. Both have specific barriers to overcome, such as transportation, communication, and the whole mental issue of success. These were overcome, but only after strong mental preparation.\nTo start off, we'll address the transportation issue. The absurd thought of traveling an enormous distance to the \"Oregon Country\" was taken as just a bunch of gibberish in the days of the West. Likewise, the thought of being able to traveling far away from the Earth in space was also thought impossible. In both cases, these goals were actually not that absurd, and were achieved. In the western times people had to travel by means of wagon train if they wanted to get anywhere. They relied on stockpiles of preserved foods and their oxen pulling their wagon. Unlike the crude wagons of the West, the astronauts in 2001 traveled in a highly advanced, super-fast space ship, most of them sleeping in cryo-sleep, relying solely on dehydrated or synthesized foods stocked in their enormous \"Space Wagon\". You may think that these two situations have no differences, but they actually have..."}
{"text":"Government of India has approved the Mars voyage of ISRO in the cabinet meeting .\nOn July ' 2011 , NASA has postponed the space shuttle ' Atlantis ' program . On this issue , the famous magazine , ' The Economist ' published a cover story article mentioning that there was a temporary full stop to America's outer space research program .\nAs a comment to the headline ' The End Of Space Era ' , the science fiction writer ,\nBruce Sterling , wrote that in the coming days astronauts from India and China would be able to hoist\ntheir national flags on Moon . The Head of Rosetta Lander Mission of European Space Agency , Jean Pierre Bibringh , says that the thinking of the Chinese and Indian scientists are very clear and bright ,\nin this regard . Such type of interest has not been noticed by American space mission . But they request\nfor symbiotic collaboration in stead of mindless competition , in this context .\nJust after one year from this event , India declared the proposal to send a manned space ship to Mars . Some critics pointed this move as India's Space Audacity. This manned space program to Mars\nwill take place from Sriharikota ( Andhra Pradesh ) , towards November' 2013 .\nMars revolves in an elliptical path round the Sun . It has 55 million Km. at it's nearest and 401 million Km. at the farthest point from Earth . So it is not possible to reach Mars any time starting from\nhere . The oppertunity for us to reach Mars happens in the interval of 26 months . The next opportunity will be towards the end of 2013 . While the time taken for the journey to Moon is less than one week , this will be nearly 300 days for reaching Mars . The budget for the Mars voyage would be around Rs.480 crores .\nIt is well mentioning here that personalities like Elon Musk of USA and Richard Branson of UK are planning space vacations already ."}
{"text":"Sea power analysts surveying the “rise” of China commonly compare this emerging Asian titan to imperial Germany, whose unification upset the European great- power concert ushered in after Waterloo, and for good reason. Naval enthusiasts like Kaiser Wilhelm II and Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, their imaginations fired by the works of Alfred Thayer Mahan, hurled Germany into naval competition with Great Britain, the dominant naval power of the day, with fateful results. References to Mahan are now routine among Chinese strategic thinkers. Will China’s Mahanians prod Beijing onto a similar path to sea power, and will similar results ensue?\nHolmes, James R.\n\"From Mahan to Pearl Harbor:The Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States,\"\nNaval War College Review: Vol. 60\n, Article 14.\nAvailable at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol60/iss3/14"}
{"text":"K.C.S.E Physics Q & A - MODEL 2013PP2QN019\n(a) Figure 14 shows an E shaped steel block being magnetized by a current through two coils in series.\nOn the figure, indicate\n(i) the north and south poles of the resulting magnet\n(ii) the complete magnetic field pattern between the poles.\n(b) Figure 15 shows the permanent magnet made in part (a) above.\nA coil wound loosely on the middle limb is connected in series with a low voltage a.c. and a switch. State and explain the observation made on the coil when the switch is closed.\n(c) In a simple cell, the zinc plate gets negatively charged and the copper plate gets positively charged.\n(i) Name the electrolyte in the cell.\n(ii) Explain how:\n(I) Zinc gets negatively charged.\n(II) Copper gets positively charged\n(iii) State what constitutes the current when a wire is used to connect the zinc plate and the copper plate externally.\nFORM I - PHYSICS SYLLABUS\nFORM II - PHYSICS SYLLABUS\nFORM III - PHYSICS SYLLABUS\nFORM IV - PHYSICS SYLLABUS\nMy passion is to see students pass using right methods and locally available resources. My emphasis is STEM courses"}
{"text":"Ethiopia is a food insecure country with the second-largest population in sub-Saharan Africa. The country is endowed with a variety of agro-ecological zones and farming systems that differ in terms of food and nutrition supply and income supply and security and potential to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The country is also regarded as center of diversity for several legumes, and their associated nitrogen-fixing rhizobium bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. However, Ethiopia suffers from land degradation and, as a consequence, insufficient food resources. Climate change imposes a new threat to the already fragile environments. Legumes in symbiosis with appropriate microbes provide important ecosystem services. They can replace nitrogen fertilizer and enhance the uptake of phosphorus. Especially in agroforestry systems they can also increase soil organic carbon stocks to mitigate climate change, simultaneously improving soil fertility and food productivity, and their climate-resilience. There are however knowledge gaps in the understanding of the system and its potential to simultaneously support food and nutrition security, income security and mitigation of climate change, and the resources are under-utilized. This project will identify properties of soil, symbiotic microorganisms and agroforestry practices which improve the production of ecosystem services (BNF, AM, C sequestration) for food security in a changing climate. Preconditions for socio-economic feasibility of the management practices will be investigated, and local and scientific knowledge integrated for successful implementation. The consortium encompasses the best available Finnish and African expertise in these fields. Through the consortium collaboration, novel ways of covering important interfaces between basic research and its applications, which is recognized as being in great demand, will be taken into use."}
{"text":"Climate intervention offers some crop benefits, but abruptly ending it may backfire\nGeoengineering -- spraying sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere to combat global warming -- would only temporarily and partially benefit apple production in northern India, according to a new study.\nMoreover, abruptly ending geoengineering might lead to total crop failure faster than if it were not done at all, according to a U.S. National Science Foundation-supported study published in Climatic Change.\nIn a climate emergency, society might decide to spray sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere (upper atmosphere) to combat warming. Such geoengineering, or climate intervention, would create a massive cloud that would block some solar radiation and cool the Earth. But if the spraying were to suddenly cease, there would be a major impact on animals and plants, which would be forced to try to move to suitable habitat to survive.\nIn the new study, scientists studied the impact of climate change and geoengineering on the production of deciduous fruit in Himachal Pradesh, the second-largest apple-producing state in India. The researchers used a climate model to project temperature changes and shifts in suitable habitat for apple orchards under a moderate greenhouse gas emissions scenario and efforts to limit warming.\n\"We found that climate change would reduce apple production by affecting the winter chill period necessary for the plants,\" said Alan Robock of Rutgers University. \"But geoengineering would have limited benefits and could backfire if it ended suddenly.\"\nSince the study was done with one climate change and geoengineering scenario for one crop in one part of the world, other studies are needed, Robock noted."}
{"text":"Grab these free short o worksheets for your learners!\n(This post contains affiliate links.)\nToday I’m sharing a printable pack of short o worksheets!\nI’ve been teaching my Five to sound out words with a variety of hands-on games and printables.\nHave you seen our activities?\n- Short o word family houses\n- Short o word slider cards\n- Short o word family mats\n- Short o four-in-a-row games\n- Short o roll & read games\nWe don’t want to overdo the worksheets. But after all of this hands-on learning it’s okay to pull out a few!\nShort o worksheet pack\nThis was a good page to start with because it’s his favorite. (Sorry for the dark pictures! We had to do these in the early evening when my One was – miraculously – not fussy.)\nHe appreciated how quickly he could do this page. Before he began sorting and gluing, we named all the pictures together.\nTruth! My little guy fought me on this one. I’m not entirely sure why – he can read almost all of these words without trouble. But man, he was grumpy.\nI mention this as a reminder that you shouldn’t do the entire worksheet pack with your learners. Some of the pages just won’t be a good fit.\nThis one felt easier. Just one word at a time – whew!\nI like to do just one worksheet from each pack that requires my Five to write words. We do very little handwriting practice at home, and I don’t want him to get shocked when kindergarten begins. 😉\nGet a total of nine worksheets in the bundle!\nGet your free short o worksheets!\nYOU AND YOUR STUDENTS WILL LOVE THESE NO-PRINT ACTIVITIES!\nEarly Reading No-Print Bundle\nYour students can complete these activities in Google Slides on a computer or tablet. The activities give them practice with sight words, beginning blends, CVC words, and CVCE words."}
{"text":"April 5, 1933: Issues executive order establishing the Civilian Conservation Corps.\nFDR – having lunch while visiting Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp, Co. 350, at Big Meadows, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. L-r: General Malone, Louis Howe, Harold Ickes, Robert Fechner, FDR, Henry Wallace, Rexford Tugwell.\nAugust 12, 1933\nFDR Library Photo Collection. NPx. 54-499.\n- Did you know…..\n- On April 3, 1939 FDR signed the Administrative Reorganization Act of 1939. This act regrouped many federal agencies which had been formed over the years and eliminated others.\n- On April 7, 1941 FDR issued an executive order forming the USO."}
{"text":"The competencies on ecology to three areas: water cycle, waste products and environmental services (climate change, energy transition and environmental education).\n- Home supply of drinking water or domestic water supply downstream.\n- Purification of water collected for its use.\n- Wastewater purification.\n- Regeneration of purified wastewater for other uses such as irrigation or aquifers recharging.\n- Coordination of water treatment municipal systems, including the planning and integrated management of rainwater and wastewater evacuation, and of the sewage.\n- Regulation of the corresponding fees.\n- Treatment of municipal waste products and products resulting from works, as well as its recovery (reuse and recycling of paper, metal, plastic and other materials, energy and compost production, etc.) and disposal (controlled discharge of non-recyclable waste products).\n- Coordination of municipal collection systems.\n- Picking and selection of containers.\n- Waste recycling facility, in collaboration with municipalities.\n- Coordination and formulation of a Metropolitan Action Plan for environment, health and biodiversity protection, and measures to fight against climate change, and formulation of a metropolitan 21 Agenda.•\n- Participation in the production of acoustic capacity and strategic noise maps.\n- Issue of environmental reports.\n- Collaboration with municipalities in environmental planning policies.\n- Development and management of renewable energy facilities."}
{"text":"It would be wise not to anger him.\nCats kill billions of animals yearly, but feeding them a meaty diet and providing lots of playtime can redirect them to less violent pursuits, a new study finds.\nThe mother of one cat in the study had seen her furry friend wreak havoc:\n“We’ve had birds in the bedroom, rats in the paper bin, rabbits in the utility room, and several vermin that have died of fright,” says her owner, Lisa George from Cornwall, U.K.\nBut redirecting their prey drive to play, plus keeping them sated with meat, greatly reduced the body count:\nthe high-meat diet and playtime approaches had the most sweeping impacts, slashing all types of animals on the doorstep by 36% and 25%, respectively.\nSee the full study out today in Current Biology here.\nA surprisingly large number of species have a prey drive. Our gerbil stalked, attacked and ate caterpillars, leaving only the legs. He also ripped the head off a cockroach and wisely left the remains for my wife to clean up rather than eating them.\nIf you found this post interesting, please share it on Twitter/LinkedIn/email using the buttons below. This helps more people find the blog! And please leave a comment at the bottom of the page letting me know what you think and what other information you’re interested in!"}
{"text":"The North Thompson River is one of the major river systems in south-central British Columbia, and is named after David Thompson, an explorer,fur-trader and surveyor who mapped over 3.9 million square kilometers of western Canada and the United States, and has been described as the greatest land geographer who ever lived. Among his accomplishments, he was the first white man to navigate the Columbia River from it’s source in the B.C. mountains,all the way to it’s final meeting with the Pacific Ocean.\nFor anyone who would be interested, there is an excellent story about this remarkable man at :\nThis photo was taken Sept. 3, 2009, with a Sony DSCF828 camera."}
{"text":"Group Leader: Kae Novak\nStudents, teachers, administrators, and parents all want to know what students are learning in school, how they match up to other students in the country, and what they need to know next. Yet, there is a huge backlash across the country concerning schools taking weeks out of instructional time to assess student learning level.\nGames have the unique ability to monitor player actions and assess student learning as part of gameplay, which would eliminate the need to waste time on additional testing. As an added bonus, the assessments in games are not just on academic skills (math, english), but also on higher level skills (i.e., problem solving, creativity, collaboration, and persistence). Accountability requirements tend to focus on traditional, standardized measures. However, this group will focus on multiple forms of formative and summative assessment, evaluation of soft skills required by games, and analysis that provides evidence of effectiveness as well as providing a comfort with the use of these measures for accountability purposes.\nIf you’re interested in helping this group, please click here."}
{"text":"What is the strongest material in the world? Is it steel, Kevlar, carbon nanotubes, or something entirely new? NOVA kicks off the four-part series “Making Stuff” with a quest for the world’s strongest substances. Host David Pogue takes a look at what defines strength, examining everything from steel cables to mollusk shells to a toucan’s beak. Pogue travels from the deck of a U.S. naval aircraft carrier to a demolition derby to the country’s top research labs to check in with experts who are re-engineering what nature has given us to create the next generation of strong stuff.\nWatch NOVA: Making Stuff Stronger, Wednesday, September 19 at 9:00 p.m. on WCVE PBS / WHTJ PBS.\nHow small can we go? Could we one day have robots taking “fantastic voyages” in our bodies to kill rogue cells? The triumphs of tiny are seen all around us in the Information Age: transistors, microchips, laptops, cell phones. Now, David Pogue takes NOVA viewers to an even smaller world, examining the latest in high-powered nano-circuits and micro-robots that may one day hold the key to saving lives.\nWatch NOVA: Making Stuff Smaller, Wednesday, September 19 at 10:00 p.m. on WCVE PBS / WHTJ PBS."}
{"text":"Next, we’ll want to turn the user’s string into something we can iterate over. A data structure made up of elements all in a line, you say? That sounds like an array!\nBy calling the\n.split method on\ntext, we can transform it into an array.\nDeclare a variable called\nwords and set it equal to the result of calling"}
{"text":"A study published today in Science may shed new light on why African American scientists are so rare in biomedical research—and raises troubling questions about possible bias during grant reviews conducted by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).\nThe in-depth analysis of NIH grant data finds that black Ph.D. scientists—and not other minorities—were far less likely to receive NIH funding for a research idea than a white scientist from a similar institution with the same research record. The gap was large: A black scientist's chance of winning NIH funding was 10 percentage points lower than that of a white scientist.\nThe NIH-commissioned analysis, which lifts the lid on confidential grant data, may reflect a series of slight advantages white scientists accumulate over the course of a career, the authors suggest. But the gap could also result from \"insidious\" bias favoring whites in a peer-review system that supposedly ranks applications only on scientific merit, NIH officials say.\nThe findings have shaken NIH. \"I was deeply dismayed,\" says Director Francis Collins: \"This is simply unacceptable that there are differences in success that can't be explained.\" With NIH Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak, Collins has authored a response in Science outlining steps the agency will take to address the apparent racial disparity.\nSee this week's issue of Science's for the full news article on this study. And next week, Science Live will hold an online chat to discuss the study and challenges that minority and women researchers face."}
{"text":"How Madison and Hamilton Wrote the Federalist Papers, Defined the Constitution, and Made Democracy S\nThis book is available for download with iBooks on your Mac or iOS device, and with iTunes on your computer. Books can be read with iBooks on your Mac or iOS device.\nAside from the Constitution itself, there is no more important document in American politics and law than the Federalist Papers—the series of pamphlets written by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison to explain the meaning of the proposed Constitution to the American people and persuade them of its importance. These papers provide a window into the framers’ thoughts on the most divisive issues of American government—the powers of the President, the dividing line between Congress’s authority and that of the states, the role of the Supreme Court, and the importance of the Bill of Rights. Liberty’s Blueprint offers an essential introduction to how the Federalist Papers were written, the philosophical thinking that shaped the Constitution, how the framers meant the various clauses to be understood, and why they are still vitally important today."}
{"text":"Science Museum of Virginia\nThe Science Museum of Virginia was formerly Broad Street Station also known as Union Station. It was built in 1917, and served the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, the Norfolk and Western Railroad. It also served Amtrak's Silver Meteor and Silver Star. Passenger service at the Broad Street Station ceased in 1975. It was added to the National REgister of Historic Places in 1972."}
{"text":"Earth may have once looked a little more like Mars: a planet with two moons. It's not the first time the theory has been trotted out by Erik Asphaug, but it's getting new life thanks to an upcoming conference about our natural satellite. The University of California at Santa Cruz professor will share the theory at the September conference, and the Telegraph has a preview. Asphaug says the second moon would have been much tinier—about 1/30th the size of our moon. But after orbiting Earth for a few million years, it would have had quite the impact, literally, on its larger twin.\nAsphaug believes that \"it would have collided with the moon to leave the one large body we see today.\" And what PhysOrg terms the \"strange terrain\" on the moon's far side could very well be the remnants of that little moon, which could have left a layer \"tens of kilometers deep\" upon impact. A neat factoid from PhysOrg: Mars may one day look more like ... Earth. The bigger of its two moons, Phobos, is expected to crash into the planet sometime in the next 10 million years. (In other moon news, astronomers have named two Pluto moons—and ignored the people's No. 1 choice in the process.)"}
{"text":"Augustinians(redirected from Canons Regular of the Lateran Congregation)\nAugustinians,religious order in the Roman Catholic Church. The name derives from the Rule of St. Augustine (5th cent.?), which established rules for monastic observance and common religious life. The canons regular, made up of ordained clergy, adopted this rule in the 11th cent. and became known as Augustinian, or Austin, canons. Augustinian canons pursue a life of poverty, celibacy, and obedience without withdrawing from the world. Subsequent orders of canons regular, such as the Premonstratensians, are outgrowths of the Augustinians. The Austin friars are an entirely different group of religious, dating from the 13th cent. (see friarfriar\n[Lat. frater=brother], member of certain Roman Catholic religious orders, notably, the Dominicans, Franciscans, Carmelites, and Augustinians. Although a general form of address in the New Testament, since the 13th cent.\n..... Click the link for more information. ). Officially known as Hermits of St. Augustine, they now exist in three independent branches—the Calced Augustinian Hermits, the more austere and less numerous Discalced Augustinian Hermits, and the Recollects of St. Augustine. There are also congregations of women corresponding to both canons and friars."}
{"text":"Attached is a Sage worksheet on the simplest global energy balance model. An energy balance model looks at energy in and energy out:\nchange in temperature = energy in - energy out\nPretty straightforward, eh? Let be the incoming solar radiation (insolation) and be albedo (percentage of sunlight the earth reflects) -- our \"energy in\" will be . Then we can use Boltzmann's black-body radiation to get \"energy out\" -- it's , where is our global average surface temperature in kelvins and is Boltzmann's constant. So we get the equation\nIt is not too hard to use calculus to find a linearization near the equilibrium point of this equation and then do some analysis.\nThe attached worksheet can be loaded into sagenb.org if you want to work through it without installing Sage:\nI'm trying to figure out how to put up a full interactive worksheet; it's not so hard to put up cells, but I'm not sure about a whole Sage file... let me know if you know!"}
{"text":"Ireland’s emigration figures are almost twice the global average, with most opting to move to Britain or the US.\nNew figures reveal that Britain is still the primary destination for Irish-born emigrants with 412,658 now residing there.\nThe US is the second-most popular nation for Irish emigrants, with 143,571 living there, according to a report from the Central Statistics Office.\nThe migration figures reveal that as of 2013 a total of 232 million people – 3.2 percent of the population – had moved to another nation.\nBut the UK-based Irish Post notes that Ireland's rate is almost double the average.\nThe figures show that while 89,000 people leave Ireland every year, just 55,900 arrive to replace them.\nHowever, the figures also confirm that emigration has slowed in recent years. In 2000 an estimated 850,000 Irish lived abroad, including 500,000 in Britain.\nOther popular destinations for emigrants include Australia (77,513), Spain (17,519), Germany (12,375) and Poland (8,136).\nNew Zealand, which is increasingly popular with Irish emigrants, is the most distant destination at over 11,500 miles from Ireland.\nAnd tiny St. Helena, a far-flung British-owned island off the coast of South Africa, is the nation with the fewest number of Irish-born emigrants – with just two Irish people."}
{"text":"A (properly built) linear feedback shift register of N bits has an internal state that steps through the values 1 to (2^N-1).\nSometimes LFSRs are used to drive RAM addresses in high-speed data collection, because LFSRs are simpler and can be clocked much faster than counters that use grayscale or natural binary codes. Like these other kinds of counters, a particular LFSR always counts through every value in its range exactly once before repeating. It repeats the same sequence of values every time.\nLFSRs are used in the GPS satellite transmitters and in CDMA cell phones (both use \"direct spread-spectrum communication\"). The GPS satellites all transmit at the same time and the same frequency.\nLFSRs are used in \"spread-spectrum clocking\" and PCI Express and a few other physical layer protocols. Without the LFSRs, those protocols would transmit data just as well, but interfere with radio and televisions at one fixed frequency.\nI believe a LFSR(code implementation) is sometimes used as a PseudoRandomNumberGenerator by programmers\nThey are; however their statistical properties are such that they are unsuitable for many applications. For quick and dirty, though, they work fine.\nno number in the sequence repeats until the whole sequence repeats\nThis is a very common property of different kinds of pseudo-random number generators, not just LFSR, and yes, often (not always) desirable.\nPlus if you make the register much bigger than the numbers you're extracting, you can get repeat numbers out of it."}
{"text":"ed, the ancient, the mysterious, the persistent Jews.\nThis is saying much for the Hebrew blood and genius; but have not these Jews given us our moral laws, our spiritual ideals, our sacred faith? Not only the bankers of the world are they, but the formulators of the rules of conduct between man and man, and of that adoring attitude which the enlightened mind should always maintain toward the All-Father. The Jews are the universal people.\nIf you like ethnology, study the Jews. Study the Germans, too. What peoples they both are--utterly unlike, yet full of the inspiration of thoughts and deeds and persistence. Persistence--there is a word of might it will pay you to ponder over.\nPersistence--\"stick-to-it-ive-ness.\" It is a quality better than genius. The Germans have that quality preeminently, and other wholesome and masterful characteristics as well. They are domestic yet warlike, industrial yet artistic, experts in commerce yet disciples of science. Study the Germans!\nThough you must not fear crit"}
{"text":"Applications are welcome anytime.\nAnne Grapin-Botton: “We try to understand how single cells act in a community to generate an organ. What is the contribution of individual cells? What biochemical and mechanical information do they exchange? To do so, we use mouse genetics, live imaging in 3D, transcriptomics, theoretical predictions and more synthetic organoid systems. Organoids enable us to test whether we understand enough to build organs and how they do so. They also open a window into human development, a process normally hidden in the womb. With this knowledge we attempt to gain insight into human syndromes impairing development sometimes causing disease later in life.”\n“How do cells form tissues?” We want to understand in-depth the fundamental mechanisms underlying tissue morphogenesis: how this works at the molecular level and how shape, size, and function of both tissues and organisms are determined. We address these questions with a variety of interdisciplinary approaches and technologies. We use different model systems, namely hydra, C.elegans, Drosophila and other insects, zebrafish, and mouse—as well as more synthetic in vitro systems such as organoids, notably to study human tissue formation. We bridge scales, studying biological phenomena at different levels ranging from single-molecules, organelles, and cell types, to the broader level of tissues and organisms.\nOur research is directed towards elucidating\n- Molecular mechanisms at the sub-cellular level\n- Cell shape, cell division, and collective behaviors\n- Cell fate and pattern formation during development\n- Organogenesis, morphogenesis, and their evolution\nFor understanding such complex biological phenomena we integrate rigorous quantitative measurements. We combine molecular biology and systematic genome-wide approaches with theory through input from physics, bioinformatics, computer science and mathematics."}
{"text":"In the past, water had different properties than now, and the effects of electromagnetic fields are responsible for cellular level changes. Among other, this leads to water molecule aggregation, which in turn severely hampers water exchange at the cellular level. Solubility of substances of plant origin is also degraded.\nConclusions from the testing to date\n- ID’EAU noticeably increases extraction of antioxidants, which remove excess free radicals from the human organism, confirmed by tests using green tea. A marked increase in polyphenol compounds with strong antioxidant effects was noted, which reduces the risk of occurrence of neoplasms and diseases of the cardiovascular system.\n- Its use increases solubility – and therefore absorbability – of nutrients of vegetable origin.\n- ID’EAU water has a distinct effect on living organisms, which was demonstrated in biological testing of carrot seed health."}
{"text":"|Home > All Tips > Virus Tips\nHomeland Security Warning - Patch for Windows\nComputers are constantly under attack whether from spyware or virus infections or hackers trying to steal valuable information. If your computer becomes a victim of one of these attacks then it can be used to take part in other attacks or to transfer the infection to other computers on your network.\nThe Dept of Homeland Security is urging Windows users to apply a patch to protect themselves from possible worm attacks. “Attempts to exploit vulnerabilities in operating systems routinely occur within 24 hours of the release of a security patch” said a statment from the Department.\nThere is a flaw in the Server Service function of Windows which affects all versions of the operating system after Windows 2000. A buffer overrun could open up a remote code execution risk that could result in your system being taken over by an attacker. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Unpatched systems run a serious risk of being infected by a worm attack. The US-CERT recommends that users make sure their antivirus software is installed and updated, and that they are using a firewall. Additionally, it recommends you don’t open e-mails and attachments from unknown sources.\nDownload the Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-040 to patch your computer immediately."}
{"text":"an·nex (ə-nĕks, ănĕks′)\ntr.v. an·nexed, an·nex·ing, an·nex·es\n1. To append or attach, especially to a larger or more significant thing.\n2. To incorporate (territory) into an existing political unit such as a country, state, county, or city.\n3. To add or attach, as an attribute, condition, or consequence.\nn. (ănĕks′, ănĭks)\n1. A building added on to a larger one or an auxiliary building situated near a main one.\n2. An addition, such as an appendix, that is made to a record or other document.\n[Middle English annexen, from Old French annexer, from Latin annectere, annex-, to connect : ad-, ad- + nectere, to bind; see ned- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]\nan′nex·ation (ăn′ĭk-sāshən) n.\nThe American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.\nIndo-European & Semitic Roots Appendices\nThousands of entries in the dictionary include etymologies that trace their origins back to reconstructed proto-languages. You can obtain more information about these forms in our online appendices:\nThe Indo-European appendix covers nearly half of the Indo-European roots that have left their mark on English words. A more complete treatment of Indo-European roots and the English words derived from them is available in our Dictionary of Indo-European Roots."}
{"text":"Telqamiksultimk aqq Ketlamsitasik Mi’kmawey\nCulture and Belief\nSkicinuwi Eleyultimok naka Wolamsotomuwakon\nEnglish Language Arts\nGeneral Curriculum Outcomes\n- 1. Students will speak and listen to explore, clarify and extend, and reflect on their thoughts, ideas, feelings and experiences (Activity 1)\n- 3. Students will be able to interact with sensitivity and respect, considering the situation, audience and purpose (Activity 2)\n- 5. Students will be expected to interpret, select, and combine information using a variety of strategies, resources, and technologies (Activity 3)\nSocial Studies Specific\nStudents will :\n- 3.2.2 Examine how diverse peoples in their province express their culture (Activity 3)\nAssociated Text Materials\nGrade 3 – My Province\n- p.33 – Family\n- p.38 – Who are the people of New Brunswick?\n- p.50 – How do people share their culture?"}
{"text":"Meaning Of Basmala\nIt is the Basmala that was written first in the Lawh-i mahfûz. It is the Basmala that descended to Hadrat Âdam first. Muslims will pass the Sirât with the help of the Basmala. The Basmala is the signature on the invitation to Paradise. Here is the meaning of the Basmala “I am able to write this book with the aid of Allâhu ta’âlâ who has done favours to every being by creating it, by keeping it in existence and by protecting it against annihilation. The ‘ârifs knew Him as the ilâh. Beings found food through His mercy. Sinners are saved from Hell through His pitying.”\nAllâhu ta’âlâ has begun the Qur’ân al-Kerîm with these three names of His because man has three states, namely his state in the world, in the grave, and in the Hereafter. If man worships Allâhu ta’âlâ, He facilitates his works in the world, pities him in the grave, and forgives his sins in the Hereafter."}
{"text":"The Agricultural Act of 2014 provides support to beginning farmers and ranchers by increasing funding for beginning farmer development, facilitating farmland transition to the next generation of farmers, and improving outreach and communication to military veterans about farming and ranching opportunities. ERS has published Agricultural Act of 2014: Highlights and Implications that looks at the Act’s new programs and provisions (see the section on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers).\nFor over a decade, specific Federal farm programs have targeted assistance based on the characteristics of farm families. This strategy is in contrast to the more typical policy approach of establishing eligibility for farm programs based on crops produced, conservation goals, or disaster relief.\nPreferential treatment under one or more farm programs is based on the following personal characteristics of farmers and ranchers:\n- Years of farming experience, that is, beginning farmers and ranchers.\n- Membership in demographic groups whose members may have been subjected to gender, racial, or ethnic prejudices. These individuals are jointly referred to as socially disadvantaged farmers.\n- Farm families with low financial resources, referred to as limited-resource farmers.\nERS research on this topic includes the following:\n- Analyzing the financial performance and characteristics of the businesses, operators, and households of beginning, socially disadvantaged, and limited-resource farms.\n- Assessing the participation of these \"targeted\" farms in Federal farm programs and the impact that the preferential treatment given to targeted farmers has on the distribution of program assistance.\n- Examining trends in farm business exit and entry."}
{"text":"Team sport is an excellent way to teach kids about cooperation and collaboration. It teaches them that success in life depends on putting the needs of the group ahead of one’s own self-interest, and it helps them learn to respect others. These skills will come in handy later in life when they have to work with co-workers, classmates or other people who may disagree with them.\nWhether it’s working together to make a play on the field or court, or sharing ideas and suggestions with teammates for improvements, team sports encourage effective communication. They also help kids learn to listen attentively to others’ opinions, and this is a critical skill in the workplace and other social situations.\nTeam sports also show kids the importance of hard work and commitment. Many athletes have to juggle practice, games and school or other obligations during the week, and they need to train rigorously to be at their best when they step onto the playing field. This teaches them that hard work pays off, and it’s also an important lesson in how to deal with setbacks, as every athlete experiences losses in their career.\nIn addition, participating in team sports can be a great stress reliever for kids. It teaches them to enjoy the social aspect of physical activity and build friendships with their peers. It can also keep them physically active and prevent them from developing a health-related problem later in life."}
{"text":"A watched pot never boils\nWhat's the meaning of the phrase 'A watched pot never boils'?\nThe proverbial expression 'a watched pot never boils' refers to the feeling time seems to go slower when you are anxiously waiting for something to happen.\nWhat's the origin of the phrase 'A watched pot never boils'?\n'A watched pot never boils' is one of the homely and improving proverbs that is ascribed to Poor Richard, which was the pseudonym that Benjamin Franklin used when publishing his widely popular annual almanac. Franklin, a tireless and industrious polymath, was fixated on such improving aphorisms and published numerous of them in the guise of Poor Richard between 1732 and 1758. The general theme of the proverbs can be summed up as 'Industry: good; sloth: bad'. They include:\nThere are no gains without pains.\nEarly to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.\nPlough deep while sluggards sleep and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.\nHave you something to do tomorrow? Do it today.\nAmongst many other callings, Franklin was a noted diplomat and during his time as United States envoy to France he was directed by the King to write a report on Franz Mesmer's controversial theory of 'animal magnetism'. In the report, published in 1785, Franklin included this text:\nFinally another Breakfast is ordered. One Servant runs for fresh Water, another for Coals. The Bellows are plied with a will. I was very Hungry; it was so late; \"a watched pot is slow to boil,\" as Poor Richard says.\nActually, Franklin ought to have written \"as Poor Richard might have said\", as the proverb isn't found in any of the Poor Richard almanacs. That's a moot point however, Franklin and Poor Richard being one and the same.\nOf course, Franklin was also a celebrated scientist and would have been aware that watching a pot has no effect on how long it takes to boil. Like many of the most effective proverbs, this one is poetic rather than literal."}
{"text":"This course module provides information and describes skills needed for teaming to make a difference at the school site. Effective school teams go through an evolution as they move toward collaboration and productivity. Facilitating higher functioning and higher efficiency means breaking down barriers such as isolation among teachers, and increasing commitment to the school’s mission and vision.\nEffective school teams make a difference for students and teachers in a variety of ways, but before colleagues can function effectively as a team, everyone involved must learn how to be a member of a team. When groups of educators work together, evidence shows that students and teachers flourish academically and socially. Team building is an essential skill that allows educators to capitalize on getting results that produce optimal student success. Teaming combines the expertise of many minds, skills and perspectives. The synergy that results from multiple minds at work is typically more effective than the outcome any one person could achieve.\nMany educators work in teams as part of a professional learning community (PLC). Professional learning communities provide an extended learning opportunity to foster collaborative learning among colleagues and are often used in schools to organize teachers into working groups. Due to their specialized focus and nature, professional learning communities are also explored in more detail in the ASAP course modules ‘Creating a Learning Community’ and ‘Shared Vision’.\nModules contain pre- and post-tests for self assessment. Feedback from each test identifies chapters where additional review is required.\nEach chapter contains a workbook with exercises that you will be asked to complete, and resources you can use for continuous learning."}
{"text":"What is the minimum age for music lessons? In a traditional private music lessons situation and as a general recommendation, we always say students can start learning the piano at 5 years old.\nSome students may have success earlier than 5 years old, while others who are over the age of 5, may not be ready to sit one-on-one with a teacher for 30-minutes. For this reason, I never give any absolute recommendations but encourage parents to pay close attention to their child’s lesson experience if they are taking private lessons between the ages of 4 and 7.\nThe piano, is a good early instrument for young students to learn on for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the piano or keyboard is an instrument that sits on the floor rather than being an instrument that you have to hold. Learning to hold an instrument is a challenge in and of itself for new beginners. Allowing a student to sit at the instrument and play makes it easier for early success. Secondly, making a pleasant sound with the keys is easier than holding and plucking strings or blowing into a horn. Having early success with making nice sounds is critical to holding the attention of young students! Many people who play guitar, bass guitar, saxophone, drums, etc., first stared playing the piano as a young child.\nThere are some teachers and programs that do a great job with lowering the minimum age for music lessons with their individual skills and techniques. Our Music Together Program is designed to give students a musical experience that will help lead them into private music lessons. We also have certain individuals who are willing to work with students outside of the generally stated minimum ages for various instruments!"}
{"text":"Our Restorative Support Programs\nOftentimes, survivors who have experienced on-going trauma or severe situations do not have the opportunity to exercise control over their own creative or expressive passions; thus their creative talents may have been stunted by their experiences. Artistic outlets allow individuals who have experienced violence to process their trauma and build self-esteem while engaging in creative exploration.\nExpressive Arts Modalities Utilized at Sanar Include:\n- Visual Arts\n- Mixed Media\nThe arts have proven to be an effective and accessible medium for survivors to move through traumatic experiences while developing and actualizing positive paths for their future. The arts also allow survivors to tell stories that they ascertain are important, expanding both their individual and collective narratives of what it means to survive gender-based violence.\nMusical Expression Modalities Utilized at Sanar Include:\n- Spoken Word\n- Lyric Writing"}
{"text":"People generally talk about reading and writing together. Certainly, many of the skills that make children successful at one make them good at the other.\nFor example, one important reading skill that benefits from writing practice is identifying details.\nParents should encourage children to provide details in their own oral and written stories. This will help them become more aware of the way other authors use detail.\nOne writing exercise requiring details is to have children give directions. Ask them to write very specifically how to get from home to school, or how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.\nWhen children write thank-you notes to friends or relatives, have them describe in detail the item and how they will use it.\nChildren can also take the clipboard along on family outings. Ask them to describe the “prettiest” thing they see on the trip, or the most “unusual.” Then challenge them to list as many details as they can, including shapes, colors, textures, and impressions.\nOne way teachers measure improvement in young writers is to look at their use of details. The same is also true for improving reading comprehension: details matter."}
{"text":"Baphomet is a god that the Knights Templar are said to have worshipped. In occult and mystical traditions, it is a symbol of balance because it is half-human and half-animal, male and female, good and evil. A base of fractionated coconut oil holds mugwort, yarrow, lemon oil, sandalwood, white camphor, fine fragrance, and other essential oils and herbs.\nPeople started using the name “Baphomet” in the 19th century when they talked about and made guesses about why the Templars were killed. Modern scholars agree that the name “Baphomet” was an Old French form of the name “Mohammed.” Some people think that some Templars started to believe in Islamic ideas because they had been in the Outremer for so long. The Inquisitors saw this as heresy and wrote it down."}
{"text":"According to PBS, when an average grizzly bear is on all fours, it is about 3.5 feet in height. However, when it rears up on its hind legs, a grizzly can stand between 6 and 7 feet tall.\nGrizzly bears are a type of North American brown bear. Males tend to be larger, weighing between 300 and 850 pounds, and females are typically smaller, weighing around 200 to 450 pounds. Despite their size, they are capable of reaching speeds of up to 35 miles per hour. Since bears are omnivores, eating both plants and animals, they sometimes run after food such as rodents, mountain sheep, caribou, elk and moose. In addition, they eat a wide variety of vegetation, including grasses, berries, mosses, roots, nuts and fruits."}
{"text":"A huge iceberg has drifted close to a village in western Greenland, prompting a partial evacuation in case it splits and causes a tsunami.\nThe iceberg is looming over houses near Innaarsuit village.\nLast June, American scientists were in Greenland studying how icebergs break up and the effects on sea levels.\nDavid Holland, Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science from New York University says it's very difficult to prepare for this natural phenomena:\n\"What we saw happen in Greenland is a natural event, ice breaking off. And what it is is we as scientists really don't understand the process by which this happens. It's like predicting earthquakes, it's a very complex underlying physics of large things that break.\"\nA video taken by the team shows how ice can suddenly break off a glacier and form icebergs in the ocean.\nResidents of Innaarsuit say the iceberg threatening their village is the largest they've ever seen and are hoping it will just pass by intact."}
{"text":"One of the more striking of the squirrel species, the Albert’s squirrel has dark ear tufts, a gray body with a rusty stripe down its back and bright white undersides.\nHabitat: Dependent upon ponderosa pine vegetation.\nFood Preferences: Plant materials including leaf buds, acorns, forbs, fungi, and in particular, the seeds of ponderosa pine trees.\nDistribution: 5,000–9,000 feet along the Mogollon Plateau and White Mountains.\nNo fewer than four species and eight subspecies of tree squirrels can be found in Arizona’s forests. Of these, the Abert’s, a tassel-eared squirrel, is the most widespread and contributes most to the annual squirrel harvest.\nThis squirrel, with its easily discernable ear tufts or tassels, along with its close relative, the black-bellied and white-tailed Kaibab squirrel, are exclusively inhabitants of ponderosa pine forests and the life cycles of the squirrels and the tree are remarkably intertwined.\nLess well known is the Arizona gray squirrel and its close relative, the rust colored Chiricahua fox squirrel, both of which inhabit riparian deciduous forests and oak woodlands south of the Mogollon Rim.\nAnother species is the chicaree, piney or red squirrel (actually more olive or gray than red in Arizona), which is restricted to the higher forests of spruce and fir above 8,500 feet elevation. Both the tassel-eared and gray squirrels average a little under 1.5 pounds in weight, while the diminutive red squirrel averages just over 0.5 pounds.\nAbert’s Squirrel Viewing Areas\nAbert’s squirrels are commonly found in ponderosa forests, which includes most of the trails in the White Mountains ares. However, you probably don’t need to travel far to find Abert’s squirrels. You can usually find Abert’s squirrels in some of the Pinetop-Lakeside trails and parks, including:"}
{"text":"Though Jean Bourdon was an important figure in the early days of New France, there is a lot of confusion over his personal life. Some have even given him three wives (married to two at the same time), and attributed accomplishments long after his death. However, in the days of early settlement, there were two Jean Bourdons, possibly brothers, who were both employed by the Company of 100 Associates. Jean or Jehan (b: 1612 and d: October 23, 1665) was an Attorney, and spent most of his time in France, while Jean-Francois was a Surveyor and former ‘doctor’ (barber at lowest end of the medical profession).\nThe first was married to Marguerite Legris, but only one son Jacques, would eventually settle in Quebec. His wife and other six children never left Normandy. As for this Jacques; he was born on June 5, 1645 at St. Godard Parish in Rouen, Normandy and died on August 7, 1724 at Boucherville, Quebec. He married Marie Menard, the daughter of the Merchant Jacques Menard and Catherine Fortier. Jacques and Marie had fourteen children."}
{"text":"\"Engraved view of the Lontue River, flows initially northwest across the Andes. 1875 edition of Geografia fisica de la Republica de Chile, includes an atlas: Atlas de la Geografia fisica de la Republica de Chile. Text: 22 x14 in 536 pages (Page 356 incorrectly numbered 536), with \"\"Pissis -- Geografia fisica de la Republica de Chile\"\" on spine in gilt. In this work he describes in detail the Chilean terrain, comparing it with other South American countries. It also refers to geological formations and meteorology, details the hydrographic basins from Copiapo to Reloncavi, and finally, botanical geography and national fauna. On recto of title page: Corbeil. - Imprenta de Crete Hijo. Atlas: 31x44, includes index,14 sheets of views, some color, 1 table and 7 profiles, with title \"\"Pissis -- \"\"Atlas de la geografia fisica de la Republica de Chile\"\" in gilt on spine. Both volumes bound in red hard covers with vignette of coat of arms of Chile on front cover. Pierre Joseph Aimé Pissis (in Spanish Pedro José Amadeo Pissis), was a French geologist who studied at the School of Mines, the Polytechnic and at the Museum of Natural History in Paris. He carried out geological and mineralogical works in Brazil and Bolivia, then he moved to Chile. In this work he spent 20 years, Between 1848 and 1868, toured the country, emphasizing his recognition of the Atacama Desert. In 1875 he published in Paris his most important work, Physical Geography of the Republic of Chile.\""}
{"text":"You must SIGN UP to Read or Download Concepts of Biology for FREE by Click button BelowRead Free Download Free\nConcepts of Biology is designed for the typical introductory biology course for nonmajors, covering standard scope and sequence requirements. The text includes interesting applications and conveys the major themes of biology, with content that is meaningful and easy to understand. The book is designed to demonstrate biology concepts and to promote scientific literacy.\nIn addition to our textbook web views and PDF available on our site\nat www.openstax.org, OpenStax is thrilled to offer enhanced Textbooks editions for most of our book titles at an affordable price. It’s all a part of our mission to offer high-quality, peer-reviewed books at little to no cost, in the format that works best for you.\nBefore downloading, please check device, software, and storage requirements. A sample is available to test the eBook on your device before purchasing.\nOpenStax is a nonprofit based at Rice University with a mission to improve student access to education. Since 2012, OpenStax has created over 20 peer-reviewed, professional grade textbooks available in printed and digital formats. Learn more at www.openstax.org."}
{"text":"Data Compression for Multimedia\nIn comparison to the text medium, video frames have high storage requirements. Audio and particularly video pose even greater demands in this regard. The data rates needed to process and send continuous media are also considerable. This chapter thus covers the efficient compression of audio and video, which will be explained first in theory and subsequently in terms of compression standards."}
{"text":"However, we started Gizmos with a small group of core teachers and also the K-8 Library/Media specialist. We focused on using Gizmos for math and science. Kristen Hill, a 3rd and 4th teacher at Sarah Porter School, was our model teacher for using Gizmos. She used them for several subjects, helped teachers to get started and also demonstrated Gizmos at an Alstead area teachers' meeting. Sadly, Kristen has moved to another district so I will be attempting to explain how effective Gizmos are in demonstrating concepts.\nAbove are a couple preliminary pictures of Gizmos being used with 3rd and 4th graders.\nI was finally able to put this all together and this movie shows our results. The movie speaks for itself. The gizmo that we used was the Growing Plants activity. The goal for the students was to grow a plant by picking a bean and then use virtual water, fertilizer, compost and light to grow the tallest plant.\nWhat is great about Gizmos is what you don't see: students not participating, staring into space, or being disruptive. Even though the plants are not real, the immediate results encouraged every student to not just participate but to also be excited about their learning.\nTechnology Integration Specialist\nFall Mountain Regional School District"}
{"text":"- Search The Registry\n- Teacher’s Forum\n- Street Team Youth Programs\n- About Us\n- Creating Support\n- My Account\n*On this date, we affirm the institution of Chattel Slavery in the United States of America. This episode was instituted in Puerto Rico and Florida circa 1500 by Spain.\nPonce de Leon, Don Hernan Cortez, Christopher Columbus, and others brokered kidnapped Africans from Africa to support the Middle Passage to the United States. A chattel slave is an enslaved person who is permanently owned and whose children and children are automatically enslaved. Chattel slaves are individuals treated as complete property to be bought and sold.\nThe breeding of enslaved people in the United States was practice in slave states. Slave owners systematically force the reproduction of enslaved people to increase their profits. It included coerced sexual relations between enslaved men and women or girls, forced pregnancies of enslaved people, and favoring women or young girls who could produce a relatively large number of children. The objective was to increase the number of slaves without incurring the cost of purchase and to fill labor shortages caused by the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade.\nChattel slavery was supported and legalized by all other white European governments and monarchs. This enslavement was practiced in European colonies from the sixteenth century to the 19th century."}
{"text":"It was with great sorrow and very heavy hearts that the Canada-Cuba solidarity and friendship movement received the news of the passing of Fidel Castro, the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution. The profound sadness that we all feel in Canada is shared by the progressive, anti-war and social justice forces across the world.\nFidel is an integral member of the pantheon of champions of the people who made an indelible contribution to the global struggle for liberation and emancipation.\nFidel may be gone, but he lives on. Exemplifying the finest traditions of humanity, in the truest sense he belongs to the world.\nWhile the heart of Fidel may have ceased beating on the night of Friday, November 25, his legacy and work continue in the Cuban Revolution, a living example that a better world is possible.\nFidel’s life encapsulated the struggle of the exploited and oppressed. The legendary playwright Bertolt Brecht captured this essence when he wrote: “There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.”\n¡Viva Fidel! ¡Hasta la Victoria Siempre!\n(November 26, 2016)"}
{"text":"Piedmont Way was conceived in 1865 by Frederick Law Olmsted, America's foremost landscape architect. As the centerpiece of a gracious residential community close beside the College of California, Olmsted envisioned a roadway that would follow the natural contours of the land and be sheltered from sun and wind by 'an overarching bowery of foliage.' This curvilinear, tree-lined parkway was Olmsted's first residential street design. It has served as the model for similar parkways across the nation.\nRegistration Date: 6/12/1989\nPiedmont Ave between Gayley Rd and Dwight Way, Berkeley\nBack Return to Listed Resources Listing"}
{"text":"Reading Literature: The Mystery\nFocusing on mystery novels and short stories, as well as celebrated essays on crime and literature, this course is designed to deepen your understanding of British and American literature. We will begin with classic mystery writers like Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, then move onto some of today’s most respected and popular practitioners of the genre, including local writer Gillian Flynn. Occasionally, writers who specialize in mystery fiction will join us. Although this is a lecture course where you will learn a great deal of literary and cultural history, we will spend a good portion of our time talking with each other about these books and the issues they raise. We will also spend a lot of time talking about how to read literature and develop your skills in analyzing voice, tone, structure, style, and other components of written texts. Key to this course is the question of why mysteries are so popular: What pleasures do they give us? Why are so many mystery writers women, and what is it about mystery writing that attracts female readers especially? What do mysteries reveal about the enjoyments and challenges of reading itself?\nGoals of the course:\nTo help you become a more attentive and imaginative reader\nTo facilitate stimulating discussions about the meanings and values we attribute to reading\nTo familiarize you with the conventions of reading novels; short stories; and essays\nTo have you study one of the most popular and enduring genres of literature in-depth"}
{"text":"The European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC), together with MEP Marlene Mizzi (S&D, Malta), organised an event at the European Parliament on 5 December 2017, on the topic of Cancer Biomarkers in the Era of Personalised Medicines.\nCancer biomarkers can be detected in bodily fluids or tissues. They can identify people who have cancer or who are at risk of getting cancer. Cancer biomarkers can also help select those people who are most likely to derive therapeutic benefit from chemotherapy, immuno-oncology therapy, surgery, or radiotherapy. In fact, biomarkers are essential to identify the Achilles’ heel of the tumour that doctors can target with specific drugs. They can also be used to monitor remission in cancer survivors. In short, biomarkers help to identify the people who may benefit from different types of cancer treatment, ensure sustainable healthcare systems, and avoid treatment-related toxicity.\nOr download the PDF format of the report: European-Cancer-Patient-Coalition-highlights-need-to-increase-access-for-genetic-and-biomarker-testing"}
{"text":"Surface Test Tree\nSurface Test Tree, also called Flowhead, is located directly on top of the well and is the first piece of equipment that fluid from the well flows through. Its principal function is to control the fluid flow in and out of the well.\nThe flowhead consists of four gate valves: a master valve, two wing valves (flowline & kill line), and a swab valve. A swivel below the main block of flowhead allows drill stem to rotate freely, while the test tree remains stationary. And there is another type which mater valve below swivel.\nThe Surface Test Tree can be adapted to connect to various sizes of tubing or drillpipe through the use of a crossover sub.\nEach tree is supplied with a handling sub to enable rig elevators to raise and lower the tree in the derrick. Flanged 45° support subs on the kill and flow wing sides of the central body enable flexible flow lines to be easily connected to the Surface Test Tree."}
{"text":"Niagara Falls Freeze – Polar Vortex\nThe water in the Niagara River moves very fast, moving an average of 212,000 cubic feet of water per second. It’s moving far too fast and pushing way too much water to ever freeze.\nIn late December an ice bridge forms at the base of the falls and over portions of the lower Niagara River. The Niagara River is fed by Lake Erie which is a huge lake, but not very deep. The ice goes over the Falls and freezes to the edges and keeps building on itself until the river is covered in ice anywhere from 40 to 80 feet thick. This ice rises on a layer of air, as the water keeps flowing beneath it.\nSince records have been kept, American Falls has frozen a total of six times. The flow of water over this Fall is rather small, 10,000 cubic feet per second and in the winter that is reduced to around 8,000. This amount of water is barely able to cover the rock face and during harsh winters, allows the American Falls to freeze over.\nIn the 1960’s an ice boom was placed at the mouth of the River and since then it has basically eliminated the possibility of the Falls freezing over.\nThe longest American Falls was ever frozen was 15 days, beginning on February 7th 1936. American Falls now receives about 10% of the flow of water to the Falls.\nDue to the possibility of the ice bridge collapsing or moving, the public is not allowed to walk across the ice bridge. The mist formed as the water flows over the Falls freezes on contact and creates a winter wonderland of shining crystals along the shoreline."}
{"text":"|Disclaimer: While it is the intention of the foremost members of this website to keep pages as mythologically accurate as possible, this site should not be taken fully as mythical, legendary or folkloric canon (let alone as a resource for any paper, report or journal). Cite pages at your own peril.|\n|Alternate Names/Spellings||Flying Cat, Felidavian|\n|Origins||Indian Folklore, Cryptozoology|\n|Species||Magical Beast (Chimera)|\n|Appearance||Cat with wings...|\nThe Winged Cat is a creature with origins in Indian folklore, as well as Cryptozoology.\nThe Winged Cat is, as the name implies, a cat with wings. These vary in species (some have wings like a bird, while others have wings like a bat). The species of wing does not interchange between breed of Winged Cat. Bird-winged cats of a pure line do not give birth to a bat-winged cat, nor does a bat-winged cat of a pure line give birth to a bird-winged cat. They can only occur in mixed litters if their parents (or ancestors) are mixed lineage."}
{"text":"Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, “What are you doing for others?” – Martin Luther King\nMillions of children attend under performing schools. Millions of parents struggle to get appropriate educational services for their children.\nWhat can you do to help these parents and children? What can you do to improve the lives and educational outcomes for children in your community?\nTo boost your creative thought processes, we’ll tell you what others are doing…\nLoni Allen, an educational advocate from California, began a From Emotions to Advocacy group and has trained hundreds of parents.\nJackie Igafo-Te’o and Deborah Canja from Michigan built a dynamic website that is improving the lives of parents and children in the U.S. and Canada. Check out bridges4kids.org.\nNot convinced that a few determined people can make a difference? Still wondering what can one person do?\nMom gathers petitions for school takeover. CA parents force an overhaul of failing school – using a new state law to force the failing school to be taken over by a charter school operator, the first such move in the country.\nIf you think that you alone cannot do much to improve your school, you are probably right. You’re more likely to get what you want for your child if you work with other parents.\nIf you are in a school that is not parent-friendly, this is how you might be perceived.\n1 person = A fruitcake\n2 people = A fruitcake and a friend\n3 people = Troublemakers\n5 people = “Let’s have a meeting”\n10 people = “We’d better listen”\n25 people = “Our dear friends”\n50 people = A powerful organization”\nIf you collaborate with other parents and organizations, you can make a difference. There is strength and power in numbers.\nSource: 12 Things Parents (and Teachers) Need to Know About and Expect From Your Schools – and Yourself. (Originally from Parent Leadership Associates)"}
{"text":"Wikipedia is a free, copyleft, collaboratively edited online encyclopedia launched in 2001. In 11 years of its compilation it became one of the largest reference works and one of the most visited web-sites on the Internet. It is developed in more than 270 languages by enthusiasts from all over the world.\nThe asteroid 274301 Wikipedia was discovered by the team of astronomers of Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory. At first it was observed by that team on August 25, 2008 at 22:47 (UTC). It was also observed on the next night and two weeks later on September 6. It received provisional designation 2008 QH24. Accurate calculation of its orbit showed asteroid 2008 QH24 is the same as 1997 RO4 and 2007 FK34. The asteroid had been previously spotted by observatories including Caussols-ODAS in France, and Mt. Lemmon Survey and Steward Observatory in Arizona, US.\nOn April 18, 2011 the minor planet received the number 274301.\nThis page is archived, and is no longer publicly editable.\nArticles presented on Wikinews reflect the specific time at which they were written and published, and do not attempt to encompass events or knowledge which occur or become known after their publication."}
{"text":"Our First Debate!\nI was very pleased with how both teams performed overall. This was a great introductory experience to the form and function of debate. Opening speeches were well thought-out and comprehensive. Both teams did a good job anticipating the counter-arguments from the other side, and rebuttal speeches were well prepared and smoothly delivered. I felt there was a good balance of logos-ethos-and-pathos demonstrated throughout the arguments.\nThe biggest challenge both teams faced was effectively articulating responses to the cross examination questions. I think all students experienced how difficult it can be to think on their feet and rebut challenging questions. Both teams lacked enough factual evidence to strongly support their side during the rounds of questioning. As I explained during the debate - your opinion on the topic only has strength in a debate if you are able to back it up with sound logic and evidence. Research, research, research!\nThe debate was scored in categories of: factual support, comprehensiveness, persuasiveness, delivery, and effective rebuttal.\nAnd the winning team was... the Opposition Team of Olivia, Charlie, Nani, and Levi, arguing against the death penalty. Congratulations!\nHomework - Ethics Debate Preparation\nFor homework this week students should read the fable \"From the Elephant Pit\" and answer the questions on the homework handout I provided in class.\nShould we show compassion in all circumstances? to all people?\nWrite a brief (300 word) cogent argument for your position on this topic. Reference the story and provide additional examples/facts and personal experience to support your stance.\nBe prepared to explain and defend your position in class next week!"}
{"text":"Persons using assistive technology might not be able to fully access information in this file. For assistance, please send e-mail to: email@example.com. Type 508 Accommodation in the subject line of e-mail.\nNotice to Readers: Better Hearing and Speech Month --- May 2009\nHearing loss occurs in as many as three of 1,000 live births annually (1,2). Without intervention at an early age, hearing loss can delay a person's speech, language, and social skills development, and academic achievement. Because of this, all infants should be screened for hearing loss no later than age 1 month, preferably before leaving the birth hospital. All states and territories now offer hearing screening for newborn babies. Any baby who does not pass the hearing screening should have a full hearing evaluation no later than age 3 months. Any child who has a confirmed hearing loss should be referred for needed medical tests and should begin intervention services no later than age 6 months (3). Following this 1-3-6 months plan can maximize communication and language development for affected children (4,5). Additional information is available at. Educational materials on newborn and infant hearing are available free at .\n- Finitzo T, Albright K, O'Neal J. The newborn with hearing loss: detection in the nursery. Pediatrics 1998;102:1452--60.\n- Van Naarden K, Decouflé P, Caldwell K. Prevalence and characteristics of children with serious hearing impairment in metropolitan Atlanta, 1991--1993. Pediatrics 1999;103:570--5.\n- Joint Committee on Infant Hearing. Year 2007 position statement: principles and guidelines for early hearing detection and intervention programs. Pediatrics 2007;120: 898--921.\n- Kennedy C, McCann D, Campbell MJ, Kimm L, Thornton R. Universal newborn screening for permanent childhood hearing impairment: an 8-year follow-up of a controlled trial. Lancet 2005;366:660--2.\n- Moeller MP. Early intervention and language development in children who are deaf and hard of hearing. Pediatrics 2000;106:e43. Available at ."}
{"text":"Holeing a Cane-Piece, on Weatherall's Estate, Antigua.\nEnslaved men, women, and children dig holes and prepare the land before planting sugarcane on an estate in Antigua, an English colony in the West Indies. Manure from the cattle at left was placed in baskets and brought to the freshly dug holes to be used as fertilizer for the sugarcane. The artist William Clark resided in the West Indies for three years and drew scenes of the sugar-production process that were published in Ten Views in the Island of Antigua, in Which Are Represented the Process of Sugar Making, and the Employment of the Negroes in the Field, Boiling-House, and Distillery (1823). Preparing the soil was \"the most laborious occupation of the Negroes,\" according to the artist's caption, and on this particular occasion the slaves were given \"an extra allowance of rum, with a plentiful supply of sugar and water.\""}
{"text":"WES UPCOMING EVENTS\nWhat Are Paw Prints?\nPaw Prints are part of our Positive Behavior Intervention System (PBIS). Students are recognized with a paw print when they meet a school expectation by being safe, respectful, or ready to learn. There are class and school-wide goals for earning paw prints towards whole group celebrations.\nMore important than the paper ticket are the words adults use to acknowledge students' positive behavior. A teacher might give a student a paw print and say, \"I noticed that you are lined up quietly and ready to go and learn in the STEM lab.\" This approach follows the research of psychologists Marcial Losada and Daniel Kahneman. Both found that in order to create positive changes in human behavior, people need a ratio of 5 positive pieces of feedback for everyone 1 negative interaction.\nA first grade student earned a paw print for respectfully offering to help Mr. T collect hotspots in PE.\nLunch with Superintendent Banios\nMary Beth Banios began work as our new superintendent in July. Mary Beth brings with her to WCSU great experience in Massachusetts public schools as a teacher, instructional coach, assistant principal, principal, and assistant superintendent. Parents are invited to lunch in the freshly repainted WES café on Tuesday, September 26th with Ms. Banios and Ms. Mills. We are eager to hear from WES parents your hopes and questions leading into the new school year. Please click the link to RSVP for lunch by Friday, September 22. Lunch on 9/26 will feature local Cloudland Farm beef tacos prepared by our café team.\nScenes From Around School\nSecond graders practice tapping out words.\nFourth graders create maps of Vermont geographic regions."}
{"text":"Her illustration — a hand covered with Pseudomonas bacteria — is titled Human Hand Controlling Bacterial Biofilms. It began as a photograph, as the journal Science explains in its latest issue: “While attending a conference at Gregynog Hall in Wales, Joubert photographed a 1.5-meter-high human hand that reaches out of the soil in the hall’s gardens, sculpted by British artist FRANCIS HEWLETT. Then she overlaid micrographs of cultured biofilms, which had been stained with molecular probes to indicate the health of the cells. Those colored green are resistant to antimicrobial treatment — only a rare few are red, indicating that they have been vanquished.” Covering the hand are Pseudomonas bacteria. This item was posted on the Medical School’s news website."}
{"text":"I've been reading some research lately, and several people have mentioned the importance of having students connect to the parts of irregular words that they ARE able to sound out. Then you tell them the part they just have to LEARN BY HEART you can help them remember this by actually drawing a heart around the irregular portion of the word. I heard this wonderful idea in a dyslexia workshop with Dr. Nancy Mather. Hopefully, you're able to use it with your students!\nMs. Young is a teacher who wants to keep a record of what works!"}
{"text":"Unformatted text preview: n that year the\nBritish (rulers of the oceans of the world) outlawed the\nslave trade. It took more than half a century for Britain\nto entirely suppress the slave trade.\nThe period 1870-1914 is known as the “Scramble\nfor Africa” because it was in this period that European\nnations (Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and\nBelgium) invaded, divided up, and colonized the\nentire continent, as you can see in the maps above.\nThere are too many individual nations in Africa\nto cover in detail, so I have chosen a number of\nnations in different parts of Africa that exemplify\nvarious important trends in African history. Western Sudan\nIn 1804 a Muslim Fulani cleric, Usman dan Fodio\nbegan the most important of the West African jihads.\nHe established the Sokoto Caliphate in what is now\nNigeria and Camaroon, ruling a territory one\nthousand miles wide.\nIn 1852 Umar Tal, another Muslim leader led a\njihad to the east which brought an even larger\nterritory under Muslim rule. By the end of the\nnineteenth century, the population of all of the\nWestern Sudan was Musl...\nView Full Document\n- Spring '14\n- Great Zimbabwe, modern world history, D. G. Rowley"}
{"text":"The genetic study, published in the journal Nature Communications, points to European women as the principal female founders and to the Jewish community of the early Roman Empire as the possible source of the Ashkenazi ancestors.\nIt had long been assumed those ancestors migrated into Europe from Palestine in the first century A.D. -- after the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans -- with some intermarriage with Europeans later on.\nThe study of the Ashkanzi female line using mitochondrial DNA, led by Martin Richards from the University of Huddlesfield in Britain, found Ashkenazi lineages, in the vast majority of cases, are most closely related to southern and western European lineages -- and these lineages have been present in Europe for thousands of years.\nThat suggests that although Jewish men may indeed have migrated into Europe from Palestine around 2,000 years ago, they brought few or no wives with them, the researchers said, and subsequently married and converted European women, first along the Mediterranean and later in western and central Europe.\nTherefore, Ashkenazim primarily trace their ancestry on the female line of descent the not to Palestine but to southern and western Europe, they said -- and at least 80 percent of Ashkenazi maternal ancestry comes from women indigenous to Europe, with 8 percent from the Near East and the rest uncertain.\nCelebrity Couples of 2014 [PHOTOS]"}
{"text":"Reseacher Alex Bach from Spain explains about his research. He compared 47 farms with the same feed and found 21-35 liter daily cow production! A big difference, explained by 4 main factors:\n1. Calving age of Heifers\nBest calved on 23 months\n2. Stocking density\nBest have one bed per cow and one feed space per cow of 75 cm and dry cows 85 cm\n3. Pushing up the feed\nBest push 10 times per day\n4. Left overs\nBest have 5% leftovers every day\nDo everything right! Good management has a major impact on your cow's health and your income. More tips in Feeding Signals day training June 21 in CowSignals à-la-carte program.\nWhat tips do you have for maximum production? Please share below! Together we know more."}
{"text":"WHAT IS MELASMA?\nMelasma is a common chronic skin condition resulting from melanocytes over functioning in the skin depositing too much melanin in the epidermis and dermis leading to hyperpigmentation.\nSunlight exposure, skin phototype, hormones including use of oral contraceptives, pregnancy, and genetics (melasma is shown strongly to occur in families) are the main triggers and risks for this condition.\nOther factors like medications, some cosmetics, and zinc deficiency, can also contribute to the development of melasma.\nHOW is MELASMA get treated?\nIt is very challenging and difficult to treat and requires strict adherence to a vigorous treatment regimen to prevent relapses.\nStrict sun protection is essential for treatment of and prevention of relapse of melasma including sun avoidance, sun protective clothing and broad-spectrum sunscreens (SPF of at least 50)\nMelasma is treated with different modalities including but not limited to prescription hydroquinone, or non-hydroquinone topical treatments with topical tretinoin, vitamin C, usually in combination with chemical peels, and or laser and light therapy. In patients with darker skin, great care and caution should be taken in using laser and light modalities due to the risk of post inflammatory hyperpigmentation.\n“WHY” IS IT IMPORTANT FOR YOU?\nMelasma is frequently associated with psychologically devastating effects on one’s quality of life. Call your healthcare provider today to talk about your skin if you have been affected by melasma."}
{"text":"From getting your children on a better sleep schedule to ensuring they get enough exercise, here are a few tips for transitioning to a healthy school year.\nAdjust sleep schedules\nWhile your children may love to stay up late and sleep in during the summer, this schedule doesn’t bode well for the school year. To make sure your children are getting enough sleep:\nConsider backpack safety\nStraining a back muscle is a risk with the number of books or other supplies children may need to carry in their backpacks. To help avoid injury:\nKeep germs at bay\nTo help avoid cold and flu viruses from keeping your children home from school, remember to:\nEncourage physical activity\nNot all children get enough exercise at school. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), children need at least one hour of physical activity each day, consisting of the following:\nIf you have questions about your child’s back-to-school health, contact our Division of General Pediatrics or call 310-825-0867 to make an appointment with a pediatrician.\nPage loaded in 0.450 seconds"}
{"text":"Global warming is a concern shared by all European nations.\nIt is estimated that 200 million people will be displaced globally\nby 2050 because of climate change. Clear policies towards these\ndisplaced populations are needed. States should take a more pro-active\napproach to protecting victims of natural or man-made disasters and\nimprove preparedness mechanisms for these disasters.\nThe report calls for specific measures at local, national\nand international levels. They include measures to raise the resilience\nthreshold of local communities, to improve national disaster response\nand management capacity, and to improve the legal protection of\nrefugees in the context of environmental migration.\nDisaster risk reduction should be integrated into sustainable\ndevelopment and management policies. The interaction between climate\nchange and conflict and violence should be further assessed to better understand\nwhat triggers migration. International legal developments, such\nas the 2009 African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance\nof Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) may\nserve as an example to follow in relation to the obligation to protect\npersons displaced for environmental reasons. It highlights the complementarity\nbetween prevention, emergency assistance and the search for sustainable\nsolutions, accelerating societies’ adaptation to climate change."}
{"text":"PaleoDB taxon number: 66496\nAlternative combination: Lapparentosaurus madagascarensis\nFull reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1986. The early radiation and phylogenetic relationships of the Jurassic sauropod dinosaurs, based on vertebral anatomy. The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change Across the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 247-258\nSister taxa: none\nType specimen: MAA 91-92, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Andranomamy, Tsinjorano, which is in a Bathonian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Isalo III Formation of Madagascar.\nEcology: ground dwelling herbivore"}
{"text":"|Created||February 27, 2012|\n|Last modified||February 27, 2012|\nExample of a high pass filter to help clarify the role of a capacitor.\nLots of times I see questions arise when a capacitor is used in a high pass filter. Folks are pretty used seeing capacitors in low pass applications, and it is not too hard to wrap your head around how a capacitor can be a low pass filter. It's a charge storage element, so the voltage across a capacitor wont immediately change, instead the voltage will change slowly as the capacitor charges or discharges through the resistor.\nHowever when we flip things around and use the same capacitor as a high pass filter, for example in this circuit things start to get a little confusing. This quick circuit helps you explore the capacitor, and realize that its actually not doing anything different, we are just measuring at a different place.\nThings to do in CircuitLab\nRun the DC Simulation, and note the DC operating voltages. Note that V_neg at DC is 0.\nRun the transient simulation, and first ignore the voltage at V_neg, and focus only on the V(V_pos)-V(V_neg) trace, as it reacts to the square wave V1. What does this look like? Does this behavior make sense?\nNow take a look at what the voltage V(V_neg) is doing. Note that V_neg is the voltage at V_neg relative to GND.\nChange V1 from a square wave to a sine wave (remove V(V_pos)-V(V_neg) from the outputs for clarity) and run the transient simulation again. How does the output waveform at V_neg compare to the input sinewave? Does it have the same DC value? Were the amplitude and phase affected?\nFor some advanced exploration, run the Frequency analysis. How is this consistent with the rest of your observations about the gain at DC and at High Frequencies?\nNo comments yet. Be the first!\nOnly the circuit's creator can access stored revision history."}
{"text":"Tom Martin and his colleagues in the Virginia Tech E-Textiles Lab are attempting to develop clothes that appear and feel normal but provide sensing and computing capabilities. Because the wires and sensors in e-textiles are woven into the fabric, wearable computers can be constructed as shirts, pants, hats, gloves or any clothing items to monitor factors ranging from how fast and far a jogger is running to the blood pressure and heart rate of a cardiac patient.\nThese e-textiles will be able to sense their own shapes, the wearer’s motions, and the positions of the sensing elements.\nAccording to the researcher, current e-textiles present problems associated with the placement and movement of sensors. Some sensors work well only if they are placed a certain distance apart on a garment. If shirt sleeves or pants legs are rolled up or other changes occur while an e-textile garment is being worn, the network of sensors needs to be able to “sense” the reconfiguration in order to perform effectively.\nThe ultimate goal of this research is therefore to create a complete design framework that will enable novel applications that are not possible with existing e-textiles technology.\nVia Clippings PhysOrg."}
{"text":"Category : Indian Dietitian Online\nPower is gained by sharing knowledge-not hoarding it.\nPotassium is a mineral found in most foods we eat . It plays a role in keeping a heartbeat regular and also needed to maintain the fluid and electrolyte balance in the bloodstream. The kidneys help to keep the right amount of potassium in your body and eliminate excess amounts into the urine. When the kidneys no longer function properly potassium and sodium levels need to be monitored. Foods rich in these two minerals might need to be restricted.\nWhile going through the charts we used when I worked in the renal field back in India, I realized that it isn’t the correct version.\nHere is the updated list of Potassium Content of Common Indian Vegetables 2018 (updated with the help of the USDA):\nPotassium Content of Vegetables per 100gms\n|Low (less than 100mg)||Medium (100-200)||High(200mg+|\n|Capsicum/Bell pepper||Green beans||Tomato|\n|Chayote squash(Chow Chow/ semebadnekai)||Carrots, Onions||Ladies finger/ Bhindi|\n|Green moong sprouts||Cucumber||Methi Leaves|\n|Turnip||Amaranth leaves (cholai/Shepu)|\n|Cauliflower||Malabar Spinach (basale soppu)|\n|Ridgegourd(Turrai)||Mustard greens (Sarson)|"}
{"text":"In the beginning, the coffee bean is created on the third day right alongside limas and garbanzos but soon outpaces them in popularity. Why? Because they make goats dance.\nThe story goes like this: an Ethiopian goat herder notices the stimulating effects of coffee beans upon his flock and decides to take a nibble himself. It is love at first bite, so he takes them to his local holy man, who disapproves and throws them into the fire: the world’s first roasted coffee.\nBrewing is not far behind, and soon the Arabic world is abuzz with this “wine of the bean,” kahve. The Italians dub it caffé, the Dutch smuggle it out of an Arabic port called “Mocha,” and the Louis XIV of France adds sugar.\nCoffee is introduced to the New World by John Smith, founder of Virginia at Jamestown– yes, Jamestown! – and it becomes decidedly patriotic following the Boston Tea Party. In 1901, the WindyCity, Chicago, brings us the first instant coffee, and in 1971 Seattle tries to put a coffee house on every corner of the developed world.\nToday, coffee is the most popular beverage on planet earth. Americans consume 400 million cups of coffee per day, making the United\nStates the largest consumer of coffee in the world."}
{"text":"Where is my forest?\nAs Ian explored the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, the silverback mountain gorilla leapt over the stone wall without warning and just stood there. It and its family are effectively stranded in the park, which is ringed by farmland. Here, at the foot of Mount Sabinyo, Rwanda, fields of potato and pyrethrum have replaced forest. Wild gorilla numbers in Africa are dwindling. About 480 mountain gorillas remain on the Virunga massif, a volcanic mountain range that straddles the borders of Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. And just over 400 remain in the nearby Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. The future of these animals is threatened by conflict over habitat, oil and gas exploration, hunting and war. But Ian has been inspired by rewilding projects in other areas. He believes that if the needs of local people are met, it may become possible to reforest the areas adjacent to the parks to safeguard the gorillas’ future.\nNikon D3s + 70–200mm f2.8 lens; 1/800 sec at f5.6; ISO 1250.\nVolcanoes National Park, Rwanda\nIan Johnson, South Africa\nA nature conservationist and photographer by profession, Ian has spent his entire life in some of the world’s wildest conservation areas, national parks and reserves across Africa, India, Canada and Brazil. Seizing the photographic opportunities he gets, he aims to capture images that will inspire people to value wild places and instil a sense of responsibility for their future."}
{"text":"October 25, 2019\nDear South Huckleberry Families,\nWe had a very busy week. Students are reading nightly, independently, with partners and in small groups. Some students have caught the “reading bug”, while others will be there soon.\nMath is going well in both classes. Periodically, homework will come home for students to do. The sheets will be covering concepts we have recently introduced in class. They are meant to be practice for concepts not yet mastered. Your child may need a small amount of help to complete the assignment. Please send it back when completed. All practice leads towards greater success in math!\nThe animals are getting ready to migrate. Our classes know why they migrate and what they need when migrating. We are ready to begin the journey. Monarchs are the first animals we will focus on. In the classroom, students have been watching our caterpillars move towards forming a chrysalis. Although ours won’t migrate, we will learn about their lifecycle.\nSharing will again be about butterflies next week. Artwork, books, models and even animals (real or toy) may be shared. It is a really fun time in our classroom.\nPlease remember to sign-up for conferences. This is an important time for us to share goals for the remainder of the year for your child. Bring your questions!\nWe need Friday Folders to be emptied each weekend and returned on Monday. Having an organized system to communicate with you is very helpful.\nHave a great weekend!"}
{"text":"Class Summary - Today, we watched Undefeated. The movie undefeated is a documentary about a coach who coaches football at a school with challenging students. I encouraged the students to watch how the coach created relationships with the players and got them to buy into his system using effective code switching. This movie covers 2.5 class periods.\nObjectives - Students will identify times of effective code switching of a coach.\nNational Health Education Standards - Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health (Standard 1)"}
{"text":"One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.\nA reference to a specific page or group of pages in a book, periodical, etc.‘page references to the second edition’\n- ‘Quotes accompanied by page references denote scenes from published scripts that did not make it into the final film.’\n- ‘Wherever possible I shall give page references to the second edition of this collection.’\n- ‘The reference gave only the author and date of publication, without a page reference.’\n- ‘I did have a page reference and quote to back that up, but the book got tidied away.’\n- ‘An index is provided for the entire volume and includes common names, Latin names, and page references to various terms used throughout the book.’\n- ‘The page references are given for both the German original and the corresponding English version.’\n- ‘Excerpts from the book, complete with page references, were handwritten on the walls.’\n- ‘Could you direct me to the transcript where that happened, if you just give me the page references?’\n- ‘The page references cited in the text correspond to the English edition.’\n- ‘Copy-editors may miss wrong page references, name inconsistencies, misspellings, punctuation slips, that sort of thing.’\nTop tips for CV writingRead more\nIn this article we explore how to impress employers with a spot-on CV."}
{"text":"The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage\nIf you have found this page useful, why not make a donation to The Peerage Research Trust so that we can continue to maintain and develop Cracroft's Peerage?\nKeppel, Viscount (GB, 1782 - 1786)\nCreation: let.pat. 22 Apr 1782\nExtinct: 2 Oct 1786\nFamily name: Keppel\nGules three Escallop Shells Argent, a Crescent for difference\nOut of a Ducal Coronet Or a Swan's Head and Neck Argent, charged with a Crescent for difference\nOn either side a Lion ducally crowned Or and charged with a Crescent for difference\nNe Cedo Malis\nAugustus [Keppel], 1st Viscount Keppel, PC\n2nd son of William Anne [Keppel], 2nd Earl of Albemarle, by his wife Lady Anne Lennox, 2nd dau. of Charles [Lennox], 1st Duke of Richmond\n25 Apr 1725\n2 Oct 1786\n22 Apr 1782 Viscount Keppel, of Elveden in the County of Suffolk\nentered the Royal Navy 1735; served under Anson at the capture of Paita 1741; Member of Parliament (Whig) for Chichester 1755-61, for Windsor 1761-80 and for Surrey 1780-82; took the Island of Goree from the French 1759; under Hawke at the defeat of the French Admiral, Conflans, 1759; Col of Marines 1760-62; a Groom of the Bedchamber 1761-65; took part in the capture of Havana 1762; Rear Admiral 1762; a Lord of the Admiralty 1765-66; Elder Brother of the Trinity House 1767; Vice Admiral 1770; Admiral of the Blue 1778; allowed the French fleet to escape him at Ushant 1778, for which he was tried by a court-martial but acquitted; Privy Councillor 1782; First Lord of the Admiralty 1782-83 and 1783; Master of the Trinity House 1782-86; Admiral of the White 1782\nOn the death of the 1st Viscount Keppel the Viscountcy of Keppel became extinct.\nFirst written 6 Mar 2012\nã Copyright: Heraldic Media Limited. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"After a day of shooting pictures, you may discover you have an image you would like to use online, such as for an avatar on a social networking site. Digital photography allows you to decrease the size of your images using a photo editing program. The software lets you crop the image to a 50-by-50 pixel square from its original rectangular shape.\nTurn your computer on and open the photo editing program you use to edit your pictures. Remove the memory card from your camera and insert it into your computer's card reader.\nDownload the images to your computer’s hard drive. In the photo editor, click “File” and select “Open” from the drop-down menu. Use your computer’s cursor to navigate to the folder containing the image. Highlight the image by clicking on it and click “OK” to open the image.\nSelect the crop tool in the photo editing program and choose a size of 50 pixels by 50 pixels. Change the dpi (dots per inch) value if the website to which you will be uploading your photo has a maximum resolution. Some require an image to have a resolution of 72 dpi. Pictures typically are printed on paper at a much higher resolution, often 300 dpi.\nPosition the cursor at the bottom left position of where you envision the bottom left corner being in your cropped photo. Draw your computer cursor up and across the image until you reach the top right position for your enlargement. Double-click your mouse, and your photo will be cropped to your settings.\nClick “File” and select “Save as” from the drop-down menu. Give your picture a new name so as not to overwrite your original and save the picture to your computer drive."}
{"text":"Please TAKE ACTION RIGHT NOW and send your letter to the UN Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and the International Criminal Court Prosecutor.\nUnlike colonialism which is about the exploitation of the natives, settler colonialism is about replacing the natives, and it always replaces what it destroys. In Palestine this meant Zionists replacing Palestinian orchards with imported European conifers (which they dubbed “making the desert bloom”), depopulated Palestinian villages and urban neighbourhood with Jewish settlements, roads and national parks, Palestinian place names with Hebrew place names, and the present day campaign of replacing Bedouin villages, deemed “unrecognized”, with space for Jews-only urban and rural settlements, army manoeuvres, and green spaces—classic settler colonial governmentalities.\nInformed by various interpretations of terra nullius (a land without people), settler colonialism is a land-centred project. Wolfe theorizes settler colonialism as premised on securing territory in terms of “structured genocide”, evidenced by the expulsion of 800,000 Palestinians from their lands during and after the 1948 Nakba, by the 1967 occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, Sinai and the Golan, by progressively dispensing with Palestinian workers from the occupied territory, and by the increasing military and civil control of the occupied territory.\nContinue reading at https://www.nature.com/articles/palcomms201756"}
{"text":"Cook, Charles D.D., one of the founders of French Methodism, was born in London, May 31, 1787. Skeptical in youth, he was converted at twenty-one, chiefly under the instruction of the Rev. Jacob Stanley. After spending a few years as tutor in a seminary, he entered the ministry of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in 1817. In 1818 he was sent to France, and commenced his ministry at Caen, in Normandy. He soon acquired a good French style, both in writing and speaking, and became eminently popular and useful as an evangelist. The Sunday-school Society and Bible Society were originated chiefly through the impulse given by him. In numerous evangelical journeys, especially in the south of France, he preached in the Reformed churches with great acceptance, and revivals of religion followed his labors. His administrative talent was very great. Merle d'Aubigne, in a letter to M. Gallienne, president of the French Conference, says that Cook \"was to France, Switzerland, and Sardinia what Wesley was in his day to England.\" He died Feb. 21, 1858. — J. P. Cook, Vie de Charles Cook (Paris, 1862); Stevens, History of Methodism."}
{"text":"By the end of this month, the city of Flint could have its first new master plan in more than 50 years.\nA master plan is a guide for community leaders to chart a city’s future economic development and neighborhood growth.\nBut Flint’s current master plan was written in 1960, when the city’s population was twice its current size. The plan also envisioned an economy that has long since disappeared from Flint.\nMegan Hunter is Flint’s chief planning officer. She expects this new master plan will actively guide Flint for the next 20 years."}
{"text":"25 gr Clavo huasca shredded\nClavo huasca is a large, woody vine that grows up to 80 m in length and is indigenous to the Amazon rainforest and other parts of tropical South America. It produces very small, white flowers (which are pollinated by bees and butterflies) and elongated, flat, bean-like fruits. The vine bark and root has a distinctive, clove-like aroma (as do the leaves, somewhat), earning its common name clove vine or white clove. The vine, when cross-sectioned, has a distinctive “Maltese cross” design in the wood (with a darker, reddish color as the background and a golden color in the heartwood). Two species of plants are sold in herbal commerce as “clavo huasca” – the true Tynanthus vine, and another, completely different, Mandevilla genus vine."}
{"text":"The study stresses on the convergence of digital media with the traditional folk media in Assam (a state of India), and tries to shade some practical lights on the effects of digital media into the field of folk media. The research methodology used in this study is qualitative in nature; and the approach is somewhat inductive towards the communication theories – ‘Uses & Gratification Theory’ and ‘Technology Acceptance Model’. A survey and an opinion poll are also used. Whereas the traditional folk media is people’s performances for communication, digital media has proved to be a wider medium to support the preservation and growth of any media in culture, traditions and customs. The survey, even on the grounds of wide-spread digital divide, found that there is a huge scope to preserve one’s culture, tradition and folks in particular using the digital media. The intersection, role and the scope of digital media towards the folk media will be effective only if it becomes main-stream and covers various aspects of the traditional as well as regular education systems to eliminate the existing digital divide and promote a better environment for digital media adoption that the paper accentuates upon.\n|Download the paper (PDF)|\n|Syed Mohsin Raja|\n|2017 • Assam • cultural heritage • culture | preservation • digital media • education • folk media • India|\n|Featured • Pub: Article / Paper|"}
{"text":"Proofreading is not just editing; it is the process of reviewing the final draft of a piece of writing to ensure consistency and accuracy in grammar, spelling, punctuation, and formatting.\nProofreading is the process/technique of analyzing the final draft of a written piece to make sure:\n- consistency and accuracy in grammar\n- sentence structure\nProofreading originally refers to newspapers, where the editors check errors in the text, and all this is done on a computer.\nHow do we define proofreading? Proofreading is a process to detect errors and then rectify them in a final draft.\nProofreading concentrates on removing such errors as punctuation, spelling mistakes, and sentence structure, etc. Proofreader’s work should be free of writing mistakes. Proofreaders’ main work is to find errors unnoticed by the spellchecker or the system and rectify those mistakes.\nProofread copy should have the following features:\n- It must be free from all types of errors.\n- Content should be well structured.\n- Its writing should be perfect.\n- Should be ready to be published\nCheck out: 4 Reasons Why Website Testing Is Important\nYou have to watch for the common grammatical mistakes, for example:-\nIt’s not “too” (too) late to order A Cookie!\nThe punctuation also makes all the difference, And sometimes your eyes play tricks too and skip the basic mistakes. Many online tools (browser extensions) like Grammarly and “Online Text Correction” quickly identify and remove grammatical errors. In some cases, you can use Microsoft word’s built-in spelling and grammar checking feature to locate and remove the spelling and grammatical mistakes accordingly.\nThe bottom line is, you still need to take a deep dive after you finished writing to create errors in the free final draft."}
{"text":"2. Talking about yourself\nhigh school teacher.\nMeepuru-san, o-shigoto wa nan desu ka\nKookoo no kyooshi desu.\nNan no sensei desu ka.\nOngaku no kyooshi desu.\nNakata: Maple-san, what is your occupation?\nMaple: I'm a high school teacher.\nNakata: What do you teach?\nMaple: I teach music.\n\" means \"teacher\" and is used\nto refer to oneself. \"Sensei\n\" also means\n\"teacher\" but it is used to refer to another person.\nIt may also be used instead of Mr./Ms. as for example, in \"Maple-sensei\".\nSee the vocabulary list of Gakko"}
{"text":"Modes of Baptism booklet cover\nNo. 77 MODES OF BAPTISM: The early church had one form of baptism that was by total immersion of the whole body, including the head. There was a symbolic reason for full immersion (burial). In the late second and third century, other forms were introduced, such as pouring or sprinkling and, as a result, baptism, in most churches, has lost its true meaning."}
{"text":"The Upanishads are some of the sacred books of the Hindu people. The Upanishads are part of a large collection of sacred books of Hindu people, called the Vedas. They are placed at the end of the Vedas and they primarily deal with knowledge or wisdom. Because they deal with knowledge portion of the Vedas, they are called Jnana-Kanda (Jnana means knowledge). Also because they come at the end portion of the Vedas they are often called texts of Vedanta (veda: of vedas, anta: at the end). Upanishads form the foundation of the philosophy of Hindu religion. Many scholars believe that originally Upanishads are rebellion against Vedas and it has added to Vedas by its unique spiritual quest. Upanishad means \"sit down with\" master to learn about the Atman(soul). The Upanishads do not belong to a specific period of Sanskrit literature. The oldest, such as the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad and Chandogya Upanishad, may be as old as 8th century BC, while the youngest, depending on the specific Upanishad, may date to the medieval or early modern period. More than 300 text about Upanishad have been found but we have 108 Upanishad in written. Geeta which is the most religious book of Hindu's is also a Greatest Upanishad."}
{"text":"There are articles all over the news of towns replacing old street lights with LED lighting. You’ve probably read the reports: LED lighting improves the brightness, visibility, and energy efficiency of street lights.\nThe DOE recently released a report basically confirming the superiority of LED lighting. They compared the performance of high-pressure sodium (HPS) streetlights, induction luminaires, and LED luminaires on a street in Palo Alto, California. Their findings:\n- LED used the least energy of the three systems (a 44% reduction compared to HPS – which is the traditional streetlight for most towns).\n- LED provided comparable average illumination on the street in comparison to the other two systems.\n- LED provided more uniform light output than HPS or induction and had better cutoff – which means the light didn’t overflow onto residential properties as much.\nFor more information, see the complete report."}
{"text":"Commissioned around 1569 by the powerful Earl of Mar, hereditary Keeper of Stirling Castle and one time Regent of Scotland during the minority of James VI. The Earls of Mar were originally the Erskine Family who were appointed by David II as hereditary keepers of Stirling Castle.\nThe shell of a splendid renaissance style town house is all that remains of a once, grand building at the top of the Old Town. The facade of Mar's Wark is decorated with stone carvings, panels, gargoyles and much of the stone would have come from the ruined Cambuskenneth Abbey.\nThe 11th Earl of Mar supported the Jacobite cause and following the failure of the 1715 rebellion, the house was converted into barracks. During the 1745-6 rising it was damaged by cannon fire and fell into ruin."}
{"text":"What is Smart Casual Dress Code?\nSmart casual is an ill-defined dress code that is generally a neat yet informal attire. The locality, type of event, context or culture constitutes the various interpretation of the dress code and therefore the designating of certain clothing pieces as smart casual is disputed—for example, jeans.\nSmart casual was first mentioned in the Iowa newspaper The Davenport Democrat And Leader in May 1924: The sleeveless dress with three-quarter over-blouses, in smock appearance completing it for street wear, is accorded various interpretations. It is at once practiced and gives a smart casual appearance.\nSmart casual was commonly used in the last century and merged to form the term business casual in the 1950s, implying a more casual suit than the traditional, usual dark suit in heavy cloth."}
{"text":"ERIC Number: ED216968\nRecord Type: RIE\nPublication Date: 1982-Mar\nReference Count: 0\nTextbook Use in a Central Ohio Elementary School.\nThis research report documents teachers' views on why and to what extent they use textbooks. How the environment influences the use of textbooks can be determined when their use in schools is studied. The following three major research questions were addressed: (1) how do teachers use textbooks, guides, and supplementary materials available through publishers? (2) why do teachers rely on textbooks to the extent they do for planning and for instruction? and (3) what are the apparent influences of the textbook and its use on the curriculum? The research took place in one school for part of a year, with 10 teachers participating. Research procedures included observing and taking notes in the 10 classrooms for 6-10 days each, discussing practices with teachers and the principal, collecting photocopies of pages from text-related materials the teachers were using when observed, and discussing work assignments with students. Findings showed that 9 out of 10 teachers used texts, textbook guides, and accompanying materials extensively and with few changes and viewed the curriculum as a series of pages to cover. Students viewed the work as a series of things to complete. Peer pressure and ease of use caused teachers to rely heavily on the use of textbooks. (Author/NE)\nPublication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers\nEducation Level: N/A\nAuthoring Institution: N/A\nNote: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (New York, NY, March 1982)."}
{"text":"> While there are a number of good reasons to split data into separate\n> tables, the reason you mention above isn't one of them. Splitting a\n> table to speed indexes might be useful if you plan to query a member\n> table directly (so query a subset - such as the numbers that were\n> entered in a particular quarter of the year - which are all stored in a\n> member table), but not if you are always accessing the parent.\n> Indexes (by default) are built on the entire field - if the field is 4\n> characters long, then the index will index all 4 characters. If the\n> field is 32 characters, the index will index all 32 characters.\n> MySQL uses a B-TREE method for creating the index. I don't think\n> you'll see much of a performance difference if you split the area code\n> into a separate field and use a compound index. The only time that\n> would be useful is if you sometimes search for a phone number *without*\n> an area code - in which case you could order the compound index with\n> the 'number' and then the 'area code'. Of course, that means that the\n> 'area code' indexed fields wouldn't be accessible directly - but the\n> cardinality of an area code is probably low anyways...\n> It is sometimes useful to perform partial indexing (in MySQL this is\n> done by specifying the length to index), if the cardinality of the\n> partially indexed field is close enough to the cardinality of the\n> entire field, or if you have other business requirements (such as\n> always perform matches of a subpart of the field) that require this.\n> You can count the cardinality of a partial index using a select unique\n> combined with a substring statement.\n> I think the previous answer is the optimal one, use a UNIQUE index on\n> the whole field, or create a PRIMARY KEY index (if nulls are allowed\n> you'll have to use UNIQUE).\n> P.S. - Posting through Google Groups here , which I don't think even\n> includes the original message in the response ...\n> Chander Ganesan\n> Open Technology Group, Inc.\n> Phone: 877-258-8987/919-463-0999\n> Expert MySQL training"}
{"text":"Shoulder surfing is using direct observation techniques, such as looking over someone's shoulder, to get information. Shoulder surfing is an effective way to get information in crowded places because it's relatively easy to stand next to someone and watch as they fill out a form, enter a PIN number at an ATM machine, or use a calling card at a public pay phone. Shoulder surfing can also be done long distance with the aid of binoculars or other vision-enhancing devices. To prevent shoulder surfing, experts recommend that you shield paperwork or your keypad from view by using your body or cupping your hand.\nBy submitting your personal information, you agree that TechTarget and its partners may contact you regarding relevant content, products and special offers."}
{"text":"Notice: Users may be experiencing issues with displaying some pages on stanfordhealthcare.org. We are working closely with our technical teams to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience.\nA radionuclide bone scan is a nuclear imaging technique that uses a very small amount of radioactive material, which is injected into the patient's bloodstream to be detected by a scanner. This test shows blood flow to the bone and cell activity within the bone and helps evaluate any degenerative and/or arthritic changes in the joints. The test also can be used to to detect bone diseases and tumors and to determine the cause of bone pain or inflammation. This test is to rule out any infection or fractures."}
{"text":"The damaging effects of passive smoking on children could linger well into adulthood.\nEven non-smokers who have been exposed to second hand smoke early in life grow up with a greater risk of developing chronic chest infections, a study has shown.\n‘We examined asthma as well as other respiratory symptoms and found that exposure to parental smoking had the strongest association with cough and chronic cough that persisted into adult life,’ said Dr Juliana Pugmire\n‘Exposure to parental smoking also had effects, although weaker, on persistent wheezing and asthma in adulthood.’\nWhile scientists have warned about the risks of second-hand smoke for more than 30 years, Dr Pugmire said prior to this study there had been little information on the long-term effects on children.\n‘Earlier studies established a link between parental smoking and childhood respiratory illness but in this study we sought to demonstrate whether these effects persisted into adulthood,’ she said.\nHer team from the University of Arizona found that 52.3 per cent of children included in a 24-year study of airway obstructive disease were exposed to tobacco smoke between birth and 15 years.\nParticipants were asked to complete questionnaires issued every two years from 1972 until 1996.\n‘Chronic bronchitis is a significant risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease development later in life,’ Dr Pugmire told the American Thoracic Society International Conference in San Francisco.\n‘Therefore, the persistence of symptoms like chronic cough and wheeze into young adulthood may indicate a susceptibility to lung function deficits and chronic respiratory illness with age,’ she added."}
{"text":"Researchers at the National Institute of Public Health, Japan, found high levels of dangerous carcinogens such as formaldehyde and acetaldehyde in several brands of e-cigarette liquid.\nThe levels detected were much higher than those in normal tobacco.\n‘In one brand of e-cigarette the team found more than 10 times the level of carcinogens contained in one regular cigarette,’ said Dr Naoki Kunugita, of the National Institute of Public Health.\nNormal tobacco contains a huge number of toxins, so the new research does not prove that cigarettes are ‘safer’ – just that e-cigarettes may be riskier than thought.\nThe researchers believe that the carcinogens are released when the element which vapourises the liquid inside the e-cigarette overheats.\nUnlike normal cigarettes which burn dried tobacco, e-cigarettes use a battery-powered device to heat a nicotine solution known as e-liquid.\nThis produces an aerosol that can be inhaled (vaping). Higher end e-cigarettes allow the heat temperature to be adjusted, which can intensify the nicotine hit.\nPrevious research by Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY, suggests the way particles are broken down in e-cigarettes may irritate lung tissue and cause disease.\nParticles in tobacco-based cigarettes have a median size of 0.3 to 0.5 microns, but in e-cigarettes they are a lot smaller at 0.18 to 0.27 microns.\nThis means particles can travel deep within the lungs and embed themselves in the alveoli, the tiny air sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place, causing damage."}
{"text":"In this chapter, we presented the computer’s architecture, focusing on its processor (CPU) design and implementation in order to understand how it runs a program. Today’s modern processors are based on the von Neumann architecture, which defines a stored-program, universal computer. The general-purpose design of the von Neumann architecture allows it to execute any type of program.\nTo understand how the CPU executes program instructions, we built an example CPU, starting with basic logic-gate building blocks to create circuits that together implement a digital processor. A digital processor’s functionality is built by combining control, storage, and arithmetic/logic circuits, and is run by a clock circuit that drives the Fetch, Decode, Execute, and WriteBack phases of its execution of program instructions.\nAll processor architectures implement an instruction set architecture (ISA) that defines the set of CPU instructions, the set of CPU registers, and the effects of executing instructions on the state of the processor. There are many different ISAs, and there are often different microprocessor implementations of a given ISA. Today’s microprocessors also use a variety of techniques to improve processor performance, including pipelined execution, instruction-level parallelism, and multicore design.\nFor more breadth and depth of coverage on computer architecture, we recommend reading a computer architecture textbook1.\nOne suggestion is \"Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware and Software Interface\", by David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy."}
{"text":"Proponents of ‘usage-based’ models [Bybee, J.L., 1995. Regular morphology and the lexicon. Language and Cognitive Processes 10, 425–455; Langacker, R.W., 2000. A dynamic usage-based model. In: Barlow, M., Kemmer, S. (Eds.), Usage-Based Models of Language. CSLI Publications, Stanford, CA, pp. 1–63; Tomasello, M., 2003. Constructing a Language: A Usage-Based Theory of Child Language Acquisition. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA] have argued that speakers’ mental grammars are highly redundant, in that relatively specific, low-level generalizations and actual expressions co-exist with more general rules. Such local generalizations are thought to play an important role in language use, and, in particular, in language acquisition. If this hypothesis is correct, speakers, and especially immature speakers, should be more likely to supply the correct inflected forms of words which fall into densely populated phonological neighbourhoods (for which they are likely to have extracted low-level schemas) than with words with few neighbours (for which no low-level schemas may be available). This paper tests this prediction by investigating Polish children’s ability to supply case inflections with unfamiliar words. By far the most densely populated regions in Polish children’s noun lexicons are those defined by the three most productive diminutive suffixes (masculine -ek, feminine -ka, and neuter -ko), since diminutives are very frequent in the input. Therefore, if the low-level schema hypothesis is correct, children should be more productive with diminutives and diminutive-sounding words (i.e., words ending in -ek, -ka, and -ko) than with simplex forms. Results indicate that this is indeed the case."}
{"text":"In Key stage 2 our aim is to make learning fun. The basic skills of maths, reading and spelling grammar and punctuation form a very important part of our daily teaching. We use stories to inspire our learning. This allows us to give purpose to our Literacy and work and supports us in planning activities creatively to cover all aspects of the curriculum in an interesting and meaningful context.\nOn entry, as well as basic literacy assessments, children complete a baseline maths assessment. This enables us to determine the student’s overall ability in maths. It also highlights any gaps in learning that exist. Teaching and learning then focuses on plugging such gaps and accelerating progress. Children have access to Mathletics, which has proved to be an engaging, supportive online learning resource.\nDue to the ever-changing cohort, topics of shorter duration are planned. This ensures that children are not disadvantaged from missing the beginning or the end of a topic due to their placement timings and duration.\nEach half term the children enjoy an enrichment activity of their choice, which takes place weekly, on a Wednesday afternoon. Activities available include mountain biking, animal care, Lego technology and catering. The children have swimming lessons every week. They develop water confidence, stroke techniques and water safety skills.\nPrimary Lead Teacher & SENCO"}
{"text":"A recent study from Arizona State University challenges the notion that young adults are 'bad borrowers'.\nAdults between the ages 18-21 are less likely to have a serious credit default than older people and are lower risk borrowers, according to the study from ASU’s W.P. Carey School of Business.\nAndra Ghent, an assistant professor at the business school, along with researchers from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond looked at data gathered after the passing of the Credit Card Accountability and Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009.\nThis act makes it illegal to issue a credit card to a person under the age of 21, unless that person has a cosigner or can prove that they have the means to repay the debt resulting from a credit loan.\nGhent said she wanted to know if the law has been effective in restricting credit to young adults and learn about the people who get credit cards.\n“The conclusion is yes, the Credit Card Act was successful in restricting credit to people under the age of 21,\" she said. \"And second, people under the age of 21, we just didn’t see them getting into a lot of financial problems, certainly less financial problems than the rest of the population.”\nGhent said she thinks the people who are getting credit cards at a young age tend to be more financially literate than the general population.\nRead the study here"}
{"text":"Misled by deceptive wind currents, a rare seabird of the Great Frigatebird species strayed onto the mainland in Neyyatinkara near Thiruvananthapuram, where it got hurt and finally succumbed to its injuries.\nFor the forest officials and many other bird enthusiasts, it was a sight to behold as the dispersive sea bird, with a huge wingspan and black plumage, is rarely spotted on land. But their joy was short lived, as the lightly built, 190-cm-long male bird died of injuries within hours of being rescued from the electric cables near the railway station.\nThe forest officials, who rescued the bird, had taken it to the Zoo Hospital and was put on intensive care under the guidance of Zoo Vet Jacob Alexander.\nThe bird was then taken to the zoo after being deliced.\nAt the zoo, it was injected upon, and given oxygen supply and glucose.\nThe treatment, however, did not work, and the bird, exhausted and its legs badly injured, developed sudden fits and died after an hour, a zoo official said.\nThe seabird was lightly built with a large black plumage and was about 190-cm long.\nThe Great Frigatebird, a dispersive sea bird, has its home on the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, and is rarely spotted on land."}
{"text":"Structural Biochemistry/Liquid Dosage Forms\nare homogenous mixtures that include one or more soluble ingredients (can be a liquid, solid, or gas) dissolved in the solvent (water or water-miscible liquid).\nThe advantages of this dosage form is that it can be absorbed relative quickly in the gastrointestinal tract, easier to swallow so that it is usually prescribed for pediatric or geriatric doses. If drug is an external solutions form it must be carefully label.\nthis type of drug is mostly used for antibiotics, antihistamines, antitussives, and vitamins. It is defined as sweet, viscous, concentration aqueous solutions of sugar.\nThis is probably the most widely used type of liquid dosage form because of its pleasant taste, relative stability, and ease of preparation characteristics. It is a sweetened hydroalcoholic solution in with the concentration of alcohol may vary (no more than 20%)\nTinctures is another form of alcoholic or hydroalcoholic solutions like elixers but with a higher concentration of alcohol. Vegetable, animal, or chemical materials are main ingredient for this form.\ncontains finely divided insoluble medicinal products (called internal phase) dispersed in aqueous external phase (usually contains additional flavoring agent).\nPatients can take this drugs by mouth or being applied externally like lotions or be injected into the body depend on which type of suspensions was dispensed to them.\nAvailable in both internal and external preparations. Must carefully read the instruction to see if the emulsion is to be used internally or externally. This medicinal products contains water dispersed in oil (stabilized by emulsifying agent) or oil dispersed in water ( both stabilized by emulsifying agent) and microemulsion or transparent emulsion.\nReifman, Noah. Certification Review For Pharmacy Technicians. 9th ed. the United States of America: AuthorHouse, 2011. 61-88. Print."}
{"text":"Today's security environment is characterized by change and ambiguity. The future will include a variety of challenges, including the risk of catastrophic attacks on the homeland, and the possibility of disruptive technological breakthroughs by our adversaries. The number and character of potential U.S. adversaries is growing and changing, as states and non-state actors acquire advanced technology and even weapons of mass destruction. We can foresee the near-term threats posed by ballistic and cruise missiles; chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons; advanced double-digit surface-to-air missiles; and sophisticated combat aircraft. We should also anticipate computer network attacks and attacks on other critical infrastructure, including space networks. Not only must we be prepared to confront these known threats, but we also must be ready for unexpected, disruptive breakthroughs in technology that may undercut traditional U.S. advantages. Maintaining a strong defense able to overcome and defeat these threats remains an imperative for our nation. Currently, the Air Force can command the global commons of air and space, and significantly influence the global commons of sea and cyberspace; however, we cannot maintain this advantage using yesterday's technology in the systems and air and space vehicles of our current force structure. Recapitalizing our aging systems is our number one challenge."}
{"text":"British Science Week 2016 runs from 11 to 20 March, with fun events and activities taking place all over the country to encourage people of all ages to get involved with science, technology, engineering and maths. As well as local events and Demo Day in schools, there are also loads of competitions, quizzes and activity packs to keep you entertained on the British Science Week website, and you can even get involved with some citizen science projects, which this year are all about bats!\nHere at How It Works, we’re also getting involved with the fun and will be posting lots of cool science projects and articles on our website, Facebook and Twitter pages all week. We’re also giving you the chance to save 10% on loads of science magazines and bookazines from the ImagineShop until 20 March 2016. Use the code SCIENCE16 to apply the discount to any How It Works, All About Space, World of Animals and All About History products, plus the Drones and Can a Cow Jump? bookazines. You can also expand your science knowledge by downloading our complete guides to all-things biology, chemistry and physics onto your digital device, or discover the science of superheroes and much, much more by picking up the latest issue of How It Works.\nPlus, take a look at:"}
{"text":"The Science Behind Frozen: Queen Elsa is More Powerful Than an A-Bomb\nHow powerful would Queen Elsa have to be to freeze the kingdom of Arendelle? McMaster University student Aaron Goldberg asks this essential question in a recently published paper, in which he calculated exactly how much ice would be needed to cover the kingdom and, as a result, how much energy Elsa would have expended when she accidentally created a permanent winter.\nIn order to calculate the ice needed to cover Arendelle, Goldberg used the approximate area of Norwegian fjord called Nærøyfjord, which served as the inspiration for the fictional Arendelle. He determined by estimating the density of the ice that the total mass of the ice would have been 99,043,217,000,000 grams.\nThe frozen kingdom of Arendelle:\nThen, in order to estimate the amount of energy Elsa's fit of cryokinesis would have expended, he equated her powers with a Carnot refrigerator, which is the most efficient type of heat engine. It functions by harnessing work to drive a temperature difference between two reservoirs, and the mechanical work needed to freeze Nærøyfjord would have come to 5,800,000,000,000,000 Joules of energy.\nGoldberg concluded in his paper, \"This amount is equivalent to the energy released by the Hiroshima nuclear bomb 115 times over, or that released by 63 Nagasaki nuclear bombs.\" That puts an extremely dark spin on an already frightening power, especially for a children's movie. (Although, to be fair, the movie is based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, which is hardly indicative of underlying optimism.)\nHe goes on to say, \"This immense number puts Elsa's power into perspective, implying either that the Snow Queen has enormous strength, or that Disney underestimated the ramifications of their animated fantasy.\" We'll assume the former, since the whole point of magic is to make an anti-hero more powerful than a mere earthly weapon of mass destruction."}
{"text":"1. perceived or discerned\n- the detected micrometeoritic material\n2. perceived with the mind\n- he winced at the detected flicker of irony in her voice\nSimilar word(s): noticed\nSentences with detected as an adjective:\n- The detected submarine was tracked by sonar, it was easy once they knew where to look.\n1. simple past tense and past participle of detect\n- We detected the submarine long before it observed us."}
{"text":"Oreilly - Relational Theory for Computer Professionals\nWith this unique book, you will:\nLearn how to see database systems as programming systems\nGet a careful, precise, and detailed definition of the relational model\nExplore a detailed analysis of SQL from a relational point of view\nThere are literally hundreds of books on relational theory or the SQL language or both. But this one is different. First, nobody is more qualified than Chris Date to write such a book. He and Ted Codd, inventor of the relational model, were colleagues for many years, and Chris’s involvement with the technology goes back to the time of Codd’s first papers in 1969 and 1970. Second, most books try to use SQL as a vehicle for teaching relational theory, but this book deliberately takes the opposite approach. Its primary aim is to teach relational theory as such. Then it uses that theory as a vehicle for teaching SQL, showing in particular how that theory can help with the practical problem of using SQL correctly and productively.\nAny computer professional who wants to understand what relational systems are all about can benefit from this book. No prior knowledge of databases is assumed."}
{"text":"As for singing, the cowboy was fond of music or rather of that kind of humanly created noise which on the Range arbitrarily represented melody. Musical gatherings, so called \"sings,\" were very popular. Except for banjos, except for infirm violins, each of these instruments with usually an illicit number of surviving strings, except for mouth-organs, jews'-harps, and an occasional accordion, there was little besides the human voice to awake dulcet sounds.\nIn this singing, nasal tones predominated, and the songs were rendered usually with very considerable seriousness both of sound and of facial expression. Variations in high notes were affectionately regarded, and notes long drawn out were deeply loved.\nKeeping watch on his herd at night, the cowboy sang of faithful sweethearts at home and unfaithful sweethearts who could not wait, of wild men and bad men and gunslinging desperadoes, of hard luck and good luck, and the payday waiting at the end of the trail. He sang of places he'd been and places not yet seen. He sang of stampedes and heroes and the hardships of the trail. But most of all he sang of his horse, so frequently the common breed of pinto known as a \"paint.\"\nI ride an old paint and I lead an old Dan,\nGoin' to Montana to throw the houlihan.\nFeed 'em in the coulees, and water in the draw,\nTheir tails are all matted and their backs are all raw.Ride around, little dogies, ride around them slow,Old Bill Jones had a daughter and a son,\nFor the fiery and snuffy are a-rarin' to go.\nSon went to college, and his daughter went wrong.\nHis wife got killed in a free-for-all fight,\nStill he keeps singin' from mornin' 'till night.\nWhen I die, take my saddle from the wall,\nPut it onto my pony, lead him out of his stall.\nTie my bones on his back, an' turn our faces to the west,\nWe'll ride the prairies that we loved the best.\nI've worked in the town and I've worked in the farm,\nAll I got to show's just this muscle in my arm,\nBlisters on my feet, callous on my hand,\nAnd I'm a-goin' to Montana to throw the houlihan."}
{"text":"Raven : Hydrological modeling and analytics\nRaven is a server providing access to hydrological modeling and analysis through the Web Processing Service (WPS) standard. It was made to help hydrologists work with climate data and automate some of the tedious work required to calibrate and run hydrological models. Its modeling engine is the Raven hydrological modeling framework, which can emulate a variety of lumped and distributed models.\nRaven is part of the birdhouse, a community building a suite of WPS servers supporting climate services and sustainable development goals. The idea is that instead of downloading large volumes of data locally and then analyzing it, part of the analysis can be done remotely by servers, close to the source data. Instead of users sending a plain download request, users send a request for pre-processed data. Work with low-added value can be delegated to a server, and the real research is performed on reduced datasets on local machines.\nIn this model, scientists need to interact closely with a server to submit requests and poll the server for its response once the job is complete. Because the boilerplate code and formats used to communicate with a server can detract from the science, we’ve built a generic WPS client interface (see birdy) that hides the WPS protocol behind a native looking python interface. Remote WPS processes can be called just like a python function, returning an asynchronous response whose progress can be easily monitored.\nThis project was funded by the CANARIE research software program.\nHydrological models are based on the Raven modeling framework."}
{"text":"Want a project-based unit that does it all for students? Look no further. This unit was designed for 3rd grade Michigan History, but it also meets the needs of students studying government. It includes all you need to meet the standards in a hands-on way your students will love by asking them to explore how governments change. The week long writing unit can be integrated into independent writing stations or done as a group. The interactive PowerPoint uses Visual Thinking routines to build critical thinking skills. They will practice observation skills as they compare their state's geography to their location origin. The unit culminates in publishing student blogs called, Government - My Story of Change. Students and their families will be talking about this unit for years to come! Save money by purchasing a year long bundle in my store.\nAssessment and Key\nInteractive Learning PowerPoint\nWeek Long Writing Project"}
{"text":"Cyanotypes are a type of camera-less photography. The process was invented by Hershel in 1842 and used first by Anna Atkins for botanical illustration in the 1840s. The plant material is placed on the coated paper and put in the sun, once exposed it is washed and produces a white image on blue background. Other colours and textures can be created by experimenting, for example in these images of mine, with turmeric, washing liquid or vinegar. It is a hit and miss process but fascinating and a great activity for sunny days in lockdown!"}
{"text":"Friday, April 25, 2014\nHow did the cougar cross the road?\nWe all know why the chicken crossed the road, but do we know why the cougar crossed or how?\nIn an effort to protect animals and motorists near Snoqualmie Pass, researchers at Central Washington University are monitoring and researching wildlife along the Interstate 90 corridor. The project is the largest study of its kind ever conducted in the United States.\nIn 2008, we entered into a partnership with CWU where our agency funds the research performed by CWU faculty and students at animal crossing zones on a 15-mile stretch of interstate. WSDOT uses the data gathered by CWU to establish a baseline to measure against past construction and to refine project designs so the habitat at the crossing locations will connect the largest number and variety of species.\nMore than 20 large wildlife crossing structures—including three major overpasses at two locations—are proposed between Hyak and Easton as part of the ongoing I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East project.\nFor the past seven years, CWU researchers have focused on fish, amphibians, and small mammals. They’re discovering critical information about what species inhabit the project area and are learning how the freeway affects animal behavior and survival.\nIf you would like to learn more about the important work CWU researchers are performing, stop by the CWU Museum of Culture on the Environment and check out the newest exhibit: How did the Cougar Cross the Road? Restoring Wildlife Passages at Snoqualmie Pass. The exhibition is located on the first floor of Dean Hall on D Street in Ellensburg and runs through spring 2015.\nWatch a YouTube video of the CWU team’s work."}
{"text":"It is always a challenge for the engine designers to increase power output while improving efficiency. Namikoshi Electronics of Japan has designed an unorthodox 4-in-1 concept engine as an alternative powerplant to automobile industry.\nInitially it was designed as an electrical generator; however, the company realized that the engine could possibly change to suit the automotive industry. Instead of the conventional engine layout, the new 4-in-1 engine layout will consist of a big central unit surrounded by ball bearings, a central rod and a planetary gear.\nThis design has significant advantages over traditional engines in terms of friction and vibration. Compared to the conventional design which use lubricated friction bearings in crankshaft, connecting rod and piston pins, the new design mounts opposing pistons onto a reciprocating hub which uses ball bearings. In this way, the friction will be reduced. On top of that, the conventional design put the pistons connected in-line to the crankshaft whereas Namikoshi puts the opposing pistons onto one central unit which enables the engine to move back and forth in parallel. This design is believed to reduce vibration and it produces vibration levels similar to a rotary engine.\nThe Namikoshi concept engine weighs around 90 kg (198 lb), 1,500 cc and measured 800 mm (31.5 in) x 500 mm (19.7 in) x 250 mm (9.8 lb). The diameter is measured at 62 mm (2.4 in) and the stroke of each piston is set at 125 mm (4.9 in)."}
{"text":"Issue No. 05 - May (1991 vol. 13)\nDOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/34.134047\n<p>It is argued that the best way to model an edge is by assuming all ideal mathematical function passed through a low-pass filter and and immersed in noise. Using techniques similar to those developed by J. Canny (1983, 1986) and L.A. Spacek (1986), optimal filters are derived for ramp edges of various slopes. The optimal nonrecursive filter for ideal step edges is then derived as a limiting case of the filters for ramp edges. Because there are no step edges in images, edge detection is improved when the ramp filter is used instead of the filters developed for step edges. For practical purposes, some convolution masks are given which can be used directly for edge detection without the need to go into the details of the subject.</p>\nedge detectors; ramp edges; optimal filters; convolution masks; filtering and prediction theory; pattern recognition; picture processing\nJ. Kittler and M. Petrou, \"Optimal Edge Detectors for Ramp Edges,\" in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence, vol. 13, no. , pp. 483-491, 1991."}
{"text":"MONTGOMERY, Ala. — History was made Tuesday in the capital of Alabama as Montgomery elected its first black mayor.\nIn Montgomery's 200-year history, there has never been a black mayor. The city, which now has a majority black population, was the first capital of the Confederacy and is where Southern delegates voted to form the Confederate States of America in 1861.\nReed said in his victory speech that the election results show \"a unified Montgomery,\" AL.com reported.\n“Today is about the vision -- the vision we have for people far beyond this room,\" Reed said. \"Some of the people who could not be here, but it encompasses and it connects all of them. And that’s what we have been saying and that’s what we want to make sure we continue tomorrow, and the next day and the next day because that is what is going to define this city, and that’s what’s going to define this election.\n\"It’s not going to be about the first. It’s not even going to be about the best. It’s going to be about the impact that we make on the lives of others.\"\n© 2020 Cox Media Group"}
{"text":"Christmas Coloring Activity\nWish your child a happy holidays with this Christmas coloring activity. Kids will follow directions listed to create a colorful Christmas picture. Help your child read the directions, so that he can color in letters, decorate stars, and sketch a Christmas tree. Help your child work on following directions, fine motor skills, and creative thinking with this Christmas coloring activity."}
{"text":"When water falls as rain, it’s naturally “soft.” So how does water become “hard” before it flows through our faucets? As rainwater flows along the ground and into the lakes and rivers we get our water supply from, it picks up trace amounts of minerals along the way. Those minerals affect how the water feels and tastes to us.\nWhat’s The Difference Between Hard Water And Soft Water?\nSimply put, hard water contains more dissolved minerals, such as calcium and magnesium, than soft water. Hard water isn’t harmful, and it may even have some benefits since it is full of minerals and decreases the solubility of potentially toxic metals such as lead and copper. The easiest way to tell if you have hard or soft water is to see how the water reacts when lathering soap. Hard water doesn’t usually form many suds, but instead creates soap scum and will leave behind a film instead of rinsing clean.\nEffects of Hard Water on Plumbing\nWhile hard water isn’t harmful to people or animals, it can cause issues with plumbing and home appliances. Sometimes hard water can lead to inefficiencies and shortened lifespans for household appliances, or damage pipes or other water containment units. Hard water can form white deposits, also known as scaling, which can clog plumbing and leave behind an unsightly residue on your sinks and tubs. Scaling can also impair the efficiency of boilers and hot water heaters, which lead to overheating and increased energy costs.\nWater softeners can improve the water throughout the home, simplifying household cleaning tasks and protecting appliances and fixtures from premature failure. To learn about our soft water services, click here."}
{"text":"You are here\nThe Fuel Cell Technologies Office is developing databases to make it easier for users to find up-to-date information on hydrogen and fuel cells.\nThe Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Codes and Standards Matrix is an up-to-date directory of all codes and standards worldwide dealing with hydrogen, fuel cells, and fuel cell-related issues.\nThe Hydrogen Safety Bibliographic Database provides references to reports, articles, books, and other resources for information on hydrogen safety as it relates to production, storage, distribution, and use.\nThe Hydrogen Storage Materials Database provides comprehensive data on hydrogen storage materials, their properties, and literature sources. This site also incorporates the \"Hydride Information Center (Hydpark)\" database developed through a joint DOE/IEA-HIA effort and formerly hosted by Sandia National Laboratories."}
{"text":"Some examples of Thinking Routines used in our Montessori learning spaces include:\nVisual Organizers: Allow learners to order in physical space the information, ideas, knowledge or thoughts that we are working on or that are the object of our learning process. They are especially efficient for those students who are visual learners.\nThinking Lighthouse: A combination of strategies aimed at illuminating and guiding thought toward deeper learning and understanding. Its efficiency comes from the direct involvement of the student in the learning process, as these strategies encourage motivation, hands-on activities and the acquisition of meaningful contents and abilities.\nMetacognition: Its objective, in-depth knowledge of what we know and how we learned it, helps maintain the learning strategies that work for us and identify what needs to be modified. It involves the ability to self-regulate in our ability to learn how to learn in order to gain more autonomy in the learning process.\nThinking Techniques: Encourages flexible thinking and transference. It involves inquiry and asking meaningful questions to students that allow them to think, look for and discover the answers, communicate them and exchange them. It should be systematic and continuous in order to develop in depth-learning and efficient thinking."}
{"text":"CVC words are three-letter words made up of a consonant-vowel-consonant combination—like “cat” and “big”—that are essential for young readers as they learn to blend letter sounds. Encourage your little one to practice their CVC words with the Learn to Read: CVC Words Storybook! Inside, they’ll find 20 simple stories that each focus on two common CVC words, along with fun activities that put these new words and skills into action.\n- Hold their attention—These stories are fun and engaging for your child with bright colors, adorable pictures, and pages they can write on.\n- Read, play, and learn—Let your child practice what they’ve learned with quick activities at the end of each story that encourage them to read, trace, circle, and color CVC words.\n- Watch their skills grow—Introduce CVC words gradually, with stories that slowly increase in complexity as your child works their way through the book.\nOrder this CVC book today and teach beginning readers how to read through stories they’ll love."}
{"text":"Learning Qur'anic Arabic Part 27 - Dr. Ibrahim Surty Description: Eight Lectures on how to read the Qur'anic script. Also visit www.ArabicInEnglish.com for comprehensive lessons on how to read Arabic by Sheikh Yusuf. The rest of the lessons (~65) teach how to learn and understand Qur'anic Arabic. All the videos go up on this group http://www.youtubeislam.com/group/Quranic_Arabic Version: 4124 Filesize: 138.90 MB Added on: 09-Aug-2009 Downloads: 950 HomePage | Rate Resource | Details\nProudly Hosted by Islamic Web Solutions\nWe do not claim any responsibility nor do we in any way approve the content or links above. If you choose to continue, it is at your own discretion. Why I left Islam Page Generation: 0.08 Seconds\nDear brothers and sisters, after running this site for many years, I have left Islam. Would you like to read more?"}
{"text":"Q. What is variegation in plants?\n“Variegation” refers to the appearance of different-colored areas in the leaves (and sometimes, stems and fruit) of plants. The most common kind of variegation is the occurrence of white or yellow areas on green leaves. Very often it is the margin of the leaves that are affected.\nVariegation can have several causes:\n- Lack of chlorophyll due to problems in the production of chloroplasts. These plants are usually chimeras (plants with more than one type of genetic makeup). To retain the variegated character they must be propagated by vegetative methods, e.g. cuttings.\n- Masking of green pigment by other strongly colored pigments, such as anthocyanins. Coleus is a good example of this kind of variegation.\n- Pathological reasons, such as infection by mosaic viruses. Many hosta color variants are caused by this virus.\n- Visual effects due to different reflection of light from different parts of the leaf, as in aluminum plant (Pilea).\nVariegated plants are popular with gardeners as they can provide variety in the garden. Because of the lower amount of chlorophyll in the leaves, variegated plants tend to be slower growing than non-variegated varieties. These plants can be damaged in very strong sunlight but conversely tend to lose their variegated character in insufficient light.\nFor tips on a variety of gardening topics, see our Plant Information Guides.\n- Courtesy of NYBG Plant Information Service"}
{"text":"MrSeb writes \"As part of IBM's Battery 500 project — an initiative started in 2009 to produce a battery capable of powering a car for 500 miles — Big Blue has successfully demonstrated a light-weight, ultra-high-density, lithium-air battery. In it, oxygen is reacted with lithium to create lithium peroxide and electrical energy. When the battery is recharged, the process is reversed and oxygen is released — in the words of IBM, this is an 'air-breathing' battery. While conventional batteries are completely self-contained, the oxygen used in a lithium-air battery comes from the atmosphere, so the battery itself can be much lighter. The main thing, though, is that lithium-air energy density is a lot higher than conventional lithium-ion batteries: the max energy density of lithium-air batteries is theorized to be around 12 kWh/kg, some 15 times greater than li-ion — and more importantly, comparable to gasoline.\""}
{"text":"A stimulus movement effect has been reported in which learning by nonhuman animals was significantly better with moving than with stationary stimuli. In the present investigation, this effect was extended to human participants (N = 56) and further explicated. In Experiment 1 the students responded significantly more accurately and rapidly on a battery of computerized tasks with moving versus stationary stimuli. In Experiment 2 performance on a concurrent task was systematically slowed even as performance was enhanced on two different primary tasks by stimulus movement, which supports the interpretation that these effects are mediated by attention. A distinction between procedural and performance difficulty was made, in which increasing the former (e.g., with moving stimuli) appears to enhance concentration and improve performance, whereas performance difficulty makes a task harder to do correctly and impairs performance. Experiment 3 was a replication of Experiment 2 with rhesus monkeys in which essentially the same procedural difficulty effects were found. This series of experiments demonstrates for the first time stimulus movement effects in human learning, and it is the first study of which we are aware to examine the intensity of attention in nonhuman primates using dual-task methodology.\nWashburn, David A. and Putney, R. Thompson\n\"Stimulus Movement and the Intensity of Attention,\"\nThe Psychological Record: Vol. 48\n, Article 1.\nAvailable at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/tpr/vol48/iss4/1"}
{"text":"During WWI, German U-Boats were alarmingly effective at sinking allied warships and transport vessels alike. But since a ship couldn't exactly be cloaked, Norman Wilkinson, British artist and naval officer, developed another method nicknamed razzle dazzle.\nU-Boats were effective but simple - they shot torpedoes, not directly at ships, but where they estimated a ship would end up once the torpedo got there. Razzle dazzle was an artistic countermeasure, less camouflage and more just a highly confusing pattern meant to make judging a ship's direction and size more difficult.\nWhat you won't see in the lead shot was that these ships weren't just striped - they were covered in an array of colours, as seen in this colourised photo:"}
{"text":"Jim asks: \"Knowing that water and moisture should always weigh the same, why do clouds form at different altitudes? What makes a cirrus cloud different from a stratus cloud?\"\nClouds are grouped into three different levels in the sky based on altitude.\nLow-level clouds, which include cumulus and stratus clouds, are 6,500 feet or below.\nMid-level clouds are between 6,500 and 23,000 feet.\nHigh-level clouds, like cirrus clouds, are between 16,500 and 45,000 feet high.\nAs for stratus clouds and cirrus clouds, they're both one of three basic shapes of clouds.\nStratus is Latin for \"layer\". Those clouds form in layers and often cover the entire sky. They're much wider than they are thick, and they kind of look like a blanket or a mattress.\nAnother way to describe the way they look is a layer of fog that never reaches the ground. In fact, fog that lifts from the ground is actually a layer of low stratus clouds.\nCirrus is Latin for \"curl\" because those are clouds of wispy curls. Some people think they look like a child's hair.\nThose clouds usually form about 18,000 feet and are thin because they form in higher levels of atmosphere where little water vapor is present.\nThe third type of cloud, cumulus, is Latin for \"heap\". They're basically heaps of separated cloud masses. They have flat bottoms and cauliflower tops."}
{"text":"Southside Academy Charter School recently partnered with Rachel’s Challenge, a nonprofit organization that aims to bring hope to schools across the nation by sharing the story of Rachel Scott, the first person whose life was taken at Columbine High School in 1999.\nThis partnership comes in time to recognize National Bullying Prevention Month, which takes place every October. According to the National Center for School Engagement, 160,000 students skip school every day for fear of being bullied.\n“We are honored to bring this impactful and vitally important program to our school,” said Dr. Jeff White, principal of Southside Academy Charter School. “Rachel’s Challenge shares a moving story that resonates with students and families.”\nStudents participated in two age-appropriate assemblies during the day, and families attended a community event in the evening that encouraged participants to examine their own lives in the following five challenges: look for the best in others, dream big, choose positive influences, speak with kindness, and start your own chain reaction.\nIn the 19 years since Columbine, Rachel’s legacy has touched over 25 million people and is the foundation for creating programs that promote a positive climate in K-12 schools. Her vision to start a chain reaction of kindness and compassion is the basis of the organization’s mission, to “make schools safer, more connected places, where bullying and violence are replaced with kindness and respect; and where learning and teaching are awakened to their fullest.”\nThroughout October, schools and organizations across the country join in observing National Bullying Prevention Month, to encourage schools, communities, and organizations to work together to stop bullying and cyberbullying by increasing awareness of the prevalence and impact of all forms of bullying on all children of all ages."}
{"text":"Orange County’s history dates back to the mid-eighteenth century when it was named after William IV, Prince of Orange. St. Thomas Episcopal Church, built in 1833-34 in the Town of Orange, is the sole remaining example of Thomas Jefferson’s ecclesiastical work and was also General Robert E. Lee’s place of worship during his encampment in Orange in the winter of 1863-64. Civil War brought transportation of troops and supplies for General Lee’s Confederate Army, as well as hard-fought battles on its soils where Generals Lee and Grant clashed for the first time in May 1864. This engagement resulted in 26,000 casualties and marked Grant’s first step toward Appomattox.\nOrange County’s presidential lineage includes James Madison, fourth President of the United States and “Father of the Constitution,” who lived at Montpelier; and our twelfth president, Zachary Taylor, who was born in 1784 at Montebello, near Barboursville. Among these two homes, the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) has recorded 32 other historic landmarks throughout the county.\nFurther information about the county’s history may be obtained from these resources:"}
{"text":"Excavating L.A. includes diverse archival materials from 26 regional history collections at the USC Libraries. Primarily focused on Los Angeles urban and social history, the collections include a wealth of materials on California politics and community activism; L.A.’s freeways and architectural history; the Christopher and Webster Commission reports on the 1992 riots; and photographs and other visual materials documenting the rapid growth of mid-century Los Angeles. The Excavating L.A. project includes the papers of former U.S. representatives Alphonzo Bell and Lynn Schenk, early 20th-century women’s voting rights activist Amy Ransome, and activists Catherine Stern and Warren Steinberg. Other collections feature archival materials from the Bunker Hill Redevelopment Project, the Century Freeway, the Los Angeles Board of Education, and the 1939 WPA Household Survey, allowing researchers to study the unique patterns of urban development that differentiate Los Angeles from cities like Chicago and New York that gained most of their populations in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The Gregory Freeman Stone papers about the assassination of Robert Kennedy in L.A., outtakes from the nightly TV program Ralph Story’s L.A. (1964-70), and the Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty archive shed light on underexplored aspects of L.A. history. Additional collections provide resources for studying Southern California journalism, industry, and public art.\nCataloging Hidden Collections\n937 linear feet\n1897 - 1992\nThe regional history collections selected for our project focus on Los Angeles, so the majority of the materials originate in Southern California."}
{"text":"288 pages, Figs\nThis work examines a wide range of issues which should be of interest to those teaching geography from the early years through to higher education. The issues discussed include: the role of research and the use of ICT in teacher training; the significance of developing critical thinking skills; broader educational issues such as citizenship and development; the importance of environmental education; the position and role of assessment; and the present state and status of geographical education and issues that are likely to be of concern in the future.\n'It should not...be viewed exclusively as a PGCE text, but rather essential reading of all professional educators who decide to think critically/evaluate and reflect upon classroom practice in order to improve the quality of learning for their pupils.' - David J. Turton, British Journal of Educational Studies 'It is a useful and stimulating addition to the literature on geography teaching. The issues covered are relevant to many teachers and...there is something of interest in every chapter. Its wide-ranging scope will enable readers to pick and choose as they wish.' - Paul Weeden, British Educational Research Journal\nThere are currently no reviews for this product. Be the first to review this product!"}
{"text":"Light is technically any form of radiant energy, but is almost always taken to mean visible radiant energy. This visible radiant energy is between 380 nm (a nm is one billionth of a meter) and 750 nm. Figure 1 shows how small a portion of the total spectrum the visible spectrum is. Light is a form of electromagnetic radiation, which means it has electric fields and magnetic fields vibrating back and forth very quickly as a wave. Because of the strangeness of quantum mechanics, light is also made of little particles with no mass, called photons.\nLight, unsurprisingly, travels at the speed of light, which is the fastest anything can go. Light is bent (refracted) with various types of lenses for a number of purposes (in eyeglasses, in microscopes and telescopes, in projectors as in a movie theater, etc.). Light is a form of energy, which is why photovoltaic cells can harness the flow of sunlight to make electricity.\nLight is needed for humans to maintain a high quality of life and is one of the major uses of energy (often electricity, but fire works as well, often in the form of burning biomass). Home lighting extends a person's day, and allows for many leisure and economic opportunities after the sun ceases to provide sunlight. People often get light from kerosene lanterns in developing countries and from a variety of light bulbs in developed countries (like LED light bulbs, CFL light bulbs, and incandescent light bulbs).\nThe study of light has an entire branch of physics devoted to it called optics; hyperphysics is an excellent place to learn more about optics."}
{"text":"A recent study undertaken by Aspect Security and Sonatype, open-source software repository reveals open-source code libraries as rife with vulnerabilities. The study, titled “The Unfortunate Reality of Insecure Libraries” examined 113 million user downloads from 31 popular libraries of open source code over the previous year and discovered that about one in every four downloads had some vulnerability or the other. In all, about 19.8 million downloads had vulnerabilities, and the list of such tainted libraries include popular ones such as Google Web Toolkit, various versions of Apache, Java Servlet, Java Server Pages and others.\nAny application on an average uses about 30 or more such libraries, and such libraries continue supply an overwhelming portion of the application code. The high incidence of vulnerability, as such, directly translates to compromised applications.\nThe nature of vulnerabilities inherent in such libraries, and by extension, the application, vary. Some vulnerability allows attackers to takeover the host completely whereas others lead to loss of data integrity, or data theft. For instance, Apache CXF, a Web Services framework with 4.2 million downloads in the 12 months of the study, contained vulnerabilities that facilitated cyber criminals to download files and circumvent authentication.\nTo make matters worse, open-source communities, very often the sole resources for such software, seldom provide clear-cut ways to identify code with vulnerabilities, or to take remedial measures, even when a fix is available. For paid software, vendors issue notifications on patches available to fix vulnerabilities. OpenBSD and some other open source groups do a good job in issuing such notifications and managing vulnerability disclosures but these are exceptions rather than the norm.\nAspect and Sonatype are mulling over possible solutions to address the critical issue, but until such a solution happens, the only foolproof way to secure applications is to avoid code libraries altogether."}
{"text":"Definition of successful\na. - Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise. 2\nThe word \"successful\" uses 10 letters: C C E F L S S S U U.\nNo direct anagrams for successful found in this word list.\nAdding one letter to successful does not form any other word in this word list.Words within successful not shown as it has more than seven letters.\nAll words formed from successful by changing one letter\nBrowse words starting with successful by next letter"}
{"text":"The iconography of architecture visually contextualises the sculpture through its distinct features, in relation to the arch, the column or window frame. The Frames minimalistic from uses line to plan the space and is constructed in the same process as drawing. The fragility of space in the 21st century locates the material of architecture as disposable. A crumbling mass that is never permanently fixed. The Frames concrete foundation imposes a disconnection to the white space. The lack of order highlights the remnants of an event. An extracted artefact from the past. The physical act of ruin is influenced by the current political climate and corresponds with the loss of confidence in powerful structures."}
{"text":"ANG MGA MAG-AARALAY INAASAHANG MAKAGAGAWANGSMELODIYA SA ISANG KOMPOSISYONG MUSICAL GAMIT ANGZTINAKDANG PITCH NAMES O SOFA-SYLLABLES NA MAKIKITA DIN ANG MGA SIMBOLONG MUSICAL KATULAD NG G-CLEFO TREBLE CLEF LIMGUHIT AT MGA NOTES AT RESTS. 1. DO ME FA SOL 2.FACE 3.FEED 4.FACADE 5.CABBAGE\nRosendo Santos Jr. is a well-known Filipino composer in the world of contemporary music. In the Philippines, contemporary music is a blend of different styles from the 20th century music in the West. Such revolutionary styles include impressionism, expressionism, and neoclassicism. According to National Commission for Culture and the Arts, the musical style of Rosendo Santos Jr. is predominantly characterized by neoclassicism.Neoclassicism and its Characteristics\nThe musical style, neoclassicism, is developed by Igor Stravinsky and Paul Hindemeth. It was said that neoclassicism is a reaction to emotionalism and romanticism.\nThe characteristics of neoclassicism as musical style is most notable for having:restraintorder\nLearn about Antonio Molina's musical style here:\nClaude Debussy, who had been influenced by Russians, along with other impressionist composers made extensive use of whole tone scales. Voiles, the second piece in Debussy's first book of Préludes, is almost entirely within one whole tone scale. The opening measures are shown below.\nExplanation:dahil napag aralan namin ito at ang iyong sagit ay tama magaling"}
{"text":"Bay shrimps (Crangon spp) consist of over 179 species! These semi-transparent organisms usually have black spots or markings and long antennae. Native to the pacific coast from Alaska to San Diego, there are three species of Crangon living in different salinity ranges that are commonly found in the San Francisco Bay estuary.\nThese shrimp are major components of the food web in the San Francisco bay. Living in muddy substrate helps these invertebrates (animals without a backbone) feed on small shrimp, amphipods, clams, and plants. The small sizes (55mm) of these shrimp make them a delicious meal for striped bass, sturgeon, staghorn sculpin, flatfish, sharks and humans. In the past 100 years San Francisco Bay commercial fishing industries used to collect for human consumption. In recent years the number of catches has decreased because nowadays these shrimp are caught for bait."}
{"text":"“Jane was then taken out to Tower Green, inside the Tower of London, for a private execution. With few exceptions, private executions applied to royalty alone; Jane’s private execution occurred at the request of Queen Mary, as a gesture of respect for her cousin. John de Feckenham, who had failed to convert Jane, stayed with her during the execution. Jane had determined to go to her death with dignity, but once blindfolded, could not find the executioner’s block. She had begun to panic when an unknown hand, possibly de Feckenham, helped her find her way and retain her dignity in the end.” (Wikipedia)\nLady Jane Grey was only 16 years old and more the victim of royal intrigue than its perpetrator. The picture and story have always interested me on a number of levels. But what strikes me most is her calmness in the face of certain death, the strange conjunction of barbarity and dignity, of cruelty and kindness. De Feckenham’s strange human gesture in the face of inhumanity.\nThe painting can be viewed as a metaphor for life with many of its themes condensed into one savage moment. We are all condemned to death and we all make choices about how we will face that death and the moments leading to it. Those moments are, of course, now. Will I face the end with dignity and, if not, whose unseen hand will still my final despair?"}
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{"text":"A peak performer in any field must have the desire, effort, and discipline. It goes beyond acting tough; you must be willing to work hard and persist, even in the face of overwhelming resistance.\nMentally strong people find strength by knowing what they want to achieve and working toward their goals every day. Here are some of the habits they practice.\nWilling to learn\nKnowledge is power. Learning is part of the essential routine to develop mental strength. View learning as a way to improve yourself and forge ahead in a competitive world.\nWilling to adapt\nChange is constant; it takes mental strength to be flexible and adjust. Learn to work toward solutions regardless of changing circumstances.\nBe a giver\nAdam Grant, author of Give and Take writes that giving is an essential part of becoming successful. You must be mentally strong to go the extra mile, expecting nothing in return.\nThink outside the box\nMentally strong people are open to other people’s ideas. They are eager to go out of their comfort zone. They reach their goals by seeing problems as opportunities.\nIf you succeed or fail, it’s on you, not anyone else. You become strong by admitting errors and taking responsibility. Take pride in overcoming challenges.\nIt takes mental toughness or fortitude to understand your emotions, strengths, and weaknesses. Knowing yourself helps maintain a calm attitude even in times of crisis.\nThere are countless distractions around us. Neil Patel, Digital Strategist says, “We live in a time when we are constantly being marketed to through several media. The future belongs to those who can assume control.” Strong people ignore time-sucking distractions.\nMental toughness is not bestowed on a select few; it can be studied, achieved, and enjoyed. We can all strive to acquire these qualities every day. How many of them describe you?\nThe road is easier together,"}
{"text":"Excel 2010 comes with Freeze Row and Freeze Column features, which make it easy to match and read details of huge data sets. If you are dealing with huge datasheet containing student records, then you may want to freeze top row or first column to easily understand data while scrolling up / across the datasheet. In this post, we will take a look at how to freeze top row and first column.\nIn order to make the first column and row label apparent while scrolling, you need to follow very simple steps.\nFirst off, head over to View tab, click Freeze Top Row to make the row labels appear, when you are scrolling.\nAs shown in the screenshot below, top row labels are visible even at the bottom of the page.\nNow if you want to freeze first column, Click Freeze First Column, to do the same with the columns."}
{"text":"American researchers have created a robotic jellyfish, named Robojelly, which not only exhibits characteristics ideal to use in underwater search and rescue operations, but could, theoretically at least, never run out of energy thanks to it being fuelled by hydrogen.\nScientists funded by the U.S. Navy have developed a robot “jellyfish” — a foot-long submarine that runs on seawater and could be used on spy missions.\nResearchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and Virginia Tech created the submarine drone, dubbed “Robojelly,” which is powered by hydrogen and oxygen in the water through which it sails.\nThe scientists, funded by the Office of Naval Research, reported their findings this week in the academic IOP Publishing's journal Smart Materials and Structures.\n“We’ve created an underwater robot that doesn’t need batteries or electricity,” said Dr. Yonas Tadesse, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Texas and lead author of the study.\n“The only waste released as it travels is more water.”\nEngineers and scientists working for the military have increasingly turned to the animal kingdom, especially simple creatures like jellyfish or insects, for inspiration when creating new technology.\nScientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, for example, are working on ways to create insect cyborgs, by incorporating mechanical elements into larvae and then using them to control the fully grown insect when it emerges.\nThe Robojelly consists of two fist-sized bell-like structures made of silicone that fold and unfold like an umbrella. Connecting the umbrella are artificial muscles created with nanotechnology that contract to move the vehicle.\n“It could stay underwater and refuel itself while it is performing surveillance,” Dr. Tadesse said."}
{"text":"Definition of nebula in English:\nnoun (plural nebulae-lē or nebulas)\n1 Astronomy A cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky either as an indistinct bright patch or as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter.\n- Evolutionists believe that the solar system condensed out of a cloud of gas and dust called a nebula, hence the nebular hypothesis.\n- We have missions that include active nebulas, swirling dust clouds, moving asteroids and asteroid fields.\n- A planetary nebula forms when Sun-like stars gently eject their outer gaseous layers to form bright nebulae with amazing twisted shapes.\n1.1(In general use) any indistinct bright area in the night sky, for example, a distant galaxy.\n- But soon, performing a visual diminuendo, they drift well astern, a distant nebula of glittering pinpoints at the planet's indistinguishable edge.\n- I can see the stars outside, the swirling patterns of distant nebulae.\n- One of the nicest sectors I ever saw is Ocean of Fantasy, a sector rounded by a bright green nebula.\nMid 17th century (as a medical term): from Latin, literally 'mist'.\nWords that rhyme with nebulatarantula • scheduler\nDefinition of nebula in:\n- British & World English dictionary\nWhat do you find interesting about this word or phrase?\nComments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed."}
{"text":"Will authorities be able to use this satellite system to ensure that hazard information gets to the vulnerable in a timely and accurate manner? Detection technology is available but it is up to governments to not only use it but find the means to convey the message to vulnerable communities.\n“A global satellite system should come on line next decade, potentially saving billions of dollars and thousands of lives by boosting preparedness for natural disasters, a top scientist said on Wednesday.\nMonitoring changes in climate, the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) should also help health officials prevent epidemics and guard against man-made environmental damage, said Jose Achache, head of the group behind the project. “I’m an optimistic guy. So, I think in ten years from now we’ll have a fully operational and fairly complete GEOSS,” Achache, director of the Geneva-based intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations, told Reuters.”\nContinue reading Reuters Alertnet | Global system could cut disaster toll by 2018"}
{"text":"Copper Pipe is one the metallic pipes used in different industries. The home appliances and domestic piping use different types of material for their pipes. There are different metals, alloys and materials used making the pipes. The advantage of using copper is that it is mostly corrosion resistant. Unlike steel, copper is not oxidized faster. As a result, the copper pipe can remain corrosion free for a prolonged period of time. Copper is also a conductive metal but has no magnetic properties. This makes it applicable for very specific applications. Compared to other metal material in the piping, copper is light weight and it could be used to replace any other metallic pipes. The tensile strength and pressure containments are quiet high.\nThe making process and addition of other elements in trace amounts are also possible when making up a few prominent qualities for the pipe. It could be cold drawn just like the other metallic alloy material pipes. The cold drawn copper seamless pipe has precise dimensions and smooth surface, therefore it reduces corrosion further. The downside of copper is that it is not very resistant to acidic substances. So if the pipe is used in acidic environments, or is exposed to mildly acidic environments for a prolonged period of time, it may corrode. Copper can also become toxic to humans. So the use of raw copper pipe is not recommended in household uses. The welded copper pipe price is almost the same as the seamless one. The primary difference is that the roughness and strength are slightly higher in the welded ones."}
{"text":"To launch this mixed review, I revisit the idea of fractions as building blocks. Together, the class generates a collection of building blocks they have added to their collection this year.\nThe purpose of this warm-up is for the students feel a sense of accomplishment for all they have learned this year. I share with the students that when they look back on 5th grade, I hope they think about fractions and all of the awesome skills they learned this year. Fractions is a critical focus of the 5th grade common core, I don't want to have the students guess what a critical focus is, I make it explicit.\nUsing resources from the text book, I have created a mixed review hand out. Students first write a personal \"tip\" for solving problems for each operation.\nNext, students work in partners to solve three problems from each section of the handout. They may chose any three problems.\nStudents correct their work using an answer key provided and make revisions as needed.\nAfter solving three problems from each section (15 problems total) they choose one of the problems from each section (it should be one they have already solved) and write a real life story problem to go along with the equation.\nStudents choose one of the word problems they have created and write it on a small poster paper. They include the solution and a model to match. These will be displayed in the classroom to showcase all that we have learned this year in our fractions units."}
{"text":"Fast Food Twice a Week Linked to Obesity & Diabetes\nJanuary 22, 2005\nSpread the Word to\nFriends And Family\nBy Sharing this Article.\nThough it may seem obvious, a 15-year study has officially confirmed that eating lots of fast food can make you fat and increase your chances of developing diabetes.\nThose who ate fast food twice a week or more gained 10 pounds more and were twice as likely to develop insulin resistance, which is linked to diabetes, than those who ate it less than once a week, even after other lifestyle factors were accounted for.\nYet even though fast food is known to be of poor nutritional quality, the fast-food industry claims it can be part of a healthful diet, researchers said. This is what prompted them to set the record straight once and for all.\nIn the study, which was the first long-term effort to study the relationship between eating fast food and diabetes, researchers followed 3,000 young people for 15 years, monitoring medical checkups and asking questions about diet, physical activity and other lifestyle factors.\nResearchers said the findings suggest that fast food, as it is presently consumed, cannot be considered part of a healthy lifestyle. The huge portion sizes and high-caloric density of most fast foods were likely the primary cause of the obesity link, they said.\nSome fast-food chains have begun offering healthier food choices, such as fruit, salads and bottled water instead of soda, but researchers say these trends, though moving in the right direction, are \"weak.\"\nOne obesity expert commented that, although the study's conclusions are likely true, fast food restaurants are simply responding to society's desire for quick, inexpensive food. He said informing consumers on food quality and the health effects of fast food is one of the key improvements that needs to be made.\nLancet January 1, 2005;365(9453):36-42\nUSA Today December 31, 2004"}
{"text":"With the unpredictable weather during recent years, Plant Tuff® is an added layer of protection against drought to shield your crops from the unknown.\nPlant Tuff supplies with silicic acid, which is the plant available form of silicon. While silicon is very abundant natural, many forms are not plant soluble meaning it cannot be taken up by the plant. Plant Tuff provides soluble silicon that can be taken up in response to stresses.\nIn field crops, Silicon has been known to affect plant growth and quality including photosynthesis and transpiration.\nPlants with supplies of soluble silicon produce stronger, tougher cell walls. This significantly enhances plant heat and drought tolerance.1\nIn field crops, silicon is known to affect plant growth and quality, photosynthesis and transpiration.2\nDrought is not the only adverse weather condition silicon can help ameliorate. It will help alleviate various abiotic stresses including lodging, temperature extremes, freezing and UV irradiation.3\nA successful harvest takes hard work, ideal growing conditions, and a big investment. Help protect your investment and improve your bottom line by applying Plant Tuff Silicon pHertilizer.\nHowever, all the hard work in the world won’t pay off if the weather doesn’t cooperate, compromising yields. Plant Tuff Silicon pHertilizer™ can help your crops fight back."}
{"text":"Personalizing gamification strategies to improve young adult life skills training. Part 2; support worker needs analysis and design of clinical interface\nFacing Dragons is a mobile health game that gives quests and challenges to young adults (17-29) to help them figure out what to do with their lives, gain an empowered sense of self and unlock their purpose in life.\nOne of the key research innovations in this game is the addition of a special interface for support workers and caregivers that helps them get to know the young adults they work with.\nIn this project we will match young adult mobile gameplay preferences with game design elements in order to teach life skills in a fun and engaging way that maximizes the motivational power of gamification. We will also be creating a useful clinical interface to assist those who help young adults face their dragons every day.\nThis project is an important next step in the design of a mobile life coaching game that empowers young adults through playful learning."}
{"text":"Welcome to AP US History!\nAP U.S. History is designed to be the equivalent of a two-semester introductory college or university U.S. history course. In AP U.S. History students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in nine historical periods from approximately 1491 to the present. Students develop and use the same skills, practices, and methods employed by historians: analyzing primary and secondary sources; making historical comparisons; utilizing reasoning about contextualization, causation, and continuity and change over time; and developing historical arguments. The course also provides seven themes that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places: American and national identity; migration and settlement; politics and power; work, exchange, and technology; America in the world; geography and the environment; and culture and society. Those taking this two-semester course will have the opportunity to take the College Board AP exam that is offered in May. Cost of the exam will be the responsibility of the student.\nMeet the TeacherHello, my name is Rebecca Shaman. This is my fifth year at MCHS, eleventh year teaching overall. I earned my Bachelor of Arts degrees in Classical Civilizations and Theology from Loyola University Chicago. Afterwards, I attended Calumet College of St. Joseph to earn my Masters degree in Teaching. I am certified in Historical Perspectives and Government and Citizenship."}
{"text":"Postal History from Finland 1889 - 1918\nFinnish ProtestsThe Russification resulted in a number of private protests, here are som examples:\nCover with Finland underlined with red and an invallidated 2p stamp in upper right corner. Valid franking placed on back of the cover.\nRussian 10kop postal stationary cover sent to Sweden, an invallidated 2p stamp m/1889 (with Finnish lion and the contry name) placed on cover\nFinnish map weakly printed all over the cover including the tekst \"Storfurstendömet Finland\" (Swedish)\nThe same as above but with text in Finnish.\n\"Grand-Duche de Finlande\" stamped on a 4 kop ring-type postal stationary card\nDouble ring rubber stamp with text \"Storfurstendömet Finland Granduche Suomi\" on company cover\nDouble ring rubber stamp with text \"Finland Suomi\" on company cover\nFINLAND stamped in red ink above the stamp.\nTwo lines stamped in red ink on cover to Schwitzerland:\nGRAND-DUCHY OF FINLAND\nGRAND DUCHE DE FINLANDE\nContry name not shown on the stamp, but surely the cover leaves no doubt.\nCompany-cover where map of Finland has been printed in the corner where the stamps usually are placed.\nCover from same company, now the stamps are hiding the map, maybe due to authorities?\nPostcard with FINLAND and SUOMI printed over and under where stamp is intended to be placed.\nFINLAND SUOMI printed in heavy types in upper right corner.\nCompany cover with FINLANDE (Grand-Duche) printed in large types.\nFinland / Suomi printed in large types\nPostal stationary card turned upside down before writing the address, and with Russian text overlined.\nRussian text crossed over and the French term \"Carte Postale\" is written\nNo comments required.\nThe Flag of Swedish Speakers in Finland\nThe Mourning stamp. read more here.\nOpdateret d. 5. Mar. 2010"}
{"text":"Limited Availability for 2022-2023\nA Montessori education that lasts a lifetime\nInspiring a lifelong love of learning in children by allowing them to learn at their own pace in an authentic AMI Montessori environment that embraces diversity, individuality, and community.\nWe focus on your child’s 4 planes of development\nThe Absorbent Mind\nA child in the First Plane effortlessly absorbs knowledge, language, and culture through his or her senses.\nThree main characteristics: they move from concrete to abstract thinking, the development of reasoning ability, and a focus on social relationships.\nIn early adolescence, young adults are exploring and coming to terms with integrating different aspects of themselves.\nIn this more stable period, it is now possible for the young adult to pursue studies that interest them. This is known as the time of the “specialist mind.”\nReady to learn more about Montessori? Come see it firsthand.\nOur educational Programs\n18 Months and up\nAge 3 to 6 Years\nGrades 1 - 6\nindividual Focus is on your child\nStudents enjoy a classroom and curriculum designed around their specific needs and abilities. This allows them to explore and learn at their own pace.\nBecause the teacher does not “run” the classroom, students are encouraged to share and work together.\nBuild the foundation\nWe don’t just provide your child with an education. We help build the foundation to activate your child’s lifelong love of learning. We help him/her succeed in academics—to discover a field they’re passionate about and dare to lead it.\nVariety of program options\nOur Program Pricing Options\nWe offer half, full-day, and all-day extended care programs for children age 18 months to around 6 years old.\nOur Elementary and Middle School programs follow the Hamilton Southeastern Schools calendar.\nThe goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child’s own natural desire to learn."}
{"text":"AVAILABLE FOR LIMITED TIME ONLY\nIn the first lesson we talked about God’s act of Creation and how living things change over time in the process of evolution. In this lesson, we will think about God seeking to be in relationship with us in real time through the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Along with this we will look at the scientific understanding of birth, life, and death.\nWhen Christians make a faith statement that describes Jesus as God’s Son who was crucified and resurrected or say the lines from the second article of the Apostle's Creed: 'I Believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord. . .\" they are making a claim about how they believe that God entered into human life in the person of Jesus Christ who lived, died, and was resurrected. When scientists make a claim about living things, specifically humans, they are also making a claim about how they believe humans enter into life, function as a living being, and die.\nLife and death are big issues for humans, and we have many different ways of thinking about them. For the Christian, God is the source of all life and salvation. God also enters into human existence with the incarnation (or how Jesus came to be alive in the world) of Jesus Christ which includes how Jesus was \"conceived by the Holy Spirit.\" Through the incarnation, the promise of new life in resurrection continues life beyond death.\nFor the scientist, human life begins with conception and ends when body functions stop working. For science, life begins and ends at a specific point.\nOften, when the beliefs of Christianity are used to understand the incarnation, life, death and resurrection of Jesus, it can conflict with the scientific understanding of conception, life, and death. Click on the link below to see an example of conflicting views on the understanding of life, death, and an afterlife:"}
{"text":"THE difficulty of starting a new school is both influenced by the academics and social aspects of the new place. Don’t worry. These tips will help you relieve the stress of being “the new kid” once you step inside the school.\nEngage: Engage in class. Don’t sit in the back of the classroom and doodle in the margins and drool on your desk. Raise your hand, ask questions, and interact with your teachers and classmates. Teachers will see you are interested in learning and you will feel more comfortable talking in front of people. Everyone will expect you to be shy and insecure writing notes, but you will come off as an approachable individual.\nGet involved: Ask around about the various school clubs. Join a club you wanted to before but didn’t. Play a new sport or try out for the school play or musical. Exploring different talents or opportunities available will help you learn what your strengths are and what you are passionate about. Give the odd and popular clubs a chance; you never know where your calling will be.\nJudging a Book: In my experience, the old saying is true. You cannot learn everything about a person in a glance. Take the time to meet and get to know your classmates. Maybe the snobby blond girl sitting behind you in history will become your best friend, or you may have the one of the most intellectual conversations with the class clown.\nHanging Out: Pick your friends carefully. Friends can positively and negatively influence you. Don’t outcast those who are different than you but consciously choose with who and where you hang out outside of school.\nRemember, “the new kid” label can be dropped as soon as the school day is over. Be confident in who you are and don’t be scared to step out of your comfort zone and try something new. Learn what kind of person you want to be and improve your strengths and work on your weaknesses. Your new adventures await!"}
{"text":"First of all let me say, “Happy National Coming Out Day!” National Coming Out Day is observed annually on October 11th. In the U.S. this day of observance has a 32 year history. Over the last 20 years NCOD has been spearheaded by the Human Rights Campaign based in Washington, DC.\nWe all deserve the right to live our lives genuinely, completely and honestly. Race, ethnicity, language, religion, culture, gender expression, sexual orientation and gender identity should never be barriers to us living our full lives. For LGBTQ people, coming out is often a significant part of reclaiming this right and living in our identity publicly.\nWhile some people are attracted only to people of the gender different from them (commonly known as being straight), others may be attracted to people of genders that are similar to theirs, or to more than one gender. We use many words to describe non-straight attraction — lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, queer and fluid are all commonly used labels.HRC blog post on 10-11-20\nTo honor and mark National Coming Out Day, HRC has authored and made available to anyone with an internet connection, a special online publication. It is entitled, “Coming Out: Living Authentically as Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual+” and can be downloaded free of charge. Click the button below to make the jump to this great free resource."}
{"text":"The Temperate Database is in the process of being updated, with new records being added and old ones being checked and brought up to date where necessary. This record has not yet been checked and updated.\nCommon Name: Wild Quinine\nParthenium integrifolium is a Perennial up to 1.00 metres tall.\nIt has medicinal uses.\nThe plant can cause dermatitis or allergies in sensitive people[\nEastern N. America - Massachusets to Georgia, as far west as Wisconsin and Texas.\nPrairies, rock outcrops and roadsides[\n] in arid and semi-arid environments[\n]. Glades and barrens, prairies, disturbed sites at elevations of 10 - 500 metres[\nRequires a position in full sun in a well-drained soil[\nA poultice made from the fresh leaves is applied to burns[\nThe root is used in the treatment of inflammation of the urinary passages and kidneys, amenorrhoea and as a lithontripic[\nThe flowering tops are used as a substitute for quinine in the treatment of intermittent fevers[\nOne study suggests that use of the plant might stimulate the immune system[\nSeed - we have no information for this species but suggest sowing the seed in spring in a greenhouse. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts.\nDivision in spring."}
{"text":"stress vs strain | difference between stress and strain\nThis page compares stress vs strain and mentions difference between stress and strain.\nIntroduction: A metal bar is shown in the figure-1. Let us understand tension and compression in the metal bar.\nTension: A bar of metal is subjected to a force (T) which will elongate its dimension along the long axis (e.g. in axial direction).\nCompression:It is the force which acts in opposite direction and shortens the length.\n• It is the force per unit area.\n• It is expressed by following equation. σa = T/A (N/m2)\n• It is also expressed in units of Pascal or Pa. • Stress is internal resistance to external force.\n• The fractional change in the length is known as strain.\n• It is expressed by following equation. εa = dL/L (µm/m)\n• Stress is displacement and deformation due to external force.\n➤Stress is linearly related to strain for elastic materials.\n-εa = σa/Ey = (T/A)/Ey ,\n➤Where, Ey = constant, T = External Force, A = Cross area\nThe law states that within the limit of elasticity, the stress induced (σ) in the solid due to some external force (F) is always in proportion with the strain (ε). The figure-2 depicts relationship between stress and strain.\n➤ σ ∝ ε\n➤ σ = E* ε\n➤ E = σ/ε\nWhere, E = Young's modulus or proportionality limit.\nWhat is difference between or comparison between\nFollowing links mention difference or comparison between various equipments and terms:\ncomparison between SPI and I2C\ndifference between PXI and PCI\nMicroscope vs Telescope\nAmplitude Modulation vs Angle Modulation\ndifference between modem and router\nAir Fuel Ratio Sensor vs O2 Sensor\nRadiometer vs Spectrometer vs Spectroradiometer\nClamp meter vs digital multimeter\nColorimeter vs Spectrophotometer\ndifference between Prism and Grating\ndifference between Venturi meter and Orifice meter\ndifference between Lux and Lumens"}
{"text":"Details about Underwater and Maritime Archaeology in Latin America and the Caribbean:\nThe waters of Latin America and the Caribbean are rich with archaeological sites, including coastal settlements, defensive forts, freshwater sources, fishing-related activities, navigational aids, anchorages, harbours, ports, shipbuilding sites, shipwrecks and survivor camps. Tragically, treasure-hunting has had a deep impact on these maritime cultural resources, especially on shipwrecks. In the last 20 years, archaeologists have been fighting the battle against these treasure hunters in an attempt to preserve these resources as a source of cultural heritage, rather than allow them to be viewed solely as a means for financial reward. Case studies written primarily by Latin American and Caribbean archaeologists demonstrate exciting and cutting edge research, conservation, site preservation, and interpretation. As a result, this groundbreaking book documents the emerging research interests of maritime archaeologists in Latin America and the Caribbean."}
{"text":"Price: ₹ 458.00\n(as of Apr 07,2021 21:17:06 UTC – Details)\n- How chords and scales are constructed\n- How rhythm works and how to understand complex time signatures\n- How composers and musicians think about songwriting\nEach clear, easy-to-understand chapter includes several Etudes. These focused practice exercises test and reinforce your newfound understanding of music theory. With this hands-on practice, you’ll become a true musician in no time!"}
{"text":"Carsonella ruddii facts for kids\n|Candidatus Carsonella ruddii|\n|Species:||Ca. C. ruddii|\n|Candidatus Carsonella ruddii\nIn 2006 the genome of one strain of Ca. C. ruddi was sequenced at RIKEN in Japan and the University of Arizona. The genome is a circular chromosome of 159,662 base pairs and has a high coding density (97%) with many overlapping genes and reduced gene length. The number of predicted genes was 182, also the lowest on record (NCBI-Genome). Numerous genes considered essential for life seem to be missing, suggesting that the species may have achieved organelle-like status.\nIn comparison, Mycoplasma genitalium, which has the smallest genome of any free-living organism, has a genome of 521 genes.\nCarsonella ruddii Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia."}
{"text":"What people are saying - Write a review\nWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places.\nThe Confusion in Secondary Education\nThe European Heritage\nThe Latin Grammar School\n21 other sections not shown\nOther editions - View all\nability academies achievement adolescents Advanced Placement Program Albany Academy American education American secondary areas attend boys cation Chapter child church classroom committee common school Conant core counseling course curricular curriculum democracy dual enrollment economic educa elementary school emphasis English enrollment established evaluation experience extra-class activities federal gifted grades graduates guidance Houghton Mifflin individual institutions instruction interest junior high school Latin learners learning Macmillan ment methods modern National Education Association normal Office of Education ondary organization parents parochial schools participation Pennsylvania percent persons philosophy of education practice preparation present principles private schools problems professional public education public high schools public schools pupils school districts school system secondary education secondary school slow-learners social society standards subjects taught teaching textbook tion tional traditional types U.S. Office University vocational York youth"}
{"text":"KRWG.ORG-The Region's Home Page\nWed March 27, 2013\nThe War On Cascarones: Border Patrol Cracks Down On Confetti Eggs\nThe Easter holiday is a very busy time to cross the border.\nMore than 200,000 travelers are expected to be in Baja California for the Easter holiday. In an effort to reduce the bottleneck of commuters seeking to cross, the CBP is reminding travelers what steps they can take to expedite the entry process.\nWhich brings us to cascarones.\nCascarones — or confetti eggs — are painted eggshells filled with confetti, traditionally thrown or crushed over an individual’s head during holidays like Easter, Cinco De Mayo, weddings, etc. Making and breaking the eggs is a popular tradition for many families along the border. But the border patrol is cracking down on the popular eggs.\nIf a family gets caught traveling across the border with more than 10 cascarones they can face a hefty fine. In certain cases, it can be as high as $1,000. If a company gets caught shipping the eggshells on a large scale the fines can be more than $50,000.\nThe CBP explains their reasoning is aimed at protecting birds from Exotic Newcastle Disease.\nThe reason cascarones are closely regulated is to prevent the spread of Exotic Newcastle Disease (END), a highly contagious, fatal viral disease that affects every species of bird, attacking respiratory, nervous and digestive systems. Exotic Newcastle Disease is so virulent that many birds die without having developed any clinical signs. This disease can infect and cause death even in vaccinated poultry. Mortality is up to 90 percent of exposed birds.\nFor more Fronteras Desk news, visit fronterasdesk.org."}
{"text":"The verb TO MAKE has several different uses. The literal meaning is to create something. Here are some expressions, or collocations that use make, organized by category.\nMake = To Cook or Prepare\n- make breakfast, lunch or dinner\n- make a sandwich, pasta, or other meal\nIf you don’t feel like cooking, you can make a reservation at a restaurant!\nMake = Schedule Events\n- make an appointment\n- make plans with someone\n- make arrangements\nMake = Mental Activity\n- make a decision\n- I need to make a decision on which college I will be attending in the fall.\n- make a choice\n- It’s difficult to make a choice when there are so many options!\n- make a mistake, an error\n- I think I made several mistakes on the exam, but I’m sure I will still pass.\n- make a calculation\n- It’s important to make several calculations to see if you can afford to buy a new home.\nIf you can’t decide, we use the expression,\nI can’t make up my mind on what to order for lunch! (can’t decide)\nMake = Business Talk\n- make money\n- Our company made a lot of money last year.\n- How much money do you make at your job?\n- make time for\n- These days, it’s difficult to make time for your family.\n- make progress\n- I’ve made a lot of progress at the gym. I can run faster than before!\n- make a request\n- The passenger made a request for a quite seat near the window.\n- make a phone call\n- Could you please be quiet? I need to make a phone call to my boss.\n- make a deal\n- Let’s make a deal: I’ll cook dinner if you wash the dishes, OK?\n- make a promise\n- If you make a promise, you should always try to keep it.\nBecause make is used in so many different situations, it’s a good idea to memorize these expressions and make and effort to practice using them!\nRemember, the past form and participle form of make is made."}
{"text":"In a universe of fantastic images, a newborn star is a mystical masterpiece. Cradled within the dusty arms of a nebula, a baby star seems to blink its way to a new life. The lifespan of a star is a series of sequences. A star may spend most of its life in a “main sequence phase” where nuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium is happening in its core. But before this happens, it lives as a protostar, or baby star.\nThanks to NASA’s advanced infrared space telescopes such as Hubble and Spitzer, we are able to view these star births as never before. Pictured here are newborn stars peeking out “from beneath their natal blanket of dust” in the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud as seen by the Spitzer Space Telescope. (Text: Katherine Butler)"}
{"text":"Inventor of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee might have appeared in the Olympic Opening Ceremony, but he still doesn't have the recognition factor you might expect.\nThat said, there is one corner of the Internet where he is forever king.\nThe corner he invented.\nThe first website ever published, created by Berners-Lee more than 20 years ago, is still online and welcoming visitors after being preserved by Cern.\nThe project, developed at the Cern laboratory (the European Organisation for Nuclear Research) was a landmark achievement in a string of developments which led to the modern internet.\nInfo.cern.ch was the address of the world's first-ever web site and web server (and still is).\nAbove: the no-frills website\nAnd as was pointed out on Reddit recently, Cern have preserved (or remade) the page for all to see.\nIt ran on Berners-Lee's NeXT computer and could be found at http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html. It's no-frills look was testament to the web's early stage of development - indeed it was not yet possible to display images.\nOn the page, Berners-Lee calls for help building his project. It says:\n\"If you know something of what's going on in a particular field, organization or country, would you like to keep up-to-date an overview of online data?\"\n\"There are many ways of doing this. The web needs both raw data -- fresh hypertext or old plain text files, or smart servers giving views of existing databases.\"\nIt also lists the people involved in the project, including Berners-Lee himself.\nThe Morning Email helps you start your workday with everything you need to know: breaking news, entertainment and a dash of fun. Learn more"}
{"text":"Blast-off: UVA astronaut recalls first moon landing, career\nAs one of the millions watching July 20, 1969, as astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first to walk on the moon, Kathryn Thornton was awestruck.\n“I remember seeing them walk on the moon and walking outside and thinking people are up there,” Thornton says. “It was a pretty amazing moment.”\nDespite her excitement about the moon landing, Thornton didn’t see a future for herself in space.\n“At the time it wasn’t an option (for women),” Thorton says.\nJust over 20 years after that first moonwalk, Thornton was in orbit as a mission specialist on the crew of the space shuttle Discovery.\nSelected by NASA in 1984, Thornton orbited earth hundreds of times, logging over 975 hours in space in her career over the course of four space flights. In her second flight, Thornton was aboard the maiden flight of the space shuttle Endeavour.\nThornton left NASA in 1996 to work at UVA, where she earned her master's and doctorate in the late seventies.\nNow an associate dean for graduate programs, Thornton remembers her time in space fondly, adding that floating in space was the most memorable part of her trips.\n“There’s no way to really simulate that here on earth,” Thornton says\n“The people I talk to think it is still relevant,” she says. Thornton, who in 2008 testified in front of a House committee in favor of exploration to Mars, added that space flight was important to continue for future generations.\n“It enriches our life and expands it.”"}
{"text":"Did Pima or Apache Indians attack Union and Confederate forces fighting at the Battle of Picacho Peak?\nEddie Del Castillo\nDear Mr. Del Castillo:\nPicacho Pass, the westernmost battle of the Civil War, was fought on April 15, 1862, by 12 troopers and a scout of the California Column and a small party of Confederate pickets from Tucson. An inept single-file advance by the Union commander, Lieutenant James Barrett, resulted in he and two of his men being killed and three others wounded, while capturing three Rebels who surrendered. There were no Pima or Apache involved in the fight.\nMore Questions at Ask Mr. History\nDon’t miss the next Ask Mr. History question! To receive notification whenever any new item is published on HistoryNet, just scroll down the column on the right and sign up for our RSS feed."}
{"text":"Jesus said, \"I have come in order that you may have life—life in all its fullness.\" John 10:10\nOur Christian Value for this half term is Learning Through Stories. Have a look on our Values tab to see how we have been exploring how that looks in our school and how we can live it out in our lives, as Jesus taught us to.\nOur RE enriches all of our learning. This half term, we are looking at the question...\nHow should we care for others and the world, and why does it matter?\nWelcome to Year 2\nMrs Cooper and Mrs Lundqvist - Class Teachers\nMrs Cooper - Your class teacher on Monday and Tuesday\nMrs Lundqvist - Your class teacher on Wednesday - Friday\nMiss Rawlinson - Classroom Assistant\nMr Stevenson - PE Coach\nStart of school is at 9 am\nEnd of school is at 3.15 pm\nPlaytime is at 10.30 am and at 2.15 am\nTuck (toast) is £1 per week or £10 per term. This can be paid electronically. Please use Parent Pay.\nFresh fruit is available to the children each day in class.\nYour child should bring a water bottle into school each day.\nStill fresh water only please.\nAs a Healthy School, we do not allow flavoured water/juice to be drank\nin lessons throughout the day.\nEvery Monday afternoon with Mr Stevenson\nPlease bring a named school PE kit into school.\nPE bags can be left in the classroom.\nOur Class Topic - Summer 2\nWell here we are in our final term of Year 2!!!\nOur topic is called 'Climate Classmates'.\nThis term our topic will have a focus on pollution and how to take care of our world. Take a look at our Knowledge Organiser to find out what we will be learning.\nY2 Phonics Screen Revision"}
{"text":"The current Ebola Outbreak in West Africa began in 2014 is the largest in history; affecting multiple countries in West Africa. There were a small number of cases reported in Nigeria and Mali and a single case reported in Senegal; however, these cases were contained, with no further spread in these countries. As of July 15 there have been 27,688 suspected and confirmed cases and 11,279 total deaths.\nLiberia – The World Health Organization declared Liberia free of Ebola transmission in May 2015, but unfortunately another case was reported in late June. Our partner on the ground, International Medical Corps (IMC), continues to staff Rapid Response Teams that can quickly deploy in response to new cases. IMC also continues to provide psychosocial support and to provide Ebola-related training to individuals.\nSierra Leone – The number of cases of Ebola in Sierra Leone has significantly declined since the outbreak was declared. IMC established a permanent training center in Lunsar, where they have held more than 1,300 sessions for health workers.\nGuinea – Unfortunately the number of Ebola cases remains high, despite relief efforts. IMC is training healthcare professionals on Ebola treatment procedures and establishing Rapid Response Teams.\nMali -Although Mali has been declared free of Ebola, IMC is currently offering Ebola prevention training, working to open a permanent Infectious Disease and Management Training Center in Bamako, establishing Rapid Response Teams, and partnering with the Mali government to establish a response hub in Bamako."}
{"text":"Previous Challenge Entry\nTopic: Peer Pressure (07/05/04)\nTITLE: Witnessing Under Peer Pressure\nBy Theresa Knight\nLEAVE COMMENT ON ARTICLE\nSEND A PRIVATE COMMENT\nSEND ARTICLE TO A FRIEND\nPeer pressure comes in two forms, good and bad. I imagine it is bad peer pressure that most people associate with the term ‘peer pressure.’ An example of good peer pressure is learning good and acceptable social behaviors from others. Good peer pressure is positive. On the other hand, examples of bad peer pressure are drinking, smoking, alcohol, drugs and rebellion. All of them are negative. Those are the things parents ‘preach’ against. Thinking back, I know I heard the saying, “You wouldn’t jump off a bridge it so and so did,” a hundred times.\nI don’t recall any of my peers witnessing to others, wearing a WWJD bracelet, or carrying a bible at school. Yes, I am just as guilty as those who did not witness, even though I am a Christian. Afraid I was of what my peers would think and say about me! I certainly didn’t want to be called ‘Miss Goody Two Shoes.’\nNevertheless, today in my adult class at church, we had a small discussion about the evidence of God in peoples’ lives after he or she is saved. The literature we used, Lifeways “Biblical Truths” (Summer, 2004), mentions Cassie Bernall. She was a victim of the Columbine High School shooting. It was pointed out how she was once enchanted with witchcraft and suicide. However, she accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior a few years before this shooting. It was very evident that she was a Christian. She wore a WWJD bracelet and carried a bible at school. However, the most powerful witness under peer pressure that I can think of is saying to one’s murderers, “Yes, I believe in Jesus.” Isn’t that similar to what Jesus did when he was crucified on the cross?\nTheresa Knight © 2004"}
{"text":"4 Mar 2019\nShif is just an ordinary boy who likes chess, maths and racing his best friend\nhome from school. But one day, soldiers with guns come to his door -\nand he knows that he is no longer safe.\nShif is forced to leave his mother and little sister, and embark\non a dangerous journey; a journey through imprisonment and escape,\nnew lands and strange voices and a perilous crossing by land and sea.\nHe will encounter cruelty and kindness:\nhe will become separated from the people he loves.\nBOY 87 is a gripping, uplifting tale of one boy's struggle for survival;\nit echoes the story of young people all over the world today.\n\"Full of tension, fear, heartbreak and hope\".\nNOW AVAILABLE IN THE STUDY CENTRE\nPlease check out our Study Centre pages on the website for reading lists for all ages\nPosted by Mrs Gornall\nCategory: Book Reviews"}
{"text":"Details: This poster shows a white unicorn standing on a cliff. The tip of its horn is illuminated, and there are several shooting comets in the starry sky.\nThe unicorn is a mythical beast with a single - usually spiral - horn growing out of its forehead. The unicorn's blood and horn supposedly have mystical healing properties. Though the modern popular image of the unicorn is sometimes that of a horse differing only in the horn, the traditional unicorn has a billy-goat beard, a lion's tail, and cloven hooves. Medieval knowledge of unicorns stemmed from biblical and ancient sources."}
{"text":"Q: Can you tell me about bucket gardening? I have many five gallon buckets and want to raise vegetables in buckets. What type of soil should I use?\nA: Gardening in five-gallon buckets is a great way to raise vegetables in a small space. After you accumulate the buckets, drill 5 one-inch holes in the bottom and 5 one-inch holes around the circumference of the bucket just above the bottom. These 10 holes increase drainage, which is critical in containers of this size. Fill the buckets with professional potting soil that has fertilizer pre-mixed in it. You can fit 5 lettuce plants, 2 broccoli, 2 peppers or 1 tomato per bucket. Once the plants are well-started in spring, begin fertilizing once every couple of weeks with houseplant fertilizer, following label directions. The great thing about buckets is you can move them around so they get the most light in your landscape."}
{"text":"A teenage pregnancy is a pregnancy that takes place during adolescence. There are challenges to these pregnancies, but help is available. Here is a list of things to know and consider when facing a teenage pregnancy.\nMost confuse the morning after pill or emergency contraception, with the abortion pill. The two are not the same. Breaking down the differences gives us a better understanding of how the abortion pill actually works.\nThe information on this site is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images, and information, contained on or available through this website is for general information purposes only. The purpose of this is to help with education and create better conversations between patients and their healthcare providers."}
{"text":"Different socioeconomic classes spend their money on different things. For example, rich people will usually buy more healthy foods than the poor. The poor will often spend more money on bills than anything else. At the same time, all groups waste their money, but they do so on different items.\nThis article will show you how poor people waste their money. The point of the article is not to make you feel wrong about the way you spend your money. It’s to make you think about how you spend your money. When you know what you can afford, you may find yourself climbing up the socioeconomic ladder. So take a moment to learn about where you waste your money and how you can fix it in our list below.\n20. Junk Food\nThere is a myth that poor people can’t buy healthy foods because they are too expensive. Have you stood back and looked at the price of fresh fruits and vegetables compared to chips, ice cream, and cookies? When it boils down to it, junk food is more expensive as it doesn’t last as long as a bag of carrots or a head of lettuce. Plus, the way your body feels simply isn’t worth the price of junk food.\nMany poor people think rich people will go out for lobster often or that they eat in fancy restaurants, but the reality is that most people who are considered rich don’t do this. They like to focus on eating healthy in their own home by buying fresh vegetables, fruit, and foods high in healthy fats. The truth is, rich people save money by taking this route, and poor people can learn from this. Therefore, put down that nearly $5 bag of chips and pick up the bag of carrots that costs $0.82 per pound."}
{"text":"Genus Chamaecyparis is a genus of evergreen conifers in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to eastern Asia and to the western and eastern margins of the United States. They grow in cool temperate conifer forests, or in mixed conifer-broadleaf forest, from sea level to montane. The name is derived from the Greek khamai (χαμαί), meaning \"on the earth\", and kuparissos (κυπάρισσος) for cypress.\nDetails Hand grafted and propagated at Lime Cross Nursery, Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Pygmaea' is a flat-topped, broadly globose selection of Hinoki cypress with spreading branches, reddish brown stems, and fan-shaped sprays of bronze-green foliage than becomes noticeably darker in winter in colder climates.\nSoil Type: Normal, heavy clay, light sandy, chalk, loam. Aspect: Full sun. Foliage Type: Evergreen. Foliage Colour: Green - bronze in the winter leaves/needles. Pot Size: 3 litre and 10 Litre. Ultimate Height: 2m. Ultimate Spread: 1m. Growth Rate: 20 - 50 years. Special Attributes: Makes a great accent plant for the garden landscape."}
{"text":"Special Pathogens Laboratory spoke to WTAE Investigative Reporter Paul Van Osdol about the importance of Legionella testing in empty or underused buildings.\nOffice buildings that have been mostly empty during the coronavirus pandemic are breeding grounds for the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease, according to an expert on the disease.\nDr. Janet Stout, president of the Special Pathogens Laboratory in Pittsburgh, said water from cooling systems has been sitting idle inside office buildings.\n“The bacteria are having a party in the pipes right now. Nothing is there that’s stopping them from growing. So that is creating a very dangerous situation,” Stout said.\nWatch clip and read full article on WTAE website\nGet tips on reopening and how to keep your underused buildings safe from Legionella!"}
{"text":"To evaluate the photochromic performance of fulgide 1‐E with ferrocene in polymer matrices.\nThe fulgide 1‐E with ferrocene dye 2 doped in polymethylmethacrylate was prepared and the effects of UV irradiation were studied using spectrophotometer. The reversible reaction was effected using white light. The effect of heat was also determined.\nA film of the brown coloured fulgide 1‐E with ferrocene doped in PMMA polymer was irradiated with ultraviolet light (365 nm), the film turned red. The later colour was partially switched back to the original brown colour when the film was irradiated with a white light. It was found that the rate constants of photocoloration reaction at initial stages are faster than those at late stages. Similarly, the photocoloration reaction was slower than the photobleaching reaction. Photocoloration reaction decreased with the increase of the annealing temperatures, but for photobleaching reaction, the rates were almost similar (at 46 and 82°C). The fatigue resistance of the film was greatly improved when the annealing temperature increased to 82°C.\nThe polymethylmethacrylate polymer doped photochromic fulgide 1‐E and ferrocene 2 described in the present paper was prepared and studied. The principle of study established can be applied to any type of polymer or to any type of photochromic compounds.\nThe photochromic materials developed can be used for different applications, such as coatings and holography.\nThe method developed may be used to enhance the performance of photochromic materials.\nBaghaffar, G.A. and Asiri, A.M. (2008), \"The effects of organic additives on photochromism. Part I: the photochromic performance of (E)‐dicyclopropylmethylene‐(2,5‐dimethyl‐3‐furylethylidene)‐succinic anhydride and ferrocene containing dye doped in PMMA polymer film\", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 37 No. 3, pp. 145-150. https://doi.org/10.1108/03699420810870986\nEmerald Group Publishing Limited\nCopyright © 2008, Emerald Group Publishing Limited"}
{"text":"It’s been another exciting year researching children’s health through the National Poll on Children’s Health! Each month, we’ve put together a report on some of the most important health issues facing kids today. From pain medications to whooping cough, we’ve learned a lot about attitudes, behaviors, and concerns around the health of kids in the U.S. Here’s a look back at a few of the most popular NPCH Reports of 2013.\nDo you always follow advice from your child’s doctor? It turns out that about 1 in 10 parents only occasionally follow doctors’ orders for their children. These parents are most likely to follow advice about nutrition, going to the dentist, and using car seats/booster seats. They are least likely follow advice about discipline, putting their kids to sleep, and watching TV. Read the full report >>\nWhen it comes to sick kids, parents want to do whatever they can to make them feel better. But some popular treatments aren’t safe for young kids. Over-the-counter cough and cold medicines have warning labels that say they shouldn’t be given to children under age four, but 4 in 10 parents report giving cough medicine or multi-symptom cough and cold medicine to their kids who are younger than four years old. Read the full report >>\nStimulant medications like Adderall, Concerta, and Ritalin are often prescribed to treat ADHD. But sometimes students without ADHD take someone else’s prescription medication to try to stay awake or improve their performance on tests or assignments. We asked parents in the National Poll on Children’s Health about their awareness of these “study drugs”. Only 1 in 100 parents believe their teens have used “study drugs”, although in recent studies 1 in 10 10th-graders and 1 in 8 12th-graders say they’ve used these drugs. Read the full report >>\nCome back later this week for a look back at more of the top 2013 reports! You can view all of the 2013 NPCH Reports online. What children’s health topics should we cover in 2014?"}
{"text":"AP Photo/Anupam Nath\nOfficials in India recently made the decision to move all elephants currently living in Indian zoos and circuses to protected wildlife parks. The decision came after complaints from animal activists about the elephants’ confined living conditions, as well as increasing evidence about the shortened lifespan of elephants living in captivity. In the wildlife parks, the elephants would have a larger space to roam.\nFor more info, see: AP."}
{"text":"On Sept. 25, 1690 Publick Occurrences, one of the earliest American newspapers, published its first, and last, edition in Boston.\nIn 1775 American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen was captured by the British as he led an attack on Montreal. (He would be released in 1778.)\nIn 1890 Mormon President Wilford Woodruff issued a manifesto renouncing polygamy.\nIn 1912 Ford Motor Co. established an eight-hour workday and five-day workweek.\nIn 1957, with 300 Army soldiers standing guard because of unruly crowds, nine black students were escorted to their classes in Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas.\nIn 1973 Skylab 2 and its three-man crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a record 59 days in orbit.\nIn 1978 a Pacific Southwest jetliner and a private plane collided over San Diego, killing 144 people.\nIn 1980 tentative agreement on a contract was reached on the 67th day of an actors' strike that delayed the start of the fall television season.\nIn 1993 three U.S. soldiers in Somalia were killed when their helicopter was downed by a rocket-propelled grenade.\nIn 1996 seven people died as Israeli troops clashed with Palestinians angered by Israel's decision to open an archeological tunnel near Jerusalem's Al Aqsa Mosque compound.\nIn 1998 the death toll from Hurricane Georges, after a four-day rampage through the Caribbean, rose to 400. More than half the deaths and much of the billion dollars in destruction were in the Dominican Republic."}
{"text":"Testing | Verifying | Improving\nOften times, people order BRM’s and simply request it to have a certain blast rating. That rating can be determined by engineering calculations on the exterior structural envelope of the building. However, HMB has taken this an added step to not only “verify” that the external structure comports to its blast rating but also verifies that its construction methodologies actually do protect lives.\nThe exterior structures were identical but the interior framing systems were different. Baker Risk designed one and the other was HMB’s design. Both buildings were fully outfitted with computers, wall mounted cabinets, microwave, refrigerator, dishes, etc. and had censored test dummies that provided a wealth of data. This test proved that no two buildings are created equal and that there are factors other than the structural envelop that need to be considered when saving lives."}
{"text":"Insights into cyanobacterial fossilization in Ediacaran siliciclastic environments\nNewman et al\nEdiacaran sedimentary successions are noted for the preservation of microbes and microbial textures on the surfaces of sandstones and siltstones. Although microorganisms have been preserved in coarse-grained siliciclastic sand throughout geologic history, the exceptional preservation of microbes in Ediacaran sediments suggests the potential for a unique taphonomic window. Here, we identify conditions conducive to the fossilization of filamentous cyanobacteria growing in the presence of siliciclastic sand and demonstrate that the sheaths of filamentous cyanobacteria can become coated by clay minerals within days under oxic conditions. Smooth, extensive mineral coatings develop in the presence of 5.6 to 55.6 mg/L of suspended clay and 0.1 mM or greater concentrations of dissolved silica. Thus, elevated concentrations of seawater silica and the delivery of suspended clays promote microbial preservation on sandy and silty surfaces. These factors likely facilitated microbial fossilization in coarse-grained siliciclastic sand throughout the Ediacaran Period and may have also contributed to microbial fossilization in siliciclastic deposits at other times throughout Earth’s history."}
{"text":"“The difficulty really comes in that once adolescents are obese, they more than likely will remain obese into and through their adulthood. There is no easy fix. It takes time, hard work and a drive to change habits that have been established for a long time,” said Garry Sigman, MD, a pediatrician and obesity expert at Loyola University Health System and associate professor of pediatrics at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.\nThe physical implications of obesity are vast and dangerous. It is a major risk factor for numerous health problems, including cardiovascular disease, skin problems, orthopaedic abnormalities, diabetes and cancer. Just as scary are the psychological and emotional impact obesity will have on children and adolescents.\n“Obesity in children can lead to a feeling of inadequacy and isolation. Even as young as 5 years old, children can be stigmatized by their peers. This can result in depression or suicidal ideation, especially among adolescent girls. Since food can be comforting, the child may turn to or may already have turned to food to feel better. This is a very circular problem and so when dealing with obesity the whole child – mind, body and soul – needs to be addressed as well as the environment,” Sigman said."}
{"text":"Marichamy, R and Rajapackiam, S (2001) The aquaculture of Scylla species in India. Asian Fisheries Science, 14. pp. 231-238.\nAmong Portunid crabs, Scylla species are commercially important in aquaculture, capture fisheries and trade, and have created wide interest and high preference in India. Part of the 70,000 ha of brackishwater ponds developed for aquaculture in the southern states of Peninsular India is suitable for conversion to crab farming. Crab culture technology developed in the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute has recently led to increasing interest in crab farming. Surveys have been conducted to identify resource grounds and seasons for collection of wild seeds. However the inadequate supply of seedstock is a limiting factor in promoting the expansion of the industry. Environmental manipulation strategies have been developed to maintain broodstock and produce gravid females. Further refinements of hatchery technology could meet the demands for seed supply and promote culture activities. Crab production ranged from 1,500 to 2,500 kg•ha-1•crop-1 using different culture methods. Based on the economics of different culture methods, fattening is more remunerative than monoculture and polyculture. Post-harvesting techniques and marketing aspects are discussed. Management measures are highlighted to promote conservation of stock for sustainable yield.\n|Uncontrolled Keywords:||Aquaculture; Scylla; India; Crab|\nCrustacean Fisheries > Crabs\n|Divisions:||CMFRI-Cochin > Marine Capture > Crustacean Fisheries\nSubject Areas > CMFRI Brochures > CMFRI-Cochin > Marine Capture > Crustacean Fisheries\n|Depositing User:||Arun Surendran|\n|Date Deposited:||26 Oct 2010 10:19|\n|Last Modified:||09 Sep 2015 15:33|\nActions (login required)"}
{"text":"Decoded: Freemasonry’s Illustrated Rulebooks\nFebruary 8 - June 29\nThe Library and Museum of Freemasonry presents: Decoded: Freemasonry’s Illustrated Rulebooks\nBetween 1723 and 1819, two rival Grand Lodges of England published their rulebooks or Constitutions. During this period you would buy a book without a cover. So if a book had an illustration beside the title page, called a frontispiece, the book would be more valuable. As a result there were six frontispieces created for the Grand Lodges’ Constitutions.\nDecoded: Freemasonry’s Illustrated Rulebooks shows how freemasons used the frontispiece to communicate messages. It shows how they were a propaganda tool in the rivalry between the Grand Lodges. You can decode these frontispieces for yourself, and learn about the Grand Lodges and the artists behind them."}
{"text":"Ask the Guardian : adjectives and adverbs E-Book\nSpecMeOut may earn a commission from the links on this site, at no extra cost to you.\nThank you for supporting SpecMeOut.\n|Date Price Valid|\n|Price Saved Dollar|\n|Price Saved Percent|\nIn this exciting book, Questions are asked to a Grammar Guardian about how we use Adjectives and Adverbs in the English language. With lots of bright colourful pictures combined with easy to understand answers. This book is a good introduction to learners of English as a 2nd language and also more advanced students who need to brush up on their grammar skills."}
{"text":"Q: #410. What is a Scythian in the Bible (Col 3:11)?\nBy: Steve Shirley\nA: The word \"Scythian\" is found only once in the Bible in (Col 3:11). This verse says, \"Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.\"\nThe word \"Scythian\" in Greek is \"Skuthes,\" and is translated in Strong's as \"a savage.\" Other translations say \"barbarian.\" It is believed that it is listed right after \"barbarian\" to give an example of what was considered extreme barbarism.\nHistory shows us that Scythians first appeared around the 8th century B.C. They originated in an area north of the Caspian Sea and Black Sea, in what is now known as the Soviet Union (Russia). However, they were highly nomadic, and constantly on the move. They were well known as warriors and raiders, and were very skilled in using weapons (particularly archery). As warriors, they had a reputation for extreme brutality and cruelty. They were often compared to wild animals. Several sources mention barbaric practices such as drinking the blood of their conquered foes, and drinking from their skulls.\nIn modern times, archaeology has uncovered many artifacts from the Scythian people. They appear to have died out in app. the 3rd century A.D."}
{"text":"About Dreamweaver templates\nA template author designs a \"fixed\" page layout in a template. The author then creates regions in the template that are editable in documents based on that template; if the author does not define a region as editable, then template users cannot edit content in that area. Templates enable template authors to control which page elements template users--such as writers, graphic artists, or other web developers--can edit. There are several types of template regions the template author can include in a document.\nOne of the most powerful uses of templates is the ability to update multiple pages at once. A document that is created from a template remains connected to that template (unless you detach the document later). You can modify a template and immediately update the design in all documents based on it.\nThis section covers the following conceptual topics:\n- Types of template regions\n- Templates and template-based documents in Design and Code views\n- Template tag syntax\n- Links in templates\n- Nested templates\n- Server scripts in templates and template-based documents\n- Template parameters\n- Template expressions\n- Creating a Dreamweaver template"}
{"text":"It’s possible that Vienna, Austria, which is referred to as ″wien″ in German, is where the tradition of eating hot dogs first started. When was the first time someone made a hot dog? While there is evidence that hot dogs were first recorded in print in the late 1800s, the history of sausages may be traced all the way back to ancient times.\nWhat did the two men do with the hot dog?\nThey did this by going to a hot dog vendor, purchasing a dog, and then discarding the bun. When the bartender asks for money, I’ll unzip my fly and bring out the hot dog. Then we’ll go inside the bar and get some beverages. You go on your knees and act like you’re going to suck me dry.’ The second man acknowledges this and agrees, at which point they begin their rounds.\nWhat are the cultural traditions of the hot dog?\nThe Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest and the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile are two examples of the cultural traditions associated with the hot dog. The culture of these sorts of sausages was brought over from Germany to the United States, where they quickly gained popularity.\nWhat makes a perfect Hot Dog joke?\n- The right proportion of ketchup and mustard is essential to the development of the ideal hot dog bun.\n- In a similar vein, the secret to crafting the ideal hot dog joke is to strike the right balance between telling a joke and making a pun, then topping it off with some mustard and ketchup humor.\n- Therefore, when you appreciate each mouthful of your preferred hot dogs, give a hearty chuckle to our amusing jokes and have a nice laugh."}
{"text":"- The state should be directed by objective moral law, self-restraint, and industriousness.\n- The state should assist the poor by creating an environment that allows families to raise healthy children who can become healthy, moral citizens.\n- The state should allow families and associations to act independently to do what is best and teach virtue.\n- The state should ensure that the commercial world is just and respects the persons who work; economic efficiency should not trump human dignity.\nSunday, February 19, 2017\nA Well-Governed State\nAccording to Esolen and his reading of Pope Leo XIII's writings, a well-governed state should promote its citizens' material and moral prosperity, protect private property, allow free associations, and protect the poor from the abuse of the rich and powerful. Although there is no single solution that will work for everyone everywhere, there are four principles that should be used to create a solution:"}
{"text":"PetMD explains that one of the most common reasons that dogs experience rear-leg paralysis is due to trauma at some point along the nerve path. Moving the rear legs requires the use of the dog’s brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves, which transmit information to and from the brain. Often, the problem is that the linkage between the spinal cord and the brain has been disrupted.Continue Reading\nA dog's spinal cord travels through 24 different protective vertebrae, according to PetMD. Intervertebral discs between the vertebrae act as cushions. While the vertebrae and intervertebral discs usually protect the nerves well, portions of the nerve can become pinched, which results in impaired nerve impulse transmission.\nWebMD states that traumatic injuries are not the only causes of hind-limb paralysis. For example, some breeds are genetically predisposed to a disease that damages the spinal nerves, called degenerative myelopathy. This is a progressive disease of older dogs, and it is most prevalent in Welsh corgis, boxers, German shepherds, Chesapeake Bay retrievers and Irish setters.\nOther potential causes of rear leg paralysis in dogs include distemper, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, emboli and tumors. Additionally, slipped or herniated discs can also lead to rear leg paralysis, according to WebMD.Learn more about Dogs"}
{"text":"Current detection strategies are found to have identified only 2.6% of the BRCA gene mutation carriers in the Greater London population, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Medical genetics. The findings of the study, performed by researchers from the BCI’s Centre for Experimental Cancer Medicine, led by Dr Ranjit Manchanda, suggest that enhanced and new approaches are required to maximise the opportunity for breast and ovarian cancer prevention.\nBRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations are associated with an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer. A recent study has shown that about 72 and 69% of women who inherit a harmful mutation in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, respectively, develop breast cancer by 80 years of age. Additionally, 44 and 17% of women who inherit a harmful mutation in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, respectively, develop ovarian cancer by 80 years of age. Identifying mutation carriers is therefore critical to reduce the number of BRCA-associated cancers."}
{"text":"My posts are about to take on a strong bias towards field work and interviews with the researchers kind enough to offer assistance to our lab as we embark on a Northern Hemisphere tour. Not only will we be sampling seaweeds along both North American coasts, we’ll be jet-setting to Europe and to Japan.\nAs my thoughts have bent increasingly toward Japan with our departure date looming and thinking about invasions, it seemed appropriate for a last paper review about an invasion. But, this invasion occurred in the opposite direction of the one we’re investigating.\nSo et al. (2015) examined Daphnia pulex in Japan to determine whether the populations were indigenous or recent colonizer.\nUsing mitochondrial DNA, they were able to determine that the Japanese populations were colonizers that had hybridized with another Daphnia species prior to arrival across the Pacific.\nThere were 4 distinct groups, based on mtDNA, but only one unique multilocus microsatellite genotype was found per group, suggesting asexual reproduction.\nInterestingly, some clones could not be attributed to recent anthropogenic activities, but might have instead been the result of extremely rare events, such as the disruption of migratory flyways due to a volcanic eruption.\nBut, if populations are asexual, are they dead-ends? Do they require the influx of new migrants to increase genetic diversity?\nSo M et al. (2015) Invasion and molecular evolution of Daphnia pulex in Japan. Limnoloyg and Oceanography DOI: 10.1002/lno.10087"}
{"text":"Fights Fungus Candida albicans is a type of fungus that commonly causes dental issues like plaque overgrowth, gum infections and root canal infections . Castor oil has antifungal properties and may help fight off Candida, keeping the mouth healthy.\nOne test-tube study found that castor oil eliminated Candida albicans from contaminated human tooth roots.\nCastor oil may also help treat denture-related stomatitis, a painful condition thought to be caused by Candida overgrowth. This is a common issue in elderly people who wear dentures.\nA study in 30 elderly people with denture-related stomatitis showed that treatment with castor oil led to improvements in the clinical signs of stomatitis, including inflammation.\nAnother study found that brushing with and soaking dentures in a solution containing castor oil led to significant reductions in Candida in elderly people who wore dentures.\nSUMMARY: Several studies have shown that castor oil may help fight fungal infections in the mouth caused by Candida albicans."}
{"text":"Appendix II. Creating Latin squares of fixed order following the Sequential Enumeration scheme\n1: start with order 4, write the first row in standard format: 1 2 3 4\n2: try to complete the Ls row by row and site by site (from left to right) by always choosing the lowest possible number for the subsequent sites\n3; in case of failure return to the last site where you had a choice (the last-choice site) and took the lowest possible number\n4; now take the lowest available number there and proceed, always taking lowest possible numbers\n5; proceed in this manner, if in failure return to the last site where one or more choices are (still) available, always taking the lowest. If the process fails again return to the last but one choice site, etc.\n6; proceed until the Ls is finished. Number it LS01\n7; start the completion of LS02 by: taking the previously completed Ls as starting point, returning to the last choice site of that Ls, and following 5\n8; proceed until there are no choice sites left in the previously completed LS.\n“failure”: impossibility to meet the Latin square condition at a current site\n“possible”: compatible with the Latin square condition\n“available” possible and not yet adopted in a previous attempt to continue the process\n“last” refers to the process in time of successively filling the sites, going from upper to lower rows, etc.\nOur numbering of the LS’s of order 4 and 5 (Chapters 2 and 3) follows the sequence of creation with the Sequential Enumeration scheme."}
{"text":"I saw quite a few trumpeter swans while in Alaska. These two were hanging out on Tern Lake down on the Kenai Peninsula, south of Anchorage. Trumpeter Swans are the largest birds in North America and can measure up to five feet long and weigh 30 pounds. They were considered nearly extinct, until a population of several thousand were found near Cooper River in south central Alaska.\nNikon D810 with Nikkor 17-35mm lens (at 32mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/1250th of a second"}
{"text":"Golden rice lives up to its name, both for its color and the beneficial effect it can have on those (especially children) with vitamin A deficiency. Yet, the main obstacle preventing its distribution is the disinformation about genetically-engineered foods spread by anti-GMO Luddites. Let's hope that changes for the holidays.\nvitamin A deficiency\nOne of our primary missions at ACSH is to inform people about risk, in particular, about theoretical or minuscule risks vs. real ones.\nDear anti-GM food aficionados, We are warning you that it may be time to stock up on your Whole Foods vegan-burgers and kale because civilization has now taken one more step toward the extinction of all healthy foods on earth. The latest culprit? The banana from hell. In fact, this product is SO awful that it will provide deadly vitamin A to the many selfish Ugandans who would prefer not to die from a deficiency of the stuff. They have some nerve.\nGolden Rice, a genetically engineered crop enriched with beta-carotene which the body can then convert to vitamin A, has the potential to prevent blindness in populations prone to vitamin A deficiency. The WHO\nIn a front-page article in the New York Times entitled Golden Rice: Lifesaver, national correspondent Amy Harmon sums up the superstition and activist-generated controversy surrounding golden rice"}
{"text":"Like vegetarians, \"flexitarians\" eat a primarily plant-based diet composed of grains, vegetables, and fruits, but they occasionally obtain protein from lean meat, fish, poultry, or dairy. A quarter of Americans fit the description, consuming meatless meals at least four days a week, according to the American Dietetic Association (ADA).\nWhy it's here to stay:\nFlexitarianism is exactly what dietitians, nutritional researchers, and public health advocates have been recommending for years. \"It's about eating a varied diet that's low in saturated fat and high in fiber,\" says Milton Stokes, M.P.H., R.D., chief dietitian at St. Barnabas Hospital in New York City, and an ada spokesperson. Because the emphasis is on produce rather than protein, flexitarians are more likely than most Americans to meet the recommended daily intake of fruits and vegetables and the vitamins and minerals they contain.\nWhat it means for you:\nStudies show that people who follow this approach to eating generally weigh less and have lower rates of hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, and prostate and colon cancer. In one large study from Tulane University in New Orleans, researchers tracked the eating habits of more than 9,600 people over a 19-year period and found those who consumed fruits and vegetables at least three times daily lowered their risk of stroke by 42 percent, and their risk of cardiovascular disease by 27 percent."}
{"text":"It's always fun to find that ideas we think are unique to our generation are in fact far older. For example, who invented hypertext?\nMany might assert that it was Tim Berners-Lee, with his invention of the Web (1988). But while Sir Tim did (and continues to do) many wonderful things, the idea of hypertext greatly predates the Web.\nOther common replies, at least among technologists, might be Ted Nelson, who in his book Literary Machines (1983) and his ambitious but ultimately unsuccessful Xanadu system pioneered many relevant ideas, and Doug Engelbart, who pioneered hypertext and many other things besides.\nHistorians of science are likely to cite Vannevar Bush's As We May Think (1945), which is notable as a description of a hypertext system that (essentially) predated computers, and influenced Nelson and Engelbart.\nThere are other precursors, but (getting to the punchline), I learned at a recent workshop of the work of the Belgian Paul Otlet, who from 1895 onwards described and built systems that (using cards, not computers) introduced ideas that (now quoting Wikipedia):\nprefigured what ultimately became the World Wide Web. His vision of a great network of knowledge was centered on documents and included the notions of hyperlinks, search engines, remote access, and social networks. (Obviously these notions were described by different names.)\nIf he's in Wikipedia, he can't be that obscure (can he?), but this was all news to me."}
{"text":"Jump to main content or Bold Kids site navigation\nThe Bold was built by the Tacoma Boat Building Company of Tacoma, Washington, as a Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Survey (T-AGOS) vessel. This ship was first commissioned in 1989 by the U.S. Navy as the USNS Vigorous. The vessel was later renamed the USNS Bold. The ship served on many surveillance missions. The Navy decommissioned the USNS Bold in 2004, when the ship was transferred to EPA. The Bold's large back deck and stable platform was perfectly suited for marine science expeditions. EPA has converted the Bold to an Ocean Survey Vessel (OSV) to replace EPA's aging and much smaller ocean survey vessel, the Peter W. Anderson. The Bold helps EPA scientists to conduct experiments and gather data that help us to understand the condition of our oceans and coastal areas.\nBefore the BOLD proudly wore the bright green and blue colors of EPA, it went about its Navy duties in battleship grey. Check out the transformation!\nContact the Bold Kids web editor to ask a question, provide feedback, or report a problem."}
{"text":"This first mind game is called : Quadratic\nIt develops logical thinking skills , strategic planning , Visual and spatial perception .\nAnd it’s a IQ_ building fun ^^\nIt has countless challenges and solutions\nThe magnetic grids placed together and the game begins . It’s all about fitting the 12 puzzle pieces on the game board created .\nA booklet is included with a selection of challenges , ranging from easy to extremely difficult .\nThere’s just one solution ….\nThis computation study box for children +3\nIt’s a wooden game for education purpose , allowing the child get to know colors , numbers , operations .\nThis one for children also … it makes the child getting used to holding the pen and to control it\nThis next one i really like ^^ i don’t know the name tho …. but it has challenges as you can see and it’s a lot of fun\nINNOVATION PATTERN A\nIncludes 60 patterns challenges , and it’s a creative pattern game that teaches spatial reasoning skills . the idea is to combine the puzzle pieces to match the images shown on each challenge card .\nSo it’s a game for two … one of them try and guess the correct order of colors , while the other one correct him without telling him what he did wrong , the game continues until he gets them all …. the winner is the one who takes the smalest guesses . For example :\nplayer 1 did a lucky guess on the 3rd time while player 2 did a lucky guess on the 10th time ; so player 1 is the winner ^^\nGeometrical shapes cognition board toy has the function of building block toy."}
{"text":"posted by Lance .\nHydrogen is burned in oxygen to release heat. How many grams of hydrogen gas must be burned to release enough heat to warm a 50.0 g block of iron, giving 5 mol of water?\n2 H2(g) + O2(g) → 2 H2O(g) ΔH = −484 kJ\nIron has a specific heat of 0.449 J/(g·°C)."}
{"text":"The New York Public Library Amazing Scientists\nIn this entry in this series, Jim Callan introduces young readers to the findings of some of the world's greatest scientists. Discover the moons of Jupiter with Galileo. Uncover the science of radiation with Madame Curie. Travel forward in time with Einstein. Find out how scientists learned to cure diseases, how they discovered gravity, and how they determined the structure of the atom.\n- What is the Hippocratic Oath?\n- How did Archimedes single-handedly hold off the entire Roman army?\n- Which famous physician learned about human anatomy in a gladiator ring?\n- What is natural selection?\n- What was the worst disease of all time?\n- Who discovered over 300 uses for peanuts?\n- Which founder of chemistry died by the guillotine in the French Revolution?\n- What Nobel Prize-winning physicist escaped the Nazis in 1933?\nThese are just a few of the questions answered in this engrossing book, featuring photographs, other illustrations, diagrams, and a host of interesting facts about the men and women who made history with their scientific discoveries.\n172 pages, illustrated. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001.\nHardcover. $12.95. ISBN 0-471-39289-X."}
{"text":"Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST) is a\npower and thermal management technology\ndeveloped by Intel. EIST was introduced as a\nmeans of enabling high performance while\nmeeting the power-saving needs of a mobile\nEssentially, EIST throttles the clock speed of a central processing unit (CPU) during periods requiring minimal demand. It then brings the clock speed back up to its maximum potential when demanded by the load . This allows a computer to save power when there is less to process, yet still achieve high performance when the demand is high.\nThe earlier, non-enhanced version of SpeedStep switched frequency and voltage between low and high levels in response to a current processor load. EIST builds on this by using the following strategies:\nEIST reduces the latency inherent with changing the voltage-frequency pair (P-state), thus allowing those transitions to occur more frequently. This allows for more granular, demand-based switching and can optimize the power-to-performance balance, based on the demands of the applications.\nUsed for : Intel , Intel Atom, Intel Celeron, Intel Core 2, Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5, Intel Core i7, Intel Core i9, Intel Core M, Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5, Intel Core i7, Intel Itanium 2, Intel Pentium, Intel Pentium 4, Intel Pentium M, Intel Xeon"}
{"text":"There are many ways to go about gathering information for research. Two different yet effective ways to gather this information is through the experimental method and the survey method. Both methods can provide extremely accurate results. The Experimental method allows the researcher to have great control over how the experiment is given. The survey method is accurate because it lets the researcher to get the thoughts and opinions of a much larger sample population.\nThe differences of the two methods are what researches look at when trying to decide what method would be the best for their application. The experimental method allows the researcher to be completely objective, while the questions in a survey may not be phrased quite as objectively. Often, researches want to get \"real world\" information. In a case like this, the survey method would be a much better choice. Because of the experimental method's artificial setting, the results may not reflect what would happen in the \"real world.\"\nWith a hypothesis that frustration leads to aggressive behavior, the experimental method would probably show the best, most accurate results.\nThe independent variable is the factor that is being changed and tested by the investigator. The independent variable in the aggressive behavior experiment would be whether or not the sample or subject is frustrated.\nThe dependent variable is the factor being measured by the investigator. In this experiment, the investigator could put the subject through a frustrating task (manipulating the independent variable); the investigator would then measure the difference in the amount of aggression in the person when he/she was frustrated and when he/she was calm. Thus, the dependent variable would be the measure of the amount of aggression the subject had.\nThe control is the subject that has had the independent variable withheld. The best control for..."}
{"text":"“Land use” and “zoning” each have different meanings and independent legal significance. Land use is determined by a city or county’s comprehensive plan, which governs the future use of property within the boundaries of the city or unincorporated county. Zoning, on the other hand, represents the current permissible uses of specific properties within a given city or county. In Florida, zoning must not be inconsistent with land use designations. Sometimes, zoning districts are not compatible with an owner’s intended use of his property. In such cases, an amendment or variance may be the best option; or it may not be appropriate and may even conflict with the land use designation in the comprehensive plan. In the event of conflict, a land use amendment would be required; however, seeking a land use amendment is more likely to invite challenge from citizens. For this reason, the process of amending zoning is often less fraught with conflict than amending land use."}
{"text":"English to Hindi\nHindi English Lessons\nEnglish To Hindi\nWhat is the meaning of\nin Hindi is :\nDefinition of word strawberry\nAny of various low-growing plants of the genus Fragaria, having white flowers and an aggregate fruit that consists of a red fleshy edible receptacle and numerous seedlike fruitlets.\nThe aggregate fruit of this plant.\nContaining or having the flavor of strawberries.\nExamples of word\nJust besides the strawberry is a giant pin, ready to blow off the strawberry.\nHer hair is true red while mine is what they call strawberry blond.\nThey sure look a lot different from what we call strawberry shortcakes here in Manila.\nI was informed by a mate in Iraq that what we know as the strawberry milkshake is known as the angry dragon by them.\nI can tell you the flavour of wild strawberry is intense, so much stronger than the cultivated fruit.\nWords related to\ncomments powered by Disqus.\ncomments powered by\nThis domain is on sale . Contact me at sutradhaar[@]gmail.com\nDownload English to Hindi translater android App."}
{"text":"Currency Deposits by Country\n|Country||Inflation||GDP||Population||Interest Rate||Change||Currency||Last Updated|\n|Syria+Follow||59.1%||5,041 (2010)||22,920,273||10%||-||SYP||Nov 2016|\nForeign Currency Deposit Rates\nWhile local deposit rates which can be denominated in national and foreign currencies are set by banks they are highly influenced by several factors outside of their control. These include but are not limited to inflation in an economy, competition, regulation/liquidity requirements as well as central bank policies. Central banks across the world set monetary policies accordingly to effectively improve an economy whether it is to cool them down or set policies for expansion. Different economies may be expansion while others contracting as gains and losses in trade impact economies.\nEconomies in recession can be likely to set interest rates low with corresponding deposit yields being low, high performing economies may push rates high to cool down economies from overheating or alternatively rates may be forced higher because of rampant inflation. The following deposit rates indicate bank forecasts and policies which generally correspond with the associated central bank policies."}
{"text":"August 2016 – CARIBBEAN – Tropical Storm Earl has formed in the Caribbean Sea, the first Atlantic basin named storm since late June. Earl will track toward Belize and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, where strong winds and heavy rainfall will be threats late Wednesday into Thursday. Current indications are that the chance of a direct impact on the U.S. from Earl is low.\nEarl was named late Tuesday morning after a Hurricane Hunter reconnaissance mission found that an area of low pressure had formed. Tropical storm warnings and hurricane watches have been issued for parts of the Yucatan Peninsula, from Punta Allen, Mexico, to the Belize/Guatemala border. A tropical storm warning is also in effect for Honduras from Cabo Gracias a Dios westward to the Honduras/Guatemala border, including the Bay Islands.\nThis system has already been impactful the last few days prior to being named Earl. Six people were killed in the Dominican Republic Sunday into Monday as this system passed near the island. In the near term, showers and some tropical storm-force winds will impact Jamaica and the Cayman Islands Tuesday and Tuesday night. Some local flash flooding can’t be ruled out over the mountainous terrain of Jamaica. For now, the chance of U.S. impacts appears very low, with the exception of a possible push of moisture and showers into parts of the Texas coast. –Weather"}
{"text":"A very large wildfire in New Mexico was moving close to a nuclear facility at Los Alamos, but fortunately firefighters have been successful at keeping it at bay. Los Alamos is the site where the first atomic bomb was constructed. Eleven years ago, due to wildfires, some of the lab’s structures burned. On July 4th the Los Alamos National Lab website posted an alert for their employees about their work schedule: “Los Alamos National Laboratory has announced it will re-open to employees on Wednesday, July 6, 2011, after being closed for more than a week during the Las Conchas fire, the largest wildfire in New Mexico history.”\nLos Alamos national lab is located in an area that is prone to wildfires, and it appeared this year the fires might reach the research facility. “There was a scary moment when the fire spotted high up in Los Alamos Canyon, the fuel-rich gateway funneling into town and the lab.” (Source: KRQE.com) Last year wildfires were also a problem in the area.\nExtreme weather like drought is now thought to be linked to climate change, which is a growing trend, and dry conditions make wildfires more likely. So does Los Alamos face a future of more wildfires, and if so, what would the consequences of the lab catching on fire? A related news article stated there are 20,000 drums of nuclear waste stored at Los Alamos, and if they were exposed to high temperatures, they could burst and release their contents into the fire plumes, which would be likely to spread the waste material.\nPlans are also in the works for greater plutonium use there. Plutonium bomb-making wastes will double, according to Nuke Watch. Why are such large amounts of potentially damaging waste stored in an area that is prone to wildfires, and may actually become more so, due to dry conditions made worse by the effects of climate change?\nImage Credit: Public Domain"}
{"text":"Researchers offer overview of late-stage Ebola risks\nThe study included an evaluation of whether people who are in the late stage of the virus and living at home place their loved ones at a higher risk of contracting the virus. The purpose of the overview is to guarantee that Ebola patients do not spread the virus. In light of their research, the scientists say health care facilities need to do their best to prevent at-home care for Ebola patients.\nUltimately, the researchers suggest that the risk of transmission throughout the community is not a significant risk.\n\"This research strengthens the evidence base for dealing with this deadly disease. Importantly, we provide a more nuanced understanding of the risks -- and particularly the risks associated with indirect contact,” Paul Hunter, the lead researcher in the study from UEA's Norwich Medical School, said. \"Our research shows that Ebola is not very infectious in the general community, and that it does require close contact with a known case.\"\nThe researchers recommend cremation of deceased Ebola victims to further inhibit the transmission of the virus.\n“We found no evidence of risk associated with casual community contact with individuals who are not yet showing symptoms,” Hunter said. “Even living in the same house is not that risky providing you avoid direct contact. Many forms of contact such as conversation, sharing a meal, sharing a bed, and direct or indirect touching, are unlikely to result in disease transmission during incubation or early illness.\n\"We found that infection risk is highest among those caring for a sick person at home in the later stages of infection, or preparing the recently deceased for burial. Urgent diagnosis and hospitalisation really is the key to stopping the spread of this disease at least until a vaccine is widely available. Our work also shows that vaccination strategies in future outbreaks only need to be targeted at relatively close contacts of cases and health care workers.\""}
{"text":"- About Us\n- Contact Us\nMost people are not familiar how cogeneration works. Cogeneration, which is also referred to as Combined Heat and Power (CHP), is the process of deriving two forms of energy, electricity and heat, from a single source.\nThe energy systems of buildings have been traditionally configured to draw electricity from the grid and to generate thermal and chilling needs on site with boilers, furnaces and chillers. The efficiency of these systems is 35 – 45%.\nBy converting to cogeneration, the efficiency of a building’s system can be elevated to as high as 80%. This increased efficiency translates into less primary energy inputs needed to deliver the amount of electricity and heat required, and the impacts are significant. Utility bills are reduced by 50% on average, which greatly increases net operating income and frees up capital for other needs.\nProperty owners would also be ensuring energy resilience because of the cogeneration system’s capacity to run in “island mode” off the grid. During the blackout after Sandy, buildings with cogeneration systems disconnected from the grid and avoided any power loss.\nA cogeneration system also has significant environmental benefits. Grid congestion is relieved because much less electricity is drawn from the public utility. The huge increase in efficiency also results in a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Our cogeneration system features an exclusive license for technology which not only meets but exceeds CA state emissions requirements, the strictest in the nation.\nAs a result of these social benefits, many states are currently offering very large energy incentives to make the transition. This makes it possible to finance a cogeneration project completely out of the utilities savings with a 5-6 year payback.\nAt the heart of the system that HVAC, Inc. designs and installs is a cogeneration module manufactured by Tecogen, a leader in the field.Cogeneration Benefits"}
{"text":"Kids Home > Varicella Vaccine\nThe varicella vaccine is used for reducing the risk of chickenpox. It is given as two separate doses, at least one to three months apart (depending on the age of the individual). The vaccine works by \"tricking\" the body into thinking it has been exposed to chickenpox; the body produces antibodies that will help fight the virus if future exposure occurs.\nWhat Is the Varicella Vaccine?\nPotential Side Effects\n- Injection site reactions, such as pain or redness\n- Chickenpox-like rash."}
{"text":"Skip to main content\nMore Search Options\nA member of our team will call you back within one business day.\nIf your lungs produce a lot of mucus, airway clearance techniques may be prescribed. These techniques help move excess mucus from the airways. Keeping the lungs clear of mucus helps prevent shortness of breath and other symptoms.\nCoughing techniques are special ways of coughing that help move mucus up the airways. You may be taught methods such as the “huff” technique (shown here).\n1. Sit in a chair with both feet on the floor. Take a slow, deep breath through your nose.\n2. To exhale, open your mouth and make a “huff” sound in your throat. (This is the same way you might breathe to clean a pair of glasses.) Huff 2 to 3 times as you exhale. Relax for a few seconds. Then repeat steps as needed.\nPostural drainage uses gravity to drain mucus from the lungs. It’s done by lying in certain positions for a given amount of time. Postural drainage may be done along with a technique called chest percussion. This involves clapping on your chest to loosen mucus. Or, a vibrating device may be held against the chest to shake mucus loose.\nPositive expiratory pressure (PEP) therapy is done by exhaling into a hand-held device. This device changes pressures inside the lungs, which loosens mucus.\nA vibrating vest is worn over the chest. The vest is attached to an air generator that inflates and deflates the vest very quickly. This motion vibrates the chest and loosens mucus.\nKeep in mind that these techniques are meant to move mucus up the airways and out of the lungs. Have a box of tissues handy."}
{"text":"The Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition Model offers a method of seeing how pc technology may impact educating and studying. 62 This definition’s emphasis on creativity avoids unbounded definitions which will mistakenly embody cooking technologies,” however it additionally highlights the prominent role of people and due to this fact their responsibilities for using advanced technological methods.\nDeveloped nations have benefited from the usage of medical technology in their health care techniques and this explains the reason why individuals in developed countries leave longer than individuals in growing nations.\nThrough the industrial age, companies with giant sums of capital had the potential of employing expensive technological instruments to gain aggressive advantage ; small companies had much less potential because they might not afford costly manufacturing or processing technological instruments.\nOne is a move away from technological determinism and the belief that technology is a given self-contained phenomenon which develops autonomously to an emphasis on technological development being the results of decisions (although not essentially the meant end result).\nStone Age – The event of straightforward instruments from wooden or shards of rock and the invention of fire, which offered a strategy to cook dinner food and create heat and light, have been technological developments which allowed people to accomplish tasks more simply and rapidly."}
{"text":"That orthoboric acid is a tribasic acid is shown by the formation of ethyl orthoborate on esterification, the vapour density of which corresponds to the molecular formula B(0C2H5)3; the molecular formula of the acid must consequently be B(OH) 3 or H 3 B0 3.\nMenschutkin (Ber., 1882, 15, p. 1 445; Ann., 1879, 1 95, p. 334) examined the rate of esterification of many acids with alcohols.\nThe investigation also showed that the nature of the acid used affected the result, for in an homologous series of acids it was found that as the molecule of the acid became more complex, the rate of esterification became less.\nMeyer (Ber., 18 94, 2 7, p. 510 et seq.) showed that in benzenoid compounds ortho-substituents exert a great hindering effect on the esterification of alcohols by acids in the presence of hydrochloric acid, this hindering being particularly marked when two substituents are present in the ortho positions to the carboxyl group. In such a case the ester is best prepared by the action of an alkyl halide on the silver salt of the acid, and when once prepared, can only be hydrolysed with great difficulty."}
{"text":"These are the seabirds (order Procellariiformes) — the albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters. These birds typically spend most of their lives at sea, returning to land only to breed. New Zealand is the seabird capital of the world.\nThe diurnal birds of prey are predatory birds that are now split into two different orders. They include falcons and kestrels (order Falconiformes), and harriers, hawks, eagles and kites (order Accipitriformes).\nThese birds belong to the order Charadriiformes. They are typically found around coastal areas and inland waterways, although some breed well inland. We have many species of migratory shorebirds that breed in the arctic then fly to New Zealand for our summer."}
{"text":"Math Made Easy: Marvel Heroes: Fourth Grade\nIllustrated with kids' favorite characters from Marvel and DC Comics, each new Math Made Easy workbook is filled with exercises for home learning that feature problems and practice questions. Math has never been as exciting as it is with Superman, Spider-Man, Batman, and Wolverine!\nSpecifications of Math Made Easy: Marvel Heroes: Fourth Grade\n|Number Of Pages||202|\nWrite a review\nNote: HTML is not translated!\nRating: Bad Good\nEnter the code in the box below:"}
{"text":"The majority of the 22 primate species known to eat fungi spend less than 5% of their feeding time doing so. The Goeldi's monkey (Callimico goeldii), a small South American primate, devotes up to 63% of its feeding time to the consumption of Auricularia auricula, A. mesenterica, Ascopolyporus polyporoides and A. polychrous. This may be as much as 6.1kg/animal/year of fresh weight of fungus consumed by an animal weighing half a kilogram; in comparison, the average person in the U.S.A. consumes 1.9 kg/person/year of fresh weight of mushrooms. The nutritional benefits of mycophagy appear to be relatively few, but need to be investigated further. Mycophagy by Goeldi's monkeys may be a strategy for reducing feeding competition during the dry season and likely affects the monkeys' home range size and distribution pattern.\nEmail your librarian or administrator to recommend adding this journal to your organisation's collection."}
{"text":"Kidney Shrinkage is a condition when kidneys shrunk in smaller size than its normal size. Damaged kidneys are not able to filter out waste material and fluid from the body. Major causes of Kidney Failure – High blood pressure. Constant collision of blood pressure makes the arteries hard and shrikes in size. Management of blood pressure is crucial to prevent kidney failure. At Sai Sanjivani, we provide ayurvedic medicines to stop kidney shrinkage naturally and diet plan to restore kidney function. Results are seen as decreased levels of creatinine, urea levels and improved kidney function.\nThe amount of salt you consume has direct impact on your blood pressure. So, kidney patients need to be very careful while taking salt in their diet. If a kidney patient whose blood pressure is high, needs to lower down blood pressure. Limiting salt intake in diet helps in kidney disease. Just a pinch of sendha namak/ Himalayan Salt/ Rock Salt is allowed to kidney patient in every meal.\nCreatinine is a waste product produced from the breakdown of muscle metabolism. To control high creatinine levels, restricting or reducing protein intake helps to lower creatinine levels. Damaged kidney are unable to filter out waste material and it starts accumulating in the body. Avoid milk, pulses and other non-veg items. Reducing protein intake prevents from weight loss, weakness and accumulation of water.\nVigorous exercises also increases creatinine levels. Practice yoga and breathing exercises such as Kapalbhati, Pranayam and Anulom vilom. Avoid external factors like cold intolerance and fever. High levels of creatinine and urea indicates severe decrease in kidney function. When kidneys are damaged, kidneys are unable to flush out potassium from the body, it starts accumulating in the body. High potassium levels symptoms: nausea, weakness, numbness."}
{"text":"K1 Creative Development\nK1 complete a variety of art activities often linked to other areas of learning. They start off the Autumn term painting self – portraits which make a wonderful display in the classroom. They study the work of various artists including Mondrian and Georgia O’Keefe, completing pictures in the same style. Collage work explores using different materials, linked in with work in Science. K1 also complete observational drawings of spring flowers and Leeds Castle. In the Summer term they start to review their own work and the work of others to identify areas where improvements could be made.\nK2 Creative Development\nArt is taught in a cross-curricular way in K2. Pupils are encouraged to explore ideas, using a variety of starting points. They investigate and use a variety of materials and processes to communicate their ideas, and design and make images and artifacts. They comment on differences in others’ work, and suggest ways of improving their own."}
{"text":"probability of head p\n(i) Toss a coin 12 times and observe 9 heads, 3 tails.\n(ii) Toss a coin until the third tail turns up , occurs on 12th toss.\nTest hypothesis H0 : p=0.5 against H1: p>0.5 with significance level 5%.\nwats ur conclusion\nFollow Math Help Forum on Facebook and Google+\nView Tag Cloud"}
{"text":"|This article forms part of the series on the |\n|Liturgy of the Preparation|\n|Liturgy of the Word|\n|Great Litany |\nLitany of Fervent Supplication\nLitany for the Departed\nLitany of the Catechumens\n|Liturgy of the Eucharist|\n|Cherubic Hymn |\nLitany of the Completion\n|Edit this box|\nThe Apostolos is the liturgical book containing the various epistle readings as they appointed by the lectionary.\nAn apostolos or epistle is a writing directed or sent to a person or group of persons, usually a letter and a very formal, often didactic and elegant one. The letters from Apostles to Christians in the New Testament are often referred to as epistles.\nIn the context of the Divine Liturgy or other liturgical service, epistle may refer more specifically to a particular passage from a New Testament epistle, or from the Acts of the Apostles, that is scheduled to be read on a certain day or at a certain occasion.\n- The Epistle Lectionary - The Apostolos of the Greek Orthodox Church According to the King James Version (Byzantine Style Lectionary)\n- The Apostol (Slavic Style Apostolos, Traditional English translation)\n- Orthodox Christian Scripture Lectionary - An Examination of how the Gospel and Apostolos Lectionary is used throughout the year\n- Practical Tips on How To Build a Liturgical Library"}
{"text":"Ringwood, borough (1990 pop. 12,623), Passaic co., N N.J., in the Ramapo Mts. and on the Wanaque River near the N.Y. line. Iron was found nearby in 1730; mines and works were developed from 1764 by Peter Hasenclever, who made Ringwood Manor his headquarters. His successor, Robert Erskine, produced munitions for the patriots in the American Revolution. Other owners of the Ringwood properties included Peter Cooper and Abram S. Hewitt. Presented to the state in 1936, the estate (95 acres/38 hectares) became (1939) a park and the manor house was converted into a museum. Ringwood Manor has been designated a national historic landmark.\n\"Ringwood.\" The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. . Encyclopedia.com. (September 22, 2018). http://www.encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/ringwood\n\"Ringwood.\" The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. . Retrieved September 22, 2018 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/ringwood"}
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{"text":"It may sound extreme, but laser treatment is simple and effective. Using electric energy converted into light energy, we can produce results with precision. The laser is a directed narrow beam of light that can make targeted cuts allowing us to remove diseased tissue without impacting healthy tissue and with very limited bleeding.\nIn dentistry, we use laser technology in crown lengthening procedures, to assist with canker sores, and to help patients with periodontal disease. Laser treatment helps in periodontal treatment by:\nHow Laser Treatment is Done\nPatients who are having laser treatment done will be equipped with a pair of shades; this is to protect their eyes from the intensity of the light. Treatment is simple, we may offer a local anesthetic, but most find treatment done with a laser to be pain-free. We will remove the dead or diseased tissue from around the tooth root, and remove the microbes from the gum pockets; this will allow us to scale the area then more effectively. Scaling is the removal of hardened plaque or calculus. This can be done with an ultrasonic scaler or a hand scaler. Once all decayed tissue and bacteria are removed, we can then smooth the roots through a process known as root scaling. Smoothing the roots will help the teeth reattach to the gum tissue and reduce the buildup of future bacteria.\nPeriodontal disease is not cured of a single treatment but is part of a continuous treatment process. Your mouth is constantly exposed to new bacteria, removing it through daily brushing and flossing, along with evaluations and cleaning appointments, we can help you have healthier teeth and gums."}
{"text":"Changing images of the legal past\nHow does legal history move in time, and what determined the broad turns observable from the 19th century? This research starts from the premise that legal historiography cannot operate without a philosophical idea of ‘law’ which summarises how law should be created, by whom and how. Starting from this premise, legal history is better explained if we look to philosophers rather than legal historians. In fact, we find major philosophical figures at its main turning points: Friedrich v. Savigny, who in the early 19th century was considered the Kant of his discipline; Hermann Kantorowicz, who in the early 20th century reversed the earlier premises starting from neo-Kantianism and linguistic philosophy. And today, the current reorientation of methods and objectives should be explained, according to this approach, by a vast reformulation of its theoretical premises and in particular by a growing concern with the informational framework whereby the law operates."}
{"text":"During Pacifist Fight Club: Round 3, Deshonna Collier-Goubil spoke on the racial inequality found in the US Prison System. In this TEDtalk, Bryan Stevenson addresses the elephant in the room: \"We Need to Talk about Injustice.\" He urges us to explore our national past to discover the connecting points to where we are today in our imbalanced system of justice.\nWhile some efforts are being made to reduce the over-capacity of prison systems (in California, and other states) Compton's Mayor Brown recently stated in an interview with Vogue, that these plans aren't \"very well thought out.\" While she advocates state-initiated training programs, Stevenson insists change won't be made—that justice won't be served—until we as a nation take a hard look at our past. Bryan Stevenson is a story teller, and weaves memorable moments with his grandmother, and sitting in a living room with Rosa Parks, into his even-handed case for racial equality and system reform.\nStevenson founded and serves as executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative. EJI fights against the Death Penalty and the sentencing of children to adult prisons, as well as fighting for policy and system reform, all the while challenging the blind-eyes of the status quo.\nFight Club Homework Assignments:\nRevisit: Pacifist Fight Club: Round 3 and watch Deshonna weigh in on the issue.\nDiscuss or Ponder: What are the effects of a voting system where 1/3 of a demographical voice has been systematically silenced?"}
{"text":"Myanmar is one of the most biologically diverse and ecologically productive nations on Earth. Its forests support the livelihoods of more than 36 million people, while the forestry sector employs more than\nforest management plans\nA document describing the manner in which commercial forestry will be carried out, and which may specify optimum harvest rates, means of minimizing environmental impacts, measures to ensure the health and safety of workers, and processes to accommodate interests of local communities.\nGuide to Forestry Contracts - Understanding Key Provisions (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) and International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP))"}
{"text":"Windows is an operating system made by Microsoft. An operating system is a software program makes the computer function. The operating system is already installed on a computer when it is purchased.\nThe operating system allows you to complete many useful everyday tasks on your computer like read email, edit vacation pictures, write a letter, play games and much more.\nThe first version of Windows was released in 1985. Prior to Windows 1.0, PCs used Disk Operating System or DOS, which required the user to type in memorized commands to locate and runs programs. Windows allows the user to click on icons to perform the same commands – this is called a graphical user interface (GUI).\nThe most recent version of Windows is Windows 11, which was released in late 2021. This class covers Windows 10. Other versions of Windows may look and function differently.The Desktop >>"}
{"text":"Robert GundlachBorn: 1926\nPhotocopying. Gundlach devoted over three decades to transforming photocopiers into small, robust products that revolutionized xerography. As the field advanced, Gundlach invented ways to produce color copies and use digital technology. He has earned more than 150 patents; while most are related to xerography, they also include a snow-making machine, a comfortable backpack, and a water-based heat pump system.\nFact Monster/Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"Early 1941 was a good time for agriculture, the main occupation in Malesso'. Tomatoes and corn in particular did very well. More people were interested in farming and a record twenty-two plows were bought in Malesso' in just one month.\nA type of pandanus called åkgak was receiving a lot of attention on Guam in the late 30s and early 40s. Its production and use in weaving all kinds of things for home use and daily life was promoted by the government. Jesus C. Barcinas, a teacher in Malesso', was a leader in åkgak production. There was a big demand for woven products made of åkgak, especially by statesiders buying them as souvenirs. It was a new way of making cash on Guam.\nOn the church front, Father Marcian was able to tear down what was left of the church which remained roofless after the typhoon of November 1940. He was busy doing carpentry work to fix his residence and start building a new church.\nAbout the only sour note in Malesso' in June of 1941 was the no-show of the mañåhak fish. They showed up but in such small numbers that the people could not salt any for future use. What little mañåhak came was eaten up by the people.\nImagine this kind of life before December that year would change life forever."}
{"text":"The warming oceans have led to bleaching events in coral reefs around the world, but bleaching is not the only problem corals face. Disease outbreaks are also becoming more frequent, severe, and widespread.\nMany factors are contributing to the problem, including pollution and nitrogen runoff from fertilizers and coastal sewer and septic systems. However, the key culprit is likely the steadily increasing ocean temperatures, which are the cause of coral bleaching. Elevated water temperatures can cause coral polyps to expel the algae that sustains them and gives them color.\nAccording to scientists, bleaching makes corals more susceptible to illness. In the Caribbean, a coral disease hotspot, about 80% of coral cover has disappeared, largely from outbreaks of “white band disease”, so called because of a white band of dead tissue that forms in affected corals. Two crucial reef-building species, elkhorn and staghorn coral, are now nearing extinction in the regions. The reef extending along the Florida coastline is the third largest reef ecosystem in the world and nearly 35% of it has been lost to disease.\nEstimates are that disease outbreaks have wiped out at least 6% of the corals on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. In that region, diseases are more prevalent in areas where corals were damaged by fishing and other human activity because wounded coral provides an entry point for pathogens and bacteria.\nIn the face of climate change and mounting disease outbreaks, scientists are scrambling for solutions to stave off catastrophe. Assisting the migration of hardier coral species and breeding so-called “super corals” are among the strategies being pursued. It is unknown whether these and other forms of intervention can be used on a wide enough scale to really make a difference.\nPhoto, posted November 29, 2012, courtesy of Robert Linsdell via Flickr."}
{"text":"Our look at some highlights from our Young Adult and Children’s Fiction section continues with our series on Cinderella.\nOn top of the many modern retellings, there are also a myriad of older versions that we might consider templates: not only Grimm’s “Aschenputtl” (published 1812), but also the Chinese “Yeh-hsien” (recorded circa 850), and Giambattista Basile’s Italian “Cerentola” (published 1634). Any consideration of the story we call “Cinderella” for simplicity’s sake must acknowledge that Cinderella has had a dizzying array of personae over hundreds of years, in several cultures. There is no one authoritative tale of Cinderella, only a hall of mirrors with a different face in each reflection.\nMarie Rutkoski explains that in almost all Cinderella stories, across cultures and centuries, nature is always a powerful force. One notable exception to that rule, however, is Marissa Meyer’s Cinder, which cast a most unnatural cyborg in the heroine’s role. Ella Enchanted gives readers a more modern and relatable Ella to draw us in to the familiar tale. And last, in Sarah Skilton’s review of Ash, a lesbian retelling of the story, she asks “what is the point of fairy tales if not to tempt the reader into making a wish to exchange his or her world for a different one?”."}
{"text":"It’s now well established that sleep plays an important role in memory and learning. Now a new study suggests that dreams also play a part in consolidating memories. The study involved 99 subjects training for an hour on a computerized maze task, and then either taking a 90-minute nap or engaging in quiet activities. Intermittently, subjects were asked to describe what was going through their minds, or what they had been dreaming about. Five hours after training, the subjects were retested on the maze task. While those who hadn’t slept showed no improvement on the second test (even if they had reported thinking about the maze during their rest period), and those nappers who reported no maze-related dreams also showed little improvement, those who dreamed about the task showed dramatic improvement. Those who dreamed about the task were not more interested or motivated, but they were more likely to have performed relatively poorly during training — suggesting that the sleeping brain is more likely to focus on areas of greatest need. The researchers believe not that dreaming causes you to remember, but that dreaming is a marker that the brain is working on a problem at many levels — perhaps reflecting the brain's attempt to find useful associations.\n . Dreaming of a Learning Task Is Associated with Enhanced Sleep-Dependent Memory Consolidation. Current Biology [Internet]. 2010 ;20(9):850 - 855. Available from: http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(10)00352-0"}
{"text":"Flag of South Africa\nThis page is about the meaning, origin and characteristic of the symbol, emblem, seal, sign, logo or flag: Flag of South Africa.\nThe flag of the Republic of South Africa was adopted on 27 April 1994, at the beginning of the 1994 general election, to replace the flag that had been used since 1928. The new national flag, designed by State Herald Frederick Brownell, was chosen to represent the new democracy.\nThe flag has horizontal bands of red (on the top) and blue (on the bottom), of equal width, separated by a central green band which splits into a horizontal \"Y\" shape, the arms of which end at the corners of the hoist side (and follow the flag's diagonals). The Y embraces a black isosceles triangle from which the arms are separated by narrow yellow bands; the red and blue bands are separated from the green band and its arms by narrow white stripes. The stripes at the fly end are in the 5:1:3:1:5 ratio.\nThree of the colours – black, green and yellow – are found in the banner of the African National Congress. The other three – red, white and blue – are displayed on the old Transvaal vierkleur (which also includes green), the Dutch tricolour and the modern flag of the United Kingdom.\n- 858 Views\nCategory: Open Relationship Pride Flag.\nMore symbols in World Flags:\nFlags from countries around the world, including their origins, design and history. read more »\nMore symbols in Open Relationship Pride Flag:\nAn open relationship/marriage is a relationship or marriage in which both partners that each may engage in sexual activities with others. Color Meanings: Green: The balance between multiple relatio… read more »\nHave a discussion about Flag of South Africa with the community:\nUse the citation below to add this symbol to your bibliography:\n\"Flag of South Africa.\" Symbols.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2023. Web. 28 Nov. 2023. <https://www.symbols.com/symbol/flag-of-south-africa>."}
{"text":"The developer of a new two-armed robot will offer it to the operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant for helping to clear debris and cutting pipes in no-go areas.\nMitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said it developed the robot specifically to aid recovery work at the plant, where radiation levels remain so high in some places workers would be exposed to a lifetime maximum in a matter of minutes.\n\"We hope to call on Tokyo Electric Power Co. to use it,\" said a company official.\nNamed MHI-MEISTeR, the robot is able to carry out a wide range of actions. Each arm has seven joints and can wield a tool such as a circular saw, drill or pliers.\nThe robot's control system is derived from existing technology: operators can guide it using video game controllers and laptop computers.\nThe robot can be powered by a cable, or it can move independently for up to two hours using batteries, MHI said.\n- « Prev\n- Next »"}
{"text":"On November 26, 1778, Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy sailed his ship around the Hawaiian Islands and came upon the beautiful Island of Maui, making him the very first European (read as: \"white person\") to lay on it.\nHowever, that's all he did. Because he was unable to find a suitable place to dock, he never actually stepped foot on the island and ended up just sailing away in frustration.\nTo this day, white people have never returned to the island, was never overthrown by greedy American businessmen and remains a placid and reclusive island paradise, untouched by the modern world.\nGo back to Day 78.\nTags: Election Countdown, Hawaii, United Kingdom"}
{"text":"There are a few ways that we tend to think about eye protection. Many of us wear appropriately filtered sunglasses to reduce glare and UV exposure. Some people go so far as to watch what they eat, knowing that their general health will relate to the risk for eye diseases. Did you know that there is more to safeguarding your eyes than preserving vision and avoiding eye disease?\nThe American Academy of Ophthalmology has reported that more than 1 million eye injuries occur on an annual basis. There is an important detail about these injuries that we need to pay close attention to 90% of these injuries are preventable. All that is needed is a little safeguarding.\nWhat You Can Do to Avoid Eye Injury\nIf you know you can avoid any injury, of course, you want to! Here’s how:\nStart by . . .\n- Evaluating your work environment, specifically looking for hazards.\n- Prepare for your task by gathering the right tools. If you’re gardening, have protective glasses ready. If you’re working around chemicals, have a first aid kit, and eye washes accessible.\n- Educate yourself on appropriate safety practices and hazards you may not immediately consider.\nThen . . .\n- Get fitted safety gear if necessary. An eye care professional can provide this.\n- Schedule a full eye exam. The risk of injury is compounded if vision problems go undetected.\nSports injuries often occur to the eye. The leading type of eye injury for athletes (even Sunday morning hoops counts) is the corneal abrasion. This injury hurts a lot more than it should for being so minor! Corneal abrasion usually heals over several days and leaves behind no lasting damage. If an opponent’s finger or another instrument cannot reach the eye, the cornea is not likely to get scratched. Bottom line: wear sports goggles whenever you play, whatever you play.\nConsidering the potential for avoidance, one might say that far too many eye injuries occur each year. What can you do to decrease your risk? If you need help, call (806) 351-1177"}
{"text":"1 in 3 childs in Texas is overweight or obese\nNearly 27 million people call the state of Texas home, making it the second largest and most populous state in the U.S. Over its more than 260,000 square miles,* Texas landscapes flow from arid deserts to prairies, forests, and a rich coastline that feeds into the Gulf of Mexico.\nDespite the state’s scenic landscapes, it bears a less flattering attribute: Texas is the first most obese state in the U.S. for children. More than 1 in 3 children and adolescents in Texas is obese, putting them at risk for serious health problems.\nAdditionally, the significant racial and ethnic disparities that exist in obesity prevalence among U.S. children are pronounced in Texas’s diverse communities: Nearly 39 percent of the state’s residents are Hispanic or Latino.*\nThanks to support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The JPB Foundation and Target, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation is working with communities throughout the state to make it easier for kids to lead healthier lives.\n*Source: U.S. Census Bureau"}
{"text":"From Chinese 蓬 + 萊, of uncertain etymology. The characters can refer directly (together) to 蓬蒿草莱 or (separately) to various Chinese weeds and herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine and Taoist alchemy; 蓬 can serve as a measure word (a \"clump\") for herbs; or they may be an Old Chinese transcription (reconstructed *bong or *brong rˤək) of an earlier Austro-Asiatic name: cf. 萊國 (Lai), an ancient Dongyi tribe, where 萊 has been argued to transcribe a native word for \"mountain\" or \"wilderness\".\n蓬萊 (traditional, Pinyin 蓬莱), simplified\n- Penglai, a mythical eastern isle of the blessed in Chinese mythology\n- Penglai, a city in Shandong, China, formerly known as Dengzhou or Tengchow and recently renamed after the legendary island\n- Mythical island\n- \"蓬萊\" (in Mandarin), Han Dian (漢典). URL accessed on 20 November 2013."}
{"text":"Driving without giving your full attention to the road is always risky. Engaging in any activity that takes your eyes off the road or your hands off the wheel-be it turning down the air conditioning, eating a sandwich or wrangling your kids in the back seat-constitutes distracted driving.\nThe advent of smart phones has only increased the opportunities for distraction while driving. In recent years, accidents and injuries caused by distracted drivers have spiked. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that upwards of 1,000 people each day are injured by distracted drivers.\nLast year, Texas took firm action to inhibit smart phone distraction while driving. It passed a new law, which is commonly known as the texting ban. In reality, this law extends beyond just texting. It prohibits reading, writing or sending any form of electronic message-text, email, Instagram post etc. Drivers may still use their cell phones to use hands-free technology, use GPS, play music or contact emergency services.\nTo effectively deter distracted driving, the state is enforcing stiff penalties for infractions. Anyone caught sending or receiving messages while driving will be charged with a misdemeanor-which will go on their permanent criminal record. First-time offenders can be charged anywhere from $25 to $99. For repeat offenders, that fine jumps to between $100 and $200. In addition, if the driver’s distracted behavior seriously injures another person, they could be charged up to $4,000 in fines and go to jail for up to a year.\nThe new law is a sobering reminder for Texans to stay alert and attentive on the road, and to drive defensively."}
{"text":"Preferred harvest principles and - regulations amongst willow ptarmigan hunters in Norway\nHunters ’ preferences for diff erent harvest principles and harvest regulations such as season length and harvest quotas provide important knowledge for wildlife management. We report results from a survey of 2788 willow ptarmigan hunters regarding commonly used harvest-principles and -regulations. A harvest quota strategy was the most preferred principle. Hunters were in general more positive to an annual bag, than daily quotas. Age was a particularly strong predictor of the ‘ no winter hunt ’ (after 23 December) regulation, and also a fairly strong predictor for the per annum and per day quota strategies respectively. Th is study has shown that ptarmigan hunters prefer annual quotas, rather than shortened hunting season or reduced number of hunters. We also emphasize the importance of social – ecological systems thinking when adaptive management strategies are developed and that management strategy evaluation models should be used to evaluate these strategies.\nForlagNordic Council for Wildlife Research\nSiteringWildlife Biology 20(2014) nr. 5 s. 285-290\nFølgende lisensfil er knyttet til denne innførselen:"}
{"text":"|Title||Demography and regeneration of oaks in the foothill woodlands of central California: a review of the scientific literature|\n|Publication Type||Journal Article|\n|Year of Publication||2006|\n|Authors||Tyler, CM, Kuhn, W, Davis, FW|\n|Journal||Quarterly Review of Biology|\n|Keywords||oak woodland, Quercus, seedling establishment|\nWe review published studies on the demography and recruitment of California oak trees and focus on the widespread dominant species of the foothill woodlands, Quercus douglasii, Q. lobata, and Q. agrifolia, to ascertain the nature and strength of evidence for a decline in populations of these species. The vast majority of studies have been of short duration (less than three years), focused on the acorn and seedling life stages, and conducted at few locations within each species’ geographic range. We summarize the extensive body of research that has been conducted on the biological and physical factors that limit natural seedling recruitment of oaks. The oak “regeneration problem” has largely been inferred from current stand structure rather than by demographic analyses, which in part reflects the short-term nature of most oak research. When viewed over longer periods of time using field surveys or historical photos, the evidence for a regeneration problem in foothill oaks is mixed. Q. douglasii shows very limited seedling or sapling recruitment at present, but longer term studies do not suggest a decline in tree density, presumably because rare recruitment is sufficient to offset low rates of mortality of overstory individuals. Q. agrifolia appears to be stable or increasing in some areas, but decreasing in areas recently impacted by the disease Phytophthora ramorum. Evidence from the few available studies is more consistent in suggesting long-term declines in foothill populations of Q. lobata. Longterm monitoring, age structure analysis, and population models are needed to resolve the current uncertainty over the sustainability of oak woodlands in California."}
{"text":"Erasmus plus Program\nThe Erasmus Program (European Region Action Scheme for the Mobility of University’s Students) is a European Union (EU) student exchange program established in 1987. The Erasmus Mundus program is the parallel program that is oriented towards globalizing European education. Whereas the Erasmus Program is open to Europeans, Erasmus Mundus is open to non-Europeans with Europeans being exceptional cases. Erasmus+, or Erasmus Plus, is the new program combining all the EU's current schemes for education, training, youth and sport, which was started in January 2014.\nThe main aim of this program is to modernize education and improve opportunities of education for young people. One of the most important actions of this program is to provide international exchange of students and staffs between European countries and other partner countries.\nBefore mobility (a period of time that the participants spend in a European country) taken place the inter-institutional agreement should be signed and the sending and receiving institutions and the participants must agree on activities that the participants will undertake. There will be learning agreement sets out the study program and a participant’s grant agreement that sets out the financial support.\nThe sending institution is responsible for selecting the participants and the detail of obligations is mentioned in inter- institutional agreement.\nFor more detailed the following links are helpful."}
{"text":"National Public Health Week – Celebrating Ten Great Public Health Achievements\nSince 1900, the average lifespan of persons in the United States has lengthened by greater than 30 years; 25 years of this gain are attributable to advances in public health (1). Much of that 25-year increase in life expectancy attributed to public health can be tied the 10 of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century. These achievements were highlighted in an April 1999, report issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and include the following advancements.\nTen Great Public Health Achievements — United States, 1900-1999\n- Vaccinations resulted in the eradication of smallpox; elimination of poliomyelitis in the Americas; and control of measles, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, Haemophilus influenza type b, and other infectious diseases in the United States and other parts of the world.\n- Improvements in motor-vehicle safety have resulted from engineering efforts to make both vehicles and highways safer and from successful efforts to change personal behavior (e.g., increased use of safety belts, child safety seats, and motorcycle helmets and decreased drinking and driving). These efforts have contributed to large reductions in motor-vehicle-related deaths (2).\n- Work-related health problems, such as coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (black lung), and silicosis — common at the beginning of the century — have come under better control. Severe injuries and deaths related to mining, manufacturing, construction, and transportation also have decreased; since 1980, safer workplaces have resulted in a reduction of approximately 40% in the rate of fatal occupational injuries (3)."}
{"text":"The Kindertransport (“children’s transports”) is a remarkable story to arise out of the horrors of the Holocaust. Over 10,000 mostly Jewish children could be rescued, because their parents were willing to separate from them. Lilly Maier, Fulbright scholar, historian, and journalist, has researched the history of the Kindertransport for years and interviewed dozens of adults all over the United States who once were the young protagonists of these children’s transports. In this lecture, she will highlight the history and long-term effects of the intervention.\nDavid Friedman’s talent for portraiture played a central role throughout his career and saved his life during the Holocaust. Three curators will discuss a new exhibition of his musician portraits at Deutsches Haus at NYU.\nArtist David Friedmann was famous for his portraits of cultural icons in Berlin’s tumultuous 1920s and kept close ties with those most celebrated musicians of his era. Deutsches Haus at NYU and LBI are proud to present an exhibition of recovered pre-war portraits by Jewish artist David Friedmann, capturing members of Berlin’s world famous Philharmonic Orchestra.\nFinanced by the Third Reich, the Berlin Philharmonic was not only Germany’s flagship orchestra; as a major tool of Propaganda Minister Goebbels, it also became an ambassador for the Nazi regime, particularly on foreign tours. In this documentary the spotlight is on the orchestra itself – the musicians, the people, and their individual destinies."}
{"text":"Applications of Ecosystem Science to Real-world Challenges\nWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 | 10:45 A.M. – 12:15 P.M.\nLory Student Center Room 382\nThe systems framework that underlies ecosystem science is more relevant than ever. Today’s wicked problems require approaches that consider and address the interactions among system components. In this panel, we will explore how the ecosystem science concept is being applied to manipulate the microbiome and develop solutions to environmental challenges. We will also discuss how this science can be translated into action from experts spanning academia and the private sector.\nOrganizer and Moderator: Dr. Matt Wallenstein, Professor, Ecosystem Science and Sustainability; Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL) Research Scientist\n- Dr. Wayne Dorband, Center for Ecolonomic Excellence and Development (CEED)\n- Dr. Susan De Long, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, CSU\n- Dr. Bruno Sobral, Director, One Health Institute, CSU\n- Dr. Elizabeth Ryan, Associate Professor of Toxicology and Nutrition, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Science, CSU"}
{"text":"What is now Anamosa was founded as the settlement of Buffalo Forks in 1838 and incorporated as Lexington in 1856. Lexington was a popular name for towns at that time, so when Lexington chose to become incorporated as a city in 1877, the name was changed to Anamosa to avoid mail delivery confusion. There are many stories on how Anamosa was chosen as a name. Some believe it was named for a local Native American girl named Anamosa, meaining \"white fawn\", while others say it means \"You walk with me.\"\nThe romantic origin of the naming of the town of Anamosa comes from its early history. A Native American family was passing through town in 1842. The family stayed at the Ford House. The little girl, named Anamosa, endeared herself to the townspeople and following the family's departure from town, local citizens decided to name their town after her.\nThe Wapsipinicon River flows through Anamosa. According to legend, a Native American maiden and her lover threw themselves off a bluff overlooking the Wapsipinicon River; one was named Wapsi, the other Pinicon. Origins of this legend are unconfirmed.\nAnamosa was named the Pumpkin Capital of Iowa by the Iowa State Legislature in 1993 and hosts Pumpkinfest, a pumpkin festival and weigh-off, each October.\nAnamosa was named the last over-night city for RAGBRAI XL for 2012.\nThe Anamosa Boot Hill Cemetery is still open today and is northwest of the town."}
{"text":"Mount the net radiometer so that no shadow will be cast on it at any time of day from obstructions such as trees, buildings, the mast, or the structure on which it is mounted.\nCampbell Scientific recommends installing a net radiometer in an open area, away from the main weather station structure on a separate vertical mast. If it is necessary to install this sensor on the main tall tower (30 ft or taller), the sensor should be installed at the top of the tower. In the northern hemisphere, the sensor should be facing south. In the southern hemisphere, the sensor should be facing north. If the tower uses a solar power system (that is, solar panels), ensure that the solar panels are installed away from the main tower."}
{"text":"When reading a passage in the Bible, you shouldn't have to wonder where to find supporting reference notes and commentary that go along with it. That's why the HCSB Study Bible - featuring approximately 15,000 study notes - is designed so that every clarifying resource is there on the same page spread as the biblical text to which it refers.\nYou'll never again forget what you were looking for, because the pertinent note, map, chart, word study or illustration is already there. When an even deeper view is desired, there are also introductions for each book, outlines, timelines, a topical concordance and more.\nFeatures: - 290 word studies, 141 photographs, 62 timelines, 59 maps, 24 articles, 16 illustrations/reconstructions and 15 charts - Four-colour presentation pages - Two-column text setting - One and three-year Bible reading plans - Centre column references - Topical subheads - Black letter text"}
{"text":"CedTextParticle display text using particles. A particle system is a technique used to simulate a variety of special visual effects like sparks, dust, smoke, fire, explosions, rain, stars, falling snow, glowing trails, and many others. Basically, a particle system consists of emitters and the particles themselves. The basic idea behind particle system is very simple – by drawing lots of very small squares or circles, which behave individually according to some rules, you can generate a visual effect where the sum of the parts is much more than the parts separately.\nWORK IN PROGRESS"}
{"text":"This article or section is a stub. Please help Tolkien Gateway by expanding it.\nLenition refers to the mutation of medial consonants, occurring usually between two vowels (VCV). It affected the Old Sindarin sounds p, t, k, b, d, g, m and s.\nThe sounds w, kh were lenited only at the beginning of a word.\nMore specifically, the evolution of these sounds can be visualized in these examples:\n- p > b: OS *capro > S cabor \"frog\"\n- t > d: OS *atar > S adar \"father\"\n- k > g: OS *akar- > S agar \"blood\"\n- b > v: OS Abóro > S Afor \"refuser; Avar\"[note 1]\n- d > dh: OS *badro > S badhor \"brother\"\n- g > -: OS *jaga > *jaȝa[note 2] > S iâ \"abyss\"[note 1]\nAs a consequence, this process took place also in Old Sindarin compounds; even in later compounds that would be pure Sindarin, the lenition occurred as a rule, envisioning retroactively the lenition process from Old Sindarin.\nFor example the word athrabeth \"debate, converse; lit. 'across-word') can be analyzed both as a derivative of OS word *athrapettha but also as a compound of Sindarin words athra- \"across\" + peth \"word\".\nThe fact that the above sounds mutated when medially was solidified as a rule\n- thind + coll > Thingol (< ?OS *Thindakollo)\n- cair + tân > Cirdan (< ?OS *Kiriatâno)\n- fanui + dol > Fanuidhol (< ?OS *Fanoidolo)\n- ar- + gwend > Arwen (< ?OS *Arwende)\n- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Similar softening occurred in Quenya also.\n- ↑ The intermediate stage of g to extinction was yogh"}
{"text":"|Location: James River\nHistory of location: Major tributary of the southern Chesapeake Bay. History of regular significant spat settlement of high intensity and significant seed and market oyster production prior to MSX.\nCurrent status: Low population levels on Baylor and private grounds subject to consistent disease (MSX and Dermo) mortality. Cultch condition on Baylor Grounds is variable within region from poor to good. Two sentinel sites present. Regular data collection from other sites. Data are held by VIMS and VMRC.\nRecent restoration activity (reefs and other) to date: One reef built in 1993. Occasional seed movement.\nRestoration potential: Limited because of consistent disease risk."}
{"text":"AdSense - Google AdSense\nAdSense (Google AdSense) is an advertising placement service by Google. The program is designed for website publishers who want to display targeted text, video or image advertisements on website pages and earn money when site visitors view or click the ads.\nThe advertisements are controlled and managed by Google and Web publishers simply need to create a free AdSense account and copy and paste provided code to display the ads. Revenue using AdSense is generated on a per-click or per-impression basis. It is free to become a verified website publisher in the Google AdSense program.\nGoogle currently offers a number of different AdSense programs, depending on the type of content you will place the ads on (e.g. webpage or RSS feed). Some of the more common programs include:\nStay up to date on the latest developments in Internet terminology with a free weekly newsletter from Webopedia. Join to subscribe now.\nWebopedia's student apps roundup will help you to better organize your class schedule and stay on top of assignments and homework. Read More »List of Free Shorten URL Services\nA URL shortener is a way to make a long Web address shorter. Try this list of free services. Read More »Top 10 Tech Terms of 2015\nThe most popular Webopedia definitions of 2015. Read More »\nThe Open System Interconnection (OSI) model defines a networking framework to implement protocols in seven layers. Use this handy guide to compare... Read More »Computer Architecture Study Guide\nThis Webopedia study guide describes the different parts of a computer system and their relations. Read More »What Are Network Topologies?\nNetwork Topology refers to layout of a network. How different nodes in a network are connected to each other and how they communicate is... Read More »"}
{"text":"The European mini-state of Liechtenstein has adopted the Switzerland exposure limits for cellular transmission antennas. They are currently the lowest permissible exposure limits in Europe. The Swiss threshold level is set at 6 volts per meter (V/m). Most countries, including the United States, follow the international ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation protection) recommendation of 41 V/m for the 900 MHz range, 58 V/m for the 1800 MHz range and 61V/m for the 2100 MHz frequency range.\nIf you want to reduce RF radiation exposure of your home, building, school, or any other structure call the experts at EMFRF Solutions to have your location tested and be advised on how to ensure RF safety environment. Call 760-942-9400 Today!\nRead more articles about Reducing RF Radiation:\n- How to Effectively Shield a Building\n- RF Radiation Study: How To Measure RF Exposure\n- Scientific Study: RF Radiation Levels From Cellular Towers"}
{"text":"Dr. Kung studies the molecular basis of sensations. His lab pioneered the study of ion channels of E. coli, yeast, and Paramecium, instead of animals, to take advantage of the genetics of these model microbes.\nPatch clamp revealed mechanosensitive ion channels in E. coli. MscL was cloned, mutated, and later crystalized by the Rees lab. It is now the key biophysical model of molecular mechanosensitivity. A key lesson is that the force that opens these channels comes from the lipid bilayer, as incontrovertibly demonstrated by reconstituting purified MscL into bilayers of defined lipids. This concept is being extended to eukaryotic channels.\nBudding yeast has several ion channels, including the mechanosensitive TRPY1 channel. Gain-of-function mutations showed that TRPY1 and animal TRPs have similar submolecular arrangements. Peptide-insertion experiments showed that stretch force opens TRPY1 likely by directly pulling on the channel core instead of the peripheral domains.\nParamecium behavioral genetics shows that channel mutations can erase or lengthen action potentials. Surprisingly, a set of over-reactors is mutated in the C-lobe of calmodulin while under-reactors in the N-lobe. Patch clamping shows that calmodulin is a detachable subunit of the Ca2+-dependent channels involved. Calmodulin functional bipartition and its regulation of channels are now widely observed."}
{"text":"Celebrating Dictionary Day with New Word Data\nWhen we talk on this blog about “making knowledge computable”, the knowledge in question is often mathematical or statistical in nature. But that’s not the only knowledge Wolfram|Alpha can compute. We’ve always had a solid backbone of dictionary-style information about words, but we’ve been steadily adding new features to that traditional output. Some of it should be quite useful, some of it is just for fun, and much of it takes advantage of Wolfram|Alpha’s ability to mash up algorithms and data from a wide variety of knowledge domains.\nTo celebrate National Dictionary Day (October 16)—which honors Noah Webster, often regarded as “the father of the modern dictionary”—you might like to take advantage of this classic word widget, which provides quick access to some of the more traditional areas of Wolfram|Alpha’s lexicographical data: definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, and more for most English words.\nOr grab the next widget if you want to play around with a few of the “fun” features we’ve added, including the ability to compute anagrams and convert words to telephone keypad digits.\nOne of the menu items here, which lets you find city names containing a given word, is actually a subset of a much larger new feature. Whenever Wolfram|Alpha provides general data about a word, it now displays a sampling of other things in its knowledge base that contain that word—movie and book titles, given names and surnames, mountains, lakes, rivers, and more. You can also ask Wolfram|Alpha to do this directly with a query like “other uses of the word peace”.\nCheck out more handy word and linguistic widgets in the Gallery. You can easily embed them on your own blog, or share them with your social networks. In honor of Dictionary Day, share a fun fact about your favorite word in the comments section below."}
{"text":"I apologise for the really basic question. I've probably said this a million times now but I'm returning to this field after a long time and I keep confusing myself by mis-remembering or half-remembering things from the past and it's not helping me. It would be easier coming to the field from fresh i think. Anyhow...\nAs i remember it, sequence databases always store the forward strand of a DNA chromsome in the 5' to 3' direction.\nA gene is read in the 3' to 5' direction and so its complementary strand in the 5' to 3' direction is the same as the mRNA transcript. So i thought if a gene was on the reverse strand of a DNA molecule then the forward strand in the 5' to 3' direction gives the sequence on the corresponding mRNA (ignoring introns for simplicity).\nHowever I'm just looking at a gene now in ensembl and this gene is described as being on the forward strand. If you look at the forward strand it contains the exact same sequence as the gene's mRNA. So to me then, if the mRNA runs on the forward strand in the 5' to 3' direction the actual gene is on the reverse strand is it not?\nIs this a convention issue that I have mis-remembered? Is a gene classed as being on the forward strand if its mRNA sequence is 'on' the forward strand.\nthanks for your help"}
{"text":"Whether you are a leader, a follower, or both, there is always pressure. Home, work, and even play can create tension. While there are many things that are great about the “technology age,” the speed and volume of information has created an enormous strain on individuals and organizations. If you are feeling the pressure, you’ve come to the right place. Let’s get started.\nThere are two things you must have in order to stay calm under pressure:\n• Frustration Tolerance\n• Impulse Control\nFrustration Tolerance is simply how much frustration you can handle before something destructive happens. That destructive thing can be internal or external. Some people turn red and their hair bursts into flames. Others have welcome stamped on their foreheads…people wipe their feet on them all of the time.\nImpulse Control is the degree to which you control your urges. An impulse is simply an urge to do something or not to do something.\nHere are some tips on how to develop both:\n1. Stand up and take responsibility for your choices.\n2. Know your limitations and act in advance! What are your buttons?\n3. Stop saying yes when you want/need to say no. Stop saying no when you need/want to say yes.\n4. Remember the old faithful HALT acronym. If you are Hungry Angry Lonely Tired, HALT what you are doing and fix the problem.\n5. TODAY! Create three outlets for stress: a mental outlet, a physical outlet and an emotional outlet.\nRemember, stress in and of itself is not a bad thing. It is when the stress starts to break you down that problems start to occur. Follow the five steps listed above to stay calm and in control in any situation."}
{"text":"11 December 2019\nPeter Leek leads an academic research group at the University of Oxford working on the physics of superconducting circuits and their application to quantum computing. Peter’s group have recently developed a 3D-integrated circuit architecture designed to simplify the task of scaling highly coherent circuits to the many qubits needed for useful computing.\nPeter is also the founder of Oxford Quantum Circuits Ltd, a spin-out company who are developing quantum computers based on innovations from Peter’s research group. In this meet-up Peter will explain how superconducting circuits can be used for quantum computing and discuss where the hardware development still needs to go before we have this potentially world-changing technology fully working."}
{"text":"HEALTH CARE ACCESS\nThe Honduran government provides two different types of health centers throughout rural Honduras: Centros de Salud Médico Odontológico (CESAMOs) and Centros de Salud Rural (CESARs). CESAMOs are the larger of the two, often found in municipalities, and typically have at least one physician on staff at all times with nurses and potentially a dentist. CESARs are found sporadically in rural communities and generally have a single nurse available. Even with this coverage, it is important to note that medications, supplies, and materials are often not available in these health centers and the physician density in Honduras remains around 1,220 people for every one doctor. According to the World Health Organization, there should be a maximum of 435 people per physician to qualify a country as having adequate access to medical attention.\nEl Encinal does not have a health center directly in the community; however, they do have access to the CESAR-Joyas del Carballo. The walk to this health center from El Encinal is about thirty minutes. The health center is staffed by a local nurse, who receives help from the nine members of the Community Health Committee. The most common illnesses reported by community members are diarrhea, dengue, and asthma.\n*These statistics reflect data from Medical/Dental Brigades in the community of El Junco & Joyas, where community members from El Encinal attend the mobile clinics."}
{"text":"It is all hedging at this time of year....\nThese yew hedge planting pointers apply equally to almost all other hedging plants as well, certainly anything that needs a well drained soil.\n- You can dig a trench to plant your hedging if the ground is well drained.\n- You can improve the soil as much as you like if the ground is well drained.\n- You should water your plants well and often if the ground is well drained.\n- You can use the largest plants you can afford if the ground is well drained.\nYou have spotted a pattern here: when planting a hedge, it is important to think about drainage.\nIf you have heavy clay soil (sticky grey, blue or yellow), the good news is that you have richly fertile soil.\nThe bad news is that water does not drain well through it, which some plants have a problem with.\nSo please, save yourself a lot of hard work and a load of grief. Watch our film on how to plant a country hedge (link on the home page) even if you are planting the smartest yew.\n- On badly drained soils, always plant small plants.\n- On badly drained soils, always plant in a slit, not a trench.\n- On badly drained soils, improve the soil after planting and when your hedging is growing away by adding a mulch of well rotted compost/manure and letting the worms do the work.\n- On badly drained soils, only water newly planted hedging if there is a danger that the soil will dry out completely. When you do water, soak the plants and then DO NOT WATER for a couple of weeks afterwards.\nThe reason is this:\nIf you dig a hole or trench in clay, it fills with water when it rains and the surface puddle water on the surrounding ground tries to run into your hole, keeping it full.\nThe fact that you backfilled the hole with lovely, porous compost when planting only gives it the consistency of a sponge in a bath. The roots of almost all hedging plants need to be able to breathe underground.\nA trench in clay means they will probably drown.\nSo plant hedging on clay the easy way and dig as little as possible!"}
{"text":"guidelines for sick fish\n1. Check the water quality in your main pond if fish are ill.\nYou may need to do a water change to reduce toxic levels.\n2. If the water quality is acceptable, raise the water temperature\nslowly to about 70 degrees F. This may require moving sick fish\nto a hospital tank or smaller pond and using an aquarium heater.\n3. Add salt to the water in three daily doses (2-3 Tablespoons\nper gallon or 2.5 pounds per 100 gallons.) Note: Must be food\ngrade salt, but NOT with iodine.\n4. Research your fish's signs and symptons at AKCA\nby searching the web under \"Koi Health\" or contact\nDr. Amy Wolf through Ferguson Animal Hospital.\n5. Research the recommended treatments, then try one. Be patient.\nIt may take a few days before you see any change.\nNote: If you move your fish to a hospital tank you will need\nto watch water quality closely. Keep the pH low (about 6.5)\nand test for ammonia and nitrates daily. You will need to make\nwater changes about every three days until your biofilter starts\nfunctioning. The biofilter can take 2-9 weeks to get started.\nHowever, antibiotics will kill any bacteria in your biofilter.\nby Hilda Adams"}
{"text":"Getting to Know Rhodes and Its History\nAccording to Greek Mythology, Rhodes has been named after the daughter of Poseidon and Amphitrite. Poseidon was the God of the Sea and Amphitrite was a sea nymph that allured him and became his wife. Rhodes was a nymph herself and fell in love with Helios, the Sun God. Helios was given the island of Rhodes as a gift from Zeus and he grew so fond of the place, that he kept on bathing it gently with his sun rays, highlighting its beauty and spectacular landscapes. With the naming of Rhodes, Helios demonstrated his love and affection towards the nymph bearing the same name.\nThe island of Rhodes has been well known for its Colossus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World in antiquity. This was a gigantic bronze statue that represented the Sun God, Helios. The statue was over 30 meters high, making it one of the tallest statues of the world as we knew it. Sadly though, an earthquake destroyed the statue and left no trace of it to this day. With the passing of the centuries, Rhodes came to attract the interest of the Knights and therefore medieval touches can be found throughout the island.\nDue to its strategic place on the map and thanks to its rich fauna and flora, Rhodes has always been regarded as one of the most important locations to populate and rule. However, nowadays it stands independent and it can take pride in having blended the numerous different elements of both Europe and the Oriental countries into a magnificent outcome. Millions of tourists visit the island on an annual basis and enjoy the unique architecture, the wealthy cultural stimulants and the sights that are overwhelming. You are welcome to join them and see for yourself what Rhodes has got to offer to you as a tourist destination!"}
{"text":"Celebrate earth day on April 22 with these simple fun earth day activities for preschoolers.\nEarth Day Read Aloud Activity\nEarth Day Every Day is a great way to introduce children to the importance of caring for our earth.\nTrian is an Earthling. She takes you on an adventure that show us how all Earthlings can take care of EARTH and leave less of a mess.\nArt Earth Day Activity\nChildren can take the pledge of caring for our earth with this cute art earth day activity.\nHave children paint a paper plate with blue and green.\nThen provide them with paper to make the face and arms.\nPattern Earth Day Activity\nSet out a supply of natural items that can be found outside or around the home. Have children create their own earth day pattern.\nShape Earth Day Activity\nGet you kiddos identifying shapes with this fun Earth Day Activity for Circle Time. Oh and did you know you can grab this Earth Day Activity for Circle Time by click on the link below.\nDON'T WAIT GRAB IT NOW!\nEarth Day Fun FREEBIES!\nI'm Tami Sanders creator of Learning and Teaching with Preschoolers, a blog to help teachers create magical moments for the young."}
{"text":"Vaughan Williams ‘discovered’ English folk song around the turn of the 20th century and thenceforth it informed his compositional style. It also led him to formulate an aesthetic perspective around the idea that intelligibility was paramount for worthwhile art music. This he pitched against the internationalism of both the English art music establishment and of the cosmopolitan modernist tide. While sensitive to such global cultural currents, he insisted that the way to communicate meaningfully beyond one’s borders was to first seek out one’s own heritage. His concerns remain relevant to contemporary discourse on the role of art music in Western culture. As well as addressing these issues, this paper outlined a wider theorisation of musical accessibility/intelligibility in relation to nationalism, cosmopolitanism and the case of Vaughan Williams."}
{"text":"A: Type 2 diabetes can exacerbate dry and cracking skin. This occurs because of the body’s response to high glucose levels in the blood.\nDryness may also result from neuropathy, or nerve damage, which often accompanies unregulated type 2 diabetes. When nerves don’t function correctly, parts of the body (especially hands and feet) don’t get the message to sweat. That means skin doesn’t benefit from the oils pushed out through sweat and, as a result, it suffers dryness.\nMoisturizing is critical. Remember the three-minute rule: Apply lotion within three minutes of towel drying to trap water into your skin. And if you know dryness flares up at certain times of year, take preventive steps. In addition to switching to a heavier moisturizer and setting up a humidifier in your bedroom, you may want to reassess your sock choices. Man-made fibers wick moisture away from feet. Although that’s beneficial in the case of athlete’s foot, it’s not helpful when skin is already dry."}
{"text":"Curriculum Intent for the Music Department\nOur vision and intention is to create well-rounded musicians who will either progress to KS4 and/ or have a lifelong appreciation and understanding of Music, using skills and knowledge to be able to pursue Music for enjoyment into adulthood. We aim to create passionate young people who enjoy music for Music’s sake.\nThe Music curriculum is designed to allow all pupils to grow and develop their skills through experiencing various styles, instruments and equipment, as well as develop their character.\nWe also aim to develop culturally aware young musicians who can have an appreciation and understanding of a range of cultures and societies through their music."}
{"text":"Spanish translation of 'confederation'\nExample Sentences Including 'confederation'\nThese examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content. Read more…\nThe rest went to members of the South American confederation.Times, Sunday Times (2014)\nIt actually evolved as a \" loose confederation of hill tribes.Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies (1995)\nTrends of 'confederation'\nUsed Occasionally. confederation is one of the 30000 most commonly used words in the Collins dictionary\nView usage for:\n'confederation' in Other Languages\nBritish English: confederation NOUN\nA confederation is an organization or group consisting of smaller groups or states, especially one that exists for business or political purposes.\n…a confederation of small tribes.\nTranslation of confederation from the Collins English to Spanish Dictionary"}
{"text":"The UN are running an art competition for young people aged 12-25. You can either draw by hand or use a computer. All students should create an artwork to submit in their weekly art lessons. It must be submitted to your teacher by Friday 5th June so we can enter it into the competition for you. You can find out more information here: https://www.unhcr.org/en-au/youth-with-refugees-art-contest.html 1. Tap to open the template. 2. Read the three themes of the competition and tap to write or to draw your ideas. 3. On the next page, pick which theme you want to explore more. 4. Tap and start to draft your ideas. 5. You have been given an extra page if you need more space. 6. Tap to submit. Next lesson, we will explore ideas more. If you want to use pencil and paper at home or at school, that is great!\nWebsite information: https://www.unhcr.org/en-au/youth-with-refugees-art-contest.html Activity for weekly art lesson."}
{"text":"Aktualisasi Hukum Perceraian Perspektif Pengadilan Agama di Indonesia\nKeywords:divorce, law, Islam, Indonesia\nIslamic law must be understood more broadly in the context of statehood and nationality with all the differences in cultural, sociological and geographical types. This is a form of actualizing the values of Islamic teachings so that they can be accepted by humans as a whole. Maintain the sustainability of Islam itself and take greater benefit.\nAs in Indonesia, with a different context from the east in various aspects such as geography, culture and social psychology of society, demanding that Islamic law be taught must have an elasticity value by leaving a form of inductive and conservative thinking structure. With a historical and philosophical understanding of Islamic law, it will bring progressive changes to the accommodative Islamic law by lokal people without going through opposition and rejection.\nTherefore, Indonesia has codified Indonesian-style Islamic law in the form of the Compilation of Islamic Law (KHI) and Law No. 1 of 1974, which are also used by the Religious Courts to decide cases including divorce. Especially if there is a movement to conduct an extension to the community and socialization of Islamic law products that are updated in Indonesia, it will certainly reduce the level of misunderstanding of the community towards divorce status. So that the classical Islamic law products that have been rooted at the level of society about when divorce is legitimate until in what context the divorce is rationally accepted and what constitutes strong constitutional evidence of divorce has been fulfilled by the rules of the Compilation of Islamic Law (KHI).\nKeywords: divorce, law, Islam, Indonesia"}
{"text":"Sharks are opportunistic feeders, but most sharks primarily feed on smaller fish and invertebrates. Some of the larger shark species prey on seals, sea lions, and other marine mammals. Sharks have been known to attack humans when they are confused or curious.\nYou will be amazed by what these people found inside a shark stomach. The Mako Shark, also called Isurus in the scientific community, is an incredible and extremely fast beast. Today, there are only two living species of Mako remaining. They are called the Longfin Makos and the Shortfin Makos.\nThe largest is the Longfin with a length of about 4.5 meters (14ft) and adults weigh in around 170 kilograms (375 pounds). Shortfin sharks are usually about half this size and weight. Both species are easily identified due to their strange (and mean looking) teeth. These teeth are visible even when their mouths are closed. For simple identification, the Mako tends to look like a smaller version of the Great White Shark.\nThis shark loves jumping out of the water (also called ‘breaching’). Shark Breaching is one of the hunting techniques that great white sharks use to surprise and kill its prey. They breach with such force and explosive energy that it propels the shark right out of the water.\nScientists still aren’t sure why they do this, but it’s theorized that they are searching for prey over the water surface. Human Interaction The largest threat to this animal, like so many other shark species, are humans. They frequently get caught in fishnets and are sometimes caught by commercial fisheries for fins, oil, teeth, and the shark skin."}
{"text":"Financial system of Ukraine\nIn recent years, in connection with the transition to a market economy there are many deep changes in the economy of Ukraine. The main changes are the elaboration due to refinement, and sometimes a change of priorities, incentives and factors for the development of society and the country. In the transition to market relations the role and importance of monetary and financial and credit levers up sharply. Development of the economy more depends on the rational construction of the financial system, received in the broad sense and is not reduced only to finance of the country. Each sector of the economy of any country is permeated with a network of financial relationships, and finances of each element are only interconnected the financial system as a whole. Each link of finance certain way affects the reproduction process has its inherent function to it. For example, finance companies service material production. With their participation, created the GDP, which is distributed within enterprises and sectors of the economy. Through the state`s budget mobilized resources in the main central fund of the state, and the redistribution of resources between sectors of the economy, economic regions, social groups of the population. Extra-budgetary special funds are strictly earmarked. Thus, the largest social Pension Fund of Ukraine raises funds for the payment of pensions to citizens of the country. Thus, each part of the financial system is a particular section of financial relations, in which the funds are generated and used money resources. And knowledge of the characteristics of the financial system and its functioning is necessary for full alignment in the economy of any country and the making certain economic decisions."}
{"text":"Virginiae partiis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumq[ue] regionum nova description26 February 2010\nSource: Virginiae partis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumq[ue] regionum nova description, by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Amsterdam, J. and C. Blaeu, 1640; Special Collections Map Collection #2.3\nStaff Person: Ralph Scott\nThis map, part of Blaeu’s Le Théâtre dv Monde, ou Novvel Atlas (Amsterdami, 1638, II 1640) plate 28-29, is based on the 1606 Hondius map, but according to William E. Cumming, “incorporates new geographical knowledge.” Specifically the 1640 map shows South Carolina more accurately and changes the shape of the Chesapeake Bay “from a small bay to its proper shape.” This is the first time Jamestown and many local Virginia Indian villages are shown on European maps. The more correct latitude of “Coft Feare” [Cape Fear] at 34° North replaces the incorrect 32° North shown by Hondius on his earlier map. The North Carolina sounds, especially Pamlico, have additional information collected by English explorers. Some of these new names were not retained in later usage, but the map demonstrates that European readers were interested in the latest information from the new world. A “P. Grinfeld” [Port Grenville] is noted as being perhaps near the current location of New Bern in Pamlico Sound. Cummingts further notes that “this [map] is the most correct map of this area yet to appear,” and was a key representation of the Carolinas through the end of the 17th century. Students of cartography often compare this map with the depiction of the North Carolina coast shown on the 1733 Moseley Map.\nSpecial Collections Map Collection #MC0002.003 [Currently framed and on display in the Rare Book Room]"}
{"text":"Ok – I admit that I suffer from fogeyism from time to time. And although not perfect by any means, do get distraught over what seems a misuse of the English language.\nFor any non-British readers, I’m referring to what has now become “British English”. Other regional variations of our mother tongue and the Queen’s vernacular may vary.\nAnyway, today’s discussion is on the word media. It turns out that apart from a change in usage (to make “the media” or “USB media”, for example, into a singular), there are a variety of plural forms for both medium and media.\nYup – ignoring some geographical definitions of media, there is a biological definition to do with blood and lymph vessels which has the plural mediae. Nice one medics, that looks like a proper Latin word.\nLess satisfactorily, there have been examples of medias as a plural. This supposes that media is a singular, and is apparently used without discomfort by the advertising profession. I really cannot bring myself to write an example though.\nIt turns out that media (singular) has other technical meanings, for example a “voiced stop”. I presume this is a linguistic thing, rather than something to do with getting pipe organ pipes to speak correctly. I love this language!\nSo what about medium? It is a size (and I guess that you could say that “all the clothes on that rail are mediums and larges” although “all the clothes on that rail are medium or large” seems better to me), a type of material (as in “the artist mainly uses watercolour as her medium, though on occasion she uses mixed media”). It is also someone who acts as an intermediate between the spirit and physical words, and they have the plural mediums. (Love Terry Pratchet’s example: “Mrs Evadne Cake was a medium, verging on small.”)\nSo – take your choice: medium/mediums/media; media/mediae/medias."}
{"text":"Historic Villages of Korea Hahoe and Yangdong (Hide)\nFounded in the 14th-15th centuries, Hahoe and Yangdong are seen as the two most representative historic clan villages in the Republic of Korea. Their layout and location - sheltered by forested mountains and facing out onto a river and open agricultural fields – reflect the distinctive aristocratic Confucian culture of the early part of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). The villages were located to provide both physical and spiritual nourishment from their surrounding landscapes. They include residences of the head families, together with substantial timber framed houses of other clan members, also pavilions, study halls, Confucian academies for learning, and clusters of one story mud-walled, thatched-roofed houses, formerly for commoners. The landscapes of mountains, trees and water around the village, framed in views from pavilions and retreats, were celebrated for their beauty by 17th and 18th century poets."}
{"text":"In 1936, New Yorkers approved a radical change in local democracy. By a margin of nearly two to one, they replaced the corrupt board of aldermen with a city council elected via proportional representation (PR). Rather than traditional winner-take-all elections between two candidates representing two political parties, PR allowed voters to rank candidates on their ballots in order of preference and guaranteed victory to anyone polling more than 75,000 votes. This system enabled the election of the most diverse legislatures in New York's history, comprised of the city's first African American legislators and unprecedented numbers of women and third-party representatives. With their authority threatened, the Democratic and Republican parties allied against PR and the system's coalition of supporters. Following several unsuccessful repeal attempts led by the two major parties, the election of two Communists spurred a groundswell of red-baiting that set the stage for a battle that would define New York City governance for generations.Defining Democracy examines struggles over electoral reform in New York City to clarify our understanding of democracy's evolution in the United States and the world. In the midst of global crises concerning the purpose and power of government during the Great Depression, Second World War, and early Cold War, New Yorkers debated the meaning of self-rule in the United States. In a series of campaigns over the expansion of voting rights in New York City, activists challenged the boundaries of who could be elected, what interests could be represented, and ultimately what policies could be implemented at the local level."}
{"text":"Presentation Of The Hemisphere Method\nFree (open access)\nP. Vueghs & P. Beckers\nIn the field of image synthesis or thermal radiation, the challenge is to calculate the radiative exchanges between the surfaces of the model. To quantify the interactions between the surfaces, we define a number called view factor, noted Fij. The view factor represents the fraction of the diffusely emitted power from a surface Ai which reaches a surface Aj. The calculation of the view factors is a very difficult problem. A method has been designed in image synthesis and also applied to thermal problems. This method, called hemi cube, uses a cube as a screen onto which all the scene is projected. Here, we present another method that we have named hemisphere, where the surface of projection is the unit sphere surrounded by the hemi cube. This projection, based on the Nusselt’s Analogy, is simpler and more natural than the hemi cube’s projection. We show in this paper that the hemisphere method is faster and more efficient than the hemi cube. In this paper, we present a tessellation of the hemisphere into cells characterized by an equal elementary view factor. This allows us to avoid over sampling and to save computation time. We show that this method is faster and more efficient than the classic hemi cube. We present also some results that illustrate the efficiency of the hemisphere method. Keywords: view factor, hemisphere, projection, spherical coordinates, thermal radiation, Nusselt’s Analogy, ray casting. 1 Definition of the view factors In the field of image synthesis, it is necessary to calculate the inter reflection of light between all the surfaces that compose the scene . In the same way, in thermic, we have to evaluate all the heat transfers between all the surfaces of the model.\nview factor, hemisphere, projection, spherical coordinates, thermal radiation, Nusselt’s Analogy, ray casting."}
{"text":"Eleusis (ĭlōˈsĭs) [key], ancient city of Attica, Greece, 12 mi (20 km) NW of Athens. Through ancient times it was the seat of the Eleusinian Mysteries. There was a large temple to Demeter. The Eleusinian games, also held there, were not connected with the mysteries. Excavation of the cemetery began in 1952; graves were found that date from the 7th and 8th cent. B.C. The temple and a type of theater with rock-cut seats for about 3,000 spectators were uncovered near the modern village of Eleusis.\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.\nMore on Eleusis from Fact Monster:\nSee more Encyclopedia articles on: Ancient History, Greece"}
{"text":"The picoProcessor (pP) is an 8-bit processor. The picoProcessor has separate instruction and data memories. The instruction memory is 4K instructions in size, and data memory is 256 bytes.\nThe picoProcessor can also address I/O devices using up to 256 input ports and 256 output ports. Within the processor there are eight 8-bit general purpose registers r0 to r7. r0 is always read as zero and ignores writes.\nThere is also a return address stack of depth 4, an interrupt return register and Zero(Z) and Carry(C) condition codes. Pipeline architecture is employed. The instruction register fetches the next instruction from the instruction memory depending on the value in the program counter.\nThis is the ‘fetch’ cycle .The program counter is incremented using a program counter updating logic block. The instruction fetched by the instruction register is decoded by a decoding logic and the required control signals are generated and are registered.\nThis is the ‘decode’ cycle. Depending on the control signals generated, the corresponding execution units are enabled. The outputs are registered in the following clock cycle. This is the ‘execute’ cycle. The registered outputs are then writte to the register file or the memory in the ‘write back’ cycle.\nSynthesis: Xilinx 9.1"}
{"text":"On 2018-08-08 14:48:54\nHeat treatment of nodular cast iron\nIn order to make the metal parts have the required mechanical, physical and chemical properties, in addition to the reasonable selection of materials and various forming processes, heat treatment process is often essential. Steel is the most widely used material in mechanical industry. The microstructure of steel is complex and can be controlled by heat treatment, so the heat treatment of steel is the main content of metal heat treatment. In addition, aluminum, copper, magnesium, titanium and their alloys can also change their mechanical, physical and chemical properties through heat treatment to obtain different service properties.\nWhen we process some metal workpieces, we often use a method of heat treatment. There are also some differences in this process method for different processing objects. As for nodular cast iron and steel, if they both need heat treatment, we should also treat them differently in specific operation. How about the breakdown.\nOf course, the heat treatment of nodular cast iron is not completely different from that of steel, and they also share similar parts. Although the heat treatment of nodular cast iron is modeled on the heat treatment process of steel, there are still differences, mainly because of the existence of graphite in nodular cast iron and the difference of chemical composition, which leads to the special heat treatment of cast iron.\nThe method of heating and cooling is generally used in the heat treatment of nodular cast iron, because it can regularly change the core structure of nodular cast iron, so that its tenderness can also be changed to meet our needs, such as higher strength, hardness, wear resistance, better plasticity, toughness and so on."}
{"text":"The dynamics of wave propagation and wave transport are reviewed for vertically propagating, forced, planetary scale waves in the middle atmosphere. Such waves can be divided into two major classes: extratropical planetary waves and equatorial waves. The most important waves of the former class are quasi-stationary Rossby modes of zonal wavenumbers 1 and 2 (1 or 2 waves around a latitude circle), which propagate vertically only during the winter season when the mean winds are westerly. These modes transport heat and ozone towards the poles, thus maintaining the mean temperature above its radiative equilibrium value in high latitudes and producing the high latitude ozone maximum. It is shown that these wave transport processes depend on wave transience and wave damping. The precise form of this dependency is illustrated for transport of a strongly stratified tracer by small amplitude planetary waves. The observed equatorial wave modes are of two types: an eastward propagating Kelvin mode and a westward propagating mixed Rossby-gravity mode. These modes are thermally damped in the stratosphere where they interact with the mean flow to produce eastward and westward accelerations, respectively. It is shown that in the absence of mechanical dissipation this wave-mean flow interaction is caused by the vertical divergence of a wave `radiation stress'. This wave-mean flow interaction process is responsible for producing the well known equatorial quasi-biennial oscillation."}
{"text":"What is the meaning of GO OUT?\n- leave your home for entertainment, or a social event\n- go on a date with another person\n- I don’t go out very often. I prefer spending time alone.\n- My sister goes out with her friends every weekend.\n- I know you agreed to go out with her cousin, but she didn’t tell you what he was like. I think you should back out; he’s really strange!\nstop working or existing (for fire or light)\n- The fire went out when it started raining.\n- There was a small wind and suddenly the candle went out.\n- The power went out in all of New York last week after the storm.\n|present participle:||GOING OUT|\n|past participle:||GONE OUT|\nNote: Many phrasal verbs have more than one meaning. Definition 1 is part of the online course below. Registered students, click the image to return to your course.\nLearn more about ONLINE ENGLISH COURSES"}
{"text":"Why is this important? – Entertainment is both popular, commercially profitable and spawns key technologies. Lifestyle issues such as obesity are driving research into human nutrition and health.\nEntertainment Technology : Entertainment technologies such as Computer Graphical Imaging (CGI), Virtual Reality and 3D imaging are transforming not only entertainment such as films, television, and gaming but also have a wide range of educational and commercial applications such as medical imaging; architectural and engineering design; mathematical modelling; archaeological imaging and scientific research.\nExamples : Films and TV programmes such as Iron Man, Doctor Who; Games and game apps such as Grand Theft Auto and Pokemon Go; Adverts; Reconstruction of skeletal remains; Medical teaching and surgery; Supporting research (for example the black hole simulation in the film Interstellar identified useful detail for physicists).\nSports and lifestyles : The globalisation of sports as world-wide entertainment has led to a whole shaft of new scientific insights into human performance and spawned high-technology developments in areas such as automobiles, materials, and drug detection techniques. It has helped drive research into understanding human nutrition and exercise and how to maintain healthy lifestyles.\nExamples : Helmet design; sports clothes design; golfing simulators; diet programmes for athletes; training regimes; sports performance videoing and analysis (individual and team).\nSkills needed : Useful skills include biology, physics, maths, medicine, materials science, sports science, nutrition, computer science, graphic design, script writing, clothing design, art, sports coaching.\nWhat will push development : Consumer popularity and the ability and usefulness of modelling in 3D.\nConsequences : Continuing move to graphical interfacing and imaging in education and everyday apps, with a lesser role for books and the written word."}
{"text":"One of the most stressful parts of learning Spanish is knowing the difference between ser and estar. But it doesn´t have to be stressful! While both of these verbs mean \"to be\" and are used all the time in daily communication, the following simple rules should help you to differentiate between the two.\nSer is used to classify and identify permanent or lasting attributes. If this general rule is too vague for you, think of the acronym D.O.T. Ser is used for Descriptions of a person or thing, Origins of a person or thing, and Time.\nFor description, think of what you would say if someone asked you “How would you describe____?” These are the essential qualities that define a person or thing and probably won’t change any time soon. These descriptions can be names, physical descriptions, personality or characteristic descriptions, occupations, religions, and even relationships to other people\nThe place a person is from or the material something is made from is an origin. The origin of someone or something is not going to change when we use ser.\nTime includes days, dates, and hours. For hours, use es for one o´clock and son for all other hours.\nEstar is used to indicate temporary states and locations. If the general rule doesn’t suffice, think of the acronym LoCo. Estar is used for Locations and Conditions.\nThese can be a physical position or posture or simply where something is (temporarily, permanently, or even conceptually).\n*Exception! The location of an event or party is described using Ser, not Estar.\n- La fiesta es en mi casa. (The party is at my house.)\nThese can be physical, mental, or emotional states. Things that are likely to vary over several hours, days, or even years can be conditions.\n|tu||eres||you ( fam) are||estás|\nhe / she is\nyou (formal) are\nyou (plural familiar) are\n(used only in Spain!!)\n|estáis (Spain only)|\nyou all are"}
{"text":"In our quest to eat healthier food and nourish ourselves with more wholesome produce, we often tend to go overboard. Whether that means trying out fad diets that do more harm than good, or developing an attitude to food that has us fighting and fearing it, we often get rather confused, overwhelmed with the contradictory advice and the erroneous information floating around.\nWhat’s even more worrying is that being obsessed with detox food products that are supposedly free from chemicals can cause us to sabotage our health. New research now shows that trying to eat ‘chemical-free’ is futile since chemicals are in everything we eat and they’re not all unhealthy.\nIf you’d like a visual representation of what we’re referring to, check out this video created by a Toronto-based web portal ASAP Science, which explains how the natural versus synthetic issue is not possible to view in black and white terms.\nDid you know that bananas, for example, contain more chemicals than some sweets (50 chemicals to be precise, ranging from riboflavin to histidine)? Or that a single blueberry contains chemicals like methylbutyrate and oleic acid benzaldehyde, among many others? These may be chemicals but they’re not at all bad for you.\nScientists say that everything around us is made up of chemicals, from the water you drink to the air you breathe, which is why it is frustrating when companies consistently tout their foods as being chemical-free. Yes, eating organic and natural is good for your health, but don’t get carried away and believe everything you read about how chemicals can harm you.\nImage Source: Shutterstock"}
{"text":"Self-esteem and confidence are major traits in individuals that affect their success. While these are a lifelong process, the foundation of it needs to be established in early childhood. Building self-esteem will allow the child to deal with difficult situations that they will encounter during their lifetime. Since parents have the greatest influence on a child’s belief, it is important for them to let their child know where they belong, how well they are doing and contribute towards developing confidence and self-esteem.\nMonth: February 2015\nIn today’s competitive world, sleep is more of a luxury than a necessity. Sleep is important for the well being, both emotionally and physically for an individual. Insufficient sleep or no sleep has long lasting health and psychological disorders. If you have been experiencing insomnia, it may be due to a number of factors, including stress, anxiety or depression. In order to address your sleep problem, it is best to consult an experienced psychologist who can help you change your behaviour, manage feelings and emotions that may interfere with your sleep.\nIt happens to be usual that there will be no reasonable solutions at acquiring smart levels without having a advanced schooling …"}
{"text":"By Gwenn Holtz and Mary Lee Malen This site is for the specific purpose of preparing Middle School students for OPEN-ENDED problem solving on is divided into five strands:\nPatterns, Algebra, and Functions\nData, Statistics, and Probability\nThere are three levels of difficulty for each standard with problems from different sources that lend themselves to more than one way of solving. To better prepare for the tests, students should answer with a picture, diagram, or paragraph explaining the solution and how they determined their answers.\nIt's important for students to track their reasoning while solving problems. How do you teach reasoning? How can you convince your students that the process is often more valuable than the answer?\nHow can you best prepare your middle school students for high school math?\nMiddle school students often look for shortcuts. Are there shortcuts in solving word problems?\nExtension and Activities\nBegin the year with September problems and follow the process for four weeks. Do you see an improvement in the way your students solve problems? Do your students see value in how they have been solving problems and will they like to continue? Do you agree?\n\"Wow! I now have a passport to enter the \"Digital Native World\" through my new skills and resources that My E Coach has provided.....\"\nVista Unified - Vista, CA"}
{"text":"The Adafruit Circuit Playground Express comes packed with built-in sensors. This guide will show you how to leverage them in Microsoft MakeCode. If you are new to MakeCode, make sure to read the MakeCode primer.\nYou can use a sensor through events or by reading the live data.\nEvents allow to register code that runs when a particular pattern is detected. For example, the\non shakeevent runs code when a shacking gesture is detected by the accelerometer. You can mix and match events from different sensors in the same program but each event type can only be registered once.\nLive data gets a live (or slightly filtered) reading of the sensor data. For example,\naccelerationgets an immediate reading from the accelerometer.\nThe block code below show the 2 style of programming with sensors. Through events (\non shake left) or in the traditional loop style with live data (\nLooking for the complete block reference, start at https://makecode.adafruit.com/reference/input ."}
{"text":"A concussion is a short-term impairment of neurologic or brain function caused by a direct blow to the head, face or neck, or an indirect blow to another part of the body that transmits an acceleration or deceleration force to the brain.\nOver the past decade, sports related concussion has received much attention in the media as well as in the research labs. As the number of young people participating in sports grows, so will the number of sports-related injuries. Many concussions go unreported every year for a variety of reasons. But the truth is that brief symptoms such as dizziness, memory loss, feeling in a fog and headache following a blow to the head is a concussion.\nOn Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013, COA physicians Dr. Marshall, Dr. Kroll and Dr. Primos were all present as Governor Nathan Deal signed a new concussion bill named the Return to Play Act. House Bill 284 creates new protocols for informing parents about the dangers of concussions and for identifying and treating players with head injuries.\nTo read the bill in its entirety, click here\nCauses and Symptoms"}
{"text":"One of the best parts about using Linux, especially for developers, is the ability to quickly download and install required tools and utilities with a single command. This helps save time and effort when you’re either setting up a new development environment or starting a new project.\nIn this article, we’re taking a look at how to install GCC on Ubuntu.\nAlso read: How to install OpenCV in Ubuntu?\nInstalling GCC on Ubuntu 20.04\nGCC stands for GNU Compiler Collection. It is a collection of different compilers and some libraries for C, C++, Objective-C, Ada, Go, Fortran and D. The tool is used to compile many open-source projects, including the Linux kernel itself.\nInstalling GCC on Ubuntu is rather easy. Here’s how.\nsudo apt update sudo apt install build-essential\nThe command above will install gcc, g++ and make.\nBy default, the Ubuntu 20.04 repositories install GCC version 9.3.0. If you want to install a different version, mention the version number after the install command. For example, to install multiple versions of GCC, use this command.\nsudo apt install gcc-8 g++-8 gcc-9 g++-9 gcc-10 g++-10\nIn such cases, the default version of the installation would be the latest version installed. While you’ll have to use other versions by mentioning their version names.\nYou can check GCC versions installed on your machine using this command.\nUsing GCC to compile scripts\nAs mentioned above, GCC is used to compile a lot of open-source projects. If you have a C/C++ program named program.c, you can compile it into an executable using GCC. Here’s how.\ngcc program.c -o executable\nThe -o flag specifies the name of the executable file that will be generated. Now assuming your program compiled successfully, you can use the executable to run it in the terminal.\nSomeone who writes/edits/shoots/hosts all things tech and when he’s not, streams himself racing virtual cars. You can reach out to Yadullah at [email protected], or follow him on Instagram or Twitter."}
{"text":"Our school district recently purchased SAM animation software and pushed it out to all our student computers. It is a very easy program designed to make stop motion animation videos. Right now our kids are \"playing\" with it to learn the software but I can see some very practical applications using it in science. In this video you will see the kids \"playing\" and then it actually being used as part of an experiment. I was in the room helping with the video taping with the children and it was very easy for the kids to set up. Today one of our first grade teachers were talking about some eggs they are hatching in the classroom and I immediately thought that would be a great use for the software. You can program it to take pictures (using a web cam) on a specific time schedule around the day the eggs are suppose to hatch. We had a lively debate about plants moving in my classroom. The kids could use the program to set up an experiment to see if plants move. The free demo can be downloaded HERE. The software and a site license can be purchased for $299 which I thought was pretty good for an entire school."}
{"text":"1. Consequences of adoption are difficult to manage, really. Kids are sensitive creatures. To disclose that they are adopted; is tough. It is a matter of when and how.\n2. Once they know, to contain the emotional reactions is really a challenging task.\n3. Next, is for the adoptive parent to maintain the kid inquisition about who is his/her biological parent and to explore more about the whereabouts. Wrong approaches will invite rebellious actions and reactions.\n4. Adoptive parents have difficulty to impose strict disciplines because they are scared the kids may run away from home. The kids then give unrealistic demands which are difficult to realize. They may act the opposite to normal, well-accepted behaviors. In my case, I call it, oppositional defiant behaviors.\n5. The most important step for me is to establish depression. Treatment is necessary. Cognitive-behaviour is a far better approach that drugs because the kid’s mind is flexible and highly absorbable to suggestions than to chemical substances. In scientific term, the flexibility is known as neuroplasticity.\n6. Parents have to be very patient. They have to make sure that their families are intact whatever happened. Consultative decision-making is a must. No unilateral decision making is allowed. Stick to the family role. Avoid role reversal, just in order to satisfy the demand of a particular stakeholder. Revert every one attention back to the family fundamentals of respect, care, and compassion.\nWish them all the best."}
{"text":"Dental bleaching is an initial step in the analysis and reproduction of smile aesthetics, so it is very important that the dentist knows how to diagnose the causes of color change and to indicate whitening before proposing the appropriate dental procedure. With the technological advance, dental bleaching techniques have emerged to facilitate its use and improve comfort, safety and time reduction in the execution of the technique. The conventional means of external dental whitening is with carbamate or hydrogen peroxide photoactivated or not. However, the home and office whitening procedure causes dental sensitivity. There is a new bleaching proposal on the market without the use of bleaching gels, thus reducing post-treatment sensitivity. Such a proposal elucidates ultraviolet light as a bleaching agent.\nMarcelo Teles Junior, Carolina Almeida Rodrigues, Vera Lucia Bernardes, Taylane Soffener Berlanga de Araujo, Giovanni Antonio Nicoli and Juliana dos Reis Derceli\nAll Published work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License\nCopyright © 2019 All rights reserved. iMedPub LTD Last revised : January 22, 2019"}
{"text":"Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center\nSouthern Wetland Flora\nField Office Guide to Plant Species\nHydrocotyle umbellata L.\n- Family: Carrot (Apiaceae)\n- Flowering: April-September\n- Field Marks: This penny-wort differs from all others by its peltate leaves and the flowers borne\nin simple, not compound, umbels.\n- Habitat: In shallow streams, along shores, wet ditches, swamps, seepage areas.\n- Habit: Perennial herb with underground branches bearing small tubers.\n- Stems: Creeping along as well as below the ground, rooting at the nodes, smooth, up to several\n- Leaves: Arising singly from the nodes on upright stalks, peltate, nearly circular, sometimes\nheart-shaped, with 7-11 low, rounded lobes, up to 2 inches across; leaf stalks up to 1 inch long.\n- Flowers: Several in a simple umbel, borne on long, slender, upright, leafless stalks up to 6 inches\n- Sepals: 5, very tiny, united below, green.\n- Petals: 5, white, free from each other, up to 1/12 inch long.\n- Stamens: 5.\n- Pistils: Ovary inferior.\n- Fruits: Flattened, more or less kidney-shaped, notched at the top, up to 1/10 inch across.\nPrevious Species -- Coastal-plain Penny-wort (Hydrocotyle bonariensis)\nReturn to Species List -- Group 8\nNext Species -- Ovate False-fiddle-leaf (Hydrolea ovata)"}
{"text":"The Chinese have had a history of using rail links and other technological advances to integrate Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia with the rest of China. The purpose of these rail links was to facilitate the voluntary, and sometimes involuntary, migration of Han Chinese to these areas in order to strengthen Beijing’s control over the regions.\nChina had harboured the goal of linking Qinghai province to the Tibetan Autonomous Region by rail since the early 1950s. At the time, although engineers and surveyors were sent to investigate the potential, both finance and the then-available technology proved insufficient for the task. By the 80s, building the first part of the scheme had become possible and China's rapid post-millennial economic growth allowed the second – and far more challenging – part of the project to get underway.\nTibet, which formally merged into Chinese territory as an administrative region during the Yuan Dynasty (1206-1368), features one of the more formidable natural terrains in the world. An elder brother of the 14th Dalai Lama once wrote, \"We lived amidst precipitous and dangerous mountains which were clad with snow all the year round. Traveling along the paths by the cliffs of sky-reaching mountains, a caravan could be thrown away by a blast of fierce wind, and even the chill of wind could take the lives of travelers. A journey from one place of stay to the next usually took several days or even several months.\"\nAnd so, while emperors of feudal dynasties ruled over Tibet, dispatched envoys to Tibet, and conferred titles on local Tibetan religious leaders, Tibet, in most people's eyes, remained a far away, barely accessible place. Even Xu Xiake, a noted traveler during the Ming Dynasty, never set foot on the earth of Tibet. As British writer Peter Hopkirk explained in his book, Trespassers on the Roof of the World, for centuries Tibet remained a remote region barely touched by cartographers. It was, therefore, long represented only as a blank..."}
{"text":"Located high in the mountains of central Puerto Rico, the town of Barranquitas is difficult to reach because of its torturous roads. Puerto Ricans visit the town to pay tribute to key historical figures who were born here.\nNo other town in Puerto Rico has produced quite a list of illustrious personages. The most famous Barranquiteños are Luis Muñoz Rivera, the grandfather of Puerto Rico's autonomy movement and the architect of the Puerto Rican Commonwealth and his son Luis Muñoz Marin, the first elected Governor of Puerto Rico.\nA collection of letters, photographs, personal belongings, and other memorabilia of Muñoz Rivera are on exhibit at the Casa Museo Luis Muñoz Rivera.\nThere are few tourist sites in Barranquitas. Hurricanes, fires and mud slides have destroyed the colonial structures. Even the town's church, the Parroquia de San Antonio de Padua, is not in its original state, having been rebuilt in post-colonial style after being destroyed by hurricanes.\nThe only noteworthy natural wonder in Barranquitas is San Cristobal Canyon, Puerto Rico's largest canyon at 9 kilometres long and 750 feet deep. Flowing through the canyon are the Usabon and Barranquitos Rivers. Puerto Rico's highest waterfall can also be found on Usabon River."}
{"text":"Allele frequencies are most often reported from small convenience samples of unknown demographics and limited generalizability. We determined the distribution of apolipoprotein E genotype (APOE) and allele frequencies for a large, well-defined, representative, rural, population-based sample (n = 4450) aged 55-95 years in Ballabgarh, in the northern Indian state of Haryana. The overall APOE E*2, E*3, and E*4 allele frequencies were 0.039, 0.887, and 0.073, respectively; frequencies are also reported by age, sex, and religious/caste groups. The APOE*4 frequency is among the lowest reported anywhere in the world. APOE allele frequencies did not vary significantly by age or sex in this study. To our knowledge, this is the largest Indian sample ever genotyped for the APOE polymorphism. The representativeness of the sample and its known demographics provide a much-needed normative background for studies of gene-disease associations.\n- Apoe allele frequencies\n- Apoe genetype\n- Indian population\nASJC Scopus subject areas\n- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics"}
{"text":"Scripture: Matthew 2:13-23, Luke 2:21-40\n- Students will learn what the inside of the Temple looked like and how the various items in the Temple were used during Jesus’ time.\n- Students will participate in an activity helping them better understand the Temple and its functions.\n- Students will learn that not all elderly people are as healthy as Simeon and Anna.\n- Students will participate in a service project that help elderly people suffering from dementia.\nGuiding Question: How does caring for those with dementia demonstrate God’s love?\nMaterials: fabric pot holders, placemats, or tote bags, items to attach to fabric pot holders, placemats, or tote bags: ribbons, string of beads, buttons, textured fabrics, pom-poms, fabric glue, hot glue gun\nProcedure: Review the scripture above with the students. Explain to the students that not all elderly people are as healthy as Simeon and Anna. Ask the students what health problems may arise as people grow older. Explain dementia, the effects it has on the elderly, and how to help those who suffer from it. Discuss how serving those with dementia would show God’s love.\nIntroduce the service project. Have the students create items for those with dementia to “fiddle” with. Explain to the students how these items will help those with dementia stay calm. Use fabric glue or a hot glue gun to glue on ribbons, string of beads, textured fabrics, pom-poms, etc. to your choice of fabric pot holders, placemats, or tote bags. Deliver the finished products to an assisted living home or hospital and if possible, bring the students with you. (Contact a facility prior to know how many items will need to be made.)\nAdditional Questions: How can the students care for the elderly in their community?\nSupplemental Activity: Have the students come up with ideas for how to care for the elderly in their community through service projects. After students come up with their ideas, let the students vote on 1-2 ideas to implement together."}
{"text":"There are two kinds of globalization. One strives to dominate or coerce world opinion and culture. The other emphasizes negotiation, conciliation, and cooperation between differing nations and cultures. Historically, communities throughout the world have been settled, fought over and resettled in a continual pattern of coercion, interdependence, and finally cooperation. This long-term pattern has been repeated many times throughout the history of civilization. In recent centuries, states, nations have begun to confederate under a sovereign will based on interactive principles of shared community, combined with individual freedoms. Within a few generations, the USA, the European Union, the Arab League, the South American Alliance, and most recently the African Union have all begun to take the shape of distributed environments. Imagine powerful unions in South America, Mexico, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia sharing resources through a unified distribution of smaller states or countries. Strengthened by individual power and socio-economic unity, a large middle-class would emerge, limiting the scourge of poverty and despair, and reducing unnecessary social and political instability."}
{"text":"Ticks are arachnids capable of transmitting a variety of diseases to dogs and humans. Common ticks include the American dog tick, the brown dog tick, the lone star tick and the black-legged or deer tick. While these ticks are responsible for transmitting various diseases that cause rashes in humans, such as Lyme disease, only one tick-borne condition typically causes a rash in dogs -- and in humans.\nMore Than a Bug Bite\nRocky Mountain spotted fever, or RMSF, is a common tick-borne illness that can infect both dogs and humans. The cause of the disease is Rickettsia rickettsii, which spreads through the bites of infected American dog ticks, wood ticks and lone star ticks. In addition to depression, lethargy, anorexia, irregular heartbeat, swelling, inflammation and loss of coordination, Rocky Mountain spotted fever can cause a rashlike appearance on the skin, typically blue or purple in color. In humans, symptoms include fever, rash, headache, nausea, vomiting, muscle pain, loss of appetite and eye redness.\nNot Just in the Rockies\nDespite its name, Rocky Mountain spotted fever is not limited to the Rocky Mountain region. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever occur throughout most of the contiguous United States, with the majority of cases occurring in North Carolina, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri.\n- American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation: Canine Tick-Borne Disease\n- PetMD: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Dogs\n- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment\n- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) Statistics and Epidemiology\n- Comstock Images/Comstock/Getty Images"}
{"text":"Invest half an hour to protect the environment by changing how you live each day\nBy Larry West, About.com Guide\nYou may not be able to reduce global warming, end pollution and save endangered species single-handedly, but by choosing to live an earth-friendly lifestyle you can do a lot every day to help achieve those goals.And by making wise choices about how you live, and the amount of energy and natural resources you consume, you send a clear message to businesses, politicians and government agencies that value you as a customer, constituent and citizen.\nHere are five simple things you can do—in 30 minutes or less—to help protect the environment and save Planet Earth.\n1- Drive Less, Drive Smart\n2- Eat Your Vegetables\n3- Switch to Reusable Shopping Bags\n4- Change Your Light Bulbs\n5- Pay Your Bills Online\nFor more infos:"}
{"text":"Tunicates, Sea Squirts, Colonial Ascidians, Compound Ascidians, Bulbous Tunicates, Solitary Sea Squirt, Globular Sea Squirt, Giant Ascidian.\nIm sorry, but video content will be enabled in an upcoming update. In the mean time, take a look around our amazing images provided by the awesome community here at Whats That Fish.\nAlso known as Tunicates, Sea Squirts, Colonial Ascidians, Compound Ascidians, Bulbous Tunicates, Solitary Sea Squirt, Globular Sea Squirt and Giant Ascidian.\nFound singly or in groups often in shallow waters but has been found deeper on coral and rocky areas of reefs and in sheltered waters of harbours and on shipwrecks.\nThey feed on suspended plankton and detritus.\nThe shrimp Pontonia sibogae is often found living in the sac of the Tunicate.\nVaries in colour, often found covered in algae.\nLength - 8cm\nDepth - 3-100m\nAscidian, also known as tunicates because their bodies are covered by a \"tunic\" a tough cellulose-like covering.\nThe other common name is sea squirt because when threatened they sometimes eject a jet of water.\nFeel free to leave your comments here..."}
{"text":"What is Sugar Made of?\nDo you know that white sugar is white because it was further purified or refine from brown sugar?\nSugar is a carbohydrate found in fruits and vegetables.\nNo wonder my grandmother stays away from brown sugar, she doesn't like the sound of 'refined' or 'purified.'\nSugar is made when sugar cane or beet plant is juiced and boiled, then squeezed. It is spun in a revolving drum to remove the water and crystals of brown sugar are left behind.\nThe brown sugar is further purified, dissolved and filtered, then it becomes white sugar.\n- Ay's Discovery\n(This is the process simplified, sugar refining is a bit of a longer process)"}
{"text":"Hi everyone! I have some more fun K4 curriculum add-ons for you today! They’re Beginning Math Skills worksheets. For this set, I wanted to keep it simple and give them a choice for the answer.\nI plan to use them like the Clothes Pin Number Cards, they can count the objects and then place a clothes pin on the correct answer. You could also laminate or put in page protectors then use a dry erase marker to circle the answer.\nI did numbers 1-10, adding 1,2, and 3 to each.\nClick here to see my other K4 Curriculum Activities!\nThese activities are part of my K4 level expansion to my Letter of the Week Curriculum, click on the images below to see more activities!\nHope you enjoy!"}
{"text":"Purchasing hearing aids means you’re investing in a part of your health that greatly impacts your overall quality of life. And because today’s hearing aids are much more advanced, utilizing the expertise of an audiologist ensures you receive services and products that address your needs.\nBeware Cheap “Hearing Aids”\nIt may be tempting to purchase hearing devices from your local drug store or online, but technically, those devices are personal sound amplification products (PSAP), not hearing aids. In fact, the FDA forbids them from being marketed as such.\nAnd they come with some serious drawbacks:\n- Since they only amplify sounds, PSAPs pick up and increase background noises when you turn up the volume.\n- They don’t account for frequency hearing loss, so you may still struggle to hear certain sounds and voices.\n- PSAPs cannot connect to wireless technology such as smartphones, televisions and tablets.\n- They often produce feedback because the mic picks up sounds from its own speaker.\n- They don’t provide a custom fit to your unique ear shape.\nHow Audiologists can Help\nAudiologists receive six to eight years of schooling and learn diagnostic and rehabilitative techniques to address the complexities of hearing loss. They do much more than administer hearing tests.\nThey’re trained to evaluate and determine the cause of your hearing loss and curate a personalized approach to maximize your hearing and prevent further damage.\nThey’re also well-versed in the latest hearing aid technology, so they can help you find the right device to suit your needs and preferences.\nAudiologists also provide:\n- Comprehensive hearing evaluations including otoscopies, pure-tone audiometry, speech audiometry, tympanometry and acoustic reflex tests\n- Communication classes and counseling to help you adjust to your new hearing devices\n- Follow-up appointments to customize fit and programming\n- Treatment for auditory conditions such as tinnitus, Meniere’s disease and ear infections"}
{"text":"On Dec. 13, the day before the solar eclipse, Thai amateur astronomer Worachate Boonplod spotted the comet named C/2020 X3.\nThe comet, named C/2020 X3 (SOHO) by the Minor Planet Center, is a “Kreutz” sungrazer. This comet family originated from a large parent comet that broke up into smaller fragments well over a thousand years ago and continues to orbit around the Sun today.\nBoonplod knew the eclipse was coming. He was excited to see whether his new comet discovery might appear in the Sun’s outer atmosphere as a speck in eclipse photographs.\nThe comet traveled at roughly 450,000 miles per hour, about 2.7 million miles from the Sun’s surface. It was around 50 feet in diameter — about the length of a semitruck. It then disintegrated into dust particles due to intense solar radiation, a few hours before reaching its closest point to the Sun.\nKreutz sungrazing comets are most commonly found in SOHO images. SOHO’s camera works by mimicking total solar eclipses: A solid occulting disk blocks out the otherwise blinding light of the Sun, revealing dimmer features in its outer atmosphere and other celestial objects like comets. To date, 4,108 comets have been discovered in SOHO images, with this comet being the 3,524th Kreutz sungrazer spotted."}
{"text":"Life insurance is coverage that pays beneficiaries a stated sum if the insured party dies. In exchange for this payout, the insured pays the insurer a designated premium (which is based on actuarial statistics) at intervals over the term of the policy. The intent behind this arrangement is to provide the beneficiaries with a sufficient income to replace the income that had been earned in the past by the insured. The amount of life insurance purchased depends on the standard of living that the insured wants to maintain for the beneficiaries.\nLife insurance is especially useful for younger families that have not yet had time to build up a sufficiently large estate to provide for the survivors if the primary wage earner dies. The need for life insurance tends to decline over time as families build up estates of a sufficient size to provide survivors with an adequate income. Also, since the premium payments for some types of life insurance policies increase in size as the insured ages, the cost-benefit tradeoff of having life insurance will decline over time.\nLife insurance policies should be reviewed at regular intervals to see if they still provide the type of coverage needed by the insured party's beneficiaries. This analysis may result in a change to a different type of insurance policy (such as term life or whole life) and/or a different payout amount."}
{"text":"A family dog can reduce a child’s asthma risk by as much as 15% according to a comprehensive new study.\nThe results support the so-called “hygiene hypothesis” that supposes people who live in ‘too clean’ conditions are more likely to have a higher risk of allergies.\nThe data of 1 million children born in Sweden between 2001 and 2010 was analysed. Sweden is important for this study as it’s a country where both dog and farm animals must be registered by law\nThe findings reveal that children’s exposure to dogs in the first year of their life was associated with a 15% lower incidence of childhood asthma. Farm animal exposure produced even greater results, lowering the asthma risk by as much as a staggering 52%.\nDr Tove Fall, the study’s lead scientist from Uppsala University in Sweden, said: “Earlier studies have shown that growing up on a farm reduces a child’s risk of asthma to about half.\n“We wanted to see if this relationship was true also for children growing up with dogs in their homes. Our results confirmed the farming effect and we also saw that children who grew up with dogs had about 15% less asthma than children without dogs.\n“Because we had access to such a large and detailed data set, we could account for confounding factors such as asthma in parents, area of residence and socio-economic status.”\nProfess Catarina Almqvist Malmros who co-authored the study said: “These kind of epidemiological studies look for associations in large populations but do not provide answers on whether and how animals could protect children from developing asthma.\n“We know that children with established allergy to cats or dogs should avoid them, but our results also indicate that children who grow up with dogs have reduced risks of asthma later in life.\n“Thanks to the population-based design, our results are generalisable to the Swedish population and probably also to other European populations with similar culture regarding pet ownership and farming.”"}
{"text":"Tech moves fast! Stay ahead of the curve with Techopedia!\nJoin nearly 200,000 subscribers who receive actionable tech insights from Techopedia.\nSingle inheritance enables a derived class to inherit properties and behavior from a single parent class. It allows a derived class to inherit the properties and behavior of a base class, thus enabling code reusability as well as adding new features to the existing code. This makes the code much more elegant and less repetitive. Inheritance is one of the key features of object-oriented programming (OOP).\nSingle inheritance is safer than multiple inheritance if it is approached in the right way. It also enables a derived class to call the parent class implementation for a specific method if this method is overridden in the derived class or the parent class constructor.\nThe inheritance concept is used in many programming languages, including C++, Java, PHP, C#, and Visual Basic. To implement inheritance, C++ uses the \":\" operator, while Java and PHP use the \"extend\" keyword, and Visual Basic uses the keyword \"inherits.\" Java and C# enable single inheritance only, while other languages like C++ support multiple inheritance."}
{"text":"Asset #8: Youth as Resources\nWhen young people have useful roles they feel good about themselves and their future, do better in school, and get in less trouble. Everyone deserves to have their voice heard and appreciated so, let youth contribute their menu ideas and take on some of the preparation tasks!\nFind your own recipes at these links, in cookbooks, on the internet, or create something new! We have some recipes below to help you get started!\nCombine Meal preparation with Family Activities by:\n- Making an extra portion of a meal as a family. Package it up or make a freezer meal for a neighbor, family member, someone who could use some help. Deliver the meal together (ideally within walking distance) and talk about helping others, volunteerism, random acts of kindness and being grateful for what our family has. After the meal has been delivered, talk about how it made each person feel (givers and receivers).\n- Create a weekly menu as a family on a certain day and talk about who will make what and what each family member’s in making jobs can be on certain nights. There’s a template and information on the Family Activities page."}
{"text":"The Smallest House in Great Britain (Quay House) Conwy\nQuay House, also known as the Smallest House in Great Britain, stands next to the walls of Conwy Castle. Until 1900, it was a functional but small residence but is now a tourist attraction.\n- The Smallest House in Great Britain (Quay House) Conwy (1610609171815).tif\n- © 2012 David Coleman\n- Image Size\n- 4256x2832 / 22.1MB\nBritain British British Isles Conway Conwy Europe Great Britain Houses Quay House Smallest House in Great Britain U.K. UK United Kingdom Wales Welsh architectural architecture building castle edifice edifices home house palace residence residential building row house small town structures tiny tourist attraction town travel destination village\n- Contained in galleries"}
{"text":"I'm just back from a trip to British Columbia to visit family and friends, and am delighted to say that a Vancouver Island friend has instantly answered a question Dick and I have had for a while now, about some feathers he found while walking around the nearby coulee with our little dog, Bonnie-Belinda.\nMany thanks to my longtime friend Pat for identifying the feathers as coming from a Northern Flicker, or perhaps from more than one Northern Flicker.\nTherefore, I no longer have to wonder what I should post today for my long-awaited return to blogging. Thanks again, Pat.\n|FEMALE NORTHERN FLICKER|\n|MALE NORTHERN FLICKER (WIKIPEDIA)|\nAccording to Wikipedia:The northern flicker is part of the genus Colaptes,\nwhich encompasses 12 New World woodpeckers. Nine subspecies and an extinct subspecies of C. auratus are recognized. The existing subspecies were at one time considered separate species, but they commonly interbreed where ranges overlap and are now considered one species by the American Ornithologists Union. This is an example of the \"species problem\".\nThe northern flicker is protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which has been ratified by the governments of Mexico, Canada and the United States and prohibits the killing or harming of the northern flicker, including its nests and eggs.\nExtinction is always a threat, as seen in this paragraph from Wikipedia:\nThe Guadalupe flicker (C. a. rufipileus; syn. C. cafer rufipileus) is an extinct subspecies formerly restricted to Guadalupe Island, off the northwest coast of Mexico. Its presence was last recorded in 1906.\nExtinction is rampant in today's world. It's just a matter of time..."}
{"text":"South Carolina in the Early 1700s. 1729 King George I accepted the request to make SC a royal colony. The Thirteen Colonies. Changes in the Colony. SC would change in several ways after becoming a royal colony.\nDownload Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author.While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server.\n1729 King George I accepted the request to make SC a royal colony\nCreated for two reasons\nAs a ____ _____for protection from Spanish Florida.\nAs a prison colony for debtors.\nProblems with the new colony\nWhile it did create a sense of security for SC’s inhabitants, it also resulted in less land being available to South Carolinians.\nBecame a safe haven for runaway ______.\nCreated competition in ____ production.\nSettlement of the _________ created problems with the _______.\nThe ______ still had hard feelings as a result of earlier Indian ___.\nIt’s Your Turn!\nThe first _____ in the Americas were not slaves but Spanish explorers.\nThe First permanent Africans in the North America were indentured ____.\nLater Africans were brought as indentured servants but eventually were held in s_____, because Indian ______ had not worked out."}
{"text":"Vitamin E is an antioxidant essential for the nervous, cardiovascular, reproductive, musculoskeletal and other systems to work properly. It may help prevent diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cognitive decline. However, nearly 90% of American adults don’t get enough vitamin E to meet recommended daily requirements.\nVitamin E sources to boost your intake\nTo get more vitamin E, try these foods:\n- Nuts, especially almonds and hazelnuts\n- Vegetable oils (like sunflower, safflower, soybean and wheat germ)\n- Seeds, like sunflower seeds\n- Leafy vegetables (spinach or chard)\nVitamin E is fat-soluble, so you’ll need it with some form of fat; otherwise, it won’t be absorbed or used efficiently. For example, add nuts or a homemade salad dressing made with oil to increase the absorption of vitamin E.\nIf you prefer a supplement, talk with your doctor first and then look for a multivitamin or a single supplement that provides 12 to 15 mg of vitamin E.\nVitamin E also works alongside vitamin C, so sufficient levels of vitamin C are important too for optimizing vitamin E activity in the body.\nWhen this isn’t enough\nHigh levels of vitamin E circulating in the blood are not necessarily an indicator that your body has enough vitamin E, or that it is used appropriately.\nDo you need more than others? Common health issues may make it harder for your body to use vitamin E effectively and may increase your need for more of this vitamin. These include:\n- Metabolic syndrome\n- High cholesterol or triglycerides\nIf you have one of these conditions, consult with your doctor to determine how to boost your vitamin E to the appropriate level.\nTake action now\n- Eat plenty of dietary sources of vitamin E, along with healthy fat\n- Consider a supplement\n- Eat vitamin C-rich foods or take a vitamin C supplement\n- Work with your physician if you have a medical condition that is reducing your vitamin E levels."}
{"text":"Want to see what we’re really up to? Check out some of the latest innovations from Microsoft Research here:\nEver wished that your computer would just read your mind to save you some time searching? Well, Microsoft has today announced a new way to search the internet, just by placing the palm of your hand on a computer screen where the Bing Homepage indicates.\nDeveloped by scientists at Bing, ‘Palm Search’ uses “palm vein technology” to interpret unique electrical signals transmitted throughout the body following any particular thought the user is having at that exact moment.\nThe innovative new search function intelligently analyses the electrical signals transmitted through the hand to calculate the relevant search term.\nIf you’re using a PC, laptop or tablet, visit the Bing homepage and use Palm Search by placing your hand against the screen and simply think about what you’d like to search for.\nThe future of search is finally here! Give it a try for yourself at www.bing.com\nNote: Some users may need to calibrate their screens for Palm Search using the on-screen troubleshooter"}
{"text":"The Canadian West, Inspired by the East\nCanada has always prided itself on its vibrant multiculturalism, a fascinating mosaic of peoples and customs that finds its apogee in Vancouver. Canada’s third largest city has been looking to Asia since Chinese immigrants arrived with the 1858 gold rush (and later to work on the transcontinental railroad).\nThe massive influx of the 1980s and 1990s, when many left Hong Kong in anticipation of mainland China’s takeover, spurred the city’s transformation into the Pacific Rim melting pot of today.\nThe traditions of Asia found fertile ground in this former outpost of the British Empire. In a wonderful vision of urban renewal, the Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden rises from a former parking lot on the edge of Vancouver’s Chinatown, the third largest Asian enclave outside the Orient, topped only by those of San Francisco and New York.\nIt was the first (and is reputed to be the most authentic) full-scale classical Chinese garden ever built outside of China, begun in 1985 by more than fifty skilled traditional artisans and gardeners brought in from Suzhou, China’s famous Garden City. The finished product is a pocket-sized otherworld, a walled oasis of harmony where careful attention is paid to a classical balance between yin and yang: constrasting light and shadow, large and small, smooth and rough – the exquisite re-creation of a typical 14th-century Ming garden.\nAlmost everything was brought from China, including the pagoda roof tiles, the naturally sculpted rocks, the worn pebbles that create the mosaics covering the winding pathways, and the bronze, bat-shaped door handles."}
{"text":"• Canada •\nkæn-ê-dê • Hear it!\nPart of Speech: Proper noun\nMeaning: The name of the geographically second largest country on Earth, located to the north of the United States.\nNotes: Anything related to Canada is Canadian, including its inhabitants, who are Canadians. The capital of Canada is Ottawa, with its most beautiful parliament building standing on Parliament Hill overlooking the Ottawa River. Its largest city is Toronto. Its most famous goose is the Canada—NOT Canadian—goose. Today is Canada Day in that country and we would like to wish all our Canadian readers the happiest of holidays.\nIn Play: The United States' longest border is with its friendliest and more progressive neighbor, Canada. I know from personal experience that Niagara Falls are best viewed from the Canadian side, and the Canadian Rockies are best enjoyed from the Canadian Pacific Railway, which runs the breadth of the country.\nWord History: Although Canada is the name of the second-largest country in the world, the word has much humbler origins. It is based on the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata \"village, settlement\". In 1535, Iroquoians of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct French explorer Jacques Cartier to the nearby village of Stadacona. Cartier began using the word to refer not only to that village, but to the entire area subject to the chief of Stadacona. By the 18th century Canada referred to all of New France, which extended from the St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes. Canada was adopted as the legal name for the new country upon Confederation in 1867, and its status was defined as Dominion. However, as Canada asserted its political autonomy from the United Kingdom, the federal government increasingly used only Canada on state documents. This shift was reflected in the renaming of the national holiday from Dominion Day to Canada Day in 1982.\nCome visit our website at <http://www.alphadictionary.com> for more Good Words and other language resources!"}
{"text":"Straight from the classroom, these age-perfect lessons provide the tools and strategies young students need to become successful writers. From teaching basic routines and concepts of print, to introducing the writing process and classroom resources such as the word wall, to exploring how to write for different purposes and edit, the lesson you need will be at your fingertips—from September to June. For each lesson, the authors provide a suggested anchor book, modeling ideas, and guided and independent practice activities. Includes assessment ideas, conferring tips, reproducible student sheets, and more!\nGrades K - 1"}
{"text":"|Speckled Mousebird, Colius striatus|\nand see text\nThe mousebirds are a small group of birds. They are not closely related to other groups of birds. Though they and the parrots and cockatoos (Psittaciformes) may be closer to each other than to other birds. The mousebirds are given order status as Coliiformes. This group only lives in sub-Saharan Africa. They had a wider range in prehistoric times and apparently evolved in Europe.\nDescription[change | change source]\nThey are slender greyish or brown birds with soft, hairlike body feathers. They are typically about 10 cm in body length. They have a long, thin, tail a further 20–24 cm in length. They weigh 45–55 grams. They are arboreal and scurry through the leaves like rodents, in search of berries, fruit and buds. This habit, and their legs, is the reason for the group's English name. They can feed upside down. They have crests and stubby bills.\nMousebirds are very talkative. They are found in bands of about twenty in lightly wooded country.\nThese birds build cup-shaped twig nests in trees, which are lined with grasses. 2–4 eggs are typically laid.\nReferences[change | change source]\n|Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Coliiformes|"}
{"text":"The Biology of Millipedes\nMillipedes are commonly found in the leaf litter fauna of most terrestrial environments where they play an essential ecological role. The Biology of Millipedes is the first single-volume review of this important group and covers their evolution, ecology, behavior, and physiology. The book is essential reading for terrestrial ecologists, zoologists, and students taking courses in invertebrate biology. Introductory chapters consider millipede taxonomy and phylogeny, basic anatomy, locomotion, and ecomorphology. Later chapters review feeding and digestion, metabolism, nerves, and neurosecretion, together with all aspects of millipede development. In the final chapters, special attention is paid to defenses against predators, the importance of millipedes in decomposition processes, and their role as pests. The authors provide an extremely comprehensive bibliography of research papers and other literature.\nWhat people are saying - Write a review\nWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places."}
{"text":"Beryllium Copper Strip\nPerformance of Beryllium Copper\n(5) Electrical Conductivity and Tolerance to Heat Generation\nHigh current (up to 30A) passes through the contact springs in automotive components and relays. Because of its high electrical conductivity, beryllium copper can minimize heat generation caused by resistivity of a contact spring, even if it carries a high current.\nFig. 7 Rise in Temperature by Resistance Heating,\nBeryllium Copper vs. Phosphor Bronze\nFig. 7 shows the rise in temperature when a current of 20A is passed through test pieces in beryllium copper or phosphor bronze (test piece in 0.2mm x 10mm x 75mm).\nAfter 500 seconds the temperature rises up to 80/90°C in alloy 25, approx. 701 for alloy 7 and approx. 601 for alloy 11, while it reaches more than 120'C in phosphor bronze. Since the internal heat generated by the resistivity of a given material may cause stress relaxation in service, the selection of high conductive material is essential for switches or relays subject to high amperage load."}
{"text":"Copyright © University of Cambridge. All rights reserved.\nTake an A4 piece of paper and halve it by drawing a line across\nthe middle, parallel to the shorter side. Each half is called an A5\nHalve the bottom half by drawing a vertical line down the middle. This creates two A6 rectangles.\nHalve the right hand one by drawing a horizontal line across its middle. This creates two A7 rectangles.\nHalve the bottom one by drawing a vertical line down the middle. This creates two A8 rectangles.\nYou should have something like this:\nHalve the right hand A8 shape by drawing a horizontal line\nacross its middle. This creates two A9 rectangles.\nAnd so on ... Keep going until the rectangles are too small to be seen clearly.\nNow draw the diagonal of the A4 piece of paper from the top left corner to the bottom right corner. This creates a sequence of triangles. The first two are numbered in the diagram below but you will have many more drawn on your sheet:\nWhat is the total area of the first two triangles\nas a fraction of the original A4 rectangle?\nWhat is the total area of the first three triangles as a fraction of the original A4 rectangle?\nIf you could you go on adding all the triangles' areas, what do you think the total would be as a fraction of the original A4 rectangle?\nMany thanks to Professor Michael Sewell\nfor providing us with this idea.\nIt has a connection with Zeno's paradox. Can you find out about that paradox?\nWhat is the connection between the method used to find all the triangles' areas and the method used to explain Zeno's paradox?"}
{"text":"GDP Growth Rate Calculator\nWhat is GDP growth rate?\nThe GDP growth rate is measured as the difference in GDP between two years. It is listed as a percentage.\nThe growth rate can be listed for real or nominal GDP. GDP Growth rate is a percentage increase between two numbers. If real GDP data is used, it will show the growth rate in real terms. If nominal GDP numbers data is used, it will show the growth rate in nominal terms.\nIf a country’s current year GDP is 1.2 billion, and their last year’s GDP is 1 billion, then:\nGDP Growth Rate = (1.2 – 1) / 1 = 0.2 / 1 = 0.20, or 20%\nTherefore, this country’s GDP growth rate is 20%.\nSources and more resources\n- Wikipedia – List of countries by GDP growth rate – A list of countries sorted by their most recent GDP growth rate.\n- World Bank – GDP Growth (annual %) – The World Bank’s statistics on GDP growth by country.\n- IMF – Real GDP Growth -The IMF’s statistics on GDP growth by country.\n- The University of Minnesota – Principles of Macroeconomics – Growth of Real GDP and Business Cycles – An overview of GDP growth and how it relates to the business cycle.\n- Eurostat – Beginners:GDP – Comparing GDP: growth rate and per capita – A simple explanation of GDP and growth rates."}
{"text":"Nitrogen and sulfur mineralization of several Manitoba soils and N:S ratios in rape and barley\nHamm, Jacob Wallace\nMetadataShow full item record\nA field experiment, conducted in the summer of 1967, disclosed that total N:S ratios of plants in the early stages of growth can be used to evaluate their sulfur status. The critical ratios above which rape and barley are sulfur deficient were suggested to be 12:1 and 16:1, respectively. The critical sulfur concentration in rape at the flowering stage was proposed to be 0.25% total sulfur. The water soluble SO4 fraction of soils was further evaluated as an index of plant available sulfur. A critical level of 10 lb/Ac to the 24 inch depth at seeding was suggested for cereals. The corresponding value for rape was thought to be in the range of 20 to 25 lb/Ac. The relative rates of nitrogen and sulfur mineralization in soils were studies under field and laboratory conditions. The mean ratio of NO3-N:SO4-S release in soils cropped to rate and barley at two sites was found to be 4.3:1. This ratio was somewhat narrower than observed in the laboratory experiment. The ratios of release in soils of the Chernozemic and Podzolic Orders after incubation for 12 weeks at 18'C and near field capacity moisture content were 11.9:1 and 28.4:1 respectively. Nitrogen was found to be released faster than sulfur. The amounts of NO3-N and SO4-S released on incubation were correlated to the organic matter content of the soils."}
{"text":"Oral Cancer Screenings\nAs part of each exam, we perform a comprehensive oral cancer screening. This includes checking for signs of oral cancer on the tongue, lips, gums, floor of the mouth, and soft palate and feeling for lumps and signs of abnormal tissue changes on the neck and inside of the mouth.\nWhile some think this is a rare cancer, The Oral Cancer Foundation proves otherwise. Each day, about 132 Americans are newly diagnosed with mouth cancer. One person dies from oral cancer every hour of every day. Worldwide the problem is far greater, with more than 640,000 new diagnoses every year.\nThe American Cancer Society estimates that oral cancer strikes tens of thousands of people each year, and only 56% of those diagnosed survive more than five years. Early detection is vital to surviving oral cancer."}
{"text":"Beneficial gut bacteria, or probiotics, have been shown in the past to alleviate symptoms of stress and anxiety, but it wasn't clear whether the bugs could have an impact on the brains of healthy animals. Now, John Cryan, a pharmacologist with the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Center at University College Cork, Ireland, and colleagues have found that probiotics have a direct impact on mood neurotransmitters in mice. The findings further support the idea that one way to heal problems of the mind might be through the stomach. . . .\n\"It's pretty convincing,\" says Brett Finlay, a microbiologist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. \"These days our microbiota are being implicated in just about everything.\"\nSaturday, November 12, 2011\nYet More on Controlling the Mind through the Gut\nFrom Nature News:\nLabels: medicine, psychology\nSubscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)\nPost a Comment"}
{"text":"Hazel Park Schools has been a 1:1 district since 2015. Students from Young 5's to second grade use iPads in class. Each Y5 through 2nd grade class has a cart with enough iPads for each student. Grades 3-12 use Chromebooks for student learning. Students in grades 3-8, have Chromebook carts in the classroom. While High School students will be assigned a Chromebook, protective case, and charger for the duration of the school year at Hazel Park High School, if they choose to sign a Chromebook Agreement form.\nBenefits of 1:1 technology\nProviding each student with a mobile device can help ensure students are getting the most out of their day by having unlimited access to their device. 1:1 Technology in the classroom allows all students to participate in collaboration and can enhance interaction with what they are learning. With each student having their own device, you will never have to worry about students having to share technology or sink into passive learning.\nHow many times have you heard the phrase “my dog ate my homework” or “I can’t find it”? One component guaranteed with technology is that students have the ability to always save their work so you won’t have to hear these phrases again. Saving and storing work on a mobile device not only helps students organize their work, but also enables students to work on assignments anywhere.\nStudents having to take care of their assigned electronic device and keep track of work can help create a sense of responsibility. With this, students can apply and execute this practice and mindset to other tasks, duties, and to their future.\nWith 1:1 devices in the classroom, each student is able to work at their own pace and can help create more student engagement. One device per student allows each student to actively learn and participate in the classroom."}
{"text":"Understanding Spanning-Tree Protocol\nSpanning-Tree Protocol is a link management protocol that provides path redundancy while preventing undesirable loops in the network. For an Ethernet network to function properly, only one active path can exist between two stations.\nMultiple active paths between stations cause loops in the network. If a loop exists in the network topology, the potential exists for duplication of messages. When loops occur, some switches see stations appear on both sides of the switch. This condition confuses the forwarding algorithm and allows duplicate frames to be forwarded.\nTo provide path redundancy, Spanning-Tree Protocol defines a tree that spans all switches in an extended network. Spanning-Tree Protocol forces certain redundant data paths into a standby (blocked) state. If one network segment in the Spanning-Tree Protocol becomes unreachable, or if Spanning-Tree Protocol costs change, the spanning-tree algorithm reconfigures the spanning-tree topology and reestablishes the link by activating the standby path.\nSpanning-Tree Protocol operation is transparent to end stations, which are unaware whether they are connected to a single LAN segment or a switched LAN of multiple segments.Read more…"}
{"text":"Fort Mose Historical Overview\nThe Beginnings of Fort Mose\nMore than 300 years ago, courageous Africans escaped from enslavement in British colonies. They fled southward on foot to Spanish St. Augustine, crossing swamps and dense tropical forests. Along they way, they sought assistance from Natives, thus creating the first ‘underground railroad’.\nNot all survived. Those who reached St. Augustine were granted asylum by the Spanish government. It was a unique offer—freedom, in exchange for conversion to Catholicism and, for men, a term of military service.\nThe first freedom seekers arrived in 1687. This group included eight men, two women and a three-year-old nursing child.\nBy 1738, more than 100 freedom seekers had achieved asylum. In that year, a fortified town named Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose was constructed on St. Augustine’s northernmost border. Fort Mose became the site of the first free black community in what is now the United States.\nA formerly enslaved African led the free black militia of Fort Mose. His name was Captain Francisco Menéndez. For years, the warriors valiantly protected St. Augustine. However, when Spain ceded all of La Florida to England in 1763, the citizens of Fort Mose once again faced enslavement. They abandoned the fort and sought safety in Spanish Cuba.\nOver the years, the Fort Mose site was swallowed by marsh, and the important legacy of its community was largely forgotten.\nLate in the twentieth century, a highly dedicated team of archaeologists, historians, government leaders and committed citizens helped restore Fort Mose to its rightful place of honor. Today, Fort Mose is recognized as a significant local, national and international historic landmark."}
{"text":"Calcium Supplements and Heart Attack\nThey studied 24,000 German and European patients ages 35-64. Using questionnaires, they quizzed them about their vitamin and mineral supplements. They also tracked their health for 11 years, looking at heart attacks, strokes and death. (These studies can be easily done in countries with Socialized Medicine because everyone has health coverage and electronic records!!!)\nThey found that the intake of calcium supplements did not affect the risk of stroke, either protection or causation. But the people who took calcium supplements daily were 86% more likely to have a heart attack than those who didn't use any supplements. Dietary calcium caused no problem, it was just the supplements.\nWhat should we make of this study? Dietary calcium is a good thing and calcium from food actually lowered the risk of heart attack. So eating foods with calcium is just fine. But we have relied too much on supplements that are increasingly being found to be worthless in preventing disease and even harmful when taken in large doses.\nThe average person should not take calcium supplements. They can increase the risk of kidney stones, cause gastrointestinal problems and even heart attacks. It is now becoming clear that recommending vitamin supplements can be harmful and they do not replace good, balanced diets.\nFoods with calcium:\nlow fat dairy, yogurt, cheese, collards, spinach, potatoes, soybeans, turnips"}
{"text":"To demonstrate particle trajectory in the field of a repulsive force.\n- Potential Well Apparatus\n- Ball Bearing\nRutherford Scattering Apparatus.\nA ball bearing is released from a small ramp directed towards a potential hill. The ramp may be slid laterally to direct the ball towards any particular portion of the potential well. The trajectory of the ball mimics the Rutherford scattering trajectories seen with protons directed towards a nuclear potential well."}
{"text":"Flexibility is the key.\nEncourage quality and not quantity.\nEvery child picks up writing at a different pace. Some can write lots and also write for extended lengths of time, while others write little and do not have the patience to write for long periods. Hence, it is very important to customise writing to suit the child’s capabilities. This would ensure that the child and the adult do not get frustrated.\nDo not force every child to finish pages of every letter, number or sentence. How much a child writes should not be the parameter to assess his progress. It should suffice if the child knows what he is writing.\nFor instance, if the child is writing number 28, see if he is able to recognise the number first. Then check if he is able to write it with ease. If the child is familiar with the number and writes it with ease, would it make sense to force him to write pages of the same number? He might as well utilise his time more constructively.\nOften, we adults are so paranoid about getting a set quantity of work completed by children, that we take our focus off the quality of learning.\nLet the goal not be to finish five, ten or fifty pages of anything. Let the goal be to ensure that what is being written, even if just half a page, is being absorbed by the child.\n<p><a href=\"http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/images/view_photog.php?photogid=1058\">Image: Arvind Balaraman / FreeDigitalPhotos.net</a></p>"}
{"text":"Welcome to Year 4.\nOur Year 4 teacher for 2017/18 is Miss Skitt. In Year 4, the children study a variety of topics, including “Anglo Saxons & Scots” “Leigh (local geography)” “Anglo Saxons and Vikings” “The Southern Hemisphere” “Leigh (local history Victorians” and “Early Islamic Civilisation.”\nYear 4’s English topics are split into sections, Dilemma stories, Information texts, Poems, Journalistic reports, Narrative verses, Explanation texts, Play scripts, Evaluating evidence, Stories with historical settings, Newspapers, A story from another culture and Persuasive writing.\nVisits and visitors are arranged to enrich each topic e.g. Visits to local museums and galleries. In addition, all pupils benefit from swimming lessons every Friday. Along with brass lessons which are every Wednesday/Thursday through the Wigan Music Service"}
{"text":"Conduct of Locally Elected Officials\nLegislation sets out the roles and responsibilities of locally elected officials. How elected officials conduct themselves as individuals, and collectively as part of a decision-making body, is key to carrying out those responsibilities and providing good governance to their communities.\nResponsible conduct broadly refers to how locally elected officials conduct themselves with their elected colleagues, with staff and with the public—key groups that play a significant role in helping elected officials carry out their collective responsibilities as decision- makers of their communities.\nResponsible conduct is grounded in elected officials conducting themselves with honesty and integrity and in a way that furthers a local government’s ability to provide good governance to their community.\nEthical Standards & Conflict of Interest\nEthical standards refers to legislated and common law rules of behaviour that locally elected officials must follow. These rules focus on matters that may result in a conflict of interest.\nConflict of interest legislation is one tool used to prevent or address some types of conduct issues. The Community Charter sets out standards regarding potential conflicts of interest for all municipal and regional district elected officials and trustees for the Islands Trust."}
{"text":"Five parties are preparing for upcoming European elections, each with a campaign developed by themselves, complete with logo, poster and party political broadcast for TV. What these parties are called, what they stand for and what their demands are is determined by the participants of the game “European elections”.\nAt the beginning of the game, the participants are randomly divided up into five parties and a few topics are presented to them to choose from: the future of the internet, the future of energy supply, the European labour market, the questions of direct democracy, a Europe of regions, the EU’s economic and social policy.\nThe parties form and develop their election programme. What are political objectives in Europe for the coming years? How can they by reached?\nVarious lobbying groups are attempting to influence the election programmes according to their own ideas. A press group is reporting live.\nThe election campaigns must be developed in order to make the public aware of the parties and to convince the voters. This includes creating a poster, a TV advert and a presentation of the election programme in a “market square”. At the end of the game, the question is, of course, which party will win. To determine this, every party member has a vote but cannot vote for their own party. The lobbying groups have two votes per person and can vote freely.\nFacts + Figures\nStudents of 18 and above (first-time voters)\n- Experiencing the dynamics of an election campaign\n- Examining the themes of a European election\n- Developing one's own election campaign\nOriginally: Information office of the European Parliament Berlin, several more since\nAt schools Germany-wide\nIn the media\nReport from homepage of Waltraud Wolff, member of the German Federal Parliament"}
{"text":"Please enter an introduction for your blog post here.\nIn English this week we have been learning about repetition poems. First we read a selection of poems together. Next, we picked our favourite ones and learned them in small groups. Finally, we performed the poems using expression and adding actions or sound effects.\nLater in the week, we started to write our own repetitive poems about what we might see on our walk to school. We used our imagination and thought of unusual things like an alien to write about descriptively."}
{"text":"The command line in Linux is a master tool. It can help you do every task from the smallest ones to the biggest in no time at all. On the flip side, if you are not careful enough, use of command line could break your system. Nonetheless, all linux power users prefer using the command line as things get done faster this way. In this article we will share a short tip with you using which you can find your computer's outgoing or external IP address from command line.\nWe agree that you can easily find out your computer's external or outgoing IP address from a web based service such as a Whatismyip.com. But lets say you are behind firewalls or proxy server, in this case Whatismyip.com could end up giving you wrong results. For those who do not know what an external (or outgoing) IP address is, it is the IP address which is visible to other computers while you are on the web.\nBut using this command line method, you will always get the correct external or outgoing IP address of your computer. Open a terminal window and enter this command in order to find out your External or Outgoing IP address:\ndig myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com +short\nOnce executed, you will be shown your external IP address as the output. You need to be connected for this command to give you an output (quite obvious) Check this screenshot below to find out how the output looks like:"}
{"text":"Oct 08, 2003\nForests envelop a steel town\nWhat’s the story? How did that happen? Vishakapatnam Steel Plant or Vizag Steel as it’s popularly known, has an 8 kM long front on the Bay of Bengal. To offset the attack of saline air, a half kilometer deep buffer zone was set aside for afforestation. The management decided to plant a tree for each tonne of steel it produced. But once the programme began in 1986, its success got the better of the managers. As against a target of 100,000 trees per year, almost twice that number has been planted so far. Soon they ran out of space in the buffer area and trees proliferated in the housing zone. Peacocks, other birds and small game arrived. Micro-climate changed. The steel plant lost its primacy to the woods: they began to call it ‘a steel plant in a forest’.\nIn such a setting it is easy to lose the chimneys for the woods. Nemani says, “Vizag Steel itself is one of the most modern steel plants in the country and a government run unit which has revitalized itself and shown Rs.400 crore profit this year. It is aiming for a Rs.1000 cr. profit in 2004. It is clearing off all its outstanding debts and will be debt free by 2004. The privately owned Tata Steel is the only other indian steel company which is in a similar good shape.”\nCould it be that nature takes care of your profits if you take care of it?\nNemani recommends this link if you want to read more about this exciting story."}
{"text":"The life expectancy of children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection acquired through mother-to-child transmission has important clinical and public health significance.\nSeveral sources of population-based surveillance data from New York City, covering 1982 through the end of 1994, were combined to estimate long-term survival of HIV-infected children and age-specific prevalence.\nHIV incidence among newborns was estimated by applying expected transmission rates to seroprevalence surveys of parturient women and by using back-calculation methods.\nHIV prevalence in childhood was based on cumulative HIV incidence and cumulative mortality, adjusting for underreporting of death and background causes of death.\nA modified actuarial method was developed to estimate survival of infected children.\nAt the beginning of 1995, between 1,945 and 3,323 children less than age 13 years were estimated to be living with HIV infection acquired through mother-to-child transmission in New York City.\nBetween 36% and 61% of these infected children were estimated to survive to age 13 years (median survival, 8.6 years to>13 years).\nA substantial proportion of infected children will survive to adolescence.\nThus, it is important that their educational, medical, and other needs be considered.\nThese methods may be useful in other areas in which HIV seroprevalence data among childbearing women and HIV mortality statistics are available.\nMots-clés Pascal : SIDA, Virose, Infection, Mortalité, Epidémiologie, Prévalence, Survie, Long terme, Enfant, Homme, New York, Etats Unis, Amérique du Nord, Amérique, Immunopathologie, Immunodéficit\nMots-clés Pascal anglais : AIDS, Viral disease, Infection, Mortality, Epidemiology, Prevalence, Survival, Long term, Child, Human, New York, United States, North America, America, Immunopathology, Immune deficiency\nNotice produite par :\nInist-CNRS - Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique\nCote : 98-0272653\nCode Inist : 002B06D01. Création : 27/11/1998."}
{"text":"The Australian Government has invested millions of dollars in research and other activities to promote whale conservation.\nAustralia has also provided support to the South Pacific Whale Research Consortium to assist its work in the region.\nObtaining samples of animals that never come ashore can be very challenging. Fortunately, a whale's physiology requires it to defecate near the surface. This provides boat-based researchers with an opportunity to collect faecal material with special 'scoopers'. Australian biologists are developing new techniques to obtain information from these samples.\nDNA sampling provides more data than can be obtained through opening a dead whale's stomach, and in a form that can be repeatedly and independently verified. Whereas stomach contents represent only a whale's recent intake, a series of whale scats promises a more complete picture of whale feeding habits, as well as their internal parasites.\nNon-lethal research is increasing our understanding of the complexity of the marine food web."}
{"text":"Petroleum engineering is a branch of engineering science concerned with locating and accessing and production of Hydrocarbons which includes crude oil or natural gas sources. Exploration and production are considered to be part of the oil and gas industry's upstream segment. The oil and gas industry's two primary subsurface disciplines are exploration, which is carried out by earth scientists, and petroleum engineering, which focuses on maximizing the economic recovery of hydrocarbons from subterranean reserves.\nThe transformation of crude oil (petroleum) and natural gas into products or raw materials is studied under petrochemistry, a branch of chemistry. Petrochemicals have grown to represent a significant element of the chemical industry today."}
{"text":"Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a \"key\" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.\nNew Poems (2004 - 2005) Abstract\n* Everything explains what Oliver hopes to accomplish with her poetry. She explains her desires in writing.\nSections II through VII Abstract\n* In Everything, Oliver says she will avoid embellished wording as she prefers simpler words like joy, soon, heavy and heart.\n* Oliver hopes to honor faith and vision in her poem...\nThis section contains 813 words\n(approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page)"}
{"text":"The application of network analyzers plays an important role in the development of high frequency components and circuits. By developing extender modules, it has been possible to boost the bandwith up to 1.1 THz. In order to boost the bandwith up to 2 THz, we developed a new procedure: S-parameters of components are not measured in the frequency range, but in the time domain.\nA THz TDS system was developed in a way, that the terahertz pulses can be transferred to the component under investigation through a waveguide. After the pulses have passed through the component, they can then be detected optically in the time domain. After the data, which has been obtained in this way, has been transferred to the frequency range, it is then possible to determine the required vectorial S parameters of the component under investigation. This has been demonstrated for frequencies from 100 GHz to 2THz.\nThe new technology affords many advantages in comparison to classical network analysis in the frequency range.This new technology permits working with very high bandwidths at relativeley low-cost system prices, compared to common VNAs. Another advantage of the Tera-VNA is: only the waveguide components in each case need to be changed for shifting between various frequency bands. An exchange of extension modules is not necessary. Moreover, it is even possible to determine the propagation times of the pulses through a network directly. It is thus possible to detect invisible flaws or discontinuities in the network directly and identify their positions directly."}
{"text":"Composting your yard trimmings and kitchen scraps is a great way to help your plants and reduce the amount of waste you generate.\nHOW TO MAKE COMPOST\n- Build or buy a compost bin, or just make a pile.\n- Mix two parts greens (grass, leaves and flowers) to one part browns (dry leaves, sticks and twigs).\n- Some kitchen scraps are acceptable (vegetable and fruit peels, eggshells, coffee grounds, etc.). Do not use meat or dairy products – these can attract rodents, flies, and cause bad odors.\n- Turn and water regularly; keep your pile moist (like a damp sponge), and move the material around using a pitchfork or shovel.\nWHY USE COMPOST?\nCompost increases water retention, decreases the need for chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and helps keep a useful resource from going to waste.\nLimited space? Check out vermicomposting.\nVermicompost is the product of the composting process using various species of worms, usually red wigglers, white worms, and other earthworms, to create a heterogeneous mixture of decomposing vegetable or food waste, bedding materials, and vermicast, also called worm castings. These castings have been shown to contain reduced levels of contaminants and a higher saturation of nutrients than do organic materials before vermicomposting."}
{"text":"DEFINITION of 'Building Society'\nA type of financial institution that provides banking and other financial services to its members. Building societies resemble credit unions in the U.S. in that they are owned entirely by their members. These societies offer mortgages and demand-deposit accounts and are often backed by insurance companies.\nBREAKING DOWN 'Building Society'\n\"Building society\" was first introduced as a term in 19th century England from groups of co-op savers in the building trades. These institutions are now major competitors of banks in the U.K. and are the equivalent of U.S. savings and loan institutions. Building societies can also be found in other countries, such as Australia, Ireland and Jamaica."}
{"text":"Life Of Buda\nThis is the first 1,000 characters of 2586 words (10.34 pages) in the essay titled Life Of Buda\n|Life of buda\nGeneral Essay on Buddhism\nLife of the Buddha\nBuddhism arose in northern India in the 6th century BCE. The historical founder of Buddhism, Siddharta Gautama (c.560-480 BCE) was born in a village called Lumbini into a warrior tribe called the Sakyas (from where he derived the title Sakyamuni, meaning 'Sage of the Sakyas'). According to tradition Gautama's father, Suddhodana was the king of a small principality based on the town of Kapilavastu. His mother, Queen Maya, died seven days after Gautama's birth. Following the death of Maya, Suddhodana married Maya's sister, Prajapati, by whom Gautama was brought up in great luxury and sheltered from the harshness of the outside world.\nAt sixteen the prince married Yasodhara. Yasodhara bore him a son whom he called Rahula (meaning \"chain\" or \"fetter\"), a name that indicated Gautama's sense of dissatisfaction with his life of luxury. His apparent sense of dissatisfaction turned to disill...\nTo view the complete essay NOW:\nYou can view download the complete version of this essay for only $14.00. This is the final price of the essay - there is no extra hidden or fees and no price per page charges. Your purchase is 100% secure. Click on the Paypal icon below and you will have the essay instantaneously."}
{"text":"Duties of the Auditor\nThe Auditor is the County's chief financial officer, elected by the voters of\nAs chief assessor, the Auditor must conduct reappraisals of real property values every six years. Updates of real property values are conducted every three years. All taxes for personal property are assessed after examining the tax returns. Also, the auditor assesses the values for manufactured homes and registers the manufactured homes. Thereafter, municipalities, townships and school districts receive their proportionate shares.\nRecorder of Transactions\nThe Auditor maintains records of deed transfers, homestead exemptions, oil and gas wells, special assessments and all real property, including exempted parcels.\nInspector and License Issuer\nThe Auditor inspects commercial weights and measures, such as gasoline pumps and grocery scales, and certifies them as accurate to protect consumers. This certification means that when you buy a gallon of gas, you are getting a gallon of gas. Any concerns should be reported to the Auditor’s weights and measures specialist.\nComposed of the Auditor, the Treasurer and Prosecuting Attorney, the County Budget Commission oversees tax rates established by other political subdivisions within the county. As secretary, the Auditor performs the work of the Commission.\nBoard of Revision\nThis board, composed of the Auditor, Treasurer and one\nChief Payroll Officer\nThe Auditor is responsible for maintaining all payroll records of county employees and writes or pays by direct deposit about 12,350 warrants (checks) per year to employees and pays the withholding taxes and pension contributions to Federal, state and local governments.\nAfter all accounting records are closed for the year; the Auditor prepares the annual financial report for"}
{"text":"Statistics point towards 800,000 new stroke victims each year, and this figure will frighteningly double over the next two decades. Having said that, one needs to be able to figure out an effective method to care for these patients. Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) decided that they will come up with a robot to assist humans in the rehabilitation effort of stroke victims. The robot remains nameless at the moment, but you know what the Bard said – a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet, and if this robot is capable of gently coaxing and persuading stroke patients to perform their daily exercises, then half the battle is already won.\nI guess to have a robot coach me would be a novel experience, and if I were to feel emotionally down and snappy for the day, the robot will not be affected as it cannot experience any emotions. On the downside, it is not able to emphatize with my more negative feelings, leaving us with a give and take situation. Enough rambling though, as this robot will rely on multiple imaging modalities, where a wrist-worn galvanic sensor on the patient will be able to keep track of a person’s vital statistics and the position of the limb being rehabilitated.\nNot only that, the USC robot is said to be personality driven, where it will interact according to the person’s mood. Now that might be some comfort to us."}
{"text":"Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes\n(Perch-likes) > Labridae\n(Wrasses) > Cheilininae\nEtymology: Cirrhilabrus: Latin, cirrus = curl fringe + Greek, labros = furious (Ref. 45335).\nEnvironment / Climate / Range\nMarine; reef-associated; depth range 10 - 35 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical, preferred ?\nWestern Pacific: Java Sea, Indonesia (Ref. 5978, 11903).\nSize / Weight / Age\nMaturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm\nMax length : 8.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8631)\nFound in deep coastal slopes and is known from deep water trawls, but also lives in shallow muddy estuaries. Usually in small groups of juveniles, females and a single large males. Mixes with other species of Cirrhilabrus or with Paracheilinus to feed above substrate on zooplankton. A spectacular species during display and can change from normal to nuptial in seconds, and back again (Ref. 48636).\nLife cycle and mating behavior\nMaturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae\nDistinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).\nKuiter, R.H., 1992. Tropical reef-fishes of the western Pacific Indonesia and adjacent waters. Gramedia Pustaka Utama, Jakarta. 314 p. (Ref. 8631)\nIUCN Red List Status (Ref. 109396)\nCITES (Ref. 94142)\nThreat to humans\nReferencesAquacultureAquaculture profileStrainsGeneticsAllele frequenciesHeritabilityDiseasesProcessingMass conversion\nEstimates of some properties based on models\nPhylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805\n= 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].\nBayesian length-weight: a=0.01698 (0.00754 - 0.03826), b=2.95 (2.75 - 3.15), based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245\nTrophic Level (Ref. 69278\n): 3.4 ±0.45 se; Based on food items.\nResilience (Ref. 69278\n): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).\nVulnerability (Ref. 59153\n): Low vulnerability (14 of 100) ."}
{"text":"This section contains information about tools for KDE development.\nA list of tools which are used to analyze a program. This would include debuggers and profilers, for instance.\nA tool for searching memory leaks and/or uninitialized memory. Also includes a profiler. Valgrind is surely one of the most important development tools!\nSooner or later you may need a debugger. Here is one (probably gdb is already shipped with your distribution). You should use at least version 4.95. There are also grahpical frontends available for gdb (see below). See also the KDE GDB Debugging HOWTO\nA graphical user interface to gdb, which is able to set breakpoints, step through the code and so on.\nGProf is a profiler which is able to display which function takes how much time, how often it is called and so on. There is also a KDE frontend available which takes the same data files as the gprof command does. See below.\nKProf is a tool that displays execution profiling generated by various code profilers (among them the GNU Profiler).\nThis is a superb IDE for developing KDE and Qt C++ applications. It includes a an integrated debugger, a syntax highlighting editor, and of course a 'Project wizard' to handle the creation of the basic menu structures, the automake/autoconf gunk, and even the class documentation. For more details, see: http://www.kdevelop.org/\nThe user interface designer that comes with Qt. Supports layout management, undo/redo, checking accelerator conflicts etc. etc. This is a tool that allows even non-programmers to help design dialogs of KDE applications."}
{"text":"The Fate of Boreal Peatland Carbon in a Warming World\nLoisel, J. and Yu, Z. 2013. Recent acceleration of carbon accumulation in a boreal peatland, south central Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research (Biogeosciences) 118: 41-53.\nIn a test of this hypothesis, fifteen peat cores were collected in 2008 and 2009 from different portions of the Petersville Peatland in the Susitna River basin of south-central Alaska, two of which were used to determine millennial- and decadal-scale variability in peat carbon accumulation rates, where the peat core chronology was established using accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon and lead-210 dating methods, as well as their identification of the presence of three temporally-well-constrained tephra layers.\nLoisel and Yu observed a widespread shift from herbaceous Carex fen peat to Sphagnum moss peat around 100 years ago, following the demise of the Little Ice Age, which was accompanied by a sharp increase in carbon accumulation rate. In fact, they report that \"the observed apparent carbon accumulate rates over the past 100 years were almost ten times greater than those over the past 4000 years.\"\nIn the concluding words of the two researchers, \"these results are contrary to the widespread notion that higher temperature will increase peat decay and associated carbon dioxide release from peatlands to the atmosphere, contributing to the positive carbon cycle-climate feedback to global warming.\" Indeed, just the opposite appears to be the case in the real world of nature."}
{"text":"After the success of the Double Elephant folio (Havells edition), Audubon wanted to make a more affordable and widespread edition. This he accomplished with the Royal Octavo edition by reducing the large engravings. The name Octavo refers to the fact that the prints would be printed on paper equal to one-eighth (octave) of a full sheet of printing paper.\nBegun in 1840, Audubon employed JT Bowen, a lithographer from Philadelphia, to reproduce the miniature edition.\nAudubon reduced the large original engravings using a camera lucida: an artist’s tool for reducing images.\nPrints from the Royal Octavo edition measure 10.5″ x 6.5″ and were originally bound into books. A total of 500 images comprise the First Royal Octavo Edition. No more than 1000 are believed to have been made.\nAuthenticating Royal Octavos is accomplished by measuring the print. Again, the outer dimensions should be 10.5″ x 6.5″.\nOften one edge of the print bears signs of when it was originally bound and stitched into it’s book."}
{"text":"\"INTERRUPTED - JUVENILE PRISONS\"\nViolence is a prominent element in the functioning of all societies in Central America and other companies in the world. Some studies have identified the genesis of the phenomenon of war in the late 80s which resulted in a shift of the conflict, from rural areas in the beginning and then moved, in urban areas in the form of organized crime. Up to 90 years' 23% of all homicides recorded in Latin America were committed by young people aged between 10 and 19 years, while 34% were made by young people between 20 and 29 years and still, according to statistical data from 2000 to 2010, more than 48% of male detainees accused of murder, were young people between 18 and 25 years. According to statistics, most of the acts of violence perpetrated in the world are committed by males aged between 15 and 24 years. More than half of the population in Central America has less than 25 years. Because young people constitute the majority of the population, it is logical that these companies are more vulnerable to violence. There is no doubt therefore that they are protagonists in the Central American social landscape, but it is equally beyond doubt that they are scapegoats for even the unjust and unequal society that does not give them any opportunities and in which power is concentrated in few hands. More than 1 million children are held through justice systems around the world, even if it is not to be underestimated, however, the difficulty of obtaining data on undeclared many children in detention. Very often the data collected does not include children awaiting trial, detained children with their parents and children are held temporarily by the police. This estimate is actually considerably higher.\nBluefields, may 2011, Nicaragua. Inside Antonio Garcia's cell, 16 years old. He must serve another year and a half for assault."}
{"text":"Although Aristotle in general had a more empirical and experimental attitude than Plato, modern science did not come into its own until Plato’s Pythagorean confidence in the mathematical nature of the world returned with Kepler, Galileo, and Newton. For instance, Aristotle, relying on a theory of opposites that is now only of historical interest, rejected Plato’s attempt to match the Platonic Solids with the elements — while Plato’s expectations are realized in mineralogy and crystallography, where the Platonic Solids occur naturally.Plato and Aristotle, Up and Down–Kelley L. Ross, Ph.D.\n|The goal of string theory is to explain the “?” in the above diagram.|\nI enjoyed the Livescribe demonstration by Clifford of Asymptotia along with the explanation for Quantum Gravity. The two pillars for me were very emblematic with regards to “pillars of science.” This as well as the arch is very fitting to me of what becomes self evident. If under such an examination of the two areas Clifford is talking about, Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity then are the attempts at unification.\nThat question mark can be demonstrated above as to where in the location in Cliffords diagrams is related to the Aristotelian Arch in my view?"}
{"text":"VOICES Ideas and Insight From Explorers\nTag archives for women in science\nNational Geographic Explorer Lee Berger calls his team of archaeologists “underground astronauts.” Watch this video and you can see why.\nNational Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle reflects on her scientific career and on gender obstacles she faced along the way.\nToday, the 16th of October, is Ada Lovelace Day. You’d be forgiven for not having heard of Ada Lovelace, or of this celebration each October. It’s one of the more unusual dates, but if you’re one of the many (yet still minority of) women in science, this is a day you recognize, and…"}
{"text":"Full cost pricing takes into account every cost a business may have associated with a product. First, you need to look at the direct costs. These are costs directly related to the product, such as material and labor. Then the company accounts for any overhead that it may pay in the course of producing the product, such as electric and rent. Finally, a company can account for profits as part of its costs. In all, the price for the product should not be less than the cost to produce the product.\nDetermine your total direct costs for each unit. In order to find this, you need to first add together all the labor costs, such as wages you have for manufacturing the product, then look at all material costs you have. For example, assume you plan to produce 5,000 widgets with your manufacturing labor at $50,000 and your materials costs at $100,000. So, $50,000 divided by 5,000 widgets equals direct labor cost per unit of $10. Then, $100,000 divided by 5,000 widgets equals $20 of manufacturing costs per widget.\nDetermine your overhead costs per unit. Overhead costs include any cost that does not directly impact manufacturing. These include costs for things such as electricity, secretary work, water and anything that is not involved directly in manufacturing. In the example, assume the company only produces widgets and had overhead costs of $20,000. So, $20,000 divided by 5,000 widgets equals $4 per widget.\nDetermine your profit, if any, you want per widget. In the example, assume you want $8 profit per widget.\nAdd together direct labor costs, manufacturing costs, overhead costs and profit per widget to find the full cost price of the object. In the example, $10 plus $20 plus $4 plus $8 equals a full cost price of $42 per widget. This means using full cost pricing, a company would sell its widgets at $42."}
{"text":"International students already face challenges in the form of homesickness and culture shock. So, it can be difficult for them to develop the study habits they need to succeed in college. Becoming a better learner means adopting good habits, such as keeping to a schedule for studying each day.\nBecome a better learner: tips\nThe accompanying checklist details some of the most important tips students should follow for becoming better learners. With these ideas in hand, international college students can overcome the obstacles they face and have a better chance for success.\nSpecial thanks to Fahd Albinali for providing us with this infographic. Fahd Albinali is an Arab-American blogger whose writings focus on the Islamic perspective on moral and social issues that face families in the West. A technologist by training, he works closely with IQRA Network to develop advanced online methods to teach Arabic and Quran."}
{"text":"We talk every day about how iPads and other technology can be implemented in the classroom. But many devices *cough* iPad *cough* are designed to do a myriad of different things. Sure, they’re terrific learning tools but they’re also great distraction tools. Just ask any student able to quickly check their Facebook account while they’re supposed to be using an iPad for research.\nBut Apple has you covered. The new iOS 6 has a very simple and powerful tool called Guided Access that lets you keep students focused on a single app of your choosing. It lets you disable the home button, restrict parts of the screen so they can’t be touched, and even stop responding to being turned over and upside down. It’s easy to implement and a great tool in the teacher’s toolkit.\n2 years ago"}
{"text":"This text deals with the methods of obtaining numerical solutions to engineering problems. The topics discussed are those that are normally covered in undergraduate engineering programmes. This includes an introduction to digital computers, function representation using Taylor's series, error considerations in iterative type computations, searching for roots of equations in a single variable, solution of simultaneous equations, function approximation and interpolation, numerical integration and differentiation, matrix eigenvalue problems, solution of nonlinear system of equations, and solution of ordinary and partial differential equations. Advanced topics such as the generation of boundary characteristic orthogonal polynomials, boundary value problems have been dealt with. Key features include: solved and unsolved examples given to illustrate the concepts and algorithms; numerous exercises; case studies; and provides insights into and appreciation of the working of commercially available numerical softwares."}
{"text":"Authors: Muhan Li, Yue Dai, Boyang Li\nWhat is the problem?\nWe will redo our project 1 which is minesweeper in Prolog. Like general Minesweeper games, we will have different difficulties where each level has different map size and different number of mines. We will save each player's clear time and have a ranking for players to check.\nWhat is the something extra?\nWe are going to make it a multi-palyer game! Players will compete each other to reach certain bonus blocks in limited steps. And score will based on bonus blocks, number of reached blocks, correct flags and steps.\nWhat did we learn from doing this?\nWe think prolog is not suitable for writing such a program, we use more than 800 lines to write a minesweeper, which can be more easily done with a OOP language. Prolog may be better used on programs that based on logic decisions like natural language processing and etc."}
{"text":"There was no government funding for 'reformatories', but there were charities for boys and girls like the ‘Temporary Refuge’ attached to the London Refuge for the Destitute (more info here on London Lives).\nAnother early charity was the Philanthropic Society (1788): it aimed to reform criminal boys and girls, and to provide religious and moral education for the children of convicts. The Society, initially based at Hackney (it moved to Southwark 4 years later), took children between nine and twelve years old and gave them industrial training. In 1845 the Society stopped taking in convicts’ children, and female offenders, and concentrated on rehabilitating young male offenders. Four years later, the Society moved from Southwark to Redhill, where it founded a farm so that boys could learn agricultural skills to prepare them for emigration. The boys cultivated the land and cared for cows, horses, sheep and pigs.\nThe good work done by reformatories persuaded the government to confer official status on institutions approved by the secretary of state. Under the Juvenile Offenders Acts of 1853 and 1854, magistrates could send convicted children over ten years old to certified reformatories for two to five years instead of imposing a long prison sentence. You can find out more about reformatories and their records in Tracing Your Ancestors' Childhood.\nImage from author's collection: The Philanthropic Society’s farm at Redhill. Illustrated London News, 14 June 1851."}
{"text":"The Sarum Rite, also called the Use of Salisbury, was a variation of the Roman Rite developed in the 1100s that was known to be high in ceremony. It also had a wealth of richly worded prayers that have influenced Christian worship ever since. Many prayers from the Sarum Rite were used in the Book of Common Prayer. This book gathers prayers from the original Sarum Missals, Breviaries and Psalters and presents them in a single collection in contemporary liturgical English, and may be useful in public or private devotions.\nNOTE: This volume also contains all the psalm prayers from the book Psalm Prayers from Sarum."}
{"text":"Pope Designates September 1 As Day To Pray For The Environment. Pope Francis has taken a cue from Orthodox Christians and designated Sept. 1 as a day for Catholics to pray for the environment.\nThe Vatican said Monday that Francis, taking up a suggestion from Orthodox leaders, instituted for Catholics a “world day of prayer for the care of Creation” to be marked every Sept. 1.\nWriting to Vatican cardinals about his decision, Francis quoted from his encyclical this year about the need for Christians and all people to protect the environment. Pope Designates September 1 As Day To Pray For The Environment\nFrancis told the cardinals the day will offer “individual believers and communities” an opportunity to reaffirm commitments to being “stewards of creation.”\nThe pope said Catholics’ marking the prayer day on the same date as the Orthodox highlights the `’growing communion” between the churches."}
{"text":"After 25 long years of success, the mp3 file format has officially been discontinued this week. The music format first hit the big time during the heyday of the iPod and rival mp3 players. Since then however, the format has slowly been replaced by formats like AAC, which offer superior quality.\nThe Fraunhofer Institute was the main organisation behind the mp3 format and was in charge of licensing the encoders and decoders. However, as OS News reports, the last of its patents have now expired, so the institute has ceased licensing the format.\nOf course, Fraunhofer’s explanation was a little different than that, though it still holds some truth. While the mp3 patents have now expired, the Fraunhofer Institute wanted to focus on the fact that most media services these days have adopted new formats, which have more features and can deliver higher quality audio at lower bitrates:\n“The development of mp3 started in the late 80s at Fraunhofer IIS, based on previous development results at the University Erlangen-Nuremberg. Although there are more efficient audio codecs with advanced features available today, mp3 is still very popular amongst consumers. However, most state-of-the-art media services such as streaming or TV and radio broadcasting use modern ISO-MPEG codecs such as the AAC family or in the future MPEG-H. Those can deliver more features and a higher audio quality at much lower bitrates compared to mp3.”\nKitGuru Says: I remember continuing to download mp3’s right up until I went to college to study music technology. After that, I was swiftly onto lossless formats but for many, mp3 still remains a popular choice. Do any of you still download mp3’s? Are you surprised to hear that the format is now technically considered obsolete?"}
{"text":"Solar array panels are seen on the Russian segment of the International Space Station and a blue and white part of Earth is photographed by an Expedition 38 crew member while the crew watches for the arrival of the ISS Progress 54 cargo spacecraft on Feb. 5, 2014. / NASA\nTo put the brightest possible spin on this story is to say that three-quarters of Americans are fully aware that the Earth revolves around the sun.\nThe downside, of course, is that means 1 in 4 are in the dark about what Discovery calls \"probably the most basic question in science.\"\nThe National Science Foundation asked that question and nine others of 2,200 Americans, with the average score on the quiz coming in at 6.5, reports Phys.org.\nSome other results noted by NPR:\nâ?¢ 39% answered correctly that \"the universe began with a huge explosion\"\nâ?¢ Fewer than half - 48% - agreed that \"human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals\"\nâ?¢ 51% knew that antibiotics don't kill viruses\nMeanwhile, about 90% of respondents were enthusiastic about science, and 1 in 3 thought it should get more government funding. The poll was conducted in 2012, but the results were released Friday at a conference.\nNewser is a USA TODAY content partner providing general news, commentary and coverage from around the Web. Its content is produced independently of USA TODAY.\nCopyright 2014 USATODAY.com\nRead the original story: 1 in 4 Americans doesn't know Earth circles sun"}
{"text":"At Burstow Primary School, we believe that children should have the opportunity to develop their passion and love of reading from an early age. We believe that reading is an essential life skill and we are committed to enabling our children to become lifelong readers. At Burstow, we recognise how a secure reading foundation unlocks learning across the wider curriculum, underpinning skills to be successful, lifelong learners. We strive to ensure all children are readers.\nWe want our children to develop their skills and knowledge and begin this journey through our well-embedded phonics scheme – Read Write Inc.\nReading weaves throughout our curriculum, giving children many opportunities to develop reading in a purposeful and engaging way. Read Write Inc. Phonics is a DfE validated systematic synthetic phonics programme with a whole school approach to teaching early reading and writing, designed to ensure progress for every child. Find out more about Phonics at Burstow here.\nWe continue our phonics journey into KS2, to support our learners who are not yet secure. Overall, our approach to reading, phonics and writing is interlinked, purposeful and inspired by our creative curriculum.\nTeaching in reading sessions, focusses on developing pupils’ competence in both word reading and comprehension as outlined in the National Curriculum Programmes of Study for Reading. We pride ourselves on our literature rich environments. Every classroom has stimulating and inviting book corners, where children are encouraged to explore and organise their books. Children are encouraged to read at home through our use of ‘Reading Races’, which promotes and values reading.\nChildren have access to our school library each lunchtime, where our Junior Librarians run story times and help develop a love of reading. Each class also has time to explore the library with their teacher each week and can take home a reading for pleasure book to enjoy."}
{"text":"Why are my solar radiation readings higher than the solar constant\nSometimes, during the day, the sensor may read higher than the solar constant (greater than ~1370W.m-2)\nThis is something that has been seen in rare, isolated conditions. This can usually be caused by:\n- Certain types of cloud cover magnifying the sun’s rays and increasing the irradiance. This tends to be when cloud cover is sporadic and the sunshine is intermittently broken up as the clouds pass by.\n- Water on the dome/sensing diffuser, again magnifying the irradiance seen by the sensor.\n- A nearby reflective object shining onto the sensor (this should be noticed at a similar time of day, every day during the same season).\nThese events are extreme and of short duration. They also tend to get lost if you only keep averages of the series (e.g. 1 minute samples logged every hour)."}
{"text":"Murals and Cave Paintings\nRecorded history as we understand it today is in actuality an account of a very brief period of human development, say, the last 4500 years. Enheduanna, a Sumerian priestess, is the world's oldest known author whose works were written in cuneiform approximately 4300 years ago. Long time. But nothing compared to the oldest cave paintings dated to approximately 30,000 years ago. There is a great deal of human history that remains unrevealed and forgotten. And still....\nIf one were to make the same trek, could it be that our hands and thoughts might touch in the act of making...? It is a wonder to think that the impulse to paint the walls lives in me as it once did in my most ancient ancestors. Our focus is different - an attempt at a deeper understanding of the outside world (and thereby gain better control of it)vs the deeper understanding of the inner world (and thereby gain better control of that). And yet - is there really so much of a difference? Language alone (oral tradition) isn't enough. It is theorized that visual art was critical in the step towards cultural expansion, because visual art is able to survive the dying speaker and instruct ensuing generations in a sustainable way that oral tradition cannot. A picture speaks a thousand words.\nI have finished my mural - after three years and no small effort. Seeing is believing."}
{"text":"Preventing Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Related Strokes\nPublished April 19, 2022\nAtrial fibrillation (AFib) is one of the most common types of arrhythmias—or irregular heartbeats—and causes the heart to have an irregular rhythm and often beat rapidly. AFib can be physically exhausting, scary, and disabling and raises the risk of heart failure, dementia, and stroke. But with proper treatment, these risks can be significantly decreased and people with AFib can live healthy and active lives. This film focuses on stroke prevention in AFib. You can also view this film that gives an overview of AFib, and these 30-second and 60-second PSAs."}
{"text":"Each month, the students of St. John Bosco Schools dig deeper into understanding the Virtue of the Month.\nThrough stories--historical and fictional--they examine the actions of real and imaginary people. Their actions, their motivations, their decisions are talked about and evaluated next to a true Christian standard: virtuous living.\nThe students learn the names of the virtues. By naming them and identifying characteristics of each virtue, students can better cultivate these good habits in their daily lives. Corrections of misbehavior are done within this same context of how to live the virtues.\nBelow are some reflections on the Virtues of the Month. Updates will be posted."}
{"text":"Definition of Deneb\n: a star of the first magnitude in Cygnus\nOrigin and Etymology of deneb\nArabic dhanab al-dajāja, literally, the tail of the hen\nFirst Known Use: circa 1867\nSeen and Heard\nWhat made you want to look up Deneb? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible)."}
{"text":"In the present study, the fossil bird fauna of the caves of the Hungarian Middle Mountains is examined for evidence in support of the hypothesis that the Carpathian Basin may have served as a faunal refugee during the last Quaternary glacial period. As an introduction, the reasons for the refugee hypothesis, including paleobotanical and glacial theoretical aspects, are discussed. Since the first bird fossils of the cave fauna considered in this paper belong to the Würm I-II, the faunistic conditions of the Riss glacial period are not discussed in detail, The known faunas up to the Würm II are interstadial, which seems to serve only as indirect support for the refugee hypothesis. Paleobotanical evidence, both for and against the hypothesis, is also considered. In conclusion, the abundant cave faunas of all phases of the Würm III are cited as being - at least at the present time - the most convincing argument for the refugee hypothesis. The heterogeneous composition of these faunas permits certain tentative conclusions regarding the faunas of Würm I and II.\nDie Bedeutung der pleistozänen Vogelfaunen der Höhlen im Ungarischen Mittelgebirge.\nInternational Journal of Speleology,\nAvailable at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ijs/vol1/iss1/17"}
{"text":"In this study, it was aimed to perform light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) investigation of the tongue and papilla belonging to two wolves. Light microscopy and SEM images of tongues were taken. It was observed that papillae filiformes concentrated in apex of these investigated tongues. In addition to, these papillae were observed in the whole tongues. It was also determined that papillae fungiformes were distributed rarely in between papillae filiformes. Papillae foliatae were placed in the lateral side of tongues. There were two papillae vallatae in the median part of tongues. Papillae vallatae was determined in radix linguae. It was observed that papillae vallatae formed circular extensions in many different dimensions and a hole was present in a circular structure in the center. Papillae conicae were seen on dorsal surface of radix linguae. Papillae foliatae were seen four laminal structure and placed on the each lateral side of tongues. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that presents of light microscopy and SEM findings related with the tongues of wolves."}
{"text":"Creative activity and making a compass will help you navigate when you’re next out exploring.\nOne of the 'Cub Year Of Adventure 2015' activities\nSewing needle, plastic bottle top, small magnet, clear sticky tape, small shallow dish, water, knife.\n1. Each Cub magnetises the needle by stroking the needle with one end of the magnet roughly 40 times from top to bottom.\n2. Once the needle has been magnetised, ask the Cubs to attach the needle using the clear sticky tape to the bottle cap (cap facing upwards).\n3. Float the bottle cap in a dish of water. The water will allow the bottle cap to rotate. Let it rotate until the north pole of the needle points towards the magnetic north pole.\n4. And there you have it, they have created a compass!\n5. Ask the Cubs to test their compass with a manufactured compass and see if there are any discrepancies."}
{"text":"Specific Learning Disorder services\nServices For Specific Learning Disability\n- Malins intelligence scale for Indian children (MISIC)\n- Binet Kamat test of intelligence (BKT)\n- Raven’s colored Progressive Matrices (SPM)\n- Bender visual motor gestalt test\n- Memory for designs test- NIMHANS Index\n- Vineland Social Maturity Rating Scale (VSMS)\n- Wescheller’s adult intelligence scale III\n- Wescheler memory scales – revised\n2. Treatment By Medication\nThere are no medication to improve the cognitive factors. However. a doctor may use medication to treat some symptoms that are common with learning disability such as\n- Attention problems\n- Anxiety and depression\n3. Treatment By Counseling\n- Family therapy – Psychoeducating family about SLD, its effects and providing support to the family helps in countering expressed emotions.\n- Social skills training – helping patients learn adequate social skills.\n- Behavior therapy – targeted at maintaining regular schedules etc."}
{"text":"About The Charts and Nutrition Facts\n- For accuracy, the calorie chart and fat chart are based on the biggest serving size available.\n- These nutrition facts came directly from the USDA or manufacturer/restaurant.\n- If you're using a calorie counter, remember that Fat, Carbs, and Protein calories are just close estimations based on the Atwater factors:\nFat: 9 cal/g Carb: 4 cal/g Protein: 4 cal/g\n- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Please remember this when using this information to make healthy food choices for your diet.\nCalories - One serving has a total Calorie count of 210 Calories. This breaks down as 10 Calories from Fat, 172 Calories from Carbohydrate, and 28 Calories from Protein. See the calorie chart below.\nFat - The Total Fat grams for one serving is 1 gram. There is no Saturated Fat and unfortunately Trans Fat is unknown. The remaining 1 gram is unaccounted for.\nCholesterol - Watching your Cholesterol? One serving has 0 mg, which should make healthy eating a little easier.\nCarbohydrates - Total Carb count for one serving: 43 grams. Sugar: 2 grams, Fiber: 1 gram, and Net Carbs: 42 grams (helpful to know if you're counting carbs).\nProtein - There are 7 grams of Protein in each serving of this food.\nMinerals - There are 1.08 mg of Iron in each serving, but this food is not a significant source of Calcium. In addition, this food has 130 mg of Potassium and 5 mg of Sodium in each serving.\nVitamins - This food should not be considered a significant way to get Vitamin A or Vitamin C."}
{"text":"This integrated reading and math activity offers a unique way for students to work with syllables and problem-solve by creating “balanced” mobiles, inspired by Alexander Calder’s invention. Both the SMARTBoard Notebook and a printable packet are included (so you don’t need a SMARTBoard to implement this activity), along with a detailed lesson plan. Common Core aligned!\nThis activity is part of an Alexander Calder Artist Study, which is a portion of our complete Artist Biography Unit.\nGo to this link to read a parent's testimony to the power and effectiveness of our\nArtist Biography Unit:\nGo go our store to find individual artist activities and complete\nArtist Studies about the following artists: Michelangelo,\nEdgar Degas, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Georgia O’Keeffe, Alexander Calder,\nJackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and Andy Goldsworthy.\nThis learning experience is directly correlated with the Common Core State Standards:\nCCSS Reading-Foundational Skills\n2. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).\nDistinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.\nOrally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.\nIsolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds in spoken single-syllable words.\nSegment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).\n3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.\nb. Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.\n4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension."}
{"text":"As new-media news organizations continue to proliferate and traditional news media organizations ramp up their World Wide Web visibility, the ability to write news for online news products is fast becoming a requisite skill for both practicing journalists and journalists in training. Online Newswriting serves as a guide to help prepare practitioners for the brave new world of converging media and web page/Internet journalism. Students learn the basic mechanics, flow, style, tone, methods and techniques of online newswriting through numerous examples and models. Style tests let users easily assess how well they are mastering concepts and skills. Online Newswriting illustrates how to write online news stories incorporating pictures, graphics, audio, and video and describes how to blend the best of writing for print and electronic media into a new way of writing news for mass consumption. Coverage is extensive and includes explanatory, descriptive material; numerous examples and models; style tests; exercises; simulated news copy; and ethical/legal issues/concerns. With an ample supply of simulated wire copy, news releases and fact sheets, Online Newswriting can be used effectively as a practice-rich, main or supplemental text in a variety of journalism courses."}
{"text":"Fur Traders Going down the Missouri American Realist Painter, 1811-1879. American painter. Raised in rural Franklin County, MO, Bingham experienced from an early age the scenes on the major western rivers, the Missouri and the Mississippi, that inspired his development as a major genre painter. During his apprenticeship to a cabinetmaker, he met the itinerant portrait painter Chester Harding, who turned Bingham's attention to art. Teaching himself to draw and compose from art instruction books and engravings, the only resources available in the frontier territories, Bingham began painting portraits as early as 1834."}
{"text":"The output of the Jamaican economy, measured by gross domestic product, is the thirteenth largest in Latin America at an estimated US$ 14.7 billion. 64.7% of this figure is derived from the service industry.\nThe largest individual sectors of commerce are:\n- mining (bauxite and alumina)\n- agro processing\n- light manufactures\n- chemical products\nRemittances from Jamaicans abroad are also substantial, accounting for roughly 15% of GDP and making up much of the country’s foreign exchange reserves.\nThe Jamaican Labour force consists of 1.3 million people, or 48% of the total population.\nThe main trading partners for the island are:\n- The United States\n- The European Union (excluding the UK)\n- The United Kingdom\nThese are also the regions in which there are the largest populations of overseas Jamaicans.\nJamaica’s public debt stands at 126.5% of GDP (2011 est).\nAverage inflation rate is 7.7%, and the commerical banks lend money at approximately 14.3% (both 2011 est).\nYou May Also Like..."}
{"text":"Most U.S. households (94 percent) use eggs, according to a recent study by market research firm Mintel.\nA whopping 92 percent of Mintel respondents agree that eggs are an important part of a healthy diet. However, there is a potential struggle for organic producers, as more than half (57 percent) don’t think organic eggs are any healthier than regular ones. Furthermore, 30 percent of respondents eat fewer eggs than they would like due to concerns about cholesterol.\nEggs are such a staple in people’s lives that regardless of price fluctuations, half of the households that buy eggs say they will not change their egg purchasing habits.\n“Eggs represent an economical source of protein for people’s diets,” says Bill Patterson, senior analyst at Mintel. “Since the recession began in 2008, consumers have been driven to opt for larger volumes of eggs as a substitute for more expensive proteins. In April 2009 to June 2010, the 30-day average of eggs used increased to its highest level in seven years ... 33 eggs per household.”\nRegular white eggs are purchased by a large majority of consumers (88 percent), followed in the distance by brown eggs at 27 percent. Organic and free-range eggs come in at 17 percent and 14 percent, respectively, and are most widely used by those ages 25-34. Whether because of higher awareness of and concern with diet and health for young children in the household, or due to a generational tendency to experiment with and embrace natural and sustainable foods, this demographic should prove most responsive to marketers’ attention, according to Mintel."}
{"text":"Search the collections\nLantern Slide - Miniature Panorama Format Multiple Image, European Landmarks, circa 1860-1920 Reg. No: MM 122871\n- Alternative Name(s): Children's Slide; Panorama Magic Lantern Slide\nThis lantern slide series is part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Australian and Victorian Governments in 1975. David Francis was the curator of the National Film and Sound Archive of the British Film Institute as well as being a co-founder of the Museum of the Moving Image in London, which was operational between 1988 and 1999.\n- Panorama format glass lantern slide comprising four circular colour images printed on glass with black opaque background and bound with brown paper tape.\n- Description Of Content:\n- Four circular colour images on glass showing the Mostar Bridge in Bosnia, a Gondola in Venice and possibly Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany. The fourth slide possibly shows a scene from Greece.\n- Acquisition Information:\n- Loan & Subsequent Donation from Australian Film Institute (AFI)\n- Source: Museum Victoria\n|Dimensions:||30 mm (Height), 110 mm (Width)|\n|Tagged with:||buildings, lantern slides, bridges, castles, travel, optical amusements, gondolas|\n|Themes this item is part of:||Francis Collection, Images & Image Making Collection|\n|Primary Classification:||GAMES & TOYS|\n|Secondary Classification:||Optical Toys|\n|Tertiary Classification:||lantern slides|\n|Inscriptions:||Printed in black ink on glass: '1./11. / [Illegible.]', on the right and left sides of the slide.|\n|Format:||Lantern Slide: Colour; Miniature Panorama - Multiple Image|\n|Place Depicted:||Venice, Italy|\n|Place Depicted:||Mostar, Bosnia Herzegovina|"}
{"text":"atrium, in vertebrates and the higher invertebrates, heart chamber that receives blood into the heart and drives it into a ventricle, or chamber, for pumping blood away from the heart. Fishes have one atrium; amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, two.\nIn humans the atria are the two upper chambers of the heart. Each is roughly cube-shaped except for an ear-shaped projection called an auricle. (The term auricle has also been applied, incorrectly, to the entire atrium.) The right atrium receives from the veins blood low in oxygen and high in carbon dioxide; this blood is transferred to the right lower chamber, or ventricle, and is pumped to the lungs. The left atrium receives from the lungs blood high in oxygen and low in carbon dioxide; this blood flows into the left ventricle and is pumped through the arteries to the tissues. The major openings in the walls of the right atrium are (1) the points of entrance for the superior and inferior venae cavae (the great veins that return blood from the bodily tissues), and for the coronary sinus, the dilated terminal part of the cardiac vein, bearing venous blood from the heart muscle itself; and (2) the opening into the right ventricle. The principal openings into the left atrium are the points of entry of the pulmonary veins, bringing oxygenated blood from the lungs, and the opening into the left ventricle. See also ventricle."}
{"text":"Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (cont.)\nIN THIS ARTICLE\nClinical Features of SIDS\nSudden infant death syndrome remains an unpredictable, unpreventable, and largely inexplicable tragedy. The baby is seemingly healthy without any sign of distress or significant illness prior to the incident.\nMedically Reviewed by a Doctor on 12/17/2014\nPatrick L Carolan, MD\nShahram Tabib, MD\nThomas Tsou, MD\nMust Read Articles Related to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)\nRead What Your Physician is Reading on Medscape\nSudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is defined as the sudden death of an infant younger than 1 year that remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including the performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the scene of death, and review of the clinical history."}
{"text":"Review: Introduction to Bladder Cancer\nHere is what we have learned from Introduction to Bladder Cancer:\n- Bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer in men and the eighth most common in women.\n- Carcinogens and inherited factors that make people less able to detoxify them seem to play a role in causing bladder cancer.\n- Mushroom-shaped bladder tumors with their stem attached to the inner lining of the bladder are more common than solid tumors that grow directly in the lining of the bladder.\n- Risk factors for bladder cancer include age, gender, race, smoking, occupation among others.\n- For most bladder cancer patients,signs and symptoms include hematuria, dysuria, and other urinary symptoms—burning, frequency, urgency, pelvic discomfort after voiding.\n- Transitional cell carcinoma accounts for more than 90 percent of all bladder cancers; about 8 percent of bladder cancers are the squamous cell type; adenocarcinomas account for about 2 percent of all bladder cancers.\n- Prognosis and survival of bladder cancer correlate with stage and histologic grade.\nGo to the quiz if you want to test yourself on the material you learned in this section. The quiz is a self-assessment tool and no records are kept. The feedback will let you know if you have answered the questions correctly. You can take the quiz as many times as you want."}
{"text":"Definitions for urosaurus ornatus\nThis page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word urosaurus ornatus\ntree lizard, Urosaurus ornatus(noun)\na climbing lizard of western United States and northern Mexico\nThe tree lizard or ornate tree lizard is a species of lizard native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The species has been used to research the physiological changes in the body during the fight-or-flight response as related to stress and aggressive competition. Also, its life history and costs of reproduction have been documented in field populations in New Mexico.\nFind a translation for the urosaurus ornatus definition in other languages:\nSelect another language:\nDiscuss these urosaurus ornatus definitions with the community:\nWord of the Day\nWould you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?\nUse the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:\n\"urosaurus ornatus.\" Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2015. Web. 30 Aug. 2015. <http://www.definitions.net/definition/urosaurus ornatus>."}
{"text":"Monday, June 4, 2012\nJONES Glamorgan 1515\nThe English legal records of Wales begin 1273, under the rule of Edward I. As Wales became \"more and more\" under English control, the system of English surnames became the norm. Their appearance in the county (legal) records give indirectly a history of this phenomena. South Wales seems to start the JONES surname. This most likely reflects the fact that South Wales came under control of Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and Norman control much easier (geographically) than other parts of this western land.\nGlamorgan is the first Welsh county to show a JONES surname. In the legal records 1515-1518, the name John Jones appears. [File 421/ folio 72] The map to the right shows the location of this Welsh county in relationship to the other Welsh counties since the Act of Union 1536. Of course it had to be a John Jones. Glamorgan was also the first county to have a JONES surname appear in 1496.\nThe next several post will show the chronology of the appearance of the JONES surname for Wales from around 1500 - 1700. South Wales begins the story."}
{"text":"One in 10 cases of cancer is hereditary and occurs more frequently in women than in men, said Rosa María Álvarez Gómez, coordinator of the Hereditary Cancer Clinic at the National Cancer Institute (INCAN).\nIn a statement released today by the agency, the specialist said that cancer that has a hereditary origin affects mainly organs such as the breast, ovaries, endometrium, colon and digestive tract.\nHowever, he noted, not all neoplasms are hereditary, even when one or several relatives have been detected the disease.\nIn the case of hereditary cancer, it has specific causes and characteristics, such as mammary carcinomas in men, presence in a young population, antecedents in a branch of the maternal or paternal family, among others, unlike cancers caused by external factors.\nThe expert reported that the most frequent type is Hereditary Breast-Ovarian Cancer Syndrome, although when a neoplasia is detected in the breast, studies are also carried out as transvaginal ultrasounds, to detect some invasion of malignant cells in the ovaries, since both conditions they are related.\nThe specialist noted that this condition is treated differently when it is hereditary because the patient is monitored permanently and can opt for surgical measures of prevention or risk reduction.\nIn some cases, he explained, the breast tissue can be removed in both breasts, also known as a mastectomy, or customized medications can be offered.\nIn cases of neoplasia in the ovaries, we proceed with the removal of these, the uterine tubas or fallopian tubes, which prevents the growth of a tumor.\nAccording to the World Health Organization (WHO), breast cancer is the leading cause of death from malignant tumors in women, and the most diagnosed in Latin America, with about 152,000 cases per year, of which 15% is detects already in advanced stages.\nThe specialist concluded by recalling that 90% of cancer cases are a consequence of lifestyles, type of diet, physical inactivity, overweight and exposure to tobacco, among others."}
{"text":"|Fundamentals of Technical Writing\nDesigned for both aspiring and experienced technical writers and editors, this course provides an introduction to the critical elements of technical writing, including audience, project design, editing, problem solving, and effective use of language and graphics. Students gain experience and performance feedback while working collaboratively to develop an instructional document.\nBring a USB flash drive (minimum 2GB) to class.\nSee our detailed course information including course content, learning objectives, and prerequisites."}
{"text":"Age: Older Teens & Adults\nSince the song “HAZARD” is about a crime, it also allows students to engage into a role-play, in which (arranged in two groups and after watching the video of the song) they collect and present evidence that proves the man is innocent or guilty of the crime. In the end, they present their evidence to the judge (who happens to be the teacher), who will announce a verdict.\nAge: Teens & Adults\nThe song “RUDE” doesn´t have the First Conditional but can be used for that purpose, so you can show students the slide with the lyrics but you don´t necessarily need photocopies (unless they insist on having them). The activity is supposed to be assigned after students have practiced the structure long enough, so that they perform the task well (remember it´s supposed to be a wrap-up activity). The goal is a speaking/writing task using the structure. First, they are supposed to respond to a question that happens to be in the lyrics. Then, they listen to the song and check what the response in the lyrics is. After that, they role-play a situation proposed by the teacher and finally, they write sentences using the structure learned."}
{"text":"A red dwarf is a kind of star. Red dwarf stars are smaller than half the size of the Sun. They are also cooler than most stars. Red dwarfs burn their fuel slowly, so they shine with less light than hot stars.\nRed dwarf stars are the most common in our galaxy, at least near our sun. The closest star to the Earth is named Proxima Centauri. The Latin word proxima means \"nearest to\". Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf.\nLife and death[change | change source]\nRed dwarfs can live trillions of years, much longer than brighter stars. A red dwarf dies when it burns all of its fuel. To start with, the fuel is the chemical element hydrogen. At present, no red dwarf star is known which has gone beyond this stage.\nRed dwarfs are small stars that are around 0.2 solar mass (the sun is equal to 1 solar mass). This is small for a star but is still 60,000 times the mass of the Earth. They are formed in nebulas, like all stars are, and originally they are protostars. They start their nuclear fusion about 10,0000 years after being created when they get their red glow, this is also where they get their heat. These stars burn at less than 4,000°K.\nEven smaller stars are called brown dwarfs.\nNotes[change | change source]\n- We cannot see them if they are in distant galaxies.\n- Richmond, Michael (2004). \"Late stages of evolution for low-mass stars\". Rochester Institute of Technology. http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/phys230/lectures/planneb/planneb.html. Retrieved 2007-09-19."}
{"text":"Happy 96th birthday to the Ballard Locks\nSEATTLE — The Fourth of July is more than Independence Day — it also marks the birthday of the Ballard Locks, which are 96 years old.\nWhen the locks first opened in 1917, they created the first link between the freshwaters of Lake Union and Lake Washington and the saltwater of Puget Sound.\nPart of their job is to prevent the two types of water from mixing in order to preserve the delicate freshwater ecosystem. They also move commercial and pleasure boats from the water level of the sound to that of the lakes.\nThere are two locks, one small and one large and a fish ladder for salmon. Lake Washington and Lake Union are 22 feet above sea level.\nMore than a million tons of cargo, fuel, building materials and seafood products pass through the locks every year."}
{"text":"Size and Productivity in the U.S. Milling and Baking Industries\nPosted: 14 Nov 2000\nFrom the late 1950s through mid-1990s, productivity growth in U.S. grain milling and feed manufacturing has been consistently strong and positive. In grain milling, approximately 15% of the growth is due to size economies. Technical change has been capital-using, increasingly material-saving, and, in recent years, decreasingly labor-saving or increasingly labor-using. The quality of capital has risen relative to that of labor and materials. In all but the baking industry, capital intensification and incentives for plant size growth remain unabated.\nSuggested Citation: Suggested Citation"}
{"text":"Puerto Rico may be located in the Caribbean and share an island with the Dominican Republic, but did you know that it is an American territory?\nPuerto Rico was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493. He named the island San Juan Bautista after John the Baptist. When Columbus landed, he met the Taino Indians, the indigenous people of the island. After the Spanish-American War in 1898, the United States gained Puerto Rico as a territory. The Treaty of Paris that was signed to end the war allotted the island country to the United States in 1917. This also meant that every citizen of Puerto Rico was granted U.S. citizenship.\nPuerto Rico is composed of one large island and several small islands. Puerto Rico is a mountainous tropical island directly in the path of trade winds. These tropical conditions account for its tropical rain forest and tropical wet and dry climates. There is little difference from season to season and being near the equator the length of the day remains fairly constant throughout the year. Puerto Rico thrives on tourism and manufacturing. The warm, tropical weather makes it a destination for vacationers and Puerto Rico has over 270 miles of beaches. As a territory of the United States, the dollar is the official currency of this territory. However, it is called \"peso\" or \"dolar\" by natives.\nThe name Puerto Rico (rich port) is derived from the abundant gold that the initial Spanish settlers found on the island.\nPuerto Rico is 5,324 square miles; about the three times the size of Rhode Island\nPuerto Rico has both Spanish and English for its official languages.\nPuerto Rican baseball player, Roberto Clemente was the first Hispanic player inducted into the Hall of Fame.\nThe largest telescope in the world is located in Puerto Rico. It is used to look at asteroids in space, and determine if any ever get too close to the Earth’s surface."}
{"text":"At Grovelands we use a variety of proven reading schemes to teach phonics and develop richer reading in class.\nWe endeavour to ensure that all children are challenged in their reading and continue to have the opportunity to progress.\nWe have included the new colour bandings and the levels they relate to below for your reference.\n|Orange||1a||Year 1 / Year 2|\n|White||2a||Year 2 / Year 3|\n|Lime||3c||Year 3 / Year 4|\n|Brown||3b/a||Year 4 / Year 5|\n|Grey||4c/b||Year 5 / Year 6|\n|Dark Blue||4b/a||Year 6|\n|Burgundy||5c/b||Year 6 +|\n|Black||5b/a||Year 6 +|\nYou will notice in Key Stage 2 children will progress less quickly up the reading scheme. This is due to a shift in focus from phonetics towards comprehension, inference and deduction.\nIf you have any queries regarding these changes, please arrange a time to speak to your class teacher."}
{"text":"Roger Federer's hot pink Nike shoes were a major talking point of the Australian Open.\nIn Indonesia, workers making Nike could never afford these shoes, pink or not.\nRecent reports of workers making Nike shoes in Indonesia being stood over by military personnel and forced to accept less than the minimum wage demonstrate the gap between a company's stated policies and practices.\nOver the past decade, following intense public pressure, Nike has developed a code of conduct and corporate social responsibility reporting.\nIt has done a lot to try to improve its practices in recent years, and also reports on the location of factories, the payment of minimum wages and other conditions in their 841 supplier factories around the world.\nThis transparency is an important step towards helping ensure workers are fairly treated, but it does not go far enough.\nRecent events have shown there are still serious problems in the factories producing sportswear for Nike.\nTwo weeks ago, workers at the Sukabumi Nike supplier factory, west of Jakarta, were reportedly shouted at and threatened into agreeing their factory be exempt from paying them the legal minimum wage.\nWorkers in Indonesia tell Oxfam that the minimum wage is barely enough to feed themselves and their families.\nWages remain very low across the entire footwear and garment sector. Alarmingly, threats and intimidation of workers are still common when workers try to organise to improve conditions.\nNike's own code of conduct expressly prohibits worker discrimination and intimidation. So why do workers' rights abuses persist?\nWhile brands like Nike, Adidas, and Puma have codes of conduct which require supplier factories to uphold human rights, the internal 'sourcing departments' of the same companies – which coordinate all aspects of production - push supplier factories to provide the lowest possible costing for each pair of shoes or garment.\nDiscuss in our Forums\nSee what other readers are saying about this article!\nClick here to read & post comments.\n6 posts so far."}
{"text":"This movie shows the signal given by a noble liquid time-projection chamber (TPC). A cylindrical volume filled with a noble liquid has photodetectors (each individual circle) at the top and bottom caps. In the case of LUX, there are 61 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) in each cap array. Generally, the walls of the cylindrical container are made with a reflective material (PTFE aka Teflon® for LUX).\nA particle interaction in the noble liquid volume produces primary scintillation photons, which are instantaneously captured (speed of light) by the PMTs. Electrons are also produced by the particle interaction. An electric field in the TPC “pulls” these electrons upwards and out of the liquid. In the gas phase above the liquid, a much stronger electric field makes the electrons give off light (much like a neon sign), which we call the S2.\nBecause of the proximity of the S2 generation point to the top PMT array, the “hit pattern” in the top array can be used to reconstruct the x-y position of the event. Because the electrons move at a constant speed, the depth of the event (the z-coordinate) can be measured from the time between the S1 and S2 pulses. In LUX, this is a few microseconds.\nPost time: Oct-21-2017"}
{"text":"Abstract:Total and spectral solar irradiance, TSI and SSI, have been measured from space since 1978. This is accompanied by the development of models aimed at replicating the observed variability by relating it to solar surface magnetism.\nDespite significant progress, there remains persisting controversy over the secular change and the wavelength-dependence of the variation with impact on our understanding of the Sun's influence on the Earth's climate. We highlight the recent progress in TSI and SSI modelling with SATIRE. Brightness variations have also been observed for Sun-like stars. Their analysis can profit from knowledge of the solar case and provide additional constraints for solar modelling. We discuss the recent effort to extend SATIRE to Sun-like stars.\nDo you have problems viewing the pdf-file? Download paper here."}
{"text":"The U.S. Department of State and the Canadian government announced Thursday that formal renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty will begin in early 2018. Fish, electric rates and flood protection all figure to be part of the talks when updating the 53-year-old international treaty between the U.S. and Canada.\nThe headwaters of the Columbia are in Canada, and that country controls how much water is released downstream and when. In exchange for smoothing hydropower operations across the border, Northwest American electricity consumers pay Canada hundreds of millions of dollars annually, under a provision in the treaty.\nIn November, Congress members from Oregon and Washington sent a letter to David McNaughton, the Canadian ambassador in Washington, D.C.. They argued those payments are too high.\nSeparately, tribes and environmental groups are looking for an update to the treaty that includes goals for restoring salmon runs above the Grand Coulee Dam.\nInterested parties in the Northwest have been asking for a renegotiation for four years. The current Columbia River Treaty was ratified in 1964.\nMembers of Congress including Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) applauded the initiation of formal treaty negotiations.\n\"It is clear the Columbia River Treaty in its current form needs to be updated to meet the modern-day issues facing the Columbia River Basin, the region, and the nation,” said Murray in a press statement.\n“By addressing the ‘Canadian Entitlement’ and other issues we can form a treaty that will serve both nations for generations to come,” said McMorris Rodgers."}
{"text":"Farmers’ Almanac's Winter Outlook\nThe 2018 Canadian Farmers’ Almanac is anticipating a return to a colder, more normal winter from Quebec east into the Maritimes, with many locations experiencing above-normal precipitation.\nFrom the Great Lakes going east across Quebec, and into the Maritimes, snowier-than-normal conditions are expected. Winter temps should also be 1–2°C below normal over the eastern two-thirds of the country.\nWe are red-flagging January 20-23, February 4-7 & 16-19, and March 1-3 &\n20-23 as time frames for major coastal storms along the Atlantic Seaboard to bring strong winds and heavy precipitation.\nFind out where and when the snow will begin to fall in the 2018 Canadian Farmers’ Almanac»\n“One of the key components in our formula is the Moon and its motions. The Moon has a proven influence on the tides, and it is our belief that it may have effects on our atmosphere as well. Ocean tides can be accurately predicted, so part of our formula relies on the belief that we can line up certain weather patterns with a specific position of the Moon in its orbit … ”– Caleb Weatherbee, Official Almanac Weather Prognosticator\nIn contrast, from the Prairie Provinces west to British Columbia, overall temperatures will average above normal. Moderate amounts of snow should fall over Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, while British Columbia is expected to see below normal precipitation. This is not to say that there won’t be occasional periods of heavy precipitation sweeping in from storms off of the Pacific, or shots of cold air pushing south from the Yukon (perfect for skiers!), but these should be balanced by spells of dry and mild weather.\nFor much of Ontario, expect to see wide swings in the weather pendulum, from very mild to very cold, and periods of tranquil weather mixed with occasional spells of tempestuous conditions."}
{"text":"Located in Elko County, in northeast Nevada, a phase two planting helped to reestablish forest cover to the riparian area along Marys River in order to enhance the habitat of the threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout. This riparian area had been previously overgrazed and was degraded. Volunteers from as far away as Reno assisted the Bureau of Land Management plant quaking aspen, common chokecherry, mountain alder and black cottonwood to help stabilize streambanks, maintain lower water temperatures and increase species diversity. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation also assisted with this project.\nThis project was supported by our corporate partner, the Alcoa Foundation.\nView all Nevada projects | View all 1994 projects |\nBack To Main\n1220 L Street, NW, Suite 750 • Washington, DC • 20005 • Phone: 202-737-1944\n© 2015 American Forests. All Rights Reserved."}
{"text":"- Each atom has a charged sub-structure consisting of a nucleus, which is made of protons and neutrons, surrounded by electrons.\n- The periodic table orders elements horizontally by the number of protons in the atom’s nucleus and places those with similar chemical properties in columns. The repeating patterns of this table reflect patterns of outer electron states.\n- Do Now– Copy down today’s homework assignment in your planner. Get out your science notebook and add to the Table of Contents- “Protons, Neutrons, Electrons p.71” (Right Side). Head page 71 properly with “Protons, Neutrons, & Electrons-Investigation-4/4/17.”\n- Investigation– What makes objects attract or repel each other? Review Data Table- Use what you know about charges to explain your observations.\n- Advanced Organizer– The science of static electricity TED-Ed video\n- Graphic Organizer– Introduction handout questions 1-3\n- Notebook– Trim and tape Introduction to page 71. Tape Activity investigation as a flip page to page 71. Add the following key terms to the Index- Atom, Proton, Neutron, Electron, Nucleus.\n- Check HW-Unit cover page 67\nLast day for Density Writing revisions is Friday, 4/7"}
{"text":"Do your students struggle with reasoning about numbers? Are they challenged to think about the reasonableness of their solutions? Are you looking for practical, high-quality tasks to engage students and ignite discussion? In this session, participants learn about dynamic, doable activities engage students in reasoning and discussion. A collection of ready-for-use resources will be provided and explored so that pursuit of number sense becomes a daily routine. These resources naturally complement each and every lesson in any K-2, 3-5, or 6-8 mathematics class regardless of the “core” program."}
{"text":"Civil War Overview\nCivil War 1861\nCivil War 1862\nCivil War 1863\nCivil War 1864\nCivil War 1865\nCivil War Battles\nRobert E. Lee\nCivil War Medicine\nCivil War Links\nRepublic of Texas\nCivil War Gifts\nRobert E. Lee Portrait\nGENERAL KILPATRICK RECAPTURING HIS HEAD-QUARTERS,\nMARCH 10, 1865\nGENERAL KILPATRICK'S OPERATIONS.\nIT was at Aiken, a few miles\nnortheast of Augusta, that\nKILPATRICK fought his first battle. Here the\nSecond Brigade under General ATKINS encount-\nThere was no other engagement\nuntil March 10, when KILPATRICK came into collision with WADE HAMPTON'S command.\nKILPATRICK was pushing forward in order to reach Fayetteville before HARDEE, and\nstrike him in the flank, or, failing in this, to intercept HAMPTON, who was\nfollowing in HAR-\nnot all up, two of the brigades\nbeing behind on account of the bad roads: In this situation KILPATRICK was\nattacked by three divisions of rebel cavalry. He was obliged to abandon his\nhead-quarters and two pieces of artillery until he could bring his command\ntogether. But HAMPTON did not keep\nloss was not over a hundred,\nwhile the enemy left upon the field seventy-six killed, and his wounded must\nhave numbered several hundred.\nWe illustrate this bathe on this\npage. We also give two sketches showing SHERMAN'S foragers, or \"bummers,\" as the\nsoldiers call them, setting out\nFORAGERS \"STARTING OUT\" IN THE MORNING.\nered WHEELER'S command. Falling\nback so as to receive the support of the other brigades, ATKINS awaited the\nattack of the enemy, which was repulsed.\nDEE'S rear. HARDEE made better\ntime than KILPATRICK, moving out from Coleman's Grove just as the latter entered\nit. KILPATRICK'S cavalry was\nthe ground long. KILPATRICK soon\nreturned, and, leading his men on in a furious charge, swept the field and\nregained his camps and artillery. His\nfrom and returning to camp. These\nforagers not only collected provisions, but also acted as fankers and advance\nFORAGERS RETURNING TO CAMP AT NIGHT."}
{"text":"It has been said that rainwater is like a light dose of fertilizer on growing plants, since it contains nitrates and organic matter which naturally nourish plants for lush foliage and growth. Rainwater is soft, free of salts, minerals and chemicals found in treated tap water, natural groundwater and surface water. All of which makes rainwater a most desirable source for plant and landscape hydration.\nWhile rainfall is plentiful in the Spring for nurturing growing plants, hot Summer days that follow will become a garden’s thirstiest months.\nConsider all the rainwater that falls on your roof during rainy spring days, only to pour down the drain or collect in mushy puddles. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to capture some of that rainwater to use in your garden before it runs off as wastewater?\nActually, there’s a way. It’s called Rainwater Harvesting. When utilized to water a garden or landscaping, it can conserve precious water, reduce stormwater runoff from homes and businesses, and supplement a portion of landscaping watering needs over the course of the hot Summer.\nRainwater Harvesting involves collection of run-off rainfall from roof tops into gutters and channeling water into downspouts into some sort of storage vessel. Rainwater Harvesting, can be as simple as collecting rainwater in a rain barrel or elaborate as collection into a large cistern. Then using this cistern as a water source with your smart controller!\nIt’s important to know that each State has its own specific laws and legislation about collecting and storing rainwater. So be sure to check first what your State allows."}
{"text":"Online: Excel 2007: Level 1\nLevel 1: 63 Lessons - approximately 7 hours of trainingThis course introduces students to Microsoft Office Excel 2007. It covers basic spreadsheet features and acquaints students with Excel's tools. Students will learn to manage workbooks, work with cells and cell data, format and print worksheets, create and revise formulas, work with basic functions, use fills to save data entry time, and create and modify charts from worksheet data. They will also be introduced to the main interface changes of Microsoft Office 2007, such as the Ribbon, Quick Access toolbar, and the Mini toolbar. Finally, students will also learn how to access and use the Excel Help feature.\nThis program contains 1 module(s).\n3 CPE Credit(s)\nCategory: Computer Skills"}
{"text":"(Phys.org) —Cornell researchers have created a pore in \"Cornell Dots\" – brightly glowing nanoparticles nicknamed C-Dots – that can carry medicine. This new and improved nanoscale courier may help light up cancer cells and provide a new patient-friendly, viable option to battle cancer.\n\"No one has ever made a one-pore, super-small silica particle – at 10 nanometers and below – to deliver medicine,\" says Ulrich Wiesner, Cornell's Spencer T. Olin Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. \"Clearing this object out of the body quickly also minimizes its impact on the body.\"\nWiesner presented the talk, \"Cornell Dots: Fluorescent Core-shell Silica Nanoparticles to Interrogate Biological Environments,\" at the American Chemical Society meeting in New Orleans on April 7.\nPreviously, Wiesner and his colleagues had demonstrated the useful, diagnostic aspects of C-Dots. Now, they have illustrated the porous C-Dots (mC-Dots, for mesoporous) concept: The mC-Dots could act like tiny Navy Seals on a seek-and-destroy mission: Find the tumor, deliver medicine to kill it, then escape in urine within a couple of hours.\nA single C-Dot consists of dye molecules encased in a chemically inert silica shell that can be as small as 5 nanometers in diameter. (A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter, about three times the diameter of a silicon atom).\nPrevious research showed that the outside of the shell can be coated with organic molecules that will attach to such desired targets as tumor surfaces or even locations within tumors.\nThe cluster of dye molecules in a single dot in solution fluoresces near-infrared light much more brightly than single dye molecules, and the fluorescence will identify malignant cells, showing a surgeon exactly what needs to be cut out and helping ensure that all malignant cells are found. But, surgeons may one day forego the scalpel, because with a built-in pore, the mC-Dots have the ability to bring medicine to the tumor.\nExplore further: Glowing 'Cornell dots' can show surgeons where tumors are"}
{"text":"Please give me a hand to figure out this problem !!!\nThis sentence from my homework finding the mistakes in the sentence.\nSome methods to prevent soil erosion are plowing parallel with the slopes of hills to plant trees on unproductive land, and rotating crops.\n- \"to prevent soil erosion\" is an adjective phrase modifying the noun \"methods\"\n- \"to plant trees\" is the mistake in this sentence. I have changed it to \"planting\"\nMy question is what the role of \"TO\" in \"to prevent soil erosion\" is.\nThere is another example, \"Can you tell me the way to solve this problem?\"\nSo what is \"TO\"?\nIs it the Preposition? I have learned that after Preposition, we usually have a Noun, a Pronoun or a Gerund. Is it the reason why \"TO\" is an exception because we just use TO before the Verb Bare Infinitive?\nIs there any difference between\nSome methods OF preventing soil erosion...\nSome methods TO prevent soil erosion ...\nThanks for your attention."}
{"text":"Deflection comparisons of different wooden floor systems\nMetadataShow full item record\nFull-scale structural deflection tests were conducted on floor sections with 2\"x4\" , 2\"x6\", and 2\"x8\" joists at four different stages of construction. Stage A was joist alone; stage B joists plus 1/2\" plywood subflooring; stage C, stage B plus 25/32\" oak strip flooring laid parallel to the joists; and stage D, stage B plus oak strip flooring laid perpendicular to joists. Results show substantial decreases in deflection due to stages B, C, and D. Stage C resulted in the stiffest floor for all sizes of joists followed by stage D and stage B in that order.\nDecreases in deflection also varied by size of joist, showing that as the size of the joist increases, the effects of the added construction components decreases. Average decreases in deflection are shown in Table 11.\n- Masters Theses"}
{"text":"Definition of Absorbed cost:\nAbsorption costing absorbs all the manufacturing costs per unit produced. By including overhead, in addition to materials and factory labor costs, it helps companies determine the overall cost of producing a single brand, line or product — and which of these are the most profitable. Absorbed costs are expenses like energy costs, equipment rental costs, insurance, and property taxes.\nAbsorbed cost, also known as absorption cost, is a managerial accounting method that accounts for the variable and fixed overhead costs of producing a particular product. Knowing the full cost of producing each unit enables manufacturers to price their products. That is why absorption costing is also referred to as full costing or the full absorption method.\nA companys expenses such as insurance and property taxes that are affiliated with manufacturing operations. These costs are typically shown in a separate account.\nMeaning of Absorbed cost & Absorbed cost Definition"}
{"text":"The Mellin transformation is widely used in various problems of pure and applied mathematics, in particular, in the theory of differential and integral equations and the theory of Dirichlet series. It is found in extensive applications in mathematical physics, number theory, mathematical statistics, theory of asymptotic expansions, and especially, in the theory of special functions and integral transformations. It is essentially used in algorithms of integration in computer algebra systems.\nSince the majority of integrals encountered in applications can be reduced to the form of the corresponding Mellin transforms with specific parameters, this handbook can also be used for definite and indefinite integrals. By changes in variables, the Mellin transform can be turned into the Fourier and Laplace transforms.\nThe appendices contain formulas of connection with other integral transformations, and an algorithm for determining regions of convergence of integrals.\nThe Handbook of Mellin Transforms will be of interest and useful to all researchers and engineers who use mathematical methods. It will become the main source of formulas of Mellin transforms, as well as indefinite and definite integrals.\nAppendix I: Some properties of the Mellin transforms\nAppnedix II: Condtions of convergence"}
{"text":"In 1970, British rock band Led Zeppelin crafted one of their biggest hits, “Stairway to Heaven,” in an idyllic cottage in rural Wales.\nThe traditional stone and slate Welsh cottage, known as Bron Yr Aur, had no electricity or running water at the time — just beautiful countryside views and the perfect degree of solitude to inspire songs, words, and thoughts.\nToday, not much has changed besides the occupants.\nResidents Scott (43) and Ruth (39) Roe, along with their 8-year-old daughter, have kept Bron Yr Aur off the grid, turning it into a hub of renewable activity, Marketplace reports.\nThey generate four different types of energy on their 1/3-acre “micro farm” — wind, solar, hydro, and wood burning power — and their water supply comes from the same stream that has been providing water to the property for hundreds of years.\n“Getting the energy you need from these sources is really hard,” the couple told Marketplace, but it’s worth it: “We can say — hand on heart — that we are doing everything in our lives to to reduce global warming.”\nIt’s also cost efficient. The Roes estimate they save £11,630 a year — about $16,539. (Going forward, all costs and figures have been converted from British pounds to approximate US dollars).\nBusiness Insider spoke with the family about their low carbon lifestyle, the cost advantages (and hidden costs) that come with living off the grid, and what it’s like to live on the property that draws Led Zeppelin fans from all over the world:\nRead the full business insider article here"}
{"text":"A photo of an elusive cat, the size of a domestic cat and reddish or grey in colour, has caused a stir of excitement. Rarely seen and captured on film just a few times before, camera traps have revealed that the Bornean Bay Cat (Pardofelis badia) is surviving in heavily logged areas of Borneo’s rainforest.\nCamera traps set up in a study by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and Imperial College found the Bornean Bay Cat and four other cat species including the Sunda Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi), Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis), Flat-headed Cat (Prionailurus planiceps) and Marbled Cat (Pardofelis marmorata) living in a heavily logged area of forest where they were not expected to thrive.\nListed as Endangered on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the major threat to the Bornean Bay Cat is commercial logging and the continued spread of oil palm plantations on the island of Borneo that result in the loss of natural rainforest and the habitat it provides for many species. The evidence that endangered cats are living in areas where logging occurs is a good sign for their future survival.\nZSL and Imperial College will continue to study the effects of logging on wildlife populations, not just on cats, but on other mammals both large and small, and less charismatic animals will not be forgotten either. Information gathered in the study will lead to the development of ways in which oil plantations can be more mammal friendly and determine the best options for preventing the loss of Borneo’s mammals.\nSee this elusive cat for yourself on the ZSL website."}
{"text":"The GCBMA offers a Traveling Trunks Program for educational institutions, service organizations, and other groups interested in keeping the legacy of Grover Cleveland alive, as well as getting to feel the historical past of how people of three different periods lived and were influenced by the historical events of their day.\nThere are three Traveling Trunks, representing the 1830’s, 1860’s (Civil War) and 1880’s-1890’s. The Trunks are portable history lessons that can travel to schools, scouts, home schooling parents, nursing homes, and other organizations.\nThe Traveling Trunks allow audiences to hold the artifacts, and build on that experience: what is this artifact? What does it reveal about us as a community, state, or nation? These are questions that can be explored through artifacts to help us define who we are and where we have been.\nHow To Borrow a Traveling Trunk\nEach Trunk may be borrowed from the Birthplace for up to one week – pickup on Monday and return on Friday by 4 p.m.\nThere is a $50 refundable deposit. There will be a charge if there is any damage to the Trunks while on loan.\nCurriculum materials are included in the Trunks, and may be reproduced for educational purposes only, and must credit the GCBMA. All curriculium aligns with K-12 State and national standards.\nTrunks are available on a first come, first served basis. To request a date, e-mail email@example.com.\nExamples of Trunk Contents:\nCopper bed warmer\nKnife and fork stick\nToys and games\nFolding tin lantern\nLace hand fan\nMen’s black gloves\nVictorian etiquette book\nVictorian paper dolls\nWood based iced skates"}
{"text":"Understanding and Applying Research Design\nA fresh approach to bridging research design with statistical analysis\nWhile good social science requires both research design and statistical analysis, most books treat these two areas separately. Understanding and Applying Research Design introduces an accessible approach to integrating design and statistics, focusing on the processes of posing, testing, and interpreting research questions in the social sciences.\nThe authors analyze real-world data using SPSS software, guiding readers on the overall process of science, focusing on premises, procedures, and designs of social scientific research. Three clearly organized sections move seamlessly from theoretical topics to statistical techniques at the heart of research procedures, and finally, to practical application of research design:\n* Premises of Research introduces the research process and the capabilities of SPSS, with coverage of ethics, Empirical Generalization, and Chi Square and Contingency Table Analysis\n* Procedures of Research explores key quantitative methods in research design including measurement, correlation, regression, and causation\n* Designs of Research outlines various design frameworks, with discussion of survey research, aggregate research, and experiments\nThroughout the book, SPSS software is used to showcase the discussed techniques, and detailed appendices provide guidance on key statistical procedures and tips for data management. Numerous exercises allow readers to test their comprehension of the presented material, and a related website features additional data sets and SPSS code.\nUnderstanding and Applying Research Design is an excellent book for social sciences and education courses on research methods at the upper-undergraduate level. The book is also an insightful reference for professionals who would like to learn how to pose, test, and interpret research questions with confidence."}
{"text":"Primate societies are highly variable. Groups may differ in the level of stratification, in the degree of cooperation between related and possibly also unrelated individuals or in the way group members deal with conflicts. Variation may occur across different taxa, across populations or between the sexes. Based on evolutionary theory this variation in cooperation and competition evident across primate societies including our own can be explained by differential fitness payoffs. Linking the variation in social behavior to ecological and phylogenetic factors, investigating the different strategies for either sex, and determining the adaptive value of social behavior are research aims in the junior research group on social evolution in primates. Research in the group combines field studies on primates (mainly macaques) in their natural habitat with experimental approaches in captivity. We use molecular techniques to monitor reproductive status, physiological dispositions for cooperation and competition and genetic relatedness. Using comparative methods and agent based modeling we work on identifying evolutionary patterns and generating clearly directed predictions.\nTogether with Dr. Oliver Schülke Julia Ostner leads a field project on the social evolution of wild macaques in Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary where we study a group of Assamese macaques since 2005 (more). Students, PhD students and assistants jointly supervised by Julia Ostner and Oliver Schülke also work at Affenberg Salem and in Morocco (field project of Dr. Bonaventura Majolo, Lincoln University, UK) on Barbary macaques, Macaca sylvanus, in Indonesia on Mentawai macaques, Macaca siberu (Siberut Conservation Project von Dr. Keith Hodges, DPZ) and on Sulawesi on crested black macaques, Macaca nigra (field project of Dr. Antje Engelhardt, DPZ)."}
{"text":"Pronunciation of Alonso\nOn this page:\nPronunciation details of Alonso\nHow is Alonso pronounced?\nInternational Phonetic Alphabet coded:\n- Alonso = ə'lɑːnzoʊ (/ə/'l/ɑː/nz/oʊ/)\nHyphenation of Alonso\nHow is Alonso hyphenated?\n- British usage: Alonso (no hyphenation)\n- American usage: Alon‐so\nExamples of pronunciation in real context\nClick on an item to listen a few seconds from that video:\nOther pronunciation resources\nClick on an item to play that video:\n- How to pronounce Laz Alonso (American English/US) - PronounceNames.com\nAudio and video pronunciation of Laz Alonso brought to you by Pronounce Names...\n- How to Pronounce Fernando Alonso\nHow to Pronounce Fernando Alonso in English.\n- How to pronounce or say Xabi Alonso\n- UTEC phonology class by: Ruben Alonso Rodriguez Castro ID:31-6674-2012\nin this video we can learn about labiodental sounds like the phonemes /f/ and /v/\n- How to Pronounce Xabi Alonso\nLearn how to say words in English correctly with Emma Saying free pronunciation tutorials. Over 140000 words were already uploaded... Check them out!\nShare this page\nGo to the rhymes of Alonso to find other words with regular correspondence of the sounds!"}
{"text":"(adjective | gender variance, noun)\nSomeone who does not fully conform to the expectations around their gender that their society enforces. This may be, but is not limited to: expression, roles, or some other aspect of gender. Being gender variant is distinct from being transgender, though some trans people may consider themselves gender variant. Gender variance is generally apparent in people who identify as a binary gender, either cisgender or transgender. A femme trans man can consider himself just as gender variant as a femme cis man. Some non-binary people may also identify as gender variant for multiple reasons.\ne.g. Macalister described herself as gender variant.\nReturn to the Index."}
{"text":"**What is a solar cooker?**\nIt is not so complicated, a solar cooker, or solar oven is a box which uses the energy of sunlight to cook meal or sterilize.\nLot of solar cookers presently in use are relatively cheap. Because they don't need fuel and work only with sun energy, many associations are promoting their use all oven the world in order to reduce fuel expenses for low-income families. Using solar ovens also reduce air pollution, caused by use of firewood for cooking. Cooking with a solar oven is a form of outdoor cooking and is generally used when it is dangerous to cook because of high risk of accidental fires.\n**Which are the advantages of using a sun oven**\nSolar cookers use no fuel, that means that solar cookers do not need to work or pay for firewood, or other fossil energies.\nSolar ovens attain temperatures of up to 160 deg.C, so it is also possible to boil water or cooking most foods that what is possible with a normal stove, from baked bread to roasted chicken. Since solar ovens are placed outside, they don't produce heat inside kitchen. Also solar cookers don't produce pollution.\n**Disadvantages of cooking with a solar oven**\nSolar ovens can't be used in cloudy weather so some hybrid backup heat source in these conditions.\nSolar cookers take more time to cook food than a normal oven. Using a solar cooker therefore requires that cooking a cake be started some hours before the lunch. However, it requires less attention, so this is often considered a good trade-off."}
{"text":"Promoting Fundamental British Values.\nIn accordance with The Department for Education we aim to actively promote British values in schools to ensure young people leave school prepared for life in modern Britain. Pupils are encouraged to regard people of all faiths, races and cultures with respect and tolerance and understand that while different people may hold different views about what is \"right\" and \"wrong\", all people living in England are subject to its law.\nThe Key Values are:\nAt Clore Shalom we provide opportunities for pupils to explore their own culture and have a clear understanding and appreciation of a wide range of the cultural influences that have shaped modern Britain. We encourage all children to be tolerant and respectful to those of different faiths and beliefs. This is done by providing the children with an understanding of the main festivals and key dates of significance to British culture e.g. Remembrance Day, the Queens Birthday and major political events such as elections. We are forming strong links in our local community with other local schools and are participating in a range of out of school activities e.g. sporting events, and gifted and talented learning programmes."}
{"text":"Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) (cont.)\nHow do physicians diagnose fetal alcohol syndrome?\nThe risk for potential fetal alcohol syndrome is established during the first prenatal visit. Pregnant women are questioned regarding behavioral risk factors, including illicit drug usage, alcohol consumption, smoking, and other high-risk behaviors. Several screening questionnaires may be utilized; these include (1) T-ACE, (2) TWEAK, and (3) AUDIT-C. There are several laboratory blood studies that may indicate recent use or repeated and excessive alcohol abuse.\nPrenatal indicators for potential alcohol use would note smaller than expected growth in length, weight, and head measurements. Slower than expected head growth is a reflection of subnormal brain growth. Once born, the above-noted facial changes will lead the pediatrician to consideration of the diagnosis of FAS. The myriad of developmental and cognitive delays discussed above will also stimulate consideration of FAS in children who are failing in cognitive advancement or with associated behavioral deficiencies."}
{"text":"Geochemical and Faunal Characterization in the Sediments off the Cuban North and Northwest Coast\nBaseline, Sediments, Geochemistry, Mollusk, Meiofauna, Foraminifera, Cuba\nDigital Object Identifier (DOI)\nThis chapter provides a summary of the scientific knowledge about sediments and fauna in the margin of northwest Cuban shelf. Little scientific information is publicly available, and so much of what is discussed here is the result of the scientific expedition to the region in May 2017 on board the R/V Weatherbird II as part of the GoMRI consortium, C-IMAGE (see Foreword, this book). The goal was to set broad environmental baselines against which to evaluate the impacts of any potential future oil spill or other disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The chapter is organized in three parts: (1) overview of the geographical setting of Cuban margin of GoM; (2) sediment characterization including texture, composition, and geochronology of sediment cores; and (3) characterization of key bioindicators of oil impact: mollusks, meiofauna, and foraminifera.\nWas this content written or created while at USF?\nCitation / Publisher Attribution\nGeochemical and Faunal Characterization in the Sediments off the Cuban North and Northwest Coast, in S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M, Schlüter & D. L. Wetzel (Eds.), Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War, Springer, p. 147-159\nScholar Commons Citation\nArmenteros, Maickel; Schwing, Patrick; Larson, Rebekka; Martínez-Suárez, Adrian; Fernández-Garcés, Raúl; Hollander, David; and Brooks, Gregg, \"Geochemical and Faunal Characterization in the Sediments off the Cuban North and Northwest Coast\" (2019). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 452."}
{"text":"Reviewed by Sam E. (age 9)\nBenjamin often wondered about the sky. He started to teach himself astronomy and began calculating the stars and moon movements, then he wrote them in almanac. As a black man that was an amazing thing to do.\nI like this book because it has great illustrations. They are detailed and they use a lot of dark colors. The dark colors help the person who is reading the book understand that Benjamin was a black person that lived during a time when blacks were not treated as fairly as whites.\nIn this book Benjamin Banneker helped another character change. Benjamin wrote a letter to President Thomas Jefferson. He helped Thomas Jefferson change and understand that blacks were equal to whites.\nMy favorite part of the book was when Benjamin got his almanac published because it was a great accomplishment. Even though he didn't get it published on his first try he didn't give up!\nI recommend this book for 3rd-8th graders because it has a lot of information about Benjamin Banneker and what it was like to be a black man living free during the time of slavery."}
{"text":"Martin luther king jr early life info\nMartin Luther King Jr. (1929-198) was a Baptist minister and social activist who played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 198. Inspired by advocates of nonviolence such as Mahatma Gandhi, King sought equality for African Americans, the economically disadvantaged and victims of injustice through peaceful protest. He was the driving force behind watershed events such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the March on Washington, which helped bring about such landmark legislation as the Civil Rights Act of 194 and the Voting Rights Act of 195.\nKing was awarded the Nobel PeaMartin Luther King, Jr., was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Washington High School. Coretta Scott King helped lead the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the 19s. Papers Project, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Of course I was religious. I grew up in the church."}
{"text":"|As with joyful steps they sped.|\nAs with Gladness Men of Old was written by William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898). It was composed on the 6th of January 1859, while confined to bed, convalescing from a serious illness. It would be later included in his self-published collection: Hymns of Love and Joy (1867). It is sung to the tune: Dix, an adaption by William Henry Monk (1823-1889) of the chorale, Treuer Heiland, Wir Sind Heir (1838) by German composer Conrad Kocher (1786-1872). In the Liturgy of the Hours, As with Gladness Men of Old is used on the Solemnity of the Epiphany.\nAS WITH GLADNESS, MEN OF OLD by W.C. Dix, 1859 (Public Domain)\n1. As with gladness men of old\ndid the guiding star behold;\nas with joy they hailed its light,\nleading onward, beaming bright;\nso, most gracious Lord, may we\nevermore be led to thee.\n2. As with joyful steps they sped,\nSavior, to thy lowly bed,\nthere to bend the knee before thee,\nwhom heaven and earth adore;\nso may we with willing feet\never seek thy mercy seat.\n3. As they offered gifts most rare\nat thy manger, rude and bare,\nso may we with holy joy,\npure and free from sin’s alloy,\nall our costliest treasures bring,\nChrist, to thee, our heavenly king.\n4. Holy Jesus, every day\nkeep us in the narrow way;\nand when earthly things are past,\nbring our ransomed souls at last\nwhere they need no star to guide,\nwhere no clouds thy glory hide."}
{"text":"Definition of Rock cornish\n1. Noun. Small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl.\nRock Cornish Pictures\nClick the following link to bring up a new window with an automated collection of images related to the term: Rock Cornish Images\nLexicographical Neighbors of Rock Cornish\nLiterary usage of Rock cornish\nBelow you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:\n1. The Nomenclature of Petrology: With References to Selected Literature by Arthur Holmes (1920)\n\"... the rock does not crumble readily like china-clay rock; Cornish varieties contain white mica and fluorite. JA Howe: Mem. Geol. Surv. ...\"\n2. The Metallic Wealth of the United States: Described and Compared with that by Josiah Dwight Whitney (1854)\n\"... and its connection with the rock. Cornish miners having been first and most extensively employed in mining in this country, their terms have been ...\"\n3. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages: Classified Subjectively and by Robert Christy (1887)\n\"Rubbish. 1. Rubbish is only matter out of place. Rudder. 1. He that will not be ruled by the rudder, must be ruled by the rock. Cornish. 2. ...\"\n4. Cornwall by Arthur Leslie Salmon (1903)\n\"Rhys states that old traditions and the rock's Cornish name (\"the hoar rock in the wood\") prove that it was not always insular; but this is no argument, ...\"\n5. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign by James Wood (1893)\n\"... the nut must crack it Frisian Pr. He who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock. Cornish Pr. He who will sell his fame will also sell ...\""}
{"text":"Magnet-based Hall-effect sensors are widely used, but they're imperfect: introduce a magnetic field or metal object in close proximity to them, and the magnet-based sensors are suddenly vulnerable. Microsemi's announcement of their new ICs based on inductive sensing has the capability to replace magnet-based Hall-effect sensors. The LX3301A is \"designed to process signals generated by inductive sensors which are based upon linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) principles.\"\nLVDTs are inherently frictionless; they have a virtually infinite cycle life when properly used.\nThe new sensor features contactless sensing, an embedded 32-bit processing engine, an internal oscillator, and user-programmable 16x16-bit non-volatile configurable memory. It would be useful in industrial automation and control systems for linear displacement measurement, or any angular motion measurement, making it useful in robotics control. Microsemi also provides support for connecting the sensor inputs to a motor control evaluation board.\nThe LX3301A is the first inductive sensor IC on the market with linear variable differential transformer architecture implemented on printed circuit boards."}
{"text":"|Vernacular Architecture for a Changing Planet\nDr. Sandra Piesik is an architect, curator, and writer specialising in technology development and transfer of natural materials, and the implementation of global sustainable legislation. Her new book, Habitat: Vernacular Architecture for a Changing Planet, published last month by Thames & Hudson, is “a collective contribution towards shifting sustainable development paradigms including the role of cities and the built environment on the changing planet. It includes contributions by over 140 scholars from 50 countries.” The immense threat of climate change has given rise to a whole spectrum of ethical and political concerns within the realm of architecture. This book sheds light on vernacular architecture that includes a critical understanding of a building’s history, providing a framework for what we can learn from ecologically coherent habitats and how we might confront contemporary realities. A collection of projects, essays, and imagery, the book presents unexplored views on architecture and creates a set of alliances which are drawn between people and places in the five major climate zones, covering tropical, desert, continental, temperate, and polar regions. “I hope that it will serve as a starting point for a new conversation about and engagement with placemaking,” the author commented.\nIn a recent interview for UrbanNext, she provided us with more insight into her work.\nFull content is available only for registered users. Please login or\n|ISSN : 2575-5374|"}
{"text":"\"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world\". Nelson Mandela\nAt our service, we provide a flexible curriculum that offers a diverse, stimulating and engaging range of experiences reflective of children, family and community needs, interests and cultural back ground. Our curriculum is based on the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) which allows us to develop our play-based programs. We respect and value children’s curiosity and questions of wonder and encourage learning through intentional teaching moments and natural opportunities in each day. The early years of a child's life are the most important and the best learning happens when it starts from an early age. Within each room throughout the centre, our educators are always striving to create a holistic curriculum appropriate to each child's learning abilities and interests where they will provide a range of exciting and interesting activities that make learning fun and allow children to achieve milestones at their own pace. Our services have specialist come in to give your child extra curriculum activities at no extra cost.\nAt our service, we use an online observation program called 'Story Park', where educators can record and share children's learning and development with families. Through this system, families can view their child's (and their child only) 'profile' where educators upload observations, pictures, videos and moments whilst at our service. Families are also able to contribute to their child's 'profile' by uploading what your child gets up to out of our care. It is a wonderful way for families and educators to keep up to date and informed with children's development and learning and can be updated and viewed daily at any time."}
{"text":"A public order disturbance is an outbreak of disorder; a breach of public peace.\nWhen you visit a concert or a sports activity, you can do little to prevent a disturbance but you must know what to do in such a situation.\nBefore a public order disturbance:\n- When you enter a building or event terrain, make sure you know the emergency exit in case you need to leave the place in a hurry.\nDuring a public order disturbance:\n- If uproar is instigated during a big event, do not try to go against the flow.\n- Keep calm and follow the instructions from the authorities.\n- Do not go to the place of the disturbance.\nPublic order disturbance\nWhat to do during a public order disturbance"}
{"text":"The Fourth of July is recognized as the day in 1776 when our founding fathers gathered to adopt the Declaration of Independence, declaring the Colonies as a new nation.\nWhen I think of the word “independence,” I think of the ability to live as safely and comfortable as possible. To live with pride. And when you have multiple sclerosis (MS), it means doing so while the disease slowly chips away at your being.\nThat’s why, for me — and many other people who have MS — the word “independence” can take on a completely different meaning.\nIndependence means not asking my wife for help cutting my meat at dinner.\nIndependence means being able to get up the three steps to the back door of my home.\nIt means being able to roll my wheelchair unaided through the grocery store.\nAnd lift my heavy legs over the tub wall to take a shower.\nIndependence means being strong enough to open a bag of chips.\nIndependence is doing what I can to help around the house.\nIt’s trying to remember your name while I talk to you at the party.\nIndependence means being able to button my own shirt.\nOr being able to use the hand controls of my car.\nIndependence is walking a few feet through the grass without falling in front of everyone at the cookout.\nIt means knowing how and when I got that bloody scrape on my shin.\nIndependence means being able to get something from the refrigerator without dropping it.\nWe as MSers don’t ask for much. We’re feisty and strong-willed. We work hard to remain as independent as we can, for as long as we can.\nKeep fighting for your independence.\nDoug writes about living with MS (and much more) on his humor blog My Odd Sock.\nFollow him on Twitter @myoddsock."}
{"text":"Information about Lewy Bodies & Dementia\nDementia with Lewy bodies accounts for 5 to 15 percent of dementia cases. This form of dementia shares characteristics and symptoms of both Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. The disorder is named for the Lewy bodiestiny deposits of a protein called alpha-synucleinthat are found throughout the brain.\nPeople with this form of dementia tend to have attention problems, hallucinations, and some of the motor problems associated with Parkinson's disease (such as shuffling gait, poor balance, and stooped posture). Sleep problems (excessive daytime drowsiness, very vivid dreams, and leg kicks or arm swings while asleep) are common and may start years before any memory symptoms are noticed.\nCholinesterase inhibitors and the Parkinson’s drug levodopa (Larodopa) may be used to treat the symptoms. Antipsychotic drugs should not be prescribed or should be used with extreme caution because they can cause severe stiffness or tremor. As with Alzheimer's, none of these medications slows the progression of the disease.\nOther possible causes of irreversible dementia include infectious diseases (such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) and amnesia."}
{"text":"Irving Langmuir, (born Jan. 31, 1881, Brooklyn, N.Y., N.Y., U.S.—died Aug. 16, 1957, Falmouth, Mass.), U.S. physical chemist. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Göttingen, Ger. As a researcher for General Electric (1909–50), he investigated electrical discharges in gases, electron emission, and the high-temperature surface chemistry of tungsten, making possible a great extension in the life of tungsten-filament lightbulbs. He developed a vacuum pump and the high-vacuum tubes used in radio broadcasting. He formulated theories of atomic structure and chemical bond formation, introducing the term covalence. He received a Nobel Prize in 1932."}
{"text":"HOW DID THE\nWHO IS MARTIN LUTHER?\nHe was the leader of the Protestant\nReformation. His teachings became the\nCornerstone of the church that bears his name.\nThroughout his career, Luther was torn by inner\nturmoil. If man was ruled by sin, how\ncould he hope to gain redemption in the eyes of God? On\nThe 3 basic ideas of the 95 Theses were:\n1) PROTEST against the abuse of papal authority;\n2) CHALLENGE to the Pope – if he controls Purgatory, why not empty it for free?\n3) DENIAL – of the “extra merit” theory behind indulgences. The “True treasury” of the church is the GOSPEL – the proclamation of God’s mercy.\nThe Church ordered Luther to appear in hearing to answer charges of heresy. Luther refused to recant his views. Luther argued that the papacy was of human, not Divine origin and quickly became a national figure.\nAs reform ideas spread, the Pope’s answer was to\nthreaten Luther with excommunication unless he recanted and subsequently was in\nJanuary 1521 at the age of 38. In June\nof 1525 Martin married Katharina von Bora, a former nun whom he had sheltered\nWhile Luther remained in protective hiding, he pursued reforms in Christian doctrine and practice. These included recognizing the Bible as God’s Word, the true source of doctrine; popularizing Holy Baptism and the Lord’s Supper as the chief sacraments; producing a vernacular liturgy and translating the Bible into German.\nMartin Luther published almost 400 works, including Biblical commentaries, catechisms, sermons and tracts. He wrote many hymns and continued to teach and preach. Luther died from a stroke in 1546 at the age of 63.\nWHAT DOES ELCA MEAN?"}
{"text":"- JELLY: fruit juice and sugar, and with most manufacturers, lots of corn syrup too. The jelly is clear and firms up so that it holds some shape. But no fruit here. Some fruits don't make good jelly because they don't have enough pectin in them (see below).\n- JAM: a blend of crushed fruit pieces and fruit puree. My mom used to make jam and skim off the frothy stuff that bubbled up to the top of the pot. She'd put that aside in a bowl, and when the froth subsided, we'd dip bread in the warm, jammy jam, and oh boy, was that good.\n- PRESERVES: contain whole or large pieces of fruit. Generally thicker than jam or jelly. This is what I should have chosen and will select next time.\n- MARMALADE: jelly plus shredded citrus peel.\n- FRUIT BUTTER: (as in, apple butter) contains no butter. It's actually fruit pulp plus sugar, which in the case of apple butter, turns a kind of thickish yellow consistency that only looks like it might have butter in it.\nThe thing that makes all of these spreads hang together is pectin. Pectin is an undigestible carbohydrate (fiber, actually), contained in the cells of fruit. When you heat this with sugar and water, it makes a gel. This gel is essentially the base in which the jammy fruity goodness is suspended.\nSmuckers FAQs, the difference between jelly, jam, and preserves\nHow Stuff Works, the difference between jelly, jam, and preserves (and what exactly is Jell-O?)\nHow Stuff Works, How Food Works (pectin)\nHow to Make Jam, Jelly, and Preserves"}
{"text":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has publicly acknowledged that ethanol in gasoline can damage internal combustion engines by increasing exhaust temperatures and indirectly causing component failures, the American Motorcyclist Association (EPA) reports. The EPA statement is contained in a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule proposal about a new label for pumps that supply fuel blends high in ethanol.\nEPA admits now that ethanol E15 (a gasoline formulation that contains up to 15 percent ethanol by volume) impacts motor vehicles in two primary ways. 1- ethanol elevates the [air/fuel] ratio (increases the proportion of oxygen relative to hydrocarbons) which can lead to increased exhaust gas temperatures and potentially increase incremental deterioration of emission control hardware and performance over time, possibly causing catalyst failure. 2- ethanol can cause materials compatibility issues, which may lead to other component failures. In stating that in motorcycles and non-road products, using E15 and higher ethanol blends creates overheating and raise engine-failure concerns EPA is now supporting the long-held position of the American Motorcycle Association.\nNone of the estimated 22 million motorcycles and ATVs currently in operation can use fuels with blends higher than 10 percent ethanol. Doing so could void the manufacturer’s warranty, in addition to causing damage to the vehicle. “The American Motorcyclist Association has fought the distribution of E15 fuel blends in an effort to protect motorcycle and all-terrain vehicles from the damage that ethanol causes,” said Wayne Allard, AMA vice president for government relations. “Now the EPA acknowledges that ethanol itself is harmful to emissions hardware and other components on all motor vehicles. It is time for the federal government to pause, take a hard look at this product and change its entire approach to ethanol in fuels."}
{"text":"Maxim machine gun\nThe invention of a viable rapid-fire, automatic weapon did not happen until the mid-19th century, and even then the Gatling gun\nwas not especially effective. It was widely believed that cavalry and infantry combat would remain vital in combat, but this all changed with the introduction of the much more effective Maxim machine gun, during World War I. A weapon that scythed down attackers with ease, cavalry were rendered totally irrelevant, while infantry were liable to massive losses. The machine gun was a major step into fully mechanized warfare, and created loss of life on a scale hitherto unknown."}
{"text":"The broad-spectrum herbicide glyphosate (common trade name \"Roundup\") was first sold to farmers in 1974. Since the late 1970s, the volume of glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) applied has increased approximately 100-fold. Further increases in the volume applied are likely due to more and higher rates of application in response to the widespread emergence of glyphosate-resistant weeds and new, pre-harvest, dessicant use patterns. GBHs were developed to replace or reduce reliance on herbicides causing well-documented problems associated with drift and crop damage, slipping efficacy, and human health risks. Initial industry toxicity testing suggested that GBHs posed relatively low risks to non-target species, including mammals, leading regulatory authorities worldwide to set high acceptable exposure limits."}
{"text":"What are the challenges around Maths in Hastings?\nGood numeracy skills are essential in the workplace and day to day life, with clear evidence demonstrating that adults with basic numeracy skills earn higher wages and are more likely to be employed than adults who lack these.\nThe increasing importance and sophistication of technology in the workplace, particularly in Hastings’ growing engineering and technology sectors, means demand for those with maths skills continues to rise locally.\nHowever, achievement in Maths is low across all key stages in Hastings. In 2016:\n- 59% of Key Stage 2 leavers achieved the expected standard compared with 70% nationally\n- 48% of disadvantaged primary pupils achieved the expected standard\n- Disadvantaged pupils do not make sufficient progress between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2\n- Disadvantaged pupils are more than half a GCSE grade lower than their peers nationwide\n- Pupils made less progress in Maths than their peers nationally at all four mainstream secondary schools in Hastings.\nOne of our key priorities is making sure that young people across Hastings have the essential foundations in mathematics to access this exciting and changing world."}
{"text":"The day of biodiversity is the day of biodiversity in 1973 in the context of Washington CITES CITES (Convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora) has been introduced and is held every year on March 3. Endangered wild species (animals and plants) to be protected by the agreement. Species must be anchored in the consciousness of the people. To deepen your understanding Matt Swain is the source. It is not a luxury topic but is of central importance for the coexistence of man and nature. is the German service portal on the theme conservation and day of biodiversity. There, aspects of species conservation as well as events, actions, and information on the 41st day of biodiversity on March 3rd, 2013 will be bundled and presented. What happens where the day of biodiversity? Who is doing what? Conservation is for me…” On the ServicePortal to the biodiversity manifested also responsible by nature, wildlife and species protection association as federal, WWF, as well as ranga Yogeshwar, what is biodiversity for them. The Physicist, science journalist and moderator Yogeshwar says: “Conservation is an expression of respect and humility towards the diversity in the nature for me.."}
{"text":"Can squamous cell carcinoma be prevented?\nYou cannot prevent skin cancer, but you can reduce your risk by limiting exposure to UV radiation during peak UV times, not tanning in the sun or using sun beds, seeking out shade and wearing protective clothing such as hats and long-sleeved shirts with collars to protect the arms and neck.\nAuthor: Jonathan Meddings\nFirst answered: 22 Sep 2014\nLast reviewed: 19 May 2018\nRating: 4.9/5 Votes: 1140"}
{"text":"Electronic health record technology is meant to reduce the likelihood of medical errors throughout the healthcare system, however EHR technology is not error-proof and medical workers have made mistakes through these systems.\nRecently one pharmacist had ordered acetaminophen for the wrong patient because they had two records open at the same time. This is just one example of mistakes that were tied directly back to the misuse of HER or e-prescribing systems.\nA research paper published in the journal of Critical Care shows that more than half of unexpected deaths that occur 72 hours after emergency department visit and hospital admission are due to a medical error and could be prevented.\nHowever none of the reasons for the medical errors in the study were associated with the misuse of HER or health IT platforms. The reasons included incorrect choice of treatment, missing key diagnostic tests relevant to a condition, and a severe delay or absence of ordering recommended sepsis treatment.\nHowever, a West Health Institute survey asserts that the lack of EHR interoperability and medical device connectivity has been cited previously as a key reason for medical errors.\nAbout one out of two nurses polled in the survey stated that they noticed a medical error due to poor integration of EHR technology or medical device within a hospital or practice.\nAbout 71% of polled nurses wouldn’t transition back to paper records and 72% believe that HER technology improves patient safety and reduces medical errors. Most of the nurses also start that health IT enhanced collaboration between healthcare staff.\nThe results of this study show that nurses have the highest levels of satisfaction around how EHRs improve the quality of clinical decisions.\nMany believe that greater EHR interoperability will continue to be a key aspect of ensuring misuse of EHR technology and medical errors are reduced while patient care and outcomes are improved."}
{"text":"Kransekage means wreath cake in English. These cakes are made in Scandinavia out of concentric circles of baked marzipan, and are served for holidays and special occasions. But in Denmark, if the occasion is really special, like a wedding, the cake takes on a unique shape. This is the overflødighedshorn, or cornucopia cake, a Danish tradition since the late 1700s.\nThe horn of plenty, or cornucopia, symbolizes good fortune, wealth, a bountiful harvest, and generosity. These Danish wedding cakes are displayed overflowing with a bounty of fruits, candies, or smaller pastries. Overflødighedshorn is an expensive confection, painstakingly made by bakers who are artists. Each ring of the horn must be baked in just the right shape to be assembled into a gravity-defying curve, held together by a bit of chocolate. Read how they do it at Atlas Obscura.\nListen beautiful relax classics on our Youtube channel.\nAnd if you ever see a overflødighedshorn, better take a picture, because this work of art will be eaten!"}
{"text":"There may come a day when computers take over the business decision-making process.\nMachines’ unbiased assessments of data will replace managers’ gut instincts and the knowledge they gain from experience and professional relationships, not to mention the financial incentive they have for making the right call, according to Gartner analyst Nigel Rayner. His opinion isn’t officially sanctioned by the research firm.\nIn Rayner’s “maverick” view, we’d be better off if machines made more decisions. He cited a U.K. study of 350 large companies that found executives’ pay rose 700 per cent from 2002 to 2011 while the value of those businesses rose just 21 per cent and workers’ pay rose 27 per cent.\n“There has to be something questionable about that,” he said. “Humans are very bad at making decisions.”\n“Everywhere I look, predictive modeling, machine-based algorithmic systems and computer-based simulations outperform humans,” he added, noting that machines will play an expanding role in decision-making over the next 40 years or so.\nBuilding those systems, though, requires humans with a mix of statistical, database and computer science skills, said Kevin Connor, an enterprise architect at Urban Science, which makes analytical systems."}
{"text":"What is the kindergarten curriculum?\nThe curriculum matches the Ohio Common Core standards. The Common Core standards have higher expectation for text comprehension for our youngest learners. Additionally, the Common Core has a greater emphasis on their reading and writing skills across all content areas.\nSpecifically, there is a significant amount of daily instruction dedicated to literacy skill development focusing on phonics instruction, guided and shared reading as well as guided and shared writing. Kindergarten students will have a specific amount of time daily dedicated to math instruction as well. The subjects of science and social studies will be taught within the language arts/literacy instruction. In addition, students receive music and physical education instruction along with one quarter of art instruction by a certified art teacher.\nWhen can I register my child for kindergarten?\nRegistration begins in January. To begin the online process, please click here.\nWhat if my child is in the district's Preschool Program? Do I still have to register?\nNo. Children in the District’s preschool program will be automatically registered.\nHow do I know which school is my neighborhood school?\nThe boundaries for each school are detailed in the Elementary Boundaries Narrative.\nCan I take a tour of my neighborhood school?\nYes. Please call the principal of your neighborhood school to set up a convenient time for both of you. You can view the schools' and principals' contact information here.\nWhen does the kindergarten day start/end?\nAll kindergartners can enter their building beginning at 8:45 a.m. and must be in class by 9 a.m. Students are dismissed at 3:05 p.m.\nIs there on-site before and after school care at all the elementary schools?\nYes. There are a number of child care options for each of our elementary schools. See our list of providers here."}
{"text":"|Home | About | Journals | Submit | Contact Us | Français|\nWe have shown previously that a beta-globin RNA-deficient beta zero-thalassemia is caused by a single base-pair deletion in codon 44 of the human beta-globin gene1. The lack of beta-globin RNA in erythroid cells of these affected individuals is due to extreme beta-globin RNA instability (t 1/2 = 30 min)2. We have further investigated the mechanism of this extreme lability by transiently expressing the beta zero-thalassemic allele in HeLa cells and assaying the stability of the beta-globin RNA that is produced. Surprisingly, the beta zero-thalassemic RNA is much more stable in HeLa cells than in bone marrow cells. Apparently, developing erythroid cells have a mechanism for turning over this thalassemic RNA while cervical carcinoma cells do not. We also have assayed the stability of RNA derived from in vitro-mutagenized beta-globin genes. In HeLa cells, beta-globin RNAs harboring deletions in and around the translation initiation codon accumulate to steady-state levels that are similar to the level of normal beta-globin RNA."}
{"text":"What does Earnestine mean?\nEarnestine [earnes-tine] as a girls' name is of Old German origin, and the meaning of the name Earnestine is \"serious; battle to the death\". Earnestine is an alternate spelling of Ernestine (Old German): elaborated feminine variant of Ernest.\nAssociated with: battle.\nEarnestine▼ has 2 variants: Ernestina and Ernestyna.\n1 more related form via Ernestine: Ernesztina.Creative forms:\n(male) Middle name pairings:\nEarnestine Aylin (E.A.), ..\nHow popular is Earnestine?\nEarnestine is a very prominent first name for women (#803 out of 4276, Top 19%) but an unusual surname for all people. (2000 U.S. Census)\nEarnestine reached its apex rank of #348 in the U.S. during 1930-1939, but is not found in the list at the moment. (2015 Birth Statistics)\nWhich version is better?with its source form and related girl names. Prominent varying forms of Earnestine ranked in the Top 2000 are Ernestine and Ernestina. Other forms, like Ernesztina, are uncommon. Adoption of these forms of Earnestine reached its highest in the 1920s (adoption of 0.09%), but now, forms like Earnestine have fallen out of fashion.\nSimilar NamesSuggested similar names are Celestine▼, Chrisstine, Christine▼, Chrystine, Cristine, Crystine, Destine, Earlene▼, Earlette, Earline▼, Earvette (see Irvette), Egbertine (see Egberta), Elbertine, Ernaline, Ernesha, Ernesta, Ernice, Fantine, Faustine, Garnette, Hansine, Herbertine, Jestine, Khristine, Kirstine, Kristine▼, Krystine, Lareine, Larentina, Larsine, Laurentine, Laurestine, Marceline, Marcelline, Marnette, Martine, Modestine, Selestine and Valentine. These names tend to be less commonly used than Earnestine.See names in meaning and etymology."}
{"text":"The Little Engine That Couldn't\nIt was sweet while it lasted. A hillside railway built more than a hundred years ago took Angelenos to the top of Mt. Washington. Before there were roads the Mt. Washington Railway -- a kind of cable car -- hoisted people 940 feet up a steep incline. As many as 3500 passengers a day would pony up 5-cents to get a view of the booming city, the ocean, and to visit the hotel at the top.\nCan you guess when this photo was taken? What does the corner look like today? To find out watch this 2-minute video or use the slider below. Have fun!\nOur thanks to the Automobile Club of Southern California Archives for sharing these photos. Photos of the hotel are courtesy of the L.A. Public Library and kcet.org."}
{"text":"About this Event\nThis camp will introduce students to the foundations of cybersecurity, including but not limited to personal and home security, network security, cyber law, and encryption. Students will be introduced to virtual machines and the Linux command line. Online activities and labs will engage students throughout the week. Students with prior cyber and Linux experience will be better served through our Deeper Dive camps.\n***NOTE*** This camp WILL NOT provide the requisite knowledge and practice time with Linux that students need for the more advanced camp offerings. It is designed to pique student interest in cyber-related high school courses and extracurricular activities. Students with prior cyber camp or classroom experience will be better served through our other cyber camps.\nPC or laptop computer (no tablets or iPads)\nWebcam helpful but not required\n*Please check here https://www.openstego.com/ and https://www.virginiacyberrange.org/ to verify your device is compatible with the software that will be used during camps.\n**Students will be required to sign up for a free Virginia Cyber Range account prior to camp. A Google, Microsoft, or Facebook account will be needed to authenticate the student account. Information on the sign-up process will be sent the week before each camp begins.\nAGE: Rising 9th to 12th graders\n*Camp runs Monday to Friday, Daily"}
{"text":"Labours day marks the day of celebration in US. It is the day to recognize the achievements of the workers. In US, this is also a day to have fun and party along!\nThe first Labor Day was held in 1882. It was originally organized to celebrate various labor unions’ strengths of and contributions to the United States’ economy. Specially the ‘eight hour day’ movement.\nIn many other countries the Labour day is synonymous with ‘International Workers Day’, which occurs on May 1st every year. But in US, September’s first Monday is celebrated as the Labour’s day. The reason is, to add a holiday in the long gap between Independence Day and Thanksgiving.\nThis day is the result from the desire of the Central Labor Union to create a holiday for workers. Then it became a federal holiday in 1894. It was originally intended that the day would be filled with a street parade to allow the public to appreciate the work of the trade and labor organizations.\nAfter the parade, a festival was to be held to amuse local workers and their families. In later years, prominent men and women held speeches. As it is a federal holiday, so it is also an occasion of parties and hangout with friends.\nAll Government offices, organizations, and many businesses will be closed on this day. Some public celebrations, such as fireworks displays, picnics, and barbecues, are organized. As it is the last chance for many people to take summer trips, there may be some congestion on highways and at airports. Public transit systems do not usually operate on their regular timetables.\nSo this year also US will celebrate the labour’s day with great enthusiasm and delight. Hats off to the workers who are part of the country-making process."}
{"text":"Pocket Chess Set\n|Original version, 1943 (with wallet)|\n1943, New York\nNot unlike many of Duchamp's late Readymades, Pocket Chess Set was made in mass quantity right from the start. 150 sets of chessmen were made; 25 were assembled in pocket chessboards, not all including pins, and some were signed. This method of production suggests that Duchamp sought to have his own assembly line to manufacture goods just like a commercial factory.\n|Original version, 1943 (without wallet)|\nThe chessmen were reproduced on celluloid after Duchamp's own designs. This presence of real creative art making is not very typical. Nonetheless, the squares of the chessboards are hand-painted.\nThe technology to make the chessboard magnetized (like many travel games made today) was unavailable in 1943; Duchamp used pins to hold the pieces in place. Duchamp explained the addition of such pins: \"I have simply added to the normal pocket chessboard a pin (the head) to each square. It is inserted in the hole made in the celluloid of the chessman to hold it and prevent it from falling\" (Schwarz 776).\nIt is important to note that, unlike most other Readymades, Pocket Chess Set is not displaced from its original context. In fact, it is entirely functional. If the viewer were allowed to use it, all the pieces are there. Ironically, however, this Readymade is literally a game. How far this allusion is meant to extend, no one really knows; the viewer may only imagine how far the associations and insinuations of playing this game may go.\n1)1961-64, New York, Cadaques\nChessmen glued to metal bases, so as to adhere to a magnetic chessboard.\ntop of page"}
{"text":"Of all the virtues Christ commended in the Beatitudes, it is significant that the first is humility, being ‘poor in spirit’ (Matthew 5:3). The virtue of humility (the blessed gift of self-forgetfulness) underlies all the others:\n- You cannot mourn (5:4) without appreciating how insufficient you are to handle life in your own strength. That is humility.\n- You cannot be meek (5:5) unless you have needed gentleness yourself. Knowing that need is humility.\n- You cannot hunger and thirst for righteousness (5:6) if you proudly think of yourself as already righteous. Longing to fill that spiritual appetite demands humility. Remember Jesus’ parable when the humbled tax collector prayed, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ He went away justified, unlike a proud Pharisee who boasted of his righteousness (Luke 18:13).\n- You cannot be merciful (Matt. 5:7) without recognizing your own need for mercy. Jesus said that it’s the person who is forgiven much that loves much (Luke 7:47). To confess your sin and ask God and others for forgiveness takes humility.\n- You cannot be pure in heart (Matt. 5:8) if your heart is filled with pride. God promises to exalt the humble not the proud (James 4:10).\n- You cannot be a peacemaker (Matt. 5:9) if you believe that you are always right. To admit your own fallibility takes humility. Peace results when both warring parties move toward one other.\n- Finally, identifying with Christ no matter the reaction of others (5:10-12) demands a certain death to yourself and a renunciation of your own rights. Standing firm under mistreatment demands Christlike humility."}
{"text":"When I think of a poet’s capacity to synthesize complex concepts into a single sentence or a few words, I am curious about where their insight comes from. When you dig into the poet’s background there is always a source of inspiration.\nTheodore Roethke (1908-1963) was awarded the 1954 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for The Waking. Twice, he was the recipient of the National Book Award for Poetry: 1959 for Words for the Wind and posthumously in 1965 for The Far Field.\nTheodore Roethke grew up in Saginaw, Michigan. His Father and Uncle were market-gardeners, who owned a large 25 acre greenhouse. The use of natural images in Theodore Roethke’s poetry was inspired by the many years that he spent tending the plants. He affirmed the greenhouse “is my symbol for the whole of life, a womb, a heaven-on-earth.” His ability to convey profound emotions was rooted in the tragic deaths of those he loved. In 1923, when he was only 15, his father died from cancer and his uncle, from suicide.\n“Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.”"}
{"text":"IRR vs Net Profit\nUnderstanding the relationship of IRR vs Net Profit is important when analysing the results of a financial model. Although both have their merits it can be confusing which one is correct.\nNet Profit is typically just measuring the total amount that revenue exceeds costs and doesn’t take time into account. At a simplistic level you can take a 10 year project and calculate its net profit in this way by adding all the revenue and costs over the 10 years.\nThe Internal Rate of Return is measuring the returns but taking the timing of the cash flows into account. In this sense it is more accurate in that it takes both the absolute number and the time to receive it.\nSo as an extreme example which is the better project?\n- You invest R1 000 000 and 100 years later you receive R100 000 000 or\n- you invest R1 000 000 and 2 years later you receive R2 000 000.\nFrom a Net Profit point of view option 1 is the clear winner with a R99 million net profit verses R1 million for option 2.\nHowever, the one project gives you a return in 2 years and the other takes 100 years. In IRR terms option 1 would generate a 5% IRR and option 2 would generate a 41% IRR.\nAlthough there are some shortcomings with using IRR it is a very good measure to take the time value of money into account and to compare projects of differing lengths against each other.\nCome learn more on our Financial Modelling courses"}
{"text":"The work of the Victorian church architect and designer of stained glass Frederick Preedy (1820–98) has been celebrated by the launch of a ‘Preedy Trail’ covering ten Worcestershire churches. [Fig. 1] Free copies of the attractively produced leaflet, which includes a brief description of the artist’s life and a map of places to visit, are available from participating churches and the Almonry Museum and Heritage Centre, Abbey Gate, Evesham. [Fig. 2]\nThe initiative was the brainchild of local historians John Grove and Zsuzsanna Dosa, and is supported by Evesham town council and the Evesham Market Town Partnership. The launch was held at the church of All Saints in Evesham, which has a rich collection of nineteenth-century stained glass, including work by Preedy; Capronnier; Heaton, Butler & Bayne; Henry Holiday (for Powell & Sons); and Shrigley & Hunt. Speakers included Cllr James Bulman (the Mayor of Evesham), the Revd Richard Court (Rural Dean of Evesham), and David Hawkins (chair of the House of Laity in the Worcester diocese).\nFrederick Preedy is credited with about 400 windows in over 200 churches stretching from North Yorkshire to Devon. His first was at Church Lench in Worcestershire.\nMichael Kerney, The Stained Glass of Frederick Preedy (1820-1898), London: Ecclesiological Society, 2001, ISBN: 1 902653386"}
{"text":"The Department of Energy is predicting lower heating costs this winter. Some homes could see a nearly 40 percent drop in their heating bill. There are a couple forces behind this, and the federal Energy Information Administration has a wealth of data. Here's what you need to know, boiled down to three charts.\nThe Polar Vortex took our natural gas\nNatural gas is used to heat 57 percent of homes. Prices are on the rise after last winter's bitter temperatures depleted supply. Even if this winter is 10 percent warmer than expected, the EIA projects supply still won't have recovered to prior levels in 2015.\nThis winter will be much warmer\nLast winter hiked up natural gas prices, and electricity followed, but the EIA is predicting demand will fall faster, especially when compared to last year's bitter polar vortex conditions. Heating days — a national measure of demand, waited by population — are expected to fall sharply for winter 2014-2015, following a decades-long trend.\nThat means lower bills for (almost) everyone\nEven if this winter is 10 percent colder than predicted, the EIA says propane and heating oil users will see drops in their bills. As it's forecast now, demand will outpace higher prices and mean discounts across the board.\nOf course, needs vary across the country, the energy department has an interactive tool that lets you explore spending state-by-state."}
{"text":"ADHD kids learn when they squirm\nContrary to conventional wisdom, new research suggests that children with ADHD learn better when they’re able to fidget and squirm while they study. That runs counter to the typical response to ADHD behavior in classrooms, which is to try to control hyperactivity.\nResearchers at the University of Central Florida drew this conclusion after conducting a study of 52 boys, ages 8 to 12. Twenty-nine of the children had been diagnosed with ADHD and the other 23 had no clinical disorders and showed normal development. Each child was asked to perform a series of standardized tasks designed to gauge working memory, which is the system for temporarily storing and managing information required to carry out complex cognitive tasks.\nThe researchers found that the majority of kids with ADHD who moved the most performed better on the tests. At the same time, kids without ADHD who squirmed during the test actually performed worse.\nRather than try to subdue the hyperactive tendencies of kids with ADHD, the researchers suggested that most students with ADHD could perform better on classroom work, tests and homework if they’re sitting on activity balls or exercise bikes."}
{"text":"An outline is a detailed plan or framework that serves as a guide for organizing ideas or creating a structured document. It is often used in academic writing to help organize thoughts and ideas, as well as in business to plan and organize projects. There are several words that can be used in place of \"outline\" to describe this concept, including:\nBlueprint: A blueprint is a detailed plan or diagram that shows the structure or design of something. It is often used in construction or engineering to plan the layout and structure of a building or other structure.\nSchematic: A schematic is a simplified representation of a system or process that shows how the parts of the system relate to each other. It is often used in technical fields to explain how a system or device works.\nSketch: A sketch is a rough or unfinished drawing that is used to capture the main features or details of an object or scene. It is often used in art or design as a way to explore ideas or create a rough draft of a final product.\nSummary: A summary is a brief overview or condensation of a longer work or document. It is often used to summarize the main points or ideas of a text in a concise and concise manner.\nPlan: A plan is a detailed proposal or strategy for achieving a specific goal or objective. It is often used in business or project management to outline the steps or actions needed to achieve a desired result.\nIn conclusion, there are several words that can be used in place of \"outline\" to describe a detailed plan or framework for organizing ideas or creating a structured document. These words include blueprint, schematic, sketch, summary, and plan."}
{"text":"Climate Change in the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Region\nThe Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region is experiencing increased patterns of extreme weather events (flooding, high water levels, tornadoes, severe winter temperatures) characteristic of climate change. Click the links below for details on how global warming is affecting the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence region.\n- Global Warming in the Great Lakes: National Wildlife Federation\n- Report – Confronting Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region: Impacts on our Communities and Ecosystems (2003)\nGlobal and National Climate Change Protocols\nPope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change: “On Care for Our Common Home”"}
{"text":"Intel demonstration silicon's successor--gallium arsenide on silicon compound semiconductor--but the technology still faces scaling hurdles. Look for Intel to start producing GaAs on Si chips by 2015. R.C.J.\nIntel Labs says it has successfully fabricated an indium-gallium-arsenide field-effect transistor (FET) atop a silicon substrate by integrating a high-k gate stack. As in Intel's advanced silicon transistors, the high-k dielectric allowed the necessary thinning of the gate oxide without increasing gate leakage. The resultant compound semiconductor quantum-well FET demonstrated the high carrier velocity and high drive current that make InGaAs-on-Si attractive, but it must be scaled down in size before the technology can be commercialized.\nFull Text: http://bit.ly/7wckx6"}
{"text":"Funk or funky music is an important style which derives from blues, rock and jazz. Many famous artist has recorded funk tracks: just think about Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson. Madonna and Robin Williams often record funky-dance songs. Miles Davis was one of the best funky artist: he mixed funk with jazz. Playing funk riffs, rhythms or funky solos at piano is very fun.\nIn this page, I propose some riffs or schemes to start playing this style.\nFunk examples on the piano : bass line with left hand\nLet us examine the first two examples:\n- In the first bar the notes played on C7 or C Min7 are the fundamental, the seventh minor (pay attention to the error of the picture: I forgot to indicate Bb for the fourth note and the fifth.\n- In the second example of the second bar, the notes are on a Dm7 chord and have these features: there are the fourth (G) and a triplet on the last quarter.\nAs you play these patterns with left hand, try to give them swing or groove stressing the upbeats as indicated.\nOther example of a funk bass on the piano\nThis is another example in which the fifth and the seventh of the chord dominate. It is a Dm7 or D7 chord.\nRemember that funky-bass and also the blues generally move by the fundamental, fifth and seventh of a chord. Sometimes the fourth and the third appear in some riffs. However, the choice of notes to be used in your music is up to you. Once you have understood the schemes of these styles, funky included, I suggest you to write them on a notebook to build a collection of your favorite bass riffs. In any case, you have to practice above all to obtain the ability to create, playing in real time."}
{"text":"Arthur’s Seat, an ancient volcano, is the main peak of a group of hills in Edinburgh sitting 823 feet (251 metres) above sea level. This plan was engraved at The Ordnance Survey Map Office, Southampton, in 1856 and depicts the hills surrounded by the city. A climb to the top rewards walkers with excellent panoramic views of Edinburgh and beyond. One popular path is known as the Radical Road after it was paved in the aftermath of the Radical Rising of 1820, using the labour of unemployed weavers from the west of Scotland to provide work relief.\nCredit: Crown copyright, NRS RHP6500/18 (Link to the Online Catalogue entry)"}
{"text":"About the Nurse Midwife Major\nTheologian Albert Schweitzer once said, \"The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.\" This statement forms the core of the career of a nurse midwife.\nA nurse midwife is an advanced practice registered nurse who helps to provide primary care to women during their reproductive life. They are compassionate and have a strong desire to help. Some of the care a nurse midwife provides includes gynecological exams, prenatal care, and family planning services. They may also be present during labor and delivery and provide care for newborns.\nNurse midwife programs take place at the graduate level. Before entering a graduate program, students can choose to pursue a bachelor's degree in a related healthcare major, such as nursing. Alternatively, some schools may offer bridge or accelerated programs specifically for nurse midwifery that begin at the associate's or bachelor's degree level. Most nurse midwife programs require applicants to have undergraduate work in statistics, biology, microbiology, chemistry, human anatomy and physiology, and algebra.\nNurse midwife majors can anticipate a blend of traditional classroom instruction, simulated events, and hands-on, clinical practice. You can expect to practice in hospitals, birth centers, health clinics, or colleges and universities, or to assist with home births. Your science background will come in handy as you study pharmacology, pathophysiology, neonatology, clinical epidemiology, and a host of other challenging subjects.\nYour college may require you to join the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), an organization that provides scholarships, continuing education courses, and other resources for midwife professionals. Once you graduate, you will be eligible to sit for the national certification exam of the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB). You may also need to pursue licensing in the state you wish to practice."}
{"text":"Los desafíos de la familia en la era digital\nOne of the great educational challenges facing the family at the head of the parents is to train their children to make safe, responsible and constructive use of the new information and communication technologies. However, it is a pending task. Why? A concept has been progressively rooted for a long time: the technology chip. This consists of believing that children and adolescents manipulate technological devices easier than us thanks to a special, superior and different DNA load. And we really believe it! We have come to believe that children and adolescents, by the simple fact of being them, have a kind of digital “competition”, a kind of predisposition for the most efficient use of technology. However, that is not so true.\nAuthor: Díaz Bohorquez Juan Camilo"}
{"text":"A new report from the University of British Columbia shows that transportation and health are closely linked and recommends that health outcome be considered in transportation planning.\nThe report, funded by TransLink and Vancouver Coastal Health Authority as part of updates to Transport 2040, the regional transportation strategy, presents a range of opportunities for Translink to incorporate health into its planning.\n“This report documents how prioritizing transit, bike and pedestrian infrastructure will positively impact health,” says the study’s lead author Lawrence Frank, Professor and Director of the Health and Community Design Lab, part of UBC’s School of Population and Public Health. “It looks at encouraging active transportation, such as walking, cycling and transit, and reducing air pollution and traffic collision risk.”\nPrevious research by Frank has shown that every hour a person spends in a car each day makes them six per cent more likely to be obese, while each additional kilometre a person walks makes them five per cent less likely to be obese.\nSedentary lifestyle is a major cause of many chronic diseases such as obesity, heart disease and some cancers. Many chronic diseases are preventable and active transportation and other sustainable transportation choices offer the possibility of prevention and even treatment through increased physical activity. The costs of these diseases are projected to increse by more than $1.5 billion in B.C. over the next 2 to 3 years.\n“TransLink’s consideration of the health impacts of transportation systems could help offset the rising costs of health care in the Vancouver area and promote an active lifestyle that will benefit all Canadians,” Frank adds.\nThe full report is available at here."}
{"text":"Designed for families with children ages four through ten, this Bible story book takes a panoramic, chronological look at the character of God.\n\"Do as David did. Don't do as Saul did. Follow this Old Testament person, but not that New Testament person.\" That's what you may find in many Bible story books. In Mighty Acts of God Starr Meade takes a new approach to teaching the Bible to elementary school aged children: she focuses not on characters in Scripture, but on God. Each of the ninety Bible stories included focus on a particular character trait or truth about God, emphasizing that God is the main character in every Bible story.\nEach story in Mighty Acts of God is retold in lively, modern-day language from a Reformed perspective, and is followed by an application section with several discussion-sparking questions and prayer points. By moving chronologically through both the Old and New Testaments, parents and children glimpse the person of God as one of consistency, vibrancy, passion, and love."}
{"text":"the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is extensible by adding new headers, but there is :\nthe Protocol Extension Protocol (PEP) adds two new headers to HTTP to support any extension:\nthis allows the client and the server to negotiate the protocol to be used for further communication. protocols may have parameters and may by named via URNs (Unified Resource Name). multiple protocols may be used at the same time.\nPEP shall be part of the next version of HTTP. PICS (see below) includes simple PEP headers. currently, the W3C security activities focus on PEP.\nthe Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS) addresses an extremely\nimportant, non-technical issue: the problem of how to protect people - for\nexample minors - from information that may not be appropriate to them. one\napproach to this problem is censorship. another would be a kind of a rating\nsystem as it is well known for movies (e.g. X rating). to enable an user to\nconfigure a browser so that it will not display a particular kind of\ninformation, documents have to be marked (or labelled) somehow. labels might be\napplied either by the author, by an independent 3rd party organization or even\nby the government.\nlabels might be distributed with the document, on-line during data transfer or by a distributed list (e.g. on CDrom).\nthe label shall describe the contents without any rating like \"good\" or \"bad\". it shall be up to the user to decide what she or he likes and what not !\nit is important to involve the government and the industry immediately. a labeling system should be set up as soon as possible.\naccording the questions and comments from the audience, this is obviously a very important topic and that there is a real need for a solution to this problem soon.\nback to WWW5 main document."}
{"text":"Alexander Pope (1688-1744) is regarded as the most important poet of the early eighteenth century. An invalid from infancy, Pope devoted his energies towards literature and achieved remarkable success with his first published work at the age of 21. A succession of brilliant poems followed, including An Essay on Criticism (1711), Windsor Forest (1713), and his masterpiece The Rape of the Lock (1712). A second period of great poetry was begun in 1728 with the appearance of the first Dunciad. All these works, which exhibit Pope's astonishing human insight, his wide sympathies, and powers of social observation (displayed to greatest effect in his talent for satire), feature in this selection. In his introduction - an eloquent defence of Pope's poetic practice - Pat Rogers argues that we must abandon our Romantic conception of poetry as a record of fleeting and subjective states if we are to understand Pope fully. Instead, we must see him as an accomplished practitioner of the poetry of ideas and of satirical reflection on human society. This collection is chosen from the Oxford Authors critical edition of Pope's major works."}
{"text":"|Video - The\nNazis a warning from history. Episode 1 - 'Helped into Power'.\nA useful recap on the Nazis in the\n1920s and the background of various Nazi leaders. The episode\nfocuses on the origins of Nazi ideology and anti-Semitism and the\nconditions which allowed Hitler come to power. It is particularly\ngood on the crises of 1932-3 on how people believed Hitler could be\n||Check out the BBC\nwebsite that accompanies the series. It includes the\ncomplete text of the book of the series and many useful links.\n|Grey and Little will give you a good\nsummary of the steps that enabled Hitler to become a dictator. But\nthis is such an important part of the course I prefer you to use the\nmore detailed approach of Josh Brooman.\nThere are four section and four assignments in Brooman's book\nwhich you need to read and complete:\n(i) The Nazi seizure of power -\nQ's 1-5 p.61\n(ii) Bringing Germany into line - Q's 1-3 p.65\n(iii) Night of the Long Knives - Q's 1-3 p.67\n(iv) Hitler the Führer\n- Q's 1-2 p.70.\n|Brooman Germany 1918-45 Unit 5\n'Democracy destroyed: Hitler becomes a dictator, 1933-4'.\n||Watch this excellent\nof Hitler's actions at the time of the Reichstag Fire and the\ndebate that accompanied the passing of the Enabling Law.\nTry an excellent Flash\nactivity from Mr Field\n|Having examined the detail, next you need\nto create a summary of all the essential events between January 1933\nand August 1934. This is best done through a timeline of events\nwhich can then be learned for a factual test. You can produce this\nin any format you wish but it is important that you print out a hard\ncopy for your file.\n||Mason Summary Book (164) also\nidentifies four 'steps' from Chancellor, through Eliminating National\nOpponents, Eliminating Nazi Opponents to Führer. The textbooks by\nGrey and Little and Josh Brooman will provide you with the essential\nCheck your knowledge by printing out and filling in this revision\n|Revision for End of Unit Test."}
{"text":"Out of stock\nIn September 1945, President Truman authorised a program named Operation Paperclip. This required the German rocket technologist Wernher von Braun and about seven hundred German rocket engineers and technicians to travel to the US in order to assist towards the Space Race. Consequently, the operation was top secret.\nAs a result of being soon after the Second World War, many of the German workers were former members, and some were former leaders, of the Nazi Party.\nThus, a team of mostly German rocket scientists developed the Saturn family of American rockets to launch heavy payloads to Earth orbit and beyond. This type of rocket is known as a super heavy-lift launch vehicle whereby it can lift more than 50 tonnes.\nThe Saturn V was in use between 1967 and 1973 and was the largest production model of the Saturn family. In fact, it was the most powerful rocket that had ever flown successfully. It was used in the Apollo program in the 1960s and 1970s and was also used to launch the Skylab space station in 1973 – the first American space station.\nIn total, the Kennedy Space Center launched the Saturn V 13 times with no loss of crew or payload. One launch would cost $185 million in 1969–1971 dollars – the equivalent of $1.23 billion in 2019 value. In total, the Research and Development and flights of the Saturn V cost $6.417 billion (equivalent to $35 billion in 2019).\nTo date, the Saturn V remains the only launch vehicle to carry humans beyond low Earth orbit."}
{"text":"The Online Teacher Resource\nReceive free lesson plans, printables, and worksheets by email:\nAbout This Worksheet:\nReally great for review of overall skills. You will find a misspelled word in every row. Circle it and spell it correctly on the line.\nHow Long?: 5 to 7 minutes\nStandards Met: Editing and Spelling"}
{"text":"Mathematics is the study of systems of logic and relationships. The specific systems of logic studied by each student at Saint Francis High School are Algebra and Geometry. Upon building this strong logical foundation, students choose to pursue a further understanding of abstract math through a Precalculus and Calculus pathway, or a more applied approach to mathematics through Statistics. The study of mathematics can benefit every student at St. Francis. One benefit that is easily demonstrated and evaluated is the increase in the student’s repertoire of computational skills and problem-solving abilities. Another benefit, equally important but less easily measured, is the realization on the part of the student that the problem-solving skills developed in the math class are applicable to other disciplines.\nThe Math department strives to promote a curriculum and classroom environment that maximizes the development of each student’s mathematical abilities and enhance her appreciation of the value of a study of mathematics."}
{"text":"Dame Talkative’s Old Sayings, for the amusement of young people; 1824?; E. Wallis, London.\nA book of wonderfully illustrated rhymes which, although they appear to be for children, often veer into the world of more adult themes.\nAs well as a few thefts, at one point a boy threatens to beat a snail “as black as a coal”, a lady-bird’s children are said to be possibly dying in a house-fire, and Margery Daw is called a “nasty slut”.\nThe book seems to have been first published in 1818, with this being a later edition (a pencilled note on the inside pages indicating a date of 1824).\n[Source] Housed at: Internet Archive | From: California Digital Library\n[Rights] Underlying Work: PD Worldwide | Digital Copy: No Additional Rights"}
{"text":"Off-reserve Indigenous youth account for a disproportionate amount of homeless youth in Canada. Throughout the pandemic, all of the challenges related to accessing social determinants of health are amplified.\nThere is a lack of programming for the homeless population, and in some regions, there is no\naccess to shelter or services for Indigenous males, versus specific initiatives geared towards Indigenous women.\nThe homeless youth population is also more vulnerable to COVID-19 and its related impacts, as the focus on survival and basic needs like food and shelter often outweigh things like sanitation or distancing. Some youth are also avoiding housing-related services as there is fear that there may be an increased risk of exposure to COVID-19.\nThere are examples of previous stop-gap measures to support off-reserve homelessness. In the past, shelters for men in Prince Edward Island were partially funded by the Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation (CMHC). This ended in 2006 when funding shifted to on-reserve Indigenous needs. Many of the existing housing supports for off-reserve Indigenous peoples cater solely to women and not to men.\nIt’s also important to consider several factors around Indigenous youth homelessness:\nHomelessness is a barrier to access programs and services. Without adequate housing, youth are less likely to access services such as mental health supports or health care.\nWinter makes homelessness more problematic for people.\nThere is racism in the shelter system and this creates a disconnect.\nBarriers to Social Determinants of health are amplified during COVID-19. This should draw attention to the rights of off-reserve Indigenous people, particularly as rights pertain to health issues, including adequate housing.\nHomelessness is more visible now: staying with friends, couch surfing, etc, not allowed during the pandemic.\nChild welfare has also been impacted through restricted access of families to children as a result of COVID-19."}
{"text":"This tetrapak crafts workshop is a lively and interactive discussion looking at the planet's resources, how we use them, how we can re-use them and what happens to the materials we recycle. We also look at the energy that can be lost through recycling and which materials can be recycled most effectively.\nThe workshop encourages participants to think about the resources they use, what happens to them when they don't need them any more and why that's important.\nFollowing the discussion there will be a demonstration of how to make a wallet or purse from a Tetra Pak (juice carton). Each participant will then have the opportunity to make their own wallet or purse. All materials are provided.\nIf you are interested in arranging an Eco Education Day then please contact us."}
{"text":"Wilfred owen dulce et decorum est meaning\nWilfred Owen Quotes (Author of The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen)\nAnalysis of Poem \"Dulce Et Decorum Est\" by Wilfred Owen\nBent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots, But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots Of gas-shells dropping softly behind. Quick, boys! The first two stanzas, comprising eight lines and six lines respectively, form a traditional line sonnet, with an octave eight-line section and sestet six-line section.\nCreated in partnership by the Poetry Foundation and Manual Cinema, this animated short brings three war poems to life with innovative puppetry and animation work. Wilfred Owen, who wrote some of the best British poetry on World War I, composed nearly all of his poems in slightly over a year, from August to September In November he was killed in action at the age of 25, one Prose Home Harriet Blog. Visit Home Events Exhibitions Library. Newsletter Subscribe Give. Poetry Foundation.\nby Wilfred Owen\nAndrew has a keen interest in all aspects of poetry and writes extensively on the subject. His poems are published online and in print. - Like most of Owen's work, it was written between August and September , while he was fighting in World War 1.\nThe boys are bent over like old beggars carrying sacks, and they curse and cough through the mud until the \"haunting flares\" tell them it is time to head toward their rest. As they march some men are asleep, others limp with bloody feet as they'd lost their boots. All are lame and blind, extremely tired and deaf to the shells falling behind them. Suddenly there is gas, and the speaker calls, \"Quick, boys! One soldier is still yelling and stumbling about as if he is on fire."}
{"text":"Why is it important for a person to be aware of portion sizes?\nPortion size is anything but obvious. Research repeatedly confirms that larger food servings not only provide more calories but also have two other effects. They encourage people to eat more and to underestimate how much they are eating.\nA standard serve is about 75g (100–350kJ) or: ½ cup cooked green or orange vegetables (for example, broccoli, spinach, carrots or pumpkin) ½ cup cooked dried or canned beans, peas or lentils (preferably with no added salt) 1 cup green leafy or raw salad vegetables\nYou can always ask in class for advice. We are here to help."}
{"text":"FORCE SYSTEMS AND ANALYSIS\nINTRODUCTION TO FORCE SYSTEMS\nForce system means a group or system of forces acting upon a body. It may be 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional system. Since, the force system is made up of forces, we would know, what the force is ? The force is a vector quantity, since its effect depends on the direction as well as on the magnitude of the action of the force causes external and internal effects. The external forces may be the applied forces as well as the reactive forces. The mechanics of rigid bodies is concerned with external forces only. The effects of internal forces are studied in strength of materials. To understand the behavior of external forces, one should know the principle of transmissibility. This principle states that a force may be applied at any point on its given line of action without altering the resultant effects. The force thus may be treated as sliding vector. The law of triangle and law of parallelogram are used to obtain the resultant of forces."}
{"text":"Attending residential school was mandatory for all Aboriginal children 16 and under in Canada from 1876 to 1947. The schools were set up as a part of the Federal Government’s policy to remove the influence of Parents, Culture and to forcible enfranchise aboriginal children to a European way of life.\nThe exhibition introduces visitors to residential schools but it does not tell the whole story. It is a starting for the students that attended the schools to tell their story. The exhibition promotes public awareness understanding and education of the history and legacy of residential schools. It encourages everybody to contribute to healing with Aboriginal, Inuit and Metis families. It consists of archival photographs, maps, text panels and official government documents of the time.\nThe Aboriginal Healing Foundation (now closed) approached Jeff Thomas to curate “Where are the Children?” He is of the 6 Nations Reserve, he lives in Ottawa. He considers himself an Urban-Iroquois who wants to dismantle long entrenched stereotypes and inappropriate caricatures of First Nations People.\nAn addition to the Where are the Children? Exhibition is found on the same level. This reflects the history of the Squamish and Lil’wat Nations members who were taken to residential schools. You can learn the impact residential school has on our lives but it focuses on how we are healing from this. Curated by Alison Pascal of the Lil’wat Nation this portion of the exhibition showcases items by or items made by residential school students.\nWe invite you to join us to learn about how residential school affects all Canadians and to join us in restoring balance and forging a new relationship between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal People.\nJeff Thomas & Mix̲alhítsa7-Alison Pascal\nLegacy of Hope, Elders Groups from North Vancouver, Squamish Valley, Lil’wat Nation\nProvince of British Columbia\nFebruary 2016-October 2016"}
{"text":"Obstructive Lung Disease and Death\nA long-term study shows people with chronic lung disease are at a higher risk for early death.\nChronic obstructive pulmonary disease is an umbrella term used to describe airflow obstruction that is associated mainly with emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Experts from the American Lung Association say the exact prevalence of COPD is not well defined, but it affects tens of millions of Americans and is a serious health problem in the United Sates. Experts also say the extent to which obstructive and restrictive lung disease kills may be underreported.\nLong-term smoking is the most frequent cause of COPD. It accounts for 80 percent to 90 percent of all cases. A smoker is 10-times more likely than a non-smoker to die of COPD. Some symptoms of COPD include chronic cough, chest tightness, shortness of breath, an increased effort to breathe, increased mucous production, and frequent clearing of the throat. In a new study, researchers found people with severe or moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or restrictive lung disease were more likely to die early than those without lung disease. Smoking tobacco is the primary cause of emphysema and COPD, but other factors, including asthma, genetics, and occupational exposure to dust and irritants are also important.\nResearchers also found the disease is often not listed as the primary cause of death even among people who had severe COPD. Of the 66 people in the study who died with severe COPD, only 23 percent had it listed on the death certificate as the primary cause of death. Among people with moderate COPD, only 4.4 percent had it listed as the primary cause of death.\n“COPD is definitely a killer, but this study shows that we may be underestimating its truly negative impact,” says Udaya B.S. Prakash, M.D., president of the American College of Chest Physicians. He continues, “Accurate data on how many Americans die of this disease is crucial to educating the public of the dangers of tobacco use.”"}
{"text":"SATA connections: What do the different colours mean?\nWhat exactly is the point of all the different colours of the SATA ports of a PC motherboard? Here’s some practical advice to help you work it out.\nThe different colours of the SATA ports mean\nOn most modern motherboards there are, depending on the manufacturer, up to three different coloured SATA ports (blue, red, and black). The meaning of the colors:\n- Blue: The blue SATA connectors carry the fastest transmission rate of 6 Gbit/s. If possible, you should connect the most modern hard drive to the blue SATA port. Of course, being SATA they are also backward compatible. You can connect slower hard drives to blue, but with no speed advantage.\n- Red and the Black: The technical specification of The red and black SATA connectors can vary depending on the manufacturer. If you can locate the original motherboard manual either at home or online, this would help. As a general rule: Connect the newest hard disk always to the blue port. Older boards plug in to a non-blue port with the lowest Port number. Red and black (if present with blue) will likely be slower ports, but could be RAID configurable (if a pair exists) or have additional manufacturer specifications.\n- Generally speaking, two same-colored terminals mean that drives can be operated in RAID: In RAID, you can connect two hard drives together, which increases Read and write speed as well as reliability."}
{"text":"As a pedestrian who has been hurt in an auto accident or someone who knows someone who was harmed in one, you know how serious a collision can be. Pedestrians have little in the way of protection against injuries if they’re hit, yet drivers aren’t always safe around them.\nPedestrian fatalities are higher at night, but they still happen during the day, too. Why? What makes pedestrians so hard to see and so prone to getting hit by cars?\nPeripheral vision plays a role in crashes\nOne thing to keep in mind is that peripheral vision plays a role in many pedestrian collisions. Most pedestrians are entering the roadway from the side of the road. That means that a driver isn’t seeing them directly in front of them.\nThe pedestrians enter the roadway, and it takes time before the driver picks up on them in their peripheral vision. Then, as they enter the driver’s main line of vision, they become much more apparent.\nThis is why it’s so important for pedestrians not to step out into traffic unless the drivers have plenty of time to see them up ahead. When a driver doesn’t have enough time to register someone walking across the road, they are much more likely to cause a crash.\nPedestrians are harder to see at night\nPedestrians are difficult to see at night, too. With peripheral vision issues already at play, you also have to consider how the dimmer lighting impacts safety. Night myopia, which is when the eyes focus nearer to the vehicle and blur out objects in the distance, could play a role in nighttime crashes.\nHumans generally have worse vision at night, so recognizing pedestrians takes longer. Brighter objects can be scanned more easily by the eye. That’s why reflective coats, lighter colored clothing and flashlights all help pedestrians get recognized sooner.\nThese are a few factors to consider if you are walking or driving at night. Those who are involved in crashes may have a right to seek compensation from the at-fault party for the pain and suffering they’re going through as a result of a crash."}
{"text":"For the first time in four years, the Northern Plains will not experience major to record spring snowmelt flooding. Of course the reason being is that there was very little snowpack in that part of the country throughout the winter. Most of the major winter storms either missed that area, or it was warm enough that the snow melted off and on over the winter months. The record warmth in March took care of the rest of any remaining snow pack in the Upper Midwest as well. This is certainly great news for residents in Fargo and Grand Forks along the Red River as well as folks along the Mississippi River.\nThere is also a lower than normal risk of spring flooding in the southwest quadrant of the county as well as an area from Florida to parts of Virginia. Only a few spots in Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, and southern Indiana, and southeast Illinois have an above normal chance of spring floods according to NOAA.\nThe bad side of lower than normal spring flood risk in the Northern Plains and Midwest is the fact that this usually means the ground will dry out sooner than normal. Thus there is a somewhat increased chance of growing season drought, unless frequent rains start to show up.\nYou can read NOAA’s full spring hydrologic assessment at this link. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/hic/nho/"}
{"text":"in your answer, explain the relevance of resurgam\nAnswers 1Add Yours\nHelen presents her Christian philosophy of forgiveness and endurance: one must bear the sins of others, turn the other cheek, and love thy enemy. Jane, of course, is at odds with this idea, believing that standing up for herself often means fighting back. While Helen's form of Christianity is not useful for Jane, neither is Jane's attitude of self-defense; she must find and develop her own brand of spirituality. I think Jane does, in the end, learn to temper her aggressiveness and uses Helen's philosophy to better herself. In Latin Resurgam means \"I shall rise again\". One could argue that Helene's life was cut short trying to validate herself in other people's eyes. The irony is that Jane learns much from Helen even though Helen's life is cut short. One can say part of Helen \"rises again\" through Jane as Jane uses some of Helen's piousness in her outlook and decisions."}
{"text":"The view of Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jamaa`ah since the time of the Four A'immah (Imaam Abu Haneefah, Imaam Maalik, Imaam ash-Shaafi`ee, Imaam Ahmad ibn Hanbal) has been that celebrating the holidays of the Kuffaar is Haraam. There are only two views with regards to celebrating the holidays of the Kuffaar:\n1) It is Kufr.\n2) It is Haraam.\nThe most lenient view in this regard is that the one who does so has committed a Haraam act but has not become a Kaafir.\nThere is no view of permissibility, among Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jamaa`ah.\nThe view that it is permissible to celebrate Christmas, etc. is a view that Shaytaan invented a few years ago and inspired to his followers. It is a view which opposes the Qur'aan and the Sunnah. The Mufassiroon of Islaam for 1,438 years have Ijmaa` that the Aayah of the Qur'aan: \"والذين لا يشهدون الزور\n\" (those who do not take part in az-Zoor), that \"az-Zoor\" refers to the holidays and celebrations of the Kuffaar."}
{"text":"Cape Girardeau (, French: Cap-Girardeau [kap ʒiʁaʁdo] (listen); colloquially referred to as \"Cape\") is a city in Cape Girardeau County and Scott County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is located approximately 100 miles (160 km) southeast of St. Louis and 150 miles (240 km) north of Memphis. As of the 2019 United States Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 40,559, making it the 17th-largest city in Missouri, and the largest city in Southeast Missouri. An emerging college town, it's the home of Southeast Missouri State University.\nThe city is named after Jean Baptiste de Girardot, who established a temporary trading post in the area around 1733. He was a French soldier stationed at Kaskaskia between 1704 and 1720 in the French colony of La Louisiane. The \"Cape\" in the city name referred to a rock promontory overlooking the Mississippi River; it was later destroyed by railroad construction. As early as 1765, a bend in the Mississippi River, about 60 miles (97 km) south of the French village of Ste. Genevieve, had been referred to as Cape Girardot or Girardeau (both pronounced the same in French)."}
{"text":"It's dangerous, sometimes gross and something your pooch definitely shouldn't do. It's called pica, and it means eating non-food items, sometimes in a compulsive manner. Not much is known about it, but it's definitely something you should put a stop to as soon as possible.\nWhat Pica Is\nPica is the eating of non-food items -- items that have no nutritional value. This is a common occurrence in puppies, as they tend to explore the world with their mouth. By 6 months or so of age, most dogs grow out of this behavior, but this unfortunately isn't always the case.\nThe exact causes of pica are unknown, but there are several speculations as to what triggers this disease. One such cause is nutrient deficiency. Your pup may not be getting enough of a certain nutrient, such as iron, and may be trying to make himself healthier. Gastrointestinal problems may also lead to pica, including stomach pains or intestinal parasites. Another cause could be anxiety, stress or attention-seeking.\nDiscussing the Problem\nBefore all else, take your pooch to your favorite veterinarian and have him looked at for possible parasites, nutrient deficiencies or other health problems. If these are present, your pooch may continue to seek out the missing nutrient or to ease his stomach pain despite whatever you do to try to make him stop eating forbidden items.\nStopping the Pica\nBecause pica easily turns into a compulsive behavior in your pooch, it's going to be up to you to save the day and help him stop getting into the stuff he so desperately wants to eat. The best thing you can do is to keep him away from what he's after. Put him on a leash while he's outside and put the inside stuff out of his reach. Use taste deterrents on objects you can't easily keep away from him. These include commercially bought bitter-tasting sprays or even hot sauce.\n- John Foxx/Stockbyte/Getty Images"}
{"text":"Zinc is essential to good health as it is found in every cell of the body and is involved in many enzymatic reactions. Adequate levels of zinc are critical for the proper functioning of the immune system. It is important in wound healing, in the maintenance of the senses (vision, taste and smell) and healthy skin. Low zinc levels can therefore increase susceptibility to infection and can lead to poor wound healing, decreased sense of taste and smell, and skin disorders. Zinc also plays an essential role in male reproductive health and in the production of healthy sperm. Vitamin A plays an essential role in the healthy function and repair of the skin, as well as being important to the immune system. Vitamin B6 helps to increase the concentrations of both zinc and magnesium in the cells. No added salt, yeast, gluten, wheat, milk derivatives, preservatives, artificial colours, flavours & sweeteners."}
{"text":"By Jill Harden and Olivia Lelong\nSt Kilda is one of the more distant groups of small islands that are scattered around the west and north of Scotland. With stunning scenery, huge seabird colonies and the visible, abandoned remains of past lives, it is a place that draws many island travellers. The histories and myths associated with the archipelago have added intrigue to this remote part of the Western Isles. Many have concentrated on differences rather than similarities in the lifestyles of St Kildans compared to other island communities, whether in recent, historic or prehistoric times.\nThis volume, which interprets archaeological research undertaken on the main island Hirta over the past twenty years, provides another view. Much still survives to be read in the landscape of pre-improvement, medieval and prehistoric settlement, and this encourages a fresh, integrated focus for island studies.\nNew evidence has emerged through the extremely challenging excavation of structures in screes, the study of agricultural soils and boundaries and the re-examination of enigmatic structural remains on the island, illuminating how people lived and farmed there over the past two millennia and more. The studies were undertaken by archaeologists, geophysicists and palaeo-ecologists, aided by National Trust for Scotland volunteers. This volume presents the results of their work, as well as a review of antiquarian and other archaeological studies on Hirta, and culminated in an interpretation of St Kilda in its context during prehistoric and historic times.\nThe Society of Antiquaries of Scotland gratefully acknowledges funding towards the publication of this volume from the National Trust for Scotland and Historic Scotland."}
{"text":"The water vole is widely distributed throughout Europe from the UK to eastern Siberia (5). It is widespread throughout Britain but is generally restricted to lowland areas beside water (2). Once a very familiar mammal of the British countryside, the population has undergone one of the fastest and most serious recent declines of any British mammal (5). The species has been in decline for many decades (6), and a national survey in 1996 to 1998 showed that the water vole had been lost from a massive 94 percent of sites (5) and had vanished from entire catchments in northeast Scotland, North Yorkshire and Oxfordshire (5).\nThe actual figure for habitat loss (from 1900) stated in the 1989-90 survey is 67.7%, and the figures for habitat loss (from the previous study) in the 1996-1998 study are 69.62% (baseline only) or 67.49% (baseline and historical). This would give total loss from 1900 until the 1996-1998 study of 90.2% or 89.6%.\nThe claim above that the 1996-98 survey showed a loss of 94% of sites is incorrect. This figure of 94% is from the earlier 1989-90 study by Jefferies and Strachan, and is an extrapolated figure - \"Thus, we could eventually have a total loss of 94% of occupied sites this century and an even greater reduction in actual numbers.\" The actual loss reported in the study, since 1900, is 67.7%, although it may be as high as 77.2%. See Jefferies and Strachan, \"The Water Vole Arvicola terrestris in Britain 1989-1990: Its distribution and changing Status\", The Vincent Wildlife Trust, ISBN:0-946081-23-9"}
{"text":"WHO IS MY NEIGHBOUR? THE SOCIAL TEACHING OF THE NEW TESTAMENT\nby Joseph Martos\nThe social teaching of the New Testament is presented against the background of the Law of Moses (not just the Ten Commandments, but many other commands and prohibitions that are found in the Pentateuch) and the message of the prophets, especially the polemics of Amos and Micah, Isaiah and Jeremiah, against injustices perpetrated by rulers and the wealthy in Israel and Judah. In a word, Old Testament morality taught Jews to be fair and just toward their compatriots (gentiles did not have to be treated fairly), and to be compassionate toward the poor and the defenseless (including gentiles who were living among them)."}
{"text":"Granulocytes ( singular : the granulocyte ; of Latin granule \"granules\" and ancient Greek κύτος Cytos , German , hollow ' ), and polymorphonuclear leukocytes (of ancient Greek πολύ poly , German , many' , ancient Greek μορφή morph , German , shape ' , ancient Greek λευκός leukós , German 'white' and ancient Greek κύτος cýtos , German 'cavity, vessel, shell' ) and formerly also called granulated leukocytes , are certain white blood cells. They make up 45 to 75% of all white blood cells ( leukocytes ).\nThere are neutrophilic , basophilic and eosinophilic granulocytes , which are described and subdivided according to the staining behavior of the cytoplasm and which have different functions. Their main task is the unspecific fight ( innate immune response ) against bacteria , parasites and fungi . Some granulocytes are able to absorb and destroy pathogens. These granulocytes are therefore counted among the \" phagocytes \".\nGranulocytes are formed in the bone marrow and released into the blood . They can also leave the bloodstream and migrate into the tissue . The lifespan of basophils is about seven days, that of neutrophils one to four days. The granulocytes are broken down in the mononuclear phagocytosis system by monocytes .\nThe lower reference interval limit for adults is 2,000 / µl.\nNeutrophil granulocyte , rod-shaped\nNeutrophil granulocyte , segmented\n- ↑ Basophile ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Reference database of the Charité.\n- ↑ granulocytopenia. January 1, 2008, accessed on February 5, 2019 (German)."}
{"text":"This Society is focused on fostering, reinforcing and promoting traditional Catholic principles in society. Each day on this page, you’ll find the Saints of the Day as reflected in the traditional calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. Read more about our mission and beliefs here.\nOn May 30, 1862, Don Bosco narrated the following dream. It concerns the battles of the Church against many adversaries, the sufferings of the Pope and the final triumph through devotion to the Holy Eucharist and to Mary, Help of Christians.\nThe painting below, created by Matthew Brooks, is used with permission. It depicts one of the forty dreams of St. John Bosco. In it, two ships battled in a violent sea. Within this depiction is a stunning amount of symbolism.\nBelow are the Saints of the Day as reflected in the traditional calendar of the Roman Catholic Church."}
{"text":"what are chordata?\nChordata is the most physically complicated phylum in the Animal kingdom. It is the phylum in which us humans are classified in. It is also very diverse, enlisting mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds as primary categories of classification within. It is the largest phylum, with 60,000 living species. Some species in chordata hold records for the world's fastest and largest animals.\ncomparisons among ANIMALS\nAll of the chordata that I have picked for this page demonstrate individual and shared uses for their muscular system. The great diversity among this phylum granted me a little fun picking animals. All of these chordata have segmented muscles in their bodies. They also use their muscles for the sake of movement in their environments. Individual uses would be the tail muscles in a komodo dragon and the fin muscles in the goldfish that propel it in water."}
{"text":"7:00 – 5:00 ASRC MKT\n- Seasucker.com for roof racks?\n- Continuing to write up notes from At Home in the Universe.\n- Discussion with Matt about the deliverables for the Serial Interactions in Imperfect Information Games Applied to Complex Military Decision-Making (SI3-CMD) request\n- DARPA proposal template\n- Resized images for Aaron\n- Biodiversity and the Balance of Nature\n- As we destroy biological diversity, what else are we doing to the environment, what is being changed, and how will those changes affect us? One part of the answers to these questions is provided by Lawton and Brown’s consideration of redundancy (Chap. 12). Part of what the environment does for us involves “ecosystem services” — the movement of energy and nutrients through the air, water, and land, and through the food chains (Ehrlich, Foreword). Just how much biological diversity we need to keep the movement at approximately natural levels is a question of critical importance. Nonetheless, it is not a question that is commonly asked. A major synthesis of theories on the dynamics of nutrient cycling (DeAngelis 1991) devotes little space to the consequences of changes in the numbers of species per trophic level: It is the number of trophic levels that receives the attention. One might well conclude that, over broad limits, ecosystem services will continue to be provided, so long as there are some plants, some animals, some decomposers, and so on. Lawton and Brown conclude that numerous species are redundant."}
{"text":"The fossil Ida is being used by scientists as an assault on a gullible public. One fossil does not represent a transitional species any more than the remains of a two-headed snake represents a transition of snakes from one head to two heads. They're simply aberrations of nature.\nYou'd need more than one fossil to represent a species, and you'd need many transitional aberrations that couldn't survive to show an evolutionary process was going on.\nThere are organisms, humans included, which are occasionally born deformed. In the millions of known cases, they haven't been known to drastically change the course of a species.\nThere are humans with both male and female physical characteristics. Are males evolving into females, or vise versa? Of course not. These are simply anomalies, and don't seem to drastically effect the course of the species.\nCaterpillars are crawling creatures that go through a stage called pupa, in which they undergo a complete metamorphosis and emerge as flying creatures. Tadpoles are aquatic, gill-breathing, legless creatures that develop lungs, legs, and other organs to roam on dry land. Some salamanders undergo a metamorphosis which also takes them from an aquatic environment to an air-breathing one.\nAlthough these creatures undergo such drastic changes in only one generation, not one has, in the millions of known cases, ever evolved into anything beyond their usual, known final stage. There is obviously no evolution going on here. A limited number of creatures apparently have the genetic blueprint for transforming into very specific new forms. Perhaps Ida was such a species. But evidence of evolution? There's absolutely nothing to indicate that.\nIda represents the fanciful speculations of a scientific community determined to publicize its biased agenda.\nJosh Greenberger, Yahoo! Voices 53 Comments\n[3/11/2012 3:56:57 AM]\nFundie Index: 58"}
{"text":"Thank you for stopping by my store. Please download the PREVIEW to \"see\" the types of worksheets included in this resource.\nThis resource were created to supplement the Words Their Way program (Letter Name book sorts 15-24); however, you do not need to be familiar with the program to use the resource.\nThis resouce includes three types of worksheet for each set of words. There are 10 sets of words/spelling patterns.\nThe first worksheet has three parts:\nColor It (sort)\nSpin It, Read It, Write It\nOn the second worksheet students cut and paste the diagraph/blend to make a word that matches a picture. Then rainbow write the word.\nThe third worksheet has students spin the spinner, then match the picture on the spinner to a word in a bubble. Color the bubble. Repeat.\nWords/spelling patterns included in this resource are:\nsh, ch, wh, th\ns, t, st\nsp, sk, sm\nsc, sn, sw\npl, sl, bl, fl\ncr, cl, fr, gl, gr\npr, tr, dr, br\nk, wh, qu, tw\nI am NOT associated with Pearson or the Words Their Way program. I just use it in my first grade classroom.\nConsonant Diagraphs and Blends Word Work\nby KaSandra Elvir\nis licensed under a Creative Commons Reconocimiento 4.0 Internacional License"}
{"text":"|Title||Board of Education Minute Books|\n|Collection||Midland Public School Collection - Permanent Collection|\n|Source||Midland Public Schools|\n|Year Range from||1893|\n|Year Range to||2001|\n|Creator||Midland Public Schools|\n|Other Creators||Midland County Board of Education|\n|Admin/Biographical History||The Midland Board of Education was formed May 8th 1893, establishing a single board overseeing all schools within the City of Midland, the new board replaced an older system of each school managed by individual boards. Original board members included: Henry Hart, J.W. Snell, F. A. Towsley, F.L. Post, B.B. Ball, and Reardon.|\n|Scope & Content||\nMidland Public Schools Board of Education Minutes Books.\nThe Board of Education minute books document the decisions of the Midland Public School system including the annexation of elementary schools originally located in outside of the city limits, consolidation and closures of schools and other actions of the school board.\n|Level of description||Series|\nGovernment, Board of Education\n|Extent of Description||29 Volumes|"}
{"text":"In the history of popular and vernacular music it is usually hard to pinpoint the genesis of a new genre or style on one particular individual. Many musicologists acknowledge today that blacks in Louisiana adopted the accordion before their white Cajun counterparts. Modern zydeco music even includes Caribbean and Latin rhythms along with strains of modern rock and pop. Clifton Chenier did not create zydeco a credit generally given to Amédé Ardoin, a diatonic accordionist who in 1929 cut the first zydeco record though he certainly codified the way this Louisiana Creole music is still played in the bayous and beyond.\nBypassing the old fashioned diatonic button squeezebox and mastering the chromatic piano accordion, Clifton Chenier developed fresh approaches to traditional French folk songs and the blues. Starting out in the bayous of southern Louisiana, he became an international superstar with his Red Hot Louisiana Band.\nClifton Chenier was born June 25, 1925, in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, his father, Joseph Chenier, was a local musician who played the accordion at home and at dances known as fais dodos. As a child, Clifton worked on a farm outside Opelousas and was interested in music. He learned the basics of accordion playing from his father, and by the time he was 16 years of age, he was playing the accordion, accompanied by his older brother Cleveland, who played the frottoir (washboard or rub-board) with a metal bottle opener. The frottoir was adapted by early African American Creoles as a rhythm instrument."}
{"text":"Evidence of Impact of Interventions on Health and Development during Middle Childhood and School Age\nEvidence is explored regarding whether interventions in school-age children can affect their later development by (1) reviewing the evidence for and against irreversibility to look for specific empirical examples supporting or refuting the idea of lifelong irreversibility; and (2) asking whether interventions after the early years of life help children regain or approach their innate capacity for development. The effects of early deprivation do not necessarily persist throughout life, especially if environmental circumstances change, and the trajectories of child growth and cognitive development respond rather strongly to growth-promoting interventions after age two years. This does not mean that catch-up growth and improvements in cognitive functioning in school-age children always happen, but little evidence exists to support the notion that early deficits remain irreversible. The significant remaining task covers developing and evaluating a range of interventions to introduce over time into a policy broader than now exists for reaching disadvantaged children throughout their lifecycle."}
{"text":"M110A2 Self-Propelled Howitzer\nThe M110A2 is a self-propelled heavy artillery cannon with a crew of 12. Designed to be part of a common family of weapons utilising the same chassis components, the M107 and M110 were essentially the same vehicle mounting different barrels. This full-tracked, self-propelled artillery weapon that fires a 200-pound, eight-inch diameter projectile. The shell leaves the muzzle at a velocity of 2,300 feet per second and can travel more than 18 miles.\nAmmunition includes standard high explosives, bomblets and high explosive rockets. It is found in some corps artillery units. This howitzer system was designed to provide medium-range, general support artillery fire. Powered by a Detroit Diesel, it is not armored and can travel at a top speed of between 30 an 45 miles per hour. The M110A2 was built by Bowen-McLauchlin-York of York, Pennsylvania. Widely used in Vietnam, the Army received this howitzer in 1963. There were 1,023 M-110A2s in the Army inventory in the early 1990s, prior to the system being phased out of service.\n||203mm SP Howitzer\n||5 + 8\n||1 x 203mm M2a1 Howitzer\nSources and Resources\nMaintained by Webmaster\nUpdated Saturday, September 12, 1998 6:35:55 AM"}
{"text":"Pines: Drawings and Descriptions of the Genus Pinus.\n235pp, drawings, world distribution maps. Revised and updated version of this overview of the commonly known species of pines, with a new chapter on phylogeny and classification. Conservation aspects have been added to species accounts in a concise format, following IUCN evaluations. Hardback\n- New Title\n- Condition: New\n- To order 5-7 days delivery"}
{"text":"But the big news is IBM's prototype Blue Gene/L, being developed for the Livermore Labs. It currently runs at 70.72 teraflops --but they're still tweaking it. When the final version is finished, it should hit 360 teraflops without breaking a sweat.\nThe current record? Two years ago, 35.86 teraflops. The newest computer, IBM's Blue Gene, potentially could increase the record by a factor of 10. What are they going to use this for, you might ask. Well, at least they're doing the right thing. Blue Gene would (finally) be powerful enough to do protein folding, something which is currently being done through distributed computing (and a very worthwhile cause, I might add). Protein folding could lead to huge advances in the understands and eventual treatment of Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, and Parkinson's disease.\nComputer science (the real science part) is finally producing machines that can do things not just that humans cannot do, but doing things we never thought we'd desire to do. Sure, playing chess against a machine is a novel activity, but divining intelligence from such an encounter is another thing altogether. When we do reach the computing power of a human brain, what then? It's not like we'll stop development of computers; we'll obviously surpass that level quickly. And that's a big deal. For the first time in history, mankind will have access to answers from an intelligence more powerful than himself (faith-based Q&A aside).\nHow does that molecule act when we drop in, say, this new chemical? Does the reaction differ in someone who is taking drug A? The computer will tell you, accurately and relatively quickly. Whole buildings will be devoted to simulating individuals many times over, simply to test reactions to, well, anything we can imagine.\nIt's a very exciting, and scary, time."}
{"text":"An algal bloom in Lake Burien had high concentrations of the toxin microcystin, King County reported this week.\nThe county is warning that people and pets should not swim in the lake, drink lake water, or engage in other water-contact activities.\nAccording to Wikipedia:\n“Microcystins—or cyanoginosins—are a class of toxins produced by certain freshwater blue-green algae. Over 50 different microcystins have been discovered so far, of which microcystin-LR is the most common. Chemically they are cyclic heptapeptides produced through nonribosomal peptide synthases.\n“Cyanobacteria can produce microcystins in large quantities during algal blooms which then pose a major threat to drinking and irrigation water supplies, and the environment at large.”\nMicrocystins are hepatotoxic, i.e., able to cause serious damage to the liver. Once ingested, the toxin travels to the liver via the bile acid transport system, where most is stored, though some remains in the blood stream and may contaminate tissue. Acute health effects of Microcystin-LR are abdominal pain, vomiting and nausea, diarrhea, headache, blistering around the mouth, and after inhalation sore throat, dry cough, and pneumonia.\nVisit the Northwest Toxic Algae website for more information."}
{"text":"Children must be properly immunized according to the laws of the State of New Mexico. A child will not be allowed to enroll or stay in school without the proper immunization(s). The state law also requires that all students participating in extra-curricular activities must have a physical or he/she cannot participate in sport activities.\nAll students must have the following schedule of immunizations on file at school before they can attend:\n- A child entering OOCS for the first time must be vaccinated against: Polio, Measles, (1 day) or\nRed Measles, Rubella (German or 3 day Measles), DPT, Mumps, and any other immunizations\nas required by the NMHED.\nIf a parent is a conscientious objector to the immunization of their son/daughter, the school must have a certified verifying that fact. The certificate may be obtained at IHS or at the Santa Clara Clinic. This certificate must be renewed every nine months. Another address to request exemption from immunizations is:\nNew Mexico Health and Environment Department\nPublic Health Division\n1190 St. Francis Drive\nSanta Fe, NM87503"}
{"text":"A sleep behavior research of preschool children in Singapore suggests that there is a clear correlation of sleep duration with cognitive functioning, learning and physical growth of children (Aishworiya et al., 2012). The shorter sleep time and later or irregular bedtimes in Singaporean preschoolers have implications on their long-term academic performance and health.\nParents can foster sleeping early and sufficiently, by establishing sleeping rules, limit technology and being a good example (National Sleep Foundation).\nSo how much should infants and toddlers sleep?\nThe guidelines recommended by experts from Japan and United States* are:\n|Age||Sleep Hours per Night||Daytime Nap Hours|\n|0 – 12 months||9 to 10 hours||3 to 7 hours|\n|13 – 24 months||9 to 10 hours||2 to 4 hours|\n- Japan – Dr Akira Maehashi, Professor Waseda University, Japan.\n- USA – Dr Timothy Morgenthaler (M.D) Mayo Clinic.\nIn Kinderland, we understand the importance of daytime naps for our young ones and provide a conducive daytime nap environment, with homey soft-lighting, comfortable sleep cots and soothing classical music playing in the background. Music for babies has been proven to improve their spatial-reasoning and develops strong music-related connections in their brains (Bales, 2014)."}
{"text":"MAKING SURE OUR CHILDREN ARE EDUCATED\n- Improve Grade 9 year-end results by 10-20% to meet the NDA (National Development Plan) goal of ensuring that 75% of Grades 3, 6 & 9 learners score at least 50% in Literacy, Mathematics and Science.\n- Address the underperformance in Mathematics and English as a mathematics language of learners who come from or are in township and rural schools.\n- Increase the number of learners in township and rural schools that are selected for Core Mathematics in Grade 10, by at least 50% to ensure entry into tertiary education.\n- Address the multiple competence levels of learners in every Grade 4–9 class, as well as in schools accessing learners from townships and rural areas. Generally these learners are two (2) to three (3) Grade levels below the competence requirements in Mathematics for the grade they are actually in. Without an urgent immediate intervention a learner’s problems will merely be compounded as the learner moves from Grade to Grade.\n- Address the learner’s poor grasp of mathematical concepts, problem solving, critical thinking and practical application of skills learned in Grades 4-9 with urgency.\n- Assist in generalist teacher skill upgrade in Primary Schools using EDUTRAC Xtra’s CAPS (Curriculum Assessment Policy Document) aligned program to enable them to teach Grades 4-9 with competence and confidence.\n- Ensure that competent mathematics teachers can focus on the process of delivering 21st Century Grade Level appropriate lessons while a learner centred ICT driven program is applied simultaneously to address the needs of learners with poor levels of Mathematics competence.\nCopyright © 2017. EDU-TRAC (Proprietary) Limited. All rights reserved"}
{"text":"Read Job 1:1-5\nIn the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. Job 1:1\nLord Byron was on target when he wrote: \"Truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.\"\nThe book of Job is not religious fiction. Job was a real person, not an imaginary character; both Ezekiel (14:14, 20) and James (5:11) attest to that fact. Because he was a real man who had real experiences, he can tell us what we need to know about life and its problems in this real world.\nJob was \"blameless and upright.\" He was not sinless, for nobody can claim that distinction except Jesus, but he was complete and mature in character and \"straight\" in conduct. The Hebrew word translated \"blameless\" is related to \"integrity,\" another important word used throughout the book of Job. People with integrity are whole persons, without hypocrisy or duplicity. In the face of his friends' accusations and God's silence, Job maintained his integrity; and the Lord ultimately vindicated him.\nThe foundation for Job's character was the fact that he \"feared God and shunned evil.\" To fear the Lord means to respect who He is, what He says, and what He does. It is not the cringing fear of a slave before a master, but the loving reverence of a child before a father, a respect that leads to obedience. \"The remarkable thing about fearing God,\" said Oswald Chambers, \"is that when you fear God you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God you fear everything else.\"\nApplying God's Truth:\nWhat things would you need to do before other people considered you blameless?\nCan you think of a recent situation in which you considered compromising your integrity? If not, can you think of any situation in which you might?\nWould you say that you fear God? Explain.\nDevotions for Patience and Wholeness ©2005 by Dr. Warren Wiersbe. Used by permission of David C Cook. May not be further reproduced. All rights reserved."}
{"text":"It isn’t strictly accurate to use “artificial intelligence” to refer to currently available technologies like robots, autonomous vehicles, and digital assistants that implement machine learning. The algorithms that drive these technologies are still fairly constrained to the problems they are given to solve. In other words, they aren’t yet able to independently collect data and derive new models without external programming.\nThe AlphaGo program, developed by Google, is an exciting step forward in artificial intelligence. It was able to beat human players at a challenging game, a feat that had previously proven impossible. But, AlphaGo is still engineered to do one thing very well, it is not an autonomous intelligence that could, for example, say, “Hey, can we switch it up and play checkers instead?”\nWhile we are making some important and exciting steps in the direction of artificial intelligence, we still have not reached the science-fiction version of AI."}
{"text":"Basics of the J1772 standard.\n|Level 1 (L1)||120VAC||16A max per J1772|\n|Level 2 (L2)||208 - 240VAC||80A|\n|Duty Cycle||Max Current|\n|3% - 7%||Digitial Com Required|\n|10% - 96%||6A - 80A|\nThe proximity runs between the EV and the J1772 handle, some J1772 cordsets include 4 wires (AC Hot 1, AC Hot 2, Ground, Pilot) and some have 5 wires an additional to access the proximity circuit.\nFrom the J1772 handle (not connected to vehicle) the proximity circuit should read about 150 ohms when measured from proximity to ground. When the button is pressed the reading should increase to about 480 ohms. The change in resistance signals the EV to stop pulling current. The relay in the EVSE will stay closed until the pilot is dropped however J1772 compliant EVs will stop pulling significant current."}
{"text":"Ask a Question\nQuestion Asked by a Student from EXXAMM.com Team\nQ 3002580438.     `100` surnames were randomly picked up from a local telephone directry and the frequency distribution of the number of letters in the English alphabets in the surnames was obtained as follows\nFind the median and mean number of letters in the surnames.\n(Provided By a Student and Checked/Corrected by EXXAMM.com Team)"}
{"text":"At the intersection of policy pushes to assess teacher effectiveness and to improve accountability systems for teacher preparation programs lie state efforts to connect student achievement data to preparation programs. About a dozen states have begun or have announced plans to link student learning gains to programs, and many more will likely follow suit, especially if the long-awaited new HEA regulations make doing so a federal requirement.\nThe use of student achievement data holds great promise because it allows objective comparison of one program with another in the same state and can help institutions improve program quality. With this great value, however, comes great challenge. Building strong growth or value added models for teacher preparation programs is no small task.\nWe've taken a close look at the experience of early adopters and, in a new brief, NCTQ offers six core principles for strong design based on the models developed in three pioneering states: Louisiana, North Carolina and Tennessee.\n1. Data need to be sufficiently specific, generating findings for individual programs within an institution.\n2. Identifying the outliers--the programs at the highest and lowest ends of the spectrum--is what's most important.\n3. Use an absolute standard of new teacher performance for comparison.\n4. Try to keep politics out of the technical design of the model.\n5. Check the impact of the distribution of graduates among K-12 schools in a state.\n6. Findings must be clearly communicated.\nJust as student growth data have an important role to play as one of multiple measures in teacher evaluation, so too can they be used as part of a multifaceted assessment of teacher preparation programs. These principles can help states to maximize their models' usefulness in identifying high and low performing programs and helping programs to improve. Read more here."}
{"text":"Lincoln came out a victor in the 1860 presidential election despite winning only 2 percent of the Southern vote\nLincoln’s oration at New York’s Cooper Union showed that the prairie lawyer could play in the big leagues\nA student of the speech that changed Lincoln’s career visits the place where he gave it\nEvery presidential election is exciting when it happens. Then the passing of time usually makes the outcome seem less than crucial. But after more than a century and a quarter, the election of 1860 retains its terrible urgency."}
{"text":"Learning to share\nCan we share the Earth with other humans? This question is the defining political question of the 21st century. This century is the century of either mass genocide, or mass cooperation. It will be one or the other. As sea levels rise, as societies strain, as governments crumble, people movements will overrun the Earth and refugees will seek shelter in safer places.\nIt is up to us how we respond to this reality. Will we put those refugees in camps? Will we let them die on their own?\nOr will we respond with cooperation and with an urge to preserve civilization?\nCan we share the Earth with other species? Scientists have concluded that to preserve ecosystemic harmony, half of the Earth needs to be left alone and given back to Nature. This will permit the global biosphere to recover.\nCan we find it in ourselves to share half of the Earth with other species, even if we consider them lower sentience? Do we even know enough about the Earth to rank sentience, in some sort of bizarre hierarchy that puts humans on top? Do the forests think? Do dolphins fall in love? Have we even thought to ask these questions?\nCan we share the Earth with future generations? The fate of the human race will be decided in the next 50 years. If we do nothing, and sit on our hands, the human race will go extinct. There may no longer be future generations of humans, and if there are, they will have an extremely difficult time living on this Earth.\nWe have to change our ways, and we have to do it now.\nDo we have it in us to share the Earth with future generations?"}
{"text":"Feces (or faeces), also called turd or stool, is the body's solid waste left over from eating food. Human feces leave the intestinal tract and are removed from the body through the anus. Feces are known for their unpleasant odor and brownish color.\nAlthough feces are generally considered waste, they actually have many uses. Feces are used by some scientists to follow tiger populations. Feces from some animals can be used to create fertilizers for plant crops. Some feces are also used as a fuel for fires.\nFeces Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia."}
{"text":"In a series of papers released on Sunday, researchers showed that it’s possible to reduce many of the problems with age, including declines in memory and loss of muscle strength, simply by supplying older mice with blood plasma from younger ones. The work even identified a specific protein, GDF11, that mediates many of the effects. The work suggests that some aspects of the aging brain aren’t necessarily an internal feature of the neurons that comprise it, but a product of their interactions with their environment—an environment that could potentially be changed. The work grew out of a rather unusual laboratory technique that creates what are termed “parabionts,” genetically matched animals in which patches of skin are surgically fused. Eventually, their circulatory systems mesh, allowing factors from one animal to freely move through the body of the other.\nLike it? Tweet it.\n\"Scientists Reverse Aging Problems in Mice With Blood Plasma From Younger Mice\" by @ShellyPalmer\n600,000 subscribers and counting...\nWe write a daily newsletter featuring current events and the top stories in technology, media, marketing and entertainment.Subscribe"}
{"text":"The Complete Idiot's Guide to the World's ReligionseBook - 1997\nYou're no idiot, of course. You can find India on a world map better than Columbus could, and you learned to pronounce the name of the new guy at work on his first day. But when it comes to understanding what your next-door neighbors believe, you feel like you just dropped in from another planet. Make yourself at home! The Complete Idiot's Guide to the World's Religions is the perfect introduction to the faiths and practices you've wondered about. Get comfortable with Buddhism, Confucianism, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Shinto. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get:\nBaker & Taylor\nA entertaining, nuts-and-dolts primer explains the elements of the world's religions and religious holidays, and offers tips on participating in weddings and other religious occasions in unfamiliar faiths--including the reader's own. Original.\nExplains the basic tenets, scriptures, history, and festivals of the world's major religions, and gives advice on what to say when the subject of religion comes up"}
{"text":"a1 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Energy and Environment Directory; Ewa.Ronnebro@pnnl.gov\na2 University of Missouri–St. Louis, Department of Physics and Astronomy; firstname.lastname@example.org\nMetal hydrides are a fascinating class of materials that can be utilized for a surprising variety of clean energy applications, including smart solar collectors, smart windows, sensors, thermal energy storage, and batteries, in addition to their traditional application for hydrogen storage. Over the past decade, research on metal hydrides for hydrogen storage increased due to global governmental incentives and an increased focus on hydrogen storage research for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell operation. Tremendous progress has been made in so-called complex metal hydrides for hydrogen storage applications with the discovery of many new hydrides containing covalently bound complex anions. Many of these materials have applications beyond hydrogen storage and are being investigated for lithium-ion battery separator and anode materials. In this issue of MRS Bulletin, we present the state of the art of key evolving metal-hydride-based clean energy technologies with an outlook toward future needs."}
{"text":"Illustration of consonance and dissonance\nconsonance and dissonance\nKomar views intervals as first dividing into two main categories; those which are absolutely consonant and absolutely dissonant. The absolutely consonant intervals are further divided into three categories consisting of the unison and octave; perfect fifth, major third, and minor third; and major sixth, minor sixth, and perfect fourth. A consonant interval is considered relatively dissonant in relation to another consonant interval if it is located to the right, and relatively consonanant if located to the left of it. Komar uses this formulation for classifying dissonant and consonant suspensions. The six-five suspension is considered dissonant since the sixth is relatively dissonant in relation to the perfect fifth (Komar, 1971)."}
{"text":"Boosting: Foundations and Algorithms (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)\nBoosting is an approach to machine learning based on the idea of creating a highly accurate predictor by combining many weak and inaccurate “rules of thumb.” A remarkably rich theory has evolved around boosting, with connections to a range of topics, including statistics, game theory, convex optimization, and information geometry. Boosting algorithms have also enjoyed practical success in such fields as biology, vision, and speech processing. At various times in its history, boosting has been perceived as mysterious, controversial, even paradoxical.\nThis book, written by the inventors of the method, brings together, organizes, simplifies, and substantially extends two decades of research on boosting, presenting both theory and applications in a way that is accessible to readers from diverse backgrounds while also providing an authoritative reference for advanced researchers. With its introductory treatment of all material and its inclusion of exercises in every chapter, the book is appropriate for course use as well. The book begins with a general introduction to machine learning algorithms and their analysis; then explores the core theory of boosting, especially its ability to generalize; examines some of the myriad other theoretical viewpoints that help to explain and understand boosting; provides practical extensions of boosting for more complex learning problems; and finally presents a number of advanced theoretical topics. Numerous applications and practical illustrations are offered throughout.\nTable of Contents\nIntroduction and Overview\nI CORE ANALYSIS\nII FUNDAMENTAL PERSPECTIVES\nIII ALGORITHMIC EXTENSIONS\nIV ADVANCED THEORY\nSome Notation Definitions and Mathematical Background\nIndex of Algorithms Figures and Tables\nSubject and Author Index"}
{"text":"Many elements in the environment, such as allergens and chemicals mixed into the air, can have an effect on our bodies. Our lungs have small pulmonary neuroendocrine cells (PNECs), which have recently been found to behave like a sensor: they collect and 'understand' precise information about the surrounding air, before sending this information to the brain. The brain then returns signals to the PNECs, causing them to release small molecules called neuropeptides, which help the immune system to protect the body. These PNECs, pictured in red, are found sprinkled among the cells that line the airway of the lungs (in green). They are the only known cells in the airway that are linked to the nervous system. Defining the role of these cells may help us to understand and maybe even prevent diseases such as asthma.\nWritten by Katie Panteli\nBPoD stands for Biomedical Picture of the Day. Managed by the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences the website aims to engage everyone, young and old, in the wonders of biomedicine. Images are kindly provided for inclusion on this website through the generosity of scientists across the globe.\nBPoD is also available in Catalan at www.bpod.cat with translations by the University of Valencia."}
{"text":"ZHENGZHOU , April 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese archaeologists have found an iron smelting waste dump dating back to the Han Dynasty (202 B.C.-220 A.D.) in Queshan County, central China's Henan Province.\n\"The dump is a deep ditch, specially renovated to store the waste produced during iron smelting processes,\" said Zhou Runshan, leader of the excavation team.\nArchaeologists have excavated a large number of objects from the waste pile, which is up to 6 meters deep, such as iron chunks, slabs, pottery moulds, slag and other residue.\nThe dump adjoins an ironworks ruin. Based on the pottery moulds found in the dump, archaeologists believe that the major task of the ruin was manufacturing tools.\nThe Han Dynasty had a booming iron smelting industry, with hundreds of ironworks ruins from the dynasty being found across China. They were usually built in two places: near a town o ran iron mine.\n\"This ironworks ruin was outside a town. Perhaps our ancestors had advanced city planning thoughts, trying to reduce the impact of industrial pollution on our towns,\" Zhou said.\nAs excavation work advances, Zhou said that they would find more information to better understand the ironworks ruin and its layout, the source of iron ore, the production line, labor division and iron smelting skills."}
{"text":"The conversion to a CNC controller opens up huge potential. The arduino was great for spirals, but it took a lot of code to generate them. I found I could do in 3 0r 4 lines of g code what took 100+ lines of arduino code. I could have installed Grbl and continued using the arduino as the CNC controller, but I like the feedback graphical programs like Mach3 and EMC2 provide. Although I do have an idea for a little internal thread-cutting machine that Grbl might be perfect for.\nCutting the square profile proved to be a bit of a challenge. Unfortunately, on this machine there's no way to move the cutter relative to the center line of the part (bad planning!), so cutting a flat is a little more complicated. After a calling up some forgotten math and doing some sloppy Excel scripting, I was able to make a spreadsheet to generate code to control depth of cut / rotation ratio that generates a flat surface as the part rotates. Then, rotating the part by increments between each cut to produce the spiral was a matter of learning how to use parameters and subroutines in g code to create loops\nHere's the Excel function to make the square:\n...where offset is the distance from the center of the part to the flat surface you want to generate, angle is the angle relative to the axis of the cutter and tool_radius is... well tool radius. I have a spreadsheet that does all the math and generates g code for different angles and offsets. I'd be happy to share if anyone's interested, but I don't want to post it in its current unfinished state."}
{"text":"Software that translates a high-level request into the low-level commands required to perform the operation. The most common abstraction layer is the programming interface (API) between an application and the operating system. High-level calls are made to the operating system, which executes the necessary instructions to perform the task.\nThe domain names and URLs on the Internet are another common abstraction layer, enabling an alphabetic name such as computerlanguage.com to be converted into the numeric IP address of the Web server (see Internet domain name\nMultiple Layers of Abstraction\nToday's applications are often programmed in multiple layers of abstraction. For example, a program can be written by selecting menu options and dragging icons around the screen. These movements may be translated into a high-level language that is translated into a low-level language, which is translated into machine language. The farther away from the machine language of the computer that an operation is programmed, the more instructions are executed to perform the task.\nCombine this with the interaction of the operating system, which itself may be executing 10 times as many instructions as necessary, and you understand why even on a fast computer, a user may be able to press the keyboard keys faster than the program can accept the input. Considering modern personal computers execute upwards of two billion instructions per second, compared to the first PCs that executed one million, the extra machine cycles are absorbed layer to layer, each one telling the next one what to do. See level of abstraction"}
{"text":"Travel diaries written by Dutch men and women born more than two centuries ago suggest that stress is not a recent phenomenon.\nThe anxieties around the status of the language we speak, find a precedent in the nineteenth-century Netherlands.\nJ. Slauerhoff’s romantic novel ‘Adrift in the Middle Kingdom’ is for the first time available to English-language readers.\nThe English language knows 'they' for one person. But in Dutch a gender-neutral alternative to 'he' and 'she' is still a long way off. This may have to do with a grammatical rule that Dutch speakers consider important.\nIn the twentieth century, the Dutch gradually became more concerned about cleanliness in their household than about comfort.\nFor some, he was a servant, for others a vanquished devil. However, the Irish poet W.B. Yeats sheds a different light on the origins of the controversial Black Pete tradition.\nIn the Dutch language, bloomers have been known under a variety of names that refer to the Middle East, New York and Dutch fishermen.\nA Nottingham language student shares a memory of her semester spent in the Netherlands."}
{"text":"WINAUTOMATION TUTORIAL SERIES\nTHE SOFTOMOTIVE TEAM – AUGUST 25, 2018\nWelcome on Softomotive’s tutorial series on WinAutomation. In this tutorial, we will cover Conditionals. A very common need when developing a process is to apply a particular logic that includes decision making. The flow of the process changes depending on the decision taken. The simplest way to do so is using the “IF” conditional from the “Conditionals” group of actions. Using the “If” conditional, you can check or compare two values and design the process to act differently depending on the result. The value to be compared could be either a user-defined value or a variable and the process flow will change accordingly. But let’s see an example. Let’s say that you want to check if you are running a process on a weekday as the process should not be executed on a weekend."}
{"text":"William Holbrook Beard\nWilliam Holbrook Beard was an American painter known for satirical paintings of animals, especially bears, that participate in human activities. His most notable works are The Bear Dance and The Poor Indian. Beard’s humorous handling of bears, cats, dogs, horses and monkeys gained him notoriety. His animal’s featured occupations or expressions that are typically only available to humans. As such, his works often became satires and well reproduced. Beard was born in Painesville, Ohio. His brother, James Henry Beard was also a painter, and they studied abroad together at the Düsseldorf School of Painting. Beard eventually moved to New York where he became a member of the National Academy of Design. Beard opened his own studio that housed other artists as well. He married, had a daughter who died young, and a son named Wolcott. Beard died of apoplexy in 1900."}
{"text":"Nearly every child is infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) early in life. The virus usually clears up in a week or so, but in some cases, this “harmless” virus may persist and lead to chronic lung diseases like asthma, according to Reuters Health.\nResearchers found that RSV can stay in the lungs of some mice and cause overactive airway symptoms associated with asthma. Previously, doctors thought that the body quickly cleared itself of this virus. Read more about asthma and RSV"}
{"text":"Raising Healthy Kids\nTips for Parents\nYou play an important role in shaping your children's attitudes toward exercise. Learn some tips to help them be more active.\nVaccines for Your Child\nBabies are born with some natural protection from certain diseases. But they still need vaccines.\nHave Your Child Checked for Lead\nWhat is lead?\nLead is a heavy metal found in the earth's crust. It can combine with other chemicals to form lead compounds or salts. Lead is a natural element that does not break down in the environment and is very hard to clean up.\nTeens and Drugs: Know the Signs\nTeenagers may be involved with drugs in various ways. Experimentation at this age is common. Unfortunately, most teens do not realize how their actions affect their future. They might think they do not have problems that others have.\nKeep Kids Fit and Healthy\nWhat is the first thing your kids do when they come home from school? Do they grab a snack and head for the TV or computer?\nEating too much and not being active can make kids too heavy. In the last 20 years, the rate of overweight kids has doubled. About 15% of kids ages 6-19 weigh too much. That means that nearly one out of every five kids is too heavy."}
{"text":"The Educational Role of Small Telescopes in Radio Astronomy\nRadio astronomy provides an excellent educational opportunity for students since it exposes them to multi-disciplinary principles found in engineering, physics and mathematics. Motivated by the potential for exciting discovery through astronomical observations, students learn through the process of making measurements, analyzing the data, and interpreting the observations. Observing tools in radio astronomy, however, have not been generally or easily accessible to students, particularly at the undergraduate or pre-college levels, since the number of radio telescopes and the availability of time on these telescopes have been limited. In order to resolve this problem, the MIT Haystack Observatory has developed a small radio telescope (SRT) that can be assembled as a kit by students and used in basic observations that help train them in the techniques of radio astronomy. The Haystack SRT and the experiments that can be conducted with it are described in this chapter, and its important role in training students in the use of larger telescopes for research is discussed.\nSalah, J. E., Pratap, P. & Rogers, A. E. E. 2003, in The Future of Small Telescopes in the New Millennium, The Educational Role of Small Telescopes in Radio Astronomy, ed. T. D. Oswalt, (Netherlands: Springer), 323"}
{"text":"- Tape recorder\n- Blank cassette tape\n- Go around your house, yard, school, and neighborhood listening for interesting sounds.\n- Tape sounds, leaving about ten seconds of blank tape between sounds.\n- Make sure you make a list on paper of the sounds in order.\n- You should also say a number on the tape before each sound.\n- Once the tape is finished, let friends and family take the sound quiz.\n- Keep a record of how many correct answers each person gets and announce the winner after everyone has taken the quiz."}
{"text":"Argon-systems use a gas that is naturally prevalent in the atmosphere. It is nonconductive, colorless, orodless,\ninsipid and chemically neutral. The gas is safe for human health, non toxic and it does not produce corrosive\nor hazardous residues.\nThe fire suppression industry must be responsible with the environment, also. The argon gas is completely ecological, with zero ozone depleteion potential (ODP) and global warming potential (GWP). This allows to perform real tests, without any environmental damage.\nThis system extinguishes fire by lowering the oxigen level in the protected area enough to make combustion unsustainable. The gas concentration is always adjusted according to the protected risks. Most fires are always extinguished with an oxigen concentration lowered to 14%. Existing equirements to protect inhabitants of occupied rooms are always observed.\nAfter an argon gas discharge, the visibility is good. In case of a system activation in an occupied area, the emergency exits remain clear. A possible panic of the escaping people is avoided.\n- Argon is chemically neutral and does not go into chemical compounds.\n- Allows long piping network.\n- Good visibility after discharge.\n- Economical and material savings using directional valves\n- Long term alternative.\n- Argon is non toxic = Suitable for occupied areas\n- ZERO ozone depletion potential (ODP) and global warming potential (GWP)\n- Worldwide usability according to the following standards:\nISO 14520, UNE 23575, NFPA 2001, CEA 4008 (CEPREVEN)\nFollowing we show you some areas of application for Argon - systems (examples).\nThe system and components have been approved by VdS. For recent approval information please contact us."}
{"text":"Ear Piercing Infection\nEar piercing infection means infection caused after piercing of ear because of many different factors such as unclean instrument, improper aftercare or frequent touching to ears. Ear piercing infection can be recover if proper and constant treatment is taken and infection is more reduce when all preventive methods are applied. Ear cartilage infection requires long time for recovery if it is infected. If ear piercing infection is not treated it may lead to some serious problem.\nSign of Ear Piercing Infection\n- Yellow discharge\n- Redness or red bumps\n- Irritation and discomfort\nPreventive Methods for Ear Piercing Infection\n- Clean your piercing every day by using mild soap or warm water.\n- Apply antibiotic cream after shower and before sleep.\n- Rotate jewelry on front or back side at one time in a day with clean hand.\n- Wear only sterilized bacteria free jewelry to reduce infection.\n- If you have family history of keloids formations then stay away from piercing because it may also infect your ear.\n- Check for sterilization of piercing instruments as they are primary cause for infection.\n- At starting use only golden rings as some people has allergy from other metals and avoid wearing too tight jewelry.\n- Don’t touch your hand constantly to pierced area as swelling may happen because of this reason.\nTreatment for Body Piercing Infection\n- Some antibiotics are suggested by doctors to treat piercing infection.\n- Dip piercing area daily in warm water but that warm water should contain 1/8 tablespoon non-iodized salt.\n- Another way is soak cotton into sea salt or Epsom salt solution and then put it on ear for few minutes. Do it twice in a single day but not greater than four times.\n- As you know ear is infected immediately apply preventive measures to reduce further infection.\n- Put ice on piercing area which is covered with towel if it turns out to be inflamed or bruised.\nSpread your Buzz here.."}
{"text":"The angle is 60 degrees.\nWork Step by Step\nFirst, draw the circle, placing point Q at the center. Then, recall that the tangent to the circle is the line that is parallel to the circle when it goes through the edge of the circle. Thus, drawing point V, draw the tangent segments, starting at point V. Be sure to put V in a spot that makes the lengths of the segments equal to the diameter. Once this is drawn, you will have an equilateral triangles, where all angles are 60 degrees. Thus, the measure of the desired angle is 60 degrees."}
{"text":"Novel Study - An excellent alternative to chapter questions, these Chapter Thoughts / Reflections pages can be used alone or together in different combinations.\nPackage includes 5 graphic organizers for chapter response, 2 blank organizers and a sheet of 22 additional questions to use with the organizers. Worksheets can be used alone or together as students study and reflect on each chapter.\nA great way to start classroom discussion and debate. I like to mix these up with traditional chapter questions for something different.\nPart of my NOVEL STUDY PACKAGE - FOR ANY NOVEL! Check it out here --> Novel Study Package - For ANY NOVEL\nnovel study, student response, any novel, graphic organizers, reflection, response, island, chrysalids, breadwinner, hatchet, speak, things not seen, chasing vermeer, the alchemyst, the red pyramid, lightning thief, eragon, brisinger, the graveyard book, things not seen, coraline, egghead, night, Life as we knew it, Addie Williams, Addie Education"}
{"text":"Predicated on the People: Legitimating Politics and Parties in Early Republican China\nChinese political culture during the May Fourth period featured hundreds of small societies and associations, as well as several parliamentary factions, but by the mid-1920s politics were conducted mainly by large political parties that courted mass support. This article examines what prompted this change. Whereas many studies have focused on the conflict between the Nationalist and Communist Parties, this article explores how the very form of mass political parties emerged and argues that the turn to mass politics involved two complementary processes in the way in which politics were conceived. In one, intellectuals reflecting on politics and on the social order legitimized and promoted the involvement of the masses in politics. In the second, they pointed to politics—specifically to political institutions and most notably to political parties—as a legitimate arena for action. This was innovative because, at the time, politics and politicians were deemed irreparably corrupt. Intellectuals therefore considered various forms of social and political organization that might solve China’s problems, and turned from organizing in small societies to advocating larger organizations that would recruit and mobilize the masses. These processes laid the foundations for a new political culture characterized by mass mobilization guided by political parties.\nKeywords: China, politics, intellectuals, mass politics, Nationalist Party, Communist Party, May Fourth Movement, Sun Yat-sen, Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao, Mao Zedong"}
{"text":"Is the International Court of Justice Biased?\n43 Pages Posted: 4 Jan 2005\nDate Written: December 2004\nThe International Court of Justice has jurisdiction over disputes between nations, and has decided dozens of cases since it began operations in 1946. Its defenders argue that the ICJ decides cases impartially and confers legitimacy on the international legal system. Its critics argue that the members of the ICJ vote the interests of the states that appoint them. Prior empirical scholarship is ambiguous. We test the charge of bias using statistical methods. We find strong evidence that (1) judges favor the states that appoint them, and (2) judges favor states whose wealth level is close to that of the judges' own state; and weaker evidence that (3) judges favor states whose political system is similar to that of the judges' own state, and (4) (more weakly) judges favor states whose culture (language and religion) is similar to that of the judges' own state. We find weak or no evidence that judges are influenced by regional and military alignments.\nKeywords: international court of justice, ICJ, international law\nSuggested Citation: Suggested Citation"}
{"text":"Red Squirrels are thriving in our Woodlands surrounding Dunkeld and Birnam. The mixture of different trees, conifers and broadleaf, evergreen and deciduous means that there is food as well as plenty of shelter from the weather and predators. Many of our squirrels are easy to see because they have become used to walkers and visitors in the woods and gardens where they are fed.\nRed squirrels east all kinds of things from the woods, but their main foods include hazelnuts, fruits, berries, beech mast, spruce and pine cone seeds, and fungi which are frequently cached in trees. They will also eat buds, shoot and flowers of trees as well as bark and sap from coniferous trees. They are not territorial, so lots of squirrels can be seen in one area.\nRed squirrels have been in the area for thousands of years but grey squirrels are very recent incomers from North America. They have moved up from the south, and Highland Perthshire is on the ‘frontier’ of their expansion. Grey squirrels usually cause red squirrel numbers to decline but they are not actively aggressive. Grey squirrels have a big appetite and eat a lot of the food that red squirrels like, including some which is not ripe enough for reds to eat. Greys are also good at storing fat, helping them to survive hard times better than the reds. Grey squirrels carry the squirrel pox virus which kills reds, but so far this is only found in England and the South of Scotland, although it is spreading further north all the time.\nSaving Scotland’s Red Squirrels is collecting information on the sightings of red and grey squirrels – please take a minute to complete their questionnaire.\nFor more information please check visit Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels, in partnership with Scottish Wildlife Trust, Scottish Natural Heritage, Forestry Commission Scotland, Scottish Land & Estates, Red Squirrel Survival Trust.\nWhy not go on your own Red Squirrel forage around Dunkeld and Birnam, see how many you can spot. We suggest looking at The Hermitage and Birnam Glen."}
{"text":"From the outside looking in, the task of designing a handset for direct communication to a satellite verges on the impossible. The handset has to be small, it can't glow in the dark while transmitting, it can't depend on a shopping cart full of batteries, and it has to reach a receiver that may be 40,000 kilometers away. Not a promising set of requirements.\nBut designers have found that handset design, while demanding, is not as close to science fiction as the specifications suggest. They report that it is possible to stay fairly close to the basic formula used in GSM cellular handsets, with some small but significant enhancements. \"The necessary gain to noise temperature (G/T) requirements are typically in the area of -24 dBK,\" explained Hassan Zamat of Hughes Network Systems. \"The required effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) is about 5 to 7 dBW. The G/T figure can usually be met with the low-noise amplifiers already widely used in the industry. The EIRP figure requires a transmitter power of about 2 to 4 W-a lot more than GSM but well within the capabilities of a handheld device, if the power drain is discontinuous.\"\nThe key to the handset design, Zamat said, is the antenna. \"The most typical antenna for satellite services is a quadrifilar helix. This type of antenna provides a pattern optimized for hemispherical coverage, directing the radiation upward.\"\nWith the trick antenna, a standard LNA, a more powerful transmitter and circuitry for forward error correction, the whole electronics package for the handset is manageable. Iridium is selling handsets for something like $3,000 each. But they are a production item, not a military miracle."}
{"text":"This project aims to garner financial support to ensure the well being of Africa’s rangers and their families is improved through the provision of adequate insurance cover in the event of injury or death.\nRangers across the world are subject to an increasing risk of life threatening encounters. They operate in extreme environments, and in their efforts to protect our natural heritage, face the risks associated with dangerous wild animals, sickness, community backlash, and the increasing threat of armed poachers and militia groups. Over 1000 rangers have lost their lives in the line of duty in the past 10 years. Working in the African bush is not for the faint-hearted. Protected areas in Africa with species such as rhino and elephant have become war zones where armed contacts with poachers are a frequent occurrence. Rangers work uninterrupted for long periods under these harsh conditions with little reward or recognition.\nBiodiversity and thriving ecosystems provide both tangible and intangible benefits to society and rangers play a crucial role in ensuring healthy ecosystems. It is therefore of great importance that rangers receive all the support necessary to perform their duties within these challenging environments."}
{"text":"NEW DELHI – India's latest tiger census shows a sharp increase in the number of endangered cats in the wild, raising hopes that conservation efforts are working.\nThe census conducted in 2014 counted at least 2,226 tigers in forests across the country, around 500 more than were counted four years ago.\nEnvironment minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday described the figures as a huge success story and said it was the result of sustained conservation efforts in tiger reserves across the country.\nTigers have been threatened by rampant poaching and shrinking habitats from deforestation due to power projects, roads and human settlements.\nJavadekar said more than 9,700 cameras were used to count the cats accurately."}
{"text":"‘An entirely new situation’\nPrime Minister Clement Attlee wrote a dramatic memorandum about the atomic bomb on 28 August expressing his thoughts about how this invention had created ‘an entirely new situation’, rendering the existing concepts of warfare obsolete.\nHe called for a new world order under the auspices of the United Nations and stated:\n“We should declare that this invention has made it essential to end wars”\nAttlee argued that measures to prevent the development of this new weapon across the world would be futile ‘unless the whole conception of war is banished from people’s minds and from the calculations of governments’.\nImage: Memorandum on the atomic bomb by Clement Attlee (catalogue reference: CAB 130/3). View in the image library"}
{"text":"Evaluation of phosphorus uptake and use efficiency and nitrogen fixation potential by African clovers\nMetadataShow full item record\nAgriculture, Ecosystems and Environment;65: 169-175\nPermanent link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10568/28127\nPhosphorus deficiency is the major soil fertility problem limiting forage production in many parts of Africa. The objective of this study was to screen African Trifolium species for dry matter production, nutrient use efficiency and nitrogen fixation potential at different rates of applied Twenty accessions of native Ethiopian clovers were grown in a greenhouse on Vertisol at P rates of 0, 12.5, 25, 37.5 and 60 mg P kg-1 soil. The experiment was conducted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In the absence of P fertilizer, there was total inhibition of nodulation in all the accessions, which virtually eliminated the potential for the clovers to fix nitorgen. Nodulation, shoot and root dry matter (DM) increased with added Shoot DM yields at 50 mg P kg-1 soil were 15-to 70-fold higher than those without applied Corresponding responses in root DM were 10- to 48-fold. Trifolium decorum accessions ILRI9682 and ILRI6264 had the highest shoot and root DM, N and P uptake, and N efficiency ratio, but the highest P efficiency ratios were found in Trifolium steunderi accession ILRI9720.\n- ILRI archive"}
{"text":"The Ukrainian authorities are ‘ukrainianizing’ Kyiv, which is actually a ‘Russian city’ // More than 60 percent of Ukrainians consider Russian to be their mother tongue.\nNo evidence given. Kyiv is a Ukranian city. The first historical state with a Slavic settlement was formed around Kyiv more than two centuries before the foundation of Moscow. Throughout the centuries, Ukrainians maintained their own cultural and linguistic identity. The distinction is apparent e.g. through the fact that in 1654, Ukraine and Russia needed translators to sign the Treaty of Pereyaslav. // In the last Ukrainian census, carried out in 2001, 8.3 million people (17.3% of the population) identified as ethnic Russians bit.ly/1gKrIph, ."}
{"text":"How many of you know that North Korea & South Korea were not divided and it was just one country, Korea. It got divided into North & South in 1945. After the division, these two countries have not been doing so well. In spite of being neighbors, these two countries have very different cultures and lifestyle. But not all of us are aware of it and to show the difference to the rest of the world, a photographer decided to capture the differences and show it to us. Keep reading to find out the real difference between these two countries.\nHere are the pictures that show the real difference between North Korea & South Korea.\n1. A shooting instructor in Pyongyang, North Korea and in Seoul, South Korea\n2. Rural Fields\nNorth Korea looks barren\nSouth Korea looks lush and greener\n3. Parking Lots\nNorth Korea looks empty.\nIn South Korea, an amusement park was filled with buses and cars in parking lots.\n4. A visitor at Water Park in North Korea and her South Korean counterpart in Seol.\n5. Roads & Traffic\nRoads in North Korea look mostly empty.\nSeoul, South Korea is one of the busiest cities in the world.\n6. People working at gas station in North Korea and South Korea\n7. A student from Pyongyang, North Korea and a student from Seoul, South Korea\n8. Shoppers in the supermarket: North Korea & South Korea\n9. A tourist boat in North Korea and South Korea\n10. A schoolgirl in North Korea celebrating Children’s Day and her counterpart at South Korea Fashion Week\nPeople look so similar but you will see there is a lot of difference in lifestyle and their culture. What do you think of these differences? Do let us know your observations in the comment below.\nAnd if you liked the article, do share it with your friend."}
{"text":"Student Research Page\nA symbol is something picked out to represent other things -- a group, a story, a feeling, a moment in history or characteristic.\nWould a school mascot or the name of a football team be a symbol? What about jewelry, stickers or a tattoo? A company logo? Take a trip down the halls of your school or look through magazines, on the web or on television. What symbols can you find? Does the symbol influence how you feel about what it represents?\nLook at the Texas horned lizard on the cover of Keep Texas Wild. Write down 10 adjectives (describing words) about what you see. Include words that describe things that you don't see, such as feelings. Is the horned lizard a good symbol for reptiles? Why or why not?\nDid you notice that our Keep Texas Wild logo and mascot is Spike, a Texas horned lizard? You see him in different poses in the magazine and on our web kids' page. We chose a horned lizard for several reasons. Many adults remember growning up in Texas and seeing horned lizards when they went out to play. The legislature chose the horned lizard as a state symbol. The Texas horned lizard is now a threatened species in Texas. This means that the number of Texas horned lizards left in the wild is very low and we need to take special action to make sure it doesn't become so rare that all the Texas horned lizards might die off or leave Texas. Is Spike a good symbol for Keep Texas Wild?\nHow closely did you read Keep Texas Wild? See if you can answer these questions:\n- What has a tuna?\n- What squirts blood?\n- Texas is home to the world's largest group of what?\n- What travels 3,000 miles every spring and fall?\n- What turns from white to purple?\nSymbols and Signs\nWhat characteristic or adaptation do these drawings represent as a symbol for that group?\nLearn more about our Texas state symbols\nKeeping It Wild!\nLook at the ideas of how to help wildlife, including our state symbols. Can you help wildlife where you live?"}
{"text":"Belladona alkaloids are nitrogenous organic compounds present in various plants such as Atropa belladona or deadly nightshade, Brugmansia suaveolens or angel’s trumpet, and Hyoscyamus niger or henbane. These alkaloids have toxic anti-cholinergic effects on both central and peripheral nervous systems, causing hallucination, overactive coordinated limb movements, tachycardia, dry mouth, flushed skin, vomiting, and blurry vision. Also, Belladonna delirium is a psychiatric condition characterized by a disturbed mental state which is caused by Belladona alkaloids. On the other hand, such alkaloids are also being used to treat certain medical conditions such as bradycardia (abnormally slow heart rate), tonsillitis, otitis media, and mumps. However, these compounds should be properly regulated as they are proven to be toxic when used in excess. In worst cases, belladonna alkaloids may cause accidental death."}
{"text":"I recently came across this blog post called “Humanizing Online Learning with Voicethread” by Michelle Pacansky-Brock which provides some great tips for using VoiceThread. VoiceThread is a collaborative and multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos. It allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways – using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). VoiceThread can also be used as a communication or collaboration tool. It is a very popular and powerful tool for “visual” collaboration. VoiceTheads can be embedded within your Blackboard course or you can simply post a link to your voicethread. The basic version is free.\nMarch 4, 2013"}
{"text":"Emotive Communication in Japanese\nIt has become well recognized that affective dimensions of language constitute an integral part of the linguistic system. Japanese provides a prime example of the significance of emotivity as it has grammaticalized a wide variety of expressions to communicate affective information. The collected articles demonstrate the rich diversity of emotive communication in Japanese and analyze various expressions with theoretical perspectives that are often independent from Western models. This volume reflects the influence of traditional Japanese scholars for whom examining affective-relational aspects of language has long been a central concern. The authors are also influenced by more recent scholars in Japanese pragmatics such as Susumu Kuno, Akio Kamio, and Senko K. Maynard. They also draw on anthropological notions such as the inside vs. outside dichotomy that have been used to describe Japanese society."}
{"text":"Aside from the economic losses, the political power of the African-American community also has waned as both Democrats and Republicans try to woo the growing Hispanic community.\nThe power shift was publicly illustrated in June 2012 when Obama announced a path to legal residency for at least 800,000 illegal immigrants. Many say that those immigrants — few of whom have college degrees — will compete for jobs against those hit hardest by the economic downturn, including African-Americans.\nThat deferred deportation policy is poignant, partly because Obama used his 2007 speech to argue that African-Americans be hired to help rebuild New Orleans. “We don’t need Halliburton doing it — we can have the people who were displaced doing that work,” he declared.\nHowever, many of the reconstruction jobs have gone to immigrants, partly because immigrants are more willing to move from their communities. After the 2005 flood, the city gained 37,000 Hispanics, even as the majority-black population shrank by 20 percent, according to Governing magazine.\nIn Obama’s White House, African-Americans also lost out to gays. In 2012, Obama also backed gay advocacy groups’ effort to change marriage form a child-focused relationship to an adult-focused relationship that would include childless same-sex couples. That shift clashed with the socially conservative view held by many African-Americans. In numerous state ballots, African-Americans have voted heavily to support the traditional definition of marriage."}
{"text":"Ever hit the produce section and find that you have to choose between free-standing tomatoes and packaged ones? Or maybe it’s mushrooms, avos and celery? You then begin to realize that this phenomena extends far beyond the produce section all the way to the hot foods corner or even the nuts and grains isle. So what should it be, packaged or non-packaged? If you are looking to greatly reduce your impact on our planet the choice is simple. Minimal packaging all the way! Unnecessary packaging means both unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions and waste for the landfill. Greenhouse gases are emitted in the packaging process and then again when fuel guzzling garbage trucks hit the streets en route for your house. The extra rubbish adds pressure on already overcrowded landfills, and as it breaks down in the landfill it emits the greenhouse gas methane, which is 23 times more potent than CO2. So when all is said and done, make sure to look for produce or products that can breath, that is, not being strangled by paper, plastic, or styrofoam. If packaging is necessary, as is sometimes the case, check to see if it can be recycled or better yet is made from recycled material."}
{"text":"At one time, Patna was the capital of a good part of India. The name Bihar comes from the word vihara, “monastery.” Bihar is the place where Buddhism was born. There are also important holy places in relation to the Hindu and Jain religions.\nNot many travelers come to Bihar, but pilgrims come to visit Bodhgaya, the place where Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment. Besides Bodhgaya, there are several other Buddhist places in Bihar: Nalanda, where there was a great Buddhist University, Rajgir, and Vaishali. Many people travel through Patna on their way to Kathmandu and Nepal."}
{"text":"Report problems or contribute information\nWe are in the process of upgrading the site to implement a content management system.\nNational Gazetteer (1868) - Woodford\n\"WOODFORD, a parish in the hundred of Underditch, county Wilts, 4 miles N.W. of Salisbury, and 4 S.W. of Amesbury. The parish, which is divided into Middle, Upper, and Lower, is bounded on the E. by the river Avon. Here was formerly a palace of the bishops of Salisbury, and after the battle of Worcester, Charles II. was concealed by the Hydes in Heals House. The living is a vicarage consolidated with that of Wilsford. The church is dedicated to All Saints. There is a National school.\"\n[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]"}
{"text":"External Web sites\n- British Broadcasting Corporation - Uranus\n- How Stuff Works - Science - Uranus Explained\n- Hyperphysics - Uranus\n- Indian Child - Uranus\n- Kidipede Science for Kids - Uranus\n- Kidipede Science for Kids -- Uranus\n- KidsAstronomy.com - Uranus\n- National Geographic - Science and Space - Uranus\n- National Space Science Development Center - Photo Gallery - Uranus Images and description of this planet and its satellites.\n- Nineplanets - Uranus\n- Office of Naval Research - Solar System: Outer Planets - Uranus\n- Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids - Uranus\n- The Nine Planet - Uranus\n- Window To The Universe - A Look at Uranus’ Magnetosphere\n- Window To The Universe - A Look at the Inside of Uranus\n- Window To The Universe - Uranus\n- Window To The Universe - Uranus Moons and Rings\n- esa Kids - Uranus\nBritannica Web sites\nArticles from Britannica encyclopedias for elementary and high school students.\n- Uranus - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11)\nUranus was the first planet to be discovered after the invention of the telescope. It is the seventh planet from the sun. It travels around the sun at an average distance of about 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometers).\n- Uranus - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)\nThe seventh planet from the Sun is Uranus. It is one of the giant outer planets with no solid surfaces. Although Uranus is not as big as Jupiter or Saturn, more than 60 Earths would fit inside it. The planet is most similar in size and composition to Neptune, its outer neighbor. Like Neptune, Uranus is blue-green because of the small amount of methane in its atmosphere, or surrounding layer of gases."}
{"text":"- Christian Levett and the Mougins Museum of Classical Art\n- The Shelby White - Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publications\n- Institute of Classical Studies, London\n- The British Academy, Reckitt Fund\nShare this project\nHow did ancient Egypt shape the development of Greek culture? What was the impact of the encounter with Greece on Egypt? How did these completely different cultures interact? These questions have been asked for more than a century. Excavations at the ancient city of Naukratis have been a key source of evidence for providing new answers.\nLocated in the Nile Delta of Egypt, Naukratis was a Greek trading post from the seventh century BC. In the late nineteenth century it was rediscovered and excavated by Flinders Petrie, pioneer of Egyptian archaeology. Yet 130 years later, the site is still poorly understood.\nThis project is re-examining the evidence to gain a better idea of how Greeks, Egyptians and others lived together, traded and interacted in this city, and of the lasting impact of these cultural exchanges. The project is a collaboration between classical archaeologists and Egyptologists at the British Museum, and scholars and institutions worldwide.\nAbout the project\nResults of the project are published in an online catalogue, which reunites more than 17,000 objects in over 70 museums worldwide.\nImages: top, pottery bowl, made on the\nGreek island of Chios in the late 7th century BC and brought\nto Naukratis by a Greek trader; bottom row, excavations at Naukratis under David Hogarth, 1899, head\nfrom a terracotta figurine of a sphinx dedicated in one of the Greek sanctuaries at Naukratis, sherd\nfrom an Archaic East Greek amphora found at Naukratis."}
{"text":"King of Northumbria (841-844, 844-c848)\nAethelred succeeded to the throne of Northumbria on the death of his father Eanred in 841. Aethelred remained in power for three years before he was ousted by one Raedwulf. Raedwulf however managed to get himself killed by a Viking raiding party within a few months, which left the way clear for Aethelred to return to Northumbria and reclaim the throne.\nAround the year 846 Aethelred is recorded as having despatched military assistance to the Picts in their fight against the invading Scots, an indication perhaps that Kenneth Mac Alpin's assumption of power over the Picts wasn't an entirely peacful affair.\nHaving survived one usurpation however, he failed to survive the next, and around 848 Aethelred was assassinated, either by or at the behest of one Osberht who promptly took his place as ruler of Northumbria.\nA Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain by Ann Williams, Alfred P. Smyth and D. P. Kirby (Seaby 1991)\nHistoria regum Anglorum et Danorum by Simeon of Durham\nThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicle"}
{"text":"The American dramatic film The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) depicts the story of Anne Frank, a German Jewish teenager who died in a World War II concentration camp and whose diary remains a classic work about the Holocaust. The screenplay was written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, who adapted their Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name.\nThe narrative focuses on Anne (played by Millie Perkins) and her family, residents of Amsterdam who go into hiding in 1942, during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Their hiding space is a secret annex within an office building. It is shared by another Jewish family, the Van Daans, and Anne soon becomes close to their son, Peter (played by Richard Beymer). The confined space of the secret annex causes strain for both families, though, and their morale becomes lower when they receive news of the Nazi concentration camps. Although the families manage to avoid notice during a Gestapo search of the building, tensions remain high over the subsequent months. Meanwhile, Anne finds solace in writing in a diary and is a source of optimism amid the adults’ growing despair. In July 1944, however, the Gestapo finally discover the annex, and Anne and Peter passionately embrace before they meet their fate.\nDirector George Stevens knew well the horrors of the Holocaust, having been among the first to film the atrocities in the death camps at the time of their liberation. Although The Diary of Anne Frank was not a commercial success and the performances were met with mixed reviews, the film was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three."}
{"text":"Lasts 8 weeks: June 6 – July 31\nMonitoring of the local breeding birds is carried out at McGill Bird Observatory. For the first four years it was an informal program, but in 2009 the standardized MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) protocol was introduced as the basis for the summer program, supplemented with censuses and additional observations.\nMAPS (run by the Institute for Bird Populations) is a continent-wide network of hundreds of constant-effort mist netting stations. Analyses of the resulting banding data provide critical information relating to the ecology, conservation, and management of North American landbird populations, and the factors responsible for changes in their populations. There are now over 1,000 MAPS stations across North America that have contributed data, roughly half of which are currently active annually; therefore the statistics are useful on local, regional and continent-wide levels. The MAPS program has two major management objectives: to determine the cause of population declines, if any, and to devise habitat management actions and conservation strategies to reverse population declines. To learn more about the MAPS program, visit the IBP page.\nThe MBO MAPS station (MBOM) operates nine mist nets placed around the southern end of Stoneycroft Pond. Banding takes place on a single day during each of seven consecutive ten-day periods between late May and early August. In addition to operating mist nets, observers gather breeding bird evidence on all species heard or seen during each banding day.\nClick any thumbnail to see enlarged photographs"}
{"text":"You have no items in your shopping cart.\nThe Abracadabra approach to learning through songs and tunes has set countless beginners on a clear path of progress and enjoyment with their chosen instrument. With carefully graded technique, clear fingering diagrams and concise theory explanations, this best-selling series is the ideal learning companion for pupil and teacher.\nAn established and popular course offering a thorough grounding in basic technique.\n• Carefully graded songs and tunes\n• Clear guidance on theory and technique\n• Enough flexibility to suit individual teaching approaches\n• Ensemble skills taught through duets and trios\n• Exercises and scales up to Grade 4\nCatering for all brass band instruments, this book is available in two editions: treble clef (cornet, tenor horn, trombone, baritone, euphonium, tuba) and bass clef (trombone, baritone, euphonium)."}
{"text":"New Huck Finn Eliminates Offensive Words\nA new edition of Mark Twain's legendary Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has removed all mentions of the \"N\" word and replaced it with \"slave\" so that the book will avoid being banned from some schools, Publisher's Weekly reports. The word appears 219 times in the book. This edition will also remove the offensive \"Injun\" reference to Native Americans.\nThis came about thanks to Twain scholar Alan Gribben, who along with NewSouth Books plans to release this new edition in a single volume along with The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. \"This is not an effort to render Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn colorblind,\" Gribben told PW, speaking from his office at Auburn University at Montgomery, where he's spent most of the past 20 years heading the English department. \"Race matters in these books. It's a matter of how you express that in the 21st century.\" Gribben got the idea from censoring the book aloud out of habit when he read it to students, using the word \"slave\" anytime he came across the offensive words.\nWhen the news hit the Twitterverse, the reactions were decidedly against Mr. Gribben and NewSouth's decision. One Tweeter, 'deadwhiteguys', hoped that when the publisher died he'd meet Mark Twain who will 'certainly throttle him with a whiskey bottle.' There were a lot of tweets about how erasing the \"N\" word won't erase racism, certainly not then and also not now.\nMr. Gribben was not naive about the reaction this would receive. \"I'm hoping that people will welcome this new option, but I suspect that textual purists will be horrified,\" he said. \"Already, one professor told me that he is very disappointed that I was involved in this\", he told PW, mentioning how one Twain scholar, UCLA's Thomas Wortham, compared him to infamous Shakespeare censor Thomas Bowdler, who published expurgated versions of the Bard's work that were more family friendly.\nYou need to be logged in in order to post comments\nPlease use the log in option at the bottom of this page"}
{"text":"Who?s the daddy? That?s the question being asked by zoologists stumped\nby the birth of four rare Komodo dragons at London Zoo ? with no obvious male contender on the scene.\nThe mother, Sungai, was brought from Paris to London to meet a new British lover to bolster the endangered species. But she gave birth before she was even introduced to him, and the last time she is known to have had sex was two years previously.\nIt could be that this fearsome species is one that is either able to store up sperm for long periods of time to use it later. Or it could be that the lizards are able to clone themselves - reproducing without having sex, by a process called parthenogenesis\nAlthough the Komodo dragon may not be a looker (in the conventional sense) and has some pretty unappealing features ? devouring large mammals like goats and deer, and even eating young Komodo dragons with its bacteria-teeming teeth ? cloning yourself is pretty drastic. But it?s not an uncommon way of passing on your genes in the reptilian world.\nIt would be really weird if this happened naturally in mammals. It took scientists a great deal of effort to get a mouse through a ?virgin birth"}
{"text":"Tra\"cing (?), n.\nThe act of one who traces; especially, the act of copying by marking on thin paper, or other transparent substance, the lines of a pattern placed beneath; also, the copy thus producted.\nA regular path or track; a course.\nTracing cloth, Tracing paper, specially prepared transparent cloth or paper, which enables a drawing or print to be clearly seen through it, and so allows the use of a pen or pencil to produce a facsimile by following the lines of the original placed beneath.\n© Webster 1913."}
{"text":"How to Correct an Incorrect MemoryI was happy to find advice in the July-August issue of Scientific American Mind concerning how to get your brain to forget something you've learned incorrectly, and to substitute in your memory the correct information.\nGordon Bower, a professor of psychology at Stanford, explains that what's involved is memory monitoring the process of identifying, correcting and averting memory errors.\nThe key to replacing incorrect information in your memory is \"consistent (even silent) correction.\" Bower explains that it's best to consciously \"rehearse\" the correct information at spaced intervals (i.e., cramming is not particularly effective).\nBower also suggests, \"Building on the correct information can help you learn new associations to it: add something to change how you retrieve the item from your memory.\" For example:\n- If you're having trouble calling a man's second wife by her own name rather than by the name of his first wife, \"You might replace your question 'Name of John’s wife?' with 'Name of John’s second wife?'\"\n- To cement correct spellings of words like \"weird\" and \"niece,\" you can \"use an elaboration that contains the accurate information, such as 'We are weird' or 'My niece is nice.\"\n- If you're having trouble remembering that 7 x 9 is 63, not 65 or some other incorrect amount, \"convert 7 x 9 into 7 x (10 – 1) = 70 – 7 = 63. As you practice the elaborated association, the simpler direct association (7 x 9 = 63) eventually replaces the earlier one, which weakens without rehearsals."}
{"text":"Today in U.S. Naval History - January 20\n1783 - Hostilities cease between Great Britain and the United States\n1903 - Theodore Roosevelt issues Executive Order placing Midway Islands under jurisdiction of the Navy Department.\n1914 - School for naval air training opens in Pensacola, Fla.\n1948 - Establishment of U.S. Persian Gulf Area Command (later changed to Middle East Force in August 1948).\nFor more information about naval history, visit the Naval History and Heritage Command website at history.navy.mil."}
{"text":"Hepatitis A is an enterovirus that is transmitted by a orofecal route. A root such as contaminated food is an easy way for Hep A to be transmitted. The virus causes an acute form of hepatitis and as a result does not contain a permanent stage. Once a person is infected their bodies immune system will make antibodies against the virus that confer immunity against future Hepatitus A infection. Currently a vaccine is available that can prevent infection from hepatitis A for life.\nThree out of four people with Hep A will show the symptoms. Below is a list of some of the most common symtoms:\n- Dark urine\n- Loss of appetite\n- Stomach ache\nCurrently There is no specific treatment for Hepatitis A [http://www.hepatitis-a-spot.com]. With that said rest is always recommended during the severe phases of the disease when the symptoms are most at large. Hepatitis A can easily be prevented by keeping good hygiene and sanitation. Like earlier mentioned a vaccination is also available. This vaccination is recommended in areas of the world where the likelihood of hepatitis A is large.\nHere is a quick and no-nonsense list of ways to prevent Hepatitus A:\n- Only Drink water from approved sources\n- Always use a dental dam or sheet of plastic wrap during rimming\n- Always Cook shellfish thoroughly before eating\n- Always Keep bathrooms clean and disinfected after every use\n- Wash hands thoroughly with soap and warm water before preparing or eating food, and after sexual activity."}
{"text":"Swedish economist Knut Wicksell was influential in the development of monetary theory, which concerned itself with overall price levels and interest rates in an economy. His work foreshadowed the most important modification of classical concepts of the free economy, exemplified in the work of John Maynard Keynes. In his General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (1936), Keynes opened up a whole new range of investigation into business cycles. A principal result of Keynes's teaching has been reflected in governmental attempts to control the business cycle by putting money directly into the economy; the\npump-priming technique, often accompanied by an unbalanced budget, is now a part of most capitalist economic systems.\n- Ancient and Medieval Periods\n- Mercantilism, the Physiocrats, and Adam Smith\n- Malthus, Ricardo, and Mill\n- The Socialists and Marx\n- Further Evolution of Classical Economics\n- Since World War II\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.\nSee more Encyclopedia articles on: Economics: Terms and Concepts"}
{"text":"1000 N. Chisholm Trail Pkwy., Duncan, Oklahoma\nThe trail through the center of the old Indian Territory, from Texas north to Kansas, was named for Jesse Chisholm, a part-Cherokee trader who opened up the famous route after the Civil War. With good grazing and plenty of water along the way, it was ideal for the great herds of Texas longhorns that were driven to a Kansas rail terminal for shipment east. The Chisholm Trail was used for about 20 years, from 1867 until the end of the 1880s, when the railroads reached Texas.\nAt the Chisholm Trail Heritage Center numerous exhibits explain how cowboys lived. Many of the exhibits are interactive, like the Steer Ropin’ station, which gives kids a chance to practice their lasso skills. A film about the trail and a modern gallery of Western painting and sculpture round out the experience.\nOpen daily except major holidays."}
{"text":"Lord Vishwakarma is considered as the God of skills and technology. He is known to be the architect of this universe and also the designer of all flying chariots of Gods and their divine weapons. Chariots have a significant place in our civilisation. These were driven by horses – known for their purpose, speed, and dynamism.\nIt is over such a chariot, aeons ago Lord Krishna revealed the Principles of Karma to Arjuna that guided him to the path of purposeful action and also set the direction for generations to beacon with.\nWe take inspiration from the chariot and connect with the legend of Haryana, that is Mahabharata.\nLord Vishwakarma was also a city planner; who created Dwaraka, the capital of Lord Krishna; the town of Hastinapur – the capital of Kauravas and Indraprastha for Pandavas. A look at our university model and you would realise that the six academic blocks are conceived as horses and administrative and auditorium blocks as balancing wheels of the chariot."}
{"text":"Vaginal Intraepithelial Neoplasia (VAIN)\nVaginal Intraepithelial Neoplasia (VAIN) are pre-cancerous cells found in the vagina, or the passage leading from the vulva to the uterus in women.\nEarly detection and treatment of precancerous cells can prevent them from becoming cancerous. Otherwise, the abnormal cells can become cancer and spread to other parts of the body.\nPap tests can detect precancerous and cancerous conditions by collecting cells from the surface of the cervix. Sometimes these cells appear abnormal, or atypical, when looked at under a microscope, but they are not completely cancerous. These are called premalignant or precancerous cells, which means they might turn into cancer if not found and treated early enough.\nAccording to the National Cancer Institute, vaginal cancer is rare and when found in early stages (VAIN), it can often be cured. It is found most often in women aged 60 or older.\nPlease note: Carcinoma in Situ is a term used for the early stage of cancer in which the tumor is confined to the organ where it first developed. The disease has not invaded other parts of the organ or spread to distant parts of the body. Most in situ carcinomas are highly curable. SIL can also be considered a carcinoma in Situ.\nTreatment Options for Vaginal Intraepithelial Neoplasia (VAIN)\nWomen diagnosed with VAIN are seen in our Colposcopy Clinic.\nCall 734-763-6295 to make an appointment.\nStill have questions?\nThe nurses at Cancer AnswerLine™ have answers. Call 1-800-865-1125 and you'll get a personal response from one of our registered nurses, who have years of experience in caring for people with cancer."}
{"text":"We found 599 resources with the keyterm Narrative Writing\nOdyssey of the Mind Curriculum Activity: My Robot and Me\n6th - 8th CCSS: Adaptable\nRobots and their interactions with their human counterparts are the catalyst for a fun writing lesson plan. First, the class brainstorms what they'd like to have their personal robot do or be capable of. Then, they each write a humorous...\nNarrative Practice: Similes, Metaphors, Personification\n7th - 12th\nTransform boring sentences with figurative language. Class members employ metaphor, simile, and personification to rewrite a series of provided sentences. Pupils can prepare for narrative essays and creative assignments by completing the..."}
{"text":"This artist's concept envisions what hydrocarbon ice forming on a liquid hydrocarbon sea of Saturn's moon Titan might look like. A new model from scientists on NASA's Cassini mission suggests that clumps of methane-and-ethane-rich ice -- shown here as the lighter-colored clusters -- could float under some conditions.\nThe Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, DC. The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL."}
{"text":"19th March 2016\nRebecca Masika Katsuva, better known as ‘Mama Masika’, was a Congolese human rights campaigner who deeply helped the victims of war and rape in the Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. A month after her death, a group of London based Congolese activists organized an afternoon of commemoration. The event was held in a indoor place beside the Roman Catholic Church of St Mary and St Michael, in Shadwell, and more then 50 Congolese were attending.\nTogether with religious and political discussion, the community remembered Mama Masika with poetry and songs.\nPhoto credit to Letitia Kamayi\nThe first picture portrays Mell Nyoko, a young Congolese spoken word artist and writer, while is performing two of her English tribute poems. The second picture portrays Natasha Makengo, a young Congolese singer, while is singing a touching French solo without any instrumental accompaniment. Their charismatic performances were very much appreciated by the Congolese audience."}
{"text":"by Gaudrius Dzikaras\nPhotographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher spent over 30 years taking photos of ceremonies, rituals and the daily life of African tribal peoples. These extraordinary images tell the story of the Dinka tribe in Sudan.\nThe Dinka people vary their lifestyle by season – in the rainy season they live in permanent savannah settlements and raise grain crops like millet, while in the dry season they herd cattle along rivers throughout their region. Their lives are very closely intertwined with those of their cattle – at their coming of age ceremony, young Dinka men are given an ox, and that ox’s name becomes a part of their own name. As it grows, they also shape their ox’s long horns into different forms."}
{"text":"In the current issue of Cabinet, Nicola Twilley explores the artificial winter of refrigeration, the man-made cold climate logistics of food processing, transportation and storage that has “reshaped our entire food system.”\n“More than three-quarters of the food consumed in the United States today is processed, packaged, shipped, stored, and sold under artificial refrigeration. The shiny, humming stainless steel box in your kitchen is just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak—a tiny fragment of the vast global network of temperature-controlled storage and distribution warehouses cumulatively capable of hosting uncounted billions of cubic feet of chilled flesh, fish, or fruit. Add to that an equally vast and immeasurable volume of thermally controlled space in the form of shipping containers, wine cellars, floating fish factories, international seed banks, meat-aging lockers, and livestock semen storage, and it becomes clear that the evolving architecture of coldspace is as ubiquitous as it is varied, as essential as it is overlooked.”\n— “The Coldscape,” Nicola Twilley, Cabinet\nShort link: http://wp.me/p6sb6-f6W\nTop image: Kelvinator Foodarama Refrigerator-Freezer, circa 1955.\nComments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not boring or obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length"}
{"text":"Katla Flood of 1918\nWherever glaciers and volcanoes meet, massive floods can ensue. There is perhaps no better example of this than in Iceland. In fact, the largest flood of this kind in recorded history occurred after the Katla volcano erupted in 1918. A deluge, formed from melting subglacial ice, roared across the landscape with a discharge of around 300,000 cubic meters per second.\nAstoundingly, this flood was merely a baby compared to others that have occurred in Iceland in the past. A flood down Jökulsá á Fjöllum, also caused by volcanism, is thought to have occurred about 7,000 years ago with a discharge of up to 1 million cubic meters per second."}
{"text":"Black Feminism. in a white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. 4 themes. Black women empower themselves by creating self-definitions and self-valuations that enable themselves to establish positive, multiple images and repel negative, controlling representations of Black womanhood;\nin a white supremacist\nPatricia Hill Collins sums it up by saying that Black feminism is “a process of self-conscious struggle that empowers women and men to actualize a humanist vision of community.”\nDuring the Civil rights era, usually demarcated by the Brown vs. Board decision in 1954, many of the leaders were men, certainly the most visible ones in the mainstream media, nevertheless BW were extremely important at the forefront and on the ground."}
{"text":"You have invited a dear friend of yours, a modern day hunter-gatherer, to your house. Say you are fluent in the language of her tribe.\nYou live next to a construction site, and as you are catching up, a clattering sledgehammer interrupts your conversation. Your friend is startled. She asks you what those noises are about.\n“Oh that! That is just a construction site nearby.”\n“What is construction?”\n“Construction is when you build something new”.\n“What is building?”\n“Building is the act of creating structures that provide shelter. Like caves, or huts made from mud and straw.”\n“Oh okay. What are they building?”\n“They are building a school”.\n“What is a school?”\nYou spend the rest of the evening in this manner. If the conversation were about gathering wild berries or hunting antelope on foot, it would have transpired in the opposite direction.\nIt is startling to realize how much of our language depends on being familiar with a particular context. It is startling precisely because the curse of knowledge makes us take this contextual knowledge for granted.\nThe cure? Always close the feedback loop when you make presentations. Watch for signs of understanding and stop when you see puzzled looks. Engage with your audience and pepper them with questions."}
{"text":"What is hepatitis A?\nHepatitis A is a virus that can infect the liver. In most cases, the infection goes away on its own and doesn't lead to long-term liver problems.\nIn rare cases, it can be more serious.\nOther viruses (hepatitis B and\nhepatitis C) also can cause hepatitis. Hepatitis A is the\nmost common type.\nHow is hepatitis A spread?\nThe hepatitis A virus is found in the stool of an infected\nperson. It is spread when a person eats food or drinks water that has come in\ncontact with infected stool.\nSometimes a group of people who eat\nat the same restaurant can get hepatitis A. This can happen when an employee\nwith hepatitis A doesn't wash his or her hands well after using the bathroom\nand then prepares food. It can also happen when a food item is contaminated by raw sewage or by an infected garden worker.\nThe disease can also spread in day care\ncenters. Children, especially those in diapers, may get\nstool on their hands and then touch objects that other children put into their\nmouths. And workers can spread the virus if they don't wash their hands well after\nchanging a diaper.\nSome things can raise your risk of getting\nhepatitis A, such as eating raw oysters or undercooked clams. If you're\ntraveling in a country where hepatitis A is common, you can lower your chances\nof getting the disease by avoiding uncooked foods and untreated tap\nYou may also be at risk if you live with or have sex with someone who has hepatitis A.\nWhat are the symptoms?\nAfter you have been exposed\nto the virus, it can take from 2 to 7 weeks before you see any signs of it.\nSymptoms usually last for about 2 months but may last longer.\n- Feeling very tired.\nsick to your stomach and not feeling hungry.\nweight without trying.\n- Pain on the right side of the belly, under\nthe rib cage (where your liver is).\n- A fever.\n- Yellow skin (jaundice), dark urine, and clay-colored stools."}
{"text":"An initiative at Natewa Tunuloa IBA in Fiji demonstrates that appropriate interventions at IBAs can ensure that ecosystem service benefits are sustained and that development benefits are enhanced for local people.\nWith appropriate natural resource governance arrangements and technical support, the goods and services that IBAs provide can form the basis of local social and economic development. The Natewa Tunuloa IBA in Fiji is owned by indigenous peoples who are organised in land-owning units or clans known as mataqalis. Communities living in the vicinity of the IBA rely heavily on forest resources for firewood, hunting, timber, medicinal plants and wild foods. In October 2005, the Sisi Initiative, supported by BirdLife, was established as a community-based volunteer group charged with leading efforts to conserve the IBA in response to threats from illegal logging, forest fires, overgrazing, agricultural encroachment and invasive species. The initiative provides communities with alternative livelihood training, including projects on bee keeping, poultry rearing, handicraft and jewellery making, baking and sustainable agriculture. This development is helping to conserve 6,000 hectares of forest. The mataqalis have refused logging concessions within the demarcated area, and are undertaking activities that will restore and enhance the remaining tracts of native forest.\nCompiled: 2014 Copyright: 2014\nBirdLife International (2014) Community-based conservation is helping to protect IBAs in Fiji. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 17/11/2019"}
{"text":"Internet Protocol version 6\n<networking, protocol> (IPv6, IPng, IP next generation) The most viable candidate to replace the current Internet Protocol. The primary purpose of IPv6 is to solve the problem of the shortage of IP addresses.\nThe following features have been purposed: 16-byte addresses instead of the current four bytes; embedded encryption - a 32-bit Security Association ID (SAID) plus a variable length initialisation vector in packet headers; user authentication (a 32-bit SAID plus variable length authentication data in headers); autoconfiguration (currently partly handled by Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol); support for delay-sensitive traffic - a 24 bit flow ID field in headers to denote voice or video, etc.\nOne possible solution is based on the TUBA protocol (RFC 1347, 1526, 1561) which is itself based on the OSI Connectionless Network Protocol (CNLP). Another is TP/IX (RFC 1475) which changes TCP and UDP headers to give a 64-bit IP address, a 32-bit port number, and a 64 bit sequence number.\nRFC 1550 is a white paper on IPng.\n[\"Doubts About IPng could create TCP/IP chaos\", Johna Till Johnson, Data Communications, Nov 1994].\n(01 Sep 2004)\n|Bookmark with:||word visualiser||Go and visit our forums|"}
{"text":"Vibrio cholerae/classification/genetics/isolation & purification/*pathogenicity\nVibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera, is a natural inhabitant of the aquatic ecosystem. We examined a unique collection of V. cholerae clinical and environmental isolates of widespread geographic distribution recovered over a 60-year period to determine their evolutionary genetic relationships based on analysis of two housekeeping genes, malate dehydrogenase (mdh) and a chaperonin (groEL). In addition, the phylogenetic distribution of 12 regions associated with virulence was determined. Comparative sequence analysis of mdh revealed that all V. cholerae O1 and O139 serogroup isolates belonged to the same clonal lineage. Single-strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) analysis of these O1 and O139 strains at groEL confirmed the presence of an epidemic clonal complex. Of the 12 virulence regions examined, only three regions, Vibrio seventh pandemic island 1 (VSP-I), VSP-II, and RS1, were absent from all classical V. cholerae isolates. Most V. cholerae El Tor biotype and O139 serogroup isolates examined encoded all 12 virulence regions assayed. Outside of V. cholerae O1/O139 serogroup isolates, only one strain, VO7, contained VSP-I. Two V. cholerae El Tor isolates, GP155 and 2164-78, lacked both VSP-I and VSP-II, and one El Tor isolate, GP43, lacked VSP-II. Five non-O1/non-O139 serogroup isolates had an mdh sequence identical to that of the epidemic O1 and O139 strains. These isolates, similar to classical strains, lack both VSP-I and VSP-II. Four of the 12 virulence regions examined were found to be present in all isolates: hlyA, pilE, MSHA and RTX. Among non-O1/non-O139 isolates, however, the occurrence of the additional eight regions was considerably lower. The evolutionary relationships and multilocus virulence gene profiles of V. cholerae natural isolates indicate that consecutive pandemic strains arose from a common O1 serogroup progenitor through the successive acquisition of new virulence regions."}
{"text":"Holuhraun is a large lava field just north of the Vatnajökull ice cap, in the North Eastern Icelandic Highlands. The lava field was created by fissure eruptions. After a research expedition in 1880, the lava field was initially called Kvislarhraun.\nUntil 2014, the surface of the lava field was of an older lava flow, which had erupted from a vent associated with Askja in 1797.In the early hours of 29 August 2014, a small fissure eruption occurred in Holuhraun at the northern end of a magma intrusion which had moved progressively north, since 16 August, from the Bárðarbunga volcano.\nThe new fissures were substantially smaller than the older fissure.By 7 September, the lava flow had extended 11 km (6.8 mi) to the north, and had reached the main western branch of the Jökulsá á Fjöllum river. The eruption showed no visible activity in the southern fissure, on the evening of 7 September. The lava flow is considered to be the largest in recent decades in Iceland and covered 44 km2 (17 sq mi) on 29 September.\nThe volcanic eruption in Holuhraun continued with similar intensity as the previous few weeks. The lava field covered 63 km2 (24 sq mi) in late October. On 11 November, it was reported that the lava field extended to 70 km2 (27 sq mi) and more than 1 km3 (0.24 cu mi) in volume – the largest in Iceland since the Laki eruption of 1783. The eruption ended on 27 February 2015. The Holuhraun lava field measures more than 85 km2 (33 sq mi) and the volume is around 1.6 km3 (0.38 cu mi)."}
{"text":"780 is valid Arabic numeral. Here we will explain how to read, write and convert the Arabic numeral 780 into the correct Roman numeral format. Please have a look over the Roman numeral table given below for better understanding of Roman numeral system. As you can see, each letter is associated with specific value.\nThe Roman numeral representation of Arabic numeral 780 is DCCLXXX.\nIf you are aware of Roman numeral system, then converting Arabic numeral 780 to Roman numeral is very easy. Converting 780 to Roman numeral representation involves breaking up the numeral into place values as shown below.\n|500 + 100 + 100 + 50 + 10 + 10 + 10|\n|D + C + C + L + X + X + X|\nWe need to combine all converted roman numerals together. As per the rule highest numeral should always precede the lowest numeral to get correct representation. In modern world, the number 780 should be used as it is until or unless it represents an ordinal value. In case of any ordinal value, you can use DCCLXXX instead of 780. For any numeral conversion, you can also use our roman to number converter tool given above."}
{"text":"I was just reviewing some organic molecule structures and came across cycloalkenes. Reading through some material, it states that the planar structure of cyclopentane is more stable structurally than cyclohexane. Yet cyclohexane is more common in biological systems as opposed to any other type of structure. It doesn't offer any comparison between the chair or boat structure of cyclohexanes and the regular structure of cyclopentanes, but if there was an evolutionary reason cyclohexane is more predominant than any other cyclic molecule, cyclopentane particularly. Also, what is the exact reason that only cis bonds are allowed in cyclic molecules with 7 or less central atoms? I am trying to come up with the structure but why 7 exactly? What exactly about the trans orientations in other types of cyclic molecules makes it unstable?"}
{"text":"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nContact: Pat Viets\nThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration now has access to satellite imagery that helps NOAA scientists monitor tropical cyclones over the Indian Ocean, dust storms over Africa, the onset of the summer monsoon over India, and other severe weather events, the Commerce Department agency announced today.\nThe near-real time imagery is from Meteosat-5, a backup geostationary satellite operated by the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). The imagery, covering the Indian Ocean, Africa, and Asia, is available through an existing agreement between NOAA and EUMETSAT.\nMeteosat-5 is in geostationary orbit 22,320 miles above the Earth at 63 degrees East longitude. It was moved from a standby orbit to its current station last May to support the multi-nation Indian Ocean Experiment INDOEX, which addresses questions of climate change that are of great value to the United States and the international community.\nMeteosat-5 images are acquired at Lannion, France, by the ground station of Météo-France, France's national weather service. The images are sent automatically via dedicated frame relay circuit to NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) in Suitland, Md., for delivery to the satellite analysis branch. There, scientists use the data along with other global sources of environmental satellite information to: determine the location and intensity of tropical storms, support the identification and monitoring of volcanic eruptions, and for routine snowcover analyses for the climatology community and National Weather Service numerical models.\nEUMETSAT has committed to supporting Meteosat-5 imagery from 63°E until the end of 1999. The possible continuation beyond this date is dependent upon an analysis of whether the fuel supply is sufficient to enable the satellite to maintain station with the necessary precision."}
{"text":"In the fall of 1942, Mabu was a young man who trained elephants along the coast of India. When Imperial Japanese forces sought to take over India during World War II, they saw a benefit in Mabu and his people's trained elephants. Offering them Japanese Yen coins and other worthless trinkets, they tricked Mabu and his people into clearing the beach so that an invasion fleet could land on Indian shores.\nThis plot was discovered by the Sub-Mariner who got the answers from Mabu. After Namor immobilized the Japanese ships, the soldiers came ashore and attempted to take the elephants and use them on their own. Namor came to Mabu's rescue and led his people into the forest. When Namor told Mabu and his people to stay behind, Mabu laughed, telling Namor that his elephants were of a special breed that were highly durable, or in his own words:\n\"No one can make a hole in elephant's thick hide -- not even with sharp axes!!\"\nInspired by this, Namor led Mabu and his people on a herd of elephants to attack the Japanese forces on land, wrecking their tanks and stomping the soldiers to death, ending their threat.\nMabu's subsequent activities are unrecorded.\nMabu is a skill elephant trainer and has trained them to be able to follow his verbal commands.\nMabu travels on an elephant. Interestingly enough, these elephants are of a particular breed that are highly durable. Mabu has claimed not even an axe can harm them, and they have been shown to be bulletproof.\n- 1 Appearances of Mabu (Earth-616)\n- Minor Appearances of Mabu (Earth-616)\n- Media Mabu (Earth-616) was Mentioned in\n- 2 Images featuring Mabu (Earth-616)\n- Quotations by or about Mabu (Earth-616)\n- Character Gallery: Mabu (Earth-616)\nDiscover and Discuss\n- Search this site for:\n|Like this? Let us know!|"}
{"text":"Cameroon Nutrition Benefits Models\nThe MINIMOD team has developed a set of modeling methods (the “nutrition benefits models”) to predict the impact of alternative micronutrient intervention programs, and combinations of programs. The methods take into account estimates of nutrient deficiency and inadequate nutrient intake and use information on dietary patterns and program reach to predict the effect of micronutrient programs on dietary adequacy and related outcomes. Through collaboration with the Lives Saved Tool, predicted impacts on lives saved and anemia cases averted are also generated.\nThe nutrition benefits models use dietary intake data that were collected using the 24-hour dietary recall method during a national survey of micronutrient status and dietary intake among children 12 to 59 months and women 15 to 49 years in Cameroon in 2009. The 24-hour recall interview process was repeated on a nonconsecutive day in a ~10% subset of households.\nWe use the National Cancer Institute method to generate distributions of usual (habitual) nutrient intake.\nThe modeling process includes reviewing, and in some cases developing, methods to estimate the bioavailability of micronutrients.\nAdditional details on the nutrition benefits models can be found here.\nFor more information on other MINIMOD models, see:"}
{"text":"Eye injuries are an unfortunate common occurence in animals. Many kinds of injuries occur, such as eyelid lacerations, proptosis (where the eye is forced out of the eye socket), blunt injury to the eye and/or eyelids, thorn or other foreign body injuries, cat claw injuries, dog bite injuries, laceration of the cornea, gunshot pellet wounds, and severe head/eye socket injury from being kicked by a horse, or hit by a car. Other injuries can be chemically induced, such as mace sprayed into the eyes, or paint or soap burns of the cornea.\nThese are all very painful. If a foreign body can be seen, e.g a grass awn, it is sometimes possible to gently remove it with the fingers, otherwise cover the eye with a pad soaked in cold water or better still, saline solution (such as contact lens solution). Seek veterinary advice as soon as possible.\nSt George's Vets\n8 St George's Parade\nTelephone calls will be recorded for training purposes and quality assurance (24 hours a day).\nVisit our main web site for all of the St George's news, stories and information at www.stgeorgesvets.co.uk"}
{"text":"Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection that is usually spread through water, food, or soil contaminated by the urine of infected animals. Dogs and rats are the most common domestic animals that spread the infection to people.\nSymptoms of leptospirosis, if they develop, often begin suddenly and may include severe headache, sensitivity to light, sweating, chills, muscle aches, stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea, red eyes, rash, and a high fever.\nIf the disease is not treated, recovery may take several months, and serious health problems may result, such as kidney damage or liver failure. In rare cases, death may occur.\nLeptospirosis is diagnosed with laboratory tests of blood or urine samples and is treated with antibiotics.\neMedicineHealth Medical Reference from Healthwise\nTo learn more visit Healthwise.org\nFind out what women really need.\nMost Popular Topics\nPill Identifier on RxList\n- quick, easy,\nFind a Local Pharmacy\n- including 24 hour, pharmacies"}
{"text":"The English Ladder Level 2\nActivity Book with Songs Audio CD\nThe English Ladder is a four-level course designed to help pupils take their first steps in English.\nJoin Freddie the frog for fun, adventure and lively language learning through engaging stories, challenging songs, games, tongue twisters, and communication activities.\nPart of a four-level course, this Level 2 Activity Book features practice of target language from Pupil's Book Level 2, activities to draw, colour and write, Me! sections that encourage personalised language learning and a Songs Audio CD, including karaoke versions.\nAlso in this subject\nSuper Safari Level 3\nPupil's Book with DVD-ROM\nSuper Safari British English edition is a three-level pre-primary course that welcomes very young children to English through stories, songs and plenty of playtime while supporting their cognitive, motor-sensory and social development.Authors: Herbert Puchta, Günter Gerngross, Peter Lewis-JonesEnglish Type: British English\nThank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.\nIf you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.×"}
{"text":"Icelandic is the national language of Iceland. It is spoken by 250,000 people in Iceland. It's a Germanic language.\nThere are characters with diacritics and some special characters in Icelandic. If you cannot input it, try the following:\n|á||a/||a/lita equals álita|\n|ö||o:||so:kkva equals sökkva|\n|ð||d/||verd/a equals verða|\n|þ||tH||tH:vo equals þvo|\nClassification of Icelandic verbs\nIcelandic verbs are divided in weak and strong verbs. In addition to these two main groups, there are reduplicating verbs and irregular verbs.\nA. Weak verbs\nThe past tense of weak verbs is formed by adding a dental suffix (t, d, ) between the stem and personal ending. There are four groups of weak verbs:\n1. Verbs ending in -ja: spyrja.\n2. Stemvowel front (e, i, y, , , ei, ey, ): beina, heyra, klippa.\n3. Stemvowel back (a, , o, , , also , u, i): ora, loða.\n4. Past tense -ai in 1st person singular: kalla.\nB. Strong verbs\nThe past tense of strong verbs is formed with a change in the stem vowel. There are seven groups of strong verbs:\n1. Vowel change ( í> ei): bíta.\n2. Vowel change (jó, jú, > au): sjóða, smjúga, lúta.\n3. Vowel change (e, in > a): hvella, spinna.\n4. Vowel change (e > a): nema.\n5. Vowel change (e, i > a): gefa, biðja.\n6. Vowel change (e > ó): fara.\nC. Reduplicating verbs\nThe past of these verbs was originally formed by reduplication of the first syllable. (Cf. Gothic haitan)\n1. Vowel change (ei > ; au > j ; a > ; > ): heita, auka, falla, láta.\n2. Vowel change ( , > er): gróa, snúa."}
{"text":"GTB Lab reaches highest point\nBetween groups of trees the base structure of GTB Lab appears. The robust steel frame is part of the Core of the building. The Core, this most fixed part of the building, has the capacity to facilitate transformation from one use scenario to another without creating demolition and waste. The Core is the multifunctional base element of the green transformable building integrating multiple building functions, such as structural stability, climate control and energy and comfort concepts for different use scenarios being investigated and tested within GTB Lab. The core provides the capacity to support multiple transformations during the use phase of the building.\nBox columns support H-beams. Around it, steel tubes are mounted supporting the polycarbonate facade panels later on.\nThe steel tower has been placed on the concrete foundation beams.\nFirst day of assembly comes to an end.\nCross bracing strips provide stability. On the ground floor wind braces are made of tubes creating spatial passage.\nAfter the second day of assembly the steel frame reaches highest point.\nThe steel tower seems heavily oversized, but with future transformations in mind a robust structure allows reversible circular transformations. If future transformations do not produce waste, the structure can be called a green transformable building.\nSteel fin plates (on 45 degrees) will support the laminated timber roof beams. The steel tubes on top will connect the polycarbonate roof to the substructure.\nGTB Lab located on a nice green spot.\nGTB Lab uses reversible bolted connections if possible."}
{"text":"How to draw Rose Petals easy with this how-to video and step-by-step drawing instructions. Flower drawing tutorial for beginners and everyone.\nPlease see the drawing tutorial in the video below\nYou can refer to the simple step-by-step drawing guide below\nThis is how the petals will flow out as you draw them in. As you can see when you draw the rose petals, the open rose looks more vibrant and beautiful.\nNow let’s start drawing the rose, and the rose petals. Start with creating a circle for the flower shape.\nNow let’s create an inner shape that’s not quite a circle, but more like a hazelnut.\nNow you will start drawing the center of the rose petals. Notice how the petals are narrow and close together. They cut out more when you draw the rose petals.\nHere’s what I talked about. As you continue to draw rose petals for the open rose, the petals will get larger and further apart.\nNow the rose petals are starting to take on a more triangular shape. Instead of pointed ends, rose petals should have rounded ends as they unfold in a beautiful display like the one you see here. You will continue to draw the petals until the circle is filled.\nFor the last step, all you have to do is draw the rest of the petals, and as you can see they completely fill the circle you drew in step one. Now you can outline the leaves around and color in the center to convey the depth of the flower. Erase the lines and shapes, then make sure that the leaves for your rose are serrated.\nNow that your flower is completely painted, you can see how beautiful it is. I hope you enjoyed learning how to draw rose petals, and now you can go ahead and color the flower any shade you choose."}
{"text":"Following the eighth outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since the discovery of the virus in 1976, ECDC has published a new rapid risk assessment. Investigations in DRC are ongoing to assess the extent of the outbreak in Bas Uele. World Health Organization (WHO) and its Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) partners are supporting the national health authorities in the response. The outbreak is in an extremely remote area, which limits the risk of transmission and spread to neighbouring areas.\n-- Delivered by Feed43 service"}
{"text":"Drunken Driving avoiding system for all automobiles using Microcontroller: This is an ECE project for all final year electronics students. This is a very useful and innovative project for academics. The main motivation of this project is to avoid drunk and driven in vehicles. This provides super safety facility for drivers. This final year project can be used by Engineering ECE students and polytechnic Electronics students. Typically Diploma students can use this project as their mini project. Use this project report for free.\n- Title: Drink Driving Avoid System for Automobiles,\n- Domain: Embedded systems,\n- Tools: Sensors, Microcontroller.\n- Category: ECE projects download\nThis ECE project is used to automatically detect the drunken driver and reduce cruel accidents. Temperature sensors also included in this project for detecting high temperature while driving in vehicles. Here you have to use 2 type of sensors. They are,\n- Temperature sensor,\n- Alcohol sensor\n- Smoke sensors,\nThese sensors are used to convert any physical quantity to its equivalent electrical signal."}
{"text":"Of the approximately one hundred ancient synagogues from, say, 150 B.C.E. to 850 C.E. found in the ancient Land of Israel, an astounding 25 percent are located in the central Golan. How do we explain this?\nAs it happens, one of the earliest synagogues is also in the Golan: the famous synagogue in Gamla, a Jewish town destroyed in 67 C.E. by the Romans at the beginning of the First Jewish Revolt. Gamla was never rebuilt.a\nTwo other pre-Revolt synagogues known for a long time have been found in the series of palace/fortresses Herod the Great built on his eastern frontier in the Judean b More recently, a number of other pre-Revolt synagogues have been excavated in Judea—at Qiryat Sefer and Modi’in, and perhaps also at Jerichoc and Horvat 'Ethri.1desert—at Masada and Herodium."}
{"text":"Our chosen modern foreign language is French. The principle aim of MFL at The Orchards is to deliver a high-quality languages curriculum, which fosters pupils’ curiosity and deepens their understanding of the world. Our curriculum will enable pupils to make substantial progress in the French language, providing an appropriate balance of spoken and written language to lay the foundations for further foreign language teaching at Key Stage Three.\nAt The Orchards we aim to capture the children’s interests, creating an enthusiasm for language learning across the school within supporting, motivating and inspiring lessons, where all pupils are aware of its importance within the curriculum but also its role within their own future.\nThe MFL curriculum at The Orchards School is taught using a published scheme Kapow. This takes children through topic areas such as colours, weather, animals and homes.\nFrench is taught from Year 3 and the children are given the opportunity to develop skills in speaking and listening, reading, writing, grammar, language learning strategies and intercultural understanding."}
{"text":"Fluids and lubricants rank among the most neglected items when it comes to basic auto care. Community car care events held throughout the country found that the top three fluids most likely to be low or contaminated are windshield washer fluid in 26% of inspected vehicles, followed by engine oil at 23% and coolant at 19%.\nWindshield washer fluid keeps dirt and debris from collecting on a vehicle's windshield, allowing the driver full visibility and making it an essential safety item. Washer fluid should be checked monthly and drivers should use a fluid that is specifically formulated for their climate.\nEngine oil lubricates the moving parts of a vehicle's engine, helping keep the engine clean and preventing wear and overheating. Neglecting to change a vehicle's oil can lead to costly repairs, including replacement. Engine oil levels should be checked frequently and changed per the owner's manual.\nCoolant absorbs heat from the engine and dissipates it through the radiator, and heat exchanger. Because coolant breaks down over time, neglecting it can lead to corrosion, rust, and the overheating of the engine. Flushing and replacing coolant every 6 to 12 months, depending on climate, will help prevent costly repairs."}
{"text":"In the 1970s, the English biologist Richard Dawkins called it the “selfish gene”. It is what pushes us to help others in order to receive something in turn, or what makes us protect our species at the expense of others.\nBut a dossier published in the Italian magazine l’Espresso on 20 August 2015 states the opposite. Apparently, science and sociology tend to think that altruism and sharing are the true engine of social and interpersonal relations.\nOne proof of that is the rise of the sharing economy. In this model, assets and services are shared to help others and restore harmony in the community. For instance, by virtue of the massive use of technology and online platforms, financial services are now available for many more people, and peer-to-peer loans and services are encouraged.\nBarter and time banks are also spreading. By sharing knowledge and time, agile start-ups are now able to target a bigger audience than large corporates.\nAt LUISS, sharing is becoming more popular, favouring a cross-functional and versatile learning. The aim is to educate a generation of capable professionals, who are also able to understand the needs of consumers, thus placing the common advantage side-by-side with individual profit.\nThe shared garden, the Academic Gym: these are just a few of the initiatives put in place to help students sharing their knowledge and abilities."}
{"text":"Florida's Space Coast is an area that got its name from one of the most exciting times in United States history. Settlers were living in Brevard County as far back as the 1800s, and even after World War II, it was still a quiet place to live. Cities and beach towns along 74 miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline were thrust into the modern age in the early 1950s, when rockets began lighting up the skies above them. By the end of that decade, the space race had begun, and the nation would set a path to put men on the moon. The area's population surged with over 200,000 new residents, and things would never be the same. It was a time when people risked their lives for space exploration, and a community came together to make it happen.\nBack to top\nRent Florida's Space Coast 1st edition today, or search our site for other textbooks by Andy Allen. Every textbook comes with a 21-day \"Any Reason\" guarantee. Published by Arcadia Publishing.\nNeed help ASAP? We have you covered with 24/7 instant online tutoring. Connect with one of our tutors now."}
{"text":"Most supernovae are caused by stars collapsing at the end of their lives to create black holes or dense neutron stars. But those outcomes are apparently not true for two recently found supernovae that are much farther away and brighter than almost any star explosion ever seen.\nAstronomers were initially mystified. But a new study posits that the oddball supernovae may have ended up as highly magnetic, rapidly spinning objects called magnetars. [M. Nicholl et al, Slowly fading superluminous supernovae that are not pair-instability explosions, in Nature]\nA magnetar can rotate as fast as the blades of a kitchen blender. The huge amount of energy tied up in their spin could then be released in a torrent that would make them shine 100 times brighter than a normal supernova.\nA project called the Supernova Legacy Survey discovered the objects. They belong to a newly designated class called superluminous supernovae, which account for just one in every 10,000 supernovae. Yet their extreme brilliance means we can see them from much farther away than usual.\nFor instance, one is about 10 billion light-years away and dates from the very early universe. So in a way, this discovery is really old news.\n[The above text is a transcript of this podcast.]\n[Scientific American is part of Nature Publishing Group.]"}
{"text":"Don’t miss the best time of the year to sync with the Universe!\nWhat exactly is the Winter Solstice (冬至)?\nThe Winter Solstice (冬至) is an annual phenomenon and it happens at the same instance for all of us, everywhere on Earth. In the Northern hemisphere the Winter Solstice (冬至) is the longest night of the year, because it is tilted away from the sun, and receives the least amount of sunlight on that day.\nThis year 2016, the Winter Solstice (冬至) occurs on Wednesday December 21st at 10:44 GMT (Universal time) or 18:44 (Singapore Time).\nWhat is the significance of Winter Solstice (冬至)?\nThe day after the Winter Solstice (冬至) marks the beginning of lengthening days, leading up to the Summer Solstice (夏至) in June. This signifies the start of declination of the Yin (阴) energies after it reaches its strongest peak and the rekindling of the Yang (阳) energies, which is also, a return of a new cycle, and a start of a new year.\nHow to Live Right and Bright\nBeing an integral part of the Universe, we have to live our lives in sync with how Universe lives hers.\nIn Winter, the Universe and Nature start to conserve their energies and storing their Yang (阳) energies so much so that even insects hibernate, water turns ice, etc. In short, the Yang (阳) energies should never be awaken.\nIt’s rare to have thunders during Winter times as thunders are considered Yang (阳) energies. In the event there are thunders during Winter seasons, this would be what we called ‘Awakening the Yang (阳) – 扰乎阳’. When this happens, it is an impending sign of a possible epidemic (or worse, pandemic) outbreak, e.g., bird flu outbreak in the coming months.\nThis is where all of us need to know how we could strengthen our body system and immunity the natural way by living in tune with how Nature lives hers.\n-Live Right & You’ll Live Bright-"}
{"text":"Download Principles Of Interior Design Ppt Images. Principles of interior design 1.balance 2.space 3.focus/emph asis 4.rhythm 5.unity 4. Start studying principles of interior design.\nLots of lists of principles 1. Balance i n t r o d u c t i o n6 balance in interior design refers to the proper distribution of objects in a room to create visual balance. We hope you have enjoyed our glimpse into the elements and principles of interior design.\nLots of lists of principles 1.\n9 when you know the basic interior design principles you can transform any space to look fabulous. Most works of art will make use of many or all of the the principles of design are how those building blocks are arranged: Despite of that, almost every beautiful design share five important principles, to deliver a 5 different principles of interior designers • balance balance stands to be of utmost importance. Free jasmine flower powerpoint template is a beautiful template with jasmine flowers."}
{"text":"Week 3 Fifth Grade\nKnightly News (Fiction, Level 15, Stage 2) by Anna Kenna\nThis week’s book is about a young man and his favorite hobby, filming his own news show. Throughout the story problems arise for both the boy and his mom, opportunities present themselves, and solutions come. We really enjoyed this book this week as well as the various activities provided in the Guided Lesson. From the prediction chart to the spelling cards and discussion and writing guides, this week was packed full of ways to comprehend and process this story together.\nThe activity I want to highlight this week is the Note to Teachers for Day 4 regarding the reading of Chapter 7 in the book. I believe it’s worth highlighting here. The note reads as follows: I read and selected Knightly News in February, 2001. The book was recommended and purchased by numerous schools during the summer in preparation for the 2001-2002 school year. As I reread the book and began to write the lesson plan on September 21, 2001, I experienced a totally different reaction to Chapter 7 due to the tragedy we all shared on September 11, 2001. Fortunately, the ending of the chapter is a happy one, but you must be prepared for some students commenting on the comparison of the two events. Please use your best professional judgment in handling the discussion that occurs. While the comparison didn’t come up from my 5th grader this week, I still believe this note applies, even so many years later, and I also believe it could prompt a rich discussion about the role our news people play when tragedies occur. This is why I always appreciate the thought and care that goes into creating each AlphaSkills lesson plan.\nFor more information about the AlphaSkills Read with Sarah curriculum and our family, see the AlphaSkills Blog Introduction."}
{"text":"Definition of kinematic viscosity in English:\nA quantity representing the dynamic viscosity of a fluid per unit density.\n- Here n denotes the kinematic viscosity, p g the gas pressure inside the bubble (dependent on the radius), and P the time-dependent external pressure.\n- The kinematic viscosity is the ratio of viscosity over density.\n- Pressure also changes the kinematic viscosity of water.\nWhat do you find interesting about this word or phrase?\nComments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed."}
{"text":"Help children develop a love for science, or nurture their already-growing interest, with these simple experiments.\nEver wanted to catch a cloud in a bottle? Now's your chance! Pour just a splash of water into a 2-liter plastic bottle. Light a match (a grownup's job) and drop it into the bottle. Immediately replace the lid and squeeze the bottle a few times to watch your cloud form.\nCreate your own unique flowers with this neat trick. Fill a vase with water and 8-10 drops of food coloring. Cut the stem of a white carnation at a diagonal, and place the flower into the vase. After a few hours you will notice a slight change of color in the petals. Let the flower soak overnight and observe the dramatic change in the morning.\nDon't worry--this doesn't hurt a bit! In fact, you may want to try this at your next sleepover party. Stand in front of a mirror and turn off all of the lights. Pop a wintergreen-flavored Life Saver into your mouth and chew. Can you believe your eyes? This \"lightning\" phenomenon is called triboluminescence. To find out more about triboluminescence, visit http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howthingswork/a/aa060601a.htm\nArticle by Deborah Shelton, http://FiveMinuteParent.com"}
{"text":"The method Driving to Learn in a powered wheelchair was developed by Lisbeth Nilsson, PhD, Occupational Therapist and Specialist in Occupational Therapy.\nPractice in a powered wheelchair is a developing and learning occupation for children, youth and adults with cognitive disabilities. Aims are to increase alertness, attention regulation, perception and understanding of different relationships in-between own body, activity, tool use, event, time, place and other people.\nThe method suites practices such as pediatric and medical rehabilitation, special preschools, special schools, day centers for adults and center for multisensory experience.\nQuotation: Make the impossible possible through facilitating de-plateauing."}
{"text":"Length: 9-15 for Megalodacne fasciata and 18-21 for M. heros\nThese are two attractive species in the family Erotylidae, or Pleasing Fungus Beetles. These are the only two Nearctic species in the genus Megalodacne.\nDifferences between the two species? Megalodacne fasciata is the smaller of the two (see length ranges for both species above). As for elytral markings, the area to examine is the black rectangle that lies on the elytra where they meet the pronotum. On Megalodacne heros the orange color curves around, forming two sort of \"C\" shapes at the left and right of the black rectangle, with the orange color partly surrounding the black rectangle at left and right on the front of the beetle. On Megalodacne fasciata the orange does not curve around the black rectangle, or does so only slightly. Also, on Megalodacne fasciata there is a round black spot on each each elytra near where it meets the pronotum. On Megalodacne heros this dot is present on each elytra but is often not so round in shape. The illustration below shows these differences in elytral markings.\nOne final difference is that M. fasciata has rows of fine punctures on the elytra while M. heros does not.\nWhere the elytra meet the pronotum.\nBelow left is Megalodacne fasciata\nBelow right is Megalodacne heros\nLeft: a group of Megalodacne heros feeds on fungus on the side of a fallen log.\nRecords of Megalodacne fasciata, above; M. heros, below\nA note about our maps\nAmerican Insects site"}
{"text":"This course is a half-term module that develops skills in bargaining and negotiation as they can be applied to the resolution of environmental disputes. It will help a student prepare for and carry out a negotiation, become a more effective communicator, and understand the psychological dimensions inherent in negotiation processes. In addition, the course examines mechanisms for assisting negotiations including facilitation and mediation. The course employs a series of gaming simulations that allow students to engage in controlled bargaining situations, followed by debriefings that critique strategy and styles. In addition, a framework for negotiation analysis is developed that draws on literature in the areas of decision analysis, social psychology, and public policy."}
{"text":"Reciprocating engine – also often known as a piston engine, is a heat engine that uses one or more reciprocating pistons to convert pressure into a rotating motion.\nPiston (animation) – This mechanism is used to convert between rotary motion and reciprocating motion, it works either way. Notice how the speed of the piston changes. The piston starts from one end, and increases its speed. It reaches maximum speed in the middle of its travel then gradually slows down until it reaches the end of its travel.\nThe main types of piston engines\n- internal combustion engine, used extensively in motor vehicles\n- steam engine, the mainstay of the Industrial Revolution\n- special application Stirling engine\nReciprocating engine cylinders are often classified by whether they are single or double acting, depending on how the working fluid acts on the piston.\n- Single acting cylinder\n- Double acting cylinder\n- compression – raising the pressure and reducing the volume of gases\n- compression ratio of an engine – the ratio of the volume of space in a cylinder when the piston is at the top of the stroke to when it is at the bottom of the stroke. A higher compression ratio generally means higher engine efficiency.\n- combustion, internal combustion, reciprocating pistons, pressure, rotating motion, cylinder, compression ratio, volume, stroke, efficiency"}
{"text":"Important series of battles in the American Civil War in Georgia (May–September 1864). Though most of the battles ended in draws, they eventually cut off the main Confederate supply centre, Atlanta. Union troops under William T. Sherman forced the evacuation of the city (August 31–September 1) and then burned it. His victory assured the reelection of Pres. Abraham Lincoln later that year.\nThis entry comes from Encyclopædia Britannica Concise.\nFor the full entry on Atlanta Campaign, visit Britannica.com.\nSeen & Heard\nWhat made you look up Atlanta Campaign? Please tell us what you were reading, watching or discussing that led you here."}
{"text":"In his autobiography, Benjamin Franklin described a technique he frequently used to improve his writing and language skills:\nWhenever Franklin came across a piece of writing that he felt was extremely well-crafted, he would read the passage repeatedly until he could write down word-for-word—from memory—what he read on a separate piece of paper. He then would compare what he wrote to the original passage he read, would make whatever corrections he needed to, and would repeat the whole exercise several days later.\nIf there’s some aspect of your language skills you’d like to improve (writing, speaking, or listening, etc.), give Benjamin Franklin’s exercise a try:\nImprove your listening skills by writing down the words you hear in a foreign language movie or song.\nWatch your favorite foreign-language TV show, and try to imitate your favorite character’s accent or vocabulary.\nOr, if you want to work on you foreign-language writing and expression skills, buy a translated version of your favorite book (or translated poems by your favorite poet), and try to copy 1-2 sentences of your favorite passage(s).\nSemi-brute-force memorization techniques often are thought of as being old-fashioned and clumsy. I prefer to think of them as time-tested: not only is memorization a necessary part of learning a language, but if you use techniques like Benjamin Franklin’s, you can make memorization pretty interesting by shaping it to your tastes, needs, and interests."}
{"text":"The Trick To a Healthy Spring? Get Your Trees Ready To Bed Down Now\nWhether you have a home garden or large farm, you can benefit preparing for next year’s crops TODAY. And despite the frigid temperatures, it may not be too late yet! We read an article by Lee Reich from Associated Press (via The Republican-American) titled Getting Trees Ready To Bed Down which provides some very valuable tips for nurturing a healthy crop this upcoming season. Click on the article for the full details, but here’s the summary:\n- Don’t prune, don’t fertilize, don’t water.\n- Avoid sunscald.\n- Add organic mulch such as wood chips, straw, leaves or pine needles spread at the foot of a tree, shrub or vine to help woody plants in winter.\n- Watch out for mice.\n- Your woody plants’ final winter accessory is some sort of “perfume” to keep deer at bay.\nHave you tried any of these tips or have other tips of your own? Please comment below, or reply on our Facebook page. Thanks again for your Likes, Shares and continued support."}
{"text":"Through captivating story-telling, hands-on activities, a behind-the-scenes virtual tour of Angelique Monet’s studio, and the book’s free augmented reality app, children recognize others' feelings and become more in touch with their own. They are inspired to connect emotionally to the book’s main character, struggle, and triumph and learn strategies to effectively cope with those feelings.\nFor over 6 years, this event has grown nationally and the book has reached children all over the world. Good Morning America describes the book as a ‘story of courage born from a personal place and it’s not just for kids but empowering for adults as well which is the sign of a good children’s book.”\nTogether, Angelique knows we can build a world of Bravest Worriers!\nThe Bravest Worrier is one of the world's first picture books to have a companion augmented reality app that brings the entire book to life as though the character is in the room with you.\nThrough the A Day to be Brave event, children will walk away with a roadmap to success including:\nTools to build self-worth.\nPreparedness to recognize their strengths and ask for help.\nUnderstanding that courage and fear coexist facilitating emotional growth and change.\nMeans to cultivate their natural gifts and those they gain through education.\n* Bonus: Complementary and comprehensive SEL-focused curriculum package integrating\nCASEL's 5 competencies."}
{"text":"Looking for age-appropriate book recommendations, author interviews, and fun activity ideas? Check out our podcasts.\nCalendar Activities See All Calendar Activities\nNot your everyday calendar, here you can find important events in literary history, authors' birthdays, and a variety of holidays, all with related activities and resources that make them more relevant to students. View by day, by week, or by month.\nStudents write diary entries and revisit the entries as if it were a hundred years from now. Students then brainstorm and write paragraphs about life in the 21st century.\nGrades 3 – 12\nStudents reflect on recent learning and the role digital tools and media have played in supporting or enhancing it.\nGrades K – 12\nTypes of Calendar Activities\nAuthors & Texts\nBirthdays, publication dates, and more\nHistorical Figures & Events\nNotable people and happenings in history\nHolidays & School Celebrations\nSpecial days and how to observe them\nCelebrations that promote and encourage literacy"}
{"text":"Ethereum intends to move to proof-of-stake in the future. Making a move to POS will supposedly cut the energy consumed by a hundredfold, or around 99%. There have been repeated claims that cryptocurrency uses too much energy and is therefore inefficient and environmentally unfriendly. Some reports find that mining cryptocurrency uses more energy than gold mining, some the opposite. Some researchers find that mining is overall bad for the\nEthereum started out with the goal of becoming a world computer, with the blockchain being the first to introduce smart contracts, and along with it a thriving developer community. The price of Ether peaked around $1400 earlier in 2018, and was recently trading well below $200.\nSimilar to Bitcoin, Ethereum uses Proof-Of-Work as a consensus mechanism in order to secure the blockchain. However, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin stressed the importance of the energy expended in order to secure the Ethereum blockchain. Even if one wouldn’t care for the ecological issues posed by PoW based blockchains, there are real people who are deprived of basic needs such as electricity."}
{"text":"The Atlantic Hurricane season is now underway, and forecasters believe this could be an active one.\n“It looks like in the 2011 season what we have going on is a state of not El Nino, not La Nina, but they're in a neutral phase, so that still indicates the potential for more storms in the Atlantic ocean,” says Chris Fogarty of the Canadian Hurricane Centre. “And the water temperatures in the Atlantic ocean are running above normal this year, so those two primary factors spelling for an active year.”\nFogarty adds that an active hurricane season has been the trend for the past 15 years.\n“These active periods can last up to 20 years. So we could be in for another 5 years of active hurricane activity.”\nLast month, NOAA predicted there would be more than the average 11 named storms. The Canadian Hurricane Centre agrees.\n“It looks like about 15 named storms, eight of those being hurricanes, and four or five major storms,” explains Fogarty.\nLast year, the United States escaped the worst of the hurricane season, thanks to winds that steered most storms away from the coastline.\nThe same, however, can't be said for eastern Canada. Hurricane Igor roared across Newfoundland in September of 2010, causing extensive damage to several communities. Earlier that month, Hurricane Earl caused damage in the Maritimes.\nWhile it's still too early to say how many storms will impact Canada this year, Fogarty says an area of high pressure between Nova Scotia and Florida could give forecasters a better idea.\n“With that area of pressure being below normal at least early in the season it allows more storms to track up towards eastern Canada as opposed to a large high pressure area that would drive those storms into the Gulf Coast of Florida.”\nMexico's hurricane experts are also predicting an above-average year for storm formations in the Pacific Ocean in 2011.\nWith files from Andrea Stockton"}
{"text":"In children, levels of play, physical activity, and fitness are key indicators of health and disease and closely tied to optimal growth and development. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) provides clinicians with biomarkers of disease and effectiveness of therapy, and researchers with novel insights into fundamental biological mechanisms reflecting an integrated physiological response that is hidden when the child is at rest. Yet the growth of clinical trials utilizing CPET in pediatrics remains stunted despite the current emphasis on preventative medicine and the growing recognition that therapies used in children should be clinically tested in children. There exists a translational gap between basic discovery and clinical application in this essential component of child health. To address this gap, the NIH provided funding through the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program to convene a panel of experts. This report summarizes our major findings and outlines next steps necessary to enhance child health exercise medicine translational research. We present specific plans to bolster data interoperability, improve child health CPET reference values, stimulate formal training in exercise medicine for child health care professionals, and outline innovative approaches through which exercise medicine can become more accessible and advance therapeutics across the broad spectrum of child health."}
{"text":"Marine spatial planning is a way of improving decision making and delivering an ecosystem-based approach to managing human activities in the marine environment. It is a planning process that enables integrated, forward looking, and consistent decision making on the human uses of the sea. Marine spatial planning is analogous to spatial or land use planning in terrestrial environments. Ecosystem-based, marine spatial planning seeks to sustain the benefits of the ecological goods and services that the oceans provide to humans as well as all living organisms on the planet.\nThe purpose of the workshop was to:\n- Identify good practices that illustrate how marine spatial planning can help implement an ecosystem-based approach to sea use management;\n- Develop an international community of scientists and planners that wants to put ecosystem-based management into practice;\n- Share information and experience through new partnerships and the Internet; and\n- Identify priorities for future action, including developing international guidelines and building new capacities for marine spatial planning."}
{"text":"Johnnie Tillmon-Blackston helped organize one of the earliest grassroots efforts in the nation, later becoming the first woman chairperson of the now-defunct National Welfare Rights Organization. Under her leadership, the NWRO represented thousands of poor and Black residents across the country.\nThe welfare reformer was born Johnnie Lee Percy on this day in 1926 in the town of Scott, Arkansas. In the late fifties, she relocated to California as a divorced single mother of six. She became an activist as a union employee at a Compton laundromat, but had to leave that job to care for her children. After that, she sought public assistance.\nTillmon-Blackston grew tried of the raids performed by housing officials hoping to catch welfare violators in the Nickerson Garden housing projects in Watts, California where she lived. She began organizing women in the projects and launched the first of her movements to help fellow welfare recipients understand their rights.\nShe became the NWRO’s first chairwoman and later its executive director in 1972, moving to Washington to continue the organization’s work. She aligned her fight with the burgeoning feminist movement, and appealed to white citizens, the largest recipients of welfare, to raise their voices as well.\nWhen funding for the group ended, the NWRO folded, but Tillmon-Blackston continued her work on the behalf of welfare recipients in California and nationwide.\nTillmon-Blackston passed in 1995 at the age of 69.\nREAD MORE STORIES ON BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM:\n- Government Moves Migrant Kids After AP Exposes Bad Treatment\n- Text Of Jackson Estate Statement On 10th Death Anniversary\n- Little Known Black History Fact: Michael Bearden\nGET THE HOTTEST STORIES STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX:"}
{"text":"Reader's View: Uncomfortable conversations are the point\nBoth \"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\" and \"To Kill a Mockingbird\" use period-accurate racist language and stereotypes. However, both also offer an excellent vehicle for discussing racism and slavery. (Not to mention, in Huck Finn's case, alcoholism and family violence also are themes).\nMost importantly, both tales facilitate a conversation about how one's choices and thoughts are influenced by the conventions of the society one exists within and the difficult necessity of challenging those conventions when they are unjust.\nDenying students the opportunity to read these works in a structured classroom environment because they are \"uncomfortable\" misses the point. The students are supposed to be uncomfortable. Today's high school students live in a world fraught with racial tension. The real world inevitably will place our students (especially, sadly, our students of color) in situations where race will be an uncomfortable but unavoidable conversation topic.\nWe should not deny them the opportunity to have uncomfortable critical dialogue about these issues in a structured, teacher-led environment simply because it may be \"uncomfortable.\"\nLet's place a bit more faith in the ability of our teachers to impart these difficult lessons — and in our students ability to engage with them."}
{"text":"- Hyenas make a variety of vocalizations, including wailing calls, howling screams and the well-known \"laughter\" used to alert other clan members up to three miles away of a food source.\n- Hyenas eat a great variety of animal products, vegetation and, according to campers, even aluminum pots and pans. There are three subspecies of meerkat: red, grey and slender-tailed, the subspecies at Zoos Victoria.\nMeerkats live in southern Africa, which is dominated by the Kalahari Desert. Countries where they are found include Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.\nThey are small: 26–28cm (with a 22cm tail).\nFinding safety in numbers, meerkats live in groups of 10–30, with a female in charge of each smaller family unit. Meerkats spend most of the day foraging for food. A lookout stands on a high viewpoint until relieved by another meerkat. Danger can come from threats such as jackals, vultures, snakes, servals or hawks. Meerkats have a wide range of vocalisations, and warning calls are specific to each form of danger. The pack may band together to threaten a predator or rival pack with much hissing and jumping.\nMeerkats are omnivorous, and their diet includes pupae and larvae of moths, butterflies, beetles and flies; termites; crickets; spiders; scorpions; and other invertebrates that they excavate. They also eat lizards, small snakes, birds, eggs and mice. In dry areas they get moisture by chewing local melons, roots and tubers.\nmeerkats live in groups of 20-50 extended family members in large underground tunnels. These family groups are called gangs or mobs. One of the most important roles a meerkat plays is that of the sentry, or watch guard. The sentry will stand on its hind legs, propped up by its tail, and act as a lookout while the rest of the mob is outside the burrow."}
{"text":"These origami activities are based on difficulty levels -- easy is rated as 1, medium is rated as 2 and so on. Through clear instructions make cranes, pelicans, owl, jumping frog and flowers such as Lily, Tulip, Rose and Lotus.\nOrigami animals are a popular choice of origami. They're fun to fold and it's really cool to see them begin to take shape and look like their real life counterparts. There are instructions for various origami animals so just choose your favourite ...\nOrigami flowers can be really beautiful. They can also be really intricate. They make great gifts for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, birthdays and so on. Follow the step by step photos and origami diagrams to fold the origami flowers.\nTeaching geometry with a fun and tactile method like origami helps students with sequencing and direction following. It’s a fun way to introduce a wide range of geometry terms and concepts."}
{"text":"Is snow in the Alps receding or disappearing?\nArticle first published online: 22 JUN 2012\nCopyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.\nWiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change\nVolume 3, Issue 4, pages 349–358, July/August 2012\nHow to Cite\nBeniston, M. (2012), Is snow in the Alps receding or disappearing?. WIREs Clim Change, 3: 349–358. doi: 10.1002/wcc.179\n- Issue published online: 11 JUL 2012\n- Article first published online: 22 JUN 2012\nSnow in a populated and economically diverse region such as the Alps plays an important role in both natural environmental systems, (e.g., hydrology and vegetation), and a range of socio-economic sectors (e.g., tourism or hydropower). Changes in snow amount and duration may impact upon these systems in various ways. The objective of this text is to assess whether the public perception that snow has been receding in recent decades in the European Alps is indeed upheld by observations of the behavior of the mountain snow-pack in the last few decades. This article will show that, depending on location—and in particular according to altitude—the quantity of snow and the length of the snow season have indeed changed over the past century. While a major driving factor for this is clearly to be found in recent warming trends, other processes also contribute to the reduction in snow, such as the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on the variability of the mountain snow-pack. This article ends with a short glimpse to the future, based on recent model studies that suggest that snow at low to medium elevations will indeed have all but disappeared by 2100. WIREs Clim Change 2012 doi: 10.1002/wcc.179\nFor further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website."}
{"text":"In The Measure of a Man, Martin Luther King, Jr. made a statement that is challenging and encouraging to me as a teacher—and I pray that it challenges and encourages you too. As you look to point your students to Christ in your academic area through biblical integration, it can be hard. But note what King said about how we should understand our work:\n“He should do it as if God Almighty called him at this particular moment in history to do it. He should seek to do his job so well that the living, the dead, or the unborn could not do it better. No matter how small one thinks his life’s work is in terms of the norms of the world and the so-called big jobs, he must realize that it has cosmic significance if he is serving humanity and doing the will of God.” (Kindle Loc. 199-203)\nRemember these things:\n- You have been called by God to do this work now.\n- You must invest your best effort into this work that God has entrusted to you.\n- If you are obeying the Lord, your work is significant.\nMake the most of every lesson, every conversation, every disciplinary action, every grade. Why? Because you are called. Like Paul, pour yourself out to serve your students and your God (Phil 2:17). And never forget, that God notices. Your students may not notice your great work. Other teachers might not see it. But God sees and He cares.\nAll this to say, “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God—even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.” (1 Cor 10:31-33)."}
{"text":"Pregnancy week 12\nHow's the foetus at 12 weeks?\nA perfectly-formed human being\nYour baby weighs about 14g and is about 5.4cm long from crown to rump. Your uterus is still about the size of a grapefruit, your baby, a lime.\n• Your baby now has reflexes.\n• She is beginning to move her facial muscles – she can frown, open and close her mouth and suck and swallow amniotic fluid.\n• Her heartbeat can clearly be heard. The heart rate is about 160 beats per minute.\n• Your placenta has taken over hormone production.\n• Her kidneys have started to produce and secrete urine and her liver is making bile\n• Her taste buds have formed.\n• Her ribs and vertebrae have begun to harden into bone.\n• At 12 weeks your baby is already a perfectly formed human being.\nWhat's with my body: Rising uterus, rounder tummy\n• Your stomach may begin to round a bit and you might start showing.\n• You might find that you have a little more energy than you used to and also are not as nauseous as before.\n• The linea nigra (black line running down the centre of your abdomen) may appear.\n• Your uterus has probably risen above your pelvis.\n• Don’t try to diet if you are worried about gaining weight. Make sure that you follow a healthy, balanced diet. You can listen to your baby’s heartbeat!\nGo back to the complete list of Pregnancy week-by-week updates."}
{"text":"Knowledge, attitude and practice on hepatitis B prevention among dental professionals in India|\nReddy, R. Sudhakara; Swapna, L. A.; Ramesh, T. & Pradeep, K.\nAim: To obtain comprehensive information about the knowledge, attitude and practices towards hepatitis B infection by dental health care professionals, and their effort to prevent the transmission among the patients.\nMethods: A cross sectional survey conducted among 540 dental health care workers in a dental college and private practitioners in and around Bhimavarm, India. A selfassessment questionnaire with queries on levels, namely knowledge and practices, and protective measures to prevent transmission of hepatitis B was recorded and statistically analyzed.\nResults: Frequency distribution scores of knowledge, attitude and practice in relation to hepatitis B infection revealed that the faculty members, the students under training along with, nurses, hygienists and lab technicians were relatively aware of hepatitis B vaccination, precautions and principles droplet isolation procedures to prevent transmission of hepatitis B infection.\nConclusions: The results showed that the dental professionals had good knowledge and attitude regarding hepatitis B and its transmission, but that the infection control measures among the health care professionals are moderately poor and an educational program on isolation precautions can further enhance these levels and thereby, reducing the risk of infection transmission.\ndental health care professionals, hepatitis-B, protective and preventive measures"}
{"text":"Commissions we are working on, website technology changes, really nice letters from people, customer pictures, and more. Click here for blog archives.\nMonday, August 17, 2009\nComing up this weekend in Colorado is a Renaissance Faire that we think is interesting for the reasons you’ve probably already figured out from the title. The Ravenshire Renaissance and Pirate Faire is a unique blend of the Renaissance in the year 1550 and Pirates of the 18th Century, all mixing together in the mysterious darkness of nighttime.\nTheir site offers some sketches of period-appropriate costumes, and some photos of last year’s daytime do (see above) but we’ve got a few ready and waiting for you in our Medieval and Renaissance Costumes Section.\nFor those who want to be upper class women, our Masquerade Queen (shown above) and Baroness fit their description – “Women of this time wore tight, conical bodices over full, cone-shaped skirts. Sleeves were long and tight, and usually had either puffed and padded sleevecaps or large, false stuffed undersleeves. Chemises were worn beneath all to protect the clothing from dirt and sweat.”\nFor the men, we’ve got the Renaissance Nobleman or the Noble Knight , both of whom are shown in the photo above.\nThe Ravenshire website also tells us that working class people would have worn garments made of solid, textured fabrics in colors obtainable through natural and local dyes--blue in almost all shades was a very common peasant color--as you can see in one of the photos above. Women wore a stiffened bodice as an all-in-one garment rather than a separate dress and corset. They could get away with shorter skirts (which in 1550 meant ankle-length!). When working, they would hitch their skirts up over their belt. Working men often wore leather aprons and long pants instead of short breeches and hose."}
{"text":"An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, and a precursor to the famous nineteenth-century slave narratives, Equiano’s The Interesting Narrative recounts his kidnapping in Africa aged ten, his service as a slave of an officer in the British Navy for ten years, and his life after he bought his freedom in 1766, growing to become one of the foremost figures of the anti-slavery movement in Britain.\nThe Interesting Narrative is a spirited autobiography, a tale of spiritual quest and fulfillment and a sophisticated treatise on religion, politics and economics.\nOlaudah Equiano (c. 1745 – 31 March 1797), known for most of his life as Gustavus Vassa, was a writer and abolitionist from, according to his memoir, the Eboe region of the Kingdom of Benin (today southern Nigeria). Enslaved as a child, he was taken to the Caribbean and sold as a slave to a Royal Navy officer. He was sold twice more but purchased his freedom in 1766.\nAs a freedman in London, Equiano supported the British abolitionist movement. He was part of the Sons of Africa, an abolitionist group composed of Africans living in Britain, and he was active among leaders of the anti-slave trade movement in the 1780s. He published his autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789), which depicted the horrors of slavery. It went through nine editions in his lifetime and helped gain passage of the British Slave Trade Act 1807, which abolished the slave trade. Equiano married an English woman named Susannah Cullen in 1792 and they had two daughters. He died in 1797 in Westminster."}
{"text":"Hyperspectral survey of crop field\nThe efficacy of the Gamaya’s HSI solution for precision farming applications has been studied using the Field Phenotyping Platform (FIP) at the ETH Zurich research station for plant sciences at Eschikon, Lindau, as collaboration between Gamaya and the ETH Zurich Crop Science Laboratory.\nSpecifically, the spectral data from a set of 34 micro-plots, including a range of different crops (soybean, sunflower, maize and buckwheat), were extracted and correlated with physiological plant properties. We calculated nine spectral indices reported for visible range. The spectral indices were related to leaf nitrogen, chlorophyll and total pigment concentration, canopy cover (fraction of plant per area %), leaf area index and spad (leaf greenness). For each of the mentioned traits good to very good correlations were identified. Gamaya proved that imagery data collected using developed HS sensors can be very accurately correlated with crop properties and translated into actionable information for farmers, i.e. nitrogen fertilization rates. Based on this information, the farmers can decide to treat, irrigate and fertilize at variable rates.\nCropping area under the Field Phenotyping Platform (FIP) of the Group of Crop Science at the ETH Research Station for Plant Sciences Lindau-Eschikon, ETH Zurich. Please move the slider below to compare the RGB (left) versus the Principal Component Analysis (PCA)-based imagery obtained using the Gamaya’s HS sensor."}
{"text":"In 1912, Moscow was celebrated a century of exile of Napoleon from Moscow. For the anniversary there was a whole series of drinks and foods, decorated for a holiday. There was also a new pastry - puff with cream, made in the form of a triangle, which was supposed to see the famous three-cornered hat of Napoleon. Tricorn become a mandatory part of the image of the emperor after verse Lermontov He cornered hat and gray hiking jacket. Cake quickly became known as 'Napoleon' and universal acceptance. This name is preserved to this day, although in the form of a cake was rectangular.\nJoin in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to Interesting Facts Abot Food.\nGo back to homepage of Fun-Interesting-Facts.com - Submit your own facts"}
{"text":"This is the Platte River Valley, America's great road west. It provided a natural pathway for westward expansion across the continent during the nineteenth century. Here passed the Oregon Trail, following the South Platte River along much the same route as the highway over which you now travel. Beginning in 1841, nearly 250,000 travelers crossed the plains to Oregon and California over this important overland route. Here at O'Fallon's Bluffs, the wagon trains faced one of the most difficult and dangerous spots on the trail. The Platte River cut directly against the bluff, making it necessary to travel the narrow roadway over O'Fallon's Bluffs. Deep sand caught the wagon wheels, and Indian attacks were always a danger. A few feet southeast of this point, ruts made by thousands of wagon wheels still remain.\nAlthough first traveled primarily by immigrants, the trail was later used by the Pony Express and became an important freight and military route. With the completion of the trans-continental railroad across Nebraska in 1867, travel on the trail declined. Although the dangers and hardships faced by early travelers no longer exist, the Great Platte Valley route remains an important modern thoroughfare across Nebraska and across the nation.\nDepartment of Roads\nHistorical Land Mark Council\nU.S. I-80 east bound, Sutherland rest area"}
{"text":"It was reported in 2017 that there are over 264 million children who do not have an opportunity to receive an education. If we consider the fact that most poverty is directly linked to a lack of education and over one billion people are living in poverty, this means that the cycle continues without adequate support.\nGlobal Partnerships seeks to create a space where disadvantaged children have access to education and to equip their local schools to deliver instruction using research based practices. Although it is a complex mission, we believe that each child is valuable and capable, with ample support, of exemplary academic performance. Our goal DOES NOT include uprooting children from their current environment to provide them a better life however; our claim is that students can increase their academic, social, and cognitive capacity as they remain connected to their own caring communities.\nIn April 2016, a team of students and educators from multiple high schools within the United States traveled to Ada, Ghana. Ada is a small island community that is situated on the Volta River. While in Ada, the students and staff members were afforded the opportunity to interact with students from a local school. The interactions included U.S. teachers providing professional development and modeling best classroom practices. Participant students were also charged to lead classroom lessons and articulate their experiences. Each participant left Ghana with an indelible mark on their lives, to the extent that many returned the following year.\nIt was not difficult for the participants to immediately identify the vast needs of the community and school. As the Global Partnerships organization developed, we recognized that in order to become an agent of change, we must listen to the needs of the people and respond with consistent follow-up. Our approach has led to the success of multiple tasks on the island. We wish to continue the work in Ada and later expand it to other communities."}
{"text":"The Spanish Economy. An introduction is the first English translation of a book that summarises the work of a wide range of teachers over the last quarter century, rigorously and pedagogically explaining features, achievements and limitations of the Spanish economy.\nTheir main targets are students and scholars of the Spanish economy in the language of Adam Smith ; students and scholars who grow in number within and outside of Spain : inside as a result of the multiplication of bilingual groups in Spanish universities and outside due to the lessons to be learned from the Spanish development model, especially for emerging economies .\nA quarter of a century of teaching lays the foundations of this book. A quarter of a century that has become crucial for Spain and its economy: both for the prosperity gained over many years and its full incorporation in the process of constructing a united Europe and because of the severity of the crisis that the economy has been suffering for almost five years now. We hope this work could be of help to face the problems and the formidable challenges ahead."}
{"text":"We know of about 5,200 mineral species, each of which has a unique combination of chemical composition and atomic structure. There are millions of mineral samples housed in museums, warehouses, universities or private collections, many of which have been neatly described and cataloged. For instance, it’s standard practice for a mineral sample to be tagged with information like the location it was recovered from, the level or occurrence, the age of the deposit or the mineral’s growth rate.\nWhen you combine this information — not on one deposit but a myriad — with data on the surrounding geography, the geological setting, and coexisting minerals, it’s possible to fill in the blanks and infer the existence of not only deposits but also new mineral species.\nIt’s only recently that the technology has enabled scientists to use such a ‘big data’ approach.\n“The quest for new mineral deposits is incessant, but until recently mineral discovery has been more a matter of luck than scientific prediction,” said Dr. Shaunna Morrison of the Deep Carbon Observatory in a statement. “All that may change thanks to big data.”"}
{"text":"Submitted by the Department of Public Works\nThe Bedford Department of Public Works has started its annual program to treat catch basins to prevent West Nile Virus, a disease carried by the Culex (Q-lex) mosquito. This mosquito mostly breeds in storm drains, but can also survive in any open container holding even a half-inch of water.\nAccording to the Center for Disease Control, it is important to target the larval stage of the mosquito, since once the adult has hatched, it can transmit the virus to humans and animals.\nSmall packets that contain a selective insecticide for the Culex larvae will be dropped by licensed DPW employees into catch basins in target neighborhoods. These areas include senior populations, horse barns, densely populated, and public lands. The active chemical, Bacillus sphaericus, prevents mosquitos from reproducing. The chemical is not harmful to humans, fish, pets, plants, or birds.\nFor additional information, please contact either the Bedford DPW or the Bedford Board of Health. The Eastern Middlesex Mosquito Control District is overseeing this annual project and can be reached at (781) 899-5730."}
{"text":"However, there seems to be lack of nation-wide consolidated data regarding the epidemiology of UTI in India. Hence, at Suburban Diagnostics, we made an attempt to try and bridge this gap and take the first step to fulfil this unmet need. We conducted a retrospective study on the epidemiological patterns and antibiotic susceptibility patterns prevailing among 24,000 urine cultures done at our lab.\nFemales predominate community-acquired (CA) UTI (71%)\nAdvancing age came across very strongly as a risk factor for UTI. We noted an almost 20% sharp rise in the prevalence of UTI, as advancing from the age group of 40-60 years to 60 and above.\nThe major chunk of causative pathogens was Gram-negative and of these the most commonly reported bacteria was E.coli.\nAlmost 60% of isolates were ESBL positive which clinically represents a more aggressive and resistant form of infection.\nThe urine culture report also provides the clinicians with an antibiotic susceptibility analysis detailing which are the most effective antibiotics for a particular case of UTI. This varies for every patient and helps the clinician in selecting the most effective drugs and can go a long way in improving prognosis.\nLet’s understand how this antibiotic susceptibility is decided.\nThe antibiotic susceptibility pattern noted in our study has been shown below:\nAn example of how breakpoint MICs helps us decide the most appropriate antibiotic out of the ones that are sensitive.\n|Antibiotic||Interpretation||MIC Values||Break Point MICs|\n|Amoxicillin – clavulanic acid||Sensitive||0.5||16|\nThe antibiotic which shows the highest “breakpoint MIC-to-MIC” ratio is the most sensitive antibiotic and hence is the drug of choice.\nAmoxycillin Clavulanic acid is the most appropriate antibiotic to be used in the above example."}
{"text":"This is a very common problem in teaching beginners. I have discovered that many students do not understand how to set up for the pose, and therefore the chest and arms collapse.\nTry this: From Plank Pose, have the student place the knees on the floor. Now clearly demonstrate that the hips need to shift back and align directly over the knees before she attempts to lower the chest. The student should be on all fours, hips over the knees and shoulders over the wrists. If the hips are not aligned properly, but are allowed forward of the knees, there will not be enough room to place the chest between the hands. The chest will collapse and move forward of the hands, and the student will fall on her belly.\nOnce the hips are over the knees, have the student lower the chest. Remind her to aim the chest right between her hands. Keep in mind that some students may be weak in the arms, so it could take time to build up the strength for this move.\nMaty Ezraty has been teaching and practicing yoga since 1985, and she founded the Yoga Works schools in Santa Monica, California. Since the sale of the school in 2003, she has lived in Hawaii with her husband, Chuck Miller. Both senior Ashtanga teachers, they lead workshops, teacher trainings, and retreats worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.chuckandmaty.com."}
{"text":"Evapotranspiration (ET) is an important water loss flux in ecosystem water cycles, and quantifying the spatial and temporal variation of ET can improve ecohydrological models in arid ecosystems. Plant neighbor interactions may be a source of spatial and temporal variation in ET due to their effects on the above- and belowground microclimate and increased water demand for transpiration. Over longer timescales (annual to multiple years), adjustments in plant physiological traits may occur in response to neighbor environments, potentially affecting the transpiration (T) component of ET. We used a dynamic soil water model to assess the sensitivity of ET and T estimates to neighbor effects on soil moisture via competition for water, aboveground microclimate effects via canopy shading, and physiological adjustments (specifically, root distribution, stomatal behavior, and canopy leaf area). We focus on a common desert shrub (Larrea tridentata) under different inter-specific neighbor environments and precipitation regimes. Neighbors impacted T of Larrea by as much as 75% at the patch scale (plant and surrounding soil) and 30% at the stand scale. Annual T estimates were highly sensitive to changes in soil moisture associated with competition for water, and the inclusion of physiological adjustments to neighbor environments significantly impacted seasonal T. Plant neighbor interactions can significantly influence ET and soil moisture, and their inclusion in models can help explain spatial and temporal variation in water fluxes in arid ecosystems. Furthermore, physiological adjustments to neighbor environments may be an important source of variation to include in models that operate over seasonal timescales or in studies focused on plant responses to precipitation under climate change.\n- plant–plant interactions\n- soil water model\nASJC Scopus subject areas\n- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics\n- Environmental Chemistry"}
{"text":"Language and Page Formatting Options\n3.4. Associative Arrays\nSystemTap also supports the use of associative arrays. While an ordinary variable represents a single value, associative arrays can represent a collection of values. Simply put, an associative array is a collection of unique keys; each key in the array has a value associated with it.\nSince associative arrays are normally processed in multiple probes (as we will demonstrate later), they should be declared as\nglobalvariables in the SystemTap script. The syntax for accessing an element in an associative array is similar to that of\nawk, and is as follows:\narray_nameis any arbitrary name the array uses. The\nindex_expressionis used to see a specific unique key in the array. To illustrate, let us try to build an array named\narrthat specifies the ages of three people (the unique keys):\nharry. To assign them the ages (associated values) of 23, 24, and 25 respectively, we'd use the following array statements:\nExample 3.11. Basic Array Statements\narr[\"tom\"] = 23 arr[\"dick\"] = 24 arr[\"harry\"] = 25\nYou can specify up to nine index expressons in an array statement, each one delimited by a comma (\n,). This is useful if you wish to have a key that contains multiple pieces of information. The following line from Example 4.9, “disktop.stp” uses 5 elements for the key: process ID, executable name, user ID, parent process ID, and string \"W\". It associates the value of\ndevnamewith that key.\ndevice[pid(),execname(),uid(),ppid(),\"W\"] = devname\nAll associate arrays must be declared as\nglobal, regardless of whether the associate array is used in one or multiple probes."}
{"text":"Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter\nMESSENGER captured this high-resolution image of an elongated pit crater within the floor of the 355-km (220-mile) -wide crater Tolstoj on Mercury on Jan. 11, 2012. The low angle of sun illumination puts the interior of the pit crater into deep shadow, making it appear bottomless.\nPit craters are not caused by impacts, but rather by the collapse of the roof of an underground magma chamber. They are characterized by the lack of a rim or surrounding ejecta blankets, and are often not circular in shape.\nSince the floor of Tolstoj crater is thought to have once been flooded by lava, a pit crater is not out of place here.\nThe presence of such craters on Mercury indicates past volcanic activity on Mercury contributing to the planet’s evolution.\nImage credit: : NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington"}
{"text":"The K-12 2013 Horizon Report, released in June, gives us a glimpse into the classrooms of the near future. The Horizon Report highlights K-12 emerging technologies that will affect teaching, research, learning, and creative inquiry in higher education. A timeline details when these technologies are predicted to have the most impact in those areas. Some highlights from the report include:\n• Time to adoption: 1 year or less: cloud computing and mobile learning.\n• Time to adoption: 2-3 years: learning analytics and open content.\n• Time to adoption: 4-5 years: 3D printing and virtual/remote labs.\nBy taking the time to look at the report, school leaders will note how quickly these changes are entering our world and our daily lives. Keeping eyes tuned to the “horizon” will be an essential part of a transformation in tune with what is to come."}
{"text":"Graduate student Jen Metes recently presented early insights from her work on the COASST project in a poster at the National Association of Environmental Education (NAAEE).\nBest Practices for Engaging Communities in Citizen Science: Recruitment & Retention in COASST\nJennifer Metes, Heidi Ballard & Julia Parrish\nCoastal Observation & Seabird Survey Team (COASST) is a citizen science project through which participants collect beached bird data that is shared with resource management agencies. We examined why COASST volunteers first became engaged in the project and what motivates them to continue their involvement in it. Using COASST as a “model” citizen science program, we identify fundamental features of the program that may be translated into other citizen science projects."}
{"text":"does anyone know how to convert String to primitive int without use of Wrapper classes.\nNot sure I understand what you are asking. Do you want to do something like\nwithout using the nice builtin parse functions?\nThe obvious way is to convert the String into a byte array, then iterate over the array. Pick up a byte, subtract \"0\" (ascii character zero) to get the value as an integer, then add it, and multiply by ten every time you pick up the next character.\nNot sure this is really \"advanced\" so maybe I'm not understanding.\nJoined: Oct 11, 2006\nI shall make my question clear to you.. For example String s=\"12\"; I want to know how this string can be converted to primitive int without using the methods of Wrapper Class ie Integer class methods should not be used to convert it to primitive. Thanks in advance..\nFollowing program shows a logic to convert a string to int without using wrapper class. But this logic will work when input is only a positive number. For negative number input you can modify the logic.\n[ August 21, 2007: Message edited by: prakash chandra ] [ August 24, 2007: Message edited by: prakash chandra ]\nAnil, I think it would help us to help you if you told us *why* you are interested in this.\nThe soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus"}
{"text":"Treatment & Prevention\nThere is no specific treatment for St. Louis encephalitis (SLE); clinical management is supportive. Patients with severe meningeal symptoms often require pain control for headaches and antiemetic therapy and rehydration for associated nausea and vomiting. Patients with encephalitis require close monitoring for the development of elevated intracranial pressure, seizures, and inability to protect their airway.\nNo SLE virus vaccines are available for use in humans. In the absence of a vaccine, prevention of SLE virus infection depends on personal protective measures to decrease exposure to infected mosquitoes. This includes using insect repellent, wearing long-sleeved shirts and pants, treating clothing and gear with 0.5% permethrin, and taking steps to control mosquitoes indoors and outdoors. More information about preventing mosquito bites can be found here.\nSLE virus can be transmitted through blood transfusions. People recently diagnosed with SLE virus infections should not donate blood for 120 days (4 months) after their illness. SLE virus infections temporally associated with blood transfusion should be reported promptly to the appropriate state health department."}
{"text":"The editor can be your most important tool for creating programs, yet few developers take the time to fully master it; and thus they miss out on potential gains in their productivity.\nThe Visual Studio editor can be your most important tool for creating programs.\nIn this lab, you'll see how Visual Studio 2005 and several new features can work for you.\nThe best way to explore the editor is to open a new Windows\nproject. Let's call it\nEditorExploration. Visual Studio starts you\nout with a nice clean form named Form1, and also creates three additional\nfiles: Form1.cs to hold the code\nrelated to the form, Form1.designer.cs\nto hold the code created by the form designer, and\nProgram.cs to hold the code\nrelated to the application.\nDrag a label and a button anywhere onto the form, and then\ndouble-click the button to create an event handler. You should find\nthat Visual Studio 2005 has opened a code-behind file named Form1.cs and has placed you inside the\nMake some minor changes to the code in your editor. Notice the yellow strip down the side of the window. This indicates changes to your code that have not yet been saved. When the changes are saved, this strip turns green.\nA yellow strip indicates unsaved changes. A green strip indicates changes that have been saved.\nmethod, type the letter\n(lowercase L). IntelliSense ..."}
{"text":"In this part, we’ll talk more about the mechanics of filing your tax return. This includes things such as choosing a filing status and deciding which form to use.\nYour filing status affects which tax bracket is used to calculate your taxes, and also determines things such as the size of your standard deduction.\nMost college students will likely use a filing status of “single,” but not always. For example, if you’re married your only options are to file as “married filing jointly” or “married filing separately.”\nHead of household may also be an option if you have children.\nWhich Tax Form?\nThere are 3 tax forms you can use:\n- Form 1040-EZ: for people with income only from W-2s and savings accounts, and who do not have kids and are not claiming any other deductions or credits other than a personal exemption and the standard deduction.\n- Form 1040A: for people with income only from W-2s and savings accounts, but also claiming tax credits such as education credits or the earned income credit.\n- Form 1040: for all other situations.\nTax Benefits for College Students\n- American Opportunity Credit\n- Lifetime Learning Credit\n- Deduction for tuition and fees\n- Deduction for student loan interest\nWARNING: Proceed with caution on claiming any of these tax benefits on your tax return if your parents are still claiming you as a dependent on their tax return! We’ll discuss in more depth in Part 4."}
{"text":"Ordinary New Yorkers share their anxieties around violent weather, climate change, and more, as they brace for what could be one of the hottest months ever.\nLarry Itliong instigated the great Delano grape strike of 1965 which resulted in the formation of the United Farmworkers of America.\nWhile the California farm labor movement's biggest names are Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, few know the crucial role that organizer Larry Itliong and a group of Filipino farm workers played in the establishment of that famous movement.\nItliong's Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee instigated one of the American farm labor movement's most defining moments, the Delano Grape Strike of 1965. Itliong — a five foot five, cigar-chomping union veteran — organized 1,5000 Filipino laborers to strike against the grape growers of Delano, California for the federal minimum wage. They fought alone until Itliong persuaded Cesar Chavez and his group of Latino farmworkers to join the strike.\nWhat happened after that made civil rights history: the two groups merged together to created the United Farm Workers Union, with Cesar Chavez as director and Larry Itliong as assistant director. Yet Larry's story and the story of the Filipinos and their union organizing efforts that began in the 1920s in the US have virtually been forgotten."}
{"text":"Atom is a text editor that’s modern, approachable, yet hackable to the core—a tool you can customize to do anything but also use productively without ever touching a config file. Atom resembles a lot like Sublime Text editor, a hugely popular cross platform but closed source text editor which is preferred by programmers. To know more about Atom you can read Atom official website.\nAtom works across operating systems. You can use it on OS X, Windows, or Linux.\nAtom offers a nice and easy to use graphical setting manager where you can modify common settings like theme, font size, color highlighting schemes etc.\nAtom is tightly integrated with Git, so if you are using GIT to host code, you should get lot of help from this text editor regarding your recent changes to code.\nEasily browse and open a single file, a whole project, or multiple projects in one window.\nSearch for and install new packages or start creating your own—all from within Atom.\nAtom helps you write code faster with a smart, flexible autocomplete.\nFew of useful features are given below.\nAdd PPA for Atom\nSay thanks to webupd8team for maintaining PPA for Atom. Use the following command to add PPA for Atom:\n# sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/atom\nInstall Atom Text Editor\nNow download Atom text editor file and install on your system using following commands.\n# sudo apt-get update\n# sudo apt-get install atom\nStart Atom Editor\nNow start Atom text editor using following command:"}
{"text":"In 1920 the New York Times famously stated “That Professor Goddard, with his chair in Clark College and the countenancing of the Smithsonian Institution, does not know the relation of action to reaction, and of the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react—to say that would be absurd. Of course he only seems to lack the knowledge ladled out daily in high schools.”\nRobert H. Goddard (October 5, 1882 – August 10, 1945) was a professor of physics and the pioneer of modern rocketry, but perhaps more importantly he was a scientist who dared to speak the unspeakable… that man could one day travel to the moon… He was dismissed as being a crazy person.\nHe spent his life building, testing and perfecting liquid fueled rockets, he was often laughed at and ridiculed with newspapers running headlines like “Moon rocket misses target by 238,799 1/2 miles.” He never gave up.\n50 years after that embarrassing New York Times blunder, and the day after the Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, the New York Times issued an apology. It read “Further investigation and experimentation have confirmed the findings of Isaac Newton in the 17th century, and it is now definitely established that a rocket can function in a vacuum as well as in an atmosphere. The Times regrets the error.”\nNow read “The collider, the particle and a theory about fate“."}
{"text":"In its 44th session, the UN Human Rights Council has passed a strong resolution on the ‘Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation’ (FGM). Submitted by Burkina Faso on behalf of the group of African States, the resolution calls upon all governments to take “comprehensive, multisectoral and rights-based measures to prevent and eliminate female genital mutilation”.\nThe resolution also:\n- Recognizes that the COVID-19 crisis could drive international, regional and national efforts away from the prevention and elimination of FGM, which studies indicate could result in 2 million additional cases of FGM that could have been averted by 2030\n- Expresses deep concern that despite increased national, regional and international efforts, FGM persists in “all parts of the world” and that “new forms, such as medicalization and cross-border practice, are emerging”\n- Highlights that many countries lack accurate and reliable data on FGM\n- Welcomes “the growing global consensus” on the need to take appropriate measures to prevent and eradicate FGM, which is a harmful practice cannot be justified on religious or cultural grounds\n- Urges States to take a number of measures to prevent and eliminate FGM, including passing legislation against the practice, addressing root causes of gender equality, stopping the medicalization of FGM, ensuring effective remedies for women and girls, and investing sufficient resources to end the practice.\nEquality Now calls upon all 92 countries where FGM is known to take place to take immediate action to prevent and eliminate FGM. As noted by the Human Rights Council resolution, a global response and accelerated efforts are needed to end FGM by 2030."}
{"text":"Fourth and fifth graders at McKinley-Brighton Magnet Elementary School will hear about the noted Jerry Rescue when Rochester storyteller Robert Djed Snead visits on Monday.\nSnead visits schools as the Bishop Jermaine Wesley Loguen, an escaped slave in the 1800s who ran a Syracuse stop on the Underground Railroad. He was among the local abolitionists who helped William \"Jerry\" Henry escape his arrest under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1851.\nLoguen served as a minister in the A.M.E. Zion Church and remains as that character for the duration of his programs. Snead plans to set Monday's presentation in the spring of 1852, when Loguen returned to New York after fleeing Canada because of his role in the Jerry Rescue. Students will hear about Loguen's life during and after slavery, his life in Canada, his role as a minister and the Jerry Rescue."}
{"text":"The Sandia Lightning Simulator (SLS) allows test objects to be subjected to simulated lightning currents up to severe levels. The SLS can be configured to produce either one or two simulated strokes, with or without continuing current. It can deliver a maximum peak current of 200 kA for a single stroke, 100 kA for a subsequent stroke, and several hundred Amperes of continuing current for hundreds of milliseconds. The simulator output waveform is comparable to natural lightning in terms of the pulse rise and fall times, peak current, and continuing current amplitude and duration.\nTest configurations include direct-attachment lightning, (where the simulator is connected to or arcs to the test object), burn-through (which incorporates continuing current), and nearby magnetic fields due to the strokes. The SLS can be used to certify or evaluate hardware or to perform basic or applied research.\nThe simulated lightning strokes are generated by high-voltage (up to 1.6 MV) Marx banks housed in two large oil tanks that provide high-voltage insulation. The peak current can be varied depending on the charge voltage of the Marx banks. Triggered crowbar switches in each tank are used for pulse shaping and ultraviolet lasers trigger the crowbar switches at a predetermined time. Continuing current, when required, is delivered by a large motor-generator set.\nSLS machine diagnostics include current and voltage measurements taken for each shot. Typical test object diagnostics are current viewing resistors and transformers, Rogowski coils for measuring current derivatives, and voltage dividers. Other compatible diagnostics are pressure transducers, temperature sensors, and electric and magnetic field sensors (D-Dot and B-Dot, respectively). To minimize coupling from the electromagnetic noise generated during a shot, test object diagnostics are housed in a shielded instrumentation box, and their signals are fed through a fiber optic system back to the screen room."}
{"text":"A delicate new ring and possibly two new moons have been spotted around Saturn by the US-European Cassini mission, astronomers announced Thursday.\nAstronomers at Queen Mary University of London, UK, detected a faint dust ring 300 kilometres wide in images taken by the spacecraft since July 2004. The ring lies 1200 km beyond the main ring system, between the bright, wide A ring and the faint, outermost F ring. It has been seen in an arc spanning about a tenth of the rings' circumference and may extend all the way around the planet.\nIts location coincides with that of Saturn's moon Atlas, suggesting the moon is shedding pieces of itself as it collides with micrometeorites in its orbit. \"The ring is being constantly replenished,\" team member Mike Evans likening the process to the two moons thought to cause Jupiter's dusty ring, the New Scientist informed.\nAccording to the MSNBC News, at a distance of 86,000 miles (138,000 kilometers) from the center of Saturn, the previously unknown ring, designated S/2004 1R, lies in the orbit of the small moon Atlas. It is unknown yet whether the ring actually makes a full circle around the planet or is just an arc.\nAstronomers have estimated the width of material in the ring to be 190 miles (300 kilometers). In comparison, the A ring is 9,070 miles (14,600 kilometers) wide, while the F ring is 31 miles (50 kilometers) wide.\nRead earlier news stories by PRAVDA.Ru\nFrance is used to terminating large-scale contracts, as that was the case of the Russian-French deal on Mistral helicopter carriers"}
{"text":"Environmental damage prompts Sudan to halt mining permits\nThe Sudanese Ministry of Minerals announced a temporarily halt to issuing licenses to gold mining companies in the northern Sudanese Rive Nile state on Tuesday.\nA committee formed by the Minerals Ministry recommended a review of the environmental deterioration resulting from the toxic waste produced by traditional mining companies, and which is traded at the markets, as well as a temporary halting of new licenses and the extension of current permits.\nAfter meeting with the committee on Tuesday, the Minister of Minerals, Mohamed Sadeg El Karori, instructed the dissemination of a letter to all gold mining states, in which he ordered the implementation of the committee’s recommendations. He stressed that state governments should focus on environmental safety and regulate the handling of traditional mining waste.\nThere are more than 81 sites producing more than 90 percent of gold in the country. The mining absorbs about five million miners and other workers, while those affected by these activities are estimated at 11 million people.\nThe increased gold prospection has economic, environmental, and security impacts on the local communities, in particular the effects resulting from the unwise use of chemicals like mercury and cyanide in the mining operations, as those substances flow in the valleys, water streams and the ground water.\nOn 11 February, Radio Dabanga reported about the mass death of fish in Lake Nasser, south of Wadi Halfa, on the border between Sudan and Egypt. Early March, hundreds of people took to the streets in El Bowga, River Nile state, in protest against the toxic waste produced by gold mining companies in the area.\nBack to overview"}
{"text":"People in Cincinnati go their doctors expected that said professional’s experience and expertise will help them arrive at the correct diagnosis as to what is ailing them. However, most also realize that even with the many advances made in modern medicine in recent year, diagnostic science still has its limitations. Thus, misdiagnoses will happen (indeed, according to information shared by CBS News, more than 12 million Americans are misdiagnosed by clinicians every year). Yet patient’s still have the right to expect that their doctors will use sound judgment when diagnosing their conditions. If that expectation is not met, they may justly question why.\nOften, healthcare professionals will incorporate heuristics into their decision-making. Heuristics are the accepted best practices within an industry, and have typically been developed through both study and the analysis of real-world data. Doctors are not discouraged from considering heuristics when examining their patients; it is when they allow heuristics to completely influence their decisions that problems arise.\nThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has identified certain scenarios where heuristics can have a hand in a misdiagnosis. These include:\n- Doctors relying too heavily on an initial clinical impression\n- Doctors basing their decisions on recent trends as opposed to a patient’c clinical indicators\n- Doctors placing too much faith in expert opinion\n- Doctors allowing collateral information (e.g. a patient’s demographics) to influence their opinions\nHow is one to know if heuristics might have driven their doctor to misdiagnose them? A review of their medical record (specifically the notes related to the visit on which their misdiagnosis occurred) might reveal a doctor’s reasoning as to how and why they arrived at a particular diagnosis."}
{"text":"Marx believed that in communism people worked to get the same thing. There was no competition to get to the top; everyone got the same thing. He believed the limit of a man's needs is the limit of his production. This will change if demand is high and there is a chance for a profit. The person then produces excess so they can try to get ahead of the rest. This is what causes the splits in capitalism; the drive to be number one.\n\"The class struggle between proletariat and bourgeoisie, distinguishes communism from other socialist movements, proposes a list of specific social reforms, and urges all workers to unite in revolution against existing regimes\" (http://www.philosophypages.com/hy/comm). Marx said that every class struggle is also political struggle. \"This means that, if the proletarians and capitalists were ready to wage an economic struggle against each other today, they will be compelled to wage a political struggle tomorrow and thus protect their respective class interests in a struggle that bears two forms\" (The Communist Manifesto). The capitalists have their specific business interests and it is to protect these interests that their economic organizations exist. But in addition to their particular business interests, they also have common class interests, namely, to strengthen capitalism. And it is to protect these common interests that they must wage a political struggle and need a political party.\nThere are three types of values that Marx identifies in Capital; they are use-value, exchange-value, and surplus value. The first one to discuss is use-value. Marx's says, \"An object becomes a use-value by virtue of its utility, its capacity to satisfy human wants.\" A useful object cannot become a commodity, until we sell it to someone, and so exchange-values come into play. Exchange-value, which we must..."}
{"text":"A leave is an authorized absence from active service granted to a contract employee, for a specified purpose and period, with the right to return to active service unless the employee’s service would otherwise have been terminated. Leaves are either “permissive” or “mandatory.” The term “may” when referring to permissive leaves indicates that the District retains discretion as to whether they are to be granted, and will determine the starting and ending dates of the leave.\nThe District has no discretion to deny mandatory leave requests. A mandatory leave of absence shall be granted to a qualified employee. The term “formal leave” refers to any leave of more than twenty days in duration. A formal leave of absence must be requested in writing using the appropriate District form.\nContract Reference: For additional information on leaves and absences, click here to link to the LAUSD / UTLA Bargaining Agreement. Go to Article XII, Leaves and Absences."}
{"text":"We’ve been raised up with a custom to take bath on a daily basis, throughout life. Admit it, bathing is the most procrastinated task of the day, especially of a college student. Thanks to those deodorants!\nIt’s a familiar notion that taking bath helps us stay clean and maintain so-called aesthetic purity. Claiming bathing prevents various skin diseases, but should we have it daily? We students though, hate this to do every other day. Let’s give ears to dermatologists, and listen what they’ve got to say?\nDr Joshua Zeicher, a professor of Dermatology (NY, USA) conducted a research for a year. He concluded that bathing too often is actually really bad for your skin. Science says “We over-bathe.” Dr Zeicher says how bathing every day affects the human body?\nIt dries off the skin. Particularly when we bath with hot water.\nDaily bath leads to frequent itching and infections.\nKills away the good beneficial bacteria.\nWashes away important body oils off the skin.\nLeads to an early exposure to dirt and pollution.\nDermatologists recommend a maximum bath duration of 10 minutes with lukewarm water. Long hot water baths lead to guaranteed hair fall. Takes the toll of your skin and makes it prone to infections. While your activity level and climate will affect how often you’ll want a shower, you can probably skip the daily shower and take one every two to three days."}
{"text":"This is a highly relevant topic area that outlines the benefits of radiation as both a diagnostic and therapeutic tool in contemporary health management. Radiation for medical use encompasses both ionising and non ionising sources. The production and properties of x-rays will be discussed along with associated risks to both patient and staff of their use. Comparisons will be drawn between different types of ionising radiation and the suitability of the images that each type can produce. Non-ionising radiation will be discussed, the major focus being on ultrasound scanning. Here, safety precautions will be highlighted and also the use of ultrasound to produce a suitable medical image, compared to other imaging techniques. Finally, we look towards the future of current developments, discussing the evolution of MRI, CAT and PET scanners and how radiation use has revolutionised the field of medical imaging."}
{"text":"Not long ago, most technology (apart from the overhead projector) was considered a classroom distraction. Now, it’s an educational asset. Kids as young as 10 years old are getting their first cell phones, and it’s not unusual for K-12 students to use tablets, laptops, and mobile devices at school. Digital literacy is essential for success in the 21st century. It’s hardly feasible for modern schools to remain tech-free.\nEdTechReview is a free resource that helps teachers and administrators make more informed technology decisions. The Website has hundreds of unbiased reviews of technology solutions by k12 educators and administrators.\n4Teachers works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering FREE online tools and resources.\nHoonuit provides software training using a unique, just-in-time approach. They host a library of thousands of short tutorials on dozens of applications focusing on answering the common questions teachers, students, and administrators may have when learning the software.\nYenka is a new generation of educational modelling tools from Crocodile Clips.\nEqually at home on whiteboards or when used by individual students, they let you experiment with the topics you're teaching in a safe, accurate virtual world.\nFREE was formed in 1997 from over 30 federal agencies to make hundreds of federally supported teaching and learning resources easier to find.\nA Wiki page with 10th and 11th Grade lessons dedicated to how to teach using an iPad.\nFounded in 1989, WITIs mission is to empower women worldwide to achieve unimagined possibilities and transformations through technology, leadership and economic prosperity.\nThis guide covers how to get started as a woman in this field, describes places that support women in tech, offers funding options for women in these programs, and includes an expert Q&A with a woman in the field."}
{"text":"There are total 13 letters in Miseducations, Starting with M and ending with S. In Miseducations M is 13th, I is 9th, S is 19th, E is 5th, D is 4th, U is 21st, C is 3rd, A is 1st, T is 20th, O is 15th, N is 14th letters in Alphabet Series.\nTotal 2268 words created by multiple letters combination of Miseducations in English Dictionary.\nMiseducations is a scrabble word? Yes (18 Points)\nMiseducations has worth 18 Scrabble points. Each letter point as below."}
{"text":"The day she visited the dissecting room\nThey had four men laid out, black as burnt turkey,\nAlready half unstrung. A vinegary fume\nOf the death vats clung to them;\nThe white-smocked boys started working.\nThe head of his cadaver had caved in,\nAnd she could scarcely make out anything\nIn that rubble of skull plates and old leather.\nA sallow piece of string held it together.\nIn their jars the snail-nosed babies moon and glow.\nHe hands her the cut-out heart like a cracked heirloom. (2)\nIn Brueghel's panorama of smoke and slaughter\nTwo people only are blind to the carrion army:\nHe, afloat in the sea of her blue satin\nSkirts, sings in the direction\nOf her bare shoulder, while she bends,\nFinger a leaflet of music, over him,\nBoth of them deaf to the fiddle in the hands\nOf the death's-head shadowing their song.\nThese Flemish lovers flourish;not for long.\nYet desolation, stalled in paint, spares the little country\nFoolish, delicate, in the lower right hand corner.\nTwo Views Of A Cadaver Room Analysis Sylvia Plath critical analysis of poem, review school overview. Analysis of the poem. literary terms. Definition terms. Why did he use? short summary describing. Two Views Of A Cadaver Room Analysis Sylvia Plath Characters archetypes. Sparknotes bookrags the meaning summary overview critique of explanation pinkmonkey. Quick fast explanatory summary. pinkmonkey free cliffnotes cliffnotes ebook pdf doc file essay summary literary terms analysis professional definition summary synopsis sinopsis interpretation critique Two Views Of A Cadaver Room Analysis Sylvia Plath itunes audio book mp4 mp3 mit ocw Online Education homework forum help"}
{"text":"Wound care 101\nYour skin is your body’s largest organ. It has several functions, including protecting your body from outside dirt and germs, helping you regulate body temperature and making it possible for you to experience sensations like touch, hot and cold.\nThe skin is made up of three layers: the outermost layer, or epidermis; just underneath the epidermis, the dermis includes the connective tissue that keeps your skin flexible and strong; the deepest layer, called the hypodermis layer, includes fatty tissue that helps insulate the body.\nThe skin and tissue underneath it can be injured in any number of ways. In general, a wound is an injury in which the skin is torn, cut or punctured, known as an open wound, or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion, known as a closed wound.\nAcute or traumatic wounds are the result of injuries that disrupt the tissue, like abrasions, punctures, stab/gunshot wounds, incisions and lacerations.\nA chronic wound is a wound that does not heal in an orderly set of stages or in a predictable amount of time.\nA minor wound will usually heal on its own, but for more serious wounds a health care provider may need to monitor the wound to ensure that it heals properly.\nFor acute wounds, the healing process follows a predictable three-phase process. When a wound becomes chronic, this predictable process of healing becomes stalled.\nYour health care provider will choose dressings for the wound based on the condition of the wound along with other factors, such as your overall health. These dressings are specially designed to promote healing.\nEdgepark carries a full line of basic and advanced wound care supplies to address a multitude of acute and chronic wounds."}
{"text":"South Korea Weather December\nTo help you choose the best time to travel, you can find climate data below on the weather in South Korea in December.\n|South Korea Weather December:||Seoul||Busan|\n|average daily high||+4.3°C||+10.5°C|\n|average daily low||-3.2°C||+2°C|\n|average monthly precipitation||22 mm||23 mm|\nTemperature in South Korea\nThe average daily maximum in December is +4.3 — +10.5°C, and the minimum -3.2 — +2°C.\nBest places in South Korea:\nThe average monthly temperature in the Korea Strait on the beaches of Busan in December is +16.6 degrees.\nThe water is considered very cool, but some hardy people might bathe in it for 10-15 minutes.\nThe normal amount of precipitation for December is from 22 to 23 mm, a negligible amount."}
{"text":"What is a School Resource Officer’s responsibilities?\n- Mercedes School Resource Officers is there most importantly to begin the important relationship with children by essentially “bridging the gap between Cops and Kids”.\nThis is where an officer acts as an Educator, Counselor, and Law Enforcement Officer within the school environment. This can encompass a variety of activities such as:\n- Problem Solver & Liaison to the Community-SRO’s are a source for citizens who may have questions relating to students. By working closely in the Community, SRO’s are able to find problem areas.\n- They receive additional training that is specific to the school positions. This training maximizes the officer’s effectiveness in the school setting.\n- School administrators work closely together providing a safe environment for School-aged children. SRO’s assist the schools in developing crisis plans, and evacuation procedures that are a safety concern.\n- Counselor/Mentor-By working with the students, SRO’s are able to establish a rapport with the students. SRO’s are very approachable and become a source for questions and advice.\n- Queen City Cafe\n- Notices and Announcements\n- City Manager\n- City Secretary / Human Resources\n- Municipal Court\n- Fire Department\n- Planning Department\n- Keep Mercedes Beautiful Committee\n- Building and Inspectors Division\n- Health Inspections\n- Code Enforcement\n- Water / Waste Water Division (OMI)\n- Police Department\n- Public Works\n- Recreation Centers"}
{"text":"News Release NR-3210\nNREL Seeks Design Tools for Better Car Batteries\nAugust 23, 2010\nThe U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is seeking proposals to create computer models to help build and improve electric drive vehicle (EDV) batteries.\nThe goals for the design tools are:\n- Shorten the prototyping and manufacturing process\n- Improve overall performance, safety, and battery life\n- Lower costs.\nThe request for proposals for “Development of Computer Aided Design Tools for Automotive Batteries” and related documents are available online at http://www.nrel.gov/business_opportunities/solicitations_rfps.html. Proposals are due September 14, 2010. The award amount that companies can apply for is up to $7.5 million with a 50 percent cost share required bringing the total possible project amount up to $15 million over three years.\nEDVs — commonly known as hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and electric vehicles — have the potential to significantly reduce petroleum consumption and dependence on imported oil while improving emission of greenhouse gases and pollutants.\nNREL is DOE’s primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. NREL is managed and operated for DOE by The Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC.\nVisit NREL online at www.nrel.gov"}
{"text":"Sinan Şeyhi, Şeyhi also spelled Sheykih, (died 1428, Kütahya, Ottoman Empire [now in Turkey]), poet who was one of the most important figures in early Ottoman literature.\nLittle is known of his life. Besides being a poet, Şeyhi seems to have been a man of great learning and a disciple of the famous Turkish mystic and saint Haci (Hajji) Bayram Veli of Ankara, founder of the Bayrami order of dervishes. Şeyhi also was reputedly a skilled physician. A prolific poet, he is best known for his rendition of a popular love story in Islāmic literature, Hüsrev ü Şirin (“Khosrow and Shirin”). Inspired by the work of the same name by the great Persian poet Neẓāmī (d. 1209), Şeyhi’s poem is written in māsnavī (“rhymed couplets”), and, although incomplete because of his sudden death, it is considered a masterpiece of eloquent and graceful verse. Other of his works include the lyric poems in his Dīvān (“Collected Poems”) and a satirical narrative, Harname (“The Book of the Ass”). It is to Hüsrev ü Şirin, however, that Şeyhi owes his fame. He is considered to have introduced the classical Persian style māsnavī into Ottoman literature."}
{"text":"M Theory Lesson 113\nOne example of a distributive law is for the category of 2-globular sets, which are two dimensional globule diagrams of sources and targets $S_2 \\Rightarrow S_1 \\Rightarrow S_0$ in Set such that $ss = st$ and $ts = tt$. One monad is vertical composition, and the other is horizontal composition. The distributive law is just the interchange rule for bicategories. Iterating this idea, Cheng considers composition in n-categories using n-globular sets, a la Batanin."}
{"text":"In addition, knowing how these neurons regenerate could provide insights into fixing neurons in the central nervous system where damage is irreversible.\nNerve cells are uniquely shaped, consisting of a cell body from which a long \"arm,\" called an axon, extends. Axons can reach up to one meter in length and are the main conduit for nerve communication throughout our bodies, by conveying electric signals to muscles or other cells. Due to their great length, axons, like electrical or telecommunications lines, are vulnerable to damage. When a power line goes down in a storm, monitoring systems raise the alarm and repair crews are dispatched to the site. How does an axon 'raise the alarm' after damage in our own bodies?\nIn a study published in Neuron, Dr. Michael Fainzilber and Ph.D. students Shlomit Hanz and Eran Pearlson of the Biological Chemistry Department have now shown that a special protein is produced at the site of damage in the axon. Called importin beta, it normally resides far away from the axon, near the nucleus of nerve cells. There, it facilitates the entry of molecules into the nucleus along with its \"sister\" molecule, importin alpha.\nThe scientists found that importin beta is produced in the axons upon injury. It then binds to importing alpha, which is normally present in axons, and to proteins that contain the \"healing message\" (which still have to be identified). The whole group fastens itself to an \"engine\" called dynein that chugs along \"tracks\" leading from the axon to the nucl\nContact: Alex Smith\nAmerican Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science"}
{"text":"In a recent Scientific American article called “Viewing Cancer as a Physics Problem Suggests New Treatments,” Rakesh K. Jain, of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, notes that cells and a stiff fibrous material known as the matrix can squash blood vessels inside tumors. As a consequence, oxygen and anticancer drugs flowing in the blood get stopped in their tracks, unable to penetrate beyond the pinched areas. Starved of oxygen and spared from attacks by anticancer agents, malignant cells in many parts of the tumor proliferate and may even become more aggressive. The article goes on to describe methods under study to deplete the matrix, thereby easing compressive forces and allowing blood vessels to open and distribute blood—and thus oxygen and drugs—throughout a mass.\nTo assess the compressive stresses in the tumors of lab animals, Jain and his colleagues slice the masses, measure how much they swell in response to the cut and feed the information into mathematical formulas the group has developed.\nWatch the swelling in one such tumor, a mammary cancer from a mouse, below. The ruler visible in the movie is included for scale.\nVideo reproduced from (pdf).\nRight now, the group applies the technique only in the lab, evaluating how well various substances ease compressive forces in tumors. If reducing compression turns out to enhance the effectiveness of anticancer drugs in matrix-rich tumors in humans, the technique could, in principle, also help doctors to determine which patients might be good candidates for receiving matrix-depleting agents, along with more standard treatments."}
{"text":"Types of Hard Drives\nSSD(new) and Disk Drives(old): SSDs have no moving (mechanical) components. This distinguishes them from traditional electromechanical magnetic disks such as hard disk drives (HDDs) or floppy disks, which contain spinning disks and movable read/write heads. Compared to electromechanical disks, SSDs are typically more resistant to physical shock, run silently, have lower access time, and less latency. However, while the price of SSDs has continued to decline over time, consumer-grade SSDs are still roughly four times more expensive per unit of storage than consumer-grade HDDs.\nMost drive corruption occurs at a superficial level. That means the drive is still functional but has a corrupted system file(boot file) caused by virus and malware. Some have bad sectors in the drive path that makes the system slow or at times can cause blue screen or continuous \"wheel spin\". This is a Level 1 kind of problem that can be resolve in-house. Data extraction may take a day or a week. On a LEVEL 2, this requires a certified clean lab room to dis-assemble the drive. We outsource this process to a trusted vendor that we have been using for years, trusted and with a 99% success rate. Please note that we don't service encrypted drives."}
{"text":"(RxWiki News) For middle-aged women with restless legs syndrome, it's not just itching and an irresistible urge to move the legs. It also may be a risk factor for high blood pressure.\nRestless legs syndrome is a disorder characterized by leg sensations that can be intense and unpleasant, along with poor sleep and drowsiness during the day. It affects up to 15 percent of the population, according to the American Heart Association.\n\"Get checked for the syndrome if you notice symptoms.\"\nDr. Salma Batool-Anwar, the study’s first author, a researcher in the sleep medicine division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School, noted that if additional research confirms the link between restless legs syndrome and hypertension, early diagnosis could help in preventing high blood pressure.\nDr. Batool-Anwar said that in some cases of treating restless legs syndrome it can be as simple as prescribing iron supplements, and suggested women with symptoms of the disorder speak to their doctors.\nResearchers questioned 97,642 women with an average age of 50 years old, who were participating in the Nurses Health Study II about their symptoms of restless legs syndrome and blood pressure status in 2005. More than 80 percent of those asked responded.\nThey found that of women who reported more than 15 incidences of restless legs syndrome each month, 33 percent had high blood pressure, while 26 percent of those that reported between five and 14 incidences of the syndrome monthly had hypertension. Among women with no symptoms of the disorder, 21 percent had high blood pressure.\nInvestigators concluded that there was a significant link between restless legs syndrome severity and high blood pressure, and that greater frequency of symptoms was linked with higher concurrent systolic and diastolic blood pressures. This was regardless of other factors such as age, smoking status or heart disease.\nThe clinical study was published in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association."}
{"text":"Factual error: The film is set in Western Australia during the early 1930's. The aboriginal children are being transported to a government mission by train. The scene shows a famous steam locomotive \"3801\" built for New South Wales Govt. Railways in 1943. This locomotive is now well known in Australia. It made the record breaking trip for steam across the Continent to Western Australia after the trans continental railway was completed in the 1960's. (00:14:10)\nA.O. Neville: If only they would understand what we are trying to do for them.\nQuestion: At the beginning the tracker is quite determined to catch the girls. Later it seems that he deliberately misses their tracks (out of admiration for their cleverness and courage?), but then again he is seen all by himself trying to follow them. Is there any evidence from the book that he wanted them to make it home?\nJoin the mailing list\nSeparate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback."}
{"text":"Suburra (usually spelled Subura in antiquity) was an area of the city of Rome, Italy located below the Murus Terreus on the Carinae. In ancient Roman times, it was a crowded lower-class area that was also notorious as a red-light district. It lies in the dip between the southern end of the Viminal and the western end of the Esquiline hills. Most of its inhabitants lived in insulae, tall apartment buildings with tabernae on the ground floor.\nJulius Caesar lived in a family home (domus) in the Suburra district until he was elected pontifex maximus at the age of 37, as the Suburra had grown up around the property many years before his birth.\nThe district is featured in Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome, Steven Saylor's Roman Blood, Martha Marks' Rubies of the Viper, SPQR series by John Maddox Roberts, and Netflix's first original motion picture in Italy, Suburra, and its prequel Suburra: Blood on Rome.\n- Subura (article in Platner's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome)\n- Location of Caesars house in Subura (Historian Peter Oersteds speculation: The location of Caesars house in the Subura)\n|This Lazio location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.|"}
{"text":"It is given that the ratio of whose base diameter to height is 3\nSo d/h = 3\n2r/h = 3\nr = 3h/2.\nVolume of the cone is\nV = 1/3*π*r^2*h. Substitute r = 3h/2 and find dV/dt to find dh/dt.\nHere's my problem\nSand falls out of the end of a slurry at the rate of 60 cc/sec. The pile forms a circular cone, the ratio of whose base diameter to height is 3. When the pile is of height 10 cm., at what rate is the height of the pile increasing?\nSo far I have where but then I can't seem to figure out the rest of the problem. Any help is greatly appreciated."}
{"text":"29 July, 2011\nI have just solved a networking problem for a customer using D-Link adapters. Their problem was that the wireless router was at one side of the house and one of their computers at the other side trying to connect via WiFi. The signal was very weak as it had to pass through thick walls, furniture and a large aquarium!\nWith the D-Link Powerline adapter you use the house mains circuit to carry the network signal. There is no need for extra wiring. One adapter plugs into a mains socket by the router and is connected with a network cable. A similar adapter is plugged into a mains socket by the PC and that is connected to the computer by a network cable. The units I used transmit at a 200 Mbps speed and so are completely adequate for the networking demands.\nYou can use similar units to improve the WiFi coverage around your house. For example, if your router is downstairs and the WiFi signal upstairs is poor you can use the units shown below. As before, you connect the router t with a network cable to one adapter and in the other part of the house you plug in an adapter that has a wireless-N transmitter. Problem solved!"}
{"text":"Soft Skills and Work Readiness\nSoft skills, or employability skills, have become the hard skills of today’s workforce. Research conducted by Harvard University, the Carnegie Foundation and Stanford Research Center concluded that 85% of job success comes from having well-developed soft skills, and only 15% of job success comes from technical skills and knowledge. Yet, employers say that applicants are unprepared for work because of their lack of these soft, employability skills.\nOn the Job Writing\nOn the Job Writing is designed for students to learn and practice writing skills that meet workplace requirements for daily communication. With employers identifying writing as one of the greatest weaknesses of new hires, On the Job Writing provides basic career writing guidance and activities in an easy-to-understand manner. Every student, even those who earn excellent grades for essay and report writing, can profit by adding this career writing element to their list of job readiness skills.\nTwo, 20-lesson versions of On the Job Writing are available and can be purchased as an annual site license online or on a USB drive."}
{"text":"Mar 28, 2015 ... Why do plants grow with light? What kind of light do plants need? Do all plants\nneed the same amount of light? How can I tell if my plant is ...\nRed and blue light have the greatest effect on plant growth. Green light is least\neffective to plants as most plants reflect green light and absorb very little. It is this\nwww.ask.com/youtube?q=Effects of Light on Plants&v=FaeDcO3Pk8g\nJan 31, 2013 ... All about the effect of light on plant growth. What does light do for Horticulture? By\nJump here to follow the effects of light pollution verses the plants' pollinators. This\nother article describes how artificial light at night affects bats that disperse the ...\nThe Effect of Light on Plant Growth. Although there is a natural growth cycle for\nevery plant, the vegetative and flowering stages of growth are directly influenced\nDifferent color light helps plants achieve different goals as well. Blue light, for ...\nFor a hungry world just waking up to the effects of Global Warming, this is critical.\nwww1.udel.edu/MERL/Outreach/Teacher's Guide/2. Effects of color on plant growth TE.pdf\nTeacher Edition. Effect of Light Colors on Bean Plant Growth. Grade: Grades 6-8.\nDelaware State Science Standard: Science Standard 6 - Life Processes.\nLearn more about plant responses to light in the Boundless open textbook. ...\neffect of light on the growth, development and differentiation of plant cells, tissues\nSep 2, 2016 ... Contact Factory; illumitex NeoSol DS LED grow light ... #Illumitex blog entry, \"Can\nLEDs Provide the Light Plants Need?\"is featured in ...\nFeb 24, 2014 ... How does light affect plant growth? Do different colors of light work better than\nothers? Find out in this classic science fair project idea."}
{"text":"What are the Goals?\nthe aims & Objective of fire safety\nthe Elements of Fire & combustion,\nthe common causes of fire and fire spread.\nthe duties, rolesand responsibilities of fire watch / marshals\nfire precaution / fire prevention technique\nexplain factors that affect Human Behaviour\nin case of Emergency\nWho is this Training Course for?\nGeneral, Operation, HSE, and HR Managers.\nSupervisors, Workforce, Engineers and Security.\nHow will this Training Course be Presented?\nlectures, Power Points, Slides, Videos and practical demonstrations\nAim of Fire Safety\nprinciples of fire safety;\nsafety legislation / Fire Code\nchemistry of fire / Principles of Combustion\ncauses of fire\nof Fire watch\nroles and responsibilities of the fire warden / marshal\non discovering a fire\nand Manual fire extinguishers\ndrills and Methods of Evacuation\nof Fire Protection Systems in the Building\nsafety precautions / Fire Prevention\nBehaviour in Fire Evacuation\nOn successful completion of this training\ncourse, Certificate will be awarded to"}
{"text":"Riding a bike is a fun way to exercise and get around, but for as much fun as it is, it is also just as dangerous. One wrong move or a moment of carelessness can cause a crash that damages your bike, property, or people. Riders, whether they be on a cargo bike, road bike, or a trike for an adult, need to be safe and vigilant when riding on roads that have other people and cars. Below, we want to go over some tips for safe riding.\nFirst and foremost, always wear a helmet! This point cannot be stressed enough. People claim they do not look good in a helmet or that it messed up their hair, but those are poor excuses. Others argue that wearing a helmet is uncomfortable and makes it hard to ride, but that is hard to believe when champion riders wear a helmet, like in the Tour De France. Maybe you just need to find the right helmet.\nWhen riding a bike, you ride with traffic. When running or walking, you run against traffic, but when riding, it is the opposite: you ride with traffic. This is the case even when on an adult tricycle. Try to stay as far to the right as you can, but remember that bike riders have rights too, so ride comfortably and in a safe space.\nFollow all traffic signals as if you were in a motor vehicle. You must stop at red lights and stop signs. You may want to keep moving on your bike, but safety is essential for getting to your final destination in one piece.\nRiding is fun, but only when you are not getting into and causing accidents. Ride safely!"}
{"text":"Researchers discussed respiratory topics in horses including influenza outbreaks and vaccination boosters, furosemide for exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage, dorsal displacement of the soft palate, dynamic respiratory tract endoscopy (during exercise), and more at the 2009 convention of the American Association of Equine Practitioners.\n- Veterinarians Urge Vaccination against West Nile Virus\n- Increased Equine West Nile Virus Activity in 2012\n- Horses' Physiologic Responses to Exercise\n- Does Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Cause Lung Inflammation?\n- Electrolyte Use in Performance Horses\n- Effects of Behavior-Modifying Drug Investigated (AAEP 2011)\n- Alternative Treatment for \"Roaring\" in Horses (AAEP 2011)\n- Granulation Tissue Management in the Horse (AAEP 2011)\n- Treating Equine Upper Respiratory Tract Ailments (AAEP 2011)\n- Equine Head Flexion and Airway Inflammation (AAEP 2011)"}
{"text":"What is Model United Nations?\nModel United Nations is an initiative popular all over the world with the goal being the multi-thematic education of young people by simulating the meetings of the United Nations. These types of conferences enable ambitious, young people to discuss the problems they face in the modern world, as well as improve their oratory skills and argumentativeness. Model UN allows participants to develop in the field of diplomatic communication in English and gain experience needed in a future professional career. It is a professional event with an international character.\nThe overriding goal of the event is to expand knowledge on crucial sectors such as international cooperation, protection of human rights, equality, health, environmental protection, as well as learning about the laws governing the economy and world politics."}
{"text":"An important family of resiniferous, tropical timber trees, in which the leaves are pinnate, with stipules. The flowers are unisexual and small, their parts usually in threes or fives, with a disc. The fruit is a drupe or capsule. There are 18 genera, with 540 species.\nSubjects: Plant Sciences and Forestry."}
{"text":"Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines (the crown group of the superorder Chelonia), characterised by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs that acts as a shield. \"Turtle\" may either refer to the Testudines as a whole, or to particular Testudines which make up a form taxon that is not monophyletic.\nThe order Testudines includes both extant (living) and extinct species. The earliest known turtles date from 215 million years ago, making turtles one of the oldest reptile groups and a more ancient group than lizards, snakes and crocodiles. Of the many species alive today, some are highly endangered.\nLike other reptiles, turtles are ectotherms—their internal temperature varies according to the ambient environment, commonly called cold-blooded. However, leatherback sea turtles have noticeably higher body temperature than surrounding water because of their high metabolic rate.\nLike other amniotes (reptiles, dinosaurs, birds, and mammals), they breathe air and do not lay eggs underwater, although many species live in or around water. The largest turtles are aquatic."}
{"text":"From Ohio History Central\nMedina is the county seat of Medina County, Ohio. Founded as the county seat in 1816, the community was originally named Mecca, after the birthplace of the prophet Mohammed.\nMedina grew slowly. Most early residents were farmers, but the town was so isolated that the agriculturalists had no market for their products. This changed with the completion of the Ohio and Erie Canal, during the early 1830s. Still, the community's population remained small, having only 655 inhabitants in 1840. In 1846, six churches, fifteen stores, one newspaper office, one woolen factory, one axe factory, one flourmill, and one iron furnace existed in the town.\nOver the next four decades, Medina grew more quickly. In 1880, 1,484 people resided in the town, and in 1890, Medina boasted 2,073 inhabitants. With the completion of a railroad through the community, Medina became a center of agricultural trade. Many businesses provided services or products to farmers in the surrounding countryside. In 1886, three newspapers operated in the community, and six churches and one bank also serviced the town. The town's principal industry was bee-hive manufacturing. A.I. Root, a bee supplies manufacturer, was the town's largest employer, with ninety-six workers in 1886.\nMedina has grown in recent years, as residents of nearby Cleveland, in Cuyahoga County, have moved to Medina and surrounding communities to escape the busyness of the city. Between 1990 and 2000, Medina County's population increased by 23.5 percent to a total of 151,095 residents in 2000. In 2000, Medina was the largest community in the county, with 25,139 residents. Many local residents commute to Cleveland for employment."}
{"text":"26° 54′ 45″ N, 70° 54′ 48″ E\nJaisalmer, nicknamed “The Golden City”, is a town in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located 575 km west from the state capital Jaipur. The town stands on a ridge of yellowish sandstone, crowned by a fort, which contains the palace and several ornate Jain temples. Many of the houses and temples are finely sculptured. It lies in the heart of the Thar Desert. Jaisalmer was one of the last states to sign a treaty with the British. During the British Raj, Jaisalmer was the seat of a princely state of the same name, ruled by the Bhati clan of Rajputs.\n- Patwon-ki-Haveli: Guman Chand Patwa, a wealthy merchant belonging to powerful Oswal Jain community and banker who had over three hundred trading centres from Afghanistan to China. This ornate five-storey complex took fifty years to complete. This is the largest, the most magnificent, and the most elaborate of Jaisalmer havelis.\n- Salam Singh-ki-Haveli: It was built by the scheming Prime Minister Salam Singh in 1815. It has a beautifully arched roof capped with blue cupolas and carved brackets in the form of peacocks.\n- Nathmalji-ki-Haveli: Built by a Prime Minister of princely state of Jaisalmer. Its facade is a riot of ornamentation: flowers, birds, elephants, soldiers, a bicycle and even a steam engine.\n- Haveli Shreenath: The Vyas family built this lovely haveli Shreenath Palace - Hotel in Jaisalmer in the 15th century, and descendants of this family live here today."}
{"text":"The first British troops to arrive in Normandy on D-Day were the men of D Company, and to be more specific it was the 2nd Oxfordshire and the Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.\nThey landed in Benouville very late on the 5th of june and too over the bridge in the very early morning of June 6th. The troops were led by the Major John Howard. They captured the Caen Canal Bridge, and later they renamed it the Pegasus Bridge in honour of the cap badge of the 6th Airborne Division.The bridge was capture very quick after a 10 minutes fight. Major Howard had a lot more time that he expected before the the German counter attack about 2 hours later. Paratroopers had made their way to help reinforced Howard. They took control of Pegasus Bridge and the Bridge of Orne."}
{"text":"Around 1829, Sir Robert Peel and others put together a set of policing principles for the London Metropolitan Police — they’re still important today!\nThe Principles were designed to separate the function of policing away from the military and private security. They are as important today as they were over 185 years ago.\nFor purposes of clarity and understanding, I have translated the Principles into modern language.\nPeel’s Nine Principles of Policing (1829)\n(A Modern Translation)\n- The basic mission of police in a free society is to prevent crime and serve as an alternative to military force and repression.\n- The ability of police to fulfill their mission is dependent upon community approval and respect.\n- Police must secure the willing compliance of the community and their voluntary observance of the law.\n- Cooperation from the community is inversely related to the amount of force police use to accomplish their mission.\n- Police must be impartial, service-oriented, courteous, friendly to all community members, and willing to sacrifice themselves in the protection and preservation of life.\n- Physical force is to be used only when persuasion, advice, and warnings are insufficient.\n- Police are to be recruited from the community and the community is, in fact, the police. Both police and community members are responsible for the welfare of the community.\n- Police are not to judge, convict nor punish; that is the role of the judiciary only.\n- The effectiveness of police is to be measured by the absence of crime and disorder in the community, not by their activities and actions.\n- Find out more about Robert Peel HERE."}
{"text":"- Word Parts\n|part of speech:\n||the act of accumulating; piling up.\nThe accumulation of snow on the road made driving difficult.\n- collection, gathering\n||an amount that collects or piles up.\nThere was an accumulation of mail in our box when we returned.\n- similar words:\n- bank, cumulus, deposit, heap, hoard, mass, pile, stack, stock, store, supply\n||bunch, drift, gathering, group, mine, multitude"}
{"text":"Students in the Department of Engineering Physics (EP) are putting the final touches on the college’s new wind tunnel. The tunnel was the design project of EP graduate student Matt Orzewalla and EP graduate Marti Gissel during their senior year. The $85,000 tunnel is a gift from Greenheck company of Schofield, Wisconsin. Greenheck is a supplier of air movement and control equipment including fans, dampers, louvers, kitchen ventilation hoods, and energy recovery and make-up air units. Their equipment is used in all types of commercial, institutional and industrial buildings in applications from comfort ventilation to manufacturing processes. Rockwell Automation donated the frequency drive to control the fan speed.\nEngineering Physics lecturer Ron Thomson contacted Greenheck after hearing the company had donated a wind tunnel to another school. Greenheck agreed to build and donate the tunnel to COE if the students designed it.\nThe tunnel’s test area is four feet wide and three feet tall. The system is designed to achieve wind speeds of more than 200 miles per hour. The resulting friction from air moving past the fan blades will heat the air significantly so more than 100 gallons per minute of chilled water must be piped through the system in order to cool it down.\nAssistant Professor of Engineering Physics Riccardo Bonazza says the tunnel will be used in his new course Applied Aerodynamics. He also plans to submit research proposals that will take advantage of the new equipment."}
{"text":"On this day in 1819, Alabama becomes the 22nd state of the United States of America.\nFirst, the beginning of its Constitution:\n“We, the people of the State of Alabama, in order to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution and form of government for the State of Alabama:”\nDECLARATION OF RIGHTS.\nThat the great, general, and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established, we declare:\n1. That all men are equally free and independent; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”\nAppropriately, then, the state motto of Alabama is “Audemus jura nostra defendere,” which means “We dare defend our rights.” This motto is found in the coat of arms of the state, depicted below. This image illustrates the complex colonial and confederate history of the state, and also, our country.\nAndrew the Apostle\nFinally, the flag of the State of Alabama is a crimson Saint Andrew’s Cross on a field of white. Andrew the Apostle is, of course, the brother of Simon Peter. He was crucified on a diagonal cross, or saltire, now commonly known as a “Saint Andrew’s Cross.”"}
{"text":"About Monarch Butterflies\nInterested in teaching your class about the Monarch Butterflies? Click on the button below to print the Monarch Butterfly Fact Sheet to learn more about what helps and hurts the Monarch Butterflies.\nWant to have your own butterfly garden? Did you know monarch caterpillars eat ONLY milkweed, this is why the monarch butterfly is dubbed the ‘milkweed butterfly’. Download the Butterfly Handout to know which host plants attract certian butterflies or visit the Dorcas E. Utter Memorial Butterfly Pavilion during butterfly season.\nNeed even more information about pollinators! Check out The Pollinator Partnership for information on planting guides, webinars and more!\nMonarch Fact Sheet Butterfly PDF Pollination Poster"}
{"text":"For much of its history England/Britain have had significant continental territories which it had to defend. Throughout the eighteenth century British possession of Hanover necessitated that it became a major participant in the land campaigns of the Cabinet Wars. The coronation of Queen Victoria and the corresponding break with Hanover meant that Britain was free to rely almost exclusively on the Royal Navy for its major defence needs, allowing for it to get by with a somewhat smaller army, much of which was tied down in colonial garrisons. So, what if the UK somehow remained in union with Hanover? How would the British army evolve with much greater impetus to keep pace with the continental Great Powers?"}
{"text":"The usual mouth Herpes Simplex looks more like this:\nOral Herpes is also called Herpes Labailis or cold sores. Herpes is a virus that can occur anywhere on the body but usually appears on mucous membranes. Most people are exposed to the Herpes Virus 1 (hv1) by the time they are 10 years old. The virus can lay dormant in the body and emerge at times of stress, radiation (sun) exposure, or other illness. The symptoms can cause malaise, tingling followed by pain, swollen lymph glands and generally last about 10 days. Antiviral medications like acyclovir and valtrex are very effective for prevention and for shortening the time of an outbreak."}
{"text":"Animal studies on the revitalizing power of young blood suggest new drug targets for treating conditions like dementia and heart disease.\nElectronics companies think the Affordable Care Act will push us to embrace technology to track our health and lifestyles.\nThe way some emergency doctors are using Glass highlights the promise, and the limitations, of wearable technology.\nA new surgical procedure could help people suffering from debilitating wounds.\nResearchers hope stem cells could one day treat chronic conditions like diabetes and Parkinson’s disease.\nChinese biomedical engineers have used liquid metal to transmit electrical signals across the gap in severed sciatic nerves. The work raises the prospect of a new treatment for nerve injuries, they say.\nBy defocusing a microscope, biologists have developed a simple technique that produces three-dimensional images of red blood cells.\nA new optogenetic protein gives neuroscientists more control over brain circuits.\nThe electrodes in a cochlear implant can be used to direct gene therapy and regrow neurons.\nResearchers will examine the brains of living fetuses to study the origins of mental disorders like autism."}
{"text":"Home is where the heart is. Most homemakers would also agree that home is where the work is. Traditionally the role of homemaker has been performed by women and is unpaid work. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics the difference between paid and unpaid work is that the former is defined as activity that uses labour and other factors of production to produce goods and services for sale in the market, while the latter receives no payment as the majority of the services are not produced for the market.\nJulie Nelson’s economic paper “Poisioning the well, or how Economic Theory Damages Moral Imagination” poses an interesting question: is there such a thing as ethical economics? Economic history and literature are embedded with an array of theories that have nothing to do with ethics or moral inclinations. For example, Adam Smith’s invisible hand insisted that the market itself would direct individual behaviour in the right direction.\nIn recent years, the interrelationship between ‘free markets’ and morality has become increasingly apparent. Stories of corporate corruption, unethical animal testing and the exploitation of workers in third world countries arise frequently in the media."}
{"text":"The feat, accomplished in the laboratory of Japanese geneticist Teruhiko Wakayama, represents a large step forward in animal cloning. Earlier clones have required tissues taken from living animals or carefully preserved cells, rather than an entire frozen animal.\nScientists thought that freezing — of the sort experienced by Wakayama's mice and, for example, a woolly mammoth locked in the Siberian tundra — would damage cells beyond repair. But Wakayama's team salvaged intact nuclei from the neurons of their mice. These were inserted into living mice eggs, forming an embryo that developed until embryonic stem cells could be harvested. The stem cells were then used to make healthy mouse pups.\nThe previous record for cloning frozen cells, set this summer by Chinese biologist Jinsong Li, was 350 days.\nThe new technique, wrote Wakayama's team in a paper published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, might someday be used to clone \"extinct animals frozen in permafrost, or specimens collected opportunistically from endangered species in the field without access to sophisticated laboratory facilities.\"\nProduction of healthy cloned mice from bodies frozen at -20C for 16 years* [PNAS]*"}
{"text":"Engineering Physiology:This book discusses the architecture, functioning, and biomechanics of the human body, its bones, joints, muscles, tendons, and ligaments. The book explains energy extraction from food and drink, what efforts the body is capable of, and how our efforts depend on the coordination among the respiratory, circulatory, and metabolic systems. This text shows how the body monitors itself, how it reacts to work loads and the environment such as heat or cold, humidity and wind. The book also explains how to measure a person’s ability to work at high efficiency: by observation of breathing rate, heart beat frequency, oxygen consumption, and by careful evaluation of subjective judgements.The text discusses, in practical terms, effects of environmental conditions and how shift work arrangements during day, evening, and night affect task performance.\nBack to top\nRent Engineering Physiology 4th edition today, or search our site for K. H. E. textbooks. Every textbook comes with a 21-day \"Any Reason\" guarantee. Published by Springer."}
{"text":"- Museum number\n- Object: painting\nPainting, designed for a political poster, made of poster paint on machine-made paper. It portrays Ho Chi Minh standing behind a small girl and boy. Signed, dated and inscribed with a political slogan.\n- Production date\nHeight: 99.50 centimetres\nWidth: 68 centimetres\n- Curator's comments\nThe boy is wearing costume of minority people in the north which probably refers to the politics of unifying Vietnam. The red scarves indicate the Children are members of the Communist League for children under 15.\nHo Chi Minh died of a massive heart attack on National Independence Day, 2 September 1969, the year this poster was made. Consequently he is portrayed here in spirit with two school children. Ho deliberately chose high-collared buttoned jackets in preference to either a modern Western-style suit or the traditional black tunic and turban of a member of the Vietnamese literati. Although this attire originated among colonial administrators in Asia, from the early 1920s in China it had taken on a revolutionary symbolism. The poster's palette is also redolent of contemporary Chinese Cultural Revolution posters showing Mao Zedong with pupils.\nNguyen Thu (b. 1930, Hanoi) joined the army in 1946 as a cadet, when the National Resistance was officially declared. He had a natural artistic talent which he utilized to produce propaganda posters and drawings, and he also assisted with the production of a newspaper for the Resistance movement's political section, illustrating books and newspapers. During the period of resistance against the French, Nguyen Thu created several notable works which were officially acclaimed and he subsequently won several prizes. During the war against America he often took his students to record the activities in the countryside, painting and drawing not only the army but also every-day subjects such as industry and agriculture.\n- Not on display\n- Associated events\n- Associated Event: American-Vietnam War\n- Acquisition date\n- Registration number"}
{"text":"When: June 26 through June 30 from 9:00am - 3:00pm\nJoin us for a 5-day workshop using the outdoors as an educational tool to learn about native ecosystems and how you can transform your schoolyard into a learning lab all while improving the health of Ohio’s waterways.\nEarth Partnership seeks to:\n- Bring people together interested in linking environmental and health concerns to\nacademic achievement in science, math, social studies, language and the arts.\n- Partner with communities to broaden participation and generate enthusiasm among youth to become the next generation of environmental stewards.\n- Integrate Latino perspectives and experience with Earth Partnership’s ecological\nrestoration education programs in diverse watersheds and ecosystems. Lesson plans translated into Spanish.\n- Address the needs of K-12 educators for culturally accurate and authentic resources across the curriculum.\nFee: $100 - includes instruction, materials, Earth Partnership K-12 Curriculum Guide, Project Wild curriculum guide. (Project Wild guides are provided free-of-charge by the ODNR-Division of Wildlife)\nFor an additional $165 you can earn 3 graduate credits from University of Wisconsin.\nFunding for school projects will be available upon completion of this workshop.\nJune 26-30, 2017\n(classes will be held at various locations from 9:00am - 3:00pm)\nFollow up one-day session Spring 2018 - Date TBD\nContact Amy Roskilly at 216/524-6580, ext. 1005 or email@example.com\nA detailed confirmation will be sent following registration.\nThis workshop is sponsored by:\nUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison\nCuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District\nConservancy for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park\nCuyahoga Valley National Park\nOhio Division of Wildlife\nOhio Project Wild\nOhio Environmental Protection Agency"}
{"text":"ShareFacebook Twitter AddThis\nWith urban gardening making huge strides around the world, cities are being transformed from barren concrete landscapes to a sea of green. It's a movement that has gained fans as more people realize the potential that lies within cities. With experts predicting that 80% of the world population will be living in urban areas by 2050, urban gardening and agriculture aren't just a hobbies, they are necessities.\nSo how are peole around the world addressing the need of growing food in urban areas? Places like Brazil have incorporated urban gardening with recycling programs. Some cities are trading free vegetables for recycled goods as part of a program called Delicious Recycling.\nArchitects in Barcelona dove in ''vegitecture'' by transforming an a demolition site into a vertical garden. Known as the city's green wall, the vertical garden replaced an eyesore with an array of plants and a bird sanctuary. Another group of architects have envisioned the concept for a city in the sky, a sort of megatropolis full of gardens that would hover above cities like New York and London.\nWhile it's great to imagine the future, farming enthusiasts across the United States are acting now. In Chicago, an abandoned factory is being transformed into a zero-waste vertical farm. Sustainable urban agriculture is getting a push in California though Back to Roots, a social enterprise that sells mushroom kits that use recycled coffee grinds.\nOf course, any mention of urban gardening or farming in the United States wouldn't be complete without referring to the many efforts taking place in New York City - a place that boasts rooftop gardens, urban beekeepers and artisan foodmakers. All of these accomplishments in urban gardening are inspiring but perhaps the best is yet to come.\nMore on urban gardening:"}
{"text":"عنوان مقاله [English]\nنویسنده [English]چکیده [English]\nIn this survey, twenty travel books of most famous travelers who visited Kashan from the reign of Shah Abbas the Great to the time of Persian constitutional revolution have been investigated. Accordingly, what a traveler has seen and heard about Kashan is compared to other travelers' records of the same or different time and also to the present situation, and this way, the truth or falsity of these records has been revealed. Among the travelers of Safavid period, Chardin, Anthony and Robert Shirley, Tavernier, Figueroa, Della Valle, Herbert and Olearius, whose descriptions include the typical records of that time, have been chosen. Furthermore the works of Polak, Browne, Curzon, Sykes, De Bode, Olivier, Flandin, De Sercey, De Gobineau, Dieulafoy, Aubin and Pottinger have been examined as the selection books of Qajar period. The data of these sources has been analyzed based on historical geography of Kashan region under the categories: administrative divisions, routes, geographical situation and configuration of the city, weather, water supply, rampart of the city, alleys and neighborhoods, mosques and sacred sites, earthquake, markets, houses, telegraph offices, Fin garden, population, religious minorities, governors, industry, mints, agriculture, mineral materials, genuine or superstitious beliefs and ideas, Heydari-Ne'mati conflicts, recreations, costumes, women's condition, fear of scorpion, insects and diseases, dialects, cookery and the revision of natives' attitudes toward travelers. The relation of traveler's descriptions to his life era and his occupation and character has also been discussed in the article."}
{"text":"If you're a big chocoholic, you might have dreamed of swimming in a sea of chocolate, or at least having a never ending supply. While neither of those are likely to happen, the University of Exeter in the UK has created something just as cool: a 3D printer that prints with chocolate.\nThe University created the printer for the retail and manufacturing market, to help give a consumer boost--the printer would allow customers to design and \"print\" their own chocolatey creation for themselves or someone else. According to the University, this is the first time 3D rendering has ever been applied to chocolate.\nDr Liang Hao, the research leader behind the project, believes that the printer is both low-cost to run and is non-hazardous too. We believe it sounds delicious.\nIt may be a first, but it wasn't easy to create, due to the consistency of chocolate. Researchers needed to get the temperature and cooling cycles just right in order to make a print out that wasn't just a yummy chocolate mess. Fortunately, specially made instruments were formed just for the printer, to avoid the chocolate being too hard to mould. Although, any mess is sure to be eaten anyway...\nWith the help of software developer Delcam, Dr Hao and his team are currently working on an easy-to-use designing program for customers to use when building their chocolate, as well as a website where designs could be uploaded and shared.\nWhile this printer is certainly mouthwatering, Hao is hoping that the technique of customers designing their own products and then having them printed will catch on in more than just the treat market. Would you like to be able to create your own items more online? Tell us in the comments.\nNow if you'll excuse me, I need a snack.\nLike this? You might also enjoy...\n- Geeky Eats, Nerdy Treats\n- Cornell Scientists Print The Future Of Food\n- Behold the Robotic Future of Cake Decoration"}
{"text":"Why Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor Medications Have Some Effect on Dopamine\nIf you strip off the outer insulator of your Cat5 network cable (used on home networks if not using wireless), you'll see several pairs, two wires each, twisted together. Twisting wires together insulates them from \"cross talk\" (unwanted signals called noise) from other wires wrapped in the same outer insulation of the cable.\nAccording to a theoretical neural model proposed by neuroscientists, the brain runs parallel dopamine and norepinephrine neuron \"wires\" to destinations that require multiple neurotransmitters to activate and maintain attention and focus functions in demand. The two paths, one for dopamine and the other for norepinephrine, have limited insulation between them allowing for a degree of \"cross talk.\" Norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor medications cause some dopamine reuptake inhibition as a result.\nAttention and focus functions are equally dependent on dopamine and norepinephrine among a slew of other neurotransmitters that evidently play lessor roles."}
{"text":"Location: Transylvania – Central Romania\nNearby large towns: Brasov (9 miles northeast)\nRasnov Fortress, is located in the Carpathian Mountains, 650 ft. above the town of Rasnov. First mentioned in an official document in 1331, the fortress was built by Teutonic Knights as protection against invading Tartars. Strategically located on the commercial route linking the provinces of Transylvania and Walachia, Rasnov differs from other Saxon fortresses in that it was designed as a place of refuge over extended periods of time. As such, it had at least 30 houses, a school, a chapel and other buildings more commonly associated with a village.\nThe fortress was last used as a place of refuge during the revolution of 1848 and was abandoned after that.\nDire Straits-Brothers in arms"}
{"text":"Why does Piggy want Ralph to be the leader?\nAnswers 1Add Yours\nRalph is the closest boy that he feels safe with. Piggy knows that he would suffer ceaseless harassment under Jack's rule. Piggy is scared for his life should Jack rule the island. At least Ralph wants order and he wants to be rescued. There is also a kindness about Ralph that is lacking in many other of the boys."}
{"text":"NORWAY – An outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) has now been confirmed at a Arnøy Laks salmon farm in the Troms area of Norway.\nScientists of Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Jena University Hospital have decoded the antihypertensive impact of omega-3 fatty acids on a systemic level and they have also described the underlying molecular mechanisms for the first time.\nThe aquaculture industry has grown dramatically, and plays an important role in the world’s food supply chain. Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria associated with food animals receives much attention, and drug use in aquaculture is also an important issue.\nGLOBAL – Will we soon be forced to eat jellyfish? Since the beginning of the 2000’s, these gelatinous creatures have invaded many of the world’s seas, like the Japan Sea, the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, etc. Is it a cyclic phenomenon, caused by changes in marine currents or even global warming? Until now, the causes remained unknown.\nEach year billions of animals make annual migrations to escape adverse environmental conditions. Migration is a spectacular and important biological phenomenon, but studying what drives animals to make these arduous journeys is extremely difficult. Food and climate are classic explanations for animal migration, but the idea that animals migrate to escape predators is less well studied.\nInfectious Salmon Anemia Virus (ISAV) is a virus belongs to genus Isavirus and family Orthomyxoviridae. Ms Aamelfot studied the interaction between salmon and ISAV; and provide new information on the development of ISA.\nRead the article here:\nMore detail on sialic acid:\nMore detail on hemagglutinin:\nResearch team led by Donald Lighter at the University of Arizona found that a potent toxin released by phage infected Vibrio parahaemolyticus causes tissue destruction and dysfunction of the hepatopancreas."}
{"text":"~て Conjunctive form with いる\nThe Conjunctive form of a verb is used with another element to form a meaningful unit. In this exercise, we will learn the combination of the Conjunctive form of a verb and the verb いる, which expresses continuous action or state.\nHow to derive the Conjunctive form:\nHow to use the form:\n- Group 1: Change the final る to て\n- Group 2: When the final syllable is\nく, change it to いて\nぐ, change it to いで\nす, change it to して\nむ, ぬ, or ぶ, change it to んで\nつ, る, or う, change it to って\nException: いく (to go) →いって\n- Group 3: くる→きて、する→して\nThe Conjunctive form of the verb よむ, which means \"to read\", is よんで, so when you add いる to this form, the newly-formed verb phrase is よんでいる. This phrase can have the following two meanings.\n'I am reading an interesting book now.'\n'I have been reading an interesting book now.'\nWhen the verb in the Conjunctive form cannot express repeated action, then ている describes a continuing state rather than an ongoing action.\n'That person has been awake [=that person is already up].'\n'The car stopped (and it is there now).'\nWhen the verb is already stative, the Conjunctive form is not used with いる. For instance, you may not say お金（かね）があっています to mean \"I have money.\" This is because the verb ある (\"have\") is stative. The same is true with other stative verbs such as いる (\"need\") and いる (\"exist\")."}
{"text":"The death toll from Mexico's huge earthquake has risen to 35, the AP reports. The magnitude 8.1 earthquake appears to have hit hardest in the city of Juchitan, a township of almost 100,000 people that's a center of the Zapotec culture. The Oaxaca state government says 17 people in Juchitan died in the earthquake that struck late Thursday. State spokesperson Alfonso Martinez said he saw \"a very high percentage of homes damaged or destroyed.\" \"It's not just the roofs that have collapsed. In many cases the walls have cracked or collapsed completely,\" he said. Martinez said it's unlikely more dead will be found in the town, but said soldiers were still digging through the rubble.\nMeanwhile Chiapas state civil defense director Luis Manuel Moreno says 10 people are known dead and about 120 people have been injured across his state, the closest to the earthquake. Many buildings in the area are constructed of thick, unreinforced masonry walls, with timber roof beams supporting clay tile roofs. That appears to have contributed to the injuries. A preliminary analysis indicates the quake was triggered by the sudden breaking or bending of the Cocos plate, which dives beneath Mexico. This type of process doesn't happen often in subduction zones. \"It's unusual, but it's not unheard of,\" says seismologist Susan Hough of the US Geological Survey. (Read more Mexico stories.)"}
{"text":"Call it a sign of the times, one that doesn’t reflect well on the age we live in. a disturbing shift was discovered in data collected on injury deaths.\n“It’s now thought suicide is the number one cause of death,” says Dr. Omar Rieche.\nDr. Rieche is the director the Behavioral Health Center. He notes that suicide jumped dramatically among active and former soldiers.\n“If we look at the numbers, at least 2.6 million service members have been involved in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. From that number it is estimated about one-quarter may experience PTSD. With the tremendous amount of PTSD we think that has also increased the suicide rate,” says Dr. Rieche.\nThe CDC compiled injury death statistics from 2000-2009. It was in 2009 the rankings took a dramatic turn. For the first time, suicide overtook car wrecks.\n“Seat belt technology, the airbag technology, the safety technology in general has improved. All of which contributes to the CDC numbers,” says Mark Tesoro, trauma analyst with Lee Memorial Health System.\nThe suicide rate rose 15% in the last decade, while fatal crashes dropped 25%. Health experts believe both categories are largely preventable. The shift in rankings may focus attention on people who are at the breaking point.\n“You start to see difficulties in attendance in school, or attending to work, interacting with the family, losing control and becoming more angry,” says Dr. Rieche.\nTurning the corner on suicide takes a shift in mindset.\n“Some real good active campaigns for the general population and for soldiers to say ‘it’s ok for you to get treatment’,” says Dr. Rieche.\nAs in highway safety, mental health issues have warning signs."}
{"text":"The Orton effect is named after the photographer Michael Orton who created this technique. Originally, it involved combining two slide films of the same scene together. One slide would be sharp and overexposed by two stops. The other slide would be blurry and overexposed by one stop. When the two slides came together as one, it would produce an image that was dreamy with a glowing haze.\nNow with the magic and convenience of Photoshop, you’re able to produce a similar effect quick and easy – no slide films involved!\nTurn an ugly seagull:\nInto a dreamy one:\nCreating the sharp, overexposed image\nOpen your image in Photoshop. Now duplicate the background and call that layer “Sharp”\nDuplicate that layer again and call it “Sharp +2”\nClick on the layer “Sharp +2” and set the blending mode from normal to screen. That should brighten the image.\nRight click the “Sharp +2” layer and click on Merge Down to combine the two sharp layers.\nCreating the blurry image\nDuplicate the Sharp +2 layer and call this new layer “Blurry”\nNow on the top menu, go to Filter > Blur and then select Gaussian Blur\nThis where you would need to play around with the amount of Gaussian blur to apply. You want it to a level where the details are too blurred to be distinct, but the shape of the object can still be recognized. In this case, I’ve set it to 12.5. In general, the bigger the megapixel, the more blur you’d need to apply.\nOn the Blurry layer, change the blending mode to Multiply.\nAnd there you have it! You can play around it with some more, by adjusting the opacity levels of the Blurry layer or have a go tweaking some Curves and Saturation. I’ve left it as it is."}
{"text":"The Thomas County School System wants students to READ this summer! Did you know that students can have up to a 2-3 month loss in reading ability over the summer? It's important for students to spend time sharpening their reading skills!\nEach school has developed a summer reading challenge for students. We would like for students to read for 15-30 minutes everyday this summer. The guidelines and requirements vary by school. Please click the link below for more information about each school's guidelines and a list of eBook resources. If you need more information, please talk to the media specialist at your school. The guidelines are for the school the students will be attending in the 2022-2023 school year.\nSummer Reading Challenge Website"}
{"text":"Answer #1: Information.\nThe later we are to act in a hand, the more information we have about what our opponents at the table are going to do. Said simply, if they have to act first, they have to give away information about both their hand strength and their line intentions before we do. Getting to act last means we can decide what to do with our hand based on information about their hand and line.\nHere's a really simple but important example of this concept in action. We are dealt a pair of sevens UTG in a full-ring game. Sevens look strong, but with eight people yet to act, we're entering the pot basically blind. Now, I'm not saying we should or shouldn't open the sevens here (it depends on a lot of other factors), but we're putting money into the pot without knowing where anyone else is in the hand yet. In this particular case, we end up shoveling in more dough than we should when we call the first re-raise... and then we still don't even get to see a flop.\nAll-in for now...\nAnd if you can't see the video due to mobile device compatibility issues:\n|Hand History converter courtesy of pokerhandreplays.com|\n|Seat1:||seat 1||($200)||Small Blind|\n|Seat2:||seat 2||($200)||Big Blind|\n|Dealt to hero|\nFlop (Pot: $307)\nTurn (Pot: $307)\nRiver (Pot: $307)\n|villain #1 SHOWS|\n|villain #2 SHOWS|\n|villain #2||wins the pot: $307|"}
{"text":"Martin's Christmas Carol\nA 20 minute Christmas musical\nBook by Gary Sironen; lyrics & music adapted by Gary Sironen\nAn imaginary tale about German religious reformer Martin Luther and his effort to direct his first children's Christmas musical, with a little help from his wife, Kate. In Scene 1, Martin shares his frustrations about agreeing to prepare a children's Christmas musical while Kate is trying to tailor Martin's costume. Scene 2 is a hectic rehearsal during which kids ask Martin questions about the meaning of the Christmas story. During Scene 3, the kids present the musical, inviting the audience to sing along.\nThis musical is written for a small cast of 3-6 children and two adults (or older kids playing adult roles), but it can easily be adapted for a larger cast and amended with the addition of audience sing-along Christmas Carols between scenes 2 & 3.\nMartin's responses are based on Luther's Christmas sermons. The music is adapted from Luther's Christmas hymn, \"From Heaven Above to Earth I Come\", which he actually wrote for use as a Christmas Pageant."}
{"text":"14 APRIL 1471 — the battle of Barnet. Warwick, who had joined with Margaret of Anjou, fought King Edward IV. On this field, Sir Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (great-uncle to Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal, father to Queen Katherine) AND Sir Thomas Parr (great-uncle of Queen Katherine) died. Uncle Thomas Parr, who had previously fought with Warwick, fell fighting along side the Duke of Gloucester (future King Richard III); fighting for the House of York.\nSir Thomas Parr (brother to Queen Katherine’s grandfather, Sir William, Baron Parr of Kendal) in 1471 had become a retainer of Richard, Duke of Gloucester. His brother, John (later Knt.), had become an esquire of the body in King Edward IV’s household. Lord Parr was given a position in the north with his uncle-by-marriage, Warwick (Lord Parr’s wife, Hon. Elizabeth FitzHugh, was a niece of Warwick). Lord Parr would find himself on the opposite side of his brother’s as Warwick’s power grew. By the time Warwick had made alliances with Margaret of Anjou, Lord Parr had abandoned Warwick. No family was guaranteed to come away from this war without losses and the Parrs’ were no exception. Sir Thomas Parr would die fighting for the York cause alongside the Duke of Gloucester. (Porter)\n- Linda Porter. “Katherine, the queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr, the Last Wife of Henry VIII,” Macmillan, Nov 23, 2010. Chapter: “The Courtiers of the White Rose.”"}
{"text":"Earthshine appears as a faint glow on the moon, softly illuminating the details of its surface. It happens when our planet reflects sunlight onto the moon's face, and is brightest in the spring (between April and June) when viewed from the northern hemisphere. For an astronaut on the moon, earthshine would have an even more literal meaning, as the Earth would appear spectacularly lit. The amount of solar energy reflected from the Earth is known as Earth's \"albedo,\" and measuring it can help scientists to analyze climate change and the weather.\nEarthshine Bathes The Moon In Soft Light\nKey Facts In This Video\nLeonardo da Vinci was the first known scientist to describe and explain earthshine. 00:19\nWhen the moon is rising toward full, you can see Earthshine after sunset; before a new moon, you can see it before sunrise. 00:44\nMeasuring the changing intensity of Earthshine can help scientists study climate change. 01:18\nWake up with the smartest email in your inbox.\nOur Best Articles Daily"}
{"text":"Sometimes my students would come up with a layout like this:\nIt may seem that things are aligned, but they are not. Can you see what’s wrong? I would ask, how is the heading positioned? They would say, it’s centered:\nHow is the text aligned then? They would say, it’s left-aligned:\nAnd how was the left margin chosen? They would say, it’s aligned with the heading. But this means that the position of text depends on the length of the heading. What would you do with this if the text changes on another screen?\nThis doesn’t work as a system, because this structure is unstable. It reminds me of the fragile Windows Start menu:\nYou must be careful enough not to breathe, or the whole thing will fall apart.\nSo, generally, do not align a piece of text to an itself-unaligned part of another text:\nBecause when you translate this text into a different language, really weird things will happen:"}
{"text":"London stops burning, the First Continental Congress meets, terrorists target Israeli Olympians in Munich, and Mother Teresa passes away, all on this day.\n1977: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay. It would later become the first probe to provide detailed images of Jupiter and Saturn and their moons. The probe, along with its sister craft Voyager 2, remains on its extended mission today, tasked with locating and studying the boundaries of the Solar System.\nLibrary of Congress\niStock / gbh007\nIt's easy to upload your photos and/or videos on News8000.com. Once you do, we'll share your upload with the community!\nNo email address was supplied by\nTo complete your registration on this site, please supply an address.\nPlease confirm or modify the email address to which you will have subscription offers sent.\nFor a more personalized experience, please supply the following optional information."}
{"text":"Tags: Clean Air\nIn a year of presidential candidates promising to slash funding for the EPA, or abolish it outright, the OECD has released its “Environmental Outlook to 2050,” showing the deadly consequences of our increasingly hands-off approach to clean air.\nAccording to the OECD’s report, air pollution is expected to kill more than 6 million people per year by 2050, outstripping malaria, unsafe drinking water, and poor sanitation, even in wealthier countries like the U.S.\nThe EPA is currently under attack for putting into place standards for mercury pollution and other air toxics. Despite a 20-year vetting process for the mercury pollution standards and overwhelming support from the medical and scientific community, opponents of the standards call the EPA’s rulings expensive and destructive. To the contrary, the EPA estimates its new standards will save 11,000 lives a year by 2016, and deliver $36 billion to $89 billion in health benefits savings."}
{"text":"A Japanese magnetic levitation (maglev) train has broken its own world speed record. In a test run near Tokyo’s Mount Fuji, the train hit 374 mph (603 km/h). The train’s previous speed record was 367 mph (590 km/h). Central Japan Railway, which owns the train, hopes to have service between Tokyo and Nagoya up and running by 2027. The 174-mile (280 km) trip would take only about 40 minutes. That is less than half the time it currently takes. The trains, however, will not operate at the maximum speed once passengers are aboard. Instead of traditional rail, like Japan’s famed Bullet Train, a maglev train uses magnets to hover above its tracks. The lack of friction allows it to reach such high speeds. By 2045, another maglev line is planned for Tokyo to Osaka. That trip would take just one hour. The Tokyo-Nagoya line is estimated to reach a cost of $100 billion. In addition to use in their home country, Japanese officials hopes to sell the technology to other countries as well. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to pitch the idea to United States officials for a line from New York City to Washington, DC.\nPhoto of a Japanese maglev train by Dom Pates/Flickr Creative Commons."}
{"text":"July 28, 1851 for the first time in the world was photographed a total solar eclipse. Many people know that a solar eclipse occurs when the moon is between the Earth and the Sun, and for a few moments, blocking it from observers. However, the phenomenon is still somewhat mystical character and each year causes millions of admiring spectators around the world to gather and watch with bated breath for the magic of nature.\nIn this collection we have gathered the most outstanding photos of solar eclipses and their observers, taken over the past few years in various parts of the world.\n1. The total solar eclipse, also called “ring of fire” in the sky over Australia.\n2. Thai students observe a partial eclipse through special glasses filters, Bangkok, January 26, 2009. (AP / Apichart Weerawong)\n3. Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008 over the Great Wall of China. (Telegraph / Reuters)\n4. Shooting in taymlaps solar eclipse over Australia, 2012 (Photo by Ben Cooper)\n5. A partial solar eclipse of May 20, 2012 in the skies over Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.\n6. Solar eclipse of July 11, 2011, observed from aboard a cruise ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.\n7. Solar eclipse on the screen telescope, May 10, 2013, the Observatory Hill, Sydney, Australia. (REUTERS / David Gray)\n8. Sun, partially closed shadow of the moon in the sky over Manila, Philippines, January 26, 2009.\n9. Partial solar eclipse observed in Austria, January 4, 2011. (Photo by Robert Pölzl)\n10. Young Buddhists of Myanmar watching a solar eclipse in Yangon January 26, 2009. (AP / Khin Maung Win)\n11. Translation of the eclipse from the top of Mount Fuji in Japan, organized by Panasonic.\n12. The total solar eclipse observed from the beach Ellis Beach, Queensland, Australia, November 14, 2012.\n13. A partial solar eclipse of January 4, 2011, shot in northern France. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN / AFP / Getty Images)"}
{"text":"A normal heartbeat produces a regular, identifiable pattern: the P wave, the QRS complex, and the T wave. These segments show the electrical activity of specific parts of the heart.\nThe normal pattern of electrical activity that is seen on an electrocardiogram or ECG is called a sinus rhythm The SA node is the normal pacemaker of the heart; it begins the heartbeat by producing an electrical signal. This signal spreads through the atria, or upper chambers of the heart, causing them to contract. Electrical activity in the atria is seen on the ECG as the P wave. The signal then reaches the AV node, which transmits the electrical signal that continues through the bundle of His, the bundle branches, and the Purkinje fibers. This causes the ventricles, the lower chambers of the heart, to contract. Electrical activity in the ventricles is seen as the QRS and the T wave. For each beat, the cycle begins again at the SA node.\n©2022 Medmovie.com. All rights reserved. Medmovie.com creates and licenses medical illustrations and animations for educational use. Our goal is to increase your understanding of medical terminology and help communication between patients, caregiver and healthcare professionals. The content in the Media Library is for your information and education purposes only. The Media Library is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment for specific medical conditions."}
{"text":"Killiney Hill and Park\nEnjoy the spectacular views of Killiney Bay and inland towards the mountains and the valley of the river Liffey,or northwards as far as the Cooley Peninsula in Ulster – on a good day! On the Southside of the hill there are the remains of an ancient church, “The Druid’s Chair”, an Obelisk erected in the eighteenth century and an old semaphore signalling station.\nThe park was once part of the estate of Killiney Castle (now Fitzpatrick's Castle Hotel) a prominent residence in the district. The original house, Mount Mapas was built in 1740 by Col. John Mapas. The property was owned in turn by a Mr. Maunsell, Henry Loftus, Viscount of Ely, Lord Clonmel and Robert Warren, who in 1840 enlarged the house and called it Killiney Castle. He also restored and added to the monuments on the hill. The park was purchased from his son, Robert Warren Jnr. by Queen Victoria's Jubilee Memorial Association.\nDownload Visit Dublin’s Activities Insider Guide to find out more about Activities in Dublin."}
{"text":"The Nevada Naturalist Program is an adult, environmental education program created to develop a corps of education naturalist volunteers to serve in southern Nevada. The program is a partnership with the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Nevada Department of Wildlife, Fish and Wildlife Service, Nevada State Museum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and others. The Nevada Naturalist Program is offered in two sessions of instruction created by Cooperative Extension with experts in each field of study and with full advisement and review of the partners. Upon completion of the program, participants will be certified to engage in community education programs, environmental restoration and enhancement projects, and other activities deemed necessary by the partners.\nHow does the program work?\nTo become a Nevada Naturalist, participants complete a minimum of 60 hours of classes in basic environmental education topics including: ecology, taxonomy, soils, water, endangered species, geology, native plants and animals, insects, invasive species, environmental laws and regulations, adult/child learning techniques, and biological diversity. After completion of session one, students are given the opportunity to complete an optional second session featuring environmental topics including: archaeology, cultural history, paleontology, conservation biology, habitat management, eco-tourism, water harvesting and more. Classes will be held in a variety of settings including classrooms, museums, and in the field. Additionally, students are required to complete a project on an environmental topic of their choice for each session. For both sessions, registration is first-come first serve and limited to 20 people. Session one begins on April 3, 2017 through May 27, 2017 and costs $195.00. Session two will be offered in the fall of 2017.\nSee Nevada Naturalist featured in the following:"}
{"text":"Culture and Transfection of Axolotl Cells\nThe use of cells grown in vitro has been instrumental for multiple aspects of biomedical research and especially molecular and cellular biology. The ability to grow cells from multicellular organisms like humans, squids, or salamanders is important to simplify the analyses and experimental designs to help understand the biology of these organisms. The advent of the first cell culture has allowed scientists to tease apart the cellular functions, and in many situations these experiments help understand what is happening in the whole organism. In this chapter, we describe techniques for the culture and genetic manipulation of an established cell line from axolotl, a species widely used for studying epimorphic regeneration.\nKey wordsAxolotl Cell culture Electroporation Limb regeneration Lipofection Salamander Transfection\n- 7.Moore D, Dowhan D (2002) Purification and concentration of DNA from aqueous solutions. Curr Protoc Mol Biol, Chapter 2:Unit 2.1A. doi: 10.1002/0471142727.mb0201as59. John Wiley & Sons, Inc."}
{"text":"A person could get sick within a period of 1 day to 14 days before experiencing symptoms of coronavirus disease.\nThe most common symptoms of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are:\n- hard to breathe\n- aches and pains\n- sore throat\nMost people (or around 80%) will recover from this disease without the need for special treatment.\nAt present, no vaccine has been found to prevent coronavirus (COVID-19).\nBut for prevention, you can protect yourself and help prevent the spread of this virus to others if you do the following:\n- Wash your hands regularly for 20 seconds, with soap and water (or rub your hands with alcohol)\n- Cover your nose and mouth with disposable tissues or bend your elbows when you cough or sneeze\n- Avoid close contact (1 meter or 3 feet) with unhealthy people\n- Stay at home and isolate yourself from others at home if you feel unwell\n- Do not smoke and other activities that can weaken lung function\n- Practice keeping a distance by avoiding unnecessary trips\n- Steer clear of crowds or avoid crowds (stay away from large groups of people)\nAnd, don’t touch your eyes, nose or mouth if your hands are not clean.\nAs stated above that special drugs have not been found to prevent or treat coronavirus (COVID-19).\nWhat is most needed when a person experiences symptoms is supportive care to help them breathe.\nIf someone has mild symptoms, stay home until he recovers.\nSymptoms will subside if:\n- rest and sleep\n- keep warm\n- drink lots of fluids\n- a hot bath to help relieve a sore throat and cough\nWhat to do if someone experiences symptoms of corona virus disease?\nIf someone has a fever, cough, and difficulty breathing, seek medical care immediately.\nContact in advance and tell the health provider about the last trip taken. Or the latest contact with other people / outsiders.\nOther articles about CoronaVirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) read on Corona Virus (COVID-19)"}
{"text":"Figure 6.7 Analysis of number bases\nThe command line interpreter must provide the user with information\nabout the current base and representation format. This is a simple extension\nof the information provided by the interpreter in the previous prototype.\nThe design of this prototype is basically an extension of the previous one\nwith the addition of the classes required to handle multiple number bases.\nThe structure of the classes identified during analysis is quite similar to\nthe classes identified in the previous prototype, which were related to\nrepresentation formats. Because of this analogy we decide to adopt a similar\napproach and to represent the base in use by the calculator through an\nobject of type Base . The resulting class diagram is shown in Figure 6.8.\nThe class Base defines the interface and basic behaviour, which are\ncommon to all the concrete base classes, DecimalBase , BinartyBase and\nThere is an important difference between the number base related class\nhierarchy and the representation format related one. Class Base can use\ngeneric algorithms to convert between a string and a number; therefore the\nsubclasses need only define the parameters for such algorithms. In the case of\nformat the separation is achieved by defining a specific behaviour in the con-\ncrete subclasses. In the case of the base, it is achieved by customizing the\ngeneric algorithms defined in the abstract class.\nThe sequence of calls to add a new operand to the calculator is described\nin Figure 6.9. The command class calls the addOperand() method to add a\nTable 6.5 Additional commands\nSwitch to base 10\nSwitch to binary base\nSwitch to hexadecimal base"}
{"text":"School gardens are a growing presence in New York City, and for good reason. Research has shown that they are associated with a bounty of benefits for both students and teachers. A study in HortTechnology found that students with school garden programs in their science curriculum score significantly higher on science achievement tests than those taught by traditional classroom methods. In addition, teachers who work in school gardens had higher workplace morale and increased satisfaction with their jobs. Studies in Environmental Education Research and Journal of the American Dietetic Association show that children who are more familiar with growing their own food eat more fruits and vegetables and are more likely to continue healthy eating habits through adulthood. They are also more likely to accept people who are different from themselves.\nAttached is the May Parent Coordinator newsletter\nWe will be having our one tour of the year regarding our G&T Tour on Thursday, April 20th at 8:30am. Please email firstname.lastname@example.org to RSVP."}
{"text":"The Fermi surface is simply the surface in momentum space where, in the limit of zero interactions, all fermion states with (crystal) momentum $|k|<|k_F|$ are occupied, and all higher momentum states are empty. Amazingly, Luttinger and Ward showed that the Fermi surface survives even with interactions to all orders in perturbation theory (Oshikawa later showed this nonperturbatively, see also the arXiv version).\nThe point of the Fermi surface is that this is where all of the low-lying excitations of the system live -- the Fermi energy is so much larger than room temperature that for room-temperature experiments, all of the thermodynamics is dominated by excitations right at the Fermi surface, and thus knowing its structure is very important.\nA more advanced reason for the importance of the Fermi surface is that by knowing its structure (look up \"Fermi surface nesting\"), we can understand the instabilities of a metal, for example, for sufficiently low temperature, a normal metal settling into a charge density wave state.\nThis post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2014-04-01 17:30 (UCT), posted by SE-user wsc"}
{"text":"A Bombardment that Would Paralyze Them\nBack to Immigration\nFrederick Burr Opper\nApril 18, 1883\nAmericans of English stock had long been prejudiced against Irish immigrants because of the history of Anglo-Irish relations. Some Americans despised the Irish because of their Roman Catholic religion and identified them with gang violence. Many Irish immigrants were poor, performed manual labor, and had inferior living conditions. They were stereotypically depicted as subhuman, as in this cartoon which alleges that soap and water would terrify them.\nThe Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library"}
{"text":"Diverse people and perspectives are needed to spur innovation and tackle societal problems. A wealth of untapped intellectual and economic potential exists among historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups – including Blacks and Latinos – who have not had equitable access to engineering and related STEM fields. For Blacks and Latinos who are accepted into engineering and related STEM fields, they face a number of barriers to their success which lead to low retention and graduation rates. In historically male-dominated fields such as engineering and related STEM disciplines, Black and Latino men have remained underrepresented at the student and faculty ranks. To uncover and tackle the “institutional barriers” that men of color face, nearly 50 interviews with Black and Latino collegians were analyzed to better understand the mechanisms that prevent them from maximizing their potential for success in engineering and related STEM fields. Interviews revealed that students must overcome institutional obstacles such as: (a) inadequate academic advising, (b) poor quality teaching, (c) limited course offerings, and (d) insufficient financial aid. This paper includes recommendations that are helpful to faculty, staff and administrators who are interested in increasing the number of Black and Latino male graduates in engineering and related STEM fields.\nASEE/125th Annual Conference & Exposition\nSalt Lake City, UT\nNumber of Pages\nScholarly Commons Citation\nLong, L., Henderson, T. S., & Williams, M. S. (2018). Institutional Barriers to Black and Latino Male Collegians’ Success in Engineering and Related STEM Fields. , (). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/1041"}
{"text":"The British Monarchy is a reference app that tells you everything you need to know about the history of the kings and queens of Great Britain, from around 800AD to present day. Each listed monarch links to their respective Wikipedia article — which for historical figures, tends to be a reliable source of information.\nAs there are over 150 listed monarchs, the app has three simple ways of helping you find the information you want: sort alphabetically, chronologically or use the search function. Also, monarchs can be saved manually by tapping the + symbol and accessed at anytime using the favourites tab.\nIf you want to research a monarch further, the app has a built in web browser that links straight to Google, as well as a section for making your own notes.\nOverall, the app feels a lot like a book and there’s certainly a lot of reading to be done. It’s ideal for quickly referencing information but it’s not something that would hold the attention of a student."}
{"text":"if you had been a New South Wales voter, would you have been in favour of Federation or against it?\nThe road to Federation involved many issues that people had to consider. How could Federation serve the interests of New South Wales and, at the same time, help to create the best possible future for the nation as a whole? Could there be disadvantages for New South Wales and its people if it became part of a federal system instead of remaining a separate colony?\nImagine that you had lived in New South Wales in the late 1890s. What issues would have been most important for you and your colony? After weighing up the issues, what would your opinion on Federation have been?\nDecide the importance of the issues surrounding Federation and how you would have voted.\n- You have considered a variety of issues surrounding Federation, including:\n- equal representation in the Senate;\n- voting rights for women;\n- distribution of money raised by a Federal Parliament; and\n- location of the new nation’s capital.\n- Find four or five classmates that had the same issue ranked as number 1. Work as a team to develop an argument about why your issue was the most important.\n- Provide an introduction to the issue. Why was it an issue?\n- Present your first reason for ranking your issue as number 1.\n- State your second reason for your ranking.\n- Outline your third reason for the ranking.\n- Conclude your case with a summary of the arguments.\n- Have the arguments presented by the other groups convinced you to change your mind about which issue was the most important? Using the preferential voting system, conduct a vote to see how the class ranked the issues. Cast your vote using the voting slip. Remember to number the squares from 1 to 6, and that every square must be numbered.\n- Tally the votes. Which issue was voted the most important? Which one was the least important? Were any issues deemed to be of equal importance?"}
{"text":"|Medical Services||Locations||Patient/Visitor Info||Programs & Support||Points of Pride|\nPublished: Synapse 2011, Vol. 2\nVentilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) occurs in about 15% of all patients who are on ventilators, a machine designed to mechanically pump more breathable air in and out of the lungs. According to the Centers for Disease Control, it may account for up to 60% of all deaths from healthcare-associated infections in the US and can increase the mortality rate of vented patients. VAP is also associated with prolonged length of stay for patients (6.1 days) in our Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and greatly increases the cost of care.\nTo prevent the development of VAP in our ICU patients, the Hospital relies on its taskforce of intensivists, pulmonologists, critical care nurse practitioners, critical care nursing staff, respiratory therapists and infection prevention to research and introduce new protocols of care.\nThis team has seen tremendous success since its inception and is now celebrating more than four years without an incidence of VAP in the ICU.\nThe Hospital's success is the result of efforts dating back to the mid-2000's when it...\nIn more recent years, the Hospital introduced new methods of sedation; began using a special endotracheal tube to minimize secretions; started a different variety of tube feeding for therapeutic nutrition; implemented the use of a new technique for tube feeding to help reduce reflux; and established its own weaning method, known as the SSSh! Protocol.\nDriven by nursing and respiratory therapy, the SSSh! Protocol is a three-part weaning process for patients in the ICU to lessen the amount of time they are on ventilators:\nTo maintain our zero-incident success in the ICU, the Hospital investigates new opportunities to prevent VAP , monitors the progress of its current strategies, and continues the implementation of the SSSh! Protocol, making adjustments based on measurable data.\nLast Updated: 11/22/2011"}
{"text":"The production and cost in the firm essays related to production and cost in the firm must look at its production process which is said to follow. Essay on process costing average cost per unit is found out by dividing total cost of each process by total production per unit pre-separation variable cost. Bingham corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system data concerning the first processing department for the most recent month are listed below.\nFree essay: debate between job order costing and use the “job order costing” and “process costing variable costing allows only variable costs to be. Analysis of direct costs essay finished product through the use of labor and manufacturing overhead costs in the production process semi variable costs.\nFixed and variable costs essay cost will vary based on production of hamburgers a variable cost is a cost that in fixed and variable costs. Production and cost curve “production and marketing are parts of the single the total variable cost increases the production or sale would.\nDefinition of fixed cost and variable cost disclaimer: this essay has been submitted by a product is the direct monitoring and control of production process.\nExplaining fixed and variable costs of production levels: as, a subscribe to email updates from tutor2u economics synoptic example essays (volume 1) for a. Short and long run/fixed and variable costs +1 these costs do not change, when production changes in the short run our process is simple. Published by experts share your essayscom is the home of thousands of essays useful notes on “fixed costs” and “variable production process if fixed.\nCost model essay cost model essay absorption costing is a process of tracing the variable costs of production and the fixed costs how do we account for the."}
{"text":"5S is a system to reduce waste and optimize productivity through maintaining an orderly workplace and using visual cues to achieve more consistent operational results. Implementation of this method “cleans up” and organizes the workplace basically in its existing configuration, and it is typically the first lean method which organizations implement.\n5S is accomplished through the following phases:\n- Sort (Seiri) – getting rid of what is unwanted and not needed anymore\n- Straighten (Seiton) – designating the proper location for needed items\n- Shine (Seiso) – clean and organize workplace\n- Standardize (Seiketsu) – everyone doing and identifying things the same way\n- Sustain (Shitsuke) – integrating 5S into the daily activities\nThe 5S phases provide a methodology for organizing, cleaning, developing, and sustaining a productive work environment.\nIn the daily work of a company, routines that maintain organization and orderliness are essential to a smooth and efficient flow of activities. This lean method encourages workers to improve their working conditions and helps them to learn to reduce waste, unplanned downtime, and in-process inventory.\nThe Implementing 5S video is 16:40m in length and explains the concept in an easy to understand format. The objective is to give viewers an overall look at how to implement 5S.\nThe video is designed for business professionals who are interested in learning or teaching process improvement techniques in their workplace."}
{"text":"One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.\n1(in countries of the former Soviet Union) political power.‘the council represented the real vlast, the real power behind the front men in public office’\n- ‘That party, liberal but critical of the vlast, was probably the perfect party for him.’\n- ‘In Russia, human rights activists continue to be harassed by the vlast, by the authorities.’\n- 1.1the vlasti The government or the establishment.‘policemen kept the centre lane clear of traffic for the exclusive use of the vlasti’\nTop tips for CV writingRead more\nIn this article we explore how to impress employers with a spot-on CV."}
{"text":"Ever wonder how they determine how many calories are in food?\nToday, most of the nutritional information you find on food labels is generated indirectly, using what’s known as the Atwater system. So basically, calories are calculated by adding up the calories provided by each of the food’s energy-containing nutrients.\nAccording to the Atwater system, there are on average four calories in each gram of protein, nine in each gram of fat, seven in each gram of alcohol, and four in each gram of carbohydrates. You’ve probably seen that conversion scale on the label of various potato chip bags.\nAlso, because some carbs contain fiber that your body can’t break down, their total is adjusted accordingly before figuring out calories. Atwater came to these figures using a bomb calorimeter.\nUsing a bomb calorimeter is a much more involved process. You’d have to place your food in a sealed container, then submerge it in water. After that, since a calorie is defined as the amount of energy it takes to heat up a kilogram of water one degree centigrade, you’d burn the food and figure out how much the temperature of the water has changed."}
{"text":"Today, the importance and benefits of early language learning are widely acknowledged. Based on research evidence, this ECML website responds to the question “What makes language learning inspiring for young children?”. Core thoughts on language learning along with practical examples are presented on the website. Seven main areas, ranging from general topics to concrete, practical examples inform the website. The proposed ideas aim to encourage children and adults to develop their linguistic skills, learn new languages and open themselves to the languages around them. Above all, they have been designed to make language learning enjoyable, accessible and inspirational for both children and adults alike."}
{"text":"Every child deserves\nThis week the volunteers reviewed the parts of the face vocabulary which the kids had learned with their English language Curriculum and computer program called Little Reader, which is a part of a Scholarship by EEECF through LLI-Mexico . Most of the students were on a field trip so the class was much smaller and quieter than usual. We gave each child a white board and marker and had them write and rewrite the vocabulary words there.\nThe volunteers had flash cards with photos and printed words to show the kids. Some children are much quicker than others with writing but they all got it. Then they turned their white boards over and drew faces with the features suggested by the volunteer. And finally they labeled all the parts of the face in English. Great fun and great artists!"}
{"text":"LONDON: One dose of either Pfizer-BioNTech’s or AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine helps to prevent disease severe enough to require hospitalisation of people in their 80s with other illnesses, interim data from a UK study showed on Wednesday.\nThe findings, from an ongoing surveillance project funded by Pfizer and known as AvonCap, found that one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech shot, which began to be used in Britain on Dec 8, 2020, was 71.4% effective from 14 days at preventing symptomatic illness severe enough to result in hospitalisation among patients with a median age of 87 years.\nFor the AstraZeneca vaccine, which began to be rolled out in Britain on Jan 4, the results showed it was 80.4% effective by the same measures among patients with an average age of 88.\n“These early results show the UK Covid-19 vaccine programme is working better than we could have hoped,” said Adam Finn, a professor of paediatrics and chief investigator of the AvonCAP study at Britain’s University of Bristol.\nHe said the findings showed how the vaccines can reduce the burden of serious Covid-19 in elderly, high-risk populations, and relieve pressure on health services.\nThe results add to other early findings from studies of vaccine roll-outs in Israel, Scotland and England, which have also pointed to high effectiveness from the first doses.\nA UK study among healthcare staff found last week that a single dose of Pfizer’ vaccine cut the number of asymptomatic infections by about 75%, which would significantly reduce the risk of transmission of the virus.\nA study in Israel, which last week confirmed an efficacy of well over 90% for Pfizer’s two-shot vaccine, also showed a single shot was 57% effective in protecting against symptomatic infections after two weeks."}
{"text":"People feel stressed when they feel like the demands or pressures on them are more than what they can cope with. Everyone feels stressed at times. You may feel under pressure, worried, tense, upset, sad, and angry – or maybe a mixture of uncomfortable feelings. These feelings can be entirely normal, but sometimes stress can get too much and can even trigger a mental illness. Sometimes people try to ‘block out’ stress by using drugs or alcohol. This makes things worse in the long run.\nIt is important to get help if stress is getting too much or you are using drugs or alcohol to try and cope.\nThere are many reasons why you might feel stressed. For example:\nStress can be even worse if your family is breaking up, someone close to you is ill or dies, or if you are being physically or sexually abused.\nPeople vary in the amount that they get stressed by things - you may find that you get very stressed out by exams, but your friends don’t seem bothered!\nPositive events can also be stressful! For example starting a new college or going to university. Many people need a little bit of stress to give them the “get up and go” to do things that are important to them.\nStress can affect different people in different ways. Stress can affect your body and your feelings. Some of the effects are listed below:\nEffects on your body:\nEffects on your feelings:\nThere are several things that you can do to help yourself cope.\nSometimes stress gets on top of you, especially when the situation causing the stress goes on and on and the problems just seem to keep building up. You can feel trapped, as if there is no way out and no solution to your problems. If you feel like this, it is important to get help.\nSigns that stress is getting too much and that you should get help:"}
{"text":"Read the full story at Waste Dive.\nIn the 2015 film “Just Eat It,” journalist and author Jonathan Bloom says that food waste is “one of the last environmental ills that you can just get away with,” mocking society’s so-called “environmental consciousness” despite its ignorance of some obvious issues. This acceptance of food waste is ironic, and raises a red flag for environmental advocates and waste professionals alike. Food waste will keep piling up if industry leaders don’t inform consumers and retailers on how massive of an issue it really is.\nChanging consumer habits or structural supply chain systems is no easy task. It involves educational campaigns, marketing and consistent reminders. These tactics can increase scrap collection rates, boost support of organics processing systems, or ultimately mitigate the problem from the source, making education highly important for industry leaders to pursue.\nThe magnitude of food waste can be hard to conceptualize, yet understanding this magnitude is the first step toward building a mindful society. Waste Dive compiled eight of the most impactful numbers that put into perspective just how vast the issue really is — and what the industry is doing to address it."}
{"text":"Gum (periodontal) treatment methods depend upon the type and severity of the disease. Dr. Cross and your dental hygienist will evaluate you for gum disease and recommend the appropriate treatment.\nGum disease progresses as the sulcus (pocket or space) between the tooth and gums gets filled with bacteria, plaque, and tartar, causing irritation to the surrounding tissues. When these irritants remain in the pocket space, they can cause damage to the gums and eventually, the bone that supports the teeth!\nIf the disease is caught in the early stages of gingivitis, and no damage has been done, one to two regular cleanings will be recommended. You will also be given instructions on improving your daily oral hygiene habits and having regular dental cleanings.\nIf the pockets are 4 to 5 millimeters or deeper, a special periodontal cleaning called scaling and root planing (deep cleaning) will be recommended. It is usually done one quadrant of the mouth at a time while the area is numb. In this procedure, tartar, plaque, and toxins are removed from above and below the gum line (scaling) and rough spots on root surfaces are made smooth (planing). The diseased tissue deep in the pocket is also removed. This procedure helps gum tissue to heal and reattach to the root and the pockets to shrink. Medications, special medicated mouth rinses, and an electric tooth brush may be recommended to help control infection and healing.\nIf the disease is advanced or if the pockets do not heal after scaling and root planing, Dr. Cross may recommend that you see a Periodontist (specialist of the gums and supporting bone). Periodontal surgery may be needed to reduce pocket depths, making teeth easier to clean."}
{"text":"In this article, it is argued that rules have two main functions, the practice-defining function and the constraining (fact-to-fact) function. These two functions are compatible. In their function as constraints, some rules are also indirectly regulative. In both of their functions, rules differ from the summaries (rules of thumb) that Rawls discussed and opposed to the constitutive (fact-to-fact) rules which make that some decisions are the right ones. In his work, first on the philosophy of language and later on social ontology, Searle focused on one kind of constitutive rules: counts-as rules, which are constitutive in the sense that they attach new facts to the existence of “old” ones. In doing so, Searle created the scientific interest in constitutive rules which they deserve. However, because of his narrow focus on counts-as rules, Searle also created the impression that counts-as rules are all there is to constitutive rules. This impression is wrong, if only because it overlooks dynamic rules.\nThrough the ground-breaking work of Searle, the notion of a constitutive rule received the attention it deserves. However, this very notion was used by Searle in two different senses. The one sense is that of a rule which partly defines a social practice by being part of it. I will call such constitutive rules “practicedefining rules”. Constitutive rules in the other sense are rules which attach new facts to old ones. I will call such constitutive rules “fact-to-fact rules\nClick here to download full article"}
{"text":"1% of Non-roadway Fatalities*\nWorkers in machinery operation play a role in dozens of industries, including printing, fabricating, metalworking, packaging, textiles, woodworking and more. Machines perform specific duties based on the industry, thus operators must have proper training to control the various actions of machines to ensure safety at work. **\nThe information in each section below is listed in the order of relevance to the hazardous situation.\nSituational risks – inherent to the situation or proximate cause of injury\nSystemic risks – contribute to injury but are not direct causes\nRelevant Technology Solutions for machinery operation"}
{"text":"Pazhassi tomb is profound memorial made in the memory of Veera Pazhassi Raja, the Lion of Kerala and a freedom fighter who revolted against the British for the independence of India. After Tipu Sultan, Pazhassi Raja was the last king that rebelled against the British. After his death, a small memorial was made in Wayanad. Inside the Pazhassi tomb, tourists can see the prices possessions of the freedom fighter.\nThe memorial is managed by the State Archaeology Department and has mural paintings, antique bronzes, ancient coins, models of temples, umbrella stones, dolmenoid cists (quadrangular burial chambers with capstones), and similar megalithic monuments in its complex. Inside the memorial, there is an art gallery where the work of known artist Raja Ravi Varma is one display.\n07:00 AM to 07:00 PM, Open all days\n345, Hospital Road, Mananthavady, Kerala 670645, India"}
{"text":"23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led to Abraham Lincoln's issuance of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.\nAntietam National Battlefield is a National Park Service protected area along Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Washington County, northwestern Maryland. It commemorates the American Civil War Battle of Antietam that occurred on September 17, 1862.\nThe area, situated on fields among the Appalachian foothills near the Potomac River, features the battlefield site and visitor center, a national military cemetery, stone arch Burnside's Bridge, and a field hospital museum. Today, over 330,000 people visit the park each year."}
{"text":"New Delhi: New research findings have revealed a significant increase in the number of Indians suffering from poor eyesight, with only one in five adults going for regular eye-checkups and an alarming 84 per cent admitting to not following their doctor's advice for eye-care.\nThe study by Signify, formerly known as Philips Lighting, covered 1,000 Indian adults and 300 ophthalmologists across top 10 Indian cities.\nWhile 65 per cent adults claimed that a healthy eyesight is a key priority for their well-being, very few people take steps to actively maintain their vision, Signify said in a statement on Wednesday.\nThe study also highlighted that Indians spend over 14 hours daily indoors under artificial light, and the quality of lighting becomes an important factor in maintaining eye health.\nAs per the research, ophthalmologists state that 3 in 4 Indians complain of eye strain after 10 hours of daily screen time, and young adults in the age group of 20-35 years frequently report eye strain, redness and irritation in the eyes.\nAccording to Indian ophthalmologists, many factors can lead to deterioration in eyesight and eye discomfort.\nBad lighting (64 per cent), a poor lifestyle (92 per cent) and other health issues like diabetes (82 per cent) were indicated as leading factors by ophthalmologists in the country.\nAlmost all doctors also agreed that lighting can play an important role in maintaining eye health and that flicker, too much brightness and incorrect positioning of the light source can hurt eyes in the long term."}
{"text":"Nine justices, appointed for life by the President, with the \"advice and consent\" of the Senate, interpret and apply the Constitution and all federal statutes, usually after decision by federal courts of appeals and state supreme courts. The Supreme Court hears argument in about 170 cases each year. If you lose your case in the federal court of appeals (or, sometime, in the state supreme court as here in New Hampshire), you can ask the Supreme Court to hear your appeal. However, unlike a court of appeals, the Supreme Court doesn't have to hear it. In fact, the Supreme Court hears only a small number of the cases it is asked to take."}
{"text":"National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program - South Platte River Basin\nChanges in Groundwater Quality in Corn Crop Areas\nMap of Study Location\nDetermine long-term changes in the quality of groundwater in the South Platte alluvial (groundwater adjacent to the stream)\naquifer underlying corn crop areas.\nDetermine how groundwater quality has changed\nin response to changes in agricultural management practices.\nResample 30 wells for targeted physical\nand chemical data.\nInitial sampling occurred in the summer of 1994.\nThe second round of sampling occurred in the summer of 2002.\n- Targeted Physical and Chemical Data:\nPhysical parameters, nutrients, pesticides, organic\ncarbon, trace elements, and major ions."}
{"text":"Mathematics of Games\n|Responsible||Dr. Jens Maßberg|\n|Type||MATH, 4 Hours Course, 2 Hour Exercises (4+2)|\n|Place and Time||Course:|\nGame theory is the study of multiperson decision problems. Such problems arise frequently in competitive scenarios where knowledge is distributed, such as in economics. For instance, oligopolies incorporate multiperson problems: each one must consider what the others will do in order to achieve success in a competitive environment. The same happens in auctions, where several people might be interested in the very same item. How to act in the best of ways when competition is present among participants with conflictive interests? Does cooperation help in such a scenario? In which cases?\nIn this class, we will cover a handful of models in game theory, including models of static and dynamic information, as well as of complete and incomplete information. We will also study a variety of stable optimal solutions, including: nash equilibrium, subgame-perfect equilibrium, bayesian equilibrium, perfect bayesian equilibrium.\nSeveral examples are given, such as in the context of oligopolies, auctions, bargaining, tariff and wage competition, cooperative games, finite and infinite repeated games, zero sum games, signaling games, mechanism design, reputation.\n- First class is on Monday, the 13th of April.\n- On Thursday, the 16th there will be a class instead of an exercise.\n- Please register to the moodle page of this course: MOODLE\n- If available, please bring a mobile device (mobile phone, tablet, notebook, ...) to the class which is able to connect to the university's WiFi."}
{"text":"|Phenological Gardens Protocol|\nThe purpose of this resource is to observe the flowering and leaf stages of selected garden plants throughout the year. After a phenological garden is planted, students observe the growth of leaves and blooming of flowers on the plants. These plants were selected because each plant blooms at a different time in the year.\nIntended for grade levels:\nType of resource:\nAdobe Acrobat reader\nCost / Copyright:\nFor science/educational use consistent with the methodologies of the GLOBE Program.\nDLESE Catalog ID: GLOBE-251\nResource contact / Creator / Publisher:\nAuthor: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)\nThe GLOBE Program"}
{"text":"(died 777 CE) was an 8th-century Muslim mathematician and astronomer at the Abbasid court of the Caliph Al-Mansur (r. 754–775). He should not to be confused with his son Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, also an astronomer. He composed various astronomical writings (“on the astrolabe”, “on the armillary spheres”, “on the calendar”).\nThe Caliph ordered him and his son to translate the Indian astronomical text, The Sindhind along with Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq, which was completed in Baghdad about 750 CE, and entitled Az-Zīj ‛alā Sinī al-‛Arab. This translation was possibly the vehicle by means of which the Hindu numeral system (i.e. modern number notation) was transmitted from India to Iran.\nAt the end of the eighth century, while at the court of the Abbasid Caliphate, this Muslim geographer mentioned Ghana, “the land of gold.”"}
{"text":"This week at the Alderleaf Wilderness Certification Program the students learned how to make survival bows. A survival bow is bow made immediately after harvesting a stave (so that you can use it right away when in a survival situation). For a long-term bow you would want to let the wood season for at least a year.\nNot only did the students learn additional carving techniques but they also got to learn more about the used of vine maple (Acer circinatum). Vine maple is a great choice of wood for survival bows. Not only is it a hard wood, but it grows as a shrub like tree with slender trunks. The slender trunks don’t require much carving and are perfect for survival bows. There is a sense of empowerment when you are able to go out and find a piece of wood on the landscape and make something useful out of it.\nHere a bow is going through a tillering check. The tillering process is making sure both sides of the bow bend evenly. Not only do you want each limb to bend evenly, you also want each limb to bend with the exact the same curvature - they should be a mirror image of each other. This is perhaps the most important part in making your bow. If one side of your bow bends less, that is the side you will want to remove more material from. Continue doing this until both limbs bend equally and evenly.\nHere Alderleaf Instructor Jeremy demonstrates how to string a bow using the step through method.\nAfter the students finished their bows they got to have an\narchery competition. Survival bows work\nquite well and if you care for them properly can last a\nLearn about the Alderleaf Wilderness Certification Program, our in-depth, nine-month course that trains students in wilderness survival, permaculture, wild edible & medicinal plants, wildlife tracking, naturalist, and outdoor leadership skills."}
{"text":"A new software developed at LLNL, and known as Skywing, provides domain scientists working to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure with a high-reliability, real-time software platform for collaborative autonomy applications. The U.S. modern critical infrastructure—from the electrical grid that sends power to homes to the pipelines that deliver water and natural gas and the railways and roadways we travel—is full of digitized components. To defend against cyber-attacks and harden the system, multidisciplinary teams of mathematicians, systems analysts, power engineers, cybersecurity experts, and computational scientists have turned to collaborative autonomy—a new class of computational techniques that teach networked devices how to self-organize into a collective whole. Skywing is an open-source, high-reliability, real-time, decentralized software platform for domain scientists, mathematicians, and computer scientists exploring collaborative autonomy applications for critical infrastructure. Skywing provides approaches and solutions for real-world applications that solve problems and allow for confidence in the results. It also helps lower the barrier to entry for those who may lack fluency in decentralized software development. Read more at LLNL News."}
{"text":"- on Microcontrollers\n- Published in issue 7/2000 on page 0\nI/U curve tracer\ndriven via the PC printer port\nWith a set of Maxim A/D and D/A converters and a handful of other components, you can make a curve tracer that can be driven from the printer port of a PC. A simple BASIC program takes care of the communication between the PC and the measurement circuit, and also converts the measured values into graphic form for display on the monitor.Not long ago, it was common practice to measure the I/U characteristics of a semiconductor device using an X-Y oscilloscope and a suitable measuring circuit. An electronics engineer can extract a lot of information about the operation of the semiconductor from these curves.In the present computer age, the I/U curve may well have dropped into obscurity, but it is still useful for evaluating a number of specific semiconductor characteristics. The only difference is that we no longer need an oscilloscope, since we can instead employ the versatile PC."}
{"text":"Introduction to Psychology 2-IKV-111\nPsychology is the scientific study of behavior and mind. Through this introductory course, students of cognitive science will have the opportunity to understand several essential topics in science of psychology. After introducing the most influential schools of thought and fundaments of research methods in psychology, selected key concepts related to cognition and emotion are discussed. These concepts range from elementary psychological phenomena to more complex psychological functions concerning sensation, perception, attention, memory, thinking and creativity.\n- First lesson is postponed from 21.9.2016 to 28.9.2016!\n- Autor: Názov knihy. Vydavateľ, rok. V knižnici Univerzitnej/SAV/Fakulty …\n- Autor: Názov článku. Časopis, vydavateľ, rok. Stránka článku na webe časopisu\nSchedule, teacher, and contact\nEach lesson starts at 9:50 AM in room I-9 and consists of a two-hour lecture and an one-hour seminar (approximately). Course is taught by Mgr. Martin Marko, PhD.. You can contact me via email email@example.com.\nCourse Schedule at candle.fmph.uniba.sk."}
{"text":"The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction (NDDPI) and the R11CC have partnered with the Central Regional Education Association (CREA), the North Dakota University System, and more than 20 Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) schools and districts to support significant, durable, evidence-based changes. Project activities are aimed at testing and refining evidence-based practices to reduce achievement gaps in student subgroup performance. Improvement science is a problem-solving approach centered on continuous inquiry and learning. Changes in practice are tested in rapid cycles, resulting in efficient and practical feedback to inform school and district system improvements. A core principle of improvement science is that a system’s performance is a result of its design and operation, not simply a result of individuals’ efforts within the system. Building from this foundation, the project is focused on helping school and district teams build a shared understanding about how their systems work, where “bright spots” and breakdowns occur, and what actions can be taken to improve overall schoolwide performance. The team is currently working on providing tools for teachers, principals, and district-level leaders to use at each step of the school renewal journey, from clearly defining the root problem to be solved to scaling up bright spots/improvements."}
{"text":"When prepping for a marathon, most people will give at least some consideration to their nutritional and hydration needs during the race. These are essential components for a successful race and are not to be overlooked. Unfortunately, a lot of people have to deal with a sensitive stomach or indigestion problems and cannot tolerate consuming good sources of energy. These people (as well as everybody else) would benefit from a carb mouth rinse.\nWhat is a carb mouth rinse? Exactly what it sounds like. Swishing some form of carbohydrate (ie gatorade) in your mouth for 5 to 10 seconds and then spitting it out.\nThe science behind it: the glucose—or whatever form of carbohydrate is consumed— is infused via oral receptors in your mouth, as opposed to the regular absorption process of digestion. Studies have shown that the reward centers of the brain are activated with carb mouth rinsing. So “the sugar goes straight to your brain”. An important note is that the actual sweetness of the carbohydrate consumed seemed to be irrelevant—indicating that there are oral receptors that respond independently of taste.\nCycling and running performance have been shown to improve after a carb mouth rinse. This can be attributed to the activation of the reward centers of the brain.\nMost studies included a fasting period prior to the carb rinse, ranging anywhere from 2 to 15 hours.\nBecause of the activation of the brain, the carb rinse is a great strategy to use during a marathon as you’re hitting the wall. The activation of the reward centers of your brain will help adjust your Rate of Perceived Exertion— like a mind trick to make you think you’re not working as hard. The physical capability of your body greatly exceeds the mental capacity. The carb rinse allows you to take advantage of that."}
{"text":"“What to Know:\n- Research shows that routine directed pushing, breath holding, and limiting pushing during labor is not beneficial, and that prolonged breath holding may reduce fetal oxygenation.\n- The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends not directing laboring women to hold their breath or consciously sustain pushing.\n- The American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) recommends that a laboring woman’s body direct any pushing.\n- Directed pushing may help you if you’ve had an epidural and don’t feel the urge to push.”"}
{"text":"A recent article in The Atlantic about the tiny wages that Major League Baseball pays to thousands of players quoted Nathaniel Grow, an associate professor of legal studies at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business.\nThe MLB is able to maintain such low wages (or avoid paying them entirely) thanks to a clause in the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act. The law, a linchpin of the New Deal that, among other things, outlined the 40-hour workweek and established a federal minimum wage, carved out an exception with which Major League Baseball justifies its practice. Minimum-wage and overtime requirements do not apply, the law stipulates, to “any employee employed by an establishment which is an amusement or recreational establishment” that “does not operate for more than seven months in any calendar year.”\n“From a general fan perspective,” Grow says, “there’s no question that the baseball or football teams are amusement and recreational.” But digging into the technical details reveals some complications, he says: “These baseball teams also have sophisticated marketing departments, ticket-sales departments, all these other more core business functions. Are all of them seasonal employees at an amusement or recreational establishment?”\nGrow is an expert in the field. His book “Baseball on Trial: The Origin of Baseball’s Anti-Trust Exemption” won the Larry Ritter Book Award in 2015.\nThe entire article is available online."}
{"text":"We are happy to announce that geneabirth is now offering Critical Congenital Heart Disease screening.\nIn recent years there has a growing awareness surrounding the issues of Critical Congenital Heart Disease and a campaign to screen all babies for CCCHD. Congenital Heart Disease is the most common birth defect among all babies. Many of these babies are diagnosed from the 20 week ultrasound. In other cases it may be quickly apparent after birth that the something is very wrong. However, in a fraction of cases, a baby with CCHD will appear to transition well to life outside the mother’s uterus and serious, life-threatening problems become apparent in the days after the baby is born.\nCCHD screening is also called pulse ox screening because it is accomplished with a pulse oximeter. If you or anyone you love has ever been hospitalized you have probably seen a pulse oximeter. It’s the little plastic thing placed on one finger that lights up and monitors the pulse and blood oxygen levels of the patient.\nThe CCHD screening uses a pulse oximeter to measure a newborn baby’s blood oxygen levels. This test is painless and non-invasive. The baby’s blood oxygen levels are measured in one hand and both feet using the sensor and a soft, flexible band to hold the sensor in place. The baby can be held by his mother, her partner or the midwife while the test is completed. The baby can nurse throughout the test. The test takes just a minute or two.\nThis test is one of the options available to you and there is no additional charge. It is performed by your midwife in the comfort of your home at the 24 hour postpartum homevisit. While the overwhelming majority of babies are born healthy and ready to grow and thrive, it can provide peace of mind to know that there are no hidden issues with your baby’s heart that need to be addressed with expert medical attention.\nFeel free to ask Sarah or Erin any questions you may have about CCHD or pulse ox screening. And check out this video for more information."}
{"text":"1 adj If you are hostileto another person or an idea, you disagree with them or disapprove of them, often showing this in your behaviour.\noft ADJ to/towards n\nMany people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention..., The West has gradually relaxed its hostile attitude to this influential state...\n2 adj Someone who is hostile is unfriendly and aggressive.\nDrinking may make a person feel relaxed and happy, or it may make her hostile, violent, or depressed...\n3 adj Hostile situations and conditions make it difficult for you to achieve something.\nIf this round of talks fails, the world's trading environment is likely to become increasingly hostile.\n4 adj A hostile takeover bid is one that is opposed by the company that is being bid for. (BUSINESS)\nKingfisher launched a hostile bid for Dixons.\n5 adj In a war, you use hostile to describe your enemy's forces, organizations, weapons, land, and activities.\nThe city is encircled by a hostile army...\nTranslation English Cobuild Collins Dictionary\n1 antagonistic, anti (informal) bellicose, belligerent, contrary, ill-disposed, inimical, malevolent, opposed, opposite, rancorous, unkind, warlike\n2 adverse, alien, inhospitable, unfriendly, unpropitious, unsympathetic, unwelcoming\naffable, agreeable, amiable, approving, congenial, cordial, friendly, kind, peaceful, sympathetic, warm\nEnglish Collins Dictionary - English synonyms & Thesaurus\nAdd your entry in the Collaborative Dictionary.\n- Create your own vocabulary list\n- Contribute to the Collaborative Dictionary\n- Improve and share your linguistic knowledge\n\"Collins Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners 4th edition published in 2003 © HarperCollins Publishers 1987, 1995, 2001, 2003 and Collins A-Z Thesaurus 1st edition first published in 1995 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995\""}
{"text":"Land Uses of Coal Fly Ash - Benefits and Barriers\nAUTHOR: Irene Smith\nDATE: May 2005\nThis report focuses on three major sectors of fly ash utilisation: soil stabilisation, mine backfill and agriculture. Requirements are generally less rigorous than for use of fly ash in the cement and concrete industries. The benefits of using fly ash are investigated for each sector. These include improvements over use of cement or lime alone at lower cost, more effective land reclamation using less primary materials, and enhanced fertility of soils.\nStabilisation of soils and aggregates with fly ash is a successful, high volume use, especially in road construction. Unbound fly ash as structural fill, for example in mines and road subbase, gives high volume, beneficial use of conditioned, stockpiled and lagoon fly ash. In agriculture, studies have shown that crop yields increase and water consumption may be reduced by using fly ash as soil amendment.\nFly ash is complemented well by biosolids such as treated sewage sludge and acts synergistically with organic matter in mproving plant growth. Barriers to utilisation of coal fly ash on land occur in marketing, transport, and through the potential for leachates containing trace elements from fly ash. These are being overcome by various means in the utilisation sectors. It is essential to follow best engineering practices to ensure there is no environmental risk. Potential long-term effects in agriculture are under investigation."}
{"text":"Dolphin Fun Facts\nDolphin Watch Nature Tours\nThe Dolphins we see on our tours around the Gulf are amazing animals. Here are a few Dolphin Fun Facts to get to know them better.\nDid You Know?\n*Compared to other animals, dolphins are believed to be very intelligent.\n*Dolphins are carnivores (meat eaters).\n*The Killer Whale (also known as Orca) is actually a type of dolphin.\n*Bottlenose dolphins are the most common and well known type of dolphin.\n*Female dolphins are called cows, males are called bulls and young dolphins are called calves.\n*Dolphins live in schools or pods of up to 12 individuals.\n*Dolphins often display a playful attitude which makes them popular in human culture. They can be seen jumping out of the water, riding waves, play fighting and occasionally interacting with humans swimming in the water.\n*Dolphins use a blowhole on top of their heads to breathe.\n*Dolphins have excellent eyesight and hearing as well as the ability to use echolocation for finding the exact location of objects.\n*Dolphins communicate with each other by clicking, whistling and other sounds.\nReady to Reserve Your Tour?\nWe offer Private Charters, group discounts & all of our tours include The Shrimp Trawl!! Perfect for family reunions, corporate outings, weddings, dances & much more!\n*All Credit Cards Accepted*"}
{"text":"Garden flower and plant: Zinnia flower\nCommon: Zinnia. Scientific classification. Kingdom: Plantae. Division: Magnoliophyta. Class: Magnoliopsida. Order: Asterales. Family: Asteraceae. Tribe: Heliantheae. Genus: Zinnia.\nZinnia is a genus of 20 species of annual and perennial plants of family Asteraceae. and originate in Mexico and the Southwest United States. Zinnia flower are popular garden flowers. This is a plant that is started incredibly easily from seed, flowers very quickly, has a wide range of flower types and colors, withstands full sun and heat, makes an excellent cut flower, attracts bees and butterflies, and can make the difference between so-so garden bed and a spectacular garden showcase.\nBloom color: white, chartreuse, yellow, orange, red, purple, and lilac."}
{"text":"What are Burr Holes and Craniotomy?\nA Craniotomy is an operation that involves opening the skull to correct a problem in the brain or the layer around the brain. Craniotomies are performed for a variety of reasons, such as blood clots causing pressure on the brain, brain tumors, skull defects, etc. Sometimes, blood can be drained from the space between the brain and the skull through small holes, Burr Holes.\nDepending on the diagnosis and problem, an operating microscope may be used to facilitate the surgery. The operating microscope provides additional light and magnification, making the surgery safer. Sometimes, a Neuro-navigation system is used to precisely localize a lesion in the brain. Neuro-navigation is a computerized system working with CT or MRI scans similar to the way GPS (Global Positioning System) works with roadmaps in automobiles.\nDescription of Surgery:\nIntravenous antibiotics are administered before surgery to decrease the risk of infection. You will be anesthetized (put to sleep). Exact position on the operating table depends on the area of the skull that needs to be opened. An incision is made. Equipment for opening the skull is then used. After exposing the region, the operation becomes more specific for the problem being treated. If needed, the operating microscope and neuro-navigation are used at this point. After completing the procedure inside the skull, a drain may be placed. If a section of skull was removed, it is repositioned and the scalp incision is sutured. The skin is closed with stitches or staples. A sterile dressing is placed over the incision. Sometimes, a thick head wrap may be applied. You will then be placed on your back in a hospital bed. The breathing tube will be removed (extubated) and you will be taken to the recovery room."}
{"text":"For travelers the world over, especially frequent world travelers, jet-lag has been an enduring and unwelcome phenomenon for decades. But there could be a solution or at least a significant palliative that researchers have come up with to combat the problem.\nThe Los Angeles Times has a report headlined \" New drug may put jet lag to rest\". The newspaper says that \"an experimental drug that mimics the effects of the hormone melatonin can reset the body's circadian rhythms, bringing relief to jet-lagged travelers and night-shift workers. A study of 450 people who were subjected to simulated jet lag in a sleep laboratory, a team from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston found that the drug restored near normal sleep the first night it was used\". Most interestingly \"there were no aftereffects from the drug, minimal side effects, and people who took it performed normally the next day\".\nIf true the drug could bring about considerable relief for wearied travelers criss-crossing the globe. What the reports does not appear to cover is whether the supposedly harmful effects, including shortening of life spans, of trans-continental travel gleaned from earlier studies would be mitigated by the drug. Presumably, since the study's subjects \"slept better\" that aspect of the negatives of inter-national travel is minimized if not eliminated."}
{"text":"The speed of an automobile can be indicated by detecting the pulses generated by the ignition system and causing an LED to light. The circuit utilizes a quad NOR gate IC chip. Two of the gates are configured as a one shot multivibrator which produces a fixed duration pulse each time the primary circuit of the automobile ignition system opens the circuit to the ignition coil.\nThe other 2 gates are used as buffers which provide an accurate rectangle pulse. As the number of pulses per second increases, the voltage fed to the base of of the NPN transistor becomes high enough to cause it to conduct and turn on the LED. The speed at which the LED lights is set by R4. The input of the circuit is connected to the distributor side of the ignition coil or to the tachometer connection on those cars that are equipped with electronic ignition."}
{"text":"- Jo Stoner (University of Kent) email@example.com\n- Boris Burandt (Goethe Universität) firstname.lastname@example.org\nObject value is a cultural construct dependent on a complex web of contextual information and social meanings. Objects can be valued for a number of reasons – for example, economic worth, personal meaning, or political power. Theoretical approaches from archaeology, anthropology, and other disciplines can be used to identify the values of Roman artefacts, both in the past and present. This session seeks to explore how, and to what extent, the values of objects can be reconstructed, and what this reveals about the role of material culture in Roman society. How and why did objects gain value in the Roman period, and how might these have changed over time? How can investigating object value tell us more about the society in which artefacts were produced and used?\nPapers are welcomed on any aspect of Roman material culture and value, however suggested themes include:\n• Value-laden behaviours (e.g. hoards; disposability; reuse & recycling; collection & curation)\n• Specific theoretical approaches to assessing the values of Roman material culture (e.g. object biography; gift theory).\n• Modern value judgements in contemporary scholarship/society towards Roman archaeological material\n• The role of production in creating value\n• Embodiment of the past (e.g. nostalgia & memory; antique objects)\n• The power of objects (e.g. politicisation of material culture; exoticism; consumerism & desirability."}
{"text":"NASA recently successfully demonstrated rural operations of its unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) traffic management (UTM) concept, integrating operator platforms, vehicle performance and ground infrastructure. The next steps involve further validation through Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) test sites.\n“UTM is designed to enable safe low-altitude civilian UAS operations by providing pilots information needed to maintain separation from other aircraft by reserving areas for specific routes, with consideration of restricted airspace and adverse weather conditions,” said Parimal Kopardekar, manager of NASA’s Safe Autonomous Systems Operations project and lead of NASA’s UTM efforts.\nEngineers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, are developing UTM cloud-based software tools in four segments of progressively more capable levels. They design each “technical capability level” for a different operational environment that requires development of proposed uses, software, procedures and policies to enable safe operation, with Technical Capability Level One focusing on a rural environment. With continued development, the Technical Capability Level One system would enable UAS operators to file flight plans reserving airspace for their operations and provide situational awareness about other operations planned in the area.\nRead more here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/first-steps-toward-drone-traffic-management"}
{"text":"Bloody Ridge: The Battle that Saved Guadalcanal (Google eBook)\nThe Japanese called it the centipede. The northern part of Lunga Ridge, a narrow grass-covered rise that looked like an insect from the air, overlooked a coastal plain. In the center of that plain was Henderson Field, the vital home of the Cactus Air Force and the prize of the Guadalcanal campaign. Whoever commanded the ridge commanded the airstrip. In September 1942, the ridge was the scene of a bloody, three-day battle for control of Henderson Field.\nIn Bloody Ridge, the first book written exclusively on this battle, historian Michael S. Smith has utilized a treasure trove of primary and secondary sources on both sides of the Pacific.\nNOTE: This edition does not include photographs.\nWhat people are saying - Write a review\nLibraryThing ReviewUser Review - Shrike58 - LibraryThing\nThis is a straight-forward campaign history of Guadalcanal but it has a number of notable virtues, over and above Richard Frank's near-definitive history. For one, due to using Japanese materials ... Read full review\nReview: Bloody Ridge: The Battle that Saved GuadalcanalUser Review - Symm McCord - Goodreads\nThis author did an exceptional job of researching the battle from both the US and Japanese records. He carries you through with a lead up from Wake Island, through Port Moresby and into Guadalcanal. A ... Read full review"}
{"text":"The first Project Echo satelloon may have started out as a 100-meter sphere, but it didn’t stay that way. Echo IA launched on August 12, 1960, and it stayed in orbit and visible to the naked eye until May 24, 1968. It inflated successfully, but as a paper in Bell Labs Report, Sept. 1961 explains, by May of that year, its shape had already been somewhat deformed in orbit:\nOn several early passes the average “scatering cross section” was equal to that corresponding to a perfectly conducting 100-foot sphere. From this it is assumed that the balloon inflated as planned.\nThere apparently has been a long-term decrease, of a few db, in the average “scattering cross section.” As of last May, Echo I [technically IA, since Echo I burned up soon after launch in March 1960] was probably an approximately spherical object with a diameter of no less than 70 feet, and a somewhat wrinkled skin. There may have been a few flattened areas, as indicated by occasional deep fades in the radar signal, but voice communication was then still possible as shown by successful tests with NRL on May 25.\nOne factor may have been the solar sail effect, the slight pressure generated by photons from the sun bombarding the satelloon’s skin.\nimage: The Odyssey of Project Echo [history.nasa.gov]"}
{"text":"Jagadish Chandra Bose was a man with a noble heart and who believed in equality and humanity. Along with google, everyone is celebrating his 158 birthday today. He was the scientist who demonstrated first the science behind capturing the radio waves.\nWith a special doodle, Google is celebrating his birthday. Mr Bose was born on 30th November 1858 in British India’s Bengal Presidency. At the age of 78, he died on 23rd November 1937.\nJagadish Chandra Bose: Facts you need to know\n- Bose invented the Mercury coherer, a radio wave receiver that was used by Marconi to develop functioning two-way radio. Bose is known as the father of wireless telecommunication.\n- The science behind capturing radio waves was first demonstrated by Mr Bose.\n- He sent an electromagnetic wave across 75 feet, passing through walls to ring a bell and to explode some gunpowder. This incident took place in Calcutta, which is now Kolkatta at Town hall in November 1895.\n- He had the patent since he discovered that plants too are living beings and they also go through the cycle process like animals.\n- He conducted many chemical experiments to prove that plants can also feel pain and anger like us.\n- He invented Crescograph, a device to understand the different stimuli in the plants\n- Being a colonised Indian, Mr Bose was stopped to experiments in the laboratories and he had to function experiments in a small room which was next to impossible for any scientist\n- By the order of Lord Ripon, Mr Bose was appointed as a Professor in presidency college, which is now known as a University.\n- He was the most influential teacher during his tenure.\n- A small crater on the moon has given a name after Jagdish Chandra Bose.\n- He made a pioneering discovery in plant physiology\nJagadish Chandra Bose was a true legend and is an inspiration for many. We can learn a lot from his achievements and implement into our life."}
{"text":"Yesterday, the Americas Quarterly blog posted a thoughtful commentary by Julio Rank Wright, in which he discusses El Salvador’s gang problem and the tension between effective crime fighting and protecting individual liberties. What struck me about the article were the Guatemalan and Salvadoran governments’ estimates that each of their countries have approximately 15,000. As Mr. Wright points out, this is a relatively low percentage of the overall youth population and the government and civil society ought to be able to stop the violence.\nThe Flores and Saca administrations both implemented anti-gang programs (Mano Duro and Super Mano Duro respectively) but each impeded on the basic human rights of all Salvadorans and overturned. And as Mr. Wright noted, President Funes recently vetoed legislation that would have increase the maximum sentence for minors arrested for serious crimes. In addition, Salvadoran jails serve as more of a base of operations for many gang leaders, who call shots and organize activities while incarcerated, than a penal institution. Many Salvadorans believe that the police that are meant to protect them, take bribes from gangs to look the other way.\nIn past years, gang activities were limited to specific neighborhoods in San Salvador or other urban centers. Recently, however, our friends in rural communities in San Vicente, Cabañas, Morazán, Usulután, and other areas report growing security concerns. One sleepy town in San Vicente has seen a drastic increase in gang violence, extortion, and other crimes. The police, judiciary, and civil society seem relatively powerless in stopping it.\nAs the rates of crime and violence increase, and the government fails to prevent it, hopes for a strong democracy and the rule of law in El Salvador fade."}
{"text":"World AIDS Day is marked on 1 December each year, to raise awareness across the world and in the community about the issues surrounding HIV and AIDS. It is a day to show support for people living with HIV and to commemorate loved ones who we have lost to the epidemic.\nThe day also aims to encourage Australians to educate themselves and others about HIV and to ensure that people living with HIV can participate fully in the life of the community, free from stigma and discrimination.\nHIV still exists in Australia and can affect anyone. While there is still no vaccine or cure for HIV, there are now highly effective treatments and prevention options. People with HIV can take medications on a daily basis to maintain their HIV at an undetectable level and to keep them healthy. Today, HIV is considered a chronic but manageable condition, and people with HIV can lead long and healthy lives, with a similar life expectancy to a person who does not have HIV.\nNatasha Miliotis, SHINE SA’s Chief Executive Officer said that:\n“Like many other conditions, HIV can be prevented. By being informed about what HIV is and how it can be transmitted, we can take measures to look after ourselves and others.”\nSHINE SA encourages people looking to test for or talk about HIV to visit one of our clinics, or contact SAMESH, a collaborative program of Thorne Harbour Health and SHINE SA.\nYou can show your support for people with HIV on World AIDS Day by wearing a red ribbon, the international symbol of HIV awareness and support. You can also find a World AIDS Day event near you by visiting www.worldaidsday.org.au.\nTo read SHINE SA’s Fact Sheet on HIV visit: www.shinesa.org.au/health-information/sexually-transmitted-infections/hiv/\nFor further information and media enquiries contact Tracey Hutt, Director Workforce Education and Development"}
{"text":"Establishing the dates for the origin and main diversification events in the phylogeny of Ascomycota is among the most crucial remaining goals in understanding the evolution of Fungi. There have been several analyses of divergence times in the fungal tree of life in the last two decades, but most have yielded contrasting results for the origin of the major lineages. Moreover, very few studies have provided temporal estimates for a large set of clades within Ascomycota. We performed molecular dating to estimate the divergence times of most of the major groups of Ascomycota. To account for paleontological uncertainty, we included alternative fossil constraints as different scenarios to enable a discussion of the effect of selection of fossils. We used data from 6 molecular markers and 121 extant taxa within Ascomycota. Our various 'relaxed clock' scenarios suggest that the origin and diversification of the Pezizomycotina occurred in the Cambrian. The main lineages of lichen-forming Ascomycota originated at least as early as the Carboniferous, with successive radiations in the Jurassic and Cretaceous generating the diversity of the main modern groups. Our study provides new information about the timing of the main diversification events in Ascomycota, including estimates for classes, orders and families of both lichenized and non-lichenized Ascomycota, many of which had not been previously dated."}
{"text":"This new stand-alone edition of Geotours Workbook contains nineteen active-learning tours that take students on virtual field trips to see outstanding examples of geology around the world.Would you like your students to become more active in Geology, both in and out of the classroom, or are you familiar with Google Earth, but not sure where to start? The Geotours Workbook created by Scott and Beth Wilkerson (in association with Stephen Marshak) addresses these questions with Geotours--active-learning tours that take students on virtual field trips to see outstanding examples of geology around the world. Arranged by topic, and with an accompanying custom Google Earth file to quickly fly you to specific locations associated with each question, these worksheets ask students to observe and measure real-world geologic features, deepening their understanding of important geoscience concepts. Further, this workbook contains material explaining how students can develop their own interactive Google Earth materials, including media-rich placemarks, interactive flyover tours, and georeferenced photo & map overlays. Available as a free bundle with Marshak's Earth and Essentials of Geology textbooks, this title also can stand alone or work as a supplement in any course where students need hands on experience with Google Earth.\nScience-Math, Earth-Sciences, Geology,"}
{"text":"Building Societies with Materials by Renuka Parashar\nMS Strategic Design and Management\nStrategic Design and Management in New Economies\nIn this assignment, students were asked to create a map of a new economy according to them, based on a theme they studied. This timeline reflects their interpretation of the key dates, events and figures that led to this economy.\nIn her infographic, Renuka – a first year MS SDM student – chose to map her version of new economies with reference to building materials and architecture, and the impact of these factors on our social fabric. Building materials and architecture play a vital role in the development of society; the economy of any given time period is reflected in its architecture and the architecture of a certain era projects the social fabric of that time. Her map takes us through the journey of economics and societies, referring to building materials and their application to building profiles, forms and the urban fabric."}
{"text":"Chance of Rain ponders short-sighted water efficiency programs which only kick in when there’s a drought. When the drought ends, so do attempts at efficiency. Thus, waste is subsidized and lasting efficiencies are rare.\nAnother 20th century miracle of modern living is being assisted to the scrapheap of time. Yesterday the federal Bureau of Reclamation announced a $500,000 grant to help Southern California homeowners convert to more water-efficient front-loading washing machines.\nIf treating chronic dryness with a spot of rebates here and a blaze of low-flow toilet retrofits there instead of striving in a systematic way for efficiency seems odd to you, it is. It’s also the way we manage water. The simplest explanation may be that our water system was set up in a way that public money subsidizes waste. When times get tough, we in very small increments subsidize efficiency."}
{"text":"Long before Europeans came to Coldwater Township, Indians were drawn to the boiling springs in Section 22, considering them sacred. Settlers began gathering in the area as early as 1862. Among them was Samuel Letson, for whom the township park above is named at the site of his 1886 post office a mile south of Brinton in the southern part of Section 22. In 1888, the post office was moved a mile north, to a village platted in 1887 by E.F. Coburn at the juncture of sections 15 and 22, and renamed Brinton, for early settler and father of the charcoal kilns that made the village a famous early industrial town, Oscar T. Brinton. The village flourished after Oscar Brinton got the idea to build kilns to convert timber to charcoal 1887, causing the village to be labeled “Coal Town” and “Charcoal Town” by locals. The Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad built a spur line into the town to haul the charcoal to market the same year. The kilns operated from 1888 to 1896. As timber in the area grew sparse and the railroad discontinued, the town faded to a cluster of residences with no business center.\nThe Mid-Michigan History feature is a Morning Sun exclusive by Mt. Pleasant author Jack R. Westbrook."}
{"text":"In really hot countries air conditioning in buildings might seem like a necessity; however, it is possible to design buildings that stay cool in the heat without even using electricity. In Burkina Faso there is a school that was specially designed to stay nice and cool by manipulating airflows.\nThere’s not much electricity to go around, Kéré says. “So there is no air-conditioning. It’s too expensive for a country like Burkina Faso.”\nSo when he designed this secondary school for Dano in his native land, he built it with innovative, elegant, distinctive and yet simply constructed split-level roofing and ceiling structures that funnel warm air up and out of the buildings.\nTall window slats that can be adjusted control both light and heat. Three to a room, they pull air into the classroom. Heat rises.\nTo use that movement of air, a series of narrow “chimney” gaps between the convex wave shapes in the highly insulating concrete and brick ceiling pulls the hot air up and out the roof."}
{"text":"Theoretically, when we look out there through a telescope, we are looking back through time. Is it possible (though not likely) that what we see through that lens is all entirely in the past and that the stars could now have disappeared?\nNo. Most stars have lifespans of thousands of millions of years. For relatively close galaxies such as Centaurus A or the Virgo cluster the light-travel time is much less than the stellar lifetime, so most of the stars that form these galaxies are still in existence. Even the stars that have died are mostly still there, as white dwarfs, neutron stars or black holes, even though they are too faint to be seen by optical telescopes."}
{"text":"Learning the X, Y, and Zs\nHistorically, architecture has been founded on the spatial and descriptive principles of geometry. In The Projective Cast, Robin Evans ties the advancement of the discipline directly to the representational techniques of the time. Today, architecture is often divided between two mathematical camps: Euclidean (planar points/lines that are easily located within the three-dimensional space of a Cartesian grid system) and Non-Euclidean (non-planar points/lines that are difficult to locate in the three-dimensional space of a Cartesian grid system). The studio situates itself at the intersection of these two types and seeks to unpack their historical and future potential in the form of projective geometry and advanced computation by isolating and then recomposing the axial space within which they are produced."}
{"text":"About the book\nSeamus Heaney (1939–2013) was one of the most loved, read, studied and translated writers of our time. In 1995 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for ‘works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past’. In 1999 his version of the Old English poem Beowulf received the Whitbread Book Award for Best Book of Poems and Best Book of the Year.\n“Heaney openly stated that he did not have a theory of translation but a metaphor for it ‘based upon the Viking relationship with the island of Ireland and the island of Britain’. ‘There was a historical period known as the Raids,’ he explained, ‘and then there was a period known as the Settlements.’ Similarly, Heaney chose to ‘raid’ or ‘settle’ another author’s work depending on the ‘writerly motive’ drawing him to that particular text and driving his response to it.”\n— From the editors’ note\nThis collection of essays is the first comprehensive discussion of Heaney as translator. The authors have approached their contribution from different perspectives but are united by their fascination or preoccupation with the works of one of the greatest poets and poet-translators in the English language. This interdisciplinary combination of individual expertise and shared interest was essential to offer a holistic appreciation of Heaney’s translations from fifteen languages, literatures and cultures."}
{"text":"Got High Blood Pressure? Yoga May Help! Here's Why! by Nicole DeAvilla\nIf you have high blood pressure, it may be time to add yoga to your daily routine. Researchers found that people with slightly elevated blood pressure who did yoga daily reduced their blood pressure. Both the control group and the study group of adults with an average age of 56 were asked to make conventional lifestyle changes such as:\n- moderate aerobic exercise\n- eating a healthier diet\n- quitting smoking\nThe yoga consisted of stretching, controlled breathing and meditation for one hour a day for three months. Those who practiced the yoga showed a greater reduction in blood pressure. Researchers believe that yoga may help prevent the development of hypertension and in addition gives a sense of well-being. The findings were presented at the annual meeting of the Cardiological Society of India.\nRead more about this study via HealthDay here.\nThe information on 30Seconds.com is for informational and entertainment purposes only, and should not be considered medical advice. The information provided through this site should not be used to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease, and is not a substitute for professional care. Always consult your personal health care provider."}
{"text":"Veterans Day is on November 11.\nVeterans Day is an American holiday to honor veterans and people who are now in the US military.\nThe US Military is the US Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard.\n- People in the US Army are soldiers.\n- People in the US Navy are sailors.\n- People in the US Air Force are pilots, airmen, and airwomen.\n- People in the US Marines travel away to fight.\n- People in the US Coast Guard protect our coasts, beaches, and boats.\nPeople who were in the US Military are called Veterans.\nPeople who are now in the US Military are on active duty.\nHappy Veterans Day!"}
{"text":"Goat (?), n. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. gat; akin to D. geit, OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged, Goth. gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.] Zool.\nA hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.\n⇒ The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat (Capra aegagrus), of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species ofthe domestic goat. The Rocky Montain goat (Haplocercus montanus) is more nearly related to the antelopes. See Mazame.\nGoat antelope Zool, one of several species of antelopes, which in some respects resemble a goat, having recurved horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short, flat tail, as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara. -- Goat fig Bot., the wild fig. -- Goat house. (a) A place for keeping goats. (b) A brothel. [Obs.] -- Goat moth Zool., any moth of the genus Cossus, esp. the large European species (C. ligniperda), the larva of which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the he-goat. -- Goat weed Bot., a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus Capraria (C. biflora). -- Goat's bane Bot., a poisonous plant (Aconitum Lucoctonum), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from Switzerland into England; wolfsbane. -- Goat's beard Bot., a plant of the genus Tragopogon; -- so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One species is the salsify or oyster plant. -- Goat's foot Bot., a kind of wood sorrel (Oxalis caprina) growing at the Cape of Good Hope. -- Goat's rue Bot., a leguminous plant (Galega officinalis of Europe, or Tephrosia Virginiana in the United States). -- Goat's thorn Bot., a thorny leguminous plant (Astragalus Tragacanthus), found in the Levant. -- Goat's wheat Bot., the genus Tragopyrum (now referred to Atraphaxis).\n© Webster 1913."}
{"text":"I’ve never liked the idea of term limits for members of Congress, because if a member outstays his or her welcome voters get the chance every two or six years to hire a replacement. But term limits for judges—not just Supreme Court justices—make a certain amount of sense when those judges are appointed. For all their clairvoyance, the Founders couldn’t possibly have anticipated the impact that longer life spans would have on lifetime judicial appointments. As Northwestern’s Steven Calabresi and James Lindgren have pointed out, between 1789 and 1970 the average tenure of a Supreme Court justice was about 15 years—and that timespan includes the 29-year service of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., a Civil War veteran who didn’t vacate the bench until 1932, at age 90. Since 1970 the average tenure has expanded to about 26 years. By longevity if not by eminence, Holmses are a dime a dozen today. Until John Paul Stevens retired in 2010, fully one-third of the Supreme Court were appointees not merely of presidents who had since died, but of presidents who, before they died, lived longer than any others in history. (That would be Reagan and Ford, who departed this vale of tears at 93. The previous record-holder was John Adams, an 18th-century outlier who lived to 90.) Dead presidents shouldn’t have that much power.\nFriday, April 6, 2012\nTerm Limits for Judges?\nAt The New Republic, Timothy Noah comes out for judicial term limits:"}
{"text":"Can a computer laugh? Can a robot laugh? More importantly, is it possible for a machine to \"get\" a joke so they know what to laugh at? Igor M. Suslov of the Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems in Moscow, Russia has published a paper online titled, \"Can a Computer Laugh\" (PDF format). In it he discusses theoretical reasons for laughter and how the ideas can be applied in data processing. In human cognition, humor appears to correspond to specific types of information processing \"malfunctions\" that need to be flagged to prevent incorrect learning. In effect, laughing corresponds to quick nullification in some types of neural networks. The author offers a computer model that can recognize the humor in specific technical types of jokes identified by Freud."}
{"text":"A particularly attractive pictorial map of Belgium by anonymous author published in 1930 circa. This map is covered with vignettes describing major towns and landmarks along the roads. Includes decorative cartouche, compass rose and inset lovely views of Audenarde, Bruges and Malines. Uncommon.\nImportant and rare two maps on one sheet showing the area of Basel and the Valais by Gerard De Jode. In 1578, Gerard De Jode published his atlas entitled Speculum Orbis Terrarum but due to the strong market presence of Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sold poorly. This map comes from the second and last edition of the atlas published in 1593 by Cornelis De Jode. Cornelis de Jode (1568-1600) was the son of the mapmaker…\n- Author: DE JODE Gerard\n- Year: 1593\n- Dimension: 390 x 485 mm\n- Place of publication: Antwerp\nVery detailed map of Liege area from Coronelli’s Corso Geografico Universale published in Venice in 1690. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli is widely recognised as one of Italy?s most famous and greatest cartographers. He received an ecclesiastical education at the convent of the Minor Conventuals and also studied theology in Rome. However, his interests in geography and cartography were awoken early in his ecclesiastical career and never suppressed. He made very famous globes (including an impressive very…\n- Author: CORONELLI Vincenzo Maria\n- Year: 1690\n- Dimension: 450 x 606 mm\n- Place of publication: Venice\nA very nice aquatint view by Gabriel Lory showing the Swiss Alps with the cascade of Nant d’Arpinaz. Published in Paris at Osterwald in 1820.\n- Author: Gabriel Lory\n- Dimension: 25 x 28 cm\n- Place of publication: Paris\n- Year: 1820\nImportant tinted lithograph view of St. Gallen by C. Matter. In the bottom left corner dessine d’apres nature par Egid. Federle. Published by J. U. Locher in St. Gallen in 1860.\n- Author: LOCHER Johann Ulrich\n- Year: 1860\n- Dimension: 460 x 310 mm\n- Place of publication: St. Gallen"}
{"text":"During closest approach of this Titan flyby, Cassini’s visible and infrared mapping spectrometer (VIMS) instrument will, for the first time, acquire images of Punga Mare.\nIt will also view the surrounding area, including Ligeia Mare and some of the smaller lakes. These views can be compared to earlier images to provide information about seasonal variations. VIMS will then acquire a high-resolution swath over terrain from high northern latitudes to the equator at the anti-Saturn hemisphere.\nFollowing the closest approach period, VIMS will ride along with the composite infrared spectrometer (CIRS) and the ultraviolet imaging spectrograph (UVIS) instrument to image Titan’s southern hemisphere at high incidence angle. It will also look at clouds to follow the evolution of the cloud system over the south pole.\nInbound, VIMS will ride along with the imaging science subsystem (ISS) to acquire a medium resolution mosaic of high northern latitudes. It will also look for clouds over the north pole to monitor the evolution of the cloud system as Titan approaches summer solstice.\nSource: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory"}
{"text":"Lessons 3: Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) Light bulbs\nCompact fluorescent light bulbs use a fluorescent powder coating (on the inside of the glass) that transfers ultraviolet light into visible light. Compact fluorescent lamps have a glass tube that is twisted into a spiral so that they take up approximately the same amount of space of an incandescent bulb. A drawback of fluorescent lights is that they take a few seconds to warm up before they can emit 100% of the light that they are capable of.\nDoing the science\n- Start the Bright Ideas Simulation by clicking on the \"Sim\" tab.\n- Click on the CFL light bulb. It will move to the base. Record the number of watts that the display reads on the base in Table 1 below.\n- Click on the timer in the lower right hand part of the screen. When the bulb burns out, the data will be filled in below. Repeat step 2 over and over again until your time is out. A table will appear with all of the data for the CFL row completed.\n- Record your findings in Table 1 below."}
{"text":"Welcome to the Physical Education Deptartment!\nOur goal is to help children find a variety of ways to enjoy being physically active so that they will be able to get all of the physical, emotional, intellectual and social benefits that come to someone who is physically active throughout his or her life.\nAt Challenger your child receives 50 minutes (25 mins. for Kindergarten every day) of physical education every other day. The program has been designed to focus on three major areas that contribute to one’s physical health and well being:\n- Movement concepts: In the early grades, for example, the program emphasizes the variety of ways we travel (e.g. running, skipping, hopping), changes of directions and speeds, and different ways to balance, jump and land.\n- Fundamental motor skills: Basic skills such as throwing, kicking, volleying, and striking are taught in the primary grades. In the upper grades the children are taught how to use these fundamental skills in game and sports, and various forms of rhythmical movement.\n- Wellness concepts: These include ways to improve cardiovascular endurance, strength, and flexibility. As a teacher I recognize that children are at different developmental levels, with a variety of needs and interests. For this reason, we will attempt to provide all of the children with learning experiences that are both beneficial and enjoyable. Each lesson is adjusted to take into account the wide range of skill and fitness levels in the class.\nGYM SHOES ARE REQUIRED AND NEED TO BE AT SHCOOL EACH AND EVERY DAY!\nWe are very proud of the physical education program that is being developed by the TRF district teachers and look forward to a great year!\n~ Todd Prickett, Brett Johnson"}
{"text":"A cause and effect diagram can help you discover causal relationships between the factors in your business and a desired or undesired outcome. The free printable cause and effect diagram template created for today’s post is also known as a fishbone diagram, which was originally conceived by Japanese professor Kauro Ishikawa, back in 1968. This diagram is one of the Seven Basic Tools of Quality, along with the check sheet, control chart, histogram, Pareto chart, scatter diagram, and flow chart.\nCause and Effect Diagram Templates\nTo download a diagram template, click on the template image. It’s PDF version will load in your browser. These templates are free for personal use, educational use, and internal business use. Commercial use is strictly prohibited.\nThe first cause and effect diagram template has six main causes leading to an outcome: People, Method, Measurement, Machine, Environment, and Materials. Beneath each cause, write specific factors within the category that helped cause the outcome. If you would like to see a completed diagram example to help you get started, take a look at the cause and effect diagram example at the bottom of the page.\nNext we have the same chart, but this time the main causes or categories have been left blank, allowing you to choose the main factors that contributed to the outcome.\nAnother common set of causes are: Equipment, Process, People, Materials, Environment, and Management. This Cause and Effect Diagram Template contains those factors.\nHere are a few more variations of the chart. The first lets you write in 4 specific factors per main cause, and the second has blank space beneath each main cause.\nCause and Effect Diagram Example\nHere is a cause and effect diagram example, where the main factors contributing to the problem are: People, Method, Measurement, Machine, Environment, and Materials."}
{"text":"Smoking Affects Mental Abilities\nOlder adults who smoke lose their mental faculties more quickly than those who don't smoke, according to research published in 2004 in the journal Neurology. The study looked at 9,000 elderly smokers and found that their cognitive abilities declined five times as quickly as nonsmokers. Those who smoked the most had the fastest decline, the study says.\nIt is important to note, however, that although studies have connected smoking and an increased risk for cognitive decline, the National Institutes of Health says that researchers still aren't sure whether this lifestyle choice actually causes it."}
{"text":"What the tradition says:\nIts name comes from Mount Dikti where it used to be abundant. In Minoan Crete it was one of the most important medicinal plants. Hippocrates used them against diseases of the stomach and digestive system as well as against rheumatic and arthritic pains.\nTheophrastus in his work \"On Plant Stories\" writes that dittany is a plant that grows only in Crete. Tradition has it that when the ibex ate Diktamos, when it was wounded by hunters' arrows, their arrow fell immediately.\nIt is a hard-to-find plant, one of the most important honeydew, especially known for its soothing action against pain. It is located only on the steepest rocks of the mountains of Crete and at an altitude of about 1400 meters. Four of its related species grow in some Aegean islands and in some mountains of Southern Greece. The natural dittany is a rare find and its collection is extremely difficult. It has been cultivated in recent years, but the final product is more like thyme than wild dittany. Useful parts are its fluffy heart-shaped leaves and its violet flowering tops.\nSee its benefits in the tab: Properties & benefits\nPackaging: Very practical, which keeps the contents fresh and allows you to open & close it multiple times."}
{"text":"Order of operations game\nThis order of operations game is a fun way to learn the order of operations.\nTest your skills in the order of operations now and enjoy the game!\nThe more problems you solve, the harder it becomes. If you can make it all the way to the end, you are a great champion in the order of operations\nIf you would like to, please send us your feedback about this game here\nIt will be very much appreciated. We also have other fun math games here. Don't forget to check them out.\nLooking for a book that will help you sharpen your basic algebra skills?\nWith algebra skills, most topics are illustrated with algebra tiles as you learn skills that will help you to be successful in algebra.\nMar 06, 17 11:44 AM\nLearn to divide using repeated subtraction with this easy to follow math lesson\nNew math lessons\nYour email is safe with us. We will only use it to inform you about new math lessons."}
{"text":"> Hi Lee,\n> You Wrote\n> ,<The use of the cartouche began in the 3rd Dynasty gaining\n> wide use towards the end of the 4th Dynasty. Long before this\n> time and after the serekh was used as well.\n> Yes i was aware of that, but i was pointing out the use of the\n> Rectangular cartouche that was used from the 1st to the 3rd\n> dynasties , but then changed to the curved corners from\n> Sneferu's time.\n> And so should any significance be attributed to the Rectangular\n> cartouche that Khufu's Horus name appears in.\nThe rectangular shaped enclosure is what a \"serekh\" is. The oval shaped enclosures are \"cartouches\". After the invention of the cartouche sometime in the 3rd Dynasty they still used both, one was for their Horus name (serekh), the other for their RA name (cartouche)."}
{"text":"(CIDRAP News) – An annual report released yesterday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) profiles a wide range of CDC influenza-related projects around the world, from flu surveillance in Indonesia to vaccine effectiveness studies in El Salvador and epidemiology training in Ghana.\n(CIDRAP News) This in-depth article investigates the prospects for development of vaccines to head off the threat of an influenza pandemic posed by the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Its seven parts put advances in vaccine technology in perspective by illuminating the formidable barriers to producing an effective and widely usable vaccine in a short time frame.\n(CIDRAP News) – Low doses of a cell-based avian flu vaccine triggered a good immune response to the H5N1 avian influenza virus, according to preliminary results of a clinical trial by Baxter International of Deerfield, Ill., maker of the vaccine.\n(CIDRAP News) The World Health Organization (WHO) tally of human cases of H5N1 avian influenza rose to 161, including 86 deaths, with the final confirmation of 12 cases in Turkey and one in Iraq this week."}
{"text":"small with short legs and rounded, but still larger ears.\nan animal of this species is male or female isn't distinguishable externally\nresemble guinea pigs more closely than rabbets.\nhave no taxonomic categorizing because they are a cross between a rabbit and a\nsmall animals are generally \"cheerful.\"\nSpecies are currently recognized, two being in North America.\nPikas have a \"secondary cloaca\", this is a common body opening for\nsexual products, urine, and feces.\nanimals move in the form of many small leaps, yet are not constructed for rapid\naveragely have a weight of 3.5 to 14 oz. and a head circumference of 4.8 to 10\nhind legs tend to be slightly longer than their forelegs.\nonly have five molars pera maxilla and have a flat skull."}
{"text":"What should I do?\nIf you’ve been bullied or discriminated against, here are some steps you can follow to make sure you can make a clear and complete report to your school, if you choose to do so.\n- Document, document, document!\n- We know that any time you experience bulling or harassment it can really throw you off, but it’s vital to make sure you know where, when, and who was involved in any incidents. This makes it easier for your school to help.\n- Make sure you know what was said or done to you, in as much detail as possible.\n- Tell someone!\n- You have the right to go to school and be free from bullying and harassment. If you experience any of that, go to someone you trust at your school and tell them. Or tell your parents.\n- If you don’t feel comfortable with that, contact us and we will help however you’d like.\n- Get help and support!\n- You’re not alone. Our advocates can help you get connected with supports in your community. Connect with our GSA Coordinator, Kaylyn Fisher, by emailing email@example.com."}
{"text":"A try square is used in carpentry or woodworking to test for a perfectly straight cut, usually at the end of a board. L-shaped, the try square has a flat metal blade set at a right angle to its thick wooden handle.\nYou hold the handle snugly against a board’s edge and align the blade with the board’s end. Any variance from a perfectly straight, “square” (90-degree) edge becomes evident as light showing between the blade and the board.\nThe try square can also be used to mark a 90-degree line across a board. One variation, the try/miter square, has a 45-degree angle along the handle to allow for testing or marking miters.\nOf pre-15th-century French or English origins, the word “try” means to pick or select. In the 17th century, it took on the meaning of true or well wrought in wood joinery. The first reference to a square appeared in 1877."}
{"text":"Lesson Title: Food Group Relay Race\nLesson Objectives: Students will learn the different food groups that they should eat to maintain a healthy mind, body, and soul.\nLocation(s) to play: Gym or cafeteria\nTime: 30 minutes\nSummary of Tasks/Actions:\n- Students will be divided into two lines.\n- There will be four baskets titled whole grain, lean meat/meat alternative, vegetable, and fruit.\n- Fill two different colored small bags with beans or beads. The colors represent the two teams.\n- An afterschool counselor will have a whistle and will be naming each different specific food. When the counselor asks “Which group do(es) [specific food] belong to?” and blows the whistle.\n- Each student from the line will run to place their bag in the basket as their answer and run back to the back of their team’s line. Determine the winning team after counting the correct answers in the basket.\n10 to 15 small bags such as plastic or pouch bags\nBeans or beads to fill the small bags\n- What did you think of this game?\n- What did you learn from the game?\n- What would you change to make the learning stronger?\nFoods under Whole Grains: Oatmeal, barley, quinoa, cereal, bread, bun, pita bread\nFoods under Lean Meat/Meat Alternatives: Fish, egg, tofu, chicken, turkey, pork, lentil\nFoods under Vegetables: Broccoli, carrot, beans, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, kale\nFoods under Fruits: Apricots, cantaloupe, grapefruit, orange, banana, apple, pear"}
{"text":"Carolina Rose (Carolina) is generally described as\na perennial subshrub.\nnative to the U.S. (United States)\nhas its most active growth period in the\nspring and summer .\nCarolina Rose (Carolina) has\ngreen foliage and\nwhite flowers, with\na smattering of\nconspicuous red fruits or seeds.\nThe greatest bloom is usually observed in the\nwith fruit and seed production starting in the\nsummer and continuing until\nnot retained year to year.\nCarolina Rose (Carolina) has a\nmoderate life span relative to most other plant species and a\nmoderate growth rate.\nAt maturity, the typical\nCarolina Rose (Carolina) will reach up to\n5 feet high, with a maximum height at 20 years of\nCarolina Rose (Carolina) is not commonly available from nurseries, garden stores and other plant dealers and distributors. It can be propagated by\nbare root, container, seed.\nIt has a\nmoderate ability to spread through seed production and the seedlings have\nNote that cold stratification is\nnot required for seed germination and the plant cannot survive exposure to temperatures below\nhigh tolerance to drought and restricted water conditions.\nSource: USDA, NRCS, PLANTS Database, plants.usda.gov.\nNational Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA"}
{"text":"Tameside, metropolitan borough in the eastern part of the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, northwestern England. The parts of Tameside west of the River Tame, such as Ashton-under-Lyne (the metropolitan borough’s administrative centre), Audenshaw, and Denton, are in the historic county of Lancashire, while those to the east, including Stalybridge, Dukinfield, and Hyde, belong to the historic county of Cheshire. The borough includes a section of the Pennines uplands, and immediately to its east is Peak District National Park. Its name is derived from the River Tame, which flows through the borough to join the River Mersey.\nCoal mining, hatting, and cotton textiles were the traditional industries of Tameside. In Denton hatting grew from a cottage industry in the 17th century into a major economic activity employing nearly half the town’s population by the 1920s. Tameside’s domestic textile industry gave way to factory production in the 18th century with the construction of water-powered mills along the River Tame. After 1830 steam power, fueled by local coal, replaced water power, and textile factories were built in the town centres. By the mid-19th century cotton spinning was the staple industry of Tameside. Metalworking and engineering were also important. The traditional industries contracted during the 20th century. Denton’s hatting industry declined rapidly after the 1920s, and the last coal mine closed in 1959.\nToday the diversified industries of Tameside include food processing, plastics, and high-technology engineering. Area 40 square miles (103 square km). Pop. (2001) 213,043; (2011) 219,324.\nThis article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen, Corrections Manager."}
{"text":"for Health Care Providers\nGlossary of HIV/AIDS Terms\nA laboratory test for specific antibodies to confirm repeatedly positive results on the HIV ELISA or EIA tests. In the United States, Western blot is the validation test used most often for confirmation of these other tests. In developing countries, a rapid HIV test is utilized most commonly. A positive rapid HIV test should be confirmed by a second rapid HIV test made by a different manufacturer.\nWhite Blood Cells\nThe original type of HIV, unchanged by having developed any resistance to antiretroviral drugs. Also, the most common type of a virus in the host population before genetic manipulation or mutation; virus that is isolated from a host as opposed to one that is grown in a laboratory culture.\nSee Primary Isolate."}
{"text":"She's grateful for the education she's received on bullying, but doesn't believe the word is overused. You have to say it, she said, to help children understand which relationships are healthy, which ones aren't, and how to help a person in need.\n\"A child is suffering, and we spend so much time saying, 'This is bullying, this isn't bullying,' \" Guess said. \"If we've gained anything, I hope we're better people, more sensitive to our interactions with other people.\"\nAt age 10, Morgan is now doing wonderfully, Guess said. She's stronger academically, less shy than before and has been honored for her work to help people understand bullying. Bully, Guess said, \"is not a word we're afraid to use anymore.\"\nLast month, as Guess walked through the hallway of her daughter's school, she noticed a handwritten poster hanging on the wall.\n\"What is a bully?\" it said in a child's writing, a small heart atop the \"I.\"\n\"A bully is a bigger or stronger person that hurts or frightens a smaller or weaker person on purpose,\" it answered in rainbow letters, \"over and over again.\"\nGuess snapped a photo, and posted it on her anti-bullying foundation's Facebook page: \"Every single act of education,\" she wrote,\"makes a difference.\""}
{"text":"What Do Opossum Tracks Look Like?\nOpossum tracks are very recognizable, since each foot has five toes and the rear tracks look like those of an infant child. This human resemblance is because the inner toe of each hind foot is opposable like a human thumb. Front prints are around two inches in diameter while hind prints are moderately larger. They are commonly found in the snow or mud around homes and are often accompanied by drag marks from the opossums' tails. Opossum tracks are often found close together and may even overlap since the pests walk with a distinctive shuffling gait. Seattle property owners may also find evidence of footprints along deck railings, downspouts, and trees, which opossums climb to gain access to homes and other buildings.\nGetting Rid of Opossums\nSpotting opossum tracks around your Seattle yard is a sign that an infestation is present. The pests bring numerous parasites and diseases into homes with them and can be aggressive to house pets and residents alike, due to their territorial nature. To ensure that pest opossums are humanely removed from private properties, the best option is to Contact Us at Critter Control of Seattle. Our trained technicians can easily identify opossum tracks and have the tools to help prevent future infestations."}
{"text":"The vision of the Federation\nVision Statement 1:\nTo commit to education as an art for fostering individual initiative, freedom and responsibility.\nVision Statement 2:\nTo create awareness, understanding and a nurturing of a true humanity.\nVision Statement 3:\nTo work together in a socially conscious and professional manner and in cultural and educational exchanges.\nVision Statement 4:\nTo develop our African identity in Waldorf Education\nVision Statement 5:\nFacilitate physical, social, cultural and spiritual health in schools\nThe Strategic Plan\nThe plan that derives from our vision identifies five major objectives:\n- To communicate the identity of Waldorf education to the wider public through the creation of a national office\n- To develop mentorship and teacher training\n- To provide free access to Waldorf education through bursaries\n- To develop an African identity in Waldorf education\n- To strengthen Waldorf pedagogy through research"}
{"text":"Students who are progressing through their medical curriculum always have certain anticipation and reluctance related to material related to the human body. It is a rite of passage for doctors that can provide emotional highs and lows. For many medical students, seeing a dead body for the first time happens during this part of their coursework. The anatomy of the human body is a fascinating subject, and it’s even more fascinating to think that students are now able to learn from virtual reality models.\nMany medical schools have converted to teaching their students about the human body through digital diagrams and models. In other words, they’re using VR to teach anatomy. It’s certainly helpful to have a digital diagram of the human body on the screen while students dissect the real thing, but what if we could replace the need for an actual body? This idea has become a reality for several medical schools already, and for good reasons.\nAnother big factor why schools and universities are interested in virtual reality cadavers, using virtual reality medical training, is because they are more forgiving than the real thing. For example, one wrong cut into a real cadaver can lead to its destruction. With a virtual reality cadaver, it’s easy to backtrack from mistakes and avoid hours of work and learning going down the drain. It’s also much more cost-effective to do away with real cadavers, as each body ends up costing the school around $2,000. It’s also worth mentioning that the process of dissecting a real body can be emotionally unnerving and physically unsettling thanks to the intense formaldehyde smell.\nVirtual cadavers are becoming a tool that medical students are excited to take advantage of. The potential for this medical technology is immense, and it’s no wonder that more and more schools are looking into virtual cadavers, or VR to teach anatomy, as a real possibility in their curriculums."}
{"text":"The Queen in Ireland: Ending 100 years without a royal visitBreaking News\nThe Queen is the first British monarch to visit what is today known as the Republic of Ireland in 100 years, but is this a sign of the end of centuries of resentment, asks historian Diarmaid Ferriter.\nWhen the Queen's grandfather, King George V, arrived in Dublin in July 1911 he subsequently recorded his \"feelings of joy and affection\" inspired by the \"wonderful reception\" he was given by people lining the streets.\nOver the course of the next decade, however, the political situation in Ireland was transformed, as were Anglo-Irish relations. It was the events of these tumultuous years, incorporating the War of Independence of 1916-21 and the quest for an Irish Republic, that meant 100 years would have to pass before the next visit.\nIn the midst of this war, the Government of Ireland Act of 1920 created a separate parliament for the six counties of Northern Ireland, partitioning the island in order to provide a solution to the problem of unionist opposition to any inclusion in an independent Ireland....\ncomments powered by Disqus\n- A New Target for Old Spies: Congress\n- Antigua and Barbuda Asks Harvard University for Slavery Reparations\n- Historian: Nixon DID contest the 1960 election\n- Killer took selfie after stabbing historian over rare ‘Wind in the Willows’ book\n- VW fires corporate historian who drew attention to wartime ties to Nazis\n- Historian Jeremy Kuzmarov calls on Obama to pardon Ethel Rosenberg\n- Garry Wills says there’s one human test we can use to decide who’s the better candidate: Trump or Clinton\n- Get to Know the Semifinalists for the National Book Award\n- Steven Runciman — historian, tease and professional enigma — is the subject of a biography\n- Historian Eric Foner: Trump is Logical Conclusion of What the GOP Has Been Doing for Decades"}
{"text":"Getting a Job\nResearch has shown a clear link between crime and work. Having a legitimate job lessens the chances of re-offending following release from prison. Also, the higher the wages, the less likely it is that returning prisoners will return to crime. However, studies also show that released prisoners confront a diminished prospect for stable employment and decent wages throughout their lifetimes. Job training and placement programs show promise in connecting former prisoners to work, thereby reducing their likelihood of further offending. Yet, fewer inmates are receiving in-prison vocational training than in the past and fewer still have access to transitional programs that help connect them to jobs in the community.\nAlthough most prisoners held a job before their incarceration, they confront many barriers to employment such as low education levels, stigma, and lost time in the labor force, upon their return to the community. Thus, it is important to explore the role these factors play in the reintegration process. To the extent that these issues present serious barriers to transitioning prisoners, they also present serious risks—or at least lost opportunities—for the communities to which large numbers of prisoners return. The ability to find a stable and adequate source of income upon release from prison is an important factor in an individual’s transition from prison back to the community. Further, former prisoners’ employment prospects have direct and important implications for their abilities to contribute to the viability and stability of their families and communities.\nSome returning prisoners may decide to enroll in an educational program after their release. While education is not a priority in the immediate transition from prison to the community, it is very important in providing returning prisoners with the skills and knowledge they will need in order to obtain gainful employment in the future."}
{"text":"No city has such an evocative name: as soon as you pronounce it, the Orient overwhelms you. Samarkand is an expression of the poignant power of imagination, driven by a distant reality and shrouded in clouds of desert sand. Samarkand is destiny, the most extreme of the “Alexandrias” founded by the great Macedonian king. It is a city of fortresses and tombs, a stop-over for caravans travelling along the Silk Road, the venue of the Guri Emir mausoleum and its turquoise-blue dome, where the great Tamerlane forever rests. Today the city is represented by three alphabets – Cyrillic, Latin and Arabic – that symbolise the struggle between those who still look to the colonial powers that first bonded Uzbekistan to Europe, those who fight for the spread of Islam, and those who support Westernization. This book takes readers to a place where myth, grandeur and fantasy are more vital than history itself.\nFranco Cardini is emeritus professor of Medieval History at the Italian Humanities Institute/Scuola Normale Superiore. He is also Directeur de Recherches at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris and a fellow of Harvard University."}
{"text":"On 18th February 1968, Britain commenced a trial of year-round daylight saving time (BST – British Standard Time, one hour ahead of GMT).\nHome Secretary Roy Jenkins had undertaken a review into the matter in 1966 and 1967, consulting with 87 organisations. When Jenkins finished his inquiry he was satisfied that shifting the United Kingdom’s time zone to GMT+1 after the end of summertime in 1968 would be in the best interests of the country.\nSo it was on this Sunday, some 54 years ago today, that Britain expected to use Greenwich Mean Time for the last time, replacing it with British Standard Time.\nThis experiment would last until 31st October 1971 after the House of Commons had, on a free vote, rejected it on 2nd December 1970 by 366 to 81.\nIn 1884, despite (the standard) opposition from the French, it was decided that the Prime Meridian line should pass through Greenwich. A brass line was positioned outside the Observatory so that visitors could straddle the marker and claim to be standing on both halves of the globe. Oh, dear! In recent times, the extreme accuracy of GPS has ruined everyone’s fun because, taking into account the slight fluctuations of the earth’s sphere, the Meridian now is shunted 335ft further east."}
{"text":"In this creative project, students will be introduced to an example tactile matching game, which will be 3D printed by the teacher prior to the lesson. By discussing tactile discrimination and awareness as a class, students will gain an understanding of how the games are created and played, together with their benefits. Following on from the discussion, students will participate in a skill-building tutorial, where they will follow instructions to design a tactile matching game in CAD software. In the main part of the lesson, students will be split into teams to design and 3D print their own unique tactile matching games.\nThe lesson can be incorporated into the study of maths, design technology, art & design and computing. The material can be adapted for ages 8-16. The curriculum is aligned to ISTE, NGSS, CCSS and UK National Curriculum standards. A comprehensive list of standards met is included in the lesson platform.\nExample tactile game model (STL)\nVideo design tutorials in Tinkercad and Fusion 360 (hosted on PrintLab's student portal)\nDesign workbooks (Google Docs and PDF)\nTactile game explainer video (hosted on PrintLab's student portal)\nAssessment rubric (Google Docs and PDF)\nSelf-Paced Learning Option\nPrintLab's student portal is home to the online learning resources required for each of PrintLab’s lesson plans (CAD tutorial videos, explainer videos etc), but it is also structured in such a way that gives users the option to work through each project online in a self-paced manner without a teacher/instructor. The perfect solution for distance learning, 3D printing clubs, passion projects or self-paced learning at libraries and makerspaces."}
{"text":"The Londoner, an Ontario, Canada newspaper, recently reported on the lack of risk assessment in the sport of cheerleading. According to the paper, recent injuries sustained by cheerleaders have served to remind us that cheerleading is, indeed, a sport- just like football, basketball and hockey. However, according to David-Lee Tracey, a long time Saunders Sabres high school cheerleading coach, many perceive cheerleading injuries as being “somehow different and worse than those of athletes in ‘real’ sports.”\nTracey told the paper that “when a rugby player gets a concussion, she was ‘playing hard.’ When a cheerleader gets a concussion, the sport, the coach, the school all come under fire. It’s like we don’t have the same right to ‘play hard’ – or our injuries are somehow different and worse than those of athletes in ‘real’ sports – traditional contact sports.”\nIn response to the rising incidence of concussions and other injuries, the paper noted that one school board decreed that its high school cheerleading teams cannot compete at events, unless parents sign waivers absolving the school district of responsibility."}
{"text":"General Benefits of Green Cleaning\n- Lower risks to human health.\n- Less negative impacts to the environment.\n- Reduced exposure to respiratory and visual irritants commonly found in\n- Higher levels of comfort.\n- Reduced risks to family members, especially children.\n- Homemade green cleaners often cost less to make and apply than\nstore-bought traditional cleaners.\n- Lower health care costs.\nBenefits of a Green Cleaning System\n- Microfiber mops and cloths reduce water use. A typical microfiber cloth\ncan hold up to seven times its weight in water.\n- Green Cleaning Systems do not require conventional cleaners such as\nglass and general purpose cleaners.\n- Microfiber mops and cloths are more effective in picking up dirt and\ndust than cotton or paper cloths.\n- Unlike cotton cloths, microfibers leave no lint or dust after use.\n- Due to their long life span, green cleaning systems promote resource\nconservation when compared to cotton or paper cloths.\nGreen Cleaning Links"}
{"text":"Could a modern human beat a Neanderthal in a fight? Maybe, but the modern human should keep his distance and play a long game:\nA Neanderthal would have a clear power advantage over his Homo sapiensopponent. Many of the Neanderthals archaeologists have recovered had Popeye forearms, possibly the result of a life spent stabbing wooly mammoths and straight-tusked elephants to death and dismantling their carcasses. Neanderthals also developed strong trapezius, deltoid, and tricep muscles bydragging 50 pounds of meat 30 miles home to their families. A Neanderthal had a wider pelvis and lower center of gravity than Homo sapiens, which would have made him a powerful grappler. That doesn’t mean, however, that we would be an easy kill for our extinct relative. Homo sapiensprobably has a longer reach, on average, than Neanderthals did, and more stamina. Most importantly, we could deploy these advantages to maximum effect using our superior wits. It’s obviously speculative, but a modern man of above-average build would have an excellent chance of defeating a Neanderthal in hand-to-hand combat if he could keep his opponent at arm’s length, survive the initial onslaught, and wear him down.\nPictured above is Neatorama's own Alex Santoso (left) and Thag (right). Place your bets.\nLink | Images: Trendhunter, Berkeley Laboratory"}
{"text":"intelligent terminal A device with some processing capability, by means of which information may be transferred to and from a larger processing system. The device is often a combination of a display and keyboard with at least one built-in microprocessor to provide facilities such as editing and prompts for the operator. Modern application terminals for banking, retail, and industrial data collection are other examples of intelligent terminals.\nMore From encyclopedia.com\nSigint , SIGINT (Signals Intelligence) █ JUDSON KNIGHT Signals intelligence, or SIGINT, is one of the four major forms of intelligence, along with human, imag… Oss (united States Office Of Strategic Services) , █ ADRIENNE WILMOTH LERNER The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was the first centralized United States intelligence agency. Created in 1942, the ag… National Security Agency , On 24 October 1952 President Harry S. Truman signed a (later declassified) top-secret, eight-page memorandum entitled \"Communications Intelligence Ac… Abstraction , Generally, a mental separation of things, not or at least not necessarily, separated in the real. Looked at from this point of view, abstraction is u… device , de·vice / diˈvīs/ • n. 1. a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, esp. a mechanical or electronic contrivance: a measuring device. ∎ an exp… Intelligent Design , INTELLIGENT DESIGN studies features of objects that signal the action of an intelligent cause. Designed objects, like Mount Rushmore, exhibit charact…\nAbout this article\nUpdated About encyclopedia.com content Print Article\nYou Might Also Like"}
{"text":"The age-defying Brandt’s bat\nIn most mammals, larger size correlates with longer lifespan, but that is not the case with the Brandt’s bat, who can live up to 41 years and weigh less than 0.28 ounces! These bats resemble larger, longer-lived mammals in that they mature slowly and have fewer offspring – but the size difference is dramatic: a female Bonobo lives for approximately 40 years as well, but she outweighs the Brandt’s bat by a factor of 3,771! Oddly enough, it is suspected that the mutated gene that causes the bat’s dwarfish size is the same one that leads to its long lifespan. Studying animals with unusual longevity like the Brandt’s bat does more than just satisfy our curiosity, it could lead to longer, healthier lifespans for humans and other animals!\nLearn more >>"}
{"text":"Number Words Worksheet (Millions)\nObjective: I know my number words in the millions.\nRemember the rules\n1. Use a hyphen to join tens' place and ones' place.\n2. Do not use the word \"and\".\n3. When there is a zero in a number, we do not read the place..\n4. Use a comma between the thousands' place and hundreds' place.\n5. Use a comma between the millions' place and thousands' place .\n1,406,031 is one million, four hundred six thousand, thirty one\nFill in all the gaps, then press \"Check\" to check your answers. Use the \"Hint\" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the \"[?]\" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!\nWe hope that the free math worksheets have been helpful. We\nencourage parents and teachers to select the topics according to the\nneeds of the child. For more difficult questions, the child may be\nencouraged to work out the problem on a piece of paper before\nentering the solution. We hope that the kids will also love the fun\nstuff and puzzles."}
{"text":"As fuel, tyres, maintenance, and labour costs rise, it is crucial that mining companies achieve the greatest production for the least amount of equipment operating hours. Computer simulation can be used to evaluate production operations and their impact on productivity. GPSS/H is one of many computer simulation models that can be used to simulate mining operations. In this study, a simulation model was developed for a multiple pit mining operation using GPSS/H and cycle time data collected at a mine over a period of one year. The model was able to accurately reproduce the data used to develop it. It was also evaluated for use in modelling operating scenarios different from that for which it was developed. The model was able to accurately simulate those scenarios, indicating that it can be used to evaluate a broad range of mine operating scenarios.\nKeywords: GPSS/H, computer simulation, stochastic modelling, discrete event modelling, open pit mining, production operations, cycle time, equipment allocation, efficiency, bottlenecks"}
{"text":"I have been wondering how I can change my date Format in PHP. Seemingly as I have been very familiar with JAVA and JSP all thru my working life, I thought moving into php would be easy. So then I got myself involved into a simple assignment which I came up myself.\nThough searching for PHP help sometimes is a bit pain in the ass as I got to learn it all once again especially the syntax. One great function is the explode() function, but now though, I had problem displaying the date in the right function.\nUnlike Java, I can use the SimpleDateFormat class to change my date into my desired format but not in php.\nSimpleDateFormat dtFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(‘dd-MM-yyyy’);\nPHP looks like no such function and there are loads out there using explode() function and recombine them later. There has to be a shorter way.\nI finally found it and here’s the solution to it here instead.\nLet’s say if you retrieve the date data from mySQL it will be like 2009-04-03 which is format. Now I would like to make it 03-04-2009. Solution is stated below.\nBy using echo I can print out the date in that desired format. Looks like I have a long way to go in my PHP research and play."}
{"text":"Area: 5.80 hectares.\nThis is a new Geological Conservation Review site.\nThe site at Ashburton Road Cuttings is represented by the approximately 1,500 metre long exposure located along the south-western side of the A38(T), on the southern part of the Ashburton by-pass.\nAt this site a melange sequence of probable Frasnian (Upper Devonian) age is seen overlying the Famennian (Upper Devonian) Kate Brook Slate Formation. The boundary between the two formations is the Bickington Thrust --a major tectonic boundary which separates the younger formations from the Frasnian and older sequences to the south in this part of Devon. This site includes the most instructive and easily accessible exposures of the Bickington Thrust and adjacent sequences. This major boundary is not exposed on any coast. The melange sequence consists of shallow water limestones of 'reef' facies, and volcanic rocks set in a grey slate matrix. The limestones and volcanics form clasts up to tens of metres in length. It is uncertain whether the melange is tectonic or sedimentary in origin. This chaotic facies passes upwards into the Gurrington Slate, with volcanic lenses and rare dolerite intrusions exposed toward the southern end of the cutting."}
{"text":"Using a fundamentally different approach to language arts, CKLA sequences deep content knowledge with research-based foundational skills. The focus is to develop fluent reading and writing skills and also to enhance language by building knowledge and vocabulary. Amplify CKLA is recognized by the Louisiana Department of Education as a Tier 1 curriculum for English Language Arts for students in grades K-2. The design of CKLA allows for a 60-minute skills instructional period and a 60-minute knowledge instructional period. This two strand approach ensures student access to rich texts and discussion while teaching developmentally appropriate reading foundations and comprehension.\nThe kindergarten foundational skills program is a “sounds first” approach; students will work on mastering sounds before moving on to learning letters for those sounds. Kindergarteners will learn all basic phonics, moving to decodable readers by January.\nFirst Grade Skills\nIn first grade, students and teachers begin with a review of basic phonics, moving to advanced phonics by the second unit. Students work on decoding (reading) and also encoding (spelling) through application of the phonics lessons. Oral reading fluency and comprehension are key components of first grade.\nSecond Grade Skills\nSecond grade students continue work with more advanced decoding and encoding. These skills are applied in reading and writing varied texts.\nThe knowledge lessons are organized into domains, which range from classic literature to science and social studies topics. In the knowledge block, teachers read aloud to students from texts that are two grade levels above grade level, thus maximizing listening comprehension, which outpaces reading comprehension until age 13."}
{"text":"In this classic collection, you will find three revolutionary works by Black abolitionists. David Walker’s Appeal, originally published in 1829, was a clarion call to all those enslaved and opposed to slavery, to resist by force and demand liberation at all costs. In effect, his Appeal set off hundreds of slave rebellions across the country, including playing a role in Nat Turner’s famous revolt. In 1848, it was republished with a lengthy introduction by militant abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet, a piece of writing so strong it stands on its own. In the public, Garnet was often seen at odds with Frederick Douglass, widely known as a “conservative” Black abolitionist, especially in modern accounts. But this was not the real Frederick Douglass. As he reveals in his only work of fiction, The Heroic Slave, Douglass sympathized with the idea of militant resistance to slavery, a position he spoke more vocally of after Garnet’s republication of Walker’s Appeal. In this book, you will find these works, and the connections between their stories. If you don’t know the stories of Walker, Garnet, and the real Douglass, you do not know how abolition came to be."}
{"text":"Native American Heritage Month\nNative American Heritage Month is observed every November in the United States. Learn about the history of the observance, read biographies of famous Native Americans, try our quizzes, find stats and facts about tribes and reservations, and more.\nNotable Native Americans\nNative American Tribes\nLearn about famous firsts by Native Americans, read about the origins of Native American Heritage Month, and view slideshows about Native American life.\nLearn the etymology of many English words that have Native American origins, find a list of the best Native American novels and insightful proverbs, and read a glossary of Native American terms.\nFind a list of the largest tribes and reservations in the United States, where each group originated and where they were forced to move throughout the years, a map of reservations, and more."}
{"text":"A type of silica-rich dirt which is soft, fine-grained, porous, light-coloured, and composed of the fossilized remains of diatoms, i.e. single-celled, siliceous organisms\nDiatomaceous earth is a fine-grained, porous, powdery earth (i.e. soil and dirt, as distinguished from rock and sand). It is soft and light-coloured. It is composed of the fossilized skeletons or remains of diatoms. Diatoms are a major group of microscopic algae and are among the most common types of phytoplankton. Most diatoms are unicellular, although some form chains or simple colonies. A characteristic feature of diatom cells is that they are encased within a unique cell wall made of silica. These walls show a wide diversity in form, some quite beautiful and ornate, but usually consist of two symmetrical sides with a split between them, hence the group name.\nDiatomaceous earth forms from the accumulation of the amorphous silica and the remains of diatoms in marine sediments. The particle size of diatomaceous earth ranges from less than 3 micrometers to more than 1 millimeter. Thus, it is often used as a filter or as a mild abrasive such as in toothpaste and metal polishes.\nAbbreviation / Acronym: D. E."}
{"text":"Spider Monkey description, information, Images, photographs. Spider Monkey photo gallery, Spider Monkey pictures.\nSPIDER MONKEY, any of a genus, Ateles, of monkeys (family Cebidae) having long spiderlike limbs, found from parts of Mexico and Central America to southern Brazil and Paraguay. Completely arboreal, they swing from branch to branch by their hooklike hands. They also have flexible, prehensile tails that are longer than the head and body combined. The tail also functions as a sensitive organ of touch. The hair of spider monkeys is rather long, often black or dusky, but in some species shows tints of gray, yellow, or reddish brown. Spider monkeys associate in small troops and feed on fruits, nuts, and insects. They are intelligent animals and are gentle and tractable in captivity."}
{"text":"Yesterday was International Women’s Day. It reminded me how far we’ve come as women in the west even since I was a girl. But we should not rest on our laurels just yet because if we do, we may so easily slip in to that abyss of oppression. The habits of thousands of lifetimes are hard to break.\nThat is why I choose to write about the lives of women under oppression. The Pleasure Gardener’s Companion is historical fiction, but it could as easily be a story about a woman in the third world today. Such conditions continue to prevail. You have only to read Half the Sky to know it’s true.\nMy character Susan Kirke is 16 when she rebels against her parents and marries a man who is foreign to them– a Scottish Presbyterian gardener. In the 18th century, women of her class did not marry for love; their marriages were arranged by their parents. She should have married someone of her own religion, nationality and class. Of course her parents disowned her. They could not acknowledge a son-in-law who had been little better than a servant in their household.\nSusan must have been very much in love and very brave to take such a step. One can see her rebellion as part of the revolutionary fervour of her time. During her lifetime, both the American and the French Revolutions took place, and she must have been effected by the spirit of equality that prevailed.\nHowever, it was also a foolhardy act. In her society, women were considered to be property that was transferred from father to husband. So when she married, she may have chosen her owner, but she could not change her condition. She had 8 children and followed her husband wherever he chose to go, which in her case was to the edge of the known world.\nHer story could only be a tragedy. Such tragedies continue to be repeated again and again. That is why her story must be told to highlight the stories of all oppressed women everywhere. Lest we forget."}
{"text":"Self consolidating concrete wiki ivillage dating doyenne\nThe earliest large-scale users of concrete technology were the ancient Romans, and concrete was widely used in the Roman Empire.The Colosseum in Rome was built largely of concrete, and the concrete dome of the Pantheon is the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome.Modern structural concrete differs from Roman concrete in two important details.First, its mix consistency is fluid and homogeneous, allowing it to be poured into forms rather than requiring hand-layering together with the placement of aggregate, which, in Roman practice, often consisted of rubble.They kept the cisterns secret as these enabled the Nabataea to thrive in the desert.\nIt enabled revolutionary new designs in terms of both structural complexity and dimension.\nGerman archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann found concrete floors, which were made of lime and pebbles, in the royal palace of Tiryns, Greece, which dates roughly to 1400–1200 BC.\nDuring the Roman Empire, Roman concrete (or opus caementicium) was made from quicklime, pozzolana and an aggregate of pumice.\nMany Roman aqueducts and bridges, such as the magnificent Pont du Gard in southern France, have masonry cladding on a concrete core, as does the dome of the Pantheon.\nAfter the Roman Empire, the use of burned lime and pozzolana was greatly reduced until the technique was all but forgotten between 500 and the 14th century.\nToday, large concrete structures (for example, dams and multi-storey car parks) are usually made with reinforced concrete."}
{"text":"In fall 2019, we launched a new middle school math curriculum to ensure students have the foundational skills necessary to be successful in algebra and beyond.\nSome learning standards that were once taught in Algebra 1 are being introduced in 6th-, 7th- and 8th-grade math courses. Specific examples are available on our math web section.\nOur experience and data show that students who take algebra and geometry in middle school are not as successful as we would expect on the SAT and other measures of college-ready math skills. Skipping 6th-, 7th- or 8th-grade math courses has left students with gaps in knowledge that show up in high school.\nStudents will be more successful in high-level math courses if they have stronger foundational math instruction in middle school. Students who have had the foundational instruction and show mastery of 7th- and 8th-grade math standards will be able to take algebra and geometry in middle school.\nThis year, teachers are increasingly implementing complex instruction, which is an instructional approach that ensures all students access rigorous content at a high intellectual level. This provides access for all and enrichment to extend student thinking.\nThis middle school math pathway will not prevent students from accessing calculus and statistics coursework at the high school level. Future decisions regarding the high school schedule will define how these courses would be sequenced."}
{"text":"This article is a part of the NASA DEVELOP’s Summer 2017 Virtual Poster Session. For more articles like these, click here\nProject Team: US Virgin Islands Ecological Forecasting\nTeam Location: NASA Ames Research Center ÛÒ Moffett Field, California\nDr. Juan Luis Torres-PÌ©rez (Bay Area Environmental Research Institute)\nDr. Liane S. Guild (NASA Ames Research Center)\nThe United States Virgin Islands (USVI) are home to an array of diverse and stunning habitats. The beauty of the islands has continued to attract visitors and residents, which overtime has increased human development and impact. The resulting land-use change increases sediment loads and the flow of pollutants into surrounding nearshore environments such as coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrass beds. Coral reefs, the most diverse marine habitats on Earth, are particularly susceptible to these inputs. Compounded with regional climate-related processes such as rising ocean temperatures and acidification, future land-use change poses a formidable threat to the marine environment. Without a healthy environment, the USVI economy also becomes endangered because it is mainly supported by tourism and recreation. In order to assess land use change in the USVI, we utilized Landsat 5 TM, Landsat 8 OLI and TIRS, and Sentinel-2 MSI data to map land use and analyze land cover change dating back to 1985. We then extrapolated the models to the year 2025. Our work will provide the USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Division of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) with a tool to better understand land use trends, identify at-risk coastal habitats, and strengthen existing knowledge of the link between land use and coastal ecosystem health."}
{"text":"Learners investigate questions dealing with the origin of Tucson by performing an Internet Scavenger Hunt using Websites that have been bookmarked. They then write their information on the Table worksheet.\n3 Views 0 Downloads\nThe Infection Game: The Shape of Change\nEncourage the spread of knowledge in your class with this cross-curricular epidemic simulation. Pulling together science, social studies, and math, this instructional activity engages students in modeling the spread of infectious...\n6th - 12th Science CCSS: Adaptable\nLiving in the Desert\nConduct an investigation on the plants used by the Hohokam tribe. To survive in the harsh desert environment the Hohokam used many natural resources. Learners read, research, map, and graph multiple aspects of Hohokam plant use as a...\n3rd - 6th Social Studies & History CCSS: Designed\nNew Review Garbage Doesn't Lie\nWhat does your garbage say about you? Young scientists dig through a video about things people cast aside. The narrator shows the fascinating things in George Washington's garbage pile, ancient Roman garbage, and how the landfills we...\n3 mins 6th - 12th Science CCSS: Adaptable"}
{"text":"RSPO resolution on plantations on peatlands\nAt the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) 9th session in 2009, Weltands International submitted the attached resolution, calling for the development of criteria to deal with plantation on peat. The resolution was adadpted and will be carried out.\nAs a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Wetlands International has been advocating for good criteria on greenhouse gas emissions and specifically on preventing plantations on the carbon rich peatlands.\nPalm oil plantations on peat cause emissions in the magnitude of 70 to even 90 tonnes CO2 per year, as a result of drainage of the organic peatsoils. In Southeast Asia, areas with peatsoils (former peatswamp forests) are often used for palm oil production.\nRelated Action(s): Wetlands and Livelihoods Programme"}
{"text":"It’s about the size of three football fields and it’s coming our way. Asteroid 2000 EM26 is about to make a close pass by Earth tonight and you can catch the event on a live webstream from the Slooh Space Camera. There’s no danger this object will actually impact Earth, but maybe you’ll want to keep an eye on it personally, just in case.\nAt 370 meters in diameter, 2000 EM26 could wipe out multiple cities if it were on a collision course. As it stands, this object is going to shoot past us at about 8.8 lunar distances. It will be moving at roughly 27,000 mph when it does it.\n2000 EM26 is making its closest approach to Earth almost exactly a year after an asteroid exploded in the sky over Chelyabinsk, Russia as scientists were busy tracking a completely unrelated near-Earth asteroid, 2012 DA14. The Chelyabinsk object was likely only 30 meters or so in diameter, and it would have been a major impact event if it hadn’t exploded in the atmosphere.\nThe Slooh webcast will include commentary by Mark Boslough, who is an expert in asteroid impact physics. The Slooh site will have the video, but the YouTube stream is embedded above as well. It should go live at 9PM EST (2AM GMT) with the space rock whizzing by shortly afterward. Scientists say amateur astronomers should be able to spy 2000 EM26 from their back yards this evening, provided their telescope has a 12-inch or larger aperture."}
{"text":"Google Classroom Tip #34: All About Quizzes\nQuizzes are at the center of most teachers assessment routine. They give teachers a quick and easy way to assess whether or not students have mastered the material that they have been taught. In today’s tip, we will discuss several ways that you can use Google Classroom to deliver and grade student quizzes.\n- Interactive Quiz – Create interactive quizzes for students in Google Slides or use third-party apps to integrate with Classroom.\n- Lock Quiz (coming soon) – Lock quizzes so students can’t open another browser while completing assignments.\n- Quizzes – Create quizzes using Google Docs, Forms or third-party apps.\n- Self-Assessment – Have students self-assess learning after a lesson.\n- Self-Grading Quizzes – Create self-grading quizzes with feedback in Google Slides. For each possible answer, create a link to another slide which provides reasoning for why the answer is correct or incorrect.\nWhat did we miss?"}
{"text":"Black holes source of muscly cosmic rays\nTHE MOST energetic cosmic rays in the universe are likely to have come from violent black holes at the centre of very active galaxies, new research shows.\nUltra-high-energy cosmic rays are particles from space that crash into Earth's atmosphere with extreme energy.\nThese \"cosmic bullets\" are about 100 million times more energetic than anything produced by the most powerful man-made particle accelerator.\nFor decades, scientists have been trying to work out where these cosmic rays come from.\nIt had been suspected active galaxies that host giant black holes might be the source. But an international team of scientists has for the first time shown this link, using a massive observatory in Argentina to record cosmic ray showers over the past three years.\nThe scientists observed 77 high-energy cosmic ray events and found the sources of the most energetic particles were not spread evenly across the sky. Instead, most of them seemed to come from the direction of galaxies known as active galactic nuclei, of which the nearest to us is Centaurus A, about 10 million light years away.\nThese active galaxies are thought to be powered by giant black holes that swallow up gas and dust and leak particles and energy.\nWhile most galaxies have black holes at their centre, only a small proportion have an active nucleus. The black hole at the heart of our galaxy, the Milky Way, is not an active galactic nuclei.\nThe findings based on the work of more than 370 scientists from 17 countries are published today in the journal Science.\nOne of the authors, University of Adelaide physics professor Roger Clay, described the results as \"the start of a new era of astrophysics\".\n\"This is the first time ever that we've been able to trace back the direction of these (cosmic rays) to real astronomical objects,\" Professor Clay said."}
{"text":"View your list of saved words. (You can log in using Facebook.)\nIn architecture, the space between columns that support an arch or entablature. Classical, Renaissance, and Baroque architecture used a system codified by Vitruvius in which the measurement is expressed in terms of the columns' diameters (e.g., two columns might be described as being three diameters apart). The system conveniently expressed the measurement of a unit of space whose size varied from building to building according to the Classical order used.\nThis entry comes from Encyclopædia Britannica Concise. For the full entry on intercolumniation, visit Britannica.com."}
{"text":"No Fines Concrete\nNo fines concrete may be defined as concrete mixtures containing little or no fine aggregate.\nThe fine aggregate is not added in this concrete so that there are voids left in the coarse aggregate. The coarse aggregate may be any of the usual type or the light weight aggregate. The coarse aggregate used should be finer than 20 mm size and not more than 10% should pass the 10 mm sieve. The usual proportion of cement to aggregate is 1:10 in case of heavy aggregate and 1:6 in case of light aggregate. The amount of water should be just sufficient to give a coating of cement paste on all particles. Too little water may leave loose aggregate inside the concrete and too much of water may cause the cement paste to flow and segregate. It is better to wet the aggregate before adding cement and water. The concrete should then be mixed thoroughly till all the particles are coated. Properly prepared concrete will not segregate during placing. It does not need any water tight forms also. It should be rammed but only rodded to remove large cavities. This concrete cannot be easily cut away afterwards and all fixtures etc. should be placed in the green state. It has no resistance t penetration of water and suitable rendering may be applied on its external surface.\nProperties of No Fines Concrete\n- It does not segregate\n- The density varies with the grading of aggregates\n- Water cement ratio of this concrete varies from 0.38 to 0.52\n- Its strength increases with time\n- There is very little cohesiveness, necessitating longer duration of form work removal.\n- Shrinkage of this concrete is lower than normal concrete and its thermal expansion is about 0.6 to 0.8 of normal concrete.\nLimitations Of No Fines Concrete\n- It disintegrates rapidly\n- It is unsuitable for foundations and in places continuously in touch with moisture, because of its high absorption quality.\n- It is also not suitable for reinforced concrete."}
{"text":"Neurological and Cranial Conditions\nNeurological diseases and disorders can have a profound impact on quality of life, your family, and friends. There are a wide range of cranial conditions, and you will find simple and informative articles about many of those conditions in this section.\nEvery person is different, so symptoms of conditions may present differently for different people. Symptoms also vary depending on the condition, its severity, location, and other factors. Some symptoms may indicate a potentially fatal condition. Immediate medical attention should be sought if any of the following symptoms are experienced:\n- Loss of Consciousness\n- Weakness of Limbs\n- Sudden paralysis\n- Difficulty breathing or swallowing\n- Burning, numbness, pricking sensations or increased sensitivity to sensation\nIf a person is suspected of having a neurological or cranial condition, a neurological exam will be done. This involves checking the function of eyes, ears, nose, and muscles. Sensation, balance and coordination are also tested. Mental state and memory are also assessed, and the levels of hormones in the blood are examined. Your doctor will use a variety of tests, like imaging scans, to confirm your diagnosis."}
{"text":"A new reconstruction of a Roman house at Wroxeter, England has raised more than a few eyebrows, especially when the bright red and yellow building can be seen from a mile away. (photo)\n\"Colour, bling, excess – that's what they liked,\" said Dai Morgan Evans, visiting professor of archaeology at Chester University, who dreamed up the elaborate experiment yet attempted in Britain in recreating a building using genuine Roman techniques. \"I always had the hope that a Roman would come here and not see anything too funny. I reckon we got it about 80% right.\"\nThe color isn't the only controversial aspect of the build. Builders on the site insisted on using wheelbarrows, a tool not available to Roman builders. \"They absolutely did not have wheelbarrows,\" Evans said. \"I've done a lot of work on this now. They had wheelbarrows in China, but there is no record, drawing or evidence for a wheelbarrow anywhere in the Roman empire. The first reference I can find is Isidore of Seville, and that's in the seventh century – centuries after our house.\""}
{"text":"For each scatter plot, decide what type of function you might choose as a model for the data. Explain your choices.\nhere we have a couple of scatter plots, and we want to think about what kind of function we would model them with. So we want to think back through all of the basic kinds of functions we know and what they look like. So if you look at a, it reminds me of an exponential growth function. So let's model that one with something exponential. And then if you look at B, it reminds me of part of a graph that would have this kind of shape, and that would be a rational graph or reciprocal in particular, something like F of X equals one over X is what I mean by reciprocal."}
{"text":"Early Laws of Texas: General Laws from 1836 to 1879, Relating to Public Lands, Colonial Contracts, Headrights, Pre-emptions, Grants of Land to Railroads and Other Corporations, Conveyances, Descent, Distribution, Marital Rights, Registration of Wills, Laws Relating to the Jurisdiction, Powers and Procedure of Courts, and All Other Laws of General Interest. Also Laws of 1731 to 1835, as Found in the Laws and Decrees of Spain Relating to Land in Mexico, and of Mexico Relating to Colonization; Laws of Coahuila and Texas; Laws of Tamaulipas; Colonial Contracts; Spanish Civil Law; Orders and Degrees of the Provisional Government of Texas ...\nWhat people are saying - Write a review\nWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places.\nOther editions - View all\n1.—Be it enacted acres ACT supplementary administrator aforesaid appointed April 9 attached audiencias August August 21 Austin authorized benefit Bexar county bond Boundary defined boundary line Brazos Brazos river certificate chief justice claims clerk colony commissioners congress contract county and land county court creek decree defendant district court dollars duty entitled established execution executor Fannin county February February 14 first first day five granted heirs hereby issued January January 15 judge judgment judicial purposes July jurisdiction land district land oflice March March 31 Milam Milam county municipality Nacogdoches notary November 20 oath Obsolete ofiice Organized P0st party passage person place of beginning plaintiff president probate court purchaser Red River Red River county relief repealed Republic of Texas RESOLUTION Sabine river sheriff suflicient suit survey surveyor territory thence thereof thousand eight hundred tion town"}
{"text":"A Starbase is a large, slow-moving orbital space platform. During the Ur-Quan Slave War, starbases were used by both sides as bases of operation and as mobile shipyards in the various skirmishes and battles. However, starbases themselves lack any defensive weapon systems.\nFollowing the defeat of the Alliance, the Ur-Quan Kzer-Za required that each Fallow Slave race maintain a space station to assist Hierarchy vessels that are in need of repairs or fuel. These starbases are periodically resupplied by Hierarchy ships, at which time they also replace the personnel with fresh ones from the slave-shielded planet below.\nHyperspace Distance Between Starbases\n- Sol to Procyon: 13.0 fuel\n- Betelgeuse to Sol: 33.2 fuel\n- Procyon to Betelgeuse: 37.0 fuel"}
{"text":"MIT researchers have found a way to transfer wireless data using a smartphone at a speed about three times faster and twice as far as existing technology.\nThe researchers developed a technique to coordinate multiple wireless transmitters by synchronizing their wave phases, according to a statement from MIT on Tuesday. Multiple independent transmitters will be able to send data over the same wireless channel to multiple independent receivers without interfering with each other.\nSince wireless spectrum is scarce, and network congestion is only expected to grow, the technology could have important implications.\nThe researchers called the approach MegaMIMO 2.0 (Multiple Input, Multiple Output) .\nFor their experiments, the researchers set up four laptops in a conference room setting, allowing signals to roam over 802.11 a/g/n Wi-Fi. The speed and distance improvement is expected to also apply to cellular networks. A video describes the technology as well as a technical paper (registration required), which was presented this week to the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Data Communications (SIGCOMM 16).\nThe researchers, from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, are: Ezzeldin Hamed, Hariharan Rahul, Mohammed Abdelghany and Dina Katabi."}
{"text":"While some experts believe that the stripes are mainly for identification, others believe that the stripes may have different functions:\n- The zebra's main predator, the lion, is color blind. Theoretically, a zebra, camouflaged in tall grass through the vertical striping when standing still, may therefore not be noticed at all by a lion.\n- Zebras are herd animals and so the stripes may help to confuse predators. A number of zebras standing or moving close together may appear as one large animal, making it more difficult for the lion to pick out any single zebra to attack.\n- The zebra's disruptive colouration may also be an effective way of confusing the visual system of the blood-sucking tsetse fly.\n- the stripes coincide with fat patterning beneath the skin, serving as a thermoregulatory mechanism for the zebra"}
{"text":"The goal of MARE is to bring current research to the K-12 classroom and beyond in a manner that features best practices in science education and promotes stewardship of ocean resources. MARE curriculum focus on the integration of literacy with science, by emphasizing language acquisition and development techniques. We offer a range of opportunities for teachers to stay involved in the MARE community and for students to engage with scientists.\n- Newsletter Supplemental Materials\n- Spring 2012 -Ocean Sciences in the Next Generation Science Standards\n- Spring 2012 -Ocean Themed Children’s Books\n- Spring 2012 -Oysters & Oysters Reefs in Your Classroom\n- Winter 2011 -New Ocean Science Curriculum Materials\n- Winter 2011 -Phytoplankton in Your Classroom\n- Winter 2011 -Scientific Investigations\n- Background Information on Marine Science Topics – visit the Ocean Lecture & Educators’ Night webpages to find a topic you are interested in (listed in the titles and on each page)\n- Lesson Plans\n- Visit the Ocean Lecture & Educators’ Night webpages to find lesson plans on topics you are interested in.\n- Visit the MARE Newsletter webpage to find lesson plans that accompany each issues “What’s Hot in Ocean Sciences” article.\n- Visit the COSEE NOW Resources page to find Educational Materials, Ocean Observatory Stories (with accompanying lesson plans, Online Presentations, Interactives, and Resource Guides)\n- Ocean Lecture Presentations – visit the Ocean Lecture & Educators’ Night webpages to find a topic you are interested in (listed in the titles and on each page)"}
{"text":"|Basic Information||Biotope classification||Ecology||Habitat preferences and distribution||Species composition||Sensitivity||Importance|\nImage Sue Scott - A dense mat of Ascophyllum nodosum mackaii. Image width ca 40 cm.\nImage copyright information\nLR.LLR.FVS.Ascmac recorded () and expected () distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)\nFor a list of 2004 characterising species please see the JNCC website.\nTo assess the sensitivity of the biotope, the sensitivity of component species is reviewed. Those species that are considered to be particularly indicative of the sensitivity of the biotope, and for which research has been undertaken in detail are shown below (see selection criteria). The biology of other component species of the biotope is also taken into account wherever information is known to the researcher.\n|Community Importance||Species name||Common Name|\n|Key structural||Ascophyllum nodosum||Egg wrack|\n|Important characterizing||Hyale prevostii||An amphipod|\n|Important characterizing||Littorina littorea||Common periwinkle|\nThe biotope often consists of both the free-living Ascophyllum nodosum ecad mackaii and on cobbles and other hard substrata the normal form of Ascophyllum nodosum. The beds often provide a habitat for other species such as gammarid amphipods like Hyale prevostii and the periwinkle Littorina littorea.\nThis review can be cited as follows:\nHill, J.M. 2001. Ascophyllum nodosum ecad mackaii beds on extremely sheltered mid eulittoral mixed substrata. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 28/11/2014]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/habitatreproduction.php?habitatid=138&code=2004>"}
{"text":"A new surface design that induces the condensation of water vapour, and the subsequent shedding of the resulting water droplets up to ten times faster than state-of-the-art surfaces can achieve, is described online in Nature this week.\nIn many applications such as water-harvesting systems and thermal power generation, surfaces need to be designed to allow water droplets to grow rapidly via condensation, but also to be shed as quickly as possible. Current approaches are limited in that they can promote either droplet growth or shedding, but rarely both. Joanna Aizenberg and colleagues brought together three structural components found in nature to design a new surface. They combined the water-condensation-promoting capabilities of bumps on the backs of Namib desert beetles with the ability of asymmetric cactus spines to collect and transport water. The coupling of droplet growth and fast directional transport was further enhanced by including a slippery surface coating inspired by pitcher plants.\nThe authors conclude that the surface, which promotes growth and transport of water droplets both against gravity and against an unfavourable temperature gradient, holds promise for applications including water harvesting and heat exchange."}
{"text":"Using a national dairy database to identify herds with poor welfare\nPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2023\nThis research project was carried out by the Swedish Dairy Association as part of the development of a ‘Scheme for Animal Welfare’. As a first step, on-farm, animal-based measurements on calves, young stock and cows in 55 randomly selected herds were performed. Nine animal-based measurements formed the basis for a classification of welfare at the herd level: cleanliness and body condition in calves, cows and young stock, in combination with lameness, injuries/inflammations and rising behaviour which were recorded for cows only. The threshold (gold standard) for being a case herd with poor welfare, was a score lying among the worst 10% on two or more of the nine welfare measurements. Thirteen of the 55 herds were cases fitting this criterion. As a second step, 65 potential welfare indicators from seven different focus areas in a pre-collected data register were identified by expert opinion. In the final step, the extent to which suggested potential welfare indicators predicted farms’ risk of having poor welfare according to the definition was assessed. The final set of welfare indicators, taken from the national dairy database, included two fertility measures and calf mortality, and it correctly classified 77% of the herds, with a sensitivity of 0.62. The inclusion of cow and young stock mortality led to it correctly classifying 76% of the herds with a sensitivity of 0.77. We propose that this approach could be useful in helping to allocate advisory services to farms at risk of poor welfare.\n- Research Article\n- Animal Welfare , Volume 18 , Issue 4: Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and Group Level , November 2009 , pp. 523 - 532\n- © 2009 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare"}
{"text":"Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) - Closing Gaps in the Health Data of Indigenous People\nThe Revised Ontario Public Health Standards 2018 identify Indigenous people as a priority population for Public Health. Information about the health status of Indigenous people living in urban areas of Ontario is often incomplete or not available. Getting a true count of urban Indigenous populations, and knowing about their health and social inequities are essential for effective planning and evaluation of services for this population.\nThe “Our Health Counts” project out of Well Living House at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto has been working with urban Indigenous organizations and health service providers to build population-based Indigenous health needs assessment information and identify best practices in Indigenous health service and program evaluation. This webinar will share key socio-demographic, health status, and health service access issues of urban Indigenous populations in Ontario as well as core principles and recommendations for Indigenous health service and program evaluation.\nBy the end of this webinar, participants will:\n- Realize the proportion of Ontario’s Indigenous population that live in urban areas.\n- Describe key health and wellbeing related challenges faced by urban Indigenous populations in Ontario.\n- Identify key principles and recommendations about Indigenous health services and program evaluation.\n- Consider ways this information could apply to the work of public health professionals.\n|Event Date||Apr 26, 2018 19:00|\n|Posted by NCCEH||Mar 13, 2018|"}
{"text":"Today is June 14th and that means it's Flag Day!\nThe U.S. Army was founded on June 14th 1775, when the Continental Congress authorized the enlistment of riflemen to serve the United Colonies for one year.\nThe June 14th date is when Congress adopted \"The American Continental Army\" after reaching a consensus position in the committee of the whole, and it translated into Flag Day.\nWe had some visitors earlier this week from Mrs. Luszak's Kindergarten class from Stokes Elementary in Rome and they gave us their own tribute to the flag. Take a look and listen."}
{"text":"Stickle, George W\nThe results of flight tests of four nose-slot cowling designs with several variations in each design are presented. The tests were made in the process of developing the nose-slot cowling. The results demonstrate that a nose-slot cowling may be successfully applied to an airplane and that it utilizes the increased slipstream velocity of low-speed operation to produce increased cooling pressure across the engine. A sample design calculation using results from wind-tunnel, flight, and ground tests is given in an appendix to illustrate the design procedure.\nAn Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file of the entire report:"}
{"text":"Topography and cartography\nThe topographic plan is necessary to represent the terrain, its boundaries, the exterior hold of its buildings, its relief and the surroundings, including the public equipment elements: road network, network and various.\nIt allows to know the altitude of all the characteristic points of the terrain, the general relief and the altitude of all the existing networks.\nGeographic Information Systems (GIS) provide an ideal response to the acquisition, manipulation and cross-management of table data with cartographic elements (Local Urban Plan or PLU, wetland, forest hazard, etc.). …). They allow to manage on a macro scale a huge database of information by providing a synthetic display.\nIn order to allow our customers to conduct a detailed and thorough analysis of topographical and cartographic information acquired and acquired in the field, we have developed an IT expertise allowing personalized processing and delivery of classified data in GIS format, directly integrable in the software tools of our customers.\nIn collaboration with the design office GAMBA ACOUSTIQUE we realize noise maps to monitor the evolutions of sound emissions. It is an identification of all sources of noise in an area (airports, railways, highways, industries classified as environmental protection) and sources of noise mitigation (noise walls, buildings, elements Geological, etc.)."}
{"text":"examples of skis \nWater skiing can be done on two skis (twin skis and jump skis) or on one ski (figures and slalom).\nVery stable skis with broad tips that have various uses; one of the skis has a second binding so that it can be used as a slalom ski.\nBack part of the binding that covers the heel and the bottom of the leg; it reduces sideways motion.\nDevice that keeps the foot in place on the ski; it is usually made of natural or synthetic rubber and releases the foot easily in the event of a fall.\nSkeg at the rear underside of the ski that provides directional stability.\nCarefully polished part forming the underside of the ski; it has different shapes (flat, concave or tunnel) depending on the desired effect.\nFront part of the binding; it covers the foot and part of the ankle.\nFront end of the ski; it curves upward to prevent catching on the surface of the water."}
{"text":"There are 18 different amino acids, or protein types, that are the building blocks for a healthy body. Non-essential amino acids are proteins that the body can synthesize by itself, provided there is enough nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen available. Essential amino acids are proteins supplied by the food you eat. They must be consumed in your diet as the human body either cannot make them or cannot make them in sufficient quantities to meet your body’s needs.\nProteins act as enzymes, hormones, and antibodies for your immune system. They maintain fluid balance and keep the levels of acid and alkalinity in check. Proteins also transport substances such as oxygen, vitamins, and minerals to target cells throughout the body. Structural proteins, such as collagen and keratin, are responsible for the formation of bones, teeth, hair, and the outer layer of skin and they help maintain the structure of blood vessels and other tissues.\nEnzymes are proteins that facilitate chemical reactions without being changed in the process.\nHormones (chemical messengers) are proteins that travel to one or more specific target tissues or organs, and many have important regulatory functions. Insulin, for example, plays a key role in regulating the amount of glucose in the blood.\nThe human body also uses protein to manufacture antibodies (giant protein molecules), which combat invading antigens. Antigens are usually foreign substances such as bacteria and viruses that have entered the body and could potentially be harmful. Immunoproteins, also called immunoglobulins or antibodies, defend your body from possible attack from these invaders by binding to the antigens and inactivating them.\nIf these critical components for a healthy body are not provided as part of a healthy diet, your body will look for other sources for them. This can include the breakdown of your organs, leading to chronic problems such as liver and kidney problems, diabetes, and heart disease."}
{"text":"Human Factors and Ergonomics\nPrior to the 1940’s, the equipment that people used was relatively simple. Humans could easily adapt to every design and make it work.\nDuring the 2nd world war, equipment became more complicated and humans had difficulty adapting to it. There were many accidents and injuries because of the complexity.\nGovernments on both sides of the Atlantic recognized the problem and brought together teams consisting of physiologists, psychologists, engineers and physicians to solve them. This was the start of Human factors.\nIn Europe, this new science was called Ergonomics which means the laws of work. In North America, the science was called Human Factors Engineering\nToday, most specialists in this area consider the terms – Human Factors and Ergonomics - equal in every sense.\nWhat is Human Factors\nHuman Factors is defined as the “systematic process of designing for human use”. The process applies our knowledge of the capabilities, limitations and needs of people to the equipment they use, the environments they operate in, the tasks they perform and the management systems that guide the safe operation of their plants\nWhy is human factors important?\nHuman Factors considers human users first in every piece of equipment and in every system we design.\nBy putting the human user at the center of the design and then designing from the center out, we consider human capabilities, limitations and needs at every stage of the design, in every type of environment that the system operates, and during each aspect of the task that humans perform while operating the equipment.\nBy using this human-centered approach, equipment is easier to use, fewer operating errors occur and the number and severity of injuries that users suffer are reduced.\nMidland Engineering Limited has specialist that can work with you to apply Human Factors analysis and implement improvements in the following areas:\nFor more information contact Midland Engineering Limited @ (989) 837-2296"}
{"text":"Emotional & Social Development in Middle Childhood\nYou're asked to match terms and definitions related to emotional & social development in middle childhood.\nBasic French Baseball Fun\nplay the game and practice your French.\nMatching: Elon Musk (In Spanish)\nSteve Jobs (In Spanish)\nSigmund Freud (in Spanish)\nCivics and Economics\n10 questions about U.S. government and economics."}
{"text":"Understanding the Child and Sharing What You Know\nOpen, thoughtful communication among families, educational teams, community members, and health care providers promotes a common understanding of a child or youth’s preferences, medical history, communication methods, routines, and goals.\nIt also supports collaborative problem-solving and helps everyone involved with a child to communicate with them and provide instruction in a consistent way.\nThe use of technologies such as Google Docs and YouTube, as well as portfolios, experience books, shared notebooks (e.g., between home and school), and structured meetings (e.g., person-centered planning), makes it easy to share information and work together across environments.\nSee also: Person-Centered Planning\nArticle: Demchak, M. A., & Greenfield, R. G. (2000). A transition portfolio for Jeff, a student with multiple disabilities. Teaching Exceptional Children, July/August 2000, 44-49."}
{"text":"Marxism by Michel Foucault (1926–1984)\nIn France, Paul-Michel Foucault was born. He created the \"Groupe d'Information sur les Prisons\" in 1971 along with his life partner Daniel Defert and a few acquaintances. Foucault's participation in politics started at this point. His issues continued throughout the rest of his life and included LGBT rights, the resettlement of refugees, and jail conditions. He was also a French philosopher and historian who was regarded as one of the most important and contentious thinkers of the post-World War II era.\nBook- ‘Power and knowledge’\nPower is not centralized in one area or in the possession of specific people, according to Michel Foucault. However, power is present in all social interactions and is not only used by the government. Knowledge is closely related to power. Power and knowledge are thus mutually reinforcing. In order to gather more data, exercise more control over its citizens, and produce new sorts of knowledge, the state must have power. Discourse development is required for this. Contrarily, Foucault only perceives power as acting when people have some degree of freedom; he does not just think of power in terms of coercion.\nBook- ‘Discipline and Punish’\nHe studied how the nature and intent of punishments changed throughout the eighteenth century. By the 19th century, the focus of punishment shifted from the body to the soul, with the goal of reform. Instead of focusing on what they had done, people were judged for who they were. The motive for the crime started to come into consideration. READ MORE…"}
{"text":"This study assessed gaps and priorities for FMDV (foot-and-mouth disease virus) research in the field of immunology. The study took the form of a literature review (2011-15) combined with research updates collected in 2014 from 33 institutes from across the world. Findings were used to identify priority areas for future FMD research. Improved understanding of FMDV immunology facilitates the development of vaccines, adjuvants and diagnostic tests, and will allow better assessment and prediction of vaccine potency and match, with reduced use of animals, particularly large animals, in experimental studies. Continued characterization of the immune systems of several FMD host species has underpinned substantial advances in knowledge of their interaction with FMDV. Recent studies have shed light on the mechanisms underlying formation of the bovine B- and T-cell response; there is also a greater understanding of the significance of non-neutralizing antibodies during FMDV infection and the interactions of antibody-bound virus with immune cells. This knowledge is directly relevant to vaccine development, as well as understanding protection and cross-protection. Despite ongoing research, significant knowledge gaps remain in the areas of neonatal and mucosal immunity. The impact of maternally derived antibody upon the neonate's ability to respond to FMD vaccination has received some attention, but few firm conclusions can be drawn at this stage, and little is known of the cellular response of young animals in general. The mucosal immune system of FMDV-susceptible species requires continued characterization, especially if the potential of mucosal vaccine-delivery systems is to be realized for FMD immunization."}
{"text":"PRINT THIS DATA\nThis climate climate zone covers from about 44°N to 50°N latitude mostly east of the 100th meridian in North America. However, it can be found as far north as 54°N, and further west in the Canadian Prairie Provinces and below 40°N in the high Appalachians. In Europe this subtype reaches its most northerly latitude at nearly 61° N. Areas featuring this subtype of the continental climate have an average temperature in the warmest month below 22°C (22°F). Summer high temperatures in this zone typically average between 21-28°C (70-82°F) during the daytime and the average temperatures in the coldest month are generally far below the -3 °C (27°F) mark.\nThe Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is \"Dfb\". (Warm Summer Continental Climate).\nThe average temperature for the year in Palisade Lakes is 38.9°F (3.8°C). The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of 59.8°F (15.4°C). The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 18.7°F (-7.4°C).\nThe highest recorded temperature in Palisade Lakes is 89.0°F (31.7°C), which was recorded in June. The lowest recorded temperature in Palisade Lakes is -33.0°F (-36.1°C), which was recorded in January.\nThe average amount of precipitation for the year in Palisade Lakes is 22.0\" (558.8 mm). The month with the most precipitation on average is August with 3.1\" (78.7 mm) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is June with an average of 1.1\" (27.9 mm). There are an average of 86.0 days of precipitation, with the most precipitation occurring in August with 13.0 days and the least precipitation occurring in June with 5.0 days.\nIn Palisade Lakes, there's an average of 128.8\" of snow (0 cm). The month with the most snow is January, with 29.9\" of snow (75.9 cm)."}
{"text":"TEST NO2 test kit for measuring the concentration of nitrite (NO2-) in fresh and salt water. Test intended for measuring the concentration of nitrite (NO2-) within the range of 0.0-3.3 mg/l in fresh and salt water. It is convenient and extremely easy to use.\nThe relevant reagent solution is added to the water drop by drop until the colour of the sample changes, then it should be compared with the colour scale provided. The sources of nitrites are fish excreta, uneaten food and other organic wastes which accumulate in the aquarium and are broken down by the bacteria. The concentration of nitrites in the aquarium should be zero, as they are very dangerous for the fish. The highest concentration of nitrites is usually observed in new, overpopulated tanks or after treatment with bactericidal agents. For further water inspection we recommend other Tropical tests."}
{"text":"Goethe’s celebrated travel diary from his trip to Italy in 1788 continues to be a source of inspiration today. What the poet saw and described then, still fascinates travelers today. The photographer Helmut Schlaiß embarked on an extensive photographic quest in his classic vintage Renault. For two years he followed the famous poet's itinerary, searching for what Goethe once captured in drawings and texts - idyllic places, renowned architecture, typical landscapes. Goethe may have seen and described the world in color, but Schlaiß immortalizes it enchantingly in his black-and-white photographs. He did not intend to create a replica, but rather sought ways to artistically sensualize a journey with all its special places and stations. With this approach, what Goethe saw more than 230 years ago can be experienced as living, breathing culture. The 2,000-year-old history of ancient Italy inspired Goethe and Schlaiß alike, and it will inspire you too.\nHelmut Schlaiß worked in fashion and product photography for many years before he started to produce his own projects as a photo artist. His works often reflect the grandeur and beauty of nature. He became fascinated by this topic early in life while growing up at the foot of the Swabian Alps, where he discovered his passion for photography. His images of the Lone Valley, one of the most important geotopes in Germany, have been awarded by the EU. His work also includes elaborate photo reportages, for which he travels throughout Europe. At 60, Schlaiß experienced a creative crisis and, like Goethe, decided to travel to Italy to seek new energy and find new sources of inspiration. In the process, he developed the idea to photographically capture the impressions of the great poet. The resulting photo reportage was then published by Manesse Verlag in a gorgeous volume and has since been exhibited several times.\n|1953 ||Born in Langenau |\n| ||Active photographer since 1984 |\n| ||Lives and works in Langenau |"}
{"text":"This 10-week course for non-science majors focuses on a single problem: assessing the risk of human-caused climate change. The story ranges from physics to chemistry, biology, geology, fluid mechanics, and quantum mechanics, to economics and social sciences. The class will consider evidence from the distant past and projections into the distant future, keeping the human time scale of the next several centuries as the bottom line. The lectures follow a textbook, \"Global Warming, Understanding the Forecast,\" written for the course. See related links for more info about the book. (source)\nI haven't read the book, nor have I had a chance to look at the lectures, but if the lectures are half as good as the blurbs for the book suggest they might be, they will be a very useful resource.\nI'm delighted that Archer has made them available.\n1An example, perhaps, of Randy Olson's claim that we'll all have to start making videos as part of our science communication portfolio. A video of a lecture isn't what he had in mind, of course, but it's a start."}
{"text":"Protecting Intellectual Capital \"Intellectual capital\" is the sum of an organization's ideas, inventions, technologies, brands, general knowledge, software, designs, processes, etc. (i.e. knowledge that can be converted into profit) Intellectual capital is a broad term used to identify all knowledge assets of an organization such as ideas, inventions, technologies, brands, general knowledge, software, designs, or processes. In addition to the knowledge assets mentioned above, the intellectual capital may also include the experience and skills of the employees and their ability to acquire more knowledge. In general, the intellectual capital is formed of that non-common knowledge that might have value for a competitor. In this knowledge-based economy, the strategic use of the intellectual capital has become one of the most important aspects of running a successful business. More and more SMEs realize that they may extract more value, and in an easier way, by strategically using their intellectual capital instead of competing on price alone. The formal ownership of most of intellectual capital is done through IP. Quite often, the most important knowledge asset of an organization is its intellectual property (IP) since it may be better identified, valued and legally protected. In Canada, the IP assets that may be protected by formal legislation are patents, trade-marks, industrial designs, copyrights, integrated circuit topographies, and plant breeders' rights. Know-how and trade secrets are forms of IP that are not protected by formal legislation but are provided national and international value. The strategic management of IP assets can give a company a proprietary market advantage, improve its financial performance, and enhance its competitive advantage. It is, therefore, important that SMEs have a proactive approach to stimulate the creation and wise management of their IP assets."}
{"text":"Started by Lynn Olver in 1999, the Food Timeline provides citations and short histories of food practices and traditions from the origins of human civilization to the present day.\nSlow Food International history\nTimeline of the organization’s key events and manifestos.\nFeminism, Food, and the American Table\nThis is a chronology I began compiling (using Knightlab’s timeline tool) to show a range of feminist attitudes toward kitchens and cooking in 20th century America. WordPress-hosted sites do not permit iframes, so I am unable to embed the timeline as I wished to do, but clicking through should allow you to browse a few examples of cookbooks, manifestos, artworks, and novels set in chronological order. It’s far from a comprehensive collection, but is intended to show the variety and complexity of women’s relationships to domestic labor as their expectations for work and family changed during this decade."}
{"text":"There has been much controversy in modern times about women's roles in the church. What does the Bible say about elders, pastors, preachers and ministry?\n\"Ministry\" is used to mean different things by different groups. Let's first address the type of ministry that includes serving as pastors or elders.\nThe Gospels show that Jesus selected only men to serve as His first apostles. Early Church history (the book of Acts) shows that the Church continued selecting only men to serve as elders and pastors. Therefore, we conclude that a woman's role in the Church, although unique and valuable, does not include ordination to this type of ministry or preaching during church services (1 Timothy:2:11-12).\nHowever, women served as teachers, with the older women training the younger ones (Titus:2:3-5). Some organizations today call this type of service \"women's ministry.\" The United Church of God does not, lest anyone misconstrue that we are ordaining women as elders or pastors.\nWomen members of the Church of God have long served in many responsibilities, from providing musical accompaniment at church services, special music and directing children's choirs to teaching Sabbath schools, welcoming guests, organizing potlucks and church socials—and much more.\nAlso, the United Church of God ordains qualified women to the office of deaconess, as the early New Testament Church of God did. These women assist pastors in caring for the local congregations, often in meeting the unique needs of the women members.\nFor more information, please read our booklet The Church Jesus Built ."}
{"text":"Heritage of the Atomic-Bomb Experience: What needs to be conveyed？\nhps_39_69.pdf 770 KB\nSince the Atomic-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the A-Bomb Survivors (hibakusha) have struggled through a myriad of trials and tribulations beyond our imagination. Overcoming their anger and animosity, they have chosen to shoulder the responsibility o f a dvocating f or a nuclear-free world, germinating a worldwide movement in the pursuit of universal peace. Their population, however, is fast declining, and the urgency of preserving and passing on the hibakushas’ Atomic-bomb Experience has been keenly felt in recent decades. Yet no holistic discussion has taken place as to what we can inherit and what we should pass on to future generations as the Atomicbomb Experience. This empirical study first examines the annual Peace Declarations from 1947 to 2017 to determine when the local government of Hiroshima began to raise this issue. Second, using a large database of nationwide hibakusha surveys, their authentic discourse is extensively analyzed to determine what comprises the A-bomb damage that forms the backbone of the A-bomb Experience. Based on the outcome of quantitative and qualitative analysis, four points are discussed: which aspects of the heritage of the hibakushas’ first-hand experience we should grasp, what we must convey to the next generation, what we must do now to ensure the inheritance and, lastly, drawing on examples from the ongoing initiatives of the Hiroshima’s local government and universities, the possibility of passing on the A-bomb experience.\nThis research was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers: 15H03137 and 17F17014.\nHiroshima Peace Science\n|date of issued||\nDepartmental Bulletin Paper\nDepartmental Bulletin Papers\nCopyright (c) 2018 広島大学平和科学研究センター\nInstitute for Peace Science\nLast 12 months's access : ? times\nLast 12 months's DL: ? times\nThis month's access: ? times\nThis month's DL: ? times"}
{"text":"There is nothing new about yoga. Even in the Yoga Sutras (ancient Hindu texts), it was taught, and its path of relaxation and meditation used as a path to inner tranquility.\nIn the western world, the first mention of yoga is when two students from the East met in India to study it. Its influence is seen today in the form of yoga schools, yoga supplements, yoga videos, and the numerous yoga products out there that help people reach their yoga goals. For the most part, westerners appreciate the benefits that yoga brings.\nThe main reason that yoga works is the combination of physical activity and mental calmness. When we become less anxious, less stressed, and a little more relaxed, we are able to focus our attention on something else besides our stress and anxiety. This is when we find our focus returning to us quickly. Yoga offers us a safe place to use our minds to relax.\nThe benefits of yoga for the mind include the ability to focus our thoughts and get more done, the ability to be more aware of our body, and also a much better understanding of what we are doing physically during the physical activities we do. We know that exercising is good for us, but we don’t always remember that if we aren’t mindful of what we are doing during our physical exercise activities. By paying attention and focusing on physical aspects, we can achieve things we never thought possible."}
{"text":"Scientists take inspiration from `insect legs` to perk up aircraft designs\nTo improve the safety of long tubular structures which are used in aircrafts and hospital equipments to reduce weight, researchers are taking ideas from insect legs.\nWashington DC: To improve the safety of long tubular structures which are used in aircrafts and hospital equipments to reduce weight, researchers are taking ideas from insect legs.\nTrinity College Dublin scientists looked at how different leg shapes of locusts, cockroaches, stick insects and bees bend and buckle when stress is applied to them.\nProfessor David Taylor said that thin-walled tubes were prone to failure by buckling and it was also difficult to predict the loading conditions which caused buckling, especially for tubes of non-standard cross section.\nFor the research the researchers chose insects with different leg shape and lifestyles.\nThe study found out that stick insects have five longitudinal ridges running down their legs which help them in resisting a particular type of buckling called elastic buckling where as bees have legs with a triangular cross section.\nMoreover, locusts and cockroaches have hollow legs with near-circular cross sections and they come close to breaking their legs when they jump.\nHoping that understanding insect cuticle would inspire future biomimetic materials, Taylor said that even though the arthropod cuticle was one of the most common materials in the world, they didn't know much about it."}
{"text":"COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - Watch the live coverage of Tropical Storm Michael in the Midlands from WIS News 10.\nWeather terms to know ahead of Tropical Storm Michael\n- Watches mean severe weather is possible - just be weather ALERT.\n- Warnings mean severe weather is happening and you need to go to a safe place. In a tornado warning, it's a small room, lowest floor, near the center, and away from windows.\nWhat to do if a tornado is in your area, via Ready.gov:\nTornadoes can destroy buildings, flip cars, and create deadly flying debris. Tornadoes are violently rotating columns of air that extend from a thunderstorm to the ground. Tornadoes can:\n- Happen anytime and anywhere;\n- Bring intense winds, over 200 MPH; and\n- Look like funnels.\nIF YOU ARE UNDER A TORNADO WARNING, FIND SAFE SHELTER RIGHT AWAY\n- If you can safely get to a sturdy building, then do so immediately.\n- Go to a safe room, basement, or storm cellar.\n- If you are in a building with no basement, then get to a small interior room on the lowest level.\n- Stay away from windows, doors, and outside walls.\n- Do not get under an overpass or bridge. You’re safer in a low, flat location.\n- Watch out for flying debris that can cause injury or death.\n- Use your arms to protect your head and neck.\nCheck back for more updates."}
{"text":"The image: After Japan's earthquake and the ensuing Fukushima nuclear disaster, the FDA issued assurances that most Japanese food was safe to eat. Unconvinced (like many), German artist Nils Ferber has invented the Fukushima Plate, an easy way to double-check. A built-in radioactive meter signals an alarm if radioactive food is placed on the otherwise normal plate. Depending on the level of contamination, one, two, or three rings light up around the plate's edge. (See image below) If none of the rings illuminate, the food is clean. While the Fukushima Plate is still just a concept, Ferber says \"it might become an indispensable tool of survival in the future.\"\nThe reaction: Good idea, but there's one problem, says Jaymi Heimbuch at Treehugger. Wouldn't people want to test the food \"before they prepare their meal, or even buy the ingredients?\" Plus, this plate seems kind of pointless, says Raymond Wong at DVICE. \"There really shouldn't be much to worry about.\" Still, having considered these photos, \"we're going to stick to a strictly tofu-and-dragon-fruit diet for a bit,\" says Jaya Saxena at Gothamist. See the ring system in action:\n(Image courtesy Nils Ferber)"}
{"text":"Provided by: International Journal of Computer Applications\nDigital up converters are used at the transmitter side to up convert the baseband signal to intermediate frequency signal. Digital down converters are used at receiver side to down convert intermediate frequency signal to baseband signal. DUC and DDU modules are designed using System generator Xilinx block set and generated Verilog code for the same. This paper deals with the implementation of high performance digital up converter and digital down converter for software defined radio application. Simulation is performed using Isim and synthesis is carried out using Xilinx ISE 13.2. Design has implemented on vertex-4 FPGA board. The power consumed in this design is 52.6mWatts and the maximum operating frequency is up to 336.1MHz and total time taken for output is 2.93ns."}
{"text":"Google’s driverless car is leading the way to a future of vehicles that use radar sensors and video cameras to keep vehicles moving along the road with little input from the driver. As some worry that current laws do not encompass the technology, the State of Nevada recently gave Google the world’s first license for a computer-controlled, driverless Toyota Prius. But not everyone is entirely comfortable with the new technology—Consumer Watchdog recently told the California Assembly’s Transportation Committee that Google’s driverless cars should not be allowed on the road without strong privacy protection.\nThe California committee recently held a hearing earlier this week on SB 1298—the bill that would allow self-driven cars such as those being developed by Google—on the state’s highways. John M. Simpson, Consumer Watchdog’s Privacy Project director feels that simply listing the data the cars will collect does not provide enough sufficient protection.\n“SB 1298 must be amended to provide that driverless cars gather only the data necessary to operate the vehicle and retain that data only as long as necessary for their operation. It should not be used for any additional purpose such as marketing or advertising without the consumer’s explicit opt-in consent.”\n“Consumer Watchdog supports driverless car technology and predicts it will be commonplace sooner than many of us expect,” wrote Simpson. “However, it must not be allowed to become yet another way to track us in our daily lives.”\nGoogle is not the alone in the development of driver-less cars. Ford just announced that it is developing new Traffic Jam Assist technology that uses most of the technology that is already on a number of Ford models. Ford feels that the new technology will not only reduce driver fatigue, but it will reduce traffic congestion, leading to less time on the road and millions of gallons of fuel saved per year.\nVia PR Newswire"}
{"text":"|Brothers Lewis & Clark|\n|Faithful companion \"Seaman\"|\n~On the return trip home, Lewis was accidentally shot by a member of the Corps of Discovery--one of the party's hunters who was described as blind in one and, and unable to see well out of the other. He mistook Lewis as an Elk, and shot him in the thigh.\n~Despite the long odds, the Corps of Discovery only lost one member of the party. Sergeant Charles Floyd died of acute appendicitis shortly after the journey began.\n~Not only did the Corps of Discovery learn the geography and terrain of the American West, and mapped many of the rivers and streams, but they also learned about 178 plant species and 122 animal species. They sent many samples they collected back to President Thomas Jefferson--including a live prairie dog!\n~Lewis and Clark, by mapping the Northwest territory not only helped establish a claim on the Oregon territory, but because of the great amount of attention the newspapers spent talking about the discoveries of the Corps of Discovery, the idea of Western expansion caught on. And Jefferson's dream of a nation that stretched from sea to shining sea eventually became a reality."}
{"text":"Blechnaceae, Ingmar Holmasenthe chain fern family, containing 9 genera and some 200 species, in the division Pteridophyta (the lower vascular plants). The family occurs nearly around the world but is most diverse in tropical regions of the Southern Hemisphere. Nearly all of the species are terrestrial or grow on rocks. Some species of Blechnum and Sadleria develop short, stout, trunklike stems and stiff, leathery leaves, which give them the appearance more of a cycad than a typical fern. Leaf morphology is extremely variable, ranging from pinnately lobed to several times pinnately compound, and the vegetative and fertile leaves are dimorphic in some genera. The sori vary from bean-shaped to linear and in most genera are positioned along both sides of the midrib of the leaflets or leaf divisions. Occasionally, they appear to cover the entire surface of the underside of fertile leaves. Often they are covered with a membranous protective flap of tissue (indusium), which is attached laterally along the inner side of the sorus. The spores are mostly bean-shaped (bilateral). A number of species of Blechnum (deer fern), Doodia (hacksaw fern), and Woodwardia (chain fern) are cultivated as ornamentals in gardens, greenhouses, conservatories, and homes."}
{"text":"Zheng Xie (鄭燮, 郑燮, 1693-1765), commonly known by his pseudonym as Zheng Banqiao (鄭板橋), was a painter from Jiangsu Province. He began his life in poverty, but rose in the imperial exam system to become a magistrate in Shandong. He refused to ingratiate himself with senior officials and became critical of the life of government officials. When Zheng tried to get funding for the poor, he exasperated senior officials. So he decided to resign. After that, Zheng expressed himself in art and became one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. He was noted for his drawing of bamboo, orchids and stones. In 1748 he resumed his official career briefly as \"official calligrapher and painter\" for Emperor Qianlong.\nZheng was also a calligrapher who created a new calligraphy style influenced by his orchid drawings. Added to this, he had an interest in literature and poetry. He preferred to write about ordinary people in a natural style.\nArtworks by Zheng Xie (view the entire painting gallery)"}
{"text":"Red Alga Invasive Species Information\nWhat Is Red Alga - (Grateloupia doryphora)?\nHabitat: prefers to live in shallow, protected subtidal waters, and likes to attach itself to hard substrates. It can survive water temperatures between 4 and 28° C, and salinities between 12 and 52 parts per thousand.\nDistribution in Ireland: Coastal Areas\nFamily name: Grateloupia\nReproduction: Spores develop giving rise to filaments and blades.\nRed Alga - Grateloupia doryphora\nHow To Identify Red Alga?\nColour: Red, olive green, brown\nSize: The ribbon-like blades of this seaweed can reach a size of 100 cm by 20 cm, but are usually much smaller.\nRed alga prefers shallow, protected subtidal waters attaching itself to hard substrates.\nRed Alga - Grateloupia doryphora ID Guide\nWhy Is Red Alga A Problem?\nWhere Red Aga co-exists, it usually out competes the other non-native species.\nIt can invade the habitat of a native seaweed, Chondrus crispus, aka: \"Irish Moss\", and crowd it out. Irish moss is used commercially to manufacture carigeen, and also provides an important winter food source for local marine invertebrates.\nAdditionally, the long blades of Red Alga can shade out other local species of algae and prevent them from growing nearby."}
{"text":"Noah and the Flood Big Book Set\nDelight young children with Big Book Sets that feature engaging stories from The Catholic Children’s Bible!\nThe Big Books introduce young children to the joy of reading and help them to delve into the actual story in a group setting. The individual Student Books allow the students to follow along or read independently. The Vocabulary and Tell It! Cards will help to reinforce their learning and improve their comprehension.\nEach Big Book set contains a:\n- Big Book (14\" x 21”)\n- Student Book 6-Pack (6\" x 9\")\n- Tell It! Cards\n- Vocabulary Cards\nUse classic big books to engage young readers and introduce them to the Bible.\n- Noah and the Flood Big Book, measuring 14 in. x 21 in., is designed to be easy to read and hold in front of a group of children\n- The Big Book expands on one of the featured stories from The Catholic Children’s Bible by using beautiful artwork directly from the Bible to help tell the story\n- At the end of the book there are Guiding Comprehension Questions designed to help children understand what happens in the story and how they can apply the lessons to their own lives\n- Each of the inside spreads is reproduced on the back cover, making it easy for a teacher read to the class while holding\nWe Also Recommend"}
{"text":"Keeping it simple: modelling\nPhysics Narrative for 5-11 11-14\nThe world seen through forces spectacles can be very complex. There are many more forces acting in the situation than those shown. (Think of the forces exerted by the muscles in the strained forearm and in the aching fingers.) To help you make sense of the complex world of forces, there is a simple strategy: focus on an object and its interactions with its environment – both local and remote. So first isolate one object from its environment. Here, let's choose the hand. Then identify the forces acting on it by considering the interactions of that object with the environment.\nHere's what we do:\n- Identify the object.\n- Isolate it from the environment.\n- Identify the forces acting by thinking about interactions with the environment.\nIn moving between steps 2 and 3 we're building a model of the situation. How do we know what to include in the model? By paying attention to the situation.\nHere two elements of the local environment are both stretched – the forearm and the bag. They're warped, and we'll see that these kinds of distortion lead to a tension or compression force.\nMaking a model\nNow consider the forces acting on the bag.\nThe process of simplifying a complex situation by concentrating on one part is an example of scientific modelling. An even simpler sketch of the situation might reduce the bag and its contents to a\npoint, as shown in the additional step here.\nLet's summarise the three stages in this modelling process:\n- Focus on one object of interest.\n- Isolate this object from its environment, drawing it as simply as possible.\n- Look at the world through\nforces spectacles, enabling the identification of forces by considering interactions between object and environment.\nThe key idea is that we're dealing with the world one object at a time – no more."}
{"text":"During the Fourth Crusade in 1204, much of Constantinople and its priceless architecture was destroyed by the crusading Christian armies from western Europe. Following a lengthy siege, the Latin Christian armies broke through the city’s defences and sacked some of its most important sites, including the Hagia Sofia and Justinian’s tomb. Although the attackers were fellow Christians, the cultural differences that had developed during the long separation of the eastern and western churches meant that the sacking of the city was especially brutal. After Constantinople briefly became the centre of the Latin Empire, its prized monuments and buildings were largely neglected because funds were severely limited and had to be spent on the tenuous defence of the crusader empire. The emperor of Nicaea, John III, reportedly sent his own funds to the Latin Crusaders to ensure that they did not further desecrate important churches in their search for saleable materials.\n— OR —\nCall 0113 4577 990"}
{"text":"Brush Up Your Bible!\nWhat did Israel sow in order to \"reap the whirlwind\"? Where did the \"prodigal son\" go to spend his inheritance? What is a \"plowshare\" and how can you beat a sword into one? Learn about these and other well-known words, phrases, and stories of the Old and New Testaments that have entered our everyday language. Includes black-and-white line drawings by Tom Lulevitch, a helpful index to key words and phrases, and a section on expressions that are mistakenly attributed to the Bible.\n16 pages matching Judah in this book\nResults 1-3 of 16\nWhat people are saying - Write a review\nThe Hebrew Bible Old Testament i\nThe New Testament\n1 other sections not shown\nAdam angels Apostle appears beast behold biblical Blessed book of Isaiah bread Cain called cast century B.C. chapter Christ Christian church coined Corinthians Coverdale death Deuteronomy disciples earth Ecclesiastes Egypt enemies English Epistle evil Exodus faith father flesh Genesis Geneva Bible goats God's gods Gospel Greek hand hath heart heaven Hebrew Bible holy Isaiah Israel Israelites Jacob Jeroboam Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews John Jonah Judah King James translation King James Version kingdom land Leviticus Lord Luke Matthew means metaphor Miles Coverdale Moses original passage Paul Paul the Apostle Paul's Pharaoh Pharisees Philistine phrase prophet Proverbs Psalm quoted refers Revelation Romans saith Samuel Satan Saul say unto seven sins speak spirit story sword Testament thee thine things thou shalt Torah Tyndale usage verse wilderness William Tyndale wine words Wyclif Yahweh YHWH"}
{"text":"What you may notice\nIt's not unusual for babies to drool when they're teething, and toddlers may have problems when they switch from liquid to solid food. You might notice that your toddler pushes food out of his mouth with his tongue, won't eat certain kinds of foods, or refuses to eat for the rest of the day after he's had a huge breakfast. Your toddler also might have a sensitive gag reflex that makes him gag or choke when you try to feed him food with lumps or new textures.\nThese issues usually aren't anything to worry about. But check with his doctor if your child consistently refuses food or has difficulty eating, suddenly chokes or gags on foods he was able to eat before, or drools much more than other kids his age.\nWhat causes it\nA very sore throat (which could be caused by a number of things, including the flu, an abscess, laryngitis, or tonsillitis) can make a toddler refuse to eat. A viral infection that inflames the mucous lining of the mouth and throat is another common cause of temporary swallowing problems in children.\nOn the other hand, persistent problems with eating could signal an oral-motor disorder, meaning that your child can't control the muscles needed for swallowing. Other possible causes of persistent feeding problems include certain nervous system disorders, reflux, or developmental disabilities.\nWhat your doctor may recommend\nYour child's doctor will do a thorough physical examination which might include blood work, X-rays, a \"swallow study,\" CT scans, or other diagnostic tests. Depending on the problem, she might recommend occupational therapy, perhaps combined with speech and language therapy. Or she might refer you to a specialist who treats developmental disorders.\nNext warning sign: Your Child's Motor Skills Are Regressing"}
{"text":"Looks like: 21 years ago I was in the middle of learning Russian, or trying. I wanted to know if there was a text on how Russian children learn Russian, looking for a hack to learn it faster.\nDate: Fri, 1 Oct 1999\nSubject: What styles of speaking do Russian children use?\nI can give you a very good reference:\nKorney Chukovskiy “Ot dvuh do pyati” (“From 2 till 5″)\nIt is an incredible book focused on children’s thinking and the way they express their thoughts through speech.\nYou won’t regret reading it. I suppose it’s not difficult to find, or is it?\nOn Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Udut, Kenneth wrote:\n> What styles of speaking do Russian children use?\n> In other words, how does a 2 yr old Russian child speak?\n> What about a 3 yr old, then a 4 yr old?\n> I’m sure there have been studies on this somewhere,\n> and if anybody could either give examples, or\n> point me to a website or perhaps a citation or\n> book on the subject, I would greatly\n> appreciate it!\n> [for example, standard order of words\n> acquired, the way the words are used, to\n> Kenneth Udut\n> Kenneth.Udut at SPCORP.COM"}
{"text":"Check out some braking tips to improve your ride. Braking is a significant skills that you'll need in order to stop faster, gain seconds when you are running through corners, going down descents and riding in groups.\nThis video will help you improve your braking skills.\nBreaking in corners - breaking puts additional demand on your tires that can potentially overload them that can cause you to lose grip, chances are you can touch the breaks and not lose traction that could've gone through the time faster. The reality is that most of us do breaks in corners but the golden rule is make sure that you let them off when you clear the apex of the corners and then start to accelerate. In emergencies, when you apply the breaks full on mid turn make sure you straigthen up as you turn and then run wide if you can.\nBreaking in races - as well as moderating your speed certain braking situations call for slightly different technique and one of this in bunch situations as a bunch turns on a sharp corner is a concertina effect. It means the riders at the back would need to break harder before they reach the corner and ride around slower and then accelerate back at speed afterwards. It's incredibly draining, and can take even a really strong rider apart and something like a criterion race. You can get around this though by doing your break early and leave a small gap between you and the rider in front of you. This little gap will mean that you have to slow down as much on the corner as you can use it to close the gap rolling back onto the wheel on front and exerting more speed.\nAir Braking - When you do need to break sit up at the same time your body will act as an air break and improve your stability at the same time."}
{"text":"Amid the many changes that COVID has brought to education, you don’t want your students to feel leery of upcoming testing. You want to make sure that you have a plan in place to make sure that your students can put their best foot forward, but also make sure that they are not stressed out.\nThe best way to ensure you adequately prepare your students for testing is to plan your desired course of action.\n- Determine what you want to cover – What content do you want to cover? Find out what topics/skills will be covered on the test. You can review data from Knowre Math’s Teacher Dashboard to determine what topics you may want to put more emphasis on.\n- Set your order – What order do you want to cover those topics/skills? Some teachers like to work backwards, starting with the most recently covered material.\n- List what strategies/activities you want to use - Not all strategies are effective for all students. Use strategies that you feel work best for your group of students. Some strategies include: mini-lessons and games. More can be found on Joana’s post on Test Prep Fun on The Not So Wimpy Teacher website.\nHere are some ideas to use for test prep:\n- Use Knowre Math’s Targeted 10 for formative assessment after reviewing topics or skills\n- Make content review fun and engaging\n- Teach test-taking strategies\n- Partner with parents\n- Encourage parents to reinforce test prep at home\n- Provide suggestions on how parents can help. You can provide resources such as Scholastic’s article on Preparing Your Child For Testing.\n- Communicate student progress\n- Brain Breaks\nAs you navigate the ever-changing environment that COVID has brought, ensure that you are choosing effective ways to prepare your students for testing."}
{"text":"Before you start preparing for the LSAT, it is a good idea to learn about the LSAT scoring patterns. Understanding your LSAT scores help you to prepare more efficiently for the exam.\nYour LSAT scores are calculated on a 120-180 scale. This means that your raw scores are converted to an LSAT scale where 120 is the minimum and 180 is the maximum you can score on the exam. The LSAT awards you for all the corrections correctly answered in the exam. The best part? There is no negative markings for wrong answers.\nAlong with your LSAT Scores, you also receive a percentile rank. This number gives you an understanding of your scores relative to other test takers. Percentile ranks are calculate on the percentage of candidates whose scores were lower than yours during the previous three testing years. A percentile rank is given for each of your scores. While the LSAT percentile rank is calculated on the scores of the past three years, there is no reason to worry as percentiles change only minutely every year.\nWhat else you can do inside qs leap ?\nThe LSAT score report also contains a score band. For instance, if your LSAT score is 150, you may receive a score band of roughly 147-153. This plus or minus three figure indicates the general scoring range you fall into and estimate your actual proficiency level.\nWhile it may seem a little difficult to fathom at first, a little experience is all it takes to master the scoring pattern. Take lots of practice tests to familiarize yourself with the exam scoring.\nRead Next: LSAT Preparation Strategies"}
{"text":"When it is completed in 2016, the five hundred meter aperture spherical telescope (FAST) will be the world's largest, overtaking Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory, which is only 300 meters in diameter.\nA radio signal as far as tens of billions of light years away could possibly be caught by the telescope, which will extend China's space tracking scope from moon's orbit to the outside edge of the solar system upon its completion next year.\nAs FAST needs a strong computing system to support massive data storage and processing, the Institute of Computing Technology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASICT), Dawning Information Industry Co. and China (Guizhou) Skyeye Group have signed an agreement in November 2014 to jointly build a Qiannan Super Computing Center in Guizhou.\nFAST daily peak demand will be above 200 teraflops per second and its first-phase storage demand will be more than 10 petabyte, said Zhang Peiheng, a researcher with the CASICT.\nSkyeye-1, with its quadrillion computing operations per second and high-speed network of 100 gigabytes per second, can easily meet the demands of the telescope, said Ren Jingyang, vice president of Dawning Information Industry Co.\nThe construction of the telescope began in March 2011 in a natural, bowl-shaped valley in the southern part of Guizhou."}
{"text":"Then, in 1850, it became part of Utah Territory. The Mormon Station settlement was established in 1849 in Carson Valley. Mormon Station later became Genoa. However, it wasn’t until the Comstock Lode was discovered in 1859 that more people really began to settle in what is now Nevada.\nUp until that time, Nevada was nothing more than a stopping point for travelers on the way to seek gold in California. Nevada’s Virginia City mining camp became quite famous and, as settlers and prospectors came to the area, it was eventually organized into Nevada Territory. That occurred in 1861.\nNevada Counties – The Nevada Territory, was organized on March 2, 1861. The State of Nevada was created as the 36th state on October 31, 1864. Nevada borders Arizona in the southeast, California, Idaho, Oregon and Utah.\nIt has 16 Counties and 1 Independent City. The Nevada state capital is located in Carson City and the official state website is nv.gov/.\nSelect a Nevada county to view information & records pertaining to each County"}
{"text":"How many inches are in a cm?\nDo you are looking to convert 230 centimeters to a number in inches? first, you should be aware of how many inches 1 cm equals.\nThis is how I will give you a direct indication that one cm is equivalent to 0.3937 inches.\nThe centimeter unit is a base unit of length.\nIt equals to 0.01 meter.\nThis unit is used in CGS system, maps, home repaire and all areas in our life.\nA single centimeter is about the same as 39.37 inches.\nFacts about Inch\nThe inch is a unit of length in the UK and the US customary systems of measurement. An inch is equal to 1/12 of a foot or 1/36 yard.\nHow to convert 1 cm to inches?\nFor 1cm to inches conversion, multiply 1cm using a conversion factor 0.3937.\nThis allows you to easily convert 230cm into inches.\nAlso, 1 cm into inches = 1 cm x 0.3937 = 0.3937 inches, precisely.\nThis allows you to answer this question with ease and simplicity.\n- What is one centimeter into inches?\n- What is cm to inches conversion formula?\n- How many inches equals 1 cm?\n- What does 1 cm equal to in inches?\nHow do I convert 230 cm to inches?\nFrom the above, you have a good grasp of cm to inches.\nThis is it:\nValue in inches = value in cm × 0.3937\nSo, 230 cm to inches = 230 cm × 0.3937 = 90.551 inches\nThis formula can also be used to answer similar questions:\n- What is the formula for converting 230 cm to inches?\n- How big is cm to inches?\n- How to change cm to inches?\n- How to turn cm to inches?\n- What is 230 cm equal to in inches?\n|229.2 cm||90.23604 inches|\n|229.3 cm||90.27541 inches|\n|229.4 cm||90.31478 inches|\n|229.5 cm||90.35415 inches|\n|229.6 cm||90.39352 inches|\n|229.7 cm||90.43289 inches|\n|229.8 cm||90.47226 inches|\n|229.9 cm||90.51163 inches|\n|230 cm||90.551 inches|\n|230.1 cm||90.59037 inches|\n|230.2 cm||90.62974 inches|\n|230.3 cm||90.66911 inches|\n|230.4 cm||90.70848 inches|\n|230.5 cm||90.74785 inches|\n|230.6 cm||90.78722 inches|\n|230.7 cm||90.82659 inches|\n|230.8 cm||90.86596 inches|"}
{"text":"When animals move to find better living conditions it is called migration. Whether by land, sea, or air, animals migrate for their survival. This book explores the migratory patterns of animals like the wildebeest, the albatross, the Monarch butterfly, and the Atlantic salmon. So get ready to pack your bags and migrate as you learn about the world of animal migration! This book will allow students to make observations of animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats."}
{"text":"Multimedia Law Law and Legal Definition\nMultimedia works are created by combining \"content\" - music, text, graphics, illustrations, photographs, and software. There are four major intellectual property laws in the United States that are important for multimedia developers:\nCopyright law, which protects original \"works of\nPatent law, which protects new, useful, and \"nonobvious\" inventions and processes.\nTrademark law, which protects words, names, and symbols used by manufacturers and businesses to identify their goods and services.\nTrade secret law, which protects valuable information not generally known that has been kept secret by its owner."}
{"text":"Friday, June 03, 2011\nOnly 35 centimeters water is needed for operation of a new Danish vessel for oil recovery. A Danish developed boat with two hulls and two outboard engines can gather oil from oil spills in shallow water where ordinary vessels cannot enter.\nThe oil catamaran, which is called SWORC (Shallow Water Oil Recovery Catamaran) collects oil using a skimmer, consisting of brushes, storing it in plastic bags. The boat was invented by the Danish ship design company KNUD E. HANSEN and according to the designers it can operate in down to 35 centimeters water depth.\nThe vessel can be transported by truck in a 20 foot container or on a trailer and has just been put into production at the yard Tuco Marine ApS.\nOil pollution in shallow water can be particularly hard on the animal and plant life: \"Out in the deep water, an oil spill on water surface does not affect the bottom because water and oil do not normally mix farther down in the water column than ten meters, the shallow water oil can have harmful effects on mussels, lobster and that sort\" said David Boertmann, senior scientist at Danish National Research Environmental Institute (DMU).\nAt the same time the oil is difficult to clean up when it reaches shore - especially if oil is washed up on rocky ground.\nThe company behind SWORC mentions an oil spill from the Baltic Carrier in the Baltic Sea in 2001 as an example of how difficult it can be to collect oil on shallow water. 1,100 of 2,400 tons of oil leaked from the Baltic Carrier was first smlet up as it reached the shore, which means that 13,300 tonnes of contaminated sand and soil at the same time had to be removed.\nDanish catamaran to collect oil in shallow water.\nOil spill near the coast harms both seabed and beach. New Danish vessel picks up where larger ships can not reach.\nSource: The Engineer Magazine.\nArticle from the Danish Engineer Magazine.\nRead the press release here.\nCopyright © KNUD E. HANSEN A/S"}
{"text":"Pages InformationWriter Jogye Date23 Jul 2015 Read4,817 Comment0\nHall of Patriarchs (Josa-jeon)\nThis hall is dedicated to eminent monks who played an important role in the establishment or revival of a temple or Buddhist order. A patriarch can be a great monk who established an order, a lineage holder (one who transmits the dharma), or simply a moral and upstanding monk.\nIn Seon (Zen) temples, when eminent monks pass away, a memorial stupa is established, and their portraits are enshrined in the Hall of Patriarchs. In temples where National Masters were produced, a Hall of National Masters (Guksa-jeon) is found instead of a Hall of Patriarchs.\n- excerpt from Buddhist English (Elementary 1) published in 2014 by the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism"}
{"text":"NEED OF YSF\nThe youth of our Nation, has to understand the society which is being influenced and shaped by Education, Science & Technology Development activities. Though the formal education plays a pivotal role, it needs field based studies to strengthen their understanding and hence the Youth Science Festival (YSF).\nOBJECTIVES OF YSF\nThe primary objective of the Youth Science Festival is to make a forum available to the youth of the age group of 17-25 yrs, inclusive of regular college students and the youth from other organizaitons, to exhibit their creativity and innovativeness and more particularly their ability to relate science to society and the addressing of various problems in society.\nThis will involve the youth in close and keen observation of manner and matter, raising pertinent questions, building models, predicting solutions on the basis of the models, trying out various possible alternatives and arriving at an optimum solution using experiments, field work, research and innovative ideas. The Youth Science Congress provides a platform for invention and innovation by the young minds in the use of science for the betterment of society and the growth of our nation and organising for a scientific, egalatarian society.\nFEATURES OF YOUTH SCIENCE FESTIVAL PROJECTS\nn Innovative, simple and practical\nn Based on exploration of everyday life-situations\nn May include field based data collection.\nn Development of suitable simple technology.\nn Definite outputs arrived through scientific methodology.\nn Definite follow up plans.\nn Projects will be assessed on the basis of problem chosen, presentation, data collection and\nanalysis, experimentation, validation, problem solving attempts (including technological) and team\nn 25 best projects will be selected for the state level.\nn All participants of the Youth Science Festival will be approciated with certificates.\nn Summary of the best projects will be published as a book\nby Tamil Nadu Science Forum."}
{"text":"Ultrasound examinations help physicians diagnose a variety of conditions that may produce symptoms such as pain, swelling and infection. They are especially useful for examining many of the body's internal organs, including but not limited to the:\n- Abdominal Aorta\n- Uterus, ovaries, and unborn child (fetus) in pregnant patients\n- Thyroid and parathyroid glands\n- Scrotum (testicles)\n- Upper and Lower Venous\nWhat is an Ultrasound?\nUltrasound, also known as sonography, is a safe exam that uses high-frequency sound waves to obtain images. Its main benefit is its ability to capture images in real-time without being invasive or using radiation.\nUltrasound images show the structure and movement of internal organs, as well as blood flow through the body's major arteries and veins. A doctor may order an ultrasound to identify changes in the appearance of organs, tissues or blood vessels.\nWhen you receive an ultrasound at Palos Imaging & Diagnostics, your images will be read by an experienced radiologist and a report will be sent to your ordering provider.\nConvenient evening and weekend hours are available\nSchedule your Ultrasound today."}
{"text":"A local area network (LAN) server is a program (and by implication usually the computer it runs in) that \"serves\" the resources (files, storage, application programs, printers, and other devices) for a number of attached workstations.\nIn an enterprise, a LAN server has an administrator (or someone who fills that role) and typically LAN services and the setting up and administration of the local area network are managed on behalf of users but not directly by the users.\nA LAN server can also be housed in a computer that has other servers such as a proxy server.\nNovell makes the most widely-installed LAN server. However, Windows NT and other servers are also commonly installed.\nContinue Reading About LAN server\n'LAN server' is part of the:\nView All Definitions"}
{"text":"If Daniel Burnham were alive today, he would recognize the importance of the Great Lakes and the need to protect this unique resource and the cities adjacent to its waters.\nBy scripting a vision for the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Region, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill hopes to bring the best of urban and environmental practices to the forefront as we celebrate the Centennial of the 1909 Plan of Chicago. This is a region of 105 million people that contains 21 percent of the world’s, and 84 percent of North America’s, fresh water. Living on an increasingly urbanized planet, it is critical that cities act sustainably and that the natural resources that surround us be protected.\nWe are calling for a global dialogue between scientists, scholars, urban designers, advocates, writers, politicians, students and residents. This vision addresses sprawling development, congestion, urban runoff, agricultural runoff, power generation, invasive species and the challenge of multiple jurisdictions. Seven fluid ideas are emerging around these themes:\n- Green Cities and Great Lakes\n- Bigger than a National Park\n- Great Minds and Great Lakes\n- Blue is the New Green\n- Tapping Renewable Energy\n- Achieving Mobility\n- Human Balance with Nature\nVIEW THE PRESENTATION >>\nSOM is currently engaged in discussions with multiple stakeholders in both the United States and Canada. This work will culminate in the Vision Plan later in 2009."}
{"text":"Tourism and recreation\nTourism, in the context of land-based sector, is considered in terms of business development, access to the countryside, field sports and outdoor & adventure recreation.Rural businesses typically service the demand for accommodation and participation in a range of leisure activities.\n- usage surveys\n- riparian topics and associated economic gains\n- an increasingly important factor in the economic activity of rural areas drawing visitors involved in walking, climbing, cycling, horse riding, canoeing, sailing and air sports\n- visitor attractions\n- destination management\nA number of universities and colleges specialise in tourism and leisure management with relevance to the rural sector. Sheffield Hallam University is host to the Countryside Recreation Network\nOpenFields brings together authoritative tourism and recreational information from universities, colleges and the industry.\nA sample of Items held in the Tourism and recreation category\n- Angling in the rural environment: Would more anglers be good for our countryside?\n- 1638: AgriChatUK - \"Agricultural shows\" discussion 15/11/12\n- Could protected landscapes have a leading role to play in the sustainable management of natural resources?\n- 1467: Upland Land Use and Recreation\n- 480: Tourism - opportunity to spend\n- Preventing or controlling ill health from animal contact at visitor attractions - summary of control measures\n- 1073: State of the countryside\n- 1739: Economic benefits of greenspace\n- 561: Why Farming matters - to Britain's rural life and culture\nSubcategories within Tourism and recreation\nWhere Am I?\nThe OpenFields Library is a free online library contains items of interest to practitioners and researchers in the agricultural and landbased industries."}
{"text":"Reshared post from +Google Quantum A.I. Lab Team\nqCraft: Quantum Physics In Minecraft\nWe built the Quantum A.I. Lab to explore the potential of quantum computing, and figure out what questions we should be asking. One question is clear: Where will future quantum computer scientists come from?\nOur best guess: Minecraft.\nMillions of kids are spending a whole lot of hours in Minecraft, not just digging caves and fighting monsters, but building assembly lines, space shuttles, and programmable computers, all in the name of experimentation and discovery.\nSo how do we get these smart, creative kids excited about quantum physics?\nWe talked to our friends at MinecraftEdu and Caltech’s Institute for Quantum Information and Matter and came up with a fun idea: a Minecraft modpack called qCraft. It lets players experiment with quantum behaviors inside Minecraft’s world, with new blocks that exhibit quantum entanglement, superposition, and observer dependency.\nOf course, qCraft isn’t a perfect scientific simulation, but it’s a fun way for players to experience a few parts of quantum mechanics outside of thought experiments or dense textbook examples.\nWe don’t even know the full potential of what you can make with qCraft, but we’re excited to see what Minecraft’s players can discover.\nYou can download qCraft now as part of the Tekkit, Hexxit, or Feed The Beast Unleashed modpacks, and find out more at www.qCraft.org."}
{"text":"Date: June 1951\nCreator: United States. Department of Agriculture. Production and Marketing Administration.\nDescription: Describes the School Lunch Program signed into law by President Truman in 1946 and its role in African-American schools. Provides guidance for parents and teachers wishing to start a local school lunch program. Includes reports from and photographs of successful school lunch programs throughout the southern United States.\nContributing Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department"}
{"text":"The home must have been beautiful when Francis “Frank” Lightfoot Lee built it in 1769 in Warsaw, Virginia for his wife, Becky. Called Menokin, the home saw Frank leave for Philadelphia when Frank signed the Declaration of Independence with his brother, Richard Henry Lee.\nAlthough the couple did not have children, Menokin stood through the Civil War, the War of 1812 and both World Wars. But a tree damaged it severely during the 1960s. Support from many people are bringing hope to raise glass and steel to protect the home and allow visitors to understand how the home was used in the 18th Century. The Menokin Foundation is hoping to put up the glass in 2017.\nMenokin was featured in a December 2015 article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch (http://www.richmond.com/life/home-garden/article_f1eb7c1c-732c-5220-ba43-9625d1e73df9.html). Perhaps a future DSDI meeting will include a trip to Menokin. We have been invited by Christina Markish, Development Associate of The Menokin Foundation, to publish these photographs. She encouraged us to visit Menokin and bring a picnic and kayaks, using the Virginia waters that Frank and Becky Lee loved.\nLucy Duke Tonacci\nNiece of Frank and Becky Lee"}
{"text":"Surfactant is a complex substance containing phospholipids and a number of apoproteins. This essential fluid is produced by the Type II alveolar cells, and lines the alveoli and smallest bronchioles. Surfactant reduces surface tension throughout the lung, thereby contributing to its general compliance. It is also important because it stabilizes the alveoli. Laplace’s Law tells us that the pressure within a spherical structure with surface tension, such as the alveolus, is inversely proportional to the radius of the sphere (P=4T/r for a sphere with two liquid-gas interfaces, like a soap bubble, and P=2T/r for a sphere with one liquid-gas interface, like an alveolus: P=pressure, T=surface tension, and r=radius). That is, at a constant surface tension, small alveoli will generate bigger pressures within them than will large alveoli. Smaller alveoli would therefore be expected to empty into larger alveoli as lung volume decreases. This does not occur, however, because surfactant differentiallyreduces surface tension, more at lower volumes and less at higher volumes, leading to alveolar stability and reducing the likelihood of alveolar collapse.\nSurfactant is formed relatively late in fetal life; thus premature infants born without adequate amounts experience respiratory distress and may die."}
{"text":"Students will take time to observe and illustrate animals in their environments. Students will utilize colored pencils as they learn to draw a turtle in the sea. This lesson touches on life science concepts while teaching observation and illustrative drawing skills.\nPrintable Lesson Guides\nLesson 3 (English)\nLección 3 (Español)\nPaper, pencil, eraser, colored pencils (crayons, if colored pencils are not available)\nThis lesson touches on the following standards:\n- VA1.CR1.1, VA2.CR2.1\n- 2-LS2-1, 2-LS2-2"}
{"text":"1. A physician and a doctorally prepared advanced practice nurse enter a patient’s room to address the\nhealth concerns for that particular day. The physician introduces the advanced practice nurse to the patient as “one of the nursing staff.” Which barrier to interprofessional collaboration does the example represent?\nA) Protection of licensure\nB) Cultural similarities of the scope of the profession\nC) Misunderstanding of the scope of the profession.\nD) Lack of payment system for interprofessional collaboration"}
{"text":"It’s the perfect first colouring book for your child! Let your toddler have fun while learning about numbers, basic shapes, and counting! Helps reinforce what your child is learning in preschool or from board books. This fun colouring book provides guided counting, from number 1 through number 10. There are 12 different shapes to colour. Thick, bold lines make colouring easier. Lines are printed on only one side of each page. And pages are perforated for easy removal. Colouring also helps in the development of fine motor skills.\n6 in stock"}
{"text":"Herbivores are animals whose primary food source is plant-based. Examples of herbivores, as shown in Figure 1 include vertebrates like deer, koalas, and some bird species, as well as invertebrates such as crickets and caterpillars. These animals have evolved digestive systems capable of handling large amounts of plant material. Herbivores can be further classified into frugivores (fruit-eaters), granivores (seed eaters), nectivores (nectar feeders), and folivores (leaf eaters).\nCarnivores are animals that eat other animals. The word carnivore is derived from Latin and literally means “meat eater.” Wild cats such as lions, shown in Figure 2a and tigers are examples of vertebrate carnivores, as are snakes and sharks, while invertebrate carnivores include sea stars, spiders, and ladybugs, shown in Figure 2b. Obligate carnivores are those that rely entirely on animal flesh to obtain their nutrients; examples of obligate carnivores are members of the cat family, such as lions and cheetahs. Facultative carnivores are those that also eat non-animal food in addition to animal food. Note that there is no clear line that differentiates facultative carnivores from omnivores; dogs would be considered facultative carnivores.\nOmnivores are animals that eat both plant- and animal-derived food. In Latin, omnivore means to eat everything. Humans, bears (shown in Figure 3a), and chickens are example of vertebrate omnivores; invertebrate omnivores include cockroaches and crayfish (shown in Figure 3b)."}
{"text":"Associated Press Release\nBy: MIKE STOBBE\nATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials say children -- like adults -- are increasingly trying electronic cigarettes.\nA 2012 survey found 2 percent of middle and high school students said they'd used an e-cigarette in the previous month, up from 1 percent in 2011.\nMore kids still smoke traditional cigarettes than the new electronic ones, and it's not clear how dangerous e-cigarettes are. It's also not clear how many are using them on a daily or weekly basis.\nBut health officials say the study released Thursday suggests many kids are now getting a first taste of nicotine through e-cigarettes and then moving on to regular cigarettes.\nCDC report: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr\nViewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or firstname.lastname@example.org."}
{"text":"Materials that normally end up in the landfill are the starting point of our design process. We don't start with 'What could we make?', we start with 'what is the waste stream that needs attention and raising awareness?'\nABOUT RECYCLED LEATHER\nThe world’s leather industry creates enormous amounts of waste. It is estimated, that at least 40% of every hide is usually discarded. A large proportion of this wastage happens at tanneries whether hides are treated. The leather we use at BEEN London is a waste product of the so-called ‘blue-wet’ stage of leather processing, before it gets dyed and treated.\nClean waste trimmings are milled into a powder and are then pressed onto a fabric core using just high pressure water. No chemicals or rubber is needed to keep the material together. Our supplier uses a closed loop system to recycle 95% of the water and converts its own waste streams into energy which is fed back into the process.\nABOUT RECYCLED POLYESTER\nPlastic, while being a very useful material is one of the biggest pollutants of the environment and our oceans. The bad news is that people are using more and more plastic every day. The good news is that the material is relatively easy to recycle.\nSingle use plastic bottles are collected, cleaned, shredded and are then molten to create really thin yarn which can be woven into great high-quality fabrics. We would never use recycled polyester (aka rPET) to make clothes. Shorter fibers are so small that during machine washing they go through the most sophisticated filters and add to the already dangerously high levels of microplastics pollution of rivers and oceans. But as leather bags aren’t meant for a machine wash, we use fabric made out of recycled plastic bottles for the lining and zip tapes of our bags. The material has significantly lower carbon footprint compared to virgin polyester, it reduces both the need for virgin materials and waste, and is fully recyclable at the end of its life."}
{"text":"Space Shuttle Atlantis is shown during rollout onto Launch Pad 39A.\nIn this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, shortly before dawn on Aug. 18, 1997, a red-rimmed moon helps to light the way for the Space Shuttle Atlantis as it rolls out to Launch Pad 39A in preparation for launch of Mission STS-86.\nSTS-86 will be the seventh docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. Liftoff is targeted for no earlier than September 22.\nEach weekday, SPACE.com looks back at the history of spaceflight through (archive)."}
{"text":"Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) was the most popular American poet of his time, and one of the most famous American poets of all time. It has been said that certain of his poems — the long narratives Evangeline and The Song of Hiawatha most notably — were once read in every literate home in America. A former teacher who fulfilled his dream to make a living as a poet, Longfellow taught at Bowdoin and Harvard, was eventually honored for his poetry with degrees from Oxford and Cambridge, and is one of the few Americans to have a monument dedicated to his memory in Westminster Abbey. This choice collection of his works, which reflects his mastery of a rich variety of poetic forms and meters, includes one of his best narrative poems, The Courtship of Miles Standish. Here, too, are such famous poems as \"The Village Blacksmith,\" \"The Wreck of the Hesperus,\" \"The Children's Hour,\" \"Paul Revere's Ride,\" and other poems on subjects ranging from lost youth and Giotto's Tower to slavery and the building of a ship. Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative: \"Paul Revere's Ride.\"\nReprint of selected stories from The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Cambridge Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, n.d.\n|Availability||Usually ships in 24 to 48 hours|\n|Author/Editor||Henry Wadsworth Longfellow|\n|Grade level||9 and Up (ages 14 and up)|\n|Dimensions||5 x 8|"}
{"text":"Coralroot, any plant of the genus Corallorhiza, family Orchidaceae, consisting of about a dozen species of nearly leafless, nonphotosynthetic orchids that live primarily on dead organic matter with the help of mycorrhizae. One species is Eurasian; the others are native to North and Central America. The name coralroot refers to the coral-like shape of the reddish rhizomes (underground stems).\nThe spotted coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata), found throughout most of the United States, has several varieties. Each has a white flower lip, which may be spotted."}
{"text":"The modern smartphone has more computing power than NASA had when they put Apollo 11 on the moon, but your smartphone probably hasn't done anything quite so remarkable... yet! The humble 'app' has come a long way since clunky 20th century computers. They can now be found on everything from watches to fridges, and there's never been a better time to learn how to make your own.\nThis premium course will walk participants through the design, development and publication processes involved in making their own apps. From week one participants will make functioning apps, and between classes will have access to supplementary materials on an online learning management system. By the end of the course you will have learned enough to build your own apps for Android, iOS or Windows Phones. You don't need to be an expert programmer to take part, as everything will be covered from first principles. Additional readings will be provided where required, and we are always available via email. The course is suitable for all ages but we recommend 18+. Under 18s should check out our after schools course.\nPlease note that this is a three week course, taking place over 3 consecutive Monday evenings:\n- Monday, Jan 11th, 2016 - 18:00 - 20:00\n- Monday, Jan 18th, 2016 - 18:00 - 20:00\n- Monday, Jan 25th, 2016 - 18:00 - 20:00\nRequirements for this course is a laptop with wi-fi capabilities."}
{"text":"Question: Consider an assembly line such as the burrito assembly line\nConsider an assembly line such as the burrito assembly line at Chipotle Mexican Grill. During slow times of the day, one server can handle assembly, but during very busy times, having many servers would be prudent. Explain why either approach wouldn’t work all the time, and the benefit of matching the number of servers to the pace of customer arrivals.\nAnswer to relevant QuestionsAn assembly line with 17 tasks is to be balanced. The longest task is 2.4 minutes, and the total time for all tasks is 18 minutes. The line will operate for 450 minutes per day. a. What are the minimum and maximum cycle ...Twelve tasks, with times and precedence requirements as shown in the following table, are to be assigned to workstations using a cycle time of 1.5 minutes. Two heuristic rules will be tried: (1) greatest positional weight, ...Arrange the departments so they satisfy the conditions shown in the following rating grid into a 3 × 3 format. Place department 5 in the lower left corner of the 3 × 3grid.Explain the term knowledge- based pay system. 1. What are the trade- offs in the following? a. Using self- directed teams instead of a more conventional approach with occasional use of teams. b. Deciding how often to update standard times due to minor changes in work ...\nPost your question"}
{"text":"Yeadon Space Agency has created a new means to record water levels, while commemorating disastrous flood events. The high water mark is embodied and presented in “Biostalactites” that are made to readily dissolve in water, whether saltwater or freshwater, as water levels rise. The project is one of many YSA projects that make use of new bioplastic composites that we’ve been developing.\nFor a number of years, we’ve been developing a range of bioplastics for a variety of applications, including soft robotics. It’s well known that some bioplastics aren’t easily recycled and don’t readily biodegrade. Therefore, we’ve tended to focus on creating bioplastics that readily biodegrade, where water can be used as a solvent.\nThe biostalactites grew out of our thinking about applications for the bioplastics. It’s another example of our materials-driven approach to innovation, which has led to a number of other ephemeral applications for the bioplastics, including: urns for burials at sea, temporary trail markers that contain nutrients for soil, and devices that dissolve in water.\nThe biostalactites appear yellow in the prototype and images shown above, because turmeric was added to the clear bioplastics as a means to color the material and make the biostalactites more apparent. Two different bioplastic polymers were explored for this project: pullulan and hypromellose (HPMC), doped with yellow turmeric, brown coffee waste, and/or red beets for coloring.\nProject Team: Laura Rodriguez & Peter Yeadon"}
{"text":"The Santa Ana River Watershed is Southern California’s largest watershed that has been largely channelized, diverted and urbanized. It begins approximately 96 miles away from the coast and contains over 50 tributaries. The primary waterway is the Santa Ana River, which is about 700 miles long in length with its tributaries. Its headwaters are located high above the valley floors of the Inland Empire, in the San Bernardino Mountains, crossing through central Orange County before emptying into the Pacific Ocean. The watershed catches storm water in 2,650 square miles of mountains, foothills and valleys that drain into the Santa Ana River in four different counties: San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange County and a small portion of Los Angeles County. Today the watershed is home to more than 4.8 million residents.\nThe watershed is divided into two sections: the Upper and Lower Watershed. The Upper Watershed starts from the San Bernardino Mountains runs along to the Prado Basin at the 91 and 71 freeways. Most of the upper portion of the watershed is a tributary to the river in the Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. The Lower Watershed starts at the south of the Prado Basin and extends to Pacific Ocean. The lower portion of the watershed includes segments of the cities of Anaheim, Brea, Huntington Beach, Orange, Placentia, Santa Ana, Villa Park, and Yorba Linda."}
{"text":"Caption: Microtubules (blue) in a beating heart muscle cell, or cardiomyocyte. Credit: Lab of Ben Prosser, Ph.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania\nYou might expect that scientists already know everything there is to know about how a healthy heart beats. But researchers have only recently had the tools to observe some of the dynamic inner workings of heart cells as they beat. Now an NIH-funded team has captured video to show that a component of a heart muscle cell called microtubules—long thought to be very rigid—serve an unexpected role as molecular shock absorbers.\nAs described for the first time recently in the journal Science, the microtubules buckle under the force of each contraction of the muscle cell before springing back to their original length and form. The team also details a biochemical process that allows a cell to fine-tune the level of resistance that the microtubules provide. The findings have important implications for understanding not only the mechanics of a healthy beating heart, but how the abnormal stiffening of heart cells might play a role in various forms of cardiac disease."}
{"text":"Seattle s Women Teachers of the Interwar Years Author : Doris Hinson Pieroth Publisher : University of Washington Press Total Pages : 304 Release : 2012 ISBN 10 : 0295802758 ISBN 13 : 9780295802756 Language : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL GET BOOK Seattle s Women Teachers of the Interwar Years Book Description: In Seattle's Women Teachers of the Interwar Years, Doris Pieroth describes the contributions of a remarkable group of women who dominated the Seattle public school system in the early years of the twentieth century and helped to produce well-educated citizens who were responsible for the widespread philanthropic, volunteer, and municipal activities that came to characterize the city. While most publications on the history of education have emphasized theory or administration, Pieroth focuses on individual teachers. Set against the backdrop of a developing city, the book provides vivid portraits of educated, strong, ambitious women making successful careers at a time when job opportunities for women were very limited. Pieroth interviewed as many of these women as she could find, and quotes from the interviews enhance her lively, well-written narrative. Using details drawn from local newspapers and school publications, she demonstrates that the influence of this cohort of women made modern Seattle the livable place that it remains today. Seattle's Women Teachers of the Interwar Years is a significant contribution to the history of Seattle and the region, to women's history, and to the history of education."}
{"text":"Balaton (Plattensee), the largest lake of middle Europe, in the south-west of Hungary, situated between the counties of Veszprém, Zala and Somogy. Its length is 48 m., average breadth 3&FRAC12; to 4&FRAC12; m., greatest breadth 7&FRAC12; m., least breadth a little less than 1 m. It covers 266 sq. m. and has an extreme depth of 149 ft. Its northern shores are bordered by the beautiful basaltic cones of the Bakony mountains, the volcanic soil of which produces grapes yielding excellent wine; the southern consist partly of a marshy plain, partly of downs. The most beautiful point of the lake is that where the peninsula of Tihany projects in the waters. An ancient church of the Benedictines is here situated on the top of a hill. In a tomb therein is buried Andrew I. (d. 1061), a king of the Hungarian Arpadian dynasty. The temperature of the lake varies greatly, in a manner resembling that of the sea, and many connect its origin with a sea of the Miocene period, the waters of which are said to have covered the Hungarian plain. About fifty streams flow into the lake, which drains into the Danube and is well stocked with fish. It often freezes in winter.\nLake Balaton is of growing importance as a bathing resort."}
{"text":"View more objects in the exhibition >>\nAfter opus anglicanum, England continued to produce superb embroideries, often used as subtle displays of wealth and status. By the sixteenth century, embroidery was considered essential to a well-to-do girl’s education; not only did it help refine needlework skills, but, as evidenced by the embroidered letters, phrases, and verses found on samplers, it also taught literacy. Affluent ladies enjoyed embroidering in their free time, and the activity, as well as the large number of works they produced, affirmed their leisured existence. The successful completion of embroideries demonstrated that a young woman was “accomplished” and properly prepared for her domestic and social duties. English embroideries also reflected contemporary social and aesthetic developments. Religious reformation is reflected in sixteenth-century domestic objects and textiles that feature adaptations of religious designs, and seen in the subdued ecclesiastical embroideries of the nineteenth century. Similarly, the influence of Eastern culture on Western design is apparent in embroidered household textiles from the eighteenth century, while the motifs found on some nineteenth-century embroideries highlight the triumph of industrialization. This concise exhibition presents nine examples of English embroidery from the sixteenth through the nineteenth century."}
{"text":"Gastric and duodenal ulcers complicating intracranial disease must be recognized promptly. In 1932, Cushing1 reported 11 patients with central nervous system disease complicated by hemorrhage or perforation of a gastric or duodenal ulcer. Ninety-two duodenal ulcers and 26 gastric ulcers in pediatric patients have been diagnosed at the University of Nebraska Hospital and Childrens Memorial Hospital in Omaha and the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago, collectively. Of these 26 gastric ulcer patients, four had perforations of their ulcers; all four patients had brain disease. Of the 93 duodenal ulcer patients, only one had a perforation. All five patients with a perforated ulcer were diagnosed at the University of Illinois Hospital.\nFive children have been treated at the University of Illinois Hospital for perforation of a gastric or duodenal ulcer since 1945 (Table 1). Three of these patients had brain tumors, one had meningitis, and one had\nWALKER EE, GROVE WJ. Gastroduodenal Ulcers In Children With Brain Disease. Arch Surg. 1964;89(3):559-561. doi:10.1001/archsurg.1964.01320030149026"}
{"text":"Here’s a quick drill we use with our age-group swimmers to teach a more stable body dolphin.\nWhy Do It:\nTeaching young swimmers butterfly typically comes with a lot of up-and-down movement, so to stabilize that, we use a kicking drill.\nHow to Do It:\n1. Get a small kickboard, and have the swimmer LAY the hands on the board instead of grabbing it.\n2. Have them kick dolphin kick while holding the board out front with the arms in \"Position 11.\"\n3. Keep the head down until they need air, then allow them to lift the head for a quick breath.\nHow to Do It Really Well (the Fine Points):\nThere are three key points in this drill to keep your eyes on. First, the hands resting on the board stops the swimmers from pushing down too much. Second, watch for the head and chest to be stable, and the hips to be breaking the surface. Finally, try to keep the feet under water in this drill so they’re not driving too much from the legs."}
{"text":"A Young Legend Being Born\nWernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun (March 23, 1912 – June 16, 1977) was a German-American Rocket Scientist, Aerospace Engineer, Space Architect, and one of the leading figures in the development of Rocket technology in Nazi Germany during World War II and, subsequently, in the United States.\nIn his 20s and early 30s, Von Braun was the central figure in Germany's rocket development program, responsible for the design and realization of the V-2 combat rocket during World War II. After the war, he and some select members of his rocket team were taken to the U.S. as part of the then-secret Operational Paperclip. Under NASA, he served as director of the newly formed Marshal Space and as the chief architect of the Saturn V vehicle, the super booster that propelled the Apollo Spacecraft to the Moon. According to one NASA source, he is \"without doubt, the greatest rocket scientist in history\". His crowning achievement was to lead the development of the Saturn V booster rocket that helped land the first men on the Moon in July 1969. In 1975 he received the National Medal O f Science."}
{"text":"'Build Your Own Country' - Year 3 Takes on the World!\nDuring their weekly STEAM lessons, the students in Year 3 are working together in small groups to create a new country.\nThis task follows on from the work the students completed during their Geography lessons when learning about Australia. This ‘Create Your Own Country’ task requires a lot of discussion and decision-making among the group members. The students need to name their country, design a flag, a national anthem, the country’s currency, the national food, dress, dance and the country’s coat of arms.\nThis project will take place over the next few weeks of Term 4.\nYear Level Leader - Year 3"}
{"text":"Folic Acid provides the recommended daily dose of folic acid for pregnant women. Folic acid, which is on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, is a vital nutrient for everyone which combines with vitamins B12 and C to support healthy blood cells and can be used to treat anaemia. There’s some evidence that it can support the healthy production of both red and white blood cells. It also helps in the production of nucleic acids and many other important metabolism reactions. It becomes especially crucial, though, for expectant mothers. A healthy intake of folic acid is essential, particularly early in the pregnancy, for preventing neural tube defects in the foetus, which could result in the baby being born with various defects, including spina bifida. Folic acid is obtainable from various foods, but the best way to be sure of receiving the recommended dose is to take it in a dietary supplements. Folic Acid , which is made from vegan, hypoallergenic ingredients and is certified as gluten free by the Gluten Free Certification Organisation, provides the recommended daily dose in an easily swallowed capsule.\nTake 1 capsule daily, with a meal. Each vegetarian capsule contains:\n- folic acid (providing the recommended dose for pregnant or lactating women) 800 mcg.\n- hypoallergenic plant fibre (cellulose), vegetarian capsule (cellulose, water)\nFolic acid supplementation may mask vitamin B12 deficiency; however this usually occurs at doses of 1000 mcg or higher. If pregnant or lactating, consult your physician before taking this product.\nFolic acid may adversely interact with chemotherapeutic drugs."}
{"text":"Travels into North America:Peter Kalm (1716-79) was a Finnish-Swedish botanist who travelled extensively to observe the natural world in Sweden, Finland, Russia and Ukraine, and became a professor of 'oeconomie', - the economic application of subjects such as mineralogy, botany, zoology and chemistry - at the university of Turku. Between 1747 and 1751 he set out on a journey through eastern North America to gather specimens, especially from regions with a similar climate to Sweden. Because Kalm travelled though the area when much of it was still unknown to Europeans, this work has some of the first recorded accounts of places such as Niagara Falls. Kalm played an important part in forging scientific links between Sweden, England and North America. This three-volume work details his travels, and was first published in English in 1770-1. Volume 2 gives detailed descriptions of the plants and animals Kalm observes in New Jersey and New York.\nBack to top\nRent Travels into North America 1st edition today, or search our site for Peter textbooks. Every textbook comes with a 21-day \"Any Reason\" guarantee. Published by Cambridge University Press."}
{"text":"Green Star School Awards Program\nBecome a 5 Green Stars School, and a Leader in Environmental Sustainability!\nOur program guides through the process in easy to follow do-it-yourself steps, for a school to obtain “Green Star School” awards, and shows how to become a leader in environmental sustainability, while preparing the kids to move in the path of responsible innovation.\nHere’s an overview from Millard Elementary School award ceremony:\nMillard Elementary school in Fremont Unified School District won their Green Star School Award for the Zero Waste School category.\nWhat is unique about our guidance?\nThe uniqueness of our program is that our guidance is aimed at providing kids and school the knowledge, resources, and hands on experience, by utilizing their academic subjects and introducing the new methods of innovation. Our program shows how a child can get ready to go in the path of innovation using Environmental Science, Biomimicry, Project Management, and STEM(Science Technology Engineering Mathematics), while also incorporating leadership, team work, and collaboration.\nOur program encourages children to be the leaders, remain curious and be creative, and provide opportunities to utilize their critical thinking and problem solving skills. Children learn to observe nature, to appreciate and learn from nature, and understand that nature has indeed solved most of our technological problems in a much eloquent and sustainable way."}
{"text":"School Debate: Does ‘Inclusion’ for Asperger’s Kids Hurt Other Students?\nAn article in the Pensacola News Journal highlights a national debate facing schools: how much can children with Asperger syndrome (an autism spectrum disorder, or ASD) be fully integrated into regular classrooms without making learning difficult for students without the disability?\nChildren with Asperger’s, as opposed to some other forms of ASD, are often quite intelligent and able to handle the schoolwork without incident. But they do have behavioral problems, ranging from repetitive behaviors to problems socializing to sensitivity to things like noises or lights. These issues can take up a lot of a teacher’s time, which heightens the debate.\nThe News Journal reports on how the issue is playing out in Florida:\nChanges at the state level in how classes are categorized will put more special education students into more regular classrooms than ever before.\nMany teachers and parents worry that all children — particularly students who just get by in their classes — may not get the attention they need in an inclusion classroom, because students with disabilities — students like [13-year-old] Dylan [Harris] — need extra attention.\n“I think it’s a fair concern,” [Regina] Harris [Dylan's mother] said. “General (education) teachers typically aren’t trained very much to work with children with behavior issues. That’s opening a can of worms.”\nImage: Students on a school bus, via Shutterstock.Add a Comment"}
{"text":"The Arts: communicating and integrating life, literacy, and learning through experience for all learners.\nThe Arts, which include dance, music, theatre, and visual arts, will be effectively integrated into student educational experiences in all Washington state schools. Our belief is that quality instruction in The Arts shall be provided by Arts specialists and classroom teachers and supported by partnerships with professional organizations and community programs in the Arts. This partnered instruction will enhance both student literacy, and meaningful, purposeful, and enjoyable educational learning opportunities. It will also support student preparation for life as a contributing 21st century citizen. We further believe that the arts integrate with all other subject areas to create learning opportunities for all learners that communicate achievement, respect, freedom, and fun.\nOur continuous goal for the arts is to offer and support a comprehensive and sequential, standards based K-12 arts program, in dance, music, theatre and the visual arts, available to all learners in all 295 school districts in Washington state.\nThe Arts: CPR for Learning!\nFor more information:"}
{"text":"Maturity means that the company is ready for the certain action model to better perform the work of the organization. The maturity determines, whether the company is able to develop a concept to optimization and improvement of the project management in the project managament authority. It is therefore a progressive development in the project management and is often described as a maturity model while it is only one of the many different project management models or methods.\nThe maturity model is used to estimate the capacity of the company. There are the following stages of the development in this model: standardization; measuring; control; continuous improvement. It describes the improvement process and belongs to the quality management. This model is composed of the five steps build on one another: incomplete processes; structured processes; standardized processes; controlled processes; optimized processes. If the company wants to perform efficient and fluently the project management processes, the maturity model is ready to start up the improvement processes."}
{"text":"Disloyal behavior, Trust, Good faith, Contract law, Contradicting one's own act, Due performance, Damages, Loyalty\nBy focusing on improving the role of certain mechanisms for controlling private autonomy under a crisis of liberal values, contract law has reached an objective and straight dimension. The prohibition of disloyal or inconsistent behavior, also known as venire contra factum proprium in Roman Law, constitutes one of the concepts that is renowned for protecting the trust relationship. The prohibition of disloyal behavior lies in avoiding contradictory behaviors regarding previous manifestations of will that are based on good faith and that can cause damages. This article aims to challenge the main reason why disloyal behavior should be limited by good faith in order to promote the legitimate expectations of contractual relationships. This paper first seeks to explain the concepts related to the limits of disloyal behavior in relation to the grounded theory of contracts. It then develops a model in which the theory might be invoked to rectify contradictory conduct. Finally, some cases heard before the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court and Superior Court of Justice are analyzed to demonstrate how good faith can also improve contractual due performance in comparative law.\nThiago Luís Sombra,\nThe Duty of Good Faith Taken to a New Level:An Analysis of Disloyal Behavior,\n9 J. Civ. L. Stud.\nAvailable at: https://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/jcls/vol9/iss1/4"}
{"text":"Marilyn reviews ROBERT CHURCH by Cookie Lommel, Melrose Square Publishing Company, 1995.\nRobert Church was one such man who believed very staunchly in Memphis and the city’s flourishing. Because of his beliefs, it was only right that Church would invest in Memphis, and because of this, even his descendants had a strong pull. Author Lommel tells of this great man’s overcoming the binds of slavery all the way to becoming the first African-American, Southern millionaire. Church also survived fighting in the Civil War, being shot at during the Memphis Riots, and remaining in Memphis during the Yellow Fever epidemics. Investing in the real estate of Memphis, Church founded the Solvent Saving Bank and Trust Company. He also provided both an auditorium and city park for African Americans because at the time only Caucasians were only allowed in the existing Memphis parks.\nChurch was also nicknamed the “Boss of Beale Street” because when he brought various properties, he personally supervised the buildings and the tenants that lived or worked there.\nThere are other fascinating facts about Robert Church and his legacy you can find in the Memphis and Shelby County Room in the History Department at Central Library. Please take advantage of these resources."}
{"text":"Asian Carp the target of new Ontario lab\nResearchers say the Burlington, Ont.-based lab at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters (CCIW) will be an integral part of the battle against a fish that threatens to decimate food sources for native species in North America. The facility was formally unveiled Monday.\n“Right now, the Great Lakes are absolutely at risk,” said Becky Cudmore, the Asian carp program manager at the CCIW. “Canada as a whole is in danger, but the Great Lakes are at an imminent risk.”\nBighead and silver carp are largely considered to be the worst part of that risk, as they eat huge amounts of plankton, which is the foundation of aquatic food chains. They have infested much of the Mississippi River basin and are threatening to gain a foothold in the Great Lakes through rivers and canals. If that happens, species native to Canada could be wiped out.\nDiane Finley, the minister of public works and government services, told reporters at a press conference Monday that Asian carp could have a devastating effect if left unchecked.\nRead more about this issue here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/dreaded-asian-carp-the-target-of-new-ontario-lab-1.2698893"}
{"text":"A new study indicates that children who take an extra year in school may see the benefit of significant health effects. The study was reported\nin the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.\nAs reported in Nature\n, the study was undertaken at the University of California, Berkeley by studying schooling in Sweden\n. The results showed that Swedish children who were enrolled in an extra year of school had lower rates of mortality later in life and generally better health that children who did not.\nThe research drew upon different schooling practices in Sweden in the post-war years (1949-1962), as US News\nsurmises. During this time, in some regions, there is a nine year program for school kids, whereas in other regions the requirement was for children to only take eight years of compulsory education. In 1962 the policy was changed and all children were required to take nine years at school.\nThe researchers studied death records from 1961 and 2007 to see if the extra year had an effect on health outcomes. The study found that the extra year correlated with a lower risk of dying after mid-life (between 40 and 70).\nThe conclusion was that education has a causal role in health."}
{"text":"Definition of causation\nn. - The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced.\nThe word \"causation\" uses 9 letters: A A C I N O S T U.\nNo direct anagrams for causation found in this word list.\nWords formed by adding one letter before or after causation (in bold), or to aacinostu in any order:\nc - accusation s - causations t - actuations\nWords within causation\nnot shown as it has more than seven letters.\nList all words starting with causation, words containing causation or words ending with causation\nAll words formed from causation by changing one letter\nOther words with the same letter pairs: ca au us sa at ti io on\nBrowse words starting with causation by next letter\nPrevious word in list: causals\nNext word in list: causations\nSome random words: ivermectin"}
{"text":"Germany-based rubber company Lanxess started its new onsite bagasse-powered cogeneration plant in Porto Feliz, Brazil. The 4.5 megawatt (MW) renewable-based power plant produces electricity and steam for use in Lanxess’ iron oxide pigment production at the site.\nThe project started in 2008 and cost around EUR 8 million ($10.9m). Lanxess says the new cogeneration plant enables the company to significantly cut CO2 emissions at the site which will be 44,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalents less than in 2002′s emissions.\nWatch the video of how the cogeneration plant works. It’s really cool!\nLanxess says it has already reduced its direct climate gas emissions by more than 50% in the past two years. From 2007 to 2009, annual emissions from the group’s plants were cut from 3.5 million to 1.5 million metric tons of CO2 equivalents. Its 80% emissions reduction goal for its German plants by 2012 (announced in 2007) has also already been reached, the company says.\nFurther cogeneration power facilities are planned for India and Belgium this year. A power plant is already being constructed at the Nagda site as well as Lanxess’ Jhagadia sites in India. The Nagda site will use biomass-based fuels while the Jhagadia cogeneration plant will use natural gas. The energy supply at LANXESS’s site in Zwijndrecht, Belgium, is also being converted this year."}
{"text":"The United Nations General Assembly designates a number of \"International Days\" to mark important aspects of human life and history (the comprehensive list of all days celebrated by the United Nations and its Specialized Agencies is available here: International Days).\nUnited Nations Specialized Agencies, including UNESCO, can also proclaim World Days. In this case, the proclamation of international days depends on their governing bodies and internal regulations only.\nUNESCO thus celebrates UN International Days related to its fields of competence, in addition to the other World Days, proclaimed by the Organization's governing bodies or other institutions.\nThe list of official messages by the Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of International Days with which UNESCO is associated is available here."}
{"text":"Anxiety in people aged 65 years or older tends to present with somatic complaints and worry rather than as autonomic anxiety, the more common presentation in younger people. Consideration of the causes and use of psychosocial therapies and, if necessary, pharmacological treatments can significantly improve quality of life for patients.\n- Anxiety is less common in people aged 65 years or over than in younger people but can be disabling.\n- Anxiety presents with somatic complaints and worry in older people, rather than as autonomic anxiety.\n- Health anxiety, fear of falling and house boundedness are age-specific anxiety syndromes in older people.\n- Excessive anxiety that causes functional impairment or significant distress is not part of normal ageing.\n- Psychosocial treatments should be trialled before pharmacotherapy.\n- The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants citalopram and sertraline (not TGA-indicated specifically for all anxiety disorders) are the first-line pharmacotherapy as they have efficacy in anxiety in the elderly and are relatively well tolerated.\nPicture credit: © Shironosov/iStockphoto. Model used for illustrative purposes only."}
{"text":"Analysis of slow-motion video has revealed how some birds adapt to flying in rough winds. In a study, published recently Proceedings of the Royal Society B, researchers show how barn owls (Tyto alba) manage to fly close to buildings or other terrain features and cope with sudden wind direction changes. They found that the owls, including one they named Lily, morph the shape of their wings in mid-flight. “Lily flew through the bumpy gusts and consistently kept her head and torso amazingly stable over the trajectory, as if she was flying with a suspension system,” said lead-author Jorn Cheney from the Royal Veterinary College in a press release. “When we analyzed it, what surprised us was that the suspension-system effect wasn’t just due to aerodynamics, but benefited from the mass in her wings.” The study is the first of several steps in developing bio-inspired suspension systems for aircraft."}
{"text":"Search Swinburne Research Bank\nHome List of Titles Just investigate: creative science and technology experiences for young children\nPlease use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/236895\n- Just investigate: creative science and technology experiences for young children\n- Young, Tracy; Elliott, Sue\n- What is science and what is technology within an early childhood program? Is technology just about computers? The answer to these questions can be explored with the range of practical and creative science and technology experiences provided in Just Investigate! Topics include physical science, chemical science and basic technology.\n- Publication type\n- Publication year\n- Children; Early childhood; Early childhood education; Early learning; Science; Technology\n- Tertiary Press\n- 9780864583703, 0864583702\n- Publisher URL\n- Copyright © 2004.\n- Peer reviewed"}
{"text":"What Kind of Number is One?\nDate: 12/06/2001 at 16:36:34 From: Mrs. Reed Subject: One, primes and composites What is one called since it is neither prime nor composite? I have tried numerous search engines and Web sites.\nDate: 12/06/2001 at 20:45:56 From: Doctor Tom Subject: Re: One, primes and composites Hi, Usually it is called a \"unit.\" In the integers, the number -1 is the only other unit. The primes are 2, 3, 5, ... and -2, -3, -5, ... Usually folks working with primes just use the positive integers, in which case 1 is the only unit. In more complex algebraic structures, there may be even more units. For example, in the Gaussian integers (which are complex numbers of the form: a + bi, where a and b are integers, the units are 1, -1, i, and -i. Note that 2 is no longer prime in the Gaussian integers: 2 = (1+i)(1-i). - Doctor Tom, The Math Forum http://mathforum.org/dr.math/\nSearch the Dr. Math Library:\nAsk Dr. MathTM\n© 1994-2015 The Math Forum"}
{"text":"On September 18, Germany will hold an election that contains at least five unknowns. If it were an equation, it would be impossible to solve. Fortunately, politics is not mathematics – though, unfortunately, this means that there are no clear solutions. Indeed, even in the opaque terms of contemporary politics, the German case is particularly vexing.\nThe first unknown is why the election is taking place at all. Chancellor Gerhard Schröder had another fifteen months to go before the end of the electoral term, and it seemed that he had no difficulty mobilizing his admittedly slender majority in parliament.\nTo be sure, the big issues that the Federal President listed when he dissolved the Bundestag are real. The fiscal position is, by German standards, unacceptable, and public debt at current levels is contrary to the European Union’s Stability and Growth Pact and a burden on future generations. Demographic developments alone require major reforms of social policy. Moreover, the institutions of the federal system do not permit decisions to be made either expeditiously or clearly.\nNone of this is new, nor will it be changed by an election. So it is not obvious to many people why they are voting."}
{"text":"New research by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and Lehigh University is looking at the impacts of coal-burning plants on the surrounding communities, and the results are a bit astonishing.\nAccording to the Washington Post, the researchers examined the Portland Generating Station in Northampton County, Pennsylvania and its surrounding communities and discovered that women in the counties downwind from the plant had a greater risk for having babies with low or very low weight. But that’s not all – the study says that the counties impacted were up to 30 miles away, all the way in New Jersey.\nBut the scientists wanted to be sure to account for other factors, so they examined the socio-economic makeup of the New Jersey residents in question. What they discovered was that the four counties they studied -- Warren, Morris, Hunterdon and Sussex – were in a higher income bracket generally than the rest of the nation. The researchers then posited that this eliminates the position that lower income women were giving birth to lower birth weight babies based on lack of access to private health care or prenatal care – suggesting that the plant’s emissions shoulder major responsibility for the problem.\nAnd while the risk for low birth weights were significantly higher in the counties studied than in other counties of similar affluence, the rates were said to still be much lower than the national average for areas in similar proximity downwind of a coal-fired power plant.\nThe Portland Generating Station may be off the hook, at least temporarily, as it suspended the use of coal in 2014, when it switched to diesel."}
{"text":"We have had another great week learning all about Elmer the elephant. We have thought about the jungle as a setting and what we might take on a trip to the jungle to keep us healthy and safe. We have been around the school searching for 3D shapes and in PE we have been perfecting our bunny hops and balancing.\nThis week we will be looking at poems from the book Rumble in the Jungle and singing the Animal Boogie.\nThank you to those of you that are completing the maths challenges and practising the words sent home with your children – it really makes a difference.\nNext Tuesday, 3rd December, I am planning on having a sewing afternoon. If anyone would like to help, please could you let me know – I would be very grateful!\nHow you can help your child this week: Talk about rhyming words and make up words that rhyme with each other."}
{"text":"Proving Oil Shale at $30 a Barrel?\nBullion Monarch Mining is pleased to announce it has begun construction on a pre-production demonstration plant to extract oil from oil shale. The plant is anticipated to demonstrate a scale feasibility of producing oil from oil shale at a target cost of below $30 USD per barrel.This \"gasification\" method of creating liquid oil from oil shale appears to have minimal adverse environmental impact, compared to the nightmare scenarios that large and powerful environmental lobbies are using to sway congress.\n...The oil shale is heated to approximately 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, which releases the oil from the shale in a gaseous form, and then is cooled to become liquid oil. The pilot plant is expected to be completed by late 2008.\nThis patent pending process has been shown in advanced computer modeling done by the Idaho National Labs, part of the DOE, as a subcontractor for Emery Energy, to use less than three gallons of water per barrel of oil produced and has CO2 sequestering capabilities. EnShale's intent is to mine underground and disturb as little of the surface as possible. __EnergyDaily\nAnother approach developed by Raytheon using microwave energy may actually use less energy and be cleaner than the EnShale approach. It is important that the US Congress step back and allow the industry to test the resource and demonstrate its capability to extract the resource responsibly. A period of high oil prices that seriously impact national industry is a time for these irresponsible legislative prohibitions to end."}
{"text":"In December 2019, a group of students from the CDT visited Facebook HQ for a hands on workshop run by the Ideas foundation and the Royal Academy of Engineers. The workshop aimed to equip attendees with the tools to change the face and image of biomedical engineering through digital storytelling. In this article CDT students Sarah McElroy, Alina Psenicny, Elisa Roccia; CDT Alumna Giovanna Nordio; and CME Fellow Teresa Correia share their experience.\nTraditionally, a storyteller is someone who tells or writes stories. In this digital age of swiping and tapping, storytelling has had to adapt a little to deliver the message. It’s important to ask ourselves why we are telling the story and to plan how to make the story digital. The Ideas Foundation, in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Engineering and Canon Ambassador Clive Booth, opened the door to creative and innovative representation of our work as scientists and of the face and image of engineering in general.\nWe learned about how to make thumb-stopping content for the audience. A hands-on photography workshop taught us about how to exploit light, angles, props and timing to create interesting images. We were also given advice on how to use words with our photos, to put the message across. Using these principles, we managed to create prototypes of images and words to inspire others about our work in the short time we spent at Facebook HQ in London, where the workshop was held.\nFollowing from this workshop, we hope to develop a series of images around medical imaging. We are very excited to share our work with you very soon!"}
{"text":"Many different species of sunfish are found in Florida's inland waters such as bluegill, redear sunfish (shellcracker), redbreast sunfish, spotted sunfish (stumpknocker), and warmouth. This section is devoted to the research of these species.\nEffects of Gizzard Shad Harvest on Redear Sunfish Populations in the Ocklawaha Chain of Lakes\nThis study assessed the effects of a gizzard shad removal project on redear sunfish populations.\nInstallation of Gravel Beds to Attract Sunfish at the Eustis Lake Walk\nThis study evaluated the success of gravel beds to attract sunfish for anglers."}
{"text":"Earth Satellites : Explorers Of Outer Space\nIllustrates the basic principles of space exploration with earth satellites and discusses the present and future uses of such exploration. Live photography and animated drawings show the launching and orbiting of the explorer and vanguard satellites, the structure of the atmosphere, the physical laws governing orbiting satellites and the nature of outer space.\nHelp us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded by the A/V Geeks thanks to contributions to this project: http://www.avgeeks.com/wp2/avgeeks100miles Buy this film on DVD."}
{"text":"This course teaches computer programming to those with little to no previous experience. It uses the programming system and language called MATLAB to do so because it is easy to learn, versatile and very useful for engineers and other professionals. MATLAB is a special-purpose language that is an excellent choice for writing moderate-size programs that solve problems involving the manipulation of numbers. The design of the language makes it possible to write a powerful program in a few lines. The problems may be relatively complex, while the MATLAB programs that solve them are relatively simple: relative, that is, to the equivalent program written in a general-purpose language, such as C++ or Java. As a result, MATLAB is being used in a wide variety of domains from the natural sciences, through all disciplines of engineering, to finance, and beyond, and it is heavily used in industry. Hence, a solid background in MATLAB is an indispensable skill in today’s job market. Nevertheless, this course is not a MATLAB tutorial. It is an introductory programming course that uses MATLAB to illustrate general concepts in computer science and programming. Students who successfully complete this course will become familiar with general concepts in computer science, gain an understanding of the general concepts of programming, and obtain a solid foundation in the use of MATLAB. Students taking the course will get a MATLAB Online license free of charge for the duration of the course. The students are encouraged to consult the eBook that this course is based on. More information about these resources can be found on the Resources menu on the right."}
{"text":"Lecture: Seneca Falls: Was It the Beginning of the Woman Suffrage Movement?\nNovember 12, 2017\nIn 1848, one hundred women and men signed a Declaration of Sentiments in Seneca Falls, New York, asserting that \"all men and women are created equal.” Political rights for women, including the right to vote, were one of their main demands. But was Seneca Falls the beginning of the movement for women’s suffrage? This provocative talk, rooted in the lived reality of those who attended the nation’s first convention for women’s rights, argues that, while Americans had debated women’s suffrage since the late 18th century, the Seneca Falls convention touched off the first organized movement to promote it.\nDr. Judith Wellman is Professor Emerita from the State University of New York at Oswego and founder and Director of Historical New York Research Associates. She works with site-based community projects to uncover the history of movements for equal rights for all people, especially women and people of color. She is author of The Road from Seneca Falls: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the First Woman’s Rights Convention and Brooklyn’s Promised Land: The Free Black Community of Weeksville, New York.\n$10 Museum members, $12 General public."}
{"text":"Even though nations around the world have signed treaties and passed legislation guaranteeing the right to basic education for the children of refugees and asylum seekers, the majority of these children in many countries remain uneducated.\nCarol Anne Spreen, assistant professor in the Social Foundations program, has focused her recent research on this issue, primarily concentrating in the country of South Africa.\n“South Africa has passed legislation guaranteeing the right to basic education of refugees and asylum seekers,” she says. “Yet, our preliminary research found that a significant number of refugee and asylum-seekers’ households in the Johannesburg area were not sending their children to school, and the vast majority were not aware of their education rights. We also learned of serious violations and barriers preventing the attainment of the right to education of migrants in schools and communities around the country.”\nWorking with the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation at the University of Johannesburg, Spreen hopes her work will help both migrants and the public at large become more aware of education rights and hold schools and the state responsible for education rights violations.\nSpreen has become an advocate for international education rights, working with the Right to Education Project in the UK, and on the United Nation’s Human Rights Working Group.\n“As a socially engaged researcher, I have had a strong commitment to social justice and challenging inequality by advocating for rights in education,” Spreen says.\nHer advocacy extends locally as well. Last fall, she worked with the U.Va. Law School and the Women’s Center to host a workshop on the Right to Education for Refugees in Virginia.\nRead about other initiatives Carol Anne is involved in:"}
{"text":"Description: Quickly and easily, thanks to Dora's magic grow dust! Kids add the dust and water, of course, to a seed they want to grow.\nDora's growing a garden. Want to help? She has everything you need: Soil, seeds, pots, water, and magic growing dust! First pick a seed (corn? sunflowers? watermelon?), then add water and growing dust to see it appear before your eyes! This game has six modes.\nParent Tip: Encourage an understanding of gardening. Ask: \"Why do we add water?\" \"What shape is a watermelon seed?\"\nedward2005 uploaded this game into the Action Games category on the 28th February 2019"}
{"text":"Image: King Tut Virtual Picture\nCNN has a brief article in which it reports the results of an autopsy performed on King Tut’s mummified remains. Below is an excerpt taken from the article:\n(CNN) — King Tutankhamun’s golden, mummified remains tell only a partial story of an ancient Egyptian boy king who died under mysterious circumstances.\nBut a new “virtual autopsy” of King Tut’s body, shown in an upcoming BBC One documentary, has given historians a clearer picture of the young man’s life — and death.\nScientists used CT scans to recreate the first life-size image of Tutankhamun, one of the last rulers of the 18th Dynasty. King Tut ruled from 1333 B.C. until about 1323 B.C. Historians put his age at death at about 19.\nResearch published in The Journal of the American Medical Association in 2010 showed that King Tut may have died of malaria, possibly after suffering an infection in his broken leg. As seen in the new virtual autopsy photo, Tutankhamun’s left foot was also severely deformed; the inward angle suggests that he had a clubfoot. Researchers believe the boy king had Kohler disease, a rare bone disorder.\nMore than 100 walking sticks were found in Tut’s tomb; historians originally thought they represented his power, but it’s more likely Tut used them to get around.\nYou can read the article in its entirety by visiting CNN online.\nYou can also read the results of the original research: “Ancestry and Pathology in King Tutankhamun’s Family,” The Journal of the American Medical Association. The article is available free online.\nProfessor of Old Testament\nNorthern Baptist Seminary\nNOTE: Did you like this post? Be sure to click the “Like” button and then share this post on Facebook, and tweet it on Twitter! I would love to hear from you! Let me know what you thought of this post by leaving a comment below. Be sure to like my page on Facebook, follow me on Twitter, and subscribe to my blog to receive each post by email."}
{"text":"Baby feeding and nutrition\nYour baby will grow rapidly in their first year of life, so mealtimes will take a lot of time out of your day! Our articles offer helpful tips and advice from breastfeeding, weaning to family meals.\nMore in baby feeding\nBreastfeeding is best for babies and provides many benefits. It is important that, in preparation for and during breastfeeding, you eat a varied, balanced diet. Combined breast and bottle feeding in the first weeks of life may reduce the supply of your own breastmilk, and reversing the decision not to breastfeed is difficult. The social and financial implications of using an infant formula should be considered. Improper use of an infant formula or inappropriate foods or feeding methods may present a health hazard. If you use an infant formula, you should follow manufacturer’s instructions for use carefully – failure to follow the instructions may make your baby ill. Always consult your doctor, midwife or health visitor for advice about feeding your baby."}
{"text":"Bridges are counted among the most spectacular works of art and hold a special place in the history of engineering. They are the answer to a central challenge in the history of mankind — mastering the land with a view to connecting people. Over vertiginous cliffs, steep gorges, rivers with devastating torrents.\nBridges continue to fascinate because they symbolize the human genius in overcoming the obstacles of nature. Throughout the centuries, the necessity of developing means of transport coupled with the ambition of establishing new world records has been a driving force of progress, forcing the pioneers to break new ground.\nThree bridges, three eras, three records of civil engineering. The Pont du Gard, the viaduct of Garabit and the viaduct of Millau."}
{"text":"Friday, 21 February 2014\nHow to use Fill Handle in Excel 2010\nExcel provides auto fill options that will automatically continue a series of data based on an established pattern. The fill handle is a small black square in the lower-right corner of the selected cell. To use fill handle do the following:\n1. Hover the cursor over the lower-right corner of the cell until it turns into [+].\n2. Click and drag the handle from cells that contain data to the cells you want to fill with new data.\nThe diagram below shows an example:\nExcel automatically completes the series as far as you take the fill handle.\nYou can choose how the selection is filled by using the auto fill options as shown above."}
{"text":"- ISBN: 9780134491387 | 0134491386\n- Cover: Loose-leaf\n- Copyright: 10/1/2018\nNOTE: This edition features the same content as the traditional text in a convenient, three-hole-punched, loose-leaf version. Books a la Carte also offer a great value; this format costs significantly less than a new textbook. Before purchasing, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN.\nFor courses in music fundamentals.\nFundamentals of Music: Rudiments, Musicianship, and Composition , 7th Edition, familiarizes readers with the notation and performance of Western music through creative composition projects, listening exercises intended to develop aural skills, and the analysis of musical examples from a broad range of styles and genres. It gives readers the opportunity to practice new vocabulary, as well as their performance and analytic skills, in the context of complete compositions.\nThe 7th Edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded, yet maintains the intent of its original author, Earl Henry. It incorporates a broader range of musical examples and styles, along with revised and expanded aural skills methods and exercises. So, whether readers are preparing for a career in music, or simply want to develop their appreciation for this musical language, they will learn the terms, symbols, practices, and conventions that make Western music sound the way it does."}
{"text":"US warship sailed to 75° North\nIn post-Cold War times, the US military has mainly operated at such high latitudes with aircraft or submarines. 75° in the Norwegian Sea is north of Bear Island and the northeastern coast of Greenland.\nThe Navy’s Arctic Service Ribbon was awarded to «USS Roosevelt» on July 28, the U.S. 6th Fleet informs.\nThe 6th fleet sails Europe and Africa but has this spring and summer had a high-profile on Arctic waters, including first voyages into the Barents Sea since the late 1980s.\n“Maritime operations by USS Roosevelt are the most visible and persistent demonstrations of the Navy’s commitment to Arctic security,” said Ryan R. Kendall, commanding officer aboard Roosevelt.\n“Today my crew has operated above the 66th parallel for twenty-eight days and counting, and I am thrilled to award them the Navy Arctic Service Ribbon. This ribbon symbolizes Roosevelt’s exceptional maritime operations in the high north and a sustained U.S. naval presence in Arctic waters.”\nThis is the second voyage the vessel has inside the Arctic Circle as it in May was one of several US Navy ships to sail into the Barents Sea. Earlier in June, «USS Roosvelt» participated in NATO’s exercise, Dynamic Mongoose 2020 taking place in the North-Atlantic and waters further north off northern Norway.\nThe American missile destroyer also trained together with the Norwegian corvette «KNM Gnist» outside Troms in mid-July."}
{"text":"Formation and Coalescence of Cosmological Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Supermassive Star Collapse\nAugust 19, 2013\nAbstract: The overwhelming observational evidence for supermassive black holes in the early Universe at high redshifts z>7 produces a serious problem: how could these black holes have formed? The two most promising pathways (hierarchical galaxy mergers and accretion onto collapsed Population III stars) have been ruled out by a number of recent studies. A possible alternative pathway for supermassive black hole formation at high redshifts is the collapse of a supermassive star that may have formed in the direct collapse of a primordial gas cloud. We self-consistently simulate the collapse of rapidly rotating supermassive stars from the onset of collapse using three-dimensional general-relativistic hydrodynamics with fully dynamical spacetime evolution. We show that seed perturbations in the progenitor can lead to the formation of a system of two high-spin supermassive black holes, which inspiral and merge under the emission of powerful gravitational radiation. The gravitational-wave signals could be observed at redshifts z>10 with the DECIGO or Big Bang Observer gravitational-wave observatories, assuming supermassive stars in the mass range 10^4-10^6 M_ odot. The potential detection of such signals may inform cosmology about the formation process of supermassive black holes at high redshifts."}
{"text":"Clean-up work costing £5m to rid a beach of \"historical pollution\" - including mining pipes, cables and machinery - will start later this year.\nThe items have been exposed as waves wash away parts of cliffs at Lynemouth at an ex-colliery landfill site.\nNorthumberland County Council has allocated the money to stop waste deposits from washing into the sea.\nIn 2020 the authority said tests on beach samples had revealed some waste could be harmful to humans.\nPlanning and regulatory consents have also been received to allow the project to go ahead.\nIt had been hoped the clean-up work would be carried out sooner but the authority said weather and environmental constraints had affected the start date.\nThe council said preparatory work would start on the beach in autumn, with the main work starting next year.\nIt will see contaminated areas of the beach excavated and removed before the dunes are reformed with a mix of earth and sand.\nNorthumberland Council cabinet member John Riddle said: \"While we would like to have started earlier, many factors were outside our control.\n\"The new timeline also enables us to finalise details and funding arrangements with the Coal Authority over the works needed on their land to the north of the Lyneburn so we can do this as a single 'integrated' scheme, securing best value and delivering the best outcomes for the local environment and the communities in this part of Northumberland.\"\nBefore the work starts, council teams will continue to remove material from the beach found in weekly inspections.\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to firstname.lastname@example.org."}
{"text":"Cambridge Histories Online\nPublication of the Cambridge Histories began in 1960 and today there are over 250 volumes. Authored by distinguished scholars, they are an excellent place to begin research. They offer a contextualized overview – respecting history as evolution and continuity across time – suggesting how one event or thing is related to another. They give the BIG picture. They are a natural complement to such resources as Gale Virtual Reference (a huge collection of scholarly encyclopedias) and Blackwell Reference (a large collection of scholarly handbooks and dictionaries). Entries conclude with bibliographies.\nIn Cambridge Histories Online, topical multi-volume sets may be searched individually, within topical groupings (for instance, American history, British history, economic history, general history, history of science, music, religious studies, and philosophy) or you may search across the entire collection. Multi-volume sets cover such topics as: the history of the book, Latin America, ancient history, India, modern history, Europe, modern Britain, Africa, American literature, China, Iran, Islam, Japan, Judaism, law in America, the United States, the Bible, native peoples of the Americas, medieval history, Egypt, 18th century philosophy, food, and Greek and Roman warfare.\nSearch the catalog, many are available in print."}
{"text":"Hyderabad: A forest fire in Amarabad Tiger Reserve, which destroyed 10 acres of forest land in the Domalapenta Forest Range on Tuesday, has once again raised the issue of a long-standing issue which is a challenge for the forest department.\nAs per the numbers put out by the Forest Survey of India, Telangana recorded 364 forest fires in the last seven days.\nForest Department officials said the information sent by MODIS on NASA satellites is sometimes double-counted because of data recorded several times. Wild life data shows that the Amarabad Tiger Reserve Circle has recorded 58 fires in the past one month, while the Kaval Tiger Reserve Circle at Mancherial recorded 115 fires before the summer set.\nTo control wildlife in summer, the Forest Department adopted preventive measures with the help of the Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAMPA) provided by the Union Government. In Amarabad Tiger Reserve, officials of the forest department said that 5 crores is used only for forest protection. “Expenditure from CAMPA fund for forest areas in Nagarkurnool is around 15 crores. For laying fire lines, the expenditure on digging the peripheral trenches reaches Rs 5 crore. The department also uses the funds for the procure of fire fighting equipment”,said Kista Goud, district forest officer, Nagarkurnool."}
{"text":"Fundamentals Of Design How To Think Like A Designer | 730 MB\nMost of us know great design when we see it. If you've ever held an iPhone, seen the inside of a Tesla S or walked through a building designed by Frank Gehry, then you know how important design is. The emotion it brings out of us as we interact with great design is indescribable.\nWhat You'll Learn\nIntro to Design. The subtle differences between design and aesthetics.\nThe Power of Grids. Grids create order out of chaos. You'll learn how to build the structure that lives underneath your design.\nEstablishing Visual Heiarchy. 5 ways to establish visual hierarchy: color, space, alignment, implicit, and explicit.\nChoose and Combine Typefaces. You'll identify different fonts, then adjust their size and kearning.\nPersonality and Context in Color. You'll choose an appropriate palette based on understanding of color theory\nWhat You'll Make\nYou may or may not want to be a designer, but learning to think like one is crucial."}
{"text":"In accordance with the railway load transfer model, the parts that are laid at certain intervals perpendicular to the rails, which transmit the forces acting on the rail to the ballast layer by meeting and spreading on a wider surface, detecting and protecting the opening of the road and keeping the road on its axis against side effects, are called sleepers.\nRailway sleepers used in railway systems, axle weight, speed, technological developments in towing and towing vehicles and so on. the progress in the elements and the materials used in the production of traverse were in parallel with the problems of adaptation to these advances and the cost considerations.\nTraverses used in rail systems are divided into four:\n- Wooden sleepers,\n- Iron sleepers,\n- Reinforced concrete sleepers,\n- Plastic sleepers.\nFor details Click here..."}
{"text":"Print the document and cut out a set of cards for each group of 2-4 students.\nStudents should sort each figure into piles depending on how the triangles can be proven to be congruent.\nCheck students answers by referencing the letter in the top corner of each card.\nAnswer Key is included!\nGreat as a demonstration of learning after triangle congruence postulates and theorems are introduced or as a warm-up activity."}
{"text":"Two Pre-Modern Etymologists: The Connections between Johann Georg Wachter (1663–1757) and Johan Ihre (1707–1780)\nSource InformationNovember 2010, Volume53(Issue2) Page127To137\nIn 1737 the German philologist Johann Georg Wachter (1663–1757) published an etymological dictionary of the German language, Glossarium Germanicum . This book had a great influence on the most prominent Swedish philologist of the eighteenth century, Johann Ihre (1707–1780), professor at Uppsala University. In 1769 Ihre published, along the same lines as Wachter's work, a Swedish etymological dictionary. The present article aims at tracing Wachter's influence on Ihre, and is partly based on manuscript evidence."}
{"text":"Visual arts and design student Daniël de Bruin has created a mechanical 3D printer that uses no computers or motors. The printer functions by using a 15-kilogram weight that must be reset again and again to push out clay, and a guiding wire is bent to provide the basic shape of whatever is being made.\nmore and more products are being fashioned by means of automated processes. not only are these processes more efficient and therefore cheaper, they also ensure that every item meets the same criteria and does not deviate from the norm. however deviations are usually the most interesting. as with humankind and the rest of nature, true beauty lies in its diversity.\nimages via Daniël de Bruin"}
{"text":"Due to its key role in ‘cultural evolution’, our, arguably uniquely human, capacity to learn from others the accumulated wisdom of previous generations – social learning has been suggested to hold a key to understanding the peculiarities of human life. However, social learning research has typically been confined to the academic fields of ecology and economics; only recently has this become the focus of psychological enquiry.\nThis module will provide an in-depth understanding of cutting-edge developments concerning the psychological and neural mechanisms that underpin social learning. Throughout the 10 lectures we will critically evaluate whether social learning mechanisms are uniquely social, or, whether social learning ‘piggybacks’ on domain-general mechanisms. We will also explore what happens when social learning goes awry.\n- Essay (50%)\n- Examination (50%)"}
{"text":"Variety of Forms\nThe forms of Lararium varied greatly. Rich homes might have a huge affair of carved marble which looked rather like a temple in miniature. In other homes the Lararium might only be a simple wooden cabinet or wall shelf. Big or small, the important thing about a Lararium is that it should be permanent rather than something to be put away when the rites are not being held.\nA lararium, properly speaking, is a shrine for theLares. During the Republic there does not seem to have been any statues used to represent the Lares, since they were considered more as ancestors. The death masks of ancestors were stored in boxes, hung on a wall near the entrance of the house, and it might possibly be that lararium meant something like a foyer where these were kept. Today it would be comparable to having photographs of your ancestors at your lararium. Beginning in the fourth century BCE certain patrician families assumed divine heritages and thus may have begun to include images of a Lar familiaris such as Venus, but these would still have been regarded there as an ancestor.\nTools used at the lararium\n- Acerra Container for incense.\n- Salinum Container for salt.\n- Gutus Container for milk or wine.\n- Patera Offering dish.\n- Incense An offering to the gods.\n- Turibulum Incense burner.\n- Lucerna Sacred lamp."}
{"text":"The ancient Greeks are in many important ways the founders of the modern world. It is true that their culture thrived thousands of years ago, but the ideas, building designs and governments that they founded anciently still exist in the Western World today. From sports to democracy, the Ancient Greeks will continue to influence the lives of billions of people for centuries to come.\nThe significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.\nFirst news of the Declaration of Independence appeared on July 5, 1776, in Philadelphia''s Pennsylvanischer Staatsbote, a newspaper printed in German. George Washington didn''t hear about it until July 9th."}
{"text":"What are the fundamental forces that drive human behavior? A group of evolutionary thinkers offer an answer by revising one of psychology’s most familiar images.\nAbraham Maslow’s Pyramid of Needs is one of the iconic images of psychology. The simple diagram, first introduced in the 1940s, spells out the underlying motivations that drive our day-to-day behavior and points the way to a more meaningful life. It is elegant, approachable and uplifting.\nBut is it also out of date?\nThat’s the argument of a team of evolutionary psychologists led by Douglas Kenrick of Arizona State University. In the latest issue of the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science, they propose a revised pyramid, one informed by recent research defining our deep biological drives.\nTheir new formulation is intellectually stimulating, but emotionally deflating. “Self-actualization,” the noble-sounding top layer of Maslow’s hierarchy, in their model has not only been dethroned, it has been relegated to footnote status. It has been replaced at the top with a more mundane motivation Maslow didn’t even mention: “Parenting.”\nThe new pyramid is based on the premise that our strongest and most fundamental impulse, which shapes our day-to-day desires on an unconscious level, is to survive long enough to pass our genes to the next generation. According to this school of thought, backed by considerable — though not irrefutable — evidence, all our achievements are linked in one way or another to the urge to reproduce.\nIn other words, aside from our powerful brains, we’re pretty much like every other living creature."}
{"text":"From: Jet Propulsion Laboratory\nPosted: Thursday, September 20, 2007\nThis video uses three-dimensional modeling of a gullied crater in the Centauri Montes region of Mars and simulates a flight over that landscape. One gully inside the crater has a deposit of light-toned material that was not present in 1999 but appeared by 2004, as determined from before-and-after images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor. The deposit is several hundred meters or yards long.\nThe imagery and stereo information for this video come from images taken on Dec. 12, 2006, by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera and the Context Camera (CTX) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The HiRISE image is catalogued as PSP_001714_1415 .\nThe location of this crater is at about 38 degrees south latitude, 97 degrees east longitude.\nNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, is the prime contractor for the project and built the spacecraft. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment is operated by the University of Arizona, Tucson, and the instrument was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp., Boulder, Colo. The Context Camera was provided and is operated by Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego.\nImage credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ.of Arizona/MSSS/USGS\n// end //"}
{"text":"Okay, so I'm fairly new to c++ programming. For practice, I wanted to create a program to store my data (like passwords and such) but I'm not sure how to go about making that data secure..\nObviously the program itself will prompt the user for a password at the start. If I store the data in a text file, then someone could easily just open it and read it. If I store the information in variables, how will I add new information while the program runs, rather than editing the source code?\nI'm just gonna go out on a limb here and assume this is a very dumb question so thanks in advance for your patience ;)\nWell security is a pretty advanced topic, but there are some things you can do to get some light, simple security.\nFor instance, instead of storing a password in a file, store a hash of the password in the file. Then when the user enters in a password, your application will hash that password, then check to see if the hash matches the one stored in the file. This way a user cannot just open the file to read the password.\nThe problem with that is that a dedicated abuser could read your hash from the file, then generate a password that matches the same hash.\nI read the OP's post as he was making a program to store passwords of other programs. Since you generally aren't in control of the behavior of the other programs, hashing the passwords makes them useless. (Since you can't enter the hash...)\nOriginally Posted by bithub\nIf this is the case, you would just store the passwords, and encrypt the file containing them. The encryption key is the 'master' password, or some derivative thereof."}
{"text":"#41 Effect of Light intensity on the rate of Photosynthesis\nPlants need light energy to make the chemical energy needed to create carbohydrates. Increasing the light intensity will boost the speed of photosynthesis. However, at high light intensities the rate becomes constant.\n- Place a pond weed Elodea upside in a test tube containing water.\n- Place the tube in a beaker of fresh water at 25°C. This helps to maintain a constant temperature around the pond weed.\n- Place excess sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) in the water to give a constant saturated solution of CO2.\n- Place the lamp (the only light source) at distance from the plant.\n- Count the number of oxygen bubbles given off by the plant in 1 minute period. This is the rate of photosynthesis at that particular light intensity.\n- The gas should be checked to prove that it is indeed oxygen - relights a glowing splint.\n- Repeat at different light intensities by moving the lamp to different distances.\n- Graph the results placing light intensity on the x-axis.\n- Light energy absorbed by chlorophyll is converted to ATP and H+\n- At very low light levels the plant will be respiring only not photosynthesising.\n- As the light intensity increases, the rate of photosynthesis increases. However, the rate will not increase beyond a certain level of light intensity.\n- At high light intensities the rate becomes constant, even with further increases in light intensity, there are no increases in the rate.\n- The plant is unable to harvest the light at these high intensities and the chlorophyll system can be damaged by very intense light levels."}
{"text":"You can make the right nutritional choices if you know enough about nutrition. You can’t make wise decisions if you don’t know what you are doing. This article will give you that information so that you can be as healthy as you can be.\nIt is very simple to add ingredients that have a better nutritional value into regular foods. If your children dislike nutritious food, this works well. However, you can do it for yourself too. You can sneak beans into baked goods, or grate vegetables to mix into sauces. The people eating the food you have prepared will still enjoy their meals and snacks, but they will also be eating healthier.\nEat a rainbow of colors in food. Fruits and vegetables that are bright in color tend to be low calorie and nutrient rich. Each meal you eat should have about one fruit and veggie. Whenever possible, eat the skin or pulp of fruits and vegetables since that is where most of the nutrients are stored.\nExperts agree that you need to reduce the amount of processed flour and grains in your diet. Many of the benefits of grain are lost when husks and hulls are thrown away. Many products add items like wheat germ to try to return the nutrients to the end product, but does this really make sense? Of course not.\nAdd more salmon to your diet. Salmon is rich in omega-3 fats and also in niacin. Omega-3 fatty acids have been proven to lower the risk of lots of different diseases. Wild salmon is a better option than farmed salmon, which may contain toxic substances.\nYou should eliminate sugar from your daily diet and substitute artificial sweeteners. Too much sugar can lead to many health issues, including serious heart problems. A sweetener like Stevia or Splenda makes a great substitute when used in cooking or added directly to food. You won’t miss the sugar at all.\nBeing informed is always the best way to make the right decisions. Do yourself a favor. Use the advice found in this article. No one can make positive changes in your life but you. The choice is yours to make."}
{"text":"Downslope movement of rock, soil, or artificial fill under the influences of gravity.\nLandslide Hazards Program [ More info] Research program designed to improve understanding of the causes of ground failure so that the hazards associated with landslides can be mitigated or avoided.\nLandslide events [ More info] Current, regularly updated reports of landslides nationwide\nLandslide Hazards in the Seattle, Washington, Area [ More info] Explains how and why landslides occur in this area, and what can be done to forecast and mitigate them.\nLandslide hazards: Frequently Asked Questions [ More info] Answers to common questions about landslides and the hazards they pose.\nLandslide types and processes [ More info] An introductory primer giving basic scientific facts about landslides--the types of landslides, how they are initiated, and how they can begin to be managed as a hazard.\nLandslide: did you see it? [ More info] Report your experience of seeing a landslide including location.\nLandslides learning & education [ More info] A wide variety of explanatory and educational resources about landslides and their relationship with earthquakes and storms, and preparedness. Includes glossary and photos.\nLandslides research [ More info] Description of research projects in progress to make accurate landslide hazard maps and forecasts of landslide occurrences.\nCostly landslide events in the United States: map layer description file [ More info] GIS data set from the USGS National Landslides Hazards Program showing major landslide events in the United States and Puerto Rico with metadata. Map layer can be downloaded in shapefile format or SDTS format.\nField reconnaissance report of landslides triggered by the January 12, 2010, Haiti earthquake [ More info] Preliminary aerial helicopter reconnaissance of areas affected by landslides and ground inspections at some accessible landslide sites.\nAlphabetical Index of Topics\na b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z"}
{"text":"If your child enjoys reading, this can help them to become confident at spelling. At Acorn we are keen to encourage our children to use our 4 step approach to learning spellings.\nAll children should have a copy of this glued into their homework books. It is particularly important for children who have a difficulty with spelling to follow this approach as only by using a multi-sensory approach like this will they be enabled to overcome their difficulties. They need this extra practice to enable the learning of spellings to be retained in both the short-term and long-term memory.\nSpelling lists used in Acorn are available for download here.\nClick on the SWST list number you require."}
{"text":"The name verification is guided by RFC 2818 Section 3.1, more specifically on wildcards:\nMatching is performed using the matching rules specified by\n[RFC2459]. If more than one identity of a given type is present in\nthe certificate (e.g., more than one dNSName name, a match in any one\nof the set is considered acceptable.) Names may contain the wildcard\ncharacter * which is considered to match any single domain name\ncomponent or component fragment. E.g., *.a.com matches foo.a.com but\nnot bar.foo.a.com. f*.com matches foo.com but not bar.com.\nHere the \"domain name components\" a separated by the dots, and do not include them.\nThis is also clarified in RFC 6125 (which also discourages the use of wildcard certificates, but that's a different problem).\nInstead of putting your host name in the Common Name RDN of the Subject DN, you could have two Subject Alternative Name entries in the same certificate: one for\n*.example.com and one for\nexample.com. The CN is only meant to be a fallback solution anyway:\nIf a subjectAltName extension of type dNSName is present, that MUST\nbe used as the identity. Otherwise, the (most specific) Common Name\nfield in the Subject field of the certificate MUST be used. Although\nthe use of the Common Name is existing practice, it is deprecated and\nCertification Authorities are encouraged to use the dNSName instead."}
{"text":"First, it is helpful to distinguish between the International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act 1993 (IPKCA) and Hague Abduction Convention.\nThe IPKCA is a United States federal law signed as Public Law 103-322 by President Bill Clinton on September 2, 1993. The IPCKA makes it a federal crime to remove a child from the U.S.A. or to keep a child who is a citizen of the U.S.A. in another crime with the intent to obstruct custodial rights. 18 U.S.C. § 1204.\nThe Hague Abduction Convention, on the other hand, is international law. It applies to parents and children who originate from a country that is a party to the Hague Convention. Specifically, twenty-three countries drafted the treaty on child abduction in 1976 at the Hague Conference on Private International Law. United States State Department, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Possible Solutions - Using ...\nDiscusses international law from the standpoint of child kidnapping policies."}
{"text":"Teaching American History Program\nThe rural district in western Massachusetts works with a consortium of six nearby districts. The partners are the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association and the Franklin County Collaborative for Professional Development. 225 teachers, teacher trainers, and district coordinators will participate in seminars on major American history topics, as well as in small group training at school sites. They will examine and analyze primary documents and will integrate these documents and other historical materials into their classroom instruction."}
{"text":"In football, the intended goal of FC Barcelona is to be the best football team in the world. So they recruit and nurture the most talented players they can find, train them hard together and instill a hunger for victory in order to achieve that goal.\nWhen you make your presentation in the board room or on the stage at an industry conference, even if you are not the Lionel Messi of Public Speaking, like Barcelona, you want to be clear about your message and your intended goals too.\nHow does this translate for you?\nAn intention is something that you plan to do or achieve.\nA message is a short communication.\nYour message is what you want your audience to take away when you stop talking. Your audience needs to realize that the message is a representation of your intended goal.\nIf your intention is to win the Champion's League, your message is to win each game, one by one, culminating in the Final.\nIf your intention is to win the war, your message is that you are invincible.\nMessage and intention must work hand in hand to influence your audience. One must support and lead to the completion of the other.\nA speech that conveys only a message, but no intended goal, will have a much lesser impact on your audience than a speech whose intended goal is clear.\nIf you miss that goal, you might not qualify for the Champions League of public speaking."}
{"text":"A GIANT finger-like cloud of antimatter more than 3000 light years long is pointing out from the centre of our Galaxy. The cloud contains positrons, the antimatter counterpart of electrons, but its origin is uncertain. It may be a high-speed \"jet\" stabbing out from an enormous black hole that may lurk at the heart of the Galaxy. Alternatively, it could be the debris of a rash of supernova explosions in the same region.\nA team led by William Purcell of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, discovered the finger while observing the regions close to the centre of the Galaxy with NASA's orbiting Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. The observatory's instruments did not observe the positrons directly. Instead they detected the gamma rays that are produced when a positron slows down enough to combine with an interstellar electron, causing the particles to annihilate each other.\nPreviously, this annihilation radiationat a characteristic energy ...\nTo continue reading this article, subscribe to receive access to all of newscientist.com, including 20 years of archive content."}
{"text":"The Question and Answer section for Shakespeare’s Sonnets is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.\nCheck out the link below:\nI think this is the general deffinition:\nThis Sonnet structure is commonly called the English sonnet or the Shakespearean sonnet, to distinguish it from the Italian Petrarchan sonnet formwhich has two parts: a rhyming octave (abbaabba) and a...\nFrom the text:\nLike to the lark at break of day arising\nFrom sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;\nFor thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings\nThat then I scorn to change my state with kings."}
{"text":"Document Confirms British were Plotting to Invade Germany Before Germany Invaded Poland\nAn early version of the ‘King’s Speech’ reveals Britain was preparing to declare war on Germany before Hitler invaded Poland.\nGeorge VI’s address to the nation, depicted in the 2010 movie starring Colin Firth as the stammering monarch, had been written at least nine days beforehand.\nThe three-page document that has come to light is entitled ‘Draft King’s Speech’ and is dated August 25, 1939.\nThe document, which was written on August 25, 1939 – seven days before Germany’s invasion of Poland – has come to light after 74 years.\nThe typed document, the second draft of the speech, was retained by civil servant Harold Vale Rhodes, who had previously written a first attempt.\nIn a pencilled note in the left-hand margin, Mr Rhodes criticised the length of some of the sentences in the second draft and hinted that his should be used.\nIt would appear his advice was followed – the final speech read to the nation and the Commonwealth by the King on September 3 contained shorter, more concise sentences.\nAlthough the tone remained the same, some of the content was significantly different. For instance, it did not mention Germany or Hitler by name but merely ‘our enemies’.\nThe early draft accused Germany of being a bully that wanted to dominate the world by brute force and stressed that ‘we are fighting for the principles of freedom and justice’.\nRelated Red Ice Radio\nDennis Wise - Hour 1 - Adolf Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told\nMark Weber - Hour 1 - Extremist Watch Groups, Culture Clash & Germanophobia"}
{"text":"The condition of the peasantry in Oudh was miserable. The governing classes had no sympathy for the subjects who suffered terribly under their tyranny. The officials took delight in plundering the peasants. Although the condition of Oudh was not satisfactory, Sleeman was opposed to its annexation.\nIn 1851 Dalhousie himself journeyed on the borders of Oudh and heard the use of heavy cannon for the purpose of collecting revenues by the servants of the king. In spite of that, Dalhousie hesitated to take action. In 1854, Sleeman was replaced by Outram as Resident. The new Resident reported that the administration of the country was an orgy of massacre and corruption set to music.\nThe recommendation of Dalhousie was that while Wajid Ali Shah, the ruler of Oudh, be allowed to retain his title, the entire administration of the country be taken over by the English Company. On account of the loyalty of the king, Dalhousie did not recommend his forcible abduction and annexation of his territory. The members of the Executive were divided.\nIn January 1856, Dalhousie got the orders of the Court of Directors with regard to the future of Oudh. He was to offer to the king a kind of Vatican sovereignty, the title of the king, adequate funds and full jurisdiction. Outram was sent back to Lucknow and a brigade followed him. The king refused to accept the new position and was deposed. He was sent to Calcutta (Kolkata) and he died in 1857.\nSleeman believed that the annexation of Oudh was a political blunder. The English used their giant's strength and had injured their reputation in the eyes of the Indians. During the Revolt of 1857, the sepoys of Oudh had brought about havoc and had added to the difficulties of the British. It is said that the forced abduction of Wajid Ali Shah and annexation of Oudh were offences against good faith and public conscience.\n(Last Updated on : 15-11-2014)\n|More Articles in Lord Dalhousie (4)|"}
{"text":"Parents' Mental Health\nWhen a parent becomes mentally unwell, it can be difficult for them to explain to their child what is happening and for the child to make sense of their parent's behaviour. Parents and children or young people often feel isolated and unsupported when the parent is unwell, which can increase distress and anxiety across the family. It is important that mental health and social services support both the parent and their child. This resource explores the impact of parents’ ill health on children and how parents and children can be protected and supported."}
{"text":"Open up those peepers and get a full shot of robot. Scientists are working on tiny machines that can be directed through the eyes to treat conditions like macular degeneration.\nKawasaki Heavy Industries' MSR05 robot experiments with drugs and bathes in hydrogen peroxide gas.\nThis modified assembly robot has been put to work in the lab, where it's handling dangerous materials to keep people out of harm's way.\nNew aquatic microrobot out of China can walk and turn freely on the surface of water by mimicking insects that can do the same.\nHarvard University's robotics lab designs an origami-inspired method for stamping out large numbers of pop-up flying microrobots.\nThough it weighs more than 1,100 water striders, this little bot can leap 5.5 inches in the air while skimming the water's surface.\nThis week, a robot swam around in our eyes, we took a tour of a creepily cool Tron-style home, and Tiny Wings kept flying high.\nThe UBOT is a smarter--but needier--vacuum bot\nThe robot, which weighs about three-hundredths of an ounce, is manipulated by magnetic fields and has the potential for use in clean rooms or hazardous environments.\nA group of South Korean researchers from the Nano/Micro System Laboratory at Seoul National University has created a miniature robot powered by living heart tissue."}
{"text":"Introduction to African-American Literature\nThis course will explore the flow of African American literature from its origins to the present. Our non-linear journey (circling from the 21st century to the 18th century) will pivot on: cultural movements (such as the 1920s and 30s Harlem Renaissance and the 1960s and 70s Black Arts Movement); tensions between black radicalism and black “respectability”; the rise of black feminist literary traditions; and the styles, themes, and forms that connect and separate African American literature from a larger tradition of American literature. We will read a wide range of novels, drama, short stories, and poetry. The assigned reading may include poetry by Claudia Rankine, Phillis Wheatley, Langston Hughes, and Gwendolyn Brooks, novels by Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, and Octavia Butler, drama by Amiri Baraka, Lynn Nottage, and August Wilson, and short stories by James Baldwin and Alice Walker."}
{"text":"In a very recent review published in September 2020 in Molecules, Tronina et al. provided insight into the unusual hop phytoestrogens and showed numerous health benefits associated with their wide spectrum of biological activities including estrogenic, anticancer, neuropreventive, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties, which were intensively studied. They offered potential applications of these compounds such as, as an alternative to hormone replacement therapy (HRT).\nTronina T, Popłoński J, Bartmańska A. Flavonoids as Phytoestrogenic Components of Hops and Beer. Molecules. 2020;25(18):4201. Published 2020 Sep 14. doi:10.3390/molecules25184201 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7570471/"}
{"text":"Some articles on tick, marks, tick marks:\n... representing triangles (and other geometric figures), \"tick\" marks along the sides are used to denote sides of equal lengths – the equilateral triangle has tick marks ... The scalene has single, double, and triple tick marks, indicating that no sides are equal ...\nFamous quotes containing the words marks and/or tick:\n“Semantically, taste is rich and confusing, its etymology as odd and interesting as that of style. But while stylederiving from the stylus or pointed rod which Roman scribes used to make marks on wax tabletssuggests activity, taste is more passive.... Etymologically, the word we use derives from the Old French, meaning touch or feel, a sense that is preserved in the current Italian word for a keyboard, tastiera.”\n—Stephen Bayley, British historian, art critic. Taste: The Story of an Idea, Taste: The Secret Meaning of Things, Random House (1991)\n“Time has an undertaking establishment on every block and drives his coffin nails faster than the steam riveters rivet or the stenographers type or the tickers tick out fours and eights and dollar signs and ciphers.”\n—John Dos Passos (18961970)"}
{"text":"East Asian cuisine includes Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, and Taiwanese food. Considering this is the most.\nPages in category \"East Asian cuisine\". The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more).\nRice was first cultivated in China in Neolithic times and still forms the foundation of most East Asian cuisines. Rice and wheat noodles are also popular.\nSome of the most popular East Asian food regions are from China, Korea and Japan. While rice is a staple ingredient for each, spices, meat.\nHere's a list of the top ten meals in Southeast Asia. And Southeast Asian cuisine brings the flavor in spades. . I've not yet been to South East Asia outside of Vietnam and Malaysian Borneo, so mine is limited somewhat."}
{"text":"A channel is an independent hardware component that co-ordinate all I/O to a set of controllers. Computer systems that use I/O channel have special hardware components that handle all I/O operations.\nChannels use separate, independent and low cost processors for its functioning which are called Channel Processors.\nChannel processors are simple, but contains sufficient memory to handle all I/O tasks. When I/O transfer is complete or an error is detected, the channel controller communicates with the CPU using an interrupt, and informs CPU about the error or the task completion.\nEach channel supports one or more controllers or devices. Channel programs contain list of commands to the channel itself and for various connected controllers or devices. Once the operating system has prepared a list of I/O commands, it executes a single I/O machine instruction to initiate the channel program, the channel then assumes control of the I/O operations until they are completed.\nThe I/O processor in the IBM 370 computer is called a Channel. A computer system configuration includes a number of channels which are connected to one or more I/O devices.\nFollowing are the different categories of I/O channels:\nThe Multiplexer channel can be connected to a number of slow and medium speed devices. It is capable of operating number of I/O devices simultaneously.\nThis channel can handle only one I/O operation at a time and is used to control one high speed device at a time.\nIt combines the features of both multiplexer and selector channels.\nThe CPU directly can communicate with the channels through control lines. Following diagram shows the word format of channel operation.\nThe computer system may have number of channels and each is assigned an address. Each channel may be connected to several devices and each device is assigned an address."}
{"text":"This should include what a world would look like in which all rational beings followed the maxim and why you could not achieve the purpose or end of the maxim in such a world. Kant thinks that we are not really in freedom if we are only looking for pleasure or desire and avoiding pains. By meeting our instinctive needs and become slaves of our desires and impulse. 2. Explain why following this maxim (i. e. taking recreational drugs) would interfere with your fulfilling imperfect duties to yourself and to other people.\nImperfect duties are laxer duties, which means you will be free to choose what you want to do to promote yourself. We choose to exercise to get health but we can accord our ability to set the exercise schedule. Taking recreational drugs to maximize our pleasure cant provide us any promotion to neither to ourselves nor to the society besides getting high temporary. It is a process do not need you do anything to yourself or to society except taking drugs. And if everyone are addict to bring by drugs their life will get worse because they find that they can get pleasure so easily.\nAnd finally people may stop doing anything to get pleasure because they already have. 3. Explain why following this maxim fails to treat yourself with respect. Kant believe that human beings rational ability make us different and distinguish with animals. 4. Explain why following this maxim would likely lead you to fail to treat other people with respect. As usual, papers are to be typed, standard font, double-spaced and run @1,000 wds. (@4 pp. ). Do not present an introduction. Answer each question separately and number your answers appropriately."}
{"text":"Why Use a Specialist for Your Procedure?\nAll dentists, including your general dentist, received training in endodontic treatment in dental school. General dentists can perform endodontic procedures along with other dental procedures, but often they refer patients needing endodontic treatment to endodontists.\nEndodontists are dentists with at least two additional years of advanced education in root canal techniques and procedures. Because they limit their practices to endodontic cases, they have concentrated experience in endodontic treatment. In addition to treating routine cases, they are experts in performing complicated procedures, such as surgery, and in treating difficult cases, such as teeth with narrow, blocked, or unusually positioned canals. Endodontists are also experienced at finding the cause of oral and facial pain that has been difficult to diagnose."}
{"text":"The Hidden Benefits of Exercise\nMost people exercise to lose weight and get in better shape. For teenagers, however, evidence suggests there's considerably more to regular exercise than weight control. In fact, a recent survey has found that teenagers who make a habit out of exercise and physical activity are more likely to adapt other positive habits, while avoiding negative ones.\nIn the survey, researchers asked nearly 12,000 middle- and high-school students to report how often they had participated in various activities in the previous week, including playing sports, using local recreation centers, skating or skateboarding, bicycling, watching television, and playing video games.\nThe students also provided information about their grades, self-esteem, and other behaviors.\nCompared to teenagers whose primary activities were watching TV and playing video games, teenagers who exercised five or more times per week were:\n- less likely to have sex, including unprotected sex;\n- less likely to smoke cigarettes;\n- less likely to drink alcohol or to drive while drunk;\n- less likely to use illegal drugs other than marijuana;\n- less likely to miss time away from school;\n- less likely to have low self-esteem;\n- more likely to wear a seat belt while driving;\n- more likely to get 'A' grades in math and science;\n- more likely to get a good night's sleep; and\n- more likely to do household chores and to have summer jobs outside the home.\nAs this survey shows, there are definite benefits to regular exercise that can't be measured on a scale. So, what are you waiting for? Turn off that TV, tell your children to put down the video game, and get them moving! It's in their best interest. Talk to your chiropractor for more information on appropriate exercise guidelines for your family.\nNewton MC, Gordon-Larsen P. Physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns are associated with selected adolescent risk behaviors. Pediatrics, April 2006;117(4):1281-1290."}
{"text":"The progressive and phrasal verbs: Evidence of colloquialization in nineteenth-century English?\nThe present study, which is based on the CONCE corpus, considers two linguistic features that are characteristic of spoken rather than written production: the progressive and phrasal verbs. The frequency development of these features in nineteenth-century English is examined in relation to contemporaneous changes in British society. The results show that the most informal genres in the corpus, comedies and private letters, exhibit increasing frequencies, while the formal genre of scientific writing displays stability. These results are shown to be partly similar to those reached in studies of late twentieth-century English, where the progressive and phrasal verbs increase in frequency in some written genres but not others. In previous research, this development has been taken to be part of an ongoing colloquialization of genre norms, which has in turn been linked to the democratization of discourse in post-1945 Western society. The present study demonstrates that related developments can be identified in nineteenth-century Britain, which implies that the concept of colloquialization may explain some of the stability and change attested in the data."}
{"text":"I'm a birdwatcher, but now seriously into dragonflies and a bit into butterflies, though it is frustrating how many of the former (damselflies) are very small and striped blue and black and how many of the latter in Britain are basically brown and orange.\nBirds are residents or migrants. Migrants can be passing through or coming to stay. Their arrival and leaving dates are affected by the weather, but for example, by the late April the first clear night with winds from the south should bring some Whitethroats and although the odd bird may arrive very early, in Southern England you listen for the first Cuckoo around 20th April. However, typically you get a few of any species, then some more, with the main arrival two or three weeks after the first pathfinders.\nButterflies and dragonflies also work to a timetable, but it can be much stricter. A few are migrants or vagrants, but for most, when they appear, they've just emerged from chrysalis (butterfly) or straight from the larva (dragonflies). I'm describing the situation in temperate climes, of course: near the equator dragonfly slecies can be around all year.\nTwo weeks ago as I walked Essex and Suffolk footpaths, suddenly there were lots of Gatekeeper butterflies, small, quite brightly-patterned red-orange and brown butterflies often found in numbers around bramble bushes. Yesterday, suddenly around marshes, there were lots of restless, red, small dragonflies called Common Darters. If I'd picked the right two days, I'd have drawn a blank on the first and seen numbers the next. The Common Darters will be around in declining numbers into late October or even November.\nI love the seasons."}
{"text":"Friday, 22 April 2011\nAustralian skull proof of convergent evolution\nA fossil of a snail-eating marsupial has teeth that resemble a lizard's, providing a striking snapshot of convergent evolution.\nMalleodectes, a small ferret-like marsupial that lived 10 to 17 million years ago, had a distinctive hammer-shaped tooth on each side of its upper jaw, said Rick Arena, lead author and palaeontologist at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.\nThese findings, published this week in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, are an example of convergent evolution, which occurs when two unrelated species have similar physical features.\n\"It's a striking example of evolutionary convergence, and the first example of a marsupial with teeth that resemble a lizard's,\" said Arena, who discovered the jawbones in the famous Riversleigh World Heritage fossil field in Queensland."}
{"text":"contribution by Cayley...elliptic functions. He formalized the theory of matrices. Among Cayley’s most important papers were his series of 10 “Memoirs on Quantics” (1854–78). A quantic, known today as an algebraic form, is a polynomial with the same total degree for each term; for example, every term in the following polynomial has a total degree of...\nSimply begin typing or use the editing tools above to add to this article.\nOnce you are finished and click submit, your modifications will be sent to our editors for review."}
{"text":"Calm and Clear\n\"Wheel of Analytic Meditation\" guides the student step by step from initial observation of the marks of existence compoundedness, impermanence, frustration, and emptiness to a penetrating insight into the causes of suffering, while refining concentration and observation into powerful tools for deepening meditation. \"Instructions on the Middle Way\" progresses to deeper levels of understanding until \"unquestionable experience dawns.\"\nLama Mipham's Calm and Clear, two texts on Shamata and Vipasyana meditation, introduces his students to these practices.\nTarthang Tulku added introductions clarifying the major topics: how to meditate on impermanence, the nature of suffering, qualities that relieve obscurations, and the path to enlightenment.\nTranslated by Tarthang Tulku.\nIncludes Tibetan text.\nAdopted for courses at eighteen universities.\nDemonstrates clearly how to combine study and practice."}
{"text":"According to JonathanEdward's sermon, what keeps sinners out of the fiery pit of hell?\n2 Answers | Add Yours\nEdwards, in an attempt to shock and scare his audience into returning to the church, tells his listening congregation that they could die at any moment. He illustrates their imminent death by comparing them to spiders hanging on to a thin web being dangled over the fiery pit of hell. At any moment, he warns, the web could break and the spider (sinner) would fall into hell with no help of salvation. However, the reason the audience has not met this tragic fate is because of God. He decided when people will die and he knows when people live, so his audience should take this opportunity to repent and ask for forgiveness, so that if they do die tonight, they will be right with God.\nJoin to answer this question\nJoin a community of thousands of dedicated teachers and students.Join eNotes"}
{"text":"Byrd, William (English composer)\nWilliam Byrd, 1543–1623, English composer, organist at Lincoln Cathedral and, jointly with Tallis, at the Chapel Royal. Although Roman Catholic, he composed anthems and services for the English Church in addition to his great Roman masses and Latin motets. He was esteemed by his contemporaries and was favored by Queen Elizabeth I, who, in 1575, granted to Byrd and Tallis a patent for the exclusive printing and selling of music. Byrd also composed instrumental music.\nSee biography by K. McCarthy (2013); studies by E. H. Fellowes (2d ed. 1948), O. W. Neighbor (1978), and J. Kerman (1981)."}
{"text":"Europe’s Refugee Problem, Then and Now\nIn July 1938, representatives from 32 countries in Europe, North America, and Australia, meeting in Évian-les-Bains, France, refused to accept Jewish refugees from Austria and Germany. At a time when Europe is increasingly turning its back on migrants, it is vital to recall this history.\nNEW YORK – Earlier this spring, I drove to a beautiful spot on the southern bank of Lake Geneva. My destination was the Hotel Royale in Évian-les-Bains. It was there, in July 1938, that 32 nations met for a shameful discussion that has been virtually airbrushed from our memory.\nConvened by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the massive refugee crisis triggered by Hitler’s virulent anti-Semitism, the Évian conference was a catastrophe. And its disastrous outcome needs to be recalled in the light of Europe’s current migration crisis.\nThe Évian conference was supposed to address the plight of hundreds of thousands of German and Austrian Jews who were desperate for refuge. Roosevelt believed that only a collective solution could meet the challenge. Hitler, too, hoped that other countries would accept them."}
{"text":"SOAR (Satellite for Orbital Aerodynamics Research) will travel to the International Space Station before being deployed to an extremely low Earth orbit to begin its demonstrator mission. The 3U CubeSat will feature fins made from a variety of different materials that are expected to interact with the atmosphere in different ways in an orbit under 450km above the Earth’s surface.\nOperating this low will not only avoid problems with space debris that exists at higher altitudes, it will also benefit the satellite’s Earth observation capabilities and reduce communications latency. In addition, at SOAR’s end-of-mission, it will be easier to de-orbit the CubeSat from this low orbit, further minimising the chances of adding to the space debris problem. The mission is part of the wider €5.7m DISCOVERER project being led by Manchester University.\n“The satellite represents the culmination of a huge amount of technology development over many years,” said Dr Peter Roberts, the scientific coordinator for DISCOVERER.\n“We’re breaking new ground with a satellite designed specifically to explore aerodynamic effects in very low Earth orbits, whilst simultaneously measuring atmospheric parameters such as density and composition.”\nSOAR features a set of fins that are coated with four different materials for testing and can be individually rotated to different angles. The fins will be folded and stowed against the spacecraft body for launch then deployed once the satellite is in orbit. These steerable fins will also be used as control surfaces to demonstrate novel aerodynamic control manoeuvres.\nThe DISCOVERER project is also developing atmosphere breathing electric propulsion prototypes that aim to utilise the residual atmosphere in low orbits as a propellant. This has the potential to keep the satellites in orbit indefinitely despite the drag acting upon them, but also allows them to re-enter quickly and burn up in Earth’s atmosphere when they reach the end of their mission."}
{"text":"Interpreting children's best interests: needs, attachment and decision-making\nSummary Many decisions in the child welfare arena revolve around the concept of ‘children’s best interests’, but determining what they actually consist of is contestable and subject to conflicting criteria. This article describes the content of ‘children’s best interests’ discourses used by social workers and parents as part of decision-making rationales. Findings This study found that the construction of children’s ‘best interests’ was underpinned by concepts related to children’s needs. Needs were framed as emotional needs best met by family relationships, and theorised primarily using attachment theory. This resulted in decisions that tended to favour stability over change, as children’s distress on separation, indiscriminate affection, and difficult behaviours were interpreted as evidence of attachment problems that should lead to decisions to retain stable caregiving arrangements. The use of attachment theory was not straightforward, and illustrates the uneasy juxtapositions of conflicting discourses impacting on child welfare decision-making, particularly the influence of policy orientation. Applications These conflicts highlight the contested child welfare domain, and the contextualised interpretations required of attachment theories in decision-making contexts in order to make sound decisions for specific children. Implications for practice and education are discussed.\nPublisher: SAGE Publications\nRights Statement: © The Author(s) 2016\nKeywords: Attachment theory; best interests; child abuse; judgement; decision making; social constructionism; child and family welfare; child protection\nResearch Type: Journal Article\nThe following licence files are associated with this item:"}
{"text":"Battle of Nagashino\n|Battle of Nagashino|\n|Part of the Sengoku period|\nGeneral launching his troops to attack the castle of Nagashino in 1575, by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi\n|Takeda forces||Combined forces of Oda and Tokugawa|\n|Commanders and leaders|\n|Takeda Katsuyori, Anayama Nobukimi, Takeda Nobukado, Takeda Nobutoyo||Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Okudaira Sadamasa|\n|Casualties and losses|\n|Between 3,000 and 10,000 dead, incl. 54 samurai leaders\nThe Battle of Nagashino (長篠の戦い Nagashino no Tatakai ) was an armed conflict in 1575. The battle took place near Nagashino Castle (長篠城) on the plain of Shitaragahara (設楽原) in the Mikawa province (三河) of Japan.\nNagashino Castle[change | edit source]\nNagshino plain[change | edit source]\nNobunaga's use of firearms to defeat Takeda's cavalry is considered as a turning point in Japanese warfare. His tactical innovation was the wooden stockades and rotating volleys of fire which led to a decisive victory at Nagashino.\nPopular culture[change | edit source]\nReferences[change | edit source]\n- Turnbull, Stephen R. (2000). Nagashino 1575: Slaughter at the Barricades, p. 34.\n- Turnbull, 32-33.\nOther websites[change | edit source]\n- Battle of Nagashino animated battle map by Jonathan Webb"}
{"text":"Every youngster has that one cuddly stuffed animal they simply can't bear to part from. Whether it's a darling little doll or a traditional teddy, kids sure do love their toy companions. However, these seemingly harmless beloved toys are actually major health risks.\nIn a recent study performed by Dettol, a UK company that manufactures antibacterial cleaning products, microbiologists swab-tested children's used teddy bears—and the results are absolutely shocking. A frightening 80% of the toys were contaminated with staphylococcus spp, a pathogen that can actually cause food poisoning when ingested. And even scarier —as many as 25% of the stuffed animals contained coliforms, suggesting the possible presence of harmful organisms that can cause dangerous diseases. Another test in the same study suggested that 1 in 4 teddy bears even contain traces of fecal matter.\nHow does fecal matter end up on a toy that a child rarely lets go of? That could be just the problem. The alarming study revealed that up to 90% of children have dropped their toys on the floor at some point, and dirt and germs from the ground can easily cling to a teddy's soft fur. And we all know that when a child plays with a certain toy so frequently, it's bound to get quite filthy.\nThe study also discovered that 3 out of 4 bears aren't washed after a child has been ill, and 1 in 5 teddy bears have never been washed at all. It's no wonder why having these toys around is a major health risk for your child!\nBut there's good news. Luckily, it's easy to decontaminate your child's teddy bear by simply popping it in for a quick cycle in the washing machine. Dr. Lisa Ackerley, a hygiene expert, advises that all parents routinely wash their child's favorite toy in low temperature water by using an anti-bacterial laundry cleanser, which will kill 99.9% of all of the harmful germs hidden in the cuddly toy's fur. The stuffed animals should be washed separately from regular laundry and air dried to prevent any damage to fur, shape or small parts."}
{"text":"In this unit, your pupils will work as physicists and engineers, conducting experiments to investigate phenomena, principles and concepts involved in physical science and technology. Working in teams of two, they’ll complete a series of lessons that use hands-on experiments to explore gear ratios, friction and gravity. The unit concludes with an open-ended challenge, which provides an opportunity for your pupils to apply their newly acquired skills and knowledge in creative ways.\nBuild a Geared Vehicle to investigate the impact of using different gear trains.\nBuild a Tilting Platform to experimentally determine the coefficient of friction for different objects.\nBuild a Drop Tower to experimentally determine the gravitational constant."}
{"text":"Back pain or worse can be called a spinal cord disorder that will cause various other diseases. Spinal nerve disorders can occur because of collisions due to an accident or the fall of someone from a place that is quite high. If this happens, surely someone needs proper handling. One treatment that can be done is chiropractic treatment. Southside Jacksonville Chiropractor is one of the chiropractic therapies you can count on DOT physical.\nSpinal nerve disorders can even cause the presence of several other diseases, such as paralysis or a disturbance in a person’s motor system. In fact, the symptoms of loss of sensory ability and motion control that occur due to spinal cord injury are also divided into 2 categories. Anything?\n1. Tetraplegia or Quadriplegia\nIn this stage, paralysis occurs in both arms and both legs. In addition to causing paralysis of the body, injury to the spinal cord can also cause sufferers to experience difficulty breathing. In fact, it requires breathing apparatus. This happens because paralysis can also affect the muscles in the chest.\nEntering this stage, paralysis can also occur in the lower half of the body. Usually, paralysis at this stage will occur in both stalks. In addition to these symptoms, actually, everyone shows symptoms that are different when experiencing a spinal cord injury. Symptoms that appear usually depend on the location of the injury and the severity of the condition that occurs in the body.\nFor this reason, disorders that occur in the spinal cord cannot be left alone because it will cause various other diseases. This certainly requires you to get the right treatment. You can go to the doctor to get the right medical treatment or you can choose chiropractic that is handled by the right and professional chiropractor. You will certainly get good results if you do it in the right person."}
{"text":"Cricklade, town (parish), administrative and historic county of Wiltshire, England. Cricklade lies at the head of navigation of the upper Thames, at the point where the river intersected Ermine Street, a Roman road linking Silchester and Cirencester.\nA Roman fort was established there as a reconnaissance centre in 69 ce. Cricklade was created a borough by the Saxon king Alfred the Great in 871, and by the early 10th century it was sufficiently important to have a mint. Henry II granted the area a charter in 1155, and Henry III (reigned 1216–72) founded a hospital and granted a weekly market ... (100 of 176 words)"}
{"text":"Metal injection molding is a molding method in which a plasticized mixture of metal powder and its binder is injected into a mold. It is to first mix the selected powder with the binder, and then granulate the mixture and then inject the required shape. The polymer imparts its viscous flow characteristics to the mixture, and contributes to the uniformity of forming, cavity filling and powder filling. After forming, the binder is removed, and the degreased body is sintered. Some sintered products may need to be further densified, heat treated or machined. The sintered product not only has the same complex shape and high precision as the product obtained by the plastic injection molding method, but also has physical, chemical and mechanical properties close to the forging. This process technology is suitable for mass production of small, precise, three-dimensionally complex metal parts and components with special performance requirements.\n◇It can produce small metal parts with complex shapes (0.1-500g) like plastic products;\n◇Each part of the workpiece has uniform organization, high dimensional accuracy, and high relative density (≥95%);\n◇Good surface finish;\n◇The product quality is stable, the production efficiency is high, and it is easy to realize large-scale and large-scale production.\nMIM technology is suitable for materials\nIron-based alloy steel, stainless steel, nickel-based alloy, tungsten alloy, cemented carbide, titanium alloy, magnetic material, Kovar alloy, fine ceramics, etc."}
{"text":"NEW YORK (WABC) -- The CDC has tips for parents to help protect their children from exposure to lead.\nNo lead level in children has been identified as safe, and even low levels of lead in blood have been shown to affect IQ, ability to pay attention, and academic achievement. Effects of lead exposure cannot be corrected.\nLead exposure is entirely preventable, and the CDC says the key is stopping children from coming into contact with lead and treating children who have been poisoned by lead. Children can be given a blood test to measure to level of lead in their blood.\nHere are some things you can do to make their homes more lead safe:\n--Common home renovation activities like sanding, cutting and demolition can create hazardous lead dust and chips by disturbing lead-based paint. These can be harmful to adults and children.\n--If you see paint chips or dust in windowsills or on floors because of peeling paint, clean these areas regularly with a wet mop.\n--Wipe your feet on mats before entering the home, especially if you work in occupations where lead is used. Removing your shoes when you are entering the home is a good practice to control lead.\n--Remove recalled toys and toy jewelry from children\n--Talk to your local health department about testing paint and dust in your home for lead if you live in a home built before 1978.\nFor more information, visit CDC.gov/nceh/lead/tips.\nCDC tips to protect your family against lead exposure\nMore TOP STORIES News"}
{"text":"The designs and motifs of Ming jades are rich in variety. In addition to animal and plant motifs, icons of rich, happiness, longevity are often applied. Deeply influenced by the painting arts, the painting style motifs are used in jade carving.\nJade carvings in the Qing Dynasty have developed as one of the high peaks in the Chinese jade carving history. Due to the fact that Emperor Qinglong himself is a connoisseur of jade carvings, jades carvings in the reign of Qinglong are both rich in quantity and high workmanship in quality.The proportions of the jade are meeting the requirement of aesthetics. The lines are correctly and nicely sketched. Straight lines and curving lines are skillfully constructed and elaborated curved. Some ancient jades have been re-carved or added scripts by the order of Emperor Qinglong. Sample Qing jades are as follows(click the image to browse):"}
{"text":"Welcome to Sopaan Foundation\nAGRICULTURE is the dominant sector of Indian economy, which determines the growth and sustainability. About 65 per cent of the population still relies on agriculture for employment and livelihood. India is the first in the world in the production of milk, pulses, jute and jute-like fibres; second in rice, wheat, sugarcane, groundnut, vegetables, fruits and cotton production; and is a lea ding producer of spices and plantation crops as well as livestock, fisheries and poultry.\nIn the past few years, Indian agriculture has done remarkably well in terms of output growth. The 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12) witnessed an average annual growth of 3.6 per cent in the gross domestic product (GDP) from agriculture and allied sector.\nThe growth target for agriculture in the 12th Five Year Plan is estimated to be 4 per cent. Indian agriculture is benefitting huge from rising external demand and the sector's wider participation in the global economy. The strength, opportunities and weakness at village level needs to be further debated and solutions are introduced in selected segments in collaboration with villagers, Government institutions and Industry for improvement in quality of life. In order to create awareness of available technologies, programmes, government schemes and opportunity at village level, Sopaan Foundation for Development has been established as trust vide registration 1312/2012-13 New Delhi 110 075 to meet the fallowing objectives:\n- Creation of awareness regarding various welfare and development schemes of Government and facilitation to prospective beneficiaries.\n- Facilitation in procurement of critical inputs for small and marginal farmers.\n- To extend reach of medical services in backward areas.\n- To create and facilitate non-formal education for school drop-outs.\n- Facilitation to various development processes by mobilizing stakeholders."}
{"text":"RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 'Forbes has thought about variability, being effect of conditions' (12.1844) CUL-DAR45.58 (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)\nREVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker, corrections by John van Wyhe 11.2010. RN1\nNOTE: Editorial symbols used in the transcription:\n[some text] 'some text' is an editorial insertion\n[some text] 'some text' is the conjectured reading of an ambiguous word or passage\n[some text] 'some text' is a description of a word or passage that cannot be transcribed\n< > word(s) destroyed\n<some text> 'some text' is a description of a destroyed word or passage\nText in small red font is a hyperlink or notes added by the editors.\nReproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.\nForbes has thought about variability, being effect of conditions: he thinks a critical genus (i.e a variable one) is at all times & places variable.\nRemark that all creatures most useful to man the most variable — (& not effect of domestication & he objected with oysters to my view of their use depending on capacity to undergo much change. (but the Bee is good case of very slight cariability. of most useful animal.).\nReturn to homepage\nCitation: John van Wyhe, editor. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)\nFile last updated 2 July, 2012"}
{"text":"Flare Guns were single-shot brass guns carried by assault teams, sentries, and pilots. The combustion of different chemical ingredients with a fuel source like magnesium would be fired into the air, where the small cartridge would burn out in a set color.\nDuring an assault, soldiers would shoot up a flare to signal their commanders that they had successfully reached an objective or infiltrated a trench. Flares were used by pilots to point out strong points and valuable targets for their artillery. They were also used by sentries when spotting movement during the night. Once brightly illuminated, men sneaking through the battlefield suddenly became big targets."}
{"text":"Author(s) : Benlisoy Foti (15/4/2008)Translation : Tsokanis Anna\nFor citation: Benlisoy Foti, \"Hasköy\",Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, ConstantinopleURL: <http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=11484>\nThe area that nowadays covers Hasköy has been known to be populated since at least the 6th century. During the Ottoman period it was populated by Orthodox Christians, Armenians and, mainly, Jews. After World War II, Orthodox population is radically diminished.\nMunicipality of Istanbul\nAreovindou, Aravindou, Pikridio\n1. Byzantine period\n2. Ottoman period\n2.1. Hasköy from the 15th to the 19th century\n2.1.1. Ecclesiastical buildings – schools\n2.2. Hasköy in the 20th and 21st century\ncopyright © 2008, FOUNDATION OF THE HELLENIC WORLD\nThe project is co-funded from the European Union by 80% and from the Hellenic State by 20% through the Operational Programme Information Society."}
{"text":"A University of Delaware student will travel to Haiti this year to survey how the health care system there responded to the devastating earthquake in January.\nA University of Delaware student will return to Haiti this year to retrace the steps of people who fled Port-au-Prince after the earthquake in January. From WHYY’s health and science desk Kerry Grens reports the visits are part of research on disaster response:\nIn January Jennifer Santos traveled to border towns in the Dominican Republic that saw a surge of Haitians seeking food, water and medical help. Santos said she was struck by the complex relationship that developed between make-shift medical centers and those that were already established.\nSantos will return twice this fall to survey how the groups have adapted to one another in the shared response to the earthquake. Part of the visits will retrace the steps victims took from Port-au-Prince in Haiti to Jimani in the Dominican Republic.\nSantos: I basically want to see what is it the people were going through, the route they were taking from Port-au-Prince to Jimani and see if health organizations have emerged along that route because it’s basically a population displacement process.\nSantos says the border towns are fascinating because of the traditional animosity between Haitians and Dominicans.\nSantos: We’re talking about a region that has very tense political dynamics with Haitians trying to cross the border. But at the same time you also saw people that were interested and very committed to helping the people coming in to receive health services.\nSantos received a grant from the University of Delaware to travel to Haiti and the Dominican."}
{"text":"Korean Language/Writing System\nUnlike what most people might believe, Korean is not as hard as it seems. Courteously, Korean has a simple alphabet, 14 basic consonants and 10 basic vowels, which can be learned swiftly.\nAs seen in Korean pronunciation, the language has a sound for each letter.\n- ㅁ - 'm'\n- ㅏ - 'a' as in ah (the sound your doctor asks you to make)\n- ㅗ - 'o' as in oats\nHowever, there is more to Korean than that. It's really quite interesting, and makes this language unique. Let's say you wanted to now write 'mam' (would sound like mom) in Korean. It's not \"ㅁㅏㅁ,\" It would be \"맘.\" Korean, in a way, stacks letters to create a character.\nThere are three basic methods as follow. Two letters must be included to form a character; letters by themselves have no real meaning.\nVertical (Way 1)Edit\nIf the vowel in the character is ㅓ, ㅏ, ㅣ, ㅕ, ㅑ, ㅐ, or ㅔ. As you can see all these vowels are vertical.\nHorizontal (Way 2)Edit\nIf the vowel in the character is ㅗ, ㅜ, ㅠ, ㅛ, or ㅡ. All these vowels are horizontal.\nW (Way 3)Edit\nThis method is only used when there is a \"w\" sound added to the character. For example, the character '원' is stacked in this manner: position 1 'ᄋ', position 2 'ᅮ', position 3 'ㅓ', and position 4 'ㄴ' (see diagram)."}
{"text":"The robot dog is not to be trifled with.\nThe robot dog, which was developed US scientists to follow soldiers into battle like a pack mule and carry their gear over rough terrain, can now throw a cinder block (and who knows what else) with a fifth appendage where its head should be. See video below.\nThe mechanical canine, a.k.a. BigDog, is being developed by Boston Dynamics through funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).\nAs The Inquisitrhas previously reported, the voice-activated mechanical hounds (and apparently two of them have been completed) are officially called Legged Squad Support Systems. The modern military fighter can be forced to carry more than 100 pounds of gear, resulting in fatigue and degraded performance. Decreasing the weight load of a dismounted solider was a major focus of the defense research and development which went into creating the Legged Squad Support Systems. According to DARPA, physical overburden is one of the top five science and technology challenges facing the Army today, and the robot dog and carry upwards of 300 pounds of gear.\nAccording to PCWorld, BigDog can handle big challenges:\n“The four-legged robot can run, climb terrain including a muddy trail and slopes up to 35 degrees, and walk over rubble and through snow and water. BigDog has also traversed 12.8 miles non-stop without refueling, a world record for legged vehicles.”\nNBC News reports that the robot dog can “walk up to 3 miles per hour over rocky terrain and transition to a 5-mile-per-hour jog on a flat surface.”\nBut this new capability would allow the robot dog to take on additional functions, PCWorld explains, such as “someday [it] be used in search and rescue operations, or for clearing debris in dangerous or unstable situations.”\nAre you impressed with the way the robotic BigDog can toss a hunk of concrete with ease? Can you visualize any offensive military functions for the robot dog?"}
{"text":"IT SEEMED a brilliant idea in 1870: stock rivers and lakes with every angler's dream fish - rainbow trout. A few decades on, the fish were being reared in vast hatcheries, and dumped from trucks and even aircraft across the US. In 1962, an entire river system was flooded with the poison rotenone to kill the native fish and clear the way for rainbow trout.\nIn California, the stocking trucks sounded a siren telling anglers to rush to the river banks and hook the new arrivals. Today alarm bells are ringing as ecologists begin to notice that competition, hybridisation and disease are devastating the native freshwater fauna.\nIt is an enthralling and sometimes appalling story, charting the origins of an ecological disaster fuelled by political game-playing, fantasies of virility and the enduring delusion that for any problem there will always be a technological fix.\nTo continue reading this article, subscribe to receive access to all of newscientist.com, including 20 years of archive content."}
{"text":"Ghana, previously known as the Gold Coast, has supplied Europe with timber in log form (mostly mahogany) as far back as 1833. The practice continued until 1945, when pit-sawing was introduced in Ghana and the country began exporting manufactured lumber. In the 1950s and 60s, exports of sawn lumber had grown significantly and began to include veneer sheets and plywood.\nIt is estimated that there are 400,000 hectares of land currently available within Ghana’s degraded forest reserves that can be converted to commercial forest plantations. In addition, there exist a large number of exhausted cocoa farms and degraded areas outside reserve areas that are also suitable for plantation development. Ghana’s wood processors are currently seeking ventures with international partners in order to upgrade current plant and equipment, improve management practices, and increase the range of products offered.\nOpportunities for investment exist in the following product areas: Finished and semi-finished furniture and components; Mouldings and machined wood; Floor and deck blanks, strips and blocks; Door, window, and cabinet frames and panels; Dowels and tool handles; Peeled and sliced veneers; Kiln dried rough or machined lumber."}
{"text":"It's a trend that I like to see, but I wonder how they get around without a car. If you like in an urban area with good public transportation it's easy but that's not always the case in the US. There was no way I (or my parents) could afford to buy me a car when I was in high school so I mostly got around with friends who had a car or I hitchhiked.\nNow I can afford a car but I prefer public transportation or riding a bike, but I also live in a city with one of the best and cheapest public transportation systems in the world. There seems to be more to the trend than just the bad economy. do social media tools really minimize the need for seeing people in person?\nDriving is becoming so last century. Since the end of World War II, getting a driver's license has been a rite of passage for teens, but that's less and less the case. The share of people in their teens, 20s and 30s with driver's licenses has dropped significantly over the past three decades, not only the United States, but also in some other wealthy nations with a high proportion of Internet users, transportation researchers have found.\nOne possible explanation: Virtual contact through the Internet and other electronic means is reducing the need for face-to-face visits among young people, researchers say.\nFrom 1983 to 2008, the share of 16- to 39-year-olds with driver's licenses declined markedly, with the greatest decreases among drivers in their late teens and early 20s, according to a study at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute in Ann Arbor. About 69 percent of 17-year-olds had a driver's license in 1983. By 2008, that had dropped to 50 percent. Among Americans ages 20 to 24 in 1983, nearly 92 percent had driver's licenses. Twenty-five years later, it was 82 percent."}
{"text":"Star Formation in Dwarf Galaxies\nPart of: GS Prelims and GS-III- Space\n- Recently, astronomers from the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) have found out the reasons behind intense star formation in some dwarf galaxies.\n- Hydrogen in these dwarf galaxies is found to be irregular and sometimes not moving in well-defined orbits (non-symmetric hydrogen distribution).\n- Some Hydrogen around these galaxies is also detected in forms of isolated clouds, plumes, and tails\n- Scientists used the Devasthal Fast Optical Telescope (DFOT) near Nainital (Uttarakhand) and the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) in Maharashtra.\nDo you know?\n- Dwarf galaxies are the most abundant type of galaxy in the universe but are difficult to detect due to their low luminosity, low mass and small size."}
{"text":"Children's Swimming Lessons\nExperts at identifying and enhancing your child’s swimming ability.\nLearn to Swim programme\nA childs first learn to swim experience is one of the most important\nin terms of capturing and retaining their interest.\nWe believe the best way to achieve this is to create safe environments in which\nchildren can be introduced to the water whilst having fun and by\nproviding a progressive learn to swim programme that is both challenging and rewarding.\nOur lesson pathway has been developed into stages that can be easily recognisable and are child friendly. We never base our stages on age and have been developed on swimming ability.\nThis is normally our entry group and often the first time that children enter the pool without their parent. We have Water Buddies in the pool to help with this transition and to focus on building their confidence.\nBy this level we are introducing all four strokes and basic breathing techniques. We focus on distance swimming with swimmers being capable of 10m & 15m and children becoming less reliant on buoyancy aids.\nWe introduce more technical stroke work at this level. Our swimmers may still need light support from buoyancy aids which will all help to improve their stroke ability and confidence. We work toward distance swimming of up to 25m\nSwimmers at this stage have a strong level of\nconfidence and are capable of swimming over 50m. Swimmers will be demonstrating a good breathing technique, strong leg action with a great body position in the water.\nOur Shark swimmers are normally swimming in lanes down the length of the pool. We normally 4 lanes to work through.\nWe work on technique and\nbuilding stamina, along with perfecting diving techniques."}
{"text":"patulin Mycotoxin found in juice from fruits infected with one of a variety of moulds (Penicillium expansum, Aspergillus clavatus, A. terreus, and Byssochlamys nivea). Removed by fermentation and also pasteurization.\nMore From encyclopedia.com\nAnaerobic Infections , Anaerobic infections Definition An anaerobic infection is an infection caused by bacteria (called anaerobes) which cannot grow in the presence of oxy… Bacterial Infections , Definition Bacteria are single-celled organisms. Depending on the species, they can be harmful, neutral, or beneficial to humans. When harmful bacter… ampicillin , am·pi·cil·lin / ˌampiˈsilin/ • n. Med. a semisynthetic form of penicillin used chiefly to treat infections of the urinary and respiratory tracts. amp… Pseudomonas Infections , Definition A pseudomonas infection is caused by a bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and may affect any part of the body. In most cases, however, pse… Fungal Infections , Definition Fungi are types of parasitic plants that include molds, mildew, and yeast. A fungal infection is an inflammatory condition in which fungi… Streptococcal Infections , Definition Streptococcal (strep) infections are communicable diseases that develop when bacteria of the family Streptococcus invade parts of the body…\nAbout this article\nUpdated About encyclopedia.com content Print Article\nYou Might Also Like"}
{"text":"Alan Turing is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence. He was a brilliant computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist.\nTuring was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general purpose computer.\nDuring the Second World War, Turing played a pivotal role in cracking intercepted coded messages that enabled the Allies to defeat the Nazis in many crucial engagements, including the Battle of the Atlantic. In doing so he played a central role, helping the Allies win the war.\nOne of Turing’s most famous quotes states:\nSometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of, who do the things no one can imagine."}
{"text":"November 3, 2015 — With constant development in information technologies, people often worry about getting too much information instead of getting too little. The ability to sum up information into a simple but clear story is very important. People often say, “A picture is worth a thousand words”. By using SuperGIS Desktop, users can easily integrate various data into one convincing and attractive map.\nWe take the recent outbreak of Dengue fever in Tainan city as an example. The infection cases in October were first collected day by day. By comparing the distribution of cases between 1st October and 15th Oct, we could then quickly realize that the cases of Dengue fever were mainly located in areas with higher population density. As time passed, the new infection cases per day also declined.\nInfection cases in village level (1st Oct.)\nInfection cases in village level (15th Oct.)\nThe map above was made using open data offered by the Tainan City Government. Earlier this week on 29th October, Supergeo already held a Webinar with several applications that showed users how to integrate GIS and open data for benefiting lives.\nThe record of this webinar has been published on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEJ0y_bosRQ\nDo you want to make your data more persuasive through GIS products? A free trial for SuperGIS Desktop: http://www.supergeo.com.tw/d_Desktop_GIS.asp?ProductType=DesktopGIS"}
{"text":"Cheiridopsis namaquensis, previously known as C. cigarettifera, forms small mats sometimes dying from the centre as in the photo. Leaf colour that is pale greyish-blue here may be green after rain. Tiny translucent spots are sometimes visible on fresh leaf surfaces. An opposing pair of similar succulent leaves grow from the gap between the previous or older pair. The leaf pair faces in a direction at right angles to the predecessor pair as seen from above. Consecutive pairs do not necessarily appear similar in shape or size.\nWhat each leaf pair does for its successor, is to leave their shared outer skin as a protective covering for the newcomers to live through their coming hot, arid season. Remnants of these old papery leaf sheaths can still be seen here, but the spring flowering season is over. These leaves can be seen to have already started shrivelling into dry tissue, from which two fresh leaf tips will appear when the rain comes.\nThe earlier specific name of cigarettifera was conferred on account of the old leaf sheaths resembling cigarette holders. The flowers are pale yellow, a whorl of narrow petals around the stamen cluster, about 4 cm in diameter. The seed capsule that follows has about 10 locules (Smith, et al, 1998)."}
{"text":"Download Shuffle an Array.py\nimport random class Solution(object): def __init__(self, nums): \"\"\" :type nums: List[int] :type size: int \"\"\" self.origin = list(nums) self.curr = list(nums) self.size = len(nums) def reset(self): \"\"\" Resets the array to its original configuration and return it. :rtype: List[int] \"\"\" self.curr = list(self.origin) return self.curr def shuffle(self): \"\"\" Returns a random shuffling of the array. :rtype: List[int] \"\"\" for i in range(self.size): pos = random.randint(0, i) # swap i and pos self.curr[i], self.curr[pos] = self.curr[pos], self.curr[i] return self.curr # Your Solution object will be instantiated and called as such: # obj = Solution(nums) # param_1 = obj.reset() # param_2 = obj.shuffle()\nLeetcode 384 Shuffle an Array problem solution in python3 with explanation. This is the best place to expand your knowledge and get prepared for your next interview.\nFeedback is the most important part of any website.\nIf you have any query, suggestion or feedback, Please feel free to contact us."}
{"text":"While solar panels can be installed on most roofs, provided the area is spacious and there is enough access to sunlight, some preliminary knowledge of major roof types for solar installation can make the whole process a lot simpler for you. Some common roof types you’ll find on homes are flat roofs, gable roofs, hipped roofs, cross-gabled roofs and cross-hipped roofs. These roof types are suitable for solar panel installations if they have large surfaces that face the South.\nFlat roofs, on the other hand, are found mostly on commercial buildings and can prove to be fertile ground for solar installations. Free-standing frames are used on such roofs, which provide the ideal tilt and orientation for optimizing array performance. Mansard-style roofs with large, flat surfaces are used for solar installations in the same manner. One important point to keep in mind is to avoid installations on roofs that don’t have a south-facing surface. Additionally, if your roof is prone to receiving a lot of shade from its surrounding structures or trees, be careful before proceeding with your installation.\nSource: The Hindu Businessline\nWhen installing solar systems, be mindful of the angle of the roof relative to the solar panel and the direction of the roof. If you want your panel to capture enough sunlight, make sure it faces the South as much is possible. While not considering these aspects will not serve as a complete obstruction to your solar power plans, it will definitely play a major role in determining the kinds of installations possible on your roof and their subsequent performance.\nThe costs of installations also vary with the nature and design of rooftops. If your roof is facing issues or is likely to face issues in the future, consider replacing it before the installation.\nTo learn more about the most suitable roof types for solar installations, write to us and find all your questions answered."}
{"text":"Two deep ice cores from central Greenland, drilled in the 1990s, have played a key role in climate reconstructions of the Northern Hemisphere, but the oldest sections of the cores were disturbed in chronology owing to ice folding near the bedrock. Here we present an undisturbed climate record from a North Greenland ice core, which extends back to 123,000 years before the present, within the last interglacial period. The oxygen isotopes in the ice imply that climate was stable during the last interglacial period, with temperatures 5 degreesC warmer than today. We find unexpectedly large temperature differences between our new record from northern Greenland and the undisturbed sections of the cores from central Greenland, suggesting that the extent of ice in the Northern Hemisphere modulated the latitudinal temperature gradients in Greenland. This record shows a slow decline in temperatures that marked the initiation of the last glacial period. Our record reveals a hitherto unrecognized warm period initiated by an abrupt climate warming about 115,000 years ago, before glacial conditions were fully developed. This event does not appear to have an immediate Antarctic counterpart, suggesting that the climate see-saw between the hemispheres (which dominated the last glacial period) was not operating at this time.\n852HITimes Cited:177Cited References Count:50"}
{"text":"In wind power, the goal is to convert wind force into usable energy. The faster the wind blows, the more energy is available.\nBut to maximize wind force efficiency, wouldn't it make sense to extract as much wind passing through a given area as possible. With current wind turbine blade designs, only the outer 30% of a blade produces any meaningful torque and the blades are less than 5% of the total disk area?\nIndeed the physics of conventional wind turbine design are seriously flawed...\nMAX-V Turbine Technology\nThe efficiency and scalability of the Max-V means the technology can be applied not just for industrial use but also residential and commercial applications. Both first and third world countries can benefit from the technology with greater power output, easy portability and installation, environmental benefits and lower manufacturing costs resulting in cheaper electricity!"}
{"text":"specific economic issues and how the entire\nYOU WILL LEARN:\n• Web Links New to this edition are the addition of Web site references, a key research tool directing students to Web sites that tie into the chapter material.\n• Terminology A significant portion of any introductory course is terminology. In this edition key terms are highlighted in bold type the first time they appear in the text. Key terms are defined in the margin and a comprehensive list appears at the end of each chapter. A glossary of definitions can also be found at the end of the book and on the Web site.\n• Ten Key Concepts Ten Key Concepts have been identified to help students organize the main principles. The Ten Key Concepts are introduced in Chapter 1 and are reinforced throughout the textbook with an icon.\nWas this article helpful?"}
{"text":"Facebook has shown over time that they are quite serious in integrating Artificial Intelligence in their operations. They used AI to help blind people use their social network and also incorporate AI into their app Moments in a very interesting way.\nToday, Facebook gave a detailed roadmap of what they are planning to do with AI and it shows that they are pretty serious about it.\nFirst, they explained on a technology that we have seen Prisma employ on their mobile phones. Facebook has something called style transfer, which is used to apply an artistic style of painting on each frame of a video. This usually requires the the individual frames to be sent to the data centres for processing and that will make the whole process slow.\nNow, Facebook says that they have been able to shrink the AI model 100 times and came up with Caffe2Go.This is a neural learning platform that will be able to process these images and video on the mobile apps. This is reminiscent of what Prisma was able to do with their brilliant app on both iOS and Android where you can apply the neural net powered filters on your photos offline.\nThis is not the only AI venture Facebook is planning in their future. They will use it on VR, their Aquila program of providing internet connectivity and also will research more into it so that “computers will be able to learn, plan and reason like humans.”\nIt is ridiculous that we are in a time where we can have deep learning neural networks in our phones which are becoming more powerful every minute. There will be a time when these will be normal and will usher the age of extremely personalized feeds for everyone."}
{"text":"The Amazon rainforest is the largest in the world and covers nearly 70 percent of Brazil. The rainforest produces about 20 percent of the Earth's oxygen and plays a big role in controlling the climate of the entire planet. The Amazon also is home to more species of plants and animals than any other ecosystem on Earth, 30 percent of the world's total.\nAbout one-fifth of the Amazon has disappeared in the past three decades. The causes are many: Logging, both legal and illegal; construction of homes and roads; and agri-business clearing land to plant crops or graze cattle.\nThe Brazilian government says the situation is getting better and that federal police are cracking down on illegal logging, in particular. But critics say there aren't enough agents on the ground and that more land needs to be put under federal protection.\nGovernment of Brazil: Ministry of the Environment NASA: The Amazon United Nations: State of the world's forests"}
{"text":"New Crops News, Spring 1994, vol. 4 no. 1\nPussy willow is a large (8-12' high), multistemmed perennial woody shrub with attractive flowers in early spring. It has been used in landscapes for years, and its branches are often found in floral arrangements during the months of March through May as a signal of the spring season. Popularity of the pussy willow has outstripped supply, and the availability of high quality branches is limited.\nLarge scale growing of this new crop has been shown to be feasible on marginal wet areas. The crop becomes an economically viable filter strip between agronomic crops and waterways and streams running through farmland. Plants are grown 6' apart in rows with rows 10' apart to facilitate access by equipment. The filter strip approach utilizes three rows of plants occupying a 50-60' wide strip of land parallel to watercourses. The result is an environmentally sound planting on marginal land which absorbs runoff from adjacent agricultural fields and limits contamination of surface watercourses from soil and agricultural chemicals.\nBranches are harvested in February when most farmers would have time to devote to this new crop. Shrubs are pruned to within 18\" of the ground. The harvested branches are trimmed, graded into appropriate lengths, and tied in bundles of 50 each. Markets are primarily wholesale florists, but limited sales can be made directly to individual retail florists in a grower's area. Results indicate that each plant will produce between 60 to 80 branches per plant each year (about 50,000 shoots per acre). Research efforts are now being directed towards forcing systems for branches and other postharvest techniques to broaden the market window and provide added value in the form of longer shelf life. Decorative branches for the florist trade offer new entrepreneurial opportunities for those with marketing skills who are looking for a niche crop in which most of the work is done during the winter and early spring."}
{"text":"hi, here is a paraphased question i am having trouble with:\nA vehicle's mass (including passenger) = 400 kg\nafter travelling 400 m the car stops accelerating. At this instant, the car's brakes are applied, and in addition, a small parachute opens at the rear to slow the car down.\nThe retarding force applied by the brakes including friction is 5000 N. The retarding force due to the parachute is 0.5v^2 N where v m/s is the velocity of the car x meters beyond the 400 m mark.\na) if a m/s^2 is the acceleration of the car during the retardation stage, write the equation of motion for the dragster during this stage:\nnow what i sorta got was this:\n.5v^2 + 5000 = 400a\nor (1/2)v^2 = 400a - 5000\nis this right?\nb) By choosing an appropriate derivative form for acceleration, show that the differential equation relating v to x is:\ndv/dx = -(10^4 + v^2)/(800v)\nNow, im thinking that there is a form for acceleration which goes:\nd((1/2)v^2)/dx = a\nwhich looks awfully similar to my (1/2v^2)\nbut im not too sure where to take it to show that equation."}
{"text":"Cesare Lombroso, born Ezechia Marco Lombroso (November 6, 1835 - October 19, 1909) was a Jewish-Italian criminologist and founder of the Italian School of Positivist Criminology. Lombroso rejected the established Classical School, which held that crime was a characteristic trait of human nature. Instead, using concepts drawn from physiognomy, early eugenics, psychiatry and Social Darwinism, Lombroso's theory of anthropological criminology essentially stated that criminality was inherited, and that someone \"born criminal\"' could be identified by physical defects, which confirmed a criminal as savage, or atavistic\nMedical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine\nYour email address:\nWe will not expose you real name or email address.\nWe're just making sure you're a real person and not a machine.\nUpload a new image"}
{"text":"Paper persists as an integral component of active reading and other knowledge-worker tasks because it provides ease of use unmatched by digital alternatives. Paper documents are light to carry, easy to annotate, rapid to navigate, flexible to manipulate, and robust to use in varied environments. Interactions with paper documents create rich webs of annotation, cross reference, and spatial organization. Unfortunately, the resulting webs are confined to the physical world of paper and, as they accumulate, become increasingly difficult to store, search, and access. XLibris [Schilit, et al., 1998] and similar systems address these difficulties by simulating paper with tablet PCs. While this approach is promising, it suffers not only from limitations of current tablet computers (e.g., limited screen space) but also from loss of invaluable paper affordances. In this paper, we describe PapierCraft, a gesture-based command system that allows users to manipulate digital documents using paper printouts as proxies. Using an Anoto [Anoto, 2002] digital pen, users can draw command gestures on paper to tag a paragraph, email a selected area, copy selections to a notepad, or create links to related documents. Upon pen synchronization, PapierCraft executes the commands and presents the results in a digital document viewer. Users can then search the tagged information and navigate the web of annotated digital documents resulting from interactions with the paper proxies. PapierCraft also supports real time interactions across mix-media, for example, letting users copy information from paper to a Tablet PC screen. This paper presents the design and implementation of the PapierCraft system and describes user feedback from initial use."}
{"text":"Counterintuitive Results in Underwater Acoustic Communications\nUnderwater Acoustics and Ocean Dynamics\nUnderwater wireless communication using acoustic signals is a difficult problem and progress in finding robust solutions has been disappointing. Methods employed successfully in terrestrial wireless communications have not always transitioned successfully to underwater scenarios. An engineer’s intuition developed in solving the terrestrial problem may actually become a hindrance to solving the underwater problem. In the present work, several seemingly counterintuitive experimental results are examined: communications performance can be better when the range is longer rather than shorter, when the sea surface is rough rather than calm, when the bathymetry is undulating rather than flat. Physics-based explanations for the observed results are developed. A physicist’s intuition, however, also may fail when trying to develop useful models. A seemingly counterintuitive fact is that acoustic paths that undergo incoherent reflection from a rough sea surface can be shown experimentally to be useful for coherent communications. The requirements for a proper physics-based model are sketched.\nLocate the Document\nRouseff D. (2016) Counterintuitive Results in Underwater Acoustic Communications. In: Zhou L., Xu W., Cheng Q., Zhao H. (eds) Underwater Acoustics and Ocean Dynamics. Springer, Singapore"}
{"text":"(+974) 4476 2000\nSome people have upper front teeth that stick out and look unsightly. These 'prominent' teeth are more likely to be damaged, but orthodontic treatment can move them back into line. Or the way the upper and lower jaws meet can cause teeth to look unsightly and lead to an incorrect bite. Orthodontic treatment may be able to correct both of these problems.\nWhen the teeth don't meet correctly, this can put strain on the muscles of the jaw, causing jaw and joint problems and sometimes headaches. Orthodontic treatment can help you to bite more evenly and reduce the strain. The best time is generally during childhood, but adults can have orthodontic treatment too - and more and more are doing so. Age is less important than having the right number of teeth. In children it may be necessary to wait for enough teeth to come through before starting treatment."}
{"text":"What issue do you care about?\nFirst, ask students what issue(s) they care about. Climate change? Immigration? Healthcare? Criminal justice? You’ll get a wide range of responses.\nThen ask: what would they like to see happen to improve the status quo on those issues?\nThen, ask how that change happens. It most likely will take an act of the state legislature or U.S. Congress. Help them draw the conclusion that how we elect representatives impacts any issue they care about.\n(Day 2’s lesson, Why does gerrymandering matter?, has a rich discussion activity on this.)\nVideo: Redistricting and gerrymandering basics\nIntroduce the concept of redistricting and gerrymandering with one of these three short web videos. Then do a 3-2-1 video analysis.\n- What are 3 facts you learned from the video?\n- What are 2 images that stood out to you?\n- Create / Ask 1 question based on the video.\n(Want some further tips on using a 3-2-1 activity in your class? Use this website.)\n\"Gerrymandering, explained\" by the Washington Post (2:41 run-time)\n\"Gerrymandering: How drawing jagged lines can impact an election\" by TED-Ed (3:52 run-time)\n\"Gerrymandering: Crash Course\" by PBS Digital Studios (7:57 run-time)"}
{"text":"The Atlas of True Names reveals the etymological roots, or original meanings, of the familiar terms on today's map of Europe. For instance, where you would normally expect to see London indicated, the ‘Atlas’ gives you \"Hillfort. The 'True Names' of 1500 cities, countries, rivers, oceans and mountain ranges are displayed on this fascinating map, which includes a comprehensive index of derivations.\nEtymology is the study of the origin and history of words. For the first time, the Atlas of True Names uses etymology to give us an unusual insight into familiar geographical names - with intriguing results......\nMany geographical names are clearly rooted in Man’s observation of his natural environment; the physical location of a settlement: “At the Foot of the Mountain” - Piedmont, the character of an important water course: “The Gentle One” - The Seine or even just the local vegetation: “Under the Oaks” - Potsdam.\nUnsurprisingly, countries and landscapes often derive their names from the characteristics of the people who lived there: “Great Land of the Tattooed” - Great Britain, whilst local mythology and regional rulers also frequently leave their legacy: “Isle of the Monster’s Eye” - Peleponnese or “Illustrious Emperor” - Zaragoza.\nThe Atlas of True Names restores an element of enchantment to the world we all think we know so well. It takes the reader on a journey into the unknown - a unique exploration of uncharted territory in that familiar place we all know as ‘home’.\nTake a look at the world through fresh eyes!\n|London Store||Out of stock|\n|Bristol Store||Out of stock|\nSubject to exceptions, Stanfords is happy to exchange or refund your purchase within 14 days of delivery. Please check here for more details on our returns policy and exceptions.See more information\nThere are no reviews for this product"}
{"text":"Research published last month proved that orca, or killer, whales have the ability to mimic the complexities of human speech. Josep Call, professor in evolutionary origins of mind at the University of St Andrews, was a co-author of the study. He said: “I think here we have the first evidence that killer whales may be learning sounds by vocal imitation.”\nRocky the ape\nDr Adriano Lameira of Durham University led a team of researchers in 2016 that proved orangutans have the ability to control their vocal range, communicating in a way not dissimilar to humans. The study centred on an ape named Rocky, from Indianapolis zoo, who mimicked the speech of his caretakers in exchange for food.\nKoshik the elephant\nIn 2012, Angela Stoeger-Horwath of the University of Vienna, captured footage of Koshik, a male elephant from Korea, communicating in a distinctly human way. Koshik would place his trunk into his mouth to create a vocal tract that facilitated the expression of pitches and formants similar to that of human speech.\nNoc the beluga whale\nResearchers at the National Marine Mammal Foundation in San Diego were taken aback in 1984 when they heard what sounded like people talking inside a whale tank. In fact, the human-like calls were coming from a captive male beluga whale named Noc. A study was subsequently conducted that proved the rhythms recorded from Noc’s wails were close in pattern and tonality to that of human speech.\nAlex the parrot\nDr Irene Pepperberg, an animal psychologist from the University of Harvard, conducted a 30-year study of Alex, an African grey parrot. Before the research, it was widely assumed in the scientific community that since birds did not possess a primate brain, they would be incapable of performing complex mental tasks. Although Dr Pepperberg said that Alex wasn’t necessarily able to use language, she showed he could engage in two-way forms of communication and expression with humans."}
{"text":"Radon is a naturally occurring, odorless, colorless, and tasteless radioactive gas. It is produced from the radioactive decay of radium which is found in most soils as well as earthen construction materials.\nThe effects of long exposure to high radon levels can be detrimental. Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States after smoking, and the leading cause among non-smokers. The EPA estimates that 1 in 5 Florida homes have elevated radon levels.\nTesting is the only way to know if your home has potentially high-risk levels of radon. The map below shows the Zones by County in the State of Florida. Although there are areas of greater risk, homes with elevated levels have been found in all three zones.\nThermal imaging can tell you about your home and how energy efficient it is. These infrared cameras can detect what the human eye cannot. Things such as hidden moisture damage, excessive heat in electrical\ncomponents as well as a lack of insulation which can create energy efficiency problems for the home.\nTermite Inspection (WDO)\nFlorida law requires every termite inspector to be an employee of a Certified Pest Control Operator (CPCO) that is a Licensed Pesticide Applicator, and to carry a state issued I.D. card with them during every inspection. Always ask to see it. Also, there is no such thing as a “termite inspector license”. Inspectors must have authorization from the State Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology verifiable by a “JE” identification card, not a license. Beware of home inspectors that offer free termite inspections."}
{"text":"Kings, New York Genealogy Resources\nVital Records for Kings, New YorkVital records information, coming soon...\nFeatured websites for Kings, New York\nBrooklyn, New York Directories, 1888-1890\nBrooklyn, one of the five boroughs of New York City in the county of Kings, was home to thousands of immigrants seeking a new life in America. This database is a transcription of a city directory originally published in 1890. In addition to providing the resident's name, it provides their address and occupational information. It includes the names ...[More]\nHistory of the City of Brooklyn, New York\nPublished between 1867 and 1870 by subscription, the author states that, \"My purpose has been to present to my fellow-citizens of Brooklyn a full and reliable history of the city of their residence, from its early and humble beginnings to its present position as the third city of the American Union.\" Coverage of the publication begins wi...[More]"}
{"text":"Good management of scientific data is a critical issue for the Department. The Biogeographic Data Branch (BDB) performs a leadership, policy and standards setting role for biological and geographic data management activities for the entire Department, its contractors, and partner organizations.\nBDB provides GIS support for all CDFW branches. This structure facilitates inter-branch teamwork and GIS workload balancing as changing conditions warrant.\nBDB contains biological data development programs that are especially dependent and closely linked with GIS and emerging related technologies. These data development activities include vegetation mapping, rare species tracking, species range mapping, aggregation of existing incongruent data sources and decision support systems.\nBiogeographic Data Branch (BDB) Programs\n- ACE: Areas of Conservation Emphasis\n- Climate Change: Climate Change Vulnerability of Rare Plants\n- CWHR: California Wildlife Habitat Relationships\nBIOS: Biogeographic Information and Observation System online mapping tool\nCNDDB: California Natural Diversity Database\nVegCAMP: Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program\nGIS: Geographic Information Systems services and support\nBDB Staff List (PDF)\nIn 2007 the State Legislature required the Department of Fish and Game to identify high priority areas for vegetation mapping and to map known wildlife corridors in the state. The following report has been provided to the Legislature.\nLAO Supplemental Report of the 2007 Budget Act, Item 3640-301-605 – Wildlife Conservation Board / Dept. of Fish and Game (PDF)"}
{"text":"Metabolic disorders like type 2 diabetes and obesity could be linked to interrupted sleep or simply not getting enough shut eye.\nThat is the theory published in a paper in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal, which suggests that getting the right amount of sleep is key to improving metabolic health.\nAdditionally, this should come as great interest to those in the medical profession who are no strangers to long shifts during anti-social hours, which can play havoc with their body clocks.\n“These findings open up new strategies for targeted interventions aimed at the epidemic of the metabolic syndrome”\nThe study suggests tackling interrupted sleep caused by conditions such as sleep apnoea can directly benefit patients’ metabolic health.\nBut a much more common problem is people just not getting enough sleep, according to the authors.\nThe research draws a link between disturbing the body’s natural sleeping and waking cycle and poor metabolic health, in addition to higher rates of chronic illness and early mortality.\nReasons for the link have been unclear until recently but recent research is starting to point towards a loss of sleep affecting the body’s ability to metabolise glucose and control food intake, as well as maintain its energy balance.\nThe researchers, led by Professor Bernd Shultes, from the eSwiss Medical and Surgical Centre in St Gallen, conclude: “These findings open up new\n“Ongoing and future studies will show whether interventions to improve sleep duration and quality can prevent or even reverse adverse metabolic traits.\n“Meanwhile, on the basis of existing evidence, health care professionals can be safely recommended to motivate their patients to enjoy sufficient sleep at the right time of day.”\n- Read the full study paper in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology"}
{"text":"Giraffe has new friends – level 3\nA baby giraffe who spent 39 days in intensive care has been reintroduced to the herd at San Diego Zoo.\nBaby Leroy, who was born on January 8th, suffered from a severe bacterial infection and his chances of recovery were pretty slim. But the Ugandan male giraffe calf is now back on his feet and already playing with his new friends.\n“Today at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, we just introduced our giraffe herd to one of our newest additions, male calf Leroy. So, Leroy was born on January 8th which makes him about three months old. And in that time, he has spent about one month in critical careat our hospital and now he’s in recovery. So about two months of his life. It’s been a very long road to where we are today, which is, he’s doing great with the rest of our herd.”\nThe San Diego Safari Park is home to 13 Ugandan giraffes, which are an endangered subspecies.\nDifficult words: herd (group of animals of one kind), severe (extreme), calf (baby of a large animal), subspecies (kind of species which is a kind of an animal).\nLEARN 3000 WORDS with NEWS IN LEVELS\nNews in Levels is designed to teach you 3000 words in English. Please follow the instructions\nHow to improve your English with News in Levels:\n- Do the test at Test Languages.\n- Go to your level. Go to Level 1 if you know 1-1000 words. Go to Level 2 if you know 1000-2000 words. Go to Level 3 if you know 2000-3000 words.\n- Read two news articles every day.\n- Read the news articles from the day before and check if you remember all new words.\n- Listen to the news from today and read the text at the same time.\n- Listen to the news from today without reading the text.\n- Answer the question under today’s news and write the answer in the comments."}
{"text":"Hundreds of pages with the names of Holocaust survivors relocated to Displaced Persons Camps in Austria and Germany have now been reprinted and digitized. The extensive lists have never been available together, and the original volumes exist in only a few libraries worldwide. Thanks to a collaboration of the Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center in the UMass Amherst Libraries and Schoen Books of South Deerfield, Massachusetts, they are now available on the open web, enabling families of survivors, genealogists and researchers to have access to the vital information they contain.\nThe volumes were originally published in 1945 by the U. S. Government as a way to help survivors, the Sharit Ha-Platah or “the surviving remnant,” reach family members around the world.\nDetails may be found in an article in the University of Massachusetts News web site at https://www.umass.edu/news/article/holocaust-survivor-lists-digitized-first-time."}
{"text":"1 Answer | Add Yours\nIn Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, the first section of the novel is preceeded by a re-creation of a children's primer based on the Dick and Jane readers of the mid 1900s. Historically, the readers were used in many schools to teach children how to read. The images portrayed in these books were of a stereotypical white American middle class family. Morrison alludes to the readers as a symbol of what the characters in The Bluest Eye must face in their daily lives. Claudia, the narrator of the first section of the book, says that she hates white baby dolls because everyone seems to love them. This suggests that the characters in the novel battle with stereotypes, racism, and portrayed standards of beauty. The primer passages are repeated and run together to show that the image of the \"perfect\" American family is going to be challenged in the novel and that stereotypes such as this cause chaos in the lives of those who do not \"fit the mold.\"\nWe’ve answered 331,041 questions. We can answer yours, too.Ask a question"}
{"text":"In 1937, the Hindenburg airship exploded while docking at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. The incident resulted in 35 fatalities. This weekend, Discovery will be trying to find out what happened.\nThey built three replica Hindenburgs and crashed them all. Now, the lead scientist that built the models, Steve Wolf, is here to answer your questions. Fire away!\nEarlier this year, Discovery crashed a Boeing 727 on purpose in order to see what would happen to the passengers on board.\nThe Hindenburg recreation is a little different, since people aren't getting around in large dirigibles anymore, as far as we know. Instead, this test is to find out what exactly happened in the disaster from 75 years ago.\nThe fact of the matter is that even though people theorize about what exactly happened in the Hindenburg disaster, nobody knows exactly what the cause was. Part of that was because crashing a gigantic dirigible was intricate, expensive, and difficult.\nBut Discovery's program Curiosity decided to take it on. They enlisted Steve Wolf as the lead investigator and also had him create the replicas. He is here for the next hour, feel free to ask him anything you want about the crash, his findings, and how he went about building awesome replica zeppelins.\nUPDATE: Steve had to run, but thanks for all of the questions! Be sure to watch Curiosity this Sunday on Discovery.\nPhoto Credit: Getty Images"}
{"text":"Great Britain Non-Native Species Secretariat.\nThe Be Plant Wise campaign, launched by Defra and the Scottish Government, is designed to raise awareness among gardeners, pond owners and retailers of the damage caused by invasive aquatic plants and to encourage the public to dispose of these plants correctly. We have developed resources with advice for gardeners and pond owners and are working closely with retailers of aquatic plants to provide information in stores. These pages contain the detailed information you need to Be Plant Wise.\nThe Invaders of Texas Program is an innovative campaign whereby volunteer \"citizen scientists\" are trained to detect the arrival and dispersal of invasive species in their own local areas. That information is delivered into a statewide mapping database and to those who can do something about it. The premise is simple. The more trained eyes watching for invasive species, the better our chances of lessening or avoiding damage to our native landscape."}
{"text":"Researchers from UMASS have found that 60 minutes of exercise on a cycle ergometer reduced the neuronal responses in the part of your brain consistent with:\n- Reduced pleasure of food,\n- Reduced incentive motivation to eat, and\n- Reduced anticipation and consumption of food.\nIn essence, exercise prevents your brain from telling you to eat.\nSo, how come I know a ton of people who exercise 5 days a week and still can’t manage to drop their extra body-fat?\nBecause scientific research ≠ real life.\n- Scientific research has to be precise.\n- Real life is anything but precise. It involves emotions and peer pressure and hormones and tv commercial for stuffed crust pizza and a whole bunch of other stuff designed to make you eat and eat and eat.\nSo, what can we take from this study?\nIf you’re feeling hungry and you want to squash that hunger, get up off your butt and go for a brisk 20 minute walk. Odds are, you’ll get those neurons working in your favor and your hunger will fade away.\nAnd even if it doesn’t, the exercise will do your body good anyway.\nLike this article???\nIf you like this article, don’t forget to subscribe to @healthhabits. When you subscribe, my friends at MailChimp will make sure to send you an email every time I post something new here at the blog.\nAs well, you also get access to the series of Supplement Reports that I am publishing this year."}
{"text":"Critical thinking can be defined as 'the ability argument essay sample papers to consider a watson critical thinking skills test range of information derived from many different sources, to process this watson critical thinking skills test information in a creative and logical manner, challenging it, analysing it and arriving at considered conclusions which can be how to essay topics for college students defended and justified. 30 minutes (global dissertation report format version for selection/development) welcome to the pearson subway restaurant business plan talentlens free practice test page to complete a free practice critical thinking (watson glaser) test, please click here. download our ultimate assessment day & interview guide 2021 here. free 2 page essay format critical thinking test assumptions questions booklet assessmentday practice aptitude tests instructions. there are a total of 14 questions in this test. read the instructions and answer the questions. as a result, critical history of soccer essay thinking skills case study assignment are most crucial to managerial mla style essay sample positions or any jobs that require decision making abilities. most candidates aren't used to taking an rewrite an essay exam which focuses on analysis and thinking watson critical thinking skills test skills. test turn the record form over to check your answers. this means that you will encounter 8 argument essay topics for kids business plan video questions for each of them. critical thinking can be defined as word problem solving calculator 'the ability to consider a range of information derived from watson critical thinking skills test many different sources, to process this information in a creative and logical manner, challenging it, analysing it and arriving at considered elements of narrative essay conclusions which can be defended and justified."}
{"text":"Magnetoreception of the light-dependent magnetic compass in birds is suggested to be mediated by a radical-pair mechanism taking place in the avian retina. Biophysical models on magnetic field effects on radical pairs generally assume that the light activating the magnetoreceptor molecules is nondirectional and unpolarized, and that light absorption is isotropic. However, natural skylight enters the avian retina unidirectionally, through the cornea and the lens, and is often partially polarized. In addition, cryptochromes, the putative magnetoreceptor molecules, absorb light anisotropically, i.e., they preferentially absorb light of a specific direction and polarization, implying that the light-dependent magnetic compass is intrinsically polarization sensitive. To test putative interactions between the avian magnetic compass and polarized light, we developed a spatial orientation assay and trained zebra finches to magnetic and/or overhead polarized light cues in a four-arm \"plus\" maze. The birds did not use overhead polarized light near the zenith for sky compass orientation. Instead, overhead polarized light modulated light-dependent magnetic compass orientation, i.e., how the birds perceive the magnetic field. Birds were well oriented when tested with the polarized light axis aligned parallel to the magnetic field. When the polarized light axis was aligned perpendicular to the magnetic field, the birds became disoriented. These findings are the first behavioral evidence to our knowledge for a direct interaction between polarized light and the light-dependent magnetic compass in an animal. They reveal a fundamentally new property of the radical pair-based magnetoreceptor with key implications for how birds and other animals perceive the Earth's magnetic field.\n|Journal||Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|\n|Early online date||2016 Jan 25|\n|Publication status||Published - 2016|\nSubject classification (UKÄ)"}
{"text":"Europe @ School\nThe positive influence of the European Union on modern societies throughout the continent is undeniable. Young Educators is deeply committed to the values of human dignity and human rights, freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law. These are core ideals that shape our society and we want them to be recognized, respected and protected.\nThe best way to ensure that the future generations understand what it means to belong to the European family is through education. Therefore, Young Educators joined JEF Europe, JEF Germany, JEF France, JEF Malta and JEF Macedonia to promote Europe@School.\nThis program was designed to foster proximity and knowledge to these ideals through interventions in schools, which follows our usual working method of combining formal and non-formal educational approaches. The participating schools will have access to an innovative European-oriented civic education, carried out by the trainers of our youth organisation.\nAre you interested in knowing more? Feel free to contact us!"}
{"text":"- a dynasty in China, a.d. 960–1279, characterized by a high level of achievement in painting, ceramics, and philosophy: overthrown by the Mongols.\nDictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018\n- the past participle of sing\n- produced by singinga sung syllable\nSee ring 2\n- an imperial dynasty of China (960–1279 ad), notable for its art, literature, and philosophy\nCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012"}
{"text":"Texas is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America, whereas North Korea is a country in East Asia. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between the U.S. state Texas and the country of North Korea regarding various aspects.\nIs Texas bigger than North Korea?\nThe total area of Texas is 268,596 sq mi, and the total area of North Korea is 46,540 sq mi. Texas is bigger than North Korea by 222,056 sq mi. Texas is around 5.8 times bigger than North Korea.\nArea of Texas: 268,596 sq mi ( 695,662 km2 )\nArea of North Korea: 46,540 sq mi ( 120,540 km2 )\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau data, the total population of Texas as of 2019 was estimated to be around 29 Million.\nBased on the Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, the current population of North Korea as of 2nd June 2021, is 25,883,033.\nHere is some more data comparison between Texas and North Korea.\nThe capital city of Texas is Austin, and the capital city of North Korea is Pyongyang.\nTexas: No official language, but English is the primary spoken language.\nNorth Korea: Korean\nUTC − 6 (Central Time Zone)\nUTC − 7 (Mountain Time Zone)\nUTC − 5 (Central Daylight Time)\nUTC − 6 (Mountain Daylight Time)\nNorth Korea Timezone:\nUTC + 9 (Korea Standard Time)\nCoordinates of Texas:\n31° 28′ 32.52″ N, 99° 19′ 52.32″ W\nCoordinates of North Korea:\n40° 0′ 0″ N, 127° 0′ 0″ E\nYou may also like to read:"}
{"text":"Published by Carolrhoda Books\nSummary: Sachiko’s family cherishes Grandmother’s bowl, which is always filled with food at dinnertime. As the war drags on, food becomes scarcer; still, the family still gathers and offers thanks for what they have. August 9, 1945, begins like other hot summer days for the family, but an atomic bomb dropped on their city of Nagasaki changes life forever. Sachiko’s youngest sister dies, and slowly over the course of the next several years, her remaining siblings and father sicken and pass away. The family leaves for awhile after the bombing, and when they return, Sachiko’s father miraculously finds Grandmother’s bowl in the rubble. Each year, the remaining family members fill the bowl with ice and watch it melt, remembering the suffering they endured. Finally, Sachiko is the only survivor. She continues to help others remember and work for peace, work that inspired Caren Stetson to write her award-winning book Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story in 2016 and this picture book for younger readers. Includes author’s and illustrator’s notes; photographs; and a list of books for further reading. 40 pages; grades 2-5.\nPros: This beautifully written and illustrated story deserves a place in any curriculum studying peace or the history of World War II. Sachiko’s story makes the abstract concept of war more personal for kids.\nCons: It is a tragic story to be sure, and one that kids may need some guidance to understand and process it."}
{"text":"Argo was the name of the ship made for the expedition of the hero Argonauts, led by Jason and including many other heroes: Herakles (in some versions), Orpheus, the Dioskouroi, the sons of Boreas. They sailed to Colchis on the Black Sea (modern Georgia) and brought back the famous Golden Fleece, an enterprise in which they were helped by the local princess and witch Medea. Various episodes en route are subjects for art - see Talos, Hylas, Amykos, Phineus.\nAbove left: Detail from Athenian red-figure clay vase, about 425-375 BC. Ruvo, Museo Jatta (1501) 36933. © Museo Jatta, Ruvo Licence Plate 11 UK 1007 117\nAbove right: 'Jason takes the Fleece'. Detail from Athenian red-figure clay vase, about 470-460 BC. New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art 34.11.7 © Metropolitan Museum of Art."}
{"text":"cloud chamberArticle Free Pass\ncloud chamber, radiation detector, originally developed between 1896 and 1912 by the Scottish physicist C.T.R. Wilson, that has as the detecting medium a supersaturated vapour that condenses to tiny liquid droplets around ions produced by the passage of energetic charged particles, such as alpha particles, beta particles, or protons. In a Wilson cloud chamber, supersaturation is caused by the cooling induced by a sudden expansion of the saturated vapour by the motion of a piston or an elastic membrane, a process that must be repeated with each use.\nIn a diffusion chamber, a simpler and continuously sensitive cloud chamber, the saturated vapour is cooled to supersaturation as it diffuses into a region kept cold by a coolant such as solid carbon dioxide or liquid helium.\nWhat made you want to look up \"cloud chamber\"? Please share what surprised you most..."}
{"text":"Pronunciation: (pros'trāt), [key]\n—v., -trat•ed, -trat•ing,\n1. to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.\n2. to lay flat, as on the ground.\n3. to throw down level with the ground.\n4. to overthrow, overcome, or reduce to helplessness.\n5. to reduce to physical weakness or exhaustion.\n1. lying flat or at full length, as on the ground.\n2. lying face down on the ground, as in token of humility, submission, or adoration.\n3. overthrown, overcome, or helpless: a country left prostrate by natural disasters.\n4. physically weak or exhausted.\n6. utterly dejected or depressed; disconsolate.\n7. Bot.(of a plant or stem) lying flat on the ground.\nRandom House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease."}
{"text":"Mouth cancer is one of the most prevalent forms of cancer in the UK, with more than 6,000 new cases diagnosed every year. In the last decade, there has been a significant increase in the number of people affected by mouth cancer and at Aqua Dental Spa, we are eager to do everything we can to raise awareness of this deadly disease and ensure that any cases are spotted and treated as early as possible.\nWe offer mouth cancer screening, which enables our dentists to spot early warning signs that may not be visible to the naked eye. The earlier mouth cancer is diagnosed, the better, as early treatment has a much greater chance of success.\nAbout mouth cancer\nMouth cancer is a form of cancer, which affects the soft tissue in the mouth and throat. The main precursors for mouth cancer include the usual suspects smoking, alcohol but also HPV (human papilloma virus) infection. Symptoms of mouth cancer include a persistent sore throat, ulcers than take a long time to heal (longer than 2 weeks), red or white patches in the mouth and abnormal swelling, which may make it more difficult to swallow.\nWhy is mouth cancer screening so important?\nMouth cancer screening can be the difference between life and death because it picks up the very early signs of changes in the oral tissue. Like many forms of cancer, the quicker mouth cancer is detected, the higher the chance of survival, as cancer can spread throughout the body. Screening enables dentists to detect cancer at an early stage when it is much more treatable.\nAs well as mouth cancer screening, we also recommend regular dental check-ups, as our dentists also look for signs of mouth cancer as part of your routine dental check."}
{"text":"HIV in homosexuals?\nAug 27, 2001\nWhy is that gays and lesbians are more likely to get HIV and AIDS than heterosexuals?\nResponse from Mr. Kull\nThere are an estimated 36 million people infected with HIV worldwide. Most of those infections occurred through heterosexual contact; some estimates suggest 70% or more infections occur through heterosexual contact. Anywhere from 5-10% of infections worldwide occur through male-male sexual contact. Female-female transmission is extremely rare. In the United States, most cases of transmission occur through male-male sexual contact and injection drug users, with heterosexual transmission on the rise (as seen in the rising cases among women).\nIt's important to remember that your behavior, and not your identity, is what puts you at risk for infection with HIV.\nGet Email Notifications When This Forum Updates or Subscribe With RSS\nThis forum is designed for educational purposes only, and experts are not rendering medical, mental health, legal or other professional advice or services. If you have or suspect you may have a medical, mental health, legal or other problem that requires advice, consult your own caregiver, attorney or other qualified professional.\nExperts appearing on this page are independent and are solely responsible for editing and fact-checking their material. Neither TheBody.com nor any advertiser is the publisher or speaker of posted visitors' questions or the experts' material."}
{"text":"- Christine Lloyd\n- Cardiff, Wales\n- United Kingdom\nWhat does Critical Thinking mean to young people?\nWill integrating critical thinking into teaching/learning curriculms from kindergarden onwards, give young people the skills that they need to make more informed descisions during their lives?\nLearing to think for them selves is bound to make them more reponsible citizens. Critical thinking will make young people feel they are more inclusive in the community and that they can make a difference.\nIt could impede on their levels of creative output.They are better off learning to live with the consequences of their actions\nYoung people are just incapable of thinking for themselves and will always need adult guidence. They are better off just accepting how society expects them to behave as citizens, and behave accordingly.\nCrtical thinking is just another governing objective which will add more confusion to an already over burdened education system."}
{"text":"Proteins. pH. Electrical charges. And when acids make marinated meat leathery.\nMarinating makes meat taste yummier when cooked. Many recipes call for the use of acidic elements such as lime and lemon, as these supposedly help to tenderize the meat.\nAccording to Cook’s Illustrated at Harvard, we should be careful about not making the marinade too acidic. And if we do use an acidic marinade, minimize the time meat is exposed to it.\nThe simple explanation has to do with pH and electrical charges. Proteins have a coiled structure with a mix of the latter. When there are either more positive or negative charges, the protein molecules repel one another. Space is thus created between the molecules, and fluid fills this space.\nWhen a marinade is too acidic, the acids denature the proteins, and the coiled structure unravels. Typically, this is because the acids’ H+ ions break the hydrogen bonds in the proteins. When proteins denature like this, there may no longer be an excess of positive or negative electrical charges. There may be an equal number of both, and positive and negative charges cancel each other out.\nAs a result, the protein molecules no longer repel one another but instead draw closer to one another. This squeezes out the fluid that was in between, and the meat becomes less juicy, turning tough and dry like a piece of leather.\nThe pH at which all this happens is 5.2. It is also called the isoelectric point. That is why Cook’s Illustrated at Harvard prefers marinades with salt, and when it comes to acid, they avoid exposing meat to too much of it or for too long.\nLike this? Keep me filled by liking me to discover more. All you need is a minute a day to explore the world’s marvels through the phenomenon of food!"}
{"text":"The Library's collection of artworks includes paintings, drawings and prints. We collect works that provide visual information on Victorian history.\nThere are works by professional and amateur artists, spanning the time period from first white settlement in Victoria to the present day. Works may have been created to document a person, place or event or to express the artist's emotional response to their surroundings.\nThe Cowen Gallery has a permanent display of works from the collection and includes colonial and modern portraiture as well artists' impressions of events in Victoria’s history. Other works can be viewed in Library exhibition spaces such as the Keith Murdoch Gallery and the Dome Galleries.\nWorks from the collection are featured in the book The art of the collection, co-published by Miegunyah Press and the State Library of Victoria Press in 2007. Further information on works in the collection can also be found in articles in the La Trobe Journal.\nMany of the works have been digitised and can be seen online via the library catalogue."}
{"text":"In a webinar, Dr. Alfred Tatum discussed the need to provide our students with “textual feasts” to build their intellect, and the phrase and concept has stuck with me ever since.\nIt resonated with me because there’s a very strong tendency, when serving our students who struggle with academic text (such as students learning English, or students with disabilities, or students living in situations with acute and chronic stressors), to provide less frequent opportunities to engage with written texts that are intellectually and linguistically demanding. Because it’s assumed that they can’t handle it.\nSo students are given lower level texts. Less texts. Less discussion. Less writing about texts. Watered down tasks.\nWhy do we assume our children are so fragile and so incapable of intellectual delight?\nInstead of giving them less, what if we gave them more? What if we hosted a textual and linguistic feast? What if we read aloud above grade-level texts to them, and students read and re-read and discussed grade-level passages with one another, and read a variety of texts at different levels of accessibility to build knowledge and language? What if we scaled across such a multiplicity of texts like this every single day?"}
{"text":"Wildlife damage management is the buffer between wild animals and people. This field attempts to enhance human-wildlife relations by resolving conflicts between humans and wildlife and increasing the positive values of wildlife. In 1990, Utah State University realized that its students’ education in this area was lacking and created an academic program in wildlife damage management with the support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services. Two years later, USU’s program expanded and became the Jack H. Berryman Institute for Wildlife Damage Management which is part of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and the College of Natural Resources. The Berryman Institute has education, research, and extension components. The Berryman Institute currently has 17 faculty members, 29 graduate students, and 11 undergraduates. During its last biennial period, Berryman Institute members organized 12 national symposia, presented 99 papers and seminars at scientific meetings, and published 48 papers. Six courses in wildlife damage management were conducted last year: Principles of Wildlife Damage Management, Techniques in Wildlife Damage Management, Urban Wildlife Management, Wildlife Fertility Control, Predator Ecology and Management, and Directed Readings in Wildlife Damage Management.\nConover, Michael R. and Berryman, Jack\n\"Utah State University's academic program in wildlife damage management,\"\nNatural Resources and Environmental Issues: Vol. 7\n, Article 38.\nAvailable at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/nrei/vol7/iss1/38"}
{"text":"The Great Migration\n1914-1945; mass movement of African Americans from the South to the North; reasons = jobs, prejudice, crop failures; leads to race riots in the North\nA small beetle that feeds on the cotton boll. led to economic reasons for the Great migration.\nRobert S. Abbot\nThe first to give african americans a public forum for addressing civil rights and other issues. He started the first black newspaper, The Chicago Defender.\nThe Chicago Defender\nnewspaper that encouraged blacks to migarate to northward to chicago\nThe Pittsburg Black newspaper that activley encouraged black migration north\nred summer of 1919\nblacks returning from WWI were confronted by racism in the North and South, 1919, race riots, violence kept northward migration of blacks as a push factor. Also went to France. , a term used to describe violent postwar strikes and racial strife in the us at the end of world war 1\nPlease allow access to your computer’s microphone to use Voice Recording.\nWe can’t access your microphone!\nClick the icon above to update your browser permissions above and try again\nReload the page to try again!\nPress Cmd-0 to reset your zoom\nPress Ctrl-0 to reset your zoom\nIt looks like your browser might be zoomed in or out. Your browser needs to be zoomed to a normal size to record audio.\nYour microphone is muted\nFor help fixing this issue, see this FAQ."}
{"text":"You must have at least three sources and as many primary sources as you can find.\nYOU MUST CITE YOUR SOURCES!\nSave your paper in WORD document as (LastnameHIST221shortpaper1).\nThe topic for your paper:\nCompare and contrast eighteenth-century (1700 to 1799) slavery as it existed in the North and in the South?\nRemember explain what details of the institution of slavery, the economics of slavery and the practice of slavery existed for each region of America\nSummary: summarize your paper in the last paragraph.\nThe paper MUST be typed in Microsoft word using Times New Roman font (12), double spaced, with the preset margins."}
{"text":"Allergic reactions can be triggered by foods, medications, insect stings, pollen, or other substances. Although most allergic reactions aren’t serious, severe reactions can be life-threatening and can require immediate medical attention.\nAvoid substances that are known to trigger an allergic reaction in the child. Keep an oral antihistamine such as diphenhydramine (Benadryl or Claritin) available. If the child has a severe allergy, be sure that doctor prescribed injectable epinephrine (Twinject or Epipen) is kept with or near the child at all times, and that you, caretakers, and the child (if old enough) know how to use it\nSigns and Symptoms:\n- Mild skin redness or swelling\n- Stuffy, runny nose\n- Itchy, watery eyes\n- Red bumps (hives) that occur anywhere on the body\n- Swelling of the face or mouth\n- Difficulty swallowing or speaking\n- Wheezing or difficulty breathing\n- Abdominal pain, nausea, or vomiting\n- Dizziness or fainting\nWhat to do:\n- Contact a doctor if a child has an allergic reaction that is more than mild or the reaction concerns you.\n- If the child has symptoms of a mild reaction, give an oral antihistamine such as Benadryl or Claritin.\n- If the child has symptoms of a severe allergic reaction and you have injectable epinephrine, immediately use it as directed and call for emergency help.\nSeek emergency medical care if the child:\n- Has any symptoms of a severe allergic reaction\n- Was exposed to a food or substance that has triggered a severe reaction in the past.\n- Was given injectable epinephrine."}
{"text":"For the tube clock, Piet Hein Eek’s starting point was a tube and an extrusion ring. Extrusion moulding is a design technique involving forcing aluminium, or paste for example, through a mould, the extrusion profile is what gives the material its shape. Piet devised a ring like that for the design of the clock face. We could not believe that such a thing did not already exist. It’s such a simple idea. we searched like mad, but it had not yet been done.\nOften, a good idea can be surprisingly simple. The simplest solutions have not yet been invented. This clock could have been designed a century ago. It is actually a textbook example of the Dutch mentality: the idea of keeping things normal and down-to Earth.\nThis product hasn't received any reviews yet. Be the first to review this product!"}
{"text":"Doctors Reveal Racial Bias In Their Body Language When It Comes To Dying Black Patients\nA doctor’s body language may reveal racial bias against seriously ill black patients, a new study suggests.\nThe finding could help explain why dying black patients are much more likely than whites to ask for more extensive life-saving measures and to report worse communication with their doctors, the researchers said.\n“Although we found that physicians said the same things to their black and white patients, communication is not just the spoken word. It also involves nonverbal cues, such as eye contact, body positioning and touch,” said senior study author Dr. Amber Barnato.\n“Poor nonverbal communication — something the physician may not even be aware he or she is doing — could explain why many black patients perceive discrimination in the health-care setting,” said Barnato, an associate professor of clinical and translational medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.\nHowever, the study wasn’t designed to show a cause-and-effect relationship; it was only able to show that communication differences exist.\nThe study was published in the January issue of The Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.\nThe study included 33 hospital-based attending physicians. Black and white actors were asked to portray patients dying from advanced stomach or pancreatic cancer. Their scripts were identical.\nThe doctors’ scores on nonverbal interactions were 7 percent lower when dealing with black patients than with white patients, according to the researchers."}
{"text":"1. One bowl 2/3 full of uncooked rice grains\n2. Ten large pieces of dried fruit\n3. A spoon for stirring\nSubstitute any available material for the rice and dried fruit. For toddlers, substitute safe, non-choking material, and let your child play as long as he or she wishes.\nLet your child mix the larger objects into the rice. You shake the bowl until the large objects rise to the top. We start with ten because your child can count them.\nA fun exercise that will entertain for ages.\nHere are the physics behind it:\nWHY DO LARGE THINGS RISE TO THE TOP? Shaking grains of different sizes in a container creates large-scale flow patterns which are responsible for separating the grains by size, new experiments have shown. An important problem in industry has been to determine why, when one shakes a pile of sand, mixed nuts, or other granular material in a container, the larger particles end up on top and the smaller ones wind up on the bottom. New experiments, performed by Sidney R. Nagel (312-702-7190) and his colleagues at the University of Chicago, uncover a previously unsuspected mechanism: the separation is caused by large-scale flow patterns, or \"convection,\" in the grains. The researchers studied the rise of a single large glass bead through a vibrating cylinder filled with smaller beads. They found that the large bead, once it had reached the top of the pile, was unable to follow the convection cycle through a very narrow region of downward motion along the walls of the container. The researchers discovered that container boundaries play an important role in the convective process that leads to separation. (James B. Knight et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 14 June 1993.)"}
{"text":"Transportation Leaders Kick Off Safe Roads For All Campaign\nMetro customers have lots of choices when it comes to transportation, and many of our passengers combine MetroLink and MetroBus with walking and biking. As more and more people take advantage of different transportation options, it’s important for all of us to share the road and ensure all pedestrians, cyclists and motorists stay safe.\nThis morning, Metro joined Trailnet, the Missouri Department of Transportation, Great Rivers Greenway and other regional leaders to kick off the “Safe Roads for All” initiative and promote safe and accessible travel for everyone.\nAs the weather gets warmer, more people will be adding walking and biking to their commutes. That’s why it’s important to stay alert and respect all users of the road. Here are some important safety tips that all transit riders, cyclists, pedestrians and motorists can use to stay safe while traveling around the region:\n- Obey all signs and traffic signals.\n- Don’t be distracted by talking or texting on your phone, changing the radio station or CD, eating or drinking, applying makeup, or reading while you’re driving.\n- Pedestrians should use sidewalks and crosswalks.\n- If you are driving, watch for pedestrians and cyclists when you are making turns.\n- If you must walk in the street, walk single file, facing traffic and stay close to the edge of the road.\n- Don’t cross the street unless you are at an intersection. Many pedestrian injuries are the result of crossing mid-block, without a crosswalk or light, where drivers aren’t expecting you.\n- Bicyclists and pedestrians need to light up at night. Wear light colors and reflective strips, or carry a flashlight.\n- Don’t run to catch the bus or MetroLink.\n- When you get off the MetroBus vehicle, don’t step out into traffic in front of the bus. You may not see a car driving next to the bus.\nHave fun, be safe this summer and remember — we all need to share the road!"}
{"text":"It is feasible that the major title of the record Tongue, Hairy is not the name you got.\nHirsute tongue is an unusual, benign problem that is likewise referred to as black hirsute tongue or lingua nigra. It is defined by uncommon prolongation and also dark or blackish brown staining or “discoloration” of the thread-like altitudes (filiform papillae) that cover the majority of the tongue’s surface area (dorsum linguae). Such modifications usually start at the back (back) area of the top of the tongue and also expand towards the front (former) of the tongue’s surface area however never ever entail the undersurface.\nThe particular underlying source of hirsute tongue is unidentified. Feasible inclining aspects might consider inadequate dental health as well as over growing of pigment-producing germs or fungis in the mouth, therapy that incorporates specific antibiotic medicines, smoking cigarettes, eating tobacco, and/or mouth wash usage."}
{"text":"On March 10, 1854, the largest crowd that had ever assembled here met to protest the capture of Joshua Glover, a fugitive slave who had lived and worke in Racine for two years. A committee of 100 then took a boat to Milwaukee where Glover had been jailed. They aided in his rescue and subsequent journey on the Underground Railroad. He eventually escaped by ship to Canada, where he lived in freedom until his death, June 8, 1888.\nThis marker commemorates Glover and the citizens of Racine who, at their peril, aided one of their own out of the bondage of slavery.\nDedicated June 7, 2003"}
{"text":"This course combines the principles of Physics and computer Electronics to provide students with a practical understanding of computer hardware and systems. Students will learn about electronic circuits, digital systems, computer Architecture, and the application of physics in computer electronics.. Depending on the institution, this course can be covered with different depths and focuses.\nKnowing the careers in Accounting helps you align your education with your career goals. It’s important to study a field that has strong job prospects. Moreover, the careers associated with Accounting can help you determine if these careers would be fulfilling and suitable to your lifestyle and personal interests.\nIt’s important to note that each career prospect mentioned may require specific skills and additional training, certifications, or degrees beyond the foundational course. While there are numerous job prospects, we have only mentioned a few on this page. You can use the internet to search for more\nPhysics And Computer Electronic Career Prospects:\n- Computer Hardware Engineer\n- Electronics Engineer\n- Circuit Designer\n- Systems Engineer\n- Technical Sales Representative\n- Technical Support Specialist\n- Biotech Patent Attorney\n- Medical Device Sales Representative\n- Medical Writer\n- Medical Information Specialist\n- Medical Librarian\n- Medical Illustrator\n- Medical Simulation Technician\n- Science Writer.\nYou might also consider using the search form above to look for;\n- Schools offering Physics And Computer Electronic\n- careers for Physics And Computer Electronic Careers\n- Physics And Computer Electronic related courses\n- Physics And Computer Electronic Core Courses\n- Physics And Computer Electronic Acceptance Rate"}
{"text":"Water softening systems reduce the hardness of water by replacing the hardness minerals – calcium and magnesium ions which can be regenerated with sodium salt or potassium salt. Hard water creates unsightly scale on water fixtures; coats water heating elements causing power loss and increased electricity consumption; wastes soap by reducing its lathering ability, and it leaves a residue on your skin and hair.\nWater softeners are specific ion exchangers that are designed to remove ions, mainly positively charged calcium (Ca2+) and magnesium (Mg2+) ions. A water softener collects hardness minerals within its conditioning tank and from time to time flushes them away. Softeners are also able to remove up to 5 ppm (mg/L) of clear water (dissolved) iron.\nThe water enters the house and passes through a bed of small plastic resin beads. The resin beads are covered with salt ions. As the water flows past the salt ions, they are exchanged with the calcium and magnesium ions. Eventually, the resin beads contain nothing but calcium and magnesium and no longer soften the water. Then it is time to regenerate the resin beads.\nGRAM offers a wide range of softening plants to cater the water-\nrelated needs in Global Market.\n- Industrial water Softeners\n- Commercial Water Softeners\n- Magnetic Water Softeners & Water Conditioner\nSalient Features of SOFTENING plants\n- Effective Removal of HARDNESS\n- Effective Regeneration and Backwash System\n- Selection of Appropriate Exchange Media\n- High quality softener resin provides stability and uniform size for top"}
{"text":"If you forget everything else we’ve talked about this month regarding colorectal cancer, please remember this one number:\nAs in, 50 percent. As in, take the number of colorectal cancers that occur in the United States each year — about 143,500 — and cut it in half.\nThat’s how many cases we could prevent, just by making healthier everyday choices.\n- Move more, every day, in every way.\n- Eat more fiber-rich foods like vegetables, whole grains, fruits and beans — and make less room for red meat.\n- While you’re at it, skip cold cuts, bacon, sausage, hot dogs and other processed meats.\n- The more you follow this advice, the easier it’ll be for you to lose the excess body fat that, we now know, makes colorectal cancer more likely.\nFifty percent. One in two.\nThat’s nearly 72,000 lives that could be spared this debilitating and too-frequently deadly cancer.\nAll of us at AICR dearly hope you follow the National Cancer Institute’s advice on screening for colorectal cancer. Catching the disease in its early stages can and does save lives.\nBut we also hope you emerge from National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month with a new awareness that preventing this disease takes place outside of your doctor’s office. It happens every day, hundreds of times, with every small, unremarkable but vitally important choice you make about what to eat and how to live."}
{"text":"It’s hardly realistic to expect beginner photographers to lug around thick how-to manuals when they are out and about taking pictures. However, that doesn’t mean newbie shutterbugs shouldn’t take time to read at least a few guides to learn basic photo techniques. Many first-time shooters think all that is needed to become a stellar photographer is a camera and a few good subjects, but there’s more to photography than just that. While practice makes perfect, by consulting a photo guidebook, you will be better able to decipher which points you need to fine tune.\nGuidebooks highlight the basic rules of photography, such as:\nThe rule of thirds: In this basic principle photographers are taught to divide an image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. Some newer cameras come with a built-in grid feature; however, if your camera doesn’t have one, then imagine your viewfinder broken into nine equal parts. The goal is to place the most important parts of your subject where the lines intersect on your imaginary grid.\nComposition: This technique is mastered by practicing as much as possible. A well composed shot incorporates fresh angles and new perspectives. Learning how to compose a shot properly takes time and experimentation. Don’t be afraid to contort your body to capture a unique angle. So, instead of shooting static shots from eye-level, consider squatting down, climbing a rock or a tree to switch your perspective and snap a boldly composed shot.\nDepth of field: Most beginners are too busy focusing on composition and lighting to learn about manipulating the depth of field in shots. Most auto modes will make the needed adjustments. However, once you become more comfortable with your shooting skills you will want to manually adjust the depth of field. Newbies should simply remember that the larger the aperture, the shallower the depth of field. By adjusting the aperture, you can bring attention to a specific part of your photo, such as a flower petal or an insect sitting on a flower."}
{"text":"\"compound formed by the union of carbonic acid with a base,\" 1794, from French carbonate \"salt of carbonic acid\" (Lavoisier), from Modern Latin carbonatem \"a carbonated (substance),\" from Latin carbo (see carbon).\n1805, \"to form into a carbonate,\" from carbonate (n.) by influence of French carbonater \"transform into a carbonate.\" Meaning \"to impregnate with carbonic acid gas (i.e. carbon dioxide)\" is from 1850s. Related: Carbonated; carbonating."}
{"text":"In the next task, you will be presented with a set of words to classify into groups. This task requires that you classify items as quickly as you can while making as few mistakes as possible. Going too slow or making too many mistakes will result in an uninterpretable score. This part of the study will take about 5 minutes. The following is a list of category labels and the items that belong to each of those categories.\nKeep in mind:\nKeep your index fingers on the 'e' and 'i' keys to enable rapid response.\nTwo labels at the top will tell you which words go with each key.\nEach word has a correct classification. Most of these are easy.\nThe test gives no results if you go slow -- Please try to go as fast as possible.\nExpect to make a few mistakes because of going fast. That's OK.\nFor best results, avoid distractions and stay focused."}
{"text":"clue in the story that hints at a possible event or happening\nstruggle between two opposing forces can be external or internal\nindividual vs. nature, society, technology, individual, or supernatural\nwhere and when a story takes place\nthe feeling or emotion the author would like the reader to experience as the story is read\nprocess the author uses to develop character in the story usually by their actions, words, appearances etc.\na good reader can define unfamiliar words while they are reading\nPoint of View\nrefers to the perspective of the person telling the story\nrefers to one event or thing causing something else to happen\ngenre of literature that has been made up\ngenre of literature that is based on facts\nword with a meaning similar to a given word\nword with a meaning opposite of given word\nthe most exciting point or turning point in the story\nmethod of arranging details in writing to its text structure. Chronological (time order), cause and effect, description, compare/contrast\nstating the main idea of the story in several sentences\nPlease allow access to your computer’s microphone to use Voice Recording.\nWe can’t access your microphone!\nClick the icon above to update your browser permissions above and try again\nReload the page to try again!\nPress Cmd-0 to reset your zoom\nPress Ctrl-0 to reset your zoom\nIt looks like your browser might be zoomed in or out. Your browser needs to be zoomed to a normal size to record audio.\nYour microphone is muted\nFor help fixing this issue, see this FAQ."}
{"text":"Earth-like planet that supports life could be circling Sun's nearest neighbour\n\"I think the planets are there, and it's worth a try to have a look,\" said Professor Gregory Laughlin, one of the scientists from the University of California at Santa Cruz.\nMost of the more than 200 planets already discovered orbiting stars other than the Sun have been huge gas giants, similar to Jupiter.\nConfirming the presence of small, Earth-like rocky planets around one of the Alpha Centauri stars will not be easy. Prof Laughlin said it would probably require five years of observation using a dedicated telescope."}
{"text":"What is this service?\nDisagreement resolution is an early intervention mechanism, and the means by which parties may informally resolve disputes before they scale up into greater, more formal difficulties.\nDisagreement resolution arrangements concern\n- Performance of duties\n- SEN provision\n- Disagreements over health and social care provision\n- Disagreements between health commissioners and local authorities\nIt is also particularly valuable where communication and co-operation between the parties is generally good. The process is principally telephone-based.\nWho is it for?\nParents, young people, LEA’s, education providers, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG’s), health and social care providers.\nPlease note that this activity is available in case of inter-agency disputes.\nThe age-range of 0-25 concerns the children or young people at the centre of the process.\nOutcomes for service users\n- Specific areas of disputes clarified and summarised by a trained mediator.\n- Parties remain empowered to agree a way forward.\n- Early resolution of disputes."}
{"text":"ouncil of Europe is the oldest continent’s organisation which was shaped as a political project in the wake of the Second World War, with the aim of bringing peace and prosperity to a continent that had been long torn apart by wars and atrocities. It is like a huge network of shared values, values of peace, human rights, democracy and rule of law. For over 60 years, the Council of Europe has operated as a real search engine for ideas and initiatives for the whole continent.\nThe main organs of the Council of Europe are:\n- The Committee of Ministers is the decision-making body. It is made up of the States’ 47 Foreign Affairs Ministers or their permanent representatives.\n- The Parliamentary Assembly is a consultative body, which brings together representatives of the national parliaments speaking on behalf of all the European who elected them.\n- The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities is also a consultative body, which brings together representatives elected in their country at the level of regions and municipalities.\n- The Human Rights Commissionner operates as an independent body. The Commissionner investigates the state of human rights in Europe, country by country, ensuring the the Council of Europe’s instruments are well respected."}
{"text":"Frankly, this is a question I hadn’t ever given much thought about it – until I ran across an article that raised the question, and then answered it. Now, making a quick jump to say that the phrase likely comes from “of clock” or “of the clock” isn’t too much of a stretch. But why would that even be of a concern? Where else would you be telling the time from?\nAnd it’s that question that sheds the light. The phrase “o’ clock” is actually a holdover from when clocks weren’t all that prevalent, and all manner of methods to tell time were used. So, in order to distinguish that you were telling time by a mechanical clock of some sort, rather than, say, a sundial, you’d say the time was “of the clock”. This, then, got shortened down to o’ clock, and even had a brief period where it was even shorter. For a while in the 16th and 17th centuries, the “o” was omitted, meaning you’d say the time was “6 clock”, for instance. Then again, we can easily omit the word clock these days, and people know what you’re saying.\nIf you’d like a more in-depth look at this topic, as well as why the “o” got added back in to the phrase, check out this article from Today I Found Out. This is actually a really great resource, and you can get all sorts of information emailed to you daily (not necessarily of the horological variety). So, if you’re the curious sort, you may find this to be an interesting resource."}
{"text":"Students in Year 3 – 6 receive one hour of Italian instruction from a specialist teacher per week. In 2020 the Language (Italian) Program is being delivered to Year 3,4 and 5 students as a learning area to be reported on against the WA Curriculum and Assessment Outline. Year 6 will be reported on the WA Curriculum and Assessment Outline in 2021.\nLearning Italian not only allows students to communicate in another language, but also strengthens their understanding of language conventions and the process of communication. It shines a cultural spotlight upon Italy and, in doing so, assists in developing learners’ understandings of their own culture, values and identity. Through learning a language, children have an appreciation of diversity and difference, gaining a worldview of experiences and perspectives.\nStudents are given opportunities to communicate both orally and in written form. In order to capture the students’ interest, the topics are familiar and student-centred. For example, the students learn about family, hobbies and school. The outcome of the program is ultimately for students to acquire communication skills in the Italian language. It also develops an intercultural competence, as students begin to understand the roles language and culture play in communication.\nStudents can continue learning Italian at Willetton Senior High School."}
{"text":"The increasing presence of technology in the workplace has changed the way we present information and conduct trainings, both in person and virtually. In this course, students hone their presentation and training skills by assessing their audience, purpose, and desired learning outcomes. Students practice using appropriate and memorable visual aids in order to maximize the audience and/or participant engagement. Students employ communication strategies and training techniques to improve participants’ receptivity and retention of information and ideas. Whether presenting or training in person or virtually, students will gain the skills and confidence needed for effective communication across varied delivery methods."}
{"text":"Badgastein, also called Gastein, town in the Gastein Valley of west-central Austria, on the Gasteiner Ache (river). Its radioactive thermal springs have been visited since the 13th century, and royal and other eminent patrons brought it world renown in the 19th century. Now one of Austria’s most important spas and health resorts, it is also known as an international winter-sports centre and is the site of two magnificent waterfalls with drops of 207 feet (63 metres) and 280 feet (85 metres). The town was the site of the Convention of Gastein, under which (1865) Austria gained control of Holstein and Prussia began administering Schleswig. Pop. (2001) 5,838.\nClick anywhere inside the article to add text or insert superscripts, subscripts, and special characters.\nYou can also highlight a section and use the tools in this bar to modify existing content:\nAdd links to related Britannica articles!\nYou can double-click any word or highlight a word or phrase in the text below and then select an article from the search box.\nOr, simply highlight a word or phrase in the article, then enter the article name or term you'd like to link to in the search box below, and select from the list of results.\nNote: we do not allow links to external resources in editor.\nPlease click the Websites link for this article to add citations for"}
{"text":"The National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education at the CU College of Nursing has released Stepping Stones to Caring for Our Children, 3rd Edition (SS3). SS3 presents 138 essential standards intended to reduce morbidity in child care and early education settings. These standards, selected through a rigorous process, are a subset of 686 standards in the parent document, Caring for Our Children: National Health and Performance Standards; Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs, Third Edition (CFOC3). These resources were produced by the NRC in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Public Health Association (APHA), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MMCHB).\nHealth care professionals can use SS3 to:\n- assist families in assuring healthy and safe out-of-home care for their children;\n- provide consultation for caregivers/teachers by using the standards as guidance on what makes a healthy, safe and age-appropriate environment; and\n- develop guidance materials to share with both caregivers/teachers and parents/guardians.\nA sampling of standards included in SS3 include:\n- Safe sleep\n- Handling and feeding of human milk\n- Introduction of solid foods to infants\n- Monitoring children's development\n- Unimmunized children\n- Infectious disease outbreak control\n- Testing for lead\n- Availability of drinking water\n- Child passenger safety\nSS3 is accessible through the NRC's website found here. The interactive parent document (CFOC3) is available online here.\nThe National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education is located at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, College of Nursing, Aurora, Colo.\nLearn more about the NRC by reading \"Providing Resources to Care for Our Children.\""}
{"text":"Let's get serious about trees\nWhen we get outdoors, trees form a large part of the beautiful scenery that we enjoy. The budding green of spring, fiery red of autumn and spindly silhouettes of winter all take a huge amount of care and attention from our ranger team.\nShugborough has 900 acres of parkland full of a wide variety of trees from all over the world. In order to make sure our trees stay with us for the future, and to ensure you are not bumped on the head by the odd falling branch, our highly skilled rangers carry out yearly tree inspections. Our rangers are skilled enough to instantly spot diseases and problems with our trees. You may be lucky enough to spot them inspecting with their probes, mallets and binoculars.\nMost of these important inspections are carried out in the autumn months of September and October, as by this time trees are starting to lose their leaves. This means we can see the canopy to really check the tree’s health. See if you can catch one of these falling leaves and tick off number 33 on your 50 things to do before you’re 11¾.\nThis is also the time of year that you can spot some fabulous fungi. The change in temperature and increase in rainfall prompts them to produce bulbous fruiting bodies. Not only are fungi great to look at with their bulging bodies, they can tell us a lot about the health of a tree. Species such as the Ganoderma Genus is one of the few key species which commonly affect our trees."}
{"text":"The specifics can be found in detail on literature review solve money problems writing service websites. here the writer goes with how to write instructions samples the purpose of the study the help original book highlighting the methodology as the major findings. however, your thesis statement will not necessarily argue for a position or an opinion; rather it will format of literature review for thesis argue for a particular perspective on the material. while referring any restaurant business plan template word article, format of literature review for thesis he encloses the name of the author. writing a systematic literature review: in college, there are two types of reviews you might be told to write: good literature review thesis statement. relationship between the introduction and the literature review; structure and purpose of dedicated literature review quote at the beginning of an essay chapters. in short, a literature review shows readers where the reviewer is entering the academic conversation on a format of literature review for thesis particular essay for the great gatsby topic in the context of existing scholarship literature review sample outline* *this is an outline for a paper that already has an introduction where 1) the research field and topic has been described, how to write a good analysis paper 2) a review of relevant literature has been format of literature review for thesis given to provide context, and 3) a research. to see how these tips how to start a rhetorical essay are what is the purpose of the thesis statement brought to life, go through an example of literature review. thesis, essays, dissertations, assignments, research and term papers etc. we will guide you through what’s expected the literature review for a 250 words essay master's thesis or capstone."}
{"text":"The First Things First Manifesto\nWritten in 1963 and published in 1964 by Ken Garland along with 20 other designers, photographers and students, the manifesto was a reaction to the staunch society of 1960s Britain and called for a return to a humanist aspect of design. It lashed out against the fast-paced and often trivial productions of mainstream advertising, calling them trivial and time-consuming. It's solution was to focus efforts of design on education and public service tasks that promoted the betterment of society.\nThe influence of the manifesto was quick to reach a wide audience and was picked up by The Guardian, which led to a TV appearance by Garland on a BBC news program and its subsequent publication in a variety of journals, magazines and newspapers. It was revisited and republished by a group of new authors in the year 2000 and labeled as the First Things First Manifesto 2000.\nKen Garland's challenge to designers shifted the way that the design community approached many aspects of their profession."}
{"text":"In the previous post about regular expressions we explained how to express a variable number of characters at certain position in our regex. And how to write a regex that would allow us to capture words inside a context (specific characters before and after the word). But we’ve seen that context is considered part of the matching by the regex engine and we need to avoid that. Let’s see how to solve that issue.\nIn the first post about regular expressions we’ve explained how it is possible to write a regex matching specific characters (or character group/type) at certain position. In a way that makes it very easy to write a regex that finds an x followed by a white space, followed by a y. But what if we need to find an a followed by four to six decimal digits, followed by a b.\nNot kidding! Developers fear the regex. And yeah, I get it. They look ugly. But they are powerful. And it is way more hard to read them than to write them. Which is not ideal. But at least you can benefit from writing a regex here and there. Probably document them in-code with a meaningful comment for your future self and you’ll be fine. Learning to write some basic, simple yet powerful regex is not impossible and I’m writing this post to prove that.\nThe following code defines, tests and illustrates the use of utf8len() function. Which is a small piece of code for counting characters in UTF-8 (multibyte) string. Compile this example with GCC by running: $ gcc utf8len.c -lrt -o utf8len The RT library is used for the high precision clock only, you don’t need to link it if you are using the function itself into your own code. This utf8len() function provides a portable (and small footprint) way of counting UTF-8 charactes in standard C or C++."}
{"text":"Phenylketonuria or PKU is an autosomal recessive condition resulting from one of a number of mutations in the gene encoding the amino acid converting enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PheOH). PheOH requires the cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4). All newborns are tested for PKU at birth. Untreated PKU will lead to permanent neurological damage.\nConsider the likely biochemical reaction catalyzed by PheOH and then identify ALL of the following statements which are NOT true concerning untreated individuals testing positive for PKU.\nSelect ALL that apply."}
{"text":"Made By: Rebecca Dray\nTone and Word Choice\nThe author of “Tornado at Talladega” wants you to know that after a tornado it can be peaceful with the beautiful outcomes. At the same the author wants you to know that the thought that your family and friends could have died during the storm is unsettling. The author of “Sleeping in the Forest” wants you to realize that the Earth makes many different noises. Some noises you can’t hear unless you stop and listen to hear them.\nForm and Structure\nSome poems talk about how nature can be destructive and beautiful. “Tornado at Talladega” and “Sleeping in the Forest” and two poems that show how nature can be both destructive and beautiful. They tell this through their personification."}
{"text":"One of the few studies of kind, this book provides a historical overview of the African heritage in Indiafrom medieval to modern time. It focusses on the African dispersal in the Deccan region covering modern Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, the Coromandel Coast and western coastal India. Beginning with their inception into the Deccan as slaves or mercenaries in local armies, we see how the Habshis integrated and were assimilated into Indian society. Some rose to the ranks of nobility and held high office in the Bahmani Kingdom, under the Nizam Shahis (1498-1634), the Adil Shahis (1500-1650), the Qutb Shahis of Golkonda (1512-1687) and the Asif Jahis (1724-1948) the most notable being Malik Ambar. Unlike most immigrant minorities, the Africans made a significant contribution to the social, political and cultural history of the Deccan.Shanti Sadiq Ali is a former Executive Secretary of the Indian Council for Africa and Member of the Indian delegation to the thirty-ninth session of the U.N. General Assembly. Since 1980 she has also been Member of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in which she served as Rapporteur and Vice-Chairman. Till recently, she was Founder President, African Studies Society of India and Editior of its journal Africa. Her publications, include India and Africa throughout the Ages; and India and the East Africa Littoral, Hinterland and India Ocean Island States; and Gandhi and South Africa."}
{"text":"MILieU is a set of 53 cards available as a paid-for PDF download, each with a topic or question for discussion printed on it, some with suggested activities to research further. They are designed to get students thinking, discussing and researching lots of different issues in society such as environmental sustainability, politics, sociology, moral judgement, enterprise, common sense, financial literacy, the law and more.\nThey can be used in many ways, for example you could split the class into two teams. A student chooses a card at random, the two teams discuss the topic, followed by an open discussion between the teams. They could be used in tutor group/form time or in formal lesson time, or as a ‘filler’ activity to liven up lessons.\nCrime, Democracy, Development, Diversity and Inclusion, Employment, Energy, Gender, Health & sanitation, Homes and Homelessness, Legal systems, Participation, Peace, conflict & security, Sustainability, Transport, Waste\n- PDF (£16.50)\n- Visit website\nLeave a comment"}
{"text":"By Bethany Bell\nBBC News, Vienna\nA UN report has called for tougher controls over sensitive parts of the world's civilian nuclear fuel cycle in order to stop weapons proliferation.\nEnriched nuclear fuel from civilian plants can be used in weapons\nThe report commissioned by UN atomic agency head, Mohamed ElBaradei, says multi-lateral groups should take responsibility for making nuclear fuel.\nTalks are due in May to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.\nInternational concerns over the nuclear programmes in Iran and North Korea have highlighted loopholes in the treaty.\nThe Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty allows countries to make nuclear fuel for peaceful purposes through enriching uranium or separating plutonium.\nBut these technologies also have the potential to be used to make nuclear weapons.\nNow, a group of international experts commissioned by the IAEA's head has recommended that sensitive parts of the fuel cycle should be brought under multi-lateral controls.\nThese include uranium enrichment, fuel reprocessing and the disposal and storage of spent fuel.\nThe report will be sent to the review conference of the Global Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York in May.\nHowever, a number of countries are suspicious of any attempt to make them relinquish control over their nuclear fuel cycles."}
{"text":"Summer weather also brings with it summer heat waves, heat alerts and risks associated with high temperatures. Health officials offer a number of tips on how to beat the heat.\n1. Drinking lots of fluids is key to avoiding dehydration. Drink lots of cool water even before you feel thirsty.\n2. Find some place air conditioned to hang out, like a shopping centre, library, community centre, swimming facility or grocery store. Many cities offer cooling centres during periods of extreme heat.\n3. Be on guard for symptoms of heat-related illnesses which include heatstroke, heat exhaustion, heat rash and heat cramps. Symptoms may range from dizziness or fainting, nausea or vomiting, headache, rapid breathing and heartbeat or extreme thirst. If those symptoms develop, find a cool environment and try to drink two or three glasses of cool water.\nSomeone who has a high body temperature and is either unconscious, confused or has stopped sweating may be suffering from heatstroke and 911 should be called immediately. While waiting for help, the person needs to be cooled down right away.\n4. Avoid sun exposure by shading yourself by wearing a wide-brimmed breathable hat or using an umbrella. Wear loose-fitting, light-coloured clothing made from breathable fabric. Also, the shade from trees can be as much as 5°C cooler than the surrounding area.\n5. People are warned to not use a fan in a closed room without windows or doors open to the outside. Fans do not cool air, just move it around and cool you down by evaporating your sweat. Also, don't use a fan to blow extremely hot air on yourself. This can cause heat exhaustion to happen faster. Use your fan in or next to a window.\n6. Remember, the inside temperature of a vehicle can climb to more than 50 C when the outside temperature is 23 C. So never leave people or pets inside a parked vehicle during high temperatures.\n7. Avoid intense or moderately intense physical activity especially during 11 am to 4 pm."}
{"text":"NH officials: 2 more Legionnaires' cases reported\nAug. 31, 2018\nHAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — Public health authorities in New Hampshire say two more people have been confirmed as having contracted Legionnaires' disease, bringing the total to 14.\nThe New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Public Health Services reported previously that there was one death. All 14 likely acquired Legionella at the end of July or beginning of August in a localized area of Hampton.\nAnother update is expected on Tuesday.\nLegionnaire's disease is a bacterial pneumonia spread by inhaling droplets of water contaminated with the bacteria.\nNew Hampshire averages about 32 cases of Legionnaires' disease each year. Nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there were 6,100 cases in 2016."}
{"text":"Friday, February 11, 2011\nIncredible Art from Precious Hands\nThis year, we decided, we would do things differently, learning from the past year that paint and grout and kids don't mix well.\nAfter meeting with our wonderful art teacher, we decided to create square paper collages, that way each child's artwork would be highlighted on a 3\" x 3\" square of paper. Ms. Mason came up with the idea of doing a shape per grade. For example, kindergarten would use rectangles as their shape, fourth grade would use hearts and so on. Each kid had one 3\" x 3\" square to interpret their shape. The results were incredible and so varied!!! Here are some examples.\n2nd grade - squares\n3rd grade - Organic shapes:\nFinally, 5th grade - stars: (we don't have K and 1st yet)\nThe next step: a few of us are gathering at my house to artistically arrange these shapes on poster board and then frame them for auction. We will have two framed works of art per grade and they will be sold as a set. We hope that parents will bid high because these are truly one-of-a-kind works of art that come from great little minds.\nStay tuned for the final framed results in a few weeks.\nOh, and if you are local and want to have a blast, join us for the Bull Roast on March 5th by purchasing tickets here - http://www.windsorfarmpto.org/Bull_Roast.html click on \"buy now\" and your tickets will be mailed to you!"}
{"text":"Scaffolding and Ladder Safety\nEmployees who use ladders or scaffolding during work tasks\nThis course is designed to train employees to recognize the hazards associated with ladders, stairways, and the type of scaffold being used at the work site and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements.\nLearner objectives are to identify the types of portable ladders and their use, capacities, and safety considerations, describe the specific use, capacities, and safety features of fixed ladders, specify proper guidelines for ladder maintenance, and identify general scaffold requirements and safety considerations.\nThis course was reviewed and updated for the November 2016 OSHA final rule updating walking-working surfaces standards and personal fall protection systems requirements.\nLadder and Scaffolding Safety\n- identify safe practices when working with a ladder\n- identify the types of portable ladders and their use, capacities, and safety considerations\n- identify the correct distance from a wall to place a ladder using the 4-to-1 rule\n- indicate the specific use, capacities, and safety features of fixed ladders\n- identify proper guidelines for ladder care and maintenance\n- identify the hazards commonly associated with scaffolding\n- identify general scaffold requirements and safety considerations\n- identify specific precautions to take when working with scaffolding near power lines\n- identify safe work practices that prevent falls from scaffolding\n- identify safe work practices that prevent objects from falling from scaffolding"}
{"text":"Exploratory testing is an approach to software assessment that integrates learning about the program that's being developed with plans for future testing. Exploratory testing is sometimes referred to as ad hoc testing.\nOnce coding is complete, exploratory testing helps developers learn more about a program's functionality and discover whether requirements have been missed or misunderstood. Missed requirements may turn into new user stories, or they may be bugs that need to be fixed right away.\nTesters manage the scope of exploratory testing by using a concept called charters. Charters are statements of what aspects of the system are to be tested. Unlike scripts, exploratory testing charters leave the actual steps of the testing up to the skilled and disciplined tester. For example, while a script might say \"Type John Smith into the User field and 1234 into the Password field,\" a charter might simply say \"test the login functionality.\"\nDesigning charters for exploratory testing is one of the most difficult aspects of exploratory testing. It is hard to know how much testing is enough, what aspects of the system need more coverage or how long a tester should spend examining any particular aspect of the system."}
{"text":"- The Berea Baptist Church of Johannesburg claims that they have saved the lives of about 1500 babies with their baby bin program\n- The baby bin was implemented because back in 1999 up to 50 newborn babies were being killed each month by their own parents\n- The baby bin is a special hatch where unwanted children are placed by their parents from where the church staff than take the children in\nThe Berea Baptist Church of Johannesburg came up with an ingenious way to save the lives of thousands of babies.\nThe church installed its first ‘baby bin’ back in 1999, a special door where parents could anonymously leave their children that they did not want.\nBack then about 50 children would be left for dead or killed by their own parents each month! Some of the parents would flush their newborn babies down toilets or throw them off high buildings.\nThe church estimates that they saved the lives of about 1500 lives ever since they implemented the baby bin program.\nThe baby bin is a small steel hatch, inside of which is a soft pillow for the baby. When the hatch is opened, a sensor detects the movement and a staff member is alerted.\nThe children are then taken in and cared for by the South African refuge. The first child that was ever placed in the bin has already grown up and is a volunteer for the church.\nGeorgina Smith is now 19 years old and was adopted by an American family. However she returned to South Africa to help care after abandoned babies.\nA spokesperson for the church stated: “What an honor and a privilege to see her again. She has grown into a lovely young lady. She continues to be a symbol of hope to all abandoned and orphaned children.”"}
{"text":"Michigan Territory was a territory of the United States in the early 19th century, between June 30, 1805 and January 26, 1837, when it became Michigan, the 26th state of the Union. Detroit was the territory's capital.\nHistory[change | change source]\nThe Treaty of Detroit was signed on November 17, 1807 between William Hurt and American Indians from the Odawa, Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Wyandot people. Those Indian tribes agreed to give the United States the area of Southeast Michigan and a part of Ohio near the Maumee River. The Indians were allowed to own small amounts of land in the area. This helped expand the territory.\nPopulation[change | change source]\nThese numbers do not count most Native Americans. In 1800, the whole of the Northwest Territory had 43,365 people living in it. Under the Northwest Ordinance, a territory could apply to become a state once it had 60,000 people living in it.\nGovernors[change | change source]\n|William Hull||March 1, 1805 to October 29, 1813|\n|Lewis Cass||October 29, 1813 to August 6, 1831|\n|George Bryan Porter||August 6, 1831 to July 6, 1834||Died in office.|\n|Stevens T. Mason||July 6, 1834 to September 15, 1835||ex officio, Acting Governor due to position as Secretary|\n|John S. Horner||September 15, 1835 to July 3, 1836||ex officio, Acting Governor due to position as Secretary|\nReferences[change | change source]\n- \"Treaty Between the Ottawa, Chippewa, Wyandot, and Potawatomi Indians\". 1807-11-17. http://www.wdl.org/en/item/2746/. Retrieved 2013-08-03.\nOther websites[change | change source]\n- An act to divide Indiana Territory (the law which created the Michigan Territory)"}
{"text":"svnSection: User Commands (1)\nIndex Return to Main Contents\nNAMEsvn - Subversion command line client tool\n- svn command [options] [args]\nOVERVIEWSubversion is a version control system, which allows you to keep old versions of files and directories (usually source code), keep a log of who, when, and why changes occurred, etc., like CVS, RCS or SCCS. Subversion keeps a single copy of the master sources. This copy is called the source ``repository''; it contains all the information to permit extracting previous versions of those files at any time.\nFor more information about the Subversion project, visit http://subversion.tigris.org.\nDocumentation for Subversion and its tools, including detailed usage explanations of the svn, svnadmin, svnserve and svnlook programs, historical background, philosophical approaches and reasonings, etc., can be found at http://svnbook.red-bean.com/.\nRun `svn help' to access the built-in tool documentation.\nexamples of using svn\nRemove all subversion .svn folders"}
{"text":"For some time Arab villages east of Jaffa had been threatening the road to Jerusalem and created a wedge between the Jewish areas to the north-east and south-east of Tel Aviv. Arab attacks were being mounted constantly on the outlying areas of Tel Aviv, and snipers from Jaffa's high buildings covered the main thoroughfares inside Tel Aviv, so that innocent passers-by could be picked off. In the Tel Aviv area, the Alexandroni Brigade commanded by Dan Even along with forces from the Kiryati and Givati brigades launched Operation Hamez (Leaven) on the eve of Passover. The aim of the operation was to capture the Arab villages east of Jaffa: Hiriya, Sakiya, Salame, and Yazur. The Jews did not originally plan to capture Jaffa, rather their aim was to use an indirect approach to encircle the number of Arab villages east of it which endangered the road to Jerusalem. As long as the threat of the Arab Armies was minimal, the Haganah forces refrained from attacking Jaffa. The encirclement of Jaffa was completed on April 29, and most of its 70,000 Arabs inhabitants fled. Its final surrender came on May 13, when the British troops left. On May 14th, the Beit Dajon police station was captured, thus opening the road to Ramlah and the South.\nSources: Israel Defense Forces"}
{"text":"Creating the conditions for teachers to thrive\nUncertainty is a fact of life. You can never know enough to make perfect decisions. Understanding this helps us balance an awareness of our tendency towards overconfidence with an acceptance of our own fallibility. The book discusses two opposed models of school improvement: the deficit model (which assumes problems are someone’s fault) and the surplus model (which assumes problems are unintended systemic flaws). By aligning ourselves to a surplus model we can create a system of Intelligent Accountability.\nThe principles that make this possible are trust, accountability and fairness. While we thrive when trusted, unless someone cares about – and is holding us to account – for what we do, we’re unlikely to be our best. Some teachers deserve more trust and require less scrutiny than others, but in order to satisfy the demands of equality we end up treating all teachers as equally untrustworthy. The more we trust teachers, the more autonomy they should be given. To pursue a system of fair inequality we must accept that autonomy must be earned.\nAbout the Author\nDavid Didau is part-time English teacher, education consultant, conference speaker and writer. His award-winning blog, The Learning Spy, is one of the most influential education blogs in the world and he is also the author of the best-selling books The Secret of Literacy, What If Everything You Knew About Education Was Wrong? Making Kids Cleverer and Making Meaning in English. He also co-wrote What Every Teacher Needs To Know About Psychology with Nick Rose. He also co-hosts the YouTube show ‘It’s Your Time You’re Wasting’ every Friday with Martin Robinson.\n|No of pages||220|\n|Publication Date||6 Nov 2020|"}
{"text":"Sodium Tripolyphosphate (STPP) is an inorganic salt\nwith formula of Na5P3O10,which exists both in granular\nThe majority of sodium tripolyphosphate is consumed as a component\nof commercial detergent,which serves as a\n\"builder\" or industrial jargon for a water softener.\nIt is also widely used in ceramic,glass,oil,water treatment,\nleather tanning,paper and rubber manufacture,etc.\nWhite powder or granular, melting point 622°C, easily soluble in\nwater. It has got weak alkalinity but no corrosiveness.\nSodium tripolyphosphate has got salient chelating capacity to ions\nof Ca and Mg etc., and can soften hard water to\nmake suspension solution become into clear solution.\nSodium tripolyphosphate is a surfactant, and has got outstanding\nemulsification to lubricants and fat."}
{"text":"United Kingdom[change | change source]\nIn the middle of the 18th century (c.1757) the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom used the term Landman. This referred to a seaman with less than a year's experience at sea. After a year, the Landman was usually promoted to the rank of Ordinary Seaman.\nMost were acquired by impressment (a common method of recruitment from c.1700-1815). Landmen were usually between the ages of 16 and 35. While seasoned sailors (who started as Ordinary Seamen) could be impressed up to the ages of 50 to 55 depending on need. In 1853 the practice of impressment ended after the passing of the Continuous Service Act.[source?] The rank's title was changed to Apprentice Seaman. The term Landman evolved into a more formal rating for a seaman assigned to unskilled manual labor.\nUnited States of America[change | change source]\nLandsman was the lowest rank of the United States Navy in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was given to new recruits with little or no experience at sea. Landsmen performed basic unskilled work aboard ship. A Landsman who gained three years of experience or re-enlisted could be promoted to Ordinary Seaman. The rank existed from 1838 to 1921.\nReferences[change | change source]\n- Williams, Glenn F. (April 2002). \"Uncle Sam's Webfeet: The Union Navy in the Civil War\". International Journal of Naval History 1 (1). http://www.ijnhonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/pdf_williams.pdf. Retrieved 2012-12-31.\n- Malin, Charles A. (19 May 1999). \"Compilation of Enlisted Ratings and Apprenticeships, U.S. Navy, 1775 to 1969\". Naval Historical Center. http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq78-3.htm. Retrieved 2012-12-31.\nFurther reading[change | change source]\n- N.A.M. Roger. The Wooden World: An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy. W.W. Norton and Company, 1986."}
{"text":"Modern food systems contributed substantially to the climate change problem we are facing today. Concentrated, large-scale agriculture requires food to be transported vast distances before it reaches your community, producing large amounts of greenhouse gases. Furthermore, large amounts of food are wasted at each stage throughout the process. This tool contains a primer on the connections between our food system and climate change at the community level, and the actions one can take to reduce energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste. Resources and brief case studies of regional community action are presented for each action item. This tool serves as a good introduction to the intersection of climate change and food, and it pairs well with a related climate action activity.\nInvestigate how climate change affects agriculture and food and learn how to take climate action in your community\n15-20 minutes to read closely; additional time to explore linked content"}
{"text":"Halloween Excel Chart\nCreate an Excel Halloween Costume Donations Chart\nStudents at your school have convinced a major Halloween costume company.to donate a variety of costumes for needy children in their community.\nEach student can choose 7 or more types of costumes from the Halloween Costume List to donate to the children.\nStudents add their costume choices and the quantities into an Excel spreadsheet.\nStudents use their information to create a bar or column chart. Grades 2 +\nStudents may personalize their chart with different color bars or columns.\nStudent may insert related clipart or pictures to decorate and illustrate their chart data.\nThis Excel Lesson Teaches the Following Basic Skills:\n1) Entering data in columns and rows.\n2) Using Merge and Center to merge cells while centering the title.\n3) Using different colors for chart bars to improve visual presentation.\n3) Creating, sizing, and positioning the chart to fit on a single page with the data.\n4) Searching, inserting, sizing, and positioning clipart or pictures.\n5) Using print preview and print.\nHalloween Excel Chart - Finished Example:\nDownload this make it available for students to view as an example of a finished chart.\nExcel Halloween Costume List:\nDownload and make this available for students to use when creating their spreadsheet and chart.\nExcel Spreadsheet Rubric for Grading Assignments:\nDownload and use this rubric to assess the completed spreadsheets and charts.\nCommon Core Standards\nCCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.D.10 Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems1 using information presented in a bar graph.\nCCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.B.3 Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories.\nCCSS.Math.Content.4.MD.A.2 Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale.\nFor PC's and Microsoft Office\nfor iPads / Mac / iWork"}
{"text":"Denmark was crowned the happiest country in the world.\nThe UN report ranked South Africa as the 96th happiest in the world,\nor the 60th least happy, of 156 countries.\nCarl Jung lists 5 conditions for happiness:\n- Good physical and mental health,\n- Good personal and intimate relationships, such as marriage, family and friendships,\n- The faculty for perceiving beauty in art and nature, and\n- Reasonable standards of living and satisfactory work.\n- A philosophical or religious point of view capable of coping successfully with vicissitudes in life.\nThe United Nations created the annual World Happiness Report to see which countries are happy, and why.\nHappiness is also being considered as an indicator\nfor the sustainable development goals,\nwhich will replace the millennium development goals that expire in 2015.\nThe UN's 2013 happiness report said:\n\"The word happiness is not to be used lightly.\nHappiness is an aspiration of every human being\nand can also be a measure of social progress.\"\nThe happiest countries have in common\n- a large GDP per capita,\n- healthy life expectancy at birth, and\n- a lack of corruption in leadership.\nBut also essential were three things over which individual citizens have a bit more control over:\n- a sense of social support,\n- freedom to make life choices, and\n- a culture of generosity."}
{"text":"Co-worker definition, a fellow worker colleague see more. Definition of co-worker - a person with whom one works, typically someone in a similar role or at a similar level within an organization. Looking for the perfect co worker you can stop your search and come to etsy, the marketplace where sellers around the world express their creativity through handmade and vintage goods. Define co-worker co-worker synonyms, co-worker pronunciation, co-worker translation, english dictionary definition of co-worker or co-work r n one who works with another a fellow.\nLooking for the best coworking spaces read real reviews, get prices, see photos, view maps and more find your perfect coworking space in 100+ countries. Synonyms of coworker from the merriam-webster thesaurus, with definitions, antonyms, and related words find a better way to say it.\nA co-worker is someone you work with your ice cream shop co-worker might scoop the ice cream while you're on milkshake duty. Coworkers definition, a fellow worker colleague see more.\nEmployment is a relationship between two parties, usually based on a contract where work is paid for, where one party, which may be a corporation, for profit, not-for-profit organization. English is full of pesky little quandaries that sometimes make it very frustrating to learn and use the long, complicated words are not the issue.\nCo-worker vs coworker publishing can’t get its act together on whether to hyphenate co-workerbut there does seem to be a trend toward no hyphen and it couldn’t be uglier to me. Co ork r or co-work r (kō′wûr′kər) n one who works with another a fellow worker co-worker n a fellow worker associate thesaurus antonyms related words synonyms legend.\nReady to supercharge your workforce we can help our simple, inexpensive, cloud-based application helps you: motivate employees to reach their maximum potential."}
{"text":"Last March I posted a piece on the \"Iron Triangle\" of project management. It deserves a repeat in light of a discussion on resource management that has started on a forum.\nThe Iron Triangle is a traditional (although flawed) way to describe the relationship between the independent variables of a project. A Spider Diagram is another notation with more variables. The Spider chart is one way to convey multi-variant information. Add projects contain multi-variant data.\nThe myth around the Iron Triangle follows the joke of the three variables Cost, Schedule, Quality, pick two. Turns out this myth is too simple in real life - like most myths - to be of much use on anything other than the simplest projects.\nSo here's the real question(s):\n- What are the independent variables of a project?\n- What are the related dependent variables, once the independent ones have been identified?\n- What is the relationship between the independent variables and the dependent ones?\n- Are these linear or non-linear relationships? If non-linear, what are the parameters of the non-linear equations?\nWithout answers to these the Iron Triangle is just a notional description of a complex problem and an easy target for those opposed to such concepts."}
{"text":"Book level : 6.0\nAge level : no limit\nThe story has described the life of a daughter of a wealthy widow and a girl in the workhouse in the 1870s. When the main character, Edith, pay her first visit to the workhouse, she found herself lucky being fed healthy and full. The conditions of the workhouse was horrible. Edith discovered that the people in the workhouse were being whipped and treated badly - people don’t even have money for their funeral when the master of the workhouse ate good food and had to do nothing. People from the workhouse have to work from day to night and were little paid, they could not leave the workhouse once they got inside. When she witnessed the dead of one of the residents, she decided to help one of the girls, Rosie, and both of their lives were never the same again!\nMy favorite character in this book is Rosie, a girl in the workhouse. She remained bright and hopeful during terrible conditions of being whipped and threatened. I like this character because she fought for a better future and helped the residents risking her life and she did receive a better fortune. Therefore I liked this character. All the book characters seem alive to me as I am reading the book, the author described the characters using many different adjectives to show the character’s personality. The story kept the reader guessing for a few parts at the end of the story to gain attention from the reader and care for the ending. My favorite part of the book is when Rosie was set free from the workhouse, it was my favorite part because after all the disasters, Rosie has finally tasted the hint of freedom. The story made me cry at the beginning but laugh at the end of the escape of Rosie. The book focused on the theme of history and it was written in the format of diary to show us the daily lives of people from the past."}
{"text":"Brush, Rapp, born 07-11-1889 in Wyoming, in the same year as Adolf Hitler (did you know) a veteran of World War I, was promoted to Major General and given command of the 40th United States Infantry Division from April 1942 to July 1945. The 40th would be assigned to the Pacific Campaign and serve with distinction in General Douglas MacArthur´s return to the Philippine Islands. commanded the United States 40th Infantry Division from 1942 – 1945 during its WWII involvement in the United States armed forces’ recon quest of the Philippines.\nThe 40th Infantry Division or “Sun Burst” or “Sunshine Division” was prior to its WWII activation on 03-03-1941 divisions of the California, Nevada and Utah Army National Guard. During its WWII service, the 40th Infantry Division or its members were awarded 3 Distinguished Unit Citations, 1 Medal of Honor, 12 Distinguished Service Crosses, 1 Distinguished Service Medal, 245 Silver Stars, 21 Legions of Merit, 30 Soldier’s Medals, 1036 Bronze Star Medals and 57 Army Medals.\nThe division returned to the U.S. on 07-04-1946 and was reportedly inactivated the same day. Its casualties during the war included 614 killed in action, 2.407 wounded in action, and 134 died of wounds.\nDeath and burial ground of Brush, Rapp.\nRapp Brush died age 68, on 06-03-1958 in San Francisco, California and is buried on the San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco County, California, USA."}
{"text":"Class 10 Maths Notes\nChapter 1 - Quadratic Equation\nChapter 2 - Theory of Quadratic Equation\nChapter 3 - Variations\nChapter 4 - Partial Fractions\nChapter 5 - Set & Functions\nChapter 7 - Introduction to Trignometry\nChapter 8 - Projection of a Side of a Triangle\nChapter 9 - Chords of a Circle\nChapter 10 - Tangent to a Circle\nChapter 11 - Chords & Arcs\nChapter 12 - Angle in a Segment of a Circle\nDon’t forget to like our facebook page for updates regarding new material on our website. We also share useful articles on our facebook page to help you in your board examination. Questions and fun facts related to Class 10 Maths Notes will also be shared on our facebook page so you can ace your maths examination.\nIf you find any mistake or any problem with the notes, please send us an email at firstname.lastname@example.org\nWe are working hard to provide the best resources for your studies, your suggestions in this regard will also be highly appreciated. Class 10 Maths Notes are free and will always remain free. We will keep adding updated notes, past papers, guess papers and other materials with time. We will also introduce a mobile app for viewing all the notes on mobile.\nMake sure to comment down your experience regarding our website. Also tell us what other features and resources would you like to see in the website. We will work on your suggestions as soon as possible. Your support is what keeps us going.\nAs of now we have not provided the options to download the notes from our website. But we are looking forward to including this option in the future. All copyrights are reserved with ClassNotes.xyz for all the notes."}
{"text":"This post was created by a member of Edutopia's community. If you have your own #eduawesome tips, strategies, and ideas for improving education, share them with us.\nI am in need of some advice for helping my math time run a little smoother. Our district uses the Everyday Math Program. I usually spend about 15-25 minutes on instruction. Then I have students work independently in their math journals. I have a group of about 8 boys who are finished with the two pages before I can even get to my group of students who are struggling to work on their own. I have other activities for those who finish their assignments early. However, I want to check their math journals to make sure they are correct and complete. I am having a hard time helping those that are stuck while checking those that are finished. Does anyone else experience this trouble? Do you have any suggestions?"}
{"text":"Japan at the 1960 Summer Olympics\n|Japan at the Olympic Games|\n|At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome|\n|Competitors||162 (142 men and 20 women) in 17 sports|\n|Flag bearer||Takashi Ono|\n|Olympic history (summary)|\n|This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (May 2016)|\nFive male cyclists represented Japan in 1960.\nFive fencers, all men, represented Japan in 1960.\nTwo male pentathletes represented Japan in 1960.\nEight shooters represented Japan in 1960. Yoshihisa Yoshikawa won a bronze medal in the 50 metre pistol event.\n- \"Japan at the 1960 Rome Summer Games\". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 30 July 2014.\n|This article related to sports in Japan is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.|\n|This 1960 Olympics-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.|"}
{"text":"How do you figure out how many Valence electrons is in an atom?\nThe number of valence electrons that an atom has is equal to the group number of that atom.\nThe group number of a certain atom is equal to that atom's number of valence electrons only when you are referring to main group elements. The main group elements are groups 1,2, 13-18, with the exclusion of the transition and inner transition metals. I should also add that helium only has two valence electrons even though it is in group 18. This is because helium's electrons only occupy an S orbital, which can hold a maximum of two electrons.\nFor example, let's say that you have a Ca atom. Since calcium is located in the second row of the periodic table, it will have two valence electrons in its outermost shell.\nHere is a more detailed explanation with examples!"}
{"text":"California Governor. A member of the American or “Know-Nothing” party, he was elected the fourth Governor of California in 1855. During his administration, California’s first railroad was completed and the first wagon road over the Sierra Nevada Mountains was opened. Johnson provided funding for the new State Capital but had difficulty controlling the San Francisco Vigilance Committee, which summarily lynched suspected wrongdoers. He was not a candidate for re-election in 1857, and left office the following year. After relocating to Reno, Nevada, he served as President of the Second Nevada Constitutional Convention.\nLocated in the Fort Douglas Post Cemetery."}
{"text":"You’ve probably heard of crowd-source funding. Well, how about crowd-sourced science? An undergraduate student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is hoping to leverage the large number of avian enthusiasts to study the expansion of a certain species of duck into North America.\nHannah Judge, a senior in university studies from Burbank, is working with doctoral student John O’Connell, of the SIU Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, on tracking the black-bellied whistling duck as it expands its range from Central America.\nFound in several southern states, this duck is a bird of another feather, with its noisy ways, bright pink bill and unusually long legs. It is expanding northward, but it’s difficult for researchers to keep tabs on how fast. So the best way to get a true idea of its numbers and locations is by casting a wide net with the thousands of bird-watchers and hunters who keep their eyes on the skies.\nJudge will tap into this potential treasure trove of information using citizen science databases, such as hunting logs, bird-watcher sites such as eBird and the recorded observations of members of organizations such as Ducks Unlimited. She’ll be trying to confirm where and when the elusive ducks are seen in an effort to describe the species’ expansion over time.\n“It’s important to show how citizen science can be used in scientific research as well as getting a better understanding of the black-bellied whistling duck,” she said.\nAt SIU, undergrads can get involved with real research as soon as they arrive on campus. It can be a defining opportunity, Judge said.\n“I am so thankful to have this chance,” she said. “It has been a great learning process for me, and I’m excited to see how this project will benefit me in the future.”"}
{"text":"Saturday, February 4, 2012\nFat Intake and Your Brain\nDo you think you can eat fatty foods and just compensate with physical exercise? Think again! Studies in rats and humans at Cambridge University in Britain have shown that high-fat foods appear to have an almost immediate negative impact on both short-term memory and exercise performance. The short-term decline in cognitive function may be because a high-fat diet can trigger insulin resistance, which means the body becomes less efficient at using the glucose, which is so important to brain function. A short-term negative effect on exercise performance may be because the body reacts to high fat content in the blood by releasing specific proteins that essentially make the metabolism less efficient (e.g., muscles are less efficient at using oxygen and fuel to make the energy needed to exercise). Ouch!"}
{"text":"These complex water powered rockets use extra boosters to launch over 600 feet in the air with onboard cameras to take us along on the ride. The launch, typical of a NASA-style adventure can be simulated using water rockets. Water rocket are made out of used plastic water (or soda) bottles and use water as a propellant and pressurized with gas. The gas-water combo on release launches the rocket upwards.\nFollowing Australian rocketeer George Katz and his Air Command team, you can have your own Cape Canaveral type launch. The Water Rockets Team is launching single-stage soda bottle rockets over 600 feet using three drop-away booster engines. It’s not exactly space flight but the fun is atmospheric.\nAir Command has detailed drawings on the build setup with easy to follow illustrations. The flight principle of the drop away boosters is simple physics. During ‘ignition’ and launch, the forward thrust keeps the coupled boosters attached to the principal rocket. As the forward force diminishes with flight, gravity takes over and detaches the boosters from the principal stage. The boosters glide down aided by chutes.\nParachutes on the boosters and onboard cams capturing bird eye shots. Do you need anything else to have your own simulating rocket fun?\n- If you want to take your lab dreams to another level, check out our comprehensive tutorial on rocket projects.\n- Or if you want try your hand at some ‘solid fuel’ propellants, read up Candy Propellants: Use Sugar to make Rockets, Explosions."}
{"text":"Discover 101 Amazing Tips, Ideas, and Exact Steps That You and Your Child’s Teachers Can Do Now For Your Child’s Success Tomorrow!\n- About 10% of all children suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. That’s about 3 children in every classroom, in every school, in every city across America.\n- Some of these children are primarily “inattentive” and others are primarily “impulsive” or “hyperactive.” You can learn much more about the Different Types of ADHD in our parent training course “Success with ADHD.”\n- In your ebook you will learn how to help your child to be more organized with school-work. Get homework done faster, and actually get it turned in tomorrow!\n- Exact steps for classroom teachers in creating better worksheets for students with ADHD, and even how to give tests to those with ADHD to find out what they have actually learned about the subject.\n- Over the past 25 years we have talked with hundreds of classroom teachers, school psychologists, and administrators to find the best ways to help children and teenagers with ADHD to succeed in school."}
{"text":"Meet the Panda Ant (which isn't actually an ant, but a wingless wasp):\nCute and cuddly as a panda? Well, no:\nThe Panda Ant is a most unusual species of insect. Their name derives from the obvious resemblance to a panda in its markings. This remarkable insect is not even an ant. The Panda Ant is actually a variety of wingless wasp! They were first discovered in 1938. Very little is known of this little seen insect. They are only known to exist in coastal regions of Chile. Their sting is exceptionally powerful for their size. They have been seen to bring down animals as large as cows with only a few dozen stings.\nIt's a fascinating insect for many reasons not the least of which is its dimorphism:\nPanda Ant Physical Characteristics and Behavior The Panda Ant displays extreme sexual dimorphism. The difference in both appearance and behavior is so pronounced, the two sexes are often mistaken for entirely separate species!\nThe male is several times larger than the female. He may attain a length of approximately 0.3 in (mm). The males are winged, but the females are wingless. The males are nocturnal. The females are typically active during the day. The Panda Ant feeds primarily upon nectar. After mating, the female seeks the nest of a ground dwelling insect, such as a bee or wasp. There she deposits her eggs. When they hatch, they will feed upon the larva present.\nMore about mutillidae HERE."}
{"text":"LINGUISTICS & CULTURE\n|Data:||12/MAR/2010 10:49 PM|\n|Assunto:||Injury vs. wound|\nThe typical wound is caused by something hard or sharp (bullet, knife, stick, kiss of a mother-in-law, etc.) that cuts, lacerates, or penetrates the flesh. (Are there exceptions? Is the Pope Catholic? Of course! I can wound your pride, and you can wound my confidence,) As you can see, a wound is normally a specific kind of injury.\nIf a soldier is shot, he is wounded. If he falls and breaks his leg, he is injured.\nMaradona was probably injured during his career. Someone stepped on his hand (or ego), he fell on the field (on his ego), etc. If he was wounded, it probably happened when a fan threw a bottle of Quilmes at him, and hit the target.\nEnvie uma resposta\nÍndice de mensagens"}
{"text":"In Southeast Alaska, climate change is expected to affect stream temperatures as air temperatures warm and hydrologic patterns shift. Understanding and anticipating these changes will be critical for predicting how salmon species and other aquatic resources be will affected by climate change.\nWith funding from the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, SAWC is working with partners to coordinate a regional stream temperature monitoring network. The Network aims to ensure stream temperature data are useful and accessible to management agencies, researchers, and local stakeholder communities. Learn more about the original goals of the NPLCC-funded project here.\nRob Cadmus and John Hudson (SAWC) and Cheryl Fecko (Prince of Wales Watershed Association) locate a temperature logger in Rio Roberts and download data.\n- Stream temperature data and the future of salmon (SeaGrant community modeling project) – August 2018 (Southeast Environmental Conference)\n- Network Update – September 2017 (Southeast Environmental Conference, Wrangell AK)\n- Methods Workshop – May 2017 (hosted by the Chilkat Indian Village)\n- Southeast Alaska Climate Workshop – April 2016 (hosted by the Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership)\n- Forest Service Stream Notes – Thermal Networks, November 2017\n- Data crunchers work to build comprehensive Alaska salmon database June 1, 2017\n- Stream temperature monitoring could provide insight into important fish populations May 9, 2017\nIf you are interested joining the Network or learning more, please contact SAWC’s Science Director, Rebecca Bellmore."}
{"text":"Canine Distemper – Prevent Don’t Treat\nBy Dr. Jennifer Coates\nCanine distemper used to be very common in North America but is now mostly involved in smaller, local outbreaks or diagnosed in shelter situations. However, any dog who is not fully vaccinated is still at risk for developing this potentially fatal disease.\nCanine distemper is highly contagious. Dogs with distemper shed the virus in their urine, saliva, and respiratory secretions. Virus particles from the environment can then enter the body of a susceptible dog through the mouth or nose and travel through the lymphatic and circulatory systems to invade the respiratory tract, eyes, gastrointestinal tract, skin, and nervous system."}
{"text":"WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new vaccine under development may provide protection against highly pathogenic bird flu and its evolving forms, according to researchers at Purdue University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who discovered the new preventative drug and have tested it in mice.\nUnlike traditional influenza vaccines, the new vaccine could be produced quickly and stored for long periods in preparation for a pandemic of dangerous disease-causing avian influenza - H5N1 - and its variants, said Suresh Mittal, a Purdue virologist. In an earlier study with mice, he and his colleagues found that the vaccine protected against H5N1 for a year or longer. Because the studies have only been done in mice, it's not yet known whether the same results will be obtained in humans.\n\"We want to have a vaccine that can be stored in advance and have the potential to provide protection for a period of time until we can change the vaccine to match the latest form of avian influenza,\" Mittal said. \"The combination of flu genes that we've used to produce the vaccine, I think, will provide that capability.\"\nThe importance of having a long-lasting, broadly protective vaccine is that it would give some cross-protection against new viruses with pandemic potential caused by mutations in currently circulating H5N1 viruses. This would give scientists time to develop a better vaccine that would match the latest form of the bird flu.\nMittal and his colleagues, including Suryaprakash Sambhara, the CDC principal investigator on the project, report their findings on the vaccine in the April 15 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases. In the December issue of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Mittal, Sambhara and their collaborators published their findings of the long-lasting capabilities of the vaccine.\n\"In humans we want a vaccine to be fully effective for at least a year,\" said Mittal, a professor of comparative\n|Contact: Susan A. Steeves|"}
{"text":"Working with children is extremely rewarding as changes occur quickly and are usually maintained. Looking at a child's breathing pattern provides much information about their health and general wellbeing. Learning to breathe well at a young age will give your child the best start, with many benefits well into the future.\nWe have a particular interest in:\n- Asthma management\n- Shortness of breath with play or sport\n- Mouth breathers/snorers\n- Sleep-related disorders\n- Ear infections\n- Other respiratory conditions\n- Anxiety and emotional regulation\n- Focus/Attention: Teachers are noticing more and more that children won't sit still. They are doing more multi-tasking with ever increasing technology in their lives. Learning to breathe well improves focus and performance at school and in sport.\nOur aim is calm, confident kids!"}
{"text":"The Venn diagram is not shown.\nb) In brief note that Y is a part of all three circles. So Y represents the number of pupils participating in all three sports.\nFor the record, this is grade level Mathematics. Some applications of Venn diagrams can get complicated, but these are just basic definitions.\nAnd either I'm doing something wrong or the numbers in the problem aren't correct. I get a negative value for X. Here's the setup:\nWe know that the total number playing baseball is\nfrom the table and\nfrom the Venn diagram. So\nWe also know that the total number playing soccer is\nand playing table-tennis is\nFrom this last equation we get Y:\nWe may use either of the other two equations to get X:\n(The other equation gives the same result. It's consistent anyway!)\nIf I made a mistake somewhere, please let me know."}
{"text":"Galiwin’ku is a Yolŋu community located on Galiwin’ku/Elcho Island, approximately 550 km NE of Darwin. It is the largest community on the island, which also has several homelands and outstations, and was established in the 1940s as a Methodist mission.\nThe population is around 2000 people, of whom around 89% are Yolŋu. In Galiwin’ku there are approximately 10 clans from the Dhuwa moiety, and 11 clans from the Yirritja moiety. Yolŋu Matha is the primary language in Galiwin’ku; Djambarrpuyŋu is the most widely spoken dialect, though several other dialects are also used in Galiwin’ku.\nThe WCE team began consultations in Galiwin’ku in October 2014 and are also working closely with the Yalu’ Marŋgithinyaraw Centre at Galiwin’ku, a Yolŋu organisation that does research and community service work.\nAn experienced researcher at the Centre, Dr. Ḻäwurrpa Maypilama, is part of the WCE team, and is guiding community engagement and the research process. The WCE team is working closely with the Yalu’ Marŋgithinyaraw Centre to deliver mentoring workshops for young people and their families and develop pathway maps to illustrate intergenerational education pathways and processes."}
{"text":"EGO - The self, especially with a sense of self-importance.\nGUN - A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.\nHEN - Hence.\nHOG - Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the wart hog, and the boar.\nHUE - Form; appearance; guise.\nHUG - An affectionate close embrace.\nHOE - An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows.\nGNU - A large antelope native to Africa having curved horns.\nGONE - Past participle of go.\nHUGE - Distinctly interesting, significant, important, likeable, well regarded.\nHUNG - Simple past tense and past participle of hang.\nHONE - A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.\nENOUGH - Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate."}
{"text":"Students will be challenged to submit an equation that \"fits\" a picture of a Christmas tree. Then they will generate an equation based upon a transformation of the picture.\nBefore the Activity\nSelect Begin Class button\nHave students log into NavNet and\ngo to Activity Center and wait for teacher.\nDuring the Activity\nClick on the Activity Center\nGo to File, Load, and Load Activity Settings\nOpen the Folder titled Silver Dollar City\nSelect File title SDC 1 for Activity 1\nThen click Start Activity\nAt this time, the four equations should appear on the student’s calculator\nAfter the Activity\nAt the conclusion of discussion of Activity 1, teacher must click on Stop Activity.\nBegin Activity 2."}
{"text":"Just Jesus, No God!\nAccording to the Jesus Seminar:\n- Jesus of Nazareth was born during the reign of Herod the Great.\n- His mother’s name was Mary, and he had a human father whose name may not have been Joseph.\n- Jesus was born in Nazareth not in Bethlehem.\n- Jesus was an itinerant sage who shared meals with social outcasts.\n- Jesus practiced healing, without the use of ancient medicine or magic, relieving afflictions we now consider psychosomatic.\n- He did not walk on water, feed the multitude with loaves and fishes, change water into wine, or raise Lazarus from the dead.\n- Jesus was arrested in Jerusalem and crucified by the Romans.\n- He was executed as a public nuisance, not for claiming to be the Son of God.\n- The empty tomb is a fiction – Jesus did not rise bodily from the dead.\n- Belief in the resurrection is based on the visionary experiences of Peter, Paul, and Mary.\nSource: Funk, R.W. & the Jesus Seminar “The Acts of Jesus. The search for the authentic deeds of Jesus” Polebridge Press, Harper/San Francisco (1998) inside front cover."}
{"text":"About the Niagara Escarpment\nThe Niagara Escarpment is recognized as one of the world's unique natural wonders and is the most prominent topographical feature of southern Ontario.\nThe landform is a largely forested ridge of fossil-rich sedimentary rock (dolostone) 725 km in length. At its highest elevation it soars 510 metres (1625 ft.) above sea level. It traverses the most heavily developed and densely populated region of Canada.\nAs much a hydrological as a geological feature, the headwaters of several rivers rise in the Escarpment and the area is important for groundwater recharge.\nThe Escarpment area encompasses a rich mosaic of forests, farms, recreation areas, scenic views, cliffs, streams, wetlands, rolling hills, waterfalls, mineral resources, wildlife habitats, historic sites, villages, towns and cities.\nThe Escarpment’s vibrant ecosystems support 300 bird species, 53 mammals, 36 reptiles and amphibians, 90 fish and 100 varieties of special interest flora including 37 types of wild orchids.\nThe Escarpment also includes some of Ontario’s best skiing, camping, swimming, fishing, boating, hiking and viewing, and includes the Bruce Trail, Canada’s oldest footpath. Recreational activities related to the Niagara Escarpment contribute hundreds of millions of dollars to Ontario’s economy annually.\nOur friends at the Giant's Rib Discovery Centre have produced a stunning video of the Niagara Escarpment's history, geologyand unique features - click to view.\nNiagara Escarpment Commission Newsletters"}
{"text":"Peacocks have an extremely broad diet that consists of fruits and nuts, as well as worms and lizards. Peacocks also eat termites, ants, scorpions and crickets. Wild peacocks are able to digest particularly versatile diets, having been observed eating flower petals in one sitting and then turning around to stalk a poisonous snake for their next meal.Continue Reading\nPeacocks come from the pheasant family. Their diets vary, depending on their geographic location and whether they are domesticated or wild. Domesticated peacocks generally enjoy a lighter diet chosen by their caretakers that often consists of fruit, berries, cat food and cheese. Domesticated birds also tend to like bread, grains, cereal and cooked rice.\nWild peacocks often feast on small animals and reptiles, including mice and lizards. When encountering peacocks in the wild, it is best to not feed them and just move on to avoid disturbing their natural eating habits. Baby peacocks living in the wild are able to digest small animals and live insects as soon as they are three to four days old. As they get older, they learn to forage for their meals and quickly incorporate berries, grasses and seeds into their daily diets. Peacocks are not known to eat other birds.Learn more about Birds"}
{"text":"Today’s champ in “all-aspect” stealth throughout its range of missions and the flight profiles it presents to an enemy is the F-22 Raptor. Its RAM reduces its radar signature, but its small return is mainly due to an airframe design that eliminates right angles in favor of curved shapes of varying radii.\nThe radar cross section of the F-22 has been compared to that of a bumblebee, about one square centimeter. The B-1B Lancer has an RCS of roughly one square meter, and the wholly un-stealthy B-52 Stratofortress has one as large as 100 square meters.\nA radar cross section, or RCS, is a measure of reflectivity, expressed in square meters, often generalized from the return from the head-on and level radar illumination of the airplane’s nose. A complex mathematical formula converts that return to an estimate of the size of a sphere that would return the same measure of energy."}
{"text":"The Most Useful Corrections Techniques in the EFL Classroom\nWhether in the classroom or at the grading desk, the word “corrections” might bring to mind an answer list or possibly a red pen. For English language, linguistic and spelling errors are generally the focus of these corrections. However, where English language acquisition is concerned, such a focus can interrupt the natural flow of conversation and even set the learning process backwards.\nAre you ready to live and teach abroad? Click here and get started today: https://www.teflcourse.net/?cu=YTDESCRIPTION\nCheck our wide range of online TEFL & TESOL courses: https://www.teflonline.net/?cu=YTDESCRIPTION"}
{"text":"Hello friends Today we are discuss about what is Haemoglobin and It’s structure. Haemoglobin is also known as Spelled Haemoglobin. Haemoglobin plays an main role in your body. Proteins blood cells carries the oxygen and transfer into lungs to tissue and organs. Abnormalities level or structure leads the problem of serious symptoms.\nSymptoms of Haemoglobin in blood test :\nProtein structure is made up of four amino acids. i.e. an amino (NH2) group, a carboxyl (COOH) group, a hydrogen (H) atom, and one variable group. These four chain contains iron, transports oxygen in the blood stream.\nStructure of Haemoglobin in blood test :\nα- subunit : made up of alpha polypeptide chain. It having 141 amino acids residues.\nβ-subunit : made up of bita polypeptide chain. It having 146 amino acid residues.\nHeme group : Heme group contains the prosthetic group. It is attached to polypeptide chain. Heme group contains iron. It is situated in centre of porphyria ring.\nHaemoglobin responsible of shape of RBCs. It is appear like donuts – but with a thin centre than a hole. Abnormal haemoglobin involve sickle cell Anemia. Abnormal shape of RBCs is most dangerous which can lead to problem.\nSomething Wrong Please Contact to Davsy Admin"}
{"text":"Early risers enjoy the planets and the Moon\nNovember sees a return to Standard Time, (on the 1st), and starts with a the continuing display of the morning planets Venus, Mars, and Jupiter. Through the month they will spread apart, but remain in view. Saturn starts the month barely above the southwest horizon, soon lost in the Sun’s glare. The Milky Way is high overhead, with the Summer Triangle slipping into the west, while the dazzling Capella rises higher in the northeast. Lower in the east, the red star Aldebaran marks the eye of Taurus, the Bull. Just above Taurus is the fainter cluster of stars known as the Seven Sisters, or the Pleiades, Orion rising below them late.\n3 – Venus and Mars are in conjunction—their closest approach to each other, in the east-southeast about one-third of the way above the horizon from 5:00 to 5:45 AM EST.\n7 – The Taurid Meteors are at their peak, but can be viewed from mid-October to mid-November.\n17 – The Leonid Meteor Shower peaks, with a few bright meteors, seen best after midnight, and after the waxing Crescent Moon sets.\n29 – The planet Venus shines to the upper left of the star Spica tomorrow morning.\nNovember Sun and Moon\nSunrise November 1 6:26 AM EDT\nSunset November 1 4:37 PM EDT Length of Day 10h 11m\nStandard Time resumes on the 1st\nSunrise November 30 7:04 AM EST\nSunset November 30 4:10 PM EST Length of Day 9h 6m\nLast Quarter Moon in the 3rd"}
{"text":"Agricultural land has two major asset components, the soil resource and the farming system associated with it. The soil resource is a large complex structure consisting of mineral and organic particles in which plants can grow. The farming system is one that is profitable and maintains the production capacity of the land while minimising energy and resource use and optimising recycling of matter and nutrients (NACC, 2005).\nSeventy percent of land in the NAR is dedicated to mixed farming, specifically broadacre grain crops, and livestock. Some more intensive agricultural land uses including horticulture exist in the higher rainfall areas closer to the coast (ABS, 2011).\nAn extensive assessment of high quality broadacre and irrigated agricultural land has recently been undertaken across a portion of the NAR including parts of the City of Greater Geraldton and the Shires of Northampton, Chapman Valley and Irwin. In a changing climate, productive land faces immense environmental stress which can present farmers with a variety of challenges (Tille et. al., 2013)."}
{"text":"See also (Solemn) prayer day\nThe Danish incumbent Christina Smith has written about candlemas at www.kirken-underviser.dk/artikler/kyndelmisse.htm:\nFebruary 2nd is called Candlemas.\nCandlemas can be traced back to at least the 6th century. Candlemas hasn't celebrated in Denmark since 1770. In catholic countries Candlemas is still celebrated as a holiday.\nCandlemas means literally \"mass for candles\". At Candlemas the candles, which are going to be used in church the coming year, are consecrated.\n- 1 Anne Lisbeth (1859)"}
{"text":"Frogs are carnivorous animals and they usually go after live prey, which mainly consist of small insects that they catch using their long, sticky tongue. The basic diet of frogs is highly varied and is dependent on the species of frog and its particular habitat.\nThere are more than 4,700 species of frogs and they can be found on most continents except Antarctica. Frogs are amphibious creatures and most species are born as tadpoles and gradually become frogs as they reach maturity. Some species, however, are born as full frogs enabling such species to live far from a body of water.\nLacking any teeth to chew and break down food before swallowing, frogs eat their prey whole. When swallowing, their eyes sink down into specialized openings in their skulls to help force down food. Apart from insects, frogs also eat snails, lizards, snakes, mice and even other frogs."}
{"text":"As part of an ongoing effort to update the nation’s aging power grid, companies have introduced “smart meters” as a new way to monitor energy levels. What makes them so “smart”? Well, aside from sparing the rhododendrons beneath your old analog meter getting trampled each month by some burly reader, smart meters conserve energy and give consumers feedback and control over their power levels. It’s a digitized, interactive version of your house’s energy system — and it’s all online.\nBear with me here.\nIt’s pretty clear that these smart meters are — or at least represent — the future of household energy, and manufacturers like General Electric and Whirlpool have jumped on board. GE has started distributing the first ever “smart appliance”, a water heater that links into the smart meter system. Whirlpool, meanwhile, plans to make 1 million “smart dryers” by 2011.\nAs our appliances get smarter, it stands to reason that food will need to follow suit. If people log on and see, for example, that they’re using way too much energy powering their microwaves, they may buy fewer frozen meals, or perhaps search out foods with shorter cooking times. The transparency, the new levels of information, could very well change the way people think about their food. We’re all concerned with nutrition facts — well, what about “energy facts”?\nThis is all very hypothetical right now. But it’s not too hard to imagine, especially given people’s growing concern over energy use, carbon footprints and such.\nAnd of course, there’s always the possibility that the smart appliances could become too smart, and end up taking over the world.\n(photo courtesy of pasukaru76)"}
{"text":"Definition of functionary in English:\nnoun (plural functionaries)\nA person who has to perform official functions or duties; an official.\n- So, there is a need to train both the government officials and functionaries of agencies, which take up watershed projects.\n- The court also requires a court clerk and a number of functionaries officially called peace officers.\n- But they should abandon the illusion that the news manager can be dropped as an official functionary.\nWhat do you find interesting about this word or phrase?\nComments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed."}
{"text":"This category is for two-cycle internal combustion engines, not four-cycle engines. Two-cycle engines mostly use reciprocating piston layouts, but rotary types have been designed, built, and run. All two- and four-cycle engines can use Otto or Diesel cycles, and the four stages of operation and combustion (compression, ignition, expansion, exhaust) occur sequentially in time, in a common spatial area and part of the engine, a combustion chamber, usually via a piston. But in two-cycle engines, these stages occur in two cycles, not four: 1) a combined compression/ignition cycle, and then, 2) a combined expansion/exhaust cycle.\nBourke Engine Project\nHomebuilt Bourke engine generator project. Includes project information, CAD drawings, animation of the mechanism, videos, test results and insights.\nHow Two-stroke Engines Work\nIllustrated tutorial describing the 2-stroke engine technology. Includes technical background, animations and applications. [HowStuffWorks]\nMicro Car Project\nDocuments student engineering project on the study of 2-stroke engine and changes in its design for micro-car. Addresses various aspects of its design, insights, solutions and applications.\nLast update:August 27, 2015 at 15:45:06 UTC"}
{"text":"Wi-Fi, exactly is, Short for ‘wireless fidelity’. A term for certain types of wireless local area networks (WLAN) that use specifications conforming to IEEE 802.11b. WiFi has gained acceptance in many environments as an alternative to a wired LAN. Many airports, hotels, and other services offer public access to WiFi networks so people can log onto the Internet and receive emails on the move. These locations are known as hotspots."}
{"text":"Christadelphians would in general present the claim that they are a modern day restoration of the first century faith and that every person individually has come to their beliefs through independent searching of the Bible. The suggestion is that if only other Christians would read the Bible more carefully and put aside their preconceived ideas they would see Christadelphians have “the Truth”. The assumption here is that they do not suffer from this problem and that history, social conditioning and environment play at best a minor role in the operation of the Christadelphian community. By looking at their history we can understand some of the forces that have influenced the development of the movement.\nA brief consideration of the traditional claim that the founder of the Christadelphians “rediscovered the Truth”, how that has shifted and the significance and necessity in theological terms of having an explanation for a new movement.\nAn examination of possible formative influences behind the start of the movement in America in the nineteenth century.\nA look at the life of the founder of the Christadelphians, John Thomas, and how he came to believe he had recovered the long lost faith of the Apostles. This is important in understanding the spirit of the community today.\nThe story of how a movement centred around the beliefs of one man became set into a denominational form through a schismatic process and the establishment of a defined creedal system.\nAn examination of where the Christadelphians are today, the difficulties that lie ahead and what options are open to them."}
{"text":"LU-BAN is responsible for some of the most amazing Chinese architecture, in particular the dragon motifs which decorate many ancient temples. And thereby hangs a (dragon’s) tale...\nIt seems that LU-BAN was drawing up blueprints for a wonderful new building. Stuck for inspiration, he visited AO-KUANG, the Dragon King of the Eastern Ocean, to ask if he might possibly use his magnificent Underwater Crystal Palace as a template.\nThe King was highly flattered. \"Very well,\" he said, \"I’ll have it delivered first thing in the morning. But I’ll need it back in three days; I’m expecting company.\"\nAs promised, the palace was flown over by a team of dragons and LU-BAN set to work on his own version. Unfortunately, the palace was so impressively built that after three days he’d only managed to lay a few foundations and order the timber. He wanted more time...\nAlong came the dragons to collect the palace. With a nod to LU-BAN, they clustered around the building and began to lift. Funny, it wouldn’t budge. They heaved and strained but it was stuck fast. LU-BAN had nailed it to the ground.\nThat night the Dragon King was furious. He sent an army of dragons, crabs and sea monsters, but none of them had ever seen a nail before. The palace remained firmly in place.\nAs the sun rose on the fourth day, the sea creatures scuttled back to the sea, but the dragons kept straining to lift the building. It was a very hot day, the sun dried them out, and they all collapsed from heat exhaustion.\nTo LU-BAN’s amazed delight, their dried-out bodies curled around the palace and around each other, and presented an awesomely impressive spectacle. He immediately tore up his blueprints and began plans for a range of Dragon Temples. These were highly successful and are still seen in China today.\nLU-BAN is also credited with inventing the first flying machine, a kite-like object made of wood. The flying dragons probably inspired that too. In fact he may even have used it to escape the Dragon King’s wrath."}
{"text":"Hey guys, welcome back. I have never lived in, or birded in the range of today’s bird, yet I’ve seen a number of them. What gives? The black vulture is the slightly smaller cousin to the turkey vulture and is historically found in the southern half of the US. However, due partly to climate change, their range is gradually working itself further and further north. For example, the nothern end of their range is a bit south of NYC, yet there are often black vultures seen along the Hudson river in the city itself. That’s where I saw my first ones, flying over the Hudson, near the George Washington Bridge. A couple typically show up in Cleveland every year, and I saw one while driving back from NYC in Pennsylvania. Despite this, and despite the fact that they are outnumbered by turkey vultures in the US, they are still the most numerous vultures in the western hemisphere.\nBlack vultures are black (go figure). They still have a featherless head, but the skin is black instead of red as on the turkey vulture. Their flight pattern is a bit different as well; not as teetering. From underneath, the birds look all black, but have light gray “fingertips.” Physical appearance isn’t the only thing that separates black from the turkey vultures. Black vultures don’t have the excellent sense of smell that turkey vulture do, so to find carcasses, they will often soar high and watch the lower soaring turkey vultures and follow them to the carrion. Black vultures will also actively hunt and kill prey on occasion whereas turkey vultures almost never hunt live prey. Either way, the black vulture is a cool scavenger, and apt for a day where (at least here in the US) we’re all scavenging Thanksgiving leftovers. Next up, a member of the heron family. See you then!"}
{"text":"PRODUCTION PROCESS OF DENIM FABRIC\nCotton: Living Matter\nThe open end yarn exits the rotor and is wound onto a package similar to that produced at the winding process for ring yarn. Open end spinning is used for both filling and warp yarns. Yarns being used as filling are then sent directly to weaving, while yarns used for warp yarns are sent to the next process called warping.\nWeaving Room: The weaving room is a highly spacious area, especially engineered to enable a correct and ordered movement of the beams. Each loom has a suction intake that removes any dust and filters it through a special filtration room. The room also has a dust removal system with air circulating 30 times per hour, in addition to blowers and cleaners that keep the room and looms constantly clean. Each loom has an online microprocessor which transmits data to a central computer for production and quality control.\nDyeing: The unique feature in the manufacturing of denim fabric is the dyeing of the warp\nyarn through a long chain Indigo Dye Range. The logs of yarns from the warping process\ncalled \"ball warps\" are loaded at the entry end of the range and are processed\nthrough a series of boxes which contain dye to build the shade and through boxes that\nrinse the yarn of excess dye. Between boxes, the ropes are exposed to air in a process\nknown as skying, where oxidation or fixing of the dye takes place."}
{"text":"Project Number: 6406-12630-004-00\nStart Date: Jun 14, 2005\nEnd Date: Jun 08, 2010\nDetermine spatial variation of manure nutrients and emission of ammonia and other gases in the poultry house as a function of management, age of bird, diet, flocks of birds on same litter, and ambient humidity and temperatures. Develop a system for measuring fungicidal effects of animal manure on an array of important plant pathogens. Develop a system for isolating nutrient effects of animal manure from phyto-hormonal effects. Measure water quantity and quality in runoff from nine watersheds as a function of presence or absence of grazing and presence or absence of poultry litter fertilization. Over time in the watersheds, measure changes in soil quality, botanical composition, shallow well water quality, and the quantity and quality of runoff water. Determine manure nutrient’s fate in soil and changes in soil quality, and changes in soil nutrient concentrations for long term fertilization with poultry litter or swine effluent. Test effects and efficacy of manure nutrient extraction with surface application or incorporation for different crop species and soil types. Develop best management procedures for the 12-month management system. Determine the presence of bacterial pathogens in swine and poultry manure environments and the fate and transport of manure-borne bacterial pathogens after manure land application. Determine the potential off-site transport of pathogens via rain runoff and impacts on crop bacterial contamination. Use traditional cultural and molecular microbiological techniques in field and controlled growth chamber studies to determine the microbiology of manure, manure application, and potential future impacts of land application. Develop best management practices for manure pre-application and application phases, to minimize bacterial contamination of manure at the production level and during land application for food and forage crops."}
{"text":"Anniversaries and events\nBe aware that there may be certain times of the year or events in the school calendar that a grieving pupil may find particularly difficult to manage. Possible triggers include:\n- Mother’s Day/Father’s Day\n- World events such as the Manchester bombing, the Grenfell fire and their anniversaries\n- Parents’ evening\n- The school prom\n- Particular curriculum topics\nAny of these events (and many others) could act as a trigger for a bereaved pupil and bring up strong feelings about a previous loss.\nMake sure that anniversaries specific to that pupil are recorded and communicated. For example, the date of the death, the date of the funeral (especially if other pupils attended), the birthday of the person who died, etc.\n- Curriculum issues - You need to be aware that many lessons refer to the lifecycle, death and dying, biological and cultural aspects of death, and to consider the impact this may have on a bereaved pupil.\nVideo and linked quotes"}
{"text":"It's Earth Day and students in Pitt County got a hands-on approach to learning more about saving the environment.\nA Time For Science is a non-profit nature and science learning center that sits on 400 acres of land in southern Pitt County.\nDozens of students got the chance to get out of the city and into the woods Tuesday afternoon.\nStudents discovered how to garden organically with worms and searched for tree frogs native to Eastern Carolina.\nNancy Bray and her husband John founded the center in 2008. Both taught science in Pitt County for about 40 years.\n\"We've got foxes, we've got wild turkeys, we have all kinds of wild animals,\" says Nancy. \"And now that we have all of this and you walk around here, you want to share it with people. And that's what we did. That's why we started A Time For Science.\"\nBray hopes her non-profit will inspire students to get outdoors and protect the Earth for future generations."}
{"text":"Bring the outside inside the classroom using Learning about Amphibians for grades 4 and up! This 48-page book covers classification, appearance, adaptations, and endangered species. It includes questions, observation activities, crossword puzzles, research projects, study sheets, unit tests, a bibliography, and an answer key.Their anatomy is very similar to the tree frogs in that they have disc-shaped suckers on the end of each digit. ... There are over 600 species living over most of the warmer parts ... The male frogs in this group have a strange reproductive habit.\n|Title||:||Learning About Amphibians, Grades 4 - 8|\n|Publisher||:||Carson-Dellosa Publishing - 2002-01-01|"}
{"text":"The use of electronic health records can help track preventive care efforts and boost quality in primary care settings, according to a commentary published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, CMIO reports. The commentary was written by Samantha De Leon and Sarah Shin of the New York City Primary Care Information Project. The commentary examined PCIP, a program that aims to improve population health through preventive care efforts that target avoidable deaths and complications from chronic conditions. PCIP includes about 25 percent of the 9,000 primary care providers in New York City who serve about two million patients. The initiative helped primary care practices adopt EHRs so that health care providers could transmit data to PCIP to track population health indicators in preventive care. According to the commentary, early data analysis on smaller practices showed that use of an EHR increased the delivery of preventive services. The commentary noted that practices using EHRs to track population health could assess information quicker and use data sources to cut additional information collection costs."}
{"text":"A German ballistic missile A-4 being launched during tests in Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. An A-4 missile at a launch pad. The missile lifts off emitting a fiery flare. It is in flight as it emits a fiery flare. The missile begins to descend through the air as it emits a vapor trail.\nThis historic stock footage available in HD and SD video. View pricing below video player.\nHave a correction or more info about this clip? Edit Now\nBe the first to correct or edit this clip's info! Edit Now"}
{"text":"Archaeology is a young and exciting scientific discipline created around 150 years ago as a way to discover and interpret the material remains of our human past. Many archaeological sites are world-famous: Pompeii, Troy, the pyramids of Egypt, the Parthenon of Athens, the Taj Mahal, and the temple complex at Angkor Wat, to name a few. In this course, we will examine many important archaeological sites in the \"Old World\" of the Mediterranean, Near East, and Asia. Using a thematic and comparative approach, we will delve deeper to explore the societies that produced these wonders, and examine cultural similarities and differences across the Old World. This course is a non-technical introduction for students interested in archaeology, history, art history, anthropology, or related subjects.\nSection 401 - LEC\nTARTARON, THOMAS F.\nCLAIRE M. FAGIN HALL (NURSING 214\nDepartment of Anthropology\nMuseum, Room 325, 3260 South Street Philadelphia, PA 19104\nPhone: (215) 898-7461 Fax: (215) 898-7462"}
{"text":"Against radiation best material is a polysaccharide, especially edible fungus polysaccharides, edible fungus, white fungus, mushrooms, Pleurotus appropriate diet. Edible fungus polysaccharides can effectively absorb harmful radiation, promote the excretion of toxic substances. Fried, stewed may. Can also edible sea cucumber, it is rich in polysaccharides and collagen, is a good anti-radiation food. Everyday there are several simple and effective radiation food! !\nBlack sesame seeds\nThe black sesame enhance immunity, humoral immune function of the body’s cells, the effective protection of human health.\nPurple amaranth anti-radiation, anti-mutagenic, antioxidant effect, its selenium. Selenium is an important trace elements, can improve the ability of the body against radiation.\nGreen tea polyphenols, not only has the effect of anticancer and clear the body of free radicals, but also anti-radiation. Drink green tea every day is very beneficial to the body. Tea also contains LPS, can improve the hematopoietic function, elevated platelet and white blood cell.\nLycopene not only have superior radiation resistance, and the highly antioxidant capacity. Lycopene is widely exists in tomatoes, apricots, guava, watermelon, papaya, red grapes and other fruits and vegetables. Which, relatively high levels in the tomato, and more present in the skin and seeds of the tomato. In addition, lycopene is fat-soluble vitamin, Fry over can be absorbed by the body.\nAlgae is rich in vegetable protein, a variety of amino acids, trace elements, vitamins, minerals, and biologically active substances, can promote hematopoietic function of bone marrow cells, enhance the proliferative activity of bone marrow cells, serum protein biosynthesis, thereby enhancing the body’s immune force. Therefore, eat kelp, spirulina like, with a clear anti-radiation effect."}
{"text":"Latest Aconitum Stories\nLarkspurs, monkshoods, and aconites are plants, widely cultivated for their beauty and medicinal properties.\nNorthern Blue Monkshood (Aconitum noveboracense) or Northern Wild Monkshood, is a species of flowering plant found in the United States only in Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio and New York. It is commonly found on shaded to partly shaded cliffs, or on cool, streamside sites. These areas have suitable cool soil conditions. They are also found on algific talus slopes which have a cool outflow of air and water from ice contained in underground fissures. This plant is also known as Wolfsbane. This plant is...\nAnthora (Aconitum anthora) also known as Yellow Monkshood or Healing Wolfsbane, is a flowering species of plant with a widespread range, but mainly found in European mountains such as the Alps and the Carpathians. It is also common in the northern parts of Asia. It is a threatened species in Czech Republic. The root of the Anthora, was reputed to be a good antidote, and counter-poison. The plant itself is extremely toxic to livestock and humans. Even a small dose can be deadly. The foliage...\n- To play, gamble.\n- To impose upon; delude; trick; humbug; also, to joke; chaff.\n- A deceitful game or trick; trickery; humbug; nonsense."}
{"text":"At the Brigham in Boston, women were recruited for a prospective, two year study to examine the relationship between ubiquitous plasticizers called pthalates and preterm birth (before 37 weeks).\n- In 130 cases of preterm birth, relative to controls, urinary levels (taken 3 times) of pthalates were significantly higher.\n- As the leading cause of neonatal mortality, preterm birth represents an important outcome to examine with regard to modifiable causative factors.\n- Pthalates found in cosmetics and in contaminated food and water have effects on hormones and on oxidative stress in the body and have been linked to thyroid dysfunction, endometriosis, and breast cancer.\n- Here is their conclusion:”The strong link observed between phthalate exposure and spontaneous preterm births found in the present study suggests phthalate exposure is associated with increased intrauterine inflammation.”\n- Consume fresh foods, not wrapped in plastic. Store foods in glass. Check your cosmetics for “fragrance” and assess them on skindeep.org.\nRead the study about plastics and preterm labor here."}
{"text":"As an alternative to researching on the internet, Thomson Gale has developed a database especially for K-5 students, called Kids InfoBits, that students can use to hone their research techniques. “Kids learn by using computers, and we’d like to teach them early on that there are quality research alternatives to the open web,” said Ben Mondloch, Thomson Gale’s executive vice president of K-12 education. “What sets Kids InfoBits apart from other K-5 databases is that it addresses the way kids learn and also fulfills states’ information literacy requirements.” The Kids InfoBits database includes many resources: 13 age-appropriate, full-text Thomson Gale reference books offering more than 2,200 topic overviews and biographies; more than 100 full-text magazines suitable for elementary students; the Merriam Webster’s Elementary Dictionary; biographies and pictures of each American president, along with pictures of their first ladies and vice presidents; more than 5,000 full-color pictures, maps, flags, seals, charts, tables, and graphs; and more. Recognizing that students have varying reading abilities, Kids InfoBits allows students to conduct searches by picture or keyword. Students learn to narrow very broad topics, differentiate between types of content sources, and interpret charts and graphs. Kids InfoBits costs $495 per building and includes unlimited and remote access.\n- EdisonLearning Joins with Digital Learning Collaborative to Improve Online Education - December 6, 2021\n- Class sets video - August 21, 2021\n- Wasted Technology: Why Many Teachers Don’t Use the Programs Their Districts Provide - August 17, 2021"}
{"text":"greyhound, breed of tall, swift, sight hound developed nearly 5,000 years ago in Egypt. It stands about 26 in. (66 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs about 65 lb (29.5 kg). Its short, smooth coat may be colored black, white, or various shades of fawn, brindle, blue, or red. Known in England before the 9th cent., the greyhound was bred and raised by the aristocracy. In fact, for approximately 700 years it was illegal under English law for a commoner to own a greyhound. It was used to hunt small game, especially hares, and by the early 19th cent. the coursing of hares had developed into an organized sport. In recent years, with the invention by Owen Patrick Smith of the mechanical rabbit for use on a round or oval track, the racing of greyhounds has grown widely in popularity. See dog.\nThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.\nMore on greyhound from Fact Monster:\nSee more Encyclopedia articles on: Dogs"}
{"text":"Archaeologists announced Monday that they've discovered the remains of another prehistoric stone monument less than two miles from Stonehenge, and it's completely reshaping how researchers understand the history of the area.\nThe arrangement, believed to be about 4,500 years old, was revealed by the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project on the first day of the British Science Festival at the University of Bradford.\nIt is composed of about 30 intact stones and 60 fragments of possible stones buried three feet beneath the Durrington Walls \"super-henge\" and though to be a Neolithic ritual site. The stones, some of which stand up to 14 feet high, appear as if they were once lined up to form a C-shaped \"arena\" surrounding a valley and springs leading to the River Avon.\nNone have been excavated, and they were found using \"non-invasive geophysical prospection and remote sensing technologies,\" a press release from the project said.\nThe archaeologists believe this new discovery could predate Stonehenge and presents the possibility that monumental architecture was happening in the area earlier than previously thought.\n\"The extraordinary scale, detail and novelty of the evidence produced by the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project, which the new discoveries at Durrington Walls exemplify, is changing fundamentally our understanding of Stonehenge and the world around it,\" Paul Garwood, the principal prehistorian on the project, said in the press release. \"Everything written previously about the Stonehenge landscape and the ancient monuments within it will need to be re-written.\"\nIt may also be the largest Neolithic site yet discovered.\n“What we are starting to see is the largest surviving stone monument, preserved underneath a bank, that has ever been discovered in Britain and possibly in Europe,” Vince Gaffney, who leads the Stonehenge Hidden Landscape project, told The Guardian. “This is archaeology on steroids.”\nAlso on HuffPost:"}
{"text":"National ADBC Museum Education & Research Center\nThe American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor (ADBC) chose the Brooke County Library to be their official depository. The museum houses books, documents, and artifacts of this special group that defended their country as America entered World War II. Without adequate resources, they were forced into camps, and then sent to Japan and other Southeast location on \"Hellships,\" being bombed by their own country who did not know they were on the Japanese ships. The library contains many oral histories of these men's stories. ADBC is in the process of digitizing documents related to this story topic.\nRead more about this special collection of men on their website: American\nDefenders of Bataan and Corregidor"}
{"text":"Experimental in silico, in vitro, and rodent models for screening and predicting protein sensitizing potential are discussed, including whether there is evidence of new sensitizations and allergies since the introduction of genetically modified crops in 1996, the importance of linear versus conformational epitopes, and protein families that become allergens. Some common challenges for predicting protein sensitization are addressed: (a) exposure routes; (b) frequency and dose of exposure; (c) dose-response relationships; (d) role of digestion, food processing, and the food matrix; (e) role of infection; (f) role of the gut microbiota; (g) influence of the structure and physicochemical properties of the protein; and (h) the genetic background and physiology of consumers. The consensus view is that sensitization screening models are not yet validated to definitively predict the de novo sensitizing potential of a novel protein. However, they would be extremely useful in the discovery and research phases of understanding the mechanisms of food allergy development, and may prove fruitful to provide information regarding potential allergenicity risk assessment of future products on a case by case basis. These data and findings were presented at a 2012 international symposium in Prague organized by the Protein Allergenicity Technical Committee of the International Life Sciences Institute's Health and Environmental Sciences Institute.\nASJC Scopus subject areas\n- Immunology and Allergy\n- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine"}
{"text":"The tables below list fractions. The numerators of the fractions tell the number of stations which (according to keograms) were operating in Svalbard and the denominators tell the number of operating mainland stations (c.f. a map). In order to see which stations were operating, check keograms. Note that the fraction of e.g. Sep 08 tells the availability during the night between Sep 08 and Sep 09.\nCloudiness index is defined at MUO and KEV at every three hours: 0000 UT, 0300 UT, ..., and 2100UT. At KIL clouds are observed only during day time (at 0300 UT ..., 1800 UT). Cloudiness is characterized with an index which varies from 0 (clear) to 8 (cloudy, when clouds cannot be observed e.g. due to fog the index is 9). The values listed below are mean values of the dark time indices (observed at 0000 UT, 1500 UT, 1800 UT, 2100 UT at MUO and KEV, and at 1800 UT at KIL).\nGuide lines for interpretation: The tables below may serve an explanation why the keogram of your interest is black or fuzzy (interpreting keograms). On the other hand, do not loose your hope if the index is 8, it is still possible that the sky has been clear and our cameras have seen activity during short periods between the cloud observing hours."}
{"text":"“A man more sinn’d against than sinning” Evaluate Lear’s claim.\nIt is certainly true that ‘King Lear’ has the themes of sinning, justice and cruelty and this essay will explore how characters in the play demonstrate these themes through their language and actions. Also, this essay will evaluate whether Lear is in fact innocent or if he instigated his own downfall through his actions in Act I and Act II.\nLear could be described as a victim of circumstance; he is old, dying and losing his sanity and sense of identity; as Regan claims in Act II Scene IV, “you are old; Nature in you stands on the very verge Of her confine”. Perhaps this is why he decides to divide his kingdom between his daughters so that he may “unburthened crawl toward death” and also “that future strife may be prevented now”. This is an example of prophetic irony, as Lear hopes his actions will prevent future arguments, the division sets forth a series of events that do not fall in Lear’s favour. However, this act of dividing his kingdom may have been born of innocent intent but to a Jacobean audience, it wold have been seen as the ultimate sin. As a king, Lear was defined by his status, yet he divided up his kingdom and alienated himself from his royal dignity and authority. In the Jacobean ear, it was believed that kings were given the Divine Right’s to the kingdom by God; so to divide up the divine kingdom would have been utter blasphemy and insult to God. This could be argued as Lear’s first act that leads towards his downfall, in the pagan era that ‘King Lear’ is set in, Lear has just turned his back on his Divine Rights and therefore insulted the Gods.\nLear’s next sin unfolds in the same scene. After Lear’s declaration about the ensuing division of his kingdom, he conducts a love trial for his three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. Another belief in Jacobean times was that there was a sacred, natural bond between parent and child. Even though the audience soon discover…"}
{"text":"If I was relating a story to someone about a past event, what would be the correct term for where we were - \"we were sat in the kitchen,\" or \"we were sitting in the kitchen\"?\nWhat is the difference between the two and how and when should they be used?\nI told a story... I spoke, I used my words, I was telling the story, I was speaking, I did the action.\nI was told a story... I had a story told TO ME, THEY talked, THEY spoke the words, THEY were speaking, they did the action to me.\nI sat in the kitchen OR I was sitting in the kitchen... I was doing the sitting, I walked into the kitchen and sat on a chair, I did the action.\nI was sat in the kitchen... THEY told me to 'sit down!'... THEY gave the order, THEY gave the instruction, THEY were the boss... THEY 'sat' me in the kitchen, and later, THEY 'sat' me in the bedroom.. THEY do the action.\n\"The boy went to school, and he WAS PUT in a class. When he walked into the class, the teacher SAT HIM in the back row. The teacher TOLD HIM a story, then SENT HIM to lunch. After, she SAT HIM in the front row, and TOLD HIM to go home. HE said, stop giving me so many orders..."}
{"text":"Jun. 17, 2017\n9:00 am - 4:00 pm\nHumans can only survive about three weeks without food. By developing a knowledge of wild edibles you can find food virtually anywhere. Plants can often provide the most readily available source of nutrition in the wilderness.\nThis entry level course will find students exploring our 352 acre site identifying, harvesting and sampling wild edibles. Processing and preparation will be covered and students will be encouraged to try the wild edibles they have harvested. Depending on the season, edibles such as Lamb’s Quarters, Cattails, Leeks, Sting Nettle, Mushrooms, various nuts and berries and many, many more will be found."}
{"text":"ONE of the first human trials of an edible vaccine produced promising results. But the vaccine, a potato genetically engineered to produce a hepatitis B protein, has been abandoned because of fears that \"pharm\" crops could be mixed up with normal produce.\nDetails of the potato's trial have only just been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0409899102). When 42 volunteers ate two or three doses of the raw potato, concentrations of hepatitis B antibodies in their blood increased up to 60-fold.\nThe idea of edible vaccines like this was to enable developing countries to produce cheap vaccines that could be stored without refrigerators. But enthusiasm has cooled because of fears that vaccine-laden fruit and veg might be confused with normal produce, with potentially dangerous consequences.\nSo the team that developed the vaccine axed the project two years ago. Instead, it is switching to producing vaccines ...\nTo continue reading this article, subscribe to receive access to all of newscientist.com, including 20 years of archive content."}
{"text":"Priscilla Mary Isin - Turkish Delights during the history\nPriscilla Mary Işın is a food historian and author of Gülbeşeker: Türk Tatlıları Tarihi, a history of Turkish sweets and puddings published by Yapı Kredi Yayınları in 2008.\nGülbeşeker: Türk Tatlıları Tarihi, Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2008\nIn Turkey sweets and puddings have always played an important social role, as symbols of happiness, goodwill, loyalty, eloquence and love. Birth, marriage, death and other stepping stones in the lives of individuals have always been marked by the ceremonial offering of sweet things, and sweets have played a similar part in the public and religious spheres. Although historical recipes are included, this is not a recipe book, but sets out to trace the origins and evolution of Turkish sweets, and examine the way in which they mirrored human relations and culture during the Ottoman period."}
{"text":"Losing your sense of smell is called Anosmia. Our sense of smell has a significant impact on what we taste.\n“It’s like eating a box of tissues,” Chloe Donovan explains. “You only get texture and temperature.”\nSmell is a human early warning system, it prevents us from putting bad things in our mouths amongst another things.\nDonovan says she once “nearly set my kitchen on fire” when she accidentally turned the toaster on while putting groceries down on the kitchen counter.\nIt was only after her son got home from school and smelt something burning that they discovered a blackened loaf of bread on top of the toaster.\n‘I live in a world behind glass’: life without a sense of smell"}
{"text":"Enter a person or place name or word below for detailed definitions, information, and history with scriptural references.\n(King James Version)\nJude, Epistle of\nThe author was \"Judas, the brother of James\" the Less (Jude 1:1), called also Lebbaeus (Matt. 10:3) and Thaddaeus (Mark 3:18). The genuineness of this epistle was early questioned, and doubts regarding it were revived at the time of the Reformation; but the evidences in support of its claims are complete. It has all the marks of having proceeded from the writer whose name it bears.\nThere is nothing very definite to determine the time and place at which it was written. It was apparently written in the later period of the apostolic age, for when it was written there were persons still alive who had heard the apostles preach (ver. 17). It may thus have been written about A.D. 66 or 70, and apparently in Palestine.\nThe epistle is addressed to Christians in general (ver. 1), and its design is to put them on their guard against the misleading efforts of a certain class of errorists to which they were exposed. The style of the epistle is that of an \"impassioned invective, in the impetuous whirlwind of which the writer is hurried along, collecting example after example of divine vengeance on the ungodly; heaping epithet upon epithet, and piling image upon image, and, as it were, labouring for words and images strong enough to depict the polluted character of the licentious apostates against whom he is warning the Church; returning again and again to the subject, as though all language was insufficient to give an adequate idea of their profligacy, and to express his burning hatred of their perversion of the doctrines of the gospel.\"\nThe striking resemblance this epistle bears to 2 Peter suggests the idea that the author of the one had seen the epistle of the other.\nThe doxology with which the epistle concludes is regarded as the finest in the New Testament."}
{"text":"Talk about a teachable moment!!!\nSwine Flu: Anatomy of a Pandemic\nPandemic is a terrifying word--but what does it really mean? The recent outbreak of H1N1 is only the latest in a series of deadly global battles between human and virus. And as scientists learn more about the ways viruses mutate and replicate, an international effort is underway to track and vanquish humanity's most lethal foes. The program traces the spread of swine flu from Mexico around the world and draws parallels between this outbreak and the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic that killed millions of people.\nHere is a link to the video--you need a discovery education membership to view or download it."}
{"text":"Research has shown that those who frequently play computer games are less likely to go to university. The research, which was carried out by Oxford University, involved 17,000 participants born, all of who were born in 1970.\nThe research also illustrated that reading and career success were linked. Results suggested that 16 year olds that regularly read were more likely to be in a management position by the time they reach 33. For women there was a 14% difference between those who read often when 16 and those who did not. As for men there was a 10% difference between regular readers and non-readers.\nThe effect of playing computer games regularly meant 6% less chance of women going to university and 5% less chance for men going to university. Some experts have suggested that it is not computer games itself that does the damage, yet it is the fact that when playing computer games they are not participating in other extra curricular activities that may prove more beneficial.\nThe research did not take into account what genre of game was played.\nThese articles are brought to you in partnership with Brothersoft."}
{"text":"Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law (Myōhō Renge-kyō)\nOnkō Jiun, Japanese, 1718 - 1804\nOne the most talented and individualistic of Edo period calligraphers, Jiun was trained as a Buddhist monk and became renowned for his studies of the Sanskrit language. Jiun's calligraphy is most influenced by the brushwork of the Öbaku Zen monks, known as bokuseki (ink traces), although he seems consciously to ignore the rules of calligraphy in his free and idiosyncratic handling of ink and brush. The five-character inscription of this calligraphy reads myöhö renge-kyö, or Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law, referring to the canonical Buddhist text more popularly known simply as the Lotus Sutra."}
{"text":"Add To Cart\nAdd To Cart\n- Grade Level▼▲\n- Media Type▼▲\n- Guides & Workbooks▼▲\n- Resource Type▼▲\n- Author / Artist▼▲\n- Top Rated▼▲\nThe Zaner-Bloser Spelling Connections program provides students with explicit spelling instruction that will help them retain, internalize, and transfer spelling knowledge from their spelling assignments to all areas of life and literacy.\nStructured around weekly spelling lists, each lesson delivers meaningful instruction and practice opportunities. Word lists are organized so students can see the relationships among words, visually reinforcing valuable pattern- and rule-based instruction. Diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments, along with integrated standardized test practice, are included to help teachers monitor progress and prepare students for testing.\nThe Student Edition provides comprehensive daily spelling practice by connecting spelling to thinking, phonics/ vocabulary, reading, and writing through engaging exercises and activities. This grade 3 workbook also includes \"Writer's Workshop\" enrichment activities along with \"Extend and Transfer\" exercises that provide word study questions as well as subject-specific context. 36 units, with include assessment and review units, are included.\nStudent Edition, 319 pages, softcover. Non-reproducible; consumable workbook. Grade 3.\nThis edition includes a three and five-day plan and includes differentiated word sorts to promote higher-level skill development in thinking, phonics/vocabulary, reading, and writing. \"Spelling Tutor\" QR codes have also been added; students can scan with a mobile phone to listen to the spelling words being spelled out loud and used in sentences.\nPlease note that this item is only available for purchase by Homeschools located in the USA and Canada.\nPublication Date: 2016\nSeries: Zaner-Bloser Spelling Connections"}
{"text":"Sloth bear facts for kids\nTemporal range: Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene – Recent\nSloth Bears have long and shaggy black fur, but its fur can also be brown. On its chest it has a white or yellow mark, which is shaped like an Y or V. They have big feet with long claws. The long claws are also the reason for its English name, because the claws look like the claws of a Sloth.\nFemale Sloth Bears usually have 1-2 babies, sometimes 3. Young Sloth Bears stay with their mother for 2-3 years. In captivity they can live to be 40 years old.\nSloth bear adults can weigh anywhere from 120-130 pounds and measure anywhere form 60-70 inches in length.\n|Wikispecies has information on: Sloth Bear.|\nImages for kids\nSloth bear Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia."}
{"text":"Bay Mills Biological Services conducts beach monitoring the swimming areas at Riverview and Gumshoes beaches through the summer. The water samples are tested for nutrients and E. coli weekly during swimming season. For more information, contact Bay Mills Biological Services at 906-248-8648.\nSwimmer’s Itch at Beaches\nE. coli is a bacteria often blamed for swimmer’s itch, which is caused by a very different organism. Swimmer’s itch is an unfortunate, yet common infliction that bathers face during the summer swimming season. Swimmer’s itch is an irritating condition caused by a microscopic, parasitic flatworm that results in itchy red bumps on the skin. The flatworms that cause the condition use snails and waterfowl as hosts during their life cycle. Humans get swimmer’s itch when they come in contact with water that is infested with flatworm larvae. The flatworms burrow into the skin causing itchy red bumps that last for about a week. Humans are not the correct host for these flatworms, and they cause no other harm to us other than the irritating itching.\nThe best way to prevent a swimmer’s itch infection is to vigorously towel dry immediately after swimming. One could also avoid beaches that are frequented by waterfowl or have large numbers of snails. Bay Mills Biological Services Department does weekly beach testing for E. coli bacteria, but it cannot test for swimmer’s itch. E. coli bacteria in this area are often due to bird or other wildlife fecal inputs. The bacteria can cause skin and eye irritation or cause infections in cuts or wounds already present. If the source of bacteria is of human origin, there may be an increased risk due to more harmful strains of E. coli, other bacteria, parasites, or viruses. Unfortunately, there is no test for swimmer’s itch; the only way to know if water is infested is to see the effects of the flatworm on skin.\nBAY MILLS INDIAN COMMUNITY\nTHE PLACE OF THE PIKE"}
{"text":"Most Common Terms\nStiffness – The stiffness of a tripod defines how resistant the tripod is to motion when subjected to an external torque. If the tripod is subjected to some , the angle that the tripod deviates is given by . More stiffness means a proportional drop in the magnitude of vibrations. Wikipedia\nDamping – The damping of a tripod defines how fast vibrations die out. More damping means a proportionally faster die out time. The exact amount of time is dependent on the amount of rotational inertia on the tripod.\nPitch – Pitch is a twist or rotation about the horizontal axis that is perpendicular to the direction the camera is facing. This is also known as the ‘Tilt’ direction. A camera will see a pitch rotation as a shift in the image up or down. Wikipedia\nYaw – Yaw is a twist or rotation about the vertical axis. This corresponds to pushing down on the top of a tripod and twisting. This is also known as the ‘Pan’ direction. The camera will see a yaw rotation as a shift in the image left or right. Wikipedia\nFourier Transform – The Fourier transform\nRotational Inertia – Rotational inertia, also known as angular mass, is the rotational equivalent of normal mass. Rotational inertia has the same relationship with torque () that mass has with force (). Wikipedia\nTorque – Torque is the rotational equivalent of force. It is given by . When we talk about stiffness on this site, we are always referring to the rotational form. Thus, it is torque, and not force, that we are interested in."}
{"text":"Architecture, like any type of art is a little bit crazy, but inside that craziness lies a lot of reason that tries to innovate by taking huge leaps forward. Lately I’ve seen a special trend popping in all the blogs inside my daily reading list, it’s the appearance of “Parasitic Architecture” or “Parasitic Facades”.\nThe idea behind this phenomenon is to find the way to intervene old structures that are protected by the historical preservation organizations (heavily seen on European countries) making these inefficient buildings up to date with today’s environmental and sustainability standards while keeping their essence.\nOn this article, one particular example is shown where there was a reduction of up to 75% of the initial energy efficiency of the structure by the application of a parasitic substructure on the project. This is really interesting since it will allow to modify existing structures without having to completely demolish them having an overall better use of materials and allowing the possibility of incorporating green elements to the facades, reducing the need for cooling inside the units and increasing the natural cover area of the city finally reducing global warming (plants need the energy of the sun for photosynthesis, so more plants equals less surplus of unused energy in the atmosphere). Also, the possibility of using 3D-Printed recycled elements is also an opportunity of better constructive processes."}
{"text":"A normal lens is elastic at birth. Because of its elastic property, it can be spherically adapted for the accommodation of the lens to focalize at different distances. The lens needs most accommodation for near distances.\nBecause a child has a very flexible lens, it can see things very close to the eye sharply. The older we get, the more the lens loses its elasticity and accommodation will be reduced. Therefore, we must look at things farther away from the eye, so we can still see sharply. Usually, sometime between the age of 40 and 60, our arms are not long enough to be able to read without glasses. This situation is called presbyopia. This is the time when a normal eye requires reading glasses."}
{"text":"Useful, but barbaric. That’s how San Leandro, CA-based EndoBionics’ CEO Lynn Barr describes balloon angioplasty-the use of a balloon-tipped catheter to open clogged arteries. The procedure itself causes artery-narrowing scarring in about 20 percent of the roughly 600,000 people in the U.S. who undergo it each year. To stop this scarring, mechanical engineer and EndoBionics founder Kirk Seward created a retractable polymer sheath for a steel needle one millimeter long and roughly the diameter of two hairs. After an angioplasty, a surgeon could guide the sheathed needle through an artery in the patient’s leg or neck to the coronary artery. Once the device was in place, a microscale hydraulic system would allow the surgeon to retract the sheath while simultaneously pushing the needle into the artery wall. This way, the device could inject a tiny amount of a blockage-preventing drug directly into the site where scarring and blockage could occur. The technique would deliver the drug much further into the artery walls than other methods being developed for this purpose, Barr says. EndoBionics plans to partner with a yet unnamed medical device company to bring the technology to market in late 2004. Eventually, Barr says, the microneedle could be used to deliver tumor-killing drugs or genes to the brain."}
{"text":"Plastic injection moulding products are used all over the world across multiple sectors. This is because they are versatile, hard-wearing and easy to design to highly accurate specifications. The plastic injection moulding process itself is efficient and effective, offering the capacity for large-scale production, as well as bespoke, one-off projects.\nHow plastic moulding works\nThere are various methods of plastic processing available, including injection moulding, extrusion and blow moulding. The plastic injection moulding technique involves pouring melted plastics into a rigid mould, which is shaped to form the required part or component. Polymer pellets are fed into a hopper before being melted so that they can fit the mould. The mould is secured and the plastic left to cool and harden. The final product is then released and quality tested.\nPlastic injection moulded products can be made in a huge array of colours, finishes and polymers. The two main types of plastic materials used are polypropylene homopolymer and polypropylene copolymer. Each has different properties and benefits, including chemical and impact resistance, strength and stress crack resistance, high processability and durability. More information can be found here.\nRead the full article: adrecoplastics.co.uk"}
{"text":"When designing either a new learning environment or reconfiguring an existing one, there are a number of guiding principles that help to ensure our physical environments enhance the learning process. During this session, we will look at how schools are developing inclusive, effective learning environments that meet the needs of all learners. We will explore approaches being used in new builds, retro-fitted spaces, and existing single-cell classrooms.\nKohia Education Centre - Auckland\nAuckland (Click for more info)"}
{"text":"It almost sounds too good to be true – but bringing clean power to the world is coming ever-closer.\nNuclear fusion has been a dream of researchers for years.\nThe world’s nuclear power stations currently use a system called nuclear fission.\nThis involves splitting the nucleus of an atom into two, creating massive amounts of energy.\nThe downside is a high amount of dangerous radioactive waste.\nNuclear fusion, however, is similar to how the sun works.\nIt involves heating two atomic nuclei together so they fuse at high speed and produce a large amount of energy with no radioactive waste.\nThe problem so far has been that scientists have been unable to harness this energy in a reactor that could be rolled out across the world.\nBut aerospace giant Lockheed Martin claims to have cracked the mystery.\nIt says a fusion power plant the size of a shipping container could provide enough electricity for 100,000 homes.\n© Nine Digital Pty Ltd 2018"}
{"text":"The Chinese word 其余 means “the rest” or “the remaining”. It is often used to refer to something that is left over after some portion has been taken or used. For example, you might use 其余 to refer to the remaining time in a day after you have finished your work, or to the leftover food on a plate after a meal. 其余 can also be used to mean “other” or “additional”, as in the phrase 其余的人, which means “other people” or “additional individuals”.\nPronoun: the rest, the others\n|他已经完成了自己的任务，其余的就交给我们吧||tā yǐjīng wánchéngle zìjǐ de rènwù, qíyú de jiù jiāo gěi wǒmen ba||He has already completed his own task, let us take care of the rest|\n|这个方案的细节已经讨论过了，我们需要再考虑其余的问题||zhège fāng’àn de xìjié yǐjīng tǎolùn guòle, wǒmen xūyào zài kǎolǜ qíyú de wèntí||The details of this plan have been discussed, we need to consider the remaining issues|\n|他拿走了一些钱，其余的留给了我||tā ná zǒule yīxiē qián, qíyú de liú gěi le wǒ||He took some money and left the rest to me|\n|我们可以先处理这个问题，再考虑其余的事情||wǒmen kěyǐ xiān chǔlǐ zhège wèntí, zài kǎolǜ qíyú de shìqíng||We can deal with this issue first and then consider the rest of the matters|\n|他们已经解决了一些难题，但是还有其余的问题需要解决||tāmen yǐjīng jiějuéle yīxiē nántí, dànshì hái yǒu qíyú de wèntí xūyào jiějué||They have solved some difficulties, but there are still other problems that need to be solved|"}
{"text":"Anne Bradstreet (1612—1672) was a Puritan who emigrated to America in 1630, along with her parents and her husband — whom she had married when she was just sixteen. She was the first American woman to have a book published, and is considered by many to be America's first poet. Woman were not allowed to speak their minds in the colony; however it was Anne’s brother-in-law who took her poems to be published in England as The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up In America in 1650. It is her later poems, however, that caught the attention of admirers in the twentieth century.\nBoth her father and her husband served as governors of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and were instrumental in the founding of Harvard University. Anne enjoyed a happy marriage, and became the mother of eight children. She wrote many of her poems while her husband was away dealing with the business of the colony — sometimes even as far away as England. Her poetry expresses both her love for her husband, and her deep faith in God.\nIn 1956 John Berryman paid tribute to her in his long poem Homage to Mistress Bradstreet. In 1997 a gate was dedicated to her memory at Harvard University.\nBy Night when Others Soundly Slept\nBy night when others soundly slept\nAnd hath at once both ease and Rest,\nMy waking eyes were open kept\nAnd so to lie I found it best.\nI sought him whom my Soul did Love,\nWith tears I sought him earnestly.\nHe bowed his ear down from Above.\nIn vain I did not seek or cry.\nMy hungry Soul he filled with Good;\nHe in his Bottle put my tears,\nMy smarting wounds washed in his blood,\nAnd banished thence my Doubts and fears.\nWhat to my Saviour shall I give\nWho freely hath done this for me?\nI’ll serve him here whilst I shall live\nAnd Love him to Eternity.\nEntry written by D.S. Martin. He is the award-winning author of the poetry collections Poiema (Wipf & Stock) and So The Moon Would Not Be Swallowed (Rubicon Press). They are both available at: www.dsmartin.ca"}
{"text":"Vedic Mathematics or 'Sixteen Simple Mathematical Formulae from the Vedas' was written by His Holiness Jagadguru Sankaracarya Sri Bharati Krsna Tirthaji Maharaja of Govardhana Matha, Puri. It deals mainly with various Vedic mathematical formulae and their applications for carrying out tedious and cumbersome arithmetical operations, and to a very large extent, executing them mentally. In this field of mental arithmetical operations, the works of the famous mathematicians Trachtenberg and Lester Meyers (High Speed Maths) are elementary compared to that of Jagadguruji.\nSome people may find it difficult, at first reading to understand the arithmetical operations although they have been explained very lucidly by Jagadguruji. It is not because the explanations are lacking in any manner but because the methods are totally unconventional. Some people are so deeply rooted in the conventional methods that they, probably subconsciously, reject to see the logic in unconventional methods.\nAbout the Author:\nBharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja was named as venkatraman in his early days. As he was extraordinary proficient in Sanskrit and oratory, he was awarded the title ‘Saraswati’ by the Madras Sanskrit Association in July 1889.\nAfter winning the highest place in the B.A. Examination, he appeared in the M.A. Examination of the American College of Sciences, Rochester, New York from Bombay Centre in 1904."}
{"text":"Born in Columbus, Gaines and her family then moved to Mobile, AL. In 1879, she married Captain Abner Gaines and moved to “Peachwood,” his family’s plantation and nursery at State Line in Wayne County, Mississippi. She developed skills as a photographer during a cultural and artistic movement known as Pictorialism. Her photographs incorporate the stylistic influence of this period by transforming her subjects into works of art.\nIn 1900, Marion won an award in portraiture from the American Camera Club in Mobile and subsequently became Mississippi’s first woman photographer to be recognized by inclusion of her work in several publications, including Ladies’ Home Journal. In a 1997 issue of Mississippi Magazine, Gene Fant, Jr. described her as a “pioneering photographer” whose “photographs provide…a glimpse of a talented artist’s vision of her surroundings, as well as the images of the toughness of farm life at Peachwood Nursery.”\nPhotographs depict floral themes in her community and still lifes of various native plants as well as some exotic horticultural varieties. Her photographs also provide unique glimpses of rural life that existed in southern Mississippi during early years of the past century. The photos include African Americans captured in their daily farm chores as well as uniquely posed photos and portraits which reveal stoical character in their faces. Several of her images also include Native American women. Gaines’s interest in photography lessoned after her husband died in 1905. She moved back to Mobile where she lived until her death in 1942.\nSource: Mona Vance, Archivist for Local History, Columbus-Lowndes Public Library."}
{"text":"from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition\n- n. A predatory gull-like sea bird (Catharacta skua) of northern regions, having brownish plumage.\nfrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License\n- n. A large seabird, Stercorarius skua.\nfrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.\n- n. large brown skua of the northern Atlantic\nSorry, no etymologies found.\nSorry, no example sentences found."}
{"text":"Capuchin Franciscan Lay Brother (1556-1625)\n+ Jon Coştist was born into a pious family in Oltenia, Moldavia (then in the Ottoman Empire).\n+ When he was 19 years old, he immigrated to Italy, hoping that the “greatest” Christians could be found there. He became a Capuchin Franciscan friar, known as “Brother Jeremiah” in religious life.\n+ In 1585, Jeremiah was assigned to the infirmary of the Friary of St. Ephrem in Naples. He would live here for the rest of his life.\n+ Brother Jeremiah was known for his special care for the sick friars and the poor, and his tireless work in begging for alms to care for those unable to provide for themselves.\n+ His compassionate spirit is embodied in the five years of care he offered for one mentally ill friar and others suffering from mental illness.\n+ Blessed Jeremiah died in Naples, Italy, on March 5, 1625, and was beatified in 1983.\nAccording to long standing tradition, the patron saint of the mentally ill—who were cared for by Blessed Jeremiah—is Saint Dymphna. According to tradition, Dymphna was an Irish princess who was murdered by her father for her faith in Christ. Her major shrine is in Gheel, Belgium, which is also the site of her martyrdom. It is said that this was the city where her father found her as she tried to escape his crazed hatred for her Christin faith. Saint Dymphna is celebrated on May 30.\n“Yes, Jesus come. Thank you.”—the final words of Blessed Jeremiah\nO God, who called blessed Jeremiah to seek your Kingdom in this world through the pursuit of perfect charity, grant, we pray, through his intercession that we may advance with joyful spirit along the way of love. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.\n(from The Roman Missal: Common of Holy Men and Women—For Religious)\nSaint profiles prepared by Brother Silas Henderson, S.D.S."}
{"text":"Critical Analysis essay on Edgar Allan Poe “The Raven”. Five to eight paragraphs with at least five well-constructed sentences. I need at least one scholarly source and use of the textbook.\nI don’t really have a thesis in the workshop\nAllan Poe, Edgar. “The Raven.” The Norton Introduction to Literature. Ed. Sarah\nTouborg. New York: W. W. Norton Company, Inc., 2019. 1155-1157. Print.\nDr. Richard Hartnett\nENG 102 (W09 W10)\n13 February 2022\nWhy Work with Us\nTop Quality and Well-Researched Papers\nProfessional and Experienced Academic Writers\nFree Unlimited Revisions\nPrompt Delivery and 100% Money-Back-Guarantee\nOriginal & Confidential\n24/7 Customer Support\nTry it now!\nHow it works?\nFollow these simple steps to get your paper done\nPlace your order\nFill in the order form and provide all details of your assignment.\nProceed with the payment\nChoose the payment system that suits you most.\nReceive the final file\nOnce your paper is ready, we will email it to you.\nAdmission Essays & Business Writing Help"}
{"text":"In 1852, construction work in Dorchester, MA involved using explosives to break up rock on Meeting House Hill. After the explosion, two broken pieces of an ancient metal vase-like object were recovered from the debris. The bell-shaped vessel has been described as being about 4.5 inches high and 6.5 inches wide as the base curving to only 2.5 inches in diameter at the top. The story of this remarkable find ran in the Boston Transcript, a local paper. Later the story was repeated in the Scientific American (Anonymous, “A Relic of a By-Gone Age,” Scientific American, no. 38, June 5, 1852, p.298.). It was inferred from the locations of the two pieces of this silver-colored object (see right) amongst the debris that this vase had been blasted from the solid puddingstone which makes up the Roxbury Conglomerate approximately fifteen feet under the surface at Meeting House Hill.\nThe Roxbury Conglomerate, in which the vase was found, is dated by evolutionists to the Ediacaran Period, between 570 and 593 million years ago. Clearly the Dorchester Vase qualifies as an out-of-place artifact! The story of this curious artifact has been repeated in a number of different forums, including p. 46 of the 1985 Reader’s Digest book Mysteries of the Unexplained. Sometimes the object has been described as a pot or a candlestick holder. Creationists have categorized it as an antediluvian artifact."}
{"text":"A 18-year-old male asked:\nhow does a belly button get infected?\n2 doctor answers\nDr. Sean O'mara answered\n23 years experience Emergency Medicine\nUmbilical infection: Umbilical infections can occur like any area of the body where a break in the skin allows for bacteria to be established. Avoid playing with belly buttons to avoid causing trauma. Mild touching is usually not a problem but more forceful rubbing can be. Applying a small amount of rubbing alcohol (1/2 tsp) to the area followed by a small amount of antibiotic ointment after dried can help\nAnswered on May 17, 2014\n90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more. Get help now:\nPeople also searched for:\nConnect by text or video with a U.S. board-certified doctor now — wait time is less than 1 minute!"}
{"text":"In 2003 two Mars Exploration Rovers were launched, Spirit (MER-A) and Opportunity (MER-B), with the aim of exploring the Martian surface and geology.\nSpirit was launched on June 10, 2003 at 1:58 PM EST (Pad 17-A) and landed on Mars on January 3, 2004 and Opportunity was launched on July 7, 2003 at 11:18 PM EST (Pad 17-B) and landed on January 24, 2004.\nThe mission's scientific objective was to search for and characterize a wide range of rocks and soils that hold clues to past water activity on Mars and was intended to last for an initial period of 90-Martian-days (sols) however they far exceeded this expectation.\nOn May 1, 2009, during its fifth mission extension, Spirit became stuck in soft soil on Mars and after nearly nine months of attempts to get the rover back on track NASA announced on January 26, 2010 that it was being retasked as a stationary science platform. However Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) lost contact with Spirit after last hearing from the rover on March 22, 2010 and continued attempts to regain communications until May 25, 2011 bringing the elapsed mission time to 6 years 2 months 19 days or over 25 times the original planned mission duration.\nAs of November 2011, Opportunity continued to explore the surface."}
{"text":"Breeding Giant Beetles\nEach year we keep a collection of Giant tropical beetles. Some of these we manage to breed from super-sized grubs, the size of sausages. The whole process often takes us two years. We feed the grubs special wood and leaf mould mixes, often with fungi hyphae in. The grub then pupates much like a caterpillar does and comes out as a beetle after five or six months.\nOver the years, we have had many of the largest beetles, some of which are absolute characters. Recently, the Trust has had success breeding many of them, such as the colourful Rainbow stag beetle pictured below."}
{"text":"The average surface temperature of the Earth, day or night, is between 57.2 and 61 degrees Fahrenheit. This is relatively moderate compared to other celestial bodies in the Solar System, due to the Earth's position and atmosphere, which retains solar heat.\nThe habitable nature of the Earth is a result of receiving a moderate amount of solar radiation. Despite this, the temperature range of the planet is from 128.6 below zero to 136.4 degrees. The average surface temperature on Mars is 80 degrees below zero, in large part due to the tenuous atmosphere of the planet. Venus, at the other extreme, has an extremely thick atmosphere with an average surface temperature of more than 750 degrees."}
{"text":"PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The world is gaining weight.\nObesity is skyrocketing in rich and poor nations around the world and it’s affecting both adults and children.\nThe new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine looked at 195 countries over 25 years and covered nearly 70 million people.\nResearch finds 2.2 billion adults and children are now overweight or obese – 30 percent of the world’s population.\n“There are a number of different chronic diseases that are related to obesity or being overweight. They include diabetes, heart disease, stroke, a number of different cancers associated with being obese or overnight, and also arthritis,” said Dr. Bruce Lee, of the Global Obesity Prevention Center at Johns Hopkins.\nResearchers say the finds are startling when it comes to children and young adults. The United States has the highest percentage of obese children in the world.\n“All these different things like the use of more screen time, decreased physical activity, changing diets, all of these are general systems problems that are affecting the entire population, so we need to shift the frame work,” said Lee.\nMillions of people are dying every year from unhealthy weight, even though they are not considered obese.\nBeing obese and overweight causes things like heart disease and diabetes.\nThe researcher showed those weight-related ailments cause an estimated 4 million deaths a year worldwide.\nEgypt had the highest rate of obese adults, while Vietnam had the lowest."}
{"text":"Understand Heart Attack\nHeart attacks are caused by heart disease, which is the number one cause of death among both men and women in the United States. According to the American Heart Association, every year in the United States roughly 785,000 people will have their first heart attack. And approximately 470,000 who have had a heart attack before will have another one.\nYou may be someone who is recovering from a heart attack or someone who is concerned about your personal risk for a heart attack. Or you may be a caregiver who is helping a loved one who has heart disease. Regardless of your starting point, the information in this Condition Center can help you better understand what heart attacks are – their causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment – and what you will need for recovery and to lead a heart-healthy lifestyle moving forward. You’ll also find questions you can ask your physician about heart attack, what you can do to increase your odds of surviving a heart attack, and what recovery from heart attack will involve."}
{"text":"- Time Period\n- Item Type\nSuccessfully completing the hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Any Muslim whose circumstances permit is required to make hajj at least once in a lifetime. In earlier centuries, it was a dangerous and lengthy journey,…\nThe hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, during Dhu’l Hijjah, the twelfth lunar month in the Islamic calendar, takes place at locations in and around Mecca, including the circumambulation of the Kaaba, the running between Safa and Marwa hills, and…\nLeila Aboulela, Sudanese-born author of Minaret, was interviewed by Anita Sethl for the Guardian newspaper in London, June 2005. She discusses the relative importance of national and religious identity.\nThe Cairo Genizah, mostly discovered late in the nineteenth century but still resurfacing in our own day, is a collection of over 200,000 fragmentary Jewish texts (which may well equal three times that number of folios). Many of these were stored in…"}
{"text":"The mammalian inner ear forms from a thickened patch of head ectoderm called the otic placode. The placodal ectoderm invaginates to form a cup whose edges cinch together to establish a fluid-filled sac called the otic vesicle or otocyst. The progenitor cells lining the otocyst lumen will give rise to sensory and non-sensory cells of the inner ear. These formative stages of inner ear development are initiated during the first week of postimplantation embryonic development in the mouse. The inaccessibility of the inner ear in utero has hampered efforts to gain insight into the molecular mechanisms regulating essential developmental processes. An experimental embryological method to misexpress genes in the developing mammalian inner ear is presented. Expression plasmid encoding a gene of interest is microinjected through the uterine wall into the lumen of the otocyst and electroporated into otic epithelial progenitor cells. Downstream analysis of the transfected embryonic or postnatal inner ear is then conducted to gain insight into gene function."}
{"text":"The European Bison, or Wisent is the largest terrestrial animal in Europe and once roamed from southern Britain as far as Russia but became extinct in the wild in 1927 when the last wild bison was shot and killed. Standing at up to 2m tall and almost 3m long the bison is the largest animal at Wildwood. Despite their large size and usual slow movements, bison are surprisingly agile and can jump over a 3m stream from a standing position. An adult male can eat an astonishing 32kg of food every day! Being so large, the Bison are easy to spot in their enclosure, so take a good look around to see this magnificent animal."}
{"text":"Volume 4 Part 1 Article 37\nTitle: “Open Veiled” or “Hard Gilled” Mushrooms\nAuthors: C.R. Rasmussen, M.G. Amsen and G. Holmgaard\nOpen-veiled or hard-gilled mushrooms are a well-known feature in commercial mushroom production in a number of countries. The “disease” syndrome has been described in most books on mushroom growing. This syndrome is more or less identical to what is known as “hârde champignons” in Denmark.\nBefore a description of the different experiments is given, mention must be made of the pattern of the disease as observed by studying many infested mushrooms in a large number of diseased crops. Observations were primarily made during the 6th experiment (1956) when a very severe attack of hard-gilled mushrooms occurred. 66% of the plots, i. e. trays and shelves, produced hardgilled mushrooms. The disease was observed both in pinheads and in fullgrown mushrooms. It appears that many different names used both in literature and by mushroom growers cover the same disease.Please login to download the PDF for this proceeding."}
{"text":"Arduino Circular Cylon!\nThis is a quick arduino project that is great for beginners. Enjoy! There is a video on the last step!\nStep 1: What you Need\nTo build this project you will need:\n10 LEDs, any color will do.\nSome wire, I used a ribbon cable I had\nMost importantly, an Arduino\nPerhaps some electrical tape\nStep 2: Build it!\nStart off by arranging your LEDs on the proto board however you choose, I chose to place them in an oval shape.\nAfter that, solder them to the board. After they are soldered, solder all the cathodes (shorter leads, – or the lead that has the flat side) together. Then, solder a wire to each anode (other lead of the LEDs) to a wire.\nFor more detail: Arduino Circular Cylon!\nJLCPCB – Prototype 10 PCBs for $2 (For Any Color)\nChina’s Largest PCB Prototype Enterprise, 600,000+ Customers & 10,000+ Online Orders Daily\nHow to Get PCB Cash Coupon from JLCPCB: https://bit.ly/2GMCH9w"}
{"text":"In a study funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, researchers have found that the process of layering nanoparticles could be used to provide safe and affordable water filters to the developing world. The process is called “atomic layer deposition” and involves layering nanoparticles onto a metal or a ceramic to create a thin film of cells. The layer can be applied to the particles used in water filtration devices. The metal or ceramic filtration particles would remove large impurities and the film would neutralize bacteria.\nOver one billion people on earth don’t have access to safe drinking water. Water issues are the focus of many design for humanity projects and the ability to provide inexpensive water filters is a huge task for outreach organizations. Providing or creating water filters that are antimicrobial can prove to be a costly adventure. If the scientists involved in this study are able to take the next step into usable filtration devices it could mean a huge boost for clean drinking water missions.\n“This would be very helpful in the developing world, or in disaster situations — like Haiti — where people do not have access to safe water,” noted lead author of the paper Dr. Roger Narayan of the joint biomedical engineering department of NC State’s College of Engineering and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The thin film of nanoparticles could neutralize bacteria that leads to diseases like trachoma, cholera, trichuriasis and hookworm infection that cause millions of illnesses and deaths each year.\nVia Science Daily"}
{"text":"Tech terms can be a little tricky and it is normal to get one wrong at times. What is not normal, though, is to not know a term as simple as HTML and consider it a sexually-transmitted disease. Apparently, that’s what 10% respondents on a survey recently did.\nThe survey was conducted by Vouchercloud.net, a website which provides coupons for purchases of a whole range of items, including tech products. The site says that a significant chunk of its users seek coupons that could help them get tech products at better prices. And it is rather ironic that many of these are unaware of some very basic tech terminology.\nIn its survey, Vouchercloud asked 2393 men and women above 18 years a whole set of questions. The answers range from hilarious to completely off the mark. 11%, for instance, thought that HTML is an STD. Another 77% had no idea what SEO stands for.\n‘Software’ was defined by 15% of the respondents as ‘comfortable clothing.’ (I’m wearing a software?) There were also quite a few guesses pegging software terms to be actually insects and animals. Gigabyte was found to be an insect by 27%, rather than a unit of computer memory that it is. Blu-ray was deemed to be a marine animal by 18% respondents.\nEven more hilarious was the participants’ definition of MP3 which, 23% of them decided, was actually the name of a robot from Star Wars. 12% respondents, when asked about USB, stated that it was the short term for a European country. One is almost inclined to send them all to the USB country on account for such brilliant answers.\nCourtesy: Digital Trends"}
{"text":"Depression is awful disease that affects almost twelve million Americans. Depression can be a crippling disease. It can cause withdrawal, anger, confusion, other diseases, or even death. Suicide caused by depression is the third biggest killer among teenagers. Every forty five minutes a teenager takes his or her life. These are all staggering statistics about a disease that some researchers say may be predisposed.\nPicture a person(Wendy). Now all of her life Wendy has been \"shy\". Then her grandmother dies. After the death of her grandmother Wendy starts withdrawing from everyday life, and considers taking her life. These are common symptoms of depression. Being depressed can happen to anyone. Most people have mild depression after the death of a loved one, or a very traumatic depression. Every one in five people will have a case of depression in their lifetime. Depression isn't just a brief blue mood or a passing sadness that lifts in a few hours or even a few days. People who have depression -- or, in more formal clinical terms, major depressive disorder -- experience at least five of the following symptoms, which must include the first or second, nearly every day, all day, for at least two weeks:\nPersistent depressed mood, including feelings of sadness or emptiness\nLoss of interest or pleasure in activities or hobbies that were once enjoyed, including sex\nFeelings of hopelessness and pessimism\nFeelings of guilt, worthlessness, and helplessness\nInsomnia, early-morning awakening, or oversleeping\nLoss of appetite accompanied by weight loss or overeating accompanied by weight gain\nDecreased energy, fatigue, and feeling \"slowed down\"\nDifficulty concentrating, remembering, and making decisions\nThoughts of suicide or death (not just fear of dying) or suicide attempts\nPersistent physical symptoms, such as headaches, digestive disorders, or chronic pain, that do not respond to medical... Continues..."}
{"text":"The International Meteorological Dictionary (released by the World Meteorological Organisation in 1992) defines a tropical cyclone as a synoptic-scale disturbance that is not accompanied by a frontal system, forming above tropical or subtropical waters and presenting organised convective activity as well as cyclonic circulation, more intense in surface than altitude.\nUnder certain circumstances, when a certain number of favourable conditions occur simultaneously, cloud formations may develop and curl around a centre of rotation, which appears as a whirl, defining a \"closed circulation\" surface. This atmospheric disturbance composed of clouds arranged in swirling bands is called a tropical cyclone. In the middle of this whirl the atmospheric pressure drops thus creating a depression.\nWhy is it called a cyclone? The etymological origin of the word comes from the Greek word kuklos which means circle, round. In some regions of the world, the word typhoon is used instead, also from a Greek word: tuphôn, which means whirl.\nOn pictures taken by weather satellites a cyclone appears as a white patch (high clouds) that is more or less round or circular, with a border of clouds aligned in a spiral drawn to the centre of this zone. Clouds therefore seem to swirl.\nIf a cyclone forms 3000 or 3500 km from land (such as HUGO in 1989 or LUIS in 1995), it will take 120 or 150 hours, or 5 or 6 days, to arrive. On the other hand, if it forms 500 or 600 km away from an island (for example, MARILYN 95), residents will have no more than 18 to 24 hours to prepare for its arrival. When a cyclone develops suddenly and quickly close to land, it is often too late to warn the population.\nThe Katrina Cyclone in August 2005."}
{"text":"Definition - What does Buddhist mean?\nA Buddhist is someone who adheres to the principles of Buddhism, an Eastern religion with millions of followers worldwide. The estimates of the number of Buddhists vary widely — from 200 million to more than 500 million, or roughly six to 10 percent of the world's population.\nThere are many traditions within Buddhism, but all focus on some type of path to personal spiritual development.\nYogapedia explains Buddhist\nThe two schools with the most Buddhists are Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism. The latter includes the traditions of Zen Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism.\nAll Buddhists trace their roots to the original Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, more than 2,500 years ago. Beliefs vary by tradition, but have some common ground. In general, Buddhists:\n- Don't believe in a personal god;\n- Believe in impermanence;\n- Believe life is endless; and\n- Strive for enlightenment with the ultimate goal of reaching a state of nirvana.\nMeditation is the main practice for Buddhists. It promotes understanding and awareness that moves them along their spiritual path."}
{"text":"During World War II, the Germany military (Wehrmacht) helped fulfill Nazism's racial, political, and territorial ambitions. In all the lands the Germans conquered, but most egregiously in eastern Europe, the Wehrmacht targeted Jews and other supposed racial inferiors, civilian and military alike, for abuse and death.\nThe policies that the Nazis and the military pursued stood in stark contrast to codes of honorable military conduct and international law. A few individuals acted according to those codes and laws, but the vast majority of German soldiers, and especially senior officers, cooperated with the Nazis, even to the point of committing genocide.\nRead about how Nazi perceptions of race influenced war in the east.\nRead about how Nazi racial ideology influenced orders issued by the German Armed Forces High Command.\nWatch a brief film describing the role played by the German Army during the Holocaust."}
{"text":"Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.\nTruth may be stranger than fiction, but fiction is truer.\nFiction's about what it is to be a human being.\nDAVID FOSTER WALLACE\nThree characteristics a work of fiction must possess in order to be successful:\n1. It must have a precise and suspenseful plot.\n2. The author must feel a passionate urge to write it.\n3. He must have the conviction, or at least the illusion, that he is the only one who can handle this particular theme.\nISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER\nFirst-rate fiction lays hands on the reader, to heal him or rough him up or, ideally, to do both.\nThe trouble with fiction is that it makes too much sense, whereas reality never makes sense.\nDetails make stories human, and the more human a story can be, the better.\nCharacter is the very life of fiction. Setting exists so that the character has someplace to stand. Plot exists so the character can discover what he is really like, forcing the character to choice and action. And theme exists only to make the character stand up and be somebody.\nIn writing fiction, the more fantastic the tale, the plainer the prose should be. Don’t ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story.\nBasically, fiction is people. You can’t write fiction about ideas.\nStructure is the key to narrative. These are the crucial questions any storyteller must answer: Where does it begin? Where does the beginning start to end and the middle begin? Where does the middle start to end and the end begin?\nFiction is a lie, and good fiction is the truth inside the lie."}
{"text":"The posture of most Africans towards Europeans in the mid-20th century cannot be described as cozy or anything synonymous with the image of holding hands in optimism.\nThis anti-European sentiment colored the politics of the day. Whatever aggression or militarism that characterized individual independence struggles can be traced to that sentiment.\nIn the same vein, the majority of African independence leaders wanted to look beyond what their colonial masters offered.\nThe likes of Kwame Nkrumah warned of neocolonialism even before leading Ghana to independence.\nHowever, after independence, the Thrasymachian reality hit. The world, as it is, is tailored according to the values and dispositions of those with the means.\nAfrican independence leaders realized they had to tone down the rhetoric and vilification. Even Nkrumah welcomed interests from the Americans as he would from his ideological brethren in the East.\nBut there were still yet another batch of leaders who felt Africa’s destiny, or maybe the destinies of their countries was inextricably linked to partnerships with former colonizers.\nThe argument for that opinion animated certain ventures like the CFA franc zone.\nAs follows are African leaders who, contrary to fears of neocolonialism, chose to model their countries in the light of their colonizers."}
{"text":"A History of Music, Volumes 2-4, is a collection of historical analyses written in the eighteenth century by Charles Burney. These writings detail how an eighteenth century musicologist would interpret and describe history.\nOne of the more interesting items in the Riemenschneider Bach Institute (RBI) is A History of Music Vols. 2-4 by Charles Burney. This collection was written and self-published by Burney. The RBI acquired these items from Hans Theodore David, a German-American musicologist. This multi-volume anthology provides an analysis of the progression of Western music starting in the Medieval period up to the author’s present time of the late eighteenth century. Volume I was published in 1776, Volume II in 1782, and Volumes III and IV in 1789. The anthology shows what an eighteenth-century musicologist would have thought was relevant to include in an historical text."}